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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY190042A
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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 01:10 - Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:12 My name is Jill Morikone, and we're so excited that 01:15 you have taken time from your day to spend with us. 01:18 Know that we consider you a part of the 3ABN family, 01:22 that we love you, that we pray for you, and 01:25 that we're so grateful for your prayers and 01:27 financial support of this ministry. Because of your 01:31 support, we can bring you programs like what 01:33 we're bringing you today- ministries that have changed 01:37 lives around the world. I love the Today program, 01:40 because we feature testimonies of changed lives, and today 01:43 is no exception. We have with us from-friends and 01:48 family-from down under. I'm speaking of 3ABN 01:52 Australia. Greg and I had the privilege to 01:55 travel there a few months ago. And just to get a 01:58 sneak peek-a glimpse, as it were-into what God 02:03 is doing in the ministry. John Malkiewycz, of 02:06 course, is the general manager of 3ABN Australia, 02:09 and we have with us on the set, not John, but his lovely 02:13 wife Rosemary who's the assistant to the general 02:16 manager. I just consider that you and John work 02:19 together there in the leadership of 3ABN 02:22 Australia. But we are so grateful that you made 02:25 the trip! And sitting next to you is your 02:28 son, James Hope. And James, we're so excited to have 02:32 you here, as well. You are 3ABN Australia production 02:35 and IT coordinator. Did I get that? - Yes. - Now 02:39 have you been here before, James? - I have. 12 years ago, 02:41 actually. I wanted to come for camp meeting, but I missed 02:46 it. But I made it finally this time, as well. - And 02:51 we are so excited that you're here. Now Rosemary, 02:55 I want for our friends at home...talk to us just 02:57 a little bit about 3ABN Australia. I know I remember 03:00 reading in the World Magazine about you and John. This was- 03:04 I don't even know. Would it be 20 years ago? Traveling 03:07 around Australia with satellite dishes on the back of your 03:11 car and putting them up. So how long ago would 03:14 that have been? - Well, we first got 3ABN on our 03:17 television in March 2002. - Okay. - But we were driving 03:23 in Kermit? in 2003. - Oh, wow. - The end of 2003. 03:28 - Do you know how many miles you put on with that? 03:30 - With that trip, we did 25,000 kilometers. I don't 03:35 know what that is in miles, but it took us four months, 03:39 and we went all the way around Australia, finding 03:42 out where we can put satellite dishes in. And 03:46 then we finally said, "Danny, we need to go 03:48 on a smaller dish, because there's too many people 03:50 on the east side of Australia where it's so low in the sky." 03:54 Even the fence between them and their neighbor 03:57 or a tree or if a house next door is two stories, 04:00 I mean, they can't get anything. - Yeah. - So 04:02 we went onto a smaller dish. - Yes. And how big 04:05 is the smaller dish? - Well, it's less than a meter... 04:10 900 centimeters... - Something 04:12 like that. - Sorry, that's 9 meters. - How big? About 04:16 like that? Okay. - 90 centimeters. - Okay. 04:18 Aww. I know 3ABN Australia began in 2003. So right after 04:25 that trip, then, is when you began! - No, we... 04:28 Actually, Owen Troy phoned us and said, "The board 04:32 wants you to start 3ABN Australia as a non-profit 04:35 organization," and we were preparing to go on 04:39 a trip. So, we put that aside a bit and got on 04:44 with doing the actual organization. - Wow. 04:48 - And once we had that all in place, then we went 04:51 on a trip. - Amen. It's amazing what God has 04:55 done in and through 3ABN Australia. I know just from 04:58 a personal perspective, John and Rosemary are 05:01 some of the hardest-working, dedicated, consecrated people 05:06 you would ever meet. - You don't say that in front of 05:08 a person who's sitting... [laughter] - When we went 05:10 there to Australia, I mean, just to see the 05:13 sacrifice, the dedication, the love for the ministry... 05:18 And it's an incredible facility there! - Well 05:21 to us, it's a lot smaller than here. So, we've got 05:25 two studios, we have the control room, we have the 05:27 offices, and a reception area with a bit of a shop 05:31 in it...but it's nothing like this. - It's still 05:35 amazing. I mean, you know the building. And to meet 05:37 the team! How many employees do you have there now? 05:40 - About 8 paid. - Nice. - But then there are 05:43 volunteers. - Nice! Okay. And James, tell us how 05:47 you were led to begin... I mean, obviously, we 05:50 could say you came to work there 'cause your mom 05:52 was there, right? But... - That's part of it. - But 05:54 there has to be more a reason to it than that. 05:56 So, tell us why you began working at 3ABN Australia. 05:59 - I had been volunteering for a number of years 06:02 doing a bit of directing when we were on the road. 06:05 Before we had the studio, did editing, but that was 06:08 in my spare time. I had other jobs, so I was 06:10 working as a software engineer in Western 06:12 Australia. And then I decided to move over to 06:16 New South Wales with my parents, and we were 06:20 going to set up the new studio. Now, I didn't start 06:25 working there full-time even then. I was helping 06:28 set it up, I set up the control room and studios 06:33 and the computer network and all of that, but I actually 06:36 went into teaching for one quarter. - Oh, I didn't 06:39 know that! - Or a term, we call. And it was right 06:42 before our opening in 2013, and I was really hating that 06:48 job. It wasn't a good school for me, and so 06:52 I ended up... It was coming towards the end of the first 06:56 term, and Moses was over with Shelley and JD, and 07:01 we had our opener, and I was driving Moses back 07:04 from the studio to the house where we were 07:08 all living at the time. Some have since married and moved 07:10 out. And he said, "You're not enjoying teaching. 07:15 Come and work for 3ABN Australia! Just do it." 07:18 And I was like, "Okay. I'll do it." But it was 07:21 the second time. He tried to get me to work here 07:23 12 years ago, so... [laughter] But yeah. That's how that 07:27 was, yeah. So I decided, "Well, that's it. I'm quitting. 07:30 I'm gonna work at 3ABN Australia." So, that's what 07:32 I did. - Besides, John kept saying to him, 07:35 "James, we need you with us." So, yeah. - Isn't that 07:38 precious? The Lord used many different avenues. 07:40 Moses is speaking to your life, and of course John and 07:43 yourself, and the prompting of the Holy Spirit. - Yeah. 07:46 - Yeah. How has it been for you since you've been 07:48 there? - It's been good. It's been very good. I 07:50 enjoy it a lot; I have a lot of fun. As you know, 07:53 I'm usually on the other side of the cameras; I'm 07:55 in the control room. - So this is unusual, you sitting 07:57 here, then. - Well, it is. I have been on camera 08:01 before. We had two cameras in the control room one time, 08:04 so people may have seen me before. I don't know 08:09 if anyone's... Well at least on Parent, they wouldn't 08:11 have seen me, but on International they would 08:13 have. But yeah, it's a little bit nerve-wracking 08:16 even though I told people it's a walk in the park. 08:18 [laughter] - It's different when you sit there-absolutely! 08:21 - Yeah, yeah. - But we're just family, sharing together. 08:24 That's what I love about the 3ABN family is we really 08:27 are family. We want to give you an update on what 08:29 God is doing at 3ABN Australia. Talk about 08:32 some of the programming that's taking place and 08:35 programming that's coming up-some rallies and 08:38 homecomies!...Homecomings! [laughter] That are going 08:41 to be taking place as well as just testimonies 08:45 of changed lives through the ministry. But before 08:47 we do any of that, we're going to read a scripture. 08:50 This is James 1 verse 17. James says, "Every good 08:55 gift and every perfect gift is from above and 08:58 comes down from the Father of lights with whom there is 09:01 no variation or shadow of turning." And Rosemary, 09:05 I know you picked that scripture. Why did you 09:07 pick that scripture? Why does that mean something 09:09 to you connected with ministry? - Well for one 09:11 thing, God gives everything and is good. God doesn't 09:15 bring anything bad. Bad things come from His 09:18 enemy, but God always does what is good. Every 09:23 good gift and every perfect gift comes from God, but 09:27 also He doesn't change, so we can continually 09:31 trust Him that even if things aren't going well, 09:34 He's going to bring good from it-somewhere, somehow- 09:38 because He always is good. - Amen. - So, I think it's a 09:41 beautiful verse. - It is! I love that verse, and I'm 09:44 sure in your experience with the growing pains, 09:48 you could say, of 3ABN Australia, you've probably 09:50 experienced. - I said to Bobby Davis years ago, 09:53 our baby has turned into a monster. [laughter] 09:57 - What do you mean by that? - Just going around, 09:59 putting in satellite dishes for people so they can 10:02 watch 3ABN and telling people about it, that 10:04 was so easy compared to what we're doing now. - Right. 10:08 - 'Cause constantly doing programming, constantly trying 10:11 to produce, and... - And you have stuff, you have inquiries.. 10:16 I mean, when we were just going around doing satellite 10:18 dishes, there was nothing hard about it. - Now there's 10:22 responsibility. - Oh, yes! It's all grown, and we've 10:25 had big learning curves on many occasions. - But 10:28 God has equipped you, and I love that, how God qualifies. 10:32 When He calls you, He qualifies you for that 10:34 job-and He's definitely qualifies you and John 10:36 for that. - Well, He teaches you things. 10:38 - Amen. Isn't that beautiful? - And another thing He taught, 10:41 James was talking to me for about not having been 10:44 on this side of the camera, and John and I had to learn 10:48 'cause we have a program that's not seen on Parent 10:52 at this time; it's on International, and it's 10:55 called 3ABN Now. - It's much like this program. 10:59 - It's an interview program. We've interviewed 11:01 you and Greg. - Yes. - And Tim and the Lomacang's and 11:06 Ryan Day. We learn all sorts of things about 11:13 people, and we do even Bible studies on that program. 11:15 But John and I had been here many times in these 11:19 seats, but suddenly we were in both seats. - Now 11:24 you're trying to host! [laughter] Right? - And 11:26 it was a transition that was really daunting to 11:30 have to go from being interviewed to actually 11:34 being the one having to run the program, having 11:37 to... - Ask the questions. - Make it all work. - Mhm. 11:40 - So that was a big learning curve. - Amen. Well, God's 11:43 growing you, and God's equipping you. We just praise 11:45 God for that. Before we go any further, we want 11:47 to go to some music. We have Sandra Entermann 11:50 with us, and I know she's from down under, as well. 11:54 We love Sandra, her voice- but most of all, her heart 11:57 for ministry - and the song she will be ministering 12:00 is "How Deep the Father's Love for Us." 12:19 How deep the Father's love for us 12:26 How vast beyond all measure 12:32 That He should give His only Son 12:38 To make a wretch His treasure 12:45 How great the pain of searing loss 12:51 The Father turns His face away 12:57 As wounds which mar the Chosen One 13:04 Bring many sons to glory 13:21 Behold the man upon a cross 13:28 My sin upon His shoulders 13:34 Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice 13:40 Call out among the scoffers 13:47 It was my sin that held Him there 13:53 Until it was accomplished 13:59 His dying breath has brought me life 14:06 I know that it is finished 14:23 I will not boast in anything 14:30 No gifts, no power, no wisdom 14:37 But I will boast in Jesus Christ 14:44 His death and resurrection 14:50 Why should I gain from His reward? 14:56 I cannot give an answer 15:03 But this I know with all my heart 15:10 His wounds have paid my ransom 16:14 - Amen. We are so grateful for the Father's love and 16:17 for the gift of Jesus-the gift of salvation. That's 16:21 why the ministry of 3ABN and 3ABN Australia exist 16:25 is to spread the undiluted three angels' messages to 16:28 a lost and dying world. If you are just joining 16:31 us, we're talking about what's going on down 16:34 under in 3ABN Australia. We have with us Rosemary 16:38 Malkiewycz who is the assistant to the general manager, 16:41 which is your husband, John. - Which is a long title. - Yes, 16:44 and he could not be here today; that's why he's not 16:47 here. And sitting next to you is your son, James 16:49 Hope, and you are production and IT coordinator. - That's 16:53 correct, yep. - So we're so glad both of you can 16:55 be here. So, let's talk about some homecomings- 16:59 3ABN Australia Homecoming. I know in 2018, we did one 17:02 'cause we had the privilege of going for that. So, talk 17:05 to us about that. - Well, we just had our 15th 17:07 anniversary. And coming up to that, we thought 17:11 it would be appropriate to have a homecoming to 17:15 celebrate, basically, and so some of you came from 17:18 here and we had a really good time; very enjoyable. 17:22 We had local speakers, but we had people like 17:25 yourself speaking. And we had, of course, local 17:28 musicians, but we had 3ABN musicians, as well. I had 17:33 asked Sandra Entermann, but she couldn't come. She 17:36 was in Europe for her nephew's wedding-but 17:40 there's more on that in the moment. But as part 17:42 of it, homecoming, we also went down to Tasmania, 17:46 to Launceston Church, and had a rally. - Yes. - And that 17:49 was good, too. And we had James come and join 17:54 us on that rally. - That's right, yeah. - But you 17:57 weren't initially scheduled to go to the rally. Is that 17:59 right? - That's correct. I wasn't supposed to go 18:01 to the rally. I dropped you all at the airport. And when 18:06 we got to the airport, Mum said, "Where's my 18:07 bag?" - Ah. - "Oh, no, where's my bag?" I 18:10 said, "We didn't see it. Where is it?" There was 18:12 nothing... - That was my carry bag was missing. 18:14 It had my computer and all my information for the rally. 18:18 And when I picked up my things at home-and everybody's 18:22 bags had gone out 'cause you always stayed with us- 18:25 and it was all put in the two vehicles, and I thought 18:28 my bag was there, too, because I picked up my 18:30 handbag, my bag that I keep with me in the cabin 18:34 of the plane, and I never saw my cabin bag. - Which 18:40 was right by the door. - Which was right by the 18:43 bags I picked up! - Oh, wow. - And it just wasn't 18:45 there. I thought it was gone with everything else. 18:47 Got to the airport...it's not there. I need that 18:51 bag. It was too late to do anything. We've 18:54 driven two hours to get to the airport. - Right, and 18:57 we had a flight to catch there in Sydney. - We did. 18:59 And so, what was I going to do? [laughter] It's a 19:02 little bit hard. And then you came up to us and 19:07 you had an idea. What was your idea? - And I think the 19:10 idea initially came from Pastor John Lomacang, 19:12 I think, 'cause we were talking, and we said, "Well, 19:16 why doesn't James come to the rally there in Tassie?" 19:19 Because we really could use you. There's a lot of 19:21 production and technical aspects, so it would be 19:24 such a blessing if he could be there and 19:27 could run the prompter and could help with the board, and all 19:29 of the details that need to be done, so...! - And 19:32 bring my bag. - And bring the bag, of course! [laughter] 19:35 - Well, this is how it was to me. It was a wet day, 19:39 as you remember, and I had to drive through Sydney 19:42 up to the freeway to get home which was another 19:45 hour past that, so it was... I had probably been in the 19:48 car for about an hour at this point, and I get a phone 19:50 call. I'm driving a Land Cruiser, a big Land Cruiser, 19:57 and it's four-wheel drive, and the rain was so bad 20:01 it was even aquaplaning. - Oh, wow. - In the Land 20:04 Cruiser. And meanwhile, I'm on the phone. Dad's 20:06 saying, "Oh, James, you need to come to Tasmania. 20:10 Greg and Jill"... - Hands-free. - Yeah, it was hands-free, 20:13 yes. [laughter] "Greg and Jill have decided 20:16 you're coming." I'm like, "What? What do you mean?" 20:18 He said, "When you get back to the office, book 20:20 a ticket. You're coming tomorrow." It's like, oh, 20:23 wow, okay. Meanwhile, as I'm driving up, I hear 20:25 my phone dinging of emails coming in about flights. 20:28 "Oh, you can try this flight or that flight." I thought, 20:32 "Okay." I got back to the office and I said, "I'm going 20:34 to Tasmania tomorrow. I'll go book a flight right 20:36 now." So, I went straight up to my office and did 20:39 that, but it was... I thought, "I wasn't planning 20:41 on this." And my wife Diane, she was like, "Are 20:44 you leaving me behind?" [laughter] And so, yeah. 20:47 She couldn't come. Well, it wasn't... She didn't need 20:51 to come, but yeah. It was kind of like, "Oh, 20:55 do I really want to do this? Okay, I wasn't planning on 20:57 it, but I'll do it." And I'm glad I went, because 20:59 it was really good. - He did it to bring me my bag 21:02 and my computer. - Absolutely. [laughter] - But the good thing 21:04 about it was that John and I were in a room at the 21:07 motel that had a queen size bed, but it had a 21:10 single bed, as well. - So God knew ahead of time! 21:13 - And so, it was all ready there that James 21:15 could stay in the room with us. - The rallies 21:18 were incredible. I mean, the homecoming...just to 21:20 see- I mean, when we travel around the US, you 21:23 hear stories of people whose lives have been 21:25 changed or who've been touched by the ministry. 21:27 We had the rally at the church there in...I'm trying 21:30 to think of the name... - Launceston. [simultaneous 21:34 talk] - And just to see the people come up and 21:39 say, "What a blessing 3ABN Australia has been," and how 21:42 the programs have touched them, and that's why we 21:45 do what we do-you know? That's why this ministry 21:47 exists. What does that do for you all to hear stories 21:51 and testimonies or to get emails from people whose 21:54 lives have been changed? - For me, it gives me a reason 21:59 to do what I'm doing. And sometimes when things get 22:03 hard, you think about the people who are being 22:07 benefited, the people whose lives have been changed 22:09 or encouraged by what we do and that we're 22:12 working for God, so get on with it. - It gives 22:16 purpose. - It does. - Yes! What about for you, James? 22:19 - Well, when I was working in industry as a software 22:23 engineer, I didn't see that I was doing anything 22:25 missional. You know?...Is that a word? Well, is now. 22:28 So, I just had no idea I was doing anything that 22:32 was useful for work of God, except for the few 22:35 times I did things with 3ABN Australia. And I went into 22:39 teaching because I wanted to be able to use that in 22:42 the mission field. Well, I quit that, and then I 22:44 joined 3ABN. It was a couple of years after we'd been 22:47 there and a program we'd produced in 2008 actually 22:50 turned out to be a blessing to someone and brought 22:52 them into the church. I thought, "Wow, actually, 22:55 we have made a difference in someone's life." And then 22:58 when we hear stories from countries where Christianity 23:01 is outlawed and others like that and hearing 23:04 people there, how much of a blessing it is to them, I just 23:06 feel like I am doing mission work, also global mission 23:11 work; it's not just in one area of the world; 23:13 it's actually the whole planet. - Amen! - I've 23:15 often seen that what we're doing is... When we came 23:18 home from the mission field ('cause we were missionaries)... 23:21 - That's right. - And that's when we first found 3ABN. 23:24 But when we came home, we were praying that God 23:27 would give us 24/7 work for Him. And though 23:31 I had to leave the mission field (which 23:33 I didn't want to do)... - Right. - But it was like 23:36 I was just being led by the Holy Spirit to go home. 23:39 And not knowing what was coming that God took us from 23:43 a little regional area and gave us a worldwide 23:45 mission field. - Isn't that amazing? And you 23:47 can't get anymore 24/7. - It just made it bigger. - Yes! 23:49 You can't get anymore 24/7 than television. - That's right. 23:53 - It broadcasts 24/7, yeah! - I was just going to say 23:55 something, though, going back to the bag that was 23:57 left behind. Pastor John came up to me after we'd 24:02 been in Launceston and James had... "We needed 24:05 James," he said. He made the difference in what we 24:08 were doing. And if we hadn't've had him there, 24:11 things would've been a lot harder. - Oh, yeah. - But 24:14 John said to me, "Do you know that God had His 24:17 hand over that bag so you wouldn't see it?" Because 24:20 we needed James, and He knew that. "And so, He 24:23 stopped you from seeing it." It wasn't there! It just 24:25 wasn't there; but when James went home, there 24:28 it was sitting, but it wasn't there when I 24:30 picked up my bags. - I opened the front door 24:32 of the house, and there it was, right in front of 24:33 me. I thought, "How did they miss that?" [laughter] 24:36 - Isn't that amazing? That's God. - And so John said, 24:39 "God held His hands over the bag so you didn't see 24:43 it." - Amen. - So God does amazing things. 24:46 - Well, I know the homecoming last year and the rally to 24:50 follow in Tassie, people traveled in from all over 24:54 Australia to come to that, and I know it impacted and 24:57 helped them grow spiritually, brings revival... So, you all 25:01 are planning on another one in the fall! So tell us 25:05 about the homecoming that's coming up. - Okay. It's our 25:07 spring. - Thank you! Okay, our fault. Your spring; 25:10 thank you. That's right. - It's going to be October 25:14 11 to 13 this year, 2019 at Wahroonga Church in Sydney. 25:24 We're going to be having local pastors and speakers. 25:29 Let me tell you. - Oh, yes. - Some of them, I 25:32 have here. - And your topic, I can see the graphic 25:34 there is certainty amid... - Certainty Amid Uncertainty. 25:36 Now, Pastor Geoff Youlden came up with that title. He 25:40 said, "I've got the title for your homecoming," 25:42 and so we said, "Now, that's a good one." - Yeah, 25:45 it's a great one. - So, it's "Certainty Among 25:46 Uncertainty." - Amid. "Amid Uncertainty," and 25:49 we've got Pastor? and Dr. John Ashton, 25:53 Dr. Ross Grant... These are all people that 25:57 Australians would know or most of them would. 25:59 Dr. Allan Lindsay... - Oh, yes. Keeping the good 26:02 flame for years. - Yeah. Dr. David McKibben is 26:05 one of the pastors at the Wahroonga Church. - Nice. - He's 26:09 going to be speaking. Pastor Danny Milenkov 26:12 who spoke at our last rally, he's going to speak 26:14 again. And we have Pastor Justin Torossian. - Yes! - Who 26:19 is one of yours. - That's right, and he married Charissa 26:22 Fong. - That's correct. - That's right! - Okay. 26:25 - And of course, my husband John; he's going to speak. 26:28 - Good. Do you have topics for them all, or you haven't 26:31 picked all of them? - We have, yeah. They're all 26:34 sorted, they all know what they're going to 26:36 talk about, and they've all chosen. - Nice. Can you 26:38 give us a snippet of some of the topics? - John Ashton's 26:42 going to be talking about evolution and creation, 26:45 setting the record straight of why evolution is impossible. 26:49 He's going to give evidence as to why it's impossible. 26:53 Dr. Allan Lindsay, of course, is going to speak about the 26:57 Spirit of Prophecy, and Geoff Youlden is going to talk 27:04 about? 44 and the investigative judgment. 27:08 - Nice. - And setting the- giving us the knowledge 27:13 to know that these things are real and they're not 27:15 made up. Dr. Ross Grant is going to speak about the 27:21 health message. - Oh... - And give the scientific 27:26 information to prove the health message. - I was 27:30 going to say, Ross Grant, he's a researcher at the 27:32 Sydney Adventist Hospital. So, he's in there with all 27:36 the medical people and doing a lot of health 27:38 research. It's quite interesting what he has to say. - Yes, 27:41 very, very knowledgeable. But there are some of the 27:44 topics. - Yes! This sounds incredible. So, all of 27:47 this information's on your website. If people live in 27:49 Australia or... - It's going to be. - Okay, it will be 27:51 on your website. - It will be. And then we've got 27:53 local musicians, because none of you are coming 27:55 this year because you're going to Russia. - Yes, 27:57 that's right. We'll come the following year. - Yeah. 28:00 And so, we are using local speakers. And even 28:04 though David McKibben is Scottish, he's in Australia. 28:09 And we've got local musicians like Sandra. She's going to 28:13 be there this year. And Diane Hope. - Yes. She has a beautiful 28:18 voice. - Yeah, my wife. [laughter] - I'll do some 28:21 music, as well. We've got a group that James and 28:27 Diane are in, and? ? will be there, but 28:31 the group, Persuaded, they sing beautifully. It will be 28:35 really, really well done. - I just don't know how 28:39 we're going to do that. ? and I have to 28:41 switch while I'm singing. [laughter] No, I'll get 28:45 Joel to do it. x2 We've got other directors; 28:47 I was just being silly. [laughter] - You can't 28:50 sit there and switch and sing at the same time. 28:53 And a few others, so we'll have a concert on this 28:56 Saturday night. - Yay. - We'll start Friday night 28:58 or Friday evening and go through till Sunday lunchtime. 29:01 - Nice. So, a nice weekend. That's wonderful. So talk to us 29:04 about some new programs that are coming up that 29:07 3ABN Australia is producing and will be aired here on 29:11 3ABN International. I know there's a new 29:13 program, 'cause I saw part of the pilot, "People Just 29:16 Like Us." Talk to us about that one, and I 29:18 think we have a graphic of that, too. - Yeah, 29:20 we've got a photo of that. There's, of course, Hugh, 29:23 Mum, and Pastor Geoff Youlden set. It's a new program 29:26 that we have been working on; you and Pastor Jeff 29:30 have been working on that one about Bible characters. 29:32 So, it talks about- well, the first program that we 29:36 recorded was about the man who forgot. He was the 29:40 baker or the butler, the one of the two. - The 29:41 butler. - The butler. - Pharaoh's butler. - Yes! 29:44 With Joseph and the dreams? - That's right. So, he forgot 29:46 about Joseph, and it's talking about all of that. 29:49 And in the second one we did was about Paul. - And 29:51 what we can learn from the story, for us personally, 29:55 how we can apply it to our lives or what things 29:58 we can learn to not do. - Oh, good! - So, it's 30:01 bringing characters of the Bible to life to show us 30:06 what are the wrong things or the right things they did 30:09 and how it applies to our lives today. - So it's 30:12 practical. - Oh, yes. - Yes! - Very practical. 30:14 - I love that. - Practical living. - 'Cause you can 30:16 read the Bible and say, "Oh, that's great! That 30:18 happened to Joseph or to Moses or to Daniel. That 30:20 was a long time ago." But here, this is bringing it to 30:23 us-apply it to our lives today. I love that! - And 30:27 one of the good things about Pastor Geoff is that 30:30 he can sometimes, like the butler, choose very 30:33 obscure topics. - Yes! - People to talk about that 30:37 you would never have thought to find out anything from or 30:40 learn a lesson from. - As a result of us recording 30:43 those two parts, didn't he say he would do something 30:45 about... - Oh, he's so excited. - ...about going 30:48 to Doctrines with him? - Mm. He said, "I could use 30:51 this idea, actually, for evangelistic series." - Nice! 30:56 Oh, praise the Lord! - So, he has become more excited 30:58 through us doing the pilots than he was even before 31:01 that! - Yeah. - And he's really wanting to get on 31:04 with it, so that's good. - Amen! amen. And what about a program 31:08 you're doing on evolution? Tell us about that one. 31:10 - Yes, with Dr. John Ashton. - Yeah, that's 31:12 one that's been worked on. He's planning to get college 31:15 students to come in, university students to 31:17 come in, and he will be talking about what is it 31:21 about evolution that's so impossible and the 31:24 evidence for creation, because really, evolution 31:28 cannot happen with what they're finding in current 31:31 science-especially genetics and other things like that. 31:35 But yeah, it's just amazing. So, he's going to get... 31:38 I think he's working on getting some university 31:40 students with that program. - So he's presenting creation 31:44 from a scientific viewpoint; is that correct? - Yes. - Okay. 31:47 - And for those young people who can become badly 31:54 influenced by people that they meet when 31:58 they go to study further on, and to try and help 32:01 them to be cemented in the truth. - Amen. - I was 32:05 going to say, John Ashton actually has a couple of 32:08 radio programs on 3ABN Australia Radio where 32:10 he's talking about the same topic. - Nice! 32:12 - And they're very interesting. - Very well-received. - One 32:15 of them was an interview with our first radio producer, 32:17 Barry Harker, and the second one was just him 32:20 by himself, talking. And you might think it's, "Oh, 32:24 one guy talking," but the stuff he talks about is 32:27 really interesting. Driving along in the car and listening 32:30 to it's... You can't turn it off. I just want to 32:32 listen to the end of it, you know? - Wow. - Yeah, 32:34 so it's really good. - Amen. - He does a good job. We've 32:38 got a program for young people that John is organizing. 32:45 John was the spearhead behind A Day with the King 32:49 which is now airing on Parents, on Kids Network, 32:52 as well International. It's the children program 32:56 we made five seasons of. It was, what, 65... - 65 33:01 episodes covering the entire Old Testament from Genesis 33:04 to Malachi. - From creation right through to the coming 33:09 back from Babylon with Nehemiah and Ezra. And 33:12 so, we go through the whole Old Testament 33:14 with the children. So it's a teaching program, but it's 33:18 for opening Sabbath. It's a worship program, and John 33:23 was the one who thought of that and got that going. 33:29 I was amazed at camp meeting here, how many people came 33:34 up to me and said that they love that program. 33:37 - Oh, amen! - They're really enjoying it, and they 33:40 love the fact it's a teaching program for children. - Yes. 33:45 - I had people with children come and tell me how much 33:48 they're enjoying- and the thing is that with that program, 33:51 there's also daily devotionals available on the website. 33:55 - I didn't know that! - Yeah, so if people go to 33:57 ADayWithTheKing.com... - That's right, yeah. - They 34:01 can download weekly devotionals for their 34:04 children. - And it goes along with whatever's 34:06 being talked about? - Yes, and it goes all the way from 34:09 Genesis through to the end of the Old Testament, 34:11 teaching them the stories. It has activities and a prayer, 34:16 a daily devotional, daily Bible readings, and things 34:20 for them. - Amen! Are you all doing A Day with the King 34:22 for New Testament? Is that in the works, or not? - No, 34:25 we're changing our direction. That's a huge project, doing 34:29 A Day with the King. - Oh, yes. - So, John has got a 34:31 new direction for young people that he's organizing. 34:36 - Nice! - Going through the 28 Fundamentals. 34:38 - That's a great idea! Is it talk show format, 34:43 or what type of format's it gonna be? - There's going 34:46 to be a moderator and some people on the set as well 34:50 as an older person steering in the direction of what the 34:54 Bible says about the topic and helping the younger 34:57 people to get to know with the topic. - So like an open 34:59 discussion on the subject? - Similar. - Okay. - Yeah. 35:03 So basically, the young people are asked questions 35:09 of what they think the answer to a particular 35:11 question is and get an idea of where they're at, 35:15 and then I believe the older person will direct... 35:21 - The moderator will work between and discuss, and 35:24 then go to the older person who is going to give what 35:28 the Bible says on the topic. - That's a great idea, 35:30 absolutely. - We want to teach the younger people 35:34 of all age groups what the Bible really says. 35:39 - So, talk to us about Healthy Living for a 35:41 moment. I think we have a graphic of that. This is 35:44 a...health program? - Yes, and you can see there Dr. 35:47 Coralia from Victoria (it's a state in Australia), 35:52 as well as Margot Marshall, a host of the program. 35:56 That program is really... It's about- basically, 36:01 she talks to medical professionals about 36:04 different health topics. We've had a number of 36:07 different people on the program, including Dr. 36:08 Eddie Ramirez from Weimar Institute (who's 36:12 known on 3ABN, being on Wonderfully Made and other 36:14 programs like that). He comes to our studio quite 36:17 a lot. - Yes, he's a regular. [laughter] - That's great. 36:20 - "I'm coming to Australia at this time. Do you want 36:23 to do some programs?" We say, "Yes, please." - We've 36:25 even done four cooking programs with his whole 36:28 family, so his wife and three daughters, yeah! 36:30 - That's been airing. - They aired recently on International 36:33 and they will air again soon; we're just running 36:36 back through that schedule of programs. And we've had 36:40 people talk on lifestyle medicine. In fact, the 36:42 picture we saw before with Coralia Jigau, she had some 36:46 of her patients on the program, talking about 36:50 how their lives were improved by lifestyle 36:52 medicine. [Mm.] Yeah. - Amazing stories; 36:54 absolutely amazing. - We even had one episode 36:58 called... It was about food sense, which is 37:01 talking about food sense, as in... It's supposed to be 37:03 sense in the mind, but also c- e-n-t-s. - Oh, nice! - So 37:06 it's about saving money on your grocery bill so 37:09 you could save up to $2,000 Australian dollars per year 37:14 from a grocery bill by buying healthy food. 37:18 An example was given. You know the little Kinder eggs, 37:21 chocolate eggs, in Australian dollars and in metric, 37:26 one kilo of that would cost you I think it was... 37:31 $114 or so. - Yeah, over $100, which is very 37:36 expensive. - A kilo. - What you think of in Australia, 37:38 some of our vegetables are, you know...what 37:41 would you say for bananas or something like that? 37:44 - Oh, no, even sometimes, you can get bananas for 37:46 $2.50 a kilo. - Yeah, so look at the huge difference! 37:50 Yeah. - Something like that. Apples could be 37:54 $4 a kilo compared to $100 or more than $100 37:59 for this little chocolate- you know, for a kilo 38:02 of these little chocolate eggs that are not good 38:04 for you. - Yeah! This is showing how you 38:05 can save money and eat healthy, which is... That's 38:10 incredible. You referenced before just a little bit ago, 38:14 Rosemary, about the people who came up to you during 38:16 camp meeting, talking about A Day with the King and 38:18 how it had blessed them. Talk to us about the 38:21 response you get from programs, whether it's 38:24 email or people calling in or people telling you 38:26 in person. What sort of response do you get, 38:28 and how do you track that as far as the stats of people? 38:33 - Do you want to talk about some stats? 38:34 - Well, there's different stats. - Okay. - Well, 38:37 the stats I have are about people actually accessing 38:41 our website. - Oh, good! Talk to us about that. 38:43 - And people we actually hear from... I could say 38:44 that. We hear from people all around the world- 38:47 Australia, of course, New Zealand, the US, but places 38:52 in Africa, different countries in Africa, and different 38:55 countries in Europe. We hear from people 38:57 in Germany... That's one that's off the top 39:00 of my head, but you know. Even the Philippines, we 39:03 hear from people there. And on our website, 39:06 we have catch-up. So, programs that we have 39:11 produced in Australia, we have those programs 39:14 on our website for you to be able to watch again 39:16 later for six weeks. - On demand. - Yeah. And they're 39:21 published based on the broadcast schedule, so 39:24 when the program's aired, it will go up. - Mhm. - And 39:27 we have people in all sorts of obscure places 39:30 watching. - Mm. - And our best-performing 39:33 program is our Sabbath School program, Let God 39:36 Speak. - Mhm. - Yeah, that's very popular. 39:39 Yeah. And people like to watch that to prepare 39:42 for Sabbath School, and we have downloadable 39:44 notes for that that sit on the catch-up page. 39:47 So, a lot of people, yeah, watch that. It just far 39:50 surpasses anything else we've got. - Amen. - Yeah. 39:53 I've got some little testimonies here. I've 39:56 got one here-like James said-we get people from 39:59 all around the world. And one of them, we 40:01 got not too long ago, it was from the USA. 40:06 A man sent an email. He said, "I watched the 40:11 Music Special #2 on 3ABN International." We have 40:14 done three, using music that we have recorded 40:18 down in Australia. We will actually do our 3ABN now 40:21 interview program where we'll do a music special. 40:23 - Oh! I love that. - And we will feature some of 40:26 those clips, talk about the person, where they're 40:29 from-if they have any CD available that people 40:33 can purchase, we will let people know that-and 40:36 we'll go through and do a few different items. So, 40:39 this person watched that, and he said, "It was really 40:42 good to watch your Christian talent. The program was a 40:44 blessing. I live near Erie"- is that- "Pennsylvania." 40:49 - Erie? - Close to Lake Erie. And then he says Erie 40:52 is between Buffalo, New York and Cleveland, Ohio. 40:54 So, he contacted us from here, so he must've been 40:57 watching on the internet. - Yes! - Because he wouldn't 41:00 have seen it... [laughter] - Right! - On the television. 41:04 - We have been to Lake Erie, on the Canadian 41:05 side, so... - Yeah. We had one from the Philippines 41:08 who was a man who is an American, but his 41:12 wife is a Filipino and he lives there, and he watched 41:16 one of our interview programs with Dr. Barry Harker. He 41:21 used to be our radio manager. And he was 41:25 saying how much he enjoyed what Barry had to say about 41:29 end-time events. I've got one here that is 41:33 actually really recent; I mean, it just came in the 41:37 last couple of weeks, and I'd like to read it. - Please. 41:40 - It's from Western Australia, and it's talking about the 41:44 Healthy Living program with Dr. Coralia... 41:47 - The one we just talked about? - Yes, and one of 41:49 the patients that she had there. The patient 41:53 who was one of her patients was talking about her father's 41:55 situation seeing Dr. Coralia So the man said, 42:00 "I have some degree of kidney failure," and that's 42:03 what the program was talking on. "I did see, 42:06 unfortunately, only part of the broadcast which 42:09 showed how kidney damage could be reversed naturally." 42:13 And that's what the program was about and how this man's 42:17 kidney... He was almost on dialysis. Three years... 42:22 Well, in a short time, he was well, and he 42:25 couldn't be on the program himself because he was in China 42:29 on holiday. - So his daughter was there. 42:32 - At 92 years of age... He was 92, and so he 42:36 was really healed. - Mhm. - And so, this was Healthy 42:40 Living with Dr. Coralia "I was too late to see 42:43 it. I had not seen your station previously, but 42:46 I really liked it. Anyway, I am a dedicated Christian 42:49 myself and found 3ABN a great resource for my own 42:52 study. You are likely aware that many Christians 42:56 believe that the soul is a separate part of a 42:58 human being, but the Bible states that the 43:00 man became a living soul after the breath was added 43:04 to the body by God, thus I get that a man, a woman, 43:08 is either a soul or a corpse. I did know of this many 43:12 years ago but tended to go along with the mainstream 43:14 on this issue. The Bible makes more sense if 43:17 viewed from the perspective that the soul IS the person 43:20 while still alive. Anyway, a great channel." And 43:23 then he goes on about his kidney situation and where 43:27 he lives. And he says, "Thank you for the station." 43:30 - Aww. - So, he is a person who has just 43:34 found 3ABN and is enjoying what he's seeing, and 43:38 obviously realizes that this is biblical truth, because 43:42 he knows that this was truth but he hadn't been 43:45 following it himself. - Absolutely. - So, 43:48 we get a lot of different comments like that from 43:51 people. I have one here. This lady phoned to set 43:57 up regular monthly donations, which we love for people to 44:00 do, because it's the donations that keep 44:03 us going. If people don't send in their donations to 44:06 here or to us for our work in Australia, we 44:09 can't keep going and making programs to spread the 44:13 gospel. So, "This lady rang to set up regular 44:17 donations"-and this is Elizabeth writing this, 44:19 our receptionist-"She also decided to purchase 44:22 some exercise DVDs. I asked her if there was 44:25 anything else I could help her with. She said she 44:27 had Great Controversy but did we have any other 44:30 Elaine White books." - Oh, okay. - "I asked 44:35 her how she heard about 3ABN. She said she has 44:37 the Christian channels on her television and 44:39 watches them all, including 3ABN, but lately she is 44:43 drawn more to 3ABN. She said it's more to the Word. 44:47 The presenters are focused on the Word. She loves the 44:51 shows 3ABN has and that they talk about the Bible. 44:54 She went on to say she has been watching for a 44:57 while." So, this is another new person who 45:02 has come across 3ABN while she's got the other channels, 45:06 the other Christian channels, and she's finding that she's 45:09 enjoying what she's learnt, and she didn't know who 45:13 Elaine White was. - And she's drawn to it because 45:16 of the teaching from the Word. - Yes. - Which is, 45:19 that's why the ministry exists is to present the 45:22 truth from God's Word, you know? - That's right. 45:25 - I mean, just such a blessing. And you at 45:27 home can partner with 3ABN Australia and 3ABN 45:31 in helping to spread that gospel message. We'll 45:34 give you contact information for 3ABN Australia in just 45:37 a little bit, but I see, James, you had a comment. 45:40 - Yeah, so I have a comment- we... Talking about testimonies 45:43 and A Day with the King, we had a young girl, 45:46 right, from New England area here in the United 45:49 States. She wrote to us about A Day with the 45:53 King. She'd been watching it when it went on Parent. 45:55 And I can't remember her name, but she said she 45:58 was saving up to buy the DVDs for it. - Aww. - And 46:02 that she wanted her name to be mentioned on air 46:06 when we did the program. We're not recording it 46:08 anymore, but yeah. I thought I'd better 46:11 mention that. - You could give her name now. - If 46:13 I can remember it... [laughter] Do you remember 46:15 what it was? - I don't. - I just put you on the 46:16 spot. - I don't have my phone with me...yeah. 46:18 But... - The letter came just before we left. 46:21 - Before you came, okay. - Yes. But we were going 46:23 to get both Antoinette who was the one who started 46:27 the program, and I think Aunty Leah. 46:31 - Yes. - Who was in the last season to write 46:34 to her. - Yeah. - That's wonderful. - So, she was 46:37 very excited about the program. - I've got two other quick 46:40 little stories I need to tell. - Please! - When 46:42 we were at camp meeting in north New South Wales 46:45 recently, a man came up to John and told him that 46:49 he has a contract to do maintenance on pubs, 46:55 hotels, taverns, you know, type things in outback 46:59 Australia, and he went into one recently. When he 47:05 went up to the bar and he saw 3ABN on a television 47:09 at the bar... - In the bar?! [laughter] - And 47:12 he said... - That's great. - "What is this doing here?" 47:15 And the man said, "This is the only channel that 47:18 we have playing here." - Oh, wow. - And so, 47:22 they're playing 3ABN in the pub. [laughter] At 47:25 the bar. - Yeah! What a blessing. - And John 47:28 forgot to get the man's name and contact details, 47:31 so if you know who the man is or if you are 47:33 watching, please contact us at 3ABN Australia, because 47:36 John wants to get the man's details. - Oh, that's 47:39 exciting. - Who did this, and it was really exciting. 47:42 - And what's the second story? - The second story 47:44 is a pastor that we did his interview. I know I've 47:49 told you this story before, Jill, but he gave us his 47:53 story about escaping with his family from Romania when 47:56 he was a child. And previously, he had been 48:00 estranged from his wife and children. And when 48:04 the interview aired, a friend of one of his 48:09 daughters was watching the program and rang the 48:12 daughter and said, "Your dad is on 3ABN. You 48:14 better turn it on and watch." - Yes! - So 48:17 she did, and the pastor came up to us this year 48:20 at camp and said because of that interview, he is now 48:24 in touch and in contact with his children. - Oh... 48:28 - That he had not seen for a while, and the 48:31 interview has brought his children and him back 48:34 together. - God wants to restore families. - Oh, 48:37 he was so excited. - Yes! Restore families, restore 48:40 relationships, restore our relationship with Him... Just, 48:43 oh, man! Praise the Lord! - Yeah. It's exciting. - I 48:47 know we're getting toward the end of the program here, 48:49 but we talked at the beginning about the great big dish is 48:52 is the way that you got 3ABN Australia. Now, 48:54 it's a smaller dish. But besides that dish, what 48:57 are the other ways that people can watch 3ABN 49:00 International? - Okay. So, well, first of all, 49:03 we have 3ABN International on the Optus D2 satellite. 49:07 We have it on VAST, which is... - What is VAST? Vahst. 49:11 - VAST is a view... Yeah. [laughter] The Viewer 49:14 Access Satellite Television... It's a government system 49:17 for areas where they cannot get normal 49:19 terrestrial television with the antenna. 49:21 - So it's free to air? People don't have to 49:23 pay for it. - It's free to air; they don't have 49:24 to pay. And we're on the free bouquet? which allows 49:30 us to...with the public broadcasters. So the 49:33 commercial networks, you have to get a special 49:36 unlock on your box to do that; but for us, 49:38 no one needs that. They can just watch us along 49:41 with... - And we're the only Christian channel, 49:42 and that's what was airing in the pub; that's where 49:45 they got it. - Yes! Okay. - Yeah. Also, we have 49:47 the internet. So if you've got the- go to our website, 49:50 ADay... Oh, sorry. Wrong website. 3ABNAustralia.org.au. 49:56 You can just go and watch- there; you can see it on the 49:59 screen-you can go and watch 3ABN International 50:03 and any of, actually, the networks. Like just going 50:06 and clicking on the watch button there on the front 50:08 page, you can also get the app, the 3ABN app. 50:12 Now, you've got 3ABN International on that 50:14 app, so you can go and watch that. And 3ABN 50:16 Australia Radio is on there, so you can listen 50:19 to our radio. - Mhm. Yes, and radio is doing very 50:21 well. - But also on our website, we have got 50:25 our catch-up. So, that's also, if you scroll down- 50:27 when you click on the watch button, you scroll 50:29 down- you'll see all the list of catch-up programs 50:31 there. - Yeah. And it's catch-up for up to six 50:34 weeks. - Six weeks you said. - Yeah. You can 50:35 go back and watch for six weeks. - Talk to us 50:37 for 20 seconds, Rosemary, on 3ABN Australia Radio. 50:40 Radio has got listeners all around the world, 50:43 and we get the statistics through... And it's just 50:46 exciting to see what countries, even non-Christian 50:50 countries that people are tuning into 3ABN Australia 50:54 Radio. - Amen. And you're producing new programming 50:57 and new content for that, as well. - Yes, there is a 50:59 lot of... We do about 30% Australian at the 51:02 moment. - Amen. And you pull the other 70(%) from 51:04 here. - Yes. - Yeah, praise the Lord! Okay. So, what 51:07 we're going to do now is we want to go to the 51:09 contact information for 3ABN Australia. I hope 51:13 that you've been blessed and inspired and encouraged 51:15 that God can use anyone in ministry, that God wants 51:20 to use you to partner with the ministry here 51:23 to help spread that gospel message-not just in Australia, 51:27 but around the world. - Mm. - We are so grateful 51:30 for John and Rosemary Malkiewycz, for their 51:32 leadership and direction they give to 3ABN Australia. 51:36 And we're grateful for YOU, James! And the rest 51:38 of the team there down under, you all are a 51:40 blessing. That's what I was impressed with 51:43 was the burden and the passion when we were 51:45 there for the work of God. Here's the contact 51:48 information for you to support 3ABN Australia. 51:55 To find out more about 3ABN Australia's ministry, 51:58 please visit 3ABNAustralia.org.au. 52:03 There, you can also support them financially using PayPal. 52:06 Just visit 3ABNAustralia.org.au and click on the Donate button. 52:12 To contact them by telephone inside Australia, dial 52:15 (02) 4973-3456. Or, if you're calling from outside 52:21 Australia, just add the +61 country code before 52:25 you dial their number. The address is 3ABN 52:28 Australia Post Office Box 752 Morisset, 52:32 New South Wales 2264 Australia. |
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