I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
another 3ABN program,
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Today program.
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And I'm telling
you I'm so excited.
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I know it.
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About our guests today and...
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Me too. Where we're going?
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We're gonna be
traveling all the way to Russia.
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And so I know for me,
this is a great opportunity.
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I love talking to
Sister Julia Outkina.
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Yeah.
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Julia, I'm so glad
that you're here today.
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Oh, I'm so happy to
be here, Yvonneshka.
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Now I was so
excited to introduce her
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that I got to say thank
you to all of our viewers
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for your love, and your prayers,
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and financial support,
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and welcome you to this program.
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But things are
happening around the world
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that says Jesus is coming soon.
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That's right. That's right.
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And when you say Jesus said,
"Go ye into all the world."
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And you see that places
like the ex- Soviet Union
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that was closed off,
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they call it the Iron Curtain
for a reason for so many years.
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Then God opened it,
physically tore the wall down
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but then spiritually,
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and to see what is
happening is amazing to me.
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And we couldn't do it,
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of course, without
each and every one of you.
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So Yvonne,
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tell me little bit about Julia,
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and what you've
learned about Julia
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in the last few
years you've known her?
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You know, when I
first came to 3ABN,
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I heard you talk about Julia.
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And Julia, the spiritual side
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and the giving side and just,
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but when I met her,
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you see Jesus in Julia.
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Yeah.
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And that is just, I mean,
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there's no
better thing than that
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than to see Jesus in someone.
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She's so caring and giving
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and when we go to Russia,
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she and her team
were so loving and...
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Aren't they?
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Yes, just loving
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and by this shall all men
know that you're my disciples,
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if you have love one for another
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and Julia has that.
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So we just love Julia.
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A heart for people and
a heart for the gospel.
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Absolutely, so
welcome back home.
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Thank you so
much. I feel at home.
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Yeah, that's for sure.
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Feel happy
Absolutely, when I go to Russia,
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it's my second home
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and this is
hopefully your second home.
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Yes.
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There are four of us who
have come this time today
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and just present updating you
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on what's
happening at 3ABN Russia
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and then we'll
have another program
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with other people.
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So we entered the apartment
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where we're staying here at
3ABN, a beautiful apartment.
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As always 3ABN takes
such good care of the people
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who come here.
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And then I see that balloon
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and it says welcome home, heart,
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and it says welcome home
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and beautiful
flowers and the fruit.
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Thank you so much.
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It seems.
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Literally, it's
almost impossible.
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It's been 27 years,
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since you and I
met in Russia, 1992.
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Wow! I mean, that's amazing.
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3ABN,
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we were, you know,
went on the air in '86.
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The idea came, it
actually went full time in '86.
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So just six years later,
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we were in Russia.
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And it didn't
seem like at the time,
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seemed like we were networked
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and, you know, was
going along growing,
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doing all these things.
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And now I look back
and I say we're all...
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Julia and I were
both in our late 30s.
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You know, when
I went back there,
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I think I was hitting,
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maybe it's 40 and
you're too behind me.
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Oh, I shouldn't tell.
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She is several years,
several years behind me.
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No, no, don't go there.
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Several years
behind me, does that help.
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Young enough to be my daughter.
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Oh, wow! Yeah.
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I got to be truthful
but she is younger than me.
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But I remember we
were so young at the time,
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and took on a huge project,
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you know, and all
these years later,
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you're still there.
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What a blessing. Yeah.
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How did you two
meet, you and Julia?
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I'll let her tell you. Okay.
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That's an interesting story.
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You know, I started attending
Pastor John Carter's meetings
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because they were in
the English language.
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Of course, they spoke
in the English language
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and I was a teacher of English
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and I wanted to
listen to English.
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And then the
message penetrated my heart
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and my brother was the governor
of Nizhny Novgorod province
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at that time.
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And I went to his office once,
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everything was so simple,
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you know, no
security, no guards,
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and I went into the back room,
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where my brother
relax, took his...
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Oh, no some
time to eat something
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or to drink his tea.
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And there I went into that room,
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I opened the door a little bit
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that led to his office,
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and there I see all those people
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who I saw on this
stage of a huge sports arena
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during those meetings.
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There was Pastor John
Carter, there was Danny,
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there was their
attorney, Harold followed,
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and other people
from the United States.
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So that was the first
time when I really, you know,
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saw Danny, and
then after that meeting,
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I came up to them, I
came up to the group.
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So probably that
was the first time
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when we just
saw one and another.
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Yeah, you know what
we were doing there?
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What?
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We didn't go over
our own free will,
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Pastor Carter
knocked on my door and said,
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the governor wants to see us.
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And he said, "I don't think
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he's too happy
about all the baptisms
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that's been taking place."
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We had 2,532
people that were baptized.
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And so the governor in the arch,
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I don't know, it's
archbishop. Yeah, archbishop.
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Archbishop wants to talk,
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they want to talk to you.
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So I and, you
know, I jokingly said,
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"Well, let me know how it
goes or something like that."
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And he's like,
"No, they want you too,
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you know, you're
part of this 3ABN,
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you're the media part,"
so we went to visit him.
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And at first it was a pretty,
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you know, her
brother was, was very direct,
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but he was nice,
has nice face about him.
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Very young.
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I think he was 33
years old or some at the time
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33, 34 years old,
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and very young, maybe 35,
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I don't remember, early 30s.
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And so he looked too
young to be a governor.
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And so, but he was
there and so the archbishop,
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he told, asked Elder
Carter, "What are you doing?"
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"Baptizing people."
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'And why are you
baptizing people?"
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The Russians are,
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you know, baptized
are sprinkled into the,
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I guess, the Orthodox,
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Russian Orthodox
Church when they're babies.
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And so you really
don't need to do any of this.
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And so why are
you doing all of this?
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And, you know, we really,
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and, you know,
the Orthodox priest
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actually ran the conversation.
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And I felt like the governor
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was just trying to listen to him
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and maybe appease him.
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And not sure
where he stood himself,
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but I think he was
supportive of the church
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because that's the, you
know, the Russian church.
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Traditional Russian.
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Yeah, and so, as we
begin to talk Elder Carter,
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really, I mean, he
would spoke so boldly,
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I couldn't believe
how boldly he spoke.
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And so there, her
brother said something like,
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well, you know, you
all gonna have to leave.
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And Elder Carter said,
"Well, you can send us out,
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but we will come back.
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There's more
Adventists and all the people
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who have joined
the Adventist Church,
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they're gonna be
witnessing to people."
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And so then he said,
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and besides US News
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and World Report
governor said that
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you are the most
democratic governor
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in all the Ex-Soviet Union.
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But he said, it
doesn't sound like it to me
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because he said in America,
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the Russian Orthodox
Church is a minority,
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but we don't kick them out.
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And we don't tell
them, they can't be here
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and proselytize
or try to win people.
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And so he says,
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so you shouldn't do that either
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if you're a
democratic government,
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you should support,
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you know, both of us.
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And so, finally,
the governor said,
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well, why do we
need the baptism?
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So that's when
Elder Carter said,
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"Oh, I happened
to have a letter."
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And I didn't know at the
time if he knew in advance,
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or if it just the Lord
worked it out that way.
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But he pulled out this letter.
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He said, may I read it?
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The governor was
like, you know, okay.
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So he said, yeah,
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and I just remember
part of it started out.
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Thank you all for coming in.
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And your message is
brought me out of darkness
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into marvelous light, something
like that, right Julia?
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It was a long letter.
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It was several
pages, six pages, I think.
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Wow!
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And so he started...
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I just described my
experience with the Lord
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that I had
through those meetings.
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And so the governor
was not that impressed,
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or the archbishop tell
at the end, he's like, okay.
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And he says, this
letter was written governed by,
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or he said something
like, who wrote this letter?
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Who is this from?
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And he said, Julia Outkina
and the governor's like, who?
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The Julia Outkina. He
goes, that's my sister.
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Oh, wow!
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Look at God,
look at how God just,
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how He brought
you together and...
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That changed
everything. Incredible.
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And he said, and I
didn't know that she would,
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was walking in or
looking through the back door
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because we hadn't met.
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And he said, when he
said, that's my sister
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and he knew Julia
is his older sister,
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and he trusted
her and loved her,
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knew she wouldn't
just be out, whatever.
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So literally,
everything changed.
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So he told that the
governor, you know what?
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We're just gonna
have to get together,
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we have a greater
enemy than each other
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is communism,
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we don't want communism back.
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So we're gonna, you know,
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have to make room for everybody.
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And, of course, the
archbishop wasn't happy at all.
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So then he said to somebody,
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we're gonna get
the media in here.
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And he told him
that I never forget,
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he told the archbishop,
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you smile when camera comes on.
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And you shake hands.
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Yeah, shake hands
with Elder Carter.
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Yeah.
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And you smile, he said.
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Wow.
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And so, you know, then
he took over the meeting.
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But after that, I mean,
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her brother was
always a tremendous support
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when I got to meet
him on a, you know,
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more in a personal way, after,
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you know,
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this particular time
and getting to know him
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and he was always supportive.
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And for those that
don't know, Julia's brother,
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Boris Nemtsov was
one literally was,
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just say, killed or executed,
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but in Moscow,
assassinated in Moscow.
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How many years? Is that four?
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2015, February of 2015.
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About four years ago,
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and that, which is terrible.
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I mean, because he was part
of like an opposition group,
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or, you know, and of course,
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so I don't know
if they ever decided
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or who knows,
God knows what it is.
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But what a tremendous
work that your brother did
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because I know, out of the...
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I think there was a 12
or 13 foreign businesses
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that was opened up
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into Nizhny Novgorod
into Russia in that area.
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He had 52 million
people in his constituency.
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Huge.
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I mean,
tremendous amount of people
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and there were only I think,
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12 or 13 foreign businesses
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that they allowed to come in
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and actually get
property like we did.
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And out of those
within I think two years,
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I think, every one
of those businesses
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were, went left,
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either went to front or left,
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and we're the only
ones that stayed in there
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but a lot of it was, you know,
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his support in so many ways
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that you know, he
didn't just get up
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and say this is
gonna happen or that.
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But if we had
questions, had ideas
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and whatever that he
was able to support 3ABN
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and, of course, he loved
Julia, you know, so much.
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Yeah. Thank you, Danny.
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You know,
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Danny always is
a vibrant speaker.
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And as far as that
meeting is concerned,
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he just told me,
he said, you know,
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it was probably one
of very few meetings
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in the governor's
office when I couldn't speak,
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I just listen to
what other people said.
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Because that
was, and you know, I,
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Danny he always kind of
says good things about me,
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whenever he can.
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And I want to
take this opportunity
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to say the most wonderful things
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about Danny.
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Jesus in Danny, this is
what Danny likes to say.
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He says, I'm not
lifting up, Julia,
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I'm lifting up Jesus in Julia.
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And I want to
take this opportunity
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to lift up Jesus in Danny.
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Because you know, it
is the purity of his heart
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and it is the
boldness of his vision
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that has made
3ABN Russia possible.
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Because if his
intentions were not pure,
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the Lord wouldn't
bless the way He has blessed.
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If his intentions were not pure,
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the Lord wouldn't
have blessed 3ABN the way
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He has blessed 3ABN worldwide
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because the Lord knows it all.
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And, you know, and the
most amazing thing for me
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is his faith.
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No matter what happens,
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you know, it is my example,
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what Danny says,
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I don't lose sleep over the bad.
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Really terrible
things happening sometimes
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to people like him,
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because the devil
is so much against,
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he doesn't want God's
work to go around the world.
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So Danny says, I
never lose my sleep.
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And I think how calm,
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how can you not lose your sleep.
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I lose my sleep
over so many things,
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sometimes even
very small things.
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And then, you know,
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27 years is a long time.
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I was baptized 27 years ago,
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and it is a growing
process for all of us.
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I'm convinced about that
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and I'm sure
that growing process
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will continue till the end,
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till our very last breath.
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Because we're all
unfit for the kingdom.
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There's no, not a
single person who is fit,
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and the Lord
just to make us happy,
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to make us happy in Him,
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to make us pure in Him,
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He puts us through all
those difficult circumstances
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where we make
our choices for Him,
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for His kingdom,
for His character
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and that's what
we grow through it.
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So what I want to say it is,
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again, uplifting Jesus in Danny,
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but due to him, there is 3ABN
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and there is 3ABN Russia
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and they continue
to flourish in the Lord
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and Lord's cause continues.
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I believe only in
the eternity will we know
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what 3ABN has
done around the world.
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Because we don't see
the viewers physically,
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they see us but
we don't see them.
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And then you don't
have enough feedback to know
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what's happening there.
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And only in the eternity
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we will know how mass
media affects the hearts
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when the message
comes into human home.
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So thank you, Danny, I
remember about those things.
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I don't lose my
sleep over any bad things.
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Because why?
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Because he trusts the Lord.
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That's right.
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He knows, whatever the Lord does
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is the best thing for all of us,
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for Danny, for the
ministry, for everything.
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And he knows
that God has His hand
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on him and this ministry.
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This ministry is God's ministry,
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and so God protects it
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and guides it
and has given Danny
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the personality
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to be at the helm of it.
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And that's such a blessing,
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you know, the
strength and the faith
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and it all comes from the Lord,
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so we praise the Lord for that.
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He hates when we talk about him,
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by the way, I
know he's squirming.
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Yeah, he is speechless again.
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But he always very
good at telling others,
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you know, how much they've
done and all that and so.
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You know, we
should say this on time
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because let us not
say those things too late.
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That's right. Yeah.
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And just, you
know, praise the Lord,
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praise the Lord, for,
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you know, for people like Danny,
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for the ministry like 3ABN.
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It makes the
difference in the world.
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You know, people do things,
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it doesn't mean
anybody's perfect.
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We all make mistakes,
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we all fall short
of the glory of God,
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we all sin,
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but we keep coming back.
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And when you at
home, don't be discouraged.
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No matter what happens to you,
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what people are
saying about you,
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maybe even if it's true,
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you just say,
Lord, please forgive me.
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And you know what?
The Lord will forgive you.
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And He says,
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"He will forgive
us from our sins,
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cleanse us from
all unrighteousness."
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We can get up on our feet,
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take off again,
we get knocked down.
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Satan will hate you
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if you're about
the Lord's business.
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In fact, I always like to say,
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there're lot of people,
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he's got all
this little, little,
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what do you call them?
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Little, little...
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Minions. Yeah.
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But people
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who are on the
front line for the Lord,
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he knows, the
devil knows their names.
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And he's after, he's out to
steal, kill, and to destroy.
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Things that have
happened to Julia
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in the last
number of years are just,
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you know, some of you
look and say this is terrible.
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How does she keep going?
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In the same year, last year,
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not only your
brother, and your husband,
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you know, in an accident.
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I mean, this is just
terrible to be able to do that,
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and then continue to
go on and to go forward.
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But you can only do that
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because the peace
that you have in the Lord.
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So, Julia, for instance,
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when we went to Russia,
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and we're just talking today,
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and maybe I'm sure
there's a reason for it.
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And the Lord
wants somebody to hear
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but when we went to Russia,
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as I said, I don't think I was,
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maybe I was right
around 40 years old.
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I thought I was,
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you know, oldest,
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I ever needed to be
and now look back...
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I was 39. Yeah.
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So you may have been 40.
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Yeah, 40, 41.
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So I...
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Well, it's '92 I was
born, 51, so I'd been 41.
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And so when I went
there, I turned on my birthday,
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I think in Russia I was
there on my birthday on May 19,
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my birthday but
when I went there,
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and we saw this huge,
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you know,
amount, a great response
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that you know,
00:19:01.54\00:19:03.04
the church in Nizhny
held like 200 people or 250.
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And so when we went
to build this facility
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and the government had opened up
00:19:10.28\00:19:11.81
for the first
time for foreigners
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and then eight acres of property
00:19:13.31\00:19:15.02
and then look like
a bombed out shelter.
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What happened?
They never finished.
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What was supposed
to be, what was it?
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A theater or...
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Yeah, a Palace of
Culture for a metal plant,
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metal factory that was nearby.
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Yeah.
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And so it never got
finished in this huge facility.
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Maybe 250,000 square
feet of, it's so big,
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you've never really
figured out how to measure
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'cause you can't
just walk around it
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and measure.
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At time you go upstairs,
00:19:41.01\00:19:42.34
Jim's on like,
there were six floors
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or something, is way up.
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And then, of course,
00:19:45.25\00:19:46.58
there's a basement
under the whole thing.
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But to go there and see this,
00:19:47.98\00:19:49.32
I'll never forget Bob
Ellis and Bob is now resting,
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you know, and waiting a second
coming as of few months ago.
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And so Bob went
and I was telling him,
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he's a newspaper writer,
00:19:59.43\00:20:02.40
here in Southern Illinois,
a very well-known person.
00:20:02.43\00:20:05.10
And I said, Bob,
00:20:05.13\00:20:06.47
the Lord has opened the door,
we bought this huge facility,
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we're gonna build this,
00:20:09.34\00:20:11.94
you know, I
don't know at the time
00:20:11.97\00:20:13.81
if we call it
Christian Cultural Center
00:20:13.88\00:20:15.91
or what it was,
00:20:15.94\00:20:17.28
but we're building
this huge facility there
00:20:17.35\00:20:19.11
for the glory of God.
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So I want you to
come back with me.
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And he said, "Oh, I'd love it."
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When we went there
and when we got out,
00:20:23.82\00:20:27.26
drove up to the place,
00:20:27.29\00:20:28.62
there was water
trucks out in the street
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with great big
pumps in the basement,
00:20:30.76\00:20:33.40
were all been flooded.
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And so they were pouring out
00:20:34.80\00:20:36.13
thousands and
thousands of gallons of water
00:20:36.16\00:20:38.83
was in it, was a muddy mess.
00:20:38.87\00:20:40.54
And there was trees growing,
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you could hardly
see the building,
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trees all over,
weeds, I mean, brush.
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And it was like,
00:20:45.57\00:20:46.91
you had to duck
through and move things.
00:20:46.98\00:20:48.64
We actually have
some of that video
00:20:48.68\00:20:50.25
that maybe we'll
be able to show here
00:20:50.28\00:20:52.48
that how just trying to find it.
00:20:52.51\00:20:54.48
And Bob went back to the room
00:20:54.52\00:20:56.92
and he told me later,
00:20:56.99\00:20:58.32
"I've never been so
depressed in my life."
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How are you come
into a place like Russia,
00:21:01.42\00:21:04.03
and you have nothing over here,
00:21:04.06\00:21:05.76
you don't know anybody
00:21:05.79\00:21:07.13
and you think
you're gonna make a,
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.63
you know, an
evangelism center here.
00:21:09.66\00:21:12.00
This is impossible.
00:21:12.03\00:21:13.54
So he took it a
lot worse than we.
00:21:13.57\00:21:15.20
I was encouraged, I said,
00:21:15.24\00:21:16.57
man, God has just
opened the doors and he's like,
00:21:16.60\00:21:19.21
that's the biggest
mess I've ever seen.
00:21:19.24\00:21:21.98
You know, it'll take
you years to finish that
00:21:22.01\00:21:24.78
and no telling how much money
00:21:24.81\00:21:26.61
but I just knew
the Lord said to do it,
00:21:26.65\00:21:29.35
opened up the doors.
00:21:29.38\00:21:30.89
And then later Bob
tells the story himself.
00:21:30.92\00:21:33.36
He said, I never believed
in the inward but miracle.
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.03
But I learned to
traveling with 3ABN
00:21:37.06\00:21:41.13
to see when God
open so many doors.
00:21:41.16\00:21:44.10
But while the facility is big,
00:21:44.17\00:21:46.10
all of that, that's
not the main reason.
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To me the emphasis is on souls
00:21:50.24\00:21:52.44
coming to the kingdom of God.
00:21:52.47\00:21:53.81
Yes.
00:21:53.88\00:21:55.21
But when I met Julia,
00:21:55.24\00:21:56.58
now in Russia, you have
to understand the mentality
00:21:56.61\00:21:58.88
that people for one
of the men told me there
00:21:58.91\00:22:02.65
right after communism fell.
00:22:02.68\00:22:04.55
We pretend to work
00:22:04.59\00:22:05.92
and the government
pretends to pay us.
00:22:05.95\00:22:07.89
So they had all these
jobs and the government take,
00:22:07.92\00:22:10.33
takes care of everything.
00:22:10.36\00:22:11.69
But you really don't climb
up the ladder like your hair,
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.90
you don't use your own
vision to go create new jobs
00:22:14.93\00:22:17.97
or to start your own businesses,
00:22:18.00\00:22:19.90
they never had that.
00:22:19.93\00:22:21.27
So then the mentality is
they're making $15 a month
00:22:21.30\00:22:25.07
at that time.
00:22:25.11\00:22:26.61
You know, yeah,
gas was only 11 cents
00:22:26.68\00:22:29.24
or something a
gallon is very cheap.
00:22:29.28\00:22:31.08
But you know, and
rent was very cheap.
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.75
But for the
mentality of the people,
00:22:32.78\00:22:36.38
we didn't know
who we could trust
00:22:36.42\00:22:37.75
or who we couldn't.
00:22:37.79\00:22:39.12
So we're gonna go be
00:22:39.15\00:22:40.49
putting hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
00:22:40.56\00:22:42.72
But the bank wanted 40%.
00:22:42.76\00:22:46.36
If we put money in
the bank it was 40%,
00:22:46.39\00:22:48.43
I believe when we first started.
00:22:48.46\00:22:49.93
Wow.
00:22:49.96\00:22:51.30
And so we said, "Well, we
can't let them charge us 40%,
00:22:51.33\00:22:54.04
$40,000 for
putting money in the bank,"
00:22:54.07\00:22:57.51
and that was a fortune then.
00:22:57.54\00:22:58.87
So we ended up
getting our own safe,
00:22:58.91\00:23:01.01
but we ended up,
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.38
you know, first we kept
some money in the conference
00:23:02.41\00:23:04.85
and said that they're safe.
00:23:04.88\00:23:07.02
And then later I would take over
00:23:07.05\00:23:08.52
as much as
$100,000 cash at a time
00:23:08.55\00:23:11.35
when John Carter was there,
00:23:11.39\00:23:13.12
and my cousin Janice's husband,
00:23:13.15\00:23:15.12
and carrying that on the
trains and in the subways
00:23:15.16\00:23:18.16
and all that hoping
people are making $15 a month
00:23:18.19\00:23:21.40
and I've got $100,000
cash is going to 3ABN Russia
00:23:21.43\00:23:24.87
because this facility
had to be finished was a,
00:23:24.90\00:23:27.84
you know,
00:23:27.87\00:23:29.54
to me, it's a
monument to the Lord,
00:23:29.57\00:23:31.41
to give praise and
honor and glory to Him.
00:23:31.44\00:23:33.88
But so I met Julia.
00:23:33.91\00:23:36.44
And so when I
went to the church,
00:23:36.48\00:23:38.75
you were there
to translate, right?
00:23:38.78\00:23:40.52
When I met Elder Basil Stolyar.
00:23:40.55\00:23:44.29
That was in...
00:23:44.32\00:23:45.72
We first met in
my brother's office.
00:23:45.75\00:23:47.86
And then we met
00:23:47.89\00:23:49.22
in the conference
president's office.
00:23:49.26\00:23:51.13
And that was not
supposed to be the person
00:23:51.16\00:23:55.70
who was supposed
to translate fell ill.
00:23:55.73\00:23:58.20
And when I became,
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.74
just wrote down
my baptismal vows,
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.24
signed my baptismal vows.
00:24:03.27\00:24:05.21
I just said, whenever
the church can use me,
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.48
I'll be happy to
and I'm a translator.
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.71
So just before that meeting,
00:24:09.74\00:24:12.01
they call me and they say,
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.42
can you help at a meeting
00:24:13.45\00:24:17.89
to translate?
00:24:17.92\00:24:19.25
And I said, "Yes,
I will be happy to."
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.86
So this is where we
really met with Danny.
00:24:20.89\00:24:23.32
Wow.
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.69
Again, you can just
see God's hand in that.
00:24:24.73\00:24:26.70
Yeah.
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.06
Oh, yeah, she said she
wasn't supposed to be there.
00:24:28.10\00:24:29.96
And so we went there.
00:24:30.00\00:24:31.37
And so I said,
"Well, we're gonna have to,
00:24:31.40\00:24:34.27
you know, build something,
00:24:34.30\00:24:35.94
how we gonna, who
we gonna work with,
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.51
what are we gonna do."
00:24:37.54\00:24:38.87
So was it then I asked you to...
00:24:38.91\00:24:40.48
Yes.
00:24:40.51\00:24:41.84
Right at the
end of that meeting,
00:24:41.88\00:24:43.28
you just asked the
conference president.
00:24:43.35\00:24:47.22
Well, you talked
with him in my presence,
00:24:47.25\00:24:50.19
just saying that I
would like to hire this person
00:24:50.22\00:24:52.52
for translating to
this American supervisor,
00:24:52.55\00:24:58.16
to work on the
construction to finish
00:24:58.19\00:25:00.70
constructing the facility.
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.33
It was just
there at that meeting.
00:25:02.36\00:25:04.67
And did you pray about it
00:25:04.70\00:25:06.23
and think about
it for some time?
00:25:06.27\00:25:07.70
Oh, you know,
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.50
I was immediately
the happiest person
00:25:09.54\00:25:11.67
in the world
00:25:11.71\00:25:13.04
because I was a
teacher of English.
00:25:13.07\00:25:15.41
And I accepted
God in the first place
00:25:15.44\00:25:21.48
through the meetings
held by Pastor John Carter.
00:25:21.52\00:25:24.35
And I called
and joined with 3ABN
00:25:24.39\00:25:25.99
because as far as I know,
00:25:26.02\00:25:27.36
100% of the finances
for that series in my city
00:25:27.39\00:25:32.13
was raised
through 3ABN due to Danny.
00:25:32.16\00:25:35.03
Danny had that vision
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.87
that, like, you know,
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.23
not just the
money comes to 3ABN,
00:25:39.27\00:25:41.27
the money comes for
evangelizing the world.
00:25:41.30\00:25:44.21
And so they...
00:25:44.24\00:25:50.48
I'm still with jet lag.
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.45
No. That's all right.
00:25:52.48\00:25:53.82
No, no.
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18
So while we were
talking about you accepting,
00:25:55.22\00:25:57.19
you said you was
the happiest person
00:25:57.22\00:25:58.55
in the world.
00:25:58.59\00:25:59.92
Oh, yes, yes, yes,
because I was supposed
00:25:59.95\00:26:01.29
to go back to my work
00:26:01.32\00:26:03.16
as a teacher of
English in a university.
00:26:03.19\00:26:08.06
And I accepted,
00:26:08.10\00:26:11.00
you know, the
Lord with all my heart,
00:26:11.03\00:26:13.20
was so happy.
00:26:13.23\00:26:14.57
But I was not ready to
talk to other people about this,
00:26:14.60\00:26:17.91
including Sabbath.
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.27
I accepted Sabbath
without a question.
00:26:19.31\00:26:21.98
If it's God's
law, then it's my law,
00:26:22.01\00:26:24.25
I want to keep His law.
00:26:24.28\00:26:25.98
But I didn't want
to talk to my employees
00:26:26.01\00:26:29.75
at the university about that.
00:26:29.78\00:26:31.32
I was not ready for that.
00:26:31.35\00:26:32.72
And then here, you know,
00:26:32.75\00:26:34.29
comes Danny, and he's
impressed from one meeting,
00:26:34.32\00:26:38.56
isn't it the Lord who was,
00:26:38.59\00:26:40.60
you know, letting him
know, letting me know,
00:26:40.63\00:26:44.07
he's showing us a
little bit of the huge plan
00:26:44.10\00:26:46.87
that he had, at that
time for this project.
00:26:46.94\00:26:49.94
And I thought,
00:26:50.01\00:26:51.34
"Oh, I don't have to tell anyone
00:26:51.37\00:26:52.71
about Sabbath."
00:26:52.74\00:26:54.08
Now they're in the university,
00:26:54.11\00:26:55.61
I just, I will just,
00:26:55.64\00:26:57.95
you know, work for the Lord.
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.45
And I will be
among fellow believers.
00:27:00.52\00:27:04.92
So I was the
happiest person in the world.
00:27:04.95\00:27:07.56
And then I started
working with John Cantor,
00:27:07.59\00:27:10.66
following him as a translator.
00:27:10.73\00:27:12.96
And those were long
hours, he was a big guy.
00:27:12.99\00:27:17.07
So, you know, so hard working.
00:27:17.10\00:27:21.77
He gave so much
time, I don't know.
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.61
I'm, frankly speaking,
00:27:24.64\00:27:26.47
I need to sleep a
long to be in a good shape.
00:27:26.51\00:27:29.58
And the Lord performed
His other miracle there
00:27:29.61\00:27:33.21
because I couldn't
sleep long enough hours
00:27:33.25\00:27:35.68
working with John Cantor,
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.49
but I was in a good shape.
00:27:37.52\00:27:39.05
And I was
happy. Praise the Lord.
00:27:39.09\00:27:41.72
So you accepted right away
00:27:41.76\00:27:44.53
they offered the work?
00:27:44.56\00:27:45.89
Oh, yes, yes, yes. Yeah.
00:27:45.93\00:27:47.40
And I remember, if I
remember this correctly,
00:27:47.43\00:27:50.27
I thought there's no way
I could pay her $15 a month,
00:27:50.30\00:27:53.74
you know, $25.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.10
And then I felt
even badly about that
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.71
'cause I'm
looking at what we make.
00:27:56.74\00:27:58.07
Right.
00:27:58.11\00:27:59.44
But they don't pay $500
a month or $1,000 a month
00:27:59.47\00:28:02.58
for rent there either.
00:28:02.61\00:28:03.95
Right.
00:28:03.98\00:28:05.31
And so the people told
us, well, don't overpay
00:28:05.35\00:28:07.45
'cause people expect stuff.
00:28:07.52\00:28:08.85
So I said,
00:28:08.88\00:28:10.39
you know, I'd be happy
to pay like $25 a month
00:28:10.42\00:28:13.56
that wasn't quite
doubling her salary, but almost.
00:28:13.59\00:28:16.19
And she said, "Oh, no."
00:28:16.22\00:28:17.63
And I remember this, she said,
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.49
"Look, if I work for the world,
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.53
you know, for $15 a month,
00:28:21.56\00:28:23.57
I'm sure not gonna charge
more to work for the Lord,
00:28:23.60\00:28:26.23
to work for God.
00:28:26.27\00:28:27.64
So just pay me the same."
00:28:27.67\00:28:29.00
And I've told the story before,
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.81
but over the years, we
thought we gave her raises.
00:28:30.84\00:28:33.41
We thought we gave her clothes,
when she'd come over here,
00:28:33.48\00:28:35.81
people take her shopping.
00:28:35.84\00:28:37.25
Then when I went back, I
would see some of the women
00:28:37.28\00:28:39.45
wearing her clothes...
00:28:39.48\00:28:41.75
And so I
understand and shame on you,
00:28:41.78\00:28:44.59
no, not really but she,
00:28:44.62\00:28:46.99
I found out later after
years that when she got raises,
00:28:47.06\00:28:50.13
she was giving
it to her workers.
00:28:50.16\00:28:52.03
And so,
00:28:52.06\00:28:53.40
you know, that
kind of dedication,
00:28:53.43\00:28:54.76
but here's the thing
that's really interesting.
00:28:54.80\00:28:56.26
I wanna talk to the
folks at home for a second.
00:28:56.30\00:28:59.03
Sometimes, you know,
that you know, that you know,
00:28:59.07\00:29:02.50
the instant I met her
there to governor's office.
00:29:02.54\00:29:07.01
Then when we went
00:29:07.08\00:29:08.41
to the Basil Stolyar the
conference union president,
00:29:08.44\00:29:11.81
conference president
00:29:11.85\00:29:13.42
and went to his office
00:29:13.45\00:29:15.25
and was having a meeting,
00:29:15.28\00:29:16.62
it's like the Lord told me,
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.15
"You can trust her.
00:29:18.19\00:29:19.92
You can trust her."
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.29
Now I had heard
stories and people say,
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.43
what's the big deal about that?
00:29:23.46\00:29:25.19
Again, the temptation,
I'd heard stories of pastors,
00:29:25.23\00:29:29.13
that one pastor,
00:29:29.16\00:29:30.50
somebody conference gave
him $1100 to take somewhere.
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.84
They never saw him again
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.20
'cause it's $1100
when you make $15 a month,
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.47
tremendous amount of money.
00:29:38.51\00:29:40.08
And so the banks
and other people,
00:29:40.11\00:29:43.11
they say it's a
different mentality
00:29:43.14\00:29:45.68
because they've
always not gotten anything.
00:29:45.71\00:29:49.08
And now here,
doors are opening up,
00:29:49.12\00:29:50.72
and you have to be careful,
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.82
just who you
trust with your money.
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.99
Right.
00:29:55.02\00:29:56.36
They didn't know about receipts.
00:29:56.39\00:29:57.73
I mean, that seems
hard for me to believe.
00:29:57.76\00:29:59.09
But when we put the
first amount of money
00:29:59.13\00:30:01.73
about $50,000,
00:30:01.76\00:30:03.40
in the conference safe,
00:30:03.47\00:30:05.13
I said, "Now,
it takes two people
00:30:05.17\00:30:08.04
to sign the receipt."
00:30:08.07\00:30:10.21
I said, "John Cantor,
00:30:10.24\00:30:12.01
when he wants the
money to spend on supplies,
00:30:12.04\00:30:15.71
he has to sign
00:30:15.74\00:30:17.08
and then you have to sign."
00:30:17.15\00:30:18.48
And he said,
"Well, what am I signing?"
00:30:18.51\00:30:20.22
And I said,
"Well, it's a receipt."
00:30:20.25\00:30:22.22
And he said, "A receipt?"
00:30:22.25\00:30:23.89
I said, "Yeah, we have
to account for the money.
00:30:23.92\00:30:26.55
Take back to the accounting,
00:30:26.59\00:30:28.16
I have to account to the money
00:30:28.19\00:30:30.13
that we've taken out.
00:30:30.16\00:30:31.73
And I'm thinking
just like you do here.
00:30:31.76\00:30:34.20
And so he said,
00:30:34.23\00:30:35.56
"Are you gonna have
to do that for everybody,
00:30:35.60\00:30:37.60
like people you hire,
00:30:37.63\00:30:39.27
you know, on the job site?"
00:30:39.30\00:30:40.94
And I said, "Well, sure.
00:30:40.97\00:30:42.47
And we need two signatures."
00:30:42.50\00:30:43.91
And he said, "Well,
I feel badly for you."
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.17
I said, "Why?"
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.58
And he said, "We
don't do things like that."
00:30:47.61\00:30:49.14
And people right
now in that condition,
00:30:49.18\00:30:51.08
you're not gonna get
these workers sign in anything.
00:30:51.11\00:30:53.11
Everybody is afraid to
sign their name to something.
00:30:53.15\00:30:56.35
And so you're not gonna
be able to get receipts.
00:30:56.38\00:30:59.09
And so I found that to be true.
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.79
And like for instance,
we started construction,
00:31:01.82\00:31:05.03
we rented a
truck to bring in sand.
00:31:05.06\00:31:07.90
We wanted to fill up
this great big auditorium
00:31:07.93\00:31:10.67
and poured concrete.
00:31:10.70\00:31:12.83
So nice truck came.
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.24
So this truck was
coming, guy was driving.
00:31:14.27\00:31:16.81
And so I said to
John Cantor, I said,
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.21
"We're gonna need a truck."
00:31:19.24\00:31:20.58
We got this eight
acres all this building,
00:31:20.61\00:31:22.51
why don't we see
if we can buy one,
00:31:22.54\00:31:23.95
buy it from him?
00:31:23.98\00:31:25.31
So he went and asked the driver,
00:31:25.35\00:31:26.68
he said, "Can we buy the truck?"
00:31:26.72\00:31:30.49
And he said,
"Well, is it for sale?"
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.22
He said, "Well, probably
00:31:33.25\00:31:34.92
how much would you give?"
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.49
So John said,
00:31:36.52\00:31:37.86
"They won't know how
much you'll give us."
00:31:37.89\00:31:39.23
I say, "Well, it's his truck,
00:31:39.26\00:31:40.60
you know, let him ask him,
00:31:40.63\00:31:41.96
what do you take for it?"
00:31:42.00\00:31:43.37
And the guy said,
he come back and said,
00:31:43.40\00:31:45.23
"Well, he said he take $200."
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.44
I said, "For a
big truck like that
00:31:47.47\00:31:49.27
that's worth thousands."
00:31:49.30\00:31:51.44
And he said, "He take $200."
00:31:51.47\00:31:53.98
I said, "Well, tell
him to give us the title."
00:31:54.01\00:31:56.11
You know, we want us
the title and we'll sign it.
00:31:56.14\00:31:58.38
So he talked to him. He said.
"He didn't. What's the title?"
00:31:58.41\00:32:01.08
He said, "Oh, he didn't own it.
00:32:01.12\00:32:02.58
He didn't really own the truck."
00:32:02.62\00:32:04.09
That when the government
00:32:04.12\00:32:05.45
had literally
communism had fallen,
00:32:05.49\00:32:07.39
they'd left
equipment in the fields,
00:32:07.46\00:32:09.19
there was backhoes, trackhoes,
00:32:09.22\00:32:10.93
you know, heavy equipment,
00:32:10.96\00:32:12.29
and people were just
get in and start using it
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.36
'cause they didn't really
know it was in such disarray,
00:32:14.40\00:32:17.57
maybe hard for
people to believe now.
00:32:17.60\00:32:19.40
And even some of
the younger Russians
00:32:19.43\00:32:21.27
that didn't
experience go through this.
00:32:21.30\00:32:23.61
And so he ended
up, you know, saying,
00:32:23.64\00:32:26.07
"Well, here I'll
sell you the truck."
00:32:26.11\00:32:28.01
It's not we said,
"We'll wait a minute."
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.54
It wasn't even his.
Yeah, it wasn't his.
00:32:29.58\00:32:31.78
But I'm saying so,
00:32:31.81\00:32:33.15
here I said how we
gonna do this and handle
00:32:33.18\00:32:36.12
but the Lord
really impressed me.
00:32:36.15\00:32:38.19
I could trust Julia. Yes.
00:32:38.22\00:32:39.72
And I met her brother
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.09
and I felt like
I could trust him.
00:32:41.12\00:32:42.66
Not that he was
Adventist Christian.
00:32:42.69\00:32:44.39
He wasn't at that time.
00:32:44.43\00:32:45.99
But I knew he seemed honest.
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.63
Yes.
00:32:47.66\00:32:49.00
And I said, "You know
what, that runs in the family."
00:32:49.03\00:32:50.47
I can tell he was
sincere when he talked to us.
00:32:50.50\00:32:53.77
He wasn't supportive
necessarily of us being there,
00:32:53.84\00:32:56.34
but he was straightforward.
00:32:56.37\00:32:57.91
And I said, "I like him,
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.27
even though I may not agree."
00:32:59.31\00:33:00.68
You can tell he's
somebody who is trustworthy.
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.08
And, you know.
She's trustworthy.
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.58
Mom is too. My mamushka.
00:33:04.61\00:33:09.65
I just wanna say I love you.
00:33:09.68\00:33:12.12
I love your mom.
00:33:12.15\00:33:13.49
She's just so wonderful,
so I just had to say...
00:33:13.56\00:33:15.86
I did too. I love mom, too.
00:33:15.89\00:33:17.69
We love her.
She's just so precious.
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.30
And you called
her mamushka. Yeah.
00:33:20.33\00:33:22.53
And mom calls
Yvonne, "Yvonneshka."
00:33:22.56\00:33:24.77
Yeah. Yvonneshka.
00:33:24.80\00:33:26.13
You know, when you were
for our 25th anniversary,
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.87
there at 3ABN Russia.
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.97
And you were so gracious
to come and greet my mom.
00:33:31.01\00:33:36.11
She's 91 now.
00:33:36.14\00:33:38.28
So it was a couple of years ago.
00:33:38.31\00:33:40.92
And, you know,
00:33:40.95\00:33:42.82
she came downstairs to greet you
00:33:42.85\00:33:44.22
because it was a
huge group of people.
00:33:44.29\00:33:46.15
And she said,
00:33:46.19\00:33:47.56
"I don't know if I want
them all in my apartment."
00:33:47.59\00:33:49.86
So I'll just go
downstairs to greet them.
00:33:49.89\00:33:52.33
And then, you
know, she saw Yvonne
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.30
and there must have
been such warmth from Yvonne.
00:33:54.33\00:33:57.70
She just, since then
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.07
she started calling her
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.44
the gentle
Russian name, Yvonneshka.
00:34:00.47\00:34:02.97
So she doesn't hear really well.
00:34:03.00\00:34:06.47
And she wouldn't
watch a lot of TV.
00:34:06.51\00:34:08.61
But when I see
Yvonne on TV singing on 3ABN
00:34:08.64\00:34:13.11
then I just say,
"Mom, look, who is this?"
00:34:13.15\00:34:15.25
She says, "Yvonneshka."
00:34:15.28\00:34:18.15
So thank you for being,
00:34:18.19\00:34:19.52
you know, another thing
that I want to say about Danny,
00:34:19.55\00:34:22.79
and you, you know,
00:34:22.82\00:34:24.33
you are such loving people,
00:34:24.36\00:34:26.53
Danny, such 27 years
00:34:26.56\00:34:28.96
I have known Danny,
he's such a loving person.
00:34:29.00\00:34:33.00
He doesn't see bad in you
00:34:33.03\00:34:35.07
because there is bad
00:34:35.10\00:34:36.44
whenever just
you say Christ in me,
00:34:36.47\00:34:38.27
I'm happy that you see
Christ in me, not myself.
00:34:38.31\00:34:41.11
And he is loving,
00:34:41.14\00:34:44.18
he has never, he's my boss,
00:34:44.25\00:34:46.28
he has never done a single thing
00:34:46.31\00:34:48.95
that would humiliate
me, that would hurt me.
00:34:48.98\00:34:53.59
It has always
been only uplifting,
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.99
only encouraging.
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.63
And this makes me want,
00:34:57.66\00:34:59.73
you know, to do more things.
00:34:59.76\00:35:01.60
Because it's not easy
to be an administrator,
00:35:01.63\00:35:03.97
it's not easy.
00:35:04.00\00:35:05.33
It's not easy for anyone.
00:35:05.37\00:35:06.74
It's not easy for me.
00:35:06.77\00:35:08.10
There are people
and it's not easy to,
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.27
you know, to manage.
00:35:11.31\00:35:13.01
You know, there are
different interests,
00:35:13.04\00:35:14.71
there are different ambitions,
00:35:14.74\00:35:16.68
there are
sometimes wrong motives.
00:35:16.75\00:35:19.85
And it's hard to manage people.
00:35:19.88\00:35:21.48
But, you know, with Danny,
00:35:21.52\00:35:23.25
I have always been
encouraged just to go on.
00:35:23.28\00:35:27.06
You know there
have been situations
00:35:27.09\00:35:28.42
when I think, "Can I go on?"
00:35:28.46\00:35:30.06
And then I think I want
never to let Danny down.
00:35:30.13\00:35:33.40
Because how can I
00:35:33.43\00:35:35.13
with such an amazing
ministry of 3ABN or 3ABN Russia.
00:35:35.16\00:35:39.10
So thank you,
Danny, for your love.
00:35:39.13\00:35:41.40
I don't know a single person,
00:35:41.44\00:35:43.94
a single person and being,
00:35:44.01\00:35:47.64
you know,
knowing you for 27 years
00:35:47.68\00:35:50.05
I know most or all of your,
00:35:50.08\00:35:53.01
you know, big,
00:35:53.05\00:35:54.55
like they say
friends and enemies,
00:35:54.58\00:35:56.42
and supporters and the opposite.
00:35:56.45\00:35:59.25
And I don't know that
you hate anyone of them.
00:35:59.29\00:36:03.43
You love them all.
00:36:03.46\00:36:04.93
You love them in the Lord.
00:36:04.96\00:36:06.53
Even if you know
they're not lovable,
00:36:06.56\00:36:09.43
you still love them in the Lord.
00:36:09.46\00:36:11.10
Well, we try.
00:36:11.13\00:36:12.47
And we're gonna go
to video in a minute.
00:36:12.50\00:36:14.24
But what I wanted to say
you notice Julia deflects
00:36:14.27\00:36:17.51
to as you'd say.
00:36:17.54\00:36:18.87
When I'm talking
about her nice thing,
00:36:18.91\00:36:20.58
she kind of turns it
back to somebody else.
00:36:20.61\00:36:23.11
Yeah, that is you.
00:36:23.14\00:36:24.48
And, well, because we
both understand it's not us.
00:36:24.51\00:36:27.62
And as she said
she's not perfect.
00:36:27.65\00:36:29.02
I'm not perfect.
00:36:29.05\00:36:30.42
But I wanna say it
was your dedication,
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.36
without Julia,
00:36:33.39\00:36:35.09
there would not
have been 3ABN Russia.
00:36:35.12\00:36:38.06
Because I knew
that I could trust her.
00:36:38.09\00:36:42.16
And so with amounts of money,
00:36:42.20\00:36:44.90
with decisions
that she would make
00:36:44.93\00:36:47.87
because John Cantor,
00:36:47.90\00:36:49.40
he didn't know Russian
when he went over there,
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.34
he learned pretty quickly,
00:36:51.37\00:36:53.17
but we don't know what to do.
00:36:53.21\00:36:54.68
So we really depended on
her to build this huge facility
00:36:54.71\00:36:58.81
and ended up on putting
tremendous amounts of money.
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.35
But I mean, evangelism,
00:37:01.38\00:37:02.95
all the work now
literally thousands of people
00:37:02.98\00:37:05.85
have found the Lord
and joined the SDA Church.
00:37:05.89\00:37:09.16
Amen.
00:37:09.19\00:37:10.53
And continues to be so
because of 3ABN Russia.
00:37:10.56\00:37:13.09
So, Julia, we'll talk about
that just for a little bit.
00:37:13.13\00:37:16.03
And then you got a video
you're gonna show us, right?
00:37:16.06\00:37:19.47
Kind of an update.
00:37:19.50\00:37:20.84
We always look forward to that.
00:37:20.87\00:37:22.57
Yeah, it's been
amazing 27 years,
00:37:22.60\00:37:25.24
and I'm so thankful
00:37:25.27\00:37:26.61
that you guys are
soon coming to Russia,
00:37:26.68\00:37:28.61
20 people from 3ABN.
00:37:28.64\00:37:32.65
Oh, what a special event
00:37:32.68\00:37:36.05
27 years,
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.02
celebrating 27 years.
00:37:38.05\00:37:40.66
And, you know,
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.53
it is amazing
00:37:43.56\00:37:45.13
what the Lord has been
doing at 3ABN Russia in Russia
00:37:45.16\00:37:49.06
through 3ABN
during these 27 years.
00:37:49.10\00:37:52.40
You know, you will see it
on the video the exact numbers.
00:37:52.43\00:37:55.97
But can you imagine we
are speaking about the times
00:37:56.00\00:37:58.67
when you could buy
a truck from someone
00:37:58.71\00:38:00.98
that didn't
belong to him for $200.
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.48
And, you know,
and today we are...
00:38:03.55\00:38:06.65
Russia has satellites.
00:38:06.72\00:38:11.32
Russia has cable companies,
00:38:11.35\00:38:13.12
we didn't have any at that time.
00:38:13.15\00:38:15.72
And, you know,
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.13
and Russia takes
3ABN Russia's productions,
00:38:17.16\00:38:20.30
we are on two
Russian satellites.
00:38:20.33\00:38:23.47
Thank you, dear viewers
of 3ABN who make it possible,
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.84
it is only due to you.
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.97
And those two satellites,
they cover the whole of Russia.
00:38:29.00\00:38:32.14
And we are rebroadcast
00:38:32.17\00:38:33.78
by about I think 170
cable companies 24/7.
00:38:33.81\00:38:38.31
Wow. Isn't that a
miracle? It's amazing.
00:38:38.35\00:38:40.42
Yeah, that's amazing.
00:38:40.45\00:38:42.08
And we have over 10,000 programs
00:38:42.12\00:38:44.55
that we have
produced in television,
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.62
over 10,000 programs
that we have produced
00:38:46.65\00:38:50.03
for radio broadcasting.
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.89
So what the Lord is
doing it is amazing.
00:38:51.93\00:38:56.40
And I just,
00:38:56.43\00:38:57.90
you know, once again, I want
to come back to that thought,
00:38:57.93\00:39:01.10
you know, the faith.
00:39:01.14\00:39:03.61
Faith has made it possible.
00:39:03.64\00:39:05.24
Yes.
00:39:05.27\00:39:06.61
Because Jesus says several times
00:39:06.68\00:39:08.38
it is written in the gospels
00:39:08.41\00:39:09.74
that He
couldn't perform miracles
00:39:09.78\00:39:12.38
because of their unbelief.
00:39:12.41\00:39:14.12
So 3ABN is a miracle.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.72
3ABN Russia is a miracle.
00:39:15.75\00:39:17.49
And God performed this miracle.
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.55
Miracles not us,
00:39:19.59\00:39:21.56
but Him because of our belief.
00:39:21.59\00:39:24.69
Yes. We allow Him to do this.
00:39:24.73\00:39:27.40
And praise the Lord that,
00:39:27.43\00:39:30.00
you know, it is
something very majestic.
00:39:30.07\00:39:34.37
We don't know its
significance while we're here,
00:39:34.40\00:39:37.51
we will know its
significance in the eternity.
00:39:37.54\00:39:40.41
We will know its
scale in the eternity.
00:39:40.48\00:39:42.61
We still don't know it.
00:39:42.64\00:39:43.98
That's right. Amen.
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.98
Well, I'm
looking forward to video.
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.88
How about you? Yeah.
00:39:47.92\00:39:49.25
Let's take a look.
All right. Let's watch it.
00:39:49.28\00:39:50.62
This slogan, a vow to
today's update from Russia
00:40:16.75\00:40:19.28
is let us not limit God.
00:40:19.31\00:40:21.48
Psalm 78 says
about the people of old,
00:40:21.52\00:40:24.39
"They limited the
Holy One of Israel."
00:40:24.42\00:40:27.26
What did ancient
Israel do to limit God?
00:40:27.29\00:40:30.06
Let us read on,
00:40:30.13\00:40:31.63
"They remembered not His hand,
00:40:31.66\00:40:33.60
nor the day when
He delivered them
00:40:33.63\00:40:35.40
from the enemy."
00:40:35.43\00:40:36.87
When we
remember the Lord's hand,
00:40:36.90\00:40:39.07
how He keeps faithful
and powerfully delivering us
00:40:39.10\00:40:42.04
so that His will about
the salvation of this world
00:40:42.07\00:40:45.24
is fulfilled
through our service to Him,
00:40:45.27\00:40:48.04
then our faith
grows and strengthens
00:40:48.08\00:40:50.45
and we don't limit God.
00:40:50.48\00:40:52.65
Our report today is dedicated
00:40:52.68\00:40:54.52
to remembering God's mighty hand
00:40:54.55\00:40:56.79
performing
miracles the best 27 years
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.69
during which 3ABN
founded and led 3ABN Russia
00:40:59.72\00:41:03.43
to bring the good news
of the eternal salvation
00:41:03.46\00:41:05.99
in Jesus Christ
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.40
to 300 million Russian
speaking people of the world.
00:41:07.43\00:41:10.70
Almost 35 years ago,
00:41:10.77\00:41:12.50
Danny Shelton accepted
the commission from the Lord
00:41:12.53\00:41:15.40
to build a television station
00:41:15.44\00:41:17.21
that would reach the world
00:41:17.24\00:41:18.64
with the undiluted
three angels' messages
00:41:18.67\00:41:20.71
of Revelation 14
00:41:20.78\00:41:22.14
that would
counteract the counterfeited
00:41:22.18\00:41:24.58
non-biblical teachings.
00:41:24.61\00:41:26.45
Eight years later in 1992,
00:41:26.48\00:41:29.05
very soon after the
fall of the Iron Curtain,
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.72
3ABN opened a new
page in its history,
00:41:31.75\00:41:34.69
when Pastor John Carter
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.76
to hold an evangelistic
program in Nizhny Novgorod.
00:41:36.83\00:41:40.10
We never get tired
of praising our Lord
00:41:40.13\00:41:42.86
for the dedication
00:41:42.90\00:41:44.27
of the beautiful American people
00:41:44.30\00:41:45.97
due to her support
of the Lord's cause
00:41:46.00\00:41:48.30
through 3ABN and Carter Report,
00:41:48.34\00:41:50.21
over 3500 Russian people
accepted the Lord's salvation,
00:41:50.24\00:41:55.14
among which there
were many future workers
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.65
of 3ABN Russia,
00:41:57.68\00:41:59.01
including myself.
00:41:59.05\00:42:00.52
It was then the 3ABN purchased
an unfinished structure
00:42:00.55\00:42:03.99
with Palace of Culture,
00:42:04.02\00:42:05.42
which belonged to Nizhny
Novgorod metallurgical factory
00:42:05.45\00:42:08.72
and turned it into a gem
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.43
of Russia's
Evangelistic Outreach,
00:42:10.46\00:42:12.86
called 3ABN
Russia Evangelism Center.
00:42:12.89\00:42:15.96
Today it have the
3ABN Russia studios,
00:42:16.00\00:42:19.17
the local meet
at the conference,
00:42:19.20\00:42:21.14
the largest church
in Nizhny Novgorod,
00:42:21.17\00:42:23.20
a Christian
School, a youth center,
00:42:23.24\00:42:25.71
a Christian ABC store,
00:42:25.74\00:42:27.38
a gym, a motel area for
the pastors and visitors,
00:42:27.41\00:42:30.45
and much more.
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.95
3ABN Russia studios
00:42:32.98\00:42:34.45
potentially reach the
whole Russian speaking world,
00:42:34.48\00:42:37.92
over 144 million
people living in Russia
00:42:37.95\00:42:41.42
via two satellites,
00:42:41.46\00:42:42.92
plus a lot of people in
the neighboring countries
00:42:42.96\00:42:45.66
that our satellites reach
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.33
and 300 million
Russian speaking people
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.90
of the world via the internet.
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.60
Since we
reported to you last May,
00:42:52.63\00:42:54.77
we have produced over 800
video programs in 36 years.
00:42:54.80\00:42:59.54
In total during our 27 years,
00:42:59.57\00:43:02.41
we've put more than
10,000 video programs
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.28
in 135 series on the air.
00:43:05.31\00:43:08.55
In November 2018, we celebrated
our little anniversary,
00:43:08.58\00:43:12.62
the production of our
10,000th video program.
00:43:12.65\00:43:16.49
And we praise the
Lord with all of our hearts
00:43:16.52\00:43:19.29
for the diverse talents
00:43:19.33\00:43:20.83
that He gives to 3ABN
Russia for His glorious sake.
00:43:20.90\00:43:24.87
Our radio department
also praises the Lord
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.97
for His great miracles.
00:43:28.00\00:43:29.44
Since last May,
00:43:29.47\00:43:30.81
we have made more
than 600 radio programs
00:43:30.84\00:43:33.41
and 12 series.
00:43:33.48\00:43:34.81
In total, during 27 years,
00:43:34.84\00:43:37.45
we've had close to
10,000 radio programs
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.55
in more than 100 series.
00:43:40.62\00:43:43.28
The most efficient
way to bring our programs
00:43:43.32\00:43:45.75
to the houses of
the Russian people
00:43:45.79\00:43:47.66
is satellite broadcasting.
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.19
But praise the Lord
00:43:49.22\00:43:50.63
that due to the dedication
00:43:50.66\00:43:52.26
and sacrificial
support of 3ABN viewers,
00:43:52.29\00:43:55.53
we're around the clock
on two Russian satellites
00:43:55.56\00:43:58.37
Express AT-1 and Express AT-2.
00:43:58.40\00:44:02.17
Our coverage is a great example
by which the Lord testifies
00:44:02.20\00:44:06.68
that we should trust Him,
00:44:06.71\00:44:08.14
nurture our faith
and not limit Him.
00:44:08.18\00:44:11.51
At the beginning of 2018,
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.55
we had asked you
to join us in prayer
00:44:13.62\00:44:16.32
that by the end of the year,
00:44:16.35\00:44:18.12
the Lord would give
us not less than 150
00:44:18.15\00:44:21.52
around the
clock re-broadcasters.
00:44:21.56\00:44:23.56
At that time 150
really seemed a lot
00:44:23.63\00:44:27.66
as our number was 101
partners by the end of 2017.
00:44:27.70\00:44:33.34
But now you can
see on the screen
00:44:33.37\00:44:35.37
the number of our
partners as we speak,
00:44:35.40\00:44:38.11
and the amount of
the cities that we cover.
00:44:38.14\00:44:41.01
Isn't it a miracle of God?
00:44:41.04\00:44:43.38
So let us
remember God's mighty hand
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.28
as He Himself
00:44:46.31\00:44:47.65
works on the salvation of
the people of this planet.
00:44:47.68\00:44:51.52
To promote 3ABN Russia,
00:44:51.55\00:44:53.29
we participate
in different events,
00:44:53.36\00:44:55.39
one of which is CSTB
Telecom and Mega Convention,
00:44:55.42\00:44:59.16
it takes place in Moscow,
00:44:59.19\00:45:01.20
and in January this year,
00:45:01.23\00:45:02.73
we participated in
it for the fifth time.
00:45:02.76\00:45:05.63
This event
provides an opportunity
00:45:05.67\00:45:07.67
to present 3ABN Russia
00:45:07.70\00:45:09.30
to the cable
operators of our vast country
00:45:09.34\00:45:12.24
and to personally meet
with our potential partners.
00:45:12.27\00:45:15.58
The situation in Russia
is such that cable companies
00:45:15.61\00:45:18.85
are short of Russian
made quality content.
00:45:18.88\00:45:21.55
And here we are for them,
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.25
offering our
wonderful programming
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.22
for free.
00:45:25.25\00:45:26.59
Although our little booth
00:45:26.62\00:45:27.96
is surrounded by the
giants of television industry,
00:45:27.99\00:45:31.03
we with the
faith in God's power,
00:45:31.06\00:45:33.73
actively
distribute catalogs, booklets,
00:45:33.80\00:45:36.40
and other
presentation materials,
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.17
and in spite of rather
common for Russia prejudice
00:45:38.20\00:45:41.57
against Protestantism
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.14
that led constantly
attract people to our booth.
00:45:43.17\00:45:46.34
And they see that
we are good people
00:45:46.37\00:45:48.54
proclaiming biblical values
00:45:48.58\00:45:50.35
that are great for our society.
00:45:50.38\00:45:53.28
During this last convention,
00:45:53.31\00:45:55.08
we asked the Lord to give us
at least as many new contacts
00:45:55.12\00:45:58.99
as the previous
year, which had been 59.
00:45:59.02\00:46:02.26
Do not limit Me,
He told us once again,
00:46:02.29\00:46:05.23
by giving us 90 new contacts.
00:46:05.26\00:46:08.03
We're actively
working with all of them now,
00:46:08.06\00:46:11.00
and are asking you
to join us in prayer
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.54
that they become our partners.
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.14
An amazing example
00:46:16.17\00:46:17.61
that God can give us abundantly
more than we ask or think
00:46:17.64\00:46:21.04
is one of our
cable partners Ufanet.
00:46:21.08\00:46:23.85
When we signed the
contract with them,
00:46:23.88\00:46:26.21
their coverage was
26 cities of Russia.
00:46:26.25\00:46:29.28
But very soon after that,
00:46:29.32\00:46:30.89
they started greatly expanding.
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.56
Now due to them,
00:46:33.59\00:46:34.92
there are 77 cities more
00:46:34.96\00:46:37.23
where 3ABN Russia
is on around the clock.
00:46:37.26\00:46:40.70
We also work actively
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.06
on the promotion of our programs
00:46:42.10\00:46:43.77
through social
media and YouTube,
00:46:43.80\00:46:46.03
where we currently have over
17,000 viewers and subscribers.
00:46:46.07\00:46:50.81
But the devil does not sleep.
00:46:50.84\00:46:52.64
Recently, cable
operators had an FCC check
00:46:52.67\00:46:55.64
of all their stations
that have contracts with us.
00:46:55.68\00:46:59.08
At first, we got
so worried about this.
00:46:59.11\00:47:02.55
But let us never doubt God.
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He's doing His
work of salvation,
00:47:04.75\00:47:06.96
and is Himself
responsible for it.
00:47:06.99\00:47:09.69
As a result of that
check one of those companies
00:47:09.72\00:47:12.69
which rebroadcast our
channel without a contract,
00:47:12.73\00:47:15.63
immediately hurried
to sign one with us.
00:47:15.66\00:47:18.40
And the rest of
the cable operators
00:47:18.43\00:47:20.54
continue
successfully working with us,
00:47:20.57\00:47:23.10
we've lost only two,
00:47:23.14\00:47:24.64
but they both were
planning for technical reasons
00:47:24.67\00:47:27.48
to cancel our contract
even before that check.
00:47:27.51\00:47:30.95
There are so many other
amazing things happening
00:47:30.98\00:47:34.12
at 3ABN Russia
00:47:34.15\00:47:35.75
that we would so much
want to share with you.
00:47:35.78\00:47:39.02
Very soon, a group from
3ABN is coming to 3ABN Russia
00:47:39.05\00:47:43.53
to celebrate our
27th anniversary.
00:47:43.56\00:47:46.49
Please follow 3ABN
broadcast of this event
00:47:46.53\00:47:49.83
to learn even more
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.23
about what the
Lord's mighty hand
00:47:51.27\00:47:53.47
is doing in Russia.
00:47:53.54\00:47:55.34
From the bottom of our hearts
00:47:55.37\00:47:57.61
and on behalf of
the Russian people,
00:47:57.64\00:48:00.21
we thank you,
00:48:00.28\00:48:01.61
dear viewers and
supporters of 3ABN.
00:48:01.64\00:48:04.75
Thank you for your
faith, dedication and sacrifice.
00:48:04.78\00:48:08.45
Thank you for ever
remembering God's mighty hand
00:48:08.48\00:48:12.12
for not limiting Him
00:48:12.15\00:48:13.59
as He keeps
performing His miracle
00:48:13.66\00:48:16.29
of saving the perishing
souls around the world.
00:48:16.32\00:48:20.03
Thank you for
joining hands with Him
00:48:20.10\00:48:23.00
and one another
is our beautiful Lord
00:48:23.03\00:48:26.57
at these end times
00:48:26.60\00:48:28.44
through the
dedicated ministry of 3ABN
00:48:28.47\00:48:31.54
writes new pages
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.24
in His majestic story
of the earth's salvation.
00:48:33.27\00:48:37.05
Wow! Amen.
00:48:40.62\00:48:41.95
Look at what God has done.
00:48:41.98\00:48:43.79
You know, when you see
the picture of the facility
00:48:43.82\00:48:47.89
when it was just being
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.26
when it was just
looked at and discovered.
00:48:49.29\00:48:51.49
Yeah. And look at it now.
00:48:51.53\00:48:53.40
It's just incredible.
00:48:53.43\00:48:54.76
And then when you see
00:48:54.80\00:48:56.13
where God has taken 3ABN Russia,
00:48:56.16\00:48:58.27
all over Russia.
00:48:58.30\00:49:01.04
I mean, God is, He's reaching,
00:49:01.07\00:49:03.91
He cares about
and is reaching people
00:49:03.94\00:49:06.88
around the world.
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.31
And it's just,
00:49:08.34\00:49:09.68
it's amazing to
me what He's done.
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.31
What I like to do,
00:49:11.35\00:49:12.68
we only have a
few more minutes left
00:49:12.71\00:49:14.05
is I wanna ask
you to think about,
00:49:14.12\00:49:16.08
maybe pray about
it and ask the Lord
00:49:16.12\00:49:17.75
what He would have you to do,
00:49:17.79\00:49:19.72
and help with the Russian work.
00:49:19.75\00:49:22.52
Actually, the satellite
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.03
is about what 9,000 now a month.
00:49:24.06\00:49:25.66
Yes.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.03
And for quite a
while we had somebody
00:49:27.10\00:49:28.43
who was paying that.
00:49:28.46\00:49:29.80
And now we don't,
00:49:29.83\00:49:31.30
so we need that extra
help for $9,000 a month.
00:49:31.33\00:49:34.97
But because of that,
00:49:35.00\00:49:36.40
on those satellites as well,
00:49:36.44\00:49:37.77
these hundreds of cable stations
00:49:37.81\00:49:39.81
around literally
all the Ex-Soviet Union,
00:49:39.84\00:49:42.64
and all the different
ways that people can receive us
00:49:42.68\00:49:46.15
from those satellites.
00:49:46.18\00:49:47.52
And so it's very important
that we keep those going.
00:49:47.55\00:49:50.42
And then, of course,
every month and in Russia,
00:49:50.49\00:49:54.56
the folks still
aren't in a position
00:49:54.59\00:49:56.09
where they can give enough
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.46
to support this entire work.
00:49:57.53\00:49:58.99
But what a
blessing, you and me can help
00:49:59.03\00:50:01.16
and so, that's amazing to us,
00:50:01.20\00:50:03.47
Julia, and we thank
you for the opportunity
00:50:03.50\00:50:06.03
to be a helped us so much
00:50:06.07\00:50:08.14
for so little is done in
Russia and your crew is amazing.
00:50:08.17\00:50:12.14
Our crew goes over and says,
00:50:12.17\00:50:14.34
you know, you bring
people to learn from us
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.58
and ours is like I
think we can learn from them.
00:50:16.61\00:50:18.81
You know, they do
so much with so little,
00:50:18.85\00:50:21.25
absolutely incredible
work that you all are doing.
00:50:21.28\00:50:24.12
But I want to ask you to think
about it and pray about it.
00:50:24.19\00:50:26.19
Say Lord, what
would You have me to do?
00:50:26.22\00:50:28.06
And if you,
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.42
any offering that you
give, if it's for Russia,
00:50:29.46\00:50:31.73
you can put Russia
or Russian satellite,
00:50:31.76\00:50:33.50
whatever you wanna do,
we'll know where it's going,
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.50
we will give you a gift.
00:50:36.53\00:50:37.87
Now we have some of
the little Matryoshka,
00:50:37.90\00:50:40.14
the very small
little key chain dolls,
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.20
but we don't have very many.
00:50:42.24\00:50:43.61
So the first 50 or so
00:50:43.64\00:50:44.97
that sends a
donation of any size,
00:50:45.01\00:50:46.61
we'll send those,
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.01
we're going to Russia
here in July when we come back.
00:50:48.04\00:50:50.18
If you want one of those,
00:50:50.25\00:50:51.58
and you've given, we can other,
00:50:51.61\00:50:52.95
but we have some
other little gifts for you
00:50:52.98\00:50:55.05
that we want you
to be a part of this.
00:50:55.08\00:50:58.79
And to say, we
wanna say thank you
00:50:58.82\00:51:00.86
for what you're doing
00:51:00.89\00:51:02.29
for the cause of God in Russia
00:51:02.32\00:51:04.06
because the field is
still wide unto harvest,
00:51:04.13\00:51:07.40
the workers, where are we?
00:51:07.43\00:51:09.26
Where are they? That's right.
00:51:09.30\00:51:10.67
And so right now we have
an opportunity to join hands
00:51:10.70\00:51:13.23
with Julia, and our
Russian brothers and sisters
00:51:13.27\00:51:15.80
to make it continue
to make a difference
00:51:15.84\00:51:18.34
and see thousands
and thousands of lives
00:51:18.37\00:51:21.44
that are being
changed for eternity.
00:51:21.48\00:51:22.81
Yes.
00:51:22.84\00:51:24.18
And for such a
small amount of money.
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.58
That's right.
00:51:25.61\00:51:26.95
I mean, Russia is
maybe the greatest investment
00:51:26.98\00:51:28.75
in people, you
hate to say investment
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.49
but maybe the
greatest investment
00:51:30.52\00:51:32.45
we've ever had when it
comes to putting your money
00:51:32.49\00:51:35.29
to see the results of souls
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.46
coming to the kingdom of God.
00:51:37.53\00:51:39.23
So what we're gonna do?
00:51:39.26\00:51:40.60
We're gonna put
up an address role
00:51:40.63\00:51:41.96
here in just a moment.
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.37
So you think about
it, you pray about it.
00:51:43.40\00:51:45.07
And whatever the
Lord lays on your heart,
00:51:45.10\00:51:47.34
you send for Russia.
00:51:47.37\00:51:48.84
And then right after
that, we'll go to news break.
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.44
We'll be back
for closing thought.
00:51:51.47\00:51:55.44
Thank you for
helping 3ABN Russia
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.81
reach millions of viewers
00:51:57.85\00:51:59.58
throughout the former
Soviet Union countries
00:51:59.61\00:52:02.08
on two powerful satellites
00:52:02.12\00:52:03.82
and on cable and
hundreds of cities.
00:52:03.89\00:52:06.12
To help support
this important ministry,
00:52:06.15\00:52:08.36
please visit 3abn.tv
00:52:08.39\00:52:10.56
and click on the
donate button for 3ABN Russia.
00:52:10.63\00:52:14.20
You may also send
your tax deductible gifts
00:52:14.23\00:52:16.67
to 3ABN Russia, PO Box 220,
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:52:16.70\00:52:23.34
Thank you for all you do
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.74
to help us proclaim
the three angels' messages
00:52:24.77\00:52:27.58
to the whole world.
00:52:27.61\00:52:28.94