Hi, everyone. I'm John
Kent, director of training for
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Adventist Frontier
Missions. For the past 25 years,
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God has been using AFM to plant
the church in places like India
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Albania, Africa, the Philippines
and Papua New Guinea.
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We currently have 85
missionaries serving in 16
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different countries. Now
if you were to ask any of
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our missionaries what
it's actually like to be one,
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I'm certain they would tell you
it's one of the most rewarding
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as well as challenging
things they have ever done.
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Papua New Guinea is located
in the South Pacific Ocean
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about 93 miles
north of Australia.
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The capital city of Port Moresby
is an exciting place to be.
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There's a lot to
see and do there.
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The first thing you'll notice
are the high-rise buildings.
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Just ask the right person, and
you might get a bird's-eye view
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from the top of one
of those skyscrapers.
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Most of the goods and supplies
that come to Port Moresby
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arrive by cargo ship.
The ocean is beautiful.
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You'll even see whole villages
built right over the water.
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Then go to the marketplace, and
there you'll see how talented
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the people are.
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These baskets and crafts you
see are handmade by the locals.
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I hope you enjoyed that
quick tour of Papua New Guinea's
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capital city. In this program,
we want to give you three
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exciting glimpes into
the work that AFM is doing
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in that country.
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Here's and overview of
what you are going to see.
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David and Cindy White have
been working for several years
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as career missionaries
among the Gogodala people in
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Balimo, Papua New Guinea.
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They specialize in
friendship evangelism.
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It's clear to see that
David and Cindy genuinely
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care about the local people.
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Their deepest desire is for
their Balimo friends to know
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Jesus as their personal Savior.
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From Balimo, we will take a
short boat ride up the Aramia
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River to the village of
Kotale, where we will find the
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Erickson family also
working as career missionaries.
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The second video report is
from the village of Kukea, where
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Dale Goodson and his wife Lety
worked as missionaries among
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the Dowa people
for more than 11 years.
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Their goal was to establish
an Adventist church where people
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didn't just know biblical truth,
but applied it to every aspect
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of their culture. Finally, after
a 20-hour canoe ride, we will
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reach our last destination,
the May River Project.
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This is the most remote place
on earth that AFM is working in.
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But first, let's go to
Balimo, where we begin our
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three-part series.
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David and Cindy White are
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stationed in Balimo, New Guinea,
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which is a very remote location.
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The only way to access
Balimo is by bush plane.
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It's an exciting experience
to fly in one of these planes.
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The pilot said he had flown
over 4,000 missions and never
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has had any problems.
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As you can see, transportation
can be very challenging,
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and getting needed supplies can
be an even greater challenge.
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There's no local hardware or
grocery store, so most of the
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supplies have to be loaded
onto a ship in Port Moresby.
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After a couple of days of ocean
travel, the cargo ship comes
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inland up the Aramia River
where it arrives near the town
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of Balimo.
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It's dry season, and
water levels are low, so David
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and Steve have to drive
their small boat through
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several miles of shallow
waterways in order to meet
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the big ship and
get their supplies.
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It's exciting when the
ship finally does arrive.
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Soxie helps guide the
boat alongside of the ship.
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David and Steve are
eager to see if everything they
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ordered has come because this
ship contains precious cargo.
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They are unloading construction
materials like cement and
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foundation poles for a new
church that's being built in
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Balimo. And because of many
generous donors, supplies have
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been purchased, and the church
will soon be finished where
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new believers can come
every Sabbath and worship Jesus,
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the source of the
true River of Life.
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Balimo is situated on
the western banks of the
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Aramia River and is home
to the Gogodala cultural group
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known for their artistic skills
in carving huge wooden canoes.
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The larger of these canoes
can carry over 40 grown men
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at any one time, and they
use them to travel the massive
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waterways of the Papuan delta.
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One of the highlights of
Gogodalan culture is the annual
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canoe race. Up to 40 grown
men stand upright in one canoe
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as they paddle in
unison to win the race.
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It's an incredible sight to see.
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After the canoe is carved, they
paint them with colorful designs
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to appease the spirits that
they believe inhabit the canoe.
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Even the paddles are skillfully
etched and painted with symbols
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of spirits who are
asked to inhabit them.
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Animism is the predominant
religion of the Gogodala.
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They believe
spirits inhabit everything.
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The whole purpose of life
is to try and manipulate the
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spirits to either give them good
fortune or to leave them alone.
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The day of the race has arrived.
It's 4 a. m. and the people are
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excited. They call on spirits
to give them speed for the race.
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While some perform rituals
to keep away bad spirits,
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others familiar with
Christianity call upon God to
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bless them as well.
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The winning team will receive
several thousand dollars.
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Months of preparation are
and practice are on the line.
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It's amazing how they can
paddle these huge canoes and
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stand at the same
time without falling out.
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The end of the race determines
a winner; however, there's a
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dispute. The team that came
in second accuses the winning
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team of casting magic on
their canoe, preventing them
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from winning the race.
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A huge fight quickly erupts,
involving not only the racing
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teams, but hundreds of
villagers on the shore.
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They grab sticks and rocks
and anything they can get their
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hands on and throw them
at each other, or beat up
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anyone not quick
enough to get away.
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No one was seriously
injured when the fight was over.
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What a miracle that was.
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These people
depend on the river.
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It's the essence of their lives.
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They fish in the water;
they bathe in its shores;
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they play in the mud
banks and swim in its eddies.
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They hunt wild game near
its banks, such as crocodiles
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eels, fish and birds.
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Yet will all their sustenance
coming from this life-giving
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source, they are left wanting
more. They seek a better way
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for meaning in life.
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They are in search
of the River of Life.
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Working out here has
really been a blessing.
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It's actually very exciting
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because we are now having
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groups of people that are
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wanting to become
Seventh-day Adventists.
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Around the area, they've
heard about our work here,
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and now they're asking for
us to send missionaries into
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their villages to teach them.
They want to raise up a church
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in their villages.
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The greatest joy I have is
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when I can share with some
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of the local men and
ladies here about Jesus.
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We've got three men that
are all ordained elders in the
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Balimo church. These three
men are a direct result of the
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efforts Adventist
Frontiers made in the past.
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One was given literature by
Jeff Bishop, and the other two
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were brought in by Jean Cader
and his effort in the Upper Room
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Jean did a lot of good work.
And then followed not too long
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after Jean was Joe Beasley,
who had the Upper Room school.
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And the Upper Room was a real
popular school in this area.
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The three men are
Peter, Paul and Wamasy.
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And out of the three, Wamasy
is probably the rising star.
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He is gifted relationally.
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He is the pulse of the
church here, and because of his
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efforts, this church is
coming up in a strong way.
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The work of the Upper Room
resuted in many people giving
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their hearts to Jesus. After
many years of spirit worship,
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they gladly gave their hearts
over to the One who fills their
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life with joy and peace.
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Now they belong to a family
of believers, and together
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they look forward
to Jesus' soon return.
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We've spent many years
now studying the culture,
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trying to determine where
the holes are in the culture.
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It's like we want to spread
a gospel net and catch them
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in the net and win souls.
One of my favorite verses is
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that Jesus said, "Follow me and
I will make you fishers of men."
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Well, we have to make
sure that the net that we throw
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doesn't have any holes in
it. And so, as we look at the
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the gospel and the
way we present the gospel,
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in a western fashion, we
see there are very big holes
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and that people will go
right through those holes.
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And so, we've been sitting here
trying to plug up all the holes
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and see how we can present
the gospel that when we finally
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throw that net, we
are going to catch them.
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Kingsley tells us how the sound
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of an early morning church bell
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led him and his whole family
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to a new life with Jesus.
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The bell was the witness.
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It was ringing so uniquely
every time. That tuned our
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ears to that church, the Seventh
day church which I am now in.
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The sound of the bell guided
Kingsley and his family to
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church that Sabbath morning.
Since that day, the entire
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family has given their lives to
Jesus. No longer does gambling
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or alcohol have a
hold on Kingsley's life.
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Let's listen now as Kingsley
explains how he feels about
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the work that Adventist Frontier
Missions is doing in that area.
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I tell you, they really changed
the lives of the people here.
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I always encourage my church
members: once they are here,
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use them to the
fullest. And I always tell them,
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Look up to them and ask them
as many questions as you can.
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So that we can learn from
them and what they introduce
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to us, we will carry on
from there and we will go
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extending the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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It's encouraging to hear the
passion Kingsley has in sharing
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the gospel with others.
Planting Adventist churches
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totatlly operated by local
people is the ultimate goal
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of AFM. Now, don't go
away. There's much more to come.
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We will be back in a few moments
with the rest of our story.
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You know, most people don't
think about darkness unless
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we are in it.
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Darkness is a place
of shadows and fears,
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of things unknown.
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It's a place
where we go to hide.
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A place where we
wonder who's out there.
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A place of uncertainty.
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In John chapter 8,
verse 12, Jesus declares,
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So God steps into the picture,
light dispells darkness.
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Life destroys death.
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Whoever follows Me
will never walk in darkness.
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Have you ever wondered
why the Bible spends so
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much time talking
about light and darkness?
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Could it be that behind
the veil of darkness are faces?
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Faces of people
with hearts and families?
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Faces of people that God loves?
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Jesus said, "You are
the light of the world. "
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Will you go and bring the light
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to the people God loves?
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Welcome back to the
second half of our video report
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from Papua New Guinea.
We go now to the village
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of Kotale, where Steve
and Laurie Erickson and their
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daughters are serving as career
church-planting missionaries
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among the Gogodala.
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I just felt the need to
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do something more for God.
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I was the head elder of our
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church, and I wanted to work
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full-time for God. So
when this opportunity came up,
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I believe God
opened the doors for this.
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So I had prayed for a
break, and God opened the doors.
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So here we are today.
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We weren't going to be
happy if we didn't go where
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God wanted us to be. If
we had stayed at our home
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where we were, I know we
wouldn't have been happy.
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And life is
challenging out here.
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There's no doubt about it.
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But I feel very content.
I'm very happy to be here.
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Living in the village here
is much different than living
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in America in that we live here,
we are part of the village,
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and people come and,
I'll never forget standing
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at the kitchen
window washing dishes and
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there would be group of people
sitting in our front yard just
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outside the window,
facing our house and watching
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the window as if they were
watching a soap opera on TV.
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And it just drove me nuts.
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And I kind of have gotten used
to that, and the people have
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kind of gotten used to
us, so they don't do that
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quite as much.
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One of the happiest things
for me that makes me very proud
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as a mother is to watch
my girls interact with other
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young girls and
wanting to lead them to Jesus.
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They've had the opportunity
already to lead one girl
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to baptism, and they
are studying the Bible with
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another friend. And they have
their own Sabbath School class.
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They've grown so much
spiritually and as leaders
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I can just see them growing
tremendously, and it's been
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a great experience for them to
take these responsibilities on.
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Johanna and Karin begin
each morning with worship
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reading the Bible and
praying for their Heavenly
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Father to guide the day.
They both have school work
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to do every morning, and their
favorite subject is science.
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Johanna has learned how
to bake bread. She especially
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likes to do this for
the family. Homemade bread
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tastes extra good
in the mission field.
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It's dry season, so Karin
helps her dad get water from the
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local village
well. It's good exercise
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and it's a nice time
to talk with friends.
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Getting water is hard
work, so they are sure to use
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water only on
things that are needed.
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Karin and Johanna love to play
games with the local children.
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They treat them with the
same love and compassion as they
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would their own family
members. They consider it
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a privilege to be accepted
and trusted by the local people.
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These friendships have opened
the door for them to share
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Jesus with many of the
villagers. They use their
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talents to praise God, and
their Christian example has led
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many young people to
the same wonderful Jesus
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that they know and love.
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While being out here,
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we decided to start a choir,
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a girls choir to sing for the
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camp meeting. And one
girl named Lucy, she decided
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to join. And because of
that, she has been coming to
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church every Sabbath
faithfully, and we've
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been giving her Bible studies.
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Holy, holy, holy, holy.
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Lord God almighty,
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which was, and
is, and is to come.
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When I go back to the States,
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We are going to be going next
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year for a break, and what we
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really miss there is Taco Bell.
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That's one of our
favorite places to eat.
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The things that are
different about living here
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are people in the States - we
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tend to be rushing, trying to
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get to a meeting on time.
But people here, they don't
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care how long it
takes them to get somewhere.
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Time doesn't really
mean anything to them.
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When I was back home in
the States, I was mostly
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trying to impress people,
but then when I came here,
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life is simple, and
the people are humble.
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And because we are
right in the middle of nature,
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somehow it just
drew me closer to God.
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And I really changed
when I came out here.
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And I just think that
if anybody goes to the
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mission field, it's
going to change their lives.
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Elsie really loves Jesus,
and she wanted to be baptized
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with her friend Johanna.
But she kept getting sick.
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So Elsie's dad had
Laurie Erickson come and check
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on Elsie. Laurie thought
she had malaria, but looking
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further, Laurie discovered
that Elsie had appendicitis.
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So they took Elsie to Port
Moresby where she could get
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the surgery that she needed.
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For a long time, Nasa was
considered to be the meanest
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person in the village
of Kotale. He was known
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for being a thief.
One day he broke into
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a house and stole a
radio. He thought he had gotten
00:23:03.55\00:23:06.08
away with it until
some people came knocking at
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his door asking if he
knew anything about the stolen
00:23:08.61\00:23:11.54
radio. Of course, Nasa denied
it. That is, until the men came
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in to do some
investigation of their own.
00:23:15.57\00:23:18.01
Sure enough, they found
the missing radio, and they
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threatened to beat him up
if he didn't stop stealing
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things. A few days later,
Nasa couldn't help himself.
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He had stolen chickens before,
and he thought it would be
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easy pickings. This time,
some angry people were waiting
00:23:29.74\00:23:32.77
for him. They decided to
chase the chicken thief down
00:23:32.80\00:23:35.80
and end his life.
00:23:35.84\00:23:37.61
The angry mob looked for
Nasa everywhere. They were going
00:23:51.26\00:23:53.98
to chop him to pieces.
But God had a different
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plan for Nasa.
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I know many of you
are praying for us.
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And we would just ask
that you continue your prayers
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for us because there
is a spirtual battle going
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on out here, and
prayers make a difference.
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And I would like to say
a prayer just now for you.
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If you would just bow
your head with me, let's pray.
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Father in heaven, thank
You for being with us today.
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Lord, we have answered Your
call to go to the far corners
00:24:56.03\00:25:00.78
of the earth. I want to
pray for each one of the viewers
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that You will touch
their hearts. I know there are
00:25:05.56\00:25:08.79
some out there that You
have been working on their
00:25:08.83\00:25:12.18
hearts, preparing them
to work as missionaries.
00:25:12.21\00:25:15.50
Lord, we just pray that You
will work out their situation
00:25:15.53\00:25:18.49
so that they can fulfill
Your purpose, so this gospel
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can reach the whole
world, and then we will see
00:25:21.99\00:25:25.85
Jesus come. And so, Lord,
we commit our lives to You
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and ask for Your will to
be done. In Jesus' name, amen.
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I want to thank you in
advance for your prayers and
00:25:35.78\00:25:38.32
financial support. They
are greatly needed as well as
00:25:38.36\00:25:41.25
greatly appreciated. We
end our program today with this
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special music from the Balimo
Seventh-day Adventist church
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in Papua New Guinea.
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It's a moment that I
will never forget in my life.
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How they talked to
us, how they loved us.
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I came into an atmosphere,
and I felt that I was
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already coming home.
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And I'm just very happy
to join the family of God.
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It's so wonderful and nice.
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Sweet home.
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It will be a sweet home for
the Gogodala when they reach
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heaven. The Whites and
Ericksons have dedicated
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their lives to bringing
the gospel to the Gogodala,
00:27:02.50\00:27:05.19
a people truly
searching for the River of Life.
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Please keep them in
your prayers. If you felt God
00:27:08.12\00:27:10.90
impressing you to support
Adventist Frontier Missions,
00:27:10.94\00:27:13.46
then please send
your donation to:
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