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00:01 As you're well aware,
00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain Lord, 00:34 let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn 01:17 and my co-host is Francine Bergmann, better known as... 01:21 Aunt Francine! 01:22 Aunt Francine from the 3ABN Kids Network, 01:25 but this is not a kids' program. 01:28 Let me tell you, we are so excited that you're 01:31 joining us for this interview today. 01:35 We have two youth with us. 01:37 And they are inspiring. 01:41 I think by the end of this program, 01:44 God is going to lay a challenge on your heart. 01:47 Remember, in Isaiah Chapter 6, 01:50 Isaiah is pressing into the presence of the Lord. 01:53 And as he sees the Lord high and lifted up, 01:56 he hears the call of the Lord saying, 02:00 "Who will we send for us?" 02:03 And Isaiah says, "Oh, here I am. 02:06 Here I am, send me." 02:07 Well, that is exactly 02:10 the experience of our beautiful guests today. 02:15 And let me go ahead and introduce them. 02:18 Oceana Munsey. 02:19 And you are the Founder and Director of Here I Am, 02:24 Send Me ministries. 02:26 Welcome. Thank you. 02:27 I'm glad to be here. 02:29 You know, at 3ABN we're always saying that we wear 02:31 so many hats. 02:33 Well, the one hat I haven't put on on camera 02:36 was the cowboy hat, but we're gonna explain that, 02:38 I should say cowgirl hat. 02:40 Exactly. 02:41 We'll explain that in a moment. 02:44 And then we have Cai Brandenburg. 02:48 And, Cai, we're glad to have you here. 02:50 Thank you. And you're both 16 years old. 02:53 Yes. And you are from Montana. 02:56 Yes. You are a cowgirl. 03:00 And you're from Washington. 03:02 You live on 40 acres of forest land, right? 03:05 Yes. 03:06 Oh, we're so happy that you're here. 03:08 We're gonna get to know these two 03:11 much better in just a moment. 03:14 And see, you know, 03:15 the question that we're asking today is, 03:18 "Can God really use youth to make 03:22 a difference in this world for His kingdom?" 03:26 And you're gonna see, the answer is yes. 03:29 But first, we always like to start with music. 03:32 What's our music today? 03:33 Well, it's by Stephanie Dawn, and John Lomacang, our pastor 03:38 and it's called In Times Like These We Need a Savior. 03:41 Amen. 04:02 In times like these 04:08 You need a Savior 04:13 In times like these 04:18 You need an anchor 04:23 Be very sure, 04:28 Be very sure 04:33 Your anchor holds and grips 04:38 The Solid Rock! 04:44 In times like these 04:49 You need the Bible 04:53 In times like these, 04:58 O be not idle 05:02 Be very sure, 05:07 Be very sure 05:12 Your anchor holds and grips 05:16 The Solid Rock! 05:21 This Rock is Jesus, 05:26 Yes He's the One 05:29 This Rock is Jesus, 05:34 The only One 05:38 Be very sure, 05:43 Be very sure 05:47 Your anchor holds And grips 05:52 The Solid Rock! 06:11 In times like these 06:16 I have a Savior 06:20 In times like these 06:24 I have an anchor 06:28 I'm very sure, 06:32 I'm very sure 06:36 My anchor holds 06:39 And grips the Solid Rock! 06:45 This Rock is Jesus, 06:49 Yes He's the One 06:52 This Rock is Jesus, 06:56 The only One 07:01 Be very sure, 07:06 Be very sure 07:10 Your anchor holds and grips 07:15 The Solid Rock! 07:19 Be very sure, 07:23 Be very sure 07:28 Your anchor holds and grips 07:34 The Solid Rock! 07:47 I love to hear them singing together, 07:49 they blend so beautifully and we're... 07:52 So Stephanie Dawn is a special person. 07:55 She's been with 3ABN for years. I think even as a child. 07:58 Even as a child. 08:00 Yeah, I've seen little pictures and videos of her. 08:02 On Kids time, that's wonderful. Yeah. 08:04 Well, if you are just joining us a few minutes late, 08:08 our special guests are Oceana Munsey, 08:12 and then we have Cai Brandenburg, 08:15 and they're 16 years old, both of them, 08:18 and they're very active in ministry for the Lord. 08:21 This is exciting. 08:23 But before we talk about your ministry, 08:26 which is Here I Am, Send Me, 08:30 tell us a little bit, Oceana, about your childhood 08:35 where you grew up, just give us a little... 08:37 Who is Oceana? That's a great question. 08:40 So I grew up and was born across the world in Taiwan. 08:45 My family and I were missionaries there. 08:47 So a lot of... 08:49 I'm half Chinese and half Caucasian. 08:51 So a lot of my relatives are there. 08:53 I grew up in the mission field with my family. 08:56 My father was a third grade teacher there. 08:58 My mom helped with the church, and they met there. 09:01 But through my childhood, I always loved God, 09:05 I love people, and I loved animals. 09:07 And so I got the people 09:09 and friends there, but I didn't get the animal. 09:12 So my family were gonna retire from the mission field 09:16 after 18 years and mine 10 years. 09:20 So when I was 11, I moved to the States here. 09:23 And now I live on a little farm with my family, 09:27 my goat, my horse, my chickens, and dogs. 09:30 They're all my siblings 09:32 who make up for being the only child. 09:34 Amen. Amen. 09:35 So you're a Montana girl. 09:37 Her horse is named Breeze, 09:39 and I love your goat's name, Cyrus. 09:42 Yeah. 09:43 Does the chicken have a name? 09:45 They're ladies, just ladies. 09:46 Just the ladies. 09:48 Well, anyway, but it's wonderful that you 09:50 grew up in a Seventh-day Adventist Christian home. 09:53 Yes. 09:55 And obviously, it did take 09:57 and we're gonna see in just a moment, 10:00 you know, I told Oceana when I first met her, 10:03 it's interesting how often a timeout 10:08 is what it takes for God to get our attention. 10:11 We're gonna see what her timeout was 10:13 and how God got her attention. 10:15 But first, there's Cai now. 10:17 Now, Cai, tell us about you. 10:19 As you said, my name is Cai. 10:20 And unlike Oceana, I don't have a lot of animals. 10:23 I have a lot of siblings, though. 10:25 I am the second oldest of six siblings or children. 10:29 And how many boys, how many girls? 10:32 Three boys and three girls. 10:33 Three boys and three girls. 10:35 I live on 40 acres of just forest up in Washington. 10:39 And I love to bake. You love to bake. 10:42 Now this is interesting to me. 10:44 You all have been working in ministry 10:46 together for at least a year. 10:48 Yes. Yes. 10:50 But when did you meet? 10:51 Yesterday! Yesterday! You met yesterday. 10:55 So this has been what you would call a Zoom friendship. 10:59 Yes. 11:00 It's been an online, because you both attend 11:02 a Christian school, Seventh-day Adventist School, 11:05 that's an online school. 11:07 What's the name of your school? 11:09 Remnant. Remnant? 11:10 Okay, well, we're just so excited that you're here. 11:15 So how many years have you been part of Remnant? 11:18 I think we both started at Remnant Preparatory School 11:21 when we are just freshmans. 11:23 Wow! 11:24 So you've got to tell us 11:26 what is Here I Am, Send Me Ministries? 11:29 So Here I Am, Send Me is a ministry 11:33 where us as Adventist youth, 11:35 we come together once a week and we talk together. 11:39 We talk, we're like, 11:40 how can we share Jesus to the youth of today? 11:42 'Cause today's youth is usually like, 11:46 where we can reach them, 11:48 where we can reach ourselves really, 11:49 which was like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, 11:53 the social media platforms. 11:55 So what we do is we write our own scripts, 11:59 and the scripts are biblically based. 12:01 We add Bible verses to support what we're talking about. 12:05 For example, like, what is faith? 12:07 Does God really forgive you when you sin? 12:10 Like, are you worth something to God? 12:13 Things like that. 12:15 And they're really short clips because usually people our age, 12:18 scroll on the Internet. 12:20 And our goal 12:22 is that when we write our scripts, 12:24 we film ourselves with our camera, 12:27 outside is our studio. 12:29 And we hope that at least one 12:33 of these videos will reach one person. 12:35 If it does, we're happy. Amen. Amen. 12:37 Now let's talk about your timeout. 12:40 How did Here I Am, 12:43 Send Me Ministries get started? 12:46 Well, that's kind of an embarrassing story, 12:49 but since you asked, 12:50 lot of people tell these stories when, you know, 12:52 when I become a senior someday, 12:54 and no one really cares about my timeout story, 12:57 but this story actually inspires me because how God 13:01 used a timeout to make something good. 13:03 Amen. 13:05 So I honestly don't remember why I was grounded, 13:07 but I was probably grounded from arguing with my mother 13:11 or something, but when I was grounded, 13:14 I couldn't use my phone, 13:15 you know, Sabbath, and it was raining. 13:18 And like I said, I love my animals. 13:20 So they are all ducked away in their shed 13:22 somewhere like, "Don't play with me right now." 13:24 It's getting away from the rain. 13:27 So I was like, on the couch with my dad, 13:28 I'm like, "Dad. 13:30 Oh, please, please let me use my phone. 13:32 I want to do something right now." 13:34 And I gave him grief. 13:36 My dad's like, "Okay, Oceana, 13:38 I'll give you an alternative here. 13:40 You can either not use your phone at all, 13:43 or you can use your phone for a project for God." 13:47 And so I was like, "Okay, I jumped on this opportunity. 13:50 I can use my phone." 13:52 And so I use my phone for, 13:54 I was like, "What can I do?" 13:56 So I decided to make a video, 13:58 and I never really made videos before. 14:00 So this was a time I made my first studio. 14:04 And my first studio was in my living room 14:07 with couch pillows stacked as high as you could get 14:11 with the phone on top to be like a tripod. 14:15 And then I was like, "How do I get professional 14:17 looking background?" 14:19 So I took bedsheets 14:21 and I strung them on the windows. 14:22 Nothing more professional than bedsheets. 14:24 No, nothing more professional. 14:26 So that was my first studio and how it started, 14:31 but then my parents encouraged me, 14:32 "Oceana, maybe you should start posting these videos." 14:36 So I posted them and some, 14:39 I got the like little thumbs up. 14:41 And amens like, this encouraged me. 14:44 Thank you for sharing. 14:45 And even those small things as a youth it encouraged me 14:48 so I kept making them till today. 14:51 And now we have a team and Cai joined me. 14:54 Oh, Cai, why did you decide to participate and support Oceana? 15:00 So it was my sophomore year. 15:02 And things happened at the beginning of the year. 15:05 So which led me to have like this downfall kind of and... 15:08 Was it because of COVID 15:10 or it was even before that, or... 15:12 No, school work and stuff. 15:14 And so which led me to have like this downfall kind 15:17 of in my spiritual life. 15:18 So I started questioning God, I was like, 15:21 "God, what's my purpose in life?" 15:23 I have all this new information 'cause I started 15:25 attending this new school. 15:26 And they really emphasized the importance of knowing God 15:30 and how to connect scriptures with scriptures. 15:34 And so I was just praying, I was like, 15:36 "What do you want me to do? 15:37 How do you want me to minister to others?" 15:39 And so around this time, Oceana started to post videos. 15:45 And so God impressed me to start reposting them 15:48 and sharing them with my friends. 15:49 So and then I kept praying 15:51 'cause I felt like that wasn't totally enough to serve Him. 15:55 And a few weeks later, Oceana called me and she's like, 15:59 "Hey, would you like to join me?" 16:00 And so I gladly accepted. 16:02 And yeah. 16:03 So basically, you've grown from, 16:05 you did this to now you have a team of seven, 16:10 soon to be seven, 16:11 and each person in many different locations, 16:16 they're each doing a video, but tell us how you, 16:19 I mean, they each produce their videos, 16:22 and then you upload it, 16:23 but there is a team effort in this. 16:26 How do you choose your topics? 16:28 Like if you don't just call Cai up and say, 16:31 "Hey, let's talk about faith, or tithe, or whatever?" 16:36 How do you all choose your topics? 16:38 So exactly, I thought about doing that. 16:41 In the beginning, I was like, 16:43 how do we coordinate together because we're spread out 16:47 across the globe, like one member's in Canada, 16:49 another's in Bahama. 16:51 Some are in Montana, Washington, Chicago. 16:55 And so I was like, "Well, one big thing that helped me 17:00 start these videos 17:01 and the passion to start them was what I had learned, 17:05 like Cai had said. 17:06 So in my devotions, when I read the Bible by myself 17:10 and prayed, God would press things on my heart, like, "Wow, 17:15 I didn't know that before. 17:16 Maybe other people don't know this either." 17:18 Oh, it's good. 17:20 So we ask each member like, pray about it, 17:23 think about it, and get back to me. 17:24 What is something that you feel that God wants you to share? 17:28 And where do you have proof in the Bible about 17:30 what you're talking about? 17:31 Oh, that's good. 17:33 So what's a topic that maybe you've done, 17:36 if I understand you're saying that in your daily devotions, 17:40 as the Word of God is the Holy Spirit 17:43 enlightened your mind 17:44 and impresses you that you're going to then share it, right? 17:50 Okay, what topic have you done? 17:53 Probably one of my favorite topics 17:55 is God does not call the qualified, 17:57 He qualifies the called. 18:00 Amen. 18:01 And which is really important because often we think, 18:03 "Oh, I'm not qualified enough to do that." 18:05 But really, it's the other way around, 18:07 if we answer His call, He will qualify us. 18:09 Amen. 18:10 He just wants that willing heart, right? 18:12 Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 18:13 And you know what I love about this 18:15 is that we learn from the Bible 18:21 to teach, to share. 18:23 And we teach to learn, it's interesting 18:26 how God will show us something in the Bible. 18:29 And if you go out and start sharing it, 18:31 or teaching others about that, it really gets deep. 18:35 But sometimes God shows us something and we're going, 18:38 "Oh, wow, that's so good." 18:41 And if we don't go share it, 18:42 then six months later going through the Bible again, 18:45 "Oh, I forgot about that, Lord." 18:47 So there really is it's something that it deepens 18:51 your own experience. 18:53 I really like how they're using technology because all these 18:57 young people really like technology. 19:00 And I think they're using it for good just like 19:02 your father was encouraging you 19:03 and you wanted that technology and yet you put it for good 19:07 and how many more other people 19:08 would love to do something like that? 19:11 Because it's a tool, it shouldn't be the, 19:15 I mean, we all whenever we don't know what to do, 19:18 like even in a conversation or you're waiting for somebody, 19:21 everybody pulls out their phone or does something 19:23 so might as well use it for something good. 19:26 But, you know, there's something 19:27 else that I really like and I can identify 19:29 and I think you touched on it a little bit. 19:32 I used to be as a child, I would go in my closet 19:35 and I would read or spend some time in the Bible and reading, 19:39 but I think you have something... 19:42 I had a little walk-in closet, but I just love your story. 19:45 Can you tell us a little bit about your closet experience? 19:48 I would love to 'cause that was a pivotal point in my 19:52 spiritual life. 19:53 Like I said, I grew up in the mission field 19:55 and in the mission field, in our family home actually, 19:59 morning and evening we would have family worships, 20:02 like we'd sing songs together, mom bring out her guitar, 20:05 my cousins would pile around and play their ukuleles. 20:09 And so it was a time of family bonding, 20:12 but also bonding with God. 20:14 And my parents always encouraged me, 20:15 "Oceana, even though you have this time to bond with God 20:20 through the family, 20:22 you should have that private time with God. 20:24 It's not enough to just have the morning and evening 20:27 time with Him." 20:29 And so I was like, 20:31 and I was inconsistent doing it. 20:34 But when I started going to school, 20:36 I am now and I started listening to the lectures, 20:38 especially history class and Bible class, 20:41 I realized that God was big because I started hearing about 20:46 how the Bible is directly connected with the rise 20:50 and fall of nations throughout history. 20:52 I was like, "Wow, that's my God?" 20:55 Like, "Wow, He's really big actually, 20:57 I didn't, like I minimized Him." 20:59 And so I was like, "Okay, 21:01 I really actually want to get to know this God." 21:03 Like, "Does He really know me?" 21:05 And I wanted to dig deep in the scripture, 21:08 more than just reading 21:09 what it said to dig deep, connect verses. 21:12 And so I was like, "Okay, where can I do this? 21:14 A private time with God." 21:16 And I didn't have a place so I made a place. 21:19 And just like, the Bible verses says, 21:21 "Go into your closet, the secret place with God." 21:24 So I was like, I have a closet. 21:26 So I went in my closet. 21:28 And, you know, some girls, this might be hard for them, 21:31 but I totally encourage it, I took my clothes, 21:34 I took one whole side of my walk-in closet, 21:37 I sorted, gave away my clothes, 21:38 I took all my shoes out of my closet. 21:41 And that was my prayer closet. 21:44 And to be really honest, 21:45 I went in there the first day, 21:47 and I had nothing to say to God. 21:49 I was like, I knelt down, 21:51 I said, "God, I really don't know 21:55 what to say to you right now." 21:56 Like, I opened my Bible, I didn't know where to read. 21:59 And that's like, that's the truth 22:02 'cause sometimes we have to be honest 22:04 with each other to encourage each other. 22:06 Absolutely. 22:08 And so when I went into my closet, 22:09 I did it morning after morning, and I did it first 22:12 thing in the morning because my school 22:14 started at 7:15. 22:16 And so I was like, all right, so I kept going in. 22:21 And little by little, 22:22 what I noticed was I started staying 22:24 a little longer each time. 22:27 And when I totally surrendered to God, 22:29 I told him, "God, 22:30 my relationship I feel now to you, 22:33 it almost feels like plastic. 22:35 I don't know how to describe it, 22:36 Lord, but you know my heart. 22:38 And I really do want to know you, 22:40 like on a friend basis, 22:42 like, I love you, but I don't know how." 22:45 And through that, even till now, 22:47 when I go in there, it's my safe place. 22:49 It's a security because I can tell God 22:52 everything that I would never tell another human being 22:56 and I know He will not turn me away. 22:57 Amen. 22:59 You know, that's pressing into His presence 23:02 is what I call that when... 23:03 And we've just all got to learn that prayer is, 23:08 you know, I always say, communication 23:13 is the relationship. 23:15 I mean, a good relationship takes communication, 23:18 but it turns out that the more you talk 23:21 with someone and get to know them, 23:23 the closer, the more intimate they become. 23:26 And that's what happened with Isaiah, 23:29 you know, when he was pressing into the presence 23:31 of the Lord, you have recognized, as I say, 23:36 He recognized the call of God, 23:38 He received the call of God, 23:41 but you're responding to the call of God, 23:43 and He's drawing you in to a more 23:47 intimate relationship. 23:49 And I have to tell you all, at 16 years old, 23:54 you have no idea how blessed you are. 23:56 I was nearly... 23:57 I thought I was a Christian all my life, 23:59 but I was nearly 50 when I really had that kind 24:03 of experience, you know, 24:05 and that's when God called me to full-time ministry. 24:08 But what we'd like to do, you won't believe this. 24:13 You're 7 members once 12, right? 24:16 Yes. 24:17 Twelve years old, and the oldest is... 24:19 Seventeen. Seventeen. 24:21 So we've got members of the Here I am. 24:27 And I always want to say 24:28 here am I 'cause that's what the scripture says, 24:30 but Here I Am, Send Me ministry. 24:35 They've got 17 members from 12 to 17... 24:42 7 team members, 24:46 from 12 to 17. 24:48 And we want to show you 24:50 the videos because we're gonna make a call. 24:53 There's more youth out there who may be very 24:57 interested in saying, "Lord, I can do this." 25:01 And maybe some of us old fogies that are just 25:04 sitting around will get some ideas too. 25:07 But let's look at some of the videos. 25:13 We all serve a God whether we know it or not. 25:16 I serve the God who made heaven and earth 25:19 and all that dwells therein. 25:21 I serve Him because He's done 25:22 so much for you and me. 25:24 He's a life-giver, the reason why we're all alive today. 25:28 His grace and mercy is everlasting. 25:32 Serving God brings us joy, peace, and happiness, 25:36 but that is only if we are obedient to Him. 25:39 He has given us simple rules for us to follow. 25:42 And if we do them, then He will bless us abundantly. 25:46 God loves us so much even though sadly, 25:49 we're disobedient to Him at times. 25:51 One may ask, is it worth serving God? 25:54 My answer to you today is, yes, it is so worth it. 25:59 It's worth it because God delights in saving those 26:02 who serve Him. 26:05 Matthew 11:28-29 says, "Come unto Me, 26:09 all you that labor and are heavy laden, 26:12 and I will give you rest. 26:13 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, 26:16 for I am meek and lowly in heart, 26:18 and ye shall find rest into your souls. 26:20 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 26:24 Let us serve God today, for He made us, 26:26 He loves us, and He knows what's best for us. 26:29 Bye. 26:31 Hi. I am Alex. 26:33 Why do I serve God? 26:35 It is because it's the only way to live. 26:37 The Bible says in Matthew 7:13 that we should 26:41 enter in at the strait gate, "For wide is the gate 26:43 and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, 26:47 and many there be which go in thereat." 26:50 Why would I want to take a path that leads to destruction, 26:53 if I can take the narrow path that leads 26:55 directly to heaven? 26:57 Hi. I'm Cai. 26:59 Have you ever wondered what it takes to serve God 27:01 and what qualifications we must have? 27:03 In 1 Peter 4:10-11, 27:05 it says that each one of us has been given 27:07 a gift to serve God. 27:09 So we shouldn't be sitting on our couches, 27:11 asking ourselves 27:12 if we're qualified enough to serve God. 27:14 Moses led thousands 27:15 of Israelites into the promised land 27:17 even though he was horrified at speaking in public. 27:21 In Revelation, it tells us that God stands at the door 27:24 and knocks. 27:25 And if anybody hears Him knocking, then He'll come in. 27:28 God calls anyone and everyone to serve Him, 27:31 but we must answer Him and say yes. 27:33 Remember, God does not call the qualified, 27:36 He qualifies the called. 27:38 As young people, God is able to work 27:39 with us because we are moldable 27:41 and willing to listen to His leading. 27:44 We're not set in the popular ways of the world. 27:47 Young people have a full life ahead of them, 27:49 and they are willing to share the Gospel of God with others. 27:53 The Book of Matthew states that we are to 27:55 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations." 27:59 However, Jesus goes on to state that "Lo, I'm with you always, 28:04 even unto the end of the world." 28:07 So we see that we're not only supposed to preach 28:10 the gospel unto all nations. 28:13 But then Jesus promises to be with us at all times. 28:17 He gives us the gift of Holy Spirit 28:21 so we might be able to preach the gospel unto all creatures. 28:26 Hi, I'm Jaiden. 28:27 A lot of youth tend to ask themselves, 28:29 "Can and will I make a difference serving God?" 28:32 Whether it's towards others or yourself, 28:34 the answer is yes. 28:36 Serving God allows you to learn how to love. 28:38 You may no longer have the urge to seek 28:40 revenge at the world grudges. 28:42 God's Word inspires us to be more like Him. 28:46 Hello, I'm Oceana, the Founder of Here I Am, Send Me. 28:50 Together, my team and I have a mission 28:51 and it's found in Matthew Chapter 28. 28:54 Jesus asked His disciples or Christians to tell 28:57 the world of His soon coming 28:58 and prepare them with the Gospel. 29:01 Jesus loves us so much, and even the youth 29:04 He has called them for a mission. 29:06 In Jeremiah Chapter 1, 29:08 God specifically tells Jeremiah, 29:11 "Say not that I'm a child, for thou shalt 29:13 go to where I shall send thee. 29:15 And thou shalt say the words that I have been to speak." 29:18 So as youth, we have a mission in this world to help 29:22 share the good news of Jesus' soon coming. 29:26 Jesus also said that the fields are ripe, 29:30 but the workers are few. 29:31 Will you be a worker to help pick to help 29:35 share God's love before the Second Coming, 29:38 the wonderful event of Christ's Coming. 29:43 I think it's so exciting to see young people 29:46 who are doing this and, 29:48 you know, we'll talk about this in a minute, it isn't... 29:51 Anybody that's ever put a video 29:52 together knows it isn't just one and done. 29:55 There's usually a lot of editing that goes in. 29:58 But, Cai, 30:00 you said that God qualifies the called. 30:04 Yes. 30:06 Tell us how God is changing you 30:08 through your participation in this ministry. 30:10 God has really been changing me, 30:12 as many know, especially Oceana, 30:15 I am a very quiet and reserved person so... 30:18 Oh, me too. 30:19 Doing public speaking and talking to other people 30:22 about God and stuff is not my thing, but recently, 30:25 actually, I have been doing my own worships, 30:28 I get up early in the morning, around like, 5:30-ish. 30:33 And I'll have my own worships. 30:35 And I've really been... 30:38 Actually doing a lot better with public speaking, 30:42 but it's like Jeremiah... 30:43 For me, I could really 30:44 relate to Jeremiah because when God 30:47 first called him, he was like, "Oh, God, I can't do that. 30:50 I'm really bad at public speaking. 30:52 I don't know what to say, and I'm just a child, 30:54 please call on somebody else." 30:56 And God's like, "Don't say you're a child, 30:58 I will put the words that I want 31:00 you to say in your mouth." 31:02 And we really emphasize that in our program too 31:06 because we want youth to know that. 31:08 You don't have to be an adult, 31:09 like you guys, to be doing ministry, 31:12 and it's for the youth too. 31:14 And you know what I love is that you don't have to worry 31:17 about knowing everything there is to know. 31:20 When you get out there, you're sharing 31:22 what you do know what God is impressing you, 31:25 but none of us know at all. 31:27 We're all still learning. You're gonna... 31:29 When you, believe it or not, should the Lord tarry 31:32 when you get as old as I am, 31:34 you're going to find you're still learning. 31:37 I think that's what I love most about the Bible 31:39 is the depth of it. 31:42 Yeah, it's just amazing. 31:43 You know, for me, I always in the classroom, 31:46 I always, always say we're always growing 31:48 and as a teacher, you always want to improve, 31:50 but how has God led 31:52 you to grow maybe in other areas? 31:56 Maybe not just speaking, 31:58 but are there any areas that maybe you feel like God 32:02 is stretching your talents a little bit more? 32:05 Yes. 32:07 It's different than talents. 32:09 This one area of my life, I loved milk, like, 32:13 I love milk so much that I was the only person 32:16 drinking milk in my family. 32:18 I go through more than one gallon of milk per week. 32:21 So if I had a sad day, happy day, any day, 32:27 you'd probably find me on my kitchen floor. 32:29 And since I was the only one drinking milk, 32:31 I drink out of the jug on the kitchen floor. 32:34 And so my parents were like, "Oceana, how about your health, 32:37 this might be like too much milk." 32:40 I was like, they were like, "I'm researching 32:42 and milk can cause different side effects, 32:45 especially for females on breast cancer." 32:48 I was like, "It's okay, Mom, when I get older, 32:50 I'll deal with my problems then. 32:52 I will drink milk today." 32:54 And she's like, "Okay, Oceana." 32:56 And after I had this point in my closet, 33:00 and I started getting to know God better 33:03 as my personal friend, my friend that loved me, 33:07 I was thinking, 33:08 "Wow, where does God communicate to me at?" 33:11 And I realized, it's through our brain, our frontal lobe. 33:15 And then in health class, our teacher was saying, 33:17 how what we eat affects our mind. 33:21 I was like, "Wait, wait, wait. 33:23 Does this affect my relationship, 33:25 or how I can communicate to God?" 33:27 Because that was really important to me. 33:29 And it still is. 33:30 So like, one day, I said to my mom, 33:33 "Mom, thank you for letting me make my own choices, 33:36 but today, I'm going to stop the drinking milk." 33:39 And even though it may be with diet, 33:43 that surrender I gave to God, 33:45 I think was like Daniel. 33:47 When Daniel gave everything to God. 33:49 He gave his diet, what he wore, 33:52 his whole life to God. 33:54 God always gives back, He blesses you. 33:58 And I think Cai had an experience just like that. 34:01 It's just like Oceana's parents, 34:03 my parents started researching about being plant-based 34:06 and being a little bit more healthy, 34:07 so we can communicate with God a little bit more. 34:09 And so when my parents first told my siblings 34:12 and I that we were gonna go plant-based, 34:14 we were all like, what? 34:15 Our dairy, our cheese, ice cream, that too? 34:18 And we all started freaking out. Pizza! 34:20 And at first, we're all like, "Nah, that's just you guys. 34:25 We'll stay vegetarian." 34:27 And as we continue to do a health class at our school, 34:30 it wasn't until, just like Oceana, 34:32 our teacher said that what we eat affects 34:35 how we communicate with God and others, 34:38 then that's when I was like, "Okay, 34:40 maybe this plant-based stuff isn't so bad. 34:43 And I should try." 34:45 So I'm not fully 100% because sometimes 34:47 I have those days where I just want to eat ice cream, 34:50 but we are gonna get there. 34:53 And sometimes a little bit won't hurt, 34:55 it's the pattern of eating too much of it. 34:58 So, you know, 34:59 you may be listening to these young people and thinking, 35:01 this is amazing how God is leading, 35:05 how God just has started this up, 35:07 and you're all over the country, 35:09 but we want you to hear some of the miracle 35:11 stories because there is no doubt the way 35:13 God has been meeting your team's 35:17 need with equipment, and even, 35:21 we got to get to the story about how you got here, 35:24 but tell us some of the things that God has done to help you 35:29 with the drone, with everything else. 35:33 God really has like, with the drone, 35:36 I was starting to save up for a nice drone for our team. 35:40 So it could add like some dynamic, 35:42 some different quality to our videos that we were making 35:45 as a group. 35:47 And so I was like, "Okay, I don't want to burden 35:49 my parents with this drone." 35:50 So I'm gonna start earning money. 35:52 I was horse sitting, dog sitting, kid sitting, 35:55 and money started building up, but drones are sometimes like, 36:01 nice drones are like thousands or $1,000. 36:04 And for adults, that may not be too much, 36:07 but for this teenager, it was. 36:09 Yes. 36:10 So I was like, "It's okay, little by little." 36:13 And a miracle that happened was we had this friend 36:18 and she had sent me a birthday present. 36:21 And I wrote her, I said, 36:23 "Thank you for what you had given me." 36:25 And I let her know what I'd be using it towards. 36:28 I said, "I'm gonna use this money towards 36:30 a project that I've been saving up for, 36:33 and thank you for giving it to me." 36:34 And I didn't ask for anything, but then I heard my parents 36:38 start asking like, "Oceana, what drone do you want?" 36:41 And, you know, sort of like a Christmas 36:43 when you know your parents are trying to figure out 36:45 what you want. 36:46 I was like, "No, it's okay. I don't want you to do this. 36:50 I want to be able to save up for this drone." 36:53 And then they're like, "Well, it's not us, 36:56 someone else has asked to buy this drone for your team 37:01 or you." 37:02 And she called me and she said, 37:04 "Oceana, whatever drone you want, 37:07 whatever you need, 37:08 whatever the cost, I will pay for it." 37:10 Wow. 37:11 And I said, "Well, maybe you don't know 37:13 how much drones are and that thank you so much, 37:15 but they're kind of expensive." 37:17 She said, "I want to do this for you, 37:19 whichever drone." 37:20 And so now our team has a drone. 37:22 And this is sort of an encouragement. 37:25 And another thing was... 37:26 And a drone allows you to do what? For somebody... 37:29 I can't imagine nowadays that people don't know 37:31 what drones are, but there may be somebody like, 37:34 what's the big deal about the team having a drone? 37:37 So the drone, since it can fly, 37:40 it's almost like a camera in the air. 37:43 And it can go over cliffs, but yet, 37:47 it makes a really cool shot sometimes. 37:49 And to a person who is like me sometimes videoing myself, 37:54 you can have a mode that the drone 37:57 will find you and it will follow you 37:59 wherever you go from the sky. 38:01 So and then you can use a lapel mic 38:03 and connect it to your phone. 38:04 So it almost looks like someone in the sky is videoing you. 38:08 So it adds a really cool dynamic to it. 38:10 You know, please listen to what I'm saying. 38:12 I am so impressed that you're not just taking 38:17 the easy way out and just throwing up 38:21 junk because kids nowadays, the youth of today, 38:25 as you said with the social media, 38:28 you know, people are getting so sophisticated, 38:30 that if you just throw up junk, 38:34 people are just going to scroll through 38:36 and not pay any attention. 38:37 So I appreciate so much that you are using 38:41 the best of technology. 38:43 Yes. Yeah. 38:44 God has also provided different things like 38:48 through different family and friends or people 38:51 have heard of our needs. 38:52 We didn't ask, but they found out 38:55 and I believe that was God working in each 38:57 of the cases like lapel mic, 39:00 and also a special thing to put a camera on while videoing. 39:06 Each of these things God always heard 39:11 even when we didn't ask anybody. 39:13 And before this ministry really got going, 39:17 I thought like, "Wouldn't it be nice to have 39:20 like a fundraising team, Mom, like where we could, 39:23 some of our team members could get money?" 39:25 And she said, "Oceana, I want to tell you something. 39:28 I used to be in ministry." 39:30 And she said, "You never, ever rely on man for your needs, 39:35 always rely on God." 39:37 She says, "You aim high, and God will give it to you 39:40 if it is His will." 39:42 And I have done that. 39:43 And that was one of the best and is one of the best 39:46 decisions I've ever made because God has never, 39:50 ever let us down. 39:51 And He has provided every single need to the smallest 39:54 thing to the biggest thing for our team. 39:56 So when you're saying aim high, 39:58 you're thinking of George Muller 40:00 and with his orphanages 40:03 when he had no food to feed all of these kids, 40:06 and he just prayed, "Thank God" and say, 40:08 "I know you're bringing it." 40:10 The milk truck would break down in front 40:12 of the orphanage and show up. 40:14 What you're saying, what she's saying, Cai, 40:17 is when you all have a need, you're praying, 40:19 you're just asking God. 40:21 Definitely. And He's opening the doors. 40:23 And it takes a sacrifice first. 40:26 I mean, it's that faith that you put priorities first, 40:29 and then you pray about it and say, Lord, 40:31 what do you want me to do? 40:33 I mean, do you have any other stories like that, 40:35 that solidifies a little more about 40:39 what is happening in your ministry? 40:40 Yes. 40:42 So I don't know if you guys have noticed, 40:43 but we play instrumental music in the background 40:46 of our videos. 40:47 So before, we were just playing 40:49 free music that has a watermark. 40:51 So actually, somebody offered to... 40:53 Let me explain that 'cause I saw one of your first videos. 40:56 When you have a sample music with a watermark, 41:00 that means the music's playing along then all 41:03 the sudden it's saying, and this is a... 41:06 So at first I thought, it's been so long since 41:09 I've heard something with watermark, I was listening. 41:11 And they're not here... 41:13 And I think, "Oh, somebody 41:14 is directing her from the side." 41:15 It's distracting, so, but it's free, 41:18 and you're trying to get something up. 41:20 So what happened? 41:22 So somebody actually reached out to Oceana and was like, 41:24 "I will be glad to pay for a whole year subscription," 41:27 so then you don't have to hear audio jungle in the background 41:30 of our videos. 41:32 Praise God. That is exciting. 41:35 Now how did you get the money to come here 41:37 because this is their first time to 3ABN. 41:41 And they're familiar with 3ABN, their families watch 3ABN, 41:45 we're thankful, you're part of the 3ABN family. 41:49 But when you decided that when we said, "Hey, 41:53 come do an interview 'cause we heard about 41:55 all the exciting things that God was doing 41:58 through your ministry," 42:00 tell us how the money came for this trip. 42:04 I had been doing schoolwork all day. 42:07 And it was... 42:09 I was doing a dual class with college, 42:11 and then coming home and doing high school, 42:14 and vice versa. 42:15 And also my horse, I had just had her bred. 42:18 And so I was working off the payments for her breeding. 42:23 So with all those three things, I was kind of stressed like 42:28 and I'm sure Cai would understand with schoolwork 42:30 sometimes you start feeling stressed 42:33 and inside all day. 42:35 And I was thinking of this trip to 3ABN, 42:37 I was really excited to go. 42:39 I was like, "How am I going to do all this 42:42 while I'm at 3ABN, or and it's just all 42:45 weighing down in my mind." 42:47 So I went outside to take a breather. 42:49 I was sitting on our cement sidewalk. 42:51 And I said, "God, I know you hear me, 42:55 and I need help, but I know that you will give me 42:58 peace that passes all understanding if I ask you." 43:01 So I was just sitting there on the sidewalk. 43:04 And my dad came over to me and he said, 43:06 "There's a letter for you, Oceana." 43:07 So he handed it to me. I read the name. 43:10 And it was one of my friends that had moved away. 43:13 And I used to ride past her house on my horse 43:16 and just say hi. 43:17 And she had moved away. 43:20 And I saw the name was from her. 43:22 So I opened the letter, 43:24 and out fell a check for $1,000. 43:27 Wow. 43:28 And it said, "I heard about your trip to go down south. 43:31 I hope this helps." Praise the Lord. 43:33 And I jumped up and I probably screamed, I don't remember. 43:37 But I was like, "Thank You, Jesus. 43:39 Thank You so much." 43:41 Ooh, that reminds me of what used to happen here 43:43 'cause, you know, as your mother told you 43:47 about relying on God, that's one thing, 43:49 Danny Shelton, when he began this ministry, 43:52 he said, "Lord, I will receive the call 43:55 and respond to the call 43:57 if I don't have to beg for money." 43:59 And so he just prayed and God, 44:01 you know, he'd go forward by faith 44:04 and had these bills coming in, and all of a sudden, 44:07 the money would just show up. 44:09 So that is so exciting, but now let's talk about, 44:12 we've talked about how God 44:14 is doing all these amazing things. 44:16 Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of it 44:18 because sometimes tell us 44:20 what it takes to put together these videos. 44:24 So when you look at the five-minute videos 44:28 or two minutes, it's like, "Oh, that looks really easy." 44:30 Like the first time Oceana was explaining it to me, 44:32 I was like, "This should only take me what 20 tries." 44:35 No, I sat, I went out there at around 12 noon, 44:39 and I was like, "Okay, I'll be back 44:41 around one maybe, Mom, or sooner." 44:43 Like four hours later, I had my dog barking, 44:47 my sister trying to chase after my dog, 44:49 and then cars going back and forth. 44:51 And I was like, "Okay, maybe I underestimated this." 44:54 So the process is actually, 44:56 really, it takes about three weeks 44:58 I would say to get our topics down, 45:01 and then write out our scripts, 45:02 and then we film and produce it. 45:04 And then we'll have Oceana edit, and then upload. 45:08 Amen. And you upload to Facebook, YouTube. 45:13 Yes. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram. 45:16 And you must have wonderful feedback because, 45:19 I mean, if people are starting to support or see 45:22 what you're doing, I mean, can you tell us 45:24 a little more about that feedback? 45:26 Yes. The feedback has been amazing, 45:29 especially, when it's from young 45:32 people that we're trying to reach. 45:33 And sometimes the feedback comes in so much honesty. 45:37 And that's what we were looking for, like, 45:39 one person emailed us and said, 45:42 "I'm really depressed in life right now. 45:44 I have no hope. 45:46 And I want to know does Jesus really care?" 45:50 And so things like that. 45:52 And a lot of our feedback comes 45:54 actually from the Middle East and Asia. 45:56 So it's going globally, little by little, 45:59 but even those little comments and feedback, they encourage us 46:03 that they're reaching lives for Jesus, 46:05 just like the one sheep when Jesus went out. 46:08 He had the 99, but looking for the 1. 46:10 Amen. 46:12 And so Cai has also gotten some feedback as well on Instagram. 46:15 Yes, as I mentioned, I started to repost her videos. 46:18 And at first I was like, "God, 46:20 is this what you want me to do?" 46:22 I mean, like, "I don't want my friends thinking 46:23 I went too crazy and off the rails, 46:25 and something happened to her." 46:27 But I was like, "Okay, 46:28 if this is what you want me to do, 46:30 please, at least have one person like, 46:31 say amen, or just like it." 46:34 And so actually, as I continued to post and repost them, 46:38 I had friends from my old schools, 46:40 say, "Oh, that was really encouraging," or "Amen," 46:43 or "I really liked the video, keep going," 46:45 which is very encouraging. 46:46 That is very encouraging. 46:48 And I want to tell you right now 46:50 how you can and we're gonna talk about, 46:53 'cause actually, some of your members are now 46:56 going out and you're doing weeks of prayer, 46:58 they're doing preaching, and you may want to get 47:01 a hold of these young people because I'm going to tell you 47:04 something that an army of youth rightly trained 47:08 is gonna finish this work. 47:10 We've got to, 47:12 if we want to keep our young people in the church, 47:16 we've got to challenge them 47:18 and get them involved in ministry because being 47:22 involved in ministry 47:24 is how you develop yourself personally that, 47:27 you know, when you learn that God's plan 47:30 is full dependence upon Him, that's what it's all about. 47:34 So you can go to their website, and it is 47:39 HereIAmSendMe360 47:44 that's all around. 47:46 HereIAmSendMe360.com 47:51 and maybe you want to talk with Oceana and say, 47:57 "Hey, I know how to do a video, I can do what Cai's doing. 48:01 I can do what Oceana is doing. 48:03 I want to learn to really get in 48:06 and let God feed my soul 48:08 so that I can share with others." 48:10 You can email at 4, that's the number, 48:15 4everJesusChild... 48:18 4everJesusChild@gmail.com 48:24 And if your team grew to be 100 overnight, 48:29 I know God's got you ready to do it. 48:31 Yes. 48:32 Yeah, we want to take just a second though 48:34 'cause we don't show blooper reels around here, 48:40 thank goodness. 48:41 We should. I think the kids like it though. 48:43 I think we should. 48:47 I just thought it was cute. 48:48 They've got a short little blooper reel to show 48:51 we'll get tongue-tied. 48:56 It says, "Now faith is the substance 48:58 things hoped for..." 49:04 Research shows that children who... 49:12 What was I gonna say? What was I gonna say? Oh. 49:17 I was thinking about the very first time I was on TV, 49:19 I was 16. 49:21 And this guy put me in his we'd done 49:23 a group interview, he put me in a little room and he said, 49:26 "When this red light comes on, 49:28 there's 400,000 people watching you." 49:31 And I went, "Hi, I'm Shelley..." 49:33 And I was like a deer in the headlights. 49:35 My mother said, "Couldn't you have at least 49:37 forgotten your name?" 49:39 Okay, so when you think 49:43 about the future, 49:46 what are you guys wanting to do with Here I Am, Send Me? 49:52 Tell us what's God showing you for the future. 49:56 For the future, 49:57 I actually have the stream 49:59 that I know that with God's help, 50:02 if it is His plan, it will go through. 50:05 Right now as we're doing videos, 50:07 I also thought it'd be really cool 50:09 if someday our team started doing radio, 50:12 but not a radio just to the United States, 50:15 but to reach out to people like in North Korea, 50:19 or in those different countries that as youth, 50:22 it could be our mission to also go out there through radio. 50:26 Wow, that is exciting. 50:28 So in many ways, this ministry 50:31 is preparing you for future greater ministries. 50:37 And we find that exciting. 50:38 Cai, what would you like to add to that? 50:41 Well... 50:45 I like the fact that it's, God is already using youth. 50:49 And we need to do a lot more about reaching our teenagers. 50:52 Yes. 50:53 And I think that's a special niche 50:54 that you've got that even here at 3ABN 50:58 I'm hoping and praying that we do better in the future, 51:00 but you've got this niche that you are relatable to everyone 51:04 around and especially the youth 51:06 and I see that really growing in the future. 51:09 And something that I wanted to encourage other youth, 51:13 especially through this interview 51:15 I prayed is that, 51:17 like a broken vase, they have a Japanese art called Kintsugi. 51:21 And Kintsugi they mend this broken vase 51:24 together with epoxy and layer the cracks with gold. 51:28 And even if the people out there listening are broken, 51:32 and they feel like maybe God can't use them, 51:35 if they ask just like I did, God can put you back together 51:40 and use that gold that God's given you, 51:43 forgiveness in your life, to share to other people. 51:45 Amen. 51:47 Such wisdom, this is uncommon wisdom from above. 51:50 God is touching these hearts, no doubt. 51:54 And we're gonna come back 51:55 in just a moment for a final thought 51:57 from Oceana and from Cai 52:01 but right now we're gonna take a newsbreak. |
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