As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Welcome to another
3ABN Today program.
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I'm Jason
Bradley and I'm so glad
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that you've decided to
join us for this power hour.
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We're going to be
focusing on evangelism
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and I want to share a few verses
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with you ever so quickly.
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This is found in
Matthew 28:19-20,
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"Go therefore and make disciples
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of all the
nations baptizing them
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in the name of the Father,
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and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have commanded you.
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And lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.
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Amen."
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My guests today are
from Adventist World Radio,
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and we have Elder Duane McKey.
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It's great to have you here.
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Glad to be here.
You're the president.
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Yes, yes.
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We've got Sue Hinkle,
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Adventist World
Radio Outreach Manager.
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Yes. Thank you.
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Great to have you here.
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Kyle Allen, Vice President
of Adventist World Radio.
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Always good to
be at 3ABN, Jason.
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Amen. It's great
to have you here.
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And I see a
relatively new face over here.
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We have Bill Hay,
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Director of Field
Ministries of Planned Giving.
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It's great to have you.
It's nice to be here, Jason.
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Yes, yes.
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Now, I can't
wait to get the update
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about what's going on,
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what's taking place with AWR,
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because I know
there is a lot going on.
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But before we go to all of that,
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we're going to
be blessed in song
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by Scott Michael Bennett,
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and he's
singing, You Raise Me Up
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When I am down
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And, oh my soul, so weary
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When troubles come
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And my heart burdened be
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Then, I am still and wait here
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In the silence
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Until you come
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And sit awhile with me
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You raise me up,
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up,
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To walk on stormy seas
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I am strong,
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when I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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There is no life
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No life without this hunger
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Each restless heart beats
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So imperfectly
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But I look up
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And I am filled with wonder
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Sometimes, I think
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I glimpse eternity
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You raise me up,
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up,
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To walk on stormy seas
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I am strong,
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When I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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You raise me up,
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up,
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To walk on stormy seas
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I am strong,
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When I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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Wow.
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Praise the Lord
for that beautiful song
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and powerful message.
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You know we're
focused on evangelism.
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And AWR is huge on evangelism.
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And that's one of the
things that I love about AWR.
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But what has
been going on lately?
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God is blessing
in a wonderful way.
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We love evangelism, we
started over 50 years ago
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and it's just
growing and growing.
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We have about 1000 stations
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around the world
that we work with.
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And it's
exciting working with 3ABN
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it's just a highlight for us.
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We just got back, just
got back from the Philippines
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where something that
started about five years ago.
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We have a Center for
Digital Evangelism there,
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and it's doing really well.
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We have young
people who go and preach
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and teach and do evangelism.
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But we got
contacted by Robert Dulay,
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who is one of our workers,
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and he said that
we have this island.
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It's called Mindoro,
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just outside of the Philippines.
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And we've been going
there for a number of years.
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And it's, we've known this
that there are rebels there.
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Fifty years ago,
these communist rebels
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invaded the island,
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they have
controlled the mountains
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for the last 50 years.
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Wow. They're assassins.
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Wow.
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They have killed 40,000 people,
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Forty thousand people
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and they've been
there for the last 50 years?
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Fifty years, 52 years or so.
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Yeah, about the
same time we started,
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they started, I guess.
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Maybe the Lord
saw what was coming
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and had us go too.
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And so we've been there
too working in that island.
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And we figure something out.
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As we have
taken different groups
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in all of us
have gone and preach
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and we take staff and
we take college students,
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Kathy and I have
taken probably 2000
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different ones
on different trips,
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different kinds of trips
to preach and do evangelism.
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We know because what
it does to their lives,
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it changes their lives.
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And so we have
gone to the Philippines,
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gone to Mindoro several times,
it seems to be a very good air,
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it's easy to get
into, you fly to Manila,
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then you take a
ferry and you go across
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and you can do your
meetings and we always meet
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with some of the leaders
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secretly kind of well through
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different
relatives of theirs actually.
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Okay.
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And in it, we figured out
that if we give them $1,000
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for medicine, for medicine...
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For medicine, okay.
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I got you, I'm with you.
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Then they don't shoot us.
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Well, that's pretty deal.
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That works.
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So you get to keep your life.
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Yes, that works.
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So it's worked very well.
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And we just, well,
we started something,
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called Ted,
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when I went to the
General Conference.
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I've been working with
Ted, Elder Wilson before that.
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Yes.
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And we had just done a
series of meetings together
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in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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And he became,
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he had been
president for five years.
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And then he asked
me to come to the GC,
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General Conference and
Sabbath school and now,
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this is just a year,
two years later, I guess.
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And so we decided
to do something there
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and in the Philippines
with total member involvement,
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we wanted the Japanese to come.
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We had these
big projects of TMI.
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Okay. Okay.
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So we first went to Rwanda,
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and there were 100,000 baptisms.
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Wow, 100,000? Unbelieve.
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TMI getting people, I
mean, it took lots of people.
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Sue, you went, you
preached there in Rwanda.
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It was thrilling. Amen.
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And hence people were saying,
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"Well, you ought to
go to the heart areas."
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So okay, so we said,
let's go then to Japan.
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Okay. That's kind of tough.
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And so, we decided to do that.
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And to do, to go and preach,
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we connected with a
number of our people there,
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pastors and laypeople.
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And we found out, Sue,
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that they didn't do
evangelism, or hadn't done it.
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So we said, "Okay,
here's what we'll do.
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We'll take them to an easy area,
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have them preach,
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they'll be successful, and
then they'll go back home."
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Yes.
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And so Kathy,
and I were over there
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five years ago, right now,
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invited me for camp meeting,
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and I told him,
this is our plan.
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And I thought this
was really interesting.
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Here we can take Japanese,
Japanese to the Philippines,
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you know some of that history.
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Yes. Yes.
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And have them preach in
the Philippines to learn,
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and the Philippines was loaded.
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They're going to teach
Japanese to do evangelism.
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Wow.
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So there was a major impact.
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Yes,
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So we went and
preached at camp meeting.
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I said, "Okay,
guys," I wasn't at AWR yet,
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I became
president the next month.
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But I said, "Why
don't we use radio,
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and broadcast these meetings,
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and broadcast what
we believe on radio,
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like Bible studies
and different things
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and see how that works?"
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In just a second, so
we said, "This is great.
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We will broadcast and then
that'll prepare the churches
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for the Japanese to preach."
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Amen. That is beautiful.
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Well, the Filipino pastors,
Robert Dulay and others,
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they said, "Since Elder McKey
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is an assistant to Elder Wilson,
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we won't laugh too loud
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because they
didn't think it work.
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It will not work.
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Okay, so the
idea was to broadcast
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and how the field prepared,
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how the Japanese
come and they would preach
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and they would be successful,
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because they were
interested already.
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And so, they
started broadcasting.
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We went back and
talked to the Japanese
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and they were getting ready.
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And the first
three weeks, nothing.
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And then, Sue,
something happened,
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something happened there,
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something called question of...
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Question of the day.
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So they thought, how can we know
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if anyone's listening?
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'Cause they had
gotten zero response.
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So they decided,
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and I think it
was God given to them
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about this question of the day.
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So they would have a message
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maybe on what
day is the Sabbath?
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Yes.
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And then the next day,
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they would have
this question of the day,
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and regarding the
previous day's topic.
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And the first five
people that would call
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in would get a free gift.
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Oh, wow.
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Maybe, you know, Steps
to Christ or little radio
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or something like that.
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And then the radio broadcasters
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that, these are
volunteers, church members,
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they would
deliver them personally
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these gifts to the people.
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And so they're
starting to connect.
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Yes.
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And what was it,
Duane, that first?
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The first time they did
the question of the day,
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I think they had
300 people call in
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and they're like,
people are really listening.
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So it is working. It is.
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So it was like
pop quiz with a price.
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So you have this
pop quiz with the prize,
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and you're
building relationships
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and leading people to Christ.
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That is
incredible. That's incredible.
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And so we
decided to go over there
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and see what's happening
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and then get ready
for the Japanese to come.
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We talked to the Japanese
and one of the presidents,
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he was, he's
really a nice guy, Obara.
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He's president in Tokyo.
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And, Sue, you talked to him.
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And when he got
there, and you asked him.
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I asked him if he'd
ever preached before.
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'Cause this is a
president of conference
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or I don't remember
union or conference.
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Yeah, conference
president. Conference.
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And I asked him if
he'd ever preached before.
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And he goes, "Oh,
no." And I said, "Really?"
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And he goes, "No, I've only been
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to one evangelistic
campaign my entire life
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and that was when I was young."
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Wow.
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I said, "So what
do you do in Japan?
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What's your way
of evangelizing?"
00:14:15.42\00:14:17.75
He was, "Well,
we do weekend events
00:14:17.79\00:14:20.72
on health or family relations."
00:14:20.76\00:14:25.13
I said, "So nothing doctrinal,
nothing evangelistic?"
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He said, "No."
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And so my curiosity...
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How were they growing?
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Well, see, that was
exactly my thought, Jason.
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Sue is very smart.
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Listen to what she asked him.
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I said, "So how is
that working for you?"
00:14:40.31\00:14:43.65
And he said, "It isn't working."
00:14:43.68\00:14:46.88
So anyway, they were
excited to learn and to grow
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and they did a phenomenal
job in the Philippines.
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And praise the Lord. Yeah.
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How do you guys
decide where to go?
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Well as the Spirit leads us,
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you know, we're getting
a lot of interest right now
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in Bangladesh
and Guinea, some in,
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and Colombia and
Bogota and different places.
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It's just, and
then as we see things
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getting more and more Nazareth,
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just different
places, and God is,
00:15:18.31\00:15:20.85
and we kind of go
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where the Spirit leads that way.
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Yes. When
there's a lot of answers.
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Yes.
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I think, do we have a video
that please, Kyle, right now?
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Yeah, we have a
video that talks about
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the incredible impact,
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because what was happening,
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this is the amazing thing.
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So as the radio
was being broadcast
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all over Mindoro,
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what we didn't realize
wasn't just village I mean,
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many villages were
listening, right, Duane,
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and many
villages, entire villages
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became Seventh-day Adventist
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as a result of these broadcasts.
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I can't remember
the number was it like?
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Yeah, let...
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I'll let Sue tell you
this in just a second.
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It was a lot. Yeah.
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But not only were
villages watching,
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some of these
rebels in the mountains
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also began to listen,
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that was the
amazing part of the story.
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Well, yeah.
00:16:06.66\00:16:08.00
And the thing is, Sue
said, when we heard this,
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she said, "Why
don't we pray for him?"
00:16:10.17\00:16:12.73
And she began to,
tell us that how you...
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I just felt really impressed.
00:16:15.80\00:16:17.14
We, you know, that
they need to hear too.
00:16:17.17\00:16:19.64
They may be killers, assassins,
but they need to hear too.
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And so I started praying,
00:16:22.88\00:16:24.21
and then I feel like
the Lord impressed me,
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a crazy prayer, Lord,
bring this whole regime down.
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Amen. Wow.
00:16:31.25\00:16:32.72
And so that's
when I started praying.
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It seemed so way
above and beyond,
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but I felt impressed
that's what I needed to pray.
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Amen.
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And I'm thinking I've
gone there several times.
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Kathy and I've
taken different groups
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a number of times
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that we were not
praying that prayer,
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we're just praying God,
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"Don't let them shoot us."
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Yes, keep us alive.
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Yes. Gives $1,000.
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When Sue tells me
I'm thinking, "Well..."
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Yeah, that's a big prayer.
00:17:02.18\00:17:03.75
Yeah, I know,
yeah, just protect us.
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Somehow, I don't think that
God's going to change the heart
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of assassins.
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I just, I can't get past that.
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But there's a twist in the plot.
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With men this is
impossible, but with God,
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all things are possible.
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Amen.
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And so, we're
going to show a video now
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that's going to show you
part of this incredible story.
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Wonderful. Let's
check that out right now.
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One year ago, AWR
360 organized events
00:17:30.81\00:17:33.85
across the island of
Mindoro in the Philippines.
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Along with the broadcast,
many meetings took place
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and more than
2,000 were baptized.
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Then soon after,
over 77 new villages
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turned their
lives over to the Lord
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as the layman radio
host kept preaching.
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But then some of
the new listeners
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made a surprise visit
00:17:53.37\00:17:55.04
to one of our AWR
radio broadcasters,
00:17:55.07\00:17:58.17
Robert Dulay.
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As he was biking home one day,
00:18:00.14\00:18:01.88
he saw four
strangers at his front door.
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They told him they were rebels.
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On March 29, 1969,
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The New
People's Army was formed.
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Armed with weapons,
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they gradually
infiltrated the country.
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Their goals have been
to overthrow the government
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and establish a
Mao-style communist regime.
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They regularly ambushed
police and military forces.
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Are these men and women to
be feared for their brutality,
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to be rejected and abandoned?
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Or is God calling His faithful
00:18:36.78\00:18:38.75
to go out into the
highways and byways
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to preach there too?
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They pleaded with us
00:18:42.92\00:18:44.29
to send someone to
the village to preach,
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as they had been
listening to the radio
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and wanted to
know more about Jesus.
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It is now four months later,
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AWR 360 is heading to
the forbidden mountain area
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in the midst of
where these rebels live.
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Our team boards a
small mission helicopter.
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And it takes us to
the top of the mountain.
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We are welcomed
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and the natives
eagerly give us a tour.
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It's amazing to see how
these precious people live.
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Then I sit down with Efren,
00:19:19.42\00:19:21.26
the first one who
started listening to AWR.
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My life was always on edge.
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I did many things I
would rather not talk about.
00:19:28.63\00:19:32.17
But one day as I was
listening to the radio,
00:19:32.20\00:19:35.97
something different came on.
00:19:36.00\00:19:38.47
It was AWR's health program.
00:19:38.51\00:19:41.78
As I listened, I discovered
00:19:41.81\00:19:43.51
that these
people were helping many
00:19:43.55\00:19:45.41
with their health problems.
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They also talked
about the supreme healer,
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one whose life was devoted
to others rather than Himself.
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This thought appealed to him,
00:19:54.12\00:19:55.99
and he felt the need
to share it with others.
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Then he began to wonder,
00:19:59.16\00:20:00.73
"Who are these people
00:20:00.76\00:20:02.20
who are sharing
this loving message?"
00:20:02.23\00:20:05.03
He knew he had to
find out for himself.
00:20:05.07\00:20:07.87
I had to know more.
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.74
So I sought out the
speaker of this program.
00:20:09.77\00:20:13.38
I sent fellow members in my unit
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.14
to invite him
to the mountaintop.
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The road they
took down many times
00:20:18.55\00:20:20.68
had been used to hurt or injure.
00:20:20.72\00:20:22.88
But this time, it was different.
00:20:22.92\00:20:26.05
My friends asked him,
00:20:26.09\00:20:27.76
"Please come preach
to us in the mountains."
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As they met, Efren shared
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.94
how he has a desire to
learn more about Jesus.
00:20:44.97\00:20:49.08
And AWR 360 was happy to oblige.
00:20:49.11\00:20:53.45
Many laymen pastors also
climbed the mountain to preach.
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And soon, many new
rebels heard about God
00:20:58.19\00:21:01.19
through the radio
and Bible studies.
00:21:01.22\00:21:04.93
And they too have the
need to share it with others.
00:21:04.96\00:21:09.63
And then the day
came when Efren himself
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walked down the
mountain with one final request.
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I want to be
baptized, and so do many others.
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And so on top of this
once dangerous mountain,
00:21:23.65\00:21:27.25
laymen doctors
healed those who were sick.
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And the mouths were cleaned
by the volunteer dentists.
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Our AWR 360 team
spoke with many villagers
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and prayed with many more.
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Additional rebels arrived
00:21:41.63\00:21:43.57
because they were interested
in witnessing what was going on.
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Our team preached to them,
and then it was time to baptize
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those who had made
their decision for Christ.
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It was a joyous walk
to the baptismal site.
00:21:54.71\00:21:58.58
And I believe all of
heaven was rejoicing with us
00:21:58.61\00:22:01.75
as we watched Pastor McKey
baptize five rebel generals,
00:22:01.78\00:22:06.82
along with 60 other soldiers.
00:22:06.86\00:22:10.83
These men who were
once killers in the land
00:22:10.86\00:22:13.70
have now died to self.
00:22:13.73\00:22:16.23
They have laid down
their earthly weapons
00:22:16.26\00:22:18.47
and exchanged them
for a heavenly reward.
00:22:18.50\00:22:23.17
What I witnessed
today was truly a miracle.
00:22:23.20\00:22:27.51
In one of the most
dangerous places on earth,
00:22:27.54\00:22:30.11
Adventist World
Radio boldly went forth,
00:22:30.15\00:22:33.01
so yearning ears could hear
00:22:33.05\00:22:35.02
the mercy and
forgiveness of Jesus.
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Lives were changed for eternity.
00:22:38.29\00:22:40.66
And now many
more have a new hope
00:22:40.69\00:22:43.19
of heaven forever.
00:22:43.22\00:22:45.56
And this is only the beginning.
00:22:45.59\00:22:49.00
Wow, what a powerful
testimony of God's powerful,
00:22:49.03\00:22:53.13
His way that He
can transform us.
00:22:53.17\00:22:55.34
Amen. Amen.
00:22:55.37\00:22:56.71
It is
incredible. But there's more.
00:22:56.74\00:22:58.24
Oh, there's more. Tell me.
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And that was just the
beginning of these baptisms.
00:23:01.48\00:23:04.55
I remember when we
were there Duane with Kathy,
00:23:04.58\00:23:07.42
and we got a report
00:23:07.45\00:23:09.05
that one whole
village wanted to be baptized.
00:23:09.08\00:23:12.05
And then we heard
a day or two later,
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.19
now there's three villages,
00:23:14.22\00:23:15.56
now there's five,
and then it was over 50,
00:23:15.59\00:23:18.03
and then it was over 100.
00:23:18.06\00:23:20.30
And it's just
amazing how God has worked,
00:23:20.33\00:23:24.13
and this has spread across.
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.53
And now they are 500 and...
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.37
Five hundred and
forty three villages
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.34
we have.
00:23:30.37\00:23:31.71
We're working with. That's huge.
00:23:31.74\00:23:33.38
Yeah. It's amazing.
00:23:33.41\00:23:35.61
It's really amazing.
00:23:35.64\00:23:36.98
And even you went
for the first time
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.85
and preached this time,
00:23:40.88\00:23:42.55
Bill, and this is
kind of not in your area
00:23:42.58\00:23:46.15
but it is, this one
is always for Jesus.
00:23:46.19\00:23:48.39
Yes. I'm a newbie at it.
00:23:48.42\00:23:50.69
I've been in denominational
work for a long time
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.89
but never preached in
evangelistic series before.
00:23:52.93\00:23:55.93
And this time, well,
00:23:55.96\00:23:59.53
maybe I'll give a
report in a couple minutes
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.20
when we finish with
talking about the rebels.
00:24:01.24\00:24:04.31
But there's a lot
more to this story
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.31
than just the rebels.
00:24:06.34\00:24:07.84
Yeah, that's right.
00:24:07.88\00:24:09.34
So the incredible thing is that
00:24:09.38\00:24:12.15
after what we just
saw on the video happen,
00:24:12.18\00:24:14.28
and these villages
began to come to Christ,
00:24:14.32\00:24:16.48
hundreds of them.
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.05
The rebels themselves, of
course, were coming to Jesus
00:24:18.09\00:24:21.42
and we were doing
medical work as you saw in video
00:24:21.46\00:24:23.53
and preaching and so forth.
00:24:23.56\00:24:25.66
And so these former
rebels are now coming to Christ.
00:24:25.69\00:24:30.40
And as time goes on,
00:24:30.43\00:24:31.97
even some of these generals
00:24:32.00\00:24:33.34
are making
decisions for baptism, right?
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.74
And, of course,
then the world changes,
00:24:35.77\00:24:40.21
COVID happens.
00:24:40.24\00:24:41.84
And we are not able to
go there as we had planned.
00:24:41.88\00:24:45.38
In fact, Duane, you were
asked to come and baptize
00:24:45.41\00:24:50.19
as I understand it,
00:24:50.22\00:24:51.72
the head general.
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.15
Isn't that right? It's right.
00:24:53.19\00:24:54.56
And his wife who were in charge
00:24:54.59\00:24:56.69
of the rebel
forces there in Mindoro.
00:24:56.73\00:24:59.56
Yeah.
00:24:59.59\00:25:00.93
But we couldn't
go because of COVID.
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.86
For two years, we
were not able to go.
00:25:02.90\00:25:06.10
But during this time
00:25:06.13\00:25:07.47
we didn't stop doing evangelism.
00:25:07.50\00:25:10.04
The Lord laid on
our heart the burden
00:25:10.07\00:25:11.97
to continue reaching
not only the Philippines
00:25:12.01\00:25:13.81
but all over the
world through YouTube,
00:25:13.84\00:25:15.91
Unlocking Bible Prophecy,
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.28
some of you may
have seen those messages.
00:25:17.31\00:25:19.71
You guys partner
with us on those.
00:25:19.75\00:25:21.68
Absolutely, Cami Oetman.
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.28
Cami Oetman, who is...
00:25:23.32\00:25:24.89
Yeah, and God
worked incredible ways.
00:25:24.92\00:25:27.09
We had about 1000
people watch, is that right?
00:25:27.12\00:25:29.39
Maybe 2000. Maybe 2000.
00:25:29.42\00:25:30.99
They're a lot.
00:25:31.03\00:25:32.36
Let's say over 10 million...
00:25:32.39\00:25:34.53
Amen. Over 10 million.
00:25:34.56\00:25:37.40
And it's been translated
in 36 languages so far.
00:25:37.43\00:25:40.64
That's big. That's really big.
00:25:40.67\00:25:42.70
And the amazing thing is like,
00:25:42.74\00:25:44.34
Cami did these
from her living room
00:25:44.37\00:25:45.87
in front of her couch.
00:25:45.91\00:25:47.24
Sue you were there,
you helped with that,
00:25:47.28\00:25:48.61
and just an
incredible way that God blessed.
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.25
But going back to Mindoro,
because even there in Mindoro,
00:25:50.28\00:25:53.28
they were watching, and
our digital missionaries,
00:25:53.31\00:25:55.65
our young people,
they were helping follow up
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.22
these contacts during COVID.
00:25:57.25\00:25:59.22
Even, get this, even
though the churches were closed,
00:25:59.25\00:26:01.92
they still baptized
because they had trucks,
00:26:01.96\00:26:06.36
pick up dump trucks
that were lined with plastic,
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.86
filled them with water,
drove around and baptize people
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.73
in the back of the dump truck.
00:26:10.77\00:26:12.10
Wow. It was a mobile baptism.
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.77
A mobile
baptism, a mobile baptism.
00:26:13.80\00:26:15.80
That's huge.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.17
And so thousands were
getting baptized in Mindoro
00:26:17.21\00:26:18.87
as a result of
Unlocking Bible Prophecies,
00:26:18.91\00:26:20.91
and Earth's Final Countdown,
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.41
but all of that was
leading to the desire for us
00:26:22.44\00:26:26.48
to come back to the
Philippines in person
00:26:26.51\00:26:30.12
because that
general and his wife
00:26:30.15\00:26:32.22
still were waiting.
00:26:32.25\00:26:33.59
They wanted to be baptized.
00:26:33.62\00:26:35.46
Actually, we set up a time
to go back and baptize them
00:26:35.49\00:26:38.13
just before COVID.
00:26:38.16\00:26:41.70
We were going to
go, and we got there.
00:26:41.73\00:26:45.03
Do we have a
video on that? Or do we?
00:26:45.07\00:26:46.80
That's coming in a moment.
00:26:46.84\00:26:48.17
Okay, you go ahead do that.
00:26:48.20\00:26:50.77
So exciting. Yeah.
00:26:50.81\00:26:52.27
This general, wow, he,
00:26:52.31\00:26:55.71
and we were used
00:26:55.74\00:27:00.55
as bait.
00:27:00.58\00:27:01.92
Wow, I will tell you that.
00:27:01.95\00:27:03.28
Oh, yeah.
00:27:03.32\00:27:04.65
I'm looking forward
to hearing that story.
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.02
So that, so he's given us.
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.39
I think he just baited us
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.76
to keep watching to
the end of the program
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.13
because we're going to
watch that incredible story.
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.33
But here's so what we
want to show you now is a video
00:27:12.36\00:27:16.80
that talks about
what just happened
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.83
because we've just come back.
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.90
And by God's grace,
00:27:20.94\00:27:23.67
hundreds and
hundreds of these rebels
00:27:23.71\00:27:25.37
have given their
hearts to Christ,
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.08
wanting to be baptized,
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.81
and we were there
just a little while ago.
00:27:28.84\00:27:31.71
Yes.
00:27:31.75\00:27:33.08
And we're able to baptize
them by God's grace, so...
00:27:33.11\00:27:34.72
Amen.
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.08
You know, and I'll say this,
00:27:36.12\00:27:37.45
standing in that baptismal pool
00:27:37.49\00:27:39.39
with you looking
at the changed lives
00:27:39.42\00:27:43.89
in front of us.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.26
The faces that
were hardened by years
00:27:45.29\00:27:47.43
of hard living
and not having hope.
00:27:47.46\00:27:49.36
But now they had
hope, and they had peace,
00:27:49.40\00:27:51.57
and many of them coming
up with tears in their eyes.
00:27:51.60\00:27:54.50
It was an incredible
moment. It was incredible.
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.60
I wouldn't
trade it for anything.
00:27:56.64\00:27:57.97
No.
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.34
Yeah, so what video
are we about to see?
00:27:59.37\00:28:01.51
We're going to
watch a video about this,
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.38
what just happened in Mindoro.
00:28:03.41\00:28:04.85
You're going to
see in this video,
00:28:04.88\00:28:06.21
hundreds of these
former rebels being baptized,
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.28
now fully reconciled
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:28:09.32\00:28:11.75
And you're going to see
that head general and his wife
00:28:11.79\00:28:15.26
getting baptized as well.
00:28:15.29\00:28:16.73
Amen. That's huge.
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.09
Let's take a look
at that right now.
00:28:18.13\00:28:20.93
Greetings, my friends.
00:28:20.96\00:28:22.30
I'm Dr. Duane McKey, President
of Adventist World Radio.
00:28:22.33\00:28:24.70
It's so exciting to be alive.
00:28:24.73\00:28:26.33
You cannot believe
what's happening right here
00:28:26.37\00:28:28.17
in Mindoro in the Philippines.
00:28:28.20\00:28:29.54
Thrilling, exciting
things are happening.
00:28:29.57\00:28:31.71
It's unbelievable.
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.44
We see all kinds of
people come out of the mountains
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.14
and they learned about Jesus
00:28:36.18\00:28:37.51
during the last
four or five years.
00:28:37.55\00:28:38.88
And now they're
all being baptized.
00:28:38.91\00:28:40.35
It is so exciting,
00:28:40.38\00:28:41.72
10,000 others have
been baptized before.
00:28:41.75\00:28:44.12
And now thousands, maybe
3000 that they were expecting.
00:28:44.15\00:28:47.32
Beyond belief.
00:28:47.36\00:28:49.16
What an opportunity to
see the power of God at work.
00:28:49.19\00:28:53.03
This is absolutely amazing.
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.26
Months and months of planning,
00:28:55.30\00:28:57.33
special
endeavors to try and reach
00:28:57.37\00:29:00.30
those who have been rebels
and are now former rebels,
00:29:00.34\00:29:03.87
new creatures in Jesus Christ.
00:29:03.91\00:29:06.47
What a great opportunity
that Adventist World Radio
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.78
has had in sending the truth
00:29:09.81\00:29:12.98
through the
airwaves to remote places.
00:29:13.01\00:29:16.05
It has been listened to
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
and hearts have been melted
00:29:17.45\00:29:19.35
through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:19.39\00:29:21.72
Today is the
culmination of so many months
00:29:21.76\00:29:25.33
and even years of planning,
00:29:25.36\00:29:28.36
and very dedicated so many were.
00:29:28.40\00:29:31.30
To see these
people being baptized,
00:29:31.33\00:29:34.47
new people in Christ
00:29:34.50\00:29:36.54
and joining the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:29:36.57\00:29:39.57
to become part of
God's remnant people.
00:29:39.61\00:29:42.34
We praise God for
the airwaves of AWR,
00:29:42.38\00:29:46.41
for the
tireless working of those
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.98
who are here on the ground,
00:29:49.02\00:29:50.59
giving Bible
studies and instructing
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.29
for the wonderful
support from the various levels
00:29:53.32\00:29:56.62
of the
organization in the Philippines
00:29:56.66\00:29:59.16
and the Southern
Asia Pacific Division.
00:29:59.19\00:30:02.06
I just want to
say my heart is full.
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.63
I am so excited.
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.24
And more than that,
heaven is rejoicing.
00:30:08.27\00:30:13.44
Sometimes around the world
00:30:13.48\00:30:14.81
and you folks know this
in some areas of the world,
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.85
when we had large
baptisms, people think,
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.91
well, how are we
going to keep helping them,
00:30:18.95\00:30:20.45
and especially in a
situation like this,
00:30:20.48\00:30:22.48
where many of them have
been in rebellion for 50 years,
00:30:22.52\00:30:26.45
40,000 people have died.
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.39
So as they give
their hearts to Jesus,
00:30:28.42\00:30:30.76
and are baptized,
00:30:30.79\00:30:32.26
they have been making
their living through extortion.
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.56
They've been making a living,
00:30:34.60\00:30:35.93
you know, by being hit people
00:30:35.96\00:30:37.43
and taking out
people and shooting them.
00:30:37.47\00:30:39.50
We have unbelievable stories.
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.64
Anyway, now, when they
give their hearts to Jesus,
00:30:41.67\00:30:44.61
and they turn in
their machine guns,
00:30:44.64\00:30:47.31
how are they going survive?
00:30:47.34\00:30:48.78
Well, we have good news.
00:30:48.81\00:30:50.75
There is an ASI
ministry called FARM STEW,
00:30:50.78\00:30:53.35
Joy Kauffman has
contacted me, we work together.
00:30:53.38\00:30:56.95
They are working
now with Robert Dulay
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.72
and others here
in the mountains.
00:30:58.75\00:31:00.09
We're going to teach
the people in the mountains,
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.52
how to be business
people, how to raise gardens,
00:31:01.56\00:31:04.33
how to raise crops.
00:31:04.36\00:31:05.69
The government is giving them
two acres of a land, a hectare.
00:31:05.73\00:31:10.47
That's really,
that we can come here
00:31:10.50\00:31:12.17
and help them
become self-sustaining.
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.40
So they won't
have to take their guns
00:31:14.44\00:31:15.90
and shoot people to earn money.
00:31:15.94\00:31:17.31
But now, they can
actually be productive citizens
00:31:17.34\00:31:20.31
of the country.
00:31:20.34\00:31:21.68
And the government here,
00:31:21.71\00:31:23.04
the military are so excited.
00:31:23.08\00:31:24.41
You know, they have tried.
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.91
They have tried.
00:31:25.95\00:31:27.32
Actually the chief of police
told us a couple of days ago,
00:31:27.35\00:31:30.52
he said, "We have tried.
00:31:30.55\00:31:31.89
We have tried to bribe them.
00:31:31.92\00:31:33.25
We try to say, look,
00:31:33.29\00:31:35.06
we'll give you so
much money a month
00:31:35.09\00:31:36.99
if you stop killing people.
00:31:37.03\00:31:39.49
We do all kinds of things."
00:31:39.53\00:31:41.43
They were not interested.
00:31:41.46\00:31:42.90
But when they heard
Adventist World Radio,
00:31:42.93\00:31:45.97
when they heard good news
that Jesus is coming again,
00:31:46.00\00:31:49.64
they laid down their
arms and they were baptized.
00:31:49.67\00:31:51.81
Isn't that incredible?
00:31:51.84\00:31:53.64
What better gift can you
give than connecting someone
00:31:53.68\00:31:56.68
though Christ our Savior?
00:31:56.71\00:31:58.15
That's a real gift.
00:31:58.18\00:32:00.18
Wow, now that's amazing.
00:32:13.43\00:32:14.86
They laid down their
weapons and picked up Christ.
00:32:14.90\00:32:17.27
Amen. Amen.
00:32:17.30\00:32:18.63
Yeah, that's huge.
00:32:18.67\00:32:20.10
We said, we were saying
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.47
they traded
their guns for Bibles.
00:32:21.50\00:32:22.94
Yes.
00:32:22.97\00:32:24.31
And not only that, but
they, it changed their lives,
00:32:24.34\00:32:27.01
as we were seeing
there in the video,
00:32:27.04\00:32:28.88
not only were they,
00:32:28.91\00:32:30.25
have they become Seventh-day
Adventist Christians,
00:32:30.28\00:32:32.61
but they're also
starting businesses.
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.35
And I have an
example right here.
00:32:34.38\00:32:36.05
I love show and tell.
00:32:36.08\00:32:37.42
And I love doing here at 3ABN.
00:32:37.45\00:32:40.22
Duane, do you like these? Sue?
00:32:40.26\00:32:41.59
Oh, they are great.
These are peanuts, Bill.
00:32:41.62\00:32:43.76
They're dry roasted.
Jason, roasted in garlic.
00:32:43.79\00:32:46.56
Garlic, it's the Former
Rebels Association Organic.
00:32:46.59\00:32:50.37
Former Rebels Association
Crunchy Nuts Business.
00:32:50.40\00:32:52.63
Wow.
00:32:52.67\00:32:54.00
Some of the former rebels have,
now they are doing a business
00:32:54.04\00:32:56.50
because they want
to sustain themselves
00:32:56.54\00:32:58.47
and earn money to
help the ministry.
00:32:58.51\00:33:00.01
And so it's really
changing their lives
00:33:00.04\00:33:01.94
in a powerful and amazing way.
00:33:01.98\00:33:04.51
So, yeah.
00:33:04.55\00:33:05.88
And we've engaged also,
we partnered with this ASI,
00:33:05.91\00:33:11.32
self-supporting
ministry named FARM STEW,
00:33:11.35\00:33:13.49
which is an
eight letter acronym.
00:33:13.52\00:33:15.29
Very little to do with farming,
nothing to do with stew,
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.29
but it's an eight
letter acronym, FARM STEW,
00:33:17.33\00:33:21.23
to help these rebels
00:33:21.26\00:33:22.60
become self-sustaining
00:33:22.63\00:33:24.50
and help them develop
enterprise, good health,
00:33:24.53\00:33:28.04
healthy habits and
that sort of stuff.
00:33:28.07\00:33:29.77
So FARM STEW going forward,
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.07
will be there
in the Philippines,
00:33:32.11\00:33:34.18
assisting these rebels
to integrate into society
00:33:34.21\00:33:36.68
and become really good,
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.05
productive citizens.
00:33:38.08\00:33:40.12
Elder Wilson on the
video mentioned that
00:33:40.15\00:33:44.12
this baptism that we
saw there in the pool
00:33:44.15\00:33:47.76
of all these former rebels,
00:33:47.79\00:33:50.59
was a culmination of a
number of months of work.
00:33:50.63\00:33:53.76
And what happened
was that three months
00:33:53.80\00:33:55.63
before we arrived there,
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.43
the local conference
and the local pastors
00:33:57.47\00:34:00.40
began an evangelistic campaign.
00:34:00.44\00:34:03.51
The idea was
that for three months,
00:34:03.54\00:34:05.84
they would have
this evangelism going on.
00:34:05.87\00:34:08.68
And then we from
the AWR organization
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.48
would come and spend
maybe 10 meetings, 10 sessions,
00:34:11.51\00:34:15.25
reviewing the major doctrines
00:34:15.28\00:34:16.75
and carry them
right in call for baptism
00:34:16.79\00:34:19.52
and carry them
right into baptism.
00:34:19.55\00:34:21.36
Of course, it didn't
work out quite that way
00:34:21.39\00:34:23.16
with all the shutdown,
00:34:23.19\00:34:25.13
the quarantines, and
all that sort of thing.
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.73
But we still were
able to go over there,
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.26
the AWR staff was
able to go over there,
00:34:29.30\00:34:31.10
but instead of being 20, or 30,
00:34:31.13\00:34:32.47
it was quite a
few less than that,
00:34:32.50\00:34:34.14
only about a half a
dozen of us ended up
00:34:34.17\00:34:36.30
being able to do that.
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.11
So things were a
little bit different
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.71
than what we envisioned.
00:34:39.74\00:34:43.18
But this baptismal weekend
wasn't the end of just a week
00:34:43.21\00:34:46.28
or so worth of work.
00:34:46.31\00:34:47.65
It was months leading up
to it, a concerted effort.
00:34:47.68\00:34:51.35
And that's what we were seeing
00:34:51.39\00:34:54.06
was the baptism of
these rebel soldiers,
00:34:54.09\00:34:56.16
along with a number of
other people from churches
00:34:56.19\00:34:58.69
throughout the area.
00:34:58.73\00:35:00.53
The last word we got
and I hear the number,
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.33
I understand the number, I know,
00:35:03.37\00:35:05.20
I believe the number,
but I can't comprehend it.
00:35:05.23\00:35:08.37
And that is, after
these three or four months
00:35:08.40\00:35:11.27
worth of evangelism,
00:35:11.31\00:35:12.71
and the culmination
and everything else,
00:35:12.74\00:35:14.78
we're understanding that
00:35:14.81\00:35:16.14
between 55,000 and 60,000 people
00:35:16.18\00:35:19.11
have been baptized there
00:35:19.15\00:35:20.48
in the
Philippines just in November,
00:35:20.52\00:35:24.75
just in the last few weeks.
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.35
That's across the
whole Philippines.
00:35:26.39\00:35:27.79
Yes. Yeah.
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.16
It's amazing. Incredible.
00:35:29.19\00:35:30.76
In the last few
months so, with this thrust.
00:35:30.79\00:35:32.79
Just this thrust.
00:35:32.83\00:35:34.16
Maybe fed other
for the last five years
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.60
it's been what, 10,000.
00:35:36.63\00:35:38.80
Something like
that. Two hundred?
00:35:38.83\00:35:40.37
Two hundred thousand baptisms.
00:35:40.40\00:35:41.87
Two hundred thousand, wow.
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.21
This is amazing.
00:35:44.24\00:35:45.57
Yeah, there's just
been exponential growth.
00:35:45.61\00:35:47.74
Can you imagine 200,000 people?
00:35:47.78\00:35:49.21
Yes.
00:35:49.24\00:35:50.58
It keeps reminding me, Duane,
of that favorite text of ours.
00:35:50.61\00:35:53.42
God is able to do exceedingly,
00:35:53.45\00:35:55.78
abundantly above
all we ask or think.
00:35:55.82\00:35:58.65
Yes, ask or think.
00:35:58.69\00:36:00.02
And you know what
else, this is so exciting.
00:36:00.06\00:36:01.39
I'm sorry, I'm just so excited.
00:36:01.42\00:36:03.39
Because the thing
is, in the baptistery,
00:36:03.43\00:36:06.70
we not only had former rebels.
00:36:06.73\00:36:09.23
Yes, yes.
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.60
We also had who?
00:36:10.63\00:36:12.40
We not only had former rebels,
00:36:12.43\00:36:14.17
and you
mentioned church members,
00:36:14.20\00:36:15.57
but we also had military.
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.81
Exactly.
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.17
Yeah, military guys. Wow.
00:36:19.21\00:36:20.81
And this is the amazing thing.
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.48
So you had reconciliation
taking place, former enemies,
00:36:22.51\00:36:25.85
people who had
formerly shot at each other
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.45
and killed each other,
00:36:27.48\00:36:28.92
now these enemies are becoming
brothers and sisters in Christ.
00:36:28.95\00:36:32.02
Amen. This is amazing.
00:36:32.05\00:36:34.12
And they've been going
at it for 50 plus years.
00:36:34.16\00:36:36.56
Fifty years.
00:36:36.59\00:36:37.93
Their entire careers have been
spent fighting the other one,
00:36:37.96\00:36:41.26
and now it's over.
00:36:41.30\00:36:42.63
Yes. The war is over.
00:36:42.66\00:36:44.17
Amen.
00:36:44.20\00:36:45.53
And it just reminded me
of this verse in Romans 5:10,
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.47
"If when we were enemies,
00:36:47.50\00:36:48.84
we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son."
00:36:48.87\00:36:51.74
Christ reconciles people.
00:36:51.77\00:36:53.61
We have another
video really quick.
00:36:53.64\00:36:55.58
And this is an amazing story.
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.35
We, Duane and I,
we were on the beach,
00:36:57.38\00:36:59.08
and we met these two men.
00:36:59.11\00:37:01.32
Two men who were
actually formerly
00:37:01.35\00:37:03.65
mortal enemies of each other,
00:37:03.69\00:37:05.15
one of them a former
assassin of the rebels.
00:37:05.19\00:37:07.12
In fact, he was
such an assassin.
00:37:07.16\00:37:08.52
He used to have
two ammunition clips
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.03
that would go across his chest,
00:37:11.06\00:37:12.39
he would carry an AK 47,
00:37:12.43\00:37:13.76
and he would carry dead
bodies over his shoulder.
00:37:13.80\00:37:15.36
Wow.
00:37:15.40\00:37:16.73
Up and down mountains.
00:37:16.77\00:37:18.10
So he was pretty solid.
00:37:18.13\00:37:19.87
These guys are serious.
00:37:19.90\00:37:21.24
These guys are serious.
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.41
Next to him, you're going to see
00:37:23.44\00:37:24.77
in this a former
intelligence officer
00:37:24.81\00:37:26.84
for the Philippine army
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.21
Yeah.
00:37:28.24\00:37:29.58
Former enemies,
now brothers in Christ.
00:37:29.61\00:37:31.05
Wow.
00:37:31.08\00:37:32.41
The cat and the
mouse have now...
00:37:32.45\00:37:33.85
Reconciled. Now reconciled.
00:37:33.88\00:37:35.55
That's exactly what
happened. So we have this video.
00:37:35.58\00:37:37.29
Okay, wonderful.
00:37:37.32\00:37:38.65
Well, let's, let's
check out the reconciliation.
00:37:38.69\00:37:40.59
Okay.
00:37:40.62\00:37:41.96
Hello, friends, and welcome
to the island of Mindoro.
00:37:44.66\00:37:47.80
As some of you know,
00:37:47.83\00:37:49.43
God has been doing
incredible miracles
00:37:49.46\00:37:51.63
here through the Ministry
of Adventist World Radio.
00:37:51.67\00:37:54.30
And I won't tell
you the whole story,
00:37:54.34\00:37:55.67
you can go back
and watch the videos
00:37:55.70\00:37:57.51
that tell the story of
what's happened up till now.
00:37:57.54\00:38:00.24
But what I want
to tell you about
00:38:00.28\00:38:01.68
is what has happened
just over the past few days.
00:38:01.71\00:38:04.68
Right here on this
beach a few days ago,
00:38:04.71\00:38:07.65
I had the privilege of meeting
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.65
a former rebel hitman, assassin.
00:38:09.68\00:38:13.66
His life was changed
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.12
by listening to
Adventist World Radio.
00:38:15.16\00:38:17.63
And it was an incredible moment
00:38:17.66\00:38:19.33
because not only did I
meet this former assassin,
00:38:19.36\00:38:23.10
but also, here on this beach,
00:38:23.13\00:38:26.27
was standing one
of the Philippine
00:38:26.30\00:38:28.94
intelligence officers.
00:38:28.97\00:38:30.61
In other words, these
two men used to be enemies
00:38:30.64\00:38:33.11
fighting a war that's
been going on for decades.
00:38:33.14\00:38:36.24
And they've met on this beach
and embraced and were baptized
00:38:36.28\00:38:41.45
as a result of the broadcast
of Adventist World Radio.
00:38:41.48\00:38:44.19
I'm just amazed
00:38:47.86\00:38:49.52
at what God has
been doing through AWR.
00:38:49.56\00:38:52.13
Amen.
00:38:52.16\00:38:53.50
This has been huge. Yes.
00:38:53.53\00:38:55.03
What would you like
to add to that, Kyle?
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.97
Well, it's just, I think,
the theme of reconciliation
00:38:57.00\00:39:00.34
of God working exceedingly,
00:39:00.37\00:39:02.60
abundantly above
all we could imagine,
00:39:02.64\00:39:04.71
because we had story after story
00:39:04.74\00:39:07.04
of former enemies
00:39:07.08\00:39:08.41
now becoming brothers
and sisters in Christ.
00:39:08.44\00:39:10.81
Friends embracing and I
think Duane has another story.
00:39:10.85\00:39:14.12
It's incredibly powerful.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.62
Yeah, let's go
head right to the video.
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.22
Okay, well, we'll
jump right in then.
00:39:17.25\00:39:19.52
All right.
00:39:19.55\00:39:22.02
Greetings from
Adventist World Radio.
00:39:22.06\00:39:23.49
I'm Dr. Duane McKey, President,
00:39:23.53\00:39:25.36
and I have with me
here, Robert Dulay.
00:39:25.39\00:39:27.33
He's my assistant
00:39:27.36\00:39:28.70
who's stationed
here in the Philippines.
00:39:28.73\00:39:30.70
Thrilling and exciting
things have been happening
00:39:30.73\00:39:33.17
for the last five years.
00:39:33.20\00:39:34.60
And I want to introduce you
00:39:34.64\00:39:36.04
to some very, very, very
important friends of ours.
00:39:36.07\00:39:39.04
This is Kal
Martin, and his wife Rose.
00:39:39.07\00:39:41.54
They have been the leaders
of the group in the mountains
00:39:41.58\00:39:45.48
who have been, we have
referred to them as rebels,
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.92
who had continued with this war
00:39:48.95\00:39:50.29
that's gone on for
about 50 years, I think,
00:39:50.32\00:39:52.42
a long, long time with the NPA.
00:39:52.45\00:39:55.52
His brother was killed.
00:39:55.56\00:39:57.39
Was killed, okay, by
the military in an action.
00:39:57.43\00:40:01.26
And so that changed your life.
00:40:01.30\00:40:02.70
And you came, you
left the military school.
00:40:02.73\00:40:05.40
And then joined...
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.14
He joined the New People's Army.
00:40:07.17\00:40:09.74
New People's Army.
00:40:09.77\00:40:11.11
And at that time,
00:40:11.14\00:40:12.84
how long was it
before you became the leader
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.51
of the New People's Army?
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.21
Five years.
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.58
After five
years. After five years?
00:40:18.61\00:40:20.25
Okay. Yeah.
00:40:20.28\00:40:21.62
And so about that time, too,
00:40:21.65\00:40:23.99
there was a young
lady that you met,
00:40:24.02\00:40:27.36
and you admired her a lot.
00:40:27.39\00:40:28.82
And so you were
attracted by her.
00:40:28.86\00:40:30.79
And you married her.
00:40:30.83\00:40:32.89
How many years, Rose,
how many years ago was that?
00:40:32.93\00:40:36.16
Two years. Two years?
00:40:36.20\00:40:37.60
So, when he
joined after two years...
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.47
After two years.
00:40:39.50\00:40:40.84
They get
married in the movement.
00:40:40.87\00:40:42.90
Okay. Yeah, yeah.
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.84
And so you lived
in the mountains,
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.57
and you would get
together and work together
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.94
and when you left the movement,
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.15
and you became a Christian,
00:40:52.18\00:40:53.58
and you guys were just
baptized just a few days ago.
00:40:53.62\00:40:56.99
Elder Wilson baptized you.
00:40:57.02\00:40:58.75
And I've baptized you Rose.
00:40:58.79\00:41:01.89
When you left the movement,
your children, were they there?
00:41:01.92\00:41:05.26
Did they witness the baptism?
00:41:05.29\00:41:07.10
So all of them were baptized,
00:41:07.13\00:41:08.76
all of them
witnessed the baptism.
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.17
All of them were
there and they were baptized
00:41:10.20\00:41:12.50
into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:41:12.53\00:41:13.87
Yeah.
00:41:13.90\00:41:15.24
Last Sabbath,
they were all baptized.
00:41:15.27\00:41:17.57
Wow.
00:41:17.61\00:41:18.94
All these years
we've had conflict,
00:41:18.97\00:41:21.31
lots of conflict,
different things going on.
00:41:21.34\00:41:24.15
And you have been working
for the NPA, but not for God.
00:41:24.18\00:41:29.42
Now you're giving
your lives to Jesus.
00:41:29.45\00:41:32.22
And you have
Robert is teaching you
00:41:32.25\00:41:34.79
to become evangelists.
00:41:34.82\00:41:36.96
Amen. Yes.
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.06
We involve them in our training.
00:41:39.09\00:41:42.26
We conduct the training.
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.63
They use our projectors,
00:41:43.67\00:41:47.80
our materials in this ministry.
00:41:47.84\00:41:50.11
Wow.
00:41:50.14\00:41:51.47
And yes, they
are very influential.
00:41:51.51\00:41:54.34
And not only when they,
00:41:54.38\00:41:57.31
after they
attracted to the Lord,
00:41:57.35\00:41:59.35
to the church, they even reached
00:41:59.38\00:42:01.12
for their former,
00:42:01.15\00:42:02.62
you know, comrades.
00:42:02.65\00:42:03.99
Amen.
00:42:04.02\00:42:05.35
And that's the
reason why we have these
00:42:05.39\00:42:06.72
so many baptisms last Saturday.
00:42:06.76\00:42:08.09
Wow.
00:42:08.12\00:42:09.46
If we can just
skew over a little bit.
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.93
Right, please have a seat here.
00:42:11.96\00:42:14.00
This is Ray, two, three
years ago, we were here.
00:42:14.03\00:42:17.40
And we had gotten up at
3 o'clock in the morning.
00:42:17.43\00:42:21.27
And Kal was on the
mountain with some other friends
00:42:21.30\00:42:24.57
and he was going to come down
00:42:24.61\00:42:25.94
and we were going to
have a secret baptism.
00:42:25.97\00:42:28.34
But you worked for the military,
00:42:28.38\00:42:30.88
Ray's secret service.
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.61
And so he had
spotted, he found out,
00:42:32.65\00:42:35.98
I don't know how you
guys do have a Secret Service
00:42:36.02\00:42:38.45
people know what's going on.
00:42:38.49\00:42:39.82
They have ears on the ground.
00:42:39.85\00:42:42.12
And so we would stop
the car, talk on the phone,
00:42:42.16\00:42:45.26
go someplace I was
talking on the phone.
00:42:45.29\00:42:46.83
And we thought we were safe.
00:42:46.86\00:42:49.03
And so, but you
knew what was happening.
00:42:49.06\00:42:52.70
So we went to the river, we
started walking up the river
00:42:52.73\00:42:56.27
Kathy and Cami and Robert...
00:42:56.30\00:43:00.04
All the crew. The whole crew.
00:43:00.08\00:43:01.84
You were with us.
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.21
And we're walking up the river.
00:43:03.24\00:43:04.68
We got partway up the
mountain and we stopped
00:43:04.71\00:43:06.72
and then it rained
and rained and rained.
00:43:06.75\00:43:08.55
And then Kal, one of
your secret service man,
00:43:08.58\00:43:14.26
you figured out
that there were military
00:43:14.29\00:43:18.46
down below hiding in the jungle.
00:43:18.49\00:43:21.60
And you sent word
to us as Americans.
00:43:21.63\00:43:24.50
And you said, "Get out!
00:43:24.53\00:43:26.40
Get out.
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.07
There's military
hiding in the jungle before
00:43:28.10\00:43:31.31
and if we come down
there is going to be shooting
00:43:31.34\00:43:33.44
and you know
Americans are going to be
00:43:33.48\00:43:34.81
caught in the center."
00:43:34.84\00:43:36.18
And so I said to Kathy and
Cami and Robert and Carissa,
00:43:36.21\00:43:39.75
"Get out here.
00:43:39.78\00:43:41.12
Let's go."
00:43:41.15\00:43:42.48
So we ran down the
mountain and gotten a river
00:43:42.52\00:43:45.72
and then it started raining more
00:43:45.75\00:43:47.26
and we were going down the river
00:43:47.29\00:43:48.82
and as we are going down,
00:43:48.86\00:43:50.33
we were helping Kathy
00:43:50.36\00:43:51.69
and she was
floating down the river
00:43:51.73\00:43:54.23
we're holding on to her arm.
00:43:54.26\00:43:56.06
We were muddy and wet.
00:43:56.10\00:43:59.57
We were all wet. All wet.
00:43:59.60\00:44:02.00
But the point of
this is that was then,
00:44:02.04\00:44:06.34
you were baptized Sabbath.
00:44:06.37\00:44:09.54
You were baptized Sabbath.
00:44:09.58\00:44:12.78
You were baptized on Sabbath.
00:44:12.81\00:44:14.48
Amen.
00:44:14.52\00:44:17.25
It's all forgiven.
00:44:17.29\00:44:19.09
Reconciliation. Amen.
00:44:19.12\00:44:20.79
I can't believe what
God's doing and is doing.
00:44:20.82\00:44:25.49
Ray, thank you.
00:44:25.53\00:44:27.86
When you guys
were baptized Sabbath,
00:44:27.90\00:44:31.10
it brought tears
to all of our eyes
00:44:31.13\00:44:33.34
to see what God is
doing, how great the Lord is.
00:44:33.37\00:44:36.44
Robert,
00:44:36.47\00:44:38.31
this has been a
highlight of my ministry.
00:44:38.34\00:44:40.64
Praise the Lord.
00:44:40.68\00:44:42.01
For 50 years I've
been in the ministry,
00:44:42.04\00:44:44.08
I've never seen
anything like this.
00:44:44.11\00:44:46.31
It has been a
highlight for your ministry.
00:44:46.35\00:44:48.62
We have never seen anything.
00:44:48.65\00:44:50.22
This is latter rain, Duane.
00:44:50.25\00:44:52.12
Latter rain. Yeah.
00:44:52.15\00:44:53.62
And the Holy Spirit
is... The latter rain.
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.56
Is being poured out.
00:44:55.59\00:44:56.93
The Holy Spirit
is being poured out,
00:44:56.96\00:44:58.29
and like never
before God is blessing.
00:44:58.33\00:45:01.10
Jesus is coming soon.
00:45:01.13\00:45:02.63
Amen.
00:45:02.66\00:45:04.00
Wow, not only did they go from,
you know, carrying these guns,
00:45:07.00\00:45:11.14
but now they're getting baptized
00:45:11.17\00:45:12.87
and learning how
to be an evangelist.
00:45:12.91\00:45:16.04
It's powerful.
00:45:16.08\00:45:17.95
I don't know if
people really got the video,
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.48
but if you watched
carefully, we were set up.
00:45:21.52\00:45:26.22
I didn't know this,
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.59
but this just Jay
that Elder Wilson baptized.
00:45:27.62\00:45:31.83
I baptized Rose.
00:45:31.86\00:45:34.36
And you know he's CIA.
00:45:34.40\00:45:37.70
He's like he said,
he set this thing up.
00:45:37.73\00:45:42.60
And so this, so this
is on Monday afterwards
00:45:42.64\00:45:46.14
after he was baptized,
00:45:46.17\00:45:47.51
I baptized, Elder Wilson
00:45:47.54\00:45:49.34
baptized Ray, and Jay.
00:45:49.38\00:45:53.95
And we're
talking at a restaurant.
00:45:53.98\00:45:58.12
And all of a
sudden it dawns on me that
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.06
we had two CIA guys.
00:46:01.09\00:46:04.06
And we have these men
sitting around a table
00:46:04.09\00:46:06.19
and a couple of women,
00:46:06.23\00:46:07.63
and they're all
assassins and military,
00:46:07.66\00:46:11.67
who were assassins to,
00:46:11.70\00:46:15.70
and they're all Adventists.
00:46:15.74\00:46:17.07
Amen.
00:46:17.11\00:46:19.87
They're all baptized.
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.24
Yeah. Praise God.
00:46:21.28\00:46:22.61
That's such a blessing.
00:46:22.64\00:46:23.98
It dawned on me, I said, "Ray.
00:46:24.01\00:46:26.88
So when we came out here,
00:46:26.92\00:46:28.32
and we were going up the river
00:46:28.35\00:46:29.98
and getting ready to
baptize two years ago,
00:46:30.02\00:46:34.76
you were there."
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.12
"Yeah."
00:46:36.16\00:46:37.49
I said, "What
part did you play?"
00:46:37.53\00:46:38.86
"I set it up."
00:46:38.89\00:46:40.23
Wow.
00:46:40.26\00:46:41.60
I said, "Ray,
you used me as bait."
00:46:41.63\00:46:46.10
And then we
laughed, and we prayed.
00:46:46.13\00:46:47.74
Wow. Oh, it's forgiven.
00:46:47.77\00:46:49.27
Praise God. Yes, amen.
00:46:49.30\00:46:50.94
Just unbelievable.
00:46:50.97\00:46:52.67
You know, we have
this little video clip
00:46:52.71\00:46:56.01
then of right after that,
00:46:56.04\00:47:00.22
Ray's the CIA man,
00:47:00.25\00:47:02.58
he brought his
wife and his little boy.
00:47:02.62\00:47:05.49
And they were
there, little boy's name
00:47:05.52\00:47:10.59
is Jacob.
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.03
And so we're
there at the restaurant,
00:47:12.06\00:47:14.86
and I said to, I
said to his wife, I said,
00:47:14.90\00:47:20.04
"Were you
baptized too on Sabbath?"
00:47:20.07\00:47:22.87
She said, "No,
that didn't work out."
00:47:22.90\00:47:25.37
I said, "Hey, you
thought about being baptized?"
00:47:25.41\00:47:28.14
She said, "Yeah."
00:47:28.18\00:47:30.55
I said, "Would you
want to be baptized now?
00:47:30.58\00:47:32.18
There's the ocean."
00:47:32.21\00:47:33.55
She said, "Sure."
00:47:33.58\00:47:35.05
No time like the present.
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.42
So we go out to the ocean.
00:47:36.45\00:47:38.42
And I walked down
to the beach with her.
00:47:38.45\00:47:43.29
And absolutely amazing.
00:47:43.32\00:47:47.03
Well, I want to go to that video
00:47:47.06\00:47:49.33
and then why don't you tell us
00:47:49.36\00:47:50.70
what's going on in that video.
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.07
All right, let's
check that out right now,
00:47:52.10\00:47:53.90
and tell us what
we're looking at here.
00:47:53.94\00:47:56.14
I'm walking with Rose,
00:47:56.17\00:47:58.74
I'm with Jay's
wife and baptizing her,
00:47:58.77\00:48:04.71
then Jay wants to be
re-baptized with her two.
00:48:04.75\00:48:06.88
Then we baptized him again.
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.18
And back on the beach,
00:48:09.22\00:48:12.95
there in that
little group of people,
00:48:12.99\00:48:18.46
is Jacob, the son.
00:48:18.49\00:48:21.23
He's five years old.
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.37
He's playing around
at the feet of Rose.
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.10
Rose is a general.
00:48:26.13\00:48:27.47
She's an assassin.
00:48:27.50\00:48:29.64
She's an assassin.
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.21
He's been baptized.
00:48:31.24\00:48:32.57
He just became an Adventist.
00:48:32.61\00:48:34.01
That's huge.
00:48:34.04\00:48:36.28
Jacob's mother is
out there being baptized,
00:48:36.31\00:48:40.92
leaving her young
kid with this assassin,
00:48:40.95\00:48:44.92
but all's forgiven.
00:48:44.95\00:48:46.42
Amen. All is forgiven.
00:48:46.45\00:48:47.99
Amen. Praise God.
00:48:48.02\00:48:49.36
I looked at that I
got tears in my eyes,
00:48:49.39\00:48:50.73
I said Kathy, "Look at this.
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.36
Can you imagine
what God has done?"
00:48:53.40\00:48:56.46
Yes.
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
Moving... All is forgiven.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.20
Amen. Amen.
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So many
baptisms that took place,
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so many decisions for
the Lord that have been made.
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That is incredible.
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You know, I'd like to find out
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what are some of
the needs of AWR?
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Bill, you got
tears in your eyes.
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That's not hard to do.
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You know the needs
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and you talk to people
all the time about the needs.
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Well, I'll tell you what,
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going forward one of
the needs that we have
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is that all these
villages, hundreds of villages,
00:49:28.96\00:49:33.03
and now the new
rebel conversions,
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they need
churches to worship in.
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Amen.
00:49:39.04\00:49:40.38
That's
certainly one of the needs
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and we just have stuff
going on all over the world.
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This we're focused on
the rebel conversions today.
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But we can tell you
about many things worldwide
00:49:48.65\00:49:54.06
that are going on.
00:49:54.09\00:49:56.66
Liberia, Monrovia,
Liberia, three churches,
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whole churches coming in
00:49:59.79\00:50:01.13
and wanting to be joining
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:50:02.53\00:50:03.87
Sunday keeping churches
that are now wanting to join,
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just many countries nationwide.
00:50:06.03\00:50:08.50
And the needs are
great, though the...
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Anything you can do.
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.18
Amen. Yes.
00:50:16.21\00:50:17.55
You know, 3ABN that
we just have talked to,
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your administration
and they are supporting
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.89
to put another
church up in the mountains.
00:50:24.92\00:50:27.89
Oh, praise God.
00:50:27.92\00:50:29.76
For the rebels, you see,
they go up in the mountains,
00:50:29.79\00:50:32.06
they're baptized,
they're Christians,
00:50:32.09\00:50:33.43
they look around at each other,
00:50:33.46\00:50:34.80
"Oh we need to sing
songs, where do we go?"
00:50:34.83\00:50:39.43
And so we're going to help them.
00:50:39.47\00:50:40.87
We'll give them
money for sheet metal,
00:50:40.90\00:50:43.20
for the board,
and they'll put it up
00:50:43.24\00:50:44.77
and they'll
have Adventist church
00:50:44.81\00:50:46.47
in these 70 rebel villages.
00:50:46.51\00:50:48.38
Used to be former...
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Former rebels. Rebels.
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Are now fully
reconciled. Fully reconciled.
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Amen. That's right.
00:50:54.12\00:50:55.45
Praise God.
00:50:55.48\00:50:56.82
And, Bill, you preach
your, it's so exciting to,
00:50:56.85\00:51:02.42
and as you go and talk to people
00:51:02.46\00:51:04.76
who would like to support.
00:51:04.79\00:51:06.36
Share what happened there.
00:51:06.39\00:51:08.16
Their hearts would be touched
00:51:08.20\00:51:09.53
Yes, yes.
00:51:09.56\00:51:10.90
Well, yes.
00:51:10.93\00:51:12.27
And that's, one thing
I want to get in is that
00:51:12.30\00:51:15.27
the AWR 360 app is
something that you get,
00:51:15.30\00:51:19.27
if you'd like these videos,
00:51:19.31\00:51:20.64
tune into the AWR 360 app.
00:51:20.68\00:51:22.78
What do you want to add, Kyle?
00:51:22.81\00:51:24.15
We also have to add,
00:51:24.18\00:51:25.51
we are looking for
digital missionaries.
00:51:25.55\00:51:26.88
We need boots on
the ground, Duane.
00:51:26.92\00:51:28.25
Yep.
00:51:28.28\00:51:29.62
Young people who
are willing to serve
00:51:29.65\00:51:30.99
as digital missionaries.
00:51:31.02\00:51:32.35
And we'll take
them up in the mountains
00:51:32.39\00:51:33.72
so they can preach.
00:51:33.76\00:51:35.09
Yes. Amen.
00:51:35.12\00:51:36.46
So contact us to find out more.
00:51:36.49\00:51:37.83
We need you. Amen.
00:51:37.86\00:51:39.19
So boots on the
ground. We need prayer, right?
00:51:39.23\00:51:40.56
You need prayer and you need
that financial support as well.
00:51:40.60\00:51:41.93
Amen.
00:51:41.96\00:51:43.30
We're going to go
to the address role,
00:51:43.33\00:51:45.13
show you how you
can contact them,
00:51:45.17\00:51:47.00
how you can support AWR
and we will be right back.
00:51:47.04\00:51:52.41
If you would
like more information
00:51:52.44\00:51:53.88
about Adventist World Radio,
00:51:53.91\00:51:55.64
you can write to them at 12501,
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00:51:59.45\00:52:01.22
Silver Spring, Maryland 20904.
00:52:01.25\00:52:05.59
You can call
them at 301-680-6304.
00:52:05.62\00:52:10.09
That's 301-680-6304.
00:52:10.13\00:52:15.16
Their website is awr.org
00:52:15.20\00:52:19.77
Or you can email them
00:52:19.80\00:52:21.37
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00:52:21.40\00:52:26.07
Contact them today,
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