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01:05 Hello, friends, welcome to another edition of 3ABN Today.
01:09 And my name is Ryan Day, and it is a blessing, as always, 01:12 to have our friends, our family members, 01:15 from all around the world 01:16 joining us during this special hour. 01:18 We have all kinds of different 3ABN Today programs. 01:21 Sometimes it might be a cooking program 01:24 where you're learning how to, you know, cook special recipes 01:26 and good healthy meals. 01:28 It could be a Today Bible program where we take on a 01:31 Bible topic and we dig deep into the Word of God 01:33 and learn all about what the Bible teaches on a subject. 01:36 It could be a Today music program. 01:39 You've seen myself and Tim, and other musical guests, 01:41 around the piano. 01:42 Those are also a special Today program. 01:45 It may be a 3ABN Today Bible Q and A program 01:49 that airs on Mondays. 01:50 If you haven't checked that out, then you need to. 01:52 Get your Bible questions answered. 01:54 All different types of Today programs that we have. 01:56 Today on this Today program we're going to be interviewing, 02:01 we're going to be getting a special update 02:03 from our good friend, Rodney Reynold, 02:05 the 3ABN representative from Trinidad and Tobago. 02:08 How are you doing, my brother? 02:09 I'm great, thank you. 02:10 ~ Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:12 Rodney has come with lots and lots of incredible updates 02:15 to show us just what God is doing in the country of 02:18 Trinidad and Tobago. 02:19 So it's just going to be a blessed hour. 02:21 You're not going to want to go anywhere. 02:22 But before we do, we're going to have a special musical number 02:26 that's going to be brought to us right now 02:28 by Mr. Gene McDonald. 02:31 You know, when I was in college, a guy by the name of 02:34 Carroll McGruder wrote this song. 02:36 And his wife, Priscilla sang it. 02:39 And it was just amazing to me. 02:44 I didn't realize until I heard this song 02:47 that you can never walk too far from God. 02:50 You know, He will allow you back no matter what. 02:54 And this song means a lot to me because of that. 03:08 I was lost; with loving hands He reached for me. 03:19 So tenderly He sought to give me victory. 03:29 Yet, stubbornly I would not heed the Savior's plea. 03:40 But patiently He kept loving me. 03:51 He kept right on loving when there was no love in return. 04:01 He kept right on pleading when His voice I would spurn. 04:11 And though I went my selfish way, 04:16 and I failed Him miserably, 04:22 patiently He kept loving me. 04:37 Today I know that it was only grace that set me free. 04:47 God could have just as easily gave up on me. 04:55 Oh, persistently He dealt with me until I let Him in. 05:05 Oh, I thank my God that He kept loving me. 05:17 He kept right on loving when there was no love in return. 05:27 He kept right on pleading when His voice I would spurn. 05:36 And though I went my selfish way, 05:41 and I failed Him miserably, 05:45 oh I thank my God that He kept loving me. 05:57 Oh praise the Lord, 06:00 He kept loving me. 06:23 Amen, amen. Praise God. 06:26 Thank you so much, Gene and our good friend Tim Parton 06:29 at the piano there. 06:30 My goodness, just such a beautiful song. 06:32 He just kept loving me. 06:34 That's what this is all about. 06:36 That's what this life is really all about. 06:38 God trying to show and express and share His love with us 06:41 in hopes that it will draw us to Him. 06:44 And praise the Lord for that. 06:45 Thank you, guys. It's such a blessed song. 06:48 If you're just now tuning in, you are watching 3ABN Today. 06:51 And you're not too late, because we're about to jump right in 06:55 to getting to know Mr. Rodney Reynold at little better and 06:58 what God is doing in Trinidad and Tobago on behalf of 3ABN. 07:02 And so, Rodney, tell us a little bit about yourself, brother. 07:06 Because there may be, we have new viewers all the time 07:08 that are tuning into 3ABN. 07:09 And while some of our viewers may be familiar with you, 07:11 others may not be, so tell us a little bit about yourself, 07:14 where you're from, and how you got connected with 3ABN 07:17 and becoming a representative. 07:19 Ryan, thank you for having us here. 07:23 I became a 3ABN volunteer over 18 years ago. 07:27 I met Danny Shelton on the island of Trinidad 07:30 and Tobago when he came. 07:32 He spoke about many aspects of what 3ABN does, 07:37 and I found it to be really dynamic and amazing. 07:42 And it reaches people's souls at their home. 07:46 And we had a great challenge on our island reaching people 07:48 because there were gated communities. 07:50 And I said, "Yes." 07:51 And that's how I came on board. 07:52 And 18 years after, it's been an amazing journey. 07:55 ~ Amen. Praise the Lord. 07:56 Were you born and raised in Trinidad/Tobago? 07:58 Born and raised in Trinidad, a beautiful island, 08:01 on the east coast in north Manzanilla side. 08:04 And it's countryside. 08:07 It's just beautiful. 08:08 I'm now on the west coast, which is in Port of Spain. 08:11 And it's just amazing. 08:12 We have a population of 1.5 million. 08:15 We love food on our island. 08:17 And the people on our island, no matter how much we go through, 08:21 our challenges, personal challenges with family and such, 08:24 there's a great number of love, as we would see 08:27 in some of the projects that we do. 08:29 And what we capture here today is just essence of 08:32 some of what we do in the island to share 08:35 God's love, God's mercies, God's blessings, 08:38 and much, much more. 08:39 Amen. 08:41 So what are the religious demographics like there 08:44 in Trinidad and Tobago? 08:46 Is it mostly Protestant? Is it Catholic? 08:49 If someone were to take a trip there, 08:51 would they see churches on every street corner 08:54 like they might here in America? 08:55 What's it like there? 08:57 We have 160-plus churches, Seventh-day Adventist churches, 09:01 in the island, however, the Catholic are more 09:05 dominant in the island. 09:06 And it's just, everyone comes together at times in need. 09:12 And there's a great deal of love, unity, and fellowship 09:15 among each other. 09:17 We don't say, you are of this faith and you are of that faith, 09:19 but there's that love. 09:21 There's that love there for each other. 09:23 And we have a lot of respect as well. 09:26 ~ Sure. Praise the Lord. 09:27 Man, that's incredible. 09:29 Something we could probably learn a little bit about here 09:31 in America where there's a little bit more of a, 09:33 I guess you could say, maybe religious division here 09:36 in this country as opposed to maybe other countries. 09:38 But that's a powerful thing to see. 09:40 All of God's people, no matter what the denomination, 09:43 can still share that love and still, come together like that. 09:46 Powerful. Amen. 09:48 Alright, so give us an update. 09:50 My mind is going back to February or March of 2020. 09:56 Because I was, along with several other of the 3ABN 10:01 personalities here, we were informed that we're all 10:03 going to Trinidad and Tobago for a week or so. 10:07 And I was excited to go and was looking forward to it. 10:10 We had already bought our plane tickets. 10:11 And at the last minute, I was one among all of the other 10:16 personalities that didn't get to come. 10:18 And I so wanted to come and visit your wonderful country. 10:20 But 3ABN, you mentioned that Danny was there 10:24 over, I think, 17 or 18 years ago. 10:26 But then they returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 2020. 10:30 So tell us about that. 10:32 It was divine providence all together. 10:34 But it started in 2019. 10:38 We were at ASI and we spoke to Jill and Greg, 10:44 and they said, "We're coming to Trinidad." 10:46 And everything happened in such a divine providence way. 10:52 And it was just absolutely amazing. 10:54 We have photos to show just to capture it. 10:57 But it was just a tremendous time. 11:00 ~ Amen, let's pull those photos up right now to see them. 11:03 Right, this is at the airport when the 3ABN family came 11:06 in March of 2020. 11:08 And this is one of the churches. 11:10 Now because of the timeline, which is about a week 11:15 that the 3ABN family was there, we could only 11:18 have visited three churches during Sabbath time. 11:21 So initially we selected that church shown in 11:26 Couva Seventh-day Adventist Church. 11:30 It was full to the max. 11:32 They had a tent outside and they had television outside. 11:36 And all of the other three churches that we went to, 11:39 they were full to capacity. 11:40 Up until today, it has never been full that amount of people. 11:45 We just sent out messages on social media platforms: 11:50 WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn. 11:56 All social media platforms, and even more. 11:59 And people were just sharing with others, 12:01 and people were just so happy and thrilled just to meet 12:04 the 3ABN family in person. 12:05 And when the 3ABN family came there, 12:08 they went and they shook people's hands, 12:10 met them in the pews, and they were just so happy. 12:14 And we had one event where the mayor from Port of Spain, 12:19 he came into Stanmore Seventh-day Adventist Church 12:23 and he was wondering whether this is a church or not. 12:28 Because when he walked in, the entire church was just laughing. 12:31 So, I mean, Jill and Greg and Jason had the whole church 12:36 just in laughter in sharing their experiences 12:39 and how they got there. 12:41 And the entire event was just divine appointment. 12:45 It was, it was. 12:46 Up until the day, the 3ABN family came into the island 12:51 and left just a few days before the island shut down from Covid. 12:55 And people were just so amazed. 12:57 And they were so happy just to see the whole 3ABN family, 13:02 and just to connect with them, have a conversation with them. 13:05 And that was just all they wanted. 13:07 And it was just tremendous joy. 13:09 We can't wait for them to come back, 13:11 including yourself and your wife, 13:13 everyone to just come back and spend some time. 13:16 And you will see the love and you will enjoy the food. 13:18 You will enjoy the doubles. 13:20 You will enjoy everything that we have to offer there. 13:22 ~ Praise the Lord, brother. Praise the Lord. 13:24 I know I can feel the love even though I wasn't there. 13:27 Because in the weeks after that event, 13:31 the emails and the messages that I got through social media 13:35 from people there who were saying, you know, 13:36 "Pastor Ryan, so sorry you couldn't come. 13:38 We were looking forward to seeing you and meeting you." 13:40 And so, I just want to give a shout out to my good friends 13:43 in Trinidad and Tobago, thank you, guys, so much 13:45 for your support and your love of 3ABN ministry. 13:49 And evidently, it's clear that 3ABN ministry 13:51 has blessed a lot of people there tremendously. 13:53 And it's great to know that even in a country that, you know, 13:58 I want to say this respectfully, it's a small country, right? 14:01 A lot of people don't think of Trinidad and Tobago, but yet 14:03 the influence of 3ABN is reaching as far across 14:07 the sea all the way to Trinidad and Tobago, 14:09 and lives are being changed because of the gospel message 14:13 here on the network. 14:14 So it's a blessing. 14:15 Because of the 3ABN family visit, one guy recently 14:18 came up to us and he said he gave back his live to God. 14:20 He went out of the church and he came back. 14:23 And it was just a very months ago he came up to me 14:25 and told that to me. 14:27 We have a lot of photos and experiences to share. 14:30 But again we want to share much, but in this short space of time 14:36 there are so many projects and events, 14:39 and what we're doing in the community. 14:43 It's just a picture of it. 14:44 So could you talk about that for a moment? 14:45 Because I know when people think of 3ABN, 14:48 obviously Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 14:51 we're a broadcasting network. 14:52 We are mostly known as a media ministry, 14:55 so we create content in a studio. 14:57 It goes out all around the world for people to 15:00 hear the gospel through media: 15:02 through television, through internet. 15:03 But you guys, God is using you guys in Trinidad and Tobago 15:06 not necessarily to create content for TV, 15:09 but He's using you guys in a different capacity, 15:11 which I found to be pretty powerful. 15:13 So talk a little bit about the mission that God has 15:17 placed upon your heart as a volunteer to reach out to 15:20 these people in the community of Trinidad and Tobago. 15:22 We take the content that 3ABN produces 15:25 and we share it with people. 15:28 For example, we have over 200,000 people 15:31 with diabetes in the island. 15:32 We share the health message. 15:35 We have people who have mental issues, mental health. 15:38 There is depression. 15:40 There is a lot of violence in schools because of 15:43 coming back from out of the Covid. 15:46 And other things as well. 15:48 So we share on people's well-being. 15:54 How to add value to their life in any possible way, 15:56 down to the exercise program, counsels. 16:00 Every aspect of 3ABN we connect with the community. 16:04 Kids network, even 3ABN Latino, right? 16:07 We have people from Venezuela, over 20,000 who fled from 16:11 Venezuela to come to Trinidad for safety. 16:15 And then we have people from Cuba coming also to Trinidad. 16:18 We share 3ABN Latino with them 16:20 in so many ways and let them know. 16:23 And that's just some of what we do to impact 16:25 in our small beautiful island. 16:28 ~ Absolutely. 16:30 And so you're sharing 3ABN content with people. 16:32 But then, of course, you were talking with me earlier 16:35 about this missionary aspect in the sense that 16:38 it's not like you're just handing our DVD's 16:40 or handing out content, you know. 16:42 God is using you guys as actually boots on the ground, 16:45 get out there and meet people's needs 16:48 and ministering to them in a very loving way, 16:50 as the gospel commands us. 16:54 Talk to us about what happened... 16:56 I mean, because just a few days after the 3ABN family left, 17:01 the country was shut down, right? 17:03 ~ Yes. ~And then Covid comes. 17:06 But you guys didn't stop, right? 17:07 So you kept pressing forward. 17:08 Talk to us about some of the projects 17:10 that God has used you to do since then. 17:13 It was such an amazing year for us in 2020. 17:17 There's so much to share about that. 17:19 But in essence we received 100,000 17:22 "Ten Commandments Twice Removed" books 17:24 that was donated by 3ABN to the beautiful island of 17:26 Trinidad and Tobago. 17:28 And we had volunteers come, even though we had 17:31 the island shut down, came and packaged it, 17:34 and we went out in the community across the island 17:37 and met people where possible door-to-door. 17:39 Prayed with them, gave them a book. 17:42 And we just go right around the island, every aspect of it, 17:46 and people were well receptive of it. 17:48 And a lot of them did not know about 3ABN. 17:51 They don't know about the book, Ten Commandments Twice Removed, 17:54 about God's love in His law. 17:56 And it was just so dynamic. 17:59 We had an estimated 2000 volunteers in that given year. 18:05 Right, and there was Covid shutdown as well. 18:07 We also went during curfew. 18:10 Always curfew started from 9:00 pm. 18:13 We were out there in the community at nights as well 18:17 reaching out to people. 18:18 People would call us and say, "We have no food. 18:21 We have children." 18:23 So we got donations from many organizations 18:27 and we went and delivered hampers to people 18:32 in all parts of the island. 18:36 Plus we had, one of our highlights was that during Covid 18:43 we went out and were distributing, 18:45 Ten Commandments Twice Removed, books. 18:47 That was a daylight curfew. 18:49 And the police saw us. It was an unmarked vehicle. 18:54 And they stopped us; four men heavily armed with guns. 18:58 They surrounded the vehicle and asked us, 19:00 "What are you doing here?" 19:01 So we presented our documents, we had permission 19:05 by the commissioner of police to be in the community 19:08 and to be out in curfew hours. 19:10 And it was about five of us there. 19:13 And we told them what we were doing, 19:15 who we are, and such and such. 19:16 And they said okay, they took pictures of the documents 19:20 and such, and before he left, I said, "Thank you for your time. 19:25 And this is a gift from us." 19:27 And we gave him the, Ten Commandments 19:29 Twice Removed, book. 19:30 That man just paused, looked back, and said, 19:32 "This is what you're doing in the community?" 19:35 I said, "Yes." 19:36 "By all means, no police will stop you, 19:38 because of what you are doing. 19:40 You have official pass from the government, 19:43 and this book, Ten Commandments Twice Removed, 19:46 my sister is a Seventh-day Adventist." 19:49 And he shared with all the police officers. 19:53 And we had quite a few experiences where police 19:56 stopped us on the road, and we gave them a 19:57 book, saying, "Thank you." 19:58 We had one police officer just pull up, "3ABN? 3ABN?" 20:03 I said, "Yes, we're here." 20:04 And he said, "3ABN?" I said, "Yes, we're here." 20:07 And he said he didn't know. 20:08 "I will tell my mom." 20:10 Right, and he was so excited. Really excited. 20:13 If he could have run over to the car and give me a hug, 20:15 he would have done that. 20:16 But it was just a joy when we meet people in the community, 20:23 police officers, anyone in the community that 20:26 just love 3ABN. 20:28 ~ Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 20:29 And I know that you guys have seen obvious results 20:33 from what you're doing. 20:34 I mean, even some baptisms. 20:36 I think we even have some pictures of some baptisms. 20:38 And I think we might even have some pictures 20:40 of the "Ten Commandments" project 20:43 that you guys were doing. 20:44 So let's pull up the first baptismal picture. 20:47 And just walk us through who this is and the story behind it. 20:50 This is in the picture, the person in the white is Michelle. 20:53 She is watching 3ABN just about a year and a half. 20:57 And her husband had passed away. 20:59 And this is how she got connected to 3ABN 21:03 just flipping through the channels. 21:05 And she lives in Westmoorings aspect 21:07 in the west of the island. 21:09 And it was just so amazing. 21:10 She just walked in the Woodbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church 21:14 and said she would like to get baptized. 21:15 And the picture there is Pastor Eshan Arjoon 21:19 and Pastor Gabriel as well. 21:22 They gave her Bible studies and preparation, 21:24 and she got baptized. 21:26 From the moment she's baptized, and she was watching 3ABN 21:30 and involved with what we are doing, 21:32 we asked her to come on the ground with us 21:34 when we go into all the communities. 21:35 And she is just so amazing. 21:37 She just prays with people and she has a connection 21:39 with young people; talking to them, getting them all excited, 21:44 getting them to know about the love of God. 21:47 And in our island, in 3ABN Trinidad and Tobago, 21:51 we use our mission slogan, 21:53 "We are mission-focused, mission-driven. 21:55 More mission and less talk." 21:58 We go on the ground; grassroots. 22:01 We meet people where they are and connect with them. 22:04 Sharing the love of God with people in such a dynamic way 22:08 that people don't expect to see you as a television station 22:12 reaching out to people. 22:13 Not just tell them, "Here is information about who we are." 22:17 We connect with them. 22:18 If they're going through depression, 22:20 if they're going through stress management, 22:21 we say, "Hey, look on our app. Just type in 'stress.' 22:24 We have these presentations at no charge. 22:27 And you just watch these presentations. 22:29 And we can add value to your life." 22:31 And we try to let them know, every aspect of their 22:35 family life, we can add much more value to it as well. 22:39 ~ Praise the Lord. 22:41 That's really what it's all about. 22:42 Yes, you want to see those baptisms, 22:44 you want to see those people give their heart to Christ 22:47 and be brought to that watery tank in which 22:49 they're giving their life to Jesus 22:51 and burying the old man behind. 22:52 But then, you know, you don't just want them to just 22:54 go on from there and do nothing. 22:56 We want to graft them into the mission of our church 22:58 and be able to carry on the same work that we're doing as well. 23:02 And so, praise the Lord for that. 23:03 I think we have another picture of someone who was baptized. 23:07 And who is this we're looking at? 23:08 Dr. Stacy and Richard. 23:10 Richard got baptized in 2021 from watching 3ABN, 23:15 and also Amazing Facts as well. 23:17 And he has just been on the road with us, on the ground. 23:21 He's really hands-on. 23:23 His wife has volunteered her time in the capacity of 23:26 medical doctor. 23:27 And she has been with us in health fairs all over. 23:32 And her mother as well. 23:33 So wherever we go, I ask them to come. 23:35 His wife comes most of the time. 23:37 And when he comes, he gives his testimony to people. 23:40 He encourages young people to come out 23:43 and share the love of God. 23:44 And if you're not in love with God, he'll share his life story. 23:49 And everybody has a life story. 23:51 And once you give your testimony of how God has been such 23:55 amazing in your life when you think He wasn't there, 23:58 these testimonies are just incredible. 24:02 ~ Praise the Lord. Thank you for that. 24:04 Praise God for Richard and Dr. Stacy. 24:06 And we also have a third picture here we want to show 24:09 of that baptism. 24:10 What's happening here? 24:11 This is an evangelistic series. 24:14 An evangelistic series that we had in late November. 24:18 We went in the community and met people on the ground 24:21 letting them know about the event and know about 3ABN. 24:24 And we told them that here's what is happening 24:28 in your community right there. 24:29 We will assist you if you need to come. 24:33 Come meet us there. 24:34 This is hosted by the St. Helena Seventh-day Adventist Church. 24:38 So we partnered with the church went on the ground, 24:41 met people door to door, and we just let them know 24:46 that we are here for them. 24:47 And during that time they had many activities 24:50 in the community, and people still came to the event. 24:53 And it was such an amazing experience. 24:58 At the end of it, 63 people gave their souls to Christ. 25:01 Some of them, we met them door to door 25:04 and spoke to them about 3ABN. 25:06 Some of them even got married there. 25:08 So we said, here's what. 25:10 On 3ABN app, on our station, we have good material for marriage, 25:15 to help you build your marriage. 25:16 And the guy, I spoke with a gentleman and he was 25:18 just so amazed to know that this is in his island. 25:22 And he was from a former faith, and he and his wife 25:25 got baptized as well. 25:27 And there's so many stories. 25:29 - So many stories to share. ~ Praise the Lord. 25:31 ~ I mean, that's the gospel. That's the real deal. 25:34 To see the gospel actually manifesting itself in 25:37 people's life and to see people's lives changed. 25:40 That's what we do. That's what we're here for. 25:42 Praise the Lord. 25:43 Now I think we also had some pictures to go along with the 25:46 project that you did, 25:47 the 100,000 "Ten Commandments Twice Removed." 25:51 So would you like to look at those now? 25:53 ~ Yes, certainly. 25:54 Walk us through what we're seeing here. 25:56 Right, this is Sabita. 25:57 She's one of our team leaders in Tabaquite. 26:01 Sabita, her husband and the children, and the entire 26:04 church of Brother's Road, hello to them. 26:07 They have been a tremendous support to 3ABN. 26:09 They go out into the community and meet others. 26:11 This is a picture from Toco where the volunteers went from 26:15 Matelot to Sangre Grande in one day. 26:21 So we had book distribution, we had hamper distribution. 26:24 In this picture is Navan, Lindi, and their boys. 26:28 They are a powerhouse for the Lord. 26:30 They're amazing. 26:31 He and his family went to Matelot, which is the peak 26:34 of the island, and they came down. 26:36 This is another photo from the same book drive in Rio Claro. 26:41 When we went to Rio Claro, Michelle was with us. 26:43 And it was just a tremendous blessing 26:46 to connect with the people in the community. 26:48 And a whole lot more we did. 26:50 ~ That's amazing. 26:52 ~ Three vehicles, people packed. 26:54 ~ You guys are all throughout the city. 26:57 ~ What's this here? 26:59 During the Covid time we got many requests from people 27:02 asking for hampers because they were unemployed. 27:05 They were not in a position financially. 27:08 So we received donations from many organizations 27:12 to purchase grocery items. 27:16 A lot of them donated grocery items to us. 27:19 And a team of us, we came together, packaged the items, 27:23 and went in, this is in Manzanilla. 27:26 Three pickups. 27:28 The road is so terrible that he had to use pickups. 27:32 And we just went from one end of Manzanilla to the other end. 27:38 Because we got a list, and we could only complete 27:41 so much based on the donations that we received 27:43 of the grocery items as well. 27:45 ~ Wow, that's amazing. 27:47 So, when you're out there and you're handing out these 27:49 "Ten Commandments Twice Removed" books, 27:52 what are the people's responses? 27:54 I mean, I've always been interested in that because 27:56 here in America, you know, you might get a mixed response. 27:59 Were people positively responsive to this? 28:02 Or did you have, you know, some people that were like, 28:04 "Get off my property. I don't want your book." 28:06 What were your responses there? 28:08 Overall, the majority of responses are really 28:10 receptive and positive. 28:11 People are happy to know that we are in the community. 28:15 We have youths, children giving out these books. 28:18 And when you have young people giving out these books, 28:20 to mature people as well, adults, 28:22 they tend to be more receptive as well. 28:25 And in the community, when we reach out to people, 28:27 some people, a few, not too many, they say many things about 28:33 God's ten commandments. 28:35 And we tell them that God's ten commandments still exist. 28:38 If you read the book and contact us, 28:41 we can reach out to you, we can do Bible studies with you. 28:44 We can tell you more. 28:45 We also have our flyer inside of the book 28:47 where you can watch 3ABN to know about the love of God 28:50 and what the love of God entails entirely in His law, 28:54 the ten commandments, and a whole lot more. 28:56 ~ Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 28:58 So I don't know, I'm looking at this. 29:00 You guys have done so much. 29:03 And it's incredible to see what God is doing to use you, 29:06 Rodney, and the volunteers there 29:08 in Trinidad and Tobago to reach the people there. 29:11 And you know, I don't know if you want to 29:14 go to the flood first, you want to go to the health fair 29:17 that you guys have been doing. 29:18 Which one do you want to take on at this point? 29:19 Let's do the flood. 29:21 Okay, yeah, so let's talk about this flood. 29:23 One of the other pictures that we saw just a moment ago 29:26 showed those three vehicles. 29:28 And you had mentioned that it was because of the bad roads. 29:31 You had to have some pickups. 29:32 And I know recently you guys had some flooding 29:36 in Trinidad and Tobago that required a much larger truck. 29:39 Tell us a little bit about that and what happened, 29:41 and how God used you guys to minister to the community. 29:44 Yes, in our island in late 2022 there was a series of 29:49 massive flooding. 29:50 And a lot of people were displaced in so many ways. 29:54 Sometimes three to five feet of water covered. 29:57 A lot of people lost almost everything in their house. 29:59 And when we say, "everything," and you go and see the house, 30:03 it's a shell. 30:05 And people from all over the island, someone people 30:07 reached out to us and said that, "We would like to get help 30:10 in some way." 30:11 So we reached out to the authorities in the area 30:15 and let them know there's this family that needs help 30:20 in relief supplies or rescuing. 30:23 From day one, Dean, he has the most, he has the largest F250. 30:32 ~ Yes he does. 30:33 Let's show that picture. Pull his picture up. 30:35 Look how big this truck is. 30:37 That's a big truck, man. 30:38 That's a mini monster truck is what that is. 30:40 That's Dean in the back there. 30:42 And that is his monster truck. 30:44 It's the largest F250 in the Caribbean. 30:48 He modified his vehicle. 30:50 That's one of his businesses. 30:51 He also has a garage for repairs. 30:55 He uses his business truly to share the message of salvation 31:03 and share the love of God. 31:05 He was saved by 3ABN. 31:07 And he has also a house that he invested 31:11 near the mountain top called Mount Zion. 31:13 That's his street name. 31:14 And it's a spectacular view. 31:16 He takes people up there and gives them his personal 31:19 testimony, and does Bible study with them. 31:21 When he meets them in the shop, he says, "Come up to my house." 31:24 And they come, and after they just take that view in, 31:29 it's just breathtaking. 31:31 And he does an amazing ministry and keeps letting people know 31:34 to watch 3ABN and see how God's love, 31:38 God has changed him from where he was 31:41 to where he is now, and where he can go forward. 31:44 It's so amazing when you see someone has met Jesus 31:50 and fallen in love with Jesus. 31:51 And when they do that, and they use their business, 31:55 their resources to continue that mission, 31:58 it is just such a tremendous joy. 32:02 What he does, he has been out there 32:04 in the flood for three days with his crew. 32:09 Three vehicles day after day, and in the night, 32:12 finishing late at night. 32:13 During that flood we were there, we were, like, 32:16 rapping up around 7:00 pm at night. 32:18 Someone just came and donated 200 meals, hot meals. 32:23 And we didn't turn it down. 32:26 So we just went into the communities nearby and 32:29 we gave out in one area, we thought the cars were parked 32:34 for the apartment, it was actually women and children 32:38 sleeping in the vehicles because they cannot pass. 32:41 And that broke us. 32:42 We just gave them hot food, we had drinks, we had water. 32:46 And those who were asleep, we put water on their vehicles 32:50 so when they wake up they can at least have some water to drink. 32:53 This was not just for a night, it was for a few nights, people 32:57 were just completely displaced. 32:59 And people get to know about who 3ABN is, 33:04 where we can connect. 33:05 In one area where we went, this guy had two daughters, 33:08 his said, "Here's what, I cannot sleep at night." 33:11 Because when the rain falls, it just makes him very anxious. 33:18 And he just doesn't want to go to sleep because 33:23 of what might repeat. 33:24 And it was that same way for so many people. 33:27 We had quite a few of our team members as well 33:30 who lost almost everything, except the music system. 33:34 So it was just really trauma for a lot of people. 33:38 It was an amazing opportunity to share the love of God, 33:42 that God still cares about you. 33:44 And we provided hot meals in capacity with other NGO's 33:49 that we work with. 33:51 We helped provide 200 to 400 assistance in transportation 33:57 from point A to point B. 33:59 And whatever it took. 34:00 We had volunteers with us from throughout the island helping, 34:04 but we focused on a central area. 34:07 That was our earmarked area because 34:08 they got one of the most affected. 34:12 It was just a tremendous disaster. 34:15 And it was a joy to be with people there 34:18 and assist them during their time of need. 34:21 It was just an incredible time. 34:23 And Dean got an award from the commissioner in the area 34:28 for being there for people. 34:30 One of his team members walked through the flood 34:32 in water up to almost his neck. 34:36 And the lady said, "Thank you for coming. 34:39 Thank you for coming so much. 34:42 But there's a caiman I saw some time ago just across there." 34:46 So the guy dropped his relief supplies and just went back 34:50 quickly as possible. 34:52 But what they did in those three days, him and his team 34:55 in three vehicles, it was just a tremendous help to the people 34:59 in whatever the capacity. 35:00 No food, no water, and a whole lot more. 35:04 ~ That's amazing, brother. That's amazing. 35:06 Yea, when people's lives are being shaken 35:09 that much by, you know, catastrophes like this, 35:11 or certain events like this where mother nature just 35:14 seems to wreak havoc on our homes and on our lives, 35:18 when they're shaken the most, that's when 35:20 they need to hear the gospel. 35:22 That's when they need to see it, not just hear about it. 35:23 They need to see it. 35:25 And that's what you guys are doing. 35:26 There on the ground, out in there. 35:28 Were you in the truck when they went out into... 35:31 ~ Sometimes. - Sometimes. 35:32 ~ What was the deepest water you guys went through? 35:34 Probably over five feet. 35:36 ~ Wow! - Five feet. 35:37 ~ That was probably scary. ~ Yeah. 35:39 ~ Kayak, we used a kayak to carry some of the supplies. 35:43 The amount of people that came and helped, 35:46 we had people from all different walks of life. 35:48 All different faiths, from Christians to Hindu, and Muslim. 35:52 Love was there. 35:53 People from south of the island to east of the island, 35:57 people just came and just shared the love and donated. 36:00 And Dean, as he has one of the largest F250 monster trucks 36:04 in the island, he has followers, 36:07 and the followers saw what he was doing. 36:10 So from another area south of the island, they came 36:13 with about seven vehicles and came with hundreds of 36:15 hot meals late at night and just went and gave it out as well. 36:20 ~ That's amazing. That's great stuff. 36:23 So you guys are passing out biblical literature, 36:28 you're sharing 3ABN programming with people, 36:31 you're obviously, I mean, you're out there during 36:33 the times of floods and these natural disasters 36:37 that are happening and just destroying people's live. 36:38 But you're there to share the love of Jesus 36:40 with them in these times. 36:42 But you know, there's also, you know, the health crisis 36:45 throughout the world, and you guys are also, you have projects 36:48 in which you are conducting health fairs nationwide. 36:52 Tell us a little bit about what 3ABN representation of 36:56 Trinidad and Tobago is doing with these health fairs. 36:59 In Trinidad, we have been invited to many health events, 37:04 health seminars, health fairs. 37:06 So we go in the community where we are invited, 37:09 we do an assessment of the area demographic, 37:12 and we see where 3ABN programs can assist people. 37:15 If in that area there's large amounts of diabetes, 37:19 if there's depression, maybe mental health, 37:21 we share what we offer. 37:23 We talk with them one on one. 37:25 Our doctors are there, our nurses are there 37:29 to give them any sort of a guidance, 37:31 and a whole lot more. 37:33 And of course, we let them know entirely 37:36 what 3ABN can help them with at no charge. 37:40 So we show them the app, 37:42 we show them that we're on the cable station. 37:44 If they don't have the cable, lots of them have the internet 37:48 in their home, they can watch us. 37:50 And we encourage people during their times of needs, 37:54 during all the destructions of life, 37:57 we want them to watch 3ABN. 37:59 Fall in love with God and see how God's love 38:02 is just so amazing. 38:04 When you start to watch 3ABN, the Holy Spirit speaks to you 38:07 and says, "Watch this part. 38:10 Watch this aspect of it." 38:12 The Lord will speak to you. 38:14 And there's so many people we have like that in the past 38:17 and up until now, people watch 3ABN for like three days, 38:20 and they say, "This is it. 38:23 This is God's truth." 38:24 It's completely from the Bible, biblical cover to cover. 38:29 And people just love what we offer. 38:32 And once it's shared, they want to support us 38:35 by volunteering their time. 38:37 If they have a business, they will say, like, if they're 38:39 doing baking, they will say, "I bake some bread for you all 38:42 to give out to the community." 38:44 We collect it and give it out to the community. 38:46 Whatever it be, just to share God's amazing love. 38:49 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 38:51 That's amazing, brother, what you guys are doing there? 38:54 And you're also networking with other organizations as well. 38:58 So it's not like you guys are just there by yourselves. 39:00 You've got connections and you're doing projects with 39:04 other organizations as well. 39:05 So talk to us. I was reading one here. 39:06 You're in with the U.S. Embassy, the UN, 39:10 and other organizations as well. 39:13 And talk to us about this mental health initiative 39:15 that you guys are doing. 39:17 Because that one really touched home. 39:18 You know, I understand that the mental health crisis, 39:22 it's worldwide. 39:23 So obviously it's also affecting people there 39:26 in Trinidad and Tobago since Covid. 39:29 So talk to us a little about the connective networking 39:32 that you're doing with these embassies and with these 39:34 other organizations, and about the mental health 39:36 initiative as well. 39:38 We network with the U.S. Embassy, and they 39:40 have community-based projects where they go out 39:43 far and wide to reach children, any family. 39:46 Sometimes we do special projects like assisting an elderly home. 39:50 If you're home needs rebuilding, or if the community needs 39:54 some sort of place for children to play or children to be, 40:00 we go and we assist them in whatever capacity we can, 40:03 in volunteers. 40:05 We connect with the United Nations where they help 40:08 Venezuelan refugees. 40:10 And we have much more projects we do with them. 40:14 When it comes to mental health in our island, 40:16 because of the Covid aspect, a lot of children were at home. 40:22 And being confined to your home is not something that 40:27 they are accustomed to. 40:28 And some people are aware that they are depressed, 40:31 or they have stress issues. 40:34 And it is now coming out in the schools. 40:38 A lot of schools are 40:40 experiencing violence in children. 40:42 Some schools are being shut down because violence is so great 40:45 against children among themselves, 40:48 and it's also going with the teachers as well. 40:50 So teachers are frightened, so afraid of their lives 40:54 because children are coming in there and you don't know 40:57 what they're experiencing in their minds. 40:59 So we try to connect with the children, and more so the 41:03 parents to guide them. 41:04 3ABN has fantastic presentations 41:07 on dealing with mental health issues. 41:10 And that is something not just because of Covid, right, 41:14 but throughout your life sometimes you're not knowing 41:17 that you are depressed or you have any mental aspect 41:20 of your life from childhood, or what be. 41:22 And when you listen to these programs on 3ABN, 41:24 you would just say, "Wow, I can connect with that. 41:27 I can relate to these events." 41:29 And that's just one aspect. 41:32 The Ministry of Health, we want to reconnect with them 41:34 and go out into the community and let people know 41:37 the programs that we have that can actually help 41:40 their families, their children, every single body as well. 41:44 That's powerful, man. 41:46 Because we, especially here, you know, where I live in the 41:48 United States, we see this every single day. 41:50 And more and more organizations are starting to bring about 41:53 awareness of this mental health crisis we have on our hands. 41:56 It's a crisis in a sense that, you know, many, many people 41:59 are dealing with some type of mental health disorder 42:02 or mental health handicap of some kind. 42:06 And to see that you guys are addressing that, and it's, 42:09 you know, helping the people there in Trinidad and Tobago, 42:12 especially these children, man, that's powerful, it's powerful. 42:16 So it's a blessing to see you guys doing that. 42:19 Let's talk... 42:20 We have some more pictures here. 42:22 I think we have some pictures of your supporters. 42:24 Maybe you can talk to us a little bit about it. 42:27 Let's bring those pictures up of your supporters, 42:29 and tell us a little bit about this. 42:30 This gentleman, he is a true supporter of 3ABN. 42:34 He allows us to have a table with our 42:36 "Ten Commandments" books, and others. 42:38 So he has a lot of customers coming. 42:42 He's called, Gifted Hands, in his community. 42:47 This lady, we met her when we were on the north coast 42:50 at the beachside. 42:52 And she just got so excited to know, "3ABN is in Trinidad?" 42:56 We said, "Yes." 42:57 And we gave her one. 42:59 And during the time of Covid, we want to recognize 43:04 and honor our wonderful pioneer volunteer, Deborah. 43:12 It's sad that during that time in her business 43:16 there was Covid, and she did not recover from it, unfortunately. 43:21 It was such a great loss for us as a team. 43:26 Her husband and her daughter are doing their best to 43:30 recover from the loss of Deborah. 43:35 And we just want to say she's a great loss to us. 43:39 She had been a tremendous support to us. 43:42 When we were out in the community, she would get up by 43:44 3:00 in the morning and prepare meals for the entire team. 43:49 She would come at our little warehouse and help us. 43:54 And then much more things that she used to do, 43:56 she and her husband, and including her daughter as well. 43:59 ~ Praise the Lord. 44:00 Praise God for the supporters and those who believe 44:03 in the gospel message and the gospel commission 44:06 that we have, that God has given us 44:07 to get the gospel out there. 44:08 And sometimes it's not just sharing the Word, 44:11 even though, yes, we share the Word of God, 44:12 and it's our job to share the Word of God, 44:14 sometimes people need to see the Word of God 44:17 taking place and in action in your life. 44:19 And that's what you guys are doing. 44:20 So praise the Lord for what you're doing there. 44:22 I know I'm seeing, I'm looking back on my list here. 44:25 We have many, many pictures for this hour, 44:27 and I love the pictures because it helps 44:29 give a visual of what you guys are doing there. 44:31 There's a number of pictures here that we're going to show 44:34 in regards to a second project that young guys have done. 44:37 Why don't you lead us through that 44:39 as we look at these pictures. 44:40 ~ Certainly. 44:41 We were part of a beach cleanup on the Mayaro coast 44:45 on the eastern side of the island. 44:48 A lot of our volunteers, they just love to do community work 44:51 and help the environment, help others. 44:54 And in this aspect, when we clean the beach up, 44:57 turtles can come and hatch. 45:00 This is one of the colonels from the U.S. Embassy. 45:05 And we were part and parcel of their health fairs that they had 45:10 throughout the island. 45:11 They only allowed us to be there. 45:14 We shared 3ABN with people who came there. 45:18 And thousands and thousands of people came. 45:21 We also were part of sports day with the Venezuelans 45:27 in our community. 45:28 We also work together with 45:31 the Woodbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church 45:33 to uplift a children's home called, Princesses of Belrum. 45:37 And we not just painted the entire compound, 45:42 we did an entire facelift to the community. 45:45 One aspect of this is that there were tons of wheelchairs 45:49 in an upper room, and they tried to have that removed. 45:52 And in doing that, we got volunteers to come 45:56 with a 20 feet bin, and we just dropped the wheelchairs in. 46:02 And when the directors came and they saw that, 46:05 they were just so amazed to know that here's what 46:09 we have been waiting for so many months 46:11 to have these wheelchairs moved, 46:12 to help these children in the communities as well. 46:14 The pictures you've seen as well is a lot of those supporters. 46:18 Doctor and Pastor Clive Dottin. 46:20 He is a legend on our island, well known. 46:22 He's well-known, well loved, well respected. 46:26 And he loves 3ABN and he would support 3ABN. 46:29 We have done projects with him in dealing with crime. 46:32 Crime is really out of control in our island. 46:38 And we want to share what we offer on 3ABN to people 46:43 across the island and let them know that God is love. 46:47 And if you have the love of God in you, 46:49 you will not commit any acts of crime or anything. 46:53 So there are many people. 46:54 And there was Michelle and Morita in Rio Claro 46:59 on the south side of the island. 47:02 There are so many aspects of projects: 47:05 community, to the ground. 47:06 We reach people where they are, where they're hurting. 47:10 Mending broken people. 47:11 ~ That's right, brother. - Mending broken people. 47:15 People have to understand we're broken because of sin. 47:17 And when you reach people where they are, 47:20 it connects with them. 47:22 And the Holy Spirit takes it from there. 47:25 We're called to catch the fish. 47:27 Not to scale it or to clean it. 47:29 That's the Holy Spirit's job. 47:31 So our job is to let you know, we're here to help you. 47:36 So we give them opportunity and the options. 47:39 Here's what, we can bless you by just watching 3ABN. 47:42 And people will just say, "Who is 3ABN?" 47:45 "What is 3ABN?" 47:47 I say, "I'm glad you asked." 47:48 And then we tell them all that we offer, 47:51 and a whole lot more. 47:52 ~ Amen. Praise the Lord, brother. 47:54 You guys have done some amazing things. 47:58 And it's very clear. 47:59 I want to just say a special thank you to you, Rodney, 48:01 and all the volunteers in Trinidad and Tobago. 48:04 I hope you guys see this program. 48:05 And I hope you know that we appreciate 48:07 and we are seeing, even though we are several thousand miles 48:10 apart, we're hearing, we're seeing, and we're recognizing 48:13 the work that you guys are doing there. 48:14 We just praise God for the Holy Spirit that's working through 48:18 you to reach out to other people who are in need. 48:20 Because that's what the gospel is all about. 48:21 It's one thing, yes, to share the Word. 48:24 And we should share the Word, we should be sowing seeds, 48:26 and we should be proclaiming the gospel message. 48:28 But it's a whole other thing to be able to live that out, 48:31 and to see it in the lives, and to see the love of God 48:34 transforming hearts and lives from what it is that you're 48:37 actually doing to affect someone. 48:39 So thank you, guys, so much for all that you do. 48:41 And we just praise God and we know that God is going to 48:44 continue to use you guys. 48:46 We're running down, we've got about 3 minutes left 48:48 in this main portion before we have our final words. 48:51 But I understand that you guys have some plans for the future. 48:55 And I thought that 100,000 books was a lot, but I'm looking at 49:00 here a much larger number of this "Focus on Truth" booklets 49:04 initiative that you guys have planned for 2023. 49:07 So tell us a little bit about that. 49:08 We're embarking on one of the largest mission projects ever 49:11 on our island with 300,000 "Focus on Truth" booklets: 49:16 Truth About Hell, Truth About Salvation, 49:19 Truth About the Ten Commandments. 49:21 These books written by Danny Shelton are amazing. 49:24 Simple little booklets that people can just read. 49:27 They can also download them from the 3ABN website 49:30 and read it. 49:32 And so we are going to bring that 300,000 pretty soon. 49:35 It has been donated by 3ABN to the island 49:39 of Trinidad and Tobago. 49:40 And it's such a fantastic mission opportunity. 49:44 And we want to let the volunteers know, 49:46 and want to let the people of the island know that 49:48 we need their support. 49:50 Shipping cost has increased tremendously. 49:54 So that raises the bar of what we can afford. 49:57 And so we would love people to support us in that aspect. 50:00 - Yes. ~Yes, absolutely. 50:02 In fact, you guys are going to see this in just a little while. 50:05 I'm just pulling this up right here real quick. 50:07 Not because you're going to be able to see it very 50:09 clearly on my big iPad here, but maybe you can a little bit. 50:12 So you just go to 3ABN.tv and you're going to see this 50:15 in just a few moments as they pull up the address roll 50:19 where you can go, but this is the main website for 3ABN. 50:23 So 3ABN.tv, and when you get onto the mail website, 50:26 up in the far right-hand corner there's a donate tab. 50:29 So if you click on the donate tab there, 50:31 it will pull up this second screen here 50:33 where you can make a donation to 3ABN's main ministry. 50:36 Or if you go down and scroll down, you'll see 50:39 all of these individual tabs right here. 50:41 And the number you want to look for if you want to support 50:44 the effort for Trinidad and Tobago and what Rodney is 50:48 leading out in there at the 3ABN ministry 50:50 to the wonderful people in Trinidad and Tobago, 50:52 you want to go to number 394. 50:55 I believe on my list it's right there at the top right. 50:58 It's in the second column on my iPad here. 51:00 I'm not sure how it will appear on your screen, 51:02 but number 394, that's the one you want to look at. 51:05 And you want to find it, click that donate tab, 51:08 and you can donate to this wonderful cause. 51:11 Rodney, I'm just thrilled with what you guys are doing. 51:15 It's such a blessing to see what the Lord 51:16 is doing, the 3ABN ministry is able to do 51:20 to help the wonderful people of Trinidad and Tobago. 51:22 It's not just about, again, proclaiming the Word, 51:25 because that's a powerful way of witnessing, 51:27 but also living it out, showing it, and taking the love of God 51:31 to the people and meeting them where they are. 51:33 My friends, if you want to support this ministry, 51:35 I encourage you to. 51:36 Help get the gospel to the people in Trinidad and Tobago. 51:40 So wherever you are, it's right here. 51:42 You can go online, you can call us up and find out 51:45 more information, and this is how you do it. |
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