Stay tuned to meet the family
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that brings new meaning
to the adage of the family
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that plays
together, stays together.
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My name is Yvonne Lewis...
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And I'm Jason Bradley,
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and you are
watching Urban Report.
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Hello, and
welcome to Urban Report.
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I've got my son
Jason Bradley here with me.
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And we are in the studio
that produces the Today program
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because the Urban Report set
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is too small for
all of our guests.
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We have a
wonderful family with us,
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we have the Rios family.
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We have the dad, Pablo Rios,
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we have Itziar and Kenai Rios,
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and Didi, the mom.
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And we are just so
thankful to have you.
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Welcome to Urban Report.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Nice to be here.
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You are the epitome
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of what we...
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We aim for with Dare to Dream,
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and that is a family
that has God at the center,
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a family that's
doing things for God,
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and a family that
reflects spirituality,
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and actually showing people
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how to live out
the Christian life.
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So I wanna find out
more about you as a family
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before we even get
into what your ministry is.
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So let's start
with the dad, Pablo.
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Pablo, what is
your, as a father,
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as a godly father,
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what do you feel your job
is as far as helping your boys
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and your wife
with your ministry?
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I would say,
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guide them towards
the hands of Christ,
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make sure they have their
spiritual values very strong,
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their dedication on
what they do, and since...
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Our ministry, it's
towards helping others,
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we have to be strong ourselves,
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so we can give
others part of our strength.
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See, that's beautiful,
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because your ministry is
Limitless Sports Ministry.
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And you've taken
sports into ministry,
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and you're using it
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to help others
to know about Jesus.
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And the boys are the
ones who are doing it.
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Let's start with Kenai.
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Kenai, how old are you?
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Nine.
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You're nine, and how long have
you been playing table tennis?
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Four and a half years.
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Four and a half years.
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Four and a half of
your nine long years,
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you've been playing...
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And you play so well.
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Thank you.
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You and your brother are,
I mean, I was just amazed.
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In fact, I think we have a clip,
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we're gonna to put
up a clip in a minute
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that shows just
how both of you play.
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Itziar, how old are you?
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I'm 12.
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You're 12.
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And how long
have you been playing?
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Like the same,
four and a half years.
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So both of you
started at the same time?
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Yeah.
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Well, now, Dad,
what made you to decide,
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because you're their
coach, right, what made you...
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How did you know to get
them started in table tennis?
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Well, I actually didn't know.
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I played volleyball for
the army for four years.
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So volleyball was my main sport,
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so I do know
something about discipline,
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and, you know, hard training,
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but back then, I was
just dedicated to sports,
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just for me, for me to be
good, for me to do it all.
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But now that
I'm much more mature
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than what I was many years ago,
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and my wife helped me
very much in this part,
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in growing spiritually.
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And when I met Jesus,
I know you can be good,
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but when you
have God in your life,
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you'll be great.
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So I brought a table
that a friend of mine gave me
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and we just started
playing for a while.
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And my kids caught up
to it very, very quickly,
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I was amazed 'cause
table tennis is not,
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it's not an easy sport to learn,
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especially,
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when you got to have eye,
hand and eye coordination.
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And next thing, you
know, one thing led to another
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and in three months,
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Itziar came in
second competing against,
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or participating
what I would say,
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against great players that
have been doing this for years,
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so I realized
that God had a purpose
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in what we were doing.
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Well, I'll tell you what,
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they definitely took
it to me on the table.
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They beat me bad.
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We have a clip of that actually,
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we need to, we need
to show a little bit,
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just a little taste of it.
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All right, just a hint.
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Just a taste.
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We just had to get that on tape,
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you only had to record that.
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Were you challenged?
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I was definitely challenged.
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Definitely challenged.
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I don't think
they were, but I was.
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Didi, you have had some
real interesting experiences
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as the mom
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and with the boys
going into this whole arena.
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Tell us a little bit about
how they've been able to witness
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to atheists and
people who don't know God.
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How has that been
for them and for you?
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They started when
they were very little,
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and it's like I think that
God put that in their hearts,
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even their hearts are so young,
maybe two years, three years,
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they start looking at
people and son is saying,
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"Mom, I'm gonna pray for them."
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I said, "Are you sure?" "Yes."
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And in that
moment, they are so little,
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you know, they
started doing some words,
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a little bit
short and everything,
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but everybody was so thankful
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and people started
crying and everything.
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And then they were growing up
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and they have that
interest to help people
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and talk about Jesus.
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And everywhere,
every part, at the store,
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on the mall, wherever we go,
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they, all the time
are looking for people
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to have that
opportunity to talk about God.
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And they used
the ping-pong ball,
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they used their uniforms,
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no matter what's
in the tournament,
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or you go in the car,
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they can put his window
down and say, "God bless you."
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You know, it's like...
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They have that, it's like,
God gave them a special purpose
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and they're enjoying
that and they recognize that,
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so they are putting in
God's hands and they said,
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"Mom and Dad, all what
we do, and all what we got,
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and all our
talents belong from God,
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and everything is about Jesus."
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Wow!
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Look at that, they already know
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where their
gifts have come from.
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You know where your
gifts have come from, right?
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So when you're playing,
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do you feel like God has given
you this special gift, Itziar?
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Yeah.
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Tell us about it.
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Well, it's very important to us
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because God has
given us this talent
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to show the word of God.
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So you don't
just have the talent
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to show yourself off?
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No.
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You have the talent...
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To show all of the word.
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Oh, nice.
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That's great that you
know that at your age,
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you know, you're
ahead of your years.
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So we have these
ping-pong balls here,
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tell us about these
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'cause they all
have writing on them,
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what's the signifi...
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I'm sorry, we have
the table tennis balls.
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I have corrected. Yeah.
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They have
instructed us well here.
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Earlier, Danny and I did
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the interview for
the Today program,
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he had to correct
himself, he was saying,
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"Ping-pong," and then he
said, "No, table tennis."
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So it's table tennis, right?
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It's right.
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Tell us about these balls,
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every one of them has
special writing on it,
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what does that mean?
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Well, it's
important because we give them
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to a family, person, a friend,
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and that person can
inspire other people,
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like family or friends.
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Oh, so you use
these to witness as well.
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Like what this one says,
"When life gets hard, kneel."
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That's nice. Right.
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And so when you play, and
you leave them with these,
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with the table
tennis balls, right?
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They will know that day,
they will remember that day.
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Nice, nice.
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Tell us about how you've
been able to impact atheists
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and people who
don't know about God?
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It's incredible how they do it.
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Just I can tell you
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that the Holy
Spirit is our guide here.
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They use their
talents in a special way,
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they have a mission.
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They know they have a mission,
they want to inspire the world,
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and talk about Jesus,
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about that everybody,
every person in this world
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have to recognize
that there is a God.
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This amazing God,
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He's the God of
the impossible things.
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Look at our
testimony, we are here today,
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we don't have the
resources to be here today,
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this is how God works.
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How did God
bring you here today?
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Tell us.
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It's incredible,
because Idalia gave me a call
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and she said, "Well, I...
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Somebody told me
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about your sports
ministry of your sons.
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So I want to know
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if you agree to come
to 3ABN for an interview."
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And for me, that
was a big open door,
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and I said, "Yes." It
was an honor, like an honor.
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It was like an
honor, you're right, son.
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And we said,
"Oh, this is amazing.
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Of course, yes."
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But then, a
couple of days later...
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Excuse me, my
English is not so well.
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Oh, no, it's fine.
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So I received another
call from Idalia and she said,
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"We was thinking that
you can take one week off
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to be here in 3ABN."
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And I said, "So long
to take an interview?"
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And she said, "No, no,
no, it's not about that.
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Your sons do a lot of
things in the sports ministry,
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and this ministry that we want,
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you can go to
churches, to our schools..."
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I said, "Oh, that's
gonna be great, amazing,
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of course, yes."
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But two hours
later, I was in the kitchen
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and I like, "Oh, how
are we gonna make it?
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We have an old car."
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We have only
one car in our house
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and it's, we can take the
car only local not faraway.
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"Oh, we have to rent a car,
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we don't have the
money to rent a car.
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How are we gonna do this?"
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So I tell my husband
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and my husband
was very emotional
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but at the same time worried.
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"We cannot make
it. Did you say, yes?"
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"Yes, I said, yes."
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I was waiting to a miracle.
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You know, and I wait
like five or six days
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but nothing happens
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and people here,
from the channel's like,
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"Hey, is
everything okay or it is..."
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"Oh, yeah, everything is okay."
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I'm like, "No,
they're running, okay,
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are we gonna make this?"
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But then, I take the phone,
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I say, "We have to call Idalia
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and tell her it is okay
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that we can postpone a
little bit the interview,
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maybe for September and October,
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giving us a little bit
opportunity to get the money."
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But in that moment
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when I take the
phone to make the call,
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I saw an email and
when I opened the email,
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was the promotion
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that, I'm using to
promote the event on Saturday,
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that they're gonna give here,
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so I'm saying, "It's
too late, we cannot say, no,
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how are we gonna make this?"
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I'm very, very scared.
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I said to my
husband, "You know what?
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God is gonna supply
because if He open the store,
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He gonna supply."
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But I was terrified
because that was Thursday
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and we have to be here Sunday.
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So we received a
call from Dr. Paul Corner.
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So wait, it was Thursday,
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the Thursday before the Sunday,
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you were supposed to come here?
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Yes. Wow!
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We was preparing everything
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with the faith that
that's gonna happen,
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but terrified.
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I mean, we received a phone call
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from Dr. Paul Corner,
00:13:53.26\00:13:56.43
he's a member of our church,
Fox Valley Church in Neenah,
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and he say, "Hey, Pablo,
did you rent already the car?"
00:14:00.87\00:14:03.74
And Pablo, "No, we're
not renting the car yet,
00:14:03.81\00:14:07.18
but I'm on that."
00:14:07.21\00:14:08.54
"So you know what?
00:14:08.58\00:14:10.45
I got the car, I'm
gonna pay for the car,
00:14:10.48\00:14:12.68
you're gonna have a car
to travel to 3ABN interview."
00:14:12.71\00:14:17.09
So actually, he is
one of our sponsors,
00:14:17.12\00:14:19.62
so I cannot believe
that, in that moment,
00:14:19.65\00:14:23.16
we started
screaming, jumping in the house,
00:14:23.19\00:14:25.26
"Yeah, we got the car,
we're going to 3ABN interview."
00:14:25.29\00:14:28.16
But then we say,
00:14:28.20\00:14:30.13
"Now we don't have
the money for the gas."
00:14:30.17\00:14:32.67
And we say "Well,
our God is very smart,
00:14:32.70\00:14:38.14
if He gave us the car, so
He's gonna give us the gas."
00:14:38.17\00:14:41.04
That's right.
00:14:41.08\00:14:42.41
But it's Saturday
and nothing happens,
00:14:42.44\00:14:44.91
then we went to
Saturday, in the morning,
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in the church,
00:14:46.92\00:14:48.45
Dr. Paul Corner
gave us a white envelope.
00:14:48.48\00:14:52.02
And it's incredible,
00:14:52.05\00:14:53.42
because nobody know
about our situation, nobody.
00:14:53.46\00:14:58.56
Even my mom, my sister,
00:14:58.59\00:14:59.96
nobody, only us and
God and that's enough.
00:15:00.06\00:15:03.03
That's right.
00:15:03.06\00:15:04.40
I understand
that that is enough.
00:15:04.43\00:15:05.77
That's right.
00:15:05.80\00:15:07.14
And Paul Corner
gave us this envelope,
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some family in
our church gave this,
00:15:09.70\00:15:12.64
but we don't know who
it is, what family it is.
00:15:12.67\00:15:16.18
And that family was a
specific and they said,
00:15:16.21\00:15:20.42
"Give this to Rios family
to help them for the gas."
00:15:20.45\00:15:25.69
Wow! Is not that amazing?
00:15:25.72\00:15:27.72
You know, God is
a God of details,
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amazing and beautiful details.
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That's right.
00:15:31.09\00:15:32.43
And there's a lot of
person that come to our house
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with little snacks,
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travel bags for
the kids with snacks
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and everything.
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The family that help us
to write the ping-pong balls,
00:15:40.54\00:15:44.51
table tennis ball.
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I had to correct.
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Mom.
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And it is incredible how
God put everything what we need.
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Yes. And that's why we are here.
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Yes.
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And at the same...
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Everything in their sport,
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you getting supplied everything,
00:16:04.93\00:16:07.30
everything.
00:16:07.36\00:16:08.83
God is a God of details
and He takes care of us.
00:16:08.86\00:16:13.54
You know, when we
step out in faith,
00:16:13.57\00:16:16.91
you know, you did
everything you needed to do,
00:16:16.94\00:16:19.74
you didn't have a car,
00:16:19.77\00:16:21.14
but you did everything
you needed to do to prepare,
00:16:21.18\00:16:25.68
and God honored your
faith, and opened the door,
00:16:25.71\00:16:28.72
and sent you
just what you needed.
00:16:28.75\00:16:30.49
Yes. God is incredible.
00:16:30.52\00:16:32.09
Not only is He the
creator, but He's the sustainer.
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Yes, yes. How often
do you guys practice?
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How many hours a day
do you guys practice?
00:16:37.56\00:16:40.93
We practice three
to four and five hours.
00:16:40.96\00:16:45.17
Wow! Three to five
hours? Everyday, except Sabbath.
00:16:45.20\00:16:49.00
Well, we do it to
Monday, sometimes to,
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Monday to Thursday,
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and maybe Monday to Wednesday.
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Yeah.
00:17:05.12\00:17:06.45
So all through the week
00:17:06.49\00:17:08.66
and you
homeschool them, correct?
00:17:08.69\00:17:10.06
Yeah.
00:17:10.09\00:17:11.43
So all through the
week, you guys are playing.
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We do class
first and then we play.
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Now, how do you
witness to people about God?
00:17:16.03\00:17:21.94
How do you use your
gifts and your talents,
00:17:21.97\00:17:25.87
how are you using
that as a ministry?
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What are you doing?
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Well, we give our
messages in the back
00:17:29.88\00:17:33.31
to show the
athletes the word of God.
00:17:33.35\00:17:35.52
In the back of...
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In our jackets, right here.
00:17:36.92\00:17:38.25
Oh, turn around.
00:17:38.29\00:17:39.62
Oh! Wow!
00:17:39.65\00:17:40.99
Turn all the way around.
00:17:41.02\00:17:42.36
Can you turn
around toward the back?
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Yeah, there you go.
Walk by faith, not by sight.
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The Lord is greater
than the giants you face.
00:17:47.96\00:17:49.30
Love by faith not by sight.
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The Lord is greater
than the giants you face.
00:17:50.73\00:17:52.07
Yeah, nice.
00:17:52.10\00:17:54.00
So you have that
on your jackets, so...
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Every tournament, everything.
00:17:57.31\00:17:59.01
So when you're playing,
you have your jackets on?
00:17:59.04\00:18:02.51
The shirts.
00:18:02.54\00:18:03.88
Your shirts, so
people can see them?
00:18:03.91\00:18:05.25
Because the uniform
have the message too.
00:18:05.28\00:18:09.02
Actually, they were
telling me the last time
00:18:09.05\00:18:11.29
that they are thinking
to put message in the shoes.
00:18:11.32\00:18:17.89
Yeah, because we know
there's gonna come a day
00:18:17.93\00:18:20.66
that they want to
stop us in the tournament,
00:18:20.73\00:18:23.90
because they're gonna say,
00:18:23.97\00:18:25.37
there are some players
that feel uncomfortable
00:18:25.40\00:18:28.37
because you are
talking about God, you know.
00:18:28.40\00:18:30.74
There are some people
that don't believe in God.
00:18:30.81\00:18:33.58
We already have our answer.
00:18:33.61\00:18:36.11
Well, if they
don't let us in shirts,
00:18:36.14\00:18:38.28
we do in our shoes then.
00:18:38.31\00:18:39.65
If they say, you cannot,
00:18:42.85\00:18:44.19
they cannot play
with that message
00:18:44.22\00:18:46.39
on the back of the
uniform, they say, "Why?
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.39
God is their sponsor, why not?"
00:18:49.42\00:18:52.56
You know, that
player have this people,
00:18:52.59\00:18:55.56
they're like a sponsor.
00:18:55.60\00:18:56.93
Well, God is our
sponsor, so they can have.
00:18:56.97\00:18:58.30
Nice.
00:18:58.33\00:18:59.67
And they have
those messages, yeah.
00:18:59.70\00:19:01.27
Nice answer.
That's a great answer.
00:19:01.30\00:19:03.14
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:03.17\00:19:05.44
So what is it, when
you guys go somewhere,
00:19:05.47\00:19:09.64
what kinds of
challenges have you faced
00:19:09.68\00:19:12.35
because you are
Seventh-day Adventists?
00:19:12.38\00:19:15.02
What has happened to you
00:19:15.05\00:19:16.75
because you're a
Seventh-day Adventist?
00:19:16.82\00:19:19.25
We've been placed by the and...
00:19:19.29\00:19:23.46
On the...
00:19:23.49\00:19:27.03
Forgot.
00:19:27.13\00:19:28.43
That's okay. That's okay.
00:19:28.46\00:19:30.47
Has anybody said
something to you like,
00:19:30.50\00:19:32.57
you can't play?
00:19:32.60\00:19:33.94
Yeah.
00:19:33.97\00:19:36.71
The federation The
federation of table tennis.
00:19:36.74\00:19:39.34
What did they do? In Wisconsin.
00:19:39.37\00:19:42.68
What did they do?
00:19:42.71\00:19:44.15
She said, if
they play on Sabbath,
00:19:44.18\00:19:46.72
they're not gonna do
nothing in this sport.
00:19:46.75\00:19:48.98
And she said...
00:19:49.02\00:19:50.39
If you don't
play on Sabbath day.
00:19:50.42\00:19:51.75
Yeah.
00:19:51.79\00:19:53.12
And she said, if I'm a lawyer
00:19:53.15\00:19:56.76
and I can convince
them to play Saturday...
00:19:56.83\00:20:01.60
I didn't know
nothing at this at first,
00:20:01.63\00:20:03.63
she come and when
we were practicing,
00:20:03.67\00:20:07.54
she, like she's
gonna talk, speechless.
00:20:07.60\00:20:11.71
Well, she was speechless.
00:20:11.74\00:20:14.14
Okay, so tell, Mom,
finish telling us the story,
00:20:14.18\00:20:16.01
like what happened.
00:20:16.04\00:20:17.41
Yeah.
00:20:17.45\00:20:18.78
The thing is
that they got a letter
00:20:18.81\00:20:20.22
in recent, then we
were in Puerto Rico.
00:20:20.28\00:20:22.98
Who is they?
00:20:23.02\00:20:24.35
There are some
people that have a good
00:20:24.39\00:20:26.49
and very big
influence in table tennis sport.
00:20:26.52\00:20:30.69
Okay.
00:20:30.73\00:20:32.06
And we sent the video
and they was very excited,
00:20:32.09\00:20:36.23
but the videos talk
about they don't play Saturday,
00:20:36.26\00:20:39.07
the week, they keep
holy the commandments.
00:20:39.10\00:20:41.74
But I thought she
don't see that part
00:20:41.77\00:20:45.71
and when we get here,
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.58
she said,
00:20:47.61\00:20:48.94
they're gonna help
them in everything,
00:20:48.98\00:20:51.21
but there is gonna come
the state championships,
00:20:51.25\00:20:54.05
so I think that
they was waiting for them
00:20:54.08\00:20:58.35
to represent their club.
00:20:58.39\00:21:00.36
But the state
championship was on Saturday,
00:21:00.39\00:21:03.43
so when she come to us
and she started talking,
00:21:03.46\00:21:06.53
we say, "Remember that
they don't play Saturday."
00:21:06.56\00:21:09.20
She was very angry and she said
that we are cruel like parents,
00:21:09.23\00:21:13.23
that how we can do
something like that to our sons,
00:21:13.30\00:21:16.24
they are praying so
hard, they are praying...
00:21:16.27\00:21:19.41
Even they don't have a
tournament in a whole year.
00:21:19.44\00:21:22.68
And we said, "We
give the freedom to them
00:21:22.71\00:21:25.61
four years and a half ago,
00:21:25.65\00:21:27.65
that they decided
what they want to do.
00:21:27.68\00:21:32.02
And they take their
rackets and they say,
00:21:32.05\00:21:33.92
'It is Saturday,
we're not gonna play,
00:21:33.96\00:21:35.89
God is first.'
00:21:35.92\00:21:37.29
"And I said, "I don't
know why you're so angry,
00:21:37.33\00:21:40.46
my son recognizes that
this talent belong from God
00:21:40.50\00:21:44.23
and they want to use it
to give the glory to Him.
00:21:44.27\00:21:47.94
What is the bad part of this?"
00:21:47.97\00:21:50.17
And she said, "I'm
so sorry, I cannot help.
00:21:50.24\00:21:54.21
If they don't play Saturday,
00:21:54.24\00:21:55.81
they're never gonna made it
00:21:55.84\00:21:57.71
and never gonna be
no one in this sport."
00:21:57.75\00:22:01.45
So, and then we
started trying to,
00:22:01.48\00:22:04.82
you know, she can
understand our point
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.39
and she said...
00:22:07.46\00:22:09.52
She was very
angry and in a moment,
00:22:09.56\00:22:11.59
she gets to zero
and she say, "Oh, no."
00:22:11.63\00:22:13.90
And say,
00:22:13.93\00:22:15.23
"That talent that
you think that they have,
00:22:15.26\00:22:17.23
who you think gave it to them?
00:22:17.27\00:22:19.63
Was it the
president of federation?
00:22:19.67\00:22:21.64
Was it the
coach? No, it was God."
00:22:21.67\00:22:24.17
And she said...
00:22:24.21\00:22:25.54
I was like, a
little bit nervous.
00:22:25.57\00:22:26.94
She is like, "No, of course,
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.91
I know that was God,
00:22:29.94\00:22:32.25
and that's why because they use
00:22:32.28\00:22:35.52
the sport to spread God's word,
00:22:35.55\00:22:37.72
that's why they
have to play Saturday."
00:22:37.75\00:22:40.32
She is trying to
get in there. Yeah.
00:22:40.36\00:22:42.16
She is like the serpent. Yeah.
00:22:42.19\00:22:44.76
That's what I
feel at that moment.
00:22:44.79\00:22:46.53
I remembered Eve's
moment and I said, "Jesus says,
00:22:46.56\00:22:51.50
'If you love Me, keep
holy my commandments.'
00:22:51.53\00:22:54.90
" And she said, "I'm gonna
ask for a special permission."
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.37
My husband said,
"What is it about?"
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.28
And said, "I want you
to let me to talk alone
00:23:00.31\00:23:03.65
with Itziar and Kenai.
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.15
Because like a lawyer,
00:23:05.18\00:23:06.92
I'm gonna convince
them to play Saturday."
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.19
And my husband Pablo said,
00:23:10.22\00:23:11.85
"Well, why are you
losing your time with us?
00:23:11.89\00:23:14.26
Go, run, run and talk to them,
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.13
whatever they
decide, it's okay with us.
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.39
But let me tell you something,
00:23:19.43\00:23:21.00
maybe you're gonna be
the number eight coach,
00:23:21.03\00:23:23.33
that later, you talk to them,
00:23:23.37\00:23:25.60
you're gonna come to
us, you're gonna say,
00:23:25.63\00:23:27.50
the faith and the
loyalty of your son
00:23:27.54\00:23:30.17
to God is not negotiable."
00:23:30.21\00:23:33.21
So we are waiting,
00:23:33.24\00:23:34.98
the Holy Spirit
doesn't let her talk to them.
00:23:35.01\00:23:38.68
Actually, my son
have the sub-champion
00:23:38.71\00:23:44.09
and she have to
bring the trophy to them.
00:23:44.15\00:23:48.19
And I remember
her words and I said,
00:23:48.22\00:23:50.93
"That's the Lord who we serve."
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.70
Very nice. That's
right. That's right.
00:23:53.76\00:23:55.43
Speaking of championships,
what do we have here?
00:23:55.46\00:23:59.10
What do we have?
00:23:59.13\00:24:00.74
Pablo, tell us
about these medals.
00:24:00.77\00:24:04.84
They are, you
know, thanks to God.
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.78
You know, I mean,
00:24:06.81\00:24:08.14
He gives us the
wisdom, the energy,
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.75
everything, the patience.
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.11
Yes.
00:24:12.15\00:24:13.48
There's so many things involved.
00:24:13.52\00:24:15.48
The square medal we have there,
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.65
it's the first
games of Puerto Rico.
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.75
They were held
on a Friday morning.
00:24:19.79\00:24:24.13
We practiced the whole year
00:24:24.16\00:24:26.93
without seeing our participation
00:24:27.00\00:24:28.76
in the tournament.
00:24:28.80\00:24:30.13
And that day,
00:24:30.17\00:24:31.80
they decided to
do it on a Friday,
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.54
and God said, "It's your time,
00:24:34.57\00:24:36.67
you know, to go
and spread the gospel."
00:24:36.71\00:24:39.97
I was scared because
00:24:40.04\00:24:41.38
there was only
one more day left.
00:24:41.41\00:24:44.21
And thanks to God,
00:24:44.25\00:24:46.01
we gave it the
best we got and we hope,
00:24:46.05\00:24:50.59
when we put the Lord's
name as high as we can,
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.25
and Kenai came in first place,
00:24:53.32\00:24:55.82
seven years and under,
out of all Puerto Rico.
00:24:55.86\00:24:57.39
Yeah.
00:24:57.43\00:24:58.76
He was actually
the smallest one.
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.20
And he was the smallest player.
00:25:00.23\00:25:01.83
And Itziar came in the
top five in all Puerto Rico.
00:25:01.86\00:25:04.53
Wow!
00:25:04.57\00:25:05.90
Without
competing the whole year.
00:25:05.93\00:25:08.17
Basically,
competing the whole year.
00:25:08.20\00:25:09.60
Congratulations.
What a blessing!
00:25:09.64\00:25:12.14
And what a
testimony, what a testimony!
00:25:12.17\00:25:15.84
Actually,
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.25
we want to say thank
you to our friend Jim,
00:25:17.28\00:25:21.22
because he gonna start to make
00:25:21.25\00:25:23.79
the first table
tennis tournament
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.89
and the winter games,
00:25:25.92\00:25:27.89
and the category
of that was Saturday
00:25:27.92\00:25:31.36
but they...
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.73
He moved the category
of, "14 under" to Sunday,
00:25:32.76\00:25:37.23
because he want to give
the opportunity to them.
00:25:37.27\00:25:40.60
So at the same time,
00:25:40.64\00:25:41.97
God put people, very,
very special on the way.
00:25:42.00\00:25:45.44
And in that tournament, it
was two months ago I think,
00:25:45.47\00:25:49.41
in the Winter Badger State Open.
00:25:49.44\00:25:52.98
Itziar get gold
medal and Kenai got bronze.
00:25:53.01\00:25:58.09
The glory is to God.
We need a couple tonight.
00:25:58.12\00:25:59.69
Look at that, gold and bronze.
00:25:59.72\00:26:02.89
Yeah.
00:26:02.92\00:26:04.26
We have some award
winners sitting here.
00:26:04.29\00:26:05.63
That's it. That's
it. You know what?
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Their testimony reminds
me of the story of Daniel.
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Oh.
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And how they stood for the Lord
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and they refused
to take on the diet
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that they
wanted to push on them.
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Yes
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And they ended up
healthier and better looking
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and everything
than everybody else.
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Oh, yes, Richard.
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So how can people
get in touch with you?
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We're gonna put
an address rolled up
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in just a moment
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so that people can get
in touch with you here,
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it is right here.
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If you want the
Ríos family to come
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and do some exhibitions
and bring the community out,
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this is a great way
to get the community
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to come to your church,
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you know, and
have an exhibition,
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the boys will do their thing,
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and people can come
from around and play,
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and it's such a wonderful
way to reach the community.
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So do you have any,
like, 30-second closing thought
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that you want to
share with our viewers?
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Yes, we have a special gift,
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doesn't matter
what gift you got,
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and it honors and
it glorifies the Lord,
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have any creative
way to spread the gospel,
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and you see how
the Lord will open
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so many doors as He
wants to open for us.
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Yes.
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Thank you so much,
thank you for being with us,
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and thank you for your ministry,
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and there's so
much more we could say,
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but our time is up.
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Yes.
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You know, the Bible says,
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"To train up a child in the way
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he should go and when he is old,
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he will not depart from it."
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This family is praying
together and sharing the gospel
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in a creative way.
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Find something that you can do
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with your
family that's creative,
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take the gifts
that God has given you,
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and use them to glorify Him.
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Well, thank you so
much for joining us.
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Join us next time
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'cause it just wouldn't
be the same without you.
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