As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today's special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain Lord,
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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
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and my co-host is Francine
Bergmann, better known as...
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Aunt Francine!
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Aunt Francine from
the 3ABN Kids Network,
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but this is not a kids' program.
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Let me tell you, we
are so excited that you're
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joining us for
this interview today.
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We have two youth with us.
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And they are inspiring.
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I think by the
end of this program,
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God is going to lay a
challenge on your heart.
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Remember, in Isaiah Chapter 6,
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Isaiah is pressing into
the presence of the Lord.
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And as he sees the
Lord high and lifted up,
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he hears the call
of the Lord saying,
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"Who will we send for us?"
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And Isaiah says, "Oh, here I am.
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Here I am, send me."
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Well, that is exactly
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the experience of our
beautiful guests today.
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And let me go
ahead and introduce them.
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Oceana Munsey.
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And you are the Founder
and Director of Here I Am,
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Send Me ministries.
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Welcome. Thank you.
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I'm glad to be here.
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You know, at 3ABN we're
always saying that we wear
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so many hats.
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Well, the one hat I
haven't put on on camera
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was the cowboy hat, but
we're gonna explain that,
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I should say cowgirl hat.
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Exactly.
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We'll explain that in a moment.
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And then we
have Cai Brandenburg.
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And, Cai, we're
glad to have you here.
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Thank you. And
you're both 16 years old.
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Yes. And you are from Montana.
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Yes. You are a cowgirl.
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And you're from Washington.
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You live on 40 acres
of forest land, right?
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Yes.
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Oh, we're so
happy that you're here.
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We're gonna get
to know these two
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much better in just a moment.
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And see, you know,
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the question that
we're asking today is,
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"Can God really
use youth to make
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a difference in this
world for His kingdom?"
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And you're gonna
see, the answer is yes.
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But first, we always
like to start with music.
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What's our music today?
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Well, it's by Stephanie Dawn,
and John Lomacang, our pastor
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and it's called In Times
Like These We Need a Savior.
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Amen.
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In times like these
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You need a Savior
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In times like these
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You need an anchor
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Be very sure,
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds and grips
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The Solid Rock!
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In times like these
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You need the Bible
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In times like these,
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O be not idle
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Be very sure,
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds and grips
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The Solid Rock!
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This Rock is Jesus,
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Yes He's the One
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This Rock is Jesus,
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The only One
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Be very sure,
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds And grips
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The Solid Rock!
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In times like these
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I have a Savior
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In times like these
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I have an anchor
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I'm very sure,
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I'm very sure
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My anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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This Rock is Jesus,
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Yes He's the One
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This Rock is Jesus,
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The only One
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Be very sure,
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds and grips
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The Solid Rock!
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Be very sure,
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds and grips
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The Solid Rock!
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I love to hear
them singing together,
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they blend so
beautifully and we're...
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So Stephanie Dawn
is a special person.
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She's been with 3ABN for
years. I think even as a child.
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Even as a child.
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Yeah, I've seen little
pictures and videos of her.
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On Kids time,
that's wonderful. Yeah.
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Well, if you are just
joining us a few minutes late,
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our special
guests are Oceana Munsey,
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and then we
have Cai Brandenburg,
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and they're 16
years old, both of them,
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and they're very active
in ministry for the Lord.
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This is exciting.
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But before we talk
about your ministry,
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which is Here I Am, Send Me,
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tell us a little bit,
Oceana, about your childhood
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where you grew up,
just give us a little...
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Who is Oceana?
That's a great question.
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So I grew up and was born
across the world in Taiwan.
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My family and I
were missionaries there.
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So a lot of...
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I'm half Chinese
and half Caucasian.
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So a lot of my
relatives are there.
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I grew up in the
mission field with my family.
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My father was a
third grade teacher there.
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My mom helped with the
church, and they met there.
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But through my
childhood, I always loved God,
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I love people,
and I loved animals.
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And so I got the people
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and friends there, but
I didn't get the animal.
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So my family were gonna
retire from the mission field
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after 18 years
and mine 10 years.
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So when I was 11, I
moved to the States here.
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And now I live on a
little farm with my family,
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my goat, my horse,
my chickens, and dogs.
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They're all my siblings
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who make up for
being the only child.
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Amen. Amen.
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So you're a Montana girl.
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Her horse is named Breeze,
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and I love your
goat's name, Cyrus.
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Yeah.
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Does the chicken have a name?
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They're ladies, just ladies.
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Just the ladies.
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Well, anyway, but
it's wonderful that you
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grew up in a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian home.
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Yes.
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And obviously, it did take
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and we're gonna
see in just a moment,
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you know, I told
Oceana when I first met her,
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it's interesting
how often a timeout
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is what it takes for
God to get our attention.
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We're gonna see
what her timeout was
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and how God got her attention.
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But first, there's Cai now.
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Now, Cai, tell us about you.
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As you said, my name is Cai.
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And unlike Oceana, I
don't have a lot of animals.
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I have a lot of
siblings, though.
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I am the second oldest
of six siblings or children.
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And how many
boys, how many girls?
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Three boys and three girls.
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Three boys and three girls.
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I live on 40 acres of
just forest up in Washington.
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And I love to
bake. You love to bake.
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Now this is interesting to me.
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You all have been
working in ministry
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together for at least a year.
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Yes. Yes.
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But when did you meet?
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Yesterday!
Yesterday! You met yesterday.
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So this has been what you
would call a Zoom friendship.
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Yes.
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It's been an online,
because you both attend
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a Christian school,
Seventh-day Adventist School,
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that's an online school.
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What's the name of your school?
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Remnant. Remnant?
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Okay, well, we're just
so excited that you're here.
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So how many years have
you been part of Remnant?
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I think we both started
at Remnant Preparatory School
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when we are just freshmans.
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Wow!
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So you've got to tell us
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what is Here I Am,
Send Me Ministries?
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So Here I Am,
Send Me is a ministry
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where us as Adventist youth,
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we come together once a
week and we talk together.
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We talk, we're like,
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how can we share
Jesus to the youth of today?
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'Cause today's
youth is usually like,
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where we can reach them,
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where we can
reach ourselves really,
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which was like
Instagram, YouTube, Facebook,
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the social media platforms.
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So what we do is we
write our own scripts,
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and the scripts
are biblically based.
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We add Bible verses to support
what we're talking about.
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For example,
like, what is faith?
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Does God really
forgive you when you sin?
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Like, are you
worth something to God?
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Things like that.
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And they're really short clips
because usually people our age,
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scroll on the Internet.
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And our goal
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is that when we
write our scripts,
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we film
ourselves with our camera,
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outside is our studio.
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And we hope that at least one
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of these videos
will reach one person.
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If it does, we're
happy. Amen. Amen.
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Now let's talk
about your timeout.
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How did Here I Am,
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Send Me Ministries get started?
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Well, that's kind of
an embarrassing story,
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but since you asked,
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lot of people tell
these stories when, you know,
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when I become a senior someday,
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and no one really
cares about my timeout story,
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but this story actually
inspires me because how God
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used a timeout to
make something good.
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Amen.
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So I honestly don't
remember why I was grounded,
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but I was probably grounded
from arguing with my mother
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or something, but
when I was grounded,
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I couldn't use my phone,
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you know, Sabbath,
and it was raining.
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And like I said,
I love my animals.
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So they are all
ducked away in their shed
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somewhere like, "Don't
play with me right now."
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It's getting away from the rain.
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So I was like, on
the couch with my dad,
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I'm like, "Dad.
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Oh, please, please
let me use my phone.
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I want to do
something right now."
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And I gave him grief.
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My dad's like, "Okay, Oceana,
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I'll give you an
alternative here.
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You can either not
use your phone at all,
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or you can use your
phone for a project for God."
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And so I was like, "Okay,
I jumped on this opportunity.
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I can use my phone."
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And so I use my phone for,
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I was like, "What can I do?"
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So I decided to make a video,
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and I never really
made videos before.
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So this was a time I
made my first studio.
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And my first studio
was in my living room
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with couch pillows
stacked as high as you could get
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with the phone on
top to be like a tripod.
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And then I was like,
"How do I get professional
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looking background?"
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So I took bedsheets
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and I strung
them on the windows.
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Nothing more
professional than bedsheets.
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No, nothing more professional.
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So that was my first
studio and how it started,
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but then my
parents encouraged me,
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"Oceana, maybe you should
start posting these videos."
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So I posted them and some,
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I got the like little thumbs up.
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And amens like,
this encouraged me.
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Thank you for sharing.
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And even those small things
as a youth it encouraged me
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so I kept
making them till today.
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And now we have a
team and Cai joined me.
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Oh, Cai, why did you decide to
participate and support Oceana?
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So it was my sophomore year.
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And things happened at
the beginning of the year.
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So which led me to have like
this downfall kind of and...
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Was it because of COVID
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or it was even
before that, or...
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No, school work and stuff.
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And so which led me to
have like this downfall kind
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of in my spiritual life.
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So I started
questioning God, I was like,
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"God, what's my
purpose in life?"
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I have all this new
information 'cause I started
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attending this new school.
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And they really emphasized
the importance of knowing God
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and how to connect
scriptures with scriptures.
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And so I was just
praying, I was like,
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"What do you want me to do?
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How do you want me
to minister to others?"
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And so around this time,
Oceana started to post videos.
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And so God impressed
me to start reposting them
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and sharing
them with my friends.
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So and then I kept praying
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'cause I felt like that wasn't
totally enough to serve Him.
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And a few weeks later,
Oceana called me and she's like,
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"Hey, would you
like to join me?"
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And so I gladly accepted.
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And yeah.
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So basically, you've grown from,
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you did this to now
you have a team of seven,
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soon to be seven,
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and each person in
many different locations,
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they're each doing a
video, but tell us how you,
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I mean, they each
produce their videos,
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and then you upload it,
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but there is a
team effort in this.
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How do you choose your topics?
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Like if you don't
just call Cai up and say,
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"Hey, let's talk about
faith, or tithe, or whatever?"
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How do you all
choose your topics?
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So exactly, I
thought about doing that.
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In the beginning, I was like,
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how do we coordinate together
because we're spread out
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across the globe, like
one member's in Canada,
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another's in Bahama.
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Some are in
Montana, Washington, Chicago.
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And so I was like, "Well,
one big thing that helped me
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start these videos
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and the passion to start
them was what I had learned,
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like Cai had said.
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So in my devotions, when
I read the Bible by myself
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and prayed, God would press
things on my heart, like, "Wow,
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I didn't know that before.
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Maybe other people
don't know this either."
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Oh, it's good.
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So we ask each
member like, pray about it,
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think about it,
and get back to me.
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What is something that you feel
that God wants you to share?
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And where do you have
proof in the Bible about
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what you're talking about?
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Oh, that's good.
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So what's a topic
that maybe you've done,
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if I understand you're saying
that in your daily devotions,
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as the Word of
God is the Holy Spirit
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enlightened your mind
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and impresses you that you're
going to then share it, right?
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Okay, what topic have you done?
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Probably one of
my favorite topics
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is God does not
call the qualified,
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He qualifies the called.
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Amen.
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And which is really important
because often we think,
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"Oh, I'm not
qualified enough to do that."
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But really, it's
the other way around,
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if we answer His
call, He will qualify us.
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Amen.
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He just wants that
willing heart, right?
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Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
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And you know
what I love about this
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is that we learn from the Bible
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to teach, to share.
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And we teach to
learn, it's interesting
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how God will show us
something in the Bible.
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And if you go out
and start sharing it,
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or teaching others about
that, it really gets deep.
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But sometimes God shows
us something and we're going,
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"Oh, wow, that's so good."
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And if we don't go share it,
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then six months later
going through the Bible again,
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"Oh, I forgot about that, Lord."
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So there really is it's
something that it deepens
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your own experience.
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I really like how they're using
technology because all these
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young people
really like technology.
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And I think they're
using it for good just like
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your father was encouraging you
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and you wanted that technology
and yet you put it for good
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and how many more other people
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would love to do
something like that?
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Because it's a
tool, it shouldn't be the,
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I mean, we all whenever
we don't know what to do,
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like even in a conversation
or you're waiting for somebody,
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everybody pulls out
their phone or does something
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so might as well use
it for something good.
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But, you know, there's something
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else that I really
like and I can identify
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and I think you
touched on it a little bit.
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I used to be as a
child, I would go in my closet
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and I would read or spend some
time in the Bible and reading,
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but I think you
have something...
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I had a little walk-in closet,
but I just love your story.
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Can you tell us a little bit
about your closet experience?
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I would love to 'cause
that was a pivotal point in my
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spiritual life.
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Like I said, I grew
up in the mission field
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and in the mission field,
in our family home actually,
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morning and evening we
would have family worships,
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like we'd sing songs together,
mom bring out her guitar,
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my cousins would pile
around and play their ukuleles.
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And so it was a
time of family bonding,
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but also bonding with God.
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And my parents
always encouraged me,
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"Oceana, even though you
have this time to bond with God
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through the family,
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you should have that
private time with God.
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It's not enough to just
have the morning and evening
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time with Him."
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And so I was like,
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and I was inconsistent doing it.
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But when I
started going to school,
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I am now and I started
listening to the lectures,
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especially history
class and Bible class,
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I realized that God was big
because I started hearing about
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how the Bible is
directly connected with the rise
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and fall of
nations throughout history.
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I was like,
"Wow, that's my God?"
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Like, "Wow, He's
really big actually,
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I didn't, like I minimized Him."
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And so I was like, "Okay,
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I really actually want
to get to know this God."
00:21:01.36\00:21:03.56
Like, "Does He really know me?"
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And I wanted to dig
deep in the scripture,
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more than just reading
00:21:08.30\00:21:09.93
what it said to dig
deep, connect verses.
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And so I was like,
"Okay, where can I do this?
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A private time with God."
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And I didn't have a
place so I made a place.
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And just like,
the Bible verses says,
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"Go into your closet,
the secret place with God."
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So I was like, I have a closet.
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So I went in my closet.
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And, you know, some girls,
this might be hard for them,
00:21:28.82\00:21:31.75
but I totally
encourage it, I took my clothes,
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I took one whole
side of my walk-in closet,
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I sorted, gave away my clothes,
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I took all my
shoes out of my closet.
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And that was my prayer closet.
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And to be really honest,
00:21:44.37\00:21:45.90
I went in there the first day,
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and I had nothing to say to God.
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I was like, I knelt down,
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I said, "God, I
really don't know
00:21:51.67\00:21:55.21
what to say to you right now."
00:21:55.24\00:21:56.58
Like, I opened my Bible,
I didn't know where to read.
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And that's
like, that's the truth
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'cause sometimes
we have to be honest
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with each other to
encourage each other.
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Absolutely.
00:22:06.72\00:22:08.06
And so when I
went into my closet,
00:22:08.09\00:22:09.66
I did it morning after
morning, and I did it first
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thing in the
morning because my school
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.76
started at 7:15.
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And so I was like, all
right, so I kept going in.
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And little by little,
00:22:21.07\00:22:22.40
what I noticed
was I started staying
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a little longer each time.
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And when I totally
surrendered to God,
00:22:27.11\00:22:29.31
I told him, "God,
00:22:29.34\00:22:30.88
my relationship
I feel now to you,
00:22:30.91\00:22:33.68
it almost feels like plastic.
00:22:33.72\00:22:35.28
I don't know how to describe it,
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.65
Lord, but you know my heart.
00:22:36.69\00:22:38.62
And I really do
want to know you,
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.82
like on a friend basis,
00:22:40.86\00:22:42.36
like, I love you,
but I don't know how."
00:22:42.39\00:22:45.03
And through that, even till now,
00:22:45.06\00:22:47.30
when I go in
there, it's my safe place.
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It's a security
because I can tell God
00:22:49.80\00:22:52.83
everything that I would
never tell another human being
00:22:52.87\00:22:56.00
and I know He
will not turn me away.
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Amen.
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You know, that's
pressing into His presence
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is what I call that when...
00:23:02.11\00:23:03.91
And we've just all got
to learn that prayer is,
00:23:03.95\00:23:08.95
you know, I
always say, communication
00:23:08.98\00:23:13.66
is the relationship.
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.62
I mean, a good relationship
takes communication,
00:23:15.66\00:23:18.69
but it turns out
that the more you talk
00:23:18.73\00:23:21.46
with someone and
get to know them,
00:23:21.50\00:23:23.20
the closer, the more
intimate they become.
00:23:23.23\00:23:26.17
And that's what
happened with Isaiah,
00:23:26.20\00:23:29.30
you know, when he was
pressing into the presence
00:23:29.34\00:23:31.77
of the Lord, you
have recognized, as I say,
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He recognized the call of God,
00:23:36.34\00:23:38.68
He received the call of God,
00:23:38.71\00:23:41.48
but you're
responding to the call of God,
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.82
and He's
drawing you in to a more
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intimate relationship.
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And I have to tell
you all, at 16 years old,
00:23:49.76\00:23:53.96
you have no idea
how blessed you are.
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I was nearly...
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I thought I was a
Christian all my life,
00:23:57.47\00:23:59.37
but I was nearly 50
when I really had that kind
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of experience, you know,
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.47
and that's when God
called me to full-time ministry.
00:24:05.51\00:24:08.28
But what we'd like to
do, you won't believe this.
00:24:08.31\00:24:13.08
You're 7 members once 12, right?
00:24:13.11\00:24:16.25
Yes.
00:24:16.28\00:24:17.62
Twelve years old,
and the oldest is...
00:24:17.65\00:24:19.72
Seventeen. Seventeen.
00:24:19.75\00:24:21.12
So we've got
members of the Here I am.
00:24:21.16\00:24:27.10
And I always want to say
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.60
here am I 'cause that's
what the scripture says,
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.47
but Here I Am, Send Me ministry.
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They've got 17
members from 12 to 17...
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7 team members,
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from 12 to 17.
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And we want to show you
00:24:48.95\00:24:50.29
the videos because
we're gonna make a call.
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There's more youth
out there who may be very
00:24:53.46\00:24:57.33
interested in saying,
"Lord, I can do this."
00:24:57.36\00:25:01.80
And maybe some of us
old fogies that are just
00:25:01.83\00:25:04.93
sitting around
will get some ideas too.
00:25:04.97\00:25:07.74
But let's look at
some of the videos.
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We all serve a God
whether we know it or not.
00:25:13.31\00:25:16.28
I serve the God who
made heaven and earth
00:25:16.31\00:25:19.31
and all that dwells therein.
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.12
I serve Him because He's done
00:25:21.15\00:25:22.62
so much for you and me.
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.85
He's a life-giver, the reason
why we're all alive today.
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.72
His grace and
mercy is everlasting.
00:25:28.76\00:25:31.99
Serving God brings us
joy, peace, and happiness,
00:25:32.03\00:25:36.06
but that is only if
we are obedient to Him.
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He has given us simple
rules for us to follow.
00:25:39.23\00:25:42.10
And if we do them, then
He will bless us abundantly.
00:25:42.14\00:25:46.04
God loves us so
much even though sadly,
00:25:46.07\00:25:49.54
we're
disobedient to Him at times.
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One may ask, is
it worth serving God?
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.72
My answer to you today
is, yes, it is so worth it.
00:25:54.75\00:25:59.09
It's worth it because
God delights in saving those
00:25:59.12\00:26:02.42
who serve Him.
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.99
Matthew 11:28-29
says, "Come unto Me,
00:26:05.03\00:26:09.86
all you that labor
and are heavy laden,
00:26:09.90\00:26:12.03
and I will give you rest.
00:26:12.07\00:26:13.80
Take My yoke upon
you and learn of Me,
00:26:13.84\00:26:16.40
for I am meek
and lowly in heart,
00:26:16.44\00:26:18.51
and ye shall find
rest into your souls.
00:26:18.54\00:26:20.74
For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light."
00:26:20.78\00:26:24.11
Let us serve God
today, for He made us,
00:26:24.15\00:26:26.92
He loves us, and He
knows what's best for us.
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Bye.
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.82
Hi. I am Alex.
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Why do I serve God?
00:26:33.76\00:26:35.09
It is because it's
the only way to live.
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The Bible says in
Matthew 7:13 that we should
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enter in at the strait
gate, "For wide is the gate
00:26:41.03\00:26:43.90
and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction,
00:26:43.93\00:26:46.97
and many there be
which go in thereat."
00:26:47.00\00:26:50.24
Why would I want to take a
path that leads to destruction,
00:26:50.27\00:26:53.64
if I can take the
narrow path that leads
00:26:53.68\00:26:55.44
directly to heaven?
00:26:55.48\00:26:57.75
Hi. I'm Cai.
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Have you ever wondered
what it takes to serve God
00:26:59.15\00:27:01.35
and what
qualifications we must have?
00:27:01.38\00:27:03.59
In 1 Peter 4:10-11,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.55
it says that each
one of us has been given
00:27:05.59\00:27:07.46
a gift to serve God.
00:27:07.49\00:27:09.39
So we shouldn't be
sitting on our couches,
00:27:09.42\00:27:10.99
asking ourselves
00:27:11.03\00:27:12.36
if we're qualified
enough to serve God.
00:27:12.39\00:27:14.46
Moses led thousands
00:27:14.50\00:27:15.83
of Israelites
into the promised land
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.63
even though he was
horrified at speaking in public.
00:27:17.67\00:27:21.57
In Revelation, it tells us
that God stands at the door
00:27:21.60\00:27:24.21
and knocks.
00:27:24.24\00:27:25.57
And if anybody hears Him
knocking, then He'll come in.
00:27:25.61\00:27:28.34
God calls anyone and
everyone to serve Him,
00:27:28.38\00:27:31.28
but we must
answer Him and say yes.
00:27:31.31\00:27:33.95
Remember, God does
not call the qualified,
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.35
He qualifies the called.
00:27:36.38\00:27:38.15
As young people,
God is able to work
00:27:38.19\00:27:39.95
with us because we are moldable
00:27:39.99\00:27:41.79
and willing to
listen to His leading.
00:27:41.82\00:27:44.76
We're not set in the
popular ways of the world.
00:27:44.79\00:27:47.50
Young people have a
full life ahead of them,
00:27:47.53\00:27:49.73
and they are willing to share
the Gospel of God with others.
00:27:49.76\00:27:53.17
The Book of Matthew
states that we are to
00:27:53.20\00:27:55.60
"Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations."
00:27:55.64\00:27:59.01
However, Jesus goes on to state
that "Lo, I'm with you always,
00:27:59.04\00:28:04.38
even unto the end of the world."
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.72
So we see that we're
not only supposed to preach
00:28:07.75\00:28:10.19
the gospel unto all nations.
00:28:10.22\00:28:13.02
But then Jesus promises
to be with us at all times.
00:28:13.05\00:28:17.96
He gives us the
gift of Holy Spirit
00:28:17.99\00:28:21.00
so we might be able to preach
the gospel unto all creatures.
00:28:21.03\00:28:26.00
Hi, I'm Jaiden.
00:28:26.03\00:28:27.70
A lot of youth
tend to ask themselves,
00:28:27.74\00:28:29.80
"Can and will I make a
difference serving God?"
00:28:29.84\00:28:32.14
Whether it's
towards others or yourself,
00:28:32.17\00:28:34.28
the answer is yes.
00:28:34.31\00:28:36.14
Serving God allows
you to learn how to love.
00:28:36.18\00:28:38.61
You may no longer
have the urge to seek
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.25
revenge at the world grudges.
00:28:40.28\00:28:42.38
God's Word inspires
us to be more like Him.
00:28:42.42\00:28:46.65
Hello, I'm Oceana, the
Founder of Here I Am, Send Me.
00:28:46.69\00:28:50.16
Together, my team
and I have a mission
00:28:50.19\00:28:51.96
and it's found in
Matthew Chapter 28.
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.50
Jesus asked His
disciples or Christians to tell
00:28:54.53\00:28:57.33
the world of His soon coming
00:28:57.37\00:28:58.83
and prepare
them with the Gospel.
00:28:58.87\00:29:01.24
Jesus loves us so
much, and even the youth
00:29:01.27\00:29:04.24
He has called
them for a mission.
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.41
In Jeremiah Chapter 1,
00:29:06.44\00:29:08.71
God specifically tells Jeremiah,
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.98
"Say not that I'm a
child, for thou shalt
00:29:11.01\00:29:13.35
go to where I shall send thee.
00:29:13.38\00:29:14.98
And thou shalt say the words
that I have been to speak."
00:29:15.02\00:29:18.45
So as youth, we have a
mission in this world to help
00:29:18.49\00:29:22.72
share the good news
of Jesus' soon coming.
00:29:22.76\00:29:26.43
Jesus also said
that the fields are ripe,
00:29:26.46\00:29:30.07
but the workers are few.
00:29:30.10\00:29:31.93
Will you be a
worker to help pick to help
00:29:31.97\00:29:35.07
share God's love
before the Second Coming,
00:29:35.10\00:29:38.37
the wonderful
event of Christ's Coming.
00:29:38.41\00:29:40.51
I think it's so
exciting to see young people
00:29:43.58\00:29:45.98
who are doing this and,
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.38
you know, we'll talk about
this in a minute, it isn't...
00:29:48.42\00:29:51.35
Anybody that's ever put a video
00:29:51.39\00:29:52.82
together knows it
isn't just one and done.
00:29:52.85\00:29:55.36
There's usually a lot
of editing that goes in.
00:29:55.39\00:29:58.59
But, Cai,
00:29:58.63\00:29:59.96
you said that God
qualifies the called.
00:30:00.00\00:30:04.70
Yes.
00:30:04.73\00:30:06.07
Tell us how God is changing you
00:30:06.10\00:30:08.27
through your
participation in this ministry.
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.84
God has really been changing me,
00:30:10.87\00:30:12.67
as many know, especially Oceana,
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.88
I am a very quiet
and reserved person so...
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.51
Oh, me too.
00:30:18.55\00:30:19.91
Doing public speaking
and talking to other people
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.75
about God and stuff is
not my thing, but recently,
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.79
actually, I have been
doing my own worships,
00:30:25.82\00:30:28.66
I get up early in the
morning, around like, 5:30-ish.
00:30:28.69\00:30:33.26
And I'll have my own worships.
00:30:33.29\00:30:35.36
And I've really been...
00:30:35.40\00:30:38.17
Actually doing a lot
better with public speaking,
00:30:38.20\00:30:42.04
but it's like Jeremiah...
00:30:42.07\00:30:43.41
For me, I could really
00:30:43.44\00:30:44.77
relate to
Jeremiah because when God
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.48
first called him, he was
like, "Oh, God, I can't do that.
00:30:47.51\00:30:50.28
I'm really bad
at public speaking.
00:30:50.31\00:30:52.15
I don't know what to
say, and I'm just a child,
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.65
please call on somebody else."
00:30:54.68\00:30:56.45
And God's like,
"Don't say you're a child,
00:30:56.48\00:30:58.29
I will put the words that I want
00:30:58.32\00:31:00.09
you to say in your mouth."
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.16
And we really emphasize
that in our program too
00:31:02.19\00:31:06.26
because we want
youth to know that.
00:31:06.29\00:31:08.10
You don't have to be an adult,
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.46
like you guys, to
be doing ministry,
00:31:09.50\00:31:12.10
and it's for the youth too.
00:31:12.13\00:31:14.14
And you know what I love is
that you don't have to worry
00:31:14.17\00:31:17.24
about knowing
everything there is to know.
00:31:17.27\00:31:20.84
When you get out
there, you're sharing
00:31:20.88\00:31:22.84
what you do know what
God is impressing you,
00:31:22.88\00:31:25.91
but none of us know at all.
00:31:25.95\00:31:27.48
We're all still
learning. You're gonna...
00:31:27.52\00:31:29.72
When you, believe it or
not, should the Lord tarry
00:31:29.75\00:31:32.49
when you get as old as I am,
00:31:32.52\00:31:34.79
you're going to find
you're still learning.
00:31:34.82\00:31:37.36
I think that's what I
love most about the Bible
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.59
is the depth of it.
00:31:39.63\00:31:41.96
Yeah, it's just amazing.
00:31:42.00\00:31:43.37
You know, for me, I
always in the classroom,
00:31:43.40\00:31:46.47
I always, always
say we're always growing
00:31:46.50\00:31:48.47
and as a teacher, you
always want to improve,
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.41
but how has God led
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.51
you to grow
maybe in other areas?
00:31:52.54\00:31:56.48
Maybe not just speaking,
00:31:56.51\00:31:58.78
but are there any areas
that maybe you feel like God
00:31:58.81\00:32:02.38
is stretching your
talents a little bit more?
00:32:02.42\00:32:05.45
Yes.
00:32:05.49\00:32:07.06
It's different than talents.
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.49
This one area of my
life, I loved milk, like,
00:32:09.52\00:32:13.60
I love milk so much
that I was the only person
00:32:13.63\00:32:16.63
drinking milk in my family.
00:32:16.67\00:32:18.00
I go through more than
one gallon of milk per week.
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.84
So if I had a sad
day, happy day, any day,
00:32:21.87\00:32:27.31
you'd probably find
me on my kitchen floor.
00:32:27.34\00:32:29.61
And since I was the
only one drinking milk,
00:32:29.64\00:32:31.68
I drink out of the
jug on the kitchen floor.
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.65
And so my parents were like,
"Oceana, how about your health,
00:32:34.68\00:32:37.39
this might be
like too much milk."
00:32:37.42\00:32:40.22
I was like, they were
like, "I'm researching
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.36
and milk can cause
different side effects,
00:32:42.39\00:32:45.63
especially for
females on breast cancer."
00:32:45.66\00:32:48.06
I was like, "It's
okay, Mom, when I get older,
00:32:48.10\00:32:50.87
I'll deal with my problems then.
00:32:50.90\00:32:52.23
I will drink milk today."
00:32:52.27\00:32:54.34
And she's like, "Okay, Oceana."
00:32:54.37\00:32:56.77
And after I had
this point in my closet,
00:32:56.81\00:33:00.81
and I started
getting to know God better
00:33:00.84\00:33:03.35
as my personal friend,
my friend that loved me,
00:33:03.38\00:33:07.02
I was thinking,
00:33:07.05\00:33:08.52
"Wow, where does God
communicate to me at?"
00:33:08.55\00:33:11.65
And I realized, it's through
our brain, our frontal lobe.
00:33:11.69\00:33:15.16
And then in health
class, our teacher was saying,
00:33:15.19\00:33:17.89
how what we eat
affects our mind.
00:33:17.93\00:33:21.16
I was like, "Wait, wait, wait.
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.00
Does this
affect my relationship,
00:33:23.03\00:33:25.13
or how I can
communicate to God?"
00:33:25.17\00:33:27.47
Because that was
really important to me.
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.30
And it still is.
00:33:29.34\00:33:30.81
So like, one
day, I said to my mom,
00:33:30.84\00:33:33.21
"Mom, thank you for
letting me make my own choices,
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.28
but today, I'm going to
stop the drinking milk."
00:33:36.31\00:33:39.81
And even though
it may be with diet,
00:33:39.85\00:33:43.05
that surrender I gave to God,
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.32
I think was like Daniel.
00:33:45.35\00:33:46.99
When Daniel gave
everything to God.
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.69
He gave his diet, what he wore,
00:33:49.72\00:33:52.36
his whole life to God.
00:33:52.39\00:33:54.36
God always gives
back, He blesses you.
00:33:54.40\00:33:58.47
And I think Cai had an
experience just like that.
00:33:58.50\00:34:01.07
It's just like Oceana's parents,
00:34:01.10\00:34:03.10
my parents started researching
about being plant-based
00:34:03.14\00:34:06.11
and being a
little bit more healthy,
00:34:06.14\00:34:07.48
so we can communicate
with God a little bit more.
00:34:07.51\00:34:09.71
And so when my
parents first told my siblings
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.41
and I that we were
gonna go plant-based,
00:34:12.45\00:34:14.45
we were all like, what?
00:34:14.48\00:34:15.82
Our dairy, our
cheese, ice cream, that too?
00:34:15.85\00:34:18.62
And we all started
freaking out. Pizza!
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.82
And at first, we're all like,
"Nah, that's just you guys.
00:34:20.86\00:34:25.39
We'll stay vegetarian."
00:34:25.43\00:34:27.13
And as we continue to do a
health class at our school,
00:34:27.16\00:34:30.50
it wasn't until,
just like Oceana,
00:34:30.53\00:34:32.80
our teacher said
that what we eat affects
00:34:32.83\00:34:35.90
how we communicate
with God and others,
00:34:35.94\00:34:38.27
then that's when
I was like, "Okay,
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.88
maybe this
plant-based stuff isn't so bad.
00:34:40.91\00:34:43.61
And I should try."
00:34:43.65\00:34:44.98
So I'm not fully
100% because sometimes
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.52
I have those days where I
just want to eat ice cream,
00:34:47.55\00:34:50.05
but we are gonna get there.
00:34:50.09\00:34:52.99
And sometimes a
little bit won't hurt,
00:34:53.02\00:34:55.36
it's the pattern of
eating too much of it.
00:34:55.39\00:34:58.09
So, you know,
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.46
you may be listening to
these young people and thinking,
00:34:59.49\00:35:01.86
this is amazing
how God is leading,
00:35:01.90\00:35:05.53
how God just
has started this up,
00:35:05.57\00:35:07.70
and you're all over the country,
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.07
but we want you to
hear some of the miracle
00:35:09.10\00:35:11.31
stories because
there is no doubt the way
00:35:11.34\00:35:13.94
God has been meeting your team's
00:35:13.98\00:35:17.85
need with equipment, and even,
00:35:17.88\00:35:21.62
we got to get to the
story about how you got here,
00:35:21.65\00:35:23.99
but tell us some of the things
that God has done to help you
00:35:24.02\00:35:29.59
with the drone,
with everything else.
00:35:29.62\00:35:33.09
God really has
like, with the drone,
00:35:33.13\00:35:36.23
I was starting to save up
for a nice drone for our team.
00:35:36.26\00:35:40.50
So it could add
like some dynamic,
00:35:40.54\00:35:42.44
some different quality to
our videos that we were making
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.91
as a group.
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.51
And so I was like,
"Okay, I don't want to burden
00:35:47.54\00:35:49.38
my parents with this drone."
00:35:49.41\00:35:50.75
So I'm gonna
start earning money.
00:35:50.78\00:35:52.15
I was horse sitting,
dog sitting, kid sitting,
00:35:52.18\00:35:55.68
and money started building up,
but drones are sometimes like,
00:35:55.72\00:36:01.09
nice drones are
like thousands or $1,000.
00:36:01.12\00:36:04.83
And for adults,
that may not be too much,
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.26
but for this teenager, it was.
00:36:07.30\00:36:09.00
Yes.
00:36:09.03\00:36:10.37
So I was like, "It's
okay, little by little."
00:36:10.40\00:36:13.74
And a miracle that
happened was we had this friend
00:36:13.77\00:36:18.51
and she had sent
me a birthday present.
00:36:18.54\00:36:21.88
And I wrote her, I said,
00:36:21.91\00:36:23.68
"Thank you for
what you had given me."
00:36:23.71\00:36:25.65
And I let her know what
I'd be using it towards.
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.12
I said, "I'm gonna
use this money towards
00:36:28.15\00:36:30.25
a project that
I've been saving up for,
00:36:30.29\00:36:32.99
and thank you
for giving it to me."
00:36:33.02\00:36:34.89
And I didn't ask for anything,
but then I heard my parents
00:36:34.92\00:36:38.89
start asking like, "Oceana,
what drone do you want?"
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.70
And, you know,
sort of like a Christmas
00:36:41.73\00:36:43.30
when you know your
parents are trying to figure out
00:36:43.33\00:36:45.03
what you want.
00:36:45.07\00:36:46.40
I was like, "No, it's okay.
I don't want you to do this.
00:36:46.43\00:36:50.11
I want to be able to
save up for this drone."
00:36:50.14\00:36:53.21
And then they're
like, "Well, it's not us,
00:36:53.24\00:36:56.68
someone else has asked to
buy this drone for your team
00:36:56.71\00:37:01.02
or you."
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.38
And she called me and she said,
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.99
"Oceana,
whatever drone you want,
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.06
whatever you need,
00:37:07.09\00:37:08.42
whatever the cost,
I will pay for it."
00:37:08.46\00:37:10.46
Wow.
00:37:10.49\00:37:11.83
And I said, "Well,
maybe you don't know
00:37:11.86\00:37:13.46
how much drones are
and that thank you so much,
00:37:13.50\00:37:15.76
but they're kind of expensive."
00:37:15.80\00:37:17.13
She said, "I want
to do this for you,
00:37:17.17\00:37:19.23
whichever drone."
00:37:19.27\00:37:20.60
And so now our team has a drone.
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.94
And this is sort
of an encouragement.
00:37:22.97\00:37:25.01
And another thing was...
00:37:25.04\00:37:26.37
And a drone allows you
to do what? For somebody...
00:37:26.41\00:37:29.08
I can't imagine
nowadays that people don't know
00:37:29.11\00:37:31.78
what drones are, but
there may be somebody like,
00:37:31.81\00:37:34.12
what's the big deal
about the team having a drone?
00:37:34.15\00:37:37.49
So the drone, since it can fly,
00:37:37.52\00:37:40.59
it's almost like
a camera in the air.
00:37:40.62\00:37:43.09
And it can go
over cliffs, but yet,
00:37:43.12\00:37:47.30
it makes a really
cool shot sometimes.
00:37:47.33\00:37:49.56
And to a person who is like
me sometimes videoing myself,
00:37:49.60\00:37:54.07
you can have a
mode that the drone
00:37:54.10\00:37:57.04
will find you and
it will follow you
00:37:57.07\00:37:59.81
wherever you go from the sky.
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.41
So and then you
can use a lapel mic
00:38:01.44\00:38:03.45
and connect it to your phone.
00:38:03.48\00:38:04.88
So it almost looks like someone
in the sky is videoing you.
00:38:04.91\00:38:08.58
So it adds a
really cool dynamic to it.
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.89
You know, please
listen to what I'm saying.
00:38:10.92\00:38:12.95
I am so impressed
that you're not just taking
00:38:12.99\00:38:17.86
the easy way out
and just throwing up
00:38:17.89\00:38:20.96
junk because kids
nowadays, the youth of today,
00:38:21.00\00:38:25.50
as you said with
the social media,
00:38:25.53\00:38:28.14
you know, people are
getting so sophisticated,
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.67
that if you just throw up junk,
00:38:30.71\00:38:34.24
people are just
going to scroll through
00:38:34.28\00:38:36.18
and not pay any attention.
00:38:36.21\00:38:37.55
So I appreciate so
much that you are using
00:38:37.58\00:38:41.82
the best of technology.
00:38:41.85\00:38:43.39
Yes. Yeah.
00:38:43.42\00:38:44.75
God has also
provided different things like
00:38:44.79\00:38:48.62
through different
family and friends or people
00:38:48.66\00:38:51.36
have heard of our needs.
00:38:51.39\00:38:52.86
We didn't ask,
but they found out
00:38:52.89\00:38:55.06
and I believe that
was God working in each
00:38:55.10\00:38:57.57
of the cases like lapel mic,
00:38:57.60\00:39:00.80
and also a special thing to
put a camera on while videoing.
00:39:00.84\00:39:06.64
Each of these
things God always heard
00:39:06.68\00:39:11.01
even when we didn't ask anybody.
00:39:11.05\00:39:13.01
And before this
ministry really got going,
00:39:13.05\00:39:17.69
I thought like,
"Wouldn't it be nice to have
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.02
like a fundraising team,
Mom, like where we could,
00:39:20.06\00:39:23.29
some of our team
members could get money?"
00:39:23.32\00:39:25.39
And she said, "Oceana, I
want to tell you something.
00:39:25.43\00:39:28.66
I used to be in ministry."
00:39:28.70\00:39:30.67
And she said, "You never,
ever rely on man for your needs,
00:39:30.70\00:39:35.77
always rely on God."
00:39:35.80\00:39:37.67
She says, "You aim high,
and God will give it to you
00:39:37.71\00:39:40.88
if it is His will."
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.48
And I have done that.
00:39:42.51\00:39:43.95
And that was one of the
best and is one of the best
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.55
decisions I've ever
made because God has never,
00:39:46.58\00:39:50.09
ever let us down.
00:39:50.12\00:39:51.55
And He has provided every
single need to the smallest
00:39:51.59\00:39:54.86
thing to the
biggest thing for our team.
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.59
So when you're saying aim high,
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.16
you're thinking of George Muller
00:39:58.19\00:40:00.66
and with his orphanages
00:40:00.70\00:40:03.00
when he had no food to
feed all of these kids,
00:40:03.03\00:40:06.20
and he just prayed,
"Thank God" and say,
00:40:06.23\00:40:08.47
"I know you're bringing it."
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.14
The milk truck
would break down in front
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.94
of the orphanage and show up.
00:40:12.97\00:40:14.84
What you're saying,
what she's saying, Cai,
00:40:14.88\00:40:17.71
is when you all have
a need, you're praying,
00:40:17.75\00:40:19.88
you're just asking God.
00:40:19.91\00:40:21.25
Definitely. And
He's opening the doors.
00:40:21.28\00:40:23.95
And it takes a sacrifice first.
00:40:23.99\00:40:26.22
I mean, it's that faith
that you put priorities first,
00:40:26.25\00:40:29.72
and then you pray
about it and say, Lord,
00:40:29.76\00:40:31.79
what do you want me to do?
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.40
I mean, do you have any
other stories like that,
00:40:33.43\00:40:35.86
that solidifies
a little more about
00:40:35.90\00:40:39.20
what is
happening in your ministry?
00:40:39.23\00:40:40.74
Yes.
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.10
So I don't know if
you guys have noticed,
00:40:42.14\00:40:43.47
but we play instrumental
music in the background
00:40:43.51\00:40:46.57
of our videos.
00:40:46.61\00:40:47.94
So before, we were just playing
00:40:47.98\00:40:49.31
free music that has a watermark.
00:40:49.34\00:40:51.31
So actually,
somebody offered to...
00:40:51.35\00:40:53.62
Let me explain that 'cause I
saw one of your first videos.
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.89
When you have a sample
music with a watermark,
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.32
that means the
music's playing along then all
00:41:00.36\00:41:03.36
the sudden it's
saying, and this is a...
00:41:03.39\00:41:06.36
So at first I thought,
it's been so long since
00:41:06.39\00:41:09.46
I've heard something with
watermark, I was listening.
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.83
And they're not here...
00:41:11.87\00:41:13.20
And I think, "Oh, somebody
00:41:13.23\00:41:14.57
is directing her from the side."
00:41:14.60\00:41:15.94
It's distracting,
so, but it's free,
00:41:15.97\00:41:18.34
and you're trying
to get something up.
00:41:18.37\00:41:20.61
So what happened?
00:41:20.64\00:41:21.98
So somebody actually reached
out to Oceana and was like,
00:41:22.01\00:41:24.31
"I will be glad to pay for
a whole year subscription,"
00:41:24.35\00:41:27.68
so then you don't have to hear
audio jungle in the background
00:41:27.72\00:41:30.59
of our videos.
00:41:30.62\00:41:32.49
Praise God. That is exciting.
00:41:32.52\00:41:35.39
Now how did you get
the money to come here
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.53
because this is
their first time to 3ABN.
00:41:37.56\00:41:41.40
And they're familiar with
3ABN, their families watch 3ABN,
00:41:41.43\00:41:45.90
we're thankful, you're
part of the 3ABN family.
00:41:45.93\00:41:49.40
But when you decided
that when we said, "Hey,
00:41:49.44\00:41:53.04
come do an interview
'cause we heard about
00:41:53.07\00:41:55.74
all the exciting
things that God was doing
00:41:55.78\00:41:58.81
through your ministry,"
00:41:58.85\00:42:00.78
tell us how the
money came for this trip.
00:42:00.82\00:42:04.25
I had been doing
schoolwork all day.
00:42:04.29\00:42:07.86
And it was...
00:42:07.89\00:42:09.22
I was doing a dual
class with college,
00:42:09.26\00:42:11.73
and then coming home
and doing high school,
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.96
and vice versa.
00:42:14.00\00:42:15.60
And also my horse, I
had just had her bred.
00:42:15.63\00:42:18.53
And so I was working off
the payments for her breeding.
00:42:18.57\00:42:23.34
So with all those three things,
I was kind of stressed like
00:42:23.37\00:42:28.28
and I'm sure Cai would
understand with schoolwork
00:42:28.31\00:42:30.45
sometimes you
start feeling stressed
00:42:30.48\00:42:33.25
and inside all day.
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.58
And I was thinking
of this trip to 3ABN,
00:42:35.62\00:42:37.62
I was really excited to go.
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.82
I was like, "How am
I going to do all this
00:42:39.85\00:42:42.46
while I'm at 3ABN,
or and it's just all
00:42:42.49\00:42:45.63
weighing down in my mind."
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.00
So I went outside
to take a breather.
00:42:47.03\00:42:49.16
I was sitting on
our cement sidewalk.
00:42:49.20\00:42:51.47
And I said, "God,
I know you hear me,
00:42:51.50\00:42:55.00
and I need help, but I
know that you will give me
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.51
peace that passes all
understanding if I ask you."
00:42:58.54\00:43:01.94
So I was just sitting
there on the sidewalk.
00:43:01.98\00:43:04.08
And my dad came
over to me and he said,
00:43:04.11\00:43:06.31
"There's a
letter for you, Oceana."
00:43:06.35\00:43:07.68
So he handed it to
me. I read the name.
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.62
And it was one of my
friends that had moved away.
00:43:10.65\00:43:13.39
And I used to ride
past her house on my horse
00:43:13.42\00:43:16.02
and just say hi.
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.53
And she had moved away.
00:43:17.56\00:43:20.16
And I saw the name was from her.
00:43:20.20\00:43:21.96
So I opened the letter,
00:43:22.00\00:43:24.00
and out fell a check for $1,000.
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.97
Wow.
00:43:27.00\00:43:28.34
And it said, "I heard about
your trip to go down south.
00:43:28.37\00:43:31.41
I hope this
helps." Praise the Lord.
00:43:31.44\00:43:33.84
And I jumped up and I probably
screamed, I don't remember.
00:43:33.88\00:43:37.15
But I was like,
"Thank You, Jesus.
00:43:37.18\00:43:39.31
Thank You so much."
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.22
Ooh, that reminds me of
what used to happen here
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.79
'cause, you know,
as your mother told you
00:43:43.82\00:43:47.12
about relying on
God, that's one thing,
00:43:47.16\00:43:49.02
Danny Shelton, when
he began this ministry,
00:43:49.06\00:43:52.66
he said, "Lord, I
will receive the call
00:43:52.69\00:43:55.60
and respond to the call
00:43:55.63\00:43:57.13
if I don't have
to beg for money."
00:43:57.17\00:43:59.33
And so he just prayed and God,
00:43:59.37\00:44:01.90
you know, he'd
go forward by faith
00:44:01.94\00:44:03.97
and had these bills
coming in, and all of a sudden,
00:44:04.01\00:44:07.71
the money would just show up.
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.11
So that is so exciting,
but now let's talk about,
00:44:09.14\00:44:12.85
we've talked about how God
00:44:12.88\00:44:14.48
is doing all
these amazing things.
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.35
Let's get down to
the nitty-gritty of it
00:44:16.38\00:44:18.12
because sometimes tell us
00:44:18.15\00:44:20.79
what it takes to put
together these videos.
00:44:20.82\00:44:24.89
So when you look at
the five-minute videos
00:44:24.93\00:44:28.63
or two minutes, it's like,
"Oh, that looks really easy."
00:44:28.66\00:44:30.70
Like the first time
Oceana was explaining it to me,
00:44:30.73\00:44:32.90
I was like, "This should
only take me what 20 tries."
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.90
No, I sat, I went out
there at around 12 noon,
00:44:35.94\00:44:39.81
and I was like,
"Okay, I'll be back
00:44:39.84\00:44:41.21
around one
maybe, Mom, or sooner."
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.78
Like four hours
later, I had my dog barking,
00:44:43.81\00:44:47.05
my sister trying
to chase after my dog,
00:44:47.08\00:44:49.85
and then cars
going back and forth.
00:44:49.88\00:44:51.55
And I was like, "Okay,
maybe I underestimated this."
00:44:51.59\00:44:54.62
So the process is actually,
00:44:54.66\00:44:56.52
really, it takes
about three weeks
00:44:56.56\00:44:58.36
I would say to
get our topics down,
00:44:58.39\00:45:01.06
and then write out our scripts,
00:45:01.10\00:45:02.50
and then we film and produce it.
00:45:02.53\00:45:04.53
And then we'll have
Oceana edit, and then upload.
00:45:04.57\00:45:08.37
Amen. And you upload
to Facebook, YouTube.
00:45:08.40\00:45:12.97
Yes. Facebook,
YouTube, Instagram.
00:45:13.01\00:45:16.64
And you must have
wonderful feedback because,
00:45:16.68\00:45:19.31
I mean, if people are
starting to support or see
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.88
what you're doing, I
mean, can you tell us
00:45:22.92\00:45:24.55
a little more
about that feedback?
00:45:24.59\00:45:26.52
Yes. The
feedback has been amazing,
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.46
especially, when it's from young
00:45:29.49\00:45:32.16
people that
we're trying to reach.
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.83
And sometimes the feedback
comes in so much honesty.
00:45:33.86\00:45:37.47
And that's what we
were looking for, like,
00:45:37.50\00:45:39.40
one person emailed us and said,
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.74
"I'm really
depressed in life right now.
00:45:42.77\00:45:44.87
I have no hope.
00:45:44.91\00:45:46.91
And I want to know
does Jesus really care?"
00:45:46.94\00:45:50.48
And so things like that.
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.41
And a lot of our feedback comes
00:45:52.45\00:45:54.02
actually from the
Middle East and Asia.
00:45:54.05\00:45:56.82
So it's going
globally, little by little,
00:45:56.85\00:45:59.55
but even those little comments
and feedback, they encourage us
00:45:59.59\00:46:03.39
that they're
reaching lives for Jesus,
00:46:03.43\00:46:05.69
just like the one
sheep when Jesus went out.
00:46:05.73\00:46:08.46
He had the 99,
but looking for the 1.
00:46:08.50\00:46:10.60
Amen.
00:46:10.63\00:46:11.97
And so Cai has also gotten some
feedback as well on Instagram.
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.20
Yes, as I mentioned, I
started to repost her videos.
00:46:15.24\00:46:18.84
And at first I was like, "God,
00:46:18.87\00:46:20.71
is this what you want me to do?"
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.08
I mean, like, "I don't
want my friends thinking
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.65
I went too crazy
and off the rails,
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.18
and something happened to her."
00:46:25.21\00:46:27.22
But I was like, "Okay,
00:46:27.25\00:46:28.65
if this is what
you want me to do,
00:46:28.68\00:46:30.02
please, at least
have one person like,
00:46:30.05\00:46:31.79
say amen, or just like it."
00:46:31.82\00:46:34.09
And so actually, as I continued
to post and repost them,
00:46:34.12\00:46:38.19
I had friends
from my old schools,
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.60
say, "Oh, that was
really encouraging," or "Amen,"
00:46:40.63\00:46:42.96
or "I really liked
the video, keep going,"
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.30
which is very encouraging.
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.77
That is very encouraging.
00:46:46.80\00:46:48.14
And I want to tell you right now
00:46:48.17\00:46:50.17
how you can and
we're gonna talk about,
00:46:50.21\00:46:53.78
'cause actually, some
of your members are now
00:46:53.81\00:46:56.01
going out and you're
doing weeks of prayer,
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.91
they're doing preaching,
and you may want to get
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.52
a hold of these young people
because I'm going to tell you
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.09
something that an army
of youth rightly trained
00:47:04.12\00:47:08.36
is gonna finish this work.
00:47:08.39\00:47:10.49
We've got to,
00:47:10.53\00:47:12.06
if we want to keep our
young people in the church,
00:47:12.09\00:47:16.90
we've got to challenge them
00:47:16.93\00:47:18.40
and get them involved
in ministry because being
00:47:18.43\00:47:22.40
involved in ministry
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.61
is how you develop
yourself personally that,
00:47:24.64\00:47:27.44
you know, when you
learn that God's plan
00:47:27.48\00:47:30.25
is full dependence upon
Him, that's what it's all about.
00:47:30.28\00:47:34.12
So you can go to
their website, and it is
00:47:34.15\00:47:39.05
HereIAmSendMe360
00:47:39.09\00:47:44.16
that's all around.
00:47:44.19\00:47:46.86
HereIAmSendMe360.com
00:47:46.90\00:47:51.93
and maybe you want to
talk with Oceana and say,
00:47:51.97\00:47:57.24
"Hey, I know how to do a video,
I can do what Cai's doing.
00:47:57.27\00:48:01.48
I can do what Oceana is doing.
00:48:01.51\00:48:03.91
I want to learn to really get in
00:48:03.95\00:48:06.31
and let God feed my soul
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.18
so that I can
share with others."
00:48:08.22\00:48:10.39
You can email at
4, that's the number,
00:48:10.42\00:48:15.16
4everJesusChild...
00:48:15.19\00:48:18.86
4everJesusChild@gmail.com
00:48:18.89\00:48:24.13
And if your team
grew to be 100 overnight,
00:48:24.17\00:48:29.47
I know God's got
you ready to do it.
00:48:29.50\00:48:31.51
Yes.
00:48:31.54\00:48:32.87
Yeah, we want to
take just a second though
00:48:32.91\00:48:34.74
'cause we don't show
blooper reels around here,
00:48:34.78\00:48:40.02
thank goodness.
00:48:40.05\00:48:41.38
We should. I think
the kids like it though.
00:48:41.42\00:48:43.12
I think we should.
00:48:43.15\00:48:47.29
I just thought it was cute.
00:48:47.32\00:48:48.66
They've got a short
little blooper reel to show
00:48:48.69\00:48:51.93
we'll get tongue-tied.
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.29
It says, "Now
faith is the substance
00:48:56.56\00:48:58.53
things hoped for..."
00:48:58.57\00:48:59.90
Research shows
that children who...
00:49:04.71\00:49:07.24
What was I gonna say?
What was I gonna say? Oh.
00:49:12.11\00:49:16.99
I was thinking about the
very first time I was on TV,
00:49:17.02\00:49:19.22
I was 16.
00:49:19.25\00:49:21.02
And this guy put
me in his we'd done
00:49:21.06\00:49:23.66
a group interview, he put me
in a little room and he said,
00:49:23.69\00:49:26.86
"When this red light comes on,
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.80
there's 400,000
people watching you."
00:49:28.83\00:49:31.17
And I went, "Hi, I'm Shelley..."
00:49:31.20\00:49:33.90
And I was like a
deer in the headlights.
00:49:33.94\00:49:35.74
My mother said,
"Couldn't you have at least
00:49:35.77\00:49:37.11
forgotten your name?"
00:49:37.14\00:49:39.77
Okay, so when you think
00:49:39.81\00:49:43.61
about the future,
00:49:43.65\00:49:46.88
what are you guys wanting
to do with Here I Am, Send Me?
00:49:46.92\00:49:52.05
Tell us what's God
showing you for the future.
00:49:52.09\00:49:56.02
For the future,
00:49:56.06\00:49:57.39
I actually have the stream
00:49:57.43\00:49:59.73
that I know
that with God's help,
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.00
if it is His plan,
it will go through.
00:50:02.03\00:50:05.43
Right now as we're doing videos,
00:50:05.47\00:50:07.04
I also thought
it'd be really cool
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.44
if someday our team
started doing radio,
00:50:09.47\00:50:12.54
but not a radio just
to the United States,
00:50:12.57\00:50:15.84
but to reach out to
people like in North Korea,
00:50:15.88\00:50:19.95
or in those different
countries that as youth,
00:50:19.98\00:50:22.95
it could be our mission to
also go out there through radio.
00:50:22.98\00:50:26.65
Wow, that is exciting.
00:50:26.69\00:50:28.52
So in many ways, this ministry
00:50:28.56\00:50:31.76
is preparing you for
future greater ministries.
00:50:31.79\00:50:36.97
And we find that exciting.
00:50:37.00\00:50:38.93
Cai, what would you
like to add to that?
00:50:38.97\00:50:41.40
Well...
00:50:41.44\00:50:42.77
I like the fact that it's,
God is already using youth.
00:50:45.54\00:50:49.24
And we need to do a lot more
about reaching our teenagers.
00:50:49.28\00:50:51.98
Yes.
00:50:52.01\00:50:53.35
And I think
that's a special niche
00:50:53.38\00:50:54.75
that you've got
that even here at 3ABN
00:50:54.78\00:50:58.15
I'm hoping and praying
that we do better in the future,
00:50:58.19\00:51:00.92
but you've got this niche that
you are relatable to everyone
00:51:00.96\00:51:04.19
around and especially the youth
00:51:04.23\00:51:06.66
and I see that really
growing in the future.
00:51:06.70\00:51:09.06
And something that I
wanted to encourage other youth,
00:51:09.10\00:51:13.60
especially
through this interview
00:51:13.64\00:51:14.97
I prayed is that,
00:51:15.00\00:51:16.97
like a broken vase, they have
a Japanese art called Kintsugi.
00:51:17.01\00:51:21.54
And Kintsugi they
mend this broken vase
00:51:21.58\00:51:24.75
together with epoxy and
layer the cracks with gold.
00:51:24.78\00:51:28.18
And even if the people out
there listening are broken,
00:51:28.22\00:51:32.89
and they feel like
maybe God can't use them,
00:51:32.92\00:51:35.16
if they ask just like I did,
God can put you back together
00:51:35.19\00:51:40.30
and use that gold
that God's given you,
00:51:40.33\00:51:42.96
forgiveness in your
life, to share to other people.
00:51:43.00\00:51:45.50
Amen.
00:51:45.53\00:51:47.00
Such wisdom, this is
uncommon wisdom from above.
00:51:47.04\00:51:50.91
God is touching
these hearts, no doubt.
00:51:50.94\00:51:54.04
And we're gonna come back
00:51:54.08\00:51:55.54
in just a moment
for a final thought
00:51:55.58\00:51:57.91
from Oceana and from Cai
00:51:57.95\00:52:01.18
but right now we're
gonna take a newsbreak.
00:52:01.22\00:52:04.09