[OPENING MUSIC].
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WELCOME BACK FOLKS, TO ANOTHER
GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM WHERE WE
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DEAL WITH
ADVENTURING IN MISSIONS.
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THIS IS THE PROGRAM WHERE WE GET
TO MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT
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ON THE FRONT LINE.
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MEET THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE LOCAL
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS; THE
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PEOPLE FOR WHOM YOU PRAY.
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THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEND MONEY
TO HELP SUPPORT AND TODAY I GET
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TO WELCOME BACK A DEAR, DEAR
FRIEND AND HIS WIFE, GLEN
WINTERMEYER AND HIS WIFE
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KAREN.
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SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE
WITH US TODAY, KAREN.
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TELL US ABOUT YOUR
REGION AGAIN, GLEN.
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REGION 4 WHICH IS WEST AFRICA,
THE WESTERN HALF OF WEST AFRICA,
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BURKINA FASO, MALI,
GAMBIA, GUINEA AND LIBERIA.
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IN THERE I HAVE
55 BIBLE WORKERS.
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WOW.
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THEY HAVE RETURNED FROM
REGION 4, EARLY PART OF 2013.
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THEY'VE BROUGHT PICTURES
AND STORIES AND WE DON'T WANT TO
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MISS OUT ON ANY OF THAT SO, YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FAST
AND LISTEN FAST AS GLEN
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ADVANCES THE PICTURES AND KAREN
IS GOING TO TELL THE STORY.
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SO LET'S GO WITH
YOUR STORY FROM LIBERIA.
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O.K.
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WELL, MARY UNDERSTANDS WHAT
TRIALS AND SUFFERING ARE ALL
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ABOUT. LISTEN AS
SHE SHARES HER STORY.
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SHE SAID, "I MARRIED A LEBANESE
MAN AND TOGETHER WE HAD FOUR
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CHILDREN." WOW.
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"WE STAYED
TOGETHER FOR 15 YEARS.
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MY HUSBAND WAS A BUSINESSMAN.
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WE MOVED SEVERAL TIMES AS MY
HUSBAND WOULD OPEN A STORE IN
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ANOTHER AREA. ONE PLACE WHERE WE
LIVED FOR 2 YEARS, THERE WAS NO
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CHURCH. MY BROTHER, WHO WORKED
IN A PALM PLANTATION, TOLD ME
WHERE I COULD FIND ONE AND
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IN 1969 I JOINED A CHURCH.
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NOW, MY FATHER WAS A MINISTER OF
A DIFFERENT DENOMINATION AND HE
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WANTED ME TO JOIN HIS CHURCH.
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BUT I HAD STARTED GOING TO THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND
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TOLD HIM I COULD NOT BECAUSE THE
BIBLE SAYS TO KEEP THE SEVENTH
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DAY OF THE WEEK. IN DECEMBER 15,
1973 I WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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MY HUSBAND ALLOWED ME TO GO TO
CHURCH ACTIVITIES BUT ONE DAY HE
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SAID," "YOU LOVE GOD TOO MUCH,
SO SOMEDAY I WILL LEAVE YOU AND
SEE IF GOD WILL SAVE
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YOU."
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MY HUSBAND MOVED AGAIN AND BUILT
A SUPERMARKET IN YET ANOTHER
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PLACE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME
THAT MY COUNTRY FOUND ITSELF
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EMBROILED IN DEEP STRIFE-CIVIL
WAR, PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING.
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MY HUSBAND WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS
SOLD THE ENTIRE BUSINESS AND
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LEFT THE COUNTRY
LEAVING ME ABANDONED.
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ARE THOSE SPENT SHELLS?
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THOSE ARE SPENT SHELLS THERE.
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THAT YOU COULD
TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT?
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YES.
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WOW.
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I DID NOT KNOW HE EVEN LEFT.
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HE NEVER EVEN TOLD ME ANYTHING.
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HE LEFT ME WITH
THE FOUR CHILDREN.
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HE LEFT ME WITH NO MONEY, NOT
EVEN ONE PENNY WAS LEFT FOR ME.
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IT WAS SO HARD FOR US.
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I PRAYED TOGETHER
WITH THE CHILDREN.
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IT WAS SO BAD I WAS
THINKING OF KILLING MYSELF.
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I TOLD MY CHILDREN SO.
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BUT MY OLDEST SON SAID, "MOM,
IF YOU DO THAT WE WOULD JUST BE
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LEFT ALONE ON THE STREET TO FEND
FOR OURSELVES OR DIE, SO PLEASE
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DON'T DO THAT." SO I PRAYED AND
FASTED, FASTED AND PRAYED AND
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PRAYED AND FASTED. MY OLDEST
BROTHER CAME AND SAID MY OLDEST
SON COULD WORK AT THE PALM
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PLANTATION WHERE
MY BROTHER WORKED.
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MY OLDEST SON WORKED THERE
AND WAS PAID ONE BAG OF RICE A
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MONTH. AFTER ONE YEAR, HE LEFT
TO GO WORK IN THE CITY ON HIS
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OWN. SO, I HAD TO TRUST AND HAVE
FAITH IN GOD IN THE MIDST OF ALL
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OUR STRUGGLES.
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SO THE OLDEST SON WAS PAID
THE RICE, WAS THAT THE TOTAL
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SUSTENANCE FOR THE FAMILY THEN?
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YES.
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YES.
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AND NOW WE GET TO THE PLACE IN
THE STORY WHERE HE LEAVES TO GO
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TO ANOTHER CITY
AND SHE IS ON HER OWN.
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YES.
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CONTINUE.
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BUT THESE ARE HER NEXT WORDS.
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GOD PROVIDED FOR US.
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WOW.
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I HAD TO BEG
FRIENDS FOR CLOTHES.
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I HAD NOTHING TO WEAR TO CHURCH
BUT SOME CHURCH MEMBERS GOSSIPED
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ABOUT ME SAYING, "WE GAVE HER
CLOTHES AND NOW WE DON'T SEE HER
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BACK HERE IN
CHURCH FOR A LONG TIME.
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SHE MUST BE SELLING
THE CLOTHES WE GAVE HER."
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I TALKED WITH THE PASTOR AND
TOLD HIM BUT HE ALWAYS
ENCOURAGED ME AND WOULD
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TELL ME NOT TO EVEN
LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAID.
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HE CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE ME
UNTIL MY CHILDREN WERE GROWN.
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I WROTE ABOVE THE DOOR OF
MY HOUSE, "GOD WILL PROVIDE".
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EVERYBODY IN THE
TOWN KNEW THAT HOUSE.
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IT WAS BEFORE THE
CIVIL WAR THAT WAS IN 1985.
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NOW IN 1991, I WAS THE
CHOIR DIRECTOR IN MY CHURCH.
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I LOVE TO SING.
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WE WOULD GO FROM
CHURCH TO CHURCH.
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IT WAS THEN THAT I BEGAN TO
SPEAK IN SOME OF THE CHURCHES
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AND THAT IS HOW I STARTED
GETTING USED TO PREACHING AND
PREPARING TO BECOME A CHURCH
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PLANTER. REMEMBER, THIS WAS ALL
DURING THE FIRST CIVIL WAR IN MY
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COUNTRY THAT
WENT FROM 1985 - 1996.
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IN 1992, I WENT TO AN UNENTERED
AREA WHERE I WAS A STRANGER.
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I WENT TO THEIR SUNDAY CHURCH
WITH THE PEOPLE AND PRAYED WITH
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THEM. THE PEOPLE CALLED ME
"SISTER" AND "MOTHER" THERE.
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I EVEN PREACHED
IN THE SUNDAY CHURCH.
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THEN I STARTED SABBATH SCHOOL
AND STUDIED THE BIBLE WITH
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PEOPLE. LATER ON, WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WE STARTED PRAYER
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MEETINGS. I WAS THERE UNTIL THE
WAR CAME TO THAT PART OF LIBERIA
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THEN I HAD TO LEAVE.
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IN 1994, I STARTED TO ATTEND THE
CHURCH IN MONROVIA, THAT IS THE
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CAPITAL OF LIBERIA.
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I WAS MADE THE ELDER TEACHING
THE PASTOR'S CLASS--WHERE I HAD
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BEEN BEFORE ONCE AND I HAD
ENCOURAGED THE PEOPLE THERE TO
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SAVE FOR A CHURCH
WHICH THEY HAVE TODAY.
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THEY DID THAT.
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I THEN RETURNED TO AN AREA WHERE
I HAD BEEN BEFORE AND TOLD THE
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TOWN PEOPLE, "I WANT
TO BUILD A CHURCH HERE."
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THE ELDERS OF THE TOWN AGREED.
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SO, I WENT AND
BOUGHT FOUR BAGS OF RICE.
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NOW WHERE IS SHE GETTING
HER SUSTENANCE BY THIS TIME?
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NOW, SHE HAD GONE TO THE SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH MISSION AND
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ASKED THEM IF THEY COULDN'T HELP
HER WITH SOME MONEY TO BUY THIS
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RICE. O.K.
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SHE BOUGHT THIS RICE FOR
THE CRUSADE MEETINGS TO FEED THE
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PEOPLE BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR THERE.
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I ASKED FOR AN EVANGELIST TO
COME AND 13 PRECIOUS SOULS WERE
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BAPTIZED. THEN IN 1995, I LEFT
LIBERIA AND WENT TO GHANA BUT I
RETURNED TO LIBERIA
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IN 1998 JUST IN TIME FOR
THE SECOND CIVIL WAR TO BEGIN IN
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1999. I WANT TO SHARE ANOTHER
STORY THAT MARY TELLS AS SHE
WENT THROUGH THE CIVIL
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WARS, TWO OF THEM.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE?
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I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH ONE.
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SHE HAS BEEN ABANDONED
BY HER HUSBAND BACK BEFORE.
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HER CHILDREN ARE
GROWN AND ON THEIR OWN NOW?
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YES.
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IN THE PROCESS
OF OR HAVE GONE ON.
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AND SO IT SEEMS THAT HER WHOLE
LIFE IS DRIVEN BY THE DESIRE TO
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PLANT CHURCHES OR HOLD
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS-ANYTHING
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CHURCH -EVEN TO BORROW THE MONEY
TO BUY RICE TO FEED THE PEOPLE
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WHO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
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YOU GOT IT.
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SHE LOVES THE
PEOPLE AND THEY LOVE HER.
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WOW.
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THEN SHE SAID, WHEN THE WAR
CAME WE WERE IN THE VILLAGE ALL
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GATHERED IN THE
CHURCH AND PRAYING.
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THE SOLDIERS CAME TO BURN
THE WHOLE VILLAGE AND KILL US.
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THEY MADE US ALL STAND IN A
CIRCLE PREPARING TO KILL US.
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I WALKED OVER TO THE COMMANDER
AND HE ASKED, "WHAT DO YOU
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WANT"? I TOLD HIM, "I
WANT THE LIFE OF MY PEOPLE."
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HE SAID, "WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?"
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"YOU ARE A
STRANGER HERE, I CAN TELL.
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THESE ARE NOT YOUR PEOPLE."
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I SAID, "YES, I AM A STRANGER
BUT NOW THE PEOPLE HERE ARE MY
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FAMILY. THEY EVEN CALL
ME SISTER AND MOTHER NOW."
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ABOUT THREE TIMES DURING THE WAR
I WENT AND TALKED TO THE HEAD
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REBEL AND SAVED
THE LIVES OF MY PEOPLE.
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WELL OBVIOUSLY, THE
ANGELS WERE WITH HER.
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ABSOLUTELY A MIRACLE.
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SHE SAID IN RETURNING ONE TIME
INTO AN AREA WHERE I HAD BEEN
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BEFORE, I FOUND THERE WAS NO
CHURCH BUILDING EVEN, NOTHING.
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THE MEMBERS SAID, "WELL SINCE
YOU WERE NOT HERE, WE STOPPED
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GOING TO CHURCH OR ANYTHING."
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SO IN 2002, I ASKED THE LIBERIAN
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSION
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FOR MONEY FOR A
CHURCH IN THIS LOCATION.
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A LADY DONATED $1000 U.S.
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DOLLARS AND I TOOK THE MONEY
RIGHT AWAY AND I BOUGHT SIX
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BUNDLES OF METAL ROOFING.
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THE MEMBERS GAVE THE LAND AND IN
JUST THREE WEEKS THEY BUILT THE
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CHURCH THEMSELVES.
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THE CHURCH WAS VERY FAR AWAY
AND IT COST ME ABOUT $12 U.S.
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DOLLARS TO TRAVEL JUST ONE WAY.
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SO, I WOULD GO AND SPEND A WHOLE
MONTH AND THEN I WOULD RETURN TO
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MONROVIA, MY HOME.
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SO, I ASKED FOR A GOSPEL
OUTREACH EVANGELIST TO BE SENT
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THERE. SO HE IS NOW
LEADING THAT CHURCH.
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THEN I WENT TO START NEW WORK
IN ANOTHER AREA FOR JESUS, SHE
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SAID. WE CALL THE NEW
CHURCH THE NEW JERUSALEM.
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WE FIRST BAPTIZED THIRTEEN AND
THEN EIGHTEEN AND NOW MORE ARE
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WAITING TO BE BAPTIZED.
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SO, SHE SAID NOW I AM ASKING THE
CHURCH FOR A BUILDING THERE AND
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THEY HAVE
ALREADY BOUGHT THE LAND.
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MARY PAUSES TO SHARE YET ANOTHER
STORY IN THE TRAGEDY OF WHAT WAS
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GOING ON.
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TUNE IN TO THIS ONE.
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SHE SAID DURING THE WAR THE
REFUGEES, MOSTLY CHRISTIANS,
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WOULD GO FAR INTO THE
BUSH-FAR FROM TOWN TO WORSHIP.
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IN THIS PLACE THEY BUILT A
BIG TENTLIKE STRUCTURE AND THEY
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WORSHIPPED THERE EVERY SUNDAY.
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A REBEL CAME INTO TOWN
BUT THE TOWN WAS EMPTY.
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HE SAW FOOTPRINTS.
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HE FOLLOWED THEM TO THE RIVER
WHERE THEY DISAPPEARED INTO THE
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RIVER.
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THEY WENT TO THE RIVER'S EDGE SO
HE SAID, "SOMEONE MUST BE HERE."
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HE TOOK ANOTHER SOLDIER WITH HIM
AND THIS TIME WHEN THEY CAME TO
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THE RIVER; THEY HEARD
SINGING FROM ACROSS THE RIVER.
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MOVING CLOSER, CROSSING
THE RIVER THEY HEARD PREACHING.
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HE TOLD HIS FRIEND TO HALT
AND WAIT, LEAVING HIM BEHIND.
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HE SAW THE TENT WITH ALL THE
PEOPLE AND TELLING THEM TO HALT
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THEIR SINGING.
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THE PASTOR LET HIS
BIBLE SLIP TO THE GROUND.
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THE REBEL TOLD EVERYONE TO HALT
AND ASKED, "WHO IS THE PASTOR?"
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NO ONE ANSWERED.
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THE PASTOR DID NOT
TELL THAT HE WAS THE PASTOR.
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"WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?"
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SHOUTED THE REBEL.
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NO ONE ANSWERED.
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IN YELLING AT THEM ONCE AGAIN HE
DEMANDED, "TELL ME, WHOSE SIDE
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ARE YOU ON?"
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STILL NO ONE ANSWERED.
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THEN HE ASKED, "WHO
ARE YOU WORSHIPPING HERE?"
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"IS IT JESUS?"
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STILL NO ONE WOULD ANSWER.
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THEN THE REBEL WHILE POINTING TO
A CLEARING SAID, "THE PEOPLE WHO
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ARE ON JESUS' SIDE STAND THERE."
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A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD BOY BENT
DOWN, PICKED UP THE PASTOR'S
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BIBLE AND PUT IT ON HIS CHEST
NEXT TO HIS HEART AND WENT AND
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STOOD THERE. HE SAID, "YOU CAN
KILL MY BODY BUT YOU CANNOT KILL
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MY SOUL". THE REBEL SAID, "YOU
BOY, ARE THE ONLY TRUE CHRISTIAN
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HERE FOLLOWING JESUS."
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SO THE REBEL KILLED
EVERYONE EXCEPT THE BOY.
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THE REBEL TOOK THE BOY WITH HIM
AND ALL THE REBELS TOOK CARE OF
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HIM UNTIL THE WAR WAS OVER.
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THAT BOY WHO HAD THE BIBLE
BECAME THE PASTOR OF THE REBELS
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UNTIL THE WAR WAS OVER.
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AMAZING!
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NOW IN LIBERIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT IN WEST AFRICA AREA
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THERE IS A LOT OF-THEY CALL IT
ANIMISM, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS
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WORSHIPPING
SPIRITS-- ALL KINDS OF SPIRITS.
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WELL, WE WERE TOLD THAT IN
LIBERIA THEY ARE NOT ANIMISTS
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BUT THEY HAVE SOMETHING
THEY CALL "TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL
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BELIEF". AND THEY BELIEVE THE
DEVIL COMES TO THEIR VILLAGE
ABOUT ONCE A YEAR AND THE
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DEVIL COMES OUT OF THE BUSH.
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THEY CALL IT "THE DEVIL'S BUSH".
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AND THE DEVIL MAY COME AS ONE OF
THE VILLAGE MEN OR ANOTHER MAN
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OR SEVERAL MEN DRESSED UP.
00:16:05.83\00:16:07.90
THEY WELCOME THE
DEVIL BY CELEBRATING.
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THE YOUNG GIRLS GET ALL DRESSED
UP AND WEAR LOTS OF BEADS AND
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DANCE AND EVEN SOME OF
THE MARRIED WOMEN DANCE.
00:16:18.50\00:16:21.80
THE SINGLE YOUNG MEN ARE THERE
TO WATCH AND TO TAKE A YOUNG
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GIRL TO MARRY. NOW THE REASON
THE OLDER MARRIED WOMEN MAY JOIN
THE DANCING IS BECAUSE SHE IS
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THINKING, H-M-M I'M GETTING OLD
SO MY HUSBAND NEEDS SOMEONE TO
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CARE FOR HIM WHEN I GET
OLD AND CANNOT OR IF I DIE.
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THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE WIFE
OFTEN HERE IN THE LIBERIAN BUSH.
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WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE SMALL, THE
MAN OR OTHER PEOPLE REPRESENTING
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THE DEVIL TAKE THEM AWAY
INTO THE BUSH TO TRAIN AND TEACH
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THEM. SOMETIMES THEY WILL EVEN
DO THE TRAINING RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE VILLAGE.
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NOW, IF YOU WERE NOT OF
THIS WITCHCRAFT GROUP OR SOCIAL
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GROUP, YOU MUST STAY AWAY AND
CLOSE YOURSELF UP IN YOUR HOUSE
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WITH YOUR FAMILY. BECAUSE IF THE
CHILDREN ARE CURIOUS AND JUST
STAND BACK TO WATCH THE DANCING
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AND WHATEVER IS GOING ON, THEY
WILL SNATCH THAT CHILD AWAY AND
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TAKE THEM INTO THE BUSH
AND TRAIN THEM AND TEACH THEM.
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ALL PARENTS EVEN IF THEY
ARE CHRISTIANS MUST PAY WHATEVER
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THEY ARE TOLD TO PAY-WHICH IS
USUALLY A HALF A BAG OF RICE,
RED MEAT, RED PALM OIL AND
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MONEY.
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SOMETIMES THEY EVEN CAPTURE
ADULTS AND FORCE THEM TO GO INTO
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THE BUSH AND BE TRAINED.
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THAT IS WHY YOU MUST STAY AWAY
AND JUST STAY IN YOUR HOUSE.
00:17:55.20\00:18:01.50
MOST PARENTS IN THE VILLAGE HAVE
ONLY EVER KNOWN THIS TRADITIONAL
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SPIRITUAL BELIEF.
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SO, THEY ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO
BE TAKEN AND TRAINED AND TAUGHT.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE
TAUGHT IS NEVER TELL THE TRUTH.
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ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BUSH?
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ANYTHING.
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OH, PERIOD.
00:18:24.86\00:18:25.83
PERIOD.
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IT IS JUST THE PRINCIPLE
OF LIFE, DON'T TELL THE TRUTH.
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YES.
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THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING TODAY.
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I MEAN, I'M NOT JOKING.
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WE LEARNED ALL THIS WHILE WE
WERE SITTING AT THE SUPPER TABLE
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OF A FAMILY WE STAYED WITH.
00:18:41.90\00:18:44.60
THEY HAVE NO CHILDREN BUT
THEY HAVE TAKEN TWO OF THEIR
00:18:44.60\00:18:49.03
RELATIVES CHILDREN AS THEIR OWN.
00:18:49.03\00:18:51.40
THE OLDEST IS TWELVE AND IN THE
FOURTH GRADE AND VERY HELPFUL.
00:18:51.40\00:18:56.20
HE IS EVEN A DEACON IN THE
CHILDRENS LITTLE SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH. WHEN HE FIRST
CAME TO THIS HOME, HE LIED ALL
00:19:02.13\00:19:07.80
OF THE TIME. AND WHEN ASKED WHY,
HE SAID BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD
NEVER TELL THE TRUTH.
00:19:07.80\00:19:13.86
HE HAD BEEN TAKEN WHEN HE WAS
YOUNG AND GIVEN THIS TRADITIONAL
00:19:17.10\00:19:21.70
SPIRITUAL BELIEF TRAINING.
00:19:21.70\00:19:23.73
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE
DIFFICULTY HIS AUNT HAS IN
RETRAINING THIS YOUNG MAN
00:19:23.73\00:19:29.80
INTO A GODLY DIRECTION BUT
SHE IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
00:19:29.80\00:19:34.10
OF COURSE, THE WORDS OF JESUS
SAY, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH
00:19:36.83\00:19:44.73
AND THE LIFE". YOU CAN SEE THAT
THE DEVIL'S WAY IS ABSOLUTELY
THE OPPOSITE OF JESUS WAY.
00:19:44.73\00:19:51.76
JOIN YOUR HANDS WITH OURS AS WE
PRAY FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:19:51.76\00:19:57.80
EVANGELISTS WHO ARE PLANTING THE
CHURCH IN LIBERIA AND MANY OTHER
00:20:00.06\00:20:05.56
PLACES IN THE WORLD.
00:20:05.56\00:20:06.63
HELP US TO PLANT THE
MESSAGE THAT JESUS LOVES US ALL.
00:20:06.63\00:20:12.16
LET ME TRY TO SORT THROUGH THIS
AMAZING STORY OF MARY BECAUSE
00:20:12.16\00:20:18.20
SHE IS THE EVIDENCE
OF A MIRACLE OF GRACE.
00:20:25.10\00:20:28.16
AMEN.
00:20:28.16\00:20:30.03
THERE IS NO WAY A HUMAN BEING
COULD SURVIVE WHAT SHE WENT
00:20:30.03\00:20:38.00
THROUGH: CIVIL WAR, ABANDONMENT,
AND DEPRIVATION AND ON AND ON
AND ON EXCEPT SHE DEPENDED
00:20:38.00\00:20:45.53
UPON GOD.
00:20:45.53\00:20:46.53
AMEN.
00:20:46.53\00:20:47.53
WHAT AN OBJECT LESSON.
00:20:47.53\00:20:48.53
INDEED.
00:20:48.53\00:20:49.86
NOW, YOU WERE THERE TO DO A
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUR GOSPEL
00:20:49.86\00:20:54.73
OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:20:54.73\00:20:55.73
THAT'S CORRECT.
00:20:55.73\00:20:56.73
HOW DID MARY
HAPPEN TO GET THERE?
00:20:56.73\00:20:59.70
WHEN WE GO TO THE MISSIONS,
WE INVITE ANYBODY THAT IS
00:20:59.70\00:21:04.00
INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW
TO SHARE THE GOSPEL TO COME.
00:21:04.00\00:21:06.90
WE INVITE THE
MISSION LEADERSHIP.
00:21:06.90\00:21:08.90
WE INVITE THE PASTORS.
00:21:08.90\00:21:10.10
WE INVITE THE BIBLE WORKERS.
00:21:10.10\00:21:12.16
WE INVITE THE
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:21:12.16\00:21:14.90
THIS TIME WE EVEN INVITED SOME
OF THEIR WIVES, IF THEY WANTED
00:21:14.90\00:21:18.46
TO COME. SO A FEW OF THEM CAME
AND SO WE HAD A GROUP THERE AND
WE TAUGHT SIMPLY HOW
00:21:18.46\00:21:24.83
TO STUDY THE
BIBLE IN A SIMPLE WAY.
00:21:24.83\00:21:27.96
WE TAUGHT THEM THE GOSPEL
THROUGH STORIES AND PARABLES AND
00:21:27.96\00:21:33.86
ILLUSTRATIONS THAT JESUS USED.
00:21:33.86\00:21:35.00
MARY OVERHEARING THE INVITATION
SAID, "THAT MEANS ME TOO."
00:21:35.00\00:21:37.10
YES.
00:21:37.10\00:21:38.33
SHE WAS THERE FOR THE
WHOLE TIME-THREE DAYS WE WERE
00:21:38.33\00:21:40.10
TEACHING. IT KIND OF FEELS TO ME
LIKE THAT YOU KEPT PROBING FOR
HER STORY AND HENCE WE
00:21:40.10\00:21:46.20
GET TO MEET MARY IN THIS
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM
00:21:46.20\00:21:51.23
TODAY. WE CAME BACK
WITH 28 PAGES OF STORIES.
00:21:51.23\00:21:57.30
WOW.
00:21:59.63\00:22:00.73
THANKS TO KAREN.
00:22:00.73\00:22:03.90
NOW, I WANT TO GO AGAIN A LITTLE
BIT -THIS ANIMISM BUT IT'S A
00:22:03.90\00:22:09.93
SPECIAL BREED OF ANIMISM,
IF I MAY USE THAT CRUDE TERM.
00:22:13.30\00:22:15.30
DEVIL WORSHIP IN LIBERIA THERE.
00:22:15.30\00:22:17.60
DID YOU SAY THAT THE
DEVIL APPEARS ONCE A YEAR?
00:22:21.40\00:22:25.66
THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
00:22:25.66\00:22:28.06
YES.
00:22:28.06\00:22:30.96
THAT IS CAUSE FOR A CELEBRATION?
00:22:30.96\00:22:34.16
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY AND IT CAN
BE IN THE FORM OF ONE OF THEIR
00:22:34.16\00:22:38.73
MEN FROM THE VILLAGE OR
SEVERAL PEOPLE DRESSED UP.
00:22:38.73\00:22:41.10
BUT THEY KNOW?
00:22:43.36\00:22:44.36
IS IT BECAUSE OF
THE TIME OF THE YEAR?
00:22:44.36\00:22:46.36
BUT THEY KNOW THIS IS THE DEVIL?
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.33
WHAT DO THEY CALL HIM?
00:22:48.33\00:22:51.03
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.
00:22:51.03\00:22:53.76
WE'LL HAVE TO GO INTO
THE BUSH AND FIND OUT.
00:22:53.76\00:22:55.73
NO, THANK YOU.
00:22:55.73\00:22:57.10
BUT THEN YOU SEGUED IN YOUR
STORY TO THIS FAMILY WHO TOOK IN
00:22:57.10\00:23:04.26
NEPHEWS OR SOME CHILDREN.
00:23:04.26\00:23:05.63
YES.
00:23:05.63\00:23:06.63
NOW THEY ARE AN
ADVENTIST FAMILY.
00:23:06.63\00:23:10.36
YES.
00:23:10.36\00:23:11.36
ACTUALLY THEY WORK
IN THE MISSION THERE.
00:23:11.36\00:23:13.36
THEY DO.
00:23:13.36\00:23:14.36
YES.
00:23:14.36\00:23:15.36
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSION.
00:23:15.36\00:23:16.36
O.K.
00:23:16.36\00:23:17.76
AND THEIR LOVING HEARTS REACHED
OUT TO CHILDREN WHO DIDN'T HAVE
00:23:17.76\00:23:22.53
A HOME? YES THAT'S RIGHT.
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.46
THEY DISCOVERED THAT THESE ARE
CHILDREN WHO'VE BEEN SUBJECTED
00:23:24.46\00:23:32.16
TO THIS BRAIN WASHING-DEVIL
TRAINING PROGRAM, YES, WHICH
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR
00:23:32.16\00:23:36.86
OWN THESE CHILDREN, AS I HEAR
YOUR STORY, WERE CAPTURED AND
00:23:36.86\00:23:41.63
TAKEN INTO THIS EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS AND THAT'S HOW THE DEVIL
00:23:41.63\00:23:47.43
WINS THEM. YES AND SO THEY
ARE RESCUED BY THIS ADVENTIST
00:23:47.43\00:23:52.30
FAMILY. AMEN.
00:23:52.30\00:23:53.66
EVEN THE MOTHER IN THIS
ADVENTIST FAMILY-HER PARENTS
00:23:53.66\00:24:01.26
BECAME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
AND HER GRANDMOTHER SO EVEN
THOUGH SHE KNEW ABOUT THIS
00:24:01.26\00:24:07.53
TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL BELIEF SHE
DIDN'T TOTALLY KNOW WHAT THEY
00:24:07.53\00:24:13.66
TAUGHT THEM UNTIL
SHE EXPERIENCED THIS BOY.
00:24:13.66\00:24:16.60
YES.
00:24:16.60\00:24:17.60
NOW, I UNDERSTAND.
00:24:17.60\00:24:19.06
SO A LOT OF THE STORY GETS PUT
TOGETHER BASED UPON THE FIRST
00:24:19.06\00:24:23.50
HAND EXPERIENCE
OF A 12 YEAR OLD BOY.
00:24:23.50\00:24:25.63
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:24:25.63\00:24:26.63
YES.
00:24:26.63\00:24:27.63
O.K.
00:24:27.63\00:24:28.70
WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE
THINGS THAT THEY WERE TAUGHT.
00:24:28.70\00:24:30.70
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE LAST
00:24:30.70\00:24:34.70
HALF MINUTE OR FORTY-FIVE
SECONDS WE'VE GOT HERE IN THIS
KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
00:24:34.70\00:24:37.80
HOW DID THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS WORK IN THAT KIND OF AN
00:24:37.80\00:24:42.56
ENVIRONMENT?
00:24:42.56\00:24:43.90
WELL, THEY FIRST OF ALL,
MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE.
00:24:43.90\00:24:46.76
DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM
AND SEE THEIR NEEDS AND THESE
00:24:46.76\00:24:54.20
MEN AND WOMEN ENJOY TELLING
PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
00:24:54.20\00:24:57.26
WE JUST RECENTLY
ASKED THAT QUESTION.
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.26
WHAT DRIVES YOU?
00:24:59.26\00:25:00.43
WE LOVE TO TELL
PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
00:25:00.43\00:25:03.16
THE STORY IS SUCH A DRAMATIC
CONTRAST FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF
00:25:03.16\00:25:09.80
THEIR LIVES THAT
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR.
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.90
THEY NEED HOPE.
00:25:11.90\00:25:13.10
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HOPE AND
THAT HOPE COMES IN JESUS CHRIST.
00:25:13.10\00:25:16.63
WE MAINLY TOLD THE STORY BECAUSE
THIS TELLS YOU WHAT OUR GOSPEL
00:25:16.63\00:25:21.66
OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DEALING
WITH EVERYDAY IN THEIR LIVES
THAT IS AROUND THEM.
00:25:21.66\00:25:27.76
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE MARY IS A
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND YOU
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.93
DIDN'T HAVE TO RECRUIT HER.
00:25:30.93\00:25:31.93
NO, SHE IS THERE.
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.20
SHE IS GREAT.
00:25:33.20\00:25:34.20
I LOVE IT.
00:25:34.20\00:25:35.56
SHE IS A PRECIOUS SOUL YOU COULD
SEE IT IN THE EXPRESSIONS OF HER
00:25:35.56\00:25:41.36
FACE AND EVEN THOUGH YOU
WERE TELLING HER STORY, KAREN, I
00:25:41.36\00:25:46.70
COULD HEAR HER ANIMATION.
00:25:46.70\00:25:47.56
THIS WAS ALL
TRANSLATED TO YOU, I AM SURE.
00:25:47.56\00:25:50.96
LIBERIA IS ACTUALLY IN ENGLISH.
00:25:50.96\00:25:52.86
IT IS?
00:25:52.86\00:25:53.86
YES.
00:25:53.86\00:25:54.86
SO SHE COULD TELL
HER STORY IN HER OWN.
00:25:54.86\00:25:56.83
SHE DID BUT THEIR
ENGLISH SOMETIMES IS NOT VERY
00:25:56.83\00:26:03.13
UNDERSTANDABLE. IT IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, SO I HAD A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING SO I TOOK
00:26:03.13\00:26:08.10
ONE OF THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE
CLASS AND HAD HIM HELP ME MAKE
00:26:08.10\00:26:12.63
SURE I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING.
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.00
WELL, THANK YOU TWO FOR VISITING
LIBERIA AND FOR COMING AND
00:26:14.00\00:26:19.46
SHARING THE STORY WITH US.
00:26:19.46\00:26:20.56
I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR
MORE OF YOUR STORIES.
00:26:20.56\00:26:23.90
SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TOO,
00:26:23.90\00:26:28.10
FOLK. ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE
GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE ADDRESS,
00:26:28.10\00:26:32.66
THE PHONE NUMBER
AND EMAIL ADDRESS.
00:26:32.66\00:26:33.66
EVERYTHING.
00:26:33.66\00:26:35.06
YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE
00:26:35.06\00:26:39.16
MAIN REASON THAT WE WANT YOU
TO BE IN TOUCH IS-WE NEED YOUR
00:26:39.16\00:26:42.26
PRAYERS. AMEN.
00:26:42.26\00:26:43.63
ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH
AND YOUR SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE
00:26:43.63\00:26:46.50
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD FOR THE
MARYS OF THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THEIR MINISTRY.
00:26:46.50\00:26:51.40
[CLOSING MUSIC].
00:26:51.40\00:26:57.46
I NEED TO SPREAD
THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME.
00:27:03.86\00:27:09.90
WHERE IS THE
10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY?
00:27:18.60\00:27:22.33
THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY.
00:27:22.33\00:27:24.93
SOMEONE ELSE CAN
TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
00:27:24.93\00:27:27.36
MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV?
00:27:27.36\00:27:31.06
NEARLY THREE BILLION
PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS.
00:27:31.06\00:27:36.66
THERE'S NOTHING I
CAN DO, I GIVE UP.
00:27:36.66\00:27:39.73
WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING?
00:27:39.73\00:27:41.76
I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
00:27:41.76\00:27:43.40
ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU
00:27:43.40\00:27:50.33
TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
00:27:50.33\00:27:51.33
WHERE?
00:27:51.33\00:27:52.33
ALL THE WORLD.
00:27:52.33\00:27:53.33
HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS?
00:27:53.33\00:27:55.43
YOU CAN PRAY.
00:27:55.43\00:27:57.56
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS.
00:27:57.56\00:28:02.50
YOU CAN TELL OTHERS.
00:28:02.50\00:28:06.53
YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO
SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS.
00:28:06.53\00:28:09.36
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING
FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY
00:28:09.36\00:28:13.03
WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU.
00:28:13.03\00:28:14.46
BE THE SPARK.
00:28:14.46\00:28:15.96
LIGHT THE FIRE.
00:28:15.96\00:28:18.40
FINISH THE WORK.
00:28:18.40\00:28:22.26
FINISH THE WORK.
00:28:22.26\00:28:26.16
BE THE SPARK.
00:28:26.16\00:28:27.16