I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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Family Program.
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We thank you for being with us.
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My name is John Dinzey,
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and it's a joy
for me to with you
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along with my wife Idalia
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and to tell
you, Jesus loves you.
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Amen.
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Well, during this hour
we're gonna have the pleasure
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and the blessing of
hearing some miracles stories
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and how the Lord is
working in our guests' lives
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and also their ministry.
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If you have a
request from the Lord
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and you're
waiting for an answer,
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don't give up, our
guest will share with you,
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how long it took and
what the Lord has done,
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where they were and
where they are today.
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God is willing to
transform your life
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and fill you with
blessings forevermore.
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That's right. That's right.
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And we are grateful to
the Lord for His blessings,
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and we like to introduce
the Strong Tower family,
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part of the
Strong Tower family...
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Yes.
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A Strong Tower Radio
family, that is here with us.
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Would you like
to introduce them?
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Oh, sure.
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It's my pleasure to introduce
to our friends at home...
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Bethany Bolduc.
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Welcome, Bethany.
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Welcome. Thank you.
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So you're
visiting from which state?
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Michigan. From Michigan.
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And next to you
we have David Bolduc.
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Welcome, David. Oh, thank you.
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Welcome. Good to see you.
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You guys are keeping
busy as Strong Tower Radio?
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Very busy. Yes.
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Praise the Lord.
The Lord keeps blessing.
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Amen. Amen.
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We look forward to
hearing those blessings.
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And, of course, we
have with us Jilane Fenner.
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Welcome, Jilane.
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It's good to be here.
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It's wonderful
to have you with us.
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Thank you.
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We're in for a treat
this hour, aren't we?
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Yes.
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You know, I
think that we can say
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from this moment that it's...
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We may not have
enough time to peruse
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all of the great
things the Lord has done
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to Strong Tower Radio.
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This is taste and see
that the Lord is good.
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Taste and see. Taste and see.
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I don't know who'd like
to answer this question.
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Before we get going,
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what area the
Strong Tower Radio,
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and I know you also have TV,
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what area of the
country do you cover?
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We cover half of the
State of Michigan currently,
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and we have a TV
station there in Cadillac,
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and we'd serve 50%,
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about 4 to 5
million people in Cadillac.
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And we also, through
the Lord's providence
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have a translator in
Decatur, Illinois as well.
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Wonderful. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we're going to
hear more about this,
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and the background to
this, because, you know,
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when you try to do
something for the Lord,
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it seems like the
devil tries to bring
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problems and
obstacles to discourage us.
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So we're going to find out
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how the Lord blessed in
such a wonderful way as well.
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Definitely.
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So before we continue... Yes.
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We would like to go
to the Lord in prayer.
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And we want to
ask you to remember
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to pray for the prayer requests
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that you see on the
screen or hear on the radio.
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Because we receive a
lot of prayer requests
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here at 3ABN,
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and we praise the
Lord for the pastoral staff
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that prays with
you when you call.
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And people are
sending prayer request
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via phone call, email,
and they go on Facebook,
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I mean, they're coming
from in different directions.
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And we are grateful for
all of the prayer partners
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we have all over the world.
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And if you are
not a prayer partner,
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you can register on the webpage
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but, or you may
just want to say,
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"I'm just going to pray
for those requests I see."
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And you know what happens?
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When you pray, you
get close to the Lord.
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Amen.
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And you also receive a blessing,
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so there's blessing
after blessing after blessing.
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So we encourage you
to pray for the request.
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So at this time, we're going
to go to the Lord in prayer,
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and ask Him to
bless this program
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and bless
everyone that is with us
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all over the world.
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How about that?
Let's pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we are grateful to You, Lord,
because You love us so much.
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We thank You, Lord,
for taking care of us
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even when we went our own way,
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even when we
turned our backs on You,
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You were there,
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You were taking care of us.
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And we thank You, Lord,
that as we pray now, Lord,
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You are getting
close to everyone
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that has paused to pray with us.
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We pray for Your
blessing upon them,
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and we pray that
You will consider
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every request
that has come to 3ABN.
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We thank You, Lord,
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for the privilege
to pray for others.
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And we ask You Lord
to consider each need
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those that have been presented
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and those that
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they thought about calling
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and they
thought about writing in
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but for some
reason, they hesitated,
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consider that request as well.
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And we pray,
Lord, even for those
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that are tuning in,
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perhaps for the first time
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and are watching
this program, listening.
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We pray that You will
touch their hearts as well.
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And we ask and plead with You
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that You will bless
us with Your Holy Spirit,
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that we may speak the words
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that will bring
Your honor and glory,
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but also draw people to You.
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We ask You,
Father, for these things
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in the holy and
blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well,
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we now go to a part
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that is also a
marvelous part of our program,
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and that is to
read the scripture.
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And one of the scriptures
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that has been a part
of Strong Tower Radio
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is Proverbs 18:10.
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Is that right, Proverbs 18:10?
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That's right. Yes.
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Let's go to Proverbs 18:10.
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I'm going ask
Idalia to read that for us.
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Yes.
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Proverbs 18:10 says,
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"The name of the
Lord is a strong tower.
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The righteous run
to it and are safe."
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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Amen.
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And this Bible text was picked
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by the staff of
Strong Tower Radio,
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3ABN affiliate, right?
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Yes.
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David, why is this Bible
text so special to you, guys?
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One of the
things we've run into,
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you know, here at 3ABN
there's always controversy.
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The enemy is
always trying to block us
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no matter what way we turn.
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There's always that controversy.
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And so we look at that text,
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and we see that God
is our strong tower.
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And that we can run to Him,
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and we know that
with our Father in heaven,
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we're going to be safe.
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And so we just cling to that.
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And we encourage our
listeners to do the same,
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to go to the Lord
in prayer and seek Him.
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It's not Strong
Tower Radio, it's not 3ABN,
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but the message
you're carrying is a message
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to a lost and dying
world, like Danny says.
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And so we're just
trying to get people to see
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that God is a strong tower
that He will never fail them.
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That's right.
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Amen. Amen.
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How has this personally
impacted your life, Bethany,
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this Bible text?
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Well, we probably need to start,
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you know, we're here to
talk about the ministry today,
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and we probably need to
start with our son, Seth.
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And kind of maybe
share a little bit about
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what has happened with him.
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He was...
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We see him on the screen, right?
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Yeah, we see him.
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And he's smiling. Yeah.
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Talking to grandma.
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Please share the story about it.
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Yes.
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So, Seth, when he was
two and a half months old,
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he started having seizures.
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And the picture
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where he's on the
floor in front of the couch,
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he was trying to learn to crawl,
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and he gave
himself a bloody nose
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because he
started having a seizure
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and banged his
head into the carpet.
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And so we very
soon had to start going
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through a lot of
medical procedures.
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There's a picture of
him with the LED the EKG,
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excuse me, the
EKG leads on his head.
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We had several
stints in the hospital.
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We were very, very fortunate
to be at an incredibly good
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children's hospital
in Cincinnati, Ohio,
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with a very wonderful staff,
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and the specialist
that could really see
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into what needed
to be done for him.
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And, of course, it was
a trying time in our lives
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and we turned to God, we
turned to the scriptures.
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Years ago, I started
writing dates in my Bible,
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so when I would
find a special verse,
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I would highlight
it or underline it,
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and then I would
put the date there,
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because then I can look back
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and I can remember what
God did for me in the past
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and not forget.
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And so we ended up
having brain surgery for our son
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at 11 months old.
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And they removed the
focal point of his tumor.
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It was a tumor,
non-cancerous tumor.
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He has medical condition called
tuberous sclerosis complex.
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It is a genetic mutation
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that causes non-cancerous tumors
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to grow in any
organ of his body.
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And so it's not something
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that he'll ever be
cured of until heaven,
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it's something you manage.
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And so they removed the tumor
that was causing those seizures
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that he had as a baby.
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So if you see him today,
he's running around and...
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Praise the Lord.
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Climbing and
getting into things.
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And you know, he's a
little developmentally delayed,
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probably two to three
years behind someone of his age.
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But that's okay.
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You know, he's
tracking along and he's growing
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and developing very
nicely, and we're very pleased.
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And he's the poster
child of tuberous sclerosis,
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of all the
children that have had
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the doctors talk to us
about, he's done the best.
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He had one surgery, that is it.
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Most children have had
to have multiple surgeries,
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life flies the whole thing.
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God has really
blessed him. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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You know, I have to
think that you have seen
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that the Lord is present
help in times of trouble.
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Amen. Yeah, yes.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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So after our faith
experience with our son,
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we had an opportunity,
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my husband has always
had a heart for radio.
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So...
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So we were looking at that time
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for an opportunity to
build a radio station.
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And we've looked at low
power FM several years before,
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but that
opportunity wasn't available.
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But about the same time
our son had the operation,
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the FCC
announced a filing window
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for non-commercial
education radio stations.
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So I started looking in the area
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around our house
there by Decatur, Illinois,
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and I couldn't find anything.
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And so we looked all
summer, couldn't find anything.
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We came to camp meeting,
I talked to Jay Christian.
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And Jay said,
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"Why don't you
look one more time?"
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So we went back home,
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and I found a frequency
not in the Decatur area.
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But I decided the
Holy Spirit prompted me
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to look in Michigan,
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because my wife Bethany's
parents lived in near Cadillac.
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So I looked up there,
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and there was a
frequency available
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in the Cadillac area.
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So we just move forward on that
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in faith, we
didn't have the money.
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But we knew from our son's
experience with this surgery
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that the Lord would
provide, and so we applied.
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We got together a
board, long story short,
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we got everything together.
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And the FCC
accepted our application,
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and the Lord has
been blessing ever since.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's incredible
how the Lord works.
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And so the
experience of your son,
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you saw that as a faith builder
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to lead you to believe that
the Lord is able to provide,
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you know, you went out in faith,
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and you've seen that
the Lord has provided.
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Yeah.
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How long ago was that
there, remind us again of that?
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Well, the surgery was in 2007,
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and the opportunity
to build was in October,
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in late October of 2007.
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And so then we eventually
moved to Michigan in 2009.
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So we've been on the
air in the Cadillac area
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since 2009.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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You know, there
are so many things
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that take place
during this process,
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you know, when you
talk about a filing window,
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the Federal
Communications Commission, FCC,
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it's every so
often that they do this.
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And this was an opportunity,
they call it a filing window.
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Window, yes.
It's our great shot.
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So the opportunity was there,
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and did you know at
the time you were applying
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how much this would cost?
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No. No?
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No. We didn't know.
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So looking back, can you tell us
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how much it cost to
put the station on the air?
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Well, we built a
Cadillac station in Cadillac,
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and it cost us, well, for
the transmitter is $25,000,
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and for the antenna, it
was another $25,000- $30,000,
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because it had to
be specially suited
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for the area to
protect other radio stations.
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So we just did the transmitter
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and the antenna
cost over $50,000,
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and that's not even
including the studio equipment
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we had to purchase.
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Okay.
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So tell us about the money
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that rained down from the sky
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or they grew from the ground.
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Where did the money come from?
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Well, one of our
initial board members
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was impressed by the Lord.
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Early one
morning in July of 2008,
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and if you remember
what happened in 2008
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with the stock
market, and the housing...
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Oh, there was chaos,
economic in the whole world.
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Yeah. Financial problems.
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Just a few weeks, right? Yes.
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Before that,
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this person who was
impressed by the Lord
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to basically clean
out all of their stocks,
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their whole portfolio
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and give it to
the radio station.
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Wow! Praise the Lord.
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So they did.
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They followed the
leading of the Holy Spirit.
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And they gave that in
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because the housing
collapse hadn't happened yet.
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The family says, "We
made out like gangbusters."
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They gave us...
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How much was it?
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I don't know an
exact figure. Yeah.
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But it was in the
range of $100,000.
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Hundred thousand dollars.
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Wow! Praise the Lord!
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Enough to cover the needs
to purchase all the equipment
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for the radio station,
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and then the
housing market collapsed.
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But the money was safe,
because it had been taken out.
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And we had enough
to cover all the needs,
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all of our needs were provided.
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Amen.
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I think is admirable
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how the Lord has
provided for your son,
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you know, how
you've come across,
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because a lot of times
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we hear how big and good God is.
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And He's a
physician of physicians,
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that to trust in the Lord
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and our brethren will say,
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"Just trust in the
Lord, just trust Jesus."
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But we trust Him.
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But we feel the pain
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and agony of watching our sons
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or children going
through some much.
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And it's amazing how
the Lord comfort you,
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and He reveals His
power and His attention,
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undivided
attention to you as you pray,
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and you see
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how He is answering
one prayer after the other,
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and after the other
and you end up saying,
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"He answered it way better
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than what I ever had
even imagined or asked."
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So this built
your faith up and say,
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"Hey, we can do
anything with God.
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You know, through
Christ, we can do anything."
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So here you're encouraged
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to listen to the
prompting of the Holy Spirit
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to go into
ministry through radio.
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So you just let the Lord work.
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You took that step of
faith, and here we are,
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how many years later?
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Ten years.
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Ten years! Ten years.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we've been on
the air for 10 years.
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Yes.
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We started 12
years ago with actually
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making all the applications
and forming our board
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and stuff.
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And that's
where Jilane comes in.
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Jilane was one of our
original board members.
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Amen.
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She's been an
amazing cheerleader
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along the way and a help.
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And we have a
picture of our first building
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that we used for our studio.
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Right.
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And a picture of
some of our people
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back in those early days.
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Yeah. Amen.
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This building, the total
building 1600 square feet,
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but we started with only
about half of that building
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when we started.
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And then we kept growing
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because we started just
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thought was going to be
little Cadillac on the map.
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And now we have 12 radio
stations and a TV station.
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And a couple years ago
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we realized that
building was too small
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'cause we started a remodeling
to go to 1600 square feet
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before we were done remodeling.
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It was too small.
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Well, you know,
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we know where the
scripture that you have used
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for Strong Tower
Radio, we read Proverbs 18:10.
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But how did you
come to the decision
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that the name of the ministry
will be Strong Tower Radio?
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Well, one of our founding board
members was George Corless,
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and he was looking
on a shelf of his books,
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bookshelf one day,
00:18:23.30\00:18:24.77
and he saw a book
entitled "Strong Tower."
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And he thought...
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You know, George's really,
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to say he was good at
marketing is an understatement.
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He could put things
together really good.
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And he saw the name strong tower
00:18:36.64\00:18:38.88
and he thought,
"Strong Tower Radio."
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And then he remembered
the verse we looked it up
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and all these, and it
just fit, Strong Tower Radio.
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And so we stuck with
that, Strong Tower Radio.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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It's a lot easier to say
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than the actual
name of the ministry.
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The name of the ministry is
00:18:54.53\00:18:55.86
West Central
Michigan Media Ministries.
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West Central...
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Michigan. Michigan.
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Michigan...
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Media... Media...
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Ministry. Ministry.
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Because our focus we thought
would be West Central Michigan.
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Right.
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So, we just thought there.
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But you must go to other lands
00:19:09.11\00:19:10.45
and so you're growing and going.
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Lord said, go.
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That's good.
00:19:13.48\00:19:14.82
We had the
privilege of meeting George
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and he was a kind,
genuine, dedicated...
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He's very dedicated. Dedicated.
00:19:20.99\00:19:22.62
I mean, he had Strong
Tower Radio in his veins, right?
00:19:22.66\00:19:25.56
Yes, he did.
00:19:25.59\00:19:26.93
And love for
ministry, love for the Lord.
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So we had that
privilege of meeting him.
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So your staff has grown
and your ministry is growing,
00:19:32.07\00:19:36.60
and all of this because
you were willing to heed
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to the prompting
of the Holy Spirit.
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Yes. All of this.
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Much of this is the
direct answer to prayer.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Back in the dark days,
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when we were struggling
with our son's diagnosis...
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Yes.
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Struggling with the
seizures on a daily basis,
00:19:53.39\00:19:55.46
keeping a log of the seizures,
00:19:55.49\00:19:57.59
writing down
every seizure on a log.
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You know, I went
to the scriptures,
00:20:00.66\00:20:02.96
and I, you know,
trying to find that comfort,
00:20:03.00\00:20:05.37
that encouragement.
00:20:05.40\00:20:06.84
And you know, we have such
an awesome Heavenly Father.
00:20:06.87\00:20:10.41
And He encourages
us to wrestle with Him
00:20:10.44\00:20:13.01
over our
struggles and our needs.
00:20:13.04\00:20:16.24
And so one day,
00:20:16.28\00:20:17.85
I kind of got in
God's face almost.
00:20:17.88\00:20:20.22
And I said,
00:20:20.25\00:20:21.78
"We live in a bad
world, I know that,
00:20:21.82\00:20:23.99
the devil is going to do
horrible things in this world."
00:20:24.02\00:20:28.16
But I don't want the
devil to play with my baby.
00:20:28.19\00:20:31.16
And so I said, "Lord,
00:20:31.19\00:20:33.53
if you choose not
to fix this, okay.
00:20:33.56\00:20:36.63
But the devil is not
going to have my baby.
00:20:36.67\00:20:39.30
You are going to turn
the situation for good.
00:20:39.33\00:20:42.00
You are going to cause people
00:20:42.04\00:20:44.27
to be saved in
the Kingdom of Heaven,
00:20:44.31\00:20:46.34
because of what
we are going through
00:20:46.37\00:20:48.34
because I'm not going to
stand for it any other way."
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That was very prompt. Amen.
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.18
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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It's really incredible.
00:20:56.42\00:20:57.85
Well, Bethany and
well... Praise the Lord.
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Tell us a little bit
about some of the response.
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I don't know if anyone
00:21:02.96\00:21:04.29
who received
the first phone call
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.03
from one of the listeners,
00:21:06.06\00:21:08.46
tell us one experience
from a call or a letter,
00:21:08.50\00:21:12.73
email you received
00:21:12.77\00:21:14.57
people listening
to the programming?
00:21:14.60\00:21:17.17
Well, we received several calls.
00:21:17.21\00:21:20.61
One interesting call
00:21:20.64\00:21:22.88
and maybe Jilane could give us
00:21:22.91\00:21:24.25
a little bit more
information about.
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.55
There was a lady
driving down the road,
00:21:26.58\00:21:28.88
and she called to the
station, she talked to George.
00:21:28.92\00:21:32.69
But...
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Well we've two different stories
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about the radio, car radio.
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Yeah.
00:21:37.23\00:21:38.83
The first one
was a few years back,
00:21:38.86\00:21:42.53
and she was on I-75 in Michigan,
00:21:42.56\00:21:45.50
driving
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and listening to her favorite
Christian radio station.
00:21:46.90\00:21:50.41
And it happens to be 99.7,
00:21:50.44\00:21:53.11
where she lives.
00:21:53.14\00:21:55.08
And then all of a sudden,
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.48
her radio went down to 91.9,
00:21:56.51\00:22:00.02
where Strong Tower Radio was.
00:22:00.05\00:22:02.32
Interesting.
00:22:02.35\00:22:03.69
And she's like, turns it back.
00:22:03.72\00:22:06.02
It went back, hopped
again back down to that.
00:22:06.05\00:22:09.26
She was irritated, did it again,
00:22:09.29\00:22:11.59
went back down.
00:22:11.63\00:22:13.23
And she's like, "Okay, Lord,
00:22:13.26\00:22:14.73
you want me to
listen to something,"
00:22:14.76\00:22:16.30
'cause that was her
favorite station for 50 years
00:22:16.33\00:22:18.60
that she'd been listening to
00:22:18.63\00:22:19.97
Doug Batchelor was the air
00:22:20.00\00:22:21.34
and we talking
about the Sabbath.
00:22:21.37\00:22:23.71
And when she was a
young girl, about 12 years old
00:22:23.74\00:22:25.77
reading the scripture, Sabbath,
00:22:25.81\00:22:27.68
wondered why she
went to church on Sunday.
00:22:27.71\00:22:30.51
But you know,
never went anywhere,
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.05
'cause Sunday is the
day you go to church.
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.85
But she started
listening to that,
00:22:34.88\00:22:36.22
she became a baptized member
00:22:36.25\00:22:37.59
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:22:37.62\00:22:38.95
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:22:38.99\00:22:40.32
And then another
time, so our lady had called
00:22:40.36\00:22:42.99
and talked to George
00:22:43.02\00:22:44.36
and accusing
George's Strong Tower Radio,
00:22:44.39\00:22:48.96
manipulating her
radio station in her car.
00:22:49.00\00:22:52.17
Oh, really? Yeah.
00:22:52.20\00:22:53.94
Oh, wow!
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.30
She said, "How are you
changing my radio station?"
00:22:55.34\00:22:57.84
And George's like,
"Lady, it's the Holy Spirit.
00:22:57.87\00:23:01.31
It's not us." That's right.
00:23:01.34\00:23:03.71
Amen.
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.08
Well, I think at this time,
00:23:05.11\00:23:06.45
we'd like to listen
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.05
to a musical
offering to the Lord,
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.79
and because of the
things we've heard,
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.12
this is very appropriate,
00:23:14.16\00:23:15.82
as Idalia
mentioned to me a moment ago.
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We have Pastor John Lomacang,
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that recorded a song
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that speaks of
what we should do,
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I would say
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and the title is
"Be still and know."
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Be still and know that He is God
00:23:53.36\00:23:58.40
Be still and know that
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He is holy
00:24:04.07\00:24:09.54
Be still oh
restless soul of mine
00:24:09.58\00:24:14.48
Bow before the Prince of Peace
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Let the noise and clamor cease
00:24:18.39\00:24:22.42
Be still and know that He is God
00:24:25.46\00:24:30.50
Be still and know that
00:24:33.54\00:24:35.94
He is faithful
00:24:35.97\00:24:41.51
Consider all that He has done
00:24:41.54\00:24:46.41
Stand in awe and be amazed
00:24:46.45\00:24:50.35
And know that He
will never change
00:24:50.39\00:24:56.42
Be still
00:24:56.46\00:25:00.76
Be still
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And know that He is God
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Be still
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And know that He is God
00:25:16.75\00:25:20.18
Be still
00:25:20.22\00:25:24.65
And know that He is God
00:25:24.69\00:25:28.36
Be still
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Be speechless
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Be still and know
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.07
That He is God
00:25:41.10\00:25:46.98
Be still and know
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He is our Father
00:25:49.28\00:25:55.05
Come rest your
head upon His breast
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Listen to the rhythm of
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His unfailing heart of love
00:26:04.06\00:26:08.06
Beating for His little ones
00:26:08.10\00:26:12.17
Calling each of us to come
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Be still
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Be still
00:26:29.35\00:26:36.22
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:26:45.47\00:26:46.80
Yes, we have to do it.
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From time to time,
we have to be still
00:26:48.94\00:26:50.44
and know that God is God
00:26:50.47\00:26:52.07
and He will take care
00:26:52.11\00:26:53.61
of whatever situation
or problem we're facing.
00:26:53.64\00:26:56.24
I like to ask you a little bit.
00:26:56.28\00:26:57.61
We're talking to our
Strong Tower Radio family.
00:26:57.65\00:27:01.62
Tell us a little bit
about the programming you use
00:27:01.65\00:27:04.02
and how many hours a day
you're actually on the air?
00:27:04.05\00:27:08.06
We're a 3ABN radio affiliate,
00:27:08.09\00:27:09.99
but we also do carry
programs from 3ABN TV,
00:27:10.03\00:27:14.90
and from Dare to Dream.
00:27:14.93\00:27:16.36
And we just try to reach a wide
variety of people and children.
00:27:16.40\00:27:22.27
We're always
focused on children, 24/7.
00:27:22.30\00:27:26.47
Like I said,
before we reach about
00:27:26.51\00:27:28.68
half the state of
Michigan currently.
00:27:28.71\00:27:31.15
We're just
getting now to the point
00:27:31.18\00:27:35.78
where we are producing some
more of our own programming.
00:27:35.82\00:27:39.45
We're working on
doing live programming.
00:27:39.49\00:27:42.12
Excellent.
00:27:42.16\00:27:43.49
Just trying to ease into
00:27:43.53\00:27:44.86
even though we've been
on the air for 10 years,
00:27:44.89\00:27:46.59
we're still growing.
00:27:46.63\00:27:47.96
And like Jilane said,
00:27:48.00\00:27:49.33
the Lord has
really blessed as far as
00:27:49.36\00:27:51.53
where we have started.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.34
Amen. Amen.
00:27:53.37\00:27:54.70
I've heard the name, George.
00:27:54.74\00:27:56.57
Tell us about George.
00:27:56.60\00:27:59.01
He was part of
the ministry? Yes.
00:27:59.04\00:28:00.64
He was part of the ministry.
00:28:00.68\00:28:02.41
Unfortunately, his
health he's passed away.
00:28:02.44\00:28:05.18
And we do have a
picture of George and me.
00:28:05.21\00:28:08.62
Because of 3ABN Today program,
00:28:08.65\00:28:12.85
George and I started
doing a Strong Tower Radio
00:28:12.89\00:28:15.02
Tuesday program.
00:28:15.06\00:28:16.39
There you are. There's George.
00:28:16.42\00:28:17.76
And so we would
interview people like 3ABN,
00:28:17.79\00:28:20.23
you know, with ministries.
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.03
And one thing,
especially starting out,
00:28:22.06\00:28:24.47
you know, so many years ago,
00:28:24.50\00:28:26.60
there's in Cadillac
00:28:26.63\00:28:27.97
there's not a lot of
Adventist ministries going on.
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.21
So we reached
out to the community,
00:28:30.24\00:28:32.51
to the Baptist
Church, the Catholic Church,
00:28:32.54\00:28:34.51
Dutch Reformed.
00:28:34.54\00:28:35.88
And so we would
bring them in and find out
00:28:35.91\00:28:37.85
what their
ministries are doing around.
00:28:37.88\00:28:40.12
Missions, missions,
00:28:40.15\00:28:41.48
they were going to different
islands in the Caribbean,
00:28:41.52\00:28:43.99
in different places
around the world after that.
00:28:44.02\00:28:45.35
Yeah. Do wells
and yeah, just do.
00:28:45.39\00:28:47.49
And then that got the community
00:28:47.52\00:28:49.36
listening to Strong Tower Radio.
00:28:49.39\00:28:51.19
Amen. Amen.
00:28:51.23\00:28:52.56
Excellent.
00:28:52.59\00:28:53.93
Well, we praise the
Lord for technology,
00:28:53.96\00:28:55.73
but we praise the
Lord for people that
00:28:55.76\00:28:59.03
listen to the
Lord into launching
00:28:59.07\00:29:02.17
into ministry
00:29:02.20\00:29:03.61
through technology.
00:29:03.64\00:29:04.97
Because a lot of harm can
do, be done with technology,
00:29:05.01\00:29:08.64
but for God's
glory, and for His honor,
00:29:08.68\00:29:13.15
here stands Strong Tower Radio,
strongly serving the ministry.
00:29:13.18\00:29:18.82
You know, and I've got to
mention something about that
00:29:18.85\00:29:20.76
because, you know, radio,
00:29:20.79\00:29:23.32
a lot of people
associate radio with music,
00:29:23.36\00:29:25.93
and that is one of
the very first things,
00:29:25.96\00:29:28.06
we'd only been on the
air for three weeks in 2009.
00:29:28.10\00:29:31.37
And I had a friend that
saw me in this parking lot.
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.74
And she come to me,
she said, "Oh, Jilane,
00:29:34.77\00:29:37.01
I love your radio station."
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.31
And she said,
"I love the music."
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.04
And I was standing
there trying to think
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.14
how like,
00:29:43.18\00:29:44.51
the only thing I
could come up with,
00:29:44.55\00:29:46.01
"Yeah, I know it's different."
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.38
And she kind of
touched my shoulder,
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
she said, "No,
Jilane, it's reverent."
00:29:48.78\00:29:51.02
Because it's not the
Christian rock and pop
00:29:51.05\00:29:54.22
that most of
Christian stations play.
00:29:54.26\00:29:57.06
And I just
thought, "That's right.
00:29:57.09\00:29:58.43
We play reverent music."
00:29:58.46\00:30:01.46
One of the music programs
actually was instrumental
00:30:01.50\00:30:04.97
in bringing one of our baptisms.
00:30:05.00\00:30:08.14
We have some
pictures with baptism.
00:30:08.17\00:30:10.01
Oh, great! Praise the Lord.
00:30:10.04\00:30:11.64
And the first picture is Chris.
00:30:11.67\00:30:13.27
Praise the Lord.
Here we have Chris.
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.64
Chris.
00:30:14.68\00:30:16.01
And she was
having trouble sleeping,
00:30:16.04\00:30:19.91
listened later in the evening.
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.05
We have a program that we play
00:30:22.08\00:30:24.49
that has very soft
music that helps with,
00:30:24.52\00:30:28.02
you know, kind of soothing,
00:30:28.06\00:30:29.52
and that got her hooked,
00:30:29.56\00:30:31.56
and she started listening.
00:30:31.59\00:30:33.19
And after while
she came to church,
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.70
she heard about some
meetings at the church
00:30:34.73\00:30:38.00
and she came to church,
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.47
and she gave her
life to the Lord.
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.50
And now she is one
of our cheerleaders
00:30:41.54\00:30:43.91
and our volunteers,
and she comes in regularly.
00:30:43.94\00:30:45.27
Volunteer?
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.64
It's wonderful! Amen.
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.01
She helps with the front desk,
00:30:48.04\00:30:49.38
she helps with
screening programs
00:30:49.41\00:30:50.98
and all sorts of other stuff.
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.31
It's amazing.
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.68
We've had several
other baptisms as well.
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.42
Yeah, we've had.
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.65
Like we said, we moved
from Decatur, Illinois area
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.42
up to Michigan,
00:31:01.46\00:31:02.89
through the Lord's providence
00:31:02.92\00:31:04.26
and a very long
story, really quick.
00:31:04.29\00:31:06.80
He opened up to
us an opportunity
00:31:06.83\00:31:08.46
to purchase radio
station in Decatur,
00:31:08.50\00:31:11.13
a translator in Decatur.
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.87
And there was a gentleman
in Decatur that was listening,
00:31:12.90\00:31:16.20
but he was outside
of the Decatur area,
00:31:16.24\00:31:17.71
but the signal is
still reaching him.
00:31:17.74\00:31:19.87
You know, many times here
00:31:19.91\00:31:21.24
where the Lord
allows the signal to go way
00:31:21.28\00:31:22.94
beyond we're
supposed to be going.
00:31:22.98\00:31:25.01
And so we have a
picture of Pastor Joe Lewis
00:31:25.05\00:31:28.42
and this gentleman is
one of the deacons now
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.22
in the Decatur Church.
00:31:31.25\00:31:32.59
Oh, praise the Lord! Amen.
00:31:32.62\00:31:33.96
Lord is so grateful
00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32
that he is so
faithful in church there.
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.69
Amen. Yeah.
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.06
Yeah, and it's just amazing
00:31:38.09\00:31:39.43
to see how the
Lord is using that.
00:31:39.46\00:31:41.30
And where we left we thought
00:31:41.33\00:31:42.66
we weren't going
to have a presence,
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.10
and now the Lord opened for us
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.47
to have a presence in Decatur.
00:31:45.50\00:31:46.84
Amen, amen.
00:31:46.87\00:31:48.20
Isn't it amazing
how the Lord works?
00:31:48.24\00:31:50.11
And you know,
it's by the fruits,
00:31:50.14\00:31:53.91
you shall know them, right?
00:31:53.94\00:31:55.48
So it's a fruitful ministry,
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.28
the Lord is in
this ministry for sure.
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.91
Our next picture
is Mark and Mary.
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.08
Oh, Mark and Mary.
00:32:02.12\00:32:03.45
Yes. Okay.
00:32:03.49\00:32:04.82
And I think Jilane's
gonna share their story.
00:32:04.85\00:32:06.19
And that's George with them.
00:32:06.22\00:32:08.49
And Mark had a fairly new car
00:32:08.52\00:32:10.99
that had radio, satellite radio,
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.96
I believe.
00:32:12.99\00:32:14.33
But it wasn't working.
00:32:14.36\00:32:15.70
So he got just scan
the dial and the only thing
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.33
he could get in happened
to be the Strong Tower Radio.
00:32:18.37\00:32:20.77
Isn't that
something to that? Yeah.
00:32:20.80\00:32:24.51
And so he started listening
00:32:24.54\00:32:25.87
because he
travelled a lot for his job.
00:32:25.91\00:32:28.31
So, anyways,
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.11
he would come home and
he would sit in his car
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.51
to finish hearing a sermon
or maybe one of the stories.
00:32:32.55\00:32:36.48
And his wife's
wonder, "What are you doing?"
00:32:36.52\00:32:38.85
You know, and he
started listening.
00:32:38.89\00:32:40.49
And I don't know, David,
00:32:40.52\00:32:41.86
how long did he
listen, do you remember?
00:32:41.89\00:32:43.22
It was several weeks. Yeah.
00:32:43.26\00:32:44.89
And then all of a
sudden, he decided
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.26
he needed to find
a Adventist Church.
00:32:46.29\00:32:47.93
Right. And so he went.
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.37
And then we've
heard these stories too,
00:32:50.40\00:32:52.10
people come into
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:32:52.13\00:32:54.44
in the parking lot sit there,
00:32:54.47\00:32:56.47
and then leave.
00:32:56.50\00:32:58.31
And that's what he did at first.
00:32:58.34\00:32:59.74
But then he came,
00:32:59.77\00:33:01.34
and he was the first one there,
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.88
one morning at 9 AM,
00:33:03.91\00:33:06.78
almost everyone else...
00:33:06.82\00:33:08.25
He greeted the greeter.
Yeah, he greeted the greeters.
00:33:08.28\00:33:10.89
And he never left.
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.45
Wow! Praise the
Lord. Oh, praise the Lord.
00:33:12.49\00:33:14.22
And then his wife,
00:33:14.26\00:33:15.59
"Just go ahead, do whatever."
00:33:15.62\00:33:17.33
But then when the
pastor started talking to him
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.06
about being baptized,
00:33:19.09\00:33:21.16
she was encouraged to come in
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.43
and support him at his baptism,
00:33:23.47\00:33:25.60
and she's never left either.
00:33:25.63\00:33:26.97
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:33:27.00\00:33:28.34
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:33:28.37\00:33:29.70
You know, Jilane,
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.07
you touched on something that
00:33:31.11\00:33:32.74
when somebody is greeted
or received into the church,
00:33:32.77\00:33:37.65
it just shows you
that it's teamwork, right?
00:33:37.68\00:33:40.18
Yeah.
00:33:40.22\00:33:41.55
The Lord does His
job, He calls us to what?
00:33:41.58\00:33:44.55
Go ye, right? Right.
00:33:44.59\00:33:46.12
So we obey, we go
in whichever direction,
00:33:46.15\00:33:49.22
whichever way the Lord wants us
00:33:49.26\00:33:53.86
to share the gospel.
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.76
And then there's
the congregation,
00:33:55.80\00:33:57.70
the local congregation.
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.33
So as you received the visitors
00:33:59.37\00:34:01.97
that are coming in
to visit your church,
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.71
that leaves a
lasting impression,
00:34:04.74\00:34:07.38
and they need to
be received as family.
00:34:07.41\00:34:10.25
That's right.
00:34:10.28\00:34:11.61
Because that is very
important for someone
00:34:11.65\00:34:13.52
to have enough courage
to go to a congregation
00:34:13.55\00:34:19.02
all by themselves
not knowing anyone,
00:34:19.05\00:34:21.76
that could be intimidating.
00:34:21.79\00:34:23.12
It was very intimidating.
00:34:23.16\00:34:24.49
Well, that's one thing
we've been talking about
00:34:24.53\00:34:25.96
with marketing again,
00:34:25.99\00:34:27.96
is that we want to have a sign
00:34:28.00\00:34:29.96
out in front of that church
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.33
that, you know, like
a Strong Tower Radio.
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.04
So they know that
church is associated
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.87
with Strong Tower Radio.
00:34:36.91\00:34:38.27
And we're working on getting
00:34:38.31\00:34:39.64
some more
marketing things like that,
00:34:39.67\00:34:41.14
because we'll have yard signs
for people putting their yard,
00:34:41.18\00:34:44.21
you know, tune in or
listen Strong Tower Radio
00:34:44.25\00:34:46.41
in their local radio...
00:34:46.45\00:34:50.72
Station. Station...
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.09
Frequency. Yeah, frequency.
00:34:52.12\00:34:53.46
That's the word.
I'm sorry. Frequency.
00:34:53.49\00:34:54.82
Because the 12 stations
00:34:54.86\00:34:56.52
we have 12
different frequencies.
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
That's right. That's right.
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.26
Oh, 12 stations!
00:34:59.29\00:35:00.63
We've 12 stations. Yes.
00:35:00.66\00:35:02.00
Wow! Praise the Lord.
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.37
And just as our
signal has grown,
00:35:03.40\00:35:04.73
our staff has grown.
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.57
We have a picture of
our mostly current staff.
00:35:06.60\00:35:10.11
One of them has, is moving away.
00:35:10.14\00:35:14.61
But we have...
00:35:14.64\00:35:17.38
I know Keyen. Yeah.
00:35:17.41\00:35:18.85
Hello, Keyen,
yeah. That's right.
00:35:18.88\00:35:20.22
I see you have a
dog on the staff.
00:35:20.25\00:35:21.58
Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:21.62\00:35:22.95
He's our mascot. That's my dog.
00:35:22.98\00:35:26.25
Yeah.
00:35:26.29\00:35:27.62
And our past
chairman of the board is there
00:35:27.66\00:35:31.49
and our current
chairman of the board is there.
00:35:31.53\00:35:33.19
Oh, wonderful.
00:35:33.23\00:35:34.56
And all the different areas,
00:35:34.60\00:35:37.10
we have our IT person
00:35:37.13\00:35:38.57
and we have a
maintenance person,
00:35:38.60\00:35:40.14
that's a volunteer
00:35:40.17\00:35:41.87
and we have our mascot.
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.41
So tell us something
00:35:43.44\00:35:45.04
how does supported
financially Strong Tower Radio?
00:35:45.07\00:35:51.25
How does it work?
00:35:51.28\00:35:52.75
Donations.
00:35:52.78\00:35:54.15
So listeners supported.
00:35:54.18\00:35:55.52
We followed the model that 3ABN
has established, and it works.
00:35:55.55\00:35:59.52
We see where
it's done here. Yes.
00:35:59.55\00:36:01.42
And so we do not run any
commercials anything for,
00:36:01.46\00:36:06.06
you know, even though
we're non-commercial station,
00:36:06.09\00:36:08.10
we could still run commercials
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.83
like most Christian stations do.
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.33
Paid commercials.
Paid commercials, yes.
00:36:12.37\00:36:13.87
We don't do that.
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.24
We do prayer requests,
00:36:15.27\00:36:16.81
we do PSAs,
00:36:16.84\00:36:19.81
public service announcements
for local Christian groups.
00:36:19.84\00:36:23.04
As long as it's for a
Christ centered ministry
00:36:23.08\00:36:26.08
we will air those.
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.05
But it's all listener supported,
00:36:28.08\00:36:30.59
whenever people are touched
00:36:30.62\00:36:31.95
by the Holy
Spirit to support us,
00:36:31.99\00:36:33.86
and that's
where we get the funds
00:36:33.89\00:36:35.79
to purchase more radio stations.
00:36:35.82\00:36:37.33
Grow, going grow.
00:36:37.36\00:36:38.69
Yeah. Yes.
00:36:38.73\00:36:40.06
Amen.
00:36:40.10\00:36:41.43
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:36:41.46\00:36:42.80
Now is everyone a paid
staff on that staff picture?
00:36:42.83\00:36:45.70
No. No.
00:36:45.73\00:36:47.07
Please tell us
about, how that works too?
00:36:47.10\00:36:49.64
Well, there's
three full time staff,
00:36:49.67\00:36:52.07
myself, Thomas
Jerry, and Dan Bailey.
00:36:52.11\00:36:54.61
Tom does marketing,
Dan does the audio editing.
00:36:54.64\00:36:57.95
And then we have
two part time people,
00:36:57.98\00:37:00.88
Joy Corliss,
George's, his widow,
00:37:00.92\00:37:04.79
and then John Doman,
who does our IT work.
00:37:04.82\00:37:08.62
Everybody else in the
pictures is volunteer.
00:37:08.66\00:37:10.79
Everyone else's volunteer.
00:37:10.83\00:37:12.69
Praise the Lord.
00:37:12.73\00:37:14.06
And now I mention
that the full time
00:37:14.10\00:37:15.63
and part time staff,
00:37:15.66\00:37:17.53
they're being
paid missionary wages.
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.74
In one of our newest volunteers
happens to be Jay Gallimoore,
00:37:20.77\00:37:26.71
who was the president
of the Michigan Conference
00:37:26.74\00:37:28.84
of Seventh-day Adventist.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.35
And he always mentioned
that it is missionary wages.
00:37:30.38\00:37:34.32
You know, so God is providing.
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.55
Amen.
00:37:36.58\00:37:37.92
Just what we need, right? Yes.
00:37:37.95\00:37:39.55
The Lord always
provides just what we need.
00:37:39.59\00:37:42.86
And then when you're
in ministry even more.
00:37:42.89\00:37:45.49
That's right.
00:37:45.53\00:37:46.86
He gives us
more because... Yeah.
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.23
We don't see the whole
picture, but He's leading you...
00:37:48.26\00:37:50.57
Yeah. Right.
00:37:50.60\00:37:51.93
To a greater picture. So...
00:37:51.97\00:37:53.30
I like to say
that before we continue
00:37:53.34\00:37:55.20
and told you that,
00:37:55.24\00:37:56.57
"Let it go, let it go,"
00:37:56.60\00:37:58.21
that we will soon be
sharing the contact information
00:37:58.24\00:38:01.14
for Strong Tower Radio.
00:38:01.18\00:38:03.14
So we want to let you know
00:38:03.18\00:38:04.81
to prepare for that
opportunity to write it down.
00:38:04.85\00:38:08.92
And I'm going to give
you a hint that has helped me
00:38:08.95\00:38:11.32
and that is, "I
can't find the paper,
00:38:11.35\00:38:12.99
I can't find the pen."
00:38:13.02\00:38:14.36
You know, these
phones that you have now,
00:38:14.39\00:38:16.29
we can record audio or
even just video, so that...
00:38:16.32\00:38:18.89
Take a picture.
00:38:18.93\00:38:20.26
You can take a
picture of the screen.
00:38:20.30\00:38:21.63
So find these different ways
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.06
to get the contact
information to write to them.
00:38:23.10\00:38:26.50
Send them a word
of encouragement.
00:38:26.53\00:38:28.37
And also, if the
Holy Spirit impresses you
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.27
to support Strong Tower Radio.
00:38:30.31\00:38:33.01
You're reaching how
much of Michigan you say?
00:38:33.04\00:38:34.54
Half of Michigan.
00:38:34.58\00:38:35.91
Half of Michigan,
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.28
and I don't think
they're happy with just half.
00:38:37.31\00:38:39.41
They want to reach all
of Michigan and beyond.
00:38:39.45\00:38:41.95
So now we encourage you
to pray for them as well.
00:38:41.98\00:38:44.55
Yes.
00:38:44.59\00:38:45.92
But it's just amazing
00:38:45.95\00:38:47.29
how God can set
things up ahead of time.
00:38:47.32\00:38:48.66
Yes, that's right.
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.03
So in 1995,
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.89
there was a highway
that was being expanded,
00:38:51.93\00:38:54.80
Highway 131,
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.16
that was two
lane through Cadillac.
00:38:56.20\00:38:59.53
They wanted to make it four lane
00:38:59.57\00:39:00.90
going around the Cadillac.
00:39:00.94\00:39:03.51
So a gentleman had
built a Fox affiliate studio.
00:39:03.54\00:39:09.31
And he had checked
with the state engineers
00:39:09.34\00:39:12.68
to make sure that they
put it in the right spot.
00:39:12.71\00:39:15.75
Well, there was a wetland
that they hadn't counted on.
00:39:15.78\00:39:18.52
So they had to
move the highway path
00:39:18.55\00:39:21.09
right through the
middle of his studio.
00:39:21.12\00:39:22.96
Literally. Literally.
00:39:22.99\00:39:24.33
So he had to move the
building, they had to rebuild.
00:39:24.36\00:39:27.06
So he convinced a lady,
00:39:27.10\00:39:29.66
a Seventh-day Adventist
lady in the Cadillac Church
00:39:29.70\00:39:32.00
to sell him 10 acres of ground.
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.37
And in 1995, he built a roughly
20,000 square foot building.
00:39:34.40\00:39:39.14
Has a garage,
it has a pole barn,
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.11
it's amazing.
00:39:41.14\00:39:42.81
Well, as time went on,
00:39:42.84\00:39:45.01
the Fox affiliate merged
with another local station,
00:39:45.05\00:39:48.98
and the studio no
longer fit their needs
00:39:49.02\00:39:52.65
or where they wanted to be,
00:39:52.69\00:39:54.02
how they wanted to
run their business,
00:39:54.06\00:39:55.92
so they decided to sell.
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.76
And through the Holy Spirit
00:39:57.79\00:40:00.13
and just
amazing, amazing answers
00:40:00.16\00:40:03.37
to prayer,
00:40:03.40\00:40:04.73
we were able to
purchase this building.
00:40:04.77\00:40:06.10
And we have
pictures of the building
00:40:06.13\00:40:07.60
that will be shown.
00:40:07.64\00:40:08.97
Well, look at that!
00:40:09.00\00:40:10.34
This is the front entrance.
00:40:10.37\00:40:11.94
It's a beautiful facility.
00:40:11.97\00:40:13.58
And then we have an aerial view
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.34
that shows kind of the whole
infrastructure of the campus.
00:40:15.38\00:40:18.88
It is incredible
what God has done.
00:40:18.91\00:40:21.22
And it had everything we needed.
00:40:21.25\00:40:22.82
We needed faster
internet connection,
00:40:22.85\00:40:24.45
it has two fiber
optic lines coming in.
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.96
They made it a taller tower.
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.59
It has 140 foot tower, we
needed a backup generator,
00:40:28.62\00:40:31.66
it had a 100,000W generator.
00:40:31.69\00:40:34.13
Oh, Wonderful!
00:40:34.16\00:40:35.50
We were, like Jilane said
the building we were in before
00:40:35.53\00:40:37.13
we had 1,600 square feet,
00:40:37.17\00:40:39.10
this has 20,000 square feet.
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.30
Everything that we needed,
God had already put in place.
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.01
And He helped us on the last day
00:40:44.04\00:40:46.21
to get the last bit of
money, which was $224,000,
00:40:46.24\00:40:50.91
and He provided for that.
00:40:50.95\00:40:53.01
It's just, God's
timing is amazing.
00:40:53.05\00:40:55.18
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:40:55.22\00:40:56.65
You know, as I saw more
and more of the building.
00:40:56.69\00:40:59.59
I say, "We've
been in that building."
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.36
So this is a tremendous blessing
00:41:01.39\00:41:04.36
the Lord has given
to you all of the needs
00:41:04.39\00:41:06.83
and maybe needs
you haven't looked at
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.36
are there already for you.
00:41:09.40\00:41:10.97
Plus, we have
TV studio in there.
00:41:11.00\00:41:12.57
TV studio in there.
00:41:12.60\00:41:13.94
Tell us about the
idea of TV studio.
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.70
Why is that interesting to you?
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.07
Well, it's the Lord
who gave us a TV building,
00:41:17.11\00:41:19.94
and we have a TV station.
00:41:19.97\00:41:21.41
And so as He
opens the door for that
00:41:21.44\00:41:23.91
we're going to
launch into TV as well.
00:41:23.95\00:41:26.35
I mean, we went from
1,600 square foot building
00:41:26.38\00:41:29.48
to a 20,000
square foot building,
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.69
not knowing why do we need this.
00:41:31.72\00:41:33.96
And we've had it
now for two years.
00:41:33.99\00:41:36.22
But we're filling it up
with more part time staff,
00:41:36.26\00:41:39.13
more volunteers,
00:41:39.16\00:41:40.60
where we just keep expanding.
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.50
You know, God knows,
00:41:42.53\00:41:43.87
we don't, we're
just following His lead.
00:41:43.90\00:41:45.87
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:41:45.90\00:41:47.27
So you have seen
the Lord provide through
00:41:47.30\00:41:50.81
over 10 years.
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.47
You have seen the Lord
00:41:52.51\00:41:54.54
lead you to be able
to get more frequencies,
00:41:54.58\00:41:58.01
and you've also seen
people coming to the Lord
00:41:58.05\00:42:01.58
and that's the
blessing to be able to see that.
00:42:01.62\00:42:04.75
You know very well that
00:42:04.79\00:42:07.72
the Lord is planting more seeds
00:42:07.76\00:42:09.69
than you may be able to
see the fruits immediately.
00:42:09.72\00:42:13.16
This will come
later, perhaps even more,
00:42:13.19\00:42:15.76
you'll see more and more.
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.20
Some people will make decisions
00:42:17.23\00:42:18.57
and never even tell you that's
what we discovered with 3ABN.
00:42:18.60\00:42:21.90
And you may be
in a church someday,
00:42:21.94\00:42:23.74
"Oh, you're from
Strong Tower Radio.
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.54
You know, I was
listening to Strong Tower Radio,
00:42:25.57\00:42:28.18
and that's why I'm here."
00:42:28.21\00:42:29.71
You know, these
things happen. That's right.
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.15
And it's just marvelous
the way the Lord works,
00:42:32.18\00:42:34.28
and we would just
encourage everyone
00:42:34.32\00:42:36.62
to pray for Strong Tower Radio.
00:42:36.65\00:42:39.19
We're part of
Strong Tower Radio as well.
00:42:39.22\00:42:40.56
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:42:40.59\00:42:41.92
And we want to encourage
you to continue going forward
00:42:41.96\00:42:45.26
as the Lord leads
because the Lord is leading.
00:42:45.29\00:42:47.96
The Lord is leading.
00:42:48.00\00:42:49.33
Tell us what you see in
the future coming ahead?
00:42:49.36\00:42:52.50
We are looking at
some possibilities
00:42:52.53\00:42:55.24
in the Detroit area.
00:42:55.27\00:42:57.17
So the very last picture
00:42:57.21\00:42:59.54
that we have is a
picture of our coverage map.
00:42:59.57\00:43:04.38
So these are conservative,
00:43:04.41\00:43:07.25
you know, coverage estimates.
00:43:07.28\00:43:10.39
And as you can see the thumb
00:43:10.42\00:43:14.02
and the lower part of Michigan
is very much not covered
00:43:14.06\00:43:17.89
by Strong Tower Radio.
00:43:17.93\00:43:19.66
And we are looking
at some possibilities.
00:43:19.69\00:43:22.50
We're not at a point
where we can really explain
00:43:22.53\00:43:25.00
or expand on that.
00:43:25.03\00:43:26.40
But it is, in our experience
00:43:26.43\00:43:29.57
purchasing radio
stations in the past,
00:43:29.60\00:43:32.87
if a population is say,
00:43:32.91\00:43:36.21
1 million people
in a coverage area,
00:43:36.24\00:43:39.05
it would be like 1.5
million to purchase a station.
00:43:39.08\00:43:42.98
So it's about $1.50
per potential listener,
00:43:43.02\00:43:46.22
when we go to
purchase a radio station.
00:43:46.25\00:43:49.42
So when you go
into some of the bigger
00:43:49.46\00:43:51.99
metropolitan markets,
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.40
you find that
your price tags go up.
00:43:54.43\00:43:57.27
So we're hoping
00:43:57.30\00:43:59.43
that the Lord
will bring us something
00:43:59.47\00:44:00.94
that will be
amazing and wonderful,
00:44:00.97\00:44:04.57
but we're still exploring.
00:44:04.61\00:44:07.61
David, as you look back
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.48
and see what you
can now understand
00:44:09.51\00:44:12.85
as the Lord
impressing you to do something.
00:44:12.88\00:44:16.69
Tell us a little bit
more about that experience
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.92
that the Lord
impressed you to do something,
00:44:18.95\00:44:20.42
and then what I would like,
00:44:20.46\00:44:22.52
what sometimes
people call verification,
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.86
you know, you'd have something,
00:44:24.89\00:44:26.80
"I wonder if the
Lord wants us to do this."
00:44:26.83\00:44:28.16
And then later you see,
like a verification of that...
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.53
Confirmation.
00:44:30.57\00:44:31.90
Confirmation. Thank you.
00:44:31.93\00:44:33.27
Proverbs 3:5-6,
really says it all.
00:44:33.30\00:44:34.74
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:44:34.77\00:44:36.37
lean not on your
own understanding.
00:44:36.40\00:44:38.27
In all your
ways acknowledge Him,
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.08
and He will direct your paths."
00:44:40.11\00:44:41.74
There are many times
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.11
even like with the
purchase of the building,
00:44:43.14\00:44:44.75
or these stations in
Lansing, or Grand Rapids,
00:44:44.78\00:44:47.68
up until the end,
00:44:47.72\00:44:49.05
it looked like it
wasn't going to go through.
00:44:49.08\00:44:50.72
But you see where the
Lord has blessed with our son.
00:44:50.75\00:44:54.99
And we know
that God is faithful,
00:44:55.02\00:44:56.73
and we know the enemy.
00:44:56.76\00:44:58.09
Whenever he speaks a word
into your mind, it's a lie.
00:44:58.13\00:45:01.13
Somewhere in there,
there's a lie in there.
00:45:01.16\00:45:03.26
And so when the enemy whispers
00:45:03.30\00:45:04.97
this is not going
to go through and,
00:45:05.00\00:45:06.53
but you see where the
Lord has been blessing,
00:45:06.57\00:45:09.30
then you know, you can trust
that God is going to provide.
00:45:09.34\00:45:12.67
And so you just hold
fast, and it's not easy.
00:45:12.71\00:45:15.81
There are times
where your faith is just,
00:45:15.84\00:45:17.68
"Lord, I don't know
where this is going to go."
00:45:17.71\00:45:19.75
But you know
that He is faithful,
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.12
and He's going to provide,
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.48
and so you just
move forward in faith
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.85
and trust that He will provide.
00:45:23.89\00:45:25.22
Amen.
00:45:25.25\00:45:26.59
You know, I want to
mention about this building.
00:45:26.62\00:45:28.12
David had a dream.
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.23
That was on Thanksgiving.
00:45:30.26\00:45:31.83
And he had a dream that
00:45:31.86\00:45:33.19
we were going to move
into a different building,
00:45:33.23\00:45:35.40
we didn't know what it was,
00:45:35.43\00:45:37.00
and the people were
going to move that had it,
00:45:37.03\00:45:38.90
we're going to move
across the road and something.
00:45:38.93\00:45:41.50
Anyways, he come out to
my house with my husband,
00:45:41.54\00:45:44.07
and we're sitting there
and he starts telling us
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.87
about this dream.
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.48
He hadn't said
anything to the staff before.
00:45:47.51\00:45:49.48
But the day before we had
went to look at the building
00:45:49.51\00:45:52.55
because I'm a
realtor, and he asked,
00:45:52.58\00:45:54.35
"Let's go look at this building,
00:45:54.38\00:45:55.72
that's for sale."
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.09
He's telling this dream.
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.72
And what he said
00:45:58.75\00:46:00.09
how a realtor
brought us into that building
00:46:00.12\00:46:01.89
was this long hallway.
00:46:01.92\00:46:03.26
That was his
dream of these doors...
00:46:03.29\00:46:05.03
And my husband said
right then after David left,
00:46:05.06\00:46:08.16
that was confirmation.
00:46:08.20\00:46:09.53
This was of God.
00:46:09.56\00:46:10.90
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:46:10.93\00:46:12.27
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:46:12.30\00:46:13.64
We just go where the Lord
leads and He will provide.
00:46:13.67\00:46:15.84
But it's not us.
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.21
It's definitely
not what we're doing,
00:46:17.24\00:46:18.57
it's Him being,
00:46:18.61\00:46:19.94
you know, were Proverbs
3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord."
00:46:19.97\00:46:22.98
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:46:23.01\00:46:24.45
And you're being faithful
as the Lord is prompting you,
00:46:24.48\00:46:27.32
you're listening, and
that is our responsibility.
00:46:27.35\00:46:30.15
And we can sit and see
the glory of the Lord, right?
00:46:30.19\00:46:34.39
It's inspiring.
00:46:34.42\00:46:37.33
Life has changed once
you enter into the ministry.
00:46:37.36\00:46:41.93
How has been in ministry
impacted you guys' lives?
00:46:41.96\00:46:47.10
Everything changed.
00:46:47.14\00:46:49.94
We've moved from a
little town to the farm.
00:46:49.97\00:46:53.14
We've got three little guys.
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We moved up when our
third son was 3 months old,
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and now he's 10.
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And it's just
everything is changed.
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But you see how
the enemy attacks
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but yet the Lord provides.
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And like Jilane said, we
live on missionary wages.
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We're just
pressed from every side
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but we know that we
have a faithful God.
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And you just try not to
repeat the enemy's lies.
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You know, you just
try to keep on focusing
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and remember that
this is not yours,
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and this is not our home,
our homes' somewhere else.
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Doing ministry brings
you so much closer to God.
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Amen. Unbelievable.
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Yes, amen.
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I remember meeting some
young man at your anniversary
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when we were there in 2017.
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And that he was
sharing his testimony
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of how Strong Tower
Radio was a blessing to him.
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I don't recall his name.
It's probably Dustin, yeah.
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Dustin? Yeah.
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Tell us a little
bit about Dustin?
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He was listening...
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Do you remember
that he's listening
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to Strong Tower Radio at...
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WGCP, I think.
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Yeah, there in Cadillac.
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And we just
expanded our coverage,
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because before we
only read reached out
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to the Cadillac area,
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but again through
the Lord's providence
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we expanded much further.
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And so he was listening to
it, now that he can hear it,
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where before he
couldn't really hear it.
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And when he was into
rock and roll eventually.
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And he was just
hearing things that are truth,
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and he just, he
started studying it.
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And then he was
sharing with it at work.
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And they were each of the guys,
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his work could
listen to the radio,
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whatever they chose.
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And so he was listening to us
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and people would
ask him questions,
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and he would start
doing, like Bible study work.
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Bible study... Yeah.
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Wow!
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It's just, you know,
the Lord was leading him
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and then he hasn't stopped,
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you know, the
enemy has attacked him,
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but we were at his church
a few little month or so ago.
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And his wife was there
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and the Lord is still using them
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and blessing them.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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So the Lord is
reaching people...
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Yes.
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In different walks of life,
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and people have
made decisions...
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You know, and when a
person makes a decision,
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I guess, I'll
call it every person
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has a circle of influence.
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They have been
impacted, but others know all.
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"You're
Seventh-day Adventist now."
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So there's a
circle of influence.
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You never know
how far this would go.
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And so we just encourage you
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to continue
going forward in faith,
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and the Lord will
bring in the people.
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You know, and part of
this as well is praying
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for the people.
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And I'm sure
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you know the stories you
have told about the lady,
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especially the one
that was listening to her
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favorite radio station.
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And it was like the
Lord was saying to her,
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"No, this is what I
want you to listen to."
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"No, no, I got to go to
my favorite radio station."
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"No, this is what
I want to listen to."
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"My favorite radio
station is this one."
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And Lord says, "This is
what I need you to listen to."
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And the Lord takes control
sometimes of these things.
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Surely, she could have said,
"I'm turning the radio off."
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But she didn't.
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She came to the conclusion,
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"Seems like the Lord
wants me to listen to this."
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So the Lord gets
involved in leading people
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to listen to the programming,
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and people find in the
stations in different ways.
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This is just the beginning.
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You have just heard the
beginning of the stories
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that the miracles
the Lord has already done
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and will continue to do.
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Amen. So I just praise the Lord.
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At this time we
are preparing you
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for the contact information
for Strong Tower Radio.
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if you don't have a pen,
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Contact them, so that
you can pray for them.
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And if the Lord impresses
you to support them financially,
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we encourage you to do that.
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As well, after the
contact information,
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we will share
news and information
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and blessings that
are coming through 3ABN.
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