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00:35 [uplifting music playin] 00:43 >> Welcome to It Is Written 00:44 Canada. 00:45 Thank you for joining us. 00:46 When you meet people who are 00:48 generous, the big question is, 00:50 why? 00:51 Why are they so big-hearted? 00:54 >> Today our special guests are 00:56 Ron and Patti Hetland, humble 00:58 farmers from Saskatchewan who 01:00 say, "The reason we give back to 01:03 God is because He has blessed us 01:06 so much in so many ways." 01:09 >> Ron and Patti simply want to 01:11 glorify their Father in Heaven, 01:13 who teaches us that to live is 01:16 to give, and the more they give, 01:18 the more they experience the 01:20 pure joy of giving. 01:23 >> Here is Ron and Patti 01:24 Hetland's story. 01:28 [peppy music playing] 01:32 [whisk clacking] 01:34 ♪♪ 01:39 [dishes clanking] 01:45 [chatter and laughter] 01:48 [page crackling] 01:52 [tractor whirring] 01:55 [music continues] 01:58 ♪♪ 02:10 [RON] My name is Ron Hetland. 02:12 I was born in a little town not 02:14 far from here, raised on a farm. 02:17 There was-- I'm the tenth of 02:20 eleven siblings, I attended a 02:23 school in the town of Spalding 02:27 after my older siblings needed 02:30 high school, they had attended 02:32 in a little country school not 02:33 far from here, actually just a 02:35 half mile right from where we 02:36 are right now. 02:37 And that was my beginning 02:40 of life. 02:43 >> I'm Patty Hetland, Ron's 02:45 better half. 02:46 I'm the oldest girl in the 02:48 family. 02:49 I have an older brother and then 02:51 a sister and then three little 02:52 brothers. 02:54 And I lived on a farm just north 02:56 of Quill Lake, about six miles. 02:59 My dad was a farmer and did a 03:00 lot of carpentry throughout the 03:02 winter. 03:04 He was a very hard worker. 03:06 My mom milked cows and sold the 03:09 cream, largely what we lived on 03:12 for groceries and such. 03:14 We have three granddaughters and 03:16 then we got four grandsons right 03:18 in a row and grandchildren are 03:20 what make growing older fun. 03:23 [RON] My farm is-- that I grew 03:26 up on is actually very close 03:28 to here. 03:28 If you followed the crow it'd be 03:30 less than two miles to the 03:32 southeast of us. 03:33 My roots are very deep 03:36 in the farm. 03:38 It was always a joy for me to 03:40 ride the tractor and any time 03:42 Dad would allow me, but my 03:44 favourite of all was sitting on 03:46 that combine. 03:48 I would sit there as long as he 03:49 would allow me. 03:51 There is nothing more pleasant 03:53 than the smell of the soil in 03:55 the spring when you open it up 03:56 for the first time. 03:57 It is a smell that my roots are 03:59 deeply into. 04:02 I became acquainted with Patti's 04:04 faith... 04:07 ...probably because my... 04:10 ...my own father was a seeker. 04:16 He was the son of a Lutheran 04:19 minister, my mother was a 04:22 faithful Christian. 04:24 Dad had a lot of very serious 04:27 questions about religion, he 04:29 liked to argue it a little bit. 04:31 He-- one of the things that he 04:34 really couldn't grasp was how a 04:36 loving God could burn somebody 04:38 forever in hell for a few years 04:39 of rebellion. 04:42 And as a result, I think it kept 04:45 him away. 04:47 But within a couple of years of 04:49 his dying, my brother, an older 04:54 brother, Ray, had come home one 04:57 time and showed him where it 04:59 says in Malachi chapter 4, 05:02 verse 1, it says that the 05:06 wicked shall be as stubble, 05:08 that it-- they will-- that it 05:12 will burn them up, it says, 05:13 and... 05:15 [PATTI] Neither root or branch 05:16 will be left. 05:16 [RON] Right, yeah. 05:18 And, you know, Dad was an old 05:19 farmer, he knew exactly what 05:21 happens when you throw that 05:22 match into the stubble. 05:23 It burns up, it's aggressive 05:26 fire, it burns up and when 05:28 there's nothing more to burn, it 05:29 goes out. 05:31 And... 05:33 ...after reading it, Ray said 05:35 that Dad just simply 05:36 acknowledged and said, "Uh-huh." 05:39 Some weeks later, Ray came back 05:40 and Dad said to Ray, "I believe 05:43 that Jesus has forgiven me for 05:44 my sins." 05:46 And you know it was because that 05:47 one little gem of truth told my 05:50 father that God wasn't Hitler, 05:53 He wasn't Stalin, He wasn't some 05:55 ugly tyrant who was gonna 05:57 punish somebody forever for a 05:59 little bit-- for a few years of 06:00 rebellion. 06:01 And it settled it in his mind, 06:04 he-- it was a conversion 06:06 experience for my father and he 06:07 changed at that point in time. 06:10 One significant memory that I 06:13 have is as a little 06:15 five-year-old standing in front 06:16 of our farmhouse and thinking, 06:20 "I should be a Christian. 06:21 I should become a Christian." 06:23 And making a conscious decision 06:25 as that little five-year-old 06:26 saying, "No, I'd miss out on too 06:28 much fun." 06:30 And later on, I would have been 06:35 about eight years old, and I was 06:38 playing in my garden, in the 06:40 garden with my little farm toys 06:41 as was common, and I saw a line 06:44 of cars on a road just the west 06:47 of our land, an old dirt road 06:48 that was almost never used, a 06:51 whole bunch of cars. 06:52 And so I ran into the house and 06:54 said to Mom, "Mom, what would 06:56 that be all about?" 06:57 And for some reason she said, "I 07:00 think it might be the Adventists 07:01 going down to Lake Edward for a 07:02 baptism." 07:04 [PATTI] That's the lake I was 07:05 baptized at when I was about 12. 07:08 [RON] Now, of course, as a 07:09 teenager, like many teenagers 07:11 do, I got through some silly 07:14 years and things weren't going 07:16 very well for me at home in my 07:19 grade 12. 07:20 And so my-- another brother, 07:22 Ray, who had become an Adventist 07:23 and was studying theology at 07:25 Lacombe, invited me to go there 07:29 to finish off my grade 12 and 07:30 Dad heartily agreed. 07:32 [chuckles] 07:33 And so I went there. 07:35 The experience there wasn't 07:36 very good. 07:38 It was a tough time. 07:39 And-- but then, you know, later 07:42 on, as Patti described earlier, 07:44 we were-- I was baptized and it 07:48 was a solid baptism and I 07:49 believed. 07:50 But you know, in 1979 we'd 07:53 bought a quarter of land, I was 07:54 sitting at church, I had been an 07:56 Adventist for this time for five 07:57 years, I was sitting there very 07:58 bored, and it wasn't because the 08:01 pastor had a bad sermon, it was 08:02 because I wasn't invested in it. 08:04 And so I got up, we'd just 08:07 bought this land, I got up, went 08:09 in the truck, drove out, looked 08:10 at this land 'til I knew church 08:12 was over, went back and picked 08:15 Patti up and our three little 08:16 ones at that point, and I 08:18 realized that right then and 08:19 there that if I didn't make my 08:21 relationship with God my own, I 08:22 would walk away. 08:24 I wasn't a good reader, I hadn't 08:25 been a Bible student, but my 08:28 brother had given me a Living 08:31 Bible which is a paraphrase for 08:33 my baptism. 08:34 I read it cover to cover. 08:36 And it's, you know, things 08:37 started to make sense for me. 08:39 It was an easier read, it's what 08:40 I needed. 08:41 And it grounded me and I've been 08:43 a Bible student ever since. 08:44 It's changed-- by investing in 08:47 it, it has changed my life, by 08:48 investing in the scriptures. 08:50 [gentle piano music playing] 08:52 [RON] When did I meet Patti? 08:55 When I was about 14 years old, I 08:58 went to church with Mark. 09:02 And we walked into the foyer and 09:04 standing on the top of these 09:05 stairs that leads into the 09:06 sanctuary was this cute little 09:08 girl, she was probably 11 or 12. 09:11 And I made a very real mental 09:13 note saying, "Hm, she's a cute 09:15 little girl." 09:17 Little did I know that I was 09:18 looking at my wife-to-be. 09:22 >> You lucky guy. [chuckles] 09:26 I met Ron actually on a pathway 09:30 at Marine Lake where we had-- my 09:33 parents and my family had a 09:36 cabin and we went out a couple 09:39 times. 09:41 But then by grade 12, we started 09:44 pretty much going steady. 09:46 And... 09:48 ...I was only 19 and Ronnie was 09:50 21 when we got married. 09:57 Yeah, my dad was raised in an 09:58 Adventist home. 10:00 His maternal grandfather had 10:02 immigrated from England in 1905 10:05 and on the way over, he ran into 10:08 a storm at sea for about three 10:11 weeks. 10:12 And he had made a promise to God 10:14 during that time that if He 10:15 saved his life, he would do 10:16 something for Him some day. 10:18 Well, he got to Canada and 10:20 forgot about his promise for 10:22 about 20 years until a 10:24 colporteur came by and sold him 10:26 the book, The Great Controversy. 10:28 So Grandpa read this book and 10:30 started sharing what he'd 10:32 learned with his neighbours, 10:34 looked into the, you know, 10:35 learned the Adventist faith and 10:39 started a church. 10:41 My dad was very active in the 10:42 church when I was a young girl. 10:45 Oh, and I wanted to show you 10:47 this Bible. 10:48 My dad gave me-- I hadn't seen 10:51 anything, heard anything about 10:53 this Bible until... 10:55 ...oh, probably... 10:57 ...20 years ago when he gave it 10:59 to me for Christmas. 11:01 So it was quite a keepsake 11:03 because my great grandpa, the 11:05 one that had immigrated, had 11:06 received this Bible from his mom 11:09 in 1870 so it's quite an 11:11 heirloom for me to have. 11:17 When I was eight years old, my 11:19 grandfather, Dad's dad, was 11:23 mixing feed for his turkeys and 11:25 he got-- he went to step up onto 11:28 the power take-off on the 11:29 tractor to look and see how the, 11:33 you know, how full the trailer 11:36 was with the feed and he got his 11:38 foot caught in the power 11:39 take-off which resulted in three 11:42 amputations because he had a 11:44 heart condition and poor 11:46 circulation and gangrene set in. 11:49 And so he'd lost his foot 11:50 initially, just above the ankle 11:52 and ended up losing it right up 11:54 to the top of his thigh almost. 11:57 So my dad bought his land and 12:01 that led to other-- that really 12:05 changed our lives. 12:08 Due to broken promises and 12:10 gossip and jealousy and then the 12:12 increased debt load that my dad 12:14 incurred, he started to drink. 12:18 And so our home that had once 12:19 been so happy, was very 12:21 different than it had been. 12:24 But I had the privilege in 2012, 12:29 2013, of seeing my dad come back 12:32 to the Lord. 12:34 He was diagnosed with cancer on 12:38 his abdomen in May of 2012 and 12:42 he had that tumor removed. 12:44 And then by November of that 12:47 year, he was told that he had 12:50 cancer on his lungs. 12:53 Then on December 18th, my 12:57 youngest brother's 12:58 daughter-in-law was working at 13:00 the emergency hospital in 13:02 Saskatoon where Dad was and she 13:07 came into Dad's room that 13:08 morning and found him sobbing 13:11 because the doctor had just come 13:13 in and told him that the 13:14 treatment for the cancer on his 13:16 lungs was now on hold because 13:18 they had discovered cancer in 13:20 his blood and his bones. 13:23 So... 13:27 It was, I mean, it was just 13:30 horrific news for us to hear. 13:33 But during that time, I saw... 13:36 ...I saw a change in my dad. 13:40 When I was in Quill Lake with 13:42 Mom helping Dad with his care, 13:44 he would say to me in the 13:45 morning, "Well, we'll watch the 13:47 news and we'll listen to the 13:50 weather and then we'll have 13:51 worship and you can get me ready 13:53 for the day." 13:54 And then at night, it was the 13:55 same kind of scenario, "We'll, 13:57 you know, listen to the news and 13:59 the weather and have worship and 14:01 then you can get me ready 14:03 for bed." 14:04 And I hadn't heard my dad 14:05 initiate worship since I was 14:07 eight years old so it was really 14:09 quite thrilling. 14:13 One day Dad said to me, 14:16 "Patti come here, I need to 14:17 talk to you." 14:19 And he said, "Do you think that 14:21 God will forgive me for all the 14:24 mean things I've done, all the 14:25 people I've hurt?" 14:27 And so I said, "Well, have you, 14:29 you know, have you told them 14:30 that you're sorry? 14:31 Have you asked their 14:32 forgiveness?" 14:33 And he said, "Well, of course 14:34 I have." 14:35 And so I said, "Well, then, you 14:37 know, the Bible tells us if we 14:38 confess our sins, He's faithful 14:40 and just to forgive us our sins 14:42 and to cleanse from all 14:43 unrighteousness." 14:45 And then just a couple days 14:47 later, he said, "Do you really 14:50 think God has forgiven me for my 14:51 sins?" and I said to him, "Dad, 14:54 you've confessed. 14:57 You have to believe that even 14:59 though you don't feel that 15:02 forgiveness, you have to accept 15:04 it by faith because that's what 15:05 He's promised in His word." 15:07 And then he seemed to have 15:09 peace. 15:12 My dad died on February 18th, my 15:17 mom's birthday, two months to 15:18 the day since he got the 15:21 diagnosis of the bone and blood 15:22 cancer. 15:24 He died in my brother's arms and 15:25 because it had been my mom's 15:28 birthday, many family were there 15:30 to be with him in his last 15:32 moments, so... 15:33 >> It was interesting to see the 15:36 change that occurred in him. 15:39 And I saw the same thing in my 15:40 own father, you know, within the 15:42 last literally months of 15:44 his life. 15:46 It says in the Bible that God 15:49 will wipe away every tear from 15:50 their eyes and this is in 15:51 heaven, this isn't, you know, 15:53 down here on this earth. 15:55 And so there will be some tears 15:57 shed in heaven because when we 15:58 get there, we will see some of 16:00 the mistakes that we made and 16:01 the effect that it had on others 16:03 perhaps. 16:04 But you know the Bible is-- all 16:06 will be settled in heaven. 16:09 God will wipe away the tears. 16:11 Those tears that are there will 16:12 not remain through our existence 16:14 in heaven, they will be-- we 16:16 will be free. 16:17 God has literally settled 16:20 everything at that point. 16:21 We will have perfect peace. 16:26 My brother, Ray, and his wife, 16:28 Jane, and Patti and I have been 16:30 doing some work in the 16:31 Philippines since about 2013. 16:34 I was there-- we were there for 16:35 a period of time, 16:37 back in 2017 again to develop 16:40 some more work that was going in 16:42 an area that we have 16:43 an interest in. 16:44 And in 2019, I was there again 16:47 myself, met with the Director of 16:49 Education for the area, 16:52 who had some very interesting 16:54 perspective on things. 16:56 He said that the United Nations 17:00 has stated that the... 17:05 ...education is a right, 17:06 it's not a privilege. 17:08 And he said there are 2,600 17:09 children in this area that have 17:11 no access to education of 17:14 any sort. 17:16 So this area is predominantly 17:19 made up of indigenous people, 17:21 it's the Lumads, they're-- 17:25 the areas that we are into is a 17:28 mountainous area, the villages 17:30 that we are working in have no 17:32 road access. 17:34 And so everything is gone in, 17:36 you go in by foot sometimes, 17:38 it's a two-and-a-half-hour walk 17:39 or two-hour walk at least to get 17:41 into these places. 17:43 So we have been sponsoring 17:46 schools and we have five 17:49 villages now that there are 17:50 schools involved in. 17:52 We... 17:53 ...provide stipends for the 17:56 teachers, the missionaries, 17:58 we provide materials and 18:00 occasionally some facilities 18:02 as well. 18:04 We also provide a stipend for an 18:07 agricultural specialist who has 18:09 gone into these villages and he 18:11 teaches gardening to the 18:12 children and the parents are 18:14 involved. 18:15 He actually works with the... 18:18 ...the adults, the men, to some 18:20 extent to teach them farming 18:21 practices. 18:23 It's an important work, but it's 18:25 a very rewarding work as well. 18:28 We've found it's just necessary, 18:30 it just needs to be done. 18:34 There's a group here that has 18:35 been working with the Canadian 18:37 Foodgrains Bank for a number of 18:38 years. 18:40 The Canadian Foodgrains Bank was 18:42 established in 1983 when prior 18:45 to that, a group of Mennonite 18:48 farmers who, at the time, were 18:50 unable to sell their grain 18:51 because of the quota systems 18:53 while people in Bangladesh and 18:55 other countries in the world 18:56 were literally starving, said, 18:58 "This isn't right." 18:59 And so they would literally 19:00 bagged up grain and sent it 19:02 over, with the, you know, 19:05 support of the Canadian 19:06 government. 19:07 From that it developed into an 19:10 organization because other 19:12 people from other denominations 19:14 said, "This is a good thing, we 19:15 wanna be involved." 19:16 And so presently there are 19:17 actually 15 non-governmental 19:19 organizations, church sponsored, 19:23 that are involved in this who, 19:27 through the money that is 19:28 supplied to them, draw out of 19:29 this bank and at various 19:31 projects that are-- that they 19:33 have, that they're funding and 19:35 providing throughout the world. 19:36 Mostly emergency aid, but some 19:38 development as well. 19:39 The Canadian government is 19:40 volving-- is involved in this to 19:42 the tune of about $30 million a 19:44 year to-- of matching funds that 19:46 comes from the various projects 19:48 that goes into the Canadian 19:49 Foodgrains Bank. 19:51 In 1998, there was two men, two 19:54 of my neighbours that said, "We 19:56 should look into getting a 19:58 project going here," and so they 20:00 did something with it. 20:01 They called a little meeting of 20:02 anybody that might be interested 20:04 in getting involved. 20:05 And so as a result, six of us 20:08 formed a committee. 20:10 And in 1998, we rented 40 acres 20:14 of land out of which $3,000 was 20:17 the net proceeds. 20:18 It wasn't a lot, but it was the 20:20 starting seed. 20:21 Ninety-nine, we rented 66 acres. 20:25 In 2000, 20:26 it was 80 acres. 20:28 In 2002, it took in the whole 20:32 piece of land which was 146 20:34 acres. 20:35 It has raised in excess of 20:37 $900,000 in the 20:40 25 years and 25 crops that had 20:43 been growing. 20:44 Last year alone we sent in 20:45 $90,000 to the Canadian 20:48 Foodgrains Bank and that money 20:50 alone multiplied by four, you 20:53 know, which is matching federal 20:55 money, you know, takes it into 20:57 the millions. 20:58 The Canadian Foodgrains Bank's 21:01 slogan is "A Christian Response 21:03 to Hunger." 21:05 And so, you know, when you think 21:06 about it, the three and a half 21:07 years that Jesus was in His 21:09 public ministry, a lot of the 21:11 work that He was doing was 21:13 simply helping others, He was 21:15 healing, He was feeding the 21:18 needy and... 21:20 And so I believe this is a 21:22 carry-- a continuation of the 21:24 work that Jesus started. 21:25 He not only fed them, but He 21:26 said, He bade them, "Follow Me." 21:29 And so through this work, we are 21:31 providing a necessary assistance 21:34 to people who are in great need 21:37 and it's because it's a 21:39 Christian response to hunger, 21:41 because Jesus is saying, "Now 21:42 follow Me." 21:45 Our committee with the 21:47 Foodgrains Bank, the local 21:48 project committee is Spalding 21:50 Growers, Spalding Naicam Growers 21:52 Project, is consisting right 21:55 now of 13 members, mostly young, 21:59 intelligent, innovative, 22:02 committed people, young farmers. 22:05 And these are people who are 22:08 doing it because it's right. 22:11 There's nothing in it for 22:12 themselves, they're not gaining 22:14 any praise or any financial 22:16 advantage whatsoever. 22:17 It's just a group of people who 22:18 have decided that this is 22:19 something that is of value. 22:22 And it is of value. 22:23 And they're-- 22:25 I just really appreciate working 22:27 with this group. 22:31 >> Ron and Patti, clearly your 22:32 faith is very important to you 22:35 and just motivates you and I can 22:36 see that it gets you out of bed 22:37 every morning. 22:38 Tell us about your devotional 22:39 life and what that looks like. 22:42 >> Well, this fall I picked up a 22:44 journalling book at the ABC. 22:46 So I'm reading through my Bible 22:48 again and every day there's 22:50 sections that you read in the 22:52 Old and New Testament. 22:54 And I've always enjoyed 22:55 journalling and it-- so I make 22:57 notes on what has struck me from 23:00 the scripture and then there's 23:01 room to, you know, put your own 23:03 thoughts in there so I'm 23:05 enjoying that. 23:06 We study our Sabbath School 23:09 lesson together and have our own 23:13 individual time in the Bible. 23:15 >> Patti, I also enjoy 23:16 journalling, so... 23:17 [Patti laughs] 23:18 ...we're one of a kind. 23:21 >> Well, I'm a bit attention 23:22 deficit and the journalling 23:24 helps me keep my focus. 23:25 [laughter] 23:28 >> Well, I discovered many years 23:29 ago is that the time to devote 23:33 to the scriptures, to prayer, is 23:36 first thing in the morning, I'm 23:37 talking early. 23:38 And so, you know, that time has 23:40 for years been just the 23:42 foundation of my day, the 23:43 foundation of my life and 23:45 maintain it, so... 23:47 >> Yeah, if you don't get up in 23:48 the morning early, there's 23:49 always distractions that keep 23:51 you from that special time. 23:55 We get cut short if we wait too 23:57 late in the day to start. 24:00 [RENÉ] Ron and Patti, do you 24:01 have a favourite Bible verse 24:03 that you can share with us? 24:07 >> Well, I have several, but I 24:10 think the one that stands out in 24:11 my mind at the moment is 1 John 24:13 4:8 that says... 24:17 One of the shortest verses in 24:18 the Bible, but it's a summation 24:19 of His care for us. 24:23 >> I guess with so much thinking 24:25 about the past, the verse that 24:28 comes to my mind initially is 24:31 what I learned when I was young 24:34 that says... 24:42 But... 24:44 ...my kinda go-to verse as an 24:46 adult has been from Psalms 46, 24:50 verse 1 that says... 24:57 And then verse 10 of that 24:59 chapter that says... 25:08 >> Ron, as we close our time 25:09 together, I wonder if you could 25:10 pray for our viewers. 25:12 Maybe there's someone who is 25:14 feeling maybe a bit down right 25:16 now or would like to know for 25:19 certain that God is working in 25:22 their lives today, that they 25:23 need to see His power. 25:25 Do you think you could pray for 25:27 such a person right now? 25:28 >> Mm-hm. 25:29 Yeah, let's pray. 25:30 Dear Father... 25:32 ...thank You that You are a God 25:35 of mercy, of care and love. 25:37 And I wanna pray for each 25:39 individual who is watching this 25:41 telecast at this moment. 25:44 I know there are precious souls, 25:46 Lord, who are longing for a 25:47 revelation of Your character, of 25:49 Your love, of Your mercy. 25:51 So may your hand be upon them 25:52 right now and may the Holy 25:53 Spirit touch their lives. 25:55 May they lay their head on 25:57 Jesus' gentle breast, that they 25:59 may sense Your presence and Your 26:01 power and Your love, oh God, and 26:03 keep them ever in Your care, 26:05 make them know that the God of 26:08 the universe is by their side, 26:09 that the Creator of all that 26:11 there is has their very lives in 26:13 their hands. 26:14 This is our prayer. 26:15 And thank You for the privilege 26:16 we have of coming before You, 26:17 oh God. 26:18 In Jesus' name, amen. 26:20 [ALL] Amen. 26:22 >> Ron and Patti, thank you so 26:24 much for inviting us to your 26:25 beautiful farm. 26:27 >> Well, thank you for the 26:28 honour of doing this and I just 26:30 pray that this video, this 26:33 presentation will be an 26:34 encouragement to those that 26:36 listen to it. 26:37 Thank you for your ministry. 26:39 >> It's been wonderful, the way 26:41 God has led us providentially 26:42 through this whole experience so 26:44 we thank you very much for 26:45 being here. 26:46 [PATTI] Yeah. 26:48 >> Friends, as Ron confessed, he 26:51 wasn't really interested in 26:52 going to church until he studied 26:54 the Bible for himself. 26:56 >> So we want to help you 26:57 understand the Bible better and 26:59 become wise in your walk 27:01 with God. 27:02 Our free offer is our Bible 27:05 Study Guides. 27:06 >> Our free Bible study guides 27:08 will help you to learn what the 27:09 Bible teaches and how the Bible 27:12 has verifiable answers to life's 27:14 existential questions, including 27:17 God's will for your life. 27:19 [RENÉ] Practical answers that 27:20 makes sense and will give you 27:22 assurance for the present and 27:25 the future. 27:27 [MIKE] You, too, can experience 27:28 the fullness of life that is 27:30 found in the words of Jesus when 27:32 He said, "It is written, 'Man 27:34 shall not live by bread alone, 27:36 but by every word that proceeds 27:39 out of the mouth of God.'" 27:40 ♪♪ 27:43 >> And I've had a really neat 27:44 opportunity open up for me this 27:46 winter. 27:48 A student that I helped years 27:50 ago at school in resource, he 27:54 messaged me one day and said, 27:56 "Mrs. Hetland, could you help my 27:57 step-son like you've helped me 27:59 in the past?" 28:00 So I said, "Oh, man," and then 28:02 he wanted me to help him with 28:03 math which is not my strong 28:04 point. 28:05 So anyway, I've been teaching 28:07 this young boy in grade 6 and 28:09 it's just been such a blessing. 28:11 Like last Monday we had such a 28:13 good session and I saw such 28:15 progress. 28:16 And Ronnie came in the house for 28:17 supper and I was just pumped, it 28:19 just felt so good to see that I 28:21 was actually... 28:22 >> Happy wife, happy life. 28:24 >> ...making a 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