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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL190022A
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00:23 [ MUSIC ] >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL WAIT, THURSDAY NIGHT?
01:16 WE'RE NOT CONFUSED, WE JUST CAME BACK FROM RUSSIA, WHICH IS EIGHT HOURS IN ADVANCE, SO IT'S FRIDAY 01:26 THERE. WE ARE GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING. 01:28 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 27th 27th ANNIVERSARY. WE AS A FAMILY ARE GOING TO DO 01:34 SWITCHING OF CHAIRS TONIGHT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. 01:38 WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR 3ABN FAMILY. I AM ALWAYS INSPIRED TO GO, 01:53 MR. DANNY, IT WAS A VISION GOD GAVE TO YOU AND VARIED OUT BY THE TEAM THERE. 01:58 WE ARE ALWAYS INSPIRED TO GO. I KNOW YOU, TOO. >> I'M STILL BACK TO SAYING IT'S 02:06 EIGHT HERE, EIGHT HOURS AHEAD. NOW I'M ASLEEP HERE. NOW ON REGULAR TIME, IT'S THREE 02:13 OK OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M SLEEPY NOW. I'LL TRY TO STAY AWAKE DURING 02:19 THIS PROGRAM, NO, IT IS, A GREAT MISSION WORKING WITH THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND NOW UNITED MINISTRIES 02:26 TOGETHER, IT'S AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. GOD HAS BLESSED US TREMENDOUSLY 02:33 AND NOW HEARING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. THAT IS WHAT'S AMAZING, THE 02:37 STUDIO, THE PEOPLE THAT DO SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED EVERY TIME I GO 02:44 NOT ONLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEIR DEDICATION TO THE LORD. IT'S AMAZING, I HAD A WONDERFUL 02:50 TRIP. >> IT'S THE SECOND TIME FOR US TO BE THERE. 02:52 ALWAYS A BLESSING, ISN'T IT? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IS. THE FIRST TIME WE WENT IT WAS 02:57 INCREDIBLE, THE STORIES AND MIR KEMS OF WHAT GOD I ALSO DOING THERE, BUT THE SECOND TIME, THE 03:02 MIRACLES WERE JUST AS FRESH AND JUST AS NEW, AS IF I HEARD THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE WHAT 03:08 GOD CAN STILL DO. WE READ ABOUT MIRACLES AND THE WORD OF GOD AND THINK GOD, WHEN 03:13 HE WALKED, WHEN HE IS JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH, HE WALKED ON WATER AND RAISED THE DEAD AND 03:19 HEALED THE SICK BUT TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING MIRACLES, JUST 03:24 LIKE THAT AND THEY TOOK PLACE THERE IN 1992 WITH ELDER JOHN CARTER AND THE BAPTISMS AND THE 03:32 START OF 3ABN RUSSIA AND THEY ARE STILL TAKING PLACE THERE TODAY. 03:39 TONIGHT WE WANT TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT HE DID THERE IN RUSSIA AND WHAT HE IS STILL 03:44 DOING. WE HAVE ROLES AND SOME EXCITING THINGS AND PART OF OUR 3ABN 03:47 FAMILY HERE. MR. DANNY, OUR PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, BEAUTIFUL WIFE, 03:53 DR. EVON LEWIS SHELTON, FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT FOR DARE TO DREAM, SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 03:58 >> SO GOOD TO BE HERE. RUSSIA WAS AMAZING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE LATER. 04:08 NOT NOW, YOU'RE DOING THE INCIDENT CONSTRUCTIONS. >> YOU SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. 04:14 WE'RE FAMILY. KNIT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, THAT IS SPECIAL. 04:23 NEXT TO YOU IS YOUR SON AND OUR BROTHER, JAYS SON BRADLEY. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME GOING. 04:35 >> YES, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME BUT HOPEFULLY NOT MY LAST. ON A AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I'M 04:41 LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO A LITTLE LATER, AS WELL. >> JASON, WE'RE GLAD YOU TOLD 04:48 HIM WHO HE WAS. >> NEXT TO YOU IS TIM PARTON. GENERAL MANAGER OF PRAISE 04:56 NETWORK. THIS WAS YOUR SECOND TIME. >> MY SECOND TIME. 05:09 YOU'VE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT. >> OUR C.E.O., IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME TO GO. 05:14 >> IT WAS A GREAT TIME. WE LOVED THE PEOPLE. THEY WERE SO SINCERE AND LOVING. 05:19 WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING WITH THEM. >> VERY DEDICATED, VERY 05:24 DEDICATED AND LOVING PEOPLE. ANY WAY, IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVEN 05:29 PLAYING WITH AMANDA AND WHAT NOT, THEY COULDN'T SPEAK, AMANDA CAN'T SPEAK RUSSIAN AND THEY 05:38 COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH YET THEY WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE NON VERBALLY. 05:42 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE, JUST LOVING. >> YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME 05:46 WITH THE KIDS, EVEN THOUGH YOU COULDN'T SPEP THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. 05:51 >> I WAS ABLE TO. >> SHARE JESUS WITH THE TRANSLATOR AND THE KIDS. 05:57 >> TELLING A LITTLE STORY AND AGAIN, IT WAS SO DEDICATE AND SO LOVING AND VERY INVITING. 06:05 MY HEART'S THERE NOW. I HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF MY HEART THERE FOR THEM, 06:09 DEFINITELY. >> DANNY, TAKE SOME OF THE VIEWERS BACK, 27 YEARS, ISN'T 06:13 IT? IT'S BEEN THAT LONG SINCE THAT VISION, THAT DREAM STARTED AND 06:18 WHAT GOD HAS DONE THROUGH THE YEARS. FOR SOME IT IS A NEW STORY, WHAT 06:22 TOOK PLACE. >> I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT, THE 06:26 GREETING THEY GAVE US. I MEAN, WASN'T THAT SOMETHING? MUSICIANS, THE RUSSIAN 06:34 MUSICIANS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE ROLL HERE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 06:37 THAT AND RUSSIAN DANCE AND ALL OF THAT. I'M NOT A VERY GOOD DANCER. 06:41 IT SHOWED UP. BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD AND EVEN IF YOU MEET THE 06:54 FIRST TIME, THE SMILES, YOU'RE GOING BACK 27 YEARS, WHEN RUSSIAN PEOPLE TO ME WERE IN 07:01 GENERAL VERY STOIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT SHE'D BEEN THROUGH, 27 YEARS OF COMMUNISM I SAID PEOPLE 07:17 DON'T SMILE. JULIA SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR THEM TO SMILE. 07:23 NUMBER ONE THEY DON'T KNOW GOD IN GENERAL, MOST WRUTIONS DIDN'T AND NUMBER TWO, YOU NEVER WANTED 07:29 TO LOCK EYES WITH SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, THEY 07:33 THEY COULD BE A KGB AGENT, MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT AND IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM A CERTAIN 07:41 TIME OF RESPECT, YOU COULD END UP IN JAIL OR SIBERIA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. 07:45 RUSSIANS LEARNED TO NOT LOOK AROUND AND JUST GO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 08:00 TO SEE THEM TODAY, THE RUSSIA OF TODAY, THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY. IT'S AMAZING. 08:06 THEY HAD MALLS AND SHOPPING CENTERS AND A GROCERY STORE THAT I THINK IS BIGGER THAN SAM'S. 08:13 THINGS HAVE CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY, SO THE YOUNG GENERATION RUSSIANS REALLY HAVE 08:17 NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, 20 SOME YEARS AGO, THEY CAN HEAR THEIR FOLKS TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NO 08:24 WAY YOU COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND BUT THE THING THAT INTERESTED ME THE MOST, THERE 08:31 WAS A COUPLE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW, SO EVERY TIME I GO BACK, I SEEM TO LEARN AND THE THING THAT 08:35 I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT JULIA CLEARED IT UP FOR ME THIS TIME, THAT IN 1992 AFTER THE FOUL OF 08:44 COMMUNISM, HR BROTHER WHO WAS GOVERNOR DECIDED TO PRIVATIZE. THERE WERE 11 BIG HUGE 08:59 FACILITIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT STARTED BUILDING BACK IN THE 1970'S BUT WAS NOT ROUGH MONEY 09:06 SO JUST LEFT THEM, SO THEY'D BEEN SITTING FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS SO WHEN WE HEARD BIT AND 09:13 AFTER CARTER'S MEETINGS, WE BAPTIZED 532 PEOPLE, THE CHURCH THERE IS ONLY HOLDS ABOUT 200 09:22 PEOPLE PROBABLY AT MOST. NOW THE CONFERENCE SAYS WE HAVE THIS HUGE PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS, 09:28 WELL IT'S WONDERFUL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT 2500 PLUS MORE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 09:36 WERE STUDYING WHICH WE KNEW WAS GOING TO END UP TO MANY MORE. A FIXES SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO 09:44 DO. WE TALKED TO ELDER CARTER AND DECIDED 3ABN WOULD BUILD A 09:49 FACILITY, AND SO I HADN'T REALIZED, I'D LOOKED AT TWO OR THREE AND ONE DAY THEY WERE 09:55 SAYING AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE JULIA WAS THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND HONESTLY, THIS COULD HAVE 10:02 BEEN EVEN RIGHT BEFORE WE HIRED HIM, I'M NOT SURE, IT WAS SO EARLY ON AND I THINK IT PROBABLY 10:08 WAS, BUT THEY HAD SOME TRANSLATORS THERE, AND SO THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO FOUND SOME 10:16 OTHER BUILDINGS WE WANT TO GO SHOW YOU, SO WE'RE DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S 10:20 WATER FLOODING OVER ONE OF THE STREETS. IT HAD BEEN RAINING, BUT THIS 10:25 WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER, SO OUR CAR STALLED, BECAUSE WATER WAS COMING UP. 10:31 IT JUST STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE WOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY HERE AND 10:36 IT STOPPED, SO WE GOT OUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, YOU'RE SETTING 10:40 THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE WATER IS GOING -- SO YOU GET OUT. 10:43 AS I WALKED TO THE CURB, I LOOKED OVER AND SAW THIS GIGANTIC BUILDING OR AT LEAST IT 10:50 WAS A BUILDING IN THE MAKING, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES HERE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, BUT 10:56 THIS HUGE FACILITY, SO UNTIL RECENTLY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON THE PLAN, TIM. 11:02 I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PLAN TO TAKE US TO THIS BUILDING WE JUST STALLED OUT FRONT. 11:07 I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THIS TIME AND WE WERE MEETING WITH THE PASTORS OF THE 11:12 CONFERENCE AND ONE OF THEM SAID OH, THE MIRACLE OF THE WATER PUDDLE. 11:43 THEY SAID WE WEREN'T TAKING YOU TO THAT BUILDING, BUT WHEN THE FLOODING STARTED, WE GOT OUT. 11:51 I HADN'T REALIZED THAT IN NEARLY 27 YEARS THAT THAT MIRACLE HAPPENED. 11:56 WHAT ELSE DO YOU CALL SNIT. >> DIVINE PROVIDENCE. >> THEY SAID THAT WATER IS STILL 12:03 THERE. IT COMES FROM TIME TO TIME AND GETS DEEP THERE, BUT WE NEVER 12:08 BEGRUDGING IT, THE GUY SAID WE STILL THANK YOU THE LORD FOR THIS WATER PUDDLE, BECAUSE TODAY 12:13 OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BLESSED BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF THOSE IN THE CENTER. 12:20 SO TO ME, THAT WAS REALLY NEAT, SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEEN CLEAR ON AND 12:27 BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE THING GOING ON, SO I ASSUMED HIGH, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE TAKING ME 12:33 NEXT AND IT WASN'T, BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT'S LIKE THE LORD SAID THIS WILL DO. 12:43 HOPEFULLY GET WISER AS YOU GET OLDER, I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID NO WAY. 12:48 >> IT IS AMAZING. >> YOU'RE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, COMMUNISM JUST FALLEN, NO 12:54 LEADERSHIP, AND THERE'S NO WAY HARDLY TO COMMUNICATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ON A 12:59 PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND TO FINISH, AND TO REALLY MAKE IT 13:05 INTO SOMETHING VIABLE, A BIG CHURCH, T.V. STUDIOS AND ALL OF THAT. 13:11 I'M PRETTY SURE IF THAT HAPPENED TODAY, I WOULD HAVE SAID GREG, THAT'S YOUR PROJECT, WHAT DO YOU 13:21 THINK? >> I WAS COMMENTING TO TIM, WHEN WE TAKE THE BUS, A PEACE COMES 13:36 OVER ME. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON HOLY GROUND, NOT THAT WE MAKE IT 13:41 HOLY, BUT GOD MAKES IT HOLY AND TO ROLL INTO THOSE GATES, IT'S KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE, 13:47 ACTUALLY. YOU FOUL OUT OF THE BUS AND JUST LOOK AT THE FACILITY AND LOOK AT 13:52 THE PICTURES MR. DANNY HAD TALKED ABOUT BACK IN 1992 AND TO WHAT IT IS NOW, IT'S JUST 13:58 ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. YOU HAVE THE CONFERENCE THERE. >> I'M NOT SURE THAT'S RIGHT. 14:09 >> THE CONFERENCE OFFICE THERE IS, THE LOCAL CHURCH SCHOOL IS THERE, ALL THE 3ABN FACILITIES 14:16 ARE THERE, THE PARSONAGE OR LITTLE APARTMENTS THERE ARE. THE BUILDING IS SO BIG, WE'VE 14:22 NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO MEASURE THE WHOLE THING BUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WELL OVER 250,000 SQUARE 14:28 FEET. >> AND YOU SAY YOU STEPPED IT OFF. 14:31 WHO STEPPED IT OFF? I'VE TRIED THAT WITH NO SUCCESS. >> I CAN'T COUNT THAT. 14:49 >> LOOKED LIKE ONE STORY WOULD BE 60,000 FEET BUT THERE ARE FOUR STAIRS IN THE BACK END, 14:56 ACTUALLY SIX STORIES, THEN YOU'VE GOT A FULL BASEMENT THAT YOU'VE ALL NEVER BEEN IN YET. 15:01 >> WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. >> IT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF THE PIPING AND THE ELECTRICITY 15:06 AND I MEAN, ALL OF THIS. >> THEY HAVE A CARPENTER SHOP. >> BOILER. 15:13 >> A GYM. >> THERE WAS A GYM IN THERE, CAFETERIA. 15:17 >> THIS FACILITY IS OH AMAZING. THE WORK OF GOD WILL NEVER BE DONE ON THIS EARTH UNTIL THEY 15:40 JOIN HANDS, THEN THE WORK CAN GO FORWARD. >> YOU SEE THE RELATIONSHIP 15:50 BETWEEN 3ABN RUSSIA AREN'T CONFERENCE THERE, THEY HAVE A SCHOOL AND BOOKSTORE, AND A 15:56 HEALTH FOOD STORE. I MEAN, THIS THING, AND IT'S BUSY EVERY NIGHT AND PEOPLE 16:02 COMING FROM ALL OVER, REALLY. >> WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT, IT WAS 16:07 LIKE A SHELL. THE LORD HAD TO GIVE YOU SPECIAL EYES TO BE ABLE TO ENJIGS WHAT 16:14 IT COULD BE, BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE THAT WENT WITH YOU. 16:19 >> BOB. >> HE WAS REALLY DEPRESSED WHEN HE SAW IT. 16:23 >> BOB ELLIS, MANY OF OUR VIEWERS HERE WOULD KNOW HIM. >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 16:29 SPECIAL EYES TO SEE WHAT IT COULD BE AND THEN THE WORK THAT THE JOINT EFFORT OF OUR VIEWERS 16:36 IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK AND THE PEOPLE THERE IN BUILDING IT. IT'S JUST TO AMAZING TO ME, HOW 16:43 GOD TOOK IT FROM THAT SHELF AND MADE IT INTO THIS AMAZING FACILITY. 16:51 >> BOB HAD GONE TO THE MEETINGS THERE WITH ELDER CARTER AND THEN I HAD GONE BACK SEVERAL TIMES. 16:57 WE PURCHASED A BUILDING, I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT IT, SO WE WERE GOING TO TAKE BACK HIS NEWSPAPER 17:04 WRITER HERE IN THE STATES AND HE WANTED TO GO BACK AND SEE AND REPORT ON, SO WE WENT BACK AND I 17:10 SHOWED HIM, WE REALLY HADN'T DONE MUCH, THEY'D CUT ALL THE TREES AROUND, BUT PEOPLE WERE 17:16 HAND BRINGING IN THOUSANDS OF BRICKS AND DOING A LOT OF VOLUNTEER LABOR BY SUNDAY, BUT 17:22 IT STILL LOOKED LIKE IT DID ABOUT WHEN I SAW IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS INTO IT. 17:28 HE CAME INTO RUSSIA AND WAS SO EXCITED AND THEN HE WENT INTO THE DEPRESSION, HE TOLD ME LATER 17:33 FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE ROOM. 17:36 I LOOKED SO DEPRESSED AND SAID WHAT HAS HE DONE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND WHAT IN THE WORLD 17:42 WAS HE THINKING, SO COACH LEE WAS WITH HIM AND SAID OH YEAH, BOB IS JUST SO DEPRESSED OVER 17:49 THERE. BOB WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT ARE YOU DOING. 17:53 NEVER YOU CAN, THIS IS, I DON'T GET IT. HE SAID, I KNOW, HE SAID I DON'T 17:57 KNOW, I JUST FELT IMPRESSED THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTED US TO DO. 18:02 HE GOT TO SEE IT. HE PASSED AWAY NOT TOO LONG AGO BUT HE GOT TO SEE IT LATER WHEN 18:07 IT WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND THEN HE WAS LIKE THIS IS AMAZING, BUT TO SEE WHERE IT WAS 18:15 AND WHERE IT IS TODAY, SO IT REALLY, SO AGAIN, I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR IT, WE WERE 18:21 DESPERATE, WE NEEDED SOMETHING. WHY SOMETHING THAT HUGE, I KNEW IF THERE WERE 2500 PEOPLE THAT 18:27 ALSO THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE MANY MORE BAPTISMS THAT NOW WE NEEDED A STUDIO SO WE ADDED ON 18:33 TO THE BUILDING, TOO, IT WAS BIG ENOUGH AND JOHN CANTER, YOU KNOW FROM AMERICA MARRIED BY COUSIN 18:40 JANICE. HE CAME OVER AND WE RAISED SOME OF THE STORIES THAT HAD ONE 18:43 STORY TO TWO STORY AND THAT'S TWO STORIES TO THREE STORIES AND BUILT ALL AROUND, SO THIS THING 18:49 JUST, THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T MEASURE IT, BUT IT'S ALL BEEN IN USE. 18:53 THERE'S NO PLACE YOU GO TO WHERE NOTHING'S HAPPENING. YOU GO THERE AND I MEAN DAY AND 18:59 NIGHT, SO THE SOULS THAT ARE COMING TO THE LORD AND AGAIN, JULIA, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 19:09 PERSON. WHEN I MET WITH MER, COINCIDENCE OR DIVINE PROVIDENCE, THAT AFTER 19:14 SHE HAD BEEN TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHEN ELDER CARTER AND I HAD MET WITH THE GOVERNOR, HE 19:20 KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE US NOW. I WAS LIKE THE GOVERNOR, RIGHT 19:26 AFTER THE BAPTISM. HE SAID YES, HE WANTS TO SEE YOU? 19:30 HE SAID NO, HE WANTS TO SEE BOTH OF US. WE'RE HERE TAPING THE PROGRAMS. 19:34 I SAID WHY DON'T YOU GO TELL ME WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID NO, LOOK OUTSIDE THE 19:38 DOOR. WE LOOKED OUT AND THERE WERE SOLDIERS THERE WITH AK47S AND 19:44 WE'RE LIKE VERY MANNERLY BUT HERE TO ESCORT YOU TO SEE THE GOVERNOR. 19:49 LIKE IN THAT CASE, HERE. WE GO INTO THE MEETING AND I'M LOOKING AROUND AND IT'S THE 19:54 FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT 41 AT THE TIME, THE FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT 19:59 LIFE I SAT IN THE MEETING FOR AN HOUR AND NEVER SAID A WORD. ELDER CARTER WAS SO BOLD, I SAID 20:07 THAT'S IT, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT US IN PRISON AND THROW THE KEY AWAY, NOBODY WILL EVER GET US 20:13 OUT OF HERE, BECAUSE HE WAS SO BOLD WITH THIS YOUNG GOVERNOR AND THEN WHEN HE READ THE LETTER 20:19 THAT SISTER JULIA HAD WRITTEN AND THE GOVERNOR SAID WHAT, THAT'S MY SISTER AND EVERYTHING 20:27 CHANGED, BECAUSE THE ARCHBISHOP WAS THERE FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH TELLING US WE WOULD HAVE 20:34 TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, EVERYTHING CHANGED. FROM THAT POINT ON, WAS VERY 20:39 SUPPORTING. HE SAID HEY, WE HAVE A BIGGER ENEMY, ALL THE MEDIA WAS OUTSIDE 20:43 THE DOORS, TELEVISION, NEWSPAPERS AND HE TOLD THE ARCHBISHOP WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE, 20:49 NOW WHEN THE DOORS OPEN, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE MEDIA IN, YOU SHAKE HANDS AND BE SMILING. 20:54 REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT A WORST ENEMY THAN EACH OTHER AND THAT'S COMMUNISM, WE DON'T WANT IT TO 21:00 COME BACK, SO PRAISE THE LORD BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS THAT WAS LIFE 21:07 CHANGING, SO NOW JULIA, I MEET HER, SHE SAYS I NEVER GO, RARELY GO TO SEE MY BROTHER. 21:13 THAT DAY I HAPPENED TO PEEK IN THE BACK DOOR AND YOU ALL WERE THERE, SO AS SOON AS THE MEETING 21:19 WAS OVER, SHE WANTED TO MEET ELDER CARTER BECAUSE THAT IS WHO BROUGHT HER TO THE LORD. 21:24 A FEW DAYS LATER I WAS HAVING A MEETING WITH THE CONFERENCE AND THEY HAD A TRANSLATOR AND SO SHE 21:30 HAD INTRODUCED HERSELF TO THEM, SHE HAS A DOCTOR'S DEGREE AND SPECTER IN LANGUAGE, 2,000 21:42 STUDENTS, SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF BUT THE LADY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSLATE DIDN'T SHOW UP. 21:47 SHE HAD SOMETHING COME UP, SHE COULDN'T, SO THEY CALLED HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAID COULD 21:51 YOU COME TO THIS MEETING. SO WHEN WE WERE THERE AND THINKING ABOUT ALL THE MONEY 21:56 THAT WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH, THE BANKING SYSTEMS WERE DISARRAY, NOTHING WAS WORKING. 22:04 WE KNEW WE'D HAVE TO BE CARRYING MONEY, TRUSTING PEOPLE, IT'S JUST LIKE THE LORD SAID YOU CAN 22:08 TRUST HER. I KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT, PEOPLE HAD WARNED ME, PEOPLE AROUND 22:15 USED TO THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY, THEY NEVER HAD FREEDOM BUT THE WAY THE CULTURE 22:24 WAS, AT THE TIME, 6,000 RUBLE TO ONE DOLLAR. YOU COULD GO WITH A FEW DOLLARS 22:28 AND ALMOST BE RICH THERE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS IN SUCH A MESS. NOW, THERE'S JULIA AND I KNEW 22:35 RIGHT THEN, IT WAS LIKE WE CAN DO THIS. SHE'D CARRY A LITTLE SACK 22:56 AROUND, AND JOHN SAID YOU'D HAVE TO BE THIS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE HERE AND JULIA TRANSLATED ALL OF 23:02 THAT. I SAID I NOTICED YOU USED TO CARRY IT WHETHER I'D COME. 23:09 SHE SAID JOHN TOLD ME AND I HAD TO TELL THESE BIG GUYS WHAT THEY HAD TO DO. 23:14 SHE SAID I WAS SO STRESSED OUT, I WAS JUST CHEWING ON SOMETHING. LOOK WHAT GOD HAS WROUGHT. 23:23 NONE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 23:26 >> BECAUSE THE VIEWERS CAUGHT THE VISION. THE FIRST NIGHT ELDER CARTER 23:40 SAID WE NEED SPHENL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RENTAL THE HALL. IT WAS YOUNG AND LITERALLY THE 23:45 MONEY CAME IN DURING THE ONE PROGRAM, THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE AND MORE MONEY BEGAN TO COME IN. 23:55 WE SPENT $2 MILLION OR $3 MILLION. WE HAD TO KEEP RECORDS BUT YOU 24:00 TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, YOU JUST DO IT. THE MONEY CONTINUALLY CAME. 24:06 WE NEVER HAD TO BEG FOR THE MONEY AND TO THIS DAY, 3ABN IN THE U.S. SUPPORTS RUSSIA BECAUSE 24:13 THE SITUATION THERE, THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THEMSELVES FOR ALL THEY'RE DOING AND HAVE THEY MADE 24:19 THEIR MARK. SOMEBODY ELSE ADDRESSED THIS. TIM, YOU SAW THE AWARDS AND 24:24 EVERYTHING. >> THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WALL OF CERTIFICATES THAT THEY'VE 24:28 RECEIVED, THE AWARDS THAT ARE, THEY PUT THEMSELVES UP AGAINST THE SECULAR CABLE COMPANIES, THE 24:34 DIFFERENT NETWORKS THERE IN RUSSIA, AND THEY WALK AWAY WITH AWARDS FOR THE STUFF THAT 24:41 THEY'RE DOING THE EQUIPMENT THEY'VE MADE BY HAND BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE OR THEY CAN'T 24:57 BUY IT. I HAVE PICTURES, I WANT TO DO THAT BACK HOME. 25:04 >> A LOT OF THEIR STUFF IS CUSTOM MADE IN A MACHINE SHOP THERE IT'S INCREDIBLE. 25:18 >> WHAT DO THEY HAVE, 28 CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES. >> VERY PRESTIGIOUS. 25:23 >> IN MOSCOW, AND THEY'RE GIVING THEM ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE IT GETS PEOPLE 25:30 WANTING THEM ON CABLE AND BECAUSE THE QUALITY IS SO GOOD, THEY'RE ON HUNDREDS OF NOW, WHAT 25:36 IS IT NOW, COUPLE HUNDRED CABLE, BUT HUNDREDS OF NOW CABLE COMPANIES, BUT ON SATELLITES 25:44 AND. >> THEY'RE ON TWO SLIDES COVERING ALL THE FORMER USSR AND 25:48 THE CABLE COMPANIES. >> 170, OVER 170. >> I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO 200 AND 25:54 COVERED 400 SOME CITIES. IT WAS JUST AMAZING. >> THE POPULATION IT'S REACHING. 25:58 >> IT IS. >> AND THE PEOPLE JOINING THE CHURCH AND ACCEPTING JESUS IS 26:05 AMAZING. ONLY HEAVEN WILL TELL HOW MANY ACCEPTED JESUS ONCE THEY JOIN 26:10 THE CHURCH OR NOT. THE PEOPLE, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'M JUST IN AWE. 26:13 I'M IN AWE OF GOD TOR WHAT HE DOES AND HOW THIS ALL HAPPENS, BECAUSE FOR 3ABN, THAT'S A LOT 26:19 OF MONEY FOR US, YET WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE WORKERS, ALL THE FACILITIES, I DON'T KNOW, 30 26:25 SOME THOUSAND A MONTH, BUT THAT WOULDN'T GO NEAR, I MEAN NEARLY THAT FAR. 26:42 IT'S GREAT INVESTMENT AND THANKS TO YOU, IT'S POSSIBLE. GOING THERE IS A WONDERFUL, 26:49 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND I'VE TOLD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT YOU, OUR VIEWERS 26:55 AND DONOR, SUPPORTERS, LISTENERS, THAT THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE AND THEY ALWAYS SAY, 27:01 TELL THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE AND THE REST OF THE WORD AUDIENCE THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:14 >> BIG THANKS. >> FROM ALL OF US HERE. >> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GIFT 27:21 TONIGHT. WE HAVE THESE LITTLE DOLLS. WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOLL MARKET, 27:23 THEY HAVE THE LARGER ONES BUT THESE ARE THE LITTLE ONCE, THE KEY CHAINS. 27:28 WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE. WE BROUGHT BACK IN OUR LUGGAGE SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THESE. 27:41 THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLY. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, WE WOULD BE 27:50 HAPPY TO SEND YOU ONE OF THESE LITTLE KEY CHAINS. IT REMINDS YOU TO PRAY FOR THE 27:54 WORK, THAT GOD IS USING THEM IN A MIRACULOUS WAY, TO REACH THE FORMER USSR WITH THE GOSPEL, 28:01 PEOPLE ARE COMING TO KNOW JESUS AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT JUST THE PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE 28:06 QUALITY, THEY DO BIBLE STUDIES FOR CHILDREN, BIBLE STUDIES FOR ADULTS. 28:10 THEY SEND OUT LIT LUR. THEY CORRESPOND WITH PEOPLE. WE WANT TO SEND THESE TO YOU AND 28:27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR 3ABN RUSSIA. WHEN I THINK ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA, 28:32 IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR VISION, DANNY, WITHOUT GOD PUTTING THAT VISION 28:37 IN YOUR HEART. IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT JULIA BEING FATEFUL AND 28:51 JOHN CANTER AND JULIA'S BROTHER AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU. 28:56 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE FINDING 29:02 OUT ABOUT JESUS. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR TRIP AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A HIGHLIGHT OR 29:07 SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY ENJOYED THIS TIME OR SOME WAY GOD USED IT TO CHANGE YOU OR 29:12 JUST WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART. >> MY FAVORITE TIME WHEN WE GO IS WHEN WE SIT UP IN THAT UPPER 29:19 ROOM AND WE SHARE AND WE -- WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD THERE 29:27 IS, AND SO WE COMMUNICATE. IT'S THE, JULIA OF COURSE, SHE'S TRANSLATING AND ALL OF THAT, BUT 29:33 THERE IS JUST THIS BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE OF THE HEART. WHEN WE TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND 29:48 GET TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT'S JUST TO ME, JUST A BEAUTIFUL TIME. 29:53 >> I ALWAYS AM AMAZED, BUT I LOVE TO WATCH DANNY WHEN WE GO OVER, BECAUSE YOU JUST SEE HIM, 30:01 LIKE ALL THE MEMORIES. I'D LOVE TO BE IN HIS MIND JUST TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HE'S 30:07 THINKING, HE CAN SEE, HOWEVER WEAVER COME IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I WISH THAT EVERYONE COULD 30:16 GO, FIRST OF ALL, BUT I WISH YOU COULD KNOW THIS MAN'S HEART, LIKE WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 30:23 DOING AND EVEN IF I WEREN'T ON STAFF HERE, I'M REALLY SPEECHLESS TO SEE, DANNY'S EYES 30:41 GLAZE OVER WITH TEARS BECAUSE IT'S PEACEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE WATER AND I'M 30:52 SEEING JOSHUA AT THE JORDAN AND YOU IN THAT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT, BODY OF WATER IN THE 30:57 STREET. IT'S JUST SO POWERFUL. I WANT TO CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS. 31:01 WE ALL NEED SOMETHING. IT'S NOT DANNY, AS HE HAS SAID, BUT HE STEPPED OUT IN FAITH TO 31:10 TAKE ON THIS GOD-SIZED DREAM AND VISION, AND SO I ENCOURAGING YOU TO FIND SOMETHING TO ATTACH YOUR 31:20 LIFE TO AND ATTACH YOUR HEART AND IT'S CERTAINLY, IT SEEMED LIKE A FAIRYTALE, EVERY TIME WE 31:28 HEAR THE WHOLE STORY AND YOU LAY IT OUT, BUT THIS MAN IS MY HERO, AND I TRULY, I JUST AM IN AWE, 31:37 TO BE A PART OF THAT DONNY, THANK YOU SOACH VERY MUCH FOR FOLLOWING GOD. 31:51 >> GOD GETS THE CREDIT. >> HE USES MAN, ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 31:57 >> IN SPEED OF US, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. IF WE GO, THE BLESSING'S ON THE 32:04 GO. >> AGAIN, I CAN DREAM ALL THE DREAMS I WANT BUT UNLESS THE 32:07 FOLKS AT HOME HAVE THAT VISION, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THE LORD WOULDN'T PUT IN 32:14 SOMEONE'S HEART TO DO SOMETHING UNLESS HE KNEW, YOU KNOW. GOD PUTS SOMETHING IN YOUR 32:29 HEART, KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO SUPPLY, YOU KNOW BE EVERY NEED. >> I'M AS AMAZED AS EVERYBODY 32:40 ELSE IS, BECAUSE REALLY, IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND YOU JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DID GOD DO ALL OF 32:49 THIS. SAME AT 3ABN, WE GAVE A TOUR RECENTLY, WHICH WE DON'T DO 32:55 OFTEN. SOME FOLKS CAME HERE AND WENT FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE NEXT TO 32:58 THE NEXT, AS I LOOKED AT EVERY BIT OF IT, I WAS IN AS AWE AS THEY WERE. 33:06 I DIDN'T REALIZE 3ABN WAS THIS BIG. YOU GO TO EACH FACILITY AND LOOK 33:10 AT IT, MASTER CONTROL AND THE STUDIOS AND CALL CENTER AND RADIO AND ALL THE WORSHIP 33:17 CENTERS AND THE SCHOOL, AND GYM AND IT WAS LIKE I WAS SITTING THERE LIKE I WAS THERE FOR THE 33:23 FIRST TIME. IT WAS LIKE WOW, THIS IS REALLY AMAZING WHAT GOD HAS DONE, 33:27 BECAUSE YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. >> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT PUFFED UP ABOUT IT, YOU'RE 33:33 AS OVERWHELMED AS THE REST OF US ARE. >> NO, I AM. 33:36 >> THAT'S AMAZING. >> WHAT ABOUT YOU, JASON, YOU'VE HEARD THESE STORIES THROUGH THE 33:41 YEARS AND TO BE THERE AND GO ON THAT TRIP. >> YOU KNOW, MEETING JULIA HERE 33:46 IN AMERICA AND MEETING SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, JULIA IS A WOMAN THAT IS SWEET TO THE 33:55 CORE. THERE'S A SAYING THAT ATTITUDE REFLECTS LEADERSHIP. 33:58 WHEN WE WENT TO 3ABN RUSSIA AND I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS AND ALL OF THAT, 34:04 YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY SEE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST SHINING THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. 34:09 I MEAN THE TIME THAT WENT INTO COORDINATING THE SCHEDULED AND PLANNING ALL THE STUFF. 34:16 WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HERE WITH CAMP MEETING AND PLANNING THAT OUT AND HERE YOU HAVE THE 27th ANNIVERSARY OF 3ABN 34:24 RUSSIA SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PLANNING ALL THAT HAVE AND NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM 34:30 OVERSEES AND SO YOU'RE COORDINATING THAT WHOLE ITINERARY AND SETTING UP 34:36 DIFFERENT PLACES FOR THEM TO SEE AND TRANSLATORS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ON TOP OF THEIR ALREADY 34:43 INCREDIBLE WORK LOAD AND THEY TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW US ALL AROUND. 34:59 THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES THE WHOLE TIME. THEY GAVE US THESE BEAUTIFUL 35:03 BOXES, BUILDINGS WOODEN BOXES, 27 YEARS, 3ABN RUSSIA AROUND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE PICTURES 35:10 FROM OUR JOURNEY IN THERE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 35:16 EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT 3ABN RUSSIA AND WALKING AWAY FROM THERE JUST IN SURPRISER ME 35:21 TO DEVELOP A DEEPER, MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST BECAUSE I SAW THAT AND 35:26 THEM AND THE FACT THAT THEY, I MEAN, THERE WERE TWO NIGHTS WHERE I THINK SOME OF THEM GOT 35:32 NO SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WERE PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND JUST REALLY SHOWING US AN AMAZING, 35:38 AMAZING TIME. >> THE SACRIFICE IS INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU SEE THAT AND YOU GO 35:42 THERE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AS WELL, BUT WE WANT TO GO TO THE ROLL, THE ROLL TO BRAD 35:48 WALK ERRAND TEAM PUT TOGETHER. YOU SEE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 27th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR 35:54 TRIP THERE TO 3ABN RUSSIA. [ MUSIC ] 37:01 [ MUSIC ] >> SO THAT WAS JUST A REALLY 37:27 NEAT SNEAK REVIEW OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE 27th YOOFERS. 37:32 THANK YOU, BRAD FOR PUT THANK TOGETHER. 37:34 HE WENT ON THE TRIP AND HE'S JUST ADDED TIRED. 37:37 HE'LL BE ON THE SET IN A LITTLE BIT. 37:39 IT WAS FUN, THAT WAS OUR FAMILY. I THINK IT'S THE FORTÉ OF HEAVEN 37:44 AND JUST WHAT A BLESSING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 37:47 JASON AND FRANCINE, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 37:49 >> ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T YOU GO? >> I WAS AMAZED BY THE LOVE OF 37:52 THE PEOPLE, I HAVE TO SAY, FOR ME, IT WAS, THEIR LIGHT WAS 37:57 SHINING ALL THE TIME AND THE LOVE, THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY 38:00 GAVE, I MEAN, THEY WERE GIVING ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD, AND 38:03 THEIR TIME, IT WAS JUST AMAZING, AND I WORKED WITH JANNA, OUR 38:14 TRANSLATOR, SHE SPENT TIME WITH LITTLE AMANDA AND IT WAS AMAZING 38:19 TO SEE THE COMMITMENT FOR EACH OTHER. 38:21 WHAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME FROM OUR COUNTRIES IS THAT THEY ARE TIGHT 38:25 KNIT FAMILIES ALMOST, BECAUSE EVEN THE WAY THEY LIVED, THE 38:30 COMMUNITIES, THEY DO WORK TOGETHER AND THEY DO DEPEND ON 38:32 EACH OTHER FOR A LOT OF THINGS, SO JUST SEEING THAT WAS AMAZING 38:35 TO ME, IS HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER AND JUST THEY HAVE A GOAL AND 38:41 THEY ARE MISSION ORIENTED, DEFINITELY. 38:44 >> YEAH, HE WERE SAYING, WE WERE HEARING THAT 95% OF THE PEOPLE 38:49 IN RUSSIA LIVE IN THE CITIES, AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS THESE 38:53 PODS OF CITIES AND THEY'RE A VERY CLOSE KNIT CULTURE AND I 38:59 DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. I'M USUALLY WHEN I READ IN THE 39:05 HISTORY BOOKS THE STOIC KIND OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID, DONNY, BUT 39:11 I SAW A TOTALLY DIFFERENT RUSSIA. 39:14 THE PEOPLE WERE SINCERE, THEY WERE LOVING, THEY JUST LOVED 39:24 LIFE. WE'VE BEEN TO SWITZERLAND, 39:27 EUROPE, OTHER PLACES AND RUSSIA IS BACK WHERE OTHER COUNTRIES, I 39:31 MEAN, THERE ARE MALLS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SMILING AND HAPPY I 39:45 HAD THIS TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW. THE BUILDING, FROM WHAT IT WAS, 39:50 THE CONCRETE SLABS IN THE BRUSH THAT YOU COULD OMSI SOME HOLES. 39:54 THE VIEWPOINT AND WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT ITING ACCOMPLISH AND 39:58 THE UTILIZATION OF HOW THE PEOPLE ARE USING IT, JULIA AND 40:01 THE HER TEAM AND THE CONFERENCE AND THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE 40:04 THINGS GOING ON, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW YOU, THE VIEWERS, ARE 40:10 PARTNERING WITH US TO MAKE THIS A BLESSING, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL 40:14 THE SIGHTS AND CABLE COMPANIES THAT ARE PRODUCING 3ABN CONTENT 40:20 THAT ARE GETTING HUGE REMARKS ON HOW WELL THE CONTENT IS. 40:29 THANK YOU TO VIEWERS LIKE YOU THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH 40:33 US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RUSSIA. 40:37 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR 40:42 WHAT THEY DO AND JULIA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN WORKING WITH HER 40:46 TEAM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> AND THEIR COMMITMENT. 40:49 >> AND THEIR COMMITMENT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 40:51 >> TO ME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WAS THE GIVING 40:58 NATURE OF THE PEOPLE. I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT THIS 41:09 LADY COMES UP AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. 41:12 SHE WANTED ME TO HAVE THIS BAG. IT WAS HEAVY. 41:14 SHE HAD GRAPES AND SHE HAD A LOAF OF BREAD, AND SHE GAVE IT 41:18 TO ME. HONESTLY, I MEAN, I DIDN'T WANT 41:20 TO TAKE IT, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE AM I TAKING HER MEAL, AM I 41:24 TAKING HER, YOU KNOW, FOOD FROM HER, BUT YET IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 41:28 RUDE NOT TO ACCEPT IT, SO I TOOK IT AND I THANK YOD HER, BUT THE 41:34 JEP ROSS CITY OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S JUST SO AMAZING IT REMINDS 41:48 YOU OF HOW MUCH WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE WANT 41:52 TO GIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE. I GO TO RUSSIA, IT'S JUST A 41:55 LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVEN, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT CULTURES, 41:58 YOU KNOW, WE AS AMERICANS GO OVER THERE AND WE HAVE THE 42:02 RUSSIANS, WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL 42:06 LOVE THAT WE FEEL, TO ME, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 42:10 >> THE AMAZING THING, ANOTHER AMAZING THING, I SHOULD SAY, 42:16 MINISTRIES COME AND MINISTRIES GO AND PROJECTS COME AND 42:19 PROJECTS GO, AND YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU INVEST 42:26 TO DO CERTAIN WHETHER WHATEVER COUNTRY IT IS, WHETHER BUILDING 42:31 CHURCHES OR DOING WHATEVER AND SOMETIMES 25 YEARS LATER, 42:35 THERE'S ONLY A MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED. 42:37 THIS CONTINUES TO GROW. IT'S REACHING MORE PEOPLE, MORE 42:42 PEOPLE, AND IT'S GROWN, EVERY TIME I GO I'M AMAZED TO SEE HOW 42:50 MUCH THIS THING CONTINUES TO GROW. 42:52 THAT'S ONE OF THE REALLY AMAZING THINGS IS LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT 42:55 AFTER A CERTAIN -- IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO ELDER CARTER'S 42:59 MEETINGS NOW, OVER THE YEARS AND GROWING UP, WE'D HAVE EVANTAGE 43:04 LISTS THAT WOULD ADVERTISE LOCALLY SO THE FIRST NIGHT, 43:07 YOU'D HAVE A FULL HOUSE AND MAYBE THE SECOND NIGHT NEARLY 43:12 FULL. THE THIRD NIGHT, SOME LESS AND 43:13 GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, THERE'S HALF THE AUDIENCE AND SO 43:17 YOU GO FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND BY THE END, IT'S MOSTLY 43:20 YOU'RE PEOPLE AND A FEW VISITORS. 43:23 ELDER CARTER WEREN'T THE VERY FIRST NIGHT, THE AUDITORIUM'S 43:28 SUPPOSED TO HOLD 6,000. WE GOT TO VISIT THAT AGAIN, THE 43:31 PALACE OF SPORTS, BUT THEY CRAMMED 7,000 IN. 43:35 WHEN THE MEETING WAS OVER, THEY LET THEM ALL OUT ONE SIDE AND 43:38 THERE WERE 7,000 MORE TO FILL IT UP FOR THE SECOND MEETING. 43:42 NOW WHEN THAT MEETING WAS OVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE 43:49 OUTSIDE CAN HE DO THREE SERMONS IN A NIGHT? 44:00 WELL, HE DID. EVERY NIGHT WAS PACKED AND EVERY 44:02 NIGHT WAS MULTIPLE SERVICES. THEN WHEN WE GAVE THE BASEBALLS 44:07 OUT, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT ROLL I HOPE, TOO, BUT WE GIVE 44:10 THE BIBLES OUT, PEOPLE HAD NEVER HAD A BIBLE. 44:18 PASTORS TOLD US THEY NEVER OWN ADD BIBLE. 44:21 THEY'D GOT PIECES OF THINGS AND CERTAIN SCRIPTURES, THEY SAID 44:27 LOOK, MY BIBLE. WE SAW SOME OF THE ORIGINAL 44:29 BIBLES THAT WERE PASSED OUT THERE AND THEY WOULD GET THEM AS 44:33 SOON AS THEY HAD TO COME, THEY WOULD FOUL ON THE GROUND AND 44:40 START READING. JULIA, I ASKED HER WHEN DID YOU 44:44 DO, SHE SAID I CLUTCHED IT, I DIDN'T GO HOME. 44:46 I JUST STARTED READING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE WE HEARD 44:49 ABOUT THEM ALL OUR LIVES, NEVER THOUGHT WE'D OWN A BIBLE, SO YOU 44:53 CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET HOME. SOMETIMES WITH PROSPERITY, YOU 45:10 HAVE A LACK OF SPIRITUALITY, BUT PEOPLE HAD A HOMING DEVICE. 45:15 I BELIEVE WE COULD GO BACK THERE AGAIN AND DO MORE MEETINGS AND I 45:21 BELIEVE EJANG LISTENNISTIC OUTREACH AND SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT 45:24 WORK AGAIN IN TREMENDOUS WAYS. >> UP IN NEW GUINEA, HE HAD 45:51 BETWEEN 200 AND A THOUSAND PEOPLE A NIGHT. 45:54 WHAT IS IT? IS HE JUST THE GREATEST PREACHER 45:58 EVER, YOU KNOW, OR IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON, AND WHAT IT 46:01 IS, HE IS A GOOD PREACHER, AND ENDS PEOPLE WEB UNDERSTANDS 46:14 MARKETING ANTISSING AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED TO PUT IN 46:18 TO JUST ADVERTISING. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T WANT 46:22 TO GIVE TO DO THE WHOLE MEETINGS, BUT ELDER CARTER, BY 46:27 FAITH GOES FORWARD, THEN GETS CHURCHES EVERYWHERE TO WORKING 46:31 TOGETHER, COMMITTING, THEY WILL COME, THEIR MEMBERS WILL COME, 46:34 THEY WILL HELP. WHEN HE GOES, THEN THE PEOPLE 46:37 WANT TO HEAR, THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH, SO THEY COME EVERY NIGHT 46:42 BECAUSE HE PRESENTS SOMETHING NEW TO THEM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT 46:45 AFTER NIGHT AND SO HEAVEN WILL BE AMAZING FOR ELDER CARTER, 46:51 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO NEED AN-ETERNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP AND SAY I WAS ONE OF THOSE 46:57 HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN PAUPAU NEW GUINEA. 47:06 I WAS IN INDIA, ANGOLA, RUSSIA, NUMEROUS, I THINK HE HELD, I 47:13 COULDN'T TELL YOU A FEW DOZEN EJANG LIFTISTIC SERIES 47:20 THROUGHOUT TIME ZONES. AND HE WENT IN THE WINTER. 47:23 I ALWAYS MADE SURE THE LORD CALLED ME THERE IN THE SUMMER. 47:26 SOMETIMES YOU HELP THE LORD WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE CAN I GO IN 47:29 THE SUMMERTIME AND SO ALL RIGHT, BUT HE WOULD GO IN THE WINTERER 47:35 TIME AND PAT AND JEAN MCCLINTOCK WOULD GO WINTER AFTER WINTER, 47:44 BECAUSE HE WORKED IN THE SUMMER IN HIS INSULATION BUSINESS AND 47:50 HELP BUILD CHURCHES. I THINK 11 CHURCHES WERE BUILT 47:53 IN THAT AREA. >> SPEAKING OF EVANGELISM. 47:55 WE HAD A MEETING WITH A CONFERENCE WHILE WE WERE THERE 48:00 AND TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT PLANS AS YOU MENTIONED FOR DOING EVNG 48:04 LISM AGAIN, NOT JUST IN 1992, BUT TO CONTINUE. 48:08 OF COURSE THEY'RE DOING EVANGELISM NOW, BUT IF WE COULD 48:14 HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT, PASTOR ALEXANDER, 48:20 THE SECRETARY, PASTOR AND THE TREASURER, PASTOR DIMITRI, EACH 48:27 ONE OF THEM, THEIR STORY IS CONNECTED WITH 3ABN AND PASTOR 48:32 CARTER AND THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 48:38 EACH ONE OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED AS A RESULT, WHETHER IT WAS 92, 48:42 93, BUT IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO ME TO SEE THAT THEY JOINED THE 48:48 CHURCH AT THAT TIME AND NOW GOD'S USING THEM AS LEADERS IN 48:53 THE CHURCH AND YET YOU, YOU'RE THE COMMERCE PRESIDENT'S AGENT, 48:57 AT HOME, YOU'RE WATCHING DANNY TALKING ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA AND 49:01 GOING AND SENDING MONEY AND THEN WE WENT, AND MET THEM. 49:05 >> IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I WAS A SMALL, WELL, A 49:11 TEENAGER WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA SO TO SEND 49:15 MONEY INTO THE PROJECT AND TO GO TO 3ABN RUSSIA. 49:18 >> A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, 49:22 TEENAGER. >> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. 49:24 I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE WERE GROWING STRAWBERRIES, THE MONEY 49:29 WE WERE GETTING FROM GROWING THE STRAWBERRIES, WE'D SEND. 49:34 TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE, IT'S HUMBLING TO BE A PART OF THIS. 49:38 IT REALLY IS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN 49:40 THE HALLWAY WITH YOU AND THERE WAS A LITTLE LADY IN A RED COAT 49:45 COME RUNNING TOWARD YOU AND GAVE YOU A BIG HUG AND A BURGE OF 49:56 KISSES ALL OVER MY CHEEK. SPEAKING RUSSIAN FLUENTLY, OF 50:01 COURSE SHE IS RUSSIAN. >> SHE SAID SHE'S 81 YEARS OLD 50:06 NOW AND WHEN WE FIRST WENT, JUST PURCHASED A BUILDING AND STARTED 50:11 AS TO BUILD WANT STUDIOS, A LOT OF CHURCH MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED. 50:14 I THOUGHT FOR YEARS, THERE'S ANOTHER THING IT TOOK ME YEARS 50:18 TO FIND OUT. I THOUGHT SHE WAS A CHURCH 50:21 MEMBER BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SO HAPPY A CHURCH WAS BUILT AND SHE 50:24 WAS ONLY A BLOCK OR SO AWAY AND I FOUND OUT FOR SURE THIS TRIP 50:28 SHE NEVER WAS A CHURCH MEMBER, BUT SHE WAS SO THRILLED THERE 50:34 WAS A CHURCH THAT SHE AND HER FRIEND VERA WHO IS NOW RESTING 50:39 IN JESUS BEGAN COMING OVER DAY. I FIGURED OUT TIME WIDE SHE IS 50:44 PROBABLY IN HER MID 50'S. THE STUDIO WHEN WE DECIDED TO 50:47 BUILD IT, 25 FEET AT LEAST TO THE CELE, THEY CUT DOWN SAPLINGS 50:54 AND HAD ROPE OR LETTINGSER AND WOULD TIE THESE. 50:59 WHEN YOU WOULD GET UP, YOO MIND HEIGHTS, BUT THIS WAS SCARY, 51:03 THEY WOULD CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND EVERY DAY, 51:07 ALEXANDRIA WAS UP THERE WITH A HAMMER AND LITTLE CHISEL TRYING 51:11 TO CHISEL HOLES IN THE VOTE SO THEY COULD HANG RODS DOWN TO 51:16 HANG LIGHTS, AND VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW FOR WEEKS WHICH WENT 51:19 INTO MONTHS AND SO WE PUT HER ON A LITTLE STIPEND AND SHE REALLY 51:23 WASN'T THERE FOR THE MONEY, BUT COULD USE THE HELP, SO, BUT I'M 51:28 AMAZED THAT PEOPLE LIKE SHE AND VERA SAID WE'RE SO EXCITED 51:32 THERE'S A CHURCH AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, AND SHE'S BEEN 51:36 COMING EVER SINCE. >> AS WE'RE PULLING OU, SHE'S 51:39 WAVING AT THE BUS. >> SHE BROUGHT US THE CREPES, A 51:43 HOLE PLATEFUL. WHEN FOOD WAS SCARCE THERE IN 51:46 THE BEGINNING, IT WAS REALLY, THERE WEREN'T RESTAURANTS YOU 51:49 COULD JUST GO TO ANYWHERE. WE WOULD GO TO THE TRAIN STATION 51:52 FOR THAT ALL NIGHT RIDE AND ALWAYS FAITHFULLY, SHE AND VERA, 51:56 HER FRIEND AND A FEW OTHERS WOULD BRING A BIG LIKE THIN 52:02 PANCAKES, CREPES, BUT THEY'D HAVE JAYS OR JAMS OR SOMETHING 52:05 WITH WITH IT AND THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT 52:08 US AND SOMETIMES BOILED EGGS AND THEY WOULD GIVE US TO US SO WE 52:11 WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT. HERE ENOUGH, SHE BROUGHT HER BIG 52:15 THING OF CREPES AND A DOZEN EGGS, BOILED EGGS, AND GAVE TO 52:19 US FOR OUR TRIP BACK HOME, BUT TO SEE HER AFTER ALL OF THESE 52:24 YEARS AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THERE AND DIDN'T SHOW IF SHE WAS 52:27 STILL ALIVE, I HADN'T SEEN HER IN SO LONG. 52:30 I HEARD DANNY, SHE ALWAYS SAID DANNY, DANNY WITH THAT DISTINCT 52:35 VOICE AND SHE CAME RUNNING AND WE HUGGED AND EMBRACED AND TO 52:39 SEE HER, IT TAKES YOU BACKS TO LOOK AT THE SACRIFICE, SHE'S NOW 52:44 81 YEARS OLD. I SAID STILL. 52:47 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> YOU'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL. 52:50 SHE SMILED REAL BIG. SHE SAID I'M 81. 52:54 I SAID OH, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. 52:57 >> YEAH, AND IT'S AMAZING SHE WAS USING THE HAMMER AND CHISEL 53:03 BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DRILLS AND DRILL BITS, SO TO DO THAT BY 53:07 HAND WAS JUST AMAZING. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD, 53:11 SO GENEROUS. WE WERE WELL FED. 53:12 JAKE, I KNOW YOU LIKE FOOD. >> OH, YEAH. 53:17 >> MARISSA COOKED FOR US A GREAT DEAL. 53:21 >> BEAUTIFUL. >> FRESH FRUIT, FRESH STRAWBERRY 53:25 JAM. OH, MAN. 53:27 >> RELIVING IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 53:31 >> JASON, HE COULD GO TO THE ALPS AND HE'D SEND PICTURE OF 53:42 THE FOOD. SMALL PRINT, I WAS IN THICAL PS -- 53:56 THE ALPS WITH A PICTURE OF FOOD. >> I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE 54:03 AMOUNT OF HIS PEOPLE THERE IN THE SERVICE. 54:05 >> STILL FAITHFUL TO THE CHURCH, TO THE LORD AND THE 3ABN THERE, 54:10 I MEAN AMAZING. THE FARLAYS CAME WITH US. 54:19 THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TRIP. >> THEY LOVED IT. 54:22 >> THEY WERE LIKE THE REST OF US, IN AWE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 54:26 I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HAS DONE, BUT HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO 54:32 DO. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND 54:34 PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. YOU TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT AGO, I 54:37 THINK YOUR LIPS SAID $41,000 OR SO A MONTH IT COST. 54:43 YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE TRIPLE THAT OR QUADRUPLE, BUT 54:48 THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS EVERY MONTH. 54:50 >> WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT BECAUSE 54:53 THEY'RE GROWING, THAT 41,000 NEEDS TO BE 45 OR 50. 55:00 THAT'S WHERE YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDING. 55:02 WE APPRECIATE EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN TO 3ABN TO SUPPORT THE 55:06 WORK IN RUSSIA. >> IT IS EXCITING, BECAUSE 55:08 YOU'RE EVENING THE GROWTH, THROUGH THE CABLE STATIONS, ALL 55:11 THE CITIES THAT IT'S REACHING AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THAT, 55:14 IT'S EXCITING. >> LET'S TALK A MOMENT ABOUT THE 55:16 PROGRAMMING THAT THEY DID ON THE WEEKEND WHICH WAS AMAZING. 55:19 WE AIRED HERE ON 3ABN. TIM, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 55:24 MUSIC A LITTLE BIT OR DANNY SMOKE OF COURSE ON SABBATH. 55:28 >> AND GREAT ARTISTS. IN FACT, ON PRAISE HIM I TALKED 55:36 TO JULIA ABOUT USING SOME OF THEIR SINGERS, THIS MUSICIAN TO 55:40 CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PRAYS HIM NETWORK. 55:43 I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY FOR VIEWERS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO 55:51 THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] YOU SANG ON OPENING 56:50 NIGHT, WE ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND. 56:52 THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> IT WAS. 56:53 WE WANT TO SAY FOR A GIFT OF ANY SIZE TONIGHT FOR 3ABN RUSSIA, WE 56:57 WILL SEND YOU THESE LITTLE DOLL KEY CHAINS. 57:00 >> FROM RUSSIA. >> AND WE BROUGHT THEM BACK FROM 57:04 RUSSIA, JUST ANY SIZE, WHETHER LARGE, WE'LL TAKE THAT OR MEDIUM 57:08 SIZE OR SMALL, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, THE LORD WILL TAKE AND 57:11 BLESS AND MULTIPLY, AND HE CAN USE IT TO IMPACT THE FORMER 57:18 SOVIET UNION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING 57:21 CURRENTLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 57:22 I KNOW WE'RE TRADING OUT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR HERE SO THANK 57:25 YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SECOND HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO TALK 57:29 SOME MORE ABOUT 3ABN RUSSIA AND THE TRIP AND HEAR FROM MORE 57:32 PEOPLE WHO WENT AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO SHARE 57:36 WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 57:38 SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY, YOU ARE PART OF THIS MINISTRY. |
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