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>> Hello and welcome to
another 3, A B and today a live
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program. Thank you for joining
us. Is you do each and every
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day. As always. Thank you for
your love and your prayers and
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financial support of 3ABN, as
we endeavor to take this great
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gospel of the kingdom and to
all the world, I'm here with my
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beautiful wife, Yvonne, Yvonne.
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>> We're going to have a great
program tonight. All we have
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some wonderful guests
on tonight. It shall we go
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straight to lead. All
right. Let's do so, right. So I
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introduced yes, I I we have
Doctor Andy Hunt Sacre, who is
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the president of a U.S.. I
good to have you. Thank you.
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So great to be here at the
year. And Denzel McNeil is he
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is the president of
assigned missions ache and than
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Houghton, who is
and aside board member,
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OK?
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>> And I know these people
for years for many, many years,
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hadn't you all are here.
So for those of you tonight,
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this going to be a
great program. How do we know?
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We've already prayed and asked
the Holy See here for the last
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things and on this program.
So we want you to view if you
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are not aware, maybe you're
tuning in for the first time,
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doesn't make any difference.
What share it with the
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nomination. You are. Yes, I
was in the business and their
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ministries in the business
of people touching people around
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the world, sharing the good
news, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now, what Christian doesn't
want to be a part of this.
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I know I do and have been for
many, many years. So to begin
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with what we're going to do, a
doctor and is just maybe give a
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little and role in each of you
tell us about a s I and I think
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people got to catch the
vision here. And I started 1985.
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And I think than you started
a little earn. 83 in 1983,
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OK, who wants to
give us tell us about NSA?
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>> You know, said again, it's
just great to to be here and be
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able to share. So it's time for
those that do not know, stands
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for Adventist Lehman
Services and industries.
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And I like what you said,
Danny, you said spreading the
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gospel around the wound
and its eye has been focused on
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spreading the gospel, not just
mechanically, but because we're
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all you know, you'll see that
tonight. We're all passionate
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about sharing Jesus Christ
because he's done so much for
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us.
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And so just a little history on
on a a sigh and then we'll hear
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from Dennis was going to do a
little bit about his testimony
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and so with little down. But,
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you know, it says in
its its title, Lehman,
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and it's the lead driven Libby
lead ministry. And what that
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means is that we're not
ordained ministers will passes,
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but were touched by the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. And so we
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share
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and it was organized in 1947.
To men. And I must say, I'm a
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physician and these 2 men
were physicians. So I feel
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completely at home. Haha, but
Sutherland use the lid and PT
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Megan, by the way,
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East, both on and also starred
in Walla Walla College. And
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that was my Mamata. And then
Loma Linda P team again went to
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that that time College of
medical of ashes. So these 2
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men,
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we're physicians and the with
they followed the couch with
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Ellen White. And that's how
it's I was born listening to
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the cost of L and white.
We know about that trip on the
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on the river. And
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we know that, you know,
they were going to do something.
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But why did they get on that
Cumberland River in the first
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place was because though,
falling ill and wise counsel on
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education. And so you hear
as we I talk tonight, they'll be
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of a theme running
through following Ellen White's
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council. We know that what will
hopefully help get us like my
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good friend as a state off this
planet. And so it's a way to
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link Lee ministries with the
organize church and that will
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be doing is sites. It's
run by businesspeople and self
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supporting ministries
professionals all coming
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together and
sharing ideas how to
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send the Gospel all over and
just really win souls for Jesus
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Christ. That's what we're
about to. It's still impressive
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because when you go to one
of the conventions and you go on
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the exhibition floor and
you see all of these different
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ministries, it's so
impressive and you can find
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I was looking for something
in particular, a particular kind
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of ministry. And it was
they came in. It was the it's a
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wonderful, wonderful or he
isn't. And there's a lot of
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synergy between the self
supporting ministries, the
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business people and the
professionals, lot of synergy
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and working together as we will
in the kingdom. So industry and
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I'm thrilled.
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>> And one of the threat.
But one of the things I think
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is you bring up there is very
important to van is that when
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you come to the U.S. a
convention, you're in that area
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where we call the booth area
where the exhibit are there.
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You have 350 plus exhibits
there. All people of all
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talking about how there can
share Christ for them are in
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the marketplace and how they
can use their ministry assure
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Christ was even more exciting
about that is the fact that
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everybody wants to commute to
work together. They don't want
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to just to do it on their
own. They want to work together.
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How can I can, you know,
take this ministry this ministry
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bringing together and do more?
Because, you know, I really
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believe the Lord never adds he
multiplies. Yeah, when we work
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together for him. And you know,
when I first went s I really
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didn't want to go. I'm actually
a family came into my office.
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Is that Denzel? I want you
to join side now at that time,
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we're we're in the
family business where he built
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concrete mixers and garbage
truck. He came into my office.
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He's doesn't want you joining
us. I and I said I don't want
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to join another club. I'm too
busy pulse to make money to the
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church and let the
professionals do the work.
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Right. And that's what I
thought were supposed to do and
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do come here on the Lord is
our money be needs all of us.
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And
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so I thought to myself, OK,
how do I get this guy out of my
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office has said joint. He told
me how much it costs a joint.
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Okay, joy. And he goes well.
You got to felt they were as I
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don't have time to fill up a
where he'll be joined. You fill
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out the paperwork. There's
my conference table. You sit
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there, fill it out to check
what Eissa said. Get get that,
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get this catch a quick kind
of get in my office. So I get in
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the check was signed everything
up. He says great. They get
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promise me. You know how
when he walks into your office,
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you kindly to Milan and the
problem was the guy would let
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go of my hand. I kept saying
got to promise me, you'll come
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to an end in sight convention
and I go, OK, I'll come to a
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convention to get him
out. The the problem was I went
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home. I told my wife,
right? I told my wife about the
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situation about this man
came to visit and she goes wall.
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You gave your word you're going
to go to convention. This is a
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convention. I go, look, you're
into I have no intention of
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going to this convention.
She said we promised ice.
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That wasn't a real problem
promise to get them on my
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office. Problems that out
and that we're man of your word.
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Yeah. All right. And so you
know how it is with your wife.
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You compromising end up doing
what she wants to do. They had
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a did literally is we argued
a disgusted, I should say haha.
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And then just a couple days
before the convention that went
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to the convention. And so it
was the Lord has time because
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of the glory of the New
Mexico. It was in the middle of
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nowhere. You had to get there.
Now at that time, I was really
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shy. Didn't like to see.
I didn't like what I found.
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I had to eat with people.
I wouldn't want within buddy
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and I was nervous about
that. And they these big tables.
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We had to sit down and eat
with people in that. And and I'm
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sitting there at the table
and I always used to conventions
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where they talk of a new boat,
their new car are there new
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trip for new life or whatever
it is? You know, but but here
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they're sitting around
the table and their time. What
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mission trip have you been on
recently? What are you doing to
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share Jesus in your market
place? What are you doing to 2
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in your business to
reach others for Jesus
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and you what? I had
nothing to tell them
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because I could. I never I
wasn't doing it. I thought my
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job was just give money now
is and I don't want to diminish
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the stress of giving money.
But the Lord, you know, let's
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face it. It's lords all
his anyway, right? Yeah, yeah.
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And when I met people that were
giving Bible studies that we're
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doing revelation, seminars that
were involved in evangelism,
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that we're doing things in
their offices, share Jesus and
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they have businesses that
were larger than our business.
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They were doing things
that I never thought to be done.
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And I thought if they can
do it, I can do it. And it
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completely changed my whole
outlook on life and hall look
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of what we're really all about.
And that was a 37 years ago.
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Wow, and I will tell you, my
wife and I have never missed an
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essay convention since that
time. Wow. And you know what,
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we we've been to your office
and Jesus is all up in his
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office. I mean, you have now
pictures are those signs away
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of all of these different
things in your office which
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lets people know that
you're not in the I called the
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feathers and the its bank,
the United the Christian with
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witness protection program,
what you know, but but believe
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it, I never none of those ideas
are original. I got them for me
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assign members. I talked to
a gentleman one time. He says,
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I said, How do you share Jesus?
He says why put Nathan Green
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art up in my office and I go I
can buy are put into my office.
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I bought the thin green Artan.
It's amazing. The amount of
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times you get opportunities
to talk about Jesus by having
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anything green art, you know,
or or put in a desired pages in
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your lobby or putting a
creation magazine or just all
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these various things that
you that they're not original
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there. Pete, their ideas that I
got from other is I members and
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youth. And that's the thing
about it. Because when you talk
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to a clergy and he tells
you, well, you should do this.
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Well, you know, he's paid to
do that. But when a brother like
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Dan tells me, I need to
do something that's a whole
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different viewpoint. If Dan can
do it, I can do it. You know,
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it's just gives a whole
different camaraderie about
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about the boat life and the
privilege of being able to tell
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others about Jesus.
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>> And now it's beautiful. I
loved end zone. But when I go
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to his house or go to his
office, I walk away feeling
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like a failure because he is so
organized overnight. Death is a
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vast everything's in the past.
Everything is in place and I
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think that your house you're
that way to Denver, which is a
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great attribute. I wish I had
it. He's kind of like looking
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to 10 Commandments when you're
not living right? Quite that
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bad. I feel guilty when
I walk ever seen a more.
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>> Organize very or let's
have a great assistant and great
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people that work around me.
They can organize who also have
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a situation with Denzel where
he is looking for some way like
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all of us should be doing
trying to find a way to open a
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door for someone to think
a thought about cheese. Yes,
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and the use of art, the use
of other kinds of things holding
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seminars in the bank. You've
done that. So but that's the
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aside Spirit. Yeah, I think,
you know, I think that when
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Karen, I first came to
the aside convention and in
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Guntersville, Alabama, 19
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83, while there may be 250
people and there were only 3
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families that had kids. Our
2 were 2 of those. And our kids
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stood up on the table because
they were really young as
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saying, OK, and will, you know,
they're old timers. That even
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may have been at a aside
that time will remember that.
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But that changed our lives
in the future. We don't we don't
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have, as you vacations,
vacations usually have to do
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with something to what
they assign anymore. You know,
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when we're traveling
away, there's something we're
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involved in a mission trip.
We're in a, you know, like we
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went to the Philippines, Denzel
for for something. We'll talk
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about a little later
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and it has it radically
changed our focus in like, yeah,
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yeah. Again to think how
can we consciously plan to reach
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someone for Jesus Christ
and it doesn't have to be overt.
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Always. It can be very casual
unsubtle. Like if you walk into
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my office, you walk in
the denzel's office. There are
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going to be pennies. As I see
right across here. You have a
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beautiful Nathan Green peace
here in the studio that we're
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very proud of and whatever it
can be done 2 to cause someone
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to say, you know,
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a little
knowledge of the holy spirit
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to look at a different way
to share with other people can
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listen on this planet. The
only thing we take off of it
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for the people, the right,
that's it, man. And one of the
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things talking about aside,
one of the things that's really
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critical for us to think
about sometimes in the church,
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there can be a little bit
of a tension, not that I don't
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really want to say tension,
but just a little bit of a stand
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offices between the clergy and
leaders and the lay people that
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can get in the organization,
OK, I don't care. That's the
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dilemma nation where part of
or somebody else. But sometimes
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you'll hear people say will
lay people are getting going.
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It's going to lay
people. It finished the work.
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You know, that's not a
true statement. And I hope you
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realize that. But I want
to pull up that the actual
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quotation of that because
this is fundamental to our aside
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philosophy is and this is
actually found a 9 testimonies
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written by Ellen White, a
page one 16. And here's what it
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says. The work of God in
this Earth can never be finished
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until the men and
women comprising our church
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membership, Raleigh to the work
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and unite the keyword, unite
their efforts with those of
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ministers and church officers
from. So it's going to the work
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is going to be finished by
lay people uniting with church
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leaders. And aside is a perfect
example of how that works.
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It can happen in local churches
that can happen in other
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situations. But we are an
actual illustration in real
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time
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of laypeople and church
leadership working together for
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causes. And we discovered
over time that partnering
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with different
entities ministries together or
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ministries together with
the church part, just like being
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with 3 Angels Broadcasting
Network, our Organization,
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Heart Research Center has
partnered on 2 things right now
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that I can think of we
partnered on Mark Families 3
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causing messages and we're
doing 3 angels for kids right
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now. That's a partnering
between our ministries. Same
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thing you're going to
hear about partnering between
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ministries and the church.
Some of our greatest forward
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motion has become true.
Partners are working that I'd
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like to go back on something
because you both mentioned,
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you know, you
mentioned family mentioned kids.
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>> That sigh when you first
went, there is just a few kids
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there. But that I want to talk
about that just for a little
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bit
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because I was amazed. And
so that a number of years ago,
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I know I want to thank the
dashon and your dad and some
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some other. Yeah, we went
to several countries, Cambodia,
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but I remember what struck me is
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kids were teenagers, I think.
And they said where you want to
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go on vacation and they
they went on a mission trip and
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praised. I mean, how many
teenagers, you know, do that
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enough? No one can tell me
aside in infants that not gone
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the first time write yours,
same thing down to Loot League.
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You're you're can. So I
remember all you kids when
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they're little and getting
on the little buses and going
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around paint and whatever
houses and helping people in
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the cities where they go.
That's right. But aside has
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been a tremendous springboard.
So I would like to say this.
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I have been asked about
it. But honestly, the idea
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conceived by those 2 brothers,
he's maybe the greatest,
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if not
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one of the greatest of not on
the greatest ideas to ever got
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ordain ideas to ever happen
because as already mentioned by
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several as I as become a
springboard, it's so ministries
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that no one ever heard of
1985, no one ever heard of 3 ABN
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because we're just getting
started. That's right. Yes,
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I'm with the springboard
that took us to meet people that
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caught the vision of 3 a B m.
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We can go through ministry
after ministry after ministry
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now by well, somebody shows
up, can I get a little booth and
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show you somebody walks by and
to the man, look, just like in
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the past year is actually
what she was looking for. She is
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large and pressure in ministry.
I need help. But I wonder if
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there's that all they have just
want to I'm still talking to
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folks still working together.
But I think what makes a** I
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different than most as it's
not one person with one group or
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was a sore one. It's to lay
its the church. It's everybody
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working together. And so
then it catapults the gospel.
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So there were where one of
us couldn't do it on our own.
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But now, yeah. So you take
the business people. You know,
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we take you lay person,
weathers carpenter plumber,
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you know, whatever they
are, what are school teachers,
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then you get church leadership.
You get people coming together
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and sent. You know what our
mission on this earth is found
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in Matthew. 28 right maintained
a taunting me. Jesus said,
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Go ye into all the
world. And so all together
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we can do that. Yeah. And
that's why we're thankful to be
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a part of a yes, I'm we hope if
you're not that you will be war
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and you'll catch division
because if you want to be on
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the winning team, if you
read the back of the book and
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revelation and says We
win, that's my short version of
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Yahoo. We win as well. That
way. You have an opportunity to
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be part of people who have are
taking that or does it cost one
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dollar world you've
done and so many ways.
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>> So many ideas and so many
think tanks coming together.
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And I mean, it's just almost
unbelievable. So when you're
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out there by yourself and
your ministry, you're thinking,
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boy, it's earners, not another
7 other 1000 people that right
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now.
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>> Bell the Dow down, you know,
but but wait a minute, there's
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a lot of people out here I
didn't know about. So it also
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it is helpful in encouraging.
Yeah, new can call someone ton
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Ministry how you've done well,
but I'm struggling as you get
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to make friends. You see I
mean, and it's the camaraderie
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and a sense it is. So it's
an incredible organization.
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So if you don't know about
it in a bit, will put up an
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address and we want
you to find out about it.
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>> Dana, actually, that's one
of the things that one of the
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reasons why, as I started
was for the ministries to come
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together to fellowship,
take reach other, to go back out
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into their marketplace for
the following year. So it's a
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really up time to come
together, being courage to go
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forth and do go back to where
you are and finish the work
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that they are. And that's
our convention now, the annual
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convention, your convention.
But there's there's one other
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thing here I just want to say,
and that is that no idea just
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comes and myself. And you
pointed this out a minute ago,
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Danny, that these 2 original
founders, the didn't know the
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name aside, by the way, they
were just helping to get the
00:20:09.04\00:20:11.77
lay people involved, Sutherland
and again, Sutherland was the
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first day aside. President
May we say okay, but we stand in
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this generation. Denzel night
will be joined aside. We're
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both in our 20's K so it's been
a little while. But you know
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what? We stand on the
shoulders. So much of some
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incredible individuals.
And I just want to, you know,
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acknowledge that right at the
beginning of this discussion.
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There are people like this like
Sutherland's mug ends. We're
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also looking at people
like, for instance, O De McKee.
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Yeah. Okay. At the first to
convention I went to I had the
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privilege to sit with Cody
and his wife, Ellsworth father.
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Yes. And had a chance to
interact with him and then you
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look at Tom's apart, Tom and
violence up are a great Harold
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and Joan Lance. Yes. And
the Herald, by the way, I'm sure
00:21:00.29\00:21:03.26
heralds watching right
now. Harold is shot out to you.
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We really appreciate your
sage and and your guidance and
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.43
helping us through this process
and it's these individuals.
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So we today stand on the
shoulders and we say, Lord,
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what a privilege you've given
to us. Thank you. And may we be
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faithful and then?
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>> I can get I think for hours
and Yahoo House to move us on.
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We have a lot of
things that sort of will.
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>> The demonstrate the breath
of what we do because one of
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the things that we do is
provide resources, yes, and not
00:21:37.19\00:21:40.80
just for PSI members, but
for the entire World Church.
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And we've done several projects
that have affected the entire
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church were not boasting it at
all. We're just saying that we
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have tried to be faithful to
the call of God in our lives.
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And so we have and all of the
things that we've done you'll
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see tonight have been pot in
a ship with the ministries all
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with the church. Many of them
we don't run off on our own and
00:22:03.75\00:22:08.66
whatnot. We're very supported
the church and its leadership
00:22:08.66\00:22:12.59
and the some of the organize
some of the Adventist who and
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so that's why I think
we have our legitimacy
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because of that
the things that we do.
00:22:19.73\00:22:21.80
>> That's the kind of moves
along if you don't mind already
00:22:21.80\00:22:24.84
have. And we have.
00:22:24.84\00:22:26.57
>> Haha. Yeah. So we have
00:22:26.57\00:22:29.84
Bush the M Den has there.
The first thing that we did
00:22:29.84\00:22:33.28
begun in 1983 S what's the book
project and you see, but the
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good news, trace, the history
of the many resources that we
00:22:36.79\00:22:40.06
have. And Joe, as we're coming
along, that how God has has led
00:22:40.06\00:22:45.76
and there's
going to be exciting.
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>> Question. But let me jump
right into this. 92 the first
00:22:47.36\00:22:50.30
year that Karen and I and
our family went to the I S I
00:22:50.30\00:22:52.93
convention, the book project
will be called the aside book
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Project internally was born.
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And at that time there was
a guy. And yes, I member named
00:22:59.94\00:23:03.18
Gilbert, Wilkes and Gilbert
had a printing operation. And he
00:23:03.18\00:23:06.98
actually published a Little
magazine that was a kind of a
00:23:06.98\00:23:10.39
weekly shop or that was sent
out all over the place and had
00:23:10.39\00:23:13.79
ads in it. And he was start
put little spiritual thoughts in
00:23:13.79\00:23:16.93
there. And then you start
saying, why can't we do steps
00:23:16.93\00:23:19.13
to Christ this way? And so he
did. He printed the first time
00:23:19.13\00:23:23.10
we had big runs in the Church
of steps to Christ he printed
00:23:23.10\00:23:26.50
and he came in 1983 and he said
to the group, listen, I have
00:23:26.50\00:23:30.37
this idea, but it's bigger than
me. I don't have the money to
00:23:30.37\00:23:32.91
actually be able to create
and develop into the first print
00:23:32.91\00:23:36.44
run and assigned Missions Inc,
the organization that Denzel's
00:23:36.44\00:23:39.88
the president of an and I
serve on that board as well.
00:23:39.88\00:23:43.15
That group bought it. And
out of that meeting, we saw
00:23:43.15\00:23:46.62
immediately several million
copies of happiness died.
00:23:46.62\00:23:50.33
Just that was the beginnings of
of them. By the way, here's the
00:23:50.33\00:23:54.40
steps to Christ. This is the
this is the current rendition
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.47
of of the of the book and the
newest one we've actually gone
00:23:57.47\00:24:01.60
through. This is our 3rd
complete makeover of the series
00:24:01.60\00:24:05.81
in 40 years. But
00:24:05.81\00:24:08.18
>> now what's
different about this one?
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.05
>> Well, this one, we have
a beautiful cover and on the
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.28
cover, you'll notice that we
have a crown that is a partial
00:24:12.28\00:24:15.95
gold crown and a partial crown
of thorns. And so it is talking
00:24:15.95\00:24:21.06
about the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, the steps to Christ.
00:24:21.06\00:24:23.26
But in addition to that, in the
back of this book, we actually
00:24:23.26\00:24:26.66
have a set of questions and
answers on the Gospel that are
00:24:26.66\00:24:31.03
included right the back of this
book. And that was something
00:24:31.03\00:24:33.74
that came as we've gone down
the road. We've said, what can
00:24:33.74\00:24:36.37
we improve this way? We can
tweak a little bit this way,
00:24:36.37\00:24:38.57
but this has been distributed
by the millions. Okay. Now in
00:24:38.57\00:24:43.65
1989 by this time, denzel's
come into the organ and the and
00:24:43.65\00:24:49.12
I'm going to have him to share
how the rest of these books
00:24:49.12\00:24:51.35
started to come together
because that's when it happened
00:24:51.35\00:24:53.49
Denzel.
00:24:53.49\00:24:54.72
>> Well, what happened was that
we found out that the desire of
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.96
ages that the most copies that
have been printed one time was
00:24:57.96\00:25:02.16
10,000 copies in a run. And
Gilbert Welch again said if we
00:25:02.16\00:25:08.20
did in a large quantity because
of the press, we can get him
00:25:08.20\00:25:11.54
down in cost at 10,000
and a $10,000 or 10,000 print.
00:25:11.54\00:25:17.61
We could do it for we can
print it for $3.86. But we did
00:25:17.61\00:25:22.05
100,000. We could do it for
55 sets. And so we side with the
00:25:22.05\00:25:27.72
fact that not back down, but
not today. And so we're sitting
00:25:27.72\00:25:31.53
around the corner on the Briton
were discussing, which book to
00:25:31.53\00:25:34.60
do
00:25:34.60\00:25:35.76
and we're deciding, OK, should
we do Christ object lessons or
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.63
should we do desire of ages
on partial deserve a just cause?
00:25:38.63\00:25:41.70
That's all my family became
at Venice's through that book,
00:25:41.70\00:25:44.74
our great controversy. And
there was debating which one to
00:25:44.74\00:25:47.54
do. And I'm a young person who
doesn't come for my first time
00:25:47.54\00:25:51.25
ever there. And I didn't
realize that Tom's of Paros who
00:25:51.25\00:25:54.82
is always challenging everybody
around them around the table
00:25:54.82\00:25:58.29
saying, well, if you do
this, I'll do this and trying to
00:25:58.29\00:26:01.02
challenge people to raise money
and things like that. And I I
00:26:01.02\00:26:03.89
just all of a sudden I just
said book, will you like Chris
00:26:03.89\00:26:06.93
Eyeglasses? Watch you do it.
100,000 new 200,000 to 200,000
00:26:06.93\00:26:11.27
and I'll do 100,000 time.
You do 100,000 and each to a
00:26:11.27\00:26:15.10
book and all of them said,
yes, yes, yes, yes, all the way
00:26:15.10\00:26:18.07
around. And then Tom, just
look at me and goes all right,
00:26:18.07\00:26:20.98
then, ah, her and I
didn't realize until afterwards
00:26:20.98\00:26:24.95
because I challenged him or
one just went ahead and did it
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.32
quickly. But out of that became
we've raised the money to start
00:26:27.32\00:26:31.75
that project. That's right.
And from that project we have
00:26:31.75\00:26:35.16
now printed over 9 million
books distributed distributed
00:26:35.16\00:26:40.40
9 million books. And what's the
beauty of it is not only do we
00:26:40.40\00:26:44.40
have the original money in that
in that pro part, we also have
00:26:44.40\00:26:51.01
additional money because
what we have done is we put a
00:26:51.01\00:26:53.51
contingency it joy to the cause
of the book and a very in some
00:26:53.51\00:26:57.31
little bit of extra money
and put it into each book just a
00:26:57.31\00:27:00.55
few pennies so that we can make
a revolving fund. And so as a
00:27:00.55\00:27:04.35
result of that, we've now
printed 11 different at titles.
00:27:04.35\00:27:08.12
And we've now been able to
use that money to creep, keep
00:27:08.12\00:27:13.53
printing over and over again
at a lower cost. And so it's
00:27:13.53\00:27:17.53
really been a beautiful concept
that just started with just
00:27:17.53\00:27:20.94
that challenge. But the
exciting thing of his, how the
00:27:20.94\00:27:24.11
Lord bless you and through that
has seen so many books being
00:27:24.11\00:27:28.81
given out to
the for the Kingdom.
00:27:28.81\00:27:30.41
>> And hows and distributed,
what should distribution
00:27:30.41\00:27:33.18
network? Well, our distribution
network as we again, we partner
00:27:33.18\00:27:37.25
are using that word over and
over the the advent of Oksana
00:27:37.25\00:27:40.72
Pacific Press it at the
original time, we still have
00:27:40.72\00:27:43.06
reviewing Herald. We are
partnering with the review,
00:27:43.06\00:27:45.36
Harold and with City Press.
But now it's up to the press.
00:27:45.36\00:27:48.20
And so we have provided the
entire inventory. We've we've
00:27:48.20\00:27:51.87
basically it's our project
within that organization,
00:27:51.87\00:27:54.90
but they handle
all the fulfillment,
00:27:54.90\00:27:57.11
all the orders. And so we're
going to have a Web site here
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.54
in a few minutes to put
up. So if somebody wants these,
00:27:59.54\00:28:01.31
but I want to talk about the
current books quickly, because
00:28:01.31\00:28:05.15
in the process of getting
to 9 million say distributed
00:28:05.15\00:28:08.68
distributed, I mean,
this is the start of the great
00:28:08.68\00:28:11.15
controversy alone. And by the
way, our new designs were quite
00:28:11.15\00:28:14.52
pleased. You all have them
around. We have we have done
00:28:14.52\00:28:18.19
these books until this just a
year or so ago year and a half
00:28:18.19\00:28:21.33
ago, we decided we need to do a
complete new makeover. You have
00:28:21.33\00:28:26.17
to do that in publishing
refreshed. And so we did that.
00:28:26.17\00:28:30.14
And when we when we brought
this and reported that 2 rsi
00:28:30.14\00:28:33.34
board,
00:28:33.34\00:28:34.48
we were saying we've got a
new partnership between the LNG
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.75
white estate. They've helped
us go through the whole process
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.08
and Pacific press and aside
00:28:39.08\00:28:41.38
and one of the things that we
did was we said, let's tie this
00:28:41.38\00:28:44.65
into electronic or the tech
world. And if you open these
00:28:44.65\00:28:48.49
books up just to the second
page on the inside, you'll see
00:28:48.49\00:28:51.49
the QR code right here.
Love it. And that QR code. I'm
00:28:51.49\00:28:55.96
holding the great controversy
here in that QR code on the
00:28:55.96\00:28:58.57
inside will allow it will
take you straight to a special
00:28:58.57\00:29:01.77
website that the Elegy,
why this association has put
00:29:01.77\00:29:05.07
together this data and it
has the ability to have you read
00:29:05.07\00:29:09.64
this book in 90 different
languages. One can listen to it
00:29:09.64\00:29:13.31
in 25 or 30, I believe as what
you can print it. You can look
00:29:13.31\00:29:16.75
at all these different things.
So we're trying to expand out
00:29:16.75\00:29:19.99
so that somebody who might have
this since I want to share this
00:29:19.99\00:29:23.26
is somebody in
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.53
some Asian country, yes,
puzzles. You can actually show
00:29:25.53\00:29:29.13
pop this around. They can
log-on to it and see what's
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.43
happening with it. And we've
done this. The other thing that
00:29:31.43\00:29:33.60
we did as we put
these 5 together,
00:29:33.60\00:29:37.24
we know the contour to the
ages and here we all put them up
00:29:37.24\00:29:40.48
here so it can be seen of.
We had never put the 5 books,
00:29:40.48\00:29:43.58
even though we were
distributing them. We decided
00:29:43.58\00:29:46.18
why don't we tried
putting it together.
00:29:46.18\00:29:48.62
And so we've done that. And
when we presented this, I just
00:29:48.62\00:29:51.85
want to do a shout out to
our North American Division.
00:29:51.85\00:29:55.39
Elder Alex Bryant, elder Bryant
and his team were at the board
00:29:55.39\00:29:59.09
meeting. They
looked at this and said,
00:29:59.09\00:30:01.90
why can't we could we use this?
We'd like to place an order and
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.97
they have now placed an order
for every person in the North
00:30:04.97\00:30:07.97
American division. That's
baptized in 23 24 and won.
00:30:07.97\00:30:12.14
The division is sending the
set. Wow. And here's the crazy
00:30:12.14\00:30:16.85
thing with it, Danny, most the
time you think, well, how much
00:30:16.85\00:30:19.38
money would it cost to do all
this? A person? The way we've
00:30:19.38\00:30:22.12
got to set up a person can say
I want this set and I want to
00:30:22.12\00:30:26.02
mail it to someone for under
$15 ship a hope. A multi think
00:30:26.02\00:30:31.73
anything under 50 bucks.
Yeah, OK, you can buy these and
00:30:31.73\00:30:34.86
what I love what Denzel Dunn
has done. Tell what you've done
00:30:34.86\00:30:38.40
with these books as well.
00:30:38.40\00:30:39.73
>> But it goes back to when
I was a a S I also was involved
00:30:39.73\00:30:43.71
with helping with the Ukraine
refugee situation. And so we
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.98
did a big print. He know of a
literature there and in to help
00:30:46.98\00:30:51.91
with Ukraine's Ukrainians.
And one story I heard when I
00:30:51.91\00:30:55.98
was over there and heard from
one of the members are one of
00:30:55.98\00:30:59.49
the church members is they
had a bunch of deserve ages and
00:30:59.49\00:31:02.92
great controversies in their
basement. And because there you
00:31:02.92\00:31:06.19
can get paper, you can't print
or anything else. And they were
00:31:06.19\00:31:09.10
given these out 2 soldiers
and to everyone for the members
00:31:09.10\00:31:13.13
were to refugees as they
were going by. And I thought,
00:31:13.13\00:31:16.34
well, you know, right now you
we have paper shortage within
00:31:16.34\00:31:19.04
shortages. We have all these
charges. So I just bought a
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.88
bunch of cases these
and put in my basement.
00:31:21.88\00:31:24.35
So when the next shortage comes
around, I'll be able to have
00:31:24.35\00:31:27.28
and could be ready because
we're going to have and we're
00:31:27.28\00:31:30.15
going to have a sigh. So I got
several 1000 of these sitting
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.79
in my basement ready to go.
So I'm ready because you never
00:31:32.79\00:31:36.62
know what's going to
happen. So, you know, especially
00:31:36.62\00:31:38.79
today's poppies of great
controversy in the back of our
00:31:38.79\00:31:41.90
car.
00:31:41.90\00:31:43.06
>> So if we see some, we think
we want to give too. We can do
00:31:43.06\00:31:45.00
that. We yes, and that's the
whole idea. I think people can
00:31:45.00\00:31:47.50
buy these by the case
00:31:47.50\00:31:49.50
and just have this is not
designed for 20,000 copies are
00:31:49.50\00:31:53.24
going to give out like
our church. My church is given
00:31:53.24\00:31:55.74
160,000 great controversies out
in the last 3 years. But this
00:31:55.74\00:31:59.65
is more for the person is is
I want to give out 50 or 60 of
00:31:59.65\00:32:02.95
these really nice ones. And
there's not a better low cost
00:32:02.95\00:32:07.46
unit that we know of out there
and we're very proud of what
00:32:07.46\00:32:10.96
they have, what they look
like and how they go into the
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.73
future. But the digital aspect,
I want to just that you love
00:32:13.73\00:32:17.47
that. There may be a couple
more things related to this,
00:32:17.47\00:32:19.30
but I'm not thinking, right?
Do you have to tell about what
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.64
we've done with the digital
Co? That's that's where I was.
00:32:21.64\00:32:24.17
I was just saying that,
OK? So the digital side of this
00:32:24.17\00:32:27.58
back in probably 2005, 2006.
And again, I just want to say
00:32:27.58\00:32:33.11
before I forget this, Harrell
Lance was the guy who really
00:32:33.11\00:32:37.59
worked on this from 1983
onward. Yes, gentle and I have
00:32:37.59\00:32:40.92
kind of picked it up in the
last 5 to 7 years. But he was
00:32:40.92\00:32:44.33
the one that was really the
genius. So he's still reminds
00:32:44.33\00:32:46.73
us and helps us.
00:32:46.73\00:32:47.66
>> Hahaha, we really we need it.
00:32:47.66\00:32:52.00
>> But there was a guy that
came along. He said, you know,
00:32:52.00\00:32:54.60
we need to get some
translations into a different
00:32:54.60\00:32:57.64
group in India, a
certain dialect of Indian.
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.88
And we start to think, well,
why can't we translate some of
00:33:00.88\00:33:02.94
these books? Of course, we've
done Bibles. People have done
00:33:02.94\00:33:05.08
different things, the Bible's,
but some of the specific books.
00:33:05.08\00:33:07.88
So we said, well, as we can do
that, you know, and we started
00:33:07.88\00:33:10.75
off on this journey to
try to do some translation. We
00:33:10.75\00:33:12.92
discovered quickly after a year
to a lot of work. But that's a
00:33:12.92\00:33:16.69
challenge. And so we again
to curl advice we partnered up
00:33:16.69\00:33:21.03
but the elegy by the state.
Okay. And we have got some
00:33:21.03\00:33:25.33
fantastic responses and results
to share with you and the
00:33:25.33\00:33:29.14
audience tonight on this.
00:33:29.14\00:33:31.67
That's one reason why we
put the QR code and every one of
00:33:31.67\00:33:34.44
these books.
00:33:34.44\00:33:35.51
But we begin the process
of working with them. And so,
00:33:35.51\00:33:38.81
yes, I you'll notice almost
every year in our offering,
00:33:38.81\00:33:41.92
we include the digital books,
a villain white with the LG
00:33:41.92\00:33:45.42
Wednesday in the
offering almost every year.
00:33:45.42\00:33:48.39
Right now we have I believe,
and I'm going to put up on my
00:33:48.39\00:33:51.96
on my screen line. I I
think I've got it. 2,997 books,
00:33:51.96\00:33:58.53
different. A different books
have been have been digitized
00:33:58.53\00:34:03.00
in different languages
around the world. In all these
00:34:03.00\00:34:06.71
everything is plus, I believe
it's like I've been to pull a
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.68
bitter pill may be buried.
00:34:08.68\00:34:09.74
>> So, folks, that's a
little hard to grasp. But yeah,
00:34:09.74\00:34:15.65
OK, thank you. Open this book.
And when you get that QR code,
00:34:15.65\00:34:19.59
right, no, you go to. It's
going to take you to a website.
00:34:19.59\00:34:23.19
That's right. And then you
can choose the language. Yes,
00:34:23.19\00:34:25.79
light.
00:34:25.79\00:34:26.96
>> Yeah, OK, so here's here's
the statistics on our project
00:34:26.96\00:34:31.00
because it's been going
on now for about 14 years,
00:34:31.00\00:34:33.94
13, 14 years. The
longer now 15, okay, 15 years.
00:34:33.94\00:34:38.14
We now have 2,997 books in 145
languages that are translated
00:34:38.14\00:34:45.05
in available digitally
around the world. Why also 660
00:34:45.05\00:34:49.82
audiobooks
available in 25 languages.
00:34:49.82\00:34:53.09
Now to get to put
this in perspective
00:34:53.09\00:34:56.12
in the year 2010, when we were
just starting to get going in
00:34:56.12\00:35:00.16
this,
00:35:00.16\00:35:01.33
the total number of visitors to
the LNG, quite a state website
00:35:01.33\00:35:04.73
which has all of these
resources. Plus many more was
00:35:04.73\00:35:08.04
around 35,000
visitors per month.
00:35:08.04\00:35:11.41
And we thought that was pretty.
Yeah, OK, this is good. Let me
00:35:11.41\00:35:14.44
tell you what it was for August
00:35:14.44\00:35:16.88
of this year.
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.28
Try 10.4, 3 million visitors to
the LNG White estate website in
00:35:18.28\00:35:24.09
one month. One month that in in
2021 92 million visits in 2022.
00:35:24.09\00:35:29.96
98 million
visits so far this year
00:35:29.96\00:35:33.23
in 2023 through August.
31 71 Million, 230,000 visits
00:35:33.23\00:35:38.47
136 million page views of these
books and 4.8 billion Web site
00:35:38.47\00:35:45.34
inquiries, 4.8 billion Web site
inquiries and on on and again,
00:35:45.34\00:35:51.01
sometimes that was that phone
or is that they can computer
00:35:51.01\00:35:53.25
apps. Check this out.
The website queries were 4.8
00:35:53.25\00:35:57.49
billion of those and the
app queries were 2.1 billion.
00:35:57.49\00:36:01.56
>> You know, that's actually
a little mind boggling. This is
00:36:01.56\00:36:04.56
craziness of the mine bug.
00:36:04.56\00:36:06.56
>> The other part of this so
important is it's all over the
00:36:06.56\00:36:09.70
world and a lot of places
where you can't get the Gospel,
00:36:09.70\00:36:13.17
UK preach the gospel. People
are reading these books in
00:36:13.17\00:36:17.34
places that you can't get
to that we couldn't get their
00:36:17.34\00:36:20.88
side. And that's just so
exciting. It's some point.
00:36:20.88\00:36:24.71
>> It would be selfish of
us not to give the audience at
00:36:24.71\00:36:27.88
home a chance to be a part of
this later on, OK, Don, so get
00:36:27.88\00:36:32.55
ready because we feel very
selfish. Not let me be a part
00:36:32.55\00:36:36.16
of this talk about. And so our
book never. And he says we can.
00:36:36.16\00:36:43.57
>> He's shifting commitment
because the next part is just
00:36:43.57\00:36:46.74
as exciting, OK, the next
part of what we're going to talk
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.67
about. But just to kind
of cap on our book project,
00:36:48.67\00:36:52.37
we have not only done the the
physical paper books because,
00:36:52.37\00:36:55.88
you know, I still like to read
a book, okay. We have almost
00:36:55.88\00:37:00.68
9 million copies of these
distributors now and we only
00:37:00.68\00:37:03.95
see blue sky in the future
because as long as God allows
00:37:03.95\00:37:07.29
that to happen, as long as
the presses can keep running as
00:37:07.29\00:37:09.79
long as we have distribution,
these books can go out. We also
00:37:09.79\00:37:13.40
have the digital element that
is really develop beyond our
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.56
wildest imaginations could have
fought back a few years back
00:37:16.56\00:37:20.34
and God is in it. That's
the big thing. Yeah, this is not
00:37:20.34\00:37:23.34
done by any human element.
We're just instruments in God's
00:37:23.34\00:37:27.11
hands. But the holy spirit is
in this and he's causing it to
00:37:27.11\00:37:30.68
explode right now because
the time is right. That's right.
00:37:30.68\00:37:33.38
You know what else is?
00:37:33.38\00:37:34.58
>> Really impressive to mayor.
Maybe we should think about it.
00:37:34.58\00:37:38.62
You know, new books are coming
out by new authors all the
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.19
time. You know, we're not sure.
00:37:41.19\00:37:43.76
You know, what can we
read? This is this truth is that
00:37:43.76\00:37:47.40
these have been established for
so long that everybody in the
00:37:47.40\00:37:51.27
church and they logically and
every other way there's we know
00:37:51.27\00:37:55.57
exactly what's in these
books and it gives you great
00:37:55.57\00:37:58.17
security. Wait, I'm not just
funding, you know, bunch books.
00:37:58.17\00:38:01.61
These are books. They're
incredible book sent some of
00:38:01.61\00:38:05.01
them over 100 years. But
00:38:05.01\00:38:06.82
>> still have a I want to make
one comment Tuesday to consider
00:38:06.82\00:38:10.85
before you we're fighting
the view that these men I said,
00:38:10.85\00:38:14.99
I sit much about
separate them. Haha.
00:38:14.99\00:38:20.90
>> I do want to make a comment
about, you know, why Ellen
00:38:20.90\00:38:23.57
White books and I have met
several people that have come
00:38:23.57\00:38:26.87
into the church from Ellen
White's books. The most common
00:38:26.87\00:38:30.84
is the great controversy.
But interestingly, someone very
00:38:30.84\00:38:33.91
close to me, someone that we
met in Ireland given because of
00:38:33.91\00:38:37.65
paychecks and profits. Yes.
And so I think that these books
00:38:37.65\00:38:42.32
in these times in which
we're living, we are going to be
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.89
extremely it might sound dry.
But when you read them in my
00:38:44.89\00:38:49.52
favorite is the desire of ages
and credible. Yes, but for some
00:38:49.52\00:38:53.60
people pay trucks in profits.
And this person happened to be
00:38:53.60\00:38:57.80
an atheist at the time she was.
And she is currently in medical
00:38:57.80\00:39:02.07
school at Loma Linda, but
she had a degree in art history.
00:39:02.07\00:39:07.98
So you'd appealing to different
minds. And I like the fact that
00:39:07.98\00:39:10.95
there is a set because
then people can look to and say,
00:39:10.95\00:39:14.12
oh, no, that sounds
interesting. Jackson profit.
00:39:14.12\00:39:16.38
Yes, sounds interesting.
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.12
And then some of that might
have a soft aside. My C the
00:39:18.12\00:39:20.99
desire of a someone that has
a more global view of life would
00:39:20.99\00:39:25.36
see some more value, though.
So I think it's nice that we
00:39:25.36\00:39:28.33
sell them was a set. We
can so that individual as well.
00:39:28.33\00:39:31.27
But I think that these books
in that time most re living this
00:39:31.27\00:39:35.20
this project, I think it's
going to be incredibly yes,
00:39:35.20\00:39:38.37
important as we go on the
excited about what Denzel was
00:39:38.37\00:39:42.24
saying to about
00:39:42.24\00:39:44.81
these books, people be able to
access the information in these
00:39:44.81\00:39:49.82
languages where it's forbidden
to teach Christianity. I I I
00:39:49.82\00:39:55.62
like to read about the
persecuted Christians and how
00:39:55.62\00:39:59.49
when you over in
certain countries you can't
00:39:59.49\00:40:01.53
proselytize, you can have a
Bible. You can't do any of that
00:40:01.53\00:40:05.40
and to be able to access this
information in the privacy of
00:40:05.40\00:40:09.87
your own home where no one else
knows what you do it that such
00:40:09.87\00:40:14.31
a God thing. Yes, God is making
a way for everybody to know
00:40:14.31\00:40:19.08
about him in everybody.
And that's it's too. That's so
00:40:19.08\00:40:23.05
exciting is happening.
It happening happening.
00:40:23.05\00:40:26.35
>> You'd be surprised how
many people are doing in those
00:40:26.35\00:40:29.99
languages are reading these
laws. We're not going to talk
00:40:29.99\00:40:32.96
about it because we don't want
to get no, yes, anyone trouble.
00:40:32.96\00:40:37.27
But, you know, my family on my
father's side came through that
00:40:37.27\00:40:41.17
came for the church to the
deserve ages, really. And so
00:40:41.17\00:40:44.27
I've always had a special spot
in my heart for that. But but I
00:40:44.27\00:40:47.31
also want to tell you that the
other part that's so important
00:40:47.31\00:40:50.35
is that we partner. That's not
just us. We're partnering like,
00:40:50.35\00:40:54.28
for example, when we these are
digitized cost just under $2000
00:40:54.28\00:40:57.95
to do a book, by the way, is
what it cost to get one done.
00:40:57.95\00:41:01.29
And
00:41:01.29\00:41:02.39
and we partner with a no
Andrews University, the whitest
00:41:02.39\00:41:06.80
states and there are several
organizations that we work
00:41:06.80\00:41:09.50
together offer gets them,
Pacific Press and some other
00:41:09.50\00:41:12.70
put other organizations that we
work together, partner, partner
00:41:12.70\00:41:16.07
together.
00:41:16.07\00:41:17.64
>> To facilitate this is not
just us being involved. It's us
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.34
working together. We kind
of care are catalysts were
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.71
catalyst that there are many
players out the design as an
00:41:22.71\00:41:25.48
example of our good friend Mark
bonded a beautiful job on the
00:41:25.48\00:41:28.05
design. I just want to say one
last word before we move off of
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.59
this next great controversy.
Denzel's family came in and
00:41:30.59\00:41:33.36
deserve. Jazmine came in
and great controversy. My
00:41:33.36\00:41:35.66
grandfather in 1932.
00:41:35.66\00:41:38.49
had a young girl on the ranch
that he was working at trying
00:41:38.49\00:41:41.56
to survive the depression
00:41:41.56\00:41:43.16
by 10 years old. Maybe she was
helping with food or who knows
00:41:43.16\00:41:46.30
what she told her call Porter
father. I think Mister Houghton
00:41:46.30\00:41:50.01
would be somebody opened to
great conifers. He came around
00:41:50.01\00:41:53.07
and sold my grandfather a
book in 1932. And that's why our
00:41:53.07\00:41:57.08
entire family
00:41:57.08\00:41:58.51
has become part of the 7th, the
evidence family. So it is more
00:41:58.51\00:42:03.15
than gratifying for me to be
able to be involved in seeing
00:42:03.15\00:42:06.25
this explode. And I know
doesn't feel the same way with
00:42:06.25\00:42:08.66
deserve ages and deprive many
people watching right now who
00:42:08.66\00:42:11.59
can tell the same story.
But if there's any book that
00:42:11.59\00:42:14.36
was appropriate for right now,
00:42:14.36\00:42:17.10
this is the book meant that
desire of a just and steps to
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.87
Christ are essential yet
for your relationship with God.
00:42:19.87\00:42:23.34
And I don't do this and only
the other undone, but I want to
00:42:23.34\00:42:26.57
just encourage everybody that's
listening to us now. This book,
00:42:26.57\00:42:30.71
if you haven't read it
00:42:30.71\00:42:32.51
recently or ever and all
you need to read the book, great
00:42:32.51\00:42:35.88
controversy, get a copy if
you don't have one. I know we'll
00:42:35.88\00:42:39.32
told people how they can do
that in a few minutes. Yeah.
00:42:39.32\00:42:42.62
And yet again, tell me what
your church did because I think
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.89
those so special our church
during the COVID situation out
00:42:44.89\00:42:48.26
and I'm from
Fallbrook, California
00:42:48.26\00:42:51.07
and our church said, you
know, we're stuck. We can't meet
00:42:51.07\00:42:54.10
right now. We're and we
were meeting outside fortunes,
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.20
California. We we're able to
meet outdoors under a roof that
00:42:56.20\00:43:00.44
we had in our church. We never
had stop having church, but we
00:43:00.44\00:43:03.71
had to meet outdoors. We
said we want to do something.
00:43:03.71\00:43:05.98
So we begin
00:43:05.98\00:43:07.38
a project in the fall of 2020
00:43:07.38\00:43:11.19
and we said we're going
to cover the 2 towns that are
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.02
closest to us. And we went
out the door to door in a little
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.59
bag and we put these on
the doorstep. We we were mask.
00:43:15.59\00:43:19.19
We were trying to make sure
we were very appropriate. But we
00:43:19.19\00:43:22.10
started we covered in our
people, went door to door just
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.13
like the old and gathering used
to me. You go door to go down
00:43:24.13\00:43:27.54
the road. You not trying to
talk to people this leaving.
00:43:27.54\00:43:29.57
It had a nice letter inside.
Pretty soon. We kept going and
00:43:29.57\00:43:32.57
kept going. And as as I
mentioned a minute ago, we're
00:43:32.57\00:43:35.24
now out 35 40 miles away
from our town, covering smaller
00:43:35.24\00:43:39.65
towns. And we've now
distributed almost 160,000
00:43:39.65\00:43:43.35
copies of this book in our
area around us just in 160,000.
00:43:43.35\00:43:49.52
Your people, your your
churches, drought churches has
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.29
has has given 60,000
says a glass physically. I'm
00:43:52.29\00:43:56.30
incredibly kind of response.
Have you gotten? We've had a
00:43:56.30\00:43:58.80
variety of interesting
responses home. You know,
00:43:58.80\00:44:02.34
there's a few very few
that word. What's this? A lot of
00:44:02.34\00:44:06.68
just quiet. You know, in
the last year and a half,
00:44:06.68\00:44:11.21
we are busting at the seams
with all kinds of new families
00:44:11.21\00:44:14.48
coming in and just opening of
Angeles tick meeting a week and
00:44:14.48\00:44:17.09
a half well week and a half ago.
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.92
And we had real
reservations for 800 seats.
00:44:18.92\00:44:25.26
We had to turn away. We only
had room to see 300 plus our
00:44:25.26\00:44:28.03
overflow with turn away.
100 cars were seeing people
00:44:28.03\00:44:31.20
come out of the woodwork
because right now everybody out
00:44:31.20\00:44:34.87
there saying some things were
going on. Yes, don't know what
00:44:34.87\00:44:37.51
it is. Yeah, the feeling and
if there's anybody that has an
00:44:37.51\00:44:40.54
answer for that out of the
scriptures, we do. And that's
00:44:40.54\00:44:43.75
right. So the response,
you know, we were telling White
00:44:43.75\00:44:47.12
says, get this out, there know
the time will come when all of
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.22
a sudden people say, oh, wasn't
there something they're going
00:44:51.22\00:44:53.96
to find that book the
library. So we're just
00:44:53.96\00:44:56.96
>> getting on the end of ours.
Told us recently to set up the
00:44:56.96\00:45:00.50
book minister is dead. What?
No one dog. People don't read
00:45:00.50\00:45:04.37
books. Well, we can give
you, you know, probably 1000
00:45:04.37\00:45:07.84
examples. Yeah, that one get
this one on one of our books.
00:45:07.84\00:45:11.44
And I know which one it
was these books. But someone
00:45:11.44\00:45:16.31
through the book away, they
threw away the guy who came in
00:45:16.31\00:45:20.42
garbage truck, picked up
00:45:20.42\00:45:22.72
the garbage, saw the book, read
it and came to church and that
00:45:22.72\00:45:26.79
ties Ayad was Baha. Another
person was out on the ocean
00:45:26.79\00:45:31.93
getting ready to said we
just what and I and the sand.
00:45:31.93\00:45:37.53
I found the books. They read
the book became. So those goes
00:45:37.53\00:45:41.27
on that that that is believe
me. That is not true. This the
00:45:41.27\00:45:45.67
millions and people are
looking for to it. Yeah.
00:45:45.67\00:45:48.58
>> And Danny, I I think it's
either where I think it he's
00:45:48.58\00:45:51.35
completely wrong because I
believe in this digital age and
00:45:51.35\00:45:54.48
everything that you see
today, especially in first world
00:45:54.48\00:45:57.69
countries going back to basics,
going back to opening up the
00:45:57.69\00:46:01.86
Bible, going up in reading
books. I think more than ever
00:46:01.86\00:46:05.63
it is what people really want
that rather than trying because
00:46:05.63\00:46:09.36
we're trying to we're trying to
go after this Hollywood stuff.
00:46:09.36\00:46:12.47
And frankly, how do you how do
you do need to compete against
00:46:12.47\00:46:16.20
that? We have some
so much better, right?
00:46:16.20\00:46:18.71
>> Well, you have the holy
spirit with these best, whether
00:46:18.71\00:46:22.41
you're reading it on an iPhone
or an iPad or computer or in
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.71
paper. And we're just we're
actually I have to tell you
00:46:25.71\00:46:29.25
that we're a little bit awed
00:46:29.25\00:46:31.79
ourselves by what we've
seen. God do with this. We never
00:46:31.79\00:46:35.29
expected to have in 2023
be sitting here with you and
00:46:35.29\00:46:38.56
telling you the story
about this in these numbers. We
00:46:38.56\00:46:41.10
didn't we didn't expect
that. That's God's blessing.
00:46:41.10\00:46:43.37
Mirroring simple. It's
not us. It's God and man.
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.47
>> That is so willing to
use anyone willing to the year.
00:46:46.47\00:46:49.00
That's right. Yes.
00:46:49.00\00:46:50.27
>> And you can see that
he's flying in because we are
00:46:50.27\00:46:54.61
excited about all the
things are happening in
00:46:54.61\00:46:57.31
and we have a
long ways to go still.
00:46:57.31\00:46:59.75
>> We're gonna make you're
going to make or intend to.
00:46:59.75\00:47:03.42
But the I've talking.
Yeah. Haha. Another exciting.
00:47:03.42\00:47:09.89
>> Said of of offerings
that we have its size. The new
00:47:09.89\00:47:14.03
beginnings. I call it no.
The new beginning. Sweet of of
00:47:14.03\00:47:18.47
of resources that we have.
We have the evangelistic series
00:47:18.47\00:47:22.14
and now we have a health
and Bible study guides. And so
00:47:22.14\00:47:25.07
we're probably going to sit
way into that. And then at the
00:47:25.07\00:47:28.18
other side, we'll continue with
that. And hopefully we will end
00:47:28.18\00:47:31.71
up on
international medical work.
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.85
>> Haha, but opening bill.
00:47:33.85\00:47:38.52
>> Well, at first, I want
to just clarify that, you know,
00:47:38.52\00:47:42.62
PSI members are involved
in their local church as their
00:47:42.62\00:47:45.73
involved in their local
businesses involved a share in
00:47:45.73\00:47:48.13
Christ it where they are.
But we also work together and
00:47:48.13\00:47:51.70
is then and collaborate.
As I mentioned before, the
00:47:51.70\00:47:54.40
learner as he multiplies, we
work together for him. And the
00:47:54.40\00:47:58.01
project they want to talk about
right now started started back
00:47:58.01\00:48:01.24
in 2000. And it actually
started with my father was one
00:48:01.24\00:48:06.48
of the one of the people
that, again, it's several people
00:48:06.48\00:48:10.62
coming together
00:48:10.62\00:48:12.52
before I do that. I just
want you to know that prayers.
00:48:12.52\00:48:15.59
The most important thing.
I don't want anyone to think
00:48:15.59\00:48:18.49
that we're the holy Spirit does
work. We just do the presenting
00:48:18.49\00:48:22.50
and might be the story of a I
was at a pastor's house and the
00:48:22.50\00:48:27.17
his little to 3 year-old boy
was there. It says. And there's
00:48:27.17\00:48:29.97
this great, big, huge pile
of dirt on a on a wheel barrel.
00:48:29.97\00:48:33.68
And he came up to me and kept
me on the shores is my again.
00:48:33.68\00:48:37.18
I move that wheel barrel and
we brought it over there. And he
00:48:37.18\00:48:40.25
pointed to me and I thought,
well, that's a lot like we are.
00:48:40.25\00:48:43.42
You know, we're we're we're
like that little boy and God
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.92
does all the heavy lifting.
Yeah, you know, and that's what
00:48:45.92\00:48:48.36
we've got a look at as we talk
about this. So I want to make
00:48:48.36\00:48:51.19
sure that whatever we say,
all honor glory and praise going
00:48:51.19\00:48:54.93
and then nothing
that we do are we do
00:48:54.93\00:48:59.53
what happened in and we can
maybe start with the pictures
00:48:59.53\00:49:02.10
that you can start because
prayers. The most important
00:49:02.10\00:49:04.54
part of what we're going to
talk about. Here's a picture of
00:49:04.54\00:49:06.94
a gentleman praying in a in a
you in Cuba actually is in Cuba
00:49:06.94\00:49:12.98
where that picture was taken
to show you pictures around the
00:49:12.98\00:49:15.72
world. But the next pitch or
want to show is a picture of my
00:49:15.72\00:49:18.92
father and Bob Paulson. Now, my
dad is, you know, he's been on
00:49:18.92\00:49:22.69
a sigh and we're going to talk
about with one-day church in
00:49:22.69\00:49:25.69
roofs and things like that that
he's been involved with along
00:49:25.69\00:49:28.20
with many other people.
But what happened was dead was
00:49:28.20\00:49:30.93
billed as some churches in
India and the conference spread
00:49:30.93\00:49:34.40
of the mission or excuse me,
the division president said to
00:49:34.40\00:49:36.97
my father, Garland, you're as
good at building churches ever
00:49:36.97\00:49:39.97
thought about killing one.
00:49:39.97\00:49:41.51
And he goes well, that can't
be that hard. You know, I can
00:49:41.51\00:49:44.31
dance. So he so he says
sure will do one. It's as he's
00:49:44.31\00:49:46.98
flying back. He realized
the way committed to see causes
00:49:46.98\00:49:50.09
best friend Bob Paul says,
Bob, let's do an evangelistic
00:49:50.09\00:49:53.59
series. And Bob says,
well, I've never really done one
00:49:53.59\00:49:56.36
before, but sure I doing with
your car one and debt is good.
00:49:56.36\00:50:00.03
You preaching all okah who
these men went over and step
00:50:00.03\00:50:05.97
down in faith and went to
India and preaching. I know you
00:50:05.97\00:50:09.00
showed this on 3ABN I was with
them. You're with them. You're
00:50:09.00\00:50:12.21
with and the one the first of
all, Paul, Bob Paulson. And and
00:50:12.21\00:50:16.91
they stepped out. He's in over
3,000. People were baptized so
00:50:16.91\00:50:21.85
that it that had just taken
place. And so I I've had the
00:50:21.85\00:50:25.79
privilege of working with
Pastor Finley and Accorded
00:50:25.79\00:50:28.62
Angeles, 6 series for him in
Romania. And I was going to a
00:50:28.62\00:50:33.09
partnership and I was in the
North Pacific Union and I was
00:50:33.09\00:50:37.10
there and
00:50:37.10\00:50:39.50
Benny Mor and Dwayne Key
were there with me. And this is
00:50:39.50\00:50:44.07
definitely got to see this.
And then in Kia just preached
00:50:44.07\00:50:47.98
evangelist 6 series in
00:50:47.98\00:50:51.81
in Africa and they digitally
taking the pictures of regular
00:50:51.81\00:50:56.69
because every at that time
there's one white men, white
00:50:56.69\00:50:59.52
women going to have an
with weight Angels. Basically,
00:50:59.52\00:51:02.29
it's all there was American,
all the artist, all the art
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.39
walk away now. So he did.
Julie took a digital picture
00:51:04.39\00:51:07.50
and digitally put in Africans
of African people going to have
00:51:07.50\00:51:11.40
an African angels. And when
he did that, the crowd just went
00:51:11.40\00:51:15.57
wild. They showed any showed me
a video that now that's when is
00:51:15.57\00:51:20.48
one megapixel cameras. It took
20 minutes just to process one
00:51:20.48\00:51:24.11
make discomfiture well. And he
showed us that says what if we
00:51:24.11\00:51:28.25
could graphically do
this? In culture rises another
00:51:28.25\00:51:31.59
evangelists experience at the
same time, you know, dead dead
00:51:31.59\00:51:35.29
and about Paul. So just
preached an and I thought why
00:51:35.29\00:51:38.83
can't we make that do book
a double? What the same time.
00:51:38.83\00:51:42.66
You know, elder Falkenberg
have was what year he called Boy
00:51:42.66\00:51:47.94
called Me is that I got this
idea. Get laypeople to preach
00:51:47.94\00:51:50.97
like your dad. Did you know
some people who would like to
00:51:50.97\00:51:53.54
preach
00:51:53.54\00:51:54.64
and I go, I don't know anyone
who would like to do that.
00:51:54.64\00:51:59.11
And so the idea came about
as let's design a set of sermons
00:51:59.11\00:52:03.49
that anyone could preach
because right now, if you ask
00:52:03.49\00:52:06.96
me as a banker, that's what
I mean. That's how I make my
00:52:06.96\00:52:09.39
living is I'm going to preach
an evangelistic series first
00:52:09.39\00:52:14.20
year at the pick me up off
the floor and after you get up
00:52:14.20\00:52:16.93
unless they know I can't do
it right. But what you do. But I
00:52:16.93\00:52:19.83
did was is design Evangelist
6 series that anyone can preach
00:52:19.83\00:52:24.11
and make it very simple. So
Bob called and so we started
00:52:24.11\00:52:28.11
working to that
project process. And
00:52:28.11\00:52:31.98
and because when Bob preached
his assembly met and mess up
00:52:31.98\00:52:35.78
here and apologize to get
nervous up here. But what Bob
00:52:35.78\00:52:39.79
Paulson, when he did his
sermons, Dwayne McKee and and
00:52:39.79\00:52:44.93
anymore, and that group helped
him with the service. He spent
00:52:44.93\00:52:47.96
hundreds 100's of hours
developing his sermons. As we
00:52:47.96\00:52:51.67
said, if we could have won
this developed, we can make it
00:52:51.67\00:52:54.24
simple so other people
could breach what that time. Bob
00:52:54.24\00:52:57.41
Hawke Umber calls me on
the phone. Please messages says
00:52:57.41\00:53:00.64
Denzel, I'm thinking about
getting late people involved
00:53:00.64\00:53:03.08
with the preaching. You know,
anyone who would like to do
00:53:03.08\00:53:05.65
that and my wife, I was
traveling time. My wife plays
00:53:05.65\00:53:09.62
that on the phone and she
goes, you know, anyone who could
00:53:09.62\00:53:12.65
preach and I go, I don't
know anyone who could do that.
00:53:12.65\00:53:15.29
You're all have to think
about that. When you think about
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.59
that. Well, I drive home.
As soon as I walk in the door,
00:53:17.59\00:53:21.23
my wife walks me to the to
the at that time was a voice
00:53:21.23\00:53:24.40
recorder and plays that again.
00:53:24.40\00:53:27.04
And she and I go on
00:53:27.04\00:53:29.17
and I was wondering why you're
doing that. She goes well,
00:53:29.17\00:53:31.54
she says you're trying to
design a of Angeles Sixers that
00:53:31.54\00:53:34.28
anyone could
breach. If you could do it,
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.01
anyone could haha. And
you know, you should try doing
00:53:37.01\00:53:41.92
that. I go me. I can't do that.
Well, if you can do it, anyone
00:53:41.92\00:53:45.12
can do it. You should do that.
And immediately I thought to
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.59
myself, well, we've got to get
a group of people get. My first
00:53:47.59\00:53:50.49
thought was I called my book,
my friend and Houghton. And as
00:53:50.49\00:53:54.50
it was a good idea,
right? And we called all these
00:53:54.50\00:53:58.83
different people together.
Yes, to to come together.
00:53:58.83\00:54:03.54
And then in the next picture,
we'll show it just to the next
00:54:03.54\00:54:06.88
picture shows us
with that sub anymore and
00:54:06.88\00:54:14.32
the way to do it with the
brand. But there's also many
00:54:14.32\00:54:16.99
people enough, forget it.
We're blessed because the elder
00:54:16.99\00:54:20.56
Finley was involved
there. And we he had a set of
00:54:20.56\00:54:23.79
graphics. And so we worked with
Don great to do the graphics.
00:54:23.79\00:54:26.90
We work with Bryce Williams.
We worked with all these
00:54:26.90\00:54:29.60
different between partner
with it is harder than it was
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.00
written on that project.
And the picture you just saw
00:54:32.00\00:54:34.87
was of a all all over. And he
was there telling us about his
00:54:34.87\00:54:39.21
experience because he's an
accountant and he's very shy
00:54:39.21\00:54:43.04
and I'll never forget he
was over in Africa and he was
00:54:43.04\00:54:46.51
supposed to be there to pick
up bags and things like that.
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When he got there, he found out
that they need a preacher and
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there's nobody there. So
you had to breach. It had never
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preached before. And if you
know this man, he's very shy
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and timid and I'll never forget
when he got back. He told me
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that story. And I asked him,
I says, so. How do you feel any
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started tearing up? And he
says, I can't describe that.
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And when I when I saw
that I go, I want that feeling.
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I want to be able to be able
to do that as well. So the next
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picture you'll see a group of
us. We want to the Philippines
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and we have all these different
people getting together to
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preach of Angeles taxes for
the first time. We've got the
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sermons the day before we
left. So none of us had time to
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practice. We're really blessed
to Louis Torres was there to
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help us to learn how to do the
preaching. Dan, you had a big
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intel tell you have church.
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>> I was you know,
I I was in Mindanao
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and we had 5,000 people in
our audience. And I was I preach
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that series. I had a translator
was really quite. I've never
00:55:51.11\00:55:53.48
been translated before. And the
union president, I forgot his
00:55:53.48\00:55:56.72
name now, but he was my
translator said about that
00:55:56.72\00:55:59.05
time. He I'm on the 6 foot,
2 guy. And he sees. But man,
00:55:59.05\00:56:02.89
he's I don't know what he
was saying. Haha, I knew it.
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I mean, we had there were
500 people from my site were
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baptized. It was really one of
those mountain gratify care and
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my wife, Karen, did the health
talks every night. We had some
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of that whole story. And it
was really funny in the appeals
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because they taught us do
all the different things you do.
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They simplified every aspect
of presenting an evangelist
00:56:23.31\00:56:26.61
meeting
00:56:26.61\00:56:27.68
and I'll never forget. I
mean, the appeal and I'm going
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strong. Of course, I'm speaking
English to all these people to
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speak someone
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and my translator is following
me and I'm he's like, you know,
00:56:35.09\00:56:38.63
he's like I'm like a ball and
chain on this poor man. We get
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to a certain point. I had the
whole audience or 5, 6, in all
00:56:42.50\00:56:45.80
5. I know several 1000 people
standing out there. I think I
00:56:45.80\00:56:49.44
5,001 time and they're
all sitting on their feet.
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And I remember that all of
a sudden he took off her 3,
00:56:52.64\00:56:59.38
4, minutes. He's just talking
to the audience, obviously
00:56:59.38\00:57:01.85
remembers and he stops and lets
go. And you know what? It was
00:57:01.85\00:57:05.49
awesome to see all those people
baptized and Denzel. That was
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the side you had up
there. We had over 3,000 people.
00:57:08.16\00:57:10.59
Baptize March. 27, I believe,
wasn't it 27 meetings that we
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held simultaneously to prove
the concept? Yeah, that anybody
00:57:14.66\00:57:17.70
could do. This is where
can't believe this first hour.
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>> I saw the doctor and you
were OK, we're going to haha.
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>> I did that. Stay with us and
staying with us. But we've got
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to put up a website and a bit
when we get back that you can
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go to. And then however, the
lords impressed knew how well
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we talked to you about a bit.
But right now we're going to go
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away for just a moment
or 2. We'll be right back.
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