MOLLIE YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THIS. >> THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE 00:00:27.96\00:00:31.49 LETTERS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN. 00:00:31.49\00:00:33.16 SO, JUST GO RIGHT AHEAD AND CONTINUE SENDING IN YOUR 00:00:33.16\00:00:36.10 QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR HEATHER-DAWN AND I'M GOING 00:00:36.10\00:00:42.20 TO READ IT. >> YOU MIGHT WANT TO INTRODUCE 00:00:42.20\00:00:45.27 THAT ONE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEALING WITH 00:00:45.27\00:00:48.11 LIFE'S PAINS AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST IS HEATHER-DAWN SMALL WHO 00:00:48.11\00:00:51.85 IS THE WOMEN'S MINISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE GENERAL 00:00:51.85\00:00:55.88 CONFERENCE OF THE 7TH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND WE HAD A 00:00:55.88\00:00:59.75 WONDERFUL FIRST HOUR. >> YES, WE DID. 00:00:59.75\00:01:01.62 >> SO GOOD IT CHOKED ME UP. [LAUGHTER] 00:01:01.62\00:01:03.79 >> AND NOW, GO AHEAD AND READ THIS QUESTION. 00:01:03.79\00:01:05.93 >> SO, HEATHER, THIS LADY SAYS, BERNICE SAYS, I LOST MY HUSBAND 00:01:05.93\00:01:11.37 ONE DAY AFTER MY 60TH BIRTHDAY. SIX MONTHS AGO AND I ALSO LOST 00:01:11.37\00:01:16.60 MY JOB THREE MONTHS BEFORE THAT. I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO BE THE 00:01:16.60\00:01:20.68 WOMEN'S MINISTRY LEADER AT MY CHURCH AND I AM WONDERING IF I 00:01:20.68\00:01:25.98 SHOULD MAINTAIN THE POSITION OR RESIGN FOR NOW TO GO THROUGH THE 00:01:25.98\00:01:29.32 GRIEVING PROCESS? WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR 00:01:29.32\00:01:32.55 HER? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR COUNSEL IN 00:01:32.55\00:01:34.46 THIS? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 00:01:34.46\00:01:35.79 WOMEN ARE VERY GOOD AT IS GETTING BUSY TO HELP US SO WE 00:01:35.79\00:01:41.16 DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THINGS. 00:01:41.16\00:01:44.63 I WOULD ADVISE THIS DEAR SISTER TAKE THE TIME SHE NEEDS. 00:01:44.63\00:01:48.44 TAKE THE TIME SHE NEEDS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE'LL PULL 00:01:48.44\00:01:51.41 BACK INTO HER LITTLE PLACE AND NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE AND 00:01:51.41\00:01:55.01 JUST SUFFER ALONE, BUT TRYING TO DO BOTH THINGS IS GOING TO BE 00:01:55.01\00:02:00.48 REALLY DIFFICULT FOR HER. SHE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE 00:02:00.48\00:02:03.12 GRIEVING PROCESS. SHE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE HER 00:02:03.12\00:02:05.75 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS GOING RIGHT AND IS STRONG. 00:02:05.75\00:02:09.19 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE THINGS AND YOU 00:02:09.19\00:02:13.29 HAVE THESE DOUBT AND QUESTIONING AND WONDERING. 00:02:13.29\00:02:15.63 I THINK SHE NEEDS TO TAKE SOME TIME. 00:02:15.63\00:02:17.87 >> I COULD SPEAK TO BERNICE PERSONALLY. 00:02:17.87\00:02:20.44 I LOST MY SISTER IN 2014, VERY UNEXPECTEDLY. 00:02:20.44\00:02:26.27 SHE WAS LIKE MY BABY, IF YOU WILL, AND I DID NOT TAKE THE 00:02:26.27\00:02:30.91 TIME " -- I TOOK OFF A WEEK TO HANDLE THE FUNERAL OF THE BUT I 00:02:30.91\00:02:37.52 JUMPED RIGHT BACK INTO MINISTRY AND INTO LIFE AND JUST 00:02:37.52\00:02:41.96 EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING VERY RAPIDLY. 00:02:41.96\00:02:44.26 AND BERNICE, WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IS ABOUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, 00:02:44.26\00:02:49.06 ONE DAY I WOKE UP AND RECOGNIZED I'M JUST FEELING NUMB. 00:02:49.06\00:02:53.74 AND I THOUGHT WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME, LORD? 00:02:53.74\00:02:56.60 SUDDENLY I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING MY DEVOTIONALS OR PRAYING 00:02:56.60\00:03:03.31 AND MY PRAYERS WERE GETTING SHORTER AND THEN I STARTED 00:03:03.31\00:03:06.31 EATING CRAZY AND DOING ALL THESE FUNNY THINGS. 00:03:06.31\00:03:11.09 AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW, 00:03:11.09\00:03:15.99 SOMETHING TRIGGERED IT WHERE THE PAIN STARTED COMING OUT. 00:03:15.99\00:03:19.66 AND IT WASN'T JUST THE PAIN OF MY SISTER'S DEATH BUT BECAUSE OF 00:03:19.66\00:03:25.97 EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED IN OUR LIVES TOGETHER, SUDDENLY 00:03:25.97\00:03:31.31 I REVISITED SOME OTHER PAINFUL EXPERIENCES AND I REALIZED, 00:03:31.31\00:03:36.48 LORD, I JUST DIDN'T GRIEVE. I DIDN'T GET THIS OUT. 00:03:36.48\00:03:39.78 SO, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU. 00:03:39.78\00:03:43.05 AS YOU SAID, WE'RE GOOD AT STUFFING THINGS. 00:03:43.05\00:03:45.55 WE'RE GOOD AT HIDING THINGS AND GETTING BUSY BUT IT'S GOING TO 00:03:45.55\00:03:49.52 COME OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER SOONER OR LATER. 00:03:49.52\00:03:53.23 >> LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT 00:03:53.23\00:03:57.10 OF MATERIAL, WONDERFUL MATERIAL TO COVER. 00:03:57.10\00:04:00.64 THIS ONE TOUCHES MY HEART. SHE SAYS, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF 00:04:00.64\00:04:04.97 ELDERLY WOMEN IN OUR CHURCH WHO ARE IN THEIR SEVENTIES? 00:04:04.97\00:04:10.88 YOU'RE NOT TOO OLD. 70 IS NOT TOO OLD. 00:04:10.88\00:04:16.42 AND STILL THERE IS NO ROLE FOR THEM DUE TO THEIR AGE AND 00:04:16.42\00:04:19.42 DECLINING HEALTH. THAT IS THE VERY SERIOUS 00:04:19.42\00:04:21.76 QUESTION. I FEEL LIKE THIS COMES FROM 00:04:21.76\00:04:24.19 JUDITH'S HEART. SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SPEAK TO HER? 00:04:24.19\00:04:28.80 >> ONE OF THE SIX ISSUES WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE WAS LACK OF 00:04:28.80\00:04:33.13 EDUCATION AND MENTORING. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WOMEN HAVE 00:04:33.13\00:04:45.28 KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN PASS ON TO YOUNGER 00:04:45.28\00:04:48.98 WOMAN AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET THAT GO. 00:04:48.98\00:04:51.29 IF EVERY CHURCH HAD A MENTORING PROGRAM, NOT JUST FOR THE YOUNG 00:04:51.29\00:04:54.56 WOMEN BUT FOR THE YOUNG MEN TOO WHERE WE CONNECT OUR YOUNGER 00:04:54.56\00:05:00.36 WOMEN WITH AN OLDER LADY WITH THE CHURCH TO VISIT THEM OR CALL 00:05:00.36\00:05:06.90 THEM ON THE PHONE SO MUCH INFORMATION CAN PASS ON BETWEEN 00:05:06.90\00:05:10.47 THOSE TWO. PAUL SAID, LET THE OLDER WOMEN 00:05:10.47\00:05:13.07 TEACH THE YOUNGER WOMAN. THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN LEARN 00:05:13.07\00:05:16.98 FROM THEM. SO FEELING USELESS, NO, NO, NO, 00:05:16.98\00:05:20.05 NO. WE NEED TO GET ALL WE CAN GET 00:05:20.05\00:05:22.35 OUT OF YOU AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH IN 00:05:22.35\00:05:26.09 LIFE. >> AMEN. 00:05:26.09\00:05:27.02 >> RECENTLY WE WATCHED A MOVIE, THE NAME OF THE MOVIE WAS "THE 00:05:27.02\00:05:31.36 WAR ROOM." HAVE YOU SEEN IT? 00:05:31.36\00:05:32.99 >> YES, I HAVE >> IN IT AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLY 00:05:32.99\00:05:38.43 GOOD CHRISTIAN MOVIE THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO WATCH. 00:05:38.43\00:05:42.00 IN IT THIS OLDER WOMAN WAS PRAYING AND ASKING THE LORD FOR 00:05:42.00\00:05:47.51 A YOUNGER WOMAN THAT SHE COULD MENTOR AND SHE COULD PASS ON 00:05:47.51\00:05:50.85 WHAT THE LORD HAS TAUGHT HER AND SHOWN HER. 00:05:50.85\00:05:53.45 AND OF COURSE IN THE MOVIE SHE FINDS THIS WOMAN AND THIS 00:05:53.45\00:05:56.72 WOMAN'S GOT A LITTLE 7 OR 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND YOU SEE 00:05:56.72\00:05:59.92 THE LITTLE CHILD START IMITATING THE MOTHER. 00:05:59.92\00:06:03.76 IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION OF PASSING ON THOSE GIFTS THAT 00:06:03.76\00:06:08.40 GOD HAS IMPARTED TO THE OLDER WOMAN. 00:06:08.40\00:06:11.67 SO THERE IS SO MUCH. AND YOU AS AN OLDER LADY, YOU 00:06:11.67\00:06:14.70 NEED A YOUNGER FRIEND ANYWAY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:14.70\00:06:17.17 >> SOMEONE TO PUT THAT INTO. >> AND THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US. 00:06:17.17\00:06:20.71 >> WE ALL NEED TO FIND OURSELVES MENTORING SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN 00:06:20.71\00:06:25.68 US AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:25.68\00:06:27.78 >> YOU AND KNOW, I JUST WANT TO GIVE JUDITH A PROMISE OF THE 00:06:27.78\00:06:34.22 LORD FROM PSALM 92 VERSE 13 AND 14. 00:06:34.22\00:06:38.33 WHAT THE PSALM SAYS HERE, HERE IS THOSE WHO ARE PLANTED IN THE 00:06:38.33\00:06:44.03 HOUSE OF THE LORD SHALL FLOURISH IN THE COURTS OF OUR GOD. 00:06:44.03\00:06:48.10 THEY SHALL STILL BEAR FRUIT IN OLD AGE AND SHALL BE FRESH AND 00:06:48.10\00:06:55.14 FLOURISHING TO DECLARE THE LORD IS UP RIGHT. 00:06:55.14\00:06:58.38 HE IS MY ROCK. WHAT IF SOMEBODY IS -- I HAD A 00:06:58.38\00:07:10.46 LADY CALL ME IN A NURSING HOME AND COULDN'T GET OUT AND SHE 00:07:10.46\00:07:19.10 SAID, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. I PRAY FOR EVERYBODY AT 3ABN AND 00:07:19.10\00:07:24.67 SHE LISTED OFF EVERYBODY BY NAME AND HE SAID I PRAY FOR THE 00:07:24.67\00:07:28.01 CHURCH WORKERS AND SHE'S TELLING ME THESE THINGS BUT SHE SAID, I 00:07:28.01\00:07:32.78 NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE SHE SAID -- SHE JUST BEGAN TO 00:07:32.78\00:07:38.09 WEEP. SHE SAID I WAS A MISSIONARY'S 00:07:38.09\00:07:41.32 WIFE AND NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY MINISTRY. 00:07:41.32\00:07:44.66 I SAID WAIT A MINUTE. YOU JUST GOT THROUGH TELLING ME, 00:07:44.66\00:07:48.30 YOU PRAY ALL DAY LONG. I SAID CONGRATULATIONS. 00:07:48.30\00:07:59.64 DON'T EVER TAKE THAT GRANTED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD IS 00:07:59.64\00:08:03.91 LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE WHO WILL INTERCEDE AND IT'S SUCH A 00:08:03.91\00:08:09.88 POWERFUL MINISTRY. LET'S TALK ABOUT ABUSE, HUMAN 00:08:09.88\00:08:53.93 TRAFFICKING, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND HOW DO 00:08:53.93\00:08:58.60 WE REACH OUT TO -- IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE GOSPEL 00:08:58.60\00:09:05.24 TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING PHYSICALLY ABUSED, SEXUALLY 00:09:05.24\00:09:09.31 ABUSED, EMOTIONALLY ABUSED, HOW DO WE REACH OUT FIRST TO PREPARE 00:09:09.31\00:09:14.55 THE GROUND SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THE GOOD NEWS? 00:09:14.55\00:09:17.72 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS BE 00:09:17.72\00:09:22.52 INFORMED. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN MY 00:09:22.52\00:09:27.56 COMMUNITY AND MY CITY AND MY PART OF THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES 00:09:27.56\00:09:30.23 TO ABUSE WHAT IS NUMBER ONE. IS IT THAT NUMBER ONE? 00:09:30.23\00:09:35.54 IS IT THAT RAPE IS THE NUMBER ONE THING IN MY COMMUNITY. 00:09:35.54\00:09:39.54 I NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN I HAVE TO GO TO THE PLACE STATION OR 00:09:39.54\00:09:43.98 MAYOR'S OFFICE OR WHATEVER IT IS, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S 00:09:43.98\00:09:46.92 HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO ABUSE IN MY PART OF THE WORLD. 00:09:46.92\00:09:49.92 ONCE I FIND THAT OUT THEN I DECIDE, WELL, OKAY, MAYBE I'LL 00:09:49.92\00:09:53.12 GET A GROUP OF SISTERS TO COME AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING 00:09:53.12\00:09:57.23 WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE. 00:09:57.23\00:10:00.90 I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE SOME LADIES HAD ON 00:10:00.90\00:10:07.87 DISPLAY SOME BEAUTIFUL THINGS THEY HAD MADE TO TAKE TO WOMEN 00:10:07.87\00:10:13.34 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BASKETS WITH LITTLE DOLLAR STORE COSMETICS 00:10:13.34\00:10:18.31 INSIDE WHICH THEY WOULD TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL TO GIVE TO WOMEN 00:10:18.31\00:10:20.58 WHO HAD BEEN RAPED. AND WHEN THE VICTIM HAD BEEN 00:10:20.58\00:10:24.82 EXAMINED AND QUESTIONED AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF THEY WOULD 00:10:24.82\00:10:27.26 GIVE THEM THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BASKET WITH THESE LOVELY AROMA 00:10:27.26\00:10:32.16 THERAPY THINGS IN IT SHE COULD THEN GO AND HAVE HER FIRST BATH. 00:10:32.16\00:10:36.73 THERE ARE SO MANY PRACTICAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. 00:10:36.73\00:10:38.80 I'VE SHARED THAT STORY ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HELP WOMEN DEAL 00:10:38.80\00:10:44.77 WITH THESE ISSUES. I THINK OF ROMANIA WHERE WE HAVE 00:10:44.77\00:10:48.98 SISTERS WHO GO OUT IN THE STREET AND THEY HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:10:48.98\00:10:56.99 PROSTITUTES. WE THINK PROSTITUTES, OH, WELL, 00:10:56.99\00:10:59.82 THAT'S NOT ABUSE. WELL, NOT NECESSARILY. 00:10:59.82\00:11:03.43 MANY OF THESE WOMEN FIND THEMSELVES DOING THIS BECAUSE 00:11:03.43\00:11:06.39 NUMBER ONE THEY'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED FROM WHERE THEY LIVED. 00:11:06.39\00:11:09.43 THEY'RE FORCED INTO IT. THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF IT. 00:11:09.43\00:11:13.03 SO OUR LADIES GO OUT ON THE STREETS AND THEY TAKE THEM 00:11:13.03\00:11:16.74 SANDWICHES. THEY TAKE THEM WATER. 00:11:16.74\00:11:18.41 THEY TAKE THEM CONDOMS. BECAUSE NOBODY PROVIDES THEM 00:11:18.41\00:11:21.74 WITH THIS STUFF. AND THEY TALK WITH THEM AND TRY 00:11:21.74\00:11:25.81 TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEM. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO 00:11:25.81\00:11:30.15 TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IT BEGINS WITH BEING 00:11:30.15\00:11:33.05 INFORMED. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ISSUE. 00:11:33.05\00:11:36.99 >> EVERYONE OF THOSE GIRLS IS SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER. 00:11:36.99\00:11:40.63 AND YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S CHILD. >> EITHER ONE OF THEM WOKE UP 00:11:40.63\00:11:45.03 AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE. 00:11:45.03\00:11:48.50 THAT WAS FORCED UPON THEM. >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THINGS 00:11:48.50\00:11:53.17 LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING WHICH IS WAY UP THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 00:11:53.17\00:11:57.18 THINK ABOUT BEING DRUGGED AND TAKEN FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO 00:11:57.18\00:12:00.62 ANOTHER COUNTRY WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DAYS OF TRAVEL AND YOU WERE 00:12:00.62\00:12:06.72 DRUGGED THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP 00:12:06.72\00:12:08.69 YOU'RE IN A CLOSET OR ATTIC OR BACK ROOM SOMEWHERE WHERE MEN 00:12:08.69\00:12:13.56 COME AND RAPE YOU OVER AND OVER. THERE ARE JUST -- THERE'S A LOT 00:12:13.56\00:12:19.33 THAT WE CAN PRAY FOR AND WE NEED TO BE PRAYING, BUT I ALSO 00:12:19.33\00:12:22.40 BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO. 00:12:22.40\00:12:26.07 YOU KNOW, I HEAR LADIES SAY TO ME, AS CHRISTIANS I DON'T THINK 00:12:26.07\00:12:31.81 WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND I SAY, EXCUSE ME? 00:12:31.81\00:12:37.72 I GO TO COUNTRIES WHERE MY SISTERS GO OUT ON THE STREETS 00:12:37.72\00:12:42.96 AND MARCH AND THEY'LL PEOPLE STANDING UP ON THE SIDES OF THE 00:12:42.96\00:12:47.23 STREETS LOOKING AT US AS WE MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS AND WE 00:12:47.23\00:12:52.00 HAVE THEM SIGN A PLEDGE CARD AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION. 00:12:52.00\00:12:54.60 WE'VE GOT TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A TOWN 00:12:54.60\00:12:58.31 PROBLEM, THIS IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM. 00:12:58.31\00:13:01.94 AND WE NEED TO SPEAK UP. I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT VERSE IN 00:13:01.94\00:13:07.22 PROVERBS 31 I THINK VERSE EIGHT, SPEAK UP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT 00:13:07.22\00:13:09.95 SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WHO IS GOING TO BE THE VOICE? 00:13:09.95\00:13:12.05 AM I GOING TO SAY, I'M GOING TO DO THE BIBLE STUDY AND SOMEONE 00:13:12.05\00:13:17.26 ELSE DO THE OTHER PART. WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIFE OF 00:13:17.26\00:13:19.33 JESUS, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE D I LOOK AT HIM PEEKING UP FOR THE 00:13:19.33\00:13:25.23 WOMAN WHO WAS CAUGHT IN THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE THE MAN 00:13:25.23\00:13:29.14 WASN'T CALLED BUT SHE WAS -- THEY WERE READY TO STONE HER. 00:13:29.14\00:13:33.17 HE SPOKE UP FOR HER. I THINK OF SO MANY OTHER 00:13:33.17\00:13:37.45 SITUATIONS. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, JUST SO 00:13:37.45\00:13:42.75 MANY TIMES WHEN SOMETHING HE SAID. 00:13:42.75\00:13:45.82 I THINK ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ONES AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT 00:13:45.82\00:13:49.86 COMES TO MY MIND WHEN I THINK OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS DOUBLED OVER. 00:13:49.86\00:13:57.00 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, BUT DOUBLED OVER, YOUR VIEW OF 00:13:57.00\00:14:01.67 THE WORLD SUDDENLY BECOMES THE DIRT AND THE MUCK. 00:14:01.67\00:14:04.44 THEY DIDN'T HAVE CONCRETE STREETS BACK THEN. 00:14:04.44\00:14:06.84 YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOMAN SAW EVERY DAY AND JESUS 00:14:06.84\00:14:10.58 ADDRESSED THIS WOMAN AS DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM. 00:14:10.58\00:14:16.02 WOW. TALK ABOUT ACTIVISM. 00:14:16.02\00:14:20.69 NOBODY -- NO WOMAN WAS CALLED A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM. 00:14:20.69\00:14:24.86 EVEN IF ABRAHAM WOULD HAVE HAD DAUGHTERS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SON 00:14:24.86\00:14:27.96 IN ABRAHAM. BECAUSE IN THE JEWISH CULTURE 00:14:27.96\00:14:30.90 THE MAN WAS VALUED AND THE WOMAN WASN'T. 00:14:30.90\00:14:36.30 SO, FOR HIM TO CALL HER DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM ELEVATED HER ON AN 00:14:36.30\00:14:41.28 EQUAL LEVEL WITH THE MEN. SO, HOW DO I SAY THAT I'M GOING 00:14:41.28\00:14:45.98 TO TELL PEOPLE OF THE LOVE OF J 00:14:45.98\00:14:50.95 JESUS BUT IGNORE THE SITUATION I'M IN BUT STILL GIVE YOU JESUS. 00:14:50.95\00:14:56.93 >> PEOPLE DON'T CARE. WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS. 00:14:56.93\00:15:01.93 I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU HEATHER-DAWN SAID GO TO THE 00:15:01.93\00:15:08.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR TOWN. 00:15:08.00\00:15:11.34 I REMEMBER WE WERE LIVING IN A SMALL COMMUNITY FOR A SHORT TIME 00:15:11.34\00:15:16.91 AND WAS VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MINISTRY AND STARTED WORKING 00:15:16.91\00:15:22.25 WITH SOME PEOPLE, SOME POLICEMEN WHO WOULD COME AND FOUND OUT IN 00:15:22.25\00:15:28.36 THIS SMALL LITTLE TOWN WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE MOST 00:15:28.36\00:15:31.36 PERFECT PLACE TO REAR A CHILD, THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THAT 00:15:31.36\00:15:38.20 TOWN WAS INCEST. INCEST. 00:15:38.20\00:15:41.97 AND YOU THINK, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING? 00:15:41.97\00:15:44.94 AND THEY SAID IT WAS SO PREVALENT. 00:15:44.94\00:15:47.34 SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO THEN IS THINK HOW CAN WE FIRST REACH 00:15:47.34\00:15:54.18 VICTIMS AND LET VICTIMS KNOW THAT THERE'S A SAFE PLACE TO 00:15:54.18\00:15:57.59 TALK AND A SAFE PLACE TO GO, BUT HOW CAN YOU THEN ALSO MAKE A 00:15:57.59\00:16:04.09 DIFFERENCE BY DEVELOPING THE KIND OF MATERIALS MAYBE, HOLDING 00:16:04.09\00:16:10.60 SEMINARS SO THAT PEOPLE WHETHER IT BE THE PARENT WHO IS NOT 00:16:10.60\00:16:15.34 GUILTY OF THE INCENSE CAN COME AND LEARN OR HOW CAN YOU LOCK 00:16:15.34\00:16:19.91 THAT PERSON UP. BUT THE POINT IS, THERE'S SO 00:16:19.91\00:16:24.38 MUCH -- WE HEAR THESE STORIES OF SEXUAL SLAVE TRADE THAT 'S GOING 00:16:24.38\00:16:31.72 ON IN INDIA AND AFRICA >> AND AMERICA. 00:16:31.72\00:16:36.32 >> RIGHT NEXT DOOR ACROSS THE STREET. 00:16:36.32\00:16:39.26 >> LOOK WHAT GOES ON EVERYWHERE. >> LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. 00:16:39.26\00:16:43.77 WHEN YOU THINK OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, THERE WAS A TIME WE 00:16:43.77\00:16:47.87 THOUGHT OF HA AND WE THOUGHT THAT HAPPENS IN THOSE COUNTRIES 00:16:47.87\00:16:50.61 AND NOT HERE. BUT NOW WE'RE DISCOVERING IT HAPPENS HERE. 00:16:50.61\00:16:55.14 >> THAT'S THE FIRST I HEARD THIS. 00:16:55.14\00:16:56.54 >> IT'S HAPPENING HERE, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE GROUPS LIVE 00:16:56.54\00:17:00.25 IN PEOPLE GROUPS WHEN THEY LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND 00:17:00.25\00:17:02.88 THEY CONTINUE THEIR TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS. 00:17:02.88\00:17:05.49 SOMETIMES WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY TAKE THE CHILD BACK TO THE 00:17:05.49\00:17:09.32 COUNTRY WHERE SHE WILL THEN HAVE THIS PROCEDURE DONE AND THEN 00:17:09.32\00:17:12.63 BRING HER BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. 00:17:12.63\00:17:14.60 OR THEY'LL DO IT RIGHT HERE AND IT'S NOT DONE IN A HOSPITAL. 00:17:14.60\00:17:19.83 IT'S NOT DONE UNDER STERILE CONDITIONS. 00:17:19.83\00:17:22.00 IT'S DONE IN A HOME IN A BACK ROOM AND SO THESE ARE ISSUES 00:17:22.00\00:17:25.97 THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED. >> WE CANNOT JUST BE CONCERNED 00:17:25.97\00:17:29.98 ABOUT THE SALVATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE MEET. 00:17:29.98\00:17:32.15 THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND I WILL NEVER REMOVE THAT 00:17:32.15\00:17:36.48 FROM NUMBER ONE. I WANT YOU TO BE SAVED BUT THERE 00:17:36.48\00:17:39.79 ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE IN THE WAY OF YOU EVEN BEGINNING TO 00:17:39.79\00:17:42.82 LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO ACCEPT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 00:17:42.82\00:17:48.26 AND UNLESS I'M WILLING TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS, THEN HOW AM I 00:17:48.26\00:17:53.17 GOING TO GET THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH TO YOU IF YOU CAN'T SEE 00:17:53.17\00:17:58.37 THE LOVE OF GOD? >> WE ALL NEED SOMETHING MORE 00:17:58.37\00:18:02.18 THAN JUST TO BE PREACHED AT. WE NEED TO KNOW -- IT NEEDS TO 00:18:02.18\00:18:06.51 BE THAT ONE ON ONE CONNECTION AND I KNOW THAT -- I WISH SHEREE 00:18:06.51\00:18:13.29 WERE HERE TONIGHT AND SHE WISHES SHE WERE HERE. SHE WOULD BE 00:18:13.29\00:18:18.09 BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS. HER PROGRAM IN CELEBRATING LIFE 00:18:18.09\00:18:22.23 IN RECOVERY IS GOING OUT INTO MANY CHURCHES NOW AND WE HAVE A 00:18:22.23\00:18:27.64 COUPLE AT HOUR CHURCH WHO ARE GIVING THIS AND THEY'RE 00:18:27.64\00:18:31.44 HAVING -- RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START A NEW 00:18:31.44\00:18:35.68 CELEBRATING LIFE IN RECOVERY SERIES AND THEY'RE REALLY 00:18:35.68\00:18:40.08 GETTING EXCELLENT RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 00:18:40.08\00:18:42.42 FINDING OR THE WORD IS GETTING OUT, THIS IS A SAFE PLACE TO GO 00:18:42.42\00:18:47.52 AND TALK ABOUT MY ADDICTION AND TO GO AND FIND HEALING AND IT IS 00:18:47.52\00:18:53.23 THE METHOD OF JESUS. IT'S THAT GETTING TO KNOW ONE 00:18:53.23\00:18:59.80 ANOTHER, ESTABLISHING THE FELLOWSHIP, THE BOND AND 00:18:59.80\00:19:03.07 BEGINNING TO TEACH THEM. ABSOLUTELY. 00:19:03.07\00:19:05.64 >> WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:19:05.64\00:19:10.15 WILLING TO BE REAL. AND I THINK IT BEGINS 0 YOU ARE 00:19:10.15\00:19:15.85 LEADERS. I THINK IT BEGINS WITH YOU AND 00:19:15.85\00:19:17.19 WITH MOE. IT'S NOT FOR SOMEONE OFF THE 00:19:17.19\00:19:22.26 STREET WHO GOT BAPTIZED AND LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY. YES, THEY 00:19:22.26\00:19:26.39 NEED TO DO THAT. BUT WE OUT THERE, WE NEED TO BE 00:19:26.39\00:19:30.20 REAL ABOUT PEOPLE. WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW I'M 00:19:30.20\00:19:33.57 GOING THROUGH A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME TONIGHT AND I'M ASKING YOU 00:19:33.57\00:19:36.74 TO BE PRAYING FOR ME AS I'M DOING THIS PROGRAM. 00:19:36.74\00:19:41.08 THE FIRST TIME WHEN I PREACHED AS A WOMEN'S MINISTRY LEADER, 00:19:41.08\00:19:45.55 THIS WAS BACK IN TRINIDAD IN 1996. 00:19:45.55\00:19:47.65 I HAD JUST TAKEN THE POSITION AS WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES 00:19:47.65\00:19:59.96 LEADER. I SPENT WEEKS -- I CANNOT TELL 00:19:59.96\00:20:02.73 YOU HOW MANY WEEKS I SPENT PREPARING THIS MESSAGE. 00:20:02.73\00:20:08.37 I WAS IN ALL MY HUSBAND'S THEOLOGICAL BOOKS ALL OVER THE 00:20:08.37\00:20:12.44 DESKS AND ASKING HIM QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WANTED THE SERMON TO 00:20:12.44\00:20:15.64 BE DEEP AND POWERFUL. I STOOD UP TO THAT SABBATH DAY 00:20:15.64\00:20:22.35 TO PREACH IN ALMOST 400 WOMEN AND I'M GOING INTO IT THE HOLY 00:20:22.35\00:20:27.89 SPIRIT STARTED SAYING TO ME, YOU'RE PREACHING THE WRONG 00:20:27.89\00:20:30.43 MESSAGE AND I'M THING THIS VOICE -- YOU'RE PREACHING THE 00:20:30.43\00:20:34.86 WRONG MESSAGE. YOU NEED TO STOP. 00:20:34.86\00:20:39.83 I'M GOING THROUGH THESE NOTES BUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN 00:20:39.83\00:20:43.00 MY HEAD. I'M SAYING, THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE 00:20:43.00\00:20:46.14 TELLING ME. I'M SAYING, WEEKS OF RESEARCH 00:20:46.14\00:20:47.98 WENT INTO THIS. >> YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T -- 00:20:47.98\00:20:51.51 >> I WAS DEEP IN THIS STUFF. I HAD TO MAKE A GOOD FIRST 00:20:51.51\00:20:56.48 IMPRESSION. UNION WOMEN'S MINISTRY. 00:20:56.48\00:20:58.19 I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH MY POSITION THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 00:20:58.19\00:21:01.76 AND THEN I THOUGHT, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO STOP BUT WHAT AM I 00:21:01.76\00:21:05.43 GOING TO SAY? AND ALL THE LORD SAID TO ME WAS, 00:21:05.43\00:21:08.16 TELL THEM WHAT I HAVE DONE. AND SO I STOPPED PREACHING AND I 00:21:08.16\00:21:15.14 PAUSED AND I SHARED WITH THEM. I SAID THE LORD IS TELLING ME I 00:21:15.14\00:21:19.31 NEED -- THAT THIS MESSAGE IS THE WRONG ONE AND I NEED TO SHARE 00:21:19.31\00:21:24.01 WITH YOU WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING IN MY LIFE AND I BEGAN TO SHARE 00:21:24.01\00:21:30.12 AND ONE WOMAN STARTED TO CRY AND ANOTHER ONE STARTED TO CRY AND 00:21:30.12\00:21:34.39 ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. AND I THOUGHT MY MESSAGE WASN'T 00:21:34.39\00:21:38.19 TO GET THEM TO BOO HOO LIKE THIS, BUT IT WASN'T. 00:21:38.19\00:21:46.03 WE WENT INTO PRAYER SESSION IN SMALL GROUPS THAT WENT ALMOST 00:21:46.03\00:21:51.74 THREE HOURS LONG. AND WOMEN SHARED AND MINISTERED 00:21:51.74\00:21:55.01 TO THE NEEDS. I THOUGHT, FROM THAT MOMENT I 00:21:55.01\00:22:01.18 THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S GOOD. I COULD SHARE EVERYTHING GOOD 00:22:01.18\00:22:04.02 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. BUT UNLESS I CAN APPLY IT TO 00:22:04.02\00:22:06.69 MYSELF AND UNLESS I CAN SAY WHAT THIS WORD OF GOD HAS DONE IN MY 00:22:06.69\00:22:12.73 LIFE, HOW I HAVE COME TO THE POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I HAVE 00:22:12.73\00:22:23.67 SEEN AND UNTIL I COULD GET THIS IT'S JUST WORDS. 00:22:23.67\00:22:27.81 >> LET ME MINISTER TO SOMEONE RIGHT NOW. 00:22:27.81\00:22:31.65 I LOST MY WIFE FOUR MONTHS AGO AND I CANNOT BEAR TO BE AT HOME 00:22:31.65\00:22:35.48 AROUND THE HOUSE AND I CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT. 00:22:35.48\00:22:39.02 DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR ME? HOW CAN I HANDLE THIS? 00:22:39.02\00:22:44.23 >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WOULD SAY TO THAT PERSON, IF 00:22:44.23\00:22:46.36 THEY COULD GET INTO A GRIEF COUNSELING GROUP THAT WOULD BE 00:22:46.36\00:22:49.23 VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK WELL, 00:22:49.23\00:22:52.80 GRIEF THERAPY -- BUT BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND 00:22:52.80\00:22:58.24 WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IS SO HEALING AND HELPFUL IF YOU CAN'T 00:22:58.24\00:23:05.08 GET INTO THAT GROUP MAYBE THERE ISN'T ONE IN YOUR AREA, NEXT 00:23:05.08\00:23:07.98 THING I WOULD SAY SEE A COUNSELOR. 00:23:07.98\00:23:10.49 SEE SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, THE 00:23:10.49\00:23:15.22 STEPS WHICH YOU'LL GO THROUGH AND WHO IS GOING TO WALK THE 00:23:15.22\00:23:18.83 ROAD WITH YOU. BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU 00:23:18.83\00:23:21.50 CAN DO ON YOUR OWN. LOSING A SPOUSE IS -- I MEAN, I 00:23:21.50\00:23:26.60 CANNOT JUST EVEN THINK OF THE KIND OF GRIEF THAT WOULD BE 00:23:26.60\00:23:29.20 SPHREURB IF YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED TO THIS PERSON FOR SO MANY 00:23:29.20\00:23:33.24 YEARS. AND BEING IN THE HOME AND 00:23:33.24\00:23:34.58 WHEREVER YOU LOOK THERE ARE MEMORIES AND MEMORIES. 00:23:34.58\00:23:36.75 YOU NEED THAT KIND OF HELP. BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT I 00:23:36.75\00:23:40.72 KNOW HAS HELPED SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THAT, SHE WENT INTO 00:23:40.72\00:23:43.79 GRIEF COUNSELING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS ADVISED WAS 00:23:43.79\00:23:47.82 BEGIN A JOURNAL AND BEGIN TO WRITE MEMORIES OF GOOD MEMORIES 00:23:47.82\00:23:52.63 OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 00:23:52.63\00:23:57.73 SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE AND HER CHILDREN WENT TO THIS 00:23:57.73\00:24:00.94 COUNSELLING AND THEY BOTH, ALL THREE OF THEM, BEGAN TO JOURNAL 00:24:00.94\00:24:04.01 EVERY DAY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, MEMORIES AND WHEN THEY COMPARED 00:24:04.01\00:24:07.58 IT THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT MEMORIES OF THEIR FATHER WHO HAD 00:24:07.58\00:24:12.45 DIED AND THAT WAS SUCH A PRECIOUS THING FOR THEM. 00:24:12.45\00:24:27.40 >> SHE WANTS ME TO REPEAT THE TEXT THAT I HAD READ EARLIER AND 00:24:27.40\00:24:34.40 THAT ABOUT BEARING FRUIT IN THE OLD AGE AND BEING FRESH AND 00:24:34.40\00:24:38.81 FLOURISHING AND THAT IS PSALM 92 AND THAT IS VERSES 13 AND 14. 00:24:38.81\00:24:44.95 AND I LOVE THAT. YOU'RE GOTHAT WAS PSALM 92 AND 00:24:44.95\00:25:01.50 VERSE 14 AND 15. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH 00:25:01.50\00:25:04.07 MY EYES. BUT THIS BIG OLD HAIR OF MINE IS 00:25:04.07\00:25:06.23 PUTTING SHADOWS ON THERE. >> I HAD A RECENT TRAUMA. 00:25:06.23\00:25:12.84 I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE NAME. THE LADY -- I DON'T SEE HER 00:25:12.84\00:25:16.21 NAME. I HAD A RECENT TRAUMA AND I'VE 00:25:16.21\00:25:20.05 SUFFERED FROM CONSTANT TEARFULNESS FOR THE LAST FEW 00:25:20.05\00:25:23.89 MONTHS. MY COUNSELOR THERAPIST SUGGESTS 00:25:23.89\00:25:26.49 THAT I TRY TAKING AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT, HOW WILL I KNOW 00:25:26.49\00:25:31.39 WHICH ANTI-DESPRESENT IS RIGHT FOR ME? 00:25:31.39\00:25:33.46 >> WELL, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY TO THEM, LET THEIR DOCTOR 00:25:33.46\00:25:37.77 OR THE COUNSELOR RECOMMEND A PSYCHIATRIST TO GO TO BECAUSE 00:25:37.77\00:25:42.44 IT'S BEST TO GET THAT FIRST MEDICATION FROM SOMEONE WHO IS 00:25:42.44\00:25:53.68 C QUALIFIED IN THE AREA. 00:25:53.68\00:25:54.48 >> IN A SUPERVISED MANNER. >> I'VE KNOWN DOCTORS, LET'S 00:25:54.48\00:26:02.26 SAY, REGULAR MEDICAL DOCTORS WHO WILL TRY TO PRESCRIBE. 00:26:02.26\00:26:06.36 BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THESE 00:26:06.36\00:26:10.77 DRUGS AND WHO COULD LOOK AT YOUR FIPHYS 00:26:10.77\00:26:18.21 PHYSICAL RECORD AND DECIDE LET'S TRY THIS ONE FIRST AND CHANGE 00:26:18.21\00:26:23.14 ACCORDING TO BASE ON WHAT RESULTS YOU SHARE WITH THEM. 00:26:23.14\00:26:28.38 SEE A PSYCHIATRIST AND HAVE YOUR DOCTOR OR YOUR COUNSELOR 00:26:28.38\00:26:32.02 RECOMMEND A GOOD PSYCHIATRIST. ONCE YOU'VE GOTTEN ON THE 00:26:32.02\00:26:35.36 MEDICATION AND IS WORKING FOR YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP 00:26:35.36\00:26:39.69 SEEING YOUR PSYCHIATRIST. YOU CAN THEN MOVE ON TO YOUR 00:26:39.69\00:26:42.33 COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST. >> SHE HAS ANOTHER QUESTION. 00:26:42.33\00:26:46.37 AND THAT IS WILL I HAVE TO BE ON THIS MEDICINE FOR THE REST OF MY 00:26:46.37\00:26:53.27 LIFE? >> WELL, IT IS A BIG CONCERN. 00:26:53.27\00:26:56.11 I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'VE BEEN ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS 00:26:56.11\00:27:02.12 SINCE 1998 AND THIS IS 2016 AND I'M STILL ON MY ANTI-DESPRESENT. 00:27:02.12\00:27:08.52 AND I HAVE TRIED TO STOP. I'VE MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN 00:27:08.52\00:27:12.26 MY HEALTH. I HAVE TRIED TO STOP AND IT HAS 00:27:12.26\00:27:15.46 NOT BEEN GOOD. MY DOCTOR I SAID CAN WE REDUCE 00:27:15.46\00:27:19.33 MY DOSE AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TO ABOUT HALF OF WHAT I WAS 00:27:19.33\00:27:23.91 TAKING, I WENT OVER THE DEEP EDGE INTO BAD DEPRESSION. 00:27:23.91\00:27:27.91 SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO, BUT THINK ABOUT T THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE 00:27:27.91\00:27:31.05 WHO TAKE MEDICATION EVERY DAY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FOR 00:27:31.05\00:27:36.38 CHOLESTEROL FOR THYROID. YOU GOT TO TAKE IT FOR THE REST 00:27:36.38\00:27:41.09 OF YOUR LIFE. DON'T BE AFRAID OF MEDICATION. 00:27:41.09\00:27:43.53 YES, THERE ARE MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS AND 00:27:43.53\00:27:46.83 WE KNOW THAT. BUT MY THING IS, QUALITY OF 00:27:46.83\00:27:50.10 LIFE. IF I'M GOING TO HAVE A BETTER 00:27:50.10\00:27:53.30 QUALITY OF LIFE ON THIS MEDICATION I'LL NOT GOING TO BE 00:27:53.30\00:27:58.67 THINKING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND END LIFE AND ALL THIS SORT OF 00:27:58.67\00:28:02.21 STUFF, BUT I CAN HAVE A BETTER QUALITY THEN YOU GOT TO WEIGH 00:28:02.21\00:28:05.88 THAT AND ASK YOURSELF WHICH ONE DO I WANT&AND QUALITY OF LIFE 00:28:05.88\00:28:10.62 WINS OUT EVERY TIME. >> 00:28:10.62\00:28:14.89 >> I WENT TO MY DOCTOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK AND -- I ACTUALLY 00:28:14.89\00:28:20.96 HAD GOTTEN TO EDEN VALLEY AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD 00:28:20.96\00:28:27.30 HYPOTHYROIDISM AND I CAME BACK TO MY DOCTOR AND I SAID CAN YOU 00:28:27.30\00:28:30.77 SEND ME TO AN ENDOCHRON OLOGIST. HE SAID I CAN PRESCRIBE IT. 00:28:30.77\00:28:36.68 I SAID NO. I WANT TO SEE AN END DOUGH 00:28:36.68\00:28:42.38 CHRON OLOGIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS. 00:28:42.38\00:28:46.42 SO MY DOCTOR SAID, LET ME DO THE BLOOD WORK AT LEAST. 00:28:46.42\00:28:50.03 I SAID YOU CAN DO THE BLOOD WORK. 00:28:50.03\00:28:52.29 I WENT TO SEE -- HE RECOMMENDED ME TO AN END CHRON OLOGIST. 00:28:52.29\00:28:57.03 WHEN I WENT TO SEE THIS END DOUGH RCHRON OLOGIST, HE SAID TO 00:28:57.03\00:29:09.48 ME, MY HAIR IS FALLING OUT AND MY EYES ARE PUFFY AND EVERYTHING 00:29:09.48\00:29:15.55 IS GOING ON AND I SAID, I'M NOT DEPRESSED. 00:29:15.55\00:29:19.32 I'M NOT WEEPY, BUT I SAID I'M NOT MOTIVATED. 00:29:19.32\00:29:23.99 I SAID I WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO EVERYTHING. 00:29:23.99\00:29:26.90 I'M STILL A VERY PRODUCTIVE PERSON BECAUSE MY LIFE IS SO 00:29:26.90\00:29:32.80 TIGHTLY SCHEDULED BUT IT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I KNEW THAT 00:29:32.80\00:29:37.97 I WAS PREACHING ON SABBATH AND I HAD TO FLY OUT ON FRIDAY, 00:29:37.97\00:29:42.01 THURSDAY NIGHT I'D BE THINKING, I STILL GOT TOMORROW TO PREPARE 00:29:42.01\00:29:45.15 A SERMON. NOW THAT SOUNDS HORRIBLE BECAUSE 00:29:45.15\00:29:48.88 YOU THINK AND PRAISE THE LORD HE'S ALWAYS WITH ME TO DO THAT, 00:29:48.88\00:29:53.92 I TOLD THE DOCTOR, IF YOU -- HE SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT 00:29:53.92\00:29:58.33 MOTIVATED. I SAID, IF WE AWERE SITTING IN A 00:29:58.33\00:30:02.66 ROOM FULL OF GASOLINE CANS YOU AND LIT A MATCH I'D BE THINKING 00:30:02.66\00:30:06.74 THERE, THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS BUT I WOULDN'T MOVE UNTIL YOU 00:30:06.74\00:30:11.17 DROPPED IT. SO, SOMETIMES THERE ARE PHYSICAL 00:30:11.17\00:30:18.68 CONDITIONS THAT CAN CREATE DEPRESSION AND LACK OF 00:30:18.68\00:30:27.46 MOTIV MOTIVATION, THAT'S PROBABLY A 00:30:27.46\00:30:28.76 FORM OF DEPRESSION. I HADN'T GOTTEN ALL THE WAY DOWN 00:30:28.76\00:30:31.49 YET. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN GET ON 00:30:31.49\00:30:35.23 ANTI-DEPRESSANTS AND WORK THEIR WAY OUT JUST LIKE PEOPLE WHO MAY 00:30:35.23\00:30:38.30 START ON INSULIN AND CAN BY LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT THEY CAN 00:30:38.30\00:30:44.07 WORK THEIR WAY OFF OF THAT PERHAPS. 00:30:44.07\00:30:51.88 BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SO VALID. 00:30:51.88\00:30:54.08 DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME YOU STAY ON IT BUT QUALITY 00:30:54.08\00:30:59.92 OF LIFE. THIS LADY HER NAME IS DELLMA AND 00:30:59.92\00:31:07.46 SHE'S A WOMAN'S MINISTRY LEADER IN HER CHURCH. 00:31:07.46\00:31:11.33 HOW DOES SHE PERSUADE THE CHURCH BOARD TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES 00:31:11.33\00:31:15.27 THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING? >> SHE'S GOT TO GET OTHER PEOPLE 00:31:15.27\00:31:23.31 ON HER SIDE. EVEN THOUGH AS A DEPARTMENT AND 00:31:23.31\00:31:25.28 AS A CHURCH, WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THINGS LIKE ABUSE 00:31:25.28\00:31:32.19 AND FROM OUR DEPARTMENT WE CREATE A SERMON AND SEMINAR 00:31:32.19\00:31:37.96 EVERY YEAR FOR THIS, THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES THAT DO NOT DO IT. 00:31:37.96\00:31:45.43 MAYBE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH LEADERSHIP THAT IN THEIR OWN 00:31:45.43\00:31:50.67 HOME ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF ABUSE OR MAYBE PROBLEMS IN THE 00:31:50.67\00:31:55.61 CHURCH WHO SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS. 00:31:55.61\00:31:59.85 IT'S GOING TO BRING UP A LOT OF PAIN. 00:31:59.85\00:32:02.18 UNLESS WE START EDUCATING OURSELVES WE WON'T BE ABLE TO 00:32:02.18\00:32:06.35 HELP PEOPLE. HOW DO I REACH OUT TO SOMEONE 00:32:06.35\00:32:09.52 WHO IS IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION? IF I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT 00:32:09.52\00:32:14.10 THAT SITUATION AND DEAL WITH THAT. 00:32:14.10\00:32:26.24 IT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO ARE ALSO INTERESTED 00:32:26.24\00:32:29.51 IN SPEAKING ABOUT THEISH SKPAOU HAVING THE CHURCH START OFF WITH 00:32:29.51\00:32:34.42 A HALF DAY SEMINAR. BRING SOMEONE IN. 00:32:34.42\00:32:36.75 THEN GET TOGETHER AND CONFRONT THE PASTOR. 00:32:36.75\00:32:41.12 SAY, PASTOR, WE WOMEN WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN OUR 00:32:41.12\00:32:44.49 CHURCH. THERE IS A NEED AND ALSO FIND 00:32:44.49\00:32:45.89 OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHERE THIS ISSUE IS 00:32:45.89\00:33:04.28 CONCERNED. >> WE HAD A YOUNG LADY WHO CAME 00:33:04.28\00:33:06.92 INTO OUR CHURCH JUST RECENTLY WHO THE THINGS THAT GOD WAS -- 00:33:06.92\00:33:48.86 THE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY RED FLAGS BUT WHERE GOD WAS TUGGING 00:33:48.86\00:33:53.70 AT MY HEART IT WAS LIKE I SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WOMAN. 00:33:53.70\00:33:56.23 I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S AN ABUSE. 00:33:56.23\00:33:58.73 IF WE DON'T GET TRAINED, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE MINISTERED WITH 00:33:58.73\00:34:03.24 SHEREE AND SHEREE I PROMISE YOU WE COULD BE SITTING ON A STAGE 00:34:03.24\00:34:07.28 AND SHE'S LOOKING OUT AT SOMEBODY AND SHE SAYS TO ME, 00:34:07.28\00:34:12.25 THAT'S A DRUG ADDICT AND THIS ONE IS A HOMOSEXUAL AND I SAY 00:34:12.25\00:34:17.32 HOW DO YOU YOU KNOW BY JUST LOOKING. 00:34:17.32\00:34:19.75 IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN EDUCATED AND EXPERIENCE AND 00:34:19.75\00:34:21.99 YOU'RE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THESE PEOPLE SO THAT YOU CAN 00:34:21.99\00:34:24.19 REACH OUT AND HELP THEM. >> EVEN THOUGH I AGREE THAT 00:34:24.19\00:34:28.43 THAT'S A LARGE PART OF IT KNOWING AND BEING TRAINED 00:34:28.43\00:34:32.50 ESPECIALLY IN WHAT TO SAY AND WHATNOT TO SAY BECAUSE MANY 00:34:32.50\00:34:34.97 TIMES WE SAY THE WRONG THING AND THAT'S WHERE TRAINING COMES IN, 00:34:34.97\00:34:39.87 BUT I'VE DISCOVERED AS I HAVE BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT WOMEN'S 00:34:39.87\00:34:46.41 PAIN, THE PAIN THAT WOMEN DEAL WITH, IT'S LIKE LITTLE RED FLAGS 00:34:46.41\00:34:50.39 GO OFF WHEN I SEE PEOPLE. I'LL BE IN AN AIRPORT AND A 00:34:50.39\00:34:53.92 PLANE AND I LOOK ACROSS AND I SEE A WOMAN -- 00:34:53.92\00:34:58.56 >> SHE'S A FRIEND. >> BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S AS 00:34:58.56\00:35:04.00 THOUGH -- WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY IT'S AS THOUGH, BECAUSE I 00:35:04.00\00:35:09.70 BELIEVE GOD CREATES AN AWARENESS WITHIN YOU. 00:35:09.70\00:35:12.94 THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT AND THAT'S SOMETHING I PRAY FOR, 00:35:12.94\00:35:17.85 LORD, HELP ME DISCERN WHEN A WOMAN IS IN PAIN. 00:35:17.85\00:35:21.05 THAT'S SOMEONE THAT ANYONE CAN DO. 00:35:21.05\00:35:22.28 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT -- WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL 00:35:22.28\00:35:26.12 TYPE OF PAIN. LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES. 00:35:26.12\00:35:33.16 YOU KNOW SPHOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TODAY, I WAS TYPING ALL 00:35:33.16\00:35:36.53 THE PRAYER REQUESTS THAT GO ON THE AIR, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE 00:35:36.53\00:35:40.27 PRAYING JUST PERSONALLY PRAYING FOR FIVE PEOPLE, FRIENDS, PEOPLE 00:35:40.27\00:35:45.71 IN MINISTRY, WHO HAVE STAGE FOUR CANCER. 00:35:45.71\00:35:50.51 AND I'M THINKING OF CHARLES LAWSON WITH WHITE HORSE MINISTRY 00:35:50.51\00:35:55.72 AND GALE TUCKER AND THINKING OF MOLLIE SUE RIGHT NEXT TO ME. 00:35:55.72\00:36:02.49 THE PASTOR'S WIFE AND CHERYL RIGHT HERE AND AS I'M WORKING ON 00:36:02.49\00:36:12.10 THESE PRAYER REQUESTS I'M THINKING, STAGE FOUR CANCER. 00:36:12.10\00:36:16.74 STAGE FOUR CANCER. STAGE FOUR CANCER. 00:36:16.74\00:36:18.94 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE WE TURN THERE'S STAGE FOUR CANCER. 00:36:18.94\00:36:24.48 WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU SAY THAT WOMEN ARE HAVING A LOT OF 00:36:24.48\00:36:27.95 PROBLEMS WITH HEALTH ISSUES? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? 00:36:27.95\00:36:32.12 >> I SEE THINGS LIKE STRESS WHICH HAS BROUGHT ON PHYSICAL 00:36:32.12\00:36:35.59 PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MANAGING THEIR 00:36:35.59\00:36:38.26 STRESS WELL. OR BECAUSE THEIR WORK LOAD IS 00:36:38.26\00:36:41.16 SUCH THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE AND WHEN EVERYBODY IS 00:36:41.16\00:36:45.47 SLEEPING THEY'RE STILL ON THE MOVE. 00:36:45.47\00:36:46.94 I SEE THINGS LIKE HEART PROBLEMS THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR 00:36:46.94\00:36:52.81 WOMEN GLOBALLY. CANCER AND BREAST CANCER, 00:36:52.81\00:37:02.55 UTERINE CANCER AND SO MANY AREAS. 00:37:02.55\00:37:04.89 ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT I'M SEEING AND I BELIEVE IN MANY 00:37:04.89\00:37:10.26 CASES IT'S UNDIAGNOSED WOMEN DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE 00:37:10.26\00:37:16.03 FIBROMIAL GENTLEMAN AND CHRONIC FATIGUE. 00:37:16.03\00:37:17.63 I'M AWARE OF WHAT THOSE SYMPTOMS ARE LIKE AND I DON'T DIAGNOSIS 00:37:17.63\00:37:21.27 ANYONE BECAUSE I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT WHEN A WOMAN STARTS SHARING 00:37:21.27\00:37:23.94 WITH ME SOME OF THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT I'VE KNOWN OR I KNOW I SAY 00:37:23.94\00:37:28.98 TO HER, YOU NEED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR DOCTOR, YOU NEED TO 00:37:28.98\00:37:33.82 KNOW THIS IS HOW YOU'RE FEELING, THE PAIN AND THE JOINTS AND THE 00:37:33.82\00:37:37.35 TIREDNESS AND THE DEPRESSION AND LACK OF MOTIVATION. 00:37:37.35\00:37:40.22 YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US WITH THIS. 00:37:40.22\00:37:43.36 BECAUSE WOMEN -- EVEN THOUGH NOBODY TELLS US TO IGNORE 00:37:43.36\00:37:48.16 OURSELVES WE DO. >> OH, YES. 00:37:48.16\00:37:49.93 >> MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME IN WORDS WHEN YOU ARE A WIFE IGNORE 00:37:49.93\00:37:56.00 YOURSELF AND ONLY LOOK AFTER YOUR HUSBAND AND CHILDREN OF THE 00:37:56.00\00:38:00.61 BUT SHE TOLD ME IN ACTIONS AND I WENT INTO MY MARRIAGE AND I 00:38:00.61\00:38:05.45 ACTED OUT THE SAME THING I HAD SEEN IN MY HOME. 00:38:05.45\00:38:08.35 AND I SEE IT WITH WOMEN EVERYWHERE. 00:38:08.35\00:38:11.82 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GETTING MY WEDDING DAY AND AN ELDERLY LADY 00:38:11.82\00:38:19.83 OR AUNT OR DISTANT COUSIN, SHE WAS REALLY OLD AND SHE WAS AT 00:38:19.83\00:38:24.30 THE RECEPTION AND SHE SAID, COME SIT DOWN HERE AND I SAT NEXT TO 00:38:24.30\00:38:30.51 HER. AND SHE SAID TO ME, REMEMBER IN 00:38:30.51\00:38:35.54 EVERY MARRIAGE SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE THE DONKEY. 00:38:35.54\00:38:41.85 AND THAT'S NOT THE WORD SHE USED. 00:38:41.85\00:38:43.89 I'M USING THE CHRISTIAN WORD AND I LOOKED AT HER AND I THOUGHT, 00:38:43.89\00:38:47.49 WHAT? I MEAN, I'M IN MY WEDDING DRESS 00:38:47.49\00:38:50.73 AND EVERYTHING. JUST SITTING NEXT TO -- SHE MUST 00:38:50.73\00:38:54.86 HAVE BEEN IN HER LATE 80S OR 90S. 00:38:54.86\00:38:59.83 SHE SAID, IN EVERY MARRIAGE SOMEONE'S GOT TO BE THE DONKEY 00:38:59.83\00:39:05.67 AND IT'S GOT TO BE YOU. I THOUGHT SHE WAS SENILE, 00:39:05.67\00:39:10.05 WHATEVER. YOU KNOW WHAT, FIVE YEARS AND 00:39:10.05\00:39:12.21 TWO CHILDREN LATER, I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND I HAD GROWN 00:39:12.21\00:39:15.55 DONKEY EARS AND DONKEY TAIL. HERE I WAS LIVING EXACTLY -- I 00:39:15.55\00:39:21.02 THOUGHT, SHE SAID THIS. WOMEN NATURALLY TAKE ON MORE OF 00:39:21.02\00:39:26.33 THE WORK IN SOCIETY THAN MEN DO. I'M NOT SAYING MEN DON'T WORK. 00:39:26.33\00:39:30.67 BUT WE DESIGN EVERYTHING. AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO 00:39:30.67\00:39:34.64 BE IN EVERYTHING, BUT WE JUST -- WE'RE SO WILLING TO HELP AND 00:39:34.64\00:39:38.21 KEEP THE HOUSE CLEANED AND COOK THE BEST MEALS AND OUR CHILDREN 00:39:38.21\00:39:41.68 HAVE TO BE THE PRETTIEST AND I'VE GOT TO HELP THIS ONE AND 00:39:41.68\00:39:45.95 THAT ONE AND GET THERE AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S FIXED. 00:39:45.95\00:39:48.98 >> AND WE WORK OURSELVES -- >> AND WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK AND 00:39:48.98\00:40:02.76 COOK THE BACON IN THE SKILLET. >> AND WORK LOAD WHICH IS ONE OF 00:40:02.76\00:40:05.93 THE ISSUES WE DEAL IT, WOMEN'S WORK LOAD IS CONNECTED TO THE 00:40:05.93\00:40:10.74 HEALTH PROBLEM AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE SIX ISSUES WHICH WE 00:40:10.74\00:40:14.71 STARTED OFF WITH, THEY'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED. 00:40:14.71\00:40:17.95 BECAUSE IF I CAN'T READ MY HEALTH WILL BE EFFECTED. 00:40:17.95\00:40:23.79 I NEED SOMETHING FOR MY CHILD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I'VE 00:40:23.79\00:40:27.56 NO IDEA WHAT TO ASK FOR AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ONMENT 00:40:27.56\00:40:30.29 POVERTY TIES INTO IT. WOMEN'S WORK LOAD TIES INTO MY 00:40:30.29\00:40:34.46 HEALTH, TIES INTO POVERTY BECAUSE MANY TIMES I WORK SO 00:40:34.46\00:40:37.63 MUCH THAT I END UP HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN BUT NOW I 00:40:37.63\00:40:40.90 CAN'T WORK AND THE FAMILY NEEDS TWO INCOMES BUT NOW I CAN'T 00:40:40.90\00:40:45.04 BECAUSE I'M ON DISABILITY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. 00:40:45.04\00:40:47.34 THERE ARE ALL THESE ISSUES AND SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO 00:40:47.34\00:40:56.55 HELP OUR SISTERS IDENTIFY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. 00:40:56.55\00:41:01.66 I SAY, PUT UP FIVE FINGERS. LITTLE FINGER IS NUMBER FIVE AND 00:41:01.66\00:41:07.00 THUMB IS NUMBER ONE. IF GOD IS NUMBER ONE IN YOUR 00:41:07.00\00:41:10.70 LIFE WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT? I HAVE THE LADIES LIKE THIS. 00:41:10.70\00:41:14.77 I DO ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND I SEE THEM THINKING. 00:41:14.77\00:41:19.07 I SAID, OKAY, TELL ME ARE YOU ON THE HAND? 00:41:19.07\00:41:25.31 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE NOT ON THE HAND AND YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY 00:41:25.31\00:41:27.92 HANDS GO UP. IT'S GOD, HUSBAND AND CHILDREN 00:41:27.92\00:41:32.19 AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND CHURCH AND IT'S -- AND THEY'RE 00:41:32.19\00:41:35.79 NOT EVEN THERE. I SAY TO MY LADIES. 00:41:35.79\00:41:38.83 I SAID O-BEEN OKAY, LET'S RESTRUCTURE THIS. 00:41:38.83\00:41:44.67 GOD, YOU. I LOVE THAT OLD HYMN THAT SAYS 00:41:44.67\00:41:49.44 NOTHING BETWEEN MY LORD AND MY SAVIOR. 00:41:49.44\00:41:51.27 NOT HUSBAND, NOT CHILDREN NOT ANYBODY. 00:41:51.27\00:41:54.18 GOD AND ME. AND WHEN I PUT MYSELF IN THAT 00:41:54.18\00:41:58.38 POSITION, WHICH MANY PEOPLE SAY, THAT'S SO SELFISH PUTTING 00:41:58.38\00:42:01.62 YOURSELF BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. BUT WHEN I LOOK AFTER ME, 00:42:01.62\00:42:04.19 EVERYBODY ELSE IS HAPPY. I'M NOT SO STRESSED. 00:42:04.19\00:42:10.49 I'M SO MISERABLE AND IRRITABLE AND ANGRY AND SICK ALL THE TIME 00:42:10.49\00:42:15.53 AND I'M ABLE TO SHARE THAT JOYCE AND SUNSHINE WITH MY FAMILY AND 00:42:15.53\00:42:19.53 WITH MY FRIENDS AND WHEREVER I AM. 00:42:19.53\00:42:21.24 SO WE ARE TRYING TO HELP OUR WOMEN RETHINK AND RESTRUCTURE 00:42:21.24\00:42:27.08 THE WAY THEY THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LIFE. 00:42:27.08\00:42:35.58 >> THAT REALLY SOUNDS FOREIGN TO ME. 00:42:35.58\00:42:39.95 >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. >> WE'VE GOT TO LIVE IT. 00:42:39.95\00:42:42.92 BUT IT'S AMAZING WHEN I SEE THE EXPRESSION ON WOMEN'S FACES. 00:42:42.92\00:42:47.36 >> LIKE MINE. >> WHETHER IT'S IN AFRICA OR 00:42:47.36\00:42:51.20 ASIA OR EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, DOESN'T MATTER. 00:42:51.20\00:42:54.60 I'M NOT ON THE HAND. SO, HOW -- WHO IS LOOKING AFTER 00:42:54.60\00:43:01.68 YOU? IT'S TRUE. I'M SURE YOU HEAR 00:43:01.68\00:43:03.55 THIS AND YOU PROBABLY HEAR THIS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TELLING 00:43:03.55\00:43:09.45 ME, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF OF YOURSELF AND GIVE TIME TO TAKE 00:43:09.45\00:43:13.89 CARE OF YOURSELF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MINISTER 00:43:13.89\00:43:16.89 ANYMORE. I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE. 00:43:16.89\00:43:18.83 I'S JUST LIKE I SAID, THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT WHAT YOU 00:43:18.83\00:43:23.37 JUST SAID. >> I NEVER THE OF PUTTING MYSELF 00:43:23.37\00:43:27.17 THERE. WOULD YOU? 00:43:27.17\00:43:28.97 >> NOTHING'S BETWEEN ME AND GOD, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:43:28.97\00:43:31.31 >> AS FAR AS PRIORITIES IN YOUR LIFE, DO YOU PUT YOURSELF 00:43:31.31\00:43:35.08 SECOND? >> NO. 00:43:35.08\00:43:36.44 YOU DON'T. YOU GO GOD, HOUSE, JEREMY 3ABN. 00:43:36.44\00:43:52.43 >> BUT WE GOT TO RETHINK IT BECAUSE THESE THINGS EFFECT OUR 00:43:52.43\00:43:58.03 LIVES. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PAIN IN 00:43:58.03\00:43:59.63 OURSELVES IF ONLY WE TAKE A MOMENT AND STOP. 00:43:59.63\00:44:05.37 YOU KNOW, THIS SABBATH I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE SPRING OF LIFE 00:44:05.37\00:44:11.65 AND IT'S SPRING AGAIN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WINTER OF LIFE. 00:44:11.65\00:44:15.62 YOU THINK OF WINTER OF BEING TRIALS BUT IT'S NOT. 00:44:15.62\00:44:19.59 IT MAYBE DIFFICULT EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, BUT IT CAN BE A 00:44:19.59\00:44:23.22 GOOD TIME BECAUSE IT'S A TIME FOR YOU TO STOP AND RETHINK AND 00:44:23.22\00:44:27.23 FOR GOD TO PLUCK AWAY STRESS WE DON'T NEED IN OUR LIVES. 00:44:27.23\00:44:30.37 IT'S A TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR GOALS AND OUR PRIORITIES. 00:44:30.37\00:44:34.37 IT'S A GOOD TIME AS WELL AS A ROUGH TIME. 00:44:34.37\00:44:37.87 SO WHEN THE SPRING DOES COME. WE'RE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE WE 00:44:37.87\00:44:41.01 WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WINTERTIME. 00:44:41.01\00:44:43.61 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> SO, YES, IT TAKES A SHIFT BUT 00:44:43.61\00:44:46.92 THE THING IS, AS I THINK OF IT FOR ME, THIS APPLIES TO ALL THE 00:44:46.92\00:44:51.79 WOMEN THAT I NEED WHETHER IN THE CHURCH OR OUT OF THE CHURCH, 00:44:51.79\00:44:54.62 THEY'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME THING. 00:44:54.62\00:44:57.23 >> YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU STATED TONIGHT ON LIVE 00:44:57.23\00:45:04.17 TELEVISION THAT YOU SCREAMED AT GOD. 00:45:04.17\00:45:08.00 I HAD -- AND I THINK THAT I'M SAYING THIS SO THAT -- PLEASE, 00:45:08.00\00:45:14.84 DON'T TAKE ME WRONG. IT IS ABOUT BEING REAL WITH GOD. 00:45:14.84\00:45:21.62 GOD KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART AND IT'S GOOD TO GET IT OUT. 00:45:21.62\00:45:25.09 THAT'S HOW WHEN YOU START POUR OUT TO GOD HE CAN POUR IN. 00:45:25.09\00:45:30.29 I WAS GIVEN A BAD TEACHING ON FAITH. 00:45:30.29\00:45:32.99 I HAD FAITH WAS THE OBJECT OF MY FAITH. 00:45:32.99\00:45:35.83 YOU JUST HAD FAITH ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD -- GOD HAD TO DO WHAT 00:45:35.83\00:45:41.57 HIS WORD SAID. AND WHEN MY MOTHER WAS HAVING A 00:45:41.57\00:45:45.41 BREAKDOWN AND SHE WAS BIPOLAR AND MOUNTAIN MIDST OF THIS, I 00:45:45.41\00:45:51.61 WAS CONVINCED THAT GOD WAS GOING TO HEAL MY MOTHER AND I'M 00:45:51.61\00:45:56.99 CLAIMING THOSE PROMISES AND I'M WORKING IT. 00:45:56.99\00:46:01.76 AND HE DIDN'T. AND IT ENDED UP OF COURSE SHE 00:46:01.76\00:46:04.46 WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL. SHE GOT BACK ON MEDICATION. 00:46:04.46\00:46:07.23 SHE WAS FINE. BUT IT WAS SO TRAU MATTIC IN 00:46:07.23\00:46:14.80 BETWEEN. 00:46:14.80\00:46:15.00 I WAS SO UPSET WITH GOD. THIS IS MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY 00:46:16.07\00:46:21.01 YEARS AGO. I WAS IN MY 20S THAT I SHOOK MY 00:46:21.01\00:46:27.52 FIST IN HIS FACE AND SAID, YOU DON'T KEEP YOUR WORD AND I 00:46:27.52\00:46:30.02 WALKED AWAY FROM THE LORD. FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. 00:46:30.02\00:46:35.26 I MEAN, I JUST TURNED MY BACK AND SAID, FORGET IT. 00:46:35.26\00:46:39.73 AND HE CHASED ME DOWN. HE CHASED ME DOWN. 00:46:39.73\00:46:44.53 PRAY FOR THE LORD, HE NEVER GAVE UP ON ME. 00:46:44.53\00:46:48.34 >> I DISCOVERED I MAY RUN FROM HIM BUT HE'S ALREADY AT THE 00:46:48.34\00:46:53.14 DESTINATION WAITING FOR ME. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEALING 00:46:53.14\00:46:58.48 WITH LIFE'S PAINS AND THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE TO NIGHT YOU 00:46:58.48\00:47:02.72 MAY BE FEELING YOU'RE SO MAD AT GOD AND YOU'RE AFRAID TO ADMIT 00:47:02.72\00:47:09.29 IT. WE HAD A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO CALLED 00:47:09.29\00:47:10.93 AND TALKED WITH MY HUSBAND AND BLESS HER HEART SHE WAS MAD AT 00:47:10.93\00:47:14.73 GOD AND SHE JUST -- IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS SHE DIDN'T KNOW 00:47:14.73\00:47:18.93 WHO TO TELL SO SHE CALLED THE PRAYER LINE AND SHE WORKED IT 00:47:18.93\00:47:22.24 OUT. BUT IT'S OKAY TO BE REAL WITH 00:47:22.24\00:47:25.14 GOD. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE 00:47:25.14\00:47:27.08 TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME MORE. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT 20 YEARS 00:47:27.08\00:47:33.31 AGO NOW HELEN AND I WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PHASES 00:47:33.31\00:47:39.52 OF OUR WHOLE LIFE. I LOST EVERYTHING AND IN THE 00:47:39.52\00:47:44.46 MIDST OF THAT I HAD CANCER. A 00:47:44.46\00:47:51.87 BUT IT WAS IN THAT TIME -- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PAIN. 00:47:51.87\00:47:54.77 PAINFUL TIMES THAT WE GO THROUGH. 00:47:54.77\00:47:59.94 YOU GO THROUGH THAT FURNACE BUT THAT'S THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT 00:47:59.94\00:48:04.98 GOD FINDS YOU IN THE FURNACE AND IT'S WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT -- AND 00:48:04.98\00:48:10.52 HELEN AND I BOTH SAID THIS, WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE 00:48:10.52\00:48:14.12 WENT TRUE EVER AGAIN THOSE HARD TIMES, THOSE PAINFUL TIMES WHERE 00:48:14.12\00:48:17.96 YOU LOSE EVERYTHING YOU AND HAVE TO START OVER. 00:48:17.96\00:48:20.46 YOU HAVE TO REINVENT YOURSELF AT 45 YEARS OLD. 00:48:20.46\00:48:23.20 I HAVE TO REINVENT WHO YOU ARE AND COME TO A WHOLE OTHER 00:48:23.20\00:48:32.21 IDENTIFYING OF YOURSELF. BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE WHAT WE 00:48:32.21\00:48:34.68 WENT THROUGH FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT GOT 00:48:34.68\00:48:37.91 EFFECTED ON THE INSIDE OF US. SO, PAINFUL TIMES ARE HARD AND 00:48:37.91\00:48:43.62 NOBODY WANTS TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT USE THEM TO GIVE YOURSELF TO 00:48:43.62\00:48:48.79 GOD TO ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT WORK WITHIN YOU BECAUSE YOU'LL GET TO 00:48:48.79\00:48:55.93 THE OTHER SIDE. WE PARTICULARLY AS STRONG AND 00:48:55.93\00:49:00.17 GODLY WOMEN WE CAN MAKE THESE STATEMENTS LIKE, IF YOU FAINT IN 00:49:00.17\00:49:03.10 THE DAY OF ADVERSITY YOUR STRENGTH IS SMALL. 00:49:03.10\00:49:08.91 IF YOU FEIGN IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY YOUR STRENGTH IS 00:49:08.91\00:49:12.31 SMALL. I WROTE BY THAT SCRIPTURE IN 00:49:12.31\00:49:15.38 1986 I WILL NEVER FAINT. BECAUSE I AM STRONG IN THE LORD 00:49:15.38\00:49:18.49 AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WOULD OR 00:49:18.49\00:49:22.42 NOT. I HAD NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANY 00:49:22.42\00:49:24.39 ADVERSITY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN'T SAY 00:49:24.39\00:49:26.86 THAT TODAY. GOD TAKES YOU THROUGH SOME 00:49:26.86\00:49:29.36 ADVERSITY SKPIT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THIS SIDE OF 00:49:29.36\00:49:35.97 ADVERSITY BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE ADVERSITY AND THE 00:49:35.97\00:49:38.51 TESTIMONY YOU HAVE WHEN YOU GET ON THE OTHER SIDE. 00:49:38.51\00:49:46.75 WE'RE TO BE CON FORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST. 00:49:46.75\00:49:49.12 >> YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DIDN'T FEEL THAT GOD LOVED 00:49:49.12\00:49:52.55 YOU AND I WAS -- I EXPERIENCED MUCH OF THE SAME THING WE WAS 00:49:52.55\00:49:56.69 GOING THROUGH THAT, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING 00:49:56.69\00:49:59.73 TONIGHT WHO ARE SAYING I DON'T BUY THIS WHOLE PICTURE OF A 00:49:59.73\00:50:03.50 LOVING GOD AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE HE LOVES ME OR GOD CAN'T 00:50:03.50\00:50:08.47 IDENTIFY ME. I'VE BEEN RAPED OR SEXUALLY 00:50:08.47\00:50:11.27 ABUSED OR THIS OR THAT. I WANT TO READ TWO SCRIPTURES TO 00:50:11.27\00:50:14.98 YOU BECAUSE IT IS -- THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT JESUS. 00:50:14.98\00:50:19.68 IN HEBREWS 217 AND 18. THEREFORE IT ALL THINGS HE HAD 00:50:19.68\00:50:25.02 TO BE MADE LIKE HIS BRETHREN AND THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL HIGH 00:50:25.02\00:50:34.63 PRIEST FOR IN THAT HE HIMSELF HAS SUFFERED BEING TEMPTED IS 00:50:34.63\00:50:41.47 ABLE TO AID THOSE WHO ARE TEMPTED. 00:50:41.47\00:50:44.54 THEN IN HEBREWS 4, 14 AND 16 C 00:50:44.54\00:50:48.18 CARRYING ON THE SAME THOUGHT. SEEING THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH 00:50:48.18\00:50:51.61 PRIEST WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS JESUS, THE SON OF 00:50:51.61\00:50:56.95 GOD, LET US HOLD FAST OUR CONFESSION FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A 00:50:56.95\00:51:00.86 HIGH PRIEST WHO CANNOT SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES 00:51:00.86\00:51:05.83 BUT AT ALL POINTS TEMPTED AS WE ARE. 00:51:05.83\00:51:12.30 THEREFORE LET US COME FULLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE THAT WE MAY 00:51:12.30\00:51:16.20 FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. 00:51:16.20\00:51:22.58 CHRIST WASN'T JUST CRUCIFIED FOR US. 00:51:22.58\00:51:25.68 HE SUFFERED IN THE GARDEN AND WENT THROUGH TRIALS WHERE PEOPLE 00:51:25.68\00:51:31.02 WERE LYING -- NOW, HE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SAYING WE'RE 00:51:31.02\00:51:37.46 GETTING THE JESUS TREATMENT HERE. BUT PEOPLE -- HE WENT 00:51:37.46\00:51:42.13 THROUGH EVERY POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD YOU THINK OF AND YOU 00:51:42.13\00:51:45.93 THINK ABOUT TEMPTATION. IF WE'RE EVER TEMPTED TO COME 00:51:45.93\00:51:48.37 OFF THE WALL AND TRY TO FIGHT THE BATTLE FOR OUR SELF THINK 00:51:48.37\00:51:56.44 ABOUT HOW TEMPTED JESUS WOULD HAVE BEEN. 00:51:56.44\00:51:58.08 IF SOMEBODY WAS LYING ABOUT HIM ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS TURN AND 00:51:58.08\00:52:01.88 LOOK AT HIM AND GIVE HIM A NOD AND FIRE FROM HEAVEN COULD HAVE 00:52:01.88\00:52:06.76 COME DOWN AND ELIMINATE HIM. HIS TEMPTATION WAS SO MUCH 00:52:06.76\00:52:10.26 GREATER THAN OURS, BUT THEN HE WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSED. 00:52:10.26\00:52:14.13 HE WAS BEATEN SO THE POINT I'M MAKING, HE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE 00:52:14.13\00:52:20.04 PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH, CHRIST IDENTIFIES WITH 00:52:20.04\00:52:24.97 THAT. AND HE UNDERSTANDS. 00:52:24.97\00:52:26.64 HE IS A SYMPATHETIC HIGH PRIEST. NOW, THE CONTROL ROOM, I KNOWO 00:52:26.64\00:52:31.31 YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING REAL QUICK. 00:52:31.31\00:52:32.98 BEFORE YOU DO, THE CONTROL ROOM JUST TOLD ME WE NEED TO TALK 00:52:32.98\00:52:37.95 ABOUT YOUR ADDRESS ROLE BECAUSE YOU MAY BE THINKING -- OH AND I 00:52:37.95\00:52:41.36 WANT TO SAY THIS TOO, THAT WOMEN'S MINISTRIES HAS SO MANY 00:52:41.36\00:52:48.03 WONDERFUL RESOURCES. SO WHEN WE COME -- TELL US 00:52:48.03\00:52:51.10 QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO 0 YOUR ADDRESS ROLE. 00:52:51.10\00:52:53.13 TELL US WHAT SOME OF THE RESOURCES ARE. 00:52:53.13\00:52:56.04 >> WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE SIX ISSUES WE HAVE INFORMATION 00:52:56.04\00:53:01.51 FOR YOU ON EACH OF THE ISSUES. THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN CALL 00:53:01.51\00:53:04.25 OUR OFFICE AND WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU. 00:53:04.25\00:53:07.02 BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS INFORM WOMEN 00:53:07.02\00:53:11.29 AND EDUCATE OUR WOMEN. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY, HELP 00:53:11.29\00:53:14.49 SOMEONE WHO IS POOR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:53:14.49\00:53:16.56 HOW DO I DEAL WITH THAT AND WHAT DO I SAY? 00:53:16.56\00:53:19.36 WE'VE GOT TRAINING RESOURCES AS WELL AS WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES 00:53:19.36\00:53:24.03 THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR CHURCH TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF 00:53:24.03\00:53:28.34 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE AREAS OF PAIN AND HURT THAT PEOPLE ARE 00:53:28.34\00:53:32.14 DEALING WITH AND WE KEEP CREATING MORE AND MORE EVERY 00:53:32.14\00:53:36.01 MONTH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL 00:53:36.01\00:53:37.45 THAT YOU CAN GET FROM US. >> YOU HAD THAT -- WHAT WAS 00:53:37.45\00:53:42.15 IT -- FEELING-- >> THINKING WELL AND LIVING 00:53:42.15\00:53:44.65 WELL. THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEWEST ONES, 00:53:44.65\00:53:47.76 YES. >> YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE ARE 00:53:47.76\00:53:49.06 GOING TO BE COMING OUT. >> WE'RE GOING TO PUT 00:53:49.06\00:53:55.86 HEATHER-DAWN'S ADDRESS UP. IF YOU LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH OR 00:53:55.86\00:54:00.20 PERHAPS HAVE HER COME TO YOUR CHURCH AND SPEAK. 00:54:00.20\00:54:02.97 THE ADDRESS IS WOMEN'S MINISTRIES GENERAL CONFERENCE, 00:54:02.97\00:54:12.38 12501 OLD COLUMBIA PIKE ROAD, SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND, 20904. 00:54:12.38\00:54:19.79 AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS 301-680-6608. 00:54:19.79\00:54:28.23 AND THE ADDRESS OR THE WEBSITE ADDRESS IS ADVENTISTWOMENS 00:54:28.23\00:54:37.21 MINISTRIES.ORG. T 00:54:37.21\00:54:40.41 SO YOU WANT TO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE FOR ALL THESE 00:54:40.41\00:54:45.61 WONDERFUL RESOURCES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THEY HAVE THINGS 00:54:45.61\00:54:48.65 ON THERE YOU WERE EXPLAINING TO ME EARLIER WHERE PEOPLE -- IT'S 00:54:48.65\00:54:51.82 NOT JUST IF YOU CAN'T FIND A GROUP TO DO THIS WITH, YOU'VE 00:54:51.82\00:54:55.72 GOT THINGS THAT ACTUALLY PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH ON YOUR OWN AT 00:54:55.72\00:54:59.53 HOME. >> SO EVEN IF YOUR CHURCH THERE 00:54:59.53\00:55:01.36 IS NO WOMEN'S MINISTRIES YOU CAN GET THE MATERIALS FROM THE 00:55:01.36\00:55:05.77 WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE SEMINAR AND THE HAND 00:55:05.77\00:55:12.54 SKWROUTS ON YOUR OWN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF. 00:55:12.54\00:55:14.38 WHEN WOMEN ARE EDUCATED THESE AREAS, THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO DO 00:55:14.38\00:55:19.95 SOMETHING. >> AMEN. 00:55:19.95\00:55:21.05 WE'VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT. W 00:55:21.05\00:55:25.59 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER. IT'S KEEP AT YOUR WORK. 00:55:25.59\00:55:31.56 IT WAS ON HMS RICHARDS WALL. IT JUST ENCOURAGES US NOT TO 00:55:31.56\00:55:36.93 GIVE IN TO SATAN'S INFLUENCES IN OUR LIVES BUT TO STAY AT THE 00:55:36.93\00:55:40.97 WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO. 00:55:40.97\00:55:43.61 SO, GET THIS. FRAME IT. 00:55:43.61\00:55:45.54 PUT IT ON YOUR WALL AND READ IT EVERY TIME YOU GET DISCOURAGED. 00:55:45.54\00:55:49.18 IT WILL HELP YOU. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:55:49.18\00:55:57.49 618-627-4651 OR E-MAIL US AT F I 00:55:57.49\00:56:02.96 LOVE YOU MY SISTER. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LIKE IS 00:56:02.96\00:56:06.56 BECAUSE WE'RE SISTERS. WE'RE FROM THE SAME FAMILY. 00:56:06.56\00:56:11.10 WE'RE BOTH SIX FEET TALL. >> ONE INCH SHY. 00:56:11.10\00:56:14.34 >> YOU'RE 5'11" AND I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN YOU. 00:56:14.34\00:56:18.84 BUT WE ARE SISTER. MOLLIE? 00:56:18.84\00:56:21.18 >> YES, WE ARE. >> MOLLIE, THEY USED TO THINK 00:56:21.18\00:56:24.31 MOLLIE WAS TALL UNTIL I GOT HERE. [LAUGHTER] 00:56:24.31\00:56:26.15 >> I WAS THE TALLEST ONE UNTIL SHE CAME ALONG. 00:56:26.15\00:56:31.25 >> WELL, OUR TIME HAS ALL GONE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN AND I 00:56:31.25\00:56:34.76 HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS TIME WITH US AS WELL. 00:56:34.76\00:56:38.03 WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE SPENT SINCE 2005 AS 00:56:38.03\00:56:48.30 WOMEN'S MINISTRIES DIRECTOR AND JUST RE-ELECTED AGAIN. 00:56:48.30\00:56:50.94 SO WE EXPECT THE LORD IS GOING TO USE YOU AGAIN IN A MIGHTY 00:56:50.94\00:56:55.58 WAY. AND FOR MOLLIE AND ME AND FOR 00:56:55.58\00:56:57.88 EVERYONE AT 3ABN OUR PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT THE GRACE OF OUR 00:56:57.88\00:57:02.78 LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF 00:57:02.78\00:57:09.16 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH YOU TONIGHT AND ALWAYS. 00:57:09.16\00:57:14.86