Stay tuned to meet a man who's been through the fire. 00:00:01.36\00:00:03.20 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:00:03.23\00:00:04.73 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:00:04.77\00:00:07.04 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:00:29.09\00:00:31.43 My guest today is Alex Castillejos, 00:00:31.46\00:00:33.93 speaker and director 00:00:33.96\00:00:35.30 of Little Light Studios in Espanol. 00:00:35.33\00:00:38.37 And he's also the co-founder of Just Be Blessed. 00:00:38.40\00:00:41.34 Welcome to Urban Report, Alex. 00:00:41.37\00:00:43.04 Thank you, Jason, I'm so happy to be here. 00:00:43.07\00:00:45.37 And we've been trying to make this happen 00:00:45.41\00:00:46.78 for a little while now. 00:00:46.81\00:00:48.14 So I'm glad that you were finally able to make it. 00:00:48.18\00:00:50.95 I know this is your first time on Urban Report 00:00:50.98\00:00:54.55 and hanging out with the Dare to Dream Network. 00:00:54.58\00:00:57.69 So why don't you tell our viewers 00:00:57.72\00:00:59.22 a little bit about your background? 00:00:59.25\00:01:00.89 Yes. 00:01:00.92\00:01:02.26 I'm from Southern Mexico, 00:01:02.29\00:01:05.19 I grew up as the Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 00:01:05.23\00:01:08.96 very awesome, you know, hanging out with, 00:01:09.00\00:01:10.97 you know, growing up as a Christian family, 00:01:11.00\00:01:13.13 great values, you know, 00:01:13.17\00:01:14.70 and yeah, I mean, so happy to be here. 00:01:14.74\00:01:18.94 Yes. So, okay. 00:01:18.97\00:01:20.31 So you, you grew up Christian background, 00:01:20.34\00:01:22.34 Christian family. 00:01:22.38\00:01:23.71 What were your teenage years like? 00:01:23.75\00:01:25.58 Teenage years. 00:01:25.61\00:01:27.22 It's been a little rough. 00:01:27.25\00:01:29.12 The thing is the, you know, those years, you know, 00:01:29.15\00:01:31.45 it can be a little crazy meeting some friends there. 00:01:31.49\00:01:36.42 You know, sometimes you go to church 00:01:36.46\00:01:37.89 and you go to the school and stuff like that. 00:01:37.93\00:01:40.23 And sometimes, you know, the influence, 00:01:40.26\00:01:42.00 I think, I believe that influence is very pulling you, 00:01:42.03\00:01:46.23 you know, do things that you didn't grow up like that. 00:01:46.27\00:01:49.20 Yes, yes. 00:01:49.24\00:01:50.81 So would you say that who you surround yourself with 00:01:50.84\00:01:53.01 is very important? 00:01:53.04\00:01:54.38 Totally, a 100% 00:01:54.41\00:01:56.11 and I'm going to be sharing with you, 00:01:56.14\00:01:58.41 in the age of 13, I started, you know, I was smoking, 00:01:58.45\00:02:02.82 smoking and drinking, parties and all the stuff. 00:02:02.85\00:02:05.69 And seriously, I mean, in Mexico, 00:02:05.72\00:02:07.42 I don't know right now, 00:02:07.46\00:02:08.79 but I mean, you don't have to have a, have ID 00:02:08.82\00:02:12.23 to go to a store and buy those kinds of stuff. 00:02:12.26\00:02:15.40 So I was 13, 14, 00:02:15.43\00:02:17.27 and it was starting your life, you know? 00:02:17.30\00:02:20.77 Yeah. So the accessibility to those toxic things. 00:02:20.80\00:02:24.87 Yes. 00:02:24.91\00:02:26.24 It was readily. 00:02:26.27\00:02:27.61 Everything was readily available. 00:02:27.64\00:02:28.98 Yes, yes. 00:02:29.01\00:02:30.35 And I believe in those years like I was telling you, 00:02:30.38\00:02:34.48 I mean, lying, he was the king of my life. 00:02:34.52\00:02:40.19 I mean, it was just the center of my life. 00:02:40.22\00:02:42.62 Now, why do you say that lying was the center of your life? 00:02:42.66\00:02:46.19 What do you mean by that? 00:02:46.23\00:02:47.56 Because, you know, like I say, you know, 00:02:47.60\00:02:49.66 grew up in a Christian home. 00:02:49.70\00:02:51.80 I mean, my parents taught me and going to church. 00:02:51.83\00:02:55.04 I mean, you know, to follow the Ten Commandments, 00:02:55.07\00:02:58.51 to love God and love your neighbor. 00:02:58.54\00:03:01.44 And the thing is that I don't need to do. 00:03:01.48\00:03:04.98 I mean, I was not telling my parents 00:03:05.01\00:03:07.42 what I was doing or what I was going 00:03:07.45\00:03:11.09 and the thing that it was a lie 00:03:11.12\00:03:12.45 and, you know, I was telling them, 00:03:12.49\00:03:13.92 "Hey, I'm going to be going to this church 00:03:13.96\00:03:15.52 or I'm going to be going to my friend's house." 00:03:15.56\00:03:17.43 It was a lie. 00:03:17.46\00:03:18.79 I was on the other side of the city, 00:03:18.83\00:03:20.16 you know, just party time. 00:03:20.20\00:03:21.53 And the thing is that one lie after lie 00:03:21.56\00:03:24.47 and the lie and it was just a mess. 00:03:24.50\00:03:27.84 Yes, yes. 00:03:27.87\00:03:29.50 So what kind of music I was listening, 00:03:29.54\00:03:31.44 you know, things like that 00:03:31.47\00:03:32.81 and it force you in later on, you know, 15, 16. 00:03:32.84\00:03:37.05 And it's kind of like, okay, 00:03:37.08\00:03:38.51 I'm not a little younger anymore 00:03:38.55\00:03:40.78 so now I can dress like this 00:03:40.82\00:03:43.89 and, you know, things like that. 00:03:43.92\00:03:45.25 And you need to tell me what to do, you know, so... 00:03:45.29\00:03:46.86 You felt like you were grown. 00:03:46.89\00:03:48.22 Yeah. 00:03:48.26\00:03:49.66 You know, those years we think that we're Superman, 00:03:49.69\00:03:51.83 you know, like we can do anything we want, so... 00:03:51.86\00:03:53.80 Yes. So, okay. 00:03:53.83\00:03:56.20 So you were lying to your parents. 00:03:56.23\00:03:58.63 Did you find that 00:03:58.67\00:04:00.34 the music that you were listening to 00:04:00.37\00:04:02.50 was steering you in the wrong direction as well? 00:04:02.54\00:04:04.87 So you surrounded yourself 00:04:04.91\00:04:06.24 with the wrong type of individuals, 00:04:06.27\00:04:07.64 and then you were listening to the wrong type of music. 00:04:07.68\00:04:10.88 Did you feel that 00:04:10.91\00:04:12.25 the music also pulled you in the wrong direction? 00:04:12.28\00:04:15.48 Oh, yeah. Yeah, a lot. 00:04:15.52\00:04:18.22 And you know, listening, you know, rock heavy metal or, 00:04:18.25\00:04:23.86 you know, techno, you know, that was my, 00:04:23.89\00:04:26.83 those kind of music and yeah, 00:04:26.86\00:04:29.06 because the thing is that 00:04:29.10\00:04:30.43 when you listen to that kind of music, 00:04:30.47\00:04:32.43 it's not just to enjoying yourself 00:04:32.47\00:04:34.77 and like, oh, I'm having a good time. 00:04:34.80\00:04:36.81 If you're very into that kind of stuff, 00:04:36.84\00:04:38.41 you know, that kind of music, 00:04:38.44\00:04:39.77 you bring the culture to yourself, 00:04:39.81\00:04:42.18 you know, to your life. 00:04:42.21\00:04:43.55 So you're going to be dressing like that. 00:04:43.58\00:04:44.95 I mean, believe it or not. 00:04:44.98\00:04:46.31 I mean, I used to have long hair. 00:04:46.35\00:04:47.92 I used to dye my hair 00:04:47.95\00:04:49.45 and everything black and everything... 00:04:49.48\00:04:52.12 And I remember I used to walk in the streets 00:04:52.15\00:04:54.36 and with all my friends 00:04:54.39\00:04:55.72 and people will literally just go to the other street, 00:04:55.76\00:04:59.56 just the appearance. 00:04:59.59\00:05:01.66 But God is good. 00:05:01.70\00:05:03.83 Amen. Amen. 00:05:03.87\00:05:05.20 Looking at you today, 00:05:05.23\00:05:06.57 you would never know that that was the past 00:05:06.60\00:05:08.30 and we praise, we praise God for that. 00:05:08.34\00:05:10.61 So why don't you share 00:05:10.64\00:05:12.31 a little bit about your conversion experience? 00:05:12.34\00:05:14.58 So how did you come back to the Lord? 00:05:14.61\00:05:17.58 Okay. 00:05:17.61\00:05:18.95 So, it went like maybe like, you know, five years later on. 00:05:18.98\00:05:21.88 I mean, I was going to church because my parents told me, 00:05:21.92\00:05:24.35 but it was not something like, you know what? 00:05:24.39\00:05:25.72 I'm going to bring my Bible 00:05:25.75\00:05:27.09 and I gotta to be having a Bible study 00:05:27.12\00:05:28.46 and stuff like that. 00:05:28.49\00:05:29.82 So the age of 13 to 17 and a half 00:05:29.86\00:05:34.00 or something like that. 00:05:34.03\00:05:36.00 I have two more brothers, 00:05:36.03\00:05:39.00 the older one often in the church, 00:05:39.03\00:05:42.74 the middle one, always in the church. 00:05:42.77\00:05:44.47 So he saw me, you know, 00:05:44.51\00:05:46.54 of course I'm sure, you know, the middle, little brother, 00:05:46.57\00:05:48.91 you know, dressing like this. 00:05:48.94\00:05:50.65 I can relate that, you know, 00:05:50.68\00:05:52.21 and seriously, every time I was seeing my brother 00:05:52.25\00:05:56.12 and I was like something my stomach, 00:05:56.15\00:05:58.72 you know, of course, you know, good and evil. 00:05:58.75\00:06:00.09 I mean, you cannot mix, right? Yes, yes. 00:06:00.12\00:06:01.76 So he told me, he said, 00:06:01.79\00:06:04.39 "Hey, can I have two hours of the 24 hours 00:06:04.43\00:06:08.36 that God gave you." 00:06:08.40\00:06:09.73 Wow. 00:06:09.76\00:06:11.10 And I mean, those kinds of quotes. 00:06:11.13\00:06:12.97 I like how he phrased that. Yeah. 00:06:13.00\00:06:14.60 I mean, those kinds of questions. 00:06:14.64\00:06:15.97 I mean, you don't hear that, 00:06:16.00\00:06:17.34 you know, you don't listen to the radio, you know? 00:06:17.37\00:06:19.07 I mean, he's just like what? 00:06:19.11\00:06:21.08 And I was like, okay. 00:06:21.11\00:06:22.54 I mean, you, you came to the punch, 00:06:22.58\00:06:23.91 you know, I was like, okay, sounds good, two hours. 00:06:23.95\00:06:26.25 And hurry up because my friends are going to pick me up. 00:06:26.28\00:06:29.25 So he sit down 00:06:29.28\00:06:30.62 and, you know, just make it kinda in the short. 00:06:30.65\00:06:34.36 He told me, he said, you know what? 00:06:34.39\00:06:37.79 When Jesus is gonna come 00:06:37.83\00:06:40.93 with the holy city, 00:06:40.96\00:06:43.06 the Castillejos family is going to be inside. 00:06:43.10\00:06:47.24 I don't want to see my little brother 00:06:47.27\00:06:48.60 to be outside in the city. 00:06:48.64\00:06:50.27 Wow. 00:06:50.31\00:06:51.64 And I was like, wow. 00:06:51.67\00:06:53.98 I mean, you don't hear that kind of stuff. 00:06:54.01\00:06:56.85 And I was like, okay, you know, he told me more stuff. 00:06:56.88\00:07:00.65 But I don't remember exactly if it was that afternoon 00:07:00.68\00:07:04.29 or how long it took. 00:07:04.32\00:07:07.39 I was in my, my friend's house, you know, outside or something. 00:07:07.42\00:07:11.26 And you know, the music here and my friends over here, 00:07:11.29\00:07:13.40 they're drinking this, I'm doing this and whatever. 00:07:13.43\00:07:16.16 And I believe the prayers of my parents 00:07:16.20\00:07:19.73 and my mom, my dad, and my brother 00:07:19.77\00:07:22.10 or people who were around me. 00:07:22.14\00:07:24.61 It was the moment that the Holy Spirit, 00:07:24.64\00:07:27.14 you know, when to use, 00:07:27.18\00:07:29.08 just kind of like talk to me 00:07:29.11\00:07:30.85 and they say, and I remember, seriously, 00:07:30.88\00:07:33.08 I'm looking at it kind of like you come to your sense, 00:07:33.11\00:07:34.82 kind of like the prodigal son, right? 00:07:34.85\00:07:38.62 Yeah. 00:07:38.65\00:07:39.99 You kind of come to your, his sense, 00:07:40.02\00:07:41.36 like, thinking like 00:07:41.39\00:07:42.72 what I'm doing here, 00:07:42.76\00:07:44.09 you know, kind of like, I mean, these guys doing this, 00:07:44.13\00:07:45.46 he's thinking, you know, this guy's talking about, 00:07:45.49\00:07:47.03 he's going to do something and you know, all these stuff. 00:07:47.06\00:07:49.23 And I'm like, this is not my life. 00:07:49.26\00:07:51.50 Yeah. 00:07:51.53\00:07:52.87 And I just get up and I left 00:07:52.90\00:07:55.17 and people was like, hey, come down, 00:07:55.20\00:07:56.54 you know, let's finish this. 00:07:56.57\00:07:57.91 I was like, no, I'm out. 00:07:57.94\00:07:59.27 Since that moment, 00:07:59.31\00:08:01.34 I used to get up at five in the morning, 00:08:01.38\00:08:03.01 reading my Bible. 00:08:03.04\00:08:04.38 Wow. 00:08:04.41\00:08:05.75 That was maybe eight months before the senior year, 00:08:05.78\00:08:09.28 it was over. 00:08:09.32\00:08:10.65 So I remember going back to high school and my dress, 00:08:10.69\00:08:15.19 it was totally different, 00:08:15.22\00:08:16.56 short hair and, you know, 00:08:16.59\00:08:18.19 dressing like a casual dressing. 00:08:18.23\00:08:21.53 And the principal come to me and is like, 00:08:21.56\00:08:23.73 Castillejos, you know, in the Latino community, 00:08:23.77\00:08:25.90 they don't tell you by your name. 00:08:25.93\00:08:27.34 Yeah. They go with the last name. 00:08:27.37\00:08:29.20 Last name, he said, Castillejos, 00:08:29.24\00:08:31.57 I don't know why you do it, 00:08:31.61\00:08:33.44 but whatever you're doing is working. 00:08:33.48\00:08:35.14 So keep it up 00:08:35.18\00:08:36.54 because I see you all those years before 00:08:36.58\00:08:38.41 with long hair and all these doing stuff. 00:08:38.45\00:08:41.45 So you're doing pretty good. So keep it up. 00:08:41.48\00:08:42.85 So in 1998, 00:08:42.88\00:08:46.92 I was baptized for the first time. 00:08:46.96\00:08:48.79 Wow. 00:08:48.82\00:08:50.16 First time I was not baptized at 11, 12, 13 until 18, 00:08:50.19\00:08:54.10 because my dad had this belief, you know, this is serious. 00:08:54.13\00:08:58.67 This is serious. 00:08:58.70\00:09:00.04 I don't know if it's good or bad thing, 00:09:00.07\00:09:01.40 but my dad has the themes, you know, 00:09:01.44\00:09:03.34 you know, God stuff is serious stuff. 00:09:03.37\00:09:05.84 So I want you to really understand what you're doing. 00:09:05.87\00:09:08.21 Yes. 00:09:08.24\00:09:09.58 So, yeah, that's... 00:09:09.61\00:09:11.11 He wanted you to make an informed decision. 00:09:11.15\00:09:13.62 And to me, it sounds like 00:09:13.65\00:09:15.22 your dad knew that 00:09:15.25\00:09:16.58 if you just did it just to do it, 00:09:16.62\00:09:18.85 one, you know, your heart's not in it 00:09:18.89\00:09:21.76 and you might not last and stay true to it. 00:09:21.79\00:09:24.46 So that's, yeah, that's powerful. 00:09:24.49\00:09:25.89 Yeah. 00:09:25.93\00:09:27.26 So transitioning into adulthood, 00:09:27.30\00:09:31.13 what made you decide to go into full-time ministry? 00:09:31.17\00:09:35.30 But let me tell you, it was enough. 00:09:35.34\00:09:38.87 I was working my normal job. 00:09:38.91\00:09:40.98 Okay. Okay. 00:09:41.01\00:09:42.88 And the thing is that, 00:09:42.91\00:09:44.71 I find out about Little Light Studios, 00:09:44.75\00:09:47.05 you know, and there's another story about that, 00:09:47.08\00:09:49.38 but I know we don't have too much time, 00:09:49.42\00:09:50.75 but I just fallen in love with that message. 00:09:50.79\00:09:55.02 And I was like, wow, 00:09:55.06\00:09:56.73 that they have the Spanish department 00:09:56.76\00:09:58.13 or what is this Spanish DVDs or something like that. 00:09:58.16\00:10:01.63 And no, they didn't have it. 00:10:01.66\00:10:03.03 And I was like, so I send a message to say, 00:10:03.06\00:10:04.70 "Hey, I can help translate." 00:10:04.73\00:10:07.14 So they send my file. And then I know that file. 00:10:07.17\00:10:09.70 So I helped them to translate five DVDs, 00:10:09.74\00:10:14.18 five productions, you know, 00:10:14.21\00:10:17.91 and then later on they asked me, 00:10:17.95\00:10:19.28 so you don't want, we need somebody to go to the churches 00:10:19.31\00:10:21.58 to share Battlefield Hollywood in Spanish. 00:10:21.62\00:10:24.89 And I'm like, I'm just a translator. 00:10:24.92\00:10:26.65 You know what I'm saying? 00:10:26.69\00:10:28.02 Like, I just come over to help. 00:10:28.06\00:10:29.39 And he said, no pray about it. 00:10:29.42\00:10:30.99 So I was like, okay, let's pray it. 00:10:31.03\00:10:32.69 Took my wife, 00:10:32.73\00:10:34.06 and is like, they want me to be the speaker, 00:10:34.10\00:10:36.80 you know, to be there in front in the church. 00:10:36.83\00:10:39.77 So yeah, so we pray and we decided to, 00:10:39.80\00:10:43.64 you know, I was involved before, 00:10:43.67\00:10:45.01 you know, evangelism and media evangelism, 00:10:45.04\00:10:47.88 you know, stuff like that. 00:10:47.91\00:10:49.34 And I love how the power of God through media, 00:10:49.38\00:10:54.48 we can share the gospel. 00:10:54.52\00:10:56.05 So to me, it's so because my wife became, 00:10:56.08\00:10:59.52 accept the Sabbath through watching 3ABN in 2004. 00:10:59.55\00:11:03.36 Wow. 00:11:03.39\00:11:04.73 So when I saw that, 00:11:04.76\00:11:06.09 I mean, we can do be here for like three hours show, but... 00:11:06.13\00:11:08.13 Yes, yes. 00:11:08.16\00:11:09.50 Yes, but that was the thing, you know, the passion 00:11:09.53\00:11:10.97 about sharing the gospel through media. 00:11:11.00\00:11:14.20 And later on, I was working normal job 00:11:14.24\00:11:17.54 and there I was a speaker, director, 00:11:17.57\00:11:19.14 I'm still am in Little Light Studios in Spanish. 00:11:19.17\00:11:23.14 Yes. 00:11:23.18\00:11:24.51 So 4:30 in the morning 00:11:24.55\00:11:25.88 translating getting up early in the morning 00:11:25.91\00:11:27.55 to translate their stuff and emails and everything. 00:11:27.58\00:11:31.02 Wow. 00:11:31.05\00:11:32.39 What kind of projects do you have going on 00:11:32.42\00:11:34.29 with Little Light Studios in Espanol now? 00:11:34.32\00:11:37.43 Okay. 00:11:37.46\00:11:38.79 Right now like I say, you know, I'm the guy who bring the, 00:11:38.83\00:11:42.26 all the documentaries, you know, DVDs, everything. 00:11:42.30\00:11:46.07 So right now we working on controller 2. 00:11:46.10\00:11:50.51 Okay. 00:11:50.54\00:11:51.87 There are three levels, you know three, three volumes. 00:11:51.91\00:11:54.48 Okay. 00:11:54.51\00:11:55.84 And now I'm bringing that to Spanish in volume two 00:11:55.88\00:11:59.81 and different ones Black Panther, 00:11:59.85\00:12:02.68 I have a Black Panther Deception. 00:12:02.72\00:12:05.39 I'm working with the voiceover for that. 00:12:05.42\00:12:07.12 So we do voiceovers, editing also in YouTube channel, 00:12:07.16\00:12:11.16 currently we're using in Spanish, 00:12:11.19\00:12:12.99 every week it's a video. 00:12:13.03\00:12:14.36 So we to produce, to edit it and, you know, stuff like that. 00:12:14.40\00:12:18.87 That's huge because you're reaching 00:12:18.90\00:12:20.44 a whole another market, 00:12:20.47\00:12:21.87 you're reaching a whole another demographic 00:12:21.90\00:12:23.47 and that's... 00:12:23.51\00:12:24.84 Yeah, yeah. That's huge. Yeah. 00:12:24.87\00:12:26.81 You had a very traumatic experience 00:12:26.84\00:12:30.81 take place in Oregon. 00:12:30.85\00:12:33.21 Tell me a little bit about what led up to that moment? 00:12:33.25\00:12:36.79 Well, let me tell you, 00:12:36.82\00:12:40.72 my daughter, 00:12:40.76\00:12:42.09 my youngest daughter had a dream. 00:12:42.12\00:12:45.69 I mean, we didn't know until later on, 00:12:45.73\00:12:47.43 but she had a dream that... 00:12:47.46\00:12:51.30 You know, she get up very, very, like, 00:12:51.33\00:12:54.44 not very happy and upset. 00:12:54.47\00:12:57.14 Then she had a dream that our house, 00:12:57.17\00:12:58.94 it was in flames 00:12:58.97\00:13:01.84 and she was like so scared. 00:13:01.88\00:13:03.75 And she was going to, 00:13:03.78\00:13:05.41 to see in the window to look outside 00:13:05.45\00:13:08.85 and the house of our neighbors, each side, 00:13:08.88\00:13:12.75 they were burning to the ground, 00:13:12.79\00:13:15.16 like burning to the ground. 00:13:15.19\00:13:16.52 Wow. 00:13:16.56\00:13:17.89 So she was like, you know, so yeah, 00:13:17.93\00:13:19.93 you know, no, not there, 00:13:24.13\00:13:25.47 you know, it's like very, you know, crying, 00:13:25.50\00:13:27.70 everything like that. 00:13:27.74\00:13:29.07 And we find out, 00:13:29.10\00:13:32.24 you know, later on about the dream 00:13:32.27\00:13:34.64 but it was 10 days before something happened. 00:13:34.68\00:13:40.25 And those 10 days it was the Oregon fires. 00:13:40.28\00:13:45.05 And last year it was 2,500 houses 00:13:45.09\00:13:49.89 burned to the ground. 00:13:49.92\00:13:51.46 Wow. It was lost. 00:13:51.49\00:13:53.09 It was three small towns in Southern Oregon. 00:13:53.13\00:13:55.76 Wow. 00:13:55.80\00:13:57.13 And it was my family 00:13:57.17\00:13:59.00 because I was at work and my family, 00:13:59.03\00:14:01.84 they were in my house. 00:14:01.87\00:14:04.01 And when they find out what's going on, 00:14:04.04\00:14:07.51 they had only like four to five minutes 00:14:07.54\00:14:09.08 to get out of the house. 00:14:09.11\00:14:10.45 But let me tell you, 00:14:10.48\00:14:11.81 I'm going to do this very quick. 00:14:11.85\00:14:13.28 Yeah. 00:14:13.31\00:14:14.65 'Cause we have some pictures too, 00:14:14.68\00:14:16.02 that I want us to look at 00:14:16.05\00:14:17.39 and just kind of, you tell us what's going on, 00:14:17.42\00:14:19.29 but go ahead with what you were saying. 00:14:19.32\00:14:20.69 So our neighbor in the front house, 00:14:20.72\00:14:25.83 she's supposed to be going to a family camp. 00:14:25.86\00:14:28.66 Okay. 00:14:28.70\00:14:30.03 You know, reunion thing, they canceled that year. 00:14:30.07\00:14:34.14 So she was in the house, in her house. 00:14:34.17\00:14:37.41 Okay? 00:14:37.44\00:14:38.77 So she told me later on every... 00:14:38.81\00:14:40.44 It's been 20 years that we've been doing this 00:14:40.48\00:14:43.28 and that year, last year it was canceled. 00:14:43.31\00:14:46.61 Wow. 00:14:46.65\00:14:47.98 And she's the one, 00:14:48.02\00:14:49.35 she went knocking the door at my house and she say, 00:14:49.38\00:14:52.75 my friend is working the fireplace, 00:14:52.79\00:14:55.72 a firefighter said that these fire is huge. 00:14:55.76\00:14:58.59 It's going to be like Paradise fire in California. 00:14:58.63\00:15:03.37 Oh, yes, yes. So, um, I was like what? 00:15:03.40\00:15:05.53 So yeah, he say, get your staffing, 00:15:05.57\00:15:07.04 get out of here. 00:15:07.07\00:15:08.40 My wife, she was kind of like what? 00:15:08.44\00:15:09.90 So she got the radio thing. 00:15:09.94\00:15:12.11 And he and she heard 15 minutes later that 00:15:12.14\00:15:14.74 the fire was in our street. 00:15:14.78\00:15:16.11 Wow. 00:15:16.14\00:15:17.48 So she was just four minutes 00:15:17.51\00:15:19.15 and to get stuff and just get out of house. 00:15:19.18\00:15:21.32 Yeah. And, of course. 00:15:21.35\00:15:23.25 I mean, you know, we got those pictures. 00:15:23.28\00:15:25.72 And it was just burning to the ground. 00:15:25.75\00:15:27.49 Yeah. Tell us what we're looking at? 00:15:27.52\00:15:30.79 Yeah, I mean, right there in the front house. 00:15:30.83\00:15:32.76 Believe it or not, that's in front of house. 00:15:32.79\00:15:36.50 Wow. 00:15:36.53\00:15:37.87 And it is nothing. 00:15:37.90\00:15:39.37 Just the two trees that used to be. 00:15:39.40\00:15:43.41 And your left side, I mean, you got a car 00:15:43.44\00:15:46.27 and it was the guy that's over and the police guy. 00:15:46.31\00:15:49.54 They helped me to go there. 00:15:49.58\00:15:50.95 Because you're not supposed to be be there 00:15:50.98\00:15:53.78 because it's a crime scene. 00:15:53.82\00:15:55.48 Got you. 00:15:55.52\00:15:56.85 And I just give me because 00:15:56.89\00:15:58.22 I need some pictures to have it. 00:15:58.25\00:16:00.26 Yes. 00:16:00.29\00:16:02.89 And so you couldn't even get back to your house 00:16:02.92\00:16:05.86 without a police escort? 00:16:05.89\00:16:07.23 Yes, yes. 00:16:07.26\00:16:08.60 And let me tell you, just like in the movies, 00:16:08.63\00:16:11.70 the electrical cables and everything. 00:16:11.73\00:16:15.50 And smoke and flames over there and all stuff. 00:16:15.54\00:16:19.44 So the policemen, I mean it's another story, 00:16:19.47\00:16:22.18 I saw God's miracle about each day. 00:16:22.21\00:16:24.55 I'm not kidding. Yeah. 00:16:24.58\00:16:25.91 I mean, I came to United States 00:16:25.95\00:16:27.28 with more clothes to that day 00:16:27.32\00:16:31.05 with two little plastic bag. 00:16:31.09\00:16:33.29 That's what I had, that's it. 00:16:33.32\00:16:34.66 Wow. 00:16:34.69\00:16:36.02 So it was like everything. 00:16:36.06\00:16:37.49 It was to the ground. 00:16:37.53\00:16:40.00 Now after that, 00:16:40.03\00:16:41.76 because that was a very traumatic experience. 00:16:41.80\00:16:45.33 But after that, 00:16:45.37\00:16:46.70 how did God lead and direct, 00:16:46.74\00:16:48.77 because you then ended up in Tennessee? 00:16:48.80\00:16:52.24 Yes, yes. 00:16:52.27\00:16:53.78 Because, you know, we've been working. 00:16:53.81\00:16:55.84 You know, I've been working for Little Light Studios 00:16:55.88\00:16:57.25 for many years voluntary. 00:16:57.28\00:16:59.78 And then that year, in April, 00:16:59.81\00:17:03.59 you know, we were talking and say, 00:17:03.62\00:17:05.99 let's do this on full time. 00:17:06.02\00:17:07.82 So I was, all right, praise the Lord. 00:17:07.86\00:17:09.19 I mean, God opened the doors. 00:17:09.22\00:17:10.89 So now the idea. 00:17:10.93\00:17:13.90 Nothing, I mean, practically nothing 00:17:13.93\00:17:16.46 and stay, yeah, 00:17:16.50\00:17:18.37 I mean, you don't have to sell the house. 00:17:18.40\00:17:20.37 You don't have to do this. 00:17:20.40\00:17:22.40 And you don't have to rent a U-Haul, 00:17:22.44\00:17:23.94 so it might well come. 00:17:23.97\00:17:25.31 So now I'm in Tennessee, 00:17:25.34\00:17:27.58 and close to Chattanooga area, 00:17:27.61\00:17:31.45 with full time and live YouTube in Spanish. 00:17:31.48\00:17:35.15 So bringing more production each week on YouTube, 00:17:35.18\00:17:38.95 and you know, DVDs and other stuff. 00:17:38.99\00:17:41.36 Now if somebody wants to check out 00:17:41.39\00:17:42.82 Little Light Studios in Espanol, 00:17:42.86\00:17:44.76 how, what's the website? 00:17:44.79\00:17:46.70 Yes, it's, you know, www.LittleLightStudios.tv 00:17:46.73\00:17:52.67 /Espanol. 00:17:52.70\00:17:54.57 Okay. That's the website. 00:17:54.60\00:17:56.07 And you know, we're in YouTube 00:17:56.10\00:17:57.57 and Facebook and all the social media. 00:17:57.61\00:18:00.44 So if somebody you guys want, you know, have Spanish friends, 00:18:00.48\00:18:04.28 you know stuff like that, 00:18:04.31\00:18:05.65 please tell them to go check them out. 00:18:05.68\00:18:07.35 And I know, you gonna be blessed. 00:18:07.38\00:18:08.78 For sure. 00:18:08.82\00:18:10.15 Now, you've been doing Just Be Blessed. 00:18:10.19\00:18:12.79 You're also the co-founder of Just Be Blessed. 00:18:12.82\00:18:17.29 Tell me a little bit about Just Be Blessed. 00:18:17.33\00:18:19.03 How did that get started? 00:18:19.06\00:18:21.13 And how long have you been doing that? 00:18:21.16\00:18:22.73 Okay, so I, you know, I, 00:18:22.76\00:18:25.03 like I say, you know, I really like, you know, 00:18:25.07\00:18:26.97 media and all this stuff, 00:18:27.00\00:18:28.64 and how to share the gospel and everything. 00:18:28.67\00:18:30.91 And I was like, you know, in 2015 and I have this desire, 00:18:30.94\00:18:34.28 like, you know, I want to get a camera, 00:18:34.31\00:18:36.78 lighting, everything. 00:18:36.81\00:18:38.15 I love production and all the stuff. 00:18:38.18\00:18:39.98 So I bought my little gear, you know, personal gear. 00:18:40.02\00:18:43.28 And I invite some people, 00:18:43.32\00:18:44.72 I ask people from my church, like, 00:18:44.75\00:18:46.09 "Hey, you have a testimony? 00:18:46.12\00:18:47.46 What about you, you know, you have a story to share, 00:18:47.49\00:18:49.26 some of that." 00:18:49.29\00:18:50.63 So he say, yeah, so I used, 00:18:50.66\00:18:52.66 get my camera, my lighting, everything 00:18:52.69\00:18:54.53 and I started filming. 00:18:54.56\00:18:56.26 And the thing is the passion. 00:18:56.30\00:18:59.13 Also about Just Be Blessed is everybody has a story to share. 00:18:59.17\00:19:03.10 Yes. 00:19:03.14\00:19:04.47 You know, everybody, a Christian, 00:19:04.51\00:19:07.01 you know, a Christian to share the testimony and say, 00:19:07.04\00:19:08.64 you know what? 00:19:08.68\00:19:10.01 Jesus did that for me. 00:19:10.05\00:19:11.45 Or God changed me for this or, like, healed me for that. 00:19:11.48\00:19:15.02 You know what I'm saying, 00:19:15.05\00:19:16.38 I mean, people stories, you know? 00:19:16.42\00:19:17.75 Oh, yes. 00:19:17.79\00:19:19.12 So I was like, you know, I'm so passionate about that. 00:19:19.15\00:19:21.19 But it took a lot of time, 00:19:21.22\00:19:22.56 like, you know, here in production. 00:19:22.59\00:19:24.46 I mean, it takes time 00:19:24.49\00:19:25.83 to put the lights and everything. 00:19:25.86\00:19:27.26 And I was like, you know what? 00:19:27.30\00:19:29.90 I've been doing that for a year or two years, 00:19:29.93\00:19:32.53 and it's not moving. 00:19:32.57\00:19:33.90 I mean, it's beautiful, the stories and everything. 00:19:33.94\00:19:35.80 And I love editing, everything. 00:19:35.84\00:19:37.81 But I was like, you know what? 00:19:37.84\00:19:39.17 We need to go live. 00:19:39.21\00:19:40.54 You know, everybody was in the beginning of going live 00:19:40.58\00:19:41.98 before this pandemic. 00:19:42.01\00:19:43.85 And I was like, we need to go live. 00:19:43.88\00:19:46.48 And I'm that kind of guy, like, let's push the button. 00:19:46.51\00:19:49.75 Let's do it, you know? 00:19:49.78\00:19:51.72 So, yeah, so I started doing in 2019 I believe, yeah 2019, 00:19:51.75\00:19:57.46 in beginning of December. 00:19:57.49\00:19:58.86 And every week, every week, I have a guest. 00:19:58.89\00:20:03.93 And you were there to share your testimony. 00:20:03.97\00:20:05.73 Yes. 00:20:05.77\00:20:07.10 And thank you for having me there as well. 00:20:07.14\00:20:08.74 I had a great time, I mean. I did too. 00:20:08.77\00:20:10.74 You have a really nice setup. 00:20:10.77\00:20:12.87 I like how you go about doing that program. 00:20:12.91\00:20:16.88 Yeah. It's really good. 00:20:16.91\00:20:18.25 Tried to make it, you know, nice, you know, better, 00:20:18.28\00:20:21.02 you know, I mean, everyday, you know how it is, 00:20:21.05\00:20:22.82 you know, getting better 00:20:22.85\00:20:24.25 and yeah, and so I've been doing that 00:20:24.29\00:20:27.02 and the YouTube channel is growing, 00:20:27.06\00:20:29.29 and praise the Lord. 00:20:29.32\00:20:30.83 And if people want to see those videos, 00:20:30.86\00:20:34.26 how do they get to watch that. 00:20:34.30\00:20:37.17 It's youtube.com/justbeblessed Right? 00:20:37.20\00:20:40.94 Yes. 00:20:40.97\00:20:42.30 Yeah, that's easy as that, you go to searching in YouTube 00:20:42.34\00:20:45.61 and you say, just be blessed. 00:20:45.64\00:20:47.44 Yes. 00:20:47.48\00:20:48.81 And you're gonna see the little black logo videos, 00:20:48.84\00:20:52.55 and I'm sure they're gonna see you there. 00:20:52.58\00:20:54.32 Yeah. There were a lot. 00:20:54.35\00:20:55.68 I saw Ryan Day there. Ryan Day. 00:20:55.72\00:20:57.92 Yeah, I saw Mr. Danny Shelton there. 00:20:57.95\00:20:59.99 Danny Shelton, yeah. 00:21:00.02\00:21:01.86 I saw several other people 00:21:01.89\00:21:03.89 that you had on the program as well. 00:21:03.93\00:21:06.73 Yeah. 00:21:06.76\00:21:08.10 So a lot of powerful testimony. 00:21:08.13\00:21:10.10 Ivor Myers is there, Pastor Ivor Meyers. 00:21:10.13\00:21:11.60 Pastor Meyers, yes. 00:21:11.63\00:21:13.54 Yeah. Yeah. 00:21:13.57\00:21:15.37 So how do you go about finding these stories? 00:21:15.40\00:21:18.01 Finding stories, 00:21:18.04\00:21:19.64 believing that in the Holy Spirit. 00:21:19.67\00:21:21.54 I mean, I cannot give the credit, 00:21:21.58\00:21:24.25 but it's just, I see somebody 00:21:24.28\00:21:26.48 or I saw some project, 00:21:26.51\00:21:28.78 it's just, oh, by the way, 00:21:28.82\00:21:30.72 Ricky, Brother Ricky who works here. 00:21:30.75\00:21:32.99 Yes, Ricky Carter. 00:21:33.02\00:21:34.36 Yes, Dare to Dream video editor. 00:21:34.39\00:21:36.12 That's right. Yeah. 00:21:36.16\00:21:38.03 He has a really unique ministry about, you know... 00:21:38.06\00:21:41.93 Hide it in your heart. 00:21:41.96\00:21:43.30 Hide it in your heart, you know, sharing, learning, 00:21:43.33\00:21:45.33 memorizing the scripture through music. 00:21:45.37\00:21:47.30 And I, you know, like I said, just for example, 00:21:47.34\00:21:50.81 like, Brother Ricky, I just saw this video. 00:21:50.84\00:21:53.34 I was like, that's well done. 00:21:53.38\00:21:54.78 Yes. Well done. Good production. 00:21:54.81\00:21:57.51 Awesome mission, 00:21:57.55\00:21:58.88 memorizing a scripture through music. 00:21:58.91\00:22:00.98 And I'm like, I never spoke to brother. 00:22:01.02\00:22:02.72 Yes. 00:22:02.75\00:22:04.09 But I follow, you know, with the YouTube stuff later. 00:22:04.12\00:22:06.86 I was like, you know, I can connect with him. 00:22:06.89\00:22:08.42 And I send invitation. Yeah. 00:22:08.46\00:22:09.86 He said, "Yeah, brother, I would like to be there." 00:22:09.89\00:22:11.43 I was like, "Okay, right now." 00:22:11.46\00:22:12.79 So you know what I'm saying, like, 00:22:12.83\00:22:14.16 I never spoke to you before. 00:22:14.20\00:22:15.53 Yes, yes. 00:22:15.56\00:22:16.90 Have a little conversation 00:22:16.93\00:22:18.27 when Brother Danny Shelton had a conversation. 00:22:18.30\00:22:20.74 And you're like, hey, yeah, we can be, 00:22:20.77\00:22:22.54 you know, we can talk later on. 00:22:22.57\00:22:24.07 I was like, yeah. Yeah, let's make it out. 00:22:24.11\00:22:26.34 Yeah. Yeah. 00:22:26.37\00:22:27.71 So I just see people with something, 00:22:27.74\00:22:29.08 or somebody told me or they send me a request. 00:22:29.11\00:22:33.31 I just tell like, you know what? 00:22:33.35\00:22:34.68 Send me that email. 00:22:34.72\00:22:36.52 Just be with no with that. 00:22:36.55\00:22:39.95 But it justbeblessed@gmail.com 00:22:39.99\00:22:43.09 Okay, okay. 00:22:43.12\00:22:44.46 If somebody wants to share their testimony. 00:22:44.49\00:22:45.83 And that's how they can get in touch with you 00:22:45.86\00:22:47.23 to share their testimony and all of that stuff. 00:22:47.26\00:22:49.13 Okay. Yes. Nice. 00:22:49.16\00:22:51.43 So what do you want to see for Just Be Blessed? 00:22:51.47\00:22:55.10 Like, how do you want it to be used? 00:22:55.14\00:22:58.77 Do you want people 00:22:58.81\00:23:00.14 to share the links on their social media? 00:23:00.18\00:23:02.44 Do you want people to use it as an evangelistic tool? 00:23:02.48\00:23:06.65 What's your vision? 00:23:06.68\00:23:08.12 Okay, the vision is, of course, you know, 00:23:08.15\00:23:10.32 we started in the platform, you know, YouTube, 00:23:10.35\00:23:12.72 you know, how is YouTube, I mean, you share, right? 00:23:12.75\00:23:14.86 Yes. 00:23:14.89\00:23:16.22 I mean, you watch it, and you share it. 00:23:16.26\00:23:17.59 Yes. 00:23:17.63\00:23:18.96 And, of course, you know, because these stories, 00:23:18.99\00:23:20.33 these stories, you know, 00:23:20.36\00:23:21.70 believe it or not, I mean, I share the gospel 00:23:21.73\00:23:23.87 through stories. 00:23:23.90\00:23:25.23 Yes. 00:23:25.27\00:23:27.37 And, yeah, I mean, just share the story, 00:23:27.40\00:23:28.84 because I know there's somebody out there 00:23:28.87\00:23:31.41 is gonna be blessed. 00:23:31.44\00:23:32.91 You know, it sound like a, oh, Brother Jason, 00:23:32.94\00:23:35.01 oh, brother this, or this guy has a new book, 00:23:35.04\00:23:37.28 or this guy talk about health. 00:23:37.31\00:23:39.21 How do you know about that? 00:23:39.25\00:23:40.58 You know, kind of like, 00:23:40.62\00:23:41.95 and the thing about is conversation 00:23:41.98\00:23:43.32 with just like right now, 00:23:43.35\00:23:44.82 and it's kind of like, 00:23:44.85\00:23:46.69 kind of a podcast, 00:23:46.72\00:23:48.06 and that's my little, 00:23:48.09\00:23:51.09 you know, my project later on. 00:23:51.13\00:23:52.99 Yes. 00:23:53.03\00:23:54.36 We put the stories in the podcast format. 00:23:54.40\00:23:57.93 Yeah. 00:23:57.97\00:23:59.30 And build a website, you know, and stuff like that. 00:23:59.33\00:24:00.97 So, you know, it's just little by little, 00:24:01.00\00:24:03.51 you know, little by little and put some devotionals, 00:24:03.54\00:24:06.47 I'm working with devotionals videos, 00:24:06.51\00:24:09.18 small clips, so... 00:24:09.21\00:24:10.55 I love that, because of its pointing people back, 00:24:10.58\00:24:13.55 you know, to Christ. 00:24:13.58\00:24:14.92 Yeah. So that's, that's huge. 00:24:14.95\00:24:16.42 And I love the format that you have. 00:24:16.45\00:24:18.49 I like that conversational format. 00:24:18.52\00:24:20.46 And I think that's, that's important, as well. 00:24:20.49\00:24:24.06 So what does your family say now, 00:24:24.09\00:24:27.43 because now they see this version of Castillejos. 00:24:27.46\00:24:32.03 Whereas before they saw, 00:24:32.07\00:24:34.04 you know, the previous version of Castillejos. 00:24:34.07\00:24:36.87 Yeah. 00:24:36.91\00:24:39.07 What do they say? 00:24:39.11\00:24:40.44 Well, God is good, you know, of course my mom is happy, 00:24:40.48\00:24:43.28 you know, like, oh, my son, you know, finally. 00:24:43.31\00:24:46.82 You host, yes. 00:24:46.85\00:24:48.32 So, you know, be involved in the ministry 00:24:48.35\00:24:50.92 and, you know, you know how it is, 00:24:50.95\00:24:53.22 I mean, praying for people 00:24:53.25\00:24:54.76 do this preparing seminars for this 00:24:54.79\00:24:56.69 and be involved and, you know, God is good. 00:24:56.73\00:25:01.66 And I'm so thankful for my parents prayers, 00:25:01.70\00:25:04.87 you know, and also I'm going to say something. 00:25:04.90\00:25:06.94 Yeah. 00:25:06.97\00:25:08.34 Behind of a great man is a great woman. 00:25:08.37\00:25:12.24 Okay, good, talk about your wife now. 00:25:12.27\00:25:15.08 Well, I'm gonna be 20 years, 00:25:15.11\00:25:17.05 20 years married in July 27. 00:25:17.08\00:25:22.58 So my bride is a lot of prayer, 00:25:22.62\00:25:26.82 believer of fasting, 00:25:26.86\00:25:29.52 and you know, things like that, you know, 00:25:29.56\00:25:31.29 and she's the one, you know, push me and pray 00:25:31.33\00:25:34.56 and, you know how marriages like this, right? Yeah. 00:25:34.60\00:25:37.40 But God is good. Need to keep going. 00:25:37.43\00:25:38.97 Praise the Lord. 00:25:39.00\00:25:40.34 So you have a solid support group? 00:25:40.37\00:25:41.70 Yes. Yes. Yes. 00:25:41.74\00:25:44.21 What would you say to the individual 00:25:44.24\00:25:46.21 that may be on the fence 00:25:46.24\00:25:47.61 about getting involved in ministry? 00:25:47.64\00:25:50.75 Pray, pray a lot. Pray. 00:25:50.78\00:25:53.78 And because let me tell you, 00:25:53.82\00:25:55.15 if we don't ask, we aren't going to receive. 00:25:55.18\00:26:00.96 We've talked about, 00:26:00.99\00:26:02.72 if it's media, whatever you have, 00:26:02.76\00:26:04.89 you have a camera and your phone. 00:26:04.93\00:26:06.63 I mean, everybody has a phone, or something like that. 00:26:06.66\00:26:08.53 If you want to go better than that, 00:26:08.56\00:26:09.90 get different ones. 00:26:09.93\00:26:11.37 But I just get, 00:26:11.40\00:26:12.73 what do whatever you have in your hands. 00:26:12.77\00:26:15.34 I mean, look at voices, right? 00:26:15.37\00:26:16.81 I mean, what do you have in your hands? 00:26:16.84\00:26:18.17 Yes. If it's not media, just a mail. 00:26:18.21\00:26:21.71 That's a ministry, believe it or not. 00:26:21.74\00:26:23.95 Because you never know 00:26:23.98\00:26:25.31 that person you met that morning, 00:26:25.35\00:26:27.52 he was thinking to make suicide in the bridge. 00:26:27.55\00:26:31.69 And they started, you know what? 00:26:31.72\00:26:33.05 I remember that, 00:26:33.09\00:26:34.42 that person gave me smile and say, you know what? 00:26:34.46\00:26:35.79 God bless you. 00:26:35.82\00:26:37.63 So I believe. I like that. 00:26:37.66\00:26:38.99 You just keep going. 00:26:39.03\00:26:40.36 Whatever you have in your hand to use for the glory of God. 00:26:40.40\00:26:42.90 Yes, yes, that's important. 00:26:42.93\00:26:45.47 And you've done that, 00:26:45.50\00:26:46.87 you know, God has really ordained your steps 00:26:46.90\00:26:49.87 and really blessed in, in that direction, 00:26:49.90\00:26:53.11 you know, taking you with Little Light Studios in Espanol 00:26:53.14\00:26:56.54 and Just Be Blessed, 00:26:56.58\00:26:58.58 sharing those powerful testimonies 00:26:58.61\00:27:00.82 and all of that. 00:27:00.85\00:27:02.18 Yes. God is good. Yes. 00:27:02.22\00:27:03.59 Now what would you say to an individual 00:27:03.62\00:27:06.15 maybe that has not given Jesus a chance? 00:27:06.19\00:27:12.06 There's a great opportunity 00:27:12.09\00:27:13.43 because you think that your life 00:27:13.46\00:27:17.53 the way you're living is great. 00:27:17.57\00:27:19.83 And you think this is it? 00:27:19.87\00:27:21.74 But let me tell you, 00:27:21.77\00:27:23.10 when Jesus come, 00:27:23.14\00:27:24.47 it's gonna, we have a huge changes 00:27:24.51\00:27:26.91 that it's going to be for a better good. 00:27:26.94\00:27:29.68 So give a little try to Jesus 00:27:29.71\00:27:31.58 and your life is going to change it forever. 00:27:31.61\00:27:33.31 Yes. 00:27:33.35\00:27:34.68 Don't be so focused 00:27:34.72\00:27:36.05 on the temporary things of this life, 00:27:36.08\00:27:38.02 but keep our eyes fixed on Jesus for eternity. 00:27:38.05\00:27:40.96 Thank you so much for coming on, 00:27:40.99\00:27:42.52 and sharing with us today. 00:27:42.56\00:27:44.66 Our time went by so fast. 00:27:44.69\00:27:47.50 Oh, man, thank you for joining us. 00:27:47.53\00:27:49.53 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 00:27:49.56\00:27:52.00 Thanks for tuning in. 00:27:52.03\00:27:53.37 Until next time, God bless. 00:27:53.40\00:27:55.20