>> IN 1984, GOD IMPRESSED DANNY
SHELTON TO BUILD A TELEVISION
STATION THAT WOULD ONE DAY REACH
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THE WORLD. WITH NO PRIOR
EXPERIENCE IN TELEVISION, DANNY
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MOVED FORWARD IN FAITH WITH THE
IDEAS THAT WOULD SOON IGNITE
INTO FLAMES OF REVIVAL.
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[ MUSIC ] >> WE'RE SO GLAD
YOU'VE JOINED US FOR A SPECIAL
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LOOK AT THE MIRACLE THAT BROUGHT
THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING
NETWORK INTO EXISTENCE AS WE
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SHINE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL
INTO EVERY DARK CORNER OF THE
WORLD. YOU'RE WATCHING THE 36th
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36th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. >>
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.
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IT'S MAGNIFYING JESUS CHRIST AND
WHAT HE HAS DONE THROUGH YOU TO
HAVE 3ABN ON THE AIR FOR 36
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YEARS. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROLLS,
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VIDEO ROLLS GOING BACK TO
WHAT, 1987. >> ABSOLUTELY.
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>> 1988, GOING BACK AND
REMEMBERING WHAT GOD HAS DONE.
TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR FAMILY WITH
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US. COVID HAS
CAUSED IT TO BE DIFFERENT.
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>> WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
GOD IS DOING, HAS DONE AND WILL
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CONTINUE TO DO. OF COURSE GOD
CALLED DANNY SHELTON 36 YEARS
AGO TO BUILD A TELEVISION
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STATION THAT WOULD REACH THE
WORLD WITH THE UNDILUTED
MESSAGES, ONE THAT WOULD COUNTER
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ACT THE COUNTERFEIT. WE HAVE
SOME OF THE EARLY FAMILY WHO WAS
THERE AT THAT TIME AND
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WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A WALK DOWN
MEMORY LANE AND SEEING WHAT IT
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DONE. >> WE HAVE MR. DANNY
SHELTON, FOUNDER OF 3ABN. >>
GREAT TO B HERE AND WE
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COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT,
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH
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FAMILY. KENNY JUMPED ON THE NEXT
DAY, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT,
BROTHERS, SISTERS, BE EVERYBODY,
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FAMILY, MOM, EVERYBODY JUMPED
ON. NOW SOME LAUGHED AND SAID
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FORGET IT, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE
TO DO IT, BUT IN GENERAL, QUITE
A FEW OF US JOINED HANDS AND
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WITH THE LORD'S BLESSING
CONTINUE TO DO IT. >> TONIGHT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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YOUR FAMILY AND IF I MAY SAY
THIS, THIS IS NOT DISRESPECT,
BUT HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.
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GOD'S GIVEN YOU SOMETHING TO DO,
TO. AT TIMES SAY YOU KNOW WHAT,
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THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I DON'T HAVE
THE SKILLS, THE MONEY, DON'T OF
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ANYTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT, SO DO
THE SHE WILL TONS. WE'VE GOT A
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LOT OF THE FAMILY ON, A LOT OF
ROLLS GO BACK IN TIME, BUT THIS
IS JUST LIFTING UP JESUS, GOD IS
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USING THE INDIVIDUALS, YOU WERE
VESSELS THAT GOD COULD POUR
THROUGH. NOBODY HAD AN IDEA HOW
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BIG 3ABN WOULD BE AND THE REACH
IT WOULD HAVE AROUND THE WORLD.
NEXT TO YOU IS YOUR WIFE,
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DR. YVONNE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE AS WELL. >> IT'S GREAT TO
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BE HERE AND WHAT A BLESSING IT
IS EMPLOYEE I WAS TELLING DANNY
THIS MORNING HOW, WHAT A
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BLESSING IT IS TO BE CHOSEN BY
GOD TO REACH THE WORLD AT THE
END OF TIME. WHAT A BLESSING IT
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IS. WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS,
AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HIM. >>
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AMEN. >> THANKFUL FOR YOU. >>
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> AMEN, SITTING
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NEXT TO YOU IS PASTOR KENNY
SHELTON AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE
CHRIS OF BOW TOLD THE LAMB
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MINISTRIES AND 3ABN. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. >> WE'RE
THRILLED TO BE HERE AND JUST TO
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SEE HOW GOD HAS BLESSED
ABUNDANTLY. HE'S BLESSING IN THE
VERY BEGINNING, CONTINUING TO
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BLESS. I BELIEVE HE'S NOT DONE
BLESSING. WE'RE THANKFUL JUST TO
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BE A LITTLE PART OF IT. >>
AMEN. SITTING NEXT TO YOU, VALUE
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WALKER, SHELTON-WALKER AND
YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF 3ABN SINCE
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WAY WAY BACK. [ LAUGHTER ] >>
A LIFETIME AGO. I WAS A KID BACK
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THEN, WAY WAY BACK. >> YOUR
HUSBAND, BRAD, YOU COMBED
THROUGH HOURS OF FOOTAGE.
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>> WE GOT THEM BOTH WORKING IN
HIGH SCHOOL, VALERIE SINGING AND
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BRAD WORKING. SHE'S BEEN THERE
AND ALSO MELODY. >> THAT'S
RIGHT, WE HAVE MELODY
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SHELTON FIRESTONE AND SHE CAN'T
BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT WITH US
BUT WE HAVE YOU VIA SKYPE AND
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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. >>
HI, MELODY! >> POOR MELODY, THE
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WAY SHE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS,
SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. SHE
WAS ABOUT 13 OR SO AT THE
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TIME, 12, 13, I FORGET EXACTLY.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY. >>
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LET'S SAY 13. SHE AND I WERE
TRAVELING AND SINGING. HER
MOTHER WAS KILLED IN THE
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ACCIDENT. WE HAD A VAN TO LAY
DOWN AND MAKE A BED AND I WOULD
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DRIVE ALL NIGHT AND SHE WOULD
SLEEP. WE PUT A PORT A POTTY IN
THE BOOK SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO
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GO OUT AT NIGHT. WE WERE GOING
TO BUILD A TELEVISION STATION TO
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REACH THE WORLD. THAT
CONVERSATION SOMETIMES WOULD
LAST INTO HOURS WITH
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PEOPLE AND SEARCH MEMBERS AND
MELODY WOULD JUST SET QUIETLY
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DURING ALL OF IT. AS I LOOK
BACKS OVER THE HOURS, MAYBE SHE
DIDN'T HATE IT ALL, BECAUSE AS A
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KID, A 13-YEAR-OLD, EVERYWHERE
WE WENT, IT WAS HOURS AND HOURS
NOT ONLY ALL THE TRAVEL, BUT
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THANK YOU, MELODY. YOU'RE STILL
HERE AND STILL A BIG PART OF
3ABN. I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU.
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>> LOVE YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY,
THANK YOU, MELODY FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY BEING A
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PART OF THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN.
JILL AND I CAME ALONG AFTER 3ABN
WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
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WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE BLOOD
SWEAT AND TEARS THAT IT TOOK TO
GET 3ABN OFF THE GROUND AND UP
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AND GOING. MELODY, YOU
WERE RIGHT THERE, AS WELL.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF VIDEO ROLLS
THIS EVENING THAT WE WANT TO GO
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TO FROM THE PAST. SOME OF YOU
MAY SAY I REMEMBER THAT! WE HOPE
THAT YOU ENJOY THIS.
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THE NEXT ROLL OR THE FIRST ROLL
IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A SEVEN MINUTE
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ROLL. LET'S GO TO THAT RIGHT NOW
AND WE'LL COMMENT ON IT
AFTERWARDS. >> GOD HAS PROVIDED
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FOR OUR NEEDS AND GUIDED THIS
MINISTRY AS WE STAY FAITHFUL TO
OUR MISSION AND OVER THE PAST 36
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YEARS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE COME TO OUR CAMPUS HAVE
TOLD US THAT THEY FEEL GOD'S
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PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE AND
THAT THEY ARE STANDING ON HOLY
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GROUND. [ MUSIC ] >> I'LL NEVER
FORGOT WE KNELT DOWN ON THE
PROPERTY AND PRAYED
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AND TOLD THE LORD, THIS IS YOUR
PROJECT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING
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WITHOUT YOU. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
IT WILL COST TO PUT UP THIS
BUILDING. YOU'RE LOOKING AT
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FELLAS THAT DIDN'T HAVE MONEY, I
MEAN NOTHING, STARTING A PROJECT
WITH NO MONEY BUT GOD IMPRESSED
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US TO GO FORWARD. HE SUPPLIED
THE SMALL THINGS, BUT ALL OF A
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SUDDEN, $50,000 MIGHT AS WELL
HAVE BEEN $5 MILLION. IF YOU
DON'T HAVE IT, YOU DON'T
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HAVE IT, RIGHT? >> WE GAVE
THE 25. >> WE DIDN'T MISS IT.
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR MONEY WAS
BACK IN THE BANK ALMOST JUST A
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FEW WEEKS. I CAN'T TELL YOU THIS
DAY WHERE IT CAME FROM. >> IT'S
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AN AMAZING POINT. IT'S NOT LIKE
YOU WERE MILLIONAIRES AND SAID
WE'LL TAKE OUT $50,000 AND THROW
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IT YOUR WAY. YOU DIDN'T EXACTLY
KNOW, YOU KNEW GOD IMPRESSED YOU
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TO DO THIS. THROUGH YOUR
BUSINESS AND YOUR WORK, THAT
MONEY ALL CAME BACK
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IN AND MADE UP FOR THAT. >> I'LL
TELL YOU, IT'S PROVEN TRUE, THE
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LORD'S BLESSED US TREMENDOUSLY.
[ MUSIC ] >> WE'VE NEVER TAKEN
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TELEVISION FOR CHRIST. WE LET
THE DEVIL HAVE IT AND JESUS SAID
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HE WAS A MURDERER, LIAR AND
THIEF AND HE BRINGS THIEVES,
LIARS AND MURDERERS INTO
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EVERYBODY'S HOUSE ALL DAY LONG.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE ALL THE
CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW WHO THEY
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ARE. THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE
ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
00:12:16.13\00:12:19.90
AND THEY CAN TAKE TELEVISION FOR
CHRIST. I'M THRILLED THAT THERE
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ARE 18 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
TO BUILD STATIONS TO RECEIVE AND
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REBROADCAST 3ABN. >> OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS, I CAME TO THE
REALIZATION THAT THE BIBLE MEANS
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EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS, AND GOD
MEANS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. I'M
AN ADVENTIST, A SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST AND I AM ALSO BECOMING
A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH. >> I HAVE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND
SHARED TRUTHS WITH ME AND I KNEW
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THEY WERE TRUTH AND THERE'S
AREAS NOW THAT I KNOW GOD IS
GIVING ME REVELATION CONCERNING
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HEALTH LAWS OF GOD THAT I'M
COMING INTO GREATER KNOWLEDGE
ON. >> WE ARE REALLY, REALLY
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THANKFUL TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT HE
LED US. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE,
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BECAUSE TRULY KNOWING THE LORD
IS OUR JOY. >> DOESN'T MATTER
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WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S WRONG.
WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU STAND
WITH GOD AND IF THAT MEANS
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HUMBLING YOURSELF AND ASKING GOD
TO FOR GIVE YOU AND TO FOR GIVE
THE OTHER PERSON AND REPENTING,
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THE IMPORTANT THING IS BEING
PURE BEFORE THE LORD. >> THAT A
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RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST THAT
ALLOWS HIM TO DWELL WITHIN ME.
>> AS YOU WATCH THIS PROGRAM,
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HOPEFULLY YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRED
TO REALIZE YOUR NAME MUST BE
THERE AND HOW EASY IT IS TO GET
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YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK
OF LIFE. SIMPLY TURN IT OVER TO
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JESUS RIGHT NOW. HE'LL WRITE
IT THERE. ALL YOUR PAST WILL BE
00:14:04.31\00:14:09.18
BLOTTED OUT, YOU'LL BECOME
WHITE LIKE SNOW. [ MUSIC ]
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>> THAT WENT BACK TO FEW YEARS
FOR SURE. OF COURSE WE WEREN'T
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HERE AT THE POINT BUT I WAS
WATCHING 3ABN AS A YOUNG MAN,
LATE 80'S, EARLY 90'S.
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MR. DANNY, WHAT A GREAT SONG, WE
ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND AND
THAT SONG AS YOU HEARD WAS UNDER
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THAT VIDEO THAT WE WATCHED. IT
GOES BACK A LONG TIME, THE VIDEO
FOOTAGE, THE SONG, WHAT DO
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YOU THINK? >> ABSOLUTELY, WHEN
WE WERE BUILDING THE PROPERTY,
00:16:00.52\00:16:03.76
PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT AND SAY WE
FEEL LIKE WE'RE STANDING ON HOLY
GROUND AND THE GUY FROM THE
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LUMBER YARD CAME OUT AND HE
WOULDN'T DELIVER. HE SAID HE
WOULDN'T DELIVER AND
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HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER
LUMBER AND HE LEFT AND WOULDN'T
DELIVER IT AND CALLED KENNY AND
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SAID GUYS WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT
HERE. HE SAID I'M NOT GOING TO
00:16:19.11\00:16:23.11
DELIVER IT. WE SAID WHY. >>
HE SAID WHEN I GO OUT THERE,
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I FEEL LIKE I'M ON HOLY GROUND.
I'M NOT READY FOR THAT YET. WE
HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER BEEN
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THERE. >> WHEN I FIRST CAME
HERE, PASTOR AND IRMA PICKED ME
00:16:31.95\00:16:36.39
UP FROM THE AIRPORT AND AS I'M
KNOWN TO DO, I FELL ASLEEP IN
THE BACK SEAT, AND SO WHEN WE
00:16:36.39\00:16:43.47
GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 3ABN,
WHEN WE GOT ON THE PROPERTY, I
WOKE UP AND I SAID WHERE ARE WE
00:16:43.47\00:16:50.21
AND THEY SAID WE'RE AT 3ABN. I
SAID I FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JUST ON THE GROUND YOU JUST
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SENSED HIS PRESENCE. >>
THE LORD IS HERE. >> AMAZING.
00:16:58.71\00:17:01.08
>> YES, HE IS. HE IS. >>
YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S EXCITING
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TIMES, AS DANNY'S TELLING YOU,
WE MET EVERY TIME WE HAD A
CHANCE WE WEREN'T TRAVELING, WE
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MET HERE ON THE GROUND BEFORE
THE BUILDING AND JOINED HANDS
00:17:13.93\00:17:18.60
TOGETHER. A LOT OF TIME WE WOULD
HAVE 20 OR 30 PEOPLE WHO WOULD
COME WITH US AND PRAY FERVENTLY
00:17:18.60\00:17:26.27
FOR GOD'S DIRECTION. I KNOW GOOD
HEARD OPINIONED I KNOW GOD
ANSWERED AND WE THOUGHT
00:17:26.27\00:17:30.88
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT WE
COULD DO THAT AND PLEAD WITH GOD
WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO
00:17:30.88\00:17:35.45
AND HE DID IT ABUNDANTLY ABOVE
AND BEYOND. >> THAT'S ONE THING,
00:17:35.45\00:17:41.42
PASTOR KENNY WE DON'T WANT TO
FORGET. ONCE 3ABN BECOMES
ESTABLISHED, WE NEED TO REMEMBER
00:17:41.42\00:17:47.13
TO MAKE IT A DAILY HABIT, TO
CONTINUE TO PRAY. GODS THE ONE
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THAT LEADS THIS MINISTRY. >> WE
SAW A NUMBER OF FOOTAGE ON THIS.
00:17:51.60\00:17:59.57
>> GOD LOVES THEM. WE SAID WE
DON'T HAVE MONEY, WE'RE BUYING
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DIESEL FUEL FIVE GALLONS AT A
TIME. >> WHEN IF IT RAINS AND I
SAID WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS
00:18:15.56\00:18:21.16
WE'LL HAVE A RIVER FOR GOD. I
DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T LOOK AT
THOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
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STARTED GREG, I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT FAILURE. >> HE SAID WELL,
00:18:26.27\00:18:34.01
AT LEAST YOU CAN DO, ABOUT FOUR
OR FIVE FEET DEEP, IF IT FILLS
WITH WATER, WHY DON'T YOU JUST
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SWIM IN IT. >> WE HOPED HE WAS
KIDDING BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW. >>
IT NEVER CROSSED YOUR MIND.
00:18:40.82\00:18:46.92
>> YOU HAD NO MONEY. IT'S NOT
LIKE YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS
IN THE BANK TO DO THIS.
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>> IMMEDIATELY THE NET DAY, YOU
KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO KENNY, I
CALLED JIM FROM LOUISIANA AND
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JUST PEOPLE THAT I COULD THINK
OF. I WENT OUT TO HALL AND MOLLY
00:19:00.64\00:19:07.81
AND TALKED TO THEM AND PEOPLE
BEGAN TO JUST LITERALLY, THE
LORD WOULD OPEN EVERY DOOR, THE
00:19:07.81\00:19:13.62
LORD WOULD OPEN UP. WE NEEDED
MONEY SO THEY ENDED UP GIVING
00:19:13.62\00:19:19.59
$25,000. HE WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER,
RETIRED FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE
WAS A LITERATURE EVANGELIST.
00:19:19.59\00:19:26.46
SHE SAID WE DON'T HAVE THAT
KIND OF MONEY. LATER, THE LORD
00:19:26.46\00:19:32.30
REPLACED IT, AND THIS IS AT A
LATER DATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IT AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, I
00:19:32.30\00:19:38.07
REMEMBER I BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY
AND I SOLD IT AND I MADE $50,000
PROFIT ON IT. SO THAT REPAID THE
00:19:38.07\00:19:45.61
MONEY, BUT THOSE THINGS, WHEN
YOU SEE ONE DOOR AFTER ANOTHER
OPENING UP FOR PROPERTY, FOR
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EQUIPMENT, FOR ANYTHING WE
NEEDED, EVENTUALLY, THE
SATELLITE DISH. I MEAN, YOU
00:19:51.99\00:19:56.32
REALLY DON'T THINK ABOUT FAILURE
AND I REALLY HAVEN'T TO THIS
DAY. I CAN HONESTLY SAY AND I
00:19:56.32\00:20:03.57
THINK KENNY WILL AGREE. I NEVER
ONE TIME SINCE 1984 THOUGHT MAN,
I WONDER IF THIS IS
00:20:03.57\00:20:09.70
GOING TO WORK. MAYBE WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ON THE AIR NEXT
00:20:09.70\00:20:14.01
MONTH. I NEVER REALLY EVER
CONSIDERED THAT. >> WOW, THAT'S
00:20:14.01\00:20:18.31
INCREDIBLE. >> MR. MCCULL PIN,
HE ACTED IN FAITH. >> HE DID.
00:20:18.31\00:20:24.29
THEY MORTGAGED THEIR HOME. >>
WOW. >> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:20:24.29\00:20:29.39
CONTINGENT ON IF I CAN KEEP THE
CHECK A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT GOD
WOULD WORK A MIRACLE FOR HIM
00:20:29.39\00:20:33.86
THAT HE WOULD HAVE IT. DON'T
CASH IT RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S
OPERATING IN FAITH.
00:20:33.86\00:20:38.63
>> HE SAID I KNOW GOD WANTS TO
HAVE A NICE HOME THAT WAS PAID
FOR IN TENNESSEE, CLEVELAND,
00:20:38.63\00:20:45.54
SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA, HE SAID
THEY WENT HOME AND SAID THEY
WERE SO SURE, THEY MORTGAGED,
00:20:45.54\00:20:50.78
TOOK OUT A LOBE FOR 50,000 BUT
THEN HE SAID IT WAS PAID BACK
JUST LIKE THAT WITHIN A MATTER
00:20:50.78\00:20:56.89
OF MONTHS. >> MELODY
IS JOINING US VIA SKYPE.
00:20:56.89\00:21:01.36
WHAT DID YOU THINK, MELODY, OF
YOUR DAD DIGGING FOOTINGS WITH
UNCLE KENNY AND DIGGING DIRT AND
00:21:01.36\00:21:08.56
PUTTING THIS UP, WHAT DID YOU
THINK AS A YOUNG LADY? >> WELL,
00:21:08.56\00:21:13.00
YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
NORMAL. >> GOOD ANSWER. THANKS
TO BEING RAISED BY MY
00:21:13.00\00:21:23.24
DAD, I, YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY
HONESTLY, I NEVER FOR A MOMENT
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN
00:21:23.24\00:21:32.32
BEING RAISED THE WAY I WAS BY MY
DAD AND SEEING HIS FACE, I JUST
THOUGHT IT WAS ALL NORMAL TO
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HAVE FAITH LIKE THAT. >> YOU
KNOW, THAT'S PRECIOUS. YOU KNOW
I HAVE TO SAY, TOO,
00:21:41.86\00:21:46.33
BECAUSE YOU WENT OUT WITH YOUR
DAD, YOUR MOTHER WAS KILLED IN
THE CAR ACCIDENT AND HE'S
00:21:46.33\00:21:51.74
FUNDRAISING, YOU WERE RIGHT
THERE WITH HIM, HEARING THESE
00:21:51.74\00:21:55.81
MIRACLE STORIES. YOU GOT A FEW
TEARS IN YOUR EYES. >> I
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
00:21:55.81\00:22:03.72
OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE THE
FAITH AND WOULDN'T BELIEVE OR
WOULD DOUBT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT
00:22:03.72\00:22:11.46
WOULD HAPPEN. >> WOW, THAT'S
AWESOME. >> THAT'S NEAT TO HEAR
00:22:11.46\00:22:14.93
THAT. A YOUNG CHILD, LIKE MY DAD
AND THE LORD, THEY GOT THIS. >>
WHEN I THINK ABOUT 3ABN, THE
00:22:14.93\00:22:21.40
MINISTRY THAT BEGAN WITH PRAYER
AND FAITH, AND MIRACLES FROM
GOD, AND YOU SEE THAT CONTINUE.
00:22:21.40\00:22:26.88
ANOTHER THING I THINK OF WHEN I
THINK OF 3ABN IS MUSIC AND THE
NEXT ROLL WE'RE GOING TO
00:22:26.88\00:22:33.95
FEATURES SOME OF THE MUSIC
FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS. >> OK.
00:22:33.95\00:22:39.99
MERCY. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]
00:22:39.99\00:26:53.27
[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]
>>> DR. BULLY BURKS AN
00:26:53.27\00:28:33.51
INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN AND HIS WIFE
WERE IN A CAR WRECK A FEW YEARS
AGO AND SHE DIED FIRST AND A FEW
00:28:33.51\00:28:39.05
MONTHS LATER, HE DID, TOO. WHAT
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND WATCHED
WHAT WE DID IN RUSSIA,
00:28:39.05\00:28:46.42
SO HE STARTED A MINISTRY IN
RUSSIA AND STARTED RAISING FUNDS
AND REALLY DID TREMENDOUS WORK
00:28:46.42\00:28:53.29
OF EVANGELISM, ALWAYS POSITIVE
AND ONE OF THE GREATEST
MUSICIANS I EVER HAD THE
00:28:53.29\00:28:58.57
PRIVILEGE OF MEETING.
INCREDIBLE. >> THE THING ABOUT
00:28:58.57\00:29:04.81
3ABN AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
MAY CHUNG, WANTER THOMPSON. >>
SHE WAS A DOCTOR, TOO.
00:29:04.81\00:29:12.41
PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALL. >> WITH
THE MINISTRY WHEN IT WAS
FLEDGLING, SMALL, TRYING TO GET
00:29:12.41\00:29:18.85
ITS WINGS. >> AYLESWORTH, MCKIE.
I CALL HIM EVERY FEW WEEKS.
00:29:18.85\00:29:33.64
THEY'RE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE
LIKE HE AND OWEN TROY.
00:29:33.64\00:29:39.67
IT'S INTERESTING NOW THAT THE
PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN
OUR ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, SO
00:29:39.67\00:29:44.91
MANY OF THEM, DR. THOMPSON,
OF COURSE GREG. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:29:44.91\00:29:48.28
>> CARMELITA. TROY WITH
OWEN AND BOARD CHAIRMAN NOW.
00:29:48.28\00:29:57.83
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MELODY SAID I
THINK WENT DOWN FROM SOME OF THE
PARENTS, HEY, THEY JUST GREW UP
00:29:57.83\00:30:03.43
A PART OF THAT, BUT TO SEE
SOME OF THE FOLK, BILL HALSEY,
00:30:03.43\00:30:11.41
INCREDIBLE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE
ASKED AYLESWORTH TO BE ON THE
BOARD. HE SAID I'LL BE ON IN ONE
00:30:11.41\00:30:18.45
CONDITION IF BILL HALSEY'S
ON THE BOARD. I SAID WHY?
00:30:18.45\00:30:22.35
HE SAID FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE
MOST SPIRITUAL MEN I KNOW BUT
ALSO ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS
00:30:22.35\00:30:27.69
MINDS I'VE SEEN. WHY DON'T YOU
MEET BILL. MARVIN TOOK ME DOWN.
00:30:27.69\00:30:33.43
THEY WERE DOING SOME BUSINESS IN
PROPERTIES AND WORKING IN AFRICA
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BILL AND
00:30:33.43\00:30:38.80
MYRTLE HALSEY, TREMENDOUS
PEOPLE, ALSO. DR. AVON, ALL OF
00:30:38.80\00:30:45.01
THOSE, MERLIN AND DIANE. IT WAS
LIKE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAMS
WERE ALL THERE SUPPORTING
00:30:45.01\00:30:50.21
AND NUMEROUS OVER BOARD MEMBERS
OVER THE YEARS, BUT SOME OF
THOSE STATE LITERALLY FROM THE
00:30:50.21\00:30:58.15
BEGINNING UNTIL THEY'RE RESTING
IN JESUS. >> THEY HAD THEIR
00:30:58.15\00:31:03.16
HEART IN EVANGELISM, EVEN THE
VISION AND GOAL OF THE VISION OF
3ABN. >> THE LORD KNEW WHO WE
00:31:03.16\00:31:10.70
NEAT, BECAUSE LIKE THIS IN THIS
CHURCH, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY,
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
00:31:10.70\00:31:15.34
CONFERENCES AND ALL THE NORTHERN
DIVISIONS. I WAS LIKE WHY DO YOU
00:31:15.34\00:31:20.94
WANT TO BE IN UNITY AND CALL
IT DIFFICULTIES. SORRY, TO THIS
00:31:20.94\00:31:25.35
DAY, THAT DOESN'T FLY WITH ME.
OH, WE'RE THIS UNIFIED CHURCH,
HERE'S THIS DIVISION AND THAT
00:31:25.35\00:31:33.86
DIVISION. I DIDN'T LIKE THOSE
WORDS. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE
00:31:33.86\00:31:38.66
CHURCH OPERATED AND TO GET
PEOPLE WITH CREDIBILITY AND
INFLUENCE. WESTERN OUTSIDERS,
00:31:38.66\00:31:46.30
AND I DON'T BLAME PEOPLE, KENNY,
I MEAN I LISTEN TO THE TAPES OF
1985, BIG SKY MONTANA WHEN WE
00:31:46.30\00:31:54.38
WENT THERE AND I WENT TO SPEAK,
WHICH I WASN'T PLANNING TO DO
BUT IT WAS RAINING AND THEY
00:31:54.38\00:32:00.32
ASKED ME, WELL, THEY HEARD ABOUT
THE STORY FROM MARVIN SO THEY
ASKED ME TO TELL THE STORY.
00:32:00.32\00:32:06.35
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LISTEN BACK TO
THAT TAPE 28 YEARS LATER, I
REMEMBER LISTENING TO IT AND I
00:32:06.35\00:32:11.63
SAID I WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED ME.
I LISTEN TO ME GET UP AND TALK
THE WAY I TALKED AND SOUNDED, A
00:32:11.63\00:32:19.00
HICK NUMBER ONE AND DIDN'T KNOW
THE FIRST THING ABOUT
TELEVISION, I'M TELLING
00:32:19.00\00:32:24.77
EVERYBODY WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN. IT HAD TO BE THE LORD,
00:32:24.77\00:32:28.61
BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
IF I HEARD SOMEBODY LIKE THAT,
THE LORD WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO
00:32:28.61\00:32:33.35
ME AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID TO
MANY, MANY PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE
00:32:33.35\00:32:39.69
OF INFLUENCE SAID ELLSWORTH
MCKIE IS HONEST THE BOARD. THEY
KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE
00:32:39.69\00:32:44.23
AN OFF SHOOT AND COMMUNICATION
DIRECTOR, GENERAL CONFERENCE.
THESE, IT HELPED US FOR THE
00:32:44.23\00:32:53.10
CHURCH TO TAKE A LOOK AT US AND
SAY OK, MAYBE THESE FOLKS ARE
OK, NOT JUST OFF SHOOTS OUT
00:32:53.10\00:33:00.18
THERE. I PRAY THE LORD FOR ALL
THE BOARD MEMBERS HE PUT HERE
00:33:00.18\00:33:04.61
AND THE ONES WE HAVE TODAY. >>
I'LL TELL A QUICK STORY
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT COMES BACK
00:33:04.61\00:33:10.19
ON ME. DANNY MENTIONED BOARD
MEMBERS WERE VERY PRECIOUS, VERY
00:33:10.19\00:33:16.39
CONSIDERATE, VERY KIND,
OVERLOOKED A LOT OF THINGS. I
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY LOAFER
00:33:16.39\00:33:19.79
LOOKED IT, BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR
ANOTHER, I WAS APPOINTED
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
00:33:19.79\00:33:28.40
YOU KNOW, YOU EVER THESE GUYS
THAT SET ON BIG BOARDS. THEY
KNEW THEIR BUSINESS AND
00:33:28.40\00:33:34.11
THEY'RE LOOKING AT DANNY AND
MYSELF GOING YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD,
00:33:34.11\00:33:39.95
LET'S PASS IT. IT DIDN'T QUITE
WORK THAT WAY. THEY WERE KIND
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:33:39.95\00:33:43.32
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, BILL
HALSEY TWEETED, DIPLOMATIC,
REALLY WAS DIPLOMATIC.
00:33:43.32\00:33:48.76
HE COME AFTER A BOARD MEETING
AND PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME AND
SAID KENNY, I'VE GOT A GIFT FOR
00:33:48.76\00:33:54.93
YOU. OH, YOU DO?
SOMETHING FOR 3ABN, IT'S ALL
00:33:54.93\00:33:58.40
GOOD. HE REACHED IN HIS POCKET
AND HE PULLED OUT A ROBERTS
00:33:58.40\00:34:04.91
RULES OF ORDER. >> THAT WAS
YOUR GIFT. >> THAT WAS MY GIFT.
00:34:04.91\00:34:08.34
HE SAID IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU
MIGHT JUST READ OVER THIS BOOK
AND THEN HE HUGGED ME AND AWAY
00:34:08.34\00:34:14.78
HE WENT. I THOUGHT OH, THAT'S
GOOD. I DON'T THINK I EVER DID
00:34:14.78\00:34:19.59
OPEN IT. ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT
WAS JUST NEAT THE WAY HE DID IT,
00:34:19.59\00:34:25.86
BECAUSE NEED SOME BRUSHING UP,
NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT RATHER THAN WHAT WE WERE
00:34:25.86\00:34:30.70
USED TO, OH, IS THAT WHAT YOU
WANT TO DO, LET'S DO IT. >>
THESE FOLK NEVER DOUBTED.
00:34:30.70\00:34:37.37
FROM THE WORD GO, SHE JUST LIKE
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED IT, THIS
MUST BE THE LORD, SO I WANT TO
00:34:37.37\00:34:49.82
HELP YOU. I REMEMBER, SHE SAID
SHE WAS SO EXCITED, WE GOT THE
00:34:49.82\00:34:54.36
BUILDING BUILT, WE NEEDED
$400,000 FOR THE BIG DISH, AND
SHE SAID I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL
00:34:54.36\00:34:59.83
DO, I'LL LOAN YOU THE $400,000,
AND I SAID NO, WE CAN'T TAKE A
LOAN. SHE SAID BUT WE GOT TO
00:34:59.83\00:35:12.77
EVER THIS DONE, WHERE ARE YOU
GOING TO GET THE MONEY IF I
DON'T GET IT. I SAID I DON'T
00:35:12.77\00:35:18.25
KNOW, SAME PLACE IT'S BEEN
COMING ALL ALONG. A LITTLE HERE,
A LITTLE THERE. SHE SAID WELL,
00:35:18.25\00:35:25.19
HOW ABOUT IF I -- SHE SAID HOW
ABOUT DID I LOAN IT TO YOU AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK
00:35:25.19\00:35:30.06
BUT IF YOU EVER GET THE MONEY,
YOU PAY ME BACK. I SAID THAT'S
STILL A LOAN. SHE SAID
00:35:30.06\00:35:39.97
AYLESWORTH, I'LL GIVE $100,000
IF YOU GIVE $100,000. FINALLY HE
SAID YES, BECAUSE MAY SAID I
00:35:39.97\00:35:47.34
DON'T GIVE MUCH MOEY IN AMERICA
BECAUSE I DO THINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND CHINA AND
00:35:47.34\00:35:52.01
DIFFERENT PLACES OF THE WORLD
AND OVER THERE, PASTOR'S MAKING
$20 A MONTH WHERE HERE, SHE SAID
00:35:52.01\00:36:01.06
THE MONEY GOES SO FOR AND ALL
THAT, BUT SHE SAID I'LL GIVE IT
AND GOT THE TWO OF THOSE TO GIVE
00:36:01.06\00:36:06.29
$100,000 AND OTHER PEOPLE
STARTED GIVING AND WHEN WE GOT
IT, IT WAS ALL PAID FOR. WE KEPT
00:36:06.29\00:36:11.60
DOING THOSE TYPE OF THINGS BUT
OUR BOARD MEMBERS, I'M AMAZED,
TOO, WHEN I LOOK BACK LIKE
00:36:11.60\00:36:16.81
AYLESWORTH. WHY WOULD HE GIVE,
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO TWO
YOUNG GUYS, HE DOESN'T REALLY
00:36:16.81\00:36:23.68
KNOW MUCH ABOUT US. WE MET HIM
AND TOLD HIM THE VISION, BUT HE
00:36:23.68\00:36:26.98
GAVE IT. THAT'S NOTHING THAT YOU
WANT TO LOSE AT ALL AND FOR
LITERALLY UP UNTIL NOW, HE'S
00:36:26.98\00:36:33.46
STILL SUPPORTING AND SHARING AND
ALSO HAS BEEN AND I THANK YOU
THE LORD FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS.
00:36:33.46\00:36:45.33
>> THOSE BOARD MEMBERS OF PEOPLE
OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT. >> THIS
PASTOR KENNY IS A WALK
00:36:45.33\00:36:52.11
DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR YOU. PASTOR
KENNY DID THE FIRST REVELATION
00:36:52.11\00:36:57.48
SEMINAR THAT I BELIEVE WAS DONE
IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, RIGHT,
00:36:57.48\00:37:02.58
TELEVISED? >> MAYBE TELEVISED, I
DON'T KNOW. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK
00:37:02.58\00:37:09.89
AT THAT. [ MUSIC ] >> AS A
LITTLE FELLA ONE TIME PASSING
THROUGH A GRAVEYARD AND
00:37:09.89\00:37:41.86
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG
AGO, BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT UP
HERE, BUT THE INSCRIPTION ON THE
00:37:41.86\00:37:47.56
TOMBSTONE IS SOMETHING LIKE AS
YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I, AND
SO WHERE I AM NOW, SOON YOU WILL
00:37:47.56\00:37:55.87
BE SO PREPARE YOURSELF TO FOLLOW
ME. THIS WAS AS IF THE DEAD MAN
00:37:55.87\00:38:00.28
HAD LEFT THIS ON THE TOMBSTONE,
LIVING IT FOR THE LIVING. AS YOU
READ THAT DOWN THERE,
00:38:00.28\00:38:07.65
YEAH, I WAS LIVE LIKE YOU ONCE,
BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE
PREPARED BECAUSE YOU'LL BE LIKE
00:38:07.65\00:38:12.42
ME. YOU MIGHT AS WELL
PREPARING YOURSELF TO FOLLOW ME.
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.42
A LITTLE BOY HAD A CRAYON AND HE
WROTE TO FOLLOW YOU, I'M NOT
CONTENT UNTIL I KNOW JUST WHERE
00:38:15.42\00:38:23.43
YOU WENT. HMM.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
00:38:23.43\00:38:27.34
I WANT TO KNOW THAT, TOO,
DON'T YOU? I'M NOT GOING TO BE
00:38:27.34\00:38:31.24
CONTENT. I AIN'T ABOUT TO FOLLOW
ANYBODY, I DON'T CARE RELIGIOUS
TEACHER OR THEOLOGIAN IN THE
00:38:31.24\00:38:39.08
WORLD OR TELEVISION EVANGELIST,
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE WORD OF
GOD BECAUSE MY DESTINY RIDES ON
00:38:39.08\00:38:47.42
THAT. >> I WANT TO
HEAR THE REST THAT HAVE.
00:38:47.42\00:38:49.86
YOU GOT ME IN, NOW, HE HOOKED ME
IN WITH THAT I WANT TO HEAR THE
00:38:49.86\00:38:56.46
REST OF IT. I'VE GOT TO GET THE
REST OF THE TAPE SO I CAN LISTEN
AT HOME. >> 1987, PASTOR KENNY.
00:38:56.46\00:39:01.90
>> WE'VE GOT TO REAIR THOSE
SOMETIMES. >> THIS WAS RECORDED
00:39:01.90\00:39:07.98
AT THE UPLAND BUILDING, THE
FIRST REVELATION SEMINAR. >> IT
WAS SO NICE, BECAUSE
00:39:07.98\00:39:12.35
PEOPLE STARTED GETTING EXCITED
ABOUT 3ABN AND THOSE WERE PEOPLE
FROM AROUND THE AREA THAT CAME
00:39:12.35\00:39:18.49
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. >> VON DA
SUMMERS WAS IN THERE, WHO
DONATED THE FIRST TWO ACRES
00:39:18.49\00:39:25.36
OF PROPERTY TO US. >> IN THE
GREEN DRESS. AUNT RUBY, THERE'S
00:39:25.36\00:39:33.03
A LOT OF MEMORIES ATTACHED TO
THAT. IT WAS SO EXCITING TO HAVE
OUTREACH WHICH WAS LIKE THE
00:39:33.03\00:39:39.34
BEGINNING TO TAKE PLACE AND WHAT
GOD WAS BEGINNING TO DO. >> HOW
MANY PARTS WERE THERE TO
00:39:39.34\00:39:49.98
THE SERIES? >> 21 OR
22, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:39:49.98\00:39:54.86
IF I REMEMBER, THEN WE'D DO SOME
REVELATION SEMINARS, VERSE BY
VERSE STUDY OF REVELATION THAT
00:39:54.86\00:40:01.40
GOES THROUGH AND DID TWO OURS ON
REVELATION. >> MAY HAVE TO REDO
00:40:01.40\00:40:07.87
THAT SOMETIME. >> WE'RE HERE
WITH THE FAMILY, AND THAT IS,
00:40:07.87\00:40:12.04
OK, SO YOU GUYS WERE DIGGING
FOOTERS, YOU MENTION THAT HAD
EARLIER, YOU WERE FUNDRAISING,
00:40:12.04\00:40:19.21
PART OF THE BOARD, ALSO
PRESENTING. THAT'S A LOT OF
WORK. >> BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE
00:40:19.21\00:40:22.82
ANYBODY ELSE TO PRESENT AT THE
TIME. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE
SPEAKING, I WAS THE ONLY ONE
00:40:22.82\00:40:33.76
SINGING, WE BROUGHT THE REST OF
THE FAMILY. MELODY AND ME AND WE
WERE AT BIG SKY MONTANA AND WE
00:40:33.76\00:40:45.17
HAD TO SHELL THE BUILDING UP. HE
SAID WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO POUR
THE FLOOR, BUT WE NEED
00:40:45.17\00:40:51.08
ABOUT $10,000 TO DO SO. OF
COURSE NO ONE NEW US, BUT AFTER
I TOLD THE STORY, SOMEBODY
00:40:51.08\00:40:57.35
THAT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO,
NOT WHAT WE'D DONE BUT WE WERE
GOING TO DO TO BUILD A
00:40:57.35\00:41:04.06
TELEVISION STATION, A GUY CAME
UP AND MELODY HAD A COUPLE
LITTLE CASSETTES SHE MADE, SHE
00:41:04.06\00:41:09.40
WAS 12 OR 13, SO A GUY BOUGHT
TWO OF THEM AND KAY HAD A BOOTH.
SHE SAID PUT YOUR CASSETTES
00:41:09.40\00:41:17.31
HERE. SHE TAPPED ME, I WAS
TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND SHE
00:41:17.31\00:41:21.21
TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER AND
SAID DAD, THIS GUY BOUGHT TWO
CASSETTES. I SAID THAT'S GOOD.
00:41:21.21\00:41:26.88
SHE SAID BUT LOOK AT THE CHECK.
IT SAID $10,000. SO KAY SAID
00:41:26.88\00:41:34.09
$10,000, I SAID WELL, THAT TELLS
ME EITHER WE'VE BEEN SELLING OUR
TAPES TOO CHEAP, I SAID OR THIS
00:41:34.09\00:41:40.63
GUY'S GIVEN AND YOU SAY GREAT
DONATION. I FOLLOWED HIM AND WAS
00:41:40.63\00:41:43.97
ABLE TO TALK TO HIM AND WHAT A
BLESSING, SO THE $10,000, I
CALLED KENNY AND SAID GO AHEAD
00:41:43.97\00:41:51.77
AND START THE CONCRETE, GET THE
CONCRETE GOING, BECAUSE WE GOT
THE MONEY. >> AMEN.
00:41:51.77\00:41:56.88
VAL, WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES
FROM BACK THEN. WHEN DID YOU DO
00:41:56.88\00:42:01.68
FIRST? >> I STARTED AT 18, JUST
RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY A FAMILY MEMBER CALLED
00:42:01.68\00:42:07.42
ME AND SAID HEY, WE'RE HAVING A
LITTLE GRASSY CAMP MEETING. THEY
SAID WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME
00:42:07.42\00:42:13.03
JUST FOR A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AND HELP US? I SAID SURE.
00:42:13.03\00:42:17.37
I ENDED UP STAYING FOR SEVEN
YEARS. THE MELODY DEPARTMENT, I
00:42:17.37\00:42:24.77
RAN ERRANDS, TOOK THE MAIL EVERY
DAY TO THE POST OFFICE, ANSWERED
PHONES, JUST WHATEVER, LIKE KIND
00:42:24.77\00:42:30.05
OF WHAT EVERYBODY DOES HERE, YOU
DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. >>
00:42:30.05\00:42:33.88
YEAH. >> WE HAD IT ON THE AIR.
VALERIE IS ONE OF THE MOST
GIFTED PEOPLE, HAS ONE OF THE
00:42:33.88\00:42:47.23
MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICES, BUT SHE'S
ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE PEOPLE
00:42:47.23\00:42:51.77
I'VE EVER SEEN. IT IS AS HARD TO
GET HER UP FRONT TO SING AS IT
IS HER UNCLE KENNY, BOTH OF
00:42:51.77\00:42:58.01
THOSE, TOO. IF YOU GET THEM UP
SINGING THERE HAD TO BE SOMEBODY
FROM BEHIND THE STAGE PUSHING
00:42:58.01\00:43:04.58
THEM OUT THERE. THAT'S WHY
SOMETIMES KENNY AS YOU'RE
LOOKING OUT, WHO WAS
00:43:04.58\00:43:09.12
PUSHING ME. WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR
MOUTHS TO SING, BLESS YOU AND
00:43:09.12\00:43:14.29
YOUR FAMILY, OF COURSE, THE
WHOLE FAMILY IS SO BLESSED IN
MUSIC. >> WE WERE BLESSED TO BE
00:43:14.29\00:43:23.47
ABLE TO HEAR OUR MUSIC, THE GIFT
GOD GAVE US. >> YOU SOUND SO
00:43:23.47\00:43:31.41
MUCH ALIKE. >> I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING THESE ROLLS
TOGETHER. THEY'VE BEEN DUSTING
00:43:31.41\00:43:37.51
OFF THE OLD TAPES AND ARCHIVES
AND THANK YOU LEN WENZEL, AS
00:43:37.51\00:43:49.59
WELL. >> >> WE JUST DID 1987 TO
1990. I WAS LIKE I DON'T
REMEMBER DOING THAT.
00:43:49.59\00:43:57.20
IT TELLS YOU HOLD EMAND HOW LONG
AGO IT WAS. IT'S FUN TO GO BACK
00:43:57.20\00:44:03.47
AND LOOK. >> WE WANT TO GO BACK
TO ANOTHER ROLL, MOUNTAIN
RAILROAD. [ MUSIC ]
00:44:03.47\00:45:51.35
[ MUSIC ] >> FAMILY HARMONY.
>> ON THE LEFT THERE WAS MARILYN
00:45:51.35\00:46:46.53
THOMAS, MARILYN SHELTON
THOMAS AND SHELTON, HE HAD NINE
00:46:46.53\00:46:53.31
DAUGHTERS. MARILYN LIVE OUT
TOWARDS BENTON, IN WEST
FRANKFURT. SHE'S STILL HERE.
00:46:53.31\00:47:00.65
IN THE MIDDLE WAS OUR SISTER,
TAMMY AND ON THE RIGHT, ONE OF
MY DAD'S BROTHERS, UNCLE OWEN
00:47:00.65\00:47:10.09
AND UNCLE PAUL. THERE WAS 13
KIDS IN THEIR FAMILY AND UNCLE
00:47:10.09\00:47:20.14
OWEN HAD 12 CHILDREN AND WE HAVE
CLOSE TO 50 FIRST COUSINS ON THE
SHELTON SIDE, BECAUSE THERE WERE
00:47:20.14\00:47:25.41
SO MANY OF THEM. THAT WAS LARAE.
MARILYN USED TO SING QUITE A BIT
00:47:25.41\00:47:41.82
AND HELP. SHE WOULD HELP, TOO,
UNCLE OLIN, WE GOT MORE DEMAND
00:47:41.82\00:47:53.80
FOR HIM SINGING THAN ANYBODY
ELSE WE HAD ON. HE WAS THEIR
00:47:53.80\00:47:59.91
BIGGEST HIT. WE ENDED UP
RECORDING 22 SONGS WITH HILL.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHERE'S HIS
00:47:59.91\00:48:07.18
CASSETTES. WE PUT ENOUGH
TOGETHER TO PUT ABOUT 10, YOUR
00:48:07.18\00:48:11.85
DAD DID IT, PUT ABOUT 10 SONGS,
THEN WE DID ANOTHER ONE WITH
ABOUT SEND SONGS, THEN THE
00:48:11.85\00:48:17.93
VIDEO, WE BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR
NUMEROUS PROGRAMS, PEOPLE LOVED
UNCLE OLIN SINGING, NINE GIRLS
00:48:17.93\00:48:31.21
AND THREE BOYS. MY COUSIN DENNIS
THE SAME AGE AS ME, WE JUST LOST
00:48:31.21\00:48:37.21
HIM THIS LAST YEAR, HE DIED.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. EVEN
00:48:37.21\00:48:42.62
KEEL, RIGHT? >> EVEN AS THEY
COME. >> HE LOVED KENNY, TOO, ME
AND DENNIS THE SAME AGE.
00:48:42.62\00:48:49.29
ANYTIME WE PLAYED BALL, HE'D SAY
I'M PLAYING ON KENNY'S TEAM. I
GUESS HE GOT TO SMOOTH MORE
00:48:49.29\00:48:56.43
NOW THAT I THINK BIT. I'LL
GOING TO PLAY ON KENNY'S TEAM.
00:48:56.43\00:49:01.64
I NEVER THOUGHT BEEN, DENNIS, A
GREAT LOSS TO THE FAMILY. HE'S
GOT WONDERFUL KIDS AND THE
00:49:01.64\00:49:07.31
WHOLE FAMILY IS JUST, HE AND HIS
WIFE, GREAT PEOPLE. WE'RE
OPERATING FOR YOU ALL
00:49:07.31\00:49:16.72
WATCHING HERE. >> OUR NEXT ROLL
IS MORE MUSIC. RICK AS WELL AS
00:49:16.72\00:49:24.39
MELODY, BEFORE WE GO TO THAT
ROLL, WE STILL HAVE MELODY ON
SKYPE. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR
00:49:24.39\00:49:29.60
MEMORIES FROM THE BEGINNING OF
3ABN AND WHAT DID YOU FIRST DO,
AS FAR AS YOUR FIRST JOB WORKING
00:49:29.60\00:49:38.91
AT 3ABN. >> I ACTUALLY
TYPED LETTERS. >> ALL RIGHT. [
00:49:38.91\00:49:44.35
LAUGHTER ] >> SO, YEAH. MY DAD
AND MISSY DID A LOT OF TYPING,
THE RESPONSES FROM BOTH
00:49:44.35\00:50:02.63
OF THEM, THEIR LETTERS.
>> AFTER THAT, I WAS ALSO THE
00:50:02.63\00:50:14.88
RECEPTIONIST. >> DIDN'T YOU WORK
IN THE MAIL ROOM? >> I GUESS I
00:50:14.88\00:50:22.75
DID DO THAT LATER. >> WITH MY
MOM. >> I WAS A RECEPTIONIST A
LONG TIME AGO AND LATER ON I
00:50:22.75\00:50:29.49
GUESS AFTER HAVING KIDS I GUESS
I WAS ALSO A RECEPTIONIST AGAIN.
00:50:29.49\00:50:36.06
>> MERCY. AND SHE WOULD CORRECT
MY ENGLISH, EVEN WAY BACK THEN.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE WRITING THE
00:50:36.06\00:50:42.20
LETTERS INSTEAD OF ME. I WOULD
TELL HER WHAT TO SAY AND SHE
00:50:42.20\00:50:47.68
WOULD WRITE THEM. SHE WOULD
CORRECT ME. SHE'S REALLY GOOD
00:50:47.68\00:50:51.65
WITH HER GRAMMAR. TOO GOOD,
MAKES ME NERVOUS. SHE HELPED MY
LETTERS LOOK GOOD, LIKE I KNEW
00:50:51.65\00:50:58.29
WHAT I WAS DOING, THANK YOU,
MELODY, COVERING FOR THE OLD
MAN. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING
00:50:58.29\00:51:03.16
YOUR GIFT AND GOD GIVEN
TREMENDOUS TALENT. I KNOW AS A
YOUNG MAN, MY FAMILY
00:51:03.16\00:51:09.20
WOULD WATCH. WE'RE GETTING
READY TO GO TO THAT ROLL.
00:51:09.20\00:51:16.57
>> SHE TOOK SERIOUS THE BIG
FAMILY, 813, MELODY, SHE AND
GREG, A LOT OF KIDS.
00:51:16.57\00:51:22.64
>> OH, YEAH. LET'S GO TO
THAT ROLL RIGHT NOW. [ MUSIC ]
00:51:22.64\00:53:15.42
[ MUSIC ] >> WOW! >>
THAT WAS A LIFETIME AGO.
00:53:15.42\00:54:39.14
>> YOU LOOK THE SAME. HOW AM
I DOING? >> OH, WELL, BETTER.
00:54:39.14\00:54:46.18
>> YOU LOOK BETTER. OK, I
WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT.
00:54:46.18\00:54:51.52
>> THAT'S A GOOD LINE.
INCREDIBLE FAMILY HARMONY AND OF
COURSE YOUR DAD, TALENTED
00:54:51.52\00:54:57.33
MUSICIAN. DID HE ARRANGE THAT
VERSION? >> YEAH, EVERYTHING.
00:54:57.33\00:55:00.23
>> I THINK HE DID. ONCE IN A
WHILE, WE MIGHT HEAR A GOSPEL
00:55:00.23\00:55:12.91
GROUP. >> MY SISTER STARTED
ABOUT AGE TWO, BUT AS A FAMILY,
LIKE AS A TRIO, SHE WAS ABOUT
00:55:12.91\00:55:20.38
EIGHT, I THINK I WAS 15 AND MY
BROTHER 17. RICK AND I STARTED
00:55:20.38\00:55:24.39
SINGING LATER, I WAS LIKE 12, 13
AND HE WAS OLDER, SO JUST BEFORE
3ABN, REALLY, JUST BEFORE IN 85
00:55:24.39\00:55:31.43
WE STARTED SO WE HAD THE TRIO
GOING. WE TRAVELED AROUND TO
00:55:31.43\00:55:36.97
LOCAL CHURCHES, AND DID A LOT
OF, YOU KNOW, CAMP MEETINGS. >>
WORKED WITH CABLE, LIKE THEY
00:55:36.97\00:55:41.84
HAD A BUS, THEIR OWN BUS AND
THAT HAD AS A FAMILY AND ON THE
GROUND AND CALIFORNIA AND THEY'D
00:55:41.84\00:55:51.75
GO TO CHURCHES AND TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO GET US ON CABLE. >>
LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN.
00:55:51.75\00:55:57.85
>> GET UP AND TELL THE WHOLE
STORY, MY DAD WOULD ABOUT 3ABN
AND THEN WE WOULD SING ABOUT 30
00:55:57.85\00:56:04.63
MINUTES AND WE LITERALLY HAD
PAPER AND PENCE THAT WE PASSED
OUT TO THE CONGREGATION, MY MOM
00:56:04.63\00:56:12.47
AND I. >> YOU WERE WORKING.
>> WE HAD TO GO ON OUR BUS, SET
00:56:12.47\00:56:16.50
UP THE SOUND SYSTEM,
TAKE EVERYTHING IN. WE DID IT.
00:56:16.50\00:56:21.91
AND SOMETIMES ON SABBATH, WE'D
DO THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHES LIKE
00:56:21.91\00:56:31.59
ALABAMA BAM. >> HOUR DAD USED TO
SAY LAZINESS IS THE DEVILS
WORKSHOP. SUPPOSED TO BE
00:56:31.59\00:56:40.06
IDLENESS. KEEPING THE KIDS
GOING, BUT YOU WERE PASSING OUT
AND WORKING AND ALL THAT, TOO,
00:56:40.06\00:56:46.17
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THE FIRST
HOUR HAS GONE BY IN A HURRY.
00:56:46.17\00:56:49.97
>> THANK YOU EACH ONE OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE. DON'T GO AWAY,
00:56:49.97\00:56:54.41
EVERYBODY WILL BE HERE THE NEXT
HOUR. WE HAVE MORE INCREDIBLE
ROLLS AND MELODY WILL BE WITH US
00:56:54.41\00:57:00.45
THE NEXT HOUR, AS WELL. WE HAVE
A SPECIAL FREE OFFER FOR YOU.
00:57:00.45\00:57:04.32
THIS IS THE MENDING BROKEN
PEOPLE DVD WHICH IS THE MIRACLE
00:57:04.32\00:57:17.03
STORY OF 3ABN. DON'T GO
AWAY, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
00:57:17.03\00:57:19.67