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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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¤ I want to spend
my life removing pain ¤
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¤ Lord let my words
heal a heart that hurts ¤
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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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Hello friends. Welcome to 3ABN
Today. My name is Ryan Day. I'm
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your host and we want to just
say thank you for taking the
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time out of your day to spend
with us here at this time and we
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have a very, very special
program today where we're going
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to be talking about
opportunities to witness,
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opportunities to express and
to communicate the evangelistic
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outreach that God
has commissioned us to do
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and we have a fine example that
we're going to be talking about
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today and what God is doing in
Central Oregon really out in the
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middle of nowhere and we're
going to talk about that because
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we have Central Oregon Camp
Meeting with us today Coming all
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the way from Christmas Valley we
have Joshua and Ioanaca Gladden
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and it's a blessing to have the
two of you. How are you doing
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today.
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We're doing great. Good to be
here. It's an honor actually...
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Amen, praise the Lord. And we're
going to get to know you guys a
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little bit better in just
a moment. We're going to be
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talking about what God is doing
in Central Oregon out in the
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high, high desert in Central
Oregon. But you're not going to
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want to miss it so get your
family around and be prepared to
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maybe take some notes because
they've got some great, great
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advise as to what God is doing
and working through them and
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it's something that you perhaps
maybe want to, to do maybe back
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home in your own church and in
your own community. So before we
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go anywhere else into this
interview and talk about what
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we've come to talk about today
we're going to be blessed by a
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special musical number
that's going to be brought us by
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Hope Vasquez and she's
going to be singing for us
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In Christ Alone.
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¤ ¤
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¤ In Christ alone
my hope is found ¤
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¤ He is my rock,
my strength my song ¤
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¤ This
cornerstone, this solid ground ¤
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¤ Firm through the
fiercest drought and storm ¤
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¤ What heights of
love what depths of peace ¤
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¤ When fears are
stilled, when strivings cease ¤
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¤ My Comforter, my all in all ¤
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¤ Here in the power
of Christ, I stand ¤
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¤ In Christ alone,
who took on flesh ¤
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¤ Fullness of God
in helpless babe ¤
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¤ This gift of
love and righteousness ¤
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¤ Scorned by the
ones He came to save ¤
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¤ 'Til on that
cross as Jesus died ¤
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¤ The wrath of
God was satisfied ¤
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¤ For every sin
on Him was laid ¤
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¤ Here in the
death of Christ, I live ¤
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¤ There in the
ground His body lay ¤
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¤ Light of the
world by darkness slain ¤
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¤ Then bursting
forth in glorious day ¤
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¤ Up from the
grave He rose again ¤
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¤ And as He stands in victory ¤
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¤ Sin's curse has
lost its grip on me ¤
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¤ For I am His and He is mine ¤
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¤ Bought with the
precious blood of Christ ¤
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¤ No guilt in
life, no fear in death ¤
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¤ This is the
power of Christ in me ¤
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¤ From life's first
cry to final breath ¤
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¤ Jesus commands my destiny ¤
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¤ No power of
hell, no scheme of man ¤
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¤ Can ever pluck
me from His hand ¤
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¤ 'Til He returns
and calls me home ¤
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¤ Here in the love
of Christ, I stand ¤
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Wow, praise the Lord. Thank you
so much Hope for that beautiful,
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beautiful song and your
beautiful voice. Thank you so
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much. That was such a blessing.
All right. Joshua and Ioanaca
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Gladden from Christmas Valley,
Oregon. That's right. I said
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Christmas Valley. I've never in
my life heard of this place. I
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think it was, let's see, I think
it was toward the end of 2018
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I came into my office one day
and I had a voice mail I think
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on my phone and I pressed the
button to hear who had called or
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check my messages and over the
phone I had this message from
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you Ioanaca I believe it was
saying hey we're with Central
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Oregon Camp Meeting. We'd love
to have you come out and speak
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and are you available and if
you are could you give us a call
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back. I thought yeah okay I'll
call them back you know and see
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what it is. I'd never heard
of Christmas Valley and you guys
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got a legitimate camp meeting
situation going on so I'm
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thinking well man this is
Central Oregon Camp Meeting, you
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know this thing must be in some
big giant metropolis that I've
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never heard of, Christmas Valley
And I remember I took the trip
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out in June of 2019, I believe
it was. And as I'm getting
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closer and closer to my
destination this thing was
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literally out in the middle of
nowhere. If you've ever been to
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Oregon, beautiful state, love
it but you have like I guess a
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couple different geographical
regions. You have the mountains
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and woods on one side and on the
eastern side high desert, high
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mountain desert. And it's
literally a desert for as far as
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you can see And so when I
got there I had to admit when I
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first got there I thought man
who's going to come to this camp
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meeting because it's way out
in the middle of nowhere. But
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praise God the Lord's sent his
people. There's people from all
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over the area, all over
the state coming to this camp
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meeting and so we're here
to talk today about what God is
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doing for you guys and how
blessing the Central Oregon Camp
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Meeting in Christmas Valley. And
before we get into the details
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of what God is doing there
I just want to get to know you
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guys because you're new. This is
your first time here at 3ABN and
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so we'd like to get to know a
little bit more about who Josh
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and Ioanaca are. So in that case
Josh let's start with you. Where
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are you from you know tell
us a little bit about yourself.
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I'm third generation Adventist,
born and raised in Oregon but
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I've traveled the world so I've
got a little bit of experience
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under me. But yeah I'm the head
elder there at the Christmas
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Valley church. And we started
our camp meeting. You know it's
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complete blessing for all.
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Amen Praise the Lord, praise
the Lord. And your bride here
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Ioanaca, that's a name you don't
hear very often. If you don't
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mind could you tell us your real
name. You said Ioanaca is kind
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Ionica is my real name.
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Ionica is your real name.
Okay. But you also go by...
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Yoanna.
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Yoanna okay. And you are from...
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I'm Romanian. I'm Romanian and
I got to marry my husband about
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17 years ago last month, no two
months ago 17 years ago and I
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came into the U.S. and he says
hey listen I'm an Adventist and
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it's like oh okay. So I
kind of knew a little bit about
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Adventism but what I knew about
Adventism was they go to church
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on Saturday. So coming
from Europe for me it was really
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difficult to take that in
because the seventh day there
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actually is the calendar is on
Sunday. Yeah, so it was a little
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bit challenge for me at first.
And I have to do a little bit
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some research and that's how I
came to the faith. So I came to
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it's another testimony but a
little bit though brief history
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how I became a Seventh-day
Adventist was I told him that we
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need to go to church. It was the
year of 2005. And 2006, August
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19 I got baptized into the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Oh praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
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Yes and I think that was
the best day of my life because
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at that point when I got
baptized I believe with all my
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heart that Jesus forgive all
of my sin and I got the new life
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of Christ from then on. Not
perfect, I said I told people
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I told people that you know what
I felt perfect. At that moment
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I came out of the water I was
perfect but it's like perfection
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is of a lifetime.
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Right right right absolutely.
Praise the Lord. So God...
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You guys have a beautiful family
got two beautiful little girls
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What's you little girls' names?
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Marisa and Alexia.
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Well, praise the Lord. And so
that being said the Lord has led
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you guys on a powerful journey
and I'm guessing are you from
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Josh were you originally
from Christmas Valley?
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No, I'm originally
from Dallas, Oregon.
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Okay, all right. But now you
live in Christmas Valley and so
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now let's talk about what in the
world, how in the world did you
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come about with the idea to
start a camp meeting because I
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know this thing goes all the way
back to 2013 is when you started
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So how did this come about?
You're out in the middle of no
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man's land in Oregon and you get
this idea...or how did it come
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about that you know we
need to start a camp meeting.
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A church member...we attended
the camp meeting in northern
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California and 3ABN and
Danny came there and quite a few
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people came there and the camp
meeting actually fell apart.
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Unfortunately, it had closed.
But we bought a tent for that
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camp meeting and we told them
as long as they had the camp
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meeting they could have our
tent. And long story short but
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the tent was a complete
blessing. It's a massive tent
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that we acquired. And so we
decided...the church family said
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well we got this tent why don't
we have a camp meeting out in
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the middle of nowhere too. And
so but then what happens? You
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need funds. You know the church
is small. We didn't have the
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funds so we prayed about it
and we says let's have the camp
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meeting. And a guy down
the street, he's four or five
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houses, non Adventist
doesn't know we're having a camp
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meeting, he puts a check in
our box and it says for wherever
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it's needed. So God can work
miracles if you move forward in
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faith He will provide.
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Praise the Lord. So who...so did
you guys come up with this idea
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together or did one of you get
the notion first. Like hey let's
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do this. Who's idea was it first
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There were a couple of people,
a couple members that they came
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yeah the church yeah and they
came forward and said hey let's
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listen let's have camp meeting.
Because that one closes so now
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they decided how about we
having one. So that's how we
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started. So the money that came
for whatever is needed the $4500
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it went to that camp meeting
that first year of 2013. And the
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churches was behind us.
Everybody was agreed okay let's
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do it. Let's go on
and have camp meeting.
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So again I can't emphasize it's
amazing what God is doing there.
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Because when you see this place
I mean not to, again beautiful
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place. It's just you would never
think in a million years that
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that would be a camp meeting
in this place. I mean as far as
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your eye can see all around it's
just desert, rocks and it's like
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man how could you do something
like this? But I have to believe
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that maybe in the beginning,
maybe, maybe not, but in the
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beginning when you guys first
started talking about this, so
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what was going through your mind
as far as the challenges that
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you were going to have to deal
with to get this thing going.
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Because when you think of camp
meeting, I mean I think of you
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know lots of people, you know
big-name speakers, you know you
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got to get speakers people are
going to come and listen to. And
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so what are some of the...any
challenges that you guys had to
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deal with in the beginning
trying to organize this thing?
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Well we haven't been coordinator
for the beginning of the camp
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meeting. We've been coordinator
for the last five years. So next
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year it will be our 10th year.
Well now the books to the church
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has like 70 members. So can you
imagine, okay 70 members, can
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you imagine how many can be
active right? But I think we
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have more members coming to
church that any other church
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because you look at the
big churches you know they have
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like 200 members and only
like 80 of them right? Well this
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church is like over 10 from 70
That's pretty good but how many
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are actually active in the camp
meeting. Just very few. And we
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want to give God all the glory
for the strength and effort that
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He gives to His people to
go through in faith. In the
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beginning I don't know I wasn't
very much involved in it but it
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was a lot of work. We always
provide free food for everybody
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so that's a little challenging
the kitchen and the tent and
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back and forth, back and forth.
But what we can say, we can say
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that for the last five years
I think it was a really blessing
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to be part of everything.
And people so nice they come and
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they see that there's a need
of getting volunteers in certain
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areas and they just say, Hey
listen I see that you need help
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Can I help you with anything?
People super, super nice in
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helping in
whatever we need, yeah.
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Right absolutely. So maybe
you can kind of walk us through
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because as our viewers are
watching at home right now there
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may be someone who's saying
oh this is a good idea. Maybe we
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should start a camp meeting
in our own community and that's
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actually the purpose of why
you're here, right? You want to
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encourage as many people as
possible around the world to do
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what you guys are doing. You
know I was impressed by what you
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guys had going on when I was
there and then recently you had
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Pastor James Rafferty, I think
out there as well. He came back
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He's like man these people have
something amazing going on out
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there. I said I know, I've been
there. I've seen it. But there
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may be someone at home saying
you know I would like to do this
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at my home or in my home church
or in my community but you know
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how am I going to do that? So I
guess the question would be What
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some of the...I guess
what do you have to do to start
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something like this. What are
the first steps or what is the
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planning process look lie in
starting up a camp meeting like
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this?
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Well God has inspired someone,
the Holy Spirit talked to
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someone about recruiting someone
to you know get the camp meeting
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going, I mean to the local
church or whatever that may be.
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I think they should go with
what God inspired them and don't
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worry so much about the
financial because God will take
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care of that. That's with Divine
help. God is taking care of that
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because we've been trying
with that camp meeting to put so
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much effort on our own in
the beginning and we forgot to
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involve God so many times in it.
But we see the difference in the
00:17:49.43\00:17:53.90
last few years that when we
leave God and He takes care of
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the Divine part. And I think
when people try to get the camp
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meeting going, go to your local
church, give your idea, take it
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to the board and let them
discuss. If the church is behind
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it then that's God's will.
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All right, all right. Praise
the Lord. So if someone comes to
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your camp meeting, to the
Christmas Valley camp meeting
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What can they expect? You know
what kind of experience can they
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expect when they come?
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It's a very family-oriented camp
meeting. We get so many praises
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because it is for the family.
Yeah, and it's very personal.
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You know we're small 150 people
attend so it's not like a great
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big camp meeting. You can visit
with the speakers. You get to
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know everybody that attends it
and we had more kids this year
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than we've ever had and so
that's a complete blessing.
00:18:45.45\00:18:48.59
Oh wow. Praise the Lord and so
if a remember correctly when I
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was there...you start on a
Thursday evening I believe is it
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Is it Thursday or Wednesday?
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It was on Thursday morning, 9:30
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Oh that's right Thursday morning
You guys start in the morning
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Thursday morning and you have
your Thursday and all day Friday
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and then I think most of the day
Sabbath, right, is that correct?
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All day Sabbath and then you end
is it Saturday evening or...Okay
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Yes at 8:30 depends. You
know always the last speaker is
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taking more time because the
last speaker can take more than
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an hour. Anyway 8:00, 8:30 yeah.
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Okay you kind of alluded to this
already but do people have to
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bring their own lunch, their
own supper or what is the food
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like in Christmas Valley?
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The food is very good.
We provide all the food for
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everybody, all the meals ever
since...People can usually come
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in on Wednesday night so they
get the meals Thursday morning,
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Thursday noon, Thursday supper,
and there's very good meals so
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and we do all the serving.
It's not buffet style. It's all
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served to the guests.
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Right. There may be someone
watching from your state Oregon
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or from one of the surrounding
states or wherever that says I
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want to visit this camp meeting
You know they're traveling there
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so what does the housing look
like. How are they going to get
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housing if they come.
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.04
Well the town is about
probably now 2000 people so...
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Right. Is it really 2000?
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Yeah. Well in 2010 there
were like 1200 to 1500 so...
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That is...I'm
blown away right now.
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So (not audible) Yeah
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I'm only saying that because
I think if I remember correctly
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Christmas Valley seems to be
significantly smaller than our
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local town here of Thompsonville
and Thompsonville only has like
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600 people. I'm surprised to
hear that number, wow. So okay.
00:20:39.43\00:20:43.94
Right well it's a vast area
so not everybody you know lives
00:20:43.97\00:20:46.98
in town. Everybody lives
outskirts of town. Yeah so yeah
00:20:47.01\00:20:51.55
it's quite a bit of people there
00:20:51.58\00:20:53.78
Wow, yeah that's amazing.
00:20:53.82\00:20:55.58
COVID raised the
population quite a bit.
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Oh okay. Wow. So people come
there and they want to stay...
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you know they need housing and
they want to stay. What are the
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options for staying there when
they come if they want to stay?
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There are two motels in
Christmas Valley and the
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Aubrey Park and
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people also can come with their
campers and camp on the church
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property where actually the
camp meeting is there. It's I
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don't know how many acres. I
think it's two or three acres.
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There's a lot of space for
everybody. In tents, you can
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bring your tent and pitch your
tent out there and spend the
00:21:26.21\00:21:29.18
night.
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I remember when we were there
there were several campers and
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RVs there and you guys
have a really, really nice setup
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beautiful setup. Absolutely.
Okay so let's talk about
00:21:37.36\00:21:43.23
speakers. So you guys have been
going on now you said since 2013
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so not only do we want to talk
about how you can get speakers
00:21:47.10\00:21:53.07
because I know you have a couple
of stories for that, but who are
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some of the speakers that you've
had at the camp meeting over the
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years? Do you
remember some of the speakers?
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The first year, the first
year we got was C.A. Murray.
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C.A. Murray, my brother. I love
C.A. Yes he's a great speaker
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Okay and I think it was him that
had recommended me because I
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remember you called...yeah
and so you had C.A. who are some
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other ones that
you guys have had?
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We have C.A., we have Steve
Wohlberg, we have Mark Foss
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Okay Mark Foss yes.
00:22:26.27\00:22:27.61
We had him. We have James
Rafferty a couple of times
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Last year we had...who
was... it was Carlos Munoz.
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Carlos Munoz, my good friend
Carlos from Amazing Facts.
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Yeah, so he was there. We
invited him again. I don't think
00:22:38.69\00:22:43.59
he expected that...what he
got himself into but he says
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wherever the Lord sends me I
will go. Yeah and we got him for
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2024.
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All right. Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord and you've had
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I think you've
had my brother out.
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And we've had Dakota too.
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Dakota my brother and I
think you've even had let's see
00:23:00.31\00:23:03.91
Charles Byrd was that one time.
So you guys are getting some
00:23:03.95\00:23:08.88
great speakers to come to this
camp meeting. So I guess the
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.12
question is how do you get these
guys? I mean because most people
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probably think no one's going
to come to my camp meeting if I
00:23:13.56\00:23:16.79
start one in my hometown. But
I would think you know where you
00:23:16.83\00:23:20.86
guys live I would never have
imagined that you would have
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.57
gotten the speakers bit yet the
Lord is involved in this and so
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tell us how you got
the speakers to come.
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You answered the question
right then. The Lord, right?
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.71
But how did you go about it? You
obviously didn't have...How did
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.74
you contact these
individual speakers.
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.51
Well, I don't know. With
media the world is very small.
00:23:37.55\00:23:43.02
Other people suggest...You know
it's like C.A. suggested you so
00:23:43.05\00:23:48.96
like hey, I have this guy. He's
new here at 3ABN so how about
00:23:48.99\00:23:54.20
you give him a try.
So that's what we did.
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.60
So this all started with you
making phone calls. (Yes) You
00:23:57.63\00:23:59.90
contacted C.A. I'm guessing
he was here at 3ABN at the time
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and so...you know I'm only
bringing this out because you
00:24:02.54\00:24:06.01
know we want to encourage. The
purpose of this interview is to
00:24:06.04\00:24:09.48
encourage everyone at home that
you can do this as well. That
00:24:09.51\00:24:13.08
the Lord wants, He wants more of
these type of camp meeting to go
00:24:13.11\00:24:16.25
on all around the world. And
you know you may be in a small
00:24:16.28\00:24:20.39
community, a big community,
whatever kind of community but
00:24:20.42\00:24:23.26
you know you simply just have to
step out in faith and say okay
00:24:23.29\00:24:25.39
Lord if you want this to happen
you're going to have to bless.
00:24:25.43\00:24:28.00
And so in this case, you know
you've contacted...you would
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have to sometimes call,
make lots of phone calls to get
00:24:31.17\00:24:36.00
speakers and I'll tell you this
and I don't even consider myself
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.47
on the same level as some of
these other speakers because I
00:24:38.51\00:24:41.58
look up to C.A. and James
Rafferty and I was just blessed
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.75
to even be able to be considered
to come to this camp meeting but
00:24:44.78\00:24:50.59
you know a lot of people have
this idea that oh they're never
00:24:50.62\00:24:54.09
going to come, so and so's never
going to come here. They're
00:24:54.12\00:24:57.06
not going to respond you know
they're on TV, or they're this
00:24:57.09\00:25:00.03
and that. They're not even going
to come to my home town. Well
00:25:00.06\00:25:02.56
that's not always the case
because you know I can't speak
00:25:02.60\00:25:05.63
for all speakers but I can say
you know what if the Lord want's
00:25:05.67\00:25:08.24
me to go there that's where I'm
going. If God opens the door for
00:25:08.27\00:25:10.74
me to be there that's where I'm
going. And so big meeting, small
00:25:10.77\00:25:13.88
meeting, big camp meeting, small
camp meeting, we go to them all.
00:25:13.91\00:25:17.35
And so you know I love what you
guys are doing because you don't
00:25:17.38\00:25:22.95
hesitate at all. You're saying
Lord you're going to bring them
00:25:22.98\00:25:25.82
here and so you're not ashamed
or afraid to make the phone call
00:25:25.85\00:25:28.36
and say hey can you come. And
because of this, you have gotten
00:25:28.39\00:25:32.26
some really great speakers and
so praise the Lord, praise the
00:25:32.29\00:25:35.56
Lord for that. So you know the
camp meeting is right there on
00:25:35.60\00:25:39.53
the property of the church
itself and...Now is the same
00:25:39.57\00:25:45.04
pastor still there that was
there when I was there or do
00:25:45.07\00:25:47.31
you guys have a
different pastor now.
00:25:47.34\00:25:48.68
No, he moved.
00:25:48.71\00:25:50.55
Oh, he moved so do you have...
00:25:50.58\00:25:51.91
We have actually many camp
meetings we have it without
00:25:51.95\00:25:54.22
being a pastor
there. The first time...
00:25:54.25\00:25:55.78
The first two years we had
no pastor the church body can do
00:25:55.82\00:26:00.56
this. Don't, I want to stress
don't push this on the pastor.
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.73
The church body can do this if
you get together you can do this
00:26:03.76\00:26:08.06
Ohhh. I love what you're saying,
I love what you're saying
00:26:08.10\00:26:10.77
because the idea that many
church members have is that
00:26:10.80\00:26:15.14
well, the pastor has to do this.
If we're going to get something
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.77
done like this the pastor's
got to make it happen. And my
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.87
friends I just want to make an
appeal to you at home sometimes
00:26:19.91\00:26:24.31
we got to step up and in fact
it's our duty to step up and the
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.82
pastor shouldn't have to do
it all. And in this case, I love
00:26:26.85\00:26:29.95
that you know you guys as church
members are pulling together to
00:26:29.98\00:26:33.82
make this happen and to put
on such an incredible event like
00:26:33.86\00:26:39.19
this. It's amazing. So what are
some of the...Let's talk about
00:26:39.23\00:26:44.83
topics, themes, because that's
you know when people come to
00:26:44.87\00:26:48.94
camp meeting you know they want
to know what's the theme. Like
00:26:48.97\00:26:51.17
what are they going to be
talking about, what are some of
00:26:51.21\00:26:53.11
the subjects and you know if
I go to a meeting what are they
00:26:53.14\00:26:57.41
going to be preaching about.
So how do you come up with that
00:26:57.45\00:27:00.62
content. How does the Lord
inspire you to come up with a
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.65
particular theme you know to
pitch to the speakers so they'll
00:27:04.69\00:27:08.42
be able to prepare you
know a themed event like this.
00:27:08.46\00:27:11.56
Well actually it comes pretty
easy because I'm just asking
00:27:11.59\00:27:17.80
God, Hey God what are we going
to do this year and already do
00:27:17.83\00:27:21.14
we have everything lined up for
the next year. In the next up
00:27:21.17\00:27:24.47
going to be starting all
over _ in a short time here
00:27:24.51\00:27:28.44
but how we get the theme and
stuff I don't know, it just come
00:27:28.48\00:27:35.25
to us. _ something with
Josh right here and he says hey
00:27:35.28\00:27:40.79
listen... But the camp meeting
is always on Jesus Christ. So we
00:27:40.82\00:27:45.79
want to highlight Him. We want
Him to be the one actually the
00:27:45.83\00:27:54.50
King of the camp meeting. Like
next year it's going to be the
00:27:54.54\00:27:58.04
Son of Righteousness. And I
think that it's really important
00:27:58.07\00:28:02.18
to God first in everything we do
And about the speakers when they
00:28:02.21\00:28:07.28
ask Hey listen what's your theme
what's your camp meeting? It's
00:28:07.32\00:28:11.55
like what's this, what you want
me to talk about. And I says you
00:28:11.59\00:28:13.96
talk about whatever the Holy
Spirit inspires you. And I don't
00:28:13.99\00:28:17.43
give each one a subject to
talk about. I let God to work on
00:28:17.46\00:28:21.36
their hearts.
00:28:21.40\00:28:22.73
Mm-hmm, wow, praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord. So when you
00:28:22.76\00:28:26.97
have to come...First of all
about how many do you guys have
00:28:27.00\00:28:31.17
on average coming
to these camp meetings?
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.11
Well it can vary depending on
the year. Like this year I think
00:28:33.14\00:28:36.75
it was about 80 to 90, but last
year we were a lot more, we were
00:28:36.78\00:28:41.05
probably pushing the 150,
165. And then even in 2020 when
00:28:41.08\00:28:46.52
COVID was happening and the lock
down was going on we still had
00:28:46.55\00:28:50.13
camp meeting and
that's a miracle in itself...
00:28:50.16\00:28:51.86
Tell us about that.
00:28:51.89\00:28:53.56
Because first the church board
it's like we're in June. We're
00:28:53.60\00:28:57.03
in complete lockdown like
everywhere right? And so the
00:28:57.07\00:29:02.24
governor had a meeting, it was
on Tuesday and we said you know
00:29:02.27\00:29:05.24
if she opens it up by Friday
we'll have camp meeting. That
00:29:05.27\00:29:08.81
was the prayer we had and
we voted for it on the board
00:29:08.84\00:29:11.18
meeting, a church decision.
Thursday she opens up to have
00:29:11.21\00:29:17.29
outdoor meetings or gatherings
of 150 people. We have our camp
00:29:17.32\00:29:21.42
meeting the following Thursday,
Friday, Saturday. We take down
00:29:21.46\00:29:25.49
the tent Monday or Sunday.
Monday morning she closes all
00:29:25.53\00:29:30.33
outdoor gatherings. (Ohhh, wow!)
So we had a 9-10 day window and
00:29:30.37\00:29:37.11
we had our camp meeting. And we
were only supposed to have 150
00:29:37.14\00:29:40.78
so I stopped counting
at 150 but there was more.
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.68
Right, right. So how far out
do you guys plan something like
00:29:43.71\00:29:47.62
this? Like is it something you
do the month before, a couple
00:29:47.65\00:29:51.32
months before or when you're
planning a you know like you
00:29:51.35\00:29:54.19
had one coming up in
what is it June next year.
00:29:54.22\00:29:57.69
June, always the
third week of June.
00:29:57.73\00:29:59.06
Okay, so June 2023. And so when
do you start planning for that?
00:29:59.09\00:30:06.20
I start planning right
after the camp meeting's over.
00:30:06.23\00:30:09.64
I got you, got you.
All right, all right.
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.97
We start planning when you're
on the high. You get everything
00:30:12.01\00:30:14.54
lined up for next year.
00:30:14.58\00:30:17.28
Well, well. Praise the Lord.
Man That's amazing. My friends I
00:30:17.31\00:30:20.08
hope you're enjoying this
because you can do this at your
00:30:20.12\00:30:23.89
own church and in your own
community and you know I think
00:30:23.92\00:30:28.12
Mrs. White even mentions in her
writings that you know we need
00:30:28.16\00:30:32.39
more camp meeting style so
that our camp meetings should be
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.10
evangelistic in nature. And
that's the one thing I loved
00:30:34.13\00:30:37.37
about being there when I was
there is that hearing all the
00:30:37.40\00:30:40.74
messages and all of the
testimonies and the songs and
00:30:40.77\00:30:42.80
the experience in general
when I was there it felt very
00:30:42.84\00:30:46.64
evangelistic. Anybody could come
through the doors whether they
00:30:46.68\00:30:49.84
were Seventh-day Adventist
or not, they could walk through
00:30:49.88\00:30:52.48
those doors and they're going to
hear the gospel message and hear
00:30:52.51\00:30:56.48
about Jesus Christ. They're
going to hear the three angels'
00:30:56.52\00:30:58.65
messages and be drawn to Jesus.
It's not just an Adventist thing
00:30:58.69\00:31:03.09
Sometimes I think our camp
meetings, not all, but some camp
00:31:03.12\00:31:05.66
meetings become so Adventist
focused that you know we kind of
00:31:05.69\00:31:09.86
leave out our community.
But Mrs. White says it should be
00:31:09.90\00:31:13.07
evangelistic in nature. We
should be opening our doors and
00:31:13.10\00:31:14.90
that our camp meetings should be
almost mini-reaping events you
00:31:14.94\00:31:19.27
know and so in that case I
really, really appreciated you
00:31:19.31\00:31:21.98
guys' camp
meeting for that purpose.
00:31:22.01\00:31:24.05
I mean we do...that's the whole
point. We put out signs, flyers,
00:31:24.08\00:31:28.88
mass mailing advertisement to
invite the whole community. It's
00:31:28.92\00:31:32.79
not just for the Adventists.
It's for anybody who wants to
00:31:32.82\00:31:35.39
come in the community as well.
And we do get people from the
00:31:35.42\00:31:39.26
community to come attend the
meetings and that is a complete
00:31:39.29\00:31:42.50
blessing.
00:31:42.53\00:31:43.87
Amen, praise the Lord, praise
the Lord. Well we're going to
00:31:43.90\00:31:45.33
continue our conversation in
in just a little bit. We're not
00:31:45.37\00:31:48.20
quite finished with our
interview but we have another
00:31:48.24\00:31:51.47
special music number that we
would like to present at this
00:31:51.51\00:31:53.27
time. This is coming again from
our sister Hope Vasquez and I
00:31:53.31\00:31:57.58
remember when Hope came here a
couple years ago and she's with
00:31:57.61\00:32:02.12
us today and she's going to
be singing us a beautiful song
00:32:02.15\00:32:04.82
entitled Amazing Grace.
00:32:04.85\00:32:07.16
¤ ¤
00:32:07.19\00:32:17.10
¤ Amazing grace
how sweet the sound ¤
00:32:17.13\00:32:22.57
¤ that saved a wretch like me ¤
00:32:22.60\00:32:31.15
¤ I once was lost
but now I'm found ¤
00:32:31.18\00:32:38.09
¤ Was blind but now I see ¤
00:32:38.12\00:32:45.69
¤ My chains are
gone, I've been set free ¤
00:32:45.73\00:32:54.30
¤ My God, my
savior has ransomed me ¤
00:32:54.34\00:33:00.78
¤ And like a
flood His mercy reigns ¤
00:33:00.81\00:33:09.32
¤ Unending love, amazing grace ¤
00:33:09.35\00:33:22.20
¤ The Lord has
promised good to me ¤
00:33:22.23\00:33:30.97
¤ His word my hope secures ¤
00:33:31.01\00:33:38.85
¤ He will my
shield and portion be ¤
00:33:38.88\00:33:46.92
¤ As long as life endures ¤
00:33:46.96\00:33:54.46
¤ My chains are
gone, I've been set free ¤
00:33:54.50\00:34:02.10
¤ My God, my
Savior has ransomed me ¤
00:34:02.14\00:34:08.88
¤ And like a
flood His mercy reigns ¤
00:34:08.91\00:34:18.59
¤ Unending love, amazing grace ¤
00:34:18.62\00:34:29.93
¤ Through many
dangers, toils and snares ¤
00:34:29.96\00:34:40.71
¤ I have already come ¤
00:34:40.74\00:34:48.85
¤ His grace has
brought me safe thus far ¤
00:34:48.88\00:34:56.22
¤ And grace will lead me home ¤
00:34:56.26\00:35:05.20
¤ My chains are
gone I've been set free ¤
00:35:05.23\00:35:11.11
¤ My God, my
Savior has ransomed me ¤
00:35:11.14\00:35:21.65
¤ And like a
flood His mercy reigns ¤
00:35:21.68\00:35:28.42
¤ Unending love, amazing grace
Unending love, amazing grace ¤
00:35:28.46\00:35:56.99
Amen, praise the Lord again.
Thank you so much Hope for
00:35:57.02\00:36:01.62
sharing that music with us. Man
she has a beautiful voice and
00:36:01.66\00:36:04.79
she plays very well. You know I
usually don't do this but I want
00:36:04.83\00:36:07.40
to take the time just to brag
on Hope for just a moment we had
00:36:07.43\00:36:10.73
her come out a couple years ago
and do some music for us and I
00:36:10.77\00:36:14.34
was producing the music at the
time. And she came in and it was
00:36:14.37\00:36:20.34
an awesome time to be able
to work with her because she had
00:36:20.38\00:36:24.41
several songs to prepare and
she came and I mean flawlessly
00:36:24.45\00:36:28.85
without messing up. Sometimes
you know with certain musical
00:36:28.88\00:36:31.49
artists, even myself sometimes,
we mess up, we have to stop and
00:36:31.52\00:36:34.69
make and edit or we have to
start all over and do the song
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.99
over again and it takes time in
the production studio but Hope
00:36:37.03\00:36:40.36
came in, she was prepared, she
brought her guitar and played
00:36:40.40\00:36:45.20
flawlessly and sang all these
songs I think within an hour.
00:36:45.23\00:36:48.44
I think it was like 11 or 12
songs within an hour. She just
00:36:48.47\00:36:52.24
did fantastic and so the Lord
has blessed her tremendously
00:36:52.27\00:36:53.78
and so we want to say think you
Hope for sharing your gift with
00:36:53.81\00:36:57.25
us and for blessing us with that
music. If you're just now tuning
00:36:57.28\00:37:01.05
in my name is Ryan Day. I'm the
host today for the 3ABN Today
00:37:01.08\00:37:05.55
program which is what you're
watching right now. We have with
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.79
us Joshua and Ionica Gladden all
the way from Christmas Valley,
00:37:07.82\00:37:13.06
Oregon. And we have been
discussing the tremendous
00:37:13.09\00:37:16.70
blessing that the Lord has
brought to them and allowed them
00:37:16.73\00:37:19.93
to lead out in and that is
of course what we know as the
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.94
Central Oregon Camp Meeting
there in Christmas Valley,
00:37:22.97\00:37:26.64
Oregon. It has been going
on since 2013 and you guys have
00:37:26.68\00:37:30.01
been leading out the last
what five years you said. That's
00:37:30.05\00:37:33.72
almost been five years and it's
just a tremendous blessing. I've
00:37:33.75\00:37:37.89
had the privilege of being
involved there and as a guest
00:37:37.92\00:37:40.96
speaker and they've had several
other tremendous guest speakers
00:37:40.99\00:37:44.03
And the purpose that they're
here today my friends, if you're
00:37:44.06\00:37:46.46
just now tuning in, the purpose
they're here is to encourage you
00:37:46.49\00:37:49.96
to encourage every single one
at home to say you can do this
00:37:50.00\00:37:53.74
as well. This isn't something
you know that you know they
00:37:53.77\00:37:55.90
just picked up off the top of
their heads as a church and said
00:37:55.94\00:37:58.14
oh, let's just do it. No this
was inspired. This was brought
00:37:58.17\00:38:02.84
to them by the Lord placed
on their heart and this has been
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.65
functioning well for them and
they've been blessed by it and
00:38:04.68\00:38:07.78
so many others. And so actually
we had some pictures we wanted
00:38:07.82\00:38:11.15
to show you. You guys can walk
us through what we're looking at
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.66
here as far these
pictures. What's happening here?
00:38:13.69\00:38:17.69
Yeah this is actually the first
picture we took when we took
00:38:17.73\00:38:22.00
over and I said we need to put
this online. We need to open our
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.63
Facebook. This actually is
on Facebook Central Oregon Camp
00:38:25.67\00:38:29.37
Meeting. And we have that on
there. We also have that on our
00:38:29.40\00:38:33.84
website but mainly it's on
Facebook. So we started putting
00:38:33.88\00:38:36.14
the Camp Meeting on Facebook
and C.A. there and we have them.
00:38:36.18\00:38:43.95
I don't want to forget
Laura and Ernie Williams.
00:38:43.99\00:38:47.72
Yes, Laura
Williams and Ernie. Yeah.
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.22
And the reason I want to mention
them is because 2021 I had on
00:38:49.26\00:38:53.66
my notes in
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.03
here we had only $200 for
the Camp Meeting to go ahead.
00:38:55.06\00:38:58.60
And it costs about $5000
for all the expenses and all and
00:38:58.63\00:39:02.34
it's like this time like
this is the first year actually
00:39:02.37\00:39:05.27
like God's going to provide.
And before that, we used to have
00:39:05.31\00:39:10.25
garage sales, yard sales
making money and we go to the
00:39:10.28\00:39:13.62
community and tell
00:39:13.65\00:39:14.98
the community what it's
all about. But I say like we
00:39:15.02\00:39:20.16
struggled raising money for
the camp meeting. And 2021 is
00:39:20.19\00:39:24.43
like a letter to the Lord
whatever He wants. If He wants
00:39:24.46\00:39:26.73
to have this camp meeting He
has to provide. And actually the
00:39:26.76\00:39:32.10
donations came in that year
more than we ever expected, over
00:39:32.13\00:39:36.60
$7000. So we had that money
for 2022 going in 22 we have
00:39:36.64\00:39:46.85
actually, more money coming this
year. Actually, it poured down
00:39:46.88\00:39:51.69
rain. We had to move from
outside to inside of the church
00:39:51.72\00:39:54.79
and there were not that many
people but God blessed and we
00:39:54.82\00:40:00.36
want to give all the glory
and the honor because He's the
00:40:00.40\00:40:05.47
center of that camp meeting,
yeah. And another thing God also
00:40:05.50\00:40:08.80
provided two _ speakers.
00:40:08.84\00:40:15.08
Before we go to that story let's
see these other pictures. I'm
00:40:15.11\00:40:17.01
excited to get a story.
00:40:17.05\00:40:18.38
Okay so this is
camp meeting 2022.
00:40:18.41\00:40:19.75
This is the kids last year
2022 They have Sharon Gladden
00:40:19.78\00:40:27.96
that. And this is
2020, the COVID year.
00:40:31.16\00:40:38.37
This is the COVID year, wow.
00:40:38.40\00:40:40.90
Yeah, yeah, and people
been blessed by it. This is a
00:40:40.94\00:40:44.81
different angle of the
tent yeah, the same year.
00:40:44.84\00:40:47.78
And the big tent here.
00:40:47.81\00:40:49.14
This is the outside. This
is actually 2020 we had to put
00:40:49.18\00:40:52.81
another one outside so people
can have more cover. It was
00:40:52.85\00:40:56.82
super-hot. Yeah. Yeah,
that's 2021. We have a lot of
00:40:56.85\00:41:01.39
people there, yeah.
00:41:01.42\00:41:02.76
Praise the Lord.
There's Laura, I saw her.
00:41:02.79\00:41:04.79
And to touch on this this photo
we moved inside and we were
00:41:04.83\00:41:09.90
praying all morning that the
rain would stop because we have
00:41:09.93\00:41:13.23
service for food for people
to eat but not indoors. And it
00:41:13.27\00:41:18.51
stopped raining about
noon. Everybody was able to eat
00:41:18.54\00:41:22.94
outside and then we moved back
into the church and it poured
00:41:22.98\00:41:25.08
down rain. So it was a complete
miracle but...To touch on the
00:41:25.11\00:41:31.02
finances it is a miracle
that that God is all that He's
00:41:31.05\00:41:34.46
provided. I mean we've had
speakers that come and they say
00:41:34.49\00:41:37.59
we've got such a blessing and
they pay for the whole room and
00:41:37.63\00:41:41.70
board. They pay for all their
expenses. They don't have to but
00:41:41.73\00:41:44.60
they did it. This year we got
a blessing. We called up and we
00:41:44.63\00:41:48.70
have four speakers. That's four
rooms for four days and we said
00:41:48.74\00:41:52.37
how much do we owe the bill? And
they says we don't, you don't
00:41:52.41\00:41:56.11
owe anything. It's been paid.
And we don't know who paid it
00:41:56.14\00:41:59.85
but it's been paid. Don't worry
about the finances. Give it over
00:41:59.88\00:42:04.09
to God. He'll provide.
00:42:04.12\00:42:05.45
That's right. You know that's
the number one thing I think
00:42:05.49\00:42:06.82
that a lot of people hearing
this story...Aw, I can't start a
00:42:06.86\00:42:09.99
camp meeting in my church or
in my community because you know
00:42:10.03\00:42:12.79
that takes a lot of money.
I love what you're saying. You
00:42:12.83\00:42:16.67
know it's completely depending
upon the Lord. When you have
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.80
that faith, that faith of a
mustard seed. You say okay Lord,
00:42:18.83\00:42:21.10
you want us to do great things.
You called us and commissioned
00:42:21.14\00:42:24.74
us to preach and teach
the gospel and take every
00:42:24.77\00:42:28.21
opportunity to do that, the
Lord's going to be behind it.
00:42:28.24\00:42:30.35
He's going to say look I've got
cattle on a thousand hills. I'll
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.55
take care of you, right?
And that exactly what He's been
00:42:32.58\00:42:34.52
doing for you guys and it's just
a blessing to hear that, to see
00:42:34.55\00:42:37.85
the pictures and to see all the
people that are coming and being
00:42:37.89\00:42:40.99
blessed. That's a
tremendous blessing.
00:42:41.02\00:42:42.59
But if you really think about it
for five or six thousand dollars
00:42:42.62\00:42:46.43
to bring these speakers, three
speakers and a singer even and
00:42:46.46\00:42:51.93
to feed them for three days for
five to six thousand dollars.
00:42:51.97\00:42:54.34
And they're coming a long way
We're in Oregon. They're coming
00:42:54.37\00:42:56.81
from 3ABN, they're coming from
California, they're coming from
00:42:56.84\00:42:59.87
all over the place and to be
able to do this for that money
00:42:59.91\00:43:04.25
is very little. And don't worry
about it. God will provide, God
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.98
will send the funds to your
church. Even our first year, I
00:43:07.02\00:43:10.59
mean He provided the funds.
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.19
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
That's so powerful. Powerful
00:43:12.22\00:43:15.09
testimony. And I remember
you talking about the weather. I
00:43:15.12\00:43:19.46
remember, I don't remember if it
rained but I do remember the...
00:43:19.49\00:43:23.33
you know you were in the
high desert out there. So the
00:43:23.37\00:43:26.63
contrasting temperatures that
you have from mid-day to evening
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.77
I think when I was there it was
like really hot in the day and
00:43:29.80\00:43:33.54
and you know people were
sweating and then that night it
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.85
was so cold and the wind was
blowing and it was so cold that
00:43:36.88\00:43:39.45
we had to move it inside because
it was just too cold out there.
00:43:39.48\00:43:41.98
So very interesting weather and
temperatures where you guys are.
00:43:42.02\00:43:46.89
Yeah it can be 100 in the day
and then it can drop all the way
00:43:46.92\00:43:50.43
to 35 in the night.
00:43:50.46\00:43:52.66
Yes, that's insane, that's
amazing, just amazing. Praise
00:43:52.69\00:43:56.60
the Lord, praise the Lord.
So talk about the kids program
00:43:56.63\00:43:58.80
because I saw the picture you
know where your mother-in-law
00:43:58.83\00:44:01.97
is leading out in that. So
you know if people bring their
00:44:02.00\00:44:05.31
children what kind of experience
are they, are the kids going to
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.84
experience when they come there?
00:44:07.88\00:44:09.21
Well she prepared a lot of
things in advance and you know
00:44:09.24\00:44:11.98
like I said. Every time the camp
meeting is over we start the
00:44:12.01\00:44:15.25
next year. And she puts a
lot of work and she does it by
00:44:15.28\00:44:19.35
herself. A lot of crafting,
a lot of activity for the kids.
00:44:19.39\00:44:23.02
She has you running out there
with the kids. She's 78 now.
00:44:23.06\00:44:26.36
Since she is running to the old
back yard and hiding stuff so
00:44:26.39\00:44:32.57
the kids can find a treasure.
and they give them gifts and
00:44:32.60\00:44:35.07
participating, songs, and...They
do a lot of things, yeah.
00:44:35.10\00:44:40.24
Oh man, wow, praise the Lord,
praise the Lord. Okay so you got
00:44:40.28\00:44:44.51
to tell us the story because
I only read a portion of it but
00:44:44.55\00:44:48.48
this was I guess last year
you were trying to prepare for
00:44:48.52\00:44:52.39
speakers for this year and so
tell us about what all happened
00:44:52.42\00:44:57.86
with you preparing speakers.
You were having some difficulty
00:44:57.89\00:45:00.06
getting some speakers.
00:45:00.10\00:45:01.43
Well the difficulty started
right after the camp meeting and
00:45:01.46\00:45:04.17
I was kind of lay a little
bit back because I'd been going
00:45:04.20\00:45:09.84
through certain things and I
wasn't sure if I was really that
00:45:09.87\00:45:15.44
person that I should coordinate
a camp meeting. And I said, Lord
00:45:15.48\00:45:19.68
if you don't want me to do
it just find somebody else to do
00:45:19.71\00:45:22.98
it and going through a tough
time at that time and I thought
00:45:23.02\00:45:28.62
okay the Lord had just been
leading me and convinced me that
00:45:28.66\00:45:34.43
everything going to be all right
and just go forward, I have this
00:45:34.46\00:45:40.57
And it came December and
December is like I have only one
00:45:40.60\00:45:46.27
speaker that was booked from the
previous year and that was James
00:45:46.31\00:45:50.15
Rafferty because Joshua asked
him if he can come back next
00:45:50.18\00:45:53.85
year and he said yes. So that's
all we had. And I figured okay
00:45:53.88\00:45:59.49
so and I start making phone
calls because we have a deadline
00:45:59.52\00:46:03.69
January for the advertisement
purpose I have to have everybody
00:46:03.73\00:46:07.20
lined up, booked, and ready to
go for that advertisement. And I
00:46:07.23\00:46:13.13
had just James. Like what
I'm going to do right? And start
00:46:13.17\00:46:18.67
pray because I'm making the
phone calls, email, text and
00:46:18.71\00:46:21.54
like everybody is like seems to
be occupied with something else
00:46:21.58\00:46:26.15
and would not be able to come.
And it's like and I fall on my
00:46:26.18\00:46:30.39
knees and I say Lord I can't
book anybody. Go ahead you book
00:46:30.42\00:46:35.22
somebody. And...
00:46:35.26\00:46:37.39
That's probably what He
was waiting on the whole time.
00:46:37.43\00:46:40.40
And you know I rely so much on
myself sometimes because I'm a
00:46:40.43\00:46:43.63
person that you know everything
has to like we say get your
00:46:43.67\00:46:47.54
ducks in a row. Well I get my
ducks in a row pretty nice on my
00:46:47.57\00:46:51.21
own to a certain point, right?
So that's what I said I say,
00:46:51.24\00:46:56.64
Lord whatever speakers you're
going to book just I want you to
00:46:56.68\00:47:01.18
book them because I can't get
anybody And then a week later
00:47:01.22\00:47:05.32
people start coming in and
they book us for three years in
00:47:05.35\00:47:10.59
advance 2023, and 2024 and they
want to make it for 2022 and I
00:47:10.63\00:47:15.56
said Oh I'm sorry we are all
booked. And he's like man what
00:47:15.60\00:47:18.70
kind of camp meeting do these
people have that everybody is
00:47:18.73\00:47:21.84
now want to go to it. And yeah
so that I think that was a sign
00:47:21.87\00:47:26.81
that God was showing me what if
I was struggling in the months
00:47:26.84\00:47:30.65
before and He says don't worry
about it, I have it. And my
00:47:30.68\00:47:35.35
faith really increased a lot
more since that experience from
00:47:35.38\00:47:39.25
last year.
00:47:39.29\00:47:40.62
Right, praise the Lord, praise
the Lord. So based on that point
00:47:40.66\00:47:43.36
there, we have just a few
minutes left before we get into
00:47:43.39\00:47:47.86
our final portion, but what have
you guys experienced personally
00:47:47.90\00:47:51.93
How is being involved in
this camp meeting, inviting the
00:47:51.97\00:47:56.91
speakers, hearing all the
messages, how has this camp
00:47:56.94\00:48:00.54
meeting experience
blessed you over the years?
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.54
It's life-changing, it really is
because not only do you get to
00:48:02.58\00:48:06.92
serve being involved you get
blessed. And we hear that from
00:48:06.95\00:48:11.29
our speakers. We say you know
how do you get these big names?
00:48:11.32\00:48:13.99
But when they come and you
put Christ at the center these
00:48:14.02\00:48:18.49
speakers walk away and say I
was blessed. And that's why they
00:48:18.53\00:48:21.60
want to come back to the camp
meeting. They love small camp
00:48:21.63\00:48:25.00
meetings. They don't need
10,000 people. They love coming
00:48:25.03\00:48:28.60
wherever God is
calling them to speak.
00:48:28.64\00:48:31.21
Absolutely, praise the
Lord. What about you Ioanaca?
00:48:31.24\00:48:32.77
Actually, I say that my faith
increases a lot more and my
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Christian walk with Christ the
last few years All the study and
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spending time in God's word I
think it helps a whole lot. So I
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encourage people that don't
just read the Bible because you
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forgot to read it in a week.
Just when you read it just go
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through and meditate on what
you read because that's what is
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going to sink. And the
camp meetings when people gather
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together and have a good time
I love to serve. I love talking
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to people, I want to mingle with
people and I think that is one
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of my things. And I don't mind
doing the dirty work, you know
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kitchen dishes and stuff. I'm
all over the place in there and
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people noticing, people notice
like they pass me on the path
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away. It's like she's running
all the time, no wonder she's so
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thin. Like I'm not
that thin. You know what...
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Lots of work involved, yeah.
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But people approach us and say
hey, can I help with something?
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Everybody is so nice and
kind and it's just amazing.
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That is another blessing to
be able to go three days with
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serving, with doing all this.
And even my mother, 78, and a
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lot of other church members that
are elderly, they're able to go
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through this and God gives them
the strength. It's a complete
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glory to God. Because we don't
have that strength the rest of
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the year.
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Because during this three days
at 5:30 on the clock I'm awake
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because we have driven 40
minutes one way to the camp
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meeting so it's like 5:30 the
Lord woke me up ready to go to
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start the day off. Yeah.
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Amen. He knew that you guys
could handle the workload and
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the pressure and He's called
you guys to lead out on this and
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it's a blessing. I was thinking
back to when I was there. One
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of my favorite experiences was
once the camp meeting was over
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with at the very end, I think it
was Sabbath evening you guys had
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a big bonfire. Do you guys
still do that if the weather
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permits. But it was just a great
experience just to fellowship
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and sit around the fire in the
cool night weather of Christmas
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Valley there. And it was just a
great experience and I remember
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that you know just being able
to sit and fellowship with the
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church members and it was just a
great experience. So amen praise
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the Lord. You know I was
hearing your testimony. This
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text came to mind. Isaiah
chapter 58 beginning with verse
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The Lord will guide you
continually and satisfy your
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soul in drought and strengthen
your bones. You shall be like a
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watered garden and like a spring
of water whose waters do not
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fail. Those from among you shall
build the old waste places and
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you shall raise up the
foundations of many generations
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and you shall be called the
repairers of the breach, the
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restorers of streets to dwell in
That's what you guys are doing;
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repairing the breach, restoring
the streets to dwell in and
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preaching the gospel. You
probably have been tremendously
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blessed. I know I have by this
story and by what's going on
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there in Christmas Valley and
perhaps the Lord has laid upon
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your heart to bless this effort
and to donate, to give, to
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support this effort or perhaps
maybe you want more information
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as to how you can give it
yourself. This is how you can
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contact the Central Oregon Camp
Meeting in Christmas Valley.
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If you would like to contact
or know more about Central
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Oregon Camp Meeting SDA
Christmas Valley you can do so
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in the following ways:
You can write to them at
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60506 Old Lake Rd. Christmas
Valley, OR 97641. You can call
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them at (541) 223-8984.
You can visit their website at:
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CenntralOregonCampMeetingCVSDA.
com. You can also send them an
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email ioanaPeach81@yahoo.com
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