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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL200037A
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00:03 >> IN 1984, GOD IMPRESSED DANNY SHELTON TO BUILD A TELEVISION STATION THAT WOULD ONE DAY REACH
00:11 THE WORLD. WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN TELEVISION, DANNY MOVED FORWARD 00:17 IN FAITH WITH THE IDEAS THAT WOULD SOON IGNITE INTO FLAMES OF REVIVAL. 00:25 [ MUSIC ] >> WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'VE JOINED US FOR A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE 02:05 MIRACLE THAT BROUGHT THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK INTO EXISTENCE AS WE SHINE THE LIGHT 02:14 OF THE GOSPEL INTO EVERY DARK CORNER OF THE WORLD. YOU'RE WATCHING THE 36th 02:22 36th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. 02:27 IT'S MAGNIFYING JESUS CHRIST AND WHAT HE HAS DONE THROUGH YOU TO HAVE 3ABN ON THE AIR FOR 36 02:34 YEARS. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROLLS, 02:40 VIDEO ROLLS GOING BACK TO WHAT, 1987. >> ABSOLUTELY. 02:44 >> 1988, GOING BACK AND REMEMBERING WHAT GOD HAS DONE. TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR FAMILY WITH 02:51 US. COVID HAS CAUSED IT TO BE DIFFERENT. 02:59 >> WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT GOD IS DOING, HAS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. 03:04 OF COURSE GOD CALLED DANNY SHELTON 36 YEARS AGO TO BUILD A TELEVISION STATION THAT WOULD 03:11 REACH THE WORLD WITH THE UNDILUTED MESSAGES, ONE THAT WOULD COUNTER ACT THE 03:16 COUNTERFEIT. WE HAVE SOME OF THE EARLY FAMILY WHO WAS THERE AT THAT TIME AND 03:20 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE AND SEEING WHAT IT DONE. 03:24 >> WE HAVE MR. DANNY SHELTON, FOUNDER OF 3ABN. >> GREAT TO B HERE AND WE 03:30 COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH FAMILY. 03:35 KENNY JUMPED ON THE NEXT DAY, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT, BROTHERS, SISTERS, BE EVERYBODY, 03:39 FAMILY, MOM, EVERYBODY JUMPED ON. NOW SOME LAUGHED AND SAID FORGET 03:45 IT, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT IN GENERAL, QUITE A FEW OF US JOINED HANDS AND WITH THE 03:53 LORD'S BLESSING CONTINUE TO DO IT. >> TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 03:56 YOUR FAMILY AND IF I MAY SAY THIS, THIS IS NOT DISRESPECT, BUT HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. 04:03 GOD'S GIVEN YOU SOMETHING TO DO, TO. AT TIMES SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, 04:08 THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS, THE MONEY, DON'T OF ANYTHING. 04:11 YOU KNOW WHAT, SO DO THE SHE WILL TONS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THE FAMILY 04:15 ON, A LOT OF ROLLS GO BACK IN TIME, BUT THIS IS JUST LIFTING UP JESUS, GOD IS USING THE 04:24 INDIVIDUALS, YOU WERE VESSELS THAT GOD COULD POUR THROUGH. NOBODY HAD AN IDEA HOW BIG 3ABN 04:29 WOULD BE AND THE REACH IT WOULD HAVE AROUND THE WORLD. NEXT TO YOU IS YOUR WIFE, 04:36 DR. YVONNE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WELL. >> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE AND 04:39 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS EMPLOYEE I WAS TELLING DANNY THIS MORNING HOW, WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO BE 04:46 CHOSEN BY GOD TO REACH THE WORLD AT THE END OF TIME. WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. 04:53 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS, AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HIM. >> AMEN. 04:59 >> THANKFUL FOR YOU. >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> AMEN, SITTING NEXT TO YOU IS 05:05 PASTOR KENNY SHELTON AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE CHRIS OF BOW TOLD THE LAMB MINISTRIES AND 3ABN. 05:18 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE AND JUST TO SEE HOW GOD HAS BLESSED 05:26 ABUNDANTLY. HE'S BLESSING IN THE VERY BEGINNING, CONTINUING TO BLESS. 05:31 I BELIEVE HE'S NOT DONE BLESSING. WE'RE THANKFUL JUST TO BE A 05:36 LITTLE PART OF IT. >> AMEN. SITTING NEXT TO YOU, VALUE 05:43 WALKER, SHELTON-WALKER AND YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF 3ABN SINCE WAY WAY BACK. 05:51 [ LAUGHTER ] >> A LIFETIME AGO. I WAS A KID BACK THEN, WAY WAY 05:57 BACK. >> YOUR HUSBAND, BRAD, YOU COMBED THROUGH HOURS OF FOOTAGE. 06:06 >> WE GOT THEM BOTH WORKING IN HIGH SCHOOL, VALERIE SINGING AND BRAD WORKING. 06:12 SHE'S BEEN THERE AND ALSO MELODY. >> THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE MELODY 06:17 SHELTON FIRESTONE AND SHE CAN'T BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT WITH US BUT WE HAVE YOU VIA SKYPE AND 06:24 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. >> HI, MELODY! >> POOR MELODY, THE WAY SHE GOT 06:31 INVOLVED IN THIS, SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. SHE WAS ABOUT 13 OR SO AT THE 06:38 TIME, 12, 13, I FORGET EXACTLY. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY. >> LET'S SAY 13. 06:56 SHE AND I WERE TRAVELING AND SINGING. HER MOTHER WAS KILLED IN THE 07:01 ACCIDENT. WE HAD A VAN TO LAY DOWN AND MAKE A BED AND I WOULD DRIVE ALL 07:11 NIGHT AND SHE WOULD SLEEP. WE PUT A PORT A POTTY IN THE BOOK SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO 07:19 OUT AT NIGHT. WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A TELEVISION STATION TO REACH THE 07:24 WORLD. THAT CONVERSATION SOMETIMES WOULD LAST INTO HOURS WITH 07:27 PEOPLE AND SEARCH MEMBERS AND MELODY WOULD JUST SET QUIETLY DURING ALL OF IT. 07:32 AS I LOOK BACKS OVER THE HOURS, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T HATE IT ALL, BECAUSE AS A KID, A 13-YEAR-OLD, 07:39 EVERYWHERE WE WENT, IT WAS HOURS AND HOURS NOT ONLY ALL THE TRAVEL, BUT THANK YOU, MELODY. 07:45 YOU'RE STILL HERE AND STILL A BIG PART OF 3ABN. I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. 07:49 >> LOVE YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU, MELODY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEING A 07:55 PART OF THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN. JILL AND I CAME ALONG AFTER 3ABN WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. 08:01 WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS THAT IT TOOK TO GET 3ABN OFF THE GROUND AND UP 08:06 AND GOING. MELODY, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE, AS WELL. 08:10 WE HAVE A LOT OF VIDEO ROLLS THIS EVENING THAT WE WANT TO GO TO FROM THE PAST. 08:18 SOME OF YOU MAY SAY I REMEMBER THAT! WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS. 08:22 THE NEXT ROLL OR THE FIRST ROLL IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A SEVEN MINUTE ROLL. 08:26 LET'S GO TO THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL COMMENT ON IT AFTERWARDS. >> GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR OUR 08:31 NEEDS AND GUIDED THIS MINISTRY AS WE STAY FAITHFUL TO OUR MISSION AND OVER THE PAST 36 08:36 YEARS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO OUR CAMPUS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY FEEL GOD'S 08:42 PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE AND THAT THEY ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND. 08:49 [ MUSIC ] >> I'LL NEVER FORGOT WE KNELT DOWN ON THE PROPERTY AND PRAYED 09:44 AND TOLD THE LORD, THIS IS YOUR PROJECT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU. 09:50 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO PUT UP THIS BUILDING. YOU'RE LOOKING AT FELLAS THAT 09:56 DIDN'T HAVE MONEY, I MEAN NOTHING, STARTING A PROJECT WITH NO MONEY BUT GOD IMPRESSED US TO 10:02 GO FORWARD. HE SUPPLIED THE SMALL THINGS, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, $50,000 10:06 MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN $5 MILLION. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, YOU DON'T 10:09 HAVE IT, RIGHT? >> WE GAVE THE 25. >> WE DIDN'T MISS IT. 10:23 I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR MONEY WAS BACK IN THE BANK ALMOST JUST A FEW WEEKS. 10:29 I CAN'T TELL YOU THIS DAY WHERE IT CAME FROM. >> IT'S AN AMAZING POINT. 10:36 IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WERE MILLIONAIRES AND SAID WE'LL TAKE OUT $50,000 AND THROW IT YOUR 10:42 WAY. YOU DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW, YOU KNEW GOD IMPRESSED YOU TO DO 10:49 THIS. THROUGH YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR WORK, THAT MONEY ALL CAME BACK 10:53 IN AND MADE UP FOR THAT. >> I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S PROVEN TRUE, THE LORD'S BLESSED US 11:06 TREMENDOUSLY. [ MUSIC ] >> WE'VE NEVER TAKEN TELEVISION 12:00 FOR CHRIST. WE LET THE DEVIL HAVE IT AND JESUS SAID HE WAS A MURDERER, 12:07 LIAR AND THIEF AND HE BRINGS THIEVES, LIARS AND MURDERERS INTO EVERYBODY'S HOUSE ALL DAY 12:12 LONG. THAT'S JUST BECAUSE ALL THE CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW WHO THEY 12:16 ARE. THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND EARTH AND 12:19 THEY CAN TAKE TELEVISION FOR CHRIST. I'M THRILLED THAT THERE ARE 18 12:24 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS TO BUILD STATIONS TO RECEIVE AND REBROADCAST 3ABN. 12:28 >> OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE BIBLE MEANS EXACTLY WHAT IT 12:34 SAYS, AND GOD MEANS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. I'M AN ADVENTIST, A SEVENTH DAY 12:41 ADVENTIST AND I AM ALSO BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 12:50 >> I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND SHARED TRUTHS WITH ME AND I KNEW THEY WERE TRUTH AND 12:58 THERE'S AREAS NOW THAT I KNOW GOD IS GIVING ME REVELATION CONCERNING HEALTH LAWS OF GOD 13:09 THAT I'M COMING INTO GREATER KNOWLEDGE ON. >> WE ARE REALLY, REALLY 13:12 THANKFUL TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT HE LED US. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, BECAUSE 13:22 TRULY KNOWING THE LORD IS OUR JOY. >> DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S RIGHT 13:26 AND WHO'S WRONG. WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU STAND WITH GOD AND IF THAT MEANS 13:31 HUMBLING YOURSELF AND ASKING GOD TO FOR GIVE YOU AND TO FOR GIVE THE OTHER PERSON AND REPENTING, 13:37 THE IMPORTANT THING IS BEING PURE BEFORE THE LORD. >> THAT A RELATIONSHIP WITH 13:43 CHRIST THAT ALLOWS HIM TO DWELL WITHIN ME. >> AS YOU WATCH THIS PROGRAM, 13:55 HOPEFULLY YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRED TO REALIZE YOUR NAME MUST BE THERE AND HOW EASY IT IS TO GET 14:00 YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. SIMPLY TURN IT OVER TO JESUS 14:04 RIGHT NOW. HE'LL WRITE IT THERE. ALL YOUR PAST WILL BE BLOTTED 14:09 OUT, YOU'LL BECOME WHITE LIKE SNOW. [ MUSIC ] 15:40 >> THAT WENT BACK TO FEW YEARS FOR SURE. OF COURSE WE WEREN'T HERE AT THE 15:44 POINT BUT I WAS WATCHING 3ABN AS A YOUNG MAN, LATE 80'S, EARLY 90'S. 15:50 MR. DANNY, WHAT A GREAT SONG, WE ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND AND THAT SONG AS YOU HEARD WAS UNDER 15:55 THAT VIDEO THAT WE WATCHED. IT GOES BACK A LONG TIME, THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, THE SONG, WHAT DO 16:00 YOU THINK? >> ABSOLUTELY, WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE PROPERTY, PEOPLE 16:03 WOULD COME OUT AND SAY WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND AND THE GUY FROM THE 16:09 LUMBER YARD CAME OUT AND HE WOULDN'T DELIVER. HE SAID HE WOULDN'T DELIVER AND 16:13 HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER LUMBER AND HE LEFT AND WOULDN'T DELIVER IT AND CALLED KENNY AND 16:19 SAID GUYS WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT HERE. HE SAID I'M NOT GOING TO DELIVER 16:23 IT. WE SAID WHY. >> HE SAID WHEN I GO OUT THERE, 16:25 I FEEL LIKE I'M ON HOLY GROUND. I'M NOT READY FOR THAT YET. WE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER BEEN 16:31 THERE. >> WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, PASTOR AND IRMA PICKED ME UP 16:36 FROM THE AIRPORT AND AS I'M KNOWN TO DO, I FELL ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT, AND SO WHEN WE 16:43 GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 3ABN, WHEN WE GOT ON THE PROPERTY, I WOKE UP AND I SAID WHERE ARE WE 16:50 AND THEY SAID WE'RE AT 3ABN. I SAID I FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT. JUST ON THE GROUND YOU JUST 16:58 SENSED HIS PRESENCE. >> THE LORD IS HERE. >> AMAZING. 17:01 >> YES, HE IS. HE IS. >> YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S EXCITING 17:06 TIMES, AS DANNY'S TELLING YOU, WE MET EVERY TIME WE HAD A CHANCE WE WEREN'T TRAVELING, WE 17:13 MET HERE ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE BUILDING AND JOINED HANDS TOGETHER. 17:18 A LOT OF TIME WE WOULD HAVE 20 OR 30 PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME WITH US AND PRAY FERVENTLY FOR GOD'S 17:26 DIRECTION. I KNOW GOOD HEARD OPINIONED I KNOW GOD ANSWERED AND WE THOUGHT 17:30 WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT WE COULD DO THAT AND PLEAD WITH GOD WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO 17:35 AND HE DID IT ABUNDANTLY ABOVE AND BEYOND. >> THAT'S ONE THING, PASTOR 17:41 KENNY WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET. ONCE 3ABN BECOMES ESTABLISHED, WE NEED TO REMEMBER TO MAKE IT A 17:47 DAILY HABIT, TO CONTINUE TO PRAY. GODS THE ONE THAT LEADS THIS 17:51 MINISTRY. >> WE SAW A NUMBER OF FOOTAGE ON THIS. 17:59 >> GOD LOVES THEM. WE SAID WE DON'T HAVE MONEY, WE'RE BUYING DIESEL FUEL 18:15 FIVE GALLONS AT A TIME. >> WHEN IF IT RAINS AND I SAID WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS 18:21 WE'LL HAVE A RIVER FOR GOD. I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T LOOK AT THOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE 18:26 STARTED GREG, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT FAILURE. >> HE SAID WELL, AT LEAST YOU 18:34 CAN DO, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET DEEP, IF IT FILLS WITH WATER, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SWIM IN IT. 18:40 >> WE HOPED HE WAS KIDDING BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW. >> IT NEVER CROSSED YOUR MIND. 18:46 >> YOU HAD NO MONEY. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK TO DO THIS. 18:54 >> IMMEDIATELY THE NET DAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO KENNY, I CALLED JIM FROM LOUISIANA AND 19:00 JUST PEOPLE THAT I COULD THINK OF. I WENT OUT TO HALL AND MOLLY AND 19:07 TALKED TO THEM AND PEOPLE BEGAN TO JUST LITERALLY, THE LORD WOULD OPEN EVERY DOOR, THE LORD 19:13 WOULD OPEN UP. WE NEEDED MONEY SO THEY ENDED UP GIVING $25,000. 19:19 HE WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER, RETIRED FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE WAS A LITERATURE EVANGELIST. 19:26 SHE SAID WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. LATER, THE LORD REPLACED IT, AND 19:32 THIS IS AT A LATER DATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER I BOUGHT SOME 19:38 PROPERTY AND I SOLD IT AND I MADE $50,000 PROFIT ON IT. SO THAT REPAID THE MONEY, BUT 19:45 THOSE THINGS, WHEN YOU SEE ONE DOOR AFTER ANOTHER OPENING UP FOR PROPERTY, FOR EQUIPMENT, FOR 19:51 ANYTHING WE NEEDED, EVENTUALLY, THE SATELLITE DISH. I MEAN, YOU REALLY DON'T THINK 19:56 ABOUT FAILURE AND I REALLY HAVEN'T TO THIS DAY. I CAN HONESTLY SAY AND I THINK 20:03 KENNY WILL AGREE. I NEVER ONE TIME SINCE 1984 THOUGHT MAN, I WONDER IF THIS IS 20:09 GOING TO WORK. MAYBE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE AIR NEXT MONTH. 20:14 I NEVER REALLY EVER CONSIDERED THAT. >> WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 20:18 >> MR. MCCULL PIN, HE ACTED IN FAITH. >> HE DID. 20:24 THEY MORTGAGED THEIR HOME. >> WOW. >> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S 20:29 CONTINGENT ON IF I CAN KEEP THE CHECK A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT GOD WOULD WORK A MIRACLE FOR HIM 20:33 THAT HE WOULD HAVE IT. DON'T CASH IT RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S OPERATING IN FAITH. 20:38 >> HE SAID I KNOW GOD WANTS TO HAVE A NICE HOME THAT WAS PAID FOR IN TENNESSEE, CLEVELAND, 20:45 SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA, HE SAID THEY WENT HOME AND SAID THEY WERE SO SURE, THEY MORTGAGED, 20:50 TOOK OUT A LOBE FOR 50,000 BUT THEN HE SAID IT WAS PAID BACK JUST LIKE THAT WITHIN A MATTER 20:56 OF MONTHS. >> MELODY IS JOINING US VIA SKYPE. 21:01 WHAT DID YOU THINK, MELODY, OF YOUR DAD DIGGING FOOTINGS WITH UNCLE KENNY AND DIGGING DIRT AND 21:08 PUTTING THIS UP, WHAT DID YOU THINK AS A YOUNG LADY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST 21:13 THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL. >> GOOD ANSWER. THANKS TO BEING RAISED BY MY 21:23 DAD, I, YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY HONESTLY, I NEVER FOR A MOMENT DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN 21:32 BEING RAISED THE WAY I WAS BY MY DAD AND SEEING HIS FACE, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ALL NORMAL TO 21:41 HAVE FAITH LIKE THAT. >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRECIOUS. YOU KNOW I HAVE TO SAY, TOO, 21:46 BECAUSE YOU WENT OUT WITH YOUR DAD, YOUR MOTHER WAS KILLED IN THE CAR ACCIDENT AND HE'S 21:51 FUNDRAISING, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WITH HIM, HEARING THESE MIRACLE STORIES. 21:55 YOU GOT A FEW TEARS IN YOUR EYES. >> I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY 22:03 OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FAITH AND WOULDN'T BELIEVE OR WOULD DOUBT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT 22:11 WOULD HAPPEN. >> WOW, THAT'S AWESOME. >> THAT'S NEAT TO HEAR THAT. 22:14 A YOUNG CHILD, LIKE MY DAD AND THE LORD, THEY GOT THIS. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT 3ABN, THE 22:21 MINISTRY THAT BEGAN WITH PRAYER AND FAITH, AND MIRACLES FROM GOD, AND YOU SEE THAT CONTINUE. 22:26 ANOTHER THING I THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF 3ABN IS MUSIC AND THE NEXT ROLL WE'RE GOING TO 22:33 FEATURES SOME OF THE MUSIC FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS. >> OK. 22:39 MERCY. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] 26:53 [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >>> DR. BULLY BURKS AN 28:33 INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN AND HIS WIFE WERE IN A CAR WRECK A FEW YEARS AGO AND SHE DIED FIRST AND A FEW 28:39 MONTHS LATER, HE DID, TOO. WHAT INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND WATCHED WHAT WE DID IN RUSSIA, 28:46 SO HE STARTED A MINISTRY IN RUSSIA AND STARTED RAISING FUNDS AND REALLY DID TREMENDOUS WORK 28:53 OF EVANGELISM, ALWAYS POSITIVE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS I EVER HAD THE 28:58 PRIVILEGE OF MEETING. INCREDIBLE. >> THE THING ABOUT 3ABN AND THE 29:04 BOARD MEMBERS, DR. MAY CHUNG, WANTER THOMPSON. >> SHE WAS A DOCTOR, TOO. 29:12 PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALL. >> WITH THE MINISTRY WHEN IT WAS FLEDGLING, SMALL, TRYING TO GET 29:18 ITS WINGS. >> AYLESWORTH, MCKIE. I CALL HIM EVERY FEW WEEKS. 29:33 THEY'RE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE HE AND OWEN TROY. 29:39 IT'S INTERESTING NOW THAT THE PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN OUR ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, SO 29:44 MANY OF THEM, DR. THOMPSON, OF COURSE GREG. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 29:48 >> CARMELITA. TROY WITH OWEN AND BOARD CHAIRMAN NOW. 29:57 IT'S KIND OF LIKE MELODY SAID I THINK WENT DOWN FROM SOME OF THE PARENTS, HEY, THEY JUST GREW UP 30:03 A PART OF THAT, BUT TO SEE SOME OF THE FOLK, BILL HALSEY, INCREDIBLE. 30:11 I REMEMBER WHEN WE ASKED AYLESWORTH TO BE ON THE BOARD. HE SAID I'LL BE ON IN ONE 30:18 CONDITION IF BILL HALSEY'S ON THE BOARD. I SAID WHY? 30:22 HE SAID FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE MOST SPIRITUAL MEN I KNOW BUT ALSO ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS 30:27 MINDS I'VE SEEN. WHY DON'T YOU MEET BILL. MARVIN TOOK ME DOWN. 30:33 THEY WERE DOING SOME BUSINESS IN PROPERTIES AND WORKING IN AFRICA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BILL AND 30:38 MYRTLE HALSEY, TREMENDOUS PEOPLE, ALSO. DR. AVON, ALL OF THOSE, MERLIN 30:45 AND DIANE. IT WAS LIKE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAMS WERE ALL THERE SUPPORTING 30:50 AND NUMEROUS OVER BOARD MEMBERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT SOME OF THOSE STATE LITERALLY FROM THE 30:58 BEGINNING UNTIL THEY'RE RESTING IN JESUS. >> THEY HAD THEIR HEART IN 31:03 EVANGELISM, EVEN THE VISION AND GOAL OF THE VISION OF 3ABN. >> THE LORD KNEW WHO WE NEAT, 31:10 BECAUSE LIKE THIS IN THIS CHURCH, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 31:15 CONFERENCES AND ALL THE NORTHERN DIVISIONS. I WAS LIKE WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE 31:20 IN UNITY AND CALL IT DIFFICULTIES. SORRY, TO THIS DAY, THAT DOESN'T 31:25 FLY WITH ME. OH, WE'RE THIS UNIFIED CHURCH, HERE'S THIS DIVISION AND THAT 31:33 DIVISION. I DIDN'T LIKE THOSE WORDS. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE CHURCH 31:38 OPERATED AND TO GET PEOPLE WITH CREDIBILITY AND INFLUENCE. WESTERN OUTSIDERS, AND I DON'T 31:46 BLAME PEOPLE, KENNY, I MEAN I LISTEN TO THE TAPES OF 1985, BIG SKY MONTANA WHEN WE WENT THERE 31:54 AND I WENT TO SPEAK, WHICH I WASN'T PLANNING TO DO BUT IT WAS RAINING AND THEY ASKED ME, WELL, 32:00 THEY HEARD ABOUT THE STORY FROM MARVIN SO THEY ASKED ME TO TELL THE STORY. 32:06 YOU KNOW, WHEN I LISTEN BACK TO THAT TAPE 28 YEARS LATER, I REMEMBER LISTENING TO IT AND I 32:11 SAID I WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED ME. I LISTEN TO ME GET UP AND TALK THE WAY I TALKED AND SOUNDED, A 32:19 HICK NUMBER ONE AND DIDN'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT TELEVISION, I'M TELLING 32:24 EVERYBODY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT HAD TO BE THE LORD, BECAUSE I 32:28 WOULDN'T HELP MYSELF. IF I HEARD SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, THE LORD WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO 32:33 ME AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE SAID 32:39 ELLSWORTH MCKIE IS HONEST THE BOARD. THEY KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE 32:44 AN OFF SHOOT AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, GENERAL CONFERENCE. THESE, IT HELPED US FOR THE 32:53 CHURCH TO TAKE A LOOK AT US AND SAY OK, MAYBE THESE FOLKS ARE OK, NOT JUST OFF SHOOTS OUT 33:00 THERE. I PRAY THE LORD FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HE PUT HERE AND 33:04 THE ONES WE HAVE TODAY. >> I'LL TELL A QUICK STORY ESPECIALLY SINCE IT COMES BACK 33:10 ON ME. DANNY MENTIONED BOARD MEMBERS WERE VERY PRECIOUS, VERY 33:16 CONSIDERATE, VERY KIND, OVERLOOKED A LOT OF THINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY LOAFER 33:19 LOOKED IT, BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, I WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. 33:28 YOU KNOW, YOU EVER THESE GUYS THAT SET ON BIG BOARDS. THEY KNEW THEIR BUSINESS AND 33:34 THEY'RE LOOKING AT DANNY AND MYSELF GOING YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD, LET'S PASS IT. 33:39 IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK THAT WAY. THEY WERE KIND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 33:43 AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, BILL HALSEY TWEETED, DIPLOMATIC, REALLY WAS DIPLOMATIC. 33:48 HE COME AFTER A BOARD MEETING AND PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME AND SAID KENNY, I'VE GOT A GIFT FOR 33:54 YOU. OH, YOU DO? SOMETHING FOR 3ABN, IT'S ALL 33:58 GOOD. HE REACHED IN HIS POCKET AND HE PULLED OUT A ROBERTS RULES OF 34:04 ORDER. >> THAT WAS YOUR GIFT. >> THAT WAS MY GIFT. 34:08 HE SAID IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU MIGHT JUST READ OVER THIS BOOK AND THEN HE HUGGED ME AND AWAY 34:14 HE WENT. I THOUGHT OH, THAT'S GOOD. I DON'T THINK I EVER DID OPEN 34:19 IT. ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST NEAT THE WAY HE DID IT, BECAUSE 34:25 NEED SOME BRUSHING UP, NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT RATHER THAN WHAT WE WERE USED 34:30 TO, OH, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, LET'S DO IT. >> THESE FOLK NEVER DOUBTED. 34:37 FROM THE WORD GO, SHE JUST LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED IT, THIS MUST BE THE LORD, SO I WANT TO 34:49 HELP YOU. I REMEMBER, SHE SAID SHE WAS SO EXCITED, WE GOT THE BUILDING 34:54 BUILT, WE NEEDED $400,000 FOR THE BIG DISH, AND SHE SAID I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO, I'LL LOAN 34:59 YOU THE $400,000, AND I SAID NO, WE CAN'T TAKE A LOAN. SHE SAID BUT WE GOT TO EVER THIS 35:12 DONE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY IF I DON'T GET IT. I SAID I DON'T KNOW, SAME PLACE 35:18 IT'S BEEN COMING ALL ALONG. A LITTLE HERE, A LITTLE THERE. SHE SAID WELL, HOW ABOUT IF I -- 35:25 SHE SAID HOW ABOUT DID I LOAN IT TO YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK BUT IF YOU EVER GET THE 35:30 MONEY, YOU PAY ME BACK. I SAID THAT'S STILL A LOAN. SHE SAID AYLESWORTH, I'LL GIVE 35:39 $100,000 IF YOU GIVE $100,000. FINALLY HE SAID YES, BECAUSE MAY SAID I DON'T GIVE MUCH MOEY IN 35:47 AMERICA BECAUSE I DO THINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND CHINA AND DIFFERENT PLACES OF THE WORLD 35:52 AND OVER THERE, PASTOR'S MAKING $20 A MONTH WHERE HERE, SHE SAID THE MONEY GOES SO FOR AND ALL 36:01 THAT, BUT SHE SAID I'LL GIVE IT AND GOT THE TWO OF THOSE TO GIVE $100,000 AND OTHER PEOPLE 36:06 STARTED GIVING AND WHEN WE GOT IT, IT WAS ALL PAID FOR. WE KEPT DOING THOSE TYPE OF 36:11 THINGS BUT OUR BOARD MEMBERS, I'M AMAZED, TOO, WHEN I LOOK BACK LIKE AYLESWORTH. 36:16 WHY WOULD HE GIVE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO TWO YOUNG GUYS, HE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT 36:23 US. WE MET HIM AND TOLD HIM THE VISION, BUT HE GAVE IT. 36:26 THAT'S NOTHING THAT YOU WANT TO LOSE AT ALL AND FOR LITERALLY UP UNTIL NOW, HE'S STILL SUPPORTING 36:33 AND SHARING AND ALSO HAS BEEN AND I THANK YOU THE LORD FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS. 36:45 >> THOSE BOARD MEMBERS OF PEOPLE OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT. >> THIS PASTOR KENNY IS A WALK 36:52 DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR YOU. PASTOR KENNY DID THE FIRST REVELATION SEMINAR THAT I 36:57 BELIEVE WAS DONE IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, RIGHT, TELEVISED? 37:02 >> MAYBE TELEVISED, I DON'T KNOW. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 37:09 [ MUSIC ] >> AS A LITTLE FELLA ONE TIME PASSING THROUGH A GRAVEYARD AND 37:41 I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG AGO, BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT UP HERE, BUT THE INSCRIPTION ON THE 37:47 TOMBSTONE IS SOMETHING LIKE AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I, AND SO WHERE I AM NOW, SOON YOU WILL 37:55 BE SO PREPARE YOURSELF TO FOLLOW ME. THIS WAS AS IF THE DEAD MAN HAD 38:00 LEFT THIS ON THE TOMBSTONE, LIVING IT FOR THE LIVING. AS YOU READ THAT DOWN THERE, 38:07 YEAH, I WAS LIVE LIKE YOU ONCE, BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE PREPARED BECAUSE YOU'LL BE LIKE 38:12 ME. YOU MIGHT AS WELL PREPARING YOURSELF TO FOLLOW ME. 38:15 A LITTLE BOY HAD A CRAYON AND HE WROTE TO FOLLOW YOU, I'M NOT CONTENT UNTIL I KNOW JUST WHERE 38:23 YOU WENT. HMM. ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 38:27 I WANT TO KNOW THAT, TOO, DON'T YOU? I'M NOT GOING TO BE CONTENT. 38:31 I AIN'T ABOUT TO FOLLOW ANYBODY, I DON'T CARE RELIGIOUS TEACHER OR THEOLOGIAN IN THE WORLD OR 38:39 TELEVISION EVANGELIST, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE MY DESTINY RIDES ON 38:47 THAT. >> I WANT TO HEAR THE REST THAT HAVE. 38:49 YOU GOT ME IN, NOW, HE HOOKED ME IN WITH THAT I WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF IT. 38:56 I'VE GOT TO GET THE REST OF THE TAPE SO I CAN LISTEN AT HOME. >> 1987, PASTOR KENNY. 39:01 >> WE'VE GOT TO REAIR THOSE SOMETIMES. >> THIS WAS RECORDED AT THE 39:07 UPLAND BUILDING, THE FIRST REVELATION SEMINAR. >> IT WAS SO NICE, BECAUSE 39:12 PEOPLE STARTED GETTING EXCITED ABOUT 3ABN AND THOSE WERE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE AREA THAT CAME 39:18 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. >> VON DA SUMMERS WAS IN THERE, WHO DONATED THE FIRST TWO ACRES 39:25 OF PROPERTY TO US. >> IN THE GREEN DRESS. AUNT RUBY, THERE'S A LOT OF 39:33 MEMORIES ATTACHED TO THAT. IT WAS SO EXCITING TO HAVE OUTREACH WHICH WAS LIKE THE 39:39 BEGINNING TO TAKE PLACE AND WHAT GOD WAS BEGINNING TO DO. >> HOW MANY PARTS WERE THERE TO 39:49 THE SERIES? >> 21 OR 22, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 39:54 IF I REMEMBER, THEN WE'D DO SOME REVELATION SEMINARS, VERSE BY VERSE STUDY OF REVELATION THAT 40:01 GOES THROUGH AND DID TWO OURS ON REVELATION. >> MAY HAVE TO REDO THAT 40:07 SOMETIME. >> WE'RE HERE WITH THE FAMILY, AND THAT IS, OK, SO YOU GUYS 40:12 WERE DIGGING FOOTERS, YOU MENTION THAT HAD EARLIER, YOU WERE FUNDRAISING, PART OF THE 40:19 BOARD, ALSO PRESENTING. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. >> BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY 40:22 ELSE TO PRESENT AT THE TIME. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING, I WAS THE ONLY ONE SINGING, WE 40:33 BROUGHT THE REST OF THE FAMILY. MELODY AND ME AND WE WERE AT BIG SKY MONTANA AND WE HAD TO SHELL 40:45 THE BUILDING UP. HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO POUR THE FLOOR, BUT WE NEED 40:51 ABOUT $10,000 TO DO SO. OF COURSE NO ONE NEW US, BUT AFTER I TOLD THE STORY, SOMEBODY 40:57 THAT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, NOT WHAT WE'D DONE BUT WE WERE GOING TO DO TO BUILD A 41:04 TELEVISION STATION, A GUY CAME UP AND MELODY HAD A COUPLE LITTLE CASSETTES SHE MADE, SHE 41:09 WAS 12 OR 13, SO A GUY BOUGHT TWO OF THEM AND KAY HAD A BOOTH. SHE SAID PUT YOUR CASSETTES 41:17 HERE. SHE TAPPED ME, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND SHE TAPPED ME ON 41:21 THE SHOULDER AND SAID DAD, THIS GUY BOUGHT TWO CASSETTES. I SAID THAT'S GOOD. 41:26 SHE SAID BUT LOOK AT THE CHECK. IT SAID $10,000. SO KAY SAID $10,000, I SAID 41:34 WELL, THAT TELLS ME EITHER WE'VE BEEN SELLING OUR TAPES TOO CHEAP, I SAID OR THIS GUY'S 41:40 GIVEN AND YOU SAY GREAT DONATION. I FOLLOWED HIM AND WAS ABLE TO 41:43 TALK TO HIM AND WHAT A BLESSING, SO THE $10,000, I CALLED KENNY AND SAID GO AHEAD AND START THE 41:51 CONCRETE, GET THE CONCRETE GOING, BECAUSE WE GOT THE MONEY. >> AMEN. 41:56 VAL, WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES FROM BACK THEN. WHEN DID YOU DO FIRST? 42:01 >> I STARTED AT 18, JUST RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. ACTUALLY A FAMILY MEMBER CALLED 42:07 ME AND SAID HEY, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE GRASSY CAMP MEETING. THEY SAID WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME 42:13 JUST FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HELP US? I SAID SURE. 42:17 I ENDED UP STAYING FOR SEVEN YEARS. THE MELODY DEPARTMENT, I RAN 42:24 ERRANDS, TOOK THE MAIL EVERY DAY TO THE POST OFFICE, ANSWERED PHONES, JUST WHATEVER, LIKE KIND 42:30 OF WHAT EVERYBODY DOES HERE, YOU DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. >> YEAH. 42:33 >> WE HAD IT ON THE AIR. VALERIE IS ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED PEOPLE, HAS ONE OF THE 42:47 MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICES, BUT SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE PEOPLE I'VE EVER SEEN. 42:51 IT IS AS HARD TO GET HER UP FRONT TO SING AS IT IS HER UNCLE KENNY, BOTH OF THOSE, TOO. 42:58 IF YOU GET THEM UP SINGING THERE HAD TO BE SOMEBODY FROM BEHIND THE STAGE PUSHING THEM OUT 43:04 THERE. THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES KENNY AS YOU'RE LOOKING OUT, WHO WAS 43:09 PUSHING ME. WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS TO SING, BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, 43:14 OF COURSE, THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SO BLESSED IN MUSIC. >> WE WERE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO 43:23 HEAR OUR MUSIC, THE GIFT GOD GAVE US. >> YOU SOUND SO MUCH ALIKE. 43:31 >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THESE ROLLS TOGETHER. THEY'VE BEEN DUSTING OFF THE OLD 43:37 TAPES AND ARCHIVES AND THANK YOU LEN WENZEL, AS WELL. >> 43:49 >> WE JUST DID 1987 TO 1990. I WAS LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT. 43:57 IT TELLS YOU HOLD EMAND HOW LONG AGO IT WAS. IT'S FUN TO GO BACK AND LOOK. 44:03 >> WE WANT TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER ROLL, MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. [ MUSIC ] 45:51 [ MUSIC ] >> FAMILY HARMONY. >> ON THE LEFT THERE WAS MARILYN 46:46 THOMAS, MARILYN SHELTON THOMAS AND SHELTON, HE HAD NINE DAUGHTERS. 46:53 MARILYN LIVE OUT TOWARDS BENTON, IN WEST FRANKFURT. SHE'S STILL HERE. 47:00 IN THE MIDDLE WAS OUR SISTER, TAMMY AND ON THE RIGHT, ONE OF MY DAD'S BROTHERS, UNCLE OWEN 47:10 AND UNCLE PAUL. THERE WAS 13 KIDS IN THEIR FAMILY AND UNCLE OWEN HAD 12 47:20 CHILDREN AND WE HAVE CLOSE TO 50 FIRST COUSINS ON THE SHELTON SIDE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY 47:25 OF THEM. THAT WAS LARAE. MARILYN USED TO SING QUITE A BIT 47:41 AND HELP. SHE WOULD HELP, TOO, UNCLE OLIN, WE GOT MORE DEMAND FOR HIM 47:53 SINGING THAN ANYBODY ELSE WE HAD ON. HE WAS THEIR BIGGEST HIT. 47:59 WE ENDED UP RECORDING 22 SONGS WITH HILL. PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHERE'S HIS 48:07 CASSETTES. WE PUT ENOUGH TOGETHER TO PUT ABOUT 10, YOUR DAD DID IT, PUT 48:11 ABOUT 10 SONGS, THEN WE DID ANOTHER ONE WITH ABOUT SEND SONGS, THEN THE VIDEO, WE 48:17 BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR NUMEROUS PROGRAMS, PEOPLE LOVED UNCLE OLIN SINGING, NINE GIRLS AND 48:31 THREE BOYS. MY COUSIN DENNIS THE SAME AGE AS ME, WE JUST LOST HIM THIS LAST 48:37 YEAR, HE DIED. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. EVEN KEEL, RIGHT? 48:42 >> EVEN AS THEY COME. >> HE LOVED KENNY, TOO, ME AND DENNIS THE SAME AGE. 48:49 ANYTIME WE PLAYED BALL, HE'D SAY I'M PLAYING ON KENNY'S TEAM. I GUESS HE GOT TO SMOOTH MORE 48:56 NOW THAT I THINK BIT. I'LL GOING TO PLAY ON KENNY'S TEAM. 49:01 I NEVER THOUGHT BEEN, DENNIS, A GREAT LOSS TO THE FAMILY. HE'S GOT WONDERFUL KIDS AND THE 49:07 WHOLE FAMILY IS JUST, HE AND HIS WIFE, GREAT PEOPLE. WE'RE OPERATING FOR YOU ALL 49:16 WATCHING HERE. >> OUR NEXT ROLL IS MORE MUSIC. RICK AS WELL AS MELODY, BEFORE 49:24 WE GO TO THAT ROLL, WE STILL HAVE MELODY ON SKYPE. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MEMORIES 49:29 FROM THE BEGINNING OF 3ABN AND WHAT DID YOU FIRST DO, AS FAR AS YOUR FIRST JOB WORKING AT 3ABN. 49:38 >> I ACTUALLY TYPED LETTERS. >> ALL RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] 49:44 >> SO, YEAH. MY DAD AND MISSY DID A LOT OF TYPING, THE RESPONSES FROM BOTH 50:02 OF THEM, THEIR LETTERS. >> AFTER THAT, I WAS ALSO THE RECEPTIONIST. 50:14 >> DIDN'T YOU WORK IN THE MAIL ROOM? >> I GUESS I DID DO THAT LATER. 50:22 >> WITH MY MOM. >> I WAS A RECEPTIONIST A LONG TIME AGO AND LATER ON I GUESS 50:29 AFTER HAVING KIDS I GUESS I WAS ALSO A RECEPTIONIST AGAIN. >> MERCY. 50:36 AND SHE WOULD CORRECT MY ENGLISH, EVEN WAY BACK THEN. I'M GLAD YOU WERE WRITING THE 50:42 LETTERS INSTEAD OF ME. I WOULD TELL HER WHAT TO SAY AND SHE WOULD WRITE THEM. 50:47 SHE WOULD CORRECT ME. SHE'S REALLY GOOD WITH HER GRAMMAR. 50:51 TOO GOOD, MAKES ME NERVOUS. SHE HELPED MY LETTERS LOOK GOOD, LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING, 50:58 THANK YOU, MELODY, COVERING FOR THE OLD MAN. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 51:03 GIFT AND GOD GIVEN TREMENDOUS TALENT. I KNOW AS A YOUNG MAN, MY FAMILY 51:09 WOULD WATCH. WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO THAT ROLL. 51:16 >> SHE TOOK SERIOUS THE BIG FAMILY, 813, MELODY, SHE AND GREG, A LOT OF KIDS. 51:22 >> OH, YEAH. LET'S GO TO THAT ROLL RIGHT NOW. [ MUSIC ] 53:15 [ MUSIC ] >> WOW! >> THAT WAS A LIFETIME AGO. 54:39 >> YOU LOOK THE SAME. HOW AM I DOING? >> OH, WELL, BETTER. 54:46 >> YOU LOOK BETTER. OK, I WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT. 54:51 >> THAT'S A GOOD LINE. INCREDIBLE FAMILY HARMONY AND OF COURSE YOUR DAD, TALENTED 54:57 MUSICIAN. DID HE ARRANGE THAT VERSION? >> YEAH, EVERYTHING. 55:00 >> I THINK HE DID. ONCE IN A WHILE, WE MIGHT HEAR A GOSPEL GROUP. 55:12 >> MY SISTER STARTED ABOUT AGE TWO, BUT AS A FAMILY, LIKE AS A TRIO, SHE WAS ABOUT EIGHT, I 55:20 THINK I WAS 15 AND MY BROTHER 17. RICK AND I STARTED SINGING 55:24 LATER, I WAS LIKE 12, 13 AND HE WAS OLDER, SO JUST BEFORE 3ABN, REALLY, JUST BEFORE IN 85 WE 55:31 STARTED SO WE HAD THE TRIO GOING. WE TRAVELED AROUND TO LOCAL 55:36 CHURCHES, AND DID A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CAMP MEETINGS. >> WORKED WITH CABLE, LIKE THEY 55:41 HAD A BUS, THEIR OWN BUS AND THAT HAD AS A FAMILY AND ON THE GROUND AND CALIFORNIA AND THEY'D 55:51 GO TO CHURCHES AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO GET US ON CABLE. >> LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN. 55:57 >> GET UP AND TELL THE WHOLE STORY, MY DAD WOULD ABOUT 3ABN AND THEN WE WOULD SING ABOUT 30 56:04 MINUTES AND WE LITERALLY HAD PAPER AND PENCE THAT WE PASSED OUT TO THE CONGREGATION, MY MOM 56:12 AND I. >> YOU WERE WORKING. >> WE HAD TO GO ON OUR BUS, SET 56:16 UP THE SOUND SYSTEM, TAKE EVERYTHING IN. WE DID IT. 56:21 AND SOMETIMES ON SABBATH, WE'D DO THREE DIFFERENT CHURCHES LIKE ALABAMA BAM. 56:31 >> HOUR DAD USED TO SAY LAZINESS IS THE DEVILS WORKSHOP. SUPPOSED TO BE IDLENESS. 56:40 KEEPING THE KIDS GOING, BUT YOU WERE PASSING OUT AND WORKING AND ALL THAT, TOO, THANK YOU SO 56:46 MUCH. >> THE FIRST HOUR HAS GONE BY IN A HURRY. 56:49 >> THANK YOU EACH ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. DON'T GO AWAY, EVERYBODY WILL BE 56:54 HERE THE NEXT HOUR. WE HAVE MORE INCREDIBLE ROLLS AND MELODY WILL BE WITH US THE 57:00 NEXT HOUR, AS WELL. WE HAVE A SPECIAL FREE OFFER FOR YOU. 57:04 THIS IS THE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE DVD WHICH IS THE MIRACLE STORY OF 3ABN. 57:17 DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. |
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