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Hello friends, Welcome
to 3ABN Today. My name is
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John Lomacang. I have my wife
with me. (Angela) Hi, I'm so
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excited about today's program.
I'm happy to be here and I'm so
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glad that you
have tuned in today.
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Now we're talking about ASI.
Some of you may know what that
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acronym means but it's Adventist
Laymen's Services and Industries
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And if you don't know what that
is I recommend you stay tuned to
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the program (Oh yeah) because
the gospel can be shared in many
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creative ways and that's
what this ministry is all about.
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A culmination and a coalition
of ministries that span the
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entire world sharing Jesus
Christ in the market place in
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very creative ways. So do
stay tuned. Matter of fact, I
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recommend you hit record because
you might say if only I recorded
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that to share that with someone
else. But before we go any
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further, thank you for your
prayers and all your support of
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3ABN as we continue going and
growing getting ready for the
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coming of the Lord. Now what's
so nice about this program today
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is, honey, we're not going to
do music because there's so much
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to cover (a lot). We're going
to go ahead (videos, pictures)
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right away and it's going to be
very informative and if you have
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a television if you're listening
on radio well you'll get as much
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as we can give you but if you're
watching the program you'll
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really enjoy what we have to
show you today. Well Honey, what
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about our guests today?
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We have three guests with us
today-Dr. Andi, she's the ASI
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president, Dr. Andi
Hunsaker Did I say it right? No?
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Thank you so much. We're
so thrilled to be here today.
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We've been looking
forward to it. So we're excited.
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Amen. And next to you, Curtis,
you have to say your last name.
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Letniak.
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Thank you. He's the ASI General
Vice President. Now where do you
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where do you all
live? Where do you live?
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I'm from Massachusetts. We say
we're from Boston. We work in
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Boston but we live in the
suburbs. We're from Boston
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basically. We've been there for
about 27 years I think, yes 28
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years.
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It is endurance, the
patience of the saints.
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And Curtis, welcome. (Thank
you) Glad to have you here.
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Where do you live?
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Just a little north
of here. Alberta, Canada.
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A little north! The warmer part
of the North American Continent.
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And a very familiar
face, Rodney Bowes. Welcome.
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You are the Vice
President for Evangelism.
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Yes, it's good to be back.
Thank you for having us here.
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We're enjoying it.
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Well every time I see you I know
there's a lot we're going to be
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covering today. So I'm
just going to dive right in.
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How and why did you
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become involved in ASI?
I'll Just start with Rodney.
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Sure no problem. So for me
it was a very interesting way.
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I was pastoring in Arkansas
actually. And after some time
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the Lord worked on our hearts,
my wife and I, said we've got to
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get involved in mission service.
So we actually went to Wildwood
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which is a long-time ASI member.
We were introduced to ASI. We
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actually started Light Ministry.
I'm the president of Light and
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we started that back in 2008.
So that's when I really got
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involved with ASI.
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(Wow nice.) Instead of going to
Curtis, right away I remember I
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was at ASI when you
were announced to be the new
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president of ASI. And I thought
such a little lady with such
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great responsibilities. (We
are) Good to have you here Andi.
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Thank you so much.
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She's a twin, isn't she?
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That's right.
That always gets me.
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Identical twin.
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Identical twin, yes.
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The last time when your
sister's husband was here I was
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getting...I was connecting
him to somebody else. It's
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confusing. But you guys are so
identical. But good to have you
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here. How's it going
so far in that new seat?
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Things are going great. As you
can see I have amazing help and
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Curtis and Rodney are just
phenomenal to work with. I've
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got an easy, easy team to work
with. So it's just a blessing.
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And what about you getting
involved in ASI, how did that
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happen and what
attracted you to ASI?
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Well you know it's interesting.
Before my husband and I even
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attended an ASI meeting we paid
some dues to become ASI members.
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But you know there was a
misconception in my mind about
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what self-supporting looked like
and I thought well I'll pay dues
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I'll support the organization
but it didn't seem like it was
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for me. Finally went there
and loved what we saw and heard.
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Lay people doing things
that were phenomenal. One of the
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things that interested my
husband and me was just the lay
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person that went overseas
and drilled wells to help people
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have water. We thought well we
can certainly do something. And
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then interestingly I was walking
out of one of the meetings, I
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can't remember which year it was
but said to me would you help us
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and be president of the Atlantic
Union ASI? Sure I'll do that.
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I didn't know what it was about.
Little did I know, and that was
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I think in 2008. And then it
just led to different things and
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we have been so blessed to have
a burden for souls just because
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of ASI that's something that
I hadn't experienced before.
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You're sister's involved
and her husband with ASI.
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Yeah well um they're also ASI
members. He is the president of
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AMEN which is an ASI member.
But they also are very involved
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in sharing Christ in their
market place as well. Phenomenal
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stories, both of them. (yes)
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Wow, and Curtis Letniak.
Did I say that pretty good?
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Sure. How is it being the
ASI General Vice President?
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Well it's been great to work
with an amazing team. Having
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been involved as long with the
organization so I'm kind of the
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new kid on the block but it's
been a great experience and a
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fast learning curve for sure.
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You know you work...talk about
pastoring and then entering ASI
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wondering what is this and then
the Lord bringing you together
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as a team. And whenever people
get together we know God has a
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plan that's far beyond our
vision but to work at the local
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church and to work at ASI,
how do you see it different?
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Well it's very interesting
because what ASI means to the
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church is very important because
it's engaging the laity and
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really the best church member
is an ASI member because it's
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someone who is sold out for
Christ. Someone who really gets
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it and as we're going to
see throughout this...we see lay
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people who have a vision
and a passion to share the three
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angels' messages and that's what
really ASI is all about. And
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then the collaboration is just
amazing as we're going to share
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stories of how we partner with
the church in a powerful way.
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It's important.
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What about you Curtis?
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So for me being involved with
ASI is much like the story of
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Nehemiah that we read about and
we think of looking back how the
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people saw this great work
that had to be done and Nehemiah
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presented to them the case and
they came together and it says
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in Nehemiah 2 and verse 18 at
the end it says: And they said
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let us rise up and build. So
they strengthened their hands
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for the good work. So that's
kind of like an ASI convention
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where we can come together, we
can connect and network and be
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inspired and equipped. And then
if you look what happened after
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that you had the priests coming
together with the lay people.
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This leader, this person, and
his family, you know all coming
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together, working shoulder to
shoulder and accomplishing in 52
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days just this amazing work
that God was able to do working
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together side by side, the laity
and the church working together.
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So for me, that's one thing
where we can see opportunities
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for churches. Instead
of operating just in local
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churches, we now can connect
together the lay people coming
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together with ministries,
lay-led, alongside the church
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just advancing the work, working
together just like we see in
Nehemiah and you know
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it's just amazing to see how God
was able to work through that.
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You know being familiar with
that story I love that simile.
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Actually, it's called rise up
and build to share that message.
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but now considering how the
projects happen, just before we
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go to Andi, we also know
that there's a lot of opposition
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because throughout the story
of Nehemiah the one thing that I
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really like about it and all the
opposition Nehemiah refused to
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come down off the wall. (That's
right). So how do you stay on
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the wall at ASI because
there's so many things that are
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competing in your day to day
life as well as in your day to
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day ministry. (That's right)
How do you stay on the wall?
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So the focus that ASI brings
you know we can see as you work
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together and as you stay focused
on that mission, you can just
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see the difference that it makes
in our churches. There's so many
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distractions, just like you
said So many things that Satan's
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trying to do to take our eyes
off the work and if we're by
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ourselves in little silos the
enemy could have easily taken
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out this or that. But coming
together, working shoulder to
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shoulder just as they did there,
they were able to you know fend
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off those attacks, staying
focused on the work and that is
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really very much a
part of what ASI is. (Wow)
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Yeah, I totally agree and I love
his text but and there's one
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also that the apostle Paul uses
in Hebrews 10 which to me is an
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ASI text and it says...And
that's 10:24 and 25. It says:
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Let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good
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works. So it's not just good
works, but I believe that those
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of us, that come to ASI, who
bought in, for being all in and
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all out for Jesus Christ
actually, love each other.
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So it says, And stir up love
and good works not forsaking the
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assembling of ourselves together
as is the manner of some but
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exhorting one another and
so much more as you see the day
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approaching. And so I think
that when you sit by yourself or
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maybe just go out and do a few
little things you don't have any
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inspiration, you don't have
any support. But when we come
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together at ASI, we feel that
call of God in our lives and
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it's refreshed every single year
because we hear something new
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and God does something new in
us every day and every time that
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we come to the convention.
So these two texts I think come
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together to just really give us
that encouragement and the spark
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that we need. And we've seen how
living by yourself can tear a
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church apart. We've seen that
recently. And so I'm just glad
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that ASI is there and that when
we come together and let the
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Lord do a work in our minds and
our hearts, I tell you, as Ellen
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White says the work will be
finished like fire in a stubble.
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And so that's one of the reasons
that I'm excited about ASI, um
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you know, all of us
together supporting each other,
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encouraging each other and just
showing different ways that we
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can minister together. That's
what's kept me engaged and
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it's been just a huge blessing.
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In unity. Wow. Do we have a
picture of you and your family?
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I think we do.
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Are they involved with you?
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Yes. So you know ASI started for
us, our family, with a simple
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invitation I think back in 2013
from my uncle just said, you
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know we're involved in business
and he said you know I think
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you'd really be blessed by being
part of ASI. So we followed that
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invitation came to our first
convention. Little did we know.
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It totally changed the lives of
our whole family and the picture
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that you just saw
was an example of that...
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Where were you in that picture?
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In Cambodia. So we had no idea
that God would have a place for
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our family across the world
in Cambodia. Here this little
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Canadian family you know being
able...But it was through ASI
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that we were able to make
those connections and God opened
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doors you know for our family.
I think that was our eighth trip
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as a family, I think my 12th
time to Cambodia in a three year
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period. It was a total
life changing experience for our
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family.
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So not only the unity of
the faith but the unity of the
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family. (Yeah) The coalition
that gets stronger as we pull.
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Of course, as you know there's
some people watching the program
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or listening that might say well
I'd like to know more about ASI.
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Well we have about almost a
five-minute video that we'd like
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you to look at right now. It'll
give you a broad view of what
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ASI has done, how it got
started and where it's headed.
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¤ ¤
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ASI is dedicated to networking,
equipping and empowering people
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like you, trail blazers for the
gospel from all walks of life.
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Visionaries and innovators
who are looking to combine their
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skills and talents with the
unique call God has given to us
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of His final movement. A call
to prophesy again before many
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nations. A call to take the
three angels' message into the
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market place in this generation.
Join us as we take a closer look
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at the birth of ASI, its vision
mission and purpose and the ways
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in which you too can be a part
of this trail-blazing movement
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of innovative mission for God.
On a warm summer's day in June
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1904 the steamboat the Morning
Star pushed away from the
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landing dock here in Nashville,
Tennessee and headed up the
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Cumberland River. On board
was a small group of explorers
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setting out to find land. The
group was on an expedition to
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find suitable land to build
missionary training schools.
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These training schools were
designed to deploy workers into
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the deep south of the United
States. When they were a few
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miles out of Nashville the
Morning Star broke down right
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near this spot. Providentially
they had broken down on the edge
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of the Ferguson Nelson farm, a
large but unpromising spread of
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land near Madison. When they
got to the land Ellen White told
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Southerland, she had seen it
in vision and this was the land
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they should purchase
for the training school.
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Sutherland's heart sank. He
protested that it was far too
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big and far too expensive to
be considered. But Ellen White
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remained adamant. This was the
land. They begged God for help
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for courage to move forward in
faith in obedience to the divine
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counsel. As they prayed they
were filled with such peace,
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assurance and courage that from
that point forward whenever they
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faced challenges they never
doubted that God had called them
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to this place and to this work.
Sutherland and Magan's faith,
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courage and self-sacrifice were
hallmarks of the work here at
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Madison. These traits permeated
every factor of student life
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and provided an example for each
cohort of students to follow.
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In many ways, Madison set the
stage for innovation in mission
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in the Seventh-day Adventist
church and not only that it also
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facilitated and empowered
lay driven mission initiatives.
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Years later when Adventist
Laymen's Services and Industries
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better known as ASI was formed
it too embraced these same core
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values: Mission, innovation and
self-sacrificing commitment all
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driven by an empowered and well
equipped laity. At the heart of
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the Madison model were a few key
principles. The importance of
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faith in God's word and
sacrifice. The importance of
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innovation and entrepreneurship
within the context of mission.
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And the importance of an
empowered and engaged church
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membership readily sharing
Christ in the marketplace.
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(Steve Dickman) So sharing
Christ in the marketplace is the
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model of ASI. Every
business has its market place.
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God has brought us where we are.
(Volker Schmidt) He has given us
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business and the opportunities.
And so wherever we have that
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vision we share
what God has given us.
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(Joshua Subhash) The only way we
could reach is Christ's method
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alone. The Savior mingled with
men as one who desired their
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good. He showed His sympathy for
them ministered to their needs
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and won their confidence
then He bade them follow me.
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I think it's very important for
us to open doors to be able to
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share the gospel. (Denzil
McNeilus) A friend, Dwight
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Hilderbrand says it best. He
says: Once you share Christ it's
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like a disease and there is no
cure because you want to do it
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over and over again
because it's such a joy.
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(Philip Baptiste) Ministry has
to take place beyond the walls
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of a church and wherever you are
wherever you live, wherever you
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work, wherever you go to school
God wants you to do ministry.
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(Mark Finley) ASI becomes the
pulse, the very heart of what
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Adventism is all about. It is a
lay movement. I'm reminded of a
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statement of Ellen White
where she said: Until laity and
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ministry join hands the work
of God on earth will never be
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finished. (White, 9T, p. 116.4)
and so it's vitally important.
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That was an amazing roll to help
us understand more specifically
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what ASI does, its inception,
its vision, how it got started,
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but I think we could find out
a little bit more as we maybe
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throw the questions to our panel
today starting you Andi. ASI has
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an amazing beginning but that's
just a capsule of actually what
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happened to bring it to where
it is today. What can you add
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to that?
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Right. I think the story of
Madison is one that really is
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one of my favorite stories. I've
read the book Madison, God's
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Beautiful Farm multiple
times. It tells the story of
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E.A. Sutherland and P.T. Magan.
They both began there and of
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course Magan went to Loma Linda
which is my alma mater. But it's
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interesting, the great
things that were done because of
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Madison were done because of
two men who heeded the counsel
00:19:09.38\00:19:13.25
of Ellen White. And I think that
we as a church need to really
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look at this and figure out why
were they successful? How can we
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also, be successful. The Lord
has given us just a great cloud
00:19:23.26\00:19:27.16
of witnesses. We have Ellen
White number one. I just want to
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read something very interesting
from this book. This is from
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Madison, God's Beautiful Farm.
But it's interesting because we
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look at this story and we think,
Oh they were different from us.
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They were not. But this is so
interesting. Ellen White had as
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he mentioned in the video,
the boat broke down. And Magan
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called it a tub. This old tub of
yours is always breaking down.
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And so they brought them to this
land which he thought was just
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worthless land. And P.T. Magan
and E.A. Sutherland walked off
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to have a discussion when Ellen
White said This is the place.
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And it says here, E.A Sutherland
looked at Magan and he turned.
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He set searching eyes on Percy
Magan. I do believe that you
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started Mother White on
this tangent. He called this a
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tangent about the Ferguson
Nelson property. Then seeing an
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incredulous look on Percy's face
he burst into tears. And this is
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what he said. Oh I wish we had
some honorable and Christian way
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to get out of the whole thing
without showing lack of faith in
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the testimonies from the Lord's
messenger. It occurred to me,
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you know sometimes the Lord
calls us to do hard things. But
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listening to the counsel of the
Bible and Ellen White can really
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I think bring us into safe
harbor and really move us as a
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people to the final days.
And I think that we are all...we
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mentioned the three angels'
messages and we really are very
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much engaged and want
every single church member to be
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engaged in sharing Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Hmm. Beautiful. Curtis
how are ASI members involved?
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So there are different
aspects of ASI members. You have
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professionals, you have business
owners, you have associates,
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people from all different walks
of life and profession. Then
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you've got the supporting
ministries as well. And this
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kind of follows the model of
Madison where you had these self
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supporting ministries who needed
an opportunity to come together
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and share what God was doing.
Network and work together and
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share resources. And that's very
much what ASI is about doing is
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coming together in these
different facets of life,
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different walks of life, each
with the tools God has given us
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and saying Lord what can I do
with what you've given me? How
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can we work together? And,
as it said in the video, working
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together we can accomplish much
more than we can individually.
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Wow. I'm going to throw it
to Rodney right now. Talk about
00:22:11.26\00:22:15.96
some of the personal
work because there's a lot of
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involvement that each individual
of ASI can get involved in as
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well as the members. Walk us
through some of that. Some of
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the personal work
that... indistinct.
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The personal work. The personal
work is very important. You know
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ASIs motto is Sharing Christ in
the Market Place. And we truly
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believe that every person, every
ASI member has that marketplace
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So it becomes very, very
personal in regard to sharing
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Jesus in our neighborhoods.
One thing I wanted to mention is
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that a lot of the parts of
Madison were built on sacrifice.
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And personal sacrifice is really
the heart of mission, it's the
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heart of Jesus and that's really
what really motivates people to
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go around the world and preach
using our different tools that
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ASI has developed and get
involved in building churches
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and schools and institutions
and everything. Sacrifice.
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What about evangelism?
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Evangelism is very important
and ASI has been involved in
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evangelism and developing
innovative evangelistic tools
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like the New Beginnings
evangelistic tool, that we've
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mentioned here before at 3ABN
and we've recently redesigned
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the whole thing and it's to
empower the lay members of the
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church to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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You have some pictures to
show us then (indistinct).
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I very definitely do, yeah. So
the first picture that we have
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is of the new beginnings series
itself. This one is the picture
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roll project. New beginnings is
not just something that is done
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on powerpoint but the picture
roll project was very innovative
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Again we've been here on 3ABN
and Steve Dickman and I showed
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that to our audience. The
picture roll is a way to take
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the gospel to areas where
there's no electricity and to
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share the whole message, 26
powerful evangelistic sermons
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coupled with health put together
in a beautiful package that you
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can take anywhere. If the lights
go out it's not a big problem.
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If the generators stop, whatever
the case is, the picture rolls
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share the three angels' messages
in a powerful way. And the next
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picture just shows some of
our team in Zambia getting those
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picture rolls and going out to
all parts of their country and
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sharing the gospel in a very
meaningful way. (Wow) That's
00:24:53.32\00:24:58.69
the heartbeat.
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Yeah. We were in Zambia
(Zimbabwe) and they had the
00:25:00.23\00:25:04.03
picture rolls.
00:25:04.07\00:25:05.40
Yes, they're all
over the world now.
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And I like it how you have this
health message with the message.
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It's so evangelistic.
00:25:10.94\00:25:12.91
The right arm of the gospel, the
health, and then the powerful
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preaching with
beautiful artwork.
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Yeah, I like what you said.
If the power goes out it really
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doesn't. This is reliant more
on the power of the Holy Spirit.
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(Amen) And that's a very
interesting thing. I've often
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said to the young people
nowadays that use their phone
00:25:29.12\00:25:31.66
and their I-pads for their
Bibles, I said, you're Bible
00:25:31.69\00:25:34.40
only has a certain life span.
But if you have a physical book
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the power never
goes out. (Amen)(Wow)
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Yes, now Curtis what
about you? Do you have...
00:25:41.74\00:25:48.18
Yeah so just feeding off of what
Rodney was sharing about picture
00:25:48.21\00:25:50.31
rolls, we were able to see that
and experience that first hand.
00:25:50.35\00:25:53.72
In fact, I think the next
picture shows Cambodia. This
00:25:53.75\00:25:56.79
picture here was two weeks ago.
This was at a school in Cambodia
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.39
where the students would use
this during the day, the picture
00:26:00.42\00:26:03.76
rolls that you see here. They
would prepare the presentation
00:26:03.79\00:26:07.96
for the evening where
they invited their parents and
00:26:08.00\00:26:10.00
neighbors to come then in
the evenings to these meetings.
00:26:10.03\00:26:12.37
So using the picture rolls they
were able to go through a series
00:26:12.40\00:26:15.54
of meetings and it was just
amazing to see how God worked
00:26:15.57\00:26:18.37
through these young people
and through the picture rolls to
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.38
just connect and reach out
to the people in their community
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.85
and their parents. I mean,
what parent seeing their child
00:26:24.88\00:26:28.48
present an evangelistic series
wouldn't be touched. And so that
00:26:28.52\00:26:31.95
was one opportunity a few...
It was about a year ago a little
00:26:31.99\00:26:36.73
over a year ago, if we take
the next picture. This is in a
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.69
classroom. This classroom has
200 children in a tiny little
00:26:39.73\00:26:43.93
room and they were using the
picture rolls as part of their
00:26:43.97\00:26:46.80
curriculum and they would
actually, on all four walls of
00:26:46.84\00:26:51.41
the room where they would have
kind of a separate little group
00:26:51.44\00:26:54.44
meeting, they would use these
picture rolls in an amazing way
00:26:54.48\00:26:57.61
to...And for the children this
brings such vision who've never
00:26:57.65\00:27:01.92
heard of God, you know, coming
from a different world view, to
00:27:01.95\00:27:05.95
be able to visualize what the
second coming might look like or
00:27:05.99\00:27:09.82
various things like that. And
of course the health messages as
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.13
well, that were part of that.
00:27:12.16\00:27:13.50
And these picture rolls, just
a question on it. Now are there
00:27:13.53\00:27:17.87
many picture rolls that have
different topics or one picture
00:27:17.90\00:27:20.54
roll that
contains all the topics?
00:27:20.57\00:27:23.34
So it comes in a tube and there
are two picture rolls. And so
00:27:23.37\00:27:28.34
there's 26 total programs, 13 in
each roll. (Wow) So it's really
00:27:28.38\00:27:36.02
actually an amazing thing. We've
printed it on waterproof paper
00:27:36.05\00:27:38.92
that's tear resistant and so
they're durable, they last. And
00:27:38.95\00:27:44.99
they've been all over the world.
One thing that I wanted to
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.80
mention about this one for
Cambodia is that we sent 1500 of
00:27:47.83\00:27:52.33
these and it was an amazing
thing. It was the largest
00:27:52.37\00:27:57.01
shipment of religious material
like this that had ever gone
00:27:57.04\00:28:00.61
into the area. And so God worked
some miracles just to be the
00:28:00.64\00:28:04.25
picture rolls into the field...
00:28:04.28\00:28:07.52
Just as an example of working
together through ASI ministries
00:28:07.55\00:28:10.29
members of ASI, there were a
number of different ministries
00:28:10.32\00:28:13.36
involved in getting these
picture rolls into the country
00:28:13.39\00:28:15.86
working together and then
distributing them to not only
00:28:15.89\00:28:18.59
within Cambodia but all
throughout southeast Asia.
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.63
Was it difficult to get it in?
00:28:20.66\00:28:22.13
Very difficult. We took
the first picture roll in as a
00:28:22.16\00:28:26.40
family when we went on one
trip before this container was
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.31
released and took it for Bible
study helps for small groups.
00:28:30.34\00:28:34.34
And they held that at the
security. They thought it was a
00:28:34.38\00:28:38.58
missile launcher and so finally
we were able to convince them
00:28:38.61\00:28:45.29
that...Yeah
exactly. (Multiple voices).
00:28:45.32\00:28:47.46
That's the purpose of bringing
this message, into all the world
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.06
What better way than to catapult
it. You know, Rodney I'm going
00:28:50.09\00:28:54.30
to come back to you.
Talk about Exploring His Way.
00:28:54.33\00:28:58.63
Another feature...indistinct.
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.00
Definitely. This is a brand new
product that ASI is developing
00:29:00.04\00:29:04.31
New Beginnings has been known
as something that is for adults.
00:29:04.34\00:29:08.91
The picture roll has been used
for children and adults but we
00:29:08.94\00:29:12.71
have a brand new evangelistic
series that is specifically made
00:29:12.75\00:29:17.65
for children. We're going to
have two versions. One is going
00:29:17.69\00:29:21.42
to be from ages three to seven
and then ages eight through 12.
00:29:21.46\00:29:25.26
We're going to debut it at our
upcoming ASI convention. So it's
00:29:25.29\00:29:30.07
a full evangelistic series,
Exploring His Word specifically
00:29:30.10\00:29:34.44
for children and we want youth
and children to give the message
00:29:34.47\00:29:39.71
Okay we have a picture of kind
of what the kind of looks like.
00:29:39.74\00:29:44.85
Exploring His [Word] is a
beautiful, beautiful thing and
00:29:44.88\00:29:48.42
again this is a full message
evangelistic series for kids
00:29:48.45\00:29:53.39
that we want lay people
around the world to use.
00:29:53.42\00:29:56.36
That's really good. Now how many
will that also cover(indistinct)
00:29:56.39\00:30:01.06
Twenty-six topics. It's going to
match the adult version exactly
00:30:01.10\00:30:04.40
so the kids are going to learn
the same message. The whole
00:30:04.43\00:30:07.34
family is going to be excited
about Daniel 2. The whole family
00:30:07.37\00:30:10.64
is going to learn about the mark
of the beast. It's going to be
00:30:10.67\00:30:13.07
all together.
00:30:13.11\00:30:14.44
Get them while they're young.
00:30:14.48\00:30:15.81
Get them while they're young.
Get those minds going. Put those
00:30:15.84\00:30:18.21
seeds in there. And now let's
talk about 3 A.M. because that's
00:30:18.25\00:30:22.82
something that you're very
much connected to. (Chuckles)
00:30:22.85\00:30:26.35
How's it going with your
journey into the 3 A.M. call.
00:30:26.39\00:30:31.43
Wow. I'm excited about that; the
three angels' messages call...
00:30:31.46\00:30:35.30
The 3 A.M. call is an initiative
that ASI started several years
00:30:35.33\00:30:38.60
ago and we have thousands of
people that are participating
00:30:38.63\00:30:42.90
to share the three angels'
messages in a powerful way.
00:30:42.94\00:30:47.18
So we set up a website
the3amcall.org and it helps
00:30:47.21\00:30:53.01
people to have tools and the
methodology of how to share the
00:30:53.05\00:30:57.15
gospel in a distinct way.
00:30:57.19\00:30:59.75
Now we have a slate that
gives us an idea what the...
00:30:59.79\00:31:03.02
The 3 A.M. Call, the picture
that we have is simply the home
00:31:03.06\00:31:06.76
page. So I want to
encourage everyone to go to
00:31:06.80\00:31:09.86
the3amcall.org or just
3amcall.org and sign up to
00:31:09.90\00:31:15.20
become a missionary sharing
the three angels' messages.
00:31:15.24\00:31:18.87
Matter of fact, when you were
here last time my wife signed
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.54
up. I did and I get emails all
the time. Yeah, it's beautiful.
00:31:21.58\00:31:26.08
We'll tell our audience
how they can sign up also.
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.85
Yeah, now Andi what
about you? Share with us.
00:31:27.88\00:31:32.32
Well you know it's interesting
a lot of times we think, people
00:31:32.35\00:31:37.03
might think that they come to
ASI, it's an organizational...
00:31:37.06\00:31:41.46
We do evangelism overseas, we
do all sorts of different things
00:31:41.50\00:31:44.53
and it's sort of disjointed
from the person and individual
00:31:44.57\00:31:48.80
investment. Before I show
my series of slides on our
00:31:48.84\00:31:55.01
"vacation" turned mission trip
I just want to tell you a little
00:31:55.04\00:31:58.15
bit about our own journey with
ASI. Because before that we had
00:31:58.18\00:32:03.85
not really done much. We were
very much involved in another
00:32:03.89\00:32:06.49
ministry, in fact, the ministry
was interviewed before us.
00:32:06.52\00:32:08.82
And so in my thinking knowing
the right thing, be able to
00:32:08.86\00:32:14.26
speak the right thing was very
important. And one of the ASI
00:32:14.30\00:32:19.33
meetings that we were at Mark
Finley gave a talk on Pentecost
00:32:19.37\00:32:23.91
Revisited and he talked about
the different reasons why the
00:32:23.94\00:32:29.58
Holy Spirit had not been poured
out yet. At the end, he talked
00:32:29.61\00:32:33.45
about going door to door and he
asked the question, did He see
00:32:33.48\00:32:40.02
you? And I remember
thinking He didn't see me. I was
00:32:40.06\00:32:44.73
devastated thinking to myself
I didn't really have a heart for
00:32:44.76\00:32:48.13
people. So that started my
husband and I on a journey and
00:32:48.16\00:32:51.73
we went door knocking in
our neighborhood. And that was a
00:32:51.77\00:32:55.17
little stressful for my husband.
He's more reserved. I'm a little
00:32:55.20\00:32:58.44
bit more out there. But I'd gone
door knocking before but not in
00:32:58.47\00:33:01.28
our neighborhood. It's easier
to go in some other neighborhood
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.31
where the people would never see
you again. So we did (what was
00:33:03.35\00:33:07.75
that like?) and some tremendous
things happened out of that. We
00:33:07.78\00:33:10.69
got to know the neighbors. We
had a Bible study that came out
00:33:10.72\00:33:14.02
of that, that met in our home
for a while and later, I don't
00:33:14.06\00:33:17.09
think I have time to tell you
that story, we may at the very
00:33:17.13\00:33:19.86
end, but did that. And another
person, I studied the Bible with
00:33:19.89\00:33:24.20
for two years and she would have
been baptized had her husband
00:33:24.23\00:33:27.87
not divorced her. She had to
go back to work. But that is an
00:33:27.90\00:33:30.91
incredible story of how the Lord
was working. And the other thing
00:33:30.94\00:33:34.38
that we did in our neighborhood
during the pandemic is we had a
00:33:34.41\00:33:40.42
cooking school, a cooking school
And you know I love to cook, I
00:33:40.45\00:33:44.05
love the kitchen but I've
never done a cooking school but
00:33:44.09\00:33:47.56
ASI member who's become our
absolute dearest friends on the
00:33:47.59\00:33:51.13
planet said, Oh we can do it
on Zoom. Multiple voices. But
00:33:51.16\00:34:00.44
telling you it's just
encouraging members there are
00:34:00.47\00:34:02.67
things you can go do for Jesus
Christ. Now my whole idea of
00:34:02.70\00:34:07.11
that was to get a Bible study.
I love doing Bible studies. And
00:34:07.14\00:34:11.28
so you know we did. And so my
husband and I are now studying
00:34:11.31\00:34:15.25
the Bible with a couple
that came to the cooking school.
00:34:15.28\00:34:17.89
And it is amazing. And what
we've done to kind of...because
00:34:17.92\00:34:23.73
Boston's a sort of intellectual
kind of a place, you know,
00:34:23.76\00:34:27.43
irreligious. So we had to kind
of redesign our own studies and
00:34:27.46\00:34:31.07
we did sort of apologetics.
But it's been just an amazing
00:34:31.10\00:34:35.80
journey just really being
involved with that and then
00:34:35.84\00:34:39.44
encouraging our church members
as well. But I think that when I
00:34:39.47\00:34:43.78
mentioned all in and all out.
We like to go on vacation. My
00:34:43.81\00:34:48.15
husband and I love to travel.
We love to go on vacation. And
00:34:48.18\00:34:51.75
we like to go on vacation with
friends and so we did one time.
00:34:51.79\00:34:53.76
And we went on a sailing trip
to Belize. Now we knew that the
00:34:53.79\00:34:58.46
sailing trip was going to end
and we'd have a few days at the
00:34:58.49\00:35:00.93
end and we were going to go
to church. And so I do have some
00:35:00.96\00:35:04.17
slides, a series of slides, I'm
going to walk you through what
00:35:04.20\00:35:07.40
happened. Because this is what
we met with on Sabbath morning
00:35:07.44\00:35:11.01
when we drove up. This was the
church. There were seven of us
00:35:11.04\00:35:16.21
traveling together, actually
seven or nine, something like
00:35:16.24\00:35:19.48
that. But it was so
funny because we drove up...My
00:35:19.51\00:35:22.32
brother-in-law who does
everything, he's the leader of
00:35:22.35\00:35:25.52
our group. We all sat in the van
and we looked at that church,
00:35:25.55\00:35:29.22
that building and we said,
Right. We didn't want to get out
00:35:29.26\00:35:34.23
of the van. And so my brother-
in-law said We are getting out
00:35:34.26\00:35:38.43
of the van. This is where we're
going to church today. And we
00:35:38.47\00:35:40.90
thought, ahhh. It was a church
for orphans. They were all
00:35:40.94\00:35:44.14
orphans and here they are. And
it was incredible. My husband
00:35:44.17\00:35:47.98
who was going to preach, I'll
show you in a moment, but this
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.38
is what the orphans looked like.
They were so engaged for Jesus
00:35:50.41\00:35:53.58
Christ. But this was the only
place they had to worship. You
00:35:53.62\00:35:55.95
notice the ceiling. There were
no lights. And we sat in that
00:35:55.98\00:35:59.29
place and we thought wow, um
this is something else. And so
00:35:59.32\00:36:04.33
here's my husband preaching
(Amen) at the church dressed in
00:36:04.36\00:36:08.10
his sandals, et cetera, it's
very hot in Belize. But I want
00:36:08.13\00:36:11.53
to tell you something about the
orphans. They knew their Bibles.
00:36:11.57\00:36:14.24
And one of our group was to
lead in the scripture reading
00:36:14.27\00:36:18.17
and he told them the scripture
to turn to and they began to
00:36:18.21\00:36:23.35
recite the scripture by memory,
there were several verses and he
00:36:23.38\00:36:26.55
was still trying to find where
it was on his electronic Bible
00:36:26.58\00:36:29.28
and so that didn't quite work
out so well, but anyway so they
00:36:29.32\00:36:35.99
recited and we fell in love with
the orphans. And we said that
00:36:36.02\00:36:38.33
church cannot be. I'm going to
do something about it. And so we
00:36:38.36\00:36:42.36
got together right there
in our hotel later and we said
00:36:42.40\00:36:45.33
we're going to
00:36:45.37\00:36:46.70
destroy the church and build
them a new church. So we knew we
00:36:46.74\00:36:49.54
couldn't do a one-day church
because we'd have to have a big
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.97
container to ship everything
so we said, we are going to
00:36:52.01\00:36:55.48
build them a new church. And so
we just had the local help do it
00:36:55.51\00:37:00.92
There was some of it that
my brother-in-law knew if you
00:37:00.95\00:37:04.09
show the next picture again this
is what the inside of it looks
00:37:04.12\00:37:06.79
like (Oh what a difference)
and then the next one is one to
00:37:06.82\00:37:10.13
remind you. Then the next slide
what it was before with all the
00:37:10.16\00:37:14.23
mold and the rust and everything
And then so this is what it came
00:37:14.26\00:37:18.20
out after that.
00:37:18.23\00:37:20.07
Praise the Lord.
00:37:20.10\00:37:21.44
So and you know and I think this
is one of the things I think
00:37:21.47\00:37:23.87
that ASI does to each of
its members. It transforms you.
00:37:23.91\00:37:28.28
So that when you go on vacation
you recognize...Your eye is
00:37:28.31\00:37:33.08
always out. Just as it is now
when I go to work...Does that
00:37:33.11\00:37:36.42
person need me to pray with them
I pray with several people at
00:37:36.45\00:37:39.59
the hospital. By the way, this
is a very good spectrum of what
00:37:39.62\00:37:42.49
ASI looks like. They have
supporting ministry, we have
00:37:42.52\00:37:46.06
business and a professional and
just how to lead people to Jesus
00:37:46.09\00:37:48.76
Christ and caring about people.
That was not something that was
00:37:48.80\00:37:54.10
in my DNA I hate to say it
on TV but the Lord can transform
00:37:54.14\00:37:58.24
everybody. And so this was
something that we did and they
00:37:58.27\00:38:01.11
loved it. They loved it. They
just couldn't believe, these
00:38:01.14\00:38:03.51
orphans, that this was
now their new church building.
00:38:03.55\00:38:06.08
That was a divine appointment.
00:38:06.11\00:38:07.45
It was a divine appointment.
So I believe that for an ASI
00:38:07.48\00:38:10.42
member, we're always all in so
if you think you're on vacation
00:38:10.45\00:38:14.86
if the Lord calls you to change
courses, you're not on vacation
00:38:14.89\00:38:18.16
you're on a mission trip. Just
became a mission trip and you do
00:38:18.19\00:38:22.66
it to change. Look in your own
pocket to fund whatever needs to
00:38:22.70\00:38:26.60
be funded. So praise the Lord.
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.17
How long did that take?
00:38:28.20\00:38:29.54
You know I think they got
that done in about three months.
00:38:29.57\00:38:32.97
(That's it?) We just sent them
the funds. It was somebody that
00:38:33.01\00:38:34.98
we knew would use the funds
appropriately and they got their
00:38:35.01\00:38:38.31
team and just built it.
00:38:38.35\00:38:40.22
You know the Lord knew he was
going to send you there before
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.95
you knew you were going to
end up there. As the Bible says,
00:38:42.98\00:38:46.62
The steps of a righteous person
is ordered by the Lord (Right)
00:38:46.65\00:38:49.42
He delights in his way.
So we don't get to places
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.86
coincidentally. It's amazing how
I go back to the reaction, We
00:38:51.89\00:38:57.47
are not going in there. And
I like the Lord spoke to your
00:38:57.50\00:39:02.20
brother-in-law, We are going
in there because this is where I
00:39:02.24\00:39:05.91
want you to be today to
not worship in the beauty of
00:39:05.94\00:39:09.64
holiness but make worship
the beauty of holiness. How
00:39:09.68\00:39:14.52
beautiful it was to be able to
end up...I mean the orphans and
00:39:14.55\00:39:17.82
those who have gone there, I'm
sure the congregation has grown
00:39:17.85\00:39:21.32
since then. People say now we
are willing to go there. (Right)
00:39:21.36\00:39:24.73
You know a funny thing happened
when we came in the first place.
00:39:24.76\00:39:28.80
We went to provision the boat
and we got all our groceries and
00:39:28.83\00:39:32.23
we had I don't know four or
five grocery carts filled with
00:39:32.27\00:39:34.47
groceries and we had every
single checker in the grocery
00:39:34.50\00:39:37.61
story helping us and one of them
came and said to me, Are you
00:39:37.64\00:39:41.41
guys missionaries? And we said
No. And they said all the food.
00:39:41.44\00:39:46.15
It was amazing. There's a need
out there. So it's really. God
00:39:46.18\00:39:50.72
was trying to talk to us ahead
of time, remember that you're
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.92
working for me.
00:39:52.95\00:39:54.29
Amen. That's beautiful. Oh,
praise the Lord. Now Curtis how
00:39:54.32\00:39:58.83
does ASI
partner with the church?
00:39:58.86\00:40:01.33
So there's a lot of connection
that happens. For example you
00:40:01.36\00:40:08.24
have most of the ministries that
are part of ASI doing ministry
00:40:08.27\00:40:12.84
for the church, reaching areas
maybe that the church is not
00:40:12.87\00:40:16.21
reaching. Or doing things in a
way that the church is not able
00:40:16.24\00:40:20.25
to do. But the church and these
lay ministries, just as the
00:40:20.28\00:40:23.89
video pointed out work together
in multiple ways. I can think of
00:40:23.92\00:40:28.69
many of our ministries that
partner with local missions in a
00:40:28.72\00:40:32.53
lot of these countries to work
along aside them. So they're
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.56
working together not against.
And so you have also other ways,
00:40:35.60\00:40:41.04
as Rodney said, the best church
member is an ASI member. So if
00:40:41.07\00:40:45.87
you have one or two ASI members
in your church. I think you have
00:40:45.91\00:40:49.98
an evangelistic series going on
even this weekend, Rodney, just
00:40:50.01\00:40:52.41
working with other people and a
lot of that through connections
00:40:52.45\00:40:55.45
with ASI. And so there's just
countless examples of where you
00:40:55.48\00:40:58.82
know just coming together along
side other church organizations
00:40:58.85\00:41:02.86
with the lay people and the
organizational nonprofits are
00:41:02.89\00:41:08.90
just a perfect example of that.
00:41:08.93\00:41:10.47
(A team) Anything
to all to that Rodney?
00:41:10.50\00:41:14.10
Definitely. (multiple voices) I
have a picture to show actually.
00:41:14.14\00:41:17.37
This last weekend I was
partnering with the Central
00:41:17.41\00:41:21.48
California Conference. So we
have a picture of Let's Preach.
00:41:21.51\00:41:26.58
This picture shows over 100
lay people learning to preach.
00:41:26.61\00:41:31.75
We had Louis Torres and several
of the conference leadership
00:41:31.79\00:41:36.29
were there as well and so it was
a one-day symposium of how a lay
00:41:36.32\00:41:43.23
person can lead out in an
evangelistic series. And so
00:41:43.26\00:41:47.10
that's a clear way of how ASI
partners directly together with
00:41:47.14\00:41:53.27
the church.
00:41:53.31\00:41:54.64
Wow. You know I'm listening to
the beautiful stories of how ASI
00:41:54.68\00:41:58.51
is affecting people's lives. The
vacation, which in fact, was a
00:41:58.55\00:42:03.45
mission from God and how each
one of you is involved. But now
00:42:03.49\00:42:07.82
listen, let's talk about I think
what's the root of ASI is your
00:42:07.86\00:42:10.79
personal life. Let's talk about
that. How you live and how it
00:42:10.83\00:42:16.50
affects what you do. Because
I know that there's vocation but
00:42:16.53\00:42:20.97
there's also commitment to
Christ and to live should be in
00:42:21.00\00:42:27.18
harmony with what you are
involved in. Talk about some of
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.61
that. Let's start with...Curtis
(indistinct and multiple voices)
00:42:29.64\00:42:34.58
You know there was a similar
experience to what Andi shared.
00:42:34.62\00:42:38.82
So it was our first trip to
Cambodia as a family and it was
00:42:38.85\00:42:43.16
through an ASI ministry that we
were going, Adventist Frontier
00:42:43.19\00:42:46.49
Missions. And we went to our
first village there. We had just
00:42:46.53\00:42:51.47
arrived. It was on Sabbath
afternoon. We'd had church.
00:42:51.50\00:42:55.77
That afternoon we were going to
go out with the mission families
00:42:55.80\00:42:59.04
it was kind of a medical mission
project. We went to this house
00:42:59.07\00:43:02.98
There was this man inside that
had tuberculosis and so they
00:43:03.01\00:43:06.72
were going to check up on him.
And there was barely a two-week-
00:43:06.75\00:43:11.55
old baby laying right on the
mat beside him. And this man is
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.99
coughing on his hands and
coughing and they were trying to
00:43:15.02\00:43:18.56
teach him, you know, to
be careful so this didn't get
00:43:18.59\00:43:21.56
passed on. And it was at
the end of the visit that he so
00:43:21.60\00:43:24.67
appreciative that we'd come to
visit. He wanted to shake each
00:43:24.70\00:43:27.00
of our hands, after he'd just
been...And at this point, I mean
00:43:27.04\00:43:30.54
this is my first time in a
country like this. It's hot, I'm
00:43:30.57\00:43:33.51
jet-lagged. It was bad enough
for me and then to shake my hand
00:43:33.54\00:43:40.48
I'm like Lord you brought
us here. We're going to die of
00:43:40.52\00:43:41.85
tuberculosis, now my whole
family. I was walking down the
00:43:41.88\00:43:44.45
ladder of that stilt house
saying get me out of here Lord
00:43:44.49\00:43:46.96
I don't want to be here. And
it was just as I was getting my
00:43:46.99\00:43:51.53
shoes on, these ladies came
across the road from this house
00:43:51.56\00:43:55.76
that we were at and they said
we know that you know Jesus.
00:43:55.80\00:43:59.77
Could you come to our house and
tell us about Jesus. And it was
00:43:59.80\00:44:02.34
there that God transformed my
heart. I said, Lord, this is why
00:44:02.37\00:44:05.91
you came to this earth. You came
to minister to these people and
00:44:05.94\00:44:09.41
to share the hope of Jesus'
coming with them and this is
00:44:09.44\00:44:13.38
what I need you to do to my
heart. Give me a love for these
00:44:13.42\00:44:16.69
people. So it was through that
that my heart was transformed
00:44:16.72\00:44:20.06
and we've never been the same
as a family. We bring this back
00:44:20.09\00:44:23.73
to our workplace. We, you know,
have a number of staff there
00:44:23.76\00:44:28.56
that we're blessed to be able
to have worship each week as we
00:44:28.60\00:44:33.67
begin our work week and
throughout each work day we
00:44:33.70\00:44:36.71
begin with prayer and this
has become part of the company
00:44:36.74\00:44:39.71
culture. But part of that is
missions then because God put
00:44:39.74\00:44:42.18
that in our hearts as missions
and it was through ASI that this
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.98
all came about that we have been
able to take a number of our
00:44:45.01\00:44:49.92
staff on mission trips
around the world and they've had
00:44:49.95\00:44:52.62
similar experiences where God's
worked in their lives to bring
00:44:52.65\00:44:54.86
that transformation. As a result
of that you know there's a
00:44:54.89\00:44:58.13
desire to know more about Jesus
and it's then that this opens
00:44:58.16\00:45:01.30
the door as we have worship
each week and just walk through
00:45:01.33\00:45:04.93
different stories in the Bible.
Some people have never even
00:45:04.97\00:45:06.74
heard of Adam or anything like
that. But it's through these
00:45:06.77\00:45:10.54
experiences that we're able to
in our marketplace and through
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.54
these different
mission opportunities have an
00:45:13.58\00:45:16.38
opportunity for our
staff and team to be involved.
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.61
Praise the Lord.
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.15
I know Rodney well. I mean he's
involved all the time. I think
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he's like that New York City
Channel 7 newsman. There he goes
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again. He's always involved.
(in mission, that's right)
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Now what about the
ASI convention, Andi.
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Yes, you know I just wanted to
mention also that you do another
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ministry. I just wanted to
make sure that he got all his
00:45:42.07\00:45:45.04
ministry in. He's got so many
things going. I know you had the
00:45:45.07\00:45:46.54
ministry with the
aviation whatever it is.
00:45:46.57\00:45:51.11
Yeah, and so it was again being
involved with ASI in a lot of
00:45:51.15\00:45:54.52
these different projects. There
are so many places around the
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world that are so difficult
to get to but we know we have to
00:45:57.05\00:45:59.99
have the opportunity to reach
these places. And so you know in
00:46:00.02\00:46:04.23
business, aviation's part of our
business as well and we could
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see how God could use you know
aviation in a similar way to
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reach places in a very effective
way that could never be done
00:46:12.27\00:46:15.24
otherwise. And so just through
connections with different
00:46:15.27\00:46:18.17
people within ASI we were able
to actually launch, during COVID
00:46:18.21\00:46:22.08
an aviation ministry
that's reaching projects now in
00:46:22.11\00:46:25.71
Nicaragua and Alaska,
the Philippines and a lot of
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.28
different projects where we
support projects that are, you
00:46:28.32\00:46:31.72
know, mission aviation based and
making ways to reach these. In
00:46:31.75\00:46:36.02
Northern Canada we actually just
had a meeting yesterday to reach
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three different missionary bases
throughout northern Canada to
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reach these very remote,
difficult-to-get-to places.
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And so again...
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What do you bring
them? (I'm sorry?)
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What do you bring them?
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So this...everything from
humanitarian to get people that
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need to go to the hospital.
Bringing supplies in to these
00:46:54.01\00:46:56.75
remote places, but more
importantly, as you touch
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people's lives with you know
helping and serving in this way
00:46:59.11\00:47:03.39
then to bring Christ's love
to them. You know having Bible
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workers that go into some of
these places that could never
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get there otherwise.
00:47:08.86\00:47:11.03
The three angels' messages
is literally flying (indistinct)
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To all the
world. That's wonderful.
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I like that. And I think we tell
these stories and we don't want
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to get any praise whatsoever.
And I really like our convention
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I know this is going to be seen
multiple different times and
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whatnot. But this year's
convention I think the theme
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came to us direct from heaven.
I hate to say that but I really
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do believe that that happened.
Our theme for this year...By the
00:47:36.22\00:47:39.75
way the convention is the first
Wednesday, because the first
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Wednesday of every August, every
once in a while it kind of goes
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in the end of July. We have
a theme this year. It's called
00:47:48.06\00:47:53.27
Revive to Witness and the
subtitle is United, Transformed
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and Sent. (Beautiful) And I
think that unless we have a real
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baptism of the Holy Spirit that
they did back in the days of the
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apostles, I think our work is
in vain. And so we want to make
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sure that we do not become full
of ourselves, puffed up, moving
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ahead without the Holy Spirit,
without God on our side. And so
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we are really praying for a life
transforming convention this
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year. We want to get more
members but we want to reckon
00:48:30.11\00:48:33.98
to have the people that will
be members or that will be...or
00:48:34.01\00:48:37.41
that are already members to
recommit their life to Jesus
00:48:37.45\00:48:41.02
Christ and that's only done with
deep soul searching. And I want
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to read a quote for you
from 1 Selected Messages, if you
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don't mind. (Sure) 1 Selected
Messages, just a small part of
00:48:49.02\00:48:51.89
it. A revival of true Godliness
among us is the greatest and
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most urgent of all our needs.
To seek this should be our first
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work, she says. So we can do all
sorts of things but unless we
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ourselves have true Godliness
the work is in vain. (That's
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right, Amen) It's really of
ourselves. She says there must
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be earnest effort to obtain
the blessing of the Lord, not
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because God is not willing to
bestow His blessing upon us, but
00:49:16.32\00:49:20.69
because we are unprepared to
receive it. Now that's really
00:49:20.72\00:49:24.09
sobering. Can it be that we're
doing all sorts of things but
00:49:24.13\00:49:27.23
we're actually unprepared to
receive the outpouring of the
00:49:27.26\00:49:29.46
Holy Spirit in these times. And
she says this thing, this here,
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I'm skipping a couple lines. But
it is our work by confession,
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humiliation, repentance and
earnest prayer to fulfill the
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conditions upon which God
has promised to grant us His
00:49:43.28\00:49:46.82
blessing. And so for this
convention it's our prayer
00:49:46.85\00:49:50.22
that each of us, even though
we're seasoned ASI members
00:49:50.25\00:49:55.16
"doing the work" et cetera,
that we are self-engaged in that
00:49:55.19\00:49:58.83
process with Jesus Christ
of confession, humiliation,
00:49:58.86\00:50:03.30
repentance and earnest prayer.
There's a work that needs to be
00:50:03.33\00:50:06.57
done in our lives just as we go
out and work. And so that's our
00:50:06.60\00:50:10.57
theme this year. It's from Acts
two but there are several other
00:50:10.61\00:50:15.41
passages of scripture that will
be used as well. This is a time
00:50:15.44\00:50:20.98
that the theme came to us so
quickly. I've been on multiple
00:50:21.02\00:50:24.15
you know planning's for
the theme and we wrestled and
00:50:24.19\00:50:28.59
wrestled and wrestled and
write something on the board, no
00:50:28.62\00:50:30.43
that's no good. But this came
(snaps fingers) We were all
literally very much in
00:50:30.46\00:50:34.00
agreement. It was amazing.
So we're excited about the
00:50:34.03\00:50:37.03
convention and
invite you to attend.
00:50:37.07\00:50:39.93
Okay. Well Curtis do you want
to add something to that before
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we go on a break.
00:50:42.17\00:50:43.51
Well I would just extend
the same invitation that was
00:50:43.54\00:50:48.64
extended to me in 2013 by
someone who cared about me
00:50:48.68\00:50:53.58
deeply, you know, just extend
the same invitation to our
00:50:53.62\00:50:56.48
audience. Consider just getting
involved. If God's putting it on
00:50:56.52\00:50:59.32
your heart you know that the
world is not going to be here
00:50:59.35\00:51:03.26
much longer. And we have been
given a very specific calling
00:51:03.29\00:51:06.56
and opportunity to be part of
that. And if God's putting that
00:51:06.59\00:51:08.66
on your heart I just invite you
to consider just coming to an
00:51:08.70\00:51:12.03
ASI convention, allowing the
Lord to work through that time
00:51:12.07\00:51:15.60
and just see what He does.
It will change your life. (Amen)
00:51:15.64\00:51:18.91
We're going to have another
opportunity on the other side
00:51:18.94\00:51:21.24
of the break but I know
that many of you listening and
00:51:21.28\00:51:24.95
watching the program are saying
well, I've heard about ASI. For
00:51:24.98\00:51:27.78
the first time some of us said
I'm so glad that I have been
00:51:27.82\00:51:30.59
reminded about ASI. It's a
powerful ministry. And you may
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.69
have a ministry that you want
to connect to ASI to expand your
00:51:33.72\00:51:36.36
effectiveness and your resources
You may be wondering how could
00:51:36.39\00:51:40.63
I get involved with ASI. Well
here is the information that you
00:51:40.66\00:51:43.77
need to contact them and
possibly also become a member
00:51:43.80\00:51:47.70
of this amazing
ministry that touches the world.
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.71
If you would like to contact
or know more about Adventist
00:51:50.74\00:51:55.31
Laymen's Services and Industries
you can write to them at
00:51:55.34\00:51:58.71
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive,
Columbia, MD 21046. You can also
00:51:58.75\00:52:06.79
call them at (443)391-7235. That
number again is (443)391-7235
00:52:06.82\00:52:18.23
You can also visit their website
at ASIMinistries.org. That's
00:52:18.27\00:52:22.64
ASIMinistries.org
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