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, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn.
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And we welcome you
once again to 3ABN Today.
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Amen.
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We've got an
inspiring program today.
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We will be talking
with the Oklahoma Academy.
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And their youth
group or their group,
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their school group
went on a mission to Cuba.
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Well, they do so
much at Oklahoma Academy.
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It's amazing.
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But they went on
a mission to Cuba,
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and we gonna be
talking about the work in Cuba.
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And what these young
people are accomplishing
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for the glory of the Lord...
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It's amazing.
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It is amazing, isn't it?
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Yes.
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I wanted to share
a scripture with you
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because I love this scripture.
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And it was something to
me when I found this promise
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that I understood
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what walking by
faith is and listening
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for the still
small voice of the Lord.
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And this is Jeremiah
33:3, this is the Lord speaking.
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And he says, "Call to
me, and I will answer you."
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In other words,
asked me for wisdom,
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pray to me.
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Look, you know, if
you're looking for direction
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call on me,
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He said, "I will show
you great and mighty things
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which you do not know."
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And this is what
walking by faith is all about.
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And you know what?
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This is what our group is doing.
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I mean, these kids went to
Cuba and started home churches.
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They did all kinds of
things that they're too young
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to even know how to do that.
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At my age,
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I wouldn't know how
to do that, would you?
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Well, I'll just appreciate
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the holy
boldness that they have,
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that they are stepping out
in faith at such a young age.
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Amen.
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And bless your heart,
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you're gonna realize
should the Lord tarry,
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the dividend someday that
your efforts are providing
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right now.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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And we love the leadership.
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Yes! Love the leadership.
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We're grateful. Amen.
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So let me introduce our guests.
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First, we have...
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We've got two
presidents here with us today.
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First, we have Henry Stubbs,
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who is president
of World Youth Group.
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We're gonna come back,
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get a little
tiny bit of your story
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because you,
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basically the Lord led you
to start this work in Cuba,
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and then we have Karen Holland,
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who is the
president of Oklahoma Academy.
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Karen, I interviewed
you and your husband, Brian,
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because you have
the life size sanctuary
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that you take around
and that's so fascinating.
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Oklahoma Academy is
just rich in activities
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and projects for
the Lord's glory.
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Praise God.
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Yes, amen.
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Then we have
Juliette Kasari, Kasuri?
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Karasira. Karasira.
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If I had to look at my notes,
I would have said it right.
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But I was
determined not to look down.
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And, Juliette,
what grade are you in?
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I am in 10th grade.
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Okay, so that
makes you a sophomore
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at Oklahoma Academy.
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That's great.
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And then we
have Cameron Shurely.
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Amen.
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And, Cameron, you also
attend Oklahoma Academy.
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What grade are you in?
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Tenth grade as well. Yes.
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Okay, so you are
a sophomore as well.
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Well, we're very
excited to have you here.
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And then we're
going to switch out
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about halfway through
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and bring in a
second group of people
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that were also on this trip.
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So this is gonna be fast paced.
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It's gonna be
really interesting,
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but we want it and
we're all prayed up.
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We've prayed couple of
times before the program.
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Henry... Very important.
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Yes, it is.
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You came from a hospital
administration background,
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you retired.
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Tell us how the
work began in Cuba?
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Well, it's a mystery,
Shelley, to think how it began.
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All I know is my mom and dad
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planted a church
in a rural areas,
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people in the town,
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and in a dark
area of South Carolina.
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And by dark we mean
where the gospel really...
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Where the gospel really
needed to penetrate more fully.
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Thank you.
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Right. Thank you very much.
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And we noticed about
every time we got a youth
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that there was
nothing much happening
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in the little
local rural church.
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And it was
started by some retirees,
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so there wasn't a lot
of young people there.
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And we started a youth class,
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a Bible study
class with one youth.
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And we decided,
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"Lord, what can we do,
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we had never been
on a mission project
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in a national one or
an international one."
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So we prayed about it,
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and through a story
that's too long to tell.
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The Lord led us to get involved
in foreign mission work.
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We went twice to Chile,
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and our little
one grew to seven.
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And the next
year, it grew to 15.
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And the next year,
it grew to 28 and...
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Out of a town of 2,500 people?
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Out of a town of 2,500 people.
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So it's really exciting.
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And we got
asked to come to Cuba,
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we knew nothing about
how do you go to Cuba,
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but that was
1997, its 22 years ago.
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So it was a little
Bible study youth class
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in a small rural church plant
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that started the
work of World Youth,
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which is now today.
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It was originally WYG,
Westminster Youth group.
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And now it's World Youth Group,
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and it's a
501c3 working in Cuba.
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Praise the Lord!
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Now, you have worked
with Oklahoma Academy,
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Karen, how long?
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First of all, how
long have you been
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president of Oklahoma Academy?
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I've been president since 1999.
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Okay.
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And how many missionary trips
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have you taken
other than Cuba too?
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I mean, total?
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I don't know.
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I have not ever really
counted them, but numerous.
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Yeah, you do it
a number each year.
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Yes.
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So when you did
the World Youth Group,
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or started the
World Youth Group,
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did you contact Oklahoma Academy
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or they contacted you?
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No, not at all.
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The first few years
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was only the local
youth in Westminster.
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And we decided,
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you know, we wanted
to go to just cities
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that were essentially unreached,
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meaning that the gospel presence
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was just not there.
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Nobody was looking for
Jesus to come in these towns.
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And so these youth
decided, after the first trip,
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we wanna go back.
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And so we went to
what we designated
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as unreached areas every year...
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In Cuba?
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In Cuba, but it was
just with local youth.
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And then the Lord
blessed and expanded it,
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gave us a
completely different vision.
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And so we've had many churches,
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many academies, many
youth groups, families,
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individuals, and
churches and schools,
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and organizations come
with us over the years.
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And it's much safer now than
it was 20 somewhat years ago.
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It's a lot different today,
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we don't get
interrogated anymore,
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it would be very rare.
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But in the early days, we did.
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Yeah, I admire what you do.
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And I know that God has blessed
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the growth of the
World Youth Group.
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He has. That's amazing.
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But you're still
looking for more and more people
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to come on board.
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We just will say
right here, Shelley.
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One of the...
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There may be
somebody listening today
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that says, you know what?
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"I need an experience.
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I need to taste and see,"
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what you just read
from Jeremiah 33:3.
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Amen.
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That you can call on the Lord,
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and when you are
in the mission field,
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you're gonna call on the Lord.
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There's plenty of opportunity.
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So there's people watching
that need that experience,
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maybe
individuals, maybe a family,
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maybe a school
group or church group,
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and we'll give contact
information in the end.
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But we got...
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Yeah, I think we
actually may have a lower third
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that we can put
the World Youth Group
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number up right now.
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So in case someone
can't study with us
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through the whole program. But
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that's what we do.
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And so it's been a pleasure.
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This is our second opportunity,
working with Oklahoma Academy.
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Amen.
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Really been a great
experience both times.
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Okay.
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Well, Karen, tell
us about it to me,
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we only had a few
minutes to talk in the greenroom
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before we came out here.
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But I think one of
the most amazing stories
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that I just heard a little
bit about was your bell choir.
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Tell us about the trip
to Cuba, in the bell choir?
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When we first got an
invitation to Cuba last summer
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when our music director
was in Cuba, she is Cuban.
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And she went with
her family to meet,
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visit with family and
the conference president
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down there invited her.
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He said, "When
are you coming back?"
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Because we had been
in 2003 with our music.
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And he said, "When are you
coming back to do that again?
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We want you to come back."
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And so she came
back to the school
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and talk to us about it.
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And we said, "Yes,"
that we wanna do that.
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And, of course, we
had worked with Henry
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in the World Youth Group before.
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And so we contacted him
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and got things
rolling to go to Cuba.
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And we were so excited
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about all of these opportunities
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and what we're gonna do,
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and it ended up
to be a music trip
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and when we
divided up into six groups.
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But the music trip itself
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was just a miracle in itself,
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just getting us down
there from getting to Dallas,
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to be getting
everybody on the plane,
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which was,
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you know, amazing because
we were there three hours early
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like we were told to be,
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and then we almost didn't
get everybody on the plane.
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But praise God,
we all got there.
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And then some of
our religious visas
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didn't have the
right information on them.
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So when we got to Miami,
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and we had to go through
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the section of
the religious visa,
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somehow every one
of those young people
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that went through
that had a religious visa
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that was not correct.
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The individual
that was checking them
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got sidetracked,
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and just stamped their visa
and never really looked at it.
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So we all got on
the flight to Cuba,
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and then we had to go
through all of the customs
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and try to get
all of our things.
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And that night, the
first night we were there,
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what was the time
of our first concert?
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Nine thirty.
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Nine thirty. Yeah.
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So we've been up at night.
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So we've been up for 40 hours
'cause we left Oklahoma Academy
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at midnight to drive to Dallas.
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So we've been up,
we're tired, we're,
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you know, we don't have
time to even change our clothes.
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And we get down the road,
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an hour and a
half from Camaguey,
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where we were to give a concert
starting at 9:30 at night.
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Now when you go to
do a concert like that,
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have they got
wonderful equipment
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for you to use?
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Actually, you know,
when you take the bell choir,
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you have eight
tables, and pads, and covers,
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and bells and all of that.
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Well, we had taken some
tables that we had made,
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not our regular tables,
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but different tables
that we had made to...
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They're easier to travel
with and a little bit lighter
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and they don't
take up so much space.
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And so, but when we
went through customs,
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we realized that
four of those tables
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didn't come from Miami over.
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So we were missing four
tables at that first concert.
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We had kids that were playing
from their knees on the floor.
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Then we had
other makeshift tables
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and then we had
the other four tables
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that we were doing so
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and then we didn't
bring our own pads.
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We used kind of
mattresses that...
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I think we've got a
picture actually of your girls
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or the group carrying
the mattresses down the...
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As they went down the
street and I just love that.
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I watched the
video clip of the girls
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carrying these
mattresses and I just loved.
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There's little
girl that's gonna pass
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in just a second.
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And she's obviously a Cuban
and she looks at you all like,
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"What's going on?
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Are you moving in somewhere?
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Here she is.
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That's cute.
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So you get down there
and you have the piano
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at the church had no legs.
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That's correct.
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We've got a picture of
that as well, I believe.
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Yeah.
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This is the
piano, the legless piano,
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just up on something.
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And then is this what
you met the first night?
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This was what we
met the first night.
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Is the legless piano.
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And then we've got a little
video clip of you all singing.
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Yes.
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And you've learn the
songs in Spanish, Juliette,
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I'm really impressed.
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Praise the Lord!
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Here's a little
short clip of them singing.
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And if you look at this picture,
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I'm not gonna speak over it,
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but you can see a young man
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on the far left
at the very back,
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he's standing
to play this piano.
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Did you all feel a little like
you're kind of waving around
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trying to stand up?
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I was just amazed. I'm sorry.
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I was just amazed that
with the condition of the piano
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and the different
keys that it went through
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in that
introduction that the choir
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just came in right on pinch.
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They were just right there.
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Yeah, I was gonna say,
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we had done two concerts
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or one concert
before that concert.
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And this was our
best sounding concert.
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I was amazed
because I was sitting there,
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I'm like, we've never
sounded this good, singing.
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Oh, that's wonderful.
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And that was a
surreal experience for me.
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Because I have been praying
like this, we're finally here.
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You know, we've been praying,
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and we've been
working for this so hard.
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This is our first concert,
and we do not smell good.
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It was just, we
were not prepared at all,
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but we sounded,
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I thought like the
angels must be singing with us,
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because we sounded so good.
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I'm not trying to say that,
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you know, trying
to be power play.
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No, it's just
you're giving glory to God.
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Yes.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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And the
interesting thing that was,
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I don't think was
mentioned was our concert
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actually started an
hour or two before that.
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And...
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It was supposed to start.
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Yeah, it was supposed to,
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and we ended up
getting there two hours late.
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But that just kind of shows
the relaxed pace of the Cubans.
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They waited for two hours,
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and were still exuberant
when we came ready to listen
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to our concert.
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It is quite different
in the Latino countries.
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We have visited places
where you have your dinner
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at 11 o'clock at night,
you know, it's like, "Oh!"
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What's exciting to me
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is to see how God
works in our life,
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especially as you
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because you don't
have ideal conditions.
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But he doesn't take a nap
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just because you
don't have ideal conditions.
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And so it's just
fascinating to me,
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what child,
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what adult wouldn't grow
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and grow and trust
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and appreciation of
how He works in our life.
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Amen.
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You know, you started out
asking me about the bell choir.
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And one of the
things that was so exciting
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in many ways about this is,
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the bell choir was just like
amazing to the Cuban people.
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It's just they
don't see that very often.
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In fact, we were there
in 2003 with the bell choir.
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I don't know if they've seen one
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since we were there in 2003.
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But that it got
a lot of attention.
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People came, they listened,
they just loved the bell choir.
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It was kind of like,
I guess you would say,
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the star of the show.
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And I don't mean that in
a bad way, but they just...
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The main attraction.
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Yes!
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The conference president
would get up afterwards,
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and he would just go on
about how this was wonderful,
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"We need this
kind of music in Cuba.
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And maybe we need to go
to the nearby Catholic Church
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and take their
bells, so that we can,"
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you know, so that we...
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Bell Tower, right?
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From the Bell Tower. Right.
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From the Bell Tower,
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so that we can have some
kind of bell music in Cuba.
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And I was not aware that
he was saying these things
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because unfortunately,
I don't speak Spanish.
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So it's just like, I was
listening to this, but...
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Can I jump in?
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Sure. Sure.
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Even the
government sent some officials
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to, like check this out,
and they were very enamored.
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We had the
privilege of baptizing
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the president of
the TV network station,
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in the same city,
about a year before.
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And she worked tirelessly
to try to get them on Cuban TV,
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which is, they don't
want anything religious,
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you know, that's a
very, very common thing.
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And ultimately,
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the chief official
in the region said,
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"No, we didn't
get to do it on TV."
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But many of them came,
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and particularly
from the TV station,
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and they were blown away.
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Wow!
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But now you did
something that really to me...
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The bells are what?
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Worth $20,000 or so,
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and you all are
known for your bell choir.
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But you reflected the...
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They definitely reflected
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the self-sacrificing
love of the Lord.
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Tell us what happened,
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what you and your
students decided to do?
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Well, let me just preface that
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by saying that
just in the last year,
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I have read the book
Councils to Stewardship,
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Council on
Stewardship by Ellen White,
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and the first six
chapters of that book
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talk about
generosity and benevolence,
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and all of that.
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So the Lord's really been
working on my heart, to say,
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you need to be a
more generous, benevolent,
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you know, giving person
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and He's still
working on my heart.
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So that's kind of a
preface to the situation.
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Everything that's done
in this is all glory to God.
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It's not anything for us,
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but I began
watching and seeing how much
00:20:03.03\00:20:06.00
they appreciated the bells.
00:20:06.03\00:20:07.70
What a unique
situation, this was for them.
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What a draw for
people to come and see.
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And so we were
sitting at one concert,
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it was church, it was Sabbath,
00:20:18.78\00:20:20.82
and the thought
came into my head,
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"What if you left
the bells in Cuba?"
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And that, I kind of
ruminated on that thought.
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And so, I didn't know
who would you give them to?
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How would they use them?
00:20:38.90\00:20:40.74
Would they even want them?
00:20:40.77\00:20:42.54
What is that?
00:20:42.57\00:20:43.91
So after church, I began to,
00:20:43.94\00:20:47.58
you know, follow
through on that thought,
00:20:47.61\00:20:50.05
and I talked with
Christopher Beeston
00:20:50.08\00:20:51.58
who was representing
the World Youth Group.
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And I asked him, I said,
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.25
"What would you think about
if we left the bells in Cuba?"
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Oh, he said,
00:20:59.69\00:21:01.02
"That would
really be wonderful!"
00:21:01.06\00:21:02.66
I said, "Well, who
would we leave it with?"
00:21:02.69\00:21:04.89
You know, what
entity, what church was,
00:21:04.93\00:21:08.43
you know, who
would we leave it with?
00:21:08.46\00:21:10.47
And he thought for a little bit,
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.27
he said, "You know,
00:21:12.30\00:21:13.67
I think that it would be good
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.30
for you to look at
leaving it with the seminary,"
00:21:15.34\00:21:18.14
which is in Havana,
00:21:18.17\00:21:19.51
we're in Camaguey in the studio.
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That's Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Seminary?
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Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Seminary.
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Yes.
00:21:23.68\00:21:25.01
And so I said, "Okay."
00:21:25.05\00:21:26.38
But then I thought,
00:21:26.41\00:21:27.75
"Well, I can't
just do this by myself."
00:21:27.78\00:21:30.09
So I talked to our
music director about it,
00:21:30.12\00:21:34.06
I talked to our principal
who was there about it.
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And then I felt that I needed
to include my bell ringers.
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Now because this is something
that means something to them,
00:21:43.70\00:21:46.40
they work hard to
be a part of this.
00:21:46.43\00:21:49.67
So I drew them together,
kind of in a upper room,
00:21:49.70\00:21:53.51
I guess, where the
bells were being kept.
00:21:53.58\00:21:55.68
And I think we've
got a picture of you
00:21:55.71\00:21:57.05
all praying with this decision.
00:21:57.08\00:21:58.41
Yes. Yes.
00:21:58.45\00:21:59.78
And I just told them
what the thought that I had.
00:21:59.81\00:22:02.92
And I don't believe
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.29
that thought
comes from the devil.
00:22:04.32\00:22:07.09
I think God gives
lots of generosity.
00:22:07.16\00:22:10.13
And so I told them, I said,
00:22:10.16\00:22:11.53
I need you to
understand what this means.
00:22:11.56\00:22:14.00
This means, we
probably won't have a bell choir
00:22:14.03\00:22:16.53
for the rest of the year.
00:22:16.56\00:22:18.47
We won't be playing,
00:22:18.50\00:22:20.24
for possibly we won't
be playing for graduation,
00:22:20.27\00:22:22.67
we always do a
concert at graduation.
00:22:22.70\00:22:24.87
And we have
seniors in the bell choir
00:22:24.91\00:22:26.54
who want their family to hear.
00:22:26.57\00:22:28.48
So we probably won't
be doing a bell choir for,
00:22:28.51\00:22:31.31
you know, graduation.
00:22:31.35\00:22:33.52
And so they thought
about that a little bit.
00:22:33.55\00:22:35.82
And they said, you know,
00:22:35.85\00:22:37.59
"If this is what
God wants us to do,
00:22:37.62\00:22:40.16
then this is what we should do."
00:22:40.19\00:22:41.59
Glory to God. Yes.
00:22:41.62\00:22:42.96
I remember that day
when we are up there,
00:22:42.99\00:22:46.03
and I have come to not
believe in coincidences.
00:22:46.06\00:22:50.87
Amen. Absolutely.
00:22:50.90\00:22:52.23
And when he told us
that he wanted to give away
00:22:52.27\00:22:54.24
the bell choir, I
could not believe it.
00:22:54.27\00:22:56.17
Because the bell choir is like,
00:22:56.20\00:22:59.41
the, one of the most
fun things to do on campus.
00:22:59.44\00:23:02.58
But then really thinking
about it, and I was like,
00:23:02.61\00:23:05.01
it has been such a
blessing to play with the kids,
00:23:05.05\00:23:08.55
and 'cause they always
wanted to play a song with us,
00:23:08.58\00:23:11.32
and to watch everybody
recording us when we play.
00:23:11.35\00:23:15.66
And I thought how
much more of a blessing
00:23:15.69\00:23:17.03
to other people could this be?
00:23:17.06\00:23:19.49
And it was a good
decision, I believe.
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.60
Amen.
00:23:21.63\00:23:22.96
And you know, it's not
like you had budgeted $20,000
00:23:23.00\00:23:27.77
to replace this, but
you know what I'm believing?
00:23:27.80\00:23:30.31
I'm believing
that there is somebody
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.14
that is watching right now
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.88
and the Lord is
moving on your heart that,
00:23:33.91\00:23:37.81
you know, you have given.
00:23:37.85\00:23:40.52
I believe that you're
going to receive some donations
00:23:40.55\00:23:43.59
to Oklahoma Academy that
God will help you replace that
00:23:43.62\00:23:47.99
because that's the
way the Lord works.
00:23:48.02\00:23:50.23
It's just amazing. Praise God!
00:23:50.26\00:23:52.19
The most important thing to us
though is that we left it there
00:23:52.23\00:23:54.93
to be a mission.
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.30
We want them to use
it evangelistically.
00:23:56.33\00:23:58.30
And unbeknownst to us,
00:23:58.33\00:24:01.14
the seminary is
starting a school of music
00:24:01.17\00:24:04.31
for the purpose of evangelism.
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.14
Praise God.
00:24:06.17\00:24:07.51
That's wonderful.
00:24:07.58\00:24:08.91
It's always the
way the Lord works.
00:24:08.94\00:24:10.28
And the leader of that...
00:24:10.31\00:24:11.65
Praise the Lord.
00:24:11.68\00:24:13.01
And the leader of
that is so excited
00:24:13.05\00:24:15.78
and they have
already trained him.
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.92
Amen. Praise God.
00:24:17.95\00:24:19.29
And it's exciting.
00:24:19.32\00:24:21.16
A lots gonna happen
as a result of this.
00:24:21.19\00:24:23.22
Okay, well, we just
have a very few minutes
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.59
left in this first half,
00:24:25.63\00:24:27.23
Juliette, just kind of
give us a couple minute summary
00:24:27.30\00:24:31.33
of what you were doing
down there in your small group?
00:24:31.37\00:24:34.77
Okay, so in my group,
I was the adult speaker.
00:24:34.80\00:24:38.41
And so that means I
did the evangelistic series
00:24:38.44\00:24:40.91
every night on the
Book of Revelation,
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.75
actually, well, more
on the Adventist beliefs
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.51
and why we believe them.
00:24:46.55\00:24:47.92
But one story of a
woman, she was helping to cook,
00:24:47.95\00:24:52.55
and for us,
00:24:52.59\00:24:54.39
and she's the
sweetest lady in the world.
00:24:54.42\00:24:57.23
But she wanted to be
baptized, but she wore earrings.
00:24:57.26\00:25:01.26
And these earrings
were coming between her
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.00
and her decision for Christ.
00:25:04.07\00:25:06.77
But after I believe it
was the first night I spoke,
00:25:06.84\00:25:10.51
she was really
felt deeply in her heart
00:25:10.54\00:25:13.68
that she wanted to
pray, she wanted to, God.
00:25:13.71\00:25:17.25
"I wanted to be baptized,
00:25:17.28\00:25:18.61
but how can I take
these earrings out of my ears
00:25:18.65\00:25:20.82
that my mother put into my ears
00:25:20.85\00:25:22.18
when I was only
three years old?"
00:25:22.22\00:25:24.29
And she wrestled with
God until two in the morning,
00:25:24.32\00:25:27.76
until she said,
"I'm totally yours."
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.52
She came the
next day and she says,
00:25:29.56\00:25:31.36
"Look, I'm not
wearing my earrings.
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.86
I want to be baptized."
00:25:32.89\00:25:34.43
And she was baptized at
the end of the campaign.
00:25:34.46\00:25:37.63
But for me, being
the speaker was kind of,
00:25:37.67\00:25:42.74
it was something
I didn't want to do.
00:25:42.77\00:25:45.97
I didn't feel comfortable.
00:25:46.01\00:25:48.18
You didn't feel adequate.
00:25:48.21\00:25:49.54
I didn't feel adequate,
speaking the Word of God,
00:25:49.58\00:25:52.48
especially things that
even though I had been raised
00:25:52.51\00:25:54.95
in the Adventist
Church, and I was learning new
00:25:54.98\00:25:57.09
when I was studying to
preach to other people.
00:25:57.12\00:26:00.06
And I thought,
"God, how can I...?
00:26:00.09\00:26:03.12
Why me, out of all the
people You could have chosen?"
00:26:03.16\00:26:06.90
And I was not even
supposed to be in that town,
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.43
things had gotten
with the visas mixed up,
00:26:09.46\00:26:11.23
some people
couldn't get their visas.
00:26:11.27\00:26:12.87
So everything watered
down to me being a speaker.
00:26:12.90\00:26:15.84
And I said, "You know, Lord,
I'm totally dependent on You."
00:26:15.87\00:26:20.01
And so it was
hard, but God is good.
00:26:20.08\00:26:23.48
But you know, that's the secret
is that you depended on God.
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.78
Let me tell you a
little secret too,
00:26:25.81\00:26:27.52
doesn't matter how long
somebody's been preaching,
00:26:27.55\00:26:30.49
as they study the Word of
God in preparing for a sermon.
00:26:30.52\00:26:33.46
Amen.
00:26:33.49\00:26:34.82
They're always
learning something,
00:26:34.86\00:26:36.19
because that's the
way the Lord works.
00:26:36.22\00:26:37.56
Amen. Amen.
00:26:37.59\00:26:38.93
All right, Cameron,
give us just about a two
00:26:38.96\00:26:41.10
and a half minute
synopsis here of what you did,
00:26:41.13\00:26:44.50
and you have a little
personal testimony with it?
00:26:44.53\00:26:47.54
So I was also an adult speaker
00:26:47.57\00:26:50.61
during the event of
evangelistic series there.
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.78
And about halfway through,
00:26:53.81\00:26:57.35
I realized I was
calling people to be baptized.
00:26:57.38\00:27:00.62
And yet I had not
been baptized myself.
00:27:00.65\00:27:03.62
And it was interesting,
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.12
because I had kind of
a personal requirement
00:27:06.15\00:27:08.32
of something that was keeping me
00:27:08.36\00:27:10.23
from being baptized.
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.09
And during this trip,
I've been so close to Christ,
00:27:12.13\00:27:16.36
He had just become
such a friend to me
00:27:16.40\00:27:18.73
that I had gone without
00:27:18.77\00:27:20.87
that thing
throughout the whole trip.
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.70
And I realized that the Sabbath,
00:27:22.74\00:27:25.64
that I would be baptized,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.08
if I made that decision
would be exactly 10 days,
00:27:27.11\00:27:30.75
exactly the amount of time
00:27:30.78\00:27:32.11
that I had set
00:27:32.15\00:27:33.62
as a personal
requirement for being baptized.
00:27:33.65\00:27:37.09
Plus, I realized that,
you know, the dynamic of me,
00:27:37.12\00:27:42.52
speaking to
them, and saying that,
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.49
you know, I'm going
to be baptized with them.
00:27:44.53\00:27:46.59
I thought that was,
could be a powerful dynamic
00:27:46.63\00:27:48.80
that God could
really use to kind of put us
00:27:48.83\00:27:52.13
on the same ground
and that the audience
00:27:52.17\00:27:55.27
would feel that I was really,
00:27:55.30\00:27:57.44
truly looking out
for their good as well.
00:27:57.51\00:28:01.44
So I, you know,
called at my parents,
00:28:01.48\00:28:05.38
got the
permission to be baptized.
00:28:05.41\00:28:09.08
And we had six people
baptized there at that church.
00:28:09.12\00:28:13.56
Praise God.
00:28:13.59\00:28:14.92
That is so wonderful.
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.29
And that's just a small
part of the whole work there.
00:28:16.32\00:28:19.23
Of all 6 of the groups
in total baptized 46 people.
00:28:19.26\00:28:25.40
So 46 people and we heard now
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.67
that there's
from these meetings,
00:28:27.70\00:28:31.04
there's now 105 people
in advanced Bible studies
00:28:31.07\00:28:34.44
because of them.
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.78
It's just really amazing
what God has been doing there.
00:28:36.85\00:28:38.71
This is where
you plant the seed,
00:28:38.75\00:28:40.62
and all of a sudden,
it's coming back tenfold,
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.88
fiftyfold, and a hundredfold.
00:28:42.92\00:28:44.29
Amen. Amen.
00:28:44.32\00:28:45.65
Well, we have eight now,
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.26
was it you or
your brother, Michael,
00:28:47.29\00:28:48.86
that put this
little promo clip together?
00:28:48.89\00:28:52.23
I put it together. It was yours.
00:28:52.26\00:28:53.60
Okay.
00:28:53.63\00:28:54.96
So what we have here is
a video clip that Cameron
00:28:55.00\00:28:59.60
put together to talk
about the work in Cuba.
00:28:59.63\00:29:03.81
However, my brother,
he did the narration.
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.44
So, yeah.
00:29:05.47\00:29:06.81
Okay. All right.
00:29:06.88\00:29:08.21
Team effort.
00:29:08.24\00:29:10.48
You can only prepare so much.
00:29:10.55\00:29:13.21
Before we knew
it, we were there.
00:29:13.25\00:29:15.22
For many, the
reality didn't hit them
00:29:15.25\00:29:17.02
till we were on the plane.
00:29:17.09\00:29:19.45
God is all about taking us
beyond what we can prepare for.
00:29:19.49\00:29:23.73
In July, it was just an idea.
00:29:23.76\00:29:25.59
By August, we were
going, it was final.
00:29:25.63\00:29:29.10
The Stubbs came
from World Youth Group
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.17
in January of 2019.
00:29:31.20\00:29:33.57
And as the date of
our departure grew nearer,
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.00
tensions arose
between the US and Cuba.
00:29:36.04\00:29:39.34
Visas were harder to get.
00:29:39.37\00:29:41.21
And then we heard
that the Stubbs' request
00:29:41.24\00:29:44.08
for visas was denied.
00:29:44.15\00:29:46.48
They were
rejected from entering.
00:29:46.51\00:29:49.85
We followed the action.
00:29:49.88\00:29:51.22
It's authentic, real people
as missionaries for Christ.
00:29:51.25\00:29:54.69
This story is about
overcoming obstacles.
00:29:54.72\00:29:57.33
It's about how God
worked with 6 groups in 6 cities
00:29:57.36\00:30:00.43
to convert 46 souls and bring
hundreds more closer to Christ.
00:30:00.50\00:30:05.90
It's about trusting in
God through the storms.
00:30:05.93\00:30:07.97
And it's about seeing
00:30:08.00\00:30:09.34
the Great
Controversy come to life,
00:30:09.37\00:30:12.14
which means, it's about you.
00:30:12.17\00:30:16.75
That was absolutely fantastic.
00:30:16.78\00:30:18.18
That comes from your
media department, is that right?
00:30:18.21\00:30:19.68
Yes.
00:30:19.71\00:30:21.05
Yeah, also we're
gonna talk about that,
00:30:21.08\00:30:22.42
I think just a little bit.
00:30:22.45\00:30:23.79
Well, we have new
guests to introduce, of course,
00:30:23.82\00:30:26.62
we've got Henry that is
staying with this second half.
00:30:26.65\00:30:30.63
And then we have Harry Shurely,
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.16
Harry, you are
00:30:32.19\00:30:33.53
with the Oklahoma
Academy Development Department.
00:30:33.60\00:30:36.30
Right. Is that correct?
00:30:36.33\00:30:37.67
Correct.
00:30:37.70\00:30:39.03
We'll come back and find out
00:30:39.07\00:30:40.44
a little bit of what that means.
00:30:40.47\00:30:42.10
And Magdalene Ocel, correct?
00:30:42.14\00:30:45.64
Good.
00:30:45.67\00:30:47.01
Magdalene, you're a senior.
00:30:47.08\00:30:48.41
That's right.
00:30:48.44\00:30:49.78
And I understand that Magdalene
is an anointed speaker.
00:30:49.81\00:30:53.72
We'll get her story in a second.
00:30:53.75\00:30:55.25
And then we have
Michael Shurely with us.
00:30:55.28\00:30:58.75
And, Michael,
you are a graduate.
00:30:58.79\00:31:00.76
You graduated
00:31:00.79\00:31:02.12
from Oklahoma
Academy in 2018, correct?
00:31:02.16\00:31:03.73
Yes, Yes, I did.
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.09
Yeah. Wonderful!
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.46
Hey, I'll tell you what?
00:31:06.49\00:31:07.83
Harry, you've
got two of your sons,
00:31:07.86\00:31:09.20
we had your younger son
on the program first half.
00:31:09.23\00:31:13.64
You're doing
something right, brother?
00:31:13.67\00:31:15.44
I married a very good lady.
00:31:15.47\00:31:17.21
Praise the Lord.
00:31:17.24\00:31:18.81
So tell us
about your experience.
00:31:18.84\00:31:21.11
I know you were a
stowaway barely made it,
00:31:21.14\00:31:23.55
but God had it in His
plan that you would be there.
00:31:23.58\00:31:27.32
But what was Cuba like for you?
00:31:27.35\00:31:31.95
Cuba, it was wonderful.
00:31:31.99\00:31:34.46
My wife and I, when
we talked about it later,
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.23
we thought this
wasn't any sacrifice.
00:31:37.26\00:31:39.46
This was a vacation.
00:31:39.49\00:31:41.43
And the people we met was nicer
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.80
than what you
would meet on a vacation.
00:31:43.87\00:31:46.03
So it's hard to beat.
00:31:46.07\00:31:47.44
And I would encourage
anyone with a church group
00:31:47.47\00:31:50.21
or just themselves,
call up some friends and say,
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.34
"How can we get
involved and do this?"
00:31:52.37\00:31:53.71
Amen.
00:31:53.78\00:31:55.11
You know, and I
always say if people want,
00:31:55.14\00:31:58.98
if you want to get
your child connected
00:31:59.01\00:32:02.65
in an intimate
way with the Lord,
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.52
take him on a mission trip.
00:32:04.55\00:32:05.89
Amen.
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.26
It is unbelievable.
00:32:07.29\00:32:08.62
So what were you
doing on the trip?
00:32:08.66\00:32:12.19
I was just overseeing a group.
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.43
And in fact, Karen's husband,
00:32:14.46\00:32:17.20
Brian was supposed
to have this group,
00:32:17.27\00:32:18.93
I was just tagging
along with my wife.
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.07
But Brian's
parents got in a car wreck.
00:32:21.10\00:32:24.14
He had to drop out of the trip.
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.54
But I was a staff
member with a visa,
00:32:26.57\00:32:29.41
and so I was given this group,
00:32:29.44\00:32:31.21
they were given me
just at the last moment.
00:32:31.25\00:32:34.12
And it worked very well,
00:32:34.15\00:32:35.52
I think we worked well together.
00:32:35.55\00:32:37.29
And we fit
together with the people
00:32:37.32\00:32:41.02
that were working in the town.
00:32:41.06\00:32:42.46
They prayed over all the groups.
00:32:42.49\00:32:44.43
And still,
00:32:44.46\00:32:45.99
I think the Lord
knew how to juggle it,
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.76
so that it all
ended up just right.
00:32:47.80\00:32:49.20
Amen.
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.57
So I know that you
were very impressed
00:32:50.60\00:32:54.30
by how many of the
youth from the cities
00:32:54.34\00:32:58.64
and we're gonna
come back to this.
00:32:58.67\00:33:00.18
They're going into areas of Cuba
00:33:00.21\00:33:04.28
that are what we call dark,
00:33:04.31\00:33:06.05
if you will, that there's
not an Adventist Christian
00:33:06.08\00:33:09.92
presence there.
00:33:09.95\00:33:11.42
And so they go out
into the cities to introduce
00:33:11.45\00:33:15.46
people to the gospel
00:33:15.49\00:33:17.06
of the grace of
our Lord and Savior,
00:33:17.13\00:33:19.56
Jesus Christ.
00:33:19.59\00:33:20.93
But the people
were really bringing
00:33:20.96\00:33:23.03
their little ones with them.
00:33:23.06\00:33:24.40
We had a lot of
reception with the young people,
00:33:24.43\00:33:27.80
not in our town,
but one of the towns,
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.47
another church tried to set
up games and crafts and things
00:33:29.50\00:33:32.61
to keep the kids from coming,
00:33:32.64\00:33:33.98
and it didn't work.
00:33:34.01\00:33:35.34
Oh, I think we've got a picture
actually of kids The children
00:33:35.38\00:33:36.75
just kept coming.
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.11
Yes.
00:33:38.15\00:33:39.48
That are all
with their crowns on
00:33:39.51\00:33:40.85
and you can see how crowded.
00:33:40.88\00:33:43.18
It was 40 to 60
young people at each...
00:33:43.22\00:33:44.99
Look at that.
00:33:45.02\00:33:46.35
That is amazing.
00:33:46.39\00:33:48.16
That's amazing.
00:33:48.19\00:33:49.52
Now, Ocel, I understand that
you were one of the speakers
00:33:49.56\00:33:55.06
for the adults preaching.
00:33:55.10\00:33:57.47
And I was told that
you're a very humble person.
00:33:57.50\00:34:01.57
So you wouldn't say that.
00:34:01.60\00:34:02.94
But I was told that
the conference leaders
00:34:02.97\00:34:05.97
and the church
leaders were saying,
00:34:06.01\00:34:07.48
"Wow, this woman
preached with an anointing."
00:34:07.51\00:34:11.61
Was this your first time
to preach to a large group?
00:34:11.65\00:34:16.32
I had previously spoken before.
00:34:16.35\00:34:18.72
My parents and I were
able to go to India this summer
00:34:18.75\00:34:21.69
and we did a
week of prayer there.
00:34:21.72\00:34:24.03
And, but this was the first time
00:34:24.06\00:34:25.79
I was doing kind of
series all by myself.
00:34:25.83\00:34:29.40
And I wasn't supposed
to do it to begin with.
00:34:29.43\00:34:34.24
But God set it up
so that I was doing it.
00:34:34.27\00:34:37.81
And I wasn't exactly
nervous when I was up there.
00:34:37.84\00:34:42.41
But I felt like
I should have been.
00:34:42.44\00:34:45.48
But also, I didn't
feel worthy at all,
00:34:45.51\00:34:48.58
because as Cameron said earlier,
00:34:48.62\00:34:52.42
like, how he wasn't
baptized, I wasn't baptized.
00:34:52.45\00:34:56.56
And like when we're talking on
all these different doctrines,
00:34:56.59\00:35:00.50
how baptism is so
important, and it's like really,
00:35:00.53\00:35:04.27
you're declaring
your relationship
00:35:04.30\00:35:05.63
with God to the world.
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.74
And I hadn't had that.
00:35:07.77\00:35:09.57
And, but I was still
preaching it to everyone.
00:35:09.60\00:35:12.21
And it wasn't until one
night that we had talking about
00:35:12.24\00:35:17.25
kind of our own
personal testimony
00:35:17.28\00:35:19.31
that I shared mine,
where I had problems,
00:35:19.35\00:35:22.68
where I had things that kept me
00:35:22.72\00:35:25.09
from coming to God.
00:35:25.12\00:35:26.55
And when I saw those things,
keeping me from coming to God,
00:35:26.59\00:35:32.39
I wanted to surrender them.
00:35:32.43\00:35:34.60
And I didn't
wanna be that person
00:35:34.63\00:35:38.13
who was like telling
everyone else to be baptized
00:35:38.17\00:35:40.34
when I wasn't myself.
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.17
And I made the
decision to be baptized,
00:35:42.20\00:35:45.01
and I was baptized.
00:35:45.04\00:35:46.37
So this was a life changing
event for you for certain,
00:35:46.41\00:35:50.05
wasn't it?
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.41
It definitely was.
00:35:51.45\00:35:52.78
Yeah, I believe
with all of my heart,
00:35:52.81\00:35:56.02
that when, you know,
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.85
one thing that I never
teach on is temper, or anger,
00:35:58.89\00:36:02.79
because I've
got a few this long.
00:36:02.82\00:36:04.89
So it's something that
00:36:04.93\00:36:07.30
what I try to
teach on are things
00:36:07.33\00:36:09.33
that God has helped me overcome.
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.57
But I guarantee
you as you're teaching
00:36:11.60\00:36:13.17
the Word of God,
00:36:13.20\00:36:14.84
it's, you know,
we learn to teach,
00:36:14.87\00:36:17.04
but we teach to learn.
00:36:17.11\00:36:18.74
And that's when it comes
in as how important it is.
00:36:18.77\00:36:22.98
Now, Michael, tell us about
some of the things you did,
00:36:23.01\00:36:27.78
because I know you had
a particular experience
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.79
with a woman who had been kind
of an adversary or antagonistic
00:36:30.82\00:36:35.72
towards
Seventh-day Adventist coming.
00:36:35.76\00:36:37.93
Tell us about your
experience in Cuba?
00:36:37.96\00:36:40.40
So in my group,
00:36:40.43\00:36:44.07
there was in
the town we were in,
00:36:44.10\00:36:46.94
there was a lady
who had stage 4 cancer.
00:36:46.97\00:36:50.01
And so she was on her deathbed,
00:36:50.04\00:36:55.24
and she had asked for us
to come and pray with her
00:36:55.28\00:36:59.51
because she knew she
was going to die soon.
00:36:59.55\00:37:02.42
And while we were there,
00:37:02.45\00:37:04.69
she was telling us how she
had been studying and learning
00:37:04.72\00:37:09.26
of that the
Adventist church had the truth,
00:37:09.29\00:37:12.93
and that she
wanted to be baptized.
00:37:12.96\00:37:15.80
And when I was
there, I was thinking,
00:37:15.83\00:37:17.93
"Well, this is amazing."
00:37:17.97\00:37:19.30
But it wasn't until
later that I learned
00:37:19.33\00:37:22.00
that she had
actually been someone
00:37:22.04\00:37:25.37
who would scoff
00:37:25.41\00:37:26.78
and mock Christians
for being Christian.
00:37:26.81\00:37:29.88
And one of her neighbors
who heard about her decision
00:37:29.91\00:37:33.72
for baptism was
absolutely shocked.
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.72
Because it was not like her,
00:37:35.75\00:37:37.99
they just didn't expect
her to want to be baptized.
00:37:38.02\00:37:40.96
Oh, you know, it's
exciting that the Lord,
00:37:40.99\00:37:43.73
you know, what do they say,
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.09
there's no atheist
in the foxhole, right?
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.96
But it is exciting
that God led her to study,
00:37:48.00\00:37:51.67
it's easy to scoff at
something that you don't know.
00:37:51.70\00:37:54.14
And sometimes preconceived
opinions can effectively
00:37:54.17\00:37:58.84
insulate our mind against truth.
00:37:58.87\00:38:01.14
So you have to get
into the Word for yourself.
00:38:01.18\00:38:04.78
And I think we've got a
picture of this dear soul,
00:38:04.81\00:38:07.25
so she was baptized.
00:38:07.32\00:38:08.65
She was.
00:38:08.68\00:38:10.02
Yeah, I think we've
got a picture of her.
00:38:10.05\00:38:11.52
And you went to her
home to pray with her.
00:38:11.55\00:38:14.79
And that's the precious thing.
00:38:14.82\00:38:16.73
Ocel, you did some groups...
00:38:16.76\00:38:19.89
Magdalene, that
was your last name,
00:38:19.93\00:38:21.90
I was focused on
pronouncing that right.
00:38:21.93\00:38:24.20
But you all did
studies with groups,
00:38:24.27\00:38:27.17
in addition to
the evening studies,
00:38:27.24\00:38:29.24
is that what you did?
00:38:29.27\00:38:32.14
Or no, you've just
got a group picture here.
00:38:32.17\00:38:33.81
Yes.
00:38:33.88\00:38:35.21
Okay.
00:38:35.24\00:38:36.95
So when you returned,
00:38:36.98\00:38:42.25
what has been the
dividends in your own life
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.02
as young people going there?
00:38:45.05\00:38:48.56
Have you felt more
connected to the Lord now?
00:38:48.59\00:38:53.60
Yes, I have.
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.80
And one of the
interesting things
00:38:55.83\00:38:58.03
about being in a
communist nation,
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.84
there's no, like
capitalism or anything.
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.84
So you get a
different view on life.
00:39:02.87\00:39:05.84
We're so sucked in by
00:39:05.87\00:39:07.64
all of the
things that this world
00:39:07.68\00:39:10.65
tells us we need or gaining
more money, various things.
00:39:10.68\00:39:15.62
But there it was different.
00:39:15.65\00:39:18.12
And I was able to
focus on God more and see.
00:39:18.15\00:39:20.56
The most important thing is
not the things we can attain,
00:39:20.59\00:39:23.46
but the people we can help
be in the kingdom with Jesus.
00:39:23.53\00:39:26.80
Amen, Michael.
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.63
Amen.
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.00
You know, the
sad truth of it is,
00:39:30.07\00:39:31.83
there's probably people
who spend more time on Facebook
00:39:31.87\00:39:34.50
than they do in the
Word of God nowadays.
00:39:34.54\00:39:37.21
And we are...
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.61
Some developed countries
are on a hedonistic treadmill,
00:39:39.64\00:39:43.45
very
materialistic, but that's good.
00:39:43.48\00:39:46.08
How about for you, Magdalene?
00:39:46.11\00:39:49.05
For me, when I was
there, I saw some people who...
00:39:49.08\00:39:55.32
There was one
specific woman who,
00:39:55.36\00:39:57.46
she'd been
coming to the meetings.
00:39:57.53\00:39:59.39
And she came the
year before actually.
00:39:59.43\00:40:03.77
And she had been
coming up until a point
00:40:03.80\00:40:05.67
where it was a point of...
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.67
So, she was
offended. Right. Yeah.
00:40:11.17\00:40:12.74
Good.
00:40:12.77\00:40:14.11
Like it was the
talk on the Sabbath,
00:40:14.18\00:40:15.51
and so she
didn't agree with that.
00:40:15.54\00:40:18.15
So she stopped coming.
00:40:18.18\00:40:19.55
And when we came this time,
00:40:19.58\00:40:20.92
she had come to
most of the meetings,
00:40:20.95\00:40:22.95
until we had another
controversial point on Babylon.
00:40:22.98\00:40:27.56
And she felt offended,
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.39
because when I was
speaking that night,
00:40:29.42\00:40:31.59
she felt that I was
kind of calling her Babylon,
00:40:31.63\00:40:35.13
and that her
church was in Babylon.
00:40:35.16\00:40:37.47
And when I later learned that,
00:40:37.50\00:40:39.57
I felt upset
00:40:39.60\00:40:41.47
that I had
offended her at first,
00:40:41.50\00:40:43.07
but then, like, later on,
00:40:43.10\00:40:45.04
I realized that she
was hearing the truth,
00:40:45.07\00:40:47.84
and she wanted
to learn the truth.
00:40:47.88\00:40:49.21
But in her own
life, she had things
00:40:49.24\00:40:51.81
that were keeping
her from accepting it,
00:40:51.85\00:40:54.25
and the fact
that I offended her,
00:40:54.32\00:40:57.09
and that she felt she
was living in Babylon,
00:40:57.12\00:41:02.56
that kind of kept her back.
00:41:02.59\00:41:04.86
And she had her church
and like her whole lifestyle,
00:41:04.89\00:41:08.63
that was keeping
her from coming to God.
00:41:08.66\00:41:10.47
And I just saw, like,
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.40
there's those
things in all of our lives
00:41:12.43\00:41:14.60
that can keep us
from coming to God.
00:41:14.64\00:41:17.41
And I didn't want
that in my life anymore.
00:41:17.44\00:41:19.51
Amen and amen.
00:41:19.54\00:41:21.44
One time,
00:41:21.48\00:41:22.88
the still small voice
of the Lord spoke this,
00:41:22.91\00:41:26.28
whispered this in my ear.
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.35
And what he said was,
00:41:28.38\00:41:29.72
"The spirit of offense
is the spirit of pride,"
00:41:29.75\00:41:33.96
which is the
spirit of antichrist.
00:41:33.99\00:41:36.73
So anytime
you're feeling offended,
00:41:36.76\00:41:39.46
and if you think about that.
00:41:39.49\00:41:42.66
If it weren't,
your pride were hurt,
00:41:42.70\00:41:45.37
you wouldn't be offended, right?
00:41:45.40\00:41:46.74
That's right.
00:41:46.77\00:41:48.10
Anytime you feel offended,
00:41:48.14\00:41:49.47
at least what I've learned to do
00:41:49.50\00:41:50.84
is, I repent for my pride,
00:41:50.91\00:41:53.48
and ask God to
take it away from me.
00:41:53.51\00:41:55.91
Henry, we want to come back
00:41:55.94\00:41:59.48
to the World Youth Group.
00:41:59.51\00:42:03.05
And it's so exciting
00:42:03.08\00:42:07.26
what you're doing in Cuba,
00:42:07.29\00:42:09.12
but you've got a
vision of going beyond Cuba.
00:42:09.16\00:42:12.76
And you have an
exciting project right now.
00:42:12.79\00:42:15.13
Tell us about that?
00:42:15.16\00:42:18.43
I'll try.
00:42:18.47\00:42:20.04
You've been
keeping this under wraps
00:42:20.07\00:42:21.97
for some time.
00:42:22.00\00:42:23.41
I have.
00:42:23.44\00:42:25.14
I just wanna make
a comment, though,
00:42:25.17\00:42:26.51
about the work of
Oklahoma Academy in Cuba
00:42:26.54\00:42:28.74
just real short, if I can.
00:42:28.78\00:42:30.95
But from the Westminster
Bible study youth class
00:42:30.98\00:42:36.15
in Westminster, South Carolina
00:42:36.18\00:42:37.82
that grew into World Youth Group
00:42:37.85\00:42:40.16
that grew into a 501c3,
00:42:40.19\00:42:43.12
God gave us four things
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.66
that are really the
pillars of the ministry
00:42:45.69\00:42:49.86
God has given us.
00:42:49.90\00:42:51.23
And this is 25% of
it, praise the Lord.
00:42:51.27\00:42:54.90
But those four things
is to have a school in Cuba
00:42:54.94\00:42:57.34
to train young people,
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.41
to do the practical gospel,
00:42:59.44\00:43:02.18
that's the gospel of
the relief of suffering,
00:43:02.21\00:43:04.25
to help people
that are disenfranchised
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.51
and impoverished
and down and out.
00:43:06.55\00:43:08.55
So we have a school in Cuba,
00:43:08.58\00:43:10.49
we've graduated 770
people in Cuba so far.
00:43:10.52\00:43:15.06
Number two is we support
them to go into unreached areas
00:43:15.09\00:43:20.40
where the gospel
doesn't have a strong presence,
00:43:20.43\00:43:23.00
where nobody's looking
for the soon coming of Jesus.
00:43:23.03\00:43:26.60
And so we're working
now in 44 cities full time.
00:43:26.63\00:43:31.27
And then number three...
00:43:31.31\00:43:32.64
That's in Cuba, 44...
00:43:32.67\00:43:34.11
In Cuba, 44 unreached cities
00:43:34.18\00:43:35.84
where we've, certainly
a Seventh-day Adventist
00:43:35.88\00:43:38.35
have never been
before sharing Christ
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.15
and the good news.
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.75
And then number three,
00:43:41.78\00:43:43.49
the third pillar is we
bring down youth groups
00:43:43.52\00:43:45.95
that's what we started as,
00:43:45.99\00:43:47.36
as a youth group
ourselves going down.
00:43:47.39\00:43:49.62
But we bring down
churches and people
00:43:49.66\00:43:53.06
with the same hair color as me,
00:43:53.09\00:43:55.20
as well, but a lot of
schools and churches and groups
00:43:55.23\00:44:00.64
and help with the harvest.
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.50
And number four,
00:44:02.54\00:44:04.01
we buy a house in that town,
00:44:04.04\00:44:05.61
which becomes the church.
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.08
And we support it
00:44:07.11\00:44:08.44
until there's like 40-50 members
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.45
with children's department
00:44:10.48\00:44:11.81
and it's gonna be strong.
00:44:11.85\00:44:13.65
And at that point, we
give it to the conference,
00:44:13.72\00:44:15.58
but pray for us,
we have 97 workers,
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.99
we're busy.
00:44:20.06\00:44:21.39
I know, you know,
your wife, Arleen,
00:44:21.42\00:44:23.73
sends me updates
every now and then.
00:44:23.76\00:44:26.13
Does she?
00:44:26.16\00:44:27.50
And it's just
wonderful, what's going on.
00:44:27.53\00:44:28.86
I'm glad you mentioned Arleen,
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.27
because it just
wouldn't be at all
00:44:30.30\00:44:31.63
what it is, if it
wasn't for, you know, JD,
00:44:31.67\00:44:35.47
you can relate.
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.01
Amen. Amen.
00:44:37.04\00:44:38.54
But nevertheless,
you asked about something
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.11
that we haven't
really talked much about.
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.45
And I'm gonna try to
tell you in a nutshell.
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.68
What do I have, 60 seconds?
00:44:45.71\00:44:47.45
No, you've got about
four or five minutes.
00:44:47.52\00:44:49.45
Okay.
00:44:49.48\00:44:50.82
Well...
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.22
I have been, as you mentioned,
00:44:54.82\00:44:56.76
in nursing administration
and healthcare administration
00:44:56.83\00:44:59.66
for 40 years.
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.96
The Lord called us to go
full time into this work.
00:45:02.00\00:45:07.44
But while I was
there, in the hospital,
00:45:07.47\00:45:11.37
I was overwhelmed.
00:45:11.41\00:45:13.21
I had to complete
a master's degree,
00:45:13.24\00:45:15.51
I was working 60
hours a week just in my job,
00:45:15.54\00:45:18.45
plus going to school
for a master's degree,
00:45:18.48\00:45:20.45
plus running a youth group,
plus doing foreign missions
00:45:20.52\00:45:23.05
once a year on my vacation,
and I was just overwhelmed.
00:45:23.08\00:45:25.65
One day, I told my secretary,
00:45:25.69\00:45:28.09
"I'm gonna be out of
the office a few hours,
00:45:28.12\00:45:30.86
cancel
appointments, take my calls."
00:45:30.93\00:45:33.19
I went to the hospital chapel.
00:45:33.23\00:45:35.20
And I said,
"Lord, I'm not leaving
00:45:35.23\00:45:38.17
until You make it clear.
00:45:38.20\00:45:39.93
What am I?
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.30
Am I in nursing administration
or healthcare administration?
00:45:41.34\00:45:45.97
Am I an elder in my
church, which I was,
00:45:46.01\00:45:50.15
you know, am I mission
leader, am I youth leader,
00:45:50.18\00:45:52.75
you know, I just got
too many irons in the fire,
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.85
which one do I
need to focus on?"
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.32
And there was just no answer.
00:45:57.39\00:45:59.92
And so I kept praying.
00:45:59.95\00:46:02.16
And I was reading the Bible.
00:46:02.19\00:46:04.26
And you know, I
claim the promise
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.49
that you read
today, Jeremiah 33:3.
00:46:06.53\00:46:10.60
I said, "Lord,
you got to talk to me.
00:46:10.67\00:46:14.24
And I'm calling upon You.
00:46:14.27\00:46:16.91
You promise, You would
show me what I need to do,
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.41
great things and mighty things."
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.08
And so it was if the Lord said,
00:46:22.11\00:46:24.51
take out a piece
of paper and a pen.
00:46:24.55\00:46:27.65
And I did.
00:46:27.68\00:46:29.02
And I said, "Okay, now what?"
00:46:29.05\00:46:30.39
You know, and it was like,
00:46:30.42\00:46:31.79
"What have I given you?"
00:46:31.82\00:46:33.96
Okay, and I started naming them,
00:46:33.99\00:46:35.36
You've given me
healthcare administration,
00:46:35.39\00:46:37.56
You've given me
church leadership,
00:46:37.63\00:46:40.90
You've given me
a wonderful wife.
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.67
And I was just the basics,
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.30
okay, youth, a lot of youth,
00:46:45.33\00:46:47.94
missions, foreign missions.
00:46:47.97\00:46:50.14
And it was
like, it was what else
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.07
and I'm trying to
think of the next thing.
00:46:52.11\00:46:53.91
And finally, it
was like, "What else?"
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.31
And I said,
"Lord, I think I'm out."
00:46:55.34\00:46:56.68
And He said, "No.
00:46:56.71\00:46:58.35
What else?" And
I said, "Sailing.
00:46:58.38\00:47:01.92
Sailing, Lord?"
00:47:01.95\00:47:03.28
And He said,
"Yes, write it down."
00:47:03.32\00:47:05.52
And I wrote down sailing.
00:47:05.55\00:47:07.46
My wife and I love to sail
00:47:07.49\00:47:08.96
and we love offshore
sailing in the ocean.
00:47:08.99\00:47:12.13
And I said,
00:47:12.16\00:47:14.36
"I thought
sailing was just for us.
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.26
It was kind of our getaway."
00:47:16.30\00:47:17.90
And He said,
"No, it's missions."
00:47:17.93\00:47:21.17
So He said, "Combine them."
00:47:21.20\00:47:25.14
"Combine what?"
00:47:25.17\00:47:26.78
Health, missions, leadership,
00:47:26.81\00:47:30.85
youth, sailing,
00:47:30.88\00:47:34.45
and even though
nothing left my plate,
00:47:34.48\00:47:38.15
I got up with
totally new energy.
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.26
I ran back to the office,
00:47:40.29\00:47:41.62
I couldn't wait to get home
that night and tell my wife.
00:47:41.66\00:47:44.13
But anyway, we're
building a sailboat,
00:47:44.16\00:47:46.73
a 44-foot steel sailboat,
00:47:46.80\00:47:50.37
capable of crossing
00:47:50.40\00:47:51.73
all the major
oceans in the world.
00:47:51.77\00:47:54.04
And we see that sailboat,
00:47:54.07\00:47:57.71
we're praying
and asking the Lord,
00:47:57.74\00:47:59.74
"What's the purpose?"
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
But it's an
alternative to air travel
00:48:01.14\00:48:03.98
to the islands and
coastlines of the world.
00:48:04.05\00:48:06.61
It's very useful in Cuba.
00:48:06.65\00:48:07.98
We can't take enough supplies
00:48:08.02\00:48:09.45
for all the
mission work we're doing.
00:48:09.48\00:48:11.42
And so we're able to take,
00:48:11.45\00:48:12.85
will be able to
take more supplies,
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.86
but it's also World Youth Group.
00:48:15.89\00:48:18.23
It's about youth,
00:48:18.26\00:48:19.69
and an opportunity
to have a boot camp.
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.73
You know, when you
go out in the ocean,
00:48:21.76\00:48:25.40
"How many
billboards do you see?"
00:48:25.43\00:48:28.10
You know, like, how
many sounds do you hear
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.84
that don't come from God?
00:48:31.87\00:48:34.11
Seagulls, the
marine life, salt air.
00:48:34.18\00:48:37.91
Where did Jesus go
with His disciples?
00:48:37.95\00:48:40.42
Where can you have a
more captive audience?
00:48:40.45\00:48:42.35
I can remember
doing Bible studies
00:48:42.38\00:48:43.82
at our house on Friday nights,
00:48:43.89\00:48:45.22
and there'd be 20-30
kids in the living room,
00:48:45.25\00:48:47.86
and we'd be studying the Bible.
00:48:47.89\00:48:49.46
And one popular kid says,
"You know, I'm getting bored.
00:48:49.49\00:48:51.66
I think I'm gonna go
to the store or something,
00:48:51.69\00:48:53.26
and about four
kids, five kids would go,
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.36
and I don't think
that'll happen on a...
00:48:55.40\00:48:57.80
I don't know.
00:48:57.83\00:48:59.67
But anyway,
00:48:59.70\00:49:02.07
we're building a
colossal project,
00:49:02.10\00:49:06.04
very challenging project.
00:49:06.07\00:49:09.14
We're not sailboat
builders, or manufacturers.
00:49:09.18\00:49:11.68
But we're in a state
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.31
that used to
have a navy shipyard.
00:49:13.35\00:49:15.65
And so we're getting a
lot of consultation and help,
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.89
and pray for us.
00:49:17.92\00:49:19.42
We believe this is gonna be
like a boot camp to prepare.
00:49:19.45\00:49:23.76
You know, when
you get on a plane,
00:49:23.83\00:49:25.16
and you're in
the electronic world,
00:49:25.19\00:49:26.53
and you're on your cell phone,
and you're not really prepared
00:49:26.56\00:49:29.23
for what you're about
to face in a third world.
00:49:29.26\00:49:32.83
But the sailing
experience, it's work,
00:49:32.87\00:49:35.67
it takes
organization, it's challenge,
00:49:35.70\00:49:37.91
it's mentally stimulating,
00:49:37.94\00:49:40.41
and it is an opportunity to
be immersed in God's creation,
00:49:40.48\00:49:45.88
in nature, and
in the Word of God.
00:49:45.91\00:49:47.98
Amen.
00:49:48.02\00:49:49.35
Well, I know that
you and your wife,
00:49:49.38\00:49:51.65
I mean, this is not
an inexpensive project,
00:49:51.69\00:49:54.82
let's put it that way.
00:49:54.86\00:49:56.19
And you and your wife
have funded over 60% of it
00:49:56.22\00:49:59.86
personally now.
00:49:59.89\00:50:01.60
But I'm sure
00:50:01.63\00:50:03.57
that if you
would like to support
00:50:03.60\00:50:07.77
the World Youth Group,
00:50:07.80\00:50:11.21
we're gonna put up
there a lower third right now,
00:50:11.24\00:50:14.28
where you can see
00:50:14.31\00:50:15.64
how you can get in
touch with Henry Stubbs
00:50:15.68\00:50:17.81
at World Youth Group.
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.18
Perhaps, you want
to fund the building
00:50:19.21\00:50:23.28
of a church in Cuba,
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.92
or wanna some of
their Bible workers,
00:50:25.95\00:50:28.09
perhaps, you want to fund,
00:50:28.12\00:50:30.23
help fund this boat,
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.33
or I guess we
call it boat, right?
00:50:32.36\00:50:35.03
Yeah, sailboat.
00:50:35.06\00:50:36.40
But also, maybe you
wanna bring your youth group
00:50:36.43\00:50:38.93
or maybe you're out of school
00:50:38.97\00:50:40.34
and you wanna
bring your school kids
00:50:40.37\00:50:43.04
on one of these missions.
00:50:43.07\00:50:44.71
It's amazing, every time Arleen
sends a story, every time.
00:50:44.74\00:50:49.28
It's miracle after
miracle after miracle.
00:50:49.31\00:50:52.75
I didn't know you
had time to read them.
00:50:52.78\00:50:54.32
Ah, well, I don't always get.
00:50:54.35\00:50:56.08
And I get reports
from so many ministries.
00:50:56.12\00:50:58.49
I bet.
00:50:58.52\00:50:59.85
And sometimes I
just skim through but...
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.66
I'm humbled.
00:51:01.69\00:51:03.02
But there's always
such fabulous miracles.
00:51:03.06\00:51:06.03
Now, we also want to
put up in just a second,
00:51:06.06\00:51:10.47
we will put on the screen,
00:51:10.50\00:51:12.93
the address for
the Oklahoma Academy.
00:51:12.97\00:51:16.54
This academy has so
many wonderful projects
00:51:16.57\00:51:20.08
here with the sanctuary,
00:51:20.11\00:51:22.31
and your media and
in all of these things.
00:51:22.34\00:51:25.41
But I just want
to mention to you,
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.48
remember how
God led them to make
00:51:28.52\00:51:31.72
such a self-sacrificing gift
00:51:31.75\00:51:34.96
of their bell choir to Cuba.
00:51:34.99\00:51:38.13
And perhaps, the
Lord will be leading you
00:51:38.16\00:51:40.90
to make a
contribution to replace
00:51:40.93\00:51:43.87
that $20,000 bell
equipment that you gave away.
00:51:43.90\00:51:49.57
Now, we're gonna
take a quick break.
00:51:49.60\00:51:52.01
First, we'll have their
address and in the news break,
00:51:52.04\00:51:54.91
and we'll be
back in just a moment
00:51:54.94\00:51:56.31
for a final word.
00:51:56.34\00:51:59.15
If you're interested in inviting
00:51:59.18\00:52:00.82
the Oklahoma Academy
students to your church
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.32
to share their
mission experiences,
00:52:03.39\00:52:05.65
or if you're
interested in sponsoring
00:52:05.69\00:52:07.46
one of their trips
to the mission field,
00:52:07.49\00:52:09.49
you can reach them
at Oklahoma Academy,
00:52:09.52\00:52:11.99
6100 Academy Lane,
Herra, Oklahoma 73045.
00:52:12.03\00:52:17.60
That's Oklahoma
Academy, 6100 Academy Lane,
00:52:17.63\00:52:21.64
Herra, Oklahoma 73045.
00:52:21.67\00:52:25.11
You can call them
at (405) 985-1368.
00:52:25.14\00:52:29.58
That's (405) 985-1368
00:52:29.61\00:52:33.82
or you can find them online
00:52:33.85\00:52:35.35
at OklahomaAcademy.org.
00:52:35.38\00:52:38.55