Amen, we are
back. And we are getting
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some answers to our
homework assignment,
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thank you so very, very much.
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We've got one, the
person didn't give us
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their name and they
are saying a miracle
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is a thing that is
impossible for a man
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to do only God can perform.
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I think that's pretty good.
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Now, you didn't
plan on doing this,
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but you got to, you
got to tell this story.
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You said that when
you told your story
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of the glass, your
father told you a story, yes.
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Recap that story please.
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Well he was
selling books, canvassing.
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That was against the law.
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And they would
catch you, you would go to
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prison for the rest
of your life probably.
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And he was
avoiding main roads and
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he together with his
friend Benjamin took,
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they would go by the
road through the forest
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and they took
instead of the main bridge
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that the police
could catch them because
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people from the
previous village.
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Some of them
would say hey there are
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some people
selling religious books.
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So they would
have to stay away from
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the road in order
to avoid the police.
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So they took a
different bridge that was old,
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narrow, over a
gorge, pretty deep,
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rocks, water down.
And the bridge had pieces
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of wood boards
that were, some of
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them missing,
some of them rotten.
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So just rotten.
Now some of the boards
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are just not
there they're gone, yes.
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Totally missing, totally gone,
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so you have to be
very careful how you step.
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And it was evening
as they were talking,
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Benjamin that was
walking behind my father
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and going slow
called him and said Powell,
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don't move. So my father stopped
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and looked back what is it?
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And he said look
down. And he had,
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there were like
two meters of nothing.
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The boards are
all gone; the decks
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were gone, yeah.
The boards were gone.
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And it was like he
stepped one foot on
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air the other one
on air and now it was
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one foot on wood
still the foot behind was
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still on air. And
he told me that story,
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he said probably
God said His angels to
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put their palm
and hold my foot so
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I won't be hurt.
He said the same God
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put His angels to
hold the glass for,
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hold that glass
for you. Wow! Powerful,
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powerful, powerful stories, yes.
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So this idea of
God standing up for
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and showing
Himself powerful in your
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family is, it was
not a new thing with you,
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there was some
history with that.
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But you went to the
army and we're gonna
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do some of the
stuff in just a moment
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but you ran in
some problems with army
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service also.
Absolutely. Yeah, yeah there are
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many of them, one
of them I remember
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asking God to
wake me up early in the
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morning so I would
have enough time to pray.
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I didn't want to start
the day without prayer.
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And sure I didn't have a Bible,
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but my
girlfriend that is my wife.
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She would send me
letters and she would
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write paragraphs from
the spirit of prophecy
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Bible verses and
words of encouragement.
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And I would pray
and God would wake me
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up early in the
morning like 5:00, 4:30
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and I would stay
under the blanket
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because I didn't
want anybody to see me
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and with a small
flashlight I would
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read and pray,
read and pray and spend
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some time with God.
And then I would slowly
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under the blanket
get dressed, slow,
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when the trumpet would
call soldiers to wake up.
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We would have
just a short, extremely
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short time to get
dressed and be in front
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of the garrison
in the front yard.
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I would always be the first one
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because I was already dressed.
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Well I remember one
specific time I prayed
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and said God please
wake me up early enough
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so I can start the day with you.
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And God woke me up at 2:30.
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And I said come
on, this is too early.
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And I wanted to
go back to sleep and
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God spoke in mind and
said didn't you ask me
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to wake you up.
So I said okay then
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I'm gonna pray,
study and get the dressed.
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And they got the
rest then I wanted to
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go back to sleep
when the trumpet started
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to sound and they
had a drill, it was like
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a war alarm. Yes. It
was just a drill you know.
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And everybody was
sleepy; most of them
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got punished for
being late. I was the first
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one there. And,
so they asked me what
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type of reward you
want. A picture with
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a flag, a few days at home,
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what do you
prefer? And so I took two
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days at home.
Then a different time
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we were in, there
were floods so they
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called the army to
go and pick up the corn
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because the corn
was in the water.
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I remember that
story, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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And I would wake
up early everyday and
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they didn't have a
clock, an alarm clock.
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So the lieutenant
asked one soldier to wake
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everybody up, he
slept longer than anybody
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else so then the other one.
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And then one of the soldiers,
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his name was Adrian,
he told the lieutenant
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Goia wakes up
early because I ask him,
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he said God is
waking him up to pray.
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So if you want
somebody to wake us up,
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Goia can wake us
up. So the lieutenant
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said Goia, can you
wake us up tomorrow?
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I said yeah, what
time? 5:30. I said okay.
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How do you wake
up? And I said well,
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I'm praying and God wakes me up.
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He asked, does He talk to you or
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He would move your shoulder,
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how does he do
it? And I say well,
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you pray and you will see how.
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And I remember I
would wake them up everyday
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and I told the
lieutenant, everyday I worked
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and some of the
soldiers would get drunk
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and some of them would not work.
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And he would come
and check and he would
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find that on the row
that I'm on the corn is
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picked up faithfully.
And he would give me as
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an example everyday;
you see how he works,
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you got to work the same.
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Well Friday, I went to
him and I said tomorrow
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I cannot work; it's
my day I worship God.
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Go away; there is
no God in this country.
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I said I'm not
gonna work. Yes, you will.
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I'm not gonna
work. Yes, you will.
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Now you are in the service now,
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this is not like
before, you are under military
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orders. You are under order;
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you don't say
no, you say yes sir.
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Yes sir. And I said
I'm sorry, I've been
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obeying and
respectful and do whatever
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you say but tomorrow
is God's day and that
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is above you. So
tomorrow I can't work.
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He said, you will.
I said respectfully
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but I will not. He
said you go to prison.
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I said I will. I
would rather go to prison.
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He said are you
crazy. I said well,
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I don't know if
I'm crazy or not.
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But I said I want you
to know I will not work.
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He smiled and he
said, if I let you not work
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I can loose my
job and my freedom.
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And I said well if
you let me not work the
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God that is
gonna take care of me,
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is gonna take care of you too.
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And he looked to
me, he called me aside
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and he said don't tell anybody,
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I'm not gonna let
you not work tomorrow.
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I hope that your
God is gonna take care
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of me and my
family. And then he asked
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me to pray for
him that was his name
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was Barbulesco.
Well after a month, no,
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after two weeks,
sorry, he was called back
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to the garrison and the
new one that was Vulpoi,
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that in English
means fox, he was sent.
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That guy was a mean-guy.
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There was a
tough guy. Tough guy.
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Yeah, yeah. He
didn't care for soldiers,
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he cared just for
himself. He called us names,
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he would not even
care if we worked,
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he would make
our life miserable.
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He didn't see that I
work, but when I went
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to him Friday and
said I don't work tomorrow,
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he said. I said you
know I worked everyday,
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he said I don't
care that you worked.
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You work
tomorrow and if you work
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or not you go in
between the corn like
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everybody else.
I said I will not.
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Yes, you will and
I'm gonna make you go,
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and if you go to
prison I'm gonna make sure
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you have a
miserable life that in prison
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you work, if not I
will beat you to death
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until you work. And
he said I'm gonna make
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sure that you do
that. He called me names,
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he cursed me.
He took; I remember
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an apple and threw
after me and I said,
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I said I'm not gonna
work, get out, get away,
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he didn't even wanna talk to me.
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I prayed the whole
night. And I remember
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I had in my mind
that I would have to
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make a decision. I
go to prison or I work.
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And I asked God for strength,
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it was not easy.
And I made up my mind
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that I'm not gonna work. Yeah.
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So Saturday morning
I went to him during
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the breakfast. And I
told him, I said I wanna
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talk to you. Get
out. I said, regardless if
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you listen or
not I'm gonna say it.
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You will ruin my
life I will go to prison.
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But even if you
put your gun I said in
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my head and you
shoot me, I will not
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work because I love
God more than my life.
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And he said you are
crazy. And I said probably,
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but I said you are
going to ruin somebody's life.
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And I said I will not
work. And I said may God
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be with me. Wow! And
he said you are crazy,
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aren't you? You are
serious, aren't you?
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I said yes I am. Excuse me.
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So you are
willing to go to prison.
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I said yes I am. What
am I gonna do with you.
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Now I need to
just stop you and say,
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when you talk about
prison in Romania in
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communist times
you're not talking about
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lounge chair
watching TV sitting back.
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You know some of
our prisons here in the
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States can be
having been in a prison is
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rough life. But
depending on where you go,
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you're talking
about real prison,
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this is not, no
cakewalk, you are talking
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about tough
times. I have friends and
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relatives that went to
prison for having Bibles,
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yes. And they
would be beaten everyday,
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everyday. And
they stayed in prison
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until revolution. And
they have friends that
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went to prison for
not working Sabbath during
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the army, they stayed
in prison 7, 10, 11 years,
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beaten extremely,
extremely difficult life.
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Yes. My cousin was
in prison he lost weight
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that you will not recognize him.
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He would wish to
die. He would tell you the
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stories you will not
even believe. So, basically.
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You knew that's
what was waiting for you,
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I mean that's there
was no, if, and or but.
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That's what it was
gonna be. Yes. Yeah.
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So he said you are
serious? I said, yes I am.
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And he called me to
come; it was something
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like a kitchen,
not the cafeteria where
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everybody was eating.
Yeah. And he said listen,
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tomorrow you will
not work but you will do
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what I am asking you to do.
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So I am gonna, I
said hey don't ask me
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to work because
I'm not gonna work and
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he said listen, if I
let you not work the others
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are gonna tell on
me and I lose my job
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and my freedom.
I'm more not gonna do
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that for you. But
he said I'm gonna find
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a way that they
don't know and when
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I call on you
tomorrow you better answer.
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Well I said, can
I trust you because
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I knew he didn't
care for anybody and
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you could not count
on his word, he didn't
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have a word. And
he called me names
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and he said get away
if you don't trust me
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then I don't even talk to you.
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I said well it's not
that I don't trust you
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but I tell you
don't ask me to work
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because I will not work.
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Saturday morning
he asked every soldier
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to take one row
of corn. And then he
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asked me the last one so I did.
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I stood up
right in front of the,
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in line like
everybody else. Now he said
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soldiers go ahead
straight forward start
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picking corn. And
he was waiting to see
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what I do. And
everybody in line,
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everybody started to
walk straight towards
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the corn to start
working. I didn't move.
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I stood still. And
then he looked to me
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and after a few
seconds he said Goia
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come back, I
want you to come here
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and start a fire
for me, I'm cold.
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Pick up the wood
and start a fire.
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Turn around, I
went to him I said
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I'm not gonna
start a fire for you.
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But by this time
soldiers were already
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entering between the
rows in the corn field.
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He said, he called me
names and then he said,
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okay so what are
you gonna do now.
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If you stay here they
see that you don't work.
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Go. He said to me
this very words, evaporate,
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disappear, I don't want
to see you, come tonight.
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So I walked into
the forest, walked until
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to the next village
and I asked where is the
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Adventist Church and
I went to the church.
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Wow! After the
church some church members
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took me home and
gave me good food
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and after sunset
after having prayer
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and everything
went back to the forest.
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And he said, so
how was your day.
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I said it was great.
And I said if you talk
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something I will
make your life miserable,
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don't tell anybody anything.
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So the soldiers who come to me,
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so he called you
back, yes he did.
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What did he ask to do? I said,
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well I can not tell
you. Wow! Was he bad?
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I said well, I can
not tell you. I mean they
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never knew. And they never knew.
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Same second Sabbath however the,
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after a month of
corn we went back to
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the garrison for instruction.
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And it was a
different one that was in the
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communist party,
Tufano was his name.
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He was a
mean-man, he was shameless,
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Godless and almost
like demon possessed.
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He was extremely, extremely bad.
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He came to me and
said I know who you
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are I know what you
do I know what you talk,
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I know what you eat at home,
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I know every
second of your life,
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I know what you
talk in the house.
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And he said I'll
make you eat pork,
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I'll make you
drink, I'll make you work
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Saturdays, I'll
make you curse God,
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if not I'll
terminate your life not just
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your freedom,
I'll make sure that
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you don't live
here. Isn't it interesting
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how the Lord
allowed you to go over
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this ground again
and again and again?
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And how the devil put
extremely belligerent,
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mean-spirited, anti-
God people in your path
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and yet God proved
himself faithful every time.
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And when you read
the book you almost
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can't wait to get
through one miracle,
00:14:50.41\00:14:52.23
one story to get to
the next one because
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there was just
consistent, God showing
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himself powerful
each and every time,
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so you go from one bad
guy to a worse bad guy,
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now to a worse bad
guy. So walk us through
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that story. I
remember my father saying the
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greater the challenge
the greater the miracle,
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yes, as long as
you are in God's hands.
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Now this guy called me to.
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Meanwhile some things happened,
00:15:19.95\00:15:21.95
meanwhile soldiers
used to steal from the
00:15:21.98\00:15:24.58
storage room
compasses, shoes, tools and sell
00:15:24.61\00:15:30.90
them to buy
alcohol. And they would ask
00:15:30.93\00:15:34.08
these soldiers
to guard, to protect
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and he himself
would steal and then they
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will ask a
different one. Eventually my
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friend Adrian
went to them and said
00:15:41.84\00:15:43.76
if it was Goia
nothing is gonna disappear,
00:15:43.79\00:15:45.92
this guy is
honest. So they asked me to
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oversee the
storage room. And when the
00:15:47.79\00:15:50.73
soldiers would
come for fresh socks
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I would say you
bring back the ones that
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you stole in the
morning and I give
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you new ones. So
things started to come back
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and nothing disappeared anymore.
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And then something happened,
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the driveway was
broken, it was paved
00:16:03.28\00:16:07.30
with nice stones like square.
00:16:07.33\00:16:11.17
I don't know how to
call them, very nice,
00:16:11.20\00:16:13.36
you've seen in all
cities. Oh that cobblestones.
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Yes, yes, yes,
yes. They didn't know
00:16:15.35\00:16:18.00
how to fix it, and
I fixed the drive way.
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And then I remember the museum,
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it was a very old
garrison, built in 1500s
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by one of the
Kings, way hundreds of
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years before. So
Alexander John Cuza
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was the name of the garrison.
00:16:33.13\00:16:35.84
So they asked
somebody to fix the museum
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and they didn't
know. So I did it,
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and all the old
weapons and swords and things,
00:16:41.37\00:16:44.56
I covered them in
glass made kind of
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boxes of glass. Covered
all the old inscriptions
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and just, by God's
grace I made it beautiful.
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And then the thing
that holds the curtains over
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the commander, the
chief of the whole garrison
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over the door that
broken almost fell on
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onto his head and
almost hit him you know.
00:17:04.29\00:17:07.38
So nobody knew how
to fix it and I did it.
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So there were
several things that happened
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that God used me to
help them, you know.
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So eventually one
Sabbath during some
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Sabbaths I would
hide in the bathroom,
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during some
Sabbaths I would find a way
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to escape. But one
Sabbath he specifically
00:17:27.64\00:17:30.27
called me and then put
me in front of the other
00:17:30.30\00:17:34.11
soldiers and
ordered me to dig a hole
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in the ground.
And I talked to him
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and I said
listen I will not do it,
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please don't ask
me to do it because
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if you would ask me
privately it would be
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a punishment but
if you would order me
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in front of the
whole company, we call it.
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Yes. That would be
a lot worse punishment
00:17:51.96\00:17:56.33
to disregard his
command. And so he said
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I'm gonna get you
in front of everybody,
00:18:02.43\00:18:04.38
make you do it if not
I'm gonna get the most
00:18:04.41\00:18:06.50
difficult, the
hardest punishment for you.
00:18:06.53\00:18:08.80
And see, so he
asked me to step forward
00:18:08.83\00:18:11.65
and to dig a hole
in the ground and hide
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from enemy.
There was no enemy but
00:18:13.78\00:18:17.50
it was an order.
And instead of when
00:18:17.53\00:18:20.31
he said that I should
dig a hole in the ground,
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I didn't move. So
he ordered me again
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and I didn't move.
He ordered me again
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he started to
lose his temper, and he
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started to scream
and to get foam at
00:18:32.60\00:18:34.37
his mouth. He's
angry. Extremely. Yes.
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Extreme anger. And
he screamed and he said
00:18:38.61\00:18:42.90
you disobey and
disregarded in front
00:18:42.93\00:18:45.01
of the other
soldiers, I'll make you pay for
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it and screaming
he left us there.
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He called all the
officers of the garrison.
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He proposed
maximum punishment during
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the order to be
the capital punishment,
00:18:57.69\00:18:59.36
however during
the peace would be
00:18:59.39\00:19:01.51
7 to 14 years
prison. They would just shoot
00:19:01.54\00:19:04.24
you on the spot in
war time; you disobey
00:19:04.27\00:19:06.26
an order, yeah,
yeah but now is prison.
00:19:06.29\00:19:08.86
So I left the
training field went to the
00:19:08.89\00:19:14.63
storage room,
locked myself inside.
00:19:14.66\00:19:18.65
And started to pray
and in the beginning
00:19:18.68\00:19:21.26
I was asking God
for help to protect me.
00:19:21.29\00:19:24.01
But as I was
praying it came to my mind
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that God should be the priority,
00:19:27.15\00:19:29.41
God's honor, God's
name and that I should
00:19:29.44\00:19:32.38
ask that
whatever happens just that
00:19:32.41\00:19:34.47
he would give me
strength and peace and faith.
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Amen. So I was
praying for faith and there
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I was praying He gave me peace.
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Praise God. I
remember I started to read
00:19:43.39\00:19:45.69
paragraphs that
my girlfriend send me
00:19:45.72\00:19:48.11
and started to
sing songs. And as I was
00:19:48.14\00:19:52.95
praying somebody
knocks in the door.
00:19:52.98\00:19:55.37
It was a sergeant; his
name was Chuchu Vassili.
00:19:55.40\00:19:58.64
No I'm sorry,
Chuchu Marian. I'm, it's a
00:19:58.67\00:20:02.59
long time since,
yes. He was a short guy,
00:20:02.62\00:20:05.81
funny guy. So I
opened the door and
00:20:05.84\00:20:08.62
he said Pavel, I want
you to be honest with me.
00:20:08.65\00:20:12.69
He said I'm honest with you.
00:20:12.72\00:20:14.33
Do you know General
Wilkes? I said I don't
00:20:14.36\00:20:18.06
the general. He was
one of the generals of
00:20:18.09\00:20:20.38
the four armies of Romania.
00:20:20.41\00:20:22.12
It was extremely big.
And the general happened
00:20:22.15\00:20:27.32
that he came
without announcing to check,
00:20:27.35\00:20:31.57
to inspect our garrison.
When he came to inspect
00:20:31.60\00:20:35.62
he visited the
museum and he noticed
00:20:35.65\00:20:37.62
that it's all covered
in glass. And he visited
00:20:37.65\00:20:40.52
that and that and that and that.
00:20:40.55\00:20:42.23
Well all the work you
have done all the time
00:20:42.26\00:20:43.90
the general was
seeing all of this stuff.
00:20:43.93\00:20:45.53
But I didn't know.
Yes, and this is one of
00:20:45.56\00:20:47.00
top guys in the country
not just your little unit.
00:20:47.03\00:20:49.74
One of the four big
guys in the country,
00:20:49.77\00:20:52.00
in the whole country,
okay. And then they had
00:20:52.03\00:20:55.01
a meeting and so
the sergeant says to me
00:20:55.04\00:20:58.41
you sure you
don't know the general.
00:20:58.44\00:20:59.87
No. You don't know
anybody in the central
00:20:59.90\00:21:02.01
committee, the
communist party. Yeah.
00:21:02.04\00:21:03.83
I said no. you
don't know anybody there?
00:21:03.86\00:21:05.44
No. Says wow. I said
why? And he says this
00:21:05.47\00:21:08.60
is what happened.
The general came from
00:21:08.63\00:21:11.25
Bucharest to
inspect the garrison.
00:21:11.28\00:21:13.17
And they wanted,
they said we have an
00:21:13.20\00:21:16.32
emergency meeting,
we have to punish a guy.
00:21:16.35\00:21:18.57
I said well before
you that, let's first get
00:21:18.60\00:21:21.46
down with the inspection. Yes.
00:21:21.49\00:21:23.07
And he said I
notice that you did that.
00:21:23.10\00:21:25.33
Who did the museum
when they said oh Goia.
00:21:25.36\00:21:27.67
I noticed that
you got the drive way,
00:21:27.70\00:21:30.41
who did the drive way, Goia.
00:21:30.44\00:21:32.36
What about the storage room?
00:21:32.39\00:21:33.92
It's clean and in order
and before older shovels
00:21:33.95\00:21:36.84
were dirty but I
know they were clean and,
00:21:36.87\00:21:38.58
who did it? Goia,
Goia. After they talked about
00:21:38.61\00:21:43.73
everything he says
okay who is the guy
00:21:43.76\00:21:45.69
that you wanna punish.
And they said this Goia,
00:21:45.72\00:21:48.00
Goia. And he said
why would you punish him,
00:21:48.03\00:21:51.52
what did he do?
Fighting, getting drunk,
00:21:51.55\00:21:54.83
he is against the
country, against the
00:21:54.86\00:21:56.37
communist party
and they said no.
00:21:56.40\00:21:57.96
He doesn't get
involved in politics.
00:21:57.99\00:21:59.95
It is just that, he
doesn't work Saturdays.
00:21:59.98\00:22:03.18
Does he work the
other days? Yeah,
00:22:03.21\00:22:05.54
he works pretty hard everyday.
00:22:05.57\00:22:07.32
Is he honest? Yes he
is. Does he do proselytism,
00:22:07.35\00:22:10.64
propaganda,
religious propaganda? No.
00:22:10.67\00:22:13.43
Then what do you
have against him?
00:22:13.46\00:22:15.68
Don't you wish
that you had everybody
00:22:15.71\00:22:17.62
like him; if he is
ready to die for his God,
00:22:17.65\00:22:19.76
don't you think
that he would be ready
00:22:19.79\00:22:21.35
to die for his
country too? These are the
00:22:21.38\00:22:23.58
people that never betray us.
00:22:23.61\00:22:25.38
We wish we would
have more people like him,
00:22:25.41\00:22:27.58
yes. And he said you
touch him, you lose your
00:22:27.61\00:22:30.88
jobs. You touch
him you go against him.
00:22:30.91\00:22:33.50
He said don't
touch this guy, alright.
00:22:33.53\00:22:36.54
So the sergeant said,
so you don't know him,
00:22:36.57\00:22:39.84
I said No I don't.
It was hard for me to
00:22:39.87\00:22:41.52
even believe. But
after he left Barbulesco,
00:22:41.55\00:22:45.08
the guy that was
in the first two weeks
00:22:45.11\00:22:46.70
at corn field. Yes.
He came and says Pavel,
00:22:46.73\00:22:50.32
do you know the
general? I said no,
00:22:50.35\00:22:52.18
I don't know him. You don't lie,
00:22:52.21\00:22:54.13
you cannot lie,
you are an Adventist.
00:22:54.16\00:22:55.60
I said no I don't know.
He told me the same story.
00:22:55.63\00:22:58.94
So basically after
that lieutenants and others
00:22:58.97\00:23:04.10
and captains would
come to me and say,
00:23:04.13\00:23:05.85
hey Pavel, don't you
want to go to church?
00:23:05.88\00:23:09.85
Yes, I want. You are free to go.
00:23:09.88\00:23:11.43
Don't you want to
go home? Yes, I want.
00:23:11.46\00:23:12.79
You are free to go.
Just call the general
00:23:12.82\00:23:14.56
and tell him that we
take good care of you.
00:23:14.59\00:23:16.59
They didn't believe
that I don't even know,
00:23:16.62\00:23:19.08
know him yes, yes.
So basically from that
00:23:19.11\00:23:21.63
day on I had the best
life among all soldiers
00:23:21.66\00:23:25.65
there. Yes. I ate
good food, I would go out
00:23:25.68\00:23:29.12
anytime I wanted to
go home, anytime go to
00:23:29.15\00:23:31.13
church every
Sabbath. They never asked me
00:23:31.16\00:23:33.05
to work Saturdays
again, they would try
00:23:33.08\00:23:34.82
to protect me, so the
general would be happy.
00:23:34.85\00:23:37.19
That is, God answered
the prayer of Solomon;
00:23:37.22\00:23:39.09
he gave you what
you wanted and what
00:23:39.12\00:23:40.55
you didn't even ask
for. Someone took up your
00:23:40.58\00:23:42.96
cost who you did not even know,
00:23:42.99\00:23:44.62
that's our powerful
God. That is an incredible
00:23:44.65\00:23:46.96
story. I saw that in
the book, one of the great
00:23:46.99\00:23:51.45
miracles in the book.
So, I think we'll stop
00:23:51.48\00:23:54.08
here while we are
catching our breath
00:23:54.11\00:23:56.00
and go to some
music. We've got some more
00:23:56.03\00:23:59.55
of these stories,
they are fabulous and
00:23:59.58\00:24:01.26
I want to command
you just saw the graphic
00:24:01.29\00:24:03.43
of the book. Go to
ABC and get we don't
00:24:03.46\00:24:06.55
push books that much
but this is not just a
00:24:06.58\00:24:09.13
book this is the
working of God in a life and
00:24:09.16\00:24:13.70
it will encourage
you. The Bible does say
00:24:13.73\00:24:15.36
that a good report
makes your bones fat.
00:24:15.39\00:24:17.84
So we are, Pavel, we
are fattening ourselves
00:24:17.87\00:24:20.28
up tonight on some
really wonderful stories.
00:24:20.31\00:24:22.31
Tim Hebbert returns and
this sort of fits in with
00:24:22.34\00:24:27.45
where we're going,
what we're talking about,
00:24:27.48\00:24:29.13
to ask the question, who am I?
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.93
Well we are God's
children and when we
00:24:30.96\00:24:33.92
stand up for him he
does indeed stand up for us.
00:24:33.95\00:24:36.97
Tim Hebbert,
sings now, Who Am I.
00:24:37.00\00:24:39.64
When I think of how
He came so far from glory
00:24:55.90\00:25:09.56
Came and dwell to
among the lowly such as I
00:25:09.59\00:25:25.03
To suffer shame
and such disgrace
00:25:25.06\00:25:32.72
On Mount Calvary take my place
00:25:32.75\00:25:40.01
Then I ask myself
one question, Who am I?
00:25:40.04\00:25:54.17
Who am I that The King
would bleed and die for
00:25:54.20\00:26:08.60
Who am I that He would
pray not my will, thine Lord
00:26:08.63\00:26:23.92
The answer I may never know
00:26:23.95\00:26:31.53
Why He ever loved me so
00:26:31.56\00:26:38.86
But to an old rugged
cross He'd go For who am I?
00:26:38.89\00:26:53.54
When I'm reminded of His
words I'll leave Him never
00:27:00.90\00:27:15.20
Just be true and I'll
give to you new life forever
00:27:15.23\00:27:27.12
and forever Oh I
wonder what I could have done
00:27:27.15\00:27:40.05
To deserve God's only Son
00:27:40.08\00:27:46.82
To fight my battles
until they're won For who am I?
00:27:46.85\00:28:01.23
Who am I that The King
would bleed and die for
00:28:01.26\00:28:16.36
Who am I that He
would pray not my will,
00:28:16.39\00:28:26.40
thine Lord. The
answer I may never know
00:28:26.43\00:28:39.04
Why He ever loved me so
00:28:39.07\00:28:46.12
But to an old rugged
cross He'd go For who am I?
00:28:46.15\00:29:00.69
But to an old rugged
cross He'd go For who am I?
00:29:00.72\00:29:17.85
Well done Tim
Hebbert. Hebbert rather.
00:29:27.39\00:29:30.15
Who am I? Very
powerful question.
00:29:30.18\00:29:32.41
We are children
of the most high God.
00:29:32.44\00:29:34.75
I want to take just
a moment and remind you
00:29:34.78\00:29:36.87
as we are half
way through our second
00:29:36.90\00:29:39.49
hour reach out for life,
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00:29:39.52\00:29:43.73
that will change you forever.
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A number of people,
Janet writes from Trinidad
00:30:20.65\00:30:26.10
that she was in a
coma, brain was bleeding.
00:30:26.13\00:30:28.45
Doctors said 96 percent
chance of brain failure,
00:30:28.48\00:30:32.53
not gonna live, her miracle is,
00:30:32.56\00:30:35.96
basically she's
alive and well. Amen.
00:30:35.99\00:30:39.50
That's a miracle from the Lord.
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.38
Mary, she says a
miracle is out of the ordinary
00:30:41.41\00:30:47.11
or unusual result.
She says some people get
00:30:47.14\00:30:51.87
miracles so that his
purpose, that is God's
00:30:51.90\00:30:54.41
purpose is fulfilled.
Rose answered the same
00:30:54.44\00:30:59.58
question. Miracle
is a divine worker,
00:30:59.61\00:31:01.87
a gift from God. He
knows the results will
00:31:01.90\00:31:07.00
play out for the
best that's why God does
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.77
miracles in
individual's lives. Then Sharon,
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.53
this is a local
from Thompsonville.
00:31:11.56\00:31:13.26
A miracle is
anything, oh I read this before,
00:31:13.29\00:31:15.67
this is that it
happens beyond logic or reason.
00:31:15.70\00:31:18.36
And Betty from Ohio, I
think we looked at before.
00:31:18.39\00:31:21.24
Bessie had a
miracle in her life at a
00:31:21.27\00:31:23.85
clothing center.
Donna from Georgia
00:31:23.88\00:31:26.15
has experienced
miracles in her life.
00:31:26.18\00:31:28.71
Here's another one that
we didn't get a name on.
00:31:28.74\00:31:34.12
Anne from New
Jersey says that God does
00:31:34.15\00:31:39.82
these things so that
those who do not know
00:31:39.85\00:31:42.24
Christ will be influenced.
And I dare say so that
00:31:42.27\00:31:47.21
those who know Christ
will also be encouraged.
00:31:47.24\00:31:50.51
Because these
miracles this series of God
00:31:50.54\00:31:56.04
inserting Himself
into your life must really
00:31:56.07\00:31:58.65
have strengthen
to your faith, amen.
00:31:58.68\00:32:01.39
Because you stand up
for him and each time
00:32:01.42\00:32:04.06
that he stands up for
you. You know that God is
00:32:04.09\00:32:07.10
there and He is gonna
stand up for you again
00:32:07.13\00:32:08.33
and again. Greg
Bird said to me CA,
00:32:08.36\00:32:12.92
you've got to get
Pavel to talk about the
00:32:12.95\00:32:16.10
Mene Mene story. It's
a chapter in the book;
00:32:16.13\00:32:18.86
do you recall what
that one was about?
00:32:18.89\00:32:20.69
Mene Mene. Tell us
with that story what about?
00:32:20.72\00:32:22.96
That evident is Greg's favorite
00:32:22.99\00:32:25.27
or one of the
most powerful, and just
00:32:25.30\00:32:26.61
walk us through
that particular story.
00:32:26.64\00:32:28.45
Mene Mene, that's
not his real name.
00:32:28.48\00:32:31.65
He was one of the children in,
00:32:31.68\00:32:35.96
he was not a
child, he was 19 years old
00:32:35.99\00:32:37.77
but he looked like a
child because he was short.
00:32:37.80\00:32:40.52
He had quite a few disabilities,
00:32:40.55\00:32:47.31
he was handicapped. He
was unable to speak well,
00:32:47.34\00:32:50.52
he was unable to walk
well, he would walk sideways.
00:32:50.55\00:32:53.88
Not use properly his
right hand and his right leg.
00:32:53.91\00:32:56.37
And from a
extremely poor family.
00:32:56.40\00:33:00.55
He was begging on the streets,
00:33:00.58\00:33:03.63
he had many accidents.
One time a car hit him
00:33:03.66\00:33:06.92
by the marketplace.
One time a bicycle hit
00:33:06.95\00:33:10.02
him in the train
station. He would not look left
00:33:10.05\00:33:14.81
or right when he
would cross the street,
00:33:14.84\00:33:15.97
he would just run somehow, yes.
00:33:16.00\00:33:18.86
And so, anyway I
remember coming from
00:33:18.89\00:33:24.31
my sister, driving
the car, get him home.
00:33:24.34\00:33:27.60
I'm planning to get
gas and the next day
00:33:27.63\00:33:30.98
morning to go to the conference,
00:33:31.01\00:33:32.43
for the meeting for
the pastoral meeting.
00:33:32.46\00:33:34.60
It was a crisis in the country,
00:33:34.63\00:33:36.99
there was no gas, so
we would stay in long
00:33:37.02\00:33:38.91
lines to get gas.
And the gas was limited,
00:33:38.94\00:33:41.84
it was a ratio you
would get so much gas
00:33:41.87\00:33:43.62
a month. Sure,
yeah. And basically I knew
00:33:43.65\00:33:46.88
that if I wait until
the morning I may never
00:33:46.91\00:33:50.14
get in time to
the pastoral meeting,
00:33:50.17\00:33:51.63
so I will have to go
now and get gas and then.
00:33:51.66\00:33:54.59
So there was no gas
station within the town,
00:33:54.62\00:33:57.69
it will be
outside the town limits.
00:33:57.72\00:33:59.51
The night before I
had a dream and usually
00:33:59.54\00:34:05.78
I thought I never
dream, I thought just my mom
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.64
dreams. But I
would sleep so hard that
00:34:07.67\00:34:11.57
I probably would
not remember the dreams.
00:34:11.60\00:34:14.03
But that night I woke up crying
00:34:14.06\00:34:16.68
because in my dream I
hit a child with my car
00:34:16.71\00:34:21.09
and he had blood
all over coming and
00:34:21.12\00:34:23.39
I woke up and I told
my wife what I dreamed?
00:34:23.42\00:34:26.11
Well that day after I got home.
00:34:26.14\00:34:29.30
My wife was cooking, cleaning.
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.63
I got in the car and
went to the gas station.
00:34:32.66\00:34:35.71
As I was exiting
the city, there are two
00:34:35.74\00:34:41.85
curves like an S
on the road, yes.
00:34:41.88\00:34:46.16
And you can not
see what is behind
00:34:46.19\00:34:47.39
because of the trees yes.
00:34:47.42\00:34:48.89
And everybody was
driving extremely slow.
00:34:50.57\00:34:53.61
In front of all the
cars there was a horse
00:34:53.64\00:34:58.30
pulled wagon and
the wagon was filled up
00:34:58.33\00:35:02.20
with wood for fire.
And the horse pulled wagon
00:35:02.23\00:35:07.51
was going so slow,
yes. And no car could pass
00:35:07.54\00:35:11.05
because they would
not see what comes on
00:35:11.08\00:35:12.84
the other side
coming at you, towards you,
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.44
yes, yes. Exactly. So
they would have to wait
00:35:14.47\00:35:16.82
and after the two
curves finally pass
00:35:16.85\00:35:20.17
when they had
visibility. Well so I put I had
00:35:20.20\00:35:24.09
a stick-shift, so I
put that car in first
00:35:24.12\00:35:27.72
or second gear and go slow.
00:35:27.75\00:35:31.43
And I remember after the curves,
00:35:31.46\00:35:33.98
cars started to
pass. So when I got to the
00:35:34.01\00:35:39.42
next one behind
the wagon I passed
00:35:39.45\00:35:44.72
changing the second,
changing the third gear
00:35:44.75\00:35:47.27
and there were cars
coming from the other
00:35:47.30\00:35:49.53
direction on this
two lane road. Yes.
00:35:49.56\00:35:52.93
It was a truck
that came and when the
00:35:52.96\00:35:57.83
truck was parallel
with my car from behind
00:35:57.86\00:36:02.44
the truck Mene Mene
jumped right in front
00:36:02.47\00:36:07.89
of my car. Wow.
So probably after the
00:36:07.92\00:36:11.94
truck passed, he
started to run, yes.
00:36:11.97\00:36:14.22
Never thought about
the car coming in the
00:36:14.25\00:36:16.12
other direction. Never
thought about, exactly.
00:36:16.15\00:36:17.84
Yes, yes. And he
didn't jump two meters
00:36:17.87\00:36:22.12
ahead or one meter
or right in front of
00:36:22.15\00:36:26.12
the bumper, I
didn't even have time to
00:36:26.15\00:36:27.72
push the brake.
Hit him. You hit him
00:36:27.75\00:36:30.06
full force, no foot
on the brake at all.
00:36:30.09\00:36:33.05
And then I pushed the
brake but it was after
00:36:33.08\00:36:35.09
I hit him. You
actually hit him, yes.
00:36:35.12\00:36:36.54
He went up, he came
down and the car while
00:36:36.57\00:36:39.22
stopping hit him
again. Oh. And to him,
00:36:39.25\00:36:42.06
by the side of the
road and he also hit the
00:36:42.09\00:36:46.38
curb of the side of the road.
00:36:46.41\00:36:47.92
When you had your
dream the night before,
00:36:47.95\00:36:49.60
did it happen as
you saw in your dream
00:36:49.63\00:36:51.32
or fairly close, so
you saw it pretty much
00:36:51.35\00:36:53.22
as it happened.
Exactly. And so I didn't know
00:36:53.25\00:37:00.80
what to do,
stopped there. A few cars
00:37:00.83\00:37:04.18
stopped in that time
if you would wait for
00:37:04.21\00:37:06.87
the ambulance, I'm
sorry to say but the
00:37:06.90\00:37:10.58
pizza car will come
faster than the ambulance
00:37:10.61\00:37:12.85
you know. They will
never come, so usually what
00:37:12.88\00:37:15.29
people did in that
time they would put him in
00:37:15.32\00:37:19.06
the car and run.
Just take him. Yeah.
00:37:19.09\00:37:21.16
Put him carefully ran
him to hospital. Yeah.
00:37:21.19\00:37:24.11
So somebody stopped I
remember an old red car,
00:37:24.14\00:37:27.61
got him in the car, ran
him to hospital in that's
00:37:27.64\00:37:30.97
town called red
steel. Because it was a
00:37:31.00\00:37:35.51
steel factory there, yes, yes.
00:37:35.54\00:37:37.70
And from that town it
happens that one of the
00:37:37.73\00:37:42.60
doctors, one of the
physicians was my neighbor.
00:37:42.63\00:37:45.49
And they looked at
him and they said we can
00:37:45.52\00:37:50.54
not deal with him,
it's to, how to say,
00:37:50.57\00:37:56.38
the damage is too
great, yes, yes, yes.
00:37:56.41\00:37:59.48
So they put him in an ambulance,
00:37:59.51\00:38:01.14
rushed him to the
next city that was bigger
00:38:01.17\00:38:03.50
to Caransebes.
And there they said,
00:38:03.53\00:38:06.51
we should send him to
Timisoara, to the biggest
00:38:06.54\00:38:08.94
city in that
area. However they said
00:38:08.97\00:38:11.62
it may be too
late. They did the x-ray
00:38:11.65\00:38:15.01
and I remember
specifically when they
00:38:15.04\00:38:17.48
put them on a like
a box that has glass
00:38:17.51\00:38:20.32
and behind the
glass some light that you
00:38:20.35\00:38:21.83
can see the x-ray
and they put the x-ray.
00:38:21.86\00:38:24.98
And I remember
specifically doctor
00:38:25.01\00:38:26.92
saying brain hemorrhage,
00:38:26.95\00:38:29.97
spine broken in two
places, right lung broken
00:38:30.00\00:38:35.30
and hemorrhage in
his lung, arm broken,
00:38:35.33\00:38:40.42
shoulder and hip
both broken and leg broken
00:38:40.45\00:38:44.74
in two places. How
fast were you going
00:38:44.77\00:38:46.50
when you impacted
him, do you have any idea?
00:38:46.53\00:38:49.08
Around 50 to 55
kilometers per hour.
00:38:49.11\00:38:52.26
But the impact was so
short and so strong that.
00:38:52.29\00:38:55.94
Yes, yes, yes. It was
not that I didn't have
00:38:55.97\00:38:58.59
time to slow down at
all. And I hit him twice,
00:38:58.62\00:39:02.99
yes, yes. The
other things the hands,
00:39:03.02\00:39:07.24
the shoulder, the leg,
the hip, they would heal.
00:39:07.27\00:39:13.37
The problem with the
brain, the spine and the
00:39:13.40\00:39:18.10
lung that was the
worst one, yes, yes.
00:39:18.13\00:39:20.29
Because he could not breathe,
00:39:20.32\00:39:21.82
it was blood in his
lung and he could hear him
00:39:21.85\00:39:25.51
gurgle into his
own blood you know.
00:39:25.54\00:39:27.71
And so they put him to
life support and in just
00:39:27.74\00:39:32.19
short time, it, yeah
the flat line they call it
00:39:32.22\00:39:36.20
here, yes. The flat
line came and they checked
00:39:36.23\00:39:39.36
his pulse and he had no
blood pressure, no pulse.
00:39:39.39\00:39:42.32
The heart stopped and
they just covered him.
00:39:42.35\00:39:45.67
I remember the
doctor declaring him dead,
00:39:45.70\00:39:48.61
you now. Can I ask
you at this moment,
00:39:48.64\00:39:51.59
because I've read
the end of the story,
00:39:51.62\00:39:53.12
what were you feeling just now?
00:39:53.15\00:39:55.05
You hit somebody,
wasn't your fault really
00:39:55.08\00:39:58.39
but that doesn't
free you from the trauma
00:39:58.42\00:40:02.01
of having. In the
beginning I was calm,
00:40:02.04\00:40:05.45
but as time would go
by, I started to shake
00:40:05.48\00:40:08.61
and I started to
think about it and I had in
00:40:08.64\00:40:14.32
my mind that I would
rather die myself than
00:40:14.35\00:40:16.75
to know that I took
somebody's life. Yes.
00:40:16.78\00:40:18.65
I could not bear it and
I started to think about
00:40:18.68\00:40:24.12
me being a pastor.
And people being so
00:40:24.15\00:40:27.76
superstitious you
know and sometimes
00:40:27.79\00:40:31.05
so much prejudice
around. People saying the
00:40:31.08\00:40:34.35
Adventist pastor
killed that kid you know.
00:40:34.38\00:40:36.61
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
So I started to pray
00:40:36.64\00:40:41.02
and I remember
that one of the doctors,
00:40:41.05\00:40:44.85
some of them knew me there.
00:40:44.88\00:40:46.50
And one of them
coming and saying pastor,
00:40:46.53\00:40:48.88
it's not your fault.
Nobody is gonna do anything
00:40:48.91\00:40:51.76
against you. It
doesn't help to pray anymore,
00:40:51.79\00:40:55.21
you could have
prayed when he was alive.
00:40:55.24\00:40:56.84
Right now, it's too
late. There were nurses,
00:40:56.87\00:40:59.65
there were doctors
there, everybody trying
00:40:59.83\00:41:01.80
to save his life
and he says right now
00:41:01.83\00:41:04.22
it's too late, he is
dead. Nobody is gonna bring
00:41:04.25\00:41:07.80
him back not even
God can bring him back.
00:41:07.83\00:41:10.59
But I don't agree
because God is the one
00:41:10.62\00:41:13.58
who gives us life
afterward. Yes, yes.
00:41:13.61\00:41:16.32
He is the
creator, you know. Yes.
00:41:16.35\00:41:17.82
Well they asked me
to leave, they said no
00:41:17.85\00:41:22.60
reason to stay
here anymore he is dead.
00:41:22.63\00:41:24.15
I went home and my
wife and I prayed the
00:41:24.18\00:41:28.47
whole night. We
did not sleep a second.
00:41:28.50\00:41:31.49
And we prayed like never before,
00:41:31.52\00:41:35.66
to the point that I
said God if you want
00:41:35.69\00:41:38.64
take my life and
give it to him just please
00:41:38.67\00:41:41.19
work for your
namesake, work the people
00:41:41.22\00:41:44.78
who not talk against the church.
00:41:44.81\00:41:46.88
Now that's what I
was gonna ask you,
00:41:46.91\00:41:47.88
what was the
burden of your prayer
00:41:47.89\00:41:49.60
because he's been declared dead.
00:41:49.63\00:41:51.99
Are you praying
for him, for yourself,
00:41:52.02\00:41:55.11
that God's name be glorified?
00:41:55.14\00:41:57.54
You're up all
night, you are agonizing
00:41:57.57\00:41:59.69
with the God, what's the focus,
00:41:59.72\00:42:02.08
what are you
praying for specifically.
00:42:02.11\00:42:03.71
I was struggling
with all of them,
00:42:03.74\00:42:05.01
all of the above. I was
struggling with the fact
00:42:05.04\00:42:08.02
that I killed
somebody and I was struggling
00:42:08.05\00:42:10.69
with the fact that
the church is gonna suffer
00:42:10.72\00:42:12.96
because of me. And
God's name is gonna be,
00:42:12.99\00:42:15.45
I don't know how to
say it in English. Yeah.
00:42:15.48\00:42:20.82
Misrepresented or. Well
we say dragged in the mud.
00:42:20.85\00:42:24.80
Thank you,
dragged in the mud. Yeah.
00:42:24.83\00:42:28.15
And so I prayed for
all of the above and
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.28
basically I said God,
just find a way that the
00:42:30.31\00:42:34.17
church is not gonna be
criticized over the news,
00:42:34.20\00:42:37.44
over the papers
over the, you know.
00:42:37.47\00:42:39.43
And is not gonna
effect the church and your
00:42:39.46\00:42:41.66
name will not be you
know you will work in
00:42:41.69\00:42:43.79
this area. And
basically I pleaded with God
00:42:43.82\00:42:49.04
and prayed the
whole night, eternally
00:42:49.07\00:42:53.38
prayed hard. I
remember one more time I prayed
00:42:53.41\00:42:55.70
that when my son had
an accident just two years
00:42:55.73\00:42:58.15
ago, the same you know.
So I actually, excuse me.
00:42:58.18\00:43:02.05
My wife and I prayed the
whole night until morning.
00:43:02.08\00:43:05.46
And in the morning I
went back to hospital.
00:43:05.49\00:43:09.76
And he was in the
bed, sitting and eating.
00:43:12.28\00:43:17.75
And doctors were
talking that when
00:43:17.78\00:43:21.93
the man came in
the morning found him
00:43:21.96\00:43:24.92
sitting on that cold
table, concrete table
00:43:24.95\00:43:27.95
and the guys started to
run and called the others.
00:43:27.98\00:43:30.74
They came and they
decided that he had
00:43:30.77\00:43:36.30
clinical death
or a very deep coma,
00:43:36.33\00:43:39.95
I don't know how you
call it, I don't what that
00:43:39.98\00:43:41.58
is but anyway that
he was not totally dead.
00:43:41.61\00:43:44.40
But the problem
they had was the x-ray.
00:43:44.43\00:43:48.31
They would analyze
the yesterday x-ray,
00:43:48.34\00:43:51.02
and today's
x-ray. X-ray yes, yes.
00:43:51.05\00:43:53.35
And they would say
you can see it here,
00:43:53.38\00:43:55.82
brain damage and hemorrhage.
00:43:55.85\00:43:58.06
There is no brain damage here.
00:43:58.09\00:44:00.19
Broken spine, there
is no broken spine here.
00:44:00.22\00:44:03.13
Broken lung and hemorrhage,
00:44:03.16\00:44:05.87
there is no broken
lung and hemorrhage here.
00:44:05.90\00:44:08.12
Yet his bones were
still broken, the hand,
00:44:08.15\00:44:11.20
hip, shoulder and
leg. Yes. But the life
00:44:11.23\00:44:15.04
threatening
serious stuff was gone.
00:44:15.07\00:44:17.55
Moreover. Yes. The
big problem was that
00:44:17.58\00:44:20.94
they could not explain
this. He could never talk
00:44:20.97\00:44:24.20
before, he was a. He was a mute,
00:44:24.23\00:44:29.97
he could not
speak. He did speak but
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.10
he was a, I forgot
the name when you say.
00:44:32.13\00:44:33.98
But, but, but, but,
you know when you repeat,
00:44:34.01\00:44:37.29
oh he stuttered.
Stuttered. Stuttered, yes.
00:44:37.32\00:44:40.04
Thank you. The
word didn't come to me.
00:44:40.07\00:44:42.45
He was a stutterer.
And even the word that
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.03
he said they
were not clear. Yes.
00:44:45.06\00:44:48.55
You could not make sense.
00:44:48.58\00:44:49.61
You could not understand him.
00:44:49.64\00:44:51.13
He was speaking clear and nice.
00:44:51.16\00:44:53.77
So God made him
better than before.
00:44:53.80\00:44:57.04
Glory to God. Not only
did the Lord repair him,
00:44:57.70\00:45:00.16
He improved him. Praise God.
00:45:00.19\00:45:03.66
The whole town, I
mean the news went so fast.
00:45:03.69\00:45:09.84
I'm sure. We did evangelism,
00:45:09.87\00:45:12.54
the church was packed.
44 people got baptized.
00:45:12.57\00:45:16.78
Glory to God. The
whole town was talking,
00:45:16.81\00:45:20.44
I remember it was
a crisis you could
00:45:20.47\00:45:22.07
not find anything. I
went to the grocery store;
00:45:22.10\00:45:24.80
I was looking for
oil to cook for canola
00:45:24.83\00:45:27.94
vegetable oil. And
they had no oil and
00:45:27.97\00:45:30.59
I remember the lady
from the cashier like,
00:45:30.62\00:45:33.10
she called the
manager. I said call her by name
00:45:33.13\00:45:36.72
I don't remember
the name and I said
00:45:36.75\00:45:37.85
can you get for the
Adventist pastor some
00:45:37.88\00:45:39.77
oil from the back
from the storage that
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.64
we have for ourselves.
He can pray for you too,
00:45:41.67\00:45:44.46
you know. God truly
glorified himself in
00:45:44.49\00:45:50.16
that incident.
That's the kind of thing,
00:45:50.19\00:45:53.47
the kind of empirical
evidence that justifies
00:45:53.50\00:45:56.47
logic, that's a
miracle. You got a brain
00:45:56.50\00:45:59.07
hemorrhage the
night before, the next
00:45:59.10\00:46:00.85
morning it is gone. I
cannot help but say this,
00:46:00.88\00:46:03.84
the same God that's
split the sea before,
00:46:03.87\00:46:07.11
yes, and did so many
miracles in the Bible.
00:46:07.14\00:46:09.42
He never changed. No.
And He is here to work to us,
00:46:09.45\00:46:14.44
to use us, to help
us. Yes. And many times
00:46:14.47\00:46:18.05
we don't even have the
courage to ask more than
00:46:18.08\00:46:20.51
we can do ourselves. Very true.
00:46:20.54\00:46:23.47
And many times we
don't trust Him enough and.
00:46:23.50\00:46:25.50
Is like the
paragraph that says that
00:46:25.53\00:46:27.66
we should ask him big
things, not small things.
00:46:27.69\00:46:30.01
Yes, yes, and
this is a big thing,
00:46:30.04\00:46:31.52
this is a big thing.
And I think, the focus
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.86
of your prayer was
Lord glorify your name,
00:46:33.89\00:46:36.30
just glorify your
name. You know show yourself
00:46:36.33\00:46:41.06
powerful in these
things and of course
00:46:41.09\00:46:42.40
when you ask that
pray, that's the kind
00:46:42.43\00:46:44.13
of prayer that
God's got to answer for
00:46:44.16\00:46:46.32
His own glory. What
a powerful, you know
00:46:46.35\00:46:48.73
I've read that story.
Initially I ran across
00:46:48.76\00:46:51.35
it again today in
preparing for the show.
00:46:51.38\00:46:53.89
And every time it
sends chills up and
00:46:53.92\00:46:57.21
down my spine. It
just, it makes you so humble
00:46:57.24\00:47:01.00
that we serve a God who
will go to those lengths.
00:47:01.03\00:47:04.30
This kid was gone.
And God brought him back
00:47:04.33\00:47:09.02
and improved his
speech. What a wonderful,
00:47:09.05\00:47:11.45
powerful witness,
testimony for the church
00:47:11.48\00:47:14.52
and for the love of the Lord.
00:47:14.55\00:47:15.52
And of course 44 baptisms,
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.25
that's proof enough, powerful.
00:47:17.28\00:47:20.17
I've read this book
twice. Once quite a bit ago
00:47:20.20\00:47:25.20
and sort of
skimmed through it today.
00:47:25.23\00:47:28.04
Tell me a story
that's not in the book.
00:47:28.07\00:47:31.45
Because I don't
think that are happening
00:47:31.48\00:47:32.72
even to this day but
outside, because this
00:47:32.75\00:47:35.41
book is one point in
your life. Your life goes on,
00:47:35.44\00:47:38.06
you're pastoring
today, successfully pastoring
00:47:38.09\00:47:41.38
something
that's not in the book.
00:47:41.41\00:47:43.34
There are several
of them, I want to give
00:47:43.37\00:47:47.49
one that is a little
funny about our grand caravan,
00:47:47.52\00:47:51.13
about our car. And
I remember we decided
00:47:51.16\00:47:56.84
that we're not
gonna ask God for anything
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.28
that you don't use for him. Yes.
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.07
So, if we would
buy a car we would pray
00:48:00.10\00:48:03.27
that we would use
that car primarily for God
00:48:03.30\00:48:07.08
and then for
ourselves. And if we would get a
00:48:07.11\00:48:09.74
house, we'd use the
house first for God and
00:48:09.77\00:48:13.46
we will never ask
God for anything that
00:48:13.49\00:48:14.82
we cannot use for
him. And for instance
00:48:14.85\00:48:17.44
we got our first
furniture, church members would
00:48:17.47\00:48:20.56
come over, they
would come with children,
00:48:20.59\00:48:21.90
children would
jump on the new couch.
00:48:21.93\00:48:23.82
I would get my ears
red, my wife would know
00:48:23.85\00:48:27.33
when my ears are
red it means I'm tense.
00:48:27.36\00:48:29.46
So, she would call
me in the kitchen and
00:48:29.49\00:48:32.64
she will say calm
down. And I will say don't
00:48:32.67\00:48:35.55
you see the
children. They jump with the
00:48:35.58\00:48:38.06
shoes on, on our new couch. Yes.
00:48:38.09\00:48:40.09
And my wife would
say didn't we pray that
00:48:40.12\00:48:42.40
our primary use
would be for God.
00:48:42.43\00:48:45.23
Aren't these
children more important
00:48:45.26\00:48:46.88
than our couch? Don't
you want to gain their
00:48:46.91\00:48:50.31
friendship and to
save them and their parents
00:48:50.34\00:48:52.83
more than to save your couch?
00:48:52.86\00:48:54.56
And I would say
honey, you are right.
00:48:54.59\00:48:57.21
So my ears would
cool down. I would go back
00:48:57.24\00:49:00.45
to the living room and
just pretend I don't see it.
00:49:00.48\00:49:04.64
And in fact some of
the parents mentioned
00:49:04.67\00:49:06.48
that and they
said we cannot believe
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.00
how much you love our children,
00:49:08.03\00:49:09.03
how patient you
are? They didn't know
00:49:09.06\00:49:11.45
the story about,
anyway. The same with the car,
00:49:11.48\00:49:15.23
we got a Dodge Grand
Caravan that we pray,
00:49:15.26\00:49:20.60
we use it for God. We
basically used it more
00:49:20.63\00:49:23.68
for my wife's job.
Not much for the church.
00:49:23.71\00:49:27.10
And somehow the
transmission broke,
00:49:27.13\00:49:30.76
we got a second
hand transmission,
00:49:30.79\00:49:34.14
paid the labor,
paid the transmission,
00:49:34.17\00:49:36.47
got it fixed, just
three months later it broke
00:49:36.50\00:49:41.34
again. I hated the
car. I mean who wants
00:49:41.37\00:49:45.74
to spend so much
money; if I sold the car
00:49:45.77\00:49:48.21
I would not
recover that money. Sure.
00:49:48.24\00:49:49.80
We got the new
transmission again,
00:49:49.83\00:49:52.09
second hand, paid the
labor again, fixed it again
00:49:52.12\00:49:56.11
and I said I'm not
gonna use the car again. Yes.
00:49:56.14\00:49:58.59
Put it for a sale.
Hopefully somebody is gonna
00:49:58.62\00:50:00.99
buy it. Yes, yes,
yes. And I started to pray,
00:50:01.02\00:50:03.30
God help me sell the
car, help me sell the car.
00:50:03.33\00:50:06.00
Nobody called like
everybody knew that
00:50:06.03\00:50:09.07
my car has a bad transmission.
00:50:09.10\00:50:10.62
Nobody called. After two months,
00:50:10.65\00:50:12.69
put it in the
newspaper, put it on the cable,
00:50:12.72\00:50:15.20
on Craigslist, put
even on the Windshield
00:50:15.23\00:50:19.14
a paper that is for
sale. Yeah. Lower the price,
00:50:19.17\00:50:21.60
nobody called. I got
so upset and I remember
00:50:21.63\00:50:28.13
coming to my mind
what my father said that
00:50:28.16\00:50:31.40
whatever is not for
God should not even exist
00:50:31.43\00:50:35.21
in our life, that we
have no reason to live,
00:50:35.24\00:50:38.11
if we don't live for
God. And it came in my
00:50:38.14\00:50:40.82
mind you want to
sell the van but you do
00:50:40.85\00:50:44.41
it for yourself. So
I was driving the van
00:50:44.44\00:50:47.98
from Beloit to
Janesville Wisconsin.
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.53
Started to pray
a different prayer.
00:50:50.56\00:50:53.15
I said God I'm not
gonna ask you to sell the van.
00:50:53.18\00:50:55.46
I'm gonna ask you
one of the two things.
00:50:55.49\00:50:57.64
If it sells give
it to somebody who is
00:50:57.67\00:51:01.87
gonna use itss. for
you. Yes. If it doesn't
00:51:01.90\00:51:03.84
help me from now on
to use it for you first
00:51:03.87\00:51:06.48
and then for ourselves.
Yes. I finished the prayer.
00:51:06.51\00:51:09.98
15 to 20 seconds
my cell phone ringed.
00:51:10.01\00:51:12.85
It was one of my church members,
00:51:12.88\00:51:15.17
he said pastor do
you still have that van,
00:51:15.20\00:51:18.36
I said yes I do.
And she says I wanna buy
00:51:18.39\00:51:21.38
the van I say well
you know that I had some
00:51:21.41\00:51:24.40
transmission
problems. Yeah, I know, I know,
00:51:24.43\00:51:26.69
don't worry about
it. I said why would you
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.88
buy the van, and
she said I want to drive
00:51:28.91\00:51:31.14
people to evangelism who
don't have transportation.
00:51:31.17\00:51:33.86
Oh praise God. And
she had Dodge Neon,
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.41
that was a small car. Yes, yes.
00:51:36.44\00:51:38.05
So there was no room
in my care I wanna drive
00:51:38.08\00:51:39.63
children to school.
So I wanna use it for God
00:51:39.66\00:51:42.12
and I need a van.
Yes. And she said how much
00:51:42.15\00:51:45.41
you want; I said
well that's the price,
00:51:45.44\00:51:47.01
but I said how much
you have? And she said
00:51:47.04\00:51:49.44
I have this money
and that was kind of half
00:51:49.47\00:51:51.38
of my price. But I
say listen pay whatever
00:51:51.41\00:51:56.08
you have that will be
enough. She was happy,
00:51:56.11\00:51:58.80
and I trusted the
Lord, I was happy with it.
00:51:58.83\00:52:01.92
Many years after the
car didn't break again;
00:52:01.95\00:52:07.42
the car kept going and going.
00:52:07.45\00:52:10.69
Because it was
in Lord's hands now,
00:52:10.72\00:52:14.44
so it didn't break
down again. Praise God.
00:52:14.47\00:52:17.04
That is a
fabulous story. I wanted,
00:52:17.07\00:52:21.07
before our time gets
away, I'm looking at the
00:52:21.10\00:52:22.69
clock and we're
slipping away. You have talked
00:52:22.72\00:52:25.16
a number of
times about your wife.
00:52:25.19\00:52:27.35
Tell me a little
about, she must been a woman
00:52:27.93\00:52:29.49
of great faith,
how did you meet her?
00:52:29.52\00:52:31.08
This is a long
story. I put my eyes on her
00:52:31.11\00:52:35.88
when she was 3 years
old and I was 6 years old.
00:52:35.91\00:52:37.97
Okay. That's a good early start.
00:52:38.00\00:52:41.85
And I said I like
her, and I would like
00:52:41.88\00:52:44.07
to marry her. And
basically my sister
00:52:44.10\00:52:47.92
would say you
don't know what you talk,
00:52:47.95\00:52:49.68
you are gonna change
your mind many times.
00:52:49.71\00:52:51.70
Yes. Yes. Well, I
kept watching her and
00:52:51.73\00:52:56.15
worrying about; I
don't remember, sophomore,
00:52:56.18\00:53:03.54
whatever, in high school
I started to talk to her.
00:53:03.57\00:53:06.28
And I remember one
time I had a handkerchief
00:53:06.31\00:53:09.85
that I used some
spray like Giorgio Armani
00:53:09.88\00:53:12.62
that I didn't use,
I kept just for her.
00:53:12.65\00:53:14.80
I noticed her crying
and I just gave her the
00:53:14.83\00:53:16.88
handkerchief,
somehow got her attention.
00:53:16.91\00:53:19.47
Smooth guy. But this is
what happened, I remember.
00:53:19.50\00:53:23.70
I would purposely
when she would go to school
00:53:25.30\00:53:27.52
I would make sure
that I go in the same time,
00:53:27.55\00:53:29.27
so we would walk
together to school. Okay.
00:53:29.30\00:53:31.90
And I started to talk
to her about my experience
00:53:31.93\00:53:33.89
with God and I would
say what do you study.
00:53:33.92\00:53:37.15
And she would say
I don't study though
00:53:37.18\00:53:39.16
she would go to
church. And I would tell her
00:53:39.19\00:53:40.92
what I study. The
books from the spirit of
00:53:40.95\00:53:43.61
prophesy, the Bible and
what God is doing for me
00:53:43.64\00:53:46.56
and how God works in
my life, in father's life.
00:53:46.59\00:53:49.29
And she would
listen and we got closer
00:53:49.32\00:53:52.16
and closer
friends to the point that
00:53:52.19\00:53:54.07
we started to meet and
study and pray together.
00:53:54.10\00:53:56.56
Praise God. And she
started to study alone
00:53:56.59\00:53:59.11
and do it, everyone at
his house study at the same
00:53:59.14\00:54:02.01
we will wake up at
5:30, pray in the same time,
00:54:02.04\00:54:04.69
study in the same time.
Same books, same chapters.
00:54:04.72\00:54:07.01
And then we would meet
in the garden of the school
00:54:07.04\00:54:10.50
and share our
thoughts. Praise God.
00:54:10.53\00:54:12.92
Now Pavel, I wanna
stop you because as good as
00:54:12.95\00:54:15.52
this story is I
want to get your contact
00:54:15.55\00:54:16.89
information up,
because again you heard this
00:54:16.92\00:54:20.53
wonderful story.
Series of wonderful miracles
00:54:20.56\00:54:23.58
you may want him to
come to speak to your group,
00:54:23.61\00:54:27.09
you certainly will
want to get information on
00:54:27.12\00:54:29.05
how to get this book.
Just a wonderful story,
00:54:29.08\00:54:32.96
a wealth of
information and really something
00:54:32.99\00:54:35.18
that would
encourage you as you walk with
00:54:35.21\00:54:37.57
the Lord and meet
the struggles of each day
00:54:37.60\00:54:39.87
knowing that God is with you.
00:54:39.90\00:54:41.35
Should you want
to make contact with
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Pastor Pavel Goia, here is
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how you can do precisely that.
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If you would
like to contact Pavel
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to invite him to
your church to speak,
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then you can
write to Pavel Goia,
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385 Redding Road,
Apartment 177, Lexington,
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KY, 40517. That's Pavel Goia,
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385 Redding Road, Apartment 177,
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Lexington, KY, 40517.
you can also email him
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at pgoia777@gmail.com,
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that's pgoia777@gmail.com.
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Call or write him today,
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he would love to hear from you.
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My staff is
wondering if I'm gonna answer
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those four
questions that we asked at the
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very beginning of
the show but I think
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you've done a
very, very fine job with
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your homework.
And I do give you an
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A. Valentine, and
Evangeline and Janet
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and Mary and Rose
and Sharon and Betty
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and Bessie and
Donna and no name,
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and Ann and no name and no name,
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and no name, and Marianne.
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You all get an A on
your homework assignment.
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The answer is of
course when God steps in
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and does something
outside of time and space
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and the natural order of
things, that's a miracle.
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The good thing to
know is that we serve a God
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who is as much in
the miracle working
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business today,
tonight, right now as
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He ever was. God
still works miracles in the
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lives of men and women.
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Pavel Goia is case
in point. There are so
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many stories, he's got
a list here of miracles
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that is as long as your arm.
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We could spend hours
talking about the miracles
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of God. But these are
not just the miracles of
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one man, these
are, we serve a God
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who is interested in
our salvation and glorifying
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His name. And when
you surrender yourself
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to him, I still think
the greatest miracle is
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a person whose life
turned from old to new,
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who puts his life
in the hands of God and
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becomes a brand new preacher,
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that is a great miracle.
Our time is fast slipped
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into eternity, allow
me please in closing to
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wish you grace and
peace through our Lord
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and Savior Jesus
Christ, we will see you again
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soon, bye, bye and God Bless.
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