♪ TRIBAL TRAILS TRIBAL TRAILS
THE SON OF GOD HE IS NEAR
HE CHOSE TO WALK WITH US THESE TRIBAL TRAILS
Rita: WELCOME TO TRIBAL TRAILS. WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINING US TODAY.
WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST ON OUR PROGRAM AND HIS NAME IS PASCAL ADAM.
AND HE LIVES IN ABBOTSFORD. SO GLAD YOU COULD MAKE TIME AND BE WITH US TODAY PASCAL.
Pascal: THANK YOU, RITA.
Rita: DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE YOU'RE FROM?.
Pascal: YES, AS- FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN ABBOTSFORD
AND MY MAIN POSITION THERE IS TO DO PRISON MINISTRY. WE WORK IN AH.
PROBABLY MOST OF THE FEDERAL PRISONS THERE.
ORIGINALLY I COME FROM THE INTERIOR WILLIAMS LAKE AREA.
MY RESERVE IS CALLED CANOE CREEK.
Rita: GOOD OK, YOUR FAMILY IS THERE?
Pascal: AH, YEAH, MY MOM AND DAD AND FOSTER PARENTS
HAVE BOTH PASSED AWAY, ALL OF THEM. IT'S BEEN A TRYING FEW YEARS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN- SEEMS, SEEMS LIKE THEY BEEN PASSING AWAY FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER.
Rita: YOU MENTIONED YOUR FOSTER PARENTS, WERE YOU RAISED IN A FOSTER HOME THEN?
Pascal: YEAH, IT WAS, I WAS KIND OF...
IT'S BEEN A REALLY STRANGE SITUATION FOR ME BECAUSE MY MY AH UM
MY FATHER WAS A FAIRLY UM HEAVY ALCOHOLIC AND UM
WHEN MY MOM GOT PREGNANT WITH ME. DAD SAID TO MOM,
"YOU'VE BEEN UNFAITHFUL. I DON'T WANT THIS CHILD WHEN IT'S BORN". SO
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A WAS PROBABLY THE MATRIARCH OF OUR FAMILY,
BECAUSE SHE HEARD THE CONVERSATION AND BECAUSE MY MOM WAS SUCH A YOUNG WOMAN.
MY GRANDMA MIDWIFED HER AND THEN WHEN SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK
MY GRANDMOTHER MARCHED HER TO THE DOOR AND TOLD HER SHE WASN'T WELCOME ANYMORE.
Rita: AWW
Pascal: SO AND I STAYED WITH MY GRANDMOTHER UNTIL I WAS NINE YEARS OLD
WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY AND THEN I WENT TO LIVE WITH MY AUNTIE AND UNCLE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE FOSTER PARENTS COME IN TO PLAY.
Rita: AH OK, SO YOU WERE RAISED IN WILLIAMS LAKE?
Pascal: I WAS RAISED AT A SMALL RESERVE CALLED CANOE CREEK.
Rita: AH OK
Pascal: AND UM I ALWAYS KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD, MY,
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
SHE TALKED ABOUT GOD IN A PERSONAL WAY AND
THE FUNNY THING IS, WHEN WHEN I WAS JUST A SMALL CHILD. SHE WOULD
SHE WOULD TAKE ME TO CHURCH AND LITERALLY I MEAN TAKE ME TO CHURCH.
IT WAS LIKE IF I RESISTED UM
I ALWAYS SAY THAT ONE OF MY EARLOBES ARE LONGER THAN THE OTHER
BECAUSE SHE WOULD TAKE, TAKE ME BY THE EAR. AND WE WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER
BECAUSE I HAD TO FOLLOW THAT EAR. SO ANYHOW,
LIKE I SAID, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD AND UM.
YET I REJECTED GOD, VERY EARLY IN LIFE, AND
THE MAIN REASON I GUESS FOR THE REJECTION OF GOD WAS THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL STUFF.
I WAS AT THE KAMLOOPS INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL JUST DOWN THE STREET HERE.
THANKFULLY I WASN'T THERE LONG ENOUGH
TO REALLY FEEL, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THE WRATH THAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND MY FOSTER MOM FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS ABUSE.
SO SHE TOOK ME OUT OF THE SCHOOL WHEN I WAS LIKE 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD AND AH.
STILL, IT WAS ENOUGH TIME IN THERE FOR ME TO BE BITTER AND MORE REJECTING OF THE BIBLE
MORE REJECTING OF CHRISTIANS. SO I TURNED AWAY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE
AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING WITH CHRISTIANITY.
Rita: AND HOW DID THAT WORK IN YOUR LIFE?
Pascal: AS I SAID, I ALWAYS KNEW IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT THERE WAS
THERE WAS A GOD, AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE TRULY WAS A LOVING GOD UNTIL LATER ON.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS STILL QUITE YOUNG WHEN I HEARD THAT JESUS LOVED ME.
I ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT PART OF MY REJECTION OF GOD WAS
IF HE'S A LOVING GOD, WHY DID HE ALLOW ALL OF THE NEGATIVES BY THAT TIME I KNEW
THAT MY MY FATHER HAD REJECTED ME AND MOM COULDN'T HAVE ME
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE KIND OF BUILDING UP IN MY LIFE.
I JUST GOT REALLY BITTER AND HARDENED.
I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO SAY I HAD A HARDENED HEART. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW
I TRULY DIDN'T THINK, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THERE WAS A GOD.
I SURELY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH GOD
AND THE STRANGE THING WAS
I FOUND IT SO HARD AND AND I STARTED TO LIVE SUCH A NEGATIVE LIFE I WAS.
I TURNED TO ALCOHOL BY THE TIME I WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
IF I DIE AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE BEYOND 30 YEARS OLD.
I FIGURED YOU KNOW HEY, IF I PASS AWAY AT A YOUNG AGE THAT'S OK TOO,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY HAVE MUCH DIRECTION,
EXCEPT I WAS ALL THE NEGATIVES I WAS DOING SO.
I EVEN HAD THIS REAL SILLY IDEA THAT I KNEW THAT THE DEVIL EXISTED AS WELL.
I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A HEAVEN AND THERE WAS A HELL
AND I THOUGHT OKAY, IF I PASS AWAY BEFORE I'M 30 YEARS OLD WHEN I GO DOWN TO
THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE PLACE CALLED HELL IS. I SAID,
"I WAS GONNA SAY SAY TO THIS TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF, YOU KNOW,
"HEY, LOOK AT ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU. WHY DON'T I HAVE SOME STATUS IN HELL."
SO YOU KNOW IT WAS KIND, REALLY WEIRD CONCEPT... Rita: TWISTED
Pascal: TWISTED THINKING AND UM.
Rita: THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REJECT THE LORD.
Narrator: THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE CHILDREN OF MEN,
TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK GOD. THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE,
THEY HAVE TOGETHER BECOME CORRUPT; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.
HAVE ALL THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY NO KNOWLEDGE,
WHO EAT UP MY PEOPLE AS THEY EAT BREAD, AND DO NOT CALL ON THE LORD?
THERE THEY ARE IN GREAT FEAR, FOR GOD IS WITH THE GENERATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
Pascal: ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WAS OVER HERE ON SEYMOUR ST. IN KAMLOOPS ANDA
HE WAS A CO-STUDENT OF MINE THAT WENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL AND
HE CAME TO ME WITH A SMALL GIDEONS BIBLE.
ONE OF THE NEW TESTAMENTS THAT GIDEONS PUT OUT.
AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON REALLY KINDA OPENED MY EYES THAT JESUS WAS LOVING AND UH.
BUT BECAUSE OF MY MY ANIMOSITY TOWARDS CHRISTIANS
AND CHRISTIANITY AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BIBLE.
WHEN HE FIRST TOLD ME, HE SAYS PASCAL, HE SAYS UH
I FOUND SOMETHING I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT IT
THAT JESUS LOVES YOU AND I SAYS,
"BUDDY IF YOU'RE NOT OUT OF SIGHT AROUND THE CORNER BY THE TIME I FINISHED SPEAKING,
I'M GOING TO HURT YOU", BECAUSE THAT'S HOW CALLOUS I WAS. AND AH.
HE BELIEVED ME, I GUESS BECAUSE HE RAN AWAY
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PERSON TODAY BECAUSE I THINK HE OPENED THE DOORS.
FIRST OF ALL, TO MY HEART THAT YES, JESUS DOES LOVE ME
AND AS I SAID, I BELIEVED ALL THE TIME THAT HE WAS A LOVING GOD,
AND YET I REJECTED IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT
HOW COULD SOMEBODY THAT LOVES YOU ALLOW THE NEGATIVES IN YOUR LIFE SO LONG.
SO TO ME IT WAS KIND OF A
AN EYE-OPENER AND YET IT KIND OF DROVE ME AWAY A LITTLE FURTHER.
ONE THING I APPRECIATE THOUGH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING IS THAT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
I STARTED TO BUMP INTO CHRISTIANS ALMOST EVERYWHERE I WENT.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS LOTS OF TIMES IN THE STATE OF ALCOHOLISM. I WAS DRINKING.
I WAS DRUNK. PEOPLE WOULD COME TO ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT GOD LOVED ME AND UM.
I ACCEPTED CHRIST NOVEMBER 1ST, OF 1980.
Rita: DO WANT TO TELL ME LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
Pascal: YEAH Rita: HOW THAT HAPPENED?
Pascal: AGAIN. I MEAN LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD,
YOU JUST GO INTO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
I ENDED UP INCARCERATED FOR, I THINK I WAS IMPAIRED, IMPAIRED DRIVING AND
I WAS IN THE PRISON AT PRINCE GEORGE REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
AND THERE WAS ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS TOLD BY THE HIGHER UP AUTHORITIES
THAT HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SHARING CHRIST WITH PEOPLE
BECAUSE HE WAS A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER, BUT I REALLY THANK GOD FOR HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS BREAKING THE RULES, NOT ONLY FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR ME AS WELL
HE WOULD COME TO ME AND SAY, "PASCAL, JESUS LOVES YOU" AND AH
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I WAS A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
BECAUSE I COULDN'T RUN FROM THIS PERSON,
AND ONE DAY I SAID TO MY ONE OF MY PEERS. I SAYS,
"I'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS PERSON."
BECAUSE I THINK I WAS REALLY GETTING CLOSE TO ACCEPTING CHRIST.
SO MY FRIEND WHO WAS ALSO IN PRISON WITH ME SAID,
"YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S TREATMENT CENTRE DOWNTOWN CALLED TREATMENT NORTH
IN PRINCE GEORGE. IF YOU ASK FOR AN APPLICATION THEY WILL GIVE YOU AN APPLICATION AND
LET YOU GO THERE BECAUSE DEFINITELY YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC."
BECAUSE I WAS IN THE PRISON FOR DRUNK DRIVING.
SO I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION, HERE I GO I'M RUNNING AWAY AGAIN,
NOT EVEN A WEEK AFTER I GOT TO THE TREATMENT CENTRE. THERE WAS A LADY THERE.
SHE WAS THE JANITOR AND SHE WAS ALSO THE COOK FOR THE TREATMENT CENTRE,
BUT FURTHERMORE SHE WAS A BELIEVER IN CHRIST.
SO ANYWAY, SHE CAME ONE DAY AND SHE SAYS, "PASCAL, MY BROTHERS AND I ARE HAVING
A BIBLE STUDY AND WE'RE GOING BE USING ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE BACK HERE." AND
SHE SAYS, "I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME." BUT I SAID, "SORRY, I AM NOT GOING TO GO.
I DON'T REALLY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRISTIANITY." I WAS QUITE HONEST WITH HER
SO I SAT IN THE DAY ROOM AND I WAS LISTENING TO THEM SINGING "AMAZING GRACE"
IN THE BACK ROOM. AND I GOT SO ANGRY I WENT AND HIT THE SWITCH ON THE TV AND
I WAS GOING TO RUN AWAY TO GO TO MY ROOM AND FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER
I COULDN'T CLIMB THE STAIRS TO GO UP THERE. I JUST IT'S LIKE-
MUST BE THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT TOOK ME BY THE ELBOW AND BY THE HAND
AND JUST TOOK ME RIGHT IN AND I SAT BESIDE HER,
AND IT WAS THE ONLY CHAIR AVAILABLE IN THE ROOM
WHERE THEY WERE HAVING A BIBLE STUDY. AND THIS LADY HAVE I FOUND IT SO PROFOUND
BECAUSE WHEN I WALKED IN, SHE STARTED TO CRY.
AND SHE SAYS PASCAL, "YOU CAME. YOU CAME."
AND I SAID, "YEAH HERE I AM. DON'T ASK ME WHY, BUT I'M HERE."
AND SHE DIDN'T PULL ANY PUNCHES. SHE SAYS, "I'LL TELL YOU WHY, PASCAL,
YOU NEED TO ASKED JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR",
SO I GUESS, YEAH I GUESS THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. I SAID, "TELL ME WHAT TO DO".
SO SHE OPENED THE SCRIPTURES AND STARTED READING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BIBLE
AND THEN SHE- SHE BASICALLY HELPED ME WITH THE SINNER'S PRAYER.
AND THE PROFOUND THING THAT SHE TOLD ME TO DO AND
I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE SAYS I WANT YOU-
SHE GAVE ME A BIBLE TO TAKE WITH ME AND SHE SAYS, "WRITE THE DATE, TODAY'S DATE IN IT
AND THE TIME AND THE YEAR THAT YOU ACCEPTED CHRIST IN THIS BIBLE."
AND I DID THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE I CHANGED BIBLES QUITE A FEW TIMES
BUT NOW I KNOW IT IN MY MIND EXACTLY THE TIME, THE DATE AND EVERYTHING,
IT WAS NOVEMBER 1ST OF 1980.
Rita: WHAT DID YOU THINK, WHEN YOU GOT BACK TO YOUR ROOM?
Pascal: I WASN'T DOING MUCH THINKING. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BECAUSE I HAD THE BIBLE THAT SHE GAVE TO ME.
I REMEMBER KNEELING BESIDE MY BED AND I OPENED THE WORD,
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND I READ THROUGH THE FOUR GOSPELS,
BUT IT WAS JUST ALMOST LIKE AN INSTANTANEOUS THING. I WAS SO THIRSTY FOR THE WORD.
I READ MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN IN ABOUT, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR HOURS
AND THEN I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT IT SAID. SO I READ MORE.
SO TO ME IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING NATURAL THAT I WAS MISSING. I WANTED TO KNOW GOD'S WORD.
Rita: SO WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE AFTER THAT?
Pascal: WELL, SHORTLY AFTER I AND AGAIN I MEAN GOD ALWAYS WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS,
BECAUSE I LEFT THE TREATMENT CENTRE. I CAME BACK TO MY MOM'S HOUSE
AND I STARTED HELPING HER PAYING RENT. I WAS RENTING A ROOM IN THE BASEMENT AND
I THOUGHT OKAY WELL WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME NOW,
NOT REALLY KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT GOD'S WAY OF WORKING, BUT
THERE WAS A MISSIONARY WITH AH, USED TO BE CALLED ARCTIC MISSIONS BACK THEN.
AND HE LIVED AT CANIM LAKE AND IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE FOUR, FIVE DAYS AFTER I WAS HOME
AND SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON MY MOM'S DOOR, AND
I WENT AND I OPENED IN AND HERE THIS PERSON STANDING OUT THERE.
AND HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS DICK BROWNING AND THAT HE WAS A MISSIONARY
WORKING IN THE AREA AND HE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME. AND HE SAID,
"CAN I HAVE A BIBLE STUDY IN YOUR HOUSE?"
I SAYS, "WELL, I HAVEN'T GOT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT, I'M RENTING A PLACE HERE
BUT IF YOU ASKED MY MOM WHO'S SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM"
I SAYS, "IF SHE SAYS, "YES" THEN WE WILL."
AND HE SAYS, "CAN I COME IN?" SO I CALL HIM INTO THE HOUSE AND
HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND HE ASKED MY MOM LIELA, "OKAY, CAN WE HAVE A BIBLE STUDY?"
AND I WAS AMAZED BECAUSE MY MOM SAYS, "YEA, I'D LIKE THAT."
SO WE BEGAN TO GET INTO THE WORD AND AH
IT WAS A BIT OF MY TESTIMONY AND THE THE BROWNINGS COMING TO DO THE BIBLE STUDY
AND ME TRYING TO CONVINCE MY MOM AND DAD THAT THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACCEPT CHRIST TOO.
BUT THEY REJECTED THE WORD THEY REJECT- WHEN THEY REJECTED JESUS, I THOUGHT,
OKAY THEY'RE REJECTING ME. SO I WENT BACK AND I STARTED DRINKING.
I SAT, I WAS SITTING IN THE EXETER ARMS. I'D BOUGHT A WHOLE TABLE FULL OF BEER,
AND I WAS SITTING THERE DRINKING AND I WAS QUITE DRUNK
AND I GUESS MY MOM WONDERED WHERE I WAS, SO SHE CAME LOOKING. AND
SHE KNEW WHERE TO FIND ME BECAUSE SHE WALKED STRAIGHT TO MY TABLE AND SHE SAYS,
"WHAT'S GOING ON?" SO SHE SAYS, "I WANT YOU TO COME HOME!"
SO I SAYS, "OKAY." AND I HAD A FRIEND SITTING WITH ME. AND I SAID, "THIS IS ALL YOURS."
I THREW A FEW MORE DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. AND I SAID, "BUY SOME MORE WHEN YOU'RE DONE."
BUT ANYWAY, I WENT HOME WITH HER AND THEN IT WAS EITHER THAT SAME DAY,
OR THE DAY AFTER THAT SHE PRAYED TO ACCEPT CHRIST AS HER LORD AND SAVIOUR.
♪ I MAY NOT BE RICH. DON'T WEAR FASHION CLOTHES.
DON'T LIVE IN A MANSION. DON'T HAVE MUCH THAT SHOWS.
NEVER WON A CONTEST IN POPULARITY.
DON'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER. BUT JESUS LOVES ME.
I'M ACCEPTED, ACCEPTED.
I'M ACCEPTED BY THE ONE WHO MATTERS MOST.
NEVER SET A RECORD IN SPORTS AGILITY.
NEVER WAS MAGNETIC IN PERSONALITY.
THAT DON'T REALLY MATTER. I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.
'CAUSE THERE'S A GOD ABOVE ME. WHO LOVES ME LIKE I AM.
I'M ACCEPTED, ACCEPTED.
I'M ACCEPTED BY THE ONE WHO MATTERS MOST.
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE A LOSER. WHEN YOU FAIL IT SEEMS AT EVERYTHING YOU DO.
JUST REMEMBER THERE'S A SAVIOUR.
AND YOU ARE WORTH ENOUGH. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU.
I'M ACCEPTED, ACCEPTED.
I'M ACCEPTED BY THE ONE WHO MATTERS MOST.
HE'LL ACCEPT YOU, HE LOVES YOU.
HE'S THE ONE WHO MATTERS MOST.
Pascal: THE FUNNY THING WAS I'D WORK FOR A RANCHER THAT THAT WAS A BORN AGAIN
BELIEVER AND THE SAME MISSIONARY THAT CAME TO THE HOUSE TO DO A BIBLE STUDY
ACTUALLY KNEW THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WORK. SO HE DROVE OUT TO THE RANCH,
AND HE SAID TO THE RANCHER, "I HAVE A PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME TO WORK." AND
THE RANCHER KNEW THAT I HAD A BAD HISTORY BECAUSE I HAD WORKED FOR HIM BEFORE,
BUT DICK BASICALLY SAID TO HIM,
"YOU KNOW WHAT, PASCAL IS A BELIEVER NOW AND HE NEEDS SOME GOOD SOLID FOUNDATION."
AND BECAUSE HE WAS A BELIEVER. HE SAID,
"OKAY WERE GOING TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE." SO
THEY ACCEPTED ME TO COME BACK TO WORK FOR HIM,
AND WE USED TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY AT HIS PLACE AS WELL AS THE GANG RANCH, AND
HE WAS THE PERSON THAT REALLY GAVE ME A GOOD PUSH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
BECAUSE I ENDED UP AT THE NATIVE BIBLE CENTRE IN QUESNEL,
AND I DONE FINISHED TWO YEARS OF BIBLE SCHOOL THERE
AND THEN AFTER THAT I DONE ONE YEAR OF CHURCH PLANTING WITH DICK BROWNING.
SO THE FOUNDATION WAS SLOWLY BEING BUILT
AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A MUCH BETTER LIFE FOR ME.
Conrad: WE KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW CHRIST IN OUR DAILY WALK,
BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
PASCAL HAD FELT REJECTION WHEN HIS PARENTS DID NOT FOLLOW GOD,
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO HE WENT BACK TO THE BAR.
JUST LIKE PETER, AFTER HE DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES, HE WENT BACK TO FISHING.
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO? HOWARD SANG ABOUT BEING ACCEPTED.
IN GOD'S PLAN THERE IS A PLACE FOR US TO SERVE HIM.
AS WE SAW IN PASCAL'S LIFE, GOD STARTED MAKING CHANGES. PASCAL GOT A JOB,
HE STARTED TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND SLOWLY THE FOUNDATION WAS BEING BUILT.
GOD WANTS TO BUILD EACH OF US UP. BUT WE HAVE TO START BY DOING WHAT HE ASKS US TO DO!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, GIVE US A CALL.
WE WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD.
Pascal: SO I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT- A LOT OF MY HISTORY COULD SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS LIKE THIS, BUT HERE I AM WALKING WITH JESUS NOW
AND THESE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT FOR ME."
Rita: I THINK ALSO IT REFLECTS THE GLORY OF GOD.
Pascal: THAT'S RIGHT, Rita: AND HIS MERCY. Pascal: THAT'S RIGHT,
Rita: AND THAT HE DOESN'T WAIT TO CLEAN US UP. BUT HE,
HE LOVES US JUST THE WAY WE ARE. WE CAN COME TO CHRIST.
Pascal: ISN'T THAT GREAT? Rita: YEAH, THAT'S SO GREAT! HIS MERCY IS SO GREAT.
Pascal: AGAIN LIKE WITH MY BACKGROUND, I STARTED TO THINK, YOU KNOW,
NOBODY'S GONNA ACCEPT ME, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE SO MANY BAD THINGS,
BUT IT DOES MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME. BUT THE REAL MATTER IS-
Rita: THAT JESUS LOVES ME Pascal: THAT JESUS LOVES ME
AND HE TAKES ME AS YOU SAID, "AS WE ARE." LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE TO HIM
THAT WE'RE A GOOD PERSON THAT WE CAN DO ALL THINGS REALLY WELL.
Narrator: THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION;
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
Pascal: BUT THANKFULLY I FOUND A MISSION WHERE I REALLY FIT IN AND-
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, I GUESS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PRISON MINISTRY.
I GO IN AND I SHARE MY STORY WITH PRISONERS AND
MY WIFE HELPS HELPS ME AS WELL BY TAKING GUYS FROM THE PRISON
TO THEIR HOME FROM THE PRISON TO CHURCH AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
Rita: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT MINISTRY. WHAT IS IT?
Pascal: BASICALLY OUR ORGANIZATION IS CALLED THE M2W2 AND WE'VE JUST RECENTLY
STARTED TO WORK ON CHANGING THE NAME. IT USED TO BE A SPONSORSHIP MINISTRY,
BUT NOW WE'VE DECIDED TO CALL THE M2W2 ASSOCIATION A MENTORSHIP MINISTRY.
Rita: SO WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES W2 MEAN?
Pascal: OKAY BASICALLY I'LL GIVE YOU THE WHOLE SCENARIO HERE. M2 MEANS MAN-TO-MAN
AND W-2 MEANS WOMAN TO WOMAN,
SO WE'VE GOT VOLUNTEER PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR BOTH WITH WITH MEN IN THE MEN'S INSTITUTIONS
AS WELL AS WOMEN WORKING WITH THE WOMEN'S PRISON WITH THE INMATES IN BOTH PLACES.
AND YES, I AM WORKING WITH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE THERE AS WELL AND
IT TOOK ALMOST EIGHT YEARS FOR
FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS MEETING THE NATIVE PEOPLE TO COME
AND REALLY COME AND TALK TO ME
BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST, YOU KNOW
THEY'VE BEEN REJECTED BEEN REJECTED AND REJECTED AGAIN. Rita: AND HURT.
Pascal: I GET REALLY EXCITED. AND AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER THIS THIS SCRIPTURE
PROBABLY HAS BEEN MY FAVOURITE SCRIPTURE
SINCE I ACCEPTED CHRIST, NOVEMBER 1ST OF 1980.
AND IT WASN'T RIGHT AWAY AS AS I BEGAN TO READ AND UNDERSTAND MORE
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 28, IT SAYS,
AND WE KNOW THAT GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD
AND TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY REALIZED BASICALLY IS THAT
EVEN THOUGH I WAS RUNNING, IS THAT GOD WAS CALLING TO ME, YOU KNOW.
HE SAYS, "PASCAL I LOVE YOU!" THROUGH PEOPLE
AND LATER ON THROUGH THE WORD, I FOUND OUT THAT HE LOVES ME A LOT.
HE LOVES ME SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF ON THE CROSS FOR ME FOR PASCAL
AND I ALSO REALIZE THAT EVEN IF I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS WORLD
DOING NEGATIVE STUFF THAT HE WAS. HE HAS GIVEN HIMSELF UP ON THE CROSS FOR ME.
BUT FURTHERMORE HE LIVES FOR ME AS WELL,
AND THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WHOLE FEW VERSES BECAUSE IT KINDA SEEMS LIKE
A STEPPING STONE TO A BETTER SITUATION ALL ALONG.
Conrad: THANKS PASCAL FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US TODAY.
AND YES OUR LIFE HAS MANY STEPPING STONES TO WALK ON AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO GOD.
I HOPE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU ARE GETTING CLOSER TO GOD.
PASCAL JUST FINISHED SHARING ROMANS 8:28.
AND YES, GOD DOES CAUSE THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
WE CAN TRUST GOD TO CARRY US THROUGH EVERY SITUATION WE FACE.
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♪ SITTIN' HERE WONDERING HOW MY PROBLEMS COULD FIT INTO YOUR PLANS
I THOUGHT YOU HAD ME COVERED OVER JUST LOOK AT WHERE I AM
BUT I THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WORK THINGS OUT AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO
♪ AND I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD, I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD WITH YOU
0HHHHH I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD. 0HHHHH
I THINK OF HOW I FAILED YOU AND GONE AND DONE IT AGAIN
ANYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN ME OFF AND LONG SINCE QUIT CALLING ME FRIEND
YEAH BUT YOU COME TO ME WITH FORGIVENESS, AND LOVE I KNOW IT'S TRUE
AND I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD, I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD WITH YOU
OHHHHH
I KNOW IT'S ALL GOOD OHHHHH
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