Many falsely assume that these simultaneous interpreters can automatically switch words from one language into another, like a machine. However, there is more to interpreting than meets the eye, or I should say meets the ear. We basically have to be able to channel the speakers in order to do that. We need to do the profiling like an FBI investigator. We frantically devour their books and articles, and anything that we can come by, written by the speakers. And we attentively listen to their previous speeches on YouTube, jotting down their keywords. So it's like climbing four final exams every day. On top of that, we still have to deal with cultural and linguistic differences between Japanese and English. English always starts with a subject followed by a verb, but in English. It's always, you know, sometimes, sorry, sometimes Japanese subjects are omitted. And because of that, we don't know whether the speaker is talking about she or he or it or they or one or many. And one day, following incident happened. As Japan is still a male-dominated society, unfortunately, many see you are a man. And assuming that was the case, only interpreting a meeting halfway through, did I realize that the CEO they were talking about who was not in the room was a she. And furthermore, a verb comes at the very end in Japanese, so we don't know the verb tense, whether being past, present, future, positive or negative, until the very end. Therefore, while simultaneously translating from Japanese to English, we feel like we are watching a thriller on the edge of a seat. On top of that, in Japan, there is a saying, not stating that obvious is as beautiful as a flower. While it may be so, it sure makes interpreter's job more challenging. And this is when the profiling comes in very handy because we can anticipate what the speaker is going to say. And we are also blessed with the opportunity to meet so many different types of people from all over the world, and that means we have to deal with various accents. On the Indian telecom engineer spoke like this, Inerti, PDCCH uses your shared channel for scheduling allocation for both up and down link. I'm Italian. A fun driver spoke like this. My passion for watches is the same as for a fun driving. We're fighting against the time. But the CEO spoke like this. This liberating fact allows me to speak more boldly than usual. One of the most important lessons I learned as a simultaneous interpreter is that we need to place ourselves in the speaker's shoes completely and understand their perspective. Because if we let ourselves judge or interpret based upon our own frame of reference, the speaker's message may become distorted. In conclusion, I think the challenges that the simultaneous interpreters face may be the exact challenges that all of you are facing in this ever-changing world. Whether you are negotiating a contract, launching new products, resolving family issues, by channeling your counterparts, your family members, and placing yourself in their shoes. Hopefully, you can better understand where they're coming from, their viewpoints and their values for better results. Thank you.


Hi. Hey, it's Bridget. Welcome to Above Life Channel. The purpose here is to inspire your spirit and to fill you with hope. I think in these times that we're living in, we sure need and deserve to be filled up with hope. So I hope today that the conversation that I have with Twitch in the afterlife will help to inspire you by giving you insight into the topic and the concept of mental health and specifically depression. It can be very difficult if you haven't experienced it directly personally or by watching or observing a loved one, family member, friend, struggle with depression, or maybe you've lost someone to the disease of depression. So I want to talk about this with Twitch and I will also share because it's deeply personal to me as well as I've been having struggles with depression over this last year. And just recently in the last month have taken steps to not just consult with a counselor, a mental health professional, which I've been in counseling for the last couple of years very consistently. But hadn't experienced a depth of depression before. I hadn't had that experience. I had been in counseling for anxiety, but not depression. And it just got really bad the last probably four or five months. And I finally talked to the doctor about it and got on some medication. So it's been great. It's helped me a tremendous amount, but some days are better than others. And so you live with it. And so I thought it would be a great idea to talk to Twitch about it to get some additional insight. So Twitch, come on in. He's like, oh, oh my gosh, like, I don't really know him very well, but he's like trying to hug me. You can hug me. He's like, yeah, he's like super friendly. I'm like, okay, I know some of you that don't understand kind of the whole spiritual thing. Like, how does that work when it's a spirit? Well, they host and hold their personalities or personas so that I can describe that to you. So you understand and can recognize their energy vibes. Okay. So they do have personality traits or personification. That's how I connect as a medium, as a psychic. So he very much has that. And so, yeah, he's going to come across like that. Yeah, it is so incredible to meet you. Thank you. So thank you.  I'm so proud of you for sharing. Oh, thank you. He says, people need to understand that. He says, like, he says, you get it. He says, you get it.  Like, people don't share that. Not everybody shares that. He says, it is a common misperception that when somebody's sad or depressed that they're sad all the time, that they're just, they can't, they just can't function. They don't shower. They don't get out of bed. And he says, yeah, if there's some chronic depression or when you're in a bout, he says a bout of depression. You got a downtime and you're on a down slide. Yeah, you can be like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, yes, I know. Yes, I know. Yeah. I relate. I can relate. And he says, and it's not about not taking your medicine, not taking your meds. He said, it's not about that. So don't, don't, he says, I don't want to hear people telling me all about what they think about how you should medicate, how you shouldn't medicate, what you should do to improve like meditation or prescription medication or counseling. Or he says, I don't want to hear people telling me what they think I should do. And he says, I don't want to tell people what I think they should do. He says, because the truth is he said reality, real, like we be, we can be real. He says, it's, there's no one way. He says, there's no one combination of things that's going to work. And he says, and the thing with depression, it's kind of like a virus. He says, it comes back and it affects you in different ways at different times. He said, it's not the same. Like you don't expect it. It, it shows up unannounced. You can kind of start to feel a little bit when you're starting to kind of slide. He says, slide down the hill. He said, it's like a, like I'm going to say it's like a slippery slope. He says, you can kind of feel it once you've had the experience once or twice or three times. He said a couple of times, you kind of know when it's starting to get low. He says, but you can't plan it. Like you can't plan your, it's hard to plan your life around that.  He's saying, but when you're depressed or you have a mental health situation, it's people aren't as, because it's not so obvious. See, he said, that's a thing. That's a thing. He says, that's a thing we need to tell people. He says, we need to tell people it's not obvious and it's more dangerous than a virus. He says, you know, the pandemic comes through and it like wipes people out and creates all sorts of health problems. And he says, relationship problems and financial problems and all sorts of things. And he says, we're just, you know, you're dealing with all that. And he says, and the truth is his mental health has been the same thing. And people are, are finally potentially, potentially going to start to wake up and realize it because there's such a stigma. He says, there's such a stigma. And he says, I had support. This is Twitch talking. Okay. So Steven boss, right? I had support. He says, I had counseling. I had medication. I had people who love me and who know me and who accept me and who support me and I had reasons, lots of reasons, three little reasons to live. And he says, and it's not about that. It's not about, you can have all the support in the world, but you still feel alone and you feel bad. And he says, okay. So, so Twitch described depression because I have a, I know how it feels for me recently now that I know how that feels because I've been in that scenario now describe it for you. How does it feel? How did it feel? He says, alone, alone, you've literally really isolated, very isolated. And he says, it kind of feels like you're two people. He says, you know, like Clark Kent Superman. He says, but the thing is, is you're not Superman. Like it feels like you're being Superman. He says, when you're doing normal stuff, like when you're with the kids, when you're going to work, when you're, you know, talking to a friend on the phone, he says, it feels like it takes everything in you to do that. He says, and then the Clark Kent side, he said, the, the, the dark side is the part that, you know, let people see too much. And he says, the people are close to you can kind of tell, but it's really subtle, especially when you get good at it, because he said, we're so used to hiding how we feel. We're so, he says, you know, we're a society that hides feelings that we, we know that would be judged as like bad, or that would could impact our livelihood.  He says, if you're not what people think you are or what, if you don't show up in the way that people expect you to show up, he said, there's this huge kind of it, there's a confusion, you know, that happens. And he says, so it's just easier to play the role. It's easier to play the role. Yeah. He says, although he says, although, um, so there's moments, he said, there's moments when you're in depression. He says that you do feel good or, or sort of good. He says, you feel not, not as bad. He said, I wouldn't, he says, uh, Bridget, I wouldn't say good. Right. He says, I would say not as bad. And he says, that's like when you're with your family or when you're around people that just, or you notice something really simple or sweet. And he says, then, then you don't feel quite so bad.  And then it kind of settles in again. You know, he says kind of like the weather. Yeah. Right. I would say that, like for me, I didn't realize how bad I felt until I felt so bad that I actually was like, okay, I had two really, really low moments in the past. Trying to remember when that was the holidays were hard. There's two very significant, like that I can, that stand out in my head. One was in January. One was in November, December from the holidays where I just felt extraordinarily disconnected from everything about my life. And I felt like kind of like I was falling, but I was also suspended. Like, like there was this, this, the movement that I felt was this low going deeper into like this well, where everything was just really dark and, and just not like there wasn't, I couldn't like, like I couldn't grab on to anything. Nothing felt solid. And I, I didn't have like a fear. There was no fear. There was just almost this like numbness and this strong feeling of disconnect is how I would describe that's how it felt for me. And, and I'm like, this is not good. And I know from my past experience and my struggles with anxiety, I was diagnosed with anxiety like formally and went on medication for about nine months of my life. I think it was about nine months. It was less than a year, but it was more than six months. And that was back when I had a first major transition where my oldest kid, my daughter actually left the house and went to college and I was really worried about her. And so it was that summer before that. So it was like 2019. And so I don't know, was it 2018 or 19? I think it's 2019. And I know it might have been 2018. I can't remember. Anyway, oh, she's going to be like, Mom, you remember and graduate. I'm like, no, I can't even think right now because I'm in like spiritual spice. Um, but with anxiety, I knew or at least because I've had it so off and on so much where I haven't I've been able to self manage it, you know, like you said with like different pieces that you put together that help you at the time and you have to have like a toolkit.  I go for a walk or I I start doing yoga every day or I start doing tapping EFT or I start doing meditation and I start using essential oils. I start using supplements that help me. So like with my anxiety, I would use like the melatonin, the liquid droppers, a melatonin. I would use the alfiamine. I would use other supplemental, um, some CBD. I've used that that seemed to work with that my anxiety stuff and then vitamin D to help the mood stay higher and then, you know, caught like a cod liver oil kind of thing. That's what I used for me to kind of balance that and I have that kind of on the ready. If I need that, right? Um, I could add that in, right? And so I learned like how to balance or manage that, but I knew that with the anxiety when it started to slide down the slope was when I felt numb. If I ever felt like totally numb and started to disconnect, then I knew that that was a problem. That's like a safety release for me. And that's like a, okay. Okay. Step him back. And as soon as I started to notice that pattern, then I'm like, okay, this is a problem now. Now I got to get on this to manage it. You know, the depression is hard because I don't know enough about it yet. Um, I know that I've had situational depression now with the stuff that I've been dealing with and going through for me. And so the I think for me when I reached out and I actually had a friend that reflected to me that I seemed very like not, not myself. And I was like, oh, cause I was feeling the anxiety, but then I was also depressed. And so I was having like, anxiousness, higher energy and low energy. And it's like kind of the swing of energy. And I was like, whoa. And I think it's because I had never really experienced depression before. Not like that. Not like, oh my God, I have really like, I could feel high for a while and feel like positive and inspired and then get really, really low. And usually the low times are at night in the evenings that night, that kind of thing when it's all dark and there's nobody around and like that, you know, and I don't know if that's normal for everybody, but um, and not a lot of motivation. Like if it's hard for me to get out of bed, I know that's an issue because I like the morning, you know, I'm an early riser. So when I was sleeping later, that was a problem when I had disrupted sleep. I knew stuff was going on stuff was up. So tell us then you so were you on medication formally diagnosed? Yeah. He said, yes. Yes. I knew, I knew about, he says, I knew about myself. Yes. He says, I should have been going to counseling. It looks like he wasn't in counseling at the time. I don't think it doesn't look like he was. Um, but that's not the reason. He's like, that's not the reason for my death. He says the pain becomes so insurmountable and the depression. Yeah, let's talk about pain, depression pain. Yeah, it's this, it's this incredible. He says it's incredible heaviness. It feels like somebody's sitting on your chest. Yeah. You know what? It feels like to me that somebody's holding you like underwater and you have to do everything you can to keep your chin up above the water so you can breathe. Like that's how it feels to me. Like just this constant state of like, oh my God, like heaviness, like the whole body below the neck for me just felt really heavy. Yeah. He said, yes. Yeah, exactly. Exactly said, but so the thing is he said the differences. I go under. Okay. So I'm also seeing like a cannabis and stuff like that. Or other medicinal things potentially. I probably shouldn't talk about that on YouTube because I think that that's a thing because in different states is legal and not legal and whatever. So let's talk about that because I don't want to like affect the YouTube algorithm stuff. But it was mentioned briefly. Does he know by him? I think it's normal for people to self-medicate. I am going to say that like, I know like with anxiety, if I would have a glass of wine, it would totally chill me out.  Like that kind of thing is hard. You know, you deal with it and it's not healthy. It's not a healthy way. He says, yeah, he says exercise for me. He said, if I, if I could get moving, if I could get in the studio or if I could just lift some weights, he says, you know, get the endorphins going. He said, that would help. He said, but you got to get to that place. He says, and when you're feeling your body just feels heavy, it feels like he says concrete.  He says, and there's nothing that anybody can do.  You barely notice they're there. He says, and, you know, that's not, that's not good. That's not a good place to be in. And he says, it's like you said though, it's like the disconnect. You feel just a total disconnection. So talk about the pain. Peace. He says, I think everyone goes through has their own personal pain and everybody's got a different threshold and that's not judgment. He says, that's not judgment. People who, who decide to terminate their experience. He says, it doesn't mean that they're less that it doesn't mean that they're less than it doesn't mean that they're weak. It just means that they had a moment. He says a moment that they just couldn't bear it anymore. He says, there's a lot of things that come forward and he says, it's like a snowball, you know, you had, maybe you had one bad experience that a defining moment that then set you out on this course of mental health challenge.  And so then you all of a sudden have this like healing journey that you're on. He's referring to like, because I said healing journey, you know, last year. So he's healing journey that you're on. Like it's not your choice, but you're on it.  And you kind of as an adult, especially you start to remember things, especially when you become a parent, he says.  You just, you can't, there's things you can't come to terms with and that's when like counseling, like the right counselor, it's not just any counselor. He said there's counselors that are not that good. And he says, but you got to find the right match for you, the right one and people that get it. He says that understand, you know, and it's not easy to find that he says. So he says to your point, Bridget, being a life coach or a counselor that has experienced depression or understands what it's like and understands like the whole medicine part of it and counseling part of it and the structure and the support part of it. And he says, that helps. That's helpful that like uniquely qualifies you. He says, he says, it's not just about being compassionate. It's there is a depth of pain. He says that no human, it's just, it's just too much for a human to hold no matter what that pain is. He says that everyone has a different threshold and there's no judgment about that. There's no judgment. He says about that and the choices you make are your choices. You know, he says, so would you do things differently? Of course I would. He says, of course I would. Of course. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. Yes. Of course I would. And what would you have done differently? I would have waited. I would have tried to hang on a little longer than I did.  You take the pain that you have and then you hand it out. You shuffle it out like a deck of cards to other people. He says that passing along that. He says, you don't really realize that until you're here. He says after like the afterlife. He says, you don't realize that that's basically what you do. He says that if people really got that then nobody would would would end their experience here by their own by their own doing, you know, with that intention because there's a lot of different ways you can ease pain or ease your your your own personal experience without having to then hand it off to your loved ones, your family, your friends, that kind of thing. So he says, yeah. Yeah, I would have been different. I would have been different. He says, and that's real. That's real talk. That's probably one of the most important things I would like people to understand. So what do we do to alleviate or lighten our pain through our pain load because it's hard. People go to vices. People turn to things that are not so healthy. People isolate or disconnect. What what can we do? I'm like the best you can. That's what I feel. She got to have some choices. Says like you like you shared before he said you've talked about like having a safety plan. I did talk about that, but I haven't shared that on I was going to do a podcast about depression and talk about that like the need for a safety plan. So what you do for those of you who don't know you get your phone and you create a contact and your phone you can call it safe. Whatever you want to call it and under that contact you put a list of numbers phone numbers like a crisis hotline a 1-800 hotline mental health hotline and you put 1-2-3-4 you put exactly what you're going to do when you feel really really bad. And it might be call my sister or tell my partner or if you can't do that it might literally be called the anonymous 1-800 number. It might be get out of the house go get the dog. So you're not alone and then go tell someone because the biggest thing the most important thing in your safety plan you got to tell somebody else you have to be committed enough to yourself when you're in a healthy state of mind and a healthy state of emotion where you know that you have to you have to accept the fact that you need to reach out to somebody or it could be a counselor on speed dial it could be a chat online chat like I'm thinking of all the LGBTQIA stuff that's showing up now and like the Trevor project has you go online and they have an online chat right away instant they can help you out with support especially with all the transgender stuff that is legislations and stuff like that that's going on oh my god that's just making me sick to my stomach that stuff like for example like there's other online resources for general mental health there's like the suicide prevention hotline there's all sorts of stuff okay there's all of that that is available and so you make you set a contact in your phone and you have like one two three four and like you just put that in there and you literally because you can't think when you're all everything's awful and heavy and you're just trying to you open it up and you see and you just follow one two three four you do what you you go down the list that's all you do and then just by doing that it gives you a little bit of a structure you know a rhythm fortunately like for me I had never had to use my safety plan after I realized I needed one up to this point I haven't needed to use that so but it's also good to have just on hand in case you have teenagers or kids at home so you know where you can call to get resources and support for them if they are in a low state or if you suspect that they might be contemplating completing suicide for example or if they're really struggling with mental health stuff or bullying or anything like that that you're concerned about their mental wellness and their physical health as well get yourself some resources and put them in your phone like that like do it because as a parent you just go you can freak out you know and you don't want that you need to be like hey boom boom boom boom you need that as well okay or if you have like a significant other that has challenges like that create a safety plan so that you have that in place and then share with them and say hey I'm concerned about you here's what I've done you know so good alright twitch thank you for being here I appreciate it he popped in this morning when I right after I got out of the shower and I was like trying to do this hair he says well you because you got to do the hair right I'm like I know it's not that it's not that spiky today it's a little bit more mellow but that's okay and I literally saw him in my mind's I am like oh you would be a perfect person to have a conversation with because I just recorded partial Sunday morning coffee where I talked about depression and he came up and came to mind and so I'm like hmm because people seem like we have everything together and everything's great and while we can and do we can compartmentalize and show up for projects and people and to bring the kid to school or to do session like for me that grounds me giving me having work kind of gives me consistency and it's like I feel great when I'm being psychic that's like the best part of who I am and I can't not feel that good supportive energy no matter what you and I are talking about in our sessions I still feel the good supportive energy and I bring it in right and share with you that's what happens and so I get that so when I work it actually helps me a lot so I can totally do sessions it's fine you guys and I'm feeling better too because I have some medication I've been on so it's good it's good all right let's not make this a big stigma or taboo subject let's have conversations about it let's be real about it and let's fucking start taking care of ourselves let's how about we do that so other people don't have to worry about us all the time let us take care of ourselves in a way that is loving and kind and compassionate let's love ourselves the way we love other people let's just try that shall we so this is Bridget I hope I've inspired your spirit today and filled you with hope with that twitch energy about this very real topic of depression and mental health all right thanks for being here oh remember though so this is your life and you get to live it just live live it thanks for being here


a theme from the Sears Radio Theater. Tonight, a program of love and hate with Cicely Tyson as your hostess. Here's a preview. How many times a week? Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Three times a week? Fame has its misfortunes. I couldn't imagine doing anything worse than having a writer's workshop full of gabby middle-aged women. The Sears Radio Theater will begin after this message from your local station. This is Cicely Tyson. Our story is about a man returning from a public relations tour. His right hand soar from being squeezed through a thousand handshakes. The corners of his mouth stiff from holding onto a thousand smiles. He is one of the rarest of a rare species, a successful black writer with two best-selling novels as testimonials to the fact. Aside from all that, he is a tired man who has returned to his parents' home for rest, Mama's chicken and dumplings, and afternoons of checker playing and beer sipping with his father. Nothing more. On the strength of his talent, he has seen more of the world than either of his parents and his travels have given him a lot to talk about. We join him as he chats with his mother and father over after dinner coffee and sweet potato pie about the romanticism of Spain. Chilly afternoon in Madrid. Chamaco, Diego Puerta, Manolo Vasquez, Paco Samino, and a weirdo who called himself El Voluntario were fighting bulls from one of the greatest bull ranches in Spain, the ones they called Miuras, a fight to honor the memory of Antonio Benvenida. Go on, talk islands. Yeah, go ahead. I want to hear about this bullfight stuff. Just between you and me, Dad, and while Mama is out of the room, I picked up a fantastic lady at the bar in my hotel, Spanish. Hard to say what she was, except for the fact that she had people driving up on the sidewalk to take a better look. Anyway, it was five o'clock in the afternoon, as the poem says. Well, who is it, honey? Daphne Brewington. Daphne Brewington? From the old workshop? Yes. And she called to ask a favor. Oh, no. No, no, a thousand times no. Remember, I'm supposed to be on vacation. Remember last time? It'll only be for a couple of weeks. I told them that you were on vacation. But you wouldn't mind leading the group, you know, like in the old days. Now, the main reason why they need you is because the instructor just got married and went on a honeymoon. And not only that, Alex, you know that there was no way that the group could find out that you went home and not asked for you to come to a meeting if not the equal one. But Mama, I know. Now, Alex, you just got to remember. A lot of these people remember you when you were just plain little old smart Alec Alex.  Not only that, Alex, they are all devout Alex Farley fans. How many times a week? Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Three times a week? Fame has its misfortunes. I couldn't imagine doing anything worse than having a writer's workshop full of Gabby Middle-Aid swimming. And men. Oh, OK. Have it your way. Go on, Alex. We were at the bullfight. Right. We were at the bullfight at five o'clock on a watery gray afternoon. And so we begin our story. Radio Listening. Five nights of exceptional entertainment every week brought to you an Elliott Lewis production of the Sears Radio Theater. Our story, Writers Block by Odie Hawkins. Our stars, David Downing and Linda Kay Henning. The Sears Radio Theater is brought to you by Sears Roboc and Company. That only the artistically inclined can ever fully understand the artist. That leads us with a nebulous question. Who fully understands the artistically inclined? Usual places. Paris, London, Madrid, Amsterdam, Rome, beloved Rome. But that's not why I called. Oh, it sounds serious. Oh, it is, Bird. It is. It is my pleasure to inform you that our writing workshop will continue on its glorious way this coming Monday at 6.30. Well, I thought the workshop had been postponed till Attishenko's return. It was going to be until Alex Farley agreed to give us the benefit of his expertise. Alex Farley? Well, I thought he was in Europe. He was until four days ago. My international connections informed me that he had returned and was hiding out away from the crush and rush of fame at his parents' home. Alex, oh, that's great. We'll have a two-week feeding three evenings a week. I just didn't feel I could request more after all the man is on vacation. And in answer to your last question, I've contacted Phil Snortchart and Madame Osee Slythers. Fran T. Necker, Maria Tamayo, and Sergei Ozar are indisposed. Oh, our usual folks, huh? Great, isn't it? We'll have him all to ourselves. The evenings a week for two weeks. Oh, it'll be like a masterclass. One could say that. Well, I'd better make a note here. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6.30 PM. Oh, yes, Bird. If Margo isn't coming to the meeting as usual, please ask her to whip up a little something for you to bring. We'd like to open our first session with a little welcome home, Alex Farley party. The Philippine Adobe Rolls? Those would be marvy. See you Monday evening, Bird. Ciao. Monday it is. Ciao. My most undivided attention, she had it. No, as you all can obviously see with your own eyes. Yes, woman, as though we had some other person's eyes to see with. Next thing you know, we'll be descending down the stairs next round, two feet. Alex Farley, author of Stolen Souls and Bristling, has returned to his literary roots. Let's welcome Alex with a tremendous round of applause. Applause. Great to have you back, Alex. Just great. You can quote me. Thank you. It's really good to be back. Nothing like returning to your old stomping grounds. And now then, who has something to read? Oh, Alex, we weren't prepared to read anything. This is our welcome. Let's get reacquainted with Alex evening. I'm sure no one. Always. Just pulling your legs, gang. But I'm serving notice tonight. When we meet on Wednesday, it'll be to get down to business. Same old Alex, the guy who always knew the value of pain and the price of causing it. Meanwhile, I'll have another glass of vino. I don't want to buy you a glass of wine. Thank you so much. That's a nitty. That's a painter the world should know something about. I'm glad I do. I've started a piece on him. I call it A Real Italian Encounter on the Spanish Steps in Rome. Daphne, don't you think the title is a bit longish? How about On the Spanish Steps, A Real Italian? How about in Rome, Italians? How much credit can you give any so-called civilization for having decided to live in skyscrapers? Well, let's not forget Band-Aids, Bert. Machine guns, daily newspapers. I read your book, read it thrice. I mean, twice. No, I was right the first time. I read it thrice, and each time I read it was like the second time. Was that why you're taking so long to return my book, Bill? Oh. Oh, group before we call it a night. Yeah, why not? Well, how did it go? How did it go? Well, what can I say? There we are once again in Daphne Brewington's stark, ravingly rich Bohemian pad. Who's there? Daphne and her poor, rich boutique getup, cigarette holders, sunglasses glued onto her artistic forehead, going on and on about her salad days and the beat movement to her latest artistic discovery on the Spanish Steps in Rome last month. Bert Bourbon. The dude with the pat you sewed onto the elbows of all his other clothes.  The Phil Snort shot, and Madame O.C. Slyther. So three people used to call the Scotch trio. Right. Now, why should you be feeling so depressed about this group? Who said I was depressed? Bert, you're so depressed. I guess I do, don't I? I'm pretty hard not to, in a way. Why? I don't know really. I guess it has something to do with the fact that they haven't changed. It's like returning to a place where people have been pacing themselves on a treadmill. They're not going anywhere. You mean they're not writing? Right. They talk about writing, but they're not doing it. Well, maybe they're doing what they know how to do best. But how do you call yourself a writer if you don't write? Well, I think you've been a little hard on them, Alex. Now, let's face it. Well, there really ain't a whole lot of people doing what they say they are. Now, you've got to at least give them credit for making their effort to pretend to be something they ain't doing, which is more than can be said for a lot of folks these days. That you sound like O.C. No, that's good. Why have we gotten this writer's thing out of the way? Who are you starting to tell me the other day about this Spanish woman you picked up in the bar? You know, don't wonder what you went to the bullfight with. Oh, you mean Sarafina Sanchez Bogomez? She had four names. Four names and four sisters. And she wasn't all Spanish. Her grandfather on her mother's side was Indonesian. The well-known Afro-American writer returns to the scene of some of his earliest artistic triumphs determined in the course of a couple of weeks to bully the members of his group into writing. They are just as determined to do more storytelling than writing to remain basically literary. Alex offers us character sketches of them as they reveal their personality to us. Can we please have it quiet? I love that. Thank you.  So let's have another moment's delay. Leave us into this business at hand. Daphne? Yes? Would you like to inaugurate this workshop series with one of your pieces? I'd like to read something if that's what you mean. Yes, Daphne. That is exactly what I mean. Good. Well, here goes. I call this Encounters, Romans, and Dawn on the Spanish Steps, page one. It was Dawn on the Spanish Steps when the princess saw Gianni. The princess was none other than Pierre-Angeli Petrocelli del Bolognignini, heiress to countless acres of land, a few palaces, her father's industrial empire, and all the other goodies that her family owned. Dear Daphne, never changing, Daphne. 10 years ago, it was Jose on the Romplice in Barcelona. You were a simple shop girl in your story, and he was a member of the royal family in disguise, wandering around with amnesia. Nine years ago, it was the Champs Elysees, and you were a scarlet or a harrow on vacation from the rigors of the corporate life. Five years ago, when you suddenly seemed to realize that you were 30 and unpublished, your story suddenly began to reflect the kind of hysteria, the free, unliberated female who wished for one of the charming princes that the women in your stories rejected on principle. Now we're in Italy. They held each other and vowed that they would never allow anything or anyone to force them apart. After secret meetings at the bottom of the steps for three weeks, they felt that they were destined for each other. That's as far as I've gotten. I know it isn't perfect, but you'll have to agree it does capture a certain kind of feeling. Now, now, Daphne, don't try to influence the critics for the sake of those who aren't familiar with workshop procedure. Each of you has offered a chance to make a constructive comment before I spill my gems of wisdom. But first, I want you to give it some thought. Daphne's story encounters Romans and dawn on the Spanish steps. What did you think of what you heard? Encounters. Oh, that was great, Daphne. Just great. Need a little more atmosphere, but otherwise great. Phil? Well, what can I say? I've been both the victim and the beneficiary of Daphne's caricatures for years. Somehow I could see myself in her story. Borsalino hat, cock, just so. Swank shades propped up on my arrogant nostrils. Striped barber shirt collar open to the belly button. Six gold chains in the strand of tiny black pearls around my aristocratic throat. Cardinally suit jacket, draped over my shoulders. Disco belt around my girlish waist. Phil? Yeah, Alex? What did you think of Daphne's story? Daphne's story? Encounters, Romans and dawn on the Spanish steps. Well, I'd give it a D minus as a favor. Well, you've got a lot of nerve. Let's move along, shall we? Remember the rules? The author has a chance at the conclusion of the critiques to offer a rebuttal, but no debates. OK, gang? Thank you so much. I don't want to see you really want to see Daphne. Daphne, I'd say that your story needs considerable editing, a fresh title, and a very objective look at the story in terms of how it would have some impact on anyone who had never fallen in love on the Spanish steps in Rome. And now then, who else has something to read? I do. New blood? Who is she? She looks more like a dancer than a writer. How can you tell? It isn't easy, my dear. Believe me, it isn't easy.  Welcome to the workshop. Thank you. My name is Patience Weathersby. I'm from Crabsclaw, Massachusetts. I imagine that all the way from Crabsclaw, Mass. And I've been writing seriously for two and a half years. This is my first writing workshop. Well, let's hope it's not your last. Don't mind the cabbages. It's the workshop tradition. What do you have to read, and what's it called? I have a short story, and the title is The Little Pigeon Who Was Afraid of Tall Places. Cha, cha, cha. It's a children's story. Yes, of course. Gang, your complete attention, OK? Once upon a time. Oh, really? Once upon a time, there was a little pigeon who was afraid of tall places. When she was hatched, her parents looked at her, nestled and squawking with her brother and sister, and, oh, with joy, because she was an excellent example of what a baby pigeon should look like. Let's take a short break before we continue. Oh, Rummy, good idea, Rummy. Remember now, authors can make a rebuttal after the critiques. Ossie? Well, I know I'm supposed to offer a very diplomatic tidbit, one that will spare the embryonic writer's heart, and I shall edit, my dear, edit. Thank you, Ossie. Bert? Oh, I don't know. Somehow, I kind of relate it to this little bird. You know what I mean?  I'd like to think that there's a little bird in all of us. I like the story just as is. Wouldn't change words. Oh, thank you. Phil, well, there is a good deal to be said for the symbolism of the work, the suggestion of relative values. I think in this, the year of the child, it's entirely appropriate that we should be exposed to the little pigeon who is afraid of tall places. You believe this guy? But you don't seem to be holding any grudges against good-looking blondes from crab claw. OK, people, hold down the crossfire. Daphne, you're the last one. Well, I don't know. I kind of like the feeling of alienation that it conveyed. Needs refocusing. But the alienation thing, that's stuck in my gut. Oh, but there's no alienation. Remember, no debates. Do you want to add anything else, Daphne? I've said it all. Mrs. Wethersby? Please, call me Patience, and it's Ms. Well, Patience, it's a charming story that has great potential. However, I feel it needs a bit of pruning. Pruning? As OC puts it, editing. Clipping a word or two, turning a sentence around here, or using a more appropriate phrase in certain places. A sharper focus on the pigeon. I understand. Why don't you work on it and bring it back on Friday for another reading? Don't take them seriously. They razz each other and anybody else who happens along. It doesn't bother me. Good. How long do you think it'll take for you to make your mark in the kitty-lip field? Well, I've given myself a year to struggle. And after that, I'll return to Krabsclaw if I haven't made my mark. Hm. Oh, Patience? Do you like Italian food? Have you had dinner? To be honest, no. I haven't had dinner because, well, the struggling writer has to live frugally, right? Absolutely. And I do love Italian food. If you'll join me, we can title this evening the struggling writer had a good Italian meal. Sounds like something Daphne would write. I guarantee you, Luigi's will be better than anything Daphne will ever write. That sounds great to me. I'm parked around the corner. I've had view Milanese a few times before, but never like that. I told you it would be good. More wine? Just a drop, thank you. Would you care for a dessert, now, Mr. Farley? Patience? Well, I... We'll have two Zabalionis and coffee, please. And now then, what were you saying about your dad? Oh, about him dragging my mom and me to Crab's Claw? Yeah. Well, it's a rather simple story of a career army man deciding to retire to the most unlikely place one could imagine. Well, what's it like? Crab's Claw, well, just a small New England town, mostly beach, a tiny commercial area, a town hall, reserved but friendly people after they get to know you. Strangely, it reminds me of a small city that we lived in, in Spain for a couple of years while dad was attached to the consulate. Sounds like Alicante. Oh, yes, it was Alicante. How did you know? Just a guess. Could have been a hundred other places. Oh, I know it could have been, but it wasn't. You said Alicante, and that's uncanny. When were you there? Two Zabalionis and coffee, sir. Well, thank you. When was I there? Last month. Is it the same?  I only spent a week there. This is super delicious. What's it called? The Zabalionis. I love it. Oh, um, so on. Alicante. OK, the Moor's Head. The outcropping of rock on the cliff beside the castle that overlooks the beach. It's still there, looking more mysterious every day. No pun intended. Oh, I didn't think of it as being mysterious. It was rather like a familiar stranger to me. It was the first thing I saw in the morning and the last thing at night. Did you go to El Canario? I certainly did, purely by accident. I was wandering around one evening, trying to get away from the hotel scene. And the next thing I knew, my nose was being pulled by a quartet of fantastic aromas to El Canario.  And the flat, oh, calories. Would you care for another cognac, Mr. Farley? Yes. Two more. Alex, we're the last customers. Well, don't think of it that way. Be imaginative. Think of us as the first customers. You know something. I think I'm going to like being a successful writer of children's stories in a big city. Your cognacs, will there be anything else? No, thank you. Just a check. Sorry to hold your table for so long. No problem. It has been of my pleasure to serve you and the lovely lady. Now that's what my mom would call great dip dog. You'd better believe it. Well, here's to the success of patience, whether it be newest and most confident of today's new writers. Alex, do you think I'm being too cocky? Not really. Well, let's face it.  May I quote you, Mr. Farley? By all means. Sure it was a shooting star? Remember, this is the big city. It might have been the mad cannonballer. Oh, it's such a beautiful night. I feel as though I'm in a dream. Red wine helps. Oh, there's more to it than that. I feel as though something extremely important, something really nice has happened in my life tonight. I feel that way too. Do you? Really? Yes. Yes, I do. Alex, do you believe in signs? Red light, stop. Green light, go. That sort of thing? No, no, not those kinds of signs. I'm talking about something else. When I was in Spain, in Alacante, a gypsy woman prophesied that certain signs would tell me certain things. Naturally, I didn't believe a word she said at the time, but since then, well, like the shooting star. What's that sign supposed to mean? You really want to know? Of course. Well, she said that a tall, dark man would come into my life. And when this happened, the sky would just. What was the gypsy woman's name? I don't remember. How many teeth did she have? Oh, no, you know her. Maybe. Go on, tell me, how many? Two at the top on the left side, and four at the bottom on the right side. That was Seraphina Sanchez-Bogomez. She always makes that prophecy for American women. I don't want to get into what she prophesies for men. How much did she take you for? How much? I'll be honest. My 10-minute reading cost me $10. How much did yours cost? She gave me the speed reader's rate, $10 for five minutes. And her good name to use, and a piece about Spain someday. Seraphina Sanchez-Bogomez. Oh, I enjoyed the meal more than I can say. If there's one thing we Wethersby people enjoy, it's good food. And the, um, uh, the. Zaballoni. Yes, that. Oh, but more than all of that, I've enjoyed being with you. I don't know quite what to say. Don't say anything. Good night, patients. Night, Alex. Shooting act of writers. Lord, I'd peek in on you. You don't seem to be doing your usual thousand words a minute. Something else on your mind, huh? I guess she could say that. What's her name? You get right to the point, don't you? Well, why not? Her name is Patience Wethersby. Patience? Wethersby? Yep. That's her real name. She popped up in the workshop last week and read a story about a pigeon. That's right. A little pigeon who was afraid of tall places. Was it her story? Well, to the extent that any writer's story reflects it. Alex, was it her story? Do you mean? Exactly. I guess you could say it was her story, except for the fact that she's so lovely and the story is so lousy. Well, did you tell her that? Uh, we had dinner at Luigi's. Did you tell her she had written a lousy story? Everyone else in the workshop thought it was good. It's not like you to follow the herd, Alex. You're absolutely right, Mama. Absolutely right. You know something? I've been trying to do a piece on a gypsy woman, Patience, and I both knew in Spain. And I haven't been able to get beyond page 10. Writers' block. Just about the purest case of it I've ever had.  Doesn't make much sense, does it? Well, not to me, but then I'm not a writer. Don't worry about it. All you have to do is keep me honest. I'll do all the writing necessary. Thank you. I'm sure I don't have to tell you all how reluctant I am to announce that this will be my last session with you as workshop leader. It's been fun. Now on with the show. OC, you've been chosen as the final sacrifice. What do you have for us? Well, I call this work, Super Rabbit Needs His Match. You get it. Go on, OC.  It was in the year 2090, and the earth had been taken over by rats and rabbits. OC, that comes close to being almost as good as my piece. Never, never ending day. I completely failed to see the possibility of any comparison. However, ladies, please. Patience, let's start with you. What do you think of the story? It was frightening to me. I mean, maybe it's because I've always had pets of one kind or another. For a time, I had rabbits and pet mice. And the idea of a notion that these two innocent creatures would suddenly grow to the dinosaur level and go to war is ugly.  Bert, well, as you all know, OC and I have been known to leave the workshop and stumble over to silly willies for a libation or two or three. And, well, I remember when she first wrote the idea. Bert, she said, are you aware that there will be only two types of animals around the way things are going in 2090 or thereabouts? Rats and rabbits. You did it, OC. He's right on the money. If I were you, I'd start thumbing through the digest for a suitable market.  It's really not bad, OC. Daphne. And on that note, I hereby declare the end of the workshop for this evening. As you all know, Lattishinco will be back on the job come Monday. Well, since my opinion wasn't asked about OC's story. Phil, I'm sorry. You were so unusually quiet that I overlooked you. Oh, no, no. It's quite all right, Alex. I was just so profoundly moved by the slither's epic that I found myself becoming invisible. Wiped out, I feel. No, rather. And there you have it. One of the most unusual moments that has ever happened in the workshop. A unanimous decision. And a tremendous round of applause for Alex. Yes, Alex. Oh, my god. Why such a long face, Alex? You look as though there were rocks in your spimone. No, nothing quite that simple. Well, what is it? Well, I don't quite know how to talk about it. Maybe a cappuccino would help. Waiter? Yes. Two cappuccinos, please. Oh, immediately. Now then, slowly circle the words you need and release them one at a time, like little pigeons. Patience, you don't understand. Maybe I would understand if he gave me something to understand. Patience, I'm sure you've been writing long enough by now to know how hard it is to find the words to say certain things. Alex, how long have we known each other? Well, let me see. If we include all of yesterday at 10, 15 PM, it'll be three whole weeks. Joke about it if you like. No, it hasn't been a lifetime. But I'm sure you've discovered by this point in time that I, well, that I can cope. OK, I'll take your word. What would you say if I told you that I haven't been able to nail two coherent paragraphs together for the last week? That's the reason you're looking so down? Don't you think that's a good enough reason? I can't see how writer's block could hang on to you for long, being the old pro that you are. Patience, Alex. Oh, I know what it is. You can't fool me. I know what your problem is. Oh, your nervousness is natural. I mean, let's face it. Most guys are kind of shaky when they're about to first meet their perspective in law. Oh, did I tell you? Dad is running all over Crab Squad trying to find your book so that he'll be able to ask you questions. And mom thinks it's great that I'll be married to a fellow writer. Sounds kind of funny, doesn't it? Fellow writer. Patience. That's what I wanted to talk about, writing. See what patience has wrought? He speaks of speaking about writing. Well, there's a bit more to it than that. I don't want to simply talk about writing. I want to tell you something about your writing, about your story. The Little Pigeon? Yes, the Little Pigeon who was afraid to. What about it? Well, I think we both have to agree that it isn't at the world class level. Well, what I mean is. John, say it. I can cope. The Little Pigeon who was afraid of tall places is a badly written story. But I mean. You're saying that my story is lousy. That's what you're saying, isn't it? The story that I spent weeks on. I don't care how long you worked on it. It needs more work. Well, why would you let me go around thinking that I had a great story when I'm. I'm correcting that oversight right now because it's been the cause of my block.  Well, maybe. Maybe we're making a big mistake. I can foresee a time when you'll blame me for poor reviews, for, for, oh, no. The lady does not wish her cappuccino. The lady forgot about the cappuccino. The lady was unhappy with my critique. Let me have a cognac. Double, please. How about yourself? I'm feeling about 100 times better than I felt two days ago. Patience. And I've been missing you, Alex. I've missed you too, patience. Are you very busy right now? Aside from this full hit of steam hanging over my typewriter, I'm not too busy. So telling me the truth about my lousy story I'm blocked to. Well, I wouldn't say it. It is a lousy story. After I ran out of the restaurant the other day, I came home and made a cold-blooded objective reading of the story. You were right. It needs work, a lot of work. Well, I'm glad we agree. It ain't always easy to tell the truth to someone that you care for. I'm glad you care enough for me to tell the truth. I love you, patience. I love you too, Alex. Um, what about you first? Well, I was just about to suggest after you finish up for the day that maybe we could get together for dinner. Great idea. Luigi was very disappointed that you didn't wait for your cappuccino. Sorry about that. I wasn't thinking about Luigi, though. I was thinking that maybe, well, I could throw something together. It won't be Luigi's, but it'll be done with feeling. About six? Six is fine. See you then. Bye-bye. That was close. Dad, your keys are stuck. Thanks to you, mama. Thanks to you. Satisfaction guaranteed. Or your money back. America Shops for value. Writer's Block was written by Odie Hawkins, produced and directed by Elliot Lewis. Your hostess was Cicely Tyson. Our stars were David Downing and Linda K. Henning. Featured in the cast were Jim Mapp, Helen Martin, Mary Jane Croft, Shepard Menken, Barney Phillips, and Shirley Mitchell. The music for Sears Radio Theater was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle. This is Art Gilmore speaking. The Elliot Lewis production of Sears Radio Theater is a presentation of CBI. Story of Adventure with Richard Whitmark as your host. Let's listen. Quick to the facts. Yeah, yeah, yes, sir. Anyway, they wasted a team of buffalo. You mean this whole mess is over a team of wasted buffalo? They belong to Jean, the chief elder of the village. So be sure and tune in tomorrow to the Sears Radio Theater. 24 hours a day of great music and more news, features, sports from FM 103, KMOX FM, St. Louis. KMOX FM. An ill-fated jetliner followed emergency procedures, but that may have contributed to the disaster. This is Doug Polling reporting on the CBS Radio Network. Testimony was given in a hearing of the National Transportation Safety Board on the May 25th crash of an American Airlines DC-10 in which 273 people were killed. During the period, just after one of the plane's engines fell off, the pilot followed the book. But apparently, the book gave the wrong instructions. Betty Ann Bowser has a report. The chief of American's DC-10 training program testified the pilot of Flight 191 did what he had been trained to do when an engine fails. He reduced his airspeed. But in doing that, the pilot of 191 may have lost the edge he needed to stay in the air. The pilot was following FAA-approved procedures and slowing down, and what American Airlines teaches its DC-10 pilots in training programs. Since the crash, American has revised its training procedures, now telling pilots to increase airspeed when an engine fails. In simulation tests conducted by the Transportation Safety Board and 17 of 34 test flights, identical to Flight 191, pilots who did not follow the book were able to keep the simulated flights in the air. Those who did what the flight book recommended crashed. Betty Ann Bowser, CBS News, Rosemont, Illinois. Near the Akron Catan Airport this afternoon, New York Yankees catcher Thurmond Monson was killed in the crash of a small jet plane. Monson was at the controls of his twin engine Cessna Citation, which went down about 1,000 feet short of the runway. Two other men aboard the aircraft managed to get out just before it exploded. They are hospitalized in fair condition. President Carter is going to have to wait at least a month to get the gasoline rationing bill he wants. The Senate today rejected the House passed version of the rationing plan. The House is adjourned for the August recess and won't start working again until after Labor Day. In the meantime, a House Senate Conference Committee will try to work out a compromise so the bill can be ready for action in September. The Senate Armed Services Committee today continued hearings into the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union. The afternoon star witness was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Three committee members have signed a letter to President Carter, which was read to Kissinger. The letter by Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia, Henry Jackson of Washington, and Republican John Tower of Texas asked for details on how the Carter administration would increase defense spending to beef up US military power. Kissinger voiced agreement with the letter. This is the sort of information which I believe is necessary for the Senate to be able to determine whether we have a national program in the security field, which would make ratification in the national interest. The rest of your letter, the rest of your questions, would, in my judgment, supply the sort of answers that are needed to make a judgment on the issues before us. The State Department said today it's temporarily suspending the sale of arms to Northern Ireland, pending a review of the human rights situation there. He's only been in the US Senate for six months, but apparently some people are impressed with him. Senator Larry Pressler, Republican of South Dakota, has some backers who'd like to see him run for president next year. They formed a committee to push a Pressler candidacy.


Candidates from both sides of the aisle have been making their final campaign stops before election day. Today GOP candidate for Lieutenant Governor Donna Bergstrom took a short break from the campaign trail to visit our Lakeland PBS studio in Bemidji. Bergstrom had just come over from Deer River and was on her way to Red Lake when she stopped by the studio. She says the GOP will be stopping in 46 cities total before election day. Bergstrom says the stops are important to her and her running mate Jeff Johnson because they like to meet voters face-to-face out in Minnesota. That's the best way is to meet people right where they are tell them eye to eye how we're going to give them their government back and how when we get elected into office we're going to have less government intrusion in their lives more accountable government less taxes and programs that really work for them so that's what we're doing. And they will be making stops in our viewing area on the GOP campaign trail including Brainerd, Aiken and Walker.


The world out there is not looking for a new definition of Christianity. They're looking for a new demonstration of Christianity. We're called to demonstrate the power and the love of God. You know, the Bible says the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of power. And so that's what's been burning in my heart is to demonstrate his power and his love. Hello, this is David Diga Hernandez, and you are watching ETV interviews here on the Encounter TV Network. My guest is Matt Cruz, raised in church as a pastor's kid. Matt Cruz grew up familiar with the things of God. Though he knew of the Lord, Matt didn't come to know the Lord himself until he had a true encounter with the Holy Spirit. However, that encounter didn't take place in the surroundings one would expect. Matt was transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit in the basement of a house. Having encountered God's power outside of a church setting himself, Matt now takes that same power beyond the boundaries of where people expect to encounter God. His street evangelism testimonies regularly go viral, have been seen by tens of millions of people and inspire believers all around the world to share the gospel. Matt Cruz is a bold and spirit led evangelist. Matt, my friend, welcome to the program. Thank you for joining us. I so appreciate and I really mean this, the gift that's on your life. You're anointed.  And I am thrilled to know that there's a ministry like yours that's affecting the world today. So the viewers already have seen you. Most of our viewers know who you are. They've watched the other interviews we've done with you. But I want you just to catch us up to speed. What's been going on in the ministry? How has God been moving in this generation? Just share with us what the Lord's been doing. Yeah, such an honor to be back here. Every time I walk in here, I'm like, this is just amazing. What God's doing here in this set, reaching people all over the world through cameras and just amazing. But God has been moving. He has been on the move. Obviously, we've been in quarantine at home, doing live stream services for different churches in different states. And for context, for those of you who watched this, maybe years later, this is actually being filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. So very different world we're living in for the time being. But you have adjusted things for that. Yeah, absolutely. And speaking of adjusting, I believe that as the body of Christ, as followers of Jesus, we're called to adapt to this. And, you know, people are probably like, man, we've never been locked in the house. And I feel like God is saying, well, you've never been locked into me. You've never been this locked into me, you know, at home alone, where you can get in the Word and get in His presence and really hear from Him. Clearly, get away from the busyness of life, you know, in distractions and just really focus on what God is saying. So that's what I've been doing. I've really been hearing God, again, doing live streams, services for different churches. We've been hosting these online Zoom conferences. Those are amazing. And for the viewer who doesn't know what Zoom is, I'm sure most people know. But Zoom is basically like a multi-way video conference where you can see the people. The people can see you. It's basically like having a whole church service, but right there on the screen, you can see all their faces and they can see each other. It's like it's an online community, really. Yeah, you've been really utilizing this tool. And God really is using these Zoom conferences. Absolutely.   Yeah, and you're seeing them. And so we had live worship. We started off the first one was called Know Your Assignment. And hundreds of people just in this Zoom meeting worshipping God. I mean, families were putting the the whole Zoom meeting on their TVs in their living room, families rolling up signs, shouting us down. Like we were in actual sanctuary. It was so beautiful to watch, but God has been touching people through a laptop screen, through a phone screen. His anointing has just been tangible and people have been getting filled with the Holy Spirit, healed from sicknesses and pain in their bodies, baptized in the Holy Ghost. You've witnessed that Sunday night. You got to close this out for our last one. I thought that was incredible, kind of just the flow of that whole thing.  And the clips you sent me, people instantly baptized. One lady had her phone and she goes out under the power right there. Right there. And this is how the Lord is using your ministry. And this is just an incredible opportunity, I think, for the body of Christ. And I truly believe that you are a voice that God is going to use, is using, is using, but is going to even use in greater measures for this generation. I really do when I see your ministry and others like you. It's like there's this whole different feel to it. It's fresh, it's unique, it's different. And so that's one of the many reasons why I'm having you on right now. But there's a word in your spirit right now concerning the anointing. And I want you to release that word over the ETV viewer right now. Absolutely. You know, so many people, David, they say, why am I anointed? Or I didn't know what God has called me to do. I want to know my purpose. And you know, obviously we tell people like, you can't discover your purpose unless you first discover his presence. And that's so true. But I believe that more now than ever, we need to know the importance of why we are anointed.  I think the anointing is more than just oil. You know, I think it is an impartation of an unction on one's life to cause that one to carry out an assignment that God has given them. You look at David, he was anointed by oil with God's profit. That was the outward expression. But what happened what happened inwardly was far more important. The power of the Holy Spirit came upon David to equip him for the future that God had for him. And I think that us, especially during this time as believers and followers of Jesus, we need to get to that place where we allow God to empower us for his service.  And if we don't have that, we don't experience that, which happens after salvation, which is called the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I think that we're not going to be effective, especially in our time. So we're anointed to proclaim the good news. We're anointed to carry out the assignment that God has ordained for us. So that's one of the powerful ways that the Lord uses you as an evangelism. And I can always trust that my friend Matt Cruz will have a story or several stories that inspire people to get out and begin to share their faith, to move in the power of the Holy Spirit. We know that there is a purpose to gathering. We know that God moves in our church gatherings and there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I think those need to continue. And additionally, God also moves on the streets everywhere we go. And I know you have things that you can share that will really just inspire, ignite the faith. I want you to stir that faith of the viewer right now. Yeah, what's been on my heart is demonstrating the power and the love of God. You know, I think the world is not looking for a new definition of Christianity. I always tell people they're looking for a new demonstration of Christianity. Say that again. The world out there is not looking for a new definition of Christianity. They're looking for a new demonstration of Christianity. We're called to demonstrate the power and the love of God. You know, the Bible says the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but a power. And so that's what's been burning in my heart is to demonstrate his power and his love.  I have a testimony about that I'll share in a second. But just going in and, you know, in igniting the atmosphere with hope because I'm an ambassador of hope, I'm an ambassador of Christ. And so I need to live in that way where people see him reflected in my eyes. When they see me, they see him, you know. And so, yeah, one time I was on my way home from Colorado and I was on the plane and I always said I'm always late. I was late to the airport that day. That's our inside joke. We always joke about Matt being late. It's never your fault. They call me late cruise circle. They call you late crews for a reason, but the circumstances are almost comedic and make you late almost everywhere. Well, you got to look at it. There's always divine appointments that come out of being late. So, so thank you, Lord, you know, but I came to late to the airport. I'm going to the kiosk. I'm trying to print out my boarding pass literally 45 minutes before I have to board my flight. That's all late I was. And those of you who are watching who travel know that when you check in late, you're going to get a seat, most likely in the back of the plane. Especially if it's a full flight. I get my boarding pass and it says I'm zone one. I'm sitting right in the front of the plane, boarding it, the first group boarding. And I'm thinking to myself, how did this happen? This is favor from God. Thank you, Jesus. I get on the plane. I'm about to take a nap. I'm tired. I'm drained. I'm ready just to wake up when we land. And all of a sudden I look to my left and this Muslim lady just walks right into my, you know, the aisle where I was sitting. And she goes and sits by the window seat.  Not because I was late, but because he was going to touch this Muslim lady. He has something in store for her. And I just, I felt it in my spirit. So long story short, I'm sitting there. She initiates the whole conversation. She starts telling me how she's from Pakistan. She's studying for her PhD and we go into sharing our faith. She shares hers with me about Islam and I share Christianity with her and how it's just a relationship with God. It's different than any other religion out there. It's the only one that's not about man seeking after God, but the opposite. God seeking after man. And so she looked at me and was very intrigued, very interested. And I just begin to share about Jesus and the life he lived on the earth and the price that he paid for us on the cross. And I look at her and I just felt in my heart that she had pain somewhere in her body. And I said, man, do you have pain anywhere in your body right now? And she looked at me like I was crazy. And she's like, how do you know that? I said, well, there's Jesus I serve. He lives on the inside of me and he speaks to me. And I just feel that you need to be healed from something. She tells me she has pain in the bottom of her feet. So this is what I do. I take out my hand because I've been anointed for this, David. This is the moment where I need to damage. Paul says I don't come with a wise or persuasive words, but I come with the power and the demonstration of the Holy Spirit. So I take out my hand and I say, can I pray with you? She looks at me, she looks at my hand and she says, if you're not a close family relative, I cannot touch you. But she wanted prayer. So she puts a scarf over my hand. I put my hand over the scarf. I said, that's perfectly fine. There's power in the name of Jesus. And I said, this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to pray in two prayers. I'm going to pray one in the name of your God for healing. Then I'm going to pray in the name of my God for healing. Wait, wait, say that again. I told her I was bold. I said, I'm going to pray in the name of your God for healing. And then I'm going to pray in the name of my God for healing. And we're going to watch which power shows up. And so she's like, okay, she's all confused. So it's time, David, for people to confuse us with Jesus. Our life is to be a demonstration of Jesus on the earth. And I reached out my hand, I put it over the scarf and I prayed in the name of her God's name. And I'm waiting for her to feel the power. I'm waiting for her to feel healing. I'm waiting for that pain to leave, nothing. She's sitting there, you know, waiting. I said, do you feel anything? She said, no. So, okay, can I pray in my God's name now? She's like, yes, I was waiting for this moment. I was like, father, in the name of Jesus. This is something about that name. When you mention that name, light enters dark places. When you mention that name, power shows up. And the moment I said the name of Jesus, she felt like a heat sensation. Go in her feet and the pain just shoot right out. She felt the power of God flow through her body. And she's looking at me, not saying a word, but her eyebrows are just raised. And I'm saying, what do you, what do you feel right now? And she's trying to change the subject. I said, no, no, no, what did you feel? She said, why is my feet on fire? And I said, ma'am, that's the fire of the Holy Spirit. And that's the fire that burns everything out. That's not of God. That's the Holy fire. And I feel the anointing right now talking about it. And she looked at me and I said, that was Jesus. But I want to ask you something, ma'am, when I mentioned your God's name, he never showed up. But the moment I mentioned the name of Jesus, the name above every other name, the name that the Bible says that every tongue will confess that he's Lord. Every knee will bow and just declare that he is Lord to the glory of God, the father.  And I looked at her and I said, just move around that leg and no more pain. No more pain was there. And I was just so amazed, man. I said, this is what it takes is obedience and moving without hesitation. Wow. That is so, that is an incredible story. And it reminds me of the prophet Elijah, who calls down fire from heaven. The prophets of Baal dancing about doing all they could and nothing happened. Here's the issue. It's not just the false prophets who are dancing about, causing nothing to happen. Sometimes it's the believer who doesn't know that the demonstration of the power comes to the Holy Spirit. Come on. And they try to accomplish in the flesh, what can only be accomplished in the spirit. This is why I appreciate what you're doing, my friend.  So I want you right now.  Come on. I just want to encourage you, man.   The Bible says that we have the same spirit, the same power that raised Christ from the dead living in us. You've got that power living in you. And friend, if you're watching this right now, wherever you're watching from around the world, I want to tell you it's not a failure or a lack of power on God's part, but as believers, it's our failure to tap into the power source he's already given us. So I want to encourage you no longer be shaky about what you believe. It's time to be shaken by what you believe, to know that you've got the power of God in you to lay hands on the sick and to see them recover. And before I pray for you, Luke 4 18, David says that the spirit of the Lord is on me and he's anointed me to preach good news of the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. And if you're watching this right now, I just pray, if you could just lift up your hands wherever you're watching from, Lord, I just pray right now that you would stir up the desire within them for just purity, for holiness, God, for an intimacy with you, but mainly that you would infuse them with a confidence to walk in the power of the spirit. God, I pray that your voice would become the loudest one they hear and the one they're most sensitive to you. God, I pray that you would ignite a holy fire in their heart, that you would stir up this hunger and passion for souls, God, that you would give them a courage to move beyond their boundaries, to get out of their comfort zone and to move without hesitation, because people are waiting on their immediate obedience.  I declare a fresh passion and a fresh anointing to do what God has called you to do, in Jesus' name. Father, I pray right now that one who is watching, I pray in the name of the power that is present, this tangible anointing of the Holy Spirit, that same power that will right through my hands, flow right through that camera and touch that one believing. I pray you would cause it to be like fire in their bones. Lord, put that on, but the Spirit give them the words, fan it to flame the fire of our love for Jesus, cause us to proclaim that name boldly in the name of Jesus. We ask for the power of the Holy Spirit, let it be so Lord, that name which is above every name, in the name of Jesus we pray. I want you to say it because you agree, say it. Matt, my friend, I absolutely love your ministry. And I want to say to every single encounter TV viewer, get behind this ministry, support this ministry, pastors, leaders. This man is one of the most dynamic speakers I've heard. Get him in your churches, get him in your conferences, get him to speak it, not just your youth service.  This is, we need more voices. We need more voices declaring the word of God. We need more voices that are out there preaching the truth. And this is one of them.  Matt, my friend, where can they go? Is there a single website that they can go to which would direct them to everything? Yeah, you can go to mattcruzministries.com where there's my bio on their booking, partnering, social media, evangelism, testimonies, all that stuff is on there. Lots of good things and you got content and all sorts of things that I know will bless them spiritually. But I want to thank you for coming on. I honor the gift on your life and I appreciate you joining me here today. Thank you, David. Well, that is it for this edition of ETV interviews here on the Encounter TV Network. Until next time, remember, nothing is impossible with God. I'm going to host all around the world, especially if you want to know more about and draw closer to the Holy Spirit. This is a channel I know you'll love. 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What are you doing big boy? Are you looking out the window? It's raining today You look really comfortable Yes, you do. Oh Such a good boy So I woke up this morning and I heard laughing and I didn't know where it was coming from like at dawn and This is what it was right here Marathon look at all the people Wow getting it done go go go go. Oh, I'm so impressed by this I think maybe somebody got hurt up here Because there's a traffic jam And everybody seems to be slowing down. We'll see there was snow on that car. It's cold You never know what you're gonna wake up to It is rainy and 40 degrees outside so more power to them Seriously, it's cold out here. I can't believe these people are running They train all year and then It gets down to this three days and all it does is rain It has been raining here for almost three solid days really beautiful but There's a river over there that you can probably hear that is rising and There's been a lot of rain and snow melt, so I'm gonna take off in the morning. I Was gonna try and get a closer shot to you guys of the river, but it is really Floody and muddy In here God willing than the Crickdale Rise. This has gone up. I don't know maybe four feet It's almost to this bridge now Getting up there You're so cute. You stayed warm, huh? You're a smart boy This is still a good 40 feet from my RV, but I'm glad I'm leaving in the morning I'm right next to my Campos site and the water is coming up and She said it has gone up and flooded her campsite before so I hope that doesn't happen this time She is Like right there How precious is this guy? Big boy. What are you doing? Are you sleeping? Sweet boy. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Happy boy. It's cold honey. It's cold It's okay. Yeah Here you go, Dudu


Get down on it the prime minister of Finland did get down. I wish she was my prime minister No joke. Why does anybody have a problem with that person leading a country? Yeah I mean the criteria is really whacked out when you consider some of the other Former and current world leaders. Yeah, she's the one that everybody should emulate I want her or I want the I really want the New Zealand Prime Minister if she became president of the United States I would change the song at the state of the Union from hail to the chief to get down on it and Let her come into that song. Yeah. Yeah, it's so stupid that she's Good people are allowed to party even if they run countries.    Go Finland. Go Finland. Go Finland.  It's a Corbyn. I'm a prime minister. Hey, how you doing?  We do lots of cool stuff. Oh, yeah, man, and we like to sing some songs and Make out, you know, sometimes I feel like we're pen and teller because oftentimes especially at the end You'll do you know the summation of all we've been talking about and then tell people to leave something in the comments I feel like I'm quietly just doing my little thing Good sit monkey sit Today we got a informational video. This is brides of different states of India brides from different states of India So like they'll basically show us like the traditional garb of a bride in a certain state. No kidding. Yeah Yeah, do you know they're gonna show us the brides? Do you know what the typical bride of Bengal looks like? She's usually wearing red. Is it red? Yeah, I Like the I don't know if they do it for brides But like one of my favorite ones is always the either the Gujarati or the Rajasthan It's very colorful. Yeah, and there's a particular of seen in some of the Bengali weddings The particularity of the red on the fingers. Yeah, and the circle on the palms and y'all gonna do one of those at some point Right. Yeah, we're the the only reason we haven't planned it yet is because as we're still in process with work permit and green card stuff she the thing was You can leave the United States. Should you? Because until she has her green card The basic caveat is if you leave we can't guarantee you'll get back in and then you have to start over Yikes, so we're not going anywhere till that process. Yeah. Once it is done. Yes We have every intention of doing hopefully on like an anniversary Having our full Bengali. Yeah, that'd be cool waiting Anyways, let's just get into this bad boy. Let us know if you got married or gonna get married and Send us a picture and how you're gonna get married. That's a great I love I love talking to people about their weddings how they got married why they got married with their thing was especially if they're very like minded to What we did but even if they're not I just love hearing wedding stories. I don't know You don't like hearing about happiness. No. Yeah, you hear about death. I want to hear about the happy endings Yes. Oh, well, that's a massage parlor. So that's a whole other story. Here we go This doesn't feel right at the outside Carolina, whoa, wow, I got loud. That's so different. I Love the the head ornaments Andra Pradesh. I want to know the significance of all of those different things to love to Raw I love the blue. Yeah, that's gorgeous Go up people get married there Hey, a lot of Christians there probably. Yeah, I bet that's probably true Very pretty. Wow, that's those nose rings. Wow. It was a huge Party people a lot of murder very similar, but also just uniquely different as well. I would have liked to have seen the Yeah, why is it just that one? Oh, okay. Thank you. Oh So pretty I love the blue Every single one of these is so pretty That is cool. So intricate Wow, I love the head dress West of in go It's a weird shaped state nice Very classic the red fingertips The bottom of that dress Why is that already on the screen? I have no idea Somebody screwed up their end screens Also, I don't feel like that was all the states. Yeah, and I feel like that was like it's like 17 There's like 29 right 29. Yeah, this needs and this needs to be like a 10-minute video that shows you more details as to what they wear And why they wear it This is this is um bath cultures dress cool like just basic Glossary, you know something idea I had and I still kind of want to do it. Obviously the The lady who did our outfits For the million video the model harry. Yeah She custom did those and she did a phenomenal job agreed But I've wanted to like take like Lexi down or something to her and like put her up in the typical Indian Bridal garb to see if she would just I know I didn't want to buy a gown Obviously just wanted to go down there and see if she let her dress and then like hire like an Indian makeup artist to like do Her up yeah, she's I think I'd be really fun to do Could do it to us too. Just see what we look like as an Indian bride. No Not as pretty that's for sure without question. I agree with you on that one not as pretty for sure But it'd be cool to be done up like an Indian husband as well But I would like to know What all the differences are about what they represent what they mean there's so much Well, you've seen it in numerous shows and in movies obviously like the groom wears like flowers over Right over the face. It's face and then certain parts obviously of India That's something that's been very common. I feel like yeah, and I'm guessing it's like some veil obviously that They look through and yeah, and how many Differentiations are I mean obviously the one more most familiar with or what it's a traditional like Christian bride looks like I what I don't know are the different Symbolisms and what they mean for everybody in terms of whether they might be Hindu or whether they might be Muslim or whether they might be Jane or whether they might be Sikh or whether they may you know, I'd love to get into not just the states But then the particular groups and the spiritual beliefs and why they wear or paint Yeah, I love that the way they do. So yeah, if you guys know any videos like that Yeah, and just our Punjab food video came up and Ronnie walking on the board. I don't know what happened there but the That's Two million two million views. That's our one definitely most popular video from the entire India trip It's I think one of our job if you have food was so good Even the bread that was yeah butter just bread bread. It was so good Oh, no the Emirates already called just oh, I can yep. Those were just and that yummy cold lassie Got lassie all over your freaking Mustache. Oh, I'm trying to look good there. Yeah with her hair.  Her hair was so long Anyways, your hair was so long, babe This is the Amrit's our video. I'm looking at I forgot how long your hair really was Um, but yeah, let us know if there's other videos that we should react to please let us know down below