As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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I'm John Lomacang
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and always good
to have my co-pilot,
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my wife Angela.
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Good to have you here, Honey.
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I'm always happy to be here.
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I am blessed to be
living in these last days.
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That's right.
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You know, today we're
going to be talking about
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things that we
don't often plan for,
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namely, disaster.
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And we've been
living in a day and age
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where we have medical
disasters we have had,
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you know, COVID
that's just another story
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all in and of itself.
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We've had earthquakes,
we've had hurricanes,
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and today we're going to
be talking about tornadoes.
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And more recently,
there was a tremendous impact.
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We'll let our
guests introduce that.
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But I'm excited
about this program,
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not just because of the content,
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but how this team
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has responded to
make a difference
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at a time where
people are at their wit's end
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have no idea what to
do and where to turn.
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So it's going to be a
program I would recommend that
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you press the record
button if you can do that,
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but if not just pay
particular attention
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and I know that
you're going to be blessed
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because in every
disaster each of us has
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something that we
can do to participate.
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But thank you for your
prayers and support of 3ABN
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and thank you for supporting us
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as we continue going and growing
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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Now we want to
dive into the program.
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Honey, but what kind
of music do we have today?
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Well we do have music.
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Now, music today is from
Alessandra Sorace, is it?
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And the song is Redeemed.
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb
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Redeemed through
His infinite mercy
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His child and forever I am
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Redeemed, redeemed
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it
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His child and forever I am
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I think of my blessed Redeemer
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I think of Him all the day long
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I sing for I cannot be silent
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His love is the theme of my song
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Redeemed, redeemed
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it
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His child and forever I am
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I know I shall see in His beauty
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The King in whose law I delight
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Who lovingly
guardeth my footsteps
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And giveth me songs in the night
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Redeemed, redeemed
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it
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His child and forever I am
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Redeemed, redeemed
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it
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His child and forever I am
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His child and forever
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I am
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Thank you all, Alessandra,
for that song Redeemed.
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It's a perfect
segue into our program
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because through
the tireless efforts
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of those who come
to the rescue of people
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that have faced disaster,
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there is a large
component of redemption.
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So let's go ahead and introduce
our guest today, Honey.
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Okay, we have Brock Mayer.
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Where are you from?
And what do you do, Brock?
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I am from Southern
Oklahoma, Ardmore, Oklahoma
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about an hour and a
half north of Dallas.
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And I work as a
nurse and a paramedic.
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And I have a wife
and three small children.
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Your hands are
full, aren't they?
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You're busy man.
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And next to you, Dana.
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Yeah. My name is Dana Connell.
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I'm currently based
in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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I'm a pastor by
profession in calling,
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but a couple of years ago,
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God told me to sell everything
and just go where He sent me
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and I met up with GRC
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two years ago at GYC.
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And the Lord after
meeting that had told me to move
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and go back to Lincoln, Nebraska
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and teach English to
kids in China online.
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So I teach English
early in the morning,
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which gives me
flexibility for my day
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and mobility to be
able to help in communities
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whether in
disaster or in whatever town
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God sends me to.
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Okay, we know what GYC
Generation of Youth of Christ
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but the first
acronym, what is that?
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GRC?
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Yeah, that stands for
Gideon Rescue Company.
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So that's the
name of the faith-based
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nonprofit organization
that has come about.
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Okay, hidden in plain sight.
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That's great. All right.
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Now we have Wils Teal.
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Tell us about yourself, Will?
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Yes, ma'am. My
name is Wils Teal.
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I am from Southern
Oklahoma at the moment as well.
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GRC, Gideon Rescue
Company team member,
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we have K-9s that
God has gifted us with.
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I am a K-9
handler, search and rescue
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known as SAR K-9 handler.
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My career if you
could call it that
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or my vocation is
general contractor,
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so I'm a carpenter by trade.
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But I'd like to
focus on the idea
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that you can still have a career
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and be a
missionary at the same time.
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I like that. I
know, I love that.
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You sure can.
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Meredith Pool,
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tell us about
yourself, Meredith?
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I'm also from Southern Oklahoma,
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Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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And I am an
actual business owner,
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pet grooming.
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Pet grooming?
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And I am a proud
member of Gideon Rescue.
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And I'm also a
NASAR K-9 handler,
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which is National Association
of Search and Rescue.
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Which, with K-9 Mannie here,
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we're able to go
around nationally with her
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and search for people,
which is a perfect opportunity
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to be a missionary in the field
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and help many people's lives.
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Wow. Don't forget Mannie now.
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Mannie is somewhere hiding here.
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Well, let's take
a shot of Mannie.
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This is Ms. Mannie.
Mannie plays a maxi roll.
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She's not the only
one but she's in group.
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She's a rescue
dog. She's a rescue dog.
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And we'll see
some of the pictures
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of the rescue team,
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but let's just
dive into this program.
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We're living in a day
and age, as I mentioned,
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disasters are everywhere.
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Some of them we
can't see coming.
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And you both are in Oklahoma.
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So you're in Tornado Alley.
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And so...
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Now, he's too.
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That's right. Yeah.
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You're fortunate
to be up in Lincoln,
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but they come up there too.
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Well, she's in
Lincoln, and he's in Oklahoma.
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Yeah.
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But having said that,
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tell us about the
Mayfield, specifically.
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The Mayfield tornado
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that just happen
in Mayfield, Kentucky,
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and tell us your
involvement in that?
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You know, these
disasters are unprecedented
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and every disaster
we seem to come across
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seems to be bigger
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and worse than the one before it
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but we know that
this is to happen
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according to Scripture.
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And in Kentucky specifically,
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it was an unprecedented tornado.
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It's the fastest ground speed
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that they had
clocked 304 miles an hour.
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Just to give you perspective,
a hurricane Category Five
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is typically about 180
miles an hour sustained winds,
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so 300 miles an hour
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is significantly much faster.
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The distraction is indescribable
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like pictures don't do justice.
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Wow.
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But we do have a
picture of what it looked like
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when you had a chance.
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This is a picture of
the devastation there
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in Mayfield and
that's just in one direction.
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That's just one direction.
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The downtown section of Mayfield
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was just about
completely leveled in some parts
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and whole communities
were wiped off the map.
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What's the
population of Mayfield?
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Mayfield is a smaller town.
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Yeah, it's about 10,000 or so,
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but what's incredible
is that the destruction
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spread over a
whole 340 some odd miles,
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I believe was the
multiple tornadoes
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that that ran through
those areas from Arkansas,
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all the way into Kentucky.
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And, you know,
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it's amazing to me that we
don't see more loss of life,
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but I believe it's
because of God's grace,
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that we don't
see more loss of life
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in these tornadoes.
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Wow.
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So when you hit the ground...
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Let's dive right
over to Meredith.
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When you hit the
ground, you hit the ground also,
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not only with
personnel but with a K-9 team.
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Let's talk about that?
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Yes, well, when we go,
you know, we're led by God.
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And so, we pray,
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and God leads us
to the places that
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He thinks we need to be in.
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We were first in
Mayfield for a little bit
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and every place
we had been taken to
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has already been
pretty much searched
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by FEMA teams and this and that.
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And so, you know, we
just prayed as a team,
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you know, God,
where do you want us?
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Where can we best serve You?
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So we prayed,
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and that evening, and we...
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God just opened the door
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and we had an Operations Manager
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from Dawson Springs call
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and asked us to be
there at 7 am with our K-9
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so we could
search in Dawson Springs,
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which is a community about
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what was about 30-40 minutes
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away from
Mayfield and just leveled.
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I mean, there was
such destruction there,
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there was not
much left of that town.
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And, so we were able
to take our K-9 team,
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and we were able to
search that whole entire day,
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almost 10 hours
searching for people
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throughout the day and
it was such a blessing.
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This is our first time
we've got to use our K-9s,
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and in this kind of situation.
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So God has just
opened doors and we have been
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so blessed by not only has
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giving the
ability to have our dogs
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but to be able to
serve people with them.
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Yeah, I've heard many
saying don't forget to picture.
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Here's a picture of the K-9 team
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that and there you are
with the second from the,
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from my left, with Mannie.
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Is that Mannie with you there?
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Yes.
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They look like they all
come from the same family.
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Special. What a dog.
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What kind of dog is she?
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She's a
Labrador Retriever. Yeah.
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And these K-9s are a
blessing that we never actually
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were looking for
was something that
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God just opened
the door and connect us
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with a professional training
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program in Oklahoma Ground Zero.
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And each of these dogs
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are professionally trained FEMA,
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Task Force type dogs
that have been gifted to us
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as an
organization for complete free.
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We don't pay a
dime for these dogs,
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but they're $70,000
worth of training per dog
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in order to save life,
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and what an
incredible testimony that
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God can provide the
resources that are needed
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and especially
in the opportunity
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to reach people's hearts.
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Wow.
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Was it difficult
to get people together
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during the holidays?
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I mean, this happened
so quickly, this disaster.
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Another unprecedented point
about the Kentucky tornadoes
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is that in December
that is not a season
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that we see tornado activity.
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And, so yes, it was
a little bit difficult
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because we're
coming right into Christmas
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and these communities
were absolutely destroyed
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and so it was a real testament
to the other volunteers
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and the groups and the teams
00:14:08.91\00:14:10.25
that were there
to spend their time
00:14:10.28\00:14:11.61
there over the holidays.
00:14:11.65\00:14:12.98
Now, where did you stay?
00:14:13.01\00:14:14.52
Wherever God opened the door,
00:14:14.55\00:14:15.92
but there was a
church that was gracious.
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The church there in Paducah,
00:14:19.05\00:14:20.66
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Paducah
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opened their doors, and they
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let us stay in the gymnasium
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and it was a good base
of operations for the team.
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How far is Paducah from there?
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It was about 20
minutes or so from Ground Zero.
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Wow.
00:14:30.87\00:14:32.20
I didn't know it was so close.
00:14:32.23\00:14:34.40
Well, we've gone to
Paducah quite frequently.
00:14:34.44\00:14:37.71
The scary thing to
think that the tornado
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just was that close.
00:14:39.41\00:14:40.94
I want to bring Wil
into the picture here though.
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Being a part of...
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Give us that acronym again, GRC?
00:14:45.91\00:14:47.92
GRC, Gideon Rescue Company.
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Okay.
00:14:50.82\00:14:52.15
Did you partner with
other organizations as it
00:14:52.19\00:14:54.82
related to the rescue?
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Specifically with the K-9s?
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Well, with the
whole rescue effort?
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How many other organizations
do you stay were there?
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Yes, God's brought
00:15:03.83\00:15:05.73
several different
ministries together
00:15:05.77\00:15:07.44
over the years.
00:15:07.47\00:15:08.80
We've been blessed
with a relationship
00:15:08.84\00:15:11.57
with Jim Ingersoll and 2Serve
00:15:11.61\00:15:13.68
who works with various academies
00:15:13.71\00:15:17.01
and brings our
youth into service
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during these disasters.
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So it's very, very special.
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There's also
another ministry, AWA
00:15:23.85\00:15:27.52
Adventist World Aviation
00:15:27.56\00:15:29.32
that God's brought
a relationship there
00:15:29.36\00:15:31.99
with us
together, and has given us
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the ability to have
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aviation at as a resource.
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One more experience as
well has been another agency,
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I'm not sure if I'm
allowed to use their name
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because they
prefer their anonymity,
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but they bring...
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It's a hub for many pilots
who want to bring supplies
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and God's put us in a position
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to be the boots on the
ground for these various pilots
00:16:00.39\00:16:02.92
to be able to distribute
the goods that they fly in.
00:16:02.96\00:16:05.69
Wow.
00:16:05.73\00:16:07.06
Well, we always
like to hear testimonies.
00:16:07.10\00:16:09.13
Tell us about Carl
Edwards, the NASCAR driver?
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When we were here,
a couple of years ago,
00:16:14.34\00:16:16.00
I did an
interview with 3ABN Today.
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We had told a
story where God had
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recently connected us
through Hurricane Dorian
00:16:20.98\00:16:23.35
with a very famous
pilot, and at the time,
00:16:23.38\00:16:27.22
we had kept his
identity under wraps
00:16:27.25\00:16:29.55
but I had gotten permission
to share his name on this show.
00:16:29.58\00:16:32.85
Over the years, we've developed
a stronger relationship,
00:16:32.89\00:16:35.72
and he actually is,
00:16:35.76\00:16:37.09
is more than excited to
be associated with our team.
00:16:37.13\00:16:40.93
And Carl Edwards is
a former NASCAR driver.
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He was a very
successful NASCAR driver.
00:16:44.57\00:16:47.07
And a very humble man.
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If you were to meet this man,
00:16:50.21\00:16:51.74
he is a servant of
servants and just an incredible,
00:16:51.77\00:16:55.84
you know, you can see how God
00:16:55.88\00:16:57.21
has been leading in his life,
00:16:57.25\00:16:58.71
even before you ever met us.
00:16:58.75\00:17:00.78
But this response in
Kentucky was very special
00:17:00.82\00:17:03.28
because, for the first time,
00:17:03.32\00:17:05.49
Carl actually
decided to respond with us.
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He has a plane,
00:17:09.59\00:17:10.93
and that was
how we first met him
00:17:10.96\00:17:12.53
and he said, he gave
us his business card.
00:17:12.56\00:17:14.43
He said anytime you
need to go to disaster,
00:17:14.46\00:17:16.03
here's my business card.
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He's a pilot?
00:17:17.43\00:17:18.77
Yep, you call me and
I'll fly you door to door.
00:17:18.80\00:17:20.77
And so we've used him in
several different responses
00:17:20.80\00:17:24.37
in different disasters.
00:17:24.41\00:17:25.74
And this was the first time
00:17:25.77\00:17:27.11
his plane was under maintenance.
00:17:27.14\00:17:28.48
And so he didn't
have that available.
00:17:28.51\00:17:29.84
But he said, "Listen,
I'll come with my skid steer,
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I'll come with my
truck and my trailer."
00:17:31.25\00:17:32.58
He said, "I'll
just join you guys
00:17:32.61\00:17:33.95
and we'll work on
the ground together."
00:17:33.98\00:17:35.92
And Carl, he's searching,
00:17:35.95\00:17:38.72
he doesn't quite know exactly
00:17:38.75\00:17:40.66
what he believes
00:17:40.69\00:17:42.02
he would probably
be okay with me saying
00:17:42.06\00:17:43.39
he's a bit of a
maybe soft agnostic.
00:17:43.43\00:17:46.39
And so he's observing all
of these different miracles
00:17:46.43\00:17:49.20
and these things
that are taking place.
00:17:49.23\00:17:50.57
And so it was exciting for
us to have him on the ground,
00:17:50.60\00:17:52.83
and to actually
see the hand of God
00:17:52.87\00:17:55.00
at work in this disaster.
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Amen.
00:17:56.40\00:17:57.74
And we have a
picture of Carl and the team
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I'd like you to
describe to our viewers
00:17:59.14\00:18:00.48
who are seeing here?
00:18:00.51\00:18:01.84
Absolutely. Carl
is on the left there.
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And then Doug, he's with AWA.
00:18:04.05\00:18:06.35
He's a former
Marine and a pilot as well,
00:18:06.38\00:18:09.55
Steven is also
there next to Doug
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and he's a pilot with
AWA and then Mike Merasheena,
00:18:11.99\00:18:15.89
he's on the very end
there in the gray sweatshirt.
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And Mike is an incredible
man of faith as well that we met
00:18:18.19\00:18:21.10
in Belle Plaine,
Iowa on another disaster,
00:18:21.13\00:18:23.77
and he had a crane
00:18:23.80\00:18:26.23
that we ended up
using during that disaster.
00:18:26.27\00:18:29.74
And so it's just
amazing to see the team
00:18:29.77\00:18:31.64
that God has brought together
00:18:31.67\00:18:33.17
for helping
people, rescuing souls.
00:18:33.21\00:18:36.54
Wow.
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What about the properties?
00:18:37.95\00:18:39.28
How did you find where to
go? What properties to work on?
00:18:39.31\00:18:43.28
So that's an excellent question.
00:18:43.32\00:18:46.25
We really believe in the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:18:46.29\00:18:49.32
that God has the
battle plan all in place,
00:18:49.36\00:18:51.89
and that we
need to be submissive
00:18:51.93\00:18:54.10
and surrender to that plan.
00:18:54.13\00:18:55.70
And so we actually don't know
00:18:55.73\00:18:58.40
where it is that
we're going to go.
00:18:58.43\00:19:00.10
We don't know where it
is we're going to end up.
00:19:00.14\00:19:02.17
We just know that when
God activates us as a team
00:19:02.20\00:19:04.47
that He's sending us
and He's opening doors.
00:19:04.51\00:19:06.41
And so it really
is a faith journey.
00:19:06.44\00:19:09.11
And Mayfield was just...
00:19:09.14\00:19:10.78
There was one place
that we got a request
00:19:10.81\00:19:12.61
to bring the dogs.
00:19:12.65\00:19:13.98
And that was kind of our first
00:19:14.02\00:19:15.95
indication that
Mayfield would be the place
00:19:15.98\00:19:17.72
that we'd be
ministering and then from there,
00:19:17.75\00:19:19.22
the Lord just kept opening
door after door after door
00:19:19.25\00:19:21.76
and bringing us to
exactly the right place
00:19:21.79\00:19:24.16
at the right time.
00:19:24.19\00:19:25.53
You mentioned about the dogs.
00:19:25.56\00:19:26.90
I want to go
back to Meredith here
00:19:26.93\00:19:28.26
because being
specialized as you are
00:19:28.30\00:19:31.53
and I'm glad you
mentioned the cost of that dog,
00:19:31.57\00:19:34.04
that jacket is
very expensive jacket
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he has on, $70,000 of training
00:19:36.07\00:19:38.67
and preparation
to do what he does.
00:19:38.71\00:19:40.38
Just give us an
idea of how this works.
00:19:40.41\00:19:42.38
What when you come to the scene,
00:19:42.41\00:19:43.95
and you see major devastation,
00:19:43.98\00:19:45.71
in a lot of cases I've
seen where they would...
00:19:45.75\00:19:47.82
I mean, I may be a
novice in this area
00:19:47.85\00:19:49.85
and I think I am
00:19:49.88\00:19:51.22
how do they start
looking for people?
00:19:51.25\00:19:52.59
What do you do?
00:19:52.62\00:19:53.96
Do you just say go and they...
00:19:53.99\00:19:55.99
Well, what we do is we'll
grid off a certain section
00:19:56.02\00:19:58.43
and we will cover
that bases of that section,
00:19:58.46\00:20:01.46
just so that we're
not missing any spot.
00:20:01.50\00:20:03.80
And so we take one dog,
00:20:03.83\00:20:06.20
and we will send her
out and she knows her job.
00:20:06.23\00:20:09.40
She's highly trained.
00:20:09.44\00:20:10.77
So she will
continue just to shoot out
00:20:10.81\00:20:13.14
and she will search
and when a dog's nose is,
00:20:13.17\00:20:15.84
is actually
incredible, they have
00:20:15.88\00:20:18.75
300 million smell receptors,
which are called a factory
00:20:18.78\00:20:24.02
receptors in their noses,
00:20:24.05\00:20:25.39
where we as humans
only have 5 million.
00:20:25.42\00:20:27.69
And the way their
breathing system is that
00:20:27.72\00:20:29.56
they can breathe in the
odor, and they can breathe,
00:20:29.59\00:20:32.89
exhale outside the
slits of their nose.
00:20:32.93\00:20:35.23
So it's not disturbing that
00:20:35.26\00:20:37.33
odor that's
coming in all the time
00:20:37.37\00:20:39.03
so they can stay
focused and maintained
00:20:39.07\00:20:41.54
on the odor that
they're looking for.
00:20:41.57\00:20:42.97
Wow.
00:20:43.00\00:20:44.34
They're amazing animals.
00:20:44.37\00:20:45.71
God just made, built
them the most amazing way
00:20:45.74\00:20:48.41
to be able to do
this kind of work.
00:20:48.44\00:20:50.25
And so, we send them
out and we grid off an area,
00:20:50.28\00:20:54.18
we completely clear it, and then
00:20:54.22\00:20:56.18
we move on to the next area.
00:20:56.22\00:20:57.99
Wow, that's amazing.
00:20:58.02\00:20:59.35
Now that explains
00:20:59.39\00:21:00.72
why their nose is
designed the way it is.
00:21:00.76\00:21:02.09
I always wondered,
why is it a little flat?
00:21:02.12\00:21:04.09
I'm glad we don't have one
00:21:04.13\00:21:05.63
'cause it
doesn't look that great
00:21:05.66\00:21:07.00
but now I know why it's there.
00:21:07.03\00:21:08.36
Who would like to kind of prime
00:21:08.40\00:21:10.27
we're going to
see a 16-second video,
00:21:10.30\00:21:12.90
kind of tell us
what we're gonna see?
00:21:12.93\00:21:14.84
Sure.
00:21:14.87\00:21:16.71
This video is actually Carl
when he brought his skid steer
00:21:16.74\00:21:19.97
and he was so excited to use it.
00:21:20.01\00:21:22.04
And that's what we're
praying like Lord find missions
00:21:22.08\00:21:24.05
that Carl is going to
be able to be a part of,
00:21:24.08\00:21:26.41
in which he's
going to be excited
00:21:26.45\00:21:27.78
because we don't
know where we're going
00:21:27.82\00:21:29.15
or where we're headed,
00:21:29.18\00:21:30.52
and so this was actually a
house that we're able to pull
00:21:30.55\00:21:31.95
an entire tree off the house
00:21:31.99\00:21:33.72
using some mechanical advantage
and the skids too there.
00:21:33.76\00:21:37.53
So he was really excited
00:21:37.56\00:21:39.29
to be able to use that
tool and that resource.
00:21:39.33\00:21:41.76
Wow.
00:21:41.80\00:21:43.13
What about you, Dana?
00:21:43.16\00:21:44.97
What was it like for you?
00:21:45.00\00:21:47.04
Well, there's a lot
of things that I enjoy,
00:21:47.07\00:21:49.47
I ended up first
being on the ground
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.17
in Cambridge shores.
00:21:52.21\00:21:55.91
And then the following
days, we were in the pods.
00:21:55.94\00:22:00.52
So when a disaster happens,
there's a lot of donations
00:22:00.55\00:22:03.42
that come in and
you see the heart
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.22
of people across the
nation, across the world,
00:22:05.25\00:22:07.39
sending supplies,
non-perishable food,
00:22:07.42\00:22:09.79
bedding, toilet
papers, animal food,
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.53
generators, all these
things and they come into
00:22:13.56\00:22:16.23
different areas in the community
00:22:16.26\00:22:17.83
that are called pods,
points of distribution.
00:22:17.87\00:22:20.67
So you have a
warehouse where things come in,
00:22:20.70\00:22:22.67
and they're sorted.
00:22:22.70\00:22:24.24
And then survivors and victims
of these natural disasters
00:22:24.27\00:22:26.84
can come in and just
get these free donations
00:22:26.88\00:22:30.25
to take back with
them to continue to survive
00:22:30.28\00:22:33.01
in the short-term interim.
00:22:33.05\00:22:35.15
And so, one of
the beautiful things
00:22:35.18\00:22:36.95
there is that anybody
can participate there.
00:22:36.99\00:22:39.52
There were
children, there's adults,
00:22:39.55\00:22:42.86
there's all
ages and backgrounds,
00:22:42.89\00:22:44.56
just helping
people come and we carry
00:22:44.59\00:22:48.56
their containers
that they're loading up
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.00
with the goods that they need.
00:22:50.03\00:22:51.37
But at the same time,
00:22:51.40\00:22:52.73
we get to listen
to their stories.
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.50
If we're asking,
00:22:54.54\00:22:55.87
and we are
listening for stories,
00:22:55.90\00:22:57.24
because we are
also trying to determine
00:22:57.27\00:22:59.57
how we can help the people.
00:22:59.61\00:23:01.08
Is their properties
that need help still?
00:23:01.11\00:23:02.91
Are their houses
needing to be tarped?
00:23:02.94\00:23:04.78
Is there debris cleanup?
00:23:04.81\00:23:06.21
Then also, how can we
minister to them spiritually,
00:23:06.25\00:23:09.28
because we carry
literature with us to give,
00:23:09.32\00:23:11.39
and we want to be
able to pray for them.
00:23:11.42\00:23:13.59
And for me, I was also grateful,
00:23:13.62\00:23:15.72
because I had people
when they heard I was coming,
00:23:15.76\00:23:18.99
they said we want
to send money with you
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.93
to give directly
to these survivors
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.26
and these victims of the storm.
00:23:23.30\00:23:25.07
So you ministered
quite a bit, all of you?
00:23:25.10\00:23:28.74
There are so many fronts
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.87
when it comes to
disaster in ministry.
00:23:30.91\00:23:32.91
This is really that the
appeal that we have is that
00:23:32.94\00:23:36.08
that the harvest is
great but the laborers are few.
00:23:36.11\00:23:41.02
You know, people
ask us all the time,
00:23:41.05\00:23:42.38
well, maybe I'm not a nurse
00:23:42.42\00:23:43.89
or I'm not a search and
rescue handler, I'm not a,
00:23:43.92\00:23:46.12
you know, what can I do?
00:23:46.15\00:23:47.79
And you know, the
gospel is really quite simple.
00:23:47.82\00:23:50.33
In that Jesus says,
Can you hand somebody
00:23:50.36\00:23:51.93
a cup of cold water in My name,
00:23:51.96\00:23:54.53
and no wise lose
your reward in heaven.
00:23:54.56\00:23:56.63
And so we find
this through the pods
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.73
is that some of our most
powerful ministry experiences
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.20
have actually not been
pulling people from rubble,
00:24:01.24\00:24:03.54
but have been
actually there in the pods
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.27
in the points of distribution,
00:24:05.31\00:24:06.78
handing out food and
water and then asking people,
00:24:06.81\00:24:09.21
you know, can I pray with you?
00:24:09.24\00:24:10.81
And people just,
they start weeping,
00:24:10.85\00:24:12.65
they're in tears,
and when you hand them
00:24:12.68\00:24:14.12
a piece of literature when
you hand them the Word of God
00:24:14.15\00:24:16.35
like they are
just thank you so much.
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.32
I didn't even
know I needed this.
00:24:18.35\00:24:20.02
Well, you know,
that was amazing.
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.39
Calling out to the
least of them the Bible says.
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.63
And we saw on the news
00:24:23.66\00:24:25.33
because this is
highlighted quite a bit
00:24:25.36\00:24:26.70
in all the networks
of people that have said
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.73
I lost my house, but
at least I'm still here.
00:24:28.76\00:24:31.40
And then there was a
group of people that said,
00:24:31.43\00:24:33.67
you know, our town has
been practically wiped off,
00:24:33.70\00:24:38.07
but we are going to rebuild.
00:24:38.11\00:24:39.61
This is home, we're not leaving.
00:24:39.64\00:24:41.71
We're going to
hang out together.
00:24:41.74\00:24:43.65
And I want to highlight
00:24:43.68\00:24:45.01
not only was the
Gideon Rescue Company there,
00:24:45.05\00:24:48.15
but also who'd like to
talk about Heritage Academy.
00:24:48.18\00:24:51.55
Maybe if I get
that to you, will you?
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.52
Wow, yeah, Heritage Academy.
00:24:53.56\00:24:56.62
That was a really
special experience.
00:24:56.66\00:24:59.39
One, the talent
of the gift of music
00:24:59.43\00:25:03.03
that God brought
with that Academy.
00:25:03.06\00:25:07.14
Equally, I had worked
on another mission trip,
00:25:07.17\00:25:12.51
Ultimate Workout with Maranatha
is what I'm involved with.
00:25:12.54\00:25:16.08
And one of the young
men that was on that trip
00:25:16.11\00:25:20.58
when I showed up in Kentucky.
00:25:20.62\00:25:24.65
I saw that there
were Academy kids
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.96
and in through the door walks
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.39
one of the young men
that I was with in Kentucky.
00:25:28.42\00:25:31.43
His name is Cameron Sanders, CJ.
00:25:31.46\00:25:34.23
And it was such a joy
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.87
for both he and I to have united
00:25:36.90\00:25:40.57
in a common
purpose without any plans.
00:25:40.60\00:25:42.84
God arranged that for both of us
00:25:42.87\00:25:44.41
and it was just a
special deal to serve with him.
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.38
So it was a joy
because it empowered him
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.84
to the what we saw
with our academies,
00:25:49.88\00:25:54.08
with our youth
00:25:54.12\00:25:56.25
was such a beautiful thing to me
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.09
because the youth were
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.96
at these points of distribution,
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.66
stopping, turning
around, they were giving
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.49
inspirational literature,
00:26:04.53\00:26:05.89
they were stopping
and praying with people,
00:26:05.93\00:26:07.66
and these
people are at the point
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.90
where they're so
focused on their survival
00:26:09.93\00:26:11.67
that they don't even realize
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.03
that stopping to
pray is an option.
00:26:13.07\00:26:14.90
And so when these
youth they're there,
00:26:14.94\00:26:17.94
they're kind of
astounded at the age group
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.97
that's there going,
hey, can I pray with you?
00:26:20.01\00:26:22.01
And they're like, well, yeah.
00:26:22.04\00:26:23.41
And then when it
happens, there's this sense of,
00:26:23.45\00:26:27.35
I didn't know I needed that
00:26:27.38\00:26:30.52
and it touches
these kids' lives.
00:26:30.55\00:26:32.75
And it's really astounding
each night at the gym,
00:26:32.79\00:26:35.82
where we all slept,
00:26:35.86\00:26:38.13
testimonies would come out
and our youth were giving these
00:26:38.16\00:26:42.53
beautiful testimonies
of how they were touched
00:26:42.56\00:26:45.07
by seeing how God would work so,
00:26:45.10\00:26:48.10
so this partnership
that's occurred to serve
00:26:48.14\00:26:52.41
with the
academies with Gideon Rescue
00:26:52.44\00:26:54.14
the way God's put it together.
00:26:54.18\00:26:56.21
It's become such
a beautiful thing
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.61
in the development,
the spiritual development
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.75
of our children.
00:27:00.78\00:27:03.05
Now you travel with
literature, don't you?
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.02
Yes, ma'am. We
have on us all the time.
00:27:06.05\00:27:08.02
You have GLOW tracts?
00:27:08.06\00:27:10.73
Which one is that?
00:27:10.76\00:27:12.56
Certainty in an uncertain world,
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.80
that one's by Mark Finley.
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.16
And this one actually
is a really perfect tract.
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.33
Just nails it perfectly
when we go to these disasters,
00:27:19.37\00:27:22.94
but we give away books too.
00:27:22.97\00:27:24.31
You do?
00:27:24.34\00:27:25.67
Yes, ma'am.
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.04
The Lord's gifted us with
00:27:27.08\00:27:28.68
several thousand
dollars worth of literature.
00:27:28.71\00:27:31.41
As we prayed for
it we said, "Lord,
00:27:31.45\00:27:33.85
we need supplies."
00:27:33.88\00:27:35.22
What kind of books?
00:27:35.25\00:27:36.58
Great
Controversy, Desire of Ages,
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.25
Ministry of Healing,
00:27:39.29\00:27:40.62
Hope for Troubled
Times, Steps to Christ.
00:27:40.66\00:27:44.03
What else?
00:27:44.06\00:27:45.39
Ten Commandments Twice Removed.
00:27:45.43\00:27:46.80
Yes.
00:27:46.83\00:27:48.36
And with a pastor on
staff, it's good to have that.
00:27:48.40\00:27:50.67
Give you a chance
to use all the gifts
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.83
that God has given to you.
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.74
This next door
is really touching.
00:27:54.77\00:27:57.51
I think actually these
next three or four photos
00:27:57.54\00:27:59.27
are going to be
talking about this incident.
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.74
Tell us about the
Gaither home, or Mrs. Gaither.
00:28:01.78\00:28:05.35
So it goes back to
one of the questions
00:28:05.38\00:28:06.88
that you were
asking, Angela, about
00:28:06.92\00:28:08.58
how do we know where it is that
we're going to be, you know?
00:28:08.62\00:28:11.25
Yes, yes.
00:28:11.29\00:28:12.62
And Carl was actually with Mike,
00:28:12.65\00:28:15.19
one of our other team members.
00:28:15.22\00:28:16.56
And they were
driving around together
00:28:16.59\00:28:17.93
just praying and asking like,
00:28:17.96\00:28:19.29
"Okay, God,
where's the next mission?"
00:28:19.33\00:28:21.40
And they came
into Cambridge Shores,
00:28:21.43\00:28:23.50
which is a community
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.13
that actually
they had flown over AWA
00:28:25.17\00:28:27.24
when they had come
in with their planes.
00:28:27.27\00:28:28.60
It actually circled over
00:28:28.64\00:28:29.97
this community and
said, "You know what?
00:28:30.01\00:28:31.34
Something's telling
us that this is a place
00:28:31.37\00:28:33.54
that we need to be."
00:28:33.58\00:28:34.91
And so they had
gone to investigate
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.41
and they were there
and they didn't know
00:28:36.44\00:28:37.78
where it was
they're going to end up
00:28:37.81\00:28:39.15
with the whole
community was wiped out.
00:28:39.18\00:28:40.52
It was a very
well-to-do neighborhood
00:28:40.55\00:28:41.88
that was completely destroyed.
00:28:41.92\00:28:44.12
And as they were driving,
they came to a wooden sign
00:28:44.15\00:28:47.92
that said the Gaither.
00:28:47.96\00:28:49.92
I think it said rest in peace.
00:28:49.96\00:28:51.79
And this was the only home
00:28:51.83\00:28:54.70
that actually had a
casualty in this neighborhood.
00:28:54.73\00:28:57.73
And Mrs. Gaither,
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.43
unfortunately, lost
her life in the storm.
00:28:59.47\00:29:01.24
She was a little bit
older in her 80s, I believe.
00:29:01.27\00:29:04.11
And her daughter
was there at the home,
00:29:04.14\00:29:07.51
searching through the rubble.
00:29:07.54\00:29:09.01
And when she saw Carl
and our team she said,
00:29:09.04\00:29:12.21
"Please, can you help me?"
00:29:12.25\00:29:14.15
And he said, "Well,
of course, like, we have
00:29:14.18\00:29:16.08
skid steer here with us
and how can we help you?"
00:29:16.12\00:29:18.35
And she said, "Well,
I'm looking for two items."
00:29:18.39\00:29:19.85
She said, "I'm
looking for a safe
00:29:19.89\00:29:23.43
that has all of my
mother's legal documents in it
00:29:23.46\00:29:26.66
and I'm looking for
a little red camera."
00:29:26.70\00:29:31.07
When Carl heard
that he said in his mind
00:29:31.10\00:29:33.20
he didn't tell her
out loud but in his mind
00:29:33.23\00:29:34.64
he said there's no way
we're finding your camera,
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.34
but maybe we can find the
safe and so he said, "Of course,
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.87
we can help you
so we began looking
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.54
and we brought
the team over there.
00:29:41.58\00:29:43.41
We had a whole plan,
we gridded off the area,
00:29:43.45\00:29:45.98
we were looking
for this safe actually
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.68
what we were
focusing on because...
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.05
A lot of rubble, right?
00:29:50.09\00:29:51.42
The rubble was indescribable
in the pictures that you see.
00:29:51.45\00:29:54.62
Matter of fact you have a
picture of you guys searching.
00:29:54.66\00:29:55.99
We do.
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.36
This is actually her home,
00:29:57.39\00:29:58.73
there's nothing
left as you can see.
00:29:58.76\00:30:00.10
And you had to
look through that.
00:30:00.13\00:30:01.46
We'd to look through that.
00:30:01.50\00:30:02.83
And then this is the team
here assessing the situation
00:30:02.86\00:30:05.50
and we have the skid
steer and you can see there's
00:30:05.53\00:30:07.67
just piles of debris everywhere,
00:30:07.70\00:30:09.04
where do you
begin? How do you find it?
00:30:09.07\00:30:10.47
How do you find
a camera on this?
00:30:10.51\00:30:12.21
Now mind you we did do
00:30:12.24\00:30:13.94
what was the
most important thing
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.31
is we did stop and pray.
00:30:15.34\00:30:16.68
Amen. Yes.
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.05
But there was
still lingering doubt of,
00:30:18.08\00:30:20.35
man, this could be a
disappointment, right?
00:30:20.38\00:30:24.22
But still, we go, okay,
God, if You want us to do this,
00:30:24.25\00:30:27.66
if you want us to
find this and again
00:30:27.69\00:30:30.86
we were object
fixated on the safe,
00:30:30.89\00:30:33.43
I'm thinking, okay,
statistically speaking,
00:30:33.46\00:30:35.80
it's much larger than a camera.
00:30:35.83\00:30:37.40
Probably heavier.
00:30:37.43\00:30:39.27
So we should be
able to find the safe.
00:30:39.30\00:30:41.27
We prayed and 2.5
hours into searching for it,
00:30:42.47\00:30:46.84
we found not the
safe but the camera.
00:30:46.88\00:30:50.98
And Carl was in the skid steer
00:30:51.01\00:30:52.68
and he literally
stopped and he said,
00:30:52.71\00:30:55.08
"Is that what I think it is?"
00:30:55.12\00:30:56.45
And the firefighter that had
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.82
pulled it out
of the rubble said,
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.19
"It could be in there,"
00:30:59.22\00:31:00.56
unzipped it and
he said, "No way."
00:31:00.59\00:31:03.39
He said, "That's not the
camera that we're looking for."
00:31:03.43\00:31:05.39
And sure enough,
it was a red camera
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.10
and then he said, "No way,
00:31:07.13\00:31:08.46
there's no way that
there are pictures on it,"
00:31:08.50\00:31:09.83
because it's
been through a storm.
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.20
It's been through a tornado.
It's been drenched with rain.
00:31:11.23\00:31:12.87
Like there's nothing
survivable on that camera.
00:31:12.90\00:31:16.07
And so we took it over
to where we had a computer,
00:31:16.10\00:31:19.81
and the daughter was there and,
00:31:19.84\00:31:22.31
of course, everybody
with bated breath and Mike,
00:31:22.34\00:31:25.51
who was a part of the
team as well, he said,
00:31:25.55\00:31:27.88
I don't even
need to stick around
00:31:27.92\00:31:29.25
and see that
there's pictures on this,
00:31:29.28\00:31:30.62
I know there's
pictures on there.
00:31:30.65\00:31:31.99
So I'm gonna keep
looking for the safe.
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.36
So he left.
00:31:33.39\00:31:34.72
And Carl, of course, is
wondering like is there,
00:31:34.76\00:31:37.63
can this absolutely
be, and sure enough,
00:31:37.66\00:31:40.20
when we looked at the camera,
00:31:40.23\00:31:41.90
there were 350
pictures from their family.
00:31:41.93\00:31:46.53
Here's what's so incredible
that her father had died
00:31:46.57\00:31:48.84
a few months before the storm.
00:31:48.87\00:31:51.34
Her mother had
passed in the storm.
00:31:51.37\00:31:53.44
And on that camera,
were the only pictures
00:31:53.48\00:31:56.21
that they had of
the entire family.
00:31:56.24\00:32:00.92
They had no
photos for the funeral
00:32:00.95\00:32:03.42
and this is a picture,
the daughter is in green.
00:32:03.45\00:32:05.32
Her name is Tassie.
00:32:05.35\00:32:06.69
And she was absolutely weeping
when we found this camera.
00:32:06.72\00:32:10.53
And it was a powerful
moment which we could tell.
00:32:10.56\00:32:12.89
We said "Tassie, the Lord cares
00:32:12.93\00:32:15.33
so much for you
00:32:15.36\00:32:17.07
that He would
search all of this rubble
00:32:17.10\00:32:18.93
and preserve this camera
00:32:18.97\00:32:20.30
because He loves
you and cares for you."
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.14
Wow.
00:32:22.17\00:32:23.51
And that kind of
hope and encouragement
00:32:23.54\00:32:25.87
is what gives
people the opportunity
00:32:25.91\00:32:28.28
to make it through
an incredible crisis.
00:32:28.31\00:32:30.78
Meredith, you were
there when this happened?
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.72
No, no, I was not.
00:32:33.75\00:32:35.12
She was searching with
the dogs in another place.
00:32:35.15\00:32:37.79
But it was very
emotional, wasn't it?
00:32:37.82\00:32:39.72
Yes. Yes, it is.
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.09
I mean, I'm just
feeling that whole thing.
00:32:41.12\00:32:43.39
You have the
remnants of your family
00:32:43.43\00:32:44.76
and you're wondering, my
mom's gone, my dad's gone,
00:32:44.79\00:32:47.30
how am I gonna make it?
00:32:47.33\00:32:48.66
The pictures don't
even tell the story,
00:32:51.57\00:32:53.20
but it still communicate
00:32:53.23\00:32:55.27
what a valuable moment that was.
00:32:55.30\00:32:57.27
Another neat connection in
that is one of the volunteers
00:32:57.31\00:33:01.38
that came up from Texas,
00:33:01.41\00:33:02.98
that he happened to
live in the same neighborhood
00:33:03.01\00:33:05.38
as this daughter in Texas.
00:33:05.41\00:33:06.75
He's like, I'm going to
have to have you over for dinner
00:33:06.78\00:33:09.85
and so even there...
00:33:09.88\00:33:11.45
Divine
appointments. It's divine.
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.15
It's a spiritual golden hour.
00:33:13.19\00:33:15.12
Yeah, you mentioned
the spiritual golden hour.
00:33:15.16\00:33:17.76
And spiritual
golden hour is simply
00:33:17.79\00:33:20.40
a concept that we've seen
00:33:20.43\00:33:21.76
over and over in these disasters
00:33:21.80\00:33:23.63
is you ask the question,
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.03
what is most
needful in a disaster?
00:33:25.07\00:33:27.70
Is it food? Is it water?
00:33:27.74\00:33:29.70
Is it shelter?
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.07
Is it rescue from your housetop,
00:33:31.11\00:33:33.11
if you're in the
midst of a flood?
00:33:33.14\00:33:35.04
All of these
things are necessary.
00:33:35.08\00:33:36.78
But what's interesting is that
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.58
the greatest need
00:33:38.61\00:33:39.95
actually is
none of those things.
00:33:39.98\00:33:41.82
Because we've demonstrated this
even in a survival situation,
00:33:41.85\00:33:46.09
that you can go, you
know, days without food,
00:33:46.12\00:33:50.36
weeks without food.
00:33:50.39\00:33:51.73
You can go days without water.
00:33:51.76\00:33:53.09
You know, you can even
00:33:53.13\00:33:54.46
hold your breath
for a few minutes,
00:33:54.50\00:33:56.00
but you can't even go
00:33:56.03\00:33:57.73
a minute or a
second without hope.
00:33:57.77\00:33:59.67
The minute you give
up hope, you're done.
00:33:59.70\00:34:02.10
And so we recognize
this in our human experience
00:34:02.14\00:34:04.74
that hope is actually
00:34:04.77\00:34:06.11
the most important in
the hierarchy of needs.
00:34:06.14\00:34:08.11
And so that's what we call
00:34:08.14\00:34:09.48
the spiritual
golden hour is that
00:34:09.51\00:34:10.85
when a disaster
happens, when a crisis happens,
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.05
the clock is actually ticking
00:34:13.08\00:34:14.78
in which time is of the essence
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.15
to reach people
and gives people hope.
00:34:17.19\00:34:19.22
That's right. It's beautiful.
00:34:19.25\00:34:20.59
What about the red
phone? What is that about?
00:34:20.62\00:34:24.33
The red camera?
00:34:24.36\00:34:25.69
That's what we
found there in the camera.
00:34:25.73\00:34:27.06
Oh, it's a camera.
00:34:27.10\00:34:28.96
Yeah, I was
thinking of camera phone.
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.73
Somehow that caught me
00:34:30.77\00:34:32.63
but tell us this
disaster is replete,
00:34:32.67\00:34:37.34
pregnant with
some amazing stories.
00:34:37.37\00:34:39.41
Tell us about Reed, this
gentleman of Special Ops.
00:34:39.44\00:34:42.94
Well, I'd have
to pass that to Wils
00:34:42.98\00:34:45.11
because he and I
were actually searching
00:34:45.15\00:34:47.62
for another mission.
00:34:47.65\00:34:48.98
We had been asked to look for
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.79
an older lady
who was in her home
00:34:51.82\00:34:53.32
and she thanked
the Lord was not there.
00:34:53.36\00:34:55.69
She was safe in
another location.
00:34:55.72\00:34:58.46
Yes, part of
this is scouting out
00:34:58.49\00:35:02.13
other areas having
God open other doors
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.17
and we had discovered a couple
00:35:05.20\00:35:08.54
who were untouched as far as
00:35:08.57\00:35:10.74
the work crews that were there
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.21
and the Heritage
Academy kids came over
00:35:12.24\00:35:13.88
and started just getting to it.
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.54
And they had
asked us to go check
00:35:16.58\00:35:18.41
on this older
neighbor, 90 years old,
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.12
and at the same time, we said,
00:35:21.15\00:35:22.88
"Hey, we'll do that,
00:35:22.92\00:35:24.25
we have a two by two
principle in Gideon Rescue
00:35:24.29\00:35:27.86
that two of us go together."
00:35:27.89\00:35:29.92
So Brock goes,
"Hey, come on, let's go."
00:35:29.96\00:35:31.89
I said, "Okay."
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.26
And we went and realized
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.53
that she'd been taken
care of and we looked over,
00:35:36.56\00:35:39.20
and there's a
house down by the water
00:35:39.23\00:35:41.07
that you can't see
from the upper road.
00:35:41.10\00:35:44.17
Its debris is just
scattered everywhere
00:35:44.21\00:35:47.08
and it's basically hidden,
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.61
but there's smoke
coming out of the chimney
00:35:48.64\00:35:50.45
and we went.
00:35:50.48\00:35:51.81
It was still standing?
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.18
It was still
standing, but it was covered
00:35:53.21\00:35:54.82
and surrounded by fallen trees
including the pickup truck.
00:35:54.85\00:35:58.92
The pickup truck
hadn't been touched.
00:35:58.95\00:36:01.42
And we go, we should go
check to see if they're okay.
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.83
And we went around the corner.
00:36:04.86\00:36:06.43
We couldn't get in
through the front door.
00:36:06.46\00:36:07.80
We went around on the back deck,
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.86
and the windows are blown out.
00:36:09.90\00:36:11.83
We knock on the
door and out stumbles
00:36:11.87\00:36:13.80
this Special Forces
soldier who is intoxicated.
00:36:13.84\00:36:18.41
And it was very difficult
to carry on a conversation
00:36:18.44\00:36:22.01
but we said, "Hey,
we'd love to help you.
00:36:22.04\00:36:25.38
We have a group of people
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.85
who would love to
help clear your debris out.
00:36:26.88\00:36:28.85
We noticed that you
have some stuff here
00:36:28.88\00:36:31.72
that could use some work
and we want to help you."
00:36:31.75\00:36:33.62
And he said, "I
don't want your help."
00:36:33.66\00:36:35.99
He goes, "I'm just
gonna burn the house down
00:36:36.02\00:36:38.63
and burn everything in place."
00:36:38.66\00:36:41.33
We're like, wow.
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.70
So, we talked to him some more,
00:36:43.73\00:36:45.70
we let him know that
we were there to help him,
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.70
not to hurt him.
00:36:48.74\00:36:50.81
And finally, he
agrees to allow us
00:36:50.84\00:36:53.38
to clean his
driveway the very least.
00:36:53.41\00:36:55.58
We said, "Hey,
we'll get right to it."
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.28
He said, "But can
we pray for you?" So
00:36:58.31\00:37:00.75
he says, "Yeah, I guess so."
00:37:00.78\00:37:03.12
So we pray for him
and then we get to work
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.42
and then pretty
soon our AWA pilot,
00:37:06.45\00:37:08.92
our Marine has a
chance to talk to him
00:37:08.96\00:37:11.76
brother soldier to
brother soldier, right,
00:37:11.79\00:37:13.70
the golden hour, the
spiritual golden hour.
00:37:13.73\00:37:16.23
And here we have brother soldier
00:37:16.26\00:37:17.60
to brother soldier
00:37:17.63\00:37:18.97
and all of a sudden
the wall start coming down.
00:37:19.00\00:37:21.14
Reed tells us of
his giving up hope
00:37:21.17\00:37:26.07
that he had a rope in a tree
00:37:26.11\00:37:28.58
that he was ready to end it all
00:37:28.61\00:37:31.51
and that this
storm had come through
00:37:31.55\00:37:33.45
and had taken the
tree with the rope in it.
00:37:33.48\00:37:36.25
He was angry about it.
00:37:36.28\00:37:37.62
The Lord said,
"You're not killing yourself.
00:37:37.65\00:37:39.75
I gotta send the
storm to save you."
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.52
That's an ironic, bittersweet.
00:37:41.56\00:37:44.03
And so God goes here's
how much I love you Reed.
00:37:44.06\00:37:46.59
I'm gonna send
some people to you
00:37:46.63\00:37:50.63
who are going to care for you,
00:37:50.67\00:37:52.00
who are going to help
clean your driveway up,
00:37:52.03\00:37:53.74
not only that, but I'm
going to send a brother soldier
00:37:53.77\00:37:55.80
to talk to you about
what you're going through
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.84
with PTSD and to
top that off, Reed.
00:37:57.87\00:38:01.61
I'm going to have
your favorite NASCAR driver
00:38:01.64\00:38:03.75
clear your driveway.
00:38:03.78\00:38:05.78
What? You mean he
knew Carl Edwards?
00:38:05.81\00:38:08.55
He was a big fan of Carl Edward.
00:38:08.58\00:38:11.49
It's unbelievable.
00:38:11.52\00:38:12.85
This is how much
God loves you. Amen.
00:38:12.89\00:38:15.56
This is how much He loves you.
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.89
And so, the following day,
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.66
because part of
this is doing after work
00:38:20.70\00:38:23.57
and God blessed
Dana for her work
00:38:23.60\00:38:26.13
that God's put on her
heart is to aftercare,
00:38:26.17\00:38:31.64
you know, meeting these people
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.61
and ministering to them further
because relationship is born.
00:38:33.64\00:38:37.38
Well, the following day.
00:38:37.41\00:38:39.01
There were some team
members that went back
00:38:39.05\00:38:40.72
and Reed had
discovered new hope.
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.78
And the following day,
he was ready to help, right?
00:38:42.82\00:38:46.96
Clean BD use,
fresh medic bag packed
00:38:46.99\00:38:49.36
and he was like, let
me go help my community.
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.56
He had new purpose, right?
00:38:52.59\00:38:55.10
And now God is too.
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.90
I want to show that
picture of Reed's house.
00:38:56.93\00:38:58.53
I don't know if we saw that.
00:38:58.57\00:38:59.90
Do we have that?
00:38:59.93\00:39:01.27
That's his house that was
drowned there by the water
00:39:01.30\00:39:02.64
actually by the river
and that's his pickup truck.
00:39:02.67\00:39:05.01
It's amazing that
with all that devastation,
00:39:05.04\00:39:07.54
that those two stayed intact,
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.14
because 300 miles an hour winds,
00:39:09.18\00:39:10.91
well, the 200 or 150
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.38
at that
location, it's still there.
00:39:12.41\00:39:13.98
Right.
00:39:14.02\00:39:15.35
And the windows
blown out, but then also,
00:39:15.38\00:39:16.72
there's a
picture of Reed standing.
00:39:16.75\00:39:19.12
Tell us who's
in? Which one's Reed?
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.66
Reed is the one
there in the fatigues.
00:39:20.69\00:39:23.89
And this is the team,
the Gideon Rescue team
00:39:23.93\00:39:26.49
and some of our AWA
partners there all around.
00:39:26.53\00:39:28.30
Is that you in the blue?
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.76
Corey is in the blue,
00:39:29.80\00:39:31.13
and I believe I'm in
the gray next to Reed.
00:39:31.17\00:39:32.83
I had some more
facial hair at that point.
00:39:32.87\00:39:35.20
And we just sung to
him that this is the beauty
00:39:35.24\00:39:38.91
of working with Heritage Academy
00:39:38.94\00:39:41.34
and many other
schools that we've worked with
00:39:41.38\00:39:44.05
and the students
00:39:44.08\00:39:45.91
and the power of
music, it's a weapon.
00:39:45.95\00:39:48.55
Never underestimate
the power of music.
00:39:48.58\00:39:50.95
Put the choir before the army.
00:39:50.99\00:39:52.32
We literally did put the choir
00:39:52.35\00:39:53.99
before the army
in these situations
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.36
and the students had
come down on to Reed's deck
00:39:55.39\00:39:57.49
and after we'd
cleared out his driveway,
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.83
they struck up to
him Amazing Grace,
00:40:00.86\00:40:04.40
and his heart just melted.
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.20
I mean, he had never
seen a team like this.
00:40:06.23\00:40:09.50
He had never seen
ministry like this.
00:40:09.54\00:40:11.77
He had been approached
by many Christians before
00:40:11.81\00:40:14.14
and he said, "I have never
seen Christianity like this."
00:40:14.18\00:40:17.51
And he said,
"What is your church?
00:40:17.55\00:40:19.08
I want to join your church."
00:40:19.11\00:40:20.55
Like this was his
immediate response
00:40:20.58\00:40:22.52
after ministering to him through
00:40:22.55\00:40:24.19
service and through song.
00:40:24.22\00:40:26.02
And it was an
absolutely powerful moment
00:40:26.05\00:40:28.22
as we were all
gathered there together singing
00:40:28.26\00:40:30.16
Amazing Grace to Reed.
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.53
I'm sure you gave
him literature too?
00:40:31.56\00:40:33.96
Yes, we did.
00:40:34.00\00:40:35.33
Now it doesn't stop there
00:40:35.36\00:40:36.83
because interwoven with this
is the story of Daniel Page.
00:40:36.87\00:40:42.14
The story of
Daniel Page was that
00:40:42.17\00:40:45.54
I had seen him
working with the group
00:40:45.57\00:40:48.11
and I didn't know who he was
00:40:48.14\00:40:50.25
and I figured
he's doing a great job.
00:40:50.28\00:40:52.95
I go and I figured someone
00:40:52.98\00:40:54.58
new must have
just shown up today.
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.79
Well, he was down there
on that deck when we sang.
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.72
As we're walking up,
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.69
Doug, the AWA pilot
and myself are walking up
00:41:01.72\00:41:05.19
and he's walking up
with us and he said,
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.00
"I needed that music
more than Reed," he goes.
00:41:07.03\00:41:10.80
And he begins to
tell me about how,
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.37
what he struggles with.
00:41:13.40\00:41:17.11
He begins to tell me
00:41:17.14\00:41:18.47
I was sitting on my
sofa playing video games
00:41:18.51\00:41:21.44
just two nights
ago when the Lord goes,
00:41:21.48\00:41:25.31
when something in me told
me to get up off the couch
00:41:25.35\00:41:28.72
and go to Mayfield, Kentucky.
00:41:28.75\00:41:30.35
And God brought him to our team.
00:41:30.39\00:41:32.52
And at that point in time,
00:41:32.55\00:41:35.46
I said, "Are you serious about
you wanting to do God's will,"
00:41:35.49\00:41:39.63
because he was saying,
00:41:39.66\00:41:41.00
"I want to get
rid of all this stuff
00:41:41.03\00:41:42.80
that's going on in my head,
and I want to do God's will
00:41:42.83\00:41:45.97
after being part
of this service."
00:41:46.00\00:41:48.00
And I said, "If
you're serious about it,
00:41:48.04\00:41:50.24
let's kneel right now
00:41:50.27\00:41:51.61
and let's turn your will
and your life over to God,"
00:41:51.64\00:41:54.08
and we did.
00:41:54.11\00:41:55.44
I think there
might be a photo of him.
00:41:55.48\00:41:56.81
Well, I wanna show a picture
of Daniel with the chainsaw.
00:41:56.85\00:41:59.45
Daniel Page with the
chainsaw. There he is.
00:41:59.48\00:42:01.88
He put down his video controller
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.39
and got his steel saw, I think.
00:42:03.42\00:42:04.82
Yeah.
00:42:04.85\00:42:06.86
We didn't know who this guy was
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.49
because when
you're in a disaster zone,
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.13
you have so many people
that are coming and going
00:42:10.16\00:42:12.26
volunteers and team members
00:42:12.29\00:42:14.03
and sometimes you don't
know who's working next to you.
00:42:14.06\00:42:16.23
And this gentleman, we
thought he was a part of 2Serve
00:42:16.26\00:42:18.50
and Heritage
Academy, but come to find out
00:42:18.53\00:42:20.70
he had no relation
to Heritage Academy.
00:42:20.74\00:42:22.87
And he was
standing right next to me
00:42:22.90\00:42:24.37
when we were
singing Amazing Grace.
00:42:24.41\00:42:26.17
And as soon as we got done,
he turned to me and he said,
00:42:26.21\00:42:28.44
"That song was for me."
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.21
And so then this
whole story tumbles out
00:42:31.25\00:42:33.38
about him sitting on his
couch, playing video games
00:42:33.42\00:42:35.52
and God was just
like, get up off that couch
00:42:35.55\00:42:37.52
and go to Kentucky and he does.
00:42:37.55\00:42:39.42
He obeys and
connects with this team
00:42:39.45\00:42:41.89
and from that point forward,
gives his life to Christ,
00:42:41.92\00:42:44.69
you know, kneeling
there on the ground
00:42:44.73\00:42:47.23
in this disaster zone,
he gives his life to Jesus.
00:42:47.26\00:42:51.60
That is the exact
spot where we kneel down,
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.54
we're walking
back up the driveway
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.07
in the middle of a
debris field and that was where
00:42:55.10\00:42:58.37
we just knelt and prayed
and sought heaven's grace.
00:42:58.41\00:43:02.51
That's you in the yellow?
00:43:02.54\00:43:03.88
Yes, Sir.
00:43:03.91\00:43:05.25
That's not even
yellow, it's like mega yellow.
00:43:05.28\00:43:08.15
You can find me at night. Yeah.
00:43:08.18\00:43:10.59
I would like to
appeal to our listeners,
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.19
though, our viewers
00:43:12.22\00:43:14.99
in that if you
feel that impulse,
00:43:15.02\00:43:18.96
that still small
voice listen to it.
00:43:18.99\00:43:24.10
If you hear God's
voice, answer it today.
00:43:24.13\00:43:27.64
And that's what I want to
say because that was how Daniel
00:43:27.67\00:43:32.77
was in that place is
because he listened to that
00:43:32.81\00:43:35.88
still small
voice and he obeyed it.
00:43:35.91\00:43:38.68
And so, I want to appeal to you.
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.85
If God is calling you
into whatever ministry,
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.15
whether it's doing
some type of service
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.65
in your very own
neighborhood, listen to it.
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.92
Amen.
00:43:47.96\00:43:49.29
Wow, how long was
the team on the ground?
00:43:49.32\00:43:52.69
So we had a leapfrog response,
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.80
in the sense that we
have team members who come
00:43:56.83\00:43:58.87
for a certain amount
of time, they can stay.
00:43:58.90\00:44:00.60
Then because
we're all volunteers,
00:44:00.64\00:44:01.97
we actually do
have full time jobs
00:44:02.00\00:44:03.67
and
responsibilities that we have
00:44:03.71\00:44:05.04
to take care of home as well.
00:44:05.07\00:44:06.41
So it depends on who can stay
00:44:06.44\00:44:08.94
and who can come and who can go.
00:44:08.98\00:44:11.05
And we were probably there for
00:44:11.08\00:44:12.41
a couple of weeks on the ground.
00:44:12.45\00:44:13.78
And then even
continuing past that,
00:44:13.82\00:44:15.42
we've sent many
other teams back as well
00:44:15.45\00:44:17.72
and other people who have said,
00:44:17.75\00:44:19.09
"Hey, I want to go and help
00:44:19.12\00:44:20.46
because these
communities are devastated."
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.22
They'll be
devastated until Jesus comes.
00:44:22.26\00:44:25.53
I mean, these communities
are completely wiped off
00:44:25.56\00:44:27.73
the map and where
do you even begin?
00:44:27.76\00:44:29.90
And so it takes a long time,
00:44:29.93\00:44:31.27
the rebuilding process
is a very long process.
00:44:31.30\00:44:34.90
Right 'cause
you're talking about...
00:44:34.94\00:44:36.27
You can talk
about infrastructure.
00:44:36.30\00:44:38.04
I was just thinking we
have someone from our church
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.11
that has been
helping in Kentucky.
00:44:41.14\00:44:45.91
Matter of fact he
is getting rebaptized.
00:44:45.95\00:44:48.38
He put off his baptism to say,
00:44:48.42\00:44:50.25
hey, I'm down here ministering
00:44:50.29\00:44:52.05
and we sent some funds
with him to also help out
00:44:52.09\00:44:55.46
in the various,
various different organizations
00:44:55.49\00:44:59.46
that we're having,
organizations to help out there
00:44:59.49\00:45:02.10
and he was sharing some of
the stories with you Sabbath
00:45:02.13\00:45:04.50
about what's
taking place down there.
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.00
We have a 32-second video,
00:45:06.03\00:45:07.37
I want to let the
audience have viewing and see
00:45:07.40\00:45:10.34
and then describe to us
what we're just watching here?
00:45:10.37\00:45:12.57
Sure.
00:45:12.61\00:45:13.94
This is the moment of
singing to Reed Amazing Grace.
00:45:18.45\00:45:23.69
There he is in the center
there with Doug behind him.
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.26
In fact, Doug is actually
helping with his cell phone
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.12
because he was so excited.
00:45:29.16\00:45:30.59
He wanted to stream
it on Facebook Live.
00:45:30.63\00:45:33.40
So this song is actually
being streamed on Facebook Live
00:45:33.43\00:45:37.37
as we're singing
Amazing Grace to him,
00:45:37.40\00:45:39.27
the students there
from Heritage Academy.
00:45:39.30\00:45:41.80
This is a moment
00:45:41.84\00:45:44.07
where you recognize
you stand on holy ground.
00:45:44.11\00:45:47.78
And it's that special
00:45:47.81\00:45:49.81
and so it's an
incredible opportunity
00:45:49.84\00:45:52.51
to be a part of God's
work in rescuing souls.
00:45:52.55\00:45:57.19
Were you there,
Dana, part of this?
00:45:57.22\00:45:59.22
Yeah, I came a
few days afterward.
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.02
So I was able to help
it with the debris clean up
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.16
and be part of those stories
in the Cambridge Shores area,
00:46:04.19\00:46:06.90
but then also
close to the downtown,
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.80
the downtown was devastated.
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.17
There are some neighborhoods
00:46:11.20\00:46:12.53
close to there
that were devastated
00:46:12.57\00:46:13.90
and our team also
partnered to help set up a pod
00:46:13.94\00:46:16.97
at a Baptist Church
in a little warehouse
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that had been devastated.
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And so you have complete
devastation in that area,
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.71
and then houses right next door
00:46:22.74\00:46:25.05
that are still
standing, some are condemned,
00:46:25.08\00:46:26.78
some of the
vehicles have been destroyed.
00:46:26.82\00:46:29.22
One of the beautiful things
of the hearts of volunteers
00:46:29.25\00:46:33.46
just wanting to come in
and help however they can.
00:46:33.49\00:46:35.82
And people just coming and
contacting the local church.
00:46:35.86\00:46:38.63
We're coming.
00:46:38.66\00:46:40.00
I got a phone call
one morning saying,
00:46:40.03\00:46:41.90
hey, we're 15
minutes away from Mayfield,
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.63
8 o'clock in the morning.
00:46:44.67\00:46:46.00
And we have 220-foot trailers
full of donations we collected,
00:46:46.03\00:46:49.70
we want to distribute
them to the communities.
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.57
What he did not know is that
00:46:52.61\00:46:54.58
just the love and
support from across the nation
00:46:54.61\00:46:57.25
that these
warehouses, these pods
00:46:57.28\00:46:59.38
were full and no longer
taking donations anywhere.
00:46:59.41\00:47:02.68
And I prayed God,
"What are we going to do?
00:47:02.72\00:47:04.99
God, You put it on their heart,
00:47:05.02\00:47:06.49
you put it on the
hearts of the people
00:47:06.52\00:47:07.86
to supply these things.
00:47:07.89\00:47:09.22
What are we going to do?"
00:47:09.26\00:47:10.59
And so we ended up taking them
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.56
throughout the neighborhoods
and just going through
00:47:12.59\00:47:14.46
the neighborhoods and
knocking on the doors.
00:47:14.50\00:47:16.20
Do you need towels?
Do you need blankets?
00:47:16.23\00:47:17.93
Do you need non-perishables?
00:47:17.97\00:47:19.77
And again, these people
also had $25 gift certificates
00:47:19.80\00:47:23.20
for Walmart handing out
$50 bills to people in need.
00:47:23.24\00:47:27.01
And so this was just an amazing
part of being able to use
00:47:27.04\00:47:29.68
literature
evangelism skills to just
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.65
go knock on those doors.
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.31
Pray for the people.
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.35
We prayed for a
couple of people that
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.52
really touched my heart.
00:47:37.55\00:47:38.89
One guy, his
house had been destroyed
00:47:38.92\00:47:41.32
a few blocks away.
00:47:41.36\00:47:42.69
He was staying at his
girlfriend's sister's house.
00:47:42.72\00:47:46.93
And, again, lost
everything and I said
00:47:46.96\00:47:49.60
after we gave
him a load of things,
00:47:49.63\00:47:51.83
I said, "Is there anything
we can pray for you for."
00:47:51.87\00:47:53.80
And he said,
"Pray for my health."
00:47:53.84\00:47:55.54
I asked for anything
specific regarding his health.
00:47:55.57\00:47:57.81
He said, "I have
cancer in my brain,
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.74
and it has spread to
the rest of my body,"
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.91
about 30 years old.
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.51
So I said, "We're gonna
stop and pray for you right here
00:48:03.55\00:48:05.85
and pray for God's
healing over your life,
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.12
that God would have the
grace to extend your life."
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.65
And then just
another short story.
00:48:10.69\00:48:12.39
A few days later,
00:48:12.42\00:48:14.69
we were still just
trying to get rid of some
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.22
of these donations
and one of the homes
00:48:16.26\00:48:17.89
I knocked on the
last door for that day.
00:48:17.93\00:48:20.50
It was a young
girl who was pregnant,
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.43
probably in her early 20s.
00:48:22.46\00:48:24.13
And when I
talked to her, found out
00:48:24.17\00:48:25.50
she was about
seven months pregnant,
00:48:25.53\00:48:26.94
she'd lost her job
a few months before
00:48:26.97\00:48:29.34
her contractions had been going.
00:48:29.37\00:48:31.04
She just wasn't quite
sure how to navigate it.
00:48:31.07\00:48:32.97
Her husband had been
trying to pick up more shifts,
00:48:33.01\00:48:35.31
and she had been out of a job,
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.21
both of their cars were damaged,
00:48:37.25\00:48:38.88
her cars and so no vehicles,
00:48:38.91\00:48:41.32
and so to be able to unload
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.08
so many things for them
00:48:43.12\00:48:44.45
with the
non-perishables and everything,
00:48:44.49\00:48:46.39
and found out that this child
is something that they've been
00:48:46.42\00:48:49.92
so excited about
because previously
00:48:49.96\00:48:51.99
she had been a
16-year-old pregnant girl
00:48:52.03\00:48:55.16
and had to give that child away
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.13
and her husband
had a child previously,
00:48:57.17\00:48:59.47
and it had died in
an unfortunate situation
00:48:59.50\00:49:01.70
and so here we are
00:49:01.74\00:49:03.07
able to leave
literature about grief.
00:49:03.10\00:49:04.87
Here we are able to
pray and give cash donations
00:49:04.91\00:49:08.04
that people have given
to give to these people.
00:49:08.08\00:49:10.38
Amen. You know, that's amazing.
00:49:10.41\00:49:11.98
This story is
phenomenal when it comes
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.95
to what the Lord has
allowed you guys to do.
00:49:13.98\00:49:15.72
I want to also show
this 30-second video here
00:49:15.75\00:49:18.32
the before and after.
00:49:18.35\00:49:19.85
And let's just
roll that right now.
00:49:19.89\00:49:21.26
Yeah.
00:49:21.29\00:49:22.62
Wow, right to the cross.
00:49:58.06\00:50:00.60
You know, what's so
powerful about the video
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.36
is at the cross was
where these gentlemen know
00:50:02.40\00:50:05.57
and Daniel gave
his life to Christ.
00:50:05.60\00:50:08.37
Was that a cross
that was existing there
00:50:08.40\00:50:10.54
or you guys made that?
00:50:10.57\00:50:11.91
No, in fact, that was carved
post the experience of kneeling
00:50:11.94\00:50:16.61
and I don't know if it
was done by Reed himself
00:50:16.64\00:50:18.51
or by someone else but
that was the exact spot
00:50:18.55\00:50:21.75
and it was discovered later,
00:50:21.78\00:50:23.12
which was how I put it
poignant for everybody,
00:50:23.15\00:50:26.65
poignant in a good way
00:50:26.69\00:50:28.59
because it really emphasized
how much God is watching out
00:50:28.62\00:50:32.46
and taking care
and concern for us.
00:50:32.49\00:50:34.63
You know, before we
go on our news break,
00:50:34.66\00:50:36.06
I want to just run
a little bit of that
00:50:36.10\00:50:37.57
Amazing Grace because
that was such a pivotal song
00:50:37.60\00:50:40.37
and what happened at that spot.
00:50:40.40\00:50:42.44
And just before we
go out to the news break
00:50:42.47\00:50:45.57
just listen to that song,
00:50:45.61\00:50:47.74
as it just reminds us
that God's grace is available
00:50:47.78\00:50:50.85
and present in every situation.
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.78
Sweet the sound
00:50:54.05\00:50:57.59
That saved a wretch
00:50:57.62\00:51:02.56
Like me
00:51:02.59\00:51:07.10
I once was lost
00:51:07.13\00:51:12.27
But now I am found
00:51:12.30\00:51:17.21
Was blind but now
00:51:17.24\00:51:22.34
I see
00:51:22.38\00:51:25.31
Wow.
00:51:25.35\00:51:26.68
You've seen and heard
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.18
the testimonies of GRC.
00:51:28.22\00:51:32.49
And I would
encourage you to get involved.
00:51:32.52\00:51:35.49
We're going to
take a short news break
00:51:35.52\00:51:37.03
and come back and
give two more minutes
00:51:37.06\00:51:39.43
to close out our
program so don't go away.
00:51:39.46\00:51:42.46
We'll be right back.
00:51:42.50\00:51:44.27
If you would like to contact
00:51:45.93\00:51:47.27
or know more about
Gideon Rescue Company,
00:51:47.30\00:51:49.57
you can do so in
the following ways.
00:51:49.60\00:51:51.37
You can write to them
at 222 Caddo Creek Road,
00:51:51.41\00:51:55.71
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401.
00:51:55.74\00:51:59.51
You can visit their
website at gideonrescue.org
00:51:59.55\00:52:03.18
That's gideonrescue.org
or send them an email
00:52:03.22\00:52:07.36
at gideonrescue@protonmail.com
00:52:07.39\00:52:11.03
That's
gideonrescue@protonmail.com
00:52:11.06\00:52:15.10