Stay tuned to meet a couple whose arrival 00:00:01.33\00:00:02.80 at 3ABN demonstrates God's perfect timing. 00:00:02.83\00:00:06.07 My name is Jason Bradley 00:00:06.10\00:00:07.44 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:00:07.50\00:00:09.64 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:00:33.70\00:00:35.56 My guests today are Ryan and Stephanie Day. 00:00:35.60\00:00:38.67 They are a new addition to our 3ABN family 00:00:38.70\00:00:41.30 and we're so happy to have them here. 00:00:41.34\00:00:43.44 Welcome to Urban Report, Ryan and Stephanie. 00:00:43.47\00:00:46.71 It's good to see you, guys. 00:00:46.74\00:00:48.94 Now, you guys came at the perfect time. 00:00:48.98\00:00:52.85 That's right. 00:00:52.88\00:00:54.25 And we're going to jump into that, 00:00:54.28\00:00:55.62 but before we get into you arriving here at 3ABN, 00:00:55.65\00:00:58.82 I want to get a little bit of background information 00:00:58.85\00:01:00.86 on both of you. 00:01:00.89\00:01:02.22 Sure. Stephanie, where are you from? 00:01:02.26\00:01:04.36 Originally from Northeastern Arkansas, 00:01:04.39\00:01:07.20 little town of Manila... 00:01:07.23\00:01:08.63 Okay. Not the Philippines, Arkansas. 00:01:08.66\00:01:10.03 That's what I automatically think of when I hear Manila. 00:01:10.07\00:01:12.67 Okay, so Arkansas and you? 00:01:12.70\00:01:15.04 The same thing, we grew up in the same town. 00:01:15.07\00:01:17.57 Wow. Manila, Arkansas. 00:01:17.61\00:01:19.74 Wow. Little small town. 00:01:19.77\00:01:22.71 And, Stephanie, were you raised Adventist or... 00:01:22.74\00:01:26.88 No, I was not raised Adventist. 00:01:26.92\00:01:29.82 When I was growing up, 00:01:29.85\00:01:31.19 we didn't really attend church a lot. 00:01:31.22\00:01:33.42 My parents worked a lot 00:01:33.46\00:01:35.89 and so, if they had to work at night they would leave me 00:01:35.92\00:01:39.29 with my grandparents, my brother and I, 00:01:39.33\00:01:41.96 and then we would go to church with her 00:01:42.00\00:01:44.43 and she's still Pentecostal. 00:01:44.47\00:01:46.97 So that's what I had saw while growing up, yeah. 00:01:47.00\00:01:50.04 Okay. 00:01:50.07\00:01:51.41 And at what point did you get introduced to the message? 00:01:51.44\00:01:56.31 I would say I was probably 14, 15, 00:01:56.34\00:02:00.92 it was after Ryan and I had started dating. 00:02:00.95\00:02:03.49 Okay. 00:02:03.52\00:02:04.85 And, Ryan, were you raised Adventist? 00:02:04.89\00:02:06.25 I was not. Okay. 00:02:06.29\00:02:07.66 So I was primarily raised in the Pentecostal faith 00:02:07.69\00:02:10.33 which there's many different branches of Pentecostalism, 00:02:10.36\00:02:13.09 but my family and I kind of experienced 00:02:13.13\00:02:17.13 many of those branches, 00:02:17.17\00:02:18.50 but actually I was not introduced 00:02:18.53\00:02:22.04 or actually formally joined the Adventist church 00:02:22.07\00:02:24.31 until my early adulthood. 00:02:24.34\00:02:26.24 Okay, okay. Right. 00:02:26.27\00:02:28.11 And so how did you come into the message, Stephanie? 00:02:28.14\00:02:32.11 Well, it was after we had started dating 00:02:32.15\00:02:36.18 and it was about a year into it Ryan had, 00:02:36.22\00:02:41.56 which I'm sure he'll tell you he, 00:02:41.59\00:02:43.09 had an emergency surgery, and at that point we had talked 00:02:43.12\00:02:48.23 and decided we really need to get back into church, 00:02:48.26\00:02:51.97 and we kind of visited a couple other churches, 00:02:52.00\00:02:54.90 but something just didn't seem right. 00:02:54.94\00:02:58.47 His family had previously heard of keeping Sabbath 00:02:58.51\00:03:04.58 and were introduced to Adventism, 00:03:04.61\00:03:07.25 but they weren't members of the church. 00:03:07.32\00:03:08.65 Okay. 00:03:08.68\00:03:10.02 And so at that point he, 00:03:10.09\00:03:12.75 I guess kind of went back to his roots 00:03:12.79\00:03:14.16 of hearing about Sabbath 00:03:14.19\00:03:15.76 and brought that to me and said, 00:03:15.79\00:03:17.43 "You kinda need to study this 00:03:17.46\00:03:19.16 and I really think that we should do this. 00:03:19.19\00:03:21.50 We should be keeping Sabbath." 00:03:21.53\00:03:23.20 And so I studied it for myself 00:03:23.23\00:03:25.63 'cause at first I was like, "I'm not sure about that." 00:03:25.67\00:03:29.04 Because you told me everything 00:03:29.07\00:03:30.41 that I was raised in is completely wrong. 00:03:30.47\00:03:32.24 Yeah. 00:03:32.27\00:03:33.64 And so it wasn't everything that I was raised in, 00:03:33.68\00:03:37.11 but definitely that topic, 00:03:37.15\00:03:40.02 and so I studied it out for myself. 00:03:40.08\00:03:43.02 It was the first time I felt like 00:03:43.05\00:03:45.19 where I can pull out a Bible out 00:03:45.22\00:03:46.82 and know that there were answers in there, 00:03:46.86\00:03:49.59 it's not just hearing about God, 00:03:49.62\00:03:51.96 but I could actually open up, you know, my Bible 00:03:51.99\00:03:54.56 and find, "Oh, this scripture" 00:03:54.56\00:03:56.36 and link them together to understand 00:03:56.40\00:03:58.03 that there is truth here. 00:03:58.07\00:04:00.44 And that's kind of how I got introduced I guess. 00:04:00.47\00:04:02.47 Nice. 00:04:02.50\00:04:03.84 You know, I find it interesting 00:04:03.91\00:04:05.24 that it seems like sometimes tradition 00:04:05.27\00:04:07.11 trumps everything else, 00:04:07.18\00:04:10.15 you know, and that's even in Adventism too, 00:04:10.18\00:04:12.51 you know, because you see some people 00:04:12.55\00:04:14.02 who say, "Well, I'm fifth generation Adventist." 00:04:14.05\00:04:17.95 But they still haven't researched it for themselves, 00:04:17.99\00:04:21.16 you know, we all have to have that personal, 00:04:21.19\00:04:23.83 individual relationship with Christ. 00:04:23.86\00:04:27.23 And it's just fascinating to me how tradition 00:04:27.30\00:04:32.67 has kind of taken over in different denominations. 00:04:32.70\00:04:35.87 Right, absolutely. 00:04:35.90\00:04:37.27 So you came to the Adventist faith, 00:04:37.31\00:04:38.81 your parents told you about the Sabbath. 00:04:38.84\00:04:40.44 Right. You studied it out? 00:04:40.48\00:04:42.74 Yeah, so it was interesting 00:04:42.78\00:04:44.21 because my parents were introduced 00:04:44.25\00:04:46.31 to the message of the Sabbath. 00:04:46.35\00:04:49.12 And many other pillar doctrines of the Adventist church. 00:04:49.15\00:04:54.36 At my early age of probably eight or nine-years-old, 00:04:54.39\00:04:59.29 but my father and mother as honest as they could be, 00:04:59.33\00:05:03.16 they still kind of struggled with a few things, 00:05:03.20\00:05:06.33 just trying to determine 00:05:06.37\00:05:08.07 where was God was wanting them to be and lead them. 00:05:08.10\00:05:10.94 And so we were kind of in and out, 00:05:10.97\00:05:13.21 we visited some Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 00:05:13.24\00:05:15.48 but never really settled in. 00:05:15.51\00:05:18.11 And so it wasn't until actually my senior year of high school 00:05:18.15\00:05:21.95 that the Lord kind of gripped my heart 00:05:21.98\00:05:24.29 and I picked up the Bible for the first time, 00:05:24.32\00:05:26.05 having read it through many times, 00:05:26.09\00:05:27.86 and studied it many times, I finally picked it up, 00:05:27.89\00:05:30.03 and I said, "You know, I want to come to know 00:05:30.06\00:05:32.03 what the Bible really teaches on many of these subjects 00:05:32.06\00:05:34.86 that I have questions about." 00:05:34.93\00:05:36.30 And so, I'll never forget one night, 00:05:36.33\00:05:39.33 it was like 2 o'clock in the morning, 00:05:39.37\00:05:41.14 my dad had a full VHS prophecy series set. 00:05:41.17\00:05:47.54 That's taking it back. 00:05:47.58\00:05:48.94 Yeah, way back. VHS. 00:05:48.98\00:05:50.75 That's way back in the day. 00:05:50.81\00:05:52.51 And so I remember one night, 00:05:52.55\00:05:54.48 I took one of them off the shelf, 00:05:54.52\00:05:56.32 it was Mark Finley, I'll never forget. 00:05:56.35\00:05:58.22 And I put it in the VHS player, 00:05:58.25\00:06:00.19 and I was watching this program 00:06:00.22\00:06:01.96 and Mark Finley was preaching on the Sabbath, 00:06:01.99\00:06:04.19 and kind of previous to this, my dad, 00:06:04.26\00:06:06.29 you know, had been trying to witness to me about this, 00:06:06.33\00:06:09.40 "You know, son, remember that Sabbath 00:06:09.43\00:06:10.77 that we learned about growing up?" 00:06:10.80\00:06:12.13 "Yeah, yeah, dad." 00:06:12.17\00:06:13.54 You know, and I kind of was disconnected about it 00:06:13.57\00:06:14.90 because it pulled me away from sports, 00:06:14.94\00:06:17.01 I loved basketball 00:06:17.04\00:06:18.37 and it pulled me away from sports, 00:06:18.41\00:06:19.74 most games were on Saturday. 00:06:19.77\00:06:21.11 I was kind of struggled with that, 00:06:21.14\00:06:22.48 and at the time I was coaching 00:06:22.51\00:06:24.35 a little league basketball team with my friend 00:06:24.38\00:06:26.21 and I remember my dad, you know, not in a pushy way, 00:06:26.25\00:06:30.49 but just in a kind loving way he would say, 00:06:30.52\00:06:32.92 "Son, you know, today's the Sabbath 00:06:32.95\00:06:34.72 and just remember, remember the Sabbath." 00:06:34.76\00:06:37.63 And so I remember thinking to myself, 00:06:37.66\00:06:39.76 you know, I've got to learn more about this. 00:06:39.79\00:06:41.43 And so I remember watching the VHS tape, 00:06:41.46\00:06:43.77 that video of Mark Finley preaching on the Sabbath, 00:06:43.83\00:06:46.47 and it just gripped my heart. 00:06:46.50\00:06:47.84 I saw for the first time in my Bible 00:06:47.87\00:06:50.97 what the Bible really taught about that, 00:06:51.01\00:06:52.34 and so that kind of began a kind of domino effect 00:06:52.37\00:06:56.71 of going from one subject to the next 00:06:56.75\00:06:59.08 and learning what the Bible really taught. 00:06:59.11\00:07:00.85 And it brought a conviction 00:07:00.88\00:07:02.25 and it brought within me a new creation from Christ. 00:07:02.28\00:07:07.82 And that's kind of where it began. 00:07:07.86\00:07:09.56 Oh, praise the Lord for that. Absolutely. 00:07:09.59\00:07:11.49 And you've grown tremendously over the years 'cause... 00:07:11.53\00:07:14.76 Oh, yeah, tremendously. 00:07:14.83\00:07:16.13 You seem like a well studied brother. 00:07:16.16\00:07:19.37 Still have lots to learn, 00:07:19.40\00:07:20.74 as I believe most ministers will admit clearly, but yeah, 00:07:20.77\00:07:24.31 I think, you know, once you have that burning desire in you 00:07:24.34\00:07:27.58 to study the Word of God, you come to love truth, 00:07:27.61\00:07:32.01 and that was something that I really earnestly 00:07:32.05\00:07:34.78 and truly desired more than anything 00:07:34.82\00:07:36.69 as I remember praying at a young age, 00:07:36.72\00:07:38.22 "Lord, I just want to know truth. 00:07:38.25\00:07:40.19 I just want to know what is real and what is Your truth, 00:07:40.26\00:07:43.83 so please show it to me." 00:07:43.86\00:07:45.23 And so I created that love for the truth, 00:07:45.26\00:07:47.60 no matter what it was, 00:07:47.60\00:07:48.93 it wasn't always easy to accept, 00:07:48.96\00:07:50.63 but nonetheless I would pray God lead me, 00:07:50.67\00:07:53.10 guide me, and show me Your will. 00:07:53.13\00:07:55.04 And so, that's what I've had held on to all these years. 00:07:55.07\00:08:00.31 And I certainly have much more to learn, 00:08:00.34\00:08:02.68 but the Lord is continuing to lead and guide us. 00:08:02.71\00:08:05.11 Yeah, and we all have a lot to learn, you know, still... 00:08:05.15\00:08:06.48 Absolutely, absolutely. 00:08:06.51\00:08:08.12 Learning is an ongoing process 00:08:08.15\00:08:10.42 and you're actually the principal, Stefanie... 00:08:10.45\00:08:12.25 Yes. 00:08:12.29\00:08:13.62 Of the Thompsonville Christian Academy... 00:08:13.69\00:08:16.52 Academy, that's right. 00:08:16.56\00:08:18.43 And so, I'm sure you definitely adopt that philosophy 00:08:18.46\00:08:23.10 that learning is an ongoing process. 00:08:23.13\00:08:25.50 Right. Of course. 00:08:25.53\00:08:26.94 Tell us about how you came to 3ABN 00:08:26.97\00:08:31.04 and how the timing was so perfect? 00:08:31.07\00:08:34.94 Well, that's, that's mouthful, 00:08:34.98\00:08:37.15 'cause it's not a long story, 00:08:37.18\00:08:39.08 but it's just incredible how God works 00:08:39.11\00:08:42.85 because many times we desire something, 00:08:42.88\00:08:46.89 you know, we have something in our mind 00:08:46.96\00:08:48.29 and, you know, where we want to be, 00:08:48.32\00:08:49.79 what we want to be doing, and many times what we want, 00:08:49.82\00:08:53.26 and where we think we're headed is not in the direction 00:08:53.29\00:08:56.20 that God intends us to go. 00:08:56.23\00:08:57.90 Now God doesn't force us obviously, 00:08:57.93\00:08:59.47 but He certainly will steer us 00:08:59.50\00:09:01.54 in a different direction if we're willing. 00:09:01.57\00:09:03.34 And so I've always tried to live by that, 00:09:03.37\00:09:05.17 you know, Lord, I want to go here, 00:09:05.21\00:09:06.84 but if that's not where You want me to go, 00:09:06.91\00:09:08.78 then steer me here. 00:09:08.81\00:09:10.48 It's interesting 00:09:10.51\00:09:11.85 because over the past five years previous to this, 00:09:11.88\00:09:14.25 we've been traveling full-time, 00:09:14.28\00:09:16.12 Stef and I both in the ministry as full-time evangelist, 00:09:16.15\00:09:21.06 preaching Bible prophecy seminars, 00:09:21.09\00:09:22.76 eight to nine months out of the year 00:09:22.79\00:09:24.16 for Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:09:24.19\00:09:25.53 Wow, eight to nine months. 00:09:25.56\00:09:26.90 Eight to nine months out of the year. 00:09:26.93\00:09:28.23 We kind of had a packed schedule 00:09:28.26\00:09:29.60 over the last few years, 00:09:29.63\00:09:30.97 but certain circumstances in our life brought us 00:09:31.00\00:09:34.30 to a realization that it was time 00:09:34.34\00:09:36.14 to kind of settle down and come off the road. 00:09:36.17\00:09:39.34 And so, you know, I contacted a few sources, 00:09:39.37\00:09:43.28 I really didn't know what to do 00:09:43.35\00:09:44.91 because my ministry experience 00:09:44.95\00:09:46.61 and all that I had known had been traveling 00:09:46.65\00:09:48.62 as a full-time evangelist 00:09:48.65\00:09:49.98 and so after contacting the right sources, 00:09:50.02\00:09:52.39 I finally learned that, 00:09:52.42\00:09:54.19 you know, I would need to continue my education. 00:09:54.26\00:09:55.92 So we did that, we contacted Andrews University, 00:09:55.96\00:10:00.30 started working towards my master's 00:10:00.33\00:10:02.80 in pastoral ministry, 00:10:02.83\00:10:04.17 and I kind of had in my mind 00:10:04.23\00:10:06.40 that I was probably going to be heading 00:10:06.43\00:10:07.80 in the direction of pastoral ministry. 00:10:07.84\00:10:09.17 Okay. 00:10:09.20\00:10:10.57 And so we prayed about it, 00:10:10.61\00:10:11.94 and said, Lord, open something up for us. 00:10:11.97\00:10:13.34 If this is what You want, make it clear. 00:10:13.38\00:10:15.48 If this isn't what You want, make it clear, but... 00:10:15.51\00:10:17.55 So you wanted like your own church type of thing 00:10:17.61\00:10:19.88 where you gonna do the pastoral... 00:10:19.91\00:10:21.25 So yeah, just wherever, I mean, 00:10:21.28\00:10:23.02 obviously some pastors have more than one church, 00:10:23.05\00:10:25.19 but, in a multiple church districts, 00:10:25.22\00:10:27.79 but wherever God was leading, 00:10:27.82\00:10:29.42 I just simply prayed, "God, open the door 00:10:29.46\00:10:32.63 and help us to be more stationary settled down" 00:10:32.66\00:10:38.50 for multiple reasons that we'll probably share later, 00:10:38.53\00:10:41.14 but nonetheless God eventually 00:10:41.17\00:10:44.64 was what we thought at the moment, 00:10:44.67\00:10:46.04 we thought God was leading us to Texas 00:10:46.07\00:10:48.24 because we had received a call to Texas, 00:10:48.28\00:10:51.61 around the King Texas area 00:10:51.65\00:10:53.65 in a little small town known as Cleburne, 00:10:53.68\00:10:56.25 and, you know, some leadership 00:10:56.28\00:10:57.89 from the church reached out to me 00:10:57.92\00:10:59.25 and said, "Hey, we're looking for a pastor, 00:10:59.29\00:11:00.89 your name came up, are you interested in? 00:11:00.96\00:11:03.09 If you are, send a resume, we'd like you to come up." 00:11:03.12\00:11:05.63 And so Stephanie and I, 00:11:05.66\00:11:07.10 you know, we took that call and so we went out, 00:11:07.13\00:11:09.76 met the people, and they were so wonderful, 00:11:09.80\00:11:11.97 so kind, and it was just like the perfect situation. 00:11:12.00\00:11:15.77 So I was just overwhelmed, 00:11:15.80\00:11:17.31 "Lord, You've just led us here." 00:11:17.37\00:11:18.94 It's a beautiful church, wonderful people, 00:11:18.97\00:11:21.48 and we had interviewed for the position. 00:11:21.51\00:11:24.45 The church accepted, the church voted us through, 00:11:24.48\00:11:27.38 and we're literally I think at the timeframe, 00:11:27.42\00:11:29.52 we're like a week or two out from the executive committee 00:11:29.55\00:11:34.06 of the Texas Conference voting us in as pastor, 00:11:34.12\00:11:37.29 and that's how serious it was at this moment. 00:11:37.33\00:11:39.33 And so in my mind 00:11:39.36\00:11:40.70 and in her mind we were headed to Texas. 00:11:40.76\00:11:42.86 And there were a few, you know, there are a few obstacles 00:11:42.90\00:11:45.73 we knew we were going to have to overcome, 00:11:45.77\00:11:47.37 for instance Stephanie's previous employment 00:11:47.40\00:11:49.84 was at school in Arkansas. 00:11:49.87\00:11:51.41 Okay. Going to Texas at the time... 00:11:51.44\00:11:53.54 There wasn't anything available. 00:11:53.61\00:11:54.94 Yeah. Yeah. 00:11:54.98\00:11:56.31 I wouldn't be able to teach immediately. 00:11:56.34\00:11:58.75 And so that was kind of something 00:11:58.78\00:12:00.95 that I was really hoping 00:12:00.98\00:12:02.65 that I would be able to do also, 00:12:02.68\00:12:04.55 but at that point there was nothing available. 00:12:04.59\00:12:09.52 So that was one kind of hurdle 00:12:09.56\00:12:11.83 that we were going to have to jump I guess, 00:12:11.86\00:12:14.66 but we were willing to step out in faith. 00:12:14.73\00:12:16.53 "Lord, there're several unknowns here, 00:12:16.56\00:12:18.57 but we're still going to walk through the door." 00:12:18.60\00:12:22.27 And few other hurdles, but we were headed to Texas, 00:12:22.30\00:12:26.41 we've got our mind set on that, 00:12:26.44\00:12:27.78 and I'll never forget I received a phone call 00:12:27.81\00:12:30.01 out of the blue one day 00:12:30.05\00:12:31.38 from Danny Shelton from 3ABN, 00:12:31.41\00:12:33.98 and it wasn't, at first a call to ministry here, 00:12:34.02\00:12:38.52 it was just simply an invitation 00:12:38.55\00:12:40.52 to join them on a music project, 00:12:40.56\00:12:42.96 "To Give Him Glory" music project. 00:12:42.99\00:12:44.96 Which we have, we have that right here. 00:12:44.99\00:12:47.46 Right. 'Give Him..." 00:12:47.50\00:12:48.80 And this is an excellent project. 00:12:48.83\00:12:50.60 We're going to get into this 00:12:50.63\00:12:51.97 a little bit more in a little bit later. 00:12:52.00\00:12:53.34 Sure, sure, yeah. This is excellent. 00:12:53.37\00:12:54.70 So he calls me up and says, "Hey, you know, 00:12:54.74\00:12:56.44 we've heard a little bit 00:12:56.47\00:12:58.07 of your material and your voice, 00:12:58.11\00:13:00.48 and we think you would, 00:13:00.51\00:13:01.84 you know, be perfect on this project. 00:13:01.88\00:13:03.55 Are you willing to join us?" 00:13:03.58\00:13:04.91 And so I said, "Absolutely. 00:13:04.95\00:13:06.58 Oh, that would be a blessing and an honor." 00:13:06.61\00:13:07.95 And so we set up some dates for me 00:13:07.98\00:13:10.12 to go to Nashville and record 00:13:10.19\00:13:11.52 and so, I think it was, 00:13:11.55\00:13:14.49 yeah, I think it was my second attempt 00:13:14.52\00:13:17.76 or second trip to Nashville. 00:13:17.79\00:13:19.13 Okay. 00:13:19.16\00:13:20.50 And we were sitting across the table 00:13:20.53\00:13:22.16 and having lunch together 00:13:22.20\00:13:23.57 and he says, "You know what? 00:13:23.63\00:13:24.97 We think that your skills and your talents would be, 00:13:25.00\00:13:28.57 you know, such great value in use to us here at 3ABN. 00:13:28.60\00:13:32.47 If you would love to join us, we would love to have you." 00:13:32.51\00:13:35.04 And first I was like, you know, I remember saying to myself, 00:13:35.08\00:13:38.75 "Lord, why are you doing this to me?" 00:13:38.78\00:13:40.22 Yeah, 'cause you've got, on one hand you have Texas 00:13:40.28\00:13:43.22 and on the other hand you got 3ABN now. 00:13:43.25\00:13:45.35 Yeah, so at first I kind of saw almost like a temptation, 00:13:45.39\00:13:48.62 like, okay, maybe I'm supposed to really go to Texas, 00:13:48.66\00:13:51.53 but this is just kind of a curve ball thrown at me 00:13:51.56\00:13:53.96 to kind of get me, 00:13:54.00\00:13:55.30 you know, catch me off guard or sidetrack, 00:13:55.33\00:13:57.40 but I remember Danny telling me, "You know what? 00:13:57.43\00:13:59.43 Pray about it, think about it. 00:13:59.47\00:14:01.60 You know, don't jump into this decision." 00:14:01.64\00:14:03.04 So that's exactly what Stephanie and I done. 00:14:03.07\00:14:05.11 We really prayed it through. We thought about it. 00:14:05.14\00:14:06.88 We poured out paper and we wrote all the advantages 00:14:06.91\00:14:09.24 and disadvantages of both that we knew at the time. 00:14:09.28\00:14:11.95 And I remember telling Danny on the phone 00:14:11.98\00:14:16.38 and praying about this, 00:14:16.42\00:14:17.75 "Lord, open up an opportunity for my wife 00:14:17.79\00:14:20.26 to do what she does best which is teach." 00:14:20.29\00:14:22.79 And I was talking to Danny, 00:14:22.82\00:14:24.16 you know, I expressed that to him, 00:14:24.23\00:14:25.56 "You know, this is kind of what we're looking for 00:14:25.59\00:14:27.23 and, you know, we're praying an opportunity opens up." 00:14:27.30\00:14:31.23 And so I remember we came to 3ABN headquarters 00:14:31.27\00:14:34.40 to do some recording and while I'm here, over here, 00:14:34.44\00:14:37.47 we're both here, they informed us that the... 00:14:37.51\00:14:40.64 Superintendent of Schools 00:14:40.68\00:14:43.11 for the conference was also here. 00:14:43.14\00:14:45.18 Which is if, I mean... Rare. 00:14:45.21\00:14:47.32 Yes, it's very rare, it's not everyday. 00:14:47.38\00:14:49.62 Yeah... Absolutely. Right. 00:14:49.65\00:14:50.99 And just so happened, he was coming to the area 00:14:51.02\00:14:53.76 and said he would like to meet with me. 00:14:53.82\00:14:55.69 So I got to meet him, and talk with him, 00:14:55.72\00:14:58.36 and then set up an interview 00:14:58.39\00:15:00.33 that I would do through online at a later date. 00:15:00.36\00:15:04.20 Right. Wow. 00:15:04.27\00:15:05.60 So it was just like everything we were looking for 00:15:05.63\00:15:07.77 was just the door was open in this direction. 00:15:07.80\00:15:09.47 All the pieces were coming together. 00:15:09.50\00:15:10.84 It was just such a blessing, eventually we did get the call. 00:15:10.91\00:15:13.14 She had been extended the opportunity 00:15:13.17\00:15:16.95 to be the principal here, 00:15:16.98\00:15:19.51 and of course we really prayed it through, 00:15:19.55\00:15:20.92 we thought it through, 00:15:20.95\00:15:22.28 and it was just kind of a no brainer after a while. 00:15:22.32\00:15:24.19 The Lord was making it very clear, 00:15:24.22\00:15:25.59 "This is where I want you to be." 00:15:25.62\00:15:27.16 And so here we are, we're here part of the 3ABN family, 00:15:27.19\00:15:29.72 and could not be more happy to be here absolutely. 00:15:29.76\00:15:33.13 We couldn't be happier to having you 00:15:33.16\00:15:36.23 so, you know, 00:15:36.26\00:15:37.60 speaking of the Give Him Glory music project 00:15:37.63\00:15:40.24 that you mentioned earlier. 00:15:40.30\00:15:42.40 We actually have a clip of you singing, 00:15:42.44\00:15:45.71 and see I love music, right? 00:15:45.74\00:15:48.11 But I can't sing to save my life. 00:15:48.14\00:15:49.94 The Lord didn't bless me with the talent of singing 00:15:50.01\00:15:52.35 or the gift of singing, 00:15:52.38\00:15:54.08 but He blessed you with that talent and with that gift. 00:15:54.12\00:15:56.65 And so, we're going to take a look at that clip. 00:15:56.69\00:15:59.49 Sure, sure. 00:15:59.52\00:16:00.92 And check out this music project. 00:16:00.99\00:16:02.82 All right. 00:16:02.86\00:16:04.19 They sang a new song 00:16:09.96\00:16:14.07 They sang a new song 00:16:14.14\00:16:16.34 Worthy the Lamb 00:16:16.37\00:16:18.41 Worthy the Lamb 00:16:18.44\00:16:20.51 He who was slain 00:16:20.58\00:16:22.28 Though righteous and pure 00:16:22.31\00:16:24.61 Reigns as the Great I Am 00:16:24.65\00:16:28.85 Bought with His own blood 00:16:28.88\00:16:32.62 His bride to claim 00:16:32.65\00:16:36.83 They sang a new song 00:16:36.86\00:16:39.33 Worthy the Lamb 00:16:39.36\00:16:41.30 Worthy His name 00:16:41.33\00:16:45.50 Worthy the Lamb of God that was slain 00:16:45.53\00:16:51.71 Worthy the Lamb 00:16:51.74\00:16:55.38 Worthy 00:17:01.02\00:17:04.85 The Lamb 00:17:04.89\00:17:10.26 Wow, powerful, powerful. 00:17:19.77\00:17:22.50 I know, I know, it's a beautiful song. 00:17:22.54\00:17:23.91 Must be nice to be able to sing. 00:17:23.94\00:17:25.27 Yeah. 00:17:25.31\00:17:26.64 Right, I give Him all the glory, brother. 00:17:26.68\00:17:28.08 Amen. Amen. I can't take credit for it. 00:17:28.11\00:17:30.05 Now this project is extremely special 00:17:30.08\00:17:33.52 because it's the three angels' messages... 00:17:33.55\00:17:35.75 Sure. Put into song. 00:17:35.78\00:17:37.39 Absolutely. That's hard to do. 00:17:37.42\00:17:40.29 Definitely it was a challenge, 00:17:40.36\00:17:43.19 unfortunately or fortunately maybe I did not write 00:17:43.22\00:17:46.19 any of the lyrics to these songs, 00:17:46.23\00:17:47.83 but they are taken directly from Scripture. 00:17:47.86\00:17:49.16 Yes, yes. 00:17:49.20\00:17:50.53 And to set these words is powerful, 00:17:50.57\00:17:53.03 life changing words to music is just incredible. 00:17:53.07\00:17:56.27 And so this project means a lot to me personally 00:17:56.30\00:17:58.71 because the three angels' messages 00:17:58.74\00:18:00.41 have changed my life 00:18:00.44\00:18:01.78 as they have changed millions of other lives. 00:18:01.81\00:18:04.08 And so this is God's last day message 00:18:04.11\00:18:06.75 and to see it being put to music 00:18:06.78\00:18:08.62 and to be able to share that with the world 00:18:08.65\00:18:10.22 and with others around us, it's a blessing. 00:18:10.25\00:18:11.92 Absolutely. Yeah. 00:18:11.95\00:18:14.09 You know, when our viewers purchase this album, 00:18:14.12\00:18:18.63 we also have the three angels' messages in summary 00:18:18.66\00:18:21.50 that Pastor Lomacang wrote. 00:18:21.53\00:18:23.00 That's right. That will go with that. 00:18:23.03\00:18:26.53 I got a call and on this call this viewer was asking, 00:18:26.57\00:18:30.51 "You know, how can I use this as an evangelistic tool?" 00:18:30.54\00:18:34.38 Sure. 00:18:34.41\00:18:35.74 And, you know, I was thinking, I was praying, 00:18:35.78\00:18:38.41 I was like "Lord..." 00:18:38.45\00:18:39.78 While I was talking to him I was trying to pray, 00:18:39.81\00:18:41.15 I was like, "Lord, I need an answer for this." 00:18:41.18\00:18:43.28 Right. 00:18:43.32\00:18:44.65 You know, I mean, the music in 00:18:44.69\00:18:46.02 and of itself is as powerful, the message is powerful, 00:18:46.05\00:18:49.02 and I was thinking what, you know, what can she do? 00:18:49.06\00:18:52.59 Well, you could play one of those songs 00:18:52.63\00:18:55.53 or two of those songs, let's say you're at church, 00:18:55.56\00:18:57.53 you play the song, you listen to the lyrics, 00:18:57.57\00:19:00.27 you go to the Word of God, you study those scriptures out, 00:19:00.30\00:19:04.27 you can take the three angels' messages 00:19:04.34\00:19:06.81 that Pastor Lomacang wrote, 00:19:06.84\00:19:09.11 and you can study that out with people... 00:19:09.14\00:19:10.48 That's right. 00:19:10.51\00:19:11.85 Like that is an excellent and in that way 00:19:11.88\00:19:13.21 you really break down the three angels' messages 00:19:13.25\00:19:15.35 and internalize it for yourself. 00:19:15.38\00:19:17.35 Absolutely, it's vital. 00:19:17.42\00:19:18.75 There is different ways people learn, 00:19:18.79\00:19:21.19 different learners I guess you could say, 00:19:21.22\00:19:23.09 and so some people gravitate towards music, 00:19:23.12\00:19:27.03 and so instead of listening to a sermon 00:19:27.03\00:19:28.80 or reading this, they could hear, 00:19:28.83\00:19:31.10 you know, a song or the lyrics of a song with the music 00:19:31.13\00:19:33.87 and get so much more out of it, 00:19:33.94\00:19:35.27 so this gives us another aspect 00:19:35.30\00:19:37.31 along with this wonderful summary 00:19:37.34\00:19:39.41 that Pastor Lomacang has written. 00:19:39.44\00:19:41.44 You know, it's a complete package. 00:19:41.48\00:19:42.81 So they get to read it, they get to experience, 00:19:42.84\00:19:44.95 and understand it, 00:19:44.98\00:19:46.31 and of course hear through music. 00:19:46.35\00:19:47.68 And so it's just, this is very special, 00:19:47.72\00:19:49.25 and I hope, I hope that there are many, many people 00:19:49.28\00:19:52.05 whose lives are changed 00:19:52.09\00:19:53.46 and altered in a good way because of this. 00:19:53.49\00:19:55.09 Absolutely. Absolutely. 00:19:55.12\00:19:56.46 So what do you do here at 3ABN, what's your role? 00:19:56.49\00:20:00.00 Sure, sure. 00:20:00.03\00:20:01.33 Okay, I my guess my official title 00:20:01.36\00:20:04.03 is the Assistant 00:20:04.07\00:20:06.17 to the General Manager of Praise Him Network. 00:20:06.20\00:20:10.17 And so basically, for most of our viewers 00:20:10.21\00:20:13.34 we have a network it's called Praise Him, 00:20:13.38\00:20:16.41 and would be launching soon, 00:20:16.44\00:20:18.18 and it's going to be basically a 24-hour music channel 00:20:18.21\00:20:22.22 where we're going to be giving glory to God through music. 00:20:22.25\00:20:24.39 And so one of my jobs here 00:20:24.42\00:20:26.72 is to assist our General Manager Tim Parton 00:20:26.76\00:20:30.19 and, you know, bringing about, 00:20:30.23\00:20:33.76 you know, appropriate music, bringing in the artist, 00:20:33.80\00:20:36.30 and bringing the gospel to light 00:20:36.33\00:20:40.37 through music through this network. 00:20:40.40\00:20:42.00 And so it's going to be a lot 00:20:42.04\00:20:43.44 that we're going to be doing with it, 00:20:43.47\00:20:44.81 it's we're still kind of 00:20:44.84\00:20:46.17 ironing out a lot of the wrinkles 00:20:46.21\00:20:47.54 I guess you could say, 00:20:47.58\00:20:48.91 but nonetheless it's going to be powerful, 00:20:48.94\00:20:50.28 it's going to be an awesome witnessing tool for everyone, 00:20:50.31\00:20:54.72 anyone who wants to tune in. 00:20:54.75\00:20:56.08 And so that's going to be one of the things 00:20:56.12\00:20:57.52 I'm going to be doing here, 00:20:57.55\00:20:58.89 obviously some preaching, and what not, 00:20:58.92\00:21:01.42 and I'll be a part of some of the programming here 00:21:01.46\00:21:03.32 at 3ABN as well. 00:21:03.36\00:21:04.69 Absolutely. 00:21:04.73\00:21:06.06 I love the name Praise Him... That's right. 00:21:06.09\00:21:07.50 Music, you know... Praise Him. 00:21:07.60\00:21:08.90 Because that's what it's all about. 00:21:08.93\00:21:10.27 That's what it's all about, 00:21:10.30\00:21:11.63 giving glory to God, and I love that hymn, 00:21:11.67\00:21:13.00 to God be the glory 00:21:13.03\00:21:14.37 because that's what it's all about. 00:21:14.40\00:21:15.80 As a singer myself, I've done many concerts, 00:21:15.84\00:21:18.44 I've many performances down through my life, 00:21:18.47\00:21:21.31 and it's very easy for us 00:21:21.34\00:21:23.21 to have a self-centered mentality 00:21:23.24\00:21:25.65 when we're sharing our talents, 00:21:25.68\00:21:27.18 and it's, you know, people tend to come up to us 00:21:27.22\00:21:28.68 and say, "Oh, you have a beautiful voice. 00:21:28.72\00:21:30.25 I appreciate your voice." 00:21:30.29\00:21:31.62 And that is certainly welcome 00:21:31.65\00:21:32.99 and I praise the Lord for those comments, 00:21:33.02\00:21:35.46 but really our talents should be used for Him, 00:21:35.49\00:21:37.33 and that's what I'd intend to do with my talent, 00:21:37.39\00:21:40.10 my singing talent is to give praise to Him, glory to God 00:21:40.16\00:21:43.03 because He deserves it, He is worthy. 00:21:43.06\00:21:44.53 Amen. 00:21:44.57\00:21:45.90 Amen. Absolutely. 00:21:45.93\00:21:47.27 So what's it like, 00:21:47.30\00:21:48.80 why did you guys want to settle down so much 00:21:48.84\00:21:52.51 'cause you were like eight to nine months 00:21:52.54\00:21:54.21 which I can understand, 00:21:54.24\00:21:55.58 eight or nine months on the road is a lot. 00:21:55.61\00:21:56.98 Sure, sure. 00:21:57.01\00:21:58.35 But you mentioned earlier 00:21:58.38\00:21:59.71 that you really wanted to settle down 00:21:59.75\00:22:01.65 and we would get into that a little later, so... 00:22:01.68\00:22:03.69 Yeah, yeah. Why is that? 00:22:03.72\00:22:05.55 There were multiple aspects 00:22:05.59\00:22:08.79 that kind of played into our consideration. 00:22:08.82\00:22:12.86 Stephanie actually hasn't, 00:22:12.89\00:22:14.76 I hope I'm okay with doing this, 00:22:14.83\00:22:16.56 but she hasn't actually talked about this, 00:22:16.63\00:22:18.80 we haven't really talked about this in public yet 00:22:18.83\00:22:21.27 to a lot of people, 00:22:21.30\00:22:22.64 some of our family and friends know obviously, 00:22:22.67\00:22:24.21 but one of the things that really played into our decision 00:22:24.27\00:22:27.94 is about a year ago, I was actually, 00:22:27.98\00:22:30.61 we were together in British Columbia, 00:22:30.65\00:22:32.55 Canada doing a seminar or conducting a seminar, 00:22:32.58\00:22:35.98 and Stephanie had been gradually suffering 00:22:36.02\00:22:40.26 from anxiety disorder. 00:22:40.32\00:22:41.99 Okay. 00:22:42.02\00:22:43.39 And it wasn't because we were on the road, 00:22:43.43\00:22:45.66 but it had gradually gotten worse, 00:22:45.69\00:22:47.36 and being on the road was very difficult on her, 00:22:47.40\00:22:50.40 it had become difficult on kind of the both of us. 00:22:50.43\00:22:52.37 Being in the new place every month... 00:22:52.40\00:22:53.77 Yeah, yeah. 00:22:53.80\00:22:55.14 And it was just too much of a shift for me 00:22:55.17\00:22:57.24 to handle over and over, so there was a lot. 00:22:57.27\00:23:01.31 That was hard for me in dealing with the changes 00:23:01.34\00:23:03.95 of all the different places. 00:23:03.98\00:23:05.48 Right. 00:23:05.51\00:23:06.85 And so for that reason 00:23:06.92\00:23:08.25 we knew that something was going to have to change soon. 00:23:08.28\00:23:11.92 Another major aspect 00:23:11.95\00:23:13.46 to our decision to settle down was, 00:23:13.49\00:23:16.56 even though I had been so privileged 00:23:16.59\00:23:19.06 to preach over the past five years, 00:23:19.09\00:23:20.96 I had filled my schedule as I said earlier 00:23:20.96\00:23:23.43 with eight to nine evangelistic series, 00:23:23.47\00:23:25.80 and for those of you who don't know how long these are, 00:23:25.83\00:23:28.24 I mean these are month long, 00:23:28.27\00:23:29.70 sometimes longer series 00:23:29.74\00:23:31.41 and that's, you know, I was preaching everywhere 00:23:31.44\00:23:33.74 from six to seven sermons per week. 00:23:33.78\00:23:36.61 Six to seven sermons per week? 00:23:36.64\00:23:39.38 Per week and so you do the math on that, 00:23:39.41\00:23:41.62 it's a lot of talking, a lot of preaching 00:23:41.65\00:23:44.29 which I don't regret it any of it. 00:23:44.32\00:23:45.75 And a lot of preparation. 00:23:45.79\00:23:47.12 A lot of preparation, and it was a blessing and an honor, 00:23:47.16\00:23:50.23 and I'm certainly not going to stop 00:23:50.29\00:23:51.93 because even here at 3ABN 00:23:51.96\00:23:53.36 there will be opportunities for me to go out 00:23:53.40\00:23:55.43 into the field and preach, 00:23:55.46\00:23:56.80 but preaching that much 00:23:56.83\00:23:58.67 will actually take a toll on your voice. 00:23:58.70\00:24:01.17 And me being a singer... 00:24:01.20\00:24:02.67 Yeah. 00:24:02.70\00:24:04.04 You got it, it's just like any other muscle, 00:24:04.11\00:24:05.44 or any other part of the body, 00:24:05.47\00:24:06.81 it has to be properly taken care of, 00:24:06.88\00:24:08.64 and what I was doing is I was overusing my voice, 00:24:08.68\00:24:11.85 and it was starting to affect my singing, 00:24:11.88\00:24:15.82 my vocal ability to sing. 00:24:15.85\00:24:17.82 And that really hit home because I love to sing 00:24:17.85\00:24:20.79 and I love to give glory to God through music, 00:24:20.86\00:24:23.29 and so that really was kind of an eye opener for me 00:24:23.32\00:24:26.16 along with Stephanie's current condition. 00:24:26.19\00:24:29.13 She actually ended up 00:24:29.16\00:24:30.53 while we were in British Columbia, 00:24:30.57\00:24:31.90 she ended up through faith we prayed, 00:24:31.93\00:24:34.47 "Lord, open up a way for us to figure out how to help her." 00:24:34.50\00:24:38.27 So many wonderful people donated money 00:24:38.31\00:24:41.78 so that I could attend Dr. Neil Nedley's program. 00:24:41.81\00:24:45.45 Wow, nice. 00:24:45.48\00:24:47.28 Yes, so I went there, I was about 10, 11 days, 00:24:47.32\00:24:51.25 went through all the hydrotherapy, 00:24:51.29\00:24:52.62 and all that too... 00:24:52.65\00:24:54.02 Right. 00:24:54.06\00:24:55.39 But, yeah, it did really helped, 00:24:55.42\00:24:56.76 I've enjoyed my time there for sure. 00:24:56.79\00:24:58.29 Good. Good. 00:24:58.33\00:24:59.66 So she got the help she needed 00:24:59.69\00:25:02.10 and she has just been improving, improving, improving 00:25:02.13\00:25:05.93 since then, and my voice was starting 00:25:05.97\00:25:09.80 to become overwhelmed with all of the preaching 00:25:09.84\00:25:12.91 and the stress that I was putting on it, 00:25:12.94\00:25:14.54 so we finally had made the decision, 00:25:14.58\00:25:15.98 "Lord, I can't continue to overuse my voice like this 00:25:16.01\00:25:19.28 or I'm never going to be able to sing for You 00:25:19.31\00:25:21.65 as I want to and desire to." 00:25:21.68\00:25:23.99 So we prayed, "Lord, open up a window, 00:25:24.02\00:25:26.05 we can still serve You, still be in ministry, 00:25:26.09\00:25:29.59 and use our talents for You, 00:25:29.62\00:25:30.96 but maybe not in the same way." 00:25:30.99\00:25:32.86 And here we are 00:25:32.89\00:25:34.20 and God has blessed us tremendously, I mean. 00:25:34.30\00:25:35.60 Yeah, that's wonderful. 00:25:35.63\00:25:36.97 I also have been wanting to go back to teaching 00:25:37.00\00:25:40.04 because even though I love traveling 00:25:40.10\00:25:42.54 and getting to meet all the new people every month, 00:25:42.57\00:25:46.07 it was still, like he was the evangelist, 00:25:46.11\00:25:49.01 and so I ran registration... 00:25:49.04\00:25:50.75 And you were the wife. 00:25:50.81\00:25:52.15 And then he would preach and I would sit there. 00:25:52.18\00:25:53.82 Yeah, yeah. 00:25:53.88\00:25:55.22 But I'm like, I went and got my degree for teaching, 00:25:55.25\00:25:58.19 and I would like to go back to do that again, 00:25:58.22\00:26:00.82 but for us to do that would require him 00:26:00.89\00:26:03.66 to come off the road too 00:26:03.69\00:26:05.03 because if not, then I was going to be home, 00:26:05.06\00:26:06.86 and he would be gone... 00:26:06.93\00:26:08.23 Yeah, and that's tough. 00:26:08.26\00:26:09.60 Five months and more, 00:26:09.63\00:26:10.97 and so that would have been really rough on us... 00:26:11.00\00:26:12.33 That's tough. Yeah. 00:26:12.37\00:26:13.70 And you strike me as someone 00:26:13.74\00:26:15.07 who wants to be active, you want to be doing something, 00:26:15.10\00:26:17.21 you want to have your hands on something. 00:26:17.24\00:26:19.44 I do. 00:26:19.47\00:26:20.81 Yes, yes, that's awesome. 00:26:20.88\00:26:22.31 Well, it's just amazing to see how God works 00:26:22.34\00:26:25.45 and how God brings people together. 00:26:25.48\00:26:27.42 And, you know, when you look at the stories 00:26:27.45\00:26:30.12 and testimonies behind all of the 3ABN employees 00:26:30.19\00:26:33.96 and how they ended up here. 00:26:33.99\00:26:35.42 Yes. Right. 00:26:35.46\00:26:37.06 It's nothing short of miracles, 00:26:37.13\00:26:38.53 it's nothing short of God's divine providence. 00:26:38.56\00:26:41.63 Sure, sure. 00:26:41.66\00:26:43.00 So I'm just happy to have both of you guys here. 00:26:43.03\00:26:46.00 It's a blessing. 00:26:46.03\00:26:47.40 New addition to basketball here too. 00:26:47.44\00:26:49.97 Oh, let me see basketball, yeah. 00:26:50.01\00:26:51.81 That's true. 00:26:51.84\00:26:53.17 Every week he'll here probably. 00:26:53.21\00:26:54.71 Yes, yes. Sure. 00:26:54.74\00:26:56.31 So what do you want to see happen 00:26:56.34\00:27:00.35 with the 3ABN Praise Him music channel? 00:27:00.38\00:27:04.32 Well, we have been actually 00:27:04.35\00:27:08.19 considering many different things. 00:27:08.22\00:27:10.86 I have so many different ideas, 00:27:10.89\00:27:12.23 I was sharing with Danny 00:27:12.26\00:27:13.60 and few other leadership yesterday, 00:27:13.63\00:27:15.73 but, you know, what ultimately what we want to see 00:27:15.76\00:27:18.37 is we want to bring in some of our artists 00:27:18.40\00:27:22.47 that we've used in the past, 00:27:22.50\00:27:23.84 we want to bring in some new artists. 00:27:23.91\00:27:26.54 There's people out there that have a wonderful talent 00:27:26.57\00:27:28.58 that they want to share with the Lord, 00:27:28.61\00:27:29.94 but maybe there's someone out there 00:27:29.98\00:27:31.31 who hasn't, 00:27:31.35\00:27:34.22 you know, been noticed, 00:27:34.25\00:27:35.58 and we want to be able to bring them in 00:27:35.62\00:27:36.99 for God's glory as well. 00:27:37.02\00:27:38.35 And so if they want to get in touch with you 00:27:38.39\00:27:39.72 they can email you at... 00:27:39.75\00:27:41.86 Well, ryan.day... 00:27:41.89\00:27:44.46 Ryan.day@3abn.org. 00:27:44.49\00:27:48.63 That's it. That's it. Absolutely. 00:27:48.66\00:27:50.03 Well, thank you so much for joining us today. 00:27:50.07\00:27:52.43 Our time escaped us. 00:27:52.47\00:27:54.54 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 00:27:54.57\00:27:56.57 Make sure you join us next time, 00:27:56.60\00:27:58.11 and remember it just wouldn't be the same without you. 00:27:58.14\00:28:01.41