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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY018042A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:11 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:14 I'm Jill Morikone, and we are so glad 01:16 that you have taken time out of your day 01:18 to sit down and enjoy an incredible program. 01:22 The reason I say that, 01:23 number one, is we've already prayed, 01:25 and we know that the anointing of the Holy Spirit 01:28 is going to be on this program. 01:29 But number two, 01:30 we have an incredible guest for you today. 01:33 Many times on our Today programs, 01:35 we like to feature ministries and testimonies of people, 01:38 and today it's a very special testimony, 01:41 an incredibly gifted woman 01:43 who I just had the opportunity to meet a couple days ago. 01:46 She was here at our church on Sabbath 01:49 and did special music. 01:50 And God has given her an ability 01:52 to communicate not just with a spoken word 01:55 but through music. 01:57 She's an accomplished concert pianist, 02:00 she's a harpist, she's a singer, 02:02 and she plays a multitude of instruments. 02:05 And you are going to get to hear her today 02:07 for the first time on 3ABN. 02:09 She came in and did quite a few songs, 02:11 we want to feature them and feature her testimony. 02:14 So right now, I want to introduce to you 02:16 Martha Jhoana De Luna, did I get that right? 02:19 Yes. Completely correct. 02:21 Welcome, it is such a privilege to have you here, Martha. 02:24 Thank you. 02:25 It's my pleasure and honor to be here, 02:27 it's a dream coming true... 02:28 Amen. To be here in 3ABN. 02:31 Thank you so much. Amen. 02:32 We're so excited to have you here. 02:35 So tell us, just a little bit, 02:36 about we want to go back to her background, 02:39 and where she comes from 02:41 before we play the first song for you. 02:42 So tell us, where you're from originally 02:44 and a little bit about your family? 02:46 Yes, I'm from Dominican Republic, 02:48 the Caribbean Island. 02:50 And I'm coming from 02:51 a Seventh-day Adventist family background, 02:54 Christian family 02:56 where my mom, my dad, and my brothers are musicians. 03:01 And it was a very beautiful environment 03:04 where I grow up. 03:05 So this is them here? Yeah. 03:06 Okay. That's my dad... 03:08 Is that your brother on the left? 03:09 My brother Johan at the left. Okay. 03:11 And me, and my brother Randy. 03:14 Okay. My mother Martha like... 03:16 Oh, you know, her namesake, okay. 03:18 Yes. And my dad Victor. 03:20 Okay. 03:22 And so they're all musical then. 03:23 They're all musical. 03:25 My parents, they met at the choir at church, 03:28 so they started dating when they were at the church, 03:30 at the choir singing, 03:32 and we all grow up being at the choir. 03:36 And walking around and being at the rehearsals all the time 03:40 and watching the conductor conducting the choir. 03:44 So it was a beautiful experience, 03:45 so we started ministry as a family later on. 03:49 Wow. So from the age of... 03:51 How old do you think you were when you first started... 03:53 Your parents started the choir, and you were involved in that? 03:56 Well, I was not even born. 03:58 Oh, wow. 04:00 And so... 04:03 When I was born... 04:05 Before I was born, the choir, they had told my mother 04:08 and he said to her, 04:11 "You know, this is the girl." 04:14 They didn't know it was going to be a girl. 04:16 Now, my mom wanted so bad a girl. 04:18 So he said, "That's the girl, 04:20 she's going to be the soprano like you, 04:22 and she is going to be the pianist of the choir." 04:25 Oh, that's correct. 04:27 Yes, and that was right. 04:28 So when I was born, and I was a year and a half, 04:31 my father start teaching me songs 04:33 and playing the guitar, 04:35 and then he discovered that I could change 04:37 the keys with him, he was changing... 04:39 Like a transpose. 04:40 Yeah, transposing with him, 04:41 he was testing my ear and he was blown away. 04:45 He said, "This girl has something amazing." 04:47 So I started singing 04:49 when I was two years and a half at church. 04:51 Oh, wow. 04:53 And later on my brothers, you know, 04:55 they were introduced to music first than me too. 04:58 And we started like a family group, 05:02 and we have a trio tour. 05:04 I can see this is you with the harp and your brothers... 05:06 Is that clarinet and flute? 05:07 Yes, clarinet and flute. 05:09 So they really like those instruments. 05:12 And we started playing the recorder, all of us 05:17 and later on they moved to those instruments, 05:19 and I stayed with piano. 05:21 So are they older than you, your brothers or younger? 05:23 Yes, I am the youngest. 05:24 Okay. 05:25 So you started at three and a half, 05:28 you started singing in church, 05:30 when did you start playing the piano? 05:31 When I was eight years old. 05:33 Okay, not until you're eight. 05:34 Yes. Okay. 05:36 So you did other instruments before that 05:37 or it was just voice at the beginning? 05:38 At the beginning just voice, 05:40 and then I was introduced to theory, 05:42 music theory and solfege and when I was seven, 05:46 and I was introduced to the recorder, 05:49 to play the recorder. 05:50 Okay. So you all... 05:52 If you're familiar with 3ABN, 05:54 you know, I play the piano just a little bit. 05:57 And I actually have a harp at home 05:58 that I use just a little bit, 06:00 but I don't play it too much now. 06:02 But to me, it's a tremendous gift 06:04 to be that young and to be able to start singing, 06:07 to be able to start transposing you said. 06:09 Your dad would transpose keys, and you would transpose too. 06:12 I mean, that's an incredible gift. 06:14 Yes. 06:15 So they later on discovered at the school 06:17 when I went to study music that I was perfect pitch. 06:21 And it was... 06:25 They used to do like a dictation and listening, 06:28 and I could hear exactly the notes, 06:30 and I just write down the notes. 06:32 And then, I found myself, 06:34 "Oh, why not everybody does the same thing?" 06:37 But then later on they said, 06:40 "No, you have perfect pitch." 06:42 So my dad discovered first, 06:44 but he didn't know what it was, 06:46 he just said, "You know, she has an amazing ear." 06:49 Wow. Okay, that is amazing. 06:51 I mean, that's just an incredible gift. 06:53 Do you do more notes as in reading music 06:55 or you do play more by ear? 06:57 Both. Okay. 06:58 I was train in both. 07:00 So I started piano when I was eight, 07:03 but I didn't have piano for seven years. 07:05 So I used to go to different churches to play, 07:11 to practice twice a week, and I love that. 07:14 But I could memorize and listening 07:17 the notes in my head naturally. 07:20 So let me understand this, you were taking piano lessons, 07:23 and you had no piano at home. No. 07:24 And so you would go to a church and try to practice? 07:27 Yes. And practice at home. 07:29 Actually at the table, kitchen table. 07:32 Did you draw the notes like on the... 07:34 My brother did. 07:35 My brother prepared like he was good in painting. 07:39 And he draw the keys and so I was playing at home 07:43 and imagining the sound in my head. 07:45 Yes. 07:46 Yeah, it was an incredible experience. 07:49 I wanted to play piano so much. 07:51 Wow. 07:53 So this was something that was like a natural love, 07:54 something that was inborn in your heart, 07:56 you just passion about. 07:58 Yes, my parents never sent me to practice, never. 08:04 I mean, that's just precious. 08:06 I think of you as a little girl at the piano 08:08 and here's the notes drawn. 08:09 Yeah. 08:10 And you're just sitting there going, 08:12 and could you hear the melody in your head though 08:13 if you have perfect pitch. 08:14 Yes. I could. Wow. 08:16 Not just one melody, 08:17 but I could hear all of it in combination. 08:20 And I remember when I used to go to 08:23 orchestra concerts and things like that. 08:26 I could hear every instrument well, 08:29 and I could know which key they were 08:31 and all of that and what the clarinet was doing 08:34 and what the flute was doing. 08:36 My mind could follow then so easy, and I was just, 08:40 "Why I can hear all of these?" 08:43 That it was a very unique experience. 08:46 Wow. 08:48 I mean, that's really to be honest with you, 08:49 Martha, that's... 08:50 I mean, we know that's a gift from God 08:52 but that's what we will call a child prodigy. 08:54 You know, just to have that ability 08:56 and to be able to hear that 08:57 because I hear an orchestra concert, 08:59 and I enjoy it immensely, 09:00 but I would not be able to identifying 09:02 how they're doing this note and this was going on there. 09:05 So you practiced... When did you get a piano? 09:07 When I was 15 years old. 09:09 So seven years you practiced on a piano on... 09:13 Drawn piano and eventually... 09:14 A drawn piano and then you could go to... 09:16 A church or the school. 09:18 Wow, wow. Yes. 09:19 So you started entering in competitions. 09:21 Yes. So tell us about that? 09:23 When I was 15, and I didn't have a piano. 09:25 I had a competition, 09:27 and I couldn't practice for a week, 09:31 and I couldn't find a piano. 09:33 So my mom taught me 09:34 how to pray and depending on God. 09:36 And we just said, "Okay, we're going to pray, 09:38 I memorize all the music, 09:40 and I'm going to the competition 09:42 without touching the piano." 09:43 I didn't have the chance to touch the piano, 09:45 I went, and I won the first place. 09:48 You're kidding. 09:50 Yes, I could feel how God was moving my fingers. 09:54 And everybody was, not everybody, 09:57 but most of the people, audience, they were crying 10:00 because they were touched by my music. 10:03 And I had another competition when I was 12 10:07 that really touched my heart. 10:08 And it was my first competition, 10:10 piano competition, but it was on Sabbath 10:13 and what happened there was that... 10:18 It was a national competition from the whole country 10:21 and the judges were international. 10:24 So, but the academy, the school that I went, 10:28 they wanted to go to the competition so bad. 10:32 And they support us so much, 10:34 but we said no because of the Sabbath. 10:37 So they were trying and trying and my teacher, piano teacher, 10:40 he got the idea 10:42 to talk to one of the judges about it 10:45 to see if they could wait 10:48 until sunset for us to play. 10:51 It was the whole day competition 10:54 and so he tried that out, and it came out well. 10:58 So the judge, he said, "You know, 11:01 there is a Seventh-day Adventist 11:02 at the orchestra in Venezuela 11:04 that we give him the Sabbath. 11:07 So we are going to wait for them." 11:09 So they waited for us... So they held the competition... 11:12 After the sunset and we... 11:15 I said we because 11:17 one of my best friends from Dominican Republic, 11:19 she was another pianist, 11:21 and she was a Seventh-day Adventist, 11:23 and she was with me at the competition. 11:25 So we went to the competition, we played 11:28 and we got the first places right there. 11:31 You and your friend? Yes. 11:33 Wow. 11:34 They held the whole competition, 11:36 here you participated 11:37 after the sun went down Sabbath night. 11:39 And you got first place 11:40 and all of this is without a piano at home. 11:42 Yes, without a piano. 11:44 All of this is practicing on that. 11:46 That's just incredible, you know, wow. 11:49 To me that's dedication, Martha, 11:51 to me that's a passion for your instrument 11:53 even if you're not physically being able to play, 11:56 but you're doing it and you're still practicing 11:58 and it's trust in God. 12:00 Amen. 12:01 I've seen the miracle of what God did in your life. 12:03 Yes. 12:05 And I know you played several songs for us 12:07 and right now what we want to do is, 12:09 we want to go to one of those songs. 12:11 We want to let you hear Martha. 12:14 And this is the girl who grew up 12:15 without that piano at home 12:17 and this is what God is doing in her life. 12:20 So let's listen to that now, The Old Rugged Cross. 16:40 Amen. 16:41 What a beautiful song, The Old Rugged Cross. 16:44 And what an incredible job, Martha. 16:45 To think where God brought you from, 16:47 you know, playing there 16:49 and then to see the arrangements 16:51 that He's led you to create. 16:52 So how do you come up with your arrangements? 16:55 When I was 10 years old, I used to accompany the church 17:00 and with the hymns and the choir. 17:03 And this idea came to my brain to do something different, 17:07 more elaborated, 17:09 and I started just adding things to the hymns. 17:14 And I could listen the whole, 17:16 actually, piece made differently. 17:19 So I started developing, you know, those arrangement, 17:25 and I put myself of a goal to do, 17:29 how much I could do, how many... 17:32 And sometimes I could go back and elaborate more so I think, 17:38 but sometimes I just sit at the piano 17:41 and it just came naturally out. 17:44 Wow. 17:45 So your arrangements were all made 17:46 when you were able to go to a piano 17:48 and actually played a piano 17:49 or did you make them just up in your head 17:51 and then played it out or how did that work? 17:55 First, yes, I heard it. Okay. 17:58 And then I went to the piano and played it out. 18:01 Wow, that's incredible. 18:03 Yes. Wow. So you... 18:05 I know we talked before, 18:06 we did the song about your brothers, 18:08 and you're doing music together with them, 18:09 and you made a CD together. 18:11 Yes, we did a CD in 2008, 18:15 and it was an amazing experience, 18:17 we were... 18:19 I was almost going out of the country, 18:22 and we set out the time and in two Sundays, 18:26 14 hours, we did 12 songs. 18:29 Oh, wow. 18:30 We didn't have a manager or anything. 18:32 And I remember, we were recording one of the pieces, 18:35 and we were so nervous because it was not coming out 18:39 and the time was running. 18:40 So my brother, he just took his chair 18:42 to put it right in front of us, 18:44 and he said, "You know, we don't have anybody 18:46 but God is sitting right there. 18:49 He is going to lead us, think about that." 18:52 And as soon as he did that and we prayed, 18:55 the arrangement, it came out perfectly. 18:59 And the engineer at the sounding studio, he said, 19:06 "I don't know what you are trying to do, guys, 19:09 but this sounds like heaven." 19:12 And it was an incredible experience, 19:14 they are very talented 19:17 and they play flute and clarinet. 19:20 Johan played the flute and Randy the clarinet. 19:23 And what is amazing about, when we get together 19:26 we can feel the connection with God 19:29 musically and spiritually. 19:31 Amen. 19:32 And everyone just did their own part 19:35 when we come together to play. 19:37 It's amazing I was thinking about that experience 19:39 there in the studio, 19:41 and it's just not coming together 19:42 and saying, "Well, God is right here." 19:44 It reminds me of a scripture, I know you said, 19:46 you especially like Proverbs 3:5, 6. 19:49 And it says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. 19:52 Lean not on your own understanding, 19:54 in all your ways acknowledge Him, 19:57 and He shall direct your paths." 20:00 And that's what God's doing, 20:02 that's what God has done in your life. 20:04 So tell us, I know you made a CD, 20:06 so let's talk about that and then tell us the journey 20:09 God took you on with the harp. 20:12 But tell us about the CD first? 20:13 Yes, this CD that I had made 17 hymns from the hymnal, 20:18 Seventh-day Adventist hymnal. 20:20 And some... 20:23 When I was producing that CD, I was in Puerto Rico 20:27 with the help of pastor's family 20:29 that were very, very... 20:33 What a great blessing for me so they held me. 20:36 And I was actually very sick by then, but I did it, 20:41 and I remember the arrangement again. 20:45 The situation came that I couldn't practice before, 20:48 I had to record right there 20:50 because the opportunity just came, 20:52 and I had to do it. 20:53 So I prayed, and I remember many of those arrangements 20:57 were just right there at the studio. 21:00 And many of them, 21:02 they just came right in that moment, 21:04 so it's a very special CD 21:07 that I could feel God's presence 21:10 working through me 21:11 and giving me all of those notes 21:13 at that moment. 21:14 Amen. That's incredible. 21:15 Now before we get to the harp, tell me about a miracle story 21:19 when you were a teenager how God saved your life? 21:21 Yes, when I was 17, I used to travel for... 21:26 I was traveling for 11 years to the capital city 21:29 to take music lessons with my brothers. 21:32 And there was one day 21:34 we were walking in a very dangerous street 21:38 to take the bus to go back home. 21:40 So we were walking, and it was dark, 21:43 and there were two men that stopped us, 21:46 and they took my brother with two knifes. 21:49 And they were asking him to give, you know, 21:52 his cell phone and everything that he have, 21:55 and he gave all that he has, 21:58 and I was screaming telling them, 22:00 please leave my brother and take everything I have, 22:05 my cell phone and all of that. 22:07 They didn't even realize I was there. 22:09 They didn't see me... 22:11 It was like they didn't see you? 22:12 They didn't see me. Wow. 22:14 They didn't even see me. 22:15 And I was, you know, praying 22:16 and no later there was a very tall man 22:21 that was coming from nowhere. 22:24 And he saw the situation, and he said, 22:26 "What is happening there?" 22:28 And he just used his gun and shot to the air. 22:31 And the two guys that were holding my brother, 22:36 they just run away. 22:37 And I took my brother and run to the bus station. 22:43 And who is the tall man who came, do you know? 22:45 I never knew who it was. 22:47 I never knew. Maybe it was your angel. 22:48 Yes. Yeah, wow. 22:50 I never knew who was, 22:52 but I know God saved us from death. 22:55 Amen. 22:56 And God saved you for a purpose, you know, 22:58 because God's using you, 22:59 and we will get to that 23:01 here in the latter part of the program, 23:02 but God's using you, you know, 23:04 to speak and to share this gift of music 23:08 with the world. 23:09 And so, that's an incredible purpose 23:11 that He saved you for. 23:12 So tell us about how you got involved in playing the harp? 23:15 When I was 19 years old, 23:17 I finished my piano studies in Dominican Republic. 23:21 And then I started reading, 23:23 reading more and more the Bible. 23:25 And I got this picture from the Bible, 23:29 Revelation of old, 23:30 the angels playing the harp. 23:33 And I wanted to do something like that, 23:35 and I felt really strong a call from God 23:38 to play that instrument. 23:40 For a reason, it was very insistent in my mind 23:43 so I started, you know, looking 23:45 if there was any lessons or any teacher around, 23:49 and I discovered 23:50 when I went to the conservatory of music 23:52 that they didn't have program 23:55 for harp lessons for 10 years. 23:58 So that exact year that I went, 24:01 there was a teacher that show up. 24:03 They started it again after 10 years. 24:04 Yeah, after 10 years. 24:06 So I started playing the harp 24:08 and just playing that instrument 24:10 started opening doors incredibly. 24:14 So the news just run around and I got an invitation 24:18 from the embassy United States in Dominican Republic to play. 24:22 Okay, so I think we have some pictures. 24:24 Yeah. 24:26 Let's put up some of those pictures here we have. 24:27 Picture of you playing the harp I think. 24:29 Yes. Yes. 24:31 Now is this in Dominican Republic? 24:32 That is in Dominican Republic. 24:34 I got the opportunity to play 24:36 with the Symphony Orchestra there. 24:38 What a blessing. 24:40 Let's just roll through those pictures. 24:41 Here this is where? 24:42 This was here 24:44 when I was over in United States. 24:46 Yes, and I got in beautiful opportunity 24:48 to play with the Jackie in the Symphony Orchestra 24:50 in Washington state. 24:52 Okay, nice. 24:54 So this is you shaking the conductor's hand 24:56 and taking a bow at the end. 24:58 Nice. 25:00 It's incredible. 25:01 And this is, where is this? 25:02 And this was in Dominican Republic too. 25:04 I did a double concert, 25:06 and I always wanted to do that, 25:08 was a dream that I had to play the piano and the harp 25:12 at the same night. 25:14 Wow. 25:15 So this when you did piano and harp? 25:17 Yes. Oh, praise the Lord. 25:19 When they discovered that I was studying harp and piano, 25:24 they invited me to do a double concert, 25:27 and that was an amazing experience. 25:29 And who was that group of people 25:31 we're just looking at there? 25:32 This is a very special group. 25:35 This is an Archipelago choir from the University 25:39 I went to do my master degree in piano and harp. 25:42 So you have your undergraduate degree 25:45 in piano performance. 25:46 And then master's degree in piano 25:48 like a double master's 25:50 in both piano and harp performance. 25:52 I'm starting to feel intimidated 25:53 sitting here, you know. 25:56 No, but that's the beautiful thing is 25:57 'cause you serve with humility. 25:59 And praise the Lord for that. Amen. 26:00 So this is the Archipelago group there. 26:03 And what song were they singing? 26:05 Actually they were singing right there at that moment 26:08 for a very well known group The King's Singers. 26:12 Okay. 26:14 My own composition. 26:17 The director of that choir Dr. King, 26:20 he asked me to write a song for the choir, 26:25 and I said myself, 26:28 "Okay, this opportunity is to glorify God." 26:31 So I choose Psalm 24, 26:33 and I put music to that Psalm 26:37 and I gave it to the director. 26:41 When he saw that masterpiece, 26:42 he said, 26:44 "Wow, we're going to choose this piece 26:46 to perform in front of this special group." 26:50 The King's Singers that they were giving us 26:52 a master class so my piece was performed. 26:56 And it was a beautiful testimony 26:58 because when I was composing that 27:00 I asked the Lord, 27:02 "Lord, that every note will touch everybody 27:05 that is going to sing this psalm." 27:08 And it was amazing to see how after we... 27:11 Every time we were singing, 27:14 members from the choir came to me 27:16 saying that they felt God's presence. 27:19 They felt like Jesus was right there 27:21 next to them singing. 27:23 And that was their favorite piece 27:26 from the whole repertoire. 27:28 And I was like, 27:29 "Wow, the Lord really 27:32 fulfilled the purpose of these." 27:34 That's right. 27:35 I mean, that's the words of scripture 27:37 and then putting that to music. 27:38 Let's go to another song here 27:40 from Martha, this is My Jesus, 27:42 I Love Thee. 32:58 Amen. 32:59 We would say at 3ABN, that's a two-hander. 33:01 Praise the Lord. 33:03 What an incredible piece. 33:04 Now I would imagine you practice a great deal, 33:07 is that correct? 33:08 Yes. 33:09 So in all this practice, 33:11 there's a chance of getting injured. 33:12 Yes. 33:14 Did you get injured? 33:15 Yes, well, two years ago, almost three years ago 33:19 I injured my shoulder. 33:20 And actually it was... Practicing? 33:22 Not practicing. Oh, it wasn't practicing. 33:24 Actually I was lifting up a very heavy suitcase. 33:28 Okay. 33:29 And it turned out that when I was 17, 33:31 I was a tennis player 33:33 so I injured my shoulder back then, 33:35 but I never paid attention, 33:37 and I was for two months without playing the piano. 33:43 So the injury wasn't caused by the piano 33:45 or playing the piano 33:46 but, yeah, you had to stop from playing. 33:48 Yes. Okay. 33:49 I had to stop playing 33:51 and then three years ago basically, I was moving 33:54 and I just lift up this very heavy suitcase, 33:57 and I felt something in my shoulder. 33:59 And since then never was the same. 34:02 So I stayed for two years doing physical therapies, 34:06 trying to find out what was the problem 34:08 and it took long way 34:11 to find what was the problem. 34:13 So under a lot of pain for two years 34:16 and, you know, trying to figure out 34:18 what was wrong. 34:20 And finally, they could determine 34:22 that was an injury from those past years, 34:25 I never was fit well enough. 34:29 So you're someone who is passionate about the piano, 34:31 and you love it, and here you can't play that. 34:34 So what did that do with your journey with God? 34:37 That was a moment of consecration to God. 34:42 And I started praising God, you know, 34:45 even in the middle of the pain. 34:47 And I got so close to God more than ever. 34:53 And my days, my nights that I was in a lot of pain, 34:57 I used to compose music. 35:00 And I laid on God's Word so much. 35:05 Like I started reading the Word of God 35:07 and composing those verses from the Bible, 35:09 I started putting music to them. 35:11 So I started composing more and more and more 35:13 about my experience what I was going through 35:16 and the trust that I wanted to have in God. 35:18 But one day I started saying, "Why me? 35:21 Because I gave You it all." 35:23 And God came to my mind speaking to me through His Word 35:28 and other things that, 35:30 "You know, it doesn't matter if you don't play again, 35:33 you're still My child, and you're still special." 35:36 When I understood that, 35:37 that changed my mind, my heart. 35:41 I started recovering spiritually, 35:44 emotionally, physically. 35:46 And I realized that I could do other things for God. 35:50 Yes. Not just... 35:51 And I was willing to surrender it all to my Jesus 35:56 to give it back to Him the gift that He gave me. 35:59 So I said, "Okay, Lord, 36:01 if I'm not going to play ever again, 36:03 I'll be happy anyway with You 36:06 because I know my identity and it's in You." 36:09 That's right. 36:10 So after that, 36:13 it was a very special transition in my life 36:16 that I start actually composing the most beautiful music ever 36:22 when I was not able to play. 36:26 And I could know more my Jesus. 36:30 And that was precious to me. 36:33 Amen. 36:34 Now I know we're going to go to another song 36:36 because we have to get the rest of these songs in 36:38 but before we do that 36:39 you played for the Super Bowl 2017 in Houston. 36:42 That's right. 36:43 And what song did you play for that? 36:45 Actually I played, I composed a piece 36:47 two weeks before that audition. 36:50 And I said this piece is the one for that, 36:54 I felt that in my heart. 36:55 And as soon I played it for the judge, 36:57 they said, "You know, you are in it." 36:59 Wow. That was amazing. 37:01 They were blown away by the piece. 37:03 There is that picture 37:04 where I was almost going to be at the audition. 37:09 Okay, this is just before the audition? 37:10 Yes. 37:12 And I think we have a newspaper clipping too. 37:13 Yes, that's right. 37:15 As far as you playing that piano. 37:16 Yes. Amen. 37:18 It's amazing when you give your life to God 37:20 and let Him lead where He takes you. 37:23 Let's go to the next song which is Anywhere With Jesus. 40:32 Amen. 40:34 Anywhere with Jesus we can safely go. 40:36 And God is bringing Martha all over the world 40:40 to share His love, 40:41 and His light with other people. 40:43 So tell us what you're involved in now 40:45 and some of your dreams for the future? 40:48 Well, right now, I'm in full ministry in music, 40:50 you know, giving concerts, I teach too. 40:52 I teach piano lessons, harp lessons. 40:56 Where you're based right now? 40:57 Obviously, you're not in Dominican so where is home? 40:59 Texas. Okay. 41:01 I'm in Texas 41:03 and, well, I have being actually 41:04 working for a church too as a music director. 41:07 And I am involved now trying to get a harp CD. 41:13 Nice because you don't have a harp CD. 41:16 No, I don't have a harp CD. 41:18 So that's one of the projects for the future. 41:21 And also I started a year ago a project for kids. 41:25 I started putting music, 41:27 some verses from the Bible for kids 41:29 and also taking all of those hymns 41:32 that all very old songs for kids 41:35 when I was a kid 41:37 and put it in music with harp and piano. 41:40 So those two projects I'm working on it. 41:44 Amen. 41:46 I know many times when we do a Today program, 41:47 we'll put up contact information 41:49 but in this program, 41:50 we want to put up your email address. 41:52 I know maybe you want to contact Martha for yourself, 41:55 you want her to come to your church 41:57 or to your community center for a concert, 42:00 you would like her to come speak 42:01 or maybe the Lord has put on your heart, 42:03 "I want to support one of these projects, 42:06 the project for kids or the new harp CD 42:08 or something else, I want to support that." 42:11 What is your email address? 42:12 How can people get in touch with you? 42:13 MarthaDeLuna, like my name... 42:16 MarthaDeLuna0@Yahoo.com. Okay. 42:23 Okay. MarthaDeLuna0... 42:26 Yes. At Yahoo.com. 42:28 So I just want to encourage you at home, 42:30 if you did not get a chance to write that down 42:33 or you're driving in your car and you can't, 42:35 you can always call us at 3ABN, 42:37 and we would love to put you in touch with Martha. 42:40 Now I know we're going to do one more song 42:41 before the newsbreak, We Should Behold On 42:43 which I think is one of my all time favorite songs. 42:46 But before we go to that, Martha, 42:47 what would you tell someone if they're contemplating 42:50 or they have a passion for music, 42:52 how would you want to encourage them? 42:54 What would you say? 42:55 I will say never give up 42:57 if you don't have it all in your hands, like, 42:59 I didn't have a piano 43:01 or you don't see anything going well at first. 43:07 Keep praying, keep trusting in Jesus 43:09 and move forward 43:10 because God has a purpose in our lives 43:13 and music is a beautiful gift 43:16 that touch people in a very special way. 43:21 And if you have the gift of music, 43:23 use it for His glory, 43:24 always recognize Him first than anything. 43:28 Amen. Praise the Lord for that. 43:31 We'll just know that 43:32 you're part now of the 3ABN family 43:35 that we consider you are part of our family. 43:37 Amen. Thank you. 43:38 And we would love to have you back anytime 43:40 but just a joy to have you here, 43:42 your spirit, your love for God, 43:44 and the gifts that He's given to you. 43:46 So I'm very excited about that. 43:48 Right now, we are going to our final song, 43:51 We Shall Behold Him, 43:53 and then when we come back after the song 43:55 and after the newsbreak 43:56 we'll have a few moments for some closing thoughts. |
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