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00:11 Hello, and welcome back to 3ABN, second hour of the Behind the
00:14 Scenes program. 00:15 We're so glad that you've joined us. 00:17 The first hour just flew by, and Jill, I know I mentioned this, it 00:20 seems like every BTS, it seems like 60 minutes speed up, but they 00:23 don't. 00:27 through the ministry of 3ABN. 00:29 And like you said, at the close of the first hour, we kind of play 00:31 some musical chairs here and bring in some more of the 3ABN family. 00:35 And we have with us this evening, of course, Pastor John Denzi. 00:38 So good to have you and your lovely wife, Sister Edalia, with us this 00:41 evening. 00:42 A lot of great things are happening in 3ABN Latino. 00:44 So I know we're going to be hearing some great updates. 00:46 But thank you for being on this evening. 00:48 Thank you. 00:52 give glory to Him because He's doing great things. 00:54 He deserves all honor and praise. 00:56 But we just rejoice because we get to be a part of it in some way. 01:00 And the whole 3ABN, all the workers are doing something to advance the 01:06 gospel. 01:07 And it's a team effort. 01:09 Yes, definitely it is. 01:10 And most of them don't even speak Spanish and they're winning souls 01:13 for Christ. 01:14 Isn't that neat? 01:15 That includes me, too, because I don't speak Spanish. 01:19 Just some of the things like bathroom and gloves. 01:22 That is true. 01:25 But we're going to be talking in a few minutes. 01:27 You guys were just there. 01:28 We're talking about traveling the first hour. 01:29 But you guys were in Mexico. 01:31 Some amazing things that took place there. 01:34 An update. 01:35 Amazing. 01:35 Really an incredible project with Cuba. 01:37 3ABN Cuba. 01:38 So stay tuned. 01:39 Don't turn off 3ABN. 01:41 And then right around the corner from you guys is Jeff Dorr. 01:44 Good to have you on this evening. 01:45 Well, it is a privilege and an honor to be able to be here and 01:48 share this time with both the Moriconis and the Densies and our 01:52 3ABN family. 01:53 That's right. 01:54 Yes, we are. 01:55 We love the 3ABN family and it's a privilege and an honor and such a 01:59 blessing to be a part of it. 02:01 Amen. 02:05 and your wife is able to participate with you especially 02:08 when you travel and see some of our 3ABN family at home. 02:12 And speaking about family and that, we talked the first hour, Jill, 02:16 about 3ABN camp meeting that we just came from. 02:19 But I can hear you at home saying, so when is the next 3ABN camp 02:24 meeting? 02:26 meeting. 02:30 a 3ABN camp meeting, summer camp meeting right here on the campus of 02:34 3ABN. 02:35 It's a month before the GC session in St. Louis, Missouri, but we 02:38 decided to go ahead and have that camp meeting. 02:40 What are those dates, Jill? 02:41 I was scrolling very fast in my calendar. 02:44 I tried to talk a little longer, give you a little bit of time to 02:47 find that calendar. 02:48 That's how we work together. 02:50 June 4 to 7, so that's 2025. 02:53 This is next summer, June 4 through 7. 02:56 We'll be 3ABN summer camp meeting, and we invite you to come on down 03:02 and spend that time with us as we seek the Lord in prayer, as we hear 03:07 anointed messages from the Word of God, and the music, the kids 03:11 programming, everything. 03:13 So we look forward to that. 03:14 We're still working on the speakers and what the theme will be. 03:17 But again, like Jill said, we invite you to come make plans, mark 03:20 that on your calendar, June 4 through 7, 2025. 03:24 Jill, before we dive into all these great details this evening and what 03:28 God is doing, we have some music this evening. 03:30 We do. 03:34 song on the piano, Power in the Blood. 06:48 Amen. 06:49 There is power in the blood of Jesus. 06:52 I love that. 06:53 Thank you, Tim. 06:54 We love you. 06:55 So grateful to still have you as part of the 3ABN family. 06:59 You play the piano like that, Jeff? 07:01 Oh, I wish I could. 07:04 Oh, in heaven maybe, yes. 07:06 Amazing. 07:09 doesn't even really move his body, but it's just like incredible music 07:12 just flows out of the piano. 07:13 It is incredible. 07:14 It's beautiful. 07:15 What a gift. 07:15 A gift from God, it is. 07:17 Amen. 07:18 This is, of course, behind the scenes. 07:20 So we want to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes for our 07:24 anniversary program, which will be next month. 07:28 3ABN's 40th anniversary program is coming. 07:31 It's hard to believe 40 years ago, God called Danny to start a 07:35 television station that would reach the world with the undiluted Three 07:39 Angels messages, one that would counteract the counterfeit. 07:42 And for 40 years, 3ABN has sought to be faithful to that vision. 07:47 One of the features, you could say, of this particular program will be 07:52 the testimonies of people whose lives have been changed impacted 07:57 because God is using the ministry of 3ABN because people are finding 08:03 Jesus and accepting the truth in his words. 08:05 So our crew went out and got a lot of testimony. 08:08 Yeah, so yeah, this year. 08:09 So that's going to be, like Jill said, a major part of the 40th 08:13 anniversary special program that it actually happens to be. 08:16 I want to say happens to be, but it is November 14, 2024, is the 40th 08:21 anniversary Thursday Night Live program. 08:23 Well, that's the evening 40 years ago November 14 and the early 08:27 morning of November 15 that Mr. Danny Feldman pressed to the Lord. 08:31 So I just find, I don't know if it's ironic, it's just amazing to 08:33 me how that happens to fall when we air that special program. 08:36 So mark that on your calendar. 08:38 And we have been looking at the videos that the crews gone out 08:41 around the country and they've been interviewing people of how their 08:44 life was changed because of the ministry of 3ABN. 08:47 So we just want to give God, of course, all the honor and the 08:50 glory, but we want to encourage you at home. 08:53 It's because of you that these people's lives have been changed 08:56 because of your prayers and your continued support of 3ABN. 09:00 We cannot emphasize that really enough. 09:03 It's really, it's a faith-based ministry all these years. 09:07 We don't receive money from the church or any other entity. 09:10 It's you sending in your $1, $2, $5, $10, $1, $1, and that's how 09:15 3ABN has continued to go forward and to grow. 09:19 Absolute miracle. 09:23 see this on a day-to-day basis where we're praying and the money 09:27 shows up, maybe not on that day, but the next day. 09:30 And what is amazing to me, we're just being open, right? 09:33 This is behind the scenes. 09:34 You felt impressed. 09:37 what? 09:40 So you write your check out, you put it in the mail and then we 09:44 receive it here at 3ABN just when we need it. 09:48 That's a miracle, folks. 09:49 That is a miracle. 09:53 all these years. 09:55 All glory goes to God. 09:56 It is amazing to see how God is at work. 09:59 But we have a really special role, Jill, that the crew has prepared. 10:03 This is kind of a tease, a little sneak preview into what you'll be 10:07 seeing. 10:10 two -hour live program. 10:11 But let's go to this four-minute role right now. 10:22 Growing up for me, it was very difficult to relate to my dad 10:26 because since he wasn't there very often, I had more of a relationship 10:30 with my mom. 10:31 But I've never had a good like solid relationship with my dad. 10:35 And so when he came back from 3ABN and I had went, we had something in 10:39 common to talk about. 10:40 We had something that we could connect with. 10:42 I think for each family, there's always that one moment that God 10:47 uses or one thing that God uses to bring together or to bring them 10:51 closer to him. 10:55 together and just going and getting trained the same and being able to 11:02 connect that way. 11:03 For us, 3ABN is what God used to heal us and bring us together as 11:10 where we are now. 11:12 My name is Taluna Ziegler. 11:14 I know I focus mainly on making money and my job and acquiring 11:22 things One day I went to my hairdresser and she said, Oh, I 11:27 have 3ABN on. 11:29 I've never really watched it before, but I would like to watch 11:32 it. 11:37 programs that just touched my heart. 11:39 I started listening and made me realize that it it wasn't too late 11:45 for me to come back to Christ. 11:50 And I'm grateful for 3ABN. 11:52 They've given me so much inspiration. 11:56 It's been a tremendous blessing for me. 12:00 My name is Greg Klembach. 12:02 I didn't really come across Seventh Day Adventist, but it was through 12:09 3ABN they came across me. 12:12 As I was flipping through, I saw the title at top, 3ABN, and I went 12:20 past it and then my dog alerted and her head came up and she looked at 12:26 me and looked back at the TV and I was like, that's strange. 12:32 So I was like, OK, we'll flip back to that channel. 12:36 My TV's mostly been on 3ABN ever since. 12:40 Love to give Danny Shelton a hug and tell him, I think you saved me, 12:43 but I know it wasn't you. 12:46 It was it was the Lord and he just used you. 12:49 And then for them to make me feel like I know them, I do. 12:53 I think of them as friends, as family, brothers and sisters in 12:58 Christ. 13:00 They do change lives and, you know, I'm living proof of that. 13:07 My name's Herschel Crippen. 13:09 I didn't even begin to find the Lord until I was in my three score 13:13 and 10. 13:14 Surfing around, found 3ABN when they first started here and that's 13:19 a wonderful station. 13:21 It's my church, my church family. 13:24 They're about 3ABN. 13:25 They go by scripture. 13:26 They back up what they're saying with scripture. 13:30 So I can't get any truer than that. 13:33 I watch 3ABN every day and I'm sharing that with my son and his 13:36 wife. 13:38 We've been having Bible study, have Bible study over here every Sabbath 13:41 and we can have one. 13:42 3ABN's been a blessing for me and be a blessing for anybody else. 13:47 For you to open up their eyes and open up their heart and find the 13:51 truth is like an idea. 13:54 My name is Scott Harder. 13:56 This is my wife Wanda and for a big portion of my life I didn't want 14:01 anything to do with God. 14:03 Worshiped Buddhist most of my life until God brought me here to 14:07 America. 14:13 and I just rejected it. 14:16 You know, the more she pushed the more I would dig in my heels and 14:22 one day I stumbled on a channel that had his pastors on there and I 14:27 was watching because they were talking about prophecy. 14:30 And then he was telling me how he stumbled onto 3ABN. 14:35 So I came from a person that didn't want anything to do with God to a 14:40 person that knows he needs God. 14:43 Through 3ABN we found truth of living God in the Bible and that 14:48 has set us free from all the bondages of our lives and knowing 14:52 that God is the answer to all of our troubles and our questions. 14:59 40 years of changing lives for eternity. 15:04 Amen. 15:05 Wow, praise God. 15:06 40 years of changing lives for eternity. 15:09 That's because the Lord's word does not return void. 15:13 That's right. 15:17 Praise the Lord for that. 15:18 And that's because each one of you are faithful to pray for and 15:22 support the ministry here and each one of you and our camera people 15:26 and everybody working here all together making a difference for 15:30 the Kingdom of God. 15:31 You know, we're just talking here family to family. 15:33 I mean, your family are part of our 3ABN family. 15:35 But I believe, Jill, we should go and mention this, but we have had 15:39 so many of these great programs or testimonies and they're kind of 15:42 lengthy, some of them. 15:46 weekend that would actually be just focusing on a longer version of 15:50 these testimonies because they are so powerful. 15:52 You talk about encouraging, right? 15:54 Wasn't that encouraging? 15:55 It sure was encouraging for us here on the set. 15:57 So may God be praised. 15:58 Amen. 16:02 nights. 16:07 lives here. 16:13 week. 16:14 Hopefully you can see it there. 16:15 It says 40 years. 16:17 So this means you can call us at the call center because they're 16:20 open right now and you can get your own 40th anniversary pin. 16:25 Call us at 618-627-4651. 16:30 That number is 618-627-4651. 16:34 Amen. 16:37 hour this really special, we've been talking about this book for a 16:39 while, The Truth About Abortion. 16:41 It finally arrived here at 3ABN. 16:43 It is available tonight. 16:46 As Jill said, the call center is open and a case of 200 of these 16:50 booklets cost $30. 16:52 And basically the $30 is to pay for the shipping to get to you anywhere 16:55 in the United States of America. 16:57 So while you're calling in for the free pin, maybe just say, hey, you 17:00 know, for $30, I'll just go and get a case of these booklets. 17:03 And I know Dr. Yvonne and Mr. Danny Rahn in the first hour were talking 17:06 about the contents, you know, and what the book is all about. 17:08 But we didn't get to really mention that this is just a great sharing 17:11 book to just pass out. 17:12 You don't have to actually meet the person if you don't want to. 17:15 This is a great booklet because it contains everything that is needed 17:19 to discuss this topic. 17:20 And it's actually talking about hope and healing as well in this 17:24 booklet too. 17:28 church, but also if you want to just leave it, if you're pumping 17:30 gas and just leave it on the gas thing. 17:32 Hopefully gas people aren't upset with me for saying that or maybe in 17:36 a rest area or something like that to just leave this little booklet 17:38 because God wants us to put the word out and as Jill mentioned a 17:42 couple of minutes ago, his word does not return void. 17:44 So this booklet is filled with great scripture as well. 17:48 So again, as you're calling this evening, 618-627-4651 for the free 17:52 offer of the 3ABN brand new 40th anniversary pen. 17:56 Also, maybe just say, you know, for $30, I'll get a case of these 17:58 booklets and we'll be happy to ship them to anywhere in the United 18:02 States. 18:03 Amen! 18:04 Let's talk about plan giving. 18:05 All right, let's do that. 18:07 Jeff, what is plan giving all about? 18:10 Plan giving that people with a heart of charitable intent that 18:13 want to support 3ABN. 18:16 That is for them because it is for viewers like yourself. 18:20 I was there one time. 18:21 Now I'm here in this chair. 18:23 But 3ABN is supported by donations while we're alive. 18:28 We can send in our donations by month. 18:30 That's right. 18:31 You said the one, five, ten dollars a month. 18:32 That's right. 18:33 Or larger. 18:37 We can do that with our estate plan. 18:39 We can do that with items that we can help you with here at 3ABN 18:44 through trust, through charitable gift annuities, or we can take and 18:48 assist you. 18:54 documents, whether it be your will, a trust, a life insurance policy, 18:58 an IRA. 19:03 in the soul winning process. 19:04 But we'll be glad to take and answer your questions and assist 19:07 you. 19:09 Charlotte and I, we've been traveling around quite a bit this 19:11 year speaking with people that have used 3ABN to set up their estate 19:15 plan. 19:21 real estate, their personal property. 19:23 Some were helping them set up their estate plan so that whenever the 19:26 time comes that they go asleep in Jesus, that we will be able to go 19:29 and take and handle the plan for the system with that. 19:34 One lady we did was a kind of a unique story Charlotte and I, we 19:40 just came into the church through 3ABN around 20 years ago. 19:43 Yes, praise the Lord. 19:47 year that was very encouraging to us. 19:50 Well, he passed away and the first call that Charlotte and I got to go 19:54 visit was from his wife and we went and visited with her and it was a 20:00 tremendous opportunity to share with her and talk. 20:03 And before we left that day, she said, I am so thankful that you and 20:08 Charlotte stayed in the church that her husband was Clint, said, Clint 20:12 and I have prayed for you all these years that you would stay faithful 20:17 and true in the church. 20:18 That's beautiful. 20:19 Because they were there at your baptism. 20:21 They were there at our baptism. 20:22 That's right. 20:22 Yes, they were. 20:23 Absolutely. 20:26 join the team as an employee and be the director of 3ABN Plan Giving 20:30 and Trust. 20:31 God is amazing, isn't he? 20:32 It's amazing. 20:33 I mean, it's just and right. 20:35 He calls and he qualifies we've been working in this type of work 20:41 all through our life with the states, through the auction 20:44 business, through the real estate. 20:46 So it's very familiar to us with what we're doing. 20:49 I had wonderful grandparents and my grandparents taught me a tremendous 20:54 work ethic. 20:58 handle my money. 20:59 He says, it doesn't matter how much you make. 21:02 It's how you handle it, how you spend it and save it. 21:06 And it's true. 21:11 spend a million dollars. 21:13 Yeah, that's true. 21:14 It's very true. 21:15 I don't know how to do that, by the way. 21:17 I know, right? 21:18 That's a good point, Pastor Johnny. 21:21 But you know, it's just by systematic saving and being frugal 21:25 and knowing what your limitations are. 21:27 And through 3ABN, we have dealt with a lot of people here lately. 21:32 You know, interest rates, whenever I was young trying to borrow money 21:35 to work on our home, or to take and build a shed at the farm or buy a 21:39 machinery, interest rates were 16, 18, 20 percent, extremely high. 21:44 But then I had a neighbor walk across the street and kind of told 21:47 me, he said, boy, these interest rates are great. 21:49 He said, I'm getting 10 percent on my CDs. 21:51 So he was reaping the harvest, but it was really a burden for us. 21:57 Well, here in the last couple of years, CD rates, if you're a CD 22:00 person, you like to have systematic saving, know exactly what your 22:04 interest is going to be. 22:05 The rates were in 5 percent. 22:08 So, but they've dropped. 22:09 The feds have dropped their rates, but we have charitable gift 22:12 annuities, which are very similar to a CD. 22:14 It's guaranteed interest for the rest of your life. 22:17 It's not a six-year term, a six -month term or a year term is for 22:21 the rest of your life. 22:22 So if you are a person that likes to save with CDs, you should maybe 22:27 consider a charitable gift annuity. 22:29 It benefits the ministry. 22:31 It also benefits yourself. 22:33 A charitable gift annuity can be started with $10,000 for a couple. 22:37 And I'll use this example. 22:39 We had a person that passed away this past year that benefited 22:43 greatly with these charitable gift annuity. 22:46 He and his wife purchased a charitable gift annuity. 22:49 And for just our purpose here this evening, I'm going to use $10,000. 22:53 His was different amount, but he's used $10,000. 22:56 So his husband and wife joint charitable gift annuity, $10,000. 23:01 Through the course of life, his wife passed away. 23:05 His payments continued for him to the end of his life. 23:08 Well, in the course of their life, they had bought $10,000. 23:12 They received $10,000 back in interest plus an additional $5,000. 23:18 So their charitable gift annuity that they took and set up, took and 23:25 benefited them up to $15,000. 23:28 So it was a win-win for them and for the ministry. 23:34 We have the health message. 23:35 The rates for charitable gift annuities are set up for the 23:39 general population. 23:40 So us as Adventists with the health message. 23:42 We can live longer, which means more money is given back. 23:48 Very interesting. 23:50 And then we have that. 23:51 We have also the self-administered trust. 23:53 And that's what we've been doing quite a bit with as well. 23:56 But the self-administered trust, if you don't have any other family, if 24:00 it's just you or your spouse has passed away or maybe you never were 24:03 married and you don't have any other family that can take care of 24:07 your business at the end of your life. 24:09 3ABN, you can have us set up your trust. 24:12 We pay the legal fees and those trusts then, 3ABN is the trustee. 24:17 We can come in. 24:18 We can handle your entire estate. 24:20 We can send the money out as you so choose. 24:23 Your list of beneficiaries can be one. 24:25 It can be 3ABN or it can be several ministries. 24:27 And your children. 24:28 Your children. 24:29 We encourage you to include your children. 24:31 That's right. 24:31 We sure do. 24:34 That's important. 24:36 They're your family. 24:37 That's right. 24:40 So include them so that they can continue on the legacy. 24:43 That's right. 24:44 So that's very important to do that. 24:46 So the charitable gift annuity is that you have to be a certain age 24:50 to apply for that. 24:51 And the interest rates vary based off your age. 24:53 That's a dude. 24:56 Charitable gift annuity. 24:57 You must be at least 65 years old. 24:59 OK, I can see that chart. 25:00 OK. 25:01 Yes. 25:06 OK. 25:10 So the percentage goes up as the age goes. 25:13 Yes, it does. 25:14 And if you're golden years of 90, you can get 10.1. 25:18 That's a single life. 25:20 And this other column is for a joint with a husband and wife. 25:24 And that husband and wife column can vary depending on exactly how 25:28 old each are. 25:30 But that is the basic amount. 25:33 So right now, a CD is approximately 4. 25:37 % less than five. 25:39 And they're limited about a four or five month and you're going to have 25:42 to renew it and the rate could go up or down. 25:45 But this rate would be locked in for the rest of your life. 25:48 Yes. 25:53 to 3ABN. 25:54 You can get signed up. 25:56 You can get a charitable gift You can get 5.7% interest for the rest 26:01 of your life. 26:03 So those are irrevocable. 26:05 Thank you. 26:05 That's right. 26:06 So they get a check every month? 26:07 Is that how it works? 26:08 Well, it depends. 26:10 Less than $50,000 you get it once a year. 26:14 $25,000 you can get it bi-annually. 26:16 $50,000 or more you can get your check monthly. 26:19 Okay. 26:19 So it depends on how much you put in. 26:21 But it's irrevocable. 26:22 So this is a contract. 26:23 So once you start this, then you have that guaranteed interest for 26:26 life. 26:28 Right. 26:29 It is it is irrevocable. 26:30 It is guaranteed as a contract for life. 26:33 So you know exactly how much interest you're going to get. 26:35 Now, this is not for your emergency fund. 26:37 Right. 26:42 your savings plan for many years. 26:44 My grandmother always told me don't put all your eggs in one basket. 26:47 That's right. 26:48 Diversified. 26:48 Diversified. 26:52 been buying some CDs and the interest rates going down on them 26:55 consider a charitable gift and hoodie. 26:58 And those interest rates, Jeff, that we were showing that's at the 27:01 recording of this program because I know that some of this stuff goes 27:03 on 3ABN and you can look at it two years later. 27:05 Well, they said this. 27:07 Well, this is as of the airing which is in October of 2024. 27:12 These rates are the current rates. 27:14 That's right. 27:20 these rates stay constant for a long period of time. 27:23 They can. 27:27 January. 27:28 Which affects these rates. 27:29 Which could affect these rates. 27:31 So Jeff, really people need to call you and your department is the best 27:34 thing, right? 27:35 Absolutely. 27:36 So what phone number can they reach out to you? 27:38 800-886-4800. 27:42 That's 800-886-4800. 27:46 Yeah, that's fantastic. 27:48 And I like the point too, Jeff, that you brought out is that a lot 27:50 of you, because we hear this from time to time, have your own 27:52 documents already set up with a local attorney or you've set it up 27:56 like you mentioned, the will. 27:57 And it's actually really easy. 28:01 to 3ABN. 28:02 No, just change who the beneficiaries are and maybe add 28:04 3ABN to your current existing documents, right? 28:07 That's pretty straightforward. 28:08 Yes, life insurance policies have a beneficiary. 28:12 Years ago, whenever Charlotte had purchased a life insurance policy, 28:16 she put as one of the beneficiaries a ministry. 28:19 At that time, it wasn't 3ABN. 28:21 It's still not 3ABN. 28:22 But she chose a ministry to be one of her beneficiaries. 28:26 And it's very easy. 28:32 you include 3ABN, put a sentence 10 % or 15, 20, whatever percentage 28:37 you feel led by the Lord. 28:39 That's right. 28:42 to 3ABN and you will be a missionary winning souls through 28:46 3ABN. 28:47 While you're resting in the grave. 28:48 While you're resting in the grave. 28:50 Isn't that beautiful? 28:50 Wow. 28:51 That is amazing. 28:54 In a sense, I kind of think about, okay, while I'm resting, waiting 28:56 for that second coming, the money is now helping 3ABN. 29:00 So what a blessing. 29:05 Great team. 29:06 You too. 29:07 And I think about this department is really big for 3ABN too. 29:10 It really helps that money comes in just in the nick of time, as Mr. 29:14 Danny says. 29:19 Amen. 29:20 Absolutely. 29:21 Speaking of the gospel, let's talk about Mexico. 29:24 You all came from there just shortly before our 3ABN Fall Camp 29:27 meeting and held these evangelistic series there in conjunction with 29:33 Hope Channel and other departments there with the division. 29:37 So talk to us. 29:38 What happened? 29:38 Yes. 29:44 specifically Mexico, the country of Mexico. 29:47 And I was at an event with the Inter-American Division and there 29:52 we're talking to the different union presidents and they told me 29:55 about, hey, we're doing an evangelistic campaign covering all 29:58 of Mexico. 29:59 Would 3ABN be interested? 30:01 And we began talking about it and we were involved in this nationwide 30:08 evangelistic campaign. 30:10 This is the fourth one. 30:12 There are five unions. 30:13 They're each taking a turn every year. 30:16 Next year is the fifth union and then they're going to cycle again. 30:20 This is the fourth one. 30:21 We've never participated before. 30:23 So it's remained pretty much a nationwide effort. 30:26 Five unions, 43 local conferences across the nation and 5,278 30:37 churches participated. 30:39 That's a lot. 30:40 In the downlink of it. 30:42 Now what's interesting is that when we remember the net series that was 30:49 done before, this is bigger in a sense because I mentioned 43 local 30:55 conferences. 30:56 Each conference has their website. 30:57 Each conference also did streaming of the series. 31:01 Each union did streaming of the series and some of the churches had 31:07 streaming as well. 31:08 So that's a lot of streaming. 31:10 Reaching many people and then there were some members of the church 31:14 that are on some social media. 31:16 They streamed on their Facebook. 31:18 They streamed on their platforms. 31:21 So this is a multiplied effort. 31:24 But Hope Channel Inter America also entered into the broadcasting of it 31:31 and on their social media platforms as well. 31:34 But 3ABN Latino, the Lord has blessed us with over 1,300 cable 31:38 companies. 31:44 And of course, we're on some streaming services as well that 31:47 even we call it Britain. 31:51 Freeview. 31:52 Yes, Freeview, which in the United Kingdom, massive coverage now that 31:58 we will not know in this earth the results of this campaign. 32:04 But every year there are about 5 ,000 people baptized. 32:09 And just before coming on this program, I asked Pastor Lopez, Ogle 32:14 Lopez, Pastor, I need those numbers because he said, he told me last 32:20 week, we're going to get the numbers this afternoon. 32:21 Last week he said this, but today he says we still don't have them 32:24 all. 32:30 Chiapas union. 32:31 They have about 3,000. 32:33 So there are still four other unions to report. 32:37 So this year it's going to surpass the 5,000. 32:40 And we praise the Lord for that. 32:42 That 3ABN was so part of it. 32:43 And that was the hosting union. 32:47 We were at the Chiapas union. 32:48 That's where we were. 32:49 They had 3,000 plus baptisms. 32:51 Yes. 32:51 Amazing. 32:51 Praise God. 32:52 Now this is done like a virtual type of thing. 32:57 And so the auditorium was at the union and it has the capacity for 33:01 about 200 people. 33:02 Okay. 33:03 Yeah. 33:06 So do you want to talk about the other sites? 33:07 Now we have pictures. 33:08 Oh, yes, pictures. 33:09 And it's interesting how the Lord has blessed. 33:13 When we invest in ministry, we take a step of faith. 33:18 Lord, we are dedicating this dollar, this $5, this $1,000. 33:23 You do as you see fit. 33:26 We're not dictating. 33:27 No, that money has to do this or that. 33:29 But God has a plan. 33:31 And many times people say, oh, I'd like to learn to do Bible studies, 33:37 which is wonderful. 33:38 But I'd like to go to that country, but I don't speak the language. 33:42 But when they invest in ministry, we're a team. 33:45 And so we want to thank publicly all the supporters of 3ABS, because 33:50 there are thousands and thousands of souls that have learned of 33:54 Jesus. 34:00 to develop a relationship with Him and accept Him as their Savior. 34:04 So you see these pictures, people in parking lots watching the 34:09 services, the campaign, hospitals in their parking lots, they would 34:15 put a panel up and they would project in the parking lot, in 34:19 hospitals. 34:21 They would just see the employees being able to watch it and visitors 34:26 of those hospitals. 34:27 There are churches where you'll see the simple benches. 34:33 Oh, I love that. 34:34 This one is in the auditorium. 34:35 Where we were. 34:36 Yes. 34:37 This is where I'd lunch. 34:38 So every night, there were different churches present. 34:43 Now, this is one of those simple benches that you see, but they were 34:47 there tuning in. 34:48 This is a shopping center. 34:50 Outside. 34:51 So they broadcast it there. 34:52 Exactly. 34:59 people in homes. 35:01 Wow, where's that? 35:02 This is another place, like a public park. 35:05 A park. 35:05 Yes, a park. 35:06 That's right. 35:07 It just had a big screen out there. 35:09 Yes, it had a big screen. 35:10 And this is a smaller church, but there, again, the people are 35:14 watching. 35:15 And so this was a huge, huge event for them. 35:18 Is this another home? 35:20 Okay. 35:21 That's right. 35:23 And even people, yes, they were. 35:25 And even, you know, as you see the security guard, of course, they're 35:30 working, but they've been ministered to. 35:33 They were told watch and they were watching on their phones. 35:36 That's right. 35:38 And this out in the country, say, simple families. 35:41 inviting the neighbors. 35:42 But this is technology that unites us, you see. 35:46 So people open their homes to their small groups. 35:49 It didn't matter and whether it's a comfortable place or not as 35:53 comfortable, but people were tuning in and they say, we don't want to 35:57 miss this. 35:58 So the Shabbat's union is one of the most active. 36:01 This is baptism. 36:02 This is baptism. 36:03 And this is what it's all about. 36:04 Sure is. 36:06 Wow. 36:06 Praise God for that. 36:08 A tremendous, tremendous opportunity to present the gospel. 36:13 You know, when you think about the Hope Channel, Interamerica, Spanish 36:16 channel, they were broadcasting. 36:17 I don't know how many cable companies and TV channels they 36:20 have. 36:24 about 35 3ABN Latino down links that are 3ABN down links that are 36:29 doing. 36:30 Then there are all 3ABN. 36:31 Also, you know, we have a strong tower. 36:35 They have a TV station and 3ABN Latinos on there. 36:38 So it's a massive amount of people that were being reached with this 36:43 evangelistic campaign. 36:45 We also have another video. 36:47 Oh, we have a video. 36:48 We didn't show the video yet. 36:51 Well, okay. 36:52 What is it about the video? 36:54 Well, the first part of the video it has audio. 36:56 So we're going to be quiet during that part. 36:58 And you'll see the intro for the evangelistic campaign. 37:01 And then you hear part of the singing. 37:03 And then we will start talking about the rest of it. 37:06 Okay, let's go to that role right now. 37:39 Amen, 37:54 amen. 37:58 campaign to introduce singing, but also the prayer for the night. 38:05 They had different union presidents coming in every night. 38:10 And this is the speaker. 38:11 That is right. 38:14 Pastor Orso Luis Orozco. 38:16 And he is young, dynamic and a lot of young people appreciate him. 38:25 He and his wife and his two children are in ministry. 38:28 What I admired was that he would ask one of his family members to go 38:33 up to the platform and pray. 38:35 And their son, little son says, Papi, that I want to pray with you 38:41 in the campaigns. 38:42 So he sees it's important to involve your family. 38:46 So his son, his daughter, his wife would go up and the Lord used him. 38:50 As you can see, he did altar calls every night and people responded 38:55 not only locally, but also right there in the auditorium, but people 38:59 in their homes, in their churches, he would say, come, come, go 39:04 forward. 39:08 So we had the baptisms every night and it was a privilege for us to be 39:15 able to meet these people. 39:17 When they say we grew up watching you and now they're parents and now 39:20 they're working. 39:22 And some said, you know, I never imagined that my dream would come 39:26 true to work with 3ABN Latinos. 39:28 So it was encouraging to see these young professionals investing their 39:33 talents in time and giving it back to the Lord in service. 39:37 So this was an admirable project because it consisted of all of the 39:44 media teams from all of the conferences, all of the unions is 39:49 not just the team. 39:50 OK, so the Chiapas Union team, production team is doing this now. 39:55 It's all of them from all the conferences and unions inside 39:59 United effort. 40:01 And in unity, their strength. 40:04 They support each other. 40:05 They did an outstanding job and just praise God, praise God for 40:10 that opportunity. 40:13 Sorry, what a privilege for 3ABN Latino and the Hope Channel and all 40:18 the conferences to work together in the broadcast of the gospel. 40:23 With all the cable stations and all the down links 3ABN has the 3ABN 40:27 Latino, we can broadcast the gospel and with everything Hope Channel 40:30 has, they can broadcast the gospel and we can do it simultaneously. 40:34 Yes, we bombarded the country. 40:37 I love that. 40:38 Sorry, Patron. 40:38 That's a good bombardment. 40:40 Yes, so from a national effort became an international campaign 40:45 through the Hope Channel and 3ABN. 40:48 I want to say the singer that was heard, she grew up watching 3ABN 40:55 Latino and when she saw us, oh, we're feeling old. 41:01 But what an impression though. 41:04 Yes, absolutely. 41:05 She had a beautiful voice. 41:06 Yes, beautiful voice. 41:07 Yes, and the music was anointed and they're willing to come and help 41:13 here in 3ABN to collaborate with the music department in whatever 41:18 functions. 41:19 But I want to say that you never know what impact we're causing in 41:23 the homes. 41:24 We're going forward by faith. 41:26 We serve here. 41:27 There's a list of jobs to do. 41:28 We have to feed the big appetite of a channel. 41:33 That's right, 24-7. 41:34 So you have to feed it and you have to feed it. 41:36 And you pray, Lord, may this not be just another project. 41:40 May this be anointed. 41:42 May the viewers that join us in prayer keep praying for the content 41:46 of the programs because a television station can entertain, 41:50 but we have to minister. 41:51 There's so many needs out there. 41:54 From the smallest, I just had a call today, a 21-year-old from 41:58 Chiapas who lives here. 42:00 And she says, I'm having such a hard time. 42:02 My parents are not at Venice, but I grew up watching 3ABN Latino. 42:07 I'm now in the States. 42:08 My father's here. 42:10 And I just want to tell you that my father just accepted to start La Fe 42:13 de Jesus, the Bible studies with her. 42:18 They were shunning her out, but she's like, you guys are a lifeline 42:23 for us. 42:23 So please pray for me. 42:25 So just as she is, crying out for that spiritual support, there are 42:31 many others. 42:35 needs of the people. 42:37 That's right. 42:38 This evangelistic campaign, it was called Jesus is Sufficient. 42:42 Jesus is Sufficient. 42:43 Right, Jesus is Sufficient. 42:48 talk about that. 42:50 This evangelistic campaign seems to have united the country in 42:54 evangelism. 42:54 Yes. 42:55 Unlike ever before. 42:56 And they're having another one next year. 42:58 They already started talking about can 3ABN join us as well? 43:03 So praise the Lord for this opportunity. 43:05 And we want to just praise the Lord that there's a story that I think 43:11 Idalia will tell. 43:12 There was a man that heard about that, that he wanted to participate 43:16 and he was helping people find 3ABN. 43:21 Well, yes, this is Jose Augusto. 43:24 He is from the South Chiapas Conference district of Villa 43:28 Comaltitlan. 43:30 Yes, he's holding up Dios Te Ama. 43:33 And that means God loves you. 43:34 And that's his wife at that. 43:36 And what it is is that he was very active in missions and he loved 43:43 3ABN Latino. 43:44 He loved it. 43:51 say, tuning to 3ABN Latino and he would tell every door, where the 43:56 channel, what to watch. 43:58 So for the series, he went door-to -door and those people that were in 44:02 contact, his contacts that are doing Bible studies, he wanted to 44:06 make sure that they were watching. 44:09 So when he got to the door and he could hear 3ABN was already on in 44:15 their living rooms. 44:17 So, I mean, it gives me goosebumps because he was, and I say was, 44:22 because after he made the efforts and went door-to-door and people 44:27 were tuning in and all, unfortunately, he had an accident 44:31 in his job and he died electrocuted and he did not make it to the rest 44:37 of the meetings. 44:38 But people not today still are saying he loved 3ABN Latino. 44:44 He used it as a tool to witness for people and Jesus is coming soon and 44:50 he invested. 44:54 funeral, they were talking about the conference, tuning in the 44:59 conference and still saying, you know, Jesus is coming soon. 45:03 What are we doing with our time? 45:04 Let's invest it and he invested it by inviting people to tuning in 45:08 because salvation is today. 45:11 Today is the Day of Salvation. 45:12 So this man was being... 45:14 What a story. 45:14 Yes, yes. 45:15 What a testimony, true. 45:17 We lift up the family in prayer and invite you at home to pray for his 45:22 wife and children and the family they're left behind. 45:25 It was tremendous to consider that to the very last day of his life, 45:30 he was doing evangelism, helping people find, you know, this 45:35 evangelistic campaign and tuning 3ABN. 45:37 So praise the Lord. 45:38 It's amazing. 45:40 You know, we were also... 45:43 Brother Randy Bermejo went with us and he was managing the streaming 45:46 to directly come to 3ABN master control so that it could go out to 45:52 the other outlets. 45:54 So we're grateful for Brother Randy. 45:57 Tremendous, tremendous worker for the Lord. 45:59 We have another video we can go to that quick. 46:01 If it's okay with you. 46:02 It's about a minute and a half, I think. 46:03 Yeah, let's do that. 46:06 So this is Idalia's interviewing. 46:08 Tell us who you were interviewing, Idalia. 46:10 He's the speaker of this series. 46:13 And, you know, it's amazing that he also watched 3ABN Latino when he 46:18 was a child. 46:22 And his mother would make it, you know, tune in and his children are 46:27 watching. 46:33 generations are welcome to watch. 46:35 So I had the opportunity to interview the president of the 46:39 Chiapas Union. 46:40 That's Pastor Ignacio Navarro. 46:42 The things work differently in Mexico. 46:45 He is also the president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for 46:49 the whole nation, because the government of Mexico recognizes 46:53 only one leader for the nation, all the other union presidents. 46:58 They basically acknowledge him as the president. 47:02 And this was a department or a service that was offered. 47:06 Mexico has the church has a service as a channel that serves to the 47:11 people that are deaf. 47:12 So this is sign language, the hearing impaired. 47:15 What was interesting here is that these two young men, they don't 47:19 have any families that need this service. 47:22 But the Lord placed that as their ministry and they studied Mexican, 47:28 Spanish sign language. 47:31 I didn't realize that every country has their own. 47:34 I had no idea. 47:37 Yes, there is an international general sign language, but for the 47:43 Mexican language, which is Spanish, there are some words in Mexico that 47:49 I don't understand. 47:50 I speak Spanish, but I'm from Puerto Rico. 47:52 Right. 47:54 So there are some terms, but anyway, they dedicated to be there 48:00 to interpret in sign language. 48:03 So everybody was able to. 48:05 There was a separate channel for the hearing impaired. 48:08 Normally they're in a little box doing their sign language. 48:13 This time it was a... 48:14 They had their own channel. 48:15 Their own channel. 48:17 From waist up, you could see. 48:19 They were the speakers. 48:21 Yes, and there was a little box for the evangelistic campaign that you 48:24 could see. 48:25 So it was a different experience for the hearing. 48:28 And what I learned is that when you put it in the little circle, it's 48:32 hard to see. 48:35 They say what we learn and when we study this is that it's a small 48:39 circle on the side, but that is a ministry in itself. 48:42 So for the hearing impaired, that is a service. 48:44 Thank you both for going there. 48:46 And thank you again for your leadership with 3ABN Latino. 48:49 I mean, you think about the channel, the network, all these 48:52 years and the impact. 48:53 And like you're saying, these little kids we're watching now 48:55 they're grown adults, their own kids and evangelists. 48:58 How neat is that, right? 49:00 And the impact again of 3ABN, 3ABN Latino. 49:04 But thank you both for your leadership. 49:05 I'd like to talk about Cuba also, both of you, because that's again 49:09 another exciting project at 3ABN and 3ABN Latino has been involved 49:13 in. 49:17 Tell us about this really neat aspect of Cuba. 49:20 This is a wonderful opportunity to help spread the gospel in Cuba. 49:26 Now, many of you are already helping with the weekly TV package, 49:31 which we still have to pay a monthly fee for that. 49:34 That is still going strong. 49:35 Praise the Lord. 49:36 But this is another ministry opportunity. 49:39 This is a Bible. 49:40 And this is a Bible that we, 3ABN administration has approved to send 49:49 Bibles to Cuba. 49:50 That's right. 49:51 This is a marvelous, marvelous project. 49:54 Bibles for Cuba. 49:56 And it is an opportunity that is coming at a time of great need in 50:00 Cuba. 50:01 That's right. 50:04 About a month or so ago, I came from there and I can tell you there 50:07 is a great need. 50:08 People are going through very difficult times in Cuba. 50:11 All over the world. 50:12 In Cuba, they're going to very difficult times. 50:15 And I was talking to the director of the Cuban Bible Society. 50:22 They're very happy that 3ABN has decided to do this project. 50:28 And he said, there is a great need. 50:31 And he said, I can tell you because we have been having events. 50:36 There's a Cuban Bible Society, by the way, I mentioned that. 50:39 And they went somewhere and they started offering free Bibles. 50:45 There was a long line of people. 50:47 And he said, over and over again, we see confirmation that people 50:52 need Jesus. 50:55 The other things that are in the country, the secular things, that 51:01 does not change lives. 51:02 And they feel like there's a need to search for the Lord. 51:07 So 3ABN, thank you. 51:10 Our goal is 15,000, I'm going to say at least, 15,000 Bibles to send 51:16 to Cuba. 51:16 And we've researched it. 51:19 And, you know, in talking to them and researching Bibles, I've 51:22 learned some things. 51:23 And we were looking at another Bible and it had a shiny cover. 51:27 It looked nice and it was wonderful. 51:30 But this Bible that I was looking at, it was not as good as quality 51:36 as this Bible. 51:37 The other Bible I'm talking about because I noticed that the other 51:42 Bible was just glued on to the cover. 51:46 A better Bible, longer lasting Bible is sewn together and then 51:52 glued to the cover. 51:53 This is a higher quality Bible. 51:56 It will last a long time. 51:58 In addition to that, this Bible, a lot of these Bibles that are just 52:04 glued, they're just glued on. 52:07 But these Bibles are, it's a group of pages sewn together and then 52:13 sewn together to many other groups. 52:15 So it should last a long time. 52:17 So it lasts a long time. 52:19 So good quality Bible and it's amazing about three dollars per 52:23 Bible. 52:26 I mean, this is behind the scenes. 52:27 You're kind of in on our three of in living room here. 52:30 So let's, you're kind of maybe in a little business session. 52:33 Pastor Johnnie, you said 15,000 Bibles, right? 52:36 But just as we're starting this program, you said for a full 52:39 container, those containers that go across the ocean, how many Bibles 52:41 will fit in a container to fill it up? 52:43 If we order 15,000 Bibles, they have to put it in a 20 foot. 52:47 But how many Bibles will fit in that? 52:50 20,000 Bibles. 52:51 See, OK, so this is OK, this is our little business thing here. 52:54 So a business session here, right? 52:55 So, you know, what I think we need to do then actually is that instead 52:57 of the 15,000 that we're just talking about, why don't we just go 53:00 forward and let's just do the 20 ,000 Bibles to fill up the 53:03 container. 53:05 So, I mean, I know we don't have the funds for that, you know, yet, 53:09 but I know we're just telling you about this, too. 53:10 You're kind of sitting in on this. 53:12 So about three dollars times another five thousand, it's like 53:14 another 15,000 or so for the extra five thousand Bibles. 53:19 Yes. 53:22 because we talked about this. 53:26 to Cuba. 53:26 Yes, absolutely. 53:27 And so that takes a few more thousand dollars. 53:29 But if you are feeling impressed this evening, we're just talking 53:31 about this here. 53:34 all right? 53:35 Praise the Lord! 53:39 forward by faith. 53:43 Bibles. 53:44 So we just upped that, babe. 53:44 Is that all right? 53:45 We just upped it. 53:45 That's wonderful. 53:47 So you can call us right now and donate and support this project. 53:51 The fund code is 309, that's Bibles for Cuba. 53:56 Call us at 618-627-4651. 54:00 That number is 618-627-4651 and just say, yes, I want to get on 54:06 board and help sponsor 20,000 Spanish Bibles going directly to 54:11 Cuba. 54:12 They will be given out to the people there. 54:15 We're sharing some with the Cuban Bible Society, some with the church 54:19 and then some people who watch 3ABN on the package will be contacting 54:24 us and will be giving those Bibles away for free. 54:27 So you can go online as well, 3ABN .tv and you click on the donate tab 54:33 at the top, scroll down to code 309, that's Bibles for Cuba and you 54:40 can donate that way as well. 54:42 You know, we don't usually just throw around specific numbers. 54:44 You know, you've been a part of 3ABN for about 40 years yourself, 54:48 Pastor John Ape, and you know, of course, but we just, you know, this 54:51 evening we need about an additional $20,000, I think about it because 54:54 we had almost enough to do the 15 ,000 Bibles but to make it 20,000 54:58 Bibles, we need probably about an additional $20,000 or so. 55:01 So I know that's not a problem. 55:02 The Lord has that all taken care of. 55:04 So I'm excited about these Bibles going to Cuba for such a time as 55:08 this. 55:11 God. 55:12 Yes. 55:16 last a long time. 55:17 They do. 55:23 was there on Saturday and I was taking a look at Bibles and the 55:29 gentleman behind me, he had a Bible, but his Bible was stapled 55:33 together. 55:35 I'm not saying everybody has Bibles stapled together, but even among 55:38 the Church members, there's a need for Bibles. 55:40 We're going to be giving these Bibles away. 55:41 And yes, we're going to be giving these Bibles away. 55:43 These are not going to be sold. 55:45 And so actually, and we want to print that inside that it says 55:48 this, these Bibles are to be given away freely. 55:51 So nothing will be sold. 55:53 Thank you for your vision with this project. 55:55 Yes, really appreciate it. 55:59 God's work is moving, growing and going and moving forward. 56:03 Praise the Lord for that. 56:05 Thank you, Pastor Johnny and Mrs. Denzi. 56:07 I love you both. 56:09 We're grateful for your leadership with Freebie and Latina. 56:11 Great job. 56:16 because we're still being broadcast through people getting the hard 56:20 drive and getting the Freebie and Latino programming in their own 56:24 home and sharing it in their community. 56:27 So thank you both. 56:28 And Jeff, we love you as well and your wife, Charlotte. 56:32 Just so grateful for your leadership with our planned giving 56:35 department and what you both do. 56:38 Praise the Lord. 56:39 Absolutely. 56:39 That's God. 56:40 It is. 56:41 You know, and one other thing real quick. 56:43 If you have an IRA and you need to take and make a donation or you 56:47 need to make a withdrawal of your IRA, you need to contact us because 56:50 there's two different ways you can do it and not pay any 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