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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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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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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Mending broken people
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Hello and Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you for joining us today.
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We have a great
program in store today
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because we have brought a
lot of family members here.
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And we thank you for allowing us
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to come into your home.
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And we want to be an extension
of your living room today
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or you can be an
extension of ours,
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however you want to do
it, we are here together.
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We're gonna-- this
is a holiday, Yvonne,
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that we love.
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Absolutely. It's a
Thanksgiving, right.
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I know.
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You got the
Halloween and all these things
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and that we just,
you know, as Christians
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we're not for them.
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We don't condone them.
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But Thanksgiving,
that's a great holiday.
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We could have that everyday.
It's one of my favorite times.
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Absolutely. Family
food, oh my goodness.
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We should probably get,
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you get some shout
at this spread here,
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what has happened here.
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But we want to
introduce everybody
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that we have here.
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So we're gonna start over here.
This is of course Yvonne Lewis.
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I am Danny Shelton.
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And starting over
here, next to her, you guys,
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why don't you
introduce yourself together?
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And, I am Chris Shelton.
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This is my husband,
Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Thank you, Honey. All right.
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Tammy Chance and
this is my husband Bruce.
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All right.
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And I am Mollie Steenson
and this is my husband Hal.
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Okay.
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I am Dianne Hamilton and
this is my husband Brian.
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We are Greg and Jill. All right.
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And we are Roy
and Earlenne Hunt.
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And we are John
and Angela Lomacang.
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And I am Irma Murray
and my husband C.A. Murray.
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Okay. So that's the group now.
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We have quite a few
folk that are traveling.
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I know like the Primose.
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I think he is in China
or somewhere right now.
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We have several
others that couldn't be here.
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So we said, well, the
folks that we got here,
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let's spend this time with you.
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So we're gonna be
here for a couple of hours.
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We actually have some food.
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We hope that you do at
home 'cause if you don't,
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we can't give
that to you right now.
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But we can pray the
Lord to bless you, right.
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No, no, I'm just kidding you
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because I know
that God has blessed you
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and if you are
watching this television,
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you're been home
and you have food
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to eat too.
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God is faithful.
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He will provide every
need but it is great to be
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with family, be with friends.
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So we wanted to
share this time with you.
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And we want to talk about things
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that we are thankful for.
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And the reason we are doing it,
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it's because we want
you to really contemplate
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the goodness of
God in your own life.
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It's one thing to
hear somebody else's story
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but we all have a story.
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That's right.
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And that story is
the most important asset
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that we have.
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If you want to be a
witness to those around you,
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you got to have a story to tell.
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And how do you get
that story to tell?
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Submit and commit
your lives to Jesus,
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recognizing, we're
all sinners, right,
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saved by grace.
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Jesus says, "If
we confess our sins,
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He is faithful
and just," to do what?
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Forgive us.
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"Forgive us from our
sins and He cleanses us
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from some of the
unrighteousness."
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All of the unrighteousness.
All of the unrighteousness.
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So that's the God that we serve.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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So when we are able to say,
look what God has done for us.
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I meet people every day
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and I'm sure all of you here do.
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And at home, you
meet people every day.
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"Well, the Lord's not."
Where is God when I need him?"
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"I just feel like
everybody is against me."
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I just-- as we
always say that, woe is me,
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there's an old
country song says,
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"If I didn't have any bad
luck, I'd have no luck at all."
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You know, and
whoever wrote that,
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I don't agree with you.
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But I don't believe in luck
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but believe in
divine providence.
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And so I want you to know that
your own personal testimony.
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So today, while
we're giving Thanksgiving,
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we're giving to God.
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Of course, we are
happy for this country
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that we live in here,
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particularly
United States of America.
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And it's an
American traditional holiday.
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We won't go into all that.
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But you know, the
pilgrims and all those things,
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you've heard about it, right.
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But we are here
today saying we're thankful
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to our Heavenly Father
that He cared enough for us,
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instead of destroying everybody
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that He made a
plan of salvation,
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which included a
tremendous sacrifice
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that He didn't have to do.
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So praise the Lord for that.
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What we're gonna start off,
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we actually
gonna have a blessing.
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We're gonna kind of,
I'm always been told,
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you're not
supposed to eat and talk
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but I guess we're gonna
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kind of do that
today, Yvonne, is that okay?
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And you know, what
I want to say, Danny,
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everybody has something
that they can be thankful for.
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And I think this is the
time to-- not only do it now,
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but extend it into
the rest of the year.
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What are we thankful for
and show gratitude to the Lord
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for all that He does for us.
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Absolutely. So why
don't we start out.
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We'll just join hands together.
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Those of you at home,
if you are by yourself,
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reach out symbolically.
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We'll join hands
with you today also,
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and we're just gonna pray
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and ask Brother Kenny
to pray God's blessings.
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Loving Father in
heaven, what a privilege it is
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today to come before Thee.
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Thank You that we
can call You our father.
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What a special time of the year
and has been mentioned already,
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this is special
time for all of us,
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a time that we can give praise
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and thanksgiving
for all that You for us.
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Yes.
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Lord, I'm reminded
everyday that is through You
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that we live and that we
move and that we have our being.
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There is no life apart from You.
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Today we come
together and we come together
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with our 3ABN friends
and family around the world.
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Lord, we give You
praise and give You honor
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and glory for each
and every one of them,
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for each one around the table
that has devoted their heart,
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their life into Your service
to win souls to Thy kingdom.
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Lord, we thank
You for them. Amen.
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Today we ask that the
Spirit of the living God
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would touch each of our
hearts and each of our lives
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and I serve like
what was mentioned
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that it just doesn't need
to be one day out of the year
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but why can't this be
every day of our lives.
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Every day that we can
sing praises unto You.
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Every day that we
can read the word,
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every day that
we look at nature,
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every day that we are
able to get up and move around,
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that we give You
praise for everything.
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I'm thankful that You
put the world in motion,
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but you haven't
forgotten Your creation.
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I thank You for that.
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And thank You for the blessings
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that You have given for
life and health and strength
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and for the power
of Thy Holy Spirit.
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We ask Lord, that you
will bless again all those
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who are viewing, those who hear,
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we pray that this
is not just a lunch,
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not at dinner that
we're just eating here.
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But we pray that each
one will be able to feed,
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even if they are
not around the table,
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may their hearts and lives
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be drawn to
Jesus Christ right now.
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And may if they never
before be able to look up,
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lift up their
eyes and say oh, Lord,
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I thank You for what
You've provided for us.
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And, Lord, we give You praise,
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give You honor
and give You glory.
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Now we ask that You
would take possession
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of each of our
hearts and our lives
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that we can be
a witness for You.
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How we long to be a witness,
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how we long to raise our
voice to You and accompany
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by the power of the Holy
Spirit will bring changes
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about in each of our
lives and each of our hearts.
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We long to draw closer to
You and may this be a time
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that we spend, all
the work, all the effort,
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every thing has been put
into this Thanksgiving day.
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We ask Lord,
that You will bless it
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as Thou does see fit.
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Again, accompany
with the Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we know
this is going to be
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what You would have it to
be and we thank You in advance.
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Thank you for the food.
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May it grace and
nourish our bodies.
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Give us strength Lord,
that we may be fit vessels
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that You would
love to dwell in us
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and us in You.
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And we thank You and give
you praise in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Okay, you all can
start eating if you want.
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But while we're doing
that, I'd like to get a few,
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a little bit of
shot of all of this food
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and I'm gonna talk to
maybe Irma and Yvonne,
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some of the ladies and
tell us 'cause you didn't know,
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we didn't like cater all
this and we actually cooked
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and made this and-- food.
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I heard about it.
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For instance, now
who made these hot rolls?
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Does anybody know? I did.
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Jill, yeah,
Jill, all right. Okay.
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All right, so we have
quite a bit of food here.
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But there is something
that you'll notice that is
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missing for most people,
probably in their country.
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They're gonna say, "How
can you have Thanksgiving
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without a turkey?"
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Well, we're gonna show
you, we do have a 3ABN turkey.
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He doesn't happen
to be on the table.
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But I think you might see
him outside running around
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praising the Lord today.
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He's like I made it
through another Thanksgiving.
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In fact, I tell people,
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that's where
all the wild turkeys
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come on Thanksgiving.
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They come to 3ABN because
they know they will be safe
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at least through this day.
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So we found that there's
a lot of other great things
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to eat besides the
poor turkey, right.
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This is a bad
day to be a soy bean.
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Right. Right.
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You don't want to
be a soy bean today.
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So you can be our turkey.
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And but, you know honestly,
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people will eat
what they want to
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but we just chose not to here.
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And so there's a
lot of great food here.
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Irma, tell me a little
bit about it and, Yvonne,
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you guys tells us who made what.
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So the folks will know.
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Irma knows
'cause Irma had helped
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coordinate this whole thing
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and that it's just
a major undertaking.
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So Erms, tell us who did what?
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Well, it was really a
privilege and it was really
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a joy to do this.
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And I thank everyone
of you because there was,
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every one was so
cooperative and did everything.
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Earlenne did this
wonderful salad we have.
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She brought that for us.
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Yvonne made the greens. Yeah.
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She is the best for the greens.
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We have Dianne
made sweet potatoes.
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Josh made the
other sweet potato.
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Josh Chance? Josh Chance.
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Josh Chance. He
is a wonderful cook.
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Cook book. Yes.
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Jill also made the cabbage salad
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and it looks delicious.
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We have to try and Mollie
made our substitute turkey,
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the loaf and she made the gravy
also and it looks very good.
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Let me see what
else I have that I...
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Who did the grilled vegetables?
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And I made grilled vegetables
and the cranberry sauce.
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Hope everybody likes it.
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Chris made the mashed potatoes
and they look delicious too.
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Everyone, I hope I
didn't miss anyone.
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Definitely, we don't
see our pies in here.
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But Angie... There's pies too?
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Yes, we have... Have mercy.
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Pumpkin pie and
we have apple pie.
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So we'll enjoy it afterwards.
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And the Lord provided
those beautiful grapes
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and all that fruit up there.
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Yes.
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We are told that
most of it is real
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but they say be
careful before you bite,
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there may be something in
there that maybe it's for looks.
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So, well, be careful before
we grab in to any of that.
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Yes.
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And we have
sparking grape juice.
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Oh, yeah, sparking--
just so everybody knows.
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This is grape
juice, okay, all right.
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And it's unfermented
grape juice and that's--
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right, C.A., right Pastor.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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And then they
made some really nice
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little fruit desserts here too.
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Gloria Nolan.
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Gloria Nolan, what
do say that Yvonne,
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she's the bomb in that one...
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She is the
bomb. She is the bomb.
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That's probably
not a good word today
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to be talking about.
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Oh, that's true.
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We have to change
some of our expressions.
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Yeah, I've
talked about it, people,
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we go to foreign
countries and they "Man,
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we need to set
the world on fire."
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And they don't
know what that means
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and we are talking about
it spiritually as Christians
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spread this like, you know.
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But nowadays you
have to be careful
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'cause some foreign
countries is like, "What?
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Spread on fire,
what do you mean?"
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Yeah, yeah.
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So anyway,
you'll know that we mean
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well in what we say, but
absolutely, Gloria Nolan,
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she volunteers
her time at church,
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any thing we need here at 3ABN,
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she is always here
and such a blessing to us.
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We would get her
on camera but she's--
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doesn't like to be
on camera very often.
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But thank you. She is
still helping us to...
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Oh, thank you,
Gloria... From the background.
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For what you all are doing here.
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We're gonna, I know
some would be eating
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and some is not
going to be able to.
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But when you have
family, your family, you know,
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you come from
somewhere, it's easy
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when you're young,
you're growing up, you know,
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I have brothers and
sisters like Kenny and Tammy
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and Tommy and
Ronny and mom and dad.
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So we got together
and then we'd go with our
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aunt and uncle Olin and Milder
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and Uncle Bud and Aunt Wonda,
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some you know, Uncle Paul
and we can go on down the line,
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Aunt Ruby and so
you had all this family
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because literally it
was a physical family.
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But there's other family
besides your physical family.
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And sometimes you can
draw closer to spiritual family
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and then you
can-- physical family
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because all the
family may not be Christians
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or they may have
different values.
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And so 3ABN, we have a family.
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We do. You are
part of that family.
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But we have a
number of folks here.
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But we probably have
close to 150 people that are
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literally working here.
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A lot of those you won't
see are behind the cameras
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or in the control rooms.
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Some of those prepared the food,
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some of those are
gonna clean up afterwards,
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every body is
important in the sight of God
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so we appreciate
every body that's here
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and we appreciate you for
what you do in support of 3ABN,
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that we can take the undiluted
Three Angels' Messages,
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one that would counteract
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the counterfeit
into all the world.
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And we've seen some
tremendous things happening,
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even this past
year prophecy has been
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fulfilled before our
eyes and to me it's exciting.
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It's not a time
to be discouraged.
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It's not a time you look at
the things happening in Paris.
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You know, you look
at airplane coming down,
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you look at all those and
people are living in fear.
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They don't know
what to think about.
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New York's is on
heightened, you know,
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security and should
be, all of these things.
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But as a Christian, you
know that things are gonna
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get worse and worse and worse.
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I don't care who's
running for president.
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They can promise you the world
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but they can't
give you the world.
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That's right.
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Jesus can
promise you eternal life
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but He can come through.
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You see, the rest of it can't.
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So that's why we need
to keep our eyes focused
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on the Lord Jesus Christ
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and not on all
the things around us.
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But "Great peace have
they which love thy Lord.
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Nothing shall offend them."
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Or my dad would
say, would tear them up.
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You know, He said,
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"Boy, I tell
you, I'm all tore up,"
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you know about something.
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So we don't need to
be all tore up, right.
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That's right.
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We can-- we don't have to
be 'cause we can have a peace
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that the world
doesn't know anything about.
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The world didn't give it,
the world can't take it away.
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Am I right?
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And we can see all these things
that are going on in the world
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and we don't have to be afraid.
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No.
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Because the Lord promised
that He would be with us.
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He'll never
leave us or forsake us.
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So we have him.
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We have the Lord,
which is the answer
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that so many people don't
have and that's why we are here.
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And that's what's
wonderful about it.
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And so we don't have
to worry as you said about
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what's happening around
us but we should actually be
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excited for the
opportunity to say Jesus,
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you are coming.
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So now we need to look
at what we're doing for you,
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look at our resources
and how can we use these
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to help promote the gospel.
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Amen.
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Because there is
the loss and dying world
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that knows nothing
about Jesus Christ.
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Still yet, in these
times of earth's history,
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they can watch television
but sometimes it's just,
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you need a hug,
you need a touch.
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Somebody needs to
say, you know, I love you.
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And so each and everyone of you,
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3ABN can do a great job
but each and every one of you,
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God has called
you for such an hour
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as this to love somebody.
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Yes.
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We say around here,
love their ears off,
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well, not physically,you know,
love their socks off, okay.
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Just love their socks off maybe.
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But people need to
know that you love them
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and they are surprised.
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Why do you love me
because Jesus died for me.
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That's right. So
and He died for you.
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So we're brothers
and sisters in the Lord.
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So what we want to do
is since our family here,
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we came from a lot of
different areas of the country
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and some of those,
number of our workers
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live outside the United States.
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Some have moved here.
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We still have people in
places like the Philippines
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and New Guinea and Russia.
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That's not part of
this and we want to say
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happy Thanksgiving to all of our
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Russian family over there.
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Julia Outkina and
that entire crew also.
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Australia with John and
Rose and our Australian crew.
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So we have crews
around the country
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but for those of us here
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I'd like to start and
probably what we'll do is
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as soon as-- I'll give
a little notice when Greg
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gets through
chewing just a little bit,
00:17:04.72\00:17:06.82
you know 'cause he's eating.
00:17:06.86\00:17:08.26
We'll give him
time, you don't have
00:17:08.29\00:17:09.72
to show him chewing
but when he is through,
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when he is through,
we'll give him notice.
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So Greg and Jill...
Swallow quick, Greg.
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Yeah, okay.
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Greg and Jill, I want you
to spend just a little time,
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four, five six
minutes whatever you want,
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you and Jill, talk about
how you first came to 3ABN
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and then how you
and Jill met maybe,
00:17:24.34\00:17:26.37
and how you got heard of 3ABN
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and a little bit
about what you do now.
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We've got time so just
take your time with it.
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Yeah, you know, being
in 3ABN is a real blessing
00:17:32.68\00:17:34.48
because it's
like Danny was saying,
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it's a family
here but it's also neat
00:17:36.95\00:17:38.75
because it's an extended family.
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I mean, you there in
your living room or kitchen
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wherever you're at,
00:17:41.52\00:17:42.86
that's a
blessing of being at 3ABN
00:17:42.89\00:17:44.23
because it's not
just the workers here.
00:17:44.26\00:17:45.96
But it's very much
a bigger family than,
00:17:45.99\00:17:48.16
than the employees here.
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You know I came to 3ABN
in 1999 as a college intern.
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So I was a few years
younger then and it was
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really I you know, I
look back at that time
00:17:57.24\00:17:58.81
as a real miracle
that brought here at 3ABN
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because I had several
places that I was applying
00:18:00.68\00:18:03.48
to as an
internship and one of them
00:18:03.51\00:18:06.61
was the 3ABN and I was
getting down to my deadline
00:18:06.65\00:18:09.52
when I had to make a
decision where I'm going to go.
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And I hadn't
heard back from 3ABN
00:18:11.82\00:18:13.82
that I could
come here and intern.
00:18:13.86\00:18:16.36
So I decided well,
00:18:16.39\00:18:17.73
before I say yes to
this other ministry,
00:18:17.76\00:18:19.69
I'm going to actually
check my e-mail one more time
00:18:19.73\00:18:22.56
and see if I
heard back from 3ABN.
00:18:22.60\00:18:24.33
So it was within a
matter probably ten minutes
00:18:24.37\00:18:26.90
that I would have went
to, say another ministry
00:18:26.94\00:18:29.27
versus 3ABN.
00:18:29.30\00:18:30.81
And I'm very
grateful to the Lord
00:18:30.84\00:18:32.27
because I feel definitely
00:18:32.31\00:18:34.41
because of that that
God placed me here at 3ABN.
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So I came
obviously as an intern.
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But when I was
in school actually,
00:18:40.35\00:18:41.88
before I went to
college just before I met this
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lovely woman that
is sitting next to me.
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And we were
classmates actually at school
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we were actually on a
traveling choir together.
00:18:48.82\00:18:52.13
We did a lot of things together.
00:18:52.16\00:18:53.60
And we became great friends.
00:18:53.63\00:18:54.96
We met in the cafeteria actually
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so this is kind of apropos.
00:18:56.60\00:18:57.97
That's true.
00:18:58.00\00:18:59.60
It's a good point.
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I sat down at the
same table where Greg was
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and we sat across from
each other and I met him
00:19:03.44\00:19:06.27
and thought I, oh, I get
to go to school with him.
00:19:06.31\00:19:08.38
He's just really
nice. So this is crazy.
00:19:08.41\00:19:10.25
So okay, at that moment,
I'm sitting across from her
00:19:10.28\00:19:12.68
and you know, I
had that thought,
00:19:12.71\00:19:14.78
you're going to
marry that lady someday.
00:19:14.82\00:19:16.15
Wow.
00:19:16.18\00:19:17.52
But you know, let me say this,
00:19:17.55\00:19:19.05
you can't just go
off of those impression
00:19:19.09\00:19:20.42
because I've had
other impressions
00:19:20.46\00:19:21.79
that you don't, guys,
00:19:21.82\00:19:23.22
you don't--
glad didn't work out.
00:19:23.26\00:19:25.39
The women loved it though,
00:19:25.43\00:19:26.76
did you hear all
the oohs and uhs.
00:19:26.80\00:19:29.46
Anyway. God is
good. So... We did.
00:19:29.50\00:19:32.30
But anyway we
were married in 2002.
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And then you moved
here then. That's right.
00:19:35.57\00:19:39.27
'Cause I came to 3ABN
really because of Greg
00:19:39.31\00:19:41.34
I guess you can say, initially.
00:19:41.38\00:19:43.91
We corresponded after
college through letters
00:19:43.95\00:19:45.88
and on the phone.
00:19:45.91\00:19:47.72
And he was here at 3ABN
00:19:47.75\00:19:49.18
and he would tell
me about the ministry
00:19:49.22\00:19:50.72
and what was taking
place and what was happening
00:19:50.75\00:19:53.19
and I was really excited about
00:19:53.22\00:19:54.56
what was taking place
here at the ministry at 3ABN.
00:19:54.59\00:19:57.03
And then I moved
here when we got married
00:19:57.06\00:20:00.06
and it's been such a blessing.
00:20:00.10\00:20:01.86
You know God just
poured into my heart
00:20:01.90\00:20:04.30
the mission of 3ABN,
the ministry you know,
00:20:04.33\00:20:07.67
to spread the
undiluted Three Angels' Messages
00:20:07.70\00:20:09.40
around the world.
00:20:09.44\00:20:10.77
And it's such a blessing to
be part of the 3ABN family here
00:20:10.81\00:20:15.04
and part of the 3ABN
family you at home as well.
00:20:15.08\00:20:18.08
It's such a blessing.
00:20:18.11\00:20:19.45
We consider each one of
you as part of our family here.
00:20:19.48\00:20:22.75
Amen. Thank you.
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Isn't that neat to
hear those stories?
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In a matter, would
you say ten minutes?
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About ten minutes I think
would have been the difference.
00:20:28.29\00:20:29.62
Would have made
all the difference,
00:20:29.66\00:20:30.99
whether Greg and
Jill would've been here
00:20:31.03\00:20:32.89
or somewhere else.
00:20:32.93\00:20:34.26
Yeah, that's true.
00:20:34.30\00:20:35.63
And praise the Lord that
right in the nick of time
00:20:35.66\00:20:39.03
you all came because
what a tremendous asset
00:20:39.07\00:20:41.97
they are to this ministry.
00:20:42.00\00:20:43.97
And Jill came so we
don't just say okay,
00:20:44.01\00:20:46.17
we'll hire Greg and
will hire your wife.
00:20:46.21\00:20:48.44
Jill came with so
many-- first of all,
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she's a great music teacher,
works with the kids for years.
00:20:50.38\00:20:54.12
She's absolutely a great writer.
00:20:54.15\00:20:56.75
She does incredible writing.
00:20:56.79\00:20:59.25
My letters right now,
they're written by her.
00:20:59.29\00:21:02.32
She and I go over them
00:21:02.36\00:21:03.69
but she makes
them look really nice.
00:21:03.73\00:21:05.09
And she actually can
sometimes she'll say things
00:21:05.13\00:21:08.76
softer than I might--
00:21:08.80\00:21:10.47
Mollie used to do that for me
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.67
and I'd say, well, Mollie just--
00:21:12.70\00:21:14.67
she would say, "Well,
just say whatever you want."
00:21:14.70\00:21:16.37
She dictates.
You'd do shorthand?
00:21:16.40\00:21:18.71
Yeah, you would dictate it.
I would take it in shorthand.
00:21:18.74\00:21:20.71
Yeah.
00:21:20.74\00:21:22.08
And then we would kind
of massage it a little.
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.21
Yeah.
00:21:24.25\00:21:25.58
Then I would get it
back and I would say,
00:21:25.61\00:21:27.75
"Is that what I said, Mollie?
00:21:27.78\00:21:29.12
I thought I was really telling."
00:21:29.15\00:21:30.49
My mom used to say tell him
how the hog ate the cabbage.
00:21:30.52\00:21:32.49
I don't know what that means.
00:21:32.52\00:21:34.16
But it meant you
know, you are being...
00:21:34.19\00:21:36.09
Eating stuff.
00:21:36.12\00:21:37.49
C.A. Murray.
00:21:37.53\00:21:38.86
Hey, you all ain't telling
me only once got a few sayings.
00:21:38.89\00:21:40.56
We've got some of
our own stuff too,
00:21:40.60\00:21:43.67
right, right, right.
00:21:43.70\00:21:45.13
We've got our own stuff.
00:21:45.17\00:21:46.50
So, Mollie, I'd say,
"Was that," she'd say.
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.64
"Well, the reason I
changed it 'cause I know you
00:21:48.67\00:21:50.91
and that's the way you
really want to say it."
00:21:50.94\00:21:53.54
And how you're
going to say no that.
00:21:53.58\00:21:55.24
I'd say, you know, Mollie,
and I knew she was right.
00:21:55.28\00:21:57.35
You know.
00:21:57.38\00:21:58.71
And so thank you
for what you're doing.
00:21:58.75\00:22:00.32
Jill, that-- but you're
also great on air because
00:22:00.35\00:22:02.88
she does her own programs now.
00:22:02.92\00:22:04.52
Tell us about the
program you're doing?
00:22:04.55\00:22:06.22
It's called Heart lift
00:22:06.25\00:22:07.59
and it actually
has not aired yet
00:22:07.62\00:22:08.96
but it's going
to air in January.
00:22:08.99\00:22:10.33
January third. It starts to air.
00:22:10.36\00:22:11.96
And it's a woman's program.
00:22:11.99\00:22:13.33
I'm so excited about it
because I think that's a niche
00:22:13.36\00:22:16.36
that we can really
reach that we can target.
00:22:16.40\00:22:18.87
And it just talks about
how God wants to bring this
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.67
transformation in our
hearts and in our lives.
00:22:21.70\00:22:24.14
It talks about fear and sadness
and purity and forgiveness.
00:22:24.17\00:22:30.38
All of that stuff and
how God just wants to work
00:22:30.41\00:22:32.51
in our lives and
bring His victory.
00:22:32.55\00:22:34.02
Okay. Wonderful.
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.38
What we're going to do
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.75
we're going to go
to Roy and Earlene.
00:22:36.79\00:22:38.62
Now this is
going be a little bit
00:22:38.65\00:22:39.99
tough to do on camera
00:22:40.02\00:22:41.36
but I think
everybody's about done
00:22:41.39\00:22:42.72
with their salad.
00:22:42.76\00:22:44.09
So if you all from that
end want to pass this way,
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.33
and you all over
their pass that down.
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.10
We'll get rid of the salad bowl.
00:22:48.13\00:22:49.90
And we can do that while
you all are sharing this.
00:22:49.93\00:22:53.23
Just somebody will
take yours from you just
00:22:53.27\00:22:54.80
pass it down to John.
00:22:54.84\00:22:56.20
There you go.
00:22:56.24\00:22:57.57
There you go there you go--
00:22:57.61\00:22:58.94
no Roy is going
to pass this way me
00:22:58.97\00:23:00.31
bring everything
towards me this end
00:23:00.34\00:23:02.34
and then Roy you,
00:23:02.38\00:23:03.71
you and Earlene
talk to us for a bit.
00:23:03.75\00:23:06.82
Okay. Once we
get coordinated here.
00:23:06.85\00:23:09.38
All right, all right.
00:23:09.42\00:23:11.92
I know we've got
people going to get all this.
00:23:11.95\00:23:13.66
Go ahead we'll try to
stay out of your way here.
00:23:13.69\00:23:16.19
Well, I tell
you we've been here,
00:23:16.22\00:23:18.49
we're going on six years now.
00:23:18.53\00:23:21.30
And when we look back,
it has been a real journey,
00:23:21.33\00:23:25.63
a journey that the
Lord led us to 3ABN.
00:23:25.67\00:23:31.61
About five and a half years ago,
00:23:31.64\00:23:34.34
something like that
and if you have lost a job,
00:23:34.38\00:23:39.51
you know probably the feelings
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.28
that you have
when you lose a job.
00:23:41.32\00:23:43.79
And I got a pink slip. I
mean, I'll be right up front.
00:23:43.82\00:23:46.42
I got a pink slip.
I can't imagine why.
00:23:46.45\00:23:49.06
But you know, it just happened.
00:23:49.09\00:23:51.76
And probably, for two
days I was really down and out.
00:23:51.79\00:23:58.20
I couldn't imagine being let go.
00:23:58.23\00:24:02.14
And I got a phone
call two days later
00:24:02.17\00:24:07.14
from a gentlemen
that's around this table.
00:24:07.18\00:24:09.31
His name is Brian Hamilton.
00:24:09.34\00:24:11.81
And for the first time,
I had to laugh and smile
00:24:11.85\00:24:15.98
because his first comment was
00:24:16.02\00:24:18.52
"Roy, I heard you got
your socks knocked off."
00:24:18.55\00:24:23.63
And I thought well,
00:24:23.66\00:24:24.99
that's a unique
way of saying things.
00:24:25.03\00:24:28.03
But he was very
encouraging and actually made,
00:24:28.06\00:24:33.80
I believe an invitation at
that point to come to 3ABN.
00:24:33.84\00:24:38.94
But we weren't quite sure.
00:24:38.97\00:24:41.04
We had several
possibilities of you know,
00:24:41.08\00:24:44.41
doing different things.
00:24:44.45\00:24:46.15
We prayed about it.
00:24:46.18\00:24:47.52
We went to visit
several of the areas
00:24:47.55\00:24:51.02
that people wanted us to
be and we came here to 3ABN.
00:24:51.05\00:24:56.66
And we just felt
after being on the grounds
00:24:56.69\00:24:59.69
here that we
were on holy ground.
00:24:59.73\00:25:01.26
Amen. Amen.
00:25:01.30\00:25:02.63
And that we should be at
Three Angels' Broadcasting.
00:25:02.66\00:25:05.40
Amen.
00:25:05.43\00:25:06.77
We look back and the
Lord works in mysterious ways.
00:25:06.80\00:25:10.51
And we look, why did
He allow it to happen
00:25:10.54\00:25:13.54
where we came from.
00:25:13.58\00:25:16.04
But when we look back He knew
that we should be here at 3ABN.
00:25:16.08\00:25:19.88
I want to add something to this.
00:25:19.91\00:25:21.85
I want to add that I
was working still full time.
00:25:21.88\00:25:25.49
And I got kind of
a funny feeling in me
00:25:25.52\00:25:30.06
when I heard the
over the PA system,
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.36
"All those
people who were let go,
00:25:33.40\00:25:36.26
we want you to--
we want to tell you
00:25:36.30\00:25:38.83
they're going to be coming back.
00:25:38.87\00:25:41.00
We have hired them back.
00:25:41.04\00:25:42.87
And if you got a promotion
or you got moved to some,
00:25:42.90\00:25:45.37
some other desk, please
get up and move and go back to
00:25:45.41\00:25:47.94
where you were,
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.31
because these people
will be coming back."
00:25:49.34\00:25:53.11
I called my husband I said.
00:25:53.15\00:25:54.82
"Have you heard?
You're hired back."
00:25:54.85\00:25:57.42
He said, No, I
haven't heard a thing."
00:25:57.45\00:25:59.35
I said, "Really, but he
just made an announcement
00:25:59.39\00:26:01.66
that you were hired back."
00:26:01.69\00:26:03.73
So from there,
what did you get to do?
00:26:03.76\00:26:06.33
Well, you know what,
they said. "You're hired."
00:26:06.36\00:26:11.17
I'd already been hired at 3ABN
and we didn't know what to do.
00:26:11.20\00:26:16.77
And I called Brian
and said, "You know,
00:26:16.81\00:26:18.57
I'm in a particular
situation I've never been in.
00:26:18.61\00:26:22.71
I got hired back
after being let go.
00:26:22.74\00:26:25.88
And I've been hired at 3ABN."
00:26:25.91\00:26:28.88
And he says, "Well,
pray about it and decide
00:26:28.92\00:26:31.25
what you know,
let the Lord lead."
00:26:31.29\00:26:32.75
Yes.
00:26:32.79\00:26:34.12
And we prayed very
seriously because not only
00:26:34.16\00:26:37.53
had he been hired back,
but we had two other places
00:26:37.56\00:26:40.46
looking at us as well as 3ABN.
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.10
But we felt God's presence here.
00:26:43.13\00:26:47.44
We had no reason to
make this choice ourselves.
00:26:47.47\00:26:50.24
God made it for
us, what you think?
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.61
Absolutely. I can
say a big amen to that.
00:26:52.64\00:26:56.21
And of everything that
we've done in our career,
00:26:56.24\00:27:00.22
we have worked in a lot
of church organizations,
00:27:00.25\00:27:04.55
everything that we have
done, this is number one.
00:27:04.59\00:27:08.02
And the reason is,
it's because you know,
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.36
God was in
everything else we were doing.
00:27:11.39\00:27:15.16
But here at 3ABN, we get to see
instant results of what we do.
00:27:15.20\00:27:20.34
We can go on television.
And we can do a program.
00:27:20.37\00:27:24.87
And people respond immediately.
00:27:24.91\00:27:27.28
The telephones would ring.
00:27:27.31\00:27:29.04
Whatever the program
is, we get instant response.
00:27:29.08\00:27:33.35
And it's gratifying to see that.
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.75
So we're not
gratifying ourselves,
00:27:35.78\00:27:38.39
spiritually we feel like 3ABN
is the most spiritual position
00:27:38.42\00:27:44.19
that we've ever had
because of the feedback
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.86
that we get from our,
our clients, and our viewers,
00:27:46.90\00:27:50.40
and our listeners.
00:27:50.43\00:27:52.33
Amen.
00:27:52.37\00:27:53.70
Yes. We are very
blessed to be here.
00:27:53.74\00:27:55.14
Thank you so much.
00:27:55.17\00:27:56.50
This is the
family that invited us.
00:27:56.54\00:27:57.91
We thank you.
Well, praise the Lord.
00:27:57.94\00:28:00.58
We're so glad that you're here
00:28:00.61\00:28:02.01
and you do a
great job, both of you.
00:28:02.04\00:28:04.08
Same way Roy comes and Earlene,
00:28:04.11\00:28:05.58
they work as a team.
00:28:05.61\00:28:06.95
Yes.
00:28:06.98\00:28:08.32
And so it's not just
one, it's both of them.
00:28:08.35\00:28:11.09
Let me tell my
side of the story...
00:28:11.12\00:28:14.32
All right.
00:28:14.36\00:28:16.36
We have been
discussing, we wanted the couple
00:28:16.39\00:28:19.89
that would come to groom
00:28:19.93\00:28:22.06
to take Leonard and Rita's place
00:28:22.10\00:28:25.20
'Cause they were getting
up in age and I got news.
00:28:25.23\00:28:29.80
It was shocking to me
that Roy had been let go.
00:28:29.84\00:28:32.94
But the first
thought I had when I heard
00:28:32.97\00:28:35.08
that was praise the Lord.
00:28:35.11\00:28:37.98
This is great, you know.
00:28:38.01\00:28:40.28
So then we
extended the invitation
00:28:40.32\00:28:43.65
and that's history.
00:28:43.69\00:28:45.02
That is history and
the Lord had His hand
00:28:45.05\00:28:47.99
in you giving us a call.
00:28:48.02\00:28:49.86
Absolutely, we believe that too.
00:28:49.89\00:28:51.96
I do think we
should always look back.
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.70
Because when I was a
little I was a preacher's kid.
00:28:54.73\00:28:57.83
And I was little and I
kept looking up to all of these
00:28:57.87\00:29:00.60
older church
members and thinking, wow,
00:29:00.64\00:29:03.51
they have such awesome stories.
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.97
I just want to be an old person.
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.44
They all were blessed by God,
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.35
they all seem to
have what they needed.
00:29:10.38\00:29:11.81
Now we are.
00:29:11.85\00:29:13.18
You must've
wished that on me too.
00:29:13.21\00:29:15.35
Now I am.
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.69
But it has
really come to the point
00:29:18.72\00:29:20.92
that I do you feel like
I am one of those people
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.12
and, we have to look back.
00:29:23.16\00:29:24.73
Because it's looking
back that we realize the road
00:29:24.76\00:29:27.70
we came over and God
has never left our side.
00:29:27.73\00:29:33.07
Never, never ever.
00:29:33.10\00:29:36.64
Well, we're going to
move around to John and Angie.
00:29:36.67\00:29:40.18
For some of you
folk won't understand
00:29:40.21\00:29:41.68
what I'm about to say,
this is very interesting.
00:29:41.71\00:29:44.51
If you would have
asked me when 3ABN started,
00:29:44.55\00:29:48.65
30 years ago, 31 years ago
00:29:48.68\00:29:51.45
about the makeup
of the people here
00:29:51.49\00:29:55.49
and said I can see
31 years down the road
00:29:55.52\00:29:57.93
to make up of the folk
here I would have said,
00:29:57.96\00:29:59.46
not Franklin County.
00:29:59.49\00:30:00.96
We're from Franklin
County, Franklin County--
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.73
we were born in an area,
00:30:02.76\00:30:04.10
we're basically
all white people,
00:30:04.13\00:30:05.47
right Kenny, and
you know, we didn't have
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.47
any minorities
hardly at all now.
00:30:07.50\00:30:09.50
We had-- we grew up in an era
00:30:09.54\00:30:11.91
where a lot of
the parents of kids
00:30:11.94\00:30:13.94
we went to school with,
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.31
their grandparents
had came, you know,
00:30:15.34\00:30:18.25
immigrants from
Europe and from you know,
00:30:18.28\00:30:20.98
all the different
European countries.
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.95
But it's basically a
white area and so I never really
00:30:22.98\00:30:26.69
talked to any
blacks or minorities and--
00:30:26.72\00:30:29.92
most of my life
until I was grown
00:30:29.96\00:30:31.36
and I know I went to
Berrien Springs Michigan
00:30:31.39\00:30:33.19
for four years.
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.56
And in the 70s
not to go to school,
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.60
I managed the lumberyard.
00:30:36.63\00:30:38.00
I should've gone school
but I managed a lumberyard.
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.44
And so I met a lot of
God's wonderful people there
00:30:40.47\00:30:44.14
from different
nationalities but when--
00:30:44.17\00:30:46.34
if somebody would ask me,
you know, this is a family,
00:30:46.37\00:30:49.18
God's family makes up
every color, every race,
00:30:49.21\00:30:51.45
every culture,
every background and 3ABN
00:30:51.48\00:30:54.32
just about has that here.
00:30:54.35\00:30:55.68
We have people
from numerous countries,
00:30:55.72\00:30:57.45
plus we have
people from within America
00:30:57.49\00:31:00.12
who are of
different backgrounds.
00:31:00.16\00:31:01.86
Some come from the cities.
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.76
One of those, I want to
talk to you about or have
00:31:03.79\00:31:06.56
talked to right
now is John and Angie,
00:31:06.59\00:31:08.80
'cause when you talk to
them any more than ten minutes,
00:31:08.83\00:31:11.33
you're going to
hear word from John,
00:31:11.37\00:31:12.87
even in basketball in New York.
00:31:12.90\00:31:14.70
It's going to come out.
00:31:14.74\00:31:16.07
John tell us how Mr. New
York and Mr. and Mrs. New York
00:31:16.10\00:31:19.77
end up in Southern
Illinois and the whole county
00:31:19.81\00:31:22.74
only has 44,000 people.
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.55
Wow. How did you end up here?
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.08
Well, just a real nutshell,
We've been married now 32 years.
00:31:27.12\00:31:31.29
Praise the Lord for that. Amen.
00:31:31.32\00:31:32.99
And from teenagers we--
we met in Brooklyn, New York.
00:31:33.02\00:31:36.49
Remember what church, Honey?
00:31:36.52\00:31:37.86
Yeah, Bethel, at 16
years old. At 16 years old.
00:31:37.89\00:31:40.00
We grew up together.
00:31:40.03\00:31:41.36
And we pretty
much grew up together.
00:31:41.40\00:31:42.73
The Lord guided in our lives.
00:31:44.90\00:31:47.04
Shortly after we got married,
00:31:47.07\00:31:49.87
we moved from New York
City to Orlando, Florida.
00:31:49.90\00:31:54.01
And there, because music
was so much a part of what I did
00:31:54.04\00:31:57.85
before I gave my
life to the Lord,
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.52
I got rid of all
the worldly music
00:32:00.55\00:32:02.48
and got involved
in Christian music.
00:32:02.52\00:32:04.92
And the Lord worked it out
00:32:04.95\00:32:06.29
that I got into a
music position there
00:32:06.32\00:32:10.26
where I was involved
in the Talent search.
00:32:10.29\00:32:11.83
And one evening, I had a concert
00:32:11.86\00:32:15.30
and my mother-in-law,
00:32:15.33\00:32:16.67
Angie's mom bought
us some tickets to go
00:32:16.70\00:32:19.63
to Heritage Singers'
concert and I said I can't go.
00:32:19.67\00:32:22.87
Because I already
have my own concert.
00:32:22.90\00:32:24.24
She said you have to go.
00:32:24.27\00:32:25.77
And what I didn't know
that that God was setting up
00:32:25.81\00:32:28.41
an appointment there,
00:32:28.44\00:32:29.78
which would prove to be the door
00:32:29.81\00:32:31.88
that opened our hearts up
to ministry after traveling
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.08
for number of years
with Heritage Singers,
00:32:35.12\00:32:37.35
opened the door to ministry.
00:32:37.39\00:32:38.72
And then we started a
ministry, remember what year?
00:32:38.75\00:32:41.32
I think it was 1987.
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.36
We started in
Northern California Conference
00:32:43.39\00:32:45.73
with Pastor Doug Batchelor.
00:32:45.76\00:32:48.00
And just to
condense the story, 2002,
00:32:48.03\00:32:52.77
we accepted a call from
00:32:52.80\00:32:54.14
the Northern
California Conference
00:32:54.17\00:32:55.50
to the Iowa,
Missouri Conference,
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.47
which was a very
reluctant thing on our part.
00:32:57.51\00:32:59.37
Well, you know
when your church is full
00:32:59.41\00:33:00.91
and thriving, you say, why
would I want to go anywhere?
00:33:00.94\00:33:04.08
And I came to the Midwest
in the mountains of California,
00:33:04.11\00:33:07.82
it was so beautiful, I think...
00:33:07.85\00:33:09.78
Northern
California. Northern California.
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.29
We said "Why would you
want to leave a beautiful place
00:33:11.32\00:33:13.19
like this to come to a
small town in the Midwest?"
00:33:13.22\00:33:17.99
But God had planned it. Amen.
00:33:18.03\00:33:19.36
So we went to St. Louis first.
00:33:19.39\00:33:22.56
And to give my wife
00:33:22.60\00:33:24.07
a little chance to speak to you,
00:33:24.10\00:33:25.83
remember why we
went to St. Louis?
00:33:25.87\00:33:29.40
Why we went to St. Louis? Yeah.
00:33:29.44\00:33:31.07
Oh, it's for the church.
00:33:31.11\00:33:32.44
Remember, you got a
call to pastor the church
00:33:32.47\00:33:35.04
in St. Louis, St. Louis Central.
00:33:35.08\00:33:37.51
And I just said to
them, no. He said no.
00:33:37.55\00:33:39.91
Three times, no,
no, no. We were happy.
00:33:39.95\00:33:43.08
They said, don't say no
again till you come to Missouri.
00:33:43.12\00:33:46.42
So we went, prayed
about it, Okay, Lord,
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.19
we won't say no
what do you want us to do
00:33:49.22\00:33:50.63
and He led us to Missouri.
00:33:50.66\00:33:52.49
We were only there nine months.
00:33:52.53\00:33:55.93
Because we were there
for particular project
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.50
that we discovered afterwards.
00:33:57.53\00:33:58.87
They didn't financially have
the ability to make it happen
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.74
to turn a church
into a media church.
00:34:01.77\00:34:03.10
So I sat on the edge of my
bed and I said, "Oh, Lord."
00:34:03.14\00:34:05.84
Come on.
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.21
"You knew this
wasn't gonna work,
00:34:07.24\00:34:09.44
why would You bring us--
why would You make us leave
00:34:09.48\00:34:11.58
California come to Missouri?
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.58
What would You want
to-- why would You do that?"
00:34:14.62\00:34:17.92
And I didn't get
any immediate answers
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.09
but I said.
00:34:20.12\00:34:21.46
"What would you want us to
do with the rest of our lives?"
00:34:21.49\00:34:24.26
Two days
later... Got a phone call.
00:34:24.29\00:34:25.79
Roy, two days later,
I got a call from Danny.
00:34:25.83\00:34:30.03
And Danny said, "We've
been praying about this
00:34:30.07\00:34:32.13
and your name came up.
00:34:32.17\00:34:33.50
Conference came
up with your name
00:34:33.54\00:34:34.87
and we'd like you to come
to be the pastor of a church
00:34:34.90\00:34:38.34
we're building.
00:34:38.37\00:34:39.71
And I knew then.
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.54
My wife and I said,
okay, that's what the Lord
00:34:41.58\00:34:43.55
wants us to do and we
came here on what year,
00:34:43.58\00:34:45.21
do you remember
what year it was?
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.58
2002 and you...
00:34:46.61\00:34:47.95
2003 and you
brought John Stanton.
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.95
That's right. A
basketball player.
00:34:50.99\00:34:53.29
So when we came, this is funny.
00:34:53.32\00:34:56.12
When we came to Thompsonville,
00:34:56.16\00:34:59.03
there's so many
other little details,
00:34:59.06\00:35:00.40
I'll leave up but when
we came to Thompsonville
00:35:00.43\00:35:02.00
and we were at a church meeting,
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.73
somebody asked Danny,
"Well, can he preach?"
00:35:03.77\00:35:06.23
Well.
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.60
And Danny said,
"Well, I don't know
00:35:07.64\00:35:08.97
but I know he
could play basketball."
00:35:09.00\00:35:12.11
And John
Stanton was 6'10"? Yeah.
00:35:12.14\00:35:14.74
I'm 6'2 1/2" 6' 3"
00:35:14.78\00:35:17.01
and that's how
our journey began.
00:35:17.05\00:35:18.65
And you know what's
amazing about when God leads...
00:35:18.68\00:35:20.48
Come on.
00:35:20.52\00:35:22.15
I have a phrase,
God never leads you
00:35:22.18\00:35:23.85
where He doesn't
prepare you for it.
00:35:23.89\00:35:25.22
Thank you.
00:35:25.25\00:35:26.59
And music, traveling the world,
00:35:26.62\00:35:29.32
had God molded us
that way through the years,
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.23
so that when we came here,
we were meeting people that
00:35:32.26\00:35:35.16
sang and were involved
in ministry and came from
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.17
different parts of the world.
00:35:37.20\00:35:38.67
But the greatest miracle
I think coming here Danny,
00:35:38.70\00:35:40.84
and Brothers and
Sisters in Christ is that,
00:35:40.87\00:35:44.07
when my wife came here
they called me for ministry
00:35:44.11\00:35:46.14
but the Lord developed
in my wife something that
00:35:46.17\00:35:48.94
I never ever
imagined she would do.
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.95
Tell them what you
do. I work for radio.
00:35:51.98\00:35:56.35
I do radio produce--
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.02
Well, I host a program
00:35:58.05\00:35:59.55
which I never
thought I would host.
00:35:59.59\00:36:01.82
And I do editing
and all that I just--
00:36:01.86\00:36:05.96
when John used to do
his editing at home...
00:36:05.99\00:36:08.13
Audio editing.
00:36:08.16\00:36:09.50
Audio editing, John used to say,
00:36:09.53\00:36:11.27
"Look at the wave file,
I was, I'd wave, "Bye-bye."
00:36:11.30\00:36:14.07
I didn't want to see it.
00:36:14.10\00:36:15.57
I'm like, I
don't want to see that.
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.31
Now I'm doing wave files.
The Lord is amazing. Amen.
00:36:17.34\00:36:20.71
I never thought I
would be doing this.
00:36:20.74\00:36:22.08
The very thing
that Angie didn't like
00:36:22.11\00:36:24.45
is the very thing
that she's been doing
00:36:24.48\00:36:25.81
for the last
seven or eight years.
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.18
It's called "Wave"
files. And editing audio file.
00:36:27.22\00:36:29.62
She makes people sound
cognitive on the radio.
00:36:29.65\00:36:33.05
Yeah, I just take out the
hmms and-- things like that.
00:36:33.09\00:36:37.93
But God is so good.
00:36:37.96\00:36:39.29
And we've grown you
know, I finally gave up
00:36:39.33\00:36:41.46
the battle of color of my hair,
so all that preconceived ideas,
00:36:41.50\00:36:45.13
whether my hair is plastic
00:36:45.17\00:36:46.50
or whether it's real, I
kind of put that to sleep.
00:36:46.53\00:36:49.37
But what's so wonderful
about being here though,
00:36:49.40\00:36:52.17
is the ministry.
00:36:52.21\00:36:53.54
Yes. Amen.
00:36:53.58\00:36:55.81
It's unlike any
place else we have been.
00:36:55.84\00:36:58.38
We got the opportunities,
we've been in Conference work
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.48
for 29 years now
and but being here
00:37:00.52\00:37:03.75
where the visions
are happening so quickly.
00:37:03.79\00:37:05.29
Miracles. And the
miracles are happening.
00:37:05.32\00:37:07.76
And I know now that we're here,
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.99
there are certain
things that had to transpire
00:37:10.03\00:37:11.89
for us to get here that are not
in the normal routine of 3ABN.
00:37:11.93\00:37:15.83
And I knew that
because that happened.
00:37:15.86\00:37:18.23
And strangely enough
on I think I'll segue
00:37:18.27\00:37:20.54
back to you on this one,
the very home that I stayed in,
00:37:20.57\00:37:25.47
when I came here
the very first time,
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.84
the invitation
was-- I was in California.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.55
I got to tell this short story.
00:37:30.58\00:37:31.98
Somebody called me from 3ABN.
00:37:32.01\00:37:33.35
Dee actually, Dee
Hildebrand had said
00:37:33.38\00:37:34.72
"Whenever you're in the area,
00:37:34.75\00:37:36.99
whenever you in the area,
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.12
stop by and we'd
like you to sing for us."
00:37:39.15\00:37:40.86
And I said "Where is the area?"
He said, "Well, Thompsonville."
00:37:40.89\00:37:44.99
I said, "Where is
that? She said, "Illinois."
00:37:45.03\00:37:46.46
I said, "To be honest with you,
I've never been to that area."
00:37:46.49\00:37:50.20
She said, "What would
it take to get you hear?"
00:37:50.23\00:37:51.63
I said, "Well, a plane ticket."
00:37:51.67\00:37:53.84
"And how far are
you from the airport?
00:37:53.87\00:37:55.50
"About two hours."
"Well, just rent a car."
00:37:55.54\00:37:57.34
I don't need
any money for that."
00:37:57.37\00:37:58.97
And lo and
behold, five minutes later
00:37:59.01\00:38:00.58
she said it's done.
00:38:00.61\00:38:02.18
And we knew after
being here for the years
00:38:02.21\00:38:04.21
that we've been here
we know that's not normal.
00:38:04.25\00:38:06.18
No. God had other plans.
00:38:06.21\00:38:08.48
Even the house you stayed
in. Even the house, right.
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.82
This house I
stayed in when I visited,
00:38:10.85\00:38:12.79
is the house we live in now.
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.16
Amen. Mrs. Ford's
house. Mrs. Ford's house.
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.82
It's still called, we still call
00:38:15.86\00:38:17.19
Mrs. Ford's house.
00:38:17.23\00:38:18.56
But God has a house for us.
00:38:18.59\00:38:19.96
He had a ministry for
us, we're growing together,
00:38:20.00\00:38:22.33
getting older together.
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.73
And now, God has added
a number of other things
00:38:23.77\00:38:26.10
to my hat as a
director of World Evangelism
00:38:26.13\00:38:29.30
which is another thing
that makes my heart beat
00:38:29.34\00:38:32.01
with excitement
00:38:32.04\00:38:33.38
so I believe that the mission
of 3ABN matches our lives.
00:38:33.41\00:38:37.21
And we love to
proclaim the undiluted messages.
00:38:37.25\00:38:40.02
Oh, yes.
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.38
And I've been
doing that for years.
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
So the Lord said,
00:38:42.78\00:38:44.12
You always like
telling the truth,
00:38:44.15\00:38:45.49
go someplace where
it's not prohibited.
00:38:45.52\00:38:47.89
Praise the Lord for
that. Glad to be here.
00:38:47.92\00:38:50.59
What a blessing
that John and Angie,
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.53
and Roy and Earlene,
and Greg and Jill has been
00:38:52.56\00:38:55.96
giving their
testimony so far but C.A.
00:38:56.00\00:38:59.40
always says people ask him,
00:38:59.43\00:39:00.77
"Do you guys
really like each other?"
00:39:00.80\00:39:02.14
I mean, off camera. We do.
00:39:02.17\00:39:04.87
A lot of times
we go eat together,
00:39:04.91\00:39:06.24
we do things together.
00:39:06.27\00:39:08.28
John and I play ball
on Tuesday nights together
00:39:08.31\00:39:10.45
and Bruce over
here, my brother-in-law.
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.41
We like doing things.
00:39:12.45\00:39:13.78
We do things
together but incredible people
00:39:13.82\00:39:16.82
that this is by design.
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.92
E.T. Everett said long
time ago "This is a set up."
00:39:18.95\00:39:21.99
You know,
usually you think about
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.36
that when something
goes bad in your life
00:39:23.39\00:39:25.06
but with God it's a
set up for the good things.
00:39:25.09\00:39:28.43
But if you look
at any small turn,
00:39:28.46\00:39:31.40
that could have
kept Jill or Greg here.
00:39:31.43\00:39:35.04
Could have kept Roy and Earlene.
00:39:35.07\00:39:36.40
They almost didn't make it.
00:39:36.44\00:39:38.47
John and he was
supposed to be in Missouri.
00:39:38.51\00:39:40.61
But it didn't happen.
00:39:40.64\00:39:41.98
Those things that didn't happen,
00:39:42.01\00:39:43.75
actually happened.
00:39:43.78\00:39:45.48
Is that too deep or do
I need to say that again?
00:39:45.51\00:39:47.48
I love that.
00:39:47.52\00:39:48.85
The things that didn't
happen actually did happen
00:39:48.88\00:39:52.39
because that was God
just designed in the physical,
00:39:52.42\00:39:55.19
it didn't look like it happened.
00:39:55.22\00:39:56.93
But it did happen.
That's why you're here.
00:39:56.96\00:39:59.39
But that's a
difference in the physical
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.96
and the spiritual.
00:40:02.00\00:40:03.33
Am I right? Yes.
00:40:03.37\00:40:04.70
Somewhat material
Danny, Somewhat material.
00:40:04.73\00:40:06.23
And then when John, he
was up front in the church
00:40:06.27\00:40:11.01
and we told the
members to come out
00:40:11.04\00:40:12.71
and John Lomacang
00:40:12.74\00:40:14.38
and John Stanton,
just like he said,
00:40:14.41\00:40:16.04
John is 6'3"e or so
and John Stanton is 6'10"
00:40:16.08\00:40:19.25
They were up there
and Ron Hoag who would,
00:40:19.28\00:40:21.72
had been a Pentecostal Christian
00:40:21.75\00:40:23.89
in the area watching 3ABN
and become a member baptized.
00:40:23.92\00:40:27.26
Well, he was born and
raised most of his life here
00:40:27.29\00:40:30.06
in Southern Illinois too
00:40:30.09\00:40:31.43
so he's looking
at John like this
00:40:31.46\00:40:34.33
and he's looking at him
while he's talking for a while
00:40:34.36\00:40:36.36
and I see him
looking back and forth
00:40:36.40\00:40:38.23
and he pretty soon
when he's through he said.
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.40
John said, "You
got any questions?"
00:40:41.44\00:40:42.84
And people said, "Well, yeah,
00:40:42.87\00:40:44.21
now how do you feel about
such and such or you know,
00:40:44.24\00:40:47.51
what your message you..."
00:40:47.54\00:40:48.94
You know they
gave him little things.
00:40:48.98\00:40:50.48
John had answer and
he looks at me says.
00:40:50.51\00:40:53.92
"I cannot be open with you,
00:40:53.95\00:40:55.42
I mean, really if you
are our pastor here...
00:40:55.45\00:40:59.42
Go on.
00:40:59.45\00:41:00.79
And people say
I met your pastor,
00:41:00.82\00:41:03.43
what am I
supposed to say you are?"
00:41:03.46\00:41:05.59
He goes, "I mean, are
you, you're not white,
00:41:05.63\00:41:08.43
are you black?
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.13
Are you, you
know, what are you?"
00:41:10.17\00:41:12.57
You know, I mean you
know, there were people
00:41:12.60\00:41:14.67
it's never so you are in
your, I'll call it ignorance.
00:41:14.70\00:41:17.71
It's okay 'cause I'm ignorant
just mean you didn't know.
00:41:17.74\00:41:20.68
John looks at him and he said,
"I'm all things to all people.
00:41:20.71\00:41:22.94
I'm red,
yellow, black and white.
00:41:22.98\00:41:25.45
I am Filipino, my
mother's Filipino,
00:41:25.48\00:41:27.52
my dad is black but I
have I have European in me."
00:41:27.55\00:41:30.89
He said I've got Indian
in me. So he said I'm red.
00:41:30.92\00:41:33.82
I'm all things to all people.
00:41:33.86\00:41:35.22
So what better
pastor to have one
00:41:35.26\00:41:37.56
who is some of everybody, right.
00:41:37.59\00:41:40.03
So he's a combination
of everything, right.
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.46
I feel like the
Thanksgiving dinner
00:41:42.50\00:41:43.83
all rolled up in one.
00:41:43.87\00:41:45.20
Well, it is true
when he goes to India,
00:41:49.80\00:41:52.67
he's taller than most of
them but the people there
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.14
sometimes think he's Indian.
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.51
John, what do you say?
00:41:56.54\00:41:57.88
"Don't worry about it."
00:41:57.91\00:41:59.91
"What you
doing?" "What you doing?"
00:41:59.95\00:42:01.78
I mean, he sounds like them too,
00:42:01.82\00:42:03.72
but no matter where
you go, John fits in.
00:42:03.75\00:42:06.99
So I found that
from Garwin McNeilus.
00:42:07.02\00:42:08.76
He called me some
time ago and said,
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.69
"I want you to
go to Africa with me
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.53
and we're building these
one day schools and churches.
00:42:12.56\00:42:16.03
Can you go?"
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.40
Well, it worked out,
00:42:17.43\00:42:18.77
my schedule
didn't go and I said,
00:42:18.80\00:42:20.14
I said what we need
somebody, he said, well,
00:42:20.17\00:42:21.50
you can you talk and you know,
00:42:21.54\00:42:23.64
preach saying whatever be there.
00:42:23.67\00:42:25.67
So I said, well.
00:42:25.71\00:42:27.51
I don't know if John
and Angie, they travel some.
00:42:27.54\00:42:29.68
"Well, yeah, I'd love to
let me have him call me."
00:42:29.71\00:42:32.28
so they worked it out.
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.65
They went with Garwin.
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.02
And I saw him a few weeks later.
00:42:35.05\00:42:36.55
He said, "Danny thank you
so much for letting John go.
00:42:36.58\00:42:39.65
He worked out a lot
better than you would have."
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.99
He said, the people loved
him. But here's what he said.
00:42:42.02\00:42:45.23
"This man knew how to hang with
00:42:45.26\00:42:49.23
and be with the
poorest of the poor
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.87
in that country.
00:42:51.90\00:42:53.23
But he also knew
how to hold himself
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.57
and to be in the
presence of the president
00:42:56.60\00:42:59.01
and the governors."
00:42:59.04\00:43:00.91
So he said "John really
is all things to all people."
00:43:00.94\00:43:04.28
He said, he said he
can identify and adapt.
00:43:04.31\00:43:07.82
And I said that's
because he loves people.
00:43:07.85\00:43:09.68
And so it does not matter
00:43:09.72\00:43:11.05
whether you're rich,
poor, whatever but he identifies
00:43:11.09\00:43:14.39
so thank you, John,
00:43:14.42\00:43:15.76
for your ministry and
Angie, for what you guys do.
00:43:15.79\00:43:17.73
We're hoping you
can stay the whole time
00:43:17.76\00:43:19.43
but I know you got
to catch a flight later.
00:43:19.46\00:43:21.86
So I'm glad you got
to give a little bit.
00:43:21.90\00:43:24.27
We're gonna move on now to C.A.
00:43:24.30\00:43:27.17
He's been putting
a lot of food away.
00:43:27.20\00:43:28.54
You noticed that? Yeah.
00:43:28.57\00:43:29.90
He is taking it, he
is taking it seriously
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.04
that this is
Thanksgiving dinner.
00:43:32.07\00:43:34.01
I don't if Irma
didn't give you breakfast.
00:43:34.04\00:43:35.74
Well, I stayed up, she did not.
00:43:35.78\00:43:37.11
I stayed up till 2
o'clock in the morning.
00:43:37.15\00:43:38.95
Got me studying.
00:43:38.98\00:43:41.62
So that's why,
so, why don't you guys
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.79
talk to us for a bit.
00:43:43.82\00:43:45.15
What brought you here
00:43:45.19\00:43:46.89
and how did you guys
get together, a little bit.
00:43:46.92\00:43:48.49
However you want to do
it and what brought you here
00:43:48.52\00:43:50.49
and what you do
that you are here?
00:43:50.53\00:43:52.63
Our journey
really began over dinner.
00:43:52.66\00:43:55.13
You recall.
00:43:55.16\00:43:56.73
You came out to New York
and Irma actually coordinated
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.17
that particular dinner
00:43:59.20\00:44:01.07
and made a lot of food then.
00:44:01.10\00:44:02.44
So this is as Jill says,
this is very providential
00:44:02.47\00:44:05.44
that we're eating again
because it started with food.
00:44:05.47\00:44:08.08
It really
started with Owen Troy,
00:44:08.11\00:44:10.58
great friend,
great mentor of mine
00:44:10.61\00:44:12.48
who was talking
about 3ABN, 3ABN, 3ABN
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.58
and he was certain as he
talked about Mollie Steenson,
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.79
he talked about Danny Shelton.
00:44:17.82\00:44:19.15
There are people
he would talk about
00:44:19.19\00:44:20.52
and he's painted
this glowing picture.
00:44:20.56\00:44:22.32
And then I ran into Rubin Carr.
00:44:22.36\00:44:24.73
Oh, yeah. Ruben. We love Ruben.
00:44:24.76\00:44:26.09
And Ruben just
idolized Danny Shelton.
00:44:26.13\00:44:29.23
He would talk about
Danny Shelton day and night.
00:44:29.26\00:44:31.03
Ruben is my hero.
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.40
And I said, Ruben,
nobody can be as good
00:44:32.43\00:44:34.50
as this guy you are
painting the picture of.
00:44:34.54\00:44:36.07
He said, no. He's the real deal.
00:44:36.10\00:44:38.67
He's honest
he's this, he's that.
00:44:38.71\00:44:40.51
And I said-- Well, so
we got in the car one day
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.44
and we all just drove
out here for camp meeting.
00:44:42.48\00:44:44.91
And I got a chance to meet you.
00:44:44.95\00:44:46.28
But we didn't we just--
00:44:46.31\00:44:47.65
Hi, how're you
doing kind of thing.
00:44:47.68\00:44:49.05
And then you came to New York.
00:44:49.08\00:44:50.92
I had asked Mollie
00:44:50.95\00:44:52.39
'cause I would
need to get that story.
00:44:52.42\00:44:53.79
So said, I would like to
see, I know the plans with you.
00:44:53.82\00:44:57.69
With Melody and me.
00:44:57.73\00:44:59.06
With Melody and
you. And I knew the part.
00:44:59.09\00:45:01.76
And you're coming
00:45:01.80\00:45:03.43
and I said let's--
let's do a little trio.
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.10
I did not know till I got here
that you said absolutely not.
00:45:06.13\00:45:09.27
Absolutely not.
00:45:09.30\00:45:10.64
No way that's going to happen.
No, that is not gonna happen.
00:45:10.67\00:45:14.14
I'm only going to a camp--
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.84
how many people
were there, 8,000?
00:45:15.88\00:45:17.31
Eight, between eight
to nine thousand, yeah.
00:45:17.35\00:45:18.68
Eight to nine thousand people.
00:45:18.71\00:45:20.05
We've never practiced together.
00:45:20.08\00:45:21.42
I don't know that the
man can carry a tune or not.
00:45:21.45\00:45:24.45
And so... Yeah, it needs to be.
00:45:24.49\00:45:26.86
Yvonne, if
somebody said that to you,
00:45:26.89\00:45:28.49
hey, I'm going to
do a duet with you.
00:45:28.52\00:45:29.99
In public, you'll say no. right?
00:45:30.03\00:45:31.79
No. Absolutely not.
00:45:31.83\00:45:34.53
It's not like we had time
00:45:34.56\00:45:35.90
to really get to
know each other and sing
00:45:35.93\00:45:37.90
and I mean you know,
00:45:37.93\00:45:39.80
he could've just
got out of prison.
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.17
I don't know what he did.
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.14
I mean, he
could've just robbed a bank
00:45:43.17\00:45:45.74
or done anything but you
know, when somebody just says
00:45:45.77\00:45:48.04
I'm gonna sing with you it,
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.68
you like to at
least know who they are.
00:45:49.71\00:45:51.65
Well, I was the pastor in
the conference at the time.
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.18
Yeah, well, that's
true. In my defense.
00:45:53.21\00:45:54.92
I knew that. It's
not just out of prison.
00:45:54.95\00:45:57.62
I know. I knew
that. I knew that.
00:45:57.65\00:45:59.59
But I'm making the point--
00:45:59.62\00:46:00.96
Let me make my point
whether it's all true or not
00:46:00.99\00:46:03.73
I mean, it's you know,
00:46:03.76\00:46:05.09
we colored it just a little bit.
00:46:05.13\00:46:06.46
But they get,
they get the point.
00:46:06.49\00:46:08.06
But honestly, so I said
no, you know, Mollie, I said.
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.90
She said, "No, he
wants to sing with you."
00:46:10.93\00:46:13.00
And I said well,
I don't know him.
00:46:13.03\00:46:14.37
I don't know if
he can carry a tune."
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.80
She said "He's black."
00:46:15.84\00:46:17.17
They all-- all don't
can all black people sing."
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.54
Oh.
00:46:18.57\00:46:19.91
And at the time I
thought they could.
00:46:19.94\00:46:24.28
I have found out that
it's not everybody can sing.
00:46:24.31\00:46:27.12
You know for sure.
00:46:27.15\00:46:28.48
Most black people do sing great,
00:46:28.52\00:46:30.49
but so, we get there
00:46:30.52\00:46:31.99
and so C.A. says, "I'm eating.
00:46:32.02\00:46:34.66
And we're going
to practice a song."
00:46:34.69\00:46:36.02
And I said
00:46:36.06\00:46:37.39
"Well, if you're going
to sing let me hear you."
00:46:37.43\00:46:39.56
And he knew the words better
and I did he knew it perfectly.
00:46:39.59\00:46:42.60
I said okay, you're in.
00:46:42.63\00:46:44.10
So then he went and
fed me at his house.
00:46:44.13\00:46:47.10
So now you are
definitely in and Irma cooked.
00:46:47.14\00:46:49.30
So I said, you're in now.
00:46:49.34\00:46:50.87
So that's how
the music came down.
00:46:50.91\00:46:52.34
It wasn't quite that way.
00:46:52.37\00:46:53.71
Danny pop that CD, I
said put it in and sing it.
00:46:53.74\00:46:56.04
Oh, yeah.
00:46:56.08\00:46:58.78
I know he was
standing right there
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.15
and so I put in and we sang it.
00:47:00.18\00:47:01.72
You had to audition?
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.08
Oh, yeah, I had to audition.
00:47:03.12\00:47:04.79
But I guess, from there
within the next 30 minutes
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.86
we were singing before that...
00:47:06.89\00:47:08.22
Eight or nine thousand people.
00:47:08.26\00:47:09.76
And it was that at that time
that it really occurred to me
00:47:09.79\00:47:12.33
that I may end up with 3ABN.
00:47:12.36\00:47:15.70
Just we clicked kind instantly.
00:47:15.73\00:47:19.00
And I put out several fleeces.
00:47:19.03\00:47:20.70
One was, I got to like the guy.
00:47:20.74\00:47:22.47
You know, I said, Lord,
00:47:22.50\00:47:23.84
I don't want to
have to work to like him,
00:47:23.87\00:47:25.21
I don't want to
have to massage in,
00:47:25.24\00:47:26.57
you know, I want
to like him right off.
00:47:26.61\00:47:27.94
And if I don't
I'm not going to come.
00:47:27.98\00:47:29.58
The second thing is,
00:47:29.61\00:47:31.51
I knew I was
going to take a pay cut.
00:47:31.55\00:47:33.78
I said Lord,
when I get a figure,
00:47:33.82\00:47:36.38
I don't want to
figure to-- to kill me.
00:47:36.42\00:47:39.29
You know, I know I'm
gonna take a pay cut.
00:47:39.32\00:47:41.69
But I feel you're
calling me. But I don't want to.
00:47:41.72\00:47:45.03
I don't want to go to
Danny or Mollie and say
00:47:45.06\00:47:47.26
you know, I need a couple
more dollars here, a couple of--
00:47:47.30\00:47:49.13
I don't want to dickering
over a couple of pennies.
00:47:49.16\00:47:51.23
So I said when the figure comes,
00:47:51.27\00:47:52.73
it's got to kind of
settle in my spirit.
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.70
And it did.
00:47:54.74\00:47:56.24
And then we settled in
and then Irma had to be
00:47:56.27\00:47:58.44
okay with it
00:47:58.47\00:47:59.81
because she's a New York
person from Panama, in New York.
00:47:59.84\00:48:03.04
Now we've got to go to Illinois.
00:48:03.08\00:48:04.58
So when I when I
got back from here.
00:48:04.61\00:48:07.25
And we were talking
about it she said to me.
00:48:07.28\00:48:09.58
"Did they offer you
a job?" I said, yeah.
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.95
"Are you going to take
it?" I said, yeah, I think so.
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.79
She said, "Okay."
00:48:15.82\00:48:17.29
So the fleeces were falling.
00:48:17.33\00:48:19.23
I put seven out. And
all seven of them fell.
00:48:19.26\00:48:22.50
Amen.
00:48:22.53\00:48:23.87
And I said, okay,
Lord, you must want--
00:48:23.90\00:48:25.23
because my union treasurer
told me you can't go there.
00:48:25.27\00:48:27.47
They're broke. They
don't have any money.
00:48:27.50\00:48:30.07
What?
00:48:30.11\00:48:31.44
Yeah, he said, you
guys don't have any money.
00:48:31.47\00:48:32.97
And I said, well, I
think I need to be--
00:48:33.01\00:48:35.11
so I didn't say hope,
00:48:35.14\00:48:36.48
I didn't soap,
I didn't say rope.
00:48:36.51\00:48:38.78
I said, broke. They
don't have any money.
00:48:38.81\00:48:41.48
And when I got here,
and we had day of prayer,
00:48:41.52\00:48:43.59
the first thing you said
is, we don't have any money.
00:48:43.62\00:48:48.02
And somebody
said, "Praise the Lord."
00:48:48.06\00:48:50.56
And you said, no, we
don't we don't have any money.
00:48:50.59\00:48:53.19
And somebody
said, "Glory to God."
00:48:53.23\00:48:54.73
Now when
someone's praising the Lord,
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.10
you are not
supposed to turn around
00:48:56.13\00:48:57.47
and look into their face.
00:48:57.50\00:48:58.83
But I was like, who's
praising, he said broke.
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.57
So you know,
you want to kind of,
00:49:00.60\00:49:02.47
you know, who is that..
00:49:02.50\00:49:03.84
Who is praising the Lord...
00:49:03.87\00:49:05.21
Who is praising
the Lord that we broke?
00:49:05.24\00:49:07.74
And yet, bills were being paid,
00:49:07.78\00:49:10.81
the work of God
was going forward.
00:49:10.85\00:49:12.45
And then Mollie said when I
came in the summer for a little
00:49:12.48\00:49:15.38
she said if it gets in
your head and your heart,
00:49:15.42\00:49:18.29
and you can't get it out
maybe God is telling you to go.
00:49:18.32\00:49:22.22
You know. And I
came here for a week.
00:49:22.26\00:49:25.39
And they put me at
a desk, empty desk.
00:49:25.43\00:49:27.76
Mollie said,
just sit at the desk.
00:49:27.80\00:49:29.83
And so I sat at the empty desk.
00:49:29.86\00:49:31.80
And about an hour
later, a phone appeared.
00:49:31.83\00:49:34.57
You know, phone on the desk.
00:49:34.60\00:49:35.94
You know a little bit
later, a little list appeared
00:49:35.97\00:49:39.11
so I'm making
phone calls for marketing
00:49:39.14\00:49:40.78
I'm not even an employee.
00:49:40.81\00:49:42.71
You know, kind of thing
so you kind of get the feel
00:49:42.74\00:49:45.81
and then Irma
came out and visited
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.78
and we came to 3ABN,
00:49:47.82\00:49:53.22
just before camp meeting in 2005
00:49:53.25\00:49:55.46
'cause I came in January,
she came in a little bit later.
00:49:55.49\00:49:57.99
We came to the house,
stayed there four hours,
00:49:58.03\00:50:02.86
changed clothes, dumped
out our suitcase, reloaded
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.60
and went to St. Louis
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.00
for the camp meeting
for the next ten days.
00:50:07.04\00:50:09.57
Just you know,
when they throw you
00:50:09.60\00:50:11.21
in the 3ABN, you all know,
they throw you in the deep end.
00:50:11.24\00:50:13.24
You learn to swim
00:50:13.27\00:50:14.61
as you're
heading towards the water
00:50:14.64\00:50:15.98
and when you splash,
00:50:16.01\00:50:17.35
you either know how to
swim or you don't make it.
00:50:17.38\00:50:18.71
You know, that's faith.
It is faith. It is faith.
00:50:18.75\00:50:20.72
They put you in--
00:50:20.75\00:50:22.08
knowing that you're
gonna swim, you know.
00:50:22.12\00:50:23.45
You can swim.
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.29
But I've worked
for the denomination
00:50:25.32\00:50:27.06
all my life.
00:50:27.09\00:50:30.26
Baptized my
mom, baptized my dad,
00:50:30.29\00:50:31.83
just before he died.
00:50:31.86\00:50:33.53
I've served the
Lord all my life.
00:50:33.56\00:50:35.80
Served in a General
Conference committee,
00:50:35.83\00:50:37.17
union committees.
00:50:37.20\00:50:38.57
North American
division and committee,
00:50:38.60\00:50:39.93
traveled the world for the Lord.
00:50:39.97\00:50:41.30
But the truth is
and I say this honestly.
00:50:41.34\00:50:44.74
Nothing has been like
that these past 11 years.
00:50:44.77\00:50:47.18
There's no comparison.
00:50:47.21\00:50:48.94
John, I think you
can agree with that.
00:50:48.98\00:50:50.48
There's just no comparison
to denominational work
00:50:50.51\00:50:54.92
in the end, it's
the work of the Lord.
00:50:54.95\00:50:56.32
There's no doubt about that.
00:50:56.35\00:50:57.75
God, God is blessing
00:50:57.79\00:50:59.72
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:50:59.75\00:51:02.56
But God is blessing
Three Angels Broadcasting.
00:51:02.59\00:51:04.96
Amen. In a very special way.
00:51:04.99\00:51:06.73
There is something about
these grounds, these people,
00:51:06.76\00:51:10.77
this ministry, this
work that is unlike--
00:51:10.80\00:51:14.57
there is no comparison
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.71
with anything in
the denomination.
00:51:16.74\00:51:18.67
And I'm not pitting 3ABN
against the denomination.
00:51:18.71\00:51:21.14
It's just that the denomination
is the denomination.
00:51:21.18\00:51:24.55
And 3ABN is 3ABN.
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.92
And God has a
special role, niche,
00:51:26.95\00:51:31.19
say what you will
or for this ministry.
00:51:31.22\00:51:33.52
And when you get here
and you begin to function,
00:51:33.56\00:51:37.83
you feel it.
00:51:37.86\00:51:39.19
And you can really
rise as high and go as far
00:51:39.23\00:51:42.86
as the talent God has given you,
00:51:42.90\00:51:45.30
will take you.
00:51:45.33\00:51:46.70
There is no
ceiling, there's no limit
00:51:46.74\00:51:49.24
on what you can do for the Lord.
00:51:49.27\00:51:52.07
Once He gives you talents.
00:51:52.11\00:51:53.44
We had talked about,
00:51:53.48\00:51:54.81
I know we are heading to Yvonne,
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.18
Dare to Dream for a long time.
00:51:56.21\00:51:58.31
But we couldn't
get her off the ground.
00:51:58.35\00:51:59.95
And you know, and when you said,
00:51:59.98\00:52:01.45
"Well, C.A., can you handle it?"
00:52:01.48\00:52:02.82
But I'm doing
other kinds of things,
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.19
you know, Production
Manager for which Greg is now
00:52:04.22\00:52:06.15
is a full time
job, plus some you know.
00:52:06.19\00:52:09.72
And then you're hosting shows.
00:52:09.76\00:52:11.09
So there was no
time to conceive D to D.
00:52:11.13\00:52:14.76
There just-- It wasn't there.
00:52:14.80\00:52:17.20
And then, of
course, I baptized Yvonne.
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.53
It's 30 years now.
Wow. Oh, praise the Lord.
00:52:19.57\00:52:24.11
She was just a
baby. That's right.
00:52:24.14\00:52:26.24
A young child. Thank you.
00:52:26.27\00:52:28.04
Not my doing.
00:52:28.08\00:52:29.41
Great, great, keep it up.
00:52:29.44\00:52:30.91
And Pastor Lomacang,
00:52:30.95\00:52:32.65
who I affectionately call
Lomi, from forty years ago.
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We've known each
other forty years.
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You know, we tease each other,
00:52:37.62\00:52:38.95
he used to sleep on my
sermon and I sleep on his.
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You had no idea,
you both up here.
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Yeah, we are-- end
up here. Say that again.
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I used to sleep on your sermons,
00:52:43.53\00:52:44.86
now you sleep on mine.
00:52:44.89\00:52:50.20
About 30 years and
Yvonne and I always knew
00:52:50.23\00:52:53.30
we would work together.
00:52:53.34\00:52:54.67
We would talk about
that. We hosted a show in--
00:52:54.70\00:52:58.27
New York
progress maybe six years
00:52:58.31\00:52:59.64
before she left to go to Dallas.
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But we kept in touch.
We were always in touch.
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And I wanted to
get her out here.
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because I just
felt she belonged here.
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It was just in my soul.
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We talk about that,
how can we get out here.
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And then she came, then
it clicked so beautifully
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and so quickly.
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There's something very
special about this ministry.
00:53:17.86\00:53:20.20
I love 3ABN
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.56
with all of my
heart and my soul.
00:53:21.60\00:53:23.87
And I'm not saying it
to pat myself on the back.
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I've never mailed in--
00:53:25.27\00:53:27.24
When I come here I come to work
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and to serve the Lord
00:53:28.64\00:53:29.97
and I think everybody
around this table is the same.
00:53:30.01\00:53:31.67
Nobody comes in
and puts it autopilot.
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We come in they're ready
to serve and ready to work.
00:53:33.81\00:53:35.98
And so when Irma came,
00:53:36.01\00:53:38.31
I don't know
what she had in mind.
00:53:38.35\00:53:40.72
I know it wasn't
producer for 3ABN Latino
00:53:40.75\00:53:43.49
and all the
things she's doing now.
00:53:43.52\00:53:45.45
But again, you have
gifts, you have talents.
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Irma has an eye
for this kind of stuff.
00:53:48.16\00:53:50.19
You know, she likes
this. She likes to paint.
00:53:50.23\00:53:54.06
I don't like painting.
I mean, house painting.
00:53:54.10\00:53:55.96
Irma gets into the room
00:53:56.00\00:53:57.33
put up the tape and make
the little lines or what not.
00:53:57.37\00:53:59.10
She loves doing that stuff.
00:53:59.13\00:54:00.87
So all of those talents
which are resident in you,
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God will use for the
building of the gospel.
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And so you came
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and kind of just
settled in, you know.
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Well, I did
consider when he told me
00:54:10.35\00:54:14.48
about coming here and I thought,
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oh, my goodness, a little town.
00:54:16.69\00:54:20.12
West Frankfurt is a big town
about 8,200 people, right now.
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But it's certain,
Kenny, Tammy and I...
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But we ended up
in Thompsonville.
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We are born and raised
there. We are still here.
00:54:27.86\00:54:30.33
Yes, but I was leaving my kids
00:54:30.37\00:54:32.97
we have never separated.
00:54:33.00\00:54:34.67
They-- leave that
around town too so,
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so that was the consideration.
00:54:38.34\00:54:40.01
But-- but then I
really got exciting
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because this was a new life
00:54:43.08\00:54:44.78
and new life with C.A. and 3ABN.
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But never still didn't
plan to to come and work here.
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I had work all my life.
00:54:52.99\00:54:54.59
I worked as a medical lab tech.
00:54:54.62\00:54:57.43
And I had started to take
my courses for the nursing.
00:54:57.46\00:55:04.40
And I was just
starting to do my practical.
00:55:04.43\00:55:07.80
So I said, wow, I
have another six months
00:55:07.84\00:55:11.54
to finish these and do
am I going to leave it.
00:55:11.57\00:55:15.94
But I did.
00:55:15.98\00:55:17.31
The Lord gave me
peace and I figured well.
00:55:17.35\00:55:19.31
you know, I get over that
00:55:19.35\00:55:20.68
and I am going to
switch to another college
00:55:20.72\00:55:23.25
and I'll continue.
00:55:23.28\00:55:25.72
But just things went on
00:55:25.75\00:55:27.79
where I had to do
all of these things.
00:55:27.82\00:55:31.09
And they kept asking me
to come to 3ABN to work.
00:55:31.13\00:55:35.73
And so I pray about it
and I said, okay, Lord.
00:55:35.76\00:55:38.33
Well, since I have
to do all these things,
00:55:38.37\00:55:40.34
to start all over
again in the nursing career,
00:55:40.37\00:55:44.41
I'm going to go to 3ABN.
00:55:44.44\00:55:47.08
And I had to say
that it's been 90 percent
00:55:47.11\00:55:51.81
a real, real blessing.
00:55:51.85\00:55:54.18
I have-- the Lord has
changed me in many ways.
00:55:54.22\00:55:58.79
Okay.
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.89
I think He's
made me more humble.
00:56:00.92\00:56:03.79
I needed that I think.
00:56:03.83\00:56:08.26
I have learned a
lot and I have met
00:56:08.30\00:56:11.37
very, you know,
special people here in 3ABN.
00:56:11.40\00:56:15.64
And, Danny, you
have been an inspiration
00:56:15.67\00:56:20.58
and you may not know,
00:56:20.61\00:56:22.14
but every time you
talk about your experiences
00:56:22.18\00:56:26.58
and how you have
just given off your heart
00:56:26.61\00:56:30.95
to do the work of the Lord,
00:56:30.99\00:56:33.15
and to people
that have come around
00:56:33.19\00:56:35.79
and people that are in need,
has been very special to me.
00:56:35.82\00:56:40.10
And I am so thankful to you
00:56:40.13\00:56:42.06
because you have blessed
C.A. and I in tremendous ways.
00:56:42.10\00:56:45.97
Well, we are blessed
that you all are here.
00:56:46.00\00:56:48.30
And when CA
talked about being broke,
00:56:48.34\00:56:51.51
we say that every year.
00:56:51.54\00:56:52.87
What that really
means is now we have assets,
00:56:52.91\00:56:54.64
all kinds of assets,
00:56:54.68\00:56:56.01
but we don't have
money in the bank.
00:56:56.04\00:56:57.38
So the beginning of the year,
when we plan our evangelism,
00:56:57.41\00:57:00.62
we don't say, let's
say now we've got $100,000.
00:57:00.65\00:57:04.05
Brian can tell you this.
00:57:04.09\00:57:05.42
Or a million
dollars for evangelism.
00:57:05.45\00:57:08.09
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:57:08.12\00:57:09.46
He's shaking his head.
00:57:09.49\00:57:12.23
So in that sense we're broke.
00:57:12.26\00:57:14.03
Because a lot of
times a denomination
00:57:14.06\00:57:15.60
they have a certain
amount of money they set aside.
00:57:15.63\00:57:17.87
We just do it by faith and
that's where faith kicks in
00:57:17.90\00:57:20.14
and I think what you all
have seen is an organization
00:57:20.17\00:57:23.17
where we don't have so
much, what would you call it?
00:57:23.20\00:57:26.68
Surplus. Yeah, liquid, the cash.
00:57:26.71\00:57:29.71
Yeah, absolutely
00:57:29.74\00:57:31.08
and you know, plans everything
is set up in certain way.
00:57:31.11\00:57:33.55
We don't really do that so much.
00:57:33.58\00:57:35.98
And not just the
budget financially,
00:57:36.02\00:57:38.05
but I'm just saying, we
have to go through certain,
00:57:38.09\00:57:40.82
you know, steps in
order to make decisions.
00:57:40.86\00:57:42.62
Here we pray about it,
if the Lord says yes, we go.
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Speaking of go,
we have take a break
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for just a couple of
minutes and we'll be right back.
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