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, I'm
Shelley Quinn. JD Quinn.
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And, boy, are we glad
you've joined us today,
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and you are going
to be glad as well.
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Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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We are
interviewing three on fire women
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who have a beautiful ministry
called Starting With Jesus.
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And that's all
I'm gonna tell you
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about that right now,
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but let me go
ahead and introduce.
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Rachel Nelson,
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you are the executive
committee chair, right?
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Yes. For Starting With Jesus.
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Yes.
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So glad you're here. Thank you.
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I'm really glad to be here.
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Yeah, you've got a great smell.
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And Katie Chitwood, you
are the podcast director.
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I am. Yeah.
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So that's kind of
giving us a little...
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Just a little bit.
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And then Ruthie Reeves,
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who is the president
of Starting With Jesus.
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It's gonna be...
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These ladies are
on fire. They're fun.
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And we're gonna have a
good time today, aren't we?
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We are gonna have a great time.
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We're gonna have a great time
with starting with the music
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'cause everybody loves music.
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And then we're
going to get into this
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because this is high energy.
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And when we're
talking about high energy,
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this song is
gonna be high energy.
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I love it.
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It's by Martha Jhoana De
Luna, "Happiness is the Lord."
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I love that. Thank you, Martha.
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Yeah, that was beautiful.
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And one day I'm gonna play
like that when we get to heaven.
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Amen.
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All right.
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Before we get
started on the ministry,
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we wanna get to know the ladies.
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So I know that, Rachel,
you and Ruthie are sisters.
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Yes.
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Did you grow up
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in a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian home?
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We did.
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We were very blessed
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to have
wonderful Christian parents
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who from babyhood instilled
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a love of the
Bible for both of us.
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And it's just such a blessing.
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When did it become real for you?
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I mean your
relationship with the Lord?
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Well, the
relationship with the Lord
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became real for me when
I was around 11 years old.
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At 11, I decided that
actually I didn't want to be
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a Christian anymore
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because I wasn't
completely convinced that
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I wanted to have to
abide by the Bible standards.
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I wanted to be able
to make my own choices
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and I didn't
wanna have to always
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follow my parent's rules.
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So at 11 years old,
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I rejected God and
rejected Christianity.
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And that lasted for two years.
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Children make big decisions
when they're very young
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and many times
they never come back.
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But I was so blessed
to have praying parents
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who were
determined to bother God
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until their kid came back
and they bothered Him a lot.
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And when I was 13 years old,
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I attended a meeting, it
was Mark Finley, actually,
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who I know has been
here before was preaching.
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And he was talking
about the love of Jesus.
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And I saw the love
of Jesus in a new light.
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And I suddenly realized
that by choosing my own way,
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I was hurting Jesus
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and I was contributing
to the pain that He had.
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And I fell in love with Jesus.
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I gave my heart to Him
and I've never looked back,
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and I'm so thankful for
a relationship with Jesus.
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Amen. Amen. Praise God.
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I know there was a time,
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a little later in
life I walked away
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and God chased me
down with His love.
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So, Ruthie, you grew up
in the same environment.
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How about for you?
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When did you develop
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a personal
relationship with Jesus?
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Well, I think I was
when I was a little bit older
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because I mean,
I had always wanted
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to have a personal relationship
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and I really loved
Jesus from a young age.
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So it wasn't like I was...
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Had the same kind of struggles
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that my sister did and
my parents loved Jesus too.
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But she said they
prayed, they would wake up at
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three, four in the morning
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and pray for hours
for their children.
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And that, those
prayers saved us as children.
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And... But as I grew up...
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We gave them a
lot to pray about.
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Yeah, well that too, yes.
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We pray, yes,
lots to pray about.
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That's why they had to get up
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at three or four in the morning.
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But yeah, no, so we
would, when I was 17,
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I went through some
really tough life experiences
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that there are
some personal things
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that happened to me
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and I was really
struggling to understand
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where I fit in the big picture.
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Sure.
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And so I went to a
Christian kind of a,
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with AFCO,
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which is called Amazing
Facts College of Evangelism.
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So it's a kind of a college
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where you can put
together training center
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where you can get together
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and learn how to
study your Bible.
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And then also how you
can share that with others.
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And so I went there
and as I was studying
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how to share the
Bible with others,
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I began to
realize, wow, you know what?
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Jesus is so wonderful. Amen.
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And to get that
experience that I always wanted,
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but just didn't quite
completely get for myself
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and realize that
that faith could be mine.
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And that was when
I really started that
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solid walking and
I'd always been walking,
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but that's when I really started
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to make it mine.
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You know, I always say,
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you learn to teach,
but you teach to learn.
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Yes.
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I mean, God can show me
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sometimes the most
beautiful things in Scripture.
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And if I don't get out
and teach it, you know what?
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Pretty soon, eight months later
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I'm going through book, oh yeah.
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So you learn to
teach, teach to learn.
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Katie Chitwood? Yes.
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How did you grow up
in a Christian home?
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I did.
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But when I hit my teenage years,
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I think my parents
were pretty concerned.
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All I wanted to do was hang out
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with my friends at
the pool all summer.
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And my mom was like no,
that's really not a good idea.
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So she's like, how about go
and do literature evangelism
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and selling door,
books door-to-door.
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And I was like,
well, I don't know.
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That sounds
like it's really hot.
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It sounds like
it's a lot of work.
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It sounds like
there's a lot of rejection.
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And why would I want to do that
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with my summer when my friends
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are gonna hang out at the pool?
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And she's like,
"Well, if you, you stay here,
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I'm gonna put you to work.
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You're going to be painting.
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You're gonna be
doing yard work for me,
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like you're gonna
work around this house."
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And I decided, you know,
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I don't really want
to work around the house.
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So I went to my
first summer program
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when I was 16 years old.
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And that was
completely life-changing.
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I discovered yes, hard work.
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Definitely, there was hard work,
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but I discovered that
God is a personal God.
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He is like right there
with you when you're struggling,
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when you're
discouraged and you pray,
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all of a sudden, you
see these answers to prayer
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and divine appointments
and people looking at you
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with tears running
down their cheeks saying
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you came right
when I needed this.
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Praise the Lord.
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And it just, it changed
the trajectory of my life.
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Absolutely.
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I met my husband
that first summer.
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He wasn't my husband then,
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obviously I had to
grow up a little bit,
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but now we've
been married 12 years
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and we're in Arizona
on the Navajo nation.
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He's a pastor and I get to
work with these amazing ladies
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doing this ministry,
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helping kids to
know Jesus better.
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And it's
changing our family life
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'cause I have a six year
old and an eight year old boy.
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And they are both just,
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they're learning about Jesus
because of what we're doing.
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Praise God.
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You know, so many things
have been going through my mind
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while you've been talking.
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One is, and I
just want to say this.
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I know I've said it before,
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but rules without relationship
result in rebellion.
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The most important thing
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that you can do as
a parent grandparent,
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any or children at church
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is teach them the love of Jesus,
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teach them that to learn,
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to have a divine
awareness of His presence,
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and you ladies have
done something amazing.
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And I think, you know,
sometimes the devil will send
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something along the
world and we know we've had
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some real
challenges through COVID,
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but COVID, when COVID hit,
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tell us how you all started.
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And the ministry is
called Starting With Jesus.
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And if you start with Jesus,
you're gonna end with Jesus.
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Yeah. That's our goal.
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Amen.
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Well, we started out,
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actually the first week
that everything got locked down
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and I was talking
with some friends.
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And I...
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My husband is also a
pastor and they were scrambling
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because most
churches are not set up
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for anything like this.
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And so they would,
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the pastors were
trying to figure out
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how are we gonna film this?
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How are we gonna make
this available for everybody?
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And while they were scrambling,
suddenly my mind flashes,
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what about the Sabbath schools?
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What about the kids?
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What about, you know, what
do, they don't have anything?
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And most churches not only
aren't set up for the pastors,
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they're not set up for the kids
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to be able to
participate in anything.
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So I started calling friends.
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I called Katie and
then her sister Mindy.
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She called me too. I
also called my sister.
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That conversation
didn't go so well.
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She's like no. She was a no.
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It was a no at that point.
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And I wrangled her
hands since, but now we had,
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I called my
sister-in-law is Lindsay
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and that's her sister.
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And so, and Michelle Coy,
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just a bunch of
ladies who I was like,
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hey, would you be
willing to help us
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make a program?
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And then I called
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some of my other
friends and Jonathan,
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Jonathan Menn and
Michael Kestorawana.
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And they said, yeah, we'll
edit and make a website for you.
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And I said, really?
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And they said,
yeah, by the next week,
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that's about five days
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after I started
calling everybody.
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We had a website,
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we had a program
completely edited
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and ready to go, music,
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coloring pages,
craft, everything ready
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and up for our Sabbath schools
that didn't have anything.
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Yeah.
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So it's in March of 2020? Yeah.
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This is when
COVID really took off.
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Now before then you were
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just taking care
of normal business
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and everything,
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the Lord
intercedes in your behalf.
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Okay.
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And with this idea,
you stepped out in faith
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and then all of a sudden...
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Five days. Wow.
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Yeah. Wow.
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It's amazing. And we
haven't missed a week.
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We have not missed a week.
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So give us a little
idea about the format.
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I mean, first of all, the,
what is the website address?
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So StartingWithJesus.com
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We actually hadn't started
out as Starting With Jesus.
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No.
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We started out as a
place to do something.
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What was originally,
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'cause in five days you
have to think of a name.
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Yeah.
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And I, it was just
like, I don't know,
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oh, this is a
place to do something.
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And my friend was
like, "Yeah, use that."
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So we're like, okay,
a place to do something.
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But then later on we
changed it to a more a name that
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actually matched to
what we really wanted to do.
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Yes. But yeah.
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So what was that, I'm
sorry for so much more time.
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Tell us about the
format of your program?
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If somebody goes to
StartingWithJesus.com
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what are they gonna find?
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Well, they're going to find
quite a few different things.
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We have our
normal weekly program
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that has a lesson study time,
singing time, activity time.
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And just sometimes
we'll add a little extra
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few things now and then.
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And then the question time,
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and it's an
interactive elements.
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So you can
actually, we'll have kids send
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in their videos of them
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saying their
memory verses every week.
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And then we include
them every single week
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so that they feel like
they're part of the program.
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That's wonderful.
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And then we also have questions.
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So they have a...
We'll ask them questions.
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Then they send
them their answers.
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And then we have a
shout out for them every week.
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So those who may not be
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comfortable with
the filming part of it,
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they can still be
part of the program.
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Amen.
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And we have kids who just,
I know you were telling me.
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Yeah, my boys, they love
it. We watch it every week.
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And they're like, mommy, mommy,
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get out your phone,
write down the answers.
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And so I pull out my phone
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and I like type in
answers and then I press send.
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And then the next
week they see their names.
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When Ruthie does the
shout out, they see their names.
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And if they don't, they're like,
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wait, where was my name?
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'Cause sometimes
there's 90 names on this list.
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She goes through and names
that are hard to pronounce.
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I really tried, but
there are weeks that...
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There are, but my
boys are so excited.
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They're like, we want
to, you know, be there.
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And they send in
their memory verses.
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It's really, really encouraging
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to see them
interact with this program.
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And this program,
as far as the study,
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this is really
about teaching them
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how much God loves them
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so that they can
love Him in return.
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We have a lot more than
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just the Sabbath school program.
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Yeah. There's
more on the website.
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And I was
actually, that was next.
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So we have the Sabbath
school part of the website,
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but then we also
have our podcast part
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and we also have coloring pages
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that go along
with the Sabbath school
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every single week that
my father-in-law makes.
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But the podcast
program is a daily program.
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So yeah, Katie? Explain podcast?
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Okay.
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So for those that are kind
of a little confused on podcast,
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think like
YouTube, but only audio.
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Okay.
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So it's an audio free
download you can get it
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on your whatever
tablet or phone and it's just,
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you click the button
and it automatically uploads
00:17:23.10\00:17:25.51
whenever somebody loads one
up and you can listen to it.
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And so we have a daily
devotional podcast for kids.
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I looked, once this kind of
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all got started and
we got our team together.
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I was like, you know,
guys, I have a passion.
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I have just this.
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I want to see there to be
devotional materials for kids,
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especially the ones that
are just learning to read,
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'cause that's
where my kids were at.
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Sure. They
weren't able to read yet.
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It's hard for a mom to be
like, okay, in the busy morning,
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sit down and let's try to do
Jesus' time, like what is that?
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And so we, Rachel works
with a team to record hymns.
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And so we teach the kid a hymn,
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every two weeks
we do a new hymn.
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And then we have
like last quarter,
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I did books of the Bible.
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So we learned the
books of the New Testament
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and we just every day go over it
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and review it and games.
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And I try to teach them
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about what the books
of the Bible are about
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and what's in it.
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And then we
have the lesson study
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where we go over a
part of the lesson study
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that leads up to the
Sabbath school program
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every at the end of the week.
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So it's been really challenging.
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It's been really exciting.
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This quarter, we've
started doing a Bible Q and A.
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So I've asked kids to
send in their questions.
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Like the most popular one
is, will my pet be in heaven?
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And so I've
teamed up with my husband
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who's a pastor and we dialogue
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and my kids read the question
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and read the Bible verse
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and we have a Q and A every day.
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And so I tell the kids, yes,
00:19:00.34\00:19:01.87
this is when it's gonna
air and they get to listen.
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And it's very hands-on for kids.
00:19:04.27\00:19:08.11
And we also have
for the younger ones,
00:19:08.14\00:19:10.05
like the beginners, a
friend of mine, Ashley,
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she's put together one
with like guessing games
00:19:12.78\00:19:16.42
for the one-year
olds to four-year olds.
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And that's twice a week.
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And it's just,
it's so wonderful.
00:19:21.59\00:19:23.66
We have these little kids,
moms write in and they say,
00:19:23.69\00:19:26.36
my three-year-old
wakes up and says,
00:19:26.39\00:19:28.30
I want to listen to weed pod.
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I wanna listen to the weed pod.
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And so we call it the seed pod
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.34
for kids and the
seed pod for beginners.
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So they...
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We get so many letters that say,
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my kids are singing these hymns.
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They're learning the
songs, the memory verse songs.
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Wow.
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It's incredible
what is happening.
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And it's all
free, like we are able
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to put this content out
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into families'
hands all over the world.
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It's not just here in America.
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We have kids in Australia.
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We have kids in South America.
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We have kids in
South Africa, China.
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And so this is
all original material.
00:20:03.40\00:20:05.37
You're not just
following somebody else's
00:20:05.40\00:20:07.10
Sabbath school panel?
00:20:07.14\00:20:08.47
Well, we are using
00:20:08.50\00:20:09.84
the My Bible First
Sabbath School lessons.
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We're following
their sequence. Okay.
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But we are generating
all the material ourselves.
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That's incredible.
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All right, Rachael
you're saying no way,
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Jose, I'm too busy.
00:20:21.65\00:20:22.98
How did they reel you in?
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I'm her sister. No,
honestly, I really...
00:20:25.09\00:20:29.72
I didn't have time for
one more thing on my plate.
00:20:29.76\00:20:32.16
I'm a pediatrician.
00:20:32.19\00:20:33.53
I'm very busy,
00:20:33.56\00:20:34.90
but God impressed all of us that
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this was something
that needed to go forward.
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Amen.
00:20:41.24\00:20:42.57
And the way I
got involved actually
00:20:42.60\00:20:43.94
was through a prophecy seminar.
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We decided to do
00:20:45.34\00:20:46.68
a prophecy seminar just for kids
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and targeting ages 8 to 12.
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Literally threw it together.
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The videos I edited,
00:20:54.82\00:20:56.82
I'd never in my
life edited videos ever.
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I thought, how hard can this be
to string some stuff together?
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And 40 hours later,
00:21:02.42\00:21:03.76
I was barely done
with the first one
00:21:03.79\00:21:05.53
and had no idea
what I was doing.
00:21:05.56\00:21:07.90
But we threw together
these prophecy seminars.
00:21:07.93\00:21:10.50
We had Tina Arnold
whose husband's a pastor
00:21:10.53\00:21:13.84
in Greenville, Tennessee.
00:21:13.87\00:21:15.40
She did the prophecy segment.
00:21:15.44\00:21:17.17
We went through
Daniel and Revelation.
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Wow.
00:21:19.27\00:21:20.61
And then I had Milka Rojas,
00:21:20.64\00:21:22.74
who is the wife of a
physician's assistant
00:21:22.78\00:21:25.68
in Greenville, Tennessee.
00:21:25.71\00:21:27.05
She did character segments.
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What kind of
character do children
00:21:28.72\00:21:30.55
need at the end of time?
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Amen.
00:21:31.95\00:21:33.29
We thought, well,
we'll just do this
00:21:33.32\00:21:34.66
for our local churches.
00:21:34.69\00:21:36.02
And then my sister said,
00:21:36.06\00:21:37.39
"Hey, why don't you partner
with a place to do something?"
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And I said, "I don't know,"
00:21:40.53\00:21:42.36
but we ended up partnering
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.30
and we advertised it
just kind of locally.
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We had 500 people
sign up, 500 kids.
00:21:47.57\00:21:50.31
We were
expecting maybe a hundred
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and we had 500 kids sign up.
00:21:52.44\00:21:55.51
It went worldwide.
00:21:55.54\00:21:56.95
I've gotten people
from China who have said,
00:21:56.98\00:21:59.88
they've been watching it.
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It's been in the
United Arab Emirates.
00:22:01.28\00:22:02.68
I mean, just all over the world.
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.75
And we have adults
who have been calling in
00:22:04.79\00:22:08.56
and are writing in and saying,
00:22:08.59\00:22:11.86
we know this is for
kids, but we can understand it.
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.63
You simplified it,
so we understand it.
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.03
Amen. So that's
how I got involved.
00:22:17.07\00:22:20.34
And again, this is
when I look back at it,
00:22:20.37\00:22:22.67
I can hardly watch it myself
00:22:22.70\00:22:24.41
because it's so, so home done.
00:22:24.44\00:22:28.08
But God still
used it to reach people
00:22:28.11\00:22:30.41
all over the world.
00:22:30.45\00:22:31.78
Praise the Lord.
That is too exciting.
00:22:31.81\00:22:34.78
Well, to me, it's
just absolutely amazing,
00:22:34.82\00:22:36.48
'cause, you know,
00:22:36.52\00:22:37.85
there was really no start to it.
00:22:37.89\00:22:40.39
It just jumped out there. Yeah.
00:22:40.42\00:22:42.12
And then you just
start putting, build it.
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.09
You just took
one block at a time
00:22:44.13\00:22:45.63
and now you've got, so
you're fulfilling a need.
00:22:45.66\00:22:48.53
Is that right? That's right.
00:22:48.56\00:22:49.90
Oh, desperate need. Yeah.
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.77
And especially
because I think that's an area
00:22:51.80\00:22:54.54
where the
interactive elements of it,
00:22:54.57\00:22:56.24
we have, I mean, podcasts,
00:22:56.27\00:22:57.61
they can send in their questions
00:22:57.64\00:22:58.97
and we answer it.
00:22:59.01\00:23:00.34
But the weekly
part of it is that
00:23:00.38\00:23:01.71
they can get in every week.
00:23:01.74\00:23:03.08
And I think that's
really cool part of it.
00:23:03.11\00:23:04.45
And then that being
like a whole evangelistic
00:23:04.48\00:23:09.35
series of
prophecy seminar for kids
00:23:09.38\00:23:12.35
that a lot of prophecy is
really hard to understand.
00:23:12.39\00:23:16.96
I mean, for adults even. Yeah.
00:23:16.99\00:23:19.19
If you can
explain it for a kid to be
00:23:19.23\00:23:20.93
able to understand, I mean, wow.
00:23:20.96\00:23:25.00
I mean, what a way to
start a kid with Jesus.
00:23:25.03\00:23:29.07
Amen. Amen.
00:23:29.10\00:23:30.51
And there's a lot of you at home
00:23:30.54\00:23:32.64
that are saying,
how do I get these?
00:23:32.67\00:23:34.54
You just go to
StartingWithJesus.com
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.51
'cause a lot of adults find...
00:23:37.55\00:23:40.05
I was listening to a pastor,
00:23:40.08\00:23:42.58
I won't mention his name,
00:23:42.62\00:23:43.95
but the other
day he was explaining
00:23:43.99\00:23:45.75
the answer to something.
00:23:45.79\00:23:47.32
And when he finished I
went, what did you just say?
00:23:47.36\00:23:50.89
Yeah.
00:23:50.93\00:23:52.26
You know, and sometimes
we try to make it simple,
00:23:52.29\00:23:55.93
but we just fail to,
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.00
so StartingWithJesus.com
00:23:58.03\00:24:01.04
Obviously there
has to be obstacles.
00:24:01.07\00:24:05.47
What would just be
without getting too deep?
00:24:05.51\00:24:07.78
What would be just
a basic obstacle that,
00:24:07.81\00:24:10.91
wow, I didn't think about that?
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.01
Time. With time.
00:24:13.05\00:24:14.38
Yeah, for sure. Obviously.
00:24:14.42\00:24:16.15
Also none of us are trained.
00:24:16.18\00:24:17.79
I mean, this is
not, we all, I mean,
00:24:17.82\00:24:20.12
I did some
videoing and video editing
00:24:20.16\00:24:21.82
when I was in
college, but it was very basic
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.32
and nothing like,
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.69
I don't have no formal training.
00:24:24.73\00:24:26.16
And so all of us have
00:24:26.19\00:24:27.53
just kind of been
learning on the go.
00:24:27.56\00:24:29.16
And so, yeah,
that's definitely has
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.70
its challenges because you're...
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.44
When you don't have
00:24:33.47\00:24:34.80
the experience
to know what to do,
00:24:34.84\00:24:36.20
you're just kind of
sitting there going,
00:24:36.24\00:24:37.57
well, I hope this works.
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.27
Takes it five times
as long to do something
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.71
because you don't really know
00:24:41.74\00:24:43.18
what you're doing,
but you got to get it done
00:24:43.21\00:24:45.15
and somehow God
helps you get it done.
00:24:45.18\00:24:46.51
Amen.
00:24:46.55\00:24:47.88
And I would
assume that with time,
00:24:47.92\00:24:49.25
the right people
will just start filling up
00:24:49.28\00:24:50.82
those gaps right there.
00:24:50.85\00:24:52.19
And they have been. Yeah.
00:24:52.22\00:24:53.56
Yeah.
00:24:53.59\00:24:54.92
God has been bringing together
a team and it's a miracle.
00:24:54.96\00:24:57.29
It truly is a miracle. Yeah.
00:24:57.33\00:24:59.89
When this first
started, as I said,
00:24:59.93\00:25:01.56
Ruthie really had
the vision and Lindsay
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.97
and Katie and Michelle,
00:25:05.00\00:25:07.24
the four, those four
girls really had the vision.
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.97
They stuck with it,
00:25:10.01\00:25:11.41
and God has
brought them the team.
00:25:11.44\00:25:12.77
Amen. Amen.
00:25:12.81\00:25:14.14
People have volunteered.
00:25:14.18\00:25:15.51
People have come,
00:25:15.54\00:25:17.45
AudioVerse where
we're actually merged
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.91
with AudioVerse.
00:25:19.95\00:25:21.85
And they have
been fantastic really.
00:25:21.88\00:25:26.45
And explain in who
AudioVerse is part?
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.32
So Audio... Yes. Thank you.
00:25:28.36\00:25:29.92
AudioVerse is AudioVerse.org
00:25:29.96\00:25:32.99
is a wonderful
ministry where every...
00:25:33.03\00:25:36.36
You have sermons,
you have Bible studies
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.90
and it's all
audio and it's all free.
00:25:38.93\00:25:41.34
And it said they
reach all over the world
00:25:41.37\00:25:44.64
with the Gospel of Jesus.
00:25:44.67\00:25:46.78
Amen.
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.14
So you all are
partnering with them now?
00:25:48.18\00:25:49.81
Yes. Yes.
00:25:49.84\00:25:51.18
And I know that
there's a number of people
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.95
who tried to start something,
00:25:54.98\00:25:56.35
but obviously yours
has some unique qualities.
00:25:56.38\00:26:00.96
Well, I think one of the reasons
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.32
why ours took off a bit,
00:26:02.36\00:26:03.69
it was because we were
literally the first ones,
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.63
we were there the week
that everything shut down.
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.73
And so it was just consistent.
00:26:07.76\00:26:10.23
And we actually
trying to stop over and over,
00:26:10.27\00:26:12.93
and over and over again.
00:26:12.97\00:26:14.30
She's like, I'm done. I'm done.
00:26:14.34\00:26:15.67
And I said no. I'm done.
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.04
I can't do this anymore.
Please, I'm done editing.
00:26:17.07\00:26:19.97
I've spent this many hours.
00:26:20.01\00:26:21.34
I have kids, I
have a family, I'm done.
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.78
And then I'd
have a kid write to me
00:26:23.81\00:26:26.82
that week and say,
00:26:26.85\00:26:28.55
"We really, really
enjoy your program.
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.09
I know that it's, the
lockdowns are not happening
00:26:30.12\00:26:32.42
as much anymore, but
please, please don't stop."
00:26:32.45\00:26:36.19
I mean, it was
the parent writing,
00:26:36.22\00:26:37.73
but the kid she'd put
in the little kids quotes,
00:26:37.76\00:26:39.83
like, we love you.
00:26:39.86\00:26:41.20
And I'm like, I
love you too, but uh...
00:26:41.23\00:26:45.50
But then as we
would get those responses,
00:26:45.53\00:26:47.67
okay, we'll do
it one more month.
00:26:47.70\00:26:49.47
And then the month
would come to an end.
00:26:49.50\00:26:52.04
We talk about it again.
00:26:52.07\00:26:53.41
I get another note saying,
"Hey, we love your program.
00:26:53.44\00:26:56.24
Please don't stop."
00:26:56.28\00:26:57.61
Okay. We'll do another month.
00:26:57.65\00:26:58.98
And then as we kept going,
it just, we finally were like,
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.35
well, okay, Lord,
you have showed us
00:27:01.38\00:27:04.35
over and over and
over and over again that
00:27:04.39\00:27:07.46
this is something you
want us to keep going,
00:27:07.49\00:27:09.02
so we'll keep going.
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.39
You know, and it's
just gonna keep expanding.
00:27:10.43\00:27:12.79
I mean, you
know, the Bible says,
00:27:12.83\00:27:14.16
do not despise the
day of small beginnings,
00:27:14.20\00:27:16.73
but you're reaching
the United Arab Emirates,
00:27:16.77\00:27:19.03
you're reaching into China.
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.74
You're reaching
places that, and you know,
00:27:20.77\00:27:23.10
I'm just sitting here thinking,
00:27:23.14\00:27:24.47
wow, if you've got
kids on Sabbath afternoons
00:27:24.51\00:27:27.18
who are like,
it's too hot outside,
00:27:27.21\00:27:30.55
it's too cold outside.
00:27:30.58\00:27:32.01
This is
something that, you know,
00:27:32.05\00:27:33.92
not just Sabbath afternoons,
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.52
but anytime a
child can get on here
00:27:35.55\00:27:37.89
and really learn.
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.49
Well, not only
that, but I think that
00:27:39.52\00:27:41.19
there's people out
there that are retired,
00:27:41.22\00:27:44.53
they are looking
for something to do,
00:27:44.56\00:27:46.59
something
that's really exciting,
00:27:46.63\00:27:48.16
something that they can
make a big difference in.
00:27:48.20\00:27:51.37
And so, they've got
that email address too.
00:27:51.40\00:27:55.10
I would imagine that
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.64
if you're not prepared for that,
00:27:56.67\00:27:58.31
you need to prepare for that.
00:27:58.34\00:28:00.04
Because if this
thing continues to grow,
00:28:00.08\00:28:02.88
it could get out of hand...
00:28:02.91\00:28:04.25
Yes.
00:28:04.28\00:28:05.61
And then you could, it
could start bothering you.
00:28:05.65\00:28:08.48
And then you kind
of get discouraged
00:28:08.52\00:28:11.39
rather than catching
the wave and riding with it.
00:28:11.42\00:28:13.19
Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:13.22\00:28:14.56
Let me ask you since
you've brought that up now.
00:28:14.59\00:28:17.33
Are you looking, I mean,
00:28:17.36\00:28:18.69
how can others
join your ministry?
00:28:18.73\00:28:20.73
Do they?
00:28:20.76\00:28:22.20
Well, there's a lot of
different ways, I know.
00:28:22.23\00:28:26.70
We're always, yeah...
00:28:26.74\00:28:28.07
We can
definitely use volunteers.
00:28:28.10\00:28:29.44
Amen.
00:28:29.47\00:28:30.81
For example, if there
is someone who's retired
00:28:30.84\00:28:33.07
that likes to respond to emails.
00:28:33.11\00:28:34.48
Yes. Amen.
00:28:34.51\00:28:35.84
We could use help with emails.
00:28:35.88\00:28:37.45
There's someone
too who's retired,
00:28:37.48\00:28:38.81
they likes to make phone calls,
we could use help with that.
00:28:38.85\00:28:41.85
So we definitely could
use someone who's retired,
00:28:41.88\00:28:44.95
but has a passion for
sharing Jesus with children.
00:28:44.99\00:28:48.79
Amen. We can use you.
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.16
You could use a graphic artist.
00:28:50.19\00:28:51.59
We could use a graphic artist.
00:28:51.63\00:28:54.03
I love a graphic
artist. We would love an editor.
00:28:54.06\00:28:56.40
I would love, and
this is a hard part,
00:28:56.43\00:28:58.47
'cause you know,
we're from the ground up
00:28:58.50\00:29:00.94
and we have limited funds.
00:29:00.97\00:29:02.87
We have limited where we can go.
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.91
But so, we've,
we're all volunteers.
00:29:04.94\00:29:07.14
We work all volunteer.
00:29:07.18\00:29:08.54
So it's hard to ask somebody,
00:29:08.58\00:29:09.91
"Hey, would you volunteer
to edit our videos for us?"
00:29:09.94\00:29:12.78
Right.
00:29:12.81\00:29:14.15
But we would love to,
if somebody is willing
00:29:14.18\00:29:16.28
and has the time and
energy to edit videos,
00:29:16.32\00:29:19.92
to create graphics
that would be fantastic.
00:29:19.95\00:29:22.59
Yeah.
00:29:22.62\00:29:23.96
Now I'm gonna say
something to the graphic artist,
00:29:23.99\00:29:26.53
I mean the editors out there.
00:29:26.56\00:29:28.43
You may not have
time to do this full-time
00:29:28.46\00:29:30.57
but if you could even,
00:29:30.60\00:29:32.77
if there's 20 of
you who would just do
00:29:32.80\00:29:35.84
one hour a week that would be...
00:29:35.87\00:29:37.21
Yes, absolutely. Amen.
00:29:37.24\00:29:38.84
So I encourage
you, what did they do?
00:29:38.87\00:29:41.48
They just email you,
00:29:41.51\00:29:43.08
go to your
website and do the email.
00:29:43.11\00:29:44.75
Go to our website,
you can email us at
00:29:44.78\00:29:46.78
info@StartingWithJesus.com
and we can connect that way.
00:29:46.82\00:29:49.95
Yeah.
00:29:49.98\00:29:51.32
Or go to our website
as StartingWithJesus.com
00:29:51.35\00:29:52.75
And, you know,
00:29:52.79\00:29:54.12
it doesn't have to
be just the retired.
00:29:54.16\00:29:56.06
I have a young
man he's 15 years old
00:29:56.09\00:29:58.93
and I reached out
to him and I said,
00:29:58.96\00:30:00.76
"Hey, I need some help
00:30:00.80\00:30:02.13
editing my
audio for the podcast.
00:30:02.16\00:30:04.63
It's pretty easy.
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.00
I'll teach you how,
would you be willing?"
00:30:06.03\00:30:07.67
And he said,
"Well, how much time?"
00:30:07.70\00:30:09.10
And I said, "Only about
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.47
an hour, hour
and a half a week."
00:30:10.51\00:30:11.84
It's not much,
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.21
but it would just
relieve my burden a little bit.
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.64
And he's like, "Sure."
And he's been committed.
00:30:15.68\00:30:18.38
He's been doing a fabulous job.
00:30:18.41\00:30:21.25
And so I have a
15 year old young man
00:30:21.28\00:30:23.69
who volunteers for me.
00:30:23.72\00:30:25.05
He lives in Michigan.
00:30:25.09\00:30:26.42
I live in Arizona, but
yet we're still able to...
00:30:26.45\00:30:30.16
Thanks to the internet, connect,
00:30:30.19\00:30:31.79
and he is a huge help.
00:30:31.83\00:30:33.70
So it's not just the retired,
00:30:33.73\00:30:36.56
it's also the young people
that want to build a portfolio,
00:30:36.60\00:30:39.43
want to build a resume,
00:30:39.47\00:30:41.17
want to kind of
get some experience
00:30:41.20\00:30:43.41
because we're willing.
00:30:43.44\00:30:44.77
I mean, we've learned
it. We can teach what we do.
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.08
And it's a really...
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.44
I know some
young people out there
00:30:48.48\00:30:49.81
that could probably
still teach you something.
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.28
Yeah, it happens. Yeah.
00:30:51.31\00:30:52.65
Thank you. So do we.
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.05
Yeah.
00:30:54.08\00:30:55.42
And I think this is
a great opportunity,
00:30:55.45\00:30:56.79
I'm getting my kids involved.
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.15
I have a
nine-year-old and 11-year-old.
00:30:58.19\00:31:00.59
They love
helping with this. Amen.
00:31:00.62\00:31:03.93
They're
benefiting from the program
00:31:03.96\00:31:05.56
and they feel that
this is a way they can be
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.06
missionaries during lockdowns.
00:31:07.10\00:31:09.33
It's been really fun.
00:31:09.36\00:31:10.77
You know I think many times
00:31:10.80\00:31:13.47
we do not allow God to be God.
00:31:13.50\00:31:17.47
I mean, He is,
00:31:17.51\00:31:18.84
and He's touching
people's heart daily
00:31:18.87\00:31:21.54
and they're
looking for direction.
00:31:21.58\00:31:23.61
They just, they
may be afraid to ask.
00:31:23.65\00:31:26.31
You know, I mean,
00:31:26.35\00:31:27.68
there's so many people are
afraid to ask for anything.
00:31:27.72\00:31:31.35
Yeah. I mean, same thing.
00:31:31.39\00:31:33.46
Any self-supporting
ministry needs help.
00:31:33.49\00:31:36.16
Yes. Absolutely.
00:31:36.19\00:31:37.53
Everybody.
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.46
So whether it's
really sophisticated,
00:31:39.49\00:31:42.13
whether it's ground roots,
whether it's well-organized,
00:31:42.16\00:31:45.23
everybody needs assistance.
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.77
And especially with
retired people that are,
00:31:47.80\00:31:51.77
have watched
Gunsmoke for so long,
00:31:51.81\00:31:54.44
have seen every, every episode
00:31:54.48\00:31:57.71
and they're ready to do
something really for the Lord.
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.18
Yes.
00:32:00.22\00:32:01.55
Well, and, you know,
it's so wonderful too,
00:32:01.58\00:32:04.39
as I said, if
you can teach a child
00:32:04.42\00:32:07.36
how to have a relationship,
00:32:07.39\00:32:09.49
a personal relationship
with the Lord, you're...
00:32:09.52\00:32:13.40
The seeds that
you're planting are amazing.
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.77
So let's talk about... Go ahead.
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.53
I was just going to say,
00:32:18.57\00:32:19.90
that's actually why
we changed her name,
00:32:19.93\00:32:21.27
'cause it a place to do
something it's like, oh yeah,
00:32:21.30\00:32:22.80
it's a place to do something.
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.17
But Starting With
Jesus, that was our goal.
00:32:24.21\00:32:27.54
We wanted kids to
start their lives,
00:32:27.58\00:32:30.35
start their days, start
their moments with Jesus
00:32:30.38\00:32:33.98
so that they can
learn of His love
00:32:34.02\00:32:35.75
and just fall in
love with who He is.
00:32:35.78\00:32:38.39
Amen. Because He is so amazing.
00:32:38.42\00:32:40.09
Amen. Why wouldn't we want to?
00:32:40.12\00:32:41.82
So when we came with that name,
00:32:41.86\00:32:43.19
like we were
surprised it wasn't taken.
00:32:43.22\00:32:45.06
I mean, it was a
miracle it wasn't taken.
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.43
Yeah.
00:32:46.46\00:32:47.80
And my husband was
actually the one who kind of,
00:32:47.83\00:32:49.20
he and some friends were talking
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.60
and they kind of came
up with that and said,
00:32:50.63\00:32:51.97
hey, why don't you do that?
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.34
At first, we're like,
no, you know, we, you know,
00:32:53.37\00:32:54.87
do we wanna, you
know, take our name
00:32:54.90\00:32:56.27
and we were
going back and forth.
00:32:56.30\00:32:57.97
And then we finally said,
00:32:58.01\00:32:59.51
why wouldn't we
want to encourage kids
00:32:59.54\00:33:02.24
to start with Jesus?
00:33:02.28\00:33:03.61
Why isn't that a
part of our name?
00:33:03.65\00:33:04.98
Why isn't that something
that our goal in everything
00:33:05.01\00:33:07.88
we do is even as adults
starting our day with Jesus,
00:33:07.92\00:33:11.92
I mean, this had
being part of this has,
00:33:11.95\00:33:14.29
you know when I wake
up in the morning like,
00:33:14.32\00:33:15.89
oh, I have so much to do
with Starting With Jesus.
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.39
And then I'm like,
Starting With Jesus.
00:33:17.43\00:33:19.33
All right.
00:33:19.36\00:33:20.70
Yeah, I better
start my day with Jesus
00:33:20.73\00:33:23.47
before I work on
Starting With Jesus.
00:33:23.50\00:33:25.37
Yes. Amen.
00:33:25.40\00:33:26.74
So, I mean, as an adult,
00:33:26.77\00:33:28.10
it inspires us to
start our days with Jesus,
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.31
and our moments of Jesus.
00:33:30.34\00:33:31.67
Obviously as you begin to
hear this and never thing,
00:33:31.71\00:33:34.51
it does have an
impact on your family.
00:33:34.54\00:33:36.81
Yes, it does.
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.18
I mean, the family now, so
I'd like to be part of this,
00:33:38.21\00:33:40.35
but I don't know what to do.
00:33:40.38\00:33:42.55
This has been the
conversion of my children.
00:33:42.58\00:33:44.22
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:33:44.25\00:33:45.59
My daughter had been baptized.
00:33:45.62\00:33:47.22
My son had not taken
a stand for Jesus yet.
00:33:47.26\00:33:50.33
And he was young
when I'm, you know,
00:33:50.36\00:33:52.19
nine then praying for Him.
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.70
He watched the
evangelistic series
00:33:54.73\00:33:56.90
and we had a lot of miracles
that happened with that.
00:33:56.93\00:34:00.87
And he saw them firsthand
00:34:00.90\00:34:02.60
and saw God
answer prayers firsthand.
00:34:02.64\00:34:05.57
He watched the entire series.
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.24
At the end, he came to me
00:34:07.28\00:34:08.61
and he said, mommy, I'm worried.
00:34:08.64\00:34:10.65
I don't know if I'm
gonna be able to go to heaven.
00:34:10.68\00:34:12.11
Wow.
00:34:12.15\00:34:13.48
I said, but,
honey, Jesus loves you.
00:34:13.52\00:34:14.85
He said, I know Jesus loves me,
00:34:14.88\00:34:16.79
but mommy, I want
to confess my sins.
00:34:16.82\00:34:19.32
I want Jesus to be my savior.
00:34:19.35\00:34:21.49
Mommy, please,
can I be baptized?
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.29
I want to show my
friends... Praise the Lord.
00:34:23.32\00:34:25.33
That Jesus is
Lord of my life. Amen.
00:34:25.36\00:34:27.63
And he was baptized.
00:34:27.66\00:34:29.36
He's on fire for Jesus.
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.33
And I've seen a
total change in him.
00:34:31.37\00:34:33.64
Praise the Lord. And I'm so...
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.00
I mean that's, if
he's the only person
00:34:35.04\00:34:36.40
saved from all the work
we've done, I'll be happy.
00:34:36.44\00:34:38.97
I want other people saved,
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.01
but you know, you
want your children saved.
00:34:41.04\00:34:43.08
But the bottom line
is what a testimony.
00:34:43.11\00:34:45.41
Yeah.
00:34:45.45\00:34:46.78
And there's people everywhere,
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.15
whether you're nine years old
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.72
or whether you're 90 years old
00:34:49.75\00:34:51.62
are asking that same question.
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.96
They don't necessarily
have to come to mommy.
00:34:53.99\00:34:56.12
Yes.
00:34:56.16\00:34:57.49
But they're asking,
it's time I'm ready.
00:34:57.53\00:35:00.66
Yeah.
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.03
And, you know, praise the Lord
when they make that decision.
00:35:02.06\00:35:06.63
When you're young,
00:35:06.67\00:35:08.00
you avoid all the pain of going.
00:35:08.04\00:35:12.11
You know, when we
abuse our free will,
00:35:12.14\00:35:18.98
oh man, we end up
in such, you know,
00:35:19.01\00:35:22.05
when the Lord said,
00:35:22.08\00:35:23.42
oh, that you've
heeded My commandments.
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.39
And then your peace
would have been like the river.
00:35:25.42\00:35:28.29
But when we go
the wrong direction,
00:35:28.32\00:35:30.23
it's nothing but pain.
00:35:30.26\00:35:31.59
You mentioned miracles.
00:35:31.63\00:35:32.96
Share a few of those with us.
00:35:32.99\00:35:34.43
I have some fun stories.
00:35:34.46\00:35:35.80
And I know Katie
has a couple too,
00:35:35.83\00:35:37.57
but one of my
favorite stories was,
00:35:37.60\00:35:40.57
well, I'll share it to you.
00:35:40.60\00:35:42.44
We were trying to get
this prophecy seminar edited.
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.47
And I had no
idea what I was doing.
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.28
Like really did not have
any idea what I was doing.
00:35:48.31\00:35:52.31
And I thought, how hard
can it be to upload a video?
00:35:52.35\00:35:55.28
I'm a pediatrician.
00:35:55.32\00:35:58.45
So I go to upload
00:35:58.49\00:36:00.59
our first 30
minute video to Vimeo
00:36:00.62\00:36:03.32
and we were
releasing them daily.
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.76
And our release time
was 6:00 PM or 5:00 PM.
00:36:05.79\00:36:09.33
Yeah.
00:36:09.36\00:36:10.70
Five or six, I don't remember.
00:36:10.73\00:36:12.07
Any how, I go to
upload it at 1 o'clock
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.84
and it's just very
slowly, slowly uploading.
00:36:14.87\00:36:19.71
And for those of you who
know anything about videos,
00:36:19.74\00:36:22.04
you're laughing at me
00:36:22.08\00:36:23.41
because I should have known that
00:36:23.45\00:36:24.78
trying to upload
something that's so large,
00:36:24.81\00:36:26.55
it's gonna take hours.
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.85
Well, long story short,
00:36:28.88\00:36:30.75
we're getting down to the
wire and I'm like frantic,
00:36:30.79\00:36:34.72
I'm calling everybody
00:36:34.76\00:36:36.09
I knew who might remotely
00:36:36.12\00:36:37.59
know something about computers
and saying, what do I do?
00:36:37.63\00:36:39.89
What do I do to
get this uploaded?
00:36:39.93\00:36:41.46
And it somehow got uploaded.
00:36:41.50\00:36:44.83
And the next night
things got uploaded
00:36:44.87\00:36:47.77
and I was just
barely down to the wire
00:36:47.80\00:36:50.47
trying to get the videos edited,
00:36:50.51\00:36:51.94
so they could
get up every night.
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.31
And so I would be
00:36:53.34\00:36:54.68
getting things down to the wire,
00:36:54.71\00:36:56.04
you know, 5 o'clock and
it's to be uploaded by six.
00:36:56.08\00:36:58.58
And it would
somehow get uploaded by six.
00:36:58.61\00:37:00.15
Wow.
00:37:00.18\00:37:01.52
Well about, we
had a 17-day series
00:37:01.55\00:37:04.29
about day five into the series.
00:37:04.32\00:37:05.89
I'd finally gotten
and had enough that
00:37:05.92\00:37:07.72
I could start
uploading in the morning
00:37:07.76\00:37:10.03
and I thought, good.
00:37:10.06\00:37:11.39
I won't be this
frantic attempt to get this up.
00:37:11.43\00:37:16.23
I won't be
praying for a whole hour.
00:37:16.26\00:37:18.20
God, please get this uploaded,
please get this uploaded,
00:37:18.23\00:37:20.00
which I had been doing.
00:37:20.04\00:37:21.37
Yeah.
00:37:21.40\00:37:22.74
And so I started at
eight in the morning
00:37:22.77\00:37:24.11
and it wouldn't
upload and it wouldn't upload
00:37:24.14\00:37:25.47
and it wouldn't
upload and it wouldn't upload
00:37:25.51\00:37:26.84
and it wouldn't upload.
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.21
And finally, around 1:00 PM,
00:37:28.24\00:37:29.94
I called somebody
who had figured out,
00:37:29.98\00:37:31.68
knew what to do.
00:37:31.71\00:37:33.38
And he went through the process
00:37:33.42\00:37:34.85
I'd been going
through and he said,
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.58
how in the world
have any of your videos
00:37:36.62\00:37:38.62
been getting uploaded?
00:37:38.65\00:37:39.99
None of them
should have been uploaded.
00:37:40.02\00:37:41.36
You're doing it
completely wrong.
00:37:41.39\00:37:42.72
Praise the Lord.
00:37:42.76\00:37:44.09
And somehow
they were all getting
00:37:44.13\00:37:45.46
uploaded in an hour.
00:37:45.49\00:37:47.50
It was a complete miracle.
00:37:47.53\00:37:49.30
And so when I
did it the right way,
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.90
they were suddenly
getting uploaded correctly.
00:37:51.93\00:37:54.70
But God had just worked through
00:37:54.74\00:37:56.60
my complete ignorance
and gotten those videos up.
00:37:56.64\00:37:59.74
One more miracle story.
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.48
The very last
video we were doing.
00:38:01.51\00:38:05.65
We had it all
edited, ready to go up.
00:38:05.68\00:38:09.22
And all of a sudden the
entire file disappeared.
00:38:09.25\00:38:12.79
My computer died.
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.89
And when I
resurrected it, it was gone.
00:38:14.92\00:38:17.59
The entire file, nothing left.
00:38:17.63\00:38:20.50
And I didn't
have time to redo it.
00:38:20.53\00:38:22.83
And this was the
most important meeting.
00:38:22.86\00:38:24.63
This is the appeal.
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.30
And so I called
the kids together.
00:38:26.33\00:38:28.44
We prayed.
00:38:28.47\00:38:29.80
I said, Lord, I
don't know where this file,
00:38:29.84\00:38:31.17
it's gone, like literally gone.
00:38:31.21\00:38:32.97
We prayed.
00:38:33.01\00:38:34.34
And my son heard
00:38:34.38\00:38:35.71
the computer
clicking, he got up.
00:38:35.74\00:38:37.78
He said, mom,
check the computer.
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.38
Got up, my file was
there. Glory to God.
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.85
I mean, it had been
gone and it came back.
00:38:41.88\00:38:44.52
All I can say is
God brought it back.
00:38:44.55\00:38:45.89
Amen. Amen. We...
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.56
I can't tell
you how many stories
00:38:47.59\00:38:50.19
we've got similar to
00:38:50.23\00:38:51.83
that right here at this network.
00:38:51.86\00:38:55.23
What I want people to hear.
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.33
Number one is your...
00:38:57.37\00:39:03.17
There's people that
talk it talk for life.
00:39:03.20\00:39:07.41
There's people
that walk the life.
00:39:07.44\00:39:09.58
It's wonderful to choose,
00:39:09.61\00:39:11.25
hey, kids let's get
together and let's pray.
00:39:11.28\00:39:14.92
You might have
said that to yourself,
00:39:14.95\00:39:16.75
you know, but not
get your family involved,
00:39:16.79\00:39:20.39
but you're getting your family
involved because this is real.
00:39:20.42\00:39:23.53
You're really
learning who God is.
00:39:23.56\00:39:26.16
He's there just
willing to assist.
00:39:26.19\00:39:28.16
Yes.
00:39:28.20\00:39:29.53
And it's wonderful that
00:39:29.56\00:39:30.90
you're teaching your
children to depend on the Lord.
00:39:30.93\00:39:33.30
I bet you, you know,
that there's let me tell her,
00:39:33.34\00:39:36.91
let me tell you
a wonderful story.
00:39:36.94\00:39:40.81
Katie, you had a
couple of miracle stories too.
00:39:40.84\00:39:42.44
Yeah.
00:39:42.48\00:39:43.81
You know, I wanted
to see this podcast
00:39:43.85\00:39:47.95
to help my
children and other children
00:39:47.98\00:39:51.75
to really have that
relationship with Jesus,
00:39:51.79\00:39:54.06
to get familiar with looking
at Bible verses in the Bible.
00:39:54.09\00:39:57.13
And so I've always made
it my goal as I'm recording.
00:39:57.16\00:40:02.00
And as I'm going through
00:40:02.03\00:40:03.37
these Bible verses to
take the time to go slow,
00:40:03.40\00:40:08.00
so that the kids can work
on opening up their Bible,
00:40:08.04\00:40:12.27
finding those verses.
00:40:12.31\00:40:13.64
Amen.
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.01
And so, you know, I say
over and over, Acts 5:19.
00:40:15.04\00:40:20.95
Acts is the fifth
book in the New Testament.
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.89
It's right after John,
you know, Old Testament,
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.52
I'm trying to
teach as I'm going.
00:40:26.55\00:40:29.42
And I see it as a
miracle that my son,
00:40:29.46\00:40:34.03
especially my six year old,
00:40:34.06\00:40:35.53
he gets up in the
morning and he goes,
00:40:35.56\00:40:37.20
and he gets his Bible
00:40:37.23\00:40:38.70
and he gets his
little highlighter
00:40:38.73\00:40:40.54
and he sits down
00:40:40.57\00:40:41.90
and he usually
has a coloring page
00:40:41.94\00:40:43.27
while I'm doing the talking.
00:40:43.30\00:40:44.87
But then as soon
as I say the verse,
00:40:44.91\00:40:46.78
he pauses the
recording and he opens it up
00:40:46.81\00:40:49.74
and he's looking
through and he finds that verse
00:40:49.78\00:40:51.95
and he takes his highlighter
and he highlights that verse.
00:40:51.98\00:40:54.28
Wow, how exciting.
00:40:54.32\00:40:55.65
And I have moms
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.02
that will email
me and they're like,
00:40:57.05\00:40:58.89
my son barely knows how to read,
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.09
but he's able to
find these Bible verses.
00:41:01.12\00:41:03.26
Wow.
00:41:03.29\00:41:04.63
They're getting
into their Bibles.
00:41:04.66\00:41:07.60
I'm like, that's what we want.
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.13
We wanna see our children
starting their day with Jesus.
00:41:09.16\00:41:12.17
We wanna see them involved.
00:41:12.20\00:41:14.27
And it's just, it's
so exciting to see that.
00:41:14.30\00:41:18.77
I know that Ruthie had
one technological issues
00:41:18.81\00:41:23.78
are just like,
00:41:23.81\00:41:25.85
God just wants
us to depend on Him
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.68
and to realize that
00:41:27.72\00:41:29.05
it's really Him
doing it, it's not us,
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.72
like everything can go wrong.
00:41:31.75\00:41:33.69
And the devil is hating this.
00:41:33.72\00:41:35.72
Like, we're
trying to get these kids
00:41:35.76\00:41:37.09
when they're young
00:41:37.13\00:41:38.46
and that's what
he's trying to do.
00:41:38.49\00:41:40.23
And so we, the
cord, remember the cord.
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.00
Yeah.
00:41:43.03\00:41:44.47
So Lord answers
before we even know.
00:41:44.50\00:41:46.63
Amen. Yes.
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.00
And so I was at my sister's
for speaking of family impact.
00:41:48.04\00:41:53.38
We actually, over Christmas,
we're working on together.
00:41:53.41\00:41:56.75
We were all
together and working on...
00:41:56.78\00:41:59.21
Starting With Jesus
was our Christmas project.
00:41:59.25\00:42:00.68
So it was our Christmas project.
00:42:00.72\00:42:02.05
So over Christmas he was like,
00:42:02.08\00:42:04.12
she said, hey, can you order
00:42:04.15\00:42:05.49
some things for
our production from...
00:42:05.52\00:42:08.76
Amazon. From Amazon?
00:42:08.79\00:42:11.06
Can you order
some things for us?
00:42:11.09\00:42:12.43
And I said, "Oh
yeah, sure. I'll order it.
00:42:12.46\00:42:13.80
And I'll send it to you."
00:42:13.83\00:42:15.16
And then it ended up that.
00:42:15.20\00:42:16.87
I said, "Hey, why
don't you actually order it?
00:42:16.90\00:42:18.87
And I'll just send
you the links to order."
00:42:18.90\00:42:21.50
And she said,
"Okay, I'll do that."
00:42:21.54\00:42:22.87
So she went ahead and ordered
some things and finished it.
00:42:22.90\00:42:25.27
And I ordered a
couple of things for her too.
00:42:25.31\00:42:28.01
We got home.
00:42:28.04\00:42:30.21
And a couple days later
00:42:30.25\00:42:34.62
there are
packages on my front desk,
00:42:34.65\00:42:36.02
I mean, front porch.
00:42:36.05\00:42:37.39
And I said, "What
are these packages?
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.09
I didn't order anything."
00:42:39.12\00:42:40.46
Go out there.
00:42:40.49\00:42:41.82
It's all the things
that Rachel had ordered.
00:42:41.86\00:42:43.43
For me. For her.
00:42:43.46\00:42:44.79
Send to her
house. Send to my house.
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.16
I live in
Tennessee, she's in Washington.
00:42:46.19\00:42:48.06
And we were
trying to figure out,
00:42:48.10\00:42:49.53
we like, did we push
on the wrong address?
00:42:49.56\00:42:50.90
How?
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.27
I mean, she doesn't
normally order stuff for me.
00:42:52.30\00:42:53.90
So how on earth
is it in my house?
00:42:53.94\00:42:55.60
This is ridiculous.
00:42:55.64\00:42:56.97
So we're frustrated, not
frustrated, just confused.
00:42:57.01\00:42:58.51
I was frustrated.
Yeah, she was frustrated.
00:42:58.54\00:43:01.11
I was not happy.
'Cause she needs the stuff.
00:43:01.14\00:43:02.48
And we're...
00:43:02.51\00:43:03.85
And I'm just confused,
like, how did this happen?
00:43:03.88\00:43:06.05
That a day or two later,
my computer quit working.
00:43:06.08\00:43:09.28
And I thought, why is
my computer not working?
00:43:09.32\00:43:12.49
What is this?
00:43:12.52\00:43:13.86
So I tried my code,
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.22
couldn't figure
it, it wasn't working.
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.59
I finally figured
out my code was fried,
00:43:16.62\00:43:19.46
couldn't get it to work.
00:43:19.49\00:43:21.10
In the packages
that had come to my house
00:43:21.13\00:43:24.00
was a brand new
code for my computer.
00:43:24.03\00:43:28.00
And the Lord had...
00:43:28.04\00:43:30.87
However, whatever means
had changed the address.
00:43:30.91\00:43:35.18
So that would be for me.
00:43:35.21\00:43:36.54
So I could edit the
video for that week.
00:43:36.58\00:43:37.91
And we got a message
00:43:37.95\00:43:40.55
that week that said,
"Hey, we're in lockdown again.
00:43:40.58\00:43:46.25
We needed this video this week."
00:43:46.29\00:43:47.62
Praise God.
00:43:47.66\00:43:48.99
And I said, "The Lord
knew, and He provided."
00:43:49.02\00:43:53.16
And I stopped being frustrated
and started being thankful.
00:43:53.19\00:43:56.93
And next time
I'll be thankful first.
00:43:56.97\00:43:58.93
But, you know, so we're talking,
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.97
this is impacting your families.
00:44:01.00\00:44:03.51
It's very time
consuming and you all are,
00:44:03.54\00:44:07.18
you all have two
children each you have.
00:44:07.21\00:44:10.65
You're a doctor.
There's a lot going on.
00:44:10.68\00:44:13.65
What would you say
aside from how it's impacting
00:44:13.68\00:44:18.25
your families in
such a wonderful way?
00:44:18.29\00:44:20.66
What would you say
00:44:20.69\00:44:22.22
is the greatest thing
you've learned personally?
00:44:22.26\00:44:27.76
Entire dependence on God.
00:44:27.80\00:44:29.40
Amen. Glory.
00:44:29.43\00:44:31.40
This is not about
me. This is not about us.
00:44:31.43\00:44:35.94
And I know we can say that.
00:44:35.97\00:44:38.17
And I have said
that in the past,
00:44:38.21\00:44:40.14
but I realize very
personally for the first time
00:44:40.18\00:44:44.91
how really this
is God's project,
00:44:44.95\00:44:48.12
we just happened
to be working for it.
00:44:48.15\00:44:49.65
Amen. Amen.
00:44:49.68\00:44:51.45
You just happened
to answer the call.
00:44:51.49\00:44:55.16
I mean, keep going back to that,
00:44:55.19\00:44:56.59
because I think that
people's heart to touch daily
00:44:56.62\00:44:59.26
to go do something
00:44:59.29\00:45:00.93
and they have
some way of justifying,
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.90
"Well, not me.
00:45:02.93\00:45:04.43
I'm not qualified.
00:45:04.47\00:45:05.80
No, I don't have time.
00:45:05.83\00:45:07.40
No, you know, I've
got a full-time job."
00:45:07.44\00:45:10.11
All these things, not
realizing the difference
00:45:10.14\00:45:12.84
that the major
difference, difference
00:45:12.87\00:45:15.61
that nobody will have
any idea of the people
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.11
that you're affecting.
00:45:18.15\00:45:20.18
You know, to me,
it's just shows you
00:45:20.22\00:45:23.39
how ingenious
God is in His plan.
00:45:23.42\00:45:28.56
I mean, I just...
00:45:28.59\00:45:29.96
It just amazes me all the time.
00:45:29.99\00:45:32.13
Amen.
00:45:32.16\00:45:33.50
Katie, how's it
affecting you personally?
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.46
What...
00:45:35.50\00:45:36.83
You know, it's helped
me in my day-to-day life.
00:45:36.87\00:45:41.97
So often we just kind of get
into our rhythm and what we do.
00:45:42.00\00:45:46.78
And when things go wrong,
00:45:46.81\00:45:49.94
just even a couple of days ago,
00:45:49.98\00:45:51.98
we lost our keys
and it was crunch time.
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.88
We were trying
to get out the door,
00:45:54.92\00:45:56.72
we needed to lock up the house
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.09
and needed the keys to get into.
00:45:58.12\00:45:59.89
And our keys were nowhere
00:45:59.92\00:46:01.92
and I was really
upset and I'm just like,
00:46:01.96\00:46:04.73
kind of huffing
and puffing around.
00:46:04.76\00:46:06.49
And I'm like, who
had the keys last?
00:46:06.53\00:46:08.43
Like who had them? I
don't think it was me.
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.40
And then I'm like,
honey, did you have the keys?
00:46:10.43\00:46:12.93
And he was like, well,
I'm like you had to have,
00:46:12.97\00:46:15.10
because you're
the one that came,
00:46:15.14\00:46:16.47
you know, you
start getting in this.
00:46:16.50\00:46:18.31
And all of a sudden,
00:46:18.34\00:46:20.08
I just stopped
and I'm like, guys,
00:46:20.11\00:46:22.84
we need to pray about this
because our time is ticking.
00:46:22.88\00:46:26.31
We've looked all in the house.
00:46:26.35\00:46:27.68
I don't know where
it is. And we just...
00:46:27.72\00:46:30.42
We stopped and we
all were coming together
00:46:30.45\00:46:32.99
and we were about to pray.
00:46:33.02\00:46:34.36
Like, I love the verse
in Isaiah before you call,
00:46:34.39\00:46:37.19
I will answer.
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.56
Like, I was like,
00:46:38.59\00:46:39.93
God just kind of
spoke to my heart,
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.30
you need to stop.
00:46:41.33\00:46:42.66
And right as I stopped,
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.03
my son came in holding the keys
00:46:44.07\00:46:45.40
and he was like,
00:46:45.43\00:46:46.77
I found them
out in the driveway,
00:46:46.80\00:46:48.37
in the middle of the driveway,
00:46:48.40\00:46:49.74
like I would have never thought.
00:46:49.77\00:46:51.11
And I'm just
like, thank you. Amen.
00:46:51.14\00:46:54.18
But as I was going through that,
00:46:54.21\00:46:56.75
I'm like, why am I
getting so stressed about this?
00:46:56.78\00:47:00.22
Like I talk every
single day on my podcast
00:47:00.25\00:47:04.35
about depending on God,
00:47:04.39\00:47:06.09
because bad
things, they will happen.
00:47:06.12\00:47:08.32
Amen.
00:47:08.36\00:47:09.69
And I feel like kids
00:47:09.72\00:47:11.46
are always
given this message of,
00:47:11.49\00:47:13.33
if you believe in
Jesus, it's all gonna be okay.
00:47:13.36\00:47:15.66
Yes.
00:47:15.70\00:47:17.03
And it will be okay,
00:47:17.07\00:47:19.03
but there's some
hard times we go through.
00:47:19.07\00:47:21.24
Amen.
00:47:21.27\00:47:22.60
And I try to teach them that
00:47:22.64\00:47:25.77
in those hard
times to cling to Jesus.
00:47:25.81\00:47:28.18
Amen.
00:47:28.21\00:47:29.54
Because He's
right there with you.
00:47:29.58\00:47:30.95
And as I was going through
00:47:30.98\00:47:32.78
these lost key
episode or escapade
00:47:32.81\00:47:36.05
or whatever you want to call it,
00:47:36.08\00:47:37.75
I was, I paused.
00:47:37.79\00:47:39.12
And I was like, what do I teach?
00:47:39.15\00:47:40.82
What am I talking about
every single day to these kids?
00:47:40.86\00:47:44.59
Am I living that? Amen.
00:47:44.63\00:47:46.90
And it just
stopped me in my tracks.
00:47:46.93\00:47:48.63
And then God, here's the keys.
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.93
It's like you
remember. It was beautiful.
00:47:50.97\00:47:54.54
All right. Ruthie, your turn.
00:47:54.57\00:47:56.24
I honestly a combination
of what they said, plus,
00:47:56.27\00:47:59.54
and I said earlier
about starting With Jesus,
00:47:59.57\00:48:02.08
the conviction of that,
if I'm preaching something,
00:48:02.11\00:48:04.68
I need to be living it.
00:48:04.71\00:48:06.05
Yes. Amen.
00:48:06.08\00:48:07.42
And I had a similar experience.
00:48:07.45\00:48:08.78
I was still frustrated
'cause my computer quit working
00:48:08.82\00:48:10.15
for Starting With Jesus
completely another time.
00:48:10.19\00:48:11.92
This was a
completely different time.
00:48:11.95\00:48:13.29
My daughter actually pulled
it off the counter and broke it.
00:48:13.32\00:48:16.22
I love her.
00:48:16.26\00:48:17.59
She was a
terrifying little energy,
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.39
ball of energy
who is everywhere.
00:48:19.43\00:48:21.86
Like her mother.
Yeah, pretty much.
00:48:21.90\00:48:24.27
She's almost two.
00:48:24.30\00:48:25.77
And just, and
everything had happened
00:48:25.80\00:48:27.60
to just see my computer there.
00:48:27.64\00:48:29.60
And I was showing a video
or listening to some music
00:48:29.64\00:48:31.44
or something and
she's like, yay, mommy.
00:48:31.47\00:48:35.01
And it goes down crashes.
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.08
And in that experience,
00:48:37.11\00:48:38.61
my initial
reaction is pure frustration
00:48:38.65\00:48:41.08
and just wanting to just.
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.15
And in a few days
later, it wasn't...
00:48:43.18\00:48:45.42
I wasn't upset at her.
00:48:45.45\00:48:46.79
I was frustrated
'cause of the situation.
00:48:46.82\00:48:48.16
She was fine.
00:48:48.19\00:48:49.52
She didn't mean
to, it was an accident,
00:48:49.56\00:48:50.89
but the
situation was frustrating.
00:48:50.93\00:48:52.63
And I lost my computer.
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.43
I had like files I
hadn't saved into a backup,
00:48:54.46\00:48:56.60
you know, there's
whole bunch of things
00:48:56.63\00:48:57.97
that have happened.
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.33
And I went
through just, I got angry.
00:48:59.37\00:49:01.50
I was angry and upset and just,
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.71
almost throwing a fit.
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.07
And I'm like, are you a
child? This is ridiculous.
00:49:05.11\00:49:07.21
And it...
00:49:07.24\00:49:08.58
And after it, and
through it, I was like this.
00:49:08.61\00:49:11.31
I had to step
back and say, Ruthie...
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.98
Amen. Are you
starting with Jesus?
00:49:14.02\00:49:16.58
Like, this is not okay.
00:49:16.62\00:49:18.52
And I had another
experience a few weeks later
00:49:18.55\00:49:21.12
and I thought
back on that experience
00:49:21.16\00:49:22.49
of how absolutely
childish I had behaved
00:49:22.52\00:49:25.53
and how I hadn't
started with Jesus.
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.60
And in the next experience,
00:49:28.63\00:49:29.96
I said, okay, Lord,
I'm not gonna do this.
00:49:30.00\00:49:33.67
I'm gonna do what I
should've done last time
00:49:33.70\00:49:35.74
and start with Jesus and
go through this experience.
00:49:35.77\00:49:39.21
And it was a much better.
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.58
And I didn't have
the annoyance afterwards.
00:49:40.61\00:49:43.88
I was like, okay.
00:49:43.91\00:49:45.25
It was so much
smoother when you start
00:49:45.28\00:49:46.61
and you begin to
keep going with Jesus.
00:49:46.65\00:49:48.48
Amen.
00:49:48.52\00:49:49.85
And you know, I
mean, like you said,
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.22
there's always
gonna be problems.
00:49:51.25\00:49:52.72
We are all confronted with them.
00:49:52.75\00:49:55.12
And I wanna tell you something,
it doesn't matter if somebody
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.86
is an evangelist for 50 years,
00:49:57.89\00:50:00.66
we all go through the
same problems, don't we?
00:50:00.70\00:50:02.93
Now real quickly.
00:50:02.96\00:50:04.30
We're gonna go to our news break
00:50:04.33\00:50:05.67
in just a second.
00:50:05.70\00:50:07.04
But if people go to
StartingWithJesus.com
00:50:07.07\00:50:11.01
Are you, is AudioVerse a 513c?
00:50:11.04\00:50:15.04
Can they
donate? Yes. Absolutely.
00:50:15.08\00:50:16.41
So if somebody
wanted to support you
00:50:16.44\00:50:18.25
financially they could as well.
00:50:18.28\00:50:19.61
Please go to
StartingWithJesus.com
00:50:19.65\00:50:21.75
At the bottom of the
page, we have a donate.
00:50:21.78\00:50:23.62
Amen. You have to scroll a bit.
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.12
The bottom of the page
00:50:25.15\00:50:26.49
sometimes goes a
little further down.
00:50:26.52\00:50:28.36
Yeah, we're working on that.
00:50:28.39\00:50:29.72
But you scroll a
bit, there's a donation.
00:50:29.76\00:50:32.09
I pulled it up earlier
and it's really a good page.
00:50:32.13\00:50:35.13
And it's really easy
to navigate seriously.
00:50:35.16\00:50:36.77
Awesome. I'm glad.
00:50:36.80\00:50:38.13
Yeah. I'm glad.
00:50:38.17\00:50:39.50
My brother helped with
that. Yeah, well he did good.
00:50:39.53\00:50:41.44
He did good.
00:50:41.47\00:50:42.80
Well, and so
we're just going to put
00:50:42.84\00:50:45.04
this information up for you.
00:50:45.07\00:50:47.51
It'll give you their
address, their webpage,
00:50:47.54\00:50:51.05
but I want to encourage you.
00:50:51.08\00:50:53.18
If you're someone who
maybe this is what you do
00:50:53.21\00:50:57.02
for a living is editing
and you can even spare an hour
00:50:57.05\00:51:01.46
or two a week,
they would love that.
00:51:01.49\00:51:04.89
And if there's 10 of
you someone's out there,
00:51:04.93\00:51:07.40
they really love that.
00:51:07.43\00:51:09.23
For sure. Yes.
00:51:09.26\00:51:11.23
So, here is their address.
00:51:11.27\00:51:15.44
Starting With
Jesus is a ministry
00:51:18.51\00:51:20.28
focused on helping children
00:51:20.31\00:51:21.64
to develop a daily
relationship with Jesus
00:51:21.68\00:51:23.78
from a very early age.
00:51:23.81\00:51:25.58
To learn more about
Starting with Jesus,
00:51:25.61\00:51:27.42
please contact
them at PO Box 2288,
00:51:27.45\00:51:31.32
Collegedale,
Tennessee 37315-2288.
00:51:31.35\00:51:36.56
That's PO Box 2288,
00:51:36.59\00:51:39.09
Collegedale,
Tennessee 37315-2288.
00:51:39.13\00:51:44.63
Their website is
StartingWithJesus.com
00:51:44.67\00:51:47.74
That's StartingWithJesus.com
00:51:47.77\00:51:50.94
You may also email them
at info@StartingWithJesus.com
00:51:50.97\00:51:55.81
That's
info@StartingWithJesus.com
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