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00:00 .>> AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE'RE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. JOIN US NOW FOR TODAY'S SPECIAL
00:11 PROGRAM. [ MUSIC ] >> HELLO FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO
01:22 3ABN. IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT. WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE TAKEN
01:25 THE TIME TO JOIN US. I HAVE MY CO PILOT WITH ME, MY WIFE ANGELA.
01:31 >> I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, SO BLESSED TO BE HERE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROGRAM.
01:37 YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE ACTION-PACKED, I'M TELLING YOU NOW.
01:41 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NAPS, AN ACRONYM.
01:48 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF STARVATION AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEP THEM BEFORE.
01:53 TONIGHT WE HAVE A PACKED PROGRAM, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS IS
02:01 UNPACK THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU MAY WANT TO HIT THE RECORD
02:14 BUTTON. I'M EXCITED WHEN NAP COMES. >> I'M ALWAYS EXCITED.
02:17 WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE WATCHING AND LISTENING AND WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TODAY.
02:21 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL
02:26 SUPPORT FOR THIS NETWORK AS WE KEEP GOING AND GOINGETTE GETTING READY FOR THE COMING OF JESUS.
02:33 WE HAVE SOMEBODY JOINING US VIA SKYPE. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD
02:39 DO, LET'S GO TO OUR MUSIC FISTIER AND THIS WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OUR GUESTS AND
02:45 LEAVE THEM HANGING BY THEMSELVES UNTIL WE COME BACK. WHO DO WE HAVE TONIGHT?
02:50 >> WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE FAMILY TO US HERE. REGGIE AND LADY LOVIE SMITH AND
02:55 THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE IN SONG CALLED I WILL SERVE THEE.
03:05 [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]
07:05 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL SONG.
07:07 >> GREAT MESSAGE. >> LITTLE A PERFECT SEGUE TO OUR
07:10 PROGRAM TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM IS ABOUT SERVICE AND
07:13 SOME OF YOU MAY THINK ABOUT SERVICE IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT
07:18 NAPS HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING NAPS GROW
07:22 THROUGH THE YEARS. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THEIR
07:25 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. >> THEY'VE BEEN COMING TO CAMP
07:29 MEETINGS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
07:29 >> FALL AND SPRING CAMP MEETINGS.
07:31 THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO US.
07:33 >> THEY'VE BEEN CARRYING THE WHOLE AFTERNOON PROGRAM VERY
07:37 EASY WITH A LOT OF TESTIMONY. >> THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
07:44 >> CAMP MEETING. >> CAMP MEETING, THAT'S RIGHT,
07:47 THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S GO!
07:49 >> OK. >> WE HAVE TORREY AND DARLA
07:57 PRICE. WELCOME.
07:58 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
07:59 >> WE HAVE DR. MARLOW PAUL JOINING US VIA SKYPE.
08:05 DR. PAUL, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM HERE.
08:08 HELLO, PASTOR. >> YES.
08:11 YES. GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
08:14 WE ONLY HOPE THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HERE BUT SINCE YOU'RE
08:17 JOINING US BY SKYPE, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
08:20 THE PROGRAM TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A FIRST
08:23 OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR
08:28 CONNECTION WITH NAPS. >> SURE.
08:33 SO I'M A PHYSICIAN AND I HAPPEN TO BE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF
08:39 NAPS, AND IT'S BEEN TRULY A WONDERFUL BLESSING.
08:48 THE MEDICAL HAND IS THE RIGHT HAND OF THE GOSPEL.
08:51 IT OPENS UP SO MANY DOORS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE ALL OF THE
08:59 TESTIMONIES TO HOW I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT PART OF THE
09:03 MINISTRY TO BRING HIS LOVE. >> HOW LONG HAS NAPS BEEN
09:07 AROUND? >> WELL, I CAN TALK TO YOU A
09:09 LITTLE BIT ABOUT NAPS. NAPS HAS BEEN AROUND, IT STARTED
09:13 REALLY WITH AN IDEA IN 1978, AND JUST SEEING, I FEEL LIKE HOW NAP
09:20 STARTED IS HOW IT HAS CONTINUED, SO SEEING A NEED AND SAYING WHAT
09:26 IF I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND TODAY, OUR TESTIMONIES ARE
09:31 REALLY ABOUT LIVES CHANGED FOR ETERNITY AND NAPS IS ALL ABOUT
09:34 THAT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CAN I CHANGE
09:38 YOUR LIFE TODAY BUT WHAT IF I CAN DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE YOUR
09:42 LIFE FOR ETERNITY. NAPS HAS BEEN TO OVER 20
09:49 COUNTRIES. THERE'S CAPTAINERS WHENEVER NAPS
09:57 GOES SOMEWHERE, IT'S NOT WE WANTED TO GO TO FEED HUNGRY
10:00 PEOPLE WITH THAT WE WANTED TO GO WHERE WHEN WE LEAVE, THE FEEDING
10:05 CONTINUES, NOT JUST PHYSICAL BUT SPIRITUAL FEEDING AND INSPIRING
10:08 YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET ACTIVE. AS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT,
10:14 THERE'S SO MANY POWERFUL TESTIMONIES FROM AROUND THE
10:19 WORLD. TO DATE, OVER 20,000 HAVE BEEN
10:25 BAPTIZED IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
10:32 I'M LIKE WOW, LORD, I KNOW YOU'RE COMING SOON AND I SEE IT
10:36 VERY CLEARLY THROUGH HOW YOU ARE MOVING THIS GOSPEL FORWARD, AND
10:40 SO THAT'S. >> I THINK SHE'S EXCITED.
10:44 >> I DO, TOO. NOW RIGHT NEXT TO YOU IS YOUR
10:48 HUSBAND, RIGHT? >> YES.
10:49 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?
10:52 >> 14, ALMOST 15 YEARS. >> ALL RIGHT.
10:54 YOU RESIDE IN ALABAMA? >> YES.
10:57 WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT UNIVERSITY NAPS IS
11:03 ASSOCIATED WITH. >> WELL, THE THING IS NAPS
11:07 STARTED WITH STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
11:12 IT'S GROWN SO MUCH, NOW WE ARE NOT EVEN IN HUNTSVILLE, WE HAVE
11:16 100 ACRES ABOUT THREE HOURS FROM HUNTSVILLE.
11:19 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY WHAT GOD IS DOING WITH THAT LAND AND
11:22 ALSO OTHER PLACES. THIS GOSPEL IS NOT MEANT TO BE
11:26 IN ONE PLACE BUT TO SPREAD TO THE WORLD.
11:30 I'M WONDERING, TORREY HAD A POWERFUL TESTIMONY FROM
11:37 INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS SHOWING HOW WHEN WE GO TO A PLACE, IT
11:41 MAY START SMALL BUT IF YOU'RE GOING FOR THE LORD, YOU'LL SEE
11:45 HOW GOD TAKES IT AND INCREASES IT.
11:47 IF YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT TESTIMONIES FROM
11:52 GUYANA. >> ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT NAP,
11:55 LIKE SHE SAID WHENEVER WE TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY IT'S NOT JUST WE
11:58 DO THE WORK WHILE WE'RE THERE BUT WE TRAIN A GROUP OF YOUNG
12:02 PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THE WORK SO EVEN AFTER WE RETURN TO THE U.S.
12:08 THERE'S A NAPS GROUP THERE GOING OUT DOING THE WORK.
12:10 IT'S A GREAT QUOTE I LOVE THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW EVERY ACT OF
12:14 SERVICE WILL RING THROUGHOUT ETERNITY AND I LIKE THAT,
12:18 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE JUST DO SOMETHING THAT MAY SEEM, YOU
12:20 KNOW, LIKE I JUST DID THAT ONE NICE THING BUT WE DON'T
12:24 UNDERSTAND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT THAT THAT HAS ON OTHER PEOPLE.
12:28 FOR EXAMPLE, YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST DID OUR NO MISSION TO
12:33 GUYANA, THAT WAS A POWERFUL MISSION.
12:36 WE A.M. HAD TWO AND A HALF WEEKS TO BUILD A CHURCH.
12:38 WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO HERE SHOWING THE CHURCH BUILDING IN
12:43 PROGRESS, AND EVERY DAY, AS WE WOULD GO OUT, WE WERE WORKING,
12:48 COLLECTING MATERIAL. NOW THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN WE
12:50 CALLED AHEAD, WE TOLD THEM ALL WE NEED YOU TO DO IS CLEAR THE
12:54 LAND AND WE'LL COME IN AND START DIGGING.
12:57 WE LANDED ON SITE, TREES AND GRASS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
13:02 AREA. >> DID YOU ANTICIPATE THAT?
13:04 >> NO! BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS
13:08 VIDEO IS AS WE WERE GOING OUT, WE HAD TO GO AND COLLECT THE
13:12 SANDS AND ROCKS. NORMALLY WHEN WE'RE IN THIS AREA
13:15 WE WOULD HIRE AN OX CART TO DO IT.
13:26 THEY WOULD HAVE TO LET THE OX REST.
13:32 OUR TEAM MEMBERS SAID WE'LL BE THE OX.
13:36 AFTER GOING OUT, WALKING MILES TO THE SITE AND WORKING TO
13:39 COLLECT THE SAND AND ROCKS, LOADING IT ON, THEN OUR TEAM HAD
13:44 MISTAKE CARRY IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE WORK SITE.
13:46 >> I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU HOWEVER IT WAS.
13:50 >> THESE WERE SACRIFICES WE MADE DURING THE MISSION WHERE YOU'RE
13:52 OUTSIDE WORKING IN THE RAIN BECAUSE WE KNEW WE ONLY HAD A
13:55 SHORT TIME. WE WENT OUT TO THE WOODS AND
13:59 CARRIED THE LUMBER. IN THIS AREA, THEY DON'T HAVE A
14:02 MILL THAT RUNS THE LUMBER, YOU GO OUT WITH A CHAIN SAW AND THEY
14:10 CUT THE WOOD. WE HAD SOME TRIALS.
14:12 >> LOOK AT THAT! >> BUT GOD BLESSED.
14:21 THOSE SACRIFICES, THOSE PAINS WITHIN THE TIME WE WERE THERE,
14:24 WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THE WAY UP TO PUTTING THE ROOF ON THIS
14:30 CHURCH. WE PRAISED GOD.
14:31 IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. RECENTLY, THE GROUP CONTINUES TO
14:36 GO SO THEY STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDY IN THAT AREA AND NOW AS A
14:39 RESULT OF THEIR DOOR-TO-DOOR MINISTRY, THAT CHURCH THAT WE
14:42 BUILT YEARS AGO NOW HAS TO BE EXPANDED.
14:46 IN THIS DAY AND AGE, CHURCH EXPANSION IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
14:48 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING
14:51 ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND SAYING HEY, WE WANT TO COME AND BE A PART OF
14:55 THIS FELLOWSHIP, SO WE PRAISED THE LOWERED FOR THIS NAPS GROUP
15:03 GOING OUT AND SHARING THE MESSAGE.
15:05 >> I REMEMBER WITH THAT MISSION, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN THE
15:10 CHURCH WAS STARTING, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE, A LADY
15:13 CAME AND WE FOUND OUT SHE WAS THE HEAD ELDER FOR ONE OF THE
15:19 OTHER CHURCHES, AND SHE WAS REALLY HOPING TO SHUT EVERYTHING
15:24 DOWN, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTED, YOU KNOW WITH LOT OF
15:28 TIMES WHEN YOU GO TO THESE PLACES, IF YOU'RE -- THINGS CAN
15:32 SHUT DOWN QUICKLY, SO SHE CAME AND SHE SAT IN, YOU KNOW AS
15:36 WE'RE DOING OUR PROGRAM, KIND OF SPYING IT OUT SO SHE COULD TELL,
15:39 YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE SHE REPORTS TO WELL AT THE END WHEN THE
15:43 APPEAL WAS MADE, SHE STOOD UP AND ENDED UP GETTING BAPTIZED.
15:48 SHE'S STILL PART OF THE CHURCH TO THIS DAY.
15:51 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS A POWERFUL THING, SO,
15:53 YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT WENT, THE REASON THEY ONLY HAD TWO AND
15:58 A HALF WEEKS IT WAS DURING A CHRISTMAS BREAK, THEY SACRIFICED
16:01 THEIR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A LIFE AND HAS
16:06 IT MADE JUST ONE DIFFERENCE? NO, IT'S BEEN EXPONENTIAL FOR
16:10 THE PEOPLE THAT WENT ANT PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED.
16:12 THAT REMINDS ME ANOTHER THING, NOT JUST INTERNATIONAL MISSION,
16:16 BUT WE DO A LOT OF DISASTER RELIEF.
16:19 WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS HOW UNFORTUNATELY DISASTER RELIEF IS
16:25 NOT JUST NATURAL DISASTERS, MAYBE IT'S THE SHOOTINGS AND
16:29 WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT SANDY HOOK, NAPS WAS ONE OF THE
16:33 FIRST RESPONDERS. WE WENT AND WE SANG AT THE
16:38 MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THESE YOUNG CHILDREN.
16:40 >> WE HAVE A PICTURE THAT HAVE. >> THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY FROM
16:44 9/11. SO WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED, WE FOUND
16:48 OUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN SCHOOL.
16:50 I REMEMBER THE VIDEO SHOWED, WE SAW THE TOWERS FALL.
16:54 WE CAME TOGETHER. ALL OF NAPS CAME TOGETHER.
16:58 WE WERE LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO. WE SAID LET'S GO.
17:02 WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
17:05 WE DROVE INTO GROUND ZERO WITH MANUAL 15 PASSENGER VANS,
17:11 TRAILERS, AND THEY STOPPED US AND AS THEY STOPPED US, THEY
17:15 SAID WE'RE GOING TO NEED I.D. WE SHOWED THEM OUR NAPS I.D. AND
17:19 THEY WAIVED US RIGHT ON IN. >> THEY DID?
17:22 >> YES. THEY WAIVED -- DIDN'T EVEN CHECK
17:26 THE TRAILERS, JUST WAIVED US IN AND THE POWERFUL THING IS, WHEN
17:29 WE GOT IN THERE, WE REALIZED OUR JOB HAD BROUGHT US ALL THE WAY
17:36 TO NEW YORK, A 24 HOUR DRIVE JUST TO SHOVEL.
17:41 HE HAD ANOTHER CALLING. WE PULLED OUT OUR BAND.
17:43 IN NAPS, YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE BAND, THE DRUMS
17:47 OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ANNOUNCE THE
17:50 GOODNESS OF THE LORD, SO WE PULLED OUT OUR BAND AND WE START
17:55 MARCHING FROM FIREHOUSE TO FIREHOUSE ENCOURAGING THE
17:58 FIREMAN WHO HAD LOST THEIR BROTHERS OR SISTERS AND AS WE
18:02 WERE PLAYING, WE PLAYED FOR EIGHT HOURS, WE WERE ALSO
18:06 DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE AND GIVING HUGS.
18:08 THAT'S ONE OF THE HUGS YOU SAW. TEN YEARS, THE 10 YEAR
18:12 ANNIVERSARY WE WERE SHOWING A VIDEO FROM WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED.
18:16 ONE OF THE STUDENTS WAS LIKE WAIT, WAIT, CAN YOU REWIND.
18:20 THIS IS STRANGE, IMAGINE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOWING AN
18:23 EMOTIONAL VIDEO AND SOMEBODY SAYS WAIT, CAN YOU REWIND.
18:28 WE WERE LIKE OK. WE REWIND THE VIDEO AND SHE SAYS
18:31 THAT'S MY TEACHER. NOW IN THE VIDEO, YOU SEE US
18:34 GIVING A PIECE OF LITERATURE TO A WOMAN AND GIVING HER A HUG.
18:40 SHE SAID MY TEACHER ALWAYS SAID THAT WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED THERE
18:44 WAS THIS GROUP WITH A BANNED AND THEY WERE PASSING OUT BOOKS AND
18:48 SHE READ IT AND IT CHANGED HER LIFE.
18:50 SHE CALLED THE PEOPLE ON THE BACK OF THE BOOK AND SHE ACCOUNT
18:55 MORE BOOKS, SHE BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST AND A TEACHER AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS.
19:02 THIS GIRL WAS LIKE THAT'S MY TEACHER AND YOU GUYS WERE THE
19:06 BAND? I'M TELLING YOU, LIVES CHANGE.
19:09 JUST GO. GOD JUST CALLS US TO GO AND HE
19:12 WILL CONNECT THE DOTS. >> WOW.
19:15 YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD. >> I'M JUST AMAZED.
19:18 THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. >> I'M THINKING ABOUT 9/11
19:20 BECAUSE MY SISTER WAS ONE OF THE RESPONDERS.
19:23 >> YES, FIRST RESPONDER. >> SHE WAS AN EMT SO THE DAY THE
19:27 BUILDING FELL, NINE MONTHS SHE WAS DOWN THERE AND I WON'T GO
19:30 INTO THE GORY DETAILS, PICKING UP BODY PARTS AND GOING THROUGH
19:35 LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS. SHE MAY REMEMBER, BECAUSE THAT
19:40 NIGHT WITH THAT WHOLE THING HAPPENED, WE HAD LANDED IN
19:43 CANADA AND SHE SAID SHE SLEPT ON A COT RIGHT THERE AT THE
19:47 DISASTER SITE COVERED IN PLASTIC JUST FOR A BLANKET.
19:50 GOING BACK TO THAT, IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
19:54 ABOUT SANDY WHO CAN, TELL ME ABOUT HURRICANE HARVEY.
19:58 THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOU GUYS GOT INVOLVED IN.
20:00 >> YES, OUR MINISTRY, WE BELIEVE-IN GOING WHEREVER PEOPLE ARE HURTING.
20:05 JUST LIKE 9/11 WE GOT THERE AND REALIZED OUR.
20:08 I TREE WAS TO THOSE WHO WERE STILL THERE BECAUSE THE FACES,
20:12 YOU CAN IMAGINE YOUR ENTIRE WORLD AROUND YOU IS NOW SHIFTING
20:16 AND CHANGING, SO THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED COMFORT AND EVEN THOUGH
20:19 THE DEVIL SENDS TRAGEDY, WE REALIZE THAT GOD IS STILL ABLE
20:24 TO WORK THROUGH THESE SITUATIONS AND WE SEE THAT LIVES ARE BEING
20:27 CHANGED EVERY TIME. WITH HURRICANE HARVEY, THERE'S A
20:30 LITTLE STORY OF SOMETHING THAT, PRAISE LORD I WAS ABLE TO BE
20:34 INVOLVED IN. WHEN WE WENT DOWN FOR HURRICANE
20:37 HARVEY, WE WERE DISTRIBUTING FOOD, WE WERE DOING RECOVERY,
20:40 JUST HELPING PEOPLE MOVE DEBRIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OPERATING
20:44 WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S AN EMOTIONAL SPIRITUAL SIDE TO
20:47 RECOVERING FROM A DISASTER, BECAUSE PEOPLE'S HEARTS ARE
20:51 HURTING, AND THEY JUST NEED TO FEEL THAT LOVE, COMFORT AND
20:54 SECURITY. I REMEMBER SOMETIMES WE'D GIVE
20:56 THESE KIDS JUST A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR AND HOW THEY WOULD JUST
20:59 CLUTCH ON TO IT BECAUSE IT JUST SYMBOLIZED HOPE AND SOMEONE WHO
21:03 CARES. ONE DAY, THE TEEN WAS GOING OUT
21:06 AND I STAYED BACK AT THE CAMP AND WHILE I WAS THERE AT THE
21:09 CAMP. >> WE WERE CAMPING OUT.
21:11 WE WERE STAYING INTENTS, BECAUSE ALL THE BUILDINGS AT THIS POINT
21:15 WERE KIND OF FLOODED, THE WATER HAD DRAINED DOWN BUT IT WASN'T
21:18 SAFE TO STAY IN THE BUILDINGS, SO WE WERE IN TENTS.
21:22 >> INTENTS OUT THERE. WE PRAISED LORD FOR THE CHURCH
21:25 THAT LET US USE THEIR YARD FOR CAMPING OUT AND WHILE WE WERE
21:30 THERE, THE TEAM WAS GOING OUT DOING THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND
21:32 I GOT TO STAY BACK AND JUST WATCH OVER THE CAMP, AND I WAS
21:36 PRAISING THE LORD FOR IT, BECAUSE I WAS TIRED.
21:38 I'M SITTING THERE AND A TRUCK PULLS UP, AND SO I SAID OK, GET
21:45 THE STRENGTH TO WALK OVER TO THE GUY IN THE TRUCK.
21:49 I SAID I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD RIGHT HE'S RIGHT NOW,
21:53 THE FOOT DISTRIBUTING THE FOOD IS OUT, I GAVE THEM THE ADDRESS.
21:57 I SAID OK, DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE HIS SOME WATER.
22:00 I SAID OK, I CAN GET YOU SOME WATER.
22:02 I GO BACK AND FIND WATER AND AS I'M TAKING THE WATER TO HIM I
22:07 FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSING ME GIVE HIM A BOOK.
22:10 I SAID NOT RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO, SO I GAVE HIM THE WATER
22:15 AND AS I'M WALKING AWAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT KEEPS PUSHING ME
22:19 SAYING GIVE HIM A BOOK. I SAID OK, TORREY YOU'RE HERE TO
22:26 MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE. I SAID SIR, BEFORE YOU GO, I
22:29 JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE THING.
22:32 I GRABBED A BOOK, PEACE ABOVE THE STORM.
22:35 I GAVE IT TO THE GENTLEMAN AND HE DRIVES OFF.
22:39 THE NEXT DAY HE COMES BACK. I SAID I GUESS HE WANTED SOME
22:44 MORE FOOD AND WATER. INSTEAD, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
22:46 THE BOOK THAT I GAVE HIM AND WE HAVE THIS BRIEF LITTLE CLIP OF
22:51 JUST A PART OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
22:52 >> OK, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. >> HOW THIS BOOK IMPACTED HIS
22:57 LIFE. >> THIS IS A GOOD BOOK.
23:05 >> TALK ABOUT HOW THIS NEXT TO THE BIBLE IS THE BEST BOOK HE'S
23:10 EVER READ TALKING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND HE
23:13 ASKED FOR MORE OF THESE BOOKS, BECAUSE HE REALIZED, HE SAID
23:17 AFTER THE DESTRUCTION WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, HE SAYS THE WATER, YOU
23:20 KNOW, THE FOOD, THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS BUT THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE
23:25 OUT HERE NEED IS THIS HOPE. HE WAS SO APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT.
23:30 THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MINISTRY, WE DON'T JUST DEAL IN
23:36 THE TEMPORAL THINGS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HUNGRY
23:39 AGAIN, CLOTHES, BUILDING, THOSE THINGS ARE TEMPORARY BUT WHEN
23:44 YOU GIVE THEM ETERNAL HOPE, THAT LASTS FOREVER.
23:47 >> THAT ACTUALLY REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS NAPS
23:52 DOES IS WE'LL TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT CITIES AND HERE IN THE
23:59 U.S., WE'LL GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES, VISIT DIFFERENT
24:02 CHURCHES, SOMETIMES SING, DO HEALTH TALKS, SHARE TESTIMONIES,
24:11 BUT WE GO TO SCHOOLS AND JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS.
24:14 IF YOU WANT TO REACH A YOUNG PERSON, YOU GO TO WHERE YOUNG
24:19 PEOPLE ARE. WE TRY TO GO WHEREVER THOSE
24:22 YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE. I REMEMBER ON THIS ONE
24:24 PARTICULAR MISSION, WE WERE IN COLORADO AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING
24:30 LITERATURE EVANGELISM, CANVASSING, WE HAVE OUR MARCHING
24:36 BAND. WE MIGHT BE PLAYING ONWARD
24:38 CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT LIKE WHAT IS THIS
24:42 MUSIC AND WHEN THEY COME OUT WE'RE LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING
24:44 GOOD TO SHARE WITH YOU. THAT'S HOW WE GIVE, YOU DON'T
24:47 HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BOOKS, WE JUST GIVE IT TO YOU.
24:50 YOU WANT TO MAKE A DONATION, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
25:03 A YOUNG BLACK MALE COMES UP TO THE BAND AND HE'S LIKE DO YOU
25:08 GUYS REMEMBER ME AND I'M LIKE REMEMBER YOU AND HE'S LIKE YOU
25:16 GUYS WERE HERE YEARS AGO. I WAS IN JUVENILE DETENTION.
25:22 YOU GUYS MADE ME RETHINK MY WHOLE LIFE.
25:25 YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. I GOT OUT AND A MADE A LIFE
25:29 CHANGE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU GUYS SAID AND I'M NOW IN
25:35 PHARMACEUTICAL SCHOOL DOING WELL.
25:36 YOU GUYS CHANGED MY LIFE AND WHEN I HEARD THE BAND, IT
25:40 REMINDED ME BECAUSE WE PLAYED IT AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION
25:45 CENTER. HE SAID WHEN HE HEARD THE BAND
25:47 IT WAS LIKE COULD IT BE, IS IT THEM.
25:50 JUST THIS WEEK I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE AND THEY WERE SAYING
25:55 THEY TOOK ONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE WORKED WITH 10 YEARS
25:58 AGO. HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
26:00 HE SAID HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE CHURCH AND NAPS THAT ENTERED HIS
26:05 LIFE IN THIS HORRIBLE TIME, HE WOULDN'T BE ALIVE TO THIS DAY,
26:08 SO IT'S REALLY JUST THE LORD MAKING THESE IMPACTS, YOU KNOW,
26:12 IN SO MANY LIVES. >> NAPS ALSO HAS SOUTHERN WORKS.
26:18 TALK ABOUT THAT. IN A MOMENT, I WANT TO BRING IN
26:24 DR. MARLOW PAUL. >> DR. MARLOW IS GOING TO TALK
26:27 ABOUT THE SOUTHERN WORK BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A PRECIOUS WORK THAT I
26:34 LEARNED ABOUT. >> DR. MARLO, ARE YOU THERE?
26:42 >> YES, I'M HERE. THE SOUTHERN WORK, OUR PREVIOUS
26:53 C.E.O. SAID HAVE YOU READ THE WORK CALLED THE SOUTHERN WORK
26:57 AND WE SAID NO. WE GOT THE BOOK, WE READ IT AND
27:02 HE SAID A WORK UNDONE. I JUST WANT TO READ TO YOU ONE
27:10 OF THE QUOTES THAT SHE WROTE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN WORKS.
27:16 IT SAID THE LORD IS GRIEVED BY THE WOE IN THE SOUTHERN FIELD.
27:22 CHRIST HAS WENT AT THE SIGHT OF THIS.
27:26 ANGELS HAVE HUSHED THE MUSIC OF THEIR HEARTS AS THEY HAVE LOOKED
27:31 UPON A PEOPLE UNABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST -- AND YET THOSE IN
27:38 WHOSE HANDS GOD HAS PLACED THE TRUTH KINDLED FROM THE DIVINE AT
27:44 NOT REALIZED THAT TO THEM IS GIVEN THE WORKS OF CARRYING THE
27:51 LIGHT TO THE DARKENED FIELD. THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE TURNED
27:54 AWAY FROM THE WORK OF RESCUING THE DOWNTRODDEN AND DEGRADED,
27:58 REFUSING TO HELP THE HELPLESS. LET THE SERVANT OF CHRIST BEGIN
28:05 AT ONCE THAT THE DARK STAIN ON THEIR RECORD MAY BE WIPED OUT.
28:09 >> WOW. >> WE READ THAT, WE WERE LIKE
28:13 LORD, WE NEED TO WIPE OUT THAT DARK STAIN ON OUR RECORD.
28:22 WE STARTED GOING DOWN, WE FOCUS ON THOSE TWO AREAS BECAUSE A LOT
28:37 OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTIES, A STRETCH FROM MISSISSIPPI
28:45 GEORGIA ALABAMA LOUISIANA TEXAS WHERE MOST OF THE SLAVES WERE
28:54 AND THEY CALL IT THE BLACK BELT. SO THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF
28:58 PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT ALL
29:03 OF US HAVE HAD AS FAR AS EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE AND SO
29:09 WHEN ELLEN G. WHITE WAS GIVEN VISIONS BY GOD SAYING AS A
29:13 CHURCH WE NEED TO GO SET UP SCHOOLS AND CLINICS AND TO
29:16 EDUCATE THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST, THEY'RE WAY BEHIND THE
29:22 AVERAGE PERSON, SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BUT IT'S STILL A WORK
29:25 THAT IS GREATLY UNDONE AND SINCE WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE, GOD HAS
29:32 OPENED FOR US AND THE PEOPLE THAT MET DOWN HERE, THEY LOVE
29:35 THE LORD. THEY JUST LOVE THE LORD SO MUCH
29:40 AND THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
29:46 SO HERE'S AWESOME TESTIMONY. WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE IN THE
29:50 SUMMER AND WE WERE OFFERING FREE MEDICAL CARE AND TUTORING, MY
29:54 HUSBAND SAID LET'S JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY LAND.
29:58 MAYBE GOD WANTS US TO SET UP A STATION DOWN HERE.
30:01 WE'RE DRIVING AROUND AND LOOKING AND WE SEE THIS SIGN THAT HAD
30:06 FALLEN IN THE GROUND WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO DO A YOU TURN AND
30:08 SO WE PICKED UP THE SIGN AND ON THE SIGN IT WAS HAPPENED WRITTEN
30:15 WITH A MARKER, YOU COULD BARELY READ IT AND WE CALLED THE
30:21 NUMBER. HE SAID YES, I BATH THIS LAND I
30:26 USED IT FOR FENCING BUT I'M READY TO SELL IT NOW.
30:29 HE WAS A NICE CHRISTIAN MAN AND SOLD THE LAND, EVEN FINANCED IT
30:34 FOR US AND MAPS WAS ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY AND PAY IT OFF
30:40 SO WE STARTED BUILDING ON IT. I WAS STILL PRACTICING IN
30:44 HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA AND I HAD A PRIVATE PRACTICE.
30:46 ONE OF MY OLDER PATIENTS, SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US TODAY, BUT SHE
30:50 WAS 90, AND I JUST SAID TO HER WHERE ARE YOU FROM AND SHE SAID
30:55 OH, BABY, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE I'M FROM.
30:58 I SAID BUT WHERE, JUST TELL ME. SHE GOES IT'S A PLACE CALLED
31:04 HALE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. I SAID WHERE.
31:12 HALE COUNTY IS THE COUNTY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS THAT MAPS
31:17 PURCHASED. I SAID WHERE IN HALE COUNTY.
31:20 SHE SAID A CITY CALLED SAYERYVILLE.
31:24 THAT'S WHERE THE PROPERTY IS THAT GOD BLESSED MAPS TO
31:29 PURCHASE. >> I SAID IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO
31:31 BE ON THE CORNER OF 28 AND 35. SHE SAID WHY YES, HOW DID YOU
31:36 KNOW? I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW.
31:37 SHE SAID THAT WAS MY GRANDAD'S LAND WAS PASSED DOWN TO MY DAD
31:43 AND UNCLE AND WE WERE RAISED ON THAT LAND.
31:45 YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO SAD BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER SAID THE LORD HAD
31:50 GIVEN HIM A DREAM THAT THAT LAND WOULD BE USED ONE DAY AS A LIGHT
31:54 IN THE COMMUNITY BUT WHEN WE SOLD IT TO THE HUNTER, WE HAD
31:57 GIVEN UP ALL HOPE. I SAID I TOLD HER WHAT NAPS IS
32:03 DOING THERE AND HOW IT'S BEING USED AS THE THE LIGHT IN THE
32:06 COMMUNITY AND SHE JUMPED UP AND RAISED HER HANDS IN THE AIR AND
32:11 STARTED CRYING AND SAID PRAISE THE LORD, IT'S TRUE, THE VISION
32:15 GOD GAVE MY GRANDPA WAS TRUE. THAT WAS LIKE GOD SAID KISS
32:20 SAYING THIS IS WHERE I WANT YOU, IT'S A WORK UNDONE, PLEASE GO
32:24 FORWARD, I'M WITH YOU. >> WOW, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT'S
32:28 HAPPENING. I THINK YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF
32:30 MAPS IN MISSISSIPPI AND WHEN YOU WERE DOWN THERE.
32:33 >> YES, WE DO. YES, WE DO.
32:38 SO WE ALSO, THESE ARE TWO LOVELY LITTLE GIRLS.
32:42 THEY'RE TWIN SISTERS AND THIS DEPICTS THE POVERTY THAT EXISTS
32:46 IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. GOD ALSO BLESSED US TO BE ABLE
32:50 TO ESTABLISH A WELLNESS CENTER IN MISSISSIPPI, SOMEONE DONATED
32:59 THE LAND AND THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE CENTER, SO IT'S VERY BAD IN
33:03 MISSISSIPPI JUST LIKE IT IS IN ALABAMA, SO EVERY TIME WE WOULD
33:06 DRIVE TO THE PROPERTY WE WOULD PASS THIS FAMILY AND THEY LIVED
33:12 IN THIS REALLY BROKEN DOWN TRAILER AND IT WAS A MOM, THESE
33:16 TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND HER BOYS AND YOU COULD GO INTO THE
33:19 TRAILER, YOU COULD SEE DOWN TO THE GROUND, YOU CAN UP TO THE
33:24 SKY. THEY HAD NO RUNNING WATER, NO
33:28 HEAT AND SO WE WOULD ASK THE LITTLE BOY WELL HOW DO YOU STAY
33:31 WARM IN THE WINTER WHEN YOU'RE IN THE TRAILER, HE SAID WELL,
33:35 FROM THE SUN, THE SUN KEEPS US WARM.
33:38 >> WOW. >> AND DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FOOD
33:41 SO EVERY TIME WE PASSED THROUGH, WE WOULD BUY THEM GROCERIES,
33:45 TAKE THEM GROCERY SHOPPING. THE THING ABOUT THE MAMA, SHE
33:49 NEVER ASKED US FOR EVERYTHING AND SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL AND OUR
33:53 HEARTS WERE SO WERE TO BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THEY LIVED IN
33:57 SO GOD BLESSED US. THE PROPERTY WHERE THE NEW
34:02 WELLNESS CENTER IS, THEY WENT AHEAD AND THREW IN A TRAILER, A
34:06 DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER, BECAUSE THEY SAW THE WORK WE WERE DOING
34:09 WAS GOING TO BE SO PROFITABLE AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO
34:14 OF US PULLING THAT TRAILER IN TO THIS FAME TO REPLACE THE OTHER
34:20 ONE. >> THAT'S THE TRAILER THAT WAS
34:21 THERE BEFORE. >> WHAT?
34:23 >> WOW. THAT IS THE WORKED DILAPIDATED.
34:34 >> YES. >> THAT'S THE NEW TRAILER BEING
34:37 PULLED IN. AM I CORRECT?
34:39 >> PRAISE GOD. >> WOW.
34:40 >> YES, AMEN. >> BEAUTIFUL.
34:43 >> IT'S AMAZING HOW THE LORD PROVIDES.
34:49 >> IS THAT THE FAMILY? >> YES, THAT'S THE LADY IN THE
34:52 MIDDLE, UH-HUH, SHE JUST CRIED AND PUT HER HANDS IN THE AIR AND
34:56 JUST SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU.
34:58 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE MUCH BUT JUST KNOW
35:04 THAT I THANK YOU AND I THANK THE LORD.
35:06 I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS BUT I THANK THE LORD.
35:09 SO WE ARE SO BLESSED. GOD IS REALLY PUSHING US TO MOVE
35:12 FORWARD SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAVE PLACES BUT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
35:20 HELP US WORK IT. WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE WELLNESS
35:24 CENTER IN MISSISSIPPI AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THAT IF YOU
35:28 DON'T MIND. >> THAT'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE
35:32 WELLNESS CENTER. TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
35:35 THAT. >> RIGHT.
35:38 SO THIS IS THE WELLNESS CENTER IN MISSISSIPPI THAT WE WERE ABLE
35:43 TO BUILD AND RIGHT NOW NOT BEING RAN BY ANYONE, IT IS NOT
35:47 OCCUPIED. WE ARE OPERATING FOR GOD TO SEND
35:51 LABORERS SO WE COULD START THE MISSION, THE SAME MISSION WE
35:54 HAVE IN SAWYER ALABAMA WE WANT TO STOP IN MISSISSIPPI.
35:57 THE WORK IS SO VAST BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW AND THE PEOPLE
36:01 ARE HUNGERING AND THIRSTING AFTER THE GOSPEL.
36:05 ONCE A MONTH, BOTH AT MY HUSBAND AND MY HOME AND AT THE WELLNESS
36:11 CENTER IN SAWYERVILLE PRECOVID WE WOULD HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS
36:15 WHERE THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD COME AND WE
36:18 WOULD GIVE THEM A HEALTH LECTURE, COOKING CLASSES AND A
36:21 LOT OF THEM HAVE DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, THINGS OF THAT
36:25 SORT SO WE WOULD FOR FREE GIVE THEM SUPPPLEMENTS TO HELP
36:32 REVERSE THE DISEASE AND DO BIBLE STUDIES WITH THEM.
36:35 THEY LOVE THE TRUTH. ONE TIME MY HUSBAND SAID THIS
36:39 FRIDAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE.
36:42 I SAID OK, BUT THEN LATER THAT WEEK, I LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE
36:47 PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR BIBLE STUDY IS A DEACON AT HITTERS
36:51 CHURCH, WE'RE THE ONLY SABBATH KEEPERS IN THESE MEETINGS SO
36:55 HE'S A DEACON AT HIS CHURCH AND HIS SISTER HAD JUST DIED.
37:01 I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHOULD DO, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE,
37:04 WE DON'T WANT TO OFFEND. MY HUSBAND SAID I'M REALLY
37:09 IMPRESSED THAT WE SHOULD DO IT. TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD A PATIENT
37:12 WHO CAME TO ME AND SHE SAID DR. PAUL, SHE'S LIKE I HAVE
37:20 ARISEN. IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE, A
37:24 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. AS A DOCTOR, YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE
37:28 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMEONE IS. I SAID OK, SHOW ME YOUR RISEN
37:38 AND IT'S A BOIL. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BIBLE.
37:41 AMONGST THE CULTURE, A LOT OF THEIR LANGUAGE COMES FROM THE
37:45 BIBLE, BECAUSE IT'S THE BIBLE BELT AND THEY LOVE JESUS, THEY
37:49 LOVE THE WORD OF GOD. I SAID OK, WE CAN HELP YOU.
37:52 SHE SAID MY GRANDMA DIED MANY YEARS AGO BUT SHE CAME BACK TO
37:55 ME AND SHE TOLD ME TO JUST PUT SOME TURNEN TINE ON IT AND I DID
38:01 AND I GOT A LITTLE BETTER BUT IT'S STILL THERE.
38:04 SO THE LORD'S LIKE DON'T TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
38:08 DIE NOW, JUST TAKE CARE OF HER ILLNESS.
38:12 I SAID NO PROBLEM. IT JUST SO HAPPENED SHE WAS AT
38:16 THAT STUDY THAT NIGHT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
38:21 HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE. WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THE WHOLE
38:25 BIBLE STUDY AND DID IT FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF HOPE AND
38:30 HAPPINESS AND THE DEACON, WHOSE SISTER JUST DIED, HE AND HIS
38:34 WIFE SAID THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
38:35 WE ARE SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT SISTER IS NOT UP THERE LOOKING
38:40 AT US SUFFERING IN PAIN, BUT SHE'S JUST RESTING, SHE'S JUST
38:45 SLEEPING AND IF ANYTHING COMES BACK TO US AND TALK TO US, WE
38:48 KNOW IT'S NOT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, WE KNOW IT'S THE DEVIL
38:54 HIMSELF. I WAS SO HAPPY I LISTENED TO MY
38:56 HUSBAND, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEM RELIEF, AND SO IT
39:01 WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO START THOSE MONTH
39:06 MEETINGS BACK UP, BUT IT JUST SHOWS HOW THE PEOPLE ARE
39:09 HUNGERING AND THIRSTING FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND A LOT OF THE
39:13 POVERTY AND THE SICKNESS AND ILLNESS HERE, EVEN THOSE IN THE
39:18 BLACK BELT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
39:21 IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LACK OF EDUCATION, THE LACK OF
39:24 KNOWLEDGE, A LACK OF RESOURCES, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN AT THE
39:30 HOSPITAL THAT I WORK WITH SOMETIMES I HAVE TO BRING MY OWN
39:34 GLOVES, BRING MY OWN EXAM PAPER SOMETIMES.
39:37 SOMETIMES THE CHECKS THAT WE GET BOUNCE.
39:39 HE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO CLOSE DOWN.
39:44 A LOT OF RURAL HEALTH CARE CLINICS HAVE CLOSED DOWN AND
39:50 THAT MAKES IT REAL DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES
39:53 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
39:55 BECAUSE IT'S A RULE, I REMEMBER WE HAD A PATIENT THAT CAME INTO
39:59 OUR CLINIC AND HAVING CHEST PAINS, AND SO WE DID AN EKG AND
40:06 HE WAS HAVING AN ACTIVE HEART ATTACK.
40:08 WE CALLED 911 AND 911 SAID CAN I PLEASE PUT YOU ON HOLD.
40:17 WE NEED TO TRANSFER YOU. I WAS LIKE TRANSFER.
40:20 PRAISE THE LORD, WE HAVE AN AED, AN DEFIBRILLATOR IN CASE HIS
40:28 HEART WAS TO STOP BUT IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE
40:31 THEY GOT THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPERIENCE IN THESE AREAS, SO
40:35 A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL DRIVE UP TO OUR HOME, MY HUSBAND AND
40:41 MY HOME TO GET MEDICAL CARE AND HELP RESUSCITATE PEOPLE BECAUSE
40:45 IT'S QUICKER THAN THE AMBULANCE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T
40:49 CHANGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM THE LOVE OF
40:52 GOD, THE GOSPEL, AND I DO WANT TO PLUG THIS IN.
40:57 I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED AS A PHYSICIAN AND SERVING MY
41:02 BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE. THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND
41:08 THEY TAUGHT ME UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME TO
41:13 ALWAYS LOOK AT THE GLASS AS HALF FULL.
41:16 I REMEMBER I SAID TO ONE OF MY PATIENTS OH, MAN, IT'S BEEN
41:20 RAINING ALL DAY. AND SHE SAID YOU BETTER PRAISE
41:25 THE LORD, YOU BETTER THANK HILL. HE'S GOD AND IF HE WANTS TO
41:29 RAIN, YOU BETTER THANK HIM FOR THE RAIN, AND IT JUST TOUCHED MY
41:35 HEART, BECAUSE I CAN FEEL THEIR INTENSE LOVE.
41:39 I CAN FEEL THEIR INTENSE LOVE FOR THE LORD.
41:42 >> LET ME ASK A QUESTION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALKED
41:45 ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI SITUATION, AND IF I'M GATHERING THIS
41:50 PICTURE AS IT'S BEING DEVELOPED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
41:53 PREVALENT IN SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES EVEN STILL
41:58 TODAY. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, SO ADDRESS
42:00 THAT A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 15 YEARS
42:04 AGO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
42:06 >> 2021. >> 2021.
42:09 >> RIGHT. >> SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
42:12 WELLNESS CENTER THAT WAS BUILT, HOW DO YOU GET WORKERS TO OCCUPY
42:19 THE WELLNESS CENTER? WE NEED DOCTORS, TEACHERS, FARM
42:42 MANAGERS, WE NEED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
42:44 MOST OF ALL, WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO BE USED BY THE
42:48 LORD. THAT'S ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED.
42:49 EVEN IF YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THOSE SKILLS, IF YOU
42:53 HAVE A WILL HEART, YOU LOVE THE LORD AND YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR
42:56 SOULS, YOU CAN BE USED JUST AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE, AND I
43:00 THINK LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT OUR MEDICAL
43:08 EEVANGELISM. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL
43:09 PART OF THIS WORK AND ENABLED US TO DO A LOT MORE THAN WE HAD
43:14 BEEN ABLE TO DO PRIOR TO THE MEDICAL EVANGELISM SCHOOL.
43:17 >> WHAT ARE WE NOTICING ABOUTLE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN NAPS.
43:24 ENTHUSIASM, DRIVE, PASSION. WHAT AWAKENS THAT?
43:29 >> I THINK EVERYBODY HAS MAYBE A DIFFERENT TESTIMONY.
43:32 I KNOW FOR ME, WHEN IT CAME, BECAUSE WITH ALL THE LIVES THAT
43:37 HAVE BEEN CHANGED, THE TRUTH IS IT HAS CHANGED OUR LIVES AT
43:44 INDIVIDUALS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW
43:50 A NAPS VIDEO HE WAS ALREADY SEARCHING.
43:54 I HAD BEEN PART OF THE CHURCH AND I WAS LIKE I WANT TO DO MORE
43:57 THAN JUST SIT IN A PEW. LORD I WANT YOU TO USE ME AND I
44:03 DON'T KNOW HOW BUT I WANT TO BE USED MORE THAN THIS.
44:14 I JOINED A DRAMA GROUP AND THOUGHT THIS IS GOOD, BUT LORD,
44:18 CAN YOU DO MORE. I REMEMBER THE THING THAT
44:21 TOUCHED MY HEART WAS LIKE AS WE WENT OUT, NAPS IS AN ACTIVE
44:27 MINISTRY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHAT
44:29 YOU'RE DOING. I REMEMBER THE FIRST LITTLE
44:36 CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. I WAS TOLD TO LEAD THE BAND.
44:39 THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ME AND I'M SUPPOSED TO LEAD THIS BAND.
44:45 I THOUGHT I'M HORRIBLE WITH DIRECTIONS.
44:47 THEY SHOWED ME THIS IS THE ROUTE YOU'RE GOING TO USE WHEN YOU
44:51 LEAVE LATER. GOD TOOK THIS LITTLE LIKE ME
44:55 WITH ALL MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND HE HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
45:01 YOU KNOW, WHERE I THINK HE WAS SHOWING THAT I DON'T HAVE TO
45:04 KNOW ALL THE DIRECTIONS, I DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT HAVING THE
45:08 DIRECTION, BECAUSE HE WILL BE THE ONE THAT LEADS ME AND THE
45:11 COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE IN AT THAT TIME WAS AN AREA WHERE THE
45:16 PEOPLE, THEY HAD BEEN SO -- IT'S THE SOUTHERN WORK.
45:20 THERE'S ONE COMMUNITY THAT WE GO TO RIGHT NOW CALLED JENNA.
45:24 THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO THIS COMMUNITY, AS YOU ENTER THE
45:28 COMMUNITY, YOU COULD TELL IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
45:32 EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED, YOU SAW JUST DEEP POVERTY, THE CHILDREN
45:36 HAD NO SHOES, THEIR CLOTHES WERE TORN.
45:39 >> THIS IS AMERICA? >> THIS IS AMERICA, YEAH.
45:44 AND YOU SEE CERTAIN THINGS. MY DEGREE IS ELEMENTARY
45:48 EDUCATION. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU LEARN
45:50 IN SCHOOL AND YOU SEE THINGS THAT ARE WAY BELOW LEVEL AND YOU
45:55 I GUESS FOR ME, IT JUST PRICKED MY HEART BECAUSE I WAS LIKE
46:02 LORD, WHO'S HELPING THEM? LIKE THESE CHILDREN HAVE
46:05 NOTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD, JUST LIKE
46:08 DR. MARLO WAS SAYING AND THEIR PARENTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY
46:12 KNOW, BUT WHO WILL TEACH THEM AND ONE THING ABOUT NAPS IS WE
46:18 BELIEVE THAT IT'S THROUGH HELPING THE CHILDREN THAT YOU'RE
46:21 ABLE TO REACH THE WHOLE FAMILY. NAPS WENT INTO COMMUNITIES LIKE
46:26 JENNA, THE COMMUNITY LIKE WHAT DR. MARLO JUST SAID AND AS WE
46:32 WENT, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CHILDREN, TEACHING THEM SONGS.
46:37 WE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST BIBLE
46:42 STUDY PROJECTS BUT BECOME PART OF OUR HEARTS, OUR FAMILIES.
46:46 IT'S DIFFERENT FROM SOME OTHER EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD WHERE, YOU
46:49 KNOW, YOU GO AND YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THEY SIGN UP FOR A
46:53 BIBLE STUDY HERE, GO THROUGH .1, TWO, THREE, FOUR, BUT I LEARNED
46:58 THROUGH THE MINISTRY WITH NAPS RELATIONSHIPS.
47:03 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORD OF
47:06 GOD, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED AND I KEEP ALL THE COMMANDMENTS,
47:10 BUT GOD IS LIKE LOVE. IT'S RELATIONSHIP.
47:12 THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. HE WANTS OUR HEARTS, AND SO AS
47:16 WE WORK WITH THE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT MY FIRST GOAL IS TO TEACH
47:21 YOU THE TRUTH, BUT WHAT IS TRUTH WITHOUT LOVE?
47:29 WHEN WE GO TO THESE PEOPLE, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOVING THEM.
47:33 THERE'S THIS ONE GIRL OH MY GOODNESS WHEN I FIRST MET HER, I
47:37 REMEMBER SHE FOLLOWED THE BAND ALL AROUND IN ONE OF THOSE LOWER
47:41 INCOME COMMUNITIES, SHE FOLLOWED THE BAND AS WE WENT.
47:44 AFTERWARDS, WE DID A CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
47:52 WE STARTED VISITING HER EVERY SINGLE WEEK REALLY, SOMETIMES
47:56 MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. WE'D TUTOR HER OR SAY LET'S DO A
48:01 COOKING CLASS TOGETHER BUT WE'RE IN THE HOME.
48:05 NOW IT HAS BEEN OVER 10 YEARS SINCE WE STARTED WITH HER.
48:09 SHE WAS ONLY LIKE SEVEN WHEN WE STARTED.
48:12 SHE WENT FROM BEING THE CHILD WHO WAS WONDERING DOES SOMEBODY
48:16 CARE ABOUT ME TO ACTUALLY HELPING US TEACH OTHER YOUNG
48:20 CHILDREN WHO ARE WONDERING DOES ANYBODY CARE.
48:23 THESE ARE CHILDREN WHO SOMETIMES HAVE SEEN THEIR MOTHERS BE RAPED
48:27 OR THESE ARE CHILDREN, THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SO MUCH AND
48:31 THEY'RE WONDERING WHERE IS THE LOVE.
48:34 AND SO NOW TALKING WITH HER, SHE'S LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE
48:39 EXPERIENCES AND THIS TOUCHED ME SO MUCH.
48:42 THIS TOUCHED ME SO MUCH, SHE SAID IT.
48:45 SHE SAID WHEN NAPS TOOK ME OUT WITH THE JUNIOR NAPS PROGRAM, WE
48:50 JUST STARTED A GROUP, WE CALLED IT JUNIOR NAPS, TO THIS
48:54 COMMUNITY AND THEY HAD, IT LOOKED WORSE THAN MINE AND I
48:59 READS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I DON'T HAVE IT AS BAD AS I
49:05 THOUGHT. THERE'S SOMEONE I CAN HELP.
49:06 THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID THIS PAST WEEK.
49:09 SHE SAID THERE'S SOMEONE I CAN HELP.
49:12 SHE SAID WHEN WE PASSED OUT THOSE CLOTHES AND THAT FOOD, I
49:16 KNEW THAT GOD COULD USE ME FOR SO MUCH MORE.
49:19 RIGHT NOW SHE'S ABOUT TO GET TO HER SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL
49:25 AND WANTING TO BE USED BY THE LORD.
49:28 THIS IS THE POWER OF JUST PLANT THE SEED AND LET GOD GROW IT.
49:33 >> PART OF WHY THERE'S SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM IS BECAUSE FOR ME, I
49:37 FOUND LIKE A NEW LIFE IN MINISTRY.
49:41 GROWING UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIG TALENTS, YOU THINK OF HIS
49:45 PEOPLE WHO CAN THINK, PEOPLE WHO CAN PREACH, THE ACTORS AND I
49:50 WOULD LOOK AT PEOPLE AND SAY I CAN'T DO THAT, I CAN'T DO THAT
49:54 AND YOU CAN LOSE THAT SENSE OF PURPOSE.
49:56 OK, LORD, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS EARTH TO DO.
50:00 WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN MINISTRY, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS
50:05 HIT THIS DRUM AND THEN YOU FIND THAT WAIT A MINUTE, LIVES ARE
50:08 BEING CHANGED FROM ME HITTING THIS DRUM?
50:12 WAIT, WHAT? YOU MAY GO TO A JUVENILE
50:16 DETENTION CENTER AND TALK TO SOMEONE AND PRAY WITH THEM AND
50:18 YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S JUST A SIMPLE PRAYER BUT AFTERWARDS
50:23 THEY LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND ARE JUST AMAZED BY YOU BECAUSE THE
50:27 LOVE OF GOD IS JUST SHINING THROUGH YOU.
50:30 YOU REALIZES I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC TALENTS.
50:33 THEY'RE GREAT TALENTS BUT THE LORD IS WILLING TO USE ANYONE
50:36 WHO'S WILLING. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
50:48 >> THERE'S A IMPORTANCE OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
50:50 TALK ABOUT THAT. >> OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION
50:53 PROGRAM. I DON'T WANT TO RUE IN THE
50:54 SURPRISE. I THINK I HAVE TO HOLD ON TO
50:57 THAT ONE. IS THAT OK?
50:58 >> I'LL TALK ABOUT IT ON THE SECOND HOUR.
51:00 I'LL HIT THAT UP. BUT YEAH, YEAH.
51:02 >> OK, OK. >> WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT
51:05 IT. >> ALL RIGHT.
51:06 >> GOING BACK TO MINISTRY, THE REASON THE ENERGY'S THERE IS
51:11 BECAUSE YOU REALLY RECEIVE LIFE AS YOU MINISTER TO OTHER PEOPLE
51:16 AND THE LORD WILL REALLY USE ANYONE WHO'S WILLING AND THAT'S
51:20 WHAT I'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
51:22 WE'LL GO INTO A ASK IT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST ACTORS BUT
51:27 PEOPLE STILL, THEIR LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED, YOUNG MEN ARE
51:31 RAISING THEIR HAND SAYING I WANT A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.
51:34 I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT OR WE'RE GOING OUT AND DOING BIBLE STUDY
51:40 AND WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERY SINGLE TEXT BUT PEOPLE SEE THE LOVE OF
51:44 GOD THROUGH US AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THEM AND WHEN YOU SEE
51:48 THAT SENSE OF PURPOSE, LIKE THE LORD CAN USE ME, YOU GET
51:52 ENERGETIC FOR THE NEXT TIME, I WANT THE LORD TO USE ME AGAIN
51:56 TOMORROW. >> YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING.
51:58 THAT'S THE THING. IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
52:00 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE WILLING. MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY PEOPLE
52:06 ARE INVOLVED WITH NAPS. >> THAT'S A FUNNY QUESTION,
52:09 BECAUSE IT'S ASKED SO OFTEN. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE READ
52:12 THE BIBLE, HOW MANY WERE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
52:19 >> YOU WANT TO HEAR THE MAIN. >> THE REASON I ANSWER LIKE THAT
52:23 IS BECAUSE LIKE CHRIST EVERYWHERE WE GO, IT'S A HARD
52:26 NUMBER TO COUNT, BECAUSE DO WE INCLUDE THE 14 BRANCHES THAT ARE
52:31 OVERSEES AND STARTING UP THEIR -- WE TRAIN TO TRAIN.
52:36 I REMEMBER WHEN I JOINED UP, FINALLY THE COMMISSION IS REAL.
52:42 I HAD GONE TO ADVENT I HAVE THE SCHOOL, BUT WHEN DO YOU TRAIN.
52:49 YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST IN THE CHURCH STRUCTURE BUT WITH NAPS,
52:56 IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. >> IS THIS YOUR FULL TIME JOB?
53:06 >> THIS IS WHAT -- MY HUSBAND AND I, WE WERE TEACHERS IN
53:13 BERMUDA AT ADVENTIST SCHOOL AND GOD TOLD US IT WAS TIME TO GO
53:19 AND RETURN TO NAPS. WE HAD BEEN PART OF NAPS WHEN WE
53:23 WERE STUDENTS AND WE SAID IF GOD IS TELLING US TO GO, LORD, ARE
53:30 YOU SURE NOT JUST STAY ONE MORE YEAR.
53:33 BUT GOD WAS LIKE IT'S TIME TO GO.
53:37 WE RETURNED BACK AND WE ARE FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS WITH NAPS.
53:41 I SAY VOLUNTEERS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO IS WITH NAPS COULD
53:44 BE, YOU KNOW, GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, SO REALLY,
53:47 YOU JUST GET A STIPEND TO HELP YOU LIVE BUT I GUARANTEE THAT
53:52 THE STIPEND, THE GREATEST TYPE PEND THAT I'VE EVER GOTTEN IS
53:58 THE ONE GOD GIVES ME EVERY DAY. WE WANT FOR NOTHING.
54:25 >> IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP.
54:29 IN ONE OF OUR VIDEOS, THERE'S A BAN FIX IN BOTSWANA AND THE
54:35 GENTLEMAN, THE LORD INSPIRED THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
54:37 WHAT HAPPENED IS YEARS LATER, WE'RE GOING THROUGH LIKE THE
54:41 MISSION 360 MAGAZINE AND WE SEE A FACE THAT'S FAMILIAR.
54:45 I SAID WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S THE GUY WHO GOT INVOLVED WITH US IN
54:53 BOTSWANA. HE WAS BAPTIZED AND NOW HE'S
54:55 WITH ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION GOING OUT AS A MISSIONARY WHICH
54:59 TO ME WAS SO POWERFUL. WE HAD LOST CONTACT WITH HIM,
55:03 BUT HE STILL KEPT GOING AND NOW HE'S OUT THERE BEING A
55:07 MISSIONARY, AS WELL. >> YOU REMEMBER WE WENT ON A
55:09 MISSION TO THE ACCIDENT. JUST RECENTLY, COUPLE OF
55:13 CHRISTMASES AGO AND AS WE'RE THERE SHARING A TESTIMONY FROM
55:18 OUR FIRST MISSION TRIP TO ETHIOPIA.
55:22 MY FIRST MISSION TRIP, NOT HIS. AS WE SHARE THE TESTIMONY, WE
55:26 LEAVE JUST TO GO OUT AFTERWARDS AND THIS GUY COMES UP TO US, NO,
55:31 IT WAS LIBERIA, IT WAS A TESTIMONY FROM LIBERIA, SORRY.
55:36 THIS GUY COMES UP TO US AND SAID I WAS THERE.
55:39 WE WERE LIKE REALLY? HE SAID YEAH, I WAS THE
55:42 SECRETARY SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING WITH THE CHURCH.
55:44 WE'RE LIKE OK. HE PROCEEDED TO SAY WHEN HIS THE
55:48 LAST TIME YOU'VE HEARD FROM THEM.
55:50 WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE LIBERIA BRANCH IN A WHILE.
55:55 WE THOUGHT THEY HAD GOTTEN BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS.
55:57 HE SAID OH, NO, LIBERIA HAS BEEN GOING STRONG.
56:03 IT HAD BEEN YEARS SINCE WE HEARD FROM LIBERIA.
56:06 HE SAID THEY'RE GOING STRONG, THEY HAVE STARTED OTHER GROUPS
56:09 THAT STARTED OTHER GROUPS AND THEY EVEN HAVE A DAY CALLED
56:14 NATIONALS DAY WHERE EVERYONE GOES OUT AND DOES SERVICE FOR
56:16 THE LORD? HE SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
56:19 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO HARD TO ANSWER, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE
56:22 START TO THINK THAT WE'RE ALONE KIND OF LIKE SOME OF THE PROFITS
56:26 IN THE BIBLE, GOT REMINDS US THAT HE'S MOVING FORWARD AND
56:30 IT'S SPREADING. >> WOW, WOW, HONEY, I HAVE TO
56:33 TAKE A BREATH. >> I LOVE THIS.
56:36 THE MINISTRY IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME MINISTRIES, YOU GET
56:42 BAPTIZED AND DON'T HEAR FROM IT AGAIN.
56:45 YOURS IS AMAZING, THE LORD IS USING NAPS IN AMAZING WAYS.
56:52 >> I ASK MYSELF A QUESTION WHAT WOULD MAKE A PERSON LEAVE THEIR
56:58 JOB TO DO THIS FULL TIME FOR A STIPEND.
57:03 DELAYED GRATIFICATION. TORREY, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE
57:08 WITH US THE SECOND HOUR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
57:12 AND DR. MARLO PAUL IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH US IN THE SECOND
57:16 HOUR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MORE
57:18 PEOPLE JOIN US FOR THE SECOND HOUR AND YOU'LL FIND OUT WOW.
57:22 I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SAYING I WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT
57:26 ELSE THEY HAVE TO SAY. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME, I
57:30 MEAN A LOT MORE TO COME IN THE SECOND HOUR, VIDEOS,
57:34 TESTIMONIES, PICTURES, AND SHOWING HOW GOD IS MOVING IN
57:39 AMAZING WAYS. SO DON'T GO AWAY.
57:42 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.


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