So the first thing I want to teach you today is the truth of your value. When I was at
school, there were people who were not my friends because of how I looked. Do you think
I'm cool? Am I cool enough to be your friend? Yeah? Thank you.
If it doesn't matter for how I look, then why do you get so frustrated with how you look?
I can't run. Who cares? I'm still Nick. And there's not another Nick. There's not another Nick.
And if there's not another Nick, then there's not another you.
Within 15, 20 minutes, I could really see the crowd only focusing on his translation.
The coordinator and I, we, you know, looked at each other, and, um...
We're going to switch translators. We're going to do halftime. We're going to do halftime
for translators.
We tried to do it in a very loving way, and the other translator came up and looked at
him and looked at me and said the first sentence, and bang, he hit it.
At 13 years old, I was playing soccer. And the ball was coming right for me, and I'm like, aaaaah!
And I'm thinking, man...very good. Gimme a hug.
So the ball came for me, and I jumped up in the air, like a karate kid kick. And I went
whoaoaaa! And I did a whoa like this. Very good.
The ball came, hit my foot, and it bent it backwards. And I heard a kkkkktsk. And I was
like, aahhh! I couldn't use my foot! I sprained it.
One day it's strong, and all of a sudden, aaaah.
I couldn't walk. I was so thankful for my foot that day.
I want to ask you today, what are you thankful for?
You know, it's difficult to make those decisions at times, but you have to make them. Of course,
everything's done in love, and I saw the other translator later and gave him a hug,
said thank you, and it was good. You just want to be as wise as possible, loving in
every situation.
Thank you for waiting. Love you so much, did you enjoy it? Good.
>>You must be very tired.
No, not at all.
I was very, very excited. I didn't know exactly what to expect, so it was so awesome; just
coming on the common ground that we want to see souls saved.
You've never seen my baby? I'm going to show you the newest one we just got. Check
this out. Look at him. He is so cute. She just sent me that this morning. Show the camera.
Look how beautiful my boy is.
People ask me, so what do you think about a country, you know, what do you think of
the scenery, the food, yeah, OK, that's great. But I'm a people person. I'm most intrigued
and blessed with interacting and communicating, getting to know people. And hearing the backstory,
you know, about how did you first hear about the ministry, and why are you doing what you're doing.
Have you got a book? >>I've got both of them.
You've got both of them? Where are they? >>Outside, with my parents.
Sorry. Bring your parents in here? Where're your parents. Outside? Up the ramp, outside? If
you ran, go grab the book, and run back, Iíll sign it for you, alright?
>>OK Run.
So it was just awesome, getting to know everyone and hugging everybody, just seeing how God's
moving in different countries in the world, and through people who just want to see His
kingdom come.
And man, were we blown away by the whole trip, or what?
Bye-bye, auf wiedersehen.
>>What do you struggle with most? Like I can see now that you really miss your wife and
your son, and it's really heavy on you. I can see it. You know, it's not easy to travel
without each other, it's hard.
It's so hard, it's so hard. And it's a good pain.
>>Yeah, because it focuses yourself on the Lord.
Thatís right. It does, and, it's awesome to see how God prepared her for me, and for
her, but really, the grace that she has, and the patience. Strong. She didn't scream at
all, or even make a noise, a sound, when she gave birth to Kiyoshi, and she was in a lot
of pain, she wanted to wait until the very last part to say, OK, I've done everything
that I can, because his head wasn't right. His head was against her spine. So that pain
was worse than anything. And she stuck it out for hours and hours and hours; 10, 11
hours. She's amazing. So being away from them is the most difficult part.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.
I'm going to tell you right now. That was the best band I've ever worked with in my life.
Man, when I first heard them sing, it was absolutely awesome; I was like these guys
are rocking, man, like, the level of inspiration of seeing people with cerebral palsy and different
degrees of physical challenges....it just inspires you. My heart was just full; I felt like I
was dreaming.
Love you guys! I will.
Was blind, but now I see.
We'll be back.
>>Goodbye!
I just said goodbye, again, to my wife and my boy. We were away from each other for three
and a half weeks, back for four days, but we know millions of people need to hear the
gospel, and we're hoping they can travel with me later on this year, so, it's been
hard to get over that, so, a little emotional tonight, little tired, not ready for the photos
or the cameras yet, once we land, we're going to be going full throttle, I can only imagine.
We're excited, we're going to Japan first, I'm going to just pretend that Iím maybe
just going to weigh myself on the way in and, it'd be cool to put me on the belt, see what
they say, freak them out a little bit? Itís all good. Alright, here we go.
My wife and I, we really felt peace about moving forward, even if it meant we were going
to be apart weeks at a time.
You know you fly too much when the people who check you in know who you are from last trip.
So we understand that there are seasons, but this was a tremendous calling and a significant
spiritual opportunity that we could tangibly see. To reach about 130 to 140 million people
in a four-week span, it's an opportunity we definitely donít take for granted. And
that we want to be good stewards with. And at the same time, praying for wisdom.
Jesus loves you, heaven's real, man, and if you don't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle.
Give me a hug. Take care.
My biggest fear is communicating what God wants me to communicate. And if that's done,
there's nothing else to be afraid of.
Can you see my confidence? It's because I know who I am.
The one who created me is the one who told me my purpose.
Will you fall down? Yeah, you'll fall down. So what do you do when you fall down?
You get back up. There is pain in this world. You know what
the biggest pain is? The fear of being alone. You don't need a girlfriend or a boyfriend
to feel loved. Take one day at a time. And know that you can't do it on your own.
From truth you get peace. What's my purpose? To know Him.