Stay tuned to meet
the team behind the scenes
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on Dare to Dream,
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also known as the
Dare to Dream dream team.
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My name is Yvonne-Lewis Shelton.
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And I'm Jason Bradley,
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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Our guests
today are no strangers
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to Dare to Dream or 3ABN,
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although you may have
never seen them before.
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They are the
behind-the-camera team
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who make the
programs come together,
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our D to D, Dare
to Dream dream team,
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Matthew Andrew and Ricky Carter.
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Yay!
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Thank you, thank you.
We're so glad you're...
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And, of course, Jason Bradley.
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I was wondering when you
were going to get to that.
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You know I
couldn't forget you, J.
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You know I can't forget you.
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You know, people
don't really realize
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what goes into
these programs that we do.
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You know, people just
turn on the television
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or watch on their
iPad or on their iPhones
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and they have no idea
who's behind the programs,
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what goes into
producing these programs.
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And so we
brought that to you today
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because we really want you
to know these wonderful people
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that have contributed
so much to our ministry.
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And so Ricky Carter does
our graphics, and animation,
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and all the opens...
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99% of the opens that
you see on Dare to Dream,
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Ricky Carter does.
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And we're going to show
you some of his work later.
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And then Matthew
Andrew is our editor, and he,
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you know, when things
are a little out of sync
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or he has to put the names
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under at the
bottom of the screen,
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just all that stuff,
things that you wouldn't...
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you just kind
of take for granted
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because you just don't
know what goes into it.
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So we want to, first of all,
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say thank you
publicly to both of you
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because what you do is...
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You're our unsung heroes.
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You're never in
front of the camera,
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all your work is
behind the camera,
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but God has gifted both of
you with such wonderful gifts.
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So we just want to acknowledge
what you do and say thank you.
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Yeah, thank you.
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And you guys do it with
such a positive attitude.
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Yes.
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I mean, we can
call you about anything,
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anytime we need something,
sometimes it's last minute.
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I know I've
reached out to you, Ricky,
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plenty of times
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when there's been
some type of change
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or something
that was last minute,
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you could be in the car driving,
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you're like, "Okay, hold on,
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let me make a U-turn,
my laptop's at the house.
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I'll send it to you. I'll
be there in five minutes."
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And I mean, you
really go above and beyond.
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And, Matthew, you as well,
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I mean, I can
call upstairs to you
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or go upstairs into your office
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and no matter
what it is that I need,
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you find a way
to make it happen,
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and you do so with
such a cheerful heart.
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And I definitely
appreciate both of you guys.
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And this is a little bit
different for us today because,
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you know, we've switched...
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Well, we didn't switch roles.
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I'm glad you made that clear.
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Well, now I'm the Dare
to Dream General Manager.
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He is the General Manager.
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And you are the Dare to
Dream Founder/Consultant.
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Right.
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So it's a little
bit different now
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because, previously,
she was the General Manager.
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Yes, and I want to say in
acknowledgement of you, J,
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that I'm just so, as
a mom and as your boss,
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I'm so proud of
where God has brought you.
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You have grown so much
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in the short time
that you've been here,
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but you've been
here four years, right?
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Yeah, almost five.
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Almost five years, and to
see where God has brought you,
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it's amazing, and so
I want to say to you,
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thank you so much
for all that you do.
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You have no idea all the stuff,
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all the hats that
Jason wears as well,
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and it's a blessing
because we can just see that
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God is moving through all of us.
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And He has chosen
us to do this work.
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It's really
humbling to think that
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God has chosen
us to do this work.
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But I want to
say congratulations.
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Right. Thank you.
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As the GM. Thank you.
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That's awesome. And you...
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I'm going to talk
about you for a second.
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You did an excellent job with...
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I'm not stepping
into a situation,
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you know, oftentimes,
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you'll see a
politician or something,
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they always complain
about their predecessor.
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I've got no complaints.
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You know, my mom/boss did
a great job and left me...
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left Dare to Dream in a position
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where I'm stepping into a
seat or sitting down in a seat
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that is geared up
and ready for success.
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All I have to do is
continue to submit to the Lord
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and run it as He guides me.
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So you've done
an exceptional job.
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You were here when
there was no Dare to Dream,
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and you had these
programs and these concepts,
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and you met people,
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and God placed people in
your path, and you did...
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He did, He did.
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You've done and continue
to do an exceptional job
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with Dare to Dream.
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Well, praise the Lord.
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And I'm so happy that I
can still pick your brain.
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What little there is left.
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I told you that, when
you turn, like, 90 years old,
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I'm going to
pick you up for work.
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And you better be
ready, don't make me late.
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Don't make me late.
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Comb those thin
strands of hair and let's go.
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You know what, it's too funny.
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And also, I want to acknowledge
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because, you know, people
at home are seeing us here,
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but there are so
many other people
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that have a role
with Dare to Dream.
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We have Brad that's directing
this program as we speak.
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Yes.
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We have all of the people
that are on camera right now.
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We have the video
graphics people, I mean...
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Our floor director Kate.
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Yeah, floor
director Kate, and Bree,
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and all these people...
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Justin. Yep, Justin Lee.
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Terrance. Terrance Marshall.
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Too many people to name.
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Yeah 'cause I'm
going to forget somebody
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and someone will be mad, so...
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So I mean, there's
such a huge administration
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and everybody who has supported,
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and you, you are part
of the Dare to Dream team.
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Absolutely.
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You make it possible for
these programs to take place.
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You know,
without your support...
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We couldn't do it
without you. That's right.
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And so we are
appreciative of you
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and what you do
for this ministry,
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and how you share
it with your friends,
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your financial support as well.
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I could go on forever and ever.
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Let's continue with
the... Let's get back to it.
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Well, you know, the one
thing that we know is that
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God has chosen all
of us to do this work.
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He has a work
for everyone to do.
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Amen.
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And so this is what we do,
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and I want our
viewers to hear your journeys
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because, Matthew,
let's start with you.
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Yes.
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Because, Matthew, you have
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a very interesting
testimony as far...
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it's very interesting
that God would have you working
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with Dare to Dream particularly.
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Yes. Why is that?
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This has been a
real journey for me,
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and it was...
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As I'm about to explain
something that I probably told
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maybe eight people in
the world, I've never...
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others outside of a few
of you know this testimony.
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As a young man, I
grew up in a good family,
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had a good upbringing, they...
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It was a Christian family,
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and they taught
us to love people,
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and be respectful,
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and I grew up,
went to high school age,
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and in the city where I went,
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there was people of
all races, nationalities,
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and it was a mix
like most of America.
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And I didn't really hate anyone,
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got along with everybody,
and really had a great time.
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Later on in my
life, I migrated...
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I became a paramedic,
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and I became on
the fire department,
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and being out, getting
sent to the worst situations
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where you meet the worst people
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in their worst times
with their worst attitudes
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and see the results of
shootings, stabbings...
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And, of course, at the
time when I was younger,
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in the '70s, let's start there.
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Let's start
there. Let's start there.
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It was a time when there
was still racial tension,
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and there was a lot of it,
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and the stuff that
was portrayed on TV,
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if you're just growing up,
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that's what you
thought the world was like.
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You saw in the news,
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the Black
Panthers and these things
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that were a little more in
the news, but they didn't...
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I thought that's what all
people were like, like that
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'cause that's the picture I saw.
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And having nothing else
to really to think about,
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that's what I thought,
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but I got to the
point where I hated,
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I hated black people.
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I really did.
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Hate, hate.
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And as I made these runs
and saw a black-on-black crime,
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black-on-white crime, white...
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Yes, it was
white-on-white crime,
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sure, there's all that
stuff out in the real world,
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but I don't know
where that came from,
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I really don't 'cause it's
not what I learned as a child,
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but somewhere I
migrated into that
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Satan will take you if
you take your eyes off Him
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to a place you don't want to go.
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Yes. You just don't want to go.
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He will twist your view
of the world, of people,
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and I got to the point where
I just hated people of color.
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And that's hard to admit,
that's hard to say out loud.
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Especially
surrounded by black people.
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It's not hard for me today,
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it is more hard
for me to say it for me
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than it is for all our viewers.
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Yes.
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Because I don't
know where that came from
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and that stayed
with me for many years,
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but then I started being
led to the Lord leading me back.
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And I won't
include that whole journey,
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that's a whole another
story, but slowly but surely,
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He led me back
to a picture of...
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Look at Jesus, look at Jesus,
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this is the picture of
what heaven will be like,
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and what people in
heaven will be like.
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And so eventually,
I came to the point
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where I got beyond the hatred,
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and it wasn't
something that happened
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like a road to
Damascus experience,
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it was one of those
over time, imperceptible,
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where I woke up
one day and said,
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"You know, I don't
hate people anymore."
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Did you...
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Was it a situation
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where you didn't know
any black people personally
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because I find that,
you know, a lot of times
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when there's this
misperception on either side,
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you know, black against
white or white against black,
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it's because you
don't know anybody
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from a different culture?
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You don't know them
except superficially.
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Yeah. "Hi, how are you doing?"
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But they're not...
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They're not
coming to your house,
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they are not
hanging out with you,
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so you don't really know them.
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Was it a situation where
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you got to know someone of color
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and that's how your
misperceptions dropped
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or was it just the
Lord just lead you out?
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That's a good question.
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And as I think about
that, as I think back on that,
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when I was in high
school, I had black friends.
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I didn't think of them as
black folks or white, they...
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It was... They were my friends.
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And so I don't know
where that came from.
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And it's shocking for me
to look back and say that
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the devil can take
you on their journey.
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Absolutely.
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And you have to watch,
you know, guard your heart
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and guard your
eyes in what you see
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and don't let perceptions
of the world tell you
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what you ought to think
and how you ought to be.
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And so somehow I
got past all that
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and became a Christian.
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I'm a Seventh-day Adventist
Christian now, and we...
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Some years ago, Phyllis and
I came to 3ABN, and we just,
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as many people who come
here to begin their journey,
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working for the Lord,
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they put you
someplace but you get migrated
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and shifted around
until you find your niche.
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Right.
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Many of us have
done many different jobs
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since we've been here.
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I started out in marketing,
have done many other things,
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but I don't want to get
too far off the course here.
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The thing is that,
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one day, I was in
the pastoral department
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working on the prayer line
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and our former General
Manager Mollie Steenson said,
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"You know, we'd
like to talk to you."
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So I went down and she said,
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"We think you have the
makings to be an editor."
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And I thought,
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"This woman
needs psychiatric help.
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There's no way in the world.
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She's obviously not
hearing from the Lord."
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But she was and...
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But I loved
working with computers.
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I just love it. It
just fascinated me.
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And they're going to let
me work on a Mac computer.
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I said, "Well, now I
have to do something."
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So I said, "Okay."
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And I got into that, and
that was very interesting.
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And they just
said, "Learn editing."
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That's all I knew
about it, and I said, "Okay."
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So some of the
people started teaching me,
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and then I
realized one day they said,
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"And you're
going to do the editing
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for the Dare to Dream network."
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That's great. It is.
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I can do that, you know,
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but this has
been a journey for me
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because as I've been
editing these programs,
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I've been seeing
fantastic people of color.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Who are doctors, and
lawyers, and brilliant people,
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and business
people, and educators,
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who are out there
making incredible,
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incredible contributions
to their communities
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that are turning and
encouraging young people.
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And I've seen black young
people come on and I've seen...
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Look at these wonderful
things young people are doing.
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And I realized
there's a part of the journey
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that's deceptive.
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It's not enough to say,
"I hate and now I don't,"
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because if we're
going to be in heaven,
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Jesus says, "You
must love one another."
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Now that's a different ballgame.
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Right.
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So you have to get
past hate to not hating,
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but that's the beginning
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'cause now I
have to learn to love.
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That's right. I
have to learn to love.
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I've got to go all the way.
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Just getting to I
don't hate is just neutral.
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We got to go the whole distance,
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the whole distance.
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Where have I heard
that before? Right.
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Okay. Yeah.
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So I just started watching this,
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and I was so
fascinated, and I found out,
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"Yes, you're going
to be on Dare to Dream
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and Yvonne Lewis is
going to be your boss."
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And I said, "Well,
that's pretty cool."
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Because the Lord tests us.
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He tests us. "Do
you really love Me?
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You know, you
say you don't hate,
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but are you willing
to build relationships?"
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Right. Right.
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"Can you build relationships?"
So I said, "I can do this."
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And then after
just sitting down,
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I wasn't long talking to you,
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I said, "Oh, yeah,
I'm in a good place."
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Praise the Lord.
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And so now I went
from hating black people
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to being on the Urban Network.
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Right. God has a sense of humor.
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I really think He does.
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And He gave me a
black female boss,
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and I was having
some health challenges.
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And I said, "Okay,
Lord, I really feel like
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I'm making progress,
but I need another doctor."
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My doctor made a recommendation,
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see this neurologist I
want to set you up with,
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so I went to the
neurologist, I'd never seen her,
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didn't know her,
I see her name is...
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Oh, it's a female, Tiffany.
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Okay, and I won't go
any further than that
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'cause we're not doing that.
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But anyway, I went to
her and found out that,
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as I walked in, God
has a sense of humor,
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she was a young,
female black doctor.
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And I said, "I got the picture."
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Yeah.
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And so, and I love
her, and I love you folks,
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and you're all my
family, and so it's not enough.
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Yes. That's my journey.
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My testimony is just not enough
to not hate, you have to love.
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Amen, amen.
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That is a powerful testimony.
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And like you, I believe that
God does have a sense of humor.
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He does, yeah. And
that story proves it.
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Ricky, we want to
talk about you as well
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and go into your journey.
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But before we do, we
actually have a roll compiled of
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your work and Matthew's work.
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You put together
the opening graphics
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and you edit the program,
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so I want to
take a look at that.
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All right.
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And so we have
this double emphasis on
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Christ being called up
to God unto His throne,
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which is what
happens as He's resurrected
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and begins His mediation,
His intercessory work there.
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Each one of these
epochs and each one of these
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churches, seals,
trumpets, and salvation signs
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begins in the Apostolic age,
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begins at this holy
place, simultaneous ministry,
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and shows us the
churches, seals, and trumpets
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are all cycles of seven,
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that parallel,
that run down together
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at the same time,
happens simultaneously.
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So we couldn't say that
the seven churches occur here
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but then the seven seals
occur after the seven churches.
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Or the seven
trumpets occur after this...
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No, they unfold simultaneously.
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You know, when
you're working the dream,
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the struggle is oh-so real.
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You have to be determined.
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You have to work hard.
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And be compassionate.
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Set goals.
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And be timely.
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Stay focused. And reach high.
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You need all these and
the Lord to come together
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to make you a better person
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while you're working the dream.
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You actually even met.
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Them pastors be making
some big dollar bills, y'all.
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Selling snake
oil, prayer cloths,
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splinters from the tree
of life and all that stuff,
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so if I can't make
it in the real world,
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I'mma make some
money as a pastor,
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that's what I'm trying to say.
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I understand, I understand.
Don't you worry about it.
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What makes you
think you're a good fit
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for this particular position?
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Man, I got the
experience, I got the education,
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plus I bring some swagger,
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you know, nobody
in this company so far
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that I've seen got swag in.
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This company needs some swagger,
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that what G-stack
brings to the table.
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We do have swagger.
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Girl, I thought, I told you
to get this mess cleaned up.
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You sure did tell her, Mom.
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She never does
anything you tell her to do.
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I already cleaned up this room.
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Who are you
talking to like that?
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I said get this mess cleaned up!
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First of all, I need
you to get out of my face
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and stay out of my face.
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I already cleaned
this room up yesterday.
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Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
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You have me
confused with somebody else.
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Who do you think
you're talking to?
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If you don't get
this mess cleaned up,
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we're going to be planning
a funeral in here today.
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And it shall come to pass
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That before they call
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I will answer
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Yes, I will answer.
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And while they are yet speaking
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I will hear Yes, I will hear.
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Isaiah 65:24 says this
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Isaiah 65:24
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And it shall come to pass
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That before they call
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I will answer Yes, I will answer
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And while they are yet speaking
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I will hear Yes, I will hear
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Isaiah 65:24 says this
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Isaiah 65:24
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That is such a powerful
demonstration of the gifts
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that God has
given to both of you,
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and, again, we just thank you.
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We thank you so much
for bringing them here
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to Dare to Dream and 3ABN.
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Ricky, tell us
about your journey?
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How did you get
to Dare to Dream too?
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You know, I worked for
Country Music Television
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for a good little
while and after working...
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Well, while working with them,
near the end of my time there,
00:22:58.81\00:23:02.14
the Lord was impressing on me,
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.75
"How can you promote 40
greatest drinking songs?
00:23:03.78\00:23:06.88
How can you promote Coyote Ugly,
00:23:06.92\00:23:10.02
women that are half-dressed?
00:23:10.05\00:23:11.39
How could you do that
and still represent Me?"
00:23:11.42\00:23:14.16
And that really worked
on my heart, and I said,
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.39
"Lord, if you can
get me out of here,
00:23:16.42\00:23:19.03
then I will serve You,
00:23:19.06\00:23:20.40
I will dedicate the
talent that You've given me,
00:23:20.43\00:23:24.23
I'll dedicate it to You."
00:23:24.27\00:23:25.60
And the Lord made a way
so I could work for myself,
00:23:25.63\00:23:29.20
worked for myself for a
few years, went to Michigan,
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worked for one
of my clients there,
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.48
then went back to
working for myself,
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where most of my clients...
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.51
I'd say 98% of my clients are
not just Christian clients now
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but they're Adventists.
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Wow.
00:23:43.15\00:23:44.49
And so I remember
00:23:44.52\00:23:46.35
when Dare to Dream was
starting, and I was like,
00:23:46.39\00:23:49.22
"Boy, I would love to
work for that channel."
00:23:49.26\00:23:51.89
And I just called
and asked for you,
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.16
but you weren't
there, so I left a message,
00:23:55.20\00:23:57.93
"Dr. Lewis,
this is Ricky Carter,
00:23:57.97\00:23:59.30
I'm a designer animator,
00:23:59.33\00:24:00.74
would you be
interested in having
00:24:00.77\00:24:02.37
any volunteer graphic work
done for any of our programs?"
00:24:02.40\00:24:06.51
You called me
back a few days later,
00:24:06.54\00:24:08.68
and we talked,
things worked well,
00:24:08.71\00:24:10.78
and gave me the first project,
00:24:10.81\00:24:12.15
and I remember
that first project,
00:24:12.18\00:24:13.52
it was Take it to the Bank.
00:24:13.55\00:24:15.82
And that was a fun
project to work on.
00:24:15.85\00:24:18.75
And with that project,
00:24:18.79\00:24:20.16
not only doing
the graphics for it,
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.22
designing the logo,
00:24:22.26\00:24:23.59
but being able to
come up with the music
00:24:23.63\00:24:26.09
and then doing the voiceover.
00:24:26.13\00:24:27.50
Yes.
00:24:27.53\00:24:29.60
But yeah, the Lord
just opened up a way for me
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.50
to use my talents to work
for Him, it reminds me of...
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There's an artist in the Bible,
I think his name is Aholiab,
00:24:36.74\00:24:40.11
and he was one of those
artists that worked on designing
00:24:40.14\00:24:45.38
all the artwork in the temple,
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.22
and I was like,
"Man, if he could do that,
00:24:48.25\00:24:51.22
I know I could do
something for the Lord as well."
00:24:51.25\00:24:53.15
Wow, wow. That's beautiful.
00:24:53.19\00:24:55.32
You know, when you
called me about volunteering,
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.69
I thought that's
such a great thing.
00:24:58.73\00:25:01.30
That was such a great way
to get your foot in the door
00:25:01.33\00:25:03.67
because he wasn't
asking for anything,
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.67
he was volunteering
his time and his talent,
00:25:05.70\00:25:08.57
and then when I saw
how talented you were,
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.64
I was like, "Oh,
wow, now can you do this?
00:25:10.67\00:25:12.74
Can you do that?"
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.11
And then you actually helped to
give Dare to Dream its identity
00:25:14.14\00:25:17.81
as far as, you know,
like the logo and the...
00:25:17.85\00:25:23.08
The Sabbath, the happy Sabbath,
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.72
you know, that
whole animation thing.
00:25:25.75\00:25:28.12
So again, that's...
00:25:28.16\00:25:30.13
God brought the two of
you, the two of you to us.
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.39
Absolutely.
00:25:32.43\00:25:33.76
What would you say to
00:25:33.80\00:25:36.23
those who have talent
like you, who mightwant to...
00:25:36.26\00:25:39.80
both of you, who might want
to do something for the Lord,
00:25:39.83\00:25:42.80
but they're hesitant?
00:25:42.84\00:25:44.17
What would you say?
00:25:44.21\00:25:45.54
You have about 30
seconds, both of you, to say it.
00:25:45.57\00:25:49.91
The simple answer
is don't hesitate.
00:25:49.94\00:25:51.78
If you feel God is leading you
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.02
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:25:54.05\00:25:56.02
don't stop, go forward,
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.39
He will never
lead you in a place
00:25:57.42\00:25:58.75
where He's not
willing to supply every need.
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Amen. Amen.
00:26:00.36\00:26:01.69
I would say,
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.06
trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
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lean not on to
your own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge
Him, and He will direct thy
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paths.
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Yes. Amen.
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That is the key to
trust in God and to know
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that He is going to have you...
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He's going to take you,
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the steps of a righteous
man are ordered by the Lord.
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He's going to take you
to where you need to go,
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if you just trust in Him.
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Do you have any
closing thoughts, J?
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Yeah, I just think it's
amazing and interesting that
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even while you
were volunteering,
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you put forth your best work.
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Right.
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You know, you
always give your best,
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never anything
less, no matter what.
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I don't care if
you're sweeping the floor,
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I don't care,
whatever is going on,
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you always give your best,
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and I believe
that with both of you,
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you guys always put
forth your best work.
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They do. I
definitely appreciate that.
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They do.
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And we want you to know that,
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again, we always say this,
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that God has a
plan for your life
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and if you look at,
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you know, where God
brought Matthew from,
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you know, a place of
animosity toward minorities
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and now he's working
with a minority network,
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I mean, it really is funny.
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And then...
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And loving it
because God is love,
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and you have sought God,
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and God's Spirit is
working through you.
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And then Ricky
came on as a volunteer
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and then began to do
all of our work basically,
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and work for the
parent network as well.
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So we just want to, again,
thank you and acknowledge you.
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Thank you, J, for
all that you're doing.
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And again, I'm just
so proud and thankful
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for the work that you're doing.
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And expect great things coming
from J as the General Manager
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because he's
got some great ideas
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as to what he wants to do
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and where he wants
to take the network
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by the grace of God.
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Thank you for being with us.
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Join us next time
because, you know what,
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it just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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