I want to spend my life
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mending broken people.
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I want to spend my life
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removing pain.
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Lord, let my words
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heal a heart that hurts.
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people...
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people.
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Hello friends.
Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang
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and I am joined
with my wife Angela.
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Always good to have you, honey.
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I'm always happy to be here
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and any day above
the ground is a good day.
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We are above the
ground and so are you.
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That's right. And we
have a wonderful program
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today talking about
how God moves in lives.
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How God increases our grace,
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and you'll find out what
I mean by that in a moment.
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But before we
introduce our guests
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and get into the program
thank you for your prayers
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and your financial
support of 3ABN. As you know,
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we are continuing to go and grow
getting ready for the return
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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And so whatever you do for this
ministry, whether you volunteer
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or you send your finances,
we thank you very much for it.
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Now before we go into the
program we have some music
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today, honey. Yes!
Ryan Day is going to share
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a song entitled
With All My Heart.
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In this quiet place with You
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I bow before Your throne.
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I bear the deepest part of me
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to You and You alone.
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I keep no secrets
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for there is no
thought You have not known.
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I bring my best and all the rest
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to You and lay them down.
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With all my heart
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I want to love You, Lord.
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And live my life
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each day to know You more.
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All that is in me
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is Yours completely.
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I'll serve You only
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with all my
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heart.
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You faithfully supply my needs
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according to Your plans.
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So help me,
Lord, to seek Your face
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before I seek Your hand.
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And I trust You
know what's best for me
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when I don't understand.
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Then follow in obedience
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in every circumstance.
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With all my heart
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I want to love You, Lord.
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And live my life
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each day to know You more.
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All that is in me
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is Yours completely.
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I'll serve You
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only...
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I'll serve You only...
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with all my
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heart.
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Thank you so much, Ryan.
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Wasn't that wonderful?
Yes. That's what we want to do.
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That's right.
With all our hearts.
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And that song was
sung at my ordination. Yes!
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In 1995. Yes, it was... yes!
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Took me back there.
Thank you, Ryan, for that
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wonderful ministry -
yes - not just a song
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which really talks
about our guests today.
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Why don't we go ahead and
introduce our guests? We have
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Reva Moore and Mary
Grace. Welcome ladies.
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And you are with Adopt
a Minister International?
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Wow! That's an
interesting title.
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But tell us about who you
are and where you're from first.
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Let's start with Reva.
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OK, I'm Reva Moore. I'm
from Baton Rouge, LA. Yes.
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Originally from the Philippines
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from 50-something years ago.
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What part in the
Philippines? Where? Romblon.
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Hmm. Visayas
OK... The Visayas, yes.
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Aah... very good.
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All right... Mary
Grace. Tell us about...
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Now many of you have
seen Mary Grace play the piano
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in such a beautiful
way. And Mary Grace, welcome.
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We're going to get
to know who she is...
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a little more about
you. Welcome Mary Grace.
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Thank you for having
us. And where are you from?
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The Philippines. And I
live with my adopted mom Reva
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in Louisiana now.
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OK. You know I talked
about this before the program.
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And your name is Reva Moore
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and you're married
and when you got together
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"more grace. " I love that!
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He increases grace in your life.
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It's so good to
have you back here.
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Yes. It's been a while
since we've seen you, but
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the Lord is good. I want
to just kind of dive into
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your background a
little bit more. We know
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both of you are from the
Philippines. My heritage:
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I'm from the Visayas also.
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My grandfather. So it's
really good to know that
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we have some
connection here. Yes.
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But tell us a little bit
about you because you have
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a journey we want to talk about
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how God found you and
how God led in your life.
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Let's start with you, Reva.
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I come from a
family with ten children.
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I'm #7. Wow! OK. And it's
tough to go to school. Yes.
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So the only way to go to school
is if you can find somebody
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to help you. And my
father was a school teacher.
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My mother took care of us.
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And one day I kept
praying. I said: "God,
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send me somebody to help me. "
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Six months I prayed.
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And my sister said: "You
need to look for a pen pal. "
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A long time ago... that
was 60-something years ago.
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I was 14 years old and
I couldn't go to school.
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And my uncle came one day
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and brought a package
of old Review & Heralds -
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OK - that came
from Memphis, Tennessee.
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I saw an address
label on the package.
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It was kind of
torn up a little bit
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so that's what made me see it
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because I've been looking
for pictures... no names,
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no addresses. And I
saw this address label.
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I peeled it and I
didn't tell anybody.
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That night I wrote to a
Beryl McLarty from Memphis, TN.
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She was 75 years
old. Wow! I was 14.
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I have a picture there
of the family. Look at that!
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She sent me through high school
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and college:
Philippine Union College
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now called Adventist
University of the Philippines.
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AUP? AUP.
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We were there!
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And I found out
later it was the son -
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her son - who was
sending me. All that.
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Dr. McLarty.
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He passed away -
right - some years back.
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He was 98 years old
by the time he passed.
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And I got to come to America.
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They brought me over to America.
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This is why I said:
"God, I'm going to serve You.
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I want to give back
what You've done for me. "
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Wow! And that's the
start of the ministry.
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So you came to
live with that family?
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I came to live with the family
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and got married a year later.
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We have two sons, but
the sad thing is I have...
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my first husband
died at the age of 49
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with a malignant
brain tumor. Oh no!
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Couldn't be done anything.
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And I would dream... I
always had these dreams
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ahead of time and
I kept dreaming about
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building a house. We were
always building our houses.
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In the yard of my house
there's an old unfinished church
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looking like they see
in the Philippines. Right.
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And I said: "That's an eyesore.
What is that doing here? " Yeah.
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And for 8 years
I would dream that.
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I said... I think the
Lord was trying to tell me
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"Build Me a house. Build a new
house... build Me a church. "
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And my last
dream... When my husband died
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my last dream was like
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a beautiful big
church on this island.
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And I saw where it
was beautiful. As I said
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and then I heard a voice a
week after my husband's funeral
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that said: "Build Me a church. "
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Oh wow! And I said: "Where
am I going to get the money? "
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Then I remembered the
life insurance of my husband.
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I gave it all. It was supposed
to be my kids' college money.
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I built this church in the
Philippines on this island.
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I was instructed how big
it is. It is there today.
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You have a picture of
that? It will be in the video.
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In the video. Yes, yes. Wow!
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That's when it started
and I thought that was done.
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I'd done what I
needed to do, right?
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So we went to the grand opening
and I came back to the U.S.
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I had another dream and
in the dream, I'm seeing...
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I saw this woman in white
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and she said: "Come, I want
you to go someplace with... "
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She took me to this
house and we went inside.
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It was a wooden floor
and on the wooden floor
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I saw babies...
naked, malnourished,
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like they were abandoned there.
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Every foot or every two feet
was a baby just sitting up. Hmm.
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In one area it was
like a fenced-in area
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babies a little older. And
this woman in white told me
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"Take care of them. " Wow!
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Left me there, and I said: "What
am I going to do with them? "
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So I started with one
baby. I bathed the baby.
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I dried him up;
put clothes on him.
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I washed the floor and
placed the baby one at a time
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until I got done with them. Hmm.
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I had no idea what those were
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until I was
trying to put a minister
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to the church that I built.
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OK. And I said... I
wrote the mission and I said:
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"Can you send three
ministers? " They said...
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A month later I did not
hear anything and they said:
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"We cannot... so many of them
want to go to that church. "
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And I said: "What
do you mean so many? "
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"Well we have in that mission
alone 30 unemployed theology
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graduates here. No
salaries; they want to go. "
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And that's when I
realized. I said: "Why
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are they unemployed?
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I've lived in America for a long
time. Why are they unemployed? "
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"They have no funds. "
And then I started looking
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at other missions in the
Philippines. Come to find out
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of the 19 missions at that time
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there were at least 30 to 50
unemployed theology graduates.
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Wow! And these are
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students working through
the public. Some of them are
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the only SDAs in the family
- um-hmm - with a Revelation
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series or something
and then they get baptized.
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The Lord calls them and
then they are working students.
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It took them 8 to
10 years sometimes
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and then they
graduate with no funds.
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Wow! So the only way
they can make a living
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was if there's a crusade
they'll be given like maybe $30
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to help with that.
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And God put that
burden in my heart:
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"You have to
take care of them. "
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And I said: "How am
I going to do this? "
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But for six months
every 2 o'clock in the morning
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I feel like Jesus
would stand by my bed.
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I was a widow at this time.
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And He'd say:
"Wake up! Wake up! "
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Every 2 o'clock in the
morning I felt Him waking me up
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to say: "What are you
going to do with them? "
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And I said: "What am I
going to do? " I'd just cry.
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I would sit on
my bed and I'd say:
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"Find somebody else; I
don't know what to do. "
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But He kept at me.
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I was still working full-time
and one day God made it happen.
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I was going to speak at
a Gulfport Women's Ministry
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meeting, and after I
talked I was talking about
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maybe building a church school
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what came out of my mouth
are these hundreds of unemployed
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theology graduates. And when
I went out after the meeting
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there was a Filipino man. The
only one! He was just visiting
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an all-White church - wow!
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and he had tears in his eyes.
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He said: "I want
to adopt 6 of them. "
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What? And then there
was an American doctor
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that is still our sponsor today:
"I want to adopt one of them. "
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That started it. And I said: "OK
I'll send him $130 a month. "
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This was 23 years ago.
Wow! It's still the same:
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$130 a month. A month!
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That's all we can give.
What can that do? The $130?
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Well it provides food
for the family I guess.
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I was always thinking
like: "How do they eat? "
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"How do they take
care of their kids? " Yes.
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But these are young people
who have been called by the Lord
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and so wanting to serve God.
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Wow! That's amazing. And
you came from a family of 10
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so you know what it's
like - yes - to not have.
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We didn't have any
clothes. Like if Christmas comes
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if you didn't get
a dress nobody does.
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Wow! So I'm so appreciative.
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So you know what
it's like to struggle
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so when the Lord laid... I
think that's the reason why
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the Lord laid it on your heart
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because He knew what
your humble beginnings were
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so you could identify.
Your country; your people. Yes.
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He brought you to
America not just to enjoy the
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the benefits of America but to
remember where you've come from
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and give towards that.
I want to talk about that
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in a moment here, but
I want to show this video
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because it kind of
encapsulates that. Yes.
00:16:44.60\00:16:46.94
Then right after that
we're going to come back
00:16:47.14\00:16:48.60
and talk a little
bit more with Mary. Yeah.
00:16:48.80\00:16:50.74
But tell us the
inspiration behind this video.
00:16:50.94\00:16:53.98
It's talking about the
dream that God gave you
00:16:54.18\00:16:56.48
and how that church
was built. I came over here
00:16:56.68\00:17:00.25
and felt like: "I'm going to go
back to school. I'm going to get
00:17:00.45\00:17:02.98
my Master's. I'm
going to get this. "
00:17:03.18\00:17:04.52
And I had the dream again
and this time I saw in the dream
00:17:04.72\00:17:08.32
where Jesus came and
it was too late for me.
00:17:08.52\00:17:11.63
All I could say was:
"Too late! Too late! "
00:17:11.83\00:17:14.66
And I put together this picture
00:17:15.06\00:17:17.90
that I put together... I
think it's in there, too...
00:17:18.10\00:17:21.17
and then I just
kept seeing dreams
00:17:21.37\00:17:23.61
what I will be doing in
the future. All of this.
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It's like God would
always say: "I will be there;
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I will take care of it. "
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Wow! Well let's look at
the video right now and then
00:17:30.31\00:17:31.88
after that, we'll come back
with some continued thoughts.
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Wow! Wow!
00:23:11.52\00:23:13.02
That was touching - yeah -
00:23:13.22\00:23:14.62
to see what God can do
00:23:14.82\00:23:16.49
and what He has done
00:23:16.69\00:23:18.33
through your
ministry Adopt a Minister.
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Looking at that
the babies on the floor
00:23:21.33\00:23:24.50
were the ministers.
They were the ministers.
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.47
They were the ministers
from your dream. From my dream.
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"What are you going to do
about them? " That's right.
00:23:29.04\00:23:31.27
And out of that first,
you saw 30,000 baptisms
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and then 2021 80,000
baptisms AFTER COVID.
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Yeah. Every year there's
at least 50,000 baptisms.
00:23:37.95\00:23:41.62
And building houses
for those who are unable
00:23:41.82\00:23:44.95
and providing food. And
not only in the Philippines
00:23:45.15\00:23:47.29
though: Rwanda; Zimbabwe, Laos.
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.89
Wow! This is continuing.
00:23:51.29\00:23:53.19
And then also the
medical aspects of it.
00:23:53.70\00:23:59.57
Oh yeah, yeah. I want
to come right back to that
00:23:59.77\00:24:02.04
but I want to bring
Mary Grace in here. Mary,
00:24:02.24\00:24:05.11
you're not a
stranger to 3ABN. No.
00:24:05.31\00:24:07.54
But as I mentioned before
and I want to reiterate this
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.98
if you're just joining us: when
the Lord brought you together
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.68
it was more Grace.
Mary, good to have you here.
00:24:12.88\00:24:16.99
Thank you so much
for having us here.
00:24:17.19\00:24:18.79
Now we have to hear the story
of how the Lord brought you
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both together.
Yeah, how did that come?
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When I was
growing up I remember that
00:24:23.16\00:24:24.99
I would pray and ask God
00:24:25.39\00:24:27.70
"I really would like to become
00:24:27.90\00:24:29.76
a missionary through my music. "
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.03
It was tough growing up.
00:24:32.23\00:24:33.77
I have... Kids
would call me names.
00:24:33.97\00:24:38.01
I was rejected and all
that stuff being born like this.
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You were born... with a stub.
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.21
My right leg also
is eight inches shorter
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Really? And it only
has three toes. Wow!
00:24:48.18\00:24:51.09
So I was born special I guess.
00:24:51.29\00:24:52.62
But it was really
though growing up.
00:24:52.65\00:24:55.19
I was... I felt
so all alone. Oh...
00:24:55.39\00:24:59.79
I cried myself to sleep
00:25:00.00\00:25:01.73
and every time I would
look at myself in the mirror
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.80
I would cry. And
it came to the point
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.07
where I questioned
God: "What did I do so wrong
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.94
to deserve being
born like this? "
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.87
However, Grandma... I am
so blessed to have a Grandma
00:25:12.27\00:25:15.18
who taught me about
Jesus? and she told me that
00:25:15.38\00:25:18.08
Jesus loved me
regardless of how I looked.
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So that's what I did.
00:25:22.22\00:25:24.09
Every time I felt
alone I would talk to Jesus.
00:25:24.29\00:25:26.39
And looking back now I
realize what I went through
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.42
when I was growing up it
led me to God. It brought me
00:25:29.62\00:25:33.53
so much closer to Him.
00:25:33.73\00:25:35.43
I didn't have
anybody but I had God.
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And I realize now that
He is really all I needed.
00:25:37.77\00:25:40.84
That's right! And so
when I came here back in 2001
00:25:41.04\00:25:46.68
my adopted mom Reva's
sister I did a concert
00:25:47.91\00:25:52.08
in Alexandria, Louisiana,
00:25:52.28\00:25:53.95
and that's where we first met.
00:25:54.15\00:25:57.19
And when we met
we bonded right away.
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.79
And I praise God
because He made this possible
00:25:59.99\00:26:03.83
and now I'm giving
concerts for Adopt a Minister.
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.29
Now how did you learn how
to play the piano? At what age?
00:26:06.49\00:26:10.97
Six years old... and Grandma,
00:26:11.17\00:26:13.70
she had to go
through three piano teachers
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.77
before she was able to find
one who was willing to take me.
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.81
I remember she made a bargain.
00:26:20.01\00:26:22.14
And the first piano
teacher that we went to, though,
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.31
told us that we were just
wasting both our time and hers
00:26:24.51\00:26:27.85
and she told us that I would
never be able to play the piano
00:26:28.05\00:26:30.82
at all. Hmm. But thank
God Grandma didn't give up,
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.86
you know, until she
was able to find one.
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.62
And she made a bargain
with the fourth teacher
00:26:35.82\00:26:37.83
and she told the teacher:
"You can teach Mary Grace
00:26:38.03\00:26:40.40
even with her left hand
only and I'll pay for the price
00:26:40.60\00:26:43.40
of both hands. " Wow!
So the first few months
00:26:43.60\00:26:46.53
I played the piano
using my left hand only.
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.40
But later on, we realized
that I could also use my stub.
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.04
I modify the pieces that I play.
00:26:52.27\00:26:54.64
My stub plays mainly
the melody and my left hand
00:26:54.84\00:26:57.75
picks up the rest of
the chords for the right.
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.71
Wow! And we've heard your music.
00:26:59.91\00:27:01.45
I remember my first
time hearing you play.
00:27:01.85\00:27:05.92
In the video, it started
with this side of the piano.
00:27:06.12\00:27:09.52
I didn't see your hand and
I'm hearing it: "What wonderful
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.89
music! " Then I saw that
you were playing with your stub
00:27:12.09\00:27:14.93
and I thought:
"What is my excuse? "
00:27:15.13\00:27:17.20
Really! My wife and I always say
00:27:17.60\00:27:20.67
"I want to take piano lessons. "
00:27:20.87\00:27:22.60
We don't do that.
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.14
We're going to eventually do
that but you are an inspiration.
00:27:24.27\00:27:26.57
Oh thank you. To
know that God did not...
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.64
God is not limited -
00:27:28.84\00:27:30.18
yes - by our inability. Yes.
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.45
I would say
it's not our capacity
00:27:33.65\00:27:35.82
but our availability.
And "I can do all things
00:27:36.02\00:27:38.89
through Christ. " Amen! Yeah.
00:27:39.09\00:27:40.49
And I know that
this is His purpose.
00:27:40.69\00:27:43.09
I would like... If I can
share my favorite Bible verse...
00:27:43.29\00:27:46.19
It's Psalm 139.
00:27:46.39\00:27:48.20
"For He created my inward parts.
00:27:48.76\00:27:51.23
You covered me in my
mother's womb. " Ahh.
00:27:51.43\00:27:53.40
"I will praise you for I am
fearfully & wonderfully made. "
00:27:53.60\00:27:58.67
Amen! "Marvelous are Your works
00:27:58.87\00:28:01.61
and that my heart
knows very well. "
00:28:01.81\00:28:04.85
And it is because of... I'm
sorry... I didn't mean to...
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.48
OK... that's OK.
00:28:07.68\00:28:09.02
It is because of my love for
the Lord that I do what I do.
00:28:09.05\00:28:12.22
And even though I had
to go through tough times
00:28:12.42\00:28:15.42
growing up, but the Lord
has never left me. Never!
00:28:15.62\00:28:20.26
Yeah... He was there,
and He has more than made up
00:28:20.46\00:28:25.57
for what I lacked growing up.
00:28:25.77\00:28:28.14
And He is so amazing
and I love Him so much.
00:28:28.34\00:28:31.04
Wow! That's why I'm doing
this: for His honor and glory.
00:28:31.24\00:28:34.14
That's right. Wow!
00:28:34.54\00:28:35.91
And so... So many
verses are coming to my mind.
00:28:36.11\00:28:40.15
Paul when he says: "In
our weakness His strength
00:28:40.35\00:28:42.65
is made perfect. " And so
you glory in your infirmities
00:28:42.85\00:28:46.76
that the power of
Christ rests upon you.
00:28:46.96\00:28:48.29
And you don't make any excuses.
That's what I like about
00:28:48.46\00:28:51.39
what you do. You don't
say: "Well, I can't do that. "
00:28:51.59\00:28:53.29
People only see what
you can't do, but God says:
00:28:53.50\00:28:56.06
"Hey, there's no can't
in Mary Grace's life. "
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.03
What a word; what a name: Grace.
00:28:59.23\00:29:01.34
You're showing people
what grace is all about.
00:29:01.54\00:29:03.74
So I want to get
Reva's side of this adoption
00:29:03.94\00:29:06.57
before we get together.
Does she have siblings?
00:29:06.78\00:29:09.34
Yes. When she
came... when I found out
00:29:09.54\00:29:14.72
this is the answer to my
prayer because I said: "God,
00:29:14.92\00:29:17.22
I'm working
full-time. I cannot do this
00:29:17.42\00:29:20.66
because 12 o'clock
midnight I'm still working
00:29:20.86\00:29:23.49
at Adopt A Minister.
You know I started with 60:
00:29:23.69\00:29:25.56
60 theology graduates
00:29:25.76\00:29:29.20
getting $130
00:29:29.40\00:29:32.30
and end up pastoring for 3 years
00:29:32.50\00:29:34.94
hundreds and hundreds of
them already are employed.
00:29:35.14\00:29:37.94
And we still have about 350
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.51
mostly new now.
Wow! So we keep 350.
00:29:40.71\00:29:44.58
And I said: "God, I need help.
" So this is when she came.
00:29:44.78\00:29:48.38
And then God showed
me again in another dream
00:29:48.58\00:29:52.49
that somebody
was getting married.
00:29:52.69\00:29:54.66
Come to find out I was
getting married... re-married.
00:29:54.86\00:29:57.29
And then I saw
her in the dream, too.
00:29:57.79\00:30:00.56
And so with the 3 of us:
00:30:00.76\00:30:02.53
my... Mr. Moore - J.
R. Moore - we do this.
00:30:02.73\00:30:07.17
D. R. does all the other stuff.
00:30:07.57\00:30:10.81
She does stuff. We
kind of work together.
00:30:11.01\00:30:14.94
It cannot be done by just one.
00:30:15.14\00:30:17.15
That's right. So I do
all the sending of funds.
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.72
She does all the receipts.
00:30:20.92\00:30:22.55
D. R. takes care of the
house and the driving for us.
00:30:22.75\00:30:24.99
Hey, we've got a driver.
00:30:25.19\00:30:26.52
That's right. On
the move for the Lord.
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.02
Wonderful. How many
ministers, do you have today?
00:30:29.22\00:30:32.86
We have about 350.
00:30:33.06\00:30:34.96
Three hundred fifty!
Some more are applying.
00:30:35.16\00:30:37.17
These are new graduates
00:30:37.37\00:30:38.77
but hundreds. I
don't want to make a count
00:30:38.97\00:30:41.07
because it's not my work.
00:30:41.27\00:30:42.60
And I feel like there's
over 1,000 already have been
00:30:42.74\00:30:47.28
so I do not count.
00:30:47.48\00:30:50.85
Right. You just say: "One
more, one more, one more. " Yes.
00:30:51.05\00:30:53.48
God provides. And so
always before we'd say
00:30:53.68\00:30:56.12
"Mom, I know... I know you. "
00:30:56.32\00:30:59.55
I know by name...
not necessarily by face.
00:30:59.75\00:31:02.79
But the older ones I
know by face and names.
00:31:02.99\00:31:05.73
So these ones now are new
graduates and it's just a list.
00:31:05.93\00:31:09.96
That's right. But I
met them last January.
00:31:10.43\00:31:14.50
Oh, you did? And they
all came with their blue
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.94
outfits and I said:
00:31:18.14\00:31:20.84
"I wish I would remember
you but maybe someday in heaven
00:31:21.04\00:31:24.31
I will say: "Yes, you
were our adopted minister. ' "
00:31:24.51\00:31:27.62
Like a Schindler. Exactly.
00:31:27.82\00:31:29.92
Now this is a program...
You just alluded to that.
00:31:30.12\00:31:34.09
Oskar Schindler years ago.
00:31:34.49\00:31:36.59
There's a movie
called Schindler's List
00:31:36.79\00:31:38.89
how he helped so many
people that were disadvantaged
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.76
during the time of the Jews.
00:31:41.96\00:31:43.30
And God just looks for
once again not our ability
00:31:43.47\00:31:46.63
but our availability.
00:31:46.84\00:31:48.17
And you said:
"Here I am... send me. "
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.31
And tell us about this
young lady that was singing
00:31:50.51\00:31:53.34
in the video. Oh yeah. I
was amazed. She was singing
00:31:53.54\00:31:55.68
on tune... not off-pitch.
00:31:55.88\00:31:57.35
Beautiful! Such
compassion and conviction.
00:31:57.75\00:32:03.25
That's my oldest granddaughter
Kaitlyn Sine Wallace.
00:32:03.45\00:32:06.72
And she started singing
when she was like 4 years old.
00:32:06.92\00:32:09.69
She sang before she spoke.
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.89
Wow! And she started singing
this... I don't know where
00:32:12.09\00:32:14.96
she learned all the songs from
00:32:15.16\00:32:16.50
but I said... we would video & I
said: "I'm gonna use this one. "
00:32:16.67\00:32:21.40
So when we were putting
this together I put the music...
00:32:21.60\00:32:25.67
She's 12 years old now.
All right! But she can sing.
00:32:25.87\00:32:29.14
She loves to sing for Jesus.
00:32:29.34\00:32:30.68
And she always
says when she prays:
00:32:30.71\00:32:33.21
"I want to share You to
the world through my music. "
00:32:33.42\00:32:36.55
Now when she prays: "I
want to share the gospel -
00:32:36.75\00:32:39.15
Your gospel - to the
world through my music. "
00:32:39.35\00:32:42.29
Wow! That's amazing.
00:32:42.49\00:32:43.83
Now your ministry we looked
at but there's a component
00:32:44.03\00:32:47.26
I want to come back to
because you not only are
00:32:47.46\00:32:49.36
working with people theologi-
cally and providing clothing
00:32:49.56\00:32:51.97
and food and homes for
people that are disadvantaged
00:32:52.17\00:32:54.17
that can't afford one.
00:32:54.37\00:32:55.70
But there's a medical side
that's just a part of the video.
00:32:55.74\00:32:58.17
Talk about that. And
there's a particular story
00:32:58.37\00:33:00.54
you want to highlight.
Just tell us about that.
00:33:00.74\00:33:02.91
Our ministers
usually will go door-to-door
00:33:04.58\00:33:07.32
to give Bible
studies or do visitations
00:33:07.52\00:33:10.19
and they will run into somebody
with a huge gigantic tumor.
00:33:10.39\00:33:14.19
And they would take
pictures and send to me: "Mom,
00:33:14.39\00:33:17.13
can we help them? " And
I said... "You know... "
00:33:17.33\00:33:20.53
So what I would do is:
"Give me their story. "
00:33:20.73\00:33:23.40
And I would send it to
our newsletter and I noticed
00:33:23.60\00:33:25.80
that some of our sponsors
would rather give to that.
00:33:26.00\00:33:28.30
And so they do the surgeries
in our Adventist hospital.
00:33:28.70\00:33:33.38
And then there's
hundreds of them already. Hmm!
00:33:33.58\00:33:37.05
Our last one here... Last
night I just got a phone call
00:33:37.25\00:33:42.48
and I don't know
what they're going to do.
00:33:42.68\00:33:44.02
I said: "I'm going to
show his picture today
00:33:44.09\00:33:46.62
and let the Lord decide. "
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.56
Because as of now two
hospitals already gave up.
00:33:48.76\00:33:53.26
They said they cannot do it.
00:33:53.46\00:33:54.96
And I said: "Well you
know it's God that still
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.67
who wants to
make the decision. "
00:33:57.87\00:33:59.50
If this boy said: "I
don't want to die like this.
00:33:59.83\00:34:03.41
I know I will die. I
don't want to die like this. "
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.64
And what do you do?
00:34:05.84\00:34:07.98
Let's look at this picture.
We have a picture of him.
00:34:08.18\00:34:10.05
Oh... poor thing.
00:34:11.48\00:34:13.31
His ear is right here. OK.
00:34:13.52\00:34:16.05
He's young! Nineteen years old.
00:34:16.25\00:34:18.52
Nineteen! His name is Depoclite
00:34:18.72\00:34:22.16
and he just
wants to have a chance.
00:34:22.69\00:34:26.53
So these people that
donate finance these surgeries.
00:34:26.73\00:34:30.77
It depends on... like
we saw in the video. Yeah.
00:34:30.97\00:34:33.47
It depends. When I
make the newsletter
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.67
if they say: "We want
to help with this one. "
00:34:35.87\00:34:37.21
"We want to help
a church building. "
00:34:37.41\00:34:38.77
So it depends on what they want
00:34:39.17\00:34:42.41
and generally it's
like they would send...
00:34:42.61\00:34:45.41
I know it's for stipends. OK.
00:34:45.61\00:34:48.58
This is amazing. I'm
just really taken aback by...
00:34:49.65\00:34:53.05
What's a
Gumending? Gumending? Yes.
00:34:53.25\00:34:56.93
His story: This is a rebel
00:34:57.43\00:35:02.20
like in the
southern part of Mindanao.
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.70
They have classes:
Christians and Muslims.
00:35:07.14\00:35:12.51
And Gumending is
one of those. He was
00:35:12.71\00:35:17.35
paid to kill people. Hmm! OK?
00:35:18.81\00:35:22.15
He told his story. Paid to
kill people. It's on YouTube.
00:35:22.35\00:35:25.75
And one day he said a
bus ran over him to kill him.
00:35:26.15\00:35:31.93
Hmm! Well, he
didn't get killed. He moved
00:35:32.13\00:35:34.23
so the bus went back
and tried to kill him again.
00:35:34.43\00:35:36.50
Well he did not get killed
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.03
and he was taken to
one of our SDA hospitals
00:35:38.13\00:35:41.04
and there he found Jesus.
00:35:41.24\00:35:43.27
And during... while he was there
00:35:43.47\00:35:46.17
he was asked to go
and attend one of those
00:35:46.37\00:35:49.74
seminars in the
hospital area. OK.
00:35:49.94\00:35:52.51
And when they were
making an appeal and they said
00:35:52.71\00:35:55.78
"Who wants to get baptized? "
00:35:55.98\00:35:59.32
he couldn't move really. And he
said he saw his arm lifting up.
00:35:59.52\00:36:02.72
And they said: "Do
you want to get baptized?
00:36:02.92\00:36:06.23
Why are you raising your hand? "
00:36:06.43\00:36:07.76
"I don't know. "
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.07
Well anyway, he got baptized.
00:36:10.27\00:36:11.60
He was sent to Mt. View College
and graduated with theology.
00:36:11.67\00:36:16.04
Now he goes back
every day to his people
00:36:16.24\00:36:19.97
sharing Jesus with them. Amen!
00:36:20.18\00:36:22.71
We helped him. A miracle! Wow!
00:36:22.91\00:36:25.65
He didn't even know
his hand was going up.
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.65
The angel
probably raised his hand.
00:36:27.85\00:36:30.32
"All that you've done, you need
to give your life to the Lord. "
00:36:30.52\00:36:35.09
That's amazing. Beautiful story!
00:36:35.29\00:36:37.53
Mary Grace: what about you?
You had a broken femur? Yes.
00:36:37.73\00:36:42.26
Share with us about
that. That was back in 2014
00:36:42.46\00:36:45.20
and I was at Atlanta airport.
00:36:45.40\00:36:48.14
I was supposed to
be going to Boston
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.01
to play in one of the churches
there during their Disability
00:36:50.21\00:36:53.31
Awareness weekends, and I
was getting ready to board.
00:36:53.51\00:36:57.48
Since I am
wearing an elevated shoe
00:36:57.88\00:37:01.48
if I step on something
even as tiny as a tic-tac
00:37:01.68\00:37:04.92
sometimes it can throw me off.
00:37:05.12\00:37:06.65
I was standing in the jet
bridge, and the moment I took
00:37:07.06\00:37:09.52
my next step I fell
and I broke my right femur.
00:37:09.72\00:37:13.40
I was in Atlanta all by myself.
00:37:13.60\00:37:15.56
I travel alone most of the time.
00:37:15.76\00:37:17.60
And the first 30
minutes I didn't have any pain.
00:37:18.00\00:37:21.14
You can imagine how
terrified I was... I was alone.
00:37:21.34\00:37:24.04
So the first 30
minutes I didn't have any pain
00:37:24.24\00:37:27.58
so I was thinking maybe I could
catch the next flight back home.
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.95
Yeah... and I
prayed and I prayed.
00:37:31.15\00:37:35.92
I was terrified, and
finally 45 minutes into it
00:37:36.12\00:37:40.59
the pain was excruciating
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.76
that I could not
even lift my leg.
00:37:42.96\00:37:45.46
So they had to take me to
a nearby hospital in Atlanta.
00:37:45.86\00:37:49.06
I stayed there for about a week
00:37:49.26\00:37:51.57
and my adoptive parents...
they drove from Baton Rouge
00:37:51.77\00:37:54.30
to pick me up.
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.57
And then after that we
drove back to Baton Rouge.
00:37:56.77\00:37:59.91
I saw a local orthopedic
surgeon and they did an X-ray
00:38:00.11\00:38:04.35
only to find out that the
bones were not connecting.
00:38:04.55\00:38:07.42
But prior to that, I
had never been to a hospital
00:38:07.62\00:38:10.79
or seen a doctor all my
life - Wow! up to that day.
00:38:10.99\00:38:13.49
And I started to
question God, you know? Yes.
00:38:13.89\00:38:17.13
And I kind of got mad at Him
'cause it took me a long time
00:38:17.33\00:38:22.06
before I had finally
accepted my disability
00:38:22.26\00:38:24.70
made peace with my past and
something like this happened.
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.87
Right. All of a
sudden you say: "Why, Lord? "
00:38:28.07\00:38:30.64
"Now a broken leg? "
00:38:30.91\00:38:33.88
Yeah, but I am so blessed
to have a very supportive
00:38:34.08\00:38:37.41
and prayerful support
system and they made me realize
00:38:37.61\00:38:40.88
that I should thank God instead.
00:38:41.08\00:38:42.72
Why? Because had it
been my good leg or arm
00:38:42.92\00:38:45.42
or had it been my stub
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.29
it probably would
have been worse, you know?
00:38:47.49\00:38:49.22
Right. The devil was trying
to stop me from serving God
00:38:49.42\00:38:52.19
but I'm glad I know
to whom I belong. Amen!
00:38:52.39\00:38:55.30
That's right. Did you ever
go back and do the concert? Yes!
00:38:55.50\00:38:57.30
Finally two months
later... two months later
00:38:57.50\00:39:00.57
I went back there and
gave a concert at the church.
00:39:00.77\00:39:04.04
Ohh... The devil
tried to stop you. Yeah.
00:39:04.24\00:39:06.11
You're living on God's
grace... no pun intended here.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.84
You needed grace
all the way through
00:39:10.05\00:39:12.35
and you have to see
that these hiccups in life
00:39:12.65\00:39:17.15
don't prevent God's
work from continuing.
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.62
I usually end my...
Whenever I do a concert
00:39:19.82\00:39:22.52
one of my favorite
pieces is My Tribute to God.
00:39:22.72\00:39:27.50
To God be the glory.
00:39:27.70\00:39:29.03
And you know just the words of
the song: "How can I say thanks
00:39:29.06\00:39:33.23
for the things
You have done for me?
00:39:33.44\00:39:35.50
Things so undeserved... yet You
gave to prove your love for me.
00:39:35.90\00:39:41.01
The voices of a million angels
00:39:41.21\00:39:42.94
could not express my gratitude.
00:39:43.14\00:39:45.91
All that I am
and ever hope to be
00:39:46.11\00:39:49.98
I owe it all to Thee. "
00:39:50.49\00:39:55.26
To God be the glory!
That song is so inspired. Yes!
00:39:55.46\00:39:58.66
You know, you're
making us choke up here.
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.63
That's not supposed to happen.
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.26
I'm sorry. It's OK... it's fine.
00:40:02.46\00:40:05.83
But that's once
again more grace.
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.10
God's grace is
sufficient for us. Yes!
00:40:08.30\00:40:11.17
And then coming
back to you, Mrs. Moore.
00:40:12.11\00:40:15.54
Talk about the Filipino church.
00:40:15.94\00:40:19.85
Oh the church... yes, yes.
00:40:20.05\00:40:22.02
That's been guarded by
angels from the sea pirates.
00:40:22.22\00:40:25.05
OK. They told me
that's the only place
00:40:25.25\00:40:28.96
near the ocean - OK, it has
a beach - that's the only place
00:40:29.16\00:40:32.79
that's not
entered by sea pirates.
00:40:32.99\00:40:36.93
And then I found out...
I remember the story where
00:40:37.13\00:40:40.10
the neighbors would see this
00:40:40.30\00:40:44.04
white... woman in white...
00:40:44.24\00:40:46.94
had built a guest house there.
00:40:47.14\00:40:49.54
This was shown to me in a dream.
00:40:49.74\00:40:51.58
So it took like...
2000 we built the church.
00:40:51.78\00:40:55.02
2011 we built
this 2-story house.
00:40:55.22\00:40:58.15
Everything there I said:
"Wow! I saw them in my dream. "
00:40:58.35\00:41:01.09
So what the neighbors are saying
00:41:01.29\00:41:04.33
is that they would see
this white... woman in white
00:41:04.53\00:41:07.86
walk from the
front of the guest house,
00:41:08.06\00:41:10.37
go along around the church,
00:41:10.57\00:41:15.00
and this is how it's guarded
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.87
because it's away from the town.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.88
It's right there.
Easily vulnerable -
00:41:21.04\00:41:23.45
VERY vulnerable - if
people decide to attack it.
00:41:23.65\00:41:25.45
And so I just say: "God,
it's Yours. It's not mine. "
00:41:25.65\00:41:28.98
When they see that white lady
there they're scared to even
00:41:29.18\00:41:32.72
go there. Guarding the church!
00:41:32.92\00:41:35.49
"The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them. " Amen!
00:41:35.69\00:41:37.86
And I have
another angel story. Yes!
00:41:38.06\00:41:40.93
I would send my funds... We
have a Philippine coordinator
00:41:41.63\00:41:45.53
named Darlene over in Davao
00:41:45.73\00:41:48.57
and I would send
the money to her.
00:41:48.77\00:41:52.04
And used to that she
would give the money, the cash.
00:41:52.24\00:41:55.94
OK. She would go
to the bank, whatever.
00:41:56.14\00:41:58.45
This was years ago.
00:41:58.65\00:42:00.15
And they were wondering like
00:42:00.35\00:42:04.82
people would see like
why is she sitting there?
00:42:05.02\00:42:10.76
and there's another person.
00:42:10.96\00:42:12.53
They would see an
angel guarding her
00:42:12.93\00:42:14.50
at the restaurant or... Oh my!
00:42:14.70\00:42:18.27
And it's like... The
motorcycle? On the motorcycle.
00:42:18.47\00:42:21.20
The tricycle. You know
they have tricycles over there.
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.61
Well, she had to pay for two.
00:42:23.81\00:42:26.61
She's the only one there. What?
00:42:26.81\00:42:29.11
So these angels are real!
00:42:29.31\00:42:31.38
She couldn't even see the
angel but other people did.
00:42:31.58\00:42:34.98
Yeah. And now we've
made it a lot better
00:42:35.18\00:42:39.15
where she
doesn't touch the cash.
00:42:39.35\00:42:41.59
I send the stipends
00:42:42.09\00:42:44.26
and all she does is transfer
through her bank account now.
00:42:44.46\00:42:47.30
The deputy minister has
a change... bank account...
00:42:47.50\00:42:51.80
so she never touches
money... just transferring.
00:42:52.00\00:42:54.20
The angel did
that too, in a sense.
00:42:54.40\00:42:56.00
That's
beautiful! That's amazing.
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.57
You can't doubt
some of these things.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.38
The people are saying
you have to pay for two.
00:43:00.58\00:43:02.04
"I'm by myself...
what do you mean? "
00:43:02.54\00:43:04.78
"No, the lady with you. " Yeah,
when she was... they asked her
00:43:04.98\00:43:09.05
"Your companion
on the stool there. "
00:43:09.25\00:43:13.36
And she doesn't even see. No.
00:43:14.49\00:43:16.36
Now I want to talk about
some of your ministry needs.
00:43:16.56\00:43:19.79
You have some great
stories we might come back to
00:43:20.00\00:43:21.46
but talk about some of
the ministry needs. Yes!
00:43:21.66\00:43:23.37
You made it obviously apparent
that there are ministers...
00:43:23.57\00:43:26.33
you don't even keep
track of how many...
00:43:26.53\00:43:28.07
that are still graduating.
Their needs are still there.
00:43:28.27\00:43:30.91
Houses still need to be
built; people cannot afford
00:43:31.07\00:43:34.04
basic needs. The medical
needs. Talk about some of those
00:43:34.24\00:43:37.11
because we have
people watching and listening
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.38
that may say: "Hey, I
can't go to the Philippines
00:43:39.58\00:43:41.52
or Zimbabwe or Laos or
Rwanda but I can help. "
00:43:41.72\00:43:45.35
Or the medical needs.
The medical needs, yes.
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.46
God decided that
through this ministry
00:43:48.66\00:43:51.03
so many of the theology
graduates that were not employed
00:43:51.23\00:43:54.43
right away are
able to get stipends
00:43:54.63\00:43:57.17
and then, however...
and they need churches.
00:43:57.37\00:44:01.40
So when somebody sends funds
00:44:02.20\00:44:06.68
normally it goes
to the stipends first.
00:44:06.88\00:44:09.91
I have to make sure.
We're late now by about a month
00:44:10.11\00:44:12.61
because we are low...
we don't have any stipends.
00:44:12.81\00:44:15.12
A lot of our elderly sponsors
in the last 23 years have died.
00:44:15.32\00:44:18.65
Are resting in
Jesus. So we need new ones.
00:44:18.85\00:44:21.29
We are willing to continue
doing this for as long as
00:44:22.32\00:44:25.16
we could until He
comes. That's right.
00:44:25.36\00:44:27.80
But we need funds.
00:44:28.00\00:44:29.93
And really every dollar donation
goes. We don't get paid.
00:44:30.13\00:44:33.97
We volunteer our
time. Our availability?
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.50
We have volunteered
our time. I like that.
00:44:36.71\00:44:38.87
Availability. So
churches. Food for the hungry
00:44:39.77\00:44:43.78
and for the patients. We
have so many patients but
00:44:43.98\00:44:47.58
we cannot really...
Only the very desperate ones
00:44:47.78\00:44:51.19
I can say: "I think I can
make an appeal for this one. "
00:44:51.39\00:44:53.86
You know? It's not like
"OK, somebody has a fever. "
00:44:54.06\00:44:57.66
Extreme cases. Extreme.
00:44:57.86\00:45:01.13
And so many of them
are serving the Lord today.
00:45:01.33\00:45:05.20
Non-Adventist but are SDA.
00:45:05.40\00:45:08.27
One has a son who
is a layman. Um-hmm.
00:45:08.47\00:45:11.44
A SDA. They found
Jesus through the surgeries.
00:45:11.64\00:45:14.78
Wow! Just beautiful!
00:45:15.04\00:45:18.78
That's amazing. So I
want to just briefly talk
00:45:18.98\00:45:21.08
to our audience because
they have some amazing stories
00:45:21.28\00:45:23.69
we want to come back to.
But you have been listening,
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.86
you've been
watching and you could see.
00:45:27.06\00:45:29.62
I make no pun about it:
God's grace is increasing
00:45:29.82\00:45:33.43
for Reva and Mary.
00:45:33.63\00:45:35.16
I even told them they
should start a ministry
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.33
called More Grace.
00:45:38.53\00:45:39.87
But you'll get the information
before the program is over
00:45:40.00\00:45:42.67
on how you can adopt a minister.
00:45:42.87\00:45:45.24
How you can help in
the medical outreaches.
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.64
How you can make a difference.
00:45:47.84\00:45:49.18
And what I want you
not to forget is that
00:45:49.31\00:45:51.01
Reva just said there are
many people that have sponsored
00:45:51.21\00:45:54.75
throughout the years
that can't do it any longer.
00:45:54.95\00:45:57.49
They've passed away...
they're resting in the Lord.
00:45:57.65\00:46:00.26
They have done their
work and through the ministers
00:46:00.46\00:46:03.36
their labor, their
works do follow them.
00:46:03.56\00:46:06.46
People being baptized;
people coming to the Lord.
00:46:06.86\00:46:09.10
There's also a story... I
want to just add this to this
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.90
about the person that
found Jesus while incarcerated.
00:46:12.10\00:46:16.37
Right. Talk about that.
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.11
So many of them actually
have found Jesus in jail.
00:46:19.27\00:46:22.84
I call it in jail. Um-hmm.
00:46:23.04\00:46:24.38
And I went to see
some of them. Last January
00:46:24.48\00:46:28.65
I went to the prison ministry
because we send money for food.
00:46:28.85\00:46:32.65
They don't have food
much if you're incarcerated.
00:46:33.25\00:46:36.49
And I would tell them
that... I spoke to them
00:46:36.99\00:46:40.50
and they have tears
in their eyes. They say:
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.50
"I was once an
elder but here I am. "
00:46:42.70\00:46:46.43
Or some of them... I
encourage them. I said:
00:46:46.84\00:46:50.41
"You know, whatever it took God
for you to go back or find Him
00:46:50.61\00:46:55.91
I'm sorry that it
has to be this, but
00:46:56.11\00:46:58.18
He knew this is the way.
" So many of them are there
00:46:58.38\00:47:03.75
and we have so
many baptisms in prison.
00:47:03.95\00:47:08.32
And they found Jesus. Amen!
00:47:08.52\00:47:11.03
That's beautiful! How
often do you get to go back
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.66
to the Philippines? I
don't want to go back actually.
00:47:14.86\00:47:17.70
It's so hard for
me now, you know.
00:47:17.90\00:47:19.23
The last time I went was 2019.
00:47:19.63\00:47:22.04
And then this time I
had no plans of going back.
00:47:22.24\00:47:25.31
It's hard for me to travel.
00:47:25.51\00:47:27.14
My sister said: "I'm
going to the Philippines. "
00:47:27.34\00:47:30.55
"OK... I think
I'm going to go. "
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.65
I said: "God, am I going? "
00:47:33.05\00:47:35.02
I have a dream notebook
where I write my dreams.
00:47:35.22\00:47:37.69
I'll look it up. I
saw where two girls
00:47:37.89\00:47:41.32
travel far away and
they met in some place
00:47:41.52\00:47:44.63
and the details. And I
said: "I guess I'm going. "
00:47:44.83\00:47:47.50
Wow! So I went last January.
00:47:47.70\00:47:50.17
Mary, have you gone? No.
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.63
Because I travel so
much and it takes 24 hours
00:47:52.83\00:47:55.10
I mean you know
from Louisiana. Yes.
00:47:55.30\00:47:57.11
That is a long way. I know.
00:47:57.31\00:47:59.41
And if you travel just
about every weekend for concerts
00:47:59.61\00:48:01.64
all over the U.S. Yeah...
00:48:01.84\00:48:04.15
Do that in Heritage? I know.
In Heritage, I used to do that.
00:48:04.35\00:48:07.32
But... So your ministry
is just continuing to thrive
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.79
but it does have needs.
00:48:10.99\00:48:13.36
And we just want to
let our viewers know
00:48:13.76\00:48:17.23
and our listeners, cause there's
some people listening on radio.
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.73
You know, honey, what's on
your heart when you think about
00:48:20.33\00:48:23.13
what's happening
here? My heart is FULL.
00:48:23.33\00:48:26.00
I'm just thinking what
the Lord is doing through you.
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.94
Both of you. You're ministering
00:48:29.14\00:48:30.67
through music and
you're ministering through...
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.88
You're here in the U.S.
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but your heart is
in the Philippines.
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And other times in Zimbabwe.
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That's right! And
in Rwanda and Laos
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and wherever the
Lord opens the door.
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How did those doors
get open for Africa?
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They saw us on 3ABN. This
is our fifth time on 3ABN.
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I thank God - thank you
3ABN - for doing this for us.
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And I would get students
from Rwanda or from Laos
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that say: "Mom! I want to
go to Mountain View College
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to take theology. Can I go? "
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So we have several there, and
they go back to their countries.
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After we sponsor
their... This is why we NEED
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more sponsors so that we
can help these young people.
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After they graduate they
go back to their countries.
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There are still so many coun-
tries that need to know Jesus.
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Yes! That's right. We
use the phrase and I notice
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in the video you did...
you had the word harvest.
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The harvest is ripe
but the laborers are few.
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It's amazing. I was
telling my wife: you know
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we didn't even know we were go-
ing to be talking to you today
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and last night I was
talking about the harvest.
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I said: "Wow! The
harvest is great! "
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And here we are today
talking about the harvest. Yes.
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No coincidence... not at all.
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God always works things out.
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He showed you. He
showed me and then
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we look at the
program and it says
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we're going to
talk about the harvest.
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Now Mary Grace, you
travel and play piano.
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How do you get your concerts?
How does that come about?
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Oh sometimes
through word of mouth.
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And a lot of them saw
me from 3ABN... which I'm
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truly
grateful... and so, yeah...
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I don't drive
actually and sometimes you know
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if you think about
it you go to a place
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where you don't
know anybody you know
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but I know that
God is there with me.
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And so far wherever I go
people have been very helpful,
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accommodating, and nice to me.
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Now you have siblings too?
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I have three
younger brothers. Oh you do!
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Where are they?
Actually two in Australia
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and one in the Philippines.
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OK... all the way. So you're the
only one here in America then?
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Yes. God has a
purpose for you being here.
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Do you both
travel together at all?
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Not yet but I'm so blessed
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whenever she
gets to come with me
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you know when I travel, yes.
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It's a full-time
ministry. Yes... yes.
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Wonderful! And
usually when I travel
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what I do is show a
video of Adopt a Minister
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to get the word around, but I
know that it's the Holy Spirit's
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job to touch peoples' hearts.
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I like how you work
together. Yes. Beautiful!
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You know I can't help but think
that our audience is probably
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wondering. I know that you
do not meet all the pastors
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that you've sponsored
but I can't help but think
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that one day the
Lord will say: "Reva,
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well done thou good
and faithful servant. "
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And the information that you
need to support this ministry
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is going to appear on
the screen in just a moment.
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We're going to take a short
break - yeah - and right after
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we'll be right back
for a few closing thoughts.
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