1 00:00:01,640 --> 00:00:03,920 City Post. What's up? 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,680 We gone. We gone. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,560 As a very special episode of Build Equip Send and I am here 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:13,440 with. Pastor Ricky, what's up, 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,280 everybody? And we are in guns or miserom. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,240 Miserom. That's right into the ISO. 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,760 That's right brought to the Zombra. 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,960 That's right, the four O 3 like the kids taught us. 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Go like this it is. Man. 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:37,280 In Mizoram it is Sunday night and we're watching City Post 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,080 Church online. Right now we're watching Rachel 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,080 kill it. She's doing good. 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,400 She looks cute in her suit. What's that word I learned Tun 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,160 luk loom, which means very tasty. 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,560 I'm learning some some Mizoram, I guess. 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,120 That's terrible. Yeah, but that's your lady, bro. 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,760 You know she's got a hyper. That's right. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,720 She's doing great. So it's awesome. 19 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,240 Yeah, man, it's, it's cool. It's one of those, it's like 20 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,480 last year I really enjoyed her heart of the house message, man, 21 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,360 I was something I was telling my sister this year is like, man, 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,400 I'm kind of bummed but not going to be able to hear it. 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,120 But I, I really hope you enjoy it 'cause you know, I, I could 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,000 tell how much this means to her and how much you prepared last 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,000 year. So I'm I'm excited to to to go 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,320 back and watch this for. No, I, I agree. 27 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:34,240 And I remember like thinking, you know, you plan like months 28 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,080 ahead, especially as you pass your church, you start thinking 29 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,760 like man who who could fill in and this and that. 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,240 But then I don't know, it just came online. 31 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,360 I was like, Rach, we got to do hard for the house. 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,880 Like it's so important. And I think me personally, I 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,560 think it's important for the church to hear from the pastor's 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:00,280 wife, you know, raged us so much that people don't know about 35 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,200 like she's the reason why so many things run smoothly at the 36 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,880 church. She has a heart for people. 37 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,360 And and I was like, man, I think people need to hear from you. 38 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,160 I think it's great that people hear from you. 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,800 And she's like, I don't want to do it. 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,040 I don't know, like, what do I say? 41 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,560 And I was like, man, the Lord will show you and, and, and God 42 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,520 did so. DJ Khaled. 43 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,480 Yes, So I, I love it, man. I think, you know, she needs to 44 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,280 do a little bit more often to be honest with you, but she don't 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,560 want to. But we're going to get her. 46 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,960 We're going to get her up there. So it's important for her to to 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,640 share her heart with the house. Absolutely. 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,520 Yeah, yeah, man. And yeah, allowing herself to be 49 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,520 a vessel for the Holy Spirit to speak. 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,360 To. The house, you know, and to 51 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,440 share that heart that the Lord is giving her man. 52 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,000 And yeah, I'm excited to to go back and listen. 53 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,040 To it, yes. I know she's going to crush it. 54 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,560 That's right. Yeah, man, but but speaking the 55 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,000 topic of the Holy Spirit, you know, just to shift gears a 56 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,080 little bit to to the trip to to India, man and. 57 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,600 Bro first time. Man and Holy Spirit been cooking 58 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:19,000 the whole way, bro yeah yeah, every stop in the travel like 59 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,440 God's hand has been on it through but I think we spent 60 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,120 total in three countries 45 minutes in TSA, which that's. 61 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,360 What I heard of that is you know what I mean. 62 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,200 No, I'm telling you, I, I've done this trip since 2012. 63 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Like I've, I've, I think this might be my 15th time coming to 64 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,720 India. And I'm not saying that as a 65 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,960 flex. I'm just saying it like I've 66 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:50,200 seen a lot and I'm just amazed at how how smooth everything has 67 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,280 been. Like even when we landed in 68 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,280 Delhi, I looked at the TSA line like immigration and I'm like, 69 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,000 we're in trouble. Like I only see two or three 70 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,240 guys, all these people. I'm like, man, we got to go get 71 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,640 our bags and how we going to get through all this. 72 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,840 And soon as we get in line, somebody calls us and they're 73 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,640 he's like, hey, come this way, man. 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,960 We weren't live for like 15 minutes. 75 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,600 I'm telling you, the Lord has been so gracious to us and and 76 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,720 so faithful. Like it's just been ease. 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,120 You know the travel part, it's been, it's been awesome. 78 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,960 And and even, you know, something I was telling Michael 79 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,080 earlier, shout out, Michael, you know, recording our first 80 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,160 podcast in front of a live studio audience, you know what 81 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,640 I'm saying? But it's something I was telling 82 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,680 Michael. Like today has probably been the 83 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,800 longest day we've had, you know, on the trip. 84 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,000 And it felt like it went by so fast, bro, you know, with the 85 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,840 shift in like time and us being 11 hours ahead of our normal 86 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:58,360 sleep schedule, like even through that, like the Holy 87 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,240 Spirit has just been so evident in everything, bro. 88 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,320 Like it went by so quick Today it was action-packed. 89 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,360 I shed a lot of tears. Like I know. 90 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,880 Really was really all 1 today and like the best way possible. 91 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,560 I agree. I and, and that's, that's 92 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,760 something like, I know we, we talk a lot about being present 93 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,480 in these moments 'cause you think about like the, all the 94 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,240 planning that goes into this. And I want you to think about 95 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,680 like our prayer services, like that's, that's for a reason. 96 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,560 And like, I'm not going to raise all this money, leave my babies 97 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,680 to come and like, not be present. 98 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,520 Like I'm like, I'm all in, you know, and I'll sleep when I get 99 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,360 home, You know, I got 16 hours to sleep on a flight. 100 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,600 It felt like I'm praying that like it's knocked out. 101 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,760 But I mean, I think that's the way missions should be. 102 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,360 Like we come with the purpose that God gave us. 103 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,960 We pour our lives out. Like we pour ourselves out. 104 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,280 And I mean, that's why we pray every morning. 105 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,440 That's why we have that that quiet time just to get ready for 106 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,680 the day. And then hopefully, like by the 107 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,000 end of the trip, you are in a fetal position on the floor, 108 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,320 like empty, like you're done. You're like, I'm tapping, you 109 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,400 know, like Lord, like, like I got nothing left. 110 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,800 Which is kind of what we want. But it's it's funny because our 111 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:29,840 our bodies are tired, but our spirits are full. 112 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:32,200 That part. Yeah, it's yeah. 113 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,880 And today I'm telling you, like when you talk about shedding 114 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,400 tears, dude, I I was like, bro, why are we doing this? 115 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,240 Before I have to go talk in front of everybody? 116 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,320 I was like, why? Oh, man, I get like choked up 117 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,840 thinking about that time of church today. 118 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,600 It was, it was so wild. You just had to be there. 119 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,840 Yeah, man, shout out Gun Sabra. And yes, Sam. 120 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,560 Yeah, Sam, the team, you know. Worship. 121 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,240 Yeah. And even like the message that 122 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:11,040 the Lord gave, which was even that was even crazy because that 123 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,800 was I had something different. And as I was talking to Sam, 124 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,360 preparing like, I don't know, just some kind of came. 125 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,640 And so I got that together like last night. 126 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,520 Wow. And and it's just yeah, 127 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,680 everything. I don't know man, It just all 128 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,120 came together today and. Then the way it tied into later 129 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,080 that day too, bro, like man, the Holy Spirit, I'm saying it's 130 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,200 been evident throughout all of this. 131 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,280 And like you're saying, like body's tired, you know, just 132 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,640 because obviously the the shift, bro, but you know, even now 133 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,760 replenished, re energized, like poured out so much literal like 134 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,120 sweat and tears today, you know, but it was so worth it. 135 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,120 And the Holy Spirit has refilled this cup, this vessel, so much. 136 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Yeah, I know. And and so many people are like, 137 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:01,880 man, why do you go? Why do you go? 138 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,240 Like, why do you do this all the time? 139 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,440 Of course, yes, I feel like God's called us here. 140 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,480 I've always prided. I know it's going to sound. 141 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,200 I, I don't want this to sound arrogant or anything, but I 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,880 always wanted to be like, I want our church to do the hard 143 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,480 things, you know, like I was like Lord City post could handle 144 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,000 it. And India is not an easy trip. 145 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,600 It's, it's difficult to get here. 146 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,080 It takes 2 days. You're traveling about 23 hours. 147 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,320 But I was like, Lord, like you're calling us to this. 148 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,440 So if nobody else comes, I'm going to come, you know, like, 149 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,120 and that was that was a conversation. 150 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:45,400 I mean, that was something I told the Lord and I'm going to 151 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,400 come until he says Ricky no more. 152 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:53,000 So that's kind of how I I've just approached serving him and 153 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,760 that's how I I'm going to continue to do it. 154 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,360 So. Yeah. 155 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,680 And that that calling to the home in Gonzabra has been so 156 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:05,120 evident just in observing the relationships I've seen with you 157 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,000 and the kids with your mom, with your dad and the kids with 158 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,040 Estevan and the kids. Like it blows my mind how he 159 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,760 remembers all these kids names and the interactions there. 160 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,960 And like he Lokeith like transforms into Samson through 161 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,960 the day like this. It's just such a dope 162 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,400 experience. He lets his hair down. 163 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,360 I, I, I agree. It's, you know, I tell, I tell 164 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,920 people like when we were in Gujarat, I felt like, I mean, we 165 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,400 were in a really heavily Hindu city. 166 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,200 Like, I mean, it was the, the, the home for the girls was 167 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,400 surrounded. It was in a Muslim community. 168 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:51,440 And so to be a Christian, there was like just scandalous, you 169 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,840 know, like even when we were teaching the slums and in this 170 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:59,480 house, Jeevan Anan was like this lighthouse in the middle of this 171 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,560 darkness. But when that shut down in 2019, 172 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,200 just for just a bunch of other reasons, you know, our brother 173 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,800 Uma was like, Hey, I, I really want you guys to go to Skunzabra 174 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:18,080 whole another situation. But in Mizoram, it's not Hindu, 175 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,280 it's not Muslim. It's it's actually Christian 176 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,280 majority of it, But it's, it's kind of what Paul talks about. 177 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,400 Like I'm called to the Gentiles, but I'm still like focus on the 178 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,960 Israelites and the Jews. And I, I, that's why I told our 179 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,840 groups like we were with the Gentiles and I were with the 180 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,080 Jews. Like highly religious, very 181 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:44,560 systematic in their programming. But a lot of people don't know 182 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:48,600 God's word. They don't know Jesus and they 183 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,760 know religion. They know, you know, like 184 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,080 written out prayers. And I'm not saying everybody. 185 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,080 I just there's a group. So I feel like God has us here 186 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,960 because, you know, we we have his word and we're faithful to 187 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,960 it. So we teach these kids when we 188 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,840 encounter people in the community, we lead with 189 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,920 scripture. You know, we throw out scripture 190 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,240 at all times. And so God has us here for a 191 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,600 very specific reason. Absolutely bro, build these kids 192 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:23,080 up too. So for listeners who may not 193 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,880 know, can you give us a brief rundown of where we are? 194 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:31,000 Yeah. So Misaram is North East India. 195 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,520 It's in between Miramar and Bangladesh. 196 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,920 When you think of India, you look at the India like on TV. 197 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,480 But this, this place is is way different. 198 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,240 The diets are different, the dialects different. 199 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,760 It's more of like an Asian influence here. 200 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,920 It's not vegetarian. You know, they eat pork rice. 201 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:58,440 They actually eat very clean. So yeah, just just NE sandwiched 202 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,360 in between Miramar and Bangladesh. 203 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:07,400 And so the thing with Mizaram is that Miramar has is is what they 204 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,680 call an open border. And because there's an open 205 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:14,440 border, it's actually kind of the gateway for the drug trade 206 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,840 in South Asia. So a lot of bad things that come 207 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,240 through there. And wherever there's a drug 208 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,480 trade, there's trafficking, there's, there's prostitution, 209 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,800 there's needles, there's. So Mizaram actually has the 210 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,520 highest, I guess, the level of HIV in all of India. 211 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,840 I think it's like 1 every three or one and every five have HIV. 212 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,080 So it whether it's through breastfeeding, unprotected sex, 213 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:48,240 needles, all that stuff, the HIV rate here is explosive, you 214 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:53,760 know, So what what Gonzaba does is that they minister to orphans 215 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,960 with HIV. All them kids have AIDS. 216 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,520 It's hard to You can't even tell. 217 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,360 For real. I guess you can't. 218 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,960 And so they take care of them. They make sure they get their 219 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,840 medications. So like, and then I think also 220 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,880 something people don't know is that Gonzaga also has tentacles 221 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,600 out in the community. So they serve about 168 families 222 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,680 that are HIV positive. So they get their medicine. 223 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:25,120 They they have more education, why you should take your 224 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:30,360 medicine on time, resources. And then of course, that's kind 225 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,200 of how the spreading of the gospel gets out, you know, 226 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:38,720 that's how you minister. So it's a very like complex 227 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:45,360 ministry that God has really just put his thumb on like it's, 228 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:49,320 it's amazing to see it and to experience it, you know? 229 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:54,960 That part, that part, man, 'cause it's like experiencing in 230 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,120 so many ways too. Like, oh man, it's crazy. 231 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:02,520 The the physical like going in bro, like we're on a mountain, 232 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:03,680 right? Now, yeah, it's in the 233 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:08,240 mountains, Yeah, like. Were I went yesterday on the 234 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,720 roof of our hotel and like literally standing in a cloud. 235 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,640 So they experienced that. First and foremost, I don't have 236 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,840 words for them and then secondly, like the interactions 237 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:27,080 with these kids and how much joy they have, bro. 238 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,440 And like you're saying, you know, physically, like you can't 239 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,200 even tell there's anything, you know, that they have any kind of 240 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,360 illness because they're always smiling, they're always playing. 241 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,360 They're always so nice to each other. 242 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,240 Unless like you, you taking attention or a toy or something, 243 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,760 like give them a quick little elbow, like leave them alone. 244 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,120 But even that man, just that's been so mind boggling to 245 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:56,760 experience. And it's been, it's been so 246 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,480 healing in a way I didn't even know I needed. 247 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,880 Oh yeah. Man, you know, this trip, every, 248 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:08,200 every time I've gone, God has used this mission trip in my 249 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:13,120 life and so many ways, you know, like I was reflecting last 250 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:19,200 night, like even last year, you know, like I was, I say this, 251 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,880 but a lot of people don't know when I came here, we were in the 252 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:28,400 middle of figuring out our building, you know, like, so 253 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,760 I'm, I'm seeing this and we'll talk about soon this basketball 254 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,400 court being built that we, we pretty much planted that seed 255 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,600 for. And at night, I'm going back to 256 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:45,080 the room and I'm emailing the TVA, like they want to see our 257 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,160 services and our websites and, and, you know, asking for 258 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,640 information. So not knowing. 259 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,840 And then, like, at the end of the trip, one of the girls I 260 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:02,560 think is Owie or Owie, I forgot her name, one of the girls is 261 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,920 like, just drops this bomb on me. 262 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,640 And it's like the Lord's. And I told her too, like, this 263 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:14,200 week I was like, God spoke to me through you last year. 264 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,360 And she's like, really just smiling. 265 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,400 But yeah, it's like every time God does something, you know, 266 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,280 and he stretches me, he tests me, he like, but at the end of 267 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,400 the day, there's always like this massive blessing that comes 268 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,160 out of this trip, you know? So it's, yeah, it's, it's 269 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,880 wonderful. For sure, bro, I'm I'm already 270 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:43,080 experiencing that just in how much deeper my relationship has 271 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,880 grown just in the time here, like our devotions in the 272 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:51,560 morning, bro, that's something so impactful and sets the tone 273 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,120 for the day off the RIP. And you know, even yesterday to 274 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,280 to be in the scriptures with Mike in our hotel room before. 275 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,000 Like it's just it, it's bearing so much fruit already. 276 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,640 So man, it's just been such a divine experience. 277 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,640 Yeah. No, that's good though. 278 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,040 No man. But I think it's it's just been 279 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,640 a fun, fun time so far with the kids. 280 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:23,880 And then we also went to the Herman home. 281 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Yeah, that was experience too. Yeah, that was, that was so much 282 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,160 fun, bro. Like the first thing walking 283 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,240 down that little side of a mountain to get to this 284 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,120 basketball court that's literally just in the middle of 285 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:40,920 the mountain. Like. 286 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,440 Trying to to wrap my mind around that. 287 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,760 And I remember the picture you showed me before when it was 288 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,000 just like the court and they were starting construction on, 289 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,840 you know, like the, the surroundings and the, the 290 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,800 benches and ultimately like a like a restroom locker room or 291 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,520 whatever. And then to see the court this 292 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,760 time and like, what would you say it was called? 293 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:07,000 I just got a city post court. No, let's talk about the stuff 294 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,440 that's like physically on the court now. 295 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,400 Oh, they're like these, these grip squares. 296 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:16,480 Yeah, pretty much, yeah. But to see that and then seeing 297 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:21,720 these kids like Stampede to go play, bro, that was so cool. 298 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,240 Yeah, that was so cool. No, it, it was it was almost 299 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,160 like a vision coming true three years ago. 300 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,720 Because, because honestly, like when this idea hit, we were 301 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,360 walking the campus. That's why I met Brother John. 302 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,640 He was showing me where the kids play. 303 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,760 And then he showed me where they were hooping. 304 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,640 And it was literally this, this stick of wood with a backboard. 305 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,600 Like, it was so sad. And I was like, man, we could do 306 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,800 better. And I was like, why don't we 307 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,280 build a basketball court here? And then I was like, get me. 308 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,880 I was like, just tell me how much Like, get me some. 309 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,000 We'll figure out. We'll figure it out. 310 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,120 And the man just started praying like how, how we're going to 311 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:08,040 raise this money as a church. And, and, you know, some people 312 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,200 like really gave and, and then it took like 5 months to figure 313 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,600 out how to get this money to them, which is crazy. 314 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,760 Yeah. So it is just incredible to see 315 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,240 it like 3 years later, it's completed. 316 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,520 And then like the seed that we sowed financially, God took it 317 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:31,640 and put some fertilizer on it and watered it. 318 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,200 And they, they, they ended up getting more funds from other 319 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,440 partners. And now they have a locker room 320 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:47,160 and bleachers and, you know, an awning and like, it's, it's 321 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,600 lights, lights. That was crazy. 322 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,040 When he turned the lights on, I was like, oh, they flexing on us 323 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,400 now. Yeah, It, it was, I remember the 324 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,520 first time I saw it, I, I couldn't talk. 325 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,360 Like, Uma wanted me to say some words. 326 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,120 And I was like, I, I got nothing. 327 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,600 Like, you're going to have to do it for me. 328 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,240 I can't talk right now. Yeah. 329 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,680 My mind was just blown how big God is. 330 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,880 Like we, we shortchange God so much, you know, and it made me 331 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:18,120 think even like. How city posts as a church, how 332 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,520 we attain like, like even our building, Cause what a lot of 333 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,720 people don't know is that like we helped a lot of churches and 334 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,240 they're planting like we've given out thousands of dollars 335 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,480 to other churches. Like church starts. 336 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,000 Like I had some friends that reached out to me and they're 337 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,880 like, man, I have this building and we just need help. 338 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:44,360 I'm like $3000 short and I was like, let me see what we can do, 339 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,280 you know, and I just pray and like, Lord, if this could bless 340 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,520 them. So like those things that you 341 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:55,200 just trust God with finances and, and at the same time 342 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,480 everybody's like, Nah, you should be saving for a building. 343 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,440 You should, you know, like y'all should be saving up money and 344 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,560 God's like watch me work you know. 345 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:09,600 The multiplication aspect of it. Yeah, yeah, like it's real. 346 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,360 Like it really is. And yeah, but that court, like 347 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,440 it's, it's incredible. Like you said, see all the kids 348 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,040 playing on it. Yeah, man. 349 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,600 And yeah. And her room got some hoopers, 350 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,000 too. I've been like, pleasantly 351 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,240 surprised by that. They got some shooters, you 352 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:25,680 know, they got some point guards, yeah. 353 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,360 Man ran a ran a couple little one on ones while. 354 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,040 That was fine. That was fine you. 355 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:36,200 Know shut up, Mike, Yeah. Mike almost crossed your. 356 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,920 It's all good though. Good, good fun, good sport. 357 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,200 I was having a good time and we played in Sean Claus. 358 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,680 You played in Sean Claus, you know. 359 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,480 The fact that Sox, Yeah, you know. 360 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,480 For real. The real one, yeah. 361 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,280 And then all the kids too, in their Crocs, bro, Crocs is 362 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,160 everywhere. That blew my mind to see that 363 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,400 everywhere. Yeah. 364 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,880 Out here, everybody got Crocs. Everybody got. 365 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,400 But to see them whooping in Crocs, Yeah. 366 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,560 And bro, again, just seeing all of the kids playing, 'cause it's 367 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,360 like the girls are running around doing stuff, there's kids 368 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:11,280 playing soccer, there's kids on both sides of the court hooping 369 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,280 like it's just organized chaos. That's right. 370 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:16,000 That's right. That's true. 371 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,000 No, it was it was it was a a blessing to be out there. 372 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,160 And I love just playing basketball with the kids. 373 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,280 And it was pouring rain, man. It was so loud. 374 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,040 It sounded like like people were cheering. 375 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,760 Honestly, yeah, man, it's like they were saying of like how 376 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,440 much has impacted that community. 377 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,760 Yeah, that was something that was really cool to hear. 378 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,320 No, and that's something that we so like there's a passage in 379 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:46,040 Scripture, Jeremiah 29, seven we talk about all the time and it 380 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:51,920 is it's to seek the welfare of the city, pray to the Lord on 381 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,560 its behalf. Cause in its welfare, you too 382 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,440 will find welfare. And that word welfare trans 383 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:05,960 translates the the Hebrew word is, is Shalom, which means seek 384 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,640 the peace, the Shalom of the city. 385 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,960 And and really the definition of Shalom is everything. 386 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:16,840 It's like seek the the peace, seek the safety, anything that 387 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,120 will benefit the people who that live there. 388 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,800 That's what you want to seek. That's that's what the word 389 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:28,360 well-being that Shalom means. And then it says like, seek the 390 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:32,080 well-being of the city to to where I've exiled you to, so 391 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:37,160 where I've sent you to. And that verse has always been a 392 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,680 a strong scripture in my like it's always guided me, you know, 393 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,960 so whenever we do stuff in Fort Worth, but we did the art core, 394 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,080 you know, it's like seek the welfare of the city. 395 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,480 You know, that's what we do. And it's, it's not because we're 396 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,480 trying to get our name out, but it's, come on. 397 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,880 It's because that's what, you know, the that's what the gospel 398 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,240 looks like. And a lot of people like, Nah, 399 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,880 man, you should be focused on sharing the gospel on like the 400 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,400 church. I'm like, this is the church. 401 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,800 This is what the church does. Sorry. 402 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,880 Right. Yeah. 403 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,720 So. And yeah, I'll go back a little 404 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,440 bit, you know, speaking about the church and, you know, our 405 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:22,040 core beliefs and build equips and then you sharing that at the 406 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,760 home in Gonzabra, bro, in like our city Post takeover, you 407 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,960 know, City Post Sunday. Like we brought a little bit of 408 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,360 home to the home, which is was cool to experience. 409 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,480 And I'm glad I was sitting in the back with the camera 410 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,000 brother. Oh, bawling my eyes off of that 411 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,440 worship, bro. I just hearing how like 412 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,640 relentless these kids are, how relentless and unashamed these 413 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,600 kids are and how much they sing with their whole being to praise 414 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,480 God, bro. Like I get chills right now just 415 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,840 thinking about it man. And that's something I always 416 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,320 experience like and, and something that God showed me. 417 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,920 It's like, Can you imagine it? Listen, it was just a dude on 418 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,440 the guitar and A and a basic amp. 419 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,880 Can you imagine what it's like if everybody stops caring about 420 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,080 all the minute stuff and just focuses on I want, I want to 421 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,560 tell God how great he is. You know what, like what I'm 422 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,800 going to say is going to sound real bad. 423 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:29,840 Like what if it was? Who cares about all these 424 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,320 things? Like the sound is off and I 425 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,360 don't sound good. My in here is hurt. 426 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:40,120 Like what if like we all just showed up and said we just want 427 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:44,080 to get after it, you know, like we just want to sing our hearts 428 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,560 out. We want to worship him for who 429 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,160 he is. Like if everybody showed up with 430 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,160 that heart, it would shift things. 431 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:57,760 And what I saw today was a bunch of kids just singing with their 432 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,560 hearts, man. Didn't care how it sounded. 433 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:05,000 Environment like it. It was just beautiful. 434 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,160 It was awesome, man. Yeah. 435 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,640 And it was so loud. Bro, that that was that was 436 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,760 something that was like the presence of the Holy Spirit was 437 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,040 deafening. Like these kids didn't care 438 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,360 about their pitch. They didn't care about, you 439 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:22,600 know, the notes they were hitting. 440 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,520 They didn't care about the person whose ear they were 441 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,440 screaming in next to them. Like they were praising God with 442 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,760 everything from the oldest ones being like 18 down to the little 443 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,560 ones being like 4. Or three series, like they took 444 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,720 it serious, man, you know, and I just, there's a little bit of me 445 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,200 that has has shifted, man. Like, I'll be honest, I this 446 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,320 year in, in my, you know, I like we talked about in the past, 447 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:55,160 like the two things I wanted to focus on was my prayer and my 448 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,720 preaching. Like those are the two things I, 449 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:03,160 I, I want to spend more time. But I'm also starting to realize 450 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:08,200 this whole idea of worship, like what if city pose had this 451 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:13,200 attitude of worship that was not about stuff and it was more 452 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:18,520 about like his presence and excitement of like showing up 453 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,960 and giving our best and like getting after it. 454 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,400 Not not like a routine, you know. 455 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,360 So that's one thing I'm honest, I'm praying through. 456 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:34,440 I was like, I would love for our church to be more, I'm not going 457 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,880 to say energetic. I'm not going to, I guess just 458 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,960 more, more ready. I don't care. 459 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,200 You don't have to sound, you don't have to. 460 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,840 You don't have to run around. That's not what it's about. 461 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,840 It's it's a heart posture. Yeah, just the pure heart of 462 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,480 worship. Yeah, yeah. 463 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,560 It's a heart posture. That's it. 464 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:57,520 So, man, and then I, I had like kind of a little bit of a 465 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,800 flashback today, back when, you know, I was growing up and my 466 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,720 mom was pulling little Ratchet Hector to church. 467 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,760 Yeah. For the morning service. 468 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then like going and getting 469 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,600 some food and coming back from the evening service. 470 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,520 I feel like we kind of got that today at the home that's in 471 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,320 Sobrook and then in the Herman home. 472 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,040 And it was like there were two pretty different dynamics as far 473 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,560 as like how City post does church in Gonzaba and bringing 474 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,920 that and sharing that with the kids to how the Herman home runs 475 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,480 theirs man. But it's similar thing is like 476 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,680 US walking into that room and granted these kids are in there 477 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,960 30 minutes before the the teachers coming in there. 478 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,760 And they're singing. Bro by. 479 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,400 Themselves, yeah. Playing instruments, plugging up 480 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,640 the mic, going and like. They're just even the. 481 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,120 Little like girls and kids like dancing in circles in the Holy 482 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:54,920 Spirit, but man like this, experiencing that, Yeah. 483 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,560 Like that again, that heart posture of worship. 484 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,120 Yeah. And take it serious. 485 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:05,160 Bro, And that's, that's the probably the most humbling thing 486 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,440 the Holy Spirit has taught me. Like the most humble lesson the 487 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,200 Holy Spirit has taught me through this is these kids by 488 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:16,920 standards of where we come from, have nothing of like tangible 489 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,800 physical of what this world, you know, deems as success or value 490 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:22,920 or anything like that. You know what I mean? 491 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,360 Like they don't have things that we do, but they got this heart 492 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,120 of worship for God. They have this reverence for the 493 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,240 Lord and how they speak to him and how they speak to each other 494 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,760 and how they pray. Bro, like that's just mind. 495 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,400 Boggling. It's it's a reverence for 496 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,120 holiness. Like it, man, I don't see that 497 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:45,600 respect, to be honest with you. Like, people just show up, they 498 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,800 run in. I made it, grabbed my coffee. 499 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,880 Let's do this service thing. Like, man, like coming in and, 500 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:58,680 and spending time and like greeting each other and being in 501 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,040 prayer. And just, it's, it's just kind 502 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,040 of like setting a tone and not just always be rushing into 503 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,760 stuff, you know? And but yeah, I caught that. 504 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,160 I was like, they're in there singing, right? 505 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:14,640 Like 30 minutes before the service starts, they're singing, 506 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,320 you know? And then, like when all the 507 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:22,280 adults came in it, it was like, alright, everybody quite down. 508 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,040 We're about to hear the word, you know? 509 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:32,160 And dude busted out Romans 12. Oh, it's so crazy. 510 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:38,200 Yeah. Can't nobody tell me my God 511 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,760 ain't real? Bro Yeah, yeah. 512 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,680 It's, it's like, so for you guys that don't know, so we're in 513 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:51,200 this place and this guy, he's a he's actually a pastor, you 514 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,480 know, he he's actually going to seminary and they're a 515 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,920 Presbyterian Church. And he does a scripture reading. 516 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:04,520 It's Romans 12/1, 2:00 and 3:00. And then I heard that verse and 517 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,600 I'm like, wait a second. So that's the passage my dad 518 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,560 received the Lord with. So he said. 519 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,120 So my dad always quotes that verse like everywhere. 520 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,720 So when I heard it, I was like, oh man, this is nuts, man. 521 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,000 Alright, so Fast forward brah, we're sitting in this hotel 522 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,760 room. It is like. 10 PM. 10:00 PM. 523 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,360 Michael's like I I say that. And I was like, hey, that's the 524 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,400 same verse Rach just read. I say what? 525 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,120 Oh man, it's just been. Yeah. 526 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,280 The Holy Spirit spitting bro on different sides of the planet in 527 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,800 two different time zones and now in three like different 528 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,760 circumstances. It was the the guy that brought 529 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,440 the scripture reading, then your dad, like when he was speaking 530 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,680 to the kids, sharing his, his testimony of that aspect to, you 531 00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:01,000 know, now hours later, bro. And it's like, alright, Holy 532 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,160 Spirit on one. Like in the best way though. 533 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:09,000 Yes, it's, it's, it's so, and you know what, even to go 534 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:14,520 deeper, like as I was last week, man, there's a podcast by Doctor 535 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,320 Egg Mason where they talk about Romans 12/1. 536 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,240 Like it was they, they did a whole pod on Romans 12. 537 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,800 So you guys that don't know, it says this, it says, therefore, I 538 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,400 urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer 539 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,320 your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to 540 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,360 God. This is your true act and proper 541 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,720 worship. Who's talked about that? 542 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,240 Do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be 543 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,320 transformed by the renewing of your mind. 544 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:50,120 Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, 545 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,920 His good, pleasing and perfect will. 546 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,400 Yeah, you see, there it is. Say keep talking about it. 547 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:06,640 So the like real worship really comes like you want to really 548 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,600 like please the Lord. Yeah, it's, it's just you off. 549 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,680 You're living sacrifices, you know, it starts with your life, 550 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:25,280 you know, So we can't expect God to show up if our lives aren't 551 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,040 looking pleasing to the Lord, you know? 552 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,120 So it's, it's like, yeah, we want to see God. 553 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,720 We want to see God, but we're living different and that's not 554 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,680 how it works. So yeah. 555 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:44,200 Man, it's holy half stepping. If I had to, I've had to put it, 556 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,880 you know, and that's convicting to me. 557 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,080 No it. Is you know me too. 558 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,040 Yeah. But man, let's just let's just 559 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,840 be real. Let's let's shift gears a little 560 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:53,560 bit. Yeah. 561 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,280 How important is that? How important is that, 562 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,160 considering the news we got this morning of the bombs going on? 563 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,840 Oh yeah, You know just what's going on with our world right 564 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:03,720 now, Like. Right. 565 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,680 No, it is. It's a little weird. 566 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,120 It's a little scary. You know, I was having a 567 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:15,239 conversation with, it was somebody from our congregation 568 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,719 and, and, and you know that they, that this person was 569 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:25,199 telling me about how she's having issues with the political 570 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:31,440 feel of, of our country and you know, just talking politics and 571 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:36,600 all this stuff. And really my response is this 572 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,760 is the whole like political nature is in the past, we've 573 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,600 had, if you read scripture, there's been kings that have 574 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:52,800 been placed for Israel that were terrible, that were awful. 575 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:56,600 It killed a lot of people, did a lot of dumb stuff, brought 576 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,520 idols. And really my response is God is 577 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,840 sovereign. God moves people, God puts 578 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,640 people in places, you know, people move by the hand of God. 579 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,640 Like none of this is taking God by surprise. 580 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,840 So there's a purpose in it. I also think, I mean, there 581 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,760 could be, this could be a judgment, you know, like for a 582 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:27,720 nation that has, has created idols about things and have 583 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:32,720 turned away from his word. But you know, watching the news, 584 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,520 I'll be honest, man, it's a scary, it's a scary time. 585 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,240 It's a scary situation. But in all honesty, if you read 586 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:45,080 God's word, like, I'm not surprised like at all, like 587 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,400 Ezekiel 33, like there's all these things and these are Jesus 588 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,400 even talks about it. There's going to be signs of of 589 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,720 my coming, you know. So knowing all that's happening 590 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:06,360 in the world, I think our focus should be tighter on on him, you 591 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,240 know, so not really so much freaking out, but like running 592 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:14,360 to the cross, running to God, taking worship more seriously, 593 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,160 taking church more seriously. Like, like you said, like 594 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:22,920 showing up, like saying Lord, like my body is like my life is 595 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,280 a sacrifice to you. Whatever is going to happen is 596 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,080 going to happen, but I'm going to be on your side when it 597 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,360 happens. So, yeah. 598 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,080 But I think that these are times where instead of getting 599 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,000 political and instead of like all the conspiracy stuff, we 600 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:45,000 really need to come to him and start praying for repentance for 601 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,280 our brothers and sisters to come to know Jesus. 602 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,880 And honestly should drive you right? 603 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,840 Like, you should set a fire in you and be like, man, you know 604 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,760 what? Like, time's getting close. 605 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,080 We don't know what's going to happen, right? 606 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,360 Yeah, man, that yeah, you know, for me, like hearing that and 607 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:08,160 what the the Holy Spirit, you know just what God unveiled 608 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:15,360 throughout the day is like bro, that worship or worship the way 609 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,480 we worship the way our life is, worship the way like we build 610 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,160 equipped and send like the way we live the business of the 611 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:27,960 Kingdom. And yeah bro, like it's just. 612 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:36,040 Yeah, and even to my I, I like you almost feel as a pastor like 613 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,800 I have time. I ain't got time for all this. 614 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,920 Like, like there's so much happening in the world. 615 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,240 You know, it's like, like, man, I, I got to go get it, you know, 616 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:50,840 like we, we got to keep going. I got to preach more. 617 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,040 I got to teach more, I got to share the gospel more. 618 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,040 I know people are like, no, you got to rest. 619 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,240 And I was like, man, I'll rest if I'm tired, I'm going to rest, 620 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:06,720 you know, like, but it's just like, I don't know, like there's 621 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:12,160 like, there's, there's this holy like hurry up. 622 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:14,600 You know, that's the best way I could put it. 623 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,320 Like there's this holy hurry up. Like, I got to get out. 624 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,840 I got to preach as much as I can, get the word out, as much 625 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:27,400 as I can, disciple as much as we can because of stuff like this, 626 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,320 you know? Yeah. 627 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,560 So good bro. Yeah, and I'll be honest, like 628 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:40,040 even coming to Miseram, I'll be like, there's been times when 629 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,120 I'm like, man, I is this it? Like, is this the last time? 630 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:50,280 Is this, you know, do I do I use my time doing something else and 631 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,040 and when I see stuff like that, it's like no. 632 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,480 We just get started for. Like, dude, this is just a few 633 00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:00,040 days out of the year that we get to come and do this. 634 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:04,360 And yeah, I was like, I wish I could come back three more times 635 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,000 next year, you know, but I can't. 636 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,440 So I'm going to make the most out of the time that we have 637 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:11,760 now. Yeah. 638 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,640 And it's cool to see the seeds being planted. 639 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,280 Yeah, man. Yesterday I was having a 640 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,200 conversation with Sarah. At the Sarah and. 641 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,920 Zabra and I'm be real she hit me with a question I wasn't ready 642 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,760 for she was like what's your aim in life I was like Dang like 643 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,080 that's like that's the conversation started you're. 15, 644 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:30,880 yeah. Right. 645 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,240 You know what I mean? Yeah, I'll just be real. 646 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,960 The first thing that came to mind is like, where I want to 647 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,000 serve the Lord the way Pastor Ricky does. 648 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,520 You know what I mean? Like, like I really want to, to, 649 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,160 to finally be obedient to this column that God's put on my 650 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:53,000 life, you know, And then for her at 1516 being like, I asked her 651 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,440 the same thing. What's your aim in life, bro? 652 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,120 She wants to be a missionary, you know, like, if that doesn't 653 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,080 bear fruit of what city? Post has been doing here right, 654 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,560 you know. What I mean, and that's just 655 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:07,520 things on Zabra, that's not the 168 other homes that they go and 656 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,600 reach in their community that are out in the mountains and 657 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,480 like really in the trenches, you know what I mean? 658 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:18,640 Or the home in Herman, you know, and like what they're doing and 659 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,880 you know, God is obviously calling us there more, you know, 660 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:27,280 so like just what that is going to, what seeds are going to be 661 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,920 planted there and who those kids are going to. 662 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,040 Go and reach exactly. You know, like, yeah, man, 663 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,000 that's just that. Just like turns me up. 664 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:39,040 No, like, think about this, like, OK, we spend 4 1/2 days 665 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:43,400 with these kids and, and we're just all the songs we sing, the 666 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,280 worship, you know, we're learning about the life of Peter 667 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,160 and I already talked to my mom. I was like, listen, I, I think 668 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,600 next year our our sessions for the kids, same thing that we're 669 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,360 learning at the church, we're going to do like the gospel. 670 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,720 She was saying that. Yeah, I was like, we, we got to, 671 00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,880 we got to get to the heart of this because, and think about it 672 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:06,240 like, yes, these kids have HIV, but because of Gonzabra, they're 673 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:09,040 learning, they're getting educated on their medication, 674 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,720 they're taking it when it's supposed to be taken. 675 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:15,240 They're going to live long, productive and healthy lives. 676 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:20,840 So they're going to they're going to live and then these 677 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:26,120 kids are going to be blasted out and you don't know where they're 678 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,880 going. And, and to, to think like maybe 679 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:34,560 one of the lessons on Peter or one of the messages that we gave 680 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,960 them change their hearts for Jesus and they're going to take 681 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,880 that story and they're going to like, Hey, this like weird 682 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,880 Hispanic church came and hung out with us. 683 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,640 They look like us, not Asian though. 684 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:53,520 And they like, and they taught me about like following Jesus. 685 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,120 And I want to share this story with you as well. 686 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,080 I mean, we, we say the same thing. 687 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,880 Like when we were at the Jeevan Anan home for girls, we had this 688 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:07,400 group of like 20 something girls and, and you know, like I had 689 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:11,520 hard lives, but they don't want to be nurses and teachers and, 690 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,720 and they, they had the opportunity to have that was 691 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:18,160 like what we taught them, what we poured into them. 692 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:24,240 Same thing blasted out, you know, country that's 80% Hindu, 693 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:29,240 you know, 1.2% Christian. It's, it's like, that's my hope. 694 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:32,880 Like, it's like we don't know the fruit of the stuff that 695 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,520 we're we're sowing. Yeah. 696 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,000 So it's, it's like we're just sending out, man, little 697 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,760 missionaries all over the world. Samuel, like Sam, I've known 698 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,640 this dude since 2021, got married. 699 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,960 You know, he's about to leave. He's gone on a three-year 700 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,560 training mission like with Salvation Army. 701 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,560 And then they told him, like they might put him in an 702 00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,200 orphanage. They might send them as a 703 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:04,960 missionary, who knows? But wherever he goes, City post 704 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,040 is going to support him. I told him I was like, as soon 705 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,080 as you get wherever you send, send me the link. 706 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,680 Like we're going to fund you. We're going to support you. 707 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,760 I'll bring you to the states if I have to, like get your visa, 708 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,160 bring you and your wife like, but that's the that's the kind 709 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:26,520 of like those are men of God. And I was like, how can we be a 710 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:31,600 part of the calling that God put on their life 'cause that's what 711 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:32,920 we do. That's like, that's our 712 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,880 heartbeat. You know, that that excites me. 713 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,960 I get yeah, that that's what brings me joy. 714 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,560 So it's so dope to see you to. Like I love I. 715 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,560 Remember hearing stories. From right. 716 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,320 Yeah, people on their. Trips. 717 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,280 Yeah, yeah. But to experience it in person, 718 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:53,920 I literally don't have words but. 719 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:56,800 Yeah. That's why I was running around 720 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,680 with this camera, like, bro, I'll show you all it is. 721 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,640 Yeah, yeah. 'Cause I tell you, you're not 722 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:05,200 going to believe me, right? I know I try to tell people all 723 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,880 the time. I was like when I try to explain 724 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,080 this trip. So there's, there's always two 725 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,400 types of people that come on this trip. 726 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,040 I'm just going to be 100% real. There's people that come because 727 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,040 they want to travel. They see it as sexy. 728 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:23,560 I get to go to India, you know, get to go on a flight and they 729 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,560 just want to travel the world and take, you know, selfies and 730 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,600 Instagram pictures and, and I'll be honest, we've had that in the 731 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:34,080 past and I'm cool with it because I think God could use 732 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:39,080 any situation to, to teach them. But man, there's people that are 733 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:45,720 really like curious of like, man, I want to see what this is 734 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,680 like, what is it? What's God doing, you know, and 735 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,640 I think that's great. I think that's healthy. 736 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,720 And I always tell people like, at least try it, you know, go on 737 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:56,240 missions. If it's not for you, it's not 738 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:59,120 for you. I'm cool with that, you know, 739 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:04,240 So, but God, just if you get in his work, you will, like I said 740 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,520 this morning, you will always be satisfied, you know? 741 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,160 Yeah, absolutely. I always tell people like, and 742 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:13,720 y'all are going to experience this when you get home. 743 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:19,920 There's about 15% in you that says if I ever get on a plane 744 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:25,080 again, I better get like never. Like I was like, I need some 745 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,600 time or like, like people ask you like you going back, like 746 00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:32,640 ask me in three months, you know, like because that travel 747 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:36,120 is rough. But for me, like I always get 748 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:40,520 this itch, like I'll get home. You get back to life. 749 00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:43,600 I always experience, this isn't me talking. 750 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,880 I always experience like a little bit of depression because 751 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,000 it's like you're in this crazy and run, like go, go, go, go, 752 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:51,360 go. And then you got to go back to 753 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,080 work. So it's like, what? 754 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:57,600 What? But you're just like, man, that 755 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,120 was so awesome. Like that was such a good time. 756 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:04,880 And then but then you start thinking like, man, I don't know 757 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,400 if I can leave again. And then later on, it's like, 758 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,040 all right, I can't wait to see these kids. 759 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,280 Then it's like, hey, when are those dates coming out? 760 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:14,840 Hey, when can we start fundraising? 761 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:18,040 Hey, when can we, you know, like it just it just builds its 762 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,200 anticipation. So this is just being honest 763 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:26,120 like every year that hits me so. That's real bro. 764 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:33,280 Yeah, it's being honest, Yeah. What a so back to like my 765 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:34,720 favorite segment. You know what I mean? 766 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,880 My pastor got bars, you know, Ginshabra edition. 767 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,640 You you had a little bit of a tongue twister. 768 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:42,960 Today I did and the. Serving bro and I. 769 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,360 Tried to do a little play on words. 770 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,080 Yeah, if you want to break that down for for those who who 771 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,160 haven't seen the video that's about to come out. 772 00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:55,400 From that's right now so pretty much I the sermon today was on 773 00:46:55,400 --> 00:47:00,440 Mark chapter 6. It's when Jesus feeds the 5000 774 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,720 and, and really what I wanted to do was I, I wanted to look at 775 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,480 that story, to look at the character of Christ. 776 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,000 You know, like he's our role model, he's who we look to and, 777 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:15,160 and you just kind of see who Jesus is in the way that he 778 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,680 serves people, the way that he handles his disciples and the 779 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,400 way the miracle that he gives right And one of those ways. 780 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:27,680 So yes, Jesus is compassionate and loving because he he didn't 781 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,480 turn people away, but also he's a great teacher. 782 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,880 And what Jesus is calling us to do is that he wants us to teach 783 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:40,000 the things that he taught his disciples to do, so that way 784 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,840 they could teach the things that he taught them. 785 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:50,640 Bring that back. Brother, So for us, it's like if 786 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,200 Jesus is our great teacher, you know, he's, he's going to teach 787 00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,440 us things, but then he calls us to teach those things that he 788 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,960 taught us that came from his word. 789 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:08,400 So it's not just storytelling. It's just like God's word, you 790 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,360 know? Yeah, I kind of did that just to 791 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,800 have fun with Sam. That makes sense when he 792 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,480 translates. Because he's translating. 793 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:16,880 Because I'm going to give a tongue twist. 794 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:22,560 And I was standing in the back fighting like every impulsive 795 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:28,040 thought to scream out bars. Didn't know how that would 796 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,800 translate, you know what I mean? I didn't know how Sam was. 797 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,080 Going to be able to translate that one. 798 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:33,600 He's like, oh, what's going on? And. 799 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,480 Doesn't, Yeah, man, but that was dope. 800 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:38,360 Bro, no, I just did that to mess with them. 801 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:42,880 But but that's true. It's like Jesus is a great 802 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,440 teacher and he's doing it so that way. 803 00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:47,760 I mean, he says it in first John 26. 804 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,560 He says it in the Great Commission, you know, teaching 805 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,320 them everything I taught you, you know, like, so we we have a 806 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:58,840 role and it's to teach everyone the same stuff that Jesus taught 807 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:03,000 us that is taught in the Bible, you know, and it's like, yeah. 808 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:07,680 So it's, it's Jesus is passionate, compassionate and 809 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:09,920 loving. He's an amazing teacher. 810 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,200 He's our great teacher. He's the greatest teacher ever 811 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:16,520 lived. And he's inviting us to do the 812 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,320 work of his Kingdom. He doesn't need us, but he's 813 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,560 inviting us to to join in on that. 814 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:28,240 And then at the end we see that everybody that experienced 815 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:33,640 Christ that day left satisfied, not just physically, but 816 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,200 spiritually as well. Yeah. 817 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,000 And I just saw that. And I was like, that's our call, 818 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:42,920 man, to live with compassion and love, to teach people what 819 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,520 Christ taught us, to join him in his Kingdom work. 820 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,920 Because if we do that, then we will truly be satisfied. 821 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,800 Yeah. Yeah, to to that sentiment of 822 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,080 being involved in his Kingdom work. 823 00:49:57,080 --> 00:50:04,040 Bro I've had probably like 3 moments on this trip where it's 824 00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:08,720 like hit me like we're sitting tonight at the hermit home 825 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:14,240 eating this fire Indian slash Mexican fish Taco lot I put 826 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:16,120 together. Bro just chopping. 827 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:20,000 Like. Like just laughing and I look 828 00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:22,840 out the window and like, bro, there's a mountain right there. 829 00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:28,800 Like it hit me that I'm 4000 feet above sea level literally 830 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:30,080 in the in a. Cloud. 831 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,280 Bro right pooping in a cloud ain't nobody. 832 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,280 Pooping in the cloud, son. C Plus church, First church. 833 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:40,600 Yeah, pooping the clouds. But like that moment, it's like, 834 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:44,640 God, you really brought me, you know, and I looked it up the 835 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:49,280 other day, 3483 miles away from my home. 836 00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,240 That's crazy. Like this kid from, yeah, the 837 00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:57,760 South side of Fort Worth that, yeah, you know, didn't like even 838 00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,320 compute that this was possible. And for whatever reason, you 839 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,360 showed up in undeniable ways for me to get. 840 00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,680 Here. Yes, to be a part of this, to 841 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,880 point these kids to you and it's just like, bro, what? 842 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,520 Yeah. Like mind boggling. 843 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,920 It is, I tell people it's always worth it. 844 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,600 Like and something even like just to see God's hand. 845 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,800 I mean, we started fundraising so late. 846 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:25,120 I'm serious. Like y'all don't understand. 847 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,520 Fundraising usually begins in January. 848 00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:32,600 Like I always tell people like use Christmas like hey, give me 849 00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,440 a gift but also donate to my trip. 850 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:39,960 Like I do that every year and I always use like a bonus I get 851 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:44,720 for where like I there's things in my my in my life now that I 852 00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:50,680 plan for like I I save up all year now like 20 here, 10 here, 853 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:55,360 you know, for missions. But to see God provide the way 854 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,800 that he did in such a short time. 855 00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:04,240 Like y'all don't understand like the expenses like how everything 856 00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:10,240 went up like this economy, bro, like there there were things 857 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:14,800 that went up even for me like, you know, like my cost 'cause I 858 00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:18,400 was like don't no like I'll take care of it. 859 00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,280 And I was like, Lord, how we gonna do this? 860 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:29,720 But to see how God provided. But I also think, and I know we 861 00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:32,480 talked about this and this could be a different but the, the 862 00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:38,040 spiritual battles, the the warfare that happened was 863 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:43,280 insane. It really was I I I've never out 864 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:46,160 of all the years I've done this, this has been the hardest year 865 00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:50,720 to get here. It really has like the days 866 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:56,600 leading up to coming to Gonzabra have been so difficult, man. 867 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,520 And I was like, Lord, you're going to do something. 868 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:03,720 And and every morning that's my prayer is Lord, keep us from the 869 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:09,880 evil 1 because I know going home, it's waiting for us 870 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,120 because we had this amazing experience. 871 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:18,520 So just praying like, Lord, just let don't let it don't just help 872 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:23,840 us to keep battling it, you know, But yeah, man, just seeing 873 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:27,760 the provisions of God and and how the church got behind it, 874 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,680 you know, like it's just been beautiful. 875 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:34,080 Yeah, bro. I'm going to say that for. 876 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:38,360 Yeah, that's a different yeah. Bro like that's that's so much. 877 00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:39,920 There, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 878 00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:46,280 You know, but a but a closing thought, more of a question. 879 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,680 Yeah. What's been something that God's 880 00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:52,680 shown you on this trip so far? Man, that's a, that's a good 881 00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:57,360 one. Oh man, I think there's been a 882 00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,600 few. I think for me, the biggest 883 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:04,920 thing that God has highlighted is this whole subject of 884 00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:08,520 worship. And it's not just because of 885 00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:16,320 what we experienced today, but this has been kind of like 886 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:19,800 boiling in my soul the last few months. 887 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:26,320 And I just think, man, we have a we, we need to change the way we 888 00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:31,840 see worship. I think it's, it's too, and I'm 889 00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:36,640 not, I'm trying not to talk out of my emotions, but I've just, 890 00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:42,400 I've, I've witnessed a change and it's gone from Christ 891 00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:48,320 centered to people centered. Everything is what I sound like, 892 00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:52,920 what I look like. I'm even me as a pastor, like 893 00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:56,600 there's some things that I see that that are my fault, you 894 00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:00,880 know, like where I'm like, no, we got to sound this way and and 895 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,960 it has to be this way. And because of, you know, this 896 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:09,760 is like, but it, it's not, it's not because it's for the Lord. 897 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,920 There's a vanity there. That's like, because it's city 898 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:20,280 post church and I need to change like my heart and the way I see 899 00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:25,840 it because like what I've experienced on this trip, like 900 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:31,680 Romans 12, Holy Spirit blowing up the room with a dude on a 901 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,840 guitar. You know what I'm saying? 902 00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:39,000 That doesn't have an amazing voice, but man, it was just 903 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,800 singing to the Lord. Like there's got to be a shift 904 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,520 in the culture. That's something that the God's 905 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:49,120 been like just cooking in me, you know, like, and, and I'm 906 00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:53,480 even like I'm at a place where like I'm desperate to have it, 907 00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:56,280 you know, like I'm desperate to see it. 908 00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:59,720 I don't care about all the hooping and the yelling and I 909 00:55:59,720 --> 00:56:02,200 don't care about all what it sounds like. 910 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,640 Like I it's just like a heart posture, you know? 911 00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:09,080 Yeah. So that's, that's me. 912 00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,280 Like that's just yeah, that's yeah. 913 00:56:11,720 --> 00:56:13,800 That's a heavy one. How you, how you feeling 914 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,120 processing that? Like what's going through your? 915 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,480 Head man, honestly, I just I'm just asking the Lord like what 916 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:22,360 that looks like. But also as a pastor, it's not, 917 00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,440 you don't come and say this is the way should be. 918 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:30,720 No, that's not how this works. It's like, how do I disciple 919 00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:37,720 people, you know, like lead by example, you know, And then of 920 00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:39,920 course, prayer. Yeah. 921 00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:43,200 Like it's, it's, yeah. Just praying for the Lord to to 922 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:48,960 change hearts and attitudes and and viewpoints, you know? 923 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:52,240 Yeah. So that's, honestly, that's kind 924 00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:56,440 of what I'm I'm seeing. I feel like the Lord is using 925 00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,920 these kids. Yeah, to to show me that. 926 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,880 Is it real bro? Yeah, how about you? 927 00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:08,000 Lord. I know there's many, but what's 928 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,160 1? I know like there's there's and 929 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,640 the reason why I, like I said, 'cause we're going to have a 930 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,720 testimony Sunday in a few weeks. I I don't want to spill all the 931 00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:18,240 beans, you know, like y'all got to show for that. 932 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:23,360 Right. Yeah, I'll, I'll keep it brief 933 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:25,480 and kind of vague for that in mind. 934 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:29,920 That's not good. But essentially, like I feel 935 00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:33,840 like God smacked me upside the heads. 936 00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:36,040 Like you get it now, mental. And you see why I've been 937 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,560 calling you here for five years. You see, like what? 938 00:57:38,560 --> 00:57:41,600 What? You've been missing. 939 00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,080 Yeah, bro, that's a great way to put it. 940 00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,840 Yeah, that's a great way to put it. 941 00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:50,880 Because the the level of intimacy. 942 00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:54,200 Yeah. With the Lord and to see and to 943 00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:57,880 like you know I've said it you know a few times at church and I 944 00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:01,880 said it tonight to the the adults at the the Herman home 945 00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:06,360 but to to physically be the hands feet and voice of Jesus to 946 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:09,560 these kids, bro and like really standing on with the scripture 947 00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:13,120 saying really like submitting to our leadership. 948 00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:14,680 You know what that looks like bro? 949 00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:20,360 It's just like, I don't know why I resisted it so long. 950 00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,880 I don't know why I was afraid of it for so long. 951 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:27,120 I don't know why I like, I just didn't want it. 952 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:29,360 Yeah. You know, yeah. 953 00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:35,920 And yeah, man, it's like, I don't know, I got a kick in the 954 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,280 butt. Smack it out of the head. 955 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,960 Like Holy Spirit's like, like. See. 956 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:44,240 You know, so that's that's that's how I answer that. 957 00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:48,440 What I what I think is cool is, you know, some I see kind of 958 00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:55,400 what you're saying is like how how God takes, how how God takes 959 00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:59,800 like your don't, don't, don't, don't hear me wrong, OK, Just 960 00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:01,640 I'm just trying to like get my words right. 961 00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:08,120 But it's almost like how God takes our coward spirit and 962 00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:11,640 makes it a champion spirit. So like the things that we're 963 00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:15,880 worried about and scared for now he's like, watch this now. 964 00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:17,160 You're going to be a champion for it. 965 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,120 So you're going to be my mouthpiece. 966 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:23,120 You're going to like tell, you're going to tell about like 967 00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:26,880 the glorious things I've done, the, the, the amazing things 968 00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:31,560 that you saw me do. So when people ask, it's all 969 00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:35,560 going to point to me, you know, like it's amazing how God does 970 00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:37,600 that. You know, it's, it's, it's 971 00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,280 awesome. Yeah. 972 00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:42,520 We're all fine back tears right now. 973 00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:48,080 Like it's, it's really, and, and I'm even thinking something I 974 00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:53,280 like that these trips do is how do I take this back to the 975 00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:57,240 church to, to love my people and serve the church? 976 00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:00,000 Like, how do we keep this thing going? 977 01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,800 And like, like we're doing Avvs at the end of the month, You 978 01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:06,840 know what I mean? Like there's so many things like 979 01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:08,760 our our small groups come in and. 980 01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,000 So it's like, how do we transfer? 981 01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:16,080 Like it doesn't stay in Mizoram. It comes with us and, and it's 982 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:18,640 how do we implement this in our homes? 983 01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:22,920 You know, like I'm even thinking, but when I get home, 984 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:29,080 I'm coming home, like I'm coming home to like a lot like work. 985 01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:32,440 Like I, like, I, I've been seeing the emails and I've been 986 01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:34,440 ignoring them. I'm not doing it. 987 01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:38,240 And then just not worried, but like, you know, you're thinking 988 01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:43,120 about the church back at home Sunday, Sunday sermon, like my, 989 01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:45,520 my. And then I'm preaching Sunday 990 01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:48,160 night, Monday morning and Tuesday morning at a camp. 991 01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:49,840 What? Yeah. 992 01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:54,280 So it's at at convencion. Oh, so in, in Cedar Hill. 993 01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:59,200 So it's like all these things where I'm like, Lord, I, I just, 994 01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:02,880 I just need you to give me a word, you know, like, I need you 995 01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:09,480 to give me a word and I need you to help me, like, convey out of 996 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,160 your word. And like, how do I, how do I 997 01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:14,800 bring Miss ROM to these people, you know? 998 01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,600 Yeah. So there's a lot coming. 999 01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:23,080 That's exciting though, bro, Like yeah, I know we we got out 1000 01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:26,320 of that suffer well series and like something that still just 1001 01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,600 sticks to me is the refining aspect, bro. 1002 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:34,960 Like and like you're saying what your focus has been on this 1003 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:37,600 year's like your prayer and your preaching. 1004 01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:40,880 Now I remember beginning of the year something it just hit me 1005 01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:42,000 bro and I was just being real with you. 1006 01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:44,960 Like, bro, like this sermon was a different level, you know, 1007 01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:48,280 like the prayer life, it's been a different level and it's been 1008 01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:53,400 evident in our first Wednesday services and now like our kids 1009 01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:57,320 ministry, which man, think about how we finished 2024 going into 1010 01:01:57,320 --> 01:01:59,160 2025 with that Christmas service. 1011 01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:03,720 Like this has just been preparation and refining that 1012 01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:05,400 next level for the kids ministry. 1013 01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:08,120 Yeah, man, that's true. Man. 1014 01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:11,040 'Cause you get, you see, Yeah, this is like, this is like 1015 01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:15,000 training, like, like, like next level training. 1016 01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:18,000 Yeah, yeah. I just want to encourage you 1017 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:19,360 with that man. 'Cause that's great. 1018 01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:21,600 'Cause it's, I know, like you just said, and you got a lot 1019 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,280 coming at. You yeah, it's a lot coming, but 1020 01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:24,840 it's a lot of good things. Absolutely. 1021 01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:26,640 Absolutely. And that's something like 1022 01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:31,600 something I've noticed too is, you know, like went through, I 1023 01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:33,120 went through a hard season in December. 1024 01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:35,200 I'm not going to lie, like it, it was difficult. 1025 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:39,000 A lot of self doubt, a lot of things that I thought were my 1026 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:43,200 fault, even to the point where I'm like, I don't know if I'm 1027 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:47,320 the guy for this. But when the smoke settled and 1028 01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:52,120 just spending time and like just getting into wisdom, like people 1029 01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:55,240 like wise. I have you know, I've been 1030 01:02:55,240 --> 01:03:01,160 blessed with other pastors that point in my life and I'm like, 1031 01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,640 Nah, I ain't doing nothing wrong, man. 1032 01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:08,160 Like when you lead out of what God's called you to, it's either 1033 01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:12,800 going to attract or detract. It's like a magnet and the 1034 01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:18,160 people that don't see that they're going to bounce, you 1035 01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:21,000 know, and like children, they're going to throw tantrums. 1036 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,480 They're going to blame you for ABC and D and I'm like, all 1037 01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:27,760 right, bye. You know, like, like, honestly, 1038 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:31,800 that's, that's just, but like those hard times like really 1039 01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:35,520 refined me and it, it, it really like toughened me up a little 1040 01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:41,520 bit like for gospel ministry. Because now I'm at a point where 1041 01:03:42,040 --> 01:03:44,080 when I, when I hear some grumblings and stuff, I'm like, 1042 01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:47,520 alright, bye. You know, don't faze me one bit 1043 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:53,640 because it's like, I mean, unless it I'm at fault, but I 1044 01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,880 just feel like if I am, I'll be the first one to admit it, you 1045 01:03:56,880 --> 01:04:00,800 know, because it's scary. Pride will destroy you. 1046 01:04:01,480 --> 01:04:03,360 So I'm always the first one to mid fall. 1047 01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:08,880 But like, you got to understand that God has called us to this. 1048 01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:12,080 Like it's very specific, you know? 1049 01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:15,000 So I'm not going like I, I can't get away from it. 1050 01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:17,640 Yeah. And there ain't for you, ain't 1051 01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:18,840 for you. And that's OK. 1052 01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:20,960 And literally, that's OK, It's fine. 1053 01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:22,880 You know, it's OK. Yeah, yeah. 1054 01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:26,280 Hard feelings. It's all good, you know, So 1055 01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:27,560 that's kind of where I'm at with it. 1056 01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,920 That's awesome, bro. Yeah, that's all I got bro. 1057 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:35,120 Yeah, man, it's just been an awesome time and we cannot wait 1058 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:39,800 to share with the church. Man, we can't wait to get home. 1059 01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:45,680 Well, I can't wait a little bit. But, you know, excited. 1060 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,320 Yeah. You know, of course you're gonna 1061 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:51,040 see your babies and stuff and you know, it's, it's alright, 1062 01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,760 but excited to share. There you go, excited to go to 1063 01:04:55,760 --> 01:05:00,120 church on Sunday, see everybody and hug everybody and tell them 1064 01:05:00,120 --> 01:05:01,680 about the great things God has done. 1065 01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:07,760 Psalms 126 Three. I see post we lay all we out. 1066 01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:08,560 Peace.