As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today 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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I'm Jason
Bradley, and I'm so glad
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that you've decided
to tune in once again,
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whether you're watching on TV
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or you're
listening on the radio,
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we have a power
packed hour for you.
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We're going to be
talking to a wonderful ministry,
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Little Light Studios,
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and well, let me
introduce them right now.
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We've got Scotty Mayer.
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Hello, Jason. Hello, Scotty.
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Great to have you here,
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you are the speaker and director
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of Little Light Studios.
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We, of course,
wanna find out more,
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but we're gonna get
to the rest of the guests
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real quick.
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We've got Kendi Callender.
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You are the editor and producer.
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Yes. Welcome.
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It's great to have you here.
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And we have, Keith
Detwieler, speaker and producer.
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I love the fact
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that you all wear multiple hats.
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It's great to have you here.
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Those titles
probably aren't long enough.
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I believe it, 'cause
there's probably about
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50 other things that
you're doing as well.
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So, I want to find out
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more about Little Light Studios.
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You've been here before.
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You're no stranger
to the 3ABN family.
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But if
somebody's just joining us,
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tell us a little
bit about Little Light?
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We have a video ministry.
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So most of the content
that we create is videos.
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And we have a real
passion for young people.
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When we say young people,
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we kind of aim
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at that teenage
college age range.
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Those are the
demographics of people
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that we really wanna speak to.
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So really we design projects
that are in the scope of that.
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So subjects that
they're dealing with,
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things, current events
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that are happening in the world.
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And so we use YouTube,
that's a pretty big tool for us
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and it's been a
wonderful opportunity.
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Nice.
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And so with YouTube,
you have the opportunity
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to look at analytics
and all of that stuff
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because it's like,
how do you find out
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what young
people are dealing with?
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Yeah, it's a neat day and age
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because pretty much everyone
around the world has YouTube.
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Whereas you know,
maybe 15, 20 years ago,
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that was a little
bit more difficult
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to get your messages
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out into the world like that.
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And so, now it's
broadcast to everybody's phones,
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it's easily accessible,
but the neat thing to me
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is you can
communicate with people.
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They can tell
you, "Hey, I like this,
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or I didn't
quite understand this.
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You brought this subject up
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and you know, where
did you get that from?"
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And then we can lead
people to the information
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or, you know,
kind of disciple them
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down the road a little bit.
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Yes.
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And what kind of
programs do you have
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on your YouTube channel?
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Well, we talk a little
bit about current events.
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And so, you know, one
of the ways that we feel
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like is an easy
way to get people
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to watch your videos
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is to just deal with
the world around you,
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things that are happening.
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And if you kind of
use that as the backdrop
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and you talk to any
young person these days,
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they're really
wrapped up in entertainment,
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they play video games,
they have social media,
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they listen to music.
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So we kind of have projects
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that deal with
some of those topics.
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And within those,
then we're able to teach
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the Bible truth
using those topics.
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Yes.
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One thing that I've enjoyed
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was the Black Panther Deception.
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We actually shared that
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and aired that on
Dare to Dream as well.
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That was an excellent project.
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What are some of
the other projects
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that you're tackling
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in addition to the
Black Panther Deception?
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Sure.
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You know, we have a
passion for documentaries.
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They take a little
bit of time to produce.
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And so, you know, and
the younger generation
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actually don't really even
know what a DVD is these days.
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And so, that's
where I think my passion
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as a video
producer or a film producer
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is really aiming at
exploring certain topics.
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And so, one of the
projects that we just finished,
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we worked on an
anime documentary
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and that really dealt
with Japanese animation,
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has a lot of
spiritual themes in them.
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So those kind of topics,
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it makes it
possible to bring up,
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well, you know, they
said this in this video,
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so, you know,
the Bible says this
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and we're able to
deal with it like that.
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Yeah. So it opens the door.
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Yes. All right.
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So, Kendi, what's it like
being the editor and producer?
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What kind of
challenges do you face
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and what do you encounter
on a day in and day out basis?
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Oh, well, I can say this
technology is a blessing,
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but it can also be a pain.
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You definitely have a
lot of prayers in the office
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because we run into
technical difficulties.
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But now being able to
edit these productions
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and put them out to the world
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and also hear
their feedback for it.
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I'm just so happy
to be used in this way
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for the Lord's work.
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Amen.
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And what does
your day look like?
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My day looks
different every day.
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Yes.
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I tackle a lot of things
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that you might call loose ends.
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So I can be
working on answering emails
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that come through our
website, helping edit something,
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you know,
producing a video to film,
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you know a program,
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every day seems
to be different, so.
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Yeah, no typical
day. Yeah, no typical day.
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Yes. What...
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Oh, go ahead.
Keith's being modest.
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He's like
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one of those jugglers, you know,
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that gets a
bunch of plates go in
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and sees how much stuff
he can pile on top of that.
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He does do a lot
for our ministry.
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Both of these guys do
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an incredible job for us
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and they, you
know, what's neat about
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working with a team
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with different skill sets
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is these guys
really come at a problem
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from a different vantage point.
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And so, you know, having
young people in the room,
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they understand their culture,
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they understand a
connection to that demographic.
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That's kind of what you know,
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Kendi is able to
bring to the table.
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Keith actually is
extremely technical.
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And so, he has like
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a lot of really technical skills
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that when we
want to do something
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that we don't know how to do,
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we always run
to Keith and we say
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every office
needs to have a Keith.
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Absolutely.
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And that's what I love
about working in small ministry
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because I can have
access to the workers there
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and just have a window
into a different department
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that I probably would
have never had access to
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if it was a larger corporation.
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Yes.
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What inspired you to go
into full-time ministry?
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I wanna hear from each of you.
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I kind of took film
studies classes in college
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and had an
interest in filmmaking.
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So I ended up down in
Los Angeles for 10 years.
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But the things I was working on,
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you know, modern
entertainment television
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really has a lot of just things
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that are not uplifting.
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And so when God really
got a hold of my heart,
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I kind of came out
of that world thinking,
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you know, the way
that I was working
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on certain projects,
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they just were
full of unholy things.
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I wanna do
something amazing for God.
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And so I just asked God,
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hey, what is it
that you want me to do?
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I have a passion
for video making,
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and He kind of
directed our paths
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and opened the doors for us
to work on some documentaries.
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And that's what really
got me involved in this work.
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Wow. What about you?
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Well, I'm from New York
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and I grew up there with my mom
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and she is a very
God-fearing woman,
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which I'm blessed for,
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and so whenever the
church doors were open,
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you could find us inside.
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And if we weren't there,
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we were either at a
Bible study with friends
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or hosting a Bible
study in our own home.
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And funny enough,
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it was actually at a Bible study
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on a Friday night
that a friend handed us
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Battlefield Hollywood.
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And that was my
first introduction
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to Little Light Studios.
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And I was in
elementary school, guys.
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So talk a little bit about...
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Not to make you guys feel old.
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We kind of have a
running joke in the office
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'cause we'll make references.
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And then, you know, Kendi,
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will have this
really puzzled look
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on her face and we go,
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yeah, you probably
weren't around at that time.
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Right.
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Well, I always had
a passion for film,
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but it was really
watching Little Lights Studios
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because after that
first introduction,
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my mom and I went online
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and we're looking
for other productions,
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that's how we found
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Replacement Gods
and Magic Kingdom.
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I saw the
harmonious blend of film
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and the gospel and
it really excited me.
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So I went to college
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and majored in video production.
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And it was actually a
graduation requirement
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that I find an internship site.
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So I actually went to GYC
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and that is where I met Scotty
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for the first time
Generation Youth for Christ,
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and mustered up all
the courage that I could
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and handed him my resume.
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And that was
over three years ago.
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So I'm very blessed and grateful
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that God introduced me
into the world of ministry
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in kind of an out of the box way
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from such a young age
and brought me full circle
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to the same ministry
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that I was
introduced to so young.
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Praise the Lord. Keith?
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Yeah.
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Before we move on,
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you know, it was
actually a mistake
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that she wound up
coming and interning for us.
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Right.
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You should talk
about that a little bit.
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So Kendi, when she
gave us her resume,
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of course, you know,
any willing heart to come
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and work in ministry
that the work is plentiful
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and the workers are few, right?
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Yeah.
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So you just kind of
say yes right off the bat,
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but Keith and I
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were actually really making
some changes with our ministry
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and we weren't quite
sure if we had the ability
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to take on an
intern because sometimes,
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you know, you have to
like teach those interns
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what you're doing
and you can sort of add
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to your workload, you know?
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And there was
about three or four
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that came from their school.
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And we had initially
said yes to a few of them
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and then Keith
and I discussed it
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and we kind of went,
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oh, you know, maybe
let's just hold off on this.
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So I canceled each one
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and somehow skipped over hers.
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And, of course, you know,
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we gave him
plenty of months heads up
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so they could go and
find another internship.
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But she called me
about a month before
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and said, oh, I'll
be there on this date.
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And I went, oh,
wow, I totally forgot.
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Like so sorry, but I
just had this kind of like,
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you know, hey,
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maybe this was a divine mistake
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and said, you know,
let's just take her on.
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And God must
have a reason for it.
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And I'll tell you
from the first day
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that she showed up,
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she literally walked in the door
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and I said, Kendi walk
in front of the camera,
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do this little video.
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And I just put her
in front of the camera
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and she did a fantastic job.
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And so not only does
she have technical skills,
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but it was like
she was articulate
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and could be in
front of the camera.
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And I just went, okay,
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God, I know what You
had purpose this too.
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Amen. Talk about
divine providence.
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What was going on in my end was,
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as I was handing out my
resumes to different ministries,
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I just had a simple prayer.
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Lord, I've done what
You've asked me to do.
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I'll allow you to do the rest.
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Please close the
doors to everyone
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who You would
not let me to go to,
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leave that one door open
to where You'd like me to go.
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And little by little
people stopped responding
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until I made that phone
call just to confirm with them.
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And they decided to say
yes, so praise God for that.
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Wow. Amen.
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So God
temporarily blinded Scotty.
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Right.
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That's great. Yeah.
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And, Keith, what made you decide
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to go into full-time ministry?
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Oh, that's a question
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that probably take
longer than the time we have,
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but to condense it.
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I always had it on my
heart to be in ministry
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since I was 10 years old.
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I remember after I was baptized,
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I remember praying and saying,
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Lord, I want to
be an evangelist.
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I didn't know what
that meant at the time,
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but that fell by the wayside.
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Basically the short of is
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my family left the
church for about seven years
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during my teen
years, till about 21.
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And in college, I
started to rediscover
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who God was, what
I really believed.
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And that led me on a path
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to grow and gain knowledge.
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Eventually I got married
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and after I got married,
I told my wife three things.
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I said, you know, I feel like
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God is really
laying on my heart.
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I need to change what I eat,
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what I watch and be
willing to move anywhere.
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So as I would have it,
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God made those
things happen in that order,
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I changed what I was eating.
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I came across some
videos by Little Light Studios.
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So we're here both
products of the ministry.
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And I said, that's a ministry
I can really identify with,
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because during that time,
my family was out of church.
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I really
consumed a ton of media.
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So I was very familiar
with all the references
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and examples that
Scotty was talking about.
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So we started to make
changes in what we were watching
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and then be willing to move
anywhere part was interesting
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because I had a friend
who worked at Amazing Facts.
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I applied for a job
there. It dissolved.
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So it never became of anything,
but it was in California.
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I was in Missouri.
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And I said,
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of all the places
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I do not want to
go to California.
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As it would have it,
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Little Light
Studios was in California.
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So Northern California.
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And I was from
Southern California originally.
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That's where I
really didn't wanna go.
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Northern
California is not that bad.
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But, you know, I
had to make a prayer,
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said, God, if you
want me to do this,
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you have to sell my house.
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And He did.
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And it's really
quite a miraculous story
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because two weeks
after I prayed that prayer,
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I had not talked to a Realtor.
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I had not made an advertisement.
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Somebody called me and said,
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"I hear you're
selling your house."
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It was a lady who was
a daughter of somebody
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I knew at church,
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but somebody I rarely talk to.
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And about six months prior,
I told her out of the blue.
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It's like, I don't even
know why I'm telling you this,
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but I feel like God is
putting it on my heart.
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I should be
ready to sell my house.
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So fast forward,
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you know, after I
prayed that prayer,
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two weeks later, her
daughter is the one calling me.
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Wow. That was it.
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I mean, the whole thing was done
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in like two or three months,
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sold out, gone down the road.
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And I tried to
move to California,
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but it's hard to find
a place in California.
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I believe.
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So, my family spent about
14 more months in Missouri.
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We found out
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just after we
agreed to sell the house,
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we were pregnant.
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So we thought
maybe we should wait.
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And so we waited.
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And then about 14 months later,
we were in Northern California.
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So that's what
was going on his side
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and on our ministry side.
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You know, we've really learned
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in a ministry
setting to really say,
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listen, this is not my choice.
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God, this is Your choice.
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Who do You want to work with us?
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And I find that every time
I've tried to choose somebody,
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it's been a disaster.
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Every time I say,
God, you choose them,
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it's been a
wonderful, wonderful experience.
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And on our end,
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you know, Keith
has four children,
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bless his soul.
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He's a brave man.
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And, you know, asking somebody
to move across the country
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and join up with a ministry.
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You know, ministry
finances are always, usually,
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you know, you wonder
00:16:05.56\00:16:06.90
where the money is
gonna ever come from,
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but God always is faithful.
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He comes through.
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And so our ministry
really prayed and said,
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Lord, we really would
like to invite this family
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to come and work with us.
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We do not have
the finances for this.
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And we said,
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but we're
leaving it in your hands.
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And we set a number,
God, this is what we need.
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And we want a
year's worth of his salary
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just to know that we
can take care of him.
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And would you know,
in our mail showed up
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a check for exactly the
amount that we asked God for.
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And we weren't accustomed
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to getting large
checks like that in the mail.
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So it's been an
absolutely divine experience
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in all the people
that have kind of joined up
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with Little
Light over the years.
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I mean, they all just
have these really neat stories
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of how the ministry
is either affected them
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and now they're working for it.
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And now we see that that
work is affecting other people
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that are also joining up
in ministries and things.
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So it's a neat ripple effect.
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Praise God.
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I can tell that
he's really ordering
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the steps in
your lives personally.
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But then also from
the ministry standpoint.
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We actually have a
video of a young couple
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who that's a miracle
story that took place.
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Let's go take a look
at that video right now.
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Hi, I'm Daniel Contralas
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and this is Mikayla Contralas.
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We just recently got married.
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Power now vested to me,
in the state of California,
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I pronounce you
two, husband and wife.
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Came to Christ as
of March of this year.
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Yeah, it was in March this year.
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March of this year.
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We got exposed
to a lot of things
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that we were not aware of,
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that we were being exposed to
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mostly by the mainstream media
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and Little Light helped us
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open our eyes to all that.
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Yeah.
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So basically we
broke up actually.
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And was it Jan, February.
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We broke up in February
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and I was just at home alone
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and I was starting to like,
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look at YouTube videos
00:18:15.52\00:18:16.99
and I found
Little Light Studios.
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So I started
sending him clips of it.
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And the first one I
sent you was Peter Pan.
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I remember that.
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And then he
texted me and was like,
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I've been praying.
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And I've been
watching these videos.
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And I even commented
00:18:29.97\00:18:31.31
on the Little
Light Studios pages
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talking about like,
pray for my boyfriend.
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Like he's an
atheist and he's praying.
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And if it wasn't for you,
he would still be an earthiest.
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And, you know, after that,
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we started
watching the videos together
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and shortly after
he proposed to me,
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and then we got
married November 14
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and here we are
now in Tennessee.
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Happily
married. Happily married.
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And we are here.
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Wow.
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Talk about a powerful testimony.
00:19:10.78\00:19:13.01
Now I noticed that they
got baptized in t-shirts.
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Why don't you
touch on that, Scotty?
00:19:16.52\00:19:18.49
So part of one of the projects
00:19:18.52\00:19:20.82
that we have in our ministry
is we all like t-shirts,
00:19:20.86\00:19:23.76
you know, it's just kind of
a way to put a graphic on there
00:19:23.79\00:19:27.30
and wear your
witness on the outside.
00:19:27.33\00:19:29.50
So most of our t-shirts,
00:19:29.53\00:19:31.17
actually all of our
t-shirts are spiritual in nature
00:19:31.20\00:19:35.04
in the way that
they're designed.
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And then they have
a Bible text on them.
00:19:36.44\00:19:38.11
So we thought it was really neat
00:19:38.14\00:19:39.47
that here this couple
that was from Los Angeles area
00:19:39.51\00:19:43.38
and really, you know,
00:19:43.41\00:19:44.81
was instrumental
00:19:44.85\00:19:46.92
in bringing them into the faith,
00:19:46.95\00:19:48.75
just watching
our YouTube channel.
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And then they bought a
couple of t-shirts from us
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and then they got baptized
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and told us the story
and sent us the video of them
00:19:54.79\00:19:57.69
wearing our t-shirts
and getting baptized.
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And I think,
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I thought it was
just kind of a neat thing.
00:20:00.46\00:20:01.80
That is, yes,
that is, that's huge.
00:20:01.83\00:20:04.10
Keith, what
other success stories
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do you have or what
stories can you share?
00:20:06.23\00:20:08.07
I'd like to talk about impact.
00:20:08.10\00:20:09.57
Because that video, you can
see that it had impact, right?
00:20:09.60\00:20:13.27
So we knew that we're
reaching other people.
00:20:13.31\00:20:15.28
One of the ways we
know that is one day
00:20:15.31\00:20:16.85
I had a couple contact us
00:20:16.88\00:20:19.28
and they were self
identified as atheist, agnostic.
00:20:19.31\00:20:23.18
And they said,
"Hey, we've been watching
00:20:23.22\00:20:24.55
your program
00:20:24.59\00:20:25.92
and we wanna know
what your thoughts
00:20:25.95\00:20:27.39
are about marriage.
00:20:27.42\00:20:29.12
And I thought,
that's kind of strange.
00:20:29.16\00:20:31.23
Like, why would you reach
out to a ministry that preaches,
00:20:31.26\00:20:35.33
you know, from
the Bible and ask them
00:20:35.36\00:20:37.93
what their
thoughts are about marriage?
00:20:37.97\00:20:39.90
And so I gave them a
biblical synopsis of,
00:20:39.93\00:20:43.44
you know, this is
what the Bible says about,
00:20:43.47\00:20:45.54
you know, why you
should get married,
00:20:45.57\00:20:47.48
what that looks like, you know,
00:20:47.51\00:20:48.84
just outlined
it in a nice email.
00:20:48.88\00:20:51.48
And they said, "We thought
you were going to say that,
00:20:51.51\00:20:54.18
you know, thank
you for sending that."
00:20:54.22\00:20:55.88
I can't say I know
what happened from it,
00:20:55.92\00:20:57.79
but the thing
that really struck me
00:20:57.82\00:20:59.72
as they weren't Christians
00:20:59.75\00:21:02.12
and they were
watching our channel
00:21:02.16\00:21:03.49
and asking us advice,
00:21:03.53\00:21:06.56
and I thought that
was really striking.
00:21:06.59\00:21:08.13
So I know we're
reaching people like that.
00:21:08.16\00:21:10.97
You know, everybody's
on a different mile marker
00:21:11.00\00:21:15.20
you might say on the path
00:21:15.24\00:21:16.74
and God knows where they're at
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.11
and He's trying to
bring them to the finish line.
00:21:18.14\00:21:19.54
So we leave the results to Him.
00:21:19.57\00:21:21.91
And that's huge.
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.28
And, Scotty, I want
you to touch on that
00:21:23.31\00:21:24.68
because, you know,
00:21:24.71\00:21:26.05
as we were talking
prior to this program,
00:21:26.08\00:21:28.42
you talked about how YouTube,
00:21:28.45\00:21:31.05
you know, it was kind
of like an entering wedge.
00:21:31.09\00:21:34.16
If you would just
elaborate on that?
00:21:34.19\00:21:36.29
You know, in
dealing with certain topics
00:21:36.32\00:21:39.29
of a spiritual nature,
00:21:39.33\00:21:40.66
sometimes it's difficult.
00:21:40.70\00:21:43.00
People will like
not wanna watch it
00:21:43.03\00:21:44.60
if they know
00:21:44.63\00:21:45.97
it's a religious program, right?
00:21:46.00\00:21:48.00
And so we've chosen to
talk about subjects that are,
00:21:48.04\00:21:51.87
you know, pop culture or
current events or movies.
00:21:51.91\00:21:54.71
And so a lot of our thumbnails
00:21:54.74\00:21:56.08
will have like an image
of like a mainstream movie.
00:21:56.11\00:22:00.05
And, you know,
kind of clickbaity
00:22:00.08\00:22:01.55
they'll click on
it thinking like,
00:22:01.58\00:22:03.35
oh, wow, what, you
know, they're going to talk
00:22:03.39\00:22:04.72
a little bit about this movie,
00:22:04.75\00:22:06.25
but then what's inside of it
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.66
is we're really
bringing up the topic
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.29
and saying,
hey, they dealt with,
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.26
you know, the state of the dead.
00:22:11.29\00:22:12.89
And we'll say, you know, do
you know what the Bible says
00:22:12.93\00:22:14.96
about the state of the dead?
00:22:15.00\00:22:16.33
So many people, like
Keith said are watching
00:22:16.36\00:22:19.33
the channel that are atheist.
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.54
And they're curious about it.
00:22:21.57\00:22:23.17
It's a non-threatening way
00:22:23.20\00:22:24.71
for them to get the information,
00:22:24.74\00:22:27.61
whereas maybe they not,
00:22:27.64\00:22:28.98
they wouldn't
walk into your church.
00:22:29.01\00:22:30.75
And so I see as well,
00:22:30.78\00:22:32.41
God using many different methods
00:22:32.45\00:22:34.55
to save people.
00:22:34.58\00:22:36.05
And sometimes
there's sort of ministries
00:22:36.08\00:22:37.99
that are the first introduction
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.65
and then they can,
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.02
you know, kind of as
they grow and graduate,
00:22:41.06\00:22:42.99
you know, be placed in a church.
00:22:43.02\00:22:45.09
And so that's kind of the
job we see is where our ministry
00:22:45.13\00:22:48.76
is kind of that first exposure.
00:22:48.80\00:22:50.57
And then we'll try to
lead them down the path
00:22:50.60\00:22:52.30
to really plug them
into a church community.
00:22:52.33\00:22:55.20
And not just atheists,
00:22:55.24\00:22:56.57
it's a whole bunch of religions.
00:22:56.60\00:22:58.07
It's amazing how
starting a YouTube channel
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.11
just opened the door
to so much interaction
00:23:00.14\00:23:02.51
from the public, from
many different people,
00:23:02.54\00:23:05.08
all over the world
with many different ideas.
00:23:05.11\00:23:08.08
Let's put it that way.
00:23:08.12\00:23:09.45
And, you know,
you asked earlier,
00:23:09.48\00:23:11.12
how do we reach
the young people?
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What do we know?
00:23:12.52\00:23:13.86
How do we know
what to talk about?
00:23:13.89\00:23:15.52
And really Solomon says,
00:23:15.56\00:23:18.29
there's nothing new
under the sun, right?
00:23:18.33\00:23:20.43
So with each generation,
they have their struggles
00:23:20.46\00:23:23.13
and maybe packaged a
little bit differently.
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.13
But what's really
important is that we listen.
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Under each video there
are a bunch of comments
00:23:27.50\00:23:30.07
and we love to interact
00:23:30.11\00:23:31.54
on not just on YouTube,
but also Facebook, Instagram,
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.08
which I had to be on
00:23:34.11\00:23:35.44
as many
platforms as we can manage.
00:23:35.48\00:23:38.65
But it's incredible
to interact with people.
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.22
We actually have
someone who is a Muslim,
00:23:40.25\00:23:42.02
who says, I may not
agree with you on some points,
00:23:42.05\00:23:44.62
but I still listen
because I love your insights
00:23:44.65\00:23:46.65
and I'm just
itching to learn more.
00:23:46.69\00:23:48.42
And to me, that
is just so amazing.
00:23:48.46\00:23:50.09
It's just
incredible and humbling.
00:23:50.13\00:23:51.79
And so we have outlets
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.16
to also lead them along the way.
00:23:53.19\00:23:54.96
So one of the things we did
is I know there's a ministry
00:23:55.00\00:23:57.23
called Voice of Prophecy,
00:23:57.27\00:23:58.67
and they have a Bible school
00:23:58.70\00:24:00.04
that you can
have for your church.
00:24:00.07\00:24:02.34
And I have a friend
who works there and I said,
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.24
you know, we
could probably use that
00:24:04.27\00:24:05.61
for our ministry.
00:24:05.64\00:24:06.98
We're not a church, but
I can see value in that.
00:24:07.01\00:24:09.34
So we set up our
own Bible school,
00:24:09.38\00:24:10.85
it's branded, you
know, with our branding.
00:24:10.88\00:24:12.95
And we have that little link
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.52
in the description of our videos
00:24:14.55\00:24:16.12
to direct people there, we talk,
00:24:16.15\00:24:17.55
we run little
commercials that say,
00:24:17.59\00:24:18.95
"Hey, if you
wanna get Bible studies,
00:24:18.99\00:24:21.02
you know, you
can, you can do it.
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.59
It's free to us. VOP has it."
00:24:22.62\00:24:24.89
And we have
probably 20 to 25 people
00:24:24.93\00:24:28.36
enrolled in our little
Bible school right now.
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Wow.
00:24:31.53\00:24:32.87
Keith, tell him a little
bit about some of the analytics
00:24:32.90\00:24:35.00
that we're seeing
just even using YouTube,
00:24:35.04\00:24:37.61
how many people
are actually engaged
00:24:37.64\00:24:39.07
in watching our videos?
00:24:39.11\00:24:40.58
Yeah, probably I
would say a good on average
00:24:40.61\00:24:44.45
like just any video,
now, it's not every video,
00:24:44.48\00:24:47.02
but just an average video
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.38
is probably going to get
about 20,000 views on it at
00:24:48.42\00:24:51.79
any given time.
00:24:51.82\00:24:53.15
So that's, that's kind
of an interesting metric.
00:24:53.19\00:24:55.22
We know that we have about
00:24:55.26\00:24:57.13
1.5 million watch
hours on our videos,
00:24:57.16\00:25:00.93
the life of the
channel we have about
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.90
eight and a half million
views from different people.
00:25:02.93\00:25:06.84
And this is all
around the world.
00:25:06.87\00:25:08.50
I mean, we're reaching everybody
00:25:08.54\00:25:09.87
in all these
different time zones,
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.61
so it's fascinating.
00:25:11.64\00:25:12.97
Praise God.
00:25:13.01\00:25:14.34
Yeah, it's also amazing
how people are using it.
00:25:14.38\00:25:15.71
It's not just for
their own enjoyment.
00:25:15.74\00:25:17.15
They're showing it
in their youth groups
00:25:17.18\00:25:18.85
and their Bible classes,
sending it to their friends.
00:25:18.88\00:25:20.88
Yes. Nice.
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.25
We actually have a lot of people
00:25:22.28\00:25:23.62
that even in my
local church area
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.35
and people that know,
00:25:26.39\00:25:27.92
you know, what our
ministry is all about,
00:25:27.96\00:25:30.23
they'll come up to me
even in our own church and say,
00:25:30.26\00:25:33.26
you know, your
videos are the videos
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.00
that we sit down with a
family, we discuss the topics.
00:25:35.03\00:25:38.33
And it gives us
a point as a family
00:25:38.37\00:25:40.90
to talk about what's
out there in the world.
00:25:40.94\00:25:42.97
And how do we
live out our faith?
00:25:43.00\00:25:45.31
How do we view
popular entertainment
00:25:45.34\00:25:48.64
through the lens of the Bible?
00:25:48.68\00:25:50.25
And so it's been
kind of a very neat thing
00:25:50.28\00:25:52.65
to be engaging
with not only the world,
00:25:52.68\00:25:55.28
but just even in
our local churches.
00:25:55.32\00:25:56.85
Amen.
00:25:56.89\00:25:58.22
So we've talked
about two things so far.
00:25:58.25\00:25:59.69
We have Little Light
Studios YouTube channel
00:25:59.72\00:26:01.66
that kind of
starts with the secular
00:26:01.69\00:26:03.32
that merges into the biblical.
00:26:03.36\00:26:05.03
And then we have
the Bible school,
00:26:05.06\00:26:06.49
but we also have an
in-between called VBS,
00:26:06.53\00:26:08.63
that's video Bible studies.
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.53
Yes.
00:26:11.57\00:26:12.90
And it's packaged in a way
00:26:12.93\00:26:15.37
where each video is
five minutes or less
00:26:15.40\00:26:17.61
and it answers
people's biblical questions.
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.11
So if we see someone,
maybe we mentioned something
00:26:20.14\00:26:22.38
on the main YouTube channel
00:26:22.41\00:26:24.28
biblical related, and
someone has a question
00:26:24.31\00:26:26.38
and they would want
further explanation.
00:26:26.41\00:26:28.12
We would link
them to that VBS video.
00:26:28.15\00:26:30.85
And then if they
want to learn even more,
00:26:30.89\00:26:32.25
they can enroll
in the Bible study.
00:26:32.29\00:26:33.82
So whichever step,
00:26:33.86\00:26:35.19
whichever phase
the person is in,
00:26:35.22\00:26:37.89
we try to provide
the best thing for them.
00:26:37.93\00:26:40.20
That's awesome. That's
like a biblical funnel.
00:26:40.23\00:26:43.33
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:43.37\00:26:44.70
I love that.
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.07
And there's multiple reasons
00:26:46.10\00:26:47.44
why we choose to
sort of do short form too.
00:26:47.47\00:26:49.87
So our ministry kind of
has, you know, long form videos
00:26:49.90\00:26:53.61
that are an hour or so long,
00:26:53.64\00:26:55.14
then we have five minute videos
00:26:55.18\00:26:56.51
and then we do
documentaries that are,
00:26:56.54\00:26:57.88
you know, multiple
hours or multiple series.
00:26:57.91\00:27:00.52
Those shorter ones,
which are only dealing
00:27:00.55\00:27:02.68
with one
specific spiritual topic.
00:27:02.72\00:27:05.02
We try to put
00:27:05.05\00:27:06.39
as much
creativity in it as possible.
00:27:06.42\00:27:08.02
We try to, you
know, really reach
00:27:08.06\00:27:09.96
the younger generation
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.33
because unfortunately
as amazing as we think
00:27:11.36\00:27:14.60
the information could be,
00:27:14.63\00:27:16.23
if it's not
presented in a modern way,
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.77
they'll dismiss
it right off the bat.
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.70
And so what we're
really trying to do
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.97
is not only get the point across
00:27:24.01\00:27:26.14
in a short concise manner,
00:27:26.17\00:27:27.51
but also we wanna
teach our audience.
00:27:27.54\00:27:29.61
If you are a believer,
00:27:29.64\00:27:31.28
how do you articulate your faith
00:27:31.31\00:27:32.95
in a short amount of time?
00:27:32.98\00:27:34.48
Because if you are actually
gonna go have a conversation
00:27:34.52\00:27:37.25
and witness to somebody,
00:27:37.29\00:27:38.62
sometimes you don't have an hour
00:27:38.65\00:27:39.99
to explain all the
thread through the Bible.
00:27:40.02\00:27:42.89
You need five minutes.
00:27:42.92\00:27:44.26
Hey, I've got one
shot, maybe 10 sentences.
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.90
How do I get this point across?
00:27:46.93\00:27:48.26
Like an elevator pitch?
00:27:48.30\00:27:49.63
That's right. That's right.
00:27:49.66\00:27:51.00
So that's kind of one
of the, one of the goals
00:27:51.03\00:27:52.37
that we have with that project.
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.74
I love it.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.10
What do you think the
impact of your efforts will be,
00:27:55.14\00:27:59.91
you know, in terms of
the church and the world?
00:27:59.94\00:28:02.84
We hope that, you know,
00:28:02.88\00:28:05.21
many people will be in
the kingdom due to our work,
00:28:05.25\00:28:08.45
but the reality of the situation
00:28:08.48\00:28:10.45
is even if it was one,
00:28:10.49\00:28:11.95
we know that God would go
00:28:11.99\00:28:13.32
through all these
efforts for that one person.
00:28:13.36\00:28:16.26
And so we try to not,
you know, look at the numbers
00:28:16.29\00:28:19.69
and try to like, you
know, steer our journey
00:28:19.73\00:28:22.86
just because of the numbers.
00:28:22.90\00:28:24.47
We try to think of
that one individual,
00:28:24.50\00:28:26.27
that one person, if we
have a personal question
00:28:26.30\00:28:31.01
that comes up
00:28:31.04\00:28:32.37
and somebody is
interacting with us,
00:28:32.41\00:28:33.98
I actually use
that in my creativity.
00:28:34.01\00:28:36.08
So when I sit down
and I think of something,
00:28:36.11\00:28:38.71
I'll actually
personally think of,
00:28:38.75\00:28:40.62
okay, if I was to
reach this person,
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.42
maybe a family member
that doesn't believe in God,
00:28:42.45\00:28:44.79
how would I state
this so that they would,
00:28:44.82\00:28:47.76
you know, be awakened to this.
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.42
And so I hope that,
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.73
you know, the
kingdom is expanded
00:28:51.76\00:28:53.09
because of our work.
00:28:53.13\00:28:54.46
Amen. What are
your plans to expand?
00:28:54.50\00:28:58.53
That's a very good question
00:28:58.57\00:29:00.14
because we actually
have a wonderful opportunity
00:29:00.17\00:29:03.51
that's presented to us.
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.71
Little Light has been blessed
00:29:05.74\00:29:08.38
to borrow spaces
for now 12 years.
00:29:08.41\00:29:11.81
In fact we have been working out
00:29:11.85\00:29:14.68
of one of our
Adventist schools in California.
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.89
We moved out here
00:29:16.92\00:29:18.25
and we've been borrowing a
space from another ministry,
00:29:18.29\00:29:21.26
and God has always provided
the tools and the space for us,
00:29:21.29\00:29:25.13
but it was never our own.
00:29:25.16\00:29:26.93
And so we really, a
couple of years ago,
00:29:26.96\00:29:28.56
we started really praying
and we said, you know, God,
00:29:28.60\00:29:31.03
we are growing
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.40
and we're
expanding at the seams.
00:29:32.43\00:29:34.27
And we really would like to
get more young people involved,
00:29:34.30\00:29:37.17
but we don't have the space
to be able to invite them on.
00:29:37.21\00:29:40.04
And God answered those
prayers in a mighty way.
00:29:40.08\00:29:42.54
We were gifted a
piece of property.
00:29:42.58\00:29:44.58
So we're in the stages
00:29:44.61\00:29:45.95
of actually building a building.
00:29:45.98\00:29:47.32
And it is our hope and
dream that someday we will have
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.85
a building with tons
of young people in it
00:29:49.88\00:29:53.49
wanting to serve God
with their creativity.
00:29:53.52\00:29:55.32
Wow. That's huge.
00:29:55.36\00:29:57.99
What would you say,
or how would you say
00:29:58.03\00:30:01.26
that Bible study and
prayer impact your lives
00:30:01.30\00:30:05.77
in terms of
leading out in ministry?
00:30:05.80\00:30:10.31
Well, we can do
nothing on our own.
00:30:10.34\00:30:12.74
And so it's very
important that we take care
00:30:12.77\00:30:15.24
of our spiritual as
before we even open our mouth
00:30:15.28\00:30:17.35
to share with others.
00:30:17.38\00:30:18.98
So one thing I
definitely appreciate
00:30:19.01\00:30:21.22
is the worships
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.65
we have in our
office every single morning
00:30:22.68\00:30:24.85
to get us mentally
and spiritually prepared
00:30:24.89\00:30:27.19
for the work that we have to do.
00:30:27.22\00:30:28.82
Amen.
00:30:28.86\00:30:30.19
The way I look at it is I
can't depend on the ministry
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.33
that I work in to feed me.
00:30:32.36\00:30:34.13
I can't depend on my
church to feed me, right?
00:30:34.16\00:30:36.10
So I have to go
to this every day.
00:30:36.13\00:30:39.13
So regardless of what
happens at work, you know,
00:30:39.17\00:30:42.17
I need to be doing my
personal devotion time.
00:30:42.20\00:30:44.64
I need to be on my knees
and praying and seeking God.
00:30:44.67\00:30:48.71
So that I think that has to
be the part that comes first.
00:30:48.74\00:30:52.11
And it's great that we have
these worship times at work,
00:30:52.15\00:30:55.05
but for me it
can't be the primary.
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.79
This has to be the primary,
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.15
you know, you have
that alone time with God.
00:30:58.19\00:30:59.89
So, and then, you know, at home,
00:30:59.92\00:31:02.02
we have our little
family worships as well,
00:31:02.06\00:31:04.36
morning and evening.
00:31:04.39\00:31:05.73
So that helps in that,
00:31:05.76\00:31:07.53
that has to be the drive
and the focus to fuel you
00:31:07.56\00:31:11.50
because a lot of
times, you know, in ministry,
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.30
you might, we might have
00:31:14.34\00:31:15.67
a 10, 15 minute
worship in the morning,
00:31:15.70\00:31:18.24
but then you're, you
know, eight hours sometimes more
00:31:18.27\00:31:22.31
dealing with people
who wanna argue with you
00:31:22.34\00:31:25.81
or you know,
00:31:25.85\00:31:27.62
a frustrating
situation or what have you.
00:31:27.65\00:31:29.68
So while the 10, 15
minutes at work is good,
00:31:29.72\00:31:32.99
you've got to have
more than that, right?
00:31:33.02\00:31:34.46
You know, Martin
Luther once said,
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.79
you know, I have
a lot to do today,
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.16
so I need to spend a
couple hours in prayer.
00:31:39.19\00:31:41.80
And we think a couple
hours in prayer, that's a lot,
00:31:41.83\00:31:44.17
you know, but how
much more did he get done
00:31:44.20\00:31:46.67
because he spent that time.
00:31:46.70\00:31:48.47
It's been neat.
00:31:48.50\00:31:49.84
We have a little
prayer book that we write down
00:31:49.87\00:31:51.31
all the prayer
requests and praises
00:31:51.34\00:31:53.24
and, you know,
things that we have.
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.74
And every once in a
while, I'll flip back through it
00:31:54.78\00:31:57.11
and I'll be like, wow, answered.
00:31:57.15\00:31:58.48
Wow, answered.
00:31:58.51\00:31:59.85
Wow, that's
answered too, you know?
00:31:59.88\00:32:01.22
And it's like, we
can just see God's work
00:32:01.25\00:32:03.79
when we actually
actively, you know, engage.
00:32:03.82\00:32:07.06
And I encourage anybody,
00:32:07.09\00:32:08.89
you know, keep a prayer journal,
00:32:08.92\00:32:10.53
that is the neatest way to
see how God works in your life.
00:32:10.56\00:32:14.30
I'm actually here
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.66
because of the
prayers of my grandmother.
00:32:15.70\00:32:18.17
When I was young, I grew
up in the Adventist faith.
00:32:18.20\00:32:20.57
In fact, went to church
00:32:20.60\00:32:21.94
every single
weekend with my family.
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.97
And when I got to be a
teenager and in college,
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.98
I walked away from God and
my sweet little grandmother
00:32:28.01\00:32:31.51
just prayed and
prayed and prayed.
00:32:31.55\00:32:33.82
And she knew for the 10 years
00:32:33.85\00:32:35.92
I spent away
from God in Hollywood,
00:32:35.95\00:32:38.09
she was faithfully
praying constantly.
00:32:38.12\00:32:40.42
And I can
remember the first time
00:32:40.46\00:32:42.29
that we actually
were asked as a ministry
00:32:42.32\00:32:44.73
to speak at a camp meeting
at Soquel camp meeting 2008.
00:32:44.76\00:32:48.56
And I can remember
Mrs. Page coming backstage.
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.67
And she said, "You know,
I've been in this prayer group
00:32:51.70\00:32:54.34
with your
grandmother for so long,
00:32:54.37\00:32:56.91
and I've heard these prayers
00:32:56.94\00:32:58.71
prayed over and
over and over again.
00:32:58.74\00:33:01.98
And here you are
an answer to prayer.
00:33:02.01\00:33:04.48
You're standing here
ready to go out on stage
00:33:04.51\00:33:07.15
and preach a sermon."
00:33:07.18\00:33:08.72
And if you would have met me,
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.09
you know, before I had come back
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.05
into the church,
00:33:13.09\00:33:14.42
I mean, you can just see
that God completely can win you
00:33:14.46\00:33:18.16
no matter where you are.
00:33:18.19\00:33:19.53
So it's been neat to
have that active in my life
00:33:19.56\00:33:22.83
and the reason why
I'm in the ministry.
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.43
And so...
00:33:24.47\00:33:25.80
Yeah.
00:33:25.83\00:33:27.17
That's true that
when you pray for others,
00:33:27.20\00:33:28.94
it's like you're benefiting
or strengthening yourself.
00:33:28.97\00:33:32.21
You talked about prayer
and you asked about the impact
00:33:32.24\00:33:35.21
that Little Light
Studios is looking to do,
00:33:35.24\00:33:37.88
or we're asking
God to help us with.
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.88
Sometimes it's
not even us directly.
00:33:39.91\00:33:42.12
It's the ministry
inspiring others to go out
00:33:42.15\00:33:45.62
and do the work
because we get messages
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.92
and some, they're
just asking for prayer.
00:33:48.96\00:33:50.29
Could you please pray for me?
00:33:50.33\00:33:51.66
I'm going to give a presentation
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.03
based off of the
video I saw from you guys,
00:33:53.06\00:33:54.56
or I saw your video,
00:33:54.60\00:33:55.96
and I'm just trying
to formulate the words
00:33:56.00\00:33:58.20
so I can share it
with my 10 year old son.
00:33:58.23\00:34:00.37
And just the act of doing that,
for us praying for these people
00:34:00.40\00:34:03.51
and coming
back, them coming back
00:34:03.54\00:34:05.04
to sharing
their success stories.
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.04
It's building up
the next generation.
00:34:07.08\00:34:08.51
It's building up
the present generation
00:34:08.54\00:34:10.28
and who knows
how they will impact
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.28
or carry on the
work after we're gone.
00:34:12.31\00:34:13.72
Yes.
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.08
And when people
interact with us and ask us,
00:34:15.12\00:34:16.79
you know, whether
we're out speaking
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.15
or through
YouTube, or what have you.
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.52
They say, you know, how do I do,
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.92
you know, X, Y, Z, how
do I reach this person?
00:34:22.96\00:34:25.09
How do I tell him this?
How do I share him this?
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.83
How do I explain it to him?
00:34:26.86\00:34:28.26
I always tell him,
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.63
you have to start
with prayer, right?
00:34:29.66\00:34:31.20
Because the information
doesn't change people.
00:34:31.23\00:34:35.80
It's the Holy
Spirit that changes people.
00:34:35.84\00:34:37.71
We have this talk
a lot in our office.
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.24
So this is one topic I'm
kind of always harping on,
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.04
because if information
was what changed people,
00:34:42.08\00:34:45.15
Jesus walked this earth, right?
00:34:45.18\00:34:47.52
He had all the right information
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.62
and yet hardened hearts,
you know, closed to that.
00:34:49.65\00:34:54.49
And so, you can have
all the right information
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.39
and people can still reject you.
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.19
But the Holy Spirit,
00:34:59.23\00:35:00.80
that's a hard
thing to reject, right?
00:35:00.83\00:35:03.00
Once the Holy
Spirit gets a hold of you,
00:35:03.03\00:35:05.23
that's when change comes.
00:35:05.27\00:35:06.90
That's right.
00:35:06.94\00:35:08.27
Tugs at those
heartstrings, for sure.
00:35:08.30\00:35:11.61
I want to talk about the...
00:35:11.64\00:35:13.91
If people want to create content
00:35:13.94\00:35:17.08
'cause you're transitioning
into another direction.
00:35:17.11\00:35:20.12
You have an
exciting opportunity.
00:35:20.15\00:35:22.08
So if people want
to create content,
00:35:22.12\00:35:24.72
how do they go about doing that?
00:35:24.75\00:35:26.35
So we have kind
of a neat project
00:35:26.39\00:35:28.02
that we started
developing years ago
00:35:28.06\00:35:31.36
and it was kind of
developed out of frustration.
00:35:31.39\00:35:34.30
We're a small media ministry.
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.60
You know, we've been blessed.
00:35:36.63\00:35:37.97
We have six
people on our team now.
00:35:38.00\00:35:40.34
But you know,
even to create content
00:35:40.37\00:35:43.20
for the younger generation,
00:35:43.24\00:35:44.91
it actually takes
a lot of resources.
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.64
Because if you think about it,
00:35:47.68\00:35:49.21
the reason why
young people dismiss
00:35:49.24\00:35:51.25
a lot of Christian productions,
00:35:51.28\00:35:52.88
they think it's cheesy
00:35:52.91\00:35:54.25
and not to harp on
Christian productions,
00:35:54.28\00:35:57.45
but, you know, Hollywood spends
00:35:57.49\00:35:59.19
hundreds of millions of
dollars producing content.
00:35:59.22\00:36:02.79
And so when we in Christianity,
we produce content.
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.79
We say, okay, well we got $2,000
00:36:05.83\00:36:08.06
and we'll make that,
00:36:08.10\00:36:09.43
you know, if it doesn't
have a certain look to it,
00:36:09.46\00:36:11.10
or it doesn't
feel fresh or modern,
00:36:11.13\00:36:13.64
a lot of people will just,
00:36:13.67\00:36:15.00
you know, a lot of young people
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.37
will just dismiss
it right off the bat.
00:36:16.40\00:36:17.94
So our answer to that
00:36:17.97\00:36:19.57
is how can we
raise the creativity?
00:36:19.61\00:36:22.31
We've got a lot
of amazing schools.
00:36:22.34\00:36:24.28
There is some talented
kids coming out of our schools.
00:36:24.31\00:36:27.62
I don't know if
you've ever had a chance
00:36:27.65\00:36:28.98
to go to any university
00:36:29.02\00:36:30.59
and see some of
the senior projects
00:36:30.62\00:36:33.09
and things that
they're working on,
00:36:33.12\00:36:34.46
but it looks like
Hollywood, you know,
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.09
and unfortunately we're losing
a lot of them to Hollywood.
00:36:37.13\00:36:41.40
And so, our goal
was to really say,
00:36:41.43\00:36:43.33
how can we open the
doors for young people
00:36:43.37\00:36:45.87
to come be creative,
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.57
use their gifts
and talents for God,
00:36:47.60\00:36:49.70
help increase the
quality of our content.
00:36:49.74\00:36:52.94
So we created a
project called Video Mission,
00:36:52.97\00:36:55.88
and we've been
traveling over to Morocco
00:36:55.91\00:36:58.41
and shooting on a lot
of like Hollywood sets
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.65
that they have over there.
00:37:00.68\00:37:02.02
And there's a lot of towns
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.32
that have been in
various period piece movies.
00:37:04.35\00:37:07.69
And so, it's been neat.
00:37:07.72\00:37:10.23
We shoot a lot of things.
00:37:10.26\00:37:11.59
And then we come back
00:37:11.63\00:37:12.96
and we chop it up
into little pieces.
00:37:12.99\00:37:14.63
We call it B roll.
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.00
And so, we actually offer
it for a very reasonable cost
00:37:16.03\00:37:19.67
to people to use in
their ministry videos.
00:37:19.70\00:37:22.30
And so, if you want to
see an example of that,
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.67
we have a little video
00:37:24.71\00:37:26.04
that will show you what that is.
00:37:26.07\00:37:27.41
I love it.
00:37:27.44\00:37:28.78
Let's go to
that video right now.
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.28
Hey, everybody, I'm
a video content creator
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.75
that is in constant need
of biblical illustrations.
00:37:33.78\00:37:37.49
Not only do I not
have enough money ever,
00:37:37.52\00:37:40.22
or the resources or
the people or the time
00:37:40.26\00:37:43.02
that it's
difficult to find some ways
00:37:43.06\00:37:46.13
to illustrate biblical topics.
00:37:46.16\00:37:48.36
This is why we
started videomission.com
00:37:48.40\00:37:50.73
We wanna offer
00:37:50.77\00:37:52.10
authentic
biblical cinematic footage
00:37:52.13\00:37:54.47
for a price that you can afford.
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.91
In 2018, we went over to Morocco
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.17
and teamed up with
four different ministries
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.94
to shoot the Book of Daniel.
00:38:00.98\00:38:02.54
Our purpose is to go
00:38:02.58\00:38:04.51
through different
sections of the Bible
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.78
and offer footage
that is very high quality,
00:38:06.82\00:38:11.05
but it's gotta be
a reasonable cost.
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.89
We have a need for
all kinds of resources.
00:38:13.92\00:38:17.09
Like people
praying, studying the Bible.
00:38:17.13\00:38:19.76
This is an opportunity
for a worldwide audience
00:38:19.79\00:38:23.43
to be able to
share your content from,
00:38:23.47\00:38:26.27
but also purchase content
from other countries as well.
00:38:26.30\00:38:30.11
We're looking for photographers.
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.51
We're looking for illustrators.
00:38:31.54\00:38:33.21
If you have a
passion for digital media,
00:38:33.24\00:38:36.64
this is an awesome
opportunity for you
00:38:36.68\00:38:38.75
to be able to sell your
work and make an income.
00:38:38.78\00:38:41.68
I'm very excited to see
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.08
what you guys do
with this footage
00:38:43.12\00:38:44.75
videomission.com
00:38:44.79\00:38:46.35
authentic
biblical cinematic footage
00:38:46.39\00:38:49.16
for your guys as
Christian media productions.
00:38:49.19\00:38:52.06
We'll see you guys out there.
00:38:52.09\00:38:53.50
Go win some souls.
00:38:53.53\00:38:54.86
Wow.
00:39:07.28\00:39:08.61
Now that is huge
00:39:08.64\00:39:09.98
because you
can't find that stuff.
00:39:10.01\00:39:11.51
It is so hard to find
solid Christian content
00:39:11.55\00:39:15.65
B roll that you can
insert in certain places
00:39:15.68\00:39:19.72
we've searched and
it is hard to find.
00:39:19.75\00:39:22.56
So I'm so glad that
you guys are doing that.
00:39:22.59\00:39:25.19
Also I wanna highlight the fact
00:39:25.23\00:39:26.70
that your
productions look amazing
00:39:26.73\00:39:29.70
like your sets and everything.
00:39:29.73\00:39:32.80
And we actually
have a little clip
00:39:32.83\00:39:35.64
of a YouTube show
that we want to go to.
00:39:35.67\00:39:39.31
So let's take a look at that.
00:39:39.34\00:39:41.91
What's up, everybody?
00:39:41.94\00:39:43.28
I'm Mikey. I'm Kendi.
00:39:43.31\00:39:44.65
I'm Michelle. I'm Keith.
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.01
I'm Scotty, and we are LED Live.
00:39:46.05\00:39:51.02
Light exposing darkness.
00:39:51.05\00:39:53.86
It's a show where we take a look
00:39:53.89\00:39:55.26
at pop culture, movies,
music, video games, you name it.
00:39:55.29\00:39:58.99
We're gonna discuss
and look behind the scenes
00:39:59.03\00:40:01.26
of what's really going on
00:40:01.30\00:40:02.63
and filter it through the Bible.
00:40:02.66\00:40:04.67
Find us on our YouTube
channel Little Light Studios.
00:40:04.70\00:40:09.10
This is awesome.
00:40:09.14\00:40:11.97
I love that set.
00:40:12.01\00:40:13.74
You know, we try to
appeal to young people
00:40:13.78\00:40:15.91
and then YouTube
culture is very neat.
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.41
They'll accept,
00:40:18.45\00:40:19.81
you know, some
mistakes and things,
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.28
not as polished as it really
00:40:23.32\00:40:25.99
is in live
production or something.
00:40:26.02\00:40:28.26
And so, it's been
a blessing to work
00:40:28.29\00:40:30.13
in that capacity
and see the response
00:40:30.16\00:40:32.19
that young people
have been giving us.
00:40:32.23\00:40:33.56
Yes.
00:40:33.60\00:40:34.93
Now...
00:40:34.96\00:40:36.30
I was just gonna
say, you're asking about,
00:40:36.33\00:40:37.67
you know, what if
other young people
00:40:37.70\00:40:39.33
or somebody out there
wants to create content?
00:40:39.37\00:40:41.70
I like the question
that God asked Moses
00:40:41.74\00:40:44.64
in Exodus 4.
00:40:44.67\00:40:46.01
He says, "What is
that in your hand?"
00:40:46.04\00:40:48.31
It's one of the best
things you can tell people.
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.81
Let's start with
what you have, you know.
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.75
You have an
iPhone, use an iPhone,
00:40:51.78\00:40:53.68
you have a
little, you know, DJI,
00:40:53.72\00:40:55.58
Osmo pocket, use that.
00:40:55.62\00:40:57.29
Whatever you
have, start with that
00:40:57.32\00:40:59.69
and then work
your way up, right?
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.06
Amen. Amen.
00:41:01.09\00:41:02.82
I'm sure that you guys receive
a whole bunch of questions,
00:41:02.86\00:41:06.70
but what's a common
question that you receive?
00:41:06.73\00:41:11.53
Yeah.
00:41:11.57\00:41:12.90
Go ahead.
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.20
I think the most common question
00:41:15.24\00:41:18.54
that we probably receive
00:41:18.57\00:41:19.97
is it kind of
goes one of two ways.
00:41:20.01\00:41:22.94
It's, what do you
think about XYZ production.
00:41:22.98\00:41:27.52
Or can you give
me a list of things
00:41:27.55\00:41:31.69
that I could watch?
00:41:31.72\00:41:33.69
Because our
ministry deals with a lot of,
00:41:33.72\00:41:35.32
you know, things on why
this particular production
00:41:35.36\00:41:40.00
probably isn't the best
for your spiritual life.
00:41:40.03\00:41:43.16
And so there's a variety of ways
00:41:43.20\00:41:44.90
to answer that.
00:41:44.93\00:41:46.37
I get that a lot from parents.
00:41:46.40\00:41:48.07
And one of the
things I tell them is,
00:41:48.10\00:41:50.47
you know, let's say
we make that production.
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.91
What happens the next time?
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.21
What happens the next video?
00:41:56.24\00:41:57.58
Today it's
Minecraft, tomorrow it's Roblox.
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.91
What about the next thing?
00:41:59.95\00:42:01.28
Right?
00:42:01.32\00:42:02.65
This is like lighting fire.
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.02
The devil's
always lighting fires.
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.39
So you need to build
on a better foundation.
00:42:05.42\00:42:07.46
And that better
foundation is time, right?
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.92
How should we be
spending our time?
00:42:09.96\00:42:11.83
That's what we need
to go to God and ask Him,
00:42:11.86\00:42:13.73
"Lord, I'm Yours.
00:42:13.76\00:42:15.10
The Bible says we
were bought with a price.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.73
It's not our own."
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.10
So go to Him and ask Him,
00:42:18.13\00:42:19.47
"Lord, what would You
have me mean to with my time?
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.74
God will answer you, right?
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.57
And I'm sure our time
is not gonna be filled up
00:42:23.61\00:42:25.77
with eight to ten hours a
day of solid video games, movie,
00:42:25.81\00:42:30.18
internet surfing,
all of that, right?
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.08
He has a plan for your life.
00:42:32.11\00:42:33.45
That's what the Bible says.
00:42:33.48\00:42:34.82
And so go to God and ask Him,
00:42:34.85\00:42:36.75
but build on a better foundation
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.42
than what can I watch,
00:42:38.45\00:42:40.09
because life
doesn't just consist
00:42:40.12\00:42:41.79
of watching the next
thing or playing the next thing.
00:42:41.82\00:42:46.49
You know, another question
that's asked quite frequently
00:42:46.53\00:42:49.13
is, "Yeah, I saw the video
00:42:49.16\00:42:50.93
and I
understand the information,
00:42:50.97\00:42:52.30
but does it really affect me?"
00:42:52.33\00:42:53.80
You know?
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.17
And there's so
many different ways
00:42:55.20\00:42:56.81
to answer that
00:42:56.84\00:42:58.17
and we can take
hours of the show,
00:42:58.21\00:42:59.54
but I'd say,
just look around you.
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.41
There's always cause and effect.
00:43:01.44\00:43:03.48
You eat a certain
thing, it affects your body.
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.55
You put water in
the tank of your car,
00:43:05.58\00:43:07.18
it affects the car.
00:43:07.22\00:43:08.55
It's the same with
our spiritual lives.
00:43:08.58\00:43:10.25
And what we
intake through our senses
00:43:10.29\00:43:12.75
does affect us.
00:43:12.79\00:43:14.12
We have a saying in
the Adventist Church,
00:43:14.16\00:43:15.72
maybe you've heard it before
00:43:15.76\00:43:17.09
"By beholding
you become changed."
00:43:17.13\00:43:18.59
Absolutely. Yes.
00:43:18.63\00:43:19.96
And so, you know, we
really want in our ministry,
00:43:20.00\00:43:23.06
like Keith said,
not to make a list,
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.20
we wanna teach a principle.
00:43:25.23\00:43:26.84
And that principle is
how do you filter the world
00:43:26.87\00:43:29.97
around you
through the lens of this?
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.31
How do you really
know what you believe,
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.14
how you dissect this?
00:43:34.18\00:43:35.51
And if we can make
people fall in love with Jesus,
00:43:35.54\00:43:38.35
by spending time
with Him in the Word,
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.52
then we feel
like our job is done.
00:43:40.55\00:43:42.08
Hmm. Amen.
00:43:42.12\00:43:43.45
We've talked about
00:43:43.49\00:43:44.82
how people are
impacted by media.
00:43:44.85\00:43:47.22
How were you all
impacted by COVID?
00:43:47.26\00:43:50.56
Hmm. Good question.
00:43:50.59\00:43:52.79
Because actually COVID,
for us where it was negative
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.96
for very many people
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.97
was an extremely
positive thing for our ministry.
00:43:58.00\00:44:01.10
Yes.
00:44:01.14\00:44:02.64
As people stayed home and
were, you know, bored or forced,
00:44:02.67\00:44:07.18
they actually turned to YouTube
and they turned to media.
00:44:07.21\00:44:10.65
And so we saw an absolute uptake
00:44:10.68\00:44:13.45
in just people paying attention
00:44:13.48\00:44:15.22
to our ministry
getting involved with,
00:44:15.25\00:44:18.35
communicating with us
00:44:18.39\00:44:19.75
and it's been a
really neat thing
00:44:19.79\00:44:21.62
because I think we've seen
a lot of growth out of it, so.
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.46
Absolutely.
00:44:23.49\00:44:24.83
It definitely
pushed the pause button
00:44:24.86\00:44:26.19
and just allow time to talk,
00:44:26.23\00:44:28.23
to think, to grow.
00:44:28.26\00:44:29.70
Over the last year
we probably doubled
00:44:29.73\00:44:31.53
our YouTube subscriber count.
00:44:31.57\00:44:32.93
Yeah. Wow.
00:44:32.97\00:44:34.30
Yeah.
00:44:34.34\00:44:35.67
So with all that's
going on in the world
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.54
and all of the distractions
00:44:37.57\00:44:38.94
and, you know, technology
just readily available.
00:44:38.97\00:44:43.04
Do you see a growing
hunger for the Word of God?
00:44:43.08\00:44:47.92
Do you see a growing hunger
for a relationship with God?
00:44:47.95\00:44:51.12
Are people searching for that?
00:44:51.15\00:44:52.92
Yeah.
00:44:52.95\00:44:54.29
You know, I
think people recognize
00:44:54.32\00:44:57.19
there's something going
wrong in the world today.
00:44:57.23\00:44:59.89
Even if they don't
believe in God, they don't,
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.53
they can't put
their finger on it.
00:45:01.56\00:45:02.90
They don't know what it is.
00:45:02.93\00:45:04.27
They know that
something's wrong.
00:45:04.30\00:45:05.93
And so, you know, the problem
00:45:05.97\00:45:07.84
is pretty easy to be presented.
00:45:07.87\00:45:09.84
Everyone can
understand there's a problem.
00:45:09.87\00:45:11.61
What's that solution?
00:45:11.64\00:45:12.97
How do you lead
people to that solution?
00:45:13.01\00:45:15.01
And as the world has chased
all the things in the world
00:45:15.04\00:45:18.08
that thinks that they
think will make you happy,
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.72
relationships, money,
power, job, you name it.
00:45:20.75\00:45:24.45
And at the end of that,
00:45:24.49\00:45:25.99
you find a
broken road every time.
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.52
If we can just literally
put the highlighter on Jesus
00:45:28.56\00:45:32.03
and literally say,
00:45:32.06\00:45:33.40
this is the
answer to your problem.
00:45:33.43\00:45:37.23
I really think that,
00:45:37.27\00:45:38.63
you know, that's
what I see people.
00:45:38.67\00:45:41.50
You can tell,
00:45:41.54\00:45:42.87
even if they're
upset at the information
00:45:42.90\00:45:44.24
that we're sharing,
00:45:44.27\00:45:45.61
you can tell
00:45:45.64\00:45:46.98
they wouldn't
be engaging with us
00:45:47.01\00:45:48.34
if it wasn't poking their heart.
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.01
Yes.
00:45:50.05\00:45:51.38
So they're searching.
00:45:51.41\00:45:54.62
You have the
t-shirts, you have the hoodies,
00:45:54.65\00:45:56.69
you have all these products.
00:45:56.72\00:45:59.12
Tell us, why do
you print the t-shirts?
00:45:59.15\00:46:02.26
Why do you print the hoodies?
00:46:02.29\00:46:03.79
The t-shirt thing
00:46:03.83\00:46:05.16
actually started
out as just a really,
00:46:05.19\00:46:07.46
you know, I like t-shirts.
00:46:07.50\00:46:08.83
So, you know, I would
love to wear a t-shirt
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.73
that puts my
Christian faith on the outside.
00:46:10.77\00:46:14.44
And then that kind of
grew into someone else going,
00:46:14.47\00:46:17.21
hey, I got this
really great idea.
00:46:17.24\00:46:18.84
In fact Keith and Kendi,
they're actually really good
00:46:18.87\00:46:21.18
at coming up with these
ideas for these t-shirts.
00:46:21.21\00:46:23.48
Michelle, who used to
be our graphic designer,
00:46:23.51\00:46:25.98
she was amazing.
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.35
You could
literally tell her two words
00:46:27.38\00:46:28.75
and like 30 minutes later,
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.22
she'd be handing you
a graphic for a t-shirt.
00:46:30.25\00:46:32.49
So it was really neat.
00:46:32.52\00:46:35.12
And that was kind of the thing,
00:46:35.16\00:46:36.49
we wanted people to take
00:46:36.52\00:46:38.36
like what it says in
Deuteronomy seriously.
00:46:38.39\00:46:40.26
Write it on your doorposts,
write it on your heart,
00:46:40.30\00:46:42.83
write it on the
outside, speak of it daily,
00:46:42.86\00:46:45.67
have that on your lips.
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.30
And I believe there's
power in the Word of God,
00:46:47.34\00:46:49.87
so what better way to do
it than put it on a t-shirt.
00:46:49.90\00:46:51.51
Amen.
00:46:51.54\00:46:52.87
It's also a bit of an
industry if you think about it.
00:46:52.91\00:46:54.98
It's one way that we can
put our ministry out there
00:46:55.01\00:46:57.35
and earn our keep so to speak.
00:46:57.38\00:47:01.15
And so, we're trying to turn it
into a bit of a side business,
00:47:01.18\00:47:05.22
if you will, for the ministry
00:47:05.25\00:47:06.59
to help sustain the
work that we're doing.
00:47:06.62\00:47:08.06
I love it.
00:47:08.09\00:47:09.42
What are some of the
needs of your ministry?
00:47:09.46\00:47:13.26
Well, like we talked about,
we're building this building
00:47:13.29\00:47:16.40
and so, you know,
00:47:16.43\00:47:17.77
we're just in the
beginning stages of that,
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.90
we're gearing up to,
00:47:19.93\00:47:21.54
you know, really have it a
tool that we can grow into,
00:47:21.57\00:47:25.87
but we have space
to invite young people
00:47:25.91\00:47:28.24
to come get
involved in the work of God.
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.25
There's a lot of really
neat technological advancements
00:47:30.28\00:47:33.88
right now that that are
putting a lot of creative tools
00:47:33.92\00:47:36.65
in our fingertips
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.05
and some of those
tools are expensive.
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.42
So, you know, as we
kind of move forward,
00:47:39.45\00:47:41.52
our ministry really is
gonna really need some help
00:47:41.56\00:47:44.93
to bring us up to speed
00:47:44.96\00:47:46.63
so that we can have those tools
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.00
to win those young people.
00:47:48.03\00:47:49.36
Amen.
00:47:49.40\00:47:50.73
We're also trying to
expand in the realm of language,
00:47:50.77\00:47:52.80
trying to reach
many different people.
00:47:52.83\00:47:55.17
And we also have a
new YouTube channel,
00:47:55.20\00:47:57.31
actually another one called
00:47:57.34\00:47:58.67
Little Light
Studios International,
00:47:58.71\00:48:00.48
sort of like a hub
00:48:00.51\00:48:01.84
where all the productions
on our English channel
00:48:01.88\00:48:04.41
are translated into
a variety of languages
00:48:04.45\00:48:07.35
that can be found
all over the world.
00:48:07.38\00:48:09.38
And we do have a software
that can dub over the videos,
00:48:09.42\00:48:13.32
but sometimes we may say
00:48:13.36\00:48:14.72
a slang or something on the show
00:48:14.76\00:48:16.42
that doesn't really
get translated correctly.
00:48:16.46\00:48:18.43
So if there are any volunteers
out there who have a passion
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.33
to help us to
listen to the videos
00:48:21.36\00:48:24.70
and just have a
human, another set of eyes
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.74
to look through it
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.10
so we can publish
good quality content
00:48:28.14\00:48:30.74
onto the internet.
00:48:30.77\00:48:32.11
We have a Spanish channel too.
00:48:32.14\00:48:33.64
So, you know,
it's been really neat.
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.31
We have Alex Castillejos
who has worked with us
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.78
for about eight years
translating all of our stuff.
00:48:37.81\00:48:40.85
He actually would wake up
00:48:40.88\00:48:42.38
at 3, 4 o'clock in
the morning to start
00:48:42.42\00:48:44.79
because he had another job.
00:48:44.82\00:48:46.52
And it got to the
point where he said,
00:48:46.55\00:48:49.22
you know, I'd
really love to serve God
00:48:49.26\00:48:50.86
with all of my
heart all day long,
00:48:50.89\00:48:53.09
eight hours a
day, ten hours a day.
00:48:53.13\00:48:55.30
And so we invited
him on this last year,
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.00
and it's been an
absolute blessing
00:48:57.03\00:48:58.37
to have an actual
dedicated Spanish department.
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.00
Yes.
00:49:00.04\00:49:01.37
And, you know, speaking of Alex,
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.61
it's a miracle how
he ended up there too.
00:49:03.64\00:49:07.04
And with everything that went on
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.98
with the Oregon fires,
00:49:09.01\00:49:10.35
his house burned to
the ground, as you know.
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.88
So just looking at each of you
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.18
and how you ended
up in this ministry,
00:49:16.22\00:49:19.99
it's just incredible.
00:49:20.02\00:49:21.36
It's incredible
to see God at work.
00:49:21.39\00:49:23.63
I honestly
believe He's coming soon
00:49:23.66\00:49:25.93
and He is wanting us
to be prepared and ready.
00:49:25.96\00:49:29.83
And so that we feel also is,
00:49:29.86\00:49:32.60
you know, put the
distraction of the world away,
00:49:32.63\00:49:36.14
sets your eyes on Jesus,
00:49:36.17\00:49:37.51
because He's coming
to take us home soon
00:49:37.54\00:49:39.11
and I believe it
with all my heart.
00:49:39.14\00:49:40.54
Amen.
00:49:40.58\00:49:42.28
So we're spreading the gospel.
00:49:42.31\00:49:44.21
Yes. Yes.
00:49:44.25\00:49:45.98
Tell us about the
power of social media?
00:49:46.01\00:49:50.35
The power of social media.
00:49:50.39\00:49:51.99
You know, when
you go to a meeting,
00:49:52.02\00:49:55.09
maybe even your church
00:49:55.12\00:49:56.86
at most, maybe a couple hundred,
00:49:56.89\00:49:58.33
if not, maybe a
couple thousand people.
00:49:58.36\00:50:00.20
You put something out
online, that's the entire world.
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.96
Someone you may have never met
00:50:03.00\00:50:05.03
can get recommended something,
00:50:05.07\00:50:06.63
and they could
click on it and watch it,
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.00
and their life is changed.
00:50:08.04\00:50:09.50
So the power of social
media is definitely reach.
00:50:09.54\00:50:13.38
And just an open dialogue
00:50:13.41\00:50:15.64
to people that you
may not have ever met
00:50:15.68\00:50:17.58
in real life or in
person I should say.
00:50:17.61\00:50:19.48
Yes.
00:50:19.51\00:50:20.85
So it's another tool to utilize
for spreading the gospel.
00:50:20.88\00:50:26.89
What in the...
00:50:26.92\00:50:28.26
We only have a little bit left
00:50:28.29\00:50:29.69
before we go to
the address roll.
00:50:29.72\00:50:32.03
But what would you
say to that individual
00:50:32.06\00:50:35.10
that may say,
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.70
well, I've got access
to Facebook or whatever,
00:50:36.73\00:50:39.43
but how do I use it
to spread the gospel?
00:50:39.47\00:50:42.54
You know, I think
like any way you can
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.31
just inspire the
people around you,
00:50:44.34\00:50:47.58
you know, use the
tools that are out there.
00:50:47.61\00:50:49.34
Facebook also is like YouTube.
00:50:49.38\00:50:51.21
Everyone has it.
00:50:51.25\00:50:52.58
Everyone has access to it
00:50:52.61\00:50:53.95
and ideas can be shared quickly.
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.95
So, you know, don't
be scared to get in there
00:50:55.98\00:50:57.99
and share your faith.
00:50:58.02\00:50:59.65
Absolutely.
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.02
Jesus shared it in
so many different ways.
00:51:01.06\00:51:03.32
In Matthew He says,
"Go into all the world,
00:51:03.36\00:51:04.86
preaching the gospel."
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.23
And we all have
different skill sets.
00:51:06.26\00:51:07.60
We're all called
to be missionaries.
00:51:07.63\00:51:09.10
So in whatever
occupation you find yourself in,
00:51:09.13\00:51:11.57
find those little moments,
those little interactions
00:51:11.60\00:51:14.24
where you can
share the love of Christ.
00:51:14.27\00:51:15.64
You know, one thing
that we all need is hope.
00:51:15.67\00:51:17.51
I think the world
needs a lot of hope.
00:51:17.54\00:51:19.04
And if you can help
provide that hope to them,
00:51:19.07\00:51:21.54
then you can keep
communicating with them.
00:51:21.58\00:51:23.24
So I always say, you
know, post Bible promises
00:51:23.28\00:51:25.25
or things that are
encouraging and that will help,
00:51:25.28\00:51:28.82
you know, draw people
in and they'll wonder like,
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.29
well, why do you think that way?
00:51:31.32\00:51:33.29
Yes. And you can go from there.
00:51:33.32\00:51:34.66
Yeah.
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.02
And it creates that
opportunity to share.
00:51:36.06\00:51:38.03
Yeah. I love that.
00:51:38.06\00:51:41.03
I want us to go
to the address roll,
00:51:41.06\00:51:44.33
then we'll see a
short news break,
00:51:44.37\00:51:46.13
and we will be right back.
00:51:46.17\00:51:48.10
Little Light Studio
00:51:49.90\00:51:51.24
seeks to
minister to the unreached
00:51:51.27\00:51:53.31
and uninvolved
young people of this world
00:51:53.34\00:51:55.94
through Christ
centered and innovative media.
00:51:55.98\00:51:59.15
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00:51:59.18\00:52:01.25
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00:52:01.28\00:52:02.62
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00:52:02.65\00:52:05.25
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00:52:05.29\00:52:09.82
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00:52:09.86\00:52:13.19
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00:52:13.23\00:52:14.56
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00:52:14.60\00:52:19.83
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00:52:19.87\00:52:22.77
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00:52:22.80\00:52:28.48