Stay tuned to meet two men that are glowing for Jesus. 00:00:01.33\00:00:03.87 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:00:03.93\00:00:05.27 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:00:05.30\00:00:07.40 Hello and welcome to urban report. 00:00:31.63\00:00:33.50 My guest today are pastor, Joe Reeves 00:00:33.56\00:00:35.56 and brother, David Pano. 00:00:35.60\00:00:37.20 They are committed to practical ministry 00:00:37.23\00:00:39.13 and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:00:39.17\00:00:41.54 Welcome to urban report. 00:00:41.57\00:00:42.90 Nice to be here. 00:00:42.94\00:00:44.27 Thanks for having us, appreciate it. 00:00:44.31\00:00:46.31 So lets begin with your backgrounds, 00:00:46.34\00:00:48.18 where are you from? 00:00:48.21\00:00:49.54 Were you always at Adventist? 00:00:49.58\00:00:50.98 Let's start with you, pastor. 00:00:51.01\00:00:52.35 Thanks. 00:00:52.38\00:00:53.75 I grew up in the mountains of Washington State 00:00:53.78\00:00:56.75 long ways from most people 00:00:56.82\00:00:58.89 with the bears and the mountain lions, 00:00:58.92\00:01:00.69 and the Lord has lead me to work in many places. 00:01:00.76\00:01:03.43 I now pastor in Michigan, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. 00:01:03.46\00:01:08.00 And love reaching out to people. 00:01:08.03\00:01:10.07 That's gotta be quite a change too 00:01:10.13\00:01:11.60 from being in the mountain, correct? 00:01:11.63\00:01:13.40 I always say the Lord loves to play tricks on me. 00:01:13.44\00:01:16.34 The first place He had me pasturing 00:01:16.37\00:01:18.84 was in Detroit, so... 00:01:18.87\00:01:20.54 Wow! 00:01:20.58\00:01:21.91 We're in the suburbs... 00:01:21.94\00:01:23.28 Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow. 00:01:23.31\00:01:24.65 So but, isn't that how the Lord likes to stretch us? 00:01:24.68\00:01:26.01 Yes, yes, absolutely. 00:01:26.05\00:01:27.48 And what about you? 00:01:27.52\00:01:28.85 My name is David Pano. 00:01:28.88\00:01:30.25 Originally, I am from Bolivia, South America, 00:01:30.29\00:01:32.62 and I gave my life to God when I was 26 years old, 00:01:32.65\00:01:38.59 and I was going to the church all the time. 00:01:38.63\00:01:40.90 But you know, you can be in the church 00:01:40.93\00:01:42.23 and lost at the same time, that was my case. 00:01:42.26\00:01:44.70 In 2009, I gave my life to God. 00:01:44.73\00:01:46.57 In 2011, I went to get training for ministry 00:01:46.60\00:01:51.77 and last year, I graduated 00:01:51.81\00:01:53.41 and now, I am working in literature ministry. 00:01:53.44\00:01:54.84 And literature ministry 00:01:54.88\00:01:56.21 has been part of my life now, yeah. 00:01:56.24\00:01:58.45 And what lead to that decision for you 00:01:58.48\00:02:00.72 to give your heart to Lord? 00:02:00.75\00:02:03.02 To be honest, it's to witness young people 00:02:03.05\00:02:06.35 that they were committed to God. 00:02:06.39\00:02:07.72 You know, usually the society shows you 00:02:07.76\00:02:11.73 that young people are into different aspects of life, 00:02:11.76\00:02:14.20 like movies, video games and all that. 00:02:14.20\00:02:16.73 But when I saw young people 00:02:16.77\00:02:18.10 that they were studying the Bible, 00:02:18.13\00:02:19.77 not only when they go to church, 00:02:19.80\00:02:22.57 that changed my life, to be honest, 00:02:22.60\00:02:24.61 and I realize that there is a way to be a Christian 00:02:24.64\00:02:27.61 and happy and enjoy life at the same time, you know. 00:02:27.64\00:02:30.41 Yes. What about you? 00:02:30.45\00:02:32.01 Were you always that Adventist? 00:02:32.05\00:02:33.72 Yeah, I was privileged to grow up in a home 00:02:33.78\00:02:35.38 that was Christian, 00:02:35.42\00:02:36.75 Seventh-day Adventist learning the Bible stories 00:02:36.79\00:02:38.12 at a young age. 00:02:38.15\00:02:39.49 Uh-huh. 00:02:39.52\00:02:40.86 You know, like any teenager get into those years, 00:02:40.92\00:02:43.79 start to ask some questions, 00:02:43.83\00:02:45.23 and I definitely knew 00:02:45.26\00:02:47.96 that I did not want to be a Christian, 00:02:47.96\00:02:49.66 I don't want to be a Seventh-day Adventist 00:02:49.70\00:02:51.23 just because it was family tradition, 00:02:51.27\00:02:52.83 just because it was culture. 00:02:52.87\00:02:54.70 I only wanted to be so if I had good reasons. 00:02:54.74\00:02:58.17 And so, I did a lot of searching and studying myself, 00:02:58.21\00:03:01.74 but actually one of the things that really clinched it 00:03:01.78\00:03:04.78 and drew me in 00:03:04.81\00:03:06.15 was sharing my faith with others. 00:03:06.18\00:03:09.25 I was 16 when I went to California, 00:03:09.28\00:03:15.32 and I did some door-to-door ministry there, 00:03:15.36\00:03:17.23 sharing books. 00:03:17.26\00:03:18.59 And when I saw the Lord working on the streets, 00:03:18.63\00:03:21.36 that's when He was working in my heart too, 00:03:21.40\00:03:23.83 and so I've always kind of been one of those persons 00:03:23.87\00:03:27.34 where if I keep my faith to myself, it starts to die. 00:03:27.40\00:03:30.27 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely 00:03:30.31\00:03:32.01 and if you're not growing, you are dieing. 00:03:32.04\00:03:33.54 Yeah. 00:03:33.58\00:03:35.84 It's amazing to hear different walks, 00:03:35.88\00:03:38.71 like to see different walks, 00:03:38.75\00:03:40.08 like you grew up 00:03:40.12\00:03:41.45 and you wanted to study for you're self 00:03:41.48\00:03:42.82 which is so important 00:03:42.85\00:03:44.19 because you can't take just what your parents say, 00:03:44.25\00:03:46.12 what you're mom and dad. 00:03:46.15\00:03:47.52 You know, you see so many times 00:03:47.56\00:03:48.99 where religion is just a tradition 00:03:49.02\00:03:50.99 for so many people. 00:03:51.03\00:03:52.36 They are following what mommy or daddy 00:03:52.39\00:03:53.80 or grandma or grandpa did 00:03:53.86\00:03:55.96 or they are just taking what the pastor said 00:03:56.00\00:03:58.23 instead of studying the Word of God for themselves. 00:03:58.27\00:04:00.77 So important to study the Word of God for yourself. 00:04:00.84\00:04:05.51 Now, there was an event in Chicago, 00:04:05.54\00:04:08.38 actually two events in Chicago. 00:04:08.41\00:04:11.58 What events, what took place, 00:04:11.61\00:04:13.42 and why did you guys decide to do two events? 00:04:13.45\00:04:15.95 Tell us about that. 00:04:15.98\00:04:17.82 Well, it was one nation trip, 00:04:17.85\00:04:20.69 but there were two events in that mission trip 00:04:20.76\00:04:23.19 and I was gonna speak about one and globe mission trips, 00:04:23.22\00:04:26.83 you know, passing GLOW tracts. 00:04:26.90\00:04:28.20 This small tract has been becoming so famous. 00:04:28.23\00:04:31.63 And what has been happening is that many young people, 00:04:31.67\00:04:35.90 they wanna pass this out. 00:04:35.94\00:04:37.67 So one part and one side of the this mission trip, 00:04:37.71\00:04:40.38 it was like pass as many as GLOW tracts 00:04:40.44\00:04:43.41 as possible to the people in Chicago. 00:04:43.45\00:04:46.51 So a lot of young people, 00:04:46.55\00:04:47.88 they decided to come to pass GLOW tracts 00:04:47.92\00:04:50.05 and share the Gospel that way as well. 00:04:50.09\00:04:53.02 And so, you say, GLOW tracts, 00:04:53.05\00:04:55.56 some of our viewers at home might not know exactly 00:04:55.59\00:04:58.03 what a GLOW tract is or what's in it. 00:04:58.06\00:05:01.66 What are GLOW tracts 00:05:01.70\00:05:03.03 and what do they usually consist of? 00:05:03.06\00:05:04.40 Yeah, GLOW tracts is a small Bible pamphlets like this size. 00:05:04.43\00:05:07.14 You know, there is smallest mobile reading 00:05:07.17\00:05:09.17 and if people receive this, 00:05:09.20\00:05:11.94 they can read and they can sign up for a Bible study, 00:05:11.97\00:05:14.28 send their information in the back. 00:05:14.31\00:05:16.31 So it's kind of like spreading the Gospel 00:05:16.34\00:05:18.11 in literature form. 00:05:18.15\00:05:19.68 Nice. 00:05:19.71\00:05:21.05 So a lot of young people, they can just pass, 00:05:21.08\00:05:22.62 you know, flood out the area with GLOW tract, 00:05:22.65\00:05:24.62 with these Bible pamphlets, 00:05:24.65\00:05:26.89 people can have access, you know, to the Gospel. 00:05:26.96\00:05:29.22 That's beautiful because it's in small bites size pieces, 00:05:29.26\00:05:32.79 so you're not over whelming anybody 00:05:32.83\00:05:34.50 with a 500 and something page book. 00:05:34.56\00:05:36.53 That's right. Excellent. 00:05:36.56\00:05:38.20 And it has titles that are attractive to people, 00:05:38.23\00:05:40.54 here's one "Where is God When I am Hurting?" 00:05:40.60\00:05:44.34 and you show that to someone, and sometimes you can see 00:05:44.37\00:05:47.34 people's expression on there face change right there. 00:05:47.38\00:05:49.38 Yes. 00:05:49.41\00:05:50.75 And here's another one 00:05:50.81\00:05:52.15 we pass out a lot of these intelligent faith. 00:05:52.18\00:05:54.58 Well, lot of people think faith is stupid, 00:05:54.62\00:05:56.79 but in these 1,200 words right here, 00:05:56.85\00:05:58.59 you can see why faith is intelligent 00:05:58.62\00:06:01.82 and so these tracks 00:06:01.86\00:06:03.76 that are really griping for people. 00:06:03.79\00:06:06.13 Amen, amen. 00:06:06.16\00:06:08.13 Now, why did you choose Chicago out of all places? 00:06:08.16\00:06:11.57 You coming from the mountains, why did you choose Chicago? 00:06:11.60\00:06:16.17 Well, you know, they've done these GLOW mission trips 00:06:16.20\00:06:19.97 in different cities before Philadelphia, San Jose 00:06:20.01\00:06:23.98 and when we were in Chicago 00:06:24.05\00:06:25.98 for the Youth Evangelism Congress, 00:06:26.01\00:06:28.35 some of the pastors, youth pastors 00:06:28.38\00:06:30.59 and some of the youth were saying, 00:06:30.62\00:06:32.05 "Why don't we do one around here?" 00:06:32.09\00:06:34.46 And of course, why not a better place than Chicago? 00:06:34.49\00:06:37.66 The weekend, we were there, was the weekend 00:06:37.69\00:06:40.40 that the Washington post published an article, 00:06:40.43\00:06:43.23 as we were there, I looked it up on my phone 00:06:43.26\00:06:45.60 saying that, "The murders this year in Chicago 00:06:45.63\00:06:50.57 more than the murders in New York City 00:06:50.61\00:06:52.91 and Los Angeles combined." 00:06:52.94\00:06:54.54 Wow! 00:06:54.58\00:06:55.91 Now, you know, when there is that many murders going on, 00:06:55.94\00:06:58.55 there is a lot of hurting people. 00:06:58.58\00:07:00.18 Murders don't happen by happy people. 00:07:00.25\00:07:02.22 No, no. 00:07:02.25\00:07:03.62 So they need Jesus 00:07:03.65\00:07:05.89 and that's why we chose Chicago, yeah. 00:07:05.92\00:07:08.39 Wow! 00:07:08.42\00:07:09.76 More murders than... 00:07:09.79\00:07:11.13 Chicago's crime rate is out of control, 00:07:11.16\00:07:14.46 and you're right, they do need Jesus, 00:07:14.50\00:07:17.57 they do need Jesus. 00:07:17.60\00:07:18.93 So... 00:07:18.97\00:07:20.34 We have that part of GLOW tracts, 00:07:20.37\00:07:22.94 you know, showing the Gospel. 00:07:22.97\00:07:24.31 We had one more event 00:07:24.34\00:07:26.61 on the same mission trip which was... 00:07:26.68\00:07:28.94 Yeah, well, you know, 00:07:28.98\00:07:30.45 we always have to be a little bit creative. 00:07:30.48\00:07:32.05 They've done the GLOW mission trips before, 00:07:32.08\00:07:33.72 but this time, we said, 00:07:33.75\00:07:35.08 "Well, why don't we add something to it," 00:07:35.12\00:07:37.39 and so we added a segment to this mission trip 00:07:37.42\00:07:39.79 called compassion 00:07:39.82\00:07:42.06 like the North American division Seventh-day Adventist 00:07:42.09\00:07:44.33 really been promoting compassion ministry this year. 00:07:44.36\00:07:47.66 So this really involves meeting people's felt needs, 00:07:47.73\00:07:50.93 giving them a water bottle, food, shelter, 00:07:50.97\00:07:55.94 and so we worked with the Chicago 00:07:55.97\00:07:58.84 and Adventist community services, 00:07:58.87\00:08:02.01 and they connected us with RTW Veteran Center, 00:08:02.04\00:08:05.01 and this a very interesting place. 00:08:05.05\00:08:06.88 They fed 50,000 hot meals to homeless last year 00:08:06.95\00:08:12.45 right there on Martin Luther King Boulevard, 00:08:12.49\00:08:14.29 Chicago, around the South Side Chicago. 00:08:14.32\00:08:17.06 And they have a fantastic approach, 00:08:17.09\00:08:19.36 they've got some gardens there, 00:08:19.39\00:08:21.43 and they have a center where they feed the homeless, 00:08:21.46\00:08:24.87 they help them with the shelter and with job placements. 00:08:24.90\00:08:28.57 So it's very holistic. 00:08:28.60\00:08:30.44 Well, we came in there, 00:08:30.51\00:08:31.97 and we helped working those gardens 00:08:32.01\00:08:35.94 that were there to feed the homeless, 00:08:35.98\00:08:38.28 and we were there meeting the homeless 00:08:38.31\00:08:40.65 and the gardener there, he says, 00:08:40.72\00:08:43.49 "You've got more done today than we have all summer long." 00:08:43.52\00:08:48.12 Of course, we kind of had advantage, 00:08:48.16\00:08:49.59 we came in there with 40 plus workers so... 00:08:49.62\00:08:52.76 Wow! Wow! 00:08:52.79\00:08:54.30 And so what type of missionaries came? 00:08:54.36\00:08:59.23 That was the beautiful part. 00:08:59.27\00:09:01.40 We put it in the website. 00:09:01.44\00:09:02.87 We have our website 00:09:02.90\00:09:04.24 where we promote these mission trips, 00:09:04.27\00:09:06.14 and we put it Chicago, 00:09:06.17\00:09:07.61 and I remember speaking with some missionaries 00:09:07.64\00:09:09.84 and they were saying, you know, 00:09:09.88\00:09:11.31 they were actually praying to have something going on... 00:09:11.35\00:09:13.95 What's the website? 00:09:13.98\00:09:15.32 The website is glowmissiontrips.org. 00:09:15.35\00:09:18.25 Okay. 00:09:18.29\00:09:19.62 So they were praying a lot about Chicago. 00:09:19.65\00:09:21.62 They have a burden for the city, 00:09:21.66\00:09:23.32 and when they saw that was like an answer to prayer 00:09:23.36\00:09:25.79 and they signed up. 00:09:25.83\00:09:27.13 So anybody can sign up for this mission trips. 00:09:27.23\00:09:30.30 So we have people coming from local areas 00:09:30.37\00:09:34.24 like in Chicago itself. 00:09:34.27\00:09:36.27 We have people coming from Michigan like us, 00:09:36.30\00:09:38.74 people coming from Indiana, then Minnesota, 00:09:38.77\00:09:42.58 people that started coming from Tennessee 00:09:42.61\00:09:44.71 and the farthest they started coming from California. 00:09:44.75\00:09:47.62 Wow! 00:09:47.65\00:09:48.98 So all over? 00:09:49.02\00:09:50.35 Yeah, all over the country, the people were signing up, 00:09:50.39\00:09:52.75 and to start coming in, 00:09:52.79\00:09:54.42 and I still remember these two families in particular, 00:09:54.46\00:09:59.46 they came from California and one of them, 00:09:59.49\00:10:03.53 they have kids and these children, 00:10:03.57\00:10:07.34 they wanted to serve God 00:10:07.40\00:10:08.74 and they actually found grace themselves 00:10:08.77\00:10:10.91 to pay their flight ticket to arrive for the mission trip. 00:10:10.94\00:10:16.34 They did this by going door-to-door 00:10:16.38\00:10:18.25 with their neighbors back in California saying, 00:10:18.28\00:10:20.92 "Hey, we're going to do a mission a trip to Chicago. 00:10:20.95\00:10:22.62 Do you wanna help?" 00:10:22.65\00:10:23.99 And people were helping. That is beautiful. 00:10:24.05\00:10:25.52 These little kids, like this height. 00:10:25.55\00:10:27.06 That's determination to serve the Lord. 00:10:27.12\00:10:29.56 They pay themselves, the tickets, the fight tickets. 00:10:29.59\00:10:32.53 So it was amazing to see, you know, their sacrifice, 00:10:32.56\00:10:36.40 that they were doing just to get there 00:10:36.43\00:10:38.23 and serve other people in the city. 00:10:38.27\00:10:40.37 You can imagine how us as leader were touched by that. 00:10:40.40\00:10:43.64 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, 00:10:43.67\00:10:45.57 and that just speaks volumes to grown ups, you know? 00:10:45.61\00:10:48.48 Grown ups need to be getting out there as well. 00:10:48.51\00:10:50.91 You have little kids that are hungry to serve the Lord 00:10:50.95\00:10:55.15 and funding their own way to get to Chicago to do so. 00:10:55.18\00:11:00.26 We have about seven pictures that we wanna go through. 00:11:00.29\00:11:03.96 And as we go through these pictures, 00:11:04.03\00:11:05.43 just give us a little brief idea 00:11:05.46\00:11:08.33 of what's going on in each picture. 00:11:08.36\00:11:10.03 For sure. 00:11:10.07\00:11:12.60 Yeah, that's inside the RTW Veteran Center. 00:11:12.63\00:11:16.17 We had 16 academy students 00:11:16.20\00:11:21.08 from Great Lakes Adventist Academy. 00:11:21.11\00:11:22.61 We were painting inside the building 00:11:22.64\00:11:24.25 and helping them with some renovations. 00:11:24.28\00:11:25.78 Nice. 00:11:25.81\00:11:27.18 Let's see what this next one has for us. 00:11:27.22\00:11:30.75 That was one of the areas in Chicago Hispanic community, 00:11:30.79\00:11:35.26 and we see Alex here, he was passing GLOW tracts. 00:11:35.29\00:11:38.23 They were going door-to-door 00:11:38.26\00:11:39.89 leaving GLOW tracts in the car and with the people as well. 00:11:39.96\00:11:43.30 And Alex actually works with 3ABN Latino. 00:11:43.33\00:11:45.47 Yes, yes, he was one of our volunteers, 00:11:45.50\00:11:49.07 and we visited actually local Churches 00:11:49.10\00:11:51.57 and we told them about what we were doing. 00:11:51.61\00:11:53.94 And it was a blessing 00:11:54.01\00:11:55.34 because and also we shared GLOW tracts with them, 00:11:55.38\00:11:57.18 and they were committed themselves 00:11:57.21\00:11:58.91 also to pass them out. 00:11:58.95\00:12:00.35 Nice. Wow! 00:12:00.42\00:12:01.92 That's a lot of GLOW tracts in that bag. 00:12:01.95\00:12:04.29 We pack those bags, 00:12:04.32\00:12:05.92 pack up the backs of the vans and go out there. 00:12:05.95\00:12:08.89 We got out 200,000 GLOW tracts 00:12:08.92\00:12:10.93 during the four days that we were there. 00:12:10.96\00:12:12.29 Wow! 00:12:12.33\00:12:13.66 200,000, that's... 00:12:13.70\00:12:15.00 So we went through bag after, bag after, after bag. 00:12:15.03\00:12:16.36 Wow! 00:12:16.40\00:12:17.73 And that's Donald Owen 00:12:17.77\00:12:19.10 who's in our pastoral department. 00:12:19.13\00:12:20.47 Yeah, that's right. There are some familiar faces. 00:12:20.50\00:12:24.64 And that was in the area of downtown, 00:12:24.67\00:12:28.28 People in downtown, 00:12:28.31\00:12:29.64 they were also passing GLOW tracts. 00:12:29.68\00:12:31.01 There was a small group that had went to downtown, 00:12:31.05\00:12:32.98 and they were passing GLOW tracts to the tourists. 00:12:33.01\00:12:35.82 We don't know how far our GLOW tracts are gonna go. 00:12:35.85\00:12:38.69 Absolutely. 00:12:38.72\00:12:40.06 And that's such a blessing, 00:12:40.12\00:12:41.46 and there goes Janelle Owen, another face I recognize 00:12:41.49\00:12:44.19 that works in our graphics department. 00:12:44.23\00:12:46.53 You know, one of the beautiful things 00:12:46.56\00:12:47.86 about this trip, 00:12:47.93\00:12:49.23 we talked people coming from different directions 00:12:49.26\00:12:51.97 to join us for this trip, 00:12:52.00\00:12:53.67 but you can see here we had Asians, 00:12:53.70\00:12:56.50 we had blacks, we had whites, we had all kinds of people, 00:12:56.54\00:13:00.41 some with different accents 00:13:00.48\00:13:02.08 to come together for this mission trip. 00:13:02.11\00:13:03.65 We were working in a black church, 00:13:03.68\00:13:06.25 but it was just everybody coming together. 00:13:06.28\00:13:08.62 I think we need a little bit of that in our world right now, 00:13:08.65\00:13:09.98 don't we? 00:13:10.02\00:13:11.35 I would say so, I would say so. 00:13:11.39\00:13:12.72 These kids here working in the garden 00:13:12.75\00:13:15.06 by the RTW Veteran Center, 00:13:15.09\00:13:18.86 there was an accident 00:13:18.89\00:13:20.23 that happened while we were there. 00:13:20.30\00:13:22.16 When we were working with the homeless 00:13:22.20\00:13:24.13 there in the gardens. 00:13:24.17\00:13:25.50 I was in my van in the driver's seat 00:13:25.53\00:13:28.07 and just getting ready to pull out 00:13:28.10\00:13:30.01 when I look up, 00:13:30.07\00:13:31.84 and this in fact that's me in the far left of that picture 00:13:31.87\00:13:35.48 talking to the police officer as a witness. 00:13:35.51\00:13:37.01 Uh-huh. 00:13:37.05\00:13:38.38 And this lady was in her wheelchair, 00:13:38.41\00:13:41.95 electric wheelchair just getting ready 00:13:41.98\00:13:44.05 to cross Martin Luther King Boulevard, 00:13:44.09\00:13:46.15 but another man had already started to execute a left turn, 00:13:46.19\00:13:49.86 and she was going full speed and she hit... 00:13:49.89\00:13:53.66 she was hit by this driver. 00:13:53.70\00:13:55.73 He felt terrible. 00:13:55.76\00:13:57.10 It was just a little picture of some of the chaos tough 00:13:57.13\00:14:00.74 that's just all around. 00:14:00.77\00:14:03.44 And so she had to go to the hospital later. 00:14:03.51\00:14:06.31 We were glad she wasn't hurt worse. 00:14:06.34\00:14:08.44 But he stayed which is a good thing. 00:14:08.48\00:14:11.35 He stayed on the scene, correct? 00:14:11.38\00:14:12.75 He did, he felt terrible, 00:14:12.78\00:14:14.12 the driver did, he didn't take off. 00:14:14.15\00:14:15.92 Yeah, that is horrible 00:14:15.95\00:14:17.52 but it was so inspiring to see the little ones getting out, 00:14:17.59\00:14:22.46 you see them getting their hands dirty. 00:14:22.49\00:14:24.33 They are not standing around, they are pushing wheel barrels, 00:14:24.36\00:14:27.50 filling up wheel barrels and painting. 00:14:27.60\00:14:30.27 Oh, man just working hard. 00:14:30.33\00:14:32.30 They worked for it and they were excited. 00:14:32.33\00:14:35.44 They were super excited and they were helping people. 00:14:35.47\00:14:38.34 I think we can learn from that. 00:14:38.37\00:14:40.08 Absolutely. 00:14:40.14\00:14:41.48 And Chicago is one of the largest cities 00:14:41.51\00:14:43.61 that we have in America, 00:14:43.65\00:14:45.21 and there is a lot of pain there. 00:14:45.25\00:14:46.78 Like over, and over I heard from our missionaries, sort of, 00:14:46.82\00:14:49.88 volunteer missionaries saying, "I see a lot of pain." 00:14:49.92\00:14:53.42 I though and some of it was eye-opening for them. 00:14:53.46\00:14:55.86 I though I was in bad position until I came here. 00:14:55.89\00:15:00.43 And it has been a blessing not only for them, 00:15:00.46\00:15:05.13 but also for us as we were there. 00:15:05.17\00:15:06.97 Yeah. Wow! 00:15:07.04\00:15:08.37 One of the others told me, 00:15:08.40\00:15:09.77 she said, "I dint know my kids could work so hard." 00:15:09.80\00:15:12.47 Yes. Wow! 00:15:12.51\00:15:13.88 So I don't... apparently she had tried 00:15:13.91\00:15:15.28 to get them to garden before and didn't go very well. 00:15:15.31\00:15:16.85 Yeah. 00:15:16.88\00:15:18.21 But, you know, when we come together 00:15:18.25\00:15:19.58 and we do projects together, 00:15:19.61\00:15:20.95 the kids pick up on that momentum, 00:15:20.98\00:15:22.82 and it just lifts the whole family 00:15:22.85\00:15:24.42 and it lifts everybody. 00:15:24.45\00:15:26.22 But, you know, there was something that happened 00:15:26.25\00:15:28.26 when we were there that, kind of, 00:15:28.29\00:15:30.13 illustrates part of the reason 00:15:30.16\00:15:31.83 we are wanting to do these GLOW tracts together 00:15:31.86\00:15:34.30 with the compassion 00:15:34.36\00:15:36.30 coz I don't know if you have noticed this 00:15:36.33\00:15:38.17 with your Christian brothers and sisters, 00:15:38.20\00:15:39.87 sometimes there's people that's all about literature, 00:15:39.90\00:15:42.90 but they are not to concerned about the felt needs. 00:15:42.94\00:15:45.01 Then, there is some people 00:15:45.04\00:15:46.37 that are all about feeding the homeless, 00:15:46.41\00:15:48.14 but they don't bother with giving the Bible study 00:15:48.18\00:15:51.01 or sharing the literature. 00:15:51.05\00:15:52.48 I say lets do both and my friend, Donald, 00:15:52.51\00:15:56.79 when he was there, there was a lady 00:15:56.85\00:15:58.19 that was on the side of the road, 00:15:58.22\00:15:59.55 a homeless lady that slept on the side of the road 00:15:59.59\00:16:02.62 and when he offered her GLOW tract, 00:16:02.66\00:16:06.93 she looked up at him and this lady, 00:16:06.96\00:16:10.17 she had around her a pile of water bottles. 00:16:10.20\00:16:13.34 And this pile of water bottles was about all she had. 00:16:13.37\00:16:17.11 She was selling them so she had money to buy lunch. 00:16:17.14\00:16:20.71 But when Donald gave her this GLOW tract 00:16:20.78\00:16:23.75 with truth she recognized it and they had the words of hope 00:16:23.78\00:16:27.05 and telling the story about Jesus. 00:16:27.12\00:16:29.22 And she got up to her feet, and she gave him a hug, 00:16:29.25\00:16:32.89 she had tears in her eyes 00:16:32.92\00:16:34.52 and then, she took this one of... 00:16:34.56\00:16:36.49 this homeless lady took one of the water bottles, 00:16:36.52\00:16:38.53 and she was selling to everybody else 00:16:38.56\00:16:39.89 and she gave it to him, all that she had. 00:16:39.93\00:16:43.93 And that one story spoke volumes to me 00:16:43.97\00:16:47.60 because sometimes I am tempted to think, 00:16:47.64\00:16:49.84 "Oh, the homeless people, 00:16:49.87\00:16:51.67 what they need is really they need is water, 00:16:51.71\00:16:53.74 they need food, and they don't really the spiritual... 00:16:53.78\00:16:58.08 how's that even gonna connect 00:16:58.11\00:17:00.25 when they are hungry or thirsty?" 00:17:00.28\00:17:02.58 Well, they need both. 00:17:02.62\00:17:05.19 And even in the situation, 00:17:05.22\00:17:06.59 they know what they need, many of them... 00:17:06.62\00:17:08.52 Absolutely. 00:17:08.56\00:17:09.89 And this lady with tears in eyes said, "Thank you," 00:17:09.92\00:17:12.09 and she gave him one of her water bottles, 00:17:12.13\00:17:14.46 so that's why we are doing both. 00:17:14.46\00:17:15.86 Yeah, and that's very powerful because another lesson 00:17:15.90\00:17:18.47 that can be drawn from that is this is this lady's last, 00:17:18.50\00:17:22.67 this is all she has 00:17:22.70\00:17:24.34 and you share the Word of God with her, 00:17:24.37\00:17:27.38 you shared there precious tract 00:17:27.41\00:17:30.55 and she gave Donald one of her water bottles 00:17:30.58\00:17:35.05 that she was selling to feed herself. 00:17:35.08\00:17:37.62 And probably she was even sacrificing, 00:17:37.65\00:17:38.99 you know, her food... 00:17:39.02\00:17:40.36 Absolutely. 00:17:40.39\00:17:41.72 In order to get this or as a thank you. 00:17:41.76\00:17:43.83 It's amazing how-- 00:17:43.86\00:17:45.93 Yes, it's a holy sake. 00:17:45.96\00:17:47.30 That's what the Gospel is a holy sake. 00:17:47.30\00:17:48.86 It's not just a one thing, it's everything. 00:17:48.90\00:17:51.30 It supplies many needs and that's what we see like... 00:17:51.33\00:17:55.17 we have a like an event like... 00:17:55.20\00:17:56.87 when we were passing GLOW tracts one of our... 00:17:56.91\00:17:59.67 we had a like four people in one park. 00:17:59.71\00:18:03.38 And when they were there, one of our... 00:18:03.41\00:18:06.31 the girls, she was approached by a young man, 00:18:06.35\00:18:09.08 and she says, "Are you passing these tracts?" 00:18:09.12\00:18:10.92 And he showed her, you know, the small Bible pamphlets, 00:18:10.95\00:18:13.69 and she was like. 00:18:13.72\00:18:15.06 "Yes, I am doing this." 00:18:15.09\00:18:16.42 And he like, "You know, 00:18:16.46\00:18:17.79 somebody gave me one of this probably another volunteer." 00:18:17.83\00:18:21.50 And he says. 00:18:21.53\00:18:22.86 "You know, I am so impressed, 00:18:22.90\00:18:24.27 I wanna help, so can you give me some of that. 00:18:24.30\00:18:27.04 I will help you to pass them out." 00:18:27.07\00:18:28.94 So this stranger joined the team, 00:18:28.97\00:18:31.77 and he started passing them out also. 00:18:31.81\00:18:33.58 At the end of the day, she was like so excited 00:18:33.61\00:18:35.54 because he was like passing them out 00:18:35.58\00:18:37.18 and she was like, you know, "Who are you?" 00:18:37.25\00:18:38.65 They realized that this young man, 00:18:38.68\00:18:40.92 he didn't have a place to go and pretty much 00:18:40.95\00:18:44.42 they connect him with the local church, 00:18:44.45\00:18:46.22 and he was going to attend to the local church as well. 00:18:46.25\00:18:48.89 So this is how they value, 00:18:48.92\00:18:50.53 you know, people they have nothing. 00:18:50.56\00:18:51.89 They also value the Gospel 00:18:51.93\00:18:54.60 because that's what brings hope beyond that. 00:18:54.63\00:18:56.10 Yeah. 00:18:56.13\00:18:57.47 Well, I'll tell you, 00:18:57.53\00:18:58.87 people are thirsty, they are thirsty for Jesus. 00:18:58.90\00:19:00.97 It's unfortunate that some of us Christians get shy 00:19:01.00\00:19:03.74 and scared and so fearful of rejection 00:19:03.77\00:19:07.41 because we are gonna experience that. 00:19:07.44\00:19:08.78 Some people are gonna say, "no," they don't want that, 00:19:08.81\00:19:11.25 but you can't let that stop you from going to the next person. 00:19:11.28\00:19:13.55 It's thirsty for Jesus. That's right. 00:19:13.58\00:19:15.98 Yeah, we are gonna help people with their gardens. 00:19:16.02\00:19:17.72 We are gonna feed them, 00:19:17.75\00:19:19.09 but people are thirsty for Jesus. 00:19:19.12\00:19:21.22 He is the solution to every problem 00:19:21.26\00:19:23.76 that answered every question. 00:19:23.79\00:19:25.13 I really believe that. 00:19:25.16\00:19:26.49 Amen, and you know what people realize 00:19:26.53\00:19:28.80 that there is something going on in this world. 00:19:28.83\00:19:30.30 Exactly. 00:19:30.37\00:19:31.70 They don't know what it is, 00:19:31.73\00:19:33.20 but we do know what it is, 00:19:33.23\00:19:35.27 and we have to share that with them. 00:19:35.30\00:19:36.94 You wouldn't let your friend go into a burning building 00:19:37.01\00:19:40.21 or you wouldn't let any citizen go into a burning building 00:19:40.28\00:19:43.65 without warning them. 00:19:43.68\00:19:45.28 How could we not share Jesus with other people? 00:19:45.31\00:19:48.48 Yeah, you share 00:19:48.52\00:19:49.85 what is the most precious thing in your life. 00:19:49.88\00:19:52.82 You know, if it was the most precious thing 00:19:52.85\00:19:54.29 in your life is just food, you're gonna share just food, 00:19:54.32\00:19:57.16 but if the most precious thing of your life is a person, 00:19:57.23\00:20:01.60 is Jesus Christ, why not? 00:20:01.63\00:20:03.33 You know, He brings joy, 00:20:03.37\00:20:05.00 hope in your life and, you know, 00:20:05.03\00:20:07.60 many of the people may be they might never, 00:20:07.64\00:20:10.91 may be they will never leave that area, 00:20:10.94\00:20:14.71 but they have hope for something beyond that 00:20:14.74\00:20:17.51 and that's what we were trying to impress and yes, 00:20:17.55\00:20:20.52 people say no, we face that. 00:20:20.58\00:20:22.55 You know, and there was a situation interesting 00:20:22.58\00:20:24.62 how God works and this is true. 00:20:24.65\00:20:28.02 This young man, he was passing like it's a GLOW tracts 00:20:28.06\00:20:31.09 and that lady approached to him as she was passing by, 00:20:31.13\00:20:35.96 he handed out GLOW tracts to her, 00:20:36.00\00:20:39.27 and she said, "No, thank you I am not interested." 00:20:39.30\00:20:42.10 I mean, she was rough. 00:20:42.14\00:20:43.74 She kept walking. 00:20:43.77\00:20:45.44 But just suddenly, she stops, 00:20:45.47\00:20:48.14 turns back and walks backs to him 00:20:48.18\00:20:50.38 and she said, "Can you give me all that you have?" 00:20:50.41\00:20:54.52 And then, he was like, "Wow, what a change!" 00:20:54.55\00:20:57.95 And she said, "You know, when I was leaving, 00:20:57.99\00:21:00.06 something told me come back and get what he has." 00:21:00.09\00:21:04.33 Wow! 00:21:04.36\00:21:05.69 So this is how the holy sprit works, 00:21:05.73\00:21:08.50 and we're working with angels, 00:21:08.53\00:21:10.33 we are working with haven that's why we go there. 00:21:10.37\00:21:12.90 Yeah, that's powerful. 00:21:12.93\00:21:14.74 Now you can see why you do these mission trips. 00:21:14.77\00:21:16.67 Absolutely. 00:21:16.71\00:21:18.04 People wonder, well, you see the Lord working out there 00:21:18.07\00:21:21.04 so, and we have more mission trips coming up. 00:21:21.08\00:21:23.41 You can see those at glowmissiontrips.org. 00:21:23.45\00:21:27.18 And those... that's not just to report 00:21:27.22\00:21:28.65 on what we have done, that's the more mission trips 00:21:28.68\00:21:30.95 that we are planning and people can join, 00:21:30.99\00:21:33.82 and your faith can be strengthened too. 00:21:33.86\00:21:35.79 Pick up on the momentum. 00:21:35.82\00:21:37.29 Now, what are some of the mission trips 00:21:37.33\00:21:39.49 that you have coming up? 00:21:39.53\00:21:41.86 Yeah, we have different ones like, in the website, 00:21:41.90\00:21:45.47 you will have current and updated information. 00:21:45.50\00:21:47.74 Okay. 00:21:47.77\00:21:49.10 They will tell you the coming events. 00:21:49.14\00:21:51.61 There are events even in Europe. 00:21:51.64\00:21:53.41 Oh, wow. People can sign up from the US. 00:21:53.44\00:21:56.14 There are local events. 00:21:56.18\00:21:58.31 They are thinking also going to like Utah 00:21:58.35\00:22:01.28 and all different areas, so if they go to the website, 00:22:01.32\00:22:03.99 they will have updated information, 00:22:04.02\00:22:05.75 glowmissiontrips.org. 00:22:05.79\00:22:07.36 So this is around the world. 00:22:07.39\00:22:09.52 That is correct and is growing 00:22:09.56\00:22:11.59 because it started last year in Philadelphia, yes. 00:22:11.63\00:22:14.60 What other stories do you have? 00:22:14.63\00:22:16.03 Well, you know, 00:22:16.06\00:22:17.47 it just happened the whole time we are there. 00:22:17.53\00:22:19.00 The last night, 00:22:19.03\00:22:20.64 all the missionaries had gone home 00:22:20.70\00:22:22.34 and us as the organization, we had to clean things up, 00:22:22.37\00:22:25.27 and we are driving out of town and it's already dark. 00:22:25.31\00:22:28.64 And we are driving on Martin Luther King Boulevard 00:22:28.68\00:22:30.95 again, south of were we were earlier during the weekend 00:22:30.98\00:22:34.42 and, you know, there is a lot of people 00:22:34.45\00:22:37.15 there begging for money, 00:22:37.19\00:22:38.89 and we were at the stop light 00:22:38.92\00:22:40.42 and the tracks go right over the intersection. 00:22:40.46\00:22:43.43 And I was driving the van, 00:22:43.49\00:22:46.43 and I could kind of see out of the corner of my eye, 00:22:46.46\00:22:49.63 somebody on the street corner trying to get my attention, 00:22:49.66\00:22:51.77 but I was ignoring 00:22:51.80\00:22:53.13 because I taught they were asking for money. 00:22:53.17\00:22:54.57 And so, but somebody in the van says, 00:22:54.60\00:22:59.27 "Joe, the person is trying to get your attention," 00:22:59.31\00:23:01.18 and so I look and I roll the window 00:23:01.21\00:23:03.75 and he says, "Hey, I remember you." 00:23:03.78\00:23:07.98 And I looked at him and I said, "I remember you," 00:23:08.02\00:23:10.62 and as soon as I looked into his eyes, 00:23:10.69\00:23:12.02 I recognized him as one of the homeless man 00:23:12.05\00:23:13.86 that I had talked to the day before about a mile away, 00:23:13.89\00:23:17.53 and he'd seen in the dark, two lanes over, 00:23:17.56\00:23:20.70 he had seen me and he recognized me. 00:23:20.73\00:23:22.80 Now, then the light turned green, I had to go. 00:23:22.83\00:23:27.60 That's probably where the man slept, 00:23:27.64\00:23:29.80 but there he is in his world 00:23:29.84\00:23:31.57 just fighting for a little bit of recognition. 00:23:31.61\00:23:35.21 I didn't even know his name, he didn't know my name, 00:23:35.24\00:23:38.01 but at least, we recognized each other 00:23:38.05\00:23:40.68 and people are looking for that personal touch. 00:23:40.72\00:23:44.85 That's why Jesus touched people. 00:23:44.89\00:23:46.45 Yes, yes and minister to their needs. 00:23:46.49\00:23:49.52 And you know, I just have Jesus words 00:23:49.56\00:23:52.53 ringing in my ears all the time. 00:23:52.56\00:23:53.90 He says, "Whatever that men would do to you, 00:23:53.96\00:23:56.80 do you so to them for this is the law in the prophets," 00:23:56.83\00:23:59.17 Mathews 7:12. 00:23:59.20\00:24:00.64 So I put myself in that person's shoes. 00:24:00.67\00:24:02.47 If I was that person what would I want? 00:24:02.50\00:24:04.87 I would want someone to speak to me. 00:24:04.91\00:24:06.51 I would want someone to share with me, 00:24:06.54\00:24:08.51 so that's what we better do. 00:24:08.54\00:24:09.88 Absolutely. That's correct. 00:24:09.91\00:24:11.25 Now, what advise would you have to give someone 00:24:11.28\00:24:14.25 who wants to get involved 00:24:14.32\00:24:15.68 and be active in their community? 00:24:15.72\00:24:19.62 Find the needs of your community. 00:24:19.65\00:24:23.53 Many times, I have one of my missionaries 00:24:23.56\00:24:26.09 on that mission trip and she said, 00:24:26.13\00:24:27.66 "You know, I taught 00:24:27.73\00:24:29.43 that mission field was only in Africa 00:24:29.46\00:24:31.73 and all of those distant countries," 00:24:31.77\00:24:33.90 until she came to those places and she said, 00:24:33.94\00:24:36.27 "You know, there is a need here. 00:24:36.30\00:24:37.64 Why I am not here?" 00:24:37.67\00:24:39.07 So anybody who's there, you know, 00:24:39.11\00:24:42.91 find the needs of your community 00:24:42.94\00:24:46.48 and work in that and take opportunity... 00:24:46.51\00:24:49.55 as you supply those needs, 00:24:49.58\00:24:51.22 give them more than their physical needs, 00:24:51.25\00:24:54.22 give them more than that 00:24:54.26\00:24:55.59 because they have spiritual needs. 00:24:55.62\00:24:57.19 Everybody has a hole in their heart. 00:24:57.23\00:24:59.49 That's only shape for God 00:24:59.53\00:25:01.30 and their longing to be filled and some of them, 00:25:01.33\00:25:03.37 they don't even know that they have that, yes. 00:25:03.40\00:25:05.43 Yes, and what about... 00:25:05.47\00:25:06.84 And everybody can use GLOW. 00:25:06.87\00:25:09.17 It's simple, it's useable. 00:25:09.20\00:25:11.44 You can order them at glowonline.org 00:25:11.47\00:25:14.94 and these GLOW tracts, 00:25:14.98\00:25:16.34 the Lord is just working miracles through them 00:25:16.38\00:25:18.18 and just simple meanings. 00:25:18.21\00:25:19.55 And selling more stories, but I am sure. 00:25:19.58\00:25:21.35 Absolutely. 00:25:21.38\00:25:22.72 Time is short, but we do have a little bit of time 00:25:22.75\00:25:26.55 for like a short story. 00:25:26.59\00:25:28.62 But, I am just saying now is the time 00:25:28.66\00:25:30.99 when people need to get busy and get working. 00:25:31.03\00:25:33.50 I went in... 00:25:33.53\00:25:34.83 I am a pastor, I have a church school. 00:25:34.86\00:25:36.20 So just last week, 00:25:36.23\00:25:37.90 went into the church school, into 4th grade, 00:25:37.93\00:25:40.80 and I was having them 00:25:40.84\00:25:42.17 collate some of these GLOW tracts, 00:25:42.20\00:25:43.57 but when the 4th... 00:25:43.61\00:25:44.94 Now, what is collating GLOW tracts? 00:25:44.97\00:25:46.31 Well, they were just bundling them together 00:25:46.34\00:25:49.34 so we can hand them out 00:25:49.38\00:25:51.71 because they were bundling these GLOW tracts together. 00:25:51.75\00:25:54.92 At the end, when these little 4th graders had done, 00:25:54.95\00:25:58.15 I asked them if they want to hear any stories, 00:25:58.19\00:26:00.29 and so I shared some of the stories, 00:26:00.32\00:26:03.12 some of which I shared with you. 00:26:03.16\00:26:04.89 And then, these 4th graders started telling me 00:26:04.93\00:26:07.96 how they use GLOW tracts 00:26:07.96\00:26:09.70 and, you know, how they are little kids, 00:26:09.73\00:26:11.77 you know, "Well, my family puts them in the bathroom 00:26:11.80\00:26:15.60 or the public restroom 00:26:15.64\00:26:17.01 or my family puts them in the gas pump 00:26:17.04\00:26:18.47 or family puts them in the car door handle," 00:26:18.51\00:26:21.34 or whatever it is, full of ideas 00:26:21.38\00:26:23.85 and so I challenged them when I came back in there, 00:26:23.88\00:26:27.25 they all wanted some themselves. 00:26:27.32\00:26:29.32 And so, I shared some of them. 00:26:29.35\00:26:30.69 So next time, I go back to that classroom, 00:26:30.72\00:26:32.19 all the 4th graders are gonna tell me 00:26:32.22\00:26:33.56 how they have been using the GLOW tracts. 00:26:33.59\00:26:34.92 Yes. Wow! 00:26:34.96\00:26:36.29 So it's... everybody can use. Everybody can use. 00:26:36.32\00:26:37.66 I am telling, you kids, grandma, grandpa, everybody. 00:26:37.69\00:26:39.86 Yeah. 00:26:39.89\00:26:41.20 Glowonline.org, that's were they can go 00:26:41.23\00:26:44.13 and check the new tracts that we have. 00:26:44.17\00:26:46.00 Also, we have a new one for children as well. 00:26:46.03\00:26:48.97 Oh, there is one for children? 00:26:49.00\00:26:50.71 That's correct. Oh, wow! 00:26:50.77\00:26:52.27 And what is that one? 00:26:52.31\00:26:53.84 What dose that one have in it? 00:26:53.88\00:26:56.64 It's designed for, like, I said, small children. 00:26:56.71\00:27:00.28 It talks about the state of the death, 00:27:00.35\00:27:02.42 what happens and the title is "What's wrong with grandpa?" 00:27:02.45\00:27:05.72 It's about like children that's wondering 00:27:05.75\00:27:07.29 what happened with the grandpa, ya. 00:27:07.32\00:27:08.66 Nice! 00:27:08.69\00:27:10.03 Like where did grandpa go 00:27:10.06\00:27:11.39 and, you know, that's still an issue today is 00:27:11.43\00:27:14.10 so many people are confused 00:27:14.13\00:27:15.66 about the state of the death as we see. 00:27:15.70\00:27:19.20 That is amazing what took place in Chicago, 00:27:19.23\00:27:23.07 what will be taking place around the world, 00:27:23.10\00:27:25.54 and we hope that our viewers will get involved 00:27:25.57\00:27:28.94 in ministry as well. 00:27:28.98\00:27:30.85 I wanna thank both of you for coming and sharing with us. 00:27:30.88\00:27:34.62 Thanks for allowing us. 00:27:34.65\00:27:36.18 You are very welcome, 00:27:36.22\00:27:37.59 and I wanna thank you at home for watching. 00:27:37.62\00:27:40.56 If your church was missing, 00:27:40.59\00:27:42.19 would the neighborhood notice that you are gone? 00:27:42.22\00:27:44.79 Would they even care? 00:27:44.83\00:27:46.56 These are serious questions to consider. 00:27:46.59\00:27:49.20 We are living in the last days 00:27:49.23\00:27:50.83 and we must do all that we can to spread the Gospel, 00:27:50.87\00:27:54.34 that means each and everyone of us 00:27:54.37\00:27:56.77 has a role to fulfill. 00:27:56.81\00:27:58.87 Pray and ask God to give you a burden for souls. 00:27:58.91\00:28:02.74 Well, we have reached the end of another program. 00:28:02.78\00:28:04.91 Join us next time and remember, 00:28:04.95\00:28:06.51 it just wouldn't be the same without you. 00:28:06.55\00:28:08.92