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Series Code: IIWC
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01:33 >> Hello, and thank you for 01:35 choosing to join us here today 01:37 on It Is Written Canada. 01:39 We are here in the home of 01:42 Yevgeniy Vasmout and you are 01:44 in for a real treat. 01:46 He lives here in Abbotsford, 01:48 British Columbia and he has an 01:50 amazing story. 01:51 I was just looking at this 01:53 verse in the Bible and it's 01:54 found in Psalm 118, verse 8 01:56 and it says... 02:02 And so Yevgeniy, thank you for 02:05 joining us here on 02:07 It Is Written Canada. 02:08 >> Thanks, no problem. 02:10 >> You grew up as a Christian, 02:13 keeping the Sabbath 02:14 and you are now 02:17 asked to go to the military. 02:19 >> Yes. 02:20 >> You were 18 years old 02:21 and it's a communist 02:22 military system... 02:23 >> Yes. 02:24 >> And you have to go. 02:25 >> Yeah, when you're 18 years 02:26 old it's mandatory, 02:28 you have to go 02:30 and they check your health. 02:32 If you're in good health, 02:36 they take you to the army 02:38 for two years. 02:39 >> OK...OK. 02:41 So you went into the army 02:43 and how were your papers? 02:45 >> The lady was sitting there 02:46 I remember the lady was 02:48 second from the last, 02:50 you know, and... 02:52 she looked through-- 02:53 she asked me a question and 02:54 then she gave it to the 02:55 [Russian term] 02:57 the last one was an officer, 02:59 he was a high ranking officer 03:01 because at that time I did 03:02 know what that means, 03:04 you know, there were stars. 03:06 She said, "It's a really nice" 03:08 "paper," she told him. 03:11 And he took it and I say, 03:12 "Here's my chance." 03:14 "Here I have to tell them" 03:16 "who I am." You know? 03:18 And I say, "I would like to" 03:20 "tell you something." 03:21 And he looked at me and said, 03:22 "What is it? 03:23 And I say, "I am a believer." 03:25 And he says, 03:26 "What do you mean?" 03:27 I say, "I believe in God," 03:28 "and I am a believer." 03:30 "And what is your belief?" 03:31 And I said, "We don't work on" 03:33 "Saturday, we don't do" 03:34 "anything on Saturday." 03:35 "It's a holy day." 03:37 He-- I still remember, 03:40 he brought out a pencil, 03:41 not a pen, a red pencil, 03:43 and he put a red line 03:45 across that first page and he 03:48 put "number 213." 03:51 I don't know what that meant. 03:53 And... 03:56 I took it, I looked like this, 03:57 I said, "What is it?" 03:59 And I ended up in Siberia, 04:01 maybe that was the number of 04:02 Siberia, I don't know. 04:04 It was in Siberia, 04:05 in Altai, Siberia. 04:07 >> So you're there. 04:09 What was it like in Siberia 04:10 for you? 04:11 >> Oh... 04:13 See, one day we came to the 04:16 base, the army base. 04:17 First thing, I went to the 04:19 officer and I told him 04:21 who I am. 04:23 And he said, "This will be a" 04:24 "really big problem because" 04:27 "I'm communist," he said, 04:29 "and I do everything." 04:30 "Why can't you..." 04:32 "work on Saturday?" 04:33 And I told him, 04:34 "I have a few things." 04:36 "First of all, I am not" 04:38 "touching an AK-47..." 04:41 Because in the army you have 04:42 to shoot. 04:43 And he said, "Why?" 04:45 I said, "I love my country," 04:47 "I will stand up for" 04:48 "my country," 04:49 "but I cannot kill." 04:50 "Because if I have to protect" 04:52 "or something, I have to kill" 04:53 "with the automatic gun and" 04:55 "that's why it's--" 04:56 "I am not touching it." 04:58 "And I don't do anything on" 05:00 "Sabbath." 05:01 And it starts. 05:02 My problem starts from day 05:06 number one it started, 05:07 you know. 05:08 And I told you only two 05:10 things, but the third one, 05:12 it was everything was pork. 05:13 >> OK... 05:15 >> Everything was pork. 05:16 >> And you don't eat pork. 05:17 >> I don't eat pork, no. 05:18 And I decided to 05:21 keep those three things: 05:22 Keep the Sabbath, 05:23 don't touch the rifle, 05:25 and don't eat pork. 05:27 >> Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 05:28 So what did you eat? 05:31 >> I don't know, lot's of 05:33 people don't believe me, but 05:35 I don't know. 05:36 In the morning there's tea, 05:39 twenty grams of butter, 05:41 and two pieces of bread. 05:43 That was all my... 05:46 >> Two pieces of bread and 05:47 some tea? 05:48 >> Yes. 05:49 >> And a little bit of butter. 05:52 >> So what did they do about 05:55 you not wanting to touch 05:58 an AK-47? 06:02 >> See, when you come 06:03 to the army, 06:04 there's one month of training. 06:05 Each army, there's a 06:07 one-month training. 06:08 And there the training was 06:10 Saturday, they were training, 06:12 yeah, it was a Saturday, 06:14 and I did nothing, 06:15 I stood there. 06:16 They were shooting there and 06:19 they were practicing with 06:20 AK-47's and he called me, 06:24 like, one day I was standing 06:25 over to the side 06:26 and he asked me, 06:27 "Come here." You know... 06:29 I came, he said, "Can you" 06:30 "take those five AK--," 06:31 I remember, five AK-47's, 06:33 "Can you take them to the" 06:35 "safe, to that office there?" 06:36 It was a different building. 06:39 I say, "No," 06:41 "I can't touch them." 06:42 You know, and he said, 06:44 "No, you have to." 06:46 And I said, "No." 06:48 And he grabbed-- 06:49 Because in the army, we wear 06:50 a belt, you know, and... 06:52 >> And he grabbed your belt. 06:53 >> He grabbed my belt like 06:54 this, he pulled me like this 06:56 and he put all five on my neck 06:58 with this with the... 06:59 >> With the straps. 07:00 >> Straps, yeah. 07:01 >> So they were hanging with 07:03 the strap here and then the 07:04 five of them were hanging? 07:05 >> Five of them, yeah. 07:06 And he said, "Go." 07:07 I said, "No," 07:08 "I'm not going." 07:10 >> And he started to kick me 07:11 and push me, you know, 07:12 to that office. 07:14 He pushed me there. 07:15 And he went to the room, 07:16 he pushed me to that room and 07:18 there was a safe, he said, 07:20 "Put them in the safe." 07:20 I said, "No." 07:22 And he left. 07:23 He said, "You can stand 'til" 07:24 "you die." 07:25 [laughs] 07:27 And I stood there for 07:29 I don't know for how long. 07:30 Then it was so hard I started 07:33 losing it, you know, my feet 07:34 and I started to get dizzy, 07:37 you know, I thought, 07:39 "One more minute" 07:40 "and I will fall down." 07:42 And I didn't know what to do. 07:43 Then I grabbed everything and 07:46 put it all, AK-- 07:49 there was a table, big table 07:50 and then the safe was behind 07:51 and I put them on the table, 07:53 I turned around and left, 07:54 I didn't put them in the safe. 07:55 >> So you didn't have to 07:57 touch them. 07:57 >> Yeah. 07:59 >> Wow. So you had a friend 08:01 who was Muslim who was a part 08:04 of this and he became a 08:06 communist. 08:07 >> Yes. 08:08 >> Do you want to tell us 08:09 about that? 08:10 >> In our base there 08:11 were five people, 08:13 they took them to the office, 08:16 the communist office to 08:18 become communists. 08:20 And one-- 08:22 After he told me that story, 08:24 and he went there, his name 08:25 was Rafael... 08:28 they went to that office and 08:30 he was the last one to get in. 08:32 They asked him questions, 08:33 same paperwork, you know. 08:36 And then they asked him, 08:38 the people there, they say, 08:39 "Do you have a believer in" 08:41 "your army base?" 08:44 And he told me, "I stood there" 08:45 "I didn't know what" 08:47 "to say." 08:48 "If I say yes, you might get" 08:50 "in trouble." You know, or... 08:52 >> And he doesn't want to get 08:53 you in trouble. 08:54 >> Yeah, because he's 08:55 my friend. 08:56 "If I say no," he said, 08:58 "If I say no, I came to" 08:59 "become a communist and the" 09:01 "first day I'm lying." 09:02 You know? 09:04 And I said, 09:05 "What did you say?" 09:06 "I said, 'Yes.' 09:07 'We do have one.'" 09:09 And they asked what kind of-- 09:09 or what he's doing and-- 09:11 And they asked him, 09:12 and he said, "He keeps the" 09:15 "Sabbath and he doesn't work" 09:17 "on Sabbath." 09:19 That's all he said, you know. 09:21 And he left and he came there 09:23 the same day that he told me 09:24 everything. 09:25 Every year in April when the-- 09:30 We call the Subbotnik, 09:32 it is on Sabbath, which 09:36 all the people in Russia, 09:38 they go and they work 09:39 for free. 09:41 And they called our boss, 09:43 the big boss... 09:45 he said, 09:47 "They have a believer and" 09:49 "he doesn't work on Sabbath." 09:51 "Make him work." 09:52 Because they command them to 09:54 make him work. 09:57 And one officer came to the 09:59 room and I think they were 10:00 looking for me 10:02 and he came, he said, 10:03 "What are you doing here?" 10:04 I said, "I'm sitting" 10:05 "because--" 10:06 He said, "Why didn't you" 10:06 "go to work? 10:08 I say, "It's Sabbath." 10:09 He said, "Why don't you work?" 10:10 I said, "I can work Sunday," 10:12 I told him. 10:13 He said "No, come." 10:14 And we went there. 10:16 He brought me to that big main 10:18 officer that top guy... 10:24 and he said, "Go to work." 10:27 And I said, "I can't." 10:29 See, I cannot tell them I 10:31 don't want to because it's not 10:33 like I don't want to, 10:34 you know, but I say it because 10:36 I can't, it means my religion 10:38 doesn't allow me to do that. 10:40 And he said, "No, go." 10:43 I said, "Sorry, I can't." 10:45 And he told my officer, 10:48 "Can you command him?" 10:50 And he put his hand like this 10:51 and commanded 10:53 and I said, "No." 10:55 I don't know, it's hard to 10:56 explain, see... 10:58 when it's war time, if they 11:01 command you and you say no, 11:02 they shoot you, 11:03 right on the spot. 11:04 >> Wow! 11:05 >> They're allowed to do that, 11:06 right on the spot. 11:08 But because it was not war, 11:09 it's two years in army jail or 11:12 six years in civilian jail. 11:15 And then he called more 11:17 soldiers which were there, 11:19 there were special soldiers 11:21 who were guarding the jail, 11:23 there was a small jail and 11:25 they were guarding there, 11:27 you know, with their AK-47's, 11:28 they called him and they came 11:31 as a witness, you know, and he 11:33 said, the other officer, 11:35 "Can you command him?" 11:36 And he commanded again, 11:37 "I order you to go to work." 11:40 And I say, "I'm so sorry, 11:41 "I can't." 11:42 And he said, that big boss, 11:44 he said, "Five days, arrest." 11:46 The jail was right in front. 11:49 They took my belt out, 11:52 they took them because they 11:53 are not allowed in jail 11:54 because lots of people, 11:55 it's so difficult, 11:56 it's so hard so they commit 11:58 suicide, they hang themselves 11:59 with the belt, you know... 12:02 And they took everything, 12:03 they brought me to the jail. 12:05 The jail is a small room 12:08 and there's just the floor, 12:09 no chair, no bed, nothing. 12:12 >> Oh, wow. 12:13 >> And I sat on the floor, 12:15 fifteen minutes later they 12:16 called me, one guy came with 12:18 an AK-47, he said, 12:19 "The Big Boss is calling you." 12:23 I came, he said, 12:25 "What would you like to do?" 12:27 "There is" 12:28 "loading the garbage--" 12:30 Because for winter time we 12:31 have a big pile of garbage, 12:33 you know. 12:35 And I go and pray, you know, 12:36 "God you have to help me." 12:38 And he did exactly what I was 12:40 thinking, you know. 12:42 We came there, there were five 12:43 people from a different floor, 12:44 they were in our base, 12:46 but from a different floor, 12:47 and he came to them and he 12:49 said, "You make him work--" 12:53 Oh yeah, those five people, 12:55 they got in jail because on 12:58 Friday they were so drunk, 13:00 on Friday, and they put them 13:02 in the jail Friday night, 13:03 it was Saturday morning. 13:05 And he said, "If you make him" 13:07 "work, as soon as you finish" 13:09 "loading the garbage," 13:11 "you are free." 13:12 "You don't have to sit five" 13:14 "days in jail." 13:16 And I knew already, you know 13:18 what happ-- 13:19 And he turned around 13:21 and he left, that officer. 13:24 And there were three Muslim 13:26 people and two were Russian, 13:28 close to Moscow. 13:30 And they put the shovels to 13:32 the side and they came, 13:35 standing around me and that 13:38 one Muslim, he was small, 13:40 he put up his sleeves 13:41 like this, he was ready to 13:43 show me-- 13:44 >> He was ready for a fight. 13:45 >> Fight or...you know, and... 13:48 And this officer when he left, 13:50 he gave them all the power. 13:51 He said, "Do whatever--" 13:52 Like, he didn't say it, 13:54 he said "Make him to work" 13:55 "and after you are free." 13:56 It means do whatever you want 13:58 to him, but make him work. 13:59 And he left. 14:01 And this guy comes-- 14:03 He said, "Grab the shovel," 14:05 he told me. 14:06 I said, "Guys, can I explain" 14:08 "something to you?" 14:10 And they stopped like this and 14:12 I said, "That's why I'm here" 14:13 "today, because I don't work" 14:16 "on Saturday," 14:18 "I keep the Sabbath." 14:19 And... 14:23 If I would work, 14:25 I wouldn't be here and that's 14:26 why they put me in jail 14:28 because I didn't go... 14:29 And I look-- 14:30 It came to my mind right away, 14:31 you know, like, three Muslims, 14:33 you know, and they are-- 14:34 I love them, OK... 14:36 and they keep Friday. 14:38 And I told them, 14:40 "See, Friday is your day." 14:42 "You keep the Friday, I keep" 14:44 "the Sabbath," I told them. 14:46 And then I say, 14:47 "You don't eat pork" 14:49 "and I don't eat pork." 14:50 And they loved that. 14:51 You know, when you don't eat 14:53 pork, you're like a brother to 14:54 them, you know. 14:55 The same guy, you know who was 14:56 like this, 14:58 did not say even one word. 15:00 First, he grabbed his shovel, 15:02 and started to shovel, 15:04 load the garbage, you know. 15:07 And when they were around me 15:09 when I came, yeah, when I told 15:12 them everything, they stood 15:15 there for a while and I could 15:18 feel it, I didn't see it, 15:19 I could feel it, 15:21 it was like there was an angel 15:23 between them and me, you know, 15:25 an angel, like... 15:27 >> Just protecting you. 15:28 >> Like protecting me. 15:29 I think he said, "Hey, he's" 15:31 "not yours, he's mine." 15:33 Like, don't touch him or 15:34 something, you know? 15:36 And all five of them, 15:37 they took their shovels and 15:38 they started to load the 15:39 garbage and I was so 15:41 impressed, you know, I say, 15:43 "God, thank you so much!" 15:45 And I turned around and that 15:47 officer who brought me to 15:49 them, you know, that big-shot, 15:53 that main one, he was looking 15:55 behind the corner, what are 15:56 they doing, you know? 15:58 Then he saw they did 15:59 nothing to me 16:00 and he sent another guy with 16:02 an AK-47 to bring me. 16:04 And they brought me to jail 16:05 and I was sitting in the jail 16:07 all day on the floor praying 16:08 and... 16:10 >> So you didn't work? 16:11 >> No. No, I didn't work. 16:12 >> Wow, God answered your 16:14 prayers and protected you 16:15 because you knew what the 16:17 officer's plan was and you 16:19 prayed right from the 16:21 beginning when you knew. 16:23 Wow! 16:24 >> So you met a high official, 16:29 or a lady, she wasn't really 16:31 an official, she was more 16:33 just a contract worker 16:35 for the military. 16:37 >> Yes, she was the manager of 16:40 the bookkeepers and I think 16:42 they did all the payroll for 16:45 the officers. 16:47 And she-- 16:49 I was on the side and the road 16:51 was here and she was walking 16:52 to work and she usually 16:55 started at 9:00 and she was 16:56 walking around 8:00 and she 16:59 goes like this, she turns 17:01 around and she comes to me. 17:03 And the guy with the AK-47 17:05 beside me usually is not 17:06 allowed to talk, but 17:08 they knew her, she is like, 17:10 she is a worker here and maybe 17:12 she was the wife of one 17:14 officer, I don't know, 17:16 but I don't think so, 17:17 she was similar. 17:18 And she came to me, she said, 17:20 "You know, I've been watching" 17:22 "you for a long time and you" 17:24 "are different," she said. 17:26 "You are different." 17:27 I don't know what she saw 17:28 different, but their office 17:30 was there and she was sitting 17:31 by the window. 17:33 Maybe they were smoking, 17:34 I wasn't smoking and maybe 17:35 they did some crazy stuff, 17:37 I don't know, I didn't-- 17:38 you know, I don't know. 17:39 And she said, "You're 17:40 "different from them and now" 17:42 "I see you're in jail." 17:44 Because she saw the guy beside 17:47 me with an AK-47 and I don't 17:49 have a belt, you see right 17:50 away who is in jail. 17:52 "Now what's happenend?" 17:53 she said and I said, 17:55 "I believe in God." 17:56 She said, "You're so young" 17:58 "and you believe in God?" 17:59 I said, "Yeah." 18:01 And she started asking me 18:02 questions, 18:04 how I got into the jail, 18:05 I told her because we don't 18:06 work on Saturday, I keep the 18:08 Sabbath, you know, and they 18:10 sent me on Sabbath, 18:11 it was April 22nd I think, 18:13 and they sent me and I said no 18:16 and they commanded, you know, 18:17 and... 18:18 She asks questions and said, 18:20 "Well, nice to meet you." 18:21 And I said, "Yeah, nice to" 18:22 "meet you, too." 18:24 And she left, that lady. 18:27 >> So you come to the end, 18:30 or almost to the end of 18:32 leaving... 18:34 but you're still in jail, 18:35 you're in jail for a while 18:37 there, right? 18:38 >> It was on Saturday they put 18:39 me in jail, Sunday two 18:41 prosecuters came from a bigger 18:43 city and usually on Sunday 18:45 they don't work, 18:46 they're not on duty. 18:48 Then on Sunday they came and I 18:50 was washing the floor in an 18:52 office and a guy was guarding 18:55 me with an AK-47, he said, 18:57 "They're calling you." 18:58 And he told me that 19:01 "They came because this is" 19:03 "serious," he said. 19:05 There were two prosecuters in 19:07 the boss's office and I came 19:11 in, he said, 19:12 "Do you know what you did?" 19:14 I say, "Yes, I didn't" 19:15 "go to work." 19:16 "No," he said-- 19:18 I said "On Sabbath I didn't" 19:19 "go to work." 19:20 He said, "No, actually." 19:21 "You didn't obey the command." 19:23 And, you know, he said, 19:25 "This is serious." 19:26 "Do you know what it is?" 19:28 And I didn't say anything. 19:29 He said, "It's two years" 19:30 "army jail or six years" 19:32 "civilian jail." 19:35 And they were sitting, I was 19:38 standing, they never offered 19:40 me to sit, you know, I was 19:41 standing the whole time when 19:43 they were asking me all the 19:44 questions they filled out all 19:45 the papers, 19:47 all the papers to put me in 19:50 jail and when they left I 19:53 continued to wash the floors 19:56 and I was praying, I was so, 19:58 you know... 20:00 >> So now you're waiting, 20:03 thinking they're going to come 20:04 and pick you up and take you 20:08 to jail either for two years 20:09 or for six years. 20:11 So you're waiting because you 20:12 didn't follow commands. 20:13 >> Yes. 20:15 >> So... 20:16 What happened in this waiting 20:17 period now? 20:19 What happened, did you end up 20:20 going for two years? 20:20 Six years? 20:22 >> No, no, I think it was-- 20:25 I could see that God was 20:27 leading, you know? 20:28 That officer, 20:30 our main officer, 20:31 I didn't tell you that, 20:32 my main one went for 20:34 the holidays. 20:36 His name was Ulmanov. 20:39 and he went for the holidays. 20:40 He didn't take the holidays 20:42 the year before so he had two 20:44 months and he went for two 20:46 month's holiday and the guy 20:47 that was putting me in for 20:51 five days in jail, he hated 20:56 Christians and he was in 20:59 charge that time, 21:01 that older one was away 21:03 and then that guy-- 21:07 because I was praying, 21:09 the church was praying 21:10 and for some reason 21:11 I don't know, I don't have an 21:13 explanation why he came back 21:15 one month earlier, that main-- 21:18 our officer, Ulmanov. 21:20 >> So he didn't stay away for 21:21 two months, 21:22 he came back after one month. 21:23 >> Yeah he came-- 21:24 One month. 21:26 And when he came, they told 21:27 him that-- 21:28 they were supposed to tell 21:29 him what's going on, what the 21:30 whole situation was in the 21:31 base and they told him. 21:32 He called me right away. 21:34 They told him outside. 21:36 He went to the office, 21:38 he was still in the gloves 21:39 because it was cold, you know, 21:41 leather gloves. 21:42 He called me right away. 21:44 They found me, they called me 21:45 and I went to them. 21:48 He said, "What's up?" 21:48 And I told him. 21:49 He was so mad. 21:51 He took the gloves, 21:52 he threw them on the table. 21:55 "Go away! I don't want" 21:56 "to see you!" he said. 21:58 I turned around and I left. 22:00 And a couple days later 22:04 the same guy took my writing, 22:07 you know to send to-- 22:08 He came to me, he said, 22:09 "It's over." 22:10 I said, "What do you mean?" 22:12 He said, "That officer came," 22:13 "he destroyed all the papers." 22:16 "You don't have to go to" 22:17 "jail," he said. 22:18 That guy was really nice, 22:20 you know, he said, "You don't" 22:21 "have to go to jail." 22:22 >> Wow! 22:23 >> It was God's protection, 22:25 I think. 22:27 But there was one time I was 22:28 mad at God 22:29 in the army. 22:31 I was really mad and I will 22:33 tell you that story. 22:35 It was Friday 22:38 and I was so hungry, 22:40 so hungry, you know, and it 22:42 was Friday, but the Siberian 22:44 sunset is like 3:00 and I had 22:47 finished working, it was close 22:48 to the base and I washed 22:51 everything, washed my hands 22:52 and I said, 22:54 "I will go to the kitchen and" 22:56 "ask for bread," and say, 22:57 "God, just give it to me," 23:00 "I'm really hungry." 23:01 I was so hungry, I'll remember 23:03 this all my life. 23:05 And I went to the kitchen 23:08 and there's a lady, she was in 23:10 charge of the bread, butter, 23:14 and sugar, she was in charge. 23:16 And there was a window, 23:17 but the window was closed, 23:19 I knocked on the window, 23:20 she opened it, 23:21 her name was Luda, 23:22 she was skinny with red hair. 23:24 And I said, "Luda," 23:25 "can you give me bread?" 23:27 And she said, "I don't have" 23:29 "even one piece extra." 23:32 "I don't have it." 23:36 And I was like, "God," 23:39 "I didn't ask You for a meal." 23:43 >> Just a piece of bread. 23:45 >> Just a piece of bread, 23:46 yeah. 23:47 And I was so mad, you know. 23:50 I tried to keep the Sabbath 23:53 and... 23:57 I don't eat pork, 24:00 you know? 24:01 I just-- 24:02 a little bit, you know, bread. 24:04 It's funny now, but it was-- 24:06 at that time it was 24:07 not funny... 24:08 >> Of course! No. 24:09 "I just asked You for bread," 24:10 "I didn't ask You for a meal," 24:12 you know, I was so-- 24:13 And she said, "No," 24:14 "I don't have any." 24:15 I turned around and I left 24:17 and I was walking away and all 24:20 of a sudden she opened the 24:21 door and, I don't know, if she 24:23 called my name, if she knew my 24:25 name or not, I don't know, 24:26 because there's 400 people, 24:27 you don't remember them all, 24:28 you know and... 24:30 and then she came to me, she 24:33 gave me two pieces of bread 24:35 and they were not fresh. 24:37 They were from yesterday or 24:38 the day before that, you know? 24:41 And she gave me 24:42 two cubes of sugar... 24:44 >> Oh! 24:45 >> Wow! 24:46 >> And I looked at myself, 24:49 I said, "What did you do" 24:51 "just now? You were so mad" 24:53 "and God was testing you..." 24:58 Maybe, you know? 25:00 "And you got so mad." 25:01 And I was so embarrassed, 25:05 you know, and I didn't know 25:06 what to say. 25:07 And at that time it was... 25:11 I don't know how many... 25:13 maybe a year that I was in 25:14 the army, you know? 25:16 And I felt bad after, 25:19 you know, I was 19 years old 25:21 and I was so embarrassed 25:22 because I didn't trust God. 25:25 And there was a washroom in 25:29 the cafeteria 25:30 and I went to that washroom 25:32 because the bread was a bit 25:34 dry, I had to make it wet and 25:37 the sugar cubes, 25:39 I made them wet and I'm eating 25:40 and the tears ran down 25:43 because I was like, 25:46 God was testing me and I 25:49 wasn't faithful to the end and 25:52 I felt a little bit like-- 25:53 I don't know, it's hard for me 25:55 to explain how I was feeling 25:56 at that time, you know. 25:58 That's why I was-- 26:00 Asked God to forgive me. 26:05 Well, thank you very much, 26:06 Yevgeniy, and your story 26:09 reminds me of the message of 26:15 Acts chapter 5 where Peter 26:19 answers and he says... 26:23 And if we trust in the Lord, 26:26 we're safe. 26:28 >> Absolutely. 26:29 >> He'll take care of us. 26:30 >> Absolutely. 26:31 I saw this in the two years, 26:32 God was with me. 26:33 >> He was. 26:34 He was very much so. 26:36 And God has blessed you with a 26:38 beautiful home, beautiful 26:40 garden, and beautiful wife... 26:43 >> Thank you. 26:44 >> And so... 26:45 >> God is so good. 26:46 >> As we close today, I wonder 26:47 if you could close with a word 26:48 of prayer for us. 26:50 >> Is it OK in my language? 26:51 >> Absolutely! 26:52 Yes, do that. 26:53 >> Thank you so much. 26:55 [Praying in Russian] 27:32 >> Amen, amen. 27:34 Thank you very much and I know 27:36 God understands and maybe one 27:38 day I will understand Russian. 27:40 >> Oh, there will be Russian 27:41 in heaven. 27:42 [all laughing] 27:44 >> I promise you there will be 27:45 Russian in heaven! 27:47 [all laugh] 27:49 >> So friends, we want to 27:51 offer you a book, 27:53 and that is 27:54 The Great Controversy. 27:55 And so if you would like to 27:56 receive that free offer, 27:58 the information is on the 27:59 screen right now. 28:01 ♪♪ 28:12 ♪♪ 28:13 >> Friends, we know that we 28:15 can put our complete trust in 28:16 the Word of God. 28:18 And I just want to remind you 28:19 again of the words of Jesus 28:20 where He says, 28:21 "It is written," 28:22 "man shall not live by" 28:23 "bread alone, but by" 28:24 "every word that proceeds" 28:26 "out of the mouth of God." 28:28 ♪♪ |
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