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, friends.
Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang,
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and I have my
navigator with me today.
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We're so happy to be here.
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My name is Angela Lomacang,
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and I welcome you
also to this program.
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That's right.
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And we have an
exciting program, honey.
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Yes, I am so excited, and
it's someone I have known,
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actually we have known.
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Okay.
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We fellowshipped with them.
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So we'll tell you a
little bit more about them
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in a few minutes.
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And our program
today is about...
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It's about missions,
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Uchee Pines Mission
in Panama City, Florida.
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That's right, and we're gonna
also talk about Uchee Pines.
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So if you've not
heard about them before,
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you need to find out
what they have to offer
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and why we are
excited about the program.
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But thank you for your prayers
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and all your support whether
it's by prayer or financial.
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Yes.
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Or whether you
come here to volunteer,
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we do appreciate all
that you do for this network
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on behalf of our
president, Danny Shelton,
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and his vision has
continued to go for many years,
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and Lord is
blessing tremendously.
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So we thank you for all that
you do for the cause of Christ.
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Now, honey, before
we go into the program,
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we have some music.
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Tell us about who we have today.
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Yes, we have a song
by Martha Jhoana De Luna
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and it's entitled
"This is My Father's World."
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Thank you so much
for that wonderful song,
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"This is My Father's World."
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Oh, let's talk about
harps, how they're so large.
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Beautiful.
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You have to have at
least a van to carry one.
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Yeah, keep your hands moving.
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And it's a great ministry.
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That's right. Yes.
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And the wonderful thing,
it's associated with heaven.
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Oh, yeah.
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Revelation talks about harps.
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And David played a harp.
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David played a harp.
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And I think the song though,
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"This is My Father's
World," is a wonderful segue
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to what our
guest was involved in.
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They're from Uchee Pines,
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but they also had opportunity
to be involved in mission
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during a disastrous
time in our "Father's world."
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So let's go ahead
and welcome our guests
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and find out who they are today.
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To my immediate
right is Amy, Amy Pershin.
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Good to have you here today.
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Thank you. It's good to be here.
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Yeah, it's good
to have you back.
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Yes.
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And you have been here
before my wife knows you.
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I think you've...
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Yeah, when we went
to a matter of fact,...
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she did a Crossroads
program with me on radio.
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That's what I was thinking of.
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Gave her
testimony, it was beautiful,
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how she became an
Adventist, a Christian.
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And when we visited Uchee Pines,
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we went to their home
for dinner, for lunch,
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and they have a
beautiful daughter,
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and we had a wonderful time.
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Yes, it was a blessing.
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So now that we
know she's married,
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I have to introduce her husband.
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So, Andre, good
to have you here.
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Thank you.
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It's my pleasure to be here,
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first time in 3ABN.
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And just enjoying this
lovely atmosphere here,
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and just look forward
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to get to know more
firsthand experience, yeah.
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Now what do you
do at Uchee Pines?
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Well, I was involved
in several ministries
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or several departments there.
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I worked for some time
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at Country Life
Store as a counselor,
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and worked also as
a personal assistant
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of Dr. Agatha
Thrash, in fact, for a year
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before she stepped down.
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It was a
wonderful year of learning.
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And also I went to
couple of trainings,
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and this was in Uchee Pines,
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and also in Wildwood
learning about natural health.
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At the moment, I also
work in a media department,
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So I'm kind of combining
some teaching of health classes
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with work in the
media department.
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We had some training with OCI.
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Okay.
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The people, crew, came to
us, they gave us some training.
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And I am enjoying both.
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It's sort of
kind of versatility.
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Yeah, Wildwood, Uchee Pines,
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and Outpost
Centers International also.
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And where's your accent from?
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Well, it's Russian and I tried
to work on my accent reduction,
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but I'm still...
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No, no, it's beautiful.
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You see, these
muscles, once they're fixed,
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it's up to 70,
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It's really hard though...
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Well, that's okay.
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It's your identity. Exactly.
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Praise the Lord for that. Amen.
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My wife was English, is English.
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You were born in England,
but came to New York early.
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I used to have a
British accent long time ago.
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But she used to
be called belated...
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now she's American,
but good to have you here.
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And to your right is Bo Burwell.
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Elder Bo.
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Elder Bo Burwell,
good to have you here.
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Thank you, sir.
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Glad to be here.
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And tell us, in a
nutshell, what do you do
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and your
association with Uchee Pines?
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Well, I'm the
first elder of the church
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at Panama City
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where we recently had the...
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I guess you could
say the unfortunate
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visit by Michael the hurricane.
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And as we've talked before,
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God does send His
angels out everywhere
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to help those in need.
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And He sent these angels
to Panama City to help us.
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That's right.
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And that's gonna
be of the focal point
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of our program today.
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But for somebody who's watching
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or listening to the program
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'cause they're
maybe in their car
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driving and
listening or at work somehow,
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but tell us what is Uchee Pines.
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Which one of you would
like to start into that?
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Uchee Pines is a
health educator center
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and also a health restorer
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with God's divine intervention
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lifestyle center.
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So they take the guest
every two and a half weeks
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and treat them with
the natural remedies,
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heart disease, cancer, diabetes.
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And then there's the
medical missionary program
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where the
students come and learn
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this modality of
health and healing.
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It's a wonderful place,
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many miracles happened there.
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We're also building a church.
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Praise the Lord.
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Maranatha came,
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and so we are eager
to see that completed.
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And we were down at Uchee Pines,
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we did some
walking when we went there.
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Yeah, we did. It was beautiful.
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And we also have a
radio affiliate there, 3ABN.
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Yes, that's right.
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Yeah, out there at Uchee Pines.
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Yes, making a
very wonderful impact.
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Yes.
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Praise the Lord.
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And the former
Dr. Agatha Thrash,
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who was here and very
much involved in 3ABN,
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she was a staple at
that ministry for many years.
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Yes.
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And she's now resting in Jesus.
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Yes, yes.
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Wow!
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And so now this is
an interesting program
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because we know
that we live in the...
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Uchee Pines is located
in the part of the nation
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where any given
time of the year,
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some strange weather
anomalies could occur.
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Yes.
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Let's talk about that.
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One of those events
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catapulted you all
into a different mode
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rather than having
people come to you,
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you went out to the community.
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Let's talk about that
because you have some pictures
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and a wonderful video to show.
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That kind of highlights
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what the Lord allowed you to do.
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Just dive into that
story, and what happened?
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Yes, so Hurricane
Michael hit Panama City,
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Florida on
October 10, I believe.
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And when we see this
kind of thing happening,
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there's the burden to go.
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There's the
burden to see the people,
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to meet them,
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to sympathize with
them, to cry with them,
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to pray with them, and
so we organized a trip.
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And we went
there, about 10 of us.
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In Uchee Pines, the
people are very busy.
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And so it's not easy for
them to take the time off,
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but they do.
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And the
leadership at Uchee Pines
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is very generous to
allow them to do that,
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so we can go on a mission trip.
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And there were about 10 of
us, including some students.
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So it was during
the Christmas break,
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so the students can go.
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And we went, and we
camped in someone's yard
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because there's
really nowhere to stay.
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So many homes were damaged.
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And even if there is a home
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that didn't
sustain as much damage,
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it's filled with family
members whose homes are ruined.
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So we went there with chainsaws,
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and our hands, ready
to help, and some tools,
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and we were able
to help the people.
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Pastor Jay Rosario,
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which I know
you're familiar with.
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Yes.
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We worked with him
and his church down there.
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And so he gave
us a list of people
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that we could call
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and say, "We're here to help."
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And that's what we did.
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And we have a video
to show that as well.
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And it was a blessing.
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Wow.
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So that video as
they're getting it ready,
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when you think about the
time of year that it occurred,
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lot of people wouldn't think
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that a hurricane would
occur that late in the year.
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But how far are you
from the Gulf Coast?
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How far is Uchee
Pines from the Gulf Coast?
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That area, we're about
three and a half hours,
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I would say about
four hours 'cause you go
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30 minutes
further to Mexico Beach
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where the eye of the storm hit,
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which we also were able
to tour and see the damage,
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and it's just incredible.
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You realize the
times that we're in.
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We really are close to the end
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for that much
destruction to happen.
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Yeah.
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And we were talking
earlier about disaster
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as we get closer
to the end of time,
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more and more
disasters are happening today.
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Yes.
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Brother Bo, we were
talking about that also,
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and he's the first elder there.
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It's apparent to me that,
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as I was saying,
God is in control.
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Yes. That's right.
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There was a reason
why that storm came in
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where it came in.
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There's a reason why He
sent certain angels to our area,
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to help those folks.
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Anyone who was in
that storm was affected,
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whether their house
was destroyed or not,
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they were affected mentally.
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They needed counseling.
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God takes us all
down to the same level.
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As I told the story earlier,
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I saw people coming
by our church, which...
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There was a huge FEMA
operation was set up there.
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Several Adventist
groups were in there.
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We had people
sleeping in the library,
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all over the church.
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We had the National
Guard folks sleeping there.
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Our church was
turned into a center,
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which it should be.
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Yes. It should be.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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People should be
coming to that church.
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That's right.
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And I was watching one day,
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and I just saw a BMW
drive through the line
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to pick up food, water supplies.
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And the BMW which is one
of the better driving vehicles
00:14:23.29\00:14:28.83
on the road today,
00:14:28.86\00:14:30.87
and usually the
people driving them
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are very proud people.
00:14:32.97\00:14:35.47
It was followed by a bicycle.
00:14:35.50\00:14:38.27
But both of these
people were at the same level.
00:14:38.31\00:14:41.11
They both
needed bread and water.
00:14:41.14\00:14:42.48
That's right.
00:14:42.51\00:14:43.85
Wow.
00:14:43.88\00:14:45.21
People, all of us
need bread and water
00:14:45.25\00:14:46.82
that comes from that church,
00:14:46.85\00:14:48.52
that bread of
life and that water.
00:14:48.55\00:14:50.82
That's interesting.
00:14:50.89\00:14:52.22
That's a very
good comparison. Yeah.
00:14:52.25\00:14:53.59
Because disaster
doesn't really care
00:14:53.62\00:14:55.12
about your station in life,
00:14:55.16\00:14:56.49
it doesn't care
how much you have,
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what you don't have.
00:14:57.89\00:14:59.23
And so the person with a bicycle
00:14:59.26\00:15:00.60
or the person with a BMW,
00:15:00.63\00:15:02.83
that's a quite
an amazing picture
00:15:02.86\00:15:06.23
because normally in
normal circumstances,
00:15:06.27\00:15:09.90
those are the things
that are often provided,
00:15:09.94\00:15:11.97
easily accessible.
00:15:12.01\00:15:13.68
But now when disaster comes,
00:15:13.71\00:15:15.78
the needs are the same
00:15:15.81\00:15:17.15
regardless of who
the individual is.
00:15:17.18\00:15:19.25
About how many people
did you guys have access
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to when you were
involved in the relief effort?
00:15:21.92\00:15:26.19
Yeah.
00:15:26.22\00:15:27.56
So what comes to the Panama City
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when we
arrived, we got at least,
00:15:30.16\00:15:33.09
from the pastoral people
that potentially need help.
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And so when I
started calling them,
00:15:36.46\00:15:38.93
one of the first
responders was a lady
00:15:38.97\00:15:40.94
that you will see on the video.
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Elderly woman that was baptized
about six months before,
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was akin, and she said
that, "My ramp is damaged,"
00:15:48.08\00:15:52.21
she can't go through stairs.
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So she gets these ramps.
00:15:55.02\00:15:57.32
And a lot of
trees on her property
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and a lot of debris.
00:15:59.72\00:16:01.82
So we set it as a priority
and we worked almost all day
00:16:01.86\00:16:06.03
cleaning just her territory.
00:16:06.06\00:16:08.90
And then there was another
man, and there was another man,
00:16:08.93\00:16:12.00
and they all
have a lot in common.
00:16:12.03\00:16:14.90
They were helpless pretty much
00:16:14.94\00:16:17.67
in facing the amount of damage
00:16:17.71\00:16:20.28
and just distraction that was.
00:16:20.31\00:16:23.14
And what's interesting,
00:16:23.18\00:16:24.51
actually, the
city is offering help
00:16:24.55\00:16:25.88
but it's at a cost.
00:16:25.91\00:16:27.78
Like one of them said,
00:16:27.82\00:16:29.15
they were going to
charge around $8,000
00:16:29.18\00:16:31.62
for cleaning the territory.
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I mean, once
the debris are taken
00:16:33.49\00:16:36.26
and lined up along the road,
00:16:36.29\00:16:38.19
then the city
comes and takes it,
00:16:38.23\00:16:40.00
but it takes a lot of effort
00:16:40.03\00:16:42.86
to move those debris
00:16:42.90\00:16:44.93
from your yard to the roadside.
00:16:44.97\00:16:48.24
And that was our work
along with the repairs.
00:16:48.27\00:16:52.54
So we came, you
know, we fixed that ramp,
00:16:52.57\00:16:55.01
and we took the debris out.
00:16:55.04\00:17:00.42
I was fixing the
roof of another gentleman,
00:17:00.45\00:17:03.89
preparing for covering
with the metal sheeting,
00:17:03.92\00:17:06.96
and I'll have to
put the plywood boards.
00:17:06.99\00:17:09.16
Yeah.
00:17:09.19\00:17:10.53
So I had to remove
the old plywood boards
00:17:10.56\00:17:12.16
and put the new plywood boards
00:17:12.19\00:17:14.03
to be covered later
00:17:14.10\00:17:15.83
with a more sturdy covering,
00:17:15.86\00:17:18.73
which is not shingles, but...
00:17:18.77\00:17:20.54
The metal sheets
00:17:20.57\00:17:23.91
and it's amazing to
see the transformation.
00:17:23.94\00:17:26.37
It seems like there
will be very little shingles
00:17:26.41\00:17:28.61
left in that area
00:17:28.64\00:17:30.15
because people switch
to maybe less appealing
00:17:30.18\00:17:34.38
but way more secure
and safe, the metal roofs.
00:17:34.42\00:17:39.55
So yeah.
00:17:39.59\00:17:41.16
And what areas?
00:17:41.19\00:17:42.52
I noticed in Alabama,
what areas were you in?
00:17:42.56\00:17:47.40
Yes, in Alabama, on March 8,
00:17:47.43\00:17:50.80
we had the deadliest tornado
to come through Beauregard,
00:17:50.87\00:17:55.84
and President Trump came.
00:17:55.87\00:17:57.71
Twenty-three people were killed,
00:17:57.74\00:17:59.07
and I believe it was about six
to eight people in one family.
00:17:59.11\00:18:02.78
And it happened
also in Smiths Station,
00:18:02.81\00:18:05.38
and Opelika,
00:18:05.41\00:18:07.02
and that's only about
45 minutes away from us.
00:18:07.05\00:18:10.19
And so when we heard about that,
00:18:10.22\00:18:12.99
we said we have to go,
00:18:13.02\00:18:14.99
we have to
somehow be able to help.
00:18:15.02\00:18:18.46
We want people to know that
00:18:18.49\00:18:20.60
we are willing to help
them in this kind of way too.
00:18:20.63\00:18:24.93
A lot of the
community, they don't really,
00:18:24.97\00:18:27.07
maybe not know
what Uchee Pines is,
00:18:27.14\00:18:29.34
so this is a wonderful
way to go and help them
00:18:29.37\00:18:31.37
and to let them know who we are.
00:18:31.41\00:18:33.14
So when we went
00:18:33.17\00:18:34.51
to the government-setup
disaster relief site
00:18:34.54\00:18:36.95
at the Baptist
Church in auditorium,
00:18:36.98\00:18:40.92
many different people came
from all over to volunteer.
00:18:40.95\00:18:44.22
It was a large community,
00:18:44.29\00:18:46.65
people were taking
the time off of their work
00:18:46.69\00:18:49.06
so they can come together.
00:18:49.09\00:18:50.43
And it was wonderful
to be a part of that.
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I had never experienced it.
00:18:52.36\00:18:54.50
You know, people
of all walks of faith,
00:18:54.53\00:18:56.40
just willing to come together.
00:18:56.43\00:18:57.90
One woman who was
volunteering said,
00:18:57.93\00:18:59.37
"It made me It restored
my faith and humanity again."
00:18:59.40\00:19:01.87
Wow.
00:19:01.90\00:19:03.24
Because people are
coming from Virginia, Colorado,
00:19:03.27\00:19:06.81
just dropping
everything to come and help.
00:19:06.88\00:19:09.51
And so it's a
wonderful way to mingle
00:19:09.54\00:19:11.61
'cause that's the
method, Christ method alone.
00:19:11.65\00:19:13.72
We need to
mingle with the people,
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.08
show them our
love, our compassion.
00:19:15.12\00:19:16.82
That's right.
00:19:16.89\00:19:18.22
And so that's what
we were able to do.
00:19:18.25\00:19:19.59
Wow.
00:19:19.62\00:19:20.96
Were you able to
give out literature?
00:19:20.99\00:19:22.32
Yes, that's the beautiful thing.
00:19:22.36\00:19:24.96
We had a large
donation of Great Controversy's,
00:19:24.99\00:19:27.86
and Desire of Ages, and Bibles.
00:19:27.90\00:19:29.40
And the man that donated said,
00:19:29.43\00:19:30.77
"I want you to
give these out in sets.
00:19:30.80\00:19:33.10
Don't separate them."
00:19:33.13\00:19:34.80
And so the opportunity came
00:19:34.84\00:19:37.54
with the tornadoes that hit.
00:19:37.61\00:19:39.77
And so we brought these with us.
00:19:39.81\00:19:42.01
And that's
what's so beautiful is
00:19:42.04\00:19:44.88
when something
like this happens,
00:19:44.91\00:19:46.82
that people are so willing
to receive the literature.
00:19:46.85\00:19:49.85
So we were able to give out
00:19:49.88\00:19:51.39
hundreds of copies, sets
00:19:51.42\00:19:53.99
to other volunteers,
00:19:54.06\00:19:56.12
to the victims, and
to the police officers.
00:19:56.16\00:20:00.30
There's a picture
that you'll see of me
00:20:00.33\00:20:02.66
with the police officers.
00:20:02.70\00:20:04.07
And one said,
"Thank you for this.
00:20:04.10\00:20:07.04
This is exactly what we
need at this time right now."
00:20:07.07\00:20:10.64
Yeah. Is that it?
00:20:10.71\00:20:12.04
Yes. Yes.
00:20:12.07\00:20:13.41
That's there in Smiths
Station when we went to help.
00:20:13.44\00:20:16.11
Is that Alabama or...
00:20:16.14\00:20:17.48
Yes, that's Alabama.
00:20:17.55\00:20:18.88
Yes.
00:20:18.91\00:20:20.25
And... Beautiful.
00:20:20.28\00:20:21.62
And it's amazing.
00:20:21.65\00:20:22.98
You're giving it
to a police officer.
00:20:23.02\00:20:24.35
Yes, I know.
00:20:24.39\00:20:25.72
I just...
00:20:25.75\00:20:27.09
There's a lot of
times they'll say,
00:20:27.12\00:20:28.46
"Oh, we don't want that."
00:20:28.49\00:20:29.82
But, you know,
when disaster comes,
00:20:29.86\00:20:31.19
it changes a lot of
people's perspective
00:20:31.23\00:20:32.56
because it shows us...
00:20:32.59\00:20:34.30
I think Bo was alluding to that.
00:20:34.33\00:20:36.16
It shows us how
frail we are, you know?
00:20:36.20\00:20:39.27
We have had
people come to our church
00:20:39.30\00:20:42.44
just for literature.
00:20:42.47\00:20:45.24
They probably had
needs of other things.
00:20:45.27\00:20:47.31
The community
services continue to function
00:20:47.38\00:20:50.05
since the larger
operations have moved out.
00:20:50.08\00:20:54.95
But we have had people
00:20:54.98\00:20:56.32
who have just come
asking for literature,
00:20:56.35\00:20:58.45
for a Bible,
00:20:58.49\00:21:00.69
which is a
heartwarming situation to have.
00:21:00.76\00:21:05.19
Yeah, and we currently are able
00:21:05.23\00:21:09.30
to rent our facility
to a Presbyterian Church,
00:21:09.33\00:21:14.50
first
Presbyterian at Panama City,
00:21:14.54\00:21:16.27
they meet down Sunday mornings.
00:21:16.30\00:21:19.14
And we have something
going on in our church
00:21:19.17\00:21:21.78
seven days a week.
00:21:21.81\00:21:23.88
You don't invite people
00:21:23.95\00:21:25.75
to know more about
God by locking the doors.
00:21:25.78\00:21:27.98
Yeah.
00:21:28.02\00:21:29.35
That's a very good
thing. You keep them open.
00:21:29.38\00:21:30.72
But you also said in that church
00:21:30.79\00:21:32.59
what you told us
before we went on the set,
00:21:32.62\00:21:35.76
you have Great
Controversy's and...
00:21:35.79\00:21:38.19
Tell us about that.
00:21:38.23\00:21:39.56
We have a lot of
reading material out there
00:21:39.59\00:21:41.03
that is available,
00:21:41.06\00:21:44.27
that are being
taken and I'm sure read
00:21:44.30\00:21:47.14
because it's just a
wonderful opportunity
00:21:47.17\00:21:52.21
to share with other folks who...
00:21:52.24\00:21:54.18
And I don't know much about
00:21:54.21\00:22:00.65
their particular theology,
00:22:00.72\00:22:03.99
but I'm sure that
some of our literature
00:22:04.02\00:22:07.49
can certainly help them.
00:22:07.56\00:22:09.42
That's wonderful.
00:22:09.46\00:22:10.83
When you're in the building,
00:22:10.86\00:22:12.19
you can't help but have access
to what's in the building.
00:22:12.23\00:22:13.56
Oh, yes, yes.
00:22:13.60\00:22:14.93
That's the reality of it.
00:22:14.96\00:22:16.30
And we had
wonderful people, wonderful...
00:22:16.33\00:22:19.20
We've built a great
relationship with them,
00:22:19.23\00:22:22.37
and it's just nice
00:22:22.40\00:22:25.01
because we can be a lighthouse
in the eye of the storm,
00:22:25.04\00:22:29.71
so to speak.
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.08
We can offer...
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.45
Now you alluded to,
a moment ago, a video.
00:22:32.48\00:22:33.92
I want to just go
to that video right now
00:22:33.95\00:22:35.48
and look at some of the video.
00:22:35.52\00:22:37.49
Very interesting.
00:22:37.52\00:22:39.29
Listen to it and afterwards,
00:22:39.32\00:22:41.02
we'll comment a little bit more
00:22:41.06\00:22:42.39
about what you see on the video.
00:22:42.42\00:22:43.76
This is in
Panama City, this video.
00:22:43.83\00:22:45.46
Panama City.
00:22:45.49\00:22:46.83
I would just like to
thank Uchee Pines for...
00:23:20.53\00:23:23.57
I saw some television,
00:23:23.60\00:23:25.03
shows about the things
that were done on 3ABN.
00:23:25.07\00:23:28.40
And that name just stuck,
00:23:28.44\00:23:29.77
and then when you
guys showed up here,
00:23:29.80\00:23:31.37
and constantly
continuously started working,
00:23:31.41\00:23:34.41
barely stop for lunch,
don't ask for anything at all,
00:23:34.44\00:23:38.21
bring, you know, tools,
and water, and everything.
00:23:38.25\00:23:41.22
It's shocking
and then the progress
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.39
that you've made,
00:23:43.42\00:23:44.75
not just picking
and cutting trees,
00:23:44.79\00:23:46.25
but actually raking
leaves to picking everything up.
00:23:46.29\00:23:49.46
I'm just very thankful.
00:23:49.49\00:23:50.83
You could never hope
00:23:50.86\00:23:53.16
to have people come in
and help you like this.
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.93
Everybody is working so hard.
00:23:55.96\00:23:57.57
And all have a
smile on their face,
00:23:57.60\00:24:00.54
and that's a blessing in itself.
00:24:00.57\00:24:04.01
A lot of hard
workers and skilled workers.
00:24:04.04\00:24:06.91
And I got to meet a lot of
new people and it's a blessing.
00:24:06.98\00:24:11.08
And it's been a pleasure.
00:24:11.11\00:24:13.52
It's been a true pleasure.
00:24:13.55\00:24:14.88
Thank you so much. Yeah.
00:24:24.13\00:24:25.46
Wasn't that wonderful? Yes.
00:24:25.49\00:24:26.83
And look at the
message in the background.
00:24:26.86\00:24:28.20
I'll be back.
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.56
And you know
what? We're coming back.
00:24:29.60\00:24:30.93
We're going again,
May 6th to the 12th,
00:24:30.97\00:24:32.87
another mission
trip to Panama City.
00:24:32.90\00:24:34.24
What? Oh, you're going back.
00:24:34.27\00:24:35.60
Amen. That's wonderful.
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.97
It's amazing
how walls come down.
00:24:38.01\00:24:40.28
We saw a lot of damaged
homes, damaged businesses,
00:24:40.31\00:24:44.05
and as you pointed out,
it doesn't really matter
00:24:44.08\00:24:45.71
who the person is
00:24:45.75\00:24:47.12
and what their
station in life is,
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.52
hurricane just comes
through indiscriminately
00:24:48.55\00:24:50.99
and leaves
devastation in its path.
00:24:51.02\00:24:53.66
Noticed those
homes along the coast?
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.72
That's where everyone
wants to live, on the beach.
00:24:55.76\00:24:58.49
Beachfront property.
00:24:58.53\00:25:00.23
Yes.
00:25:00.30\00:25:01.63
And I remember,
00:25:01.66\00:25:03.00
there was a heading of one
of the leading news websites
00:25:03.03\00:25:08.94
saying that Panama
City is not damaged,
00:25:08.97\00:25:13.98
it's not just there anymore.
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.21
And really when we
were driving along the road
00:25:16.24\00:25:18.75
that goes along the
coast, the houses just...
00:25:18.78\00:25:23.25
Only see, just maybe
poles and some foundation.
00:25:23.28\00:25:26.96
There's no houses there.
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.59
And it just gives an idea
00:25:28.62\00:25:30.93
of what a
terrific push of the water
00:25:30.96\00:25:33.90
and wind was there.
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.60
And I mean it's even
kind of scary to imagine,
00:25:36.67\00:25:40.97
and to go through something
like that was very impressive.
00:25:41.00\00:25:45.37
Now, Brother Bo,
where were you at the time
00:25:45.41\00:25:48.08
during this disaster?
00:25:48.11\00:25:50.38
I was at my home with my wife.
00:25:50.45\00:25:52.78
And we rode the storm at home.
00:25:52.81\00:25:54.72
And I'd like to comment
on that along the beach part,
00:25:54.75\00:25:59.52
that's Mexico Beach,
00:25:59.55\00:26:01.56
which was just about destroyed.
00:26:01.59\00:26:03.63
If you saw, there were
a few homes left standing.
00:26:03.66\00:26:05.73
Oh, yeah.
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.66
Ironically,
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.03
one of the members of our church
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.40
who was instrumental,
00:26:10.47\00:26:11.80
we were trying to plant a church
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.17
just east of that area.
00:26:13.20\00:26:17.11
And the storm has kind of put
a damper on that temporarily,
00:26:17.14\00:26:23.28
not forever, but
one of our members
00:26:23.35\00:26:26.18
lives in a place
called Port St. Joe.
00:26:26.21\00:26:29.05
And some others live
there in Mexico Beach.
00:26:29.08\00:26:32.32
And they were trying
to establish a church.
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.09
We already had a
building and a library,
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.23
and everything had
been donated for it.
00:26:38.26\00:26:41.03
And that got put on hold
00:26:41.06\00:26:43.13
because the
property got destroyed,
00:26:43.16\00:26:45.63
but there's a wall of
water some 20 feet high
00:26:45.67\00:26:48.90
hit that area, and it destroyed.
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.71
He says, the...
00:26:51.74\00:26:55.14
The concrete
slabs are left there.
00:26:55.18\00:26:59.48
I know what Andre was
saying here a moment ago
00:26:59.51\00:27:03.22
that I couldn't
help but grab that.
00:27:03.25\00:27:06.42
Somebody says,
"Panama beach wasn't damaged,
00:27:06.45\00:27:09.22
it's just not here anymore."
00:27:09.26\00:27:11.46
And that's just...
00:27:11.49\00:27:12.83
I don't know.
00:27:12.86\00:27:14.20
You know, we live in a world
00:27:14.23\00:27:15.56
where disaster is just
a part of the landscape.
00:27:15.60\00:27:17.07
Yeah, even here.
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.90
Here we are in the Midwest
and, you know, sometimes,
00:27:18.93\00:27:21.17
people listen on the news.
00:27:21.20\00:27:22.54
They say it right now, you know,
00:27:22.57\00:27:23.91
"Tornado is going
through the Midwest."
00:27:23.94\00:27:25.27
And that happens on a cycle.
00:27:25.31\00:27:26.68
Winter, spring,
well, less in the winter.
00:27:26.71\00:27:29.48
Yeah, less in the winter.
00:27:29.51\00:27:30.85
But more like, whenever
we hear a spring is coming,
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.51
we think, "Oh,
hold our breath," right?
00:27:32.55\00:27:34.72
But what happens?
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.18
But, you know, here at
3ABN, I got to give the Lord,
00:27:36.22\00:27:39.52
and as Danny would
say, that's a two-hander.
00:27:39.55\00:27:41.69
We've had camp meeting
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.22
with tornadoes on
its way to Thompsonville,
00:27:43.26\00:27:45.76
and they would split, go around,
00:27:45.79\00:27:48.30
or they would go up and die out,
00:27:48.33\00:27:50.60
or they would die
out before they got here.
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.93
Pastor Mark Finley, I
heard number of years ago,
00:27:52.97\00:27:54.47
was preaching
during camp meeting,
00:27:54.50\00:27:56.44
and he was on air,
00:27:56.47\00:27:58.97
right after his sermon was done,
00:27:59.01\00:28:00.38
they said,
00:28:00.41\00:28:01.91
"A tornado was on
its way to Thompsonville,
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.75
and it split."
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.85
And they showed the
satellite imagery of it.
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.15
It split, went around,
00:28:09.18\00:28:11.09
and reconnected, and kept going.
00:28:11.12\00:28:14.06
And so we have...35 years
the ministry has been here.
00:28:14.09\00:28:17.86
And praise God,
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.23
He has
protected it continuously.
00:28:19.26\00:28:20.60
God has protected it.
00:28:20.63\00:28:21.96
We've had 120-mile an
hour winds go through here,
00:28:22.00\00:28:25.07
straight-line winds,
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.50
not a single
satellite dish moved.
00:28:26.53\00:28:28.90
Amazing.
00:28:28.94\00:28:30.31
We've had people
00:28:30.34\00:28:31.67
whose homes were
on a single wide,
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.68
they were on a
single foundation.
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.11
I remember one of our producers,
00:28:35.14\00:28:38.01
years ago, he said,
00:28:38.05\00:28:39.38
he put his hand
outside the window
00:28:39.41\00:28:40.75
and felt no wind at all.
00:28:40.82\00:28:43.22
So God really
does have a purpose
00:28:43.25\00:28:46.05
when He has the
angels of the Lord
00:28:46.09\00:28:48.39
encamped around
about those that fear Him.
00:28:48.42\00:28:50.63
And I think you've
made that suggestion.
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.13
Oh, yes.
00:28:52.16\00:28:53.60
I think it all
happens for a reason.
00:28:53.63\00:28:55.93
And we should always look
back that He is in control.
00:28:55.96\00:28:58.27
That's right.
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.63
Yes.
00:28:59.67\00:29:01.00
I can tell you
that after that storm,
00:29:01.04\00:29:02.57
which was a
violent, violent storm, that,
00:29:02.60\00:29:06.68
I mean, we
watched trees in my yard,
00:29:06.71\00:29:09.18
they were close to 100 feet tall
00:29:09.21\00:29:11.01
just broke like matchsticks.
00:29:11.05\00:29:15.05
We watched huge
oak trees uprooted
00:29:15.08\00:29:17.72
and moved out of their place.
00:29:17.75\00:29:21.29
And that
evening, that afternoon,
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.26
after the storm had passed by,
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.43
the most
beautiful sunshine came out.
00:29:25.46\00:29:28.70
And that night,
00:29:28.73\00:29:32.13
although I can
sit in my living room
00:29:32.17\00:29:34.04
and look at the stars,
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.44
the most beautiful sky
00:29:36.47\00:29:37.94
because all the
artificial lighting,
00:29:37.97\00:29:40.21
all the street lights,
00:29:40.28\00:29:41.61
everything that was taken away,
00:29:41.64\00:29:43.85
and it was pitch black dark,
00:29:43.88\00:29:45.71
and every star in
the sky will show.
00:29:45.75\00:29:48.95
Just as after the flood,
He put a rainbow in the sky,
00:29:48.98\00:29:54.16
He put stars in
our sky that night.
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.73
He's always letting
us know that He's there.
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.83
Yes.
00:29:58.86\00:30:00.20
Now am I hearing you correctly,
did your roof get taken away?
00:30:00.23\00:30:03.67
I had a 20/20
section of my roof,
00:30:03.70\00:30:07.80
my back porch,
00:30:07.84\00:30:09.90
and living room,
00:30:09.94\00:30:12.01
and my chimney was ripped off.
00:30:12.04\00:30:14.28
That's not my home.
00:30:14.31\00:30:15.64
That's...
00:30:15.68\00:30:17.01
Just an example of
what happened there.
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.38
That's an
example of the tragedy,
00:30:18.41\00:30:21.15
but I mean, it was all over.
00:30:21.18\00:30:22.75
It was widespread.
00:30:22.78\00:30:24.12
It was everywhere.
00:30:24.19\00:30:25.52
There was not a house, I
think, that was unscathed.
00:30:25.55\00:30:28.49
You see those blue
tarps everywhere you go,
00:30:28.52\00:30:31.86
waiting to be fixed.
00:30:31.89\00:30:33.33
You're still seeing them
00:30:33.40\00:30:34.73
when we were
just there recently,
00:30:34.76\00:30:36.77
you still see the blue tarps.
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.13
And this
happened back in October.
00:30:38.17\00:30:39.93
It shows you how long it takes
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.60
because it's such
a wide destruction,
00:30:41.64\00:30:43.91
wide amount.
00:30:43.94\00:30:45.27
And so these
catastrophes are happening
00:30:45.31\00:30:48.08
so frequently now.
00:30:48.11\00:30:49.58
And so then the big ministries,
the government comes in,
00:30:49.61\00:30:52.88
and they can help,
00:30:52.91\00:30:54.25
but then another catastrophe
happens right after it,
00:30:54.32\00:30:57.39
and so they have
to leave prematurely,
00:30:57.42\00:30:59.52
leaving that city.
00:30:59.55\00:31:00.89
"We still need help."
00:31:00.96\00:31:02.29
"Well, we can't, we have to
go to this other catastrophe
00:31:02.32\00:31:03.73
that just happened."
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.09
So there's still so much
work to be done in Panama City.
00:31:05.13\00:31:08.23
And it's going
to be the same way
00:31:08.26\00:31:10.10
in with the areas close to us.
00:31:10.17\00:31:12.40
So much work.
00:31:12.43\00:31:13.77
So there's
opportunity for mission
00:31:13.84\00:31:15.44
to continuously go there.
00:31:15.47\00:31:17.24
And the people are so happy.
00:31:17.31\00:31:18.64
They're so thankful.
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.01
Imagine if it happened to us.
00:31:20.04\00:31:21.38
Exactly.
00:31:21.41\00:31:22.74
You know, how
thankful we would be
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
if someone came to help us.
00:31:24.15\00:31:25.71
A lady mentioned in the video,
00:31:25.75\00:31:27.12
she said, "I saw,
I heard a little bit
00:31:27.15\00:31:28.68
about Uchee Pines on 3ABN."
00:31:28.72\00:31:30.69
That was good.
00:31:30.72\00:31:33.39
Praise good Lord. Yeah.
00:31:33.46\00:31:34.79
But now I see you
here working tirelessly,
00:31:34.82\00:31:38.09
hardly taking a break for lunch,
00:31:38.13\00:31:40.20
not asking for anything,
00:31:40.23\00:31:42.00
and now I not only know
about what I saw on 3ABN,
00:31:42.03\00:31:46.77
but I could see the
blessing of people who are at...
00:31:46.84\00:31:50.21
The phrase that
I've heard before
00:31:50.24\00:31:51.57
is disinterested benevolence.
00:31:51.61\00:31:53.78
Not looking for
anything in return.
00:31:53.81\00:31:55.14
Yes, exactly.
00:31:55.18\00:31:56.51
That's so much of
what ministry is all about.
00:31:56.54\00:31:58.05
We have a few more pictures,
00:31:58.08\00:31:59.41
I'd like to walk
through some of those
00:31:59.45\00:32:00.82
and tell us what
we're looking at here.
00:32:00.85\00:32:02.18
Yes, these are going
to be mainly of our team
00:32:02.22\00:32:04.89
that went to the tornadoes
that hit near Uchee Pines.
00:32:04.92\00:32:07.26
So we were able to
join up with a group.
00:32:07.29\00:32:09.79
These are retired veterans
that have joined a ministry
00:32:09.82\00:32:13.60
that does...
00:32:13.63\00:32:15.43
I don't know if you've heard
of the term Christian Help Work
00:32:15.46\00:32:17.77
that Sister White talks
about and that Kellogg did?
00:32:17.80\00:32:20.84
Well, it's a wonderful work.
00:32:20.87\00:32:23.14
And we want to copy
this at Uchee Pines,
00:32:23.17\00:32:25.61
this modality.
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.31
And so these
retired veterans do that.
00:32:27.38\00:32:29.61
So I know them,
well, know the leader.
00:32:29.64\00:32:32.25
So we were able to join them.
00:32:32.28\00:32:33.62
That's at the gymnasium,
at the Baptist Church.
00:32:33.65\00:32:35.58
And so we're about
ready to head out and to help.
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.15
They gave us the job
of surveying the damage.
00:32:39.19\00:32:42.09
And there's a...
00:32:42.12\00:32:44.03
Is there a picture of you?
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.39
I don't think there was,
but we were able to walk around
00:32:45.43\00:32:49.36
and survey the damage,
00:32:49.40\00:32:50.90
and then meet
the other volunteers
00:32:50.97\00:32:52.77
that were out there,
and give the literature,
00:32:52.80\00:32:55.57
and also hear
stories of survival.
00:32:55.60\00:32:59.41
We were able to knock on the...
00:32:59.44\00:33:00.78
Perfect access
to the doors, right?
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.71
You know, with our literature,
00:33:02.74\00:33:04.28
and they were so
willing to receive it,
00:33:04.31\00:33:07.12
so willing to
receive our prayers.
00:33:07.15\00:33:08.92
They were shedding their
tears as they were recalling
00:33:08.95\00:33:11.62
the horrific time
00:33:11.65\00:33:13.96
that they went
through it with it.
00:33:13.99\00:33:15.32
They said we've never been
through anything like this.
00:33:15.36\00:33:17.33
We don't want to
go through it again.
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.93
Yeah.
00:33:20.00\00:33:21.33
You know, the
unfortunate thing, honey,
00:33:21.36\00:33:22.70
we know this is that...
00:33:22.73\00:33:24.67
We live in a world
where disasters of every kind,
00:33:24.70\00:33:28.04
earthquakes, floods, fires.
00:33:28.07\00:33:30.61
Here in the Midwest, sometimes,
we get inundated with rain.
00:33:30.64\00:33:34.21
And it's getting worse,
00:33:34.28\00:33:35.91
it's getting more
and more critical.
00:33:35.94\00:33:37.65
And you made a
point a moment ago
00:33:37.68\00:33:39.01
that what happens
00:33:39.05\00:33:41.52
when these
disasters are happening
00:33:41.55\00:33:42.92
on such a broad basis
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.35
that while I'm
dealing with mine here,
00:33:44.39\00:33:46.35
and you're
dealing with yours there,
00:33:46.39\00:33:47.72
and we really can't stop
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.09
because we're
trying to help ourselves,
00:33:49.12\00:33:50.46
and you need help.
00:33:50.53\00:33:51.86
And we're living in
that kind of climate.
00:33:51.89\00:33:53.80
And to have people
that have the willingness
00:33:53.83\00:33:57.17
and the spirit to go out.
00:33:57.20\00:33:59.13
I want to ask Andre a question.
00:33:59.17\00:34:01.70
"Did you use the
chainsaw when you went?
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.81
Or was that something
00:34:03.84\00:34:05.17
you've left it
to the other guys?"
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.28
I'm gonna use it this time.
00:34:07.31\00:34:10.25
But I worked with
chainsaw in Uchee Pines.
00:34:10.28\00:34:12.58
Okay.
00:34:12.61\00:34:13.95
So I have experience with it.
00:34:14.02\00:34:15.35
Even around my house...
00:34:15.38\00:34:16.72
Oh, okay.
00:34:16.75\00:34:18.09
Yeah, you have to.
00:34:18.12\00:34:19.45
Where we stay there, right,
00:34:19.49\00:34:20.82
we have trees
falling periodically,
00:34:20.86\00:34:22.32
so I need to clear the
trail or something like that.
00:34:22.36\00:34:26.13
So I look forward to that.
00:34:26.16\00:34:28.26
And as Amy mentioned,
00:34:28.30\00:34:31.60
you know, it takes, sometimes,
00:34:31.63\00:34:34.57
even no experience.
00:34:34.60\00:34:36.00
You don't have to
have a lot of experience
00:34:36.04\00:34:37.71
to come and help people.
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.71
For example, when we came
to help those tornado victims,
00:34:39.74\00:34:43.85
you know, I never did surveying
00:34:43.88\00:34:46.51
and estimation of the
damage with pinpointing,
00:34:46.55\00:34:51.62
with latitude and longitude,
and filling out the chart.
00:34:51.65\00:34:55.46
I know, if you have
eyes, you know, you have hands,
00:34:55.49\00:34:59.13
and, you know, you can
00:34:59.16\00:35:00.90
just assess
generally the situation,
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.03
there were with our work.
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.47
We've even had
children that were useful that,
00:35:04.50\00:35:09.57
you know, we found for
them something to do as well.
00:35:09.60\00:35:12.91
So even though...
00:35:12.94\00:35:15.28
Of course, if
somebody has knowledge about,
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.65
you know, construction
work, building work,
00:35:17.68\00:35:20.95
maybe even some
special counseling work,
00:35:20.98\00:35:23.18
that's wonderful.
00:35:23.22\00:35:24.55
But even if you
don't know anything
00:35:24.59\00:35:26.45
and you have
just a willing heart,
00:35:26.49\00:35:28.39
it's all that is needed.
00:35:28.42\00:35:29.76
I like that.
00:35:29.79\00:35:31.13
And there is plenty of work
for people who can just rake.
00:35:31.16\00:35:33.83
Yes.
00:35:33.90\00:35:35.23
And I noticed,
even your daughter
00:35:35.26\00:35:36.60
was involved.
00:35:36.63\00:35:37.97
Yes, yes.
00:35:38.00\00:35:39.33
It was beautiful.
00:35:39.37\00:35:40.70
She's my
sidekick wherever we go.
00:35:40.74\00:35:42.07
I won't do a mission
unless she can go with me.
00:35:42.10\00:35:44.84
Wow, training her up.
00:35:44.87\00:35:46.21
Yes, it's a blessing.
00:35:46.24\00:35:48.81
So she was with us there
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.65
helping with the
tornado victims and...
00:35:50.68\00:35:52.38
So you're carrying a branch.
00:35:52.41\00:35:53.75
Yes, yes.
00:35:53.82\00:35:55.15
And she enjoys it.
00:35:55.18\00:35:56.52
I wanted to mention
00:35:56.55\00:35:57.89
that I think it's
1 Corinthians 12:28,
00:35:57.92\00:35:59.49
where Apostle Paul has mentioned
00:35:59.52\00:36:01.49
some that sit in
the churches, apostles,
00:36:01.52\00:36:03.93
there's teachers,
and prophets, anyone.
00:36:03.96\00:36:06.46
Not everybody is apostle,
not everybody is a teacher,
00:36:06.49\00:36:09.90
not everybody is a prophet.
00:36:09.93\00:36:11.27
You know, in a sense,
00:36:11.30\00:36:12.63
we're saying
that we are prophets
00:36:12.67\00:36:14.04
because we are
messengers of God,
00:36:14.07\00:36:15.40
but...
00:36:15.44\00:36:16.77
And then he mentions
just a four-letter word...
00:36:16.81\00:36:20.98
Five-letter word, "Helps."
00:36:21.01\00:36:23.04
That's a gift with
everybody's fitted.
00:36:23.08\00:36:25.68
We can all be a helping hand.
00:36:25.71\00:36:27.68
Right, if we have
hands and feet, you know,
00:36:27.72\00:36:29.62
we're in a
decent health, we can go
00:36:29.65\00:36:31.85
and exercise these gifts.
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.22
Yes.
00:36:33.25\00:36:34.59
So I believe
that's where we all fit
00:36:34.62\00:36:35.96
in this ministry of helps.
00:36:35.99\00:36:37.36
Wouldn't it be nice
if more people prayed
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.76
for the gift of help?
00:36:38.79\00:36:40.13
Yes.
00:36:40.16\00:36:41.50
You know, people are
praying for the gift of tongues,
00:36:41.53\00:36:43.23
which is, you know,
an immeasurable thing,
00:36:43.26\00:36:46.13
but pray for the gift help.
00:36:46.17\00:36:47.57
Help. Yes.
00:36:47.64\00:36:48.97
Everybody needs help. Yeah.
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.34
Just to be willing to go.
00:36:50.37\00:36:51.71
I'll tell you, John,
we've seen such an outpouring
00:36:51.74\00:36:53.11
of that spirit
00:36:53.14\00:36:54.91
come into Panama City.
00:36:54.94\00:36:58.25
I couldn't tell you
the number of academies
00:36:58.28\00:37:01.05
and other organizations
from the Adventist Church
00:37:01.08\00:37:05.02
that have poured into our area.
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.06
People come in,
they're sleeping on the ground,
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.32
in tents or
whatever to help others.
00:37:09.36\00:37:12.13
And giving up themselves
is just such a blessing.
00:37:12.16\00:37:15.23
But I think something
else that we hit on a while ago
00:37:15.26\00:37:20.04
is the frequency
00:37:20.07\00:37:22.80
that these things are happening.
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.77
And this was
alluded to in Matthew 24.
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.81
That's right.
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.18
You know, we know
00:37:29.21\00:37:30.55
that these things
are going to happen.
00:37:30.58\00:37:31.91
So this right here
can strengthen our faith
00:37:31.95\00:37:34.98
in the
prophetic words of Matthew
00:37:35.02\00:37:39.32
and know that these
things are happening
00:37:39.35\00:37:41.06
and know that they're
going to be more frequent.
00:37:41.09\00:37:44.56
And that can tell us
00:37:44.59\00:37:46.06
also that our
Lord is soon to come.
00:37:46.09\00:37:47.93
That's right. Amen.
00:37:47.96\00:37:51.57
Thank you for that
really good insight.
00:37:51.60\00:37:52.93
Yes, it's true.
00:37:52.97\00:37:54.30
Because it's true, I
mean, these are hard...
00:37:54.34\00:37:55.67
More intense,
00:37:55.70\00:37:57.04
the storms are more
intense than ever before.
00:37:57.11\00:37:58.67
Well, they are.
00:37:58.71\00:38:00.08
It's like those birth
pains it's mentioned in...
00:38:00.11\00:38:03.35
And we see those things
happening more and more.
00:38:03.38\00:38:06.18
As was mentioned
here a while ago,
00:38:06.21\00:38:07.92
you've mentioned a
flood in one place,
00:38:07.95\00:38:09.92
well, you had a
tornado somewhere.
00:38:09.95\00:38:12.32
Now we're going back
into hurricane season again.
00:38:12.35\00:38:14.89
There's always a
disaster somewhere, a fire.
00:38:14.92\00:38:18.56
And all these
things are just happening.
00:38:18.59\00:38:20.40
I think we're
seeing, God is pulling
00:38:20.43\00:38:22.80
those protecting hands away
00:38:22.83\00:38:25.23
because of sins of
this earth are just,
00:38:25.27\00:38:27.47
they're just too great.
00:38:27.54\00:38:28.87
That's true.
00:38:28.90\00:38:30.24
We have a number of pictures,
00:38:30.27\00:38:31.61
we're gonna walk
through some of those.
00:38:31.64\00:38:32.97
Yes.
00:38:33.01\00:38:34.34
Nine pictures or so remaining.
00:38:34.38\00:38:35.71
Tell us what this is here.
00:38:35.74\00:38:37.08
So there we are at the City Hall
00:38:37.11\00:38:38.45
in Smiths
Station near Uchee Pines.
00:38:38.48\00:38:39.81
And that is the
path of the tornado.
00:38:39.85\00:38:41.85
Two tornadoes
went on the same path.
00:38:41.88\00:38:44.82
So these people experienced
one tornado after the other,
00:38:44.85\00:38:48.36
not just one, but two.
00:38:48.39\00:38:49.96
Following the same trajectory.
00:38:50.03\00:38:51.36
Yes, exactly.
00:38:51.39\00:38:52.73
So you can imagine.
00:38:52.76\00:38:54.10
And there's Andre,
00:38:54.13\00:38:55.46
those are the books that we had.
00:38:55.50\00:38:56.83
And he was able to give them out
00:38:56.87\00:38:58.20
to the volunteers.
00:38:58.23\00:39:00.24
And this one is a very
special story to my heart
00:39:00.27\00:39:02.97
because this was the last house
00:39:03.00\00:39:05.34
on one of the
days that we went out.
00:39:05.37\00:39:06.88
And we had the children with us.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.38
And this man was really
concerned about the children.
00:39:09.41\00:39:11.38
And he got somewhat
upset and gave a lecture
00:39:11.41\00:39:15.08
about having the children
in such a dangerous area.
00:39:15.12\00:39:18.62
And so I had stayed back
to talk to Red Cross workers
00:39:18.65\00:39:21.86
because, you know,
00:39:21.89\00:39:23.22
you're just
mingling with the people,
00:39:23.26\00:39:24.59
and you're telling
them about Uchee Pines.
00:39:24.63\00:39:25.96
So there was many
good opportunities.
00:39:25.99\00:39:27.66
So when the
children came running back,
00:39:27.70\00:39:29.10
"Oh, go talk to
him, Mommy, he's upset."
00:39:29.13\00:39:31.23
I said, "Well, I
have to give him books."
00:39:31.27\00:39:33.87
So I went up to the man,
very haltingly, you know,
00:39:33.94\00:39:37.24
"Oh, Lord, please help
him not to be upset at me."
00:39:37.31\00:39:39.14
And he had his sunglasses on.
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.34
And he's looking at me.
00:39:41.38\00:39:42.91
And I smiled and I said, "Hi.
00:39:42.94\00:39:44.31
You know, I didn't want to leave
00:39:44.35\00:39:46.21
without giving you a gift."
00:39:46.25\00:39:47.62
He said, "Do you remember me?"
00:39:47.65\00:39:50.49
I said, "No."
00:39:50.52\00:39:51.85
And he pulled up his glasses.
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.36
And he said, "Now
do you remember me?"
00:39:53.39\00:39:55.79
I still couldn't place him.
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.33
And he said, "Last year,
00:39:57.36\00:39:59.46
when my mother's
house was on fire,
00:39:59.49\00:40:01.23
you stopped to offer your help.
00:40:01.26\00:40:03.26
And Samantha was with me."
00:40:03.30\00:40:05.20
I said, "Yes!"
00:40:05.23\00:40:06.57
He says, "I was there."
00:40:06.60\00:40:07.94
I said, "I remember you now."
00:40:07.97\00:40:10.14
That was the day
we were going to town,
00:40:10.21\00:40:12.21
and it had just
went up in flames.
00:40:12.24\00:40:14.71
The fire engine
was not even there yet.
00:40:14.74\00:40:16.34
We passed it.
00:40:16.38\00:40:17.71
I said,
"Samantha, should we stop?"
00:40:17.75\00:40:19.31
"Mommy, Mommy, I
don't think we should."
00:40:19.35\00:40:20.75
I said, "I feel
like we should stop.
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.62
I feel we need
to offer something."
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.02
So we did, and the
mother was out of town,
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.92
but that man was
there, her son, and I said,
00:40:27.96\00:40:30.86
"You know, I told
him where we're from.
00:40:30.93\00:40:32.63
I always carry Uchee
Pines brochures with me,
00:40:32.66\00:40:34.50
there's always the opportunity.
00:40:34.53\00:40:35.86
And I like to staple
GLOW tracts to the back.
00:40:35.90\00:40:38.43
So you don't have to
worry about dropping them,
00:40:38.47\00:40:40.47
you just hand a brochure,
and the GLOW tract is there.
00:40:40.54\00:40:42.97
And I said,
00:40:43.00\00:40:44.94
"If there's something you
think we can help you with,
00:40:44.97\00:40:47.08
please call us."
00:40:47.11\00:40:48.44
And so the mother did call us,
and we were able to help her,
00:40:48.48\00:40:51.15
the church, Uchee
Pines Church with a donation.
00:40:51.18\00:40:54.65
And she was very thankful.
00:40:54.68\00:40:56.02
And I was thinking
00:40:56.05\00:40:57.39
more would come out of
it because like I said,
00:40:57.42\00:40:58.92
we're trying to copy
the Christian Help Work,
00:40:58.95\00:41:01.19
which is meeting
the people's needs
00:41:01.22\00:41:02.69
wherever they are.
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.06
So I thought maybe
00:41:04.13\00:41:05.46
we would be
involved helping to clean up,
00:41:05.49\00:41:07.10
and...
00:41:07.13\00:41:08.46
But nothing ever
really came out of it.
00:41:08.50\00:41:09.83
And I even questioned, Lord,
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.90
"I wonder, what was
the purpose of that?"
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.97
I feel like really
nothing came out of it
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.57
until that day.
00:41:15.60\00:41:16.94
And I met that men
00:41:17.01\00:41:18.77
and I said, "This is amazing."
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.18
Because I hadn't...
00:41:20.21\00:41:21.54
Oh, he called? Yes.
00:41:21.58\00:41:22.91
You have been there at
different time of the...
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.28
Yeah. And now I see him again.
00:41:24.31\00:41:25.65
And I had not been
able to give him any books,
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.72
just the GLOW tract.
00:41:27.75\00:41:29.08
Now we had the opportunity.
00:41:29.12\00:41:30.49
I prayed with him.
00:41:30.52\00:41:31.85
We had a great conversation,
and I gave him the books.
00:41:31.89\00:41:33.66
And I see those
books in his hand.
00:41:33.69\00:41:35.46
Yes, exactly.
00:41:35.49\00:41:36.83
And this was wonderful
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.23
because this is at
the Baptist Church again.
00:41:38.26\00:41:40.80
And so you see our
box of books there,
00:41:40.83\00:41:43.13
the cardboard, we set it down,
00:41:43.16\00:41:45.50
the woman on my
left in the gray shirt,
00:41:45.53\00:41:49.17
they're from the
church in Opelika,
00:41:49.20\00:41:50.81
the Adventist Church.
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.17
The woman on the
right, she's a volunteer.
00:41:52.21\00:41:54.71
And when she saw the
book, she picked it up.
00:41:54.74\00:41:57.15
She didn't know
that I had brought it
00:41:57.18\00:41:58.51
and she said, "Who
brought these books?"
00:41:58.55\00:41:59.88
And I was a little
nervous because I wasn't sure.
00:41:59.91\00:42:02.55
And they all pointed at me.
00:42:02.58\00:42:03.92
She said, "We thought of
water, we thought of food,
00:42:03.99\00:42:06.86
but nobody thought of this.
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.22
Do you have more?"
00:42:08.26\00:42:09.59
I said, "Yes."
00:42:09.62\00:42:10.96
And it was so wonderful.
00:42:10.99\00:42:12.33
As I'm seeing the volunteers
were picking up the books,
00:42:12.36\00:42:14.96
holding them to their
chest, walking to their car,
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.77
looking at me with a smile.
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.13
I was like, "Oh,
praise the Lord."
00:42:19.17\00:42:20.54
I thank you for this. Yes.
00:42:20.57\00:42:21.90
Because when the food is gone...
00:42:21.94\00:42:23.27
Yeah, then the
books are still there.
00:42:23.30\00:42:24.64
So it was wonderful.
00:42:24.67\00:42:26.01
Yes.
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.38
And this is a
group of us on Sabbath
00:42:27.41\00:42:29.01
from the Uchee Pines
Church, we were able to go...
00:42:29.04\00:42:33.11
This is at the City
Hall in Smiths Station.
00:42:33.15\00:42:35.45
And, you know,
we can't do the work
00:42:35.48\00:42:38.55
of clearing on Sabbath,
00:42:38.59\00:42:39.92
but they had a
special assignment
00:42:39.95\00:42:41.29
we could do.
00:42:41.32\00:42:42.66
They gave us flyers
00:42:42.69\00:42:44.03
to go to the people
00:42:44.06\00:42:45.39
on the tornado
path, door to door,
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.83
telling them about
an upcoming FEMA meeting
00:42:47.86\00:42:50.17
where they could have
their questions answered.
00:42:50.20\00:42:52.07
So again, access to the people.
00:42:52.10\00:42:53.94
This is when we got to hear
miraculous stories of survival.
00:42:53.97\00:42:57.94
We got to hear them.
00:42:57.97\00:42:59.31
And we got to pray with
them, and cry with them,
00:42:59.34\00:43:01.24
and give them the literature.
00:43:01.28\00:43:02.61
Do you remember
any of those stories?
00:43:02.64\00:43:03.98
Yes, one, she's there.
00:43:04.05\00:43:06.15
I was praying with her.
00:43:06.18\00:43:07.52
That's a selfie
of me and my partner.
00:43:07.55\00:43:10.29
That's one...
00:43:10.32\00:43:11.65
Actually, across
the street from her,
00:43:11.69\00:43:13.36
the house had to be
completely taken away.
00:43:13.39\00:43:15.79
It was 90...
00:43:15.82\00:43:18.59
No, a woman in her 100s
00:43:18.63\00:43:20.80
was in the house
across the street
00:43:20.83\00:43:22.33
from her and survived.
00:43:22.36\00:43:23.70
Wow.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.10
Yes, it's incredible, amazing.
00:43:25.13\00:43:27.77
But there's another woman.
00:43:27.80\00:43:29.64
It's the one
right before the cross,
00:43:29.67\00:43:31.87
the wooden cross.
00:43:31.91\00:43:34.08
She was in a brick house,
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.28
and she said that the
tornado went right over her,
00:43:36.31\00:43:39.15
and it felt like an
agitator going like this.
00:43:39.18\00:43:41.82
And so there's...
00:43:41.85\00:43:47.29
The uncle lives on the
property in a mobile home.
00:43:47.36\00:43:50.73
And that mobile home
was completely demolished,
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.69
but he happened not
to be there that day.
00:43:52.73\00:43:55.40
And so if he had been there,
00:43:55.43\00:43:56.97
I don't think he
would have survived.
00:43:57.00\00:43:58.60
And so that was
the first tornado
00:43:58.63\00:43:59.97
that went over her.
00:44:00.04\00:44:01.37
And when that did,
00:44:01.40\00:44:02.97
they ran to check on her mother
00:44:03.00\00:44:04.84
that lived in
another mobile home.
00:44:04.87\00:44:06.27
And the tornado was so strong,
00:44:06.31\00:44:08.14
it completely licked up
all the water out of her pool.
00:44:08.18\00:44:10.55
So we got to see...
00:44:10.58\00:44:11.91
it was completely empty.
00:44:11.95\00:44:13.31
And so they went
running to the mother,
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.02
the mother was fine,
00:44:15.05\00:44:16.38
but then they
got the notification
00:44:16.42\00:44:18.92
that another tornado was coming.
00:44:18.95\00:44:20.76
But the husband didn't know,
he had already gone outside,
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.56
ran back to the house.
00:44:23.63\00:44:24.96
But right as he ran
back into the house,
00:44:24.99\00:44:26.59
closed the door, that's
when the second tornado came.
00:44:26.63\00:44:28.33
Yeah. So...
00:44:28.36\00:44:29.70
Is he okay?
00:44:29.73\00:44:31.07
Yes, that's what...
00:44:31.10\00:44:32.43
Everybody was fine.
00:44:32.47\00:44:33.84
She was crying as
she's telling this.
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.54
The man next door to her,
there's another picture of us
00:44:35.57\00:44:38.07
with a man in a mobile home.
00:44:38.11\00:44:41.44
This man right here.
00:44:41.48\00:44:42.81
Right next door to
him, there was a mobile home
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.65
that was completely demolished
and nobody was living there.
00:44:44.68\00:44:47.42
But he was hovering
00:44:47.45\00:44:49.35
over his mother in her 90s
00:44:49.38\00:44:51.22
to protect her thinking...
00:44:51.25\00:44:52.85
And they
couldn't go to the closet
00:44:52.89\00:44:54.46
because the
mother is handicapped.
00:44:54.49\00:44:56.39
And so he just was
there, helpless, hovering over.
00:44:56.42\00:44:59.66
He's telling me
and he has tears.
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.53
When we prayed with him,
00:45:01.56\00:45:02.96
I heard and saw the
tears dripping from his eyes
00:45:03.00\00:45:06.00
onto his new porch.
00:45:06.03\00:45:07.37
It's the only thing he
needed was a new porch.
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.14
Otherwise, he was protected.
00:45:09.17\00:45:10.51
And those two tornadoes
went over his mobile home.
00:45:10.54\00:45:13.24
Wow.
00:45:13.27\00:45:14.61
Yeah.
00:45:14.64\00:45:15.98
Lord preserves.
00:45:16.01\00:45:17.35
Yes.
00:45:17.38\00:45:18.71
And was this the couple?
00:45:18.75\00:45:20.12
His mother was in 90s,
00:45:20.15\00:45:21.48
and there was
another lady in her 100s.
00:45:21.52\00:45:22.85
In her 100s.
00:45:22.88\00:45:24.22
Wow, wow. Yes.
00:45:24.25\00:45:25.59
The house needs to be
completely demolished,
00:45:25.62\00:45:27.92
but somehow the Lord
was able to preserve her
00:45:27.96\00:45:30.03
in whatever was
left in that house.
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.46
Have any of the
people further asked,
00:45:32.49\00:45:35.36
"Well, what else can
Uchee Pines do for me?"
00:45:35.40\00:45:39.17
And has it opened doors
for some of these people
00:45:39.20\00:45:41.00
to even look into Uchee Pines?
00:45:41.04\00:45:43.00
It does because
they're very happy
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.94
to learn what it's about.
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.31
They're very interested.
00:45:47.38\00:45:48.71
And many of them
know about Country Life.
00:45:48.74\00:45:50.35
Oh, we've eaten there,
we've gone there to shop,
00:45:50.38\00:45:52.71
we didn't know that it
had a lifestyle center.
00:45:52.75\00:45:55.68
They're very
interested to learn more
00:45:55.72\00:45:58.32
and to go on the website.
00:45:58.35\00:45:59.69
And we have a
seminar once a year
00:45:59.72\00:46:01.56
so that they can come.
00:46:01.59\00:46:02.96
Oh, God. Yes.
00:46:02.99\00:46:04.33
I wanted to mention
that when we were working in,
00:46:04.36\00:46:07.00
you know, assessing the damage
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.36
and working with
other volunteers,
00:46:08.40\00:46:11.27
providentially,
00:46:11.30\00:46:12.63
I just ran into a
man from that group,
00:46:12.67\00:46:15.84
who just the day before,
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.64
was at Country Life
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.27
Vegetarian Store
and the Restaurant
00:46:19.31\00:46:22.08
that we operate
in Columbus, Georgia,
00:46:22.11\00:46:25.31
which actually is part
of Uchee Pines' operation,
00:46:25.35\00:46:28.18
who received
health counseling there.
00:46:28.22\00:46:31.19
We have
lifestyle counselors there
00:46:31.22\00:46:32.75
that give very nice, very good,
00:46:32.79\00:46:35.56
in fact, it's like
a miniature hospital
00:46:35.59\00:46:37.96
where people have
like a family practice,
00:46:37.99\00:46:40.03
you may say, because people come
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.83
with all kinds of diseases.
00:46:41.86\00:46:43.30
I worked there for six
years and that's how I felt.
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.43
You know, you feel
like a family doctor
00:46:46.47\00:46:47.90
because this is
like our big family,
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.24
you know, extended family.
00:46:50.31\00:46:51.74
And he was there and he
received his counseling.
00:46:51.77\00:46:55.11
And now we're
working side by side,
00:46:55.14\00:46:57.45
and he is realizing
00:46:57.48\00:46:58.81
that we are from
the same organization.
00:46:58.85\00:47:01.32
And so we had a
wonderful talk with him.
00:47:01.35\00:47:03.52
I was able to
reinforce certain things
00:47:03.59\00:47:05.42
that he had just heard.
00:47:05.45\00:47:07.26
And so amazing how God works.
00:47:07.29\00:47:09.29
Providentially, we
come to help, like that man,
00:47:09.32\00:47:11.86
he came to help,
but he got the help.
00:47:11.89\00:47:14.33
Wow. We were put
on the same thing.
00:47:14.36\00:47:15.76
Coming to the
witness of the man that
00:47:15.80\00:47:18.80
Amy spoke of earlier
00:47:18.83\00:47:21.07
that she had
shown up at his house
00:47:21.10\00:47:23.44
the second time in a year,
00:47:23.51\00:47:25.47
the first time met in
a fire to mother's house.
00:47:25.51\00:47:28.28
You think of the impression
and I bet Uchee Pines,
00:47:28.31\00:47:32.25
that word will never leave...
00:47:32.28\00:47:34.98
The organization will
never go out of his mind again.
00:47:35.02\00:47:36.35
That's right.
00:47:36.38\00:47:37.72
That's true.
00:47:37.75\00:47:39.09
And how many people
has he told that story to?
00:47:39.12\00:47:41.66
Oh, and the Bible,
when I gave him the Bible,
00:47:41.69\00:47:44.13
he said, "I just gave
my Bible away yesterday
00:47:44.16\00:47:47.20
to a nine-year-old
girl, she didn't have one."
00:47:47.23\00:47:49.33
And I said, "Well,
I'll just give it to you."
00:47:49.36\00:47:50.70
"And now I'm getting it back.
00:47:50.77\00:47:52.10
This is amazing."
00:47:52.13\00:47:53.47
Look at that. Yeah.
00:47:53.50\00:47:54.84
That's a great
opportunity to reach people
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.20
because they are more
receptive during that time.
00:47:56.24\00:47:57.81
Exactly.
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.17
They need something
and that comfort of mind,
00:47:59.21\00:48:01.64
I think, of just there's
no televisions and stuff,
00:48:01.68\00:48:05.25
when the electric
power's out and so forth,
00:48:05.28\00:48:08.62
to read the Bible,
to read any literature
00:48:08.65\00:48:11.55
that we give out,
00:48:11.59\00:48:13.66
I think it has a more beneficial
00:48:13.69\00:48:15.86
than what we realize.
00:48:15.89\00:48:17.53
How many more people now
00:48:17.56\00:48:18.89
you know as a result of disaster
00:48:18.93\00:48:21.63
that you did not know before?
00:48:21.66\00:48:23.20
And I mean you don't
count it, but we're just saying,
00:48:23.23\00:48:25.97
the Lord allows these moments
00:48:26.00\00:48:28.14
to rekindle a
fire in other people
00:48:28.17\00:48:30.11
that otherwise
would not have been.
00:48:30.14\00:48:31.47
Yes.
00:48:31.51\00:48:32.84
And the books in the homes,
00:48:32.87\00:48:34.21
you'll never know the
impact of those seeds,
00:48:34.28\00:48:36.04
all those Bibles.
00:48:36.08\00:48:37.68
Even the mayor of
Smith's Station received
00:48:37.71\00:48:39.05
the books when we went there.
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.42
Even the mayor?
00:48:40.45\00:48:41.78
So puts us in great
contact with the city leaders.
00:48:41.82\00:48:44.69
So if you were ever
able to go to those cities
00:48:44.72\00:48:47.76
that you went to help and said,
00:48:47.79\00:48:50.13
"Uchee Pines wants to do
an outreach this weekend."
00:48:50.16\00:48:53.03
They would be more willing.
00:48:53.06\00:48:54.53
Can you imagine what
kind of impact that would be?
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.80
And that's our goal.
00:48:56.87\00:48:58.20
That's what we're trying to do.
00:48:58.23\00:48:59.80
We're trying to do more
of the Christian Help Work
00:48:59.83\00:49:02.30
because then it will
cause them to want to come
00:49:02.34\00:49:05.01
if we are having a program,
especially at our church.
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.78
Our church is not
only going to be a church
00:49:07.81\00:49:09.14
but a community center.
00:49:09.18\00:49:10.55
Wow.
00:49:10.58\00:49:11.91
We have a large fellowship hall
that we want to do programs,
00:49:11.95\00:49:15.22
but we have to
lay the groundwork.
00:49:15.25\00:49:16.82
We have to show the people
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.22
we love them,
we care about them,
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.95
and that we want to help them
in whatever way they need it.
00:49:19.99\00:49:24.86
That will cause
them to want to come.
00:49:24.89\00:49:26.23
Yeah.
00:49:26.26\00:49:27.60
And you've already
started laying the groundwork.
00:49:27.63\00:49:28.96
Yeah, 3ABN Radio's there.
00:49:29.00\00:49:30.80
Yes.
00:49:30.87\00:49:32.20
Pastor Rosario has reached out
00:49:32.23\00:49:36.37
to all the small towns
00:49:36.40\00:49:39.04
that go around our church there.
00:49:39.07\00:49:42.01
He has invited the
mayors, the police chief,
00:49:42.04\00:49:48.12
all the people who work
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.48
in emergency
services staff to our church.
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.72
And we've had a recognition
day for two of the cities now.
00:49:51.75\00:49:56.12
And he's building
quite a friendship
00:49:56.16\00:50:00.20
in the
neighborhood if you would.
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.30
And so I'm sure
that through them,
00:50:02.33\00:50:05.67
they also know
exactly where we are.
00:50:05.70\00:50:09.24
These people have all
said they've never been treated
00:50:09.27\00:50:13.14
the way that we've treated them
when they came to our church.
00:50:13.17\00:50:16.41
And we've got some good
cooks there too as you can see.
00:50:16.44\00:50:21.88
One of the benefits.
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.25
I think there's...
00:50:23.28\00:50:25.75
We need to take
every opportunity
00:50:25.79\00:50:28.99
that's available to us
00:50:29.02\00:50:32.06
to tell others about
00:50:32.09\00:50:34.76
what service do we
have in our church,
00:50:34.80\00:50:36.53
to try to reach out to others.
00:50:36.56\00:50:39.37
As we spoke of
earlier in Matthew,
00:50:39.40\00:50:43.07
he didn't tell us...
00:50:43.10\00:50:44.74
The first thing we
were to do is to go.
00:50:44.77\00:50:46.61
Right.
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.01
We are to take that message
00:50:48.04\00:50:49.41
out there to
the world whoever...
00:50:49.44\00:50:51.18
It starts right
there at home too.
00:50:51.21\00:50:53.72
Amen.
00:50:53.75\00:50:55.08
And that's why, you
know, those who are watching
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.79
and listening to the program,
00:50:56.82\00:50:58.15
they need to find out
more about Uchee Pines
00:50:58.19\00:50:59.89
and how to get in touch with you
00:50:59.92\00:51:01.69
because this not
only is Uchee Pines
00:51:01.72\00:51:04.13
taking on that ministry,
00:51:04.16\00:51:06.13
that new ministry of going out,
00:51:06.16\00:51:08.10
but also they
had a lot to offer.
00:51:08.13\00:51:09.80
And our guests here today
would like to let you know.
00:51:09.83\00:51:14.30
So here is the information
that you need to get in touch
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.51
with Uchee Pines
00:51:17.54\00:51:19.24
and find out more
about their missions,
00:51:19.27\00:51:20.78
their health programs,
their lifestyle center,
00:51:20.81\00:51:23.65
and what their ministry can do,
00:51:23.68\00:51:25.75
and how it could
impact your life.
00:51:25.78\00:51:30.19
If you would like
to help the Uchee Pines
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.12
Seventh-day Adventist Church
in their outreach to families
00:51:32.15\00:51:35.19
who have suffered
through a disaster,
00:51:35.22\00:51:37.23
they'd love to hear from you.
00:51:37.26\00:51:38.99
Find out how you can
take part in their efforts
00:51:39.03\00:51:41.36
by calling 877-824-3374.
00:51:41.40\00:51:45.77
You may also donate
online through their website
00:51:45.80\00:51:48.74
UcheePinesAL.
AdventistChurch.org.
00:51:48.77\00:51:52.97
If you would
like to write to them,
00:51:53.01\00:51:54.38
their address is Uchee Pines,
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:51:54.41\00:51:57.38
30 Uchee Pines Road, Lot
30, Seale, Alabama, 36875.
00:51:57.45\00:52:03.72