So, it's a very inspiring and visionary leadership from the Honourable Prime Minister because the scale at which he's able to share his ideas for execution by the industry is something which is very motivating to us and it's also very inspiring in a way, especially the role that he wants the industry to play, he wants the industry to think big, he wants the industry to think just not just for their own benefit of their organisations but also in terms of what they can contribute to building the nation. I think that inspiration itself is something all of us absolutely treasured.


One day, there was a young boy walking in the forest and he was passing a bunch of elephants when suddenly he stopped. He was confused because he saw these massive creatures and they were being held in place by only a small rope that was tied to their leg. No chains and no cages. These elephants, if they wanted to, could easily break free at any time and no one would be able to stop them. But they never even tried to break free. So the boy walked up to one of the elephant trainers and asked why these animals just stood there and didn't even try to break away. Well, the trainer said, when they were very young and much smaller, we use the same size rope to tie them and hold them in place. And at that age, it's enough to hold them. And as they grow, they're conditioned to believe that they cannot break away. They believe that the rope can still hold them so they never even try to break free. And the boy was amazed by this. These animals could break free of this rope anytime but because they believed that they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Now, although this is a sad story about animals being held in captivity, it's also a sad story because this is exactly how we as humans hold ourselves in mental captivity. How many of us go through our lives hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something simply because we failed at it before? How many of us hold ourselves in place and never release our true potential because of what others have told us? So just like those elephants, we're so much more powerful than we realize and if we keep trying and getting better, we can break free from those things that used to hold us back. So what's holding you in place? What fear or limiting belief is keeping you from achieving your dreams? It's time to release it. It's time to change your beliefs of yourself and unlike those elephants, break free from the mental chains that hold you in place because only when you release those limiting beliefs will you find out how powerful that you truly are.


Okay. We're all ready to start. Let's pray and let's get started. Father B, thank you for this entire week for all the students who have been here in person, those who are connected online, those who would be connecting on eLearning. B, thank you, Father, for all those who are journeying with us so that we could grow together in your word, grow together in the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Father, we commit the time we have today as we listen, as we hear, as we pray. Lord, let our lives be changed, let our lives be strengthened. Whatever needs to be done in our hearts, in our lives, we welcome your Holy Spirit to do that. Work powerfully, God, in each of our lives, wherever we are. Holy Spirit, work in us powerfully. And we just pray, God, that you will do wonders, that you will make a difference, God, in each of our lives. You will do amazing things in each of our lives. So we commit this time, Father, to you in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Okay, I think we need one more book to keep this straight. Okay, so this week, let me just go ahead and share this, share my screen. I'm assuming you can all see my screen and it's visible to you. So I just want to just quickly review a few things that we are getting to some of the things that I want to share with us this morning. Um, let me ask the alabaster to understand why we are here, and why are you here. And I hope the alabaster, the reason for this, that you can hear, because you learn to be a purpose. You fulfill God's command on your life. Is that it? Is that it? Yes? No? But you are here because you learn to be a purpose. You fulfill God's command on your life. The same thing, all of your students working online, those are, listen to this later. That should be very clear. If you are here because they're having sent you, they're here because the pastor sent you, but you really didn't want to come, then this weekend was a good chance to make your decision. Okay. Is the other one? Okay, obviously not for that. Is that your name? I think we need three of them. Is that your name? Is that your name? No. Sorry about it. I'll just start again. Sorry, we just changed my laptop. Is the volume okay now? Is the volume okay? Better now. Okay. All right. Sorry about these small problems here. Let's get started. So what I was saying is, it's very important. And the reason we have this orientation week is for you to, you know, just within yourself, you become very clear why you are here. And become very clear why you are going to study in the Bible college, right? Because you could, all of us could be doing so many other things. You could maybe working somewhere or doing something else, even for those of us online. But we must be very clear that the reason I am in this Bible college and I'm going through, going to start courses and learning next week.  That should be very clear, right? If you're here just because your pastor sent you or your family sent you or somebody told you just go, this weekend you should make a clear decision, right? I'm here to fulfill God's call and I'm going to stay here. I'm going to learn. If that is not your intent, if that is not your motivation, I would encourage you personally this week and go back home. Because it's not good. If your desire is not to be equipped to fulfill God's call, then don't, you know, I'm just saying don't waste your time, right? You need to go back home and find something else. But you should be very clear. I'm here because I want to learn. I want to be equipped. I have a call of God on my life and I'm getting ready for that. Is that okay? Right? Sorry for being straight. I'm telling you straight. But we have to be clear about this, right? Because we're going to get into some very serious things, right? We're going to spend hours every day studying the Word of God, praying, seeking God. And if that's not what you want to do, then shouldn't, right? So we are here as a college, as pastors here, as people here, our commitment is to equip you, right? To pour into your life. We want the Word of God to be established in your heart. We want the work of the Holy Spirit to increase in your life. We want to see that happen. So that's our commitment to you, right? That we are coming here to serve you.  Whatever God's call is on your life. It could be something different. That's okay. But we are here to make sure that we pour into your life. Okay?  Because we are going to give 100%. We're going to do our part. But I want to encourage you. You must be like a sponge, right? That means when you take the sponge, if it is dry, but you take the sponge and put it in the water, it just soaks the water in. Correct. So you must be like a sponge. Just absorb everything that you can in the time that you are here with us. And same thing for you, all of you online.  Right? So then when you go from here and somebody squeezes you, all the good things come out, right? All that you have absorbed here, all that you have learned here, you're able to pour out. You're able to release into wherever you go. So I want to encourage you. That must be your posture. That must be your heart. God, I want to just soak in your word. I want to soak in the work of the Holy Spirit so that wherever I go, I will be able to pour it out. I'll be able to, you know, give that to other people. Right? So that must be your heart. I'm going to soak in everything, whatever I see, whatever I hear, whatever I learn, I'm going to take it in. Now another thing, especially for those of you who are here in person, we are going to also make you do work. I think Pastor Nancy would have already shared with you. We're going to make you do things. Right? So Bible College is not about just listening to lectures. That's part of it. We're going to study the word. We're going to pray. But very important is actually doing things. Right? So we're going to make you do things. And similarly for those of you who are watching online or on e-learning, wherever you are in your local church or whichever part of the world you're in, you do something in your local church or in the ministry or opportunities that you have there. Right? So nothing should be too low for you. Right? We may ask you to sweep the floor. We may ask you to arrange the chairs. Right? And when those of you who come to the services on Sunday, we will tell you, you know, just stand and shake hands with people or smile at people or whatever, all kinds of things. Right? But this is all part of ministry. There's nothing too low for us to do. Right? And you and I have to be ready to do everything. And you're doing it as unto God. I remember when I was in one place serving them. I used to arrange the chairs. Outside I had my own ministry. I should go and preach and all of that. But in that place, I'll just quietly arrange the chairs. For me, I'm doing it to the Lord. It doesn't matter. Right? Even if I have a ministry outside, there I will go and arrange chairs. Even today, if I go anywhere, I will arrange the chairs. I will sweep the floor. I'll wash the toilet. It's nothing because whatever I do, I'm doing it for the Lord. It doesn't matter to me. Right? So there's nothing too low for us to do. We are doing it unto the Lord. That's the attitude we want you to have. That you can do anything and you will do it as to the Lord. Right? So don't think you become a vada pastor. You can't do this. No, no, no. If you become a big pastor, you should be able to wash the toilets in the church. If you cannot wash the toilets in the church, you're nothing. Okay?  I don't care what fame and name and popularity. And if you cannot do that as unto the Lord, you are nothing. You're understanding me. So we are very serious about this. Right? So when we tell you to do simple things, we tell you clean this, you know, just sweep the floor. I'll put the chairs. You do it. Don't say, huh, why are they telling me to do it? No, it's part of serving God. And in your mind, you're saying, Lord, I'm arranging these chairs for you. I'm sweeping this floor for you. I'm washing the toilet for Jesus. So that's your attitude. Are you listening? If you cannot have that attitude, please go home. Please go home. Right? If you want to stay and you want to learn how to be a minister of God, that must be your heart. You're understanding for your online students. But that's the attitude you must have wherever you are. No matter how big, if you have a church of 10,000 people, I don't care. You should be ready to wash the toilets in your church. If you're not ready to do that, you're unfit to be a minister of God. I'm telling you straight. So the point is this, our heart matters. The attitude of our heart.  God may use you to speak to a million people. God may use you to speak to do big things. But your heart must be always humble before God. And you should be ready to do the simplest of things for God's kingdom as I'm doing it for Jesus. You're understanding? So we're going to train you to do those things. We'll give you different things to do. You must be ready to do it. So that's part of your training. It's not just learning the Bible and learning things of the spirit. Part of your training is to have the heart of a servant. To have the heart of a servant being ready to do anything as unto Jesus. That's part of your training. That's why we like it when you come here personally because then we can oversee that and make sure that you do those kinds of things.  You serve in your local church. Do anything and everything as unto the Lord. So just to quickly review this week, we went through the student guidelines. That's part of how we run the Bible college. And then we went through laying the ax to the root. We keep repeating this every year. So we've been doing this, I don't know, from so many years, every year orientation. We tell the students, lay the ax to the root. You come first thing, we chop, chop, chop, lay the ax. Deal with the issue of self, jealousy, pride and lust. Get rid of these things.  Anybody's life, it can destroy. Self, if you feel I am so important, I want a big name. And it is sad to say, even in the ministry, people, I become so important. They always keep talking about I did this and I did that. And I preached that message and I went there. I wrote this book and it's all I, I, I. And they may have a big ministry. It may seem like they're very successful, but it's all about I. And that's not acceptable in the eyes of God. God says, I am the Lord, my glory, I will not give to anybody else. That's it.  I must be taken out. We should not have jealousy in our hearts. We are all together. No jealousy. Let God deal with the root of jealousy pride. It's, it will cause our downfall. Pride is what caused Lucifer. I mean Lucifer, he became proud and he fell. The Bible teaches us that first Timothy chapter three and lust, uncontrolled evil desires. So constantly throughout our lives, we have to make sure that self jealousy, jealousy, pride and lust must not be in our lives. If you ever see this little root coming up again, the tree growing again, lady acts, lady acts to it again. I know maybe five years from now you graduated and God is blessing you and you may have wonderful ministry. And suddenly it's all about I, I, I remember first thing that taught me in Bible college, lay the ax to the root of I cut it out. It's not about you. It's about Jesus. Right. So never forget that. Lay the ax to the root of self jealousy, pride and lust. Then yesterday was Holy Spirit baptism. Very important because we are depending on the Holy Spirit. Right. It's not by might, not by power, but it's by my spirit. It's by the Holy Spirit that we are doing the ministry. Okay. So today what I want to spend some time with us and I don't know I might take one hour, two hours or maybe I might take all three hours. I don't know. Let's see how this goes. I want to emphasize one very important thing in the ministry in our life and in our ministry. And what we want to emphasize in this in here in this Bible college is that we must follow Jesus following Jesus. Okay.  They often are referred to as God's generals. God has used them powerfully. Previous sanctuaries and you see these store the pictures around here. It is good to know and be reminded of their testimonies about their lives, but we are not following any one of them.  Right. That means, yeah, we will learn from their lives. We learn from their examples, but we are all following Jesus. Same thing here. Right. You can look at us and we will try to tell you our stories and our mistakes and our successes and we will share our life with you to the extent we can. You can look at us, but you are not necessarily following us. You can learn from our examples. You can, you know, learn from the good things you see in our lives, but we are all following Jesus and you're not following some pastor. You're not following some prophets. You're not following some apostle. You are following Jesus. Of course, you can learn from other people's lives. You can learn from their testimonies. You can learn from their story, which is a good thing. They must learn, must learn from each other, but our eyes, our focus must be on Jesus. You know, like we may say, our hero is Jesus. Our role model is Jesus. Right. Our hero is not some other pastor, apostle, prophet, teacher. No, no, no, no. We can learn from many people, men and women. We can learn from their lives, but we are all following Jesus. And that's what I want to emphasize to you and me today, that if you and I are going to boast about anybody, if you and I are going to be, you know, this is my hero. It has to be Jesus Christ. Right. So it has to be Jesus. Right. And in following Jesus, I want to talk about, you know, basically what I want to emphasize today is that first of all, our calling is to be like Jesus. That is what God is calling. God didn't call you to be like some pastor or some prophet or some apostle. He called you to be like Jesus. It's okay. You see the pastor. You learn from his good and the bad. You see the prophet you learn from his good and bad.  And that must be burning inside your heart and mind. I want to be like Jesus.  I'm going to look at Jesus as my example. I'm going to look at Jesus and try to imitate Jesus. Yes. I will learn from the examples of others who are also trying to follow Jesus. I will learn from their lives.  So that's the first thing I want to emphasize. We'll look at scripture. And then we must follow Jesus in our lifestyle. How we live it. We have to follow Jesus. Don't try to imitate some celebrity pastor. You see some pastor is walking. He has four bodyguards, two on the front, two on the back. Maybe six, two in the front, two at the back, two on the side. Six bodyguards here. I also one day even I will do that. I'll become a vada pastor. I will have six bodyguards. Then I have... Why you want to imitate him? Imitate Jesus. Don't copy that pastor. I don't know for whatever reason he has six bodyguards. I don't know.  Stand there. James, there Andrew, there Simon. Batholomew here. Matthew here. Six bodyguards. Jesus walking like that. I can't imagine Jesus doing that. Can't. It's not anywhere in the gospels. So don't imitate that vada pastor. You imitate Jesus. You follow Jesus in your lifestyle. You know, in our Christian world, we make celebrity pastors. Oh, that pastor is wearing white canvas shoes. I will also go buy white canvas shoes. I will wear. I think anointing is in the white canvas. It's not in the white. So we tried to copy some celebrity pastor. No, no, no. Follow Jesus in your lifestyle. Follow Jesus. And then the next session, I want to talk about following Jesus in our ministry also. Right? So these are the three things I want to just cover with us today. Explain that for us. And hopefully, you know, this will help us keep our focus very clear. That is very clear in my mind. It should be very clear in your mind that you are following Jesus. Okay. So let's get started. You know, let's go to Matthew. We look at what Jesus, the Lord Jesus himself said, if you go with me please to Matthew chapter 10. And we will look at verses 24 and 25. Matthew chapter 10 verses 24 and 25. Imagine you turn 24 and 25. Jesus said, a disciple is not about his teacher, not a servant above his master. Verse 25, it is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher and a servant like his master. I'll just stop there. So Jesus, imagine Jesus is talking to his disciples. So they have been chosen. These 12 of them, there may be other people listening, but Jesus had selected 12 people. So you be my disciples. Okay. So they feel very special. I'm a disciple of Jesus. And Jesus is telling them, I want to tell you something. The disciple is not greater than his teacher. The servant is not greater than his master. And then he says, verse 25, it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher. That is enough. That is all the requirements. That's the requirement. The disciple must become like his teacher. In this case, it's Jesus. So he's talking to his disciples. It's enough. So if you just restate this and put it in simple statement, he's telling his disciples, it's enough for you to be like me. That's all I want. That's all I want. It's enough for you. He's telling his disciples, it's enough for you to be like. It's enough for you to be like me. And that's all. That's all. So what is the call to be a disciple? It's a call to be like our teacher and master Jesus Christ, to be like him. So as a disciple, what is the journey we are making? Our journey is, I'm going to become like Jesus. That's the journey. Now hopefully this Bible college is a part of that journey to help you in that becoming like Jesus. To help you and me help us become more and more like Jesus. And that's the part of this being here, being here the journey. Our goal is to help you become like Jesus. Look chapter 6 and verse 40. Jesus explains how this is going to happen. Look 6 and verse 40. Jesus says, a disciple is not above his teacher. So the disciple is not greater than his teacher. But everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his. So now he's giving a secret. See, the call is for the disciple to become like the teacher. How is the disciple going to become like the teacher?  So you go through a training. You go through a training. Everyone who is perfectly or thoroughly or completely fully trained, he will become like his teacher. So that's the key. We have to go through the training. And I'm not saying in three years that we will make you like Jesus. What I'm saying is these three years is part of that training. The Lord will train you himself in so many other ways. As you keep going, He will train you. But these three years is part of that training. To help you, help me become more like our teacher, like our Lord Jesus Christ. So you and I, we must give ourselves to the training. If we resist the training, oh, I don't want this. Well, if you resist the training, then you cannot become like the master. Because Jesus said, you have to be thoroughly trained. You have to be fully trained. Then you'll become like him. So if you resist, no, I don't want. I will only take this, this, but that one I don't want. If you resist even a little part of the training, then you're not being fully trained. Also, if you just give up in the middle of the training, oh, this training is too much, too difficult. Oh, I can't handle it. You quit. Well, you have to go through the training. You have to be fully trained. You have to be thoroughly trained, perfectly trained. You have to complete the training. You have to go through the training to become more and more like Jesus. I understand.  But in order to become like Jesus, we have to go through His training.  So don't give up in the middle. Don't take few things and leave the others out. Fully, thoroughly trained. Everything. And you're becoming more and more like Jesus. Now this is the Father's plan. This is what God desires for you. What is God's plan for your life? Number one, God's first and foremost plan for your life and my life is to make me be like Jesus. How do you know? Romans chapter 8. Let's go there. Romans chapter 8. So this is God's plan for you and me. Romans chapter 8 verse 29. Actually, let's read verse 29. And yeah. Oh, 28, 29. Romans 8, 28, 29. Romans 8, 28, 29. It says, And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose, for whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren. So, I know we just picked out two verses. There's a context to this, but we're just focusing on these two verses. Paul is saying, See, everything is working for good because you love God and you are called to His purpose. You are living for His purpose so everything is working for good. But what is that purpose that God is working in you and me? He says in verse 29, This is the purpose. Whom He foreknew? God knew this. This was a plan He had before. Whom He foreknew? He decided. He predestined. That means He determined beforehand. This is the plan I will have for all these people whom I call for my purpose. He predetermined that we would be conformed to the image of His Son. In other words, put in simple English. God has called you and me to His purpose and this is His purpose right from the very beginning to make us all like Jesus. I just restate verse 28 and 29 in simple English. That's what it means. And everything is working for good. That means everything is working towards this purpose to make you and me more and more like Jesus. So that's the good that we can see in every circumstance. Something happens to you. It looks bad but you will see that there is a good in that. What is the good? There's something in that that's helping you become like Jesus. Because all things are working together for good. What is the good? Help you and me become more like Jesus. And this is something God had in the beginning. All things work together for good. So something might be bad. In the natural, it may seem like it's bad. But if you look at it, hey, this is an opportunity for me to become more like Jesus. Maybe develop some patience. Maybe develop some grace. Maybe develop some humility. Maybe develop some determination. Whatever. That helps me become more and more like Jesus. That's the good that is in everything that's happening in your life. All things are working together for good. To those who love God, those who are called according to His purpose. What is His purpose? It was a purpose that He determined even before you and I were born, even before time. And that purpose was to make us all like Jesus. That's the call of God for all of us. So you see, what is God's purpose for your life? Very simple. To become like Jesus. So I'm a school teacher. Yeah, be a school teacher and be like Jesus. I'm a football player. Be a football player and be like Jesus. I'm a, I'm a, I don't know what. I'm a gardener. Be a gardener and be like Jesus. That's fine. Gardening is your profession.  It's the purpose for which God has called you. Are you understanding? Okay. Be a call to His purpose. And this is what God is working in you and me to make us more and more like Jesus. That He is the eldest brother. He's the first born. He's the elder brother among many who are brothers and sisters. Okay. One more voice. I know we're coming close. Let's maybe one or two more. Let's go quickly. Second Corinthians three. Verse 18. Many of these are familiar verses for our second Corinthians three. 18. Second Corinthians chapter three. And verse 18. But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory just as by the spirit of the Lord. So it's saying, look, our eyes are looking at Jesus. So we are all looking. What are you looking at? The glory of the Lord. So this is very important. Always keep your eyes on Jesus. Now it says, yeah, we can't see very clearly. We're looking as though in through a glass. So we can't see very clearly. That's okay. But keep your eyes on Jesus. There may be times you cannot see very clearly, see Jesus very clearly, but keep your eyes. We are beholding as through, it says mirror, but actually it's as through a glass. There's something in between. We're looking through the glass, but we're looking at the glory of the Lord. You're looking at the glory of Jesus. You're captivated by who he is. So you're not looking at, oh, I want to have a big ministry. I want to have a big church. I want to have a big name. You're not looking at those things. That is not what your gaze is on. Your gaze is on the glory of the Lord. And as we are beholding as through a glass, the glory of the Lord, we're looking at Jesus. What the Bible says is the Holy Spirit is changing us. He's changing you from glory to glory. He's changing you to be like Jesus. So if you keep looking at Jesus, then the Holy Spirit will keep changing you and me, transforming us to become like Jesus. So very important. The reason some people are not becoming more like Jesus is because they're not beholding. Their gaze is on something else, not on Jesus. The Holy Spirit is only transforming us to become like Jesus as we continue to behold or look at Jesus. So don't get your eyes off of him. Don't look at this or that or us. No, no, no. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Then the Holy Spirit is changing you to become like Jesus. He's helping you. So sometimes we may feel weak. Oh, how can I become like... Then you pray, Holy Spirit, please help me in this area to become more like Jesus. Holy Spirit, in this area, help me more like Jesus. Help me become more humble like Jesus. Help me become more holy like Jesus. Whatever. Holy Spirit, you help me. He's changing us to become more and more like. But our eyes must keep our eyes on Jesus. Don't take your eyes off of that. Because if you take your eyes off of Jesus, then you're not going to be changed into that image. All right? Ephesians. I'll try to finish this quickly. Ephesians 4. Ephesians 4. And verse 13. Ephesians 4 verse 13. Till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. So what is God doing? So if you look at the full passage here, God has put up apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists in the church, and they are helping all of us as we listen to the teaching and the ministry and receive through the ministry of all the people God has put in the church. Everything is working for this one purpose. To make all of us become mature, fully grown. And what does it mean to be mature? What does it mean to be fully grown? It means we fully grow up to be like Jesus. So who is a mature believer? Mature believer is somebody who's grown up to become like Jesus. That is spiritual maturity. That's all. What is spiritual maturity? You're becoming like Jesus. You're like Him. You've grown up to the full measure of the stature of Christ.    So what is spiritual maturity? It's becoming like Jesus. It's to be like Jesus. And then if you look at verse 15, it says, But speaking the truth in love may grow up in all things, into Him. That means in every area, in all things, every area of life, we have to grow up to become like Jesus. So that must be your goal and my goal. In every area, in all things, I want to grow up and become like Jesus. That's what Bible says here. You grow up in all things, into Him, to be like Him, to be like Jesus, everything. So that is what God is working in your life and mind. And that's what you and I must pursue. Okay. So let's pause here. We'll have a 10-minute break. We'll come back and we'll continue this right after the break. Okay. We'll see you all in 10 minutes. Thank you.


Because when there's silences in the conversation, if you rush to fill those, you're trying too hard, period. She will lose interest because at that moment you are trying way too hard and for what? You don't know this girl. She feels awkward in her dress. She's having a bad hair day. Why are you trying so hard? She doesn't, she's not up on this pedestal.   So when there's that silence there, if you rush to fill that gap, trying way too hard. If all of a sudden she fills that gap, all of a sudden things are starting to work the way they're supposed to. All of a sudden you can get a smile on your face. When a girl says, so, and goes to continue the conversation at that silence, I'm like ding, okay. She's interested in me. This is clear sailing from now. I can have fun, I can enjoy this conversation. I get to know this person. So, she says something, I pause. And this is a good time to actually think about what she's saying. Most guys are thinking about what she's saying as she's saying it so they can come up with a clever line right off the bat. Most guys wanna have that witty response as soon as she's done talking.  Like that's how it is in movies sometimes so we think that's how we should talk. It's not the guys that she wets herself over talks. Guys that she wets herself over in a good way, of course. They actually pause, they reflect upon. They think about for a second. And then after I'm done pausing for a second, I don't say what I'm going to say just yet. Oh no, here's the part that changes everything. I buffer, oh, it's so beautiful. What is a buffer? A buffer is a statement that builds a little bit more anticipation for what you're going to say next. But that also could prompt her to talk more. It's beautiful, it's amazing. So what are some examples of buffers that I use? The one I use constantly, the one that I use all the time is really, really, really, really, really good.  My girlfriend got pissed at me one time actually because we share a bed. And this was like early in the morning, I was still sleeping, she had woken up. And apparently I was flirting in my sleep. I was buffering in my sleep apparently because she looks over and she told me the story. I just had this big smile on my face. And I was just like, really, that is so interesting.   It's the best, I say really a thousand times, really. That is so interesting, I might say. Or I might say, is that right? Is that right, is that so? Really, you don't say. You know what's funny about that? You know what is so interesting about that? Really, I can't believe you would say that. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now hold on for a second. Buffers, they're magical. And why are they so magical? One, it builds up anticipation for whatever you're going to say next. You throw out a buffer and all of a sudden she's like, what's so interesting? What's so funny? Really what? Tell me, I want to know. Please, do not leave me hanging like this. And the other thing is oftentimes, it gives her that prompt to do what she has been dying to do the entire time, which is talk more. So oftentimes, I don't have to say anything. She'll say something, I'll pause. I'll buffer really. And she'll be like, yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Go on for more and I'll say, is that right? And she'll be like, yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I'll say no, wait a minute. And she'll be like, what? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You should never, ever, ever run out of things to say. One, because you're not rushing to say everything that you have in one bolt. And two, I mean, for every one thing a woman says, you have things that click in your head that they remind you of that you could say in response. But if you just throw out a little buffer, really? Pause again, you have to pause again after the buffer. And then she starts talking again. All of a sudden, you've got a million more things that you could say based off that newest slew of stuff that she just threw at you. And you can say anything off of that thing that she just threw out, or you can say anything off of the first thing she just threw out. And maybe you buffer again and she throws out another, like blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And you've got a whole new slew of material that you can talk about, that you can vibe off of, that you can use if you're paying attention, if you're listening. Buffers, they're the most beautiful thing in the world. And if you concentrate, you do them anyway. Everything that I teach, it's intuitive. It's all the shit that you do when you're just hanging out with your friends, when you're relaxed, when you're not worried about what to say, when you're not trying to impress her, when you're not thinking about what you should do, it's what you do naturally. And if you focus on taking the actions that you do when you're feeling good, your feelings will follow. Just like when they say, when you're feeling anxious, just take some deep breaths. I didn't make that up, that's for sure. But everything else that I have is kind of based off that exact same principle. Buffer, focus on it. And girls are just talking, talking, talking. You're like, is this really this easy? Really? You should be talking to the minimum of the time, every time. If you're not, you're doing something wrong.  Don't worry about anything. But in that interim, that pre-things when things are a little rocky, buffer. How much time do I have left? 15, I thought that was six. 15, 20, okay. What do I want to talk about? I'll talk about painting a picture. Painting a picture. Another conversation technique. That's really the part where a lot of guys get caught the most. A lot of guys can approach, sometimes get good responses. I mean, a lot of times when guys have girls that are laughing, looking at them, basically throwing themselves at them, like it's nervous, you have to escalate. You have to do some of this stuff physically that I talked about last time. You have to take action there. You have to pound on the keys. But, I mean, getting good at that escalation part, when you have girls that are lighting up and you're having a good time with, I mean, that can be tricky. That can be some fear to fight through, but that's a labor of love. That's the most fun you'll ever have. But consistently getting there time and time again so that you have those opportunities to ask. That can be the part where a lot of guys get caught up. So, on top of buffering, what do you do while you're pausing and while you're buffering to give yourself a little extra time and to give yourself more ammunition, whatever you want to call it?  What painting a picture is, is when a girl says something, when you're feeling nervous and you're thinking about what to say, oftentimes you just focus on the words and you're thinking, okay, what can I say to that? What can I say to that?


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Well, Central Lakes College has been working hard this semester to motivate and energize students to get out and vote in the midterm elections. Voter turnout is expected to be high tomorrow and CLC hopes to be a part of that trend. With this week's community spotlight, a reporter Rachel Johnson has more. We just go out there and vote. Make your voice heard. College students and young voters could have a major impact on tomorrow's midterm elections. As a young group of people, we're the next generation and so it's really important for us to be able to speak our minds and putting it towards the polls. At Central Lakes College, a democracy dinner was held today to remind students if they haven't already to get to the polls and make their voices heard. We were able to receive a grant from LEED-A-MEN, it's the Student-Wide Association of the State and they're giving out grants, really trying to do a final push on getting students out to the polls. When they get here into the cafeteria, we meet with them, sit down with them, make sure they've got a plan for voting if they haven't voted yet. The democracy dinner marked the culmination of a months-long initiative by Central Lakes College to get students to the polls. It really does matter and I think especially this year, there's going to be contests in the county, statewide, even at the federal level that are so close that just a few voters make up the difference. So if students want to be, you know, listened to by the different politicians and parties out there, we really need to be looked at as a powerhouse of voting. In the last midterm election, 32.4 percent of CLC students voted. This year, their goal is to raise that number to around 50 percent. Even higher would be awesome, you know, during a presidential election, we're closer to 70 percent. So, you know, if we could get close to that, I think that would be a big success for us here at the college. The events have attracted many first-time voters. Well, it's my first year voting, so it's like, my opinion matters too, so I want to, like, be out there, I want to, like, voice my opinion. It is my first year. I'm so excited. I am pumped. I'm going to be able to make a stand for what I believe and put that to the polls. There are many important issues that affect college students. There's a lot of college students, and, like, we, like, if we all come together, we'll have a powerful voice for, like, the things that we want. I just think everyone deserves to have their vote, you know? It's part of the democracy of America, and I think it's important for you to at least, you know, get your opinion out there and let people know that, you know, it's important. No matter what happens tomorrow, these students are excited to have their voices heard. Every vote counts. You may not think every vote counts, but it does.  Reporting from Brainerd with this week's Community Spotlight, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. And Central Lakes College will be offering free rides to the polls tomorrow for students without transportation. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


Hello friends, I am Sanjay Gupta. I welcome you on my YouTube channel. You can watch various programming related videos here. My channel contains more than 800 videos. You can search these videos through a keyword programming by Sanjay Gupta. In this video, I am going to demonstrate you how you can pass structure data type into functions in C programming. For example, I am going to implement some of complex numbers. So first of all, I am going to include a header file stdi.h. Now to implement structure, I have to use a keyword struct name of structure will be complex. And here I am going to declare two variables real and imaginary. After structure declaration, I am going to declare a function. So this is function declaration. Here you can see this struct complex is written type. It means the function will be returning a structure variable. Name of function is sum. And I am going to pass two arguments of type struct complex. So first argument and then second argument. So this sum function will be receiving two arguments of structure type. So in this example, you will be able to learn how we can pass structure variables as argument and how we can return structure variable through a function. So this statement is declaration of function. Now I am going to define main function so that we can receive inputs from user. So here I am going to declare three variables C1, C2 and C3. Now first I am going to receive values for first complex number. So enter first complex number scanf then two times C1 dot r sorry C1 dot imaginary and here instead of r I have to write real. So real value will be stored inside C1 dot real and imaginary value will be stored inside C1 dot imaginary. So this way first complex number will be entered by the user and stored in first complex variable. Now for second complex number again I am going to use these printf scanf statements. So this way values for both complex numbers will be available. Now I am going to call the function sum and I am going to pass structure variables as an arguments. So C1 and C2 both are arguments and the returned value will be stored inside C3. So this is a function calling. Now the result will be stored inside C3. So I can display that result on output screen with the help of this printf statement. So this way I have implemented the complete definition of main function. After this I am going to define definition of some function. So here I have to receive two complex variables and these variables are of type structure. So this block will be known as function definition. Now inside this function I am going to implement the logic which will add values of two complex numbers. So temporary complex variable is declared here. Now T dot real equals to C1 dot real plus C2 dot real. So this way real value of first complex number is added with real value of second complex number and that is stored inside temporary complex number that is T dot real. Now T dot imaginary equals to C1 dot imaginary plus C2 dot imaginary. So this way imaginary values are added. So T complex variable is containing both real and imaginary values. So I can return it to the keyword. The statement is return T. So the values of T will be returned at the calling statement which is available at line number 19 and at line number 19 C3 will be receiving the return value and through line number 20 those results will be displayed on output screen.  Here I am passing structure variables as an argument and I am returning structure variable through a function definition. Now I have to execute this code so that you can see whether it is working properly or not. So I am going to enter first complex number value. So I have entered two as real number and four as imaginary number. For second complex number I am going to enter three as real value and six as imaginary value. So after addition real is printed as five and imaginary is printed as ten. So which is correct. This way you can see the program is working properly. The logic which I have implemented is working fine. So I hope you have understood how we can pass and how we can return structure variables through function. If you want to watch more programming related videos you can follow my YouTube channel. Thank you for watching this video.


My name is Mark Shklav and I am the host of Think Tech Hawaii's Law Across the Sea program. Today we will go across the sea to talk with Kauai lawyer Kai Lawrence. As we all know, Kauai has recently been devastated by rainstorms and severe flooding resulting from those storms. We have heard from many people over the last few days about the humans suffering and the physical damage to Kauai and its infrastructure caused by these storms and the resulting floods. Lawyers also have roles in natural disasters. No, they may not cause them but they help to remedy them. And we are going to get a perspective from Kauai lawyer Kai Lawrence today. We will talk with Kai about the repercussions from the recent storms on the public, the Kauai legal community, the courts on Kauai and the legal issues that have arisen on Kauai due to these events over the last few days. Now Kai, you are talking to me via Zoom. How are you? Good to see you. I'm doing well. How are you doing? Okay. All right. Good. First, I want to know a little bit about you, Kai. Tell me a little bit about your background. How did you end up as a lawyer on Kauai? What kind of law do you do? And I know you're involved in some community activities and also bar activities. So just briefly tell me a little bit about your background. Okay. Yes. So my name is Kai Lawrence. I've been practicing a total of about six years and all six of those years have been on the island of Kauai. Before that, I was attending law school at Pepperdine Law School in Malibu, California. Really had a great time there. I love Southern California. LA was one of my favorite, all-time favorite places to live. But after law school, I wanted to branch out and get some other experience. Myself and my wife, we have ties to Kauai. We both have family out here. And so I was looking for jobs in Hawaii. And I initially found a job as a prosecutor. That was my first job. I came to Kauai for one year as a prosecutor. After a year, I went into private practice. So the past about five years I've been doing private practice. I've kind of been doing a little bit of everything. I started doing criminal defense. The past two years, I've been trying to move more towards business law and estate planning. And that's been going really well. So primarily nowadays, most of my practices are state-related. I still do some criminal defense. I still really like that. That's a great area. So for the past two years, we've been doing that. My wife and I are very happy on Kauai. We love it there. My wife works for Gather, Federal Credit Union. That's a great organization. She has a great job there. And then as far as community activities, we've been really involved in Special Olympics. We really enjoy that opportunity to get back. And the experience itself is really good. It's a life-changing experience to work with the athletes involved in Special Olympics. We coach the team on Kauai. We do softball, powerlifting, and basketball with our athletes. And our athletes are the adult athletes. So we have 22 until, I think our oldest athlete right now is 49. It's our oldest athlete on our team. So we love that. We'll be coming to Oahu for the summer games at the end of May. And we always really look forward to that. That's going to be a great experience. And then also I'm on the Hawaii State Bar Association. I'm the board for the Hawaii State Bar Association. I'm the Kauai director. This is my third year on the board. And again, I love that as well. I have a really good opportunity to mingle with some good lawyers on the board. I feel like there's a lot of really smart and bright minds. Sometimes I actually feel out of place. I feel like I'm the young guy over there, but I really like it. It's been so far, things have been really good. And we have loved our time in Hawaii, kind of staying in Kauai for probably the rest of our lives, I think. Okay. All right. Well, good. And you really, it sounds like you're into the community. And, you know, we've heard a lot about what has happened on Kauai. We've heard on the nightly news, in the newspaper. Kai, you know, we read these things, but we don't really know everything that happens over there. And briefly, you know, what can you tell us that we don't maybe see in the news? Or what's happened there? What are the circumstances after these terrible rain storms? And then I want to know how it's affecting the public. And I guess maybe, you know, since you're involved with the community so much, what repercussions you've seen from those community activities? As far as the community goes that I'm involved with, the interesting thing is that everyone is affected in some way. So maybe you don't see that on the news. You kind of see the areas that were hit the hardest. But even where I live, I live in Kapa'a. And where my neighborhood, we weren't affected too much, although there were neighborhoods in Kapa'a that were really affected. There was the major flooding, not just on the North Shore, but also in Kapa'a and in Kaloa and a few other parts of the island. But the interesting thing is that we all have friends who in some way were connected. We all have friends who were in some way, you know, felt the major effects of the disaster. And so in a way, it really is an island-wide experience. All of us are feeling it in some way. So maybe you don't see that so much on the news. And when I say that, I don't want to take away from the direct impact, because the things you see on the news are the really devastating effects. And those are, and should be, forefront in everyone's mind. And to kind of go into that a little bit more. The main areas that you see on the news, and I'll talk about those mostly, is Honolay, Hainah, and Wainiha. And if you've been to Kauai, you might have been to those areas. Those are three really iconic parts of our island. They're all on the North Shore. Once you pass Honolay, you get into Hainah. And once you pass Hainah, you get into Wainiha. And that's literally the end of the road out there on the North Shore. So Honolay, there was quite a bit of flooding through the main town in Honolay. And so if you've been to Honolay, there is a lot of, that's where a lot of the shops are. A lot of the main community areas are schools, churches, things like that are in Honolay. And the main town there was basically underwater, several feet of water from a lot of the runoff from the mountains. Some of the rivers in that area had totally overflows. There's quite a bit of taro patches out there and pretty much all of the taro patches, I think, were pretty severely affected. So a lot of flooding through that area. As you move up through Hainah, you get into a lot of homes. It's probably most known for that there's quite a bit of high-end real estate in that area. But what you maybe don't see is there's also a lot of pockets of really local areas, like long-time families that have been there for generations, really small, nice post-nate communities in that area. And then especially as you move into Wainiha, you have that same type of community feel. And all three of those areas, Honolay, Hainah, and Wainiha, all experience flooding in some sort, or all the way through the end of the road, there was not just one landslide. You see kind of the main landslides on the news. That's the one that blocked the main highway there. But all through those valleys, there was quite a bit of landslides, I think. Someone I talked to said there was like seven or eight major landslides through that area. And so through all that flooding and the landslides, a lot of people lost their homes. A lot of businesses were affected. And that's kind of the negative aspect that you may have seen on the news and some of the major impacts that you've seen. And just kind of going into that a little more around the island, Kayapana Valley and Kaua had very similar disaster effects in Kayapana. And then also down in Kaloa and some of the valleys there, there were some similar effects also. So those are kind of the main disaster areas on Kaua. Okay, so I hear Kaua is, the island is a community is what I'm hearing you say. I mean, it's really, everybody, it's kind of tight.  And we don't maybe feel that as much as you do on Kaua, because we're apart from that community. Okay, now, human-wise, human-people-wise, are there positive and negative things that have come out of this event? What's come out from the community human-wise? I would say, I'll kind of talk about three things. There's been a lot of positive things. There's been some negative things, a lot less negative things that I would say human-wise. And then there's been a lot of unintended consequences that we should all learn from. And if this happens again, you should keep these things in mind. So, start with the positive things. I've talked to a few friends who are really forefront up there in the community, a couple friends who actually lived in Wainihaw at the very end of the road there. Their experience was, they felt like, and actually, this goes with my other friend too, who lived in Honolay and he's been really involved in a lot of cleanup. As far as the positive side, we all knew that Kauai was a close-knit community and we all knew that everyone cared about each other, but sometimes it takes a disaster like this to really feel the effects and see how close-knit people really are. And when I say that, I mean, because there really was just a really positive response from that community in general, Kauai in general, across the island. There was a really huge outpouring of support, aid, health. And when I say aid, there was a lot of donation and pick-up spots around the island for people to make donations, food, water, fuel, to also donate cash and monetary donations as well. But then a lot of health-poping hands made their way up to the North Shore to help start cleaning up some of this rubble and this disaster, help people get out of these affected areas that were became isolated. So we have the communities themselves, the island itself, and then I will say statewide, Kauai is just an amazing place because we also felt a huge outpouring from people on other islands. A lot of people on their own without even being asked to set up events, funding pages, set up donation spots on other islands. And I think a few shipments have already made it from other islands of food, water, fuel, things like that. And so Kauai is a great place and sometimes you feel like you're just this one small community area, this one city or this one island. But really when you see something like this, you realize we are all a big group that we care about each other and we don't want to see each other hurt and we felt that a lot. As far as some of the negative aspects, I am really happy to say that, you know, a lot of people were worried that there was going to be some type of white thread looting. A lot of people left certain areas because they had heard all, you know, there might be some type of a bad element that's going to make its way in here and some type of looting or something like that. But really the people I've talked to, there hasn't been a lot of that. And that makes me really happy to hear is that's kind of a scary side to these disasters, I think, and a lot of a lot of different things that you're around the around the globe when disasters happen. But we've been really lucky, there hasn't been too much of that. The one negative thing I heard about, I've heard there was some type of a person burying people in and out of these isolated locations with a boat. But then there was some type of a profiteering or extortion type thing going on through those interactions. You're dropping people off, but then not letting them off unless they paid some type of fee or something like that. And so that was the only negative aspect I heard of. I've heard that the prosecuting attorney on Kauai is looking into that and there may be some type of charges relating to that. I'm not even sure what the charges would be, but really that's the only negative I've heard of something related to that. And then kind of going into some of these unintended consequences is really it's just monetarily. Like a lot of people have been setting up go fund these pages and then they're realizing that sometimes these go fund these pages have tax consequences with them. Funding from the state is coming in, which we definitely need, but we're learning that some programs are feeling the effects of that because the money has to come from somewhere. And then also as far as organizing the resources, that's a learning process too. There's been a lot of really good nonprofits that have been working hard to organize the resources. But what we're learning is that some organizations are a little better than others that add marshaling services. But what we're seeing is everyone's working together. And as we're learning from this, we're learning what works and what doesn't work. Those are kind of some of the unintended consequences. It's not nothing too crazy, but just some things that you may not think about, but that kind of rear their head as you're going through this process. So that's kind of the experience that I've seen or heard so far. Well, it sounds like we have both positive, a lot of positive community things, including the, I'm glad to hear the bigger community of all of Hawaii's participating. And you've kind of now set the stage for what I want to talk about after the break. And after the break, I want to talk about the legal issues that are involved and what you see as a lawyer and what lawyers are helping, what they're doing on Hawaii and what all of our community can do. But we'll take a little break now and we'll come back in about a minute and talk about going forward. All right? The host for Young Talent's Making Way here on Think Tech, Hawaii. We talk every Tuesday at 11 a.m. about things that matter to tech, matter to science, to the people of Hawaii, with some extraordinary guests, the students of our schools who are participating in science field. So Young Talent's Making Way every Tuesday at 11 a.m. only on Think Tech, Hawaii. Mahalo. Are you doing? Okay. Research says reading from birth accelerates the baby's brain development. And you're doing that now? Oh, yeah. This is the starting line. Push. Read aloud 15 minutes. Every child, every parent. We are back. And I am talking with Kai Lawrence, Kauai attorney about the storm on the Garden Island. And we've kind of set the background about what a person on the ground on Kauai, a lawyer, has seen and felt. And now I'd like to go in, Kai, tell me from a lawyer's perspective the legal issues that have come about because of this disaster and the flooding on Kauai. First one I would talk about is, first of all, what kind of assistance people can expect. Right now we have state and county resources providing assistance. When I say assistance, I don't just mean who's out there providing the feed on the ground and actually helping. I mean, at some point people are going to be looking for some type of monetary assistance to try to rebuild. Where we're at right now is the state, excuse me, the county and the state are currently requesting assistance through FEMA. And there's some type of special process through that. And the reason I bring that up is, whether or not these areas get declared through FEMA as a disaster area will affect what type of assistance people will have access to. I think that from the people I talk to, it sounds like FEMA will be declaring these areas disaster areas, which means they'll be able to step in and provide more assistance to individuals. And I've heard that they're expecting that to come through within the next few weeks. And what that would mean is FEMA will actually set up one stop-stop where people can show up and get help on finding out about what they need to do to rebuild. How do they get assistance through the federal government and what kind of assistance is available? So that's the first issue that we've been thinking about it as different legal organizations. Okay, when we're giving advice, what are we going to be advising them? Um, state assistance or federal assistance? We think that federal assistance is going to be coming, but right now it's just state assistance. So that's the first issue we've been we've been thinking about because it'll affect the information that we're giving to others. But some of the other areas that we're looking at being hot topics or issues for people going forward is, first of all, insurance-related issues. Getting some help navigating the insurance process in the insurance world will be a hot area for these individuals looking to rebuild. Also, whether or not persons were required to have blood insurance or whether it was optional in some of these areas, that may make a difference in what kind of assistance people can receive through their insurance. And specifically in areas where they're not required to have blood insurance, I'm sure a lot of people may have elected not to have the blood insurance. Now the interesting thing about that is I'm sure some type of assistance will be available to these individuals who maybe didn't elect to have blood insurance, but they'll be getting it from a different area, maybe coming from government funds rather than through their insurance. But those are some of the areas that people I'm anticipating will be wanting to talk to attorneys about. How do I navigate this insurance problem? Some other areas that are hot topics are landlord tenant type issues in this disaster scenario. There's a lot of people up on the North Shore who are homeowners, but then there's a lot of people who rent in those areas. The huge tourism industry, and there's a lot of workers there that that aren't homeowners, they're renting. And so what happens to them in the disaster areas? What are their rights? What are the landlords rights in these circumstances and situations? Those are going to be hot topics as well. Personal property issues will also be hot topics. A lot of people have lost a lot of damage with cost to property and a lot of property was physically moved by the disaster. And so in some instances you have, you know, my personal property ended up in someone else's yard. What are the implications there? Do I have the right to go retrieve my property? Do I am I responsible for what happened? Is insurance going to cover any damage that my property may have caused to someone else's property through this disaster? So we see those are some of the main topics that we're anticipating people will have questions about. And then long-term people are going to be looking at how do I navigate the planning process? I want to rebuild. I'm going to have to go through the appropriate channels to get permit to get everything approved and to really be able to start from the ground up and build something new. So again, that's going to be another hot topic that attorneys on Kauai are well with the handle, but also that I'm sure there will be people from other islands providing assistance as well in those areas. Some other interesting areas that we've been looking at too is relating to I think I mentioned there was there's a group on Kauai that started a GoFundMe page. It's actually a great place to donate. By the way, it's Coral McCarthy, Gaby Lee, Anna, I remember her last name, but those three, they're really well known individuals on the North Shore. They started a GoFundMe page. It raised over $260,000 in funds so far. And who's that for? Who is that for? Who is the GoFundMe page for? It's for the Hanalei and Hainan community.  It's a first. The Hanalei, Hainan community, something along those lines. I also noticed the Hawaii Bar Association suggested the Kauai Food Bank also. Yes, yes, definitely. As far as good places to donate, kind of taking a detour here. Yes, Kauai Food Bank is a great spot. They've been delivering, they've been doing a great job providing food and resources for people. Community Foundation, I think is a great place to donate because I see them as having the infrastructure and the organization necessary to really help with the rebuilding process. Also, AHA, that's a good organization in Kilauea as well. And then also Malama Kauai, they've been a really good resource also providing, coordinating a lot of the donations and receiving a lot of monetary donations, helping to support all that. So anyway, some of the GoFundMe, some of these donors are looking at possible tax implications. Sorry, some of the organizers are saying of receiving $250,000 in GoFundMe funds, there are some tax implications that there may be ways around it. I don't really know, I'm not a tax guy, but I've heard that those are some issues that people are feeling there. And then going forward in the long term, this actually could be an opportunity to kind of rebuild this area in a way that improves the community and the economic viability of that area long term. And when I say that, I mean, I'm hoping that through this rebuilding process, a big emphasis is put on supporting entrepreneurs in that area so we can build some good businesses. The tourism industry is always going to be there, so obviously we've got to rebuild that. But it'd be a good opportunity to not just focus on that, but let's focus on agriculture, let's focus on other small businesses and really rebuild this area into what it was and hopefully something even better, I think. So those are some of the hot topics we see. Sorry, just one other issue too is people are going to need advice about avoiding the negative element out there. We haven't seen much of a negative element so far, but in the past people have been worried about fraud. Maybe I need an appraiser and I go hire an appraiser, but this person actually wasn't a certified appraiser, so I ended up paying money to this person who I shouldn't have, I should have gone through the correct panel. Things like that are going to be issues also. Hopefully not, but that's something we're anticipating, possibly having to advise people. So those are kind of some of the relevant areas that we see as meeting some competent individuals to help advise people as they navigate this process going forward. So it seems to me that we can't escape lawyers. We need lawyers and lawyers are helping. They're doing positive things, looking for ways to assist the community. And it's important to have a good lawyer, somebody you can rely on and somebody that can help you through these many type of issues. And it sounds to me like the Kauai bar is geared up to help. We have about a minute left and I'd like you to tell me what have you learned? What have you learned about all this experience on Kauai as a Kauai lawyer going through these these stormy days? You know you always hear this that you got to be prepared at any at any point and it's really true. A lot of times when we're thinking about disasters in the island we're thinking at least myself I was thinking about you know probably a tsunami or a hurricane is what I got to worry about. I didn't think about I just need to worry about a heavy rainstorm that might cause some kind of major disaster and flooding. So being prepared is all time not just during hurricane season or something like that it's really something that I learned. And then really being involved in the community not just when a disaster hit but on a regular basis really helps build these tight knit communities that we've been seeing. I think a lot of people are involved in things and they're not just they're not just living their own lives and so that that's some kind that's something that I've learned that this community really is you know we're not just a community when it's easy but we're a community when it's hard to and and that's something that I'm really proud of and I'm glad that Kauai is doing a good job in that respect. Well I appreciate your time today Kai and if I guess if if anybody has any questions they could contact you on Kauai and if there's anybody would like to help and they are need some suggestions you could provide it to them. Is that right? Yeah no problem definitely. Okay all right Kai thank you very much we look forward to recovery over in Kauai and the beautiful place my brother and his family live there and hope to go see them soon. So Aloha. Aloha Kai thank you very much. Thank you Mark I appreciate it.


Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car. Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission, and all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. Hey, move it down, fellas.  I was beginning to think I disappeared. It's about time to get into the real purpose of this meeting. Our good friend Ranger Bill Jefferson wants to say a few words to us. What? What's that? What's the matter?  I don't think so, Benny. Why? Well, how can Ranger Bill say something to us when he ain't even here? Well, that's a good question, Benny. But are you sure he isn't here? Oh, I don't know. Anyone see him? Is he hiding here somewhere? Then you don't think he can really say anything to us, huh? Oh, that's right. I wouldn't be too sure about that, Benny. Let me out of here. This place is smooth. No, it isn't, Benny. Everything is perfectly normal. You don't think it's okay to have someone who can see you, but you can't see them, do you?  He knows what I'm saying, Donnie. That just means I can hear you, Benny. There's a difference. Well, see, hear. Who cares? Just let me out of here. Okay, Bill. You can come out now. Oh, there you are. Now, if you'll all give me your attention for a moment, I'd like to show you a new piece of equipment that's about to be adopted into use by our Rangers. That is, we hope to start using it, but that depends on you. Bill, Bill, some more, Bill. Now, here on the desk behind these books, we've planted this small transistor walkie-talkie. Oh, that's right. That's right. I was in the next room with another one and could hear and talk back to you. As you can see, these sets are much smaller than the ones we use now and could be carried easily without adding extra weight to the usual gear of the Rangers. Oh, hey, Ranger Bill. Uh, Benny? You said something about us deciding whether or not to use them little sets. Oh, that's right. And that's why I'm here tonight. When these sets arrived for inspection the other day, I was wondering how to give them the kind of testing they needed without upsetting the work schedules of our men. We're all pretty busy this time of year, as you know. When Bill mentioned it to me, I said I thought you guys would like to have a try at testing them for him. A try? So we thought we'd see if you fellas would be interested in a hike on Saturday, taking a few of these along and giving them the testing they need. Well, there's your answer, Bill. Pretty much the way we figured it out, pal. Okay, fellas, if you hold it down, Bill will explain how we plan on working the tests. Thank you. Now here's what we'll do. You fellas will divide into two groups. One group will start to hike due north of Naughty Pine, and the other will go due south. This way we can spread the sets over a greater distance. If you start in the morning, you should have covered a good distance by, say, about noon. Then we can try them out and see how they work. Sound okay? Oh, that's good. Now be sure when you go home tonight to get permission from your parents, have them call either Bill or myself before Saturday morning, and we'll meet here then to divide into groups and start. Now, are there any questions? Hey, how about food? That's a good question. Does everyone want to bring their owner? Shall we assign someone the task? Let's bring our owner. I guess we don't need a vote then. Okay, I'll expect to meet everyone that can go right here at, let's say, 9 o'clock Saturday morning. We'll see you then. Boy, this is sure a good day for a hike. Yeah, it sure is, Tim. Hey, look, you can still see the other group. Where are they? See, way over there on the far right, just going over the hill. They look like a caravan. Oh, a chain gang.  Uh-oh, I didn't know we had this walkie-talkie on. Well, you do, and we can hear every word you're saying. Well, you won't after this, over and out until later. Oh, boy, am I full. Yeah, me too. I feel like a stuffed pig. You know, some day they'll have pills for food, and all the guy I'll have to do is take a handful along on a hike instead of lugging a lunch around. Oh, that's not for me, boy. Give me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches any day. Vitamin pills are bad enough. Yeah, but pills all the time. Okay, okay, you guys, but you won't find any of those space explorers taking sandwiches along to the moon. They'll all have special capsules and stuff to eat. Yeah, but, Tim, if they get tired of pills, it won't matter. How come? Well, the moon's made of green cheese, isn't it? I'm beat, too. Hey, Henry, what time is it? Oh, it's only 11.30. We've got half an hour yet before we're supposed to report our position to Bill. Think we should hike a little more? Oh, no, my feet are numb. I don't think so. You really made good time. Yeah, let's call the other kids. Okay, hand me the walkie-talkie. Thanks. They're probably on the trail. Yeah, they probably haven't even eaten yet. Come on, let's call them. Okay, it's all set. Yankees to Dixie. Yankees to Dixie. Come in, Dixie. Henry, I can hear you real well.  Here, let me have that. Dixie to Yankees. Over. What is your position, Dixie? Over. Our group passed Webster Ravine a few minutes ago. Report your position, Yankees. Over. We estimate our position is about one-half mile from the caves. We've made good time, have eaten, and are living it up till we hear from Bill. Then what do you plan on doing? Bill, I thought we were supposed to... I mean that you were going to... Call you at noon? I noticed the signal flash, so I thought I might as well listen in to what you kids are up to. Well, the equipment seems to be working well, Bill. We can hear you as clear as anything. Yeah, so can we. Good. All just like we... Is this any ranger, Bill? Can you hear anything besides my voice? I don't think so. I can. It's a plane. Yeah, Henry. I mean, Yankees, it's flying right overhead now. Well, this equipment is more sensitive than I thought. I do hear it myself now. You guys should be able to hear it soon. It's going to do more. Oh, good. We'll watch for it. Yeah, yeah. I think I see it. Where, where, where, Bob? Do you see it, Henry? I sure do, Bill. It's a single engine. Three or four passengers, I think. Say, I can hear it now. Is it right overhead? It's just passing us. What is it, pal? It's really flying low now. Hey, Bill, the engine is missing something awful. Can you still see the plane, Henry? It's coming down. Is there a clearing there, Henry? No, the trees are really thick unless it crashes on the caves. I'll get Stumpy and we'll be there just as fast as we can. Bill, Bill, it crashed. I can see where. It's on the other side of the hill. Stumpy and I'll be there on the double, Henry. Get over there as fast as you can and remember to keep away if the plane is burning. You other fellas do exactly as Henry says. Over and out, Henry. With that burning wing, fellas, it shouldn't take a lot more. Hey, Tim, you and Wayne keep searching for the passengers, but now don't go too far. Okay. Hey, Henry, how come the people are gone? I don't know. They may have been thrown clear and then ran from the plane thinking it would explode. Yeah, but they could come back now. The fire's almost out. It sure is good. The gas tank was thrown clear of the plane and with that other stuff. Boy, I sure wish Ranger Bill would get here. One of the people are hurt. Henry, we can't find anybody. It's sure funny. What about the cave? I'm not going in there. Those crumbly old holes are falling in by themselves. I'm not going to help them cave in on me. Boy, me either. My dad would really be mad if I wasn't... Hey, Bill, Stumpy, over here. Nice work, fellas. I see you have that fire under control. Bill, we can't find any people. Yeah, Bill, there isn't a sign of anybody. Well, they can't be far away. Let's all fan out and calm this area. We'll meet back here at the wreck in 20 minutes. Ah, but Bill, we've already... Come on, let's give it another try, Tim. They've got to be somewhere. From the looks on the faces of those young fellas, we didn't find any passengers, Bill. You're right, Stumpy. We didn't see a sign of anybody, Bill. Maybe they just started to hike to town. I think we should start back too. Hey, fellas, come over here. Huh? Well, watch out in your mind, Bill. Nothing here but this old caved-in hole. Yeah, my dad told me these caves are dangerous. They're always falling in. Henry, help me push away some of this dirt. Sure, Bill. But I don't get it. Nobody could get in here. I wonder. This is a fresh caved-in. Do you think they got trapped in there? I hope not. It's just a hunch. Hey, what's that you just threw away there, Henry? Huh? Where? Eh, here. What have you got, old gamer? Well, it's a piece of cloth caught on this rock. Hey, here's some more. It looks like parts of a man's shirt. Do you think it belongs to someone from the plane? Well, the plane is about 25 yards in this cave. Since the wind is blowing away from the caves, it's more likely that the passengers would run this way, away from the flames. Which would be straight this way? They'd be excited, maybe in shock. Would notice how dangerous these openings are. And when they got in, the entrance caved in. And they couldn't get out again? It could be, fellows. We'll have to check these caves and fast. How'd you know about these side openings in the caves, Bill? Well, this area is mapped out in terrific detail on the Ranger maps, Tim. I told you to come up and look at them sometime, remember? I say, Tim, you stay at the mouth of the cave and keep a watch. If those folks are in the caves and should decide to try to dig their way out of the front opening, come around here and yell for us. Okay, Bill.  Now, be careful. Duck your heads. We don't want another avalanche. It sure is creepy in here. You see, I like creeping along.  Well, the pasties get a lot wider and higher, Stompy.  Yeah, maybe they can hear us. Hello? They are in here. They're a lot farther in. We are at a junction. It's good to be able to straighten up. You can say that again. Oh, Henry, you and Stompy take the right turn. Flashlight work okay? Yeah. Good thing they have these walkie-talkies. We'll really be able to use them. Now you two report to me every five or ten minutes. His case can be treacherous. So watch every step you take. Sure, Bill. So long. Now remember, be careful. He jumped the Jenkins for nothing, Bill. Well, be as careful as a barefoot bird and a high-tension wire. What's that dripping out here? It could be an underground spring, I reckon. Or moisture on the roof with a... I thought I heard something. I don't hear anything. Except that water somewhere. Maybe I'm just hearing things. Come on. You wouldn't think anyone would go this deep in the cave. Would you, Stompy? Well, if you're trying to find a way out, you keep walking, I guess. We ought to meet up with them folks. They follow the trail down. And if we don't... Hey! Hey, umbrella! Look out! Wow. That was close. Sure was close, sonny. It's here a legend taking too well to be walked on. Here, Stompy. Flash the light back. Is it still wide enough for us to get back? Well, if it don't cave in no more, it looks all right. We'll have to hold our breath. We're going over it, though. Oh, I forgot about calling. Bill, we haven't seen a sign of them. How about you? Nope. I have a hunch they're on your side, though, if they're in the cave at all. How come? This passageway is really eroded. It's too steep and caved in for a group to come through. Well, we'll keep going, Bill. I'll report back in five minutes. Okay. Out for now. There it is now. I do hear something. Well, you've got better ears than I have. Listen. It's someone calling. Hello? Keep walking toward our light. I can't see a thing. I can't see them either, but they must be able to see our flashlight. Oh, how wonderful to have a light. Hey, are you one of the fellas in that plane crash? Yes. Mrs. Hill and I were on our way downstate to visit our new grandson. We always have our engine chipped over before we start, but we're in such a hurry to get away. Is this the way out? Spenso nerve-racking. The crash has been wandering around in here in the dark. There, there, dear. Just follow us, folks. We aren't far from the entrance. One light again. Here, sit down, sir. Thank you, dear. Dr. Hill, this is my friend, Tim. He's been helping us find you, folks. Tim, do you know Dr. Hill? Sure.  This is Mrs. Hill, Tim. Hello, Mrs. Hill. I'm glad you folks are okay. Thank you for your part in helping us. We appreciate it more. Henry DeBille. Henry DeBille. Come in, Bill. Henry, how's it going? Bill, we found him. We're all outside now. The plane belonged to Dr. Hill, and he's okay. So is Mrs. Hill. Good work, you two. I'm on my way back, too. This passage came to a dead end. What's that noise, Bill? Henry, Henry! Bill! Look at the mouth of the cave. It's smoking like a volcano! That's not smoke. That's dust. The cave is caved in. Oh, David! Bill, are you okay? Bill, what do we do? Nobody can get in there now. We'll get help from town. Well, come on. We ain't gettin' Bill out standin' around drawin' about it. The wagons parked a piece away. Let's move! They've been diggin' for three hours. Nothing. Well, diggin', sonny. I'm sittin' here until I see some results. It's getting dark, Stumpy. So what? Well, I think they're thinkin' about givin' up. They can hardly see what they're doing, and they haven't had any supper.  Oh, sure, Stumpy. I only meant to... Well, this is no good, Mr. Jenkins. We've had dog as far as we can. There's been two more cave-ins with us diggin' around in there. Now we're up solid rock, can't move an inch. This takes equipment we just don't have. Then we'll get what you need. We'll have to go to Waterford City for that, sir. That's 80 miles away. Blastin' out the foundation for a new steel mill there. It's a government project, and all the available equipment's been there for weeks. How fast could you get it? If we can get the right people out of bed, first thing in the morning we could be back here, Blastin'. Morning?! You can't just leave a man in there all night! Stumpy, what else can they do? Well, I'm terribly sorry, sir. Okay, fellas, pack it up for the night. I'll give you a lift back to town. Oh, we're sunny. You and me are gonna keep Bill company right here. Well, I... It's okay. We've got our camping gear in the car. Well, see you in the morning. I'm sure we'll get him out okay, Mr. Jenkins. I'll get right to work on bringing that equipment up here. Good night. Night! Thanks a lot. Let's go, fellas. Are you asleep? Of course I'm not asleep. What time is it? Three o'clock. Stumpy? What now? You don't think Bill's hurt in there, do you? I don't know, Sonny. That ton of dirt fell on me. I think I'd feel it, wouldn't you? You do think he's all right? Well, I ain't no fortune teller, Henry. Of course he's all right. He's the best friend I ever had. Yeah, me too. I never knew a man who was so willing to give everything he had helping folks. I know. We've talked about it a lot. And Bill always said that the most important thing in his life was being a Christian. Yep. Sure no question about that. He said the Lord Jesus never stopped helping him and loving him. And in the same way, he thought that Christians ought to never give up trying to help folks and love them. He's a man that walked the way he talked, too. Uh-huh. See, Sonny? Yes, Dumpy? What do you say if we pray again? Yeah, let's. You start, Sonny. Okay. Our Father, we thank you again that you're right here with us and know all about the cave-in. And we thank you that everything you do is best for us, even though sometimes it really hurts us, Father. We ask once more that if it is your will, you'll bring Bill out safely, Dumpy. Father, from all the years of knowing you, we've learned that you'll never make a mistake. And everything that happens to us is your intent. Right now, we ask that you help them work when they get Bill out of there in the morning. And if it's what you want, Bill will be safe and sound. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Sonny, I feel too restless to sleep. Why don't you try to get a few wings before it gets light? I think I'll go for a walk. Okay, Dumpy. I'll try. The flashlight's over there in the cabin. Thanks. See you later. Okay, the fire's getting low. Well, maybe I should throw some more wood on. Oh, well, it'll last till daybreak. To Henry and Stumpy. Bill to Henry and Stumpy. Can you hear me? Bill to Henry and Stumpy. Well, we've got them out, Bill. There's Dr. Hill. Are you coming out now? Henry, Stumpy, come in please. Bill to Henry and Stumpy, come in please. What? Bill? Oh, they must have been dreaming. Henry, Stumpy, are you there? Henry, Stumpy. Bill, it is him. Hello? Hello? Bill, is that you? Where are you? Are you all right, Bill? Take it easy, Henry. I'm back at the station. What? Henry, walkie-talkie was smashed in the cave end. I got out through a tunnel on the other side of the cave. How'd you get back? Hey, when will I yell for Stumpy? Stumpy? Hey, Stumpy! Bill, how'd you get back? Follow the stars. I had no idea you fellas were still out there. Hey, Stumpy, it's Bill. He got out. He's alive. I'm glad to see you, Bill. I don't even care if it is past four in the morning. Stumpy, I'll tuck you in bed myself as soon as you finish that cup of coffee. I'll hold you to that. This is making me just warm enough for good nights and days rest. You know, I'll never be able to tell you what it means to have two friends like you. How about it, pal? Ready for bed? Henry? Eastie, don't snore! And so, boys and girls, we found out that our new walkie-talkie equipment would be very useful indeed, but in a most unexpected way. Since that first test, it's become standard equipment here at Naughty Pine and has been a great asset to the rangers in many circumstances. But perhaps we've never been as glad for it as we were the first time we used it. Well, see you next week for more adventure with... Ranger Bill is produced in the Radio Studios, at the Naughty Bible Institute of Chicago.