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Series Code: TDY
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00:01 As you're well aware,
00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. 01:16 I'm JD Quinn. 01:17 And we are so glad that you have joined us 01:19 for 3ABN Today. 01:21 We have this hour, a powerful testimony. 01:24 Amen. 01:26 A testimony... 01:27 This is not really... 01:29 What all this is to do today is to lift Jesus high 01:34 so that He can draw all unto Himself. 01:36 Because we have a testimony of a young man 01:39 who was going down the wrong path, 01:41 and God got his attention. 01:44 The scripture it reminds me of is Psalm 129:4. 01:50 Psalm 129:4 says, 01:53 "The Lord is righteous. 01:56 He has cut in pieces the cord of the wicked." 02:00 Whatever is binding you today, 02:04 know that God can cut you free. 02:07 Amen. 02:08 So you want to introduce our special guest? 02:10 I would certainly. This is Chris Lane. 02:12 Chris is a big guy. 02:15 Good looking guy, 02:17 but the Lord is just working all over him. 02:20 And so tell us a little bit about yourself, Chris. 02:23 Introduce yourself to the people 02:25 that want to know who you are. 02:29 Well, and before... 02:30 We don't want to go into your history yet, 02:32 because we got to have music. 02:33 But you're... What are you currently doing? 02:35 Tell us that. 02:37 So currently, I'm working as a Bible worker 02:38 in Wildwood, Georgia. 02:40 Okay, wonderful. 02:42 And you have an amazing testimony. 02:45 Well, praise the Lord. 02:47 And He does get all the glory, doesn't He? 02:50 But before that, we need to do a music. 02:53 Most certainly. 02:54 And it's our pastor, Pastor John Lomacang, 02:57 and he's going to be singing, "I Will Go." 03:29 Give me ears to hear your Spirit 03:34 Give me feet to follow through 03:40 Give me hands to touch the hurting 03:46 And the faith to follow you 03:56 Give me grace to be a servant 04:02 Give me mercy for the lost 04:07 Give me passion for your glory 04:13 Give me passion 04:16 For the cross 04:19 And I will go where there are no easy roads 04:25 Leave the comfort that I know 04:31 I will go 04:33 And let this journey be my home 04:37 I will go 04:43 I will go 05:00 I'll let go of my ambition 05:05 Cut the roots that run so deep 05:11 I will learn to give away 05:17 What I cannot really keep 05:23 What I cannot 05:26 Really keep 05:30 Help me see 05:34 with eyes of faith 05:38 Give me strength 05:42 To run this race 05:45 And I will go 05:47 Where there are no easy roads 05:52 Leave the comfort that I know 05:58 I will go 06:00 And let this journey be my own 06:04 I will go 06:07 I will go 06:10 I will go 06:12 Where Lord your glory is unknown 06:17 I will live for you alone 06:23 I will go 06:25 Because my life is not my own 06:29 I will go 06:35 I will go 06:43 I will go 06:57 We love John Lomacang, our pastor John Lomacang. 07:00 He's a minister of music. 07:02 He is, he is. 07:03 Wonderful Bible teacher, 07:05 but he's a minister of music as well. 07:07 If you are joining us just a little later, 07:10 our special guest today is Chris Lane. 07:13 He is a young man who started down 07:17 the broad path toward destruction, 07:21 but God got a hold of him and now he is a missionary 07:25 and a Bible worker in Wildwood, Georgia. 07:28 So, Chris, this is just all about 07:33 what God has done in your life. 07:35 Tell us... Let's just go all the way back 07:37 to the beginning. 07:38 Did you have a Christian influence 07:42 growing up? 07:44 Well, I grew up in a little town in Tennessee, 07:47 and my parents got divorced when I was four. 07:51 So really, I only have a couple memories of them 07:54 still being together. 07:56 And my family wasn't necessary against Christianity 08:00 or the Bible or church, 08:01 but they weren't necessarily for it either. 08:03 So we were just kind of somewhere in the middle, 08:05 I guess you could say. 08:07 And we never really went to church, 08:08 you know, no one ever read a Bible. 08:10 We didn't pray, things like that, so. 08:13 And I think a lot of people maybe are in that group. 08:15 They're not necessarily against it, 08:17 but it can be cultural in the south, 08:19 where I grew up, to be a Christian. 08:21 That just kind of means you're a nice person, 08:23 but not necessarily that you're really into it, 08:26 you know? 08:28 So I guess that's kind of how we were. 08:29 And since my parents got divorced, 08:31 you know, something that I've realized 08:33 over the years is that 08:34 when one child doesn't have one or the other parent, 08:38 they're always going to suffer for something. 08:40 Yeah. 08:41 You know, children really need a male and a female. 08:44 And single parents do a good job, 08:46 but you can never really replace 08:48 the other person. 08:49 Amen. 08:50 And were you an only child? 08:52 No, I have one sister. 08:53 I have one sibling, so. 08:55 Younger or older? 08:56 Older. 08:57 Older. Okay. 08:59 And so my dad wasn't really around ever. 09:00 He was around sometimes maybe once a year. 09:02 We would see him for Christmas, 09:03 you know, just to give a small present 09:05 or something like that, but not really around. 09:07 And my mother tried, 09:09 but she had a lot of depressional issues 09:12 that she was going through herself. 09:13 So I'm sure that was a challenge 09:15 trying to raise us at the same time up, 09:18 you know, what she was dealing with. 09:20 And so our house just became really depressed. 09:23 And so as I got older, 09:27 right as I was going into my teenage years, 09:29 I think I was around 12 or 13. 09:32 I was just really depressed and I didn't like being home, 09:35 but thankfully, I can make friends. 09:37 Amen. So that was a huge blessing. 09:39 So I would spend large amounts of time 09:42 at other people's homes and not my house, 09:45 because it was just depressing, you know? 09:47 And so, some of the things that happened that 09:50 kind of really started hurting my character, 09:53 I guess you could say, 09:54 was my sister had gotten pregnant 09:56 when she was 14. 09:58 And so I was 12 at the time. 10:00 And that really was really hard on me because I was thinking, 10:03 you know, "Why are these things happening?" 10:06 You know, "Why do I have to have this family?" 10:08 Is what I always thought. 10:10 And at the time, I was a good kid. 10:12 I made good grades in school. 10:13 School wasn't difficult when I was little. 10:16 I remember it was really easy 10:17 and I seemed to try to do the right thing. 10:20 I think kids really have the impression 10:23 to want to do right 10:25 unless somebody really messes that up usually, you know? 10:28 And so, it just kind of kept going down 10:31 this depressing road. 10:32 And then I remember meeting a friend 10:34 who his parents did drugs. 10:38 And, you know, you always hear that drugs are bad for you 10:41 and you should never do these things because they, 10:43 they're going to harm you. 10:44 But I remember we tried them one day 10:47 and I remember thinking, 10:49 you know, "This is the best thing 10:51 that I have ever found." 10:53 And I was so happy that I did it 10:55 because when I was on drugs, I didn't... 10:58 Your mind is pretty much taken over 10:59 when you do drugs. 11:01 You lose control of your mind, but I wasn't as depressed. 11:05 And, you know, this is something 11:06 that Satan really does to people that 11:08 do drugs in the beginning of their experience. 11:11 He makes them have a good time. 11:13 There is that season of pleasure, 11:15 as the author of Hebrew say that it's... 11:18 You know, sometimes we know how bad sin is, 11:23 but there is like a little small season of pleasure 11:28 sometimes in the beginning of sin, 11:30 but then comes pay day, pay back. 11:33 And you don't know that when you start, you know? 11:35 And so I. From that point out, I focused a lot on my feelings. 11:41 And I think that's one of the biggest dangers 11:43 in doing drugs, is that 11:44 because they make you feel good, 11:46 so then your life just becomes a focus of how you feel. 11:51 But no matter whether we feel good 11:52 or we don't feel good, 11:54 you know, doing the right thing is what's important. 11:56 But so I lived, ended up living that lifestyle, 11:59 I guess, for the next 10 years. 12:00 Oh, wow. 12:02 And so many terrible things happened. 12:03 You know, I was in many fights. 12:06 I was almost shot many times. 12:08 It's a miracle, I think, how I made it through that 12:12 and never was injured or anything bad happened to me. 12:16 And you never got arrested? 12:18 Well, I did get arrested one time. 12:19 I got in a fight 12:21 and then I had to spend a weekend in jail. 12:22 That was good because being in jail 12:25 sometimes can wake you up too, you know? 12:27 But yeah, many times I think 12:29 even then the Lord was protecting me 12:30 because I had many friends that died. 12:32 Many, many friends that died. 12:34 And I remember the first day of high school, 12:37 my friend was arrested and had 11 felonies. 12:40 Whoa. 12:41 And he spent the next five years in prison 12:43 when we were 14 or 15, so. 12:45 Wow. 12:46 I mean, I was definitely not hanging 12:48 around the best characters, you know. 12:50 And that lifestyle... 12:51 Let me stop you for just a second. 12:54 Was your mother aware that this was going on? 12:57 You know, at first she wasn't, but then she was. 13:00 And she didn't really know how to control us, 13:03 I guess you could say. 13:04 My sister had previously got arrested 13:07 and sent to juvenile. 13:09 Okay. 13:10 And so, there was definitely serious issues in our house, 13:12 but I think she was just overwhelmed. 13:14 Okay. 13:15 And so sometimes, especially when kids are teenagers, 13:20 their roles change. 13:21 And then the parents just kind of give up. 13:23 They don't know what to do, you know? 13:24 Well, and especially, my mother was bipolar 13:28 and suffered a lot of depression. 13:29 So I think especially 13:31 if somebody is in a depressed state of mind, 13:34 like your mom was, it is overwhelming. 13:36 Yeah. 13:38 Yeah. Yeah. 13:39 Yeah. 13:41 But then the Lord started wooing me, 13:42 I guess you could say. 13:43 So one thing that really kind of woke me up with all that 13:49 is I was so depressed from doing that. 13:52 It's funny in the beginning, it seems so wonderful, 13:54 but then you don't see all the tragedy 13:56 that's going to happen. 13:57 And so I just became so depressed that at one point, 14:00 I didn't care if I lived or died. 14:02 And I kind of was looking at my life and I thought, 14:04 "Wow, my life doesn't even really matter," 14:06 you know, "Would it matter if I was gone?" 14:09 I was starting to have those thoughts, you know? 14:11 And I had a lot of friends died from wrecking their cars 14:14 and overdosing, a lot of drown. 14:17 I mean, many different types of... 14:18 It seems like all my close friends were dying 14:20 or were in prison. 14:22 And so, it was amazing 14:24 how I really made it through that, you know? 14:26 And I never got in serious trouble. 14:28 I never got, you know, physically maimed or anything, 14:31 which many of my other friends did. 14:34 So one night I had a dream. 14:36 And I dreamed that I looked in a mirror 14:40 and when I looked in the mirror, 14:42 I saw 666 on my hand and on my forehead. 14:46 And I was terrified. 14:47 I remember after that, I woke up and I was, 14:50 you know, sweating and I was really scared. 14:52 Because at the time, I didn't know what 666 meant, 14:55 but I knew it was really bad and I didn't want it. 14:57 So had you heard that somewhere or? 15:00 Well, on the TV and things, 15:03 they show 666 in like a scary connotation. 15:06 Okay, okay. 15:07 And so that was really my knowledge of what that was. 15:10 I just knew it was really bad, 15:12 and it was maybe associated with the devil, you know? 15:15 So that's something that you didn't want. 15:17 And so that kind of woke me up and I thought, 15:20 you know, that was really weird because it was very real. 15:23 The dream was very real 15:24 and so it really impressed me deeply. 15:26 Scared me to death. 15:27 Yeah. 15:29 And then not long after that, I had another dream. 15:30 So I was standing on a cliff 15:33 and I was looking down in a valley. 15:35 And on the end of the valley was an enormous sun, 15:38 like taking up all the space. 15:40 And many people were walking just into the sun 15:44 and then just being consumed, 15:46 but none of the people had heads. 15:48 And so that was scary, just that. 15:50 And then someone was standing beside me, 15:52 but I couldn't see him. 15:53 And so I asked the person in my dream, I said, 15:57 "How many people are down there?" 15:58 And the person said, "665". 16:01 And I said, "Well, but where's the other person?" 16:03 And then I looked and they said, "Right here." 16:06 And so that really, really scared me after that. 16:10 But I never told anybody 16:11 because you can't tell people those things, 16:13 you know, because maybe they'll think you're crazy 16:15 or something like that. 16:17 And so I really started to have deep thoughts after that, 16:21 you know, about my life, and the world, 16:23 and things like that. 16:24 And it kind of spiritually awoke me, 16:26 I guess you could say. 16:27 You're how old about now? 16:29 During that time, I was 22 almost turning 23. 16:34 So you got a job? 16:37 I think at the time... 16:38 Yeah, I think I did have a job at the time, and so... 16:41 Okay, go ahead. 16:43 And then I was... 16:44 One thing that really I thought was weird was that my friends 16:48 that I was doing drugs with and all these things, 16:50 they started giving me advice about my life. 16:54 And these weren't the type of people 16:56 that would give you advice. 16:57 You know, normally they... 16:58 But you're saying it was good advice? 17:00 Yeah, and it was good advice. 17:01 They said, you know, you really should do something 17:02 with your life. 17:04 Wow. 17:05 And, you know, maybe you should go to school 17:07 or maybe you should travel somewhere, you know. 17:08 Maybe you should do these different things and I... 17:10 That impacted me too, because I would ask them, 17:13 "Why are you giving me advice?" 17:14 "Well, I don't know, 17:16 I just feel like I should give you advice." 17:17 You know? 17:18 So it's people who are telling you things 17:20 they're not putting into practice in their own? 17:21 Oh, definitely not. 17:22 No, usually the crowd that you hang around 17:25 when you do those things 17:26 is everyone's pretty selfish, you know? 17:28 Yeah. 17:29 And I was definitely that way also, you know, very... 17:31 It's very self focused when you didn't... 17:34 Apparently, they were seeing something in you 17:37 that was a little bit different. 17:38 Yeah, I guess maybe the Lord was really using them too. 17:42 And it's amazing how the Lord can meet us 17:44 where we are. 17:45 Amen. 17:46 It's so amazing how he meets us where we are. 17:48 That's something I try to pray for wisdom now, 17:51 is how to meet people where they are. 17:52 Amen. 17:53 Because that can be a challenge, 17:55 but God always knows how to do that, so. 17:57 Yeah. 17:58 So, okay. 18:00 So we're at the place now where you're... 18:02 People are giving you a decent directive? 18:04 Yep. 18:06 And so now you're trying to make some decisions. 18:08 Do I listen to them? 18:10 Are they right? 18:11 Is there some place for me to go? 18:13 Yep. 18:14 Can I do something that's positive? 18:15 Yep. 18:17 And then I had, right after that, 18:18 I had an impression to call a friend 18:20 that I knew was a good person. 18:22 And I asked him for advice. 18:24 I said, "Well, all these other people 18:26 were giving me advice. 18:27 What do you think I should do with my life?" 18:29 And they said, "Oh, I think you should read the Bible." 18:31 Is what they told me. That was their advice. 18:34 They said, you should get a Bible and read it. 18:37 And after I talked to them, 18:38 in my mind I knew that's what I should do, 18:40 but I didn't want to do it because I wanted to do what... 18:44 You know, I wanted to keep myself 18:47 in the forefront. 18:48 I wanted to continue doing what I thought was 18:50 what you should do with your life. 18:52 Even though I was destroying my life, 18:54 you still think, well, I want to do what I want to do. 18:57 But then I did it. 18:58 I got a Bible and I read it. 19:00 And then I came across the verse in Matthew 7:7, 19:04 because someone told me, 19:06 "Well, you should start with the New Testament." 19:09 Is what they said. 19:10 So I picked up the Bible in Matthew 7:7 and it says, 19:14 "Ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find, 19:17 knock and it shall be open unto you." 19:20 So I was by myself in my room. 19:23 And so I asked and I said, "Lord, 19:25 you know that I've wasted my life 19:28 basically to this point." 19:30 And I said, "But, you know, God, if you're there, 19:32 would You forgive me?" 19:33 And I said, "And if You do, then I'll live for You." 19:37 And so like when I did it, 19:40 I really felt like the presence of something 19:42 was with me and my... 19:43 I felt my prayer was answered in that moment. 19:45 Wow, how wonderful. 19:47 That's funny. 19:48 Wow. 19:50 So yeah, I really... 19:51 And the best way I describe it as I was connected. 19:53 I felt really connected from that point out. 19:56 So all of a sudden, you felt a warmness 19:58 that perhaps there is a place for me. 20:01 Yeah, and I really felt the presence 20:04 of physically something with me, 20:06 and it a very powerful experience. 20:07 Wow. 20:09 So maybe the Lord sent an angel to protect me because... 20:11 Or the Holy Spirit... 20:13 To fight off all those things that were in my life, you know? 20:15 And I felt delivered immediately. 20:18 I have lost all the desire to do drugs, 20:21 and I never did them after that. 20:22 You know, my favorite of Matthew 7:7 20:25 is the version in Luke 11:9, 20:29 where Jesus says, "Ask and it'll be given, 20:32 seek and you will find, knock and it will be open." 20:37 And you know, I think that 20:40 when we think about it in verse 13, 20:43 Luke 11:13, he says, where he's really directing us. 20:48 He says, "If you being evil 20:52 know how to give good gifts to your children, 20:54 how much more will the heavenly Father 20:57 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask?" 21:01 And in the Greek, it's linear verbs, 21:04 that you're asking and keep on asking, 21:06 seeking and keep on seeking, knocking and keep on knocking. 21:11 So I believe if... 21:14 My sister had a similar experience. 21:16 I told her to pray that prayer 21:19 and asked to be filled with the Holy Spirit, 21:21 and she'd done drugs for over 20 years. 21:23 Oh, wow. 21:24 I mean, hardballs. 21:26 Yeah. 21:27 What is it when you take heroin and cocaine, 21:30 put it together, speedball, hardball? 21:33 Whatever it was, 21:35 and she was delivered immediately. 21:39 So God... You felt that God had cut you free from the cords 21:44 that were binding you. 21:46 Oh, yeah, there was no... 21:47 There was no question in my mind that 21:48 God had answered my prayer in that exact moment. 21:52 I mean, even while I was praying, 21:54 I knew that He'd accepted it. 21:55 Wow. 21:57 And there's no better feeling in the world 21:58 than to be accepted by the Lord 21:59 and know that your slate's clean. 22:01 Amen. 22:02 And, you know, right after that, 22:04 many wonderful things started happening. 22:07 So it was after that, I, you know, kept reading and then 22:11 when I would pray something, 22:12 I felt the prayer was almost answered 22:15 before I ended up finishing the prayer. 22:17 And so I remember praying for a job, 22:20 because I needed a job after that. 22:21 And I had left the place that I was staying with 22:24 because I was staying with a friend, 22:26 but, you know, he wasn't a good influence. 22:28 So I knew I just had to get out of that situation. 22:31 And so he ended up living with some girl 22:35 that he just randomly met. 22:36 So the Lord removed him, 22:38 and then I left and found another place. 22:41 And then I prayed for a job. 22:43 I said, "Well, Lord, I need a job now." 22:45 And so I had a dream that night 22:46 that there was this new gym that had just opened up 22:49 and it said, Christian gymnastics gym on it. 22:52 And so I really felt deeply impressed 22:55 that I was going to get a job 22:56 if I went there because it was a Christian gym. 22:59 And in my mind, I thought every single person 23:02 had the same connection. 23:04 And so I thought, "Oh, well, for sure, 23:06 if they're Christians, 23:07 they're definitely going to hire me." 23:09 And so I went there and I went up 23:10 to the counter of the girl 23:12 that was working at the desk and I said... 23:15 She said, "Hi, how's it going?" 23:16 I said, "God told me that I'm supposed to work here." 23:19 And that's exactly what I told her 23:21 because I just believed it. 23:23 And so she looked at me kind of stunned. 23:25 And then she was like, "Uh, well, let me go get the owner." 23:28 And so she went and got the owner 23:29 and I told him this same thing. 23:30 I said, "God told me that I'm supposed to work here." 23:33 And he was shocked. 23:34 And then we talked for a long time 23:36 and he hired me. 23:38 And so I ended up working there for two years. 23:39 Praise God. 23:41 Amen. 23:42 And then later I found out that he was a Seventh-day Adventist. 23:45 So the Lord immediately brought me 23:48 to connection with someone in the truth. 23:51 Now one thing that happened though, was 23:53 he didn't share with me at the time, 23:55 but I did learn that, you know, he... 23:57 That's when I first learned about the Sabbath, 24:00 because one time someone said that 24:02 they went to church on Saturday. 24:04 So that was my first introduction to... 24:06 But it wasn't like he sat down and gave you Bible study. 24:09 No, definitely not. No. 24:10 Okay. 24:12 So here God's got a hold of you. 24:14 How did you end up in Mexico? 24:17 So after that, I was praying 24:19 and I had actually read the book, 24:23 Tortured for Christ, a book about Richard Wurmbrand, 24:27 a Russian pastor who was tortured for 14 years. 24:31 Someone had gave me that. 24:32 And that was... That's a pretty incredible book 24:34 that talks about he was sent to jail. 24:36 When communism came into Russia, 24:39 he was a pastor that stood up and said 24:41 they weren't going to follow communism. 24:43 And then he was arrested and put in jail. 24:45 So I read his testimony right after he was released 24:48 after 14 years, he wrote a testimony book. 24:51 And so after that, 24:53 I felt a really deep impression. 24:55 Because I said, "Well, Lord, what do I need to do now?" 24:58 And then I felt the Lord calling me to be a missionary. 25:02 And, but one thing that 25:03 I didn't want to be a missionary at first, 25:05 because I kept thinking about 25:07 the book that I read. 25:09 And so it kept coming into my mind, 25:10 oh, you're going to be tortured. 25:12 You're going to be tortured. 25:13 Sometimes the devil puts the worst scenario 25:16 in our mind to make us fear, 25:18 so that we don't follow through with it. 25:21 But after about a year of doing that, 25:23 I mean, man, a long time went by 25:24 and I was just thinking, 25:26 "No way, I could never do that. 25:27 You know, I'm not that type of person." 25:29 I just didn't feel worthy enough to 25:31 because of my previous life, you know? 25:33 The devil likes to throw those things 25:35 back up in your mind, 25:36 think that you can't do anything. 25:38 So finally after a year, 25:40 I finally surrendered to the Lord and I said, 25:43 "Okay, I'll be a missionary. 25:45 I'll go anywhere in the world 25:47 and I'll do anything you want me to do." 25:49 That's what I told the Lord. 25:50 And right after that, I met someone and he said, 25:53 "Well, I'm moving to Mexico full time to do ministry work 25:58 and I'm looking for somebody." 26:00 And so I thought that 26:01 that was the Lord opening the door. 26:03 And so I agreed to go there with him. 26:05 And so this was a Baptist. 26:08 I don't know that he was a pastor, 26:09 but I think he was basically like a lay Baptist pastor. 26:14 They don't really do that the same, 26:15 but pretty much that's what he was. 26:17 And so his family moved down there 26:19 and I went with them. 26:20 And I was going to be a health 26:22 and PE teacher at a school there 26:25 because that's what I was studying 26:26 at the time in school. 26:28 And so I went there 26:29 and they never had a PE program. 26:32 The school was the worst educated school 26:34 in the whole state of North Mexico, 26:36 which is a huge area. 26:38 And so we ended up helping with that, 26:40 and so that's kind of how we started down there. 26:42 But now had you joined the Baptist church, 26:45 or you just end up associated with it? 26:47 Yeah, I was like unofficially a missionary. 26:49 I never officially joined them 26:51 because I guess I just didn't have the desire to. 26:54 So you had... 26:55 At this point had not joined any particular church? 26:57 No. 26:59 Okay. Okay. 27:00 And you just knew that the Lord was leading? 27:01 Yep. 27:03 And I just wanted the... 27:04 And the doors were open. 27:05 After the Lord helped me overcome, 27:07 I finally agreed to do that. 27:09 So you were there for two years? 27:11 I was there one year. 27:12 One year. 27:14 One year in Mexico, yeah. 27:15 And what we did basically there, was we had food ministry 27:17 where we would help people with food. 27:19 We would go to their house... 27:21 And then someone had sent a thousand Bibles. 27:25 Someone had just said, well, we got a thousand Bibles 27:27 and we're going to send them down there. 27:29 And so we sent them down to Texas, 27:31 and it was my job to bring them over the border. 27:34 There was a... During the time that I was in Mexico, 27:36 there was a war going on 27:38 and I didn't know this before I went. 27:40 But when I went there, there was a big drug war 27:43 and it was really dangerous. 27:45 At first, it wasn't really bad, 27:46 but then it really escalated quick. 27:48 They were... What they would do 27:50 was they would blow up houses with grenades, 27:53 like in our town. 27:55 And if you cleaned it up, like they would... 27:58 They were killing people for cleaning it up. 28:00 Oh, my. 28:01 And one... The town that we were in, I think, 28:05 11 mayors were murdered that year, just in our town. 28:09 And they took a bunch of Americans, 28:10 a bunch of them. 28:12 You know, they cut all their heads off. 28:13 I mean, it was crazy. 28:15 And so when all this happened, all the missionaries left. 28:18 There was our group, 28:20 and then there was one other group 28:21 that was staying there. 28:23 They literally all left Mexico because they were... 28:26 I mean, it was a real fear. 28:27 That was very, very dangerous, 28:29 but I just didn't feel like I could leave. 28:31 I just... I felt so impressed that I had to stay there, 28:35 that I couldn't leave. 28:36 And they said, "You know, why aren't you going to leave? 28:38 You could die." 28:40 And I said, "Well, who's going to tell everybody 28:42 about the Lord if I leave?" 28:44 That was what I kept thinking about. 28:46 And it was during this time 28:47 that you're bringing the Bibles across the border? 28:50 Yeah. 28:51 And the Lord really worked miracles. 28:53 I felt protected 28:54 as long as I was bringing the Bibles over. 28:57 Because at the border, at that time, 28:59 someone had been shot and killed at the border. 29:02 The people that inspect when you come over, 29:06 and so they brought in a bunch of soldiers 29:08 and closed down the border completely. 29:10 So it was very difficult to cross at that time. 29:13 If you were American, especially, 29:14 they would stop you, 29:16 and it would be couple hour process. 29:17 They would question you and search everything. 29:20 But when I would bring the Bibles over, 29:23 the soldier, like I wouldn't even have to stop, 29:25 and the soldier would just flag me to go through. 29:28 I mean, that was a miracle, a huge miracle. 29:31 It was so awesome 29:33 that the Lord really worked that out. 29:35 And then the persecution started. 29:37 So my friend that was a local there, 29:40 they took him and they beat him up 29:43 and they put him in jail for no reason, 29:45 just because I think he was with us. 29:47 Because the way they worked down there, 29:49 is they just want to control the area 29:51 and they want to know everything that's going on. 29:54 And so they did that and that was hard 29:56 because I'm just sitting at the jail outside, 29:59 you know, can't really do anything. 30:00 And my friend's really beat up inside the jail. 30:03 And then they had threatened us. 30:05 The way they work there is, they'll threaten you 30:07 and then they come to your house at night, 30:09 and then they kidnap you, 30:10 and then do whatever, you know? 30:12 And so they had yelled at us and threatened us. 30:14 And I remember one night, 30:16 the police would bring them there 30:18 because the police and them are kind of united. 30:21 And so the police and a bunch of carloads of them 30:24 came to where I was staying and I was just by myself. 30:28 And it's a pretty surreal feeling 30:29 when you're in a foreign country 30:31 and you're literally by yourself. 30:34 And I mean, that's a different experience, you know. 30:36 I'd never experienced that. 30:38 Except you had one with you 30:39 that never left you or forsake you. 30:41 That's right. 30:42 But it is still when you're there in that moment, 30:44 you know, it's pretty intense. 30:46 And then a little voice whispered inside my head 30:49 and it said, "Pray." 30:50 Amen. 30:51 And so that was when I learned how to pray fervently. 30:54 I bet. I bet. 30:55 And so after I prayed for a very long time, 30:58 I don't know how long it was. 31:00 And then I got up and no one was there anymore, 31:02 and they had all left. 31:03 All the people had left. 31:05 Praise God. 31:06 So I was just very thankful that the Lord had protected me. 31:09 When so many people around me were falling, 31:11 the Lord really protected me. 31:13 And, you know, during that time, I had fear. 31:16 I had real fear. 31:17 You know, I physically was very scared, 31:19 but I learned during that time 31:21 that even when we're scared, we should have courage. 31:23 Amen. 31:25 And so no matter what we feel physically, 31:28 it's okay if you're scared. 31:29 Sometimes you can't help it. 31:31 You know, I can't help if I feel fear. 31:33 If I don't... Sometimes I don't and sometimes I do, 31:36 but the Lord wants us to have courage during those times, 31:39 even if we feel the fear, 31:41 to still have courage and still do 31:43 what we're supposed to do. 31:44 Amen 31:45 So what happened to the ministry 31:47 there was that since I guess the devil realized 31:49 he couldn't kill it from the outside, 31:51 then the leader started drinking alcohol. 31:55 And so then it kind of just imploded, 31:57 you know, over time. 31:59 And that sadly happens sometimes 32:01 when we don't realize, but if we are influences 32:04 who can destroy the ministry from within. 32:06 And so we really have to pray for the leaders 32:09 more than anyone, I think, 32:11 because the devil wants all the leaders to compromise 32:14 so that the ministry dies. 32:17 And so after this had happened, 32:18 I was really depressed because it, 32:20 you know, it wasn't just a one moment thing. 32:22 It was over the course of months. 32:25 But then they started teaching different things 32:27 and our influence kind of got destroyed. 32:29 And so I went back to Tennessee and I prayed and I... 32:34 You know, it was like, well, what now, God? 32:35 I always think of the disciples like well, what now? 32:38 What do we go back to? 32:39 You know, we've experienced all these things. 32:41 So let me ask this question. 32:43 You've been in Mexico 32:46 and you've seen the Lord's protection. 32:50 He's taught you to pray earnestly. 32:52 When you get back to Tennessee, 32:54 you're finding that all of this, 32:59 the dangers, the things that you've gone, 33:02 it's pressing you closer to the Lord. 33:04 Oh, yeah. 33:05 You're just... You know that God is it. 33:09 All right, so you're back in Tennessee. 33:11 So when I get there, I was, 33:14 you know, just kind of praying on what to do next. 33:16 And so I turned on the TV, but at the time, 33:18 we didn't really have cable. 33:20 So I thought I was just going to be watching PBS, 33:23 which is just a public channel from where we are, 33:25 because I was staying at my grandmother's house. 33:27 I think there was two or three channels. 33:30 And it was a very old television. 33:31 She really never used it. 33:32 But then there was a guy, there was a preacher, 33:35 and so I saw, oh, well, we've picked up some, 33:37 you know, evangelist or something on TV. 33:40 So I started watching it. 33:42 And what caught my attention was he said, 33:44 "Do you know the Ten Commandments 33:45 were blue?" 33:47 And then I thought, "Well, I've never heard that. 33:49 That's interesting." 33:50 So I started watching it 33:52 and then I found it came on every morning 33:54 and every evening, twice a day. 33:57 So in the morning, I would watch it 33:58 and write down all the verses. 34:00 And then in the evening, 34:01 I would just sit down and watch it. 34:03 And I did that for one month. 34:05 And then that's how I learned all the truths. 34:07 I learned later that that was a prophecy series 34:11 and that it was 3ABN that I was watching. 34:13 And so that's how the Lord showed me the truth. 34:16 And then after I learned all that, 34:18 I looked up which churches keep the Sabbath. 34:21 And there was a Seventh-day Adventist church 34:23 in the city that I grew up in. 34:25 It's funny, I never knew that. 34:27 And so I went there 34:28 and then I became a Seventh-day Adventist after that. 34:31 You know... It's amazing. 34:32 It is amazing. 34:34 I'm just going to interject something quickly. 34:36 When God called me to full-time ministry, 34:38 I mean, I knew at the time 34:40 I was not associated with any church 34:42 because we had moved to central Texas, 34:45 a little bitty town. 34:47 But I wouldn't watch 3ABN 34:50 because I thought Adventist were a cult. 34:53 And God was teaching me... 34:55 God taught me the truth of the Sabbath, 34:57 the truth of the state of the dead, 34:59 everything, because God told me, 35:00 forget what I thought I knew. 35:02 And he sat at his feet and he'd teach me. 35:04 And I remember turning on 3ABN one day by accident. 35:10 I was just flipping through the channels. 35:12 I was out preaching salvation by grace through faith. 35:15 Everything was by grace, including obedience. 35:19 And you know what? 35:20 I turned on 3ABN and the preacher said, 35:25 "I don't know what everybody's problem 35:26 is with obedience. 35:27 It's all by faith." 35:29 And you know, here's my point in telling you this. 35:32 That was so close to what I was teaching 35:34 that I actually started listening. 35:36 I thought, well, maybe they're not all Adventist. 35:39 But as I listened, 35:41 the one thing that I was clueless 35:43 on was prophecy. 35:46 I mean, God had taught me so much, 35:48 but I'm begging him. 35:49 And I learned these truths. 35:52 And then that's how God brought me 35:56 into the Seventh-day Adventist church 35:58 was through 3ABN. 35:59 Yeah, and I had learned about the Sabbath before, 36:02 about the day, 36:04 but I couldn't see any difference. 36:05 In my mind, there was... 36:07 I couldn't see the difference between one day or the other, 36:10 but when I saw it in prophecy, it made perfect sense. 36:13 Amen. Amen. 36:14 And, you know, I was so thankful 36:16 that out of the whole world, 36:18 that God would allow me to hear the truth. 36:21 Amen. 36:22 And then He would allow me to even hear it, 36:24 to have the decision. 36:25 I was so thankful for that opportunity. 36:28 And especially on a TV 36:29 that just didn't hardly get anything... 36:31 And at the right time. 36:33 Yeah, amen. 36:34 Yeah, it's pretty amazing how the Lord works. 36:37 And so after that, 36:39 I went back to Mexico for a short time 36:44 because I had to finish delivering all the Bibles. 36:47 And so after I did that, I came back and I realized 36:50 that I needed to learn how to give a Bible study, 36:53 because everybody kept talking about giving Bible studies. 36:57 Before, we didn't really have a focus on Bible study. 37:00 In other churches, they don't necessarily have that focus 37:04 and definitely not prophecy, you know? 37:07 So I went to... Someone told me about a school in Florida 37:12 that helps you to learn how to give a Bible study. 37:14 Amen. 37:15 So I went to the School Life 37:17 that during that time was at Florida, 37:19 and it was such an awesome experience. 37:21 And I felt like I was in my own world there. 37:25 And that, you know, there was just rays 37:27 of knowledge being poured into my mind. 37:29 Praise the Lord. 37:30 And I loved every minute of it. 37:31 Amen. 37:33 Praise the Lord. 37:34 Thank you, Jesus. 37:36 So ever since then, I thought, 37:37 well, this is what I need to do with the rest of my life. 37:39 I just need to be, you know, what they call a Bible worker 37:42 or a missionary. 37:44 And so I've done that ever since then, 37:46 you know, Lord willing. 37:47 But now you ended up going as a missionary to an Indian... 37:52 Somewhere in the east? 37:54 Philippines. 37:56 Yep. 37:57 Well, right after that, right after I learned 37:58 how to give a Bible study, 38:00 I went to Washington state 38:02 and I worked there one year as a Bible worker. 38:04 And then they had a wonderful program. 38:06 They had 30 Bible workers during that time. 38:08 Wow. 38:10 Huge, huge program. 38:11 But then they stopped the program after that. 38:13 And so when... 38:15 So then someone was talking to me 38:17 and they were sharing about, 38:19 well, what's the places in the world 38:21 that don't know Jesus? 38:23 That was at the time 38:24 when they were really sharing about that. 38:26 And I think it was Japan and Thailand 38:28 and I think there was a couple other... 38:30 Yeah, the 10/40 window 38:31 is what they were talking about. 38:33 And that really impressed me. 38:34 And I thought, man, can you imagine someone 38:36 that's never even had the opportunity? 38:38 And I was so thankful that God had given me 38:40 so many opportunities to learn. 38:43 And so that's when we prayed about it 38:45 and I ended up going to Thailand. 38:47 That's where I went. 38:49 And I ended up working in Thailand, 38:50 in the Philippines for about four years. 38:53 And then while you were in the Philippines, you met... 38:56 I met my wife. 38:57 Very godly woman. 38:58 That's right. 39:00 Now tell us, you and May made an, I think, 39:03 an incredible decision. 39:05 They both are missionary minded. 39:07 When you all married, you decided 39:11 we're going to be missionaries 39:12 and you decided not to have children 39:14 because you didn't want anything to interfere? 39:19 Yeah, well, we, we're trying to read a lot of things 39:23 and we got a lot of counseling before we were, 39:25 when we were deciding to get married. 39:27 And when we were going through that process, 39:29 I really just felt convicted that God wanted me 39:32 to be a missionary solely focused on other people. 39:36 And that was a hard thing. 39:37 So we definitely talked about that 39:38 because it's not easy for a wife 39:41 to choose to be a missionary either. 39:43 But that was really important to me, 39:45 and I knew that we had to come together on that 39:48 before marriage. 39:49 Amen. 39:50 And we decided that, you know, if we had lived 50 years prior, 39:54 we probably would have had kids, 39:55 because I love children. 39:57 I've been a teacher in different things, 39:59 but we felt that, you know, when you have children, 40:01 that's your ministry. 40:03 Because you have children, so your whole ministry changes. 40:05 Thank you for saying that. 40:06 Amen. 40:07 One hundred percent different when you have children. 40:09 Amen. Amen. 40:11 And, you know, I just want to tell you, 40:12 sometimes I'll be at a women's ministry 40:14 or something speaking. 40:16 I'll say, "Now how many of you here 40:17 are in full-time ministry?" 40:19 And maybe a couple of hands go up and I'll say, 40:22 "Now wait a minute, how many of you are mothers? 40:25 Then all these hands go up. 40:27 Being a mother is a full-time ministry. 40:30 Being a father is a full-time ministry. 40:32 Your family is your ministry, and I'm so glad you said that. 40:37 Yeah. 40:38 And it can be a challenge when you have a big family. 40:41 And especially when you're doing, 40:42 trying to move and do different things, 40:44 it can be a huge challenge. 40:46 Until, you know, not against anybody that has kids, 40:48 because kids are wonderful. 40:49 But, yeah, I think it's really. Because Paul even talks about, 40:53 if you can stay single, do that. 40:55 But, you know, I wanted to be married, so. 40:58 And you know, it's a huge blessing 40:59 when you're married, because like, 41:01 especially doing Bible work, 41:02 there's no issue to any house that we go to. 41:05 Everyone receives us openly because... 41:08 Well, and then you're also protecting yourself 41:10 because as a couple, 41:12 husband and wife going out, then it's not... 41:15 You know, that's something that we learned 41:17 in ministry school is we never give counseling. 41:21 We used to say to the opposite sex 41:23 without the other, 41:24 but now we realize it doesn't matter 41:27 who you want to protect yourself. 41:29 Oh, yeah. 41:30 Yeah. 41:32 So you are... 41:33 What was it like for you 41:38 and May in becoming one, 41:41 as husband and wife and one in purpose? 41:44 Well, I'm really happy that 41:46 we moved to Thailand because it was... 41:49 It's interesting in our situation 41:50 because we come from different cultures. 41:52 She's from Asia and I'm from the US, 41:56 but we moved to Thailand, 41:58 which was another country for both of us. 42:00 So we had to learn... 42:02 While we were trying to learn that language and that culture, 42:06 it unified us in that, 42:07 because it was something totally different 42:09 for both of us. 42:10 So we learned a lot of wonderful lessons about, 42:13 you know, it's not me against her, 42:16 but it's us both changing ourselves to be like Christ 42:20 and to follow His culture. 42:22 Because really, there's only one culture 42:25 we should follow and that's the Christian culture. 42:27 And so there can be challenges in that, 42:29 but I'm really happy that we went through that experience 42:33 because it helped us both to see the other person 42:37 and also how other people think. 42:39 You know, when you're learning another culture, you're not... 42:42 Learning a language is one thing, 42:43 but then you have to learn how to say it. 42:46 That's a very big thing too. 42:48 You can't just have the words, 42:49 you have to know how to present the words. 42:52 You're a very wise young man. 42:53 Well, I don't know about that. 42:55 I think the Lord is very wise. 42:56 Amen. Amen. 42:57 You're a good student then. 42:59 Yeah. Well, praise the Lord. 43:00 Amen. 43:02 Yeah. So, yeah. 43:03 So what we're doing now is the Bible work. 43:06 And one thing that I really enjoy 43:08 about the Bible work is, in my opinion, 43:11 that's the best thing you can do as a missionary. 43:14 I think going to people's houses 43:16 is such a wonderful ministry. 43:19 And because when you're at someone's house, 43:20 you can really learn about the person, 43:23 you can learn about their needs, 43:24 about their physical needs. 43:26 And we try to follow, 43:28 you know, Jesus' counsel about reaching the person, 43:31 and then, you know, 43:32 telling them to come follow you. 43:34 So that's really what we focus mostly on, 43:36 is going to the people's homes and trying to meet 43:40 their physical needs if we can. 43:42 And then, you know, doing Bible studies with them 43:44 and we've had many, many wonderful experiences. 43:48 And especially even with all the, 43:49 you know, the COVID things that are going on, 43:52 we found that even during that, 43:53 we still kept going to people's houses. 43:56 And there's something about when you're at someone's house, 43:58 they feel safe. 44:00 Yes. 44:01 You know, when you're out somewhere, 44:02 people are timid and scared. 44:04 And we thought, oh, what are we going to do? 44:06 You know, no one's going to receive us into their house 44:08 because when everything was shut down, 44:10 but everybody almost still received us into their house. 44:14 And we had many Bible studies during that time. 44:17 And I think this is such an important time 44:20 because people know something's going on. 44:23 They don't know what, but people know 44:25 that there's something going on with the world 44:27 and people are waking up spiritually to that. 44:30 And so we've had... 44:32 We experienced many people accepting Christ 44:35 during the time when everything was shut down. 44:37 Praise the Lord. 44:38 So I think even during this time, 44:41 you know, when there's so much fear 44:43 and things like that, I remember how the Lord 44:46 helped me through hard situations. 44:48 And even though I was very scared at the time, 44:51 God gave me courage to overcome those things. 44:54 And I think we need courage during this time, 44:58 that even if we feel fear, 44:59 you know, that can be okay, 45:00 but we still need to have courage to push on 45:04 and to do what we know is right and not to give up. 45:07 One thing that we were talking about beforehand 45:10 was about patience. 45:12 Tell me about patience in your opinion? 45:15 Well, I don't know that I'm an expert on patience, 45:18 but we do deal with that a lot in what we do, 45:21 especially because when you go to people's houses, 45:24 for example, you don't want to rush them, 45:28 or go too fast, or make them feel like 45:31 you're forcing them into a decision. 45:34 And we always want them to know that 45:35 we're there because we want to help them. 45:38 And our job really is to just to present the message. 45:42 Our job is to help them in any way 45:43 we can and just to present it. 45:45 The Lord wants us to know that our job is to give the message, 45:50 but how they respond to the message, 45:52 that's up to the Holy Spirit. 45:54 Amen. Most certainly. 45:55 And sometimes that can be discouraging to people 45:57 because when they do share with other people 46:00 or work with other people, 46:02 sometimes they can put the results on themselves 46:06 and they, you know, they think 46:08 they measure themself by how other people accept 46:11 or reject it. 46:12 But that's the work of the Holy Spirit 46:14 and we shouldn't measure ourself by that. 46:16 You know, it's just like Paul said. 46:19 I look at it that we're planters of seed. 46:22 We're planting the good word. 46:24 It depends on the soil it's going into, 46:26 but Paul says some plants, some water, 46:29 but it's God that brings the harvest. 46:31 And if you force it any other way, 46:35 it doesn't work. 46:36 And I've found that 46:38 if you really think about it in the... 46:39 Sometimes in the beginning, 46:41 it seems like you're doing a lot, 46:43 but really when you learn 46:44 it's the Lord gives the wisdom to plant the seed, 46:48 the Lord waters the seed, 46:49 and the Lord harvests the seed. 46:52 But I'm just so thankful that the Holy Spirit allows us 46:55 to have a part in each of those. 46:57 So does your church, 46:59 when you're working as a Bible worker 47:02 and that means he's a full-time... 47:04 He and May both are full-time in going out, 47:07 presenting Bible studies 47:09 and letting people know God's truth. 47:12 Does your church give you like... 47:14 Have people written in saying, "I want Bible studies." 47:17 Or how do you get your appointments 47:19 for Bible studies? 47:20 Well, all but one of the Bible studies 47:23 that we've gotten so far have been from 47:24 just going to the people's houses 47:26 and talking to them. 47:28 And, you know, some people... 47:29 Are you meaning like you're going door to door? 47:32 Yep, we go door to door. 47:33 That's a lost art nowadays. 47:35 It is. 47:36 But, you know, I love it so much 47:38 because I really enjoy meeting people. 47:41 I enjoy talking to people 47:43 and it's so nice when you can just talk to them 47:47 and kind of find out where they are. 47:48 We read a survey, is usually how we do it, 47:50 just to kind of get them talking. 47:52 Because we have a community center 47:54 at our church that's inside, 47:56 in the middle of the town where we are, 47:58 and we teach health messages 48:00 there and cooking classes and things like that. 48:03 So at first, we just share about the community center 48:06 and then we kind of change the conversation to spiritual. 48:09 And then we just ask them different things. 48:11 And then if they would like to study the Bible 48:14 or just study prophecy, it's what we ask them. 48:16 And so, you know, a lot of people say no, 48:18 but a lot of people say yes too. 48:20 Amen. 48:22 You know, I can stand in front of 20,000 people 48:26 and deliver a message and not feel knee knocking 48:29 because it's just you totally dependent upon the Lord. 48:32 But the idea of going door to door does, 48:36 would send a shiver down my spine. 48:39 Did it take you a while? 48:41 You know, it did. 48:42 And it's funny when I remember the first time in high school 48:44 when I had to get up front, I thought, 48:45 oh, I'll just have to drop the class. 48:47 There's no way I can do that. 48:49 Because there's something about getting up 48:51 in front of your peers, 48:52 which can be terrifying. 48:54 But you know, the Lord helped me through that. 48:55 And the first time we were going to go door to door, 48:58 when I first found out that the church did that, 49:02 you know, I thought, oh, well I have to learn how to do that. 49:05 And I remember I went to my friend's house, 49:07 there was already a member. 49:09 This was when I first joined the church. 49:11 And I said, you know, the worst thing 49:13 that I'm terrified of, I think, 49:15 is to go to people's houses and do that. 49:17 I said, "There's no way I can do that." 49:19 And I asked him, you know, I said, "How do you do that?" 49:21 And he said, "Well, I've never done that." 49:23 And I said, "Well, we have to do it." 49:25 I said, "That's the one thing we can't do, 49:27 so we have to do that. 49:28 We have to overcome it." 49:30 So we prayed and we thought, what's the... 49:34 Who should we go to? 49:35 You know, where should we start? 49:36 And he said, "Well, you know, I've heard that 49:39 if you reach to the poor people, 49:41 they're more open." 49:42 This is just our... You know, what we thought. 49:44 That's not necessarily true but... 49:45 And so he had a little daughter at the time. 49:48 She was, I think, four or five and she was really cute. 49:51 And so I said, "Oh, we should bring her too 49:53 because people love cute kids." 49:55 And so we found this one place that was government housing 49:59 in the city where we were. 50:01 And we went to there and we said, "What do we say?" 50:03 And I said, "I don't know. 50:04 Maybe the Lord will just tell us what to say." 50:07 And so I get his little cute kid 50:09 and I'm holding her. 50:10 And then I knock on the door 50:11 and he's kind of standing way back. 50:13 And they came to the door and I just blanked. 50:16 And I said, "Do you want to study the Bible?" 50:18 And then the guy looked at me and he's like, "No," 50:21 and he closed the door, you know. 50:23 And so my friend's laughing at me. 50:25 And he sees me doing this, he starts laughing. 50:26 So I said, "All right, you try to do it." 50:29 And so he gets his kid 50:30 and he goes up and he does the same thing. 50:32 He blanks, says the same thing, 50:34 and they just close the door 50:36 and we are both laughing at each other. 50:37 But then we kept trying, we didn't give up. 50:39 Amen. 50:40 And then people started actually talking to us. 50:43 And, you know, I got Bible studies 50:44 from just that with no knowledge. 50:46 So sometimes even when the Lord 50:49 knows that we'll try, He equips us and helps us. 50:53 And you can tell the Holy Spirit was there 50:55 because we had no idea what we were doing. 50:57 Well, but at least now 50:59 that the Lord's taught you to do an icebreaker first. 51:02 Before, you just plopped it out there, huh? 51:04 Yeah. 51:06 I think... So do you and May still do go door to door? 51:09 Oh, yeah, that's what we do every week. 51:11 Yeah, that's how we get all of our Bible studies. 51:12 And I'll probably do it forever. 51:14 As long as the door's open for us 51:17 to be allowed to do that, 51:18 I'm going to continue doing that type of work. 51:20 I just... To me, in my opinion, 51:23 that's the most valuable work I can do as a missionary. 51:27 And you have learned... You know, you are... 51:29 Sometimes we think of missionaries 51:31 and we think they've got to be over in Africa 51:34 or down in Brazil or whatever. 51:36 But you know what? 51:38 United States needs missionaries 51:40 worse than anything. 51:42 And you are a missionary in the state of Georgia. 51:45 So the Lord is, has... 51:48 You've overcome that fear of rejection. 51:52 You no longer take it personally 51:54 because you realize it's all up to God. 51:55 Yep. 51:57 Yeah. Praise the Lord. 51:58 Well, we are... 52:00 Already, I mean, this has been such a wonderful testimony, 52:04 but we're down to our time 52:06 that we need to take a quick break 52:08 for a news break. 52:09 Then we'll be back in just a moment 52:11 for a closing thought. |
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