This afternoon, the
scripture reading will be
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from Proverbs 3:5-7.
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So if you have your Bibles,
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Proverbs 3:5-7 is
where the scripture
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will be taken from.
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I'm reading in the
New King James Version.
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The Bible says,
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"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart,
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and lean not in
thine own understanding.
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In all your
ways acknowledge Him,
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and He shall direct your paths.
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Be not wise in your own eyes.
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Fear the Lord,
and depart from evil."
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I met Daniel Fukuda
in the summer of 2012
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when he first
canvassed in our literature
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evangelism programs.
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This is when he made
the decision to transfer
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from the current college
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of where he was
studying theology
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to come to Souls
West so he can be trained.
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Some little known
facts about Daniel
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is that he was training
to be a world-class magician,
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even shadowing a
professional magician
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for an entire summer.
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Another little
known fact about Daniel,
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you'll see him in just a moment,
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he is one of the nicest guys
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you'll see with
a pretty boy smile,
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but behind that smile is
also a fully-trained black belt.
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What Daniel doesn't know is
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I decided to dig up
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some of the archives as
he applied at Souls West,
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and it's real fascinating
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what he put down
on his application.
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The question is, "Describe
your Christian experience
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telling of your background,
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your conversion,
your growth in Christ,
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and your present
relationship with God."
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And Daniel said he was
blessed with good parents
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and a good family,
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but it wasn't
until the summer of 2010
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when he started
doing his devotions
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during a summer of canvassing.
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Since then, he was motivated
to start Bible study groups
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and ministries and
preach at churches.
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Most of his
motivation and ideas came
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from having his
morning devotions,
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and I'm quoting, he says,
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"Without devotions, I
would not be where I am at."
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"Please state your life's
personal mission statement,"
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is what is says
on the application.
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Daniel says, "I
have a deep burden."
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Now this is 2012
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when he wrote
this at 19 years old,
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5 years ago.
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Daniel put, "I
have a deep burden
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and desire to do
evangelism in Asia,
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specifically in Japan.
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I want to do
everything and anything
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that God calls me to do
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to further the
Gospel to the world
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so that Christ will
come in our generation."
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The last question
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we have on
application is we asked,
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"Do you believe
that ministry will be
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part of your life's calling?"
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Daniel said,
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"I think God is calling
to me for me to be a preacher
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or an evangelist in
Asia, specifically in Japan.
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In the process of
preaching and evangelizing,
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I want to
establish Bible centers
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where I could teach
people literature evangelism
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and the Bible."
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You wouldn't believe
it, but three years ago,
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I had the privilege of
going with Daniel to Japan
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and we did presentations
for the Japanese Union,
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and at that moment,
they decided to hire him
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as the youngest
department director.
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He is now working
in the Japanese Union
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as a Literature
Ministry Director
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for the entire
union overseeing GLOW,
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what they call
Souls West over there
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and also literature evangelism.
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The next voice
that you'll be hearing
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is Daniel Fukuda.
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Let's bow our heads
as we begin with prayer.
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Father in heaven,
we come before You,
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thanking You so much
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that you choose the
foolish things of the world
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to confound the wise.
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We thank You, You choose
those who may be untrained
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or those who don't have an
idea of what they want to do,
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but You still use us, God,
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and we are
thankful that You use us,
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and I'm thankful
that You've used Daniel.
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This afternoon, we ask
that Your spirit would be here,
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that You will please help
him to convict our hearts,
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to convert us to Jesus,
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and we pray to You, God,
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that our hearts
would be softened
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and we would answer
the call to do missions
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and ministry for You.
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We pray this in
Jesus' name, amen.
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And can it be
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And can it be
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Amazing love
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How can it be
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And can it be
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That I should gain
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An interest in
the Savior's blood?
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Died He for me,
who caused His pain
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For me, who Him
to death pursued?
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Amazing love
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How can it be
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That Thou, my God,
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Shouldst die
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For me?
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He left His
Father's throne above
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So free, so infinite His grace
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Emptied Himself of all but love
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And bled for
Adam's helpless race
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'Tis mercy all
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Immense
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And free
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For, O my God
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It found out me
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And can it be
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And can it be
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Amazing love
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How can it be
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No condemnation now
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I dread Jesus, and all in Him
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Is mine
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Alive in Him, my living Head
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And clothed in
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Righteousness divine
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Bold
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I approach
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The eternal throne
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And claim the crown
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Through Christ my own
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Amazing love
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How can it be
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That thou
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My God
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Shouldst die
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For me?
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Amazing love
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How can it be
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Amazing
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Love
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What time is it?
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It's 10 to 5.
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Greetings!
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Oh.
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Sorry.
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Excuse me, let me
drink water first.
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All right, so my name
is Daniel Sachio Fukuda.
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I actually have a middle name.
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Daniel means God is my judge,
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Sachio means
center of happiness,
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Fukuda means happy rice field.
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So as long as I
keep God as my judge,
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and as long as I keep
God as a center of happiness,
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I'll be like a happy
prosperous rice field.
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Well, I came to
Japan a few days ago,
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and this afternoon,
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I would like to
share a testimony
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and a special
message to each one of you.
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So I just ask that
you prayerfully listen
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for your next 40
minutes and then,
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just pray, pray as you listen.
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And let me just have
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a short word of
prayer once again.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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I just pray
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that You give me words to speak.
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May You be the one who speaks,
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speak to each one
of our hearts, O Lord.
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May You send Your Holy Spirit,
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touch each and
every person's hearts.
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May decisions be made
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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When I say Maranatha,
please say Jesus is coming.
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Maranatha! Jesus is coming!
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Maranatha! Jesus is coming!
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When I say
dream, say big. Dream!
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Big! Dream!
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Big!
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Maranatha, Jesus
is coming, dream...
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Big!
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Dream big, those two concepts
are very important concepts.
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And I am
thankful for my parents,
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my family that
helped me really treasure,
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cherish those two concepts.
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And I believe those two concepts
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should be cherished by
every single Christian,
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Seventh-day Adventist
Bible believing Jesus followers.
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Dream big, Maranatha.
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Well, in the Bible, Psalms 117,
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are these words the
shortest Bible verse,
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"Oh, Praise the
Lord, all ye nations,
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praise Him, all ye people,
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for His merciful
kindness is great toward us,
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and the truth of the
Lord endureth forever.
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Praise ye the Lord."
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Hallelujah, let's
say it in Japanese.
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That was in Japanese,
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but who's going
to preach in Chinese,
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who's going to preach in Korean,
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who's going to preach in India,
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who's going to preach in Africa,
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who's going to preach
in all over the world?
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We need people to preach
the message to every nation,
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kindred, tongue, and people.
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Amen.
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You see, to God be the glory,
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great things He has done,
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and He is doing, and He will do.
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Do you believe that? Yes.
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I stand here, this day,
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able to testify
because of family,
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because of friends,
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because of teachers,
of pastors, of classmates,
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of church members,
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because of many
people's prayers and support
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all around the world.
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Ministry is a team effort.
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You see, I stand this day,
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December 30, 2017, GYC Meeting
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before you all, boldly, humbly,
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but boldly to testify
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about our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ
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and His mission for all of us.
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Amen.
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The fact that I stand here
this day is a living testimony,
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a living
evidence, a living proof
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that God can
and will use anybody
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for His mission
under one condition.
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Do you want to
know that one condition?
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What's that one condition?
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He can use anybody
under one condition.
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You know, I have been...
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As introduction, I
have been working...
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I started working in the Union,
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and ever since I started working
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in the Japan Union,
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I have been really thinking,
"How did I end up here?
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What's going on?
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Why am I here?"
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You see, I have been thinking
of more about soul-winning,
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about
evangelism, about leadership,
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you know, I've been
thinking and I realized,
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"Maybe it's this.
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God can use under
maybe just one condition."
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And I believe this
one condition perhaps is
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if we boil it down to
one word, it is Trust.
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Amen. Trust. Trust.
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And God...
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Proverbs 3:5-7,
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"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart,"
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King James Version,
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"lean not unto
thine own understanding.
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In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
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and He shall direct thy paths.
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Be not wise unto thine own eyes.
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Fear the Lord,
and depart from evil."
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Amen.
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That's important
principle I believe.
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Trust in God.
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Another passage,
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you know, the
Book of Daniel happens
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to be one of my favorite books,
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Daniel 3:13-18.
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Daniel 3:13-18
reads, "Then Nebuchadnezzar,
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in his rage and fury,
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commanded to
bring Shadrach, Meshach,
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and Abednego.
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Then they brought
these men before the king.
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Nebuchadnezzar
spake and said unto them,
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'Is it true, O
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
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do not ye serve my gods,
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nor worship the golden
image which I have set up?'"
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Verse 15, "'Now if ye be ready
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that at what time ye hear
the sound of the cornet, flute,
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harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and dulcimer,
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and all kinds of musick,
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ye fall down and
worship the image
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which I have made.
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Well, but if ye worship not,
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ye shall be cast the same hour
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into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace,
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and who is that God
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that shall deliver
you out of my hands?'
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Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, answered
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and said to the
king, 'O Nebuchadnezzar,
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we are not
careful to answer thee
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in this matter.
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If it be so, our God
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whom we serve is
able to deliver us
00:17:23.64\00:17:26.17
from the fiery furnace,
00:17:26.21\00:17:27.54
and he will deliver us
out of thine hand, O king.
00:17:27.58\00:17:31.91
But if not, be it
known unto thee, O king,
00:17:31.95\00:17:37.59
that we will not serve thy Gods,
00:17:37.62\00:17:39.39
nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up."
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But if not,
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regardless of our circumstance,
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whatever, regardless,
we trust and follow God,
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no matter what,
that kind of trust.
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Trust and obey God's way.
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You may be under
financial problems,
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just trust and obey God.
00:17:58.11\00:17:59.97
You may be under
relationship problems
00:18:00.01\00:18:02.48
or family
problems or work problems,
00:18:02.51\00:18:04.38
just trust and obey God's way.
00:18:04.41\00:18:07.15
Whatever problems
you are going through,
00:18:07.18\00:18:09.58
just trust and obey God's way.
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Amen.
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We will come back to this later.
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But this afternoon,
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I like to share some testimony
from the work in Japan.
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Let's just say I
don't know the exact numbers
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but perhaps,
there's about 5,000 people
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or so here, and in Japan,
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less than 1% of the
population is Christians.
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Less than 1% are Christians.
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So if there's...
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well, let's just
say 5,000 people,
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let's just say for now,
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you guys are all
Japanese for a moment, okay?
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.56
All of you, look to your
left, look to your right,
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you are all Japanese.
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You are all Japanese.
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If you are all Japanese...
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well, 5000 people, 1% of that,
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50 people are
Christians in this room,
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50, just 50 people.
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At Adventist, the
Seventh-day Adventist population
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of Japan is 1% of the 1%.
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In other words,
maybe a half a person,
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or maybe at most one person
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is Seventh Day
Adventist in this room.
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That's Japan for
you, very few Christians,
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very few Christians.
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But it's not a small country.
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It's a big
country, 130 million people,
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and the Tokyo area
which I happen to live in,
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in the Tokyo area,
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there's about 40 million people.
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That's one of the
biggest metropolitan area,
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the richest, the
most populated area,
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and less than 1% Christians.
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Something needs to happen.
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You know, this
morning, Pastor Doug mentioned
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about the city evangelism,
you know, "I want this city."
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Well, you know, I
really want this city, Tokyo.
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I want this city Tokyo, Japan.
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I think many people
want this city Tokyo,
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and it needs to be
one to the kingdom of God.
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Amen.
00:20:01.83\00:20:03.16
This afternoon, I
like to cover five points.
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Who am I? What am I doing?
00:20:06.53\00:20:09.64
What's going on
with what I'm doing?
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What have I learned
in the past two years?
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And why need you guys to listen?
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So we had an
introduction earlier,
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so I don't need to
introduce myself again.
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I just want to say,
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for maybe there's
few people coming in,
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so I am a third
generation Japanese American,
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I'm the youngest
of four siblings.
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And a lot of things happened,
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and I started
working in the Union
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about two and a half years ago.
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And I am no different
than any other young people,
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God uses anybody, anybody,
as long as we just trust Him,
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step at a time.
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So what am I doing exactly?
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I am involved in
four major projects
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in Japan currently.
00:20:57.79\00:20:59.55
I work under the
youth ministries department
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and literature
ministries department.
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And four major
projects are Youth Rush,
00:21:03.99\00:21:06.39
All Rush, GIFTS,
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.36
and Setagaya Tokyo Youth Church.
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Let me explain each
one of them really quickly.
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Youth rush, you've
probably all heard about it.
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How many of you
heard about Youth Rush?
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Yes, and it's
originated in North America.
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Youth Rush is a 10-week
00:21:22.28\00:21:24.28
student literature
canvassing program,
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where young people stay
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and sleep in
bags, in the church,
00:21:27.92\00:21:29.25
worship together, eat together,
knock on doors together,
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have a great time,
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and get to know Jesus
Christ on a personal level.
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It's a wonderful program.
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I was involved in that,
00:21:36.66\00:21:37.99
specifically in South
Eastern California Conference
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my first summer,
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and it's been a
great experience.
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Well, what happened
was, couple of years ago,
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the Japan Union decided
00:21:47.80\00:21:49.94
they would like to
start something like this.
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They would like to
start something like this,
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and that's why I
went over to Japan,
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and we adapted Youth Rush
and created Youth Rush Japan.
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And what's
different is over Japan,
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we have three week
programs, like a blitz,
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five times a
year, February, March,
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July, August, September.
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The reason we do it that
way is a lot of the students,
00:22:09.52\00:22:12.29
they study, study,
study all the time,
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and oftentimes,
00:22:13.83\00:22:15.16
they don't have
10 weeks to spare.
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So we want to get them
00:22:17.60\00:22:19.23
at least three
weeks here and there.
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But a lot of
students, they come three weeks,
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come again three weeks,
there's a lot of repeaters.
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They just love it.
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And some of the differences
between Youth Rush over here
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and Youth Rush in Japan,
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if you noticed
the video earlier,
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there is a clicker right?
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That was a clicker.
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We keep track of
how many doors we knock,
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how many people we meet,
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because we are gathering data
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'cause we don't
know anything about you.
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If I don't know
anything about you, I can't...
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so we are
gathering a lot of data
00:22:44.86\00:22:46.59
as much as
possible and we realized
00:22:46.63\00:22:49.00
that each
student on average knocks
00:22:49.03\00:22:51.07
about 200 to 400 doors a day,
00:22:51.10\00:22:53.57
200 to 400 doors a day,
that's a lot more than US,
00:22:53.60\00:22:56.71
and the reason is houses
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are close together.
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So you don't need to
walk too much, you just...
00:23:02.84\00:23:06.01
oh, next door,
00:23:06.05\00:23:07.38
oh, next door,
literally, almost.
00:23:07.42\00:23:09.65
There is a door
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.02
and there is
literally a door here sometimes.
00:23:11.05\00:23:12.69
It's like you don't need
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.06
to walk too
much, you can just...
00:23:14.09\00:23:16.12
you know, it's easy.
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And then, but
one of the challenges
00:23:18.26\00:23:21.60
are that we also knock...
00:23:21.63\00:23:23.60
Every time they
get to see someone,
00:23:23.63\00:23:26.00
we click the pink
one and the blue one,
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and we have
different color systems,
00:23:27.84\00:23:29.24
but anyways, in Tokyo
area they meet about 5% to 10%
00:23:29.27\00:23:33.31
of the doors then knock on.
00:23:33.34\00:23:34.94
But the other
doors, we leave tracks,
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we always leave tracks.
00:23:37.31\00:23:38.65
We always leave tracks like
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.02
we scatter them like
leaves of autumn, you see.
00:23:40.05\00:23:43.82
And also, we
don't really drive vans.
00:23:43.85\00:23:47.72
There's like one
van for the whole team
00:23:47.76\00:23:49.12
of 20 young people.
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We just use trains, we run...
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.86
that's it. What
do the leaders do?
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What do the leaders do?
00:23:56.40\00:23:57.73
Well, we just carry our bags
00:23:57.77\00:23:59.10
and run to the
students to deliver the books
00:23:59.13\00:24:00.90
and run again, so it
was good exercise for me,
00:24:00.94\00:24:04.81
and then another
one is for lunch,
00:24:04.84\00:24:09.04
we eat rice bowls.
00:24:09.08\00:24:10.91
We eat rice bowls
and Japanese pickles.
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.82
We make them together
00:24:13.85\00:24:15.18
and then we just eat it
in the field and that's it.
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And then in the evening,
00:24:17.35\00:24:18.69
in the morning,
we have, like this...
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How many of you heard of a TMI?
00:24:22.19\00:24:23.73
I'm not talking
about Too Much Information,
00:24:23.76\00:24:25.23
I am talking about
Total Membership Involvement.
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TMI, Total
Membership Involvement.
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.03
You see, at the churches,
00:24:30.07\00:24:31.73
we stay at, it's church members,
00:24:31.77\00:24:34.24
volunteered church members
00:24:34.27\00:24:35.60
that make the meals for
us, and then we eat together,
00:24:35.64\00:24:38.11
and we have worship
together with the church members
00:24:38.14\00:24:40.41
and through the
interaction with church members,
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.88
they see the young
people and then just a few days
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.05
or sometimes just a week or
so, they see the transformation
00:24:45.08\00:24:48.28
in the young people and
they are inspired, like,
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.05
"Wow, I want to go
knock on doors too,"
00:24:50.09\00:24:52.75
and you know what happens?
00:24:52.79\00:24:54.62
Some of them they come
and knock on doors with us.
00:24:54.66\00:24:57.36
And then we realized
there is a huge potential here,
00:24:57.39\00:25:00.00
that's why
created All Rush Japan.
00:25:00.03\00:25:02.56
It's not Old Rush,
00:25:02.60\00:25:03.93
it's All Rush, you
see, All Rush Japan.
00:25:03.97\00:25:07.94
Regardless of age or gender,
00:25:07.97\00:25:11.07
everybody rushes
together to win some souls
00:25:11.11\00:25:14.31
because Jesus is coming soon.
00:25:14.34\00:25:15.91
You know, so All Rush Japan,
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.68
what it is is
after the Youth Rush,
00:25:17.71\00:25:20.65
there is a lot of
interest amongst other people
00:25:20.68\00:25:23.45
that are not students.
00:25:23.49\00:25:24.92
So we have
special training for them,
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.06
how to knock on doors.
00:25:27.09\00:25:28.69
And oftentimes, a group of them,
00:25:28.72\00:25:31.03
a few them, they decide,
00:25:31.06\00:25:32.79
"All right, as a church, we
have like a literature club,
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.20
and we'll go knock
on doors, once a month
00:25:35.23\00:25:36.83
or once every
couple weeks on Sunday."
00:25:36.87\00:25:39.83
And so that's All Rush Japan
00:25:39.87\00:25:42.00
where we get everybody
involved with something.
00:25:42.04\00:25:45.51
And All Rush Japan,
00:25:45.54\00:25:47.01
you know, general
conference talks about TMI,
00:25:47.04\00:25:49.71
Total Membership Involvement.
00:25:49.74\00:25:51.41
I like to say TMLI,
00:25:51.45\00:25:53.82
Total Membership
Literature Involvement.
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.15
TMLI is
basically All Rush Japan.
00:25:56.18\00:26:00.26
But you see, we have
Youth Rush and we have All Rush,
00:26:00.29\00:26:03.59
but those are just,
00:26:03.63\00:26:04.96
you know, like
few weeks or some,
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.96
you know, it's
not a full-time thing.
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.03
So what do we do
before and after those times?
00:26:09.06\00:26:11.87
How can we take
care of the young people,
00:26:11.90\00:26:13.64
how can we train them?
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.84
And that's one of our things
00:26:15.87\00:26:18.21
that we needed to
consider and think about.
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.38
That's why we created GIFTS,
00:26:20.41\00:26:25.08
Gideon Family Training School.
00:26:25.11\00:26:27.95
It's an online
Bible training program.
00:26:27.98\00:26:30.62
We uploaded videos
00:26:30.65\00:26:32.09
about Daniel,
Revelation, Sanctuary,
00:26:32.12\00:26:33.72
28 Fundamentals,
how to study Bible,
00:26:33.76\00:26:35.46
how to preach,
different basic stuff,
00:26:35.49\00:26:37.56
and also how to lead
small groups, everything.
00:26:37.59\00:26:39.59
It's about
100-hour program video,
00:26:39.63\00:26:41.46
YouTube videos.
00:26:41.50\00:26:42.83
All they have to
do is click on it,
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.20
watch it, study it,
00:26:44.23\00:26:45.57
and in order to
graduate from that course,
00:26:45.60\00:26:47.84
they have to start small
groups and they have to turn
00:26:47.87\00:26:50.37
in reports of
about 10 times at least,
00:26:50.41\00:26:53.01
and then we keep track of them.
00:26:53.04\00:26:54.54
And our goal
00:26:54.58\00:26:56.88
as a youth
department over in Japan Union,
00:26:56.91\00:26:59.21
our goal is to train
00:26:59.25\00:27:00.98
at least 300
young people by 2020,
00:27:01.02\00:27:04.35
that finishes this course,
that starts a small group,
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.52
that can preach,
that can win some souls,
00:27:06.55\00:27:08.26
and that is arm fire for Jesus.
00:27:08.29\00:27:10.56
At least 300, just like Gideon,
00:27:10.59\00:27:12.99
and considering the
number if Christians,
00:27:13.03\00:27:15.50
number of Adventist
young people in the church,
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.63
it seems humanly, it seems,
at first, an impossible goal,
00:27:17.67\00:27:21.67
but it's not impossible at all.
00:27:21.70\00:27:23.47
God, with God, all
things are possible.
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.68
And because
Jesus is coming soon,
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.44
we need, we desperately
need to train young people
00:27:28.48\00:27:31.98
to get this work done.
00:27:32.01\00:27:33.35
We desperately need...
00:27:33.38\00:27:34.72
So that's why we set
this goal by 2020 to equip
00:27:34.75\00:27:38.79
and train at
least 300 young people
00:27:38.82\00:27:41.79
to become leaders.
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.59
Amen.
00:27:43.63\00:27:44.96
And fourth project, so
Youth Rush, All Rush, GIFTS,
00:27:44.99\00:27:49.26
and Setagaya Youth Church,
Setagaya is a part of Tokyo,
00:27:49.30\00:27:52.50
so it's a youth
church over Tokyo.
00:27:52.53\00:27:56.71
Well, a little
background of that church is...
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.58
So when I got to Japan,
00:28:00.61\00:28:04.45
the Union administration
wanted to start a youth church.
00:28:04.48\00:28:09.12
It's the first youth
church ever in Japan.
00:28:09.15\00:28:11.45
Youth church, this
church our Setagaya Church,
00:28:11.49\00:28:15.39
is a church with
a lot of history.
00:28:15.42\00:28:17.86
But two years
ago, when we got there,
00:28:17.89\00:28:21.50
there's only less
than ten church members,
00:28:21.53\00:28:24.27
perhaps, just about
five or so church members
00:28:24.30\00:28:26.63
that are really
active that comes every week
00:28:26.67\00:28:28.97
and all of them are females
00:28:29.00\00:28:30.37
and all of them
are older ladies.
00:28:30.41\00:28:32.71
And then they were thinking
about closing the church down
00:28:32.74\00:28:36.48
because, you know,
they really didn't have
00:28:36.51\00:28:39.28
fulltime pastors or anything.
00:28:39.31\00:28:40.65
And they were
thinking about closing it down,
00:28:40.68\00:28:42.28
but the administration said,
00:28:42.32\00:28:44.39
"Hold on, let's turn
this into a youth church."
00:28:44.42\00:28:47.29
So I ended up...
00:28:47.32\00:28:48.66
I stayed in the parsonage there,
00:28:48.69\00:28:50.26
and we started a
youth church about a year
00:28:50.29\00:28:52.86
and a half ago or so and,
00:28:52.89\00:28:56.20
you know, God
blessed, God works,
00:28:56.23\00:28:58.23
it's a slow process,
00:28:58.27\00:29:00.14
but we reach out
to the community,
00:29:00.17\00:29:02.20
we have different
community concerts,
00:29:02.24\00:29:03.71
we knock on doors.
00:29:03.74\00:29:05.07
And right now, instead of 5,
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.04
there's 30 or so
people coming every week.
00:29:07.08\00:29:10.28
And then one-third of the...
00:29:10.31\00:29:12.45
so about 10 or 12 of
them are young people,
00:29:12.48\00:29:15.82
young adults, and
then one-third of them
00:29:15.85\00:29:18.89
are actually not
baptized Adventists
00:29:18.92\00:29:20.86
and then the rest of them
are, you know, regular people.
00:29:20.89\00:29:24.93
Well, not regular,
everybody is regular.
00:29:24.96\00:29:28.16
Anyways, so it's like a
church plant in other words,
00:29:28.20\00:29:33.94
and it's also like a
headquarters because...
00:29:33.97\00:29:36.97
Oh, there's pictures.
00:29:37.01\00:29:39.04
I just realized that.
00:29:39.07\00:29:40.71
That's a picture of Youth Rush,
00:29:40.74\00:29:44.45
those are the
students over in Kagoshima.
00:29:44.48\00:29:47.32
Yeah, high school
and college age students,
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and yes, I guess
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.52
there will be pictures and...
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So that's the four projects
that I am involved with.
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So let me just dig
00:30:01.83\00:30:03.47
a little deeper and
share specific testimonies
00:30:03.50\00:30:07.00
about Youth Rush.
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.00
You know, how many of you
heard about angel experiences?
00:30:09.04\00:30:13.24
Yes, we've heard those.
00:30:13.27\00:30:14.61
We've heard those
all over the world,
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and Japan is no exception,
00:30:16.51\00:30:18.28
there's angel
experience in Japan too.
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I'll just share one.
00:30:21.18\00:30:23.22
So this high school
student, a 15-year old girl,
00:30:23.25\00:30:27.39
her first day canvassing,
a leader went with her.
00:30:27.42\00:30:32.49
They were going, and
they talked to somebody
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.46
in the street, a
father and a son.
00:30:34.50\00:30:37.00
And as they were
introducing books,
00:30:37.03\00:30:38.93
you know, the boy was like,
00:30:38.97\00:30:40.34
"Hey, where did
you three come from?"
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.00
And the two,
00:30:42.04\00:30:43.37
they didn't really
pay attention too much.
00:30:43.41\00:30:44.87
"Hey, where did
you three come from?"
00:30:44.91\00:30:46.24
They talked, talked.
00:30:46.27\00:30:47.61
"Hey where did
you three come from?"
00:30:47.64\00:30:48.98
They continued
talking and they said,
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.35
"Okay, thank you, bye."
00:30:50.38\00:30:51.71
And there's like,
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.08
"Hey dad, where did
those three come from?
00:30:53.11\00:30:54.45
Come on, where did
those three come from?"
00:30:54.48\00:30:55.85
The little boy kept saying
that and that's when it hits,
00:30:55.88\00:30:58.39
"Wait a second, three?
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.75
We are only two."
00:30:59.79\00:31:02.06
And then I don't know
00:31:02.09\00:31:03.43
why they didn't
realize, they were like, "What?
00:31:03.46\00:31:05.59
Three?"
00:31:05.63\00:31:06.96
And they were so shocked,
00:31:07.00\00:31:08.33
you know,
"Perhaps, there was an angel,
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.03
I believe it was an angel."
00:31:11.07\00:31:12.43
And they were so
thankful at that,
00:31:12.47\00:31:13.80
and that was her first day,
00:31:13.84\00:31:15.17
the 15-year old high
school girl's first day.
00:31:15.20\00:31:16.54
She was so inspired,
00:31:16.57\00:31:17.91
she became one of
our top soul-winners
00:31:17.94\00:31:19.27
in that program.
00:31:19.31\00:31:20.64
She was like, "Oh,
there's an angel with me."
00:31:20.68\00:31:22.34
She was fearless,
00:31:22.38\00:31:23.71
she talked to
everybody, anybody, that moves,
00:31:23.75\00:31:26.01
anybody on the street,
between doors, whatever.
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We tell her to go to the shop.
00:31:28.85\00:31:30.29
"All right, I am
going to the shop."
00:31:30.32\00:31:31.65
We go there,
"Okay, I'll go there."
00:31:31.69\00:31:33.25
It's boom. Angels
are with us. Amen.
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It was so much exciting.
00:31:37.39\00:31:38.73
Another one,
how many of you guys
00:31:38.76\00:31:41.43
have siblings,
brothers and sisters?
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.60
Well, I have
brothers and sisters as well.
00:31:43.63\00:31:47.90
It's good to do evangelism
with your brothers and sisters,
00:31:47.94\00:31:50.71
it's good to do God's work.
00:31:50.74\00:31:52.77
Well, we had a brother
and a sister, Hirata team,
00:31:52.81\00:31:56.01
you know, brother and a sister.
00:31:56.04\00:31:57.71
Brother was older,
sister was younger,
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.18
18-year old, and 20-year old,
18 year-old nursing student,
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.99
the sister and the brother
00:32:04.02\00:32:05.35
was like 20-year
old education major.
00:32:05.39\00:32:08.92
Anyways, the sister...
00:32:08.96\00:32:11.36
she comes to the
program, her first week,
00:32:11.39\00:32:14.13
she was having a miserable time.
00:32:14.16\00:32:16.97
She was like so
scared, so shy, and she was...
00:32:17.00\00:32:21.74
I later learned about this,
00:32:21.77\00:32:23.84
but she was thinking about
00:32:23.87\00:32:25.24
how to ask
permission to quit the program.
00:32:25.27\00:32:28.98
That's what she
was thinking about,
00:32:29.01\00:32:30.58
and so one day,
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.91
I gave a little worship
on how if you are scared,
00:32:32.95\00:32:37.85
at doors, just do a
little short prayer.
00:32:37.89\00:32:41.22
Lord Jesus, You canvas for me.
00:32:41.26\00:32:43.86
Every door, just
ring the bell and say,
00:32:43.89\00:32:45.73
"Lord Jesus, You canvas for me."
00:32:45.76\00:32:47.60
That's it.
00:32:47.63\00:32:48.96
Oh, she took that to
heart, and at every single door,
00:32:49.00\00:32:50.60
she did that and
she said she felt better
00:32:50.63\00:32:52.50
as she sold a lot of books
and she decided not to leave.
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.40
Well, anyways, few
couple weeks later,
00:32:55.44\00:32:59.61
we decided to put the
sister and the brother together
00:32:59.64\00:33:02.04
on the same street,
00:33:02.08\00:33:03.65
and at first,
they're like, "What?
00:33:03.68\00:33:05.48
You are putting us together?"
00:33:05.51\00:33:07.72
They were a lot hesitant,
but, you know, we said,
00:33:07.75\00:33:10.15
"Don't worry, don't worry.
00:33:10.19\00:33:11.52
It's going to work."
00:33:11.55\00:33:12.89
Well, sure enough, it worked.
00:33:12.92\00:33:14.26
Those two brother and sister,
00:33:14.29\00:33:15.62
they decided to pray
together and set a goal.
00:33:15.66\00:33:17.46
Alright, today just us two,
00:33:17.49\00:33:19.79
we are going to
sell 40 books there.
00:33:19.83\00:33:22.13
And you have to
understand in Japan,
00:33:22.16\00:33:23.60
the average student sells
00:33:23.63\00:33:25.70
just about 10-12 books
at most, that's the average.
00:33:25.73\00:33:28.37
So 40 books
with just two people,
00:33:28.40\00:33:30.31
that's a lot.
00:33:30.34\00:33:31.67
Well, they
prayed, exactly 40 books.
00:33:31.71\00:33:35.51
They were like, "Whoa!"
00:33:35.54\00:33:37.11
Well, the leaders were like,
00:33:37.15\00:33:39.08
"Whoa, so we decided to
put them together again."
00:33:39.11\00:33:43.12
The next day
they are like, "Again?
00:33:43.15\00:33:45.02
We are together again."
00:33:45.05\00:33:46.55
Well, they decided to say,
00:33:46.59\00:33:48.12
"We are going to
pray for 50 books."
00:33:48.16\00:33:50.63
Amen.
00:33:50.66\00:33:51.99
Exactly 50
books, no less, no more.
00:33:52.03\00:33:54.63
Well, as leaders, we were like,
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.00
"All right, we are going
00:33:56.03\00:33:57.37
to put you guys
together again," Third day,
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.67
"All right, we are
going to try for 60 books."
00:33:59.70\00:34:03.71
What do you think happened?
00:34:03.74\00:34:05.21
Sixty books
exactly, no less, no more,
00:34:05.24\00:34:07.61
and they were just celebrating.
00:34:07.64\00:34:08.98
That was their last day,
00:34:09.01\00:34:10.35
so we don't know what
happened the fourth day
00:34:10.38\00:34:12.08
because that was our last day.
00:34:12.11\00:34:15.78
You see, God is good.
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.62
Amen. God is good.
00:34:18.65\00:34:20.09
All the time.
00:34:20.12\00:34:23.63
There's so many
stories that I like to share,
00:34:23.66\00:34:26.06
but let's see here.
00:34:26.09\00:34:28.50
All right, one more
story, one more story.
00:34:28.53\00:34:31.57
There is
something I personally enjoy
00:34:31.60\00:34:34.70
about canvassing in
Japan, and so I get asked a lot,
00:34:34.74\00:34:37.97
"What's the difference
between canvassing work
00:34:38.01\00:34:39.34
in Japan and US?"
00:34:39.37\00:34:40.71
Honestly, they are both humans,
so a lot of them are same.
00:34:40.74\00:34:43.91
But there's a major difference.
00:34:43.95\00:34:46.45
Remember less
than 1% Christians,
00:34:46.48\00:34:48.28
in other words,
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.65
99% don't know too
much about the Bible
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.85
or prayer or anything like that.
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.42
So I enjoy the most,
angel experiences are nice,
00:34:53.46\00:34:55.96
divine appointments are nice,
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.33
but I enjoy praying
at doors with people.
00:34:57.36\00:35:00.10
Because when we pray,
00:35:00.13\00:35:02.20
it's like, "What is prayer, huh?
00:35:02.23\00:35:04.23
Is it okay if we pray here?
00:35:04.27\00:35:05.73
Do we close our eyes?"
00:35:05.77\00:35:07.47
You know, they ask
00:35:07.50\00:35:08.84
and it's their first
Christian prayer ever,
00:35:08.87\00:35:11.04
and they thank us like,
"Wow, thank you so much."
00:35:11.07\00:35:13.94
One time, we prayed
with a little old lady,
00:35:13.98\00:35:16.21
with a student and
myself, and then we prayed,
00:35:16.24\00:35:18.68
and after the lady went,
00:35:18.71\00:35:20.32
"Hold on," and brought mochi,
00:35:20.35\00:35:22.78
rice cake, not one,
not two, three, three mocha
00:35:22.82\00:35:27.12
and rice crackers
and Japanese plum juice.
00:35:27.16\00:35:29.86
I was like, "Wow,
we don't need three.
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.73
We just need one each."
00:35:31.76\00:35:33.09
"No, no, no,
give this to your God,
00:35:33.13\00:35:34.93
your Christian God."
00:35:34.96\00:35:36.30
I was like, "Oh."
00:35:36.33\00:35:37.67
It's a Japanese concept,
where they give food to gods.
00:35:37.70\00:35:41.07
But, you know,
00:35:41.10\00:35:42.44
the point is she
appreciated the prayer.
00:35:42.47\00:35:46.91
Another one is...
00:35:46.94\00:35:48.28
All right, last story.
00:35:48.31\00:35:49.64
We need to move on, last story.
00:35:49.68\00:35:52.75
Which story should I
share? There's two good stories.
00:35:52.78\00:35:55.78
Okay.
00:35:55.82\00:35:59.59
A girl or a boy?
00:35:59.62\00:36:01.29
Girl. Boy.
00:36:01.32\00:36:02.82
All right, boy.
I heard boy, okay.
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.83
Okay. All right,
quick, quick, okay.
00:36:08.63\00:36:13.03
It was in Okinawa, first store,
00:36:13.07\00:36:15.60
first day, high
school student comes.
00:36:15.64\00:36:18.81
Now for those of
you who know canvassing,
00:36:18.84\00:36:21.81
Japan we have
canvas too, all right?
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.95
We make them
memorize under a minute or so,
00:36:23.98\00:36:26.51
they memorize it.
00:36:26.55\00:36:27.88
But the first day, this
high school student comes,
00:36:27.92\00:36:33.09
literally
shaking, literally shaking.
00:36:33.12\00:36:34.89
I was like, "Whoa,
I've never somebody
00:36:34.92\00:36:36.39
that literally shakes,"
because he is so nervous.
00:36:36.42\00:36:40.50
I was like, "Oh,
no, what should I do?"
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.23
Literally shaking.
00:36:42.26\00:36:43.93
I decided that I'm just
going to have to knock on doors
00:36:43.97\00:36:46.33
for him for a
good number of times.
00:36:46.37\00:36:49.24
Well, first
door, shaking, shaking,
00:36:49.27\00:36:50.87
doesn't know what to do.
00:36:50.91\00:36:52.64
So I was like, "All
right, I will just jump in."
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.41
And the lady bought
a book, and he is like,
00:36:54.44\00:36:57.21
"Oh, they actually buy books."
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.75
Of course, it's going forward,
00:36:58.78\00:37:00.12
you know, and then
we go on the next door
00:37:00.15\00:37:05.25
shaking, shaking, shaking,
00:37:05.29\00:37:06.86
and then the door
opens, still shaking, and like,
00:37:06.89\00:37:10.66
"Why he is shaking?
00:37:10.69\00:37:12.03
It's weird."
Boom. Closed the door.
00:37:12.06\00:37:13.40
I was like, "Oh,
no. I feel bad for him."
00:37:13.43\00:37:16.80
This is bad.
00:37:16.83\00:37:19.03
So we decided to
pray, we decided to pray,
00:37:19.07\00:37:21.40
and he is such a
good kid, we prayed.
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.64
Next door, we
go, a lady comes out.
00:37:24.67\00:37:29.84
We introduced book so...
00:37:29.88\00:37:31.21
This time I just decided,
00:37:31.25\00:37:32.58
"Okay, I'm just going to do
from the intro and everything.
00:37:32.61\00:37:34.88
Just watch and pray for me."
00:37:34.92\00:37:37.09
He was like, "Okay, I
can do that, all right."
00:37:37.12\00:37:39.52
I knocked on doors, sold books,
and whoa, this lady was like,
00:37:39.55\00:37:43.12
"Great Controversy!
00:37:43.16\00:37:44.53
What is this? Bible, wow.
00:37:44.56\00:37:46.66
Desire of Ages, wow!
Steps to Christ, wow!
00:37:46.70\00:37:49.53
I was looking for Bible
books." "Whoa, you were?"
00:37:49.56\00:37:52.53
And you know, "Bed
time stories, wow!"
00:37:52.57\00:37:54.97
She ended up...
00:37:55.00\00:37:56.34
Also, one of the books
is 28 Fundamental Beliefs,
00:37:56.37\00:37:58.64
it's a book
written by Japanese pastor
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.98
describing 28
fundamentals of Japanese minds.
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.11
But anyways, this
lady bought all five books.
00:38:03.14\00:38:07.18
And then, of course,
she is not a Christian,
00:38:07.22\00:38:09.65
she was just
interested in the Bible.
00:38:09.68\00:38:11.25
And then, we are...
00:38:11.29\00:38:12.62
I said, "Hold
on. We want to pray.
00:38:12.65\00:38:15.96
It's his first day,
he is a little nervous,
00:38:15.99\00:38:17.89
but it is his first day
00:38:17.93\00:38:19.26
and he wants to pray
for people in the community.
00:38:19.29\00:38:21.63
Can we pray for you?"
She's like, "Oh, yes."
00:38:21.66\00:38:25.40
And this high school
student started praying,
00:38:25.43\00:38:28.17
and this lady started crying.
00:38:28.20\00:38:30.81
Crying a lot, crying, crying,
and at the end of the prayer,
00:38:30.84\00:38:34.88
all she said was, "Arigato.
00:38:34.91\00:38:37.88
Thank you."
00:38:37.91\00:38:39.25
And closed the door,
00:38:39.28\00:38:40.62
and the boy was
like, "Whoa, whoa!"
00:38:40.65\00:38:44.42
No more
shaking, no more shaking.
00:38:44.45\00:38:46.89
He knows there's people waiting,
00:38:46.92\00:38:48.32
he knows that
God can even use him
00:38:48.36\00:38:50.69
to touch people's lives.
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.06
He's like, "Wow."
00:38:52.09\00:38:53.50
Well, he stopped shaking,
he started selling books.
00:38:53.53\00:38:55.96
It's good,
praise the Lord. Amen.
00:38:56.00\00:38:59.13
Praise the Lord.
You see, God works.
00:38:59.17\00:39:04.04
All right, so lessons I learned,
00:39:04.07\00:39:06.74
some of the lessons
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.11
I learned in the past two years.
00:39:08.14\00:39:10.68
I learned teamwork.
Teamwork is really important.
00:39:10.71\00:39:14.78
Ministry is not
about I, it's about we.
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.49
You see, sometimes we are
like "Oh, I am not the smartest.
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.96
Oh, I am not the most talented.
I'm not the best canvasser."
00:39:20.99\00:39:25.93
But it's not
about I, it's about we.
00:39:25.96\00:39:29.00
It's about we working together.
00:39:29.03\00:39:30.77
One of the most
encouraging advices
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.87
I have been given before
I started working in Japan
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.84
was actually from
Elder Larry Carter
00:39:35.87\00:39:38.24
who was the pioneer
of the first Megabook
00:39:38.27\00:39:40.51
users programs in our
Souls West Bible College.
00:39:40.54\00:39:43.78
"Elder Larry Carter,"
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.95
I asked for advices,
00:39:45.98\00:39:47.55
"Please teach me some
advice, give me some advice."
00:39:47.58\00:39:51.75
Now he told me these words,
00:39:51.79\00:39:55.09
and these have
been very helpful.
00:39:55.12\00:39:58.53
He basically says,
"Ministry could be very lonely,
00:39:58.56\00:40:03.00
very lonely, especially
00:40:03.03\00:40:04.37
when you are doing pioneer work,
00:40:04.40\00:40:06.23
it could be very lonely.
00:40:06.27\00:40:08.50
So you will face oppositions,
00:40:08.54\00:40:10.44
you will face trials,
you will have struggles.
00:40:10.47\00:40:13.41
You will need teammates,
so I will pray for teammates."
00:40:13.44\00:40:16.78
I will pray for teammates
as he started working in Japan,
00:40:16.81\00:40:19.35
and that really hit home.
00:40:19.38\00:40:20.72
I was like, "Oh, that's
true. I need teammates."
00:40:20.75\00:40:23.28
You know, so ever since...
00:40:23.32\00:40:24.65
As soon as I got,
00:40:24.69\00:40:26.02
I prayed everyday for teammates.
00:40:26.05\00:40:28.19
"Lord, give me some teammates.
00:40:28.22\00:40:29.56
Give me teammates,
teammates, teammates."
00:40:29.59\00:40:31.66
Well, God gave me teammates.
00:40:31.69\00:40:34.86
God gave teammates,
00:40:34.90\00:40:36.36
we have great
teammates, you know.
00:40:36.40\00:40:40.30
Now we have three
staff working fulltime
00:40:40.34\00:40:43.41
to help these four projects,
and one of them was a nurse.
00:40:43.44\00:40:46.47
She decided to
take some time off,
00:40:46.51\00:40:47.91
experience Youth
Rush, as she was so,
00:40:47.94\00:40:50.21
so inspires like,
00:40:50.25\00:40:51.95
"Wow, this is the best
thing I have ever done."
00:40:51.98\00:40:54.02
And well, now she
is a fulltime staff
00:40:54.05\00:40:55.38
for this department.
00:40:55.42\00:40:57.62
And it's amazing
00:40:57.65\00:40:59.12
and we have the
another guy Haruto,
00:40:59.15\00:41:01.26
he is good with
internet and media
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.49
and he is the one
that made the video
00:41:03.53\00:41:04.99
and he does all that.
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.56
That's everything
00:41:06.59\00:41:07.93
that I need help
with a perfect team.
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.90
I was like, "Wow."
00:41:09.93\00:41:11.27
And then it's just
amazing, there's another girl,
00:41:11.30\00:41:14.20
she went actually
to Oklahoma Academy,
00:41:14.24\00:41:16.77
Yodiko and she actually
did two summers of canvassing
00:41:16.81\00:41:20.08
over in the East Coast.
00:41:20.11\00:41:21.44
I was like, "Perfect."
00:41:21.48\00:41:22.81
You are one of the
staff that we need.
00:41:22.84\00:41:25.25
Well, she is also
one of the staff too,
00:41:25.28\00:41:26.78
so God is blessing of teammates.
00:41:26.82\00:41:30.12
And you see,
00:41:30.15\00:41:31.49
maybe some of you here
may think, "Well, I am alone.
00:41:31.52\00:41:34.12
There's nobody around me."
00:41:34.16\00:41:36.62
You may feel like you are alone,
00:41:36.66\00:41:38.76
but there's
angels working with you
00:41:38.79\00:41:40.16
and God is working with you.
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.53
So we are never alone.
00:41:41.56\00:41:42.90
So in other words,
ministry is always about we.
00:41:42.93\00:41:47.57
Amen.
00:41:47.60\00:41:48.94
Let me briefly...
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.58
Since we are
talking about Japan,
00:41:54.61\00:41:57.25
so going back to TMI,
00:41:57.28\00:41:59.18
not Too Much Information
00:41:59.21\00:42:00.55
but Total
Membership Involvement,
00:42:00.58\00:42:03.32
in 2016,
00:42:03.35\00:42:04.69
they did an
evangelistic campaign in Rwanda,
00:42:04.72\00:42:06.89
a general conference.
00:42:06.92\00:42:08.26
They choose a
target country every year
00:42:08.29\00:42:10.13
and they try to get
00:42:10.16\00:42:11.49
the Total Membership
Involvement in that country
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.23
and do simultaneous
evangelistic campaign.
00:42:14.26\00:42:16.93
Well, Rwanda had huge
success, lots of baptism,
00:42:16.97\00:42:20.20
lots of revival, 2017,
they did it in Romania,
00:42:20.24\00:42:23.17
lots of
baptism, lots of revival.
00:42:23.20\00:42:24.84
And 2018, guess
where the location
00:42:24.87\00:42:26.84
of the general conference chose?
00:42:26.88\00:42:28.78
Japan. Japan, yes. They
chose Japan as a target.
00:42:28.81\00:42:31.88
So in next year 2018
May, we are going to have
00:42:31.91\00:42:36.05
160 simultaneous
evangelistic campaigns,
00:42:36.08\00:42:39.52
and you have to understand
00:42:39.55\00:42:40.89
we don't even
have that many pastors.
00:42:40.92\00:42:43.16
So it's going to be really
Total Membership Involvement.
00:42:43.19\00:42:45.63
And most of the churches,
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.00
in fact, I would even
say I think almost all,
00:42:47.03\00:42:51.23
in fact, if not all
churches in Japan haven't done
00:42:51.27\00:42:54.87
a full on evangelistic campaign
for a last couple of decades
00:42:54.90\00:42:58.37
until this year, this
pastor, they did one in Tokyo.
00:42:58.41\00:43:01.58
And then next year,
00:43:01.61\00:43:02.94
160 simultaneous
evangelistic campaign,
00:43:02.98\00:43:05.91
and I believe God
is going to bless,
00:43:05.95\00:43:07.75
God is going to work, and
things are going to happen.
00:43:07.78\00:43:11.22
So if guys can keep
that in prayer, for Japan...
00:43:11.25\00:43:16.16
See, I'm going to
change up a little bit.
00:43:16.19\00:43:21.60
Let me share a story.
00:43:25.13\00:43:28.87
This one is a...
00:43:28.90\00:43:30.67
"This evening, I heard
the cries of Macedonia.
00:43:30.71\00:43:34.44
I felt the
responsibility to go back
00:43:34.48\00:43:36.85
to my country, Japan, to
share the last day message.
00:43:36.88\00:43:41.02
However, I do not have
any experience in evangelism.
00:43:41.05\00:43:45.85
Will somebody please
come to Japan with me?
00:43:45.89\00:43:50.46
On June 1894,
00:43:50.49\00:43:54.33
at the evening
worship at Healdsburg College"
00:43:54.36\00:43:57.43
That's the Pacific Union
College today in California,
00:43:57.47\00:44:01.84
"In the United States,
00:44:01.87\00:44:03.20
young Teruhiko
Okohira cried for help.
00:44:03.24\00:44:06.17
Seeing him appeal
with earnest tears,
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.41
Elder William Grainger
00:44:08.44\00:44:09.78
and his wife
answered the call with faith.
00:44:09.81\00:44:12.51
As a result, the
General Conference
00:44:12.55\00:44:14.48
officially appointed them
as missionaries to Japan."
00:44:14.52\00:44:17.72
You see Elder Grainger chose
00:44:17.75\00:44:19.89
the path of Japan
mission full of challenges
00:44:19.92\00:44:23.66
rather than a comfortable,
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.09
secure job as a
college president.
00:44:25.13\00:44:28.53
On November 19, 1896,
00:44:28.56\00:44:30.90
Elder William
Grainger accompanied
00:44:30.93\00:44:33.54
young Okohira Teruhiko,
00:44:33.57\00:44:35.47
and arrived at Yokohama
harbor on a ship named Coptic
00:44:35.50\00:44:39.11
to mark the first
step of mission in Japan.
00:44:39.14\00:44:41.54
Life as missionary
was very challenging.
00:44:41.58\00:44:44.15
In 1899, they started
00:44:44.18\00:44:46.31
the first
Seventh-day Adventist Japanese
00:44:46.35\00:44:48.28
language periodical
entitled Owari No Fukuin,
00:44:48.32\00:44:51.02
in other words,
Gospel for the Last Days,
00:44:51.05\00:44:53.36
later changed to
Signs of the Times magazine
00:44:53.39\00:44:56.19
which to this day is continuing,
00:44:56.22\00:44:58.13
over a hundred years,
it's still continuing.
00:44:58.16\00:45:00.50
Later in 1899, Elder
Grainger passed away.
00:45:00.53\00:45:04.17
So just in three years,
Elder Grainger passed away
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.37
at the age of 55.
00:45:06.40\00:45:07.94
Before he died,
realizing his end was near,
00:45:07.97\00:45:10.54
he spoke his last words
00:45:10.57\00:45:11.97
to his beloved
disciple Pastor Kuniya Shu,
00:45:12.01\00:45:15.11
who was taking care of him.
00:45:15.14\00:45:16.48
By the way, Pastor Kuniya
Shu is the very first ordained
00:45:16.51\00:45:19.65
Seventh-day
Adventist Japanese pastor,
00:45:19.68\00:45:21.82
and by the way, he
is the one that led
00:45:21.85\00:45:24.85
the first Korean
Seventh-day Adventist to Christ.
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.49
He is the one that
took Adventism to Korea.
00:45:27.52\00:45:30.46
And by the way, Pastor Kuniya,
00:45:30.49\00:45:32.46
the first Seventh-day
Adventist Japanese Pastor,
00:45:32.49\00:45:35.23
the very last church he
established before he died
00:45:35.26\00:45:38.63
is the Setagaya
Youth Church now.
00:45:38.67\00:45:40.67
That's the very church,
00:45:40.70\00:45:42.04
that's the very
house that he lived in,
00:45:42.07\00:45:43.81
and that's now
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.17
the first youth church in Japan.
00:45:45.21\00:45:46.54
Anyways, hearing
00:45:46.57\00:45:47.91
his beloved
disciple's faithful reply,
00:45:47.94\00:45:49.81
Elder Grainger smiled of relief
00:45:49.84\00:45:51.81
and spoke his last
words to his beloved disciple,
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.52
"I came to Japan to
fulfill the mission.
00:45:54.55\00:45:57.49
However, I was not
able to complete it.
00:45:57.52\00:46:00.96
I am now about
to leave this world.
00:46:00.99\00:46:03.79
I have walked the path of faith.
00:46:03.83\00:46:05.63
I want you to be
faithful as well,
00:46:05.66\00:46:07.43
and let us reunite in Heaven."
00:46:07.46\00:46:10.23
Amen.
00:46:10.27\00:46:11.60
It's been over 120 years
00:46:14.90\00:46:16.64
since the beginning of
missionary efforts in Japan.
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.44
Many fields, many
faithful pioneers,
00:46:19.47\00:46:22.24
many faithful people
00:46:22.28\00:46:23.61
in the past have
shared the gospel
00:46:23.65\00:46:25.35
but still the
Gospel needs to be shared,
00:46:25.38\00:46:28.42
not just in Japan,
00:46:28.45\00:46:29.78
all over the word we
have had faithful pioneers,
00:46:29.82\00:46:32.85
faithful men of God, and
women of God in the past,
00:46:32.89\00:46:38.16
but the Gospel
commission is not complete yet.
00:46:38.19\00:46:42.26
"And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying,
00:46:42.30\00:46:44.50
'All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
00:46:44.53\00:46:47.70
Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations,
00:46:47.74\00:46:49.77
baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.71
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
00:46:51.74\00:46:53.17
Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever
00:46:53.21\00:46:55.34
I have commanded you,
and, lo, I am with you always,
00:46:55.38\00:46:58.45
even unto the
end of the world.'"
00:46:58.48\00:47:00.55
Amen. Amen.
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.48
What is your mission?
00:47:02.52\00:47:03.95
In the context of
the great commission,
00:47:03.99\00:47:05.75
what is your mission?
00:47:05.79\00:47:09.92
Dream...
00:47:09.96\00:47:11.29
Big.
00:47:11.33\00:47:12.66
Dream...
00:47:12.69\00:47:14.03
Big.
00:47:14.06\00:47:15.40
We say dream big,
but how do you dream big?
00:47:15.43\00:47:18.13
How do you
practically dream big?
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.24
You see if you boil it
down to one word, it's trust.
00:47:20.27\00:47:22.77
Trust that God is big,
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.87
well, we trust that God is big
00:47:24.91\00:47:26.71
and His promises are sure
while we start dreaming big.
00:47:26.74\00:47:31.08
Let's make it more
practical. How do you dream big?
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.78
I like the PCM,
00:47:33.82\00:47:35.35
Public Campus
Ministry mission statement.
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.92
Who knows what that is?
00:47:37.95\00:47:39.29
That is, "Follow Jesus,
00:47:39.32\00:47:40.66
Embrace His
mission, Change the world."
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.19
That's how you dream big.
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.59
You first have to follow Jesus,
you don't follow your feelings,
00:47:44.63\00:47:47.60
you don't follow
your circumstances,
00:47:47.63\00:47:49.20
you don't follow
your peer pressure.
00:47:49.23\00:47:50.70
You follow Jesus.
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.53
You follow Jesus,
you embrace his mission,
00:47:52.57\00:47:55.47
and you change the world.
00:47:55.50\00:47:57.41
That's how you
dream big. You dream big.
00:47:57.44\00:48:02.24
Another one, what's
the theme right here?
00:48:02.28\00:48:04.25
Arise. Arise,
shine, Jesus is coming.
00:48:04.28\00:48:08.75
You see, we can't
dream when we are asleep,
00:48:08.78\00:48:13.99
that's called just
sleeping and dreaming.
00:48:14.02\00:48:16.39
Well, you have to arise
that you want to really dream.
00:48:16.42\00:48:20.06
Arise out of your sleep
and dream, dream big for Jesus.
00:48:20.10\00:48:25.13
Arise and shine,
and Jesus is coming.
00:48:25.17\00:48:29.44
So why do we need you?
I have a few minutes left.
00:48:29.47\00:48:35.44
So I'll give you
a little preview.
00:48:35.48\00:48:39.05
No, for those of you
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.42
who want to know more
about Youth Rush Japan,
00:48:40.45\00:48:44.19
I encourage you to stop
00:48:44.22\00:48:46.09
by at either at
the Souls West booth,
00:48:46.12\00:48:48.99
or one of the Youth Rush booths,
00:48:49.02\00:48:50.53
the student
literature program booths,
00:48:50.56\00:48:52.53
or be somewhere around there.
00:48:52.56\00:48:54.66
Now I have about a thousand
of these business cards.
00:48:54.70\00:48:58.40
Yeah, at least a
thousand of these,
00:48:58.43\00:48:59.93
and I don't want to
take any of these home.
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.97
So please stop by
and just grab these.
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.97
I don't want to
take any of these home,
00:49:05.01\00:49:06.34
and there's this Facebook
page, different information,
00:49:06.37\00:49:08.58
and this could be a reminder
just to keep this in prayer.
00:49:08.61\00:49:11.75
And there's also a three-month
Japan mission trip opportunity
00:49:11.78\00:49:17.42
that we are going to start
this coming summer and go on.
00:49:17.45\00:49:22.99
What it is? One month.
00:49:23.02\00:49:26.09
Now who want to canvas in Japan?
00:49:26.13\00:49:28.03
Who wants to
knock on doors in Japan?
00:49:28.06\00:49:29.73
You may think, "Oh,
I don't know Japanese."
00:49:29.76\00:49:31.67
No problem, do you
have the determination?
00:49:31.70\00:49:34.74
Do you have the "I
want to do it" kind of...
00:49:34.77\00:49:38.34
Do you want to do it?
00:49:38.37\00:49:39.87
Are you ready to
put hard work into it?
00:49:39.91\00:49:42.64
One month of intense
Japanese language training.
00:49:42.68\00:49:45.98
We will give you
about 30 to 40 pages
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.85
to memorize in one month,
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.28
word for word, I'm not kidding,
00:49:49.32\00:49:51.75
literally, probably
about 30 to 40 pages.
00:49:51.79\00:49:53.96
But don't worry,
it's not Japanese letters,
00:49:53.99\00:49:55.96
it's going to be
in English letters
00:49:55.99\00:49:57.33
like
K-O-N-I-C-H-I-W-A, konichiwa,
00:49:57.36\00:49:59.83
you know, it's like that.
00:49:59.86\00:50:03.06
Literally, that's
going be continuing
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.50
for 30 to 40 pages.
00:50:04.53\00:50:05.87
Morning to evening,
00:50:05.90\00:50:07.24
you memorize, you are
going to learn how to pray,
00:50:07.27\00:50:08.60
you are going to learn
00:50:08.64\00:50:09.97
how to sell Great Controversies,
00:50:10.01\00:50:11.34
you are going to learn
how to sell Desire of Ages.
00:50:11.37\00:50:12.71
After one month,
what we send out,
00:50:12.74\00:50:14.08
knock on doors for two months,
and you go home, that's it.
00:50:14.11\00:50:18.81
Well, if you are interested,
00:50:18.85\00:50:20.78
it's definitely not an easy job.
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.88
And of course,
there's an interview.
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.42
We need to interview you,
00:50:24.45\00:50:25.79
and one of the requirement
is you have to have experience
00:50:25.82\00:50:29.29
in Youth Rush over here
in US, that's a good trading.
00:50:29.32\00:50:32.59
And if you fulfill
those requirements,
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.33
we interview you.
00:50:34.36\00:50:37.10
Yes.
00:50:37.13\00:50:40.17
Well, time is running out.
00:50:40.20\00:50:44.57
Yes, there's so much to testify,
00:50:44.61\00:50:47.78
we have only covered about 40%.
00:50:47.81\00:50:52.28
Don't worry, I will adapt.
00:50:52.31\00:50:57.75
If you want to hear
more stories, more details,
00:50:57.79\00:51:01.12
anytime...
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.52
Any time, not this time.
00:51:02.56\00:51:04.23
Let's see here,
where do we begin?
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.90
Okay, we need to get going soon.
00:51:09.93\00:51:14.04
Let me share an
Ellen White quote,
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.40
there you go.
00:51:15.44\00:51:17.77
Colporteur Ministry's page 57,
00:51:17.81\00:51:20.18
"Those who give evidence
that they are truly converted
00:51:20.21\00:51:24.08
and who take up the
canvassing work will see
00:51:24.11\00:51:27.68
that it is the best preparation
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.72
for other lines
of missionary labor."
00:51:29.75\00:51:32.59
Colporteur work is
the best preparation
00:51:32.62\00:51:34.62
for missionary labors.
00:51:34.66\00:51:36.52
It's a good training
school in other words.
00:51:36.56\00:51:38.56
Why?
00:51:38.59\00:51:39.93
Because you get to sweat,
00:51:39.96\00:51:41.30
you get to carry bags,
you get to be rejected,
00:51:41.33\00:51:45.53
and sometimes
books thrown at you.
00:51:45.57\00:51:48.00
Well, for the
sake of the Gospel.
00:51:48.04\00:51:49.90
It's challenging,
00:51:49.94\00:51:52.14
and that's why
it's a good training.
00:51:52.17\00:51:54.08
You see, as young people,
ice breaking is important.
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Ice breaking
activities, that's wonderful.
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But at one point or another,
we just start breaking the ice.
00:51:59.85\00:52:02.48
We need to start doing
ice melting activities.
00:52:02.52\00:52:05.05
What's that?
00:52:05.09\00:52:06.42
Ice melting activities,
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when we have
that burning passion
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to win some souls,
00:52:09.79\00:52:11.16
when we have
that fiery love of God
00:52:11.19\00:52:13.29
within us, the ice melts.
00:52:13.33\00:52:15.26
So the best way to get
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the young people together
is win some souls together.
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Amen. You see.
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Another one,
Christian Service, page 145,
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"Let every Seventh-day
Adventist ask himself
00:52:28.74\00:52:31.91
what can I do to proclaim
the Third Angel's Message?
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.68
Christ came to this
world to give this message
00:52:34.72\00:52:37.09
to His servant, to
give to the churches.
00:52:37.12\00:52:39.59
It is to be proclaimed
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to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people."
00:52:40.99\00:52:43.06
How are we to give it?
00:52:43.09\00:52:47.40
The distribution
of our literature
00:52:47.43\00:52:50.30
is one means by
which the message
00:52:50.33\00:52:52.23
is to be proclaimed.
00:52:52.27\00:52:53.77
Let every, not some, not
majority, every believer,
00:52:53.80\00:52:58.47
this is TMI once
again, let every believer,
00:52:58.51\00:53:01.08
this is TMLI, Total Membership
Literature Involvement,
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let every believer scatter,
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.92
broadcast tracks,
and leaflets, and books,
00:53:06.95\00:53:09.25
containing the
message for this time.
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.25
Colporteurs are needed
00:53:11.29\00:53:12.85
who will go far to circulate
our publications everywhere.
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Amen. What's our message?
00:53:17.83\00:53:21.63
Revelations 14:6-12,
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"And I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
00:53:24.00\00:53:26.87
having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them
00:53:26.90\00:53:29.34
that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation,
00:53:29.37\00:53:31.51
and kindred, and
tongue, and people,
00:53:31.54\00:53:33.21
saying with a loud voice,
00:53:33.24\00:53:34.91
'Fear God, and
give glory to him,
00:53:34.94\00:53:36.88
for the hour of
his judgment is come,
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and worship him that
made heaven, and earth,
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and the sea, and the
fountains of waters.'
00:53:40.35\00:53:41.82
And there followed
another angel, saying,
00:53:41.85\00:53:43.69
'Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
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because she made all
nations drink of the wine
00:53:46.22\00:53:48.32
of the wrath of
her fornication.'
00:53:48.36\00:53:50.19
And the third
angel followed them,
00:53:50.23\00:53:51.56
saying with a loud voice,
00:53:51.59\00:53:52.93
'If any man worship
the beast and his image,
00:53:52.96\00:53:54.30
and receive his
mark in his forehead,
00:53:54.33\00:53:55.66
or in his hand,
00:53:55.70\00:53:57.03
the same shall drink of the wine
00:53:57.07\00:53:58.40
of the wrath of God,
00:53:58.43\00:53:59.77
which is poured
out without mixture
00:53:59.80\00:54:01.14
into the cup of his indignation,
00:54:01.17\00:54:02.50
and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
00:54:02.54\00:54:03.94
in the presence
of the holy angels,
00:54:03.97\00:54:05.31
and in the presence of the Lamb,
00:54:05.34\00:54:07.31
and the smoke of
their torment ascendeth up
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forever and ever,
00:54:09.84\00:54:11.18
and they have no
rest day nor night,
00:54:11.21\00:54:12.55
who worship the
beast and his image,
00:54:12.58\00:54:14.25
and whosoever receive
the mark of his name.'"
00:54:14.28\00:54:17.25
Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:54:17.29\00:54:19.69
here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus.
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That's our message.
00:54:24.23\00:54:25.56
Regardless of
culture, regardless of country,
00:54:25.59\00:54:27.66
regardless of circumstances,
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.20
regardless of
whatever, this is our message.
00:54:29.23\00:54:32.67
Amen.
00:54:32.70\00:54:34.04
This is our
message, but that's not it.
00:54:34.07\00:54:36.20
That's three angels message,
00:54:36.24\00:54:37.57
that's
righteousness by faith message.
00:54:37.61\00:54:38.94
In other words,
00:54:38.97\00:54:40.31
just trust in
God no matter what.
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But we have the
fourth angel's message,
00:54:41.74\00:54:43.51
what's that?
Revelation 18:1-4, what's that?
00:54:43.55\00:54:47.15
"After these things,
00:54:47.18\00:54:48.52
I saw another angel
come down from heaven,
00:54:48.55\00:54:51.49
having great power,
00:54:51.52\00:54:53.79
and the earth was
lightened with his glory."
00:54:53.82\00:54:56.83
Verse 2, "He cried mightily
with a strong voice, saying,
00:54:56.86\00:55:00.40
'Babylon the great is fallen,
00:55:00.43\00:55:02.20
is fallen and is become
the habitation of devils,
00:55:02.23\00:55:05.27
and the hold of
every foul spirit,
00:55:05.30\00:55:07.40
and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird.
00:55:07.44\00:55:11.31
For all nations
have drunk of the wine
00:55:11.34\00:55:13.48
of the wrath of her fornication,
00:55:13.51\00:55:14.91
and the kings of the earth
00:55:14.94\00:55:16.44
have committed
fornication with her,
00:55:16.48\00:55:18.15
and the merchants of
the earth are waxed rich
00:55:18.18\00:55:20.75
through the
abundance of her delicacies.
00:55:20.78\00:55:22.72
And I heard another
voice from heaven, saying,"
00:55:22.75\00:55:25.15
what, "Come out
of her, my people,
00:55:25.19\00:55:30.33
that ye be not
partakers of her sins,
00:55:30.36\00:55:32.23
and that ye receive
not of her plagues."
00:55:32.26\00:55:35.00
Amen.
00:55:35.03\00:55:36.36
You see, our Prophet
Sister Ellen White says
00:55:36.40\00:55:40.90
these words regarding
the fourth angel's message.
00:55:40.94\00:55:44.27
Colporteur Ministry's
page 4, "And in a large degree,
00:55:44.31\00:55:47.48
through our publishing
houses is to be accomplished
00:55:47.51\00:55:50.21
the work of that other angel
00:55:50.25\00:55:51.58
who comes down from
heaven with great power,
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.78
who lightens the
earth with His glory."
00:55:53.82\00:55:58.82
Not all the work,
but in a large degree.
00:55:58.85\00:56:02.76
Every Seventh-day Adventist,
00:56:02.79\00:56:04.86
every followers of Jesus Christ,
00:56:04.89\00:56:07.60
literature work,
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.50
let's be involved
with literature work.
00:56:09.53\00:56:11.83
You don't have to door
to door and sell books,
00:56:11.87\00:56:13.74
that's not literature,
00:56:13.77\00:56:15.10
that's part of
the literature work.
00:56:15.14\00:56:16.47
You can distribute books,
00:56:16.50\00:56:17.84
you can give
tracks to your friends
00:56:17.87\00:56:19.21
and coworkers,
that's literature work too,
00:56:19.24\00:56:20.94
like scattered
like leaves of autumn.
00:56:20.98\00:56:22.48
Media and internet,
those are a wonderful ministry,
00:56:22.51\00:56:24.98
wonderful ministry.
00:56:25.01\00:56:26.35
We even have YouTube
channels over in Japan too,
00:56:26.38\00:56:28.92
sending forth Bible messages.
00:56:28.95\00:56:30.72
But sooner or later,
according to prophecy,
00:56:30.75\00:56:32.89
I think those media will
be censored at one point,
00:56:32.92\00:56:35.32
it will be limited at one point,
00:56:35.36\00:56:36.69
but when that happens,
while we still have freedom,
00:56:36.73\00:56:39.43
if we scatter those literature,
it will be like time bombs...
00:56:39.46\00:56:45.10
You know, it talks
about Sunday law coming up,
00:56:45.13\00:56:46.47
it talks about
00:56:46.50\00:56:47.84
how this world will
go like this and this...
00:56:47.87\00:56:50.34
And when those things happens...
00:56:50.37\00:56:53.21
Those time bombs
will blow up and like,
00:56:53.24\00:56:55.54
"Wow, the
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:56:55.58\00:56:56.91
they knew this all
along like hundred years ago,
00:56:56.95\00:56:58.68
they knew it,
wow, what's going on?
00:56:58.71\00:57:00.42
I want to get to know the Jesus
that they are talking about."
00:57:00.45\00:57:04.19
Amen.
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