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3ABN Russia's 27th Anniversary Special Report

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00:00 BEING REACHED FOR ETERNITY. HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN
00:14 TODAY LIVE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AS YOU
00:17 DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. ONE THING ABOUT 3ABN, WE NEVER
00:21 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING BORED.
00:23 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BECAUSE YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW
00:25 WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:26 >> WE THOUGHT WE WERE BEING REPLACED, RIGHT?
00:29 I WAS LEAVING AND JUST AS THE BREAK CAME ABOUT, GREG AND JILG
00:33 SAID I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME MEETINGS, WOULD
00:37 YOU MIND HOSTING? HOW DO YOU SAY NO TO THEM.
00:40 THIS COUPLE LOOK AT YOU AND SMILE AND THEY'RE JUST SO GREAT
00:43 AND THEY DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF FOR ME AND SET IN MEETING FOR ME
00:46 ALL THE TIME, SO HOW CAN YOU SAY NO, SO HERE WE ARE, WE'RE BACK,
00:51 BUT WE HAVE SOME NEW SMILING FACES.
00:53 WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE US? >> YOU DO.
00:56 YOU KNOW MY BRAIN LOCKS. I'LL HELP YOU AND BRAD WILL HELP
01:03 ME, BUT WE'LL GET IT DONE. >> LET'S START AT THE FAR END OF
01:08 THE TABLE WITH PASTOR JOHN. WE LOVE YOU, PASTOR JOHN.
01:20 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. >> AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WHO
01:24 WORKS FOR 3ABN RADIO. AND SHE IS JUST A SWEETIE.
01:29 THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M ADDING ALL MY LITTLE.
01:33 >> THAT'S THE BAY YOU DO IT. I COULD HAVE GIVEN THEIR NAMES
01:38 BUT I COULDN'T DO ALL OF THAT. BROTHER MOSES PRIME MOW.
01:42 >> DR. MO. >> A.K.A., DR. MO, THE HEAD OF
01:50 OUR BROADCAST ENGINEERING AND EASY JUST BRILLIANT.
01:54 WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO HERE AND THEN WE HAVE TYLER
01:58 WALKER, WHO IS A DIRECTOR HERE AT 3ABN.
02:02 >> HE'S TOO YOUNG TO DIRECT, ISN'T HE?
02:04 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, HE'S GOT IT TOGETHER.
02:06 >> HE HAS, DOESN'T HE? >> HE'S DIRECTOR ON THE TODAY
02:11 PROGRAM. >> I KNOW DOES HE.
02:13 DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. HE'S TOO YOUNG TO BE THE
02:17 DIRECTOR. I'M GLAD YOU ARE, BUT I GUESS
02:19 WHEN YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT IT, TALENT JUST COMES OUT AND SO YOU
02:22 KNOW, HE EARNED IT, DIDN'T HE? >> HE DID AND THE HE DOES A FINE
02:26 JOB. >> HE DOES.
02:27 >> THEN WE HAVE HIS SISTER, TIARA WALKER, WHO YOU'RE GOING
02:32 TO SEE A LOT MORE OF, SHE IS A PART OF OUR KIDS NETWORK AND SHE
02:36 DID A LOT OF THE PROMO WORK FOR 3ABN KIDS, AND.
02:41 >> THE WHOLE WEEK THAT WE RECENTLY DID ALL THOSE PROGRAMS,
02:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> DID AN AMAZING JOB.
02:49 THEN WE HAD THEIR DAD, WHO IS BRAD WALKER, WHO IS JUST ONE OF
02:54 OUR SENIOR DIRECTORS AND JUST BRILLIANT AND DOES SUCH AN
02:58 AMAZING JOB WITH CREATIVITY, JUST SO CREATIVE.
03:03 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> INCREDIBLE.
03:04 >> HE'S ONE OF OUR MAIN GO TO GUYS, RIGHT?
03:07 >> HE IS, HE REALLY IS. >> TROUBLE WITH VIDEO, WE SAY
03:12 BRAD, CAN YOU HELP? >> AND HE'S SO EVEN TEMPERED.
03:17 BRAD DOESN'T GET ALL RILED UP OR ANYTHING.
03:19 HE'S JUST KIND OF EVEN. WE'LL TRY THIS AND LET'S DO
03:23 THAT, GREAT IDEAS. >> THE ONE WE ARE MISSING IS THE
03:25 MOTHER AND THE WIFE IS VALERIE, WHICH IS MY NIECE AND SO, YOU
03:30 ALL ARE SHELTON'S WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
03:35 YOU'VE GOT YOUR DAD'S NAME. DON'T TRY TO DENY IT OR
03:39 ANYTHING, BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE.
03:42 WE, THE FIRST HOUR, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA AND WHAT WE
03:47 SAW, NOW IT'S YOUR SECOND TIME, YOUR THIRD?
03:50 >> THIRD TIME. >> TYLER AND TIARA, THIRD TIME.
03:57 >> BRAD. >> THIRD TIME.
03:58 >> WE WANTED TO TALK, WE'RE TALKING TO OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE
04:06 AMAZING MINISTRY IN RUSSIA AND REALLY JASON WAS TELLING US
04:11 ABOUT 3ABN, OUR BUDGET'S A MILLION AND A HALF A MONTH,
04:14 SOMETIMES MORE AND THEY DO SO MUCH WITH SO MANY PEOPLE, AT
04:18 THAT HUGE FACILITY AND GOING LITERALLY ON CABLE AND SATELLITE
04:24 THROUGHOUT THE EXSOVIET UNION. WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT AND
04:28 WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR VIEWERS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 3ABN RUSSIA.
04:32 JOHN AND ANGELA, LET'S START WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT.
04:35 IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE YOU WERE THERE.
04:37 TELL US ABOUT SOME OF OF THE CHANGES AND WHAT YOU ALL SEE
04:40 WHEN YOU'RE THERE. >> WELL, THE THING ABOUT IT IS
04:43 THERE'S A CONSISTENCY, AS WELL AS A CREATIVITY.
04:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF JUST GO BACK TO THAT FIGURE YOU
04:52 STATED, $40,000. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AMERICA,
04:58 THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO COVER THAT KIND OF MINISTRY FOR A
05:02 MONTH, NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, BUT THERE THE CREATIVITY THAT
05:08 DOESN'T STP 3ABN RUSSIA. I WAS IMPRESSED WHEN I HEARD THE
05:11 TESTIMONIES ABOUT ALL THE NETWORKS THAT THEY WERE ON AND
05:14 WHAT REALLY INSPIRED ME IS WHEN JULIA SAID, YOU KNOW, BEFORE
05:17 THEY WERE ON ANY CABLE NETWORKS, BEFORE THERE WERE CABLE NETWORKS
05:22 AT ALL, THEY JUST PRODUCED PROGRAM BY FAITH, PROGRAM AFTER
05:27 PROGRAM BY FAITH. WHEN THE CABLE NETWORKS CAME
05:29 OUT, THEY DISCOVERED LET'S GO AHEAD AND OFFER THESE PROGRAMS
05:32 TO THE CABLE NETWORKS, MAYBE THEY'LL TAKE THEM, MAYBE TEY
05:36 WON'T AND THEY DISCOVERED, THE CABLE NETWORKS DISCOVERED THAT
05:39 THE QUALITY WAS SO HIGH, OF SUCH YOU A LEVEL THAT THEY SAID THIS
05:43 IS THE KIND OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, SO IT WASN'T A
05:47 MATTER OF ARE WE GOING TO GET ON CABLE, IT'S A MATTER OF HOW MANY
05:50 CABLE COMPANIES CAN WE ACTUALLY FURNISH THE MATERIALS TO WITHOUT
05:55 OVERLAPPING. THE OTHER THING IS I SAW THAT
05:58 ARTICLE THAT WAS IN ONE OF OUR WORLD MAGAZINE ABOUT THE SLIGHT,
06:02 THEN TO KNOW THAT THAT MINISTRY IN TWO SATELLITES COVERED THE
06:06 ENTIRE GAMUT OF RUSSIA, 11 TIME ZONES.
06:08 >> OH, WOW. >> BUT GETTING BACK TO THE
06:12 DETERMINATION, WE WALKED FROM OFFICE TO OFFICE AND I WAS
06:17 AMAZED TO SEE THE DETERMINATION AND SKILL POSED BY THE
06:20 INDIVIDUAL THAT IS WORK THERE. THEY'RE JUST CREATIVE.
06:23 THINGS THAT WE DO IN AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE TALKED
06:26 ABOUT THE JIB. >> WE DIDN'T TELL ABOUT IT, WE
06:29 TALKED ABOUT MAKING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT.
06:31 >> I REMEMBER A JIB, THAT'S THAT CAMERA FOR MANY OF YOU THAT JUST
06:34 SWINGS AROUND. >> THE LONG ARM REACHES OUT.
06:37 >> LONG WAY AROUND TO KIND OF AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH
06:39 IT COST TO MAKE THAT, I THINK $15,000, VERY LOW AMOUNT.
06:45 >> $1,500. >> $1,500.
06:49 >> BUT FOR US, IT WAS LIKE $18,000.
06:52 THEY CAME HERE AND SAW ONE OF HOURS AND SAID WE'LL GO HOME AND
06:56 JUST MAKE ONE, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
07:00 >> $1,500. THE $1,500 WAS THE TWO MOTORS
07:02 THEY HAD TO GET FROM AMERICA, I THINK IT WAS.
07:04 >> $1,200 OF IT, $600 APIECE DISWROOT REST OF IT WAS
07:09 CREATIVITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND IT'S STILL WORKING TO THIS VERY
07:13 DAY SO WHEN YOU WATCH THE PROGRAMS FROM RUSHING AND YOU
07:16 SEE THAT MOVE FROM THE AUDIENCE, THAT'S THAT JIB CAMERA THAT
07:21 THEY'VE HAD FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW?
07:23 >> A LONG TIME. >> AND IT'S WORKING.
07:26 THAT'S THE CREATIVEITY I SEE THAT'S IN RUSSIA.
07:30 THEY DON'T HIT A WALL. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW
07:34 CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, A LOT OF BIBLE STUDIES, WE WALKED INTO
07:37 THE OFFICE AND SAW THE BIBLE STUDIES.
07:40 >> THE BIBLE STUDIES EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHAT IMPRESSED ME, THEY
07:43 SENT OUT TO THE VIEWERS AND LISTENERS, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE
07:47 A RADIO STATION, TOO. >> THE STIMULATING, WHEN THEY GO
07:52 THROUGH THE BIBLE STUDIES, THEY INCLUDED A PUZZLE.
07:55 I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING, WE DON'T GIVE AWAY OUR SECRETS,
07:59 BUT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, 12 BIBLE
08:03 STUDIES FOR CHILDREN. THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE FIRST
08:05 THREE TO GET THE FIRST PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND THAT PUZZLE IS SO
08:09 INVITING, THEY WANT TO GET THAT PUZZLE.
08:11 THE NEXT THREE, THE SECOND PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND SO ON AND SO
08:15 FORTH. THEY WANT TO FINISH THE WHOLE
08:18 THING AND THERE ARE LITTLE HINT ALONG THE WAY TO JUST KEEP THEM
08:22 DRIVEN. >> WHAT A WAY FOR CHILDREN TO
08:24 GET TO KNOW JESUS. >> HERE THEY ARE IN A PLACE TOO
08:28 LONGING A BIBLES WERE FIRST MADE AVAILABLE AND THEIR CREATIVITY
08:31 AND THEIR THINK TANK, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WOW, THIS IS REALLY A
08:35 MINISTRY THAT IS DRIVEN AND THE PEOPLE HAS ARE COMING TO THE
08:38 LORD THROUGH THE MINISTRY HAVE 3ABN RUSSIA IS ANOTHER THING
08:42 THAT IS AMAZING. THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE BUILDING,
08:45 I WEFNT THERE SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE WENT THERE SEVEN YEARS AGO.
08:48 >> STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALL. >> YOU CAN GET LOST THERE,
08:52 REALLY. BRUCE FARLEY, I WAS TELLING HIM
08:56 THAT, SO WE, WHEN SOME OF YOU ALL WEREN'T WITH US, WE STARTED
09:00 GOING INTO AREAS THAT AS A GROUP WE DIDN'T TOUR, THE SECOND
09:05 FLOOR'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, CONFERENCE OFFERSES, A LOT OF
09:08 APARTMENTS AND TRAVELING, AND PRETTY SOON, HE'S LIKE DON'T
09:11 LEAVE ME. I SAID WHY?
09:14 HE SAID NO, I'M SERIOUS, I DON'T THINK I CAN GET BACK.
09:17 BRUCE IS A GOOD NEGOTIATOR, KNOWS HOW TO GET BACK BUT HE WAS
09:20 MAKING A POINT, I DON'T THINK I KNOW, THIS THING IS BIGGER THAN
09:25 I -- >> IT IS.
09:25 >> WE TOLD HIM. WE SAID IT WAS HUGE.
09:27 >> IT'S LIKE A MAZE. >> HE'S LIKE I DON'T THINK I CAN
09:30 GET BACK. >> IS IT THREE FLOORS?
09:32 >> WELL, THERE'S ACTUALLY UP TO SIX COUNTING THE GYM IN THE
09:39 BACK. SO FOUR, THREE LEVELS, SOME HAS
09:43 TWO, SOME FOUR AND THEN THE BACK ALL THE WAY TO SIX, SO IT'S A
09:48 HUGE FACILITY. >> IS THERE A BASEMENT AT ALL?
09:50 >> THERE IS A BASEMENT UNDERNEATH.
09:53 THAT'S WHERE DON'T LEAVE ME, THAT'S WHERE I'LL GET LOST,
09:57 THAT'S TUNNELS THERE. YOU SEE ALL THE PIPING AND
10:00 WIRING AND ALL THIS STUFF AND THE CELE IS SEVEN, EIGHT FEET
10:04 HIGH, BUT YOU GO THROUGH THERE, YOU COULD GET LOST FOR SURE.
10:07 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY, PRAISES THE LORD.
10:10 >> THE OTHER THING ABOUT 3ABN R.B.I. IS THE STORY.
10:13 I HAVE HEARD THE STORY, MOSES, I'VE HEARD THE STORE, BUT IT
10:19 SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WAS ANOTHER PIECE TO THE STORY ADDED
10:23 THIS TIME THAT YOU EVEN WERE NOT AWARE OF WHEN THAT STOPPED.
10:28 >> WE TOLD THE AUDIENCE THE FIRST HOUR, A LOT OF WATER RIGHT
10:32 THEN SO FINDING OUT WE HADN'T INTENDED TO STOP THERE.
10:36 THEY WERE TAKING ME TO ANOTHER BUILDING.
10:39 WHEN WE STOPPED GOT OUT, I SAID OH, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL RECENTLY
10:42 THEY DIDN'T INTEND TO STOP TO THAT BELIEVE.
10:45 THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW ME AND I'D ALREADY TURNED DOWN TWO OR
10:49 THREE OTHERS, SAID I DON'T THINK THESE WILL WORK AND THAT WAS THE
10:52 PERFECT ONE. THAT'S JUST DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
10:54 OF ALL THE PLAY, THAT'S A HUGE CITY, 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE SO TO
11:00 STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT, YOUR CAR LITERALLY GETTING
11:04 FLOODED, NOBODY CAN EVER TELL ME THAT WAS COINCIDENCE.
11:07 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ONE OF THE OHER REASONS WHY
11:09 THAT MINISTRY NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORT, THERE'S NO WAY
11:12 THAT ALL THOSE INCIDENCES COULD HAVE LINED UP, THE PROVIDENCE
11:19 WAS JUST TOO GREAT. I WAS WATCHING TIM WHEN HE WAS
11:24 SITTING THERE, AND HE JUST, HE'D LOOK AT ME AND HE JUST.
11:28 >> HE WAS AMAZING. >> HE WAS JUST SPEECHLESS.
11:32 I SAID TIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAID?
11:35 HE SAID I CAN'T REALLY FIND A WORD TO DESCRIBE HOW I'M FEELING
11:38 RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE GOT TO SAY THIS IS EITHER
11:41 THE BEST COINCIDENCE OR THIS IS TOTALLY DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND I
11:46 PREFER THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
11:49 THEN JULIA, I LIKE IT WHEN THEY KNEW SHE NEEDED A NEW LAPTOP TO
11:56 KEEP WORKING, AND THEY SAID SHE HAS SUCH A GIVING HEART AND THE
12:02 EDICT WAS THIS IS FOR YOU. AND BUT JUST THAT WHOLE
12:07 CAMARADERIE SPIRIT, EVERYBODY DOING THEIR BEST, STAYING ON THE
12:09 CUTTINGENTLY AND PUTTING FORT ALL THE EFFORT TO MAKE IT WORK.
12:14 I PRAISE GOD FOR IT. THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE
12:17 ICEBERG, THERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT WILL COME IN JUST A MOMENT.
12:19 >> SURE, SURE. ANGIE.
12:21 >> I WAS JUST IMPRESSED BY THAT PLACE, THE PEOPLE, I JUST LOVED
12:25 THE PEOPLE AND GOING OUT AND MINGLING WITH THE PEOPLE.
12:28 THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I WALKED AROUND THE BUILDING BY MYSELF.
12:32 >> YEAH. >> I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS
12:34 GOING. I DIDN'T, AND I GOT LOST.
12:46 THEN I SAW SASHA. I WENT OUTSIDE AND I SAW THIS
12:50 LADY AND THIS LADY WAS TALKING TO ME IN RUSSIA AND -- IN
12:56 RUSSIAN, SHE POINTED TO MY SHOES.
13:01 I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
13:02 I TALKED TO HER. I SAID THANK YOU.
13:04 SHE KEPT TALKING TO ME AND I JUST VIDEOED HER, AND WHEN I
13:11 SHOWED, I HAD A LITTLE GIFT, SOMETIMES I TRAVEL AND GIVE
13:15 PEOPLE GIFTS, I GAVE A SMALL LITTLE GIFT AND I GAVE IT TO HER
13:20 AND SHE WAS SO. [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
13:24 >> WE WENT INTO THE CHURCH AND SHE JUST KISSED ME ON MY CHEEK.
13:28 WHEN I SHOWED YOU THE VIDEO, SHE WAS A LADY THAT WAS THERE FROM
13:33 DAY ONE. >> ALEXANDRIA, SURE, WE TALKED
13:35 ABOUT HER EARLIER TOO, YEAH, AMAZING LITTLE LADY, 81 YEARS
13:40 OLD NOW. YOU MET HER, TALKED TO HER.
13:44 >> WHEN I TALKED TO HER, SHE SAID I REMEMBER YOU.
13:47 >> SHE SAID THAT? >> SHE DID.
13:50 SHE SAID OH, I REMEMBER YOU. >> WHEN YOU FIRST WENT OVER
13:53 THERE, MOSES, WHAT DID YOU SEE VERSUS THIS TIME?
13:56 >> HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? >> IT WAS 22 YEARS AGO.
14:01 >> WOW. >> AND 19 I THINK IT WAS 96.
14:18 IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT, EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT,
14:20 BELIEVE AND WALLS AND THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR PRODUCTION, SO
14:23 THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ENGINEER, SO I WENT THERE, AND I BROUGHT
14:28 SOME EQUIPMENT WITH ME AND I BUILT A CONTROL ROOM AND FROM
14:35 THE COUNTERTOPS AND EVERYTHING TO THE WIRES AND WE PUT SOME
14:42 LIGHTS THERE AND THE PEOPLE WAS VERY HELPFUL.
14:55 ONE FLERN, ALEX, HE IS STILL THERE TODAY, HE WAS VERY
14:59 VERSATILE. HE WOULD GO FROM INSTALLING SOME
15:03 COMPUTERS TO HELP ME AND WIRING, MAKING CONNECTORS, SO VERY, VERY
15:11 HELPFUL, HE WOULD STAY LATE WORKING WITH ME, AND ONE THING
15:16 THAT I COULD SEE THAT THEY WANTED THAT SO BAD THAT THEY
15:21 WERE WILLING TO DO, TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND HELP, AND I HAVE
15:36 BEEN HERE FOR 28 YEARS AND BUILT A FEW CONTROL ROOMS AND TV
15:39 STATION INS OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PROJECT LIKE
15:49 RUSSIA IN ANY PLACE ELSE. IT TAKES A LOT OF, AND THEY
15:55 KNOWS THIS, IT TAKES A LOT OF INVESTMENT AND IT'S LIKE YOU
16:00 RAISING A CHILD, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF INVESTMENT, BUT
16:04 AFTER THE CHILD IS GROWN UP AND YOU START TO SEE THEM FINISHING
16:15 UNIVERSITY AND GOING TO WORK, YOU SEE THE RESULTS AND YOU SEE
16:18 THE GRANDCHILDREN. >> NOW YOU'RE TALKING.
16:20 >> YOU SEE A LOT OF RESULTS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IN
16:25 RUSSIA. THERE IS A CONSISTENCY IN GROWTH
16:30 AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE CHURCH OR COMING
16:33 TO THE CENTER, AND THEY ARE LEAVING, THEY ARE STAYING THERE,
16:37 AND THEY ARE HELPING AND THEY ARE BUILDING A CENTER THAT IT
16:48 HELPS DISTRIBUTE THAT SATELLITE COVERAGE TO CABLES AND T.V.
16:51 STATIONS AND THE RADIO STATIONS, SO IT IS A PROJECT THAT A FULL
17:03 GROWTH AND IT HASN'T STOPPED YET, SO IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
17:07 PROJECT. >> HOW MANY, DOES ANYBODY HEAR
17:12 FROM ME WITH A HIGH EIGHT CAMERA?
17:15 THAT DATES YOU. >> I NEVER USED ONE, NO.
17:25 >> WHEN WE LEFT RUSSIA AND THEY FIRST WANTED TO BAILED STUDIO, I
17:33 HAD A LITTLE CAMERA THAT I TOOK WITH ME AND I THINK WE LEFT THEM
17:37 ONE, THEN WE GOT THEM TWO, AND THERE'S JUST THESE LITTLE, YOU
17:40 CAN EXPLAIN THEM MOTIONS, HOW IT WORKS, THE LITTLE HIGH EIGHT.
17:43 >> EIGHT-MILLIMETER? >> IT'S A MAGNETIC TAPE THAT
17:52 RECORDS. [ LAUGHTER ]
17:54 >> I'M GOING TO CALL YOU. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
17:56 ALL RIGHT. >> IT'S A TAPE TECHNOLOGY THAT
18:04 WE DON'T USE TODAY. IT'S ALL HARD DRIVES.
18:06 >> WE WENT BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER AND THEY HAD TAKEN THESE
18:09 TWO CAMERAS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE
18:11 THEM AT THE TIME AND THEY'D ALREADY BEEN PUTTING PROGRAMS
18:15 TOGETHER, DOING SOME EDITING AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT,
18:18 BUT WE WERE AMAZED FROM THE BEGINNING, WHATEVER YOU GIVE
18:22 THEM, THEY'D IMPROVE ON IT AND MAKE IT BETTER AND THEN THE
18:26 CREATIVITY WOULD JUST COME OUT OF THEM AND WE'D GIVE THEM A
18:29 LITTLE MORE EQUIPMENT AND A LITTLE MORE AND OF COURSE YOU
18:33 HELPED THEM THERE TO GET THE STUDIO GOING.
18:35 >> THE PROGRAM, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR 22 YEARS, SO THAT
18:41 MEANS THAT THEY ARE SELF SUPPORTIVE INTERNALS OF DOING
18:46 THE WORK, GROWING, AND KEEPING THE TECHNOLOGY, EVERY YEAR WHEN
18:55 JUNE COMES WE HAVE A SKYPE AND THEY TELL ME WHAT THEY WANT OR
18:59 HOW THEY WANT AND I HELP AND JUST IN CONSULTING AND SOMETIMES
19:05 THEY HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT, WISH LIST, SO I BUY HERE, GIVE
19:10 TO IT JULIA AND SHE TAKES BACK, BUT INTERNALS OF DOING
19:16 THEMSELVES, THEY ARE WELL ABLE TO DO THAT, AND I BUILT THE
19:23 FIRST CONTROL ROOM IN 1996, AND AFTER THAT, IN 2006, 10 YEARS
19:34 LATER, THEY KIND OF DEMOLISHED WHAT I HAD DONE AND THEY ARE
19:38 BUILDING NEW CONTROL ROOM AND BUILT ANOTHER STUDIO, SO THEY
19:44 ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE AND THEY ARE VERY ABLE TO GROW AND TO
19:50 REACH AND TO FED INTO THAT WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS THT THEY
19:58 NEED. >> OK.
20:00 TY, TYLER, I SHOULD SAY. I'M USED TO WHEN HE WAS LITTLE,
20:03 WE CALLED HIM TY, BUT TYLER. MR. WALKER.
20:08 [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR YOU, YOU'RE USUALLY IN
20:12 THE AS YVONNE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE CONTROL ROOM.
20:15 >> YEAH. >> YOUR SISTER LOOKS LIKE SHE
20:17 WAS BORN ON CAMERA, RIGHT? NOW FOR YOU, I THINK I HEARD YOU
20:23 SAY A WHILE AGO YOU FEEL A LITTLE BETTER OFF CAMERA THAN ON
20:29 CAMERA. >> ABSOLUTELY.
20:30 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING ON CAMERA TODAY.
20:32 YOU GET THAT FROM YOUR DAD, HE HAS DONE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
20:36 OF HOURS OF OTHER PEOPLE BUT RARELY DO WE GET HIM ON CAMERA
20:41 YOURSELF. YOUR MOTHER SINGS SOME BUT SHE'S
20:44 NOT ONE TO GET ON AND BE ON CAMERA, TOO, SO THIS IS NEW FROM
20:48 THIS END OF IT. NOW HAD YOU TRAVELED OUT OF THE
20:50 COUNTRY BEFORE? >> HOW OLD WAS I, WE WENT TO
20:55 HAITI. I WAS 10?
20:56 BUT PRIOR TO THAT, NO. >> DID YOU HAVE A CAMERA IN YOUR
20:59 HAND THEN? >> I DID.
21:03 >> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. >> WE WERE DOING SOME STUFF,
21:21 MEDICAL STUFF AND HE GETS ADVISEE.
21:24 HE HAD STEPPED ON A SEA YOU ARE CHIN.
21:26 HE WAS RECORDING IT AND HE ENDED UP SAYING I CAN'T DEAL WITH
21:29 THIS, TYLER, YOU TAKE THE CAMERA, AND HE JUST LEFT THE
21:33 ROOM. >> THE REST OF THE TRIP, YOU HAD
21:35 THE CAMERA. >> OK, MAYBE THAT'S A BLESSING
21:38 IN DISGUISE. SORRY, D., BUT AT LEAST IT GOT
21:42 YOU NEW A NICHE YOU LIKE. >> GOING TO RUSSIA, WHAT DID YOU
21:48 EXPECT AND WHAT YOU SAW, HOW DID THAT DIFFERRER?
21:56 >> I WOULD ECHO THE SENTIMENT OTHERS HAVE SAID, I DIDN'T
22:02 EXPECT THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE PEOPLE, JASON BERKMAN WHILE WE
22:07 WERE THERE ASKED ME WHAT'S BEEN YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE TRIP.
22:11 I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND AND MY ANSWER WAS THE PEOPLE,
22:14 BECAUSE YEAH, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS SO MUCH HOSPITALITY, AND I
22:20 WAS KIND OF EXPECTING MORE OF THAT STOIC, YEAH.
22:27 >> TECHNICALLY, YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW WOULD
22:34 YOU GRADE IF YOU HAVE GIVING A GRADE, IF YOU WERE WATCHING FROM
22:38 RUSSIA, HOLD YOUR EARS A MINUTE, CONSIDERING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE
22:43 AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH, HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THAT?
22:46 >> I WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED.
22:48 WE GOT THERE, WE WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND SAW SOME OF THE
22:51 THINGS THEY WERE DOING IN THERE AND SOME OF THEIR SET UP,
22:55 TALKING ABOUT THEIR JIB, IT'S A TWO BY FOUR, PAINTED BLACK.
23:01 I WAS AMAZED BY WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
23:06 >> THEY GET AN A. >> A PLUS.
23:09 >> A PLUS. OK, OK, GOOD.
23:12 BUT FOR YOU PERSONALLY, YOU WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE PEOPLE.
23:16 >> YES. >> THE FACILITY, THE COUNTRY IN
23:18 GENERAL. >> THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL, YEAH.
23:21 >> YEAH. AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
23:25 >> YEAH. >> TIARA.
23:30 ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM NOT AFRAID OF THE CAMERA.
23:34 STAYS WITHIN THE FAMILY, OK? NOW, YOU, HAVE YOU TRAVELED, OF
23:39 COURSE YOU WENT PROBABLY I'M SURE TO HAITI, BUT OTHER THAN
23:43 THAT, HAVE YOU BEEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES?
23:47 >> ACTUALLY I DIDN'T GO TO HAITI WITH THEM.
23:49 I WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT, SEVEN? BUT I DID GO TO LONDON WHEN 3ABN
23:55 WENT. THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.
23:59 OH, WOW, RUSSIA, THAT WAS WAY UP THERE.
24:02 THAT WAS AMAZING. >> YOU'RE GOING TO RUSSIA.
24:05 DID YOU, YOU KNEW YOU ARE NOT GOING, DID YOU TRY TO LEARN ANY
24:09 OF THE LANGUAGE, ANY OF THE WORDS.
24:11 >> WELL, I TRIED. SNCHT SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
24:15 >> I GOT THOSE TWO DOWN REAL GOOD.
24:18 ANYTHING ELSE, DON'T QUIZ ME ON IT.
24:23 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> THAT'S GOOD MORNING.
24:28 >> YOU NICE WEREN'T JUST THERE ON VACATION, YOU WERE WORKING.
24:33 A LOT OF THE VIDEO FOLKS ARE SEEING TONIGHT AND WILL BE
24:39 SEEING IN TIME TO COME, YOU WERE BOTH WORKING, BECAUSE YOUR DAD
24:43 HAS HAD SURGERIRY ON HIS FOOT AND WAS GOING AROUND ON A LITTLE
24:52 SCOOTER. IT WAS TOUGH, BUT YOU BROUGHT
24:55 THE KIDS SO THAT THEY COULD GO IN ALL THOSE HARD TO GET PLACE
25:00 THAT YOU USUALLY GO AND COULD HELP WITH THE CAMERAS WITH
25:04 EDITING AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF, YOU ALL WERE WORKING THERE.
25:07 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH CAMERAS.
25:09 >> YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE
25:11 WITH CAMERAS AT ALL. THEY GAVE ME KIND OF LIKE A
25:14 CRASH COURSE BEFORE WE LEFT AND I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER IT ALL,
25:18 BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE THEIR SHADOW.
25:23 THEY WERE LIKE HERE'S A SMALL PLACE, GET IN THERE AND TRY TO
25:27 GET THIS SHOT. I WAS LIKE OK.
25:28 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE RUSSIAN CREW AND WHAT LITTLE
25:31 THEY HAD, AND HOW THEY STRETCHED IT.
25:33 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE CREATIVITY OF EVERYBODY.
25:37 IT MADE ME JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE AND MORE AND MORE BECAUSE
25:41 THEY'RE SO AMAZING, AND IT'S SO INSPIRING.
25:45 I'M VERY GLAD I GOT THAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
25:48 >> AND THE PEOPLE AGAIN, YOU WERE SURPRISED THEY WERE
25:56 FRIENDLY, LIKE TY? >> OH, YES.
25:59 AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, THEY CAME OUT GAVE ALL THE LADIES
26:04 BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS. I WAS SO AMAZED BY THAT.
26:07 I STILL HAVE THOSE FLOWERS. I TOOK THEM HOME WITH ME AND I
26:11 PRESSED THEM. I'M GOING TO KEEP THOSE FOREVER.
26:14 THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> SO YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME AND
26:17 THERE WAS A ROOMMATE WITH YOUR COUSIN TRINITY, YOUR YOUNGEST
26:23 DAUGHTER, BUT TRINITY WAS TOO BASHFUL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
26:29 SHE SAID PAPA, IT'S STRESSFUL FOR ME TO GET ON THE AIR, SO WE
26:33 FOR GIVE YOU, TRIN. YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
26:38 >> THAT WAS FUN, LIKE A LITTLE SLUMBER PARTY IN 340S SCOA.
26:42 >> YOU WENT TO THE DOLL PARTY, WASN'T THAT INTERESTING?
26:45 >> THAT WAS CULTURE IF I'VE EVER SEEN.
26:48 IT THAT WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE AT THE SHOPS, THEY WERE FRIENDLY,
26:52 TOO, TRYING TO GET TO YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND SEEING ALL THE
26:55 DOLLS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS HANDMADE AND HAND CRAFTED.
26:58 THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, REALLY GOOD. >> THAT WAS A SEGUE TOO.
27:02 >> OH! VERY GOOD!
27:07 >> WE HAVE A FREE OFFER FOR YOU, FOR ANY SIZE DONATION, YOU CAN
27:13 RECEIVE ONE OF THESE KEY CHAINS. >> FROM RUSSIA.
27:16 >> YES, MADRUSKA, JULIA SHOWED ME HOW TO SAY IT, AND YOU CAN
27:25 GET ONE OF THESE LITTLE DOLLS, IT'S A KEY CHAIN, FOR ANY SIZE
27:32 DONATION TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN RUSSIA.
27:34 >> AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU,
27:40 THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE CHURCH MEMBERS AND PEOPLE IN
27:43 GENERAL ARE NOT AND STILL YET ECONOMICALLY ABLE TO GIVE VERY
27:48 MUCH TO SUPPORT WHAT ALL'S GOING ON, BUT THE GROWTH IS SO RAPID
27:52 AND REACHING SO MANY PEOPLE AND ON SO MANY STATIONS THAT IT
27:56 REALLY, WE NEED YOUR HELP, WHETHER FROM AMERICA OR AROUND
28:00 THE WORLD, YOU WANT TO GIVE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE LOVE GIFT, YOU
28:05 CAN SEND IT TO 3ABN AND PUT RUSSIA ON IT.
28:08 NOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTE WITNESS BRAD.
28:11 I KNOW THIS IS NOT YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO.
28:13 >> I'D MUCH RATHER BE IN THE CONTROL ROOM.
28:15 >> I'M SURE OF THAT, THE APPLE DOESN'T FOUL FAR FROM THE TREE.
28:21 YOU WENT AND TELL US ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT.
28:24 >> SURE, SO I STARTED WORKING LEER IN 1990 AND THEN WE WENT TO
28:35 92. SO I WAS ACTUALLY 21 YEARS OLD.
28:37 >> 21. >> WHEN I WENT.
28:40 >> HOW OLD ARE YOU, TYLER? >> I'M 21.
28:44 >> THERE YOU GO. >> MY FIRST TRIP WAS RUSSIA OVER
28:47 THERE, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, HOW TO EVEN BE ON A
28:53 REMOTE CREW AT ALL. WE WERE JUST PUTTING IT
28:55 TOGETHER. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF OUR
28:57 FIRST. >> THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THAT.
29:00 I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT. >> WE HAD TO SEPARATE THE
29:04 CONTROLS BECAUSE IN THE STUDIOS HERE, WE STILL KEPT PRODUCTION
29:07 GOING ON, BUT WE WERE OVER THERE FOR THREE WEEKS, WE WERE
29:14 SPLITTING UP THE TEAMS AND PUTTING IT ALTOGETHER.
29:16 WHEN WE WENT OVER THERE, JUST AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
29:20 WHEN WE ARRIVED, THERE WAS JUST SO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
29:25 INTO THE BUILDING. >> PALACE OF SPORTS.
29:28 >> YEAH, AND WE WERE SEEING MILITARIES WITH BIG GUNS AND
29:32 STUFF AND DOGS. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
29:35 A LITTLE SPOOKED, TO BE HONEST. BUT THEN WE SAW HOW FRIENDLY THE
29:39 PEOPLE WERE TO US, THEY JUST WANTED TO BE AROUND US, AND THEN
29:46 ANYTIME, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THERE BUT WHEN THE MESSAGE WAS
29:49 BEING SPOKE, TOTAL SILENCE. I JUST REMEMBER HOW QUIET,
29:53 EVERYBODY WAS JUST ON THENTLY OF THEIR SEATS LISTENING TO EVERY
29:57 WORD, AND I REMEMBER WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TAPE AT THE TIME, WE
30:01 WERE RECORDING TO TAPE BECAUSE WE WERE JUST EXPECTING ONE SHOW
30:05 A NIGHT OR ONE SERVICE A NIGHT AND WE WERE CALLING AND SAYING
30:08 HOW CAN WE GET MORE TAPES OVER HERE, WE'VE GOT THREE
30:12 PRODUCTIONS GOING ON NOW, SO WE WERE -- IT WAS JUST AMAZING FROM
30:17 THAT MOMENT ON ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL NOW, JUST THE EXPERIENCE.
30:25 IT WAS JUST AMAZE RANGE. >> DID YOU FEEL FROCK THE CROWD
30:29 THEIR DESIRE TO HEAR THE WORD? DID YOU GET THAT FEELING FROM
30:33 THEM? >> IT WAS SUCH A HUNGER DESIRE.
30:36 I MEAN, THEY WERE NEEDING THIS. THERE WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS,
30:41 YOU COULD JUST TELL THAT THEY WERE FORCING THEIR WAY UP, YOU
30:45 KNOW, AND I REMEMBER THE ALTAR CALL.
30:47 THEY ASKED IF ANYBODY WANTED TO RECEIVE THIS GIFT OF JESUS, HOW
30:51 THEY JUST PACKED AND WE WERE AT THE EDGE OF IT AND THE CROWDS
30:54 JUST PACKED TO THE POINT OF HURTING, IT WAS JUST THEY WERE
30:58 HURTING OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WANTED THIS MESSAGE
31:04 SO BAD AND I STILL SEE IT TODAY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST
31:09 DIDN'T HAPPEN AND LEFT. ON THIS TRIP, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE
31:13 WANT THAT MESSAGE, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING.
31:17 I DON'T KNOW, DONNY, YOU BEING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGE YOU WERE
31:20 WHEN YOU WENT THERE. >> 41, I THINK.
31:22 >> BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING 41 YEARS OLD AND CARRYING A TASK
31:28 THAT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT IT NOW, HOW IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
31:36 POSSIBLE, BUT IF IT WASN'T GOD GIVEN.
31:38 >> ABSOLUTELY. NOW THIS TIME, WE GOT BAG TOCK
31:41 TO THE PALACE OF SPORTS. THEY HAD RENOVATED IT
31:44 TREMENDOUSLY, BUT IT WAS YOUR IDEA TO TAKE JULIA.
31:48 I WENT WITH YOU. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO THERE?
31:50 >> I WANTED TO GO BACK THERE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD
31:54 REMEMBER BEING 21 YEARS OLD, BEING THERE AGAIN, AND IT WAS
31:57 AMAZING. I GOT TO SHOW MY KIDS, THIS IS
31:59 WHERE I WAS STANDING, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE
32:02 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE RUSHING IN AND WAS PUSHING.
32:06 THE DOORS ARE DIFFERENT NOW. THE DOORS AT THE TIME WERE SO
32:09 TALL AND JUST HEAVILY JUST HEAVY WOODEN DOORS, AND THOSE WERE THE
32:15 ONES THAT BROKE OFF THE HINGES, THE CROWD WAS JUST PUSHING IN,
32:20 BUT THE BUILDING WAS STILL THERE, YOU KNOW.
32:22 IT WAS JUST, IT WAS ALL MOMENT. >> YOU TOOK JULIA AND ASKED
32:29 HERRING TO SIT WHERE SHE DID DURING THE MEETINGS WHEN SHE
32:32 CAME NOT KNOWING GOD, ONLY COMING TO HEAR THE RUSSIAN
32:38 LANGUAGE. >> THAT'S WHERE HER RELATIONSHIP
32:40 WITH JESUS STARTED WAS RIGHT THERE.
32:42 YOU COULD JUST TELL IT TOUCHED HER.
32:44 SHE ACTUALLY EVEN HAD ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BIBLES THAT I FORGET
32:50 HOW IT WORKED, BUT IF YOU ATTENDED SO MANY MEETINGS.
32:54 >> 29 IN A ROW OR DURING THE WHOLE SIX WEEKS.
32:57 >> THEY WOULD STAND IN LINE JUST TO GET A STAMP TO PUT IN THEIR
33:02 BIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND JUST THE
33:04 LINES AND LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING AND SHE STILL, YOU KNOW,
33:09 WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT BIEBLG AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH IT
33:13 AND SEE THE STAMPS INSIDE OF IT. >> DO YOU REMEMBER THE BAPTISMS?
33:17 >> WE CAME BACK AT THE TIME. I REMEMBER THE REPORTS THAT WAS
33:19 HAPPENING. >> YEAH.
33:20 >> ALL THERE. WE WERE THERE FOR THE FIRST
33:24 THREE WEEKS AND IT JUST KEPT GOING.
33:26 >> 27 PASTORS HE WERE BAPTIZING FOR FOUR HOURS AT A TIME.
33:36 AS FAST AS YOU COULD GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT.
33:39 IT WAS ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY OR SO BUT THE WEATHER WAS LIKE
33:42 IN THE 40'S, IT WAS REALLY COOL WHICH SURPRISED US FOR MAY.
33:51 THE WATER WAS COLD, FREEZING COLD.
33:56 PEOPLE SAY WASN'T IT 2500? I SAID NO, EVERY SOUL COUNTS,
34:03 2532. SO WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO
34:06 BEGIN. YOU GO DOWN TO THE RIVER.
34:10 THE CITY, THEY GOT PERMISSION, SAID WELL, YOU CAN USE THIS
34:14 STRETCH OF THE RIVER, BUT HOW DO YOU HOUSE AND PEOPLE CHANGING
34:22 CLOTHES FOR 2,500 PEOPLE, HOW DO YOU DO IT.
34:26 ELDER CARTER HAS GOT A LOT OF COURAGE JUST TO GO THERE BUT HE
34:29 CONTACTED SOME PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, THEN THE KGB GOT
34:33 INVOLVED AND THEY ACTUALLY LOANED US TRUCKS AND THEY CAME
34:36 AND BROUGHT TENTS. >> WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
34:41 TENTS. >> THEY BROUGHT TENTS, SET THOSE
34:44 TENTS UP ALL OVER FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE, ALL THE CHURCH PEOPLE
34:49 BROUGHT TOWELS AND THEY TRIED TO GET GOWNS FOR THE PEOPLE, THE
34:52 WOMEN ESPECIALLY, GOWNS, AND I REMEMBER MY COUSIN DENNIS WAS
34:58 THERE AND HE HAD ONE OF OUR LITTLE HAND CAMERAS AND GOT SOME
35:02 GREAT FOOTAGE THAT WE STILL HAVE BUT I REMEMBER PARTICULARLY
35:06 SHOWING ONE MAN, HE FOLLOWED HIM GOING IN AND HERE'S ALL THESE 27
35:12 PASTORS BAPTIZING AND THE WATER WAS LITERALLY I WON'T SAY
35:16 FREEZING BUT VERY, VERY COLD. I DIDN'T STEP IN IT, I PUT MY
35:20 HAND IN IT AND WENT MAN, I'M GLAD I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED.
35:25 THESE PEOPLE WERE SO EXCITED, THEY DIDN'T CARE AND THEY
35:28 WEREN'T STANDING AROUND SHIVERING.
35:32 THEY WENT IN. ONE MAN WE USED FOR YEARS ON A
35:35 PROGRAM, LIKE AN INTRO SHOWS HIM GOING DOWN AND WHEN HE COMES OUT
35:39 OF THE WATER, IT'S ALMOST LIKE STEAM, IT'S SO COLD.
35:43 HE COMES OUT AND HE'S JUST ALL SMILES, ALL THE WAY OUT.
35:47 HE'S JUST LIKE THIS, SMILING AND PRAISING THE LORD, AND SO TO SEE
35:54 THAT, THIS, YOU KNOW, THE HOLY SPIRIT IN SUCH A WAY BEING
35:57 POURED OUT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE BEEN OTHER PLACES, NOT
36:02 THAT PEOPLE AROUND BAPTIZED BY THAT THE THOUSANDS IN INDIA AND
36:05 ALL THOSE BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE WHAT WAS AMAZING THAT
36:09 FOR 73 YEARS NO ONE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT GOD.
36:13 I INTERVIEWED PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TOLD ME ONE MAN SAID I
36:16 WAS AN EDITOR FOR A COMMUNIST PAPER, BUT I COULD NOT -- I
36:24 BELIEVED IN GOD, BUT I COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING EVEN TO MY WIFE,
36:30 BECAUSE AS IF SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT TO US, AND SHE REPORTED
36:37 THAT I BELIEVED IN GOD, I WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.
36:39 I HAD TO KEEP IT SECRET FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT I KNEW
36:43 THERE MUST BE A GOD. THEET MEETINGS CAME AND HE CAME
36:56 TO THE MEETINGS WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES THAT I CAN MENTION THE
37:00 NAME OF GOD NOW. I CAN MENTION GOD.
37:02 I CAN MENTION JESUS FREELY, AND YES, AND NOTHING'S GOING TO
37:07 HAPPEN TO ME, AND I GET TO DO THIS NOW.
37:10 I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE TO SEE A DAY THAT I COULD IN MOTHER
37:18 RUSSIA SAY JESUS OR THANK YOU JESUS OR PRAISES THE LORD OR GO
37:22 TO CHURCH OPENLY AND CARRY A BIBLE.
37:25 SO THAT'S TO ME WHAT IS SO AMAZING WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS
37:30 GOING ON, THE WALL, THE, YOU KNOW, THE IRON CURTAIN FELL.
37:34 THIS HAPPENING 3ABN AND ELDER CARTER GOING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
37:38 AFTER IT THE FIRST YEAR AND TO SEE ALL OF THE CHANGES, AND THEN
37:41 AS I MENTIONED THE FIRST HOUR, IT CONTINUES.
37:48 SOME MINISTRIES COME AND THEY GO AND LEADERS MAYBE A LEADER OF A
37:54 MINISTRY DICE, THE MINISTRY DICE, THIS ONE, EVERY TIME WE GO
37:59 BACK, IT'S GROWING, REACHING MORE PEOPLE, DOING MORE, THE
38:03 FACILITY, KEEPING IT ALL UP, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL WORKING WITH THE
38:07 CHURCH THERE. IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY.
38:09 THAT'S WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT IT, AND AGAIN, THEIR LOVE FOR
38:13 JESUS, THEY WEREN'T I WANT TO SAY DAY AND NIGHT, THEY'RE WILL
38:16 TO ANYTIME YOU NEED THEM BUT TO SEE THAT AND LOOK AT THAT OLD
38:20 FOOTAGE AND I LIKE TO SHOW, GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN SHOW
38:24 SOME OF THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S A REMINDER BECAUSE JESUS SAID GO
38:30 AND TEACH ALL THE WORLD AND YEARS BEFORE THAT WE WONDERED
38:34 HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH THE IRON CURTAIN, YOU CAN'T AND GOD OPEN
38:37 THAT IS DOOR AND NOW THE WHOLE EASTERN EUROPE IS OPEN, ROMANIA,
38:42 OTHER COUNTRIES. WE WENT TO ROMANIA ALSO, SAW
38:46 TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES WITH THE PEOPLE THERE AND IN THE CITY OF
38:51 BOOK REST, THE CHURCH HAD THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND THE GOVERNMENT
38:54 SAID WE'RE GOING TO SHUT YOU DOWN, SO THEY WOULDN'T STOP AND
38:58 THEY WOULDN'T STOP GOING TO CHURCH SO THEY DESTROYED THE
39:01 CHURCH AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO DESTROY YOUR CONFERENCE, TOO,
39:05 YOUR BUILDINGS, SO EVERYBODY LEAVE, AND SOME OF THE PASTORS
39:09 DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD, AND THOUGHT WELL, IF THE NEWS
39:13 AND PEOPLE, THIS IS IN 1991, SO I WAS THERE, I WENT THERE
39:18 SHORTLY AFTER THAT AND SO WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEY SHOWED US THE
39:22 THIS, SAID I THINK SEVEN, MAYBE SEVEN PASTORS AND THEIR WIVES
39:26 WERE KILLED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CAME AND LITERALLY
39:29 DESTROYED WITH THE PEOPLE IN IT, AND SO THEIR DEDICATION WAS SO
39:34 MUCH, WE WENT OUTSIDE BOOK REST, THERE WAS A CHURCH.
39:37 IT WAS A TENT. AND THIS WAS IN THE WINTER.
39:41 WELL, LATE NOVEMBER, AND IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE.
39:45 NO HEAT, AND IT'S A TENT WITH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU SET IN
39:49 THERE AND ALL THE WIND, IT JUST COACHES THE SNOW OFF YOU, AND
39:53 YET IT WOULD HOLD ABOUT 500 PEOPLE PACKED, AND EVERY SERVICE
39:59 WAS PACKED. PEOPLE COULDN'T GET TO IT EXCEPT
40:01 BY WALKING, SO FAR, VERY FEW PEOPLE HAD CARS, TRANSPORT
40:06 DIDN'T GET THERE, AND SO OUR BUSES GET YOU VERY CLOSE, SO
40:10 WEEK AFTER WEEK, WITH KNOWING THAT STILL YET, THE GOVERNMENT
40:14 MIGHT EVEN THOUGH HAD FALLEN WHO WHEN THEY ORDER YOU NOT TO GO TO
40:19 CHURCH, THEY DID IT ANYWAY. THEY WOULD SACRIFICE.
40:23 AND WHEN WE WENT INSIDE, NOBODY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT WELL,
40:28 PASTOR, THE HEAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT QUITE WARM ENOUGH OR IT'S TOO
40:33 WARM. OR IT'S TOO COLD.
40:39 [ LAUGHTER ] OR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SEATS OR WHATEVER YOU
40:48 CAN DO. THE SONG SAYS THERE'S SUNSHINE
40:51 IN MY SOUL TODAY, NO MATTER WHAT IT'S LIKE SO WE'VE SEEN THAT
40:56 FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH 73 YEARS OF COMMUNISM TO
41:12 NOW BE OPEN. ELDER CARTER DECIDED I'LL TRY
41:16 TIED THIRD ONE. AFTER THAT MEETING, THERE WERE
41:18 STILL PEOPLE, IT'S LIKE 11:00 AT NIGHT, YOU COULDN'T DO ANYMORE.
41:22 SOMEBODY WAS BANGING, YOU KNOW, ON THE WINDOW.
41:25 IT'S SPORTS ARENA AND GLASS. I ASKED THIS TRANSLATOR WOULD
41:29 YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. IT WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN.
41:35 THEY WERE SAYING IN RUSSIAN, GO AWAY, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK
41:38 TOMORROW NIGHT, NO MORE MEETINGS, GO HOME AND HE
41:41 WOULDN'T GO HOME. PEOPLE WERE LEAVING, BEATING ON
41:44 THE WINDOW. I SAID WHAT IS HE SAYING.
41:47 WE WENT OVER THERE AND SHE LISTENED THROUGH.
41:48 SHE SAYS HE SAYS WE'VE WAITED 73 YEARS TO HEAR ABOUT GOD, DON'T
41:53 SEND US HOME. WE DEMAND TO HEAR IT TONIGHT.
41:58 >> WOW. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE
42:02 INVOLVED AND GOD ALLOWED 3ABN AND ELDER CARTER TO THERE BE AND
42:06 TO SEE PEOPLE DEMANDING. THEY LITERALLY, AKANJI BE A
42:11 AFTER FIRST FEW DAYS BRAD MENTIONED ONE OF THE BIG DOORS
42:15 OFF THE HINGES, PEOPLE WERE CROWDING.
42:18 BOB ELLIS HAS A PICTURE THAT HE TOOK BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET IN,
42:21 OF PEOPLE ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF LONG HAD BUSTED A BASEMENT
42:25 WINDOW AND DROPPING DOWN INTO A BASEMENT TO COME BACK UP SO THAT
42:29 HE COULD HEAR ABOUT GOD. AND SO HERE, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT,
42:35 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD
42:39 NEVER BEEN AND ON THE RADIOS YOU STILL HEAR PEOPLE SAYING DO NOT
42:46 GO TO THESE ADVENTIST MEETINGS, DO NOT GO TO THE MEETINGS WHEN
42:51 THEY'RE USED TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR 73 YEARS BUT THESE WERE
42:54 CHURCH LEADERS FROM OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, WHAT
42:57 HAVE YOU AND THEY WENT ANYWAY. THEY SAID WE'RE FREE, WE'RE
43:01 GOING TO GO AND SO THEY TOOK THE SUBWAY, THEY TOOK BUSES NIGHT
43:04 AFTER NIGHT. THIS IS HISTORIC TO ME TO THINK
43:10 OF 73 YEARS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ACT NOW THAT YOU CAN DO THIS AND
43:13 SO TO SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE
43:17 BEEN BAPTIZED FROM THERE THAT JUST WASN'T READY IN THE SIX
43:21 WEEKS BUT THEY CONTINUED AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY RAISED THE
43:29 MONEY TO BUILD ALONG WITH THE CHURCH, 10 OR 11 CHURCH JUST
43:33 WITHIN THAT ONE CITY. >> WE WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE
43:35 THERE AND SOME OF THEM WALKING THROUGH THE MARKET, IT'S SO
43:40 CULTURAL, JUST SO CULTURAL. WE WERE TALKING TO TOUR GUIDES,
43:44 EMPLOYEES OF 3ABN, AND JUST TALKING ABOUT THE RELIGION, THE
43:48 MINDSET, THE ATMOSPHERE AND ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES SAID NOW YOU
43:52 HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE'VE ONLY WITHIN TALKING ABOUT JESUS IN
43:56 THIS COUNTRY FOR 19 YEARS. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 19 YEARS
44:00 AGO? AND IT DAWNED ON ME.
44:03 JUST 19 YEARS? SHE SAID JUST 19 YEARS WE'VE
44:06 BEEN TALKING ABOUT JESUS IN THIS COUNTRY.
44:08 SO SHE SAID IT'S STILL A SLOW PROCESS FOR MANY THAT HAVE BEEN
44:12 AROUND LONGER THAN THAT TO JUST GRABBLE WITH THE FACT THAT
44:17 THERE'S A TEXT IN JOB CHAPTER 14 THAT SAYS IF A TREE IS CUT DOWN,
44:25 THERE'S BARELY A CHANCE THAT IT WILL GROW AGAIN, YET IF IT'S
44:29 ROOTS REMAIN IN THE GROUND AT THE SCENT OF WATER, IT WILL BUD
44:34 AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE TREE HAD BEEN CUT
44:36 DOWN IN RUSSIA FOR 73 YEARS, BUT THE ROOTS ARE STILL IN THE
44:41 GROUND AND WHEN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE WATER OF LIFE, THE
44:47 TREE HAS THAT MAN, THE SCENT OF WATER WAS ONCE AGAIN BORN IN THE
44:51 FORMER SOVIET UNION, AND LOOK AT IT NOW.
44:59 WHAT VISION. >> A MAN WITH FAITH AND A MAN
45:03 WITH NO FEAR. >> JOHN CARTER.
45:05 >> YOU SAID THAT. >> NO FEAR AND A WHOLE LOT OF
45:09 FAITH. THAT COMBINATION WAS A
45:11 COMBINATION OF GOD SAW. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK OVER THERE
45:14 AND THE MEETINGS WE HAD SABBATH MORNING FROM YOU KNOW THE NIGHTS
45:18 WE HAD THE MEETINGS THERE, I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT THE
45:21 BACKGROUND, EVEN I'M LOOKING AT THE SPEAKER AND LISTENING TO THE
45:24 MUSIC, BY THE WAY, THE MUSIC WAS PHENOMENAL.
45:28 >> WASN'T IT? >> THE CHOIR.
45:30 >> MUSIC IS SUCH A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
45:34 THEY'RE SAYING BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE PRAISING GOD, IT'S
45:36 BEAUTIFUL. I KEPT LOOKING AT THE
45:38 BACKGROUND. >> ME, TOO.
45:39 >> AND THE THING THAT GOT ME WAS THAT PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT
45:46 OF TREES IN FRONT OF A BARREN BUILDING.
45:49 REMEMBER THAT PICTURE, THE TREES IN FRONT OF A BARREN BUILDING.
45:55 AND I THOUGHT WHO WOULD COME FROM AMERICA, GO ALL THE WAY
45:58 OVER TO THE SOVIET UNION, FORMER SOVIET UNION AND JUST BRAND NEW,
46:03 THE DUST OF COMMUNISM IS STILL ALMOST ALL OVER THE CITY AND YOU
46:08 WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT PUTTING MONEY IN A PROJECT LIKE THAT, A
46:13 DI LAP DATED BUILDING AND YOU GO BACK ON THAT SAME GROUND TODAY
46:17 AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU STARTED SINGING THAT SONG, HOLY GROUND.
46:23 >> WE ALL LOST IT. >> THAT WAS IT FOR ME.
46:25 >> AND THEN WE ENDED THAT SATURDAY NIGHT I WANT TO SPEND
46:30 MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE. >> BROKEN PEOPLE.
46:32 >> IT CAME TO ME, DANNY SING THAT SONG.
46:35 >> WHAT SONG? >> WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR
46:38 THE LAST 45 YEARS, MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE.
46:41 LOOK AT THAT AUDIENCE. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE IN THAT
46:45 BAPTISM. HANDS GOING UP.
46:46 HOW MANY OF YOU WERE RECEIVING THAT FIRST BIBLE, FROM THE
46:49 PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN TO THE PEOPLE IN THE RISING BALCONIES,
46:53 I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT HOW MANY OF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR
46:58 BIBLE. NOT MANY HANDS, THEY WERE GIVEN
47:00 THEIR BIBLES AWAY TO FAMILY AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
47:05 MENTIONED THIS. >> I DON'T KNOW.
47:06 >> BUT WHEN THEY GAVE YOU THOSE RECOGNITIONS AND I KNOW THAT
47:16 WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE, WHEN IT
47:21 WAS NOT JUST SAYING THANK YOU, DANNY FOR THE VISION, THANK YOU
47:25 FOR 3ABN BUT WHEN THE TRANSLATION CAME THROUGH, THAT
47:31 THE THREE MAJOR CONFERENCE LEADERS WERE THE FRUIT OF THAT
47:36 BAPTISM IN 1992. I GOT TO KNOW THEIR STORIES.
47:40 STORIES THAT THEY DON'T TELL IN PUBLIC.
47:43 ONE MAN IN PARTICULAR SAT DOWN AND SAID I DON'T TELL ANYONE
47:46 THIS STORY AND I WON'T TELL THE STORY, BUT ALL THROUGH THE
47:51 CONFERENCE IN POSITION NOW ARE THE FRUIT OF THAT BAPTISM.
47:56 SO, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF THE PEBBLE IN THE POND CONCEPT,
48:02 EVOP, BRAD, THE PEBBLE IN THE POND CONCEPT, WHO WOULD THINK
48:06 THAT THE LORD, I SAID TO MYSELF AND AKANJI AND I, WE'RE A MESS.
48:14 YGHTS EMOTIONAL THAT EASILY BUT IT WAS NOT THE EMOTION PART OF
48:17 IT THAT WAS THE BIG THING FOR ME, IT WAS JUST REALIZING THAT I
48:21 COULD NOT GET AWAY FROM THE FACT, AND I SAID THIS TO AKANJI,
48:25 WHEN THAT BUILDING, WHEN THAT CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF THAT
48:34 BUILDING, I SAW THE LORD IN HEAVEN GO LIKE THIS, THEY
48:38 FINALLY GOT IT. THEY GOT IT.
48:42 WHILE THEY'RE FIXING AN ENGINE, THE LORD SAID I KNOW A BUILDING.
48:54 I SAID TO AKANJI IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
49:03 WE'VE GOT TO GET THOSE WALLS DOWN.
49:06 YOU DRIVE AROUND, I'LL STOP THE CAR.
49:09 SO I THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING
49:13 TO THIS PROGRAM, IF YOU DO NOTHING BUT MANY OF YOU CAN'T GO
49:18 TO RUSSIA, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SOULS THAT ARE STILL THERE
49:21 IN RUSSIA, THAT ARE THIRSTY. YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT,
49:25 BUT ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY ONE DAY IS GOING TO BE JUST A PILE OF
49:29 DUST BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE GATES INTO
49:34 THE NOOM -- NEW JERUSALEM ARE GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
49:44 GIVING TO THE LORD, I AM THE LIGHT THAT WAS CHANGED.
49:47 >> YOU THINK OF $40,000 AND MEASURE THAT AGAINST ETERNITY
49:50 AND A SOUL, WHAT CAN A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR A SOUL?
49:56 I ENCOURAGE YOU, THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE IN RUSSIA, AND THE
49:59 THING THAT THE NEW CHALLENGE IS NOT THE WALL.
50:03 THE NEW CHALLENGE IS THE BOOMING TECHNOLOGY, THE BOOMING
50:08 INDUSTRY, SECULARISM. THAT'S THE NEW CHALLENGE IN THE
50:14 NOW RUSSIA. MALLS ARE POPPING UP.
50:16 >> EVERYWHERE. >> BROAD MADE A COMMENT, HE SAID
50:20 WHEN I CAME HERE THE FIRST TIME, AND HERE, IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT?
50:26 CARS ARE RIDING ON TIRES AFRAID TO GO TOO FAST BECAUSE THEY'D
50:30 BLOW UP. THAT'S COMPARED TO MERCEDES,
50:34 BMW'S, WHAT A SOCIETY. THAT'S THE NEW CHALLENGE, SO YOU
50:37 CAN'T STOP NOW AS ONE PERSON SAYS WHEN THE FINISH LIKE THAT
50:40 IS IN SIGHT, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP RUNNING.
50:42 SO THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT. THE SIGNS AROUND THE WORLD ARE
50:49 PRETENTIOUS, THEY WERE EVERYWHERE, BLOOMING, LIKE A
50:52 PIMPLE THAT'S READY TO POP AND THE BIRTH PAINS OF THE COMING OF
50:57 THE LORD ARE THERE. THIS GOSPEL HAS TO BE PREACHED
51:00 AND THAT MADE A NEW DIFFERENCE TO ME ISSUE ALL THE WORLD FOR A
51:04 WITNESS TO ALL NATIONS, EVERY NATION, KINDRED TOWN AND PEOPLE
51:08 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FACES OF OUR RUSSIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT
51:12 DIDN'T MATTER IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I KNEW THAT ONE
51:16 DAY SOMEBODY, I KNOW MOSES, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IN HEAVEN IS
51:20 GOING TO BE SPANISH. I HAVE NO IDEA.
51:23 SOMEBODY SAYS RUSSIAN. >>> RUSSIAN.
51:27 I SAID WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE IS, WE'RE ALL GOING TO SPEAK THE
51:31 SAME LANGUAGE, THERE'S GOING TO BE UNIONITY.
51:34 THE PUSH RIGHT NOW. >> WE NEED EVANGELISM SERIES
51:42 AGAIN. >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT
51:44 ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM IF THE LORD WOULD TARRY AND WE'RE STILL
51:49 HERE, I WOULDN'T MIND BEING TRANSLATED IN A DIFFERENT
51:56 LANGUAGE. >> ONE OF THE DEFINING MOMENTS,
52:05 WE STAYED AT A HOTEL. I SAID LORD WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
52:09 DO WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE, WE FEEL RESPONSIBLE, WE'RE OVER
52:12 THERE, WE CAN'T LEAVE THE CONFERENCE.
52:15 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CHURCH HOME DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY,
52:18 THEY'LL END UP GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO ALL WE
52:24 CAN DO TO HELP THEM, BUT I WAS LIKE WELL, WE'RE STRUGGLE, WE'RE
52:28 JUST SIX YEARS BEEN ON TELEVISION, EIGHT YEARS SINCE
52:32 BEGINNING AT 3ABN, WE'RE NEW AND STRUGGLING.
52:35 IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
52:38 TAKE A LOT OF TIME, WHAT DO WE DO.
52:41 I REMEMBER WALKING OUTSIDE BY MYSELF AND THE SCRIPTURE CAME TO
52:48 ME PSALMS TWO: EIGHT. SO JESUS SAID GO YE INTO ALL THE
53:01 WORLD. WHEN THAT PARTICULAR SCRIPTURE
53:03 CAME TO ME, IT'S LIKE WELL, DOES THIS MEAN HERE, DOES THIS MEAN
53:08 NOW? YOU KNOW, I'M 41 YEARS OLD, I'M
53:11 TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK IN A MINISTRY THAT WE'RE STILL
53:15 GROWING AND TRYING TO REACH THE WORLD AND I KNEW THIS COULD BE,
53:18 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY FINANCIALLY, TRIPS, NOW OVER 20
53:25 TO RUSSIA, BUT I KNEW IT WAS THE LORD, BECAUSE ASK OF ME AND I'LL
53:32 GIVE YOU THE INHERITANCE AND OUTER PARTS OF THE EARTH.
53:40 I JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND SAID IS THIS TERA TERRA FIRMA, STANDING ON
53:48 ACTUAL GROUND. I SAID OK, LORD, WE'LL DO THIS,
53:50 BUT YOU HAVE TO SUPPLY EVERY NEED.
53:53 THAT MORNING I HAD THE MEETING WITH THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT,
53:56 MANNY JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE, DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND SAID HE
54:01 WOULD GIVE THE FIRST $100,000 WHICH IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO
54:04 BUY THAT FACILITY, AND SO GOD JUST BEGAN TO OPEN UP THOSE
54:09 DOORS JUST LIKE HE DID IN THE BEGINNING OF 3ABN.
54:12 MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE, AND A MIRACLE IS SOMETHING I CAN'T DO
54:16 AND YOU CAN'T DO, SO HOW DO YOU DIVINE A MIRACLE?
54:25 RIGHTS ONLY SOMETHING GOD CAN DO.
54:31 IT'S ONLY SOMETHING GOD CAN DO. GOD PRERETURNINGED ALL OF THIS,
54:35 SO WE CAN SAY IT WAS A SET UP, RIGHT?
54:37 WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK OF A SET UP IN THAT TURN, BUT GOD SET IT
54:41 ALL UP. IN THE BEGINNING OF 3ABN, HOUR
54:45 SAYING WAS LETS JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY, LEARN TO GET OUT OF THE
54:48 WAY AND LET GOD DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
54:54 I SAID LORD, I DON'T KNOW, I'M A CARPENTER, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
54:57 ABOUT THIS, TELEVISION, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BUSINESS
55:00 BUT I KNOW YOU SAID GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD.
55:13 IN RUSSIA EVES THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN.
55:15 AT THAT TIME, MY FAITH WAS SO STRONG BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING SO
55:20 MANY MIRACLES THAT IT MIGHT NOT PAN OUT.
55:23 JULIA SAID OF THE 11 FACILITIES THE GOVERNMENT OPENED UP AND
55:27 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE, THERE WERE 11, 10 OF THEM WENT
55:32 UNDER, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY FAILED, 3ABN IS THE ONLY ONE
55:36 TODAY THAT IS STILL OUT OF ALL OF THOSE AND YET WE HAD NO WAY
55:40 OF KNOWING. IT WAS JUST I WAS SO SURE THAT
55:43 GOD WAS IN IT. DO YOU HAVE A CLOSING THOUGHT?
55:46 OUR TIME IS ALMOST GONE. >> IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW GOD'S
55:51 HAND HAS BEEN ON RUSSIA, ON EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS
55:55 PROJECT FROM THE OUTSET. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
55:57 >> SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL PART OF THE DIVINE PLAN, THE
56:03 MASTER PLAN. WHEN THE LORD TELLS US TO GO, HE
56:07 EQUIPS YOU TO DO THAT. I'M SO THANK YOU. FOR THE FACT
56:11 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SUCH VISION AND SUCH DETERMINATION TO
56:14 DO WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO, BECAUSE ONCE HE KNOWS THAT GOD
56:18 IS TELLING HIM TO DO SOMETHING, THAT'S IT.
56:21 HE'S JUST GONE. SO PRAISES THE LORD FOR THAT.
56:24 SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. >> BEHOLD, I AM THE LORD, THE
56:28 GOD OF ALL FLESH, IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR ME?
56:31 CAN YOU HEAR HIM ASKING THAT QUESTION?
56:34 THE ANSWER IS NO. >> RIGHT.
56:35 >> WE PRAISE THE LORD AND BETHANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND
56:38 FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF 3ABN AND 3ABN RUSSIA.
56:48 TONIGHT, YVONNE SHOWED YOU THE DOLLS.
56:51 HOW DO YOU SAY IT AGAIN? [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
56:54 >> ANY DONATION OF ANY AMOUNT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU ONE
56:59 OF THESE ABSOLUTELY FREE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT OUR TIME
57:01 IS ALL GONE FOR THIS EVENING. UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME MAY
57:07 THE LORD RICHLY BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY OR ANYTHING YOU COULD
57:13 ASK. >> AMEN.


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