I want to spend my life.
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Mending broken people.
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I want to spend my life.
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I want to spend my life.
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Mending broken people.
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I want to spend my life.
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Hello and welcome
to Thursday Night Live.
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I am so excited tonight because
we have a special program for
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you.
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this program promises
to be by the grace of God.
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But before I introduce our
guest to you, we're going to
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have some music.
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Alison Spear and Tim Parton
are going to bring to us No One
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Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus.
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I would love to tell
you what I think of Jesus.
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Since I found in him a
friend so strong and true.
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I would tell you how he
changed my life completely.
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He did something
that no other friend could
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do for me.
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Like Jesus.
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There's no other
friend so kind as he.
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No one else could take
the sin and darkness from me.
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Oh how much he cares for me.
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My life was full of
sin when Jesus found me.
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And my heart was
full of misery and woe.
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But Jesus came and placed
his loving arms around me.
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Then he led me in
the way that I should go.
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No
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one for me like Jesus.
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There's no other
friend so kind as he.
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No one else could take
the sin and darkness from me.
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How
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much he cares for me.
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No one
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ever cared for me like Jesus.
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How beautiful.
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Thank you Alison and
Tim for that lovely song.
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The words are just so precious.
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I can't help but harmonize.
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I wanted to sing the third
part but anyway it was great.
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Well our guests tonight are
Dylan and Kerry McWilliams from
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Gideon Rescue Company.
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Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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Thank you so much.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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It's so great to have you.
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You know when you think about
how no one cares for us like
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Jesus, what you guys are
doing is taking Jesus into every
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situation.
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So tell us about
Gideon Rescue Company.
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What is that about?
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Dylan tell us.
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organization that most of us
are Seventh-day Adventists that
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are part of it.
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We go to disaster zones and we
try our best to demonstrate the
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love of God there.
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It actually began in 2010
with the earthquake in Haiti.
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I joined the group in 2017.
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We've been a part of it ever
since as a family and really
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full time the
last two years or so.
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So it's just been a really good
experience and a blessing to us
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to just be able to be a part
of it and to help further the
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work.
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How did you first hear about it?
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So I actually graduated from
Daystar Adventist Academy in
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Castle Valley, Utah and
the assistant boys Dean and the
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Bible and history teacher
were the two founders of Gideon
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Rescue Company.
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disaster zone and different
things that they got to be a
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part of.
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I could see that they really
cared about people and that if
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we keep the service of
God supreme, it doesn't matter
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what's in front of
us, God can move it.
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That's right.
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It inspired me and I was like
I want to be a part of this.
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I want to inspire
other young people.
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And so and then when I
met Carrie, we went to a few
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disasters as a family
and she was hooked as well.
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Carrie, how did
you find out about it?
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Mostly through Dylan.
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When we first got married, we
had talked about mission trips
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and he told me all about it and
I was like the next response I
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want to go.
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So really a couple months after
I said that, we went on our
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first response.
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Oh, that's so great.
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How long have you
guys been married?
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Six years.
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Oh, that's nice.
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You have children?
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Yep.
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We have three.
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Wow, nice.
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They go with us in
the disaster response.
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What role do they play?
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Sometimes they don't think
that they can do much, but just
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showing up will start the
conversations with people and
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put smiles on their faces
and they just are there to make
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people smile.
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Oh, that's so nice.
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So tell us something about
like, give us your first, what
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happened at your first
mission trip for Gideon Rescue?
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So I guess it was
kind of my first one.
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I went to Indonesia for a big
earthquake and tsunami and it
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was life changing.
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impossible doors and I got to
experience the promises of the
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Bible firsthand.
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And it instilled in me
that man, that so many times we
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focus on the God of the past
and of the future and that God
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can do great and amazing things.
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Right?
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is the God of
the present as well.
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That's right.
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answer.
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things for our own pleasures
when really what God is asking
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us is when he says, ask
me and I will give it to you.
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He wants people
to see his character.
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He wants to get the glory.
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He wants people to not look
at others or themselves, but to
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look to him.
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That's right.
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righteous man avails much.
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We're not claiming to be
righteous, but we can claim him
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who is.
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That's right.
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And prayer is a powerful thing.
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It's an act of war against the
enemy and it's really our only
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weapon.
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Yes.
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How has it impacted you both?
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Well, for me it's
drastically changed everything.
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I grew up in the Adventist
Church and I just felt like I
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had this
acclamation to Bible truth.
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Like I didn't
really understand much.
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I didn't have this conviction
of change that I wanted to be a
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part of this movement.
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It's like I didn't really
quite understand what we were
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supposed to do.
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like, well, what is
this supposed to do?
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And I think being a part
of Gideon SU Company has just
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instilled in me that what
God cares about is people.
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And what he wants to reach
is people and he wants to use us
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to do it.
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but you, but the whole world.
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He wants to reach people
and he can only do that if we
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surrender our lives to him.
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And my faith has grown.
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I mean, we've seen impossible
things happen and we've seen
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miracles that could
spend hours talking about.
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And every trip,
my faith goes up.
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Yes, and we're going to talk
about some of those miracles
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because it does change
everything, doesn't it?
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What about you, Carrie?
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How has it impacted you?
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Yeah, like Gideon said, to
just focus on people and just
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sharing God's love with them
and just going without a plan
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and just
jumping in and doing it.
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So tell us about the latest
disaster where you ministered.
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So we actually went
to Hurricane Barrel.
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This was July 2024, and it was
a category four hurricane that
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hit the Grenadine Islands and
specifically hit Union Island
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really hard.
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And we just decided like,
hey, we want to we want to go.
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And one thing I wanted to
mention about Gideon SU Company
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is we kind of
go in a unique way.
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We don't really have a plan.
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We go with a backpack with
packed is full of literature as
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we possibly can and maybe
an extra pair of clothes and a
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toothbrush.
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But the goal is to get in
and start spreading the gospel.
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And we have we
have different skills.
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We have search and rescue dogs.
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We have chainsaw search
and rescue, swift water rescue,
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high angle rescue.
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get us into
these disaster zones.
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And then we can use those
skills to open the door to the
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heart and reach them
with the everlasting gospel.
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So let me get this straight.
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So when you leave home, you're
not leaving home with a whole
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bunch of suitcases
and stuff like that.
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You have like a backpack,
a backpack, and that's it.
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And the clothes on our body.
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I know my husband
wishes I'd travel like that.
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We it's actually very we've
learned that the more we take,
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the more we just get
we have to drag around.
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You know, I'm not using.
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Yeah, we end up not using it.
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You know, we take like there's
been times where I don't even
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take a water bottle anymore.
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God provides food, water,
bedding, jackets like we just
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we go.
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We take the principle in Luke
where Jesus is like I sent you
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without a money bag or sandals,
extra clothes just and God
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provided.
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And I can tell you we both
can that we've never lacked
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anything and God's.
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In fact, we've gained.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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So when we went, we actually
tried to beat the hurricane.
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We wanted to get there first
and ride the hurricane out.
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There was a few of us that went.
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I went before Carrie about a
week before Carrie went and we
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got actually got stuck in
Puerto Rico and we got to the
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storm hit.
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We couldn't get in.
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So we were
stranded in Puerto Rico.
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So we didn't really
know what to what to do.
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So we were just kind of
trying different avenues.
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And a very crazy story how God
would just send us just there
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just for one person is we
were driving by a national guard
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base in Puerto Rico.
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And we just decided to jump
out and go and see if they could
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help us at all.
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So myself and another team
member, Brock, we walked up to
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this this guard shack and
handed them all literature and
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was talking to them.
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And then a commander comes out
and he says, you're early for
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your appointment.
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And we were
like, our appointment?
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We didn't know we
had an appointment.
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And he's like, what would you
would you like to wait or come
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back at one thirty?
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And we were like, we'll
come back at one thirty.
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We didn't really
know what we were doing.
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So we left and we get the rest
of a team together and we just
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pray like, Lord, direct us.
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Where do we need to go?
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And we go back and they tell
us directions of how to get into
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this commander's office.
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And we go.
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And sure enough, the lady
that she was expecting us and we
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come in and we sit down and
she's like, so I don't really
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know why you're here or
why my schedule freed up.
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But what can I do for you?
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And it was it was
amazing because even though she
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couldn't help us to get in, she
we got to tell testimonies to
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her.
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controversy that she
was very excited about.
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And it's just amazing
if God, God cares for her.
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And if we look at these
opportunities like these delays
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as opportunities to reach
people, God gives them to us.
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And we have to act on that.
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And I just praise God that
instead of being disappointed
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that we were delayed for
two days on Puerto Rico, that we
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were looking for opportunities
and we jumped on it.
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And God, God opened the door.
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So the delay actually was just
a little detour because God had
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some things for you to do there.
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Yes, absolutely.
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So people for
you to reach there.
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And then you went on.
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Yep.
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waiting.
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An airplane
lined up or anything.
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And a lady gets off a private
jet and she comes up and she's
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she's talking.
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I said, hey, we're on our way
to Union Island and our goal is
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to share hope in the
soon return of Jesus.
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And I'd like to
share some with you.
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And she just like was
like, thank you so much.
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This is amazing.
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Can I get your phone number?
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And she left.
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And about 15 minutes later,
she called and she said, hey, I
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really am impressed with
what you guys are here to do.
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And I would like to pay for a
jet to come and pick you up and
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fly you all the
way into Union Island.
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Look at God.
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Absolutely.
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Look at God.
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It's so amazing to me
how he connects the dots.
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You know, you start
out with one kind of plan.
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You know, you're
headed to Union Island.
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But you get
delayed in Puerto Rico.
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And then, you know, then you
get into this person's office.
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Yeah.
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I mean, God opened the doors
at every juncture and even the
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taxi drivers.
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geared straight to Bible
prophecy and America and the
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three angels message.
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And it just blew our minds.
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Every opportunity, if we just
opened our mouth and said, hey,
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how are you doing?
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Yes.
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And it just, it all came out.
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And they're,
hey, I'm struggling.
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And we give them a track on the
soon return of Jesus or faith
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or hope in troubled times.
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And it would just open the door.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Have you always
been on fire for God?
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I would like to think so.
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But looking
back, definitely not.
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You know, we were
absorbed with ourselves.
00:18:21.50\00:18:25.37
We were absorbed
with building our house.
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We were absorbed with
the things of this world.
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And it was just a wake-up
call that we just both kind of
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experienced at the same
time where we sold our house, we
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quit our jobs, we've
invested our time into this.
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And if we watched the days
of Noah, if anybody's ever seen
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the days of Noah, if you
haven't, it's on Amazon Prime.
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Ah.
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Ministries.
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And it really woke us up to the
urgency of the message that we
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as Adventists
need to be proclaiming.
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And that since then, we've just
really been trying to invest
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every moment of our
life into reaching people.
00:19:02.74\00:19:05.27
So was there an event that made
you say that you need to do it
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or you both just kind of came
to that conclusion at the same
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time?
00:19:15.65\00:19:20.06
conclusion as we
kept studying and praying.
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I think that, you know,
one thing that people need to
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remember is when we seek God,
God's got a plan, first of all.
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He's got a plan, and we can
get so sidetracked into life and
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doing life that we lose sight
of the urgency of the hour.
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And you guys are saying
to us, it's time to wake up.
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We want to wake you up.
00:19:51.82\00:19:53.89
It's so important.
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It's so, so important.
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And I think the devil is so
shrewd because he knows how to
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just kind of lull us into
this pursuit of other things.
00:20:02.23\00:20:08.30
This comfortable state.
00:20:08.44\00:20:10.27
Yes, yes.
00:20:10.97\00:20:12.11
But we need to be pursuing
Jesus, that he's the key and
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sharing the gospel is the key.
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I've been like really
focusing on the gospel.
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What is the gospel and how
do we get it to people so that
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they understand it's not
about us, it's about him.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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a demonstration of the gospel.
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Yes.
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knowledge.
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we need to provide them with
the knowledge and the resources
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to say, hey, this is what
I believe and this is what's
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changed my life and I'd
like to share it with you.
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That's great.
00:20:54.68\00:20:55.42
So tell us some
more about Union.
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So what happened?
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And I think you
have some pictures too.
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Yes.
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This was about a
week after we arrived.
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But when we first arrived
on Union Island, it was totally
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devastated.
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And we got taken up.
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We got off the plane and they
escorted us to this hospital
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where the roof was gone.
00:21:24.38\00:21:26.01
Everything was just in
like there was no electricity.
00:21:26.25\00:21:28.62
There was no water
anywhere on the island.
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And when we got to the
hospital, they showed us where
00:21:32.49\00:21:35.46
we could stay.
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roof and there's like six
inches of water on the ground.
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So we're we set up our
cots to they provided us cots.
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They provided us bedding and
our pilot, he's a good friend
00:21:45.90\00:21:51.24
of ours.
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And he flew us in and because
we were able to pay for his
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fuel now that the
lady offered to pay it.
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And he got the whole hospital,
the network up and running.
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He got their
water lines running.
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He got electric.
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And then we tarped their
roof and got the hospital
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operational.
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And then we just started going
out into the community, going
00:22:15.13\00:22:19.13
to different points of
distribution and working and
00:22:19.13\00:22:22.37
organizing, getting food and
water out to different parts of
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the island.
00:22:25.41\00:22:25.97
So when you first got there,
how did you know where to go?
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Like what did you think?
00:22:30.78\00:22:34.45
Like where am I
going to go to start?
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How do you start?
00:22:37.65\00:22:38.49
It's a really good question
because every moment, every
00:22:38.85\00:22:42.56
time you arrive in a
disaster, it's total chaos.
00:22:42.56\00:22:44.69
There's no like we have no idea
what to do, no idea where to
00:22:45.49\00:22:48.60
go.
00:22:48.60\00:22:48.93
And immediately was if we
look for people, like how can we
00:22:50.00\00:22:53.94
reach people?
00:22:53.94\00:22:55.14
And as soon as we stepped
off the plane, there was a lady
00:22:55.14\00:22:56.81
that they just collapsed in one
of our team members arms just
00:22:56.81\00:23:00.44
sobbing and she
had lost everything.
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.78
She was her friend had died
in the hurricane and she was
00:23:02.84\00:23:07.28
standing in chest deep water
for like eight hours, you know,
00:23:07.28\00:23:11.09
with with a category four
hurricane and tornadoes all
00:23:11.12\00:23:15.86
around.
00:23:15.86\00:23:17.96
And we were able to just
tell her that, hey, God has not
00:23:18.06\00:23:21.63
forgotten you.
00:23:21.63\00:23:22.43
God has a plan for you.
00:23:22.83\00:23:24.07
We left her with some steps
to Christ and she's actually she
00:23:24.07\00:23:26.27
may even be
watching this program today.
00:23:26.27\00:23:28.34
She's she's been talking with
us and we've been sending her
00:23:28.57\00:23:31.77
Bible studies and it's
just been a great opportunity.
00:23:31.77\00:23:35.78
And when we met her, all of
a sudden we focused on her and
00:23:36.95\00:23:41.02
she actually had connections in
the whole island and different
00:23:41.02\00:23:44.75
people started coming to us
and they thought we knew what we
00:23:44.75\00:23:47.59
were doing.
00:23:47.59\00:23:47.96
We really didn't.
00:23:48.09\00:23:49.02
So but they still took us.
00:23:49.19\00:23:50.56
They said we want to
take you to the hospital.
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.09
It's a good place.
00:23:52.09\00:23:52.99
And it turned out being a great
place because there was it was
00:23:53.73\00:23:56.00
up on the hill.
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There was no mosquitoes.
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Oh, yes.
00:23:57.93\00:23:58.77
The breeze.
00:23:58.80\00:23:59.57
You know, I have to say that
the ministry that you guys have
00:24:00.07\00:24:04.67
is amazing.
00:24:04.67\00:24:05.84
Like I don't I can't see myself
doing stuff like like going to
00:24:05.91\00:24:10.25
places where there's
no electricity, no water.
00:24:10.25\00:24:13.31
No, that would just be unless
the Lord, I guess the Lord, if
00:24:13.55\00:24:17.29
the Lord told me to
do it, I would do it.
00:24:17.29\00:24:19.29
I mean, but I don't
feel like that's my ministry.
00:24:19.29\00:24:21.69
But anybody who does that
is that's so powerful because
00:24:21.69\00:24:26.03
you're going into situations
that are just, you know, it's
00:24:26.03\00:24:30.80
actually kind of like what's
going to happen in the time of
00:24:30.80\00:24:33.77
trouble when there's no
electricity or there's, you
00:24:33.77\00:24:38.04
know, every resource
is kind of not available.
00:24:38.04\00:24:41.58
Absolutely.
00:24:41.58\00:24:42.18
So it's a that's amazing.
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.08
So after you got everything set
up there, did you were you able
00:24:45.08\00:24:51.32
to I know you were
giving out literature and all.
00:24:51.32\00:24:53.46
Were you able to have
Bible studies, pray with people?
00:24:53.46\00:24:56.36
How did you fit all of that in?
00:24:56.46\00:24:58.66
Yeah.
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.43
I mean, that whole island
got probably every person got
00:25:00.56\00:25:03.37
probably five different kinds
of glow tracks at different
00:25:03.37\00:25:05.50
times.
00:25:05.50\00:25:06.00
You know, there's only three
thousand people on the island.
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.47
OK.
00:25:08.50\00:25:12.01
And yes, we we sung
songs everywhere we went.
00:25:12.14\00:25:14.74
We were praying with people and
doing different Bible studies.
00:25:14.74\00:25:18.95
But one really cool story is
just was just before Carrie got
00:25:20.52\00:25:24.29
there and we were doing
distribution and the island was
00:25:24.29\00:25:28.79
running out of food and water.
00:25:28.79\00:25:29.89
You know,
there's no aid coming in.
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.36
All the aid is going to
some of the bigger islands.
00:25:32.46\00:25:34.23
And there was a ferry once
a day that could only take a
00:25:34.93\00:25:37.47
couple hundred people.
00:25:37.47\00:25:38.40
And everybody's
trying to get off the island.
00:25:38.50\00:25:39.80
Now, what what group of islands?
00:25:40.17\00:25:41.97
This is the Grenadine.
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.17
The Grenadine.
00:25:43.30\00:25:43.91
And all of a sudden we
get a phone call from a French
00:25:45.94\00:25:49.61
military warship that says we
are on your way to your island,
00:25:49.61\00:25:53.65
to the island.
00:25:53.82\00:25:54.45
And we got your phone number
from somebody and we would
00:25:55.12\00:25:58.99
like, would you be willing
to go down to the dock and check
00:25:58.99\00:26:01.56
the depth of the water for us?
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.32
So in my human thinking, I
grabbed my snorkel that I had
00:26:04.49\00:26:08.96
brought my mask and I walked
down to the dock thinking, what
00:26:08.96\00:26:12.17
am I going to do?
00:26:12.17\00:26:15.67
I can and just
estimate the depth of this?
00:26:15.67\00:26:17.77
I have no idea.
00:26:17.77\00:26:17.81
Yeah.
00:26:18.84\00:26:23.31
thinking, what
are we going to do?
00:26:23.31\00:26:24.55
And all of a sudden a diver
comes up from the water and
00:26:25.18\00:26:28.78
gets onto this boat.
00:26:28.78\00:26:29.78
And we're I walk up to him.
00:26:30.19\00:26:31.85
We said, hey, do you happen
to have the depth of this?
00:26:31.95\00:26:34.32
He's like, yep, I just did a
dock inspection and he gave us
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.63
all this information.
00:26:37.63\00:26:38.76
Wow.
00:26:38.99\00:26:43.50
have the text.
00:26:43.50\00:26:46.94
a detailed report.
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.07
I would like to work with
you and your team alone on the
00:26:48.14\00:26:50.77
island.
00:26:50.77\00:26:52.51
And we'd like to
bring you aboard our ship.
00:26:52.51\00:26:54.11
Oh, my word.
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.21
Is that the ship?
00:26:57.58\00:26:58.18
That's the ship.
00:26:58.18\00:26:58.81
That's the French military ship.
00:26:59.08\00:27:02.45
And it was very cool.
00:27:03.22\00:27:04.35
They actually escorted us
on the ship the next morning.
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.72
And we got to meet the captain
and all of his cabin crew.
00:27:07.19\00:27:10.66
And we got to give each one
of them a great controversy.
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.20
And the captain was so excited.
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.40
Of course, you know, the French
are very more secular mindset.
00:27:16.56\00:27:20.50
Yes.
00:27:20.54\00:27:23.30
Yes.
00:27:23.41\00:27:24.01
But they they were
all so open to this.
00:27:24.31\00:27:26.61
And the captain was so excited
that we had all written in his
00:27:26.71\00:27:29.31
book.
00:27:29.31\00:27:29.94
And I'm actually still
in contact with him today.
00:27:30.41\00:27:32.08
And he is he is reading
the book and he he's asking
00:27:32.08\00:27:35.12
questions and he's excited.
00:27:35.12\00:27:36.55
Wow.
00:27:36.99\00:27:43.39
that way.
00:27:43.39\00:27:43.96
A diver came up from the water.
00:27:44.09\00:27:46.23
And I mean,
how's that for timing?
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.63
I know.
00:27:48.63\00:27:52.10
walk down to the dock, if we
had stayed at the hospital and
00:27:52.10\00:27:54.60
said, I have no idea.
00:27:54.60\00:27:55.27
This is impossible.
00:27:55.30\00:27:56.07
I can't check the
depth and give up.
00:27:56.17\00:27:58.11
Yes.
00:27:58.11\00:27:58.14
We would have never.
00:27:58.67\00:27:59.54
But if we went down
there in faith, trusting.
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.41
And this is our one of our
verses that we always claim.
00:28:01.48\00:28:04.35
First Corinthians two, verse
five, it says that your faith
00:28:04.35\00:28:08.12
should not be in the wisdom
of men, but in the power of God.
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.82
Yes.
00:28:11.75\00:28:11.95
Yes.
00:28:12.12\00:28:12.79
That is what our faith is in.
00:28:12.79\00:28:14.49
Yes.
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.76
It's impossible.
00:28:16.79\00:28:17.53
That's right.
00:28:17.53\00:28:17.56
But with God, all things are.
00:28:18.23\00:28:18.26
Jordan.
00:28:22.56\00:28:22.86
The waters apart.
00:28:23.06\00:28:23.83
And that's just
what I was thinking.
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.97
You had to put your
foot in the Jordan first.
00:28:26.10\00:28:28.80
You had to step into the water.
00:28:29.57\00:28:31.17
Absolutely.
00:28:31.47\00:28:31.87
And then it parted.
00:28:32.11\00:28:33.51
Yeah.
00:28:33.51\00:28:33.91
Look at God.
00:28:34.24\00:28:35.11
It's amazing.
00:28:35.51\00:28:36.04
That's amazing.
00:28:36.04\00:28:36.98
That is amazing.
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.28
And after he saw this, and
he was like, Would you mind if I
00:28:38.78\00:28:41.58
sent a medical team with
you into the town, and you guys
00:28:41.58\00:28:47.12
just go door to door, and check
on people for their medical
00:28:47.12\00:28:49.92
needs, and my team would
like to get in and do stuff.
00:28:49.92\00:28:53.13
They were a young group of
people that wanted to just do
00:28:53.19\00:28:56.77
anything they could.
00:28:56.77\00:28:58.83
And they were excited.
00:28:59.63\00:29:04.14
But we just started going
house to house, and his name was
00:29:05.87\00:29:10.88
David.
00:29:10.88\00:29:11.18
And they were making fun of me,
of course, because every house
00:29:12.11\00:29:14.92
we stop at, I'm praying
with them, and I'm giving them
00:29:14.92\00:29:17.79
literature.
00:29:17.79\00:29:21.16
And as we continue down, we
get to this house, and it's the
00:29:22.26\00:29:27.56
House of Faith,
is what it's called.
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.36
There should be a
picture of the House of Faith.
00:29:30.03\00:29:32.93
Is that the House of Faith?
00:29:34.40\00:29:35.20
That's the House of Faith.
00:29:35.20\00:29:36.24
Okay.
00:29:36.24\00:29:41.18
Every other house around
it is totally demolished.
00:29:41.68\00:29:44.61
And not a window is broken
on this house, not a piece of
00:29:46.28\00:29:48.78
siding is broken.
00:29:48.78\00:29:49.65
And when we first arrived on
the island, we were driven by
00:29:50.39\00:29:54.32
this house, and one of the
town leaders, he said, at this
00:29:54.32\00:29:58.43
house, we were very much afraid.
00:29:58.43\00:29:59.76
There was a man that lived
here that we came before the
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.53
hurricane hit, and we said,
You have to leave this house.
00:30:02.53\00:30:05.40
It's going to be destroyed.
00:30:05.83\00:30:06.74
You're going to die.
00:30:06.77\00:30:07.67
And he just said, No,
I'm not going to leave.
00:30:07.80\00:30:10.14
God built me this house.
00:30:10.24\00:30:11.31
I'm going to stay.
00:30:11.47\00:30:12.21
And the hurricane came, and
after the hurricane had left,
00:30:13.68\00:30:17.88
they go back, and he is there
sitting in his house with not a
00:30:18.11\00:30:21.82
window broken.
00:30:21.82\00:30:22.62
And even the whole town knew
that this was the hand of God.
00:30:23.72\00:30:27.56
And it turns out that this
man was a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:30:28.29\00:30:31.96
And the Seventh-day Adventist
Church had built him this
00:30:32.53\00:30:35.00
house.
00:30:35.00\00:30:35.50
Wow.
00:30:36.33\00:30:40.60
And this house
has gone worldwide.
00:30:40.90\00:30:43.30
It's a testimony
to the whole island.
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.21
The whole island knew
that God's hand was in this.
00:30:45.24\00:30:47.11
And when we took our French,
there should be some pictures
00:30:47.48\00:30:50.38
of the little medical team that
we walked through the little
00:30:50.38\00:30:54.42
villages with, and we
walked them by this house.
00:30:54.42\00:31:00.42
And when I explained the
situation, their mind was
00:31:01.89\00:31:05.73
totally blown.
00:31:05.73\00:31:06.43
They said, This is impossible.
00:31:07.10\00:31:08.23
And by the end of that day,
David, the French commander, he
00:31:09.23\00:31:14.37
came up, and he said, I've
never believed in God, but he
00:31:14.37\00:31:18.21
said after today, I've seen
something on this island that I
00:31:18.21\00:31:21.48
know God is in.
00:31:21.48\00:31:22.61
And he said, What I
see in you is what I want.
00:31:22.68\00:31:26.48
I want to see people through
the eyes that you see them.
00:31:26.65\00:31:30.72
And he took a great
controversy, and we're still in
00:31:31.75\00:31:34.26
contact.
00:31:34.26\00:31:34.69
So pray for him.
00:31:35.19\00:31:35.79
His name is David.
00:31:35.89\00:31:36.59
David.
00:31:36.86\00:31:37.66
You know, when I think about
how important it is that people
00:31:38.06\00:31:43.03
see God through us, that they
see the love of Jesus through
00:31:43.03\00:31:47.60
us, that is so important.
00:31:47.60\00:31:49.84
And it can be done if we are
surrendered to doing the Lord's
00:31:49.84\00:31:56.68
will.
00:31:56.68\00:32:00.55
tells you to stay, if
everybody's telling you, you
00:32:00.55\00:32:03.39
need to get out, maybe you
should get out, unless the Lord
00:32:03.39\00:32:05.82
is telling you to stay.
00:32:05.82\00:32:06.82
Because sometimes people,
you know, they will stay, and
00:32:07.02\00:32:10.29
they're told to
evacuate, and they won't.
00:32:10.29\00:32:12.36
But this man was
told by the Lord to stay.
00:32:12.46\00:32:15.03
Because God needed his house
to be a testimony to the world.
00:32:15.10\00:32:17.70
Yes, yes, yes.
00:32:17.70\00:32:19.03
And all the other
houses were destroyed, right?
00:32:19.27\00:32:22.04
Everything around him.
00:32:22.17\00:32:23.04
Everything around him.
00:32:23.30\00:32:24.11
It was only by the hand of God.
00:32:24.94\00:32:26.41
Yes, yes.
00:32:26.74\00:32:27.88
And after this is when I called
Carrie, and I said, sweetie,
00:32:27.94\00:32:32.85
you have to come.
00:32:32.98\00:32:33.78
So you weren't even
there at this point?
00:32:34.55\00:32:36.55
Not at that point.
00:32:36.58\00:32:37.35
Oh, wow.
00:32:37.42\00:32:38.32
Okay, so what
happened when you went?
00:32:38.42\00:32:39.99
So, well, when he
called, I wasn't sure.
00:32:40.66\00:32:43.49
I was like, well, like,
what's the situation like?
00:32:43.59\00:32:45.83
It's gonna be a perfect
family overseas mission trip.
00:32:45.83\00:32:51.93
And I was like, okay, like,
I guess let's pray about it and
00:32:52.10\00:32:55.94
think about it.
00:32:55.94\00:32:56.94
And as a mother of three, like,
you always go, like, thinking
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.61
about all the scenarios that
could happen, and traveling by
00:33:00.61\00:33:03.55
yourself through the airports
is especially hard with three
00:33:03.55\00:33:07.08
little kids by yourself.
00:33:07.08\00:33:08.25
And how old are your children?
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.45
The oldest is four,
and then two and one.
00:33:10.12\00:33:12.69
At the time, the
youngest was six months.
00:33:13.19\00:33:15.06
Oh, my, yeah.
00:33:15.06\00:33:16.89
Yeah.
00:33:17.06\00:33:17.59
So I continued to pray about
it, and I just felt impressed
00:33:18.29\00:33:22.20
to read John 14.
00:33:22.20\00:33:23.37
And in that chapter, it just
talks about how God will send a
00:33:23.40\00:33:26.63
comforter to give you peace.
00:33:26.63\00:33:28.44
And so I was like, you
know, I'm gonna just step out in
00:33:28.60\00:33:31.21
faith and I'm gonna go.
00:33:31.21\00:33:33.01
And so I had another mother
come with me, Brock's wife,
00:33:33.84\00:33:37.91
Annie, decided to come
along with, and so we traveled
00:33:38.11\00:33:42.12
together.
00:33:42.12\00:33:42.78
And took the airport first.
00:33:45.35\00:33:47.19
We took the airport to Florida.
00:33:47.19\00:33:48.52
And then a good friend of ours,
Carl, flew us the rest of the
00:33:49.16\00:33:52.26
way, which was really nice.
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.80
We didn't have
to fly commercially.
00:33:53.83\00:33:55.40
Yes, yes.
00:33:55.56\00:33:56.43
That always helps.
00:33:56.43\00:33:57.40
So once you got there,
what was your first impression?
00:33:57.77\00:34:00.54
I was like, well, I wanted
to dive in and like, okay, let's
00:34:01.47\00:34:05.24
start.
00:34:05.24\00:34:08.68
oh, you need to slow down.
00:34:08.71\00:34:09.74
Like, you need to
take it their pace.
00:34:10.41\00:34:12.01
You can't always do everything
that Daddy gets to do or Dylan
00:34:12.01\00:34:16.02
gets to do.
00:34:16.02\00:34:16.65
And so just to do it their pace.
00:34:17.22\00:34:19.39
And sometimes they
bring the people to us.
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.83
Like, the people will see
little kids and will come over
00:34:24.13\00:34:26.59
and just start
talking and asking questions.
00:34:26.59\00:34:28.86
And it's a great
barrier to start off.
00:34:29.40\00:34:33.34
Did they have to get shots
and all that stuff to travel?
00:34:33.77\00:34:37.34
Okay, that's good.
00:34:37.81\00:34:38.94
When we got there, we actually,
it was really cool that we
00:34:39.67\00:34:43.14
started off walking everywhere
and then God gave us a moped
00:34:43.14\00:34:47.02
and we got to drive
everywhere on a moped.
00:34:47.02\00:34:49.18
Our whole family piled on a
moped and we drove all around
00:34:49.25\00:34:52.72
the island.
00:34:52.72\00:34:56.76
us the ship.
00:34:56.76\00:34:58.29
And then eventually he
gave us even a helicopter.
00:34:58.43\00:35:00.36
And we'll get to
that story as well.
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.33
But we started out
walking and ended with so much.
00:35:02.46\00:35:05.40
Wow, wow.
00:35:06.30\00:35:07.47
What was the biggest lesson
that you think you learned from
00:35:07.47\00:35:11.67
Union, from the
Union hurricane situation?
00:35:11.67\00:35:14.64
Biggest lesson?
00:35:17.01\00:35:18.11
My biggest lesson was that
if we are patient and we endure
00:35:18.25\00:35:23.75
through some of the seemingly
delays that God has something
00:35:23.75\00:35:28.49
even greater in store.
00:35:28.49\00:35:29.79
And if we are faithful with the
little things like walking door
00:35:30.69\00:35:34.13
to door, handing out
literature, doing herbal
00:35:34.13\00:35:39.17
remedies.
00:35:39.17\00:35:39.67
And we were doing hot and
cold and charcoal all over.
00:35:40.30\00:35:44.01
And God will give
us even greater things.
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.31
To just be able to step out in
faith, take those first steps,
00:35:48.54\00:35:51.95
and let those fears
and worries just fly away.
00:35:52.08\00:35:55.15
Yes, yes.
00:35:55.65\00:35:56.62
What do you say to people
who hesitate to, probably people
00:35:56.89\00:36:02.22
like me, hesitate to go
into situations that are really
00:36:02.22\00:36:07.73
different from
what they're used to?
00:36:07.73\00:36:09.76
How do you encourage
them to join Gideon Rescue?
00:36:10.07\00:36:14.24
Well, I would say you
don't need any certifications.
00:36:14.30\00:36:17.51
You don't need any training.
00:36:17.61\00:36:18.77
All you need is a
willing heart to serve God.
00:36:19.37\00:36:21.78
And if you have a desire
to help people and to reach
00:36:22.51\00:36:25.75
people, God will
use you in a mighty way.
00:36:25.75\00:36:28.95
If you can hand out a bottle
of water, if you can sing some
00:36:28.95\00:36:32.79
songs and pray with people,
if you have a burden for souls,
00:36:32.79\00:36:36.86
God can use you.
00:36:37.63\00:36:38.86
And if you're worried
about stepping out in faith and
00:36:39.06\00:36:41.90
wondering what's it like going
without a plan, sometimes it
00:36:41.90\00:36:45.07
can be very trying.
00:36:45.07\00:36:46.40
But I promise
that it's worth it.
00:36:47.77\00:36:51.31
When you step out in faith
and you see God work, you get to
00:36:52.21\00:36:55.68
experience the Bible
and the Bible comes alive.
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.81
And you can truly be able
to now share this experience.
00:36:57.81\00:37:04.09
It's not just
you're sharing some words.
00:37:04.25\00:37:06.49
You're sharing a true
experience of the gospel.
00:37:06.59\00:37:09.89
Which makes all the
difference, doesn't it?
00:37:11.43\00:37:13.80
All the difference, yes.
00:37:13.80\00:37:14.46
To share that true experience.
00:37:14.46\00:37:14.46
When I hear you talk about not
having a plan, I think of the
00:37:17.20\00:37:20.77
story that Danny had told about
Mae Chung, who was a former
00:37:20.77\00:37:26.44
board member.
00:37:26.44\00:37:27.28
And she would just go
places without a plan.
00:37:28.04\00:37:31.25
She was older, I think
maybe in her 60s or 70s.
00:37:31.25\00:37:35.05
And she went to the
Philippines, no plan.
00:37:35.85\00:37:39.69
But on the way, she met someone
that her husband, who was a
00:37:40.46\00:37:44.83
physician, had treated.
00:37:44.83\00:37:45.96
And he in turn was connected
to the president of the
00:37:46.19\00:37:49.16
Philippines.
00:37:49.16\00:37:49.80
And he invited
her to stay there.
00:37:49.96\00:37:51.33
It was one door after door
after door opening, because God
00:37:51.33\00:37:56.81
has the plan.
00:37:56.81\00:37:58.37
Sometimes-
Always better than ours.
00:37:59.11\00:38:00.74
Always, always.
00:38:01.94\00:38:02.88
What would you like us to
know about what you're doing?
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.78
So there's actually like two
more stories I really want to
00:38:06.01\00:38:09.52
get through.
00:38:09.52\00:38:10.02
One of them is as we were doing
natural remedies, there's a
00:38:11.19\00:38:14.09
picture of us.
00:38:14.09\00:38:14.99
We were doing
charcoal and hydrotherapy.
00:38:14.99\00:38:16.39
And we did this all over.
00:38:17.13\00:38:18.29
There were so many people that
had infections in their feet
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.26
from stepping
on nails and glass.
00:38:20.26\00:38:21.80
And it's really hard,
as I'm sure you know, to do
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.03
hydrotherapy without cold water.
00:38:25.03\00:38:27.04
Yes.
00:38:27.27\00:38:32.37
any ice on the island.
00:38:32.37\00:38:33.24
They said, no, there's no ice.
00:38:33.31\00:38:34.48
Even when there is electricity,
that's very hard to get ice.
00:38:34.51\00:38:37.28
And we said, well,
let's pray for ice.
00:38:37.91\00:38:39.48
And we prayed.
00:38:39.78\00:38:40.42
And that afternoon, we actually
went down to the dock, and a
00:38:40.98\00:38:45.09
ship had shown up that
had left three days prior from
00:38:45.09\00:38:48.49
Venezuela.
00:38:48.49\00:38:49.16
And all they did was make ice.
00:38:49.16\00:38:51.99
And when we started filling
buckets and buckets and filling
00:38:53.36\00:38:56.93
bags of trucks and just
shipping ice all over the
00:38:56.93\00:39:01.20
island and telling everybody
knew that God had sent this ice
00:39:01.20\00:39:04.51
boat, because this group came
and they prayed for ice and God
00:39:04.51\00:39:09.18
sent the ice three days prior.
00:39:09.18\00:39:11.21
He will answer our
prayers before we even ask.
00:39:11.55\00:39:13.68
Yes, before you even ask.
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.98
I can tell you the look on that
lady's face when we walked in
00:39:16.52\00:39:19.85
her door with a bucket of ice
to do hydrotherapy on her feet.
00:39:19.85\00:39:22.59
She was totally
just like blown away.
00:39:23.12\00:39:25.73
Yes.
00:39:25.73\00:39:25.76
So this is impossible.
00:39:26.29\00:39:27.03
Yes, yes.
00:39:27.66\00:39:28.43
Look at God.
00:39:28.63\00:39:29.53
Look at God.
00:39:29.70\00:39:30.20
Tell us another one.
00:39:30.23\00:39:31.17
So one of my favorite, we were
going around handing out books
00:39:31.97\00:39:37.44
and there was this woman who
was just cleaning up the debris
00:39:37.44\00:39:40.64
from her house.
00:39:40.64\00:39:41.44
And as we walked up, we gave
her a glow track and she just
00:39:41.88\00:39:45.88
lit up and she said, are
you Seventh-day Adventist?
00:39:45.88\00:39:48.35
We said, yes.
00:39:48.68\00:39:49.45
She said, do you
have any more tracks?
00:39:49.75\00:39:51.05
And we gave her a whole stack
of tracks and she said, I have
00:39:51.39\00:39:54.12
been praying for tracks.
00:39:54.12\00:39:55.79
I am out and I
can't get any more.
00:39:56.49\00:39:58.89
And then she began to tell
us this story of the day before
00:39:59.69\00:40:03.67
the hurricane hit, she was on a
different island and was trying
00:40:03.67\00:40:06.67
to get home before the
hurricane hit and was scheduled
00:40:06.67\00:40:09.17
to be on a boat and she was
delayed and missed her boat.
00:40:09.17\00:40:12.81
And that boat is gone.
00:40:13.01\00:40:15.01
Nobody's seen that boat.
00:40:15.01\00:40:16.11
The boat she was supposed
to be on has disappeared.
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.21
All the people on it have died.
00:40:18.51\00:40:20.52
And she told us this story
and she said, I know it was the
00:40:21.72\00:40:25.62
hand of God.
00:40:25.62\00:40:26.32
I was discouraged about my
delay but I knew that God had a
00:40:26.79\00:40:30.76
plan.
00:40:30.76\00:40:34.10
And we begin, I wanted to just
read her little quote that she
00:40:35.43\00:40:39.70
had when she was talking
because I filmed her telling
00:40:39.70\00:40:42.94
this story and what she
said afterwards was so profound.
00:40:42.94\00:40:46.81
And she said that she had been
praying that the Three Angels
00:40:48.48\00:40:53.62
message could come to
her or her whole island.
00:40:53.62\00:40:56.45
She's been praying this every
day for a year that the Three
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.12
Angels message could
come to her whole island.
00:40:59.12\00:41:00.89
And that this crisis has
brought that demonstration of
00:41:01.52\00:41:06.03
the Three Angels
message to her island.
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.73
And she was so
overjoyed to see it.
00:41:07.76\00:41:11.33
She said that the crisis either
brings out the best or the
00:41:11.33\00:41:18.04
worst and that as an Adventist
movement we should take the
00:41:18.04\00:41:20.98
opportunity and crisis to
show the true love of Jesus.
00:41:20.98\00:41:24.08
And she said that when she
saw us being there that that was
00:41:24.38\00:41:29.02
what the world needed and that
is to see the Adventist message
00:41:29.02\00:41:32.49
in action.
00:41:32.49\00:41:33.49
And that we are here to fulfill
the purpose God has us here for
00:41:34.22\00:41:40.13
and that is not to gain the
treasures of this world but to
00:41:40.13\00:41:42.96
gain the treasures for
eternity which are souls.
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.17
And when she said that she's
literally cleaning up the piles
00:41:46.00\00:41:50.84
of her house and she's so
overjoyed that she has a stack
00:41:50.84\00:41:57.15
of tracks to hand
out to her neighbors.
00:41:57.15\00:41:59.48
You know it's like
where's the faith of us today?
00:42:00.38\00:42:03.42
Would we have that faith when
our house is destroyed to say
00:42:04.35\00:42:08.69
I've been praying for an
opportunity to reach my island
00:42:08.69\00:42:11.73
and this is it.
00:42:11.73\00:42:12.76
And this is the opportunity
that God has given me in this
00:42:12.96\00:42:16.33
crisis where my true character
will shine that people will in
00:42:16.33\00:42:19.63
their darkest hour will
look and say why are you happy?
00:42:19.63\00:42:22.44
And that's the
character that we want to see.
00:42:24.14\00:42:26.37
That's what we want to have.
00:42:26.47\00:42:28.11
So it was just so inspiring
to see her and to hear her story
00:42:28.64\00:42:32.31
and it was so cool.
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.35
Yes for sure.
00:42:34.35\00:42:35.75
To be able to praise God in the
midst of your adversity to see
00:42:36.08\00:42:41.69
that everything around you
is in shambles and to still be
00:42:41.69\00:42:45.93
able to say hey this must
be part of God's plan for me.
00:42:45.93\00:42:50.97
Absolutely.
00:42:50.97\00:42:54.80
Wow that's huge.
00:42:55.00\00:42:56.81
We have to pray
for that kind of faith.
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.17
We do.
00:42:59.21\00:42:59.77
There's so much going on in
the world Christians are being
00:43:01.28\00:43:05.81
beheaded in certain countries
and you can't talk about Jesus
00:43:05.81\00:43:10.95
and you can't proselytize.
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.22
The only obstacle we have here
is our neighbor's front door.
00:43:15.72\00:43:20.56
Will we knock on the door?
00:43:21.40\00:43:22.63
There's no persecution.
00:43:23.50\00:43:24.60
There's nothing
except they could say no.
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.44
Why are we not risking
everything just for a simple
00:43:27.74\00:43:32.77
no?
00:43:32.77\00:43:35.78
They might not
and we have to try.
00:43:35.91\00:43:37.91
People are hungry.
00:43:39.15\00:43:40.85
They're looking.
00:43:40.88\00:43:41.78
They're searching for something
and many of them don't know
00:43:42.65\00:43:45.75
what it is but we know what's
missing and we can take it to
00:43:45.75\00:43:50.83
them and that's
what you guys are doing.
00:43:50.83\00:43:52.36
How many people are
part of Gideon Rescue?
00:43:52.53\00:43:54.63
There's about eight to ten
core team members that actively
00:43:54.66\00:43:59.67
respond into different
disasters about every disaster
00:43:59.67\00:44:04.64
we can get about three to five
out the door to the disaster
00:44:04.64\00:44:07.98
when it happens.
00:44:07.98\00:44:08.94
So there's like a team view.
00:44:09.48\00:44:14.08
Is this like national or
is this like in one place?
00:44:14.78\00:44:17.62
A lot of us are in Oklahoma
but there's a lot all over the
00:44:18.75\00:44:21.82
world even.
00:44:21.82\00:44:22.59
We have teams in Europe
that join us in Ukraine and
00:44:22.92\00:44:26.53
different places
all around the world.
00:44:26.53\00:44:28.30
What do you think is what's
your vision for Gideon Rescue?
00:44:29.03\00:44:32.97
What do you see God taking it?
00:44:33.23\00:44:37.77
I think our goal is to see
this idea replicated in as many
00:44:38.17\00:44:46.21
people as we can.
00:44:46.21\00:44:47.38
We don't need people to join
Gideon Rescue Company itself.
00:44:48.05\00:44:51.62
We need people to activate
their own mission mindset of
00:44:51.62\00:44:57.53
how can I gather my church
members or my school or my
00:44:57.53\00:45:00.86
family and see the opportunity
in the disaster field and take
00:45:00.86\00:45:04.87
it and go in by faith and
use the skills that you have.
00:45:04.87\00:45:10.44
Maybe it's as a teacher
and you can work with the kids.
00:45:11.01\00:45:13.91
You can hold
children's programs.
00:45:13.94\00:45:15.31
In Union Island that's
what Carrie with the kids.
00:45:15.91\00:45:18.71
Tell us what you
do with the kids.
00:45:19.48\00:45:20.62
Yeah we just go around to
all the little shelters with the
00:45:20.72\00:45:23.75
kids and we sometimes we'll
bring like felts to pass out or
00:45:23.75\00:45:27.39
other little like Bible
things and we'll tell stories.
00:45:27.39\00:45:29.92
We'll sing songs and
just show them some love.
00:45:29.92\00:45:33.73
And how were you received?
00:45:33.96\00:45:35.56
They loved it.
00:45:36.56\00:45:37.80
As soon as they saw us they all
like came in and was just happy
00:45:38.20\00:45:41.87
to see us and especially the
little kids to see other kids
00:45:41.87\00:45:44.94
their size.
00:45:44.94\00:45:45.64
Yeah so you would how
did you know where to go?
00:45:46.47\00:45:50.45
Like every morning did you have
like some place let's go over
00:45:50.71\00:45:55.15
to here this morning or did you
just kind of leave and see how
00:45:55.15\00:45:59.25
things went?
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.36
different shelters were
especially with like the kids
00:46:02.36\00:46:04.49
that lost like their homes.
00:46:04.49\00:46:05.66
They had shelters for
every family and we just kind of
00:46:05.93\00:46:09.70
walked around looking for kids.
00:46:09.70\00:46:11.47
They even did some some pretty
not the most pleasant job you
00:46:12.97\00:46:19.94
know and sometimes God asked
us to do those things and they
00:46:19.94\00:46:23.45
were able to clean out the
clean out the water cisterns
00:46:23.45\00:46:26.61
underneath the hospital which
were very disgusting but she
00:46:26.61\00:46:30.39
and several others faithfully
went down there and squeegeed
00:46:30.39\00:46:34.12
them all out.
00:46:34.12\00:46:35.02
Wow yeah so they could
have clean water again.
00:46:35.79\00:46:38.53
Yes which is crucial.
00:46:39.06\00:46:41.20
So describe how it was when you
first went and how it was when
00:46:42.20\00:46:47.57
you left.
00:46:47.57\00:46:48.24
Well like when we showed up we
didn't really know what we were
00:46:48.80\00:46:51.64
doing we didn't really have
much of a plan we didn't have
00:46:51.64\00:46:54.48
anything except the clothes
on our back and our backpack and
00:46:54.48\00:46:58.08
when we left we had a
whole Adventist movement on the
00:46:58.08\00:47:02.52
island that was activated
and actively handing out
00:47:02.52\00:47:05.49
literature.
00:47:05.49\00:47:09.36
Adventist church was and gave
the Adventist church the and
00:47:09.36\00:47:13.29
made their church the the
distribution point for the
00:47:13.29\00:47:16.16
whole island and now everybody
was coming to get their tarps
00:47:16.16\00:47:19.50
and their supplies and they
were getting literature at the
00:47:19.50\00:47:22.37
same time and it was a very
amazing story because the guy
00:47:22.37\00:47:26.41
that was the leader of that
was actually an ex-Adventist and
00:47:26.41\00:47:30.21
when we were talking
he actually flew in on a
00:47:30.21\00:47:33.28
helicopter and a couple days
before we left we had a medical
00:47:33.28\00:47:36.72
emergency at the hospital and
we needed to airlift somebody
00:47:36.72\00:47:39.92
out and the military
the private contractors the
00:47:39.92\00:47:45.03
firefighters like the
government on the island was
00:47:45.03\00:47:47.30
desperately trying to call
in a helicopter And nobody was
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.50
available.
00:47:50.50\00:47:51.13
And they said,
This guy's gonna die.
00:47:52.23\00:47:53.34
We have to get a helicopter.
00:47:53.40\00:47:54.47
And our team, we got the
hospital together, and we just
00:47:55.34\00:47:58.77
prayed.
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.94
And he was praying
with us, he was crying.
00:48:02.14\00:48:04.25
And all of a sudden, I decided,
I'm gonna call the head of
00:48:06.58\00:48:10.52
Samaritan's
Purse that we had met.
00:48:10.52\00:48:11.99
And we told him the situation,
and he said, I will be there in
00:48:12.42\00:48:15.36
ten minutes with a helicopter.
00:48:15.36\00:48:16.52
Come down to the tarmac,
and we'll fly your patient out.
00:48:16.52\00:48:19.43
And when we arrived, the whole
island was gathered together,
00:48:20.30\00:48:23.70
wondering how in the world.
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.57
And when they found out that
the small team from America,
00:48:25.97\00:48:29.17
Christian team, had prayed
for a helicopter, and God sent a
00:48:29.24\00:48:32.71
helicopter, it was just another
testimony to them that God is
00:48:32.71\00:48:36.75
alive, and he is there for them.
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.75
He has not forgotten them,
even in this most difficult and
00:48:38.81\00:48:41.85
darkest hour, that he was there.
00:48:41.85\00:48:43.95
And they saw that.
00:48:43.95\00:48:45.05
Wow.
00:48:45.39\00:48:50.89
when you first went?
00:48:50.89\00:48:52.03
So, everybody was so excited,
and recognized, and grateful
00:48:52.33\00:48:56.77
for life.
00:48:56.77\00:48:57.37
They're like, we recognize
that, I mean, they didn't have
00:48:57.97\00:49:00.34
anything to begin with, but
they were so grateful that they
00:49:00.34\00:49:04.47
had life.
00:49:04.47\00:49:05.14
And we actually talked to
multiple people that the day
00:49:06.21\00:49:09.11
before the hurricane hit, there
was actually a huge carnival
00:49:09.11\00:49:13.75
going on on the island, and
a lot of witchcraft, and all
00:49:13.75\00:49:18.42
kinds of satanic things
happening the day before the
00:49:18.42\00:49:21.66
hurricane hit.
00:49:21.66\00:49:22.39
So many of them said,
God is trying to wake us up.
00:49:22.92\00:49:26.26
And we didn't even really need
to explain the three angels'
00:49:27.40\00:49:30.73
message to them, that the
systems of man are broken.
00:49:30.73\00:49:32.77
They already recognized that
the systems of man are broken.
00:49:32.83\00:49:36.17
The healthcare, the government,
the religious systems of their
00:49:36.17\00:49:41.88
island were
broken, were falling apart.
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.85
And many of them took this as
a wake-up message to them, that
00:49:44.65\00:49:49.08
we need to look deeper into why
we are here, and we were able
00:49:49.08\00:49:55.79
to have so many of these
conversations with people, why
00:49:55.79\00:50:00.93
these things are happening,
what they're pointing to, and
00:50:00.93\00:50:03.93
that the greatest event the
world's ever seen is coming,
00:50:03.93\00:50:07.04
and we want to see you there.
00:50:07.37\00:50:08.54
Wow, that's good.
00:50:08.84\00:50:09.90
Isn't it interesting how the
day before the hurricane, they
00:50:10.24\00:50:13.91
were doing these demonic things
that actually, you know, they
00:50:13.91\00:50:18.95
call things like hurricanes and
some terrible fires, they call
00:50:18.95\00:50:23.72
them acts of God, they're
not acts of God, you know.
00:50:23.72\00:50:27.16
And so isn't it interesting
how they were, that's why I was
00:50:27.36\00:50:30.56
asking what was the prevailing
kind of spiritual tone of the
00:50:30.56\00:50:35.16
island in general?
00:50:35.16\00:50:36.83
Was it a Christian island?
00:50:37.77\00:50:39.10
I would say it's more Christian.
00:50:39.30\00:50:40.94
They claim to be Christian, but
there's a lot of witchcraft and
00:50:41.44\00:50:45.81
voodoo stuff that happens.
00:50:45.81\00:50:47.38
People recognize the mercy
of God, because there was like
00:50:48.81\00:50:53.68
three people that had died on
that island, and the death toll
00:50:53.68\00:50:57.49
should have been 30 times that,
with every house destroyed, and
00:50:57.49\00:51:01.89
hardly any warning of how
big it actually was, the hit.
00:51:01.89\00:51:04.99
So where did
people go when this hit?
00:51:05.23\00:51:07.30
Did they just stay in the house?
00:51:07.46\00:51:09.40
Yeah.
00:51:09.53\00:51:15.54
son, and his mother, and they
all crowded underneath their
00:51:15.54\00:51:19.04
table with their sofa and
everything piled up around
00:51:19.04\00:51:21.61
them, and the table was maybe
like the size of this, it was
00:51:21.61\00:51:25.18
very small.
00:51:25.18\00:51:26.38
And they said, they just rode
the hurricane out there with
00:51:26.38\00:51:30.49
swimming in water, is what he
said, with their roof gone and
00:51:30.49\00:51:33.62
it pouring rain for
eight hours, you know.
00:51:33.62\00:51:36.99
That is such a horrible, as
you picture it, and picture the
00:51:37.86\00:51:43.03
terror that the people must
have felt, especially those who
00:51:43.03\00:51:47.64
didn't know God, who didn't
know to pray or ask God to be
00:51:47.64\00:51:51.47
with them or
protect them or whatever.
00:51:51.47\00:51:54.58
I mean, the
terror of all of that.
00:51:54.58\00:51:56.71
We even met a young woman
who told a testimony of when the
00:51:56.75\00:52:01.12
hurricane hit, they were
standing at the window, and her
00:52:01.12\00:52:04.15
two -year-old daughter was
running around, and all of a
00:52:04.15\00:52:06.72
sudden the whole half of
the house blew away, and her
00:52:06.72\00:52:08.62
daughter started to get
sucked out, and she grabbed her
00:52:08.62\00:52:11.13
daughter's ankle and pulled her
back in, and they were able to
00:52:11.13\00:52:14.40
survive underneath their table.
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.73
Wow.
00:52:16.63\00:52:17.10
Praise God.
00:52:17.20\00:52:21.14
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:52:21.57\00:52:23.37
So, what, we only have about
five minutes left in this first
00:52:23.37\00:52:26.98
hour, and in the second hour
we're going to be bringing some
00:52:26.98\00:52:31.08
other team members in.
00:52:31.08\00:52:32.58
We're going to say goodbye
to Carrie and bring some other
00:52:32.71\00:52:35.05
team members in.
00:52:35.05\00:52:36.12
Before you go, Carrie, is there
anything that you want to share
00:52:36.32\00:52:39.79
about union?
00:52:39.79\00:52:41.06
Is there any other idea or
thing that you want to share,
00:52:41.26\00:52:45.36
any experience that you had?
00:52:45.79\00:52:47.50
Yeah, I just want to say, like,
a lot of people will ask, well,
00:52:47.66\00:52:51.40
why are you bringing
kids to a disaster place?
00:52:51.40\00:52:54.10
Like, it's all destruction,
and sometimes people have lost,
00:52:54.34\00:52:59.24
like, everything, and why do
you want your kids to see that?
00:52:59.24\00:53:01.81
And I just want to show them
that through that, what it's
00:53:02.41\00:53:06.95
like to represent God's
love and to help others through
00:53:06.95\00:53:09.78
service, and by them
experiencing that and doing it,
00:53:09.78\00:53:13.22
they start to gain their own
faith in God and to build their
00:53:13.25\00:53:17.03
own relationship with God.
00:53:17.03\00:53:18.26
And seeing that grow in
them is worth taking them.
00:53:18.26\00:53:22.73
Yes, that's got to
be so heartwarming.
00:53:23.16\00:53:25.73
Like, you're seeing your
children are seeing God in
00:53:26.03\00:53:30.24
action.
00:53:30.24\00:53:30.81
You know, it's one thing to
tell them about Jesus and tell
00:53:31.47\00:53:34.98
them about, but for them to
see, that's faith building for
00:53:34.98\00:53:40.32
them.
00:53:40.32\00:53:40.72
So it's good for a
mom and a dad to see.
00:53:41.55\00:53:45.25
What about you?
00:53:45.65\00:53:46.65
What else would you
like to share about union?
00:53:46.65\00:53:49.99
I think that if anybody
is contemplating taking their
00:53:50.43\00:53:54.66
family on a mission trip to do
it, because I believe that as a
00:53:54.66\00:54:00.70
family working together
in union, in ministry, in the
00:54:00.70\00:54:05.11
mission field is even greater
than if it was just one person
00:54:05.11\00:54:07.84
going, because now when
you show up in a place where
00:54:07.84\00:54:11.68
there's families that have lost
everything, and you bring your
00:54:11.68\00:54:15.25
family right to meet them where
they're at, to comfort them and
00:54:15.25\00:54:18.79
to be with them and to pray
with them and to show them that
00:54:18.79\00:54:21.02
you're there and you care, and
many times when you come, you
00:54:21.02\00:54:26.46
show up in a uniform,
just me, people think of, well,
00:54:26.46\00:54:30.23
sometimes it could be a threat
if you're in a closed country
00:54:30.23\00:54:32.77
or a country like that, or
a country like this where it's
00:54:32.77\00:54:36.10
like, well, you're in
charge, what do we do?
00:54:36.10\00:54:38.44
Or this is like a
police officer, or what is it?
00:54:38.97\00:54:41.78
When you come with your family,
they look at you as an equal,
00:54:41.78\00:54:45.45
that they're here to be with
us, and they care for us, and
00:54:46.11\00:54:50.62
that is the, I believe, the
greatest ministry, because you
00:54:50.62\00:54:53.79
can really demonstrate the love
of God in that situation right
00:54:53.79\00:54:57.99
there with your family.
00:54:57.99\00:54:58.99
Yes, share a scripture that
you have that applies to what
00:54:59.16\00:55:03.57
you've been doing.
00:55:03.57\00:55:04.43
Do you have one?
00:55:04.83\00:55:05.83
Yeah.
00:55:05.83\00:55:07.94
One of my favorites that we
always try to, that we can only
00:55:11.87\00:55:19.61
have through the working of the
Holy Spirit, you know, and this
00:55:19.61\00:55:23.85
is the whole goal of what we
want to see reproduce, not only
00:55:23.85\00:55:28.69
in us, but in others,
and that's Jeremiah 31, 33.
00:55:28.69\00:55:36.30
But this is the covenant
that I'll make with the house of
00:55:36.83\00:55:39.10
Israel after those
days, says the Lord.
00:55:39.10\00:55:40.60
I'll put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
00:55:41.17\00:55:43.54
I'll be their God, and
they shall be my people.
00:55:43.91\00:55:45.74
No more shall every man teach
his neighbor and every man his
00:55:46.21\00:55:48.71
brother, saying, know the Lord,
for they shall all know me,
00:55:48.71\00:55:51.68
from the least of them to
the greatest of them, says the
00:55:51.81\00:55:53.95
Lord.
00:55:53.95\00:55:56.72
remember no more.
00:55:56.72\00:55:57.45
Yes.
00:55:57.92\00:55:58.45
And that's what we want.
00:55:58.45\00:55:59.42
We want to have God's law
written on our heart and sealed
00:55:59.62\00:56:01.99
in our mind, because when
that happens, we can truly
00:56:01.99\00:56:05.13
demonstrate the love of
God in every aspect of life.
00:56:05.13\00:56:08.20
When every effort that is
put forth is meant to help and
00:56:08.73\00:56:14.40
bless others, that's what
we want, and we want to instill
00:56:14.40\00:56:17.01
that not only in our children,
but in the people that we work
00:56:17.01\00:56:20.04
with, that they see that, and
they want to be a part of that
00:56:20.04\00:56:22.51
as well.
00:56:22.51\00:56:22.98
That's beautiful.
00:56:23.24\00:56:24.18
Thank you so much.
00:56:24.45\00:56:25.68
You're going to be with us
in the second hour, Kerri, we're
00:56:25.68\00:56:29.58
going to play musical chairs,
and we're going to say goodbye
00:56:29.58\00:56:33.96
to you, but thank you so much
for what you both are doing.
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.83
I mean, this is powerful.
00:56:37.03\00:56:39.09
I think of Isaiah 52-7, how
beautiful upon the mountains
00:56:39.33\00:56:45.63
are the feet of him who bring
good news, who proclaim peace,
00:56:45.63\00:56:49.50
who brings glad tidings of good
things, who proclaim salvation.
00:56:50.24\00:56:55.41
And that's what you guys
are doing, how beautiful are the
00:56:55.41\00:56:58.68
feet of those who spread the
gospel, and that's what you're
00:56:58.68\00:57:02.78
doing.
00:57:02.78\00:57:07.72
to go to God, because anybody
can do this, anybody can be a
00:57:07.72\00:57:10.46
part of this.
00:57:10.46\00:57:10.93
Yes.
00:57:11.43\00:57:15.73
with you.
00:57:15.73\00:57:16.36
We want you to make sure
that you stick with us, we don't
00:57:16.97\00:57:20.14
want you to go anywhere, we
are grateful for the work that's
00:57:20.14\00:57:24.57
being done around the world.
00:57:24.57\00:57:27.14
There's so many Christians who
are answering the call in the
00:57:27.61\00:57:31.35
mission field, and
we're just grateful.
00:57:31.35\00:57:34.28
We have all kinds of different
mission fields, and we know
00:57:34.55\00:57:38.65
that God has a plan for
you, so stick around, don't go
00:57:38.65\00:57:42.12
anywhere, we'll be right
back in just a few minutes.
00:57:42.12\00:57:46.23