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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 00:30 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 01:08 Hello and welcome to ABN Today. 01:11 My name is John Lomacang. 01:12 Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in today. 01:15 We always have good programs and today is not an exception, 01:20 wonderful guest today, someone I know well, 01:22 and I'm excited to be able to interview him. 01:24 But many of you watching the program might be involved 01:26 in some form of ministry 01:28 whether it's music or print ministry, 01:31 you might be a speaker 01:32 or a person of diverse talents and abilities. 01:35 Today, I pray that you'll be encouraged 01:38 by the life of my good friend who will share with you 01:42 how God has developed him for ministry 01:45 and what the Lord is doing through his life. 01:48 And, you know, when we are giving gifts, 01:50 we have also with that gift 01:51 a great responsibility to lead others to Christ, 01:54 and to allow Christ to be reflected through the gift, 01:57 and ministry that we have. 01:58 And so, stay tuned today for very encouraging program, 02:02 but also thank you for your prayers, 02:04 and your financial support of this network 02:06 as we continue going and growing, 02:08 getting ready for the coming of Jesus. 02:10 Right now I'd like to just welcome my guest. 02:12 Good to have you here, Kendol. Good to be here. 02:14 Kendol Bacchus, it's always good to see you 02:17 and to invite you to come to 3ABN. 02:20 This is your first time however on our set 02:23 that is as an interview. 02:24 That's right. 02:26 But you've been behind the piano on several occasions, 02:29 but before I go into that part of your interview 02:31 and how you are already a part of this 3ABN family, 02:35 give our viewers just a little bit 02:36 about your background, 02:38 who you are, where you're from, and what you do right now? 02:40 Okay. 02:42 Well, I'm from St. Vincent and the Grenadines... 02:44 Okay. 02:45 Which is a chain of islands in the southern Caribbean, 02:47 down by Trinidad and Barbados. 02:48 Yes. 02:50 And I was born into a SDA Christian family, 02:53 the fifth child. 02:55 Okay. 02:56 A bit of musical family 02:57 and my parents were literature evangelists, 03:02 so I was raised in an atmosphere of missions 03:06 and commitment to the church. 03:08 Okay. 03:09 And your ministry right now is called Music and Missions. 03:14 That's right. 03:15 Describe that for us? Okay. 03:17 So my journey has taken me through music, 03:21 towards missions. 03:22 Okay. Okay. 03:24 The thing that I always did 03:25 when I serve the church as a child was play music, 03:28 but what I've learned through my journey 03:30 is that the Great Commission is for everybody 03:34 and the way to do the Great Commission most successfully 03:37 is to be involved in Christ method of reaching people. 03:39 That's right. 03:41 So now I am combining 03:42 the skill of music with the vision 03:45 of what Christ method of reaching people can bring. 03:48 That's right. 03:50 Bringing people to the kingdom of God. 03:52 Okay, through the gift of, that's music, 03:55 but also has a mission connected to it. 03:56 That's right. 03:58 And you from the West Indies to be very frank about it... 03:59 Yes. 04:01 Right down a chain of Caribbean islands... 04:02 That's right. 04:03 If you look at it, you know, 04:05 my family some of them from St. Thomas, 04:06 and I was raised by a lady from Trinidad, 04:08 and husband from Barbados, so it's all down in that chain. 04:10 Yes. 04:12 And the beautiful Caribbean and the Grenadines... 04:14 So you know about good food. 04:15 Oh, yeah. 04:17 I have the advantage of the Caribbean flavors 04:20 and my ancestry goes back to India. 04:21 Yes. 04:23 And I'm fourth generation Vincentian. 04:25 Okay. What is that? 04:27 From St. Vincent... 04:28 Oh, from St. Vincent, okay. 04:29 All right, of Indian descent, 04:31 and so I come through 04:33 an indentured sort of ancestry 04:37 where my ancestors were brought to the Caribbean 04:40 after slavery was abolished, you know, 04:43 indentured labor was just another fancy term for slavery. 04:46 So they were basically brought the slaves 04:48 after the African slave trade died. 04:52 But through that God brought Christianity to my family 04:57 and this has really impacted 04:59 a few of the things that I'm doing now. 05:01 So your generational connections from India, 05:04 and then you reach all the way across the world 05:06 down to the Grenadines and St. Vincent? 05:09 That's right. 05:10 But tell us a little about your background 05:12 because when you think about Missions and Music, 05:16 somewhere along the way there had to be a decision 05:19 that this is what the Lord was calling you to do, 05:21 talk about that? 05:22 Yes. 05:24 Well, first of all, 05:25 I realized from a young age that I had a musical ear. 05:30 I could harmonize growing up from young age 05:34 and I kind of thought everybody could hear that, 05:39 you know, but I realized that 05:40 not everybody can just harmonize naturally. 05:42 So I had a natural ability to do that, 05:47 and then there was a very old piano in my home, 05:49 and I would hear my sisters playing growing up, 05:53 and I sort of taught myself to navigate the keys... 05:56 Okay. 05:58 To chords, and so from my early teens 06:01 I started to be a church pianist, 06:05 and then I worked with choirs, accompanying choirs, 06:08 and started to do some formal music theory, 06:13 and play classical music all on my own, 06:17 and then in my late teens 06:19 I was introduced to a piano teacher. 06:21 My oldest sister really helped with music theory, 06:23 and my early development, 06:26 and I would steal their scores and play them. 06:29 You know, well, we had a few people competing 06:31 for the same piano in my home. 06:33 Okay. 06:34 And I got a chance when they were not around 06:35 to do that. 06:37 And then I did some exams 06:41 with the Royal Schools of Music. 06:42 Yes. 06:43 You know, and went on to college, 06:46 and there was definitely a few hints along the way, 06:51 for example being asked by Pastor Wintley Phipps 06:54 to accompany him when I was about 19, 20 06:59 during a concert down in Trinidad, 07:01 and then I moved on to Jamaica, 07:02 and I was leading a student group 07:06 at the time, 07:07 and I was asked if this group would appear on the JMI Awards 07:11 which is the Jamaica Music Industry Awards show. 07:14 Okay. 07:15 I didn't even know there was such an organization 07:19 at the time, 07:21 but our teacher, our college music teacher asked 07:24 if we would oblige and do that, 07:27 so these were hints along the way 07:29 that the Lord was sort of favoring me 07:33 towards this sort of ministry. 07:35 And so when I got to Andrews University, 07:37 I was with Andrews University singers, 07:40 and that helped me to grow a bit more, 07:42 you know, my appreciation for choral work, 07:45 and then after that surprisingly 07:50 even though 07:52 I achieved a master's degree in biology, 07:54 my heart was really with music, 07:56 and I decided to take an experimental year, 07:58 and that will take me further 08:00 into a journey of Missions and Music. 08:02 And where are some of the places you lived 08:04 because we talked about this getting, 08:05 becoming familiar with your background, 08:08 you lived in some places 08:09 where it doesn't really necessarily 08:11 if you think about, guy from St. Vincent 08:14 and with Indian background, 08:15 where were you living for some lengthy time period 08:18 that began as missions. 08:19 That's right. That's right. 08:21 Okay, so my education was in St. Vincent, 08:23 all church school, primary and secondary, 08:26 and then I went to school in Trinidad, 08:29 University of the Southern Caribbean, 08:30 it was called Caribbean... 08:31 Union College back in the day. Yes. 08:33 And then in Jamaica, at West Indies College, 08:35 that's now called Northern Caribbean University. 08:37 You were island hopping. 08:38 Yes, I was. 08:40 And then I went to Andrews University 08:44 to do a master's degree 08:45 and that was my introduction to winter 08:47 and Berrien Springs, Michigan have the kinds of winters 08:50 that really teach you what winters are all about. 08:52 If you repent... 08:54 That's right. 08:56 But after my studies in biology, 08:59 I was still not really totally fulfilled 09:03 and so I decided to do this search 09:07 to try to do overseas missions. 09:09 And I thought, you know, 09:11 let me try to see where the Lord would call me, 09:14 so I was praying about this, 09:17 and I applied, and I said to the office, 09:20 "I'd like to go to Thailand or East Africa." 09:23 Not that I knew a whole lot about those countries, 09:27 anyway a call came specifically for me 09:29 to go to South Korea. 09:31 Wow. 09:32 And I said, "Lord, if You work out all the visas 09:33 and everything I would go." 09:35 And then I further prayed to be in a clean place, 09:41 a clean environment, you know, I'm a bit OCD. 09:45 Okay. 09:47 And so the whole idea of overseas missions, 09:49 you know, I wasn't sure I was getting into. 09:51 You don't want to rough it too much. 09:52 Yeah. Rough it to a certain degree. 09:54 That's right. That's right. 09:55 And so I was led to South Korea, 09:59 and so I showed up there, 10:01 and they placed me in this city called Chungju. 10:04 And Chungju is known as the clean city. 10:07 Oh, wonderful. Lord heard your prayer. 10:08 Yeah, and they were praying for a pianist 10:12 to come to their mission school. 10:14 And so I felt the Lord had put me in the right place. 10:18 And that one year however turned into 14 years. 10:24 Fourteen years? Fourteen years. 10:26 So you do have some conversational Korean. 10:28 Yes, yes. 10:30 You can order what you need at a Korean restaurant. 10:31 Oh, yeah. 10:33 And make your way through the market. 10:34 Yes, I could do my shopping, and I can do my banking, 10:37 and my postal stuff, you know, 10:40 all the survival things that you need to do 10:42 on a mission field in a foreign country. 10:45 You started to talk about something very deep 10:47 and I'll be lost, you know, but, you know, 10:51 I know enough Survival Korean to get by. 10:54 But you're very much a musician. 10:56 So what I want to do is kind of introduce one of your songs. 10:58 We have some beautiful music that you've done, 11:01 and I want to kind of lay the foundation 11:02 as I think about your story, the Lord knew your heart. 11:05 Yes. 11:07 And this song, "Shepherd of My Heart" 11:09 is a beautiful piano rendition. 11:12 Are you going to just be playing 11:13 or singing all along with it? 11:14 Oh, I'm just going to be playing. 11:16 Just going to be playing, sit back 11:17 as Kendol unfolds his story 11:20 he discovered in a beautiful way 11:21 that Jesus is the shepherd of his heart. 16:49 Thank you Kendol, appreciate that, relaxing. 16:52 Thank you. 16:53 You know, I mentioned to you 16:55 as we were listening to that song 16:56 and you may have come to the same conclusion, 16:59 it soothes the nerves, calms the spirit, 17:04 you know, if you're driving, 17:05 and we have various occasions too, 17:08 sometimes you're driving somewhere 17:09 and you want to just get in your car and relax, 17:12 and you think, "I don't want to hear the news. 17:14 I don't want to hear up-tempo music. 17:16 I don't want anybody singing to me, 17:17 I just want to listen to something relaxing 17:18 and spiritual." 17:20 And I appreciate that. 17:21 Thank you so much for that. Thank you, sir. 17:23 Now you've had opportunity to rub shoulders 17:25 with some pretty famous people, 17:27 give us a little dabble in that? 17:29 I know that that's not your focus of ministry, 17:31 but in your journey the Lord has led you 17:34 in some ways to touch the lives of people 17:36 that are very well known. 17:39 Yeah, that's right. 17:42 If people know who Bill Gates is... 17:44 Wow. Mr. Microsoft himself. 17:47 Yeah, I was commissioned by his family 17:51 to be their pianist over Christmas holiday. 17:54 They came on to the Caribbean 17:56 in a very sort of low profile way, 18:01 stayed there for a while. 18:04 So yeah, I was shuttled out there to be with them 18:08 and to provide Christmas music for them. 18:11 Wonderful. So that was cool. 18:13 And just to kind of add a cap to that, 18:16 that's not your main focus 18:17 'cause you're very ministry geared, 18:19 but that was part of your journey. 18:21 That's right, but the interesting thing 18:23 during that time is that we had a little service, 18:25 little Christmas service, and read a Christmas story, 18:29 you know, so... 18:31 Get a chance to share Christ, not just the seasonal music. 18:34 That's right. 18:36 Now you, there's a song, "O Divine Redeemer", 18:39 tell us about that 18:40 because in choosing songs to play and to feature, 18:45 how do you pick your songs? 18:47 Okay. 18:48 I like classical music, 18:49 and I discovered this song from an old cassette tape 18:54 that my sisters brought from Jamaica. 18:57 They went to school there, 18:58 and so their choir was singing this piece 19:00 and it's based on Psalm 51, 19:04 it's David at a low point in his life 19:05 when he's messed up, and he's feeling very guilty, 19:08 and disappointed in himself. 19:10 And so he cries out to God and, you know, 19:14 he's basically saying, "God, you know, 19:16 turn me not away, receive me, I'm unworthy." 19:20 So this piece, I heard it first 19:23 as a choral work, a choir. 19:27 But, you know, as a pianist I decided 19:30 I will turn it into a piano solo, 19:32 and I will try to express the same sentiments 19:34 through the piano of David, you know, repenting, 19:39 crying out to God, feeling desperate, 19:41 and the whole thing come in to some sort of end 19:45 with a resolution after he had expressed himself. 19:49 So this is "O Devine Redeemer". 19:51 Okay, sit back and enjoy, "O Divine Redeemer". 24:26 I know you were blessed by that song 24:28 that was speaking about David's heart, 24:31 and that was, as we talked about 24:33 this whole place of desperation and needing to be delivered 24:36 and reconciled with Christ, each one of us could identify 24:39 to some degree with that very sentiment. 24:41 That's right. 24:43 And I want to go back into some other areas 24:44 that we didn't talk about. 24:46 First of all, you're the youngest 24:47 in your family. 24:48 Yes. 24:50 And what was that like to be raised with four sisters? 24:52 Oh, man, a lot of pressure. 24:55 I came six years after them. Okay. 24:57 And so I didn't have a brother 25:00 and they didn't know what to do with me, 25:02 you know, but I had a piano. 25:05 You had a piano. Yeah. 25:06 Found a... 25:07 And a dog. 25:09 Piano and a dog, found a good friend. 25:10 Yeah. 25:12 Because that's a lot of pressure 25:13 being raised with four sisters, 25:14 you know, a lot of, not a whole lot of place to run 25:17 when you need somebody to play cricket with. 25:20 That's right. 25:21 I was going to say baseball, but you... 25:23 My dad tried, but, you know, we were a close family, 25:27 so it's a real blessing, and they're all musical, 25:30 and they really support what I do. 25:34 Okay. Yeah. 25:36 That's good, but you have a diversity of avenues 25:39 of ministry though, not just behind the piano, 25:41 talk about some of your seminars 25:43 because you are also a presenter. 25:44 Yes. 25:46 So I try to inspire young people to think 25:51 soberly about music, you know, 25:53 so I've done some studies on in music and worship, 25:59 in particular 26:00 how we use the musical language best, 26:03 you know, to express praise to God 26:05 because there is a school of thought that, you know, 26:09 there is a no moral value in music, 26:11 you know, it's all neutral. 26:15 That might have been fun, you know, 26:18 but we don't quite process music 26:21 the same from individual to individual, 26:24 and at the same time 26:25 the way the brain receives music, 26:28 we know some general trends 26:30 in terms of if we are able to really 26:34 think about the lyrical content, 26:37 and the message there or not, 26:39 because sometimes you see 26:42 the musical language we use can support the message, 26:45 and we want that to happen... 26:46 That's right. 26:48 we don't wanted to betray the message, 26:49 so I do some seminars in that, but my favorite seminar 26:53 right now came out really from where I am in my journey, 26:57 and it's really because I discovered 27:02 that in music if you sing or if you're a techie person, 27:07 you do PA systems and audio visual 27:10 that secular people are fascinated by that, 27:14 and the very first step in Christ method 27:17 is Christ mingled. 27:20 And so when I meet people, and we have a chat, 27:24 and they're trying to get to know me, 27:26 a lot of the time 27:27 they don't want to really talk about the biology 27:30 or they don't really want to talk about, 27:33 you know, other stuff, they want to talk 27:35 about the fact that I am pianist. 27:37 Okay. 27:38 So I used that 27:43 as a way to get a number or an email address 27:46 to form a connection of trust. 27:48 That's the first step in Christ method, you know, 27:51 ultimately we want to win people's confidence. 27:53 Right. 27:54 You know, and we don't want to do this hypocritically, 27:57 it's very important that the steps in Christ method 27:59 are done authentically, 28:02 and as if there is no other step 28:04 because, you know, 28:06 we like to rush on to the baptism, 28:07 step six, you know, 28:09 where we ask them to follow Jesus, 28:10 but that can take two weeks or it can take 15 years, 28:15 we don't know how long it's going to take. 28:16 Right, 'cause one plants, another waters, 28:18 but God gives the increase. 28:19 That's it. 28:21 He determines the time where, you know, 28:23 you blossom to the place where you are safe. 28:25 And that's expressed in the scriptures, 28:27 you know, Peter followed Jesus a year and a half 28:29 after his brother Andrew had introduced him. 28:31 So we can't rush that, but that's, 28:33 I like that avenue of ministry, continue. 28:35 That's right. 28:37 So, you know, 28:40 my seminars are about 28:41 how with the special skill of music, 28:46 being a technical person 28:47 how you contextualize that within Christ's method, 28:52 because that's the only method 28:53 that's going to give true success. 28:55 That's right. 28:56 Because we could get really bogged down with numbers, 28:59 you know, and we don't want 29:01 to bring people to Christ, 29:06 we don't want to bring people to music, 29:08 and they think they've come to Christ. 29:11 Very good connection, 29:12 we don't want the music to be a substitute 29:14 for Christ for the relationship. 29:15 Exactly, exactly. 29:16 And the heart of man is quite deceitful, you know. 29:19 Our emotional response to music is legitimate, it's important, 29:23 but it's not really the primary thing 29:25 that we're after. 29:27 We're after authentic worship to God through this, 29:31 He is the primary audience, 29:32 He's the one that's receiving the praise, and artists, 29:37 because we work on our craft, 29:39 and we get criticized by teachers and so on 29:42 to get better and better. 29:45 And let's face it, 29:46 there are very high standards of music in the world. 29:49 And now if my measure of success 29:51 is being able to sell a million copies of a record 29:56 or playing at certain venue, 29:58 I don't think that's the ultimate success for me 30:01 as an artist in the church, 30:03 it's not really what our mission is, you know. 30:05 That's right. 30:06 You know, it's how best I'm able to use this 30:09 within the Great Commission. 30:10 That's right. 30:12 The Great Commission is not a great suggestion, 30:16 it's a commission. 30:17 So every follower of Christ, 30:20 if you've experienced Jesus in your life, 30:23 you would have the hearts for missions 30:26 because that's what He does for us. 30:28 So my seminars are ones that encourage people 30:34 who are in music to use it for the Great Commission 30:39 because this not only helps people 30:41 to come to Christ, it helps us to put aside self 30:45 because artistry is really, you know, it's about self, 30:49 it's about believing in yourself, 30:50 and confidence, you got three yeses, 30:53 you know, that sort of language, 30:55 you know, and so that's how the world measure success. 31:00 But for us, it's really a chance 31:05 for the Lord to bring us into dependency on Him 31:09 'cause when we are involved in missions, 31:12 we are dependent on Christ. 31:13 That's right. 31:15 When we're just involved in music, 31:16 we're depended on self. 31:17 Yeah, because, you know, music, 31:19 I like what you said a moment ago, 31:20 the emotional response to music is important... 31:23 Yeah. 31:24 But that's not the goal... 31:25 That's right. 31:27 Because music can make you feel good, 31:28 it can make you feel sad, it can lift today, 31:29 it can make you feel melancholy, 31:32 it has all those influences on us. 31:35 But emotional aspect of music 31:37 while it reaches a certain place in your heart 31:40 and in your life, 31:42 that's not the ultimate goal of it. 31:43 That's right. 31:44 And then you, the other thing you pointed out, 31:46 musicians like affirmation... 31:47 They do. Did you like that? 31:49 Was that good? Yeah. 31:50 And that tends to seek the three yeses 31:52 rather than saying, 31:54 "I must decrease 31:55 because I want Him to increase." 31:57 That's right. That's right. 31:58 I'm not saying that everybody does that, 32:00 you know, don't feel anything, but let's face it, 32:02 human nature, we like the pats on the back. 32:04 Right. Right? 32:06 So I do these seminars not just to encourage people 32:10 to bring people to the church or bring people to Christ, 32:12 but you yourself, 32:14 you need this involvement in missions, 32:17 you know, if you're going to be good for yourself. 32:19 That's right, which takes me to that place, 32:22 music is deeper than it appears to be on the surface. 32:24 Absolutely. 32:26 And as a singer and songwriter, I tell you, 32:30 very modest songwriter 'cause I don't read music, 32:32 and I'm not theoretical, you have that background, 32:35 you have the ability to, you are self-taught, 32:38 but you have the theory, you have the experience, 32:40 you can read music, and do scores. 32:42 And not only that, I also found out 32:44 you have studio ability, engineering, sound, artistry, 32:48 all that in your repertoire. 32:51 So you're comfortable in a music studio? 32:54 Yeah, I like being in that environment actually. 32:57 Okay. Yeah. 32:59 Now the song that I was thinking of 33:01 and you set the stage wonderfully for that was 33:03 "Deep River". 33:05 Talk about Deep River 33:06 because as I'm listening to your approach to music 33:10 and once again, not a blanket statement, 33:11 but, you know, our world is very driven by music, 33:14 so many different genres of music, 33:16 so many different aspects, 33:17 even sometimes in Christian music, 33:19 it could be in a war driven, a recognition driven thing. 33:23 But for you, music is a lot deeper than that. 33:25 Yeah. 33:27 Deep River is a Negro spiritual. 33:29 I talked about my ancestor journey early on, 33:33 okay, 33:34 what I discovered is that 33:36 we have the highest incidence of displacement 33:39 on the planet ever recorded. 33:41 In fact, the statistic I read said that 1 in 131 persons 33:46 on planet earth are displaced. 33:50 That's quite shocking. 33:53 Human trafficking, 33:54 the slavery in all forms existing today still, 33:57 we don't label it as slavery all the time, 33:59 but essentially that's what it is. 34:01 That's right. 34:02 And so coming from an ancestry 34:05 of indentured servants, 34:08 I thought a Negro spiritual is as relevant 34:11 to my history as well. 34:12 I couldn't think of any other people group 34:16 that was displaced on the earth that birthed a genre of music. 34:21 And it's such beautiful music, the Negro spirituals. 34:23 I wanted to present them again, 34:26 not this time to be just a part of black identity 34:30 or black history necessarily, 34:32 but to bring hope to present day 34:35 displaced people, 34:38 and to bring them to Christ because you see that 34:41 the story of God is about 34:43 how He brings beautiful things out of bad situations. 34:47 And so, Ellen White talks about in the last days 34:50 that people will come to adore us, 34:52 we wouldn't even need to go to their country sometimes... 34:55 That's right. To give them the gospel. 34:57 And so here in the United States, 34:59 you've got refugees from all over, 35:01 now I'm writing this album, 35:03 and getting it ready to record it. 35:05 And there's somebody in this country 35:09 who is getting ready to do 35:10 a concert for refugee ministries, 35:14 and this person heard me play something else 35:18 and asked if I will come to this country 35:22 to perform in this concert. 35:23 So, you know, again it's a story of God. 35:25 So Sojourn is the CD that I have 35:30 and Deep River is 35:32 one of the several Negro spirituals on this album. 35:36 Well, thank you for that. 35:37 I'd like you to sit back 35:38 and listen to the pathos of the rise 35:41 and the journey of those who understand of the sadness, 35:47 but also the eventual joy of knowing 35:49 you've been displaced, 35:51 but Christ has found you where you were. 35:54 That's right. Negro spiritual, Deep River. 38:58 You've discovered through songs like that 39:00 that the relationships that matter 39:02 that really take us to that safe place in Christ, 39:05 you know, our relationships that often 39:07 borne out of hardship and difficulty, 39:10 that's what I like about that song, 39:12 Deep River. 39:13 Yeah. 39:14 It's, you know, they say still waters run deep, 39:17 but very few of us, 39:19 very few of us appreciate what we've become 39:22 as a result of going through the deep rivers in our lives. 39:25 And on that CD, mention the title of the CD 39:27 again that has Negro spirituals. 39:28 Right, it's called Sojourn. Sojourn. 39:30 And it's based on two Bible texts 39:32 that talk about the fact that we are sojourners on the earth. 39:34 Okay. 39:35 This isn't really our final home 39:38 and, in fact, I'm writing right now 39:41 a second CD of Negro spirituals if you will 39:47 because there are scores of Negro spirituals out there, 39:51 and I really like this music, so why not? 39:56 I like that picture. 39:58 I have always desired, 40:00 I mean I tinker around the keyboard enough 40:03 to find a song or develop one, 40:06 but the deep appreciation 40:08 of what music really is all about 40:10 is something that I'm still in pursuit of, so but, 40:13 until then I'll appreciate musicians 40:15 and ministers such as yourself. 40:18 Tell us about some of the places you've been 40:21 'cause music has taken you far and wide, and you're single... 40:24 That's right. 40:26 I just want to say that for those 40:27 who are watching the program, 40:31 but that hasn't been a major pursuit of yours, 40:34 but tell us about some of the places you've gone, 40:36 and how the Lord has allowed you 40:38 to meet some of our other 3ABN family, 40:39 like Sandra Entermann. 40:41 Oh, yeah, yeah. 40:43 Well, you know, I had these friends in Korea, 40:46 this family in Korea 40:48 that decided to move to Australia. 40:52 So they moved and close friend of mine 40:56 asked me if I would come down on holiday 40:57 during my break. 40:59 So here was I flying 41:02 from Korea to Australia 41:04 to see my Korean buddy and his family. 41:07 And the very first Sabbath I said, you know, 41:10 "I go to Korean churches every week. 41:12 It would be nice to go 41:13 to an English speaking church today." 41:16 So he took me to the nearest 41:18 English speaking church to his house, 41:21 and so at this church 41:24 I met people who greeted me warmly, 41:28 and I was invited to lunch 41:30 along with other visitors for the day. 41:33 And so at this lunch 41:35 I would meet Sandra Entermann... 41:38 Yes. 41:39 And we did some singing and so on after lunch, 41:43 but they didn't know that I played. 41:47 Oh... 41:49 But I was staying coincidentally 41:52 to those up from that house on the same street, 41:57 and this was Sandra's sister 42:00 and good friends of mine. 42:03 Anyway the following day, 42:05 I guess they noticed that I was sort of musical 42:08 'cause I was singing 42:09 and I was harmonizing a little bit, 42:11 and so they asked me, "Do you play? 42:15 And I said, "Yeah, I play the piano." 42:18 He said, "Well, we had a piano downstairs. 42:20 You never told us yesterday. 42:21 So long story short, 42:25 Sandra and I made a musical connection, 42:29 and that would lead me 42:31 to Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 42:32 That's right. 42:34 Where we did some videos right here together 42:36 and I met a really good friend through Sandra, 42:39 and that's A.T Westney. 42:41 Oh, very much part of the 3ABN. 42:43 He was responsible for my first CD project 42:45 back in 1999. 42:47 Yeah, yeah. Great, great gentleman. 42:48 That's right. Great Christian also. 42:50 That's right. 42:52 So I was able to do some sessions with him 42:54 and just last year I was able to perform 42:58 alongside him 43:00 with the orchestra of St. Paul's in London 43:02 at the gala concert, and I was called in. 43:07 I wasn't supposed to be on the cast, 43:09 but there was agent in London, 43:11 and just four days before that big night, 43:15 I got a phone call and ended up having to handle some music. 43:19 All right. 43:20 And it was a great time working with him again. 43:24 So that's Australia, 43:26 but I've also been throughout 43:30 some countries in Southeast Asia 43:31 like Thailand, Philippines, Japan, 43:37 New Zealand, and down in Southern Africa... 43:39 Wow. 43:41 South Africa, Zimbabwe, 43:42 Swaziland, Botswana, and Namibia, 43:45 I didn't always do music in those countries, 43:47 but, you know, your musical connections 43:50 do have a way of beginning to friendships 43:53 that take you around, but what I found out is that 43:57 this Seventh-day Adventist church 43:59 of which we are part exists everywhere. 44:02 Wow, that's right, world wide family. 44:04 That's right, people are warm most times, 44:09 and you would know what to expect at lunch. 44:12 That's right. 44:14 I want to set up the song, "The stage is Bare" 44:17 because I want to kind of wind our program up, 44:19 but this is not the last part, we're gonna come back 44:21 and have a little commentary after that. 44:24 Tell us about The Stage is Bare, 44:25 kind of give us the 30 second introduction to that. 44:27 Sure. 44:29 I was becoming involved in a 2016 44:32 3ABN campaign in London. 44:34 I've been going to London the last five or six years 44:37 pretty much every year for periods 44:39 ranging from three months to six months 44:43 assisting the South-Indian conference with evangelism 44:46 doing my seminars and innovating music ministry. 44:50 And so we did a project last year 44:52 called Music for Broken World which had a focus on diversity. 45:01 What did you just ask me? 45:02 And on that note, 45:04 I want to run the song The Stage is Bare. 45:05 Okay. 45:06 Because I want to give you a chance 45:08 on the other side of that to comment about that. 45:09 Right. Okay. 45:11 It's a beautiful song, I've heard it before 45:13 and artist Sandi Patty is the one who sung it, 45:16 but you're going to be blessed as Kendol Bacchus plays it. 51:17 Thank you so much, Kendol. 51:19 Tell us where that song was born in your repertoire? 51:22 Right. 51:24 So I was getting ready for the London 2016 campaign. 51:25 Yes. 51:27 And I wanted to do an album called Altar Call 51:30 which would have all of the songs 51:32 that we would use to bring people to Christ, 51:33 and I thought it would be nice to make this available 51:36 for music therapy as well, 51:39 when people are hurting, they're vulnerable, 51:40 and they're more likely to remember these hymns. 51:43 That's right. 51:45 So just like your CD The Call... 51:47 The Call. 51:48 This one is Altar Call. 51:49 Okay. Yeah. 51:51 And those of you watching 51:52 and listening to the program might want to know 51:54 how to get in touch with Kendol, 51:55 to invite him to share his varied gifts 51:57 including the beautiful gift of music, 51:59 here is the information that you need. 52:03 If you would like to invite Kendol Bacchus 52:05 to share his talent and preaching 52:07 with your church or conference, 52:09 please visit his website KendolMusic.com. 52:13 There you will find his recordings 52:15 as well as more information on his music 52:17 and missions ministry. 52:20 That website again is Kendol, 52:22 spelled K-E-N-D-O-L Music.com. 52:27 You may also call him in St. Vincent at area code 52:31 784-498-2072 52:35 or write to Music and Missions, 52:38 PO Box 60, Kingstown, St. Vincent. |
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