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 and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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So very glad that
you've joined us today.
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It's always great to
spend time with our 3ABN family.
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And yes... you ARE
part of our 3ABN family.
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Don't know if you're listening
via radio or watching on
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the Internet or
through television/satellite
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but just so glad you could
join us. We look forward to
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spending this one hour
with you each and every day.
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You know, it's a
blessing to be alive, isn't it?
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You know, and I want to be
a light in whatever community
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I'm located, and that
is Thompsonville, Illinois.
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I don't know where
you're at in the world
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but God wants
you to be a light...
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to be a light in your community.
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Jill and I fly
somewhat and what's really neat:
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when there's storm
clouds around and it's raining
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wherever the airport
is and we're taking off
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you get above the
clouds the sun is shining.
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You know, the sun always shines.
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And I'm thinking today
about our program, about being
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a light... a
light in a community.
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And I'm excited because
God is doing phenomenal things
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with this ministry.
And I'll let you introduce
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the ministry and the folks
we have here with us today.
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We have Strong
Tower Radio with us.
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We LOVE Strong
Tower Radio. Amen!
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We've been partners
together for so many years
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and we just... If you've
never heard of Strong Tower,
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this is your opportunity
to see how the gospel is
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going throughout I would say
Michigan but it's much farther
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than the state of Michigan.
So we're going to hear about
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that. We have, of course,
David and Bethany Bolduc.
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David is the president and
founder of Strong Tower Radio.
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And Bethany, you are
board secretary? Is that right?
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And we're just so
glad to have you all here.
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When did you
first, connect with 3ABN.
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Well, we started coming
to Camp Meeting right after
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we got married in 1995,
so we've been coming here
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regularly from '95 basically on
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and we've just been
really connected with you guys.
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You know, this is going back
a few years, and I know we have
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a lot to talk about today.
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But David, we
traveled together. Yeah!
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I arrived at 3ABN
in the Fall of 1999.
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And then the truck... the mobile
truck... it was on the road
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going to Camp Meetings it
seems like every single month.
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Every weekend we were somewhere.
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And you joined the team as a
volunteer in the summer of 2000.
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2001... 2002... yeah.
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Fun time together. Oh, it
was great! It was wonderful.
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And it's neat to see how
the Lord has led in your life
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and then to start Strong Tower
Radio and there's actually TV
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involved now. Yes! And just
before we started recording here
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this program you were talking
about even going and installing
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satellite dishes. Oh yeah!
Bethany, you were driving a van?
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Is that right?
Full of dishes? Yes.
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We came down for Camp Meeting
and we picked up 10 satellite
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dishes. That's right.
Loaded them in the van.
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And then did what with them?
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I took them back to Decatur,
Illinois, and went around
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to the different church members.
We had a plan that they could
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pay over time and
installed satellite dishes
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on roofs, back yards...
wherever we could get a signal.
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Amen! And then tell us
about also finding 3ABN.
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It was all fuzzy and
you could hardly see it?
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We bought a house. It was
an old house; we remodeled it
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and we put an antenna up
in the attic in Cerro Gordo
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and we could barely pick
up a signal from Champaign.
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Illinois? It was
fuzzy. Then we got the
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the Direct TV and all...
or Dish Network and all that.
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So yeah... it was a good time.
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That was my first
introduction to 3ABN.
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Wow! After he got the
signal I was like: "Oh! OK! "
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Amazing. That's incredible.
We have one other member
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of the team - that's
important - of the team here.
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This is Jilane Fenner,
and we love and appreciate you
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as well. You're a board member
& you work in public relations -
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yes - for Strong
Tower as a volunteer.
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So glad to have you
here. Thank you. I love 3ABN!
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You know, Jilane, I
think about Camp Meeting.
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You know, 3ABN Camp Meeting.
You're a front-row person
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at Camp Meeting. I don't want to
be distracted from the message.
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Been so for many years. So if
you're like: "I think I've seen
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that lady before. "
Well probably here on 3ABN on
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at Camp Meeting. And
Jill, she's so funny.
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of the Camp Meeting.
And Jill, she's so funny.
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She's like: "I wonder what
flower Jilane's going to have
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in her hair today. "
Because even at Camp Meeting
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I would say just
about every day - right?
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you wear a flower? I
almost every day wear a flower.
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Um-hmm. So turn your
head. Can you turn it sideways
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just a little bit so we can get
that? Luis, can you get that?
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Yeah, look at that!
Isn't that nice? So colorful!
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I love it...
very nice. Thank you.
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It's your signature
statement. That's right!
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Before we get into more
of the story of Strong Tower
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in case you haven't heard
of Strong Tower we're going to
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share even the background
but also what God is doing
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because actually some very
very exciting things what God is
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doing with Strong Tower Radio/
can I say television too, David?
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Yeah. OK... all right.
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We're going to go to
some music by Mary Grace.
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And I think the song is
so fitting for today's topic.
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It is... it's
perfect: People Need the Lord.
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Amen! Thank you
so much, Mary Grace.
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She is such an inspiration.
She is! And thank you so much
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for sharing that beautiful song
People Need the Lord. Um-hmm.
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Oftentimes it's
easy to sit in our chairs
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or in our cars and say: "Well
that's great for other people
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to share the Lord. " You know
you're here for a reason and a
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purpose - yes - and that's
to share the love of Jesus
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with other people. And today
we're talking with Strong Tower
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Radio/Television
and so excited about
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of course what the Lord is doing
through you all's ministry.
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But I think about the partner-
ship that 3ABN has had with
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Strong Tower
through all of the years
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and man... it's
just been fantastic.
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So let's go back David, Bethany,
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Jilane, to the
beginning of Strong Tower.
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'Cause I know when you started
we talked about volunteering
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at 3ABN. Right. You do have some
engineering or radio background
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in media. As a child I was
fascinated by that little box
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that you could hear
the people talking out of.
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I just couldn't
figure out how that worked.
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And so just as I got older I was
more interested in electronics
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and just how the
whole apparatus works.
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And this was fascinating
because it's wireless
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and yet there's a
signal coming through to it.
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And this is really...
Every time my mom went to
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a rummage sale I
would get a 25-cent radio.
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Take it apart; destroy it
but just was trying to figure
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it out. Wow! But
as times progressed
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I just got more interested.
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Heard about 3ABN back in 1986.
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Sometimes I felt impressed to
send some money back in the 80's
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and they were using this
for a mechanism to communicate
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the gospel... the
three angels' messages. Amen!
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And so the Lord worked it out.
Bethany put up with my wires
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and antennas and transmitters.
She got her HAM license
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so we could talk, and it
was just... The Lord was just
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putting things in order
so we could learn how to
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make this thing work. And I
worked at a community college.
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They put me in the
audiovisual department.
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I had satellite
downlinks, installed projectors,
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sound systems. Ninety
classrooms had video projectors.
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I was responsible for all that.
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Eleven distance learning
classrooms. It's not about me.
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It's what God used me to learn
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that got me ready to
move on to Strong Tower Radio.
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So then you came and helped
3ABN out for a couple of years.
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And then what happened? Well,
I went back to the college.
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I was working there, and
then the opportunity came
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in 2007 for the filing window.
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I came down,
talked to Jay Christian.
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Said: "It's not working
out. " He said: "Keep trying. "
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So I tried it one more
time and I found something.
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It was Jay's
inspiration that kept me going
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and we got that
first station in Cadillac.
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Wow! So this was a FCC filing
window for a radio station? OK.
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Yeah, in 2007. And our
son... We told the previous
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program how the
Lord used his situation
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with the surgery and everything
to inspire us to move forward
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in faith, and
that's what it was.
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Even though we didn't have
the funds we still thought...
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we saw how the Lord was
leading. It was like this was
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where He was directing
us. And so as long as you stay
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in the center of His
will He will provide the means
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to make it a reality. Um-hmm.
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So I want to ask this question
then because you could say:
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"OK... 3ABN...
doing a great work.
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I don't really need to do
anything, you know, to start
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another station.
It's a lot of work: start
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a radio station. "
Purpose? Why did you feel
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the urgency or even the
need? Jesus said: "GO! " OK.
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He said: "Be fruitful
and multiply" to Adam and Eve
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and He was telling us
the same thing spiritually:
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"Be fruitful and multiply and
reach the ends of the world. "
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And radio reaches such a
different market than TV.
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They both have their place
and there's a need for both.
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One of our stories that we'll
touch on later has both in it.
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Wow! So what was it
like for you then, Bethany?
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So are you on
board with this too?
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Is Dave gettin' all
excited like: "Hey Bethany! "
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Oh yeah... oh yeah. And
you know, God has given me
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a gift of just
being able to support.
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And just the call comes: "I'm
not going to be able to be home
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on time tonight because this
is happening with the equipment
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and I need to take care
of whatever. " And I'm like:
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"OK... we roll with
it. " We just keep doing.
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And so I think that's a gift
that God has allowed me to have.
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Go ahead. You were
going to say something?
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Well just thinking about radio.
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You can't take TV
in the car... you know?
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And David... It was Cadillac,
Michigan. That first station.
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And that's all we thought. Just
little old Cadillac, Michigan,
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you know, and northern Michigan.
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So kind of way up north.
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Yes. But God has
"blown us out of the water"
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as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah... of what He's done.
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You know what's
amazing to me is you think back
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to God's
preparation with you, David.
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You know, the training that
you had there in that school
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with what you were
doing, with the audiovisual
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and all that, the
training for radio,
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and then you
start with one station
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and you don't even know how
it's going to grow from there.
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So what happened
from that one station?
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Well the Lord was impressing
us just is there a way to make
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this station a
little bit bigger?
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And so we ended up
talking to an engineer about...
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And he... long story short -
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and it's a VERY
long story - but you know
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we talked to an engineer
and he said: "Oh, by the way,
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there's a station up for
sale in the Upper Peninsula.
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Would you guys be
interested in it? "
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And we thought: "Who
would? That's a long way away.
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How would we do that? "
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But the Lord just
seemed to be leading.
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And through that engineer
we made other connections
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and so we were able to
actually, expand the coverage
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of the station in Cadillac
to about over 3 times the size
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that we started
with but in the process
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we have built 4 or 5 more
stations or purchased stations.
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So it's just that growing that
the Lord keeps putting on us.
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Well I've gotta tell you
a little story about that.
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Because I was
driving in Cadillac
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and we're goin' up in the UP.
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And I'm talkin' to God. I always
talk to Him when I'm drivin'.
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And I'm like: "Well why are
You sending us up to the UP?
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All the people in Michigan
are down in Detroit, Flint. "
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Immediately I was convicted...
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Because I just... I
don't know. I remember
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I just remember being
convicted. "I'm sorry, Lord.
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The people in the UP...
they need to know the truth too.
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They need to know the
three angels' messages. "
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I said: "I'm sorry. "
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And I said that out loud. Prior
I was just talking in my head.
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And you know, what I heard,
not audibly but in my head,
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was: "Let Me see what you
do with what I'm giving you. "
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Wow! And then we follow...
we're doing God's will.
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And then He's really
blessed beyond our imaginations.
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Praise the Lord! So
tell us about the staff.
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Go ahead, Bethany, you
were going to say something.
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We have a picture...
Well yeah, we need to show
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the picture of the
staff. OK, so tell us...
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They're volunteers.
They're not all staff members.
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I wish they were all staff but
there's volunteers and staff.
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And you notice one of those
is Elder Gallimore on the left.
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I see that. Oh yes!
He's one of our contributors.
00:15:48.54\00:15:50.81
He comes up. He was
up just a week or so ago.
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And we really value all
of our volunteers and staff.
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We have six
full-time staff members.
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One of them is not
in there: Ken Ferguson,
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but you'll see him in
one of the other pictures
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with one of the
stories that we have.
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And one of the ladies in
the picture unfortunately
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has passed away...
probably from COVID.
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So we also... our
ministry has been hit.
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Different ones
have been sick in turns.
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And people might
notice that there was a dog.
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I was holding a dog.
Oh, I noticed that... yes.
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And that was Keegan.
Keegan unfortunately has
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passed away too.
I miss him dearly
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because he was my dog. He became
our mascot at the station.
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And so we're
going to replace him
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and hopefully, find
another good little mascot.
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We love our pets there.
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That's really important.
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So the station grew from
Cadillac. Then you went to UP
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then you expanded. Of
course, we just saw the staff
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picture now, but what
is the current coverage?
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How far do you go now?
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We have three stations
in the Upper Peninsula.
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We can show a map
here, and the stations in the
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red shows our coverage where
we're in the far western side
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of the UP - yep - and
essentially on the eastern side
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we have solid coverage. And
then you look as we go downstate
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up by Camp Au
Sable we have a station
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which reaches almost
to the Mackinac Bridge.
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And then we have
the Cadillac station.
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Then there's the
Grand Rapids station.
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The station down by Gladwin.
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We've added Grand Rapids
and then we just added last year
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two more stations
in the Kalamazoo area
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which if you're in Battle Creek
and go into the historic village
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there you can listen
to our station there.
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Wow! So the Lord has blessed
us with all those stations.
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Those are currently
the stations on the air
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plus there's one
in Decatur, Illinois.
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I saw a little red
circle down in Illinois!
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Fourteen stations we
have currently on the air.
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What is the potential
reach? Do you know what those
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numbers are? 'Cause I know
it's always hard to kind of...
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It's hard to calculate
but it's probably at least
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three million... around there.
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Hmm... that is incredible.
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So that's amazing
because you showed a picture
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of the staff. I
mean, that's phenomenal.
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It's not that large of a
staff but they cover... To me
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it's almost the
entire state of Michigan.
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Got a little bit in Illinois.
A little bit into Wisconsin?
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A little bit of Wisconsin,
yeah. How do you do it?
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We have an amazing
building that God provided.
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The Lord provides.
He provided the building
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and He's
providing... We started out in
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Jilane. It was a
building that your family-owned.
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Yes, my husband was a contractor
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and had sort of retired.
And the building was sixteen...
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Well we didn't start
with 1,600 square feet though.
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The whole building
was. We started with
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maybe a 14x10 room to start.
And then we added a second room
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and half of another room.
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It's really neat. We've got a
little video clip we can show.
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You can tell you're in Michigan
because of all the white stuff
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on the ground. SNOW! Yeah! OK.
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This was taken a year or so ago
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but you can see as
the drone flies around
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you can see the
picture of the... Oh wow! Yep.
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Look at that. Oh yes!
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So that's the
building? That's our building.
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20,000 square foot building.
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Look at what God did!
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He provided the funds
on the last day for that.
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We had half the funds, and
just right there at the end
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the funds came in. Boy,
that's beautiful and cold!
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It's cold up there.
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Jill and I actually have
been there a few years ago
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and we came up that drive.
It's sitting up on a hill there.
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Fantastic. It's beautiful.
00:19:12.88\00:19:15.72
It has a basement as well. Yep.
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It's a God thing. And we're
building another radio studio
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in the basement soon. Really?
ASI has given us the funds
00:19:21.62\00:19:24.83
and so we're in the
process of building a studio
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in the basement so we
can have another studio.
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We'd like to have kind of our
own little sound center there.
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So that's kind of the
direction we're going with that.
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Amen! So how does God
provide for your needs?
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Through our
listeners and our supporters.
00:19:37.74\00:19:39.91
And God just has some
very dedicated people out there
00:19:40.11\00:19:42.88
that long to see
this message move forward.
00:19:43.08\00:19:44.88
And so He provides
for all of our needs.
00:19:45.08\00:19:46.61
Like 3ABN has set the model
00:19:46.82\00:19:48.85
we don't have
any paid programming.
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The commercials
are all just faith.
00:19:50.82\00:19:53.56
We have community calendars.
00:19:53.76\00:19:56.42
We have PSA's, but we
don't do any of the heavy on-air
00:19:56.62\00:20:00.40
fund raising like
other stations might do.
00:20:00.60\00:20:03.60
Yeah. And then what about
during COVID? Because I mean
00:20:03.80\00:20:06.60
during COVID there's lean times
& there can be difficult times.
00:20:06.80\00:20:10.17
Walk us through the
journey of how God provided for
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Strong Tower during that time.
00:20:14.34\00:20:15.74
Growth is... can
often be uncomfortable
00:20:16.24\00:20:19.65
and God tends to allow us to
be tested as we're getting ready
00:20:19.85\00:20:24.99
to grow. Um-hmm. And we
went through last summer
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and pretty much most of
the summer we were behind
00:20:28.86\00:20:32.69
payroll. And at
one point we got...
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The staff is paid
every other week and we were
00:20:35.26\00:20:39.10
behind eleven weeks. Oh
wow! That's five pay periods.
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You mean people weren't paid
for a long time. We were making
00:20:43.27\00:20:45.57
all of our bills. The Lord is
providing for all of the bills
00:20:45.77\00:20:48.28
but the funding to make the
payrolls weren't coming through.
00:20:48.48\00:20:51.75
And so we just
moved forward in faith.
00:20:52.15\00:20:54.35
So for people to
understand: we're faith-based,
00:20:54.55\00:20:59.02
missionary
wages, and the people...
00:20:59.22\00:21:01.56
I mean like he said we have
a staff of six that are paid.
00:21:01.76\00:21:04.76
They know when
they come to work for us
00:21:04.96\00:21:07.46
they're the last ones
that will get paid because
00:21:07.66\00:21:09.76
we have to pay the tower
rent or we're not on the air.
00:21:09.96\00:21:12.37
We have to pay the
electricity to keep on the air.
00:21:12.57\00:21:14.77
And God was testing.
Like Bethany said, though,
00:21:15.27\00:21:19.21
every time we grow
there was something.
00:21:19.41\00:21:21.44
David would get sick. I
mean we've always had something
00:21:21.64\00:21:24.15
when a new station
was coming on the air
00:21:24.35\00:21:26.18
and that's the devil
not wanting us to do it.
00:21:26.58\00:21:28.98
And so it was... I mean
how many of you out there
00:21:29.18\00:21:33.29
could go without
eleven weeks of a paycheck?
00:21:33.49\00:21:36.83
Umm... yeah... um-hmm.
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.63
But God provided -
Amen - for our staff.
00:21:38.83\00:21:42.10
And we've seen
that time and time again
00:21:42.30\00:21:43.90
where the
funding is not coming in
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.37
but the Lord
sends us a rebate check.
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Or like with the COVID funding
we got some because we have
00:21:48.40\00:21:52.01
three boys. And so the Lord
was providing for our needs.
00:21:52.21\00:21:55.21
But we weren't... we weren't
going out and getting loans.
00:21:55.41\00:21:58.41
It's just like: "Lord,
we know there's a purpose
00:21:58.61\00:22:00.92
for this. " And we knew there's
a filing window coming up.
00:22:01.18\00:22:03.08
This last window in 2021...
00:22:03.28\00:22:06.79
and we made 10
applications there.
00:22:06.99\00:22:09.39
And the devil was
really trying to discourage us
00:22:09.59\00:22:12.19
from moving forward in
faith. But we just know that
00:22:12.39\00:22:15.00
whenever he's lurking that
way that God has an answer.
00:22:15.20\00:22:18.23
We had a listener/supporter
00:22:18.43\00:22:20.90
that... we were
$60,000 behind paying payroll.
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.64
That's a lot of money. Oh yes!
00:22:24.84\00:22:26.17
And so they contacted us, said:
"I will do match up to $30,000
00:22:26.34\00:22:31.75
and you have five days.
" So we put that on the air
00:22:31.95\00:22:35.35
and God provided.
00:22:35.75\00:22:37.25
Wow! We actually had $35,000
come back matching the $30,000.
00:22:37.45\00:22:41.59
Oh amen! So God made
up that back payroll.
00:22:41.79\00:22:44.69
In that short amount
of time. We had five days.
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.29
By the end of the year...
By December we were caught up.
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Oh... look at God!
00:22:50.57\00:22:52.77
God is awesome! 'Cause to
get caught up can be hard.
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.34
Oh, very hard. Right? 'Cause
you have to keep maintaining
00:22:55.54\00:22:57.47
and get caught
up. Praise the Lord!
00:22:57.67\00:22:59.17
You just touched on something
briefly, David, just a couple
00:22:59.37\00:23:01.41
of minutes ago. You said:
"OK, so we're getting behind. "
00:23:01.61\00:23:04.38
Yeah. And then you just
briefly just kind of said:
00:23:04.58\00:23:06.82
"And we made 10 applications"
and just kept on going - yeah -
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.72
with the conversation. That's
HUGE because you're behind.
00:23:09.92\00:23:12.49
Yeah, yeah. You're
behind and you know what?
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.46
This window's opening up;
let's make 10 applications.
00:23:15.66\00:23:18.49
I've got a
graphic on that as well.
00:23:18.69\00:23:20.20
So if you look at this graphic
there's green circles this time.
00:23:20.40\00:23:23.47
There's red ones are before.
The red are what's on the air.
00:23:23.67\00:23:26.13
OK. This is what
we're applying for.
00:23:26.33\00:23:28.10
Oh wow! And of
those 10 applications
00:23:28.30\00:23:30.44
notice there's one
not too far north of here.
00:23:30.64\00:23:32.71
I notice that yeah. I see that!
And so of those 10, we know
00:23:32.91\00:23:36.38
that it looks like
we're going to get 8 of those.
00:23:36.58\00:23:38.21
Not all ten, but we're
going to get eight of those.
00:23:38.61\00:23:40.72
Five of them we already have
the construction permits for
00:23:40.92\00:23:44.52
but it looks like we're
going to get 3 more of those.
00:23:44.92\00:23:46.99
And so the Lord is providing
more again for our needs.
00:23:47.19\00:23:51.56
Let me just touch on this
because there's a lot of people
00:23:51.76\00:23:54.26
that are watching. You know
3ABN is a faith-based ministry.
00:23:54.50\00:23:56.63
Strong Tower is.
I mean we rely 100%
00:23:56.83\00:23:59.10
on you our faithful supporters
and so does Strong Tower.
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.40
So when you're in a situation
like you're just describing:
00:24:02.60\00:24:06.04
you're getting
behind - right? for payroll
00:24:06.44\00:24:08.41
and an opportunity
shows itself to apply
00:24:08.61\00:24:12.01
is that scary?
Yes. How'd you do that?
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.82
Because there's somebody at
home today right now thinking:
00:24:16.02\00:24:18.02
"You know what? I think I need
to do this but I need to wait
00:24:18.22\00:24:19.99
for everything to be
perfect THEN I'll step out. "
00:24:20.19\00:24:21.92
How'd you do it? But
you know, whenever Daniel
00:24:22.12\00:24:23.93
was there and you've gotta
make a choice. In the Bible.
00:24:24.13\00:24:26.73
Are you going to worship
the image? His three friends:
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.83
Are you gonna worship the image?
Are you going to stop praying?
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.10
You have to make
a choice that says
00:24:31.30\00:24:33.54
I'm going to follow God's will.
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.30
Yeah. Even if this is the
end I'm still going to follow.
00:24:35.50\00:24:38.44
And it's not the
end so much for us.
00:24:38.64\00:24:40.88
But you know,
financial... The Lord...
00:24:41.04\00:24:43.75
I really believe that
the Lord tests us financial
00:24:43.95\00:24:46.75
because there's going to
be a spiritual test coming
00:24:46.95\00:24:49.38
that's harder
than the financial.
00:24:49.58\00:24:50.92
And if we can't get
through the financial right now
00:24:51.09\00:24:52.79
if the bottom line is
money you're out of focus. Yep.
00:24:52.99\00:24:56.96
The bottom line has
to be: will God provide?
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.26
Are we in the
center of God's will?
00:24:59.46\00:25:00.90
If we're in the center of God's
will, He's going to provide.
00:25:01.10\00:25:03.10
You see that with
the children of Israel.
00:25:03.30\00:25:04.63
You know, nobody
panicked on Friday evening
00:25:04.77\00:25:06.63
because there wasn't
going to be manna the next day.
00:25:06.84\00:25:08.70
God was going to
provide for that. He did!
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.51
So He's going to
provide for all of our needs
00:25:10.71\00:25:12.17
like He has
always done in the past.
00:25:12.37\00:25:13.78
Mrs. White's quote: "We have
nothing to fear for the future
00:25:13.98\00:25:16.48
except we forget. " And
we're trying not to forget.
00:25:16.68\00:25:19.88
And we're doing...
You know, we make mistakes
00:25:20.08\00:25:22.42
but He's faithful and
He's going to provide.
00:25:22.62\00:25:25.09
And if you look at the
last picture that we have...
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.52
This is the map with the
red and the green here? Yes.
00:25:28.72\00:25:30.69
Right. So the red are
the ones that are on the air.
00:25:30.89\00:25:32.86
The green are the
ones... The applications.
00:25:33.06\00:25:34.90
OK. So that's where
the Lord is leading.
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.60
And you notice there are still
areas of Michigan that are not
00:25:37.80\00:25:39.90
covered, and the Lord is still
working on those areas, too.
00:25:40.10\00:25:42.70
There's also a station
that we're in the process
00:25:42.90\00:25:44.97
of purchasing over by Grand
Haven. So it's in the center
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.48
of Michigan on the
west side of the coast.
00:25:47.68\00:25:50.35
Wow! That one's in
the works right now.
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.51
You know I just want to mention:
David said about where we put
00:25:53.35\00:25:56.82
our focus, and that's the
problem. People always think
00:25:57.02\00:26:00.32
about money. Um-hmm. And
I've had people like from
00:26:00.52\00:26:02.89
Detroit 'cause they
would like us down there
00:26:03.09\00:26:04.76
and I say: "Just call up a sta-
tion. You know start calling.
00:26:04.96\00:26:07.90
Find out if they're for
sale. " And somebody says:
00:26:08.10\00:26:09.50
"Well $8 million.
" Don't bat an eye.
00:26:09.70\00:26:11.20
Just say: "OK...
who do I talk to? "
00:26:11.40\00:26:13.37
"Yeah, but we don't
have that kind of money! "
00:26:13.57\00:26:15.20
That's: "No... but God does! "
00:26:15.40\00:26:16.74
Yeah, God's not
concerned about it.
00:26:16.87\00:26:18.27
Yes. That's right. He's
concerned about the people.
00:26:18.47\00:26:21.08
And there's a lot of
people out there listening
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.41
like Jilane said.
You don't watch the TV...
00:26:23.61\00:26:25.75
TV's wonderful...
there's nothing wrong with that,
00:26:25.95\00:26:27.92
but whenever you're in the
workshop you're doing something;
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.25
whenever you're out mowing the
yard; whenever you're driving
00:26:30.45\00:26:32.89
down the road you're
listening to the radio.
00:26:33.09\00:26:35.02
And so there are so many
stories we have of people
00:26:35.22\00:26:37.79
just listening on the radio
and how it's touched their lives
00:26:37.99\00:26:42.30
and has changed their lives.
00:26:42.50\00:26:44.07
Amen! It's incredible.
Your journey of faith...
00:26:44.27\00:26:47.14
that's inspiring. Oh, it is!
00:26:47.34\00:26:48.94
We're going to get to those
stories now, but before we do:
00:26:49.14\00:26:50.91
Bethany, I just want
to ask you as David's wife
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.31
what was it like during
that time. We heard from him
00:26:53.51\00:26:56.14
and his focus on God,
but what was it like for you?
00:26:56.34\00:26:58.91
I mean those eleven
weeks we're not gettin' paid.
00:26:59.11\00:27:01.35
Did your faith falter or
did you? How did you feel?
00:27:01.55\00:27:04.85
This isn't the first
time we've seen this happen,
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.89
and the first couple of times
were not eleven weeks long.
00:27:08.29\00:27:12.29
So the Lord lets
you gradually get into
00:27:12.49\00:27:17.50
where He wants you
to be and builds you.
00:27:17.70\00:27:19.93
He doesn't... He grows
your faith. Yeah, He grows you.
00:27:20.34\00:27:22.77
He doesn't expect you to be
somewhere without growing you
00:27:22.97\00:27:26.78
to that point first.
00:27:26.98\00:27:28.31
So we... I'm not
saying it wasn't tough,
00:27:28.34\00:27:32.65
but just when you are worried
about a bill or you think
00:27:32.85\00:27:35.68
something... you know, "How
are we going to do whatever"
00:27:35.88\00:27:37.89
something will come
and you get an unexpected
00:27:39.89\00:27:43.73
blessing from somewhere.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.83
And we had several of those from
various sources in various ways
00:27:46.13\00:27:51.83
from, you know, money that the
govt. sent to a lot of people
00:27:52.33\00:27:55.84
to someone helping to
fund our kids' education.
00:27:56.04\00:28:00.58
And just different things.
And we're very very thankful
00:28:00.78\00:28:05.38
for my mom and my family be-
cause we live in a family home.
00:28:05.58\00:28:09.42
My mom is 86 years
young and we help her
00:28:09.82\00:28:13.92
stay in her home and she
gives us a home to live in.
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.56
And it's... It's
a win/win! It is.
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.29
It is. The kids have
grandma all the time.
00:28:19.49\00:28:21.50
It makes an impact too.
We weren't stressing about
00:28:21.70\00:28:25.83
"Oh, if we can't make a
payment we'll lose our home. "
00:28:26.03\00:28:28.30
We were secure in
knowing we had a place to live.
00:28:28.50\00:28:31.14
And so the Lord
gets you through.
00:28:31.34\00:28:35.08
But it's only through
prayer... lots of prayer.
00:28:35.28\00:28:37.81
You know, and Hebrews talks
about faith, too. Right? Yes.
00:28:38.21\00:28:40.72
Stepping out you don't always
see but you just keep going.
00:28:40.92\00:28:43.49
And I think it's really key
to the purpose. I think about
00:28:43.69\00:28:45.62
Mr. Danny and 3ABN.
He's always said: "Greg... "
00:28:45.82\00:28:48.12
he said, "so long at 3ABN
is staying with the commission"
00:28:48.32\00:28:51.59
the original commission,
right? spread the gospel,
00:28:51.79\00:28:53.53
Yeah! "Don't change from that
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.40
and God will continue to
bless. " Same for Strong Tower.
00:28:55.60\00:28:58.17
He's given you a commission,
right? Yes. To go forward,
00:28:58.37\00:29:01.37
spread the
gospel, stick to that.
00:29:01.57\00:29:03.14
One more question. I want
to go back to that graphic
00:29:03.34\00:29:05.31
that showed the green and
the red little circles there.
00:29:05.51\00:29:08.04
If you can put that back up.
00:29:08.24\00:29:09.58
David, I'm looking at that
'cause before I said it looks
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.25
like all of Michigan is
covered. Well, it wasn't quite.
00:29:11.45\00:29:13.52
The green now is almost
covering all of it - yeah -
00:29:13.72\00:29:16.15
and there's a little bit more
expansion it looks like up into
00:29:16.35\00:29:18.02
Wisconsin there. When do
you then, David, do you sit back
00:29:18.22\00:29:20.82
and say: "Whew! Michigan's
done. OK, now we're done...
00:29:21.02\00:29:23.76
we've accomplished
it. " Well... I feel...
00:29:23.96\00:29:25.76
We don't know what's in store,
right? Not really, but we...
00:29:25.96\00:29:28.90
I'm looking around
your facilities here
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.90
and we've got a TV
studio 30 by 40 feet.
00:29:32.10\00:29:34.30
Let's talk about that briefly.
00:29:34.50\00:29:35.84
We can do TV as well.
We're got eight channels
00:29:35.87\00:29:38.94
on our local TV station...
we're only using seven
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.54
so we could do more.
00:29:41.74\00:29:43.28
And I believe the Lord
is going to provide more.
00:29:43.48\00:29:46.08
He's got... You know,
the Lord has a million ways
00:29:46.28\00:29:49.15
of doing things but
it takes people. It does!
00:29:49.35\00:29:51.65
And we need more.
We've got a lot of staff,
00:29:51.85\00:29:54.19
we've got a lot of volunteers
but we need people that have
00:29:54.39\00:29:56.79
the technology knowledge
to take us to the level.
00:29:56.99\00:30:00.20
And so one of the things
that we're praying for...
00:30:00.40\00:30:01.76
personally, I'm praying for...
is an engineer to come on board
00:30:01.96\00:30:05.37
at Strong Tower Radio. Amen!
But like you saw in the video
00:30:05.57\00:30:08.40
we are in the North
and so it's a commitment.
00:30:08.60\00:30:10.74
Our average temperature
is not 65 degrees there.
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.88
Like Illinois? Yeah.
00:30:14.08\00:30:15.78
But the Lord is going to
provide in the proper time.
00:30:16.18\00:30:19.15
OK. So I know we're going to
put up some contact information
00:30:19.35\00:30:22.28
'cause you just heard a
need right now. It may be you!
00:30:22.48\00:30:24.22
You may be an engineer.
I don't know the background
00:30:24.52\00:30:26.65
that they necessarily need,
but we will put contact info.
00:30:26.86\00:30:29.22
up. Give us a little bit...
Maybe describe what you need.
00:30:29.42\00:30:31.53
Someone with an engineer back-
ground? A broadcast engineer.
00:30:31.73\00:30:34.00
Somebody that's been in broad-
cast engineering for a while.
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.36
OK. They can do
radio; they can do TV;
00:30:36.56\00:30:38.63
they can do
Internet. Those things.
00:30:38.83\00:30:40.50
So as the Holy Spirit
puts it on their heart...
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.41
You know, like
Danny said many times
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.07
"If that's all
they can think about
00:30:45.27\00:30:46.61
then yeah, come on board. "
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.14
We don't want somebody
that doesn't want to be there.
00:30:48.44\00:30:50.61
We want somebody that wants
to take it to the next notch.
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.25
Amen! And I can't wait to hear
what they're going to do with
00:30:53.45\00:30:56.48
the radio station
but their focus has to be
00:30:56.69\00:30:59.12
the three angels'
messages. That's right.
00:30:59.32\00:31:00.66
Because if that's not the
focus then we've lost focus
00:31:00.69\00:31:03.53
and the Lord is saying:
"Well, you're beyond where I can
00:31:03.73\00:31:06.19
bless you. " Yeah. We've gotta
stay in the center of His will,
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.83
especially now. Amen! Um-hmm.
00:31:09.03\00:31:11.17
So today's program of
course is basically telling you
00:31:11.37\00:31:13.60
what Strong Tower is all
about in case you haven't heard
00:31:13.80\00:31:16.10
about Strong Tower but also
giving you incredible updates
00:31:16.30\00:31:18.74
too. And some of those I
love hearing are the stories
00:31:18.94\00:31:21.91
that you're getting back,
right? 'Cause these are always
00:31:22.11\00:31:23.91
happening. We get them
here at 3ABN, but I know
00:31:24.11\00:31:26.21
Strong Tower... You
have some stories I know
00:31:26.41\00:31:28.48
about how God is
blessing. Who wants to start?
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.02
We do! I will start.
00:31:30.22\00:31:31.55
And I have a story
about a gentleman named Tim.
00:31:31.62\00:31:34.52
And Tim came to the Lord
as a young man in the Navy.
00:31:34.72\00:31:38.23
OK. And unfortunately, he didn't
stick with that first love.
00:31:38.43\00:31:42.76
He kind of fell away and
it was on again off again.
00:31:42.96\00:31:46.63
He'd come back to the
Lord; he'd fall away again
00:31:46.84\00:31:48.74
for about 40 years give or take.
00:31:48.94\00:31:51.14
And then he was
living up in the UP
00:31:51.34\00:31:54.51
near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan,
00:31:54.71\00:31:56.31
and he found the 3ABN
downlink station there
00:31:56.51\00:32:00.95
in the UP of Michigan. Wow! OK!
00:32:01.15\00:32:02.88
And he started watching it and
he tested what he was hearing.
00:32:03.08\00:32:07.06
He went to the Word
of God and he was testing
00:32:07.26\00:32:09.89
is it truth. Good!
And he found that it was.
00:32:10.09\00:32:12.63
Um-hmm. He liked
what he was hearing.
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.36
And then he went
looking for a radio station
00:32:14.56\00:32:17.23
that would also support
truth that he was hearing - OK -
00:32:17.43\00:32:20.84
so that when he wasn't at
home, when he was driving around
00:32:21.00\00:32:23.44
etc. he could continue to
listen to the truth of the Lord.
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.48
And that was our second
station that we bought. Yes.
00:32:27.68\00:32:30.01
Really? Oh wow! OK.
00:32:30.21\00:32:33.68
So... What year was
that? The second one?
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.22
Do you know about
approximately when that was?
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.25
About 2011 or so. 2011... OK.
00:32:38.45\00:32:40.09
Um-hmm. And that's a miracle in
itself how we got that station.
00:32:40.29\00:32:43.39
Yeah. It was not
just a one-and-done.
00:32:43.59\00:32:46.29
I mean, God really
tested us: "Are you serious? "
00:32:46.49\00:32:49.70
"Do you want this? " Yeah.
00:32:49.90\00:32:51.57
It was... it was very
interesting. Very challenging
00:32:51.77\00:32:54.20
but we got through
it; God blessed. Amen!
00:32:54.40\00:32:55.87
And Tim enjoys a lot of
presenters that you carry
00:32:56.07\00:33:01.08
that we carry. We carry
a lot of the same people,
00:33:01.28\00:33:04.41
a lot of the same programming,
and he enjoys listening to
00:33:04.61\00:33:07.65
a lot of big names that we
all know and love ourselves.
00:33:07.85\00:33:11.75
Like a Doug Batchelor
and? Exactly... yeah, yeah.
00:33:11.95\00:33:15.22
And the Voice of Prophecy pro-
grams; he enjoys those as well.
00:33:15.42\00:33:18.36
Authentic. He
really likes Authentic.
00:33:18.56\00:33:21.00
It's a great
program; it's fairly new.
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.67
It's a good program. So
then he decided to visit
00:33:23.87\00:33:27.14
the Sault Ste. Marie SDA church.
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.00
Umm. And that was just
before all the COVID closures
00:33:29.20\00:33:32.37
that we all had to deal with
- um-hmm - there for a while.
00:33:32.57\00:33:35.41
And so when COVID closed
things down he was able to join
00:33:35.61\00:33:39.91
virtually, so he continued
to attend church virtually
00:33:40.12\00:33:43.39
for a while. And
then he did Bible studies
00:33:43.59\00:33:47.32
with the pastor. They
got a new pastor in that area
00:33:47.52\00:33:50.86
so after that transitionary time
he was able to do Bible studies
00:33:51.06\00:33:55.06
with the pastor and the elder.
00:33:55.26\00:33:57.20
And in September of 2021-
so just this last September -
00:33:57.40\00:34:01.17
he was baptized. And
we do have two pictures.
00:34:01.37\00:34:03.84
We have... That's
great! Praise the Lord!
00:34:04.04\00:34:06.24
The first picture shows Tim
with our development director
00:34:06.44\00:34:10.95
who is Ken Ferguson? So Ken
Ferguson is in the suit coat
00:34:11.15\00:34:13.72
and Tim is in the
more outdoor jacket.
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.38
I love that! Amen! Great shot!
00:34:16.58\00:34:18.92
And then the next picture
is a picture of Tim's baptism.
00:34:19.12\00:34:22.62
Beautiful! In a
lake. I love that!
00:34:22.82\00:34:25.43
That's Pastor David
Austin. He's one of our
00:34:25.63\00:34:26.96
supporters as well
for Strong Tower Radio.
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.90
Amen. He's the pastor up
there at the church? Yes.
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.73
OK. Amen. So what
does that do to you?
00:34:31.93\00:34:34.64
I know we're going to another
story, but what does that do
00:34:34.84\00:34:36.81
when you hear these stories?
When you hear people who are
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.87
finding Jesus and
discovering truth?
00:34:39.07\00:34:41.24
You know, Bethany has
a perfect answer to that
00:34:41.44\00:34:42.88
because when our son was going
through all this trial before
00:34:43.08\00:34:44.91
his surgery she was
really praying to the Lord
00:34:45.11\00:34:47.72
and she put the
Lord to the test.
00:34:47.92\00:34:49.45
I basically you know
during my Bible study time
00:34:49.85\00:34:52.79
and my prayer time you
get really close to the Lord
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.96
when you're going
through an intense trial. Yes.
00:34:56.16\00:34:57.63
Yes. And it was almost
like one day I was like
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.33
in God's face spiritually
speaking. Right? Yes. Right.
00:35:01.53\00:35:05.53
"OK, I know that the devil's
the one that's doing this. "
00:35:05.73\00:35:09.64
That's doing the bad things
that we see. You know, we...
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.57
we see in the
news tornadoes or wars.
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.31
It's not God...
they're not acts of God.
00:35:15.51\00:35:17.88
They're acts of the devil.
00:35:18.75\00:35:20.18
We go through those
trials and those tribulations
00:35:20.85\00:35:23.62
because God allows it
to show to the universe
00:35:23.82\00:35:27.42
what his
character is like - um-hmm -
00:35:27.62\00:35:28.96
and show to the universe the
contrast between Satan and God.
00:35:29.12\00:35:33.43
Yes. And so basically that day
00:35:33.63\00:35:36.97
was like: "OK, God...
this WILL NOT be in vain. "
00:35:37.17\00:35:41.07
Amen! "My son is not a
play toy for the devil.
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.77
I WILL NOT stand for that. "
00:35:44.97\00:35:46.51
Get your mama
bear goin' you know?
00:35:46.71\00:35:48.98
And OK, so we walk this
walk. We're on this path;
00:35:49.18\00:35:54.08
this isn't just going to go away
00:35:54.28\00:35:55.82
but it's NOT
going to be in vain.
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.79
There WILL be people in the
kingdom 'cause I demanded it.
00:35:58.99\00:36:02.36
"God... this is NOT OK. "
00:36:03.22\00:36:07.13
So yeah, it just...
it makes me want to cry
00:36:08.06\00:36:11.53
and jump and scream and just be
so excited & cheer for the Lord
00:36:11.73\00:36:14.57
because it's God
answering my prayer. Amen.
00:36:14.77\00:36:17.67
Prayers are heard.
People are coming to God.
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.84
I mean you guys get
how many calls and letters
00:36:21.04\00:36:24.11
and e-mails. This is why
we do what we do! Absolutely!
00:36:24.31\00:36:28.18
Amen! And that's
why people give, right?
00:36:28.38\00:36:31.15
That's what we talked about
earlier. You know we appreciate
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.25
again the support for Strong
Tower. We know many of you
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.62
are doing that and new
ones today, too, will be joining
00:36:35.82\00:36:38.76
and saying: "Hey, I'm
all behind Strong Tower
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.80
and what they're doing
there. " And it's just neat
00:36:41.00\00:36:43.67
because God is
using you as well.
00:36:43.87\00:36:45.20
You hear about their faith
journey but you're also part
00:36:45.37\00:36:47.20
of that as well.
Yes. Another story?
00:36:47.40\00:36:48.74
I know we've got... OK.
Yes. Ryan Peterson was a young
00:36:48.90\00:36:52.51
man - early 20's - and he
came into his mother's house.
00:36:52.71\00:36:57.11
She had the radio on; he
knew it was a Christian station.
00:36:57.31\00:36:59.45
He didn't know what it was
00:36:59.65\00:37:00.98
but all of a sudden he's hearing
a preacher named Lyle Albrecht
00:37:01.05\00:37:05.62
talking about the end
of time. Great evangelist!
00:37:05.82\00:37:08.72
Yes. Talking about prophecy and
what's going on in this world?
00:37:08.92\00:37:13.46
He sat down to finish listening.
00:37:13.66\00:37:15.36
He's in his early 20's
and he just absolutely loved
00:37:15.56\00:37:19.60
what he was hearing. Found
out it was Strong Tower Radio
00:37:19.80\00:37:22.20
and started listening
from 2015 to about 2020.
00:37:22.40\00:37:26.94
Wow! He's a 3rd
generation farmer.
00:37:27.14\00:37:29.21
OK. And my husband happens
to be a farmer so I understand.
00:37:29.41\00:37:32.38
He spends 12 to 18
hours in a tractor maybe.
00:37:32.58\00:37:35.85
Yep. And lots of tractors
nowadays have radios. They do!
00:37:36.05\00:37:39.42
That's the only
station he's listening to.
00:37:39.62\00:37:41.29
He used to listen to talk radio
but that's all he listens to.
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.89
And he hooked up with
a pastor in that area.
00:37:45.29\00:37:48.36
Happened to be Cedar Lake,
MI, in the center of the state
00:37:48.56\00:37:50.87
and started doin' Bible studies
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.60
and in December of
2020 he was baptized.
00:37:53.80\00:37:57.01
And he had a girlfriend, and
she also got baptized with him.
00:37:57.21\00:38:03.11
Oh wow! They
waited one more year.
00:38:03.31\00:38:05.21
We have a picture
of Ryan and his wife.
00:38:05.41\00:38:07.68
They waited one more year.
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.22
On their
anniversary of being baptized -
00:38:09.25\00:38:11.19
oh how precious!
they got married.
00:38:11.39\00:38:12.89
So that is a very special
date for them: both getting
00:38:13.29\00:38:15.99
baptized and a year
later being married.
00:38:16.19\00:38:18.06
Amen! Oh wow! Yeah.
00:38:18.26\00:38:20.30
That's incredible!
What a testimony. Yes.
00:38:20.50\00:38:22.90
What an inspiration! Yes!
00:38:23.10\00:38:25.63
You know like we never know
00:38:25.83\00:38:28.10
when God's gonna reach
somebody and how old they are.
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.97
So maybe I missed this: what
station was he catching then
00:38:31.17\00:38:33.21
in his tractor? Do
you know which one?
00:38:33.41\00:38:34.84
It was WBHO...
which is our station #3.
00:38:35.04\00:38:36.88
Number three - laughter
- which was started when?
00:38:37.08\00:38:39.11
Oh, probably about
2014 or so. OK. Yeah.
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.15
And then he started listening
in 2015? Yeah. His mother
00:38:42.35\00:38:45.19
had it on and he
just... you know.
00:38:45.39\00:38:47.32
He was activated. The devil has
attacked that station more than
00:38:47.52\00:38:50.53
any of our other stations
because that station has
00:38:50.73\00:38:53.09
more people listening
that are coming into the church
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.30
literally.
Powerful! Another story?
00:38:55.50\00:38:58.43
The story that I'm going to
tell next is also linked to that
00:38:58.63\00:39:01.07
same station. And like David
said, we've had a lot of people
00:39:01.27\00:39:04.17
that have come into the
different churches that cover...
00:39:04.37\00:39:06.71
in that coverage region.
00:39:06.91\00:39:08.31
We don't have a
picture of Rich, but
00:39:08.51\00:39:11.21
Rich was a
Bible-believing Christian
00:39:11.41\00:39:13.62
for about 35 years in
several different denominations.
00:39:13.82\00:39:17.22
And he was introduced
to the Adventist church
00:39:17.75\00:39:20.92
and to Strong Tower Radio
because he was working for
00:39:21.12\00:39:24.26
a home renovation company.
00:39:24.46\00:39:25.99
And his supervisor
had Strong Tower Radio on
00:39:26.19\00:39:29.93
in the work van. So as they
were driving to different jobs
00:39:30.13\00:39:33.94
and doing whatever
you know in the work van
00:39:34.14\00:39:36.24
he would hear
Strong Tower Radio.
00:39:36.44\00:39:37.84
And after a while, he started
listening to it on his own.
00:39:38.04\00:39:41.44
OK. On his own time
00:39:41.64\00:39:42.98
that's the radio
station he would go to.
00:39:43.18\00:39:44.98
And he gave us a
quote: "Good programming
00:39:45.71\00:39:49.88
is such a relief. " Oh...
So he saw that as just really
00:39:50.09\00:39:54.72
a relief. So he
listened for about 2 years
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.16
to the radio station
before he came to a church.
00:39:57.36\00:39:59.83
And that was the Midland
SDA church in Midland, Michigan.
00:40:00.03\00:40:03.87
And then during
COVID he was at church.
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.90
He attended church for maybe
about 2 years and then COVID
00:40:08.10\00:40:10.04
and everything was in full
swing, and different shutdowns
00:40:10.24\00:40:13.91
and whatever. And so
the church brought him in
00:40:14.11\00:40:16.78
to membership on
profession of faith at that time
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.11
because he had previously
been baptized. But with COVID
00:40:19.31\00:40:22.48
he didn't want to... they
didn't want to do a baptism
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.15
right at that time. And he
does plan to be re-baptized
00:40:24.35\00:40:27.46
at some point
and he wants to do it
00:40:27.66\00:40:29.12
when he can
invite family and friends
00:40:29.32\00:40:30.79
to be able to
witness that event - Amen!
00:40:30.99\00:40:34.10
and to come and join
him. And he does have
00:40:34.30\00:40:36.20
children that listen
to Strong Tower Radio.
00:40:36.40\00:40:38.73
They enjoy some of the
children's programming.
00:40:38.93\00:40:40.54
Your Story Hour and some of
the other stories and stuff.
00:40:40.74\00:40:44.57
Amen! It's so encouraging.
00:40:44.77\00:40:47.14
You know, it gives purpose.
00:40:47.34\00:40:49.38
Every day when
you come into work:
00:40:49.58\00:40:50.91
this is why we
do what we do! Yes.
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.51
This is why you exist. You
know, people can find truth
00:40:52.71\00:40:55.52
and discover Jesus.
That is so exciting!
00:40:55.72\00:40:58.02
You know, to me all 3 of these
stories had a similar theme
00:40:58.22\00:41:01.39
and that was it took time. Yes.
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.16
None of them listened for
a week and they were ready to
00:41:03.36\00:41:05.73
be baptized. That's right.
There's the seeds that are being
00:41:05.93\00:41:08.46
planted and the
Holy Spirit waters. Yes!
00:41:08.66\00:41:11.63
And then it grows. So
don't be discouraged at home.
00:41:11.83\00:41:15.77
Maybe you're planting
seeds in your community.
00:41:15.97\00:41:19.77
Maybe you're helping to support
the work of Strong Tower Radio
00:41:19.97\00:41:23.31
or 3ABN or another ministry.
00:41:23.51\00:41:25.31
But don't be discouraged if
you don't see immediate fruit
00:41:25.51\00:41:27.92
because the Holy
Spirit is at work
00:41:28.12\00:41:30.72
and at the right time
they make those decisions.
00:41:30.92\00:41:33.62
So that's powerful. And you know
the beautiful thing about that
00:41:33.82\00:41:36.02
analogy is - which is
really emphasized in Michigan -
00:41:36.22\00:41:39.03
you've got the
whole gardening process
00:41:39.23\00:41:40.96
but the harvest isn't the last
thing. There's the preservation
00:41:41.16\00:41:44.10
afterwards. After everything's
planted and gathered in
00:41:44.30\00:41:47.27
you don't just leave it.
You do something with that.
00:41:47.47\00:41:50.01
And so then you
begin the process again.
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.81
So there's more to it
than just the harvest.
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.38
The baptism is
great... it's wonderful...
00:41:55.58\00:41:57.38
but then the nurturing
that they can start growing.
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.85
And so whenever
people come into the church
00:42:01.05\00:42:02.92
welcome them like
long-lost family members,
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.19
loved ones. And
just bring them in,
00:42:05.39\00:42:08.12
put them under your arm,
and just point them to the Lord.
00:42:08.32\00:42:11.03
Amen! You know one thing
we've heard from many pastors
00:42:11.23\00:42:14.36
these people come in, listening:
"I'm ready to be baptized! "
00:42:14.56\00:42:19.83
"Well we've gotta
do Bible studies. "
00:42:20.04\00:42:22.37
So when the pastor hears
that it's not that long -
00:42:22.77\00:42:25.57
right - even though
they've been listening. Right.
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.04
He said: "They're stronger
maybe members than members
00:42:28.24\00:42:31.38
who've been in my
church for 20 years. "
00:42:31.58\00:42:33.52
Wow! "Because they've been
listening, they're grounded
00:42:33.72\00:42:36.22
in the truth. " Um-hmm!
00:42:36.42\00:42:38.15
Yeah... praise the
Lord. You know, that's because
00:42:38.35\00:42:39.82
3ABN, Strong Tower, we
believe in preaching the Bible.
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.82
Right? It's not
3ABN's religion or
00:42:43.02\00:42:44.79
Strong Tower
radio/television religion.
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.06
It comes from the Bible
- yeah - the Word of God.
00:42:47.26\00:42:48.86
Go ahead Jilane. Another
thing I wanted to mention
00:42:49.06\00:42:51.67
is we play some music
about five, six hours...
00:42:51.87\00:42:55.94
maybe a little
more on the weekend.
00:42:56.14\00:42:57.97
And I've heard from people
they absolutely love our music.
00:42:58.17\00:43:01.44
It's not this
Christian rock and pop
00:43:01.64\00:43:04.65
and they love the music.
00:43:04.85\00:43:06.38
And that's been all ages:
young people all the way up.
00:43:06.58\00:43:10.29
Because it's
truth-filled. Good. It's hymns;
00:43:10.49\00:43:14.79
it's
traditional Christian music.
00:43:14.99\00:43:17.99
Amen! And we love to
air... I especially enjoy
00:43:18.19\00:43:20.30
airing Give Him
Glory, the Pillars Hymns,
00:43:20.50\00:43:23.06
all those 3ABN productions.
00:43:23.26\00:43:25.10
Keep them
coming... we enjoy them.
00:43:25.30\00:43:27.47
I know when you all come
to Camp Meeting you're always
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.34
"Do you have any new
music? New projects? "
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.21
And of course we're
always happy to share them.
00:43:31.41\00:43:34.18
They're a sermon in song. It's
beautiful. It is! That's right.
00:43:34.38\00:43:36.18
And music reaches the heart
in a way the spoken word can't.
00:43:36.38\00:43:38.61
So... And we remember it.
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.52
If it has a catchy
tune it sticks in your brain
00:43:40.72\00:43:43.42
and you find yourself thinking
about it or repeating it
00:43:43.62\00:43:46.55
over and over in your brain.
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.09
People will call us... I
happen to have a... it's called
00:43:48.12\00:43:50.89
Strong Tower
Radio's gospel melodies.
00:43:51.09\00:43:52.93
Geared a little bit to southern
gospel you know. Um-hmm.
00:43:53.13\00:43:55.86
Country, toe-tapping.
Because when you hear that music
00:43:56.06\00:43:59.37
how can you not be happy?
00:43:59.77\00:44:02.40
Yeah. It make you
happy; it puts a smile on you.
00:44:02.60\00:44:05.61
It makes you FEEL
good. Right... right.
00:44:05.81\00:44:07.44
And that is a witness; a smile.
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.24
Just a smile to somebody
speaks volumes. Absolutely.
00:44:09.44\00:44:12.91
So we're coming down here
to the end. I mean these hours
00:44:13.31\00:44:14.98
go by in a hurry.
00:44:15.18\00:44:16.52
Anything in closing
that anyone wants to share?
00:44:16.69\00:44:18.85
There's plenty more
stories that are in the works.
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.19
There are things that
we... These were stories that
00:44:21.39\00:44:24.89
we had permission to
share and people's names.
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.86
But there are other things
that are still developing.
00:44:28.06\00:44:30.97
There's a family that
works in the lumber industry
00:44:31.17\00:44:35.17
in the UP that several members
of that family have started
00:44:35.37\00:44:39.47
attending church and are shar-
ing. And there's a ripple effect
00:44:39.67\00:44:43.14
going on there.
And there's a teenager
00:44:43.35\00:44:46.45
that called a few months
ago and asked about a church
00:44:46.65\00:44:50.79
in their area and has started
Bible studies with the pastor.
00:44:50.99\00:44:53.96
Oh wow! So...
That is incredible!
00:44:54.16\00:44:57.09
There's a gentleman that sent
us a text yesterday on the drive
00:44:57.29\00:44:58.63
down that he has
been sharing cards.
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.70
We have our sharing cards with
all of our stations on there.
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.10
And somebody has been...
He's been sharing with this
00:45:03.30\00:45:06.23
individual. And that gentleman
came to church this last week
00:45:06.43\00:45:09.50
and they had
communion so he washed his feet.
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.21
That's just because
of the sharing cards.
00:45:11.41\00:45:13.41
Listening to the radio station.
That's the Cadillac station
00:45:13.61\00:45:16.58
which you can hear out
on the coast in Ludington.
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.61
Praise God! So
that's just one more avenue
00:45:18.81\00:45:20.85
with our
literature that we pass out
00:45:21.05\00:45:22.92
or we give to our subscribers.
And I've gotta share with you
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.29
I was a snowbird this
year, and we have a listener
00:45:25.49\00:45:28.72
that had called the
station and wanted to get
00:45:28.92\00:45:32.06
a Strong Tower Radio
magnet for her vehicle.
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.93
Oh! And Tom who works
there - he does marketing -
00:45:35.13\00:45:38.93
he thought 36
inches... the bigger the better.
00:45:39.33\00:45:41.90
Well in real estate 24 inches...
that's what I used to have.
00:45:42.10\00:45:46.41
Anyways, we get these
HUGE magnets to put on the car.
00:45:46.61\00:45:50.45
Well, she took it and
it's on the back of her van.
00:45:50.65\00:45:53.55
She cut around so the handle
would fit... it would fit.
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.98
Huge magnet. Yeah... 36 inches.
00:45:56.18\00:45:59.39
Yeah, that's
huge! From a block away.
00:45:59.79\00:46:01.12
She drove to Florida - OK -
'cause she's a snowbird herself.
00:46:01.32\00:46:04.99
She stopped in Tennessee,
and there's a pastor who
00:46:05.19\00:46:07.76
had been in Michigan
and he's like, you know,
00:46:07.96\00:46:10.53
"Why are you
advertising Strong Tower Radio
00:46:10.73\00:46:13.13
down here in Tennessee? "
00:46:13.34\00:46:14.67
It said - HUGE letters - str.fm
00:46:14.74\00:46:19.07
Because you go to our
website and we have an app.
00:46:19.27\00:46:22.91
And people downloaded the app.
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.01
And she said to him:
"Well anybody can listen.
00:46:25.21\00:46:27.88
You don't have
to be in Michigan. "
00:46:28.08\00:46:29.42
He's like: "Oh, yeah.
" She went to Florida.
00:46:29.52\00:46:31.45
There are some people I
know that were in Florida
00:46:31.65\00:46:33.92
that texted me on a Friday
night. We were at the station
00:46:34.12\00:46:36.39
doing vespers. And she said:
"Jilane, are you in Florida? "
00:46:36.59\00:46:39.59
She sent me this
picture of this van.
00:46:39.79\00:46:42.43
And I said:
"No... that's not me. "
00:46:42.83\00:46:45.03
Because they live in
Cadillac they know me, they know
00:46:45.43\00:46:48.47
the station.
Strong Tower... of course.
00:46:48.77\00:46:50.31
And here they
see this giant magnet
00:46:50.51\00:46:53.51
that says Strong
Tower. Yeah... wow!
00:46:53.71\00:46:55.61
So let's talk about that before
we talk about some of the needs.
00:46:55.81\00:46:58.28
So you can... If
people are watching right now
00:46:58.48\00:47:00.58
you're watching, listening,
you say: "Wow, I'm not
00:47:00.78\00:47:02.25
in Michigan. There's no way
to get Strong Tower. " You can!
00:47:02.45\00:47:04.15
Africa... around
the world. str.fm
00:47:04.35\00:47:06.32
The Lord impressed us...
str - Strong Tower Radio -
00:47:06.52\00:47:09.66
but str.fm Five
letters and a period. OK.
00:47:09.86\00:47:12.89
You're on our website and
you can go to the Google app,
00:47:13.09\00:47:16.16
you can go to the android
app and you can listen online.
00:47:16.46\00:47:19.50
OK, so right there: str.fm
00:47:19.70\00:47:22.04
And you can listen to
the station? The feed.
00:47:22.24\00:47:25.94
We have people listening -
fantastic - to us from around
00:47:26.14\00:47:28.24
the world. Wow! It's
amazing! All over really.
00:47:28.44\00:47:30.65
In fact, while I was in
Florida I happened to go to the
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.81
Celebration,
Florida, church. OK.
00:47:33.01\00:47:34.98
And there was a couple that
they're snowbirding down there.
00:47:35.18\00:47:37.92
And they were from
Coldwater; worked for Remnant.
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.76
Now they're in
Jackson? Jacksonville.
00:47:40.96\00:47:45.03
Jackson, Michigan.
00:47:45.23\00:47:47.36
They wanted to know if
we had a station there yet.
00:47:47.56\00:47:49.10
They had downloaded so they
could hear the station. Wow!
00:47:49.30\00:47:52.33
Even though they were
living in Coldwater and Jackson
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.94
they weren't hearing it.
00:47:55.14\00:47:56.94
See, this is amazing because
I think of also evangelism.
00:47:57.14\00:48:00.18
Right? That's what
Strong Tower is about.
00:48:00.38\00:48:01.71
3ABN is about that too, and
you can actually tell someone
00:48:01.74\00:48:03.75
about Strong Tower Radio and say
"Hey, here's an app. Great app.
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.15
Download it. You can
get this great information
00:48:07.35\00:48:09.38
right there... on
your phone even. "
00:48:09.58\00:48:11.42
Tell us about
needs that you have.
00:48:11.62\00:48:12.95
You talked about an engineer
that Strong Tower needs.
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.22
We need an engineer,
yes, To help us... to take us
00:48:15.42\00:48:16.76
to the next level. You
know, when Moses came here
00:48:16.96\00:48:18.53
you guys were
really doing wonderful.
00:48:18.73\00:48:20.56
He took you guys to... you
know, all the other stations
00:48:20.76\00:48:22.90
that you guys are carrying.
00:48:23.10\00:48:24.43
And so we've got other oppor-
tunities that are before us.
00:48:24.47\00:48:27.04
We've got... Like
you saw on the map
00:48:27.44\00:48:30.01
we have 8 stations we have
to build in the next 3 years.
00:48:30.21\00:48:32.84
Do you have the money for that?
00:48:33.04\00:48:34.38
The Lord is
providing... He's gonna provide.
00:48:34.58\00:48:36.75
We actually do have the money
to build one of the stations
00:48:36.95\00:48:39.61
in Greenville, and so
we're just working through that.
00:48:39.81\00:48:42.35
And so the other thing
is just more office staff.
00:48:42.55\00:48:46.49
But really the bottom line is
00:48:46.89\00:48:49.89
we just need to
keep producing programs
00:48:50.09\00:48:52.59
that align with the Lord and
to reach people where they are.
00:48:52.79\00:48:55.36
That's what Jesus
did when He was here.
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.07
He went out to
people where they were.
00:48:57.27\00:48:59.13
So through the radio, you
can reach people where they are.
00:48:59.33\00:49:01.80
Whether it's in the big city
or whether they're up in the UP
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.61
driving a filler/buncher.
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.58
You know, it's just
reaching the people.
00:49:07.78\00:49:10.01
Amen. You know, I
just want to say here
00:49:10.21\00:49:12.41
if the Holy
Spirit is impressing you,
00:49:12.61\00:49:13.95
we'll put the contact info.
up. Jill's gonna talk about that
00:49:14.15\00:49:16.18
in a minute. But if
you're feeling impressed by the
00:49:16.38\00:49:18.92
Holy Spirit to support
'cause this group of people here
00:49:19.12\00:49:23.46
not many are doing a powerful
work for the world. Amen!
00:49:23.66\00:49:26.23
You said that people are listen-
ing to Strong Tower around
00:49:26.43\00:49:29.06
the world but of course
right there in Michigan.
00:49:29.26\00:49:30.60
If the Holy Spirit is
impressing you to give,
00:49:30.97\00:49:32.57
to support Strong Tower...
You heard they stepped out
00:49:32.77\00:49:35.37
in faith and eight
stations you need to build.
00:49:35.57\00:49:38.97
Yes. Well,
that's a lot of money.
00:49:39.17\00:49:40.68
But you know what? The
Lord's got that taken care of.
00:49:40.88\00:49:42.34
As you've heard their faith...
they're stepping out in faith
00:49:42.54\00:49:45.38
and wow! We
support Strong Tower 100%.
00:49:45.58\00:49:48.35
I mean, yeah... what you
all do. We just are behind you.
00:49:48.55\00:49:50.72
And yeah, we know that you're
evangelistically minded as well.
00:49:50.92\00:49:55.16
We've seen it
over and over again.
00:49:55.36\00:49:56.99
And again we're
thanking you in advance.
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.96
Because as Mr. Danny
always says: "We don't say
00:49:59.16\00:50:01.73
'Hey, give this
amount of money. ' "
00:50:01.93\00:50:03.26
As the Holy
Spirit impresses you.
00:50:03.30\00:50:04.63
So thank you so much for
listening to the Holy Spirit.
00:50:04.67\00:50:06.67
Yeah, I think we should
go to the address right now.
00:50:06.87\00:50:08.64
We believe in the ministry.
As Greg just said, we believe
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.37
in the ministry of
Strong Tower Radio. We do.
00:50:11.57\00:50:13.38
We love you all. We
believe in what God is doing
00:50:13.58\00:50:16.28
in and through them.
00:50:16.48\00:50:17.88
And if you want to support, if
you want to financially support
00:50:18.08\00:50:21.32
or with your prayers, if
you want more information
00:50:21.52\00:50:24.75
about Strong Tower Radio,
if the Lord's put on your heart
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you want to join the
team and be the engineer
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that they need, here is how you
can contact Strong Tower Radio
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for yourself:
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