Participants: Yvonne Lewis (Host), Jason Bradley, Ryan St. Hillaire, Ricky Carter
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000084
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00:01 Did you know that Dare to Dream has a "Dream team"
00:04 well, stay tuned to meet some of them... 00:06 My name is Yvonne Lewis and you're watching 00:08 Urban Report... 00:31 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:33 My guests today are Jason Bradley 00:36 and Ryan St. Hillaire 00:37 members of Dare to Dream's new Dream Team... yeah... 00:41 Welcome to Urban Report guys... Thank you... thank you... 00:45 It's so good to have you guys here... 00:47 You know, for the past 2 years, 00:52 I have been really needing 00:55 some help with Dare to Dream, and God has been so faithful 00:58 he has just continued to send what we needed here 01:02 but I needed some staff and some people to help 01:07 and God is so good... He sent me an Assistant 01:11 and a Director/Editor and I'm just so grateful... 01:16 so, I want you guys 01:18 to tell our viewers 01:19 who you are... I want to introduce you 01:21 to our viewers because we're all part of the same family 01:25 and so I want them to know you 01:28 so Ryan... let's start with you... 01:30 This is Ryan St. Hillaire... our new Director/Editor... 01:33 tell us a little bit about yourself... Ryan... 01:35 Sure... people ask me 01:38 where I'm from and I'm sort of at a loss for words 01:42 because I'm from a lot of different places... 01:44 but I guess I came from Berrien Springs... 01:46 went to Andrew University there, studied Video Production 01:50 and for the past couple of years... 01:53 I've been involved in ministry together with 01:56 Benjamin Middleton who... some people might have seen 02:01 on Dare to Dream already... because we have some Programs 02:05 that had aired on Dare to Dream and we've been involved 02:08 in Ministry for the past... almost 3 years... 02:12 and then... through a series of events... 02:16 God has brought me here... so I don't know... 02:19 And that's amazing... you know, when, 02:22 I first met you and Ben, I thought, 02:25 "Wow, these guys are so on fire for the Lord 02:27 they're doing such great work on UnScene Media group" 02:31 and then you sent me 02:32 a Program... and it was "War Plans" 02:36 and we still air "War Plans" periodically 02:39 and also "Zimbabwe" on what's going on 02:41 It took you a year to watch it though. 02:42 I know, don't tell them that 02:44 Ryan... don't tell them that, okay... 02:46 so, it did... why? because I was backed up 02:49 you know, but once I did... once I saw it... 02:52 and I saw the quality of the work that was there... 02:55 I thought, "Wow, these guys are truly, truly gifted... " 03:00 so then... I called you and I said, 03:02 "Oh, I need to get that up on Dare to Dream... " 03:05 because you have all of these special effects... 03:07 and you know... waving of the hands 03:09 and words come up... and our initials... 03:11 it's phenomenal... it's cutting edge contemporary 03:15 programming... and so, when I was asking God to send 03:19 the people here that need to be here... 03:22 and He sent you as a Director/Editor... 03:25 and I guess our viewers might not understand the whole 03:29 television industry but you really need someone 03:33 to pull the programs together, 03:35 you need someone to direct them 03:37 and Urban Report's Director is Robert Stotz... 03:41 so, Robert directs Urban Report and he also edits it... 03:46 so we needed someone to also be able to 03:49 direct and edit the other Dare to Dream programs 03:53 and Ryan is able to direct and also edit... 03:56 so that means... any little fixes... 03:58 you know, these programs are not perfect... 04:00 they have to be fixed a lot of times 04:02 and we need somebody to do that 04:04 that's what the editor does... and so... it is a very tedious 04:10 very disciplined... kind of job and so Ryan does it really well 04:15 so I'm so... so excited to have you... 04:18 I'm glad to be here... Tell us what you do... 04:20 tell us what you are looking to do 04:24 and what you do already for Dare to Dream... 04:27 Well, I've been here for about 3 weeks... 04:30 Hmmm... hmmm... and you've had work for me to do 04:33 from the moment I got here... I started editing 04:37 some of the programs that I guess has been backed up 04:41 for a while... so that's been kind of interesting... 04:45 to be able to see everything that's going through 04:49 Dare to Dream... Yes... 04:51 we've also been doing some brainstorming on different ways 04:55 that we can improve some of the existing programming 04:58 and planning for programming in the future 05:01 which has been really exciting for me 05:03 because I enjoy the creative aspect of envisioning 05:08 what something is going to look like... 05:10 and actually... being able to put that together 05:13 so, that's been exciting for me... 05:15 That's great... tell us a little bit about 05:18 what happened to you when you were coming here... 05:22 you know, Satan is so busy... he knows the potential 05:26 that our new Dream Team 05:29 brings to bear 05:30 and so... he did not 05:32 want this to happen tell us about... what happened 05:36 to you on your way here... 05:37 Well, that's quite a story I had two things happen to me 05:45 that I've never experienced before in my life, 05:48 and it all happens on the trip up to 3ABN to, you know, 05:55 to come for my first day of employment here... 05:58 it was in the evening and I was driving up 06:01 you know, I was leaving Dallas, Texas, 06:03 which is where I was coming from with an old motor home 06:07 and that's what I'm living in right now... 06:09 it's a motor home and I've been driving 06:11 on the highway for maybe about 10 minutes 06:14 and... all of a sudden as I'm driving... 06:17 there's a motorcycle in front of me... 06:19 and in front of that motorcycle there's a small SUV 06:23 and the traffic kind of slows down a little bit... 06:26 not extremely... but enough that, 06:28 you know, I kind of... had to push on the brakes a little bit, 06:31 and the motorcycle in front of me... didn't stop 06:34 he just went straight forward into the SUV... 06:37 right in front of me... 06:39 you know, his front tire just kind of 06:40 hit the back of the SUV the rest of the motorcycle 06:43 slammed around... his whole body... basically 06:47 hit into the back of the SUV he fell over... 06:50 the bike fell over... he slid across... on the payment 06:54 and I was on the phone with my mom at the time 06:56 I was like, "Mom, I've got to go an accident just happened... " 07:00 I was running out there... still had the phone in my hand 07:03 and I was yelling at the guy, "Hey, can you hear me... 07:06 are you ok... " and he's not responding 07:09 so, of course, my heart is racing... 07:12 I've never been... the first responder 07:15 in a situation like this... I was the first person 07:17 on the scene there... and so I called 911 07:20 I was talking with the Operator they were asking, of course, 07:23 where I was and so forth... about 30 seconds later 07:26 somebody else pulled over... and the lady that came out 07:30 she happened to be a Nurse and so, she started, you know, 07:34 tending to the guy... you know, trying to get him to 07:37 respond... checking his vitals and so forth... 07:39 and, of course, the girl that he hit 07:44 she was there on the scene and she was freaking out 07:46 and I was trying to talk to her and calm her down... 07:49 and we were both kind of... you can imagine... 07:52 being in a situation like that.. That is so... stressful 07:57 oh, I mean... just to know 07:59 that you've seen an accident 08:01 happen and you see the 08:04 survivor there... and you're trying to help... 08:06 I mean... that is super, super, stressful. 08:08 Yeah... it's a picture that you know... 08:10 kind of... sticks in your mind, you just... 08:13 can't get it out of your head 08:14 and afterwards... of course as I'm driving along 08:17 continuing... I finally got on the road 08:19 after doing the Accident Report and everything... 08:21 I'm just thinking... in my head... 08:24 how, you know, 08:25 we can't take God's protection for granted... 08:27 at any time... because anything could happen 08:30 at any moment and who knows... 08:32 how many times the angels are intervening 08:34 just to keep us safe, you know, in all these... situations... 08:39 I mean, I could have been involved 08:41 in an accident... Absolutely... 08:42 right there... and, of course, I'm praying for the guy 08:44 that was taken to the hospital 08:46 but I'm just thanking God for His protection... 08:49 and I think... there is a reason why that had happened... 08:55 because just a couple of hours later... 08:57 in the same night... I'm driving down the Highway 09:00 and it's not on the Interstate, it's a State Road I think... 09:05 but it's still a split Highway, 09:06 there were two lanes 09:07 going one direction and two lanes coming back 09:09 the other direction... I'm driving down there... 09:11 it's dark... it's nighttime and I just finished passing 09:15 somebody in the left lane, came back into the right lane, 09:18 and a couple of minutes later... I see two headlights 09:22 coming down the road... straight towards me... 09:25 there's somebody driving full speed... 09:28 down the wrong side of the road 09:30 and... you know... I didn't really have 09:33 much time to think... 09:34 but he just comes by and he passes me... 09:36 right in the left lane... shhhhhooo... 09:37 and I'm just thinking... if anybody was over there 09:41 behind me... you know, who knows what could have 09:44 happened... Head-on collision... 09:45 Exactly... Just like that... 09:47 what you said... about not taking God's protection 09:52 for granted... we really can't... 09:53 because it can happen so quickly you don't even... 09:56 you don't even know what's going on... 09:58 boom... you can just be... gone... 10:00 but the Bible says that... "The Angel of the Lord 10:03 encampeth round about them that fear Him 10:05 and delivereth them... " 10:06 Amen... and so... that is... 10:08 Jason is smiling because he knows 10:09 that's one of my favorite verses 10:11 but that is... it's so true that God's protection 10:16 was with you... and God spared you... 10:19 because that could have... you could have been snuffed out 10:21 just that quickly... so, we're so thankful... 10:24 we're thankful that you're here... 10:26 tell us... in these last few seconds 10:28 of your time... tell us... what you're looking to do 10:32 with Dare to Dream... what is your 10:35 real desire with Dare to Dream... 10:38 Well, with our ministry before with UnScene Media Group 10:44 it was founded because of our passion to reach out to 10:50 young people especially... by using media 10:52 and kind of breaking out of the box of 10:55 traditional... what we know as "Adventist Media" 11:01 and, you know, still having the powerful, of course, 11:06 the three angels' message... the content 11:08 but wrapping it in such a way that will be more relevant 11:12 to people... and I think that... 11:13 that lines up with the mission of Dare to Dream Network 11:18 Hmmm... and so that's why I'm excited 11:19 to be here... to be a part of a project 11:21 like that... to be able to work hand-in-hand with 11:26 a great team... not just here... not just... you know... 11:31 you guys here... you have a bigger team... 11:33 the 3ABN family... Yes... yes... 11:35 so, I'm really excited about what we can do... 11:38 Yes... and we are excited to have you... 11:40 and speaking of family, 11:42 Jason Bradley is my new Assistant 11:46 he is the Assistant to the General Manager 11:48 and he's also my son... Yeah... Jay... I'm so, so happy 11:55 that you're with us here... this has been... 11:58 this is like an answer to prayer 12:01 for me... on so many levels... tell us a little bit about 12:04 well let me just tell the viewer 12:06 what you did before you came and then you can 12:08 expound on that... Okay... 12:09 Jay brings so many skills to the table... 12:12 he's been the Manager and Supervisor over 60 people 12:16 and so... you've been a real... 12:20 you worked for me before... so, I know your work ethic 12:25 and all... and just... the way you and Ryan 12:27 are working together it's just a blessing... 12:30 I'm so happy here... tell us a little bit about yourself... 12:32 Well, I'm originally from 12:35 New York... 12:36 Hmmm... hmmm... and it's been a journey... 12:39 Hmmm... hmmm moving from New York... 12:41 to Texas... seems like 12:43 I'm spending 10 years 12:45 in each place... I plan on spending a lot more 12:47 right here in Thompsonville... so, hopefully we'll pull 12:51 maybe 20, 30, 40, 50 years 12:55 Oh, hopefully not... maybe because Jesus will come... 12:57 there you go... there you go... 12:58 and we'll be going to heaven... we will soon... 13:00 before those many years... That's right... 13:02 that's always the hope and the prayer... 13:06 the sooner we get through these trying times... the better 13:10 Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 13:12 so, 10 years in New York, and then 10 years in Texas, 13:16 the later part of the 10 years, and then I decided to move 13:21 to Atlanta... and I've been out there for 8... 13:23 and out there... I was managing a restaurant 13:27 as you stated... and I had about 60 people 13:31 under me... very, very stressful at times... 13:35 trying on your patience and all of that... 13:39 but God has truly blessed and gave me the patience to 13:45 handle it... 13:47 And I think it took a lot of patience from time to time 13:50 didn't it... Yes... a lot... a lot... 13:54 Hmmm... hmmm... you know... you're constantly 13:57 seeing different things on a daily basis... 14:00 you know... sometimes it's the same, 14:02 then other times... it throws... 14:05 it's like life... it throws its curveball at you, 14:07 and being... I'm still relatively young 14:13 I'm getting old but I didn't get my AARP Card yet... 14:17 Hey... don't talk about AARP Cards... 14:21 so, being 27, you know, I started there 14:25 when I was 25 or 26... about 25... 14:29 and I'm supervising people that are in their 50s... 14:33 in their 40s... 30s... you know, people that are older than me... 14:37 so, it's a little bit different, there was a time 14:40 when I've had somebody come into the office 14:43 and just needed to talk... my policy was... 14:46 "My door is always open... " you always want to... 14:50 not only do the people... work for you but 14:52 you have to remember that they are people... 14:55 they're not just employees... they are people... 14:58 at the end of the day... you need to 15:00 be able to relate to them and listen to what they're 15:03 going through... and make sure that... 15:05 you try to do your best... to be there for them... 15:08 well, I had this particular gentleman come in the office 15:11 and he was... going through some things... 15:15 he was... he found out that he had 15:18 kidney failure... and he had one year... 15:22 one month... I'm sorry... one month... left to live... 15:26 Hmmm... and to see this 43 or 15:31 44-year-old man... who was tough... 15:35 tough older guy... you know, grew up in the streets... 15:38 tough guy... but really, really nice... 15:41 to see him break down and start crying in the office 15:44 and here I am... 25... 26 at the time... 15:49 you know... to deal with that, 15:51 it was... it was rough... 15:54 that was one of the hardest things at work... 15:57 Hmmm... what made you decide to come here... to 3ABN? 16:01 Well, I've always had a true passion for people 16:04 people are my strong suit so, having a true passion for 16:11 people and helping people and seeing people happy 16:14 I figured... what better way to pursue my passion 16:18 than leading people to Jesus Christ... 16:21 That's great... you know Jay, 16:23 you had a very serious incident happen to you several years ago, 16:30 tell us a little bit about that... 16:32 Well, I was about 20-years-old, 16:35 one day I was going to my 16:38 cousin's house to get some help with my Math homework... 16:40 I struggled in Math... as most of my family... 16:45 struggles in Math... so, I was going to get tutored 16:50 in Math and my stomach felt really... like... kind of... 16:55 I felt nauseous... but I didn't have... 16:58 I wasn't having to go to the bathroom 17:02 or anything like that 17:04 but I felt nauseous... and it was like little smells... 17:08 any little thing... would kind of upset my stomach 17:11 a little bit... then I noticed... 17:13 my stomach started becoming warm... 17:15 and I went from being kind of in shape... not super strong... 17:21 but, you know, kind of in shape, to having a belly... 17:26 and it started growing... and growing... 17:29 it wasn't because I was eating a whole lot... 17:31 at the time... and it started growing... 17:33 and I realized that there was a problem 17:36 so, I left my cousin's house, I went home... 17:39 and my father was sitting on the couch... 17:42 and I walked in... he was like, "Are you okay... 17:46 you look like you don't feel well... " 17:48 I said, "I don't feel well... I feel like I'm about to die" 17:52 and I went upstairs... and he was like... 17:56 "Do you want to go to the doctor?" 17:57 and I told him... Nah, but if I feel like this... 18:01 in another day or two... yes... I'll go... " 18:05 How many days 18:07 did you have that... 18:08 because you weren't living with me 18:09 at that time... you were living with your dad in Atlanta... 18:11 so, I didn't get to see this part... 18:13 how long did you have the 18:15 abdominal swelling... 18:17 how long did that... before you went to a doctor? 18:20 probably about 2 days... Okay... 18:23 2 days... you know... it takes... 18:26 some people are stubborn when it comes to going to the doctor 18:29 and I happened to be one of those people... 18:31 but it took about... about 2 days... 18:35 and I got tired of dealing with that pain 18:39 and I just knew something was wrong... 18:41 I couldn't pinpoint it... and neither could the doctors 18:45 when I went... I got misdiagnosed... 18:48 I went in... they ran some tests... 18:51 they said, "Here, take this medicine... 18:54 go home... get some rest... 18:56 call us in the morning... " 18:58 What did they think you had... what did they think you had? 19:00 they thought I had a UTI which is urinary tract infection 19:03 that spread to the kidneys... Okay... 19:06 Now, it's very rare that guys get UTIs... 19:10 Hmmm... hmmm... it's not impossible... 19:13 but it's very rare... so they thought that I had 19:16 a UTI that spread to my kidneys... 19:18 and they sent me home... and then I went back 19:21 the next day... because I still was... 19:24 I didn't get any better... it just kept getting worse... 19:26 so I went back the next day... 19:28 they gave me some more medicine sent me home... 19:32 getting worse again... you know, 19:35 and I end up going back 19:38 in to the doctor... the next day, 19:40 now this is the third day 19:41 that I went to the doctor, my doctor was supposed to be 19:45 on vacation... by the grace of God... 19:48 my doctor was in the building and he saw... fit to come 19:53 visit me in the treatment room, and he decided 19:59 he wanted to run one more test... 20:02 and in that test, he took a look... 20:05 inside my stomach... some kind of x-ray... 20:08 something they did... took a look... 20:12 inside my stomach 20:13 and he told my father that he needs to get me to the ER 20:16 right away... and my dad took me to the ER 20:21 and they admitted me... and I mean... it was... it was, 20:26 I could have... 20:27 they told me I was the sickest person 20:29 in the hospital... 20:31 Yeah... which is... when I got the call... 20:34 I got the call... that you had been hospitalized 20:39 and that your appendix had ruptured... 20:42 and I, was in my office, in Dallas... 20:45 when I got the call... and I just... was hysterical 20:47 and crying and praying and praying and saying... 20:50 "God, please don't let my child die... please... " 20:52 because I knew how serious that can be 20:55 and I remember that a friend of mine came and 20:57 prayed... well actually... she didn't come... 21:00 she prayed with me over the phone... 21:01 and a sense of peace just washed over me... 21:05 I had such peace... and I was on the next flight out 21:09 that morning... I was on the next flight out to Atlanta 21:12 and I remember calling Pastor Byrd and asking him 21:16 to come and pray with you... because that... 21:19 no parent wants to hear 21:21 that your child has had 21:22 a ruptured appendix 21:24 and is in critical condition, 21:26 so, tell us... 21:27 actually, we have a picture of you 21:29 in the hospital, Yes... 21:31 and this is how Jason was... 21:34 it was just... when I saw you, I just was overcome 21:38 because... it's just amazing... but... let's talk about 21:43 what happened... Pr. Byrd came... prayed over you 21:46 what happened after that... you got to tell us quickly... 21:48 Well, Pr. Byrd came... he prayed with me... 21:52 which was extremely nice of him, I didn't know him before that 21:58 so, for him to come down to the hospital 22:00 and pray with us... you know, it meant, a lot... 22:04 I started... I was still in the bed... 22:08 I couldn't eat anything... I had... 22:10 as you could see from that picture... 22:12 I had a tube going up my nose and down my 22:16 esophagus to my stomach... and I couldn't get any food 22:21 I was on IVs... I had fluids going in... 22:24 but there was no food... so I was already thin... 22:29 and I just kept losing weight, and I remember being 22:33 at the sink... trying to brush my teeth... 22:36 which was really hard... I was very dependent 22:39 at that point in time, and we're at the sink, 22:42 and you were helping me brush my teeth... 22:46 and you just started crying... Hmmm... 22:49 because you could really feel my bones... 22:52 Hmmm... hmmm... you know... 22:53 it was at that moment that I felt 22:55 like I was going to die... Hmmm... hmmm... 22:57 I just thought... you know... 22:59 "These are my last few days... I'm going to die... " 23:02 But we know... and we praise God for this... 23:06 "Thank you Lord... " that God had a plan for you, 23:09 and part of that plan, that was set 23:11 from the foundation of the world... 23:13 is for you... to be here... 23:16 and you too... Ryan... you guys were handpicked 23:20 to do this job... I believe that everybody 23:23 is handpicked by God to do something... 23:25 and you guys are here... and we praise God for that... 23:29 and I thank you so much... for all that you're doing... 23:32 we have another member of the Dream Team... 23:35 that's here... and Ryan, if you would step down 23:39 and just let him... come up... 23:40 Jason, I just want to tell you that I'm so proud of what 23:45 God is doing in your life, and how far He's brought you 23:50 and one day... we're going to get to 23:52 get the rest of your testimony... 23:55 because you have a testimony 23:56 to share... but in the meantime... 23:58 we've got Ricky Carter... Hey, Ricky... 24:02 Ricky Carter... all of the... well... let's say... 24:05 most of the animation 24:07 that you see on Dare to Dream and the ones that you are 24:10 going to be seeing... by the grace of God... 24:13 Ricky Carter... has done and will be doing... 24:16 Ricky is part of... I met Ricky through 24:20 another member of our Dream Team... which is Ray Young 24:23 and he can't be here... but I'm so glad you're here 24:27 Ricky... today... Happy to be here... 24:28 Tell us a little bit about your background... 24:30 it's got to be quick... because I want then to see 24:32 what you've been doing for us Okay... well I'm 24:35 I used to be the Director in Charlotte North Carolina 24:38 at the Inspirational Network worked there for 5 years 24:41 then moved on to Country Music Television 24:44 so, did a little country music there for a little bit, 24:48 doing design animation there... after... oh, I don't know, 24:51 the last year of that... as my walk started 24:55 closer to the Lord... I said, "Man, what am I doing 24:57 promoting 40 greatest drinking songs? 24:59 what am I doing... promoting... Coyote Ugly" 25:02 you know... girls were half-dressed 25:03 and dancing on bar tables and stuff... like, 25:05 "I can't do this... " so I asked the Lord to 25:07 get me out of this... and the Lord opened up a way 25:11 provided me a way... to be able to go... 25:13 and work for myself... and then... I worked for myself 25:16 for about 2 years... then, one of my clients 25:18 who was running the publications they asked me to come up 25:21 and work for them... for a little bit... 25:22 worked with them... co-producing Bible Live... 25:25 editing, animation, shooting, audio... 25:30 Awesome... except for make-up... 25:32 couldn't do make-up... Awesome... 25:34 I want the viewers to see just some of the work 25:37 that you've been doing for us... 25:38 okay.. take a look at this... 26:10 That's just one... that's just one animation... 26:14 I mean... we have so many that you've done and that you 26:17 that you're going to be doing for us... 26:19 Amen... Amen... 26:22 So, we are so thankful... I'm so glad you came to visit 26:25 I wish that we could talk more with you 26:28 but our time is running out... do you have anything 26:30 that you want to share with the viewers 26:32 before we go... you and Jason... 26:33 just a quick thought... Well, one of the things 26:36 I want to encourage everyone to do 26:38 as my walks are getting closer to the Lord, 26:42 I put my trust in Him, and I love that verse 26:44 in Proverbs... "Trust in the Lord with all 26:47 your heart... lean not on your own understanding... 26:50 in all your ways acknowledge Him 26:52 and He will direct your paths... " 26:55 and that's what was one of my mottos 26:57 and that's what I did... Amen... thank you... 26:59 Jay, do you have a thought for the viewers... 27:01 Ah, yes, you know, don't pursue... 27:06 pursue your passion, pursue something that's going to 27:11 give you fulfillment... I used to not believe 27:13 that... the saying... "Money isn't everything... " 27:17 was true... I doubted that... 27:19 but "money is not everything," leading people to Jesus 27:24 is everything... Amen... amen... 27:26 Thank you so much, you guys... 27:29 and special thanks as well to Ray Young 27:31 Ken Dickson, Philip Smalls, Ray Wade, Ryan Johnson, 27:34 and Art Humphrey 27:36 and all of the 3ABN family... 27:39 I love you guys... and all of our supporters 27:41 and contributors to our team... 27:43 On Dare to Dream we are always talking about 27:45 the fact that God has a Divine Plan for your life 27:49 these young men that you've met 27:51 are walking in their divine destiny... 27:54 Are you walking in yours? 27:56 know that wherever you are in life, 27:58 that you can move forward, and walk in your purpose. 28:01 Well, that's it for our Program thanks for tuning in... 28:04 Join us next time... 28:05 it just wouldn't be the same without you... |
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