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Series Code: ASIC
Program Code: ASIC180011A
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00:21 Good morning ASI... 00:22 Somebody's coming along behind me, 00:25 Debbie, you're moving a little slow there. 00:27 Good morning. 00:29 What happened? 00:30 I had a little fender bender last year and broke my kneecap 00:34 so, I'm a little slower. 00:35 So, still limping a year later. 00:37 A little bit... a little bit. 00:38 Okay, well, what... 00:40 where were you when you had the fender bender? 00:42 In Jacksonville, right here in Florida. 00:43 Okay, well now don't say, "Right here in Florida" 00:46 they're going to think something's wrong with Florida. 00:48 It's wonderful, that's why I'm back. 00:51 What were you doing in Florida? 00:53 We were doing disaster response, helping with Hurricane Irma. 00:56 Who's we? 00:57 Heritage Academy students. 00:59 Okay, so... what you took 5, 10, 15 students down? 01:02 We took the whole school and our staff... so about 84. 01:05 Wow! what a witness! 01:07 You know, that's what I love about ASI, Debbie. 01:10 Amen. 01:11 In our broken state literally and emotionally 01:15 and whatever brokenness we might have, 01:18 God uses us... what a privilege, amen. 01:21 Isn't it amazing that He uses... we like the term "cracked pots" 01:27 and in Christian's case maybe crack pots 01:31 God uses us to do His business. 01:35 What a privilege! 01:37 It is... 01:38 That's... you know last year I shared 01:39 one of my favorite things about ASI is the networking... 01:42 the connection to... to work with other ministries 01:45 and so, you had that opportunity 01:46 when you were able to work with a Government Organization 01:50 to help with disaster response with your school. 01:52 That's right. 01:53 Yeah, that's what I love about ASI. 01:55 Let's hear our Call to Worship 01:57 found in Psalm 34 verse 1 through 3 01:59 "I will bless the LORD at all times: 02:02 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 02:05 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD: 02:08 the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 02:11 O magnify the LORD with me... " 02:15 Debbie, magnify the LORD with me. 02:18 ASI, magnify the LORD with me... 02:22 "and let us exalt his name together. " Amen. 02:28 Debbie, pray for us. 02:30 Would you pray with me? 02:31 "Father in heaven, we just pause this morning 02:35 to wish You a Happy Sabbath 02:37 as we gather together here in this place, 02:39 Lord, we ask that You would grace us with Your presence. 02:43 We are so grateful for the fact 02:47 that You come together with us in our brokenness... 02:52 in our discomfort... in our struggles... 02:54 in our pain and in our excitement... 02:57 for all of those things Lord, 02:59 you cover us with Your grace and mercy 03:01 and we are so thankful for that. 03:03 Lord, we pray this morning that as we open Your Word, 03:07 You will open our hearts to what you would have us to know 03:10 and to understand more about You 03:13 and for all of these things, Lord, 03:15 we thank You and praise You, 03:17 but most of all, we thank You for Jesus 03:20 for it's in His name we pray, Amen. " 03:23 Good morning everyone and welcome to ASI. 03:25 We're so excited to tell you about 03:29 some very new witnessing tools 03:32 and our Sabbath School is about, "How can we share our faith?" 03:35 and in the years past, 03:38 Amazing Facts and ASI have worked together 03:41 on a number of video projects to put in people's hands 03:43 that they can share with their friends and neighbors 03:46 and help lead them into Bible Studies 03:48 and the Cosmic Conflict 03:49 and the Final Events and many others... 03:51 well, about three years ago, 03:53 ASI joined with Amazing Facts on a special project, 03:57 now you know these video projects don't happen overnight, 04:00 it sometimes takes a year to get the script done 04:03 but here we are now at the moment to let you know 04:06 that one of these projects is concluding 04:09 and it's going to be available... 04:10 the whole premise was, we want to find... 04:13 "How can you get somebody... 04:16 how could you encourage somebody to study the Bible 04:18 if they're an Atheist? 04:20 Or they're just secular or Buddhists or whatever 04:23 and I've always thought if people could only know 04:27 that the Bible is supernatural, 04:29 if you could prove to them that the Bible is a unique book 04:33 and so, what we did is, 04:35 we thought prophecy is the best way 04:37 to show them that the Bible is the Word of God... 04:39 that it is powerful. 04:41 We developed a project 04:43 where we take 30 of the most prominent prophecies 04:46 that have been fulfilled in the Bible... 04:49 we show from history... from archeology 04:52 that these prophecies have been fulfilled. 04:55 We were actually in Israel a few weeks ago 04:57 shooting scenes of the Dead Sea 04:59 and of these caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 05:03 and we've got historians and archeologists... 05:06 the project is called, "Kingdoms in Time... 05:10 histories greatest prophecies fulfilled. " 05:13 It's a 60-minute DVD that any member can use 05:16 to give it to their friends. 05:18 It goes over the prophecies, of course, of Daniel 2... 05:21 it's got 3D creations which show the whole image... 05:24 we've got Babylon... we created the king of Babylon 05:27 the city of Babylon graphically... 05:29 the fall of Medo-Persia, of Greece... of Rome... 05:32 the prophecies about Jesus' coming 05:34 that were given a 1,000 years before it happened, 05:37 His ministry, His betrayal... His death, 05:41 His resurrection... 05:42 we show how this was all said before it happened 05:45 so when a person gets done with this DVD, 05:48 we hope that they are absolutely thunderstruck 05:50 and they're going to say, "Wow!" 05:52 and then we say, 05:53 "Now there's a prophecy that hasn't happened yet, 05:55 the second coming of Jesus 05:56 but it's going to happen, 05:58 would you like to study the Bible... 06:00 would you like to be ready?" 06:01 And so we wanted to tell ASI, 06:03 you're the first to hear about this project 06:04 called, "Kingdoms in Time" 06:06 you're going to see a quick Trailer 06:07 that they're going to play 06:08 and I hope you'll be praying for it 06:11 and then using it. 06:13 Music... 06:22 more music... 06:26 What if you could know the future? 06:29 What would you do? 06:32 What would you change? 06:35 To see the future, you must understand the past. 06:39 Alexander the Great becomes king when he's only 18 06:42 but he's a military prodigy. 06:44 150 years in advance, Cyrus had been named. 06:49 Nebuchadnezzar built a city as a showcase to the entire world. 06:54 Rome was violent and ruthless, 06:59 they were determined... 07:00 The Gospel writers see His death as a fulfillment of salvation. 07:08 Amazing Facts presents KINGDOMS IN TIME. 07:15 From the rise and fall of Empires 07:20 to the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, 07:24 in your journey through ages past, 07:28 as expert theologians, historians and archeologists 07:32 demonstrate how history confirms Bible prophecy, 07:36 music... 07:39 are you ready to know the future? 07:42 Music... 07:51 It's just now being finalized in several major languages, 07:56 it will be available for orders, 07:57 it will come with a book and how to sign up for Bible Studies, 08:00 please be praying for the program 08:02 and we hope this is very useful for the ASI members 08:05 in sharing their faith. 08:06 Thank you very much, Jesus is coming. 08:07 Audience: Amen. 08:10 Excited to be here with Jim Rennie 08:13 from Child Impact International this morning, 08:16 you may have known them as Asian AID in the past, 08:19 Jim, tell us a bit about what you're doing. 08:21 Thanks Craig, 08:23 well the key activity... 08:24 we're a fully supportive ministry of the church 08:27 our key activity as most people know is child sponsorship. 08:31 We have over three and a half thousand children 08:34 in Adventist Mission Schools 08:37 so over 90% of our funds go directly into the church 08:41 in six countries... India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, 08:45 Sri Lanka, Nepal 08:47 and we also operate three orphanages with the church 08:51 and a blind school and a deaf school with the church in India. 08:55 So, our key activity is child sponsorship 08:59 and in recent times, if you come by our Booth, 09:02 you'll see that we're now involved in a small way 09:05 in child trafficking 09:06 but I'm very excited this morning 09:09 to have with us our Bangladesh Director, Milton Das 09:13 now some of you... if I said, "Where's Bangladesh?" 09:16 You'd say, "Up near India. " 09:18 So, if you were looking at a map of India, 09:21 it's slightly to the right but the interesting thing is, 09:24 it's actually totally surrounded by India. 09:28 India goes up and over... so... very close to India 09:33 a very populated country, 09:36 the capital, Dhaka, 09:38 is the most densely populated country in the world. 09:42 You think L.A. is bad, 09:44 it's ten times the density of L.A. 09:48 so, on a good day, that's bad 09:51 but Milton... Milton is our Director 09:55 and we're just so excited that he's here, 09:58 Milton, what's the... how big is Bangladesh 10:02 and what's the population? 10:03 It's over 160 million people in a small piece of land... 10:11 55,500 square miles. 10:17 It's so heavy... the population is so heavy 10:21 and the poverty also... very high. 10:25 I was just there week before last 10:28 and traffic is unbelievable. 10:31 Milton, tell us about the religion in Bangladesh... 10:36 what is the key religion and how big is it? 10:40 Yeah, 90% population of Bangladesh are Muslim 10:44 and rest of others are other religion... Hindu, Buddhist 10:51 and Christianity is very minor... minority 10:55 and Seventh-day Adventist population... 30,000 members... 11:01 church members. 11:02 So the Adventist School System in Bangladesh 11:06 is a key outreach in this country 11:09 and in reaching the Muslim population. 11:12 Milton, you've got an interesting story, 11:15 just tell us... you were a sponsored child 11:19 from what age and why did that happen? 11:22 Yeah, before that, I would like to thank ASI 11:26 and all the supporting ministries 11:28 supporting our church in Bangladesh and our schools. 11:33 Schools are the avenues to reach out and... the people 11:38 so, our local church has this connection 11:46 with the supporting ministries, 11:48 the supporting and sponsoring the children 11:51 and when I was five, my father deceased 11:55 and I have my younger brother 11:58 and back then, my sister even, not yet born, 12:04 so after my father deceased, she was born three months after, 12:10 yes, so, we have a loving church 12:12 and loving supporting ministries... 12:14 it happened that I was sponsored, 12:17 even my two other siblings... they were also sponsored 12:21 so that we could go to school 12:23 and out there, there are 1,000s of children on the street 12:27 and the poor villages, they cannot go to school 12:30 so I am really happy and privileged 12:33 to go to Seventh-day Adventist School 12:36 and where I fall in love with Jesus 12:39 and I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior, 12:45 and that's how it went up to Bachelor degree. 12:49 I was trained as a teacher in Bachelor degree, 12:53 we have a college there to Bachelor degree 12:57 and then I joined the work as a church school 13:00 and that's how I came up. 13:03 So, Milton now is an ordained minister. 13:06 The Organization he works for is a Department of the Church 13:11 they manage a sponsorship program in Bangladesh. 13:16 I think he's being a little modest about his childhood 13:19 it was a very poor village that he came from 13:23 and his story actually reflects very well 13:26 the work that sponsorship can achieve 13:29 and I asked him what he used to eat each day 13:33 what did you eat each day? 13:35 It's pretty easy to tell. 13:36 Very easy to tell, if you talk about food, 13:40 you cannot imagine... it's just a bowl of rice 13:44 and just two three chilies enough. 13:47 So the butterfly at the roses and shingles 13:50 is a bit of an eye-opener. 13:53 So, Milton, just tell us, is sponsorship effective? 13:58 What difference has the school-education system 14:03 making in Bangladesh? 14:05 Oh, as I said, the church in Bangladesh are schools, 14:09 without the schools, we don't exist actually... 14:12 so, this is really very effective. 14:16 While the students are coming in with the sponsorship 14:21 in the... in Adventist Schools 14:23 and they learn about Jesus and they fall in love with Jesus 14:29 and many... they're accepting Jesus. 14:32 So, there's a three-fold benefit to sponsorship... 14:35 the family... just imagine the pressure that that took off 14:39 his widowed mother in a poor village, 14:42 there's the education for the child, 14:44 the financial support for the school 14:47 and the benefit to the outreach of the church. 14:50 Please come by our Booth, we've got something special... 14:53 it's normally $38 a month to sponsor a boarder 14:57 but we have a new way that two people can share a child. 15:01 Please come and visit the Child Impact Booth. 15:04 Amen, you know as donors and as sponsors, 15:07 we have the responsibility to look at what we're funding 15:10 and ask the question, 15:11 "Is what I'm paying for... what I'm getting?" 15:14 And I think you can answer the question, 15:15 "Does child sponsorship work in a resounding way?" 15:19 Because not only has it brought children out of poverty 15:22 but is bringing people 15:23 who would probably never ever have a chance 15:26 to hear the gospel into leadership in God's church 15:29 in a place that needs leadership desperately, 15:30 so, I'm very thankful for the work that's going on, 15:32 thank you so much, Jim. 15:34 Thank you... thank you. 15:37 Next up, we're going to be seeing a familiar face, 15:39 Robert Folkenberg Jr. is joining me here, 15:43 he's going to tell us a bit about what's going on 15:44 with China Union Mission, 15:46 thank you so much for being with us today. 15:47 It's good to be here 15:49 and on behalf of the church in China, 15:51 I'd like to say, "Happy Sabbath to each one of you. " 15:55 We are very, very thankful to be able to be a part of ASI 15:59 and we want to thank you today specifically 16:02 for what you have done to help move the kingdom of God forward 16:05 in the great country of China. 16:07 So, in essence, I'm here to take a few minutes 16:10 to say, "Thank you" and to also ask you a favor. 16:13 First the thanks... I want to thank ASI 16:16 because a number of years ago, 16:18 you sponsored and sent Trainers to come to China 16:22 to train and to equip members 16:25 to preach the gospel of... of Jesus Christ 16:28 through the process of public evangelism. 16:30 Something that's not really 16:32 had not been used in China for many years 16:34 and let me tell you, 16:36 when you introduce something new, it takes time... 16:38 for them Evangelism usually was one day on... 16:41 one Sabbath maybe over the... a holiday 16:44 and that's what they called Evangelism 16:46 but we've been trying to encourage them 16:49 to preach a series of meetings 16:50 presenting the three angels' message 16:52 and ASI sent Trainers there... 16:55 gave us material translated into Chinese, 16:58 we've continued to mentor and continued to train 17:01 and I am happy to say that last year we... 17:03 we encouraged them as many as possible across China 17:07 to hold evangelistic meetings 17:08 and we set a goal of 500 evangelist meetings across China 17:12 and honestly, we did not meet that goal, 17:15 we only had 321 evangelistic meetings. 17:18 I still said, "Amen" 17:21 because we went basically from zero to 321 17:25 and this year, right before I came here, 17:27 I checked with my Evangelism Coordinator, 17:30 and as of the middle of July, 17:32 we have already 420 evangelist meetings that have gone on 17:36 so, we hope to hit 700 by this year... by the end of this year. 17:40 Last year, because of those evangelistic meetings, 17:42 we had over 3,100 people accept Jesus 17:45 and join the remnant church in China. 17:48 We're just very thankful for your support, ASI, 17:52 of the work in China. 17:54 You've helped us with training as I've mentioned, 17:56 you've also helped us with the funding pastors 17:59 to attend the last GC Session 18:01 so that they could see what is like 18:04 to be a part of a world church 18:07 and that had a tremendous impact 18:09 on our Leadership in China. 18:12 But I also said I'm here to ask you to please join us 18:17 and help us with one other thing 18:18 and that is, we need prayer. 18:20 I believe that right now more than ever, 18:23 we need the prayers of God's people 18:25 on behalf of this largest country in the world. 18:27 The situation as it relates to religious freedom and so forth, 18:32 is... is actually not going in the best direction right now, 18:37 we need you to pray for China. 18:39 You know the work will not be done 18:41 until it is done everywhere, right? 18:44 And ASI has always been about mission, always... 18:47 and that mission is not just local where we live 18:50 but it's a mission that covers the whole world 18:53 and 1.4 billion people are waiting to hear 18:56 that Jesus loves them and that He's coming back soon 18:59 to take them to live with Him forever, 19:02 so we need your prayers. 19:03 When the devil realizes that right now, 19:06 as the church is growing 19:08 and we're seeing the church almost reach 19:10 a half million members in China now, 19:12 he is angry... and he's trying to close down this work 19:16 just last month I received word that in one of our provinces, 19:19 20 churches were closed down 19:21 and just two weeks ago, 19:23 we had three of our members arrested 19:25 and there are just... I could go on and on 19:27 with other challenges 19:29 but I want to tell you, in the middle of all that, 19:31 we are holding 420 evangelistic meetings, 19:34 Health Centers are reaching out and connecting with people 19:38 and bringing them to know Jesus through those... 19:41 through Christ's method alone 19:43 and so, I just want to invite you to pray for China. 19:46 Right now we have many, many church-planting teams working, 19:51 we have Centers of Influence connecting with people 19:54 but I believe with all my heart 19:57 that when you remember to pray for China, 20:00 God has permission to work in mighty ways 20:03 and I want to invite you please, 20:06 to keep China on your prayer list 20:08 to remember that there are many, many wonderful people in China 20:12 that want to create and inhabit a China Town 20:18 in the New Jerusalem 20:19 so, please pray for China and thank you for your support. 20:23 When I went through Evangelism Training school, 20:28 they taught us how to give Bible Studies 20:29 and during the four-months' program, 20:32 we started actually doing door to door 20:34 and giving Bible Studies. 20:36 With each Bible Study, 20:38 I saw how people just had those "Aha!" moments 20:42 and for the first time, they saw the true gospel from the Bible, 20:46 and I saw how their characters started to change... 20:50 just their lifestyles started to change 20:55 and it brought a revival in me. 20:58 When we did our evangelistic series, 21:01 people were baptizing... lives were changed... 21:05 families were changed... 21:07 and I just couldn't help to go back to what I was doing 21:12 after I graduated I just had to continue 21:16 sharing this gospel with others 21:18 and I just had to continue and do Bible Work. 21:21 In the last days that we are living, 21:23 God is looking for people that... 21:25 that have a willing heart to work for Him. 21:29 Sometimes you think that, "I... I just can't do it, 21:32 how am I going to do it, how am I going to find time, 21:35 I can't do this, I can't do that, 21:36 but I just want you to remember God gave us a promise 21:42 that when we're willing to do something, 21:45 He will provide for us just like it says in Isaiah, 21:49 "Fear not, for I am with you; 21:51 Be not dismayed, for I am your God. 21:54 I will strengthen you, 21:56 Yes, I will help you, 21:58 I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. " 22:01 Pause... 22:07 Music... 22:16 I sing the mighty power of God, 22:21 That made the mountains rise, 22:25 That spread the flowing seas abroad, 22:30 And built the lofty skies. 22:34 I sing the wisdom that ordained 22:39 The sun to rule the day; 22:43 The moon shines full at God's command 22:48 And all the stars obey. 22:53 Music... 22:58 some more music... 23:03 more music... 23:12 There's not a plant or flower below, 23:17 But makes thy glories known, 23:21 And clouds arise, and tempests blow, 23:27 By order from thy throne; 23:31 Creatures that borrow life from Thee 23:36 Are subject to thy care; 23:41 There's not a place where we can flee, 23:46 But God is present there... 23:52 There's not a place where we can flee, 24:00 But God is present there. 24:08 Pause... 24:11 For those of you who may have been here last year... 24:14 not here but at ASI, 24:15 that you'll remember that we unveiled 24:18 the New Beginnings Picture Roll Project 24:22 and Steve Dickman, the President of ASI, 24:25 is going to share with us a little bit of an update 24:28 on the progress of this Project, Steve. 24:31 Friends, today, I hope that you are getting an... an idea 24:36 of where these can be used. 24:39 Some of you may know about places in the world 24:42 where they need this kind of project. 24:44 We've been in operation on this thing this year... 24:46 pushing forward... 24:47 on August 14, we're sending an individual to China 24:50 to supervise the printing. 24:52 We're hoping to have it done by this Convention 24:54 and to have the real product here for you, 24:57 but August 14... the printing will start, 24:59 we hope to ship in mid-October-November timeframe 25:03 and these... these tools will be available in the field 25:06 in early next year 25:08 and for... for a situation in the world 25:13 where there is no electricity 25:14 or maybe even where there is electricity, 25:17 this is a powerful visual aid for people to see 25:20 really how to present the gospel 25:23 and to have some backup... when I say some backup, 25:26 some... these people... a lot of people in these areas.. 25:29 they've never seen this kind of picture 25:30 and so it would be a real benefit for them to see this. 25:33 Steve, you know, I was talking with Julie O'Carey 25:37 from Adventist... from ASAP... 25:39 and she was sharing that some of the workers in the area 25:43 around the world... were saying, 25:45 "Are we going to get any more picture rolls... " 25:46 from the picture rolls years ago 25:48 they are still using those to evangelize. 25:51 So, they are anxiously awaiting 25:53 the arrival of these new picture rolls. 25:56 So, what's happening is that 25:57 we will be printing an initial run of 7,500 of these. 26:01 It's two rolls in a set with a script booklet, 26:05 and you'll see on the far end, there is a health talk 26:08 associated with each of the gospel presentations. 26:11 So, again, we're combining the health and the gospel together 26:15 for these remote regions of the world 26:17 where they can get an idea of how to have clean water, 26:20 how to deal with AIDS, 26:21 how to deal with Malaria, 26:22 those very basic health principles 26:25 that many of them do not know about 26:27 so this is going to be a powerful tool 26:29 in the hands of our people that are actually in the field 26:33 where they need this kind of tool to help them 26:37 and so, we're just hopeful that as we launch this project, 26:41 many of you will be impressed to engage 26:44 in sponsoring a person in the field. 26:46 You know, a set of these picture rolls delivered to the field, 26:50 is probably around a $100 value 26:53 and that can be used again and again and again. 26:56 It's not a resource that's going to go away, 26:59 we're printing them on what's called "Synthetic Paper" 27:03 you can rain on it, 27:05 you can put it in the bathtub and pull it back out 27:09 and it's still going to be good. 27:10 Now, Steve, I understand that there's something in your mind 27:14 about not just providing sponsorship 27:17 for those that are in the field to use them 27:19 but there may be opportunity for some of us to use them? 27:23 So, one of the things that's been on my heart 27:26 is as we've worked on this project, 27:29 is a passion to go and use it myself. 27:31 I said, "You know, this would be wonderful 27:34 to empower lay people in the field" 27:35 and I thought, "You know, but I need to be there myself 27:38 to show how this can be used and to experience it myself. " 27:41 So, this is kind of frontline kind of stuff 27:45 and it may not be for everyone, 27:47 but hopefully early next year, 27:49 we're going to be organizing a trip 27:51 and some of you may want to be a part of that. 27:53 We're going to... we've... 27:55 we've purchased the URL picturerolls. org 28:00 so, picturerolls. org 28:02 and we're going to be advertising this 28:04 in the ASI update about this project 28:06 and you can engage there and maybe be a part of that trip 28:10 go to a place where there is no electricity 28:14 and there is no support services like we normally think of them 28:18 and preach the gospel to people 28:20 who may have never heard that message before 28:23 and so, we're excited about that opportunity as well, 28:27 we're hoping that there would be a number 28:29 that would choose to go with us, 28:31 and to participate in this 28:33 and to be a blessing in the field 28:35 where these are really needed. 28:36 Now, Steve, you were telling me earlier, 28:39 that there really is a significant need 28:42 someone that you spoke with shared exactly 28:44 what that need... how that would be represented. 28:48 So, this morning, I'm just going to go down the line 28:51 and we have representatives here from all over the world 28:53 and we're just going to ask a few of them 28:56 what is the need in your area for this kind of tool 29:01 for lay people doing evangelism. 29:04 So, here where I am at in Africa, 29:06 we have literally 1,000s of villages 29:08 that are reached only by bicycle or ox cart 29:11 and there's no power, 29:12 so this would be a huge blessing. 29:15 And where is that in... who are you? 29:17 I'm Craig Harding with Riverside Farm in Zambia. 29:20 Zambia, Africa has a need, thank you. 29:23 Thank you Steve, my name Matongo, 29:27 I'm President of the Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division ASI 29:32 and I know for sure, I come from Zambia, 29:35 that less than 10% of the rural Zambia... 29:38 people don't have access to electricity. 29:41 So 90% of people basically in the rural areas, 29:44 have no electricity, wow! it's amazing! 29:47 Good morning, I'm Brad Mills 29:51 and I work in the Northwest Brazil Union 29:54 which is the Amazon Section of Brazil. 29:57 We still run the Luzeiro boats, we do missionary training 30:01 and we work in an estimated 500,000... half a million people 30:04 that are unreached... indigenous people 30:07 and on our boats with our Bible Workers... 30:09 with our pioneer workers, 30:11 we're coming into villages that have no electricity, 30:13 no internet obviously 30:15 and we can come in with picture rolls 30:17 and teach them about Jesus. 30:18 Pause... 30:21 I'm in... I work in Bangladesh 30:24 and over there, 1,000s of 1,000s of villages 30:29 they don't have any electricity 30:31 and this would be a really very effective way 30:34 to reach out in Bangladesh. 30:36 There are Bible Workers... 30:38 there are 200 Church Schools in the villages 30:42 so these teachers... they can really reach out with these. 30:47 Even we have some... the villages... electricity 30:50 but those... we don't have the equipment's... 30:54 the laptops or the projector 30:56 so, this is very effective Steve, 30:58 it's good project, thank you. 30:59 Pause. 31:01 In 2019, a new initiative has been launched 31:04 by the General Conference as I understand it 31:07 to do 100,000 series of meetings around the world. 31:12 100,000 series of meetings all around the world 31:17 across our globe targeting mostly the young people 31:22 asking our youth to get involved in doing evangelism. 31:26 I can only imagine by this small sampling 31:29 how many of those sites would be in places 31:32 where this tool would really, really be needed. 31:35 As you know and you just heard me say, 31:39 our initial run is only 7,000 of those. 31:42 We're only producing 7,000... well 7,500 is our initial run, 31:47 1,000s more of these are needed. 31:50 Friends, today this project is a part of our overflow offering. 31:54 I would challenge you to think about 31:57 empowering a lay person on the front lines 32:00 for only... like a 100 dollars. 32:03 How many of those should we do? 32:05 How many of those should we be responsible for individually? 32:08 I think it's probably more than one 32:11 and thousands of these are needed... 32:13 we're printing in this initial run... 32:15 we're going to put it in the field, 32:16 we're going to test it, 32:18 we're going to report back to you 32:20 but pray about what God would have you do 32:23 in support of this kind of project on the front lines 32:27 working for God. 32:29 Thank you very much, thank you Steve. 32:30 God bless you. 32:32 Pause... 32:36 Audience: Clapping. 32:40 This afternoon, the program that we'll be doing 32:43 is entitled Business Unusual in harmony with our theme. 32:47 We're going to be featuring three significant stories 32:50 about what God is doing around the world in very unusual ways, 32:55 creating collaboration and partnership 32:58 between the lay people and ASI and the church 33:01 and just these stories will be a feature 33:06 that we hope will inspire you 33:08 to think about very creative and unusual ways 33:12 to advance God's work around the world. 33:14 I know that everyone here in this audience today 33:17 has a passion to see Jesus come soon 33:20 and I think that we really need to become unusually committed 33:25 and to think unusually 33:28 during these final days of earth's history 33:30 so join us this afternoon 33:31 4 to 5 o'clock here in the auditorium, 33:34 we're going to be presenting these opportunities for you 33:38 to see some people who've been creative, 33:40 and unusual in their thinking, thank you. 33:42 Pause. 33:51 Piano... 33:58 more piano... 34:00 When I look back 34:03 On what I thought was living 34:08 I'm amazed at the price I chose to pay 34:14 And to think I ignored what really mattered 34:20 'Cause I thought the sacrifice would be too great 34:29 When I finally reached a point 34:33 of giving in 34:37 I found the cross was calling even then 34:44 And even though it took dying to survive 34:50 I've never felt so much alive 34:58 For I am crucified with Christ 35:03 And yet I live 35:07 Not I but Christ that lives within me 35:12 His Cross will never ask for more 35:17 Than I can give 35:21 For it's not my strength but His 35:26 There's no greater sacrifice 35:31 For I am crucified with Christ 35:39 And yet I live 35:42 As I hear the Savior call for daily dying 35:50 I will bow beneath the weight of Calvary 35:57 Let my hands surrender to His piercing purpose 36:04 That holds me to the cross yet sets me free 36:12 I will glory in the power of the cross 36:19 The things I thought were gain I count as loss 36:26 And with His suffering I identify 36:33 And by His resurrection power I am alive 36:41 For I am crucified with Christ 36:46 And yet I live 36:50 Not I but Christ that lives within me 36:55 His Cross will never ask for more 36:59 Than I can give 37:04 For it's not my strength but His 37:09 There's no greater sacrifice 37:14 For I am crucified with Christ 37:22 And yet I live 37:27 And I will offer all I have 37:32 So that His cross is not in vain 37:38 For I found to live is Christ 37:42 And to die is truly gain 37:49 For I am crucified with Christ 37:53 And yet I live 37:58 Not I but Christ that lives within me 38:03 His Cross will never ask for more 38:07 Than I can give 38:12 For it's not my strength but His 38:16 There's no greater sacrifice 38:20 For I am crucified with Christ 38:29 And yet I live 38:38 piano... 38:44 For I am crucified with Christ 38:51 And yet I live 38:55 I live... 39:03 Music. |
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