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Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000262A
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00:01 Stay tuned to meet a couple whose arrival
00:02 at 3ABN demonstrates God's perfect timing. 00:06 My name is Jason Bradley 00:07 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:33 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:35 My guests today are Ryan and Stephanie Day. 00:38 They are a new addition to our 3ABN family 00:41 and we're so happy to have them here. 00:43 Welcome to Urban Report, Ryan and Stephanie. 00:46 It's good to see you, guys. 00:48 Now, you guys came at the perfect time. 00:52 That's right. 00:54 And we're going to jump into that, 00:55 but before we get into you arriving here at 3ABN, 00:58 I want to get a little bit of background information 01:00 on both of you. 01:02 Sure. Stephanie, where are you from? 01:04 Originally from Northeastern Arkansas, 01:07 little town of Manila... 01:08 Okay. Not the Philippines, Arkansas. 01:10 That's what I automatically think of when I hear Manila. 01:12 Okay, so Arkansas and you? 01:15 The same thing, we grew up in the same town. 01:17 Wow. Manila, Arkansas. 01:19 Wow. Little small town. 01:22 And, Stephanie, were you raised Adventist or... 01:26 No, I was not raised Adventist. 01:29 When I was growing up, 01:31 we didn't really attend church a lot. 01:33 My parents worked a lot 01:35 and so, if they had to work at night they would leave me 01:39 with my grandparents, my brother and I, 01:42 and then we would go to church with her 01:44 and she's still Pentecostal. 01:47 So that's what I had saw while growing up, yeah. 01:50 Okay. 01:51 And at what point did you get introduced to the message? 01:56 I would say I was probably 14, 15, 02:00 it was after Ryan and I had started dating. 02:03 Okay. 02:04 And, Ryan, were you raised Adventist? 02:06 I was not. Okay. 02:07 So I was primarily raised in the Pentecostal faith 02:10 which there's many different branches of Pentecostalism, 02:13 but my family and I kind of experienced 02:17 many of those branches, 02:18 but actually I was not introduced 02:22 or actually formally joined the Adventist church 02:24 until my early adulthood. 02:26 Okay, okay. Right. 02:28 And so how did you come into the message, Stephanie? 02:32 Well, it was after we had started dating 02:36 and it was about a year into it Ryan had, 02:41 which I'm sure he'll tell you he, 02:43 had an emergency surgery, and at that point we had talked 02:48 and decided we really need to get back into church, 02:52 and we kind of visited a couple other churches, 02:54 but something just didn't seem right. 02:58 His family had previously heard of keeping Sabbath 03:04 and were introduced to Adventism, 03:07 but they weren't members of the church. 03:08 Okay. 03:10 And so at that point he, 03:12 I guess kind of went back to his roots 03:14 of hearing about Sabbath 03:15 and brought that to me and said, 03:17 "You kinda need to study this 03:19 and I really think that we should do this. 03:21 We should be keeping Sabbath." 03:23 And so I studied it for myself 03:25 'cause at first I was like, "I'm not sure about that." 03:29 Because you told me everything 03:30 that I was raised in is completely wrong. 03:32 Yeah. 03:33 And so it wasn't everything that I was raised in, 03:37 but definitely that topic, 03:40 and so I studied it out for myself. 03:43 It was the first time I felt like 03:45 where I can pull out a Bible out 03:46 and know that there were answers in there, 03:49 it's not just hearing about God, 03:51 but I could actually open up, you know, my Bible 03:54 and find, "Oh, this scripture" 03:56 and link them together to understand 03:58 that there is truth here. 04:00 And that's kind of how I got introduced I guess. 04:02 Nice. 04:03 You know, I find it interesting 04:05 that it seems like sometimes tradition 04:07 trumps everything else, 04:10 you know, and that's even in Adventism too, 04:12 you know, because you see some people 04:14 who say, "Well, I'm fifth generation Adventist." 04:17 But they still haven't researched it for themselves, 04:21 you know, we all have to have that personal, 04:23 individual relationship with Christ. 04:27 And it's just fascinating to me how tradition 04:32 has kind of taken over in different denominations. 04:35 Right, absolutely. 04:37 So you came to the Adventist faith, 04:38 your parents told you about the Sabbath. 04:40 Right. You studied it out? 04:42 Yeah, so it was interesting 04:44 because my parents were introduced 04:46 to the message of the Sabbath. 04:49 And many other pillar doctrines of the Adventist church. 04:54 At my early age of probably eight or nine-years-old, 04:59 but my father and mother as honest as they could be, 05:03 they still kind of struggled with a few things, 05:06 just trying to determine 05:08 where was God was wanting them to be and lead them. 05:10 And so we were kind of in and out, 05:13 we visited some Seventh-day Adventist Churches, 05:15 but never really settled in. 05:18 And so it wasn't until actually my senior year of high school 05:21 that the Lord kind of gripped my heart 05:24 and I picked up the Bible for the first time, 05:26 having read it through many times, 05:27 and studied it many times, I finally picked it up, 05:30 and I said, "You know, I want to come to know 05:32 what the Bible really teaches on many of these subjects 05:34 that I have questions about." 05:36 And so, I'll never forget one night, 05:39 it was like 2 o'clock in the morning, 05:41 my dad had a full VHS prophecy series set. 05:47 That's taking it back. 05:48 Yeah, way back. VHS. 05:50 That's way back in the day. 05:52 And so I remember one night, 05:54 I took one of them off the shelf, 05:56 it was Mark Finley, I'll never forget. 05:58 And I put it in the VHS player, 06:00 and I was watching this program 06:01 and Mark Finley was preaching on the Sabbath, 06:04 and kind of previous to this, my dad, 06:06 you know, had been trying to witness to me about this, 06:09 "You know, son, remember that Sabbath 06:10 that we learned about growing up?" 06:12 "Yeah, yeah, dad." 06:13 You know, and I kind of was disconnected about it 06:14 because it pulled me away from sports, 06:17 I loved basketball 06:18 and it pulled me away from sports, 06:19 most games were on Saturday. 06:21 I was kind of struggled with that, 06:22 and at the time I was coaching 06:24 a little league basketball team with my friend 06:26 and I remember my dad, you know, not in a pushy way, 06:30 but just in a kind loving way he would say, 06:32 "Son, you know, today's the Sabbath 06:34 and just remember, remember the Sabbath." 06:37 And so I remember thinking to myself, 06:39 you know, I've got to learn more about this. 06:41 And so I remember watching the VHS tape, 06:43 that video of Mark Finley preaching on the Sabbath, 06:46 and it just gripped my heart. 06:47 I saw for the first time in my Bible 06:51 what the Bible really taught about that, 06:52 and so that kind of began a kind of domino effect 06:56 of going from one subject to the next 06:59 and learning what the Bible really taught. 07:00 And it brought a conviction 07:02 and it brought within me a new creation from Christ. 07:07 And that's kind of where it began. 07:09 Oh, praise the Lord for that. Absolutely. 07:11 And you've grown tremendously over the years 'cause... 07:14 Oh, yeah, tremendously. 07:16 You seem like a well studied brother. 07:19 Still have lots to learn, 07:20 as I believe most ministers will admit clearly, but yeah, 07:24 I think, you know, once you have that burning desire in you 07:27 to study the Word of God, you come to love truth, 07:32 and that was something that I really earnestly 07:34 and truly desired more than anything 07:36 as I remember praying at a young age, 07:38 "Lord, I just want to know truth. 07:40 I just want to know what is real and what is Your truth, 07:43 so please show it to me." 07:45 And so I created that love for the truth, 07:47 no matter what it was, 07:48 it wasn't always easy to accept, 07:50 but nonetheless I would pray God lead me, 07:53 guide me, and show me Your will. 07:55 And so, that's what I've had held on to all these years. 08:00 And I certainly have much more to learn, 08:02 but the Lord is continuing to lead and guide us. 08:05 Yeah, and we all have a lot to learn, you know, still... 08:06 Absolutely, absolutely. 08:08 Learning is an ongoing process 08:10 and you're actually the principal, Stefanie... 08:12 Yes. 08:13 Of the Thompsonville Christian Academy... 08:16 Academy, that's right. 08:18 And so, I'm sure you definitely adopt that philosophy 08:23 that learning is an ongoing process. 08:25 Right. Of course. 08:26 Tell us about how you came to 3ABN 08:31 and how the timing was so perfect? 08:34 Well, that's, that's mouthful, 08:37 'cause it's not a long story, 08:39 but it's just incredible how God works 08:42 because many times we desire something, 08:46 you know, we have something in our mind 08:48 and, you know, where we want to be, 08:49 what we want to be doing, and many times what we want, 08:53 and where we think we're headed is not in the direction 08:56 that God intends us to go. 08:57 Now God doesn't force us obviously, 08:59 but He certainly will steer us 09:01 in a different direction if we're willing. 09:03 And so I've always tried to live by that, 09:05 you know, Lord, I want to go here, 09:06 but if that's not where You want me to go, 09:08 then steer me here. 09:10 It's interesting 09:11 because over the past five years previous to this, 09:14 we've been traveling full-time, 09:16 Stef and I both in the ministry as full-time evangelist, 09:21 preaching Bible prophecy seminars, 09:22 eight to nine months out of the year 09:24 for Amazing Facts Ministry. 09:25 Wow, eight to nine months. 09:26 Eight to nine months out of the year. 09:28 We kind of had a packed schedule 09:29 over the last few years, 09:31 but certain circumstances in our life brought us 09:34 to a realization that it was time 09:36 to kind of settle down and come off the road. 09:39 And so, you know, I contacted a few sources, 09:43 I really didn't know what to do 09:44 because my ministry experience 09:46 and all that I had known had been traveling 09:48 as a full-time evangelist 09:50 and so after contacting the right sources, 09:52 I finally learned that, 09:54 you know, I would need to continue my education. 09:55 So we did that, we contacted Andrews University, 10:00 started working towards my master's 10:02 in pastoral ministry, 10:04 and I kind of had in my mind 10:06 that I was probably going to be heading 10:07 in the direction of pastoral ministry. 10:09 Okay. 10:10 And so we prayed about it, 10:11 and said, Lord, open something up for us. 10:13 If this is what You want, make it clear. 10:15 If this isn't what You want, make it clear, but... 10:17 So you wanted like your own church type of thing 10:19 where you gonna do the pastoral... 10:21 So yeah, just wherever, I mean, 10:23 obviously some pastors have more than one church, 10:25 but, in a multiple church districts, 10:27 but wherever God was leading, 10:29 I just simply prayed, "God, open the door 10:32 and help us to be more stationary settled down" 10:38 for multiple reasons that we'll probably share later, 10:41 but nonetheless God eventually 10:44 was what we thought at the moment, 10:46 we thought God was leading us to Texas 10:48 because we had received a call to Texas, 10:51 around the King Texas area 10:53 in a little small town known as Cleburne, 10:56 and, you know, some leadership 10:57 from the church reached out to me 10:59 and said, "Hey, we're looking for a pastor, 11:00 your name came up, are you interested in? 11:03 If you are, send a resume, we'd like you to come up." 11:05 And so Stephanie and I, 11:07 you know, we took that call and so we went out, 11:09 met the people, and they were so wonderful, 11:12 so kind, and it was just like the perfect situation. 11:15 So I was just overwhelmed, 11:17 "Lord, You've just led us here." 11:18 It's a beautiful church, wonderful people, 11:21 and we had interviewed for the position. 11:24 The church accepted, the church voted us through, 11:27 and we're literally I think at the timeframe, 11:29 we're like a week or two out from the executive committee 11:34 of the Texas Conference voting us in as pastor, 11:37 and that's how serious it was at this moment. 11:39 And so in my mind 11:40 and in her mind we were headed to Texas. 11:42 And there were a few, you know, there are a few obstacles 11:45 we knew we were going to have to overcome, 11:47 for instance Stephanie's previous employment 11:49 was at school in Arkansas. 11:51 Okay. Going to Texas at the time... 11:53 There wasn't anything available. 11:54 Yeah. Yeah. 11:56 I wouldn't be able to teach immediately. 11:58 And so that was kind of something 12:00 that I was really hoping 12:02 that I would be able to do also, 12:04 but at that point there was nothing available. 12:09 So that was one kind of hurdle 12:11 that we were going to have to jump I guess, 12:14 but we were willing to step out in faith. 12:16 "Lord, there're several unknowns here, 12:18 but we're still going to walk through the door." 12:22 And few other hurdles, but we were headed to Texas, 12:26 we've got our mind set on that, 12:27 and I'll never forget I received a phone call 12:30 out of the blue one day 12:31 from Danny Shelton from 3ABN, 12:34 and it wasn't, at first a call to ministry here, 12:38 it was just simply an invitation 12:40 to join them on a music project, 12:42 "To Give Him Glory" music project. 12:44 Which we have, we have that right here. 12:47 Right. 'Give Him..." 12:48 And this is an excellent project. 12:50 We're going to get into this 12:52 a little bit more in a little bit later. 12:53 Sure, sure, yeah. This is excellent. 12:54 So he calls me up and says, "Hey, you know, 12:56 we've heard a little bit 12:58 of your material and your voice, 13:00 and we think you would, 13:01 you know, be perfect on this project. 13:03 Are you willing to join us?" 13:04 And so I said, "Absolutely. 13:06 Oh, that would be a blessing and an honor." 13:07 And so we set up some dates for me 13:10 to go to Nashville and record 13:11 and so, I think it was, 13:14 yeah, I think it was my second attempt 13:17 or second trip to Nashville. 13:19 Okay. 13:20 And we were sitting across the table 13:22 and having lunch together 13:23 and he says, "You know what? 13:25 We think that your skills and your talents would be, 13:28 you know, such great value in use to us here at 3ABN. 13:32 If you would love to join us, we would love to have you." 13:35 And first I was like, you know, I remember saying to myself, 13:38 "Lord, why are you doing this to me?" 13:40 Yeah, 'cause you've got, on one hand you have Texas 13:43 and on the other hand you got 3ABN now. 13:45 Yeah, so at first I kind of saw almost like a temptation, 13:48 like, okay, maybe I'm supposed to really go to Texas, 13:51 but this is just kind of a curve ball thrown at me 13:54 to kind of get me, 13:55 you know, catch me off guard or sidetrack, 13:57 but I remember Danny telling me, "You know what? 13:59 Pray about it, think about it. 14:01 You know, don't jump into this decision." 14:03 So that's exactly what Stephanie and I done. 14:05 We really prayed it through. We thought about it. 14:06 We poured out paper and we wrote all the advantages 14:09 and disadvantages of both that we knew at the time. 14:11 And I remember telling Danny on the phone 14:16 and praying about this, 14:17 "Lord, open up an opportunity for my wife 14:20 to do what she does best which is teach." 14:22 And I was talking to Danny, 14:24 you know, I expressed that to him, 14:25 "You know, this is kind of what we're looking for 14:27 and, you know, we're praying an opportunity opens up." 14:31 And so I remember we came to 3ABN headquarters 14:34 to do some recording and while I'm here, over here, 14:37 we're both here, they informed us that the... 14:40 Superintendent of Schools 14:43 for the conference was also here. 14:45 Which is if, I mean... Rare. 14:47 Yes, it's very rare, it's not everyday. 14:49 Yeah... Absolutely. Right. 14:51 And just so happened, he was coming to the area 14:53 and said he would like to meet with me. 14:55 So I got to meet him, and talk with him, 14:58 and then set up an interview 15:00 that I would do through online at a later date. 15:04 Right. Wow. 15:05 So it was just like everything we were looking for 15:07 was just the door was open in this direction. 15:09 All the pieces were coming together. 15:10 It was just such a blessing, eventually we did get the call. 15:13 She had been extended the opportunity 15:16 to be the principal here, 15:19 and of course we really prayed it through, 15:20 we thought it through, 15:22 and it was just kind of a no brainer after a while. 15:24 The Lord was making it very clear, 15:25 "This is where I want you to be." 15:27 And so here we are, we're here part of the 3ABN family, 15:29 and could not be more happy to be here absolutely. 15:33 We couldn't be happier to having you 15:36 so, you know, 15:37 speaking of the Give Him Glory music project 15:40 that you mentioned earlier. 15:42 We actually have a clip of you singing, 15:45 and see I love music, right? 15:48 But I can't sing to save my life. 15:50 The Lord didn't bless me with the talent of singing 15:52 or the gift of singing, 15:54 but He blessed you with that talent and with that gift. 15:56 And so, we're going to take a look at that clip. 15:59 Sure, sure. 16:00 And check out this music project. 16:02 All right. 16:09 They sang a new song 16:14 They sang a new song 16:16 Worthy the Lamb 16:18 Worthy the Lamb 16:20 He who was slain 16:22 Though righteous and pure 16:24 Reigns as the Great I Am 16:28 Bought with His own blood 16:32 His bride to claim 16:36 They sang a new song 16:39 Worthy the Lamb 16:41 Worthy His name 16:45 Worthy the Lamb of God that was slain 16:51 Worthy the Lamb 17:01 Worthy 17:04 The Lamb 17:19 Wow, powerful, powerful. 17:22 I know, I know, it's a beautiful song. 17:23 Must be nice to be able to sing. 17:25 Yeah. 17:26 Right, I give Him all the glory, brother. 17:28 Amen. Amen. I can't take credit for it. 17:30 Now this project is extremely special 17:33 because it's the three angels' messages... 17:35 Sure. Put into song. 17:37 Absolutely. That's hard to do. 17:40 Definitely it was a challenge, 17:43 unfortunately or fortunately maybe I did not write 17:46 any of the lyrics to these songs, 17:47 but they are taken directly from Scripture. 17:49 Yes, yes. 17:50 And to set these words is powerful, 17:53 life changing words to music is just incredible. 17:56 And so this project means a lot to me personally 17:58 because the three angels' messages 18:00 have changed my life 18:01 as they have changed millions of other lives. 18:04 And so this is God's last day message 18:06 and to see it being put to music 18:08 and to be able to share that with the world 18:10 and with others around us, it's a blessing. 18:11 Absolutely. Yeah. 18:14 You know, when our viewers purchase this album, 18:18 we also have the three angels' messages in summary 18:21 that Pastor Lomacang wrote. 18:23 That's right. That will go with that. 18:26 I got a call and on this call this viewer was asking, 18:30 "You know, how can I use this as an evangelistic tool?" 18:34 Sure. 18:35 And, you know, I was thinking, I was praying, 18:38 I was like "Lord..." 18:39 While I was talking to him I was trying to pray, 18:41 I was like, "Lord, I need an answer for this." 18:43 Right. 18:44 You know, I mean, the music in 18:46 and of itself is as powerful, the message is powerful, 18:49 and I was thinking what, you know, what can she do? 18:52 Well, you could play one of those songs 18:55 or two of those songs, let's say you're at church, 18:57 you play the song, you listen to the lyrics, 19:00 you go to the Word of God, you study those scriptures out, 19:04 you can take the three angels' messages 19:06 that Pastor Lomacang wrote, 19:09 and you can study that out with people... 19:10 That's right. 19:11 Like that is an excellent and in that way 19:13 you really break down the three angels' messages 19:15 and internalize it for yourself. 19:17 Absolutely, it's vital. 19:18 There is different ways people learn, 19:21 different learners I guess you could say, 19:23 and so some people gravitate towards music, 19:27 and so instead of listening to a sermon 19:28 or reading this, they could hear, 19:31 you know, a song or the lyrics of a song with the music 19:33 and get so much more out of it, 19:35 so this gives us another aspect 19:37 along with this wonderful summary 19:39 that Pastor Lomacang has written. 19:41 You know, it's a complete package. 19:42 So they get to read it, they get to experience, 19:44 and understand it, 19:46 and of course hear through music. 19:47 And so it's just, this is very special, 19:49 and I hope, I hope that there are many, many people 19:52 whose lives are changed 19:53 and altered in a good way because of this. 19:55 Absolutely. Absolutely. 19:56 So what do you do here at 3ABN, what's your role? 20:00 Sure, sure. 20:01 Okay, I my guess my official title 20:04 is the Assistant 20:06 to the General Manager of Praise Him Network. 20:10 And so basically, for most of our viewers 20:13 we have a network it's called Praise Him, 20:16 and would be launching soon, 20:18 and it's going to be basically a 24-hour music channel 20:22 where we're going to be giving glory to God through music. 20:24 And so one of my jobs here 20:26 is to assist our General Manager Tim Parton 20:30 and, you know, bringing about, 20:33 you know, appropriate music, bringing in the artist, 20:36 and bringing the gospel to light 20:40 through music through this network. 20:42 And so it's going to be a lot 20:43 that we're going to be doing with it, 20:44 it's we're still kind of 20:46 ironing out a lot of the wrinkles 20:47 I guess you could say, 20:48 but nonetheless it's going to be powerful, 20:50 it's going to be an awesome witnessing tool for everyone, 20:54 anyone who wants to tune in. 20:56 And so that's going to be one of the things 20:57 I'm going to be doing here, 20:58 obviously some preaching, and what not, 21:01 and I'll be a part of some of the programming here 21:03 at 3ABN as well. 21:04 Absolutely. 21:06 I love the name Praise Him... That's right. 21:07 Music, you know... Praise Him. 21:08 Because that's what it's all about. 21:10 That's what it's all about, 21:11 giving glory to God, and I love that hymn, 21:13 to God be the glory 21:14 because that's what it's all about. 21:15 As a singer myself, I've done many concerts, 21:18 I've many performances down through my life, 21:21 and it's very easy for us 21:23 to have a self-centered mentality 21:25 when we're sharing our talents, 21:27 and it's, you know, people tend to come up to us 21:28 and say, "Oh, you have a beautiful voice. 21:30 I appreciate your voice." 21:31 And that is certainly welcome 21:33 and I praise the Lord for those comments, 21:35 but really our talents should be used for Him, 21:37 and that's what I'd intend to do with my talent, 21:40 my singing talent is to give praise to Him, glory to God 21:43 because He deserves it, He is worthy. 21:44 Amen. 21:45 Amen. Absolutely. 21:47 So what's it like, 21:48 why did you guys want to settle down so much 21:52 'cause you were like eight to nine months 21:54 which I can understand, 21:55 eight or nine months on the road is a lot. 21:57 Sure, sure. 21:58 But you mentioned earlier 21:59 that you really wanted to settle down 22:01 and we would get into that a little later, so... 22:03 Yeah, yeah. Why is that? 22:05 There were multiple aspects 22:08 that kind of played into our consideration. 22:12 Stephanie actually hasn't, 22:14 I hope I'm okay with doing this, 22:16 but she hasn't actually talked about this, 22:18 we haven't really talked about this in public yet 22:21 to a lot of people, 22:22 some of our family and friends know obviously, 22:24 but one of the things that really played into our decision 22:27 is about a year ago, I was actually, 22:30 we were together in British Columbia, 22:32 Canada doing a seminar or conducting a seminar, 22:36 and Stephanie had been gradually suffering 22:40 from anxiety disorder. 22:42 Okay. 22:43 And it wasn't because we were on the road, 22:45 but it had gradually gotten worse, 22:47 and being on the road was very difficult on her, 22:50 it had become difficult on kind of the both of us. 22:52 Being in the new place every month... 22:53 Yeah, yeah. 22:55 And it was just too much of a shift for me 22:57 to handle over and over, so there was a lot. 23:01 That was hard for me in dealing with the changes 23:03 of all the different places. 23:05 Right. 23:06 And so for that reason 23:08 we knew that something was going to have to change soon. 23:11 Another major aspect 23:13 to our decision to settle down was, 23:16 even though I had been so privileged 23:19 to preach over the past five years, 23:20 I had filled my schedule as I said earlier 23:23 with eight to nine evangelistic series, 23:25 and for those of you who don't know how long these are, 23:28 I mean these are month long, 23:29 sometimes longer series 23:31 and that's, you know, I was preaching everywhere 23:33 from six to seven sermons per week. 23:36 Six to seven sermons per week? 23:39 Per week and so you do the math on that, 23:41 it's a lot of talking, a lot of preaching 23:44 which I don't regret it any of it. 23:45 And a lot of preparation. 23:47 A lot of preparation, and it was a blessing and an honor, 23:50 and I'm certainly not going to stop 23:51 because even here at 3ABN 23:53 there will be opportunities for me to go out 23:55 into the field and preach, 23:56 but preaching that much 23:58 will actually take a toll on your voice. 24:01 And me being a singer... 24:02 Yeah. 24:04 You got it, it's just like any other muscle, 24:05 or any other part of the body, 24:06 it has to be properly taken care of, 24:08 and what I was doing is I was overusing my voice, 24:11 and it was starting to affect my singing, 24:15 my vocal ability to sing. 24:17 And that really hit home because I love to sing 24:20 and I love to give glory to God through music, 24:23 and so that really was kind of an eye opener for me 24:26 along with Stephanie's current condition. 24:29 She actually ended up 24:30 while we were in British Columbia, 24:31 she ended up through faith we prayed, 24:34 "Lord, open up a way for us to figure out how to help her." 24:38 So many wonderful people donated money 24:41 so that I could attend Dr. Neil Nedley's program. 24:45 Wow, nice. 24:47 Yes, so I went there, I was about 10, 11 days, 24:51 went through all the hydrotherapy, 24:52 and all that too... 24:54 Right. 24:55 But, yeah, it did really helped, 24:56 I've enjoyed my time there for sure. 24:58 Good. Good. 24:59 So she got the help she needed 25:02 and she has just been improving, improving, improving 25:05 since then, and my voice was starting 25:09 to become overwhelmed with all of the preaching 25:12 and the stress that I was putting on it, 25:14 so we finally had made the decision, 25:16 "Lord, I can't continue to overuse my voice like this 25:19 or I'm never going to be able to sing for You 25:21 as I want to and desire to." 25:24 So we prayed, "Lord, open up a window, 25:26 we can still serve You, still be in ministry, 25:29 and use our talents for You, 25:30 but maybe not in the same way." 25:32 And here we are 25:34 and God has blessed us tremendously, I mean. 25:35 Yeah, that's wonderful. 25:37 I also have been wanting to go back to teaching 25:40 because even though I love traveling 25:42 and getting to meet all the new people every month, 25:46 it was still, like he was the evangelist, 25:49 and so I ran registration... 25:50 And you were the wife. 25:52 And then he would preach and I would sit there. 25:53 Yeah, yeah. 25:55 But I'm like, I went and got my degree for teaching, 25:58 and I would like to go back to do that again, 26:00 but for us to do that would require him 26:03 to come off the road too 26:05 because if not, then I was going to be home, 26:06 and he would be gone... 26:08 Yeah, and that's tough. 26:09 Five months and more, 26:11 and so that would have been really rough on us... 26:12 That's tough. Yeah. 26:13 And you strike me as someone 26:15 who wants to be active, you want to be doing something, 26:17 you want to have your hands on something. 26:19 I do. 26:20 Yes, yes, that's awesome. 26:22 Well, it's just amazing to see how God works 26:25 and how God brings people together. 26:27 And, you know, when you look at the stories 26:30 and testimonies behind all of the 3ABN employees 26:33 and how they ended up here. 26:35 Yes. Right. 26:37 It's nothing short of miracles, 26:38 it's nothing short of God's divine providence. 26:41 Sure, sure. 26:43 So I'm just happy to have both of you guys here. 26:46 It's a blessing. 26:47 New addition to basketball here too. 26:50 Oh, let me see basketball, yeah. 26:51 That's true. 26:53 Every week he'll here probably. 26:54 Yes, yes. Sure. 26:56 So what do you want to see happen 27:00 with the 3ABN Praise Him music channel? 27:04 Well, we have been actually 27:08 considering many different things. 27:10 I have so many different ideas, 27:12 I was sharing with Danny 27:13 and few other leadership yesterday, 27:15 but, you know, what ultimately what we want to see 27:18 is we want to bring in some of our artists 27:22 that we've used in the past, 27:23 we want to bring in some new artists. 27:26 There's people out there that have a wonderful talent 27:28 that they want to share with the Lord, 27:29 but maybe there's someone out there 27:31 who hasn't, 27:34 you know, been noticed, 27:35 and we want to be able to bring them in 27:37 for God's glory as well. 27:38 And so if they want to get in touch with you 27:39 they can email you at... 27:41 Well, ryan.day... 27:44 Ryan.day@3abn.org. 27:48 That's it. That's it. Absolutely. 27:50 Well, thank you so much for joining us today. 27:52 Our time escaped us. 27:54 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 27:56 Make sure you join us next time, 27:58 and remember it just wouldn't be the same without you. |
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