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[4209.30 --> 4211.26] even you to help us. |
[4213.02 --> 4213.90] Because like I said, |
[4213.96 --> 4214.74] history has shown us |
[4214.74 --> 4215.86] that while the church |
[4215.86 --> 4216.60] has been a place |
[4216.60 --> 4217.38] that has hurt people, |
[4218.12 --> 4219.80] it is also a place |
[4219.80 --> 4220.80] that has transformed |
[4220.80 --> 4221.94] the world and culture |
[4221.94 --> 4222.84] that we live in, |
[4224.04 --> 4224.98] transformed people |
[4224.98 --> 4226.38] in this room here today. |
[4226.38 --> 4229.50] Church matters. |
[4230.26 --> 4231.64] Community matters. |
[4233.88 --> 4234.96] The rest of my story |
[4234.96 --> 4236.66] actually shares this too. |
[4236.80 --> 4237.98] That was a rough year |
[4237.98 --> 4238.46] in Edmonton. |
[4238.56 --> 4239.28] It was a lonely year |
[4239.28 --> 4239.76] in Edmonton. |
[4239.88 --> 4241.04] I didn't have community |
[4241.04 --> 4241.88] for a long time, |
[4242.48 --> 4243.40] but then I started |
[4243.40 --> 4244.40] to go to church. |
[4244.58 --> 4245.38] It was put on my heart |
[4245.38 --> 4245.96] to do that no matter |
[4245.96 --> 4246.80] how tired I was |
[4246.80 --> 4247.86] or how bright the sun was. |
[4248.94 --> 4249.72] And so I started going |
[4249.72 --> 4250.42] to church a little bit |
[4250.42 --> 4250.90] more frequently. |
[4251.76 --> 4253.04] I started seeing my family |
[4253.04 --> 4254.38] a little bit more regularly. |
[4255.10 --> 4255.74] Through that family, |
[4255.74 --> 4256.58] I got a new job. |
[4256.66 --> 4257.32] No more night shifts. |
[4257.38 --> 4258.20] I was working days. |
[4258.96 --> 4259.62] I got to be part |
[4259.62 --> 4260.62] of the community more. |
[4260.74 --> 4261.82] I got to see God's people |
[4261.82 --> 4262.68] a little more regularly. |
[4262.82 --> 4264.26] My cousin visited once |
[4264.26 --> 4264.96] for dinner and he brought |
[4264.96 --> 4265.42] his girlfriend, |
[4265.56 --> 4266.62] who I had never met before. |
[4266.76 --> 4267.28] They're married now. |
[4267.32 --> 4267.88] They live in Michigan. |
[4269.46 --> 4271.26] And his girlfriend at the time |
[4271.26 --> 4272.32] was talking to us at dinner |
[4272.32 --> 4273.12] and she asked what I was |
[4273.12 --> 4273.92] going to be doing next year. |
[4273.94 --> 4274.60] I said, oh, I'm probably |
[4274.60 --> 4275.40] going to go to King's. |
[4275.46 --> 4276.90] I want to do Christian education. |
[4277.20 --> 4278.06] I can live at home |
[4278.06 --> 4278.72] and just commute. |
[4278.82 --> 4279.24] It'll be great. |
[4279.58 --> 4280.18] And she's like, oh, |
[4280.20 --> 4281.18] you seem like the kind of person |
[4281.18 --> 4282.18] who would desire community |
[4282.18 --> 4283.28] and want to live on campus. |
[4283.28 --> 4283.96] And I was like, |
[4283.96 --> 4286.22] oh, I am that kind of person. |
[4287.20 --> 4288.44] And so through very little |
[4288.44 --> 4289.20] words of her own |
[4289.20 --> 4290.22] and very little convincing, |
[4290.48 --> 4291.86] I signed up and registered |
[4291.86 --> 4292.52] to go to Redeemer. |
[4292.68 --> 4293.92] I went there with no plan. |
[4294.40 --> 4295.06] I had no idea |
[4295.06 --> 4295.74] what I was going to take |
[4295.74 --> 4296.86] and I know not a soul there, |
[4296.94 --> 4297.50] but I went |
[4297.50 --> 4299.82] to live on campus. |
[4302.10 --> 4303.12] God used Redeemer |
[4303.12 --> 4303.80] to bring me here, |
[4303.88 --> 4304.34] to Emmanuel. |
[4304.58 --> 4305.76] God, through his people, |
[4305.88 --> 4306.30] are the reason |
[4306.30 --> 4306.94] that I'm here today. |
[4307.04 --> 4308.20] I made some amazing |
[4308.20 --> 4308.72] friends there. |
[4308.78 --> 4309.80] I had people pointing me |
[4309.80 --> 4310.44] to Jesus there. |
[4310.44 --> 4311.82] I met my wife there. |
[4311.82 --> 4313.34] They directed me |
[4313.34 --> 4314.20] to where I am today. |
[4314.32 --> 4315.12] They directed me |
[4315.12 --> 4315.64] to Jesus. |
[4318.12 --> 4319.34] Through his people, |
[4319.92 --> 4321.00] God brought me here. |
[4321.06 --> 4321.58] It's the reason |
[4321.58 --> 4322.26] I'm here today. |
[4323.58 --> 4324.10] And here, |
[4324.24 --> 4325.10] so many people |
[4325.10 --> 4326.10] continue to point me |
[4326.10 --> 4326.64] to Christ. |
[4327.68 --> 4328.30] They continue |
[4328.30 --> 4329.34] to walk alongside me |
[4329.34 --> 4330.16] when I struggle, |
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