I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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JD Quinn. Yes.
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And we are so glad
that you are joining us
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on 3ABN Today.
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This is the mending
broken people network
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and we can only do what we do
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because of your
love and your prayers
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and your financial support.
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So we thank you from
the bottom of our heart.
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You know, I'm in the
process of moving my office
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and I couldn't
find my Bible while ago,
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so I'm out here
without one, but Ephesians...
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I love the writings of
Paul and Ephesians 2:8-10
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is one of my favorite.
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He says that we are
saved by grace through faith,
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not of works that
any man should boast.
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There's nothing we
can do to save ourselves.
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Yet he goes on to say that
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we were our God's handiwork,
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His work of art
created to do the good works
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that He prepared in
advance for us to do.
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So when we are
saved, it's a gift.
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But we know that God
wants us to serve Him
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and to serve others,
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to love Him with all of our
heart, soul, mind and strength
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and to love others
as we love ourselves.
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And we are so excited
because our special guests today
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fit into that category.
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And let me go ahead
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and introduce
who is with us today,
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we have Heidi Carpenter, Heidi.
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Hello. So glad you're here.
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I'm so glad to be here.
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And you are the
executive secretary for iShare.
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Correct, yeah.
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Tell us what
iShare, that's an acronym.
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What does that stand for?
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So iShare stands for
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I Seek to Help Advance
Revival and Evangelism.
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Yes.
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I can't wait to
hear all about it.
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Yes, I know, iShare.
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Amen.
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That's a great
name, great acronym.
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And then we have Weston Fargo.
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Are you the
grandson of Wells Fargo?
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A lot of people think my
grandfather's Wells Fargo.
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That's for them to decide.
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Kidding, but it's a nice
way to remember the name.
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Amen. Amen.
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So, you are the
director of programming?
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What does that mean to be
the director of programming?
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You know, it's a
great, great question.
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We have
different facets of iShare,
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my job is to
organize the speakers
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and essentially to be a
speaker liaison as well as
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to kind of organize
the format of the schedule
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at our annual conference,
our annual iShare Conference.
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Okay, well, we're going to learn
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all about iShare
in just a moment,
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but I know y'all like
music, and we love music
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and we know that you love music.
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So, honey, who's singing today?
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Well, we have one
of my special friends
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and I just love her music,
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Tammy Chance,
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"Than Ever Before."
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You know it's true
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I love you more than
words could ever show
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But forgive me
Lord for all the times
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I haven't told you so
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Because you
mean everything to me
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Your pleasure I adorn
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I want to live each day
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In such a way You know
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I love you more and more
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More than ever before
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Lord I love you
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More than ever before
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Lord I need you.
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell you
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I love you now
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More than ever before
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I love you then I love you now
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But much more now than then
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And in the end between I find
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You became my dearest friend
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And with each day
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You bring my way
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Joy I've never known before
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I want to live each day
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In such a way You know
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I love you more and more
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More than ever before
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Lord I love you
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More than ever before
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Lord I need you
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell you
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I love you now
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell you
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I love you now
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More than ever before
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Oh, we love Tammy.
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Love her, love her.
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You know, she has
that what you see on camera
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that sweet personality
is really who she is.
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Well, if you're
joining us just a little late,
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our special guests today
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are Heidi
Carpenter and Weston Fargo.
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And they are with iShare.
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But before we get into
this exciting ministry,
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we want to get to
know you a little bit.
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So, Heidi, tell us a
little of your upbringing?
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Yeah, so I was raised
in Kansas, country girl.
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I grew up, had 21 cats
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at one point in time in my life.
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And, you know, was raised
in an Adventist Christian home,
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absolutely loved it.
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And yet I didn't
really make it my own
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until I was 16 years old.
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When I was in an
amateur high school breakup
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and came home
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that day brokenhearted,
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collapsed on my
bed and said, "God,
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if you want to do something
with my life, go for it."
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And He has taken
over my life ever since.
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I've been able to start...
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I started
studying the Word of God,
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started having personal
revival in my own heart,
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and after that
experience I ended up going
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and doing literature
evangelism for one summer,
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I knocked on doors for 10 weeks.
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And God became so real to me,
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He became a God
who was not just,
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you know, in a
book but or in the sky,
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but personal,
speaking through me,
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working in my life
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and life has never
been the same again,
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you know, since then.
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So now you have recently...
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Yes.
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Had a most
beautiful little baby girl
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and we want to
show you her picture.
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And that was my idea.
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This is Haley.
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How old is Haley?
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Haley is three months old.
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She's gorgeous.
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Yeah, she's our
newest little soul in there
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that we've added
to the Carpenter clan.
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You actually
said that having Haley
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makes people more open to
come up and talk with you.
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Absolutely, just
like having a dog,
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you know, having a
dog, having a little kid,
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it's opened up so
many conversations for me
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that I've been
able to just share,
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make friends, connect
in my lifestyle, you know.
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So you can
evangelize through the baby.
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She has no clue
what she's doing.
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Yes, yeah.
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Well, we're very proud of you
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and you're kind of
taking a little maternity leave
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or maternal leave, I guess.
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Do you plan on
staying home with?
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Yeah, right now, yeah, I
plan on being a hands-on mom.
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Great. Wonderful,
wonderful. Yeah, I'm excited.
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Well, it's a
happy time in your life.
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It really is. It really is.
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This stage is amazing. So...
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Amen.
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So, Weston, tell us a little bit
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about you growing up?
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Well, I'll tell you guys,
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it's such a
pleasure to be on this show.
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I'm so excited to be here.
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Let me tell you and
I'm not just saying this.
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This is my favorite TV show.
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And I feel like I know
you guys already personally.
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I know, we just met
here just a little while ago.
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But my testimony
parallels Heidi's a little bit,
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in that I was born
into a Christian household,
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but I feel like I
wasn't always a Christian
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if you know what I mean.
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And so I really had
to find it on my own.
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But what's interesting
is the Bible calls it
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the eye salve
there in Revelation.
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I watched this show both
with and without that eye salve,
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that lens that
only God can give.
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And let me tell you,
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I've been so
tremendously blessed,
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both as a Christian
and a non-Christian,
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I can say this alike
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by watching the
testimonies on this show,
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so what an honor to be here.
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But I'm a graduate of
the Amazing Facts Center
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of Evangelism as well as
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the La Sierra
University School of Business.
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And so it's just the
young guy trying to find his way
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in the business
world now currently.
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Oh, amen.
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And I just have to say this,
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can I get away with saying this.
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I don't know, you always do.
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Ladies, he's single.
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We know that God has
great plans for your life.
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And we're
excited that you're here.
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And it's fun to hear, you
know, you're a young person
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and it's fun to hear that
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you've been
watching all these years
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and this is one of
your favorite programs.
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And what a blessing it
is to be here now finally,
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never would I
imagined, so praise God.
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Well, it's just a lot of
fun be around youthful people.
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Yeah.
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You know, I
mean, this is just...
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We're youthful,
we're just not young.
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I was talking
to somebody earlier
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if I was
walking with Methuselah,
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I would be a youth.
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Yes, correct. Exactly.
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So I mean, but I mean,
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this is, it's just a lot of fun.
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It's just so energizing.
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Sometimes you forget that
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you do walk a little bit slower.
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You do have a
few more grey hairs.
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But still your
heart and your mind
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is youthful and you just,
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you know, anyway this is fun,
and what a wonderful project,
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I mean, iShare.
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Do you want to share it?
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Okay, so tell us
about the conception
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or inception of iShare
and what it's all about?
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Just give us some
background history,
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when did it begin?
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Sure.
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So iShare began in
2010, at least the concept.
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It started with a
man named Mike Tuazon
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who actually works
for the Pacific Union.
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He is in charge of Souls West,
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which is their
college of evangelism.
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And he had this dream and
vision to have a conference
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that pulled in people
from all over the Pacific Union
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to train them to do evangelism.
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All right, so for
many of our viewers,
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they're going what
is the Pacific Union,
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so explain the Pacific Union?
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The Pacific Union Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist
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is actually an organization
that organizes conferences,
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that organizes
churches of lay members,
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just Adventist
members all around the world
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so it's just a
larger organizing body
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of the Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Church.
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Okay, and the Pacific
union covers what area?
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It covers all of California,
it covers Utah, Nevada,
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Arizona, and Hawaii.
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So there's,
yeah, many conferences,
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seven I believe
actually in the Pacific Union.
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So this idea was
put in his mind by God,
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tell us about it?
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So it was put in
Michael Tuazon's heart
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by God to pull together people
from all over this territory,
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to be trained in
how to do evangelism
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and to be
inspired to do evangelism.
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So he brought up this idea
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to the leadership of that union,
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they thought it was great.
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And he pulled together a
team of other young people,
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you know, like
Weston and myself,
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to start dreaming
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and our first
conference was in 2011.
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So it didn't take too
long to come up with the idea
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and then do it.
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Wonderful.
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So, Weston, what
happens at these conferences?
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Tell us about it?
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Oh, great, great question,
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you know, the
conferences, I'll tell you,
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what's exciting about iShare is
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it's the same
general format each year.
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It starts Friday evening Sabbath
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and continues on to
Saturday evening Sabbath.
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It's not a long
conference if you will,
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but what I like about iShare
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is we're trying
to be cutting edge.
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You never know
what to expect at iShare
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but the one thing
coming to this conference
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is that we strive
for and that we pray for
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is that you will
find inspiration there.
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If you're looking
for that inspiration,
00:15:09.70\00:15:11.11
that passion,
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that drive in your
walk with the Lord,
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this is the place for you.
00:15:14.21\00:15:15.54
If you're looking to
network and meet young people
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who love Jesus like you do,
you're like, "Where are they?"
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They're at iShare,
come and find them.
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And additionally, if
you're looking for advice,
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maybe in
business, maybe in school,
00:15:25.95\00:15:28.99
maybe in the medical
field, whatever you're doing,
00:15:29.02\00:15:30.93
there's someone there
for you to connect with.
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And additionally, the speakers,
we try and bring speakers
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from all different walks of life
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to make iShare one
of the most practical,
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practical conferences
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that you can
essentially attend, yeah.
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So what is the age
of your target market?
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Good question.
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The age target really is
anyone but it's 18 to 30,
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you know, 18 to 35
that group comes the most.
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We have 16, 17 year olds,
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sometimes we've
even had 14 year olds,
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you know, as young as that.
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And we've had some
as wise as yourself, so.
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I love that.
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Not old but wise, Honey,
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you're very, very wise.
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You know what they
say you don't get old
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because you stop playing,
you keep playing the stales.
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We love to see, you
know, people who are,
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you know, high energy and just,
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you know, want to
find that passion.
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This is the place for you.
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But ideally, I think 18 to 35
what you said or even younger.
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Yeah, 18 to 35.
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And even though
this is being put on
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by the Pacific Union,
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they have people who are coming
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from all over the
world to attend and so,
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is it fair to say
since it's talking about...
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Part of your acronym
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is about revival and evangelism,
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that's the focus.
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You're trying to
light a fire in people.
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Let the zeal of the
Holy Spirit burn brightly,
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and then teach them a
lifestyle of evangelism.
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Is that the focus
of the conference?
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Right.
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Thank you so much
for clarifying, Shelley,
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as Heidi had mentioned,
it stands for, iShare,
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it stands for I
Seek to Help Advance
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Revival and Evangelism.
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And so what we're trying to
accomplish with the speakers
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is to really
inspire young people
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to go out and to
really live a life
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of passion and evangelism,
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in terms of their
walk with the Lord.
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We want Jesus to
come soon, right?
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And I think, you
know, each year you know,
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in young people
responding to appeals,
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as we'll get into
later in the conversation,
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some of the testimonies.
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The idea is that once they
come and find that inspiration,
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maybe that know how,
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and some of our
breakout seminars
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that we have at
the conference as well,
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that they can then take that,
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.77
maybe newfound
passion if you will,
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take that new newfound skill set
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and that they can apply
it into their personal lives,
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whatever your,
whatever your career path,
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whatever school you go to,
00:18:06.01\00:18:07.85
wherever you are during the day,
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maybe grocery shopping,
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you can find a way
to share your faith,
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maybe and this is just
my personal experience.
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But sometimes it helps
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to see how other
young people get involved,
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how other young
people have found their way.
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And then really just
to kind of almost mimic
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what works or just to kind of
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maybe find a
creative niche to go out
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and share your faith.
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So that's what
we're trying to do
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at the annual conference
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to inspire young
people to really go out
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and the rest of
the year to evangelize
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and just share what
the Lord is doing for them.
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That was the first thing
that caught my attention was
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that there's other people
with the mixture involved here
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in the age differences.
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There's always someone there
that could help anybody grow.
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Lot of people have an
idea, but they may think that
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they're the only
one that has that idea.
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And they'll find out that
"Wow, our stories are similar."
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But is it fair to
say, now let me ask
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'cause I know that
one of you mentioned that
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you have a strong
focus on salvation by grace.
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Is it fair to say that
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because you are
emphasizing revival,
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that there are kids who
come and really understand
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the love of the Lord.
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And because they,
you know, as Paul said,
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I mean, John
said, we only love Him
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because He first loved us.
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So it's as they
learn God's love,
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and their own
hearts are being revived.
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Because, you
know, when people say,
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"Why aren't we
sharing the gospel more?"
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It's because we need revival.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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And that has been
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why we put
revival in the acronym
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because we realized
evangelism only happens
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when you love Jesus.
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You can't share Jesus
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if you don't love Him
for yourself, you know.
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So that has been
our biggest pull.
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And we wanted to
be more than just,
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I was going to tack on
to what Weston said earlier,
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we wanted to be more
than just a conference
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because a
conference is a couple days.
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But we have our
whole year in front of us,
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you know, and the only
way that that can happen is
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if we're experiencing
revival in our own hearts,
00:20:20.25\00:20:22.82
and encouraging young people
to fall in love with Jesus.
00:20:22.85\00:20:25.42
So there's a huge
emphasis on Jesus,
00:20:25.45\00:20:28.42
His character,
studying the Word, prayer,
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Bible study, and witnessing.
00:20:31.89\00:20:34.96
And if you find
yourself on a slippery slope,
00:20:35.00\00:20:37.77
you've got someone
that you can call and say,
00:20:37.80\00:20:39.90
"Hey, you know,
I'm experiencing this.
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What would you
suggest?" Exactly.
00:20:43.20\00:20:45.54
And what's so nice
about that is it's a way
00:20:45.57\00:20:47.64
to really put yourself in,
00:20:47.68\00:20:49.38
let's just call it a
support group, right?
00:20:49.41\00:20:51.41
It's nice to have, JD,
00:20:51.45\00:20:52.78
as you mentioned
someone you can call,
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.45
maybe someone you
met on iShare and say
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"You know, I'm
at a secular campus,
00:20:56.08\00:20:58.69
and I want to share the
love of Jesus in my life
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with my friend, but, you know,
00:21:01.79\00:21:03.46
really I have
never done that before."
00:21:03.53\00:21:05.26
You know, and here
maybe you connect with someone
00:21:05.29\00:21:07.60
who has done it before
who has the same passion,
00:21:07.63\00:21:10.27
maybe you can get together
in network so it's just,
00:21:10.30\00:21:12.53
it's a great place to bring
likeminded people together,
00:21:12.57\00:21:16.64
and you know what?
00:21:16.71\00:21:18.04
Maybe you've never,
maybe you aren't a Christian,
00:21:18.07\00:21:20.88
you're just, you
know, in the area.
00:21:20.91\00:21:23.45
Come visit with us.
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We'd love to
have you, we love...
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You're going to
walk away learning,
00:21:26.61\00:21:28.25
I mean, we learn something
new every day, don't we?
00:21:28.28\00:21:30.39
So here being at a two day
00:21:30.42\00:21:32.59
conference we pack
in as much as we can,
00:21:32.62\00:21:34.62
you're bound to walk away
00:21:34.66\00:21:36.73
with more than you came
in with and let me tell you,
00:21:36.76\00:21:38.66
that's, you know, the best
bank for your buck right there.
00:21:38.69\00:21:43.37
Now, I think we have a video
00:21:43.40\00:21:44.77
and I think this would be
a good time to show the video
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.57
and then we will come back
and discuss this a little more.
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iShare is a
different kind of conference
00:22:03.28\00:22:05.69
because it focuses on
revival and evangelism.
00:22:05.72\00:22:08.89
So I can go back to my church
and make a big difference.
00:22:08.92\00:22:12.36
Even just today I
was inspired to go back
00:22:12.39\00:22:14.20
and continue to give
Bible studies to somebody
00:22:14.23\00:22:16.33
that I have in my home church.
00:22:16.36\00:22:18.57
iShare is fantastic.
00:22:18.60\00:22:21.47
The whole
experience of the weekend,
00:22:21.50\00:22:23.17
you get a chance to
meet people, young people,
00:22:23.20\00:22:25.84
young
Seventh-day Adventist people
00:22:25.87\00:22:28.34
who are interested
in reaching other people
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.55
for the Lord Jesus Christ
00:22:30.58\00:22:31.91
with the saving message,
the life transforming message
00:22:31.95\00:22:35.52
that has been entrusted
00:22:35.55\00:22:36.89
to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.72
The speakers are great,
the seminars are enlightening,
00:22:38.75\00:22:42.62
it is a powerful packed
weekend that is just wonderful.
00:22:42.66\00:22:46.80
I wish there was an
iShare when I was younger.
00:22:46.83\00:22:50.40
iShare is a meeting where
if you have a young person
00:22:50.47\00:22:53.57
or you are a young person,
00:22:53.64\00:22:54.97
you're really wanting
to get inspired to know
00:22:55.00\00:22:56.47
what God wants you to do,
iShare is a great place to come
00:22:56.50\00:22:59.31
and talk to people,
to network with them,
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.34
to understand what's happening
00:23:01.38\00:23:03.48
and just let the Holy Spirit
speak to your heart through
00:23:03.55\00:23:05.95
a group of young people
that are experiencing it,
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.05
their lives are being changed.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.39
iShare is
something that I promise you
00:23:10.42\00:23:13.09
something that
will impact your life.
00:23:13.12\00:23:14.46
Not only do you come
and find amazing friends
00:23:14.49\00:23:16.86
and make friends for eternity
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.36
and have great
fellowship, but more than that
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.63
you gain such a
blessing in your lifestyle,
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.57
you really get
to realize yourself,
00:23:23.60\00:23:25.50
who you are even
more and how much more
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.44
of a need of
Christ that you have.
00:23:27.47\00:23:29.04
I would fully
recommend highly that anyone
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.87
who has a chance to attend
a iShare weekend event in 2018
00:23:31.91\00:23:37.45
or going forward should do so.
00:23:37.48\00:23:40.32
In our world today,
there are so many influences
00:23:40.35\00:23:42.75
that come at us from
the devil on every side.
00:23:42.78\00:23:45.02
I would say to anyone
00:23:45.05\00:23:46.39
who is
considering going to iShare,
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.02
I would absolutely say go
without question, just come.
00:23:48.06\00:23:51.43
Because we need
to fill our lives
00:23:51.46\00:23:53.60
with more inspiration,
00:23:53.63\00:23:54.96
more training, and
do everything we can
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.97
to be equipped to
be soldiers of Christ.
00:23:57.00\00:23:58.77
This conference is put
together for that purpose
00:23:58.80\00:24:01.10
to help you and me,
00:24:01.14\00:24:02.47
people that want
to live for Christ,
00:24:02.50\00:24:04.41
to live for Him.
00:24:04.44\00:24:05.77
And that's why I like iShare.
00:24:05.81\00:24:07.18
And that's why you
should come to iShare as well.
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.54
Wow, there's a
lot of activity there,
00:24:15.45\00:24:17.02
a lot of people.
00:24:17.09\00:24:18.42
A lot of people from different
walks of life from even,
00:24:18.45\00:24:21.36
you know,
international locations.
00:24:21.39\00:24:23.83
A lot of people
come from out of state,
00:24:23.86\00:24:26.16
just a great
opportunity to connect.
00:24:26.19\00:24:27.90
You know, I'd mentioned before,
it's a great way to network.
00:24:27.93\00:24:31.47
One thing we've been
doing, a new thing that,
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.44
you know, Heidi and I
wanted to briefly mention,
00:24:33.47\00:24:35.04
I guess I should
have mentioned this prior
00:24:35.07\00:24:36.74
is even for
musicians and talent,
00:24:36.81\00:24:38.94
it's a great way to
come and to connect.
00:24:38.97\00:24:41.01
We've been doing something new.
00:24:41.04\00:24:42.38
Each year, we
start the conference off
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.28
with a wonderful concert.
00:24:44.31\00:24:45.81
And we connect other
musicians with musicians,
00:24:45.85\00:24:48.32
and we have just this
brilliant orchestra that plays
00:24:48.35\00:24:51.15
and it's just been
a tremendous blessing.
00:24:51.19\00:24:53.29
So once again, I didn't mean to
just emphasize the career path,
00:24:53.36\00:24:57.23
come, enjoy
some beautiful music,
00:24:57.26\00:24:58.86
enjoy all different facets
of this ministry, if you will.
00:24:58.89\00:25:02.23
Yeah, our first
conference was in 2011,
00:25:02.26\00:25:06.07
we had about
500 people that came
00:25:06.10\00:25:07.64
and I saw a lot of
people on the video.
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.64
And we peaked at
about 1500 one year.
00:25:09.67\00:25:12.34
You know, I mean,
00:25:12.37\00:25:13.71
we've had a large
amount of young people
00:25:13.78\00:25:16.14
and young at
heart that have come
00:25:16.18\00:25:18.75
and enjoy the messages,
been inspired, been encouraged.
00:25:18.78\00:25:21.65
So tell us some of the locations
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.49
like where were
you in '17, '18, '19?
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.79
Sure. Yeah.
00:25:25.82\00:25:27.16
We've gone
around different places.
00:25:27.19\00:25:28.59
Visalia, Riverside, Ontario,
have all been different places.
00:25:28.62\00:25:31.96
2019 it's in Riverside.
00:25:31.99\00:25:33.93
There's lots of different places
00:25:34.00\00:25:35.33
that we have gone,
but we fluctuate back
00:25:35.36\00:25:37.57
and forth between
Riverside and Ontario area
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.94
and up in Visalia
area, every other area.
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.80
Okay, so this is...
00:25:42.84\00:25:45.81
But the conference is
every year, every August?
00:25:45.84\00:25:47.71
Correct, every August.
00:25:47.74\00:25:49.21
Second or third
weekend of August every year.
00:25:49.24\00:25:51.98
We've got iShare, yeah.
00:25:52.01\00:25:53.62
And how do they get the word,
00:25:53.65\00:25:55.48
I mean, is this
all on social media
00:25:55.52\00:25:57.69
or local churches or...?
00:25:57.72\00:26:00.69
Good question.
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.09
Yeah, the way that
we get the word out
00:26:02.12\00:26:04.26
is through our
marketing department.
00:26:04.33\00:26:06.26
Our marketing
department does a lot of things
00:26:06.29\00:26:08.23
at different camp meetings
and meetings where they can,
00:26:08.26\00:26:11.00
you know, promote, share flyers,
00:26:11.03\00:26:12.73
we do have
Instagram, we have Facebook,
00:26:12.77\00:26:16.57
we also have our website
00:26:16.60\00:26:18.14
that will be shown a
little bit later in the program.
00:26:18.17\00:26:19.87
Oh, let's show them
now. Sure, might as well.
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.78
Instagram is ishare_conference.
00:26:21.81\00:26:26.48
Is that correct? Correct.
00:26:26.51\00:26:27.85
Yeah, that's our Instagram.
00:26:27.88\00:26:29.22
And tell some of
our older viewers
00:26:29.25\00:26:30.69
what Instagram is?
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.05
The young guns all know.
00:26:32.09\00:26:33.46
It's a social media
platform with lots of pictures
00:26:33.49\00:26:35.89
and being able to connect
and show where you're at,
00:26:35.92\00:26:37.96
what you're doing.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.63
You know, Shelley,
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.00
I'm just going to
call it what it is.
00:26:41.03\00:26:42.36
These days people don't
even hand phone numbers.
00:26:42.40\00:26:43.87
It's all just Instagram handles
and things of that nature.
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.87
So we're trying
to obviously connect
00:26:46.94\00:26:49.07
with the young people the way
that they know how essentially.
00:26:49.10\00:26:52.31
So follow us on
Instagram, please do,
00:26:52.34\00:26:53.88
we'd love to connect with you.
00:26:53.91\00:26:55.28
And then your website
00:26:55.31\00:26:57.25
is iShareConference.org.
00:26:57.28\00:27:01.92
So on that website, is
it more than just announcing
00:27:01.95\00:27:05.52
where your next
conference is going to be?
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.66
Are there resources?
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.02
Tell us about
your website a little?
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.39
Yeah.
00:27:10.43\00:27:11.76
So our website
doesn't have a lot of training
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.33
and resources that are on it.
00:27:13.40\00:27:15.10
You got to come to
the conference for that.
00:27:15.13\00:27:17.27
But it does have
00:27:17.30\00:27:18.63
where the
conference is going to be held,
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.00
how to register,
where to stay when you come.
00:27:20.04\00:27:23.41
And a little bit about us,
you know, what our goal is,
00:27:23.44\00:27:26.31
our goal as a conference
is to unite, not divide.
00:27:26.34\00:27:29.31
We want to, you know,
00:27:29.34\00:27:31.58
showcase the
grace of Jesus Christ
00:27:31.61\00:27:33.42
because we realized
that leads us to repentance
00:27:33.45\00:27:35.42
and love and outflow.
00:27:35.45\00:27:37.42
So it showcases kind of
our vision and our mission,
00:27:37.49\00:27:40.36
you know, to
empower young people
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.26
to do evangelism in
their life every single day,
00:27:42.29\00:27:45.56
and that's what highlighted.
00:27:45.59\00:27:47.03
When God put this
in Michael's heart,
00:27:47.10\00:27:49.43
I know that he actually
works for the Pacific Union,
00:27:49.46\00:27:52.43
but for example, the
rest of the team are laity,
00:27:52.47\00:27:56.27
you are volunteers.
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.37
Tell us how God
began to develop this?
00:27:58.41\00:28:02.81
How did He bring
the team together?
00:28:02.84\00:28:05.01
And how did you come up
with the idea of iShare?
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.52
It was powerful,
honestly, the iShare team
00:28:07.55\00:28:10.79
is a group of young
people that love Jesus,
00:28:10.82\00:28:13.96
and they want to
share Him with the world.
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.12
That's what our
executive team is.
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.76
It was just a
group that was kind of,
00:28:17.79\00:28:19.46
you know, magneted together
00:28:19.49\00:28:20.93
because of our love for the Lord
00:28:20.96\00:28:22.30
and our love for ministry,
00:28:22.33\00:28:23.67
and probably our
experience in ministry,
00:28:23.70\00:28:25.90
being able to then share
that with other young people.
00:28:25.93\00:28:29.34
But we were sitting
in one of our meetings,
00:28:29.37\00:28:31.41
one of our first meetings,
we were trying to figure out
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.88
what to call this thing.
00:28:33.91\00:28:35.24
You know, we said,
"What should we call it?"
00:28:35.28\00:28:37.45
And we went for
minutes and minutes and minutes
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.35
and we couldn't
come up with anything.
00:28:40.42\00:28:42.15
And one of our
iShare team, Viera Ankova.
00:28:42.18\00:28:44.79
She actually said, She's like,
00:28:44.82\00:28:46.15
"Guys, we need to stop and pray.
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.32
We just need to stop and pray
00:28:48.36\00:28:49.69
and the Lord will
give it to us," you know.
00:28:49.72\00:28:51.86
And iShare has
been bathed in prayer
00:28:51.89\00:28:53.80
since its inception.
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.83
We stopped, a few
minutes later someone said
00:28:55.86\00:28:58.43
"What about iShare?"
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.57
And then
someone right after that
00:29:00.64\00:29:02.10
was going through and saying
00:29:02.14\00:29:03.94
"I seek to help."
00:29:04.01\00:29:05.51
And someone said "advance"
00:29:05.54\00:29:06.88
and someone else said
"revival and evangelism"
00:29:06.91\00:29:09.01
and literally
within a few minutes
00:29:09.04\00:29:10.65
we had the
iShare, you know, acronym,
00:29:10.68\00:29:14.32
all because we
stopped and prayed.
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.45
And Viera is one
example of people
00:29:16.48\00:29:19.32
that are part of our team
that exemplify evangeliving,
00:29:19.35\00:29:23.09
I mean, this woman is amazing.
00:29:23.12\00:29:25.99
Hang on just a second.
00:29:26.03\00:29:27.40
You introduced a term a
lot of people haven't heard,
00:29:27.43\00:29:30.07
evangeliving.
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.10
Yes. Can you tell what this is?
00:29:32.13\00:29:34.24
So it's just a
lifestyle of evangelism.
00:29:34.27\00:29:37.41
So it's the idea
that it's not an event,
00:29:37.44\00:29:39.44
it's not a weekend,
00:29:39.47\00:29:40.81
it's not going out for
a quick little outreach
00:29:40.88\00:29:43.04
for an hour.
00:29:43.08\00:29:44.41
Know our life is to be lived,
00:29:44.45\00:29:46.28
you know, let our
light shine, right?
00:29:46.31\00:29:49.05
So evangeliving is a
lifestyle of evangelism
00:29:49.08\00:29:51.75
that we seek to promote.
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.12
We're trying to
help young people
00:29:53.15\00:29:54.49
understand this is
what it's all about.
00:29:54.52\00:29:55.86
Okay, so tell us... Yeah.
00:29:55.89\00:29:57.23
Everybody should be
paying attention to this.
00:29:57.26\00:29:58.59
Oh, yeah, not just
young people, right?
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.10
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:30:01.13\00:30:02.73
And that's what we
seek to promote and inspire.
00:30:02.76\00:30:05.07
Okay, so now you were telling us
00:30:05.10\00:30:06.60
about this young lady?
00:30:06.63\00:30:08.40
So just as an
example of who's on our team
00:30:08.44\00:30:11.34
and because we don't
necessarily want to sit here
00:30:11.37\00:30:13.88
and talk about
ourselves, but Viera Ankova,
00:30:13.91\00:30:17.81
one of our team
members from the past,
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.98
she is an evangeliving addict.
00:30:21.02\00:30:26.42
She just lives and
breathes Jesus Christ
00:30:26.45\00:30:30.03
and sharing Him with others.
00:30:30.06\00:30:31.73
And I remember one
time we went into a meeting,
00:30:31.76\00:30:34.56
we were staying
at a hotel together,
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.87
and we were going to go
to the meeting the next day.
00:30:36.90\00:30:39.47
She came in at 10 pm.
00:30:39.50\00:30:40.84
I was already in my pajamas,
and we were ready to go to bed
00:30:40.87\00:30:43.94
and she came in
with his bright face.
00:30:44.01\00:30:46.14
She said, "Do you want to
go out into the parking lot
00:30:46.17\00:30:48.51
and put little glow
tracts, little literature pieces
00:30:48.54\00:30:50.85
on all the cars
before we go to bed?"
00:30:50.88\00:30:53.62
And I said, "Sure."
00:30:53.65\00:30:56.05
I was a part of the group that
that started glow back in 2007,
00:30:56.08\00:31:01.39
and here's this
friend of mine saying,
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.19
"Let's go glow
00:31:03.22\00:31:04.66
and put
literature on all the cars
00:31:04.69\00:31:06.33
of the entire parking
lot before I go to bed,"
00:31:06.36\00:31:08.60
you know, and that's
just the heart that she had,
00:31:08.63\00:31:11.47
you know, for ministry.
00:31:11.50\00:31:13.03
And, you know, she
passed away unfortunately,
00:31:13.07\00:31:16.30
she had cardiac
arrest, she's a young woman,
00:31:16.34\00:31:18.81
she passed away.
00:31:18.84\00:31:20.98
But she was a powerful example.
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.01
And we showcased
her at iShare actually.
00:31:23.04\00:31:26.18
When her brothers
and family came and,
00:31:26.21\00:31:30.99
you know, we featured
them at iShare and when,
00:31:31.02\00:31:34.92
after she had passed away,
the day she had passed away,
00:31:34.96\00:31:39.56
she had been reading her Bible,
00:31:39.59\00:31:42.03
and when the family had
gotten back to her apartment
00:31:42.06\00:31:44.70
where she stayed, the
Bible was open to Amos,
00:31:44.73\00:31:48.17
the fourth chapter
00:31:48.20\00:31:49.87
and highlighted
there was verse 12,
00:31:49.90\00:31:52.14
you know,
"Prepared to meet thy God..."
00:31:52.17\00:31:53.51
as we see, you know,
00:31:53.58\00:31:54.91
Amos is talking to
Israel in that chapter
00:31:54.94\00:31:57.35
and I would strongly suggest
00:31:57.38\00:31:58.71
to our viewers to go
back and read Amos 4,
00:31:58.75\00:32:01.35
but verse 12 was
highlighted the day
00:32:01.38\00:32:04.19
she had passed away.
00:32:04.22\00:32:05.55
It's the
essence of evangeliving,
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.36
you know, to
the very end to find
00:32:07.39\00:32:09.86
that love in God's
grace, essentially to find that,
00:32:09.89\00:32:12.93
you know that heart changing.
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.30
She really exemplified that.
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.90
She was a blessing in real life
00:32:15.93\00:32:19.97
and essentially to our team.
00:32:20.04\00:32:21.57
And really, that's the
kind of mindset that really
00:32:21.60\00:32:24.61
fueled the startup
of iShare essentially.
00:32:24.64\00:32:27.28
You know, it's always sad to see
00:32:27.31\00:32:28.91
a bright light like that go out,
00:32:28.94\00:32:31.05
but we know that
she's resting in Jesus,
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.65
resting in peace,
and that she will be part
00:32:34.68\00:32:39.12
of that first resurrection,
00:32:39.15\00:32:40.89
I mean, He comes back
00:32:40.96\00:32:42.96
and calls out the
names of the righteous.
00:32:42.99\00:32:46.73
And it's just our
prayer too that the work
00:32:46.80\00:32:50.40
that she would have
done that we can do.
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.74
I want to make a point here
00:32:53.77\00:32:55.10
because I think
it's very important.
00:32:55.14\00:32:57.04
There are those special people
00:32:57.11\00:33:00.61
that truly are living
the life of evangelism.
00:33:00.68\00:33:05.78
And they are an
inspiration to each one of us.
00:33:05.81\00:33:10.02
Sometimes you might
think you're kidding,
00:33:10.09\00:33:13.46
get up and go out at
midnight to put glow tracts.
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.86
What a blessing. Yeah.
00:33:17.89\00:33:19.86
And they will be
rewarded, you know, and...
00:33:19.89\00:33:24.80
They will.
00:33:24.83\00:33:26.17
I mean, I've got some friends
that they're just becoming
00:33:26.20\00:33:28.84
some of my best friends
that are on fire for Jesus.
00:33:28.87\00:33:32.94
Sometimes we
forget, you know, that,
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.48
well, let's
rise to the occasion.
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.95
But this is who
they are, evangelism,
00:33:37.98\00:33:40.62
that's a great, great term.
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.55
Evangeliving.
00:33:42.58\00:33:44.29
And, JD, you know, oftentimes,
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.59
we all have that
temptation of in essence,
00:33:46.62\00:33:49.39
you know, becoming complacent.
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
And so I will say this,
not only for the young people,
00:33:50.83\00:33:53.40
but maybe
there's people out there
00:33:53.43\00:33:54.76
just looking to rekindle
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.67
that burning fire and that's,
00:33:56.70\00:33:58.40
I guess what I'm describing
when I use this word passion
00:33:58.43\00:34:01.67
because you know what?
00:34:01.70\00:34:03.04
When you have that passion,
you will go out at midnight,
00:34:03.07\00:34:05.67
you know, and share.
00:34:05.71\00:34:07.31
You don't think, you just do.
00:34:07.38\00:34:09.68
You're driven by
compassion essentially to go out
00:34:09.71\00:34:12.88
and to evangelize essentially
and that's the essence of it.
00:34:12.91\00:34:16.55
Okay, so as
director of programming,
00:34:16.58\00:34:19.05
tell us about your
process, I mean, how are you...
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.69
I noticed on your
Carlton Byrd and some others
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.76
that were on your...
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.13
Jerry Page was in there.
00:34:27.20\00:34:28.53
Jerry Page, some of our friends,
00:34:28.56\00:34:30.97
how do you select the speakers
00:34:31.00\00:34:34.27
who are going to
come and address?
00:34:34.30\00:34:35.64
Wow, great question.
00:34:35.67\00:34:37.01
Well, it starts
with brilliant minds
00:34:37.04\00:34:38.51
like Heidi where,
00:34:38.54\00:34:39.87
you know, can
bounce ideas off Heidi,
00:34:39.91\00:34:42.08
Mike, Danny, Zach,
Priscilla, Aaron, you know,
00:34:42.11\00:34:46.15
I can just kind of
bounce ideas off our E-com team,
00:34:46.18\00:34:49.75
and there we look for speakers
00:34:49.78\00:34:53.09
that really highlight the topic,
00:34:53.12\00:34:55.99
because really,
you know, in essence,
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.63
we want to keep
the conference mission
00:34:57.66\00:34:59.69
and vision focused.
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.06
And I think, if we can do that,
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.43
just like in any
organization or business,
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.07
if you can keep
that vision highlighted,
00:35:04.10\00:35:06.84
then hopefully it'll
serve in its intended purpose.
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.84
And so often we've looked,
we've had numerous speakers,
00:35:09.87\00:35:14.61
some that our viewers
00:35:14.64\00:35:15.98
may be familiar
with Pastor Carlton Byrd
00:35:16.01\00:35:18.78
from Oakwood University,
Breath of Life Ministry.
00:35:18.81\00:35:21.52
We've had Pastor John
Bradshaw from It Is Written.
00:35:21.55\00:35:25.55
We've had Pastor El
Kando who frequents iShare,
00:35:25.59\00:35:29.69
we're always
excited to have him there.
00:35:29.72\00:35:32.36
We've also had a
breakout seminars
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.93
like that of David Kim
from Nicodemus Society.
00:35:34.96\00:35:39.87
And this year, Cynthia
Heidi from Nicodemus Society,
00:35:39.90\00:35:43.41
who go out and
minister to the three W's,
00:35:43.44\00:35:46.81
who they call the three W's,
00:35:46.88\00:35:48.48
the wealthy, the
worldly, and the well-educated.
00:35:48.51\00:35:52.21
It's a group and
we think ministry
00:35:52.25\00:35:53.62
and we think, you know,
00:35:53.65\00:35:54.98
let's go overseas,
but right next to us,
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.85
there may be someone
who needs Jesus more than,
00:35:57.89\00:36:00.19
you know, and so we've had
breakout seminars like that.
00:36:00.26\00:36:05.09
Additionally this year we have
00:36:05.13\00:36:07.30
Clifford Goldstein
might be another name
00:36:07.33\00:36:08.96
that our viewers
have heard mentioned
00:36:09.00\00:36:14.04
and Dr. Joseph
Kidder, Dr. Eric Walsh,
00:36:14.07\00:36:18.34
you know, people who really come
00:36:18.37\00:36:19.71
and not only share,
00:36:19.74\00:36:22.91
you know, in terms of
their walk with the Lord,
00:36:22.94\00:36:25.48
or their...
00:36:25.51\00:36:26.85
essentially the
vision, but they really share
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.98
the experience and, you know,
00:36:29.02\00:36:30.89
sometimes you don't
need someone to tell you
00:36:30.92\00:36:34.46
how to do something but why?
00:36:34.49\00:36:38.16
Someone told me
that once they said,
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.53
you know, there's two
types of people in this world.
00:36:39.56\00:36:40.90
There are those who know
how to accomplish certain task.
00:36:40.93\00:36:44.20
They'll always have
a job in this world.
00:36:44.27\00:36:46.47
But second,
00:36:46.50\00:36:47.97
there's a second group of people
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.87
who not only know how
to accomplish that task,
00:36:49.90\00:36:53.38
but why they're doing it.
00:36:53.41\00:36:55.81
Those will always be the bosses
and leaders of this world.
00:36:55.84\00:36:58.31
Let's just say in
the business world.
00:36:58.35\00:37:00.42
But in the Christian community,
if you're just driven by how,
00:37:00.45\00:37:05.05
it's a very rocky experience,
the seed that's, you know,
00:37:05.09\00:37:07.99
planted on rocky
soil, if I can call it that,
00:37:08.02\00:37:10.73
but when you know why
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.09
when you're
motivated by that why,
00:37:12.13\00:37:13.46
that's when once again
00:37:13.50\00:37:14.83
that passion comes into play.
00:37:14.86\00:37:16.20
And so it really helps to
bring that speaker experience.
00:37:16.23\00:37:19.50
'Cause a lot of
the speakers have
00:37:19.53\00:37:20.87
such also powerful testimonies
where they come to say,
00:37:20.94\00:37:23.14
you know, this was my walk.
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.74
And then you know, the
individual, the attendees,
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.68
you know, assesses and says,
00:37:26.71\00:37:28.04
"Wow, if he can do
it, so can I, why not?"
00:37:28.08\00:37:31.41
All we have to do is just,
you know, start essentially,
00:37:31.45\00:37:34.12
and start walking with
the Lord and see what comes.
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.02
When you say,
breakaway sessions.
00:37:36.05\00:37:37.79
What is that... Is
that during the two days?
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.66
Yeah.
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.02
So you have five or
six of those breakaways
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.83
that you get to
choose or how does that work?
00:37:43.86\00:37:46.43
Correct. Thanks for clarifying.
00:37:46.46\00:37:49.33
The format is always the same.
00:37:49.36\00:37:53.64
We just try and kind of make,
00:37:53.67\00:37:55.14
you know, throw in
things that make it,
00:37:55.17\00:37:56.60
you know,
cutting edge or unique,
00:37:56.64\00:37:57.97
whether it be topics
or different speakers,
00:37:58.01\00:38:00.41
but essentially you're
going to come on that Friday
00:38:00.48\00:38:03.04
and you're going to
hear a wonderful testimony,
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.08
Sabbath morning, you're
going to hear a wonderful,
00:38:05.11\00:38:08.48
you know, sermon,
divine hour sermon.
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.79
And then in the afternoon,
we have breakout seminars.
00:38:10.82\00:38:14.69
Typically we have
multiple breakout seminars
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.69
where you can come
and really kind of,
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.40
you know, move away
from the bigger conference,
00:38:20.43\00:38:23.26
auditorium to more of
an intimate environment
00:38:23.30\00:38:25.80
where you can really connect,
00:38:25.83\00:38:27.44
you know, get down on
the whiteboard, really,
00:38:27.47\00:38:29.67
you know, just kind of
break certain concepts down
00:38:29.70\00:38:32.81
with the speakers individually.
00:38:32.84\00:38:34.28
And so it's an awesome
way to not only get to know
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.75
and network with
the speakers themselves,
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.11
but to really have more time
00:38:39.15\00:38:41.35
to delve in a little bit
deeper into their content.
00:38:41.38\00:38:44.52
So we do have breakouts
as well in the afternoon.
00:38:44.55\00:38:46.35
Very practical,
they're practical hands-on,
00:38:46.39\00:38:50.03
you know, where kids
can take the inspiration
00:38:50.06\00:38:53.26
and really dig down and say,
"How am I going to do this?"
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.90
Not before they were
growing at that particular time.
00:38:55.93\00:38:58.97
Yeah.
00:38:59.00\00:39:00.34
I notice that Zach Page
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.87
is director of
your prayer ministry.
00:39:01.90\00:39:04.91
What does that mean?
00:39:04.94\00:39:06.27
Yeah, yeah.
00:39:06.31\00:39:07.64
We have a
powerful prayer ministry
00:39:07.68\00:39:09.01
or prayer room
every year at iShare.
00:39:09.04\00:39:12.41
And this last
year, it was powerful.
00:39:12.45\00:39:14.85
Extremely.
00:39:14.88\00:39:16.22
Yeah, did you walk
in there, see them?
00:39:16.25\00:39:19.12
You know, when you have an idea,
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.76
you know, we're
sitting in our board meeting,
00:39:20.79\00:39:22.62
if you will, and, you
know, love Zach, you know,
00:39:22.66\00:39:27.43
such a humble guy,
00:39:27.50\00:39:29.33
such a faithful effort and he's,
00:39:29.36\00:39:32.37
you know, we need a
prayer room, he says.
00:39:32.40\00:39:34.97
And, you know,
00:39:35.00\00:39:36.34
little did we
think it was going to be,
00:39:36.37\00:39:37.71
you know, a war room
really, you know, it was a...
00:39:37.74\00:39:40.41
I'll tell you
we walked into that
00:39:40.48\00:39:42.44
and what the
Lord did in that room
00:39:42.48\00:39:47.32
was just incredible.
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.19
As we, as, you know,
people pray together,
00:39:50.22\00:39:51.62
as people, you
know, cry together,
00:39:51.65\00:39:53.69
people are going
through real struggles.
00:39:53.76\00:39:55.89
And sometimes you
need that prayer room,
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.89
sometimes you just
need that community
00:39:57.93\00:40:00.20
to really dive in deep sometimes
00:40:00.23\00:40:03.77
within ourselves to find,
00:40:03.80\00:40:06.20
to really see, you know,
00:40:06.23\00:40:07.57
what, how, essentially
how God is speaking to us.
00:40:07.64\00:40:11.67
And really it was a powerful way
00:40:11.71\00:40:13.91
for people to
really self-reflect
00:40:13.98\00:40:15.74
as well in that prayer room.
00:40:15.78\00:40:17.15
What I love about a
prayer room is that,
00:40:17.18\00:40:20.12
I don't know anyone who has,
00:40:20.15\00:40:23.08
like, I can remember
even when we were speaking
00:40:23.12\00:40:25.35
at the Central California
Conference camp meeting,
00:40:25.39\00:40:28.49
you know, you walk
into the prayer room,
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.76
and God becomes very real,
00:40:30.83\00:40:32.79
prayer becomes
very real, you know.
00:40:32.83\00:40:35.56
It's a
fantastic word, community.
00:40:35.60\00:40:39.57
The community of
our prayer group.
00:40:39.60\00:40:42.17
What a powerful... Yeah.
00:40:42.20\00:40:44.84
How powerful is that?
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.91
I mean, likeminded
people, a community.
00:40:46.98\00:40:49.34
Yes.
00:40:49.38\00:40:50.75
JD, and I'll tell
you, there's no one
00:40:50.78\00:40:52.11
who walked out of
that prayer room the same.
00:40:52.15\00:40:54.42
There is not one...
00:40:54.45\00:40:55.78
I guarantee you
there was, you know,
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.19
there were
testimonies shared in that room,
00:40:57.22\00:40:59.69
powerful prayer
spoken in that room.
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.36
There's no one who
left that room the same.
00:41:01.39\00:41:02.79
I can guarantee that.
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.16
I think one of the
reasons too, if I can interject,
00:41:04.23\00:41:07.00
one of the reasons why
we love the prayer room,
00:41:07.03\00:41:09.63
is because we realize a
revival can only come in
00:41:09.66\00:41:12.47
answered prayer.
00:41:12.50\00:41:13.94
And so we know like,
if we don't have prayer
00:41:13.97\00:41:16.20
as a component
of our conference,
00:41:16.24\00:41:18.24
you know, we're
just focusing on the how,
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.18
we're just going out
there giving practical tips to,
00:41:20.21\00:41:23.75
you know, someone
who's not experiencing it.
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.48
You know, people who
do things without prayer.
00:41:26.51\00:41:28.25
It's interesting, sometimes
people will start a project,
00:41:28.28\00:41:30.99
they pray about it.
00:41:31.02\00:41:32.35
But it's more like, "Okay, God,
here's our plan, you bless it."
00:41:32.39\00:41:36.86
But when you learn to
pray through a project,
00:41:36.93\00:41:40.10
then it's quite the different...
00:41:40.13\00:41:42.23
It's God leading step
by step. It's dynamic.
00:41:42.26\00:41:43.87
Oh, it is.
00:41:43.90\00:41:45.23
You take the community
00:41:45.27\00:41:46.60
and then He
multiplies the community.
00:41:46.63\00:41:48.17
Yes. Multiplies it.
00:41:48.20\00:41:50.71
And I just want to
say for our viewers,
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.94
if you are wanting to see
where the next conference is,
00:41:52.97\00:41:57.35
just go to iShareConference.org.
00:41:57.38\00:42:02.98
iShare,
00:42:03.02\00:42:04.39
iShareConference.org.
00:42:04.42\00:42:10.13
And you can get the information.
00:42:10.16\00:42:11.86
Before...
00:42:11.89\00:42:13.23
We're quickly
running out of time.
00:42:13.26\00:42:15.13
I just want to make sure that
00:42:15.16\00:42:16.50
you got Michael
Carter's testimony in here
00:42:16.53\00:42:20.94
and tell us about some,
00:42:20.97\00:42:23.30
just give us some
examples of people
00:42:23.34\00:42:25.54
who are coming
and what God is doing?
00:42:25.57\00:42:27.58
Sure, absolutely.
00:42:27.61\00:42:29.18
So just a little background
and then I know Weston
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.28
and I both had, we're
on the edge of our seats
00:42:31.31\00:42:33.82
wanting to share
these testimonies.
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.08
But Michael Carter actually
00:42:36.12\00:42:37.99
is involved in a high
school public campus ministry,
00:42:38.02\00:42:42.26
where they run these
clubs on high school campuses
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.16
called Bread of Life Club,
00:42:45.19\00:42:47.23
and they run them
00:42:47.30\00:42:48.63
on 10 public high
school campuses right now.
00:42:48.66\00:42:51.10
They've been able to
mentor over 500 young people
00:42:51.13\00:42:53.27
in the last five years.
00:42:53.34\00:42:54.77
And I guess they go on
field trips, and they...
00:42:54.80\00:42:57.51
One of their field trips
00:42:57.54\00:42:58.87
is bringing
these kids to iShare.
00:42:58.91\00:43:01.78
Interestingly enough,
out of talking to his kids
00:43:01.81\00:43:04.85
after going all
these field trips,
00:43:04.88\00:43:06.65
the one that inspired them
the most was actually iShare.
00:43:06.72\00:43:10.02
That was the one that they said
00:43:10.09\00:43:11.42
was the most inspiring of
all the prayer conferences
00:43:11.45\00:43:14.06
and camp meetings
that they had gone to.
00:43:14.09\00:43:16.09
And there're some
powerful testimonies.
00:43:16.12\00:43:18.09
You want to tell that
one about that 16 year old?
00:43:18.13\00:43:20.63
You know, there was
this young 16 year old man
00:43:20.70\00:43:23.77
who walked up and
responded to an appeal.
00:43:23.80\00:43:27.04
And at the time,
he was just a student
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.47
at a public school campus,
attending a Christian club.
00:43:29.50\00:43:33.38
And, you know, he
walked, he came...
00:43:33.41\00:43:35.21
Was he a Christian or of
a different denomination?
00:43:35.24\00:43:38.18
He was just a Christian, yeah.
00:43:38.21\00:43:39.85
Okay. Yeah, he was Christian.
00:43:39.88\00:43:41.55
Christian denomination. Okay.
00:43:41.58\00:43:42.92
Yeah.
00:43:42.95\00:43:44.29
And he came, you know,
00:43:44.32\00:43:45.65
really looking for
that sense of revival
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.06
in his life and sure
enough, responded to an appeal.
00:43:47.09\00:43:48.99
And it was shortly thereafter
that the Lord had big plans
00:43:49.02\00:43:52.79
for him to preach his
first evangelistic series.
00:43:52.83\00:43:57.07
But it gets better than
that, because as we know,
00:43:57.10\00:43:59.53
you know, obviously
finances that go into,
00:43:59.57\00:44:02.54
you know, funding an
evangelistic series to,
00:44:02.57\00:44:04.61
you know, to run the event
00:44:04.64\00:44:06.88
and to market the
event, well, how do you...
00:44:06.91\00:44:10.05
Who funded that
first evangelistic series?
00:44:10.08\00:44:13.11
So the guy who funded
the first evangelist series
00:44:13.15\00:44:15.88
was also a student
who comes to the club,
00:44:15.92\00:44:19.02
who's Muslim.
00:44:19.05\00:44:20.39
He also came to
iShare two years ago,
00:44:20.46\00:44:22.79
and he came
forward for an appeal
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.43
and accepted Jesus
Christ as the Savior.
00:44:24.46\00:44:27.50
And he believes
that Jesus is God,
00:44:27.53\00:44:29.93
you know, and he's
excited during Ramadan,
00:44:29.96\00:44:33.54
his faith community
encouraged him to do good works
00:44:33.57\00:44:36.57
and for his good work
he went to a state college
00:44:36.60\00:44:39.61
and he gave a presentation
on how the Sabbath was changed
00:44:39.64\00:44:44.15
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:44:44.18\00:44:45.58
And he gave that presentation
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.52
'cause he fully
believes in the Sabbath,
00:44:47.55\00:44:49.28
seventh day Sabbath of the Lord.
00:44:49.32\00:44:51.62
And so it's really
powerful to see him
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.99
and get excited at iShare
00:44:54.06\00:44:55.56
and then he paid
for the 16 year old
00:44:55.59\00:44:57.79
to go preach in an
evangelistic series.
00:44:57.83\00:44:59.93
Amazing. I know.
00:45:00.00\00:45:02.76
We were amazed
to hear that story
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.87
coming from Mike
Carter, you know.
00:45:04.90\00:45:07.54
And he personally
had an experience as well
00:45:07.57\00:45:09.94
at his own college
campus, the young man did,
00:45:10.01\00:45:16.04
who funded the
evangelistic series.
00:45:16.08\00:45:19.85
He was given an opportunity
00:45:19.88\00:45:21.22
to give a presentation in class.
00:45:21.25\00:45:23.49
And, you know, he
could have chosen any topic,
00:45:23.52\00:45:27.36
but he chose to talk about
00:45:27.39\00:45:29.16
the change of the
Sabbath, essentially.
00:45:29.19\00:45:31.93
And for our
viewers, you know, listening,
00:45:31.96\00:45:34.43
there's great resources
I'm sure that 3ABN has on,
00:45:34.46\00:45:37.00
you know, on the Sabbath,
00:45:37.07\00:45:38.40
essentially, and
he was so inspiring.
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.64
We should...
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.00
I think we
always need to say that
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.94
it was people
who thought to change
00:45:44.01\00:45:47.48
the Sabbath to Sunday...
00:45:47.51\00:45:49.11
Yes, yes. 'Cause
God never changed.
00:45:49.14\00:45:51.18
Yeah, yeah.
00:45:51.21\00:45:52.88
So this young man then,
00:45:52.91\00:45:55.35
he had not been an
Adventist Christian
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.92
but he was revived, he
accepted the Sabbath truth.
00:45:57.95\00:46:01.79
And now he is preaching that,
teaching that to his class.
00:46:01.82\00:46:06.49
That's amazing.
00:46:06.53\00:46:08.13
There's another story
that came out of that too,
00:46:08.16\00:46:10.57
a high school student.
00:46:10.60\00:46:11.97
I invited his older
brother to come to iShare.
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.20
He had tried to get
his older brother to come
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.11
to the high
school club meetings.
00:46:17.14\00:46:18.97
He said, "They're so
cool, you've got to come,"
00:46:19.01\00:46:21.04
you know, but his
brother had never gone.
00:46:21.08\00:46:23.45
And he came to iShare,
it's his first club outing.
00:46:23.48\00:46:28.15
Before the
weekend was even over,
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.82
he came to Michael Carter,
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.52
the coordinator
of this ministry,
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.29
and he said "Uncle Mike,
00:46:33.36\00:46:34.82
I've never come
to your club meetings
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.26
before because I'm an atheist."
00:46:36.29\00:46:38.36
But he said,
"After coming here today,"
00:46:38.39\00:46:40.80
he said, "I realized
that I want to become
00:46:40.83\00:46:43.10
a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian."
00:46:43.13\00:46:45.20
He said, "I want what
these young people have."
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.64
Wow! Yeah.
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.14
That gave me chills.
Powerful, I know. I know.
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.77
Powerful, amazing
stories of young people
00:46:51.81\00:46:54.08
that are honestly be coming
on fire for Jesus at iShare
00:46:54.11\00:46:58.28
and then going through the year
doing things during the year.
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.82
You know, that tells me
that, I mean, there's no speaker
00:47:00.85\00:47:03.42
that can do that.
00:47:03.49\00:47:04.82
It's only the Holy Spirit.
00:47:04.85\00:47:06.19
So it's being bathed in prayer
00:47:06.22\00:47:08.49
and having the
anointing of the Lord,
00:47:08.52\00:47:10.86
and seeing God move
in such a powerful way.
00:47:10.93\00:47:15.33
All right, before we end this,
00:47:15.36\00:47:19.57
I want to know personally how,
00:47:19.60\00:47:24.31
share with us
00:47:24.34\00:47:25.84
how this
experience has changed you,
00:47:25.87\00:47:29.01
Weston, being
involved with iShare?
00:47:29.04\00:47:31.28
Oh, great question.
00:47:31.31\00:47:32.81
You know, Shelley,
and I guess you're getting
00:47:32.85\00:47:35.08
the exclusive here
first, but, you know,
00:47:35.12\00:47:38.52
a few years back,
00:47:38.55\00:47:40.26
you know, I was just,
everything was getting so busy,
00:47:40.29\00:47:42.59
so hectic, you
know, how life can be,
00:47:42.62\00:47:44.96
you know, student
and, you know, trying to,
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.93
you know, find
your way in the world
00:47:47.00\00:47:49.20
and all these things, you know,
00:47:49.23\00:47:50.57
in terms of career
path, and I was like,
00:47:50.60\00:47:53.87
you know, overwhelming
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.27
and thinking about
moving on from iShare and,
00:47:55.30\00:47:59.41
you know, I thought about that
same question three years ago,
00:47:59.44\00:48:03.11
and I haven't
shared this with anyone,
00:48:03.14\00:48:04.48
I thought about this
same question three years ago.
00:48:04.51\00:48:06.72
And I said, you know,
iShare has been a life changing
00:48:06.75\00:48:12.12
component in my life
00:48:12.15\00:48:13.96
from the people
I get to work with
00:48:13.99\00:48:15.69
to the people I
get to connect with,
00:48:15.72\00:48:17.76
of course, to the messages
00:48:17.79\00:48:19.13
and the breakouts and
the, you know, the information,
00:48:19.16\00:48:20.73
the content that
you're gathering,
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.73
but it's the
experience of iShare
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.87
that I really want to convey
because it's not something
00:48:24.90\00:48:28.20
that I can verbally describe,
it's something that you really
00:48:28.24\00:48:30.41
just have to
come to the conference
00:48:30.44\00:48:31.77
and really just engulf
yourself in the conference
00:48:31.81\00:48:34.74
and just come with an open mind
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.34
and open heart like I did.
00:48:36.38\00:48:38.08
I'm sure Heidi
has, and just to see
00:48:38.11\00:48:40.12
how the Lord's speaking to
you and it was at that point
00:48:40.15\00:48:42.48
of self-reflection where I said,
00:48:42.52\00:48:46.22
you know, this is
just, this is going places,
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God is using
iShare to not only change
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the lives of young
people like myself,
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but essentially
to bring together
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the church even if you
will, if I can use this,
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and this is one of the
things that lately has really
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just touched my
heart if I can share.
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We've had over six
conference presidents
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represented at iShare and,
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you know, how it is
with any organization,
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there's always going to be a
need for conflict resolution,
00:49:17.65\00:49:20.36
there's always
going to be a need,
00:49:20.39\00:49:21.72
there's always going to be,
00:49:21.76\00:49:23.09
you know, tides
changing and turning
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but iShare has been that solace,
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that piece of the service
you will for a lot of people
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and even a lot of
people involved in the church.
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They come, they
look forward to coming
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and spending time at iShare,
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it may be the one
place, I mean, of course,
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there's other places as well,
but that really brings together
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so many different Christian,
00:49:42.31\00:49:44.81
so many
different Christian people
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from different churches,
and different backgrounds,
00:49:46.21\00:49:48.75
and different
areas, and I'm thinking,
00:49:48.78\00:49:51.02
wow, what a blessing
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.79
to be a part of that experience.
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I'm just humbled that I'm a
part of something like that.
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It really, you
know, it's interesting.
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Amen.
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Every day, you
know, it works its way,
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that power works
its way into my heart.
00:50:03.03\00:50:04.37
Great testimony.
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How about for you,
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how has it
changed you personally?
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I think it has
deepened the burden in my heart
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for multiplication
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of active
evangeliving young people.
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Because every time I go,
I see more attendees coming
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and it just fuels the fire
in my heart to keep sharing
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because I realized
that I can't do it alone,
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you can't do it alone
but we can do it together,
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you know, and the
more we can multiply,
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and just grow that community,
like JD was talking about,
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that's what has
changed my heart more
00:50:44.94\00:50:47.48
just seeing the
fact that it is growing.
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.91
There are young people
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that are living
a life like this,
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that we don't have to just
sit at home dead in our hearts,
00:50:53.35\00:50:56.45
you know, the Lord can revive us
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and then use us.
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You know, I know that
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you're looking at
the multiplication,
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but actually it is,
you are also preventing
00:51:02.36\00:51:07.43
the subtraction if you
will because I know that
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a lot of young people are,
00:51:11.10\00:51:14.37
you know, in many
different denominations,
00:51:14.40\00:51:17.61
young people are heading
00:51:17.64\00:51:18.97
out the back door of the church.
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And I think the
problem is that young people
00:51:20.91\00:51:24.91
today want to be involved,
00:51:24.95\00:51:26.82
they want to
have responsibility,
00:51:26.85\00:51:30.12
but it's when they
learn the love of the Lord
00:51:30.19\00:51:34.36
and they feel
that security in Him
00:51:34.39\00:51:38.63
then they get so
excited, they want to share.
00:51:38.66\00:51:42.43
So you're keeping in...
00:51:42.46\00:51:44.20
There's a retention of our youth
00:51:44.27\00:51:47.87
plus the multiplication.
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Absolutely. You
know, Shelley, I think...
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And she brought
up a great point.
00:51:51.77\00:51:53.17
I've been talking so
much, I apologize, Heidi,
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.98
kind of into but
I was going to say,
00:51:56.01\00:51:58.01
you know the thing
about it is I don't think,
00:51:58.05\00:51:59.85
as a young person I say
this, to me it's not the music,
00:51:59.88\00:52:03.62
to me it's not, you
know, the name of the guy,
00:52:03.69\00:52:05.75
you know, preaching the sermon,
I just want to be engaged,
00:52:05.79\00:52:08.79
I want to come
and find something
00:52:08.82\00:52:10.16
that's going to exercise my mind
00:52:10.23\00:52:11.56
like in any relationship.
00:52:11.59\00:52:12.93
You want to
continually, you know,
00:52:12.96\00:52:14.83
be leave it to the
single guy to say this, right?
00:52:14.86\00:52:17.80
But you want to be with someone
who continues to help you grow
00:52:17.83\00:52:21.94
and to continue to
expand and challenge your mind
00:52:21.97\00:52:24.31
and that's what it is.
00:52:24.34\00:52:25.67
That's what I find interesting.
00:52:25.71\00:52:27.28
I don't need,
you know, some music
00:52:27.31\00:52:29.41
that my friends think is cool.
00:52:29.44\00:52:30.85
I honestly just
need to be engaged,
00:52:30.88\00:52:34.12
I need to find it interesting,
I need to be interested
00:52:34.15\00:52:36.42
in what I'm learning
and what I'm there for,
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.12
and we try and find cutting ways
00:52:38.15\00:52:41.82
to keep that
interest level high.
00:52:41.86\00:52:44.13
What I now, what we
want to do once again
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.36
is to put on the lower third
00:52:46.39\00:52:48.33
here you will see their website
00:52:48.36\00:52:51.87
is iShareConference.org.
00:52:51.90\00:52:57.31
iShareConference.org.
00:52:57.34\00:53:00.71
And you can go to the website
00:53:00.78\00:53:02.11
and learn more
about the ministry
00:53:02.14\00:53:04.25
and find out about
their August conferences.
00:53:04.28\00:53:07.22
These are annual conferences.
00:53:07.25\00:53:09.52
And also the Instagram is...
00:53:09.55\00:53:13.46
ishare_conference.
00:53:13.49\00:53:19.86
So if you want to get in
touch with Heidi or with Weston
00:53:19.89\00:53:23.03
or anybody at iShare,
00:53:23.06\00:53:25.87
this is how you
get in touch with them.
00:53:25.90\00:53:27.37
Well, we're
going to be right back.
00:53:27.44\00:53:28.77
We need to go to our news break.
00:53:28.80\00:53:31.14
We'll be back for
a closing comment.
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