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Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000996
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01:01 I have with me Wayne Atwood from Quebec,
01:04 Canada. What is the religiosity element there 01:10 in Quebec as far as Adventism is concerned? 01:14 Well, that's a very good question and 01:16 what's interesting about Quebec is that 01:18 there are very few Adventists and especially 01:21 in our ministry, our target is to reach the 01:23 French Canadian Adventists which there are 01:25 even less of them only about 500 French 01:28 Canadian Adventists that live in the entire 01:30 province of Quebec and yet there are 01:32 6 million French Canadians that 01:34 live there that are Non-Adventist. 01:37 So 500 Adventist to 6 million French Canadians. 01:43 Yes, that's less than 1 out of every 10,000 01:46 and here in the United States it's about 01:48 1 in 300, so it's a huge, huge difference. 01:52 So that would be less than 5 percent of the 01:55 Adventist that we have here in North America. 01:58 Yes. So this is like the 10/40 window 02:00 but it's far above the 10/40 window. 02:02 Absolutely that's correct. 02:03 And so what are we, I know you have 02:06 formed a ministry there to help the situation. 02:09 Tell us a little bit about better living. 02:11 I'd be happy too. Yes, we've formed a 02:13 ministry that's called Better Living in 02:15 English it's mieux vivre in French and this 02:18 ministry is a media ministry. We produce 02:20 radio programs and we're just starting to 02:22 produce television programs as well and all 02:25 of our programs are designed to target 02:28 secularized people because really that's the 02:30 culture, you know, there's been, 02:32 they have been Catholic in the past, 02:33 but now they really are not practicing and 02:35 it's a very secular culture and so we're 02:37 using the right arm of the message, 02:39 the health message in order to try to reach 02:42 these people and to produce content that 02:44 will reach out to them in their own 02:46 culture and their own language. 02:48 This is audio content as well 02:50 as video and television content. 02:52 That's correct, and in fact, 02:53 we've made a little video so that some of 02:56 the other members of the team would be 02:57 able to share with you, some of the projects 03:00 that we're working on so we'll share 03:01 that with you at this time. 03:07 Better Living is all about using media to 03:10 reach the French speaking people 03:11 for Christ. Here in Quebec, 03:13 Canada and around the world. 03:16 Quebec actually has a strong religious 03:18 heritage, but many Quebecers have been 03:21 very disappointed with the control imposed 03:23 by religion in the past. Now people will 03:26 listen anything that has to do with tradition. 03:29 As a result our society has become very 03:32 secular. In fact, less than 1 out of 10,000 03:36 French Canadians is a Seventh-Day Adventist. 03:39 After realizing how few Adventists were here 03:42 in Quebec, I started asking myself the 03:44 question. What can we do to reach this 03:47 very secular people group for Christ? 03:50 We realized the health is a topic of great 03:52 interest among many Quebecers. 03:54 Health is also a key that opens doors that 03:57 would otherwise be close to the Gospel. 04:00 And using media such as; radio, 04:02 television and the Internet allows us to 04:04 enter in peoples homes in non-threatening ways. 04:08 So a combination of health and media 04:10 seem to be the right approach to reach 04:12 this particular group of people. By helping 04:15 people find well being for their bodies, 04:17 we also want them to find 04:18 well being for their souls. 04:21 Our mission is actually two fold; 04:24 first we want to produce content that 04:26 will draw secular people to Christ. 04:28 And secondly, we want to develop materials 04:31 that will enhance Church members spiritual 04:33 growth and tools that they can use to witness. 04:37 So far we've been producing a weekly 04:39 radio show on health, personal growth 04:42 and spirituality. This show airs on the 04:45 local FM radio station. [Foreign Language] 04:53 But our biggest project right now is the 04:54 production of a series of programs on 04:56 the Eight Laws of Health, also known as 04:59 the New Start Program, nothing like this 05:01 has ever been done in French before. 05:04 This production will be available as a DVD set 05:07 that church members can share with their 05:08 neighbors, their friends, and their families. 05:12 This ministry is quite an undertaking. 05:14 Our team is small and our studio space 05:16 is limited. In fact, we're using a garage 05:19 that's been transformed into a production 05:21 facility. We opted for a virtual set 05:24 because of the flexibility it gives us. 05:27 But you could also say that we're all a 05:29 bit green in this field. But with the advice 05:33 and guidance of helpful professionals and a 05:35 passion to reach the 520 million French 05:40 speaking people world wide we're 05:42 moving forward by faith. 05:44 When you work in media you don't 05:45 always see the impact of your work. 05:48 But what's been a real encouragement 05:49 to me is that regularly we receive e-mails 05:52 from listeners requesting a book or 05:54 prayers and that's when I know that 05:56 people are listening and their hearts are 05:57 touched. To me, working for Better Living is 06:00 not like working for any other business. 06:03 Here I can use my skills to win souls for Christ, 06:06 and that gives me a purpose in life. 06:08 And winning souls for Christ is what Better 06:11 Living Ministry is all about. I invite you to 06:14 visit our website at betterlivingministry.com 06:17 to see what we're doing to share 06:19 Christ in our market place. 06:30 If you want to reach the French people in 06:33 Quebec what would you recommend for 06:36 these people who I know also have 06:37 a desire to reach the French? 06:39 Well, you know something that's really 06:41 amazing is that there is lot of French 06:42 speaking people that have left the 06:44 province of Quebec over the years. 06:46 It seems like it was a place where not 06:48 much was happening for a long time 06:50 and so I think one thing the people can 06:52 really do to help us is to help us find 06:55 those people that are out there, 06:56 to help us to produce radio programming, 06:59 television programming and I believe 07:01 that if as we network together that we 07:04 can really find those people in order to go 07:06 out and reach the French speaking people 07:09 and of course our first target is Quebec but 07:12 like I said, there's five hundred twenty 07:13 million French speaking people around the 07:15 world and so we want to use these 07:17 products as well to able to reach them. 07:19 So if you know someone who speaks French, 07:22 who can help out in health and education or 07:25 evangelistic program, you'd be interest 07:27 in bringing them to Quebec? 07:29 Absolutely, and we would like to invite 07:30 you to come and see our booth as well 07:33 where the end of the 700 isle come and see 07:36 us and we will tell you more about how 07:38 you can help us. Thank you so 07:39 much and may God bless you. 07:40 And thank you for what you are doing for Quebec, 07:43 they're winning through better living. 07:49 I've with me Cameron Bierle. 07:51 Cameron Bierle is also reaching an area of 07:56 the secular part of the world but it's 07:58 actually here in the United States through 08:01 KACS Radio. Tell us what part 08:04 of the US are you in Cameron? 08:05 Well, we broadcast right on the Interstate-5 08:08 Corridor between metropolitan areas of 08:10 Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon, 08:13 and the tip of South Puget Sound. 08:16 And your station now has a listening 08:19 area of about how many? 08:21 Our population coverage right now numbers 08:23 into the 4000 range or a little more and 08:26 growing constantly. It's one of the fastest 08:28 growing population areas on South 08:29 Puget Sound of all the United States. 08:31 And you have some desires to grow it even further. 08:35 We're so excited about that, yes, 08:36 we just had approval by the FCC of a 08:39 new tower site and of a brand new 08:42 license for our network and phase one 08:44 of that, the first new license should be done 08:47 possibly this fall with all the transmitter 08:49 being donated and the equipment we just 08:51 got to get that antenna built and erected 08:53 and then the other phase we're going to 08:55 move to a new tower site for the parent 08:57 station that will extend our coverage into 09:00 the edge of Seattle and give us a total 09:02 population coverage of almost two million people. 09:05 Two million from Seattle to Portland, 09:07 now you're telling me about a survey that 09:09 was done about the religiosity 09:11 element there in Washington. 09:13 Three university professors conducted a 09:15 research project over several years 09:17 and they ended up titling that research 09:20 project the "Non- Zone" because they 09:22 discovered the population around South 09:25 Puget Sound where we broadcast in a 09:26 mission field to have the highest percentage 09:29 of population in anywhere in the United 09:31 States of people who say they 09:33 have no religion at all. 09:35 And as a result they are open to almost 09:37 anything spiritual. Many of these people 09:40 don't have anti-spiritual, they're just open 09:42 to everything and so we really want to make 09:44 sure that we have the true spiritual 09:46 element available for them to right option. 09:49 That's absolutely right. In fact, we 09:50 Adventists were mentioned in that 09:51 research project as one of the fastest 09:54 growing Christian denomination in that same 09:56 area and the statistic works out too for 09:59 every one of us Adventists, in South West 10:02 Washington there's over 1600 people 10:06 who've never even yet heard a 10:07 presentation of the gospel. 10:09 The gospel anywhere, well, 10:10 you have a little video. 10:12 Yes, we do. Yes, we guess about 10:13 KACS, let's show that this time. 10:17 Well, thank you so much for your call Daisy. 10:18 Let's pray for your husband Shawn today 10:21 too with you. Father, we thank you for 10:23 this call that we can be here and be a 10:25 source of encouragement for her in husband's 10:27 absence. We thank you for your providence 10:29 and care of over Shawn, as he serves you 10:31 as a Chaplin there for starting that study 10:33 group to share with more of the men 10:35 and women in service. The hope there is 10:37 in Christ the providence and protection 10:39 there is in the certainty of eternal life 10:42 beyond the pale of this Earth and Lord we 10:44 thank you for even using those moments 10:46 of horrible destruction and tragedy to 10:48 turn hearts toward you and be there 10:50 in the midst of all that he's going through. 10:53 Hi, my name is Kerry O'Connor, 10:55 chairman of KACS Radio, 90.5 FM. 10:59 In this video I would like to show you 11:00 something about the radio station where 11:02 it's been in the past, how it's touched 11:04 lives in the past and with our planned 11:06 expansions where it can go in the future? 11:10 I think the key to KACS' success is 11:14 finding that niche that nobody else was 11:16 able to fill in that area, and creating an 11:20 environment where our listeners tune in. 11:22 They recognize that difference and find 11:25 a place where they can feel like they're 11:26 at home, sharing time with friends and 11:29 family, and feel like they're part of 11:31 something much bigger than just themselves. 11:33 I've gotten calls from truck drivers on 11:37 the road, they're passing through and they 11:40 know the area and so they know when to 11:42 tune in and how far their signal reaches 11:45 and they're just blessed by the music and 11:49 the information that we share and give. 11:53 Here at KACS, we've found by market 11:56 research and even university level studies 12:00 that were done that this portion of the 12:03 country right here in South West Washington 12:05 has the highest population in America of 12:09 people who say they've never even 12:11 been exposed to Christianity, 12:14 let alone come to know Jesus. 12:15 We get some of the stories of the people 12:17 that had changed lives because of the 12:19 ministry of the music or teaching on the 12:21 station. People that have of threaten to 12:24 commit suicide but they just at the right 12:26 time heard the right song that stay their 12:28 hand and now they've either they're still 12:32 living and thriving in their lives but also 12:34 marriages restored and depression overcome 12:38 and those types of things that really keep 12:40 us going as a ministry and then keep us 12:42 encourage that this is a real 12:44 worth while venture case. 12:47 KACS has been very affective in the 12:48 mentoring program, getting mentors doing 12:51 one-to-one with our kids, and once they're 12:53 mentored on a one- to-one basis they as 12:56 soon as it rate drops dramatically. 12:58 I don't know exactly what the stats are 13:00 on that but it's somewhere in the 13:01 neighborhood between 70 and 80 percent 13:03 of those kids never come back because 13:06 they've received that kind of one-to-one 13:08 encouragement through a mentor. We first 13:11 heard about the program here at KACS. 13:16 As the station has reached into the 13:17 community over the years, we have had people 13:20 who live on the edge of that signal, 13:22 talk to us about how much more they 13:24 like to have that beyond just to drive 13:26 home but in their own homes. Not long 13:28 ago we were able to complete a power 13:30 increase that increased signal into the capital 13:32 city. We had an opportunity to apply for 13:35 other license as the government opened 13:37 that window for new signals. 13:40 And now we've been putting the applications 13:43 through the FCC and we've made that first 13:45 hurtle, the FCC has given its approval to build 13:47 a whole new station to repeat the KACS 13:50 signal to at the Willapa Harbor 13:52 area, Pacific County so. 13:53 It surprises people to find out that the 13:55 missions statement for radio KACS is very, 13:58 very simple and it comes down to just a few 14:00 words to clearly broadcast Jesus 14:03 Christ as the way of salvation. 14:09 The TV audience by definition often is 14:11 the vegetative mind. Radio is the more 14:14 active individual who's on the move and 14:17 more inquiring and it's very inexpensive as 14:21 a result, of course, no offense to those 14:23 of you watching right now because I know 14:26 you are inquiring otherwise you'd be on 14:27 another channel but nonetheless tell us 14:31 have you been able to reach professionals? 14:33 Absolutely, around the South Puget Sound 14:35 on the Shelton side of the Sound. There was 14:38 a man who began listening in and just 14:40 stumbled across the station one day, 14:41 he ran a law office in Shelton which is 14:44 just across the water from Seattle, 14:46 and overtime through the messages and 14:48 music he heard, gave his heart to Christ and 14:50 I was privileged to attained by his invitation 14:53 his baptism at a local church and it all 14:56 was a result of the station's ministry. 14:58 And there was many other I know that you're 14:59 reaching, please come by and talk to 15:02 Cameron afterwards there are 15:04 wonderful stories of how practical Christianity 15:06 is being spread through the airwaves in 15:08 Washington and we appreciate what 15:10 you're doing there in the Seattle area. 15:14 Next we have Jeff Reich and Mike McCaffrey 15:17 with us. Jeff Reich also has a media ministry 15:23 and his media ministry extends pretty much 15:27 in multiple places throughout the world. 15:29 Give us a little bit of an overview of 15:31 the layman's ministry foundation. 15:32 It's been really exciting hearing all the 15:34 different media moments just at the last 15:36 couple minutes and different members and 15:38 what they're doing. In 1996, we were 15:40 convicted about starting television ministry 15:43 up in the back woods of North Idaho, 15:45 and we built a television studio back there 15:47 and at that time we started teaming up 15:49 with 3ABN, and we started programming in 15:51 early 1997 with 3ABN and at that time we 15:56 never imagined what would happen but 15:57 today we're on 13 different international 16:00 networks and we like for instance in India. 16:03 We pioneered television ministry work in 16:05 India and we're on JAYA television which the 16:08 only Christian program on totally Hindu 16:11 network. It's a worldwide Hindu network 16:13 there and we are doing cross-cultural 16:15 ministry on television, but as the ministry 16:19 kept growing we needed to have people that 16:22 would help us in the studio and two years 16:25 ago we had kind of a major set back we're 16:27 in five different languages doing all this 16:29 production and our studio manager left, 16:32 and that was in September, two years 16:34 ago and so we were like praying and trying 16:36 to decide you know what is the Lord going 16:38 to do and so we decided that we would try 16:40 to contact some of the universities, 16:41 try to tap into some young people's resources 16:44 you know with the talent that we have in 16:46 doing media production so we were in contact 16:48 with AUP and PUC and Southern college, 16:52 all the way to Avondale even to Romania 16:54 looking for young people and the story was 16:57 the same over and over. These people, well, 16:59 these young people called me up and we'd 17:00 be on chat or something, and it's oh, Jeff, 17:02 I'm really excited about coming and working 17:04 at your ministry. Now where is this studio 17:06 located? And I would say, you know, 17:08 it's in the wilderness, backwards of North 17:11 Idaho and they would say oh, really well, 17:13 how big is the youth group there? 17:15 And I would bloat, and then they would say 17:19 well, where is this studio out again. 17:22 I'd explain we're way out in the wilderness 17:24 in the woods of North Idaho, and they say, well, 17:26 what do you do out there? And I said, 17:28 well, we ski and we camp and we work. 17:32 And then they asked a really tough question. 17:34 Is there a taco bell close by and I would 17:38 have to tell them well taco bell is in Spokane, 17:40 Washington, now we're 20 minutes away 17:42 and pretty much it all came to a dead end 17:44 road and finally one day I was talking to a 17:47 lady Nancy who works at Amazing Facts. 17:50 She's a graphic designer and working with 17:53 Doug Batchelor and I told her as we were 17:55 talking, I said you know we really need a 17:56 studio manager. We had gone on for 5 17:58 months now and we were rerunning programs 18:01 on 3ABN. We are getting behind on other 18:03 production and she said I met a young guy 18:06 that is just become an Adventist, 18:08 his name is Michael McCaffrey and he is 18:10 kind of looking to get involved with the 18:12 ministry kind of like what you're involved with 18:13 way out in the woods. And so I got in 18:16 touch with this, this guy right here 18:18 Michael McCaffrey and as I got to know him, 18:21 his story was just amazing, you know, 18:23 he's a brand new Adventist, Mike, why don't 18:26 you go ahead and share a little bit 18:27 of how you became an Adventist. 18:30 Well, it all started for me about 5 years ago 18:32 in my journey and I had gone through an 18:34 experience where I was deceived and it 18:37 lead me to a place where I was really 18:39 wanting to call out to God, and wanting 18:41 God in my life and so at that point, 18:43 I really got down on my knees and prayed for 18:45 the first time for God to come into my life, 18:48 and I remember praying specifically that I 18:51 wanted to know the truth and I didn't 18:53 want to be deceived anymore and so that 18:55 was important to me because the experience 18:56 that I've gone through and in hindsight I look 18:58 back and I realized that God has really given 19:00 me a love for the truth as a result of 19:02 that experience and so when I cracked 19:04 open the Bible for the first time I flipped 19:06 open to a page and there was big letters it 19:08 said that New Testament and I remember 19:10 thinking oh, yeah, there is an Old Testament 19:12 and a New Testament. So my knowledge of 19:14 scripture was really I didn't really know a 19:17 whole lot at that point and so God took me 19:19 from there and my interest in studying 19:22 the scripture continued and I continued to 19:24 study the Bible and I continued to study 19:26 Catholicism because I was raised Catholic, 19:28 so I just wanted to know more about what 19:30 the Catholic church teaches and so I 19:32 continued in my journey and began to 19:34 realize that if I was going to continue on 19:38 my journey with the Bible and to continued to 19:42 follow scripture I would have to apart 19:43 with Catholicism and if I was going to continue 19:46 with Catholicism then I will have to apart 19:47 with the Bible, so I was really kind of at 19:49 this fork in the road, so I continued to follow 19:53 the Bible and I left Catholicism and really 19:56 continued to study scripture at that point 19:58 and that continued for about a year and then 20:01 I had got into studying prophecy and I was 20:04 asking more questions about the state of 20:06 the dead and what happens when we die 20:09 and I was really fascinated with the 20:13 supernatural things and prophecy and all 20:15 the different signs and symbols and so I 20:18 studied prophecy for probably about 10 20:20 or 11 months just like hours everyday and 20:22 I got, I read all kinds of different things. 20:24 I could get my hands on and I read about 20:26 the anti-Christ and the mark of the beast 20:29 and rapture and the tribulation, 20:30 the two witnesses. Mike, where 20:31 were you living at this time 20:32 Rebuilding of temple in Jerusalem. 20:33 I was in Los Angeles at this time. 20:36 What we doing at that time our curiosity, 20:38 while you're doing all this studying. 20:40 I was working in the film industry and I 20:43 was doing editing and video production. 20:45 Some interesting tidbit. So I was studying 20:50 all these things and what I realized after 20:52 10 or 11 months was that the only positive 20:54 conclusion that I could make was that I 20:55 couldn't make any positive conclusions 20:57 because I studied all these things and 21:00 here's this message it's called the book 21:02 of Revelation. God has a message that he's 21:04 trying to reveal, it's not call the book of 21:06 mystery or the book of confusion for a 21:08 reason and so I just wanted to 21:09 understand what God wanted me to know. 21:11 So how did you resolve this confusion then? 21:14 Well, there was a lot of things that made 21:16 sense and made logical sense that I could 21:19 believe if I wanted to, but I couldn't make 21:21 sense, I didn't know that I knew the truth 21:23 and so I was just shortly after that I 21:26 really prayed and I've given it to God and 21:28 I said, God I don't understand it and I don't 21:30 get it I guess I am just going to have to 21:31 look at prophecy as a spectator and it 21:33 was just kind see what happens and it was 21:35 shortly after that, that he showed me 21:37 the principle and the key that changed 21:39 everything about prophecy and that is 21:41 Second Peter 1:20, knowing this verse 21:43 that no prophecy of the scripture is of any 21:45 private interpretation. So it's not your job 21:48 to interpret Bible prophecy or my job, 21:50 it's the Bible is as own expository and so I 21:53 went back to scripture and discovered how 21:55 amazing it was that the symbols in the 21:57 book of Revelation are actually defined by 21:59 prophets in the Old Testament and in 22:01 another places in the scripture. So I began 22:03 to take the symbols and put them together 22:06 and this whole new picture of Bible prophecy 22:08 unfolded before me that was unlike 22:09 anything I had ever seen before. 22:11 And so you just did this on your own 22:13 personal study, looking at those symbols 22:15 and having the Bible interpret itself 22:17 and where did that lead you? 22:19 Well, that lead me into the 3 angels 22:21 messages and I saw that the Sabbath 22:24 might have something to do with the 3 angels 22:26 message and the mark of the beast and so 22:28 I began studying that and it led me into 22:32 keeping the Sabbath and then eventually 22:34 I had started studying the abomination 22:36 of desolation and country living and that 22:39 kind of led me at a place in L.A where I 22:41 was thinking about relocating and if I was 22:44 going to do that how would I leave the city 22:47 and I didn't have any money to go and 22:49 buy a place or to build the house or anything, so. 22:52 What are your changes of moving to the 22:54 country some place and still be 22:55 involved with television production? 22:57 Yeah, moving to the country and 22:58 continuing what I wanted to do in film 23:00 and TV seemed like kind of productive. 23:02 So but I knew that I wanted to work for 23:04 God and I would ask God to hire me as I 23:07 was looking for work at that point and I said, 23:08 God I want to work for you and so through 23:12 Nancy he put me in touch and with Jeff and 23:14 said, that she had a friend in Northern Idaho 23:16 who had a studio out there and was 23:18 looking for somebody to come work for him. 23:19 And how knew Nancy because after you 23:22 came across your own interpretation of 23:24 prophecy you thought it might be private 23:27 until you saw Doug Batchelor and then 23:29 you realize there was others that 23:30 believe the same way you did. 23:31 Yes, I remember seeing this guy he was 23:34 talking about the anti-Christ and all these 23:36 un-politically correct things on television 23:39 to a large group of people and I was 23:40 thinking wow! What's this all about and that 23:43 was kind of my introduction to the 23:44 Adventist church, there was a Christian 23:46 denomination out there. 23:47 They actually believe these things. 23:48 The amazing thing was his lease was 23:50 running out in February. He flew up to our place, 23:53 checked out the ministry and decided to 23:55 come up. By the way when his lease was 23:57 running out, he moved up and then within 23:59 two weeks I had him overseas if you see 24:01 in some of our mission videos, 24:03 it's hard to find a camera man, that can 24:05 keep up with us while we're doing some 24:06 of these overseas trips. Anyhow how many 24:08 of you have seen the movie "Fireproof" 24:10 you've seen that. If you buy it now you 24:12 will find it so, so bundled with another short 24:15 film award wining short film called the 24:16 "Cabin 6" and Mike is the producer of that 24:19 and he produced that when you 24:21 first became a Christian right Mike. 24:23 Yeah, it was right about that time 24:24 if you buy it from vision video. 24:25 Anyhow compare by our booth if you want 24:27 to see some of Mike's production if you 24:28 probably already seen it, if you've been 24:29 watching 3ABN and we also have his whole 24:32 story on a DVD there it's really 24:34 an interesting story to watch. 24:36 Thank you very much. Thank you. 24:46 Good afternoon again, on behalf of ASI. 24:49 It is my honor and privilege to bring to the 24:53 platform, the founder of 3ABN, 24:56 Danny Shelton and the current President Jim 24:58 Gilley. You may know if you watch GC 25:01 proceeding or if you're following 3ABN 25:04 history that we are now celebrating the 25:06 25th Anniversary of the founding of 3ABN, 25:11 so we want to acknowledge them, 25:13 can we get them some applause. We want to 25:16 do today is to get a founder's prospective. 25:19 You all watch 3ABN. You've seen it and 25:23 you probably heard a lot of things around 25:24 the circuit that aren't true, and I'd like to 25:29 turn it over to the President Jim Gilley who 25:32 will introduce Danny and well, let him 25:35 give us the founder's prospective 25:38 of the last 25 years of 3ABN. 25:41 You know, to introduce Danny Shelton that's 25:44 a quite a thing because probably the two faces, 25:49 and the three faces that are best known in 25:52 all of Adventism, are Danny Shelton, 25:55 Mark Finley and Doug Batchelor and these 25:58 are recognizable faces, aren't they? 26:01 But I tell you it's been a fantastic joy 26:04 Camille and I are beginning our fourth year 26:06 at 3ABN and just a few weeks and what a 26:10 joy it has been. The greatest joy in our 26:14 ministry in our lives and Danny, I think it 26:18 began at 3ABN in a real way at ASI session 26:23 back in Montana, is that correct? 26:25 That's where 3ABN was really catapulted 26:29 and to growing and growth. I just want 26:34 to say special thank you to everyone of you, 26:36 all of you ASI members those who 26:38 watching on television, through radio, 26:41 the Internet for your love and prayers 26:43 and support of 3ABN. Our goal from the 26:46 beginning the Lord impressed us in 1984 26:49 to built a television station that would reach 26:51 the world with an undiluted 3 Angels 26:53 messages. One would counteract the 26:55 counterfeit as most of you know we don't, 26:58 I don't have any skills, I didn't have an 27:01 education, didn't have the money, 27:02 didn't have any thing that I really needed, 27:03 but I want to give God that I all the honor 27:06 and glory and praise for everything good 27:08 that's happen. I take the credit for the 27:11 bad things because there was good and 27:13 bad everywhere you go but we will take 27:14 the credit for the bad but without our 27:17 heavenly father this couldn't happen but it 27:19 let's us know when we heard Pastor Finley 27:21 sermon today about when that tremendous 27:24 sermon to give us the vision that you know 27:27 where the time. We heard Elder Wilson's 27:29 sermon. We've heard from Elder Dan Jackson. 27:32 We see the vision of these leaders to take 27:35 this undiluted 3 Angels messages into all the 27:38 world and in 1985 I was invited to go to ASI, 27:45 actually we a convention in Big sky, Montana. 27:48 I had never, hardly been out of Southern Illinois. 27:50 I was invited to go, didn't have the money 27:52 to go so some people said, we'll pay 27:54 you where to go, Dale McBride said, 27:57 we will pay you where to go. I went out, 27:59 I had no plans, didn't know why I was there 28:01 but people said, well, you want to be on 28:03 the program or anything because I 28:05 actually I had a dream and that's all we 28:06 were building a shell of a building had some 28:08 property, nothing else and I remember 28:11 going out there and a lady named Rosella 28:13 McLaughlin kept taken me around, introducing 28:16 me to people to May Chung, Ellesworth McKee, 28:18 a number of people who eventually came 28:20 on the board began to be financial supporters, 28:23 prayer warriors, many of you and that's 28:26 what really caught the vision but I was 28:28 not supposed to speak, I had not idea 28:30 that going that I would ever speak and I 28:33 remember people kept saying well, 28:34 we want to hear about this television station 28:37 and someone said, well, he won't be able 28:39 to speak this year because of programs 28:41 planned and I understand that we've 28:43 planned programs at 3ABN. We have them 28:45 here at ASI and so that was fine with us. 28:49 We were there, didn't know what to do, 28:51 and Friday afternoon in Big Sky, Montana 28:54 some of you, were any of you there, 28:55 Big Sky back that far, okay, maybe a few 28:58 of you back that many years ago, 29:01 and so in Big Sky Friday afternoon it was 29:03 an open day for, we were 7500 feet up 29:07 into the mountains and we were supposed 29:10 to do rides and look over the beautiful area. 29:12 We have free time and that morning about 29:15 11 o'clock in morning, the best I can 29:17 remember began to cloud up and rain 29:19 tremendously and I remember I was setting 29:22 in a meeting and someone, I looked over 29:25 the side and I had made Henry Martin and 29:27 I saw he was motioning like this and 29:30 so I looked around and I knew he didn't 29:33 know me, I said it couldn't be me but it 29:35 looks like he's looking at me, President Phil 29:37 Winstead was there. They both were 29:39 motioning and so I continued to norm, 29:43 I kind of went like this. They still went like 29:46 this, yes, so I thought well, what I'll do 29:48 is I'll get up, I'll walk towards them, 29:51 if they don't say anything I will just keep 29:52 going like I have go to bathroom or something. 29:54 So you know I don't want to be but I'm sure 29:57 they're not talking to me but they seem like they 30:00 are so when I went there I will never forget 30:02 Henry Martin said to me well, you know, 30:04 we were supposed to be free time this afternoon 30:06 for everybody to go out and have free time, 30:09 but with this rain and this storm I've got 200 30:12 or 300 people on my hands I don't know what 30:14 to do with, could we impose those words 30:17 Henry used, could we impose on you to tell your 30:19 story of what God is doing and raising 30:22 a television network that will give the 3 Angels 30:26 messages into the world. And so that little talk 30:31 I listened to it only recently in the last couple 30:33 of years Dan Houghton recorded it. 30:36 Dan and his family were there. They recorded 30:39 a little talk and I listened to it a couple 30:41 of years ago and I said to myself, listening 30:44 to all over, knowing it was only a dream that 30:47 I had if I had been in a crowd I wouldn't have 30:49 supported me. So listening to how I talked and 30:53 what I said, so it had to been the Holy Spirit. 30:55 There is no doubt about it, but God has a plan and 30:58 he said go into all the world and I encourage 31:01 that we just continue to go forward, no matter what, 31:04 the gospel is very simple, we make it difficult it's 31:07 all about stop and go. The Lord says go and the devil 31:10 says stop and if we can understand that it's all 31:12 about come and go. We come to the foot of 31:14 the cross and go and tell what he's done for us, 31:17 and just want to thank the folks all of you here 31:20 especially ASI because at that meeting I able 31:23 to do that talk, Dan Houghton made many, 31:26 many copies, people began to ask they were 31:28 mailing them. We sent them around the country, 31:30 donations began to come in, people caught the 31:33 vision of Three Angels Broadcasting Network and 31:36 I want to credit ASI where it's due norm 31:39 because of the tremendous support. 31:42 They've loved this from the beginning. 31:43 They put us on the programs, allowed us to. 31:45 You guys have paid us back ten fold because 31:48 what you do when you come here to these 31:50 conventions is worth 100 of 31:53 thousands dollars every year. 31:56 It's a real partnership in the, 31:58 Danny we've seen God do great things. 32:01 You struck out by faith and we've seen 11 32:04 satellites around the world, 120 or 130 stations 32:08 here in America, low power stations which are 32:11 actually some of our most fruitful outlets for 32:14 baptisms unbelievable success there. 32:18 But what you really envision 32:20 for the future for 3ABN. 32:22 Well, I will also want to mention we have over 32:23 a hundred radio stations and affiliates. 32:26 We are on dish network, we have stations 32:28 in the Philippines, New Guinea largest facility, 32:31 protestant facility in ex-Soviet Union. 32:33 Again we gave the God the credit for all of that 32:36 because from starting from nothing but 32:38 it's been you the people of God who caught the 32:40 vision and supported3ABN through all of this, but 32:43 all I see is I do it like we did in the beginning. 32:46 People said, how you gonna do this, I said, 32:48 I don't know, a guy told me once just go for it, 32:50 do it like you eat an elephant one bite at a time, 32:53 yeah, now I would like to use a vegetarian example, 32:56 but I don't know how to do that. 32:57 So we're talking it one step at a time but I know 33:00 this that when God commissions you to do 33:02 something he will supply your every need. 33:06 So there is no doubt about it. It is not about us. 33:07 God blesses us in spite of us. He has me, 33:10 he has you, he has all of us here. 33:13 He blesses us in spite of us but I see this working 33:16 together and I see what I think is a new moment 33:19 of the Holy Spirit that I really believe that 33:23 we're on the verge of this latter rain experience. 33:25 It's going to bring Jesus back to planet earth 33:28 and I'm so thankful to have a church and to 33:30 have organizations like ASI that we can partner 33:34 with and join hands. There was no competition. 33:36 People ask me well, what about all these years, 33:38 Hope channels up, and we got all these other 33:40 TV station. I said the more the merrier. 33:43 There is enough God has enough pies in 33:45 refrigerator right to supply the financial needs 33:48 as long as we go forward and do what God's 33:51 impressed us to do. So we want to encourage 33:53 each and every one of you, God impressing you 33:55 to do something big for him. 33:56 Go forward by faith and he'll bless you. 34:00 God bless you. Thank you, Danny. 34:03 I have with me this afternoon Adrian 34:05 Bocaneanu, did I get that about right Adrian. 34:08 Not too good on Romanian today. 34:10 Adrian is the Director for the Romanian, 34:13 Hope TV. Adrian how many people are there 34:17 in the country of Romania that need 34:18 to hear the good news of gospel? 34:21 Twenty one million and many other Romanians 34:24 living and working in other countries in Europe, 34:26 especially Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium. 34:31 So what you're doing is you're reaching out 34:32 to these people who need to hear the good 34:34 news of Jesus Christ and in what ways are you 34:37 reaching out to them? It just TV or what other? 34:41 First of all, 18 years ago we started with radio 34:44 and this time the church owns 40 radio stations 34:48 and we also own time on other 10 stations. 34:52 But 3 years ago we also start with television. 34:55 So 3 years ago you also start on TV. 34:56 How many of the homes in the country of Romania 35:00 are you reaching into? 35:02 Out of an estimated 6 million homes 35:04 with the TV set. We reach almost half of them. 35:08 So almost 3 million homes with the TV. 35:11 Praise the Lord, isn't that wonderful? The 35:13 God is using Hope TV in the country of Romania 35:17 to reach at least be available in about 35:20 half of the homes. Yes. That is so exciting to see 35:23 what God is doing there. Besides the Internet. 35:26 Besides the Internet. Yes. So that would be basically 35:30 almost all the homes and almost everybody 35:32 has some access to the Internet at this point. 35:35 Well, so tell me about what kind of programming 35:38 does the Hope channel in Romania have? 35:41 Well, we also support different events into 35:44 church like, let's talk event which was hosted by 35:48 our studio in Bucharest we specific television 35:53 programs we of course we have health, 35:56 we have education, we have family, 35:58 we have many Bible based programs and we have 36:03 many live programs where people can call 36:06 in and ask questions and receive answers 36:11 while they are watching. 36:13 Now that's a just a little bit different model then 36:15 most of the programs here that we see on TV 36:18 in United States. Live call in programs on TV 36:23 in Romania, how does that go over? 36:25 Very nice, I could say they're the back bone 36:27 program of our station is the weekly 1 hour 36:31 and half program of Bible questions and answers. 36:35 And most of the people coming to the church 36:37 they will show I mean they will mark that as 36:41 being the key program determining them to 36:44 understand the Bible through 36:45 into make a decision. Amen. And so thousands 36:48 of people across the country of Romania are 36:51 watching these programs and receiving benefit 36:53 and getting answers to their questions, 36:55 and most a lot of these programs are produced 36:57 live right there in your own studio. Yes, yes. 37:00 That is so exciting now I know that you are not 37:02 reaching just Romania, tell me outside of the, 37:05 you know, just the country of Romania, 37:08 some of the outreach going on in other areas? 37:10 Well, actually the first person who has been 37:14 baptized as you know as a result of watching 37:16 our program was not the Romania proper. 37:19 It was in the neighboring Republic of Moldova, 37:21 in a less then 1 year of the starting the programs 37:25 this lady Ludmila was baptized in Moldova and 37:29 soon after that she was already a Sabbath 37:31 school teacher. Praise the Lord, 37:34 then the first person was baptized in Romania 37:40 soon after that his mother was also baptized and 37:42 now he is working as a lay evangelist working 37:46 in different companies and groups and teaching other 37:51 people what he was taught. You mentioned, 37:54 I should also speak on some of the first converts. 37:59 Actually 2 years ago I gave here I mean in 38:02 another location but also at ASI convention 38:07 I gave a report on the first baptisms among those 38:10 were a couple in the Southern part of Romania 38:13 when they got baptized, they brought with them 38:16 two other persons who they prepared to be 38:19 baptized while they were baptized. 38:23 Now I think you some slides on this. 38:25 We want to just flip those graphics right now. 38:27 Yeah, so the first baptisms. 38:29 And let just take a look. 38:31 In that, this is a part of the group which was 38:34 raised by this couple in a village in the Southern 38:37 part of Romania where you're not having 38:40 Adventist. Soon after that they began having 38:45 meeting in a private home and then 38:47 began building a church. Praise the Lord. 38:51 Yeah. And now we have a new church in that place 38:55 where you will see it immediately. 38:57 A new church in that place most of the people 39:00 have been baptized as a result of watching 39:03 our station. So about 10 or 12 baptized members, 39:07 praise the Lord, so this is the church and they, 39:10 every Sabbath they have 30, they have 40, 39:12 45 people attending the meetings in new church. 39:17 It's so exciting to see how God uses even simple 39:20 means to begin a work in an area where there 39:24 was no work before. That's exciting and I 39:26 know that's not the end of the story. 39:28 Share with us another story of someone who 39:30 has been impacted by the Hope TV in Romania. 39:34 So many Romanians work and live outside of Romania, 39:37 and I share a story about people from Italy. 39:40 In the Southern Italy, in the city of Napoli, 39:45 there is a family attending for about 1 year in 39:49 other Christian denomination and so they 39:51 decided to be baptized. On the day of their 39:54 baptism they drove to the church but they 39:59 couldn't find the church. They have been attending 40:01 that church for almost 1 year and now 40:04 they can't find it. So. So, they've been to this 40:07 church before. Yes, of course. 40:08 And they know where it was. 40:09 Of course, for 1 year. And they were trying 40:10 to find the church, and they can't find it. 40:12 They can't find it, 2 or 3 hours of. You know, 40:15 so they returned home very disappointed but 40:18 at same time thinking there should be something 40:21 about it, so they began praying to learn what 40:25 was the reason, in the mean time they continued 40:28 to read the Bible and their attention was drawn 40:30 to the truth of the Sabbath and the other truth 40:33 which were not taught in that denomination, Amen, 40:36 and soon after that they stumbled upon 40:38 Esperanza TV and they got the response 40:41 to their prayers. Now they attend the church 40:44 and they are getting ready to be baptized. 40:46 About the same time in the city of Rome, 40:49 there is a family who have attended for 14 years 40:52 meeting of the Jehovah witnesses but they 40:55 continue to read the Bible and they come 40:57 to conviction that Sabbath, I mean that Jesus 41:01 is God in the true sense of the word. 41:04 Just like the Bible says. Yeah, sure, 41:06 so they began attending another Christian 41:08 denomination which teaches the full deity of Christ 41:13 but in that church they were discussing 41:16 questions on the Sabbath. The elders of the church 41:20 gave some soothing answers but they were not 41:24 happy about that, about that time while they 41:28 were praying for more truth. 41:31 They bought a TV dish to catch some Romanian 41:34 programs, so on that the husband is on the roof 41:38 of the house trying to catch a Romanian program. 41:41 And the first program they catch is Esperanza 41:44 TV they watch and they were amazed, 41:49 these are answers to their prayers, Amen, 41:52 and now they attend the church and maybe 41:55 at this time they're already baptized. 41:57 Praise the Lord. What a blessing to know 41:59 how God is using media around the world 42:01 to accomplish his work. How can the people 42:04 here today help with what's 42:06 happening at channel in Romania. 42:08 Well, they have already helped us because 42:09 ASI from North America has been very influential 42:14 in the establishment and the right direction for 42:18 the ASI chapter in Romania and they 42:21 are some of our best supporters and 42:23 contributors, so they're already done their part 42:28 but in a few months from now we will be 42:31 organizing a met type event for the whole 42:34 territory of Romania and the other places both 42:38 in Romanian and Hungarian. 42:40 And so your prayers are very important, 42:42 very preciously to us. Thank you so much, 42:44 Adrian for joining us today and sharing 42:46 what's happening in Romanian Hope TV. 42:48 Thank you very much. 42:50 I have with me this afternoon, 42:52 Mike and Diana Halverson and they are with 42:55 Cross to Crown radio which is a ministry that 42:59 they have been working in for a number of years 43:02 at this point but Mike what you do for a living? 43:05 My wife and I are general contractors, 43:07 and that was our living and that's been 43:10 our living for about since 1980. 43:13 Now general contractor in radio, somehow 43:16 I don't see the connection yet but I'm sure 43:18 we'll see that in a minute. How God get you 43:21 on to radio, so how did you get 43:23 interested in mission work, Mike? 43:26 Well, in 1997, my dad invited me to go to 43:32 Nicaragua. Nicaragua has had a civil war 43:37 and it tore up the country, my dad started missions 43:41 there in 1970 and at that time the war had tore 43:46 everything apart and he invited us to go 43:48 in along with 30, I think it was about 32 people 43:52 there and with doctors and nurses and 43:55 I was fortunate to be one of them 43:57 and started there. Okay, Diana how did 44:00 that kind of get transferred into 44:03 an interest in radio? Well, we were living there, 44:07 our family was living in the jungle at that time 44:09 with our sons and while we were there was 44:12 group of Indians came to us they took them 44:14 they said days trying to find us. They said that 44:16 God had been to their village. 44:17 Didn't know who they were? 44:20 They thought that God didn't know 44:21 where their village was? That's exactly right. 44:24 They thought he'd never been there 44:25 and did know who they were? 44:28 Wow! So they wanted to know if, 44:30 since we were missionaries if we talked to God 44:32 and invite him to come see where they live 44:35 because they are having problems with witchcraft, 44:36 lot of sickness and they had heard there was God, 44:40 they was bigger and they wanted 44:41 to know if we could just talk to him. 44:44 So as God began to talk to you, 44:47 he gave you an idea and what was that idea? 44:49 I said, Mike, let's start a radio station. 44:52 Now Mike, just a minute. I know that you're a 44:54 builder and that would come easy to you to 44:56 start a radio station but why was it a problem 44:59 not just to go this why could you go to this 45:01 village where these people are from? 45:03 Well, you know a radio station costs money, 45:06 I mean takes a lot of money to build a radio station 45:09 and we are talking about something very remote 45:11 way out in the jungle of Nicaragua. 45:13 How long to take to get to this little village? 45:15 Well, to this particular village Diana's talking 45:18 about it took 9 hours by Dugout Canoe. 45:21 Oh, I see, little problem Big problem, so radio 45:25 seem to be a good answer but yet I hear 45:27 you resisting to radio what did God have to 45:29 do before you kind a get on board with this? 45:31 Well, you know, my ignorance came real 45:35 evident there. I said, you know it's going 45:39 to take at least $10,000 to start this 45:42 radio station. And I thought. 45:45 And that was good beginning anyway, 45:46 wasn't it? Well, I told Diana. 45:48 We don't have $10,000 to start a radio station. 45:52 He was just mowing the yard and said don't even 45:54 bother me. It's not going to happen and my 45:56 phone rang and I checked and there was a 45:58 message saying that this, to come by the 46:01 doctor's office. Give them a call like that, 46:03 I had never been there before so I called and 46:05 they showed me how to get there and I showed up 46:08 and before I left my husband said, 46:10 yeah right it's going to be $10,000, 46:13 anyway I went there and they hand me 46:14 an awful lot, said it was for the radio station 46:16 and you'd not started it, we had no budget 46:18 for it and I am like wow! This must be an answer 46:21 to prayer and I opened it and I about cried, 46:25 I was there, what was it for? $10,000 dollars, 46:27 praise the Lord, somebody that had know idea 46:29 we even needed it and I when back I told her 46:32 I said this is a miracle and she said, 46:35 well first I wrote for $3500 but God told me 46:37 to change it to $10,000, Amen, 46:40 so I went home and Mike said yeah 46:41 what was it $10,000 I said, Yeah. 46:46 It's exciting to see how God works so you're not 46:48 radio people but God is working on you to start 46:51 a radio station. Mike, did you run into any 46:53 difficulties as you're doing that? 46:55 One difficulty right after another, 46:59 you can't just praying a tower into the country, 47:01 you can't just walk through customs and 47:06 think it's gonna to work. It was a huge challenge 47:10 and then not having the knowledge to put 47:13 a radio station together was unreal. 47:16 But God strengthen your faith thought that, 47:18 didn't he? Oh, you know what he is still 47:23 strengthening my faith day by day 47:25 and I'm trusting him to keep, 47:28 keep me there because I still don't know 47:31 a whole lot but I know a little bit and 47:34 he makes up the rest. So right now in the 47:38 jungles of Nicaragua where takes a full day of travel 47:42 to go to the nearest place where you can get 47:44 fuel and returned with fuel. 47:46 There is a radio station, there is no electricity, 47:49 no running water, there is a radio station 47:50 there operating on what kind of power, Mike? 47:54 Well, to start with it was a 20 KW diesel of 47:58 generator which took a lot of fuel but now the 48:01 miracle happened this last fall. Somebody name 48:04 Norman called and said I have some solar panels 48:10 you might be interested in, and those solar panels 48:14 are now upon that radio station putting out 48:17 approximately 50 amps which is the power 48:20 that we need to run this radio station. 48:22 Amen, can you say Hallelujah to that, Amen! 48:26 Well, so we have an operating radio station, 48:28 lets just run a few of those photos there as 48:31 we're talking about this, and you can see some 48:34 of the children there in the villages. 48:35 These are Miskito Indian children and they don't 48:39 even speak English. So Diana, 48:41 what is your burden for the women there? 48:43 Tell me how the radio's been ministering 48:45 to these women? Well, my passion to 48:47 began with even before the radio was the women, 48:49 because they're really having a hard time there, 48:51 the women my age approximately they 48:54 can't read, they don't know Spanish like the 48:57 younger kids and the men do so they'd never 49:00 read the Bible. They don't understand it. 49:02 When somebody tries to read it to them in Spanish, 49:04 but on the radio station we have found the Bible 49:07 in Miskito only the New Testament, Amen, 49:10 and when we play that I can walk through 49:12 the village and I can see women hurdling around 49:15 these little radios just hurdling big groups 49:17 of them just trying to listen because 49:19 this is a Bible that they can understand. 49:21 Here is a picture. Let pause that one 49:22 right there. You see that on the screen 49:24 that's a little radio. Mike hold that radio 49:26 up so the folks and see an example of that. 49:29 There is a Galcom radio, it set on our frequency 49:32 and this is what they receive. They have, 49:35 we have a captive audience with this radio. 49:37 Amen. Isn't God good? Now, I know that all 49:42 the villagers in the jungle we can walk to all 49:44 of those villages because I've been there 49:46 and I understand the difficulty in getting 49:48 to some of these places. So how do we get 49:50 these radios into these villages? 49:52 Diana, what do you have? I have a parachute. 49:54 A parachute. And what we do with that? 49:57 We tie it to the radio. We tie it to the radio, 50:00 and how do you get the parachute over village? 50:04 Well, there is a little medical airplane that 50:06 said that he would be happy to just keep 50:08 this stocked in his plane and every time he flies 50:10 over the small villages he will drop them out. 50:13 Amen. Isn't God good? So what would, 50:19 if someone was interested in getting some radios 50:21 into some of these villages. 50:22 What does it take to get, you know, 50:24 a radio on a parachute and attend to a village? 50:27 Less than a dollar. Less than a dollar. 50:29 Praise the Lord, Amen, there is hundreds 50:32 of these little villages down along the rivers 50:33 and in the remote jungle areas of 50:36 Northern Nicaragua and also in the 50:39 Southern Honduras. How far out does 50:41 this radio station reach anyway. 50:43 Approximately 100 miles we're getting reports 50:46 back. Little hand written notes come back into us, 50:49 day by day they filter into us. 50:52 So you must have a lot of power 50:53 to get out of 100 miles. We have a big some 50:55 of probably 500 watts. Now, wait a minute. 50:58 500 watts does not go a hundred miles. 51:01 It does in Nicaragua. It does when the angels 51:03 push it out there, right. Iisn't it exciting to see 51:07 how God is working through our simple affords, 51:10 so not trained radio people but God put 51:13 a burden on your heart. What would you say 51:14 to somebody today if God was encouraging 51:17 them to get involved in something that 51:18 was challenging for them? I say go for it. 51:21 I say if God can use me he can use you. 51:26 And if it something you don't understand part 51:27 of ASI is a lot of different people, 51:30 with a lot of different talents and a lot of 51:31 networking and if it weren't for all the networking 51:34 we would not able to be doing what we're doing 51:36 now because God knew to keep us all humble 51:39 we need to work with each other. 51:41 Now I know that you got to have programming 51:43 and there is not programming in the Miskito 51:46 language beside you found a Bible you can 51:47 play on the air. So how you creating programming 51:50 in the Miskito language? The Symbian software 51:53 is what we started with and if any 51:56 broadcasters are, I'm sure there is a lot 51:58 out there but Symbian software is what we 52:01 use and it's pre-recorded but we also have equipment 52:06 to record in the studio. So you're creating 52:08 programs in your studio there in the jungles? 52:10 Right, right, in their language. 52:12 So who creates those programs? 52:14 Well, the local Pastors have come to us 52:15 and they said, we want to work on your radio. 52:18 Oh, praise the Lord. And yeah, but we like 52:19 all you know it's only be Adventist message 52:21 but we'll let you read the Bible verses and 52:24 we let you have some prayers and the 52:26 Catholic priest said but I want more and 52:28 I said well, take this Steps to Christ in 52:30 Miskito home, go over it and you can have 52:33 that program so now the Catholic priest 52:35 is the on that does the devotions everyday 52:37 through Steps to Christ. 52:41 You know the interesting thing is, 52:44 God has ways to get things done that we can't 52:47 even imagine. True that. Amen. So if God is working 52:51 on your heart today, maybe you know one 52:53 of the needs of this ministry is that they 52:56 need someone down that help them run this 52:57 radio station. Maybe there's somebody here 53:00 today that's feeling a burden to go to work 53:01 for God and maybe the jungles of Nicaragua 53:04 calling to you. So if God is speaking to you 53:07 stop by and see, Mike and Diana at their booth 53:08 and let them know that you're a willing helper. 53:12 Booth 1009 I'm looking forward to talking to you. 53:15 Thank you so much for coming Mike and Diana. 53:20 Good afternoon. Good afternoon. How are you? 53:23 I am doing wonderful. We're talking, 53:24 talking about media today. 53:26 Don is here from what ministry? 53:29 Well, I'm from Amazing Facts. 53:32 Well, now Amazing Facts is deeply involved 53:34 in ministry but today we want to talk 53:36 a little bit specifically about their involvement 53:39 in what happening on the Internet 53:41 in the world wide web? Yes, the world wide web, 53:43 we have over 20 different websites and 53:47 it's growing everyday, you know, 53:48 a couple of years ago there was a conflict 53:50 in a certain part of the Former Soviet Union 53:53 and the first thing they did was to attack 53:55 all the websites on the Internet because 53:57 so many people are going there for information. 54:00 So tell me a little bit what's an example 54:02 of website that Amazing Facts manages that 54:05 is of interest to the general population 54:08 of our world today? Well, you can put one 54:10 of those up on the screen, the first one is 54:11 like our flagship website that gives all kinds 54:15 of information. It gives resources, it catalogs 54:19 almost all the sermons and all the lessons, 54:21 that go all the way back to the founding 54:23 of amazing facts with Joe Crews, and they are 54:25 all there free of charge, so on that first 54:28 website you can access just about anything, 54:31 and you know the interesting thing is if you 54:33 have a friend that wants to take Bible studies 54:35 or wants to learn more about a certain Bible 54:36 doctrine, you can go right there on the 54:38 website or you can send a link by your 54:40 e-mail and they can look right at it right 54:42 then and there. So you have a website that's 54:45 our regular website then we have specific 54:47 ones like for instance one that you just saw deals 54:50 with Sabbath truth. Sabbathtruth.com and 54:53 again you have questions about the Sabbath. 54:56 What is the Sabbath, why should we keep it, 54:58 what are the objections that I might have 54:59 or maybe someone you're studying with they 55:01 say well look I don't know if I believe what 55:04 your saying and I have this question you could 55:06 pull up a DVD or a video and you could send 55:09 that link to your friend that you can 55:10 watch it with them. You know, actually 55:12 that happened to me I was doing Bible studies 55:14 with an individual and came to a topic that he 55:17 didn't see eye to eye with me on. 55:20 And so I went to the website of Amazing Facts 55:22 and I said I've got to get some more information 55:24 here for myself. And so I used it just like you 55:27 are saying that's so exciting that those 55:29 are available. What's the most used website? 55:31 Kind of hard to say the most use website but 55:36 I know that from that last year to this year 55:37 we've had 4.5 million hits or visits to our website 55:42 and many times the most asked questions are about 55:45 two things; number 1, Daniel 7 and 666, 55:48 everybody seems to be interested in that, 55:51 all kinds of people are interested in that. 55:52 Number 2, the Sabbath and number 3, health. 55:56 People are interested in those things, 55:57 they come to the websites because of those things 55:59 and they want answers and you know it's 56:02 exciting to see how people are using these 56:05 websites in their own personal witness but 56:07 it also exciting to see what happens when they 56:09 come even to our ministry. I give you one example, 56:14 recently in a small training class that I do in the 56:16 school there at Amazing Facts called AFCOE to Go. 56:19 There were four people that showed up and 56:21 it was obvious to me that they maybe have 56:24 heard the Adventist message but they hadn't 56:25 heard all of, and it looked like they had a little 56:28 bit you know they were decked out, 56:29 not decked in if you know what I mean, 56:31 and they were there and I could just see man, 56:35 God has brought these people and there 56:36 was the conviction of the spirit in them 56:37 and then one of the my, I finally ask him 56:39 I said so how long have you been in the 56:42 Seventh-Day Adventist? They said well, 56:43 I am not I just, I just came on the Internet 56:45 and I believe this, this and this, 56:47 and I realized this was the first time they 56:49 had met a Seventh-Day Adventist. 56:50 So it terrified me because it was me they 56:51 have met. But then secondly, 56:55 I just realized the Spirit was moving in their life 56:57 you know and all of that have been done 57:00 through like I like to call the website the air 57:02 force of the ministry. The air force in other words 57:05 aerial. One of the interesting websites 57:07 we now put up is our flagship website, 57:10 the amazing facts web site where you can get 57:12 all these resources, has recently been 57:14 translated into Chinese and there was a 57:18 business man in some part of the China. 57:20 He went to that website and he was looking 57:22 at all the resources and all the materials and 57:23 he said this is great but he couldn't find 57:25 a Seventh-Day Adventist in China. 57:28 So what he did? So he said, man I've got it, 57:30 I need to go to America, so he came and he 57:32 flew to America and he came and he knocked 57:34 on the door of the church and he met, 57:37 I think it was Mike Thomson one of the Pastors 57:38 there and said look I've been at your website. 57:40 I believe you know about the scriptures 57:43 and I believe about salvation, I believe about 57:45 the second coming, I believe about the sanctuary, 57:46 I believe about the state of the death, 57:48 I believe about the spirit of prophecy, 57:49 by the way is Ellen White here and can I talk 57:51 to her and I believe about the remnant 57:54 church and it was obvious that the Lord have 57:56 been working in their life and that said, 57:58 he said look I came from one reason, 57:59 I need to get baptized, Amen, yeah, 58:02 flew all the way over he got baptized 58:03 and now he flew back. Oh, praise the Lord. So 58:07 that's what we call long distance baptism, right? 58:10 Yes, I mean praise the Lord. 58:13 It's so exciting to see how God is working with 58:14 these things, you know, these folks today Don, 58:18 they're gonna go to home tonight. 58:19 Unfortunately ASI is going to be over and 58:21 they're going go to home. What kind they 58:23 do when they go home? Well, if you have an 58:27 Internet device we can always be with you. 58:29 How many folks have internet device? 58:31 Raise your hand. Okay, be tell the truth now. 58:33 Yeah. How many be have two? 58:34 Yeah, that's what I thought. 58:37 About 79 percent of Americans access the web 58:40 and 88 percent of that, 79 percent are going 58:43 there for information, and so if that's true with 58:45 you then it's probably to with your friends 58:47 or even your enemies or those who want to 58:48 reach and we were just talking that you know 58:51 if we have a million Adventists in North 58:52 American division and 500,000 of them decided 58:55 to send how many it was a 20 emails a week. 58:57 If you don't how to do that, ask your children. |
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