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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 mending broken people. 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 removing pain. 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 heal a heart that hurts... 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 mending broken people... 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 mending broken people. 01:15 Hello. Welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:17 My name is John Dinzey and it is a blessing 01:19 for me to be with you and it's a blessing for me to be 01:22 with my wife Idalia as well 01:23 as we present a program to you that we are praying 01:28 will be inspiring 01:30 and will encourage you to do more for Jesus. 01:33 That's right. Many times we wonder: 01:35 "What can I possibly do for Jesus? 01:38 You know, I find myself limited because of my ailments 01:41 or simply I'm sick and I cannot leave my home. " 01:46 But there are ways in the new century... 01:49 this century... that we can join together 01:52 not only in prayer but also different opportunities 01:56 that present themselves. So please, don't let this 01:58 opportunity pass you by. 02:00 Be part of this inspiring ministry 02:03 and you will reap the blessings, you know, the rewards 02:07 in heaven for sure. Amen! 02:09 Well we have a special guest, 02:11 and he is the director of GLOW tracts. 02:14 I'm sure you've heard about it, and if you haven't 02:16 get ready for a blessing. 02:18 We have here Nelson Ernst. Welcome back! 02:21 Hey, thank you... it's a blessing to be here. 02:24 Thank you. Thank you for coming 02:25 and we know you have some won- derful things to share with us. 02:28 And we know you'll be blessed so we encourage you to pay 02:33 close attention. We're going to hear some new ideas 02:37 that GLOW is working with and also some stories. 02:41 I like stories, so I'm hoping to hear some that I can 02:44 share with others. Sure. Amen; amen. 02:47 Well, before we continue 02:49 we are going to the Lord in prayer, and we want to 02:51 invite you to join us in prayer. 02:53 You know 3ABN is a ministry of prayer 02:56 and we want to remind you that there is a 3ABN prayer ministry 03:00 and you can be one of our prayer partners. 03:03 And you can be part of the many that are praying 03:08 for the prayer requests that we mention during the day 03:10 or we put on the screen. And we know many of you pray 03:14 without even joining the prayer partner team. 03:17 But we encourage you to join the prayer partner team 03:19 so that you can receive prayer requests every week. 03:22 And we thank you so much for praying. God is doing 03:25 great and wonderful things. But now let us go to the Lord 03:28 in prayer. Our loving heavenly Father, 03:31 we want to thank you for Your great mercy. Thank you, Lord. 03:35 For Your kindness to us, Lord. 03:37 And we ask that You will be with us during this program. 03:41 We pray that You will bless Bro. Nelson 03:43 with Your Holy Spirit and guide him in what to share. 03:46 We thank you, Lord, for all those that are joining us 03:48 wherever they may be. 03:50 We thank you that there is hope in Jesus 03:52 and we praise Your name for the ministry of GLOW 03:57 that are sharing the gospel practically all over the world. 04:01 And we pray, Lord, for a blessing upon everyone 04:04 that is watching and listening. 04:06 We ask You, Lord, to consider the prayer requests 04:09 that have come in to 3ABN during this day. 04:11 There are many needs all around the world. 04:13 But You are the Almighty God and no need is too great 04:18 and no need is too small. 04:20 So we pray that You will do that which You know is best 04:23 for each one of your children. Amen. 04:26 We ask You for these things in the holy and blessed name 04:29 of Jesus. Amen... Amen. 04:32 Well, we go now to Matthew chapter 24 and verse 14 04:37 and I'm asking my wife Idalia to read that for us. 04:40 Yes. It is a text that we all know 04:43 and many many have memorized it. 04:45 But we would like to read it straight from Scripture. 04:48 Matthew 24 verse 14. And it says: 04:52 "And this gospel of the kingdom 04:54 shall be preached in all the world 04:57 for a witness unto all nations 05:00 and then shall the end come. " 05:02 Amen and amen. 05:04 What is that end that it's referring to, Dinzey? 05:07 Oh, man! This is the end of the suffering 05:11 let's say... the end of suffering in this world. 05:14 And we are just praising the Lord that 05:17 GLOW identifies with this Scripture. 05:21 Tell us what thoughts come into your mind 05:23 as we read today Matthew 24:14. 05:26 Absolutely. It's a powerful verse. 05:28 You know, when I think about Matthew 24:14 05:30 and the gospel going out to all the world 05:32 I also think of another depiction of that 05:35 in Revelation chapter 18 05:37 where you have a symbolic picture of an angel 05:40 coming down with great power and he's illuminating the world 05:44 with his glory. And there you see basically a picture of 05:48 the gospel going out to the world 05:50 and it's represented as a mes- sage that's a message of light. 05:55 And we know from Scripture that light is a symbol 05:57 of God's character. So before the end comes 06:01 everybody in the world is going to hear this message 06:02 of God and His real character. Because I mean 06:06 that's really what it's all about, isn't it? Amen! 06:08 Is a battle over whether we see God's character 06:10 in the right light or if we have a misunderstanding of it. 06:12 Um-hmm. Thank you so much. 06:15 We could talk all-day about Matthew 24:14 06:18 and what it means to each and every one of us. 06:20 It's good news because the Bible says 06:23 that this will go to every nation in the world. Amen! 06:27 And you know God loves the whole world. 06:28 And that's the reason He gave His only begotten Son 06:31 that whoever believes in Him WILL NOT perish 06:35 but have everlasting life. Um-hmm. And I praise the Lord 06:38 that today those of you listening 06:41 can have the opportunity to be a member of God's family 06:45 and be a recipient of eternal life through Jesus Christ. 06:49 That's right, and God's Word is a lamp unto our feet. 06:53 Amen. And a light unto our path. 06:54 Well we have some music that we want to share with you 06:57 to get your mind ready for the good news you're about to hear. 07:01 What do we have today, honey? 07:02 Oh, we have Kendol Bacchus, and he is a pianist. 07:06 And he has been blessed with his gift in the passion of sharing 07:11 Christ's love through his music ministry. 07:14 This interpretation is entitled 07:17 Far and Near the Fields are Teeming. 11:58 Amen! Thank you, Kendol Bacchus. 12:00 He came to record that for us. A beautiful, beautiful hymn. 12:03 Actually, you know when you hear an instrumental 12:06 I'm trying to remember the words. 12:08 And I looked up the words here and I'm going to just read the 12:11 first stanza in the hymn book 12:13 because some of you may have been doing the same as me: 12:16 trying to remember the words. Um-hmm. 12:18 And it says: Far and near the fields are teeming 12:21 with the sheaves of ripened grain. 12:24 Far and near their gold is gleaming 12:26 o'er the sunny slope and plain. 12:29 Lord of harvest, send forth reapers! 12:32 Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry: 12:35 send them now the sheaves to gather, 12:38 ere the harvest time pass by. 12:41 Beautiful beautiful chorus. 12:43 And I think I'll just read verse two as well. It says: 12:46 Send them forth with morn's first beaming, 12:49 send them in the noontide's glare. 12:52 When the sun's last rays are streaming 12:54 bid them gather everywhere. 12:57 Praise the Lord! Beautiful hymn; beautiful hymn. 13:00 I love that hymn! Well Kendol Bacchus: we thank you. 13:01 Yes... yes. If you would like to invite him 13:05 to your community, to your church, 13:07 please contact us here at 3ABN 13:10 and we'd be happy to share his contact information. 13:13 He is also available through social media. 13:16 Kendol Bacchus... Kendol Bacchus. Um-hmm. 13:20 Well, we are here with Nelson Ernst 13:23 if you just tuned in, and he is the director of GLOW. 13:28 Now what is GLOW and why is the name GLOW? 13:33 That's a good question! 13:35 Well basically GLOW is just a simple idea. 13:38 We're with this ministry encouraging church members 13:41 to carry gospel literature with them wherever they go - 13:44 um-hmm - because we believe from reading the Bible 13:48 that the harvest is ripe. 13:50 And every day as we're going about our activities 13:53 there are golden opportunities to reach out to people. 13:57 And a lot of us might have a hard time 13:59 feeling comfortable witnessing. 14:02 We might not know the right words to say to somebody 14:04 if we feel impressed to witness to them. 14:08 But if we're carrying literature with us 14:10 the literature can do the witnessing for us. 14:12 It's great. Amen! So that's kind of the basic concept. 14:15 We're just encouraging people to carry literature with them 14:17 wherever they go, and we're developing 14:20 and adding on to that basic idea. 14:22 Praise the Lord... Amen! 14:24 So it began when? And how many GLOW tracts 14:29 have circulated the world? Yeah! 14:31 Um... so we started the ministry back in 2007 14:36 and really it just kind of sprang out of reading a book 14:41 by Ellen White called Publishing Ministry. Um-hmm. 14:43 And God also brought some other circumstances together 14:46 so that we had some incredible miracles happen 14:48 and we had some funding to get it going. 14:50 That's a whole story in itself. Yes! 14:51 But, yeah, so since then - 2007- 14:56 there have been church members that have been passing out 14:58 the literature literally in a lot of different countries. 15:01 And we've printed a little over 130 million tracts. 15:05 Amen! Yeah, which sounds incredible 15:07 but I mean there's so much more to do. 15:10 That's right. I mean, it's really a drop in the bucket 15:11 compared to the amount of people that we need to reach. 15:14 But, yeah... so that's kind of where we're at. 15:18 I'm going to say those are only the tracts that we know about 15:21 because there are countries that are sometimes taking our tracts 15:25 and printing them but they just don't tell us about it. 15:27 Right. So... yes. Well, I can tell you 15:31 I know of a place. Oh really? OK. 15:34 I know of a place where I've seen them. OK. 15:36 And I said: "Well look at that! 15:39 I didn't know GLOW was here. " Yes. 15:41 I know of a place. Yeah, well you need to report that 15:43 country to us... we'll contact them and get the numbers. 15:47 Getting the count. Well, every ministry has their goals 15:51 and their desires and their dream. What is 15:54 your motto and what is it that you want to accomplish 15:57 as a ministry? We have mentioned tracts and all 16:01 and people may be like: "Oh, another tract? " 16:03 Well, this is NOT another tract. Please... Sure... sure. 16:07 Well, that's a good point. You know, there's a lot of 16:10 materials that are available for us 16:12 especially in the Adventist church for witnessing. Yes. 16:15 And I like to say that 16:18 GLOW is not so much about the kind of literature that you use 16:22 or that we provide as much as it is the concept. 16:25 Again, our primary emphasis is just encouraging church 16:29 members to get active with passing out literature. 16:32 And what is it that encourages them? 16:35 It's sharing stories. So when we hear people who 16:37 have had a divine appointment sharing literature - yes - 16:40 we do whatever we can to disseminate those stories 16:42 because that encourages church members to do more. 16:44 Now in terms of the tracts themselves 16:46 we still want to try and - you know - as a ministry create 16:49 the highest quality possible literature at the cheapest price 16:54 so that church members can give it out 16:56 and have something that looks modern - right - and attractive. 16:59 Is going to represent the Bible in a truthful manner 17:03 and also have a strong appeal at the end 17:06 so that people can take one step forward 17:08 in making their decision for Christ. Um-hmm. 17:12 So we do strive to do that. 17:14 When we make our tracts we even have a process where 17:17 we vet it through principles of Spirit of Prophecy 17:20 that we've gleaned from a book called 17:23 Counsels to Writers and Editors. Yes. 17:25 So there's a lot of good information 17:28 in Ellen White's writings that have really been blessings 17:30 to our ministry. Praise the Lord! 17:31 I know that... Oh, go ahead. Well I know that 17:34 you have a lot of GLOW tracts available. 17:39 But what are the topics? For example, 17:43 I know you couldn't cover it all in one minute here - sure - 17:47 but give us an idea. I mean, what does it... 17:50 what do you share in it? Is it church doctrines 17:52 or what kind of lifestyle? And stuff like that. Sure. 17:55 So just to answer that quickly: 17:57 we have basically three different categories of tracts. 17:59 OK. About 20% of our tracts 18:02 are devoted to topics that are health-related. Good! 18:05 Another 20% are devoted to topics which are more just 18:08 generic Christian topics like prayer and salvation. 18:12 And then the remaining 60% 18:15 are devoted toward topics that are - how can I say it? 18:19 maybe more doctrinal. Ones that would give people 18:22 a tidbit of truth that they might not have ever heard 18:26 before like the Sabbath or what happens after you die 18:29 or Bible prophecy. We really want to have that 18:32 be the primary emphasis of what we do. 18:34 We have also children's tracts: tracts for kids to give to kids 18:37 so they can understand it. Oh, that's wonderful! 18:39 And we have tracts that are waterproof. 18:42 I didn't know that! Yeah... yeah. 18:44 On vacation! We can share it on cruises! Exactly. 18:47 I'm actually waiting for the day when somebody will call in 18:51 and tell me a testimony about how they were snorkeling 18:53 or scuba diving and some person gave them a tract 18:56 underwater. That's what I'm waiting for. 18:58 That is amazing! That will be the ultimate story. 19:01 Awesome! I know from having seen them 19:05 that you have them in Spanish. Right. 19:06 Are there any other languages? 19:08 Yeah, we have them in about 75, 78 different languages. 19:13 Wow! We have about 50 different titles. 19:17 I mean, obviously, not every title is translated 19:19 into every language but yeah, so we have a lot of different 19:24 translations. Excellent! Well I understand there's a new 19:28 emphasis now for GLOW? Yes. 19:30 Tell us about that. Yes. 19:31 So building on the foundation 19:34 of encouraging everybody to just carry literature with them 19:37 wherever they go in their daily life 19:39 to make their everyday life a mission trip 19:43 we are now beginning to organize international 19:46 mission trips. And I'm really excited about this. 19:50 These aren't just any mission trips. 19:52 These are mission trips... I kind of like to call them 19:54 superlative mission trips... 19:56 So whenever we have a mission trip we're going to do something 19:59 that is superlative... or it's going to be extreme maybe. 20:05 For example: there might be a place in the world 20:07 where there's almost no church membership. 20:10 Oh yes! That's a place that we want to go with a mission trip. 20:12 OK. There might be a place which is extremely remote 20:15 like the southern or northern tip of the world 20:17 in terms of where inhabitants are. 20:20 That would be a superlative location to go to. 20:23 Or we'll have a mission trip where our emphasis is 20:27 trying to get out the most amount of literature 20:30 absolutely possible. And so we organize our mission trips 20:34 around these superlatives 20:35 because of several different reasons. But one reason 20:39 is because we want to have believers. 20:43 When they go on a mission trip 20:44 go and do something that they feel is just going to be 20:48 big. Something that is a story that 20:51 they're going to tell their grandchildren, you know, 20:53 years later. Amen! Amen! 20:56 Get that video you know and show us what you've been up to. 21:01 Right? Yeah... yeah. 21:04 Well I really think that getting out 21:07 and spreading the gospel through literature 21:10 in mission trips is very important for us to do. 21:14 Even with COVID - yes - God is opening up doors 21:17 and we're able to get literature out in places 21:20 which you know you have to bend over a little bit backwards 21:23 to make it work but God is still blessing 21:26 and we're moving forward with that. 21:28 So what mission trips are you currently planning? 21:32 What are the plans on that? 21:33 Yeah, we do have mission trips that we already have 21:36 on the schedule, and actually 21:39 probably the best way to answer that is 21:41 to say that people should if they want to learn about 21:43 these mission trips go visit our website: GlowMissionTrips.org 21:46 And when they go there they can just keep up to date 21:49 on the different mission trips that we're going to be having. 21:51 Learn the information; even register online. 21:53 Just to get a brief answer 21:55 the one that we have coming up that's the closest 21:58 is in Argentina. We're going to go there 22:00 and pass out one mission GLOW tracts in Spanish. 22:02 One million? Yeah! 22:04 Praise the Lord! Yeah. So not only are these tracts 22:06 going to be teaching people about the Bible 22:08 but they're also going to be inviting people to twenty-eight 22:10 simultaneous evangelistic meetings 22:12 because we're doing this in conjunction with the Southern 22:15 Argentinian Conference. 22:16 And... yeah... it's just going to be exciting. 22:18 That is exciting. Is there an age limit 22:21 as to who can participate in these mission trips? 22:25 Yes and no. We prefer to have people who 22:28 are 18 or above. It just makes it a little bit easier 22:31 unless they are able to come with their parent. Yes. 22:33 You know, in case there's an emergency or something. 22:35 We understand. Yes, yes. 22:37 And then on the other side they just need to be fit enough 22:40 to walk for 6 or so hours per day giving out literature. 22:45 So... you know. 22:47 Amen. So we have Argentina. Are there other places 22:50 that are... In the works? In the works. 22:53 Absolutely. Yeah, so there's that one and then in 2023 22:58 we're going to have another mission trip to Bolivia. 23:01 And Bolivia's going to be really exciting because 23:03 we're going to go with a group of people and we're going to 23:06 visit a bunch of unreached villages 23:09 that have no believers living in them. 23:11 And then on the very last day of that mission trip 23:14 we're going to get all the church members in the Bolivian 23:16 Union to distribute literature and we're going to attempt 23:18 to pass out 3 million tracts in one day. 23:20 In one day? In one day. Praise the Lord! 23:23 So we're crunching the numbers with the union down there 23:24 right now and we think we can pull it off. 23:26 Praise the Lord! Excellent! 23:28 I like those ambitious plans to get the gospel out. 23:32 Actually, that's not even the most ambitious one. 23:34 So I'll tell you about the last one. 23:36 So when I get home tomorrow actually, I have a call with... 23:41 with some church leaders in the Philippines. 23:44 And in probably 2024 or 2025 23:48 we're going to do a mission trip where we're going to go 23:50 to the Philippines and we're going to attempt to pass out 23:53 between 10 to 20 million tracts throughout the Philippines. 23:57 And we're hoping to make that the biggest literature outreach 24:01 that has been done - Amen! maybe even in the church. 24:04 Ten million! This is really exciting to get the locals 24:07 you know active, and as a family, you can go. 24:12 As clubs... the church. 24:14 Because the SDA church has Pathfinders Club, 24:17 Medical Cadets, and all. And they can all go 24:20 and it's exciting as you join in. 24:22 And I'm sure the youth from one church will say: 24:25 "We're going to outdo the other! " 24:27 You know, there's some excitement. You have to 24:31 remember that the young people, we thrive on that. Yeah. 24:35 We like to work together. Yeah. 24:37 I'll also add on to that: everybody who comes on these 24:40 mission trips... we're going to take the missionaries that come 24:43 with us and we're going to teach them how they can 24:45 create their own mini-mission trips when they come back home. 24:48 Excellent. So for example: if somebody today listening 24:51 to this wants to do their own literature mission trip 24:54 they can go to our website GlowMissionTrips.org 24:57 and they can click on the menu item that says Trip 24:59 and then the sub menu says Create your own 25:02 and we have an entire article there that explains 25:04 step by step how to plan and execute 25:07 your own GLOW mission trip 25:10 in your own context in your community. 25:12 That's wonderful! This is wonderful. 25:14 Wow! Hey, I'm encouraging everybody that's listening 25:17 go to the website. First pray... first pray 25:21 and say: "Lord, what do You want us to do? " 25:23 But you have a wonderful oppor- tunity to get the gospel out 25:26 in your community. Plan one! 25:29 Get people involved... get people moving. 25:31 You know, I think some people 25:32 in church is just waiting for somebody 25:34 to say: "Hey, let's do some- thing that we have never done 25:37 before and get these things done. " 25:39 We have seen... we have been involved in 25:42 projects and we notice that the members seem to 25:45 come alive when something new is presented. 25:48 And people get excited and they come back 25:51 from those trips excited. 25:53 We're going to hear some of those stories in a moment 25:55 I'm sure, but Bro. Nelson, tell us... tell us about 26:01 the video we're about to see and where it is. 26:04 Where were you when you were doing this video? 26:06 Sure... yeah... absolutely. So the context for the video 26:09 is that this mission trip that we're doing really soon here 26:12 to Argentina is actually going to be at the very southern tip 26:15 of Argentina. In fact, it's the most southern city 26:17 in the world which is Ushuaia, Argentina. 26:19 Um-hmm. So I'm doing this video in Ushuaia. 26:23 And very windy down there by the way. 26:25 You'll hear some wind a little bit in the background 26:27 of the video, but basically 26:29 it's... As I mentioned, we're going to do 28 simultaneous 26:32 evangelistic meetings and we're going to be passing out 26:34 a million tracts. But we're going to take a smaller team 26:37 down to the very southern trip and we're going to try and get 26:40 literature into every hand in three small towns 26:43 at the very very very bottom of Argentina. 26:46 So it's going to be exciting. I mean, they have like glaciers 26:48 that are just a couple miles away from Argentina. 26:51 There's penguins that are down there. 26:52 Wow! It's pretty cool. Excellent! Excellent! 26:54 Well, let's take a look at this video 26:56 and pay close attention. 27:03 Hey everybody. This is Nelson Ernst from the GLOW Tract 27:05 Ministry. I'm down here today in Ushuaia, Argentina, 27:08 which is literally at the southern tip of the world. 27:11 I've been down here for the past few days 27:13 and been having a really good time checking out the territory 27:16 here. Now, why would I be doing that? 27:18 It's because we're going to be doing a mission trip here 27:20 in April of 2022. In Argentina we're going to pass out 27:25 one million GLOW tracts. 27:26 Now these tracts are not just going to teach people about 27:29 the Bible, but they're also going to invite people 27:31 to 25 simultaneous evangelistic meetings 27:34 that are going to be happening all throughout the country. 27:36 I'm going to take a special group in addition to that 27:39 down to the very southern tip right here to Ushuaia 27:42 and we're going to pass out literature, GLOW tracts 27:44 to every single house in Ushuaia 27:47 as well as two other very small towns here. 27:50 I went and met some of the church members today 27:52 while I was preaching in their churches 27:53 and they want to say something to you: 28:02 Friends, these church members down here are excited about 28:06 what's going to happen. We need missionaries to come down 28:09 and pass out this literature. We need more hands! 28:12 So if you're interested in learning more about this 28:14 mission trip and if you want to maybe come with us, go to: 28:18 That website has all the information 28:21 as well as a place for you to register. 28:23 We'll see you at the southern tip of the world. 28:29 Excellent! Praise the Lord! 28:31 Wow! The very southern tip of the world! 28:34 Yeah, yeah... it took about 24 hours to get down there 28:37 from California... 18 hrs. of time in the air. 28:40 Tremendous, tremendous! 28:41 You know, you're talking about the mission trips. 28:43 I know the answer will be varied: 28:46 how long is one of these mission trips? 28:48 Sure. Well when we do a mission trip that is international 28:53 you know we try to make it long enough that it's worthwhile 28:56 for missionaries to come out to it. 28:58 So typically they range anywhere from 7 to 10 days. 29:02 Standard is about a ten-day mission trip. 29:04 Excellent... very good. What language do they speak 29:06 over there in Ushuaia, Argentina? Spanish. 29:09 OK... Spanish because I heard their English 29:12 and it was good. You taught them English? 29:14 I actually told them 'cause I was preaching in both of those 29:18 churches that were on the video clip there, and I told them 29:20 "Hey, I need you guys to help me make a recruiting video 29:24 and say WELCOME TO USHUAIA. " 29:27 Excellent! OK... very good. I heard them also say 29:30 Bienvenido so they said both. Right. 29:32 Good... very good. 29:34 Well, tell us more about what your needs are 29:38 in putting together these types of mission trips 29:42 because it sounds great and all but there is a lot 29:46 of behind-the-scenes planning and a lot of needs that 29:50 we are not aware of... so please share with us. 29:53 Yeah, you can say that again. 29:55 It's a logistical... 29:56 yeah, there's a lot of logistics to them. 29:59 Basically... The main thing that everybody can help us with 30:04 when it comes to mission trips is just prayer. 30:06 You know, Satan really likes to attack plans - oh, yeah - 30:09 when we're going out and invading his kingdom so to speak 30:12 and passing out millions of pieces of literature 30:14 he's not happy about that. That's right. 30:16 So just prayers that God will protect us - 30:18 the missionaries - and that there won't be issues 30:21 with restrictions with COVID in a country or something 30:24 like that. Aside from that 30:27 obviously we always are interested in people coming 30:30 as missionaries. So when I think about putting together 30:35 a mission trip, the two major hurdles that we have to overcome 30:38 are recruiting people and raising donations. 30:41 Because when we go on a mission trip and we pass out a million 30:45 or 3 million or 10 million tracts 30:47 we're not asking the missionaries who come 30:50 to pay for the tracts. 30:51 So we do what we can to raise the funds to get all that 30:54 covered and out of the way and so different people 30:57 can donate towards that. 30:59 But we also just need manpower 31:02 so we need people to come with us. 31:03 And there are still open... opportunities for even the one 31:07 that's coming up here in Ushuaia 31:09 and definitely for the ones that are further out 31:12 like Bolivia and the Philippines. 31:14 Excellent! Well this is a wonderful 31:18 ambitious under- taking and we praise the Lord 31:21 for what GLOW is doing. Um-hmm. 31:23 And you mentioned prayer. That's definitely a need... 31:27 a constant and continued need. Right. 31:31 What else? There are people that are not able to go. Yes. 31:35 Perhaps you mentioned donations? 31:37 We're going to share in a moment contact information 31:40 for GLOW so please get yourself ready 31:43 to write it down. And like I said in some other programs 31:46 sometimes I don't have anything to write. Nowadays you can 31:49 take a picture of the screen. That's right. 31:51 If you're listening on radio you WILL have to listen carefully 31:55 and write it down. And if you don't get it all, 31:58 of course, you can contact us and we will be glad to share 32:01 the information with you. 32:03 But besides the people that are not able to probably go 32:06 do you need people to like organize the groups 32:09 and get them ready to go? 32:11 Do you have that need as well? 32:14 Yeah... Well... so again, our biggest needs 32:18 are manpower and also just the funding 32:24 so we can cover for the donations. 32:25 So we've done actually quite a few of these mission trips 32:28 already - um-hmm - so we have a lot of the things down 32:34 with regards to putting together the transportation 32:37 and doing a lot of logistics for things on the ground 32:40 although it varies from country to country you know. 32:42 As you know it's - oh yes - it's hard getting around 32:44 in a different country you've never been to sometimes. 32:46 OK. Especially if you don't speak the language. 32:48 But yeah... again I think our biggest needs are always 32:53 donations and recruiting. 32:55 So for example, in Argentina 32:57 typically we're just fundraising for literature. 33:00 Um-hmm. But in this particular instance there's a church there 33:02 in Rio Grande, Argentina, which is... it's a very small church 33:07 and since it's so far away even from other churches 33:09 in its own conference it often times get neglected. 33:11 But they have opened up their doors to us 33:14 and they're going to allow our missionaries to stay 33:16 in the church facilities. To eat there; to have our worship 33:19 there; to sleep there; to shower there... all this kind of stuff. 33:21 But in order to do that 33:23 they're actually having to remodel a fair amount 33:26 of a section of their church. 33:28 So we're working to try to raise funds 33:31 so that we can help them do that. 33:32 Because they're actually opening up their doors as a small church 33:36 that's off in the middle of nowhere 33:37 to let our missionaries come and stay to reduce our expenses. 33:40 So when we do these mission trips we try and keep them 33:43 very inexpensive. And part of that means that we're going to 33:45 be staying at church facilities or school facilities. 33:48 And we just want to help this church down there. 33:50 Excellent! Wonderful! 33:52 I think that that is the best use of our money. 33:55 if we're not going to pay the hotel while of course 33:58 you know recruits and find some funding so the church 34:02 can permanently have that facility available 34:06 for future projects as well. 34:09 I have a question for you: 34:10 is GLOW a 501C3 for those that want to donate? Yes. 34:16 Which is non-profit. Right. GLOW is operated through... 34:20 primarily through the Central California Conference. 34:23 So if people want to donate towards a project like this 34:25 we are able to issue a tax- deductible receipt to them 34:28 and get that all taken care of. Um-hmm. Great. 34:30 Do you have like? What is the age of the youngest participants 34:35 in one of your projects? I would love to hear 34:39 one of those experiences. Well... 34:41 when we were in... so when the Super Bowl came to Santa Clara, 34:44 California, we passed out a million tracts 34:47 in San Francisco and Santa Clara as a mission trip. 34:50 And one of the missionaries was actually pregnant... so 34:53 I consider that to be our youngest participant. 34:56 You know, it's great. If you go out and you're passing out 34:59 literature and you're pregnant it really opens up some doors 35:01 'cause people are just very sympathetic. 35:03 But you know, in terms of "post-birth" participants 35:07 we've had even some little kids come along and they're great. 35:11 I remember - again - at the Super Bowl that 35:14 there were a lot of security... people with camouflage 35:18 and machine guns and stuff. Right. 35:20 And these little kids on our trip, they'd just go up 35:22 and give them these GLOW tracts. How precious! 35:24 Hey, maybe the adults didn't want to go and approach them 35:27 but the kids? They didn't care. Yes... yes. 35:28 The security people loved it. 35:31 That is wonderful! That just warms my heart. 35:34 So it's an opportunity for everyone of all ages 35:38 to consider having a GLOW project, a GLOW mission trip 35:43 project locally as well. 35:47 So we're praying for you. I know that the Lord will 35:49 bless you as you give from the heart 35:53 as the Holy Spirit moves upon your heart to support 35:56 this project to Argentina and also to the Philippines 36:01 and also to Bolivia. Um-hmm. 36:03 I'm pretty sure there are some: "Oh, I've been to Bolivia! " 36:06 Or "I've been to Argentina and of course, we'd love to 36:10 to see the people receive this material. " 36:14 It's easy reading material, right? Absolutely. 36:18 And it's... Tell me, how long would it take 36:21 the average reader to read these tracts? 36:24 So the average tract is about 1,200 words. 36:28 Obviously, it depends on what language it's translated into. 36:30 Some are longer than others like Indonesian is very long. 36:33 But it's an average of about 5-7 minutes to read through 36:37 a tract. Five to seven minutes. That's not long. 36:39 And it helps the person understand and also 36:44 let's say whet the appetite to continue studying. Right. 36:47 So in the back of the GLOW tracts what do we have 36:51 to help the people that read it get more information? 36:56 Yeah, so that's a good question. 36:58 Actually, it depends on where the tract is printed and used. 37:00 So the back panel always in the United States 37:03 has offers for free Bible studies. Excellent! 37:07 It has offers for getting ad- ditional tracts or a free book. 37:12 Different tracts will advertise different books. 37:14 For example, a health tract will advertise maybe 37:17 a healthy cookbook whereas a tract on the mark of the beast 37:23 would advertise The Great Con- troversy or something like that. 37:26 When we go to different countries to do a mission trip 37:28 we actually work with each specific country 37:30 to adapt the tracts to their - oh, good - culture - yes - 37:34 in terms of the graphics - um-hmm - 37:36 in terms of the thought content, 37:38 in terms of the translation, and then finally 37:41 in terms of what goes on the very back panel 37:43 for the contact and follow-up information. 37:45 So in Argentina for example - um-hmm - 37:48 the back panel is going to be driving people towards 37:51 these 28 simultaneous evangelistic meetings that are 37:53 happening plus they'll probably offer some Bible studies. 37:57 So it just depends on where you're at. Excellent! 37:59 I understand that there's also plans... 38:02 there are plans also to do this in the Middle East. 38:06 You probably have done it already 38:08 if you already have the tracts in those languages. 38:10 But in the future there will be plans for mission trips 38:13 to the Middle East, is that right? 38:14 Yes, uh-huh. We've already had some outreach endeavors there 38:19 and we will be having another one coming up this Fall. 38:23 So again, if people are interested in doing some of 38:26 these more "superlative" mission trips... 38:30 Going to the Middle East is definitely a superlative. 38:33 Yes indeed! We're going to take a small group this Fall 38:37 and they can learn more about that on our website: 38:40 GlowMissionTrips.org Excellent! 38:41 Well what are some of the ways... We have people listening 38:44 all over the world right now, but what are some of the 38:47 ways they can use a GLOW tract? 38:49 Yeah, well, you know I mentioned this a little bit earlier on 38:53 but not everybody can come on one of these mission trips, 38:56 right? That's right. But everybody can be a missionary 38:59 in their hometown. It's just a matter of keeping 39:03 the literature with you. In fact, we've heard stories... 39:07 You don't really have to pre-plan it sometimes. 39:09 You need to carry the literature and pray and God 39:12 will open up the doors for you to get that literature out. 39:14 Amen! Even if you don't want to get it out. 39:15 That's right. Like I'll give an example: 39:17 so I had literature with me one time 39:18 and I prayed to God: "God, give me an opportunity 39:23 to get this literature out. " So I was standing in line - 39:25 the security line in an airport that particular day - 39:29 and I felt this conviction to give a tract to the woman 39:31 who was standing right behind me in the security line. 39:34 In fact, I might have been coming out to 3ABN. 39:36 I don't remember, but... laughter... I think I was! 39:38 So anyway, for some reason you know I'm a chicken, too. 39:42 Just like the rest of us sometimes, you know? 39:43 You just don't feel like ah... You just wonder if it's 39:45 the right moment, how the person will react. 39:48 Or you're going to give it and maybe they're going to say no 39:49 or whatever. So I resisted... I didn't give it. 39:53 Well anyway, I take off - you know - my jacket 39:56 and all these things out of my pockets to put 39:58 it through the security scanning device. 40:00 And I go through the scanner; step through. 40:03 I start pulling my stuff out of the bucket - right? 40:05 on the conveyor belt. Right. I pull my jacket out 40:08 and guess what falls out of my jacket? 40:09 Tracts! All of my GLOW tracts. They fall all over the ground 40:13 and they were all just one title which says 40:15 A Gift for You. Excellent! 40:17 And the woman who was right behind me that I had felt 40:19 convicted about giving the tract to 40:21 she then at that very moment stepped through the scanner 40:23 herself and she sees all of my literature just dashed 40:26 on the floor and she literally says: 40:29 "Oh... A Gift for You. What's that? " 40:32 I mean it couldn't have gotten any easier 40:34 for me to give the tract to her. 40:35 Praise the Lord! Affirmation! Well yeah, I mean like 40:39 if you carry literature with you you'd better be pretty proactive 40:41 in getting it out otherwise, God might organize 40:43 circumstances you know so that it gets out on its own. 40:46 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord that it spilled out. 40:50 Because in some places... Just the other day I was in the store 40:54 and I went to the parking lot 40:56 and I offered to help somebody. I don't know who the person was. 41:00 Just a gentleman. And we engaged in conversation. 41:04 And I'm thinking... I'm talking with him and I'm like: 41:07 "What do I have that I can give him? " 41:09 And at that time I didn't have anything on me. 41:14 So the size of these GLOW tracts fits in my purse. 41:18 Are small enough? That's right; it definitely does. 41:20 You just said you fit it in your suit jacket. 41:23 In your pocket so it's handy to have. 41:27 Absolutely! Yep, we try and keep them small 41:30 and keep them inexpensive so people can carry them easily. 41:33 YES! You know, you asked: "How can people do this 41:36 just you know in their everyday life? " 41:38 I like to always when I get asked that question 41:40 just emphasize at least two different ideas. 41:43 You know there's... I could give literally a three-hour seminar 41:47 on different ideas because we've gotten all kinds of stories 41:49 of how church members pass these things out. 41:51 Um-hmm. But if I had to just distill it down to the top two 41:55 that I think are practical for everyday life 41:57 I would say number one 42:00 is at gas stations and number two is in parking lots. 42:03 Um-hmm. Because all of us go to the gas station eventually. 42:05 That's right. And all of us go to a parking lot eventually. 42:07 Right? 'Cause, we have errands in town. 42:09 Um-hmm. So when you go to a parking lot 42:12 you can leave literature on a car door. 42:14 And that's a very efficient way of getting literature out 42:18 in a large amount. Just park a little bit further 42:21 away from the store and then you can zig-zag 42:23 in and out of a few cars as you're going in. Um-hmm. 42:25 You don't want to do that when you're coming out with a 42:27 shopping cart. That could be hard. Frustrating. 42:29 And then you just put it on the driver's side car door 42:31 if they're a GLOW tract because they fold nicely to go in there. 42:34 Yes. So even if you're afraid 42:37 of giving it directly to some- body; afraid you're going to get 42:39 rejected you can put it in a car door. 42:41 And inevitably they're going to have to interact with that 42:44 piece of literature because they have to put their hand 42:46 on the handle, right? In fact, it's kind of funny. 42:48 One of our authors who's written quite a few of our tracts - 42:50 Steve Wohlberg - he wrote in to the GLOW ministry one day 42:54 and said: "Hey, somebody GLOWed me! " 42:56 He had his car parked at a grocery store or something 42:59 and somebody had put a tract on his car. Awesome! 43:02 But, yeah... that's one way of doing it. 43:05 Also gas stations. When you're at your pump 43:07 you can leave a piece of literature there for the person 43:11 who comes after you. You can put it on the pump 43:12 in between where the holster 43:14 where the gas nozzle goes back in. That's right. 43:19 There's different places you can put it. 43:21 It's up to you. And if you're feeling really brave, 43:24 then you can go while you're waiting for your gas 43:26 you can go and put them on the other empty gas pumps 43:29 or if you're feeling extremely brave you can 43:31 go up to the people who are actually pumping gas 43:34 and give it to them because they're not going to go 43:35 anywhere. I mean, they're stuck there with their gas 43:37 going. And the way that I like to do it 43:40 is I'll go up to the people and I'll say: 43:42 "Excuse me, sir or ma'am. 43:44 Do you mind if I leave this here for the person... 43:47 if I leave this on the pump for the person who's going to 43:50 come next? " I'm not even giving it to them. 43:54 Right? So it's not like they're going to reject me 43:57 and say: "No, I don't want it. " 43:58 So it's a very safe way of doing it for me. 44:01 That's right. And 9 times out of 10 44:03 they'll say: "Yeah, not a problem. " 44:05 But then also 9 times out of 10 44:07 they'll get interested and they'll ask for one themselves 44:09 or they'll just take the one that I put there 44:11 because they're interested in seeing what I just left behind. 44:13 So it's kind of a "chicken" way of doing it 44:15 for those who need some extra help, you know. 44:17 Well you know... Laundromats are very good too. 44:20 This is true. Laundromats. 44:22 On Sundays there's a lot of people there 44:25 at the laundromat. You know, I have a story 44:28 on that, so... Oh! OK. 44:30 We've encouraged people to do laundromats for years too. 44:33 Uh-huh. There was one lady in Washington state. 44:35 She was putting her GLOW tracts into her local laundromat 44:38 on a regular basis, but she noticed that the tracts 44:41 were disappearing rather quickly 44:43 when she would go there again. 44:45 'Cause she'd put a sizeable tract and she was wondering 44:47 "Well, why are these tracts going so quickly? 44:49 I mean, is somebody throwing them away? " 44:51 So she... one time when she was in the laundromat 44:54 she saw the postman come in 44:57 and the postman picked up a whole stack of her tracts 44:59 and put them into his mail satchel and started walking out. 45:02 And she stopped him and she said: 45:03 "Excuse me, what are you doing 45:06 with that stuff, you picked up? " 45:08 And he said: "Oh! I read these and I think they're really good. 45:11 I like to give them to the people when I deliver mail. " 45:13 Oh wow! So the postman - inter- esting - actually turned into 45:17 a missionary - Amen - and delivered the GLOW tracts. Amen! 45:19 So yeah... that's a great place to put 'em. 45:22 Well I've been to the laundromat quite a few times. 45:25 It's boring, so I take my reading material with me. 45:29 I take my work with me... my computer with me. 45:32 But I have also given tracts away to people that I say: 45:36 "Hey, here's some material for you to read while 45:40 your laundry is being done. " 45:42 So there are different opportunities. I think that 45:46 you guys have material for families, so if you're at 45:49 the park... you know, you see someone there... then it's 45:52 a non-invasive way of approaching the family. 45:58 So this is for families, for single people, 46:01 for grandma and grandpas to read as well. 46:03 You can also put literature in an airplane, if you're flying. 46:07 Yes. You know, there might be that magazine there. 46:09 Just put a bookmark in it. 46:11 That's right. You can give it to your seatmate who's sitting 46:13 next to you. We've had a lot of incredible stories 46:15 from that. You can leave it inside of your hotel room 46:19 if you stay at a hotel. 46:21 Leave a tip with that, though. 46:23 What's that? 46:24 Leave a tip. Oh yes... of course. 46:27 For the housekeeper. That's what we usually do. 46:29 We leave a tract and of course with a love gift for them 46:33 for their labor because... You know, it's nice that 46:36 we leave a tract but also you know they have needs as well. 46:41 Yeah, absolutely! So accompany it if you can. 46:45 I'm just plugging... sure... let me give a plug for the 46:49 housekeepers. So we have a story actually from these two methods 46:54 that I just mentioned. Yes. 46:55 There was a person that works for a TV personality 47:01 named Montel Williams. 47:03 He was kind of high up; kind of like his right-hand guy. 47:06 And he found one of our GLOW tracts 47:10 on the topic of health. It was actually the tract 47:14 called Steps to Health that talks about the 8 natural 47:17 doctors...Yes! the NEWSTART principles. 47:20 Um-hmm. He found that tract in his hotel room, 47:23 and he called the phone number on the back panel 47:26 and got ahold of the GLOW director in the 47:30 Upper Columbia Conference based in Spokane, Washington. 47:35 And he said: "I read this tract. I think this is one of the best 47:38 write-ups on health. " Amen! "Montel is just now getting into 47:41 health. " And he ordered 1,000 tracts while he was on the phone 47:44 and said he was going to call and order more. 47:46 The reason why it stood out to him though 47:47 wasn't just because of the content. 47:49 He told Jordana, who was our GLOW person up there at the time 47:53 he said: "This also stood out to me because 47:55 I just got this exact same tract while I was flying. 48:00 It was in the airplane 48:02 so I got this thing two times: once in the airplane... " 48:04 Wonderful! "and once in the hotel room. " 48:06 Like the Lord is saying: "Hint, hint... hint, hint. " 48:08 Yeah. He was trying to get his attention. 48:11 Yeah. Praise the Lord! 48:12 So another just real quick one while I'm thinking about 48:16 airplanes. An associate of mine 48:18 actually was flying in first-class recently 48:21 and he noticed a person who was sitting next to him 48:25 and felt like: "I need to maybe give this person a piece of 48:28 literature. " So when the plane landed he began to talk to him 48:34 and asked him: 'So like what do you do? " 48:35 He noticed he was reading a history book. 48:37 And come to find out that this guy actually was 48:41 the governor of Arizona. 48:43 Oh! And he didn't know until the governor actually told him 48:46 "I'm the governor of Arizona. " 48:48 This happened just a few months ago actually. 48:50 So he gave him his business card which was a GLOW tract. 48:52 Oh! It was perfect. 48:54 Excellent! Excellent! You never know who you're going to meet. 48:57 You also never know the impact one little GLOW tract 49:01 will have. Because like this person 49:04 that you mentioned that found it in the hotel 49:06 and also saw it on the plane. 49:08 He knows people... and the people you give this to 49:12 may know hundreds if not thousands of people 49:15 that they can share it with. 49:16 So you never know how far one of these tracts can go. 49:20 You know, one of the things I'd like to share 49:22 with you here and you at home: 49:25 The Lord provides opportunities for us to serve other people. 49:30 That's right. And it's my desire 49:32 for you all to just pray before you leave your home 49:35 or once you start your day in your day worship 49:38 just pray and say: "Lord please, help me be sensitive 49:43 to the opportunities that You will lay before me 49:46 to share a smile, compassion. " You know, 49:50 carry somebody's grocery bags or what have you. 49:53 And have a tract. Have SOMETHING to just... 49:57 it's a seed that you're plant- ing. That's right! That's right! 50:00 You are laboring for Jesus. Amen! 50:04 And the Lord will send the rain and the sunshine 50:07 that that little seed needs you know for the Holy Spirit 50:11 after they read this material. 50:13 So please: take care and please be sensitive 50:16 to those opportunities - Amen! Amen! 50:19 that the Lord will lay before you. 50:20 Well Nelson, maybe somebody just tuned in the last 5 min. 50:23 Can you give us a one-minute - briefly - 50:27 about the mission trips? Sure. 50:29 Yeah. Basically if you're just tuning in 50:32 we have some incredible mission opportunities. 50:36 We're going to be going to some different countries 50:38 to distribute millions of pieces of literature 50:40 to people who are looking for the truth? 50:42 And you can go to our website: 50:46 and learn more about those mission trips. 50:48 And we'd love to potentially see you come with us 50:51 so that we can serve on the front lines together. 50:53 Amen! Amen! You know what we noticed 50:55 from organizing evangelistic campaigns? 50:57 That many people that do it once 51:00 they want to do it again. Yep. 51:01 So this is a wonderful oppor- tunity to get the Word of God 51:06 out and an opportunity for you to get out of what we may call 51:10 the routine of your life and go on one of these mission trips 51:14 or even organize one in your area. Sponsor it! 51:17 Sponsor one! And so we want to now share with you 51:20 the contact information for GLOW 51:22 where you can have the infor- mation you need to go on one 51:25 of these trips or even to organize a trip 51:28 or even to support this ministry that is doing 51:31 a marvelous work to get the gospel of Jesus 51:34 Christ out into the hands of the people and into the minds 51:38 of the people so they can make decisions for salvation. 51:41 We're going to see the contact information 51:43 and then we will share good news from 3ABN. 51:45 And we will be back in just a moment. 51:47 We'll see you in a few seconds. |
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