HELLO AND WELCOME TO
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
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WE HAVE A SPECIAL
PROGRAM PLANNED FOR YOU TODAY.
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WE ARE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES
IN THE COUNTRY OF ETHIOPIA
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AND SEEING HOW JESUS
IS LEADING THOSE PEOPLE.
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MY NAME IS DAN PREAS.
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TODAY I HAVE
WITH ME, WADE BROOKS.
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WADE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT
FOR FIELD OPERATIONS FOR GOSPEL
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OUTREACH. WELCOME TO
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
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THANK YOU!
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I HAVE KNOWN WADE FOR AWHILE AND
I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW WADE AS A
PERSON WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN
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SHARING THE GOSPEL.
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WADE, CAN YOU JUST SHARE A
FEW MOMENTS OF WHY THAT IS SO
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IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, DAN,
IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A JOURNEY
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FOR ME. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO
ADMIT THAT I HARDLY RECOGNIZE MY
LIFE SOMETIMES FROM WHERE I
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THINK IT WOULD
NORMALLY HAVE BEEN.
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I GUESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS I
HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BY THE LORD
TO WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
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TO BELONG TO GOD.
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I HAVE TO SAY THAT HAS
BEEN CALLING ME PERSONALLY
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TO A GREATER LEVEL
OF SURRENDER IN MY LIFE.
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I GUESS AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED
GOD REMAKING MY LIFE THAT IT HAS
FILLED ME WITH SUCH A JOY AND
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APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE HAS
DONE THAT I COULD NEVER REPAY
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THE DEBT. I HAVEN'T FOUND
ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT
GIVES A GREATER JOY THAN SEEING
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THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN
SOMEBODY'S FACE FOR THE FIRST
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TIME. I GUESS THAT IS WHAT
DRIVES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING;
WHAT REALLY MADE ME THINK ABOUT
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DOING A MISSION TRIP OUT OF
MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ONE OF THE
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FIRST TIMES. WADE, SPEAKING OF
MISSION TRIPS, HERE RECENTLY YOU
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TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER
ORGANIZATION TO GO TO ETHIOPIA.
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TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
TRIP AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT
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YOU WENT WITH. WELL, YOU KNOW,
I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR A WHILE
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FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO ON A MISSION TRIP.
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BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST CHOOSE
A MISSION TRIP AND JUST HAVE IT
BE SOMETHING THAT I CHOSE.
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I WANTED GOD TO
DIRECT WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
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AND SO I PRAYED BUT I WAITED
FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
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ONE DAY I WAS SHARING THE
MESSAGE IN A LITTLE CHURCH IN
THE VALLEY AND AFTER THE SERMON
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TIME, MIKE TRUCKEY  CAME
UP TO ME REPRESENTING KCADO .
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THAT IS KIND-HEARTS CHILD
AID DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION .
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IT IS KIND OF A LONG NAME BUT
BASICALLY IT IS A MINISTRY IN
ETHIOPIA FOR CHILDREN.
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I WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
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HE INVITED ME TO BE PART OF AN
EVANGELISTIC TEAM GOING TO
ETHIOPIA HERE IN OCTOBER AND
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NOVEMBER TIME FRAME.
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SO THAT WAS THE RIGHT TIME.
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I JUST KNEW THAT IT WASN'T
SOMETHING THAT I HAD TRIED TO
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PUT TOGETHER BUT
THAT GOD WAS IN IT.
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SO I WAS
PREPARING FOR A ADVENTURE.
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YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN THAT MISSION
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TRIP, PARTICULARLY,
WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.
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IT WAS HAVING SOME
THING TO DO WITH SALT.
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CAN YOU TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
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I SHOULD PROBABLY
BACK UP A SLIGHT BIT.
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KCADO  ACTUALLY IS EVOLVED.
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IT IS A NON-GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION IN ETHIOPIA,
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DEDICATED TO
MINISTRY IN ETHIOPIA.
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AND IT IS A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE UNITED
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STATES. REALLY, THERE ARE THREE
THINGS THAT IT REALLY DOES.
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NUMBER ONE, IT
REACHES OUT TO CHILDREN.
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THERE IS A CRYING NEED
FOR SCHOOLS IN ETHIOPIA.
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THE GOVERNMENT DOES WHAT IT
CAN BUT HAS LIMITED RESOURCES.
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ETHIOPIA HAS AN EXPLODING
POPULATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
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PROBABLY IT WAS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT AMAZED ME MORE THAN
ANYTHING WHEN I WAS IN THE
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COUNTRY; HOW MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE THERE WERE.
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SO SCHOOLS ARE A BIG PROBLEM.
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EVEN IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THE
GRADUATION RATE IS 25 PER CENT.
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SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
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SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ADULTS STILL
TRYING TO GET THAT EIGHTH GRADE
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CERTIFICATION. KCADO IS WORKING
TO START SCHOOLS IN THESE AREAS.
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THERE ARE SOME REALLY EXCITING
THINGS HAPPENING IN DEBRE BERHAN
 AND SOME OTHER PLACES.
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THE THING ABOUT SALT, TO GET
BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING
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ABOUT, IS THAT SALT
IS A LUXURY ITEM, SALT.
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FOR THE SIMPLE
REASON THAT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
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THE BODY, WE KNOW, NEEDS IODINE.
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I AM NOT A MEDICAL PERSON BUT
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEIR
GOITERS  BEGAN TO GROW IF THE
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PEOPLE DON'T GET ENOUGH IODINE.
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IN ONE OF THE TOWNS WHERE I WAS
IN WELKITE  THIS IS PARTICULARLY
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A PROBLEM. THESE GROW VERY
SLOWLY OVER TIME BUT THE THYROID
TRIES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOW
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LEVELS. THESE
PEOPLE HAVE GROWTHS.
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YOU CAN IMAGINE A YOUNG
PERSON WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
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THEY FEEL VERY EMBARRASSED, PLUS
ALL THE HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT CAN
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GO WITH IT. WE STARTED
DELIVERY SALT TO THE PEOPLE.
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FOR A FAMILY OF SALT FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS COSTS 25 CENTS IN THE
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U.S. SO NOT ONLY IS IT CREATING
ENORMOUS GOODWILL AND
APPRECIATION BY THE PEOPLE,
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BUT ALSO IT HAS BEEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT
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AND OTHER PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
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THE THIRD THING IS
THAT IT INVOLVES EVANGELISM.
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JUST SHARING THE GOOD NEWS AND
THE HOPE OF CHRIST IN MANY DARK
AREAS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE
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IS REALLY NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
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AND SO THAT WAS THE LAST PART IS
WHERE I GOT INVOLVED, WITH THE
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EVANGELISM; AT
LEAST A PORTION OF IT.
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OKAY, SO YOU WENT TO FULFILL
YOUR DREAM TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
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THROUGH AND
EVANGELISTIC SERIES IN ETHIOPIA.
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YES!
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VERY GOOD!
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WADE, I AM REALLY INTERESTED.
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I CAN REMEMBER MY
FIRST TRIP OVERSEAS.
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WHEN I GOT OFF THAT PLANE AND
LOOKED AROUND, MY EYES OPENED
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WIDE. I WAS SHOCKED!
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TELL ME WHAT WERE YOU FIRST
IMPRESSIONS WHEN YOU GOT OFF
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THAT PLANE? MY!
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I THINK THAT ONE OF THE
FIRST SHOCKS WAS ADDIS ABABA.
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THE CITY IS AMAZING!
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I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMEWHERE
AROUND 5,000,000 PEOPLE.
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I GUESS THE SHOCK IS
THAT YOU HAVE THE 18TH CENTURY
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AND THE 21ST CENTURY
ON THE SAME SIDEWALK.
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IT IS A CITY OF MASSIVE
CONTRAST, CONTRADICTIONS.
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THE BILLBOARDS WERE HUGE.
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EVERYTHING WAS SO DIFFERENT.
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IT IS A CITY OF ENORMOUS ENERGY.
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A LOT OF CHANGE IS COMING BUT
YOU SEE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE
AREA OF THE CITY JUST STRUGGLING
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TO STAY ALIVE, JUST
STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE.
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THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT
TAKES TO DO THAT WAS JUST MIND
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BOGGLING TO ME. IT JUST SEEMED
LIKE EVERYONE IS IN BUSINESS
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DOING SOMETHING. EVERYBODY, I'M
SURE IT WASN'T EVERYONE BUT IT
SEEMED LIKE EVERYWHERE YOU
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TURNED EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING TO SURVIVE AND TO MAKE
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A LIVING. I AM TRYING
TO THINK OF OTHER THINGS.
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SPEAK SPECIFICALLY; YOU
MENTIONED A CONTRAST BETWEEN
18TH CENTURY AND 21ST CENTURY.
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WHAT DID YOU SEE THAT SAID THESE
PEOPLE ARE WAY BACK IN THE 18TH
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CENTURY? I CAN REMEMBER IN INDIA
WHAT I SAW JUST HOW PEOPLE
HARVESTED THEIR FOOD.
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THEY SPREAD RICE ON THE ROAD AND
LET THE CARS RUN OVER IT THEN
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THEY PICKED IT
UP AND WENT FOR IT.
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DID YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
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YES, I DID!
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IN FACT, ONCE WE GOT
OUTSIDE OF ADDIS ABABA .
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I THINK MY FIRST BIG BOUT OF
CULTURE SHOCK WAS ACTUALLY GOING
THROUGH SOUTH ADDIS.
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IT WAS JUST THAT I
SAW SO MUCH SO QUICK.
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PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CULTURE SHOCK,
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD
HAVE PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I SAW;
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THE MASSES OF PEOPLE AND
THE DESTITUTION IN MANY PLACES.
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AS I GOT OUT INTO
A MORE RURAL AREAS,
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I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT
IT TOOK TO STAY ALIVE EVERYDAY.
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I SAW HUNDREDS OF
THESE LITTLE DONKEYS.
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THEY HAD LITTLE WOODEN FRAMES ON
THEM AND THEY WOULD STRAP THESE
FIVE GALLON WATER CONTAINERS
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THAT WOULD GO MILES AND GREAT
DISTANCE TO GET WATER JUST FOR
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THE DAY. I WOULD SEE PEOPLE WITH
THESE LITTLE SICKLES HEADED OUT,
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MEN AND WOMEN HEADING
OUT TO THE TEFF MILLS.
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THAT WAS THE GRAIN THAT
THEY MADE THEIR INJERA OUT OF.
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LOOKING AT THOSE BALES AND
THINKING ABOUT THEM BEING CUT
DOWN BY HAND AND ALL THE WORK
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THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GRAIN AND
SEEING THE MULES LOADED WITH
THOSE GREAT BIG PILES OF TEFF
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BEING TAKEN FOR FURTHER WORK.
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I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT I
REALLY WENT THROUGH AS WE WERE
GOING THROUGH THERE WAS A SENSE
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OF DEVASTATION; RECOGNIZING MY
UTTER AND COMPLETE INABILITY TO
DO ANYTHING HUMANLY SPEAKING.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE HAD TO
BE A "GOD EVENT" BECAUSE HUMANLY
I COULD JUST IMAGINE JUST HOW
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FEW OF THOSE PEOPLE
HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
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I THINK GOD NEEDED TO DO THAT
TO ME; TO HELP ME RECOGNIZE MY
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DEPENDENCE, TOTAL,
ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE ON HIM.
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I AM JUST TRYING TO THINK THAT
THERE WERE JUST SO MANY THINGS
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THAT I SAW, THE HOSPITALITY OF
THE PEOPLE, THE FRIENDLINESS,
THE ENERGY, THE HOPE OF PEOPLE
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TRYING TO HAVE SOMETHING BETTER
THAN WHAT THEY MAYBE HAD AT THAT
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MOMENT AND TIME. LET ME
ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
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WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GOT OUT
AMONGST THE PEOPLE; YOU
MENTIONED YOU WENT OUT INTO THE
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VILLAGES AND STARTED YOUR
EVANGELISTIC MEETING, WHAT DID
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YOU FIND? DO YOU FIND THAT JESUS
CHRIST HAD BEEN ALIVE AND
WORKING IN ETHIOPIA?
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HOW DID THE PEOPLE SEE SOMEONE
COMING FROM AMERICA WANTING TO
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SHARE THE GOSPEL? I
THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
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THE CHILDREN
REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.
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I CAN REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST
MEETINGS THERE IN WELKITE .
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I JUST KEPT WATCHING THE
CHILDREN, HUNDREDS OF THESE
LITTLE CHILDREN COMING RIGHT TO
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THE FRONT.
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IN FACT, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
AROUND MY LEGS IF THE PEOPLE
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HADN'T BEEN TRYING
TO GET THEM REARRANGED.
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THE SMILES, THE LIGHT, WHEN
THEY WOULD SING THOSE SONGS TO
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CHRIST. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
RAFTER IN THAT FIELD WHERE WE
WERE AT, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE
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LIFTED THEM WITH
THE DRIVE, THE DESIRE.
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I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT JUST BEFORE
THE MEETINGS.THIS WAS AFTER WE
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GOT THE HALL, WHICH I WILL TALK
A LITTLE BIT IN A MINUTE HERE
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ABOUT. THERE WAS THIS GREAT HALL
AND THERE WERE THESE CURTAINS
THERE ON THE STAGE AND I HEARD
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THIS MURMURING, THIS INTENSE
INTERCEDING AND I THOUGHT, WHAT
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IS THAT SOUND? I ASKED THE
PASTOR, "WHAT IS THAT NOISE
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BEHIND THE STAGE?" HE SAID,
"THOSE ARE PEOPLE PLEADING WITH
GOD; PRAYING TO GOD FOR THESE
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MEETINGS." I SAID, "WELL,
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THESE
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PEOPLE." THEY BROUGHT OUT BEHIND
THE CURTAIN AFTERWARDS THESE
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FOUR SHY WOMEN, WHO BEEN
EARNESTLY PLEADING WITH GOD.
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EVERY NIGHT IT WAS A
DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
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I SAW AN EARNESTNESS AND DESIRE.
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ONE DAY THREE YOUNG MEN JUST
SAID, "CAN WE MEET WITH YOU?"
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THEY MET WITH ME.
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THERE WAS SUCH EARNESTNESS AND A
LOVE FOR GOD IN THESE YOUNG GUYS
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FACES. THEY SAID, "HOW CAN
WE SHARE CHRIST IN THIS TOWN,
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WELKITE ?" WE HAD SUCH AN
INCREDIBLE TIME JUST VISITING,
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TALKING AND DREAMING ABOUT
WHAT COULD BE IN THAT PLACE.
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I SAW GOD'S FACE IN MANY WAYS.
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I CAN REMEMBER WHERE GOD PUT ME
OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE ONE TIME.
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THE FIRST SERIES OF MEETINGS WE
HAD WAS IN ASELA  IN THIS TOWN T
WAS SO PATHETICALLY DIFFFERENT
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THAN ANY TOWN THAT I HAD BEEN IN
THAT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO JUST
MAKE A MENTAL AJUSTMENT.
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SO ONE DAY PASTOR DAN SAID,
"LET'S GO FOR A WALK IN ASELA ."
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SO WE BEGAN TO WALK THE STREETS.
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I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU
ALL THAT HAPPENED ON THAT WALK
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BUT THERE WERE A FEW
UNSETTLING EXPERIENCES.
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WE GOT INTO ONE AREA THAT
PROBABLY WASN'T VERY SAFE.
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THEN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A
PICTURE OF ONE THING THAT TURNED
OUT NOT TO BE SUCH A WISE IDEA.
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THAT IS KIND OF ANOTHER STORY.
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BY THAT TIME I WAS A LITTLE
UNSETTLED, I HAD EXPERIENCED
QUITE A FEW NEW THINGS ON THAT
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WALK THAT MORNING.
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AS WE WERE COMING BACK DOWN THE
HILL, BACK TO OUR MOTEL, THIS
MAN WALKED OUT OF THIS LITTLE
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ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS KIND OF
A HOUSE -LITTLE LOUNGE KIND OF A
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THING. AND HE SAID,
"DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE MY FACE?"
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I AM LOOKING AT HIM AND I
AM THINKING, "I DON'T RECOGNIZE
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HIM." HE SAID, "I HAVE
BEEN COMING TO YOUR MEETINGS.
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PLEASE COME IN
AND HAVE A DRINK."
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WELL, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I
LOOKED DOWN, I SAW A DARK
DOORWAY AND I SAW TWO MEN
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SITTING THER
WITH DARK SHADES ON.
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FRANKLY, I WASN'T SURE
WHAT I WAS GETTING INVITED TO
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BUT AT THAT MOMENT
YOU JUST GET CONVICTED.
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YOU JUST TRUST THE LORD.
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JUST GO!
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YOU ARE IN GOD'S HAND.
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YOU ARE DOING GOD'S WORK.
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SO WE WENT IN.
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IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
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IT WAS A LITTLE DIMLY LIT ROOM.
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WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME
GOOD ETHIOPIAN HOSPITALITY, SOME
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DRINKS OF AMBO ,
SOME MINERAL WATER.
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DURING THAT TIME, THERE WAS A
MAN ENJOYING ANOTHER BEVERAGE
THERE BUT IT WAS A STRANGE
00:13:03.00\00:13:08.73
BEVERAGE AND IT SOON
HAD QUITE AN EFFECT ON HIM.
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HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO
HAVE A LITTLE OF IT WITH HIM.
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I WAS TRYING TO TALK WITH HIM.
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HE WAS A LITTLE INTOXICATED PLUS
WE HAD A COMMUNICATION BARRIER.
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I FOUND OUT HE WAS
AN EX-MILITARY MAN.
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WHILE WE WERE TALKING IN OUR
BROKEN, DYSFUNCTIONAL,
DISJOINTED KIND OF WAY,
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THIS MAN WHO HAD INVITED
US IN, HE NAME WAS GULAT.
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HE LOOKED AT ME WITH INTENSITY
AND SAID, "YOU TELL HIM
TESTIMONY OF JESUS."
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I WAS CHALLENGED AT THAT MOMENT
TO SHARE CHRIST WITH THIS MAN.
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I THOUGHT, "HOW CAN I DO THIS?
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I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
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MY FRIEND HERE DOESN'T HAVE
ALL OF HIS SENSES TOGETHER."
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BUT I BEGAN TO JUST SIMPLY TELL
WHAT JESUS HAD DONE FOR ME IN MY
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LIFE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
EXPLAIN IT, BUT SOMEHOW THE HOLY
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SPIRIT TRANSLATED. HIS MIND
BEGAN TO BE TOUCHED WITH WHAT I
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WAS SAYING. AND HIS
FRIEND SAYS, "HE UNDERSTANDS.
00:14:05.73\00:14:07.93
HIS HEART IS TOUCHED.
00:14:07.93\00:14:10.00
YOU KNOW GOD REALLY TAUGHT ME
THAT IF WE ARE WILLING TO STEP
OUT OF OUR FEAR AND OUT OF OUR
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COMFORT ZONE, AND WILLING TO LET
GO OF OUR ANXIETY, WE CAN SEE
CHRIST IN MANY THINGS THAT WE
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WOULDN'T ORDINARILY SEE.
00:14:21.46\00:14:22.83
AMEN!
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FRIENDS, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO
TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
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GOSPEL OUTREACH. THIS IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING THIS
ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITH
00:14:28.56\00:14:33.86
INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE. WE
ARE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN
00:14:33.86\00:14:37.00
FOREIGN LANDS. I WANT TO PUT UP
SOME ADDRESSES, SOME PHONE
NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU.
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FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN BECOMING A PART OF THE GOSPEL
00:14:42.96\00:14:48.26
OUTREACH FAMILY. PLEASE!
00:14:48.26\00:14:50.06
GET OUT THAT
CHECKBOOK, WRITE A CHECK NOW.
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A HUNDRED PER CENT OF
THESE PROCEEDS GO TO THE LANDS.
00:14:52.90\00:14:56.50
THIS IS AN ALL
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
00:14:56.50\00:14:58.66
I WANT TO READ
YOU THE ADDRESSES.
00:14:58.66\00:15:00.43
IT SAYS, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A
DONATION VIA CHECK OR ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO MAIL TO US,
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YOU CAN DO THAT BY
WRITING; GOSPEL OUTREACH ,
00:15:06.53\00:15:13.20
IF YOU ARE IN
CANADA, YOU CAN MAIL THAT TO:
00:15:14.60\00:15:20.66
OUR PHONE NUMBER TO REACH
US HERE IS: (509)-525-5951.
00:15:26.30\00:15:30.40
IN CANADA IT IS: (250)-545-2212.
00:15:30.40\00:15:36.46
FOR THOSE WHO ARE TECHNICAL
SAVVY, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR
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WEBSITE: @GOAIM.ORG
AND MAKE A CONTRIBUTION.
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WADE, TELL ME, I AM SURE IN ALL
THESE MARVELOUS STORIES THAT YOU
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HAD, THAT YOU HAD SOME TRYING
TIMES WHILE YOU WERE THERE.
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CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW GOD
YOU THROUGH THOSE DIFFICULTIES
TIMES AND WHAT WERE THEY?
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I THINK GOD HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR
SOMETIMES IN THE LESSONS THAT HE
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TEACHES US. THREE
LITTLE STORIES COME TO MY MIND.
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THE FIRST ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE IS THAT THERE WERE SO
MANY CHILDREN AS THE CROWDS GREW
00:16:19.93\00:16:26.13
EVERY NIGHT, I KNEW THAT I
NEEDED TO SHARE A CHILDREN'S
STORY WITH A SPIRITUAL MESSAGE
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FOR THE EVENING,
JUST FOR THE KIDS.
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THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, I WAS
GOING TO SHARE THE STORY OF MARK
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CHAPTER FOUR, ABOUT
JESUS AND THE STORM.
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HOW JESUS CAN CONTROL
ANY STORM IN OUR LIVES.
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LITTLE DID I KNOW HOW
THAT DAY WOULD "PAN OUT".
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AS I WAS WORKING ON THAT AND THE
MESSAGE FOR THE EVENING, I BEGAN
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TO HEAR THUNDER. A STORM BEGAN
TO ROLL INTO WELKITE WHERE WE
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WERE AT. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
AND I WAS JUST HORRIFIED TO SEE
00:16:58.46\00:17:03.46
ANGRY, NASTY CLOUDS
ROLLING ACROSS THE HORIZON.
00:17:03.46\00:17:06.06
IT WAS STARTING TO RAIN.
00:17:06.06\00:17:07.46
AND I AM THINKING AT THAT POINT
OUR MEETINGS WERE OUT IN THIS
00:17:07.46\00:17:11.33
OPEN LOT, JUST A LITTLE TABLE
WITH A SHEET HUNG ON A FENCE.
00:17:11.33\00:17:15.30
I THOUGHT THIS MEETING
IS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN.
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
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AS I WAS WRESTLING WITH THAT
THINKING, I SAID, "LORD, I CAN'T
DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?"
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I FELT SO HELPLESS.
00:17:24.90\00:17:25.93
AND THE LORD SAID,"ISN'T
JESUS THE GOD OF THE STORM?"
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IT JUST HIT ME, I HAD BEEN
READING MARK 4, WHERE JESUS
SAID,"WHY ARE YOU SO FEARFUL?
00:17:31.10\00:17:37.10
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?
00:17:37.10\00:17:38.10
WHY ARE YOU NOT HAVING FAITH?"
00:17:38.10\00:17:39.96
THOSE WORDS JUST
BURNED INTO MY MIND.
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I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I
WAS FIGHTING A STRUGGLE.
00:17:42.06\00:17:45.13
I'M THINKING, "I AM ASKING
GOD TO CHANGE THE WEATHER OVER
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WELKITE ." THAT IS A BIG PRAYER.
00:17:50.36\00:17:51.73
I STRUGGLED AND
MY FAITH STRUGGLED.
00:17:51.73\00:17:55.40
I STARTED TO PRAY.
00:17:55.40\00:17:56.63
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A GIANT OF
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FAITH. I STARTED TO PRAY TO
THE LORD AND THAT RAIN STOPPED.
00:18:00.10\00:18:05.00
LATER THAT EVENING AS WE BEGAN
TO WALK, I LOOKED UP IN THE
CLOUDS AND THEY WERE COMING IN
00:18:05.00\00:18:10.63
GROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
00:18:10.63\00:18:11.63
IT DID NOT LOOK NICE OUT THERE.
00:18:11.63\00:18:13.90
THE PEOPLE CAME.
00:18:13.90\00:18:15.30
BIG NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
WERE POURING INTO THE COMPOUND.
00:18:15.30\00:18:19.36
WE BEGAN THAT SERVICE.
00:18:19.36\00:18:20.50
I TOLD THE CHILDREN THE STORY.
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AS WE BEGAN THE SERVICE, I JUST
WENT FORWARD AND TRIED TO FOCUS
ON THE MESSAGE FOR THAT EVENING.
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I TELL YOU AS THE LORD IS
MY WITNESS, WE FINISHED THAT
00:18:31.13\00:18:35.30
MEETING. I SAID
THE CLOSING PRAYER.
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I SAID, "AMEN" AND I REACHED
TO CLOSE MY LAPTOP AND GET THE
00:18:36.63\00:18:39.73
PROJECTOR. IT WAS LIKE
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN OPENED.
00:18:39.73\00:18:42.36
IT RAINED SO HARD THAT
THUNDER AND THERE WAS LIGHTNING.
00:18:42.36\00:18:45.63
WE HAD TO FLEE FOR COVER.
00:18:45.63\00:18:47.60
WE COULDN'T EVEN HEAD
BACK TO HOME FOR A TIME.
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IT KNOCKED
POWER OUT IN THE CITY.
00:18:51.00\00:18:53.50
IN FACT, IT DIDN'T COME ON
UNTIL 9 OR 10 THE NEXT DAY.
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WE HAD TO WALK HOME ON MUDDY
STREETS IN THE PITCH BLACK.
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GOD IS THE GOD OF THE STORM.
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HE WAS TEACHING ME
THROUGH A LITTLE CHILD'S STORY.
00:19:04.60\00:19:07.80
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE
ARE AT OR WHAT WE ARE DOING,
00:19:07.80\00:19:10.56
HE WILL BE THERE FOR
US IF WE CRY OUT TO HIM.
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I THINK OF ANOTHER TIME.
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SO MANY TIMES IN LITTLE
WAYS GOD WAS WORKING TO SUSTAIN.
00:19:16.63\00:19:20.63
I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT A LIGHTNING
STORM CAME UP AND ALL THE POWER
00:19:20.63\00:19:24.33
WENT OUT. I FOUND MYSELF
TALKING TO A WALL OF DARKNESS.
00:19:24.33\00:19:27.03
I KNEW THERE WAS CLOSE TO A 1000
PEOPLE BUT I COULDN'T EVEN SEE
00:19:27.03\00:19:31.46
THEM. MY OVERHEAD
PROJECTOR WENT OUT.
00:19:31.46\00:19:33.06
WHAT DO I DO?
00:19:33.06\00:19:34.80
IT IS LIKE JUST KEEP PREACHING.
00:19:34.80\00:19:36.43
SO I DID!
00:19:36.43\00:19:37.70
AFTER A WHILE THE POWER CAME ON.
00:19:37.70\00:19:39.23
THE PROJECTOR CAME UP RIGHT
WHERE I NEEDED IT ON THE SCREEN.
00:19:39.23\00:19:45.06
I WAS BEING TAUGHT THAT NO
MATTER HOW UNPREDICTABLE THE
00:19:45.06\00:19:52.40
PROBLEMS WERE,
I COULD FACE THEM.
00:19:52.40\00:19:53.40
THE LORD COULD
TAKE CARE OF ANYTHIING.
00:19:53.40\00:19:55.16
MY PROJECTOR SHOULD HAVE DIED SO
MANY TIMES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
HARD SHUT DOWN A PROJECTOR LIKE
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THAT WITHOUT POTENTIALLY
BURNING OUT THE BULB.
00:19:59.50\00:20:02.06
GOD KEPT WORKING THOSE LITTLE
MIRACLES OF KEEPING THINGS LIKE
00:20:02.06\00:20:06.76
THAT GOING. AMEN!
00:20:06.76\00:20:08.43
SO YOU ARE FINDING OUT THAT GOD
TRAVELED WITH YOU ALL THE WAY
FROM THE UNITED STATES TO
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ETHIOPIA.
00:20:12.90\00:20:14.36
HE GAVE YOU A MESSAGE AND HE
TOLD YOU, "I AM BIG ENOUGH TO
TOUCH THESE PEOPLE.
00:20:14.36\00:20:21.00
THE STORMS AREN'T
GOING TO BOTHER ME.
00:20:21.00\00:20:22.93
THE LACK OF ELECTRICITY
ISN'T GOING TO BOTHER ME.
00:20:22.93\00:20:25.46
I AM THERE BECAUSE I
HAVE A MESSAGE TO GIVE."
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RIGHT!
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THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE MORE
LITTLE SHORT STORY THAT I WANT
00:20:30.43\00:20:36.10
TO SHARE. I THINK GOD HAD TO DO
A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR ME TO
JUST TRY TO BUILD MY FAITH.
00:20:36.10\00:20:40.56
I THINK HE PROBABLY DID IT FOR
ME AS MUCH AS FOR ANYONE ELSE
BECAUSE I NEEDED TO LEARN THOSE
00:20:40.56\00:20:45.66
LESSONS IN MY OWN LIFE.
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FINALLY THE MEETINGS WERE ABLE
TO BE MOVED FROM THE VACANT
FIELD OR LOT NEXT TO THE LITTLE
00:20:47.36\00:20:53.43
CHURCH; THE LITTLE
STICK-IN-THE-MUD CHURCH THERE
WITH THE LITTLE METAL ROOF,
00:20:53.43\00:20:57.66
I CAN STILL SEE IT IN
MY MIND, TO THE TOWN HALL.
00:20:57.66\00:21:01.33
THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE
MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING TO THAT
00:21:01.33\00:21:05.63
MEETING. I THINK WE EVEN PICKED
UP SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE,
AT LEAST IN THE FIRST FEW
00:21:05.63\00:21:11.33
MEETINGS. AS I LOOKED AT THAT
FIRST NIGHT AND AS I LOOKED AT
THE CROWDS COMING IN,
00:21:11.33\00:21:15.26
I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED
MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETER.
00:21:15.26\00:21:18.46
I NEEDED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:21:18.46\00:21:20.26
WE HAD ANOTHER STORM ROLL
IN THAT ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT.
00:21:20.26\00:21:24.13
IT KNOCKED THE POWER OUT.
00:21:24.13\00:21:25.83
I KNEW THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE
HALL, NO MICS AND I DIDN'T HAVE
THAT STRONG OF A VOICE AND
00:21:25.83\00:21:29.73
COULDN'T SPEAK
NORMALLY TO THAT MANY PEOPLE.
00:21:29.73\00:21:32.80
WONDERING, "WHAT DO I DO?
00:21:32.80\00:21:34.83
I CAN'T RUN MY PROJECTOR."
00:21:34.83\00:21:36.86
SO I THOUGHT, "AT LEAST I NEED
TO GO TO THE MEETING HOUSE."
00:21:36.86\00:21:39.00
SO I WENT THERE.
00:21:39.00\00:21:40.80
AND I AM LOOKING AROUND AND
THOUGHT, "WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
00:21:40.80\00:21:44.03
IT WAS THAT LITTLE, STILL, SMALL
VOICE THAT SAID TO ME; "SET UP
YOUR EQUIPMENT AS THOUGH YOU
00:21:44.03\00:21:50.76
EXPECT THE POWER."
00:21:50.76\00:21:54.13
I PROBABLY
LOOKED A LITTLE SILLY.
00:21:54.13\00:21:56.06
RIGHT THERE IN THE DARKNESS, I
BEGAN TO SET-UP ALL THE
EQUIPMENT AND POWER.
00:21:56.06\00:22:00.40
I GOT IT ALL
DONE AND I SAT DOWN.
00:22:00.40\00:22:05.23
FRIENDS, THE POWER IN
THAT BUILDING CAME ON.
00:22:05.23\00:22:08.06
AMEN!
00:22:08.06\00:22:09.23
I HAD WHAT I NEEDED TO DO WHAT
GOD WANTED TO DO THAT EVENING.
00:22:09.23\00:22:13.33
THAT IS JUST ONE MORE LITTLE
EXAMPLE BUT I THINK YOU ASKED
ME, "HOW THIS HAS CHANGED ME?"
00:22:13.33\00:22:20.86
YES, YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF
FAITH BUILDING EXPERIENCES HERE.
00:22:20.86\00:22:25.56
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU TODAY?
00:22:25.56\00:22:28.16
WHEN YOU CAME BACK
HERE, WHAT CHANGED?
00:22:28.16\00:22:32.30
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO
CAPTURE IN JUST A FEW WORDS.
00:22:32.30\00:22:38.33
THERE WERE SEVERAL BIG
IMPRESSIONS THAT HIT ME.
00:22:40.50\00:22:43.43
ONE WAS ETHIOPIA IN MANY WAYS
IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS
00:22:43.43\00:22:49.50
SOCIETY. I WOULD WAKE UP EARLY
IN THE MORNING WITH MANY CALLS
TO WORSHIP FROM SEVERAL LARGE
00:22:51.53\00:22:57.30
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
00:22:57.30\00:22:59.36
I WAS HEARING THE MUSIC, THE
CHRISTIAN MUSIC BLARING FROM
SOME OF THE STALLS OF PEOPLE
00:23:02.03\00:23:06.10
USING IT AS MARKETING TECHNIQUE.
00:23:06.10\00:23:08.43
I LOOKED AROUND
AND SO FEW PEOPLE KNEW
00:23:08.43\00:23:13.06
WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
00:23:13.06\00:23:17.80
IT SCARED ME, BECAUSE I
STARTED FEELING CHALLENGED AS A
00:23:17.80\00:23:23.16
CHRISTIAN, WHAT
DIFFERENCE DOES MY LIFE MAKE?
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.50
IS MY LIFE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN THE WORLD AROUND ME AND THE
COMMUNITY AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD?
00:23:25.50\00:23:30.03
I FELT A CONVICTION THAT
IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS.
00:23:30.03\00:23:34.40
THAT IF MY FAITH IS NOT CHANGING
THE WORLD AROUND ME THEN IT IS
00:23:34.40\00:23:39.33
WORTHLESS! IT IS DEAD!
00:23:39.33\00:23:40.80
IN FACT, IT IS WORSE THAN
DEAD BECAUSE IT IS BEARING FALSE
00:23:40.80\00:23:44.80
WITNESS TO CHRIST. SO I
FELT PERSONALLY CHALLENGED.
00:23:44.80\00:23:47.03
IS MY FAITH IN CHRIST MAKING
A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AROUND
00:23:47.03\00:23:51.10
ME? I THINK ANOTHER BIG THING
IS, I GUESS MAYBE, I HAD A
ROMANTIC VIEW OF WHAT IT MEANS
00:23:51.10\00:23:57.16
TO EXPERIENCE THE
POWER OF GOD IN MY LIFE.
00:24:00.26\00:24:03.80
WHAT I LEARNED AND EXPECTED IS
THAT GOD WORKS IN A FORM OF
CHOROGRAPHY SCENE WHERE PEOPLE
00:24:03.80\00:24:10.23
ARE EXPECTING THE
ELECTRIC POWER OF GOD TO COME.
00:24:10.23\00:24:13.73
I FOUND OUT AND RE-LEARNED THE
LESSON FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT
GOD WORKS IN ORDINARY
00:24:13.73\00:24:19.80
AND WORKS IN THE DUST.
00:24:22.30\00:24:24.50
HE WORKS IN THE DIRT.
00:24:24.50\00:24:25.50
HE WORKS IN THE TRENCHES.
00:24:25.50\00:24:26.60
HE WORKS IN THE
GUTTER TO POUR OUT HIS POWER.
00:24:26.60\00:24:30.86
IN FACT, HE DOES IT SO
UNDERCOVER THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO
DO NOT BELIEVE DON'T EVEN
00:24:30.86\00:24:36.76
RECOGNIZE THAT A
MIRACLE IS EVEN HAPPENING.
00:24:36.76\00:24:40.06
IT TAUGHT ME TO REALIZE THAT IF
WE ARE SUBMITTED TO GOD, NO
MATTER WHERE WE ARE AT,
00:24:40.06\00:24:48.03
THAT IF WE ARE TO EXPECTING HIS
GLORY TO BE PLAYED OUT IN OUR
00:24:48.03\00:24:52.33
LIVES, WE CAN
EXPECT AMAZING THINGS.
00:24:52.33\00:24:53.70
IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON HOW
STRONG I FEEL AT THE MOMENT.
00:24:53.70\00:24:56.73
I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY PULSE OF
FAITH AND FEEL HOW GREAT IT IS
OR WHERE I FEEL THAT I AM AT,
00:24:56.73\00:25:03.13
BUT IF I AM WILLING TO CRY
OUT TO GOD, HE WILL NOT TURN US
00:25:03.13\00:25:09.13
AWAY. THIS WAS ONE
OF THE BIG LESSONS.
00:25:09.13\00:25:11.13
I WAS ALSO STRUCK BY SACRIFICE.
00:25:11.13\00:25:13.40
I SAW ENORMOUS SACRIFICE
WITH THE WORKERS THERE;
00:25:13.40\00:25:17.06
INFLATION, STRUGGLES
OF A NEW GROWING CHURCH.
00:25:17.06\00:25:19.90
THE CHURCH STRUGGLES TO PAY THE
PASTORS WHAT THEY WANT TO PAY
00:25:19.90\00:25:23.30
THEM. MANY OF THESE PASTORS WALK
FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN HOURS A DAY
00:25:23.30\00:25:28.90
ON THEIR FEET. I THINK OF THE
PASTOR THAT I WAS WORKING WITH
00:25:28.90\00:25:31.63
AT WELKITE. HE HAD 20 CHURCHES
AND 14 SMALL GROUPS THAT HE WAS
00:25:31.63\00:25:34.80
RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO I LEARNED
WHAT IT MEANT TO SACRIFICE; A
00:25:34.80\00:25:40.06
LITTLE BIT MORE. WADE, WE HAVE
FRIENDS WATCHING TODAY THAT
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO A
00:25:40.06\00:25:47.93
FOREIGN COUNTRY. DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY TO THEM OF HOW THEY CAN GET
00:25:47.93\00:25:54.23
INVOLVED IN SOMETHING EVEN AT
HOME, GOSPEL OUTREACH OR MAYBE
GOING ON A MISSION TRIP
00:25:54.23\00:26:02.10
THEMSELVES? IT HAS MADE
ME LOOK IN A FRESH, NEW WAY.
00:26:02.10\00:26:05.26
I REALIZED THAT I HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT I
HAVEN'T FULLY APPRECIATED.
00:26:05.26\00:26:09.10
I GUESS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE CHOSEN BY GOD.
00:26:09.10\00:26:15.20
SEEING PEOPLE, WHO REALLY WANTED
SOMEONE TO STOP AND CHOOSE THEM.
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I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN
THE EFFECT IT HAD ON ME TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT IT MEANS
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THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN US.
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NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE AT OR
WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE MOST
ORDINARY THINGS OF OUR LIVES.
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WE KNOW THE PEOPLE HERE.
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WE KNOW THE CULTURE.
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WE KNOW THE LANGUAGE.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW ORDINARY
OUR LIFE IS, GOD IS WILLING TO
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DO EXTRAORDINARY, AMAZING THINGS
BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS.
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I THINK WE ARE CHOSEN TO
BE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST.
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AMEN!
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FRIENDS IF YOU WANT TO
GET INVOLVED IN HELPING GOSPEL
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OUTREACH, YOU HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
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OUR ADDRESS, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS
GOING TO BE UPON THE SCREEN BUT
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MORE IMPORTANTLY, DON'T
JUST CONSIDER GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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LOOK AROUND YOU CREATIVELY.
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LOOK HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
AND DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY
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FOR JESUS CHRIST. HE
HAS CHOSEN EACH ONE OF US.
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AND HE WILL PROVIDE THE BLESSING
AND THE BLESSING IS ALWAYS IN
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ACTION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSION".
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[ CLOSING MUSIC]
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