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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY018089A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my word 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:12 We are so glad that you've joined us today 01:14 as you do each and every day. 01:16 You know what? You are part of our family. 01:18 And today we have part of our 3ABN family with us as well. 01:21 But we just want to say thank you 01:23 for your financial support of the ministry of 3ABN 01:26 because it is reaching lives for eternity, 01:29 and it can't get any better than that. 01:31 Amen. Absolutely. 01:32 We are so excited today 01:34 because we're going to share a special report 01:36 on what God did down under, can we say that, 01:40 down under in Australia. 01:42 That's right. 01:43 We went to 3ABN Australia, 01:45 and we had a camp meeting there, 01:46 we went to Tasmania, they call it Tassie, 01:49 and did our 3ABN rally, 01:50 and we just wanted to share with you at home 01:53 what God is doing in that corner of the world, 01:56 and what your blessings, your prayers for 3ABN, 02:00 and your financial support of 3ABN, 02:02 what a difference that makes to people all over the world, 02:05 and we have our 3ABN family here. 02:07 Right. Yeah, we do. 02:08 I was just going to say, you know, 02:10 we've been talking for some time, 02:11 for several months, 02:12 for those who've been following 3ABN 02:14 talking about this 3ABN Australia Homecoming. 02:16 So this is really a follow up or an update 02:18 as to what took place, and God showed up 02:20 as He always does, I shouldn't say 02:22 He just decided to show up. 02:23 He's there if we invite Him, and of course, He was invited, 02:25 and it was a real blessing to be there. 02:26 But anyway, I'm sorry, 02:28 we do have our family with us, don't we? 02:29 We do have our family. 02:30 We have Pastor John and Angela Lomacang. 02:32 Pastor, 02:34 you're the 3ABN Director of World Evangelism here. 02:36 And our pastor, 02:37 pastor of the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church. 02:39 Praise the Lord. 02:40 And it's a privilege to have you here. 02:42 Good to be here. 02:43 And next to you is your beautiful wife, 02:44 Angie, Angela. 02:46 Angie is fine. 02:48 You're 3ABN radio producer and host for 3ABN Radio. 02:50 Yes, I am, been there for 15 years now. 02:53 Amen. Love it. 02:54 Absolutely. 02:56 And sitting next to you is our Brother Tim Parton, 02:58 General Manager of 3ABN Praise Him Network. 03:01 It's great to be here... Amen. 03:02 Looking forward to this time of remembrance. 03:05 Absolutely. 03:06 Remembering what God has done for each one of us, 03:08 went to Australia together... 03:10 That's right. 03:11 And we're going to share what God did. 03:12 And sitting next to you is Ryan Day, 03:14 and you are the Praise Him... 03:17 I'm going to mess this up, 03:18 the Assistant to the General Manager 03:20 of the Praise Him Music Network. 03:21 That's true. Well. 03:22 That's a mouthful. Great job. 03:26 It's broad shoulder to have that. 03:28 We're so glad that God brought you 03:30 and your wife Stephanie here. 03:31 She's the principal of our local church school, 03:34 and you are an incredible couple, 03:36 and we're so blessed you're here. 03:38 Amen. Thank you. Yeah. 03:39 It's a blessing to have met, I want to say new family. 03:43 They've been faithful viewers 03:44 or supporters of 3ABN for many years 03:47 down under in Australia and Tasmania. 03:50 And I asked the audience there, 03:51 do they consider us here in the States 03:53 as up and over, and I really couldn't tell 03:56 what they thought about that. 03:57 They didn't give an answer I think. 03:59 Yeah, I don't really know. 04:00 But, anyway, it was a real blessing 04:02 to be there and to minister there in Australia. 04:03 But, you know, we go to be a blessing, 04:06 but we also receive a blessing. 04:08 That's right. 04:09 I think that's a really powerful thing. 04:10 Now for Jill and myself, first time to go. 04:13 Pastor John and Angie? 04:14 Yeah, we've been there at least 10 or 11, 12 times. 04:17 It's a beautiful place every time we go. 04:19 We always said, if we ever had to move 04:23 or decided to move to another place in the world, 04:27 we could live in Sydney, Australia, or out in Australia. 04:30 Tasmania was surprisingly beautiful. 04:31 Wasn't that beautiful? We've been there in Tasmania. 04:35 When was the last time? It's so quite, 1986. 04:38 Yeah, that was a long time ago. So it's been a while. 04:40 It hasn't changed much. Now really it does. 04:43 We didn't see as much of it as we did this time. 04:46 Exactly. And it was beautiful to get... 04:47 And what did we do every day? 04:48 We walked, I think we probably walked 25 miles on this trip. 04:52 Let's just round it up to 50. 04:56 Exactly. 04:57 We walked and we walked, but it was beautiful. 04:59 It was wonderful. Scenery. 05:01 And John and Rosemary are outdoors people, 05:03 I must say that. Yes, they are. 05:05 Thank you for getting us. 05:06 Every morning they gave us breakfast 05:08 because we did not know 05:09 we're going to burn it all off on walking. 05:11 And that was good, that was great to be here. 05:13 First time for you, Tim? It was my first time. 05:15 And Ryan to Australia? Yes. First time. 05:18 And even when you talk about that breakfast, 05:20 now that I'm back, I've missed that time. 05:23 He told Angie the same thing. He told me that this morning. 05:25 You know, we got to start... 05:26 John and Rosemary won't be there, 05:28 but we could get together each day... 05:29 It is a breakfast club. 05:30 Let's just have a John and Rosemary memorial breakfast 05:32 every morning. 05:33 Yeah. It was really great. 05:35 So we have to have Weet-bix 05:36 which is in Australia like a cereal, isn't that? 05:38 Like a cereal. Minus the vegemite though. 05:40 Right, minus the vegemite. Minus the vegemite. 05:42 And the Nuttelex wasn't or what... 05:44 The Nuttelex is their margarine, ooh, 05:46 that was so good. 05:47 That was very good. So good. 05:48 So we may be throwing terms out there. 05:50 Just look them up, google it, you know, 05:51 'cause we found out some amazing stuff, some good food. 05:53 Yeah, really. 05:54 And it was really simple, it wasn't anything elaborate. 05:57 But I think the company, 05:59 the time we had around the table, 06:01 not one of us ate before we all ate, 06:03 we sat at the table. 06:05 So it's a straight fellowship. It was a great time. 06:07 Yeah, I just wished 06:08 the breakfast could have been at 9 o'clock. 06:11 I like to get up early, 06:13 so I don't mind the 7 o'clock breakfast. 06:14 It's good for you. Good for you. 06:16 But we've been mentioning John and Rosemary. 06:18 I know. 06:20 We just want to give a special thank you. 06:21 And I know we'll say that throughout the program, 06:23 but they were incredible. 06:25 They did a wonderful job making us feel welcome at home. 06:28 They kept us in their home. Yes, they did. 06:30 Did we introduce them who they are? 06:32 Thank you. We need to do that. 06:34 They are the general managers, 06:35 John Malkiewicz is general manager 06:37 of 3ABN Australia 06:38 and his wife, Rosemary is his assistant. 06:41 Together they do such a great job. 06:44 We got to meet the team there. 06:45 I know we have pictures 06:47 we want to show you from the team there. 06:49 And to me, John and Rosemary have a spirit of sacrifice. 06:54 Oh, yeah. They're pioneers. 06:55 They're pioneers. So dedicated. 06:56 You know, the sacrifice for the cause of God, 06:59 and that came through so strongly, 07:01 and I love their commitment to ministry. 07:04 So we're thankful for that. 07:05 We... Go ahead. 07:07 I was just going to say we were blessed 07:08 to be a part of their worship 07:09 when we went in on a Tuesday morning, 07:12 I'm not sure which one morning it was, 07:14 but we got to sit there with them 07:16 as John read through each name 07:19 that people will send in prayer requests 07:22 and what a blessing to hear, 07:25 you know, people we don't know who they are, 07:27 but he just said that like in their first name 07:29 and then just a brief situation 07:32 that they had requested prayer for, 07:34 and to know that your prayer requests are, 07:37 you know, being taken before God seriously. 07:41 You know, we ask you to send in your prayer requests, 07:44 and sometimes you think, "Well, 07:45 they're never going to do anything with those." 07:48 That was nice, wasn't it? That was wonderful. 07:49 Very nice. 07:51 With the staff there at 3ABN Australia 07:52 to sit around their conference table. 07:53 Yeah. That was very nice. 07:55 They had pages. 07:56 I mean, he just kept turning the page 07:57 name after, name after, name of people 08:00 who would send a request, 08:01 and that's a heart for ministry. 08:02 Should we go to scripture and then some music. 08:04 Yes. 08:05 There is so much to talk about today. 08:07 Matthews 24:14, which is a perfect scripture 08:10 what we're talking about. 08:11 "This gospel of the kingdom 08:13 will be preached in all the world 08:14 as a witness to all nations and then the end will come." 08:18 So that's part of why we went to Australia 08:21 was to help preach the gospel there. 08:24 We had incredibly anointed speakers there 08:28 who just opened the Word of God with power 08:30 and the music as well. 08:32 And that's what 3ABN Australia does as well 08:34 is to preach the gospel to every nation, 08:37 tribe, tongue, and people. 08:39 So we have a song, 08:40 and this is a program Ryan and Tim 08:42 that you did some time ago 08:44 where we just pulled one song from the program. 08:46 So it might have a little different in and out, 08:48 but it's a fun song. 08:49 Yeah, it is. 08:51 And it's "We'll Understand It Better By and By." 08:58 By and by, when the morning comes 09:03 All the saints of God will gather home 09:07 We'll tell the story of how we've overcome 09:13 And we'll understand it better by and by 09:17 We are often tossed and driven on the restless seas of time 09:22 Somber skies and howling tempests 09:25 Oft succeed a bright sunshine 09:28 In that land of perfect day, when the mists is rolled away 09:33 And we'll understand it better by and by 09:39 By and by, when the morning comes 09:44 All the saints of God will gather home 09:48 We'll tell the story of how we've overcome 09:54 And we'll understand it better by and by 09:59 We are often destitute of the things that life demands 10:04 Want of food and want of shelter 10:07 Thirsty hills and barren lands 10:09 We are trusting in the Lord, and according to His Word 10:14 And we'll understand it better by and by 10:20 By and by, when the morning comes 10:25 All the saints of God will gather home 10:29 We'll tell the story of how we've overcome 10:35 And we'll understand it better by and by 10:37 Sing that chorus one more time. 10:40 By and by, when the morning comes 10:45 All the saints of God will gather home 10:50 We'll tell the story of how we've overcome 10:55 And we'll understand it better by and by 10:59 Say what, we gonna do what? 11:00 Say we're gonna understand it better by and by 11:03 I think I heard you but I had to hear it one more time. 11:05 Oh, yes 11:06 We'll understand it better by and by 11:18 Amen. Well, that was fun. 11:20 Thank you, Tim, Ryan. You guys are real blessing. 11:24 I know you're part of the music 11:25 that took place there in Australia, 11:27 you too Pastor, and Rosemary and others. 11:29 But it's a real blessing. Thank you though. 11:30 Amen. My privilege. 11:32 It's fun, isn't it, to minister music. 11:33 It is wonderful. What a blessing. 11:35 It's a part of worship, isn't it, Pastor? 11:36 Right. And they were having a good time there. 11:37 Not just communicating a message. 11:39 But very few times would Tim take the liberty of directing. 11:45 What did you say? Say that one more time. 11:46 I thought that was really cute. 11:48 Really, that's a subtle way 11:49 of telling him my arrangement that's on the spot. 11:52 Exactly. So I'm getting ready to do. 11:54 Yeah, exactly. This is your heads up. 11:56 The thing about Tim is that you never know 11:58 when he's about to spring a modulation on you 12:01 'cause he'll just mod something right in the middle of a song, 12:04 and so I just got to follow his lead, 12:06 'cause he'll just bring it on you, 12:07 and then you just got to go with it so. 12:09 I'm going by the Spirit. 12:10 So I've got to pass it from me to you. 12:14 Right, right. 12:15 Going to jump it over to Tasmania, but pastor, 12:17 I know that when you were getting ready 12:18 to do a song for the concert in Tasmania, 12:21 you would had him listen to a track, was it? 12:23 Had Tim listened to a track, and it had several 12:25 with three key changes or modulations? 12:27 Is that right, Tim? Oh, yeah, we did that. 12:28 That was a great arrangement. 12:29 And that was just neat 'cause that's the talent 12:31 God has given you, Tim. 12:32 I know He's given each one of us talents, 12:33 but that was just amazing to sit back there 12:35 by the audio booth and to watch that take place. 12:36 That's right. You just played it. 12:37 Tim said, I got it. Yeah. 12:39 And then you guys practiced once, maybe twice. 12:40 Just once. Yeah. Just went over it. 12:42 Let's try one more. That's incredible. 12:44 Thank you, Tim. 12:45 That is why when we're on the road, 12:47 it's rare that we would use a sound track, 12:48 why would you? 12:49 Exactly. That's right. 12:51 He's such a gifted minister of music. 12:52 And, you know, the musician is one thing, 12:54 but a minister of music. Yeah, there's a big difference. 12:55 That's the difference 12:57 because it's anointed by the Holy Spirit, 12:58 and that's the way I look at Tim's gift 13:00 as the minister of music. 13:02 And you also led the congregation and songs 13:04 which was fun too, Tim. 13:05 I love that. 13:07 Let me just say what an honor it was to be, 13:08 you know, knowing that you're countries apart, 13:14 but, you know, we sing the same songs, 13:16 we serve the same Savior, 13:17 and we love to worship Him through song. 13:20 And I could not believe the people who came up to me, 13:24 and were thanking me for the, 13:26 Your favorites By Request program 13:28 that you all have sent your requests in, 13:31 and thank you for doing that, keep sending those, 13:33 but it's, you know, you think when you're in the studio, 13:37 you're just singing to a camera, 13:38 and that's as far as it really gets. 13:40 And then to wind up in Australia one day 13:42 and people come up to you 13:44 saying thanks for those programs. 13:45 No glory to me at all, 13:47 but just that they are able to interact 13:49 and they enjoyed those songs. 13:51 So I love that God's people love to sing 13:53 all around the world. 13:54 That's right. Keep singing. 13:56 It's fun. It is. 13:57 So let's talk about Avondale Memorial Church. 14:00 That was where we had the 3ABN Australia Homecoming. 14:02 I know they wanted to have a camp meeting for years. 14:05 Here at 3ABN in the US, we have it twice a year, 14:08 but this was their very first one, 14:11 and they put a lot of effort into it. 14:12 Oh, yeah, for sure. 14:14 I'm trying to think, I think we have some pictures 14:16 and maybe we can just start talking about the speakers 14:18 and the different things that took place. 14:19 I think we will start with a picture. 14:21 Oh, this is Dr. Allan Lindsay. Dr. Allan Lindsay, yeah. 14:24 He is the voice of 3ABN, sorry, the voice of... 14:29 Keepers of the Flame. The pioneers... 14:30 Keepers of the Flame, thank you, 14:32 that when we met him for the first time... 14:34 Well, actually, more than, was it a while ago, 14:37 we met him, and I thought wow. 14:38 About, yeah, 10 years ago. 14:39 So as people look at us, we were looking at him. 14:42 Yeah. That's right. 14:44 He guided us to that Keepers of the Flame series 14:46 which so many of you have probably watched. 14:49 Yeah, on 3ABN for many years. 14:50 Blessed on 3ABN, and to meet him, 14:52 his humility, and his knowledge. 14:54 And he said, "Call me Allan." 14:56 I could not possibly call him Allan. 14:57 He said the same thing to me, and I said, "I can't do that." 14:59 No. I could never do that. 15:00 I said, me too. I said, "No, no. 15:02 you're Dr. Lindsay." Yes. 15:04 So you know what we should do 15:05 is actually go back just before the Homecoming 15:06 because we had a wonderful tour 15:08 of Sunnyside led by Dr. Lindsay. 15:11 That was phenomenal which Sunnyside, pastor, 15:12 I don't know if you wanted 15:14 to expound upon that a little bit 15:15 is a special place especially in Adventist history. 15:17 Yeah, Ellen White, when she went to Australia 15:18 that's where she stayed in Sunnyside. 15:21 And, you know, when we look at the evolution of the church, 15:26 the Lord had to work 15:28 for His servant to do in Australia, 15:31 and she went there in humility, and one thing 15:34 we learned about Australia is a place of diversity, 15:36 even when it comes to different views, 15:39 doctrinally. 15:41 And the blessing of going there at Sunnyside 15:43 and allowing the Lord to use Ellen White 15:45 in the way He had left an indelible impression, 15:47 and Avondale is a testimony to this very day, 15:51 of the work that was done there. 15:54 But to walk through there, and see how God... 15:57 Like Elms Haven, remember? 15:59 Yeah, right, and she also wrote part of the Desire of Ages. 16:03 There in Sunnyside. Sunnyside, yes. 16:06 It's an amazing experience 16:08 and to have the tour led by Dr. Lindsay 16:10 who knows that like the back of his hand 16:12 is just unbelievable. 16:13 The stories. 16:15 Stories of the land there, wasn't supposed to grow trees, 16:16 remember that? 16:18 Story of the fruit trees, and how you're supposed to plant 16:21 and how they grew beautiful fruit there. 16:23 That was an incredible experience. 16:25 So that was a great way to start our trip 16:26 because we landed and that's where we went. 16:28 The same day we went there. 16:29 Yes. Yeah, talk about jet lag. 16:31 Just a point of note. 16:33 You know, when we say Desire of Ages, 16:34 somebody might be watching 16:35 that don't even know what that is. 16:37 It's a book that the Lord inspired Ellen White to write, 16:39 and it's chronicled today in the Library of Congress 16:43 as the best book ever written about the life of Christ 16:46 outside of the Bible, 16:47 and so many denominational leaders 16:49 have read that book to get the insights. 16:51 That is just so beautiful 16:52 about how Christ used this humble servant to uplift Him 16:56 and to lead people to know Him as their personal Savior. 16:59 By no means a replacement of the Bible, 17:01 but part of that book was written 17:02 when she was there in Sunnyside. 17:05 And when he talked about the letters being sent 17:08 because nowadays we sent an email, 17:10 we shoot an email, and it's like, got it. 17:14 When they wrote letters out there, 17:16 it took months to get to America, 17:19 and it was amazing to see that what was happening there 17:21 was being led of the Lord, and what was happening here. 17:24 And so when you go back and you see, it's like wow. 17:27 You know in here, I have to say 17:28 I kind of complained a little bit 17:30 about a 15-hour plane ride, and here it took her, 17:33 I think 30 days by boat out of San Francisco 17:36 or somewhere to get over to Sydney. 17:38 Yeah, so I had nothing to complain about. 17:39 No. 17:41 Not, it shouldn't be there, not a... 17:42 Yeah. Right. 17:46 And his wife, Mrs. Lindsay. Yes. 17:48 Oh, what a precious lady? 17:50 She is beautiful, such a precious woman. 17:52 And she made a soup, wasn't that soup good? 17:55 Just fed us and... 17:56 A lot of pumpkin soup, and I'm not sure, 17:58 I'm still not sure if it was squash pumpkin 18:00 or pumpkin squash. 18:01 I think it's a squash. Yeah. 18:02 I don't know. It was good. 18:04 It was good. It was gone. 18:05 Oh, yeah. We ate it all. 18:08 Did we eat in Australia? What? 18:10 Oh, no. All walk. Eat and walk. 18:11 We ate very well. 18:13 So we went from that wonderful tour 18:14 and then we got ready for the Homecoming. 18:16 Yes. We had incredible turn out. 18:18 Now this is inside the church. 18:20 This looks like Sabbath morning probably. 18:23 This is the control room that 3ABN Australia use. 18:26 They took equipment from their studios 18:29 and moved them to a side room of the church 18:31 and did basically a remote shoot 18:33 like we bring our truck in, 18:34 and did the production there, and recorded. 18:36 It wasn't live, but they recorded the programs there. 18:38 But they screened it 18:40 because all the people there in Avondale watched it. 18:42 Yeah, very true. That's a good point. 18:43 Oh, and that's Teresa Fong and her sister Marletta. 18:48 Teresa did a wonderful job. Oh. 18:49 When she spoke, wasn't that a blessing? 18:51 Yeah. Yeah. For sure. 18:54 Met a lot of wonderful, wonderful people there. 18:56 John Malkiewicz speaking. And each of... 19:00 The whole thing was knowing God, 19:02 and then through Bible study, through prayer, 19:04 through conflict, and there's, not the Gaither Trio. 19:08 Dynamic trio. Oh. 19:11 Men in black. Yeah. They did a great job. 19:14 You all did some of the songs from Give Him Glory project. 19:16 Give Him Glory project. And the Calvary project. 19:20 Several numbers. That's true. 19:21 Those were the audio technicians. 19:23 They did a wonderful job. 19:24 Yes, they're from the Avondale Church. 19:27 That's us bringing the luggage. 19:29 Right, into John and Rosemary's house. 19:30 That was the train, the luggage train. 19:32 Oh, yeah. 19:33 I'm down the steps all way up the steps. 19:35 Again, it was very nice of them to open up their house. 19:38 They have the perfect home 19:39 for accommodating and hospitality. 19:42 Everybody had kind of their own little world. 19:43 Oh, kangaroo. We got to touch them in person. 19:47 We all did. 19:48 And those are technically wild kangaroos. 19:50 That's not in the zoo. Yeah, that's right. 19:51 That's actually at some grounds there 19:53 where a lot of kangaroos come to. 19:54 Good hair day. 19:57 Oh, Jill. The wind was blowing. Oh, Jill too. 19:59 Oh, I thought you were talking about the kangaroos. 20:01 This I think is really nice 20:02 because this is actually the signage for the memorial, 20:05 Avondale Memorial Church, you can see Avondale College 20:07 because you continue up that road 20:08 past the sign is the college. 20:10 But then you see that blue sign? 20:12 That sign, it actually says, well, I think, 20:14 "Welcome to the 3ABN Australia Homecoming." 20:17 They set there on their church marquee, it said, 20:19 "Pastor Lomacang on Sabbath." Very nice. 20:22 A lot of support from the local church. 20:23 It was indeed. 20:25 A lot of history in that church. 20:26 This is Pastor Abal. Of the church. 20:28 He's a pastor at the Avondale Memorial. 20:29 He did a great job. Didn't he? 20:31 Oh, I was blessed. Yeah, he and his family. 20:32 Answering some of those tough questions 20:34 in the Old Testament. 20:35 And that are some of the things you ask about, right? 20:36 Yes. This is them. 20:38 Yeah, he and his wife. And his wife. 20:39 Oh, yeah. And they have a couple of kids. 20:40 They do. Precious little girls. He was... 20:43 Wasn't he a graduate of the school there? 20:45 He was of Avondale. Absolutely. 20:48 Pastor John, the Lord used you. Oh, yeah, mightily. 20:52 You sang and spoke. It was real blessing. 20:53 Yeah, it was a Praise the Lord day. 20:56 Is that Ryan I'm trying to see? Here's Ryan. 20:58 That's Ryan. Yes. 20:59 Did a wonderful job. The Lord used you too. 21:02 The anointing of God was on both of you. 21:03 It was a special time. 21:04 There is John and Rosemary who again kept very busy 21:07 trying to organize the event. 21:09 Pastor Geoff Youlden. Oh, yeah. 21:12 That brother preaches like a boss at the union retreat. 21:14 Union evangelist. Evangelist to the Union. 21:16 He is a very good speaker. 21:17 Oh, yes. That's for sure. 21:20 There's Teresa. Teresa. 21:22 Yeah, she did a wonderful job. Yes, she has. 21:23 That sermon title's subtitle was "We're getting married." 21:26 That was really good, we wish for that. 21:28 That was great. That was our very own Jill. 21:30 Oh, that's right. Jill did fabulous. 21:32 And you did the Sabbath School panel as well. 21:34 Yeah, she did. 21:35 Angie, you're telling the children story. 21:37 Oh, yeah, that was fun. That was a great story. 21:38 You know, Angie stepped up to the plate this time. 21:40 Oh, yes. There's a whole crew of us. 21:43 Oh, yeah. There's all of us. 21:44 And I was very proud of my wife. 21:46 We'll show later on where she ran the audio for the concert. 21:47 Oh, I know for Tasmania. Yeah. 21:49 And Tasmania, we'll talk about that later. 21:51 No, you did a great job. And you did a lot of hosting. 21:54 I liked what they did 21:55 because they kind of broke it up and said, 21:57 "Okay, you're going to host here, 21:59 you're hosting here, and different people." 22:00 That's true. Greg and I hosted. 22:02 Yeah, exactly. That was fun. 22:04 They pulled you out of the shadows. 22:05 Comfort. 22:07 'Cause usually, I'm always doing it with Jill. 22:08 Right. 22:10 But there's nothing wrong with that 22:11 because you're my wife sweetie. 22:12 Thank you. 22:14 But still, kind of broke out of the rut and that was neat. 22:15 I know. That was different. It was nice. 22:16 You know, one of things that really touched me, 22:18 and I know all of you met people that came, 22:19 some people drove, I met some gentleman 22:22 that drove 18 hours from somewhere in Australia 22:25 'cause Australia is a huge country. 22:27 And they drove 18 hours to come. 22:29 Met number of people that drove 10 hours to come 22:32 for the weekend. 22:34 And boy, some people flew... 22:35 People flew in from Perth 22:36 which is several thousand miles away. 22:38 Yeah, Perth is actually, 22:39 from there, east to west is farther 22:41 than from the east to west of our coast. 22:43 Oh, really? It's almost like 4,000 miles. 22:46 And so it's a wide country. 22:49 Why do you think they came so far? 22:51 It wasn't just to see people from America, 22:54 I know that for a fact. 22:57 The reason in my mind is 22:58 because they've been blessed by the ministry of 3ABN, 23:01 and for them, 23:02 many of them are in isolated churches, 23:04 where I talked to several gentlemen, 23:06 they only come from a church of seven people. 23:08 Oh. That's it. 23:10 And they said, for them to find a bigger church 23:11 is many, many kilometers, if not miles, 23:13 or both I guess, miles, kilometers, 23:15 however you want to convert that. 23:17 But for them to come to an event like this 23:18 is fellowship. 23:20 And for them, they said, 23:21 there was just a spiritual high for them, 23:23 and I believe that's why many of them came 23:25 was to actually receive that spiritual fellowship, 23:28 and many of them had tears in their eyes 23:29 from the music, from the speaking. 23:31 They said they felt so encouraged and inspired 23:34 to continue to press on 23:35 because many times in our own walks 23:37 even with us being surrounded as we are 23:39 with many Christians Seventh-day Adventists, 23:41 it can get a little discouraging sometimes. 23:43 And in their walk, 23:44 they obviously are getting discouraged too. 23:45 But to get together as a group in fellowship, 23:48 yeah, what a blessing. 23:49 You know, it's always interesting 23:50 whenever you can go to... 23:52 When you have a place where there are several options 23:53 to go to restaurants, 23:55 you know, you kind of get tired, 23:56 and you begin to complain, 23:58 "Oh, let's go back there to this restaurant, 23:59 or let's go to that all-you-can-eat buffet." 24:01 And, you know, you just do it. Which one you want today? 24:02 So laissez, right, which one today. 24:05 And so it's interesting to go to places 24:08 that don't have such a variety, first of all, 24:11 and they are hungry for fellowship, 24:13 for the Word, and to be around just the people of God. 24:17 And so it's a good reminder for us 24:20 not to get too comfortable and not to become too familiar 24:24 and just appreciate what we have right here, 24:27 especially here at 3ABN working here. 24:30 I always said, I wanted to work in a Christian bookstore 24:32 or something like that where I could be around people, 24:35 you know, that were, you know, we were all of the same mind, 24:38 and I got my wish working here at 3ABN. 24:41 But it makes it, you know, again, 24:42 makes you realize that when you go other places 24:45 that don't have that constant surrounding 24:47 of people who love the Lord. 24:49 That's right. So it makes me appreciate it. 24:51 As well as the ingenuity of the people, 24:55 the workers at 3ABN Australia, 24:58 their ingenuity of the machinery 25:00 that they've created 25:01 and the little ideas, techniques 25:03 that they have implemented 25:05 based on not having a budget 25:07 that we are blessed with maybe here. 25:10 So again, it's just a wonderful thing 25:12 to go overseas and be part of something 25:15 where people are using their minds in a great way. 25:18 Yeah, it's inspiring for us. 25:21 Ryan, the theme, great theme, wasn't it, for the Homecoming? 25:23 Oh, man, absolutely. 25:25 In fact, I'm sure there are some legalities 25:28 or what not that goes into, 25:30 you know, cross-using material from ministry to ministry. 25:34 But, you know, the theme was knowing God. 25:38 And so there were many different sermons 25:41 that myself and Pastor John and others including Jill 25:45 presented while we were there on knowing God, 25:48 knowing God as a friend, as our closest friend, 25:50 knowing God through the trials, 25:52 knowing God through the Old Testament, 25:53 knowing God through the parables, 25:55 knowing God through the truth. And it was just... 25:57 It was powerful to be able to revisit the scripture 26:02 on all of those incredible passages 26:05 that helped us to come to know God and His character, 26:08 and so it was almost a revival for me 26:12 being there to hear all of the powerful messages. 26:14 And so I don't know if we could even make it happen 26:17 to get it on 3ABN here, 26:19 but it was definitely something that blessed my heart, 26:22 and I know it blessed others, absolutely. 26:24 I was so proud of my 3ABN family. 26:26 You all did an incredible job. The Lord blessed, didn't He? 26:31 Absolutely. Yeah. 26:32 I was so proud of you. 26:34 It's like, there's my family, look at Jill, 26:36 you did one on trials, what I was touched. 26:39 And you had so many people come up to you afterwards 26:42 that were going through immense trials, right? 26:46 That was what was... 26:48 You know, when you share, 26:50 then you don't know how it ministers 26:52 or how it touches, or how it, whatever you know? 26:55 At the end in Tasmania, I made that appeal. 26:57 I'd asked him, "Will you do 26:58 I Surrender All if there's time?" 27:00 And the Lord really worked through that I believe. 27:03 You know, the music softens the heart, you know, 27:06 the Holy Spirit because we all have things, 27:08 we all go through stuff, but we all have things 27:11 that God is calling us to surrender. 27:13 You know, I know in my own life, 27:15 God is calling that. 27:17 And the people who came up after, 27:19 hopefully I can say this without crying. 27:21 But, you know, one lady, her husband is dying, 27:24 he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. 27:27 And he was there. He was there. 27:29 And he had just gotten out of the hospital, and he came, 27:32 and she said, "I've always wondered why, 27:35 and now, I'm okay, 27:38 and he can go to sleep, I'm okay." 27:40 And then you know, another lady said, 27:42 "I've had 12 miscarriages." 27:43 Twelve? And I've encountered this pain. 27:47 You know, everyone deals with a measure of something. 27:49 Yes. 27:50 And it's all different, but God wants to give us victory. 27:54 He wants to transform our lives in the middle of that. 27:57 Right. Absolutely. Yeah. 28:00 Yeah, it was a tremendous blessing. 28:01 Do you have anything on that, Pastor, 28:02 for as this messages 28:04 and the whole program was powerful? 28:05 You know, when you put together something of that scale. 28:08 Oh, that was the first for 3ABN Australia. 28:10 And they were inspired by our Homecomings, 28:13 and our spring camp meetings. 28:14 And so when we went back, 28:16 and we'd really looked at the crew, 28:18 the size of their crew compared to the size of ours. 28:21 Yes. Oh, wow. 28:22 They literally worked off of a shoestring crew 28:26 to accomplish what we did with a large crew. 28:28 That's a good point. 28:29 And I thought the work of getting the messages lined up, 28:32 the hosting lined up. 28:34 And then their son, James... Oh, yeah. 28:36 James is genius. He's talented. 28:38 The program James helped Rosemary... 28:40 John and Rosemary's son, the program 28:43 he even wrote a program for their teleprompter. 28:45 I mean, he designed this thing, he coded this. 28:47 Yeah, that was impressive. 28:49 And it's not even released yet, and I thought, I said, 28:50 "I loved that teleprompter program. 28:52 How can I get it? 28:53 He said, "Well, it's mine. I own it. 28:55 I mean, it's a beta tested, and it worked every night." 28:58 And one of the ways that the Lord blessed, 29:00 it was kind of, you know, sometimes, 29:01 speaking about through trials, 29:03 one of the trials going to Tasmania. 29:05 When we get to the airport, 29:06 Rosemary realizes she left her computer, 29:09 the run sheets, 29:10 everything she needed for the program. 29:12 Passports. 29:13 All that she needed, 29:15 and then it was actually God blocking her 29:19 because James needed to be there. 29:21 And we made the suggestion, "We'll have James bring it in." 29:25 It turned out to be a buzzing 29:27 far greater than we could ever imagine. 29:28 Because we needed James in Tasmania 29:30 to help us with the technical side of things. 29:31 That's true. James... 29:33 Angie and James sat in the back. 29:34 Angie is running audio for the concert, 29:36 James doing all the video and the teleprompter. 29:39 And together, I thought to myself, 29:41 I was so proud of my wife, and I just got to say this. 29:42 Yeah, she did a great job. 29:44 Because normally if I suggested that, 29:46 normally Angie would say no. 29:48 "No. This is production. I'm not going to do that. 29:49 I've never mixed for three people before." 29:51 But she said... 29:53 Because I was sitting in the back, I said, 29:55 "Who am I comfortable with running the sound?" 29:57 And I said to myself, 29:59 "Well, I know Angie does my solo concerts." 30:01 And just then, she walked through the door, 30:02 and I pitched the idea. 30:04 She said, "Sure, I'll be glad to do it." 30:05 And I thought... I know, has never done. 30:07 She's ever done before. No. 30:08 I would have said, "No, I can't do that." 30:11 You did a great job. 30:12 And as soon as I came up from downstairs, he says, 30:15 "Can you run the sound for the concert?" 30:16 "Sure, I could do it." What? 30:19 I don't say that. That wasn't me. 30:21 Yeah, that is the funniest thing. 30:24 Yeah, yeah. 30:25 One of these days, I'll talk about the volunteering 30:27 for something that I didn't realize 30:29 I was volunteered to take your place when I went to Ohio. 30:31 Yes. 30:33 So we'll talk about that later, sorry about that, aside. 30:35 But go ahead. 30:37 So yeah, be careful what you volunteer for 30:38 or when you just say yes. 30:39 Exactly. Amen. 30:41 Be an instant in season and out for season. 30:43 There are seasons. That's right. 30:44 And I have to tell, 30:45 and it really gave me a measure of comfort 30:47 because I know what she's capable of, 30:48 but going through the mixing board, 30:50 and I'm looking back there, and James and Angie, 30:52 James and Angie. 30:53 They were switching the microphones, 30:54 and the program really went well. 30:57 It went well and I said, "The Lord knows how," 31:01 that's an understatement. 31:02 Yeah. 31:03 But He pulls out from us 31:05 those things that sometimes are hidden 31:06 and we don't even know, 31:08 but I want to thank you for the willing heart. 31:09 I knew it was not something that she was coming forth 31:11 and thinking of on her own. 31:13 It was a blessing. And we're all blessed. 31:15 It helps that you threatened her 31:17 that you'd have to walk back to the States. 31:20 You did that. It wouldn't work. 31:22 She kind of circled on me and said no, 31:23 you're walking back. 31:25 It was teamwork. It was, isn't that? 31:28 And talking about team, 31:29 and I know it's been talked about here 31:31 is their team, 3ABN Australia, 31:32 and how they don't have a large team there, 31:34 and going to their building, it was the first time 31:36 for Jill and myself to go to the facility, 31:37 you've been there before too? 31:39 I saw but not as complete as today. 31:40 Yes, we have some pictures of their building. 31:42 It's unbelievable actually, a beautiful, actually, 31:45 this was really intriguing too. 31:46 A lot of it's being powered by solar, very efficient. 31:50 That's the outside of the 3ABN Australia studios and offices. 31:52 They were in Morisset. Yup. In Morisset, Australia. 31:55 And it's very close to John and Rosemary's house 31:57 which is so nice because they can drive to work. 31:59 This is their studio which would be like 32:01 we assist one here. 32:02 Instead of 3ABN Today, they call it 3ABN Now. 32:05 And each one of us had the privilege 32:06 of doing an interview. 32:08 This is Etin McClintock. 32:09 He's their 3ABN radio producer and host. 32:10 That's right. And he interviewed. 32:12 He's good. Oh, he does a great job. 32:15 This is Kyle and Elizabeth Sarah. 32:18 And he works... I need to pull my paper. 32:20 Well, he does radio and video editing. 32:23 And video, and he runs the gym, doesn't he run the gym? 32:26 And Elizabeth does the reception. 32:27 Yeah, she does. And they wear multiple hats. 32:29 They do. I'm sure. 32:30 This is from your drone, Pastor. 32:32 Yeah, drone. 32:33 Let's just say, pastor, that's a neat angle. 32:35 That comes from your drone. 32:36 From that, John and I look a lot alike, 32:38 our hair line is alike. 32:41 So, yeah, beautiful facility actually that they have there, 32:44 it's just really nice. 32:45 John is a builder. He's a builder. 32:47 This is when you walk in the front lobby. 32:49 Yes, the lobby. 32:51 Yup, they have a little call center, 32:53 and they have several studios, they have offices upstairs, 32:56 a little kitchen area where Tim, 32:57 we talked about the worship. 32:59 Right. 33:00 That's their conference table, kitchen, worship area. 33:01 We had lunch there several times with the staff. 33:05 They all pitched together and brought food. 33:07 Oh. Boy, we surely ate well there. 33:10 And haystacks, didn't it taste differently? 33:12 Than ours. It tasted different. 33:14 We are not haystack people. Oh, I didn't know that. 33:17 It was really good. But we enjoyed it, didn't we? 33:19 There was something different about their flavor. 33:22 I think it's partially connected to the non-GMO. 33:25 Really? That is true. 33:26 'Cause a lot of their stuff is non-GMO. 33:28 That's true. Over here, it's... 33:29 Yeah, I noticed when we went to the grocery store, 33:33 we all went together to the Australian grocery store, 33:36 and I noticed the Australian products 33:38 that are very similar or equivalent to our products, 33:41 their list of ingredients was like this right here, 33:44 little tiny list, 33:45 maybe three or four items, tops, you know? 33:47 And our looks like a paragraph of things. 33:49 That was very interesting to me. 33:51 Yeah, that was eye-opening, wasn't it? 33:53 Yes. For sure. 33:55 But I liked how resourceful they're. 33:56 I'm sorry, you had some more of the staff. 33:57 Were you talking about the staff? 33:59 Go for it. Okay, I just... 34:00 I asked James for the list of staff, 34:02 so I don't leave someone out. 34:03 It's good. 34:05 Of course, we talked already about John Malkiewicz, 34:07 and he and his wife Rosemary and their positions there, 34:09 and what they do. 34:10 But we are so grateful for what God has called them to do 34:13 there at 3ABN Australia. 34:15 And James, we talked about Rosemary's son, James. 34:19 He and his wife, Diane, we haven't talked about Diane. 34:21 I know she's a nurse, but she spend 34:23 a great deal of time with us as well, 34:24 and she's just a precious girl. 34:26 Young woman, 34:28 and she helped some too volunteering, 34:31 and she's a great cook. And an incredible singer. 34:34 Yes, thank you for bringing that. 34:36 She has an incredible voice. She does. 34:38 In fact, when I first arrived there, 34:39 she said, "I want to sing More Than Wonderful with you." 34:43 And so I never heard her sing, and I heard her humming 34:44 and kind of singing in the background. 34:47 She has an incredible voice. She does. 34:49 The Lord has gifted her. 34:50 Okay then, Jill Richards works in accounting. 34:53 I don't know if we have pictures of all of these, 34:55 but at least we'll mention them. 34:56 Peter Thomas is the audio technician, 34:58 and I know his wife was there at Avondale, 35:01 I'm sitting next to him which was nice. 35:02 But he's the audio technician. 35:04 We talked about Kyle and Elizabeth already. 35:07 Joel Ridgeway is a new employee, 35:09 he's TV editor and director. 35:12 He came from another ministry 35:13 and joined the 3ABN Australia team. 35:15 Then Ben Cunningham, he's a TV editor and audio. 35:19 We already talked about Ed Tien. 35:21 And Margo Marshall is producer host 35:24 for health programming, 35:25 and she fed us, remember those burgers were so amazing 35:28 on that first night there at Avondale Memorial? 35:31 Patties. The little patties. 35:33 Yeah. They were good. 35:34 Oh, yes, yes. We ate well there. 35:38 I got the recipe for that. 35:39 You did? I did too. 35:41 It's in my luggage somewhere. She gave it to me. 35:43 I don't think I'm unpacked mine yet. 35:45 So as you can tell, we're actually recording this program 35:47 not long after we have come back from Australia. 35:50 So we are a little jet-lagged to be honest with you. 35:52 But that's okay. It's all right. 35:54 Any other staff or volunteers? 35:57 Volunteers, of course, there were many volunteers, 35:59 and I'm trying to find. 36:01 Oh, Pearl, she was the young woman at the front desk, 36:03 when we came in through reception, 36:04 and I missed her before, so Pearl Frame, 36:07 I guess you pronounce her name. 36:08 She's been helping them with reception as well. 36:10 So praise the Lord for what God is doing in 36:13 and through each one of the team there. 36:15 Very resourceful. 36:16 That's what like, Tim, you mentioned earlier, 36:18 I was always impressed, remind me of 3ABN Russia again, 36:22 not having much but making something 36:24 out of really nothing. 36:26 And it's just the ingenuity is amazing. 36:28 John Malkiewicz is very talented with his hands. 36:30 I mean, he's a fabricator. 36:31 He was showing me those LEDs that you saw on the main stage 36:34 at the Avondale Memorial Church. 36:36 He was showing me how he kept those things 36:37 standing upright, and they're all brackets 36:39 and things that he made custom 36:41 for all that brickwork behind the stage there, 36:44 and there were no holes drilled into the brick, 36:46 but that thing stood straight and tall and was very steady. 36:48 Just unbelievable. 36:50 Everything in the studio, a lot of that is his handiwork. 36:52 And as we mentioned, it's all powered, 36:54 a majority of it is by solar power 36:56 which is really, really incredible. 36:58 Be very cost-effective. Very much so. You know what? 37:00 They are pioneers, 37:01 and I remember is it what, 15, 16 years ago 37:04 when they first started out across the outback 37:07 and across Australia with their little green, 37:10 they called them Kermit Land Cruiser, 37:13 Toyota Land Cruiser. 37:14 Ute. The Ute, that's like an SUV. 37:16 It's called Ute. 37:18 Those are cool because they're diesel-powered. 37:20 Man, those things are incredible. 37:21 I wish we could get one here in America. 37:23 I know. We rode in Kermit. 37:25 Yeah, that's right. Did you really? 37:27 Yeah, when went to Perth. 37:28 And you rode in Kermit, the green? 37:30 He actually let me drive it. 37:31 Yeah. I like to drive it. 37:33 Which they drive on the other side of the road there. 37:34 And for whatever reason, it doesn't even faze me, 37:36 I just kind of flip a switch, and it just... 37:38 They would walk on the other side. 37:40 They would walk on the other side too, 37:41 they walk, you know? 37:43 Yes, we drive on the other side, 37:44 they drive on the other side. 37:45 Angie had to continually remind me, 37:47 you know, in America we walk in that side. 37:48 Tim reminded me too. 37:49 Remember Greg, walk on the left side. 37:51 We all had a deal with our left hand. 37:52 Which was easy for us. For you guys. 37:55 Yeah, we are left handed. You two lefties. 37:58 You both left handed? We are. 37:59 Both left handed. Wow. 38:00 But I had hard time walking on the left hand side. 38:03 Really? But anyway... 38:05 That's all right. Because it's left. 38:08 Tim? Let moving on. 38:10 But anyway, they did this, 38:12 and basically went across the country of Australia 38:14 installing satellite dishes 38:15 and some of those dishes are still in place 38:17 and many of the people that came to this Homecoming, 38:20 they've maybe had to update a couple piece of equipment 38:22 because it's 15 years ago 38:23 is quite old for some of the LNB receivers, 38:25 but they're still receiving 3ABN 38:27 because of the work of John and Rosemary Malkiewicz. 38:30 We mentioned the word several times, pioneer. 38:33 It's only by the grace of God, 38:34 of course, and your financial support, 38:35 many of you that have stood with 3ABN 38:37 through the years 38:38 actually helped get 3ABN Australia started, 38:41 and it's just incredible. 38:42 Thank you for your support, 38:44 continue to remember them financially. 38:46 Of course, us here, 3ABN Russia, 38:48 all the different networks of 3ABN. 38:50 But it is making a difference. You gonna say something, Angie? 38:52 Yes. 38:54 John and Rosemary took us to their neighbor's house, 38:56 the lady that was bedridden. 38:58 Let's talk about her, thank you. 38:59 Wasn't that... She was a dedicated lady. 39:03 Eleanor? Eleanor. 39:05 Not, yeah, go ahead. 39:06 She's about 90? I don't know. 39:09 I think she said that. Yeah, no, you're right. 39:10 It is, yeah, she's about 90. 39:12 We had prayer with her, and she was so cheerful. 39:15 She had such a good spirit about her, 39:18 and we all went around and prayed with her. 39:22 We sang. And we just had... 39:23 we sang, that's right, we sang. 39:25 And I just felt so uplifted after I left there. 39:29 I just felt so encouraged by her, 39:31 and she knew all of us when we walked in. 39:34 She named every one of us. She did. 39:37 She said, "And you are the new guy, Ryan." 39:41 That's true. That's true. She did. 39:43 Precious lady. Again... 39:44 For someone that had been bedridden. 39:46 I think she got polio when she was, what, 24? 39:47 Yes, she was working as a missionary 39:50 helping lepers, right, or something, 39:52 and then she contracted polio, and couldn't walk, 39:55 and then yet the Lord used her for so many years. 39:57 And even after she got polio, she was teaching nurses, 40:01 private, she got to work. 40:02 She said, "I got that back and forth all my own. 40:04 Don't feel sorry for me. I'm just fine." 40:07 And we think about the little things 40:08 we complain about, like hurt finger, or your legs, 40:11 and here you see somebody bedridden most of her life, 40:15 still serving the Lord, and could be so cheerful. 40:18 And I think that that's only possible 40:20 because you're looking at life not in here now alone 40:24 but you're looking to the there and then 40:27 when there will be no more hurt, no more disaster, 40:29 no more pain, no more crying, no more disabilities. 40:32 And what a cheerful spirit? 40:34 That said to us, 40:35 "Man, you don't really have much too." 40:36 And we get, you know, 40:38 we get upset when it rains on us. 40:40 And this whole lady spent her life in that disability. 40:43 I'm sure she's watching. 40:45 We praise the Lord for all that she's done 40:46 and continues to do. 40:48 And so, and then we walked around at that long excursion, 40:51 our first long walk. 40:53 They called it the nature walk, and it's next to Dora Creek 40:56 which is close to Sunnyside that goes past... 40:59 Avondale. 41:00 And Ellen White actually used to walk that stretches 41:02 along that same creek. 41:03 I don't remember that. Yeah. 41:05 Dora Creek is in her way. 41:06 Yeah, that's why they kept wanting us to walk it 41:07 because Ellen White would walk that creek 41:11 along that creek as we did down the hill. 41:12 It's beautiful. That was... 41:14 We had a chance to do 41:15 a little sightseeing down in Sydney. 41:17 We went to Sydney. 41:18 Just before we went to Tasmania. 41:20 And where we went to the church, 41:21 I know we have a picture of it is, Launceston, 41:23 or Ryan how do you say it? 41:25 Launceston. Perfect. Good job, my brother. 41:28 But I think Tim might know 41:30 a little bit better how to say it. 41:32 I don't know about that. 41:33 Some of those things kind of get my tongue all messed up 41:35 kind to say it, but it was a blessing. 41:36 So we flew from Sydney to right into Launceston. 41:40 It was really neat because we got out of the plane 41:42 right onto the tarmac 41:43 and walked right into a little... 41:44 Yes, one of the small airports. Yup. 41:46 I like the way Tim pronounces it. 41:47 He said, "I'm glad to be here." 41:49 Yeah, you know, it's just safe saying here, 41:53 or you say, we're going to be where, 41:55 and you let the crowd say, and you agree with them. 41:57 That's right. Amen. 41:58 That's a good way of doing it, Tim. 42:00 That's good way. But we flew into Launceston? 42:03 Yep, and then Tasmania, 42:06 but it's really untouched wilderness. 42:08 A lot of Tasmania is just a beautiful place. 42:11 There's the church sign at Launceston. 42:13 A little bit more rolly, the terrain. 42:15 Yes, there's pastor, you're speaking. 42:17 Wonderful people there too. 42:19 What a blessing to get to meet them 42:21 and get to know them. 42:23 They had to put up their chairs out. 42:24 Pastor Brad. That's right. 42:26 The pastor. He and his team there. 42:29 Very supportive and just opened the doors, 42:31 yeah, wide open. 42:33 That's Tim again, like congregational singing, 42:36 and special music. 42:37 Tim makes any piano sound better than what you think. 42:39 Do you know that? I agree. 42:42 Look at there. Angie. 42:44 That was a precious little young person. 42:45 This lady, I think what number she had adopted? 42:48 Like 34 foster children. She... That was her last. 42:51 That's little Rachel I think. 42:53 Amy. Amy. 42:54 Amy. Amy. That's it. 42:55 You're right. Sorry. 42:57 That's us having lunch at the hotel where we stayed. 42:58 Yes. 42:59 One of those family meals together. 43:01 That's right. That is no nice. 43:02 We enjoyed our time. That was wonderful. 43:04 I kind of miss that. Me too. 43:06 Yeah, really, me too. Yeah, it was nice. 43:08 Being together as part of the team 43:10 because sometimes we're very busy here at 3ABN, 43:11 and we don't actually hang out very much. 43:13 We need to make that like a new rule. 43:15 We should. 43:16 Have to have dinner once a week, 43:18 at least with each other. 43:19 Put this into the handbook now. Okay, yeah, let's do this. 43:21 I know, right? 43:22 We can call the breakfast or dinner 43:24 'cause as you said earlier. 43:25 But it was nice because that church also fed us. 43:27 You know, they were, like you said, 43:29 we ate very well in Australia, 43:31 and when we went there, there's... 43:32 You walked across the parking lot 43:33 to the little school gym, 43:35 a little gymnasium, 43:37 and there was actually no tables, 43:38 we all just kind of sat in chairs, 43:39 that was kind of a neat feel, and people just visited. 43:42 Food was on the table. Food was on the table. 43:43 Yes, thank you. Food was on the table. 43:45 There weren't table for us to eat, 43:46 but just a great atmosphere. Go ahead, Ryan. 43:48 I was going to say they had, that when we first went in, 43:50 they had soup and cups, so you drink your soup, 43:54 and it was pumpkin. 43:55 It was. Or squash pumpkin? 43:57 Squash pumpkin, or something, but it was very good. 44:00 You know, the theme has been food in the program. 44:03 I kind of picked up on that. 44:04 So let me just say that, you know, 44:06 after our services were over on Saturday evening, 44:10 we went to Subway. 44:14 And so I don't know if I've told you 44:16 or if you heard about that. 44:17 So the gentleman that was working there in Subway, 44:20 that was turned out to be his last night. 44:22 That's right. 44:23 And so John Malkiewicz had had told him, you know, 44:26 be sure, and get your phone out, 44:27 and look up 3ABN Australia. 44:29 And so, you know, I'm always like, 44:30 "Okay, but don't, don't, 44:32 we need to get our orders," you know? 44:35 And he was the only one working. 44:37 So they were another bunch of us, 44:39 and we all wanted something different, 44:40 and so I didn't want to, you know, trying to say, 44:42 "Okay, let's not talk to him about anything else outside," 44:46 not that I'm ashamed of 3ABN Australia 44:48 or anything or Jesus or anybody, 44:50 I just wanted to get our business done. 44:52 But he was fun, we had a good time. 44:55 And a great spirit. 44:56 We were just outside of Benton, 44:58 just not far from here at 3ABN in West Frankfort... 45:01 We were coming home after we've flown. 45:02 Coming home after we'd flown all... 45:04 We were up 32 hours or whatever. 45:07 And I got a message on my phone, 45:10 and it asked me how I enjoyed my sub sandwich, 45:14 and it was through messenger, Facebook messenger, 45:17 and it was that guy. 45:20 His name is Lance, 45:22 and we since have become friends on Facebook. 45:24 He was asking why we were there. 45:26 I've been telling him about 3ABN, 45:28 and so just a great opportunity, no matter... 45:32 Be sure and take advantage of every place you go 45:34 to tell somebody about Jesus, about 3ABN. 45:38 You never know what connection you can make. 45:41 So I think I just... 45:42 Won how many ever... Right, exactly. 45:44 In fact, that particular young man 45:47 had told me that night, 45:48 because I was the last one to go through the line, 45:51 he had told me that he was grateful 45:52 that he had got to serve us 45:54 because that was his last shift there at Subway. 45:56 He was starting a new job 45:58 I think the next day or the next week. 46:00 And so it was a blessing to have that connection. 46:02 Absolutely. Those are divine appointments. 46:04 Yes. Absolutely. 46:05 And you'll never know till eternity 46:07 how that last opportunity reminds me 46:10 of the woman with the issue of blood, 46:12 that was Jesus' last journey. 46:14 And the woman at the well, another last journey. 46:18 So He find those last journeys 46:19 and He probably thought to Himself, 46:21 "You know, can't wait for my new job," 46:24 and the Lord probably said, 46:25 "But I'm not going to let you out of here 46:27 until I introduce you to the future. 46:29 I have another plan for you young man." 46:31 And you never know. 46:32 That kind of brings chills about it 46:35 that God saw that appointment 46:37 long before we got to Launceston. 46:39 God saw that appointment focused on this young man 46:43 because he has a future for him. 46:44 And so for those of you that watch 3ABN, 46:46 there's appointment that God makes 46:48 that we will only know in eternity 46:50 what those appointments are all about 46:52 because we will probably not see him again 46:54 except for the friendships you make, 46:55 connections through the email or however. 46:58 But what eternity is going to be? 46:59 What a surprise? 47:00 He was so cheerful. Very cheerful. 47:02 And you think about that all those connections we made 47:05 you know as we were there in Australia 47:07 with the different people that the Lord led us to meet. 47:10 I love that about John Malkiewicz. He's so... 47:13 Everywhere we went, he said, "Do you have the 3ABN app? 47:16 Here's your phone. 47:17 Let me download it for you right now, 47:19 and then you can start watching it." 47:20 And so what a way to witness, what a way to share the gospel. 47:24 I know, we have, I think a few more pictures left of, 47:28 I'm not sure if it's Tasmania or Sydney or something but... 47:30 Let's see what we have. Let's see. 47:32 Just put up some pictures, and we'll talk about them. 47:35 Oh. That's the bridge in Sydney. 47:37 That's the Sydney Harbor Bridge, 47:39 or aka the coat hanger. 47:40 Did we cross that? Facing the Opera House. 47:42 We walked across that bridge. 47:43 Yes. And that's Sydney. 47:45 From that bridge to downtown Sydney. 47:48 Beautiful city. 47:49 This one right there, that was a... 47:51 The Opera House. 47:53 To be on that bridge, I think I took 47:54 maybe about 1500 pictures that day. 47:57 Gorgeous. A beautiful country however. 47:59 I'm going to print those on canvas, 48:00 maybe we can put them on... 48:01 Oh, I love that. That's gorgeous. 48:04 And it had rained quite a bit every day 48:06 but see the sun came out for those pictures. 48:08 Oh, was that you in the booth, Ryan? 48:10 Ryan. That's Ryan in the phone booth. 48:11 Superman. 48:13 Kind of dinosaur and Ryan was invited. 48:15 Yeah, it was Superman. On the telephone booth. 48:18 Another one there. 48:19 Be more like in the middle of the bridge, 48:22 and we had driven over that bridge many times, 48:24 and that's the Opera House that... 48:25 We went in it. As a matter of fact... 48:28 Didn't we all? All of us went inside. 48:29 Yeah, we did. We just stepped in a moment. 48:32 And we were close enough too when the rain started. 48:34 Oh, yeah. To get into that. 48:36 Run in the ark. Boy, wasn't it hard? 48:40 Boy, wasn't that... 48:41 Oh, Greg and Jill after the hike. 48:43 This is Tasmania. That's right. 48:46 Tim, I think that's at the gorge... 48:48 Oh, the gorge. And I'm in Tasmania. 48:50 Yeah the gorge was gorgeous. It was gorgeous. 48:53 This is Tim at a distance. Yeah. 48:55 Yeah, those are actually not palm trees, but what fern? 48:58 Fern trees. Fern trees. 49:00 But it's like ferns, but they're big, they're heavy. 49:02 Never heard of them before. 49:04 Yeah, that's some beautiful plants. 49:05 That's the waterfall. 49:06 We walked through that waterfall. 49:08 Oh, yeah. 49:09 This is out in the middle of nowhere. 49:10 Dirt road, mud. Liffey Falls. 49:12 Liffey Falls, yeah. Even the lemons were good, huh? 49:14 Look at the lemon tree. 49:16 Yeah, they smelled good like you mentioned. 49:17 You picked one. Yes. 49:18 You could smell it through the... 49:20 Oh, unbelievable. It's all the aroma. 49:22 And that orange tree we walked by 49:24 when we were going to, beyond that path 49:26 behind John Rosemary's house there. 49:28 I walked past that I thought, "What is that? 49:30 What is that flower?" 49:31 I've never smelled an orange tree like that. 49:34 We've been in Florida, we lived in Florida, 49:37 never smelled an orange tree like that. 49:38 Not like that. 49:40 It's amazing. 49:41 We have just a few minutes left. 49:42 What if we took a couple minutes 49:44 and each one of you share maybe a takeaway 49:46 or something that the Lord taught you 49:47 during your time? 49:48 Ladies first. Yeah, in Australia. 49:51 In Australia or Tassie or one of those? 49:53 It's probably hard to pick. Something that's on your heart. 49:55 It's probably hard to pick something. 49:56 I just loved the people. The people were just wonderful. 50:00 And one lady came to me and says, 50:02 "I am so happy that you thought of us 50:05 in Launceston to come here." 50:10 She said, "This small little place." 50:12 She says, "I watch 3ABN is my church. 50:15 And so for you all to come here means a world to me." 50:18 So I just look forward to meeting people. 50:21 We are a part of the family of God, 50:22 and they are our family even though we're worlds away. 50:25 That's right. Yeah, well said. 50:27 Yeah, go ahead, Ryan, or Tim. 50:29 I was just going to say, you know, 50:31 we were like what 14, 15 hour, 16 hour difference, 50:35 I'm not sure. From here. 50:37 Fourteen from here. 50:38 Fourteen-hour difference, 50:39 so our sleep patterns were disrupted, 50:41 and still are to some point. 50:43 But I know when we were in Tasmania, 50:47 I would lay, I had window open, and I would hear the city, 50:52 one of the clock towers chime 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 50:57 4 o'clock in the middle of the night, 50:59 and it reminded me of that verse in Ephesians. 51:04 Ephesians 5:15-16, 51:08 "Be careful how you walk not as unwise but as wise 51:10 making the most of your time," 51:13 the King James I believe says redeeming the time 51:17 because the days are evil. 51:18 And it just reminded me, 51:20 you know, as I laid there trying, 51:21 I'm so aggravated about being awake at those hours 51:24 in the middle of the night, just how important it is, 51:28 and the mission that we were on 51:29 to redeem the time, and to be sure 51:31 and get the message out of Christ's soon return. 51:34 Amen. Amen. 51:35 Ryan? Amen. 51:37 You know, this trip to Australia 51:38 reminded me of the power of evangelism 51:42 because you know, a little over 100 years ago, 51:45 Ellen White, other Adventists 51:47 had set foot there on the Australian continent, 51:50 and then to know how that's grown, 51:52 and the power that the advent movement 51:54 has taken since then, 51:56 just to meet people with like mindedness, 51:59 interested and very much blessed 52:02 by the power of the gospel there, 52:05 it's just an incredible opportunity to be a part of, 52:07 and I really enjoyed myself, I hope to go back, 52:10 absolutely. 52:12 Real quickly, I can't wait to see 52:13 what the Lord has in store for the future. 52:14 If that's a taste of it, 52:16 the glory is going to be more beautiful. 52:18 Amen. Amen. 52:20 Yeah, I think for me, it's hard to pick 52:21 what as far as one of the takeaways for me 52:23 but I think Angie, I'm with you, 52:25 is the people that, I don't know, to me, 52:27 it's a taste of heaven to hear everyone singing, 52:30 Tim, we're talking, you know, about the music 52:32 and singing together and hearing the word preached. 52:34 I think of the, oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. 52:37 He's good. Well, for sure, He is. 52:39 Amen. What about you? 52:40 Oh, my. I think it's the people. 52:42 You know, it's just having a picture 52:45 of what heaven would be like, 52:47 knowing that we're going to meet with brothers 52:50 and sisters around the sea of glass, 52:52 and we just want to encourage you, 52:54 we want you to be there. 52:55 Make a decision to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, 53:00 and we have an eternity together. 53:02 We have a news break, 53:03 and we will be back in just a moment 53:05 with a closing thought. |
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