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00:20 Welcome to another Offering in Action Segment
00:23 where we highlight for you one of the projects
00:26 that is in your program...
00:28 that will be a recipient of the offering this year.
00:31 With me is Jason Fournier
00:33 and he's the Director of Kibidula Farms.
00:35 Jason, tell us... where is Kibidula Farms?
00:38 Well, Kibidula is in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania,
00:41 the Eastern side of Africa.
00:43 And tell us what are some of the programs
00:45 that flow out of the ministry of Kibidula.
00:48 At Kibidula we have an Elementary School
00:51 of about 130 students.
00:53 We not only teach them ABCs and how to read and write
00:57 but we're... our goal is to teach them about Jesus
01:01 and that they become missionaries.
01:03 Now, I know that all of the children that come to the school
01:07 not all of them are able to kind of complete the grades
01:11 and the information that is given to them
01:14 what do you do with them?
01:16 Well, actually in our school, they all do pass
01:19 but we find in many schools around...
01:21 we get a lot of children who fail Primary School
01:24 and once they fail... there's no opportunity to continue
01:27 in the normal school system
01:29 so we have a School of Agriculture
01:31 where we take in these Primary or Elementary School dropouts
01:35 and we teach them agriculture and life skills such as
01:41 Carpentry, Sewing, Nutrition, Bible, English, Accounting
01:47 and we have them in our school for two years,
01:51 it gives them time to mature
01:53 before they go back to the village
01:54 and become more successful subsistence farmers.
01:57 So you actually give them some tools to work with
02:00 so that they... they haven't failed...
02:02 they can actually live a life.
02:04 Right... and what we actually find is many of them...
02:06 once they've been through our school,
02:07 they realize they can pass...
02:09 they go on to private secondary schools
02:14 and finish their education.
02:16 Wonderful, wonderful, share with us...
02:18 there's actually something there...
02:19 so even though it's called Kibidula Farms
02:22 or Kibi... as we affectionately call it,
02:24 you do... there's schooling
02:27 and obviously there's some farming
02:28 that occurs there as well... agriculture?
02:31 In the past... ASI has sponsored an Avocado Farm
02:37 which... the goal is to continue to support the mission
02:42 going on... we've planted about 10,000 trees
02:45 and they're in the process...
02:46 some are actually being harvested this year
02:49 and over the next few years,
02:50 that plantation will reach maturity.
02:53 Debbie: 10,000 trees? Jason: Yes.
02:55 That's a lot of trees,
02:56 so how many workers do you have... staff...
03:01 at Kibidula Farms to accomplish that?
03:03 Between staff and workers
03:05 we have about 60 on-campus workers.
03:09 Now I understand that you also have family recently...
03:13 involved yourself in some printing work,
03:16 tell us how that has come about and why.
03:19 Well, Kibidula has been involved
03:21 for many years in the publishing work,
03:23 we have been translating books, preparing them for printing
03:27 and arranging printing in either Korea or America and now Poland
03:31 but...
03:33 more recently... we've realized
03:36 that there is more need for tools for evangelism
03:40 that church members can have in their hands
03:41 to give out to the public and so we recently acquired
03:47 not only a printing press and its associated equipment
03:53 but a Printer from here in the United States
03:57 and he is running this press in his garage.
04:01 Oh, in his garage... okay... so I've seen...
04:05 I'm a daughter of a Printer and so I've seen it,
04:09 it's massive and you need a lot of space
04:12 so he must have a huge garage.
04:15 Actually it's not,
04:17 it's smaller than a standard garage,
04:18 and when you go in there, it's very crowded,
04:21 you've got three printers
04:23 and the machine for cutting the paper
04:28 and then in his kitchen, he's got the Plate Makers
04:31 and in his living room, he's got... Bindery Equipment
04:35 and when you're producing a small book,
04:39 you've got 1,000s of pages in little stacks
04:43 all over his dining room and kitchen counters and bedrooms
04:47 so it's quite complicated, actually.
04:50 Okay, so they might have him on "Hoarders"
04:54 hoarders of printing materials and everything,
04:56 so this is a... this presents the need
04:59 that's reflected in the project for this year.
05:03 Right, church members are craving these tools
05:06 and as we've been sending out these booklets,
05:09 pamphlets and Bibles Studies,
05:12 the orders are just coming in, people want more and more
05:16 and the space is way too small
05:17 and so the idea is to build a building
05:21 that will house the equipment
05:23 with enough space to work comfortably and efficiently.
05:26 Now you said that there was a lot of need
05:28 and requests for these materials,
05:31 you shared with me the experience of
05:34 having gone out and... someone...
05:37 that I think that's even gone through the school
05:40 that you saw and how they were using the materials.
05:43 We have a School of Evangelism on our place
05:47 and so we have about 50 people per year graduating
05:51 it's a five-month course, we do it twice a year
05:54 and as they go out... I don't remember them all
05:57 but we build one-day churches and many times
06:00 when I'm in distant areas building these churches,
06:04 I meet the person who is in charge of that group
06:07 where we're building the church
06:08 and they'll say, "Do you remember me?"
06:10 and I'm like... "The face is familiar... "
06:11 they attended our school and now they've gone out...
06:15 they've started a church
06:17 and they've been ordering Bible Studies,
06:20 they've been spreading them out
06:21 and here are the fruits... we see them
06:23 and this is all over Tanzania... this is happening
06:26 and it's such a blessing to be a part of this
06:30 and to now witness first hand time after time...
06:34 these churches are the result
06:35 of the work that's been going on at Kibidula.
06:38 So just a sidebar question, so you're involved in building
06:42 one-day churches all throughout Tanzania
06:44 to meet those needs?
06:45 Right... over the past several years
06:47 we've built several hundred churches
06:49 this year alone,
06:50 we are putting up about a 100 churches
06:52 and it's a huge blessing,
06:56 I can't say how much blessing this is,
06:58 it's not just housing members that are already there
07:02 once you build a church in the area,
07:05 the church grows rapidly because
07:07 it's one of the ways that attracts people
07:11 that there is a church here, what's it all about?
07:15 They start to attend and then they...
07:16 they fill it up... and it's such a blessing.
07:19 So the one-day church of some sorts
07:23 is a tool for evangelism as it attracts people to come.
07:26 It's a huge tool for evangelism.
07:28 And so the printing press,
07:30 the building that will house the printing press
07:32 will allow you to meet the needs of the requests
07:34 for literature that you receive.
07:36 That's right.
07:37 Thank you so much Jason,
07:39 we will continue to pray for Kibidula Farms,
07:41 it's way more than a farm but it's meeting God's bidding.
07:45 Thank you very much and thank you ASI
07:47 for supporting these projects.
07:48 Now coming to the podium is a team of four,
07:53 Henry and Arleen Stubbs, they lead out World Youth Group
07:58 and with them is Luis Armador and Yanet Carballo
08:02 who are coming, so come right on...
08:05 okay, you guys come on this way, you know,
08:08 when you get a whole lot of people,
08:09 we got to get close together, all right...
08:10 very good, all right,
08:12 so, Henry, first of all I'd like you to share with us
08:15 a little bit about World Youth Group,
08:18 give us an overview of what this is and what they do.
08:21 World Youth Group was a Sabbath School class
08:24 in a little church plant
08:26 my parents started in South Carolina,
08:28 it was a little group of youth
08:30 that wanted to do something for Jesus,
08:32 it was originally in Westminster
08:36 the WYG is what the youth started calling themselves
08:39 when we started getting involved in missions
08:41 first in Chile and later in Cuba
08:43 and as it outgrew and became a 501c3
08:47 the youth kind of renamed it and they said,
08:49 it's not just Westminister Youth Group anymore,
08:51 it's World Youth Group,
08:53 and we do four things in Cuba by God's grace,
08:56 and we're so grateful for what the Lord has done,
09:00 we do nothing but He does everything
09:03 and we are just grateful.
09:04 Those four things are: Train, Send, Harvest and Establish.
09:12 You got it?
09:14 Train, Send, Harvest and Establish.
09:17 We train young people, we train youth in Cuba
09:21 to dedicate a year or more of their life,
09:23 many of them are just staying with it now
09:26 because they're just excited about evangelism
09:29 but they go out and learn how to help people
09:32 in areas where we have no Adventist presence.
09:35 That's our burden... Debbie...
09:38 it is areas where... in Cuba...
09:40 where we've never been before as an Adventist Church
09:42 no Sabbath Keepers, very little Protestantism
09:45 and God has blessed.
09:46 Secondly, we support them to go out,
09:49 we have to buy a house in that town
09:51 and give them some money to live on
09:54 you can live on 25 dollars a month in Cuba
09:57 and we have 40 full-time workers now,
10:00 we're going to 60 and hope to go to a 100 soon.
10:03 And the third thing that we do is harvest.
10:07 We come down with North American young people...
10:10 North American youth and join the Cuban youth
10:12 in this new Unentered area after they've been there a year
10:15 and have a harvest and lastly... we establish.
10:19 We buy a house, we build a church,
10:22 we're building a school in Cuba,
10:24 we're building a Medical Missionary School
10:28 and a Bible Worker School to have a permanent presence
10:32 right now they've let us use the SDA Seminary
10:35 that's where we've been working
10:36 in harmony with them, it's been a blessing.
10:38 And so that's actually the project,
10:40 that we want to be able to support World Youth Group
10:44 so that they can build or purchase
10:46 and make provision for seven more house churches.
10:50 Let me ask Arlene a question,
10:51 Arleen, share with me...
10:53 you've been working with these youth from the beginning
10:55 what kind of impact is this having on their lives?
10:58 Well, it's been exciting for us and for them,
11:03 we started with just one youth and before we knew it
11:07 we had almost as many youth as we did adults
11:12 attending the whole church but they went around the world.
11:17 At one time we had youth working
11:20 I think, in about six different places as missionaries
11:24 and several have gone to Southern to study Theology,
11:29 some are pastors and pastors' wives
11:32 and we still stay in contact with many of them
11:36 and we love them and we're like family
11:38 and just like all of us here
11:41 and we just praise the Lord for the opportunity
11:44 to work with youth and...
11:45 God has really blessed in their lives and in ours.
11:48 Amen. Amen...
11:49 Now I'd like to actually shift it over to the Cuban...
11:53 the Cuban side, okay, with Brother Luis and Yanet.
11:57 All right, Yanet tell me what is your role...
12:00 you lived there in Cuba...
12:02 Yes... yes, we did...
12:03 And so, this is actually your first visit
12:05 to the States... to America?
12:06 Yes, it is.
12:07 Okay, tell me what your role is with World Youth Group.
12:10 Well, I first started as a translator,
12:13 then I turned into a teacher and then I turned into a mother
12:19 so everybody knows that that being a mother
12:22 is a very demanding task
12:24 so that's mostly what I do,
12:26 I take a little time to go and translate
12:29 and then I take a little time to go and teach
12:31 so this is how we got involved.
12:33 Okay and this is a husband and wife team
12:35 so your husband... Luis... what is your role
12:38 at the Cuban Union and tell me how
12:41 World Youth Group Harvest Ministry
12:45 has impacted the evangelism efforts for the Union.
12:49 Well, I'm working there as the Spirit of Prophecy Coordinator
12:53 for the Cuban Union and it's been a blessing
12:56 working with this ministry.
12:59 We met them in 2006, we started working with them
13:02 as a helper and translator as well,
13:05 in 2010, I was called to serve
13:08 in this position in the Cuban Union
13:10 and then the experience
13:12 we had had in the past with World Youth Group
13:15 we tried to implement that in the whole island
13:17 that means that now the three Conferences are in the mission
13:22 the Bible Workers there have been trained
13:25 and those Conferences have been equipped
13:28 with all the devices they need for Health Expos.
13:31 Today, I can say... I can tell you that
13:35 this is the most effective missionary tool
13:39 in the Cuban Union a lot of youth are on fire
13:44 they want to be a student of the LIGHT School,
13:47 every year, we receive a lot of phone calls,
13:50 they want to be a part of this dream as well.
13:53 And what kind of impact has it had in terms of response,
13:58 have you had baptisms,
14:00 you've got churches that are growing...
14:02 Wonderful question, we have 40 Bible Workers,
14:08 they are working full time
14:10 over 240 graduates from the LIGHT School,
14:17 we have had five one-month LIGHT Schools there
14:22 now we're planning to start a six-month LIGHT School,
14:27 lot of Leaders and Laymen... they are really desiring
14:31 a Bible Worker...
14:33 Medical Missionary in their communities.
14:35 So you mentioned... I want to bring this back
14:37 so that we don't miss it, you said, "A LIGHT School?"
14:41 So is this LIGHT that comes to provide the training?
14:44 The curriculum... yes... provided by LIGHT...
14:46 they really help us.
14:48 Okay so here again we see the connection... that's right...
14:52 and the collaboration of our ministries together for service.
14:55 Wonderful... wonderful.
14:57 For me this is a perfect example
14:58 of how the formal structure of the church
15:01 can be blended with the self-supporting ministries,
15:04 they are working in coordination
15:06 with the Leaders of the Conferences
15:08 and the Union... going forward to win souls for Christ.
15:13 Well, praise God, thank you very much,
15:15 Henry and Arleen... Luis and Yanet...
15:17 God bless you as you continue to serve Him in Cuba
15:19 with World Youth Group. Luis: God bless you too.
15:21 Greg... welcome... you're from?
15:27 Originally, I'm from around Grand Rapids, Michigan.
15:30 And, tell us a little bit about your upbringing as a young adult
15:36 or adolescent there.
15:37 I was raised a Seventh-day Adventist,
15:39 I'd... I had a really...
15:42 I had a really average Seventh-day Adventist upbringing
15:46 I was a Pathfinder,
15:48 a member of the lonia Seventh-day Adventist Church
15:50 so... an awesome childhood.
15:52 And so then, things changed a little bit with your family
15:55 and you went to a public school, then what happened?
15:59 Well, my parents divorced and ultimately I was led into
16:03 a public school system where I made the wrong friends,
16:06 started making the wrong choices... wrong decisions
16:09 which ultimately led me into a juvenile life of crime.
16:13 And what did that include?
16:15 It started with smoking cigarettes,
16:17 sneaking out of the house,
16:18 ultimately it led to smoking Marijuana
16:21 and ultimately... beyond that... to selling Marijuana.
16:24 And so, you actually became a dealer
16:27 and this became your profession, give us some idea
16:30 as to how much business you were doing in drug pushing.
16:33 By the age of 18,
16:34 I had made the acquaintance of an individual
16:37 who was in the Mexican Mafia,
16:39 he was not your average supplier
16:42 and by the age of... about nineteen and a half,
16:45 I was selling on average... about 40 pounds a week.
16:48 And so, in dollars that's...
16:50 you were selling about 8,000 dollars worth of drugs a day?
16:56 And that profited you...?
16:58 About 2,000 dollars a day would be the average,
17:00 and some days I'd have some sales of over 32,000,
17:03 I'd make eight grand a sale...
17:05 Eight thousand dollars a day that you were making
17:09 and this lasted for a number of years
17:11 but then in 2002 what happened?
17:13 Hmmm... ultimately, I was arrested,
17:17 the DEA along with Central Michigan Enforcement Team
17:20 and lonia County Sheriff's office,
17:22 and State Police, arrested me.
17:25 And you were not only dealing... you started...
17:29 you were addicted and even doing some other crime,
17:34 robbery and...
17:35 Yes, absolutely,
17:37 it never stopped with the Marijuana,
17:39 Marijuana graduated into Ecstasy,
17:41 from Ecstasy... Cocaine...
17:42 from Cocaine came Shrooms and pharmaceuticals
17:44 and by the time that I was arrested,
17:47 I was an extremely bad addict.
17:49 And so, when you were arrested,
17:51 you were first in jail and then prison,
17:53 there's a difference... and what happened to you in there
17:58 when you saw what you saw in the prison?
18:00 Well, I'll back up a little bit, I...
18:03 for years I had been using drugs,
18:05 and in using drugs, I'd done a lot of bad things
18:09 including robbing my own parents
18:11 and by 2005, my addiction was so bad
18:13 that I was shooting up Panthenol Patches
18:16 mixed with Crack Cocaine
18:18 and my doctor's office cut me off with my pain patches
18:21 which then led me to breaking into homes
18:24 which then led to a seven-year prison term.
18:27 And so, what happened in prison?
18:29 It was when I got to prison, I started looking around me
18:33 then I realized who I had become.
18:35 I could look around and I could see these individuals
18:38 that had been in prison for ten, twenty years...
18:40 some were doing life on the installment plan,
18:43 coming back and forth every couple of years
18:45 and I could see that if something didn't change...
18:48 and change drastically, that was going to be me.
18:50 And so, did people visit you
18:53 and bring you Bibles and material
18:55 to support you... what happened?
18:57 No... ha... ha... ha... ha... no they did not
19:01 and for the first few months, it was just myself,
19:05 my parents used tough love,
19:06 they knew that if they didn't create an absence of...
19:11 of attention, I was just going to continue
19:15 down the path that I had been
19:16 so, by the time that I got to prison,
19:18 I had not had the family relationship that I was used to,
19:21 I had nobody to rely on and I was left with the fact
19:25 that if something didn't change,
19:27 my life was going to be totaled...
19:29 it was going to be drastic so...
19:31 So, when you experienced this, you saw that God was able to
19:38 reach you and that you did have value,
19:41 that He was still...
19:43 even though your family had lost connection with you
19:46 and even pastors who you wrote to... didn't respond...
19:50 but you still felt connected with God.
19:53 Well, that's true, as I looked around I realized
20:00 that my only option was God,
20:03 I'd been raised a Seventh-day Adventist,
20:06 I knew that Jesus Christ was my only option
20:08 and so the day came...
20:09 after 16 days of silence in myself,
20:12 that I finally gave up
20:13 and I didn't really know how to pray anymore,
20:15 it had been so long since I talked to God
20:17 but that night I got on my knees and I...
20:19 and I started asking God for forgiveness
20:21 for everything that I had ever done
20:23 and I was very specific and so as I'm confessing my sins,
20:27 tears started falling down my face
20:28 and I cried and I poured my heart out to God
20:31 and after a couple of hours of praying
20:33 and crying my heart out to God,
20:34 I got up and I laid on my bunk
20:36 and as I laid on my bunk,
20:37 and I've told this story before,
20:39 I swear I felt the weight of my sin rise off of my body
20:42 and it was then that I knew that I'd been forgiven
20:45 and it was that sense of hope...
20:48 of knowing that God loved me that I was cared for,
20:51 then I knew that no matter what happened beyond that point,
20:54 God was going to take care of me... that He loved me.
20:58 And so your past doesn't dictate...
21:01 you have a saying,
21:03 "Your past doesn't dictate your future... "
21:06 and so you felt free at that time
21:08 and that without Christ, there is certain destruction.
21:13 Oh, absolutely... so, once I was forgiven,
21:16 I didn't know what was in store
21:17 but I knew that my life was going to be different
21:20 so as the devil tempted and as these choices came,
21:23 I decided to turn my life over to God
21:25 and it happened one decision at a time
21:27 and over the next couple of years
21:29 and as I grew into God, my father had sent me a Bible
21:32 and the "Conflict of Ages Set"
21:33 and I began studying and the next thing you know...
21:35 I'm sharing in prison
21:36 and the next thing after that is...
21:38 I'm having Bible Studies in prison, from prison to prison,
21:41 I transferred 13 times over seven years,
21:43 but I watched as God took my heart and changed it
21:46 from a heart of stone to a heart of flesh
21:48 and I began looking at my fellow prisoners
21:50 not as convicts but as people
21:52 that needed the same freedom that I had.
21:54 So when you got out of prison,
21:57 you started a ministry, what's that called?
21:58 The Ministry is called, "Conviction Ministries. "
22:01 We have to move right along... and so the...
22:03 it's basically based on freedom from sin,
22:06 it's not just prison...
22:08 going and ministering to prisoners,
22:10 it's freeing them from sin.
22:12 Correct, my ministry is dedicated
22:14 to offering individuals the same hope that God gave me.
22:18 And so, when you got out of prison,
22:20 you connected with your community,
22:22 and who were some of the people you went in... connected with?
22:25 Well, most recently the Chief of Police in the town,
22:28 the very Officer who used to pursue me
22:29 and did his best to arrest me
22:32 is now the one handing out my book.
22:33 He's actually sharing my testimony
22:35 and helping others in my community
22:37 understand that with Jesus Christ,
22:39 freedom from sin is a reality.
22:41 And what's the name of your book?
22:42 It's called, "Where Darkness Reigned. "
22:44 And you feel that you can restore
22:47 and you were able to heal things
22:50 and correct things that you had broken.
22:52 Absolutely.
22:54 And so, tell us a little bit about
22:56 how people can become involved
22:58 and to avoid that 90 percent return to prison
23:04 and you can help them avoid that.
23:07 One of the biggest problems that I faced
23:09 upon getting out of prison was...
23:10 finding individuals that understood
23:12 that just because you were a prisoner,
23:14 you were a drug addict or you were addicted to something
23:16 doesn't mean that you don't have value,
23:18 with Christ Jesus, we are reborn,
23:20 we become new creations, we are a new creature
23:23 and I... Conviction Ministries is dedicated
23:26 to making that a reality in other people's lives
23:29 and so if individuals want to become part of that experience,
23:32 give me a phone call.
23:33 If you have a son or daughter that's addicted
23:35 or you know somebody that's struggling,
23:37 give me a phone call, I'd be more than happy to help.
23:39 So oftentimes in church we sit there
23:41 and act like everything's okay but there may be someone here,
23:45 there may be someone in your church,
23:47 who is suffering or has somebody who's at risk,
23:51 addicted to drugs... other things...
23:54 committing crime, they may be in prison
23:56 but the church pretends that there's really not a problem
24:01 so if you know of somebody like that or someone in your family,
24:05 contact Greg at his ministry, Conviction Ministries
24:12 and he will help reach out to these people
24:14 and give them the hope that they need.
24:17 Greg: Amen... thank you.
24:20 My name is Floyd Courtney and I have the privilege
24:25 of interviewing two very interesting ministries
24:29 the first one is... Dale Mole,
24:32 he's a Physician and Dale,
24:34 you told me a little bit about your beginning of your career
24:38 and it was an interesting way, it seemed like to me
24:41 that the Lord was preparing you for this part of your career,
24:44 tell me a little bit about it.
24:45 Yes, well I was a Physician in the United States Navy
24:49 for over 33 years and served part of that time
24:55 aboard submarines
24:56 and have been stationed around the world in many countries
24:59 including spending time in Iraq and Afghanistan
25:03 so... and the South Pole and so
25:08 I had a pretty good idea of what it was like
25:11 to try and provide good medical care in bad places
25:15 and when the opportunity came up to go to Nepal,
25:19 I thought this might be an opportunity to apply the skills
25:23 that I had acquired over the course of a lifetime
25:27 to do the Lord's work.
25:28 All right, so, what was the transition...
25:31 how did you segue over from being a Physician in the Navy
25:35 to getting to Nepal you said was... is where you have
25:39 done your ministry lately.
25:41 Right, well, when I retired from the Navy,
25:44 I served in the South Pole for a year
25:46 at Amunden-Scott South Pole Station,
25:49 I was... for that year...
25:51 I was the Southern-most Adventist in the world
25:55 but when I came back, I was in church one day
26:00 and Lowell Cooper, who many in the audience know I'm sure,
26:05 came up to me in church and said,
26:07 "Dale, I know you retired from the Navy, what are you doing?"
26:09 I said, "Well, I don't have to rent my time anymore,
26:13 I've reached that stage in my life
26:15 and I'm looking around for something interesting to do"
26:18 and several months later,
26:21 my wife, Susan, and I... find ourselves in Nepal.
26:24 Okay, tell us about that,
26:26 something interesting that you found to do for the Lord now.
26:28 Yeah, well, I tell you,
26:30 when we first stepped off the plane,
26:32 we actually... I don't know what my wife's reaction was
26:35 but I almost felt like getting back on the plane
26:37 and heading home, but I got to tell you
26:39 the first week I was there, I probably saw more miracles
26:43 performed than in the previous decade in the United States,
26:47 the... just... one quick story if I could,
26:53 there was a little ten-year old boy
26:57 who had untreated Typhoid fever
26:59 and he came into our Emergency Department
27:02 on the verge of death,
27:03 he was in what we call, "Septic Shock"
27:06 and we took him to the operating room
27:08 and performed surgery,
27:11 he had a hole in his bowel that we closed
27:14 and then he went to our Intensive Care Unit
27:16 which is where I first saw him,
27:17 he... he was on the verge of death...
27:23 he was just...
27:25 his Septic Shock state has an 80 percent mortality rate,
27:29 he then developed a condition that we call "Adult... "
27:32 not adult but "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome"
27:36 which also has a very high mortality rate,
27:38 so this ten-year old Nepali boy,
27:41 I thought was not going to survive the night
27:44 and we prayed... the family was there crying...
27:47 you know, we told them it was in the Lord's hands,
27:51 I came in the next morning
27:54 and not only was he still alive but he was doing better,
27:57 that afternoon he was off the ventilator,
28:00 two days later, he was sitting up smiling
28:03 in our Pediatric Ward.
28:05 Interviewer: Wow! praise the Lord.
28:06 That is why, I went to Nepal and that's why I'm staying in Nepal.
28:10 Tell us a little bit about... on the news we heard about
28:13 earthquakes in Nepal,
28:15 how has that impacted the hospital and your work there?
28:19 Well, initially, we had nine patients that arrived...
28:23 they were dead on arrival...
28:24 but we treated over a 1,000 earthquake victims
28:27 and all the patients that arrived there remained alive,
28:31 and if I had more time I could tell you,
28:34 a number of stories about true miracles
28:38 that occurred during that time period
28:40 but the earthquake itself
28:41 was a real tragedy for the Country of Nepal,
28:45 it set it back probably about a decade,
28:46 but it has also provided a real opportunity for the Lord's work
28:51 many medical facilities were destroyed
28:54 so I think it is an opportunity to expand Adventist Healthcare
28:58 in Nepal... many schools were destroyed
29:00 I think it's an opportunity to expand Adventist education
29:04 in Nepal and we have had some great partners here
29:10 in the world church, especially Asian Aid USA,
29:15 Three Angels Broadcasting has really helped us raise money
29:20 that is badly needed for the hospital
29:22 not only just from an earthquake standpoint but also
29:26 just in the replacing of aging equipment and facilities.
29:28 Okay Brother, in the last little bit of time we have
29:31 tell us what is witnessing like,
29:33 I understand that there are laws
29:34 that are making it more difficult there
29:36 versus the United States and other places.
29:38 Yeah it is, you can be put in prison
29:41 for proselytization
29:43 so ours is certainly a work of ministry
29:46 not a work... a... oh... I'm sorry...
29:49 it's a ministry of work, of service
29:51 and not a ministry of Word but what we try and do is
29:56 have our patients see the compassion and love of Christ
30:01 reflected in the care that we provide to them
30:04 and by that method, we help to win souls in Nepal.
30:07 All right... have you seen any...
30:09 what response have you seen to the work
30:12 as far as spiritually,
30:14 are you seeing some changes in people's lives
30:16 and things like that or...?
30:19 Yes, I think very much so,
30:22 Susan and I have only been there eight months
30:25 but there are a lot of really talented Nepali people,
30:28 a lot of people who are really on fire for Christ, if you will,
30:34 so I am very optimistic about the work in Nepal.
30:37 Wonderful.
30:39 And especially with the help of people in the audience as well,
30:42 we certainly need your prayers.
30:43 Right... well thank you so much
30:45 for sharing with us about your work in Nepal, God bless...
30:46 Thank you.
30:48 And next we have Tim Rasmussen,
30:54 Tim is the President of Waters for Life,
31:00 it's an Organization that provides
31:03 the true physical water and the water of Life,
31:05 and he has his crew with him here,
31:08 and I'll let him introduce them...
31:11 Some time ago, I was wondering
31:14 how can I tell you about Water for Life in seven minutes.
31:18 Through the modern digital age I've discovered a way,
31:21 this is not a telephone, it's a reality recorder
31:25 and I'm going to push playback
31:27 and take you back to a conversation
31:29 that occurred some time ago
31:31 between Gary Bartholomew and his son, Rod.
31:34 Well, now that we got this drill rig set up here
31:41 and I'm a new volunteer,
31:44 I'd like to ask you some questions,
31:45 how did Water for Life get started anyway?
31:50 Rod, it's a "beauty from ashes story,"
31:54 the ashes was 20,000 dollars spent
31:58 for a contractor on a failed attempt in Guatemala
32:02 the beauty was... when the Lord called and said,
32:06 "You grew up... a well driller, let's go for it. "
32:10 There seems to be a lot of people around here
32:14 helping... do you pay them a lot of money to come down and help?
32:18 Everyone involved in Water for Life is a volunteer,
32:21 we have about 40 each year
32:24 that go down to help in the well drilling
32:27 and the other efforts we do...
32:30 and many from different faiths.
32:33 How many wells have you drilled so far in Guatemala?
32:38 We've drilled 79...
32:39 Wow! how many people are drinking from those wells?
32:45 We figure, maybe 25,000 now,
32:47 most villages we drill in are remote
32:50 and there might be 200 to 600 people in each village.
32:54 Wow! that sounds like a lot,
32:56 does that really help the people though just a well...
33:00 just clean water?
33:01 Well, in the words of the health ministry there,
33:04 they say, mortality dropped
33:06 where Water for Life drills wells,
33:09 in the words of the villagers, they say,
33:13 "Thank you for that well last year,
33:15 we've lost none of our babies since you drilled last year. "
33:19 Amen.
33:21 Is there still a need for more wells,
33:24 I mean, 79 wells, we've already drilled...
33:27 is there a need for anymore?
33:28 In the radius that we work
33:30 there's need for hundreds and hundreds more wells.
33:34 And I've also seen Dentists and Nurses
33:38 working out in the different villages, tell me about those.
33:42 Yes, we provide medical and dental care as we can
33:45 in the villages where we drill,
33:47 we also ship a lot of medical equipment
33:50 in the yearly container that we ship down
33:53 with the drilling supplies and equipment.
33:55 And on my way here, I noticed,
33:58 we drove right past an Adventist Church,
34:01 are we involved with that at all?
34:04 We've drilled wells, bought property,
34:07 built a church and seen it fill up,
34:10 what a thrill,
34:11 we've partnered with Upper Columbia Conference
34:13 in this very Conference right here
34:15 in our Youth Department in building churches,
34:18 we've partnered with other ministries also
34:20 such as Amazing Facts.
34:21 Probably oh... 12 or 14 churches now, I believe.
34:28 Wow! do you think that...
34:30 that the wells really help with the Evangelism?
34:34 Rod, when we provide a well,
34:38 spend that few days drilling in a village,
34:41 we gain a relationship... we never lose,
34:45 we never lose that relationship.
34:47 How do we develop people for these churches?
34:54 How did we develop members to fill these churches?
34:57 We hire Bible Workers, we do VBS,
34:59 we have people come down from the United States
35:02 and do Evangelistic Meetings,
35:03 Light Bearers sends millions of pieces of literature
35:09 in Spanish, we ship pallets of Bibles,
35:13 we ship cases of Bible Studies to help build those churches.
35:18 Well, what do you... do you have to be a driller
35:23 to come and help out Water for Life down in Guatemala
35:27 I think there are several people out here
35:29 that probably aren't drillers.
35:31 No Rod, we need motel maids too,
35:33 we build a shop and several rooms
35:36 and so, we need motel maids
35:39 and we need helpers for the drillers,
35:43 we need painters, construction personnel,
35:46 we need translators, we need more medical people,
35:49 dental people.
35:51 That's a little bit about the Water for Life.
35:59 I have some friends from Guatemala here,
36:03 Mr. Leonardo and his wife, Dixel,
36:07 Mr. Berny, what does Water for Life mean
36:11 for the people of Guatemala?
36:12 To the people of Guatemala, it means hope, love,
36:17 everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord,
36:20 gracias, agua para la vida...
36:22 thank you Water for Life.
36:24 That's what I can tell you about Water for Life
36:29 and show you about Water for Life,
36:30 what I invite you to do is come and join us.
36:34 Water for Life provides life and Life-giving water
36:38 and the everlasting gospel to people that are thirsty
36:43 and hungry for it, thank you very much.
36:55 Boy! you've been enjoying these stories?
36:58 It's amazing what God's doing around the world,
37:01 I'm excited to be here this evening with you
37:04 with Millie and John Youngberg,
37:06 tell me where you're from
37:08 and a little bit about your ministry and what you guys do.
37:10 Well, we live in Berrien Springs Michigan
37:13 and we're both retired from Andrews University
37:16 and our ministry is,
37:17 "WIN! Wellness, Homes of Hope and Health. "
37:20 Very good, so tell me a couple of things
37:22 that you guys are doing in your ministry.
37:24 Well, we are touching the world with our ministry,
37:29 we felt that God had called us to be a blessing to the nations
37:35 and that's what we're trying to do
37:36 and... you tell us about the Jabez Prayer.
37:40 Jabez prayed that God would bless him indeed...
37:45 and so that is what God did for him
37:48 and extended his territory and we pray the same prayer
37:52 and God has sent us to the world.
37:54 Amen... so tell me a little bit about
37:56 what's happening in Vietnam.
37:58 Oh, this is very exciting, we trained some people
38:02 in Singapore to do WIN! Wellness Homes of Hope and Health
38:07 a few years ago and now, these people have translated
38:11 all of our materials into the Vietnamese language
38:14 and it's so exciting to hear that they are in small groups
38:20 in Vietnam and Hanoi and are using our materials
38:24 and the lady who spoke to us about the translation, she said,
38:28 "Your material is all over Vietnam,"
38:31 I said, "All over?"
38:32 she said, "All over Vietnam and it's above ground"
38:37 and that's "Wow!"
38:38 Amen, it's really exciting, they were telling me
38:41 that these are small group materials
38:43 that have been put in
38:45 to public evangelism context and so they're using them
38:48 and getting baptisms through those materials.
38:50 Amen, so tell me about another project you guys are working on
38:54 in the Muslim territories of the world.
38:58 The Muslims of the world are a great privilege to reach
39:04 and the work isn't easy is it?
39:07 And we will not mention specific countries
39:12 because of political sensitivities
39:14 and religious sensitivities,
39:16 but one pastor... last year... he reported 5,000 baptisms
39:26 and over... about half of these
39:29 he attributed to the WIN! Wellness Program,
39:32 among these specifically, he stated that
39:37 20 Muslims were baptized and, you know,
39:41 we just have to praise God because... well the Bible says,
39:45 "He who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ,
39:48 he shall be saved," and many of these people
39:51 are believing and God is reaching them.
39:55 In another country, the work is going also
39:58 among these people and the lady who reported to us
40:02 just told us how these people are interested in health,
40:06 they say it agrees with their philosophy and religion of life
40:11 and they're just happy to see this work going on.
40:15 I'd just like to ask... add that...
40:18 they have a special program for the Muslims,
40:22 they feed them breakfast, they do exercise with them,
40:25 they do "Love in action" things,
40:27 they meet their physical needs, health needs,
40:29 and as a result, there are these Muslims
40:32 who feel their love...
40:34 love in action is a very important part of ministering
40:37 to our Muslim friends.
40:39 Amen, you know it's really a burden of mine
40:41 to see us working in those kinds of fields
40:44 I was reading recently a Spirit of Prophecy quote
40:47 where it was saying, "How can we be satisfied
40:50 and to have known these truths for all our lives
40:52 and not shared in places that have never heard"
40:54 and it's really exciting to see
40:56 you using your ministry to do exactly that,
40:58 tell me one more exciting thing that happened very recently
41:01 in your ministry just before the GC Session.
41:05 Well, we have started small groups in our own home
41:10 and if
41:12 small groups are good for the world then it will be good
41:14 to do it in your own home, don't you think so?
41:16 And we knocked on doors down the street
41:19 and up to four non-Adventists were attending,
41:22 one of them... his name was John Nit...
41:25 and John Nit... he... first of all he said,
41:28 "Well, this is interesting,
41:30 and I'm just going to take little mini-steps... "
41:32 he was a little bit afraid of the truths of the Bible,
41:35 I'll just take mini-steps and... but then... first of all...
41:39 he said, "I give up my beer... "
41:42 then he took another mini-step, "I give up my pork... "
41:45 and what was the next one Millie?
41:47 Well, the next one was he gave up...
41:50 being mean to his wife and children.
41:54 And so, God was good and on December 20,
41:58 it was my joy to see that you baptized him
42:03 in the waters of baptism,
42:04 a man with a new life in Jesus Christ,
42:07 now there's another one in our group,
42:09 which... he's coming right along...
42:11 he wants to be baptized next month,
42:13 I tell you... it works.
42:14 Amen... so we have just a little bit of time left,
42:17 tell me about what you're holding in your hand.
42:20 This is the book, "JESUS WHO IS HE?
42:26 the most important book Millie and I have ever written,
42:30 the story of Jesus,
42:33 here are 20 episodes in the life of Jesus
42:37 and if it never helps anybody else,
42:41 it has transformed our lives
42:43 and we'd just like to show you some of the pictures
42:48 can you get that?
42:54 You've seen Nathan Greene's "Second Coming of Christ"
42:58 every chapter except one is illustrated by Nathan Greene
43:03 and so we thank God that we can exalt Jesus,
43:08 we'll do well to spend a thoughtful hour every day
43:11 in contemplation of the life of Christ
43:13 and that's what we want our ministry to be,
43:16 that's what we want you to do in your ministry.
43:19 I just must add... when we were in India
43:23 we were working with some Hindus
43:26 and we didn't know that they were Hindus,
43:27 after the meetings were over,
43:30 a Hindu came up to someone and said,
43:33 I would like that lady to pray for me
43:36 so I go to the man and discover that he was a Hindu
43:40 and I said, "What would you like for me to pray about for you?"
43:44 And what did he say, John?
43:45 He said just two words... "More Jesus... "
43:50 Wow! it's from a Hindu's lips... and we praise God
43:56 that we can present "More Jesus... "
43:58 now, you can visit us in our Booth
44:01 number 427... and that we've got lots of more stories
44:05 and we'll be happy to share with you
44:07 and we'd like you to see our Jesus book
44:09 Reaching Out at a very little cost to be a "share book"
44:15 among those who don't know your loving Savior.
44:18 Thank you John and Millie for this great report,
44:20 you know they do all this from their home,
44:22 many of you may be wondering how you can get involved
44:25 to do something for the Lord Jesus,
44:27 start in your home and you can get going right away.
44:29 Thank you so much. Both: Our pleasure.
44:31 Isn't that great?
44:33 Next stop... we are going to be visiting
44:36 with Julia O'Carey and Kaila, her daughter,
44:38 who are from Michigan and are working with ASAP Ministries.
44:43 Julia, tell me a little bit about what ASAP stands for.
44:48 Well, ASAP used to stand for
44:51 Adventist Southeast Asia Projects
44:54 but God has expanded our territory
44:57 to other close countries outside of Southeast Asia
45:00 and so now it's
45:01 "Advocates for Southeast Asians and the Persecuted"
45:05 and our main focus is on training and empowering
45:09 over 400 national missionaries
45:12 to be Disciple Makers in their countries
45:16 and so, it's really exciting what the Lord is doing there.
45:19 Amen, now Kaila,
45:21 tell me a little bit about what you got to do
45:23 recently with ASAP on a Mission Trip.
45:26 Well...
45:30 What impressed you most?
45:34 Well, I really was impressed of how religious the people are
45:38 over there, they wake at 4:30 a. m.
45:42 they were lining the streets ready to give their offerings
45:46 to the Buddhist monks and I thought how big impact
45:51 they would be if they were serving in the Adventist Church.
45:54 Yeah, how many of us are lining up to give our offerings?
45:58 May something change.
45:59 You know, this area that we went to in Laos,
46:03 Satan really has a stronghold there.
46:06 They're very Buddhist, and even tourists would come in
46:09 and just go to worship Buddha there
46:14 and it was strange... I grew up in Asia and I go yearly for ASAP
46:21 but this night... the night we went to this
46:23 one town in Laos, a strange sensation came over,
46:27 I felt like my chest... I couldn't breathe
46:30 and my body was shaking and I was like,
46:33 "What happened, did I get food poisoned or... "
46:35 you know, it really scared me
46:37 and so I just prayed and I claimed Scripture
46:41 and I confessed any known and unknown sin,
46:43 I didn't want any stronghold in my life
46:45 and I said, "Lord, what is going on here?"
46:47 And this happened for hours and then I opened the Word
46:51 and I came to this story of a demon and I said,
46:54 "Oh, I know what... we're on Satan's territory
46:57 and we're wrestling against not flesh and blood
47:01 but against... yeah... the powers of darkness"
47:05 and so I woke my husband up and I said,
47:08 "AJ, we need to really pray...
47:10 God has something for us to do here...
47:12 tomorrow morning... and we need God's power"
47:16 so I prayed... and he prayed for me
47:19 and then I said, "Lord, I sense your presence...
47:21 but I know your Word says,
47:24 'He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world'
47:26 and I'm going to go to sleep in faith"
47:29 and praise God, I was finally able to sleep
47:33 and we woke up in the morning
47:34 and we were able to accomplish the mission
47:36 He sent us there for...
47:38 and this helped me realize that ASAP National Missionaries
47:42 go through this every day, they are battling
47:45 and they are winning thousands of souls for God
47:47 and we need many, many more of these laborers,
47:50 and it's not easy out there at all.
47:53 Amen... so Kaila, tell me a little bit about
47:56 what was one of your experiences while you were there.
47:59 Well, when we went to the villages,
48:02 I would smile at kids and I would
48:04 jump right in with them and play their games
48:08 and I learned that you don't need a language
48:11 in order to make friends for life.
48:13 Also, in one little village, I met this little boy
48:18 and he has Ptosis... which is an eye disease
48:25 that makes your eyelid droopy
48:27 and my heart went out to him because when I was his age,
48:31 I had the same disease,
48:33 so I told the parents that when he was old enough
48:37 I would get enough funds so that he would be able to have
48:42 the same surgery... and they were so happy
48:52 that it made me want to jump for joy.
48:54 You know, you have the opportunity
48:56 to help with that project,
48:57 they have a new ASAP Project called "Operation New Vision"
49:02 so if you want to help her with that goal
49:04 to help that young boy you can certainly do that.
49:07 Julia, tell me one more story
49:09 from your experience there this last trip.
49:12 I was so glad that I was able to go and worship
49:16 with the believers in this new little church
49:18 it's actually... they are worshipping in a house
49:21 and the next morning after that strange incident,
49:24 we went and they showed us land
49:27 and this house that they wanted to buy
49:31 and praise God... He worked a miracle
49:34 that was able to be purchased for them
49:37 and then... that same day
49:39 five Hmong men came from this village way up in the mountains
49:43 just to see us to thank us for how we were going to
49:47 help them with the water system
49:49 and toilets for their village, they had nothing
49:53 and also, a Church Planter
49:55 and I was able to share a testimony with them
49:58 and I said, "Listen, God knew your need
50:01 even before you asked ASAP"
50:03 and I hadn't even shared any communication
50:08 but an ASI member sent a 10,000 dollar check
50:14 for water systems in Laos
50:16 and it was the Holy Spirit that had impressed this person
50:20 and so we had that funding to do this,
50:23 now they have five wells in this village
50:25 and storage tank for the water, 50 toilets and a Church Planter
50:30 that's spreading the gospel there,
50:32 it's just such a blessing to see the way that the Lord works.
50:35 Amen, thank you so much for sharing
50:38 about what's going on there in your trips there
50:41 and thank you for doing the project
50:43 for the boy and his eyes.
50:44 We just want to invite you to come by the ASAP Booth
50:49 it's number... 604...
50:51 and we have a little mission project for your kids
50:55 and come by the Booth and we'll explain it to you,
50:59 I don't think we have too much time now
51:01 but a couple of other things I want to invite you to do,
51:05 ASAP Ministries now has a weekly mission video podcast,
51:09 it's only about 7 to 10 minutes and so if you subscribe to that,
51:14 you can share it with your churches
51:16 and get exciting stories of what God's doing
51:18 in other parts of the world
51:20 and God provided for us to have a new website
51:24 that was just launched today
51:26 so if you go to ASAPministries. org
51:29 you can check that out
51:30 and we're just so grateful to the Lord
51:33 in what He's doing in that part of the world
51:35 we'd love for you to be a part of that as well.
51:37 Amen, thank you so much,
51:39 you know, it's really exciting to see
51:41 how... when God impresses you to give to a project...
51:45 that you don't even really know about... God can use that
51:49 to answer people's prayers before they even happen,
51:53 Next we're going to be visiting with a couple from New York,
51:58 Ivan and Heidi are going to be sharing with us
52:02 about their project in New York,
52:05 tell us what's the name of your project
52:07 and what do you do.
52:08 Sure, it's called Heidi's Health Kitchen
52:10 and God created Heidi's Health Kitchen
52:12 as a means to reach the people of New York City
52:15 through the health message, Medical Ministry work
52:18 and... which we all know is the right arm of the gospel
52:21 and so we offer free cooking classes,
52:24 health lectures and Bible Studies.
52:27 Amen, so it's a self-sustaining mission model
52:31 for both of you as Bible Workers.
52:34 Excellent, now tell me a little bit about
52:36 an experience that you had in that program
52:39 that you're running recently.
52:40 Sure, well we've had several experiences,
52:42 we have some pictures to show as well
52:44 just of some of our cooking class attendees
52:48 we typically have between 35 and 70 people at a class
52:53 and... so this is just one picture
52:56 but the next picture actually shows...
52:58 demonstrating a natural remedy so we include all of that
53:03 within the cooking and the food demonstration
53:06 and this was a young girl who was experiencing some knee pain
53:10 and so I applied a poultice of turmeric and ginger
53:14 to relieve her knee pain. Interviewer: Excellent...
53:16 And so the next picture,
53:18 just shows a little bit of our team,
53:20 we are currently working with the Crossroads Church
53:23 in Times Square, New York City
53:25 and we're directly working with the
53:28 Personal Ministries Department
53:30 and it's been a real blessing to be working with the church,
53:33 Heidi's Health Kitchen is actually a part
53:36 of the long-term evangelistic plans
53:39 of the Crossroads Seventh-day Adventist Church
53:41 so these events are kind of like the bridge events
53:44 to prepare people and to build contacts and relationships
53:48 for our next Evangelistic Series.
53:51 So you're using your business with the exclusive purpose
53:56 of bringing souls to Jesus.
53:58 Heidi: Yes... Interviewer: So that's great.
53:59 And we do get Bible Study contacts
54:01 almost every cooking class which is a real blessing.
54:04 And... and also, if we bring back the last picture
54:09 we can see that there's an Asian lady
54:13 standing at our Booth, this was at a Vegan Food event
54:17 and as we sell our products,
54:21 we also offer free Medical Missionary activities
54:23 like Blood Pressure screening, chair massage
54:28 and also some of the natural remedies as well,
54:32 and this was at Union Square,
54:34 we were invited by a National Animal Rights Day organizer
54:39 who was into New Age but he said he likes our kind
54:43 he said, "I want to help Heidi's Health Kitchen
54:45 so come and set up a Booth or a table
54:46 at Union Square for free"
54:49 and we were able to hand out health literature
54:51 which was run by Adventists like "Health and Wellness"
54:55 and "Take Charge of Health"
54:57 and "Amazing Facts Magazine on Health," so... yeah...
55:02 Amen, so tell me a little bit more about
55:04 this lady that was in the picture.
55:05 Sure, so Carol was introduced to me
55:08 at the end of the "Revelation of Hope"
55:11 with Mark Finley and Ted Wilson.
55:13 Carol had been reaching out to the Seventh-day Adventist Church
55:17 trying to find someone to teach her more about the Bible
55:21 and she had been a Buddhist for 38 years
55:24 and a chain smoker for 37 and when I met her
55:27 we met at the Library in Queens and her English was very limited
55:32 however, we were able to take out a Bible
55:35 that was parallel Mandarin and English
55:37 and we studied the Bible together
55:39 and it was just such a blessing to see the transformation
55:42 that God makes in a person who is searching
55:45 and wants God in their life
55:47 and so Carol quit smoking by God's power
55:51 amen... Interviewer: Amen...
55:53 and her life has been completely transformed,
55:56 she's on fire for the Lord, she is a supporter
55:59 and volunteer of Heidi's Health Kitchen,
56:02 she's on our Board and it's rewarding
56:05 to see someone become a disciple.
56:07 Recently before we went to the GC,
56:10 I had the joy... God gave me the joy
56:13 of seeing Carol involved in a Bible Study...
56:16 sharing her testimony with another Chinese woman
56:19 and it's just so amazing to be working for the Lord.
56:22 And that's really the goal of City Missions,
56:26 it's not only to see people won for Christ,
56:28 but to see the people you won for Christ
56:31 winning people for Christ. Heidi: Amen...
56:33 And so that's really exciting, now, tell me... Ivan...
56:35 a little bit about an experience you're having
56:37 right now that's from the City Mission.
56:40 Sure, absolutely, well, this is a little interesting,
56:42 there was somebody from India
56:44 who wanted to provide some services
56:46 for Heidi's Health Kitchen
56:47 and we said, "We're not at that moment yet"
56:51 and... but we told them
56:53 that we are basing our ministry and business
56:56 from a book written by a lady named Ellen White
56:59 and he asked about the name of the book,
57:02 I said, "there's a compilation called "The Restaurant Work"
57:05 and they're using that as a textbook for their whole venture
57:08 and then he started reading that book
57:09 and later on he read some other book which told him that
57:14 Ellen White was part of some kind of a secret society
57:17 and things like that
57:19 and then he thought I was also a part of secret societies
57:21 and he thought I was Jesuit... he said...
57:23 and then, anyway, so...
57:25 so later on as he did some more research,
57:28 he found out that Ellen White's writings were as per the Bible,
57:32 she had never deviated from the Bible,
57:33 so... and then he said that
57:35 "You know I did the research and I found out... "
57:37 and then so I took that as an opportunity
57:40 to pitch for some Bible Studies so I asked,
57:42 "Would you be interested to study the Bible with me?"
57:44 and then, since then we've been studying
57:46 using Mark Finley's Bible... "Search for Certainty" lessons
57:51 so I study with him on the phone every week.
57:55 So, did you hear that?
57:56 They're doing Bible Studies from their City Mission in New York
57:59 and India by the phone.
58:02 Can somebody say, "Amen. " Audience: Amen.
58:04 That's called global missions from your home.
58:07 Yeah. It's truly exciting,
58:09 well, thank you so much for sharing about that,
58:11 the Lord bless you in your work there
58:12 as you continue to work for the Lord in New York.
58:16 Thank you... Thank you.
58:18 ASI Spokane, Washington.


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All eyes In India have been on the Narendra Modi government's recent budget, and its attempt to perform a balancing act in addressing the concerns of different sections of society, while also giving a stimulus to growth.
There was a clear thrust on agriculture. Some of the important steps include the setting up of the Long Term Irrigation Fund for implementing 89 major/medium irrigation projects. Allocations for micro-irrigation have also been increased.
Other important initiatives were the introduction of a crop insurance scheme, a common e-platform (the United Agricultural Marketing e-Platform) for marketing as well as the introduction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in food processing with the aim of providing farmers a better price for their fruit and vegetable produce. One of the targets set was the doubling of agricultural income in the next five years.
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The focus on agriculture and rural areas was expected for a number of reasons. Rural distress has had a significant impact on India's rural economy and the overall economic climate.
While India has emerged as the fastest growing economy, two droughts and a slowdown in the agrarian sector, along with the global recession, have obstructed the take-off that was anticipated in May 2014 when Modi won.
The opposition had accused the current government of ignoring rural India. The defeat in the Bihar elections in November 2015 conveyed a feeling that the opposition's charge had struck a chord with sections of the electorate, and the BJP clearly wanted to do a mid-course correction with an eye on the upcoming state elections (West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Tamil Nadu, 2016) and well before the UP assembly elections in 2017.
In 2004 when the BJP lost the election, many argued that it was due to the "India shining campaign," which was out of sync with the realities of the country, especially in rural areas. The BJP does not want to make the same mistake again.
In other sections of the budget, the sticking to a fiscal deficit target of 3.9 percent, has come in for praise though many analysts also feel this is ambitious, considering the expenditures likely to be incurred on the initiatives and schemes announced.
The middle class, a key constituency of the BJP, was largely disappointed. Some had expected that the tax slab would be increased, but this was not the case. Instead, another levy (0.5 percent) on all taxable services was imposed for financing projects in agriculture.
The budget has a strong political overtone to it, but the strong emphasis on rural sector was urgently needed and is likely to give a fillip not just to agriculture, but also to rural connectivity and infrastructural growth, which will attract private sector investment.
The decision to introduce FDI in food processing could be a game changer for the rural sector. What this budget also proves is that there is a strong continuity in Indian economic policy, and no government can afford to ignore rural India. While the BJP will not have much of an opportunity for big bang economic reforms, it may be able to deftly push ahead some crucial ones.
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Peggy's Career an Open Book
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Sultry Peggy Lee, internationally known for her lovely singing, has more than just her voice to be proud of. Peggy is one of those rare women who have managed to bring professionalism to all her undertakings, ranging from philanthropic activities to her individual beauty routine.
Peggy is a perfectionist about many things in her life, especially her performances. "I literally go by the book. It's a black loose-leaf book, filled with typed and mimeographed notes and data, all kept in order. I simply don't think I could function without it," she says.
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How did Shakespeare pronounce "hautboys"?
Shakespeare calls for hautboys. How did he pronounce the word, more than 500 years after Hastings (think of it!)? ohBWHA? ohBOYZ? Or what?
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See: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hautboy or thefreedictionary.com/hautboy for pronunciation with audio – aedia λ Jul 25 '11 at 3:32
The hautbois was a 17th century invention, probably in France. Since Shakespeare only used the word in stage directions, we cannot be sure how he pronounced it (unless from Coriolanus V4, you see sackbuts). – Henry Jul 25 '11 at 4:08
Probably more "ohBWHAz", which is the French pronunciation with an extra "z" for plural (the singular is hautboy) and would explain the later phonetic spelling "oboe". The OED has all these historical spellings: "Forms: 6 hautboi, halboie, hawboy, (howbowe), 6–7 hoeboy, 6–9 hautbois, hoboy, 7– hautboy, (6–7 ho-, how-, haut-, haugh(t)-, hoa-, hout-, 7 hault-, heaut-, -boie, -bois, -boy(e, hoybuck, hobo)." – Alain Pannetier Φ Jul 25 '11 at 6:06
@Alain Pannetier: +1 for mentioning the modern form "oboe". I think a problem with asking for historical pronunciation is that it's hard to be sure – simchona Jul 25 '11 at 6:25
@simchona, ;-) this is why I just added this as a comment. Also note that the British English and the American English seem to differ. Merriam-Webster clearly pronounce it "-boy" whereas English sources have /ˈoʊboʊ/. – Alain Pannetier Φ Jul 25 '11 at 6:35
/ˈəʊbɔɪ/ (oh + boy)
I have no direct information, but let's reason this out. The most modern pronunciation, as recorded in current British dictionaries, is /ˈəʊbɔɪ/ (hoe + boy), with the first syllabe being the same as that of oboe (/ˈəʊbəʊ/), apart from the initial h. This matches the pronunciation of other words or expressions from French beginning with haut: haut monde, haute couture, hauteur, … It actually matches the French (and Middle French) pronunciation of haut.
The second syllable, which sounds like boy, is also quite close to how Middle French boy sounded like (and very unlike the Modern French bois, /bwɑ/, like in bwana).
Now, would it be pronunced the same in Shakespearean times? Given that it came from Middle French, and in its most modern form still sounds like Middle French, I don't think it evolved in-between (and then went back to the French-like pronunciation). Also, the hits I could find for words of Middle French origin in Pronouncing Shakespeare's words: a guide from A to Zounds (like this hit) all seem to indicate pronunciations rather close to the Middle French.
Furthermore, etymonline says of hautboy that it is "frequently nativized as hoboy". It seems to me that this support the pronunciation I put forth above.
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+1, Ok for pronouncing the final "y" /ɪ/ (like in "roy", still present in royal, royaume). Following a suggestion from a (now deleted) comment I looked into the original spellings used by Shakespeare himself as visible in the earliest editions and the result is that the hoboy (sing.) and hoboyes (plur.) spellings are ubiquitous. Could you possibly point at some material about how French shifted from /ɔɪ/ to /wɑ/? – Alain Pannetier Φ Jul 27 '11 at 16:40
@Alain: the only reference I can offer right now is a shorter on Middle French, written in (Modern) French. It says the pronunciation shifted in the 13th and 14th centuries. – F'x Jul 27 '11 at 17:55
+1 Nice answer. Being extremely finicky, the Wikipedia page on the Great Vowel Shift says that the vowel today pronounced /əʊ/ was pronounced /oː/ in Shakespeare's time, so /ˈoːbɔɪ/ (still oh + boy, but Shakespeare's pronunciation of oh). – Peter Shor Jul 27 '11 at 18:49
@Peter: actually, this is a very good remark. I'll try to refine my answer accordingly! – F'x Jul 27 '11 at 19:16
Depending on whether you're pronouncing it the US English or British English way, it looks like this word may be pronounced any of the following ways:
/hoʊtˈbɔɪ/ (ie. with the leading 'h' sound and pronouncing the 't')
/hoʊˈbɔɪ/ (ie. with the leading 'h' sound)
/oʊˈbɔɪ/ (ie. without the leading 'h' sound)
For the record, pronunciation #3 is the closest of the three in pronouncing the 'haut' part of the word the same way as the French do ('haut' comes from the French 'haut', meaning 'high').
Shakespeare is obviously more likely to have pronounced it the (modern) British way; either #2 or #3.
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The question is about Shakespearean English. There was no "U.S. English" in the Bard's time, and the term itself as spelled is now archaic: English-speakers today use the term oboe and British and American speakers alike pronounce it ˈōbō. – Robusto Jul 25 '11 at 9:49
It's still all useful context. I've added how Shakespeare is most likely to have pronounced it. – Jez Jul 25 '11 at 9:51
How can you know that? It is certainly not obvious. Do you have a citation for your assertion? – Robusto Jul 25 '11 at 9:56
He was English. – Jez Jul 25 '11 at 10:01
That is no proof of the pronunciation of the time. In fact, you offer no evidence for any part of this answer. – Robusto Jul 25 '11 at 10:16
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