I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my word
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We are so glad that
you've joined us today
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as you do each and every day.
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You know what? You
are part of our family.
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And today we have part of
our 3ABN family with us as well.
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But we just
want to say thank you
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for your financial
support of the ministry of 3ABN
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because it is
reaching lives for eternity,
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and it can't get
any better than that.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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We are so excited today
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because we're going
to share a special report
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on what God did down
under, can we say that,
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down under in Australia.
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That's right.
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We went to 3ABN Australia,
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and we had a camp meeting there,
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we went to
Tasmania, they call it Tassie,
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and did our 3ABN rally,
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and we just wanted to
share with you at home
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what God is doing in
that corner of the world,
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and what your blessings,
your prayers for 3ABN,
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and your
financial support of 3ABN,
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what a difference that makes
to people all over the world,
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and we have our
3ABN family here.
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Right. Yeah, we do.
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I was just going
to say, you know,
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we've been
talking for some time,
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for several months,
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for those who've
been following 3ABN
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talking about this
3ABN Australia Homecoming.
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So this is really a
follow up or an update
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as to what took
place, and God showed up
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as He always
does, I shouldn't say
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He just decided to show up.
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He's there if we invite Him,
and of course, He was invited,
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and it was a real
blessing to be there.
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But anyway, I'm sorry,
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we do have our
family with us, don't we?
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We do have our family.
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We have Pastor John
and Angela Lomacang.
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Pastor,
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you're the 3ABN Director
of World Evangelism here.
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And our pastor,
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pastor of the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Praise the Lord.
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And it's a
privilege to have you here.
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Good to be here.
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And next to you is
your beautiful wife,
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Angie, Angela.
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Angie is fine.
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You're 3ABN radio producer
and host for 3ABN Radio.
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Yes, I am, been
there for 15 years now.
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Amen. Love it.
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Absolutely.
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And sitting next to you
is our Brother Tim Parton,
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General Manager of
3ABN Praise Him Network.
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It's great to be here... Amen.
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Looking forward to
this time of remembrance.
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Absolutely.
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Remembering what God
has done for each one of us,
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went to Australia together...
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That's right.
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And we're going to
share what God did.
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And sitting next
to you is Ryan Day,
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and you are the Praise Him...
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I'm going to mess this up,
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the Assistant to
the General Manager
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of the Praise Him Music Network.
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That's true. Well.
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That's a mouthful. Great job.
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It's broad
shoulder to have that.
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We're so glad
that God brought you
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and your wife Stephanie here.
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She's the principal of
our local church school,
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and you are an
incredible couple,
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and we're so
blessed you're here.
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Amen. Thank you. Yeah.
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It's a blessing to have
met, I want to say new family.
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They've been faithful viewers
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or supporters of
3ABN for many years
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down under in
Australia and Tasmania.
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And I asked the audience there,
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do they consider
us here in the States
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as up and over, and
I really couldn't tell
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what they thought about that.
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They didn't give
an answer I think.
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Yeah, I don't really know.
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But, anyway, it
was a real blessing
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to be there and to
minister there in Australia.
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But, you know, we
go to be a blessing,
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but we also receive a blessing.
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That's right.
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I think that's a
really powerful thing.
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Now for Jill and
myself, first time to go.
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Pastor John and Angie?
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Yeah, we've been there
at least 10 or 11, 12 times.
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It's a beautiful
place every time we go.
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We always said, if
we ever had to move
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or decided to move to
another place in the world,
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we could live in Sydney,
Australia, or out in Australia.
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Tasmania was
surprisingly beautiful.
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Wasn't that beautiful?
We've been there in Tasmania.
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When was the last
time? It's so quite, 1986.
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Yeah, that was a long
time ago. So it's been a while.
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It hasn't changed
much. Now really it does.
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We didn't see as much
of it as we did this time.
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Exactly. And it
was beautiful to get...
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And what did we do every day?
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We walked, I think we probably
walked 25 miles on this trip.
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Let's just round it up to 50.
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Exactly.
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We walked and we
walked, but it was beautiful.
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It was wonderful. Scenery.
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And John and
Rosemary are outdoors people,
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I must say that. Yes, they are.
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Thank you for getting us.
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Every morning
they gave us breakfast
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because we did not know
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we're going to burn
it all off on walking.
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And that was good,
that was great to be here.
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First time for you,
Tim? It was my first time.
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And Ryan to
Australia? Yes. First time.
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And even when you
talk about that breakfast,
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now that I'm back,
I've missed that time.
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He told Angie the same thing.
He told me that this morning.
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You know, we got to start...
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John and
Rosemary won't be there,
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but we could get
together each day...
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It is a breakfast club.
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Let's just have a John and
Rosemary memorial breakfast
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every morning.
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Yeah. It was really great.
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So we have to have Weet-bix
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which is in Australia
like a cereal, isn't that?
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Like a cereal.
Minus the vegemite though.
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Right, minus the
vegemite. Minus the vegemite.
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And the Nuttelex
wasn't or what...
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The Nuttelex is
their margarine, ooh,
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that was so good.
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That was very good. So good.
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So we may be
throwing terms out there.
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Just look them up,
google it, you know,
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'cause we found out some
amazing stuff, some good food.
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Yeah, really.
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And it was really simple,
it wasn't anything elaborate.
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But I think the company,
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the time we had
around the table,
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not one of us ate
before we all ate,
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we sat at the table.
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So it's a straight
fellowship. It was a great time.
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Yeah, I just wished
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the breakfast could
have been at 9 o'clock.
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I like to get up early,
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so I don't mind the
7 o'clock breakfast.
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It's good for you. Good for you.
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But we've been
mentioning John and Rosemary.
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I know.
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We just want to
give a special thank you.
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And I know we'll say
that throughout the program,
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but they were incredible.
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They did a wonderful job
making us feel welcome at home.
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They kept us in
their home. Yes, they did.
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Did we introduce
them who they are?
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Thank you. We need to do that.
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They are the general managers,
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John Malkiewicz
is general manager
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of 3ABN Australia
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and his wife,
Rosemary is his assistant.
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Together they do
such a great job.
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We got to meet the team there.
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I know we have pictures
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we want to show you
from the team there.
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And to me, John and Rosemary
have a spirit of sacrifice.
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Oh, yeah. They're pioneers.
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They're pioneers. So dedicated.
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You know, the
sacrifice for the cause of God,
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and that came
through so strongly,
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and I love their
commitment to ministry.
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So we're thankful for that.
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We... Go ahead.
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I was just going
to say we were blessed
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to be a part of their worship
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when we went in
on a Tuesday morning,
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I'm not sure which
one morning it was,
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but we got to
sit there with them
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as John read through each name
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that people will
send in prayer requests
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and what a blessing to hear,
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you know, people we
don't know who they are,
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but he just said that
like in their first name
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and then just a brief situation
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that they had
requested prayer for,
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and to know that
your prayer requests are,
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you know, being
taken before God seriously.
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You know, we ask you to
send in your prayer requests,
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and sometimes you think, "Well,
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they're never going to
do anything with those."
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That was nice, wasn't
it? That was wonderful.
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Very nice.
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With the staff
there at 3ABN Australia
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to sit around
their conference table.
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Yeah. That was very nice.
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They had pages.
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I mean, he just
kept turning the page
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name after, name
after, name of people
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who would send a request,
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and that's a heart for ministry.
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Should we go to
scripture and then some music.
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Yes.
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There is so much
to talk about today.
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Matthews 24:14, which
is a perfect scripture
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what we're talking about.
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"This gospel of the kingdom
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will be
preached in all the world
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as a witness to all nations
and then the end will come."
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So that's part of
why we went to Australia
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was to help
preach the gospel there.
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We had incredibly
anointed speakers there
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who just opened the
Word of God with power
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and the music as well.
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And that's what 3ABN
Australia does as well
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is to preach the
gospel to every nation,
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tribe, tongue, and people.
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So we have a song,
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and this is a
program Ryan and Tim
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that you did some time ago
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where we just pulled
one song from the program.
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So it might have a
little different in and out,
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but it's a fun song.
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Yeah, it is.
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And it's "We'll
Understand It Better By and By."
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By and by, when
the morning comes
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All the saints of
God will gather home
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We'll tell the story
of how we've overcome
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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We are often tossed and driven
on the restless seas of time
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Somber skies
and howling tempests
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Oft succeed a bright sunshine
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In that land of perfect day,
when the mists is rolled away
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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By and by, when
the morning comes
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All the saints of
God will gather home
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We'll tell the story
of how we've overcome
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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We are often destitute of
the things that life demands
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Want of food and want of shelter
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Thirsty hills and barren lands
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We are trusting in the
Lord, and according to His Word
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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By and by, when
the morning comes
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All the saints of
God will gather home
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We'll tell the story
of how we've overcome
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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Sing that chorus one more time.
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By and by, when
the morning comes
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All the saints of
God will gather home
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We'll tell the story
of how we've overcome
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And we'll
understand it better by and by
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Say what, we gonna do what?
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Say we're gonna
understand it better by and by
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I think I heard you but I
had to hear it one more time.
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Oh, yes
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We'll understand
it better by and by
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Amen. Well, that was fun.
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Thank you, Tim, Ryan.
You guys are real blessing.
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I know you're part of the music
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that took place
there in Australia,
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you too Pastor, and
Rosemary and others.
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But it's a real
blessing. Thank you though.
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Amen. My privilege.
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It's fun, isn't
it, to minister music.
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It is
wonderful. What a blessing.
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It's a part of
worship, isn't it, Pastor?
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Right. And they were
having a good time there.
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Not just
communicating a message.
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But very few times would Tim
take the liberty of directing.
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What did you say?
Say that one more time.
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I thought that was really cute.
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Really, that's a subtle way
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of telling him my
arrangement that's on the spot.
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Exactly. So I'm
getting ready to do.
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Yeah, exactly.
This is your heads up.
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The thing about Tim
is that you never know
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when he's about to
spring a modulation on you
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'cause he'll just mod something
right in the middle of a song,
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and so I just got
to follow his lead,
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'cause he'll
just bring it on you,
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and then you just
got to go with it so.
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I'm going by the Spirit.
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So I've got to
pass it from me to you.
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Right, right.
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Going to jump it over
to Tasmania, but pastor,
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I know that when
you were getting ready
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to do a song for
the concert in Tasmania,
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you would had him
listen to a track, was it?
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Had Tim listened to a
track, and it had several
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with three key
changes or modulations?
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Is that right, Tim?
Oh, yeah, we did that.
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That was a great arrangement.
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And that was just neat
'cause that's the talent
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God has given you, Tim.
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I know He's given
each one of us talents,
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but that was just
amazing to sit back there
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by the audio booth and
to watch that take place.
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That's right.
You just played it.
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Tim said, I got it. Yeah.
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And then you guys
practiced once, maybe twice.
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Just once. Yeah.
Just went over it.
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Let's try one
more. That's incredible.
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Thank you, Tim.
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That is why when
we're on the road,
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it's rare that we
would use a sound track,
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why would you?
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Exactly. That's right.
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He's such a
gifted minister of music.
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And, you know, the
musician is one thing,
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but a minister of music.
Yeah, there's a big difference.
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That's the difference
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because it's
anointed by the Holy Spirit,
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and that's the way
I look at Tim's gift
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as the minister of music.
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And you also led the
congregation and songs
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which was fun too, Tim.
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I love that.
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Let me just say what
an honor it was to be,
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you know, knowing that
you're countries apart,
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but, you know, we
sing the same songs,
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we serve the same Savior,
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and we love to
worship Him through song.
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And I could not believe
the people who came up to me,
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and were thanking me for the,
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Your favorites
By Request program
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that you all have
sent your requests in,
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and thank you for doing
that, keep sending those,
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but it's, you know, you
think when you're in the studio,
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you're just singing to a camera,
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and that's as far
as it really gets.
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And then to wind up
in Australia one day
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and people come up to you
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saying thanks
for those programs.
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No glory to me at all,
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but just that they
are able to interact
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and they enjoyed those songs.
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So I love that
God's people love to sing
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all around the world.
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That's right. Keep singing.
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It's fun. It is.
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So let's talk about
Avondale Memorial Church.
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That was where we had the
3ABN Australia Homecoming.
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I know they wanted to
have a camp meeting for years.
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Here at 3ABN in the US,
we have it twice a year,
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but this was
their very first one,
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and they put a
lot of effort into it.
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Oh, yeah, for sure.
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I'm trying to think, I
think we have some pictures
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and maybe we can just
start talking about the speakers
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and the different
things that took place.
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I think we will
start with a picture.
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Oh, this is Dr. Allan Lindsay.
Dr. Allan Lindsay, yeah.
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He is the voice of
3ABN, sorry, the voice of...
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Keepers of the
Flame. The pioneers...
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Keepers of the Flame, thank you,
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that when we met him
for the first time...
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Well, actually, more
than, was it a while ago,
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we met him, and I thought wow.
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About, yeah, 10 years ago.
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So as people look at
us, we were looking at him.
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Yeah. That's right.
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He guided us to that
Keepers of the Flame series
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which so many of you
have probably watched.
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Yeah, on 3ABN for many years.
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Blessed on
3ABN, and to meet him,
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his humility, and his knowledge.
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And he said, "Call me Allan."
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I could not
possibly call him Allan.
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He said the same thing to me,
and I said, "I can't do that."
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No. I could never do that.
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I said, me too. I said, "No, no.
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you're Dr. Lindsay." Yes.
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So you know what we should do
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is actually go back
just before the Homecoming
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because we had a wonderful tour
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of Sunnyside led by Dr. Lindsay.
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That was phenomenal
which Sunnyside, pastor,
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I don't know if you wanted
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to expound upon
that a little bit
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is a special place
especially in Adventist history.
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Yeah, Ellen White,
when she went to Australia
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that's where she
stayed in Sunnyside.
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And, you know, when we look
at the evolution of the church,
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the Lord had to work
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for His servant
to do in Australia,
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and she went there in
humility, and one thing
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we learned about Australia
is a place of diversity,
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even when it comes
to different views,
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doctrinally.
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And the blessing of
going there at Sunnyside
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and allowing the
Lord to use Ellen White
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in the way He had left
an indelible impression,
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and Avondale is a
testimony to this very day,
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of the work that was done there.
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But to walk through
there, and see how God...
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Like Elms Haven, remember?
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Yeah, right, and she also wrote
part of the Desire of Ages.
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There in
Sunnyside. Sunnyside, yes.
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It's an amazing experience
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and to have the
tour led by Dr. Lindsay
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who knows that like
the back of his hand
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is just unbelievable.
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The stories.
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Stories of the land there,
wasn't supposed to grow trees,
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remember that?
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Story of the fruit trees,
and how you're supposed to plant
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and how they grew
beautiful fruit there.
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That was an
incredible experience.
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So that was a great
way to start our trip
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because we landed
and that's where we went.
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The same day we went there.
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Yes. Yeah, talk about jet lag.
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Just a point of note.
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You know, when we
say Desire of Ages,
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somebody might be watching
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that don't even
know what that is.
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It's a book that the Lord
inspired Ellen White to write,
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and it's chronicled today
in the Library of Congress
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as the best book ever
written about the life of Christ
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outside of the Bible,
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and so many
denominational leaders
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have read that book
to get the insights.
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That is just so beautiful
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about how Christ used this
humble servant to uplift Him
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and to lead people to know
Him as their personal Savior.
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By no means a
replacement of the Bible,
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but part of
that book was written
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when she was there in Sunnyside.
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And when he talked
about the letters being sent
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because nowadays
we sent an email,
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we shoot an email,
and it's like, got it.
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When they wrote
letters out there,
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it took months
to get to America,
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and it was amazing to see
that what was happening there
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was being led of the Lord,
and what was happening here.
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And so when you go back
and you see, it's like wow.
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You know in here, I have to say
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I kind of
complained a little bit
00:17:28.88\00:17:30.21
about a 15-hour plane
ride, and here it took her,
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I think 30 days by
boat out of San Francisco
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or somewhere to
get over to Sydney.
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Yeah, so I had
nothing to complain about.
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No.
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Not, it shouldn't
be there, not a...
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Yeah. Right.
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And his wife, Mrs. Lindsay. Yes.
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Oh, what a precious lady?
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She is beautiful,
such a precious woman.
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And she made a soup,
wasn't that soup good?
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Just fed us and...
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A lot of pumpkin
soup, and I'm not sure,
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I'm still not sure
if it was squash pumpkin
00:17:58.54\00:18:00.18
or pumpkin squash.
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I think it's a squash. Yeah.
00:18:01.58\00:18:02.91
I don't know. It was good.
00:18:02.94\00:18:04.28
It was good. It was gone.
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Oh, yeah. We ate it all.
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Did we eat in Australia? What?
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Oh, no. All walk. Eat and walk.
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We ate very well.
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So we went from
that wonderful tour
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and then we got
ready for the Homecoming.
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Yes. We had incredible turn out.
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Now this is inside the church.
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This looks like
Sabbath morning probably.
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This is the control
room that 3ABN Australia use.
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They took
equipment from their studios
00:18:26.97\00:18:29.17
and moved them to a
side room of the church
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and did basically a remote shoot
00:18:31.74\00:18:33.38
like we bring our truck in,
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and did the
production there, and recorded.
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It wasn't live, but they
recorded the programs there.
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But they screened it
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because all the people
there in Avondale watched it.
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Yeah, very true.
That's a good point.
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Oh, and that's Teresa
Fong and her sister Marletta.
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Teresa did a wonderful job. Oh.
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When she spoke,
wasn't that a blessing?
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Yeah. Yeah. For sure.
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Met a lot of wonderful,
wonderful people there.
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John Malkiewicz
speaking. And each of...
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The whole thing was knowing God,
00:19:00.54\00:19:02.30
and then through
Bible study, through prayer,
00:19:02.34\00:19:04.67
through conflict, and
there's, not the Gaither Trio.
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Dynamic trio. Oh.
00:19:08.11\00:19:11.51
Men in black. Yeah.
They did a great job.
00:19:11.55\00:19:14.35
You all did some of the songs
from Give Him Glory project.
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Give Him Glory project.
And the Calvary project.
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Several numbers. That's true.
00:19:20.39\00:19:21.72
Those were the
audio technicians.
00:19:21.76\00:19:23.09
They did a wonderful job.
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Yes, they're from
the Avondale Church.
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That's us bringing the luggage.
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Right, into John
and Rosemary's house.
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That was the
train, the luggage train.
00:19:30.67\00:19:32.10
Oh, yeah.
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I'm down the steps
all way up the steps.
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Again, it was very nice of
them to open up their house.
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They have the perfect home
00:19:38.11\00:19:39.57
for
accommodating and hospitality.
00:19:39.61\00:19:42.21
Everybody had kind of
their own little world.
00:19:42.24\00:19:43.58
Oh, kangaroo. We got
to touch them in person.
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We all did.
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And those are
technically wild kangaroos.
00:19:48.78\00:19:50.32
That's not in the
zoo. Yeah, that's right.
00:19:50.39\00:19:51.82
That's actually
at some grounds there
00:19:51.85\00:19:53.39
where a lot of
kangaroos come to.
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Good hair day.
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Oh, Jill. The wind
was blowing. Oh, Jill too.
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Oh, I thought you were
talking about the kangaroos.
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This I think is really nice
00:20:01.13\00:20:02.46
because this is actually
the signage for the memorial,
00:20:02.50\00:20:05.07
Avondale Memorial Church,
you can see Avondale College
00:20:05.10\00:20:07.24
because you
continue up that road
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past the sign is the college.
00:20:08.67\00:20:10.21
But then you see that blue sign?
00:20:10.24\00:20:12.31
That sign, it
actually says, well, I think,
00:20:12.34\00:20:14.18
"Welcome to the 3ABN
Australia Homecoming."
00:20:14.21\00:20:17.35
They set there on their
church marquee, it said,
00:20:17.38\00:20:19.38
"Pastor Lomacang on
Sabbath." Very nice.
00:20:19.41\00:20:22.45
A lot of support
from the local church.
00:20:22.48\00:20:23.89
It was indeed.
00:20:23.92\00:20:25.25
A lot of history in that church.
00:20:25.29\00:20:26.62
This is Pastor
Abal. Of the church.
00:20:26.65\00:20:28.52
He's a pastor at
the Avondale Memorial.
00:20:28.56\00:20:29.89
He did a great job. Didn't he?
00:20:29.92\00:20:31.26
Oh, I was blessed.
Yeah, he and his family.
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Answering some of
those tough questions
00:20:32.66\00:20:34.00
in the Old Testament.
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And that are some of the
things you ask about, right?
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Yes. This is them.
00:20:36.80\00:20:38.13
Yeah, he and his
wife. And his wife.
00:20:38.17\00:20:39.50
Oh, yeah. And they
have a couple of kids.
00:20:39.53\00:20:40.87
They do. Precious
little girls. He was...
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Wasn't he a
graduate of the school there?
00:20:43.84\00:20:45.17
He was of Avondale. Absolutely.
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Pastor John, the Lord
used you. Oh, yeah, mightily.
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You sang and spoke.
It was real blessing.
00:20:52.01\00:20:53.85
Yeah, it was a
Praise the Lord day.
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Is that Ryan I'm
trying to see? Here's Ryan.
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That's Ryan. Yes.
00:20:58.52\00:20:59.92
Did a wonderful job.
The Lord used you too.
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.99
The anointing of
God was on both of you.
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It was a special time.
00:21:03.43\00:21:04.86
There is John and Rosemary
who again kept very busy
00:21:04.89\00:21:07.93
trying to organize the event.
00:21:07.96\00:21:09.66
Pastor Geoff Youlden. Oh, yeah.
00:21:09.70\00:21:12.20
That brother preaches like
a boss at the union retreat.
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Union evangelist.
Evangelist to the Union.
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He is a very good speaker.
00:21:16.37\00:21:17.71
Oh, yes. That's for sure.
00:21:17.74\00:21:20.38
There's Teresa. Teresa.
00:21:20.41\00:21:21.98
Yeah, she did a
wonderful job. Yes, she has.
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.65
That sermon title's subtitle
was "We're getting married."
00:21:23.68\00:21:26.92
That was really
good, we wish for that.
00:21:26.95\00:21:28.42
That was great. That
was our very own Jill.
00:21:28.45\00:21:30.79
Oh, that's right.
Jill did fabulous.
00:21:30.82\00:21:32.85
And you did the
Sabbath School panel as well.
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.26
Yeah, she did.
00:21:34.29\00:21:35.62
Angie, you're
telling the children story.
00:21:35.66\00:21:36.99
Oh, yeah, that was
fun. That was a great story.
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.96
You know, Angie stepped
up to the plate this time.
00:21:38.99\00:21:40.90
Oh, yes. There's
a whole crew of us.
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.26
Oh, yeah. There's all of us.
00:21:43.30\00:21:44.63
And I was very proud of my wife.
00:21:44.67\00:21:46.00
We'll show later on where she
ran the audio for the concert.
00:21:46.03\00:21:47.57
Oh, I know for Tasmania. Yeah.
00:21:47.64\00:21:49.77
And Tasmania, we'll
talk about that later.
00:21:49.80\00:21:51.47
No, you did a great job.
And you did a lot of hosting.
00:21:51.51\00:21:54.51
I liked what they did
00:21:54.54\00:21:55.88
because they kind of
broke it up and said,
00:21:55.91\00:21:57.78
"Okay, you're
going to host here,
00:21:57.81\00:21:59.15
you're hosting here,
and different people."
00:21:59.18\00:22:00.52
That's true. Greg and I hosted.
00:22:00.55\00:22:02.52
Yeah, exactly. That was fun.
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.45
They pulled you
out of the shadows.
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Comfort.
00:22:05.95\00:22:07.29
'Cause usually, I'm
always doing it with Jill.
00:22:07.36\00:22:08.69
Right.
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.06
But there's
nothing wrong with that
00:22:10.09\00:22:11.43
because you're my wife sweetie.
00:22:11.46\00:22:12.79
Thank you.
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.16
But still, kind of broke out
of the rut and that was neat.
00:22:14.20\00:22:15.53
I know. That was
different. It was nice.
00:22:15.56\00:22:16.90
You know, one of
things that really touched me,
00:22:16.93\00:22:18.27
and I know all of
you met people that came,
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some people drove,
I met some gentleman
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.14
that drove 18 hours
from somewhere in Australia
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'cause Australia
is a huge country.
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And they drove 18 hours to come.
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Met number of people
that drove 10 hours to come
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for the weekend.
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And boy, some people flew...
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People flew in from Perth
00:22:35.62\00:22:36.95
which is several
thousand miles away.
00:22:36.99\00:22:38.32
Yeah, Perth is actually,
00:22:38.35\00:22:39.69
from there, east
to west is farther
00:22:39.72\00:22:41.19
than from the east
to west of our coast.
00:22:41.22\00:22:43.53
Oh, really? It's
almost like 4,000 miles.
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And so it's a wide country.
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Why do you think
they came so far?
00:22:49.23\00:22:51.80
It wasn't just to
see people from America,
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I know that for a fact.
00:22:54.54\00:22:57.01
The reason in my mind is
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.51
because they've been
blessed by the ministry of 3ABN,
00:22:58.54\00:23:01.48
and for them,
00:23:01.51\00:23:02.84
many of them are
in isolated churches,
00:23:02.88\00:23:04.48
where I talked to
several gentlemen,
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they only come from a
church of seven people.
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.75
Oh. That's it.
00:23:08.78\00:23:10.12
And they said, for
them to find a bigger church
00:23:10.19\00:23:11.52
is many, many
kilometers, if not miles,
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or both I guess,
miles, kilometers,
00:23:13.89\00:23:15.56
however you
want to convert that.
00:23:15.59\00:23:17.13
But for them to come
to an event like this
00:23:17.16\00:23:18.59
is fellowship.
00:23:18.63\00:23:20.00
And for them, they said,
00:23:20.03\00:23:21.36
there was just a
spiritual high for them,
00:23:21.40\00:23:23.06
and I believe that's
why many of them came
00:23:23.10\00:23:25.67
was to actually receive
that spiritual fellowship,
00:23:25.70\00:23:28.04
and many of them
had tears in their eyes
00:23:28.07\00:23:29.40
from the music,
from the speaking.
00:23:29.44\00:23:31.41
They said they felt so
encouraged and inspired
00:23:31.44\00:23:34.08
to continue to press on
00:23:34.11\00:23:35.44
because many
times in our own walks
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.15
even with us being
surrounded as we are
00:23:37.18\00:23:39.08
with many Christians
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:23:39.11\00:23:41.18
it can get a little
discouraging sometimes.
00:23:41.22\00:23:43.05
And in their walk,
00:23:43.08\00:23:44.42
they obviously are
getting discouraged too.
00:23:44.45\00:23:45.79
But to get together
as a group in fellowship,
00:23:45.82\00:23:48.06
yeah, what a blessing.
00:23:48.09\00:23:49.42
You know, it's
always interesting
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.83
whenever you can go to...
00:23:50.86\00:23:52.19
When you have a place
where there are several options
00:23:52.23\00:23:53.56
to go to restaurants,
00:23:53.60\00:23:55.33
you know, you kind of get tired,
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.70
and you begin to complain,
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.10
"Oh, let's go back
there to this restaurant,
00:23:58.13\00:23:59.87
or let's go to that
all-you-can-eat buffet."
00:23:59.90\00:24:01.57
And, you know, you just do
it. Which one you want today?
00:24:01.60\00:24:02.94
So laissez,
right, which one today.
00:24:02.97\00:24:05.41
And so it's
interesting to go to places
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.28
that don't have such
a variety, first of all,
00:24:08.31\00:24:11.15
and they are
hungry for fellowship,
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.62
for the Word, and to be
around just the people of God.
00:24:13.65\00:24:17.12
And so it's a
good reminder for us
00:24:17.19\00:24:20.36
not to get too comfortable
and not to become too familiar
00:24:20.39\00:24:24.76
and just appreciate
what we have right here,
00:24:24.79\00:24:27.90
especially here
at 3ABN working here.
00:24:27.93\00:24:30.77
I always said, I wanted to
work in a Christian bookstore
00:24:30.80\00:24:32.87
or something like that
where I could be around people,
00:24:32.90\00:24:35.14
you know, that were, you know,
we were all of the same mind,
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.07
and I got my wish
working here at 3ABN.
00:24:38.11\00:24:41.21
But it makes
it, you know, again,
00:24:41.24\00:24:42.88
makes you realize that
when you go other places
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.21
that don't have
that constant surrounding
00:24:45.25\00:24:47.78
of people who love the Lord.
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.15
That's right. So it
makes me appreciate it.
00:24:49.18\00:24:51.32
As well as the
ingenuity of the people,
00:24:51.35\00:24:55.29
the workers at 3ABN Australia,
00:24:55.32\00:24:58.39
their ingenuity of the machinery
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.50
that they've created
00:25:00.53\00:25:01.86
and the little ideas, techniques
00:25:01.90\00:25:03.57
that they have implemented
00:25:03.60\00:25:05.03
based on not having a budget
00:25:05.07\00:25:07.74
that we are
blessed with maybe here.
00:25:07.77\00:25:10.41
So again, it's
just a wonderful thing
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.74
to go overseas and
be part of something
00:25:12.77\00:25:15.74
where people are using
their minds in a great way.
00:25:15.78\00:25:18.15
Yeah, it's inspiring for us.
00:25:18.18\00:25:21.05
Ryan, the theme, great theme,
wasn't it, for the Homecoming?
00:25:21.08\00:25:23.69
Oh, man, absolutely.
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.05
In fact, I'm sure
there are some legalities
00:25:25.09\00:25:28.12
or what not that goes into,
00:25:28.16\00:25:30.93
you know, cross-using material
from ministry to ministry.
00:25:30.96\00:25:34.86
But, you know, the
theme was knowing God.
00:25:34.90\00:25:38.37
And so there were
many different sermons
00:25:38.40\00:25:41.04
that myself and Pastor
John and others including Jill
00:25:41.07\00:25:45.77
presented while we
were there on knowing God,
00:25:45.81\00:25:48.34
knowing God as a
friend, as our closest friend,
00:25:48.38\00:25:50.58
knowing God through the trials,
00:25:50.65\00:25:52.25
knowing God
through the Old Testament,
00:25:52.28\00:25:53.75
knowing God
through the parables,
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.18
knowing God through the
truth. And it was just...
00:25:55.22\00:25:57.65
It was powerful to be
able to revisit the scripture
00:25:57.69\00:26:02.09
on all of those
incredible passages
00:26:02.12\00:26:05.03
that helped us to come to
know God and His character,
00:26:05.06\00:26:08.06
and so it was
almost a revival for me
00:26:08.10\00:26:11.97
being there to hear all
of the powerful messages.
00:26:12.00\00:26:14.47
And so I don't know if
we could even make it happen
00:26:14.50\00:26:17.77
to get it on 3ABN here,
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.67
but it was definitely
something that blessed my heart,
00:26:19.71\00:26:22.61
and I know it
blessed others, absolutely.
00:26:22.64\00:26:24.58
I was so proud
of my 3ABN family.
00:26:24.61\00:26:26.72
You all did an incredible job.
The Lord blessed, didn't He?
00:26:26.75\00:26:31.32
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:26:31.35\00:26:32.72
I was so proud of you.
00:26:32.75\00:26:34.09
It's like, there's
my family, look at Jill,
00:26:34.16\00:26:36.29
you did one on
trials, what I was touched.
00:26:36.32\00:26:39.66
And you had so many
people come up to you afterwards
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.70
that were going
through immense trials, right?
00:26:42.73\00:26:46.17
That was what was...
00:26:46.20\00:26:48.64
You know, when you share,
00:26:48.67\00:26:50.54
then you don't
know how it ministers
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.21
or how it touches, or
how it, whatever you know?
00:26:52.24\00:26:55.01
At the end in
Tasmania, I made that appeal.
00:26:55.04\00:26:57.18
I'd asked him, "Will you do
00:26:57.25\00:26:58.58
I Surrender All
if there's time?"
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.62
And the Lord really
worked through that I believe.
00:27:00.65\00:27:03.15
You know, the music
softens the heart, you know,
00:27:03.18\00:27:06.52
the Holy Spirit
because we all have things,
00:27:06.55\00:27:08.56
we all go through
stuff, but we all have things
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.76
that God is
calling us to surrender.
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.80
You know, I know in my own life,
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.76
God is calling that.
00:27:15.80\00:27:17.47
And the people
who came up after,
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.43
hopefully I can say
this without crying.
00:27:19.47\00:27:21.00
But, you know, one
lady, her husband is dying,
00:27:21.04\00:27:24.71
he was diagnosed with
stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
00:27:24.74\00:27:27.11
And he was there. He was there.
00:27:27.18\00:27:29.54
And he had just gotten out
of the hospital, and he came,
00:27:29.58\00:27:32.75
and she said, "I've
always wondered why,
00:27:32.78\00:27:35.75
and now, I'm okay,
00:27:35.78\00:27:38.42
and he can go to
sleep, I'm okay."
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.26
And then you
know, another lady said,
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.16
"I've had 12 miscarriages."
00:27:42.19\00:27:43.73
Twelve? And I've
encountered this pain.
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.93
You know, everyone deals
with a measure of something.
00:27:47.00\00:27:49.43
Yes.
00:27:49.46\00:27:50.80
And it's all different, but
God wants to give us victory.
00:27:50.87\00:27:54.14
He wants to transform our
lives in the middle of that.
00:27:54.17\00:27:57.34
Right. Absolutely. Yeah.
00:27:57.41\00:28:00.08
Yeah, it was a
tremendous blessing.
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.44
Do you have
anything on that, Pastor,
00:28:01.48\00:28:02.81
for as this messages
00:28:02.84\00:28:04.18
and the whole
program was powerful?
00:28:04.21\00:28:05.55
You know, when you put together
something of that scale.
00:28:05.58\00:28:08.08
Oh, that was the
first for 3ABN Australia.
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.82
And they were
inspired by our Homecomings,
00:28:10.89\00:28:12.99
and our spring camp meetings.
00:28:13.02\00:28:14.82
And so when we went back,
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.19
and we'd really
looked at the crew,
00:28:16.22\00:28:18.79
the size of their crew
compared to the size of ours.
00:28:18.83\00:28:21.16
Yes. Oh, wow.
00:28:21.20\00:28:22.80
They literally worked
off of a shoestring crew
00:28:22.83\00:28:26.84
to accomplish what we
did with a large crew.
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.54
That's a good point.
00:28:28.57\00:28:29.90
And I thought the work of
getting the messages lined up,
00:28:29.94\00:28:32.54
the hosting lined up.
00:28:32.57\00:28:34.01
And then their
son, James... Oh, yeah.
00:28:34.08\00:28:36.21
James is genius. He's talented.
00:28:36.24\00:28:38.25
The program James
helped Rosemary...
00:28:38.28\00:28:40.85
John and
Rosemary's son, the program
00:28:40.92\00:28:43.49
he even wrote a
program for their teleprompter.
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.95
I mean, he designed
this thing, he coded this.
00:28:45.99\00:28:47.82
Yeah, that was impressive.
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.19
And it's not even released
yet, and I thought, I said,
00:28:49.22\00:28:50.73
"I loved that
teleprompter program.
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.49
How can I get it?
00:28:52.53\00:28:53.90
He said, "Well,
it's mine. I own it.
00:28:53.93\00:28:55.26
I mean, it's a beta tested,
and it worked every night."
00:28:55.30\00:28:58.43
And one of the ways
that the Lord blessed,
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.04
it was kind of,
you know, sometimes,
00:29:00.07\00:29:01.87
speaking about through trials,
00:29:01.90\00:29:03.24
one of the trials
going to Tasmania.
00:29:03.27\00:29:05.34
When we get to the airport,
00:29:05.37\00:29:06.71
Rosemary realizes
she left her computer,
00:29:06.78\00:29:09.54
the run sheets,
00:29:09.58\00:29:10.95
everything she
needed for the program.
00:29:10.98\00:29:12.31
Passports.
00:29:12.35\00:29:13.68
All that she needed,
00:29:13.72\00:29:15.35
and then it was
actually God blocking her
00:29:15.38\00:29:19.29
because James
needed to be there.
00:29:19.32\00:29:21.92
And we made the suggestion,
"We'll have James bring it in."
00:29:21.96\00:29:25.36
It turned out to be a buzzing
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.10
far greater than
we could ever imagine.
00:29:27.13\00:29:28.60
Because we
needed James in Tasmania
00:29:28.63\00:29:30.10
to help us with the
technical side of things.
00:29:30.17\00:29:31.77
That's true. James...
00:29:31.80\00:29:33.13
Angie and James sat in the back.
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.50
Angie is running
audio for the concert,
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.17
James doing all the
video and the teleprompter.
00:29:36.20\00:29:39.14
And together, I
thought to myself,
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.54
I was so proud of my wife,
and I just got to say this.
00:29:41.58\00:29:42.91
Yeah, she did a great job.
00:29:42.94\00:29:44.28
Because normally
if I suggested that,
00:29:44.31\00:29:46.18
normally Angie would say no.
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.98
"No. This is production.
I'm not going to do that.
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.55
I've never mixed for
three people before."
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.95
But she said...
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.79
Because I was
sitting in the back, I said,
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.42
"Who am I comfortable
with running the sound?"
00:29:55.46\00:29:57.93
And I said to myself,
00:29:57.96\00:29:59.29
"Well, I know Angie
does my solo concerts."
00:29:59.33\00:30:01.33
And just then, she
walked through the door,
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.90
and I pitched the idea.
00:30:02.93\00:30:04.27
She said, "Sure,
I'll be glad to do it."
00:30:04.30\00:30:05.63
And I thought... I
know, has never done.
00:30:05.67\00:30:07.24
She's ever done before. No.
00:30:07.27\00:30:08.77
I would have said,
"No, I can't do that."
00:30:08.80\00:30:11.11
You did a great job.
00:30:11.14\00:30:12.47
And as soon as I came up
from downstairs, he says,
00:30:12.51\00:30:15.14
"Can you run the
sound for the concert?"
00:30:15.18\00:30:16.75
"Sure, I could do it." What?
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.28
I don't say
that. That wasn't me.
00:30:19.31\00:30:21.85
Yeah, that is
the funniest thing.
00:30:21.88\00:30:24.45
Yeah, yeah.
00:30:24.49\00:30:25.82
One of these days, I'll
talk about the volunteering
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.69
for something
that I didn't realize
00:30:27.72\00:30:29.06
I was volunteered to take
your place when I went to Ohio.
00:30:29.09\00:30:31.83
Yes.
00:30:31.86\00:30:33.19
So we'll talk about that
later, sorry about that, aside.
00:30:33.23\00:30:35.73
But go ahead.
00:30:35.76\00:30:37.10
So yeah, be careful
what you volunteer for
00:30:37.17\00:30:38.50
or when you just say yes.
00:30:38.53\00:30:39.87
Exactly. Amen.
00:30:39.90\00:30:41.67
Be an instant in
season and out for season.
00:30:41.70\00:30:43.04
There are seasons. That's right.
00:30:43.07\00:30:44.41
And I have to tell,
00:30:44.44\00:30:45.77
and it really gave
me a measure of comfort
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.18
because I know
what she's capable of,
00:30:47.21\00:30:48.58
but going
through the mixing board,
00:30:48.61\00:30:50.05
and I'm looking back
there, and James and Angie,
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.98
James and Angie.
00:30:52.01\00:30:53.35
They were
switching the microphones,
00:30:53.42\00:30:54.75
and the program
really went well.
00:30:54.78\00:30:56.99
It went well and I
said, "The Lord knows how,"
00:30:57.02\00:31:01.12
that's an understatement.
00:31:01.16\00:31:02.49
Yeah.
00:31:02.52\00:31:03.86
But He pulls out from us
00:31:03.93\00:31:05.26
those things that
sometimes are hidden
00:31:05.29\00:31:06.63
and we don't even know,
00:31:06.66\00:31:08.00
but I want to thank
you for the willing heart.
00:31:08.03\00:31:09.36
I knew it was not something
that she was coming forth
00:31:09.40\00:31:11.77
and thinking of on her own.
00:31:11.80\00:31:13.23
It was a blessing.
And we're all blessed.
00:31:13.27\00:31:15.67
It helps that you threatened her
00:31:15.70\00:31:17.04
that you'd have to
walk back to the States.
00:31:17.11\00:31:20.38
You did that. It wouldn't work.
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.28
She kind of
circled on me and said no,
00:31:22.31\00:31:23.65
you're walking back.
00:31:23.68\00:31:25.58
It was teamwork.
It was, isn't that?
00:31:25.61\00:31:28.32
And talking about team,
00:31:28.35\00:31:29.68
and I know it's
been talked about here
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.05
is their team, 3ABN Australia,
00:31:31.09\00:31:32.62
and how they don't
have a large team there,
00:31:32.65\00:31:34.42
and going to their
building, it was the first time
00:31:34.46\00:31:36.02
for Jill and myself
to go to the facility,
00:31:36.06\00:31:37.89
you've been there before too?
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.26
I saw but not as
complete as today.
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.80
Yes, we have some
pictures of their building.
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.56
It's unbelievable
actually, a beautiful, actually,
00:31:42.60\00:31:45.23
this was really intriguing too.
00:31:45.27\00:31:46.60
A lot of it's being powered
by solar, very efficient.
00:31:46.63\00:31:50.21
That's the outside of the 3ABN
Australia studios and offices.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.77
They were in Morisset.
Yup. In Morisset, Australia.
00:31:52.81\00:31:55.48
And it's very close to
John and Rosemary's house
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.55
which is so nice
because they can drive to work.
00:31:57.58\00:31:59.11
This is their
studio which would be like
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.25
we assist one here.
00:32:01.28\00:32:02.62
Instead of 3ABN
Today, they call it 3ABN Now.
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.99
And each one of
us had the privilege
00:32:05.02\00:32:06.76
of doing an interview.
00:32:06.79\00:32:08.12
This is Etin McClintock.
00:32:08.16\00:32:09.49
He's their 3ABN
radio producer and host.
00:32:09.52\00:32:10.86
That's right.
And he interviewed.
00:32:10.93\00:32:12.49
He's good. Oh,
he does a great job.
00:32:12.53\00:32:15.13
This is Kyle
and Elizabeth Sarah.
00:32:15.16\00:32:18.53
And he works... I
need to pull my paper.
00:32:18.57\00:32:20.87
Well, he does
radio and video editing.
00:32:20.94\00:32:23.27
And video, and he runs the
gym, doesn't he run the gym?
00:32:23.30\00:32:26.07
And Elizabeth
does the reception.
00:32:26.11\00:32:27.58
Yeah, she does. And
they wear multiple hats.
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.51
They do. I'm sure.
00:32:29.54\00:32:30.88
This is from your drone, Pastor.
00:32:30.95\00:32:32.28
Yeah, drone.
00:32:32.31\00:32:33.65
Let's just say,
pastor, that's a neat angle.
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.02
That comes from your drone.
00:32:35.05\00:32:36.38
From that, John
and I look a lot alike,
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.85
our hair line is alike.
00:32:38.89\00:32:41.29
So, yeah, beautiful facility
actually that they have there,
00:32:41.32\00:32:44.13
it's just really nice.
00:32:44.16\00:32:45.79
John is a
builder. He's a builder.
00:32:45.83\00:32:47.66
This is when you
walk in the front lobby.
00:32:47.70\00:32:49.86
Yes, the lobby.
00:32:49.90\00:32:51.63
Yup, they have a
little call center,
00:32:51.67\00:32:53.64
and they have several studios,
they have offices upstairs,
00:32:53.67\00:32:56.24
a little kitchen area where Tim,
00:32:56.27\00:32:57.61
we talked about the worship.
00:32:57.64\00:32:58.97
Right.
00:32:59.01\00:33:00.38
That's their conference
table, kitchen, worship area.
00:33:00.41\00:33:01.91
We had lunch there
several times with the staff.
00:33:01.94\00:33:05.11
They all pitched
together and brought food.
00:33:05.15\00:33:07.68
Oh. Boy, we
surely ate well there.
00:33:07.72\00:33:10.19
And haystacks,
didn't it taste differently?
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.35
Than ours. It tasted different.
00:33:12.39\00:33:14.09
We are not haystack
people. Oh, I didn't know that.
00:33:14.16\00:33:17.36
It was really good. But
we enjoyed it, didn't we?
00:33:17.43\00:33:19.73
There was something
different about their flavor.
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.96
I think it's partially
connected to the non-GMO.
00:33:22.00\00:33:25.40
Really? That is true.
00:33:25.43\00:33:26.77
'Cause a lot of
their stuff is non-GMO.
00:33:26.84\00:33:28.17
That's true. Over here, it's...
00:33:28.20\00:33:29.64
Yeah, I noticed when we
went to the grocery store,
00:33:29.67\00:33:33.78
we all went together to
the Australian grocery store,
00:33:33.81\00:33:36.28
and I noticed the
Australian products
00:33:36.31\00:33:38.35
that are very similar or
equivalent to our products,
00:33:38.38\00:33:41.28
their list of ingredients
was like this right here,
00:33:41.32\00:33:44.19
little tiny list,
00:33:44.22\00:33:45.55
maybe three or four
items, tops, you know?
00:33:45.59\00:33:47.96
And our looks like
a paragraph of things.
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.89
That was very interesting to me.
00:33:49.92\00:33:51.53
Yeah, that was
eye-opening, wasn't it?
00:33:51.56\00:33:53.63
Yes. For sure.
00:33:53.70\00:33:55.03
But I liked how
resourceful they're.
00:33:55.06\00:33:56.40
I'm sorry, you had
some more of the staff.
00:33:56.43\00:33:57.77
Were you
talking about the staff?
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.13
Go for it. Okay, I just...
00:33:59.17\00:34:00.50
I asked James for
the list of staff,
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.17
so I don't leave someone out.
00:34:02.20\00:34:03.64
It's good.
00:34:03.71\00:34:05.04
Of course, we talked
already about John Malkiewicz,
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.18
and he and his wife Rosemary
and their positions there,
00:34:07.21\00:34:09.44
and what they do.
00:34:09.48\00:34:10.85
But we are so grateful for
what God has called them to do
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.92
there at 3ABN Australia.
00:34:13.95\00:34:15.38
And James, we talked
about Rosemary's son, James.
00:34:15.42\00:34:19.09
He and his wife, Diane, we
haven't talked about Diane.
00:34:19.12\00:34:21.39
I know she's a
nurse, but she spend
00:34:21.42\00:34:23.16
a great deal of
time with us as well,
00:34:23.19\00:34:24.96
and she's just a precious girl.
00:34:24.99\00:34:26.59
Young woman,
00:34:26.63\00:34:27.96
and she helped
some too volunteering,
00:34:28.00\00:34:31.43
and she's a great cook.
And an incredible singer.
00:34:31.47\00:34:34.94
Yes, thank you
for bringing that.
00:34:34.97\00:34:36.34
She has an
incredible voice. She does.
00:34:36.37\00:34:38.11
In fact, when I
first arrived there,
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.47
she said, "I want to sing
More Than Wonderful with you."
00:34:39.51\00:34:43.08
And so I never heard her
sing, and I heard her humming
00:34:43.11\00:34:44.45
and kind of
singing in the background.
00:34:44.48\00:34:47.02
She has an
incredible voice. She does.
00:34:47.05\00:34:49.05
The Lord has gifted her.
00:34:49.08\00:34:50.72
Okay then, Jill
Richards works in accounting.
00:34:50.79\00:34:53.76
I don't know if we have
pictures of all of these,
00:34:53.79\00:34:55.39
but at least we'll mention them.
00:34:55.42\00:34:56.76
Peter Thomas is
the audio technician,
00:34:56.83\00:34:58.86
and I know his wife
was there at Avondale,
00:34:58.89\00:35:01.00
I'm sitting next
to him which was nice.
00:35:01.03\00:35:02.86
But he's the audio technician.
00:35:02.90\00:35:04.90
We talked about Kyle
and Elizabeth already.
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.80
Joel Ridgeway is a new employee,
00:35:07.84\00:35:09.87
he's TV editor and director.
00:35:09.90\00:35:12.11
He came from another ministry
00:35:12.14\00:35:13.58
and joined the
3ABN Australia team.
00:35:13.61\00:35:15.71
Then Ben Cunningham,
he's a TV editor and audio.
00:35:15.74\00:35:19.78
We already talked about Ed Tien.
00:35:19.81\00:35:21.48
And Margo
Marshall is producer host
00:35:21.52\00:35:24.19
for health programming,
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.72
and she fed us, remember
those burgers were so amazing
00:35:25.75\00:35:28.69
on that first night
there at Avondale Memorial?
00:35:28.72\00:35:31.76
Patties. The little patties.
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.13
Yeah. They were good.
00:35:33.16\00:35:34.50
Oh, yes, yes. We ate well there.
00:35:34.53\00:35:38.23
I got the recipe for that.
00:35:38.27\00:35:39.60
You did? I did too.
00:35:39.63\00:35:40.97
It's in my luggage
somewhere. She gave it to me.
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.10
I don't think I'm
unpacked mine yet.
00:35:43.14\00:35:45.21
So as you can tell, we're
actually recording this program
00:35:45.24\00:35:47.71
not long after we have
come back from Australia.
00:35:47.74\00:35:50.28
So we are a little jet-lagged
to be honest with you.
00:35:50.35\00:35:52.58
But that's okay. It's all right.
00:35:52.61\00:35:54.58
Any other staff or volunteers?
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.69
Volunteers, of course,
there were many volunteers,
00:35:57.72\00:35:59.82
and I'm trying to find.
00:35:59.85\00:36:01.19
Oh, Pearl, she was the
young woman at the front desk,
00:36:01.22\00:36:03.16
when we came in
through reception,
00:36:03.19\00:36:04.79
and I missed her
before, so Pearl Frame,
00:36:04.83\00:36:07.40
I guess you pronounce her name.
00:36:07.43\00:36:08.83
She's been helping
them with reception as well.
00:36:08.86\00:36:10.90
So praise the Lord
for what God is doing in
00:36:10.97\00:36:13.44
and through each
one of the team there.
00:36:13.47\00:36:15.40
Very resourceful.
00:36:15.44\00:36:16.91
That's what like,
Tim, you mentioned earlier,
00:36:16.94\00:36:18.44
I was always impressed,
remind me of 3ABN Russia again,
00:36:18.47\00:36:22.64
not having much
but making something
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.51
out of really nothing.
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.05
And it's just the
ingenuity is amazing.
00:36:26.08\00:36:28.25
John Malkiewicz is very
talented with his hands.
00:36:28.28\00:36:30.29
I mean, he's a fabricator.
00:36:30.32\00:36:31.65
He was showing me those LEDs
that you saw on the main stage
00:36:31.69\00:36:34.42
at the Avondale Memorial Church.
00:36:34.46\00:36:36.19
He was showing me
how he kept those things
00:36:36.22\00:36:37.83
standing upright,
and they're all brackets
00:36:37.86\00:36:39.56
and things that he made custom
00:36:39.59\00:36:41.13
for all that brickwork
behind the stage there,
00:36:41.16\00:36:44.50
and there were no
holes drilled into the brick,
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.23
but that thing stood straight
and tall and was very steady.
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.70
Just unbelievable.
00:36:48.74\00:36:50.11
Everything in the studio, a
lot of that is his handiwork.
00:36:50.14\00:36:52.77
And as we
mentioned, it's all powered,
00:36:52.81\00:36:54.31
a majority of it
is by solar power
00:36:54.34\00:36:56.31
which is really,
really incredible.
00:36:56.34\00:36:58.05
Be very cost-effective.
Very much so. You know what?
00:36:58.08\00:37:00.22
They are pioneers,
00:37:00.25\00:37:01.78
and I remember is it
what, 15, 16 years ago
00:37:01.82\00:37:04.79
when they first
started out across the outback
00:37:04.82\00:37:07.49
and across Australia
with their little green,
00:37:07.56\00:37:10.83
they called them
Kermit Land Cruiser,
00:37:10.86\00:37:13.26
Toyota Land Cruiser.
00:37:13.29\00:37:14.63
Ute. The Ute,
that's like an SUV.
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.87
It's called Ute.
00:37:16.90\00:37:18.23
Those are cool because
they're diesel-powered.
00:37:18.27\00:37:20.04
Man, those
things are incredible.
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.57
I wish we could get
one here in America.
00:37:21.60\00:37:22.97
I know. We rode in Kermit.
00:37:23.00\00:37:25.41
Yeah, that's
right. Did you really?
00:37:25.44\00:37:26.98
Yeah, when went to Perth.
00:37:27.01\00:37:28.78
And you rode in
Kermit, the green?
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.25
He actually let me drive it.
00:37:30.28\00:37:31.61
Yeah. I like to drive it.
00:37:31.65\00:37:32.98
Which they drive on the
other side of the road there.
00:37:33.01\00:37:34.85
And for whatever
reason, it doesn't even faze me,
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.79
I just kind of flip a
switch, and it just...
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.95
They would walk
on the other side.
00:37:38.99\00:37:40.36
They would walk on
the other side too,
00:37:40.39\00:37:41.72
they walk, you know?
00:37:41.76\00:37:43.09
Yes, we drive on the other side,
00:37:43.12\00:37:44.46
they drive on the other side.
00:37:44.49\00:37:45.83
Angie had to
continually remind me,
00:37:45.86\00:37:47.20
you know, in America
we walk in that side.
00:37:47.23\00:37:48.56
Tim reminded me too.
00:37:48.60\00:37:49.93
Remember Greg,
walk on the left side.
00:37:49.96\00:37:51.30
We all had a deal
with our left hand.
00:37:51.33\00:37:52.67
Which was easy
for us. For you guys.
00:37:52.70\00:37:55.00
Yeah, we are left
handed. You two lefties.
00:37:55.04\00:37:58.04
You both left handed? We are.
00:37:58.07\00:37:59.54
Both left handed. Wow.
00:37:59.57\00:38:00.91
But I had hard time
walking on the left hand side.
00:38:00.98\00:38:03.18
Really? But anyway...
00:38:03.21\00:38:05.21
That's all right.
Because it's left.
00:38:05.25\00:38:08.88
Tim? Let moving on.
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.29
But anyway, they did this,
00:38:10.32\00:38:12.19
and basically went
across the country of Australia
00:38:12.22\00:38:14.59
installing satellite dishes
00:38:14.62\00:38:15.96
and some of those
dishes are still in place
00:38:15.99\00:38:17.89
and many of the people
that came to this Homecoming,
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.23
they've maybe had to update
a couple piece of equipment
00:38:20.30\00:38:22.26
because it's 15 years ago
00:38:22.30\00:38:23.67
is quite old for
some of the LNB receivers,
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.60
but they're still receiving 3ABN
00:38:25.63\00:38:27.14
because of the work of
John and Rosemary Malkiewicz.
00:38:27.17\00:38:30.61
We mentioned the word
several times, pioneer.
00:38:30.64\00:38:33.11
It's only by the grace of God,
00:38:33.14\00:38:34.48
of course, and
your financial support,
00:38:34.51\00:38:35.84
many of you that
have stood with 3ABN
00:38:35.88\00:38:37.55
through the years
00:38:37.58\00:38:38.91
actually helped get
3ABN Australia started,
00:38:38.95\00:38:41.22
and it's just incredible.
00:38:41.25\00:38:42.65
Thank you for your support,
00:38:42.68\00:38:44.29
continue to
remember them financially.
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.22
Of course, us here, 3ABN Russia,
00:38:46.25\00:38:48.16
all the
different networks of 3ABN.
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.23
But it is making a difference.
You gonna say something, Angie?
00:38:50.26\00:38:52.93
Yes.
00:38:52.96\00:38:54.30
John and Rosemary took us
to their neighbor's house,
00:38:54.33\00:38:56.77
the lady that was bedridden.
00:38:56.80\00:38:58.13
Let's talk about her, thank you.
00:38:58.17\00:38:59.57
Wasn't that... She
was a dedicated lady.
00:38:59.60\00:39:03.41
Eleanor? Eleanor.
00:39:03.44\00:39:05.51
Not, yeah, go ahead.
00:39:05.54\00:39:06.88
She's about 90? I don't know.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.21
I think she said that.
Yeah, no, you're right.
00:39:09.24\00:39:10.78
It is, yeah, she's about 90.
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.18
We had prayer with her,
and she was so cheerful.
00:39:12.21\00:39:15.28
She had such a
good spirit about her,
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.99
and we all went
around and prayed with her.
00:39:18.02\00:39:22.02
We sang. And we just had...
00:39:22.06\00:39:23.43
we sang, that's right, we sang.
00:39:23.46\00:39:25.43
And I just felt so
uplifted after I left there.
00:39:25.46\00:39:29.20
I just felt so
encouraged by her,
00:39:29.23\00:39:31.77
and she knew all of
us when we walked in.
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.17
She named every
one of us. She did.
00:39:34.24\00:39:37.04
She said, "And you
are the new guy, Ryan."
00:39:37.11\00:39:41.38
That's true.
That's true. She did.
00:39:41.41\00:39:43.55
Precious lady. Again...
00:39:43.58\00:39:44.91
For someone that
had been bedridden.
00:39:44.95\00:39:46.28
I think she got polio
when she was, what, 24?
00:39:46.31\00:39:47.78
Yes, she was
working as a missionary
00:39:47.82\00:39:50.69
helping lepers,
right, or something,
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.25
and then she contracted
polio, and couldn't walk,
00:39:52.29\00:39:55.69
and then yet the Lord
used her for so many years.
00:39:55.72\00:39:57.96
And even after she got
polio, she was teaching nurses,
00:39:57.99\00:40:01.23
private, she got to work.
00:40:01.26\00:40:02.90
She said, "I got that
back and forth all my own.
00:40:02.93\00:40:04.93
Don't feel sorry
for me. I'm just fine."
00:40:04.97\00:40:07.24
And we think
about the little things
00:40:07.27\00:40:08.60
we complain about, like
hurt finger, or your legs,
00:40:08.64\00:40:11.77
and here you see somebody
bedridden most of her life,
00:40:11.81\00:40:15.71
still serving the Lord,
and could be so cheerful.
00:40:15.74\00:40:18.51
And I think that
that's only possible
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.25
because you're looking at
life not in here now alone
00:40:20.32\00:40:24.65
but you're looking
to the there and then
00:40:24.69\00:40:27.29
when there will be no
more hurt, no more disaster,
00:40:27.36\00:40:29.39
no more pain, no more
crying, no more disabilities.
00:40:29.42\00:40:32.76
And what a cheerful spirit?
00:40:32.79\00:40:34.13
That said to us,
00:40:34.20\00:40:35.53
"Man, you don't
really have much too."
00:40:35.56\00:40:36.90
And we get, you know,
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.27
we get upset
when it rains on us.
00:40:38.30\00:40:40.14
And this whole lady spent
her life in that disability.
00:40:40.17\00:40:43.07
I'm sure she's watching.
00:40:43.10\00:40:45.21
We praise the Lord
for all that she's done
00:40:45.24\00:40:46.78
and continues to do.
00:40:46.81\00:40:48.14
And so, and then we walked
around at that long excursion,
00:40:48.18\00:40:51.28
our first long walk.
00:40:51.31\00:40:53.72
They called it the nature walk,
and it's next to Dora Creek
00:40:53.75\00:40:56.79
which is close to
Sunnyside that goes past...
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.52
Avondale.
00:40:59.55\00:41:00.89
And Ellen White actually
used to walk that stretches
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.32
along that same creek.
00:41:02.36\00:41:03.73
I don't remember that. Yeah.
00:41:03.76\00:41:05.09
Dora Creek is in her way.
00:41:05.13\00:41:06.46
Yeah, that's why they
kept wanting us to walk it
00:41:06.49\00:41:07.83
because Ellen White
would walk that creek
00:41:07.86\00:41:10.97
along that creek as
we did down the hill.
00:41:11.00\00:41:12.80
It's beautiful. That was...
00:41:12.83\00:41:14.44
We had a chance to do
00:41:14.47\00:41:15.80
a little
sightseeing down in Sydney.
00:41:15.84\00:41:17.21
We went to Sydney.
00:41:17.24\00:41:18.57
Just before we went to Tasmania.
00:41:18.61\00:41:20.21
And where we went to the church,
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.61
I know we have a
picture of it is, Launceston,
00:41:21.64\00:41:23.85
or Ryan how do you say it?
00:41:23.88\00:41:25.88
Launceston. Perfect.
Good job, my brother.
00:41:25.91\00:41:28.78
But I think Tim might know
00:41:28.82\00:41:30.19
a little bit
better how to say it.
00:41:30.22\00:41:32.02
I don't know about that.
00:41:32.05\00:41:33.39
Some of those things kind
of get my tongue all messed up
00:41:33.46\00:41:34.99
kind to say it,
but it was a blessing.
00:41:35.02\00:41:36.56
So we flew from Sydney
to right into Launceston.
00:41:36.59\00:41:40.20
It was really neat
because we got out of the plane
00:41:40.23\00:41:42.03
right onto the tarmac
00:41:42.06\00:41:43.40
and walked
right into a little...
00:41:43.47\00:41:44.80
Yes, one of the
small airports. Yup.
00:41:44.83\00:41:46.17
I like the way
Tim pronounces it.
00:41:46.20\00:41:47.64
He said, "I'm glad to be here."
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.74
Yeah, you know, it's
just safe saying here,
00:41:49.77\00:41:53.78
or you say, we're
going to be where,
00:41:53.81\00:41:55.41
and you let the crowd
say, and you agree with them.
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.25
That's right. Amen.
00:41:57.28\00:41:58.68
That's a good
way of doing it, Tim.
00:41:58.71\00:42:00.05
That's good way. But
we flew into Launceston?
00:42:00.12\00:42:03.62
Yep, and then Tasmania,
00:42:03.69\00:42:06.12
but it's really
untouched wilderness.
00:42:06.15\00:42:08.02
A lot of Tasmania is
just a beautiful place.
00:42:08.06\00:42:11.33
There's the church
sign at Launceston.
00:42:11.36\00:42:13.80
A little bit more
rolly, the terrain.
00:42:13.83\00:42:15.63
Yes, there's
pastor, you're speaking.
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.67
Wonderful people there too.
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.30
What a blessing
to get to meet them
00:42:19.33\00:42:21.40
and get to know them.
00:42:21.44\00:42:23.51
They had to put
up their chairs out.
00:42:23.54\00:42:24.87
Pastor Brad. That's right.
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.31
The pastor. He
and his team there.
00:42:26.34\00:42:29.34
Very supportive and
just opened the doors,
00:42:29.38\00:42:31.51
yeah, wide open.
00:42:31.55\00:42:33.28
That's Tim again, like
congregational singing,
00:42:33.31\00:42:35.98
and special music.
00:42:36.02\00:42:37.59
Tim makes any piano sound
better than what you think.
00:42:37.62\00:42:39.72
Do you know that? I agree.
00:42:39.75\00:42:42.52
Look at there. Angie.
00:42:42.56\00:42:44.03
That was a precious
little young person.
00:42:44.06\00:42:45.39
This lady, I think
what number she had adopted?
00:42:45.43\00:42:48.13
Like 34 foster children.
She... That was her last.
00:42:48.16\00:42:51.60
That's little Rachel I think.
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.03
Amy. Amy.
00:42:53.07\00:42:54.40
Amy. Amy. That's it.
00:42:54.44\00:42:55.77
You're right. Sorry.
00:42:55.80\00:42:57.14
That's us having lunch at
the hotel where we stayed.
00:42:57.21\00:42:58.54
Yes.
00:42:58.57\00:42:59.91
One of those
family meals together.
00:42:59.94\00:43:01.28
That's right. That is no nice.
00:43:01.31\00:43:02.64
We enjoyed our
time. That was wonderful.
00:43:02.68\00:43:04.91
I kind of miss that. Me too.
00:43:04.95\00:43:06.85
Yeah, really, me
too. Yeah, it was nice.
00:43:06.92\00:43:08.82
Being together
as part of the team
00:43:08.85\00:43:10.32
because sometimes
we're very busy here at 3ABN,
00:43:10.39\00:43:11.95
and we don't
actually hang out very much.
00:43:11.99\00:43:13.66
We need to make
that like a new rule.
00:43:13.69\00:43:15.26
We should.
00:43:15.29\00:43:16.62
Have to have dinner once a week,
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.03
at least with each other.
00:43:18.06\00:43:19.79
Put this into the handbook
now. Okay, yeah, let's do this.
00:43:19.83\00:43:21.30
I know, right?
00:43:21.33\00:43:22.83
We can call the
breakfast or dinner
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.20
'cause as you said earlier.
00:43:24.27\00:43:25.83
But it was nice because
that church also fed us.
00:43:25.87\00:43:27.87
You know, they
were, like you said,
00:43:27.90\00:43:29.24
we ate very well in Australia,
00:43:29.27\00:43:31.01
and when we went
there, there's...
00:43:31.04\00:43:32.51
You walked
across the parking lot
00:43:32.54\00:43:33.88
to the little school gym,
00:43:33.91\00:43:35.58
a little gymnasium,
00:43:35.61\00:43:36.98
and there was
actually no tables,
00:43:37.05\00:43:38.38
we all just kind
of sat in chairs,
00:43:38.41\00:43:39.75
that was kind of a neat
feel, and people just visited.
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.32
Food was on the
table. Food was on the table.
00:43:42.35\00:43:43.69
Yes, thank you.
Food was on the table.
00:43:43.72\00:43:45.22
There weren't
table for us to eat,
00:43:45.25\00:43:46.76
but just a great
atmosphere. Go ahead, Ryan.
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.82
I was going to say they
had, that when we first went in,
00:43:48.86\00:43:50.83
they had soup and
cups, so you drink your soup,
00:43:50.86\00:43:54.33
and it was pumpkin.
00:43:54.36\00:43:55.73
It was. Or squash pumpkin?
00:43:55.76\00:43:57.10
Squash pumpkin, or
something, but it was very good.
00:43:57.17\00:44:00.74
You know, the theme has
been food in the program.
00:44:00.77\00:44:03.51
I kind of picked up on that.
00:44:03.54\00:44:04.87
So let me just
say that, you know,
00:44:04.91\00:44:06.51
after our services were
over on Saturday evening,
00:44:06.54\00:44:10.38
we went to Subway.
00:44:10.45\00:44:14.32
And so I don't
know if I've told you
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.12
or if you heard about that.
00:44:16.15\00:44:17.95
So the gentleman that
was working there in Subway,
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.39
that was turned out
to be his last night.
00:44:20.46\00:44:22.16
That's right.
00:44:22.19\00:44:23.53
And so John Malkiewicz
had had told him, you know,
00:44:23.56\00:44:26.09
be sure, and get your phone out,
00:44:26.13\00:44:27.50
and look up 3ABN Australia.
00:44:27.53\00:44:29.26
And so, you
know, I'm always like,
00:44:29.30\00:44:30.87
"Okay, but don't, don't,
00:44:30.90\00:44:32.53
we need to get
our orders," you know?
00:44:32.57\00:44:35.74
And he was the only one working.
00:44:35.77\00:44:37.54
So they were
another bunch of us,
00:44:37.61\00:44:39.01
and we all wanted
something different,
00:44:39.04\00:44:40.78
and so I didn't want
to, you know, trying to say,
00:44:40.81\00:44:42.71
"Okay, let's not talk to him
about anything else outside,"
00:44:42.74\00:44:46.05
not that I'm
ashamed of 3ABN Australia
00:44:46.08\00:44:47.98
or anything or Jesus or anybody,
00:44:48.02\00:44:50.22
I just wanted to
get our business done.
00:44:50.29\00:44:52.85
But he was fun,
we had a good time.
00:44:52.89\00:44:55.02
And a great spirit.
00:44:55.06\00:44:56.39
We were just outside of Benton,
00:44:56.42\00:44:58.06
just not far from here
at 3ABN in West Frankfort...
00:44:58.09\00:45:01.33
We were coming
home after we've flown.
00:45:01.36\00:45:02.70
Coming home
after we'd flown all...
00:45:02.73\00:45:04.93
We were up 32 hours or whatever.
00:45:04.97\00:45:07.07
And I got a message on my phone,
00:45:07.14\00:45:10.11
and it asked me how I
enjoyed my sub sandwich,
00:45:10.14\00:45:14.18
and it was through
messenger, Facebook messenger,
00:45:14.21\00:45:17.85
and it was that guy.
00:45:17.88\00:45:20.92
His name is Lance,
00:45:20.95\00:45:22.45
and we since have
become friends on Facebook.
00:45:22.48\00:45:24.52
He was asking why we were there.
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.12
I've been
telling him about 3ABN,
00:45:26.15\00:45:28.09
and so just a great
opportunity, no matter...
00:45:28.12\00:45:32.06
Be sure and take
advantage of every place you go
00:45:32.09\00:45:34.70
to tell somebody
about Jesus, about 3ABN.
00:45:34.73\00:45:38.37
You never know what
connection you can make.
00:45:38.40\00:45:41.20
So I think I just...
00:45:41.24\00:45:42.60
Won how many
ever... Right, exactly.
00:45:42.64\00:45:44.54
In fact, that
particular young man
00:45:44.57\00:45:47.38
had told me that night,
00:45:47.41\00:45:48.91
because I was the last
one to go through the line,
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.41
he had told me
that he was grateful
00:45:51.45\00:45:52.85
that he had got to serve us
00:45:52.88\00:45:54.52
because that was his
last shift there at Subway.
00:45:54.55\00:45:56.89
He was starting a new job
00:45:56.92\00:45:58.42
I think the next
day or the next week.
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.99
And so it was a blessing
to have that connection.
00:46:00.06\00:46:02.82
Absolutely. Those
are divine appointments.
00:46:02.86\00:46:04.56
Yes. Absolutely.
00:46:04.59\00:46:05.93
And you'll never
know till eternity
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.70
how that last
opportunity reminds me
00:46:07.73\00:46:10.27
of the woman with
the issue of blood,
00:46:10.30\00:46:11.97
that was Jesus' last journey.
00:46:12.00\00:46:14.77
And the woman at the
well, another last journey.
00:46:14.80\00:46:17.97
So He find those last journeys
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.81
and He probably
thought to Himself,
00:46:19.84\00:46:21.51
"You know, can't
wait for my new job,"
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.98
and the Lord probably said,
00:46:24.05\00:46:25.88
"But I'm not going
to let you out of here
00:46:25.91\00:46:27.25
until I introduce
you to the future.
00:46:27.32\00:46:29.42
I have another
plan for you young man."
00:46:29.45\00:46:31.12
And you never know.
00:46:31.15\00:46:32.49
That kind of
brings chills about it
00:46:32.52\00:46:35.36
that God saw that appointment
00:46:35.39\00:46:37.03
long before we
got to Launceston.
00:46:37.06\00:46:39.86
God saw that appointment
focused on this young man
00:46:39.89\00:46:43.13
because he has a future for him.
00:46:43.16\00:46:44.63
And so for those of
you that watch 3ABN,
00:46:44.67\00:46:46.20
there's
appointment that God makes
00:46:46.23\00:46:48.54
that we will
only know in eternity
00:46:48.57\00:46:50.34
what those
appointments are all about
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.04
because we will
probably not see him again
00:46:52.07\00:46:53.98
except for the
friendships you make,
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.74
connections through
the email or however.
00:46:55.78\00:46:58.11
But what
eternity is going to be?
00:46:58.15\00:46:59.48
What a surprise?
00:46:59.51\00:47:00.85
He was so
cheerful. Very cheerful.
00:47:00.92\00:47:02.92
And you think about that
all those connections we made
00:47:02.95\00:47:05.19
you know as we
were there in Australia
00:47:05.22\00:47:07.06
with the different people
that the Lord led us to meet.
00:47:07.09\00:47:10.43
I love that about
John Malkiewicz. He's so...
00:47:10.46\00:47:13.03
Everywhere we went, he
said, "Do you have the 3ABN app?
00:47:13.06\00:47:16.23
Here's your phone.
00:47:16.26\00:47:17.60
Let me download
it for you right now,
00:47:17.63\00:47:18.97
and then you can
start watching it."
00:47:19.00\00:47:20.34
And so what a way to witness,
what a way to share the gospel.
00:47:20.37\00:47:24.14
I know, we have, I think
a few more pictures left of,
00:47:24.21\00:47:28.44
I'm not sure if it's Tasmania
or Sydney or something but...
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.95
Let's see what
we have. Let's see.
00:47:30.98\00:47:32.31
Just put up some pictures,
and we'll talk about them.
00:47:32.35\00:47:35.08
Oh. That's the bridge in Sydney.
00:47:35.12\00:47:36.99
That's the Sydney Harbor Bridge,
00:47:37.02\00:47:39.55
or aka the coat hanger.
00:47:39.59\00:47:40.96
Did we cross that?
Facing the Opera House.
00:47:40.99\00:47:42.32
We walked across that bridge.
00:47:42.36\00:47:43.86
Yes. And that's Sydney.
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.66
From that bridge
to downtown Sydney.
00:47:45.69\00:47:48.26
Beautiful city.
00:47:48.30\00:47:49.63
This one right
there, that was a...
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.67
The Opera House.
00:47:51.70\00:47:53.03
To be on that
bridge, I think I took
00:47:53.07\00:47:54.40
maybe about 1500
pictures that day.
00:47:54.44\00:47:57.01
Gorgeous. A
beautiful country however.
00:47:57.04\00:47:59.17
I'm going to
print those on canvas,
00:47:59.21\00:48:00.58
maybe we can put them on...
00:48:00.61\00:48:01.94
Oh, I love
that. That's gorgeous.
00:48:01.98\00:48:04.88
And it had rained
quite a bit every day
00:48:04.91\00:48:06.85
but see the sun came
out for those pictures.
00:48:06.92\00:48:08.55
Oh, was that you
in the booth, Ryan?
00:48:08.58\00:48:10.19
Ryan. That's Ryan
in the phone booth.
00:48:10.22\00:48:11.55
Superman.
00:48:11.59\00:48:13.19
Kind of dinosaur
and Ryan was invited.
00:48:13.22\00:48:15.12
Yeah, it was Superman.
On the telephone booth.
00:48:15.16\00:48:18.23
Another one there.
00:48:18.26\00:48:19.69
Be more like in the
middle of the bridge,
00:48:19.73\00:48:22.13
and we had driven over
that bridge many times,
00:48:22.16\00:48:24.17
and that's the
Opera House that...
00:48:24.20\00:48:25.77
We went in it. As
a matter of fact...
00:48:25.80\00:48:28.37
Didn't we all?
All of us went inside.
00:48:28.40\00:48:29.74
Yeah, we did. We
just stepped in a moment.
00:48:29.77\00:48:32.77
And we were close enough
too when the rain started.
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.91
Oh, yeah. To get into that.
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.68
Run in the ark.
Boy, wasn't it hard?
00:48:36.75\00:48:40.22
Boy, wasn't that...
00:48:40.25\00:48:41.58
Oh, Greg and
Jill after the hike.
00:48:41.62\00:48:43.82
This is Tasmania. That's right.
00:48:43.89\00:48:46.42
Tim, I think
that's at the gorge...
00:48:46.45\00:48:48.26
Oh, the gorge.
And I'm in Tasmania.
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.63
Yeah the gorge was
gorgeous. It was gorgeous.
00:48:50.66\00:48:53.33
This is Tim at a distance. Yeah.
00:48:53.40\00:48:55.10
Yeah, those are actually
not palm trees, but what fern?
00:48:55.13\00:48:58.70
Fern trees. Fern trees.
00:48:58.73\00:49:00.44
But it's like ferns, but
they're big, they're heavy.
00:49:00.47\00:49:02.60
Never heard of them before.
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.01
Yeah, that's
some beautiful plants.
00:49:04.04\00:49:05.37
That's the waterfall.
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.74
We walked
through that waterfall.
00:49:06.78\00:49:08.11
Oh, yeah.
00:49:08.14\00:49:09.48
This is out in
the middle of nowhere.
00:49:09.51\00:49:10.85
Dirt road, mud. Liffey Falls.
00:49:10.88\00:49:12.21
Liffey Falls, yeah. Even
the lemons were good, huh?
00:49:12.25\00:49:14.32
Look at the lemon tree.
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.98
Yeah, they smelled
good like you mentioned.
00:49:16.02\00:49:17.42
You picked one. Yes.
00:49:17.49\00:49:18.82
You could smell
it through the...
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Oh, unbelievable.
It's all the aroma.
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And that orange
tree we walked by
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when we were going
to, beyond that path
00:49:24.26\00:49:26.33
behind John
Rosemary's house there.
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I walked past that I
thought, "What is that?
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What is that flower?"
00:49:30.20\00:49:31.80
I've never smelled an
orange tree like that.
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We've been in
Florida, we lived in Florida,
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never smelled an
orange tree like that.
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Not like that.
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It's amazing.
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We have just a few minutes left.
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What if we took a couple minutes
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and each one of you
share maybe a takeaway
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or something that
the Lord taught you
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during your time?
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Ladies first.
Yeah, in Australia.
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In Australia or
Tassie or one of those?
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It's probably hard to pick.
Something that's on your heart.
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It's probably
hard to pick something.
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I just loved the people.
The people were just wonderful.
00:49:56.96\00:50:00.40
And one lady
came to me and says,
00:50:00.43\00:50:02.43
"I am so happy
that you thought of us
00:50:02.46\00:50:05.20
in Launceston to come here."
00:50:05.23\00:50:10.64
She said, "This
small little place."
00:50:10.71\00:50:12.64
She says, "I
watch 3ABN is my church.
00:50:12.67\00:50:15.31
And so for you all to
come here means a world to me."
00:50:15.34\00:50:18.41
So I just look
forward to meeting people.
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We are a part of
the family of God,
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and they are our family
even though we're worlds away.
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That's right. Yeah, well said.
00:50:25.95\00:50:27.86
Yeah, go ahead, Ryan, or Tim.
00:50:27.89\00:50:29.82
I was just going
to say, you know,
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we were like what 14, 15
hour, 16 hour difference,
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I'm not sure. From here.
00:50:35.50\00:50:36.97
Fourteen from here.
00:50:37.00\00:50:38.33
Fourteen-hour difference,
00:50:38.37\00:50:39.70
so our sleep
patterns were disrupted,
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.37
and still are to some point.
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But I know when
we were in Tasmania,
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I would lay, I had window
open, and I would hear the city,
00:50:47.48\00:50:52.01
one of the clock towers
chime 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock,
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4 o'clock in the
middle of the night,
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and it reminded me of
that verse in Ephesians.
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Ephesians 5:15-16,
00:51:04.69\00:51:08.13
"Be careful how you walk
not as unwise but as wise
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.77
making the most of your time,"
00:51:10.80\00:51:13.34
the King James I
believe says redeeming the time
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because the days are evil.
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And it just reminded me,
00:51:18.64\00:51:19.97
you know, as I
laid there trying,
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.34
I'm so aggravated about
being awake at those hours
00:51:21.38\00:51:24.88
in the middle of the
night, just how important it is,
00:51:24.91\00:51:28.08
and the mission that we were on
00:51:28.12\00:51:29.82
to redeem the
time, and to be sure
00:51:29.85\00:51:31.92
and get the message out
of Christ's soon return.
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Amen. Amen.
00:51:34.42\00:51:35.76
Ryan? Amen.
00:51:35.79\00:51:37.13
You know, this trip to Australia
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.93
reminded me of the
power of evangelism
00:51:38.96\00:51:42.30
because you know, a
little over 100 years ago,
00:51:42.33\00:51:45.27
Ellen White, other Adventists
00:51:45.30\00:51:47.24
had set foot there on
the Australian continent,
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.94
and then to know
how that's grown,
00:51:50.01\00:51:52.57
and the power that
the advent movement
00:51:52.61\00:51:54.18
has taken since then,
00:51:54.21\00:51:56.51
just to meet people
with like mindedness,
00:51:56.54\00:51:59.41
interested and very much blessed
00:51:59.45\00:52:02.68
by the power of
the gospel there,
00:52:02.72\00:52:05.15
it's just an incredible
opportunity to be a part of,
00:52:05.19\00:52:07.59
and I really enjoyed
myself, I hope to go back,
00:52:07.66\00:52:10.83
absolutely.
00:52:10.86\00:52:12.19
Real quickly, I
can't wait to see
00:52:12.23\00:52:13.56
what the Lord has in
store for the future.
00:52:13.60\00:52:14.93
If that's a taste of it,
00:52:14.96\00:52:16.30
the glory is going
to be more beautiful.
00:52:16.33\00:52:18.20
Amen. Amen.
00:52:18.23\00:52:20.24
Yeah, I think for
me, it's hard to pick
00:52:20.27\00:52:21.74
what as far as one
of the takeaways for me
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.71
but I think Angie, I'm with you,
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.07
is the people that,
I don't know, to me,
00:52:25.11\00:52:27.81
it's a taste of heaven
to hear everyone singing,
00:52:27.84\00:52:30.55
Tim, we're talking,
you know, about the music
00:52:30.58\00:52:32.21
and singing together and
hearing the word preached.
00:52:32.25\00:52:34.38
I think of the, oh, taste
and see that the Lord is good.
00:52:34.42\00:52:37.29
He's good.
Well, for sure, He is.
00:52:37.32\00:52:39.22
Amen. What about you?
00:52:39.25\00:52:40.59
Oh, my. I think it's the people.
00:52:40.66\00:52:42.96
You know, it's
just having a picture
00:52:42.99\00:52:45.13
of what heaven would be like,
00:52:45.16\00:52:47.10
knowing that we're
going to meet with brothers
00:52:47.13\00:52:50.20
and sisters
around the sea of glass,
00:52:50.27\00:52:52.60
and we just want
to encourage you,
00:52:52.63\00:52:53.97
we want you to be there.
00:52:54.04\00:52:55.37
Make a decision to accept
Jesus as your Lord and Savior,
00:52:55.40\00:53:00.08
and we have an
eternity together.
00:53:00.11\00:53:02.18
We have a news break,
00:53:02.21\00:53:03.55
and we will be
back in just a moment
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.55
with a closing thought.
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