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Mission SONlight Chatt Season 4 Ep. 15 Sid Multani - Podcaster · Mission SONlight CHATT

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  Welcome to Network 7's Mission Sunlight Chat.
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  We are at the General Conference Session 2025
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  in St. Louis, Missouri, here in the United States.
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  Wherever you are listening, we are glad to have
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  you along today. As we take a look at the exhibit
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  hall, it's just beginning to open, so not a lot
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  of traffic. And for that, we're grateful only
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  in that we don't have a lot of noise in the background.
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  But we are grateful as the noise picks up. It
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  means more people are connecting around the world
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  with what Jesus is doing in ministry. So we're
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  glad to be here at the exhibit hall. and thankful
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  to have you along as well. As things do get busy,
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  you'll hear noise overhead and maybe music or
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  other conversations besides ours. Just stay connected
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  with us here as we share. My guest today is Sid
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  Maltani. Did I say it right? Yeah. All right,
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  Sid. Thank you for joining us. You are a young
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  musician and a seminary student. Excited to hear
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  your story and hear what you have to share with
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  us. Before we do that, would you open us with
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  a word of prayer? Sure, sure. Heavenly Father,
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  thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity,
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  the divine appointment that you set for us here,
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  that we could talk about ministry. Thank you,
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  Father, for working wonders in our lives and
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  just being our friend, being our God, and walking
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  us through this life. Thank you once again, Father,
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  for everything you've done. In your name we pray.
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  Amen. Amen. Sid, one of the things I find fascinating
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  as we get started is to try and figure out where
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  an accent is from. Well. And I can't place yours.
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  All right. First off, I would like to say thank
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  you for having me here. Yeah, welcome. And it's
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  a privilege. Yes. So I actually grew up in India
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  for 18 years. Okay. But then I moved to the Philippines.
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  I did my undergrad there. Okay. And then I moved
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  to the U .S. here. For seminary. That's correct.
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  That's correct. Yeah. Well, your accent isn't
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  that strong. I would not have guessed India.
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  So your English is very good. I've been learning
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  English since I was a child. Okay. So you've
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  had the opportunity to learn both. That's right.
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  Speaking of as a child, tell us a little bit
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  about your childhood, where you grew up in India
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  and your family and so forth. So I grew up in
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  a little town called Pulath. Okay. And it's in
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  Punjab state. Okay. North part of India. Is that
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  near Delhi? It is about like eight hours from
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  Delhi, yeah. Okay, so still further north. Yeah,
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  that's right. So you can see the Himalayas from
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  up there. I can drive like five hours and then
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  be in Himalayas, yeah. Beautiful part of the
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  country there for sure. It is very nice. It's
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  more like Michigan though, like very plain. Really?
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  Yeah. Okay. And we've got a few seasons there.
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  It's just nice over there. It's not hot all over
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  the year. It gets cold in the winter. It doesn't
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  go below 32, though. It does not snow, but it's
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  good. All right. For our international audience,
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  32 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit? Fahrenheit,
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  which is zero degrees. It does not go below zero
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  degrees Celsius. Yeah, yeah. Okay. All right.
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  So your family? So my father, he also grew up
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  in the same town where I grew up. But my father,
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  he got, Christ found him in South Korea. Okay.
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  How did that happen? He was working there. Okay.
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  And he was in South Korea for a few years before
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  I was born. And after he got married, conceiving
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  me, and he went back to Korea. He was visiting
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  Catholic churches. He used to believe as an Indian,
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  you know, he grew up in India and he used to
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  believe in a lot of religions. Okay. This idea
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  that there are different paths leading to one
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  destination. He thought going to church and praying
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  to his God while he's in the church. A bit of
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  polytheism. That's right. That's right. So he
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  was in Adventist church and praying to Sikh gurus.
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  Wow. Okay. Yeah. And did he meet your mom in
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  India or in Korea? In India. Okay. I thought
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  maybe if he went to Korea. So, yeah. And then
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  he's a reader. He used to read and he would criticize
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  the Bible. Okay. But his criticism became his
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  salvation. Right. He couldn't find anything else
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  to criticize, and he said, wait, maybe there's
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  something to this, huh? Yeah, yeah. Wow. And
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  it was amazing, and the way that I grew up in
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  church since I'm a first generation, and I saw
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  my father going through that journey where people
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  actually did not accept us in the society because
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  we're actually changing their religion, and it's
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  a big deal in India. And still, my family, they're
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  not Christians. Okay. But we're praying for them,
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  and we're reaching out, yeah. Yeah. Keep praying
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  for them. Yeah. Tell us about your mom. My mom,
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  while my dad was away, she, so I have a younger
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  brother. Uh -huh. So she took care of us, and
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  she has a big role in our lives. Is she a Christian?
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  Yeah. Okay. So when your dad found, or Christ
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  found your dad, as you put it. Yeah. Your dad
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  led her to the same understandings? Mm -hmm.
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  Well, praise the Lord. So for most of my early
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  childhood, I grew up with my mom, and she took
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  care of us. And my dad was a missionary. He's
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  really good with languages, so he used to translate.
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  And they had this Indian church in South Korea.
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  So after that, he came back. So that's when we
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  moved to the city, and I went to Adventist Academy.
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  Okay. Where was the academy you attended? In
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  Jalandhar, Punjab, yeah. Okay. I'm curious. I
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  know we have a lot of supporting ministries supporting
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  the Seventh -day Adventist church over there.
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  Were you in attendance at one of the supporting
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  ministry schools or one of the official Seventh
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  -day Adventist schools? It's one of the official
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  Seventh -day Adventist schools. Okay, very good.
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  And it's a well -known school in the whole city.
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  And the majority of the students there are not
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  Christians. Okay, I see. So they're learning
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  about Jesus too. Was that an opportunity for
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  you to share your faith as a Seventh -day Adventist
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  kid or was that something you weren't comfortable
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  with? Actually, I had this zeal since I was a
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  kid because I never actually went to Adventist
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  Academy or church for a very long time until
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  I was 15. And I did have friends, those who were
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  not Christians. And I did have friends, those
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  who were not Adventists. I would often invite
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  them. And some of them came. And one of my friends,
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  he also, after, so I had this ambition to take
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  theology for my undergrad. And he followed the
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  same path. And he's a pastor now. Okay. So you
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  had an opportunity to lead him. Yeah. Wow. Any
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  other stories from that school where you were
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  able to witness? I started my music ministry.
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  Sounds like you left an impression on your fellow
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  students. Well, you could say that, but I was
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  also kind of finding faith through that faith
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  as well. Right. Sure. I would say that I wasn't
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  the best. As I should have. Let me say something
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  to you. As a 50 -something -year -old man, it
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  never stops. You're continuing to find and grow
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  and stretch and shrivel and stretch again your
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  faith. It's a very elastic process as you grow
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  closer to Christ. So don't ever feel bad if you
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  feel like you haven't arrived and you think you
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  should have. And don't feel bad if you feel like
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  you've arrived and then all of a sudden something
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  happens and you go, whoa, what happened to me?
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  It's a journey with Jesus. Yeah, I appreciate
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  that. And yeah, so God was merciful. I made friends,
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  those who were not Adventists, but really good
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  with music. And slowly, I invited them to church.
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  They started attending Adventist church. And
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  we formed a ministry called Dark No More Ministry,
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  where we would write our own music. We would
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  go to different churches. We would go to different
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  denominations, independent churches as well.
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  And we had the opportunity to share about Sabbath
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  there through our songs, through our ministry.
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  Tell me what drove you. Well, we'll come to that
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  in our second segment. I want to stick with your
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  education for the moment and your family. You
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  said you had a younger brother. That's right.
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  Okay. And he is a Seventh -day Adventist Christian
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  as well. Okay. Is he involved in any of these
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  things you shared? Well, he has his own journey,
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  I would say. And he's still on the journey to
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  get closer to God. Yeah. What would you say to
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  other youth and young adults who are walking
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  on that journey and maybe struggling with whether
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  they want to stay a Christian, an Adventist,
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  connected to Christ at all? I would say that
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  you don't have to follow the footsteps of your
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  parents, but be wise, make your own decision,
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  read. That scripture text says, study to show
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  yourself approved to God. Read. Right. And then
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  I grew up in a Sikh family. I had the opportunity
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  to read and learn Sikhism. That's a religion
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  in North India, major religion. So I had to choose
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  between, when I grew up, I wanted to make my
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  own decision. So I would say that reading Bible.
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  Or reading any scripture would help you understand
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  what is actually going on. And you can decide.
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  And the Holy Spirit moves when you read the scripture.
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  Good counsel. Thank you for sharing that. We're
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  going to come back in a moment and learn more
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  about your music ministry and also your plans
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  in the seminary. We'll come back with you. Thank
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  you, Sid, for being with us today. To our listeners
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  We'll be back with more Mission Sunlight chat.
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  Being a media missionary can mean many different
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  things. It means the love of a home at the heart
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  more than you might think. Welcome back to Mission
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  Sunlight Chat. We are talking with Sid Maltani.
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  And we are at the general conference session
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  in the exhibit hall. Let's take a look at that
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  exhibit hall cam. The exhibit hall is starting
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  to get busy as we started the program. There
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  weren't a lot of people in here, but now folks
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  are starting to mill around. Just a moment ago
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  as we were in our first segment, I heard somebody
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  singing at one of the other booths. They've got
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  some opportunities to sing and to record. So
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  just like we're doing here in the podcast studio
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  for Mission Sunlight, there are different media
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  opportunities. You, Sid, have taken advantage
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  of media and you have capitalized on YouTube
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  with your music channel. Tell us about that.
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  So when I was about 17, we did our song called
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  Roshni, which means light. And there's a story
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  behind it, but we formed a ministry called Dark
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  No More, where we had a few people from different
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  denominations and we were all young. and we started
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  going to different churches, denominations, and
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  slowly they started going to Adventist Church.
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  So we would write our own song, compose our own
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  music. I produce music as well, and God has been
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  really good in that area. So tell me about composing
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  songs. Is that an easy thing for you to do? Does
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  it just come naturally, or do you have to spend
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  some time with it? I think writing is more difficult
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  than composing. I can compose melodies. I can
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  compose. If you give me words, I can come up
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  with a melody. What instrument? I assume maybe
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  piano? I play piano. My main instrument is guitar.
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  Oh, really? Yeah. I play really poorly guitar.
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  Jordan, I think you play some guitar too, don't
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  you? No? No? Okay. Trying to appropriate what's
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  not yours. Okay. So when you compose, are you
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  composing on the guitar or piano? I do a little
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  bit of both. Okay. Yeah. Do you write the music
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  first and then add words, lyrics, or do you write
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  the lyrics and then add the music? So if I am
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  doing my own music, I would have a melody or
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  have a composition first and then put lyrics.
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  So it kind of gives me a structure. And then
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  if I'm working with somebody, it's fine. take
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  their words and put into the music. It's both.
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  You sit down and music comes to your fingers
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  maybe? Or not that easy? Yeah, something like
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  that. It does come to you? It does, it does.
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  Wow, that's a special gift, right? It is. Because
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  it's connected to the story. Something that our
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  church doesn't really talk about that much is
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  paranormal activities that happen. Okay. And
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  there are ministries, there are people, those
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  who are catering to that need. And growing up,
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  I had an experience that led me to music ministry.
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  And if you're okay with that, I can... Sure.
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  Okay. So when I was about seven, my dad's still
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  in Korea and he's living with my grandparents
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  and my mom. I started seeing things and hearing
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  things. And it wasn't a very pleasant experience.
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  And the only thing that would give me peace was
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  Christian music. Wow. And my parents, my mom
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  and my grandparents, they took me to a neurologist.
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  They took me to a psychiatrist. I did some counseling.
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  They did some scans, but nothing came out. Wow.
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  They thought I was schizophrenic, but no, I'm
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  totally fine now. Praise the Lord. Yeah, praise
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  the Lord. Praise the Lord. And that fallen angel,
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  that's what I believe, that fallen angel wants
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  my parents to go back to their former religion.
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  And that was its deal, that if they stop believing
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  in God and stop believing in Christ, that the
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  fallen angel or the demon would just leave me.
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  or leave my family, it will go away. But I am
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  proud to say that, proud in God and in my parents,
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  that they did not let go of the faith. Amen.
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  And that's the reason I'm here. I was going to
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  say, that's really what saved you. Yeah. Seldom
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  does the devil leave us alone when we give him
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  space. He wants more. So that led me to calling
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  my ministry Doc No More. and giving the title
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  to our first song, Roshni, which means light.
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  And we also did the same song in Tagalog, which
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  is a Filipino version of that same song. And
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  people have been blessed, and I've been blessed
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  by sharing the music with fellows. Any other
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  songs you've written? I've written about eight
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  songs by now. Okay. Yeah. How can people find
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  you on YouTube? Well, it's called Dark No More.
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  Or you can also write me, Sid Multani. And recently,
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  I got an opportunity to do an English song. It's
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  contemporary Christian music. My main audience
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  for that is Gen Zs and Millennials. And it's
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  very personal. One of my friends wrote it. I
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  did music. So that's my first English song. Great.
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  So you wrote these others in... Is it Hindi?
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  Yeah, Hindi, Punjabi. Punjabi is my native language.
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  Okay. And then you started writing in English.
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  Was it hard to make that transition? Well, since
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  I was learning guitar, I did not have a problem
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  with... transitioning because even our Hindi
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  and Punjabi music it's pretty much westernized
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  it's we have some elements from our cultural
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  instruments but the base of the music stays western
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  like we have I studied western music theory so
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  it wasn't a problem I hadn't thought of the composition
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  being different I was more thinking trying to
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  make the words make sense, but the instruments
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  are different, aren't they? And so there is a
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  different approach to theory. Yeah. Yeah. Wow.
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  That's, that's really, that's an interesting
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  aspect of music I just hadn't thought about.
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  So what do you plan to do with this music ministry?
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  What's your long -term goal? I've seen that God
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  speaks through cultures and God has been, God
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  blessed me through my cultural music when I was
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  sick. And in our church, we don't find a lot
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  of cultural music blend with Western. And we
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  have worldwide music, our SDA hymnals, which
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  are perfect. And I love hymnals. They're very
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  close to my heart. And I believe that God can
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  put a new song. God can help us make a new song.
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  So my long -term goal is to have intercultural
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  music with... different cultural backgrounds
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  across the world from different countries. Okay.
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  I think that's probably in this day and age of
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  diversity, that's a necessary thing to be thinking
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  about and to put into practice when you have
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  the opportunity. So, yeah, currently I have four
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  songs in four different languages. Okay. And
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  my goal is to expand that. Yeah. That's an aggressive
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  goal. Mm -hmm. Wow. So you are a seminary student
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  as well. That's correct. We're going to take
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  a break here and come back, and I want to hear
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  more about your work, your future, your current
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  status as a seminary student, where that's going,
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  where you hope to use it, and just learn a little
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  bit more about that aspect of your life as well.
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  We'll be back with more Mission Sunlight Chat
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  in a moment. I want to remind you to connect
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  with us at missionsunlight .org. 1 -423 -855
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  -4877 is the number to text. We are at the General
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  Conference Session Exhibit Hall. More to come
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  from Mission Sunlight Chat. Our salvation is
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  a day -to -day matter, isn't it? The real principle
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  of the Sabbath is reconnecting ourselves with
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  the Creator. We must learn to abide in Jesus
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  now. We move ahead with our mission objectives,
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  recognizing that we are serving together the
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  Most High God. Welcome back to Mission Sunlight
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  Chat from the Media Missionaries of Network 7
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  Media Center. We are at the General Conference
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  Session Exhibit Hall. And, Sid, you have been
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  sharing your story and something we talked about
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  earlier. Your roots are in India, from northern
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  India. And you're a musician. And I just... still
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  very very interested in your musical talent because
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  I hadn't thought about the way music so when
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  I think of music it just kind of is above all
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  language and culture because I just love when
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  I'm traveling and I travel quite a bit internationally
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  the hymns get played they get sung and I know
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  them I recognize them so I can sing along and
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  so it just It's interesting to me. I hadn't thought
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  about how many of those songs are, maybe the
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  term would be anglicized or westernized. And
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  so there are songs that are useful and unique
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  to cultures such as the Punjab culture and language.
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  So you've opened my eyes to something new. I
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  think I'm going to start paying attention to
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  more of the local music. So when you write, when
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  you're composing, you're thinking about instruments
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  that are unique to the Indian culture. To any
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  culture I am targeting. Japan has their own cultural
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  instruments. Korea has their own. India actually
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  has a lot of musical instrument and the way they
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  play it. It's very different to play the way
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  they play rhythms. Yeah, you can tell by the
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  rhythm what state of music that I mean Which
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  state does it belong to? Really? Yeah. So there's
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  even instruments that are exclusive to the states
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  in India. That's right. I know that in South
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  America there are definitely some unique instruments
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  there too. And I would suspect, Jordan, I would
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  suspect from our travels that some of those instruments
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  are unique to at least the countries in South
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  America, if not the regions within the countries.
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  Very interesting. Very, very interesting. Thank
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  you for sharing that with us. I know we want
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  to move on to your experience at seminary, but
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  I just wanted to circle back to that and hear
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  more of that and understand a bit more of that.
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  So you are a seminary student. Tell us about
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  that and what drove you there. So part of my
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  testimony, I already shared that, that when God
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  found my family and we were converted. there
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  were challenges especially in a society where
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  nobody's Christian and majority of them are Sikhs
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  and Hindus and but music brought me closer to
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  God and I did not make my mind until I was in
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  my final year of high school and I was convicted
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  that I really wanna Be a minister. So I did my
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  undergrad in the Philippines. Went to AUP, Adventist
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  University of the Philippines. Yep. And after
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  that, I... Jordan was just there a month or two
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  ago. Oh, yeah. That's crazy. That's nice. Yeah,
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  we get around the international circuit for sure.
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  Uh -huh. Okay, so you went to AUP and then? Went
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  to AUP and God gave an opportunity to do our
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  first song, which is called Roshani into Tagalog,
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  but... I got an exposure to a different culture
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  and to learn the way they do church, the way
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  they spread the gospel. And it was very enlightening
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  because as a teenager, I thought a unique or
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  unified picture of the church. I thought every
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  culture is the same part of me just on my journey
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  learning. new things, how God works through different
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  cultures. Well, I will say, having traveled so
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  much, every culture isn't the same to me. But
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  like I said earlier, the music aspect, I hadn't
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  thought about how unique and different. I mean,
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  certainly we hear music differently, but I hadn't
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  thought about how it affects the culture differently.
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  So we continue to learn, like I said earlier.
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  Yeah, yeah. And God was really good when I was
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  in AUP. I made so many friends. I also became
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  friends with people, those who were not Adventists.
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  And one of my friends, she is a professional
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  singer. I met her at one of the camps. And it
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  was a youth camp. I invited her to church. She
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  traveled all the way for like two hours straight
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  just to sing one song in the church. Pretty dedicated
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  person. And I really appreciate people, those
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  who have love for music, especially music for
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  Christ. Amen. So your seminary journey, where
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  are you living now then? You're here in the U
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  .S. where? I am in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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  Okay, so you're at Andrews University. At Andrews
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  University. The Seventh -day Adventist Seminary,
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  which is kind of the hallmark, leading Adventist
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  seminary of the Seventh -day Adventist Church.
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  And what year are you? I'm in second year now.
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  Okay. So you've been there a year. You've experienced
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  a little bit of campus life. You've experienced
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  a bit of seminary life. Are you finding it impacting
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  you? Oh, very much. How so? So for my undergrad,
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  it was more of a theory. But coming here at seminary,
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  doing an MDiv degree, it's very practical. And
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  we're learning from professors. Those have been
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  pastors. youth pastors, they've been growing
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  churches, successful pastors. Now they're at
• 28:13
  seminary teaching students. And since Andrews
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  is a hub of, I would say, unity and diversity,
• 28:27
  there are just so many people there and different
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  culture approach to ministry, and everybody has
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  something to share that hasn't been heard before.
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  And it's just... so wonderful the class discussions
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  are so practical and and all the professors are
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  very professional and they cater to what you're
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  saying and they actually pay attention and i
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  appreciate that that's a good testimony how about
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  uh theologically theologically i would say they're
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  very very very sound very sound Even the professors
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  those who are one of my favorite professor pastor
• 29:06
  bikini He's actually in a theology. He actually
• 29:11
  did theology. I think for his masters I'm not
• 29:14
  I'm not sure but when he shared his testimony,
• 29:17
  but now he's a youth director and He's he did
• 29:21
  youth ministry in California very successful
• 29:25
  pastor But the core of his ministry is Old Testament
• 29:29
  theology. Okay Yes. Any particular truths that
• 29:32
  you've learned there at seminary that you hadn't
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  learned before or just anything along the lines
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  of your faith, just something that came new?
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  Yeah. One of our professors, when I was learning
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  Hebrew, I learned that Torah, which is the first
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  five books of the Bible, is a feminine word.
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  And it's not very masculine, like how... Generally,
• 29:58
  Old Testament has been portrayed. But it's very
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  feminine that you take care of Torah. You take
• 30:05
  care of the law. So one more thing. Share with
• 30:08
  us about your podcast. So my podcast is called
• 30:11
  Something Different with Sid. Okay. And my main
• 30:15
  audience is Gen Z's. I want to be able to talk
• 30:18
  to them and share what the church has been doing.
• 30:22
  Because a lot of people feel neglected. A lot
• 30:25
  of Gen Z's feel neglected. feel welcomed enough.
• 30:30
  So I just want to share the positive side of
• 30:32
  church through our leaders and I got an opportunity
• 30:35
  to speak and talk with Pastor Ted who's my first
• 30:39
  guest on the podcast. Wow, very good. And I was
• 30:43
  saying God is just wonderful and I got an opportunity
• 30:46
  to sit with Pastor Mark Finley and he shared
• 30:50
  his words of encouragement to Gen Z's and Millennials.
• 30:54
  So God has been wonderful. God has been wonderful.
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  Amen. Well, thank you for sharing. Yes, sir.
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  Yeah. You have something you want to share, just
• 31:04
  a word of encouragement that you want to share.
• 31:06
  Yes, sir. I would like to open Scripture to Joshua
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  1, verse 5. It says, This scripture is very close
• 31:34
  to my heart. And my mom, before I went to do
• 31:38
  theology, shared this with me. It's like, hey,
• 31:42
  I know you're going to a different world. The
• 31:44
  culture is different. The food is different.
• 31:46
  Food is huge. Huge difference. Huge difference.
• 31:49
  And part of my journey was adjusting to new culture
• 31:56
  and new food. And my mom was very worried. But
• 32:01
  that actually became a lesson and part of my
• 32:05
  journey that how do I need to adjust in different
• 32:09
  cultures. And for me, initially, going to the
• 32:13
  Philippines was like a mission trip. But then
• 32:15
  I got so accustomed with food, culture. It has
• 32:19
  become part of me. So I really blend with Filipinos.
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  You've made your home there. I did. I actually
• 32:26
  did. Well, I hope in your journey here in the
• 32:28
  U .S., you'll make your home here as well. Yes,
• 32:30
  sir. Yes. Anything else you want to share? I
• 32:36
  would like to say that God can do wonderful things
• 32:40
  and big things through you. As I grew up in a
• 32:45
  Sikh background, I never thought that I would
• 32:47
  actually go and preach. I actually have social
• 32:51
  anxiety. And growing up, I would be so scared
• 32:55
  going on the stage and actually share my testimony
• 32:59
  or even pray. It was very difficult for me to
• 33:02
  do that. And even like a few months ago, my hands
• 33:06
  and feet would actually shake. They would tremble.
• 33:09
  The fact that I'm sitting here talking to you
• 33:11
  in front of cameras and there's so many people
• 33:13
  just watching us, like passing by, it's a miracle
• 33:18
  itself. So that's the text, the relevancy that
• 33:22
  Moses was in the same condition and Joshua was
• 33:28
  also young. So God has a message for young people,
• 33:32
  for next generation, that he can do wonderful
• 33:34
  and mighty things. And last month, before I came
• 33:40
  to St. Louis, I was in Malawi. And I was on a
• 33:44
  mission trip with AWR through seminary. And I
• 33:48
  got an opportunity to preach like a two -week
• 33:51
  sermon series. And by the end of it, by God's
• 33:59
  grace and His might, there were 83 souls who
• 34:03
  gave their life. So we were like about 20 seminarians
• 34:07
  preaching at different parts and five faculties
• 34:11
  from Andrews University. And by the end of everything,
• 34:15
  there were more than 3 ,000 baptisms. Amen. That
• 34:18
  is wonderful. So I talked to myself and it's
• 34:25
  not me. It's really not me. How God has just
• 34:29
  picked a random Punjabi guy. That's right. The
• 34:34
  fact that I'm here sitting next to you talking
• 34:37
  about His glory and how wonderful He is is just
• 34:42
  amazing. And if God can do in my life, He can
• 34:45
  do in yours. So never ever think that you are
• 34:50
  not enough. You are enough in God and God can
• 34:54
  use you mightily. Sid Maltani, thank you for
• 34:58
  sharing how God has brought you out of darkness
• 35:00
  into His marvelous light. What a great testimony.
• 35:03
  Yes, sir. Thank you for your time today. Thank
• 35:05
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• 35:08
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• 35:10
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• 35:12
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• 35:45
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