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 3ABN Today.
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I'm Shelley Quinn; I'm JD Quinn.
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And boy, have we got an
exciting program for you today!
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If you love Jesus,
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if you want Him to return soon,
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we know the work
has to be finished.
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God wants to reach
ALL of the world because
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His heart's desire is
that all men would be saved.
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And if you want to see
Jesus return in the clouds soon,
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you need to stay tuned today
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because we're going to
tell you how you can help
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illuminate the whole
world with the glory of God.
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Let me read this
Scripture to you.
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This is Revelation 18
and I'll start with verse 1.
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Revelation 18:1.
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And John writes:
"After these things I saw
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another angel
coming down from heaven
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having GREAT authority
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and the earth was
illuminated with his glory.
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And he cried mightily
with a loud voice saying:
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'Babylon the Great has fallen
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has fallen and has become
a dwelling place of demons,
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a prison for every foul spirit,
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a cage for every
unclean and hated bird. ' "
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And then he goes on.
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In verse 4 John
says: "Then I heard a voice
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coming out of heaven saying:
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'Come out of
her, My people... ' "
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Come out of Babylon; come
out of the confusion, My people.
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"lest you share in her sins
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lest you receive
of her plagues. "
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Boy, that's an
important message!
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And if you... if this doesn't
make a lick of sense to you,
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stay tuned 'cause
you'll understand soon.
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Honey, would you like to
introduce our special guest?
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I certainly
would: Pastor Oleg Lotca.
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Welcome to 3ABN!
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Oh, thank you. We're so excited.
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We're so excited to hear
what you're... the little baby
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that you're in the
process of growing.
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And that baby would
be a ministry, right?
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That's right! I'm so excited
to be here with you today,
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and just the energy that
you guys... just inspires me!
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Thank you so much
for having me today.
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Well, as president of
Streams of Light Intl.
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Oleg, welcome back.
You've been here before
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but we're so glad that
you're our special guest today
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because as Scripture tells us
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we need to arise,
shine... let our light
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fill the earth
with the glory of God.
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And that's what we're
going to be talking about today
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is how you can go
light up your world.
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Scott Michael Bennett,
he's a very talented young man.
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He plays the piano; he
also sings. Yes, he does.
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And it just so happens
that's the name of the song
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that he's going to
play and sing for us:
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Go Light Your World.
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There is a candle
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in every soul.
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Some brightly burning...
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some dark and cold.
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There is a Spirit
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who brings the fire,
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ignites the candle,
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and makes His home.
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Carry your candle,
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run to the darkness.
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Seek out the hopeless,
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confused and torn.
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Hold out your candle
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for all to see it.
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Oh take your candle
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go light your world...
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Take your candle
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go light your world.
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Frustrated brother,
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see how he tried to
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light his own
candle some other way.
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See now your sister,
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she's been robbed and lied to
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She still holds her candle
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without a flame.
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Carry your candle,
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run to the darkness
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Seek out the lonely,
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the tired and worn.
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Hold out your candle
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for all to see it...
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Take your candle,
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go light your world...
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Take your candle,
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go light your world.
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We are a family
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whose hearts are blazing
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so let's raise our candle
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light up the sky.
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Pray to our Father
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in the name of Jesus:
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"Make us a beacon
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in the darkest night. "
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Carry your candle,
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run to the darkness.
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Seek out the helpless,
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deceived and poor.
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Hold out your candle
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for all to see it...
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Oh, take your candle,
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go light your world...
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Take your candle,
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go light your world...
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Take your candle,
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go light your world...
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go light your world...
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go light
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your world.
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I love to hear Scott
Michael Bennett sing!
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And you know what?
You may be sitting at home
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and you may be one of
those who sit in the church pews
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all the time and you feel
like your candle is just kind of
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flickering and
about ready to go out.
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We're going to
show you how easily
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you can help
light the world today.
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And it really is a whole
lot easier than you think.
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So before we begin, Oleg,
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tell us just... give us
the Reader's Digest version
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because you've had
such an interesting life.
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You were a pastor's
kid. Tell us a little about
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how you got to
where you are today.
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Well awesome. Yes, I was born
in a pastoral family in Moldova.
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That's one of the
countries in the former USSR.
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When I was 15 I just
decided to leave home
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and to go and seek for freedom.
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Freedom from...
you know... control.
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Not having parents next to me.
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So I did that.
I went to England.
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So 4 years I was there going
further & further away from God.
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And of course,
whenever you do that
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you get quite
bruised... a lot of bruises.
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Everywhere... all around.
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So after four years I
realized that that life
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is so miserable
I needed a change.
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When you say "that life,
" how far down did you get?
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Well the life away from
God is... usually, it takes you
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step by step, and it goes
all the way down sometimes.
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In my case it
was using substances:
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prohibited
substances like drugs and stuff.
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So that was... I
knew that that will
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kill me and ruin my
life so I needed a change.
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So I left England. Went
to Canada trying to change
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my life. And that change:
that was good for a few months
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but then went back down
again even lower than before.
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After four years in England
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finally, the Lord has found
me in the forest in Canada...
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cutting trees, working there.
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And I believe that
the fresh air, exercise,
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and all that did
something to my brain
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that I started thinking again.
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I said: "What am I
doing with my life? "
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And the Holy Spirit used some-
thing that my brother told me
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a few months before that
and then used some other things
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that I heard in the past.
And those I just came to life
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and I said: "Lord, if
there is forgiveness for me,
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I'd like to accept it. "
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And I advised Him:
"If You forgive me,
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I would like to give
my life completely to You.
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And as much harm as
I did to You and others
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I would like just
to do good to others
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and bring people to You. "
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So that's where I
decided to go to Argentina
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and study theology. I
learned Spanish in Argentina.
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Met a young lady there:
Karen. Today she is my wife.
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We have four kids together
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and we are enjoying
ministering to others.
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The Lord has been
just SO GOOD to us!
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That is... Well I
want to bring up one thing
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'cause this is so important.
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Good seeds were planted
early in your life. Yeah.
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And then there
was kind of dry spell.
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You know, and then
the "I" kind of took over
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and you wanted
to do it your way.
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But the time came whenever
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you know, the
little... the little germination
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from your youth. You knew that
there was another direction.
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You just didn't know
whether you were worthy.
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And then the King of the
universe made perfectly clear
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to you "I do have a
plan for your life. "
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And if I may... It doesn't
have a lot to do with what we're
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going to talk about
but I just want to say that
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because I always feel kind of
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worried when I
share my testimony.
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Some young people might
say: "Oh, I can do the same. "
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"I can go away from
God and then I'll come back
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and I'll be on fire for God. "
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I have at least three friends
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that have been Adventists.
We were away together
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and they died
being away from God. Yes.
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And not only physically...
you can die spiritually
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and you'll never have
the desire to come back.
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So I would say if you
were there in the church
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as a young man don't
ever think that out there
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there is something to give you.
Whatever is out there is only
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misery. Away from God
it's just so miserable.
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Being and walking with
God... that's what true life is.
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That's where the freedom
is... the true freedom - Amen -
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is walking with God.
Amen! Well, put! Well, put!
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All right. So God took
you from Brazil to Weimar
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in central California.
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And you began... Well
actually you were beginning
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some door-to-door evangelism
I'll call it in Brazil.
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Tell us about your transition.
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I was... Yes, I was in South
America there in Argentina.
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I did study in Brazil as well
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but Argentina was my
main place where I was.
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And what happened
there? I ran out of money
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and I had to pay for school,
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for university, and I didn't
have any other source of income.
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So I was pushed
into... I saw other people that
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they would go in the
summer and work canvassing.
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Selling books door-to-door...
that's what canvassing is.
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Colporteuring we
are calling it as well.
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And I said: "Does it
really give you income to pay? "
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They said: "Yes...
that's how we pay it. "
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I said: "OK... I
might as well try. "
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I tried it. The first
few weeks were horrible.
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It was so hard.
People would reject me.
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I didn't like it...
but then I saw how when you
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meet peoples' needs,
when you talk with them,
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people are just buying
what you're bringing up.
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Instead of the books that you
bring they buy YOU as a person
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and that solutional
help that you try to bring
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to peoples' lives. When
I saw the connection there
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how we can find
sincere people door-to-door
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that are searching for truth
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searching for ways to
get better, to do better,
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I said: "Wow! Lord, I
want to be in this ministry for
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the rest of my life. " So
it's kind of Peter insecurity.
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"You will not wash anything"
then "wash me entirely! "
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That was a
similar experience for me.
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That's amazing! So
when you came to California
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you were working with Weimar
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before COVID and
doing something similar.
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But during COVID...
I mean, it wasn't what?
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Five months after you got here?
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During COVID they
wouldn't let you go out.
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But you decided to
do it on your own time.
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Tell us your
experience. And by the way,
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I just want to tell you:
we're not trying to talk you
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into selling books so don't
say: "Oh, I don't want to. "
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Just listen 'cause we're not
talking about selling anything
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except the
introduction to the love of God.
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So tell us what happened
as you were going door-to-door
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when people
thought: "Oh, nobody wants to
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hear anything
right now during COVID. "
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Yes. I just got to
Central California Conference.
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They invited me to work and
to start the adult canvassing
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program for adults.
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And COVID hit so
all that was canceled.
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You couldn't do
ANY door-to-door work.
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And they told me: "Well
you just have to stay home
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and do Zoom meetings...
whatever you do via Zoom. "
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I said: "I can do
that for a few months
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but I don't know whether
I can do that for too long
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just because of the active
way of being. " They said:
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"People need now to
hear... people need hope. "
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So I said: "Can I do
that on my own time? "
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So I went and did that
on my own time not work time
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and I decided to
distribute a book called
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The Great
Controversy because I thought
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for the time it was
just an appropriate book.
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And when I was taking it
to doors and I saw how people
00:16:39.46\00:16:43.40
would receive it when I
would tell them that that book
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was a blend of
history and Bible prophecy
00:16:45.63\00:16:48.67
and people would just
take it. And some people
00:16:48.87\00:16:51.34
would ask for 4, 5 for
their co-workers as well.
00:16:51.54\00:16:54.04
When you're saying
"distribute" you're not selling.
00:16:54.24\00:16:56.08
You're giving it
away? Just giving it away.
00:16:56.28\00:16:57.68
I bought the books myself.
00:16:57.88\00:16:59.21
I paid for them and
I would go door-to-door
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and give it as a gift to people.
00:17:01.58\00:17:03.49
I would say: "I am delivering
a gift in the community.
00:17:03.69\00:17:06.99
Here is a free
copy... enjoy it. "
00:17:07.19\00:17:08.92
That's all what I would
say. And they would say:
00:17:09.12\00:17:10.86
"What is the book
about? " And I would tell them:
00:17:11.06\00:17:12.59
"It's a blend of
history and Bible prophecy. "
00:17:12.79\00:17:15.26
And people would be so...
When they would hear Bible
00:17:15.46\00:17:17.83
prophecy they
would be so open to it
00:17:18.03\00:17:20.77
so that would
spark conversation.
00:17:20.97\00:17:22.77
Praying with people. Powerful!
00:17:22.97\00:17:25.01
So I said: "This is just too
good to leave it just me alone
00:17:25.21\00:17:29.48
doing it" so I
started sharing that
00:17:29.68\00:17:31.65
with other
churches... church members.
00:17:31.85\00:17:33.68
And pretty soon one
church, they said: "We want to
00:17:33.88\00:17:37.42
cover our entire
city with this book. "
00:17:37.62\00:17:40.02
And they did it! In
just like 2-3 months
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they completed the entire city.
00:17:42.46\00:17:44.16
So that was like...
that sparked a fire within me
00:17:44.36\00:17:49.36
saying: "Wow! This
is a powerful ministry
00:17:49.56\00:17:52.07
that could help people to
get that hope at their door. "
00:17:52.27\00:17:56.30
And that book... when
you say that it combines
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or blends the history -
world history, church history -
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with Biblical prophecy
that's where Rev. 18 comes in
00:18:03.98\00:18:09.95
because this book
so clearly explains
00:18:10.15\00:18:14.02
Bible prophecy. Who is Babylon?
00:18:14.22\00:18:17.36
What we're looking out for.
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So you're enjoying
success in sharing this
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and attracting
people. And I believe people
00:18:23.93\00:18:27.30
everywhere... people KNOW
there's something going on
00:18:27.50\00:18:30.61
in this world and
people want some answers.
00:18:30.81\00:18:33.91
So how did this
inspire you to start
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Streams of Light International?
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Well I was actually reading
those very texts that you read
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this morning: Rev. 18:1-2.
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And for the first time in
my life, I saw a connection
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there between verse 1-
the angel that lightens
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or illumines the
earth with his glory,
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with the glory of the Lord -
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and verse 2 where that
angel with a loud voice
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denounces the
Babylon. What is Babylon?
00:19:01.64\00:19:04.37
That's the mixture of truth
and error... the confusion.
00:19:04.57\00:19:07.98
And we are told that
Satan will try to confuse people
00:19:08.18\00:19:11.38
at the end time. Yes. And I
said: "Wow! This is powerful! "
00:19:11.58\00:19:14.75
So as people are desperate
00:19:14.95\00:19:17.15
people need hope, and
people need to know that Satan
00:19:17.35\00:19:20.16
will try to trick
them into something.
00:19:20.36\00:19:22.52
And I said: "What
book? " Because people have
00:19:22.72\00:19:24.76
Bibles at home. Unfortunately,
not everybody reads them.
00:19:24.96\00:19:28.33
But: "What book
besides the Bible
00:19:28.53\00:19:30.90
talks clearly about the truth,
the true character of God,
00:19:31.10\00:19:36.00
and the character of Satan? "
00:19:36.20\00:19:38.01
I said: "That's the book
The Great Controversy. " Um-hmm.
00:19:38.21\00:19:40.54
That's why I started
distributing, and I saw
00:19:40.74\00:19:43.24
a huge interest in people.
00:19:43.45\00:19:45.25
So that's how the idea of
Streams of Light came. I said:
00:19:45.45\00:19:48.72
"This is just too good to
keep it to a small level. "
00:19:48.92\00:19:52.49
So that's when the idea came
to place a Great Controversy
00:19:52.69\00:19:57.19
into every home in
North America by 2026.
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A hundred and how many?
00:20:01.00\00:20:03.67
Hundred and forty-eight?
This just... 148 million homes
00:20:03.87\00:20:09.57
in the United
States... 148 million!
00:20:09.77\00:20:13.68
Now all of a sudden boy the
room just got really bigger.
00:20:14.08\00:20:18.18
I mean I can't
even imagine that.
00:20:18.95\00:20:20.75
Let me say one thing further:
00:20:20.95\00:20:22.82
for those that may
not... do not pick up...
00:20:23.02\00:20:26.35
when we mention
The Great Controversy
00:20:26.55\00:20:28.09
we're talking about the great
controversy between good & evil.
00:20:28.29\00:20:31.19
Correct. You said
between Jesus and Satan
00:20:31.39\00:20:34.56
which is the great controversy.
00:20:34.76\00:20:37.03
So... 148 million homes?
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I don't know how many copies of
this book have already gone out
00:20:40.97\00:20:43.81
before but here's my point:
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you, inspired by the Lord...
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Anybody that has a goal
to reach 146 million homes
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or 148 million by 2026- hmm -
00:20:53.45\00:20:56.69
that's a God-sized goal!
00:20:56.89\00:20:59.15
It's impossible to do without
the help of the Holy Spirit.
00:20:59.35\00:21:03.19
But God has given Oleg a plan,
00:21:03.59\00:21:06.83
and that plan is to
involve church members
00:21:07.03\00:21:11.13
to involve even little mission
groups that we talk about
00:21:11.33\00:21:14.90
to distribute this book.
00:21:15.20\00:21:17.44
Not selling it
but giving it away.
00:21:17.64\00:21:20.04
But you have something...
kind of an interesting...
00:21:20.54\00:21:24.48
We've seen some people
who give a digital download
00:21:24.68\00:21:28.52
for a link for this
or they'll mail it out.
00:21:28.72\00:21:32.42
But God specifically told you
00:21:32.82\00:21:35.02
in person and a
printed book. Why?
00:21:35.22\00:21:41.16
Well, that's a good question,
and I get that question a lot.
00:21:41.66\00:21:44.40
People are asking:
"Why a physical book?
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Isn't it a lot
cheaper to just mail it out
00:21:47.47\00:21:50.21
I mean e- mail
it out to people? "
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.27
Distribute digitally.
It's easier; it's quicker.
00:21:52.47\00:21:55.21
That's where people are today.
00:21:55.41\00:21:57.25
I love the physical book. Why?
00:21:57.65\00:22:00.42
Because it pushes
someone - a human being -
00:22:00.82\00:22:03.82
physically to go and
find someone physically.
00:22:04.02\00:22:07.56
And that's personal contact.
00:22:07.72\00:22:09.69
There is power in that!
Yes. Even before... even before
00:22:09.89\00:22:13.23
the book will do
its work at some point
00:22:13.43\00:22:16.16
that powerful connection
there with a human being -
00:22:16.36\00:22:20.20
with human
beings - that is just...
00:22:20.40\00:22:22.04
And the biggest
blessing is to the one
00:22:22.24\00:22:26.14
who is
delivering the message? Yes!
00:22:26.34\00:22:27.88
I mean, I am doing
this with churches now.
00:22:28.08\00:22:30.05
I am training
churches how to do it:
00:22:30.25\00:22:33.25
how to organize
outreach in their community.
00:22:33.45\00:22:36.42
And when the church members
are coming back to the church
00:22:36.82\00:22:40.19
in the evening they
start sharing testimonies.
00:22:40.39\00:22:43.26
You cannot stop them!
00:22:43.46\00:22:44.79
And that glow on their faces...
so it's just amazing to see.
00:22:44.89\00:22:48.06
So the physical book because
of that personal contact.
00:22:48.26\00:22:51.23
And it's an immediate benefit.
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.90
They may not open the
book for another 6 months.
00:22:55.10\00:22:58.11
You never know, but people do.
00:22:58.31\00:23:00.31
Because I know when we were
distributing Ten Commandments
00:23:00.51\00:23:04.45
Twice Removed we're
still getting... from years ago
00:23:04.65\00:23:08.32
we're still getting people
who call and say: "I finally
00:23:08.52\00:23:10.72
read that book. " And
they've come into the church.
00:23:10.92\00:23:13.22
So The Great Controversy
handed out in person.
00:23:13.62\00:23:19.59
But it is a fairly lengthy book.
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.76
You've done some amazing things.
00:23:22.96\00:23:26.13
In my mind this
is EXTREMELY special
00:23:26.33\00:23:30.31
what you've done
so that it won't be
00:23:30.51\00:23:32.74
as intimidating.
Tell us about that.
00:23:32.94\00:23:35.28
Well yeah. You know people
ask me: "Do people still read
00:23:35.68\00:23:38.51
books? " You
know, and we realize
00:23:38.71\00:23:41.25
that the young generation
especially - younger people -
00:23:41.45\00:23:44.19
they are not inclined to read
a thick book, a 500-page book.
00:23:44.39\00:23:47.69
And they are more
inclined to watch videos.
00:23:48.09\00:23:52.46
So what we did: every chapter
00:23:52.66\00:23:55.83
in The Great
Controversy has a QR code
00:23:56.03\00:23:59.40
at the beginning of the chapter.
00:23:59.60\00:24:00.97
So what people can do:
they just scan the QR code
00:24:01.17\00:24:03.91
with their phone and
it takes them to a video
00:24:04.11\00:24:07.08
related to the chapter.
00:24:07.28\00:24:08.61
So this way they can have
the digital version of it.
00:24:09.01\00:24:12.38
It's a short video - a
6-minute video that just
00:24:12.58\00:24:15.48
gives them an
appetizer that would lead them
00:24:15.68\00:24:18.65
to the message.
And who did the videos?
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.79
Well the videos are done, most
of them, by Lineage Journey.
00:24:20.99\00:24:24.43
Oh, praise the Lord!
00:24:24.63\00:24:26.06
Lineage Journey... they have
done a fantastic job! Oh my!
00:24:26.26\00:24:29.13
Some are done by 3ABN.
00:24:29.33\00:24:31.33
We took some
videos that 3ABN has done
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.74
of Doug Batchelor
and It Is Written.
00:24:33.94\00:24:36.14
But now Lineage Journey
is recording the 42 videos
00:24:36.34\00:24:41.08
for the 42 chapters
of The Great Controversy
00:24:41.28\00:24:44.55
so soon we'll have
all of those available.
00:24:44.75\00:24:47.98
Praise God! To me is absolutely
amazing to see the contrast
00:24:48.18\00:24:52.75
between going out
and actually walking,
00:24:52.95\00:24:55.16
going up and knocking on a door,
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.19
it doesn't get more distance...
00:24:57.39\00:25:01.20
Distance wise they were
doing this in the 1800's.
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.33
Now you mention QR
code in the same breath!
00:25:05.73\00:25:10.61
I mean, to me
that's absolutely amazing.
00:25:10.81\00:25:13.48
So it's really... there's
a large audience out there.
00:25:13.68\00:25:17.81
And once again,
the personal impact...
00:25:18.01\00:25:21.75
You had an experience with
Maribel. I want you to tell us
00:25:21.95\00:25:24.92
about that because when
you connect one on one...
00:25:25.12\00:25:29.46
that's what people are...
Nowadays people are thinking
00:25:29.66\00:25:32.76
they're connecting with people
when they're sittin' here...
00:25:32.96\00:25:35.30
It's an artificial connection.
00:25:35.50\00:25:37.27
But when one-on-one
you go up to offer somebody
00:25:37.47\00:25:40.37
a gift that could
be life changing...
00:25:40.57\00:25:42.94
Tell us about Maribel.
00:25:43.14\00:25:44.91
Yes, so I was in... I...
00:25:45.11\00:25:48.44
I had my vacation time
and I said: "You know what? "
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.91
I talked with my wife and said:
"Let me try to do something
00:25:51.11\00:25:53.82
with The Great
Controversy is Texas.
00:25:54.02\00:25:55.75
Let me... " So I
went to McAllen, Texas,
00:25:55.95\00:25:57.82
during my
vacation time for a month
00:25:58.02\00:25:59.92
distributing the
Great Controversy.
00:26:00.12\00:26:01.66
Just buying them and
distributing them everywhere.
00:26:01.86\00:26:04.46
So in the parking lot -
Sam's Club parking lot -
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.80
a person comes out
and I give them the book.
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.66
I said: "This is
a gift. Enjoy it. "
00:26:09.86\00:26:11.47
And then the
questions are coming.
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.10
So this lady... she's coming
out. I'm giving her the book
00:26:13.30\00:26:16.07
and she says: "What
is the book about? "
00:26:16.27\00:26:17.61
I tell her it's a blend of
history and Bible prophecy.
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.14
She said: "I'm
looking for a church. "
00:26:20.34\00:26:22.71
But she said: "But I'm looking
for a church that would preach
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.25
the truth. Not just
stories... the TRUTH. "
00:26:25.45\00:26:28.58
AMEN! I said...
This was Friday, 3 PM.
00:26:28.78\00:26:30.99
I said: "I happen to go to
a church like that tomorrow.
00:26:31.19\00:26:33.89
Why don't you join me? "
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.42
Maribel came to church that day
00:26:35.49\00:26:38.23
and actually, I think we
have a picture of Maribel...
00:26:38.43\00:26:41.80
picture somewhere there.
00:26:42.00\00:26:44.40
And Maribel came to
church. That's her book there
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.80
in Spanish. So Maribel
started studying the Bible
00:26:48.00\00:26:52.41
with the pastor, and she
said... she told the pastor:
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.54
"So what do I need to do to be
baptized right that same day? "
00:26:55.74\00:26:59.01
And the pastor said:
"Well, there are Bible studies
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.52
that you have to...
" "How many of them? "
00:27:01.72\00:27:03.05
Said: "About 20... 26. "
00:27:03.22\00:27:04.85
And she said: "Can
I do three a day? "
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.22
Three Bible studies a day.
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.76
She was so
desperate to get baptized!
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.99
Then stuff happened in between.
She got distracted with...
00:27:11.19\00:27:14.86
There is somebody who
was not happy that she was -
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.77
Satan - and he
was disrupting her.
00:27:17.97\00:27:20.67
But then the great news is
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.71
just this past
Sabbath Maribel got baptized.
00:27:23.91\00:27:27.54
And we have a
picture there: Pastor Antonio
00:27:27.74\00:27:30.95
baptizing her - Glory to God!
there in McAllen Central Church.
00:27:31.11\00:27:35.68
So just one book, and
she didn't read the book yet.
00:27:35.88\00:27:39.25
So there was no
influence of the book itself
00:27:39.45\00:27:42.19
but just the act of meeting
the person and inviting...
00:27:42.39\00:27:45.19
that was... that
brought her to study the Bible.
00:27:45.39\00:27:48.56
So what we want to do
'cause we've got a special guest
00:27:48.76\00:27:53.20
that's going to be
coming up in just a second
00:27:53.40\00:27:54.97
joining us by Skype
00:27:55.17\00:27:56.50
but let's get
back on the QR code.
00:27:56.57\00:28:01.54
You have a short video
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.18
that we'd like to
show you about the QR code
00:28:04.38\00:28:08.48
because it is
amazing how this works.
00:28:08.68\00:28:12.25
They are certain events
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.34
of such significance
00:28:33.54\00:28:35.64
that they are referred to
as turning points in history.
00:28:35.84\00:28:39.71
Chapter 7: Luther's
separation from Rome.
00:28:42.82\00:28:46.39
Foremost among those who
were called to lead the church
00:28:46.59\00:28:48.86
from the darkness...
00:28:49.06\00:28:51.03
Beautiful and how exciting.
I want a copy of that book
00:29:05.84\00:29:09.11
just so I can go see
this. I've got one for you.
00:29:09.31\00:29:11.21
Oh good! But you're
doing something else
00:29:11.41\00:29:15.02
because you actually had
a shrink-wrapped envelope.
00:29:15.22\00:29:17.92
You've added what we call
"the right arm of the gospel. "
00:29:18.12\00:29:22.72
Tell us about Thrive Magazine.
00:29:22.92\00:29:25.53
Yeah. So when I
was thinking about that
00:29:25.93\00:29:28.90
I read something
written by Ellen White
00:29:29.10\00:29:33.50
where she said
that the health message
00:29:33.70\00:29:36.84
that is exactly
what Jesus was doing.
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.47
Jesus would come and supply
the needs - the immediate needs
00:29:39.67\00:29:42.24
of the people - and then He
would tell them "Follow Me. "
00:29:42.44\00:29:44.71
So I said: "Somehow we
have to get the health message
00:29:45.11\00:29:47.78
into this as well.
" So we came up with
00:29:47.98\00:29:49.82
Thrive Magazine. Actually
Pat Humphrey is the editor
00:29:50.02\00:29:53.46
of this health magazine.
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.02
Dr. Neal Nedley; Dr. Daniel
Binus; & then Pr. Mark Finley:
00:29:55.22\00:30:00.13
they have done a
wonderful, wonderful job
00:30:00.33\00:30:03.20
of putting this together.
00:30:03.40\00:30:04.73
And so this comes as
well. So when the book comes
00:30:04.77\00:30:09.64
in a little bag, on the rear
side is the health magazine -
00:30:09.84\00:30:14.28
here Thrive Magazine
- and on the other side
00:30:14.48\00:30:18.05
is the book. So
that's how it's presented:
00:30:18.25\00:30:20.25
in a little bag like that.
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.02
And you can put the local church
information on a little card
00:30:22.22\00:30:26.92
or whatever goes in there.
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.62
Also, we suggest to
every church to put GLOW tracts
00:30:28.82\00:30:32.06
in there as well because
if somebody's not attracted by
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.76
a big book like that
they might be attracted by
00:30:34.96\00:30:36.67
something small like that
that will spark the interest.
00:30:36.87\00:30:39.30
So this health
magazine has a QR code as well
00:30:39.50\00:30:42.84
inside where people can
scan and it leads them to extra
00:30:43.04\00:30:47.48
information. And I
think we have a video.
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.38
OK... we'll show
that. Very short video.
00:30:49.58\00:30:51.45
So the health
magazine is on mental health
00:30:52.45\00:30:55.82
and the subtitle is
Coping in the midst of crisis.
00:30:56.02\00:30:59.89
And it shows how in
the midst of pandemic
00:31:00.09\00:31:03.59
how people's mental
health was affected.
00:31:03.79\00:31:06.13
So when you scan the QR
code it just leads you to
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.40
tons of health information.
00:31:08.80\00:31:10.80
How to cook
healthy. Eight natural laws.
00:31:11.00\00:31:14.04
Blue zones and all of
that. Different videos that
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.07
people can get so that
they can get more resources
00:31:17.27\00:31:20.11
for their immediate benefit.
00:31:20.31\00:31:21.88
Oh amen and amen!
And that is something
00:31:22.08\00:31:25.58
that people will pick
up and read that right away
00:31:25.78\00:31:28.15
because that's something
that's attracting everyone.
00:31:28.35\00:31:30.32
There's so many
people who have suffered
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.92
from depression, anxiety
throughout the whole COVID
00:31:34.12\00:31:38.39
pandemic. Well right
now we have a special guest
00:31:38.59\00:31:42.86
who's "waiting in
the wings" so to say.
00:31:43.06\00:31:45.63
It is Pastor Dan
Serns, and he is the president
00:31:45.83\00:31:51.37
of the Central
California Conference
00:31:51.57\00:31:55.28
of SDA churches. It's a
big, beautiful conference.
00:31:55.48\00:32:01.18
So Pastor Dan, are you with us?
00:32:01.38\00:32:03.49
Yes! I'm happy
to join you today.
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.12
Oh, we're so
glad that you're here.
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.12
You know, Oleg has been
telling us about all of the new
00:32:09.32\00:32:13.29
energy and vision that
you're bringing to the CCC.
00:32:13.50\00:32:19.03
Tell us a little of
your plan, your vision,
00:32:19.43\00:32:24.24
what God is
asking you to initiate
00:32:24.44\00:32:28.18
for the churches
in central California.
00:32:28.38\00:32:30.55
Well, when I got to Central
California about six months ago
00:32:32.11\00:32:35.22
as the conference
president I was asking God
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.69
"What do You want us
to do? " Amen. We have
00:32:37.89\00:32:40.46
10 million
people in our territory
00:32:40.66\00:32:43.69
that need to know
that Jesus loves them,
00:32:43.89\00:32:46.19
He's coming again soon,
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.00
He has a good
plan for their life,
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.17
and now's the time
to take Him seriously.
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.40
And so we just started
brainstorming and looking for
00:32:52.60\00:32:55.70
ways to do that. And of
course, I'm meeting the staff
00:32:55.90\00:32:58.91
at the same time
and I bumped into Oleg.
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.04
And you've already seen the
fire God's put in Oleg's heart
00:33:01.44\00:33:05.15
so we started
feeding off of each other.
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.22
And he says: "Yes, we
want to get a Great Controversy
00:33:07.62\00:33:10.02
and a health
magazine and GLOW tracts
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.45
to every home in the world. "
00:33:12.65\00:33:15.06
And I said: "This
is my kind of guy! "
00:33:15.26\00:33:16.93
We've got 10
million people, but we know
00:33:17.13\00:33:20.26
that you'll never have...
you can never raise enough money
00:33:20.46\00:33:23.90
to hire enough pastors
and teachers and Bible workers
00:33:24.10\00:33:27.47
and literature evangelists
to take the Adventist message
00:33:27.67\00:33:30.34
to everybody. You'll never have
enough money to hire people.
00:33:30.54\00:33:33.38
God has called every
converted man, woman, and child
00:33:33.58\00:33:37.51
to be involved in this work
00:33:37.71\00:33:39.05
in their circles of
influence and however, they can.
00:33:39.15\00:33:42.25
To make that the top
priority in their life.
00:33:42.45\00:33:44.65
So in
brainstorming with our team
00:33:44.85\00:33:47.89
and we did some restructuring
so that we could bring people
00:33:48.09\00:33:51.43
who had a passion on board
00:33:51.63\00:33:53.53
we came up with this slogan
right out of the book of Acts:
00:33:53.73\00:33:57.17
"Arise and Go. "
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.13
You find it lots of
times in the book of Acts.
00:33:59.33\00:34:01.60
And we said: "That's our
theme for the next 3 years:
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.37
to Arise and Go and
let your light shine. "
00:34:04.57\00:34:07.71
Wherever you are,
whatever you're doing.
00:34:07.91\00:34:09.84
And we believe in prayer,
but sometimes people pray
00:34:10.05\00:34:14.58
and they keep putting
off arising and going.
00:34:14.78\00:34:17.49
We said: "Pray... and
then get up and go and share! "
00:34:17.85\00:34:22.22
And so the way that this
dovetails with Pastor Oleg
00:34:22.42\00:34:26.70
is, I said: "You know, our 10
million people in our territory:
00:34:26.90\00:34:30.53
half of them live in our
two biggest mission fields:
00:34:30.93\00:34:34.24
San Francisco and
the Silicon Valley. "
00:34:34.40\00:34:37.27
We all know San Francisco.
00:34:37.47\00:34:39.37
We all know about
the Silicon Valley.
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.41
In our territory we
need to reach the CEO's
00:34:41.61\00:34:45.01
of Google and Facebook
and Instagram and Twitter
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.98
and the tens of thousands
of people that work for them.
00:34:49.18\00:34:51.59
And we need to reach all
the people of San Francisco.
00:34:51.79\00:34:54.36
But only about 1/4 of
our members live there
00:34:54.76\00:34:58.03
so we need to do
some special things.
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.20
And as Pastor
Oleg and I were talking
00:35:00.40\00:35:03.03
I said: "What if we
picked a time every year
00:35:03.23\00:35:07.54
where you can mobilize
hundreds of people like you do
00:35:07.74\00:35:10.64
into one of those areas
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.44
and we will pass out
The Great Controversy
00:35:13.64\00:35:16.81
and the health magazine
and the GLOW tract package
00:35:17.01\00:35:19.65
with a smile, with a prayer,
looking for Bible studies.
00:35:19.85\00:35:23.89
We'll send in Bible
workers afterwards to follow up.
00:35:24.09\00:35:27.89
And let's mobilize our
members that live there.
00:35:28.09\00:35:30.23
Let's also mobilize everybody
from across our conference
00:35:30.43\00:35:35.36
and beyond that
wants to come help us.
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.37
So the next three
years on Labor Day weekend
00:35:37.57\00:35:41.74
for Wednesday to Sunday
00:35:41.94\00:35:44.34
we are inviting people
to come together to help us
00:35:44.54\00:35:48.18
pass things... these things
out. And I have to say that
00:35:48.38\00:35:51.91
this can be done by
any church anywhere.
00:35:52.71\00:35:55.15
Everybody can do this.
00:35:55.35\00:35:56.69
They can help their own churches
do it in their community.
00:35:56.75\00:35:58.85
But if you want to go on a
mission trip and you're not sure
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.82
about going overseas
or you want to help us
00:36:02.02\00:36:03.83
with a mission trip to San
Francisco and Silicon Valley
00:36:04.03\00:36:07.63
then this is a way to do it
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.63
because we're
serious about the mission.
00:36:09.83\00:36:13.00
I have to make a
personal confession:
00:36:13.20\00:36:15.44
earlier in my ministry I
took kind of the approach
00:36:15.94\00:36:19.64
that you know: Why start
with The Great Controversy?
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.31
Why not start with Steps
to Christ or Desire of Ages?
00:36:22.51\00:36:25.61
And all of those
are wonderful books...
00:36:25.81\00:36:28.18
but when I read
what God told Ellen White
00:36:28.38\00:36:31.19
that she should see this
book - The Great Controversy -
00:36:31.39\00:36:35.69
brought to the
forefront and given to everybody
00:36:35.89\00:36:38.76
at the time we're at I said:
"We're going to go after this. "
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.86
This is inspired counsel
and we're going to act on it.
00:36:42.06\00:36:44.30
So that just gives a little
bit of the picture of what we're
00:36:44.70\00:36:47.44
trying to do. We
have other initiatives
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.01
to multiply
groups and church plants.
00:36:50.21\00:36:53.48
To tell the stories more
effectively of mobilizing
00:36:53.68\00:36:57.98
lay preachers...
all of those things.
00:36:58.18\00:37:00.32
But this is a key
part of what we're doing:
00:37:00.52\00:37:03.35
to Arise and Go and
get a Great Controversy
00:37:03.55\00:37:06.96
and one of those
packets to every house
00:37:07.16\00:37:09.82
in Silicon Valley and in San
Francisco in the next 3 years.
00:37:10.03\00:37:13.66
So Pastor Dan, do I
understand then that
00:37:13.86\00:37:16.50
people in the churches...
you are training people
00:37:16.70\00:37:20.30
how to do this?
'Cause some people just...
00:37:20.50\00:37:22.60
their knees knock to
think about going door-to-door.
00:37:22.80\00:37:25.61
Are you training
people how to do this? 'Cause
00:37:26.54\00:37:28.84
really you're just
bringing a gift from the Lord:
00:37:29.04\00:37:31.21
a great magazine
and a wonderful book.
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.92
How do you do that?
00:37:34.12\00:37:35.58
Yes. One thing we do is
we do simple, short training
00:37:36.45\00:37:41.22
and then we go do it.
00:37:41.42\00:37:42.76
I found that sometimes we love
more and more and more training
00:37:42.79\00:37:46.03
and we have lots of
certificates on the wall.
00:37:46.23\00:37:47.96
We never arose and went.
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.37
That's it! Arise and Go!
00:37:50.57\00:37:52.17
So we just went
around the conference.
00:37:52.37\00:37:54.97
This Sabbath we'll
complete our eighth training
00:37:55.17\00:37:57.71
in eight of our
areas on Sabbath afternoon.
00:37:57.91\00:38:00.98
And it's a short training.
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.71
The first hour and a half is
inspirational and motivational
00:38:02.84\00:38:07.02
and the last half
hour is to actually go out
00:38:07.22\00:38:09.58
and deliver
things. I love it! So...
00:38:09.78\00:38:11.59
we will give training
but it's not that long.
00:38:11.79\00:38:15.09
The real training
is on-the-job training
00:38:15.72\00:38:17.86
watching the Holy
Spirit work. Amen and Amen!
00:38:18.06\00:38:20.93
Thank you so much our
dear brother for joining us.
00:38:21.33\00:38:24.87
Thank you for
allowing God to use you.
00:38:25.07\00:38:28.84
I know your
heart is for evangelism
00:38:29.24\00:38:32.07
and you're allowing God
to flow through you to help
00:38:32.27\00:38:35.48
light up Central
California Conference.
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.31
Thank you.
00:38:38.51\00:38:39.85
OK... Oleg, I want to
come back to one thing
00:38:39.95\00:38:43.28
because somebody is
sitting there saying: "OK,
00:38:43.49\00:38:46.72
if our church does this
do we have any parameters? "
00:38:46.92\00:38:51.19
"How do we? " And I know...
I forgot to mention earlier
00:38:51.39\00:38:55.43
you developed or
have had developed
00:38:55.83\00:38:59.13
some apps to help
the church members
00:38:59.33\00:39:03.30
in this distribution.
Could you tell us about that?
00:39:03.51\00:39:06.24
Yes, that is correct. So
in our goal of placing a book
00:39:06.44\00:39:09.28
in every home, how do you know
where the book already has been
00:39:09.48\00:39:13.38
placed or not. So
what we did: we have...
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.38
we are developing an app that
whenever somebody - a church
00:39:15.58\00:39:19.45
member - delivers or goes to
a door they just push a button.
00:39:19.65\00:39:22.66
And if we can go to
the screen there of the app
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.73
the app automatically
locates where you are.
00:39:25.93\00:39:30.50
So it locates the
address so you just have to
00:39:30.70\00:39:33.40
click a button there:
delivered the book here.
00:39:33.60\00:39:36.74
So you just click that button
and it takes you to the next
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.11
screen. And the next
screen is they have an option
00:39:39.31\00:39:42.78
of giving a donation
because some even kids -
00:39:42.98\00:39:47.98
young kids in our church - they
need a donation for something
00:39:48.18\00:39:50.39
they can do that. Deliver
the book and people might
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.82
want to donate towards that.
00:39:53.02\00:39:54.36
But the book is
absolutely free for people.
00:39:54.52\00:39:56.59
Or you can take a prayer
request there in that app.
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.83
That's wonderful! Or
you can conduct a survey
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.13
asking people what
their interests are
00:40:02.33\00:40:04.47
so that we can... as a church
we can supply their needs.
00:40:04.67\00:40:07.47
If people need
smoking cessation classes,
00:40:07.67\00:40:11.64
we want to
deliver that to people.
00:40:11.84\00:40:13.48
So the survey... everything
goes directly to the church
00:40:13.68\00:40:16.24
admin.
digitally so that they see
00:40:16.44\00:40:19.08
what addresses
have rejected the book,
00:40:19.28\00:40:21.15
what addresses
have accepted the book.
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.49
So then you see an icon. On
every home that has the book
00:40:23.69\00:40:28.42
you can see an icon.
This way it shows you
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.86
the entire amount of
houses. How many houses you have
00:40:31.06\00:40:33.29
in your territory. What's the
percentage of the advancement.
00:40:33.50\00:40:36.10
And I think that one there
00:40:36.30\00:40:39.93
that slide there it shows
actually... tracks your steps.
00:40:42.00\00:40:45.57
How many steps; how
many doors you knocked on;
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.91
how many books
you have delivered.
00:40:48.11\00:40:49.44
Not only on that day but your
history - the entire history -
00:40:49.64\00:40:52.71
so you can see where the
books are being delivered around
00:40:52.91\00:40:56.22
the country and who is
coming closer to their goal
00:40:56.42\00:40:59.09
of completing their entire...
100% of their territory.
00:40:59.29\00:41:02.02
Hallelujah! Boy, if you
want to get your 10,000 steps
00:41:02.22\00:41:05.29
in, this would be
the way to do it. Amen!
00:41:05.49\00:41:07.60
To share the love of Christ.
00:41:07.80\00:41:09.70
Something that Pr. Serns said
really grabbed my attention.
00:41:09.90\00:41:14.54
It's not just that churches can
do this in your local community.
00:41:14.94\00:41:19.47
But maybe you are a
mission-minded person
00:41:19.87\00:41:24.11
and right now travel's a little
bit... there's some challenges.
00:41:24.31\00:41:29.32
But you can still travel
within the United States.
00:41:29.62\00:41:33.09
We're not just going
to limit it to the States.
00:41:33.29\00:41:35.49
But you can travel
to do a mission and help
00:41:35.69\00:41:40.60
small churches cover their area.
00:41:40.80\00:41:42.70
You've got a great story
about Flagstaff. Tell us.
00:41:42.90\00:41:46.27
So last year in August I
was traveling through Flagstaff
00:41:46.67\00:41:49.90
with my family.
My truck breaks down
00:41:50.11\00:41:51.91
and I'm there for Sabbath.
00:41:52.11\00:41:53.91
So the pastor said:
"Since you're here why don't you
00:41:54.11\00:41:55.88
preach? "And I spoke about
The Great Controversy topic
00:41:56.08\00:41:58.98
that now is in my heart.
00:41:59.18\00:42:00.82
And the church
says: "We love it!
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.59
We want to cover every home
in our town with the book. "
00:42:03.79\00:42:07.29
But there are only 15
members in that church.
00:42:07.49\00:42:10.73
They counted. It
would take them between 8
00:42:10.93\00:42:13.70
to 9 years to distribute
that book home to home.
00:42:13.90\00:42:17.10
So... And they said:
"We don't have money.
00:42:17.50\00:42:19.43
We don't have
people. What do we do? "
00:42:19.63\00:42:20.97
I said: "By
faith move forward. "
00:42:21.17\00:42:22.57
God gave them the
finances to buy the books
00:42:22.97\00:42:25.64
and He gave them the team.
We put together a mission trip
00:42:25.84\00:42:28.98
to Flagstaff where we
brought together 103 volunteers
00:42:29.18\00:42:32.48
for four days. And in
4 days we have covered
00:42:32.68\00:42:35.08
the territory that
would have taken them 9 years.
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.52
Was done in four
days! We have a video...
00:42:37.72\00:42:39.75
just a summary of
what happened in Flagstaff
00:42:39.95\00:42:42.26
we can watch now.
Wonderful! Let's see.
00:42:42.46\00:42:44.13
Going through the different
packets that are going to
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.45
peoples' houses with a
combo of The Great Controversy
00:43:06.65\00:43:11.89
Thrive Magazine and a flyer
00:43:12.09\00:43:15.92
of some meetings
that were coming up.
00:43:16.12\00:43:18.69
These are the little ones
that they might find interesting
00:43:18.89\00:43:22.36
like What to do
when I'm hurting.
00:43:22.56\00:43:25.23
There's some extra material,
literature to meet the needs
00:43:25.43\00:43:29.00
of the heart.
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.54
So we're here in
Flagstaff, Arizona,
00:44:10.15\00:44:12.31
with the Streams of Light
Ministry and we've been going
00:44:12.55\00:44:15.08
door to door to homes.
00:44:15.28\00:44:16.62
It's been a nice,
sunny day and there's been
00:44:16.82\00:44:19.62
some really good
connections made.
00:44:19.82\00:44:21.46
But specifically this afternoon
it was good experience.
00:44:21.66\00:44:24.63
I was able to talk to someone
who was just on their porch
00:44:24.83\00:44:26.76
chopping kindling
and listening to music.
00:44:26.96\00:44:28.66
And he at first rejected
the book but by God's grace
00:44:28.86\00:44:31.37
I was able to ask him a question
that got us into conversation
00:44:31.57\00:44:34.24
and finally, he was... he
said if it would make me happy
00:44:34.40\00:44:36.37
he'll take the book. And
so he has it in his hands
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.51
and I'm just praying that
God will continue to bless.
00:44:38.71\00:44:40.98
All right, guys.
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.24
We've got our
territory... we're moving fast.
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.51
Dear heavenly Father, we
just pray that You will be
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.62
with each member of the
team, each member of every team
00:44:49.82\00:44:52.12
with every band. That
You will give them courage
00:44:52.32\00:44:54.72
and energy and just the
right words to say at each door.
00:44:54.92\00:44:58.13
Touch the people's hearts who
are receiving the books, Lord.
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.63
Thank you for this beautiful
weather and the sunshine
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and the mountains that
we get to look at today.
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In Jesus' name,
I pray, Amen. Amen!
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I just... I'm
thankful that I came.
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And it's hard, but God
has a work for us to do.
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There's a lot of people
out there that need some help.
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Amen!
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Hello! So we are
here in Flagstaff
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on the streets walking and
giving this marvelous book out.
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Thousands and thousands of
books have been distributed
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in just three days.
By the end of the day
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we should be done
with 26,000 books.
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Every home in Flagstaff
should be getting this book.
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Some people
accept it very gladly
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and some people reject it.
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Others are
getting it at the door.
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But the main thing that
we are giving the chance
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and opportunity to
everyone to know the truth.
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We invite you wherever you are
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in your community, in your
neighborhood with your church
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to distribute the
three angels' messages
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door to door.
Businesses, neighbors, friends:
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to EVERYONE because
Jesus is coming soon.
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I love seeing pictures.
I love watching the video
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and everything 'cause
it brings it all to life.
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You also... what about
this St. Louis Mission Project?
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Well, this is another project.
We distributed more than 20,000
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books in Flagstaff, but
in St. Louis the plan is
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to distribute close to
100,000 books in four days.
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So what we are doing...
It's going to be right before
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the General Conference session
of the SDA's there in St. Louis.
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So what are the
dates? The dates are May 31
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through June 5.
May 31 through June 5
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in St. Louis, Missouri.
And I think we have a video
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on that as well and I
think we have time to show it.
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Surely!
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What if you could get
the three angels' messages
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into tens of thousands
of homes in just five days?
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According to recent statistics
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more than 1/3 of
the 308,000 people
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who live in St. Louis, MO,
have no religious affiliation.
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That's a high percentage
of people that need to hear
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the gospel. But you can
help change those statistics.
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How? From May
31 to June 5, 2022,
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over 100 missionaries
will be in St. Louis, Missouri,
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hand-delivering Great
Controversies to thousands
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of families and
you can be one of them.
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The current world
crisis has caused many people
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to be in a desperate situation.
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They need the hope
that we have to offer them.
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The people are more open
now than they've ever been.
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And to be honest,
we have an opportunity
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to spread the truth while
the doors are still open now
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that we might never have again.
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With God's
blessing and your efforts
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we will bring light to
every person in St. Louis.
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And it's not just
about passing out books
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and literature. It's about
bringing people out of darkness
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into God's truth.
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So if you want to experience
personal revival in your life
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and be on the front lines,
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visit
streamsoflight.net/mission trips
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to find more
information and to register.
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If you did not get that
down, we're going to put their
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address up, their web
address, in just a second.
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But one thing I wanted to say:
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Streams of Light
International is a 501c3.
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That means it's a
non-profit organization.
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And you work... You've
got an international mission
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but you're working so closely
with the Central Calif. Conf.
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You're actually officed
there. Your board of directors
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many of you will know:
Luis Torres and of course
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Pat Humphries. But
tell me what your needs are
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because how do
people just give away books?
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Yes. Well, what
we're trying to do:
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we're trying to buy
paper to print 1 million books
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'cause now paper is
very difficult to get.
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We have to wait
for like 8, 9 months.
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And we've got a window of
opportunity to buy 750,000 lbs.
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of paper. That's enough
to print a million books.
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And we want to go
ahead and do that.
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We stepped out by faith
and we are raising money
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to buy that. Where
are we going to get it?
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The Lord knows. We
are moving forward.
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He has provided in the past;
He will provide now as well.
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We are fundraising for the
St. Louis mission trip as well.
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For the San Jose mission
trip and other trips that happen
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all over the place
which will show videos later.
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But now the concentration is
basically, we are trying to get
00:49:39.97\00:49:43.01
volunteers for the
St. Louis mission trip.
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We are trying to get
300 people... volunteers.
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Funds for the St. Louis mission
trip and funds to buy paper.
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So if a church is watching
and they want to get these
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books does the church
buy the books from you?
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Is that how that works is
they raise the funds - yes -
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to buy the books and
then they give them away?
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That is
correct. The church buys.
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They can go onto our website
and they can order them there
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and then they give them away
to the people. Great quantity
00:50:09.74\00:50:12.47
discounts. This is
such an exciting project
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and I believe that many of
you who are sitting at home
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are saying: "You know, our
church needs to do something
00:50:19.25\00:50:22.25
like this. We need
this kind of blessing.
00:50:22.45\00:50:25.82
We need this kind of
contact with the community. "
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Or maybe you're one
of those who's saying:
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"Sign me up for
a mission trip! "
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Or you may be one who is saying:
00:50:35.50\00:50:38.20
"I can't go on a mission trip.
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.07
I'm unable to go door to door
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but I can certainly
help buy the paper. "
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It's very expensive
nowadays to do that.
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But what we want to do right now
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is we have an address
roll? We'll let you know how
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to contact Oleg at
Streams of Light International.
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