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04:18 Good evening, ASI family.
04:22 It's good to see everyone. 04:24 We have some wonderful guests with us tonight. 04:26 I begin over here, 04:28 we have Kristina and Daniel McFeeter 04:31 from Kristina's Kitchen 04:33 and we have Dr. John Kelly 04:35 and Patty LaVanture 04:36 who everyone knows from Oak Haven. 04:39 And then we have a testimony by Richard Alva. 04:43 So we are going to start tonight 04:45 with Kristina and Daniel. 04:50 And Kristina and Daniel have a kitchen, 04:52 it's called Kristina's Kitchen. 04:54 Can you tell us what made you start Kristina's Kitchen 04:58 which is a centre of influence? 05:01 I've always had an interest in mission work 05:04 in the United States and when I met Daniel 05:08 and he lived in Kentucky which I didn't, 05:12 but he started telling me about this group of people 05:15 called Avalachia 05:17 and I had never heard of it, of course, 05:18 after I moved there I discovered it was Appalachia 05:21 but it peeks my interest 05:24 and I really just fell a burden to do something 05:27 to reach the people of Appalachia 05:28 in the United States. 05:30 All right. 05:31 Now that sounds to be like a lot of work. 05:33 How much preparation did that take? 05:36 We've spent five years doing preparation work, 05:40 doing cooking classes, 05:42 just reaching out to the community, 05:46 just anything that I could do and help 05:49 and especially focusing on anything 05:52 with friendship evangelism 05:53 so making friends with the people 05:55 being a part of the community and with our cooking classes, 05:59 we did monthly cooking classes, 06:02 and they're still going on after 10 years, 06:05 in two locations, every month. 06:07 So it sounds like a lot of preparation 06:09 went into this. 06:10 And tell us what exactly is Kristina's Kitchen? 06:14 Okay. 06:15 Kristina's Kitchen's been opened for five years. 06:18 It is a bakery, vegetarian restaurant, 06:21 health food store. 06:23 We also have a delivery route 06:25 once a week in a town about 30 miles away. 06:28 And we also offer 06:29 an apprenticeship training program for students 06:31 who want to experience restaurant ministry 06:34 and health ministry on frontlines. 06:36 All right. 06:38 Now I believe that there are some pictures. 06:40 Pictures number one, two and three, 06:42 if they can just show some of those pictures 06:44 of Kristina's Kitchen, 06:45 that'll give everybody an idea what this looks like. 06:48 So if you'd show those, 06:49 in the mean time Kristina's Kitchen 06:52 I know is involved in the community 06:54 and how is it involved in the community? 06:56 What kinds of things are you doing? 06:59 Okay, so we always wanted to just become 07:03 a part of the community. 07:05 That's been our goal, 07:06 we really wanted to be an outpost ministry 07:08 and center of influence in the community. 07:11 And so, we've basically opened the restaurant 07:13 to the community for nonprofit organizations 07:17 to use our restaurant for meetings, 07:20 the farmers market meets at the restaurant. 07:22 Of course, we have the cooking classes, 07:24 a homemaker's clubs uses our restaurant 07:26 and so also our involvement 07:29 with the Chamber of Commerce 07:32 and representing restaurants 07:35 on the tourism board just really, 07:37 just trying to become a part of the community 07:40 in every aspect because we love our community 07:43 and we want to be a part of them. 07:44 Yeah, that's really an important piece I think 07:46 that all that stuff it sounds like so much work, 07:49 but really great work, 07:51 so I'm really thankful for that. 07:53 Um, there must be some stories from Kristina's Kitchen, 07:57 examples of things that have happened 07:59 as a result of that specifically? 08:01 Well, one thing I didn't want to share 08:03 before I tell a few stories is little bit of my husband. 08:07 I want to give him a second to introduce himself 08:09 'cause I kind of talked about me. 08:11 So I am Daniel McFeeters, of course, 08:14 and everyone knows me as Kristina's husband 08:17 which is all right, you know... 08:18 That is all right. In fact, no. 08:21 I serve currently as a pastor of a small church district 08:25 in southeast Kentucky where we live, 08:28 but actually that was only of recent development. 08:31 My background is in computers. 08:34 I'm a computer professional by training, 08:36 and Kristina and I started this venture 08:40 and to help as a lay ministry together, 08:42 and it's interesting how the Lord leads. 08:44 So he's my partner, 08:46 but I want to tell you a couple of stories. 08:48 There's a picture, 08:49 I'm very thankful there's one there. 08:51 I just, I could go on and on. 08:55 Customers that have just really been 08:58 become part of our family, 09:00 coming at regular basis, 09:01 being able to sit down eat lunch with them 09:04 while they're eating at a restaurant, 09:06 being able to have Bible studies with them 09:07 while they're eating lunch, 09:09 just praying with them. 09:12 We had our local UPS guy 09:16 that we were able to actually save him 09:19 from losing his job because his health was so poor 09:22 and just through eating lunch at our restaurant every day, 09:25 he's been able to keep his job for an extra two years... 09:27 Yes, okay Which is really exciting 09:30 and he's, of course, 09:31 you know he's the UPS guy so he tells everybody in town, 09:34 you know, Kristina's Kitchen is the reason 09:36 why I still have a job and you should go eat there 09:39 because the food really does taste good. 09:40 That's great. 09:42 And my favorite thing of all is that 09:45 God has really blessed us. 09:48 Just this last December, 09:50 our first restaurant customer joined our church. 09:52 Wow. That's great. 09:54 And her name is Victoria, and if you want to meet her, 09:57 she will be here on Sabbath helping us 09:59 with our booth. 10:00 Thank you very much. 10:02 Our next guests are John Kelly, 10:07 he's a physician and Patty LaVanture. 10:10 Patty, why don't you begin first? 10:11 Tell us, this is from Oak Haven. 10:13 Just tell us briefly 10:15 what you do or did at Oak Haven? 10:17 Okay. 10:18 Well, for years I've worked as a Health Education Director 10:21 and now currently I'm working as Lifestyle coordinator 10:24 under Dr. John Kelly. 10:26 Okay. 10:27 And I was a little intrigued 10:30 by a physician joining Oak Haven. 10:33 John, tell us who you are and what you do? 10:35 Yes, thank you, Lindy. 10:37 I'm Dr. John Kelly, I'm President at Oak Haven, 10:41 Country Life Natural Foods and, 10:44 of course, the Mark and Patty LaVanture 10:47 have been the face of Country Life Natural Foods 10:50 for as long as I've known anyway and... 10:53 So, but, what we wanna talk to you tonight 10:56 about is not the Country Life Natural Foods 10:58 but something new that God is doing on campus. 11:00 Yes, talk about that new thing. 11:02 So in about a year ago, 11:06 July of 2018, 11:08 the Association of American Medical College 11:11 news put out an article about five emerging 11:16 fast growing medical specialties 11:19 and describing what training knowledge 11:21 you needed to pursue those. 11:23 Number three on the list was lifestyle medicine. 11:26 Yes. 11:27 And so, of course, they quoted some experts 11:31 and they talked about the fact that 11:32 80% of disease in the first world 11:36 is chronic disease. 11:38 And about 80% of that, 11:40 the care for chronic disease involves lifestyle habits, 11:45 poor lifestyles, you know. 11:46 I know you were talking about food as medicine... 11:47 Yes, absolutely. And I enjoyed your talk. 11:50 So anyway they went on 11:53 to describe the need for lifestyle knowledge, 11:57 lifestyle medicine and primary care 12:00 and in specialties. 12:02 Well, now Seventh-day Adventist, 12:03 this is no surprise 12:04 because we've known about the cause 12:06 and effect relationship between lifestyle and health 12:09 and disease for century or more. 12:12 In fact, in Medical Ministry, page 27, paragraph 2, 12:16 some of you will know recognize this, 12:18 but we're actually the purpose 12:20 for sanitarians being established was revealed, 12:23 and it was to reform 12:24 the medical practices of physicians. 12:26 Yes. 12:27 So a number of years ago, 12:29 that really took hold of my heart 12:30 as I was talking to God 12:32 about what was the purpose at my emptiness, 12:35 what was I supposed to do after that. 12:37 And I really decided this was the thing, 12:40 so I've been working in lifestyle medicine, 12:42 many of you know that for many years. 12:45 In 2004, the American College 12:48 of Lifestyle Medicine was established. 12:50 And you were...? 12:52 I was the Founding President 12:53 Founding President of the American 12:55 College of Lifestyle Medicine. 12:56 Yes. 12:57 As a matter of fact, you got an award. 12:59 That is true. Yes. 13:00 Somebody's been talking to you but anyway, yes, 13:01 so the American Medical Association 13:03 actually gave me an award for that work. 13:06 In 2017, the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine 13:10 was established 13:12 and so now physicians can become 13:14 board certified in Lifestyle medicine. 13:17 We have to take the proper training 13:18 and courses and pass the exam. 13:21 But now two years later, 13:23 is over almost a thousand physicians 13:24 around the world. 13:26 There's our board certified in Lifestyle medicine 13:28 and is growing fast. 13:30 The American College of Lifestyle Medicine 13:32 has doubled membership five years running, 13:35 this is how, this is really growing. 13:36 Yeah. 13:38 So what happened was what drew me to Oak Haven 13:42 was the opportunity to establish a training program 13:47 for physicians and nurses, that's... 13:50 So you have a residential program 13:52 designed for training. 13:53 Yes. 13:55 And so, I've been training 13:58 in doing physicians previously, 14:00 but what we're doing now is a program designed for that. 14:03 Yes. 14:04 And we had a little clip 14:06 we could show about this 10-day Immersion, 14:08 just a one minute, we use a 10-day Immersion 14:11 because that way we can refer them to Daniel 14:13 as where we come up with that. 14:15 You know every chance you get, put hooks in what you do, 14:18 so you have a chance to bring in the Bible. 14:21 Yeah. But whenever we get... 14:22 We'll show you that clip, 14:25 I'm gonna talk about a physician 14:27 that came for training... 14:29 And then Patty's gonna talk about 14:32 the opportunity we have 14:33 working with the Michigan Conference. 14:34 With pastors, yeah. 14:36 With pastors in Michigan Conference. 14:37 So in the interest of time... Yes. 14:39 I just want to say that this is a perfect organization 14:43 'cause you're training physicians and pastors. 14:44 Correct. 14:46 Okay, so tell me about the physicians 14:47 and, Patty, will tell me about the pastors. 14:48 Okay. 14:50 So the physicians come for a ten-day clinical trading. 14:53 They complete the course, 14:56 the board review course for a lifestyle medicine 14:59 which when they ask me to write questions, 15:01 I said, wait a minute. 15:03 I'd rather write the review course, 15:04 so I'm actually co-author of the board review course 15:08 in lifestyle medicine, so that gave me 15:10 a certain attraction for training. 15:12 And so physicians literally, I mean, we just all the time 15:15 we're getting enquiries 15:17 from physicians all over the world, 15:19 mostly in US but all over and they will come for 10 days. 15:23 Before they come they will take 15:25 a 30 CME course online 15:28 and with a manual textbook 15:31 and then they go through the clinical training 15:34 as of observer but also as a patient. 15:36 So they actually see 15:38 what happens to their own lifestyle changes 15:40 and the risk factors 15:42 and I wanted to tell about one I... 15:44 I'm gonna call her Jane Doe for, 15:46 to keep her confidential her name, 15:48 but she was a Muslim 15:50 and I had only trained two Muslims before. 15:52 This is a great experience. 15:54 She love our spirituality and our commitment to prayer, 15:58 she was impressed with that. 16:00 Long story short, she came, 16:02 she was on a low carb diet 16:03 trying to lose weight without much success. 16:06 I say, "Well, you can continue 16:08 but why didn't you try this for the 10 days." 16:10 So she agreed to do a plant based. 16:12 She has so much results and improvements. 16:14 She went home, her husband went on the program 16:17 for four days only, he told her. 16:19 After four days, he bought in 16:21 and so he's lost 20 some pounds, 16:24 they're both tickled. 16:25 She went home to Saudi Arabia for Ramadan, 16:30 said, it was wonderful. 16:31 She had no... 16:33 She actually got friends and family 16:34 to join her during that. 16:36 So we found that she was a real typical example 16:39 of someone taking a training that wanted to know 16:41 how to use lifestyle through disease. 16:43 Okay. All right. 16:44 Patty, time is up, however, 16:45 tell me just in 15 seconds about the pastors? 16:48 Okay. 16:49 August 11, we're starting an inaugural program 16:52 for pastors in collaboration with the Michigan Conference 16:55 and the pastors will come with their wives, 16:58 with their children and we'll be having classes 17:01 for the children as well, 17:02 so they'll be learning health principles 17:04 and the pastors will take these principles back 17:07 to their pastoral districts and we'll actually be 17:12 running rallies after the Lifestyle program, 17:15 so lots of good things going on. 17:18 Time goes so quickly, but Oak Haven 17:20 is really expanding to include training 17:23 of both physicians and pastors together, 17:25 and we've been told that we need to do that. 17:27 Thank you very much. 17:29 Yes. Thank you. 17:30 Now our last one is Richard, 17:32 and we have six minutes on the clock, Richard, 17:35 and I'm gonna watch the clock. 17:37 His testimony is very interesting. 17:38 Richard, what do you do? 17:40 Good evening ASI. 17:41 I'm a health educator. Okay. 17:43 But I just wanted Patty to be 17:44 able to tell everyone what booth number 17:48 Oak Haven is at? 17:49 752. 752. 17:51 Okay so you are health educator. 17:53 Now Patty, excuse me, Richard's story is interesting. 17:56 Richard, very quickly. So... 17:58 Tell us about your start 18:02 in health education? 18:04 So in a nutshell, 18:07 my life puts on display 18:10 the mercy of God 18:12 and how incredibly much God loves 18:16 each and every one of us. 18:17 I started life as a health educator 18:20 at the age of four years old. 18:23 I was living with my dad 18:25 in the middle of nowhere in the Mexican desert, 18:28 and he was completing his medical training there, 18:32 doing a year of social service, so he was the town doctor. 18:37 And I was with him, assisting him and so, 18:41 I would stand in the waiting room 18:42 in the clinic during clinic hours, 18:45 and I would dispense information to anyone 18:47 who would listen about hygiene 18:49 and proper hydration and all sorts of stuff. 18:53 So this is interesting, right? 18:55 He is four years old 18:57 and he is giving health education lectures 19:00 to his father's patients. 19:01 That's right. 19:03 That's an awesome four-year old. 19:04 That's right. All right. 19:05 So then tell me what did that experience 19:09 contour up in you? 19:10 So that experience for me was incredibly formative. 19:14 It burned into my mind 19:17 the definition of what a physician is. 19:20 And so, as I looked around me as a young boy, 19:24 I would see my father taking care of people, 19:28 loving them, being their friend, 19:30 being kind to them, 19:32 and it was in that context 19:34 that all clinical work took place. 19:37 Okay. 19:38 And you decided initially to go to medical school? 19:41 I did. 19:42 It was my lifelong dream to become a physician, 19:44 and that was my definition of what a physician was. 19:48 Okay. 19:49 So you got to medical school and something happened 19:52 the very first day of medical school? 19:53 What's interesting, the first day of medical school 19:56 at Montemorelos University in Mexico, 20:01 they take all of the students and they had us 20:03 write on very tiny pieces of paper. 20:08 We have to write on there 20:09 why we wanted to become physicians. 20:12 And so, we wrote on there 20:14 and then we put them inside these little capsules 20:16 and those capsules went into some kind of 20:18 vault for posterity, right, so we could, you know, 20:21 open up and see in the future 20:24 if why we wanted to become physicians had aligned 20:28 somehow with reality. 20:29 Okay. 20:31 Now you told me as we talked 20:33 that two organizations really impacted 20:36 what you wrote on your little capsule, 20:38 and then one of them was ASI? 20:40 One of them was ASI and the other one was GYC, 20:43 so Generation of Youth for Christ. 20:45 Yes. And so they were instrumental. 20:49 All of your ministries, just amazing for me 20:54 to get an idea of why we're here, 20:56 what we're doing, 20:57 sharing Christ in the marketplace 20:59 as a lifestyle became really a part of me 21:03 and so I wrote on that piece of paper, 21:04 "I wanna become a physician to bring others to Jesus." 21:09 Yes. Okay. 21:10 You get to medical school, 21:12 by the third year of medical school, 21:14 the curriculum there is different 21:15 than the States, 21:16 and in the third year of medical school 21:19 something happened? 21:20 So I'm in the third year of medical school there, 21:22 I'm still in my basic sciences, learning a lot, 21:26 loving every minute of it, and I spent most of my... 21:29 The first part of my day in class. 21:32 And then after I get out of class, 21:33 I might have lunch and then a lab, 21:35 and then I would go 21:37 and work at the lifestyle center 21:39 that was affiliated with the hospital 21:42 that was affiliated with the university. 21:46 So in the morning, 21:47 I would learn all about the why 21:53 but then in the afternoon, I would get to see the how. 21:56 Yes. 21:58 And it struck me instantly that the way the work was done 22:01 downstairs in the hospital 22:04 and the way the work was conducted upstairs 22:07 in the lifestyle center were starkly different. 22:11 That was an eye opener for me. Yes. 22:13 And not just, that wasn't the only contrast. 22:16 Another contrast was the amount of time patients spent, 22:20 either in the hospital or the lifestyle center, 22:23 and the outcomes they had. 22:25 So it soon became apparent to me that 22:28 those at the lifestyle center spent less time 22:33 and had much better results. 22:34 Okay. 22:36 And that information, 22:37 you made decision to quit medical school 22:41 and go into health education instead. 22:43 How many of you have ever experienced 22:45 a deep personal crisis? 22:50 So my definition of what I had aspired 22:56 to my entire life was now being challenged 22:59 by reality. 23:01 And so I felt called to start working now. 23:07 Yes. 23:09 I knew that eventually if I stuck with it, 23:12 I could become a lifestyle medicine physician. 23:14 Yes. 23:17 We didn't have a certification at that time, 23:20 but I felt deeply moved and impressed 23:24 to start working now 23:25 and soon I came back to the US, 23:27 came back to the States, 23:29 and I started working everywhere I could 23:32 and anywhere I could. 23:33 Yes. That's great. 23:35 Well, that's a powerful testimony, 23:38 there's more to it, but our time is finished. 23:41 I wanna thank you all for participating. 23:44 We're all blessed by your testimonies tonight. 23:46 Thank you, ASI. 24:24 There 24:27 Is a quiet place 24:33 Far from the rapid pace 24:39 Where God can soothe 24:46 My troubled 24:51 Mind 24:54 Sheltered by tree and flow'r 25:01 There in my quiet hour 25:06 With Him my cares 25:11 Are left 25:15 Behind 25:20 Whether a garden small 25:26 Or on a mountain tall 25:30 New strength 25:33 And courage there I find 25:48 Then from 25:51 This quiet place 25:56 I go prepared to face 26:02 A new day with love 26:09 For all mankind 26:16 With love for all mankind 26:44 A quiet place 27:01 And now we have another Offering 27:03 in Action segment and with me 27:06 is Carlos Munoz, he is the Director for AFCOE, 27:10 Amazing Facts College of Evangelism. 27:13 Amen. All right. 27:14 So there are lot of excitement things 27:16 that are happening at Amazing Facts. 27:19 And as a Director of Evangelism, 27:21 you must be very excited about one in particular. 27:24 But tell us a little bit about 27:26 Amazing Facts College of Evangelism, 27:28 some of the things that are going on there 27:29 and then the new piece that's happening? 27:31 Amen. 27:33 So Maranata, good evening everyone and so, 27:37 as most of you know Amazing Facts 27:38 is focused on sharing the everlasting gospel 27:41 through all the resources possible, media, TV, a mail, 27:46 but one of the pillars of the ministry 27:48 also is to train our laymen 27:52 and our church members in evangelism. 27:54 And so, a big focus of our mission 27:57 is evangelism training. 27:59 And so AFCOE 28:00 is the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism 28:02 and it's where people can come, 28:05 church members from all parts 28:07 and they come and they learn the strategies, 28:09 the methods, the key essentials to learning 28:12 how to be an amazing disciple and so... 28:15 Last year we started our online course 28:18 because sometimes people can't come in, 28:20 they can't come to our course, 28:22 our onsite course and so we decided 28:24 then to push an online course, 28:26 and we started with our taking the courses 28:29 from our AFCOE into starting to upload them 28:35 into this wonderful online course 28:38 that we started called 28:39 "Amazing Disciples" last year. 28:41 So how's that working? 28:43 Now they go online and they enroll 28:46 like they would normally if they came? 28:48 How does it work? Yes. 28:49 It's like an online course 28:51 and so it's basically divided up 28:53 like if it was a Sabbath school, 28:55 it's 13 lesson week, 28:56 every day you have your lesson and then you have your Q and A, 28:58 you have quizzes, and then you have other, 29:00 you have downloads from more resources. 29:03 They can also come in and they have, 29:04 we'll do live Q and A's with Pastor Doug, 29:07 with Pastor John, we'll do just a... 29:10 We have also a Facebook group so there'll be interactions. 29:13 And so the idea is that they can come in there, 29:15 they can be immersed and so, what we developed 29:18 is we started with our first class 29:19 which is Amazing Disciples, and two months ago 29:21 we started with our second class 29:23 which is Amazing Doctrines. 29:25 So we're taking the onsite course 29:27 and we're building it little by little, 29:28 so that anybody 29:29 from any part of the world can come in 29:31 and they can be part of the course with us. 29:34 And so as recipients of this year's offering, 29:37 ASI is supporting the continue development 29:40 for the online courses? 29:41 Amen. Amen. Oh, excellent. 29:43 Now, do you have some stories or testimonies, 29:46 I mean what has been 29:47 the response to people enrolling 29:49 and using these courses? 29:51 Oh, yeah, we have a number of testimonies. 29:53 I'll give you two short ones. 29:55 We have the story of Luis. 29:56 Well, Luis went through the Amazing Disciple course 29:59 and then he went into his church 30:01 and his church was kind of dying out. 30:03 He started to implement some of the strategies 30:05 and methods that he learned, 30:06 the evangelism cycle and some other things 30:08 and off the bat, they had four baptisms 30:11 after they started doing Bible studies, 30:13 and now they're seeing how the evangelism cycle 30:16 is starting to move, the attitude, 30:17 it's starting to change in the church group. 30:20 Another really interesting story 30:21 is from Michael. 30:23 Michael also, he had a severe injury 30:26 and he had to then... 30:28 He wanted to come to our onsite course, 30:30 but he wasn't able to because of the injuries 30:32 and some resources so he did the online course 30:34 and what happened and the doing is that 30:36 he kind of broke out of his shell, 30:37 he started to share, 30:39 implement some of these strategies 30:42 with his family. 30:43 He started giving Bible studies to his grandma, his grandfather 30:46 and we just heard that he just... 30:47 His grandfather and grandmother, 30:49 they just got baptized 30:50 into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 30:51 Oh, amen. 30:53 So these are just some examples of... 30:54 So it helps, it really equips people 30:55 and gives them I guess courage 30:58 and then know how to go out 31:00 and know exactly what they need to do. 31:02 So they don't have to be a pastor 31:03 or necessarily leaders in the church? 31:04 No, no, no. Okay. 31:06 It's the calling to be to make disciples 31:08 is for all of us. 31:10 And so we wanna give every laymen 31:12 and every person that's comes into the church, 31:15 we want them to become amazing disciples. 31:17 And so, through the disciples, through the doctrines, 31:19 we're actually preparing a new next course for spring 31:22 which is gonna be Amazing Sanctuary. 31:23 So it's a whole course on the sanctuary. 31:25 And so, we wanna help them 31:26 not only to know the strategies 31:28 but also to have the information, 31:29 how to confront, how to, 31:31 you know, when people come up with questions, 31:33 how to read objections, 31:35 how to understand our teachings better 31:36 so the idea is so that they can power themselves 31:40 and go out and become amazing disciples 31:42 and help others to become amazing disciples. 31:44 So, Carlos, you think everybody here 31:47 could actually enroll in the course online? 31:51 Everybody that has internet access 31:54 can enroll on the course, exactly. 31:55 Oh, excellent. 31:57 So we have for example, we have students 31:59 from six of the seven continents 32:01 on the earth. 32:02 All countries, and we have almost 32:05 a 1000 students enrolled 32:07 in our course from last year and it's just continues, 32:09 I mean every day I get emails of people 32:11 that are enrolling and people that are wanting 32:13 to get involved and also, you know, 32:15 it's good to know next we are planning 32:17 on bringing our onsite course 32:18 back on campus again when we, 32:20 through our new building projects 32:22 and so a lot of fun and exciting things. 32:24 So I'm curious how did you become involved 32:27 in Amazing Facts? 32:28 I became involved 10 years ago, 32:30 I became baptized as the Seventh-day Adventist. 32:33 Five years later, I decided to go to AFCOE. 32:36 In 2003, I graduated AFCOE, 32:38 and then I got the call to become an evangelist 32:40 for the ministry, and then this year 32:42 I'm fresh out of the oven. 32:43 I'm the new AFCOE director for the ministry, so. 32:45 Excellent. 32:46 Well, Carlos, we are praying the God 32:48 will shower his blessings on us 32:50 so that we can support this online course 32:53 that we wanna take advantage of. 32:54 Thank you very much. Amen. 32:56 And thank everybody for the help. 32:57 Thank you. God bless. 32:59 So now the next person coming out 33:01 to join me is no stranger to us, 33:03 Danny Shelton is the Founder and President of 3ABN, 33:08 and ASI is blessed to have partnered 33:11 with 3ABN to help to share everything 33:14 that God is doing through all of His people 33:16 and all of His ministries 33:18 and we work together closely to do that, 33:20 and so we are thrilled that 33:21 3ABN is not only a project recipient, 33:25 but also a recipient of any overflow 33:27 that God will bless us with this weekend. 33:30 So, Danny, tell us what's going on with 3ABN? 33:32 There's new stuff happening all the time? 33:34 All the time and I say praise the Lord. 33:37 This is 34 years of going to ASI 33:41 and being a part of it. 33:43 Last year I was this time 33:44 I was in bed with open heart surgery. 33:47 God has blessed, 33:48 I'm still on my feet going forward, 33:50 but so many things are happening. 33:52 It's amazing that 3ABN 33:54 has been reaching satellites around the world, 33:56 we're on, you know, 33:58 all the cables stations and dish network, 34:00 but what's really been growing 34:01 is the social media as many of you know. 34:04 But I was amazed at the figure that Moses Primo, 34:07 our Director of Broadcasting just gave us for last month, 34:11 I think the month of June actually that Roku, 34:14 anybody here watch 3ABN on Roku? 34:16 Okay, quite a few hands. 34:18 I want you to listen to this figure. 34:20 The month of June 34:22 there were 3.8 million hours 34:27 viewed on 3ABN's 8 channels on just Roku alone. 34:33 Almost 4 million hours 34:35 were watched in one month, I had no idea. 34:38 The reason I want to find out as our streaming cost, Debbie, 34:41 began to go up and up and more from a few thousand 34:45 to many thousands like this is more than 34:47 we pay for some of the satellites, 34:48 but that tells you that God is alive, 34:51 He's on the throne. 34:52 But our commitment has been 34:55 the three angels' messages last year, 34:56 last fall our camp meeting. 34:58 The three angel's messages, if they were ever needed, 35:01 it's now, the world needs to hear about them. 35:03 This past camp meeting was the Ten Commandments. 35:06 If they're ever needed, it's now. 35:08 All you have to do is look around, 35:09 you turn on the news, 35:11 listen to all the politicians in the world 35:13 and you're gonna find out things are in a mess. 35:15 There's only one answer for this world's problems 35:18 and we as Seventh-day Adventists 35:20 have the privilege and the responsibility 35:22 of taking an undiluted three angels' messages, 35:25 one that would counteract 35:27 the counterfeit into all the world. 35:28 So what I've seen, Debbie, 35:30 as long as we continue to focus on the message. 35:33 Now the enemy is out there, 35:34 he's gonna try to do all that he can, 35:36 but you know God is bigger than the enemy. 35:38 So we're going forward. 35:40 What are we trying do? 35:41 Reach the people with the message. 35:42 And what about our young people? 35:44 We in the last month in June, in a week's time, 35:47 we produced over 100 new children's programs 35:51 more than we've done in years 35:52 because we have to center in 35:54 and give our children. 35:55 They're all on iPhones, they're all on iPads, 35:58 they're all on this social media. 36:00 Who needs to be there? 36:01 We do as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 36:03 so that kids around the world, 36:05 not only from our own church, 36:07 but those who're wanting to join our church 36:09 can watch the 3ABN 36:11 and literally get three angels' messages 36:13 where kids can understand it. 36:15 So lot of things are happening, 36:17 but I wanna thank ASI for what you've done and, Debbie, 36:20 personally we worked together with you and Ray years ago, 36:23 and for all the people 36:24 we've had the privilege of working with 36:27 and partnering with but ASI 36:29 has been where 3ABN literally was catapulted 36:32 in 1985 Big Sky, Montana. 36:35 So I thank you and everyone at ASI 36:38 for your support of 3ABN as we continue 36:41 to take the undiluted 36:43 three angels' messages to the world. 36:44 Well you know, Danny, we wanna thank you 36:46 and 3ABN, thanks 3ABN 36:49 because if it wasn't for 3ABN, 36:50 there are many ministries that have been highlighted 36:55 are featured on 3ABN 36:57 so that the people around the world 36:59 can see what's going on. 37:00 And tonight, we just wanted to give 37:02 a little glimpse of some of the ministries 37:05 that 3ABN has featured. 37:07 So we have these individuals coming out. 37:09 Now, many of you recognize some of their faces, don't you? 37:13 You recognize Lemuel Vega, with Christmas Behind Bars, 37:18 and there's Alistair Huong with AudioVerse, 37:21 Keith Mosier with Congo Frontline Missions, 37:24 Jim airs through many different ministries. 37:28 Dan Houghton building that, so I mean, NAPS, 37:31 and the list goes on and on and on and on. 37:35 But we have been blessed to hear 37:36 so much from so many ministries 37:39 to learn what they're doing, 37:40 to know how to support them because 3ABN has given us 37:44 entry to that information that allowed us 37:47 to be supportive of their ministries. 37:49 When I felt impressed by the Lord in 1984 37:52 to build a television station to reach the world, 37:55 I knew it wasn't for me. 37:57 I didn't name it Danny Sheldon whatever because the Lord, 38:01 I wanted the Lord to allow me to be a vessel 38:05 of honor instrument and so, 38:07 I knew all along this is not for me, 38:10 but this is to assist the church 38:12 and getting the message to the world. 38:14 And then, as you say ministry after ministry 38:18 that people hadn't heard, they would say 38:19 can we come on 3ABN, we allow them to share that. 38:22 But that's what God called us to do. 38:24 And this way working with the church, 38:27 with supporting ministry to this church, ASI, 38:30 we've seen what is happening. 38:31 And if we ever need to be together 38:34 in one accord, it's right now. 38:36 Jesus is coming soon. 38:38 And I don't know if you know that 38:39 and I hope you all aware of that, 38:41 but we need to be praying every day, Lord, 38:42 what would you have us to do. 38:44 Each and every one of us are here for a reason, 38:47 and that reason is to be a witness 38:49 and to tell the world about Jesus, 38:51 but as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 38:53 though God has people in all churches 38:55 and I'm thankful for that. 38:56 We have that tremendous responsibility 38:59 but as I said while ago, the greatest privilege on earth 39:02 to give present truth to lost 39:04 and dying world, and I count it the privilege, 39:07 and I thank ASI for all the support 39:09 they have given to 3ABN and all of you 39:12 because while we have supported them, 39:15 they all have supported us 39:17 because without the programmers, 39:18 there would be no 3ABN. 39:20 So thank all of you and the rest of you 39:22 who've been on 3ABN and given such a great message 39:26 to a lost and dying world. 39:27 Well, Danny, thank you so much, and we'd just want to pray 39:29 and ask God to shower us with blessings of the offering, 39:33 so that we can continue the work that 39:35 God has set before us and to collaborate, you know, 39:38 create synergy and energy and just lot of enthusiasm 39:43 so we can get this world, this done. 39:46 We wanna go home, don't we? 39:48 So then let's act like it and give till it hurts. 39:52 That's right. So that we can go home. 39:54 Thank you very much. Thank you, everyone. 39:55 God bless. Thank you, all. 44:23 Good evening. 44:24 I have been so blessed to be here at ASI 44:28 and I would like you, 44:30 would you please stand with me for prayer? 44:33 Thank you. 44:36 Heavenly Father, we just wanna thank You 44:39 for this wonderful time that we've had today. 44:42 We've been so blessed 44:44 by so many of the wonderful testimonies 44:47 by Andy Weaver, and our pastor and our elder, 44:51 Elder Wilson. 44:52 And we just wanna thank you and just continue 44:55 to bless this ministry, and thank you 44:58 and we ask all things in Your dear 45:01 and precious name. 45:02 Amen. |
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