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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I want to spend my
life mending broken people.
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We're so glad that
you've joined us today.
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Thank you for being
a part of our family.
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You know, Jill and I
always look forward to spending
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this time with you.
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And we want to say
thank you for your prayers
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and your financial
support for the ministry,
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God's ministry, 3ABN.
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It's always so very
humbling to think about
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reaching the entire world
with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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And of course, at 3ABN
we stand on the Word of God.
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This is not 3ABN's message,
it's the Bible's; Jesus Christ.
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So I'm excited
about today's program.
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We're going to meeting, I don't
want to say, with old friends.
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That just never sounds right.
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I knew you were
going to go there.
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I just want to say,
they are longtime friends.
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And we might have met
them when we were two or three.
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You know, Babe, you do really
good with this word thing.
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I love that.
Yeah, long-time friends.
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Yes, but today is
going to be a fun time.
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It is indeed.
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And we have dear
friends with us here,
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long-time friends;
Claus and Theresa Nybo
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Of course, Claus, you are
the president of LifeStyle TV
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there in Sweden.
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And Theresa, you
are Health Producer,
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I think, is your official
title there at LifeStyle TV.
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~ So much more, right.
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You wear many hats.
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But we were just
reminiscing before the program.
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I'm trying to think, you
were in my sister's wedding.
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My sister was in your wedding.
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I got it right now.
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How many years ago was that?
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- Oh, the wedding,
yeah... - It'll be 27 this year.
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It's amazing.
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- Time just goes by.
- That's a long time.
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~ Y'all don't
change - You don't either.
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You don't either.
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You are all involved,
of course, in ministry
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and Lifestyle Television.
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Tell us just quickly what that
is, and we'll go to some music.
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But tell us what
LifeStyle TV is all about.
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Well, in a nutshell, I
guess, the name says itself.
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It's a TV station that
focuses on lifestyle issues.
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And when we talk lifestyle,
we, of course, look at both
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the physical, the
mental, and the spiritual.
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So we see all three
dimensions as being something
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that's really part of it.
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And so that's LifeStyle TV.
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And we'll share a lot more
about some of the other new
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aspects of the ministry as
we come back after the music.
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You might want to just
mention, we're based in
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Scandinavia in Sweden,
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in Europe, so
people can locate it.
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We were there. We're
going to talk about that.
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We were for the grand opening,
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you could say,
with your building.
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We'll talk about that.
It was a few years ago.
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But beautiful facility.
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It's exciting to see what
God is doing in and through
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your ministry
there; God's ministry.
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But it's exciting to
see what's happening.
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So we want to talk about
that and give you an update
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on what's happening,
and the miracle stories
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of what God is doing
there in Scandinavia.
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But first, should
we go to some music?
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- Let's do it. - We
have Tim Parton with us.
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And he's going to be ministering
a song, Unclouded Day.
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Amen. Thank you so much, Tim,
for that song, Unclouded Day.
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Praise the Lord for
the hope of eternity
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that we have to look forward to.
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If you're just joining us,
we have Claus and Theresa Nybo
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with us, of course, from
LifeStyle TV there in Sweden.
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So tell us, let's
walk back a few years
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to the origin of LifeStyle
TV and the connection with 3ABN,
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which we remember well.
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Tell us about that.
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Yeah, and this is so exciting.
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You know, it's actually,
we got an email the other day,
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a little text
from one of our former
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students that had been there.
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And she just said,
"Happy anniversary."
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And I just had
to think a second.
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Which anniversary?
Ah yeah, of course.
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And it was the
17 year anniversary
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for when we
started LifeStyle TV.
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So that makes it just
about 17 years, more than that,
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that we left 3ABN here, after
having had a year and a half of
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just wonderful time
here together making
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a lot of good
friends, and learning so much,
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it just made our head all hurt.
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~ And that's your
reason for coming to 3ABN
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so many years ago, wasn't it?
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Because you had that dream
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to build a
television station up there.
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We at least had
the dream to use media.
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We didn't quite know
what that meant at the time,
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but being here for one year,
God just started talking to us
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in so many different
places and giving us that vision
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of going home and
using media as a way to
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reach out to people and
share the gospel and share
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other principles of health,
and so forth, with people.
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So we really appreciated
the time we were here.
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We got to know you guys.
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Unfortunately, there's
not so many people left.
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There's so much
elders and ministry turnover.
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And so we realize
there's not a lot of people
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that we know anymore.
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But it is always fun.
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And in the hallways
we get stopped by people.
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They come out and they know us.
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And I would just add that
Jill was my piano teacher.
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You know, that's
true. I forgot about that.
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That is a true
statement. I remember that.
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I can't say I've progressed
much further than then.
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But it was a good experience.
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Another thing, you guys did some
cooking programs together too.
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I don't know if
we did any together.
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Yeah, you did some
English shows, I remember.
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Well, I know I did
something here when I worked.
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I did some in the Today
studio, I remember that.
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It's been a long time.
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You know, 17 years,
you kind of lose track.
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~ It blurs. - It blurs.
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You lose track of all
the things we did, but
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I remember, Theresa,
you worked in programming
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learning how to put the segments
together and how to schedule,
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because you need
that there in Sweden.
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And Claus, you worked as
a producer, I remember that.
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~ Right, on the road.
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And so, I was traveling a
lot and out with the truck
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and went out and
did pre-interviews.
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We did the
Upclose series back then.
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So that was my series.
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And I had the
privilege of starting that,
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and that was really fun.
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I learned a lot through that.
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And you also took some
material to the first GYC
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that 3ABN went
to, which was in 2004.
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~ Yeah, well yeah, we went there
and got to know a lot of people.
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So a lot of the different
conventions we went out
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together with
3ABN and met people
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and connected with people.
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And a couple of years we
did some joint exhibitions,
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I remember, in the
booth together as well.
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And that was really nice.
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So going to
LifeStyle TV, why Sweden?
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Well, I come from
Scandinavia. I'm Danish.
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But when we married, I
married Theresa who is American,
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we went and we lived in Sweden.
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And we wanted to get out and
find a place a little bit more
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in the countryside.
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And Denmark is more populated.
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And so that
means property prices
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in the country are higher.
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But in Sweden, we could
find something we could afford.
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So that's actually
why we ended up there.
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And so, then when we
started with TV ministry,
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the Lord said,
"Well, use what you have."
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So, we started right there with
the farm and the place we had
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and developed a studio,
and so forth, from there.
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So that was the beginning.
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And then, as you mentioned
already, about five years ago
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we moved to another
location further north.
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Which was
really, really beautiful.
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We'd been praying for
more space for a long time.
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Because we were in
a space that really
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was meant for a living room.
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And that's all
we had for studios.
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And then the Lord
opened up the possibilities
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of this beautiful place.
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And I think we have a
couple of pictures here as well
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that shows us an amazing
place that was built as a
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retreat center out in nature,
but also had a concert hall,
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a studio inside of that.
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And that...
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~ It's absolutely beautiful.
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We mentioned we've been there.
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And it's fantastic.
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I mean, just the grounds,
because you're in the country.
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When we were there,
there's a dirt road.
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~ Yep, that's the driveway.
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~ Yeah, so it's about a
mile long driveway in through
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the forest there as you come up.
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And then the landscape
kind of opens up there.
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~ There's a nice aerial shot.
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~ There you have
it through the forest.
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And then in front of it,
when you see the summer view,
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you kind of have a view
of the lake down in front.
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And it's just
beautifully located there.
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And so, this is amazing.
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And one of the things we love
is just the nature around it.
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So as you look at the
nature, we have a lot of forest,
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there's the lakes
you get out there.
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And so, that means
that there's a rich life
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of animals around us.
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I mean, what is it?
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You often meet some when you're
out in the morning with the dog.
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Oh, I meet the moose.
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Yeah, those are big animals.
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They are. We
usually keep at a distance.
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~ That's a great shot.
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This one actually
came right up on the lawn
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right in front of the center
and had a nice time there eating
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the green buds and the leaves.
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You know, so this
facility, this is amazing.
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I don't know if you want
to spend a little bit of time
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talking about it, because you're
talking about a concert hall,
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and stuff like that, but
we just talked about it being
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way out in the
middle of nowhere.
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You would think about having
a facility like this downtown
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in some city there.
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But this is an interesting
story how God actually
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placed this
directly for you guys.
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And it is really unique.
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The man that built it,
H kan Hageg rd, who was
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a renowned opera
singer in Sweden.
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~ So famous, he
was famous. - Yeah.
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He had this vision that
he wanted to do something
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for other professional
musicians that are often
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on a trail traveling a
lot, and concerts, and so forth.
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And you get burned
out, you get stressed.
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And so he wanted to do a place
where he could take care of them
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where they could kind
of get more new energy,
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get some rest, and
get creativity back.
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Because one of the things
that he was realizing was that
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as you are stressed,
your creativity goes down.
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You just, like he put
it, you end up recycling
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old thoughts and ideas
instead of thinking new.
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And so, that was his
whole idea of this place.
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And so, it's developed for that.
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So, today we are able
to use it now in developing
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for retreat center,
which we will talk more about
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a little bit later here as well.
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But given this opportunity
to be in nature, to find that
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rest and inspiration to go anew.
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To take it a little further, he
built this about 30 years ago.
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Long before LifeStyle TV
was here, or anything else.
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So he built it, but
over the course of time
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it had changed hands.
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And when we were
looking to build a studio,
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we had planned to build
in the south where we were.
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And through the providence of
God, we saw this place for sale.
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Claus was looking on the
internet and he saw it for sale.
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And miracles never cease.
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We were able to
purchase it at a very,
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very, very reasonable price
and use it now for God's work.
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~ Amen.
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~ And so, it's amazing.
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One of the things we like
personally, to do, we love
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the nature out there, you know.
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We like hiking on the trails,
we love getting into a canoe
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and just canoeing down the lake.
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And we have a very large lake
there, so you can go canoeing
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for hours just down
this lake, you know.
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Just take a canoe or a
kayak out, take young people and
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guest out, and meet with it.
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Find an island there.
There's small little islands.
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You get like your
own little island,
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set up a little camp
there, and then you sit by the
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fireplace there in the
evening, and you just...
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I mean, that's
just total relaxation.
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There's nothing else around,
you don't hear anything else,
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you don't see anybody.
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Just out there in nature
on your own little island.
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~ That's your dog, right? ~
That's my dog, that's my baby.
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So that's one of
the things we love.
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And one of the things we're
doing now, we're then taking
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guests with us out and giving
them some of this experience.
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I think God has given us nature.
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And it is a wonderful
tool for our own souls
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and for others to take
our minds back and away from
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everything that's so
artificial, so fake, to Him.
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And that's the whole purpose.
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Speaking of guests, let's
talk about that for a moment.
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You're turning this into a
retreat center, you could say.
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So talk to us about how that's
happening and how the outreach
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is for the center.
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It's really just to use
this to connect with people,
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to give people an
experience in nature.
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And through that, to
hope that people also might
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get a connection with
the Creator behind it.
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And I remember we had
our first guest, actually,
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after we opened
the retreat center...
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Very first.
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...that came and had not been
really out like this before,
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I think, and just
really enjoyed it.
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And we had one evening
there, it was a Friday evening
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as the sun was setting, I
talked to her and asked if
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she'd ever been out canoeing.
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And she said, "No, I have never
been out, but would love to."
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I said, "Well, why don't
we go out canoeing tonight?"
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And so we took her out
there in a canoe right as the
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sun is setting, and it
was perfectly still weather.
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And it was just so amazing.
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And it just gave such
opportunity to sit and talk
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about nature, the God
behind nature, and connect
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on different levels
with some of our guests.
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And then what do you
do when you're inside?
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When you're
sitting there relaxed,
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people often open up a lot more.
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One of the questions
she came with one morning,
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she had looked out
on the lawn in front,
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and she said, "I saw
some wild animals out front."
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~ And we were like, "Oh,
really, what did you see?"
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And it came out, we found
out, she had seen some deer.
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The wild animals.
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But I just...
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~Well, when
you're not used to it.
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~ It's a big deal.
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And people like that.
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You know, they see
animals they're not used to.
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So we have deer, we
have moose, we have foxes.
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In the winter we
can get a wolf in.
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Occasionally
there wonders a bear
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that gets lost down through.
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Not our
property, but in the area.
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And then what we
do have around is...
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What do you call the name of it?
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- A lynx? - Lynx.
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Bobcat. Yeah, bobcat.
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- Lynx. - And
they're very, very shy.
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So you really have to
be quite lucky to see them.
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But beautiful animals.
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And nothing to be afraid of
because they run away from you
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before you even get close.
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But they're there and you
can see the footprints of them.
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And we have
had... I've seen it once.
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That's really unique
when you get that opportunity.
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So thinking about this,
so you have LifeStyle TV.
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And now you've got
this retreat center.
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So are you still
doing the television part
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and now the lifestyle?
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~ We're doing both.
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So also to connect it
together, we were looking at it
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and saying, what do we
call this retreat center?
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And so we went through a
lot of brainstorming together
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and finally was like,
okay, people are coming here to
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stay to experience lifestyle.
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Why not just simply
call it, Lifestyle Stay.
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So that's the name of the
retreat center, Lifestyle Stay.
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~ To come and stay
and experience lifestyle
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for yourself out in
nature, and with good food,
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with rest, with all of
these different elements.
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And where we're located
in Scandinavia, that is a,
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well, it's known,
it's a very secular area.
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People are interested.
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If you want to connect with
people, you can connect with
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people on a
health basis, on nature.
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These types of areas,
people are open to talk.
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And through that, you can bridge
over to other deeper things.
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I know, one of the guests I
was able to, she noticed that
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we had Christian books, and
there was, you know, a cross
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in a certain place.
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You know, different...
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- "Is this a Christian..."
- And it causes questions.
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"Is this a Christian
facility? Who's behind this?"
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And we got to really
talking about things.
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She herself was
another Christian.
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And it was just a
real opportunity to...
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- To witness. - Yeah, it was.
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And each of the rooms, I
think we have a picture as well,
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from the front there
where you see all of the rooms
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face out towards the lakes.
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So you have that view out
to nature, kind of looking
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from there down to the lake.
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And so you get the sun coming
in the window in the morning
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and waking you up.
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It gives really this
atmosphere for people to relax.
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We have so many people
come and say, "Just the moment
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I walk into here, I feel
like just everything relaxes."
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And that's wonderful.
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And that's what
people need today.
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Because everybody is so stressed
and everything goes so fast.
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And so, that's part
of what we're doing.
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We're just starting
to test a lot of this.
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This summer we had, I
think, our first health session.
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Yeah, we had a
health week, yeah.
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We did it together
with some other health
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professionals in Sweden.
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Steps For Life group
is what they're called,
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health professionals.
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~ So, like doctors came in?
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We had a doctor, a
physical therapist,
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a nurse; a team that came in.
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- And what we did was...
~ And you had the guests?
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Yeah, we had a full house.
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All filled up with guests.
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And they came in and we
fed them good vegetarian food.
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We took them out on
different exercise routines.
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Took them out into
the forest walking.
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And just a lot of
basic good health principles.
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They got health lectures
and personal counseling.
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And all kinds of
things like that.
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But just really
giving them a taste...
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You see them out on
one of the pictures here
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exercising on the lawn in front.
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We took them out there.
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And so there you have
the whole group of them.
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About twenty people doing
morning exercise together.
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And then later Theresa
takes them in the studio,
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and they're sitting there and
she does a food demonstration,
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and then teaches
them how to make themself
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some of this plant-based
food they were having.
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So there's lectures like that.
00:21:01.69\00:21:03.39
And I think we have
a picture of that too,
00:21:03.43\00:21:04.93
from them sitting there
in the studio and listening
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to a health lecture like that.
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Theresa is a great cook.
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~ Just putting
that plug in. ~ She is.
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And has already gotten
really known in the community.
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It was funny, but the other
day we were meeting with this
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business group,
fairly big group there.
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And so we got seated together
with another business leader
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from a bigger
business in the area.
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And the first thing, he goes,
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.35
"Oh, this is Claus and
Theresa from Hageg rden.
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They have the best
food in the world."
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And I don't think he's actually
been there to eat himself.
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But that's the word in
town, and he knew that.
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And so he was introducing us
to the rest, you know, on that.
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So Theresa has a
reputation for that.
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So that is great.
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You know, as I was thinking
about this facility that
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God gave to you, you
look at the lifestyle aspect,
00:21:50.91\00:21:54.14
and you're like, "Oh wow!
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So they must have
spent a lot of money on
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just adding all these
new rooms to this place,
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the kitchen demonstration area."
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I know the
answer to this question.
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.82
This is, to me, what is
so amazing what God has done.
00:22:03.02\00:22:05.42
Because these rooms were
already part of the facility.
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The studio that was
supposed to be the opera area,
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.79
correct me here if I'm wrong,
but I think didn't the guy have
00:22:11.83\00:22:15.06
like tv truck hookups
already in place so that...
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~ All of the garage was
set up for the RV's, just
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back right in and
everything is connected.
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~ Commercial kitchen too, right?
00:22:23.57\00:22:24.91
~ Oh yeah,
beautiful kitchen. Beautiful.
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- This is God-ordained. - Yes.
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And I think what we're
seeing happening is not like
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you're, "Okay, this didn't..."
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.45
Like the television part.
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You're just expanding
on what God had originally
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envisioned for LifeStyle.
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And the thing that is
so unique, for example,
00:22:36.99\00:22:38.92
this program we ran this
summer, we work with a magazine
00:22:38.95\00:22:42.39
as well that's a
health a lifestyle magazine
00:22:42.42\00:22:45.39
that we do four times a year.
00:22:45.43\00:22:47.80
And people can
subscribe to it for free.
00:22:47.83\00:22:50.57
Sending it out to people,
and it's used by many different
00:22:50.77\00:22:54.60
groups, churches, and others
to pass out and give to people.
00:22:54.64\00:22:57.94
It's a sharing magazine.
00:22:57.97\00:22:59.34
But it's a part of it.
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.11
When we did this health
thing, we advertised it in here.
00:23:01.14\00:23:04.28
~ Like your health retreat.
~ The health retreat, exactly.
00:23:05.08\00:23:07.25
And so, almost all of
the guests that were there,
00:23:07.55\00:23:09.58
they read about
it in the magazine.
00:23:09.78\00:23:11.15
And so, these are
people that have been
00:23:11.79\00:23:13.69
getting the magazine before.
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.06
So, we're finding that
it's connecting together now
00:23:15.09\00:23:18.06
the different
aspects of ministry.
00:23:18.09\00:23:19.76
So people that we have not
met before, because they have
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.46
either been
reading or watching on tv,
00:23:22.50\00:23:25.33
now they start coming.
00:23:25.37\00:23:26.77
And we get a personal face,
we get personal connections,
00:23:26.80\00:23:29.37
and are able to continue
to develop relationships
00:23:29.67\00:23:32.71
and so forth together.
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.18
And the other way as well.
00:23:34.41\00:23:35.74
We sign guests up that
come to get the magazine.
00:23:35.78\00:23:39.18
And then that way they can stay
connected with what we're doing.
00:23:39.21\00:23:42.02
And so, it's really coming
together as part of a ministry
00:23:42.05\00:23:46.49
in a much larger way than
we could ever have envisioned
00:23:46.52\00:23:49.16
for this to happen.
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It's a multifaceted
outreach, I'm sorry, Theresa,
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.46
because, you know, you
have the television aspect.
00:23:53.50\00:23:55.93
And I know we'll talk about
that, as far as the programming
00:23:56.33\00:23:58.70
you produce, and the
app, and all of that.
00:23:58.73\00:24:00.84
You have the lifestyle aspect
with the health and the retreat,
00:24:00.94\00:24:04.31
and the food and
the magazine aspect.
00:24:04.34\00:24:07.31
So, what wonderful
ways to connect with people,
00:24:07.34\00:24:10.35
meeting the needs of people,
00:24:10.38\00:24:12.81
and then reaching
them where they are.
00:24:12.91\00:24:14.25
And it's a
magazine that's quite liked
00:24:14.28\00:24:17.02
in the community as well.
00:24:17.05\00:24:18.39
You know, going back to
another business meeting,
00:24:18.42\00:24:20.72
We have a very active business
association in the area.
00:24:20.76\00:24:23.76
It's just simply local
businesses that are getting
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.36
together and meeting
and sharing experiences,
00:24:26.39\00:24:29.03
and so forth.
00:24:29.06\00:24:30.40
And at one of our meetings
this year, one of the other
00:24:30.43\00:24:33.20
business leaders, he's like,
"I got to show you something."
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.67
And he gets his briefcase,
and out of his briefcase
00:24:35.70\00:24:38.27
he pulls out the
magazine, and he's like,
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.04
"This is so good, I
have it with me everywhere.
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.88
And I'm telling everybody
about this amazing magazine."
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.75
In fact, I've been
talking to the local newspaper.
00:24:46.01\00:24:49.18
And I've told them
that they need to come
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.42
and do a feature article about
what we're doing out there.
00:24:52.62\00:24:55.99
And sure enough, he has
good contacts, and so one of the
00:24:56.32\00:25:00.73
editors there called up and
said, "We'd like to come out
00:25:00.76\00:25:03.23
and do a report."
00:25:03.26\00:25:04.60
And so they did,
and it ended up being
00:25:04.63\00:25:06.37
a double-page spread
with a front page notice.
00:25:06.67\00:25:09.54
Very, very positive description
about what was happening.
00:25:09.64\00:25:13.38
And quite unique, the
journalist that came out,
00:25:13.74\00:25:18.01
she had herself the
previous year been in Israel
00:25:19.88\00:25:24.02
and had stayed
with a Jewish family.
00:25:24.42\00:25:26.96
And so, through that she had,
of course, gotten an experience
00:25:27.19\00:25:31.56
with the Jewish
Sabbath, and so forth.
00:25:31.59\00:25:33.09
And so, when she learned that
we were Seventh-day Adventists,
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.93
she started
asking a little bit about
00:25:36.20\00:25:37.90
the Sabbath and the connection.
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.37
So we were sharing some things.
00:25:39.40\00:25:40.74
And so, even in her
article she was writing this,
00:25:41.04\00:25:43.44
but in a very positive
light, and connecting with
00:25:43.47\00:25:46.34
what she had
learned there in the past.
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.81
And just very neat to see, I
think as a whole, the reception
00:25:48.98\00:25:52.71
we have gotten in the
community that has been
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.18
so welcoming, so
open to us coming in,
00:25:55.68\00:26:00.32
and just really
some excellent contacts
00:26:00.36\00:26:03.19
that we're very blessed by.
00:26:03.22\00:26:04.76
And not just, we can see,
you know, we've moved into
00:26:04.86\00:26:09.83
this location, we've
moved into this area,
00:26:09.86\00:26:12.33
but it's almost as if God has
been working behind the scenes.
00:26:12.67\00:26:17.37
Because, I mean, it's like this
pops up, that, the newspaper.
00:26:17.57\00:26:21.74
I mean, we've been
interviewed in the newspaper
00:26:21.78\00:26:23.81
several times, I think
at least three, maybe more,
00:26:23.85\00:26:25.95
I'm not sure, about the
place and what we're doing.
00:26:25.98\00:26:28.88
We have all these contacts.
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.72
None of them, there's no
Adventist church in the area.
00:26:31.75\00:26:35.12
We have actually started
a church plant in the area
00:26:35.16\00:26:37.76
because there was nothing there.
00:26:37.79\00:26:40.60
And so, it's all these
contacts in this local community
00:26:40.70\00:26:45.17
that God has given us the
privilege of interacting with.
00:26:45.20\00:26:49.60
He's prepared
the soil definitely.
00:26:49.64\00:26:52.21
And the other thing, I
mean, talking about some of the
00:26:53.24\00:26:56.31
things we do, we're
working with these retreats
00:26:56.34\00:26:58.65
as we are starting
out, but we have also used
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.35
the place more like
a conference center.
00:27:01.78\00:27:04.45
Because it has been
used like that before.
00:27:04.49\00:27:06.35
So there's some
conference rooms.
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.06
And for many, it's a nice
setting because it's not too
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.76
big. So often you go to a
hotel and you get this room,
00:27:12.46\00:27:15.66
and somebody else is here,
and somebody else is there.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.77
And when you're sitting in
the dining room, you have to
00:27:17.87\00:27:20.14
keep a little to yourself
because there's so many.
00:27:20.17\00:27:22.44
Here, they book the whole place.
00:27:22.54\00:27:24.21
And so, companies like that.
00:27:24.54\00:27:26.37
So we've had
several come in as well.
00:27:26.41\00:27:28.51
On that level,
they like to come in.
00:27:28.54\00:27:31.51
So to be able to give people an
introduction as well to health,
00:27:31.55\00:27:37.12
to plant-based food, we
have a couple of pictures here
00:27:37.15\00:27:40.89
from, I think, the hotel with
the bedrooms that are there.
00:27:40.92\00:27:44.86
Unique quaint old rooms
that are individually designed
00:27:44.89\00:27:49.33
in every single
room, so they're different.
00:27:49.36\00:27:50.70
It's not like your typical hotel
where they're all just like,
00:27:50.73\00:27:53.03
you know, a production line.
00:27:53.07\00:27:54.74
~ Some of the food. ~
And the different food.
00:27:54.77\00:27:56.64
Breakfast in the morning served.
00:27:56.67\00:27:58.34
Three-course dinners for people
00:27:58.37\00:28:01.08
All plant-based.
00:28:01.11\00:28:02.44
And people go away
with, "Wow, we never knew
00:28:02.48\00:28:04.71
that plant-based
food could be so good."
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.45
Is that apple juice there?
00:28:06.48\00:28:07.82
It's like an apple, not
a cider, but an apple...
00:28:07.85\00:28:11.99
~ Fruit juice.
00:28:12.02\00:28:13.36
Yeah, but it's a
locally produced sparkling...
00:28:13.39\00:28:16.99
Sparkling fruit juice.
00:28:17.03\00:28:19.16
Like you, you know, you
buy these sparkling Welches,
00:28:19.19\00:28:21.50
I don't know, here in America.
00:28:21.53\00:28:22.86
~ But this is
local. ~ Non-alcoholic.
00:28:22.90\00:28:24.80
- Yes. - So we use
high-quality drinks.
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.20
It's non-alcoholic for sure.
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.84
But people are used to
buying alcoholic drinks,
00:28:27.87\00:28:31.44
and paying quite well for it.
00:28:31.47\00:28:33.14
So they expect quality.
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.51
And so, we're finding other
non-alcoholic alternatives,
00:28:34.54\00:28:38.25
but on the same quality level.
00:28:38.28\00:28:39.85
And we're able to
serve and sell it for the
00:28:40.05\00:28:43.08
same price level as well.
00:28:43.12\00:28:44.72
So that's connecting with
people as well and gives some
00:28:44.75\00:28:47.09
opportunity to talk
about some of the things
00:28:47.12\00:28:48.99
like why we do non-alcoholic
or why we do plant-based.
00:28:49.02\00:28:52.19
~ So all of your
programming and what's in print,
00:28:52.23\00:28:54.93
we're going to talk
about the new app and stuff,
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.36
is all of it in Swedish?
00:28:56.40\00:28:57.80
Is that the language of
your television program?
00:28:57.83\00:28:59.57
We do, we focus on
Swedish. We're in Sweden.
00:28:59.60\00:29:02.07
But we also have a large
variety of Norwegian programs.
00:29:02.10\00:29:05.94
We reach to all of Scandinavia.
00:29:06.37\00:29:08.04
There's something interesting
with the languages, in that
00:29:08.08\00:29:10.55
with a good will and a
little bit of experience
00:29:10.58\00:29:13.42
you can understand
Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish,
00:29:13.68\00:29:18.65
all three.
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.02
Probably the
hardest being Danish,
00:29:20.06\00:29:21.62
but the other
two are fairly close.
00:29:21.66\00:29:24.69
And so, we produce in
Swedish and Norwegian.
00:29:24.99\00:29:28.43
And then we do have
sometimes things in English
00:29:28.70\00:29:31.50
if we have an English
speaker, or something like that.
00:29:31.53\00:29:34.40
~ Well I think it's just
really great because, you know,
00:29:35.04\00:29:37.11
lifestyle television.
00:29:37.14\00:29:38.74
It's about lifestyle.
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.11
You're trying to build
that bridge, as you mentioned
00:29:40.14\00:29:42.11
earlier, through
health, through lifestyle.
00:29:42.14\00:29:43.95
Because like you
said, very secular.
00:29:43.98\00:29:45.88
But at the same time, they
are very interested in health.
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.75
So, I mean, what a great bridge.
00:29:49.15\00:29:50.49
And then you have
the one, LifeStyle Stay.
00:29:50.52\00:29:53.12
That's the
newest aspect as well.
00:29:53.22\00:29:55.19
~ And then, of
course, you have the magazine
00:29:55.22\00:29:56.73
with, LifeStyle View.
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.19
And so, it's connecting together
in that brand, and everything.
00:29:58.23\00:30:01.60
You want to talk about the
app? Should we go to the app?
00:30:01.63\00:30:03.67
We could talk
about that because...
00:30:03.70\00:30:05.83
No, that's good.
00:30:05.87\00:30:07.20
Because what is unique,
and I'm sure you're finding
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.74
some of the same things,
that with technology developing,
00:30:09.77\00:30:13.01
you've always got to
try and stay with it.
00:30:13.21\00:30:15.91
You may not always be
ahead of it, but at least trying
00:30:15.94\00:30:18.01
to stay with it.
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.38
And so, when we went on
satellite, when we started,
00:30:19.41\00:30:22.85
that was unique.
00:30:22.88\00:30:24.22
We were the only broadcaster
within the Adventist church
00:30:24.25\00:30:28.92
that was on satellite
in Europe at that time.
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.29
I think you were in
from maybe the year...
00:30:31.59\00:30:34.16
~ HOTBIRD. - On HOTBIRD.
00:30:34.20\00:30:35.53
But from within Europe
there was none of them there
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.87
that was on satellite.
00:30:37.90\00:30:39.30
And so, that worked really well,
because at that time, 2006-07
00:30:39.57\00:30:44.57
when we started, that was
the height of the satellite.
00:30:44.61\00:30:47.68
As you know.
00:30:47.71\00:30:49.04
But then internet, what
do you call it, fiber optics,
00:30:49.08\00:30:53.11
and all of this developed
so much faster than, I think,
00:30:53.15\00:30:55.88
a lot of people
had actually expected.
00:30:55.92\00:30:57.75
And so, in Scandinavia we see
that we've got fiber connections
00:30:57.95\00:31:02.26
and internet connections
out to any place in the boonies.
00:31:02.29\00:31:06.09
And so, that has
made a big difference
00:31:06.66\00:31:08.83
in that, you don't need
the satellite the same way,
00:31:08.86\00:31:11.40
more things transferred
to the internet base.
00:31:11.83\00:31:14.34
And so, we were realizing
that we needed to make some
00:31:14.37\00:31:17.77
changes if we were going to
stay with and have connection
00:31:17.81\00:31:21.61
with people, then we have
to get on another platform
00:31:21.64\00:31:25.01
than just being satellite-based.
00:31:25.05\00:31:26.48
Because there weren't
enough people remaining there.
00:31:26.51\00:31:28.58
~ The way people
watch television changes.
00:31:28.75\00:31:30.95
~ Yeah. ~ It does,
and it changes fast.
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.05
And I know you're experiencing
maybe the same things.
00:31:33.09\00:31:35.69
And so, we started developing
and talking about an app.
00:31:35.72\00:31:39.63
So, we wanted something
that can go on a smartphone,
00:31:40.03\00:31:43.33
can be on any
smartphone that is out there.
00:31:43.37\00:31:46.07
And so, we ended up
with a small app that's
00:31:46.30\00:31:50.17
called, again, LifeStyle
TV that is developed for
00:31:50.21\00:31:54.68
the androids,
the Apple platforms.
00:31:55.14\00:31:57.21
And what was unique and
what we wanted to try and do
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.88
is, we wanted to combine.
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.85
So we didn't just have
the typical video magazines.
00:32:02.88\00:32:05.62
But, say, what could we
do so that we could combine
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.22
some of the other resources?
00:32:09.26\00:32:10.59
So, like the magazine.
00:32:10.69\00:32:12.03
And so right in the
same app is a section that's
00:32:12.06\00:32:15.16
called, Magazine.
00:32:15.20\00:32:16.53
And so, there you
can get digital versions
00:32:16.56\00:32:18.80
of all of the magazines,
including back issues.
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.97
So people can go
in and start reading
00:32:22.10\00:32:24.14
and have a
wealth of information.
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.51
There's like a blog, is
what we call it, section
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.71
where we have
recipes and health tips.
00:32:30.75\00:32:33.11
There's hundreds of
recipes in there now.
00:32:33.15\00:32:35.62
All plant-based in
different languages that people
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.62
can search on and find.
00:32:38.65\00:32:40.06
So this was some of
the different aspects.
00:32:40.66\00:32:43.53
We wanted to add books.
00:32:43.56\00:32:45.09
So we've been adding books,
both on health and spiritual
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.43
subjects, as well
as regular book text,
00:32:48.46\00:32:52.50
but also audio books.
00:32:52.53\00:32:54.30
And so, all of this combined.
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.64
~ The audio books, we actually,
we got to use them from
00:32:56.67\00:33:00.94
the English version
here from, was it, ASI.
00:33:00.98\00:33:05.18
It was one of
the ASI ministries.
00:33:05.21\00:33:06.98
Yep.
00:33:07.02\00:33:08.38
~ I'm just now
downloading the app on my phone.
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.69
I have it on mine right here.
00:33:10.72\00:33:12.05
~ You're ahead. - I'm ahead.
00:33:12.09\00:33:13.89
Alright. Yes,
I've got mine now too.
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.99
So that's very nice.
00:33:17.03\00:33:18.36
So it's in different languages.
00:33:18.39\00:33:19.73
So we have, it looks
like, Swedish and some English,
00:33:19.76\00:33:22.63
~ There's English there
as well. ~ Some English, yes.
00:33:22.66\00:33:24.37
And there will be coming more.
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.10
~ Very nice. ~ There's music.
00:33:26.27\00:33:27.60
I know we just confirmed
with Greg a little while ago
00:33:27.64\00:33:30.67
that we could do some of
3ABN's programs here in the app.
00:33:30.71\00:33:33.58
We are so happy that
we'll be adding some of that
00:33:33.61\00:33:35.64
to it as well.
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.01
We know that, going back, you
used a lot of 3ABN programming
00:33:37.05\00:33:40.35
when you first
launched on satellite
00:33:40.38\00:33:41.98
and launched LifeStyle TV.
00:33:42.02\00:33:43.49
And then, of course, you started
creating your own content,
00:33:43.52\00:33:45.95
and then you used less.
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.32
But we are delighted
to be able to be partnered
00:33:47.36\00:33:49.32
together in ministry
and share that programming.
00:33:49.36\00:33:51.99
- So what a
blessing. - We appreciate that.
00:33:52.03\00:33:53.50
It's a
great-looking app. I love it.
00:33:53.53\00:33:55.23
Oh yeah, very nice.
00:33:55.26\00:33:56.60
That's now beginning to
do a new reach out again
00:33:56.63\00:34:00.87
and connect with
really a new group of people
00:34:00.90\00:34:03.00
that weren't
satellite watchers before,
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.27
but connecting with ease.
00:34:05.31\00:34:06.64
With it, we have also
done an app for, like,
00:34:06.84\00:34:10.31
the Apple TV and
Android TV boxes.
00:34:10.35\00:34:13.31
Now you can get it on
some of the smart TVs.
00:34:13.42\00:34:15.72
So really on a big screen
and you can get the app there.
00:34:15.75\00:34:18.82
That would only have the
video library, not the others.
00:34:19.02\00:34:21.16
But you have that
for the big screen.
00:34:21.19\00:34:23.93
And this summer
the ASI North America,
00:34:24.23\00:34:28.03
that was really unique.
00:34:28.13\00:34:29.46
Because they went in and
said, "Hey, this is so great.
00:34:29.50\00:34:32.20
We want to help you."
00:34:32.23\00:34:33.57
And so, they awarded
us part of an offering
00:34:33.60\00:34:36.07
that came from there.
00:34:36.10\00:34:37.44
I think about $50,000
to help promote now the app
00:34:37.47\00:34:41.01
on different social
media, digital platforms
00:34:41.04\00:34:44.05
so that we can get out
to new groups of people
00:34:44.08\00:34:46.72
and connect with
people through the app.
00:34:46.92\00:34:48.35
~ There's no point in producing
and making a wonderful thing
00:34:48.38\00:34:51.02
if you can't get out there.
00:34:51.05\00:34:52.42
And that's going to
be the next step there.
00:34:52.45\00:34:54.69
So tell us some of the stories.
00:34:55.69\00:34:57.03
I'm sure you have some
amazing stories of what's
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.39
taking place.
00:34:58.43\00:35:00.00
~ I want to, just as
we're transferring, and maybe
00:35:00.03\00:35:02.33
that's a story that's worth it.
00:35:02.36\00:35:03.90
Because I am sure that
we're going to find new stories
00:35:03.93\00:35:08.14
and hear new things of how
God is going to use an app.
00:35:08.17\00:35:12.01
But just as we were in
this transition, we got this
00:35:12.21\00:35:16.18
letter from one of our
viewers that described how they
00:35:16.68\00:35:20.55
had gotten to find us on tv.
00:35:20.58\00:35:22.48
And it was just so unique
00:35:22.52\00:35:23.85
because we
didn't know the story.
00:35:23.89\00:35:25.62
We have seen their name come
in occasionally as they would
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.56
order different things
and be in interaction with us,
00:35:28.59\00:35:30.93
but now they went
back and told the story of
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.86
how they found it.
00:35:32.89\00:35:34.23
And they described
how they had gone through
00:35:34.26\00:35:38.90
a very rough time in their life
00:35:39.50\00:35:41.90
where they had, I think they
had experienced health issues,
00:35:42.87\00:35:47.14
health problems.
00:35:47.18\00:35:48.51
And because of the
health problems and their pains,
00:35:48.54\00:35:51.55
they had been on sick leave
so long they ended up losing
00:35:51.58\00:35:56.08
their business,
financial trouble.
00:35:56.12\00:35:59.99
And as they were very low
in both health and financially,
00:36:00.02\00:36:05.16
they had a
homicide within the family.
00:36:05.59\00:36:07.73
And you're at that
bottom where it's like,
00:36:08.40\00:36:10.80
how much lower can you get?
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.67
How much more can you take?
00:36:12.70\00:36:14.14
And they described how
that there came this snowstorm.
00:36:14.64\00:36:19.17
And this snowstorm just
came blowing in through.
00:36:20.11\00:36:23.55
And as you will know
with the satellite dishes,
00:36:23.75\00:36:27.25
sometimes they're just
like magnets, you know.
00:36:27.28\00:36:29.68
And that snow
sits thick on the dish.
00:36:29.72\00:36:32.95
~ And then you can't watch, you
don't get the signal anymore.
00:36:33.59\00:36:35.66
No signal. And that's
what they were saying.
00:36:35.69\00:36:37.03
"So we have this, and
it blocks out the dish.
00:36:37.06\00:36:39.46
And there's no
channels that are working.
00:36:39.63\00:36:41.66
And we're flipping through and
we're not getting any signal."
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.93
Except all of a sudden
they're getting LifeStyle TV.
00:36:43.97\00:36:46.74
And they didn't
know the channel.
00:36:47.07\00:36:49.57
I don't know how physically
God managed to do this,
00:36:49.60\00:36:52.71
because every other
channel was blocked.
00:36:52.74\00:36:55.04
But the LifeStyle
TV signal went through.
00:36:55.08\00:36:57.81
And so they sit there through
this snowstorm and watching.
00:36:58.08\00:37:01.05
And watching long enough
that they're finding that
00:37:01.58\00:37:04.49
there's some of these
Bible programs that are just
00:37:04.52\00:37:06.89
ministering to their soul
and that hurt that they have.
00:37:06.92\00:37:11.19
Not coming from a
Christian background.
00:37:11.76\00:37:13.56
And as the snowstorm
passes, they're finding themself
00:37:14.00\00:37:17.30
continually
returning back to this channel.
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.83
And to me, this is just
such an amazing picture of God.
00:37:20.30\00:37:27.04
Because here you have
the God of the universe,
00:37:27.08\00:37:31.85
and He's looking down
and He's seeing this couple
00:37:31.88\00:37:34.78
that are just hurting.
00:37:34.82\00:37:36.18
And He's like, "Okay,
how can I reach these guys?"
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.46
And I can just imagine
God, you know, it's like,
00:37:40.49\00:37:42.69
"Okay, we can do
this. We can do that.
00:37:42.72\00:37:44.06
Now we're going
to send a snowstorm."
00:37:44.09\00:37:45.49
You know, and He causes
the snowstorm to block out
00:37:45.76\00:37:48.20
so that they can get
a signal into their tv.
00:37:48.23\00:37:50.77
And right in their own home
they're sitting and receiving
00:37:50.80\00:37:54.87
an understanding of God
and His love and His comfort.
00:37:55.70\00:38:00.38
And so they describe how this
started changing their life.
00:38:00.68\00:38:04.21
They started getting hope,
they started getting healthier.
00:38:04.25\00:38:08.42
They started
getting their health back.
00:38:08.45\00:38:09.95
And they're getting
their business back up running.
00:38:10.32\00:38:13.42
And all of it contributing
back to what God did that day
00:38:13.46\00:38:17.23
in that snowstorm.
00:38:17.26\00:38:18.59
That's just to me so
amazing with that God we serve.
00:38:18.63\00:38:22.46
~ That's inspiring, isn't it?
00:38:22.50\00:38:23.83
- God is alive and
well. - God is alive and well.
00:38:24.03\00:38:26.74
Any other stories?
This is encouraging.
00:38:26.77\00:38:28.24
Any other stories come to mind?
00:38:28.27\00:38:29.60
I know you guys are involved
with youth too, and other...
00:38:29.64\00:38:31.91
~ Yeah, let's see.
00:38:31.94\00:38:33.27
Well, some of
the things in health.
00:38:34.01\00:38:35.88
Because, I mean, we did
the health week this summer.
00:38:35.91\00:38:39.85
And there was a lady that
came that Theresa has known
00:38:39.95\00:38:44.22
for a little while because she's
come for some different things.
00:38:44.25\00:38:46.65
Martha.
00:38:46.69\00:38:48.02
And I think we have
a picture there as well
00:38:48.06\00:38:49.52
from a magazine where
we have Martha's story.
00:38:49.56\00:38:52.23
Which, actually, in this
next magazine we're featuring
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.96
her story in the magazine.
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.00
Tell us that story there.
00:38:57.03\00:38:59.33
Well Martha, going back a
few years, quite a few years,
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.87
she lived in
the south of Sweden.
00:39:03.91\00:39:07.48
And she had a
normal Swedish life.
00:39:07.51\00:39:12.38
Her husband was a pig
farmer, among other things.
00:39:12.41\00:39:15.55
And she was a
secretary, he had the farm.
00:39:15.58\00:39:19.99
And things were going well,
until Martha's health began
00:39:20.02\00:39:23.46
to be a problem.
00:39:23.76\00:39:25.26
And she got an autoimmune
disease, I believe it was,
00:39:25.56\00:39:29.96
where her joints, her hands,
she got to where she couldn't
00:39:30.47\00:39:35.57
even pick up a piece of paper.
00:39:35.60\00:39:37.11
And that doesn't work when
you're working as a secretary.
00:39:37.54\00:39:39.94
And so she was
forced to quit her job.
00:39:40.81\00:39:43.45
It was so bad that her
husband tells of one day
00:39:43.48\00:39:47.82
he went riding
with her in the car.
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.12
And he saw that when
she went to shift gears,
00:39:50.42\00:39:54.32
it was so painful.
00:39:54.36\00:39:55.69
He was afraid for her
safety, her traffic safety
00:39:55.82\00:39:58.69
out in a car like that.
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.76
When they got to a
parking garage where she had to
00:40:01.06\00:40:03.83
roll down the window,
it was a manual window,
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.63
she could hardly do it.
00:40:05.67\00:40:07.00
He says that two days later
there was a car with automatic
00:40:07.40\00:40:12.87
transmission and
automatic windows for Martha.
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.54
~ In the garage for
his wife. ~ That's right.
00:40:15.58\00:40:18.05
But that didn't
take away the problem.
00:40:18.08\00:40:19.81
She was really struggling.
00:40:20.25\00:40:21.58
And through a course of
events, she got in contact with
00:40:21.62\00:40:24.59
the same group that we
had at our place this summer.
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.32
The Steps For Life
group, the health professionals.
00:40:27.36\00:40:31.56
And she went to
a health retreat.
00:40:32.16\00:40:34.70
And she began to learn
different health principles.
00:40:35.00\00:40:37.30
At the time, she was taking
very strong pain medication,
00:40:37.63\00:40:41.67
but that wasn't
taking away the pain.
00:40:41.70\00:40:43.47
But at the end of this short
period of just with lifestyle,
00:40:44.14\00:40:48.61
she actually stopped
taking her pain medication.
00:40:49.54\00:40:53.05
And she went home, and when
her husband picked her up at
00:40:53.58\00:40:56.58
the train, he
was like, "Oh, wow."
00:40:56.62\00:41:00.02
And she began to tell him.
00:41:00.29\00:41:01.82
And the pain was less and less,
00:41:01.86\00:41:05.13
and she was
getting better and better.
00:41:05.16\00:41:06.63
Several months later they
were going to have a reunion
00:41:07.63\00:41:10.53
of this health group.
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.53
But her husband got sick
and ended up in the hospital.
00:41:12.73\00:41:16.10
But he was like,
"No, you have to go.
00:41:16.50\00:41:18.47
You need to get
more inspiration.
00:41:18.51\00:41:20.08
I've gotten a new wife.
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.64
I don't want to
lose my new wife."
00:41:21.68\00:41:23.68
Because she had even
been in a deep depression
00:41:23.88\00:41:26.38
before because of all the...
00:41:26.41\00:41:27.75
~ The chronic illness. - Yeah.
00:41:27.78\00:41:29.25
~ So such a
radical change in her life,
00:41:29.28\00:41:30.82
he's saying, "I
have a new wife now."
00:41:30.85\00:41:32.45
And this just kept going, it
kept improving and improving.
00:41:32.65\00:41:36.59
After several years she was
able to pick up knitting again.
00:41:36.62\00:41:39.29
She hadn't been able to do that.
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.00
Just her whole life changed.
00:41:41.20\00:41:42.80
She came this last summer
00:41:42.83\00:41:44.40
and she brought
someone else with her.
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.23
Her husband was there
too, they both were there.
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.14
She turned 80 this year.
00:41:48.17\00:41:50.04
She went on a several-mile hike
up in the mountains with us.
00:41:50.57\00:41:54.84
Just as happy as
could be, and fit.
00:41:54.88\00:41:57.35
You would never know
that she had had such a...
00:41:57.55\00:42:00.02
~ And this is what
is the amazing thing.
00:42:00.12\00:42:02.48
That the message of the
gospel, and the health message
00:42:02.52\00:42:07.09
as we find there as
well, it heals the mind,
00:42:07.12\00:42:10.53
it heals the body, and it
gives people a new purpose,
00:42:10.56\00:42:14.00
and a new sense, and a new life.
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.60
And it's so amazing.
00:42:15.63\00:42:16.97
And that's part of
what we're working on.
00:42:17.13\00:42:18.87
Then through tv,
through magazine,
00:42:18.90\00:42:20.97
and now this retreat center,
to be able to give people,
00:42:21.00\00:42:23.51
and to connect like that,
00:42:23.54\00:42:24.87
and to give them an experience.
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.71
And I think the retreat
center is unique from...
00:42:26.91\00:42:29.54
It's one thing to
watch it or to read about it,
00:42:29.74\00:42:32.08
but when you can go to a place
and experience it yourself,
00:42:32.11\00:42:35.22
and get out in nature.
00:42:35.55\00:42:37.49
For many people that
haven't had that opportunity,
00:42:37.52\00:42:39.99
you get some total
different experiences
00:42:40.19\00:42:42.79
and you take
things a step further.
00:42:42.82\00:42:44.89
~ What if someone is
watching right now and they say,
00:42:45.33\00:42:47.13
"I want to go to
this retreat center."
00:42:47.16\00:42:48.76
Or, "I'm interested in going."
00:42:48.80\00:42:50.40
How can they do that?
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.00
Well one of the good ways
would be to go on the website
00:42:52.03\00:42:54.07
There's a website...
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.07
~ I see that right there.
00:42:59.44\00:43:00.78
And so, that will be where
you go, and there you can find
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.75
information about
our general packages.
00:43:03.78\00:43:06.05
And this summer we'll be running
some new special packages.
00:43:06.08\00:43:08.65
- Special health retreats.
- With health retreats.
00:43:08.68\00:43:10.49
And health vacations.
00:43:10.52\00:43:12.05
And so that's an opportunity
to go and experience it.
00:43:12.09\00:43:14.72
~ Would I have to speak Swedish?
00:43:14.76\00:43:16.16
~ No, no, you wouldn't have to.
00:43:16.69\00:43:18.69
No, no. I mean, all of
the staff speak English.
00:43:18.99\00:43:21.13
And so there will be English
staffing and opportunities.
00:43:21.16\00:43:24.17
You get to experience a lot.
00:43:24.20\00:43:27.10
It's based on coming to a
place where you can relax,
00:43:27.14\00:43:30.34
you can get out in
nature, get physically active.
00:43:30.37\00:43:33.58
Experience some of these things,
eat good plant-based food.
00:43:33.88\00:43:37.05
And we have a
picture here of a boat.
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.28
We take people
out on excursions.
00:43:39.31\00:43:42.22
And here's one of the
boats on a local lake here
00:43:42.25\00:43:44.79
where we are taking the
guests out, and so forth.
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.86
So many different
things that we're doing
00:43:47.89\00:43:49.96
to try and get people just out
and experience this themself.
00:43:49.99\00:43:55.10
And so, these are just
some of the things that we do.
00:43:55.13\00:43:58.03
You know, as we were
transitioning to some of this,
00:43:58.17\00:44:00.74
it's unique again how...
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.30
You know, I think
we're all familiar with
00:44:02.54\00:44:05.04
what happened these
last couple of years.
00:44:05.07\00:44:07.31
You know, it's
like the cut-out years
00:44:07.41\00:44:09.81
that nobody wants to
talk about; the Corona years.
00:44:09.84\00:44:12.41
And before that, we
had been wanting to get
00:44:12.85\00:44:16.55
some more
rooms, some more space.
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.69
Because the retreat center there
itself, as we saw the picture,
00:44:19.15\00:44:22.19
is fairly large, but
there's only twelve hotel rooms.
00:44:22.22\00:44:26.80
And so, at times we need
to have a larger capacity.
00:44:26.83\00:44:29.76
So we'd been looking at, there
was a hostel down the road.
00:44:29.80\00:44:33.60
A little simpler accommodations.
00:44:34.04\00:44:36.04
~ Kind of like
an inn. Very nice.
00:44:36.07\00:44:38.44
But unique and quaint
and very nicely arranged.
00:44:38.47\00:44:42.94
So we were looking at that.
00:44:43.81\00:44:45.21
It opened up the possibility
where the owners wanted
00:44:46.41\00:44:50.39
to basically retire from it.
00:44:50.42\00:44:52.79
And it opened up
that we were able to
00:44:53.32\00:44:55.12
take over and buy this place.
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.49
And it's just two
miles down the road.
00:44:56.52\00:44:58.36
~ Yeah, close. - Yeah.
00:44:58.39\00:44:59.73
And so, we took this over
and we had all these plans
00:44:59.76\00:45:02.30
with these different
things we were going to do.
00:45:02.33\00:45:04.10
And literally, the
week when we get the keys
00:45:04.27\00:45:08.60
is the same week that
all of the restrictions
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.67
around the world
is being announced.
00:45:11.71\00:45:13.11
That corona
shuts down the world.
00:45:13.14\00:45:15.51
And everything there, I mean,
there were already bookings
00:45:15.71\00:45:18.58
when we took it over.
00:45:18.61\00:45:19.95
Everything was canceled.
00:45:19.98\00:45:21.32
And so, we're standing
there with this hostile.
00:45:21.35\00:45:25.05
And we've seen the providence
of God in being able to get it,
00:45:25.45\00:45:29.46
but all of a sudden it's
like, did we miss something?
00:45:29.49\00:45:32.73
Was this really God's leading?
00:45:33.43\00:45:34.76
You know, should
we really have...
00:45:34.80\00:45:36.13
And the owners, of
course, they were really happy.
00:45:36.30\00:45:38.40
They said several times, "Oh,
we're so happy that we sold it."
00:45:38.43\00:45:41.40
But they've been really nice.
00:45:41.80\00:45:43.14
We have very good relations.
00:45:43.17\00:45:44.51
They're still in the area
and they've actually helped us
00:45:44.54\00:45:46.34
on many occasions
with many practical things.
00:45:46.37\00:45:49.21
So we stood there for three
months, and there was nothing.
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.41
And praying and asking
God, "What do we do with this?"
00:45:52.45\00:45:55.32
And as part of another
mishap around the Corona,
00:45:55.78\00:46:02.49
another larger factory in the
area had closed down for a month
00:46:02.52\00:46:07.30
because of the
restrictions, but when they were
00:46:07.33\00:46:08.96
starting things back
up, something went wrong
00:46:09.00\00:46:11.60
and the whole place burned down.
00:46:11.63\00:46:12.97
But it was a very important
factory for the local business.
00:46:13.74\00:46:19.11
It was.
00:46:19.71\00:46:21.28
And so they needed to get this
built up really, really fast.
00:46:21.31\00:46:24.55
So they brought in
builders, electricians
00:46:24.58\00:46:26.78
from around the country.
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.15
And so, they had
about 30 electricians
00:46:28.35\00:46:30.42
that needed a place to stay.
00:46:30.45\00:46:31.95
So, they called up and said,
"Could we rent the whole place?"
00:46:31.99\00:46:34.66
They stayed at
your youth hostel.
00:46:34.69\00:46:36.02
~ They wanted to
rent it for a month or two
00:46:36.06\00:46:38.99
while they worked on this thing.
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.56
Well, that month or
two dragged into 11 months.
00:46:40.60\00:46:43.73
And it was like, the
Lord's providence that
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.74
here we thought we had this...
00:46:47.77\00:46:49.57
Because the income, it
helps to support LifeStyle TV.
00:46:49.67\00:46:53.24
That keeps everything going.
00:46:53.27\00:46:55.11
And here, God had provided.
00:46:55.14\00:46:56.71
He knew what was coming.
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.11
He was not blind
and, "Whoops, oh, corona."
00:46:58.15\00:47:00.88
No, that wasn't God at all.
00:47:00.92\00:47:02.25
- He knew and took care
of it. ~ So He had a plan.
00:47:02.28\00:47:03.85
So it's neat to see how God
works in so many different ways.
00:47:03.89\00:47:07.56
You know, it
could be a snow storm,
00:47:07.76\00:47:09.26
it could be a donation, it
could be causing guests to come.
00:47:09.29\00:47:13.03
And so, they signed up
and were there for 11 months.
00:47:13.06\00:47:15.40
And good connections as well.
00:47:15.43\00:47:17.13
But it gave a financial
base to help things run.
00:47:17.17\00:47:20.54
So God is good.
00:47:20.57\00:47:21.90
So in just the
last few minutes here
00:47:21.94\00:47:23.27
tell us about
media missionaries.
00:47:23.30\00:47:24.81
I know in the
past you've had that.
00:47:24.84\00:47:26.17
Are you still doing it?
00:47:26.21\00:47:27.54
Television is still a big
part. Media is what you do.
00:47:27.58\00:47:29.78
So what about media
missionary? Still, doing that?
00:47:29.81\00:47:32.01
We still do it.
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.38
We had to do a little bit of
a break because we couldn't get
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.58
visas during the corona crisis,
00:47:35.62\00:47:37.49
but that has been
cleared now again.
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.09
So we run a program, like you
say, called media missionaries.
00:47:39.12\00:47:43.16
And now it's a little bit
expanded from the media aspect.
00:47:43.36\00:47:46.19
It can be young people
that has a college education,
00:47:46.23\00:47:49.70
university degrees,
anything within media
00:47:49.73\00:47:52.43
that say, "Hey, I would
like to spend a year in mission.
00:47:52.47\00:47:54.57
I want to go out
and maybe practice,
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.11
used what I've learned,
00:47:57.14\00:47:58.47
but in a different culture
and a different setting."
00:47:58.51\00:48:00.44
Come be a part
of the media part.
00:48:00.48\00:48:02.34
It could be somebody
that has gone through
00:48:02.38\00:48:04.25
anything related to hospitality.
00:48:04.28\00:48:06.28
food service, housekeeping,
working with guests,
00:48:06.68\00:48:10.35
activities for the
guests in taking them out.
00:48:10.39\00:48:13.05
So it could be a lot of
these different aspects as well
00:48:13.42\00:48:15.92
that young people
may have an education in,
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.93
a practice in, and say, "Hey, I
would like to help out in this."
00:48:18.96\00:48:21.80
So we take young
people for typically
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.17
we do it a year at a time.
00:48:25.20\00:48:26.84
For the hospitality, we
have opened up this summer
00:48:27.37\00:48:29.64
to actually take for 3 months.
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.14
So if there's young people
that want to come for 3 months
00:48:31.17\00:48:33.64
and say, "Hey, I want
to come and just help out,"
00:48:33.68\00:48:36.34
with kitchen, with cooking,
with working with guests,
00:48:36.38\00:48:39.68
for any of these
practical things,
00:48:39.71\00:48:41.45
that will be an opportunity.
00:48:41.75\00:48:43.08
They would be out of school,
they're here in the states,
00:48:43.12\00:48:44.89
they could come over
there and be a missionary.
00:48:44.92\00:48:46.45
For that, you contact
us and go onto the website.
00:48:46.49\00:48:48.92
It is called, mediamissionary.se
00:48:48.96\00:48:52.43
And there you will
get the information of
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.96
what we're looking
for, how you can contact us.
00:48:55.00\00:48:57.87
So that's the way.
00:48:58.13\00:48:59.47
And in general, if
people want to know more,
00:48:59.50\00:49:01.67
it's, lifestyletv.se.
00:49:01.70\00:49:04.07
That would be the website
for the ministry as a whole.
00:49:04.37\00:49:07.24
You can also get information
about the apps and how
00:49:07.28\00:49:10.05
you can download those things.
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.65
So that's, yeah,
we love young people.
00:49:11.95\00:49:15.18
It's great.
00:49:15.22\00:49:16.95
~ Yeah, amen.
Yeah, a lot going on.
00:49:16.99\00:49:18.69
It's a blessing to be
involved in ministry, isn't it?
00:49:18.72\00:49:20.46
~ That is true.
00:49:20.49\00:49:21.89
You know, as you're in
ministry and you started out
00:49:21.92\00:49:25.26
17 years ago, right, you
had no idea where you'd be
00:49:25.29\00:49:28.86
that many years later, right.
00:49:29.16\00:49:30.50
But just look how God has
expanded and grown the ministry.
00:49:30.53\00:49:33.17
So you've got someone,
let's say, right now at home
00:49:33.20\00:49:35.17
that's saying, "Wow, I feel
impressed to start a ministry."
00:49:35.20\00:49:37.31
What would you say to them?
00:49:37.34\00:49:38.67
They may not have
anything, and maybe like, "Well,
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.48
maybe I should wait
a little bit longer.
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.01
I don't quite have
the building, or facility,
00:49:42.04\00:49:43.55
or the money, or whatever."
00:49:43.58\00:49:44.91
What would you say to
them about they feel impressed?
00:49:44.95\00:49:47.02
What do they need to do?
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Well, you know, there's
a Bible text, I believe,
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in Ecclesiastes that
talks about not watching the
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wind or the sun, the weather,
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you know, for the
perfect condition.
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Because so often
that's what we do.
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We want everything to
line up and be perfect.
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We've just learned that if God
impresses you to do something,
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step out and do it.
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And yes, you may be
in way over your head,
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but God will be there.
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And He will lead, He will guide.
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I've seen it here at 3ABN.
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We have seen it
in our own ministry.
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And it's just so amazing to see.
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Yes, it blesses a lot of people,
but what it does to your own
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faith, your own experiences.
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And no, they're
not all glorious,
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it's not all just miracles.
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It's on your knees, it's in
tears, and many other things.
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And I'm sure you've had
some tearful nights, you know,
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where you sit and you cry.
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You know, just work with God.
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But those experiences of
seeing God work is so powerful.
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- They're so rich.
Even the hard experiences.
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They give you an experience with
God that you would never get.
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You know, I think
God is a God of activity.
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God is a God of work.
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And when we enter
into work with Him,
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we're entering into
fellowship with Him.
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You know, the people you
work with can be some of the
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closest friends.
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And that can be
the same with God
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as we work with Him.
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We believe in the
ministry of LifeStyle TV.
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We believe in what God
is doing in and through
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Claus and Theresa, and
their team there in Sweden.
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So we want to
give you an opportunity
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to become involved in
this incredible ministry.
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Whether it's by
your financial donations,
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whether you want to
go to the retreat center,
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whether you want to
be a media missionary
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and become involved
in ministry yourself,
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here is how you can contact
LifeStyle TV for yourself.
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