As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
today's special program.
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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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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We're so glad that
you have joined us.
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You know, we're all family here
and we're appreciative of you
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for your prayers
and financial support
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for the Ministry of 3ABN.
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And we look forward to
spending this time with you
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each and every day
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and thank you for allowing 3ABN
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into your living room
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or maybe you're
watching on your mobile device.
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Hopefully you're
not watching this
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and driving in the car.
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Okay, right now,
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hopefully you're
doing this and watching 3ABN
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or listening to
3ABN in a safe place.
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But we're just glad that
you're part of our family.
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And you know, it's
just really incredible to me
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when you think
about the miracle of 3ABN
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being a media
ministry for over 36 years.
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And with this
whole COVID pandemic
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that's been going on
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3ABN has just saw
an incredible increase
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with people watching
on like their cell phones,
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our online streaming
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has just absolutely skyrocketed.
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Some people have
their little tablets
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that they're watching 3ABN on,
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and, we believe that
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3ABN is here for
such a time as this.
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But then there are
other media ministries
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that are out there to
doing an incredible work.
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And I want to
tell you right now,
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that today's an
exciting program,
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because you may be a
young person right now
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tuning into 3ABN,
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great, because
this program is for you.
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Or maybe you're a
grandparent or a parent.
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Today's program is
focusing in on young people
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and how you can get
involved with media ministry.
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And today we have
Christopher Beason.
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You're the... Make
sure I get this right.
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You're the president
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of Network 7
Media Center, right?
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Yes.
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And you're also the ASI
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Southern Union
president as well.
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That's right.
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So glad you're
here with us today.
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It's our privilege.
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And sitting next to
me here is Jordan Wagner,
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and you are the Network 7 Media
Center production director,
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is that right?
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Yeah.
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And you're gonna be
taken on a new role here too
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which we're gonna be
talking about in more detail
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here in just a couple minutes.
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That's called C4.
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But you're gonna be
overseeing that project.
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I am, that's correct. Yeah.
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So, Christopher,
tell us a little bit about
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what today's
program is gonna be about
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before we dive into more detail,
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because this is
an exciting program.
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I tell you what?
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If I were a young person,
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I still consider myself young
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even though I'm
in my mid 40s now,
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but if I were on
my early 20s or so,
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this would have been a program
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that we're getting
ready to share with you today
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that I would have
absolutely signed up for.
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I would have said Mom and
Dad, please let me do this.
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So tell us what we're
gonna be talking about today
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just summary?
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So Network 7
started with a mission,
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a mandate for two things.
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One was to support
our local churches,
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our local
Seventh-day Adventist churches
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around the North
American Division.
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And we can share a little
bit about how we're doing that.
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And then also to reach
our youth and young adults
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in the church,
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and have those
youth and young adults
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reach youth and young
adults outside of the church.
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And so those are
the two emphases,
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the mandates
that we have attempted
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to follow over the last,
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believe it or not,
going on 16 years now.
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Question, both of you,
one of you, why young people?
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Because we're focusing on
young people, young adults,
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I should say.
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Why are you selecting that group
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to really focusing on?
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Any particular reason?
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I would say
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if you start with
somebody that's young,
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you get many years
that you can work with them.
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And you can train
them to share the gospel.
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Obviously, there's a lot of need
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to minister to
older people as well.
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But as we've seen
through statistics,
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young people are
leaving the church.
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And if we can
interact with them,
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and we can get them engaged,
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they're less
likely to leave the church
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and then as they
reach out to their friends,
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and they reach out to
people younger than them,
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then we'll be
engaging even more people.
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Amen.
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Yeah, I agree with that.
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A little statistic
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that Jordan probably
doesn't want me to mention,
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but he's been with
us almost since day one.
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Okay. Wow! I
said almost 16 years.
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He's with us almost
15 of those 16 years.
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With Network 7? Yeah.
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And he was a production
assistant in the studio
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at Southern
Adventist University.
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That's where I met him
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as we were just
getting Network 7 going.
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And I just was
impressed with his interest
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and commitment to
mission and ministry.
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And I said, "I would like
you to be part of our team."
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And believe it or not,
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within just a few
weeks of meeting him,
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I asked him,
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"If he'd be willing to
be our production director."
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And I believe that was
a God ordained decision
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because he's been outstanding
for our ministry for 15 years.
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Well, think about
this, Christopher, too,
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you know, this was
a young adult, right?
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Just graduated from
Southern Adventist University,
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you know, you
realized his passion for media.
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Were you in media? I was.
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Yeah, and so you realize
this and brought him on board.
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And now you have the
opportunity to reach those
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that are also in
the midst of college,
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university or graduating,
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that's phenomenal.
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And when we get
to talking about C4,
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that's been in the
making for literally for years
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in our hearts and minds.
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It's not something
that we just popped up
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with a few months
ago or something it's,
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but the opportunity
is clearly opened now.
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Amen.
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Well, before we dive
into more of the detail
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in today's special program,
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we wanna go to some music
now and this is by Jeff Pearles,
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and he will be
presenting "Jesus and Me."
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I traveled alone
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Upon life's lonesome way
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My burdens were heavy
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And dark was my day
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I looked for a friend
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Not knowing that
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He Had all of the time
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Been looking for me
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And now it's Jesus and me
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For each tomorrow
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For every heartache
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And every sorrow
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I know that I can depend
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Upon my new found friend
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And so till the end,
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It's Jesus and me
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Forever I'll sing
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Of His great love to me
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Forever I'll tell
it On land and on sea
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I'll stay by His side,
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Contented I'll be
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For all of my life,
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It's Jesus and me
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And now it's Jesus and me
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For each tomorrow
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For every heartache
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And every sorrow
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I know that I can depend
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Upon my new found friend
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And so till the end,
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It's Jesus and me
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And now it's Jesus and me
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For each tomorrow
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For every heartache
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And every sorrow
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I know that I can depend
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Upon my new found friend
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And so till the end,
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It's Jesus and me
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And so till the end,
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It's Jesus and me
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Amen, Thank you, Jeff Pearles.
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Boy, that was a happy
song, wasn't it, Jesus and me.
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What an incredible message.
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Thank you again for joining us
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on today's special
3ABN Today program.
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We're here with Network 7.
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And we're here with
the president of Network 7,
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Christopher Beason.
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And then we have Jordan Wagner,
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almost had a brain freeze there.
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And you're the
production manager,
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basically you're
director for Network 7.
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And then also
gonna be overseeing
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the brand new project called C4,
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which we'll be
talking about here shortly.
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But as we launch
out into this program,
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tell us about your
families, Christopher?
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Okay. Jordan, yeah.
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So you've got a family? I do.
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I've got three
little girls at home.
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Okay.
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Emma's eight, and Core's seven.
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I'm sorry, six. Okay.
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And Kenzie four so.
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Wow. You have a busy household.
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A very busy household.
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And are they homeschooled?
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They're all homeschooled, so.
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So your wife is a busy?
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She keeps very busy.
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Fantastic.
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What about you, Christopher?
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So my wife Christy and I
have three adult daughters.
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Okay.
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Who one got married this
year, or excuse me last year.
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And one to be married this year
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depending on
when the program airs.
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But they all three
are out on their own.
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And so we're empty nesters
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and we're
learning what that means,
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how to adjust with that.
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And we're finding,
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we're just trying to
fill it with more ministry.
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Amen.
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Well, Lord's been good to
you, because you don't look like
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you're old
enough to have daughters
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that are moved out of the house
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and you understand that.
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It's a makeup. You
have a great makeup artist.
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Sure, we do have a
little makeup put on,
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to cut down on the
shine from the lights.
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But to
understand young people then
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because we're
talking about Network 7,
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which is really what I
consider multimedia or media.
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Because you do social media,
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you have a little studio
and you go out in the field.
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That's right. Right.
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So tell us a little
bit about Network 7,
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because someone at home may say,
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I don't even know what that is.
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I understand that
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today's programs
for young people,
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but tell us what
Network 7 is all about?
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So we started Network 7 in 2005.
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And we started just
doing production videos,
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promotional videos
for local churches,
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shooting seminars,
and that kind of thing
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that we actually,
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in long ago in some early days
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shot some seminars
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that were done in our
local Collegedale area,
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and then sent here to 3ABN.
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I couldn't name what those are,
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but I recall doing
some of those years ago,
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some family seminars.
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And since then
have done some others,
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we'll talk about those.
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But then, in late 2006,
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we heard that Mission Spotlight
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was gonna be
retiring the family,
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the Heinrich family
was gonna be retiring.
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And so, a couple
of us got together
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and start
thinking, what could we do?
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Could we do this?
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So what is Mission Spotlight?
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Because someone
at home would say,
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"I don't even know what
Mission Spotlight's all about.
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What does that mean?"
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Sure, so those are videos
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that are promoting
the mission emphasis,
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the 13th Sabbath
World Mission overflow
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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but missions
happening all over the world
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in the different divisions
of the Adventist Church.
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And so, they were emphasizing
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those special offering projects.
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So in 2007,
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we started going
out into the field
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where they were
retiring, we started ramping up
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and going out into the field
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and then
launched Mission Sunlight
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first quarter 2008.
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Wow.
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And so it's still going on
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and so probably what
people know us for the most is
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either Mission Sunlight
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or another video we're
gonna see a little later,
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the Jack Blanco story
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because so many are
aware with Dr. Blanco
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and his writing
of the clear word,
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the paraphrase of the Bible,
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the devotional paraphrase
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and so, we have produced
a documentary on his story,
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which is aired here on 3ABN.
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Yeah, Mission
Sunlight it's incredible
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because I mean, I
remember growing up as a kid
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watching Mission Spotlight,
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I remember when it
was a little real things,
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you go click, click,
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and it have a
little cassette tape
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and we would
watch Mission Spotlight.
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On Sabbath mornings my
dad would take me early,
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because the Fort
Walton Beach Church
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had their carousel
that went one direction
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and the Panama City Church
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had the carousel that
went the other direction.
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So he would take me early
and let me flip the slides.
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But every now and
then, I would forget,
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and we'd have a backward slide.
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And I still have
some of those cassettes.
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Do you really?
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One day we're hoping to
have just a little museum
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about missions.
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And so I actually
just bring this up,
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I actually have it
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because 3ABN was
mentioned on Mission Spotlight
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on the old slides years ago
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and actually have that
carousel at home of 3ABN
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when it was featured
on the Mission Spotlight,
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little carousel.
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But I remember it's a big deal.
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Maybe we'll have to
update that some up.
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Okay.
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I remember it's a big deal.
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As a kid, you know, I
enjoyed a course missions
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and mission stories
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and have the opportunity
to push that little clicker
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to follow along with the slides.
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That was a great
thing. But that has retired.
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And you all took on
then Mission Spotlight,
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which is now Mission Sunlight.
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So, Jordan, that means then
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you've been out
in the field then
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shooting some of these.
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Yes, that's correct.
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By God's grace,
we've been able to travel
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to over 85 countries.
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Eighty five countries?
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Eighty five countries
and tell what God's doing
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in ministries around the world,
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and it's been an
incredible experience.
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And to be able
to tell the church
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what's going on
beyond their borders.
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I was just gonna ask, you
just answered the question,
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why is it important to go
out into the field and get this?
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Well, you know, we're
talking a lot about youth here.
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And in my view,
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youth don't
necessarily have an idea
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of how big the church is.
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And so if they can see an idea,
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if they can get an
idea of their local churches
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and where the church ends,
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it goes to across the country
and then around the world.
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It gives them an idea
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that they're a part
of something bigger.
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And to me,
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that's really important for them
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to feel part of something.
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So when you go
out into the field,
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then is just the two of you.
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Or I mean, how big of a
crew because then you see this,
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you know, Mission Sunlight
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which we get in our
local church here as well.
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You take a massive crew with you
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and it's this
incredible travel experience
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and everything is
just easy and like...
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Okay, I see
smiles on your faces.
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Sometimes it's the two of us,
sometimes we go individually.
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We travel with a
compact set of equipment
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to be as efficient as we can be.
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People think that,
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"Oh, you go to this
country or that country,
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you must love
seeing all those sites."
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We say, "What sites?"
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Because we go there to
tell the story of Jesus.
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Amen. That's right.
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So tell us then,
okay, so Network 7,
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then you took on
Mission Spotlight,
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then what happened?
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What's transpired
since we said 2008
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is when it first launched,
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Mission Sunlight,
then what happened?
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So we've continued to
have great opportunities
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to work with many
different ministries.
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We joined ASI,
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which we love the
networking opportunity
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with ASI,
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networking with
ministries like 3ABN.
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Amen, we love ASI. Oh, yes.
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But multiple other ministries.
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I don't know if
we can go into these,
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but we just got some video clips
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of some of the
ministries we've worked with
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Child Impact, Gospel Outreach,
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World Youth Group,
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which incidentally we've been
able to actually partner with
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Feet on the Ground
with World Youth Group
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in their ministry in Cuba,
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that's been an
incredible blessing.
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And when we get to C4 again,
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we'll talk about
some of the opportunities
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to take some of
our C4 students to Cuba
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with World Youth
Group, but we'll get to that.
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And then as I said, ASI,
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3ABN has been a
partner with ASI for,
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I don't know how
many of these 36 years,
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maybe most of
them, if not all of them.
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Network 7 had an opportunity
to partner with our local ASI
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Southern Union Chapter
and be the media partner.
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And so we've been kind of doing
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a small production versus
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what the large
production of 3ABN has been
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in our local
Southern Union Chapter.
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And then I want to mention,
again, the Jack Blanco story.
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We took Jack to Africa
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back to the place
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where he started
international ministry
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in Zimbabwe at
Solusi University.
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And there's a
video clip here of him
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and some of the
professors there from Solusi,
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but also of him,
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leading his favorite hymn
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in the church there for worship
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just a couple years ago.
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Is this a role we're
getting ready to go to now then?
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That's right. Okay.
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We've just, we're
just showing that now,
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we will show a clip
from the documentary
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in a few minutes.
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Okay. Yeah, fantastic.
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And that's an
incredible story, too.
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And we appreciate little Blanco
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and the work that
God has called him to do.
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I mean, it's
incredible story, too.
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And we've been privileged
00:17:01.58\00:17:02.92
to be able to air
even that story here,
00:17:02.95\00:17:04.29
like you said
several times on 3ABN.
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And we're hoping
to do it properly
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to take the
documentary to a film product
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as well down the road,
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something
similar to what was done
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with the Desmond Doss story.
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Okay. Yeah, it's fantastic.
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And when I think
about the work to shoot
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that which we're
gonna talk a little bit
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more about that whole,
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I guess, documentary
that you put together.
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How long did it actually
take to put that together?
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Because I'm assuming
that was you, Jordan,
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that you got the post?
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Yeah, I mean, we
were working on it
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for three years,
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between taking the
ongoing on location,
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all the shooting on
location and editing, so.
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Yeah, it's an incredible story.
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I mean, it really is. Yeah.
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So tell us more, a little
bit more then about Network 7
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then because I know that
you're focusing on young people
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and just tell us, you
know, what you have in mind?
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So we've been talking
about C4 and hinting at it,
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that's really
what's happening now.
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All those other
things are continuing.
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But we're
expanding the ministry,
00:18:01.81\00:18:03.55
and we're hiring a team for C4.
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So let me just kind
of give you a visual.
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And maybe they'll put the
logo there on the screen, C4, is
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"Consecrated Creators
Communicating Christ."
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So that's where the
four C's comes from.
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I love that, say
that one more time,
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those are powerful.
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Consecrated Creators
Communicating Christ.
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Wow.
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We interact with so
many youth and young adults.
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And some of them have
gone out into media ministry
00:18:31.84\00:18:34.88
as a one man shop
or one woman shop.
00:18:34.91\00:18:37.55
And several
things have happened,
00:18:37.58\00:18:39.95
they've
struggled with their faith,
00:18:39.98\00:18:41.68
I don't wanna put them down,
00:18:41.72\00:18:43.05
but several
have come back to us.
00:18:43.08\00:18:44.42
And they've just really,
almost lost their way at times.
00:18:44.45\00:18:48.26
And others have really
struggled with the business in
00:18:48.29\00:18:50.96
how to interact
with their clients,
00:18:50.99\00:18:52.33
ministry clients,
00:18:52.36\00:18:53.70
but how to interact with
them well, and just carrying,
00:18:53.73\00:18:56.73
as we know,
from the big picture,
00:18:56.77\00:18:59.33
it's a challenge too,
00:18:59.37\00:19:00.87
you got networking,
00:19:00.90\00:19:02.24
and you've got little details
that have to be taken care of.
00:19:02.27\00:19:03.81
And when you're
a one person shop,
00:19:03.84\00:19:05.31
boy, that, that's a
lot of weight on you.
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Absolutely. That's a
lot of responsibility.
00:19:06.71\00:19:08.28
And that's a lot on a
young person's shoulders,
00:19:08.31\00:19:09.94
like you said.
00:19:09.98\00:19:11.31
So how does this or
how would this fit into
00:19:11.35\00:19:12.91
the big picture of
a media missionary?
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So because we've
been out in the field,
00:19:15.58\00:19:19.72
doing media stories
as media missionaries,
00:19:19.75\00:19:23.06
traveling to 85
countries as Jordan mentioned.
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That's incredible.
00:19:24.93\00:19:26.96
We have people who
support our ministry
00:19:27.00\00:19:29.90
and we call them
media missionaries too,
00:19:29.93\00:19:31.47
they're a part of
just like your support
00:19:31.50\00:19:33.94
is part of the ministry.
00:19:33.97\00:19:35.57
And so we want to
build this culture with C4
00:19:35.60\00:19:40.24
to continue as
media missionaries,
00:19:40.28\00:19:42.08
young adults being
media missionaries.
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Using that term, by
the way, media missionary
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.71
might cause people,
00:19:45.75\00:19:47.22
what does that really mean?
00:19:47.25\00:19:48.58
You heard of
medical missionaries?
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What does it mean to
be a media missionary?
00:19:49.98\00:19:51.55
So we've got a video
clip, if we can show it.
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Okay. Yeah, all right.
00:19:53.15\00:19:54.49
Yeah, let's go to
that role right now.
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Being a media missionary
can mean many different things.
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It means the love of the home,
at the heart of the planet,
00:20:00.36\00:20:04.27
the intrepid spirit of a village
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.30
and the vibe of
a great metropolis.
00:20:06.33\00:20:09.07
It means camera
one, and camera two.
00:20:09.10\00:20:12.91
It means transforming a
school, orphanage or hospital.
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It means fire,
rain, ice and snow.
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It means gifts by the
dollar and by the check.
00:20:20.98\00:20:24.75
It means donations that
roll and donations that fly.
00:20:24.79\00:20:30.49
It's a movement on a
trail or down a motorway.
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It means family.
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All of us
together And individually.
00:20:37.90\00:20:41.40
It's who you are, or
who you are becoming.
00:20:41.44\00:20:45.04
And to her, it's
a simple gesture,
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that means hope.
00:20:48.11\00:20:49.44
Whatever it means to you,
00:20:49.48\00:20:51.31
being a media missionary
means more than you might think.
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Amen. Wow, it's
fantastic and exciting.
00:20:56.15\00:20:58.55
So we've been talking about C4.
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So tell me more
about C4, Jordan,
00:21:00.79\00:21:03.29
because I know you're
gonna be overseeing this project
00:21:03.32\00:21:05.79
under the parent of Network 7.
00:21:05.83\00:21:08.06
So tell us more about C4? Okay.
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.80
About a year
ago, we started a...
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We did a small weekend
00:21:12.37\00:21:13.70
with a group of
high school students
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.70
down in Florida,
00:21:15.74\00:21:17.07
and focused on
giving them the tools
00:21:17.11\00:21:20.18
to tell their story,
00:21:20.21\00:21:22.68
tell what God's done for them,
00:21:22.71\00:21:24.11
tell how God's
working in their lives
00:21:24.15\00:21:26.11
in a creative way.
00:21:26.15\00:21:28.28
And in a way that
it brings glory to God.
00:21:28.32\00:21:30.82
And so we spent
a weekend with them
00:21:30.85\00:21:32.99
and went through
how to use the camera,
00:21:33.02\00:21:35.92
how to do framing shots
00:21:35.96\00:21:37.76
and how to set
things up like that.
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.66
And from there, we
gave them the tools
00:21:39.69\00:21:44.00
to start their
own YouTube channel
00:21:44.03\00:21:45.70
to be able to tell those things.
00:21:45.73\00:21:48.64
And they were
really excited to do that.
00:21:48.67\00:21:51.24
We spent two days with them.
And they were just gung ho.
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So how did you
find these young people?
00:21:53.61\00:21:55.88
They were through ASI ministry
00:21:55.91\00:21:58.81
that we had
worked with in the past.
00:21:58.85\00:22:00.35
Their pastor
reached out to us and said,
00:22:00.38\00:22:02.48
"We've students that
are interested in this."
00:22:02.52\00:22:04.85
And we had kind of been talking
00:22:04.89\00:22:07.56
to a couple of
different groups about our idea.
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.89
And he heard about it and said,
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.26
"Why don't you come down
00:22:12.29\00:22:13.63
and go through it a
little bit with our students
00:22:13.66\00:22:16.06
and that's where
the base of it started."
00:22:16.10\00:22:20.40
So it's kind of, I
want to say an experiment,
00:22:20.44\00:22:22.20
because that may
sound kind of bad,
00:22:22.24\00:22:23.61
but just a trial just to see
how the young people reacted,
00:22:23.64\00:22:26.74
kind of, yeah, just figure out
00:22:26.78\00:22:28.11
if there's that much
interest in the training
00:22:28.14\00:22:30.08
for media missionaries.
00:22:30.11\00:22:32.01
I mean, this is
really fantastic.
00:22:32.05\00:22:33.38
I mean, when I
first heard about it
00:22:33.42\00:22:34.75
was just a few months ago,
00:22:34.78\00:22:36.12
and you came up and
we did the virtual ASI.
00:22:36.15\00:22:37.92
And you were sharing
the vision of C4 like,
00:22:37.95\00:22:41.22
"Oh, yes, "
00:22:41.26\00:22:42.59
because you know, 3ABN
can partner with this too.
00:22:42.62\00:22:44.89
Because I mean,
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.26
when you're
training young people,
00:22:46.29\00:22:47.63
you know, we can
work together 3ABN, C4,
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.76
because 3ABN is always
looking for content for one.
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.20
We're looking for good content,
00:22:52.23\00:22:53.80
you know, far as the
content that's there,
00:22:53.84\00:22:55.17
but then the
professional quality
00:22:55.20\00:22:56.91
that's gonna be produced.
00:22:56.94\00:22:58.27
This is not new to
you guys as far as media.
00:22:58.31\00:23:00.48
I mean, you have
a pastor background
00:23:00.51\00:23:01.98
but you have gone into
all this media missionary
00:23:02.01\00:23:05.11
worked on the Sunlight,
00:23:05.15\00:23:06.55
Mission Sunlight, I
mean, it's incredible,
00:23:06.58\00:23:07.98
you have a lot of experience.
00:23:08.02\00:23:09.38
You took it, you have
your degree from Southern.
00:23:09.42\00:23:12.02
And then you've been
working now for 16 years.
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.99
Is that right
for Mission Sunlight,
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.36
so you have a lot of experience,
00:23:16.39\00:23:17.73
and a lot of things
to offer to young people.
00:23:17.76\00:23:20.20
When we got
involved with ASI even,
00:23:20.23\00:23:22.00
we started working with youth
and young adults of our church
00:23:22.03\00:23:24.73
because Heritage
Academy, one of our ASI members,
00:23:24.77\00:23:29.07
we started working with
their production program
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.37
and they, their kids
were coming and helping us
00:23:31.41\00:23:33.38
with live events like
this from the ASI standpoint.
00:23:33.41\00:23:37.31
So this C4 weekend
00:23:37.35\00:23:38.98
was somewhat of a
test to see how it went.
00:23:39.01\00:23:42.12
But we've had that opportunity
00:23:42.15\00:23:43.49
to interact with
youth and young adults
00:23:43.52\00:23:44.85
for many years.
00:23:44.89\00:23:46.22
And it just
clearly the Lord is leading
00:23:46.25\00:23:48.99
and opening doors for this.
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.39
I was gonna share
about the curriculum.
00:23:51.43\00:23:55.20
Okay.
00:23:55.23\00:23:56.56
If some students
are interested in
00:23:56.60\00:23:58.93
what we're gonna be sharing.
00:23:58.97\00:24:00.30
Obviously, our main
focus will be videography,
00:24:00.34\00:24:02.40
and photography, and editing.
00:24:02.44\00:24:04.61
Those are the main interests,
00:24:04.64\00:24:05.97
but we also wanna
include some other media.
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.28
I won't mention them all here,
00:24:09.31\00:24:10.65
but we'll have some
classes with graphic design,
00:24:10.68\00:24:14.25
with social media website.
00:24:14.28\00:24:17.72
Anything else you
wanna mention there?
00:24:17.75\00:24:19.49
Lighting. Some print design.
00:24:19.52\00:24:20.89
Print design as
well. Studio lighting.
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.59
Studio lighting, okay.
00:24:22.62\00:24:23.96
A little bit of set design.
00:24:23.99\00:24:25.49
So post production as well.
00:24:25.53\00:24:26.96
Obviously, post production.
00:24:27.00\00:24:29.36
You gotta have
something to output, so...
00:24:29.40\00:24:30.97
Yeah, absolutely.
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.33
We've been visiting our schools
00:24:32.37\00:24:33.70
and some of them
have even mentioned,
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.90
would we
consider doing animation.
00:24:35.94\00:24:37.57
If the Lord opens the door,
00:24:37.61\00:24:38.94
that's an
expensive direction to go.
00:24:38.97\00:24:41.01
But if the Lord opens the door,
00:24:41.04\00:24:42.38
we certainly would
consider animation.
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.75
But then there's some,
00:24:44.78\00:24:46.11
there's two or
three other things
00:24:46.15\00:24:47.48
that you might not think of
in a media school like this.
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.35
We're following as best we can.
00:24:50.39\00:24:52.15
You have to adapt
the Madison Blueprint
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.32
that Ellen White
herself had a hand in writing.
00:24:54.36\00:24:57.46
And that blueprint
calls for practical work.
00:24:57.49\00:24:59.76
So we're gonna
include practical work.
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.50
There on the
property, the campus,
00:25:01.53\00:25:02.86
we have some horses.
00:25:02.90\00:25:04.23
We also have
gardening opportunities
00:25:04.27\00:25:05.60
and some
construction opportunities.
00:25:05.63\00:25:06.97
We're gonna need
to build some things
00:25:07.00\00:25:08.40
and restructure some
things there on the campus.
00:25:08.44\00:25:11.47
We will also include
some business classes.
00:25:11.51\00:25:16.51
One of our board
members, Don Van Ornam
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.38
is a retired business professor.
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.05
So he's gonna help make
sure we get the right people in.
00:25:20.08\00:25:22.45
And he'll be involved in
that teaching some of that
00:25:22.48\00:25:25.12
with business
00:25:25.15\00:25:27.19
because students
again get out there
00:25:27.22\00:25:28.99
with that weight
on their shoulders,
00:25:29.02\00:25:30.36
you wanna help them with
just some basic accounting,
00:25:30.39\00:25:31.79
some basic small
business best practices.
00:25:31.83\00:25:34.90
And then, as I mentioned,
the practical work, health,
00:25:34.93\00:25:38.80
we want them to understand
00:25:38.83\00:25:40.17
what the right
arm of the gospel is.
00:25:40.20\00:25:41.54
Some of our
students will be coming
00:25:41.57\00:25:42.90
from our supporting schools
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.27
and so they'll understand,
00:25:44.31\00:25:45.64
but other students
may be coming from secular
00:25:45.67\00:25:47.01
like the C4 weekend,
00:25:47.04\00:25:48.38
those were all
public school students.
00:25:48.41\00:25:49.74
Wow, that's incredible.
00:25:49.78\00:25:51.11
And to understand,
00:25:51.15\00:25:52.48
really have a grip on
the right arm of the gospel,
00:25:52.51\00:25:53.85
because our focus at
the end of the program
00:25:53.88\00:25:56.25
will be to help
integrate them into ministries,
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.25
ASI, OCI, other
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:25:58.29\00:26:01.12
Maybe 3ABN?
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.49
Maybe 3ABN. Absolutely.
00:26:02.52\00:26:03.93
And so for them to
understand the health message,
00:26:03.96\00:26:06.33
if they're struggling,
00:26:06.36\00:26:07.86
not only to
understand the health message,
00:26:07.90\00:26:09.30
as they may be editing it,
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.87
and putting it in
the right context,
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.33
did not make a
mistake with the video side,
00:26:12.37\00:26:14.50
but also in their
own personal life,
00:26:14.54\00:26:16.34
if they're struggling,
00:26:16.37\00:26:17.81
it might be depression,
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.17
it might just be
some health issue.
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.68
To understand how the
right arm of the gospel
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.44
affects that work,
00:26:22.48\00:26:23.95
it will be a blessing for
them as an individual as well.
00:26:23.98\00:26:26.68
So we're trying to
include a well rounded program
00:26:26.72\00:26:29.78
that really equips a
young adult to go out there,
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.55
maybe two of them go out,
00:26:32.59\00:26:34.02
and they work with the ministry,
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.39
maybe they go out solo,
00:26:35.42\00:26:36.76
maybe they work
with several ministries.
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.59
Some ministries can't
afford somebody full time.
00:26:38.63\00:26:40.90
And so they might have
to work for two or three
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.67
to have a sustainable income.
00:26:43.70\00:26:46.30
Again, just want
to give them the tools
00:26:46.33\00:26:47.90
on how they can be
a media missionary.
00:26:47.94\00:26:51.71
You know, I love the curriculum,
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.71
because a lot of times
when you think of media
00:26:53.74\00:26:55.24
in this day and age,
00:26:55.28\00:26:56.61
it seems like
we're all so stuck behind
00:26:56.64\00:26:57.98
either a
computer, or cell phones,
00:26:58.01\00:27:00.35
or tablets all day long,
00:27:00.38\00:27:01.72
but the young people are
gonna have the opportunity
00:27:01.75\00:27:04.09
to get outside too and
breathe some fresh air.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.72
And to do some
practical work outside
00:27:06.76\00:27:09.29
along with learning
all the videography,
00:27:09.32\00:27:11.36
photography aspect
too, it's fantastic.
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.36
And a side story
of what you just said
00:27:13.40\00:27:15.16
holding up your device.
00:27:15.20\00:27:16.53
They're gonna be
creating video and content
00:27:16.56\00:27:21.40
for those devices.
00:27:21.44\00:27:22.77
I mean, that is where
whether we like it or not,
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.57
that is where the world is at.
00:27:24.61\00:27:26.27
Even across the board
00:27:26.31\00:27:27.64
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.01
people are
getting their content.
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.38
As you mentioned earlier,
00:27:30.41\00:27:31.75
people watching 3ABN
right now on their devices.
00:27:31.78\00:27:33.11
So we need to be
answering that call.
00:27:33.15\00:27:34.78
We can't afford to wait
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.92
to do this better or that better
00:27:36.95\00:27:38.35
whatever, we
need to get into it.
00:27:38.39\00:27:39.72
And that's really
where we felt the call
00:27:39.75\00:27:41.99
to connect with our youth
and young adults through that.
00:27:42.02\00:27:44.59
That's fantastic.
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.96
You know, when I think about
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.33
what God has laid upon
your heart is fantastic,
00:27:47.36\00:27:48.76
because it is the
way the world is going.
00:27:48.80\00:27:50.27
And there's so much content
that's being put out there.
00:27:50.30\00:27:52.63
But as for the
devil, may I just say that.
00:27:52.67\00:27:54.80
And there's so much opportunity
that we have as Christians,
00:27:54.84\00:27:56.84
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:27:56.87\00:27:58.21
to put the gospel out there,
00:27:58.24\00:27:59.57
and to share the love of
Jesus to others is fantastic.
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.88
So there's
someone at home right now,
00:28:01.91\00:28:03.41
there's young person,
young adult that says,
00:28:03.45\00:28:04.81
"Hey, I'm in."
00:28:04.85\00:28:06.45
Now what happens next?
00:28:06.48\00:28:07.82
Because do they need to
come with a whole bunch of gear,
00:28:07.85\00:28:09.62
they may say,
00:28:09.65\00:28:10.99
"Man, I don't have anything.
All I've got is just me."
00:28:11.02\00:28:12.65
They need to come with
their own equipment to come.
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.99
You said it
starts in August of 2021.
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.56
And you said only 12 students.
00:28:17.59\00:28:18.93
So someone right now
saying, please tell me,
00:28:18.96\00:28:20.36
I'm ready to sign up right
now because that's limited.
00:28:20.40\00:28:22.36
I mean, this program is
going to the entire world.
00:28:22.40\00:28:24.80
So 12 is not many.
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.33
So what do they
need to do to start?
00:28:26.37\00:28:28.34
Well, first, they can
reach out to us on our website
00:28:28.37\00:28:30.71
or on social media.
00:28:30.74\00:28:32.07
And what is that?
00:28:32.11\00:28:33.44
For our social
media, it's C4 Mission.
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.91
And that's on
Instagram and Facebook.
00:28:36.95\00:28:38.95
So they can find us
on both those places.
00:28:38.98\00:28:40.78
And then...
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.15
And they can find applications
and information more.
00:28:42.18\00:28:43.82
That's okay.
00:28:43.85\00:28:45.19
So there's an application
00:28:45.22\00:28:46.55
so they would fill
out an application.
00:28:46.59\00:28:47.96
And if they have
their own equipment,
00:28:47.99\00:28:49.36
we're happy for them to bring it
00:28:49.39\00:28:50.73
so that they can
use the equipment
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.09
that they're used
to, that they know.
00:28:52.13\00:28:53.80
But we also
have cameras on site,
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.60
we have computers
on site for editing.
00:28:55.63\00:28:57.73
Do you really?
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.10
So we'll have the
equipment there for them
00:28:59.13\00:29:00.54
to be able to use.
00:29:00.57\00:29:01.90
Wow, because only 12 students
I mean, that's not many.
00:29:01.94\00:29:04.51
And you're keeping it
small for a reason, I'm sure.
00:29:04.54\00:29:07.61
Trying to follow a
biblical model of 12.
00:29:07.64\00:29:09.58
Okay.
00:29:09.61\00:29:10.95
Oh, that's neat. Okay.
00:29:10.98\00:29:12.31
And Madison Blueprint
was to send out ministries
00:29:12.35\00:29:14.32
that were small
that were training.
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.55
So how long are you training?
00:29:16.58\00:29:17.92
Because, okay,
so someone may say,
00:29:17.95\00:29:19.29
"Okay, are you
talking like a four year like,
00:29:19.32\00:29:21.82
I have to dedicate four years
of my life to the curriculum?"
00:29:21.86\00:29:24.23
We're doing a
nine month program.
00:29:24.26\00:29:25.59
So we'll start in
August and end in May.
00:29:25.63\00:29:27.90
And with 12 students
that gives a lot of time
00:29:27.93\00:29:30.13
for one on one time
00:29:30.17\00:29:31.53
with the instructors,
00:29:31.57\00:29:33.34
with our staff
that will be in media
00:29:33.37\00:29:36.71
and give them a lot of
in depth training in it.
00:29:36.74\00:29:40.44
So will there be like
place for them to board this
00:29:40.48\00:29:43.68
or is they have to
find their own housing?
00:29:43.71\00:29:45.65
It's a live in
campus. Fantastic.
00:29:45.68\00:29:48.58
So we have a couple of buildings
00:29:48.62\00:29:49.95
will have guys and
girls separated, of course.
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.95
We get asked that a lot.
00:29:52.99\00:29:54.32
So I feel like mentioning that.
00:29:54.36\00:29:55.69
Yeah, that's good. So yeah.
00:29:55.72\00:29:57.46
And food, someone's cooking
or the students are cooking?
00:29:57.49\00:30:00.63
We have not hired the cook.
00:30:00.66\00:30:02.10
But we've interviewed a couple
00:30:02.13\00:30:03.47
and really impressed
with the possibilities.
00:30:03.50\00:30:06.50
Some of the places
where those two are working
00:30:06.53\00:30:08.40
are already worried
00:30:08.44\00:30:09.77
that we're gonna
take their very best cook,
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.14
but we're excited about it, so.
00:30:11.17\00:30:13.04
God will fill the need wherever,
00:30:13.07\00:30:15.34
wherever it's necessary.
00:30:15.38\00:30:16.78
Yeah, fantastic.
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.15
So then I'm
thinking about equipment.
00:30:18.18\00:30:20.18
Maybe I'm jumping
ahead too far here.
00:30:20.22\00:30:21.75
But with the equipment,
I mean, this is incredible,
00:30:21.78\00:30:23.18
because I know here at 3ABN
00:30:23.22\00:30:24.55
having studios
and control rooms,
00:30:24.59\00:30:25.92
that's, it takes
quite a bit of money.
00:30:25.95\00:30:27.79
So you said there's actually
00:30:27.82\00:30:29.16
you already have some computers,
00:30:29.19\00:30:30.53
you do have some equipment
00:30:30.56\00:30:31.89
that God's
provided already for C4?
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.53
We do.
00:30:33.56\00:30:34.90
We've been a production
house for 16 years now.
00:30:34.93\00:30:37.33
So we have our own
equipment that we've been using,
00:30:37.37\00:30:40.07
but we've had
some generous donors
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.00
who have approached us
00:30:42.04\00:30:43.77
without us even talking to
them about the project so far.
00:30:43.81\00:30:46.68
And they've said
00:30:46.71\00:30:48.04
we've been
impressed that you need this
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.25
and you need to
be able to outfit
00:30:50.28\00:30:53.95
equipment for the students.
00:30:53.98\00:30:55.35
And so God is already
leading before we can even ask.
00:30:55.38\00:30:58.85
It's been incredible.
00:30:58.89\00:31:00.22
Wow, that was...
That's fantastic.
00:31:00.26\00:31:01.72
Jordan mentioning those
donors was incredibly affirming.
00:31:01.76\00:31:05.26
Because, you
know, Satan is pesky.
00:31:05.29\00:31:07.70
He is. And he plants doubts.
00:31:07.73\00:31:09.50
And so when you have one
donor do this out of the blue,
00:31:09.53\00:31:13.03
and then you have
another one out of the blue,
00:31:13.07\00:31:14.54
somebody you haven't
even talked to about,
00:31:14.57\00:31:16.71
that's just so
affirming, they say,
00:31:16.74\00:31:18.64
"Hey, I hear this is happening.
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.01
I wanna be a part or
use this wherever God is,
00:31:20.04\00:31:23.61
is leading right now."
00:31:23.65\00:31:25.75
Yeah, yeah, that's incredible.
00:31:25.78\00:31:27.12
You know, because
that is confirming to know,
00:31:27.15\00:31:28.48
hey, God, You've
got this because,
00:31:28.52\00:31:29.85
you know, it's a
dream that God's given you,
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.65
you know, to build C4 and
to train the young people.
00:31:31.69\00:31:34.56
Go ahead, you're
gonna say something else.
00:31:34.59\00:31:35.92
That's awesome.
00:31:35.96\00:31:37.29
I just wanna mention,
we talked about curriculum,
00:31:37.33\00:31:38.66
but I forgot to mention,
00:31:38.69\00:31:40.13
there are gonna be
about three trips a year.
00:31:40.16\00:31:42.53
And I say about
because there might be four,
00:31:42.56\00:31:45.30
where we're gonna be
taking the students out with us
00:31:45.33\00:31:48.87
to different locations
00:31:48.90\00:31:50.24
internationally
and domestically.
00:31:50.27\00:31:51.77
Are you shooting
more Mission Sunlights?
00:31:51.81\00:31:53.14
That's right.
00:31:53.17\00:31:54.51
One of those trips
will be taking them
00:31:54.54\00:31:55.88
on a Mission Sunlight trip.
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.25
So for instance,
00:31:57.28\00:31:58.61
we don't have a
picture, I'm sorry.
00:31:58.65\00:31:59.98
But recently, we were in Kenya.
00:32:00.02\00:32:01.35
So we went to
Nairobi and Kisumu.
00:32:01.38\00:32:03.92
And then we also traveled
to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
00:32:03.95\00:32:08.02
And so we would
be able to break up
00:32:08.06\00:32:09.86
the group into teams,
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.53
and different leaders,
00:32:11.56\00:32:12.89
like Jordan
might go one direction,
00:32:12.93\00:32:14.26
our executive director
may go another direction,
00:32:14.30\00:32:15.93
I may go another direction.
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.30
And we'll take
the students to get
00:32:17.33\00:32:19.93
what it is in the
heart of the mission field
00:32:19.97\00:32:23.37
opportunities to
be media missionaries,
00:32:23.41\00:32:25.41
and produce those stories
00:32:25.44\00:32:26.78
that will be shown literally
00:32:26.81\00:32:28.18
around the world
with Mission Sunlight.
00:32:28.21\00:32:30.51
And then I
mentioned World Youth Group,
00:32:30.55\00:32:32.51
World Youth Group
has a fantastic program
00:32:32.55\00:32:34.58
of evangelism for youth.
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.32
They're taking
many of our academies
00:32:36.35\00:32:38.25
from all over the world to Cuba
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.82
and doing public evangelism
00:32:40.86\00:32:42.19
in places where there
is no Adventist presence.
00:32:42.22\00:32:46.13
And so, we're
wanting to partner with them.
00:32:46.16\00:32:49.26
And we'll take youth
and young adults down
00:32:49.30\00:32:51.43
to do public evangelism,
00:32:51.47\00:32:52.87
again, another training
tool where they understand the,
00:32:52.90\00:32:57.14
that aspect of the church work,
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.11
and then they'll
produce media stories,
00:33:00.14\00:33:02.08
while they are there
grabbing those stories of people
00:33:02.11\00:33:05.15
who are baptized, who were,
whose lives are transformed
00:33:05.18\00:33:07.12
either those in the campaign
or from previous campaign.
00:33:07.15\00:33:09.88
So, again, storytelling,
00:33:09.92\00:33:11.35
and these may end
up coming back to 3ABN.
00:33:11.39\00:33:13.69
I'm sorry, you're
gonna say something.
00:33:13.72\00:33:15.06
For me that's just amazing.
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.42
So actually the young
people are gonna be there
00:33:16.46\00:33:17.89
recording the
event, is that right?
00:33:17.93\00:33:19.73
But also, they're involved
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.10
with the standing up
on the stage, so to speak,
00:33:21.13\00:33:23.47
and actually
presenting the Word of God.
00:33:23.50\00:33:24.83
That's right. Wow.
00:33:24.87\00:33:26.20
And again, that ASI
networking and connection,
00:33:26.23\00:33:28.84
we're all a ministry family.
00:33:28.87\00:33:30.31
Amen.
00:33:30.34\00:33:31.67
So then what's the goal then?
00:33:31.71\00:33:33.44
So once someone's been
through this for nine months,
00:33:33.48\00:33:35.71
and the young
person's been, they've trained,
00:33:35.74\00:33:37.68
they've been out in the field,
they've got a lot of knowledge,
00:33:37.71\00:33:40.15
then what's your dream?
00:33:40.18\00:33:41.52
What happens
next for that person,
00:33:41.55\00:33:42.88
that young adult?
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.25
Well, we wanna be a place
00:33:44.29\00:33:45.79
where organizations
can come to us and say,
00:33:45.82\00:33:48.56
we're looking for
somebody to fill this role.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.43
We wanna build a network
00:33:50.46\00:33:51.79
where we can say
00:33:51.83\00:33:53.16
this person will
fill this role for you.
00:33:53.19\00:33:54.73
And as Christopher said,
00:33:54.76\00:33:56.10
some organizations can't afford
to have one person full time.
00:33:56.13\00:33:59.97
And so if we had a
couple people come to us,
00:34:00.00\00:34:01.74
we could say, this
person can come in here
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.37
and fill this role,
00:34:04.41\00:34:05.74
and work with a couple
of different organizations
00:34:05.77\00:34:08.88
to meet that need.
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.48
And ministries have
already been coming and saying,
00:34:10.51\00:34:12.58
could you train somebody
to just work part time for us
00:34:12.61\00:34:15.22
or a third of the time with us?
00:34:15.25\00:34:17.12
And so, there is
a need that again,
00:34:17.15\00:34:19.02
that was another
tangible affirmation of,
00:34:19.05\00:34:21.19
can you bring in some youth
and young adults to help us.
00:34:21.22\00:34:24.53
We can't afford you
full time or whatever.
00:34:24.56\00:34:26.59
But could we bring in
a youth or young adult?
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.50
Wow.
00:34:28.53\00:34:29.86
So in other words, let's
say use 3ABN as an example then.
00:34:29.90\00:34:32.53
So like, if we
need a project done,
00:34:32.57\00:34:35.70
you'd be willing
to do that project
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.11
or also, like if
we need someone like
00:34:37.14\00:34:38.87
part time to help us
out with a special project.
00:34:38.91\00:34:40.81
Is that what
you're referring to?
00:34:40.84\00:34:42.18
Sure, absolutely. Yeah.
00:34:42.21\00:34:43.55
No, that's absolutely amazing,
00:34:43.58\00:34:45.11
then that you
think about the content
00:34:45.15\00:34:47.08
because again,
there's so much content
00:34:47.12\00:34:48.72
that's out there,
00:34:48.75\00:34:50.09
but sometimes it's just
hard to actually get it recorded
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.69
and then out on,
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.05
like the devices
and things like that.
00:34:53.09\00:34:54.42
So C4, what incredible vision.
00:34:54.46\00:34:56.52
So tell us more,
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
what else to say
you got about C4?
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.93
Well, Greg, we've
been talking about
00:34:59.96\00:35:01.73
youth and young adults,
00:35:01.76\00:35:03.10
we've been talking
about media missionaries,
00:35:03.13\00:35:05.43
training those
youth and young adults.
00:35:05.47\00:35:08.47
So in our experience, and
I'm sure in yours as well,
00:35:08.50\00:35:12.84
as you folks
travel around the country,
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.28
youth and young
adults have a yearning
00:35:14.31\00:35:15.84
to be making a difference.
00:35:15.88\00:35:17.21
They have a
yearning for positive media,
00:35:17.25\00:35:20.05
because there's
plenty of negative out there
00:35:20.08\00:35:21.55
for them to consume.
00:35:21.58\00:35:23.39
Their friends are consuming it,
00:35:23.42\00:35:24.82
they're sharing
with one another,
00:35:24.85\00:35:26.19
hey, look at, you know,
there's so many temptations,
00:35:26.22\00:35:28.62
and we're just seeing that
00:35:28.66\00:35:30.89
youth and young adults
have a heart for ministry.
00:35:30.93\00:35:33.73
They may not completely
know how to get there,
00:35:33.76\00:35:35.30
they may not know completely
how to use their skills.
00:35:35.33\00:35:37.50
And again, we talked
about some that get discouraged
00:35:37.53\00:35:39.80
when they do try
to use their skills.
00:35:39.83\00:35:41.70
So this is really,
really about to paraphrase,
00:35:41.74\00:35:46.71
creating an army of youth,
00:35:46.74\00:35:49.31
to be media
ministry missionaries,
00:35:49.34\00:35:52.41
who will take the
three angels' messages
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.45
through media around the world.
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.45
Wow. I love it.
00:35:57.49\00:35:58.82
You know, I think
about I'm sure you've seen,
00:35:58.85\00:36:00.19
I mean, you've been to,
00:36:00.22\00:36:01.56
you travel around a number
of different academies as well.
00:36:01.59\00:36:03.96
And I'm sure
universities and colleges too.
00:36:03.99\00:36:06.49
And you see young
people that are involved,
00:36:06.53\00:36:07.86
I think about
our own local church
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.23
here at the
Thompsonville Church,
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.60
we stream our
services every Sabbath.
00:36:10.63\00:36:11.97
You know,
Thompsonville Seventh-day
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.34
Adventist Church does.
00:36:13.37\00:36:14.70
We have young
people that are there,
00:36:14.74\00:36:16.07
you know,
learning to run the cameras
00:36:16.10\00:36:17.44
that the church has
purchased and things like that.
00:36:17.47\00:36:19.24
But you always see some
of those young people say,
00:36:19.27\00:36:21.74
"Hey, I want more,
I want to learn more,
00:36:21.78\00:36:23.98
I want to do this,
00:36:24.01\00:36:25.35
but I don't know how to do this,
00:36:25.38\00:36:26.72
I can't afford
this type of stuff."
00:36:26.75\00:36:28.08
Well, that's
what C4 is all about.
00:36:28.12\00:36:29.45
That's right.
00:36:29.48\00:36:30.82
And like you said,
00:36:30.85\00:36:32.19
there's always
somebody hanging around
00:36:32.22\00:36:33.56
when you're doing production.
00:36:33.59\00:36:34.92
There's always somebody
looking over your shoulder.
00:36:34.96\00:36:36.29
They want to know
00:36:36.32\00:36:37.66
what you're doing
and how you do it.
00:36:37.69\00:36:39.03
And so we want to
give an outlet for that
00:36:39.06\00:36:40.40
and train them
00:36:40.43\00:36:41.76
so that they can go on and do it
00:36:41.80\00:36:43.13
in a powerful way for Lord.
00:36:43.16\00:36:45.10
I'm thinking
about two young person
00:36:45.13\00:36:46.47
could come in
and take the course
00:36:46.50\00:36:47.84
and then actually
go back to the church.
00:36:47.87\00:36:49.20
That's right.
00:36:49.24\00:36:50.57
And make a massive difference,
00:36:50.61\00:36:51.94
like the church
just go to another level
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.31
with social media, design,
00:36:53.34\00:36:54.98
production quality, all of that.
00:36:55.01\00:36:57.85
And we talk to our
older church members
00:36:57.88\00:37:00.65
are what I like to call
them more mature members.
00:37:00.68\00:37:04.29
All the time,
who have a real heart
00:37:04.32\00:37:06.39
for not just their children,
but their grandchildren.
00:37:06.42\00:37:09.52
Amen.
00:37:09.56\00:37:10.89
They want to make sure
that their grandchildren
00:37:10.93\00:37:12.29
find a connection.
00:37:12.33\00:37:13.66
That's how we keep youth
and young adults in the church
00:37:13.70\00:37:15.20
being connected.
00:37:15.23\00:37:16.56
That's how all of
us stay in the church
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.13
is because of a connection.
00:37:18.17\00:37:19.50
Hopefully,
00:37:19.53\00:37:20.87
it's a deep
connection with Christ.
00:37:20.90\00:37:22.24
But little things build that.
00:37:22.27\00:37:23.61
And through media,
00:37:23.64\00:37:25.07
a youth or young
adult can stay connected.
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.68
Not only do
they find their place
00:37:27.71\00:37:29.04
where they can be in ministry,
00:37:29.08\00:37:30.41
but they stay connected
00:37:30.45\00:37:31.81
to supporting
their local church,
00:37:31.85\00:37:33.68
or going out and
supporting a mission field
00:37:33.72\00:37:37.19
or ministry somewhere out there.
00:37:37.22\00:37:39.92
And so, if there's a
more mature member watching,
00:37:39.95\00:37:45.19
we'd encourage them
00:37:45.23\00:37:46.56
to share with their children
or grandchildren this ministry
00:37:46.59\00:37:51.50
because C4 could
be life changing,
00:37:51.53\00:37:55.17
not just for the people that
the media eventually reaches,
00:37:55.20\00:37:57.91
but for that one
individual young adult.
00:37:57.94\00:38:00.38
Amen. Oh, yeah.
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.74
And I think it's really neat,
00:38:01.78\00:38:03.24
because there's so
much interest in media.
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.01
I've seen what some people
00:38:05.05\00:38:06.38
have even shot
with their phones.
00:38:06.41\00:38:07.75
I mean, it's phenomenal,
00:38:07.78\00:38:09.12
actually the
talent that is out there,
00:38:09.15\00:38:10.69
but then to be able to
take it to the level like,
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.29
you know, the lighting aspect,
00:38:12.32\00:38:13.66
you know, a lot of
people may not consider
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.26
even the lighting that it
takes to do a set like this,
00:38:15.29\00:38:18.39
or when you're out in the field,
00:38:18.43\00:38:19.76
how do you do
lighting in the field?
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.16
You know, okay, so I'm
out, okay, you're looking for,
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.13
you know, the way, the light,
00:38:23.16\00:38:24.50
the shadows, and
all that kind of stuff.
00:38:24.53\00:38:25.87
And all that's being,
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.24
you guys are
training them, right?
00:38:27.27\00:38:28.60
To do all of this.
00:38:28.64\00:38:29.97
It's amazing.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.34
All of the
little pieces of media
00:38:31.37\00:38:32.71
that we can incorporate,
00:38:32.74\00:38:34.08
we will incorporate
into that nine months.
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.44
So in a few minutes,
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.81
we're gonna
actually put up on the screen
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.18
what we call our address role,
00:38:38.21\00:38:39.55
which gives you the opportunity
to get more information.
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.38
But again, that's
just in a few minutes,
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.95
so get your pen and paper ready,
00:38:42.98\00:38:44.79
or your phone so
you can take notes
00:38:44.82\00:38:46.35
on how to contact them.
00:38:46.39\00:38:47.72
But tell us again, just again,
pitch this, August of 2021.
00:38:47.76\00:38:52.16
Again, what is
happening August 21?
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.53
Because this is huge,
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.90
and there's only
12 slots available,
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.26
open spots available.
00:38:56.30\00:38:57.67
So just tell everyone again,
00:38:57.70\00:38:59.03
what's happening again
in August of this year?
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.47
We're starting, we're
opening our doors for C4.
00:39:00.50\00:39:03.67
And, you know, you talked about
00:39:03.71\00:39:06.01
how students are always
looking for something more.
00:39:06.04\00:39:09.41
The way technology is advanced,
00:39:09.44\00:39:10.88
it's so much more attainable now
00:39:10.91\00:39:12.71
than it has ever been.
00:39:12.75\00:39:14.08
And so we're opening our doors
to train them how to use it,
00:39:14.12\00:39:18.15
so that they can use
that to finish the...
00:39:18.19\00:39:22.19
to bring the gospel
to the rest of the world
00:39:22.22\00:39:23.56
to finish the work.
00:39:23.59\00:39:24.93
Amen. Only 12 students too.
00:39:24.96\00:39:26.29
Twelve students. Okay.
00:39:26.33\00:39:27.66
C4 is "Consecrated
Creators Communicating Christ."
00:39:27.70\00:39:30.67
Love it.
00:39:30.70\00:39:32.03
And there are many
ways to communicate Christ.
00:39:32.07\00:39:35.10
We don't wanna miss
the consecrated part.
00:39:35.14\00:39:36.81
We want to help grow
their spiritual lives
00:39:36.84\00:39:39.47
by communicating Christ.
00:39:39.51\00:39:40.88
We talked about
the Jack Blanco story.
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.28
Yes.
00:39:42.31\00:39:43.65
Aired here on
3ABN several times,
00:39:43.68\00:39:45.01
maybe again in the future.
00:39:45.05\00:39:46.38
That's right.
00:39:46.41\00:39:47.75
And we want to
take that project,
00:39:47.78\00:39:49.28
the Blanco Project we
call it to film platform.
00:39:49.32\00:39:53.12
And so in order to do that,
00:39:53.15\00:39:55.19
C4 students could be involved
in producing a film even.
00:39:55.22\00:39:59.06
I do want to if we can
show just a one of the promos
00:39:59.09\00:40:02.96
that was produced
for the Jack Blanco story
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.63
if people aren't
familiar with it.
00:40:04.67\00:40:06.00
And when it comes to 3ABN,
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.00
they'll maybe be
interested in watching it.
00:40:08.04\00:40:09.37
Okay, yeah.
00:40:09.40\00:40:10.74
So let's go to that
little promo video right now.
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.81
Amen. Well done.
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.46
That's a great little
promo and Elder Jack Blanco,
00:41:33.49\00:41:35.36
what an incredible man.
00:41:35.39\00:41:36.73
Lord used him in a mighty way.
00:41:36.76\00:41:38.09
And his clear word,
00:41:38.13\00:41:39.46
devotional paraphrase has
literally reached millions.
00:41:39.49\00:41:42.40
Sure has.
00:41:42.43\00:41:43.77
And have been transformational.
00:41:43.80\00:41:45.13
His life story we had
00:41:45.17\00:41:46.50
when we were
producing the documentary,
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.60
we had three
young adults with us,
00:41:48.64\00:41:51.24
three or four, actually,
00:41:51.27\00:41:52.61
because we went
to multiple locations
00:41:52.64\00:41:53.98
internationally.
00:41:54.01\00:41:55.64
They were so moved by
watching his experience.
00:41:55.68\00:42:00.35
And so when we talk
about carrying this experience
00:42:00.38\00:42:04.45
to young adults at C4
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.19
that kind of heart
appeal to transform them
00:42:07.22\00:42:10.96
to see how media can transform
and change people's lives.
00:42:10.99\00:42:13.50
That's what we wanna give them.
00:42:13.53\00:42:15.56
If people are
wondering what we mean by that,
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.57
we're not just
talking about emotion,
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.04
we're just really
talking about transformation.
00:42:20.07\00:42:22.24
And we're gonna
show a clip here of Jack
00:42:22.27\00:42:25.27
going to what was a labor camp,
00:42:25.31\00:42:28.08
when he was a teenager
going to this labor camp.
00:42:28.11\00:42:31.08
And recognizing the exact place
00:42:31.11\00:42:34.58
where he was the best way
to describe it was translated,
00:42:34.62\00:42:38.89
he was physically in one
place about to enter a gate
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.69
with a bunch of other prisoners.
00:42:41.72\00:42:44.43
And all of a sudden, just boom,
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.83
he was out in the woods far.
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.66
I mean, he could
still see the camp,
00:42:47.70\00:42:49.03
but he was far
away, and he was safe.
00:42:49.06\00:42:51.10
And that experience,
00:42:51.13\00:42:53.23
the video is the
moment that he realized
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.81
that he was at that
place where he had been walking
00:42:56.84\00:42:58.87
from the train track
was right by the building,
00:42:58.91\00:43:01.44
and just watching him.
00:43:01.48\00:43:03.04
And that's the
kind of experience
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.11
that we want to bring
to youth and young adults.
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.68
So you were there with your team
00:43:07.72\00:43:09.05
is what you're saying.
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.42
We were and a number of
youth and young adults on,
00:43:10.45\00:43:11.79
of course,
they're behind cameras.
00:43:11.82\00:43:13.15
Yeah. But they're
experiencing that.
00:43:13.19\00:43:15.82
By the way people are gonna
go where is that in his book.
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.49
So Jack was careful in the book
00:43:18.53\00:43:19.89
because he knew it
would have a broad viewership.
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.70
And he just
used the wording that
00:43:21.73\00:43:24.87
he was able to just slip
through the gate and get away.
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.87
He didn't want people to
get caught on the supernatural.
00:43:27.90\00:43:30.27
But when we got
to the documentary,
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.54
he was more comfortable
00:43:32.57\00:43:33.94
with the
culture that we live in.
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.31
And people would understand
00:43:35.34\00:43:36.68
what it meant for that to happen
00:43:36.71\00:43:38.05
in the blink of an eye.
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.41
So what we're getting
ready to see right now
00:43:39.45\00:43:40.78
then is when he
realized this is the spot
00:43:40.82\00:43:43.05
where God performed
00:43:43.08\00:43:44.42
this powerful
miracle in his life.
00:43:44.45\00:43:45.92
There were so many miracles
00:43:45.95\00:43:47.29
as we were producing this story.
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.66
And this is just one of them.
00:43:48.69\00:43:50.03
We didn't even know
when we left for Germany
00:43:50.06\00:43:52.06
where this location was.
00:43:52.09\00:43:53.90
We were, we had an idea
00:43:53.93\00:43:55.43
and we were driving
around and it turns out,
00:43:55.46\00:43:57.10
it's now a Science
Research Center in Leipzig.
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.77
And so where the scene opens up,
00:43:59.80\00:44:01.60
we're walking on the sidewalk
outside the research center.
00:44:01.64\00:44:05.17
And one of the miracles
just Lord open the gate,
00:44:05.21\00:44:08.94
when student happen
to be going through it
00:44:08.98\00:44:10.38
open the gate and
allowed us to enter.
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.28
There's a little
Memorial Holocaust Museum there.
00:44:12.31\00:44:15.45
But it wasn't open that day.
00:44:15.48\00:44:16.99
But that student allowed
us, chit chatted with us,
00:44:17.02\00:44:19.89
allowed us to go in.
00:44:19.92\00:44:21.32
Probably we
couldn't have gotten past
00:44:21.36\00:44:22.69
the big security guards.
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.06
But that little side
gate we were able to get in,
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.39
and then just watch
Jack as that moment hits him
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.66
as he realizes,
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.03
if he had
entered that labor camp,
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.40
that would have been the end.
00:44:32.43\00:44:33.77
Yeah. Wow.
00:44:33.80\00:44:35.14
God had more for him. Amen.
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.50
That's a message we wanna teach
to our youth and young adults.
00:44:36.54\00:44:37.97
God has more for you. Amen.
00:44:38.01\00:44:39.81
So yeah, let's go
00:44:39.84\00:44:41.18
to that powerful role right now.
00:44:41.21\00:44:43.95
In 2012,
00:44:43.98\00:44:45.35
Jack and the
documentary team found the place
00:44:45.38\00:44:47.68
where he was
supernaturally transported
00:44:47.72\00:44:49.48
away from the labor camp.
00:44:49.52\00:44:51.29
It now serves as a governmental
Scientific Research Center
00:44:51.32\00:44:54.62
in Leipzig, Germany.
00:44:54.66\00:44:56.62
It was an
emotional moment for Jack
00:44:56.66\00:44:58.29
as he remembered his
near death experience
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.90
at the hands of one
of the Third Reich's
00:45:00.93\00:45:02.63
most lethal labor
and concentration camps.
00:45:02.66\00:45:06.03
Jack's experience is like
the biblical story of Philip
00:45:06.07\00:45:09.07
found in Acts 8
00:45:09.10\00:45:10.44
when God took Philip
00:45:10.47\00:45:11.81
bodily from the
road by Jerusalem,
00:45:11.84\00:45:13.71
and placed him in another city.
00:45:13.74\00:45:15.54
You must have
gotten close to this
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.35
before you found
yourself inside of this wall.
00:45:17.38\00:45:20.52
Well, that's the point. Yeah.
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.18
Wow.
00:45:22.22\00:45:24.62
I'm getting the chills.
00:45:24.65\00:45:27.36
But this would have
been the main entrance.
00:45:27.39\00:45:29.52
You had, you've
have been close to here.
00:45:29.56\00:45:30.93
I'm gonna kneel down
here and have a little prayer.
00:45:30.96\00:45:32.73
Okay.
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.10
Jack was free.
00:45:55.78\00:45:57.59
During the next two days,
00:45:57.62\00:45:58.95
he made his way back
to his grandparent's farm.
00:45:58.99\00:46:02.19
Wow.
00:46:02.22\00:46:03.56
It's an
incredibly powerful story.
00:46:03.59\00:46:05.13
It really is.
00:46:05.16\00:46:06.49
You know, I saw you there,
00:46:06.53\00:46:08.30
of course, on
camera, Christopher.
00:46:08.33\00:46:10.47
But what about you, Jordan?
Because you're on camera.
00:46:10.50\00:46:12.63
We didn't see you in
this. What's it like for you?
00:46:12.67\00:46:14.54
Because you were
there recording this,
00:46:14.57\00:46:16.84
what does that do for you?
00:46:16.87\00:46:18.21
You know,
you've to keep running.
00:46:18.24\00:46:20.18
You've keep rolling.
00:46:20.21\00:46:21.74
It's sometimes hard.
00:46:21.78\00:46:23.11
But it was emotional
for all of us to be there.
00:46:23.14\00:46:25.91
As Dr. Blanco
said he had chills,
00:46:25.95\00:46:28.78
and we all felt them.
00:46:28.82\00:46:31.22
It was just a
powerful experience
00:46:31.25\00:46:33.05
to be there for.
00:46:33.09\00:46:34.42
I mean, you've seen
00:46:34.46\00:46:35.79
a lot of
incredible miracle stories,
00:46:35.82\00:46:37.16
this being one here.
00:46:37.19\00:46:38.53
So you have one you wanna share?
00:46:38.56\00:46:39.89
Yeah.
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.26
Your experience has
been out there in the field?
00:46:41.30\00:46:42.63
Yeah.
00:46:42.66\00:46:44.00
So when we travel
for Mission Sunlight,
00:46:44.03\00:46:45.37
we try to get a
mixture of the project sites
00:46:45.40\00:46:49.14
as well as everyday life.
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.41
So we wanna show our viewers
what it's like in the villages,
00:46:51.44\00:46:56.04
the cities that we're going to.
00:46:56.08\00:46:57.61
And one time we were in Abidjan,
00:46:57.65\00:47:00.35
Cote d'Ivoire,
00:47:00.38\00:47:01.72
and we were taken
to this little market
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.92
to get some market scenes.
00:47:03.95\00:47:06.19
The colors are
always bright there.
00:47:06.22\00:47:07.59
People are usually happy
and milling about and so.
00:47:07.62\00:47:10.19
Tell them who took us?
00:47:10.23\00:47:12.13
The church leaders
there in the division
00:47:12.16\00:47:15.86
took us to visit this market.
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.57
Sure.
00:47:17.60\00:47:19.43
And we always get
permission before we go,
00:47:19.47\00:47:21.77
we try to make
sure that it's okay.
00:47:21.80\00:47:24.17
So you're
visiting this to record
00:47:24.21\00:47:25.54
some of the like the
beautiful, like that culture?
00:47:25.57\00:47:28.38
Yeah, the people in
the market, the vegetables,
00:47:28.41\00:47:30.88
they're bright in color,
00:47:30.91\00:47:32.38
and just the interactions
of the village, you know.
00:47:32.41\00:47:35.65
One of the tools we found is
00:47:35.68\00:47:37.35
if you go to a
public market like that,
00:47:37.39\00:47:38.99
that's open, you can
get lots of people shots,
00:47:39.02\00:47:41.36
and it's a concentrated area.
00:47:41.39\00:47:42.82
So you don't
have to be traveling
00:47:42.86\00:47:44.19
all over the city to try
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.56
and get if you can
find a busy part of the city
00:47:45.59\00:47:47.20
or a market like that.
00:47:47.23\00:47:48.63
Just a little
trick of the trade.
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.00
They're just doing,
minding your business, right,
00:47:50.03\00:47:51.37
getting good videography.
00:47:51.40\00:47:52.73
And as we're
shooting different shots,
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.17
you know, we get close
ups, we get wide shots,
00:47:55.20\00:47:57.21
we kind of got a sense that
00:47:57.24\00:47:58.77
people are getting a
little agitated with us,
00:47:58.81\00:48:00.81
and that's never a good sign,
00:48:00.84\00:48:02.78
especially in the country
you don't speak the language.
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.98
And so we weren't sure
really what was going on.
00:48:05.01\00:48:08.15
But we had a sense that
00:48:08.18\00:48:09.52
we probably
should start moving on.
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.69
We've done this for long enough
that you kind of get the idea
00:48:11.72\00:48:14.69
that it's time to leave.
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.96
So we started heading
back to where we had parked.
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.13
And next thing we
knew we are yelling.
00:48:19.16\00:48:22.83
And we turned around and
there were a couple of guys
00:48:22.86\00:48:25.47
running towards us.
00:48:25.50\00:48:27.14
And we...
00:48:27.17\00:48:28.50
Were they like
friendly smiles and saying hey?
00:48:28.54\00:48:30.71
They were not friendly smiles.
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.07
They were quite upset.
00:48:32.11\00:48:33.44
And they, at least two of them,
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.74
maybe all three of them
00:48:35.78\00:48:37.11
had machetes in
their hands and...
00:48:37.15\00:48:38.58
Machetes? Machetes, yeah.
00:48:38.61\00:48:40.28
This is not a friendly greeting.
00:48:40.32\00:48:41.65
They were not happy to
see us, they were quite upset.
00:48:41.68\00:48:44.69
And so we started moving
faster towards our vehicle.
00:48:44.72\00:48:48.22
I would do too.
00:48:48.26\00:48:49.59
Because we just
wanted to get out of there
00:48:49.62\00:48:51.99
and we realized that
00:48:52.03\00:48:53.60
we were not gonna
make it to our vehicle
00:48:53.63\00:48:55.10
before they caught up to us.
00:48:55.13\00:48:56.83
And so we kind of
stopped and tried to be nice
00:48:56.87\00:49:00.37
and tried to converse with them.
00:49:00.40\00:49:03.07
But obviously they
didn't speak English.
00:49:03.10\00:49:04.47
And so it was just the
two of us at this point.
00:49:04.51\00:49:07.71
And they took us
through the market,
00:49:07.74\00:49:11.21
and we had no
idea what was going on.
00:49:11.25\00:49:13.45
And there was nobody
around that we recognized
00:49:13.48\00:49:15.32
from our
interactions previously,
00:49:15.35\00:49:18.55
and they took us
into the small office.
00:49:18.59\00:49:21.62
And as we got in there,
there was a very big desk,
00:49:21.66\00:49:24.36
probably about
the size of this desk,
00:49:24.39\00:49:26.63
maybe a little bit bigger.
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.00
And I'll tell you,
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.36
when you're sitting on
the other side of this desk,
00:49:29.40\00:49:32.03
it makes you feel really small,
00:49:32.07\00:49:34.24
not being able to communicate
with the people in the room.
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.60
So you're in trouble?
00:49:36.64\00:49:38.94
We didn't know how
much trouble we were in.
00:49:38.97\00:49:42.41
But there was a lady
sitting on the other side of it.
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.85
And she had a panel of
00:49:44.88\00:49:47.85
I would call it a
panel of other women
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.85
in the room with her.
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.65
And we're trying to
communicate what we're doing,
00:49:51.69\00:49:53.56
why we're there.
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.39
And as we're in there,
00:49:55.42\00:49:57.83
this younger woman walks in
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.19
and she starts talking
to the lady behind the desk.
00:49:59.23\00:50:01.10
Turns out that she was
the daughter of the woman
00:50:01.13\00:50:04.17
and she said,
00:50:04.20\00:50:05.53
she had been to our
Adventist University
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.20
in Maryland,
00:50:07.24\00:50:08.57
Washington Adventist University.
00:50:08.60\00:50:09.94
Oh, wow.
00:50:09.97\00:50:11.31
And she said, if these people
are working with the church,
00:50:11.34\00:50:12.67
they're okay.
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.04
As in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.41
Yeah.
00:50:15.44\00:50:16.78
And so they let us go.
00:50:16.81\00:50:18.15
And as you can see
on the screen here,
00:50:18.18\00:50:19.51
we got a picture
with the gentleman
00:50:19.55\00:50:21.15
that chased us down.
00:50:21.18\00:50:22.52
No machetes. I see no machetes.
00:50:22.55\00:50:23.99
There were a lot
happier at this point.
00:50:24.02\00:50:25.52
But it turns out
that this was a market
00:50:25.55\00:50:26.89
for battered women.
00:50:26.92\00:50:28.26
And I was to give
them income. Yeah.
00:50:28.29\00:50:30.33
And so they were
trying to protect those women,
00:50:30.36\00:50:32.13
they didn't know
why we were there.
00:50:32.16\00:50:33.50
They didn't know
what our goal was.
00:50:33.53\00:50:35.26
And they just
wanted to protect them
00:50:35.30\00:50:36.63
and keep them safe.
00:50:36.67\00:50:38.00
So they were
technically doing their job.
00:50:38.03\00:50:39.37
They just weren't sure
exactly what you were doing,
00:50:39.40\00:50:40.74
but what a miracle?
00:50:40.77\00:50:42.10
And we should say
the church leaders
00:50:42.14\00:50:43.47
did eventually come
in and talk with her too.
00:50:43.51\00:50:45.27
And so it was a good
witnessing opportunity
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.21
that wouldn't have happened.
00:50:47.24\00:50:48.58
It just was a
little interesting,
00:50:48.61\00:50:49.94
the way it started.
00:50:49.98\00:50:51.31
Not all of our
stories are that exciting.
00:50:51.35\00:50:52.75
But some of them are,
00:50:52.78\00:50:54.72
are quite
exciting at times, so...
00:50:54.75\00:50:56.58
You know, it's incredible,
00:50:56.62\00:50:57.95
you know, we think
about the miracles,
00:50:57.99\00:50:59.32
you know, of how
Network 7 started.
00:50:59.35\00:51:02.09
And then I'm thinking
about the vision for C4,
00:51:02.12\00:51:04.83
and what God is doing.
00:51:04.86\00:51:06.19
I mean, I'm just
so excited about this,
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.76
because God is raising
up an army of young people,
00:51:07.80\00:51:10.97
as Christopher
mentioned earlier,
00:51:11.00\00:51:12.83
and C4 is gonna
be part of that too,
00:51:12.87\00:51:15.24
training young people in media.
00:51:15.27\00:51:17.84
And it's such a needed field
00:51:17.87\00:51:20.01
for young
people to be trained in
00:51:20.04\00:51:21.38
because, again, we're connected,
00:51:21.41\00:51:22.74
it seems like to our
phones and all these devices,
00:51:22.78\00:51:24.55
but to put content out there,
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.15
but to be able to present it
00:51:26.18\00:51:27.65
in the way that
Christ would want us to do,
00:51:27.68\00:51:29.72
that is what C4 is all about.
00:51:29.75\00:51:31.95
We're getting ready to
go to now's the address role
00:51:31.99\00:51:34.06
that gives you the opportunity
00:51:34.09\00:51:35.42
of how you can
put an application in
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.39
for the C4 classes, right?
00:51:37.43\00:51:39.36
That'll be on the
address role and also too,
00:51:39.39\00:51:42.26
they're looking
for support as well
00:51:42.30\00:51:43.63
for equipment and
other things that they need
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.77
to get this school up and going.
00:51:45.80\00:51:47.20
So here's the address role
00:51:47.24\00:51:48.57
and the more information
that you can get for C4.
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For more information
about Network 7 Media Center,
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please contact
them at PO Box 25468,
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Chattanooga, Tennessee 37422.
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That's PO Box 25468,
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Chattanooga, Tennessee 37422.
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Their phone
number is 423-855-4877.
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That's 423-855-4877.
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Their web address is n7mc.org.
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That's n7mc.org.
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And you can reach them via email
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at admin@n7mc.org
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