I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang
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and I know if you're a
part of our 3ABN family,
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welcome back.
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And you already know my name,
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but if you're just
joining us for the first time,
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try to remember this channel,
this network, we believe,
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it has been ordained by the Lord
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to continue spreading
the three angels' messages
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to the world,
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getting people ready
for the coming of our Lord
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which we are excited about.
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And if you stay tuned here,
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you'll discover that
all of our programming
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is intended to
encourage and direct
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and fill your
hearts with the knowledge
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of the truth of God's Word.
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Today, we have a special guest,
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somebody that's
near and dear to my heart
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that I've had the privilege
of working within ministry,
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both musical
ministry and other ways,
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and I've seen the
way that God blesses
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in spite of the
challenges we face in life,
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and I speak of no one
other than Stefanie Dawn.
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Good to have you here, Stefanie.
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Thank you. It's a
pleasure to be here again.
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So glad to have you
as a part of our family
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on the couch today.
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And I love being a
part of this family.
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Yeah.
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It really is a great big family.
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Yes, yes.
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I'm glad that you're here today
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and we're gonna
talk in just a moment
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about some
exciting things in your life
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and the way that the Lord
is blessing in your ministry.
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Yes, I look forward to that.
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But to our audience,
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just before we
start our interview on,
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we thank you for your prayers
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and all of your
support of this network.
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Some of you have
come to volunteer,
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we appreciate that very much.
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But if you are praying for us
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and sending
your financial gifts,
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we deeply
appreciate all that you do
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to advance the cause
of God for this network.
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Now, as the tradition is,
a lot of times we have music,
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but not today.
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We're gonna have much music
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because our guest today
has prerecorded some songs
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that we are going to intersperse
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throughout this program,
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included with her testimony
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about how God
is leading her life
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and blessing her ministry.
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So I'm gonna take my time
and go right to Stephanie Dawn,
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so good to have you here
today, Stephanie, once again.
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Oh it's good to be back again.
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It really is.
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And, just briefly,
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kind of give our
viewers and listeners
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an idea of who you are.
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Give us a nutshell
of your background?
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Well, my name is Stephanie Dawn.
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I'm currently now 39 years old.
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I was born totally blind
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due to detached
retina in both eyes.
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I have been singing, for
as long as I can remember.
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Wow.
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And, started presenting concerts
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when I was 9.
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And, as I grew, I
just continue to travel
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and then in 2000,
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our family went into
full time music ministry.
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Yes.
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Well, that's good
because we have together,
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sung together.
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Yes.
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I know you wouldn't know that
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but my hair's a
little more gray now
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than when we
started singing together.
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But we've had a privilege
of singing for meetings,
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we did some music here at 3ABN,
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we sing for evangelism
together in Phoenix, Arizona
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which was a wonderful blessing.
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And every time I see you and Dan
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and your mom Margaret
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and your family,
I'm always excited
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because I know
Stephanie is in town
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and we're gonna hear
some very good music.
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And you've been a part
of our 3ABN camp meetings
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on several occasions.
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I have very, very
blessed experiences.
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Yes.
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Well, give us a
little background.
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You were born in...?
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Senora,
California. Senora, California.
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And I love California.
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That's a place where
I spend lot of years.
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That's more of the central
to northern part of California.
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Yeah, kind of into
the foothills there.
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In the foothills,
really nice. Yeah.
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Well, kind of, since you said
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you'd been singing
since you were young.
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Give us a little background,
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when did music become a
significant part of your life
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that you noticed?
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Of course, at 9
years old, it's a hobby.
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Yeah... Right up
until that point.
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Well, when I was very,
very small, my mom gave...
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I had a little cassette player.
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Yes I said cassette player,
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a little tiny one
that I carry around with me
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and listen to music.
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I've always loved music.
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My mom has told me
that's the first time I sang,
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I was 11 months old.
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Wow.
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I sang the
chorus of Jesus loves me
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and the first time I
sang in front of our church
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was when I was three.
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So when I say,
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I've literally been
singing as long as I remember.
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I mean, as long
as I can remember.
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Wow.
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And so about get
that cassette player,
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you know, you
just took me back away
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'cause for those of us
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who'd been around
long enough cassettes.
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If you're young, please
ignore that word cassette.
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I even had records, so.
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Yeah.
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You know, we live
in this digital age
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where the word
cassette is like a dinosaur,
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but that was our
humble beginnings.
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Recording and
listening back to your voice.
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And music ministry,
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was it something that
was a part of your heart
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that you wanted to get
involved since you were young?
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Yeah.
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I mean, it's just,
it's always been there.
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And, of course, as I grew,
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and grew spiritually and
had experiences with God.
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My singing, of course,
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went to a whole new
level and just developed deeper
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and deeper
meaning for me with time.
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You know, some people
that listen to the program,
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and I wanna refer specifically
to the sector of our audience
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that maybe in the
same situation you're in
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and not able to see
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cause we've not
just a viewing audience
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but a listening audience.
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Right.
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Talk to that
sector of society today
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because, there's a phrase
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that when I was
involved and all,
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we'll talk about the
ministry aspects later
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with a Child
Impact International.
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But I remembered traveling
once and ministering to a school
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which we'll talk
about in a moment.
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But there's a term that
they used at that school
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for the children
that couldn't see.
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They didn't say
they were disabled.
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Right.
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They said they were other-abled.
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Oh. Yeah.
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And talk about that
how in spite of your vision
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in the challenges there,
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your walk with
Christ is still growing.
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Yeah.
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Another term that they
uses differently-abled.
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Differently-abled,
it's right. Yeah.
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And, I just think with anyone,
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no matter how broken you are,
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God can use you.
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He always have
something to give,
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if you surrender
your life to Him.
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He can reveal to
you gifts that you have
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or He can qualify
you with new gifts.
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Whatever your situation,
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if as long as
you're in God's hands,
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He can use you in
any way He wants to,
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in spite of what seems to
be limitations in your life.
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In the society we live in today
has in so many ways augmented
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making it doable for people
with the visual challenges,
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you can still read the
Bible, still do a lot of things.
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How do you, talk
about that for a moment
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because some people may
say, well, they've I can't,
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but I've looked at your
life and I don't see "I can't."
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I've looked at the "How can I?"
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Right.
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What benefited me is that,
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I was blessed with a very good,
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Christian and
scholastic education.
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By the time I was two,
I knew what braille was.
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I remember even feeling braille
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when my mom
telling me what it was
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and we have a recording,
a cassette recording of me
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at my grandma's house.
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And I'm feeling a
glass mason canning jar
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and there are bumps on the jar.
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I was certain that
there was Braille on that jar.
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And I specifically
said, Grandma's jar Braille.
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And when I got a little older,
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just probably
couple of years later,
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they had me
feeling lines of dots
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vertically,
horizontally, diagonally
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just so that my
fingers would get accustomed
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to the feeling before they
started teaching me to read.
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And I did pick up
on learning to read.
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I learned to read very well.
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I was able to take
all the same classes
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as my peers.
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I was given a Braille
Bible when I was nine,
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King James Version. Okay.
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Braille takes up a ton of space.
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The Bible was 18 volumes
and I don't mean small volumes.
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I mean just
monstrous size volumes.
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The book of Psalms
was one huge volume.
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Wow.
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And so needless to say,
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I did not bring
my Bible to church.
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Okay, I like that.
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Used to be a
joke when I was a kid
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being Sabbath
school when they said
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"Did you bring your Bible?"
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I'd say, "We'd
bring in the truck."
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So I was able to
go to church school
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from sixth to eight
grade and just as I grew,
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Braille for the most
part was accessible to me.
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The technology I
needed was accessible to me
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and now simply
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because Braille
takes up so much space,
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I no longer have
the Braille Bible.
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I read it all on my computer
and I just love the fact
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because my computer has
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what's called a "Screen Reader."
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It speaks what is on the screen.
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Okay.
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So as I'm using
the keys, it speaks.
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And, so it's simply
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because of like the
digital age that we are in,
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I now read the Bible
that way and I'm so thankful,
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that thanks to the internet
I'm able to read all of the...
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I'm able to access
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all of the Ellen White
materials that I want to.
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Amen.
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It's in her age, in her
era and that in her year
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when she was alive,
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that was not
accessible to blind people.
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That's true. Now it is.
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I can just go to
Google and search up anything
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and then there it is,
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and I'm so thankful for
technology because of that.
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Wow.
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You know, you talk about that,
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I even use it
sometime to have a document
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open in Microsoft Word
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and I don't wanna read it
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and I hit the stroke
keys and it reads it to me,
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so I know what
you are talking about.
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Yeah.
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It's a blessing,
tremendous blessing.
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And I do have a smartphone.
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Okay.
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And the way I'm able to do that
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is once again
screen reading software.
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So I move my finger
around, it speaks what's there.
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I double-tap or do a
gesture whatever I want to do.
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I use Google
dictation for my texts.
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I'll be getting a
Bluetooth keyboard
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so that I'll be able to type
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but, yes, I am able
to access those things,
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thanks to technology.
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And you know the
encouraging thing
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about working with you,
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we've sung a
number of songs together.
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One of the favorite ones
and I say this to our audience,
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we sang a song,
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"Wonderful
Merciful Savior" together.
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And, it's up to
like over 900,000 views
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on the YouTube.
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Praise the Lord for that. Yes.
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And we've done some
other ones together too,
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but I wanna just go ahead.
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We wanna run one of your songs,
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you did some
beautiful songs here.
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Tell me about the
song, "Leave a Well."
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"Leave a Well in the
Valley" is a very special song,
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I actually first heard it
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on the recording of Ponder,
Harper and Jennings on YouTube.
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Okay.
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And just fell in love with
it because it reveals the fact
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that when God
teaches us valuable lessons
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throughout trials.
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Those lessons are not
just for our benefit alone.
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They are for the
benefit of others
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who will go or are going through
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similar experiences as us
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who can gather hope and comfort
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and encouragement from our story
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and what we've learned.
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And it is like a valley.
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We go through a
valley and guaranteed
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that there are
gonna be people behind us
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going through that valley.
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And if we can share with
them what we have learned,
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it's very refreshing.
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It is a joy that
they can experience.
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It's like a well
in the valley. Okay.
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Well, sit back and
enjoy this wonderful song
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by Stephanie Dawn,
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accompanied by Dann Thornton
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entitled, "Leave A Well."
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To the valley
you've been through
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Those around you must go too
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Down the rocky path you travel
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They will go.
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If to those
learning of your trial
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You'll lend the
secret of your smile
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You will help them
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More than you will ever know
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Leave a well in the valley
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The dark and lonesome valley
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Others have to
walk that valley too
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What a blessing when they find
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The well of joy
you've left behind
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Leave a well in the
valley you go through
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Blessed is the man
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Who has learned to understand
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And becomes a hand
for God to those in need
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Yes, then all the tears he shed
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With God's help become instead
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A precious balm that will
heal the hearts that bleed
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Leave a well in the valley
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The dark and lonesome valley
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Others have to walk
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That valley too
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What a blessing when they find
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The well of joy
you've left behind
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Leave a well
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In the valley you go through
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Let's leave a well
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in the valley you go through
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Thank you so much for that song.
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I'm looking at the
screen thanking you,
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you're right here.
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Thank you so much
for that song, Stephanie,
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Leave a Well.
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You know, it's so true
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that a lot of
times in our journeys,
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we leave not only at
the groove of our path,
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but our journey's
in difficult time,
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there's a well of
relief that we find.
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Isn't that true? Absolutely.
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That's what Ellen White
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would call it a
Well of Salvation.
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A Well of Salvation.
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And if we leave it for
those who come after us,
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they find out the things
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that may have
been difficult to us,
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have actually proven to
be a point of our strength.
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Yes.
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Have you noticed that
every time you go through
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something challenging,
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you come out
strong on the other side.
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I have noticed that, absolutely.
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I always learned
something important through it
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that even as difficult it
is when I pass through it,
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I'm never the same when
I come out the other side.
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That's right.
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And we all, as someone once said
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the Lord will never
bring you to a place
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where He cannot keep you.
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Absolutely.
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And it's amazing how I've
seen that happen in your life
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and I know many of you watching
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or listeners of the
program have on a similar level
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seen that trials have
not come to weaken us,
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but the Lord
has measured them...
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Yes.
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And allow them to become
a point of strength for us.
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Absolutely. Now you travel.
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Talk about the
family you travel with.
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Introduce to those
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who may not
know your mom and dad
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and your traveling companions.
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Just talk about that? Yeah.
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Dann is my step-father. Okay.
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And Karen is my mom. Okay.
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And the three of...
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Well, now my grandma
has been traveling with us.
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Her name is Jean
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and she's been
rock solid support
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from the very beginning.
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Amen.
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But we have been
traveling together
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in full-time music
ministry, around the US,
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presenting programs
at different churches
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and other venues
that God opens the door.
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We will be doing one
evening of John Bradshaw's.
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It is Written in Mesa.
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We'll be providing the
music for that Mesa, Arizona,
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coming up here real soon.
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And, yeah, God
has just blessed us
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with wonderful opportunities
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to share music
and give glory to Him
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in situations where we
are spiritually blessed
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and refreshed as well.
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And we've found, even in
our of singing duets together,
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there's this blend, my
wife always says, she says,
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"You and Stephanie's
voice blend so well together."
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Yeah.
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And it's a compliment to me
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because I like
people whose voices are soft
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and very little vibrato
and when we do duets together
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and the harmonies
are very necessary.
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We don't vibrate
ourselves way through the note.
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No. No. We just stay.
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Praise God for that
gift. Yes, absolutely.
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It's been a blessing.
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But now you've gone to talk
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about some of the
places you've travelled?
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Like I said, around the
US, we've been into Canada,
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New Finland and Nova
Scotia for the camp meetings.
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Okay.
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And several years back,
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we were in Manila with ShareHim.
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Oh, wow.
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Definitely, an
unforgettable experience there.
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We've been in Mexico
at one point as well.
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So you haven't
gone to Australia yet.
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Not yet. Would
love to, but not yet.
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And for those of you
that are down in Australia
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that have not invited Stephanie,
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let me put a plug-in.
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She sings in
English wherever she goes.
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And you'll be able to
understand her very well.
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Ain't that right,
Stephanie? Absolutely.
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And we've enjoyed
Australia and wonderful.
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The church is amazing
there so that maybe something
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that could be
added to your repertoire.
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We'd love to.
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I'm sure that Dann and
Karen would love to go there.
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Oh, yeah. We all
would, we'd love to.
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Now, there's a
song you sing also,
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and I want to kind
of have you preview this
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and tell us a
little bit about it.
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It is entitled, "I'll Go
Where You Want Me To Go."
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Well, this song
is a special message
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'cause it really in my mind,
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it's connected with something...
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Del Delker was one
of my best friends,
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singer for the Voice of Prophecy
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for almost 60 years.
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Wow.
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She was one of the
people that my mom played for me
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when I was a toddler.
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Okay.
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With my little cassette player
and the first time I met Del,
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I was four years
old and she became...
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She took me under her
wing and became my mentor
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and, when I grew up,
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we developed a very,
very close friendship.
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And one day I was
talking with her on the phone
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and I was sharing
with her a specific way
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in which God was
leading me in ministry,
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and she said, "You're
getting to be an evangelist."
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And I said, "I wouldn't know."
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I said, "I don't
think I'd go that far."
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And she said, "Listen,
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everyone who
professes to be a Christian
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is one or should be."
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And it just really
gave me a deeper insight
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as to what evangelism really is.
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Right.
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Because whether you're speaking
in front of thousands of people
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or you are ministering
to the physical, emotional,
00:20:12.14\00:20:15.58
spiritual needs of others,
00:20:15.61\00:20:17.08
maybe caring for the sick
00:20:17.15\00:20:18.48
or providing food
to those who need it.
00:20:18.51\00:20:21.15
Whether you're
teaching in a school,
00:20:21.18\00:20:22.58
whether you are giving
Bible study to a family
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or whether you are
just being a support
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for somebody one on one.
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That's right.
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You're doing the
work of an evangelist
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and that's why I think
this song is so significant,
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being willing to go
where God wants us to go
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and say what He wants us to say
00:20:35.83\00:20:37.57
and to be what
He wants us to be.
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That's a beautiful
segue into the song
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because that's true,
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either you're
missionary or mission field.
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Yes.
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And either you're
preaching the gospel
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or one that needs
to hear the gospel.
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.28
Yes.
00:20:48.31\00:20:49.64
So let's sit back and listen
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.01
to the wonderful
message in the song,
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"I'll go Where
You Want Me To Go."
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It may not be
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On the mountain height
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Or over the stormy sea
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It may not be at
the battle's front
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My Lord will have need of me
00:21:33.99\00:21:39.16
But if, by a still,
small voice he calls
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To paths I do not know
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I'll answer, dear
Lord, with my hand in thine
00:21:57.28\00:22:04.72
I'll go where you want me to go
00:22:04.75\00:22:09.79
I'll go where you
want me to go, dear Lord
00:22:12.86\00:22:19.93
Over mountain or plain or sea
00:22:19.97\00:22:27.48
I'll say what you
want me to say, dear Lord
00:22:27.51\00:22:34.82
I'll be what you want me to be
00:22:34.85\00:22:40.26
Perhaps today
there are loving words
00:22:43.26\00:22:50.87
That Jesus would have me speak
00:22:50.90\00:22:58.37
There may be now
in the paths of sin
00:22:58.41\00:23:05.85
Some wanderer whom I should seek
00:23:05.88\00:23:13.86
O Savior, if
thou wilt be my guide
00:23:13.89\00:23:21.13
Though dark and rugged the way
00:23:21.16\00:23:28.60
My voice shall
echo the message sweet
00:23:28.64\00:23:36.04
I'll say what you want me to say
00:23:36.08\00:23:43.92
I'll go where you
want me to go, dear Lord
00:23:43.99\00:23:51.16
Over mountain or plain or sea
00:23:51.19\00:23:58.63
I'll say what you
want me to say, dear Lord
00:23:58.67\00:24:06.24
I'll be what you want me to be
00:24:06.27\00:24:12.25
There's surely
somewhere a lowly place
00:24:25.33\00:24:32.87
In earth's
harvest fields so wide
00:24:32.90\00:24:39.84
Where I may labor
through life's short day
00:24:39.87\00:24:47.22
For Jesus, the Crucified
00:24:47.25\00:24:54.72
So trusting my
all love to thy care
00:24:54.76\00:25:01.93
I know thou lovest me
00:25:01.96\00:25:06.87
I'll do thy will
with a heart sincere
00:25:09.90\00:25:17.18
I'll be what you want me to be
00:25:17.25\00:25:22.08
I'll go where you
want me to go, dear Lord
00:25:25.12\00:25:32.29
Over mountain or plain or sea
00:25:32.33\00:25:37.63
I'll say what
you want me to say,
00:25:40.64\00:25:47.38
Dear Lord
00:25:47.41\00:25:50.18
I'll be what you want me to be
00:25:50.25\00:25:57.09
Thank you so much for that song
00:26:14.14\00:26:15.77
"I'll go Where
You Want Me To Go,"
00:26:15.80\00:26:18.21
and that should be the
case in every one of our lives,
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.58
we don't pick where the
Lord, where we gonna go.
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.58
You know the story of Peter
00:26:23.65\00:26:24.98
and John
Chapter 21 in the Bible,
00:26:25.01\00:26:26.35
I remember that, Stephanie,
00:26:26.38\00:26:27.72
where when the
Lord challenged Peter,
00:26:27.75\00:26:29.52
he said, "Follow me,"
00:26:29.55\00:26:31.55
and Peter said,
"What about John?"
00:26:31.59\00:26:33.86
And the Lord said to him,
00:26:33.89\00:26:35.22
"If I want him to stay
there till I come back,
00:26:35.26\00:26:38.16
you know what is it to you?"
00:26:38.19\00:26:39.53
Exactly.
00:26:39.56\00:26:40.90
And so you've gone
00:26:40.93\00:26:42.26
wherever the Lord led you to go.
00:26:42.30\00:26:43.67
Yeah. Okay.
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.03
Does it matter the
size of the church?
00:26:45.07\00:26:46.84
No, not at all.
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.20
Anywhere God opens
the door, we're in.
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.01
Talk about your relationship.
00:26:51.04\00:26:52.51
You and Dann, you both
work together so seamlessly.
00:26:52.54\00:26:56.21
I've seen you both
work together very well.
00:26:56.24\00:26:57.81
Talk about that
because the songs that...
00:26:57.85\00:27:00.12
How do you pick a song?
00:27:00.15\00:27:01.48
How do you decide
cause' you're the singer?
00:27:01.52\00:27:02.85
Yeah.
00:27:02.88\00:27:04.22
Well, I usually am the
one who will find a song
00:27:04.29\00:27:07.66
and, oh, I've gotta sing this.
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.56
You know, and mom, of course,
00:27:09.59\00:27:10.93
mom will, you
know, love songs too
00:27:10.96\00:27:13.60
that she might listen to and,
00:27:13.63\00:27:14.96
oh, yeah, you
know, you gotta do this.
00:27:15.00\00:27:17.17
And so we weren't picky.
00:27:17.20\00:27:18.90
We don't choose
anything because it's there.
00:27:18.93\00:27:22.64
And Dann and I are very close.
00:27:22.67\00:27:25.04
In fact, Del Delker told me
00:27:25.07\00:27:26.57
I was spoiled rotten to have him
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.68
because he can read
music and he can play by ear.
00:27:28.71\00:27:31.18
In fact, all of
the things that we do,
00:27:31.21\00:27:34.02
he does not have sheet music.
00:27:34.05\00:27:35.55
He has his own
little scribbled notes
00:27:35.58\00:27:37.99
because he
listens to the recording,
00:27:38.02\00:27:39.75
he writes down the chords,
00:27:39.79\00:27:41.12
and he comes up
with his own arrangement
00:27:41.16\00:27:42.62
in whatever key I want.
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.43
And he has been my
pianist since 1991,
00:27:44.46\00:27:47.96
when I was 11 years old.
00:27:48.00\00:27:49.40
Wow. Wow.
00:27:49.43\00:27:50.77
That is special
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.13
'cause some people have a person
00:27:52.17\00:27:53.54
that plays for them,
00:27:53.57\00:27:54.90
but you have a
person that plays for you,
00:27:54.94\00:27:56.71
travels with you, and
you live, in your family.
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.11
Yes. And that's
a big part of it.
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.24
So there're days,
00:28:02.28\00:28:03.65
do you ever get up
in the morning and say,
00:28:03.68\00:28:05.01
"Hey, there's a song
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.38
that's going
through my head Dann,
00:28:06.41\00:28:07.75
let's try this on the piano."
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.12
Well, it never
happened to me in particular.
00:28:09.15\00:28:11.59
Usually I hear a
recording of something
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.89
and it's like, yes, you
know, I've gotta do this.
00:28:13.96\00:28:18.46
So, yeah, I often
stumble across the music
00:28:18.49\00:28:22.26
wanna do just
through what I hear.
00:28:22.30\00:28:26.20
And I've seen his patience.
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.57
He's really wonderful guy...
00:28:27.64\00:28:28.97
He is a great guy.
00:28:29.00\00:28:30.41
And he has that skill to do
00:28:30.44\00:28:31.77
software and
computer and all that stuff.
00:28:31.81\00:28:33.61
Yeah, yeah, we can do
all recording all around.
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.48
Which is a big part of it.
00:28:36.51\00:28:37.85
Oh, it is a huge part of it.
00:28:37.88\00:28:39.21
Now, in your ministry,
the Dawn of Hope Ministry,
00:28:39.25\00:28:41.42
that's the
title of your ministry
00:28:41.45\00:28:42.98
that you all are
partner together with.
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.09
Yes.
00:28:45.12\00:28:46.45
How long has...
00:28:46.49\00:28:47.82
In a general nutshell,
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.19
how long has Dawn of
Hope Ministry been around?
00:28:49.22\00:28:51.73
Well, the name
Dawn of Hope Ministry
00:28:51.76\00:28:53.60
came into
existence a few years ago.
00:28:53.63\00:28:55.96
We were traveling
further back than that.
00:28:56.00\00:29:00.77
But for a while,
we stopped traveling
00:29:00.84\00:29:03.00
because I had gone through some,
00:29:03.04\00:29:04.44
you know major health issues.
00:29:04.47\00:29:06.54
And finally we were ready to...
00:29:06.57\00:29:08.81
I was ready to travel again.
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.35
We all were
ready to travel again
00:29:10.38\00:29:12.35
and we wanted to come up
with a new ministry name,
00:29:12.38\00:29:14.65
and all of a sudden God
just flashed that in my mind,
00:29:14.68\00:29:17.52
just out of the blue.
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
Wow.
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.29
And it really fits
for what I've gone through
00:29:20.32\00:29:22.59
that no matter
what you go through,
00:29:22.62\00:29:24.86
there's always hope.
00:29:24.89\00:29:26.63
Always hope in God.
00:29:26.70\00:29:29.20
The dark
experiences you go through,
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.87
they're not the
end of your story.
00:29:31.90\00:29:33.23
That's right.
00:29:33.27\00:29:34.60
But the
continuation of your journey.
00:29:34.64\00:29:35.97
Yes.
00:29:36.00\00:29:37.34
I'm gonna use that
not the end of your story,
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.74
but the
continuation of your journey.
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.31
Yeah, there you go.
I like that, thank you.
00:29:40.38\00:29:42.34
There's a song
that you have here
00:29:42.38\00:29:43.78
that I wanna kinda
have you tell me about
00:29:43.85\00:29:45.81
before we go
into your involvement
00:29:45.85\00:29:47.98
in Child Impact International.
00:29:48.02\00:29:50.02
It's called Hen...
00:29:50.09\00:29:52.19
Hineni. Hineni.
00:29:52.22\00:29:53.56
Thank you. What
is that song about?
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.32
Hineni is a Hebrew
word meaning 'Here am I,'
00:29:55.36\00:29:57.69
like when Isaiah
said, "Here am I, send me".
00:29:57.73\00:29:59.76
Okay.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.13
And this song just
really resonates with the fact
00:30:01.16\00:30:05.00
that when,
00:30:05.03\00:30:07.14
in order to be the
evangelistic God wants us to be.
00:30:07.17\00:30:12.07
We have to have a
personal encounter with Him.
00:30:12.11\00:30:15.31
Many of us have to go
through what Peter went through,
00:30:15.34\00:30:18.38
where we experience
brokenness to realize
00:30:18.41\00:30:21.18
we're not as self-sufficient
as we thought we were.
00:30:21.22\00:30:24.45
Or to be like Paul,
00:30:24.49\00:30:26.25
where we are
stripped of our self
00:30:26.29\00:30:29.09
righteousness through a
direct encounter with God,
00:30:29.12\00:30:33.23
but not only
temporarily blinded Paul,
00:30:33.26\00:30:35.60
but humbled him spiritually.
00:30:35.63\00:30:38.30
As Ellen White says,
in Acts of the Apostles,
00:30:38.33\00:30:40.44
he basically came
humble like a little child
00:30:40.47\00:30:43.27
just from that one
direct encounter with Jesus.
00:30:43.30\00:30:45.81
And we often need
to have that experience
00:30:45.84\00:30:49.24
that wakes us up
where we are broken
00:30:49.28\00:30:50.98
and our self-righteousness
is stripped away from us.
00:30:51.01\00:30:55.42
Or Isaiah who, many
of us experience God
00:30:55.45\00:31:00.96
through His Word,
His perfect character
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.79
just as Isaiah
saw Him in the temple.
00:31:02.82\00:31:05.93
And when Isaiah
saw him in the temple,
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.36
he saw his own imperfection
in contrast with Christ's
00:31:08.40\00:31:12.27
perfect character
which is what we experience
00:31:12.30\00:31:14.90
as we are growing in
Christ as we study His Word.
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.41
We see His perfect character
in contrast with our own.
00:31:17.44\00:31:21.24
And when Isaiah cried
00:31:21.28\00:31:22.61
what was to me, for I am undone.
00:31:22.64\00:31:24.75
He experienced forgiveness,
00:31:24.78\00:31:26.51
he had that coal
placed to his lips.
00:31:26.55\00:31:28.65
Wow.
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.02
You know, and when he
experienced that forgiveness
00:31:30.09\00:31:32.05
when God said "You
know who will go for us,
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.49
whom shall I send."
00:31:34.52\00:31:35.86
Isaiah would just out of
joy of being forgiven said,
00:31:35.89\00:31:39.33
"Here am I, send me." Wow.
00:31:39.36\00:31:41.76
And the same with Peter.
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.23
He'd been forgiven,
00:31:43.26\00:31:44.60
and so he was just
ready to go with the gospel
00:31:44.63\00:31:46.94
because he'd been forgiven
of a very, very grievous sin,
00:31:46.97\00:31:50.21
a very hard fall.
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.21
And when we see
ourselves as we really are
00:31:52.24\00:31:55.44
as wretched, miserable,
poor, blind, and naked
00:31:55.48\00:31:58.18
not as the end of
our spiritual experience
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.12
but the beginning.
00:32:00.15\00:32:01.48
That's right.
00:32:01.52\00:32:02.85
And we take hold of
the righteousness of Christ
00:32:02.88\00:32:04.22
and we receive His
healing in our lives,
00:32:04.29\00:32:07.06
His forgiveness, His victory.
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.19
We'll be ready to
go like Isaiah was,
00:32:09.22\00:32:11.83
like the apostles were.
00:32:11.86\00:32:14.43
We will be able to say,
"Hineni here am I, send me."
00:32:14.46\00:32:18.00
Wow. A perfect segue.
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.37
Let's listen to
this wonderful song,
00:32:19.40\00:32:21.17
"Here Am I, Send Me."
00:32:21.20\00:32:22.54
In the temple long ago
00:32:37.62\00:32:41.12
The Prophet saw the Lord
00:32:41.16\00:32:44.49
High and lifted up
00:32:44.53\00:32:47.83
Angels all around
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.67
Crying Holy, Holy, Holy
00:32:50.70\00:32:54.50
Holy is the Lord
00:32:54.54\00:32:57.51
The earth is filled with glory
00:32:57.54\00:33:04.05
Later a voice
said who will go for us
00:33:04.08\00:33:10.49
And it cried whom shall I send
00:33:10.52\00:33:16.73
Then the house
was filled with smoke
00:33:16.76\00:33:20.50
Heard the voice of Him who spoke
00:33:20.53\00:33:23.47
That voice that
makes the heavens red
00:33:23.50\00:33:30.41
And the Prophet said Hineni
00:33:30.44\00:33:37.38
And the Prophet said here am I
00:33:37.45\00:33:43.79
You could hear him say Hineni
00:33:43.82\00:33:50.93
Hineni, Hineni
00:33:50.96\00:33:57.00
Here am I, send me
00:34:01.37\00:34:08.98
On a mountain far away
00:34:20.66\00:34:23.93
The disciples saw the Lord
00:34:23.96\00:34:26.83
Who had died and been raised
00:34:26.90\00:34:30.77
They worshipped and bow down
00:34:30.80\00:34:33.64
As he told them
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.44
All authority in
heaven and on earth
00:34:35.47\00:34:40.71
Has been given unto Me
00:34:40.78\00:34:45.28
So go make
disciples of all nations
00:34:45.31\00:34:52.95
Beginning in Jerusalem
00:34:52.99\00:34:58.06
And lo I am always with you
00:34:58.09\00:35:03.16
Until this age is through
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.20
All I've taught you
00:35:06.23\00:35:08.17
You'll teach them
00:35:08.20\00:35:12.71
The disciples said Hineni
00:35:12.74\00:35:19.48
The disciples said here am I
00:35:19.51\00:35:25.92
With their
lives they said Hineni
00:35:25.95\00:35:33.03
Hineni, Hineni
00:35:33.06\00:35:40.14
Here am I,
00:35:43.30\00:35:48.41
Send me
00:35:48.44\00:35:52.38
But I said woe is me
00:35:52.41\00:36:00.36
I'm undone by what I've heard
00:36:00.39\00:36:03.46
For I'm a man
unclean in thoughts
00:36:03.53\00:36:06.46
And what has far been
00:36:06.49\00:36:12.60
I need the fire of Your glory
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.80
To purge my lips
00:36:15.84\00:36:17.44
To tell Your story
00:36:17.51\00:36:22.41
My Lord
00:36:22.44\00:36:27.22
May You hear me say Hineni
00:36:27.25\00:36:33.96
May You hear me say here am I
00:36:33.99\00:36:40.60
Adoni I cried Hineni
00:36:40.63\00:36:47.44
Hineni, Hineni
00:36:47.47\00:36:53.48
Here am I, send me
00:36:57.68\00:37:04.52
Hineni
00:37:08.76\00:37:20.54
Here am I, send me
00:37:23.64\00:37:30.98
Here am I,
00:37:36.99\00:37:43.19
Send me
00:37:43.22\00:37:46.70
I know you are
blessed by that song.
00:38:02.74\00:38:04.68
I'll say the word Hineni.
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.05
Did I say that
correct? You got it.
00:38:06.08\00:38:07.42
Wonderful.
00:38:07.45\00:38:08.78
You know, going back to the...
00:38:08.82\00:38:10.19
I'll go where you want me to go.
00:38:10.22\00:38:11.62
Tell us about
your recent involvement
00:38:11.65\00:38:13.99
or your involvement with
Child Impact International
00:38:14.06\00:38:16.86
and the Blind School?
00:38:16.93\00:38:18.26
Well, we actually met the CEO
of Child Impact International
00:38:18.29\00:38:21.83
several years ago.
00:38:21.86\00:38:23.20
Yes.
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.57
And Child Impact International
used to be Asian Aid.
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.63
They are Seventh-day
Adventist organization.
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.37
And just after
talking with him...
00:38:29.40\00:38:32.21
Jim Rennie. Yes.
00:38:32.24\00:38:33.58
We just really felt led,
00:38:33.61\00:38:36.18
I felt led to go
in that direction
00:38:36.21\00:38:38.78
because I desire, you know,
00:38:38.81\00:38:41.35
I know many many blind children
in other parts of the world
00:38:41.38\00:38:45.69
do not receive the
education that I received.
00:38:45.72\00:38:49.42
And, you know, if someone
told me in another country,
00:38:49.46\00:38:52.43
he said, "You
know, where I come from,
00:38:52.46\00:38:54.30
people like you don't
make it to their promised land.
00:38:54.33\00:38:57.17
They end up
begging on the streets.
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.27
And so Child
Impact International
00:38:59.30\00:39:02.47
is really special in that.
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.37
You know, there are many
blind schools around the world,
00:39:04.41\00:39:07.11
but they're not public schools
where you can just go for free.
00:39:07.18\00:39:10.15
I'm sure they cost money.
00:39:10.18\00:39:11.51
I've never attended one
00:39:11.55\00:39:12.88
so I don't know
how much they cost.
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.42
But what makes the Child Impact
International blind school
00:39:14.45\00:39:18.75
in India very special
00:39:18.79\00:39:20.76
is that the
families are not charged,
00:39:20.79\00:39:22.66
the children are sponsored.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.06
I am actually
sponsoring a student there.
00:39:24.13\00:39:25.79
Okay.
00:39:25.83\00:39:27.20
And they come
from very poor families
00:39:27.23\00:39:28.83
and in that culture,
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.30
in that community,
00:39:30.37\00:39:32.60
blindness is considered a curse.
00:39:32.63\00:39:35.30
They are considered outcasts,
00:39:35.34\00:39:38.04
one of the boys at the
school now lives as an orphan
00:39:38.07\00:39:42.31
because his father rejected him
00:39:42.34\00:39:44.35
after his mother
died and he remarried.
00:39:44.38\00:39:47.62
Another little
girl at the school
00:39:47.65\00:39:49.02
was actually
found chained to a pole
00:39:49.05\00:39:51.55
in her family's
basement and unable to speak
00:39:51.59\00:39:55.29
because her
parents were ashamed of her
00:39:55.32\00:39:57.43
and didn't know how to cope.
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.56
Didn't take her long though
00:39:59.59\00:40:00.93
before she was
singing songs about Jesus
00:40:00.96\00:40:03.20
and both children are
thriving at the school.
00:40:03.23\00:40:07.34
There are over a 120
students there ranging
00:40:07.37\00:40:09.87
from little to teenagers.
00:40:09.90\00:40:13.38
Yes.
00:40:13.41\00:40:14.74
And many of them have accepted
Jesus and been baptized,
00:40:14.78\00:40:17.65
and are sharing the
gospel with their family.
00:40:17.68\00:40:20.22
Wow.
00:40:20.25\00:40:21.58
And so I just that school
00:40:21.62\00:40:22.95
just really has a
special place in my heart
00:40:22.98\00:40:24.55
because I have a passion
00:40:24.59\00:40:27.06
for ministering to
people with special needs.
00:40:27.09\00:40:30.43
And so I'm thankful
00:40:30.46\00:40:31.89
that God has opened the
door for me to benefit them
00:40:31.93\00:40:36.13
in any way that I can
and to have that purpose
00:40:36.16\00:40:39.50
of doing what I can for them.
00:40:39.53\00:40:40.87
We're actually trying to
raise $25,000 for the school
00:40:40.94\00:40:44.94
because believe me,
00:40:44.97\00:40:46.31
the equipment needed to educate
blind children is not cheap.
00:40:46.34\00:40:49.01
Oh, yeah.
00:40:49.04\00:40:50.38
It's extremely expensive.
00:40:50.45\00:40:51.78
The only way
00:40:51.81\00:40:53.15
I've been able to have
what I need is while in school
00:40:53.18\00:40:55.15
from the school
district as the young adult
00:40:55.18\00:40:56.92
state services for the
blind when I was in training.
00:40:56.99\00:40:59.85
And the only
reason I have my computer
00:40:59.89\00:41:01.79
and screen reader now is
through Go Fund Me campaign.
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.69
A friend helped me promote.
00:41:04.73\00:41:06.19
It's not cheap
00:41:06.23\00:41:07.60
and so they're very much
in need of financial help
00:41:07.63\00:41:10.40
for equipment, for
mattresses for the dorms...
00:41:10.47\00:41:12.73
That's right.
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.14
So a lot of money involved there
00:41:14.17\00:41:15.50
and so we're wanting to do.
00:41:15.54\00:41:16.87
We wanna raise at least 25,000.
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.24
We're doing benefit
programs for the school,
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.31
at churches around the US.
00:41:20.38\00:41:22.44
And I'm glad to hear
00:41:22.48\00:41:23.85
that because my
wife and I went to India,
00:41:23.88\00:41:25.71
we went to the blind school.
00:41:25.75\00:41:27.12
Yeah.
00:41:27.15\00:41:28.48
So I know firsthand
what you're talking about...
00:41:28.52\00:41:29.85
Right. It's amazing.
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.22
Yeah. That's where...
00:41:31.25\00:41:32.59
Oh, the phrase
they have "Other-abled."
00:41:32.62\00:41:33.96
Other-abled. Other-abled.
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.32
I hadn't heard that one before.
00:41:35.36\00:41:36.69
I heard differently-abled
but I never heard other-abled.
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.06
Yeah.
00:41:38.09\00:41:39.43
And the director
of the blind school
00:41:39.46\00:41:40.80
at the time mentioned that.
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.16
But the song
00:41:42.20\00:41:44.00
that I like to feature this time
00:41:44.07\00:41:45.40
before we talk about
some of the ministry needs
00:41:45.43\00:41:47.04
that you have is
a song "This Day."
00:41:47.07\00:41:50.11
Give us a
little preview on that?
00:41:50.14\00:41:52.04
Well, I've learned through
past experiences in my life,
00:41:52.07\00:41:55.71
mistakes that I've made
with people in the past,
00:41:55.74\00:41:58.78
that when someone
comes into your life,
00:41:58.81\00:42:01.72
there is only a
window of opportunity
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.42
to minister to that person.
00:42:04.45\00:42:06.99
And when that window is closed,
00:42:07.06\00:42:08.69
we may not get another chance.
00:42:08.72\00:42:11.29
And we are very, very close
00:42:11.33\00:42:13.93
to the end of
this earth's history.
00:42:14.00\00:42:15.86
We only have so
much time to do the work
00:42:15.90\00:42:19.50
that God has called us
to do, like when Jesus said,
00:42:19.53\00:42:22.24
when he was on this earth,
00:42:22.27\00:42:23.61
you know, I need to
work while it's day,
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.54
the night cometh
when no man can work.
00:42:25.57\00:42:28.24
That's where we are at again.
00:42:28.28\00:42:30.65
And, we don't
have time now to engage
00:42:30.68\00:42:34.78
in frivolous conversation
or worldly entertainment
00:42:34.82\00:42:38.55
or idleness or
just doing our own thing
00:42:38.59\00:42:41.32
and conforming to
the ways of the world.
00:42:41.36\00:42:43.53
We live in time that's
far too serious for that.
00:42:43.56\00:42:46.80
And I know for me and
all of us as God's people,
00:42:46.83\00:42:49.33
we need to be
seeking Him to reveal to us,
00:42:49.36\00:42:52.27
to give us discernment
for the divine appointments
00:42:52.30\00:42:56.24
that He is placing in our
paths that we will see them,
00:42:56.27\00:42:59.57
that we will
immediately act upon them
00:42:59.61\00:43:02.01
before it's too late
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.38
for that person and ultimately
too late for our world.
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.78
That's right.
00:43:05.81\00:43:07.15
So that's why we
have to do it this day.
00:43:07.22\00:43:08.55
Yes.
00:43:08.58\00:43:09.92
Listen to this song of ministry
reminding us of the urgency
00:43:09.95\00:43:13.02
of the hour in which we live.
00:43:13.05\00:43:14.62
This day is fragile
00:43:40.42\00:43:46.09
Soon it will end
00:43:46.12\00:43:50.96
And once it has vanished
00:43:50.99\00:43:56.43
It will not come again
00:43:56.46\00:44:02.30
So let us love
00:44:02.34\00:44:07.08
With a love pure and strong
00:44:07.11\00:44:12.88
Before this day
00:44:12.91\00:44:17.59
Is gone
00:44:17.62\00:44:21.72
This day is fleeting
00:44:29.10\00:44:34.24
When it slips away
00:44:34.27\00:44:38.94
Not all our money
00:44:38.97\00:44:43.45
Can buy back this day
00:44:43.48\00:44:49.05
So let us pray
00:44:49.08\00:44:53.66
That we might be a friend
00:44:53.69\00:44:59.59
Before this day
00:44:59.63\00:45:03.77
Is spent
00:45:03.80\00:45:09.37
This day
00:45:09.40\00:45:13.21
When given is golden
00:45:13.24\00:45:18.78
Let us
00:45:18.81\00:45:23.59
Show love
00:45:23.62\00:45:28.46
This day
00:45:28.49\00:45:32.49
Is ours for one moment
00:45:32.53\00:45:39.30
Let us
00:45:39.33\00:45:44.84
Sow love
00:45:44.87\00:45:52.58
This day is frail
00:45:52.61\00:45:57.95
It will pass by
00:45:57.99\00:46:02.79
So before it's too late
00:46:02.82\00:46:07.83
To recapture the time
00:46:07.86\00:46:14.07
Let us share love
00:46:14.14\00:46:19.21
Let us share God
00:46:19.24\00:46:25.38
Before this day
00:46:25.41\00:46:30.89
Is gone
00:46:30.92\00:46:35.06
Before this day
00:46:42.93\00:46:47.64
Is gone
00:46:47.67\00:46:55.01
Thank you so much for that song,
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.13
Stephanie, "This Day."
00:47:19.17\00:47:21.30
Now let's talk briefly within
the time we have remaining.
00:47:21.34\00:47:23.74
First of all, I know
you have CD Projects.
00:47:23.81\00:47:26.54
Talk about some of those?
00:47:26.57\00:47:28.11
Well, one of them is with you.
00:47:28.14\00:47:30.35
That's right.
00:47:30.38\00:47:31.71
We're in the process of
working on that right now.
00:47:31.75\00:47:34.02
And, we are also
working on another album,
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.82
a solo album and
the song "Leave a Well"
00:47:36.89\00:47:39.52
is one of the
songs on that album.
00:47:39.55\00:47:43.26
And so those are
currently the projects
00:47:43.29\00:47:47.03
we are working on right now.
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.46
Okay.
00:47:48.50\00:47:49.83
Now, you have
also as you travel,
00:47:49.86\00:47:53.94
do you have any
all ready CD projects
00:47:53.97\00:47:56.34
or these are just
new ones that are coming?
00:47:56.37\00:47:57.71
We do have a...
00:47:57.74\00:47:59.07
I got a Spanish
album called Gracias Seņor.
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.74
You sing in Spanish? I do.
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.35
Oh, okay.
00:48:03.38\00:48:04.88
Gracias Seņor, Thank you God,
00:48:04.91\00:48:07.12
is basically thanking God
00:48:07.15\00:48:08.88
for the trials He
allows into our lives.
00:48:08.92\00:48:10.69
Okay.
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.05
And for
bringing good out of them
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.42
even when we
don't always understand
00:48:13.46\00:48:15.46
why affliction comes to us.
00:48:15.49\00:48:17.06
That's basically the
message of that song,
00:48:17.13\00:48:19.36
thanking God for
removing things from us
00:48:19.39\00:48:21.80
that we only find
satisfaction in Him.
00:48:21.83\00:48:24.27
That's right.
00:48:24.30\00:48:25.63
And we have two albums,
one is called "Surrender"
00:48:25.67\00:48:27.97
which contains,
mostly scripture songs.
00:48:28.00\00:48:30.21
All right.
00:48:30.24\00:48:31.57
And the other album is
a tribute to Del Delker.
00:48:31.61\00:48:34.74
Yes.
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.44
During the last
couple of years of her life,
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.25
she and I talked on
the phone almost every day
00:48:38.28\00:48:40.85
and prayed together.
00:48:40.92\00:48:43.08
And during that time
she referred to herself
00:48:43.12\00:48:45.05
as my other mom.
00:48:45.09\00:48:46.89
She...
00:48:46.96\00:48:48.29
When we talked
about going to heaven,
00:48:48.32\00:48:49.66
she said that she
wanted to live next door to me
00:48:49.69\00:48:51.43
in heaven or maybe
even in the same house.
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.29
Okay.
00:48:53.33\00:48:54.66
And she said, let's
hold hands on the way up.
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.03
Wow.
00:48:56.06\00:48:57.40
But anyway, I
decided during that time
00:48:57.47\00:48:58.90
that I really wanted to
record a tribute album to her
00:48:58.93\00:49:01.80
where all of the
songs on that album
00:49:01.84\00:49:04.01
are songs that
she was known for.
00:49:04.04\00:49:06.41
I sing those
00:49:06.44\00:49:07.78
and when I told Del that
we were working on this album,
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.05
she said, "Well, hurry up
and get it done before I die."
00:49:10.08\00:49:12.21
Okay.
00:49:12.25\00:49:13.62
And we did.
00:49:13.65\00:49:14.98
We got it done and I had the
privilege of giving it to her
00:49:15.02\00:49:17.32
and playing it for her.
00:49:17.39\00:49:18.72
Wow. Praise the Lord.
00:49:18.75\00:49:20.09
So those are the
albums that we currently have.
00:49:20.12\00:49:21.86
And the Lord has
blessed you but you know,
00:49:21.89\00:49:23.26
you travel quite a bit
00:49:23.29\00:49:24.63
and I know that
your parents and you,
00:49:24.66\00:49:26.56
you're on the road constantly,
00:49:26.59\00:49:28.33
that's where you
live pretty much.
00:49:28.36\00:49:29.70
Yeah, right.
00:49:29.73\00:49:31.07
But talk about the
need for motor home
00:49:31.10\00:49:32.43
cause that's a very big
financial need you know,
00:49:32.47\00:49:34.77
when you talk about hotels
and continue to moving around.
00:49:34.80\00:49:38.24
Yeah. Oh, yes.
00:49:38.27\00:49:39.61
We are in urgent
need of a motor home
00:49:39.64\00:49:41.41
'cause, yes, we
do a lot of traveling
00:49:41.44\00:49:43.55
and actually our traveling
has increased exponentially
00:49:43.58\00:49:48.35
now that I am the
honorary ambassador
00:49:48.38\00:49:50.92
for the blind school in India.
00:49:50.99\00:49:52.32
That's right, and for
Child Impact International.
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.96
Correct.
00:49:53.99\00:49:55.32
And so it's really opening doors
00:49:55.36\00:49:57.13
and we're actually
on the move even more.
00:49:57.16\00:49:59.39
So the need for diesel
motor home is even greater
00:49:59.43\00:50:02.66
and which is why it
needs to be a diesel
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.50
'cause we need
something that's very durable
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.77
for all the traveling we do.
00:50:06.84\00:50:08.54
We don't just pull it out
periodically for vacations.
00:50:08.57\00:50:10.91
That's right.
00:50:10.94\00:50:12.27
It is literally
our home on the road.
00:50:12.31\00:50:14.21
And so, of course,
when you're in a car,
00:50:14.28\00:50:17.55
what you can bring for food
00:50:17.58\00:50:19.28
or whatever you
are very limited.
00:50:19.31\00:50:21.08
And, of course, there's
the hotel and pulling stuff
00:50:21.12\00:50:23.39
in and out of hotel
and repacking the car
00:50:23.42\00:50:25.95
and just to be able to sleep
when and where we wanna sleep,
00:50:25.99\00:50:28.89
to do our own cooking.
00:50:28.92\00:50:31.69
It would just be a
tremendous blessing for us
00:50:31.73\00:50:34.43
to have a diesel motor home.
00:50:34.46\00:50:35.80
Wow.
00:50:35.83\00:50:37.17
And I wanna
appeal to our audience
00:50:37.20\00:50:38.53
those who are
watching the program,
00:50:38.57\00:50:39.90
we're gonna take a
news break in just a moment,
00:50:39.93\00:50:41.27
but before we go
to the news break,
00:50:41.30\00:50:42.87
I have been personally blessed
by Dawn of Hope Ministries
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.71
and Stephanie Dawn
in particular and Dann
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.88
and getting to know
their family and Karen,
00:50:47.91\00:50:50.85
her mom and just seeing
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.78
how God has tremendously blessed
00:50:52.81\00:50:54.45
their ministry and the music.
00:50:54.48\00:50:57.49
You've been blessed
today by listening to her songs
00:50:57.52\00:50:59.49
and at the end of the program,
00:50:59.52\00:51:01.02
with just a few
moments before our news break,
00:51:01.06\00:51:03.43
we're going to
give you the address
00:51:03.46\00:51:04.79
where you can get
in touch with them
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.16
and also add
them to your calendar.
00:51:06.19\00:51:08.30
And for those of
you who're in England,
00:51:08.33\00:51:09.90
they haven't gone
to England yet either.
00:51:09.93\00:51:11.57
I'm putting a plug in for you
for Great Britain and Europe.
00:51:11.60\00:51:14.94
But Dawn of Hope
Ministry's speaker, singer,
00:51:14.97\00:51:19.27
musician wonderful
servant of the Lord,
00:51:19.31\00:51:22.44
a humble servant
00:51:22.48\00:51:23.85
whose instrument has been
touched by the Spirit of God.
00:51:23.88\00:51:27.95
So if you are able
either by your donations
00:51:27.98\00:51:31.29
or maybe you have,
may have a motor home,
00:51:31.32\00:51:33.36
a very good one
and a diesel one,
00:51:33.39\00:51:38.09
and you'd like to get
in touch with this ministry
00:51:38.13\00:51:40.00
to financially support,
we'll make that available.
00:51:40.03\00:51:42.86
Here is the information
that you're going to need.
00:51:42.90\00:51:46.30
If you feel impressed to
help Dawn of Hope Ministry
00:51:46.33\00:51:49.24
and their partnership
00:51:49.27\00:51:50.61
with the School of
the Blind in India,
00:51:50.64\00:51:53.24
email them at dohminc@gmail.com
00:51:53.27\00:51:58.21
or give them a
call at (218) 340-1000.
00:51:58.25\00:52:02.52
That's (218) 340-1000.
00:52:02.55\00:52:05.65
You can also write to them
at Dawn of Hope Ministry Inc.,
00:52:05.69\00:52:09.29
4050, North Viewpoint Drive,
00:52:09.32\00:52:12.63
Prescott Valley, Arizona 86314.
00:52:12.66\00:52:16.46
Again that's Dawn
of Hope Ministry Inc.,
00:52:16.50\00:52:19.37
4050, North Viewpoint Drive,
00:52:19.40\00:52:23.00
Prescott Valley, Arizona 86314.
00:52:23.04\00:52:26.98