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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:05 Spend my life 00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:27 Let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. 01:11 I'm JD Quinn. 01:12 And we want to welcome you to 3ABN Today. 01:15 And before I forget, 01:17 which God forbid that I should forget, 01:19 we want to thank you so much for your prayers 01:23 and your love 01:24 and your financial support of 3ABN, 01:27 the Mending Broken People network. 01:29 We are so privileged to have the opportunity 01:33 to minister around the world to broken people, 01:38 but we couldn't do it without you. 01:40 So thank you for partnering with 3ABN. 01:43 Honey, I am really excited about the interview 01:48 we're going to do today. 01:49 Me too because this is a Texas boy. 01:52 Well, not only is he a Texas boy, 01:54 but he and I have something... 01:56 actually quite a lot in common. 01:58 We both had our early years in a particular church, 02:03 and then, we were both in ministry 02:05 before we became Seventh-day Adventist. 02:08 So we both kind of learned the truth. 02:12 I guess you will, you know, I always think Revelation 18:4, 02:15 where God is talking about Babylon falling, 02:18 and the other angel says, 02:20 Come out of her, my people is what God's cry is. 02:23 And so let, with no further ado, 02:26 allow me to introduce our special guest Jerry Backus. 02:29 And Jerry is the founder and president 02:32 of Falco's Children Africa. 02:38 Is that correct? Correct. 02:39 And that's in Tanzania. 02:41 Yes, Ma'am. 02:42 Well, we are thrilled to have you here today. 02:43 Thank you. 02:45 Well, do you like music? 02:47 Oh, sure, I do. Good. 02:48 We love music around here and we've got some wonderful. 02:53 Praise Him network music that we wanted to introduce. 02:57 And we love Tim Parton, 02:58 he's the head of Praise Him networks, 03:00 and he's going to be playing Power in the Blood. 06:08 We always love Tim. 06:09 Oh, those keys are smoking. 06:11 I tell you, he's such a wonderful man. 06:14 Well, if you're joining us just a few minutes late today, 06:18 our special guest is Jerry Backus, 06:20 and he is the founder and president 06:23 of Falco's Children Africa. 06:26 But we're here today mostly 06:28 to talk about his personal testimony. 06:30 And, you know, the thing that I love about ASI, 06:33 the Adventist Laymen's Services 06:37 and Industries International Convention 06:42 is that you get to meet so many wonderful 06:45 brothers and sisters in the Lord. 06:47 And that's where we met Jerry. 06:49 Jerry, we're just thrilled to have you here. 06:52 Thank you. It's an honor to be here. 06:53 Thank you very much. Yes. 06:55 Now let's kind of just turn the clock back a little bit, 07:00 and let's talk about your early life. 07:04 Did you grow up in a Christian home? 07:06 How did you end up going from church 07:08 of Christ to Pentecostal to a Seventh-day Adventist? 07:12 Well, when I graduated from high school, 07:14 I enlisted in the Air Force. 07:16 And of course, I was in Southeast Asia 07:18 for a period of time, and I was very lost. 07:22 And by the way, if anybody... 07:24 if Lord can use me, He can use anyone. 07:25 Amen. Amen. 07:27 Okay. 07:28 Maybe God's not a respecter of persons. 07:30 So everything that I might have the opportunity 07:32 to share today, 07:33 He's not a respecter of persons. 07:34 He can use anyone out there the same way that He's used me. 07:37 It's just I was willing to be obedient to do whatever 07:40 the Lord has called me to accomplish. 07:42 And so, when I got out of the service, 07:45 if I wasn't alcoholic before I went into the service, 07:49 went into Vietnam, etc. 07:51 Then I was when I came back out, 07:53 and I was baptized in 1983. 07:56 And when I came out of the water, 07:57 I was healed of alcoholism... 07:58 Praise the Lord. Instantly. 08:00 I didn't have to go to AA meetings. 08:02 I didn't have to take 08:03 any drugs, medicine or anything else. 08:04 Glory to God. Amen. 08:06 You know, I was instantly healed of drinking. 08:08 Went home, poured all the liquor out 08:10 instantly that night. 08:11 And when I came out of the water though 08:14 I had a couple things that happened. 08:16 I want to hit a pause button 08:17 for just a second because I don't know 08:19 if you know Cheri Peters 08:21 but many of our viewers know Cheri Peters, 08:23 and I remember she has a program, 08:27 that is Life in Recovery. 08:29 And she's been a drug addict. 08:31 Celebrating Life in Recovery. 08:33 Anyway, I was telling her my sister 08:36 had a similar experience too... 08:37 Really? Okay. 08:39 She was baptized with the Holy Spirit 08:40 and healed of cocaine and heroin 08:44 that she mixed together hardball 08:47 or whatever they called it. 08:49 And Cheri told me, "I hate it when you tell that story." 08:54 And I said, "Why?" 08:55 And you know what she said? 08:57 She said, "Because it was a day by day struggle for me," 09:00 but she did surrender. 09:02 And God gave her the grace every day. 09:05 So when you hear stories, God knows what we all need. 09:10 And some people are healed instantly 09:12 and have no further desire. 09:16 And some people, God knows it takes that, 09:20 He wants to lead you 09:22 through that moment by moment surrender, 09:24 to teach you something 09:25 that you particularly need to know. 09:27 So, okay. Okay. 09:29 So I had a couple things happen. 09:31 I was healed of alcoholism, 09:32 instantly came out of the water. 09:33 I had a vision of baptizing people 09:35 in a faraway land. 09:36 I didn't know I was called to be a missionary. 09:38 I didn't understand that until later on, 09:40 when I was in Tanzania, 09:42 and I had a fire in my bones to teach the Word. 09:45 And I applied to the Bible school, 09:47 this particular church. 09:48 They said, "We don't allow anyone 09:49 going to hell go to our church, and go to our Bible school." 09:52 So they thought because you had been 09:54 in alcoholic in the past that you were going to... 09:56 That's correct. 09:57 I was living what's called the gray area. 09:59 I'm sure you've heard of the gray area before? 10:00 Yes, I have. Okay. 10:02 Anyway, so one of the elders came up to me one day 10:04 and said, "Well, you can go to the local junior college," 10:07 because anybody can study the Bible 10:08 at the local junior college. 10:09 And I did. 10:11 And I studied the Bible for two years, 10:12 started preaching in nursing homes 10:14 because I was told I would never have the opportunity 10:16 to preach or teach in the church, etc. 10:18 And this was a Sunday keeping New Testament Church. 10:21 Yes, right. 10:23 Correct, correct. 10:24 And so, I just had that desire to teach and to preach. 10:26 And I just really started growing, 10:28 received my undergraduate in gerontology 10:30 because I thought that was all I could ever do. 10:32 Oh, bless you. 10:33 It's the ministry of the elder adults. 10:34 And then one day, one of the nurses came up to me 10:37 and said her husband was home dying, 10:39 and wanted to talk to someone. 10:41 And, of course, I had the opportunity, 10:43 took the opportunity to go 10:44 and start spending time with him. 10:46 His name was John. 10:47 And he was a fairly large man 10:49 and spent a lot of time with him and baptized him 10:52 in the church because by this time, 10:53 I had the keys to the church. 10:55 They allowed me to work in the church. 10:56 I'm sure they did. Well, but they did. 10:57 Would they allow you to baptize him if they'd known? 11:01 Have no idea. 11:03 I had keys of the church but anyway, 11:04 we baptized John that night 11:07 and I continue going over to his home 11:08 and spend time with him. 11:10 And then one Sunday afternoon, I heard the Holy Spirit's, 11:13 and I didn't understand it was Holy Spirit, by the way, 11:16 because the church I was part of it 11:17 doesn't understand the Holy Spirit, 11:18 doesn't understand God's grace. 11:20 That's right. Okay. 11:21 I know you're familiar with that also. 11:23 Yeah. 11:24 And Holy Spirit told me to lay my hands on John, 11:26 so that the Lord could heal him. 11:28 And I told John, said, "We're supposed 11:30 to lay our hands and now I hear this voice. 11:32 Lay your hands on your chest so God can heal you." 11:34 And he said, "But your church doesn't believe in healing." 11:37 "Still small voice of the Holy Spirit," 11:39 1 Kings 19:12, I believe in. 11:40 Amen. Amen. 11:41 So he said, "Well, your church doesn't believe in healing." 11:43 And I said, "Well, what do we have to lose? 11:45 Because we'd have nothing to lose." 11:47 Okay, so I lay my hands on his chest, 11:49 and then I heard the Holy Spirit 11:51 for the second time. 11:52 I didn't say on his shirt, I say it on his chest. 11:54 Wow. 11:55 So his wife was with us, and her name was Candy. 11:57 She was sitting on one side, 11:59 I was sitting on the other side. 12:00 And she unbuttoned his shirt, 12:01 and we laid her hands on his chest. 12:04 And I believe he was totally, totally, instantly healed. 12:08 And you'll understand why in just a minute. 12:11 So we laid her hands on his chest, 12:12 and he started crying. 12:14 I left that afternoon, 12:16 and I didn't completely understand 12:17 what had happened because nothing was transparent 12:20 that anything did happen at the time. 12:22 And so, anyway, a couple days later, 12:25 his wife called me at work and was crying. 12:29 And I assumed he had died because the doctor said 12:31 he only had a few days to live. 12:32 Yeah. 12:34 And it took her about 15 minutes 12:35 to share that the VA hospital had finished 12:38 or did three x rays on his chest, 12:41 and he had a brand new heart and the arteries... 12:42 Glory to God. 12:44 And was able to go back to work. 12:45 So there's nothing wrong with his health anymore. 12:48 Amen. Amen. 12:49 And I called the name of the elders of the church 12:51 and explained to them what had happened 12:53 and they escorted me out of the building. 12:54 Well, and as I said, this was a Sunday 12:57 keeping New Testament Church, 13:00 they do not pay attention 13:02 to the teaching of the New Testament that says, 13:06 call the elders together to lay hands 13:08 on someone for healing. 13:10 And so they reject. 13:12 And I know I grew up in that church. 13:14 I never heard about the Holy Spirit. 13:16 Mm-hmm. I ain't either. 13:18 And so they reject that and they kicked you out. 13:21 Where did God take you? 13:23 Oh, no, they let me out of the church, 13:24 asked me not to come back. 13:25 But I was the one responsible for the PA system. 13:27 I stayed in the church for seven years. 13:29 So I kept on coming back and kept on growing. 13:33 And then I didn't really know I was going to heaven 13:35 until I moved from Amarillo, Texas to Tulsa, Oklahoma. 13:38 That's when I found out. 13:40 Hey, I'm really going to heaven, aren't I? 13:41 So because they had no idea 13:43 whether I was or was not going to heaven... 13:44 Yeah, yeah. And so. 13:46 And, you know, you're going to heaven 13:48 because, 1 John 5:10-12 tells us that 13:51 if we're in Christ, 13:54 that we can have assurance of salvation 13:56 so as long as we're in Christ. 13:57 This word has been sent 13:59 so that we will know we will have eternal life. 14:01 That's correct, 5:13. 14:03 Okay. Correct. 14:04 So how did you... ended up taking a journey 14:09 that you went into the Pentecostal Church? 14:11 Mm-hmm. Okay. 14:12 Tell us about that? Yes. 14:14 Well, that was the first time 14:15 I had the opportunity to understand 14:17 that I was going to heaven. 14:18 And then, my very first mission trip was to Albania. 14:21 And I was there... 14:23 I was going there to teach in the Bible school. 14:25 And I assume someone was gonna pick me up at the airport 14:28 because I was the guest 14:29 to be able to teach in the Bible school. 14:31 And there was no one there to pick me up the airport. 14:34 And so I got a taxi and I had the address 14:36 and the phone number, 14:37 and I went in and this was in Albania. 14:40 And I went to the address, 14:42 and the address was the old address. 14:43 The Bible school had left that address two years ago. 14:46 Wow. 14:47 That's what I was told next door. 14:49 There was no Bible school at the address. 14:50 Wow. 14:51 So I had the phone number, and the taxi driver took me 14:53 to what they call the call box in Albania, 14:56 and the phone number was disconnected. 14:58 So here I was in Tirana, Albania. 15:00 No address and no telephone number, 15:02 and I get excited about adventure. 15:04 Yeah. 15:06 If something was easy, we could accomplish it. 15:09 If it's hard, we have to rely on the Lord. 15:11 I'm sure you've heard that before. 15:12 And I started praying that 15:14 ever since I came out of the water in 1983. 15:17 So, and then I heard the Holy Spirit say, 15:20 "Well, go to the Stephen hotel?" 15:22 Well, I've never been in Tirana, Albania. 15:24 But I heard some people on the plane 15:26 mention the name Stephen hotel. 15:28 So that's where the Holy Spirit told me to go. 15:30 So I went to the Stephen... 15:31 A taxi driver took me to the Stephen hotel. 15:33 I walked in and walked up to the counter 15:35 and asked anybody 15:36 if they knew the name of the Bible school, 15:38 and they had no idea, 15:39 anything about the Bible school 15:41 or the man who was supposed to pick me up the airport. 15:43 And said, "But there's a man sitting over there 15:45 that might be able to help you." 15:47 So I went over there and said the same thing, 15:49 asked him the same question. 15:50 Said the name of the Bible school, 15:51 the man's name who's supposed to pick me up the airport. 15:54 And he said, well, there was man... 15:56 the individual supposed to be at the airport, 15:57 picking up a man by the name of Jerry 16:00 to bring him here. 16:01 So he can help me find the place to stay. 16:03 And I said, "Well, I'm Jerry." 16:05 And he said, "Where's Larry?" 16:06 I said, "I have no idea." 16:08 And he had been a missionary there for several years. 16:11 And he did not believe 16:12 that I just listened to the Holy Spirit 16:14 to found him in a city 16:15 of several million people where to go. 16:18 So that was my very first mission trip. 16:20 Amen. Amen. 16:22 So now you ended up from there. 16:27 You actually started, 16:29 or were teaching in a Bible school in Zambia, 16:32 is that right? 16:33 Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe. 16:34 Tell us about that? 16:36 I was given the opportunity to go 16:37 with another evangelist to Zimbabwe 16:39 to a pastor's conference. 16:41 And three days before we were scheduled 16:43 to leave he called and cancelled the trip. 16:45 Said, it was too dangerous to go to Zimbabwe, 16:47 and this was in 1996. 16:49 And I had already packed my bags, 16:51 I already had my suitcase. 16:53 And, I mean, I was ready to go... 16:54 I mean, my airline ticket. 16:56 I was ready to get on the plane. 16:57 I was excited. 16:59 So I started calling him and back then 17:00 we had answer machines, didn't have voicemail. 17:02 And then kept on leaving messages 17:05 on the answering machine. 17:07 And he didn't return the call, 17:08 so I got on the plane not knowing anything 17:10 but Harare, Zimbabwe. 17:11 And when I got there, I just checked into a hotel. 17:16 Now I need to go back a little bit. 17:17 By the time I got to Johannesburg, South Africa, 17:20 he had actually left a message on my answering machine 17:23 back in the States. 17:25 And he gave me the phone number and the man's name in Zimbabwe. 17:29 So I called and it was a fax machine. 17:33 And so I was still in Johannesburg. 17:36 So I just sent him a fax, said, "I'm Jerry Backus. 17:39 I'm on my way to Harare." 17:40 And Terry gave me the opportunity 17:42 to come to join the conference. 17:44 So I got on the plane and continued on to Harare, 17:47 checked in a hotel there. 17:49 And I didn't know where I was gonna stay in Harare, 17:51 but the pastor there found me at the hotel, 17:54 and picked me up and took me to the conference. 17:57 So that was my beginning in Zimbabwe. 17:59 Yeah. 18:00 Is this where you walked into? 18:02 When did you said that you walked into a tent 18:05 just you said, tell us that story? 18:06 Then shortly after that, that's what the Lord told me, 18:08 just move to Zimbabwe to open hands on Bible school. 18:11 So I came back and... 18:12 Hands on Bible school. 18:14 Right. 18:15 I'm wanted to teach the application of the Word 18:17 and not just the Word itself. 18:19 And we had a little over 250,000 salvations 18:23 there during the time I was in Zimbabwe. 18:26 And we had 15 raise from the dead, 18:28 saw virtually every miracle in the Bible 18:30 during the time we were there. 18:32 You know something, Jerry, that is so amazing to me. 18:34 And we've seen this when we were in Africa. 18:36 I remember that on our first trip to Africa, 18:40 we were talking with the conference president, 18:43 and I asked them because we get a lot of calls 18:46 about demon possession, everything and I asked him, 18:49 "How seriously do you all take casting out demons?" 18:53 Boy, everybody's looking at each other and I thought, 18:56 "Okay, they think I'm nuts." 18:59 And you know what? 19:01 This was the Seventh-day Adventist 19:02 conference president and treasurer and everything, 19:05 and they said, "We take it very seriously." 19:07 Yes. 19:08 In fact, we fast and pray for three days 19:13 before we will go out on a call. 19:15 And we make sure not only that we're prayed up, 19:18 but that our whole family is prayed up. 19:20 Amen. 19:21 And I just wanted to say this because sometimes, 19:25 I think, 19:27 in our technical world 19:31 where everything is measured now in nanoseconds, 19:35 in the developed world, 19:37 I think sometimes we rely less on the Lord 19:41 than people of underdeveloped nations. 19:44 Because what we have seen in our international travel 19:50 is when you go to an area 19:52 that we might consider primitive, 19:54 God is working miracles that you just, 19:58 you know, it's the kind of miracles 20:00 you read about in Acts, and you think, 20:03 "Well, why doesn't that happen here?" 20:05 And I think is because the people 20:07 there are not over thinking it, 20:10 they're just, they hear the word, 20:12 they go before the Lord, and they act on it. 20:14 That's right. 20:15 They act on it. Amen. 20:17 That's the number one reason why. 20:18 Amen. 20:19 And they're accustomed 20:21 to the spiritual warfare anyway... 20:22 Oh, absolutely. 20:23 Because of witch doctors and everything else. 20:25 Absolutely. Okay. 20:26 So here you are 20:29 a Pentecostal Bible 20:33 study ministry person. 20:36 How did you come 20:38 into the Seventh-day Adventist Church? 20:40 Okay. 20:41 Well, do you want me to share... 20:42 Let me share first about the tents, 20:44 you were asking about the tents. 20:45 Sure. Oh, yes. 20:47 So when my second trip back to Zimbabwe, 20:48 I walked in this very large tent 20:50 and it was obvious, it was a church on the Sunday. 20:52 And when I walked in, the pastor noticed 20:54 that I had walked in the back door. 20:56 Did he know you? No, no. 20:58 I've never been there. 21:00 I mean, I was reasonably sure, it was a church. 21:02 Okay, it was Sunday. 21:04 And they were singing songs, etc. 21:05 So he motioned to me to come up to the pulpit 21:07 and he hand me the microphone. 21:09 He said, "You're teaching today." 21:11 So I started sharing 21:12 and that I had moved to Zimbabwe 21:14 to open a hands on Bible school 21:16 and he said, "Well, I want to introduce you 21:17 to a man after church, 21:18 I want to introduce you to a man." 21:20 And so a couple days later, 21:22 he called me and asked me to come over for tea 21:24 and he introduced me to a man by the name of Bob Bosworth. 21:27 Bob Bosworth's father is F. F. Bosworth, 21:29 they wrote the book, Christ the Healer. 21:31 And so after I shared with Bob 21:34 and I only talked to Bob just for a few minutes, 21:35 he said, "Well, get in the car, I want to show you something." 21:38 So he drove me to his Bible school 21:40 that him and Stella built seven years ago. 21:42 I mean, years ago, 21:44 they had been closed for seven years. 21:45 He said, "The Lord told me you'd come, 21:47 and this is your Bible School." 21:48 So he gave his Bible school the first day I met him. 21:51 So that was amazing. 21:52 And then it took us a year to be 21:54 able to rebuild everything, get everything ready. 21:56 So then we started teaching people 21:58 the one or two be in the ministry, 22:00 only willing to be in the ministry full time. 22:02 We weren't accepting just anybody. 22:04 I want to be sure they were willing 22:06 to work for the Lord 22:07 after they graduated from school. 22:09 The school was 10 months, 22:10 so we started at 5 o'clock in the morning. 22:12 We had started out with prayer at 5 o'clock every morning, 22:15 and it was some 5 to 1 o'clock every day, 22:17 six days a week. 22:19 So that was during the time 22:20 that where I taught the students have crusades, 22:22 and we had crusades, 22:23 we had up to 20,000 attend at a time in Zimbabwe. 22:27 And so, and I was there during the time 22:29 that the white people were been killed, 22:33 I'm sure you heard about Mugabe in that process. 22:36 But Lord told me 22:37 he would always take care of me when I was there. 22:39 Yes. 22:41 We did have a crusade on one of the farms 22:42 one time where approximately 200 war vets walked up 22:45 to us to tell us if we weren't gonna leave, 22:48 they were gonna kill us. 22:49 So all of us went into the farmhouse, 22:51 took the students into the farmhouse 22:53 and Lord says, go, confront them. 22:55 And I did, I took too my students with me 22:57 and we confronted and walked up right 22:59 in the middle of and they had hatchets 23:00 and spears over our heads and starting to kill us. 23:03 And they were chanting so loud that when I was teaching 23:06 and I was just started preaching the word to them, 23:08 I couldn't hear my own voice. 23:09 The only thing I could hear was two students 23:11 behind me his knees hitting 23:12 because they knew they were getting ready to die 23:15 because it really was a challenge. 23:17 And, but again, I enjoyed challenge, 23:19 but I also do what the Lord tells me to do. 23:21 You're a man who walks by faith, Jerry. 23:23 Amen. 23:24 So I started preaching and teaching 23:26 even though I couldn't hear my voice. 23:28 And after a short time period, 23:29 the leader of the group told everyone to sit down, 23:32 and he couldn't hear me talking at all. 23:34 But he told everyone to sit down, 23:36 and he gave me an opportunity to preach 23:37 and almost all of them gave their lives to Lord 23:40 and they left the farm. 23:42 Wow. 23:43 So it was amazing journey in Zimbabwe. 23:45 We've heard stories similar to that. 23:47 That is just, I mean, 23:49 we know that we are under God's wings. 23:53 He is a covenant keeping God who fulfills His promises. 23:56 Just listen, obey. Just listen and obey. 23:58 Amen. Amen. 24:00 So how did you end up 24:03 marrying the lovely Miss Falco? 24:06 Okay, all right. 24:07 Well, we're not married yet. 24:10 Go back a step, okay. 24:12 And Falco by the way was my wife's maiden name 24:16 and her dad died as a missionary in the Congo, 24:19 so that's reason why we named everything 24:20 Falco's Children Village 24:22 and Falco's Children Africa, etc. 24:24 So we moved to Tanzania in 2009, 24:27 to open our second Bible school, 24:29 because that was my desire 24:30 to teach the hands on application of the Word. 24:33 And after we moved there, 24:35 we saw children wandering around the streets. 24:37 And the Lord says," Don't mess with the Bible school, 24:40 take care of the children." 24:41 So we started taking care of the children, 24:43 and we opened our children's home 24:45 up in Arusha in 2010, we moved there in 2009. 24:49 Then the Lord told me he was gonna give me land 24:52 for free to build an entire village. 24:54 Now I've never built a village. 24:55 I've never been 24:57 an administrator of an orphanage. 24:58 Never done. 24:59 Of course, I was never administrator 25:01 of the Bible school either. 25:02 But God told me step by step what to do. 25:04 And we received 70 acres of land. 25:06 Praise the God. 25:08 And we now currently have nine homes there. 25:09 We have 88 children 25:11 that were currently taking care of. 25:13 But going back of how I became a Seventh-day Adventist, 25:16 my wife died last year of cancer, 25:18 she had cancer the fourth time, and she just said no more. 25:22 I helped her overcome cancer several times previously. 25:26 But this time, 70% of her liver was already affected by cancer. 25:30 And she just said, she just wanted to die in Tanzania 25:34 and she died in her home in Tanzania. 25:36 I was the one that kept her out of pain. 25:38 And so we were 45 minutes from the closest hospital. 25:40 She said, "Promise me 25:42 you're not gonna take me to the hospital. 25:43 Promise me you're not gonna have put an IV on me. 25:46 Just help me to go on." 25:48 And I did. 25:49 And so then she started telling everybody, all my... 25:54 And we adopted four children by the way. 25:56 I know this is little short, and I'm going back, 25:58 trying to backtrack the little there. 25:59 It's fine. 26:01 Now, that's what we want to hear. 26:02 And so, currently Rachel's 14 years old 26:04 and she preaches the Word by the way. 26:06 Glory to God. She's amazing. 26:08 Sometimes I have to stop her teaching in church. 26:11 And she's 14, then I have a 9-year-old, 26:13 and then a 7-year-old, 26:15 and then a 6- year-old that we've adopted. 26:18 And the 14-year-old said, 26:19 "Baba, I don't want you to get married again. 26:21 Even though mama says you're gonna get married again 26:23 and want you to get married again. 26:25 I don't want to take a chance to lose my third mama." 26:28 Because then when Tammy died, 26:30 would have been her second mama. 26:31 Yes. 26:33 So then, not too long after Tammy died 26:34 because it took six months for her 26:35 to go through the process. 26:37 And I'm sure 26:38 you know about people dealing with cancer. 26:40 So we were all prepared for the time for her to leave. 26:43 So I was very surprised when she came in the office 26:46 and asking me whether I go to one of these places. 26:48 I mean, how did an African girl know about Christian 26:51 dating websites in the first place? 26:53 Okay, that really did surprise me. 26:55 Yes. 26:57 So I started doing some research 26:58 and I found a wonderful lady in Hagerstown, 27:01 and she was Seventh-day Adventist 27:03 ever since she was a child, 27:05 and she's the one that started teaching me 27:07 about Sabbath and the Ten Commandments 27:09 where I've never really paid attention to. 27:11 Even though I have my BA and my master's in theology 27:14 and doctorate's in Christian education, 27:15 I still didn't pay attention to the fourth commandment. 27:19 You know, sadly, a lot of times 27:21 what we accept what we've heard, 27:25 and we don't always go through 27:27 and study it because I had that same experience as well. 27:29 Really? Okay. 27:30 When the Lord told me to forget what I thought I knew. 27:33 Come sit at His feet and He would teach me. 27:36 Jerry, he took me on a study of the sanctuary. 27:39 And then I realized, and then a deeper study, 27:42 I realized the commandments were not nailed to the cross 27:45 as I've been taught. 27:46 And it's amazing how many people 27:49 teach something even that they've learned, 27:52 and they never really dug it out. 27:54 That's right. 27:55 I understand. 27:57 And I would imagine there's a lot of people 27:59 that can identify exactly to what you're saying. 28:02 Because we have lots of people that call answers, 28:04 you know, I'd never even heard about the Sabbath before. 28:07 Mm-hmm. Yeah. 28:08 You know, just... 28:10 Anyway, it's good that you brought that out. 28:12 Amen. 28:13 Okay, so you actually how long? 28:16 I mean, was that shocking to you 28:18 when you were learning these things? 28:19 Sure. It was. Yeah. 28:20 Sure. It was. 28:22 How long did it take you before you accepted that 28:23 and said, "Lord, this is wrong." 28:25 Well, it wouldn't long. It was just a few days. 28:27 I mean, when I got into the work 28:28 and you're studying, you know, keep the Sabbath day holy. 28:30 And if you love Me, keep My commandments, 28:32 it's very obvious. 28:33 Glory to God. 28:35 It's just I've never read those scripture ever since. 28:36 Yet again, I just never thought about the fourth commandment. 28:39 Glory to God. 28:40 So it was just amazing. 28:42 So I started a pretty lengthy study 28:44 and I have about a 60-page outline 28:46 that I've written myself to start teaching others. 28:49 And I've been doing that too. 28:50 Hallelujah. 28:51 Boy, we've got a lot in common. 28:54 Okay, so you are a baptized member 28:57 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 28:59 You are a Seventh-day Adventist Christian 29:01 on fire for the Lord, still in Tanzania. 29:06 And by the way, 29:08 you and this lovely woman are engaged... 29:11 Valerie. 29:13 Valerie are engaged to be married. 29:14 So I'm sure your daughter's happy about that. 29:16 She's very happy. 29:18 All of them are very happy. 29:19 She went to the village here a couple weeks ago. 29:22 So she spent two weeks there, and she's already loved there. 29:26 Praise God. 29:27 All right, before we go further, 29:29 because we're going to talk about 29:32 conditions in Tanzania. 29:35 And there is a blatant disregard 29:38 for the life of children. 29:41 And there are some abusive practices 29:44 that are going on. 29:45 So if you are the parent of a young child, 29:49 this may be a little... 29:50 This is sensitive, so it may be a little too much 29:55 for your child to hear. 29:56 You may want to send them 29:57 into the other room to do something. 29:59 Of course, all the kids that are listening 30:01 are now going to be really interested. 30:03 You know, I was one. 30:05 But tell us what's going on in Tanzania. 30:11 When God said to you, forget about the Bible school, 30:16 look at what's going on with the children. 30:18 Tell us about what they do with the children? 30:21 Children are abandoned on a very regular basis. 30:25 And one of the reasons why children are abandoned 30:28 is by the prostitutes. 30:30 The prostitute's children are in the way. 30:32 And I never, didn't do anything 30:34 about that until about four months ago. 30:37 And four months ago, the Lord told me 30:38 to go find the prostitutes in the area 30:40 where we live in and I found the leader of the prostitutes, 30:44 which is a lady, which I was a little surprised. 30:47 She helped us find all the prostitutes 30:49 in that particular area and there were 33 of them. 30:52 And 25 of them come to church every Sabbath, 30:56 8 of them left the area, 30:58 both the prostitute's homes closed. 31:00 Glory to God. Amen. 31:02 But now they actually will drown their children? 31:07 Oh, they do virtually anything there. 31:11 We have found children on the side of the highway 31:13 before their sacrificed, like they did 31:15 in the Old Testament time period there. 31:18 To the pagan gods? Yes. 31:19 And whenever a child is abandoned to a stranger 31:22 and the stranger doesn't want the child, 31:24 they will throw boiling water 31:26 on the children to run them off. 31:27 So we have children that have scars all over them. 31:32 We had a young girl by the name of Happiness 31:35 was given to a nurse and was abandoned 31:38 to a nurse and the nurse didn't want her, 31:39 so the nurse put her spoon in the fire 31:41 and burned her all over her face and legs. 31:44 Oh, no. 31:45 And then, just before we left to come here 31:48 on this trip a couple of weeks ago, 31:50 we were given a five-year-old girl 31:52 that was raped by her uncle, 31:54 and she was in the hospital for several weeks 31:56 because of all the stitches of being raped. 31:58 And we deal with social welfare. 32:00 By the way, social welfare gives us 32:01 legal paperwork for all of our children. 32:04 Yeah. 32:06 Jerry, you told me something that was so alarming to me 32:10 that often they will just put a child and a baby 32:14 in a tow sack and put rocks in the sack 32:17 and dump them in the river. 32:19 But you adopted a very special child 32:23 under special circumstances. 32:25 Tell us about your little boy? 32:27 Now Moses... 32:28 His name is Moses. 32:30 By the way, I don't think I told you his name. 32:32 His name is Moses Backus. 32:33 He's actually Miracle Moses Backus. 32:35 It's miracle is in Swahili. 32:37 On October the 12th of 2012, 32:40 he was put in the gunny sack after childbirth, 32:43 and they put grass dirt and rocks on top of him, 32:45 filled the gunny sack with grass, dirt and rocks, 32:48 wrapped a trash bag around the gunny sack 32:50 and buried him in a shallow grave. 32:53 And then, the next day, a shepherd was walking 32:55 by the graveyard and heard him crying 32:57 from the grave and he couldn't find 32:59 where he was buried and so he hollered for help, 33:02 and a young lady came over 33:03 and help him find where he was buried. 33:05 And when they dug him up 33:06 and took him out of the gunny sack, 33:08 his skin on his cheeks had dried 33:10 through the gunny sack. 33:11 So we believe he had been buried for at least 12 hours. 33:14 And I got a call that we are... 33:16 And this was a new born baby? 33:18 This is a brand new, yes, 33:19 because he still had the umbilical cord on. 33:21 He was left from childbirth 33:24 when they put him in the gunny sack. 33:26 So I got a call. 33:27 We are getting a newborn baby assigned to us 33:30 about 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the 17th... 33:32 And or 13th, I don't remember, 33:34 it's 12th or 17th, doesn't matter. 33:36 And he had to be in the hospital 33:39 because doctors had needed time 33:41 to clean his ears, nose and throat with the dirt, 33:44 because he was completely covered in dirt. 33:46 And 6 o'clock that night, I had a warning from the Lord. 33:50 They said be sure that one of our mamas 33:52 is spending the night at the hospital with him. 33:55 And because the Lord is telling me 33:56 someone's gonna come to the hospital, 33:58 try to take him home. 33:59 So I made sure that one of them, 34:01 our mothers was spending the night with him 34:03 and told them the warning from the Lord. 34:04 Someone's gonna come to the hospital 34:06 to try to take him home tonight. 34:07 When you say one of the mothers, 34:08 is it somebody that works at the... 34:10 Yes, yeah, we have 25 mothers to help us 34:12 take care of the children. 34:13 Oh, praise God. 34:15 So anyway, so I gave her the warning from the Lord. 34:16 And a couple hours later, 34:18 the lady that helped the shepherd find him 34:20 buried in the graveyard was at the hospital 34:23 to take him home. 34:24 She wanted him because people had heard 34:26 about this miracle baby that was buried 34:28 that's now alive, 34:30 and so people started giving her money. 34:32 So she wanted him for the reason of money. 34:34 That's exactly the reason why she wanted him. 34:37 And whenever she was told he had been assigned to us 34:40 to Falco's Children Africa, our Falco's Children Village. 34:44 She said, "If I can't have him, I'm gonna kill him." 34:46 She went over the crib, put her hands around his throat 34:51 and started choking him. 34:52 Oh. 34:54 And since the mama was there, she pushed her out of the way 34:56 and put him underneath her blouse 34:58 and hollered for help. 35:00 And they got her, got her out of the hospital. 35:02 But anyway, the next morning, 35:06 I was told it was time to pick him up at the hospital. 35:09 And I did. 35:10 When I went to the hospital, 35:12 there was a whole line of people waiting to get him, 35:14 everybody wanted the miracle baby 35:16 for the wrong reason. 35:17 They wanted him for profit. 35:19 That's right. 35:20 And so I picked him up, 35:22 I took him to our baby orphanage 35:24 because we had a baby orphanage in Karatu at that time. 35:26 And then I left and on my way home, 35:28 Lord told me to go back and get him 35:30 because they were gonna try to find him 35:31 and kill him the third time. 35:33 Because no one wanted him alive now, 35:35 since they couldn't use him, 35:36 for whatever reason they wanted to use him. 35:38 And so we named him Miracle Moses Backus. 35:41 Amen. How is he doing? 35:42 He's sharp as a tack. 35:44 And a couple years ago, he was in the backseat. 35:47 My wife asked me a question. 35:49 I don't remember what the question was. 35:50 It doesn't matter. 35:51 I answered her. 35:53 And Moses stood up in the backseat 35:55 and he said, "Baba, 35:57 did you just tell Mama, the truth." 35:59 That's Moses a couple years ago. 36:01 He is sharp as a tack. 36:03 And how old is he now? 36:04 He's seven. 36:06 And he's just as sharp as he can be. 36:07 He's serious like I am. 36:09 Has the same serious personality. 36:11 And I play with my children. 36:13 I tickle my children, sometimes, 36:15 "Baba, stop tickling Sharon." 36:18 So he's just very serious. 36:20 And I had pastors walk up to us, 36:22 say, that man's gonna be president one day. 36:24 He has a special anointing on his life. 36:27 Glory to God. 36:28 All right, so when you became an Adventist, 36:31 Falco's Children Africa had actually been in ministry 36:36 for a number of years. 36:38 What did you do now that you're an Adventist, 36:41 and everybody in your board was basically Pentecostal? 36:45 Well, how did you handle this? 36:46 Okay. 36:47 Well, in order for me to become a member of ASI, 36:50 all of the members of the board 36:52 are required to be Seventh-day Adventist. 36:54 So I had to ask 36:56 all of my previous board members to resign 36:58 and they did, and then I had to re-write the bylaws 37:01 and constitution and everything else, 37:03 which I did. 37:04 So it was a lengthy process 37:05 for me to go through to be approved by ASI. 37:08 And I got final approval just a few days before ASI, 37:11 this last ASI meeting. 37:13 Yeah. 37:15 So now it is a thoroughly 37:17 Seventh-day Adventist Christian ministry? 37:20 Right. 37:21 And this isn't all you do. 37:23 You had written a book, 37:24 you know, this is something else 37:26 that we share in common. 37:27 It was life changing for me 37:30 when the Lord taught me to listen for His voice. 37:33 You know, everybody... 37:35 When I go out and speak, 37:37 I'll say, "How many of you know that 37:39 you know that you have been impressed with a thought 37:45 that was not your own, a thought of God? 37:48 And you will see people like this. 37:50 Like, okay, you know, I've heard 37:52 that still small voice of the Lord. 37:54 But it's something that doesn't happen every day 37:58 unless you're really tuned in. 38:00 And so when God taught me to tune in, 38:03 He taught you to tune in. 38:04 Amen. 38:05 It was life changing. 38:08 You've actually written a book, 38:10 you're teaching at the Pentagon. 38:11 Tell us about that? 38:13 Well, how that process started was that when we were 38:17 in the process of moving to our village, 38:19 because we had enough homes at the village now 38:21 that all of us could live at the village. 38:23 And I had got an email from a friend, 38:26 said, "There's a businessman 38:27 had heard about you taking care of orphans 38:29 in Africa and Tanzania, 38:31 and he was landing in Dar es Salaam, 38:33 and wanted to meet you." 38:35 Now in order for me to get to Dar es Salaam, 38:37 it's a five-hour drive from the village 38:39 where we have 70 acres land 38:40 because we live out in the middle of nowhere. 38:43 And we have solar electricity, solar Wi-Fi, 38:45 our solar hot water and Wi-Fi, by the way, fuel. 38:48 So I took the time, I drove the five hours to Arusha, 38:51 got me an airline ticket, flew to Dar es Salaam, 38:54 and checked in the hotel. 38:56 And here come this man, I didn't want to take time 38:59 to come and meet because of the process 39:01 of getting there, but when he came in, 39:03 he had a marine bodyguard with him. 39:05 So I knew there was something special about him, 39:07 something very different about him. 39:09 And he works in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 39:13 And once he found out that I built an entire village, 39:17 I've never been a builder, I've never been a contractor, 39:19 never done anything like this before. 39:21 And then once he found out that I listened, learned, 39:24 know how to listen to Holy Spirit, 39:25 step-by-step to build a village, 39:27 where to drill the water well, 39:29 the septic system and everything else. 39:30 He said, "You've got to come to the Pentagon 39:32 and teach us at the Pentagon." 39:34 You know what? 39:35 It's so amazing because you told 39:37 those horrible stories that I've heard them 39:38 before about the children. 39:40 But this is bringing me to tears 39:41 because God is looking for faithful people. 39:47 And he knows there's people out there 39:49 like this man from the Pentagon... 39:51 Amen. 39:53 He's gonna connect these people with his faithful. 39:57 So tell us what you're doing at the Pentagon? 39:59 Well, I just teach on... 40:01 I have a PowerPoint presentation on teaching 40:03 how to listen to the Holy Spirit. 40:05 Amen. Wow. 40:06 And I'm amazed. 40:08 I've taught it for now for three years, 40:10 and probably 80% of those that I've had the opportunity 40:13 to teach had no idea 40:15 they could listen to Holy Spirit 40:17 to make accurate decisions. 40:18 They just don't. 40:20 And almost every time I get ready to start teaching, 40:23 I ask them, "Are you in the process 40:24 of making a decision, 40:26 but you haven't been able to follow 40:27 through making that decision?" 40:29 And I have several hands raised up. 40:32 And almost every time 40:34 those that was going through the process, 40:35 making a decision had not been able to 40:38 before I started teaching it, 40:39 they said, I know the answer almost every single person 40:43 every time after I get through finishing. 40:45 So you are obviously teaching the Christians 40:47 who were there? 40:49 Oh, yes, in the Pentagon. In the Pentagon. 40:50 Correct. 40:51 So they've got that belief system. 40:53 You're just teaching them how to, you know... 40:57 Please our brothers and sisters at home, 41:00 understand one thing, 41:01 God's whole plan of salvation is total dependence upon Him. 41:06 And if He... 41:07 When we get to that point... 41:09 And, you know, something, Jerry, that I've recognized 41:12 over the last month even I think more than ever 41:15 before is there are two stages of surrender. 41:21 I remember we were doing a family worship not long ago, 41:24 and I said, "Can you be surrendered 41:26 when you don't know you're surrendered?" 41:28 Because I was going through something, Jerry, 41:30 that it was kind of a little on the point of, 41:34 edge of burnout, maybe, 41:36 but I knew I was surrendered 41:38 as far as the general direction 41:42 in which I was going. 41:44 I knew I was following the Lord, 41:46 but there just seemed like 41:48 there was some kind of a disconnect. 41:52 And then the Lord really showed me, 41:54 you know, there's... 41:55 There are two levels of surrender. 41:56 You can be going in the right direction, 41:59 but what God wants is that moment 42:01 by moment surrender to Him. 42:03 And that's where you're at. 42:05 And God is using you 42:07 to teach people in the Pentagon. 42:10 How exciting is that? 42:12 It's been pretty amazing. Yeah. 42:14 But let me ask you a question because I know someone at home, 42:17 perhaps you're sitting there and you're saying, 42:19 how do I know 42:21 when it is the still small voice of the Lord? 42:24 Or if these thoughts being impressed upon my mind, 42:27 how do I know if it's my flesh? 42:29 How would you answer that? 42:30 It's a process that you go through, 42:32 and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour 42:36 to go through teaching everything 42:38 about how to overcome the flesh. 42:40 But it's very obvious, the Holy Spirit teaches us 42:43 by talking to our conscience by sharing of our conscious. 42:46 I mean, it's very obvious. 42:49 And it just gets to the point 42:50 where I don't even think about making it. 42:53 When I'm in the process making decision, 42:55 I don't have to analyze it anymore. 42:57 See, that's the biggest problem Christians do 43:00 is when they start ranking 43:01 the process of making a decision, 43:03 they listen to the negative voice, 43:04 that you're not going to be able to accomplish this 43:06 or because of their past or because of whatever reason, 43:09 their failures or anything in the past. 43:11 So they listen to the negative voice 43:13 and they don't even make the decisions. 43:15 Or they say, well, I've got to pray 43:16 about it or praying about it. 43:18 In my opinion, 43:19 okay, praying about is procrastination. 43:23 So once you get to this point... 43:24 Well, let me put it this way. 43:25 Because I don't want to... 43:28 I know what you're trying to say 43:29 I want to clarify. 43:31 That's fine. 43:32 If you are totally surrendered, you are gonna be impressed. 43:37 If you're not sure that you're surrendered, 43:40 you need to pray. 43:42 Right? 43:43 Because you don't want to just hop off on something. 43:47 If God is leading, 43:48 He's gonna let you know if you're listening. 43:50 Yeah. 43:52 And I think that 43:54 if you are firmly believe the Holy Spirit, 43:55 that if you do get in that gray area, 43:59 then because of God's love for you, 44:01 then He will raise another red flag 44:03 and then it's corrected. 44:05 Amen. Correct. 44:06 Yeah. 44:07 Because most people procrastinate 44:09 and follow through of what the Lord 44:10 tells them to do. 44:11 Yes. Okay? 44:13 And many times there are people 44:14 sitting in the church week after week, 44:16 just keeping their seats warm and they're not doing anything. 44:17 That's right. 44:19 Because they're not sure what to do next. 44:20 Let's say as long as you're walking in direction the Lord 44:22 can always guide you, 44:24 He can always change your direction, 44:25 but you've got to be walking in the direction. 44:27 Body in motion has... 44:28 You had to be in motion. 44:30 You have to. Faith without action stinks. 44:32 That's the way I express it in the church. 44:34 If you're sitting here, faith without actions stinks. 44:37 If you're sitting here week after week after week, 44:39 you stink because you're not doing anything. 44:42 Yeah. 44:43 Start listening to what the Holy Spirit. 44:44 Now that's something else. 44:46 You'd be amazed how many times I have, 44:47 you know, I've had some, quite a few groups 44:49 are teaching how to listen to Holy Spirit, 44:51 they don't even have their vision. 44:53 Many, many people have never taken the time 44:56 to write a vision. 44:57 And if you're listening, it doesn't matter if your wife, 44:59 it does matter if you're 80 years old, 45:01 it doesn't matter your age, 45:03 it doesn't matter your job title, 45:05 you still need a vision, it does not matter. 45:07 A wife raising children still needs a vision. 45:10 What does the Word say? 45:12 People without vision does what? 45:13 Perish. Perish. 45:15 So every one of us need to continuously write a vision, 45:18 keep that vision ahead of us and edit it all the time. 45:21 Because if you don't have vision, 45:22 what are you going to accomplish? 45:24 Amen. 45:25 You don't know what direction to go to in the first place. 45:26 So I challenge all of you listening, sit down, 45:29 write your vision, and start listening to the Lord 45:32 and acting on obedience. 45:33 And learn how to listen to Holy Spirit, 45:35 like, when we first started riding the bicycle, 45:37 did you fall off the first time? 45:39 All of us it took time for us to do that? 45:42 Well, listen to Holy Spirit to make decisions, 45:44 it gets to the point where you just automatically 45:46 just know what to do. 45:47 And you know whether it's a flesh 45:49 or whether you know, it's not the flesh. 45:50 And I asked a series of questions. 45:52 If you're in the process of making a decision, 45:54 and you feel overwhelmed, I'll give this an example. 45:57 Well, now I'll ask you. 45:59 If you felt overwhelmed during the process 46:02 you're making a decision, 46:03 would that be a yes or no question to you? 46:05 Oh, boy, that could be either way. 46:08 Overwhelm means only God can do it. 46:10 Right. 46:12 But if I know God's calling me to it, 46:16 I know He is gonna do it so I wouldn't be overwhelmed. 46:19 Right. Okay. 46:20 But see, I enjoy being overwhelmed. 46:22 See, that's what I thought you're gonna say. 46:23 Okay. Okay. 46:25 But see, you have to get to the point 46:26 where you understand whether it's your flesh or not. 46:28 And to me, I would enjoy being overwhelmed 46:31 because again, if there's Lord and I know it's Lord, 46:34 when I feel overwhelmed, okay? 46:36 Absolutely. 46:37 If is Lord, He wants you to accomplish whatever it is. 46:40 And if it's hard, 46:41 then you have to rely on the Lord. 46:43 If it's easy, you can do it for yourself. 46:45 That's it. 46:46 And so I have a series of questions asking people 46:48 during the process after I finished teaching them 46:50 how to listen to Holy Spirit, 46:52 if you ever felt had this feeling 46:54 or if you had that feeling, is it yes or is it no, 46:57 and you'll get to the point 46:59 where you know, it's a flesh or not. 47:00 That's precious. 47:02 I believe you're writing a book. 47:03 We'll look forward to that coming out soon 47:06 making Holy Spirit decisions, 47:09 and congratulations on your upcoming marriage. 47:11 Thank you. 47:12 Let's talk... 47:14 I want to go back just a little 47:15 to the Falco's Children Africa. 47:21 You have 25 mothers... 47:22 What are you looking for? 47:24 What is your greatest need there? 47:26 Well, the greatest need 47:27 probably for any missionary is financial support. 47:30 I'm sure you probably know that. 47:32 And one of the greatest needs right now is the village 47:35 that gave us the land, the 70 acres of land for free. 47:39 They started building the secondary school 47:40 and they had two classrooms on the land. 47:43 And they gave me the building and the land at the same time. 47:46 And I told them that since you're giving me 47:48 the building and the land, 47:50 I'll build you a secondary school, 47:51 and we're halfway finished with a secondary school. 47:55 We need to build three more classrooms, 47:57 science laboratory, biology laboratory, 47:59 student housing, I mean, housing for the teachers. 48:02 And after we finished that, 48:04 then we're completely finished and we need $250,000 48:07 just to finish the school just by itself. 48:10 Our monthly budget is $15,000 a month 48:12 but we're in the process of becoming self-sufficient. 48:15 We have 1,200 chickens now, 48:16 we sell the eggs from the chickens. 48:18 We have 50 sheep and goats, we have bulls, 48:20 and we double our money every six months. 48:22 We have milk cows. 48:24 And we farm 20 acres of land 48:26 and raise and grow beans and maze. 48:30 So we're in the process of becoming self-sufficient, 48:33 but I don't believe we're gonna make it. 48:34 I mean, we could make it before 2023 48:37 but that's our goal by 2023. 48:39 So if anybody can help us on a monthly budget of 15,000 48:43 because we take care of the school fees, 48:45 we take care of students in school 48:47 and school uniforms, books, transportation 48:50 and everything else for the children over there. 48:52 And we currently have 70 children going to school, 48:55 so that's quite a number just by itself. 48:57 Amen. Now have you drilled wells? 48:59 Oh, yes. 49:00 So you have your own water? Yes. 49:02 We have our own water. 49:03 It's 450 feet deep and it's been tested 49:04 healthier and cleaner and safer than bottled water. 49:08 It has little bit of silver in the water. 49:10 And if you don't know 49:11 silver, silver water is good for your health. 49:14 Okay, it helps fight, 49:15 it helps increase your immune system. 49:17 So it's all amazing. 49:20 You just, you two need to come to visit. 49:22 You know, I want to thank you for that invitation. 49:24 And I hope we'll get to take you up on that. 49:26 Good. Thank you. Let me ask this. 49:28 The age range of the children 49:30 in the children's home are what? 49:32 Well, we still have some babies 49:34 that are about 12, 13 months old 49:36 and it goes up to 16. 49:37 And one of our goals also is to make sure 49:40 our children prepare to take care of themselves 49:41 by the time they leave the village. 49:43 A lot of the orphanages kick them out 49:45 and they either 49:47 become prostitutes or street children. 49:48 So we want to make sure every one of our children 49:50 can take care of themselves when they leave the village. 49:52 And getting hands on Bible study, I'm sure. 49:55 Amen. And I teach them. 49:56 And by the way, now the church at the village that we met, 49:59 of course, on the first day is now on Sabbath. 50:02 And so it's a Seventh-day Adventist church 50:04 there at the village also. 50:06 And we bus the women from Karatu 50:09 and again all of them come and all of them are saved. 50:13 Praise the Lord. 50:14 Eleven of them been baptized 50:15 and instead of saying saved 11 of them 50:18 have been baptized... 50:19 Well, they've given their hearts to the Lord 50:20 it's what you're saying. 50:22 And they come every single Sabbath. 50:24 Glory to God. 50:25 Let me ask this question what is your website address 50:28 so people can go, and I think this will be 50:32 at the bottom of the screen as well. 50:35 It's FalcosChildrenAfrica.org. 50:40 FalcosChildrenAfrica.org, and your email? 50:47 And it is Info at the same address. 50:50 Info@ FalcosChildrenAfrica.org. 50:53 Wonderful. 50:55 And last year 88.3% of all the money we received 50:57 went towards directly to help us 50:59 with the children in Africa. 51:02 The percentage it didn't, because I travel a lot. 51:04 So it takes sharing the Word, 51:07 sharing the vision in order to raise the money we need. 51:10 Amen. 51:11 Well, we are going to take a quick break. 51:14 And this is such an amazing testimony 51:17 because it's so exciting to see 51:19 what God can do with just one person 51:22 that will learn to listen for His voice 51:25 and tune in and be passionate, 51:28 filled with zeal of the Holy Spirit. 51:31 But we're going to our news break 51:33 and we'll come back for a closing thought. |
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