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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY200012A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, friends, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:13 We have a very, very special program 01:15 lined out for today. 01:16 So, don't turn that channel. 01:18 We're going to be talking 01:19 about witnessing and the blessing 01:20 and the power of witnessing 01:22 and sharing the gospel of Jesus. 01:24 I want to first and foremost 01:25 thank you for taking the time out of your busy day 01:27 to join us today. 01:29 And we thank you always for your continual love, 01:31 prayers, and support of 3ABN Ministry. 01:35 I have two special guests with me today. 01:37 I want to go ahead 01:38 and quickly just introduce them here. 01:40 We have Nelson Ernst, and we also have Oleg Lotca. 01:44 Did I say that right, brother? Yes. 01:46 Oleg Lotca from GLOW Ministries, 01:48 and we're going to come back in just a few moments 01:50 to talk in greater detail with these two gentlemen 01:53 about GLOW Ministries 01:54 and some colporteuring opportunities. 01:57 But until then, 01:58 we're actually going to take a break for just a moment 02:00 and actually hear a special song 02:02 by Miss Stephanie Dawn entitled, 02:05 "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go". 02:25 It may not be 02:29 On the mountain height 02:32 Or over the stormy sea 02:40 It may not be 02:44 At the battle's front 02:48 My Lord 02:50 Will have need of me 02:56 But if, by a still, small voice 03:02 He calls to paths 03:05 I do not know 03:11 I'll answer, dear Lord, 03:14 With my hand in Thine 03:19 I'll go where You want me to go 03:27 I'll go Where You want me to go, 03:32 Dear Lord 03:34 Over mountain 03:36 Or plain or sea 03:41 I'll say What You want me to say, 03:47 Dear Lord 03:49 I'll be what You want me to be 03:57 Perhaps today 04:01 There are loving words 04:05 That Jesus 04:07 Would have me speak 04:12 There may be now 04:16 In the paths of sin 04:20 Some wanderer 04:22 Whom I should seek 04:28 O Savior, 04:30 If Thou wilt be my guide 04:35 Though dark 04:37 And rugged the way 04:42 My voice 04:44 Shall echo the message sweet 04:50 I'll say 04:51 What You want me to say 04:58 I'll go Where You want me to go, 05:03 Dear Lord 05:05 Over mountain 05:07 Or plain or sea 05:13 I'll say What You want me to say, 05:18 Dear Lord 05:20 I'll be What You want me to be 05:39 There's surely 05:42 Somewhere a lowly place 05:47 In Earth's harvest fields 05:50 So wide 05:54 Where I may labor 05:57 Through life's short day 06:01 For Jesus, 06:03 The Crucified 06:09 So trusting 06:11 My all unto Thy care 06:16 I know 06:18 Thou lovest me 06:24 I'll do Thy will with a heart 06:29 Sincere 06:31 I'll be What You want me to be 06:39 I'll go Where You want me to go, 06:44 Dear Lord 06:46 O'er mountain 06:48 Or plain or sea 06:54 I'll say What You want me to say, 07:01 Dear Lord 07:04 I'll be What You want me to be. 07:28 Wow, praise the Lord. 07:30 Thank you so much, Stephanie, for that song. 07:31 I love to hear her sing. 07:32 She has just such a beautiful sound 07:34 and the message of that song, 07:36 "I'll go where You want me to go," 07:38 that should be our heart's desire, right? 07:40 That should be our prayer, our anthem, 07:43 our life anthem to the Lord that, "Lord, please send me. 07:45 Here I am," as Isaiah said, "Here I am. 07:48 Send me, Lord." 07:49 And that's exactly what we're going to be talking 07:50 about today on this particular program, 07:53 is we need to be asking that question to ourselves. 07:56 "Lord, what do You want me to do? 07:57 Where do You want me to be? 07:58 Where do You want me to go for Your kingdom?" 08:01 And so, this gives me an opportunity again 08:04 to reintroduce again. 08:05 And this time, in greater detail, our guests. 08:08 We have Nelson Ernst, and also Oleg... 08:12 I know how to say this. 08:14 Don't... Lotca. 08:15 Lotca, Oleg Lotca. You got it. 08:17 And so, I'll get, I'll get it one day. 08:19 But, gentlemen, it's a blessing to have you here 08:22 with us today on this program. 08:23 And you guys are from technically GLOW Ministries 08:27 or the Ministry of GLOW. 08:28 And so, most of you out there 08:30 probably know exactly what I'm talking about 08:32 because if you've ever held or passed out 08:35 or received a GLOW tract, 08:37 then it's exactly what we're talking about here, 08:39 GLOW Ministries. 08:40 And so, guys, there may be someone at home 08:43 that may not know who you guys are, 08:44 even though, Nelson, you've been here a few times. 08:46 Sure, yeah. 08:47 Tell us a little bit about yourself, 08:48 who you are, where you're from, and just introduce yourself. 08:51 Great, thank you. 08:52 Yeah, well, just a brief about me. 08:55 I was raised in an Adventist home, 08:57 born in Berrien Springs, Michigan, 08:59 when my dad was going to a place 09:00 called Andrews University. 09:02 But, you know, God took a hold of my life, 09:04 I think, when I was about a freshman 09:05 in high school and I got Bible Bopped, 09:08 so to speak, by another Christian, 09:10 which challenged me 09:12 and it drove me to study my Bible. 09:13 And in the process of studying my Bible, 09:15 you know, I just, God entered my life 09:17 and there was conversion from there 09:19 and started me on a path where... 09:21 Yeah, now I'm working full time for the Lord, 09:22 been doing that for the past 15 years 09:24 or so with Literature Ministries. 09:26 So, that's kind of a snippet of my history there. 09:27 Amen. Yeah, no, that's awesome. 09:29 I like that, Bible Bop. Is that what you said? 09:31 Yeah, Bible Bop. Yeah. 09:32 I mean, this guy, 09:34 he didn't literally hit me with the head Bible. 09:35 But yeah, he was pretty close to it. 09:36 He was very aggressive. 09:38 I'm gonna have to keep that one in my arsenal. 09:39 I've been Bible Bopped by this person. 09:41 That's nice, man. All right. 09:42 And, Oleg, tell us a little bit about yourself. 09:44 I heard you talking 09:45 kind of behind the scenes earlier 09:47 about some of the places 09:48 you've been and ministered for the Lord. 09:49 Tell us who you are, where you're from, 09:51 and a little bit about yourself. 09:53 Well, Brian, it's so good to be here. 09:56 Well, I was born in Moldova, a small country 10:00 there in between Romania and Ukraine. 10:04 I was born to a pastoral family. 10:06 But when I was 15, 10:08 I decided that I wanted to see the world 10:11 and what the world has to offer and I left the church. 10:14 And then, yes, 10:16 I went to England for four years 10:17 and then from there to Canada, four years, 10:21 and then in Canada was my conversion 10:24 and my encounter with Jesus for the first time in my life, 10:27 that was the thing and God was so good. 10:31 He led me from there to Argentina 10:34 to South America, 10:35 and I went to the University there, 10:39 did the theology course 10:41 and then met a girl there by the name Karen, 10:45 she's my wife now. 10:46 I have three kids and the fourth one in the oven. 10:50 So, two and a half years ago, 10:54 we came here to the States, and yes, 10:56 right now we're enjoying 10:58 working in literature department 11:00 there with GLOW. 11:01 Wow, praise the Lord. 11:02 And I briefly heard you mentioned something 11:04 about speaking multiple languages. 11:06 How many languages do you speak? 11:07 Well, when people ask me that, I said, "Good? 11:10 None." 11:11 But more or less, I speak four, plus half Portuguese. 11:15 Four and a half. Wow, praise the Lord. 11:17 That's a blessing, man. 11:19 That's awesome. 11:20 GLOW. Yep. 11:22 GLOW, I have to tell a story real quickly 11:24 before we launch ourselves into this, 11:26 my first experience with GLOW. 11:28 I was not raised 11:29 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 11:31 by the way. 11:32 And I attended for my undergrad degree. 11:34 I attended a Baptist University 11:37 where I was studying music and history. 11:40 And little did I know 11:41 that even though I had been studying 11:43 about Sabbath keeping, 11:44 I've been studying the messages and the truths 11:47 as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 11:49 I had not formally committed to becoming 11:52 Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 11:53 And I had heard 11:54 that there was a Seventh-day Adventist Church in the area, 11:56 but I really didn't go searching, per Se. 11:59 But at this particular university, 12:01 I was working in the music department. 12:02 And often, I would find myself in a piano room, 12:05 practicing piano, practicing voice, 12:07 you know, doing vocal warm-ups because I was a vocal major. 12:10 And I'll never forget going in every single week 12:13 to a particular booth 12:14 where there was this little private room 12:16 and a piano, 12:17 I would go in there and do scales 12:18 and sing vocal scales. 12:20 But every time I would go into this room, 12:21 there was always this little tiny tract 12:23 or piece of paper laying on the piano. 12:25 Again, this is a Baptist University. 12:27 And so, it would say on the front of it, GLOW. 12:29 And each and every week... Are you serious? 12:31 It had a new... What? 12:33 And this was in Northeast Arkansas, 12:35 because this is where I grew up in Northeast Arkansas. 12:37 And they would always have a new truth, 12:40 a new topic, you know. 12:42 And so, I would pick that little tract up 12:44 and I would take five to ten minutes of my time, 12:47 just to kind of go through it 12:49 and really comprehend and think to myself, 12:51 I've been studying these things, 12:52 I've been looking through them every single week. 12:54 Finally, I learned 12:56 who was putting these tracts in there. 12:57 And even though, 12:59 I didn't know her at the moment, 13:00 I come to find out, long story short, 13:02 she was the daughter 13:04 of the local Seventh-day Adventist pastor. 13:06 She was also coming there for piano lessons. 13:10 And she was sharing her faith 13:12 and so my very first technically, 13:14 very first, kind of... 13:16 I guess you could say I got Bible Bopped 13:18 on a weekly basis by these GLOW tracts 13:22 because it was things that I was studying, 13:24 things that I was learning. 13:25 And so, it just, 13:27 that goes to show the reach of GLOW, 13:29 in the sense that it's everywhere. 13:31 I mean, if it's in Northeast Arkansas, 13:33 if you're from Northeast Arkansas 13:34 or ever been there, 13:36 you know, it's just a kind of a dry, 13:37 flat, delta region out in the middle of nowhere 13:39 and there's very little Adventist presence, 13:41 but you know, a witness to me on a weekly basis. 13:45 So, GLOW, tell us a little bit about what is GLOW, 13:48 because there maybe someone watching right now 13:50 that doesn't know who or what GLOW is 13:53 and then, kind of, give us an update 13:54 on what's been happening. 13:55 Yeah, sure. Wow, man. 13:57 What am I going to say with that? 13:58 That was amazing. 14:00 I have no idea that that's what happened. 14:02 I didn't know you got GLOW tracts. 14:03 Yeah. Incredible. 14:05 Well, yes. 14:06 So, basically your experience of finding a tract, 14:08 you know, in the piano room 14:10 from some church member that just, you know, 14:12 set the tract there, 14:13 is exactly a perfect illustration 14:16 of what GLOW is all about. 14:17 So what we do with GLOW 14:18 is we're just basically encouraging church members 14:20 to carry literature in their pockets 14:22 or their purses wherever they go 14:24 so that they can leave it somewhere, 14:26 or they can give it to somebody as God opens up the door for, 14:29 you know, divine appointment. 14:30 So, you know, just by carrying it with you 14:32 and looking for divine appointments, 14:34 God has opened up 14:35 a lot of amazing stories like yours. 14:38 And a lot of people have been led to Christ. 14:42 So, that's kind of in a nutshell 14:44 what GLOW is about in terms of our emphasis. 14:47 So, we make these little GLOW pamphlets. 14:48 Right. 14:49 We have about getting close 14:51 to 50 different titles now in English. 14:54 And since the ministry started in 2007, 14:58 we've printed 118.5 million of them 15:02 but those are just the ones that we know. 15:05 So, there's people in different parts of the world 15:07 with Literature Ministries, 15:09 portion of the church that print these tracts, 15:10 and we're not sure 15:12 actually how many have been printed 15:13 because they don't necessarily report to us all the time. 15:15 But the ones that we know 15:16 of is about 118.5 million tracts. 15:18 So, we're getting close to 120 million, 15:19 which will be a great milestone for us. 15:23 You know, you asked for an update, 15:24 I'll just mention. Sure, yeah, absolutely. 15:26 This is something that the viewers 15:27 might be interested in is that 15:29 we're actually developing a new Halloween tract, 15:31 one of the best times 15:32 to pass out literatures on Halloween. 15:34 When the kids are coming to you, 15:36 give them a tract, 15:37 or you can go out with your kids 15:38 and giveaway tracts. 15:40 You call it Trick or Truth, or Glowing in the Dark. 15:42 Right. 15:43 So, we've got a new one 15:45 coming out on ghosts for Halloween. 15:47 And we have a new one coming out 15:48 actually for Black Friday distribution 15:51 and the topic is about Black Friday 15:52 and how Jesus died on Black Friday, 15:55 when it turned the sun, 15:57 turned out while Jesus was on the cross. 15:59 So, it's a salvation tract. 16:01 So, anyway, those are just 16:03 a couple new ones that are coming out. 16:04 That is amazing. 16:05 It's interesting that you mentioned Halloween 16:07 because my wife and I, the last couple of years, 16:11 that we have been in an area 16:13 where I either wasn't traveling or I was at home 16:16 during the time of Halloween, 16:17 you know, we thought to ourselves, 16:19 you know, we didn't want to be those people 16:21 because some people are just absolutely like, 16:22 you know, no participation, turn your light off, 16:25 you know, make it like you're not home but, 16:27 you know, we've lived in a couple of neighborhoods 16:28 where there's been 16:30 a large circulation of kids during that time. 16:32 And so, the last couple years, we have taken a GLOW tract. 16:35 And I think we might have used one on, like, 16:37 hell or the truth about hell or the truth about, 16:41 you know, this is the devil 16:42 in charge of hell or something like that. 16:43 I can't remember exactly 16:45 but we would take the GLOW tract 16:46 and we would basically rubber-band it 16:48 to, you know, a small like, 16:49 you know, piece of candy of some kind. 16:51 And when they would come to the door, 16:53 we would chunk this into their bag 16:55 and those kids... 16:56 You know, again, most kids will put candy in their bag, 16:58 they just open it up, dump it in, 17:00 and then they turn around about face and walk away. 17:02 But it was interesting because they caught their eye, 17:04 I would put it in their bag, 17:06 and then they would open it up and look down in it 17:07 and see, like, 17:08 "What did this guy just put into my bag?" 17:10 So, it kind of turned heads, like, "What is it, what is it?" 17:12 But it's awesome to think 17:14 that you can take opportunities like that 17:16 and you can witness, you can share 17:17 the gospel of Jesus Christ. 17:19 And in fact, we actually have a young woman 17:21 who I'm actually friends with, 17:24 she was brought into the church and baptized 17:26 and even went to a Bible college 17:27 and is serving God right now. 17:28 All because her little brother on Halloween got a GLOW tract 17:31 when he was out collecting candy 17:33 and then she looked through his bag of candy 17:35 and you know, connected the dots. 17:37 One last thing I was just going to say. 17:39 Yeah. 17:42 Before we move on to the next topic with GLOW is, 17:45 we do these things called mission trips 17:46 where we're not going to build, 17:48 you know, set up a building 17:49 or you know do preaching or anything 17:51 but we get people together 17:52 and we go and we target a big city or big event. 17:56 And our objective is to pass out literature 17:58 to everything that breathes and that can read. 18:00 And so, we typically go out 18:03 and we do million-tract mission trips or half million. 18:06 We just finished a half million mission trip 18:09 in California. 18:11 And we're going to be doing a million-tract mission trip 18:14 coming up too in Germany, 18:15 this summer in June. 18:17 Wow. 18:18 There's going to be some big soccer games 18:20 coming up in Munich. 18:22 And so we just want to put the word out, 18:24 we're still looking for more people 18:26 to come and join us. 18:27 You don't have to speak German. 18:29 The tracts will do the speaking for you. 18:31 All you have to do is just smile, 18:33 give out the tracts. 18:34 And we're in the process of printing 18:36 that million tracts right now. 18:38 So if people want to learn more about that mission trip 18:41 and potentially and come and join us, 18:43 they can go to GlowMissionTrips.org. 18:45 And it has all the information as well as registration there, 18:47 GlowMissionTrips.org. 18:49 We need some more people 18:50 and it's going to be great front-line ministry 18:52 to pass out a million tracts to people in Europe. 18:54 Hopefully, the corona virus 18:56 won't stop the games from happening. 18:57 Right. 18:58 But, you know, if it doesn't, we'll be out there. 19:00 Hey, you know what? 19:01 I think, you know, God's gonna do all that He can 19:03 to get His message out there. 19:04 And, you know, I some people, you know, 19:05 will pick up these little GLOW tracts 19:07 and they'll think to themselves, 19:08 "Well, this doesn't have enough information." 19:09 Well, it's not designed to be a full-length, 19:11 you know, Bible study, 19:13 but yet it provides enough information, 19:15 it provides enough to hook a person, 19:17 you know, to get them to thinking, 19:18 and you know, I think to myself like I mentioned earlier, 19:20 you know, dropping that little GLOW tract 19:22 into some kid's candy, 19:24 you know, most parents, 19:25 maybe not all, but most parents, 19:27 you know, will be responsible enough 19:28 to go through that candy at the end of the night, 19:30 just to check it to make sure there's nothing there bad, 19:32 you know, to pick it through. 19:33 And they're going to come across that GLOW tract 19:35 and even if you were to reach one person, 19:37 just think of that one mother, 19:38 that one father who pulls that out of, 19:41 you know, the bag and reads that and it, 19:44 you know, plants a seed there and interests them, 19:46 you know, enough to go research it more. 19:49 And I just praise the Lord for GLOW Ministry 19:51 who make these tracts. 19:52 Praise the Lord. 19:54 So, you know, 19:55 we know that you're here to talk about GLOW, 19:57 but I also know you're here 19:58 to talk about a new project that GLOW has going for it. 20:02 So, go ahead and let's talk about this new project 20:03 that GLOW has. 20:04 Sure. 20:06 So, Literature Ministries is really comprehensive, 20:09 meaning it's a ministry 20:11 that everybody can be involved in. 20:14 And it even has facets of it which are specialized, 20:17 highly specialized. 20:19 So, thus far, 20:20 we've talked about literature distribution. 20:21 This is something everybody can do. 20:23 We can all carry tracts with us and give them away for free. 20:26 But one very important aspect of Literature Ministries, 20:30 which we don't often talk about, 20:32 which used to be actually a very strong portion 20:36 of the Ministry of the Adventist Church 20:39 is full-time, 20:41 colporteuring, full-time adult colporteuring. 20:43 Some people here have... 20:45 You know, the viewers have maybe heard of 20:47 or seen our students that go out during the summer 20:49 for ten-week programs, and they sell softcover books, 20:52 but we're talking now about people who choose 20:56 and feel called by God 20:58 to actually take this on as a vocation, 21:00 where they're going out and they're presenting books, 21:03 salvation, salvational books to people in their homes, 21:06 and they're doing that as a job full time. 21:08 Right. 21:09 Okay, so just to pause for a moment to confirm 21:11 because there may be someone watching this, 21:13 as you just said, colporteuring. 21:14 And you kind of described a little bit there, 21:16 but just a little bit more detail. 21:18 What is colporteuring for someone 21:19 who may not ever heard that before what it is? 21:21 So, colporteuring is a really old French word. 21:23 It's very difficult to spell actually, too. 21:25 But basically what colporteuring is, 21:27 it's something that's been around 21:28 actually for centuries, 21:31 where people take religious books, 21:34 and they go and they sell them. 21:36 They're going out into communities, 21:37 going door to door typically, 21:39 although there's other ways of doing it, 21:41 and they're selling books, peddling, proselytizing, 21:44 you know. 21:45 Technically, actually in the United States 21:47 when we sell books with colporteuring 21:48 and the Adventist Church, 21:50 it's not considered soliciting, 21:51 but actually proselytizing. 21:53 It's one of our means for helping people 21:55 come to knowledge of the truth that our church has to offer. 21:58 Wow. Okay. 22:00 So, this new project, 22:01 what GLOW has with colporteuring 22:03 is creating a new opportunity for people 22:06 to become more involved in a little bit more 22:09 of an organized way for this colporteuring, going out, 22:12 and I was actually talking to you guys before, 22:14 as we were discussing before this interview. 22:17 I was fascinated 22:18 by how much potentially a person can make, 22:22 as you can actually make a living 22:24 off colporteuring. 22:25 Yes. 22:26 And some people don't believe that, 22:28 or they don't know it. 22:29 They think, "Can you really make a living 22:30 going door to door, selling religious books?" 22:32 Exactly. Yeah. 22:33 So, let's talk a little bit about that. 22:35 Because while we know 22:36 that we don't do ministry for money, 22:38 we're not in it for the money, 22:40 we're in it for getting the gospel out there. 22:41 But you know what? 22:43 The Lord provides for His people, 22:44 and we need our needs taken care of. 22:45 And so, in this case, I think, Oleg, 22:48 you're going to talk a little bit about somebody 22:49 who's watching that says, "You know what, 22:51 I would love to be in colporteuring ministry, 22:53 but I can't support myself with that, right? 22:55 I have to have another job on the side." 22:56 Talk a little bit about how financially it can benefit 22:59 someone who commits themselves full time to it. 23:02 Sure. 23:04 Well, Ryan, you know, before I go into that, 23:06 I have to say that, sometimes, 23:07 I get so passionate about colporteuring ministry, 23:11 that I emphasize so much this ministry 23:14 that people might think 23:15 that this is the only ministry that exists. 23:17 No. God uses so many ministries. 23:19 He uses... 23:20 As a matter of fact, I met a lady few weekends ago, 23:23 I was preaching in the church. 23:24 And I've asked her, 23:26 "How did you come to the church?" 23:28 And she says, "Well, for five years, 23:29 I've been watching 3ABN, and I was an Adventist 23:34 without even stepping into the church 23:36 for five years." 23:37 And she was coming to the church 23:38 only for three months, then when I met her. 23:40 So, I know God is using so many ministries, 23:43 but I get so passionate about canvassing. 23:46 And sometimes people say, 23:47 "Hey, you're too passionate about it." 23:50 So, anyway, I came... 23:52 Me and my family, we came to United States. 23:55 I came to study here. 23:57 I was going to Weimar. 24:00 And in order to go through the course, 24:03 I need to pay, I need to get $15,000. 24:08 I didn't have any money because, you know, 24:09 you come from South America, 24:10 you change the money that you have, 24:12 and all of a sudden, that's nothing, you know, here. 24:16 So, I only had three and a half weeks 24:19 before the classes would start. 24:21 And I was talking to the people there 24:22 and they were saying, 24:24 "How would you pay for this?" 24:25 And I said, "Well, 24:26 the only thing I know how to do well 24:28 and probably could do it 24:30 here is canvassing or colporteuring." 24:32 And they say, "But you know what? 24:34 I didn't know that you can do that here. 24:36 Maybe in South America, you can earn that money, 24:39 but you only have three and a half weeks." 24:41 I said, "Well that's the only option I have." 24:43 So, anyway, I got some books and I went out in the, 24:48 in the town nearby. 24:49 Sacramento area. 24:51 Yeah, close to Sacramento 24:53 and started colporteuring every day, long hours... 24:57 This is just going door to door... 24:59 Door to door. 25:00 knocking on doors. Knocking on doors. 25:01 Yeah. And this is in California. 25:03 Right, okay. 25:04 Now, let's remember that, you know, 25:05 we're talking about the secular Westside, 25:07 you know, so. 25:08 So yeah. 25:10 So I started doing that and I said, "Lord, 25:11 I only have three and a half weeks. 25:12 I know You have been faithful in the past, 25:14 You have showed me miracles in this ministry, 25:15 I trust You." 25:17 And I started working. 25:18 And I know, just guess, Ryan. 25:20 Do you think God gave me in three and a half weeks 25:22 what I needed for the school, the 15,000? 25:24 We wouldn't be talking about it otherwise. 25:26 So, I believe, I believe. Absolutely. 25:28 God gave me that and a little more 25:30 in three and a half weeks. 25:31 But it's amazing 25:32 that it's not only the money thing, you know. 25:37 In those three and a half weeks, 25:39 by going door to door. 25:42 Fifty-eight people have signed up 25:44 to study the Bible. 25:46 Wow. 25:47 So, it's amazing to see how people are ready. 25:51 Like, they're waiting for someone 25:52 to come and invite them to study, to know more. 25:55 You know, there is a lot of hunger 25:56 for the truth there. 25:58 Absolutely. 25:59 You know, and what you just said 26:00 just sparked interest, 26:02 'cause you said you were in Sacramento. 26:03 I've had firsthand opportunity of witnessing 26:05 and actually walking the streets of Sacramento 26:07 when I was at AFCOE. 26:09 You know, we did some Bible work 26:10 and preparing for an evangelistic series. 26:12 And, you know, 26:13 sometimes you get off into some areas 26:16 that you otherwise wouldn't end up in. 26:17 And I was kind of 26:19 in a very interesting part of town. 26:22 I'll just say that. 26:23 But it's powerful. 26:25 You know, God has people out there 26:27 that are waiting on you. 26:28 Yes. 26:29 And I remember walking through this 26:31 rather scary neighborhood and thinking to myself, 26:34 "Lord, please protect us because there were..." 26:35 You know, this is a little rough part of town. 26:37 But I remember going into this particular area, 26:39 knocked on several doors, 26:41 but obviously knocked on this one lady's door. 26:43 She answers and she says, "You're an answer to prayer." 26:45 She said, "I've been praying for God 26:47 to send me someone who can help introduce me to Jesus 26:50 and help teach me 26:52 and help me understand the Bible 26:53 because I don't understand it." 26:54 And so what we're talking about here, 26:56 we're talking about real witnessing opportunities. 26:58 And this is kind of where we talked a little bit 27:00 of how you can make a living being a colporteur. 27:02 But now let's get down 27:04 to the most serious part of this, 27:05 which is the witnessing aspect of this. 27:07 You know, God has commissioned each and every one of us 27:09 to take the gospel to the world. 27:11 And we all can play a role and our part in that. 27:13 And I think of the Great Commission 27:15 how Jesus said, you know, go ye into all nations. 27:18 And so that being said, 27:21 there's someone 27:22 who's waiting to receive that tract 27:24 or waiting to receive that book or waiting to, 27:27 you know, receive those series of Bible studies, 27:29 and they are earnestly and honestly desiring 27:32 the transformation in their life. 27:33 So talk to us a little bit about 27:35 maybe some stories, maybe some instances 27:36 and how does this ministry open doors for ministry, 27:42 you know, for fruit 27:43 because again, churches are going to say, 27:44 people are going to say, "You know what, 27:47 we want to see the fruit of our labor, right? 27:49 We do ministry, 27:51 because we want to see lives changed." 27:52 You know, there's nothing, there's no greater feeling 27:54 than seeing that person make a decision for baptism. 27:56 So, how does this ministry, you know, relate to that? 28:00 Well, it's interesting that, if I may, 28:03 I want to tell a story. 28:04 Sure. 28:05 One of those days 28:07 in those three and a half weeks, 28:08 it was a Sunday and I knocked on the door, 28:11 a lady comes out. 28:12 And I say, "Well, I'm here to talk about health, 28:15 physical, mental and spiritual health." 28:17 And she says, "That's interesting. 28:18 But we're busy right now." 28:20 She says, "All our family, we have extended family here. 28:23 We're all watching a soccer game. 28:25 And it's an important game, so we can't receive you now." 28:30 And I say, "Ma'am, this is so important. 28:34 I need to talk to you." 28:35 And she says, "No, my husband is there. 28:37 He's watching." 28:39 I said, "Can you call your husband, please?" 28:40 And she says, "I will. But he'll be upset." 28:42 I said, "Please call him." 28:44 So, I kind of felt, you know, that I had to insist. 28:48 Husband comes out and I say same thing. 28:51 "We're talking about health, I need to talk to you briefly. 28:53 I know you're watching the game, 28:54 but I say, 28:57 "Just tell me what do you think it's more important, 28:59 your health and your family's health 29:01 or a soccer game?" 29:03 And that's kind of a big thing to say. 29:04 I don't usually say that 29:06 but I was impressed to say that in that time. 29:08 And he says, "You're right. 29:11 You're right." He says, "Come in." 29:13 And I'm going in, 29:15 he goes right to the TV, turns it off. 29:17 And the room was full of people sitting there 29:20 and he turns to them and he says, 29:21 "Okay, now we'll listen about health." 29:24 And they all, like, look at each other, 29:25 and one by one, they all left the room. 29:28 You walked right into the lion's den. 29:29 Yeah. 29:31 It was... 29:32 It was serious, especially this was in America? 29:33 Yeah. Okay. 29:35 So that's clear, because American culture 29:36 and they're sports, man, you just don't do that. 29:38 So, the Lord had to have been with you 29:40 going into that lion's den. 29:41 It was amazing. 29:43 And then, finally, I was left 29:45 only with the husband and the wife, 29:48 both of them, they're sitting, 29:49 we talked about half an hour about physical health. 29:51 And he told me that, just a month or so ago, 29:54 he had a stroke. 29:56 And he was recovering from that. 29:57 So, that's why the interest, 29:59 he understood and he said, "Yeah, yes, 30:01 we want to know about that." 30:02 But then when I took the Bible out, 30:04 and I said, you know, 30:05 "This is about spiritual health." 30:07 He said, 30:08 "But really what we really need is this." 30:10 And he embraced that Bible, and he held it there. 30:13 And we talked for another hour and a half 30:15 about spiritual things. 30:16 Anyway, to make it short, 30:19 for maybe a year and two months, 30:22 they were coming every Sabbath to our home 30:24 to have lunch with us. 30:26 And then one day, he came and he said, 30:29 "I want to get married. Would you marry us?" 30:32 And it was, I think we have a picture 30:34 there somewhere... 30:36 Yeah, let's look at the picture. 30:37 I don't know if it's available. 30:39 Yeah, that's Neelo and Olga, 30:42 that's in Weimar church. 30:44 And I got the privilege of marrying them. 30:46 And then I think the next picture 30:48 is about the family. 30:49 That's their entire family there. 30:51 Wow, praise the Lord. 30:52 So that entire family, they got married in the church. 30:55 They were so happy. 30:57 The Weimar Church organized the entire wedding for them. 31:00 It was so amazing. They were amazed. 31:03 They had family come in and everything, and they said, 31:05 "We've never seen a wedding like that." 31:07 And then few weeks later, they say, 31:10 "We want to get baptized as well." 31:12 And I think we have a picture of that as well. 31:14 Oh, praise the Lord. 31:16 And so three of them got baptized, 31:18 the rest of the family are still waiting 31:19 because they're a little too young. 31:22 But Pastor Don Macintosh is baptizing all of them. 31:25 And that's after the baptism. 31:27 Wow. 31:28 This is what canvassing or colporteuring is all about, 31:31 you know. 31:32 You go into homes that... 31:34 You don't know what you will, whom you'll meet there. 31:37 And then you see, 31:39 and now this family is the closest family 31:41 that we have here in US to us. 31:44 When our third child was born, 31:47 we didn't have anyone, you know, 31:48 to take care of the rest of the kids. 31:50 They came, they left their work, 31:52 they came and they stayed with our kids for three days. 31:56 I was with my wife in the hospital 31:57 and they were... 31:59 So, they became like our family. 32:01 They came now, this New Year's, 32:02 they spent with us because we moved, 32:04 we're now in Central California 32:05 and they moved there and we moved there 32:07 and they came to spend the New Years with us 32:09 and we did some witnessing together. 32:11 So, it's amazing, 32:12 this is what canvassing is all about. 32:14 Absolutely. 32:15 You know, just hearing you talk about this 32:17 just gets me stirred up, 32:19 you know, because we don't realize 32:22 just how important it is for us 32:24 to take the aspect of witnessing 32:27 and sharing the gospel, very seriously. 32:29 I love the name of it, GLOW 32:32 because what goes to my mind, I can't speak for everyone, 32:35 but what comes to my mind is the sanctuary 32:38 because in the holy place, 32:40 the only light source in the holy place 32:42 was the seven-branch candlestick 32:44 and it was only because they were able 32:46 to keep that oil refilled 32:49 that the fire constantly and continually burned. 32:52 And I think of Acts 1:8, it says, 32:55 "And you shall receive power 32:56 when you receive the Holy Spirit, 32:58 you shall receive power to be a witness unto me 33:00 unto all the parts of the earth." 33:02 And so, you know, GLOW Ministry, 33:04 just hearing you talk about this, 33:05 if you had not went into that home 33:07 and been brave enough to say, 33:09 "Okay, Lord, I'm going to go back 33:10 and knock on this door," 33:11 these people are watching their game, right? 33:13 And in America, you just don't do that. 33:14 If you're watching football or soccer or whatever it is, 33:17 you just don't do that. 33:18 But the Lord impressed you to do that. 33:20 And because of this, 33:21 now, you see the fruit of your labor. 33:23 This is what the gospel is all about, right? 33:25 Incredibly. 33:26 You know, I also was... 33:27 You made me think of something that I think needs to be said. 33:30 Sure. 33:32 You know, 33:33 when the Adventist Church was first growing, 33:36 as I mentioned a little bit earlier, 33:38 one of the reasons why it was able to grow 33:40 was because the church was able to send out people 33:43 who were colporteurs to do missionary work. 33:45 See, one of the unique aspects about colporteuring 33:48 which makes it set apart 33:50 from a lot of different ministries 33:51 is that you actually are getting paid 33:54 by the people that you minister to 33:55 for ministering to them in some ways, and oftentimes. 33:58 So when a church doesn't have a lot of money 34:00 to send out full-time, 34:01 you know, paid missionaries, 34:03 you know, salaried missionaries or whatever, 34:05 they could send out a colporteurs to a country, 34:08 which they did repeatedly. 34:10 And the colporteur would just need some books, 34:12 and they would get there, 34:13 and they would be able to be self-sustaining 34:15 to a certain extent or completely, 34:17 while they're actually ministering to people. 34:19 And as we saw just from the story 34:20 that Oleg shared, 34:22 you know, when you go into people's homes, 34:24 you're sitting down with them in their seats, 34:27 right in their living rooms, 34:28 you're maybe even sharing a meal with them, 34:30 you're taking and you're having a personal touch, 34:32 you're going to them, 34:34 not waiting for them to come to you. 34:35 When you go and knock on their doors, 34:37 you have an opportunity there to bring people 34:40 to make spiritual decisions, 34:42 and to be a centerpiece to connect them 34:44 with a new congregation that you're building 34:47 or maybe an existing congregation. 34:49 So, this is one of the reasons this strength, 34:52 this characteristic of colporteuring 34:54 in that it's something where the missionary 34:55 actually gets paid by doing their ministry 34:57 from the public, 34:59 that characteristic made it 35:00 so that it was very valuable to the church 35:03 as it was beginning. 35:04 But, you know, 35:05 we could still view ourselves as a beginning church. 35:07 I mean, we have great facilities, 35:08 and we've grown a lot and, what, 35:10 20, 22 million members 35:11 but that's a drop in the bucket compared to 7 billion people. 35:13 Oh, that's the truth. 35:15 So, there's still a great need, 35:17 a great need for us to train and activate 35:22 called and consecrated members 35:26 to go out into the neighborhoods 35:28 and to be the middlemen, 35:29 to be the connecting piece 35:30 between the community and the local church. 35:32 We should have colporteurs. 35:33 In fact, Mrs. White put it this way. 35:35 She says that God wants evangelistic canvassers 35:37 in every church, 35:39 canvassers is plural. 35:40 Can you imagine every church, 35:41 every church having at least two consecrated canvassers? 35:44 Let me tell you, 35:45 you'd have a presence in that community. 35:47 And if the church is offering, 35:48 you know, follow-up health programs, 35:53 various, you know, things for the community, 35:54 then the colporteur can be out there 35:56 connecting people constantly, year around to these services, 35:59 and it's just a win-win. 36:01 Yeah, absolutely. 36:02 You know, I'm thinking of as you were telling me 36:03 that, you know, as Mrs. White puts it Christ method alone. 36:06 Yep, that's right. 36:07 You know, He mingled with them. 36:10 He went to them, He ministered to their needs, 36:12 and He won their confidence. 36:14 And that's essentially what we're doing. 36:15 And I also just want to speak for a moment 36:17 because there may be someone watching right now 36:18 that says, "Well, you know, I'm not a good speaker. 36:21 I'm not a good talker. 36:23 I'm certainly not going to walk the streets." 36:24 Well, you may have that mentality, but you know, 36:27 you never know that door you're gonna knock on 36:29 could be someone that, you know, you get to heaven. 36:32 And the Lord says, 36:33 "Oh, see that large group of people over there. 36:36 They're all there 36:37 because you chose to knock on that door 36:38 and you chose to go and place these resources 36:41 into their hands." 36:42 And it's powerful to think about 36:43 because, you know, 36:45 it's not like you're giving a Bible study 36:46 or it's not like Bible work necessarily in the sense, 36:48 you're not going in 36:49 to give an in-depth Bible study, 36:50 but you're putting the resources into their hands, 36:52 guided resources that can help teach them, 36:55 you know, the message, the truth, 36:57 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 36:58 which brings me to my next question. 37:00 If someone were interested in this, 37:02 someone wanted to participate in this ministry 37:05 and in this work, 37:06 what is it actually that they're, 37:08 you know, if somebody is going to, 37:10 taking these books door to door, 37:11 what is it that they're selling? 37:12 Or what is it that someone's going to receive 37:15 when you go knock on the door? 37:17 You know, I wanted to just mention 37:19 as I get into that answer. 37:22 You know, Bible workers go into the home 37:25 and they give Bible studies. 37:26 But when a colporteur goes into the home, 37:30 oftentimes you're spending about 45 minutes 37:32 to upwards of 2 hours with that family. 37:34 And when the colporteur goes into the home, 37:37 they're actually saying a certain, 37:39 what we call a canvas, 37:41 which is for the most part, a script 37:44 so that they're able to explain what the books are. 37:46 But when we go into the homes, 37:47 you're going through books like "Desire of Ages" 37:50 about Jesus' life, 37:51 you're going through books like "Great Controversy." 37:53 There are certain segments 37:54 where you're literally explaining to people 37:56 the origin of sin in your canvas, 37:58 you're explaining to them how Jesus, 37:59 what He did for us in the Garden of Gethsemane 38:02 and how there were great drops of blood. 38:03 So, they're incredibly deep and spiritual moments 38:07 as you go through that canvas. 38:09 You're essentially giving a mini Bible study 38:11 to these people and helping them 38:12 go through an overview of the Bible 38:14 and the Great Controversy theme 38:16 when you give a canvas inside of a home. 38:18 So, it's a deeply spiritual work. 38:22 But you asked the question, what do we sell at the doors? 38:24 I think that... 38:27 Oleg, you probably can say some things about this, 38:29 but I wanted to mention 38:30 that we kind of do a combination 38:32 of religious books and spiritual books. 38:34 All right. 38:35 We see from Mrs. White's writings 38:37 that it's important 38:38 that we treat those equally at the door. 38:41 Because what health books do, religious books... 38:44 Did I say religious and spiritual? 38:45 I meant religious and health. Okay. 38:46 Yeah. Right. 38:48 So, health books, everybody has health. 38:50 Either good health or bad health, right? 38:52 So, when you have health books 38:54 and you use that as your initial approach 38:56 in reaching people, 38:58 that opens up a lot of doors, 39:00 which wouldn't be open 39:02 if you only were using religious books. 39:04 And Ms. White calls it the right arm of the gospel. 39:05 Or the entering wedge, right. Right. 39:07 So, so having health books 39:09 is absolutely essential for multiple reasons, 39:12 one of which is your initial approach 39:14 when you're talking to people. 39:15 But we also are interested in people's spiritual health 39:17 and so we need to treat those equally. 39:20 So, what we do is we carry religious and spiritual, 39:24 I'm sorry, religious and health books 39:26 when we go to the doors, 39:27 and they both play a very vital role. 39:29 Now, in different parts of the church, 39:33 colporteuring is in a weakened state 39:35 or it's in a very strong state. 39:37 And one of the factors that we've come to see 39:41 that is making it too weak in some areas 39:44 is a lack of the health publications. 39:47 So we have recently moved 39:50 into the process of developing a health set. 39:55 And let me tell you, this is a huge undertaking. 39:57 And these are new health books? 39:58 Right. Okay. 40:00 So, this is new addition to what you already had. 40:02 Okay. Yes, yes. 40:04 So right now, we've noticed that there's a big lack of... 40:07 Well, I shouldn't say there's a lack. 40:09 There's good health materials 40:10 that our colporteurs are using in various parts of the world. 40:12 But I think that we believe that we can take it 40:14 even a notch higher 40:15 and provide more comprehensive information 40:19 from some of the top names in the world actually, 40:22 when it comes to overcoming some of these diseases 40:26 that people are dealing with, like, diabetes, 40:28 coronary artery disease, you know, hypertension. 40:32 So, what we've been doing 40:34 is actually spearheading forward. 40:36 We've been spearheading this set of new books. 40:39 And what it'll be is basically seven volumes set 40:43 and it'll be addressing 40:46 most of the major preventable or reversible diseases 40:50 that people are having in the homes. 40:52 And let me tell you, when you go to the house, 40:55 I mean, 95% of the house, 40:57 unless you knock on the door 40:59 and, like, some young person comes out 41:00 who's just like an athlete in a college or something, 41:02 inevitably you're gonna find a person 41:04 there who's going to have one of these issues 41:06 that's in this set, right? 41:08 And so, we're in the process of developing this set of books 41:12 right now and we have contacted... 41:13 And, Oleg, you're gonna have to help me out with this. 41:16 But we've contacted some of the premier names 41:18 in the Adventist Church 41:19 and also outside of the Adventist Church 41:22 in terms of doctors who are into writing 41:26 and about these various diseases. 41:28 One of them is Dr. Campbell, Dr. T. Colin Campbell. 41:32 T. Colin Campbell, "Forks Over Knifes". 41:33 Yeah, there you go. 41:35 We actually... 41:36 He wrote "The China Study", 41:38 which is one of the greatest, 41:39 most sophisticated works in the medical industry. 41:41 Yes. 41:42 In fact, day before yesterday, 41:44 Oleg and I were in New York 41:46 and we were in Dr. T. Colin Campbell's office 41:48 and we had a meeting with him, then we had lunch. 41:51 And by the end of the meeting, God just totally blessed. 41:54 We made a great connection, 41:56 and he gave us full permission to use his writings 42:00 in this set of books. 42:01 We've also contacted some other doctors, 42:04 Dr. Neil Nedley, 42:06 he's going to be working with us. 42:07 Dr. Hans Diehl is going to be working with us, 42:10 particularly to help us with molding the whole set 42:13 as it comes together but creating the last volume, 42:16 which will be about mental health 42:17 and spiritual health. 42:19 So, even in the seven sets for health, 42:22 we'll get into the spiritual aspect. 42:24 We've contacted Dr. Esselstyn... 42:26 Michael Greger. Dr. Michael Greger. 42:28 Barnard. 42:29 Dr. Barnard, so these are some of the top names that... 42:30 Oh, yeah. 42:32 Absolutely, I knew all those names. 42:33 And these are guys that are, you know, ahead of their time 42:36 in the studies of health around. 42:39 It's powerful. 42:41 And without exception, 42:42 every one of them has contacted us back 42:43 and said, "You can use... 42:45 We love the idea 42:46 of what you guys are talking about. 42:47 The fact that you have 40, 000 people 42:49 around the world, 42:50 these are our colporteurs, that are going out door to door 42:52 that will be presenting these materials, we love it. 42:54 You can use our materials. You can use our materials." 42:57 So, God is opening up 42:59 a lot of really, really big doors. 43:00 He's glowing the world. 43:03 So I should have probably already asked this by now. 43:05 What does GLOW stand for? Yeah, GLOW is an acronym. 43:08 It stands for Giving Light to Our World. 43:10 Awesome, Giving Light to Our World. 43:12 That's amazing. Praise the Lord. 43:13 And that's exactly what you guys are doing. 43:15 That's what we're talking about. 43:16 And, you know, I just wanted to... 43:18 because we have just a few minutes 43:20 before we go to our break, 43:22 but if there's someone watching right now that says, 43:25 "Okay, this is sounding 43:26 like something that I want to do, 43:27 that I'm interested in," 43:29 how does one become 43:30 a part of this colporteuring ministry? 43:32 Give us some little insight in on that. 43:34 Well, the first thing that they want to do 43:35 is contact their local conference, 43:38 or you know, union, 43:40 and ask if there's a publishing program 43:41 there already so they can get trained. 43:43 But if not, we have a website. 43:45 It's called ColporteurTradeAcademy.com, 43:48 ColporteurTradeAcademy.com. 43:50 And there they can find information about the program 43:53 that we provide 43:54 and how they can get involved in being trained. 43:57 We have a two-component process. 43:59 Number... 44:00 First, we have an online training component. 44:02 So, they'll be learning a lot about colporteuring, 44:05 the classroom information through the internet 44:07 at their own pace. 44:08 And then when it comes to the field training aspect, 44:11 we're offering two different ways of doing that. 44:14 One is individualized training 44:16 or coming to group trainings that we're providing 44:18 so that people can get involved, 44:20 but there's a lot more information 44:21 on the website itself 44:22 about how they can begin that process. 44:24 Absolutely. Okay. 44:25 So is this something... 44:27 If somebody is engaged in this particular, 44:31 they sign up for it, 44:32 they want to become a part of it, 44:33 will they learn practical ways 44:35 on how they can become a better colporteur? 44:39 Yes, that's the idea. 44:41 Because, you know, it's nice to read it in a book. 44:43 It's nice to hear the testimonies, 44:45 but the best thing is to go out there 44:47 and experience it yourself. 44:48 So, we're planning a ten-week program 44:52 for infield training. 44:54 And that's interesting because right now, 44:56 we have people from all around 44:58 the United States contacting us, 45:00 and asking, saying, 45:01 "Is there any chance to have it sooner? 45:04 Can we go now?" 45:06 And there is a process, 45:07 we're still working on that process 45:09 on making everything happen in a legal way, 45:11 in a proper way in California. 45:13 That's a challenge in itself, but God is opening doors 45:17 and we're walking through them. 45:19 And we're planning in September, 2020, 45:21 this year to have a 10-week infield training in California, 45:27 where people... 45:28 Yesterday, we were driving 45:30 and someone called us from Texas, 45:31 saying, "I'm ready to go. 45:33 I want to go there to get trained 45:35 and come back to Texas 45:36 and revive the adult canvassing in Texas." 45:40 Nelson and I, when we had a lot... 45:42 We spent a lot of time together now this week, 45:44 especially flying and driving together. 45:47 Oh, when we start dreaming about this 45:49 and praying about this, we get so enthused, 45:52 and then we receive a call like that. 45:54 We say, God is just working in amazing way. 45:57 Bring the people... 45:58 The other day, somebody from Washington 46:00 contacted me and saying, 46:02 "God just been pounding this into my head 46:04 the past few months." 46:06 And then they say, "We went on YouTube 46:08 and we found some of your videos, guys." 46:11 Nelson and I, we put some videos 46:12 there on some training. 46:14 "So that training, God just answered our prayer, 46:17 and my wife and I, we want to go there, 46:20 get trained and come back here 46:21 and enthuse our church with this." 46:23 So, yes, the infield training, 46:25 the online training first, infield training, 46:28 and then we are praying to revive adult canvassing 46:34 not only in the NED, even in the country 46:36 where canvassing is not in being practiced. 46:38 And I just want to tag on to that. 46:40 I think it's really important for people 46:41 who are watching this program that are pastors in particular 46:44 or church leaders. 46:46 We want to speak to churches, 46:48 and we want to tell church leadership 46:50 that this is something that will benefit your church. 46:53 So, yes, we are reaching out to individuals 46:56 and asking them to register if God's calling them 46:58 but we want to speak specifically to churches 47:00 because churches are going to form 47:01 a very important part, a very important link 47:05 in the long-term sustaining 47:12 of that colporteur in that area. 47:13 So, you know, one of the things 47:15 that will keep a colporteur going really strong long-term 47:19 is a sense of community. 47:20 And if a colporteur is not plugged into a church 47:22 that's supportive, then... 47:25 We can train people all we want, 47:26 but we want them to stick around long term. 47:28 So, if churches have people 47:30 that they think would be qualified 47:31 and are called to this, 47:32 then they can send them our way. 47:34 And we can work with the church 47:35 so that from the very beginning, 47:36 the church is part of the equation 47:38 of the training process, 47:39 because we want to link colporteurs with churches, 47:42 and churches with colporteurs, 47:43 and teach them how to support each other 47:45 so that this can be prosecuted long term. 47:47 That's amazing. Praise the Lord. 47:49 I praise God for this type of ministry. 47:52 In fact, I have a friend who just recently graduated 47:55 from the Ouachita Hills College over in Arkansas, 47:57 and they have a very strong colporteuring ministry there. 48:00 And he has told us so many stories, 48:02 because he was actually one of the leaders, 48:04 he worked himself up to be one of the leaders 48:05 who takes these large groups out. 48:07 And sometimes, they'll go to churches. 48:09 And I mean, these guys are so committed 48:12 they literally bring, like, their sleeping bags 48:14 and they sleep on the floors of churches, 48:16 hard floors. 48:18 Oh, yeah. Just so committed. 48:20 And then throughout the day, for, you know, 48:22 a couple of weeks at a time at these different locations, 48:25 they're just flooding the streets, 48:27 going out there, going door to door 48:28 with these books. 48:30 And the stories 48:31 that he comes back and tells me, 48:32 it's just like, "Wow," 48:34 you know, all of that from just going to the door 48:35 and saying, "Hey, I have some books 48:37 that I would like to share with you. 48:38 You know, are you interested?" 48:39 And it opens up conversations that opens up ways 48:41 to get the gospel message out there 48:42 and it's just powerful. 48:44 Now, just really quickly, 48:45 you briefly mentioned the books that are, 48:47 that people can have access to or that they will be getting, 48:49 if they were to go out and sell 48:51 or if they were to be someone who received this. 48:53 You mentioned "Desire of Ages" 48:55 there maybe someone who may not know 48:56 what "Desire of Ages" is, 48:57 it's simply Ellen White's commentary 48:59 on the life of Christ. 49:00 And I believe... 49:02 So I've been told that, what is it, the Congress? 49:06 Library of Congress has stated that this is the greatest, 49:10 best work on the life of Christ 49:11 that they've been able to find so far. 49:13 It's listed that way. 49:14 So you get "The Desire of Ages". 49:16 You mentioned "The Great Controversy", 49:17 which has changed so many lives. 49:19 I think it was Ellen White's... 49:20 It was the one book 49:21 that she wanted to push more than any of them, 49:23 said she would like to get in the hands of everyone. 49:25 Is there any more other than those two? 49:27 Well, yeah. 49:28 So for the spiritual books, 49:30 there's children's spiritual books 49:31 which help them understand the Bible. 49:33 And then there's the adult spiritual books 49:34 which help the adults understand the Bible. 49:36 And that's something 49:38 that we call the Bible reference library 49:39 or the conflict series. 49:41 There's different names for it. 49:42 But basically, it's a five or six set of books 49:46 that goes from the very beginning of the Bible 49:48 with a book called "Patriarchs and Prophets", 49:50 all the way through to the last one 49:51 called "The Great Controversy", 49:53 which is more of a commentary on Revelation. 49:54 And then at the end, 49:56 there's typically a question and answer book 49:58 that goes through topically different questions 50:00 that people might have. 50:02 So, you're talking about the "Conflict of the Ages" series, 50:04 that commentary on the Bible 50:06 and then I'm guessing the other two, 50:08 the question and answer, 50:09 is that the "Bible Readings for the Home" 50:10 or similar to it? 50:12 That the name for, yes, one of the versions out there. 50:14 Right. Okay, nice. 50:15 You know, I remember 50:17 you speaking about that actually. 50:19 This was before I became a Seventh-day Adventist. 50:22 I don't even remember how I got it 50:24 but I got that question and answer book. 50:27 And I remember going through and familiarizing myself 50:30 with the truths as taught 50:32 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church 50:34 through this "Bible Readings for the Home", 50:35 it actually turns out to be a set of books, 50:37 like you're talking about, 50:39 that one of my friends who's a colporteur, 50:41 actually would go out and sell door to door. 50:43 And it's just powerful because again, 50:45 people can open these books up 50:46 that have no knowledge of Scripture, 50:47 have no knowledge of Bible themes 50:50 and understanding of any of these things. 50:51 They can read them and see them for themselves 50:54 in question and answer format, 50:55 and it's such a great opportunity for witnessing. 50:58 I just praise God for we actually... 51:01 We're coming down to the end of this program. 51:04 But we actually, 51:05 I want to make an appeal right now. 51:07 You may be asking yourself, 51:08 "You know what, I've heard all of this, 51:10 I'm pricked to the heart, 51:11 I want to join this or I want to support this," 51:13 or you might just simply want more information about it. 51:17 We're actually going to go to a roll really quickly, 51:20 where it's going to have all their information 51:22 on how you can contact GLOW and to get more information, 51:25 maybe even gain access to their tracts 51:27 or any of the material that they have, 51:28 and also how you can become a part 51:30 of this amazing colporteuring ministry 51:33 on getting the gospel to the world. 51:35 I strongly encourage you to do this, my friends. 51:37 Please pay attention, write this information down, 51:39 take it down, go to their website, 51:41 contact them, reach out to them, 51:43 because this is an opportunity 51:44 where the Lord is knocking on the door 51:46 of your heart 51:47 to minister for Him in these last days. 51:49 Here it is. 51:53 Colporteuring has played a vital role 51:55 in the expansion of the gospel. 51:57 And now the new Colporteur Trade Academy online course 51:59 can work with anyone's schedule. 52:01 If you'd like to find out more about GLOW 52:03 or the Colporteur Training Academy, 52:05 just visit their websites, GlowOnline.org 52:08 or ColporteurTradeAcademy.com, 52:12 that's GlowOnline.org or ColporteurTradeAcademy.com. 52:17 You may also call them at (559) 347-3150 52:23 or write to GLOW, 52:25 2820, Willow Avenue, 52:27 Clovis, California, 93612. |
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