Welcome back to 3ABN
Today Live, and we have some new
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guests with us.
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We have, first of all, Dylan
has been with us in the first
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hour, and now we have Andre,
Pershing, and Amy Pershing, and
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Samantha, all Gideon
Rescue Company team members.
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Welcome.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Tell us what you've been doing
with Gideon, and how you got
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involved.
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Let's start with Andre.
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Well, it has a lot to
do with, actually, my wife.
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She was spearheading this.
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Okay.
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I was just behind following her.
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Just, honestly speaking,
you know, I could see, you know,
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how husbands are
sanctified through their wives.
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You know, I wasn't like the one
that would jump into these deep
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waters.
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And so, but I believe that God
blessed me with the wife that
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has very tender heart and
sympathy toward those who need
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them in suffering.
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And so, God put it on her heart.
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Just, we started visiting
places that were hit with
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tornadoes.
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And so, we did
that already before.
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But then we heard
about Gideon Rescue.
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And I didn't know anything
about Gideon Rescue at that
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point.
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But I got
strongly impressed, Amy.
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And she was following them,
just one event after another,
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their trips.
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And I was trying to make a
sense of, like, what is this
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company that's so
captivating for her?
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And so, as the picture was,
you know, getting more and more
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clear to me, I was really
amazed at what these people
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were doing.
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that?
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Yeah.
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work, you know, lifestyle
center, bring the person there
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and teach them.
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But this is a little different.
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This is where we actually go to
where they are and where we're
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trying to, you know, evaluate
their need and to help them
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with the physical, spiritual,
and as was said in the previous
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hour, to demonstrate them.
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And I thought, wow, this is
like, you know, elite force, so
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to say, you know, go
through a lot of deprivations.
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You have to, you know, deny and
sacrifice a lot of things to go
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there.
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And so, this is how, you know,
step by step we were brought to
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the knowledge
about this Indian rescue.
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So, Amy was the one
who spearheaded this.
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Okay, so how did you
find out about it, Amy?
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Honestly, through Facebook, I
don't know if maybe some of the
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viewers, maybe you, there's a
Facebook page called Evangelion
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Living.
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administrator of it,
just to help facilitate it.
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And so, I saw a post from
Corey, one of the founders, and
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so when I saw that, I was
immediately hooked and was
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amazed.
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And so, because of the fact,
like my husband said, I had
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already done some of that work,
I love it, and so it's just a
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part of my heart.
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And what about you, Samantha?
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Well, for me, I've grown up
going on disaster responses, or
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since I was really young, I
would go with my friends and my
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mom, and we would go to the
different tornadoes that hit in
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our area, and also different
hurricanes that hit around
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where we live.
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So yeah, it's always just sort
of been in my blood, I guess,
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and so now that we've actually
gotten to join an official
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disaster response company, it's
just super cool for me, because
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it's something I've been doing
so long, and so then I just get
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to do it officially now.
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How old are you?
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Fifteen.
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Fifteen.
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When did you start?
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Start disaster response?
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How old was I?
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Maybe eight.
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Or maybe around eight.
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Okay.
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So yeah, it's in
your blood now, right?
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Yeah.
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So tell us about the last
disaster that you guys were
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involved in ministering in.
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What happened?
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Yes.
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We were one week in Florida,
and then went straight to North
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Carolina for another week.
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Now, you and Dylan, have you
guys been working together, or
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is this a separate team?
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I was in Africa while they were
in Florida, and then I think
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when they went to North
Carolina, I went to Florida.
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So like, our paths have
crossed, but we've never worked
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together.
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Okay.
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Because there's so many
disasters happening that
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there's people, we have
team members going all over the
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place.
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That's amazing.
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So tell us about
this last one in Florida.
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So it was after Hurricane
Helene, a very devastating
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hurricane for so many, and
we went to Florida on faith.
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All these
disasters are going on faith.
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So you don't plan either?
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No.
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I heard from Dylan and
Carrie, they don't plan.
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It's impossible to plan.
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You just have to be willing,
and you think, Okay, I can go
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on this one.
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I'm available,
so I'm going to go.
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And we went.
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We went to Perry, Florida,
and the Adventist Church there
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allowed us to stay, and their
recreation room on the floor.
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You just bring your
mats and your sleeping bag.
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And the first night for us,
there was no electricity, so it
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was really hot.
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But actually, I think in
the middle of the night, the
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electricity came on, so
I was thankful for that.
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We were all just
huddled by the window.
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Yes, so fresh air.
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The Lord knows how much you
can handle, so we didn't have to
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endure that
humidity for too long.
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So like Dylan said, you don't
really know exactly what you're
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going to do when you go in.
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So we already had a
point of contact there.
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One of the team members
had already gone ahead of us.
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Before the hurricane hit, I was
amazed by that, that they go in
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before the hurricane
hits, and they hunker down.
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To be there when
the hurricane hits.
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Yes, they hunker down, and
that way, they can easily have
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points of contact, because
it's harder to get in if you go
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afterwards.
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So they want to
be there beforehand.
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So he was already making some
connections, and the amazing
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thing is that he made
connection with a nonprofit
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organization, and it provides
supplies for pods, which are
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points of distribution.
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And this is a very large one,
a very large organization that
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does this.
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supplies.
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And what's in the supplies?
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So it could be anywhere
from hygiene products to non
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-perishable food, and
toiletries and cleaning
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supplies, and of course, water.
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Energy drinks?
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Yes, energy drinks, yes.
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All kinds of things.
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She's probably thinking
of Gatorade or something like
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that.
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Flashlights.
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Well, of course.
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This particular pod, the cars
line up, and they go through,
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and there's a person at
each station, and then you're
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distributing to them
through the window of their car.
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But what's wonderful is that
this organization allowed us to
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also give books with it.
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And the people in this time,
they're very hungry and open.
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This is a perfect time.
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If you have fear of giving out
literature, like when you go to
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the store or just some random
person, you go to the disaster
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zone, you'll have no problem.
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This is the point where you can
become very fulfilled in giving
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out literature because
they're asking for more.
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Oh, can I have more copies?
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I need to give it to my
family members, my friends.
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And there's thousands of cars
going through, and so you have
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this opportunity to give
out that much literature.
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It's amazing.
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Oh, that's beautiful.
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Yes.
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They are.
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They want something.
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They have to get fed.
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Yes, definitely, definitely.
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And we did more than that, but
we have so much more to share.
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So yeah, however you want to,
whichever stories you want to
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listen to.
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We love it.
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then we can move
on to the other parts.
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So this was George and Sabrina.
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So we went into a coastal
city about 45 minutes away from
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Perry, Florida
called Steenhatchee.
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What was it?
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Steenhatchee.
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Okay.
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that came in from the ocean.
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And we were having to go to
the community center there so we
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could retrieve names of
people that needed help.
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And there's an amazing story,
really, of how we were able to
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receive George's name, because
we were having a hard time
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actually, but the
Lord is so amazing.
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Even though you're having
a hard time, He has reasons.
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So even the first people that
we went to, even it didn't work
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out.
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rescue team.
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literature and they were
very open to receiving it.
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And even though we didn't
do anything at that house.
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And then we saw a small pod and
we saw a lady there that we had
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met from the first pod.
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And she saw us and she said,
oh, come, come, because help us
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to hand out the food.
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We said, okay, because we
honestly, you go there, you
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don't know what to do.
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You have to be
led by the Spirit.
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You have to be constantly
praying and in tune and saying,
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Lord, tell us where
do you want us to go?
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Where do you want us to be?
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And He makes these amazing
connections, you know, and
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they're not happen chance.
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They're not coincidence.
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Right.
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this pod was an amazing
connection because we were
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wondering how can we
really give out more literature?
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And when you're handing out
food, you easily can hand out
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books.
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And the woman that was running
that pod, she was the main
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woman with more names of people
that we could help because we
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were kind of hitting a
wall at the community center.
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And so we were wondering, you
know, how can we get the names?
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We want to get into the homes.
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We want to get
connect with the people.
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And so we were amazed that this
woman was there and she was our
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connection.
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And we told her,
well, we want we're here.
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We're here to help people.
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Okay.
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And when we called him, he
said, yes, please come and help
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us.
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with water up to six feet.
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And yes.
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right above me.
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So, yes, which I know
they'll eventually bring it up.
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Yeah.
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Pull that picture.
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Yes.
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And yes, there it is.
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That's in his house.
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Wow.
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Yes.
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So he was having to
clear out everything.
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They were having to clear
out everything from their house
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because it's covered
the water from the ocean.
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It's surge water, but
it's mixed with sewer water.
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So it's just contaminated.
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So they were working by
themselves and they're an
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elderly couple and they were
tiring out and they needed to
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get it out as fast as they
can because they still wanted to
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save their house
before the mold was set in.
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And so as they were leaving,
his wife said they were just
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going somewhere and
they're going to come back.
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But in the car, his wife said
to him, George, we're not young
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anymore.
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And 40 seconds later,
someone from our team called.
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And that was when we got
the name name from that woman at
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the pot that we
were praying to God.
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Lord, where do
you want us to go?
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We need to.
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She gave us the name.
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So the timing of
everything was incredible.
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So even going to the few houses
ahead of time, that was kind of
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a dead end where
we couldn't help.
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God was still using that, that
timing, because for us to make
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that phone call at the right
time before they call, I will
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answer.
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Yes.
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Right.
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The same thing that
happened with Dylan.
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Yes, exactly.
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So then we, my teammate and I
stayed at the pod and then the
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teenagers, the young people.
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So we had two teenagers, two 15
year olds and two young adults
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that went to help
clean out the house.
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And you can share if you want.
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What was your
impression of that?
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And I can share the
rest about what George.
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Yeah, tell us what
happened when you went there.
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Well, yeah, definitely at first
it was hard because it's not
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the most pleasant job.
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You know, you're there and
you're waiting through all that
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gunk and it doesn't smell.
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Yeah, we had gloves.
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Yes, we had gloves.
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But it doesn't smell very good.
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And you know, at first it's
like, but after that, believe
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it or not, as I began to work,
I actually began to enjoy it
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because like even as I
was there just covered in that
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gunk.
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I don't know, it was just
it was just one of the most
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fulfilling things that I've
ever done, honestly, because
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just seeing how appreciative
the people were and being able
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to help them out like
that was just amazing.
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And Mr. George, the man, he
said that every time he saw me
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and my friends smiling as we
worked, it restored his faith
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in God.
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a simple smile can make such
a huge impact in someone's life.
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And now I'm aiming every day
to put a smile on my face, even
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when it's hard.
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And the couple also told us
that we're considered family to
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them now.
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That's so beautiful.
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You made some permanent friends.
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We did.
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So when you so you went in, you
and your friend went in and you
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were cleaning like the water.
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What were you doing?
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Yeah, so we were just
trying because they had a lot of
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furniture in their house
because they actually owned a
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thrift store inside their house.
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So they had tons of clothes,
tons of furniture, all just
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gone.
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Oh, yeah.
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And that was really hard for
them because it's like they put
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a lot of work into it.
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They had a really nice shop.
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The neighbors were saying it
was one of the prettiest little
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shops they've ever seen.
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And so all of that stuff just
got piled onto each other in
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like an almost untangible,
untangling, like, you know,
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really tangled mess.
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Yeah.
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it on the road and also clean
out all of the gunk and the
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water and sewer water and
stuff and try to sweep it out of
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their house.
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Right.
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So this is their house?
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This is their house, yes.
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And pulling everything out.
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So you can see it goes
on the side of the road.
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And then this big dumpster with
this big arm has to pick it up.
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So they have to
start all over again.
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They do.
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But they said that their faith
was restored, you know, not
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only in God, but in humanity.
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Because George even said
that, he said, when these young
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people came, he said, I thought
that when they would come in
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the house, because the smell
was really bad, I thought that
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they would come
in and go right out.
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But he couldn't believe that
they stayed to the very end.
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And they were there for a day
and a half, helping them to the
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very end.
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Wow.
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So, and we went back, actually
not us, friends of ours went
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back to revisit them,
people that had worked.
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And they shared how blessed
they were and how impacted.
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They couldn't stop talking
about that experience and how
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much it blessed them.
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And there's actually a
video of George he's sharing.
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Oh.
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We can see him.
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Yeah, let's take a look.
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It's a video.
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people coming to help you?
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The grace of God.
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The grace of God.
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Grace, grace, grace.
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And without that,
nothing else matters.
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With God's grace, what
little you have is a lot.
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Without God's grace,
no matter what you have.
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Amen.
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You see what a day can mean.
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You see what an hour can mean.
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I mean, without His protection,
we need people like you, all of
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you.
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Without the grace of God, where
would any of us be without His
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grace?
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Amen.
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What happened is, as we
mentioned before, I was taking
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part in helping previously
with disasters that were not
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associated with Gideon Rescue.
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You may say me as a late fruit.
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Look at me as a late fruit.
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A late fruit.
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I was kind of fruition.
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And it was a gradual process.
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I've been with Gideon
Rescue when we visited Winder in
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Georgia with the shooting
that we talked about a little
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earlier, and we did the
recording, so there will be a
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program dedicated just to that.
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But these particular disasters,
I wasn't there with them.
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So, as I said, I would be an
example of somebody who joins
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at the 11th hour.
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But He sent us with His
support, His full support, and
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I'm very thankful for
that, and His prayers.
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That's so important.
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So, tell us some more.
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Tell us some more stories.
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More stories.
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Well, I know
Dylan has something.
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We have one that goes kind
of with what they're talking
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about.
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Almost the same.
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We have a theme with our
stories, and you want to share
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that theme, Dylan?
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You can share the theme.
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Okay.
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it's not necessarily giving a
cooking class or a hydrotherapy
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demonstration, but we're going
to the people, and like Jesus
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said, we're binding up broken
hearts, and a merry heart doeth
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good like a medicine, but a
broken spirit dries the bone.
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So, we're bringing joy to
people's heart again, and we're
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bringing them hope again,
and courage again, and restoring
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faith.
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So, that all
affects the immune system.
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So, that's all a part
of medical missionary work.
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So, this is our theme in these
stories that we're sharing, so
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people can see that they, too,
can be a medical missionary.
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Anybody can be a
medical missionary.
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My daughter was a medical
missionary by putting a smile
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on that man's face and
restoring his faith in God.
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Yes, yes.
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You are actually
the hands of Christ.
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Yes.
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You're doing what He did.
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Yes.
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And so, people are seeing
Christ in you, and that's so
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important.
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So, I actually don't
have any pictures of this.
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I was just reminded of the
story when she was sharing, and
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this was, we were in Hot
Springs Village, Arkansas, when
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it got hit by a big tornado,
and we were at this one house,
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and we had tried multiple times
to help them, and they were
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very cold and very rude
and didn't want any help, even
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though their house was a
disaster, and they needed help,
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but they wouldn't accept it.
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Was it because
you were Christian?
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No, I think they
just didn't want it.
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They may have thought that
maybe we were trying to do it
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for money or things like this,
but they were atheists, very
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atheists.
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Okay.
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And of course, when we first
meet them, we try to give them
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some books as well, and they
didn't want anything to do with
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it, but we were persistent,
because we recognized their
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need was so great, both
spiritually and physically, and
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we continually went back, and
I think probably like the fifth
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.80
or sixth time we went back,
they finally let us in, and we
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brought in a group of kids,
and we cleaned out their house,
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moved, because the tree had
fallen, split their house in
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half, and it was just full
of water, and everything was
00:21:23.85\00:21:25.78
ruined, so we cleared out
a whole bunch of stuff, and
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worked on cutting the tree
out, and this took like two days
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with everybody, and by the end,
we were praying with them, and
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they actually were in like
we were in their yard and they
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were just in tears praying with
us and they said we have never
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considered looking at God in
any way but we said what we've
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seen in you is we see God and
that's that's something that we
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want and after this whole
experience we leave to go to
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the neighbor's house and they
were outside raking their yard
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when they saw this and every
house in the neighborhood was
00:22:02.08\00:22:06.09
fine except for those people's
house and they told us that
00:22:06.09\00:22:09.26
those people had been
struggling with cancer and
00:22:09.26\00:22:13.26
disease and sickness that they
didn't have set like they had
00:22:13.26\00:22:16.67
had a time on I think the wife
only had a couple of months to
00:22:16.67\00:22:20.07
live and they had lost a family
and then this tornado hits
00:22:20.07\00:22:24.04
their house only and they've
been so discouraged and she's
00:22:24.04\00:22:28.54
the the owner of the neighbor
the neighbor's house they said
00:22:28.54\00:22:31.05
we have been praying for
that family for so long And she
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said, and then she just broke
down crying, and she said, we
00:22:35.22\00:22:38.69
never thought of going over
there to see if we could help.
00:22:38.69\00:22:41.82
She said, what your
demonstration that you
00:22:42.76\00:22:45.46
persistently came back and you
eventually broke down the walls
00:22:45.46\00:22:49.30
of we don't want any help to
now they were in their yard, we
00:22:49.30\00:22:54.57
were singing them a song
and they were crying, we were
00:22:54.57\00:22:57.51
praying together.
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She said, I
could have done that.
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And she was just in tears with
regret that she didn't act on
00:23:00.74\00:23:05.08
that.
00:23:05.08\00:23:08.88
time.
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They're still your neighbors.
00:23:09.82\00:23:10.79
We're leaving today.
00:23:11.15\00:23:12.45
And she said, I'm going to
go over there tomorrow and bring
00:23:12.82\00:23:15.26
them some food.
00:23:15.26\00:23:16.09
And we just
activated her neighbor.
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Their neighbor can now
be ministering to them.
00:23:18.06\00:23:20.86
And it just reminded me that
when she was talking about that
00:23:21.33\00:23:26.23
that restored their faith, they
told us the same thing, that
00:23:26.23\00:23:29.14
now they truly want a
relationship with God and they
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want to know the
God that we serve.
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That is so beautiful.
00:23:35.64\00:23:37.05
Dylan, you have a
verse that goes with that.
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Isaiah 60, are you there?
00:23:39.91\00:23:41.92
I'm not.
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It's okay.
00:23:42.98\00:23:43.82
You can read it if you want.
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Are you sure?
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Yes, I'm sure.
00:23:45.52\00:23:46.09
Dylan, he really
loves this verse.
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Isaiah 60, verse one.
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I'm there.
00:23:52.19\00:23:53.16
Yay.
00:23:53.26\00:23:54.10
It says, arise and shine
for your light has come and the
00:23:54.46\00:23:58.33
glory of the Lord
has risen upon you.
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For behold, the darkness shall
cover the earth and the deep
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.87
darkness, the people, but the
Lord will rise over you and his
00:24:02.87\00:24:06.11
glory will be seen upon you.
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.64
The Gentiles shall come to
your light and the kings to the
00:24:07.78\00:24:10.71
brightness of your rising.
00:24:10.71\00:24:11.75
Lift up your eyes all
around and see they all gathered
00:24:12.68\00:24:15.98
together.
00:24:15.98\00:24:16.45
They come to you.
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And it's not to us.
00:24:18.15\00:24:20.09
It's not anything to get in
rescue company or to any one of
00:24:20.72\00:24:24.33
us, but they're coming
to the light of Christ.
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That's right.
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18, 1.
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This is what is going to happen.
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.17
And we need to
start doing that now.
00:24:35.40\00:24:37.64
We need to start letting the
Holy Spirit in and change our
00:24:37.94\00:24:40.94
lives that everywhere we turn,
no matter the crisis, no matter
00:24:40.94\00:24:44.95
how dark the situation, the
Christ light is shining through
00:24:44.95\00:24:48.45
us.
00:24:48.45\00:24:48.82
That's beautiful.
00:24:49.42\00:24:50.29
I think about how when so much
is going on and people are so
00:24:50.69\00:24:59.66
secular minded and they don't
have any interest in God and
00:24:59.66\00:25:05.40
the Lord has a way of
getting your attention.
00:25:05.40\00:25:08.77
And so it's interesting because
all the other houses were okay,
00:25:09.67\00:25:13.44
but this one.
00:25:13.58\00:25:14.68
I needed to get their attention.
00:25:15.44\00:25:16.61
He needed to get their
attention and he got it.
00:25:16.68\00:25:19.61
And then you guys went in
and showed God's love to them.
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They didn't even want
to deal with you at first.
00:25:24.75\00:25:26.92
They were pushing you away.
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.79
They were like, no,
we're not interested.
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.09
We don't want this, but the
persistence and the Holy Spirit
00:25:31.26\00:25:36.87
does that with us.
00:25:36.87\00:25:38.27
He continues to
work on us, right?
00:25:39.00\00:25:42.87
He continues to do whatever is
needed to get us either back on
00:25:42.90\00:25:48.18
track.
00:25:48.18\00:25:51.28
someplace else or to
get us on track, period.
00:25:51.28\00:25:55.48
Like these atheists.
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And they saw the love of Jesus
in you and they want what you
00:25:57.95\00:26:01.82
have because it's different.
00:26:01.82\00:26:04.43
It is so different.
00:26:05.03\00:26:05.79
That's beautiful.
00:26:05.83\00:26:06.63
I love that story.
00:26:06.93\00:26:07.66
Amen, it is a beautiful story.
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.40
So what happened
finally with George?
00:26:10.43\00:26:13.03
Did George come to a place of...
00:26:13.23\00:26:16.94
Well, he was
already a Christian, right?
00:26:16.94\00:26:18.44
Yes, definitely.
00:26:18.44\00:26:19.61
He was already close to God
and he was trusting him through
00:26:19.61\00:26:19.64
this whole disaster.
00:26:22.01\00:26:22.81
Good.
00:26:23.08\00:26:23.81
What did this do for
you, for your faith and your
00:26:24.18\00:26:28.45
relationship with Jesus?
00:26:28.45\00:26:29.75
Well, definitely seeing how
somebody could lose literally
00:26:30.39\00:26:35.76
everything and still
have a smile on their face and
00:26:35.76\00:26:40.03
actually say that because they
were able to meet us and that
00:26:40.03\00:26:45.30
we were able to help them and
that we restored their faith in
00:26:45.30\00:26:49.74
God he said that he has joy in
all of this and that he's even
00:26:49.74\00:26:56.34
grateful almost that this has
happened to him just because he
00:26:56.34\00:27:00.45
was able to have his faith
strengthened and actually see
00:27:00.45\00:27:03.89
that there is still
hope left for this world.
00:27:03.89\00:27:05.45
So that really impacted my life
because I'm like, I don't know
00:27:05.89\00:27:09.29
how I would act in that
kind of situation where I lost
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.13
literally everything I owned.
00:27:12.13\00:27:13.33
And so that just really helped
me to see that no matter what,
00:27:14.63\00:27:17.67
you can still really trust God
and know that all things were
00:27:17.67\00:27:20.30
together for good.
00:27:20.30\00:27:21.07
That's so good.
00:27:21.34\00:27:22.37
That's so good.
00:27:22.77\00:27:23.67
It's true.
00:27:23.84\00:27:24.34
I was amazed when he said, I
have joy and his wife kind of
00:27:25.44\00:27:29.94
tried to him.
00:27:29.94\00:27:30.55
Yeah, she's like, George!
00:27:30.55\00:27:31.61
When he said, I'm glad this
happened because I got to meet
00:27:32.58\00:27:35.92
you.
00:27:35.92\00:27:39.62
you.
00:27:39.62\00:27:39.89
Oh, that's so beautiful.
00:27:40.19\00:27:41.76
And you know, the thing
is, is we know who we are.
00:27:41.92\00:27:44.13
We know where we've come from.
00:27:44.39\00:27:46.03
We know the struggles we have.
00:27:46.09\00:27:47.50
We know all the un-Christ
likeness that we've had to go
00:27:47.50\00:27:51.10
through and go to the
feet of Jesus and overcome.
00:27:51.10\00:27:54.40
And for people to say that,
it's like, that is definitely
00:27:55.04\00:27:58.27
Jesus because
we know our hearts.
00:27:58.27\00:28:00.04
Our hearts are
not like that at all.
00:28:00.11\00:28:02.71
People say, oh, you're so nice.
00:28:03.01\00:28:04.61
And I say, you know what?
00:28:04.61\00:28:05.35
You don't live with me.
00:28:05.35\00:28:06.95
Isn't it funny how the closer
you draw to Jesus, the more you
00:28:10.89\00:28:15.66
see how unworthy you
are, but how worthy he is.
00:28:15.66\00:28:22.23
Exactly.
00:28:22.23\00:28:22.80
Right?
00:28:23.20\00:28:27.00
You know, I think about
the verse that says, all have
00:28:27.37\00:28:29.84
sinned and fall short,
not have fallen, but fall.
00:28:29.84\00:28:34.84
Fall short, yeah.
00:28:34.88\00:28:35.51
It's a present tense.
00:28:35.78\00:28:36.91
We all fall short.
00:28:37.05\00:28:38.18
That's right.
00:28:38.18\00:28:38.81
But his righteousness
is what we look for.
00:28:39.15\00:28:41.35
Exactly.
00:28:41.38\00:28:45.32
shine and people are coming
to Jesus as a result of what
00:28:45.32\00:28:49.06
you're doing.
00:28:49.06\00:28:49.39
Yes, yes.
00:28:49.72\00:28:50.46
Yeah.
00:28:50.46\00:28:50.99
So tell us some more
about this last disaster.
00:28:51.43\00:28:53.76
So the other story that we
have is from North Carolina.
00:28:54.56\00:28:58.80
We went there and
right after Florida.
00:28:59.77\00:29:03.81
And in fact, North
Carolina was not even planned.
00:29:04.01\00:29:06.17
North Carolina was, right when
we got home from Florida, we
00:29:06.57\00:29:10.01
said, you know, we need
to go to North Carolina too.
00:29:10.01\00:29:12.55
And we had a ride.
00:29:12.55\00:29:14.15
So we hopped on,
Samantha and I, and Lucas.
00:29:14.52\00:29:18.25
And we arrived in North
Carolina and we had amazing
00:29:18.55\00:29:22.69
experiences there.
00:29:22.69\00:29:23.56
I met so many precious people.
00:29:23.56\00:29:23.59
They didn't know where we were
going to stay or what we were
00:29:26.70\00:29:29.23
going to do, but we were
able to stay in a fire station.
00:29:29.23\00:29:32.10
So what'd you do
when you first got there?
00:29:32.27\00:29:34.37
We arrived at night and we had
to stop somewhere to like, and
00:29:36.07\00:29:41.44
find an inn.
00:29:41.44\00:29:42.18
Who would take us in to the inn?
00:29:44.18\00:29:46.58
And we stopped at one fire
station and they directed us to
00:29:47.85\00:29:51.02
another fire station.
00:29:51.02\00:29:51.99
And this fire station was the
most amazing fire station that,
00:29:52.65\00:29:55.96
I mean, I've never stayed in
a fire station, but if you want
00:29:56.06\00:29:59.13
to meet a very hospitable
fire station with some beautiful
00:29:59.13\00:30:02.76
people, go to the
Frank fire station.
00:30:02.76\00:30:04.97
They are incredible.
00:30:05.63\00:30:07.07
And they let us stay there.
00:30:07.07\00:30:08.37
And it was, we arrived, I think
it was after nine and it was
00:30:08.37\00:30:13.24
time for those ladies to
go home and they were in the
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.71
kitchen and they were tired.
00:30:15.71\00:30:17.65
And, but they still with a
smile on their face took us in.
00:30:18.41\00:30:21.65
I mean, this was like in
the old days, you know, people
00:30:21.68\00:30:23.99
willing to take people in who
just come on, show up on their
00:30:23.99\00:30:27.09
front door, right?
00:30:27.09\00:30:27.86
You don't see this anymore.
00:30:27.86\00:30:27.89
But in a disaster, you know,
with the community officials
00:30:29.32\00:30:35.00
like the fireplace and I
guess even the small town fire
00:30:35.00\00:30:39.47
station, this is their
mentality because it is a very
00:30:39.47\00:30:43.77
small town in the
mountains in the country.
00:30:43.77\00:30:45.47
And they call
themselves mountain people.
00:30:45.91\00:30:47.58
And this is the way mountain
people treat others, you know,
00:30:48.18\00:30:50.48
the hospitality,
they're the Appalachians.
00:30:50.55\00:30:54.08
Oh, okay.
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.79
knew about.
00:30:57.79\00:30:58.25
A lot of poverty.
00:30:58.25\00:30:58.99
Yes, yes, but
it's so hospitable.
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.19
So with all the electricity
down and everything, for the
00:31:01.22\00:31:05.53
most part, thankfully in
the fire station, it wasn't, but
00:31:05.53\00:31:08.10
there, the volunteers there,
the ladies that cooked in the
00:31:08.10\00:31:12.10
kitchen, they would say, yeah,
it's still down at my house.
00:31:12.10\00:31:14.77
And so every day we would,
someone would come in, all the
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.21
electricity's up in my house
and everybody would celebrate.
00:31:17.21\00:31:19.41
And that was, yeah, so we
got to celebrate with them.
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.34
Yeah, yeah.
00:31:22.64\00:31:23.71
So you didn't go
in with the plan.
00:31:23.81\00:31:25.71
No.
00:31:26.11\00:31:26.58
Either you just...
00:31:26.61\00:31:27.45
We just went with God.
00:31:27.45\00:31:28.62
And when you do that, I'm
telling you, God leads in the
00:31:28.62\00:31:31.75
most adventurous ways.
00:31:31.75\00:31:32.92
And that's why teenagers are
so attracted to this ministry.
00:31:32.92\00:31:35.56
It has made such a
transformation on teenagers.
00:31:35.99\00:31:37.96
I mean, it made a
transformation on Dylan's life
00:31:38.09\00:31:40.10
from when he was a teenager.
00:31:40.10\00:31:41.66
And then now on our teenagers,
we can see it's impacting them
00:31:42.13\00:31:46.43
so much.
00:31:46.43\00:31:47.14
That's so...
00:31:47.27\00:31:47.94
Yes, yes.
00:31:47.94\00:31:49.04
That's so correct.
00:31:49.04\00:31:54.01
young people,
their teenagers on.
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.48
How long have
you been with Gideon?
00:31:55.64\00:31:57.75
Well, I would say officially, I
mean, the first disaster was in
00:31:58.25\00:32:03.08
September of last year.
00:32:03.08\00:32:04.45
So, and then I guess
we became a core members.
00:32:05.39\00:32:11.69
Since September,
they've been, she, it's amazing.
00:32:12.13\00:32:15.93
She does all of our, like
we'll send her papers to edit.
00:32:16.03\00:32:19.00
Like she does our
newsletter for us.
00:32:19.10\00:32:20.74
Like I'm
horrible with a computer.
00:32:21.10\00:32:22.94
So I'll send her like a
voice testimony and she'll like
00:32:23.27\00:32:26.64
convert it to like words and
put it in, she works very hard.
00:32:26.64\00:32:31.31
Oh, that's beautiful.
00:32:31.58\00:32:33.52
I wouldn't, yeah.
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.15
I have tools
that are very helpful.
00:32:35.15\00:32:37.22
That's so beautiful.
00:32:38.79\00:32:39.89
Yes.
00:32:39.89\00:32:44.86
going on a mission trip?
00:32:44.86\00:32:47.60
Would you recommend that they
join the Gideon Rescue Company?
00:32:47.83\00:32:52.07
Or what would you
recommend to them?
00:32:52.87\00:32:54.70
Definitely, I would
very much recommend.
00:32:55.00\00:32:57.27
Our teenagers need this so much
and it's really good to do as a
00:32:57.27\00:33:01.68
family.
00:33:01.68\00:33:02.28
Teenagers are very adventurous
and they have a lot of energy
00:33:02.94\00:33:05.91
and it needs to be
used in the right direction.
00:33:05.91\00:33:08.58
And so when we take them on
trips like this and they don't
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.15
know what's gonna happen and
everything is so new, every day
00:33:13.15\00:33:17.03
is different, they
like variety, you know.
00:33:17.03\00:33:19.69
They very much like the
stimulation, a lot of different
00:33:19.93\00:33:24.73
activity.
00:33:24.73\00:33:30.34
wonderful, right?
00:33:30.34\00:33:31.34
It's adventurous.
00:33:31.64\00:33:32.41
It's exciting.
00:33:33.14\00:33:33.91
It's exciting.
00:33:34.01\00:33:34.71
Exciting, yes.
00:33:34.71\00:33:35.68
If you wanna work for God, then
that is the greatest adventure
00:33:35.94\00:33:42.45
you could ever go on.
00:33:42.45\00:33:43.59
You know, I've talked to lots
of people that wanna join the
00:33:44.25\00:33:47.19
military or do like something
with a bunch of adrenaline and
00:33:47.19\00:33:53.33
excitement and a lot of times,
they end up chasing that goal
00:33:53.33\00:33:58.33
and that idea.
00:33:58.33\00:33:59.07
But when you work for God,
he'll take you on these amazing
00:33:59.93\00:34:02.67
adventures of like riding
in helicopters or on tanks.
00:34:02.67\00:34:05.64
Yes.
00:34:05.87\00:34:11.08
the people that he wants you
to give a great controversy to
00:34:11.08\00:34:13.68
that are like Kaczynski or
Trump or Biden, all of these
00:34:13.68\00:34:18.45
places got his place just
for the purpose of putting that
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.39
book into their hand.
00:34:21.39\00:34:22.56
You know, and the excitement
and the adrenaline that you get
00:34:22.56\00:34:27.10
from reaching somebody for
eternity is so much greater
00:34:27.10\00:34:31.57
than anything you
could ever imagine.
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.80
That is so true.
00:34:34.10\00:34:35.27
I mean, for me to hear from my
daughter's mouth that when she
00:34:35.37\00:34:37.91
was covered in all of that
gunk, that that was the most
00:34:37.91\00:34:41.91
fulfilling
thing she's ever done.
00:34:41.91\00:34:43.28
Can you imagine the
shock it was for me?
00:34:43.55\00:34:45.65
But it filled my mother's heart
to the full and I said, Lord,
00:34:45.88\00:34:49.92
you're amazing.
00:34:50.32\00:34:51.39
Yes.
00:34:51.42\00:34:55.09
really love targeting the
young people because they have
00:34:55.09\00:34:59.09
Fountainview and Castle Valley
join them and they're always
00:34:59.09\00:35:03.80
looking, you know, for the
young people that come and to
00:35:03.80\00:35:06.57
see what God has in store.
00:35:06.57\00:35:08.04
Yes, yes.
00:35:08.54\00:35:09.04
Absolutely.
00:35:09.04\00:35:09.07
this?
00:35:13.61\00:35:13.88
What do you need, skills?
00:35:14.24\00:35:15.61
You don't need any skills.
00:35:15.61\00:35:16.85
You have a desire to share the
gospel and to be the hands and
00:35:17.11\00:35:22.15
feet of Jesus.
00:35:22.15\00:35:22.88
If you have a desire to let
your light shine, that's what
00:35:23.39\00:35:28.52
we care about.
00:35:28.52\00:35:32.59
with God.
00:35:32.59\00:35:33.29
Is your relationship with God
solid that when God says, go,
00:35:33.86\00:35:37.17
you go.
00:35:37.20\00:35:38.03
When he says, talk to
this person, you talk to this
00:35:38.30\00:35:40.07
person.
00:35:40.07\00:35:40.70
When he says, hand out
this literature, you do it.
00:35:41.17\00:35:43.10
Even when you don't, when
it seems like, why would I hand
00:35:43.20\00:35:45.71
this out?
00:35:45.71\00:35:47.58
But you listen and
God opens the door.
00:35:47.58\00:35:50.71
And that's the
qualification we look for.
00:35:51.08\00:35:52.55
You have two hands, or even one
hand, or no hands, if you have
00:35:52.75\00:35:55.72
a smile.
00:35:55.72\00:35:56.38
Can you smile?
00:35:56.72\00:35:57.75
You're down to
just a smile, right?
00:35:57.75\00:35:57.79
You're down to just a smile.
00:35:59.69\00:36:01.06
The tools,
Dylan, different tools.
00:36:01.42\00:36:04.49
Yeah, singing,
like can you sing?
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.49
You know, in the disaster zone,
song is one of the greatest
00:36:07.20\00:36:10.50
weapons that we use.
00:36:10.50\00:36:11.57
We'll bring a Ouachita Hills
Academy or Castle Valley or
00:36:12.53\00:36:15.60
Fountain View in with us.
00:36:15.60\00:36:16.97
And we'll just sing.
00:36:17.64\00:36:18.74
Like in Los Angeles, I
think there's a picture in Los
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.84
Angeles of a group of us.
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.65
We were standing outside a
Red Cross Center after the fires
00:36:23.71\00:36:26.82
this last year.
00:36:26.82\00:36:27.68
Yeah.
00:36:27.68\00:36:28.08
And we're singing songs.
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.89
Wow.
00:36:31.25\00:36:33.92
We're just singing hymns.
00:36:34.52\00:36:36.09
And the amazing story
behind this is we went there
00:36:36.29\00:36:39.13
faithfully.
00:36:39.13\00:36:41.80
we weren't
allowed to sing inside.
00:36:41.80\00:36:43.06
And we faithfully sung
outside for six nights.
00:36:43.37\00:36:46.60
And on the seventh night,
they finally came out and said,
00:36:46.60\00:36:49.84
okay, we love what you're doing.
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.21
Will you please
come in and sing inside?
00:36:51.31\00:36:53.74
And it was like
the walls of Jericho.
00:36:53.94\00:36:55.94
We faithfully, outside,
all hours of the night, singing
00:36:56.28\00:37:00.42
songs, and eventually they
let us in and we sung inside.
00:37:00.42\00:37:04.82
Dylan, tell the story of
the woman when you were singing,
00:37:05.09\00:37:07.62
the woman who lost her children.
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.06
While we were singing,
there was a woman that came up.
00:37:09.09\00:37:11.46
She's actually in the
picture right at the front.
00:37:11.46\00:37:13.53
And she had lost her three-year
-old daughter in the fire.
00:37:13.53\00:37:18.33
Oh, the woman
in the front there?
00:37:18.80\00:37:20.57
Right there in the front.
00:37:20.60\00:37:21.50
And she was struggling.
00:37:21.60\00:37:22.87
And she had so many questions.
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.24
And we don't have the answers
for her, but we know who does.
00:37:26.41\00:37:29.78
And we were able to
point her in that direction.
00:37:30.18\00:37:32.31
We were able to give her the
resources and the comfort that
00:37:32.38\00:37:35.35
she needed.
00:37:35.35\00:37:36.02
And she was so grateful
for just the songs that we were
00:37:36.55\00:37:39.15
singing.
00:37:39.15\00:37:42.02
She just needed that.
00:37:42.02\00:37:44.56
And it was an
amazing, amazing opportunity.
00:37:45.49\00:37:48.76
I mean, some of our other
resources, I mean, we do prayer
00:37:49.03\00:37:53.47
tracks.
00:37:53.47\00:37:54.17
If we can hand
out food and water.
00:37:54.54\00:37:56.24
There's actually a picture
of standing next to a food truck
00:37:56.87\00:37:59.91
there in Los
Angeles and right there.
00:37:59.91\00:38:03.31
And we didn't really
know what we were going to do.
00:38:03.31\00:38:03.35
We just wanted to reach all
the, like the checkpoints going
00:38:06.51\00:38:09.88
into the burned areas.
00:38:09.88\00:38:11.09
So we went to the food truck
and we asked him, Hey, would
00:38:11.49\00:38:14.79
you be willing to give us a
bunch of food to take to all
00:38:14.79\00:38:17.73
the soldiers and cops that
are manning the checkpoints?
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.30
And he said, yes.
00:38:20.76\00:38:21.90
He's like, how many do you need?
00:38:22.00\00:38:23.03
I was like 50.
00:38:23.10\00:38:24.33
And he's like, I'll give you 80.
00:38:25.00\00:38:26.84
So eventually we had, we
started with 30 meals and the
00:38:27.60\00:38:30.41
next day we had 80 meals that
we were going every checkpoint
00:38:30.41\00:38:34.88
and giving out meals
and great controversies.
00:38:35.54\00:38:39.31
And they were so excited.
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.48
There was still, there was this
one story where we were handing
00:38:41.72\00:38:45.05
out meals and went
to hand a guy a meal.
00:38:45.05\00:38:46.92
And he's like, I'm not hungry.
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.49
He's like, but did
somebody give you that book?
00:38:48.86\00:38:50.56
He's like, my friends got
this book yesterday and I really
00:38:50.93\00:38:53.73
want one.
00:38:53.73\00:38:54.23
I was like, you can have one.
00:38:54.56\00:38:55.80
He was so excited for that book.
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.60
But the owner of the
food truck, he's actually
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.94
Palestinian.
00:39:01.94\00:39:02.57
And I went on a Gideon rescue
response to Israel where we
00:39:03.94\00:39:08.21
handed out AWR's God pods.
00:39:08.21\00:39:11.45
And we were doing that on
the front lines there in Israel
00:39:11.75\00:39:15.52
with just like two years ago.
00:39:15.52\00:39:18.05
And we told this guy, we talked
to this guy next to the food
00:39:19.99\00:39:22.46
truck.
00:39:22.46\00:39:22.92
He asked us our view
on it, on the situation.
00:39:23.46\00:39:26.03
We said, hey, we
can't choose sides.
00:39:26.06\00:39:28.10
Said, we stand for
people and God cares for people.
00:39:28.56\00:39:33.40
Our goal is to reach everyone
with the news that Jesus is
00:39:33.40\00:39:38.07
coming soon.
00:39:38.07\00:39:38.71
And he said, I've never seen
anybody, everybody thinks that
00:39:39.31\00:39:43.98
what's going on in
Israel is prophecy.
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.18
And I said, no, none of it.
00:39:46.98\00:39:49.12
The only thing that's prophetic
is wars and rumors of wars.
00:39:49.25\00:39:52.25
And he said,
man, I agree with you.
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.72
And he's Muslim.
00:39:54.96\00:39:55.89
And he said, I actually pulled
out, I have this really, I call
00:39:56.36\00:40:01.80
it my scroll timeline of
all the time prophecies of the
00:40:01.80\00:40:06.84
Bible.
00:40:06.84\00:40:07.10
And I pulled this
out and I show him.
00:40:08.44\00:40:11.61
And I said, these are the
prophecies that have happened.
00:40:11.77\00:40:14.21
This is where we're at today.
00:40:14.54\00:40:15.74
And I gave him a track that
said America in Bible prophecy.
00:40:16.28\00:40:20.18
And it's an
amazing facts magazine.
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.75
And he looked at it and he just
looked at me and he said, every
00:40:24.85\00:40:28.42
day, every morning for the
last month, this exact topic has
00:40:28.42\00:40:32.46
been laid on my mind.
00:40:32.46\00:40:33.66
And he said, he took the
magazine and he looked at me
00:40:34.23\00:40:36.26
and he said, what do you think
America plays at all of this?
00:40:36.26\00:40:39.50
And I said, well, I truly
believe America is not what the
00:40:39.83\00:40:44.94
world thinks that it is.
00:40:44.94\00:40:46.21
And he said, I believe that
America is gonna usher in the
00:40:46.31\00:40:49.94
antichrist.
00:40:49.94\00:40:50.78
And we had this amazing
conversation for 10 minutes.
00:40:51.75\00:40:55.45
And he's like, I wanna
do what you guys are doing.
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.79
He's like, this is amazing.
00:40:59.35\00:41:00.39
He said, can we pray?
00:41:00.49\00:41:01.52
And we prayed.
00:41:02.06\00:41:02.79
And it was just an
amazing opportunity because he
00:41:03.56\00:41:07.76
recognized that the systems of
man are broken, that the world
00:41:07.76\00:41:11.37
is falling apart and
that there's something more.
00:41:11.37\00:41:14.77
And that topic had been
laid on his heart for a reason.
00:41:15.64\00:41:19.07
And the fact that I carried
this magazine around my pocket
00:41:19.57\00:41:22.94
all day for that
reason, was for him.
00:41:22.94\00:41:26.31
Isn't that something, you know,
it's really interesting to me
00:41:27.15\00:41:30.92
how the Lord is manifesting
himself in those countries,
00:41:30.92\00:41:35.49
heavily Muslim countries,
Hindu countries where people are
00:41:36.39\00:41:41.43
getting dreams about Jesus.
00:41:41.43\00:41:44.03
Jesus is coming
to them in dreams.
00:41:44.17\00:41:46.80
And it's amazing to me because
you can't openly proselytize in
00:41:47.70\00:41:52.41
some of these countries.
00:41:52.41\00:41:53.41
But the Lord is...
00:41:53.41\00:41:54.54
We have a friend in Damascus
that was telling us these
00:41:54.54\00:41:58.01
stories when we were there
that there's people in Gaza just
00:41:58.01\00:42:01.08
before all the Hamas and
Israel stuff happened that were
00:42:01.08\00:42:03.85
getting dreams of Jesus.
00:42:03.85\00:42:05.85
Yes.
00:42:06.02\00:42:10.76
Yes.
00:42:11.26\00:42:11.89
The world is waking up.
00:42:12.33\00:42:13.96
Because the Holy
Spirit is drawing people.
00:42:14.63\00:42:18.40
I mean, we are in the last days.
00:42:18.40\00:42:22.24
I'm so convinced of that.
00:42:22.24\00:42:24.01
And that's why God is opening
up all of these opportunities
00:42:24.11\00:42:28.01
all over the world.
00:42:28.01\00:42:29.24
And there's so many people here
in America who don't know about
00:42:29.28\00:42:33.75
Jesus.
00:42:33.75\00:42:34.38
They don't know, or they have
a distorted view of who he is.
00:42:35.42\00:42:38.42
They do.
00:42:38.45\00:42:43.46
situations, it's just so, it's
so much what Jesus would do.
00:42:43.46\00:42:49.80
It's so much of who he is.
00:42:50.23\00:42:52.80
And we are his hands and feet.
00:42:53.30\00:42:55.64
We are.
00:42:56.07\00:42:56.47
Praise the Lord.
00:42:56.50\00:42:57.54
So tell us another story.
00:42:57.77\00:42:58.91
We love stories.
00:42:58.97\00:42:59.51
We love.
00:42:59.77\00:43:00.74
Okay, so this is
from North Carolina.
00:43:01.74\00:43:05.11
We were helping also
with clearing debris.
00:43:06.05\00:43:09.18
Part of our team
was using the chainsaw.
00:43:09.48\00:43:11.72
And we went to a woman's house.
00:43:12.62\00:43:15.19
And when we arrived, I looked
and her house was still intact
00:43:15.89\00:43:19.16
and everything
looked really good.
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.40
In fact, there
wasn't that much debris.
00:43:20.50\00:43:21.96
It was up on this embankment.
00:43:22.13\00:43:23.77
There was a lot of debris,
but it wasn't affecting anything
00:43:23.80\00:43:26.67
around her house.
00:43:26.67\00:43:27.34
And I thought, why are we here?
00:43:27.34\00:43:29.74
She doesn't really need
anything, but you just go.
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.27
That's where God sent you.
00:43:33.27\00:43:33.31
So I worked with her in
clearing the debris and learned
00:43:34.91\00:43:38.51
that she's a homeschooling mom
and I homeschool my daughter.
00:43:38.51\00:43:41.35
So her son was there.
00:43:41.75\00:43:42.62
So you were able to play with
her son while we cleared the
00:43:43.18\00:43:46.89
debris.
00:43:46.89\00:43:47.16
Was he a toddler?
00:43:47.79\00:43:48.69
No, he was like
maybe seven, eight.
00:43:48.69\00:43:52.26
He had quite the imagination
for sure, but so do I, so it
00:43:52.46\00:43:54.63
worked out.
00:43:54.63\00:43:55.23
And that really made her happy.
00:43:55.90\00:43:57.20
That really made her happy.
00:43:57.43\00:43:58.43
I love children.
00:43:58.57\00:43:59.60
And also with us was the
group from Union College.
00:44:00.17\00:44:04.61
They have a disaster
response program there called...
00:44:04.94\00:44:09.14
International Rescue and Relief.
00:44:09.14\00:44:10.88
International.
00:44:11.18\00:44:11.71
So they were there working too.
00:44:12.01\00:44:14.12
And so one of our team members,
the night before he had a
00:44:14.12\00:44:23.09
worship with the
Union College students.
00:44:23.09\00:44:26.63
And he told them in your
personal devotions tomorrow
00:44:26.96\00:44:30.87
morning, you find a verse that
you really like and whoever you
00:44:30.87\00:44:35.70
go out to help, I want you
to find the opportunity to share
00:44:35.70\00:44:39.04
that verse with somebody.
00:44:39.04\00:44:40.21
And so this stuck actually
with two men who came from
00:44:40.91\00:44:47.25
Connecticut and they are not
Adventists, but they're friends
00:44:47.25\00:44:51.62
of our team member.
00:44:51.62\00:44:55.99
And so, and actually one
of them that came, one of the
00:44:57.13\00:45:00.43
friends would
consider himself atheist.
00:45:00.43\00:45:02.20
And the other
one is a Christian.
00:45:02.50\00:45:03.83
So they came and they
were there with us helping this
00:45:04.43\00:45:08.50
woman at the house.
00:45:08.50\00:45:09.47
And that morning, Matt,
who is a Christian, but not an
00:45:11.81\00:45:19.35
Adventist came
with Garrett's friend.
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.28
He had prayed to the Lord.
00:45:22.88\00:45:24.65
He had this strong burden
for the public school children
00:45:25.32\00:45:28.39
because they were out of school
and they were gonna be out of
00:45:28.39\00:45:30.49
school for a while.
00:45:30.49\00:45:31.39
And he felt so bad for them
because he's like, what's gonna
00:45:31.69\00:45:35.00
be done for them
for their education?
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.60
Because you
know, what can be done?
00:45:37.20\00:45:38.83
The parents are working.
00:45:38.83\00:45:39.97
You know, what are they
gonna do with themselves?
00:45:40.44\00:45:41.94
And we know, you know,
during COVID, there was a lot of
00:45:42.00\00:45:44.37
issues with children staying
home and even a lot of abuse
00:45:44.37\00:45:47.61
and things like that because of
just not having anything to do.
00:45:47.61\00:45:51.15
And so he even cried to
the Lord in his prayer and he
00:45:51.95\00:45:55.65
actually homeschools
his children, his wife does.
00:45:55.65\00:45:58.05
And so, so then, so he
prayed, but left it with God.
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.52
We went to this woman's house
and after we helped her, we all
00:46:02.69\00:46:07.60
got around and we were
talking with her and Matt did as
00:46:07.60\00:46:11.40
Garrett had instructed,
had encouraged him to do.
00:46:11.40\00:46:14.34
And he said, you know, I have a
verse that I want to share with
00:46:14.80\00:46:17.54
you.
00:46:17.54\00:46:20.48
Spirit and that, you know,
asking God for things and that
00:46:20.48\00:46:23.98
he would give the Holy Spirit.
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.11
And the woman was
very, very touched.
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.18
And then Matt shared his burden
with her that he had from that
00:46:27.22\00:46:31.02
morning about the public school
children and just wondering
00:46:31.02\00:46:36.56
what could be done.
00:46:36.56\00:46:37.56
And she said, this is amazing
that you're sharing this with
00:46:37.96\00:46:40.90
me because not that long ago,
the Lord put the burden on my
00:46:40.90\00:46:43.90
heart to get together with
other homeschooling moms and do
00:46:43.90\00:46:47.10
something for these children.
00:46:47.10\00:46:48.20
But I actually ignored it
because, you know, what can I
00:46:48.60\00:46:53.04
do?
00:46:53.04\00:46:54.71
And now here you are bringing
this and then you're also
00:46:54.94\00:46:57.58
sharing this verse
with me, this verse.
00:46:57.58\00:47:00.22
And so, and Garrett's
other friend who claims to be an
00:47:00.22\00:47:05.95
atheist is watching all of this
and he's watching everything
00:47:05.95\00:47:08.49
too, all of us being there.
00:47:08.49\00:47:11.19
And so she made the decision
to do something and to fulfill
00:47:11.63\00:47:17.53
Matt's prayer.
00:47:17.53\00:47:18.37
And then the other amazing
thing is someone who is a good
00:47:18.73\00:47:23.74
friend of Gideon Rescue that
helps them called another team
00:47:23.74\00:47:28.28
member and because he has money
and he wants to help and he was
00:47:28.28\00:47:35.12
telling this team member,
you know, who can I help?
00:47:35.12\00:47:37.45
And he called this team member
right at the time when she was
00:47:37.72\00:47:40.76
expressing her concern about,
well, I don't know exactly how
00:47:40.76\00:47:43.66
to go about it.
00:47:43.66\00:47:44.56
And this man that wants to help
said, okay, I'm gonna help her
00:47:45.03\00:47:48.93
financially.
00:47:48.93\00:47:49.40
I'm gonna provide.
00:47:49.43\00:47:50.47
So that phone call
came right at that time.
00:47:50.77\00:47:53.07
And so everything
just fell into place.
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.67
So, and so then the atheist at
the end of the trip, he said to
00:47:55.67\00:48:01.71
another team member, he said,
a Christian and an atheist came
00:48:01.71\00:48:09.25
on this trip and two
missionaries went home.
00:48:09.25\00:48:12.92
So meaning that he considered
himself a missionary now and it
00:48:13.25\00:48:17.76
made an impact on him.
00:48:17.76\00:48:18.99
So it was just, yes, it
was very beautiful, yes.
00:48:19.79\00:48:24.07
It's so inspiring to see
how God works and how people are
00:48:24.83\00:48:29.67
impacted by, you
know, by what you're doing.
00:48:29.67\00:48:33.88
And again, you
don't take credit for it.
00:48:34.78\00:48:37.01
It's all the Lord, all, you
know, bringing glory to him.
00:48:37.08\00:48:41.02
How beautiful is that?
00:48:41.65\00:48:42.82
It was a blessing.
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.12
Yes, for sure.
00:48:44.25\00:48:45.49
So we're winding down now
and I'd love to get some closing
00:48:45.95\00:48:50.56
thoughts from you.
00:48:50.56\00:48:51.76
Take a couple of minutes and
just share whatever's on your
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.63
heart about working with people
and sharing God's love with
00:48:54.63\00:49:00.54
people.
00:49:00.54\00:49:01.00
And take your time.
00:49:02.27\00:49:03.27
We've got a few minutes,
but we're gonna start with you,
00:49:03.47\00:49:06.78
Samantha.
00:49:06.88\00:49:07.21
Oh, okay.
00:49:07.21\00:49:07.98
Well, I would definitely say
personally for myself, working
00:49:08.74\00:49:16.95
with people and seeing how much
just going and being with them,
00:49:16.95\00:49:24.39
like for, I'm taking, for
example, the school shooting
00:49:25.39\00:49:28.00
that we responded to and
how none of us have any like
00:49:28.00\00:49:34.00
skills, like real like skills
that you would think that you
00:49:34.00\00:49:37.44
would need for disaster.
00:49:37.44\00:49:38.84
All we really have is
just the willingness to share a
00:49:39.27\00:49:44.18
comforting word, pray
with them, give them something
00:49:44.18\00:49:47.95
encouraging, like some piece
of literature that's encouraging
00:49:47.95\00:49:50.42
or just even have
a shoulder to cry on.
00:49:51.39\00:49:54.26
And that really is actually
what makes an impact on them
00:49:55.29\00:49:58.49
most.
00:49:58.49\00:50:02.83
me as a youth and as a
teenager, I can still help
00:50:02.83\00:50:06.47
people and still make an impact
on their lives and show them
00:50:06.47\00:50:12.07
God's love.
00:50:12.07\00:50:12.57
That's beautiful.
00:50:12.74\00:50:13.78
I wanna kind of digress for
just a minute cause you said
00:50:13.94\00:50:16.04
you were part of
the school shooting.
00:50:16.04\00:50:17.65
I mean, you were
helpful during that.
00:50:17.65\00:50:20.25
What happened with that?
00:50:20.28\00:50:21.65
So like I was sharing before
in our other program that we
00:50:22.78\00:50:27.42
recorded.
00:50:27.42\00:50:27.76
So pretty much we just went
there and it was our first one.
00:50:29.16\00:50:32.33
We didn't really know like
where we were going, even like
00:50:32.33\00:50:35.56
where we were gonna
go when we got there.
00:50:35.56\00:50:37.13
Where was this?
00:50:37.83\00:50:38.97
In Winder, Georgia.
00:50:40.40\00:50:41.24
Winder.
00:50:41.37\00:50:41.77
Winder, Georgia.
00:50:41.77\00:50:42.44
Yes, it was a
school shooting there.
00:50:42.64\00:50:44.21
Oh yeah.
00:50:44.71\00:50:45.34
Very sad situation for sure.
00:50:45.34\00:50:45.37
But we went there and
just wanted to just be an
00:50:46.88\00:50:50.68
encouragement to the people
and just be there to help show
00:50:50.68\00:50:55.45
support.
00:50:55.45\00:50:58.92
and pay our respects and show
support to them, like that just
00:50:58.92\00:51:03.02
opened the doors.
00:51:03.02\00:51:06.93
we came four hours and to just
share a comforting word with
00:51:07.10\00:51:12.30
you and that sometimes they
would just break down crying
00:51:12.30\00:51:14.77
and they were just,
they were so touched.
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.37
To know someone cares like
that, to come all that distance
00:51:16.37\00:51:21.08
and to share the love of
God with them is beautiful.
00:51:21.48\00:51:24.78
Thank you.
00:51:25.65\00:51:26.31
What about you, Amy?
00:51:26.38\00:51:27.65
Closing thoughts from you.
00:51:28.12\00:51:29.22
I wanted to add actually to the
rest of that story that then I
00:51:29.92\00:51:33.82
understood why we
arrived at that woman's house.
00:51:33.82\00:51:36.39
Remember I
said, why are we here?
00:51:36.46\00:51:37.59
And even the woman said, I told
my pastor, cause he had a list
00:51:37.69\00:51:42.53
of the church members that
needed help that I wanted to be
00:51:42.53\00:51:44.77
at the bottom of the list.
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.00
But God brought her to
the forefront for those school
00:51:46.67\00:51:50.21
children and because she
was dealing with what's called
00:51:50.21\00:51:53.14
survivor's guilt.
00:51:53.14\00:51:54.01
All around her, her neighbors,
she sees devastation, but why?
00:51:54.78\00:52:00.08
Why did God spare her?
00:52:00.08\00:52:01.18
And she felt so guilty.
00:52:01.22\00:52:02.45
But then that day she realized
why God spared her for a
00:52:02.68\00:52:07.09
purpose.
00:52:07.09\00:52:11.83
And so, you know, that's...
00:52:12.33\00:52:15.76
Just to add onto what Dylan
had shared from Isaiah verse 60,
00:52:15.76\00:52:19.30
Isaiah 58 is so
beautiful in verse 10.
00:52:19.77\00:52:23.44
If thou draw out thy soul
to the hungry and satisfy the
00:52:23.81\00:52:26.94
afflicted soul, then shall thy
light rise in obscurity and thy
00:52:26.94\00:52:32.25
darkness be as the noon day.
00:52:32.25\00:52:34.85
And that obscurity is darkness.
00:52:35.18\00:52:38.29
And what's that darkness about?
00:52:39.22\00:52:40.82
The character of God, you know,
and the healing that needs to
00:52:40.82\00:52:44.53
come.
00:52:44.53\00:52:49.36
behold, the darkness
shall cover the earth.
00:52:49.36\00:52:51.37
The same word is obscurity.
00:52:51.73\00:52:53.30
Darkness and obscurity
are interchangeable and grows
00:52:53.37\00:52:57.11
darkness, the people.
00:52:57.11\00:52:58.74
And so we want to remove that
obscurity of God's character so
00:52:59.51\00:53:04.01
that they can come to Him.
00:53:04.01\00:53:05.28
So the light can
shine through us, right?
00:53:05.41\00:53:07.82
And so we can bring them
the healing to their hearts.
00:53:07.82\00:53:12.69
That's part of being a
medical missionary, bringing the
00:53:12.85\00:53:15.22
healing to their hearts.
00:53:15.22\00:53:16.32
Because most diseases start in
the mind, in the heart, because
00:53:16.96\00:53:20.50
when the heart is downcast and
when it's depressed, of course
00:53:20.50\00:53:23.97
it's going to end up in
physical manifestations of
00:53:23.97\00:53:27.40
diseases.
00:53:27.40\00:53:31.14
health, you know, physical
health and spiritual health and
00:53:31.14\00:53:34.54
emotional health.
00:53:34.54\00:53:39.55
you are depressed, when
you're angry or when you're
00:53:39.55\00:53:42.85
frustrated.
00:53:42.85\00:53:43.55
All of these
physiological things happen.
00:53:43.79\00:53:46.39
They're all interconnected.
00:53:46.39\00:53:48.09
So when you bring joy to
someone and a smile to someone,
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and when someone can forgive,
there are actual physiological
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changes that happen in
the body as a result of that.
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And it also talks
about the Gentiles too.
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And the Gentile
shall come to thy light.
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So we're thinking of the
stories, you know, from this
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man with cancer and even
with the man that called him an
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atheist.
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It's in Isaiah 60, verse three.
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So when we're doing these
things, God is drawing even
00:54:17.32\00:54:20.82
unbelievers to him
through all of that work.
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And so that's
what he wants to do.
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And so it's thrilling.
00:54:26.86\00:54:26.90
Amen.
00:54:29.26\00:54:29.50
Amen.
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Thank you.
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Andre, quick, we've got
one minute and a minute.
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So basically when we go to
places like this, we meet a lot
00:54:34.07\00:54:38.31
of people that ask a very
fundamental question, why it
00:54:38.31\00:54:42.04
happened to me and where is God?
00:54:42.04\00:54:43.78
And so when people like Gideon
Rescue, they go to those areas,
00:54:44.25\00:54:47.75
they help to answer that
question because then they see
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through the love that
they show, the hope, the
00:54:51.49\00:54:56.22
encouragement that
yes, God is with them.
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And I think
that's very important.
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Amen.
00:55:03.70\00:55:04.10
Thank you.
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Dylan, take a
minute and tell us.
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I just wanna encourage anybody
that is contemplating joining
00:55:08.00\00:55:14.48
us on a response or maybe even
going on their own like they
00:55:14.48\00:55:18.08
did to the Winder school
shooting that God is with you.
00:55:18.08\00:55:23.35
And if God is with you,
no one can be against you.
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And if you have the faith
to say, Lord, use me, you make
00:55:26.45\00:55:29.26
yourself available and you say,
Lord, I'm going, I don't know
00:55:29.26\00:55:31.46
what I'm gonna do.
00:55:31.46\00:55:34.83
trusting that your light will
shine through me and he will
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lead you right to the
people that need that.
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So I would just encourage all
of you to find a Jonathan or a
00:55:41.47\00:55:46.34
Caleb and attack the
Philistines and go across the
00:55:46.34\00:55:51.48
Jordan.
00:55:51.48\00:55:51.71
Do you have a
website or how can...
00:55:52.31\00:55:54.45
Yes, so if people wanna
contact or even donate to our
00:55:54.45\00:55:58.79
organization, you can go to
GideonRescue.org and you can
00:55:58.79\00:56:05.46
contact us on there or you
can contact me directly for more
00:56:05.46\00:56:08.80
information with my phone
number, if you would like.
00:56:08.80\00:56:11.43
Well, we won't give you
a personal phone number.
00:56:12.47\00:56:14.84
That could be a big problem.
00:56:15.80\00:56:16.30
They've done it before.
00:56:16.37\00:56:17.34
We've done it before.
00:56:17.57\00:56:18.51
But through the website,
they can reach you through the
00:56:18.77\00:56:20.84
website.
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That's great.
00:56:21.84\00:56:25.18
Thank you.
00:56:25.41\00:56:27.58
And we just, it's such a
blessing to meet people who are
00:56:27.58\00:56:32.95
on the battlefield for the Lord.
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There's a scripture
here that I'd like to read.
00:56:36.52\00:56:38.79
It's found in Psalms 34 22 and
it is the Lord redeems the soul
00:56:38.83\00:56:45.93
of his servants and none of
those who trust in him shall be
00:56:45.93\00:56:50.74
condemned.
00:56:50.74\00:56:55.44
So he will rescue you.
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God bless you.
00:56:58.18\00:56:58.95
Thank you for joining us.
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We hope to see
you again next time.
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Take care and God bless.
00:57:02.95\00:57:04.69
Yeah.
00:57:08.39\00:57:08.99
Yeah.
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Yeah.
00:57:10.93\00:57:11.53
Yeah.
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Yeah.
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