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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY230022A
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00:04 I want to spend my life mending broken people.
00:15 I want to spend my life removing pain. 00:25 Lord, let my words heal a heart that hurts. 00:36 I want to spend my life mending broken people. 00:47 I want to spend my life mending broken people. 01:07 - Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn. - And I'm J.D. Quinn. 01:09 And I can hardly wait to get this started today. 01:13 We are interviewing four motorcycle evangelists, 01:17 is what I call them. 01:19 But I want to read a scripture to start this off today. 01:24 And it comes from Zechariah chapter 3, 01:28 and let me just start with verse 1. 01:32 "Then he showed me Joshua the high priest 01:34 standing before the Angel of the Lord, 01:36 and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 01:41 And the Lord said to Satan..." 01:43 This is the Lord, the Angel of the Lord, the Lord Jesus 01:46 speaking to Satan, and He says, "'The Lord rebuke you, Satan! 01:51 The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! 01:54 Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?' 02:00 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments 02:04 and was standing before the Angel. 02:06 Then He," the Angel, "answered," that's Jesus, 02:09 "and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, 02:12 'Take away the filthy garments from him.' 02:17 And to him," to Joshua, "He said, 02:19 'See, I have removed your iniquity from you, 02:27 and I will clothe you with rich robes.'" 02:31 It is the righteousness by faith, robes of righteousness 02:37 of Jesus Christ. 02:38 We have an interview for you today. 02:42 Oh, I'm so excited. 02:44 Let's get started. 02:45 We'll go ahead and introduce our guests. 02:48 Pete O'Connor. Pete, who are you with? 02:50 I am with He Returns Ministry. 02:53 ~ And what do you do? 02:55 ~ I'm actually a Bible worker and some other things. 02:58 I actually do health evangelist as well, 03:01 and literature evangelist as well with the ministry. 03:05 So it's a blessing to work for the Lord. 03:07 ~ And I'm smiling all over because this sweet face... 03:12 I guess y'all are called, bikers? 03:14 ~ Yes. 03:16 I don't know, but boy, I would have never guessed. 03:19 We'll get to that part in a minute. 03:21 But it's so lovely to have you here. 03:24 Then we have James Castillo. 03:27 And James, you are the national vice president for... 03:30 ~ Sabbath Keepers Motorcycle Ministry. 03:32 And you used to be the national president for... 03:36 ~ Banshees MC. 03:38 And that's a one-percenter club. 03:40 Back in the old days, you know. 03:42 It's a miracle what the Lord can do with your crazy life. 03:46 ~ Let me explain that to people who are watching today. 03:50 A one percenters club, we're talking about 03:53 mad dogs, which just happens to be a tattoo that he has. 04:00 This man is 2 Corinthians 5:17. 04:04 He is a new creature in Christ Jesus; completely changed. 04:10 And it's so exciting to see what God can do. 04:15 Wait till you hear his stories. 04:18 And now we have Joanie, and the last name is Price now. 04:22 Joanie Price. 04:24 Joanie, tell us just a little about who you're with. 04:28 Well, I'm with Adventist Motorcycle Ministry. 04:30 We found them at the GC 2015 in San Antonio. 04:36 And we just immediately wanted to get involved. 04:40 Especially with handing out literature and 04:42 telling people about Jesus. 04:43 ~ I love it. 04:45 ~ And then the man with the beautiful hair next to you 04:47 is your husband, Eddie Price. 04:50 - Eddie. ~ Yes, same thing. 04:51 ~ Adventist Motorcycle Ministry. 04:54 I had a homemade motorcycle I built years ago, 04:57 and after the Lord got ahold of me, I said, 05:00 "I don't want this anymore. 05:01 What do You want me to do with it?" 05:03 And I had no answer. 05:05 Until we met the people with the GC. 05:07 And then it started clicking, oh I can use that bike 05:11 to help reach people. 05:13 Alright, now I understand about the bike. 05:15 That's kind of how we got into it. 05:17 ~ You know, it reminds me of the scripture, 05:19 "If you can't run footmen, how are you going to 05:21 keep up with the horses?" 05:24 And you see the horsepower we have behind us right now. 05:28 These wonderful Christian people have a mission: 05:34 Mission Sturgis. 05:36 And if you don't know what Sturgis is, 05:38 Once a year in Sturgis, Idaho... 05:41 - No, South Dakota. - I mean South Dakota. 05:42 In Sturgis, South Dakota there is a motorcycle rally 05:48 where motorcycles come in from all over the world. 05:52 We were there at the Black Hills once just after 05:56 they had been there, and there had been 500,000 motorcyclists 06:00 who had come in. 06:01 And last year it was 1.2 million, wasn't it? 06:04 ~ Oh no, that was 2015. 06:05 2015 it was 1.2 million. 06:08 But it's a... I don't know how to say it. 06:14 It's Babylon. It's pagan. 06:17 It's people who don't know about Jesus. 06:23 They don't know about His love, they don't know about His power. 06:26 And they are looking for love in all the wrong places, 06:31 is how I'm going to say it. 06:33 But you guys go to these different motorcycle rallies, 06:38 and you have a wonderful ministry. 06:40 But before we get into the ministry, 06:43 we've just been fascinated listening to the stories 06:47 in the green room. 06:48 And they bring God such honor. 06:50 So once again, I come to your face that just beams 06:56 with the love of the Lord. 06:58 Tell us a little about your youth and what happened, 07:03 and how God plucked you out of the fire. 07:05 ~ Sure. I grew up Adventist. 07:09 And of course, my family were Adventist, but what 07:13 made them only Adventist was going to church every Sabbath. 07:16 They were still into the secular world. 07:19 We still listened to the worldly music, 07:21 watched all the worldly movies. 07:23 So it was a lot easier for me to leave the faith. 07:26 So as I got older into high school, I joined the military. 07:31 Did 20 years in the Air Force. 07:33 So I got stationed in Nebraska. 07:36 And within my third year of my being in the military, 07:40 that's when I started hanging out with the 07:42 wrong type of crowd. 07:44 I started drinking, I started smoking, 07:47 And just one thing led to another. 07:49 And next thing you know, I'm no longer with the Lord. 07:52 And I didn't want anything to do with the Lord at all. 07:55 And throughout my life I got into bad habits. 07:59 And next thing you know, I got into motorcycles. 08:02 And I remember my very first motorcycle that I bought was a 08:05 2009 Harley Davidson Iron 883. 08:09 I got into that, and then I started 08:10 hanging out at the biker bars. 08:13 And I got really intrigued into the motorcycle club. 08:16 And so, I got introduced to a motorcycle club 08:19 that I wanted to be in. 08:20 And for you to be in that club, you have to be invited. 08:25 So I got invited to be in that club. 08:27 I hung around for three months, and then the club member has to 08:31 do a 100% vote if they want to have you in the club. 08:35 And you have to prospect for a whole year. 08:38 So they voted yes, 08:40 and I prospected for this club for one year. 08:44 And it was real easy for me to prospect because 08:48 I went through boot camp... 08:49 ~ I just want to say something, Pete. 08:51 These weren't sweet little Christian motorcycle clubs. 08:54 This was a bad boy club, right? 08:56 ~ Yes, yes. - Okay. 08:59 So when I got into the motorcycle world 09:02 and I started prospecting for this club, 09:05 it didn't really reflect Christ at all. 09:08 You know, it did everything what Christ does opposite. 09:12 You know, what the devil wants you to do. 09:14 And so, I did that for five years. 09:18 And God was tugging my heart. 09:22 And He kept me safe throughout the whole entire time. 09:25 And I remember, you know, "Train up a child..." 09:27 and you remember the things that your mom taught you. 09:29 And I remembered the things that my mom taught me 09:31 when I was a lot younger. 09:33 And the Holy Spirit started bringing things back to me. 09:39 I remember, I was getting sick at one time, 09:42 and I changed my diet from eating meat 09:46 to plant-based in one day. 09:48 And that's when I started cleaning up, 09:51 and that's when I started hearing the Holy Spirit 09:53 even more and more, and saying, "Hey, what are you doing?" 09:57 One day I just went up to my club member and I said, 09:59 "Hey, I want to follow Christ again, 10:02 and I want to give up this lifestyle that I'm living in. 10:05 It doesn't reflect Christ at all." 10:07 And they were in shock. 10:09 And so, I turned in all my color, my vest, 10:13 everything that had to do with club stuff. 10:15 I gave everything up; you know, the belt, the hats, everything. 10:21 And that's when the Holy Spirit turned me around. 10:23 It was a process, and that's why, you know, like 10:26 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if any man 10:29 be in Christ, he is a new creature 10:31 and old things are passed away." 10:32 And that's what God started doing to me. 10:35 He was changing me in that process. 10:37 But at the same time, He was letting me know, 10:40 "Hey, you're still a filthy person, 10:42 but I'm going to change you. 10:44 And it's going to be a process. 10:45 I'm going to take you down this road." 10:46 And that's what He did. 10:48 And ever since then I've given my life to God, 10:52 and now I witness to the biker community. 10:55 And that's my talent that I use for the Lord. 10:58 ~ Glory to God. How exciting. 11:00 We know that He is, as Philippians 2:13 says, 11:04 "working in you to will and to do His good pleasure." 11:06 And you know what? We can count on His... 11:09 One of my favorite promises, Philippians 1:6, 11:12 "that He who began a good work in you will be faithful 11:16 to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus." 11:20 I'm so excited. 11:21 - James Castillo. ~ Yes. 11:24 James, show us your tattoo. 11:27 ~ And that tattoo says, Mad Dog. - Yes. 11:31 ~ Tell us a little bit about... You are now a chaplain. 11:35 I mean, tell us of the fire that God plucked you out of. 11:43 ~ Right, well I too started off as a Roman Catholic 11:47 bringing up in childhood. 11:50 Around high school time, you know, you start running around 11:54 with the wrong crowd. 11:57 Smoking, drinking, smoking pot. 12:00 Next thing you know, you're doing harder drugs. 12:03 I got involved with some, I won't mention names, 12:06 with club members in the Bay area. 12:09 I started dealing drugs. 12:11 Before I knew it, I was so wrapped up in it that 12:14 I joined a little local club; it was called, Satan's Legion. 12:20 You know, from there things just started 12:24 moving so quickly in the meth world. 12:27 That's why they call it, go fast. 12:31 You know, things were really going fast. 12:33 ~ Is meth called, go fast? ~ Yes. 12:35 You're talking to people who are a little bit too protected. 12:39 ~ They call it crank, meth... 12:41 It's got a whole bunch of different names. 12:43 ~ I know it's a bad drug. ~ Yes, it's really bad. 12:45 So you know, I did meth sales and meth production 12:51 for a lot of years. 12:53 I became the... 12:54 Let's see, first I started with the Satan's Legion 12:57 which got absorbed into a bigger club, a national club. 13:01 It's called the Banchees. 13:02 I started there as a road captain, 13:04 worked my way up to president, 13:05 and all the way to national president. 13:08 And the things that take place in the dark. 13:14 That's why the Bible says to have nothing to do with the 13:17 "unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." 13:22 ~ So what was the result of all of that? 13:24 ~ Well, after three prison terms, my last time around 13:31 I was at the Sacramento county jail where a young guy 13:34 just started telling me about Jesus and His love for me, 13:38 and how He could help me out and change my life. 13:40 And some things happened there at that jail 13:42 where I decided to be a Christian. 13:44 It was little over a year later I was at Folsom State Prison, 13:49 and I met a young man there that was preaching 13:52 the Adventist message. 13:54 And he became my cellie. 13:56 And I got a crash course in Daniel and Revelation. 14:00 James Rafferty and Ty Gibson were very instrumental in 14:04 the Daniel and Revelation prophecy seminar studies 14:08 that we were doing there. 14:10 So I decided that... My wife was raised Mormon. 14:14 So I'm sending her these studies. 14:16 And we get to the Sabbath, and she goes, 14:18 "Boy, you guys just can't leave nothing alone, can ya?" 14:22 So anyway, we both decided at that point to become members 14:27 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 14:29 I paroled from Pelican Bay State Prison in 2003, 14:34 and became a deacon at the Mount Shasta Seventh-day Church. 14:42 We moved from there to Whitmore California 14:45 where I became an elder, became head elder. 14:48 And in this ministry, we began in this ministry 14:52 in I think 2009, right around there somewhere. 14:56 ~ So this was a true 180-degree conversion. 15:01 You turned to the Lord completely. 15:03 ~ Oh completely, we decided to leave all that behind. 15:05 My wife asked me, "Is your dragon dead 15:09 or is it buried in the snow?" 15:11 I said, "Oh, it's dead. I'm never going back there." 15:14 And so, yeah, we've been very involved with this ministry, 15:17 with Sabbath Keepers for the last, 15:18 it's going about 12 or 13 years. 15:21 And we are literature evangelists. 15:25 We go to these ministries... 15:27 As can see, I graduated from AFCOE. 15:31 Basically, you know, we'll get some people that are very 15:34 interested in Bible prophecy or even just 15:38 learning more about Bible truths. 15:40 Sometimes we get people we've given like an hour or two hour 15:44 long Bible studies right there at the booth. 15:46 ~ That's wonderful. - It's really just amazing. 15:49 We call it, making friends for heaven. 15:51 And it's a lot of fun. 15:54 My wife told me before that you need to take your 15:58 old talents that you used to use in the outlaw world 16:02 and reapply them to the good. 16:05 And so, when I was making my 16:12 thing out for getting jobs, the resume, 16:16 you know, I was into sales. 16:20 I had to learn how to write up all these different things. 16:22 But apply those things to living in a right life. 16:25 And the Lord has just blessed us so much. 16:28 I mean, you know, as David said, that if I was to 16:31 try to recount them, I couldn't do it. 16:33 - Things are just over the hill. ~ Amen, praise God. 16:37 And I have to tell you. 16:38 He showed me some picture from the past, 16:41 and you wouldn't have been somebody 16:42 that I wanted to meet in an alley. 16:44 I'll put it that way. 16:46 ~ I think that what really is catching my attention is, 16:48 and please listen to this, people are afraid to 16:53 share Jesus in the marketplace. 16:55 Here you have two different guys just lay it down and said, 16:59 "Hey, I know someone that can make a difference in your life." 17:04 And, I'll be, it did happen. 17:09 And a lot of people, "Oh, there's nothing really to that, 17:12 you know, I mean. 17:13 And I'm not qualified to say that Jesus loves you, 17:18 He can make a change in your life." 17:21 I mean, you're evidence, both of you are evidence, 17:24 you know, that people pray for you, and prayer works. 17:29 You know, when we go to these events, people that 17:32 used to know me from the old days, 17:34 they see me now, you saw my pictures, 17:36 so they see and say, "What happened?" 17:40 I say, "Well, you know, I met Jesus." 17:44 The parable about the shepherd going and looking 17:49 for the lost sheep, people say, "Oh, I found Jesus." 17:52 I say, "No, you didn't find Jesus. 17:53 He found you." 17:55 ~ Amen. ~ Exactly. - And that's how it works. 17:56 He finds you. 17:58 ~ He chased you down with His love. 17:59 ~ At the very lowest point in your life, 18:02 He will just pick you up, clean you up, 18:05 take you out, give you a mission. 18:06 and empower you to do it. 18:09 That's the whole thing. 18:11 ~ And now you're out giving hope to the hopeless. 18:13 So, I mean, and that's something that... 18:18 Somebody once said, treat everyone as if 18:22 their heart is breaking. 18:24 Because it probably is. 18:26 And sometimes the roughest, meanest, toughest people 18:30 are people who have been brought up not to know love. 18:35 They've been brought up to be rejected, 18:38 to feel worthless. 18:39 And they're looking for power, they're looking for fellowship. 18:44 And they join up with these gangs. 18:46 And oh, God wants them. 18:50 ~ This is exactly what Pete and what James both have said. 18:54 You came to a place, and it was in your high school years, 18:57 that you got involved with the wrong group. 19:02 You both used those exact words. 19:03 You got involved with the wrong group. 19:06 And boy, if you look back... 19:08 Please listen to that. 19:10 Because it's easy to do. 19:12 You know, there's people out there that are feeding on 19:14 people, and they're offering to send the right thing 19:17 whether there's any depth to it or not. 19:20 ~ The apostle Paul says bad company corrupts good morals. 19:24 ~ I had a man hire me for a company 19:29 that does juvenile transport. 19:32 It's called, Guiding Hands. 19:34 And when I gave him my testimony, he thought about it. 19:38 When I went back to his house, he goes, "You know, I think 19:40 you would be working good on one of my teams. 19:42 Because you could minister to these kids." 19:45 So when we're transporting the kids, I'm in the front seat 19:49 and they're in the back, and we'd stop somewhere. 19:51 So I'd turn around and talk to them 19:52 and say, "Hey, you know, what? 19:54 I haven't always been in the front seat. 19:55 At one time in my life I was right where you are." 19:57 And so, you know, it breaks the ice and you get to 20:00 talk to kids like that. 20:01 ~ Amen, amen. 20:03 And now we come to Joanie. 20:06 And Joanie, your story is a little different. 20:09 You were really a pretty straight-laced person 20:13 brought up to be very prim, proper, modest. 20:18 Tell us a little of your background. 20:22 Did you grow up in a Christian home? 20:24 ~ Oh yes, I was raised Roman Catholic. 20:27 I raised my children Roman Catholic. 20:30 I taught catechism. 20:32 And then I met this guy in 1991, and he asked me a question, 20:40 and he said, "Do you think God would give power 20:42 to a man to change His laws?" 20:44 And I said, "No." 20:47 And he said something about the fourth commandment. 20:49 And I said, "Yeah, 'Honor thy father and thy mother.'" 20:51 And he said that's not the fourth commandment. 20:52 And I said, "Yeah, it is. 20:54 I taught catechism, I know what my commandments are." 20:56 So anyway, he got the Bible out, and, 20:59 "Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day..." 21:01 And my life has never been the same since. 21:05 So the Lord plucked you out even. 21:08 I mean, it was... You were a Christian. 21:11 You were just following traditions of men. 21:14 ~ Right. 21:15 But having read a lot more of the Bible, 21:18 I had a Bible, but you know, the church doesn't, Catholic, 21:22 doesn't really promote Bible reading. 21:25 I remember in 1980 they were going to have Bible studies 21:31 in the home, in our church in Guntersville. 21:34 And so I wanted to do it because I always wanted to read more. 21:38 I mean, you know, I read all the Catholic 21:40 books and things like that. 21:41 But anyway, my mother said, and she was in her 60s at the time, 21:46 and she said, "Well, no, the priests told us that 21:49 we're not to read the Bible. 21:51 That they'll tell us what to do." 21:52 And I'm like, okay. 21:54 I mean, I know that was a Catholic thing 21:57 from way, way back. 21:59 But you know, my mother was only 60 at the time, 22:02 and she was still, you know... 22:04 Anyway, so I started reading a lot. 22:07 I read the Conflict series. And I've just been reading. 22:10 And I was very, very blessed because my husband, 22:14 he was not my husband at the time, but anyway, 22:17 he would not give me the studies because he didn't want 22:19 me to do it for him or for the wrong reasons. 22:22 So he said, "If you want to know more, 22:23 you're going to have to go find it for yourself." 22:27 So I was blessed in that I went to Sacramento Central Church. 22:33 At that time they did not have a senior pastor. 22:36 And so I had to go to another church, 22:38 and a lovely lady was giving me studies. 22:42 But I went to Central Church. 22:44 If the doors were open, I was there. 22:46 I don't care what it was. I was a member of the choir. 22:49 I absolutely loved it. 22:50 And then we got a new pastor who taught several of us 22:54 in his home, and his name is Doug Batchelor. 22:57 So, Doug and Karen, they're just very close to my heart. 23:01 ~ Amen, amen. 23:03 You know, my family is not happy with me. 23:05 My father was livid. 23:07 He said, "How could you leave that church? 23:09 If it was good enough for your mother, 23:10 it ought to be good enough for you." 23:12 And I finally, finally, and I don't know why I didn't 23:16 ask him that same question that was asked of me, 23:19 but I finally did, not too long before he passed. 23:22 And I said, "Dad, let me ask you a question. 23:24 Do you think God would give the power 23:26 to man to change His laws?" 23:28 And he said, "No." 23:30 And I said, "Dad, that's why I'm a Seventh-day Adventist 23:32 and I'm no longer a Catholic." 23:33 ~ And you know, maybe I should explain that, 23:36 because some of you may be saying, 23:37 "Well, what is she talking about?" 23:40 The Catholic Church makes it no secret. 23:44 They take, they boast on taking credit for changing 23:51 the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday. 23:55 And the Catholic church, many of their documents 23:57 say you can read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation 24:02 and find no scripture that authorizes that change. 24:06 And they actually boast, they poke fun at Protestants 24:12 saying, "Oh, you Protestants, you left the Catholic Church 24:15 to begin with, saying, 'The Bible, and the Bible only. 24:19 Sola Scriptura.'" 24:20 But they say, "You who are keeping the Sunday, 24:25 the first day of the week, in place of the Lord's Sabbath, 24:30 which is Saturday, you are following a tradition 24:34 of the Catholic church, because it is a mark of our authority 24:39 that we changed and transferred the sanctity of 24:45 Saturday to Sunday." 24:49 So that's what she's saying when Eddie was asking her, 24:54 "Does a man, can a man..." 24:57 Jesus said, "You make void the Word of God 25:02 because you teach the traditions of men." 25:05 So Eddie, bless you first of all for being here. 25:09 I want to get to an experience you had about 8 months ago. 25:13 But first, you were in the Pentecostal church? 25:20 ~ I was raised Pentecostal by my mother 25:22 and Jehovah's Witness by my dad. 25:24 And we did not talk religion at the table. 25:31 - You could see why. ~ I can see why, yes. 25:32 Two different worlds. 25:34 And... Go ahead. 25:35 ~ I was just going to say, how did... 25:37 I mean, I know you're a retired Seventh-day Adventist pastor. 25:41 How did the Lord, with that home environment, 25:47 how did God get your attention and center you 25:51 in on the truth of His Word? 25:55 ~ How long do we have? 25:58 ~ Give us the Reader's Digest version. 26:01 I'm just pulling... We'd have to write a book. 26:04 The way the Lord has worked in our lives. 26:06 But to begin with, just a short point there, 26:10 I didn't like God because of the religion, the conflicts I saw. 26:16 And I saw hypocrisy. 26:18 So it turned me against God. 26:21 And when that happened, my conscious kept going, 26:24 getting like these guys talked about, my conscious was 26:26 chipped away, chipped away until I almost had no conscious. 26:30 I'm not going to tell you all the background stuff, 26:33 but I got to where I was very dangerous 26:37 to myself and to anybody else around me. 26:41 My brother who passed away said, 26:42 "Eddie, I am so glad you became a Christian." 26:45 I said, "Why?" 26:46 "Because you were either going to get killed 26:49 or you were going to kill somebody." 26:50 So I'm not going to go into detail. 26:53 Where I would like to go into detail is, our motto is, 26:57 "Every ride is a mission." 27:00 We're not a club. 27:02 We're an outreach for our Father. 27:05 We have a way to reach people that other people can't reach 27:10 because of our interest in bikes. 27:12 Our bikes are a draw. 27:14 And it opens up conversations to where we can plant seeds. 27:19 And when you go to Sturgis, 500,000 people or more, 27:24 there's a lot of God's kids out there. 27:28 But they don't know that He loves them. 27:31 And that's what we are there for. 27:33 We are there to plant seeds that the Holy Spirit can water 27:37 when we're gone. 27:39 I could tell you stories after stories. 27:42 But we also follow Christ's method alone 27:45 to bring true success in reaching the people. 27:48 Most of us know that. 27:50 He first principle was to mingle. 27:56 The desire for good for them. 28:00 So we have learned to mingle with people. 28:04 And these people, again, they're God's children. 28:08 We also know that there were two things 28:13 that the disciples on the day of Pentecost 28:15 they wanted to do, and we are trying to reflect that. 28:18 The first thing is, they wanted to reflect Christ's character. 28:22 They wanted to treat people like Christ treated people. 28:26 We've picked that up and said, that's what we want. 28:29 Number two is, the only other motive they had was 28:32 to reach people that weren't ready, weren't saved. 28:36 That's our second motive. 28:38 First one, be like our God. Be like our Jesus. 28:42 Number two, do what we can to reach as 28:45 many as we possibly can. 28:47 Now, we also know that The Great Controversy 28:51 is something that the writer of The Great Controversy 28:54 said it was more precious to her than gold or silver. 28:59 And it was one book that she wanted passed out 29:02 more so than any other book. 29:04 The Great Controversy. 29:07 Most of us probably know this part of the history. 29:09 Satan tried to kill her. 29:12 He tried to kill her because of the vision that 29:15 that book was going to become. 29:18 Now I'm going to give my testimony. 29:20 I do have a master's in public health, 29:21 I have a BA in theology, I have a masters in divinity. 29:31 God has been able to use those degrees, 29:35 but they're not the most important thing. 29:37 The most important thing is, am I like my Father? 29:42 Now I'm going to share something with you, 29:43 a testimony real quick. 29:44 This testimony is really not about me. 29:48 It's about our Father. 29:50 Eight months ago Joan and I were going to an event 29:53 on our bikes, and before we went I put a message out 30:00 to the people of our chapter. 30:03 And I said, "I feel like Satan is after us," 30:06 me and Joan, "and please pray for us. 30:09 Because I think he doesn't like us." 30:11 Because why? 30:12 Because we are entering his territory. 30:15 We're doing what we can to bring those brothers and sisters 30:18 back out of that mess. 30:20 And he don't like us. 30:22 It's a war. We're in a war. 30:24 It's called the great controversy 30:27 between Christ and Satan. 30:28 So I wrote that and I said, "Please pray for us. 30:32 We feel like we're in danger." 30:34 Two days later a car ran over me. 30:39 He come up on the back of me. 30:41 I was sitting still, come up on the back of me, 30:43 hit me, pulled me under his car with my bike, 30:46 pulled me under his car on my face, 30:49 and he drug me 140 feet. 30:52 This is after I said, "He's after me." 30:57 Joan, bless her heart had to pull me 30:59 out from underneath the car. 31:01 Enough guys were there to pick it up. 31:03 She pulled me out on my face turned me over, 31:05 thought I was dead, but saw my tummy moving in and out. 31:09 I didn't walk for three months. 31:11 I'm not going to tell you all the different 31:12 things that got busted. 31:14 But I didn't walk for three months. 31:16 I've been walking for about four or five months now. 31:19 Still a little wobbly, but I'm learning to re-walk again. 31:22 But the reason I'm telling you the whole story 31:25 is, I can hear Satan saying to God our Father, 31:31 "You know that Eddie? 31:32 He thinks he's something in this ministry. 31:34 He thinks he's..." 31:36 Giving Him all kinds of weird stuff about me. 31:38 And the Father says, "You think so? 31:41 I tell you what. Go ahead and do what you've got to do. 31:43 But don't you kill him." 31:46 It reminded me of Job. 31:48 You know what? Whew. 31:51 I love my Father more now than before I was drug 31:56 underneath that car. 31:57 I'm not kidding you. I love Him more now. 32:01 That's my story. 32:02 ~ Praise the Lord. 32:04 You talk about distributing The Great Controversy 32:08 and all of that, and for us in our private life, 32:11 I mean, aside from being on the bikes, 32:13 is that we take that book with us all over. 32:16 We have it in our truck in the, 32:19 you know, side panels of the door. 32:20 And when we go to a restaurant, we put the tip in it. 32:23 We're just giving it out, handing it out everywhere. 32:26 And I think I told you earlier, I have a three-wheel bike 32:31 that I started riding at the age of 72. 32:34 And people come up and say, "Oh, that's so beautiful." 32:38 People that don't have anything to do with motorcycles at all. 32:41 And I tell them we have a ministry, 32:44 and I hand them the book. 32:45 So it's going out to more than just motorcycle riders. 32:49 ~ Okay, what I want to do is, let's talk about, 32:55 you brought some pictures. 32:56 They've got some great pictures of their ministry. 32:58 And they were in Daytona. 33:01 How many motorcycles? About 300,000 did you say? 33:04 How many were there in Daytona? 33:05 ~ It could be that. I'm not positive. 33:07 So let's run through some of these pictures. 33:10 Because they've got something great planned for this year. 33:15 Mission Sturgis. 33:16 But we want to look at what they've done in the past. 33:20 And then we're going to see how they're going to go forward. 33:24 So walk us through these pictures real quick. 33:26 This is in Daytona. 33:29 ~ Okay, so this year we decided at the Daytona rally 33:32 to try the facet of the medical ministry with the booth. 33:39 And so, Joan was part of that, so she can tell you 33:42 how that went there. 33:43 ~ So this is a massage? 33:46 ~ We had the massage thing where you 33:49 just sit in a regular chair. 33:50 They're kind of a portable thing. 33:51 And we would just be telling people, "Free massage." 33:55 And some would come, you know. 33:57 I would personally ask them if they had, because there was 34:00 a massage therapist, if they have any sore spots 34:03 on their body, or something. 34:04 And I personally, as I'm giving a massage to anyone, 34:08 I always pray for the person, and pray that, you know, 34:11 whatever ache or pain that they have, God will take away. 34:15 And a lot of these people, I go back to my modest raising, 34:20 you know, they have nasty names and things on their shirts, 34:23 and stuff like that. 34:24 And giving massages to these people has changed me. 34:29 ~ Yeah, and hold your story about Sturgis, 34:32 because I want to bring that back. 34:33 Don't let me forget that one story of how God changed you 34:37 through a prayer when they were at Sturgis. 34:40 So keep going on these pictures. 34:41 You've got literature. You've got booths set up. 34:45 And you're having the massage therapy, 34:48 you give out health food. 34:49 ~ Here, this man is... 34:51 ~ That's the literature. Health literature, yeah. 34:54 ~ He's looking at health literature. 34:56 ~ And then we've got... 34:57 ~ We give out a packet of books when we're finished. 35:01 How to Overcome Stress, How to Reverse Diabetes, 35:05 We also give out the Steps to Jesus, that book. 35:10 ~ I think we're going to have a graphic 35:11 of that in just a moment. 35:13 And then you pray with people. 35:14 I think now, are we, that's basically Daytona. 35:18 Excuse me. 35:19 So let's look at these pictures from Sturgis. 35:24 This is amazing. 35:25 And we start off on Main Street. 35:28 You just see a little portion of Main Street. 35:30 And look at those bikes. 35:32 ~ Yeah, so this is looking at one direction 35:34 from about the west end of town. 35:37 And if you turn around and flip the other way, 35:41 you get about the same picture going the other way. 35:44 Main Street is approximately about a mile long. 35:46 So during the noon hour, they bullhorn 35:51 where you can get up on the tower to take pictures. 35:55 So they do a group picture there. 35:57 And it's just, they call everybody in from the streets 36:01 and the shops, and it's thousands of people there. 36:03 This motorcycle rally takes place in August, isn't it, 36:08 every year, it's an annual event. 36:10 And if you watch the news in August, you're going to see. 36:15 Because they always have some news stories from there. 36:18 There's always people who end up being killed on their bikes. 36:21 We were at Black Hills Health and Education Center, 36:26 and Sturgis had just finished. 36:29 And we drove the route, and they had places marked 36:32 where people had gone off with their bikes. 36:34 But this is a good time for you to tell your story. 36:38 When you're at Sturgis, what you're seeing, 36:42 these 500,000 people aren't your run-of-the-mill people. 36:48 These are people who live a rough and tumble life. 36:52 Tell us how the Lord changed your heart. 36:56 When you first went to Sturgis, how you were so appalled. 37:02 Eddie and I were looking for the book on Sunday morning. 37:06 I mean, for the booth. 37:07 And so we walked one end of the main street to the other. 37:11 And one of the ladies that was there, 37:14 it was outside of a massage parlor, 37:16 and she had on, I think it was just a G-string. 37:19 And her body was just covered with tattoos. 37:22 ~ So she was totally nude other than a G-string. 37:25 ~ Right. - Okay. 37:26 And so when we got down to the end of the street, 37:28 I looked at Eddie and I said, "What are we doing here?" 37:31 ~ You see a lot of topless people. 37:33 - Exactly, yes. ~ Women that are going topless. 37:35 And you see them, you know... 37:37 I think our first time was in 2016. 37:40 When we went again in 2021, I think you saw even more topless. 37:44 But anyway, in 2016 I wouldn't look at the women. 37:49 I mean, I just wouldn't. I couldn't talk to them. 37:51 I couldn't say anything to them. 37:52 I'd talk to the men and the women that were dressed. 37:54 But anyway... 37:56 ~ Because when you see somebody that is abject 38:02 immorality, if you've been brought up to be modest, 38:08 sometimes there's just that disconnect from them. 38:11 Until God gets ahold of your heart. 38:13 And tell us what happened. 38:15 Well, on Wednesday, and it started on Sunday, 38:19 but anyway, on Wednesday I said, and I probably said it to Eddie 38:23 too, I said, "You know, something has got to change, 38:26 because my heart is not right." 38:28 And I said, "You know, Jesus, when Mary Magdalene was 38:32 thrown at His feet, I'm sure she didn't have 38:34 very many clothes on." 38:35 And I said, "And He loved her." 38:38 But you know, He told her, "Where are your condemners?" 38:40 And she said, "There are none." 38:42 And He said, "Well, I don't condemn you either. 38:44 Go and sin no more." 38:45 And so, I asked God for the heart of Jesus 38:48 in regards to these ladies that were inappropriately dressed. 38:53 Anyway, the next day I could talk to them. 38:56 It just didn't matter. 38:57 Eddie said it was a miracle. 38:59 Yeah, I watched it. I was just, whoa. 39:02 The change over night in her attitude, 39:05 it was just amazing to see that happen. 39:07 ~ And I think that the most important thing 39:10 is that you asked, and we all need to pray this, 39:13 and I pray it all the time, "Lord, fill me with Your love 39:18 for these people." 39:20 He pours His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, 39:22 Romans 5:5 says. 39:24 So I pray for His love. 39:25 "And help me to see them the way You see them." 39:29 And that's what He did. 39:30 ~ You know, it was interesting, before we went to Sturgis, 39:34 I have a lot of hats at church: the church treasurer, 39:38 the head deaconess. 39:39 Anyway, so I got up at the pulpit and I was telling people 39:44 where we were going. 39:46 And especially women that I knew personally, 39:49 they were looking and they had this look 39:51 on their face like, "Ew." 39:52 And I said because they knew me, and I said, 39:56 "You know, this isn't for everybody to do, 39:59 but somebody has to go reach out to people 40:02 and to pass the message." 40:04 And the whole look on their faces totally changed. 40:07 Because it isn't for everybody. 40:09 ~ That's right. - You know. 40:11 But we're told to go out and... 40:12 ~ I think we all have a different ministry. 40:14 ~ We do, we do. 40:17 ~ We really, really do. 40:19 ~ You know, those 500,000 people aren't going to come to us. 40:23 We've got to go to them. 40:24 ~ And they need to hear. - They really do. 40:26 ~ You know, James, in the greenroom you mentioned 40:29 that you were like the demoniac. 40:32 And we see that in some people's lives. 40:36 Because their influence has only been Satan. 40:42 And often they've become what they beheld. 40:45 They grew up in something. 40:46 But God's power is amazing. 40:50 So let's continue, because we want to 40:52 get to what they're doing this year. 40:53 But let's go through the rest of these pictures real quickly. 40:57 ~ Alright, so this is the beast that we take. 40:59 You know, the Lord said, "I'll make you fishers of men." 41:01 What a lure! 41:03 This is great. 41:04 And the brother that makes these, his name is Tyler. 41:09 He's with The Final Images. 41:12 And he gave me this quote 41:14 that Ellen White wrote in Manuscripts, page 105, 1906. 41:20 She said, "I am pleased with the manner in which our brother 41:22 has used his ingenuity and tact to provide 41:25 suitable illustrations for the subjects presented. 41:29 Presentations that have a convincing power. 41:32 Such methods will be used more and more in this closing work." 41:36 ~ Amen. So explain to somebody, because 41:39 a lot of you are not well studied Bible Christians 41:46 that are watching. 41:48 Explain to us, what is that beast? 41:51 And I mean, I can imagine when you've got that thing 41:53 at your booth, people are coming up going, 41:55 "What is this?" 41:57 ~ Yes, so it's the image from Daniel chapter 7. 42:01 And it talks about the indescribable beast 42:05 with the horns, and a little horn coming up amongst them. 42:09 So basically, we're there with this beast... 42:12 ~ So this is a prophetic symbol of a world-dominating power. 42:17 ~ World dominating power, yes. 42:18 Okay. 42:20 And we're able to open up conversations with people 42:23 and actually give them a Bible study 42:25 right there on Daniel chapter 7. 42:27 It works out pretty well. 42:30 Two years ago we had a big red beast 42:33 where the woman rides the beast. 42:35 And, wow, we got a lot of people interested in that one. 42:38 So we're hoping to get that one back there this year too. 42:41 ~ Yes, Eddie. ~ Yeah, real quick. 42:42 When we're using that beast, some of the children come along 42:45 and they go, "Daddy, daddy, monster, monster." 42:50 And they say, "Go ahead and take a picture 42:55 of your child with that monster. 42:57 Do you know what this monster means?" 42:58 "No." Then we have a handout with it. 43:00 "Well, you know what? If you get a chance, read this." 43:02 And you read that, and it explains that whole Daniel 7 43:08 and Revelation 13. 43:09 It explains it. 43:11 And it's so easy to give this to the people. 43:13 ~ And you know, I have to tell people that 43:15 the beast, the symbol of this beast, 43:17 it is a power that rises up. 43:20 But the point is, when you read Bible prophecy, 43:24 it's not meant to scare us. 43:26 Jesus is telling us in advance so that when it happens, 43:31 we will know. 43:32 And the Book of Revelation and Daniel, very symbolic. 43:36 And so, there's signs and symbols. 43:39 And like you said, it's a great lure. 43:43 I'm sure there's a lot of people that come because of that. 43:48 Okay, so I think you have a couple more pictures. 43:50 ~ Yeah, so we have some of the literature that we hand out 43:54 There is The Great Controversy. 43:57 ~ And let's see those because this is fascinating. 44:01 ~ We have Steps to Jesus, The Ride Of Your Life. 44:04 And that's basically Steps to Christ. 44:07 But it's got the motorcycle on the cover. 44:08 It looks like a little Harley Davidson emblem at the top. 44:12 And people will take that more readily. 44:15 ~ And who is this that you see the reflection of? 44:19 ~ It has Jesus reflecting in the air cleaner cover there. 44:23 Yeah, so those go like hotcakes there. 44:26 ~ I can imagine they would. They have a great appeal. 44:28 ~ We hand out lots to children. 44:30 It's amazing how many people bring 44:32 their children to this event. 44:33 It's just crazy. 44:35 We hand out thousands of pieces of literature 44:37 for children every year. 44:40 ~ Now you also pray with people. 44:42 ~ Oh yes, this shows Pete there praying with a couple. 44:49 The mom and the son, right? 44:52 ~ Yes, yes. As a matter of fact, 44:54 it was the first week of Sturgis. 44:57 And she was coming by and we talked with her, 45:01 and we asked if we could pray for her. 45:02 And she gave us a little insight of what's 45:05 going on with her personal life. 45:08 About a year ago she lost her son 45:11 due to his lifestyle of drinking, smoking, 45:14 and died of, I believe it was a heart attack. 45:18 I really don't know. 45:19 But she has one son left, 45:21 and he's out there in Sturgis partying. 45:24 So we prayed for her and asked the Holy Spirit that, 45:28 you know, to tug her son's heart. 45:31 After the rally was over, about three months later 45:34 she gives us a call and gives us a report, and says, 45:38 "We want to let you know that God answered my prayer 45:42 because my son is no longer doing the things of 45:44 what he was previously doing." 45:47 So she said, "Thank you for the prayers, because it worked." 45:50 I said, "Praise the Lord." 45:51 So that's just one instance of what God is doing in Sturgis. 45:55 ~ Alright, so we've got this Sturgis rally coming up. 45:58 What are you doing this year that's different? 46:00 ~ Alright, so this year what we're trying to do... 46:02 So we did a small-scale medical evangelism booth there. 46:08 We're trying to get something bigger scale 46:11 at Sturgis this year. 46:12 We want to, we actually have a couple of doctors that 46:17 I'm hoping they come to do health screenings. 46:21 We also are looking at, one of our contacts at Loma Linda 46:25 is working with a couple of dentists probably to come 46:27 and do spot checks on people's mouths and teeth. 46:31 ~ Why do you think the health message is important? 46:34 ~ Well, Pete can tell you why. 46:39 Why the health message is important 46:41 is because of the lifestyle. 46:42 Because the lifestyle that I used to have: 46:45 the drinking, the smoking, the meat-eating, 46:49 the wrong type of meat eating. 46:51 And it corrupts your frontal lobe because you're not able 46:55 to connect with God, you can't hear the Holy Spirit. 46:58 And that really affected me, because when I was 47:01 in that lifestyle, I couldn't hear the Holy Spirit. 47:04 But when I actually changed my diet from what the world was 47:09 doing to a plant-based diet, I was able to hear 47:12 more of the Holy Spirit. 47:13 ~ You started regaining your health. 47:15 ~ Regaining my health, exactly. 47:17 I was blacking out, I had really panic attacks, 47:21 anxiety as well. 47:23 And all these things went away within two to three months 47:26 when I changed my diet. 47:27 And of course, it wasn't the food. 47:29 It was God. 47:30 You know, God is the one that healed me. 47:32 And I give glory to Him because He's the one that actually 47:35 changed me because He loves me. 47:38 And I thank Him every day for what He has done in my life. 47:43 I thank Him for what He's done in 47:44 all of your lives, it's so amazing. 47:46 But for this event, are you looking for volunteers? 47:51 What kind of volunteers? How many volunteers? Tell us. 47:56 ~ Okay, so right now we're looking for 47:59 people that would be able to come for... 48:01 Okay, the event is ten days long. 48:06 If you can make it for ten days, that's great. 48:08 But if you can come for five, and another group come for five, 48:12 you know, it works out. 48:13 We're looking for massage therapists, 48:16 you know, if there's nurses that can volunteer some time. 48:20 And we really need literature. 48:22 We need donations for literature and housing. 48:26 Being at the Sturgis rally is very costly. 48:31 People there, I was going to tell you about Sturgis. 48:34 The people that live there, they rent out their houses, 48:37 their front yards, their backyards. 48:39 And the money that they make during the rally 48:42 pretty much carries them through for the whole year. 48:45 Because they charge very much for the territory. 48:50 ~ So what we want to do right now, I want to give 48:55 each one of these, we've got three different... 48:58 These aren't motorcycle clubs. 49:00 These are Adventist motorcycle ministries, 49:04 each one of them. 49:05 And you ride for the brand, the brand of Jesus Christ. 49:10 And every ride is a mission. 49:13 But this project, Sturgis, we want you to have the 49:17 opportunity if you would like to volunteer, 49:20 even just for a few days. 49:22 I'm sure they're coordinating all that. 49:24 So James Castillo, give us your contact information. 49:29 If somebody wants to volunteer, 49:32 maybe they're a massage therapist, physical therapist, 49:36 a masseuse, well I said massage therapist, 49:38 but somebody that would like to work the booth, 49:41 hand out literature, how do they get in touch with you? 49:44 ~ Okay, so my contact information is... 49:53 That's my personal email. 49:55 And my personal phone number is... 50:03 Now they can contact our national organization... 50:13 ~ So that's Sabbath Keepers Motorcycle Ministry. 50:25 And yeah, personally contacting me, if you're going to 50:30 want to volunteer, because I'm making up a calendar 50:33 with all of the names and everything. 50:35 So yeah, I'm the guy that they want to talk to. 50:37 ~ Alright, now if somebody just wants to donate, 50:40 is there a specific place they should donate to? 50:43 ~ We have a... 50:44 ~ Or to any of your clubs. 50:46 ~...a link on our website, but it's really, you know, 50:50 you have to jump through all these different 50:51 hoops to get to it. 50:52 If they just call me, I can hook them up with 50:54 the information a lot easier. 50:57 So let's repeat your information then 50:59 rather than giving... 51:00 Is there any reason why we should give the other 51:02 two ministries information, or is it all being directed... 51:06 ~ You know, we all have different contacts 51:09 out there, so if they... 51:11 ~ So now, Pete, give us your contact information 51:14 for your ministry. 51:15 You can contact us at... 51:28 ~ Okay, and Joanie, how about you all? 51:31 AdventistMotorcycleMinistry.org 51:42 If people want to volunteer, though, we're basically 51:46 trying to put them through you, James. 51:49 And give us yours one more time. 51:51 My phone number is... 52:05 So that's how they can volunteer for this wonderful event, 52:09 this, Mission Sturgis, is what it's called. 52:12 We are going to take a quick break 52:15 and come back with a closing thought 52:17 from these wonderful people. |
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