As the center of the entertainment industry, it shapes values throughout America. We believe God would have us do something positive to shape minds for Him. Thirdly, because we already have more than 100,000 people in the Los Angeles area viewing It Is Written on a regular basis. Those were compelling reasons. You've certainly had to adopt highly different approaches and techniques to work in the many cultures you've lived in during the past 18 months.
People absorb new ideas and information differently in LA than, say, in Bucharest.
NET '95 and NET '96 that it wasn't possible to reach the world from one central location. All previous NETS were uplinked from North with a North American context. So in every series of meetings of ACTS 2000, we've done that. These principles, we believe, are solid anyplace in the world. And the integrity of the Adventist message is universal.