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Greeting to my 3ABN Family and
welcome to another Today program
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My name is Ricky Carter.
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I'm Jasmine Carter.
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And we will be your hosts today.
Glad you could be with me on the
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program.
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It's my pleasure.
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All right. Great. Well we've
got another power-packed program
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that I'm sure you will be
blessed with. And let me say
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thank you for your prayers and
financial support here at 3ABN.
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We greatly appreciate it.
It's great we can be partners
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together in the ministry of
getting the gospel out to the
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world. Well before we introduce
our guests Jasmine has two
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scriptures that
she's going to read for us.
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I'll be reading from Micah 6
verse 8: He has shown you O man
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what is good and what does the
Lord require of you but to do
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justly, to love mercy and
to walk humbly with your God.
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And I'll be reading as well from
John 17 verses 1-3: Jesus spoke
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these words lifted up his eyes
to heaven and said, Father the
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hour has come. Glorify your Son
that your Son also may glorify
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you. As you have given him
authority over all flesh that he
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shall give eternal life to
as many as you have given him.
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And this is eternal life that
they may know you the only true
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God and Jesus
Christ whom you have sent.
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Amen, amen. Well this is
the goal of ASI Bahamas Prison
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Fellowship Bahamas. That the
ministry we'll be talking about
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today. And this is the goal to
come in contact with all those
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to share about the true God and
Jesus whom God has sent. So in
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today's program we'll be
learning more about ASI Bahamas
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Prison Fellowship Bahamas.
So let me introduce you to our
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guests. Here to my right
first we have ASI Bahamas vice
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president for evangelism and
Prison Ministry Bahamas member
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David Williams. Welcome brother.
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Thank you very much.
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Good to have you
on our program today.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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Amen, amen. And then to David's
right we have ASI Bahamas
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President Ian Greene. Thanks
for being on the program Ian.
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Oh it's a great
pleasure to be here.
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Amen, amen. Well in just a few
we're going to learn a lot about
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ASI Bahamas/Prison Fellowship
Bahamas. But before we do that
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we're going to have our special
music. Jasmine who'll be giving
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our special music today?
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E.T. Everett and she'll
be playing I Will Serve Thee.
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Amen. I Will Serve Thee.
Beautiful, beautiful, right?
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Yes, yes.
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Thank you Sister E.T. Well if
you're joining us a little bit
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late we have two special guests
I want to introduce you to again
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We have David Williams and
Ian Greene. Glad you guys could
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be with us here again today.
And they're with ASI Bahamas/
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Prison Fellowship Bahamas.
So before we learn about your
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ministry it'd be great if
our viewers at home could get to
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know a little bit more about you
So David you start off and share
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with us.
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My name is David Williams. I'm
from the beautiful country of
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the Bahamas Islands which
consist of 700 islands and keys.
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Next to heaven, it's the
best place to be. And so I serve
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as an elder At the Redemption
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I also serve as the vice
president for evangelism for ASI
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Bahamas. I'm director of my non
profit. It's called Uplifting
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Men's Ministry and a board
member of Prison Fellowship
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Bahamas. And I want to say this
in my introduction. What is more
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important to me beyond every
thing is John 17:3: That eternal
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life is found in
Christ and Christ alone.
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Amen (in chorus). And how about
you Ian. You get to share a
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little bit about yourself.
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My name is Ian Greene. I'm the
President of ASI Bahamas. I am
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married to Michelle Greene and
we have four lovely children.
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Believe it or not their names
will surprise you because my
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wife's name is Michelle
my oldest daughter's name is
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Marissa which is my wife's
middle name. My son who's in the
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middle is Ian Greene, Jr. He's
married to Christina. And my
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youngest daughter, her
name is Michelle Greene. We call
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her Shelley. So we are a
close knit family. I am in the
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construction business for over
35 years now. I'm also a vice
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President of ASI on the
Intramerican Division and as
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you can see on this jacket here
I'm also the president of ASI
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Atlantic Caribbean Union. So
again my portfolio is full and
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my scripture that I always tell
people is: We need to learn how
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to honor our God. How do we do
that? By walking humbly with him
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How do we do that? Because we
need to actually show mercy to
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people, we need to be kind
to people and we need to let the
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love of Christ
shine through our hearts.
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Amen (chorus). Well I know that
a lot of our viewers at home are
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very familiar with ASI but for
those viewers that don't know
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about ASI, could you
share a little bit about that.
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Well ASI, Adventist Laymen's
Services and Industry, we are
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part of the global Adventist
church and our territory is the
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Interamerican Division. And
what we do is we try and get the
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church members involvement so
that there are no bench warmers
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in the church. When you join
ASI you join an army of workers.
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Rightly trained we will carry
this gospel to the end of the
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world.
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Amen, amen. That's great.
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Great. Can you share with us
how long you've been involved in
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Prison Ministries.
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Okay for me Prison Ministries,
I've been involved in Prison
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Ministries now for maybe about
at least 25, 30 years of my life
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I mentioned to you my nonprofit
men's ministry. We recognize
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the statistics indicate
maybe 70, 80 percent persons
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incarcerated are the males. And
I recognize that as Christ leads
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and directs us, Christ meets us
where we are. We all are sinners
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born in sin. And so the
same thing applies in Prison
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Ministries. You asked me in
terms of how long, why did I get
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involved in Prison Ministries.
Christ has called me to share
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ministry to persons who
can't give back. There's nothing
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glamorous about Prison
Ministries. You don't get to be
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in the cameras and say what you
are doing in prison ministries
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and so it has to be a passion.
Christ has to plant that in you.
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You see. And so that where
he led me into that ministry and
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like how Christ met us, Christ
meets us where we are. We're
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bottom down and he picks us up.
When you go into a prison okay
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when you go into a prison most
of the persons know what they
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have done, okay. But what they
need to hear is hope. And the
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hope presented to people in
prison that it is Christ. People
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today are trying 12-step program
10-step program. They don't need
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10 and 12-step program. You need
one step. That's Jesus Christ.
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Then everything else
flows over having Christ.
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Amen, praise the Lord.
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You sound really passionate
about this. Was there anything
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in particular that inspired
you to get involved in prison
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ministry?
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Well for me what inspired
me like I said I know Christ is
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calling me is being able
to minister to individuals who
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can't give back. Can't give you
praises or get in front of the
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cameras and say, David Williams
did this or David Williams did
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that. And so that's the
motivation. When you're in a
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situation like that it has to be
all Christ. He has to use you.
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He has to use what he's planted
inside of you. Why? Not for you
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but it brings glory to him.
(Amen) It brings glory to him.
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Because you recognize if Christ
doesn't do it the transformation
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of those individuals
could never take place.
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Amen, amen. And how has Prison
Ministry evolved in the Bahamas
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over the years?
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Over the years in terms of
prison ministry has evolved. In
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the past a lot of focus was on
church services per se, right?
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And we recognized that
we present Christ first and
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foremost and then you want
to equip individuals with the
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necessary tools. Example: Person
maybe faced with an anger issue
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A person may be faced with a...
they may be a sexual predator.
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You know and we could name
it. So no longer now in the past
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when you go there, you have
a church service and you leave.
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Persons are being educated,
they're being equipped with the
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necessary tools, an aftercare
program. So an individual has
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been incarcerated. In the
Bahamas we don't call them
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inmates. We call them residents.
See all of it is the power of
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this mindset of corrections. So
when we approach them they are
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residents, right? And then we
meet individuals on the street.
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And they approach you. You
say boy, I remember you. Said oh
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yeah from the church up on the
east. Our prison is located in
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the east. We actually call it no
longer prison. It's called the
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Bahamas Department of
Corrections. So evolvement takes
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place that we're seeking now
one of the things is what they
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call a cell block ministry. Only
so many individuals can come
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to the church or the chapel
or go to classes. But with cell
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block ministries you are
disbursed to the various cells.
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Persons who the chances are they
would never come out of there
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only for an exercise period
and as a result of it these
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individuals are being reached
with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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That's the power
of the involvement.
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Oh boy! How is this ministry
impacting the community.
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The impact of that when
transformation takes place
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people begin the see a
difference. Prison Fellowship
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Bahamas has we call it a halfway
house, a transitional home. So
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the impact is that when
individuals have run some
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programs in the prison we call
it job readiness. And so what do
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I do? Give me individuals
who have two years left in their
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time, put them in a class and
we prepare them for outside. How
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to fill application forms for
national insurance, you call it
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social services or something
else. Driver's license. You may
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need birth certificate, passport
You may need to know now how do
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you dress and interview. How do
you present yourself now to give
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an interview. A person who may
not necessarily work for someone
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I have someone comes who teaches
them entrepreneurship, preparing
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them, giving them steps for
their own business. So all of
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this is a part of the
preparation that when they are
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now returning back to society
they are now equipped with tools
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It's no longer you come out, you
stand at a gate, someone picks
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you up and you move on. No, we
are giving you these skills now
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so that from the day you step
out, right, you can now go back
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into society and blend in
and you have some equipment, you
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have some tools, you have some
skills like you can become a
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part of society. Another thing
I'd like to highlight. Today we
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have a challenge with the gender
based violence, the sexual
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violence you know very big
with our women and children
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and so again
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I've been blessed with the
privilege of training locally
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and internationally. That
I conducted a class actually
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at the Bahamas
Department of Corrections.
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It was the first
time it happened.
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My class had 25 registered
sex offenders, persons who have
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committed violence against
women and girls. And they were
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equipped with tools, I use the
word tools, skills. When I am
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finished with them we
then return them over to a
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psychologist, somebody who's
trained now to help prepare the
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transformation. But you
recognize now the greatest
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transformation has to come
through Christ. Outside of that
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they only have these programs
and you go back into society.
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And so all of this helps
in the preparation and the
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transformation of individuals
once they're returning back to
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society they are now prepared to
put the test, right, or practice
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what they have learned. Not only
that I have a national radio
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program in the Bahamas which
can be viewed on Facebook, Zoom,
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YouTube called
Transforming Lives along with my
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co-host Jackie Gardner.
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So what we do we
provide an opportunity now for
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these individuals if they desire
we take them to the schools
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to talk to the young people. We
take you into the communities,
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we take you to the churches
and we bring you on the radio to
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share with others now as to what
your life was like before and
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now what your life is like
when you met Christ and the
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transformation he has
taken place in your life.
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Well speaking of being
transformed, I think you have a
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video that shows us one of the
prisoners that was transformed.
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Is that correct? (Right) All
right, well good. Let's take a
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look at that video right now.
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First of all, I want to thank
the Lord for this opportunity
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to be standing
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here. Because from what
I've been through really I'm not
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supposed to be here. Second I'd
like to thank this group, the
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Seventh-day Adventist group for
what they have contributed to us
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who most people have already
counted out, so we really
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appreciate Mr. David Williams
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and the rest. We appreciate
the commissioner, chaplain for
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allowing this to happen. Now
since being in this program here
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with lesson this week and the
Prisoners Fellowship group. This
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has opened my eyes a lot. I
thought coming to prison was not
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the beginning of my imprisonment
What I have learned through
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Brother Williams and the others
is that I was already in prison
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when I was on the streets
and before coming here and
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taking part in these programs
actually released me from
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those prisons. They released me
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from the prison of drugs,
the prison of gang bangers
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the prison of interference,
feeling I have to live up to
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for in me and freed me from that
prison. I now realize that I am
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free now in these four walls.
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This program has
been great and, we want to
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thank you for Jesus's devices
because from the demonstration
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showing would benefit us a lot
and take us to another level.
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As a testimony of what the class
and this program has done for me
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I wrote this poem and I hope
it translates what I have gone
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through and where I'm at now.
It's call Whom Shall I Trust
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God Is Enough. The
winds are strong the waters
00:20:44.74\00:20:48.94
are rough. Trouble overwhelms me
whom shall I trust? The prince
00:20:48.98\00:20:53.38
of darkness who wants to kill us
or the Lord who blew life into
00:20:53.42\00:20:58.22
the dust. For the Almighty
is true and his reward is just.
00:20:58.25\00:21:01.46
The way is hard, but He
built you tough. Material things
00:21:01.49\00:21:05.03
I have not much. As long as
I have God I have enough. Trust
00:21:05.06\00:21:09.50
not in man like myself for in
times of calamity he cannot help
00:21:09.53\00:21:14.30
Trust not in money for salvation
is the true wealth. Ask the
00:21:14.34\00:21:19.54
Lord and you shall receive.
He only asks that you believe.
00:21:19.57\00:21:22.28
So I put my trust in God and
now I am free indeed. Thank you.
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Amen, amen. Anything
else you can share with us.
00:21:26.28\00:21:31.72
One of the things we want
to look at we want to thank our
00:21:31.75\00:21:34.46
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
for the partnership with 3ABN
00:21:34.49\00:21:38.89
because a program like we just
listened to can only happen with
00:21:38.93\00:21:42.53
facilitators there and over a
specific period of time. But now
00:21:42.56\00:21:47.70
that we have formed this
partnership with 3ABN we can
00:21:47.74\00:21:51.07
have programs running we call
it 24/7. And it is not necessary
00:21:51.11\00:21:56.51
that a facilitator has to be
there because with the wireless
00:21:56.54\00:22:00.48
boxes now we set them up.
00:22:00.52\00:22:02.58
We have some
pictures of that don't we?
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.09
Yes and they can constantly
run and that is the blessing now
00:22:04.12\00:22:09.49
and not only that there's an
appeal even for more TVs that I
00:22:09.52\00:22:15.76
can now place these in various
other areas of the prison and
00:22:15.80\00:22:18.93
they themselves now have access
to these wireless boxes and so
00:22:18.97\00:22:23.64
the program can be going in five
different prisons and in each
00:22:23.67\00:22:28.14
prison in different sections.
You see and so that's the
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.35
blessing of a wireless box
like that. You don't need the
00:22:30.38\00:22:32.95
internet. It runs 24/7.
You don't have to have a
00:22:32.98\00:22:36.99
facilitator there. And so it's
like they're sitting down and
00:22:37.02\00:22:39.35
watching a regular television
program. And I want to say
00:22:39.39\00:22:42.62
publicly thank you 3ABN for a
partnership like that with the
00:22:42.66\00:22:47.50
Prison Fellowship team, with
the Seventh-day Adventist Prison
00:22:47.53\00:22:50.87
Ministries with ASI. We know
that we're going to look forward
00:22:50.90\00:22:54.64
to future partnership,
Bible study, 3ABN has some Bible
00:22:54.67\00:22:59.01
studies specifically
designed for persons who are
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.38
incarcerated and any of the
equipment that we can use that
00:23:02.41\00:23:05.38
will go a long way in bringing
prisoners to accepting Christ
00:23:05.41\00:23:10.62
because above everything else
having Christ and having eternal
00:23:10.65\00:23:16.66
life must be the goal because
at the end of the day when
00:23:16.69\00:23:21.23
everything else has faded away
if you don't have Jesus Christ
00:23:21.26\00:23:24.30
nothing else matters.
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Amen, amen (chorus) Brother Ian
let's transition to you. So you
00:23:26.60\00:23:30.94
were telling us about health
ministry and that's a crucial
00:23:30.97\00:23:34.68
part of the ASI ministry.
Tell us more about that.
00:23:34.71\00:23:37.11
Yes. We believe at ASI like most
Adventists should the health
00:23:37.15\00:23:43.62
message is the right hand of
the gospel. And in order for the
00:23:43.65\00:23:48.52
work to be effective in these
last days we must be a set of
00:23:48.56\00:23:53.19
people that has a set aside
health that is next to none on
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.83
the planet. Therefore we've
engaged in health training in
00:23:56.87\00:24:01.97
every evangelistic outreach that
we do health is included. There
00:24:02.00\00:24:05.47
must be a health nugget. There
must be something said on health
00:24:05.51\00:24:08.01
We have determined to make
health the number one arm of ASI
00:24:08.04\00:24:14.88
so we've had a training set
in March of this year for the
00:24:14.92\00:24:18.02
entire month. Cynthia Bonas
has come all the way down from
00:24:18.05\00:24:21.42
Alabama to train about 67
individuals who attended the
00:24:21.46\00:24:26.26
course. To God be the glory, it
was a wonderful time. Mind you
00:24:26.29\00:24:31.13
many participants had to take
time off in order to complete
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.70
this training.
00:24:34.74\00:24:36.07
We have some photos
that we can show as well.
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.27
Oh that would be wonderful
because at the health training
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.48
we had a wonderful time and as
you can see now, this is at the
00:24:41.51\00:24:44.18
end of the training we have
a health expo where we practice
00:24:44.21\00:24:48.65
what we've learned. And so
imagine 67 persons going out
00:24:48.68\00:24:53.82
into the community and coming
together to have a larger net
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.19
in that. This one is our large
colon. It's very special. You
00:24:57.23\00:25:01.30
walk through it and you can see
all the problems that you may
00:25:01.33\00:25:05.03
encounter if you had colon
cancer. So it's unique. And this
00:25:05.07\00:25:09.80
is one of our training sessions
where we're sitting in the
00:25:09.84\00:25:12.04
classroom. Again we have a lot
of items that we do here. We're
00:25:12.07\00:25:16.75
learning how to make soap,
natural soaps. So it helps with
00:25:16.78\00:25:21.88
cancer, skin disease, and the
list goes on. And again we had a
00:25:21.92\00:25:26.22
wonderful time at that training
session. I'm praying that next
00:25:26.25\00:25:29.16
year when we do it again we have
even maybe a thousand people
00:25:29.19\00:25:33.19
there. Like my partner says, I
like to think big, when it comes
00:25:33.23\00:25:39.17
to ASI projects and mission.
00:25:39.20\00:25:42.54
Speaking of thinking big,
you were telling us about this
00:25:42.57\00:25:46.31
massive wellness center that's
in the works or you're thinking
00:25:46.34\00:25:49.78
of building. Can
you tell us about that?
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.71
Yes. Tranquility Bay is going
to be a one-of-a-kind health and
00:25:51.75\00:25:57.12
wellness retreat and farm center
Because in this particular
00:25:57.15\00:26:02.72
center we are going to involve
natural health like Uchee Pines
00:26:02.76\00:26:08.36
and Wildwood so it'll be natural
healing where we can invite the
00:26:08.40\00:26:13.84
entire world to come to
the Bahamas which has the best
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.47
sunshine in the whole world, the
purest air in the world and of
00:26:16.50\00:26:21.71
course when you're there you'll
experience a little taste of
00:26:21.74\00:26:24.01
heaven and healing and that is
unique. In order for us to heal
00:26:24.05\00:26:29.18
people we have to have the best
food. Where do we get the best
00:26:29.22\00:26:32.09
food from? Natural farms. So we
are going to start the largest
00:26:32.12\00:26:37.73
farms the Bahamas have ever seen
We're starting with a hundred
00:26:37.76\00:26:40.96
acres of land and every year
we want to add another hundred
00:26:41.00\00:26:45.93
acres of land. You know what the
good news about that farm is?
00:26:45.97\00:26:48.87
(What's that?) We have somebody
who is willing to take all the
00:26:48.90\00:26:52.61
food we can grow every single
year. We don't even have to look
00:26:52.64\00:26:57.35
for somebody to sell the food
to That in itself is an amazing
00:26:57.38\00:27:01.68
feat. God truly works miracles.
And our retreat center...well
00:27:01.72\00:27:06.65
you know sometimes churches and
businesses they just want their
00:27:06.69\00:27:11.19
workers or their members to take
a retreat. They're not sick but
00:27:11.23\00:27:14.73
they want to do something in a
large group, maybe 60, maybe 70,
00:27:14.76\00:27:19.07
maybe 120 persons. Our retreat
center will be able to house
00:27:19.10\00:27:23.57
probably up to 200 individuals
in one sitting. So imagine you
00:27:23.61\00:27:29.61
immersing yourself in the
Bahamas on the most lovely
00:27:29.64\00:27:32.25
beaches in the world, yeah
I must repeat myself. And when
00:27:32.28\00:27:36.15
we're doing things like this
again it helps to build bonding
00:27:36.18\00:27:41.62
and it helps people to remain
healthy. So we're not just
00:27:41.66\00:27:45.26
looking at healing but we're
looking at prevention because
00:27:45.29\00:27:48.23
prevention beats cure.
00:27:48.26\00:27:49.60
Right, right, right.
00:27:49.63\00:27:51.37
Does the place
also serve locals...
00:27:51.40\00:27:55.10
Oh yes. We have a special
health retreat where we have two
00:27:55.14\00:27:59.07
categories. One is called
premium and of course that is
00:27:59.11\00:28:02.41
going to be on the exclusive
side for those who can afford it
00:28:02.44\00:28:05.85
And we have what we call a
standard side of the wellness
00:28:05.88\00:28:09.88
center. And what we are planning
on doing is when we open up both
00:28:09.92\00:28:15.16
centers one will aid the other
so that if there's anyone that
00:28:15.19\00:28:20.53
needs help we will not turn them
down. So God has a super plan
00:28:20.56\00:28:25.27
for us to help as many persons
as we can. By his grace, we know
00:28:25.30\00:28:29.87
that it will come to pass.
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.61
Amen. You know our viewers
at home, they love hearing
00:28:32.64\00:28:37.81
transformative experiences and
I'm sure you've got some miracle
00:28:37.85\00:28:43.15
stories that you can share.
00:28:43.18\00:28:46.76
Tranquility Bay would be one
of them. Why I love this one is
00:28:46.79\00:28:50.33
because it took us two years
to get all the plans and the
00:28:50.36\00:28:53.06
details in set for it. Even
though God gave me the vision
00:28:53.09\00:28:57.13
from [20]17 and the vision was
really finalized in 2021. And
00:28:57.17\00:29:04.64
when that vision came together
there were a lot of obstacles.
00:29:04.67\00:29:08.14
And we just couldn't get through
them. But I'm going try and do
00:29:08.18\00:29:11.58
this as quick as I can because
truly this was miraculous. I
00:29:11.61\00:29:15.92
have a business partner of mine
who was sitting at a restaurant
00:29:15.95\00:29:18.29
one night and we actually at
Tranquility Bay were at a dead
00:29:18.32\00:29:21.96
end. We can't finish it.
But he's sitting at a restaurant
00:29:21.99\00:29:24.79
and he sees a guest in the
Bahamas. He walks up to her and
00:29:24.83\00:29:27.96
he says, Excuse me, why are you
visiting the beautiful Bahamas?
00:29:28.00\00:29:32.37
Could you give me one reason why
you're here. And she says, but
00:29:32.40\00:29:35.20
you know she's looking at him
because she don't know him and
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.74
she says well I can tell you.
I'm here because I'm interested
00:29:38.77\00:29:41.94
in health. He takes out a piece
of paper, writes my name on it,
00:29:41.98\00:29:45.18
and writes my number on it and
passes it to her and says, This
00:29:45.21\00:29:47.75
person is the person you need
to contact. He walks away. She
00:29:47.78\00:29:52.49
texts me. I don't recognize the
number but I respond immediately
00:29:52.52\00:29:56.29
And a couple few minutes later
she calls. So I said to her, you
00:29:56.32\00:30:01.76
know my name is Ian Greene. And
she said well I'm interested...I
00:30:01.80\00:30:05.70
said well I can help you. Long
story short. A week later we're
00:30:05.73\00:30:09.60
in Miami where we actually met.
And we're sitting down talking
00:30:09.64\00:30:13.78
Her husband actually is
a developer and he hears us
00:30:13.81\00:30:19.85
talking and I mention that
I'm a local contractor. So he's
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.28
talking to my brother. He
stopped at that moment and comes
00:30:22.32\00:30:25.35
to the table. And when he comes
to the table he said, You're a
00:30:25.39\00:30:27.86
contractor? I said yes I am. He
said I'm in construction too but
00:30:27.89\00:30:30.26
obviously, we are different
levels. So we began to form a
00:30:30.29\00:30:35.13
nice relationship. One month
later. His job is not going the
00:30:35.16\00:30:38.87
way he wants it to go. He wants
something to do for the next two
00:30:38.90\00:30:42.24
week. He said I got time on my
hands. You got any projects that
00:30:42.27\00:30:44.64
you're working on that I
can look at. What do you think I
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.14
said. I do. I have Tranquility
Bay. I said but this is a markup
00:30:47.18\00:30:52.18
undergoing and we've been
working on it for two years, we
00:30:52.21\00:30:54.28
can't finish it. I don't know
if you are going to actually say
00:30:54.32\00:30:57.99
that this is something I want to
look at. He said, give it to me.
00:30:58.02\00:31:01.39
I have a temp and in two weeks
we'll get it back to you. Before
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.76
two weeks he calls me up. Check
your email. I look at it. We
00:31:03.79\00:31:07.83
were stuck at 34 million.
When he sends it back to me the
00:31:07.86\00:31:12.40
project is now at 85 million,
totally completed. We now can
00:31:12.43\00:31:17.27
send it to those who have donors
The first two donors that got it
00:31:17.31\00:31:22.04
their reply was this document
is done professionally. We could
00:31:22.08\00:31:30.29
not have done that. That is God.
Truly God stepped in when we
00:31:30.32\00:31:34.59
stopped.
00:31:34.62\00:31:35.96
Praise the Lord. Where are you
in the process? Have you started
00:31:35.99\00:31:38.46
construction on
the wellness center?
00:31:38.49\00:31:39.83
No, we have not. We are at
another roadblock, but thank
00:31:39.86\00:31:45.10
God for roadblocks. I like
to say when you have the biggest
00:31:45.13\00:31:49.00
of the roadblocks that's when
God is going to walk over or
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.37
walk through them. So right now
the donor who has the funding
00:31:50.41\00:31:55.31
says we need government approval
and that's where we are now.
00:31:55.34\00:32:00.58
Well we look forward to hearing
more, an update, later on.
00:32:00.62\00:32:02.12
Yes. I'm looking forward to when
God opens that door and walk
00:32:02.15\00:32:06.72
across that wall. We
can start our construction.
00:32:06.76\00:32:09.29
Now, brother David, I'm sure
that you've got some special
00:32:09.32\00:32:13.76
projects that you've been
working on as well. Is that
00:32:13.80\00:32:16.10
correct? Yeah. You asked
the question about the miracle
00:32:16.13\00:32:19.33
stories. The one that comes
to mind: In 2003, I went to the
00:32:19.37\00:32:24.37
Philippines to conduct a crusade
with the former president of the
00:32:24.41\00:32:27.28
General Conference at the time
there that it's called Global
00:32:27.31\00:32:30.68
Evangelism right. I think they
changed it to Share Him. That's
00:32:30.71\00:32:34.58
Robert Falkenberg. And
so a team of us went down.
00:32:34.62\00:32:37.85
Philippines I'm conducting the
crusade in the night and because
00:32:37.89\00:32:40.16
I had this passion, Christ
had put this passion for prison
00:32:40.19\00:32:43.29
ministries. It's 2003 now. I
went into the prison in the day.
00:32:43.32\00:32:46.19
So in the night, I conduct one
crusade which I went for and in
00:32:46.23\00:32:49.66
the day I'm going in the prison
for the two weeks. And the
00:32:49.70\00:32:52.70
miracle story for me was they
could not get baptized on that
00:32:52.73\00:32:56.57
Sabbath, right, because some
challenges happened. But that
00:32:56.60\00:33:00.94
Sunday morning in the city,
I think it's called Olongapo
00:33:00.98\00:33:05.31
watching those men in the
Philippines with the chains on
00:33:05.35\00:33:09.45
their legs, okay, marching
in the streets going to the
00:33:09.48\00:33:16.32
Baptismal Center for Baptism The
image is still in my head today.
00:33:16.36\00:33:20.46
And they're marching along
the street. Of course, it's
00:33:20.50\00:33:23.06
attracting attention. The
people are stopped watching. But
00:33:23.10\00:33:26.77
they're marching in the chains
going to the baptismal center
00:33:26.80\00:33:31.07
to make their decision and seal
that for Jesus Christ. That to
00:33:31.11\00:33:37.95
Me, was awesome. That was worth
it all. One of the things I want
00:33:37.98\00:33:41.48
to share later on in the
year I was traveling to Ghana
00:33:41.52\00:33:45.35
myself, Ian Greene, and a number
of us, in 2004 the Lord opened
00:33:45.39\00:33:50.29
up the door again for me to
go with Global Evangelism to
00:33:50.33\00:33:53.13
conduct another crusade. And
all of that crusade was a church
00:33:53.16\00:33:59.80
formed called the Amazing Grace.
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.30
There are some photos of that...
00:34:01.34\00:34:02.77
Yes. The Amazing Grace Seventh-
day Adventist Church and when I
00:34:02.80\00:34:08.04
left I assisted in helping send
some funds to build that church
00:34:08.08\00:34:11.81
They are now preparing to build
another church, right, and the
00:34:11.85\00:34:16.18
plan is for us to go in later on
in the year to be able to have a
00:34:16.22\00:34:22.06
time to celebrate for them the
anniversary when you look at the
00:34:22.09\00:34:26.83
miracles what Christ has done.
And this is why I say to people
00:34:26.86\00:34:30.73
Lift Jesus up. Share the
good news of salvation. You know
00:34:30.77\00:34:36.84
there's a text I love that says
it's found in Matthew 16 and 26,
00:34:36.87\00:34:41.78
it says What does it profit a
man, or woman, to gain the whole
00:34:41.81\00:34:45.61
world. I worked at 3ABN. I was
always on the programs. I've got
00:34:45.65\00:34:50.15
six cars, I got four houses,
worth 10 million dollars but
00:34:50.19\00:34:57.33
when I die I die without Christ.
What did it profit anyone, me,
00:34:57.36\00:35:01.46
what did it profit any of us
And then Jesus balances it. In
00:35:01.50\00:35:06.13
Matthew 6:33 He says seek
first the kingdom of God and his
00:35:06.17\00:35:10.11
righteousness and what? All. I
want to ask this to our audience
00:35:10.14\00:35:13.88
how much is all? It would be
good if somebody could give me
00:35:13.91\00:35:17.08
a number. How much is all? You
cannot give a number so when we
00:35:17.11\00:35:22.22
seek Christ's ways, his
righteousness and then all
00:35:22.25\00:35:25.42
things...He gives us everything
else that we need, that we want
00:35:25.45\00:35:30.39
because why? He says he'd supply
our needs. And so people need to
00:35:30.43\00:35:35.70
know that above everything else
eternal life that's found in
00:35:35.73\00:35:40.24
Christ and Christ absolutely
alone. You know I like to give
00:35:40.27\00:35:45.04
mentor credit. He's a doctor,
Leslie McMillan, right. He was a
00:35:45.07\00:35:48.04
former stewardship director of
the Interamerican Division and
00:35:48.08\00:35:52.11
he shared this with me, this is
important. When you and I share
00:35:52.15\00:35:58.35
the gospel wherever we go people
must always know something about
00:35:58.39\00:36:04.36
Jesus Christ. What do I mean
by that? Even in our regular
00:36:04.39\00:36:08.16
conversations we must allow
Christ to seek the waiter. We
00:36:08.20\00:36:12.03
must leave them asking them
something or sharing something
00:36:12.07\00:36:15.44
about Christ. So every
conversation must be tied to him
00:36:15.47\00:36:19.31
We begin with it, in the center
and end with it so that when
00:36:19.34\00:36:23.35
that individual leaves from
you they must know him and have
00:36:23.38\00:36:27.35
that assurance because the way
life happens now people are just
00:36:27.38\00:36:31.15
collapsing and dying. And so
people must know that there's
00:36:31.19\00:36:37.16
more to this life than
anything else than having that
00:36:37.19\00:36:41.70
relationship with Christ.
Because guess what when it comes
00:36:41.73\00:36:43.90
down to your dying bed and
my dying bed the only thing that
00:36:43.93\00:36:48.27
mattered, it's not going to
matter our families, the wives
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.41
the children and all of
that, we love all of that and _
00:36:50.44\00:36:54.91
but when it comes down to dying
bed you better die we call it
00:36:54.94\00:37:00.25
knowing that you have that
relationship with Christ. This
00:37:00.28\00:37:03.28
is the last one I want to say.
People talk about the hope. I
00:37:03.32\00:37:06.72
cannot die with a hope. That's
me now. There's no guarantee
00:37:06.76\00:37:10.16
I will die with the assurance.
And so the only way you can die
00:37:10.19\00:37:16.06
with Christ is you have to live
in him. And so I can't die now
00:37:16.10\00:37:21.10
if I don't use him again. I can
leave here right now, right now,
00:37:21.14\00:37:25.87
with the assurance that I have
the salvation that's found in
00:37:25.91\00:37:31.15
Jesus Christ.
00:37:31.18\00:37:33.42
Amen, praise the
Lord. Amen, praise the Lord.
00:37:33.45\00:37:36.32
We talked a lot about
prison ministry. What's the core
00:37:36.35\00:37:38.95
message you want our viewers
to take away and what would you
00:37:38.99\00:37:43.59
like them to do as a result?
00:37:43.63\00:37:45.53
The core message comes back to
the fact that Christ can set you
00:37:45.56\00:37:50.13
free. I've heard a testimony
that just recently came from a
00:37:50.17\00:37:54.57
conference in Chicago. It was a
prison conference and listening
00:37:54.60\00:37:58.54
to individuals 80 percent of
the person who led out in the
00:37:58.57\00:38:01.61
the seminar were persons who
were formerly incarcerated. And
00:38:01.64\00:38:06.72
they all give credit to one
thing: The transformation that
00:38:06.75\00:38:11.09
Christ brings. Let me give
you some more stories. I know a
00:38:11.12\00:38:14.06
person very close to me. He came
out of prison and he said to me
00:38:14.09\00:38:20.06
because he's at our transitional
home, he said to me, Oh David
00:38:20.10\00:38:23.10
I need to look at...what do I do
So I said listen to me. You need
00:38:23.13\00:38:26.43
to get Christ in your life.
He has to be first and foremost.
00:38:26.47\00:38:29.37
That's just born to it. Oh I
don't need Jesus man. I need a
00:38:29.40\00:38:33.14
job man. I need to find
something to do. I said, fine if
00:38:33.17\00:38:36.71
that's what you want to then
you go do that. But I tell you
00:38:36.75\00:38:39.41
Christ is the answer. Jesus
is the answer. I got a call, he
00:38:39.45\00:38:42.75
went over there on our islands,
he went to work. The next time
00:38:42.78\00:38:46.09
I got a call. That brother
was at emergency room. Slit his
00:38:46.12\00:38:52.33
wrist. When I walked into
the emergency room, I'll never
00:38:52.36\00:38:56.46
forget it because it was a
Sabbath. And when I walked into
00:38:56.50\00:38:59.53
the emergency room and he saw me
and he looked at me and he said
00:38:59.57\00:39:02.14
I just gave up. I didn't say it
then to him but later on I said
00:39:02.17\00:39:07.94
to him, this is why I am saying
to you, and this gentleman had
00:39:07.98\00:39:12.58
been in and out of the system.
At the age of 16. At that time
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.48
he was 58, 57, 58 and I say this
is why I said to you Christ is
00:39:16.52\00:39:23.83
your hope. This addiction that
you're battling with, going to
00:39:23.86\00:39:26.93
this treatment center, going
to this program. That's fine but
00:39:26.96\00:39:32.13
all you need is one step and
that step is Jesus Christ. When
00:39:32.17\00:39:37.31
you get ahold of him he will
give you power and get you over
00:39:37.34\00:39:39.51
that addiction. But even greater
than that I want you to have
00:39:39.54\00:39:43.78
eternal life because to die
without Christ would profit you
00:39:43.81\00:39:49.38
nothing. So that's the message
that I want people to present.
00:39:49.42\00:39:52.25
You tell them that. That's
the message I want you to know.
00:39:52.29\00:39:55.96
Jesus Christ will transform your
life and give you the victory.
00:39:55.99\00:40:00.46
Amen. This young man did he give
his life to the Lord. What is he
00:40:00.50\00:40:04.07
doing now?
00:40:04.10\00:40:05.43
I saw him two weeks before I
came the answer I'm sad to say
00:40:05.47\00:40:10.04
is no. He still has not given
his life to Christ He's battling
00:40:10.07\00:40:14.48
with drug addiction, in
and out of the prison system.
00:40:14.51\00:40:16.71
Wow. (Pray for him) It sounds
like there are some challenges
00:40:16.75\00:40:22.18
that you face with Prison
Ministry or maybe even ASI. Can
00:40:22.22\00:40:26.25
you share any type of
challenges you may have with us.
00:40:26.29\00:40:28.79
I'm not the
person to answer that.
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.56
Well the biggest challenge
ASI has in the Bahamas, I guess
00:40:30.59\00:40:36.73
maybe in some other fields or
so is to inform or enlighten the
00:40:36.77\00:40:40.84
church that Adventist Laymen's
Services and Industry is for
00:40:40.87\00:40:45.57
first and foremost laymen.
Everybody. It's the millionaires
00:40:45.61\00:40:49.38
industries. No, it's the workers
It's everybody that works in the
00:40:49.41\00:40:54.88
church. Everyone. It's from
the gas station attendant to the
00:40:54.92\00:40:59.45
maid in the hotel to the
supervisor on the job to the
00:40:59.49\00:41:02.59
construction worker or the
construction owner. It doesn't
00:41:02.62\00:41:04.33
matter what you are. As long as
you are a Seventh-day Adventist
00:41:04.36\00:41:07.16
you should be a part of ASI.
Here is why. Sharing Christ in
00:41:07.20\00:41:13.20
the marketplace is not for a
certain amount of people in our
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.91
church. Sharing Christ in the
marketplace is for every single
00:41:16.94\00:41:20.98
Adventist. There are no back
bench warmers. We all need to
00:41:21.01\00:41:28.32
get on the field and carry the
ball. We all need to be a part
00:41:28.35\00:41:30.72
of the program. A lot of times
I believe most of Adventists are
00:41:30.75\00:41:35.49
so comfortable hearing the
program, watching the program,
00:41:35.52\00:41:38.69
they just don't want to be
involved as part of the program.
00:41:38.73\00:41:44.63
Christ did not call spectators.
And the one thing I must say:
00:41:44.67\00:41:49.80
What has helped me tremendously
and that is paying attention to
00:41:49.84\00:41:57.78
still small voice of God. I've
read the Bible over and over
00:41:57.81\00:42:01.12
hundreds of times but until I
started listening to God's voice
00:42:01.15\00:42:05.59
until I started paying attention
to his voice then there was a
00:42:05.62\00:42:11.56
big difference in my life. Now
I believe God has called me to
00:42:11.59\00:42:15.36
call everyone in the church to
become a part and listen to the
00:42:15.40\00:42:18.97
Holy Spirit because just like
Brother Dave at the end of the
00:42:19.00\00:42:22.60
day you're not following the
dictates of the Holy Spirit in
00:42:22.64\00:42:26.24
your heart you can know the
Bible, you can quote the texts
00:42:26.27\00:42:28.04
but how is
evangeliving in your life?
00:42:28.08\00:42:33.28
You know and I want to add to
that and he asked the question
00:42:33.31\00:42:38.39
how I want to share with someone
I want to give them here is what
00:42:38.42\00:42:42.19
happened. My spiritual mentor
Dr. Leslie shared something with
00:42:42.22\00:42:46.09
me that stuck with me from then
to today. He used this acronym
00:42:46.13\00:42:51.00
now but you can get your own.
It's called PSRL. P stands for
00:42:51.03\00:42:57.74
prayer. First thing in the
morning, I must do it every day.
00:42:57.77\00:43:01.14
This morning as soon as my foot
hit the ground I get on my knees
00:43:01.18\00:43:06.55
in prayer. S I surrender to
Christ, talking to me. I commit
00:43:06.58\00:43:13.79
my life to him afresh.
This morning, right? So P is for
00:43:13.82\00:43:20.20
prayer, S is surrender. R is
reading. So then I take up my
00:43:20.23\00:43:26.47
quarterly, my Bible, my
devotional, right, and spend
00:43:26.50\00:43:32.01
time reading his word. And
then the L, I listen to him, I'm
00:43:32.04\00:43:39.11
listening now to see how
he's responding back to me after
00:43:39.15\00:43:42.08
reading his word. PSRL And
so as a result, my point is the
00:43:42.12\00:43:46.09
tool. When men and women...you
see I am I use this term I am an
00:43:46.12\00:43:51.69
Adventist in Christ. People
don't need a revival. We need to
00:43:51.73\00:43:57.37
spend time with Christ. That's
what we need. When you spend
00:43:57.40\00:44:00.74
your personal time in the midst
of trials and tribulations, when
00:44:00.77\00:44:05.97
you go to Christ, I have that
personal time, that personal
00:44:06.01\00:44:10.18
devotion, he talks to you. And
he has many ways of doing it.
00:44:10.21\00:44:13.15
You see and the revival begins
in you. So the revival begins in
00:44:13.18\00:44:18.62
you, and Ian Greene, and both of
you and all of us in the studio,
00:44:18.65\00:44:24.69
then we allow Christ to use
us. Here's what happens. We as a
00:44:24.73\00:44:30.00
people, we want to do
things. Here is the secret to it
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.13
Galatians 2 and 20. I
am crucified with Christ,
00:44:32.17\00:44:35.60
nevertheless, I live. Watch
this. Yet not what I David. So
00:44:35.64\00:44:43.28
it is now Christ living in
me and it is Christ works now
00:44:43.31\00:44:47.55
through his Holy Spirit, right?
So that's how it starts. So when
00:44:47.58\00:44:52.52
stand here, Ian Greene and I
here, it is not Ian, it's not
00:44:52.55\00:44:56.56
David. It is the Holy Spirit
and Christ speaking through us.
00:44:56.59\00:44:59.59
(indistinct)
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.30
Every word comes out of my mouth
represents him. We have our
00:45:01.33\00:45:06.27
thoughts and you have your
thoughts but it is Christ. And
00:45:06.30\00:45:08.60
so when we spend time with
him I mean my metaphor is not
00:45:08.64\00:45:13.11
Christ up here, Christ is on the
side, Christ is walking with me.
00:45:13.14\00:45:15.51
He is in me. He's in me through
his Holy Spirit. So then when my
00:45:15.54\00:45:22.42
mouth opens up it is him
speaking. So when you spend
00:45:22.45\00:45:24.45
time with Jesus Christ
especially in the midst of your
00:45:24.49\00:45:28.72
trials and we have trials and
tribulations. And then there's a
00:45:28.76\00:45:31.43
text in Jude 24 says because
people doubt their salvation
00:45:31.46\00:45:35.70
You ask the question right
now how many people could put up
00:45:35.73\00:45:38.57
their hand in the church and
know that they're saved right
00:45:38.60\00:45:40.07
now _ their body and we are
afraid. That's why I say you
00:45:40.10\00:45:46.21
can't die with a hope. Hope is
no guarantee. You could die with
00:45:46.24\00:45:48.74
assurance and Jude 24 says says
Now unto him who is, what, able
00:45:48.78\00:45:52.78
to do what keeps you from
falling. So then Christ dying
00:45:52.81\00:45:59.35
for us makes no sense. If my
name comes up before the Father
00:45:59.39\00:46:01.16
right now, David Williams, he's
innocent. Not because of what I
00:46:01.19\00:46:06.16
have done but because of what
Christ has done. He's able to
00:46:06.19\00:46:09.53
keep you from falling and watch
this, he presents you faultless
00:46:09.56\00:46:12.97
I want somebody to tell me
what is the meaning of the word
00:46:13.00\00:46:16.34
faultless. So before the Father
right now we are faultless. And
00:46:16.37\00:46:22.74
so this all comes out of a
relationship is key. If men and
00:46:22.78\00:46:27.02
Women, boys and girls could
spend their personal time, their
00:46:27.05\00:46:30.62
own time with Christ and Christ
alone, listen to me, a revival
00:46:30.65\00:46:35.96
would take place because above
everything else that Christ
00:46:35.99\00:46:40.50
wants to give you and I, that's
eternal life. Everything is
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.60
secondary. The plan that Jesus
died, the Son of Man came to
00:46:43.63\00:46:46.20
seek and to save that which
is lost and we are in a lost
00:46:46.23\00:46:51.07
condition so Christ wants
to save us first and foremost.
00:46:51.11\00:46:53.84
So you know (indistinct)
for me now, I'm talking to me
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.98
when people talk about praying
my friends pray to the Father
00:46:56.01\00:47:00.22
in my behalf if
00:47:00.25\00:47:01.58
you want to use that word that
they will accept him because
00:47:01.62\00:47:05.22
Christ has healed him for what,
to go back into a life of sin or
00:47:05.25\00:47:07.76
and he can heal you and he
can do it or he can provide you
00:47:07.79\00:47:10.53
resources
00:47:10.56\00:47:11.89
or whatever. Christ wants you to
have eternal life first and once
00:47:11.93\00:47:15.23
you have that
everything else is done.
00:47:15.26\00:47:17.43
Amen. Dr. Ian how can our
viewers get involved, how can
00:47:17.47\00:47:22.27
they help?
00:47:22.30\00:47:23.87
Well the good thing is ASI is an
organization where we reach out
00:47:23.91\00:47:29.01
to everyone and we have
pamphlets, we have information
00:47:29.04\00:47:32.88
we have our websites. So we
have the local church. And as a
00:47:32.91\00:47:36.99
matter of fact I travel
to every single church in our
00:47:37.02\00:47:40.32
conference, our conferences,
because we have two. We have 60,
00:47:40.36\00:47:44.33
I think 67 churches in total
and so we spread the ASI message
00:47:44.36\00:47:48.76
asking the church members to
join ASI. The one thing I can
00:47:48.80\00:47:53.20
say that we're trying to
initiate in the churches is for
00:47:53.23\00:47:55.74
members to understand
that they're stewards. A lot of
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.57
members believe everything they
own belongs to themselves. At
00:47:58.61\00:48:01.64
ASI we own nothing so everything
that we have belongs to God.
00:48:01.68\00:48:06.35
And all we're saying to you is
you can reach out to your local
00:48:06.38\00:48:09.92
church and they will reach us
if we don't have a rep in that
00:48:09.95\00:48:14.09
church because we have so many
churches sometimes we don't have
00:48:14.12\00:48:16.79
a local rep. But our local
conferences normally carry an
00:48:16.83\00:48:21.10
ASI person who's in charge at
the pastoral level and they're
00:48:21.13\00:48:24.87
connected to us as presidents
or as our board. So we're asking
00:48:24.90\00:48:28.50
all of our ASI members, sorry
all of our church members, to
00:48:28.54\00:48:32.94
contact your local church
and ask about ASI. We are here
00:48:32.97\00:48:36.38
for you.
00:48:36.41\00:48:37.75
And how can our
viewers get in touch with you.
00:48:37.78\00:48:39.88
You have contacts on a website,
email address. We have our
00:48:39.91\00:48:43.42
website and I believe
should be on the screen.
00:48:43.45\00:48:46.65
ASiBahamas.org by God's grace
and we have contact numbers also
00:48:46.69\00:48:49.86
with that. We have an email
address ASiBahamas242@gmail.com
00:48:49.89\00:48:53.43
So our members we really can,
our church members really can
00:48:53.46\00:48:57.60
get in contact with us through
our website and through our
00:48:57.63\00:49:00.27
email address and our phone
contacts. And we'll be looking
00:49:00.30\00:49:03.34
forward to hearing from you.
00:49:03.37\00:49:04.71
Amen. And I see Brother
David's contact on the screen:
00:49:04.74\00:49:07.68
DaveWilliams65@hotmail.com
00:49:07.71\00:49:09.68
Right, so they can email me. You
can call me at (242) 422-6917
00:49:09.71\00:49:13.65
I'm a very open
person that's (242) 433-6917
00:49:13.68\00:49:20.09
email me at
DaveWilliams65@hotmail.com
00:49:20.12\00:49:22.69
ASI as we share, we talk
about sharing Christ in the
00:49:22.72\00:49:28.43
marketplace and getting people
involved, right? Notice our
00:49:28.46\00:49:33.44
primary, and I come back to
it, is share, Christ. You see
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.87
because nothing you own belongs
to you. Ian and I talk about
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.24
this and this is how Christ
connects us because both of us
00:49:39.27\00:49:43.55
think big. I think big too. What
we're saying is we believe in
00:49:43.58\00:49:49.68
attempting projects. I was
blessed to travel to a number of
00:49:49.72\00:49:51.35
countries. I went to Ghana,
to Kenya, to the Philippines, to
00:49:51.39\00:49:54.79
Uganda. How would I get to
these other places. I had to do
00:49:54.82\00:49:59.59
something that is bigger
than me. Failure was guaranteed
00:49:59.63\00:50:04.80
if Christ didn't do it. I didn't
have the money. I've never been
00:50:04.83\00:50:09.47
in those places before. I
remember when I went to the
00:50:09.50\00:50:12.87
Philippines, never been to that
side of the world. But a project
00:50:12.91\00:50:15.44
so I was talking to Tranquility
Bay. Whatever you attempt
00:50:15.48\00:50:18.75
it has to be so big. If I could
do it then I don't need Christ.
00:50:18.78\00:50:23.42
It's like faith. I always tell
them that. I don't need faith
00:50:23.45\00:50:29.92
to walk all over these studios
But if I close my eyes I will
00:50:29.96\00:50:34.90
need faith. I will need it. So
this is how we have to do. Your
00:50:34.93\00:50:38.37
project's got to be big enough
that it will fail if Christ
00:50:38.40\00:50:41.00
doesn't do it. That's how he
gets the glory. That's how I can
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.94
sit here. I watch over the
air. Watch a person talk on 3ABN
00:50:44.97\00:50:47.98
I wanted to come. Had a desire.
But I had to trust Christ
00:50:48.01\00:50:52.85
Amen, you have to trust Christ.
00:50:52.88\00:50:55.02
It had to be some free date
and now I can sit here today.
00:50:55.05\00:50:59.55
Amen, amen, amen. Wow, powerful
powerful. First half of the
00:50:59.59\00:51:06.73
program here. We were blessed.
I'm sure you were blessed as
00:51:06.76\00:51:09.20
well. You know we're going to
be taking a break here in just a
00:51:09.23\00:51:12.87
moment and on the screen, you'll
see how you can contact this
00:51:12.90\00:51:19.64
ministry. I'm sure that many of
you would want to reach out to
00:51:19.67\00:51:22.81
them. So we'll be taking a short
break and you can hear more
00:51:22.84\00:51:25.41
about that how to contact them
and then when we come back we'll
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.65
also have some final thoughts
from Brother David and Brother
00:51:28.68\00:51:33.42
Ian. So just don't go
away. We'll be right back.
00:51:33.46\00:51:37.06
If you would like more
information about ASI Bahamas
00:51:37.09\00:51:42.83
you can call them
at (242) 556-0492 or
00:51:42.86\00:51:49.54
(242) 433-6917. They're
online at ASiBahamas.org
00:51:49.57\00:52:03.22
or email them at
ASiBahamas242@gmail.com
00:52:03.25\00:52:15.23