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 words
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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
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program. I'm Jason
Bradley, and I am so
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excited about what we're
going to be talking about,
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which is the Youth
Rush literature programs.
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Now, you're
probably at home, wondering,
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"Well, what is
that?" You're going to find
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out. We have a few
videos to show you,
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and it's just going to
be a blessing. So, here
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with me, I have
David Paņo, and he is the
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Literature
Ministries- he's with Literature
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Ministries in Michigan
Conference of Seventh-day
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Adventists-and Bill
Krick who is with Literature
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Ministries of the
Pacific Union Conference of
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Seventh-day Adventists.
- Glad to be here. - It's
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great to have you.
It's great to have both of
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you here. Tell me a
little bit about yourself and
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your background,
David. - Oh, yes. I was raised
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Adventist. My
grandpa used to be a pastor;
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my dad used to be a
pastor. So, though I
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have Adventist background,
I didn't know Jesus. I thought
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I knew Jesus, and I
was in my late 20s that,
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actually, I met Jesus
for the first time with
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a group of young
people that taught me about
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Jesus in my own church.
Ever since then, I decided
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to serve God. When
God sent me to serve Him,
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it has been
literature. So, that's where I'm
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at now. - Nice,
nice. And what about you,
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Bill? - You know,
I'm a fifth-generation
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Seventh-day Adventist.
My great-great-grandfather
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had his door knocked
on by a faithful worker
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and he accepted
Christ and Christ's messages
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for him...but I had
to make it my own like we
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all do. I did
that through Adventist
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Christian schools. My
mother sacrificed dearly
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to send me to
Christian school, and there, I
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found mentors who
guided me in the path to follow
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Christ. That's really
why I'm following Christ now
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and why I'm looking for
Him. - Nice. Well, before
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we go into more about
the literature evangelism
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and all of those
things and before we jump to
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those videos,
we have a song that
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is very fitting for
the topic; and the song is
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brought to us by
Alessandra Sorace
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and it's entitled, "I Will Go."
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Give me ears to hear Your Spirit
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Give me feet to follow through
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Give me hands to
touch the hurting
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And the faith to follow You
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Give me grace to be a servant
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Give me mercy for the lost
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Give me passion for Your glory
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Give me passion for the cross
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And I will go where
there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey be my home
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I will go
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I will go
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I'll let go of my ambition
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Cut the roots that run too deep
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I will learn to give away
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What I cannot really keep
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What I cannot really keep
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Help me see with eyes of faith
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Give me
strength to run this race
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And I will go where
there are no easy roads
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Leave the comfort that I know
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I will go and let
this journey be my home
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I will go... I will go!
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I will go, Lord,
where Your glory is unknown
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I will live for You alone
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I will go because
my life is not my own
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I will go...
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I will go
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I will go
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- Wow. What a
beautiful and fitting song for
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what we're going to
be talking about. So, you
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know, we talked about
the Youth Rush literature
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programs being the
topic of our discussion. What
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is Youth Rush? Either
one of you. - Alright.
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It is part of the
Literature Ministries,
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and that usually takes
place during the summer.
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It's a 10-week program
where young people will
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go door-to-door,
and they're going to be
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sharing
literature. They get donations
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for the
literature... But I can say that
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this is a mission
trip; but usually, mission
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trips, you pay
for... right? You pay your
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ticket, you pay,
also, the expenses over
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there... But in
this mission trip where
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you're going to
be reaching a lot of
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people, you get
paid. That's the blessing.
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You also get
financial help. People mainly
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get it for school
tuition. So, you're working for
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the Lord, but you're
also gaining financial
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benefits out of
that... but the main blessing
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is the spiritual component
where you can see God in
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other work. I
don't know if, Bill, you
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want to add
something. - Yeah. The enormous
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benefits of participating
in a Youth Rush program
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for a young person-
the ages are usually
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between 16 and 25,
Jason. When a young
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person comes out of a
summer like that, they
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will have visited
approximately 7,000
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homes. - Wha- 7,000
homes!? - More or less.
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- Wow! - And
the opportunities to
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interact with people
and the learning that
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goes on, the experiential
education, as it were,
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is so valuable for a
young person. In fact, we have
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a short testimony
on video that gives a
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testimony of
somebody who's now a Christian
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professional in the position
of responsibility. He talks
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briefly about his experience
doing a summer like this.
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- Nice. Well, I
tell you what: let's go
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to that video right
now and check that out.
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- My name's Andrew John.
I'm the president and CEO
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of Sonora
Regional Medical Center in
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Sonora,
California- soon to be known as
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Adventist Health Sonora.
So, as a young professional,
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or student in
college, you have a lot of ways
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you could spend your
summer...but I recommend
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dedicating at least
one summer to literature
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evangelism. You'll learn
things both about yourself
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and people that, otherwise,
would take a lifetime of
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experience to
learn. The opportunity that
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I had to go door-to-door
and share not just my
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faith but learn
about other people's faith
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absolutely set me
up for success in the
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professional
world. [piano music]
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- Wow. It sounds like
there's a lot of benefits
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to
participating in this program-
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spiritually, professionally,
and equipping people with
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the tools that they're
going to use throughout
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their life. - Oh,
yes; definitely. I remember
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having a student that
at the end of the summer,
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she called one of
her elders in her local
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church at the end of
the summer. The elder,
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after talking to this
student, he called her
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mom. He called the
student's mom and the
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elder said, "Your
daughter has changed. She's more
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articulated and
more spiritual," and it
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was just a 10-week
period. That's amazing
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how these programs can
help a lot of young people.
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- Yes. Now, in
the process of doing
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these programs,
are the young people
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absorbing some of
this literature, as well?
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I mean, I know that
they're having experiences when
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they go to knock on
the doors and all of that.
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But are they studying
the Word? What's going
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on during this program,
too, that helps to facilitate
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that spiritual growth?
- That's a good question.
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I have actually,
here, some testimonies that
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have been sent to
us by some young people
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after the summer.
Now, these are unsolicited
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testimonies;
they're not testimonies that
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we went fishing
for. - Uh-huh. - And we
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saved some of them. I'd
like to read just a few of
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them to you in
their own words. This is
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from Erin. She
says, "Last year," - she's
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talking about the 10-week
summer Youth Rush program.
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"Last year was an
amazing experience that really
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changed my life-specifically,
my walk with God. I want
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people to know the God
who loves them more than
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they can even
imagine." So, here's this young
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woman, and her life
was turned around when she
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could see that, in
reaching out to other
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people, she sensed
that God was reaching out to
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her. This is from
Josh: "Before last summer,"
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he writes, "I
never read my Bible. But
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now, I always get up
and read it." So those
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habits of spending
time with God and with the
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Word in the morning
originates often in the
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summer when they feel
their need of God. Here's
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another girl-Jodi:
"Last year's canvassing," -
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that's the Youth
Rush program - "affected
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me spiritually. I learned
to feed myself spiritually."
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Isn't that a nice
testimony? - Yeah.
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Yeah, it is. - If
young people can learn to
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feed themselves spiritually,
then they don't always have
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to be under direct supervision
and mentorship. They can get
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it straight from the
Lord. - Yeah. Mhm. And you know
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what - just to touch on
that just a little bit -
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what I've heard from
both of you guys in the
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beginning was that you
had to come to know the
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Lord for
yourselves. - That's right. And
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that's how the structure
of the programs are like. They
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have chores, they have
time for... We give them
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time for them to
have their own devotions.
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They usually stay in,
and we can be, sometimes, at
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churches or schools,
and they have leaders
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that we entrust
them. They feed them, also,
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spiritually,
because they have worships
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together, they
sing together, they work
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together, they have
training to go to the
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doors, then the
leaders, also, with them through
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the day, as well.
So, that's how, kind of,
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the structure
works, and that runs for 10
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weeks. Let me tell
you this: for young people
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or a young person, you
will find your best friends
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while you do God's
work, because those are the
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friends that you're
going to be able to call later
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on and say, "Hey,
I'm struggling. Can you
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pray for me?" - Yeah.
- Those are the friends
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that, when things get
harder, you can contact
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them. That's a great
benefit. - Maybe even
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meet a spouse there;
watch out. [laughter]
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- That's happened to
many. - That's happened
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to many people? Oh,
yes...yes. - You know,
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David just
mentioned, Jason, the leaders,
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the Youth Rush
leaders, and I think that's a
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really important
point. There are well-trained
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experienced young
adult leaders who not only
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supervise but train
and inspire and encourage
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and pray with the
young people and help them,
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and they're with them
and rotate all the time
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with them. That encourages
safety and efficiency and
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success, and that's a
key part of that Youth
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Rush- the Youth Rush
experience is the young
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adult leaders. -
Yes. And, you know, the
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beautiful thing is,
like, they're watching all of
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that that's taking
place and internalizing that,
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and then that's
going to come out later as
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they become leaders...
you know? Great leaders
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basically create
other great leaders. - Yeah,
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and that is right.
Even for me, I'm a pastor,
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helping so much,
because when I was a leader, you
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have to take care of
these young ones. You
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see their personalities
and you have to work,
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and they're
helping a lot in the church
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environment. But the main
thing is, many young people
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are hurt sometimes
that they say, "I don't see
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God that's real, because
I haven't experienced the
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actions of God if He's
doing something in this
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world." It's
because they don't go to the
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field. You need to go
to the field to see God
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in action. This is-
I mean, you see Joshua
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singing, "Jesus," with
his sword out-you know?-
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ready to fight;
but where you're going
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to see Jesus actually
fighting is in the field.
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So go there and go
with God, and you will see
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Him in action. That's
the main thing. - Which,
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that's beautiful, because
when you look at Christ's
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life, what was He- He
was healing people, He
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was meeting people's
needs, He was ministering
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to the people wherever
He went. But, like Christ's
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method. What were you
going to say, Bill? - Just
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one more testimony from
Philip. "Canvassing this
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year was probably the
best decision I made for
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my spiritual well-being,
being out on the front
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lines of God's army, and
actually doing the action
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part of my faith was
very rewarding." Again,
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these are in his
words. This is the pattern
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we see, where young
people, when they go
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out and put into practice
their faith and they get
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into action, they
sense their need of God, they
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see God working,
they watch miracles, they
00:16:39.39\00:16:41.20
experience their part of
a miracle happening, they
00:16:41.26\00:16:43.63
come back and their
eyes are opened and they say,
00:16:43.73\00:16:45.40
"Wow, God is real."
Their faith strengthens. - And
00:16:45.47\00:16:48.70
that's how
everything happens, especially
00:16:48.80\00:16:51.01
with me; because one
time, I was in my church
00:16:51.07\00:16:54.11
in the pews, and I was
listening to these people
00:16:54.18\00:16:57.21
sharing
testimonies. I kind of got upset
00:16:57.28\00:17:02.48
with myself and with
God and I said, "Lord,
00:17:02.58\00:17:05.35
I want my own testimonies.
Why do I have to always
00:17:05.42\00:17:10.29
just listen?" -
Uh-huh. - Right? I want to
00:17:10.43\00:17:12.86
experience, myself,
as well! - Yes. - And God
00:17:12.93\00:17:15.13
sent me to canvass, and
I got 'em. - Nice. - It's
00:17:15.20\00:17:18.83
amazing. - Share some
of those with us. - You
00:17:18.90\00:17:20.97
know, one of the
things that comes to my mind
00:17:21.04\00:17:24.11
right now is in Texas.
I was knocking on doors,
00:17:24.21\00:17:26.81
and one of the...
Usually, we expect
00:17:26.88\00:17:29.51
people to open the door
and we can give them the
00:17:29.61\00:17:31.28
books so they can have
it in their hands. This
00:17:31.35\00:17:34.35
lady didn't open
the door. She pulled the
00:17:34.42\00:17:38.29
curtain from the
window that was right next to
00:17:38.35\00:17:40.56
the door, and she's
like, "What do you want?"
00:17:40.66\00:17:42.66
I was like, "Oh,
man." So, "Hey, ma'am, my
00:17:42.79\00:17:46.16
name is David," I
showed her a book, Peace Above
00:17:46.26\00:17:48.20
the Storm (that's
also Steps to Christ), and
00:17:48.26\00:17:50.90
showed it to her.
"This is what we have,"
00:17:51.00\00:17:52.63
and she opened the
door, grabbed the book out of
00:17:52.73\00:17:54.97
my hand, and she hugged
it and she said, "I need
00:17:55.04\00:17:57.67
this book." - Wow. -
And I was like, "Whoa, whoa,
00:17:57.77\00:18:00.28
whoa." - She wasn't
even going to open the
00:18:00.34\00:18:01.68
door. - No, she was
not going to. But when
00:18:01.71\00:18:03.85
she saw the book,
she grabbed it, and she's
00:18:03.95\00:18:05.91
like, "I want this
book." I'm like, "Yeah, you can
00:18:06.01\00:18:07.55
have it. It's just
on donation basis."
00:18:07.62\00:18:09.62
Then, she told me,
"No, you don't understand."
00:18:09.72\00:18:11.85
That's what she
said. "This is from God."
00:18:11.95\00:18:14.79
And I was like, "Well,
tell me what happened."
00:18:14.86\00:18:17.93
She told me her story
that four days before,
00:18:17.99\00:18:20.86
her husband left
her. He went with another
00:18:20.96\00:18:25.33
woman. She begged him.
She told him, "I'm going
00:18:25.40\00:18:28.60
to forgive you.
Just stay. We have a
00:18:28.67\00:18:30.91
daughter together."
He said, "No. I don't
00:18:30.97\00:18:33.07
love you anymore.
I'm going to go with this
00:18:33.14\00:18:34.78
woman." So, you can
imagine for this woman,
00:18:34.84\00:18:37.91
her whole life fell
apart. - Yeah. - She said that
00:18:38.01\00:18:41.98
ever since then, she
has been crying in her
00:18:42.05\00:18:43.89
room. Crying, sleeping,
maybe eating something,
00:18:43.99\00:18:48.69
but crying, sleeping,
all four days straight.
00:18:48.76\00:18:51.63
She said when she went
to the bottom of everything,
00:18:51.73\00:18:56.46
she knelt for the
first time. She said, "Lord,
00:18:56.56\00:18:59.27
if you care for
me, please send someone
00:18:59.33\00:19:01.47
to help me, because
I need peace." - Yeah.
00:19:01.57\00:19:04.47
- And when she
said, "Amen," we rang the
00:19:04.57\00:19:06.44
bell. - Wow. Talk about
an on-time God. - That's
00:19:06.51\00:19:11.05
what we call divine
appointments. - Yes.
00:19:11.15\00:19:13.35
- You're going to hear a
lot of them. - Absolutely.
00:19:13.42\00:19:15.88
Man! That's
powerful. Well, you definitely
00:19:15.95\00:19:18.99
ended up with the
testimony that you
00:19:19.09\00:19:21.32
were praying for, for
sure. Bill, what stories
00:19:21.42\00:19:24.33
or testimonies do
you have? - You know, I
00:19:24.46\00:19:26.76
could tell you a bunch
of them, but I'll just share
00:19:26.83\00:19:28.46
a short one that happened
to me 10 days ago. 10 days
00:19:28.53\00:19:31.57
ago from when I'm sitting
in this chair, I was in a
00:19:31.67\00:19:33.64
large city in
California, and I had with me a
00:19:33.74\00:19:36.17
very young man. We
were meeting people, and we
00:19:36.24\00:19:41.68
gave a piece of literature
to this man. He said, "What
00:19:41.74\00:19:46.08
is this?" I said,
"It's something encouraging
00:19:46.15\00:19:49.12
from the Bible;
Bible- based literature."
00:19:49.18\00:19:51.72
He said, "Oh!" I
said, "We're from this
00:19:51.79\00:19:54.82
Seventh-day Adventist
Christian Church right
00:19:54.89\00:19:57.43
over here by the
railroad tracks." He said to me,
00:19:57.46\00:20:00.40
"Oh." He says, "I
used to be Seventh-day
00:20:00.46\00:20:02.96
Adventist." And I
said, "Oh." I said, "Well,
00:20:03.06\00:20:06.80
you oughta come back.
It's a really friendly
00:20:06.87\00:20:08.47
church!" And he
said to me, "I've been
00:20:08.50\00:20:11.81
meaning to do
that," and he began to look
00:20:11.87\00:20:14.44
regretful and sorrowful,
but still hopeful. And I
00:20:14.48\00:20:19.05
said, "You know, we
have some young adults
00:20:19.11\00:20:20.68
who are in this
city, and they're looking
00:20:20.72\00:20:22.48
for people to study the
Bible with." And he says,
00:20:22.55\00:20:24.35
"Well, I live
right over here on this
00:20:24.42\00:20:25.75
street. I'd be
happy to give you my phone
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.12
number." So, he did.
That night, the young
00:20:27.16\00:20:28.99
adults texted him,
and they set up a Bible
00:20:29.06\00:20:31.93
study. Turns out that
the place where he lives
00:20:31.99\00:20:33.53
was right across the
street from where our
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.16
young adult Bible workers
were living. And the very
00:20:35.26\00:20:38.23
next day, they held
a Bible study with him,
00:20:38.33\00:20:39.90
and he says, "I want
to come to church this
00:20:39.97\00:20:41.30
Sabbath." So, this
is not something that I
00:20:41.34\00:20:46.37
cooked up. -
Yeah. Yeah. - This is us
00:20:46.44\00:20:47.91
showing up and
God making something
00:20:47.98\00:20:50.41
special happen. - Wow.
- And that's what happens
00:20:50.51\00:20:52.41
for young people
all the time. You know,
00:20:52.51\00:20:54.48
the young man who was
with me was like, "Whoa,
00:20:54.58\00:20:56.35
what's going on
here?" - Mhm, mhm. Man!
00:20:56.45\00:20:59.49
- It's amazing for a
young person to know...
00:20:59.55\00:21:03.56
Usually, you see
powerful stories,
00:21:04.46\00:21:06.23
crazy things happen;
but usually, you hear
00:21:06.33\00:21:09.76
from those
preachers, pastors, evangelists
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.47
telling all these amazing
stories...but young people
00:21:12.53\00:21:15.57
are also having them. -
Yes. - So, the realizations that
00:21:15.64\00:21:19.11
are like, wow - God
can also use me to do great
00:21:19.17\00:21:22.54
things for him,
and that's like an eye-
00:21:22.64\00:21:25.85
opening experience
for many young people,
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.88
because God does
want to use them. - Yes,
00:21:27.98\00:21:30.12
absolutely. We
have another video we'd
00:21:30.22\00:21:33.09
like to share, and
this video summarizes the
00:21:33.15\00:21:35.42
whole experience of
Youth Rush from the perspective
00:21:35.49\00:21:38.53
of a young person -
of a student. - Nice.
00:21:38.59\00:21:41.26
Well, let's go
ahead and take a look at
00:21:41.33\00:21:42.93
that right now.
00:21:43.03\00:21:44.37
- Well, there are a
lot of emotions as a
00:21:46.13\00:21:48.74
canvasser. So, when you
first come, you're like,
00:21:48.84\00:21:51.57
scared out of
your mind. "What in the
00:21:51.67\00:21:53.68
world did I get
myself into? There are all
00:21:53.78\00:21:55.31
these people that
I don't know, and I'm
00:21:55.38\00:21:57.68
going to talk to
strangers tomorrow and knock on
00:21:57.78\00:21:59.81
their door!?" I
can say that Youth Rush
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.12
students are some
of the most courageous
00:22:03.18\00:22:04.52
people I know.
They go out there and
00:22:04.55\00:22:07.16
they face their fears
- there is some fear that
00:22:07.22\00:22:09.02
goes into it when you're
first going out and knocking
00:22:09.12\00:22:11.79
on doors - but it's
incredible. You have
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.43
this feeling
before you're going to go
00:22:14.50\00:22:16.10
out to the field of
nervousness and fear
00:22:16.20\00:22:18.93
and all of this stuff,
and then you go throughout
00:22:19.03\00:22:21.90
your day and you have
these incredible experiences
00:22:21.97\00:22:24.04
that just pump you up
like no other. Canvassers
00:22:24.14\00:22:26.91
can all relate to
what I'm talking about.
00:22:26.98\00:22:28.81
You leave to the
field, and you're scared,
00:22:28.91\00:22:31.31
but then you come back
just rejoicing and so filled
00:22:31.41\00:22:34.42
with joy that, really,
a lot of other experiences
00:22:34.48\00:22:37.52
in life really
can't relate to. It's just
00:22:37.59\00:22:39.92
this joy of seeing someone
that was like, "I was just
00:22:39.99\00:22:42.22
praying for you to
come!" Or seeing God at work
00:22:42.29\00:22:44.39
right in front of you.
I mean, I don't even know
00:22:44.49\00:22:46.96
how to describe
the joy that's there,
00:22:47.06\00:22:48.40
but it's literally addicting.
That's why people continue
00:22:48.50\00:22:51.83
day after day even
though it is so hard,
00:22:51.93\00:22:54.50
but they continue to
do it because it's really
00:22:54.60\00:22:56.71
the most highly rewarding
things that you can do-
00:22:56.77\00:22:59.07
not just
canvassing, but evangelism in
00:22:59.14\00:23:01.28
general. When you get
over that fear and you
00:23:01.34\00:23:03.14
go for it, you actually
do it, and see God at work.
00:23:03.21\00:23:05.38
You can't get enough of
it. - Hi! We're at Tiffany's
00:23:06.41\00:23:09.62
house. Us canvassers
are just taking a break
00:23:09.75\00:23:12.35
on our Friday and enjoying
kicking back here at Tiffany's
00:23:12.45\00:23:15.26
house. Here, we're
about to go swimming, eating,
00:23:15.32\00:23:17.46
having fun with each other,
start the whole entire week...
00:23:17.56\00:23:20.10
We're out there in the
hot sun, knocking on doors
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.96
for 8 hours. Yeah,
let's take a look over here.
00:23:23.06\00:23:26.43
Yeah, so, right
here, we actually have the
00:23:31.67\00:23:34.08
rest of our
canvassing group. Say hi, guys.
00:23:34.18\00:23:36.18
[Hi!] We're just enjoying
our Friday, just chilling
00:23:36.24\00:23:39.58
back with one
another, eating our chips and
00:23:39.65\00:23:41.38
everything, enjoying
each other's company.
00:23:41.48\00:23:43.12
And here, we have one of
our knocked out canvassers,
00:23:43.18\00:23:46.15
because it's a
hard week of...working,
00:23:46.22\00:23:51.76
knocking on
doors... Yeah. One night, I
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.76
asked God to give me
a divine appointment at
00:23:54.83\00:23:56.90
one of the doors. I
knock on Sadie's door
00:23:56.97\00:23:59.47
and she opens up, and
we get to talking, and
00:23:59.50\00:24:02.70
I show her a
Christ's Object Lessons and a
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.37
Steps to Christ. Her
face lights up and says,
00:24:05.44\00:24:07.48
"Oh, I actually
bought these books two years
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.78
ago. And since then,
I've been taking them
00:24:09.84\00:24:12.71
everywhere with me,
and I've been giving
00:24:12.78\00:24:14.75
people Bible
studies on them and showing
00:24:14.82\00:24:16.62
them how God
actually loves them and wants
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.85
to be with them."
And then- so after that,
00:24:18.95\00:24:21.49
I wanted to give
her a Great Controversy
00:24:21.59\00:24:25.43
and DVD on Bible prophecy,
and she was able to sign
00:24:25.53\00:24:30.67
up for personal
Bible studies, as well.
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.33
- You know, I never
thought that I would
00:24:33.17\00:24:35.74
do 10 summers in a row
of Youth Rush; but when
00:24:35.80\00:24:40.68
I think about why,
I keep coming back and
00:24:40.78\00:24:42.41
coming into the leadership
now. I think of the lives
00:24:42.44\00:24:46.78
of the students
that are changed.
00:24:46.88\00:24:48.38
It's really
incredible, because growing up
00:24:48.48\00:24:51.09
in the Seventh-day Adventist
Church here in the NAD,
00:24:51.15\00:24:54.32
I've realized that
more and more young people
00:24:54.42\00:24:57.13
are leaving the
church, and we know that. But
00:24:57.23\00:25:00.06
it's awesome to be a
part of something where
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.86
for two-and-a-half
months during the summer every
00:25:02.90\00:25:06.00
single year, we
gather together, this group
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.90
of young people that
come from all kinds of
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.27
spiritual backgrounds,
spiritual experiences,
00:25:11.37\00:25:14.38
but they come
together. And as they're going
00:25:14.44\00:25:17.35
door-to-door doing
evangelism, they start
00:25:17.41\00:25:20.35
having a renewed experience
with God. We start seeing
00:25:20.45\00:25:23.79
young people who, maybe
before, were just kind of
00:25:23.85\00:25:26.42
coming to church just because,
or weren't really into it and
00:25:26.49\00:25:29.56
didn't know why
they trusted the Bible or
00:25:29.62\00:25:31.76
why they were even
Adventist, but they
00:25:31.83\00:25:33.60
come; and as the summer
goes on and as they feed
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.06
on the Word, as
they pray, as they knock
00:25:36.13\00:25:39.47
on doors, as they
talk to people and see God
00:25:39.53\00:25:41.17
at work right in
front of their faces, all of
00:25:41.24\00:25:43.41
a sudden, they kind of
tap into, like, why they're
00:25:43.51\00:25:46.24
Seventh-day Adventist-
the reason in the mission
00:25:46.34\00:25:48.91
of the church-and they
start to adopt it as their
00:25:48.98\00:25:52.85
own. It's so
amazing, because Youth Rush
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.38
gives me hope as a
young person that Jesus can
00:25:55.48\00:25:57.49
actually come in my lifetime.
It gives me hope, because
00:25:57.59\00:26:00.79
I see young people that
are so excited. And after
00:26:00.86\00:26:04.23
they're done with Youth
Rush, they leave to their
00:26:04.29\00:26:07.53
homes and they get their
churches on fire. They want
00:26:07.63\00:26:09.96
to be GLOW
leaders. They want to go on
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.40
GLOW mission trips. They
want to have their friends
00:26:11.43\00:26:14.44
come and do Youth Rush
the next summer; and it
00:26:14.50\00:26:16.34
just continues.
Through this program, I have
00:26:16.47\00:26:19.74
devoted my life to
it, and I encourage other
00:26:19.84\00:26:22.14
people to devote
their lives to it, because
00:26:22.21\00:26:24.15
I believe that it's through
young people like this that
00:26:24.21\00:26:27.12
God is going to use to
finish His work. It gives
00:26:27.18\00:26:30.35
me a lot of hope
as a young person that
00:26:30.42\00:26:32.12
Jesus can come in my lifetime.
00:26:32.22\00:26:34.22
- Wow. Now, you know,
one of the interesting
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.53
things is as I was
watching the video,
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.24
I was just thinking
about the fact that-
00:26:47.30\00:26:49.90
like-there's no healthier
friendship, no healthier
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.64
bond that could be formed
other than doing something
00:26:52.71\00:26:56.64
for the Lord together
and how they're coming
00:26:56.75\00:26:59.78
together, and they're
also studying the Word
00:26:59.81\00:27:02.18
together, and all of
those things. Renella
00:27:02.28\00:27:06.05
spoke to... The
fact that there's a sense
00:27:06.15\00:27:09.22
of urgency and that there's
a hope that Jesus can come
00:27:09.32\00:27:13.23
back during our lifetime,
which is amazing. Amazing.
00:27:13.29\00:27:19.03
- We're happy to see
young people catching
00:27:19.13\00:27:23.10
on fire for the
Lord, and they realize that
00:27:23.20\00:27:26.11
they can take part
in this time, you know?
00:27:26.21\00:27:31.61
The work in this time.
It's amazing to see them
00:27:31.71\00:27:34.68
in action and how
the... Like she mentioned,
00:27:34.78\00:27:38.32
like a young
person that's changed.
00:27:38.39\00:27:40.49
You can see one person
that... We have a student
00:27:41.22\00:27:44.69
that was struggling
with certain things, and you
00:27:44.76\00:27:47.26
can see at the end of
the summer, going back
00:27:47.33\00:27:49.90
to the school as a preacher now.
00:27:49.96\00:27:51.87
- Wow. - So, those are the
00:27:52.13\00:27:53.87
type of things
that are so rewarding.
00:27:53.97\00:27:55.50
- Yes. And, you
know, the Bible says, "By
00:27:55.60\00:27:57.91
beholding, we become
changed. So, all those
00:27:58.01\00:28:00.88
that they're
beholding changed them.
00:28:00.94\00:28:03.08
- And my best friends
in my life and spiritual
00:28:03.14\00:28:05.35
life, actually,
they came because I was
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.95
doing work on- working
for God with them. 'Cause
00:28:08.05\00:28:11.25
we struggled
together, we've fought together,
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.49
and they're like
buddies for life. We pass out
00:28:13.56\00:28:17.93
Christian literature,
we share Steps to Christ,
00:28:17.99\00:28:22.23
Great Controversies,
and all of these books,
00:28:22.33\00:28:25.03
and people might wonder,
you know, if this is actually-
00:28:25.13\00:28:28.70
if people are
actually getting it, you know?
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.24
Literature, books, etc.
Books are still relevant.
00:28:31.31\00:28:36.24
- That's right.
Books are still relevant,
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.45
people do still
read. In fact, Americans
00:28:38.51\00:28:42.05
have spent more money
on books year after year
00:28:42.12\00:28:45.65
for several years. It's
amazing! People do read.
00:28:45.72\00:28:49.29
I think of a story:
I was sitting on the
00:28:49.39\00:28:52.33
platform at a church;
I was about to preach,
00:28:52.39\00:28:55.16
and I looked out into
the audience and there
00:28:55.26\00:28:57.37
was a young man, a young
adult, there with his wife,
00:28:57.43\00:28:59.83
and he was kind of not
paying attention. He was
00:28:59.93\00:29:03.41
reading his Bible,
and that caught my eye.
00:29:03.47\00:29:05.74
He was a young
adult in church and he's
00:29:05.84\00:29:08.04
reading his Bible?
And so I thought, "I want
00:29:08.14\00:29:10.31
to get to know who
this guy is." So, I chatted
00:29:10.41\00:29:12.41
with him after the service,
and he told me this story.
00:29:12.48\00:29:16.35
He said that some
young man came to his door
00:29:16.42\00:29:18.95
(he was a Youth
Rush student), and he got
00:29:19.05\00:29:21.62
the book Great Controversy.
He also got a Great Controversy
00:29:21.69\00:29:24.66
from his friend at work. He
got two Great Controversies,
00:29:24.73\00:29:27.60
and he thought, "Wow,
I better read this book."
00:29:27.66\00:29:29.20
To make a long story
short, he read the book,
00:29:29.26\00:29:31.40
and he was
baptized... and so was his wife,
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.84
and they're
active members of their
00:29:33.94\00:29:35.44
local church. So, you
know, God uses inspired
00:29:35.54\00:29:39.37
writers. He uses literature
in a big way. But, you know,
00:29:39.44\00:29:43.11
it goes beyond
that though, too, Jason,
00:29:43.18\00:29:45.01
because we see in
Youth Rush programs,
00:29:45.11\00:29:47.18
we see God using
personal contact as well as the
00:29:47.28\00:29:52.42
literature
itself. We live in a very
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.62
impersonal society.
We live in a society
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.69
that's wired and
teched with phones and devices
00:29:57.79\00:30:01.50
and all those
things, and people really...
00:30:01.60\00:30:04.53
they really appreciate
when there's a smiling
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.34
young face that's
courteous and polite
00:30:07.44\00:30:09.44
at their door that
cares about them. And I mean,
00:30:09.50\00:30:12.07
I have story after
story that illustrates that.
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.21
I think of a story
that just happened recently.
00:30:14.31\00:30:16.31
There was a young
man who's a student at
00:30:16.41\00:30:19.11
La Sierra
University right now. He went
00:30:19.21\00:30:22.45
to the door, and the
man looked at him and
00:30:22.55\00:30:24.92
said, "I'm not interested."
The man is in the process
00:30:24.99\00:30:28.19
of closing the
door when Nathan sees
00:30:28.26\00:30:31.19
inside, he sees a
piano. He says, "Oh, that's
00:30:31.29\00:30:33.56
a nice piano! I
play the piano!" And the
00:30:33.63\00:30:35.86
man stopped, and
inside the house, there was
00:30:35.93\00:30:38.53
a little five-year-old
boy. The five-year-old
00:30:38.63\00:30:40.87
boy said, "Daddy...
Daddy, this man plays the piano.
00:30:40.94\00:30:44.11
Can he come in and
play?" And Nathan says, "Yeah,
00:30:44.21\00:30:46.54
I love playing the
piano." And the man said, "Okay,
00:30:46.64\00:30:49.18
but make it
quick." So, Nathan goes in,
00:30:49.28\00:30:52.75
plays a beautiful
song on the piano.
00:30:52.88\00:30:54.62
The five-year-old loves
it. He plays another song,
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.52
and the little boy
says, "Daddy, can he come
00:30:56.62\00:30:59.25
over and teach me
the piano this week?"
00:30:59.35\00:31:01.46
The man says,
"Yeah, he can do that." So,
00:31:01.56\00:31:04.36
the next day,
Nathan came and gave a very
00:31:04.43\00:31:06.83
short piano lesson to
the boy. And the next day,
00:31:06.90\00:31:09.13
he did the same
thing. And several days went
00:31:09.20\00:31:11.27
by of piano lessons
until they finally shared
00:31:11.33\00:31:14.24
a meal together. The
man turned and looked
00:31:14.30\00:31:17.01
at Nathan and
said, "Weren't you going
00:31:17.07\00:31:18.67
to tell me
something about God?" He then
00:31:18.77\00:31:22.04
showed him his books,
he got a bunch of books
00:31:22.11\00:31:23.81
from Nathan, they started
Bible studies, and the man
00:31:23.88\00:31:27.18
was baptized. - That is amazing.
00:31:27.25\00:31:29.78
That's Christ's
method! There was the need,
00:31:29.85\00:31:32.89
he met the need, he
developed that relationship,
00:31:32.95\00:31:36.19
and then led in evangelism.
- That's right. And this man
00:31:36.29\00:31:40.26
is attending church faithfully,
he's the Adventurer leader
00:31:40.30\00:31:43.50
in his church, working
with the children. You know,
00:31:43.57\00:31:47.07
God uses Youth Rush
to reach out to people.
00:31:47.14\00:31:52.44
- Yes. Wow! That's amazing.
- There are a lot of people
00:31:52.54\00:31:56.95
out there...a lot
of people just waiting
00:31:57.05\00:31:59.75
to be gathered.
They don't even know that
00:31:59.88\00:32:01.92
their church is close
by. How they know is when
00:32:01.98\00:32:05.35
we go to them. That
is the key that has been
00:32:05.42\00:32:09.66
happening, yeah. -
So, in other words,
00:32:09.76\00:32:11.09
you're saying that
it doesn't do any good
00:32:11.13\00:32:13.63
to just hold onto this
good news for ourselves
00:32:13.70\00:32:17.30
just to hold onto
it, but we need to share
00:32:17.37\00:32:19.40
it with the
world. That's what you're
00:32:19.47\00:32:20.80
telling me? - That is correct.
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.17
- Absolutely. -
The students, they have
00:32:22.20\00:32:25.34
Bible studies
when they're outbase.
00:32:25.37\00:32:28.24
The leaders give them
Bible studies (as their
00:32:28.31\00:32:31.51
request). I have
many students even getting
00:32:31.58\00:32:34.48
baptized during the
summer, and that has
00:32:34.55\00:32:37.22
happened. They're so
excited for God, and they
00:32:37.32\00:32:40.82
go out and they share
it to people; yes, mhm.
00:32:40.89\00:32:43.36
- So, what is the
typical approach? Right- so,
00:32:43.43\00:32:48.93
literature
evangelist goes and they knock
00:32:50.23\00:32:51.77
on the door... I
mean, what does the spiel
00:32:51.83\00:32:55.10
sound like? What do they
say? I mean, how does that go?
00:32:55.20\00:32:58.87
- It varies,
depending on the part of the
00:33:01.11\00:33:03.21
country that you're
working in. But generally,
00:33:03.28\00:33:06.45
the student is courteous
and says, "I'm a student
00:33:06.51\00:33:09.38
working for my schooling,"
and then they show them
00:33:09.45\00:33:12.85
some books. So, we
train students to make friends
00:33:12.95\00:33:16.69
at doors, and that's
the key thing: to let
00:33:16.76\00:33:19.43
people know that
you're a real person and that
00:33:19.49\00:33:21.13
you care about them
and that you show them the
00:33:21.16\00:33:23.93
books and try to
meet their needs and ask
00:33:24.00\00:33:25.73
about their family
and get to know them.
00:33:25.83\00:33:28.74
And so, that's
the main thing. We try
00:33:28.80\00:33:31.24
to train students
to know the pathway to
00:33:31.34\00:33:33.11
reach people's
hearts. That's the main thing.
00:33:33.17\00:33:35.48
I'm thinking about another
story that happened, Jason.
00:33:35.54\00:33:38.11
There was a girl
named Christen, and Christen
00:33:38.18\00:33:41.62
was going door-to-door,
met a family, they bought
00:33:41.72\00:33:45.65
some books, they signed
up for Bible studies... And
00:33:45.72\00:33:48.02
Christin's a very
loving girl. She cared about
00:33:48.12\00:33:50.53
these people, and she
had to go back to school
00:33:50.59\00:33:53.40
like our students
do, but a local person
00:33:53.50\00:33:57.33
followed up, and
the husband and the wife
00:33:57.40\00:34:00.00
and one of the
children (was old enough) was
00:34:00.07\00:34:02.20
baptized. But
Christen got to show up at that
00:34:02.30\00:34:06.98
baptism, which happened
several months after the
00:34:07.04\00:34:10.28
summer. And so,
here she is, watching the
00:34:10.35\00:34:13.42
people whose door she
knocked on get baptized.
00:34:13.48\00:34:16.25
She was so thrilled!
And I'll never forget-
00:34:16.32\00:34:18.12
we were in the fellowship
hall afterwards, and the
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.62
lady who was
baptized had wet hair. She was
00:34:20.72\00:34:23.22
giving Christen a
hug; and she said, "I don't
00:34:23.32\00:34:27.00
know what I
would've done if you hadn't
00:34:27.06\00:34:29.03
knocked on my door."
- Wow. That's powerful.
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.47
- That's what she
said to Christen! With the
00:34:31.53\00:34:33.54
big hug and wet
hair. - Yeah... Yeah. That
00:34:33.64\00:34:36.27
is powerful. So,
you know, it's like they
00:34:36.34\00:34:39.34
get to see God at
work. Wow. Well, I know you
00:34:39.41\00:34:44.81
have some more
stories, too. Both of you guys
00:34:44.88\00:34:47.05
are full of stories
with literature evangelism.
00:34:47.15\00:34:51.02
- We enjoy- I mean, we
get to see that we work
00:34:51.12\00:34:55.82
in the field with
them; and when we hear those
00:34:55.89\00:34:58.39
stories... These are
real experiences, like
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.30
remember one-
because you don't know what
00:35:01.36\00:35:03.60
happens with those
books! Because you will leave
00:35:03.63\00:35:06.10
those books, and you
don't know what happens-
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.94
and heaven will
tell. But sometimes, many
00:35:08.00\00:35:12.11
times, God gives
you the story, though.
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.44
I remember last
summer, one of our students,
00:35:14.54\00:35:17.91
she was knocking on
doors. A lady opens the door,
00:35:17.98\00:35:21.28
and she shows her
the book-again, you know-
00:35:21.35\00:35:23.39
Steps to Christ...
Peace Above the Storm. And
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.75
she says, "This is
the book!" and she goes
00:35:25.85\00:35:28.76
and tells her the
story: "Last year, I got this
00:35:28.82\00:35:32.29
book from
another colporteur, like,
00:35:32.36\00:35:34.06
another Youth Rush
student." And she says,
00:35:34.13\00:35:37.17
"I got this book
two months before I was
00:35:37.27\00:35:40.40
diagnosed with
cancer." She grabbed the book
00:35:40.47\00:35:44.77
and she said,
"This book helped me to
00:35:44.84\00:35:46.51
get through all of
this. I wouldn't know what
00:35:46.57\00:35:49.11
to do without this
book." She didn't just say that;
00:35:49.18\00:35:53.45
she's like, "Do you
have more?" And she got way
00:35:53.48\00:35:55.85
more books! And you
can say, "Wow, I don't
00:35:55.88\00:35:59.52
know if that
canvasser knows the story," but
00:35:59.55\00:36:02.22
she knew that God
is actually using young
00:36:02.29\00:36:06.66
people, working with them
and they're touching people's
00:36:06.73\00:36:09.66
lives; yes. - Yeah. You said,
00:36:09.73\00:36:11.60
David, that often,
the young person may not
00:36:11.67\00:36:13.84
know the effects
of what they've done.
00:36:13.90\00:36:16.17
That's usual. We
often receive experiences
00:36:16.24\00:36:19.17
and testimonies
that we find out four or
00:36:19.21\00:36:21.38
five, six, years
later. One of the- there was
00:36:21.44\00:36:24.51
a Sabbath school
teacher in one of the largest
00:36:24.58\00:36:25.98
churches where I live,
and he says, "Oh, yeah-
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.82
five years ago, this
girl knocked on my door.
00:36:28.88\00:36:30.72
I got a DVD from
her, I watched it, and
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.25
I started weeping
and it changed my life,"
00:36:33.36\00:36:35.22
and he was baptized.
I have no idea who the
00:36:35.29\00:36:38.39
girl was. It had to
be one of the 10 girls on
00:36:38.46\00:36:41.56
that team... We'll
never know which one. So, we
00:36:41.63\00:36:44.93
often don't know. I will
say that it's encouraging
00:36:45.03\00:36:47.74
when we receive testimonies
from customers, from people
00:36:47.80\00:36:52.91
who have gotten books.
I have one here: there was
00:36:52.97\00:36:57.01
a man who was an
atheist, and a young woman named
00:36:57.08\00:37:02.08
Nancy spoke to
him, and he was amazed.
00:37:02.15\00:37:05.95
This is in his words,
the words of the atheist:
00:37:06.02\00:37:08.29
he said, "She spoke
with such love and kindness.
00:37:08.36\00:37:11.63
She told me she wanted
to share the love of Jesus
00:37:11.69\00:37:14.20
to everyone. I am a
non-Christian. I don't
00:37:14.30\00:37:17.20
like it when people pray
for me, but I let her pray,
00:37:17.27\00:37:20.20
and it was beautiful."
Isn't that nice? Yeah.
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.87
So, we want to have
young people who are
00:37:23.94\00:37:25.87
courteous and who share
the love of Christ. - Yeah.
00:37:25.97\00:37:28.98
And I think that
approach that's so needed is the
00:37:29.04\00:37:32.25
loving approach,
because that's the approach that
00:37:32.31\00:37:34.62
Christ takes. - And we're
talking about young people
00:37:34.72\00:37:38.25
that are sincere.
Young people are one of the
00:37:38.35\00:37:42.52
most sincere
people. They're not playing
00:37:42.59\00:37:45.19
around. If they're mean,
they are going to be mean;
00:37:45.29\00:37:49.13
but if they're
gentle and they want to be
00:37:49.23\00:37:52.33
kind, they are...and that
is touching people's lives.
00:37:52.43\00:37:55.84
- Yes, it is. - God
is doing so much, and
00:37:55.94\00:37:59.51
it's incredible that,
for instance, the story about
00:37:59.57\00:38:02.44
Jemima. She went to
knock at the door, and the lady
00:38:02.54\00:38:06.21
bought a Peace Above
the Storm. She asked, "Hey,
00:38:06.31\00:38:09.78
do you want the receipt?"
And the lady said, "Yeah!
00:38:09.85\00:38:12.99
Give me the
receipt;" and she said, "What's
00:38:13.05\00:38:14.56
your name again?" She
said, "My name is Jemima," and
00:38:14.62\00:38:18.76
the lady started
crying. She just started crying,
00:38:18.83\00:38:21.00
and Jemima was our student.
She's like, "What did I do
00:38:21.06\00:38:24.17
wrong? Did I mess
up something?" and she
00:38:24.23\00:38:27.67
kept trying to comfort
her. She said, "No, no,
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.97
no," and she told
her the story that, not
00:38:30.04\00:38:32.17
too long ago, her grandma
passed away, and she said
00:38:32.24\00:38:38.28
that her name was Jemima,
as well. She was looking in
00:38:38.35\00:38:41.75
her grandma's stuff, and
she realized that she was
00:38:41.85\00:38:44.19
a Christian. And that
morning, she was praying
00:38:44.25\00:38:48.52
that God will send her
someone that will bring
00:38:48.59\00:38:52.69
her peace in her
life... and here was Peace
00:38:52.76\00:38:54.83
Above the Storm. Young
people can be an answer
00:38:54.90\00:38:58.00
to prayer, you
know? And that is the neat
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.70
part of the
ministry. - Yeah, absolutely.
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.10
Absolutely. Bill,
what are some things that
00:39:03.20\00:39:06.41
you've experienced
personally as you've
00:39:06.47\00:39:09.28
gone out? - Good
question. When I was a young man
00:39:09.34\00:39:12.78
and working- meeting
people...meeting lots
00:39:12.88\00:39:18.02
of people. I was young;
I didn't know what I was
00:39:18.09\00:39:21.22
doing, but I wanted to
work for the Lord. I met
00:39:21.26\00:39:23.29
a young man who said,
"Look, I can't talk to
00:39:23.36\00:39:26.83
you now; can we talk
later?" I said, "Sure."
00:39:26.90\00:39:28.90
So, I went to his
house later, and he bought...
00:39:28.96\00:39:31.20
He got 16 books from
me. He got everything.
00:39:31.27\00:39:33.30
This is amazing! And
he wanted to know the
00:39:33.34\00:39:36.44
Bible. He wanted to learn
the Bible. I had to go back
00:39:36.50\00:39:39.31
to school, so I
took off and went back to
00:39:39.37\00:39:40.84
school. But one of
the church members there,
00:39:40.91\00:39:43.61
faithful church
members, studied with this man,
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.48
and he was
baptized. I felt very pleased
00:39:45.55\00:39:49.28
about that, because
I was a young person.
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.85
I had to go to school.
But during the time when
00:39:50.99\00:39:54.06
I wasn't in school,
during break, I used
00:39:54.16\00:39:56.49
it to serve God, and
that's what's rewarding
00:39:56.56\00:40:00.90
to me as a young
person. We have one more video
00:40:00.96\00:40:03.43
to share. David, tell
us about that video. - Yes.
00:40:03.53\00:40:06.80
One of the greatest
things that you can have in this
00:40:06.87\00:40:08.84
program is He's going
to affirm your faith. You
00:40:08.90\00:40:12.54
are going to be
standing on the solid rock, and
00:40:12.61\00:40:15.68
that's what you're
going to see in the
00:40:15.78\00:40:17.68
video. - Nice.
Well, let's take a look at
00:40:17.75\00:40:19.75
that right now.
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.15
- I was very
energetic. I was so happy to
00:40:23.02\00:40:25.15
canvass on this particular
day, but books were not
00:40:25.25\00:40:28.26
[selling]. I did all
that I could do- my training
00:40:28.32\00:40:30.69
well. I did my best,
but there were no books
00:40:30.79\00:40:34.43
going out the whole
day, and Satan was trying to
00:40:34.53\00:40:37.43
put me down and discourage me.
00:40:37.53\00:40:39.43
I was like,
exhausted. But finally, the last
00:40:39.50\00:40:42.64
drop of the day, I
met this lady. Her name is
00:40:42.74\00:40:45.64
Sister Leah. She has
four children; she was
00:40:45.71\00:40:48.01
very much not a receptive
person. She said, "Please
00:40:48.08\00:40:51.65
go away; it's time to
sleep. We have nothing
00:40:51.75\00:40:54.28
to do with any of you.
Please go away." She was trying
00:40:54.38\00:40:56.82
to send me away. I
tried to canvass, tried to ask
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.45
her questions...nothing
worked. And finally,
00:40:59.52\00:41:02.16
I just stopped canvassing
there, instead, talking
00:41:02.22\00:41:04.43
to her as a normal
friend. She was interested in my
00:41:04.49\00:41:07.70
testimony, that I'm
going to be a pastor
00:41:07.76\00:41:10.00
in India and a missionary
wherever the Lord sends
00:41:10.07\00:41:12.87
me. She decided to
ask me questions, and she
00:41:12.93\00:41:16.54
said, "What books do
you have?" I showed her a
00:41:16.60\00:41:19.04
kid's set of books
that we had, Jesus from the
00:41:19.11\00:41:22.14
New Testament, and Old
Testament books, as well,
00:41:22.21\00:41:25.21
and she was so interested
in the kid's set. I also gave
00:41:25.31\00:41:28.58
her devotional sets like
Steps to Christ, Christ's
00:41:28.65\00:41:32.22
Object Lesson, and Desire
of Ages. She was interested
00:41:32.29\00:41:35.76
in that book, and
she was interested in the
00:41:35.86\00:41:37.86
prophecy sets like
The Great Controversy and
00:41:37.96\00:41:40.63
Daniel Chronicles. She
was interested in all my books
00:41:40.73\00:41:43.73
and my DVDs. She was so
impressed by all these DVDs
00:41:43.83\00:41:47.27
and the books, and she ended
up getting all the books that
00:41:47.34\00:41:50.91
I had in my bag.
She said, "At this time,
00:41:50.97\00:41:54.01
I have $150 in
my pocket in cash.
00:41:54.11\00:41:57.68
Will that be enough?"
And I said, "It's enough-
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.28
to pay $150." She
said, "This is my only salary
00:42:00.35\00:42:04.69
for this week. I'm
just a babysitter. I don't
00:42:04.75\00:42:07.86
have any other money
apart from this, but I
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.96
would rather give it
for a good cause than
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.23
to spend for myself.
I don't know what I'm
00:42:12.29\00:42:14.63
going to do next
week, but I know the Lord is
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.80
going to take care of
me." That really encouraged me
00:42:16.87\00:42:19.87
so much by her
lifestyle and by her testimony.
00:42:19.93\00:42:23.64
She said, "Take it
all and serve Jesus,"
00:42:23.74\00:42:26.78
and I promised her that
I will serve Jesus as long
00:42:26.88\00:42:30.51
as I live. We
cried, and we really prayed
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.21
together. I was so
impressed and remembered a Bible
00:42:33.28\00:42:38.05
verse which Paul said:
"For me to live is Christ
00:42:38.15\00:42:42.22
and to die is a
gain. Just as Mrs. Leah
00:42:42.29\00:42:46.09
gave $150, not
knowing what her future is for
00:42:46.19\00:42:49.93
the next week,
that reminded me that I
00:42:50.00\00:42:52.80
should give myself
to Jesus completely and
00:42:52.87\00:42:55.50
serve Him entirely
as long as I live."
00:42:55.57\00:42:58.81
- That is a
powerful, powerful video. There
00:43:12.29\00:43:17.09
are so many stories
that go along with this line
00:43:17.16\00:43:22.23
of work. What are some
other stories where lives
00:43:22.33\00:43:25.40
have been transformed
or lives have been turned
00:43:25.47\00:43:29.74
around? - I think I
just remembered a couple
00:43:29.84\00:43:33.81
stories, but I
remember a student coming, and
00:43:33.88\00:43:38.81
he was quiet. We,
as leaders, we decided
00:43:38.88\00:43:42.72
we're going to put
more effort into him because
00:43:42.78\00:43:45.62
he was not that
social. We invested a lot. We
00:43:45.69\00:43:49.76
loved him. And in the
seventh week, he talked
00:43:49.82\00:43:54.53
to me. We already
talked. We hung out, we have
00:43:54.60\00:43:58.23
fun together, we struggle
together, as well; we did
00:43:58.30\00:44:01.70
all of that. But in
the seventh week, he said,
00:44:01.77\00:44:03.47
"I want to talk to
you." He said, "When I came
00:44:03.54\00:44:05.27
here, I just... I've
been trying to commit
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.94
suicide for the
last year. So, I gave it
00:44:07.98\00:44:10.28
a try, and I was
angry against all of you
00:44:10.35\00:44:13.72
because you were
all happy. I was angry,
00:44:13.82\00:44:16.92
because I was
thinking, 'They don't know what
00:44:17.02\00:44:19.39
life is.'" Because
he was kicked out from
00:44:19.52\00:44:22.59
home when he was 11;
he lived on the streets.
00:44:22.66\00:44:25.13
And something that we
did is share our testimonies,
00:44:25.19\00:44:28.73
as well, because
we're not holy people. We're
00:44:28.80\00:44:31.77
not like sinless
people at all. We're sinners,
00:44:31.83\00:44:34.84
we need the same
grace, and God can forgive us
00:44:34.94\00:44:39.24
from all our sins.
When he listened to those,
00:44:39.31\00:44:42.24
he said, "Wow. These
people, they also have
00:44:42.31\00:44:45.45
struggles, but
they're still happy!" And then
00:44:45.48\00:44:47.72
he said, "I want
that happiness." And he
00:44:47.78\00:44:50.02
said, "You know,
the fourth week of this
00:44:50.09\00:44:51.55
summer, I gave my
life to God." He said, "For
00:44:51.65\00:44:54.32
the first time in my
life, I can smile and
00:44:54.36\00:44:57.23
be happy at the same
time." So, it was amazing,
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.90
because at that time,
he decided, "I'm going
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.36
to serve God." He
decided to be a missionary that
00:45:02.43\00:45:05.53
summer. - That is awesome.
Bill? I know you're full of
00:45:05.60\00:45:10.41
stories, Bill. -
Yeah, that's part of the fun
00:45:10.47\00:45:13.34
of my job is I get
to hear these...I get to
00:45:13.41\00:45:16.38
see the hand of God at
work. It can be simple,
00:45:16.44\00:45:19.85
and some stories
can be more complicated.
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.12
I think of one of
the simplest stories.
00:45:22.25\00:45:24.62
We try to leave a
Bible study interest card on
00:45:24.75\00:45:27.59
doors where no one
is home. Somebody came
00:45:27.66\00:45:30.03
home, filled out the
card, sent it in, and
00:45:30.13\00:45:32.03
the husband and wife
are baptized. That can
00:45:32.09\00:45:35.06
be that simple...or it
can be more complicated.
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.83
I remember the story-
this actually happened
00:45:37.93\00:45:40.37
recently. There was
one of our young women who
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.10
was going door-to-door,
and she met a young woman
00:45:43.20\00:45:46.51
named Erica. Erica
was so interested in the
00:45:46.57\00:45:50.55
Bible, interested
in her literature, and
00:45:50.65\00:45:53.98
she said, "I want
to study the Bible with
00:45:54.05\00:45:55.62
you." And so the
young woman said, "Sure."
00:45:55.68\00:45:57.69
So, they had a
Bible study, and she said,
00:45:57.75\00:46:00.89
"But I want you to
come over before my husband
00:46:00.96\00:46:03.63
gets home, because my
husband is from a different
00:46:03.69\00:46:07.93
denomination, and he's
going to be upset if he
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.60
finds out that
we're studying the Bible.
00:46:09.66\00:46:11.47
He doesn't want us
to study the Bible. I'm
00:46:11.57\00:46:13.40
sure he wouldn't." So
she said, "Okay, that's
00:46:13.50\00:46:15.64
fine." So, she went
over to Erica's house at the
00:46:15.67\00:46:18.77
time and they were
having a Bible study, and the
00:46:18.81\00:46:21.04
husband walks in
right in the middle of their
00:46:21.11\00:46:23.08
Bible study. He
says, "What are you doing
00:46:23.14\00:46:26.35
here? Why are you study-
you shouldn't be studying
00:46:26.41\00:46:28.28
the Bible unless I'm
here," and he was angry. So,
00:46:28.35\00:46:31.29
our young woman said,
"It's nice to meet you,"
00:46:31.35\00:46:33.42
and she left;
and instead, she came
00:46:33.49\00:46:34.92
back and had a
time where they can cook
00:46:34.99\00:46:37.03
together...'cause
it's not a Bible study. So,
00:46:37.13\00:46:39.56
they were
cooking together, and she
00:46:39.59\00:46:41.16
prayed that God would
open the heart of this
00:46:41.23\00:46:43.00
husband. He
finally agreed to let them
00:46:43.06\00:46:45.03
study the Bible
together. So make a long story
00:46:45.10\00:46:46.57
short, Erica
accepted the Lord and was
00:46:46.63\00:46:50.71
baptized, and
Erica's brother was baptized
00:46:50.77\00:46:54.44
because of Erica's
influence...and Erica's
00:46:54.51\00:46:55.98
son and Erica's
sister, and Erica's sister's
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.88
husband, and
Erica's sister's husband's
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.45
mother, and Erica's
parents, and Erica's
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.52
neighbor were baptized
all because of one door
00:47:04.62\00:47:07.46
knock and because
God worked through the
00:47:07.52\00:47:10.03
difficulties that
were happening. There's
00:47:10.09\00:47:11.83
obstacles, all
because a young person was
00:47:11.89\00:47:14.86
willing to knock on
one door. - Wow. Wow!
00:47:14.93\00:47:17.83
And so it was like
the residual effects!
00:47:17.90\00:47:20.54
- That's right!
Waves of blessing. - Man!
00:47:20.60\00:47:22.60
Yeah, that is
amazing. You know, you never
00:47:22.67\00:47:25.64
know who's going to
be touched as a result of
00:47:25.71\00:47:30.85
what you share with them
and the Holy Spirit working
00:47:30.95\00:47:32.95
on their hearts.
Like- you know-they studied
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.28
with Erica, and
then all of these other
00:47:35.35\00:47:37.82
people came to the Lord.
It also speaks to the power
00:47:37.89\00:47:40.59
of influence, as well.
You could either influence
00:47:40.66\00:47:44.49
people for good or for
bad. But praise the Lord
00:47:44.59\00:47:48.53
that she shared
Christ. - Amen. God is using...
00:47:48.63\00:47:55.44
I want to emphasize-
God wants to work with
00:47:57.07\00:47:59.77
young people. God
wants to tell them that they
00:47:59.87\00:48:04.38
can do great things,
as well, and they can
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.35
experience Jesus. All
that the youth need to do
00:48:06.41\00:48:10.45
is give Him a
chance. You can go to YouTube
00:48:10.55\00:48:15.69
and you can put "Youth
Rush," and you're going
00:48:15.79\00:48:17.49
to find a lot of
videos. There's one, a story
00:48:17.56\00:48:20.80
from Andrew and how
his life was changed in one
00:48:20.90\00:48:24.30
summer. He said the very
same thing: "I just needed
00:48:24.40\00:48:30.61
to give him a
chance." There might be young
00:48:30.64\00:48:34.08
people that are ready
for signup to canvass-
00:48:34.14\00:48:37.71
"Let's go!-but there
might be young people
00:48:37.78\00:48:40.98
that will be
doubting. "Should I; should I
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.22
not?" I'll say,
just give Him a chance.
00:48:43.28\00:48:46.05
Just give him 10 weeks
of your life. Just give
00:48:46.69\00:48:49.76
Him a chance and do
your best. And then,
00:48:49.82\00:48:53.03
after that, if
it doesn't work, you
00:48:53.13\00:48:55.00
can walk out and
say, "I gave my best and
00:48:55.06\00:48:57.70
it didn't work
out..." But I can tell you
00:48:57.80\00:48:59.83
it's not going to
happen. - Yeah. - Because God is
00:48:59.87\00:49:01.67
real. - Yes, He is!
- God is real, and He's
00:49:01.74\00:49:03.87
going to reveal Himself
to you. That's our goal.
00:49:03.94\00:49:08.38
That's ministry.
Yes, you get financial
00:49:08.44\00:49:10.58
blessings; yes, you
get a lot of friends...
00:49:10.65\00:49:12.78
but having the assurance
that God is real, that's
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.55
going to help you to
stand in times of trouble.
00:49:16.62\00:49:20.39
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
I was going to ask you
00:49:20.49\00:49:22.96
what your needs were,
too, and you pretty much
00:49:23.02\00:49:26.06
covered it in that.
So, let's just recap over
00:49:26.13\00:49:30.70
that. What do you
need? You need people? - Yes,
00:49:30.77\00:49:34.40
I think mostly,
that's right, because young
00:49:34.47\00:49:37.47
people have a lot
of options today. The
00:49:37.57\00:49:39.54
economy is strong. There
are millions of open jobs...
00:49:39.61\00:49:43.28
but what young person
is going to be willing to
00:49:44.98\00:49:47.02
say, "I'm going to
put aside what I could've
00:49:47.08\00:49:50.22
done and I could've
done well at, and I'm
00:49:50.29\00:49:53.25
going to do something
for the Lord," that is
00:49:53.32\00:49:55.19
somewhat uncomfortable.
It's difficult ministry,
00:49:55.26\00:49:58.93
but it is tremendously
rewarding. So, we're
00:49:58.99\00:50:01.26
looking for young
people who are going to be
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.80
willing to do that.
At YouthRush.org, there
00:50:03.87\00:50:08.24
are a variety of
places that young people can
00:50:08.30\00:50:11.01
sign up for Youth
Rush. They can sign up for
00:50:11.11\00:50:13.34
all 12 of them if
they want to, but each one
00:50:13.41\00:50:16.85
has their separate
location there. And
00:50:16.91\00:50:19.01
that's the first
step is for a young person
00:50:19.11\00:50:20.92
to go to that
website and apply. - So,
00:50:20.98\00:50:23.12
YouthRush.org. - YouthRush.org.
- Nice. And then they can select
00:50:23.18\00:50:26.99
the region that
they're in. - That's right, or
00:50:27.06\00:50:30.33
that they're closest
to. Uh-huh! That's right.
00:50:30.43\00:50:32.46
- Nice. So, you know,
I hope that as a result
00:50:32.53\00:50:36.90
of watching this
program that people want to get
00:50:36.97\00:50:39.57
involved, because these
are powerful testimonies.
00:50:39.67\00:50:42.37
And, you know, I
believe that time is short. You
00:50:42.44\00:50:45.47
guys believe that
time is short, that we're
00:50:45.54\00:50:46.98
living in the last
days? - Amen! Yeah. And that's
00:50:47.04\00:50:49.61
definitely what's happening
right now. God wants to
00:50:49.71\00:50:53.31
train young people, and
that's what this work is
00:50:53.42\00:50:56.12
designed for. You
want to experience Jesus,
00:50:56.22\00:50:59.09
have the assurance
that He exists, and you can
00:50:59.15\00:51:01.39
share Jesus. You
can do those two things
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.59
in canvassing. -
That's right. To emerge from a
00:51:04.63\00:51:07.73
summer with the confidence
to be able to share your
00:51:07.83\00:51:09.86
faith wherever you
go and whatever you do.
00:51:09.93\00:51:12.50
I got an email from
a former student. She
00:51:12.57\00:51:15.50
works at a healthcare
facility, and she said,
00:51:15.57\00:51:17.67
"Bill, just the
other day..." No, she said,
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.34
"Just yesterday, I
prayed with a patient." And she
00:51:20.41\00:51:23.51
says, "Without
having done Youth Rush those
00:51:23.58\00:51:26.58
summers, I wouldn't
have had the courage
00:51:26.65\00:51:28.35
to do that! I wouldn't
have known what to do!"
00:51:28.38\00:51:30.39
- Wow. - And here
she is, as a healthcare
00:51:30.45\00:51:32.35
worker...and that's
what we want! We want to see
00:51:32.42\00:51:34.62
young people who are
professionals, Christian
00:51:34.72\00:51:37.26
professionals, who are
not afraid to share their
00:51:37.33\00:51:39.13
faith." - And so,
again, this equips them with
00:51:39.19\00:51:45.03
the tools necessary
to do that. It makes them
00:51:45.10\00:51:48.50
comfortable and confident
in doing so. Man! I can't
00:51:48.57\00:51:52.77
believe our time is
just about up. I mean,
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.18
we went through so
many great stories, so many
00:51:55.24\00:51:57.88
great videos, and
our time is almost up.
00:51:57.98\00:52:00.78
You know, I really
like the idea of the written
00:52:00.88\00:52:07.09
word. There's something
about being able to turn
00:52:07.16\00:52:10.89
the pages in a Bible
as opposed to going to my
00:52:10.99\00:52:15.23
cell phone and
just scrolling and doing
00:52:15.33\00:52:18.13
all of that. I really
liked the written word,
00:52:18.23\00:52:21.57
and I can see why literature
evangelism is so great,
00:52:21.64\00:52:28.24
coupled with people
that care about other people
00:52:28.34\00:52:32.05
genuinely, and also
people that are spreading
00:52:32.11\00:52:35.78
the gospel of Jesus
Christ- the Holy Spirit pushing
00:52:35.85\00:52:39.39
those efforts. We're
going to take a short
00:52:39.49\00:52:42.22
break, and we
will be right back.
00:52:42.29\00:52:45.33