Okay, it's now time for Member Statements, the Member for Ottawa Centre. Thank you, Speaker. I rise on May 1st, International Workers' Day to honour the struggles, sacrifices and contributions of working people. I'm proud to be here representing a party that was set up to advance workers' demands. Universal health care, public pensions, workplace rights, these things were never freely given. Generations of Canadians are grandmothers and grandfathers fought for them, and I salute them today on May 1st. I also make these remarks, Speaker, at a time when it's actually hard for me to be here. There are communities neighbouring to mine that are suffering incredible damage given floods, and it's the first responders and volunteers that have shown us the power of working people in practice. In fact, Speaker, I saw something firsthand when I was sandbagging that I'd like to share with this House. In an emergency situation, I saw City staff, first responders and the military, whom I'm very thankful for, come together and they accomplished great things. In that same spirit of selflessness, Speaker, on May 1st, I invite us to consider what we as a province could contribute to solving the great crises of our time. Climate change, poverty and inequality. To me, that's what democratic socialism is all about. It's about neighbours helping each other in their time of need to accomplish great things. Speaker, on May 1st, I want to remind us to think of the goal to build a province for the many, not the few. Thank you. Member for Mrs. Agamal. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ms. Speaker, bone marrow transplants also call stem cell transplants treat over 80 disease and disorders, including certain form of cancer. A patient disease bone marrow is replaced with healthy stem cells from a donor. Ms. Speaker, I rise in the House today to raise the awareness for bone marrow registry. On any given day, there are about 1,000 Canadians on a waiting list for a bone marrow transplant. Three out of four patients rely on external bone marrow donors. Finding a potential donor is not an easy job, especially among South Asians, where there's one in a million chance because of the extremely low donor registration rate. I like to recognize a charity Match for Mero from GTA, who has partnered with Canadian Blood Services and other international organizations to raise awareness for bone marrow registries. Match for Mero was founded in 2010 when Just Noor Deol was diagnosed with blood cancer and his family wanted to help him. Just Noor has been waiting for nine years for a transplant and still hasn't found a donor. I commend the effort for Match for Mero. Ms. Speaker, South Asians only have 5% of the worldwide bone marrow stem cell network and Ms. Speaker, I want to talk about a youth of Inash who passed away on April 21st after three years for a potential donor he was not able to find. I encourage everyone to get involved and spread the awareness and go to further further information www.onematch.ca. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Statements, a member for York Southwest. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of my constituents, the hardworking and decent people of York Southwest. The last few months have been challenging in my writing. My constituents are angry, hurt, disappointed and overwhelmingly frustrated with this government. The Ford Conservatives campaigned on a commitment that no cats would be made to frontline services and jobs. The reality on the ground across the province is different, Mr. Speaker. Programs vital to success of many communities in York Southwest and beyond. Supporting women, newcomers, racialized folks, students and law income households are now in jeopardy. All because of these governments attacks on frontline services. Mr. Speaker, the implications of this budget are far-reaching. Everyone from the young child wanting to borrow their first book from a public library to the high school student without reliable access to internet being forced to take and online classes to the nurse who's being let go due to lack of funding to the senior citizen on a fixed income whose recreational program was defunded will be severely impacted by this budget. Teachers who have dedicated their lives to education and well-being of our children are losing their jobs all across this province. This government has turned back it is. This government has turned its back on the people of Ontario. It is only making things worse. The people of York Southwest and people of this province deserve better. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Member Statements, the Member for Cambridge. Thank you, Honourable Speaker. And today I'm speaking about an event and an organisation that you yourself are actually quite familiar with. On April 12th, I had the pleasure of attending the Ontario Christian Gleaners' Dinner to celebrate their important work over the past 10 years in my riding of Cambridge. For those who are not aware, the word glean means to gather from a field what is left in order to give back to our communities. And gleaning is a biblical concept in which God instructed farmers to leave a portion of the crops for the poor or those in need. This is what the Ontario Christian Gleaners aim to do in their work by donating millions of servings of soup worldwide. Their dinner was also hosted during National Volunteer Week, and I would be remiss not to highlight the contributions of their volunteers. Thank you for making a difference not only locally in Cambridge but also overseas. Their volunteers trim over 5,000 pounds of vegetables, which goes into over 30,000 servings of soup every day. They trim, dice and dry fresh apples and that are then packed as treats for children. All of this food is arranged and donated to their partner organisations who distribute as far-reaching as Haiti, the Philippines and in Romania, just to name a few places. The Ontario Christian Gleaners are committed to being global citizens and making an impact on alleviating world hunger. They have combined their gospel message with humanitarian aid. Thank you for all the work that you do, Gleaners. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Kiwet and Ong. Good to be good, Mr Speaker. The United Nations declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, based on the recommendation from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The fact that most of these Indigenous languages are put culture and knowledge of Indigenous people at risk. Ontario is home to six Indigenous languages, six Indigenous language families, Anshinimun, Anshinabemun, Ongkwangwe, Mashkigwok, Lanapi and Nektatak, Mithjef, which includes over 18 unique languages and dialects, including my own Oji Kree. Our language plays a vital role in telling our history. They carry tradition and cultural identity. They tell our creation stories. They provide us with our world views and values. Every year, we lose more and more of our languages. Right now in Ontario, there are no Indigenous languages considered to be safe. The language that we speak is our way of being. Our language carriers need to work together to carry our languages forward to help one another. Language is culture. I honour those who do this important work in our communities and essential who are part of our people. Miigwech. Member Statements, the Member for Orléans. Merci Monsieur le Président. Rise before the light to bring to light a plight experience that many residents across Ottawa are experiencing, flooding as it has displaced many people from their home and held economic consequences. Last weekend, while working alongside volunteers who tirelessly were filling sandbags to help alleviate any further damage, they relate to me, their voices of concern. I want to say thank you to the many volunteers, community leaders, Canadian Armed Forces and first responders who come together to help these residents. Very timely, Mr Speaker, that today also marks Ontario's first Responders Day. The flooding in Ottawa is another testament to the essential services first responders provide to help us keep safe and healthy. Last Friday, I also participated in a fundraising activity at a centre in Gloucester that was celebrating. It is a sad reminder of the needs that still face many families in our communities. We need to do better, Mr Speaker. And lastly, I am pleased to say that I will be hosting two autism roundtables in Orléans on May 6 and 16. Furthermore, I'm also working with community leaders to host community consultation on dyslexia needs, disabilities. You know, Mr Speaker, health care is an important need for me. Merci. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Berry, Springwater, Oro Medante. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Summer is a busy time in Berry, Springwater, Oro Medante and Berry Innisfil. Every year, thousands, tens of thousands of people come to attend our concerts or festivals or outdoor activities. One of our biggest festivals is Kempinfest. It's an arts and music festival held on the waterfront of downtown Berry. Nearly 400 vendors set up shop over two kilometres of waterfront to sell craft goods, antiques, clothing, art and food. It gives local entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their skills. It draws talent and visitors from far and wide. There are many family-friendly activities, midway rides, face painting and concerts on two live music stages. There's water activities to do. Kempinfest is all about community. For the past 49 years, volunteers from organisations like the Qantas Club of Berry and the Berry Arts Club have donated their time to organise this festival. As much as 250,000 has been raised over the four-day span each year, this year it's August 2nd to August 5th. These funds are directed back into the local organisations like the YMCA of Simcoe, Muscoca, the Optimus Club of Berry, the Berry Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus. All the organisations support youth, sports or other charities and the less fortunate in our community. A huge thank you to all the volunteers. I invite you to join me for Kempinfest 2019, August 2nd to 5th. Come and see the unique talent and incredible community spirit found in Berry, Ontario. Thank you very much. Member statements. Member for Kitchener, South Hesbler. Thank you Speaker. There were many events in my riding and across Waterloo Region last week to celebrate Earth Day and I had the opportunity to attend a few of them with my daughter Irene. In Hesbler and across Cambridge for more than 20 years, residents have been gathering for the annual city-wide community cleanup. And despite the rather windy and cold weather, there was still a great turnout this past Saturday. The Minister of Environment, Rod Phillips and his parliamentary assistant, Andrea Kanjin, were also in Kitchener last week for a roundtable on the environment and to speak to the KW Chamber of Commerce 32nd annual Energy and Environment Forum. At the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank, they celebrated Earth Day by launching their new seed share program. Community members who visit the food bank can now not only access food and clothing and supports like play therapy and pregnancy counseling, they can also now pick out seeds to grow their own vegetables and herbs. And my daughter's favorite event last week was the reconciliation tree plant at the Waterloo Region District School Board's Outdoor Education Center in Cambridge. The day was the vision of teacher Nathan Manti. He supports students at the Outdoor Ed Center throughout the school year and wanted to do an educational family day for Earth Day. So we got to learn about how the land in the area has been impacted by colonization over the years and the work being done to restore the ecosystems. Well, there we also heard from Dr. Andre Judge, who is in a Shambi. He talked about the indigenous land practices and how we can all work towards sustainability. The morning certainly inspired the dozens of children who took part, including Irene, who said her favorite experience was learning about smudging and also getting to plant two trees. Thank you. Member Statements, a member for Eglinton Lawrence. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This past Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the 37th annual Harry Jerome Awards hosted by the Black Business Professionals Association at the International Center in Mississauga. Established in 1983 in memory of the late Harry Jerome, a medalist in the men's 100 meters in the 1964 Olympic Games, and a strong advocate for the community. The awards recognize and honor notable achievements in the African-Canadian community. The awards were given to 15 accomplished honorees in various roles such as leadership, business, the arts, media, professional excellence, health and science, etc. Their names are Wendy Beckles, Tracy Melcore, Rustam Southwell, Liston Lewis, Karen Burke, Paulette Senior, Exko Levy, Ross Simmons, Shaquille Smith, Francis Ann Solomon, Ray Williams, and Doctors Widorfa and Salton, as well as Grace Foods. I was honored to be there and it was great to see other members of this house there as well, including the Premier and the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks. And it was even better to be able to share the occasion with a number of friends and neighbors from Eglinton Lawrence, including Owen Hines, Program Director of Pathways to Education in the Lawrence Heights community, as well as a number of the program's alumni and their families. Mr. Speaker, it's my sincere hope that events like this will continue to inspire accomplishment in all of our communities amongst all young Canadians, and I look forward to attending again in the future. Thank you. Member statements? The Member for Brampton South. I apologize. That's okay, Mr. Speaker. I'll get it right next time. There's a few of us from Brampton. I can understand the confusion every now and then, but it is a pleasure to rise here today as a critic for the Attorney General. I'd like to just start off by thanking all of the champions that are here with us today in the gallery that are fighting back against this government's cuts to legal aid. As we learned through the budget, this government is cutting $133 million, 30% of legal aid's budget. This is going to mean that the most vulnerable people in our province are not going to get access to the justice that they need and, frankly, that they deserve. These are people like single mothers who are fleeing domestic abuse, folks who are suffering from mental health, and looking to make sure that they can get the ODSP supports that they need from the province. It is people who are experiencing poverty, children that are not going to be able to access justice, Mr. Speaker, and it is very concerning the direction that this government is taking our justice system. In addition to those vulnerable populations, people like refugees or immigrants who are unable to navigate the legal system to seek out justice themselves will also not have the opportunity to be represented by lawyers through legal aid. It is concerning that this government is trying to use language-like modernized the legal system when, in fact, what they're doing is cutting access and services that people need in order to get the justice that they deserve. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.


Once I finally did commit to finding a career that didn't involve a gun, I mean it was shell shock. Marines go through rigorous boot camp training mentally and physically to prepare for active duty. In 2016, 20.9 million American men and women were veterans. Now I'm at Camp Pendleton in San Diego here to see these Marines transition to civilian life. I joined the Marines in 1998. My platoon was actually the first Marine unit to cross the line into Iraq. I got out in late 2003. I could jump out of airplanes, I could dive, I could do commando raids. That doesn't really have any relevance for meaningful employment stateside, so I kind of got stove-piped by my resume. The biggest transitioning difficulty I experienced was facing the uncertainty of my future. Not entirely confident to be successful in a new career field. Treat this like another mission in your life. We've been trained to prepare for the most challenging environments, the most challenging situations that the world can throw at us. Now it's our mission to prepare ourselves. I saw the value in professional certification because it aligns to military learning methodologies. You've got defined content, compressed timelines to deliver it, and expected competency at the end of it, and a certification to go along with it. It's exactly how Marines learn, and it's a great way for a Marine to leverage his or her hands-on experience with a resume item that civilians understand. What I have had to learn, and that has made me successful in the military, and what will also allow me to be successful in the civilian world, is my ability to communicate across different cultures of people, and my ability to prepare for situations that are unknown. Humble leadership is what they bring, and they are trained on leadership from the very first day, so it becomes second nature. They don't realize they have it. I came from a communications background. After learning how to interpret my skills and those abilities more correctly, ultimately, I have been given five offers from Amazon, and I utilize those skills every day there. So I feel strongly about assisting fellow Marines, transitioning to civilian life, because I feel the time and energy our country has invested in them is recovered when we positively integrate them into the fabric of our society.


Okay. So it's a Christian leadership. That's the topic. You know, leadership is a very fast topic. But we are going to focus on certain aspects of leadership. And like the title of the subject, it's Christian leadership. So how leadership, what of leadership in Christian ministry as a Christian leader, as a follower of Christ, we're going to be looking at all those aspects. So it's quite interesting.  And what I must also say that, you know, some aspects of this, it will, you know, find better traction or in the sense, we'll be able to grasp it better. When we actually come to those places of putting it to being able to put it to practice, right? Because some of this could be just mere theory. Let's say, for example, if you're not leading a team, and then we are talking about, you know, how to lead a team and resolving conflicts in a team, etc. You know, so those, those things may not be, you know, we may not be able to have a very tight grasp of it, but, but I'm sure that, you know, these things will be really valuable. Right. So yeah, so let's start right away. So we're going to be looking at three sections. The resource, the notes, class notes are uploaded already in that classwork section. So you can download that. And eLearning students, it'll be there in the resource section. You can download that as well. Okay, so we're going to have three sections for this particular topic. We look at the introduction, what leadership is, what the term actually means. If there are any misconceptions about leadership, you know, we'll kind of address that. Then we go to section one, which is leading through time, which is going to be pretty interesting. And then we're going to look at the Lord Jesus as a leader, what did he do, and how what we can learn from his life and leadership. The second section is about people. You know, we understand that we cannot lead in a vacuum, right? It's going to be with people. We're going to be leading people, working with people. So, you know, how do we win with people, you know, winning with people? That's the second section. And the third one is about teamwork. You know, how do we work together as a team? So there are certain dynamics that we will encounter as a team and as someone who's leading a team. So we're going to be addressing that as well. So it is, you know, so these are we are restricting ourselves. When we look at this topic, Christian leadership to these broad categories. And within that, of course, there are some practical things that we will touch upon as well. Okay.  You know, is it a positive picture? Is it a negative picture? What is it that comes to your mind when you hear the term leader or leadership? Maybe we'll just take two minutes to talk about that. Anyone, you can either put it on the chat or you can unmute and, you know, share. What is it that comes to your mind first and foremost when you hear the word leader or leadership? Divya, welcome back. So probably Divya, you can start. Thank you. Thank you. First, glad to be back. Yes, I was just typing in actually. So when we say leaders, some some great leaders come to my mind actually, like Mahatma Gandhi, for example. And I was also thinking of Moses in the Bible, leading a multitude of people through such a long distance. Yeah. So, yeah, there are positive leaderships that we do see throughout in history. And those such kind of leaders are, you know, remembered for exemplary leadership. So it's good to even Jesus Christ. Yeah. So it is good to really look at them and see what they did differently. Right. So you mentioned two names, Mahatma Gandhi and Moses and obviously people who brought about change, a lot of change, who impacted a group of people. And yeah, interesting that you should mention, you know, two very, I don't know, different styles of leadership. If you, you know, if you'd like to do a case study on each of these personalities, right? Thank you. Okay. So Rosalind says one who sets an example for others to follow. Okay. And also leaders can be negative or positive. That's right. John Paul, a very positive picture walks with people in their thick and thin to reach the vision and goal. Okay. One who's with people who not only shows the destination, that's what John is saying. Not only shows, but also walks with them in order to reach the vision and goal. Okay. So, Jeff, now you put your hand up. You want to share something? Yes, Pastor. I remember a sermon by Dr. Miles about leadership. I think in the last semester, Pastor Paul actually suggested to hear this one. So yeah, so he used to say that our leadership is finding who we are and giving it for the people. So we have to find who we are and what we have created for our purpose. And this, we just have to give it and just serve this. So this was the best explanation that I've ever heard.  He gave his life as a random. So he knew he's the Son of God and he knew who he is. And he just gave himself as a, he just served by giving himself. So this is something yeah, wonderful. That's a very interesting definition.  And then you steward that to others. Success, you have something to say. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. A leader is a vision deliverance. Someone who can deliver a vision. We have rulers and we have leaders. Leaders are not many and not much. But a leader is the one who carried everybody along and showed them the path to way, positively. If we look at Moses as example, Moses was a leader. He hand over to Joshua was a leader. Elisha was a leader. David was a leader. Right. A leader always inquires from the Lord in the context of where should we go, what the next. But a ruler can look at Solomon as a case study. Solomon was a leader. So a leader will lead his people right and everybody will benefit. Praise God. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you, success. Lubeiga, you want to say something? To me, I will start on the, I think leadership is all about doing good. So I will start by saying that a leader is a person who gets a God given vision. Number two, he identifies people who is going to go with along, provides necessary training tools and then gives them time to achieve a desired goal. Thank you. Wonderful. So so many different facets, you know, characteristics for a leader and leadership itself. And so we really understand that, you know, leadership is not really about titles or positions, right? When it comes to an understanding that, hey, it's not about, yes, of course, there is that formal authority or formal leadership that is vested on a person, you know, for a particular role. For example, you join a company, you are given a title and that title gives some description about the role and the function. And therefore, you are expected to be a leader within the scope of that role and function and carry out the responsibility. So that's a, there's a formal authority that is vested, right, a title which is given as a leader. While that is also true, but we also understand that one need not have a title while one need not have an official position in an organization to be a leader, right? And it's very important for us to understand that because, you know, when we look at the term leader or leadership, we can either identify, you know, identify with that. We can either approve ourselves or say, okay, I agree with that and also, you know, personally at a place we say, we can either disqualify ourselves and say, okay, I don't have these, you know, whatever you describe right now, okay, taking people vision, delivering vision, one who sets an example and, you know, one walks with people and then you realize that, okay, I don't have all this.  Okay, let's say you might say, okay, I'm not working or I'm, I'm a homemaker, you know, or I'm retired. So therefore, you know, I'm not a leader. And so, you know, whatever we look at in the course does not apply or, you know, it's, it's just going to be theoretical knowledge, right? Sometimes we might come to that conclusion because we disqualify ourselves and say, okay, I'm not a leader. But the more we look at leadership, the more we look at, you know, even into the word of God, we see that, well, leadership is not quite that. Okay, we see that leadership simply put, like John Maxwell says, John C. Maxwell, we refer to John C. Maxwell a few times in the past, a Christian leader, a pastor of a church, and then God moved him into this aspect of, you know, meetings and authoring books on management, on leadership, people skills, etc., right? So he says that leadership is influence. Leadership is influence. If we are not able to positively influence someone else, okay, or a bunch of people, or a group of people, then there is no question of them wanting to follow or wanting to do something together or reaching a goal together. So a very important aspect of leadership, excuse me, is influence. So we can, so John C. Maxwell repeatedly says, you know, leadership is influence. If you look at all the leaders who have marked history, we see that they have this important quality of influence, influencing the thoughts, influencing the lives, influencing the transformation, so many things, bringing about change, maybe social good, and uprising maybe to change something injustice, right? Or, as you look into the word of God, you know, we see that, okay, carrying out the mandate, or bringing about God's plans and purposes and into, on the earth, you see that one of the things is influence, like a big thing is influence. So it's about, if you would want to, you know, describe or define leadership, we would say that, okay, it is about being an influence for good. Let me just put that, it's there in your notes, but let me just put it on the chat again. So leadership is about God being an influence for good in people's lives. Okay, okay. An influence for good, like Rosalind said, leadership can be a negative influence, it can be a positive thing. Leaders can be negative, leaders can be positive, leaders can bring about a lot of, you know, a change which is negative or a change that is good. And so it's about being an influence for good. So when we talk about Christian leadership, it's about being an influence for the good of people. So bring about change in thinking, in behavior, and helping that individual or a group to reach, to accomplish their goals. So it's about being an influence for good, always for the betterment. So that is what, you know, we can consider as good leadership. So it's about being an influence for good in people's lives, which we see that in all the examples or the people that you quoted, you stated, being an influence for good. Good for what? To bring about change, to bring about change in in people's thinking, in their behavior, in whatever they are doing, so that there is transformation and come to a place of accomplishing certain things, individual accomplishments or collective accomplishment. So simply put, you know, we say leadership is influence. Okay. The second thing that we need to understand is, okay, we look at maybe our present situation, present condition, and when I said, we can say, okay, this is what I'm doing. So I am a leader, or this is what I've been asked to do. I've been given this title. So therefore, I consider myself a leader. Or we could say, I don't have all these things. I don't think I have influence. I don't think I'm really bringing about change in people's lives. So therefore, you know, I'm not serving anyone. I'm not doing that. So I'm not a leader. We tend to disqualify.  Right. I'm an individual. I tend to work with, you know, work by myself or do things by myself on my own. So, you know, I am not a leader. Right. But the interesting thing, the truth is that leadership, this quality or this gift, this characteristic of leadership is for everyone. Okay. So we're going to look at a few scriptures which really highlight this truth, that leadership is indeed not for a selective few. We could be leaders in different realms. Irrespective of what we are, what we are, because it's about influence. We are influencing some, always influencing some people for the good or for the bad. And intentionally, we could be doing it unintentionally. So we see that leadership is actually for all. Okay. While we know that it can be a specific thing, it can be a specific call. Like we described Moses. You know, there was a specific call.  He was called to do that. You know, he's, we could say he was officially given that title and position by the Lord. If you look at the five-fold ministry, we see that, yes, you know, God calls some people and they have been called to do certain things and in the body of Christ. And we see all that happening. So we know that, okay, there is a certain call, there is a certain official position. You look at, just one second, sorry. Yeah. So if you look at, let's say Romans chapter 12, Romans chapter 12, verses five to eight, let's maybe somebody can read Romans chapter 12, verses five to eight. Anyone? Romans chapter 12 verse five to eight. So we being many or one body in Christ and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them. If prophecy, let us prophecy in proportion to our faith or ministry, let us use it in our ministry. He who teaches and teaching, he who exhorts and exhortation, he who gives with liberally, he who leads with diligence, he who shows mercy with cheerfulness. Yeah. So verses five and eight talk about, okay, in the body of Christ, you know, we are one body and then we are different members, individually members, and we all have different gifts according to the grace of God, according to the call of God. So the instruction is, okay, as you have received these gifts, you use it. Okay, if it's prophecy, you prophesy in proportion to your faith, if it's ministry, serving, you serve, and if you're teaching, you teach, if you're exhorting, you know, do that, etc. And then it also, if you notice in verse eight, it says, he who leads with diligence. So we see that, okay, there is a gifting, and it's a grace which is given for people, for different people who are members of the body of Christ. So we understand that, okay, the five fold could be there, or a membership gift of those who are in the body of Christ, or maybe it's a specific thing that people have been called to do. Yes, we understand that. But being followers of the Lord Jesus, okay, each one of us, we are followers of the Lord, we are called by the Lord, and we've been commissioned by the Lord. Okay, now that includes everyone. That includes everyone who calls himself or herself a follower of the Lord Jesus, a disciple of the Lord Jesus. For each and every person who says, okay, I've accepted the Lord, and I'm a follower of the Lord Jesus, and the Lord calls and commissions. Okay, so we see this in the Great Commission, like Matthew chapter 28, verses 18 to 20, Matthew 28, 28 and verse 18, and Jesus came and spoke to them saying, all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. Okay, so the Lord gave this instruction, this commission to the disciples, and this is what he tells them. All authority has been given, so therefore, you go, you make disciples, you make followers of Christ. Okay, you teach them, you baptize them, you teach them, teach them to observe all the things that I've told you now. Now, how is that possible without, you know, without, of course, basic things like relationship and influence and so on, without the supernatural? How is that possible? But the fact is that this particular commission is for everyone who calls himself or herself a believer, a follower of the Lord Jesus. So the Lord is saying, okay, go, do this. So if you look at it, you see that each person is actually called to influence someone else. As believers, each of us, all of us, we are called to influence someone else for the sake of the kingdom, for the sake of the fact that Lord has called us to share the gospel, to win them over, to enable them to follow Christ, to teach them to that end. So we see that each of us have been called to influence at least one other person. And when we know, when we consider that, okay, leadership is influenced, and each of us are then called to influence. Maybe, you know, the call differs, right? Some of us could be called to just influence individuals, one person at a time, maybe, or maybe it's a group of individuals, maybe it's thousands, hundreds, thousands, whatever. But the fact is, each of us have been called to influence, go make disciples, go share the truth, teach them to follow Christ. So each of us have been given that authority. He says, I give that to you so that you will go and do it. So each of us have been commissioned to be disciples, to be soul winners. In other words, each of us have been called and given influence. Each of us have been called to be leaders. Okay. So logically, if you look at it, all of us are called to be leaders. The problem is this, you know, we have a picture of leadership. We have an understanding of leadership. Maybe we have our understanding is about titles positions. Maybe our understanding is about leadership in an organization, like a formal leadership. And then we say, okay, I'm not a leader, or you don't really take that seriously. Right. But the fact is that when we look at this, when we look at our great commission, we see that each of us, all of us have been called to a position of leadership. Okay. So now, you know, we can, we can consider each having considered each of us as leaders, you know, we can go forth and we can look at, okay, this is something that I need to take seriously. Okay. This is something that I need to develop. Okay. Maybe we might have a, we might have a different picture of leadership, right. I need to tell people what to do. Maybe, you know, I think it was a success, you know, talked about rulers and leaders and maybe we have that kind of a, you know, picture of leadership. I need to be able to tell people all the time what to do, what not to be done, instruction, et cetera.  And when we look at leadership as influence, have you been called to influence someone? And you ask yourself that question, have I been called to influence someone? Of course. Yeah. So I am called to be a leader. But what am I doing in terms of, you know, influencing others? You know, you might say, okay, I'm at, I'm at home, or I'm, I'm in the workplace. I'm morning to evening, I'm just doing this, or I'm in business, and I'm just doing this. But look at the people that you are connected with. Like, look at the people who are connected to you, whom you interact with.  And, but it is said that she always found time to give individual attention to the children and to teach them the word of God, and to motivate them in the ways of God. And we know that John Wesley and Charles Wesley, you know, the brothers, how they took the gospel, you know, to the streets, literally. They took it to the streets and so much of reformation and change revival they brought about from that formal, you know, religious kind of a setting. They really made the gospel, the word of God, and the psalms they sang, you know, literally to thousands, right, and it was, and changed continents and God used them mightily. And we can trace back and say, okay, there were many, many influence, many people, many factors that God used, but you also know that God used Susanna, Wesley, in the early days and years to lay that foundation, to influence them very powerfully, to lay those seeds in their lives, right. So we can never take those things for granted. We could never, we can never, you know, brush those things aside and say, okay, it's, it's nothing, all these things matter, right. It is leadership and it is about influence. So we look at the lives that we are connected with, right. Maybe our understanding is, okay, I need to be doing this, I need to be, you know, looking at formal things, you know, that is important, of course, that calls us into that settings as well. But this is also something not to be neglected, right. So all of us are called to be leadership, to leadership, sorry, and leadership is for all. Okay, so we'll, when we come back after the break, we'll look at, we'll go and get into section one and we'll look at how did the Lord Jesus model leadership. Okay, so in his life and ministry, he did certain things which were revolutionary and so very radical, a very paradigm shift, you know, like a drastic change in the way the world would look at leadership, right. He brought about that kind of a change and the way he modeled it. So we're going to be looking at that when we come back after the break. So we'll take a 10 minute break, we'll come back by 10 a.m., right. Okay, thank you.


So I came up here first to kind of be the advanced party for the 870th and so I immediately linked in with Plumas County Sheriff's Office and they had it all set up I had a direct link tied right into the Plumas County Sheriff's Office and they were my go-to. So we started off by driving around Greenville and they would kind of explain what they wanted accomplished so they would set traffic control points specifically where they wanted them to keep people from coming in from outside areas. So that's what we did first was just establish what our mission is going to be. But seeing the destruction it's really sad. It's not uncommon now here in California this is the third or fourth city I've seen like this so it's just terrible in every direction you look there's destructive buildings you see chimneys standing up but that's about it you see burned out cars it's pretty terrible yeah there's it's just a lot of emotions going through your mind but being with someone who was going through a lot more than myself was kind of my main focus. They definitely increased my morale to help Plumas County because there are small department they they don't have a lot of deputies so immediately seeing his reaction was kind of alright we really need to step up and do the best we can for this mission because this is a small department they need the help and anything that we can do to support them potentially to go and above and beyond whatever mission they assigned to us anything that we can do kind of needs to be done because they need the help and that's exactly what we're here for.


When I had my accident, I thought it was the end of the world. Coming home on April Fool's Day 2010, doing 60 miles an hour, and I got hit from behind. And I forgot how to walk and talk and everything. So I did relearn everything all over again. In the hospital, they wanted to amputate my arm from up here. But I got lucky, I guess. And I had over 22 surgeries from my arm. And I have my arm now, and it works. My friends, they drove around and they called me Wolverine. Because of all the hardware I have in my arm. But it's funny, I guess. In life, you gotta laugh. When people see me now, they don't believe me. But determination, not giving up, can't give up. And I went to the first camp and I saw other people. And they never gave up. They saw me out there riding a bike with one leg. I'm like, no way. And I appreciate a lot what I have now. You can tell, when they first get on the team and first use their prosthetics, they get anxious, they're nervous, scared, sometimes even angry. Trying to do some of the stuff that they used to be able to and not able to do now. But then over time, when they get it and they finally, like both comes on, you can tell that they're happy. And the good thing is you have all these other guys and gals on the team that have been there that helps them out. I've learned a lot. Don't give up. Always keep trying. We all are family here. You always got somebody to talk to. There's always an opportunity to do something. Just seeing him now versus then, he's been running a lot and lifting weights again. So he's getting back into a good routine. And he's going to school, so I'm pretty proud of him. And now, since I learned how to walk, I really don't want to restrict myself to one thing. I try to do everything. Because technically, we only have one chance to live. So I want to try to do everything that I can now. It feels good. It feels like an accomplishment. I can see the results. It's right there. It feels good.


So do you guys want an amazing method in earning an absolute tonne of gold while today I have you covered? So earning gold in this game is super important if you want to buy those may you to for product for more of the vendors and NPCs in this game. Well guys today I've been doing an incredible method I'm not going to say it's the best method in the game for me right now though it definitely is but it is an incredible method in earning an absolute tonne of gold and you will need a few things you will need to have played the game quite a while and you will need to have completed a quest called the elf the knapsack and the loom. Now this is probably about 25 to 30 of the main quest into the game of course I'm not completed I'll show you. I did it not long after these aint in order by the way I did it not long after the beast class which I think like paves away for this this one right here and once you actually complete this guys you are given that knapsack the knapsack is used to collect those beasts beasts that go into your beast tab right here. Now what we're going to do is guys there's actually a great little spot to actually go out and get these beasts you can collect 20 of them at a time and sell them for like 120 each and that's where this vendor in hugs me comes in handy she will also be unlocked for you along the way so she's right here as you can see in hugs me so the beast we're going to collect which we can get probably 20 in a few minutes can bring you here and sell them for 120 each it is that crazy now while I have your attention guys if you do enjoy the video leaving a like really helps me out and if you like what you see want to see more be sure to subscribe and turn those notifications on so you'll make sure guys that knapsack is applied to your spell diamond because this is important and then well we want to travel to this great little spot so bring up your map and we want to go to it's actually just above hugs me it's actually we're gonna have to go to the world map to be honest let's go here we need to go to where am I it's right there see that little dot there that is where we need to go to so any fast travel point any flu flame perfect fly here simple some poor people now when you land jump on your boom and just fly across and there's a load of these dudes here guys there's absolutely loads of these dudes here so yeah so let's go let's just fly across see it's right next to this flu flame as well if you got your boom you can get here in literally five to ten seconds this place has seen better days as you can see just simply jump off right about here and you'll see a ton of them there they're in the trees they're absolutely everywhere now once you've collected them which is quite easy i'll show you that in a quick second you can if there's not enough for your bag you can simply go back to the fast travel point and come back here they do respawn after a certain while but it's much quicker if you go to the fast travel point let's quickly zoom back here now there's a way a few methods you can use to collect these things it doesn't really matter now you just need to focus on one point your bag at it and select it simple as that and there you go there's one you also earn xp for this as well so keep that in mind so yeah it's it's much easier in a day like i don't know why i'm doing this in the nighttime but hey simple simple simple and well just collect these little beasts you'll see they will run around in the area but they always do make their way back to you which is just great because it just makes things easy for you and like i said they're way way easier than any other beast i've come across so far boom and then just simply do these guys and quickly just well which your bag is full again like i said you have 20 spots to fill inside your inventory so you can do this the instant repeat until this is full simply then go back to uh hugs mid and saddam as you see me do on screen now and you'll earn what there's 20 here 20 times 120 is a lot of dush for a short amount of time and you'll not realise this with how hard cash is to get in this game so yes guys i hope this helps you out and take advantage of it while you can now there's any other beast in the game you know of that's easy to catch and you can sell for more money i'm not sure there's any you can sell for more money please do let me know yes guys i hope this video helps you out and hopefully might be useful people i will see you on that next one


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Go right ahead and welcome to the White House. I can't tell you how much I appreciate.  But I think the subject is an important one, one that can help to shape the history of our hemisphere in a positive way for many generations to come. The magic of the marketplace, as all of us know, has made the United States the economic wonder of the world. I'm convinced it can be used to bring a freer, more abundant life to our neighbors in the Caribbean Basin region. Now I know that you'll be meeting this afternoon with Al Haig and Don Regan, Bill Brock, Peter McPherson, and other senior administrative officials, so I will try not to steal any of their lines. Use any of their material. But I can't stress enough how strongly I feel the potential for good for human betterment and for our own national interest is tied to what we've called the Caribbean Initiative. More than two years ago, when I announced my candidacy for president, I spoke of an ambition to bring about an accord with our two neighbors of the North American continent. And I used the word accord deliberately. I wasn't thinking of any rigid new arrangement, but rather of strengthening and renewing the natural ties that unite the freedom-loving peoples of the Americas. In this past February, I carried this concept a step farther in announcing our Caribbean Basin Initiative, a comprehensive program to enhance security and cooperation with our Caribbean neighbors. I realized that some of our citizens may have been a little skeptical at first, why us and why now with all our troubles, and why the Caribbean Basin. Well, the answer seems to me as as clear as it is urgent. Our neighbors in the region, some two dozen countries of the Caribbean and Central America, are not unfamiliar names from some isolated corner of the world far from home. The country of El Salvador is closer to Texas than Texas is to Massachusetts. I mean that geographically, not necessarily ideologically. The Caribbean region is a vital strategic and commercial artery for the United States. It's literally our third border. Almost half of our trade, our import and export trade, and two-thirds of our imported oil, over half of our strategic materials, pass through the Panama Canal or the Gulf of Mexico. It's in our own vital interest to help our Caribbean friends to protect themselves from hostile, foreign-inspired forces that would impose an alien ideology through the use of violence and terrorism. One of those islands has already been influenced and pretty much guided by Cuba and lately the reports that we get are of military buildup beginning on that island. It certainly can't be for defense against its neighbors. Elements of our assistance program address this problem, I think, and they are crucial to the success of our broader hopes for peaceful economic development. But security assistance alone is only part of the picture. To me, the most exciting and promising aspect of the initiative is our economic program, a program that can plant the seeds of prosperity, freedom, and stability for the average citizens of the region by fostering the free flow of goods, ideas, and technology in a free market setting. Just to give you an idea of the difficulties they face, in 1977 one barrel of oil was worth five pounds of coffee or 155 pounds of sugar. To buy that same barrel of oil now, these small countries must provide five times as much coffee or more than twice as much sugar. This is consuming their money, reserves, and credit, forcing thousands of people to leave for other countries and a great many of them leave illegally for the United States. It's shaking even the most established democracies down there. And as always happens, economic disaster has provided fresh openings for the foes of freedom, national independence, and peaceful development. So the economic threat to the region is also a political and a human one. Last year I went to the Cancun summit of developed and developing countries and offered a fresh view of the development process. I recall that I was advertised in advance very widely throughout the country as going down where I would be burned in effigy if not actually in person. And it didn't turn out that way. For the past 15 years the world has been led to believe that the road to development is paved with massive aid transfers and centralized international institutions. Well the historical record shows that those countries that have succeeded have used chiefly their own resources and pursued policies which emphasize trade, investment, and the role of the private sector. And that's what I talked about at Cancun. The idea of our willingness to help them get on their feet and have the kind of economies that could provide jobs and a good living for their people and that they wouldn't have to become boat people trying to find some place where they could live. Now in consultation with other governments of the Americas and with leaders of the basin region we have come up with a balanced package of trade, investment, and foreign assistance offering practical examples of the view that I presented there at Cancun. If our program works and our own experience suggests that it can, the Caribbean Basin Initiative can change the course of development around the world. It can usher in a new era of more free market policy in many countries which since their recent independence have often marched to a different drummer. Your role, the private sector role is critical. From the very outset we've stressed that to work our initiative's aid package must be complemented by trade and investment. To help the peoples of the Caribbean Basin Region earn their own way to self-sustaining growth. Our aid will encourage private sector activities instead of displacing them. The heart of the program is free trade for Caribbean Basin products exported to the United States. Currently some 87 percent of these exports already enter U.S. markets duty free. Many under the generalized system of preferences. But these exports only cover a limited range of existing products, not the rich variety of potential products these talented and industrious people are capable of producing under the free trade arrangement that we've proposed. Under our program, exports from the area will receive duty free treatment for 12 years. Now thus new investors will be able to enter the market knowing their products will receive duty free treatment for at least the payoff lifetime of their investments. The only exception to the free trade concept will be textiles and apparel and sugar. In these cases our immediate neighbors will receive quotas as liberal as are consistent with our domestic and international obligations under law. The impact of this free trade approach will develop slowly. The economies we seek to help are small and even as they grow all the protections now available to U.S. industry, agriculture and labor against disruptive imports will remain. And growth in the Caribbean will benefit everyone with American exports finding new markets. The tax incentives we're asking the Congress to provide will further encourage investment in the Caribbean Basin. We're also prepared to negotiate bilateral investment treaties with individual Basin countries. And we're also asking for economic support funds to provide direct aid to these countries to help them overcome balance of payment problems and also to help those who cannot be really open to investment until there has been something about their lack of infrastructure, power, sewage facilities, things of that kind. Through your leadership and example, we can prove an economic freedom works and that it's still the best path to peace and prosperity. Government can't do it alone. You are indispensable. What can you do specifically? Well first, if I could let me ask you to, if necessary, familiarize yourself with the various programs in AID, OPIC, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, other government agencies that support the Caribbean Basin initiative. Second, let me encourage you to make available to these agencies should they request it, some of your highly qualified mid-career people who can bring a realistic perspective to these government programs. At AID, Peter McPherson is developing a new private enterprise bureau. That bureau needs investment specialists to advise on making our AID programs more helpful in creating the infrastructure that is needed to support private investment. Third, reconsider the prospects for your companies to invest in the Caribbean. Take another look at this region in light of the commitment which this government and other governments of Mexico, Canada, Venezuela and Colombia have undertaken to encourage private sector development in the Caribbean. And fourth, let us have your comments and advice as you move into this region about what we could do better. Fifth, help us to secure passage of the Caribbean Basin legislation now pending before the Congress and I have a hunch that you know somewhat how to contact your congressman with that regard. I'm confident that a sustained working relationship can grow out of the meetings that you'll have here today. As I said in my radio speech last Saturday, this could be the start of something big. Nearly a century ago, a great citizen of the Caribbean and the Americas, the Cuban poet and statesman Jose Marti wrote that mankind is composed of two sorts of men, those who love and create and those who hate and destroy. Our own history proves that the forces of freedom and economic vitality can unlock what is best in human nature. In this country, we've made freedom work. With your help, our friends in the Caribbean Basin can do the same thing for themselves. Let me just say a word if I could now about if you're not familiar with them about the people down there. I recently made a trip down there who's widely heralded as a vacation. I did take a day and a half off to go swimming. And then found out the second day I went swimming that even the natives didn't go in when the water was that rough that I shouldn't have gone in. When I made it back to shore. I was told by officials, I met down there with Prime Ministers of a half a dozen of the Caribbean nations, met with Prime Minister Siaga on Jamaica and we spent the rest of our time on Barbados there with their very fine Prime Minister and the others came there for the meetings that we held. I was told by these officials that I would find there on those islands that there was a great love for America. And unlike some of the places where we've had to go and ignore the graffiti on the walls, it was true. I never have felt such warmth on the part of just the rank and file citizenry. They went out of their way. They waited sometimes hours just for you to go by so they could yell, we love you. And I am convinced they're also, they haven't been spoiled by as much welfare as we have in our country. I was talking to the Prime Minister in Barbados about how some of our people out in my own state who prefer surfboarding to working had worked out a system of where unemployment insurance could be manipulated to make it possible for them to do that great deal of the time. And the Prime Minister said, well, we have that kind of people where we have surfers and people that love the beach that way here too. But he said, they don't do it that way. He said, for example, a German came here and brought the first surfboard that any of them had ever seen. And he said within two weeks he had partners and they were in the business of making surfboards. And it was these so-called beach bums that had joined with him. So I think that there is a great prospect but I also think that it's very necessary. There has evidently been a news story which I haven't seen but which I've heard about. Critical of this, critical also of the program for Jamaica. And I'm going back and read that story because I think it's time for a statement to be made and I want to make that statement. I conceived the idea of doing something for Jamaica when Siaga won the election and took that country back from communist rule. But already under that communist rule the economy had been virtually destroyed and devastated. And I turned to the private sector and asked and asked David Rockefeller to be chairman of a group if they would as a task force go and see how we could use private enterprise to help restore the economy and make sure that this course that had been set out by Prime Minister Siaga would work. And this they did. And already the results, not completely home free but the results have been amazing. Once great resort area which had dropped to 40% occupancy of its resort hotels saw in this last season 100% occupancy. And it was from this that I could see the idea of the Caribbean initiative. And once having named that we found that in addition to helping with the original task force Canada, Venezuela, other countries that Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia have all said they want to be a part of the Caribbean initiative. This was started by this administration and the idea that it is for the good and the welfare of the United States as well as for those neighbors of ours and for that strategic area. I think all of us here are old enough to remember World War II when down in that area tankers and freighters, the Wolfpack submarines in World War II were destroying them within sight of land. And it brought Winston Churchill to the lowest point in his feeling about whether we could be successful in World War II. And then we found an answer to the Wolfpack submarines. Well, I think right now that the same national security interest is a part of what we're talking about here. And therefore I'm going to do what the little girl in her letter to me said when she told me all the advice she could give me about what to do as president and then added a PS and said now get back to the Oval Office and get to work. I'll do that and Elizabeth Dole is going to come up here and I know you have a program then that has been set for the afternoon but again just a heartfelt thanks. God bless you for coming here and at least evidencing this far your willingness to do something in this regard. Thanks very much.


Hello everyone, welcome back to another Premiere Pro Tutorial. This one's going to show you how to fade audio. We're going to do it in less than 60 seconds. And I'm going to show you how to adjust the length of the fade like I've done here. So I'll just hit play and show you what I got. Using blurs in particular. You hear it starts out loud and then the fade goes right to zero at the end. Let's just start from scratch. I've got some footage on the timeline. The next step here is you want to go to the end of your timeline right where the audio is. And then you want to hold down the command key or if you're on a PC, the control key. And then just click and you'll see apply default transitions. When you do that, it applies the default transition for most people. It will be constant power and it will be one second long. In this case, it's not long enough for me. So that's what she said. So I'm going to increase the length of it by just pulling on this here. You'll see I'm just pulling this handle and I'm going to change it from one second to let's go to three seconds. And there you go. That is how you do it. And you can just go ahead right click on that. And now if you look really, really closely, you'll see that it starts full and then it just gradually increases right to the end where there'll be no sound at the end. Let's see what I got right there. That's all you need to know, guys. Thanks for watching. Tell more stuff coming up.