[ MUSIC ] >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL WAIT, THURSDAY 00:00:23.89\00:01:16.30 NIGHT? WE'RE NOT CONFUSED, WE JUST CAME BACK FROM RUSSIA, WHICH IS EIGHT HOURS IN ADVANCE, 00:01:16.30\00:01:26.05 SO IT'S FRIDAY THERE. WE ARE GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED US THIS 00:01:26.05\00:01:28.72 EVENING. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 27th 27th ANNIVERSARY. WE AS A FAMILY ARE GOING TO DO 00:01:28.72\00:01:34.46 SWITCHING OF CHAIRS TONIGHT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING AND 00:01:34.46\00:01:38.13 GOING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR 3ABN FAMILY. I AM ALWAYS 00:01:38.13\00:01:53.81 INSPIRED TO GO, MR. DANNY, IT WAS A VISION GOD GAVE TO YOU AND VARIED OUT BY THE TEAM THERE. 00:01:53.81\00:01:58.55 WE ARE ALWAYS INSPIRED TO GO. I KNOW YOU, TOO. >> I'M STILL BACK 00:01:58.55\00:02:06.49 TO SAYING IT'S EIGHT HERE, EIGHT HOURS AHEAD. NOW I'M ASLEEP HERE. NOW ON REGULAR TIME, IT'S 00:02:06.49\00:02:13.70 THREE OK OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M SLEEPY NOW. I'LL TRY TO STAY 00:02:13.70\00:02:19.97 AWAKE DURING THIS PROGRAM, NO, IT IS, A GREAT MISSION WORKING WITH THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND NOW 00:02:19.97\00:02:26.44 UNITED MINISTRIES TOGETHER, IT'S AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. GOD HAS BLESSED US 00:02:26.44\00:02:33.92 TREMENDOUSLY AND NOW HEARING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. THAT IS WHAT'S AMAZING, THE 00:02:33.92\00:02:37.99 STUDIO, THE PEOPLE THAT DO SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED EVERY TIME I GO 00:02:37.99\00:02:44.43 NOT ONLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEIR DEDICATION TO THE LORD. IT'S AMAZING, I HAD A WONDERFUL 00:02:44.43\00:02:50.03 TRIP. >> IT'S THE SECOND TIME FOR US TO BE THERE. 00:02:50.03\00:02:52.77 ALWAYS A BLESSING, ISN'T IT? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IS. THE FIRST TIME WE WENT IT WAS 00:02:52.77\00:02:57.94 INCREDIBLE, THE STORIES AND MIR KEMS OF WHAT GOD I ALSO DOING THERE, BUT THE SECOND TIME, THE 00:02:57.94\00:03:02.61 MIRACLES WERE JUST AS FRESH AND JUST AS NEW, AS IF I HEARD THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE WHAT 00:03:02.61\00:03:08.92 GOD CAN STILL DO. WE READ ABOUT MIRACLES AND THE WORD OF GOD AND 00:03:08.92\00:03:13.52 THINK GOD, WHEN HE WALKED, WHEN HE IS JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH, HE WALKED ON WATER AND RAISED 00:03:13.52\00:03:19.19 THE DEAD AND HEALED THE SICK BUT TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING MIRACLES, 00:03:19.19\00:03:24.53 JUST LIKE THAT AND THEY TOOK PLACE THERE IN 1992 WITH ELDER JOHN CARTER AND THE BAPTISMS AND 00:03:24.53\00:03:32.94 THE START OF 3ABN RUSSIA AND THEY ARE STILL TAKING PLACE 00:03:32.94\00:03:39.25 THERE TODAY. TONIGHT WE WANT TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT HE DID THERE IN RUSSIA AND WHAT HE IS 00:03:39.25\00:03:44.09 STILL DOING. WE HAVE ROLES AND SOME EXCITING THINGS AND PART OF 00:03:44.09\00:03:47.99 OUR 3ABN FAMILY HERE. MR. DANNY, OUR PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, 00:03:47.99\00:03:53.56 BEAUTIFUL WIFE, DR. EVON LEWIS SHELTON, FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT FOR DARE TO DREAM, SO GLAD TO 00:03:53.56\00:03:58.57 HAVE YOU HERE. >> SO GOOD TO BE HERE. RUSSIA WAS AMAZING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE LATER. 00:03:58.57\00:04:08.81 NOT NOW, YOU'RE DOING THE INCIDENT CONSTRUCTIONS. >> YOU SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. 00:04:08.81\00:04:14.75 WE'RE FAMILY. KNIT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, THAT IS SPECIAL. 00:04:14.75\00:04:23.59 NEXT TO YOU IS YOUR SON AND OUR BROTHER, JAYS SON BRADLEY. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME GOING. 00:04:23.59\00:04:35.34 >> YES, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME BUT HOPEFULLY NOT MY LAST. ON A AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I'M 00:04:35.34\00:04:41.58 LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO A LITTLE LATER, AS WELL. >> JASON, WE'RE GLAD YOU TOLD 00:04:41.58\00:04:48.32 HIM WHO HE WAS. >> NEXT TO YOU IS TIM PARTON. GENERAL MANAGER 00:04:48.32\00:04:56.69 OF PRAISE NETWORK. THIS WAS YOUR SECOND TIME. >> MY SECOND TIME. 00:04:56.69\00:05:09.80 YOU'VE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT. >> OUR C.E.O., IT WAS YOUR FIRST 00:05:09.80\00:05:14.91 TIME TO GO. >> IT WAS A GREAT TIME. WE LOVED THE PEOPLE. THEY WERE SO SINCERE AND LOVING. 00:05:14.91\00:05:19.85 WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING WITH THEM. >> VERY 00:05:19.85\00:05:24.45 DEDICATED, VERY DEDICATED AND LOVING PEOPLE. ANY WAY, IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE 00:05:24.45\00:05:29.49 YOUNG PEOPLE, EVEN PLAYING WITH AMANDA AND WHAT NOT, THEY COULDN'T SPEAK, AMANDA CAN'T 00:05:29.49\00:05:38.37 SPEAK RUSSIAN AND THEY COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH YET THEY WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE NON VERBALLY. 00:05:38.37\00:05:42.50 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE, JUST LOVING. >> YOU WERE ABLE TO 00:05:42.50\00:05:46.34 SPEND TIME WITH THE KIDS, EVEN THOUGH YOU COULDN'T SPEP THE 00:05:46.34\00:05:51.65 RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. >> I WAS ABLE TO. >> SHARE JESUS WITH THE TRANSLATOR AND THE KIDS. 00:05:51.65\00:05:57.72 >> TELLING A LITTLE STORY AND AGAIN, IT WAS SO DEDICATE AND SO LOVING AND VERY INVITING. 00:05:57.72\00:06:05.96 MY HEART'S THERE NOW. I HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF MY HEART THERE 00:06:05.96\00:06:09.56 FOR THEM, DEFINITELY. >> DANNY, TAKE SOME OF THE VIEWERS BACK, 00:06:09.56\00:06:13.90 27 YEARS, ISN'T IT? IT'S BEEN THAT LONG SINCE THAT VISION, THAT DREAM STARTED AND 00:06:13.90\00:06:18.61 WHAT GOD HAS DONE THROUGH THE YEARS. FOR SOME IT IS A NEW 00:06:18.61\00:06:22.68 STORY, WHAT TOOK PLACE. >> I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT, THE 00:06:22.68\00:06:26.75 GREETING THEY GAVE US. I MEAN, WASN'T THAT SOMETHING? MUSICIANS, THE RUSSIAN 00:06:26.75\00:06:34.16 MUSICIANS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE ROLL HERE AS WE'RE 00:06:34.16\00:06:37.46 TALKING ABOUT THAT AND RUSSIAN DANCE AND ALL OF THAT. I'M NOT A 00:06:37.46\00:06:41.10 VERY GOOD DANCER. IT SHOWED UP. BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD AND EVEN IF YOU MEET THE 00:06:41.10\00:06:54.88 FIRST TIME, THE SMILES, YOU'RE GOING BACK 27 YEARS, WHEN RUSSIAN PEOPLE TO ME WERE IN 00:06:54.88\00:07:01.75 GENERAL VERY STOIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT SHE'D BEEN THROUGH, 27 YEARS OF COMMUNISM I SAID PEOPLE 00:07:01.75\00:07:17.93 DON'T SMILE. JULIA SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR THEM TO SMILE. 00:07:17.93\00:07:23.94 NUMBER ONE THEY DON'T KNOW GOD IN GENERAL, MOST WRUTIONS DIDN'T AND NUMBER TWO, YOU NEVER WANTED 00:07:23.94\00:07:29.81 TO LOCK EYES WITH SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, 00:07:29.81\00:07:33.98 THEY THEY COULD BE A KGB AGENT, MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT AND IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM A CERTAIN 00:07:33.98\00:07:41.16 TIME OF RESPECT, YOU COULD END UP IN JAIL OR SIBERIA OR 00:07:41.16\00:07:45.56 SOMEWHERE ELSE. RUSSIANS LEARNED TO NOT LOOK AROUND AND JUST GO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 00:07:45.56\00:08:00.78 TO SEE THEM TODAY, THE RUSSIA OF TODAY, THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY. 00:08:00.78\00:08:06.31 IT'S AMAZING. THEY HAD MALLS AND SHOPPING CENTERS AND A GROCERY STORE THAT I THINK IS BIGGER 00:08:06.31\00:08:13.29 THAN SAM'S. THINGS HAVE CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY, SO THE YOUNG GENERATION RUSSIANS REALLY HAVE 00:08:13.29\00:08:17.86 NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, 20 SOME YEARS AGO, THEY CAN HEAR THEIR FOLKS TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NO 00:08:17.86\00:08:24.10 WAY YOU COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND BUT THE THING THAT INTERESTED ME THE MOST, THERE 00:08:24.10\00:08:31.07 WAS A COUPLE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW, SO EVERY TIME I GO BACK, I SEEM TO LEARN AND THE THING THAT 00:08:31.07\00:08:35.48 I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT JULIA CLEARED IT UP FOR ME THIS TIME, THAT IN 1992 AFTER THE FOUL OF 00:08:35.48\00:08:44.32 COMMUNISM, HR BROTHER WHO WAS GOVERNOR DECIDED TO PRIVATIZE. THERE WERE 11 BIG HUGE 00:08:44.32\00:08:59.50 FACILITIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT STARTED BUILDING BACK IN THE 1970'S BUT WAS NOT ROUGH MONEY 00:08:59.50\00:09:06.91 SO JUST LEFT THEM, SO THEY'D BEEN SITTING FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS SO WHEN WE HEARD BIT AND 00:09:06.91\00:09:13.48 AFTER CARTER'S MEETINGS, WE BAPTIZED 532 PEOPLE, THE CHURCH THERE IS ONLY HOLDS ABOUT 200 00:09:13.48\00:09:22.29 PEOPLE PROBABLY AT MOST. NOW THE CONFERENCE SAYS WE HAVE THIS HUGE PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS, 00:09:22.29\00:09:28.36 WELL IT'S WONDERFUL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT 2500 PLUS MORE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 00:09:28.36\00:09:36.71 WERE STUDYING WHICH WE KNEW WAS GOING TO END UP TO MANY MORE. A FIXES SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO 00:09:36.71\00:09:44.88 DO. WE TALKED TO ELDER CARTER AND DECIDED 3ABN WOULD BUILD A 00:09:44.88\00:09:49.52 FACILITY, AND SO I HADN'T REALIZED, I'D LOOKED AT TWO OR THREE AND ONE DAY THEY WERE 00:09:49.52\00:09:55.26 SAYING AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE JULIA WAS THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND HONESTLY, THIS COULD HAVE 00:09:55.26\00:10:02.40 BEEN EVEN RIGHT BEFORE WE HIRED HIM, I'M NOT SURE, IT WAS SO EARLY ON AND I THINK IT PROBABLY 00:10:02.40\00:10:08.70 WAS, BUT THEY HAD SOME TRANSLATORS THERE, AND SO THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO FOUND SOME 00:10:08.70\00:10:16.24 OTHER BUILDINGS WE WANT TO GO SHOW YOU, SO WE'RE DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S 00:10:16.24\00:10:20.42 WATER FLOODING OVER ONE OF THE STREETS. IT HAD BEEN RAINING, 00:10:20.42\00:10:25.59 BUT THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER, SO OUR CAR STALLED, BECAUSE WATER WAS COMING UP. 00:10:25.59\00:10:31.83 IT JUST STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE WOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 00:10:31.83\00:10:36.16 HIGHWAY HERE AND IT STOPPED, SO WE GOT OUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, YOU'RE 00:10:36.16\00:10:40.44 SETTING THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE WATER IS GOING -- SO YOU GET 00:10:40.44\00:10:43.74 OUT. AS I WALKED TO THE CURB, I LOOKED OVER AND SAW THIS GIGANTIC BUILDING OR AT LEAST IT 00:10:43.74\00:10:50.21 WAS A BUILDING IN THE MAKING, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES HERE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, BUT 00:10:50.21\00:10:56.58 THIS HUGE FACILITY, SO UNTIL RECENTLY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON 00:10:56.58\00:11:02.32 THE PLAN, TIM. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PLAN TO TAKE US TO THIS BUILDING WE JUST STALLED OUT 00:11:02.32\00:11:07.40 FRONT. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THIS TIME AND WE WERE MEETING WITH THE PASTORS OF THE 00:11:07.40\00:11:12.40 CONFERENCE AND ONE OF THEM SAID OH, THE MIRACLE OF THE WATER 00:11:12.40\00:11:43.10 PUDDLE. THEY SAID WE WEREN'T TAKING YOU TO THAT BUILDING, BUT WHEN THE FLOODING STARTED, WE 00:11:43.10\00:11:51.57 GOT OUT. I HADN'T REALIZED THAT IN NEARLY 27 YEARS THAT THAT 00:11:51.57\00:11:56.78 MIRACLE HAPPENED. WHAT ELSE DO YOU CALL SNIT. >> DIVINE PROVIDENCE. >> THEY SAID THAT 00:11:56.78\00:12:03.69 WATER IS STILL THERE. IT COMES FROM TIME TO TIME AND GETS DEEP THERE, BUT WE NEVER 00:12:03.69\00:12:08.39 BEGRUDGING IT, THE GUY SAID WE STILL THANK YOU THE LORD FOR THIS WATER PUDDLE, BECAUSE TODAY 00:12:08.39\00:12:13.19 OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BLESSED BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF THOSE IN THE CENTER. 00:12:13.19\00:12:20.14 SO TO ME, THAT WAS REALLY NEAT, SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEEN CLEAR ON AND 00:12:20.14\00:12:27.01 BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE THING GOING ON, SO I ASSUMED HIGH, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE TAKING ME 00:12:27.01\00:12:33.05 NEXT AND IT WASN'T, BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT'S LIKE THE LORD SAID 00:12:33.05\00:12:43.96 THIS WILL DO. HOPEFULLY GET WISER AS YOU GET OLDER, I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID NO 00:12:43.96\00:12:48.86 WAY. >> IT IS AMAZING. >> YOU'RE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, COMMUNISM 00:12:48.86\00:12:54.40 JUST FALLEN, NO LEADERSHIP, AND THERE'S NO WAY HARDLY TO COMMUNICATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO 00:12:54.40\00:12:59.01 TAKE ON A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND TO FINISH, AND TO REALLY MAKE IT 00:12:59.01\00:13:05.75 INTO SOMETHING VIABLE, A BIG CHURCH, T.V. STUDIOS AND ALL OF 00:13:05.75\00:13:11.49 THAT. I'M PRETTY SURE IF THAT HAPPENED TODAY, I WOULD HAVE SAID GREG, THAT'S YOUR PROJECT, 00:13:11.49\00:13:21.93 WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I WAS COMMENTING TO TIM, WHEN WE TAKE THE BUS, A PEACE COMES 00:13:21.93\00:13:36.88 OVER ME. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON HOLY GROUND, NOT THAT WE MAKE IT 00:13:36.88\00:13:41.72 HOLY, BUT GOD MAKES IT HOLY AND TO ROLL INTO THOSE GATES, IT'S KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE, 00:13:41.72\00:13:47.86 ACTUALLY. YOU FOUL OUT OF THE BUS AND JUST LOOK AT THE FACILITY AND LOOK AT 00:13:47.86\00:13:52.19 THE PICTURES MR. DANNY HAD TALKED ABOUT BACK IN 1992 AND TO WHAT IT IS NOW, IT'S JUST 00:13:52.19\00:13:58.40 ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. YOU HAVE THE CONFERENCE THERE. >> I'M NOT 00:13:58.40\00:14:09.24 SURE THAT'S RIGHT. >> THE CONFERENCE OFFICE THERE IS, THE LOCAL CHURCH SCHOOL IS THERE, 00:14:09.24\00:14:16.85 ALL THE 3ABN FACILITIES ARE THERE, THE PARSONAGE OR LITTLE APARTMENTS THERE ARE. THE 00:14:16.85\00:14:22.19 BUILDING IS SO BIG, WE'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO MEASURE THE WHOLE THING BUT THE SQUARE 00:14:22.19\00:14:28.03 FOOTAGE WELL OVER 250,000 SQUARE FEET. >> AND YOU SAY YOU STEPPED 00:14:28.03\00:14:31.53 IT OFF. WHO STEPPED IT OFF? I'VE TRIED THAT WITH NO SUCCESS. >> I 00:14:31.53\00:14:49.55 CAN'T COUNT THAT. >> LOOKED LIKE ONE STORY WOULD BE 60,000 FEET BUT THERE ARE FOUR STAIRS IN THE 00:14:49.55\00:14:56.22 BACK END, ACTUALLY SIX STORIES, THEN YOU'VE GOT A FULL BASEMENT THAT YOU'VE ALL NEVER BEEN IN 00:14:56.22\00:15:01.36 YET. >> WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. >> IT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF THE PIPING AND THE ELECTRICITY 00:15:01.36\00:15:06.84 AND I MEAN, ALL OF THIS. >> THEY HAVE A CARPENTER SHOP. >> 00:15:06.84\00:15:13.24 BOILER. >> A GYM. >> THERE WAS A GYM IN THERE, CAFETERIA. 00:15:13.24\00:15:17.55 >> THIS FACILITY IS OH AMAZING. THE WORK OF GOD WILL NEVER BE DONE ON THIS EARTH UNTIL THEY 00:15:17.55\00:15:40.64 JOIN HANDS, THEN THE WORK CAN GO FORWARD. >> YOU SEE THE 00:15:40.64\00:15:50.78 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 3ABN RUSSIA AREN'T CONFERENCE THERE, THEY HAVE A SCHOOL AND BOOKSTORE, AND 00:15:50.78\00:15:56.12 A HEALTH FOOD STORE. I MEAN, THIS THING, AND IT'S BUSY EVERY 00:15:56.12\00:16:02.19 NIGHT AND PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER, REALLY. >> WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST SAW 00:16:02.19\00:16:07.23 IT, IT WAS LIKE A SHELL. THE LORD HAD TO GIVE YOU SPECIAL EYES TO BE ABLE TO ENJIGS WHAT 00:16:07.23\00:16:14.47 IT COULD BE, BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE THAT 00:16:14.47\00:16:19.41 WENT WITH YOU. >> BOB. >> HE WAS REALLY DEPRESSED WHEN HE SAW IT. 00:16:19.41\00:16:23.24 >> BOB ELLIS, MANY OF OUR VIEWERS HERE WOULD KNOW HIM. >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 00:16:23.24\00:16:29.12 SPECIAL EYES TO SEE WHAT IT COULD BE AND THEN THE WORK THAT THE JOINT EFFORT OF OUR VIEWERS 00:16:29.12\00:16:36.86 IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK AND THE PEOPLE THERE IN BUILDING IT. IT'S JUST TO AMAZING TO ME, HOW 00:16:36.86\00:16:43.77 GOD TOOK IT FROM THAT SHELF AND MADE IT INTO THIS AMAZING 00:16:43.77\00:16:51.87 FACILITY. >> BOB HAD GONE TO THE MEETINGS THERE WITH ELDER CARTER AND THEN I HAD GONE BACK SEVERAL 00:16:51.87\00:16:57.31 TIMES. WE PURCHASED A BUILDING, I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT IT, SO WE WERE GOING TO TAKE BACK HIS 00:16:57.31\00:17:04.92 NEWSPAPER WRITER HERE IN THE STATES AND HE WANTED TO GO BACK AND SEE AND REPORT ON, SO WE 00:17:04.92\00:17:10.36 WENT BACK AND I SHOWED HIM, WE REALLY HADN'T DONE MUCH, THEY'D CUT ALL THE TREES AROUND, BUT 00:17:10.36\00:17:16.10 PEOPLE WERE HAND BRINGING IN THOUSANDS OF BRICKS AND DOING A LOT OF VOLUNTEER LABOR BY 00:17:16.10\00:17:22.84 SUNDAY, BUT IT STILL LOOKED LIKE IT DID ABOUT WHEN I SAW IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS 00:17:22.84\00:17:28.78 INTO IT. HE CAME INTO RUSSIA AND WAS SO EXCITED AND THEN HE WENT INTO THE DEPRESSION, HE TOLD ME 00:17:28.78\00:17:33.15 LATER FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE ROOM. 00:17:33.15\00:17:36.72 I LOOKED SO DEPRESSED AND SAID WHAT HAS HE DONE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND WHAT IN THE WORLD 00:17:36.72\00:17:42.46 WAS HE THINKING, SO COACH LEE WAS WITH HIM AND SAID OH YEAH, BOB IS JUST SO DEPRESSED OVER 00:17:42.46\00:17:49.90 THERE. BOB WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT ARE YOU DOING. 00:17:49.90\00:17:53.00 NEVER YOU CAN, THIS IS, I DON'T GET IT. HE SAID, I KNOW, HE SAID 00:17:53.00\00:17:57.71 I DON'T KNOW, I JUST FELT IMPRESSED THIS IS WHAT THE LORD 00:17:57.71\00:18:02.74 WANTED US TO DO. HE GOT TO SEE IT. HE PASSED AWAY NOT TOO LONG AGO BUT HE GOT TO SEE IT LATER 00:18:02.74\00:18:07.18 WHEN IT WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND THEN HE WAS LIKE THIS IS AMAZING, BUT TO SEE WHERE IT WAS 00:18:07.18\00:18:15.09 AND WHERE IT IS TODAY, SO IT REALLY, SO AGAIN, I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR IT, WE WERE 00:18:15.09\00:18:21.50 DESPERATE, WE NEEDED SOMETHING. WHY SOMETHING THAT HUGE, I KNEW IF THERE WERE 2500 PEOPLE THAT 00:18:21.50\00:18:27.30 ALSO THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE MANY MORE BAPTISMS THAT NOW WE NEEDED A STUDIO SO WE ADDED ON 00:18:27.30\00:18:33.44 TO THE BUILDING, TOO, IT WAS BIG ENOUGH AND JOHN CANTER, YOU KNOW FROM AMERICA MARRIED BY COUSIN 00:18:33.44\00:18:40.05 JANICE. HE CAME OVER AND WE RAISED SOME OF THE STORIES THAT 00:18:40.05\00:18:43.59 HAD ONE STORY TO TWO STORY AND THAT'S TWO STORIES TO THREE STORIES AND BUILT ALL AROUND, SO 00:18:43.59\00:18:49.29 THIS THING JUST, THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T MEASURE IT, BUT IT'S ALL 00:18:49.29\00:18:53.50 BEEN IN USE. THERE'S NO PLACE YOU GO TO WHERE NOTHING'S HAPPENING. YOU GO THERE AND I 00:18:53.50\00:18:59.37 MEAN DAY AND NIGHT, SO THE SOULS THAT ARE COMING TO THE LORD AND AGAIN, JULIA, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 00:18:59.37\00:19:09.81 PERSON. WHEN I MET WITH MER, COINCIDENCE OR DIVINE PROVIDENCE, THAT AFTER 00:19:09.81\00:19:14.55 SHE HAD BEEN TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHEN ELDER CARTER AND I HAD MET WITH THE GOVERNOR, HE 00:19:14.55\00:19:20.76 KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE US NOW. I WAS LIKE THE GOVERNOR, RIGHT 00:19:20.76\00:19:26.19 AFTER THE BAPTISM. HE SAID YES, HE WANTS TO SEE YOU? 00:19:26.19\00:19:30.03 HE SAID NO, HE WANTS TO SEE BOTH OF US. WE'RE HERE TAPING THE 00:19:30.03\00:19:34.80 PROGRAMS. I SAID WHY DON'T YOU GO TELL ME WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID NO, LOOK OUTSIDE THE 00:19:34.80\00:19:38.87 DOOR. WE LOOKED OUT AND THERE WERE SOLDIERS THERE WITH AK47S 00:19:38.87\00:19:44.61 AND WE'RE LIKE VERY MANNERLY BUT HERE TO ESCORT YOU TO SEE THE 00:19:44.61\00:19:49.22 GOVERNOR. LIKE IN THAT CASE, HERE. WE GO INTO THE MEETING AND I'M LOOKING AROUND AND IT'S THE 00:19:49.22\00:19:54.09 FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT 41 AT THE TIME, THE FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT 00:19:54.09\00:19:59.53 LIFE I SAT IN THE MEETING FOR AN HOUR AND NEVER SAID A WORD. ELDER CARTER WAS SO BOLD, I SAID 00:19:59.53\00:20:07.80 THAT'S IT, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT US IN PRISON AND THROW THE KEY AWAY, NOBODY WILL EVER GET US 00:20:07.80\00:20:13.07 OUT OF HERE, BECAUSE HE WAS SO BOLD WITH THIS YOUNG GOVERNOR AND THEN WHEN HE READ THE LETTER 00:20:13.07\00:20:19.61 THAT SISTER JULIA HAD WRITTEN AND THE GOVERNOR SAID WHAT, THAT'S MY SISTER AND EVERYTHING 00:20:19.61\00:20:27.09 CHANGED, BECAUSE THE ARCHBISHOP WAS THERE FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH TELLING US WE WOULD HAVE 00:20:27.09\00:20:34.56 TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, EVERYTHING CHANGED. FROM THAT POINT ON, WAS 00:20:34.56\00:20:39.50 VERY SUPPORTING. HE SAID HEY, WE HAVE A BIGGER ENEMY, ALL THE 00:20:39.50\00:20:43.20 MEDIA WAS OUTSIDE THE DOORS, TELEVISION, NEWSPAPERS AND HE TOLD THE ARCHBISHOP WHEN YOU GO 00:20:43.20\00:20:49.71 OUTSIDE, NOW WHEN THE DOORS OPEN, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE MEDIA IN, YOU SHAKE HANDS AND BE 00:20:49.71\00:20:54.65 SMILING. REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT A WORST ENEMY THAN EACH OTHER AND THAT'S COMMUNISM, WE DON'T WANT 00:20:54.65\00:21:00.79 IT TO COME BACK, SO PRAISE THE LORD BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS THAT WAS LIFE 00:21:00.79\00:21:07.03 CHANGING, SO NOW JULIA, I MEET HER, SHE SAYS I NEVER GO, RARELY GO TO SEE MY BROTHER. 00:21:07.03\00:21:13.94 THAT DAY I HAPPENED TO PEEK IN THE BACK DOOR AND YOU ALL WERE THERE, SO AS SOON AS THE MEETING 00:21:13.94\00:21:19.17 WAS OVER, SHE WANTED TO MEET ELDER CARTER BECAUSE THAT IS WHO BROUGHT HER TO THE LORD. 00:21:19.17\00:21:24.18 A FEW DAYS LATER I WAS HAVING A MEETING WITH THE CONFERENCE AND THEY HAD A TRANSLATOR AND SO SHE 00:21:24.18\00:21:30.75 HAD INTRODUCED HERSELF TO THEM, SHE HAS A DOCTOR'S DEGREE AND SPECTER IN LANGUAGE, 2,000 00:21:30.75\00:21:42.50 STUDENTS, SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF BUT THE LADY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSLATE DIDN'T SHOW UP. 00:21:42.50\00:21:47.34 SHE HAD SOMETHING COME UP, SHE COULDN'T, SO THEY CALLED HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAID COULD 00:21:47.34\00:21:51.94 YOU COME TO THIS MEETING. SO WHEN WE WERE THERE AND THINKING ABOUT ALL THE MONEY 00:21:51.94\00:21:56.68 THAT WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH, THE BANKING SYSTEMS WERE DISARRAY, NOTHING WAS WORKING. 00:21:56.68\00:22:04.09 WE KNEW WE'D HAVE TO BE CARRYING MONEY, TRUSTING PEOPLE, IT'S JUST LIKE THE LORD SAID YOU CAN 00:22:04.09\00:22:08.99 TRUST HER. I KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT, PEOPLE HAD WARNED ME, 00:22:08.99\00:22:15.76 PEOPLE AROUND USED TO THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY, THEY NEVER HAD FREEDOM BUT THE WAY THE 00:22:15.76\00:22:24.11 CULTURE WAS, AT THE TIME, 6,000 RUBLE TO ONE DOLLAR. YOU COULD GO WITH A FEW DOLLARS 00:22:24.11\00:22:28.88 AND ALMOST BE RICH THERE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS IN SUCH A MESS. NOW, THERE'S JULIA AND I KNEW 00:22:28.88\00:22:35.55 RIGHT THEN, IT WAS LIKE WE CAN DO THIS. SHE'D CARRY A LITTLE 00:22:35.55\00:22:56.00 SACK AROUND, AND JOHN SAID YOU'D HAVE TO BE THIS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE HERE AND JULIA TRANSLATED ALL 00:22:56.00\00:23:02.18 OF THAT. I SAID I NOTICED YOU USED TO CARRY IT WHETHER I'D 00:23:02.18\00:23:09.08 COME. SHE SAID JOHN TOLD ME AND I HAD TO TELL THESE BIG GUYS WHAT THEY HAD TO DO. 00:23:09.08\00:23:14.39 SHE SAID I WAS SO STRESSED OUT, I WAS JUST CHEWING ON SOMETHING. LOOK WHAT GOD HAS WROUGHT. 00:23:14.39\00:23:23.63 NONE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. >> THAT'S 00:23:23.63\00:23:26.00 RIGHT. >> BECAUSE THE VIEWERS CAUGHT THE VISION. THE FIRST 00:23:26.00\00:23:40.18 NIGHT ELDER CARTER SAID WE NEED SPHENL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RENTAL THE HALL. IT WAS YOUNG 00:23:40.18\00:23:45.85 AND LITERALLY THE MONEY CAME IN DURING THE ONE PROGRAM, THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE AND MORE MONEY BEGAN 00:23:45.85\00:23:55.30 TO COME IN. WE SPENT $2 MILLION OR $3 MILLION. WE HAD TO KEEP 00:23:55.30\00:24:00.94 RECORDS BUT YOU TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, YOU JUST DO IT. THE MONEY CONTINUALLY CAME. 00:24:00.94\00:24:06.17 WE NEVER HAD TO BEG FOR THE MONEY AND TO THIS DAY, 3ABN IN THE U.S. SUPPORTS RUSSIA BECAUSE 00:24:06.17\00:24:13.78 THE SITUATION THERE, THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THEMSELVES FOR ALL THEY'RE DOING AND HAVE THEY MADE 00:24:13.78\00:24:19.99 THEIR MARK. SOMEBODY ELSE ADDRESSED THIS. TIM, YOU SAW THE 00:24:19.99\00:24:24.93 AWARDS AND EVERYTHING. >> THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WALL OF CERTIFICATES THAT THEY'VE 00:24:24.93\00:24:28.20 RECEIVED, THE AWARDS THAT ARE, THEY PUT THEMSELVES UP AGAINST THE SECULAR CABLE COMPANIES, THE 00:24:28.20\00:24:34.14 DIFFERENT NETWORKS THERE IN RUSSIA, AND THEY WALK AWAY WITH AWARDS FOR THE STUFF THAT 00:24:34.14\00:24:41.41 THEY'RE DOING THE EQUIPMENT THEY'VE MADE BY HAND BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE OR THEY CAN'T 00:24:41.41\00:24:57.36 BUY IT. I HAVE PICTURES, I WANT TO DO THAT BACK HOME. 00:24:57.36\00:25:04.07 >> A LOT OF THEIR STUFF IS CUSTOM MADE IN A MACHINE SHOP THERE IT'S INCREDIBLE. 00:25:04.07\00:25:18.21 >> WHAT DO THEY HAVE, 28 CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES. >> 00:25:18.21\00:25:23.92 VERY PRESTIGIOUS. >> IN MOSCOW, AND THEY'RE GIVING THEM ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE IT 00:25:23.92\00:25:30.76 GETS PEOPLE WANTING THEM ON CABLE AND BECAUSE THE QUALITY IS SO GOOD, THEY'RE ON HUNDREDS OF 00:25:30.76\00:25:36.30 NOW, WHAT IS IT NOW, COUPLE HUNDRED CABLE, BUT HUNDREDS OF NOW CABLE COMPANIES, BUT ON 00:25:36.30\00:25:44.34 SATELLITES AND. >> THEY'RE ON TWO SLIDES COVERING ALL THE 00:25:44.34\00:25:48.11 FORMER USSR AND THE CABLE COMPANIES. >> 170, OVER 170. >> I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO 200 AND 00:25:48.11\00:25:54.05 COVERED 400 SOME CITIES. IT WAS JUST AMAZING. >> THE POPULATION 00:25:54.05\00:25:58.69 IT'S REACHING. >> IT IS. >> AND THE PEOPLE JOINING THE CHURCH AND ACCEPTING JESUS IS 00:25:58.69\00:26:05.56 AMAZING. ONLY HEAVEN WILL TELL HOW MANY ACCEPTED JESUS ONCE 00:26:05.56\00:26:10.00 THEY JOIN THE CHURCH OR NOT. THE PEOPLE, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'M 00:26:10.00\00:26:13.67 JUST IN AWE. I'M IN AWE OF GOD TOR WHAT HE DOES AND HOW THIS ALL HAPPENS, BECAUSE FOR 3ABN, 00:26:13.67\00:26:19.97 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US, YET WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE WORKERS, ALL THE FACILITIES, I 00:26:19.97\00:26:25.78 DON'T KNOW, 30 SOME THOUSAND A MONTH, BUT THAT WOULDN'T GO NEAR, I MEAN NEARLY THAT FAR. 00:26:25.78\00:26:42.76 IT'S GREAT INVESTMENT AND THANKS TO YOU, IT'S POSSIBLE. GOING THERE IS A WONDERFUL, 00:26:42.76\00:26:49.40 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND I'VE TOLD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT YOU, OUR VIEWERS 00:26:49.40\00:26:55.71 AND DONOR, SUPPORTERS, LISTENERS, THAT THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE AND THEY ALWAYS SAY, 00:26:55.71\00:27:01.25 TELL THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE AND THE REST OF THE WORD AUDIENCE 00:27:01.25\00:27:14.10 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BIG THANKS. >> FROM ALL OF US HERE. >> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT 00:27:14.10\00:27:21.10 TONIGHT. WE HAVE THESE LITTLE DOLLS. WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOLL 00:27:21.10\00:27:23.51 MARKET, THEY HAVE THE LARGER ONES BUT THESE ARE THE LITTLE ONCE, THE KEY CHAINS. 00:27:23.51\00:27:28.71 WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE. WE BROUGHT BACK IN OUR LUGGAGE SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THESE. 00:27:28.71\00:27:41.62 THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLY. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, WE WOULD BE 00:27:41.62\00:27:50.13 HAPPY TO SEND YOU ONE OF THESE LITTLE KEY CHAINS. IT REMINDS YOU TO PRAY FOR THE 00:27:50.13\00:27:54.07 WORK, THAT GOD IS USING THEM IN A MIRACULOUS WAY, TO REACH THE FORMER USSR WITH THE GOSPEL, 00:27:54.07\00:28:01.21 PEOPLE ARE COMING TO KNOW JESUS AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT JUST THE PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE 00:28:01.21\00:28:06.78 QUALITY, THEY DO BIBLE STUDIES FOR CHILDREN, BIBLE STUDIES FOR 00:28:06.78\00:28:10.59 ADULTS. THEY SEND OUT LIT LUR. THEY CORRESPOND WITH PEOPLE. WE WANT TO SEND THESE TO YOU AND 00:28:10.59\00:28:27.00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR 3ABN RUSSIA. WHEN I THINK ABOUT 00:28:27.00\00:28:32.27 3ABN RUSSIA, IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR VISION, DANNY, WITHOUT GOD PUTTING THAT 00:28:32.27\00:28:37.65 VISION IN YOUR HEART. IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT JULIA 00:28:37.65\00:28:51.83 BEING FATEFUL AND JOHN CANTER AND JULIA'S BROTHER AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:51.83\00:28:56.80 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE FINDING 00:28:56.80\00:29:02.90 OUT ABOUT JESUS. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR TRIP AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A HIGHLIGHT OR 00:29:02.90\00:29:07.44 SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY ENJOYED THIS TIME OR SOME WAY GOD USED IT TO CHANGE YOU OR 00:29:07.44\00:29:12.41 JUST WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART. >> MY FAVORITE TIME WHEN WE GO IS WHEN WE SIT UP IN THAT UPPER 00:29:12.41\00:29:19.62 ROOM AND WE SHARE AND WE -- WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD THERE 00:29:19.62\00:29:27.73 IS, AND SO WE COMMUNICATE. IT'S THE, JULIA OF COURSE, SHE'S TRANSLATING AND ALL OF THAT, BUT 00:29:27.73\00:29:33.67 THERE IS JUST THIS BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE OF THE HEART. WHEN WE TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND 00:29:33.67\00:29:48.28 GET TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT'S JUST TO ME, JUST A 00:29:48.28\00:29:53.42 BEAUTIFUL TIME. >> I ALWAYS AM AMAZED, BUT I LOVE TO WATCH DANNY WHEN WE GO OVER, BECAUSE 00:29:53.42\00:30:01.70 YOU JUST SEE HIM, LIKE ALL THE MEMORIES. I'D LOVE TO BE IN HIS MIND JUST TO BE ABLE TO KNOW 00:30:01.70\00:30:07.37 WHAT HE'S THINKING, HE CAN SEE, HOWEVER WEAVER COME IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I WISH THAT 00:30:07.37\00:30:16.51 EVERYONE COULD GO, FIRST OF ALL, BUT I WISH YOU COULD KNOW THIS MAN'S HEART, LIKE WE HAVE THE 00:30:16.51\00:30:23.22 PRIVILEGE OF DOING AND EVEN IF I WEREN'T ON STAFF HERE, I'M REALLY SPEECHLESS TO SEE, 00:30:23.22\00:30:41.64 DANNY'S EYES GLAZE OVER WITH TEARS BECAUSE IT'S PEACEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE 00:30:41.64\00:30:52.11 WATER AND I'M SEEING JOSHUA AT THE JORDAN AND YOU IN THAT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT, 00:30:52.11\00:30:57.89 BODY OF WATER IN THE STREET. IT'S JUST SO POWERFUL. I WANT TO CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS. 00:30:57.89\00:31:01.12 WE ALL NEED SOMETHING. IT'S NOT DANNY, AS HE HAS SAID, BUT HE STEPPED OUT IN FAITH TO 00:31:01.12\00:31:10.50 TAKE ON THIS GOD-SIZED DREAM AND VISION, AND SO I ENCOURAGING YOU TO FIND SOMETHING TO ATTACH YOUR 00:31:10.50\00:31:20.91 LIFE TO AND ATTACH YOUR HEART AND IT'S CERTAINLY, IT SEEMED LIKE A FAIRYTALE, EVERY TIME WE 00:31:20.91\00:31:28.72 HEAR THE WHOLE STORY AND YOU LAY IT OUT, BUT THIS MAN IS MY HERO, AND I TRULY, I JUST AM IN AWE, 00:31:28.72\00:31:37.36 TO BE A PART OF THAT DONNY, THANK YOU SOACH VERY MUCH FOR 00:31:37.36\00:31:51.64 FOLLOWING GOD. >> GOD GETS THE CREDIT. >> HE USES MAN, ALL 00:31:51.64\00:31:57.08 THROUGH THE BIBLE. >> IN SPEED OF US, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. IF WE GO, THE 00:31:57.08\00:32:04.02 BLESSING'S ON THE GO. >> AGAIN, I CAN DREAM ALL THE DREAMS I WANT BUT UNLESS THE 00:32:04.02\00:32:07.89 FOLKS AT HOME HAVE THAT VISION, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THE LORD WOULDN'T PUT IN 00:32:07.89\00:32:14.30 SOMEONE'S HEART TO DO SOMETHING UNLESS HE KNEW, YOU KNOW. GOD PUTS SOMETHING IN YOUR 00:32:14.30\00:32:29.34 HEART, KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO SUPPLY, YOU KNOW BE EVERY NEED. >> I'M AS AMAZED AS EVERYBODY 00:32:29.34\00:32:40.49 ELSE IS, BECAUSE REALLY, IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND YOU JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DID GOD DO ALL OF 00:32:40.49\00:32:49.40 THIS. SAME AT 3ABN, WE GAVE A TOUR RECENTLY, WHICH WE DON'T DO 00:32:49.40\00:32:55.47 OFTEN. SOME FOLKS CAME HERE AND WENT FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE 00:32:55.47\00:32:58.84 NEXT TO THE NEXT, AS I LOOKED AT EVERY BIT OF IT, I WAS IN AS AWE 00:32:58.84\00:33:06.48 AS THEY WERE. I DIDN'T REALIZE 3ABN WAS THIS BIG. YOU GO TO EACH FACILITY AND LOOK 00:33:06.48\00:33:10.32 AT IT, MASTER CONTROL AND THE STUDIOS AND CALL CENTER AND RADIO AND ALL THE WORSHIP 00:33:10.32\00:33:17.69 CENTERS AND THE SCHOOL, AND GYM AND IT WAS LIKE I WAS SITTING THERE LIKE I WAS THERE FOR THE 00:33:17.69\00:33:23.33 FIRST TIME. IT WAS LIKE WOW, THIS IS REALLY AMAZING WHAT GOD 00:33:23.33\00:33:27.90 HAS DONE, BECAUSE YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. >> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT PUFFED UP ABOUT 00:33:27.90\00:33:33.24 IT, YOU'RE AS OVERWHELMED AS THE REST OF US ARE. >> NO, I AM. 00:33:33.24\00:33:36.91 >> THAT'S AMAZING. >> WHAT ABOUT YOU, JASON, YOU'VE HEARD THESE STORIES THROUGH THE 00:33:36.91\00:33:41.58 YEARS AND TO BE THERE AND GO ON THAT TRIP. >> YOU KNOW, MEETING 00:33:41.58\00:33:46.09 JULIA HERE IN AMERICA AND MEETING SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, JULIA IS A WOMAN THAT 00:33:46.09\00:33:55.26 IS SWEET TO THE CORE. THERE'S A SAYING THAT ATTITUDE REFLECTS 00:33:55.26\00:33:58.67 LEADERSHIP. WHEN WE WENT TO 3ABN RUSSIA AND I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS AND 00:33:58.67\00:34:04.07 ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY SEE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST SHINING THROUGH EACH AND EVERY 00:34:04.07\00:34:09.04 ONE OF THEM. I MEAN THE TIME THAT WENT INTO COORDINATING THE SCHEDULED AND PLANNING ALL THE 00:34:09.04\00:34:16.28 STUFF. WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HERE WITH CAMP MEETING AND PLANNING THAT OUT AND HERE YOU 00:34:16.28\00:34:24.03 HAVE THE 27th ANNIVERSARY OF 3ABN RUSSIA SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PLANNING ALL THAT HAVE AND 00:34:24.03\00:34:30.23 NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM OVERSEES AND SO YOU'RE COORDINATING THAT WHOLE 00:34:30.23\00:34:36.04 ITINERARY AND SETTING UP DIFFERENT PLACES FOR THEM TO SEE AND TRANSLATORS AND ALL OF THESE 00:34:36.04\00:34:43.55 THINGS ON TOP OF THEIR ALREADY INCREDIBLE WORK LOAD AND THEY TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW US ALL 00:34:43.55\00:34:59.36 AROUND. THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES THE WHOLE TIME. THEY GAVE US THESE BEAUTIFUL 00:34:59.36\00:35:03.33 BOXES, BUILDINGS WOODEN BOXES, 27 YEARS, 3ABN RUSSIA AROUND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE PICTURES 00:35:03.33\00:35:10.57 FROM OUR JOURNEY IN THERE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY 00:35:10.57\00:35:16.78 INCREDIBLE. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT 3ABN RUSSIA AND WALKING AWAY FROM THERE JUST 00:35:16.78\00:35:21.18 IN SURPRISER ME TO DEVELOP A DEEPER, MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST BECAUSE 00:35:21.18\00:35:26.29 I SAW THAT AND THEM AND THE FACT THAT THEY, I MEAN, THERE WERE TWO NIGHTS WHERE I THINK SOME OF 00:35:26.29\00:35:32.69 THEM GOT NO SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WERE PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND JUST REALLY SHOWING US AN 00:35:32.69\00:35:38.03 AMAZING, AMAZING TIME. >> THE SACRIFICE IS INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU SEE THAT AND YOU GO 00:35:38.03\00:35:42.97 THERE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AS WELL, BUT WE WANT TO GO TO THE ROLL, THE ROLL TO BRAD 00:35:42.97\00:35:48.64 WALK ERRAND TEAM PUT TOGETHER. YOU SEE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 27th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR 00:35:48.64\00:35:54.45 TRIP THERE TO 3ABN RUSSIA. [ MUSIC ] 00:35:54.45\00:36:55.54 [ MUSIC ] >> SO THAT WAS JUST A REALLY 00:37:01.75\00:37:27.61 NEAT SNEAK REVIEW OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE 27th YOOFERS. 00:37:27.61\00:37:32.08 THANK YOU, BRAD FOR PUT THANK TOGETHER. 00:37:32.08\00:37:34.92 HE WENT ON THE TRIP AND HE'S JUST ADDED TIRED. 00:37:34.92\00:37:37.22 HE'LL BE ON THE SET IN A LITTLE BIT. 00:37:37.22\00:37:39.92 IT WAS FUN, THAT WAS OUR FAMILY. I THINK IT'S THE FORTÉ OF HEAVEN 00:37:39.92\00:37:44.66 AND JUST WHAT A BLESSING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:37:44.66\00:37:47.36 JASON AND FRANCINE, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 00:37:47.36\00:37:49.30 >> ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T YOU GO? >> I WAS AMAZED BY THE LOVE OF 00:37:49.30\00:37:52.53 THE PEOPLE, I HAVE TO SAY, FOR ME, IT WAS, THEIR LIGHT WAS 00:37:52.53\00:37:57.11 SHINING ALL THE TIME AND THE LOVE, THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY 00:37:57.11\00:38:00.74 GAVE, I MEAN, THEY WERE GIVING ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD, AND 00:38:00.74\00:38:03.91 THEIR TIME, IT WAS JUST AMAZING, AND I WORKED WITH JANNA, OUR 00:38:03.91\00:38:14.59 TRANSLATOR, SHE SPENT TIME WITH LITTLE AMANDA AND IT WAS AMAZING 00:38:14.59\00:38:19.69 TO SEE THE COMMITMENT FOR EACH OTHER. 00:38:19.69\00:38:21.60 WHAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME FROM OUR COUNTRIES IS THAT THEY ARE TIGHT 00:38:21.60\00:38:25.77 KNIT FAMILIES ALMOST, BECAUSE EVEN THE WAY THEY LIVED, THE 00:38:25.77\00:38:30.07 COMMUNITIES, THEY DO WORK TOGETHER AND THEY DO DEPEND ON 00:38:30.07\00:38:32.57 EACH OTHER FOR A LOT OF THINGS, SO JUST SEEING THAT WAS AMAZING 00:38:32.57\00:38:35.84 TO ME, IS HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER AND JUST THEY HAVE A GOAL AND 00:38:35.84\00:38:41.78 THEY ARE MISSION ORIENTED, DEFINITELY. 00:38:41.78\00:38:44.19 >> YEAH, HE WERE SAYING, WE WERE HEARING THAT 95% OF THE PEOPLE 00:38:44.19\00:38:49.59 IN RUSSIA LIVE IN THE CITIES, AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS THESE 00:38:49.59\00:38:53.09 PODS OF CITIES AND THEY'RE A VERY CLOSE KNIT CULTURE AND I 00:38:53.09\00:38:59.33 DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. I'M USUALLY WHEN I READ IN THE 00:38:59.33\00:39:05.17 HISTORY BOOKS THE STOIC KIND OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID, DONNY, BUT 00:39:05.17\00:39:11.28 I SAW A TOTALLY DIFFERENT RUSSIA. 00:39:11.28\00:39:14.12 THE PEOPLE WERE SINCERE, THEY WERE LOVING, THEY JUST LOVED 00:39:14.12\00:39:24.06 LIFE. WE'VE BEEN TO SWITZERLAND, 00:39:24.06\00:39:27.50 EUROPE, OTHER PLACES AND RUSSIA IS BACK WHERE OTHER COUNTRIES, I 00:39:27.50\00:39:31.53 MEAN, THERE ARE MALLS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SMILING AND HAPPY I 00:39:31.53\00:39:45.88 HAD THIS TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW. THE BUILDING, FROM WHAT IT WAS, 00:39:45.88\00:39:50.85 THE CONCRETE SLABS IN THE BRUSH THAT YOU COULD OMSI SOME HOLES. 00:39:50.85\00:39:54.66 THE VIEWPOINT AND WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT ITING ACCOMPLISH AND 00:39:54.66\00:39:58.53 THE UTILIZATION OF HOW THE PEOPLE ARE USING IT, JULIA AND 00:39:58.53\00:40:01.60 THE HER TEAM AND THE CONFERENCE AND THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE 00:40:01.60\00:40:04.13 THINGS GOING ON, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW YOU, THE VIEWERS, ARE 00:40:04.13\00:40:10.71 PARTNERING WITH US TO MAKE THIS A BLESSING, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL 00:40:10.71\00:40:14.91 THE SIGHTS AND CABLE COMPANIES THAT ARE PRODUCING 3ABN CONTENT 00:40:14.91\00:40:20.75 THAT ARE GETTING HUGE REMARKS ON HOW WELL THE CONTENT IS. 00:40:20.75\00:40:29.02 THANK YOU TO VIEWERS LIKE YOU THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH 00:40:29.02\00:40:33.43 US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RUSSIA. 00:40:33.43\00:40:37.37 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR 00:40:37.37\00:40:42.54 WHAT THEY DO AND JULIA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN WORKING WITH HER 00:40:42.54\00:40:46.71 TEAM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> AND THEIR COMMITMENT. 00:40:46.71\00:40:49.04 >> AND THEIR COMMITMENT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 00:40:49.04\00:40:51.71 >> TO ME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WAS THE GIVING 00:40:51.71\00:40:58.39 NATURE OF THE PEOPLE. I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT THIS 00:40:58.39\00:41:09.60 LADY COMES UP AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. 00:41:09.60\00:41:12.13 SHE WANTED ME TO HAVE THIS BAG. IT WAS HEAVY. 00:41:12.13\00:41:14.70 SHE HAD GRAPES AND SHE HAD A LOAF OF BREAD, AND SHE GAVE IT 00:41:14.70\00:41:18.01 TO ME. HONESTLY, I MEAN, I DIDN'T WANT 00:41:18.01\00:41:20.44 TO TAKE IT, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE AM I TAKING HER MEAL, AM I 00:41:20.44\00:41:24.58 TAKING HER, YOU KNOW, FOOD FROM HER, BUT YET IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 00:41:24.58\00:41:28.52 RUDE NOT TO ACCEPT IT, SO I TOOK IT AND I THANK YOD HER, BUT THE 00:41:28.52\00:41:34.99 JEP ROSS CITY OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S JUST SO AMAZING IT REMINDS 00:41:34.99\00:41:48.37 YOU OF HOW MUCH WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT 00:41:48.37\00:41:52.07 TO GIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE. I GO TO RUSSIA, IT'S JUST A 00:41:52.07\00:41:55.64 LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVEN, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT CULTURES, 00:41:55.64\00:41:58.78 YOU KNOW, WE AS AMERICANS GO OVER THERE AND WE HAVE THE 00:41:58.78\00:42:02.45 RUSSIANS, WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL 00:42:02.45\00:42:06.25 LOVE THAT WE FEEL, TO ME, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 00:42:06.25\00:42:10.96 >> THE AMAZING THING, ANOTHER AMAZING THING, I SHOULD SAY, 00:42:10.96\00:42:16.00 MINISTRIES COME AND MINISTRIES GO AND PROJECTS COME AND 00:42:16.00\00:42:19.93 PROJECTS GO, AND YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU INVEST 00:42:19.93\00:42:26.54 TO DO CERTAIN WHETHER WHATEVER COUNTRY IT IS, WHETHER BUILDING 00:42:26.54\00:42:31.81 CHURCHES OR DOING WHATEVER AND SOMETIMES 25 YEARS LATER, 00:42:31.81\00:42:35.28 THERE'S ONLY A MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED. 00:42:35.28\00:42:37.95 THIS CONTINUES TO GROW. IT'S REACHING MORE PEOPLE, MORE 00:42:37.95\00:42:42.49 PEOPLE, AND IT'S GROWN, EVERY TIME I GO I'M AMAZED TO SEE HOW 00:42:42.49\00:42:50.00 MUCH THIS THING CONTINUES TO GROW. 00:42:50.00\00:42:52.37 THAT'S ONE OF THE REALLY AMAZING THINGS IS LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT 00:42:52.37\00:42:55.80 AFTER A CERTAIN -- IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO ELDER CARTER'S 00:42:55.80\00:42:59.71 MEETINGS NOW, OVER THE YEARS AND GROWING UP, WE'D HAVE EVANTAGE 00:42:59.71\00:43:04.75 LISTS THAT WOULD ADVERTISE LOCALLY SO THE FIRST NIGHT, 00:43:04.75\00:43:07.32 YOU'D HAVE A FULL HOUSE AND MAYBE THE SECOND NIGHT NEARLY 00:43:07.32\00:43:12.12 FULL. THE THIRD NIGHT, SOME LESS AND 00:43:12.12\00:43:13.76 GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, THERE'S HALF THE AUDIENCE AND SO 00:43:13.76\00:43:17.49 YOU GO FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND BY THE END, IT'S MOSTLY 00:43:17.49\00:43:20.86 YOU'RE PEOPLE AND A FEW VISITORS. 00:43:20.86\00:43:23.26 ELDER CARTER WEREN'T THE VERY FIRST NIGHT, THE AUDITORIUM'S 00:43:23.26\00:43:28.44 SUPPOSED TO HOLD 6,000. WE GOT TO VISIT THAT AGAIN, THE 00:43:28.44\00:43:31.84 PALACE OF SPORTS, BUT THEY CRAMMED 7,000 IN. 00:43:31.84\00:43:35.01 WHEN THE MEETING WAS OVER, THEY LET THEM ALL OUT ONE SIDE AND 00:43:35.01\00:43:38.91 THERE WERE 7,000 MORE TO FILL IT UP FOR THE SECOND MEETING. 00:43:38.91\00:43:42.58 NOW WHEN THAT MEETING WAS OVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE 00:43:42.58\00:43:49.79 OUTSIDE CAN HE DO THREE SERMONS IN A NIGHT? 00:43:49.79\00:44:00.50 WELL, HE DID. EVERY NIGHT WAS PACKED AND EVERY 00:44:00.50\00:44:02.40 NIGHT WAS MULTIPLE SERVICES. THEN WHEN WE GAVE THE BASEBALLS 00:44:02.40\00:44:07.11 OUT, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT ROLL I HOPE, TOO, BUT WE GIVE 00:44:07.11\00:44:10.95 THE BIBLES OUT, PEOPLE HAD NEVER HAD A BIBLE. 00:44:10.95\00:44:18.65 PASTORS TOLD US THEY NEVER OWN ADD BIBLE. 00:44:18.65\00:44:21.66 THEY'D GOT PIECES OF THINGS AND CERTAIN SCRIPTURES, THEY SAID 00:44:21.66\00:44:27.13 LOOK, MY BIBLE. WE SAW SOME OF THE ORIGINAL 00:44:27.13\00:44:29.20 BIBLES THAT WERE PASSED OUT THERE AND THEY WOULD GET THEM AS 00:44:29.20\00:44:33.20 SOON AS THEY HAD TO COME, THEY WOULD FOUL ON THE GROUND AND 00:44:33.20\00:44:40.44 START READING. JULIA, I ASKED HER WHEN DID YOU 00:44:40.44\00:44:44.38 DO, SHE SAID I CLUTCHED IT, I DIDN'T GO HOME. 00:44:44.38\00:44:46.85 I JUST STARTED READING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE WE HEARD 00:44:46.85\00:44:49.82 ABOUT THEM ALL OUR LIVES, NEVER THOUGHT WE'D OWN A BIBLE, SO YOU 00:44:49.82\00:44:53.52 CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET HOME. SOMETIMES WITH PROSPERITY, YOU 00:44:53.52\00:45:10.24 HAVE A LACK OF SPIRITUALITY, BUT PEOPLE HAD A HOMING DEVICE. 00:45:10.24\00:45:15.24 I BELIEVE WE COULD GO BACK THERE AGAIN AND DO MORE MEETINGS AND I 00:45:15.24\00:45:21.18 BELIEVE EJANG LISTENNISTIC OUTREACH AND SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:45:21.18\00:45:24.65 WORK AGAIN IN TREMENDOUS WAYS. >> UP IN NEW GUINEA, HE HAD 00:45:24.65\00:45:51.01 BETWEEN 200 AND A THOUSAND PEOPLE A NIGHT. 00:45:51.01\00:45:54.38 WHAT IS IT? IS HE JUST THE GREATEST PREACHER 00:45:54.38\00:45:58.29 EVER, YOU KNOW, OR IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON, AND WHAT IT 00:45:58.29\00:46:01.46 IS, HE IS A GOOD PREACHER, AND ENDS PEOPLE WEB UNDERSTANDS 00:46:01.46\00:46:14.47 MARKETING ANTISSING AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED TO PUT IN 00:46:14.47\00:46:18.64 TO JUST ADVERTISING. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T WANT 00:46:18.64\00:46:22.01 TO GIVE TO DO THE WHOLE MEETINGS, BUT ELDER CARTER, BY 00:46:22.01\00:46:27.05 FAITH GOES FORWARD, THEN GETS CHURCHES EVERYWHERE TO WORKING 00:46:27.05\00:46:31.52 TOGETHER, COMMITTING, THEY WILL COME, THEIR MEMBERS WILL COME, 00:46:31.52\00:46:34.56 THEY WILL HELP. WHEN HE GOES, THEN THE PEOPLE 00:46:34.56\00:46:37.43 WANT TO HEAR, THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH, SO THEY COME EVERY NIGHT 00:46:37.43\00:46:42.26 BECAUSE HE PRESENTS SOMETHING NEW TO THEM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT 00:46:42.26\00:46:45.33 AFTER NIGHT AND SO HEAVEN WILL BE AMAZING FOR ELDER CARTER, 00:46:45.33\00:46:51.81 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO NEED AN-ETERNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP AND SAY I WAS ONE OF THOSE 00:46:51.81\00:46:57.51 HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN PAUPAU NEW GUINEA. 00:46:57.51\00:47:06.19 I WAS IN INDIA, ANGOLA, RUSSIA, NUMEROUS, I THINK HE HELD, I 00:47:06.19\00:47:13.43 COULDN'T TELL YOU A FEW DOZEN EJANG LIFTISTIC SERIES 00:47:13.43\00:47:20.44 THROUGHOUT TIME ZONES. AND HE WENT IN THE WINTER. 00:47:20.44\00:47:23.07 I ALWAYS MADE SURE THE LORD CALLED ME THERE IN THE SUMMER. 00:47:23.07\00:47:26.81 SOMETIMES YOU HELP THE LORD WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE CAN I GO IN 00:47:26.81\00:47:29.98 THE SUMMERTIME AND SO ALL RIGHT, BUT HE WOULD GO IN THE WINTERER 00:47:29.98\00:47:35.68 TIME AND PAT AND JEAN MCCLINTOCK WOULD GO WINTER AFTER WINTER, 00:47:35.68\00:47:44.46 BECAUSE HE WORKED IN THE SUMMER IN HIS INSULATION BUSINESS AND 00:47:44.46\00:47:50.53 HELP BUILD CHURCHES. I THINK 11 CHURCHES WERE BUILT 00:47:50.53\00:47:53.64 IN THAT AREA. >> SPEAKING OF EVANGELISM. 00:47:53.64\00:47:55.84 WE HAD A MEETING WITH A CONFERENCE WHILE WE WERE THERE 00:47:55.84\00:48:00.78 AND TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT PLANS AS YOU MENTIONED FOR DOING EVNG 00:48:00.78\00:48:04.48 LISM AGAIN, NOT JUST IN 1992, BUT TO CONTINUE. 00:48:04.48\00:48:08.08 OF COURSE THEY'RE DOING EVANGELISM NOW, BUT IF WE COULD 00:48:08.08\00:48:14.36 HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT, PASTOR ALEXANDER, 00:48:14.36\00:48:20.33 THE SECRETARY, PASTOR AND THE TREASURER, PASTOR DIMITRI, EACH 00:48:20.33\00:48:27.40 ONE OF THEM, THEIR STORY IS CONNECTED WITH 3ABN AND PASTOR 00:48:27.40\00:48:32.57 CARTER AND THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 00:48:32.57\00:48:38.68 EACH ONE OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED AS A RESULT, WHETHER IT WAS 92, 00:48:38.68\00:48:42.55 93, BUT IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO ME TO SEE THAT THEY JOINED THE 00:48:42.55\00:48:48.16 CHURCH AT THAT TIME AND NOW GOD'S USING THEM AS LEADERS IN 00:48:48.16\00:48:53.36 THE CHURCH AND YET YOU, YOU'RE THE COMMERCE PRESIDENT'S AGENT, 00:48:53.36\00:48:57.40 AT HOME, YOU'RE WATCHING DANNY TALKING ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA AND 00:48:57.40\00:49:01.50 GOING AND SENDING MONEY AND THEN WE WENT, AND MET THEM. 00:49:01.50\00:49:05.84 >> IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I WAS A SMALL, WELL, A 00:49:05.84\00:49:11.11 TEENAGER WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA SO TO SEND 00:49:11.11\00:49:15.62 MONEY INTO THE PROJECT AND TO GO TO 3ABN RUSSIA. 00:49:15.62\00:49:18.52 >> A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, 00:49:18.52\00:49:22.36 TEENAGER. >> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. 00:49:22.36\00:49:24.23 I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE WERE GROWING STRAWBERRIES, THE MONEY 00:49:24.23\00:49:29.96 WE WERE GETTING FROM GROWING THE STRAWBERRIES, WE'D SEND. 00:49:29.96\00:49:34.10 TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE, IT'S HUMBLING TO BE A PART OF THIS. 00:49:34.10\00:49:38.81 IT REALLY IS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN 00:49:38.81\00:49:40.61 THE HALLWAY WITH YOU AND THERE WAS A LITTLE LADY IN A RED COAT 00:49:40.61\00:49:45.91 COME RUNNING TOWARD YOU AND GAVE YOU A BIG HUG AND A BURGE OF 00:49:45.91\00:49:56.62 KISSES ALL OVER MY CHEEK. SPEAKING RUSSIAN FLUENTLY, OF 00:49:56.62\00:50:01.06 COURSE SHE IS RUSSIAN. >> SHE SAID SHE'S 81 YEARS OLD 00:50:01.06\00:50:06.30 NOW AND WHEN WE FIRST WENT, JUST PURCHASED A BUILDING AND STARTED 00:50:06.30\00:50:11.14 AS TO BUILD WANT STUDIOS, A LOT OF CHURCH MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED. 00:50:11.14\00:50:14.64 I THOUGHT FOR YEARS, THERE'S ANOTHER THING IT TOOK ME YEARS 00:50:14.64\00:50:18.55 TO FIND OUT. I THOUGHT SHE WAS A CHURCH 00:50:18.55\00:50:21.35 MEMBER BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SO HAPPY A CHURCH WAS BUILT AND SHE 00:50:21.35\00:50:24.19 WAS ONLY A BLOCK OR SO AWAY AND I FOUND OUT FOR SURE THIS TRIP 00:50:24.19\00:50:28.59 SHE NEVER WAS A CHURCH MEMBER, BUT SHE WAS SO THRILLED THERE 00:50:28.59\00:50:34.56 WAS A CHURCH THAT SHE AND HER FRIEND VERA WHO IS NOW RESTING 00:50:34.56\00:50:39.47 IN JESUS BEGAN COMING OVER DAY. I FIGURED OUT TIME WIDE SHE IS 00:50:39.47\00:50:44.91 PROBABLY IN HER MID 50'S. THE STUDIO WHEN WE DECIDED TO 00:50:44.91\00:50:47.94 BUILD IT, 25 FEET AT LEAST TO THE CELE, THEY CUT DOWN SAPLINGS 00:50:47.94\00:50:54.68 AND HAD ROPE OR LETTINGSER AND WOULD TIE THESE. 00:50:54.68\00:50:59.45 WHEN YOU WOULD GET UP, YOO MIND HEIGHTS, BUT THIS WAS SCARY, 00:50:59.45\00:51:03.86 THEY WOULD CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND EVERY DAY, 00:51:03.86\00:51:07.23 ALEXANDRIA WAS UP THERE WITH A HAMMER AND LITTLE CHISEL TRYING 00:51:07.23\00:51:11.30 TO CHISEL HOLES IN THE VOTE SO THEY COULD HANG RODS DOWN TO 00:51:11.30\00:51:16.87 HANG LIGHTS, AND VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW FOR WEEKS WHICH WENT 00:51:16.87\00:51:19.91 INTO MONTHS AND SO WE PUT HER ON A LITTLE STIPEND AND SHE REALLY 00:51:19.91\00:51:23.78 WASN'T THERE FOR THE MONEY, BUT COULD USE THE HELP, SO, BUT I'M 00:51:23.78\00:51:28.58 AMAZED THAT PEOPLE LIKE SHE AND VERA SAID WE'RE SO EXCITED 00:51:28.58\00:51:32.09 THERE'S A CHURCH AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, AND SHE'S BEEN 00:51:32.09\00:51:36.49 COMING EVER SINCE. >> AS WE'RE PULLING OU, SHE'S 00:51:36.49\00:51:39.73 WAVING AT THE BUS. >> SHE BROUGHT US THE CREPES, A 00:51:39.73\00:51:43.70 HOLE PLATEFUL. WHEN FOOD WAS SCARCE THERE IN 00:51:43.70\00:51:46.70 THE BEGINNING, IT WAS REALLY, THERE WEREN'T RESTAURANTS YOU 00:51:46.70\00:51:49.57 COULD JUST GO TO ANYWHERE. WE WOULD GO TO THE TRAIN STATION 00:51:49.57\00:51:52.57 FOR THAT ALL NIGHT RIDE AND ALWAYS FAITHFULLY, SHE AND VERA, 00:51:52.57\00:51:56.78 HER FRIEND AND A FEW OTHERS WOULD BRING A BIG LIKE THIN 00:51:56.78\00:52:02.78 PANCAKES, CREPES, BUT THEY'D HAVE JAYS OR JAMS OR SOMETHING 00:52:02.78\00:52:05.79 WITH WITH IT AND THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT 00:52:05.79\00:52:08.42 US AND SOMETIMES BOILED EGGS AND THEY WOULD GIVE US TO US SO WE 00:52:08.42\00:52:11.79 WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT. HERE ENOUGH, SHE BROUGHT HER BIG 00:52:11.79\00:52:15.56 THING OF CREPES AND A DOZEN EGGS, BOILED EGGS, AND GAVE TO 00:52:15.56\00:52:19.13 US FOR OUR TRIP BACK HOME, BUT TO SEE HER AFTER ALL OF THESE 00:52:19.13\00:52:24.44 YEARS AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THERE AND DIDN'T SHOW IF SHE WAS 00:52:24.44\00:52:27.08 STILL ALIVE, I HADN'T SEEN HER IN SO LONG. 00:52:27.08\00:52:30.05 I HEARD DANNY, SHE ALWAYS SAID DANNY, DANNY WITH THAT DISTINCT 00:52:30.05\00:52:35.22 VOICE AND SHE CAME RUNNING AND WE HUGGED AND EMBRACED AND TO 00:52:35.22\00:52:39.15 SEE HER, IT TAKES YOU BACKS TO LOOK AT THE SACRIFICE, SHE'S NOW 00:52:39.15\00:52:44.43 81 YEARS OLD. I SAID STILL. 00:52:44.43\00:52:47.46 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> YOU'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL. 00:52:47.46\00:52:50.73 SHE SMILED REAL BIG. SHE SAID I'M 81. 00:52:50.73\00:52:54.14 I SAID OH, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. 00:52:54.14\00:52:57.84 >> YEAH, AND IT'S AMAZING SHE WAS USING THE HAMMER AND CHISEL 00:52:57.84\00:53:03.04 BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DRILLS AND DRILL BITS, SO TO DO THAT BY 00:53:03.04\00:53:07.62 HAND WAS JUST AMAZING. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD, 00:53:07.62\00:53:11.02 SO GENEROUS. WE WERE WELL FED. 00:53:11.02\00:53:12.65 JAKE, I KNOW YOU LIKE FOOD. >> OH, YEAH. 00:53:12.65\00:53:17.56 >> MARISSA COOKED FOR US A GREAT DEAL. 00:53:17.56\00:53:21.50 >> BEAUTIFUL. >> FRESH FRUIT, FRESH STRAWBERRY 00:53:21.50\00:53:25.33 JAM. OH, MAN. 00:53:25.33\00:53:27.60 >> RELIVING IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:53:27.60\00:53:31.44 >> JASON, HE COULD GO TO THE ALPS AND HE'D SEND PICTURE OF 00:53:31.44\00:53:42.62 THE FOOD. SMALL PRINT, I WAS IN THICAL PS -- 00:53:42.62\00:53:56.53 THE ALPS WITH A PICTURE OF FOOD. >> I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE 00:53:56.53\00:54:03.67 AMOUNT OF HIS PEOPLE THERE IN THE SERVICE. 00:54:03.67\00:54:05.27 >> STILL FAITHFUL TO THE CHURCH, TO THE LORD AND THE 3ABN THERE, 00:54:05.27\00:54:10.05 I MEAN AMAZING. THE FARLAYS CAME WITH US. 00:54:10.05\00:54:19.89 THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TRIP. >> THEY LOVED IT. 00:54:19.89\00:54:22.22 >> THEY WERE LIKE THE REST OF US, IN AWE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 00:54:22.22\00:54:26.66 I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HAS DONE, BUT HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO 00:54:26.66\00:54:32.03 DO. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND 00:54:32.03\00:54:34.00 PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. YOU TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT AGO, I 00:54:34.00\00:54:37.14 THINK YOUR LIPS SAID $41,000 OR SO A MONTH IT COST. 00:54:37.14\00:54:43.81 YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE TRIPLE THAT OR QUADRUPLE, BUT 00:54:43.81\00:54:48.72 THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS EVERY MONTH. 00:54:48.72\00:54:50.02 >> WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT BECAUSE 00:54:50.02\00:54:53.82 THEY'RE GROWING, THAT 41,000 NEEDS TO BE 45 OR 50. 00:54:53.82\00:55:00.56 THAT'S WHERE YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDING. 00:55:00.56\00:55:02.43 WE APPRECIATE EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN TO 3ABN TO SUPPORT THE 00:55:02.43\00:55:06.40 WORK IN RUSSIA. >> IT IS EXCITING, BECAUSE 00:55:06.40\00:55:08.27 YOU'RE EVENING THE GROWTH, THROUGH THE CABLE STATIONS, ALL 00:55:08.27\00:55:11.17 THE CITIES THAT IT'S REACHING AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT, 00:55:11.17\00:55:14.54 IT'S EXCITING. >> LET'S TALK A MOMENT ABOUT THE 00:55:14.54\00:55:16.91 PROGRAMMING THAT THEY DID ON THE WEEKEND WHICH WAS AMAZING. 00:55:16.91\00:55:19.48 WE AIRED HERE ON 3ABN. TIM, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:55:19.48\00:55:24.12 MUSIC A LITTLE BIT OR DANNY SMOKE OF COURSE ON SABBATH. 00:55:24.12\00:55:28.42 >> AND GREAT ARTISTS. IN FACT, ON PRAISE HIM I TALKED 00:55:28.42\00:55:36.83 TO JULIA ABOUT USING SOME OF THEIR SINGERS, THIS MUSICIAN TO 00:55:36.83\00:55:40.97 CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PRAYS HIM NETWORK. 00:55:40.97\00:55:43.87 I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY FOR VIEWERS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO 00:55:43.87\00:55:51.95 THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] YOU SANG ON OPENING 00:55:51.95\00:56:50.27 NIGHT, WE ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND. 00:56:50.27\00:56:52.71 THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> IT WAS. 00:56:52.71\00:56:53.88 WE WANT TO SAY FOR A GIFT OF ANY SIZE TONIGHT FOR 3ABN RUSSIA, WE 00:56:53.88\00:56:57.85 WILL SEND YOU THESE LITTLE DOLL KEY CHAINS. 00:56:57.85\00:57:00.92 >> FROM RUSSIA. >> AND WE BROUGHT THEM BACK FROM 00:57:00.92\00:57:04.79 RUSSIA, JUST ANY SIZE, WHETHER LARGE, WE'LL TAKE THAT OR MEDIUM 00:57:04.79\00:57:08.59 SIZE OR SMALL, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, THE LORD WILL TAKE AND 00:57:08.59\00:57:11.46 BLESS AND MULTIPLY, AND HE CAN USE IT TO IMPACT THE FORMER 00:57:11.46\00:57:18.13 SOVIET UNION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING 00:57:18.13\00:57:21.34 CURRENTLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:57:21.34\00:57:22.54 I KNOW WE'RE TRADING OUT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR HERE SO THANK 00:57:22.54\00:57:25.81 YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SECOND HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO TALK 00:57:25.81\00:57:29.51 SOME MORE ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA AND THE TRIP AND HEAR FROM MORE 00:57:29.51\00:57:32.88 PEOPLE WHO WENT AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO SHARE 00:57:32.88\00:57:36.02 WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 00:57:36.02\00:57:38.15 SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY, YOU ARE PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 00:57:38.15\00:57:54.57