[OPENING MUSIC].
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WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN
MISSIONS, GOSPEL OUTREACH'S
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OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO YOUR
LIVING ROOM AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
WE DO AND WHAT WE DO IS SO MUCH
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FUN.
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I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING AS MUCH
FUN LISTENING AS WE ARE SHARING.
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TODAY I HAVE TWO GUESTS WITH ME.
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THE FIRST IS TIM SAXTON AND THE
SECOND, AND YOU'LL GET TO KNOW
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BOTH OF THESE GUYS REALLY WELL
AND WE PROBABLY WILL EVEN GIVE
YOU EMAILS SO THAT YOU CAN
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HASSEL THEM ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH
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YOU, BRYAN GALLANT.
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BRYAN, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
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I'VE JUST MOVED TO MISSOURI BUT
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN INDONESIA AS
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MY SHIRT DISPLAYS HERE, I
SEE THAT, FOR THREE AND A HALF
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YEARS. BUT WE ARE STARTING A NEW
WORK NOW IN MISSOURI, IN
IOWA-MISSOURI CONFERENCE
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FOR THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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AND YOU HAVE JUST MOVED
FROM WORKING IN INDONESIA?
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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AND WHAT IS YOUR
JOB IN IOWA-MISSOURI?
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I WILL BE WORKING WITH
DEAN CORIDAN AND THE REFUGEE
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MINISTRIES COORDINATOR TRYING
TO HELP MOBILIZE THE CHURCH.
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NOW, NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING
IN IOWA-MISSOURI IN A REFUGEE
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MINISTRY? THAT'S RIGHT.
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THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
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YOU'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY CORRECT IN
SOME SENSE BUT, NO I JUST FIGURE
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IF YOUR DOING REFUGEE MINISTRY
YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN HUNGRY OR
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CAMBODIA OR SOME PLACE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT IOWA-
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MISSOURI? THE IOWA-MISSOURI
CONFERENCE, OKAY, HAS A VISION
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THAT SAYS WHEN GOD BRINGS PEOPLE
TO US, AND THERE ARE REFUGEES
THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY
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AND THERE ARE MANY IN
IOWA-MISSOURI, WHEN GOD BRINGS
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THEM TO US IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE
AND RESPONSIBILITY AND GOSPEL
MANDATE TO BLESS THEM.
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AND SO THE IOWA-MISSOURI
CONFERENCE IS LITERALLY DOING
WORK OVER AND BEYOND
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MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY
ARE REACHING OUT TO REFUGEES IN
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THEIR PLACE AS WELL AS
PARTNERING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH
TO MINISTER ABROAD.
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TIM, YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME
THAT YOU LIVE IN KANSAS AND ARE
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DOING REFUGEE MINISTRY.
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RIGHT?
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WELL ACTUALLY I'M HISTORICALLY
FROM MISSOURI AND AM IN THE
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PROCESS OF RELOCATING TO IDAHO
BUT YES, IOWA-MISSOURI IS VERY
INVOLVED WITH REFUGEE
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MINISTRY AS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
PARTNERING AND DEAN CORIDAN THE
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PRESIDENT OF OUR CONFERENCE
WHO BRYAN IS ASSISTING DEAN AND
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MYSELF. DEAN IS ALSO A MEMBER
OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM.
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AND WE HAVE A BURDEN FOR
REFUGEES ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE
THE GROWING CRISIS OF
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REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD.
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OKAY, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.
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YOU'RE WORKING IN IOWA-MISSOURI
BUT YOU'RE LIVING IN IDAHO.
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YOUR WORKING IN IOWA-MISSOURI
FROM INDONESIA AND YOUR JOB IS
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REFUGEES FROM WHERE THAT
ARE COMING TO IOWA-MISSOURI?
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IT DEPENDS ON THE CITY BUT WE
HAVE REFUGEES FROM COUNTRIES IN
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AFRICA AND FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA
THE KAREN PEOPLE AND SOME OF
THEM ARE ACTUALLY MEMBERS
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ALREADY AND SO THEY'VE STARTED
THEIR OWN FELLOWSHIPS AND
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CONGREGATIONS.
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AND NOW OF COURSE WITH THE
SYRIAN DISASTER THAT'S HAPPENING
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THERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE MANY SYRIANS COMING ALSO.
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WE HAVE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING, FORMER
USSR GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE
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CONFERENCE AND THERE'S
MORE COMING IN EVERY YEAR.
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OKAY, SO I NEED TO JUST SIMPLY
COMPLETELY READJUST MY THINKING.
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AND MAYBE THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO
DO THAT IS TELL YOU A STORY OF
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MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT,
GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A MENNONITE
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FARMER IN UKRAINE AND ENDED UP
GOING TO HOLLAND AND COMING TO
THE UNITED STATES AND
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SETTLING IN KANSAS AS A
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REFUGEE.
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OKAY, SO I'M WITH YOU NOW.
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OKAY.
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I THINK IT'S JUST THAT'S
SOMETHING I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
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FITTING INTO MY HEAD THAT IN THE
CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES WE
HAVE A REFUGEE CRISES RESPONSE
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TEAM.
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COOL.
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GO AHEAD.
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WELL TO UNDERSTAND THE REFUGEE
CRISIS, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
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REFUGEES. YOU CAN SEE REFUGEES
GOING BACK TO BIBLE TIMES, THERE
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WERE REFUGEES. BUT IN THE LAST
TEN YEARS THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES
WORLD WIDE HAS INCREASED
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FROM 38 MILLION TO 60 MILLION.
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NOW DEFINE A
REFUGEE FOR ME THEN.
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A REFUGEE IS A DISPLACED PERSON
AS A RESULT OF WAR OR STRIFE OR
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PERSECUTION. SOMETHING
THAT MADE THEM LEAVE HOME.
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YES, THEY ARE DISPLACED.
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THEY ARE NOT IN
THEIR HOME COUNTRY ANYMORE.
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THEY ARE NOT WITH
THEIR HOME ANYMORE.
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SIXTY MILLION PEOPLE.
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SIXTY MILLION PEOPLE.
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AND AS CONFLICTS HAVE INCREASED,
YOU KNOW WE HAVE SEEN MORE AND
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MORE REFUGEES.
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TODAY WHAT'S GOING ON IS WE'RE
SEEING THE GREATEST REFUGEE
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CRISIS THAT EUROPE HAS
SEEN SINCE WORLD WAR II.
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NOW THESE ARE THE SYRIANS
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
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YES.
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IN FACT SINCE JANUARY OF 2015,
JANUARY 1 OF THIS YEAR THERE
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HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 500
THOUSAND REFUGEES STREAMING INTO
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EUROPE. NOW THE INTERESTING
THING IS THAT OF THOSE 500
THOUSAND REFUGEES 400
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THOUSAND OF THEM HAVE ENTERED
THROUGH ONE PLACE AND THAT'S
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GREECE. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
80 PERCENT OF THE REFUGEES
COMING TO EUROPE ARE
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ENTERING THROUGH ONE COUNTRY.
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AND THEY ARE BEING
DISPERSED FROM THERE.
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ONE OF THE GOALS OF GOSPEL
OUTREACH IS TO PUT WORKERS THERE
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TO MEET THESE REFUGEES TO HELP
THESE REFUGEES TO POINT THEM IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO
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MEET SOME BASIC NEEDS AND
ULTIMATELY TO CONNECT THEM TO
LOVING MEMBERS OF THE
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
WHERE THEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE
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GOING. SO YOU HAVE BEEN, LET'S
ASSUME THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED
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TO GREECE RATHER THAN IDAHO AND
THAT A BOAT LOAD OF REFUGEES HAS
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ARRIVED. THEY'RE ILL, THEY'RE
SUFFERING FROM EXPOSURE AND
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MALNOURISHMENT AND THEY HAVE FEW
CLOTHES AND THEY DIDN'T BRING
ANYTHING WITH THEM AND WHAT WAS
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THE PIRATES STOLE.
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THAT'S KIND OF THE PICTURE
THAT WE GET IN THE NEWSPAPER.
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THAT IS.
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MEET THEM
WITH, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO MEET
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THEM WITH AND WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
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OKAY.
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SO WE WANT TO MEET THEM
FIRST WITH A LOVING ATTITUDE.
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IS THAT YOU OR
ADVENTIST MEMBERS FROM GREECE?
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THAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH
VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN GREECE.
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OKAY.
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SO WHOEVER IS MEETING THESE
PEOPLE, SAY WE'RE GOING TO MEET
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THE PEOPLE. HERE'S
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
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FIRST WE WANT TO MEET THEM WITH
CHRIST-LIKE LOVE AND COMPASSION.
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SPEAKING ARABIC?
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SPEAKING ARABIC
OR SPEAKING ENGLISH.
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THE SYRIANS ARE
VERY EDUCATED PEOPLE.
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SO THEY'VE GOT MULTI-LANGUAGE.
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SO ENGLISH MIGHT WORK.
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YES, ENGLISH MIGHT.
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IN MANY CASES
ENGLISH WOULD WORK.
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AND IF ENGLISH DOESN'T WORK THE
GROUPS THAT ARE COMING YOU WILL
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LIKELY FIND SOMEBODY IN
THE GROUP THAT SPEAKS ENGLISH.
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ALRIGHT.
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SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO DO ARABIC THEN.
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RIGHT.
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SO YOU MEET THE PEOPLE WITH
CHRIST-LIKE LOVE AND COMPASSION
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BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN GO
AND OFFER HELP WITH A FROWN ON
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THEIR FACE. THAT'S
TRUE, YOU'VE SEEN THAT.
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(LAUGHTER) JESUS MINISTERED
TO PEOPLES' NEEDS, HE CONNECTED
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WITH THEM, HE LOVED THEM AND
THAT'S THE LOVE THAT WE AS GOD'S
PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE
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FOR REFUGEES WHETHER IT'S
IN GREECE OR EVEN IN OUR OWN
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COUNTRY. THAT'S RIGHT.
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SECOND IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND DO OUR
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BEST TO MEET THOSE BASIC
NEEDS WHETHER IT'S FOOD, WATER,
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SHELTER. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THEY'LL TYPICALLY BE?
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THE BASIC NEEDS?
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YES.
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FOOD, WATER, SHELTER
PLUS YOU KNOW TOILETRY KITS.
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BASIC CLOTHING.
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BASIC CLOTHING.
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ELECTRICITY TO
CHARGE THEIR PHONES.
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YES.
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NOW THAT'S REALLY A DIFFERENT
LOOK AT REFUGEES ISN'T IT.
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WE'VE GOT TO HELP THE PEOPLE
CHARGE THE PHONES THAT THEY
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BROUGHT ALONG. EVERYBODY
IN THE WORLD HAS A PHONE.
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IT'S A LIFE LINE.
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IT IS TO MANY MANY PEOPLE.
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IT IS.
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SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR ELECTRIC CORD
AND YOU'VE GOT LONG STRIPS OF
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PLUG IN AND THREE TEENAGE, NO
THREE EIGHT GRADERS WHO ARE
DILIGENTLY CHARGING
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PHONES.
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YES.
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VERY TRUE.
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AND LAUGHING AND SMILING
AND TALKING WITH EVERYBODY.
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EVEN THOUGH THEIR
WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN.
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YES, THAT'S WHAT'S GIVING PEACE.
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RIGHT, RIGHT.
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ANOTHER PICTURE.
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IT'S A GREAT PICTURE.
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SO WE TAKE THESE PEOPLE AND WE
HELP THEM THERE WHEN THEY COME.
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WE WELCOME THEM, WE HELP THEM
BUT THEN WE DON'T STOP THERE.
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WE FIND OUT
WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
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YOU KNOW A LOT OF
THEM ARE GOING TO GERMANY.
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BUT WE FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE
GOING AND THEN WE TRY TO SET
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THEM UP WITH LOVING SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS AT THE END OF THEIR
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JOURNEY. WE SAY HERE'S SOME
PEOPLE YOU CAN CONTACT WHEN YOU
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GET THERE. OKAY, SO THAT MEANS
THEN BEFORE YOU FLY OFF TO
GREECE YOU HAVE FLOWN INTO
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FRANKFURT OR SOMEWHERE
ELSE IN GERMANY, SOMEWHERE.
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OR YOU HAVE CONNECTED.
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YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THE
COMMUNICATION LINES TO CONNECT
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SO THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE AND
WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE PHONE CALL
THEY WILL GIVE LOVING
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RESPECTFUL SERVICE TO THESE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED
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AND LOST EVERYTHING.
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AS CHRIST WOULD.
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THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
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I'VE HEARD SOME INTERESTING
STORIES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
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MONTHS ABOUT SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO
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APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN GERMANY
AND IN CANADA WHO ARE THERE FOR
ONE REASON AND THAT'S
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TO START BIBLE STUDIES AND CARE
GROUPS AMONG PEOPLE WHO MUST
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LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR MUST
LEARN TO SPEAK GERMAN OR JUST
LEARN TO DO THIS OR THAT OR
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SOMETHING ELSE.
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TAKE WHATEVER SKILL THEY HAVE
AT HOME AND LEARN TO ADAPT IT TO
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THIS NEW WORLD.
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SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT
GOSPEL OUTREACH IS HELPING WITH?
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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BUT I WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO
WHAT YOU SAID, PLEASE, BECAUSE
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WHEN YOU SAY WE WANT TO GO THERE
TO START BIBLE STUDIES, A LOT OF
PEOPLE CAN GET THAT
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IDEA.
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I'M HERE TO SHARE
SOMETHING WITH YOU.
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RIGHT.
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BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY
THE WAY JESUS APPROACHED PEOPLE.
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JESUS LOVED
PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY WERE.
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HE LOVED THEM FIRST AND AS THAT
CONNECTION BONDED THEN HE COULD
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SHARE WITH THEM.
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OFTEN TIMES WE MUST LISTEN
TO THE OTHER PEOPLES' STORIES.
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WE MUST BEFRIEND THEM BEFORE
WE SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THEM.
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BECAUSE IF WE DO THAT
THEIR HEARTS WILL BE MUCH MORE
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RECEPTIVE TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
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IT'S GOING THERE WITH THAT
CHRIST-LIKE LOVE VERSUS GOING
THERE SAYING I HAVE
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SOMETHING AND YOU
NEED TO READ THIS.
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NOW IF I HAD A MOMENT AND FULL
CLASS ROOM CONTROL I WOULD SAY,
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PAUSE AND IN YOUR HOME I WANT
YOU TO TAKE 10 MINUTES AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST
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HEARD.
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THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO
DO WITH A GROUP OF REFUGEES IN
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YOUR COMMUNITY IS LISTEN.
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SO WHAT DO YOU HEAR AND HOW
DO YOU TEACH PEOPLE TO LISTEN?
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HOW DO YOU TEACH
PEOPLE TO LISTEN?
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YES, TIM, HOW DO YOU TEACH
ACTIVE TYPE A AMERICANS TO
LISTEN INSTEAD OF TALK AND
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DO.
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I CALL IT DIVINE DUCT TAPE DUTY.
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DIVINE DUCT TAPE DUTY.
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I LOVE IT.
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ALRIGHT, SO
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
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WELL I'M JUST GOING TO LISTEN.
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ALRIGHT.
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GOOD LUCK.
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I'M GOING TO TRY.
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IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHARACTER
OF GOD, THE CHARACTER OF GOD IS
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ALWAYS SELFLESS.
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IT'S ALWAYS WHAT'S BEST
FOR OTHERS, ALWAYS FOR SOMEBODY
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ELSE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTENING
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AND SPEAKING, LISTENING OFTEN
TIMES IS THE SELFLESS APPROACH.
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YOU'RE GIVING OF YOURSELF,
YOU'RE BEING QUIET, YOU'RE
LETTING SOMEBODY ELSE
00:11:01.32\00:11:03.29
SPEAK AND YOU'RE LISTENING.
00:11:03.32\00:11:04.29
AND YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THEM.
00:11:04.33\00:11:05.56
WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ALL THE
TIME INCESSANTLY THAT IS A VERY
00:11:05.59\00:11:07.30
SELF-CENTERED APPROACH.
00:11:07.30\00:11:08.63
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHARACTER OF CHRIST AND WE WANT
00:11:08.66\00:11:10.27
TO BE LIKE CHRIST, CHRIST WASN'T
ONE THAT SAID I HAVE TO SPEAK
00:11:10.30\00:11:12.27
ALL THE TIME. YOU HAVE
TO LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY.
00:11:12.30\00:11:14.27
NO, CHRIST IS ONE TO SIT BACK
AND LISTEN AND THEN TO RESPOND.
00:11:14.30\00:11:16.27
WE ARE TO BE LIKE THAT
WHEN WE MINISTER TO OTHERS.
00:11:16.30\00:11:18.27
AND SO YOU'VE ASKED THE
RIGHT QUESTION, WHAT DO WE HEAR?
00:11:18.31\00:11:20.28
AND WHAT YOU HEAR IS INCREDIBLE
HUMAN TRAGEDY AND PAIN AND
00:11:20.31\00:11:25.38
BROKENNESS.
GIVE ME SOME STORIES.
00:11:57.38\00:11:58.61
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.
00:11:58.65\00:12:00.68
WHAT THEY ARE CARRYING ON THEIR
BACK AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED,
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THOUGH THE
PIRATES MAY TAKE AS WELL.
00:12:04.52\00:12:06.09
SO YOU IMAGINE WAKING UP ONE DAY
EVERYTHING IS GOING NORMAL AND
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THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR TOWN
IS OVER RUN AND YOU KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AND YOU
00:12:10.56\00:12:15.33
CAN'T DILLY DALLY, YOU CAN'T
GO PACK A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.
00:12:15.36\00:12:17.87
YOU DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
00:12:17.90\00:12:19.33
TYPICALLY THE ONE THING YOU
WOULD HAVE WITH YOU IS YOUR CELL
00:12:19.37\00:12:22.24
PHONE AND YOU WILL THROW IT
SOMEWHERE ON YOUR BODY AND TRY
AND HIDE IT AS BEST YOU CAN SO
00:12:22.27\00:12:25.54
THAT IT WILL SURVIVE.
00:12:25.57\00:12:26.54
AND BASICALLY NOTHING ELSE.
00:12:26.57\00:12:30.65
WHAT WE'RE FINDING AS WE LISTEN
TO PEOPLES' STORIES IS EVERY
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SINGLE PERSON
HAS A STORY OF PAIN.
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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
GOING TO BE SO CRITICAL IN
00:12:36.75\00:12:40.26
REFUGEE MINISTRY, AGAIN AS WE'RE
UNPACKING A LITTLE MORE
DIFFERENT THAN JUST BIBLE
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STUDIES, IT'S NOT ABOUT
AN INFORMATIONAL TRANSACTION.
00:12:44.89\00:12:48.80
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
NEEDING MOST OF ALL IS A HUMAN
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CONNECTION OF EMPATHY AND
SYMPATHY IF WE DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE EMPATHY FOR THAT
00:12:52.83\00:12:58.04
BUT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AT A
HEART LEVEL AND TO LET THEM KNOW
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THAT THERE'S SOMEONE WHOSE
LOVING AND PRAYING AND CRYING
WITH THEM AND NOT HAVING TO
00:13:01.51\00:13:04.65
HAVE ANSWERS BECAUSE FRANKLY
THERE AREN'T ANSWERS FOR MANY OF
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THESE THINGS.
00:13:07.22\00:13:08.68
THE BROKENNESS OF HUMANITY RIGHT
NOW IS JUST CRYING OUT IN WAYS
00:13:08.72\00:13:11.59
THAT THERE ARE NO ANSWERS.
00:13:11.62\00:13:12.82
YOU CAN'T FIX IT, YOU CAN'T
GO BACK AND REBUILD THE BRIDGES.
00:13:12.85\00:13:14.69
NO YOU CAN'T.
00:13:14.72\00:13:16.09
THERE'S NO SIMPLISTIC PLATITUDES
YOU CAN SHARE OTHERWISE AND SO
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IT'S A MINISTRY OF COMING ALONG
SIDE AND WEEPING AND THEN AS YOU
LISTEN AND YOU FIND
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OUT WELL THERE IS SOMETHING WE
CAN DO IN THIS SITUATION OR IN
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THAT SITUATION.
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OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO THAT PLACE
THEN WE CAN HELP AS WE HAVE A
00:13:32.81\00:13:36.04
NETWORK OF LOVING AND LOVEABLE
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WE MAY EVEN
00:13:36.08\00:13:40.02
HAVE A 100 NUMBER DIAL HERE
AND PLEASE HELP, OR SOMETHING.
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YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
ARE WILLING TO LOVE LIKE THAT
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THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CAN, GOSPEL
OUTREACH CAN CONNECT THEM TO
WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING
00:13:45.95\00:13:50.39
AND SAY PLEASE MEET THEM AT
THE AIRPORT, PLEASE HELP THEM IN
00:13:50.43\00:13:53.86
THIS WAY. AT THIS POINT IN OUR
PROGRAM WE OFTEN SHOW YOU A
LITTLE VIDEO OF CHILDREN
00:13:55.90\00:13:59.90
TALKING ABOUT BE THE SPARK.
00:13:59.93\00:14:01.34
I WANT TO TAKE OVER
THAT VIDEO FOR JUST A MINUTE.
00:14:01.37\00:14:04.04
WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO TODAY
IS AN APPEAL, A DIRECT APPEAL TO
00:14:04.07\00:14:09.61
YOU FOR FUNDS, FOR PRAYER,
FOR LISTENING WHEREVER YOU ARE.
00:14:09.64\00:14:13.38
AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE AT THE
END OF THE PROGRAM OUR ADDRESS
00:14:13.42\00:14:17.65
AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHO TO TALK TO AND WHEN TO TALK.
00:14:17.69\00:14:20.22
BUT I WANT TO JUST KEEP
LISTENING HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES
00:14:20.26\00:14:23.93
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY
IS A HUGE CHALLENGE TO ACTION
00:14:23.96\00:14:29.83
FOR YOU. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO
END THE PROGRAM WITHOUT DOING
THAT ACTIVITY OKAY.
00:14:29.86\00:14:34.70
SO I WANT TO COME BACK.
00:14:34.74\00:14:35.70
COLUMBIA MISSOURI, COLLEGE TOWN.
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YOU ARE LIVING CLOSE BUY.
00:14:39.51\00:14:41.31
YOU HEAR THAT 150 REFUGEES HAVE
JUST ARRIVED FROM SYRIA, PART OF
00:14:41.34\00:14:46.41
THE 10 THOUSAND THAT ARE COMING
TO THE UNITED STATES, OR
WHATEVER NUMBER IT WILL
00:14:49.18\00:14:51.62
BE.
00:14:51.65\00:14:52.62
WHAT DO YOU DO?
00:14:52.65\00:14:54.12
WELL THE ADVENTIST CHURCH
IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI IS ALREADY
00:14:54.16\00:14:56.89
ACTIVE IN SERVING REFUGEES.
00:14:56.93\00:14:57.89
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
00:14:57.93\00:14:59.26
THEY ARE HELPING WITH ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, ENGLISH AS A SECOND
00:14:59.29\00:15:02.96
LANGUAGE COURSES AND
TRYING TO MINISTER THERE.
00:15:03.00\00:15:04.97
THEY EVEN, THIS LAST SUMMER THEY
DID A CREATIVE VACATION BIBLE
00:15:05.00\00:15:09.57
SCHOOL. THEY REALIZED ALL THESE
REFUGEES WERE CONGREGATING AT A
PARTICULAR PARK AND
00:15:09.60\00:15:15.68
SO THEY SAID INSTEAD OF
EXPECTING THEM TO COME TO US,
00:15:15.71\00:15:19.51
NOW THAT'S OUR CULTURE, WE WANT
PEOPLE TO COME EVEN THOUGH JESUS
00:15:19.55\00:15:21.85
SAYS GO. SO INSTEAD OF EXPECTING
THEM TO COME TO US AND TO CROSS
00:15:21.88\00:15:27.62
OUT OF THEIR CULTURAL BARRIERS
AND ALL THOSE THINGS LANGUAGE AS
WELL, THEY TOOK VBS TO
00:15:27.66\00:15:32.39
THEM.
00:15:32.43\00:15:33.60
BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT
WAS REALLY QUITE INTERESTING AND
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CHALLENGING.
00:15:35.40\00:15:36.87
THE WEEK BEFORE THAT THEY WERE
SCHEDULE TO GO AND DO THAT VBS
00:15:36.90\00:15:41.80
AND TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN
THERE AND THE FAMILIES AND THE
NEEDS, THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN
00:15:41.84\00:15:45.64
THAT EXACT PARK.
00:15:45.67\00:15:47.91
AND SO THE LEADER OF THIS GROUP
CALLED UP DEAN CORIDAN AND SAID
00:15:47.94\00:15:51.31
WHAT DO WE DO.
00:15:51.35\00:15:52.48
AND DEAN HAS A VERY PRACTICAL
WAY OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
00:15:52.51\00:15:55.22
HE SAID ARE THE
REFUGEES STILL THERE.
00:15:55.25\00:15:58.79
THEN YOU GO.
00:15:58.82\00:15:59.79
THEN YOU GO AND THEY WENT.
00:15:59.82\00:16:02.19
WHY ARE THE
REFUGEES IN THE PARK?
00:16:02.22\00:16:04.16
WHY AREN'T' THEY IN HOUSES?
00:16:04.19\00:16:05.43
THEY WOULD HAVE HOUSES AVAILABLE
POSSIBLY, BUT SOONER OR LATER.
00:16:05.46\00:16:08.70
ARE THEY LIVING
IN TENTS IN THE PARK?
00:16:08.73\00:16:10.70
NOT IN PLACES LIKE THAT BUT THEY
NEED HELP TO GET ESTABLISHED IN
00:16:10.73\00:16:15.00
APARTMENTS. THEY NEED, MANY
OF THEM, IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE
00:16:15.04\00:16:19.27
NOTHING. IN MANY OF THESE
COUNTRIES THEY DON'T HAVE A
WALMART THE WAY WE DO.
00:16:19.31\00:16:22.88
THEY'RE NOT USED TO HAVING A ROW
OF CEREAL CHOICES AND SO ONE OF
00:16:22.91\00:16:27.55
THE MOST SIMPLE BASIC THINGS WE
CAN DO IS TO LITERALLY JUST SAY
HEY COME SHOPPING WITH
00:16:27.58\00:16:31.59
ME.
00:16:31.62\00:16:32.59
TEACH THEM HOW TO SHOP.
00:16:32.62\00:16:33.66
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY.
00:16:33.69\00:16:35.12
HOW DO YOU SPEND IT WISELY.
00:16:35.16\00:16:37.76
IN FACT, ONE OF THE DREAMS THAT
WOULD BE A REALLY NEAT PROJECT
00:16:37.79\00:16:43.13
AT SOME POINT FOR GOSPEL
OUTREACH, AND IOWA-MISSOURI IS
PLANNING TO DO THIS AS WELL, IS
00:16:43.16\00:16:47.34
TO HAVE PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPS
IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WHETHER
00:16:47.37\00:16:51.07
IT'S IN INDIA OR BEIRUT AND
ACTUALLY SET UP A MOCK WESTERN
00:16:51.11\00:16:56.18
STYLE HOUSE SO THAT YOU CAN
TEACH THEM HOW TO USE THE
TOILET, TEACH THEM HOW TO WASH
00:16:59.05\00:17:02.02
CLOTHES.
00:17:02.05\00:17:03.02
IT'S COMPLETELY NEW.
00:17:03.05\00:17:04.32
AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT
YOU'RE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS,
00:17:04.35\00:17:06.59
YOU'RE GIVING THEM SOME ENGLISH.
00:17:06.62\00:17:07.92
AND OF COURSE WE CAN TEACH
BEAUTIFUL GOSPEL PRINCIPLES IN
00:17:07.96\00:17:12.13
ALL THESE THINGS.
00:17:12.16\00:17:13.40
BUT GIVING A BIBLE STUDY IS NO
WHERE NEAR THE TOP OF YOUR LIST.
00:17:13.43\00:17:17.33
YES.
00:17:17.37\00:17:18.80
TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE THE
TOILET, TEACHING THEM HOW TO BUY
00:17:18.83\00:17:21.70
CORNFLAKES OR TO BUY RUSKETS, TO
BUY SOMETHING VALUABLE INSTEAD
OF SOMETHING USELESS.
00:17:21.74\00:17:26.04
ABSOLUTELY.
00:17:26.07\00:17:27.34
YOU KNOW DICK, YOU MENTIONED
BIBLE STUDIES AND IT REMINDS ME
00:17:27.38\00:17:31.58
OF A STORY THAT HAPPENED IN THE
IOWA-MISSOURI CONFERENCE WITH
00:17:31.61\00:17:35.35
REFUGEES RECENTLY. OKAY.
00:17:35.38\00:17:36.79
AND DEAN CORIDAN RELATED THIS
STORY, BUT THERE WAS A GROUP OF
00:17:36.82\00:17:41.49
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
MINISTERING TO REFUGEES IN A
00:17:41.52\00:17:45.09
PARK. AND OUT OF THAT
A BIBLE STUDY DEVELOPED.
00:17:45.13\00:17:47.66
NOW THE BIBLE STUDY WAS
DEVELOPED WITH SOME IRAQI
00:17:47.73\00:17:51.87
REFUGEES. AND SO THE ADVENTIST
FAMILY WAS HOME THINKING WELL
WHEN WE GET TOGETHER
00:17:51.90\00:17:54.07
TO STUDY THE BIBLE WHAT
SHOULD WE STUDY WITH THEM FIRST.
00:17:54.10\00:17:56.10
WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST TOPIC.
00:17:56.14\00:18:00.11
WELL DANIEL 2.
00:18:00.14\00:18:01.38
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT DICK.
00:18:01.41\00:18:03.28
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID?
00:18:03.31\00:18:05.01
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE THINKING
BUT THEN THEY THOUGHT THESE
00:18:05.05\00:18:07.35
PEOPLE ARE FROM IRAQ, THAT MIGHT
OFFEND THEM BECAUSE IRAQ, DANIEL
00:18:07.38\00:18:11.45
2. IT'S ALL THE SAME PLACE.
00:18:11.49\00:18:13.05
IT MIGHT OFFEND THEM.
00:18:13.09\00:18:13.96
MAYBE WE SHOULD
STUDY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
00:18:13.99\00:18:16.39
SO AS THEY'RE PONDERING
THIS THEY HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT
00:18:16.42\00:18:19.19
STUDIES THEY WOULD START WITH.
00:18:19.23\00:18:20.70
THEY GOT TOGETHER WITH THE IRAQI
FAMILY AND BEFORE THEY COULD
00:18:20.73\00:18:23.60
START THE STUDY THE MAN OF THE
HOUSEHOLD SAID I WANT TO ASK YOU
00:18:23.63\00:18:28.24
SOMETHING. I HAD A DREAM.
00:18:28.27\00:18:30.04
I HAD THIS DREAM AND IN THIS
DREAM I SAW THIS GREAT BIG IMAGE
00:18:30.07\00:18:35.74
IN A FIELD.
00:18:35.78\00:18:36.75
A STATUE WAS OUT IN THIS FIELD.
00:18:36.78\00:18:39.11
AND I LOOKED UP AND THIS LARGE
ROCK CAME OUT OF THE SKY AND IT
00:18:39.15\00:18:43.42
HIT THIS STATUE
AND IT SMASHED IT.
00:18:43.45\00:18:45.05
CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT THIS DREAM MEANS?
00:18:45.09\00:18:48.02
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
THEY STUDIED THAT EVENING.
00:18:48.06\00:18:51.09
OH I THINK WE'RE REALLY
BUSY BECAUSE WE'RE IN MATTHEW 5
00:18:51.13\00:18:54.60
TODAY. HOW AWESOME.
00:18:54.63\00:18:55.60
GOD DOES AMAZING THINGS.
00:18:55.63\00:18:57.10
YOU KNOW THAT'S LIKE THE BROKEN
STONE MISSION STORY WHICH I
00:18:57.13\00:19:00.80
ALWAYS WILL LOVE. THE
MISSIONARIES COME BACK WITH A
HALF OF THE STONE THAT SAYS WE
00:19:00.84\00:19:04.01
ARE ALL TOGETHER NOW.
00:19:04.04\00:19:05.01
YES.
00:19:05.04\00:19:05.87
SO GOD IS WORKING
AMONG THESE REFUGEES.
00:19:05.91\00:19:08.71
AND MANY TIMES IN MANY OF
THESE COUNTRIES THESE ISLAMIC
00:19:08.74\00:19:15.05
COUNTRIES WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO REACH THE PEOPLE IN THESE
COUNTRIES AS EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE
00:19:15.08\00:19:19.09
THE COUNTRIES WERE SO CLOSED.
00:19:19.12\00:19:20.22
RIGHT.
00:19:20.26\00:19:21.72
AS A RESULT OF ALL THESE
TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED, THESE WARS, NOW
00:19:21.76\00:19:26.06
THE PEOPLE THAT WE
COULDN'T REACH ARE COMING TO US.
00:19:26.09\00:19:29.96
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO.
00:19:30.00\00:19:31.87
I MEAN GOD HAS PLACED THESE
PEOPLE ON OUR DOOR STEPS WHETHER
00:19:31.90\00:19:35.20
IN OUR COUNTRY OR IN EUROPE.
00:19:35.24\00:19:37.24
GOD HAS PLACED THESE PEOPLE
ON OUR DOOR STEPS AND GOD IS
00:19:37.27\00:19:41.21
SPEAKING TO THEIR HEARTS.
00:19:41.24\00:19:42.41
OUR JOB IS TO GO OUT
THERE AND REACH THEM.
00:19:42.44\00:19:45.48
OUR JOB, IF WE CAN'T LEAVE
OUR HOMES, WE CAN SUPPORT GOSPEL
00:19:45.51\00:19:49.12
OUTREACH FINANCIALLY.
00:19:49.15\00:19:50.55
WE CAN ALSO, WE CAN ALSO REACH
OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN
00:19:50.59\00:19:54.92
COMMUNITIES. WE CAN ENCOURAGE
OUR CHURCHES TO BE INVOLVED, OUR
00:19:54.96\00:19:58.19
CONFERENCES. YES, BUT, BUT, BUT,
THAT'S NICE, BUT I DON'T LIVE IN
IOWA-MISSOURI AND SO I
00:19:58.23\00:20:04.23
DON'T HAVE THAT
LEADERSHIP FORCE.
00:20:04.27\00:20:08.17
NOW I CAN TELL YOU
AN INTERESTING STORY.
00:20:08.20\00:20:10.17
IN SACRAMENTO WHERE WE LIVE OUR
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AT
00:20:10.21\00:20:14.01
CARMICHAEL FEEDS AROUND TWO
TO THREE HUNDRED UKRAINIAN AND
00:20:14.04\00:20:20.02
RUSSIAN
FAMILIES EVERY WEDNESDAY.
00:20:20.05\00:20:22.68
SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES IT'S UP TO A THOUSAND
00:20:22.72\00:20:26.32
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ACTUALLY
PROVIDE FOOD FOR FOR AN ENTIRE
00:20:26.35\00:20:29.92
WEEK. EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
IS A REFUGEE FROM THEIR COUNTRY
00:20:29.96\00:20:36.83
TO SACRAMENTO. SO YOU BRING UP A
QUESTION DICK, YOU SAID YOU KNOW
WHAT IF I LIVE SOMEWHERE
00:20:36.87\00:20:40.47
WHERE THERE'S NO LEADERSHIP
LEADING OUT IN REFUGEE WORK.
00:20:40.50\00:20:44.51
BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE
NOT TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE GOD
00:20:44.54\00:20:49.08
CALLS ON ALL OF US TO SHARE
WHAT WE KNOW WITH OTHERS TO HELP
00:20:49.11\00:20:53.18
OTHERS. SO HOW DO WE START?
00:20:53.21\00:20:54.65
FIRST IS BECOME
AWARE OF WHO REFUGEES ARE.
00:20:54.68\00:20:57.62
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
00:20:57.65\00:20:58.89
I WAS AT A RESTAURANT IN
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI A FEW YEARS
00:20:58.92\00:21:02.92
AGO. IT WAS A
MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT.
00:21:02.96\00:21:04.93
AND THERE WAS A MAN THERE AND
YOU COULD TELL HE WAS FROM
AFRICA AND HE LOOKED,
00:21:04.96\00:21:09.70
HE LOOKED LIKE A REFUGEE.
00:21:09.73\00:21:10.70
SO I STRUCK UP A
CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
00:21:10.73\00:21:12.70
HE LOOKED LIKE A REFUGEE.
00:21:12.73\00:21:13.70
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:21:13.74\00:21:14.70
OKAY, HE LOOKED
LIKE AN IMMIGRANT.
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.71
HE LOOKED LIKE AN IMMIGRANT
IN THE SENSE THAT HE LOOKED LIKE
00:21:16.74\00:21:18.71
SOMEBODY WHOSE NOT
COMFORTABLE HERE YET.
00:21:18.74\00:21:20.71
YES.
00:21:20.74\00:21:21.71
IS THAT A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT?
00:21:21.74\00:21:22.71
YES.
00:21:22.74\00:21:24.11
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK LIKE A
REFUGEE I MEAN I LOOK LIKE A BUM
00:21:24.15\00:21:25.71
SOMETIMES. SO HE LOOKED LIKE
SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T COMFORTABLE
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.72
HERE YET. SO I STRUCK
UP A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
00:21:27.75\00:21:30.92
WE STARTED TALKING.
00:21:30.95\00:21:32.02
HE STARTED TELLING
ME ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND.
00:21:32.05\00:21:35.06
HE'D ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A
RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AND A
FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED.
00:21:35.09\00:21:38.76
NOW THE THING DICK IS PEOPLE WHO
ARE COMING TO THIS COUNTRY FROM
00:21:38.79\00:21:42.90
OTHER COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY FROM
BROKEN SITUATIONS, WHEN YOU
BECOME THEIR FRIEND
00:21:42.93\00:21:48.50
YOU'RE THEIR FRIEND FOR LIFE.
00:21:48.54\00:21:50.71
THIS ISN'T
SOMETHING THAT BREAKS EASILY.
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.71
IT'S NOT.
00:21:52.74\00:21:53.71
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS.
00:21:53.74\00:21:56.08
HIS NAME IS JOEL
AND WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.
00:21:56.11\00:21:58.08
HE'S FROM BURKINA FASO.
00:21:58.11\00:21:59.91
BUT THAT STARTED BECAUSE OF ONE
CONVERSATION IN A RESTAURANT.
00:21:59.95\00:22:04.69
AND MOST OF THOSE
PEOPLE DO NOT COME ALONE.
00:22:04.72\00:22:07.86
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:22:07.89\00:22:08.76
THERE'S A FAMILY,
THERE'S SOME CONNECTION.
00:22:08.79\00:22:10.86
AND IT WOULDN'T BE VERY HARD TO
START WITH JOEL AND GET INTO A
00:22:10.89\00:22:16.16
CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE WAITING FOR GOD.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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IN ATLANTA BEFORE I WENT
TO INDONESIA WE HAD A TEAM OF
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PEOPLE MINISTERING THERE IN THE
CLARKSTON AREA WHERE WE HAVE
LOTS AND LOTS OF REFUGEES AS
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WELL.
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AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE
DO, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS JUST
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VOLUNTEERS HER
TIME TO TEACH ENGLISH.
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NOT NECESSARILY THE VERY
BASIC ENGLISH BUT THOSE THAT CAN
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FUNCTION WITH CONVERSATIONAL BUT
THEY HAVE A MISERABLE TIME
TRYING TO DO THE ESSAYS
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FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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OH YES, WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT REQUIRES.
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EXACTLY.
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OR SHE HELPS THEM FILL OUT THEIR
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS OR THEIR
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DRIVERS LICENSE AND TAKES THEM.
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ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FRIENDS
WOULD TAKE THEM TO THEIR DENTIST
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APPOINTMENTS AND LISTEN AND HELP
THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND ALL THESE
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TECHNICAL THINGS.
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JUST LOVING PEOPLE.
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THERE ARE A THOUSAND WAYS.
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YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SAY LOVING
PEOPLE, WHAT I REALLY HEAR YOU
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SAYING IS EXPANDING YOUR FAMILY.
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YES, OF COURSE.
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IF THAT'S FAIR TO SAY.
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YOU KNOW WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN
AT HOME BUT WE NOW HAVE FIVE AND
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TWO OF THEM HAPPEN
TO BE 50 SOMETHING.
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OKAY, I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU
A VERY PRACTICAL QUESTION.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS
WHO ARE AFRAID THAT REFUGEES ARE
00:23:24.53\00:23:28.77
PLANTS HERE TO KILL AMERICANS.
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WHAT DO I DO WITH THAT
AND HOW DO I WORK AROUND THAT?
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I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MUSLIMS
FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS AROUND THE
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WORLD IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE
HAVE TO ACTUALLY HIT THAT HEAD
ON AND THE DIFFERENCE
00:23:39.55\00:23:45.02
IS, AS PEOPLE REDEEMED BY THE
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WE SHOULD
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BE THINKING ABOUT LOVE AND
THE GOSPEL AND KINGDOM PEOPLE.
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.60
NOT BEING MOTIVATED BY FEAR
OR EVEN PATRIOTISM NECESSARILY.
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AND GOD SAYS THAT WE
ARE TO LOVE THE STRANGER.
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GOD SAYS THAT WE ARE TO SERVE
THEM TO THE LEAST OF THESE MY
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BRETHREN. THERE'S A CHAPTER IN
DESIRE OF AGES WITH THAT TITLE
IS PHENOMENAL WHERE
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WE'RE TOLD THAT HOW WE RESPOND
TO PEOPLE IS LITERALLY AN
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EXPRESSION OF OUR
OWN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
00:24:14.12\00:24:15.58
AND SO PERFECT LOVE IS
MEANT TO CAST OUT ALL FEAR.
00:24:15.62\00:24:19.49
BUT HERE'S THE REALITY.
00:24:19.52\00:24:20.52
THERE MAY BE SOME DOING THAT.
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.89
BUT WE ARE CALLED TO MINISTER
LIKE CHRIST AND TO BLESS THEM
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AND TO BE PART OF WHAT GOD
IS DOING TO BRING THEM AND BLESS
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THEM. AND
HERE'S THE OTHER THING.
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WE WERE TOLD IN 1914 BY AN OLD
LADY WHO WROTE A HUNDRED YEARS
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AGO THAT GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE
BRINGS THE STRANGER TO THIS
COUNTRY HERE SO THAT WE
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MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH THEM WITH
THE GOSPEL AND THEY CAN TOUCH
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THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY
ALL HAVE THOSE CELL PHONES.
00:24:42.78\00:24:45.11
BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE HEARTS AND
BECAUSE THEY ALL UNDERSTAND HOW
00:24:45.15\00:24:47.58
TO LISTEN AND TO CARE AND
TO LOVE AND IT'S JUST CRUCIAL.
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AND ACTUALLY FROM SOMEONE WHO
WORKS WITH MUSLIMS NOW FOR MANY
00:24:50.85\00:24:54.99
YEARS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
IDENTIFIERS OF WHETHER THEY'RE
00:24:55.02\00:24:58.89
FUNDAMENTALISM GOING TO FALL
INTO AND VIOLENCE IS WHETHER OR
NOT THEY'VE EVER HAD A POSITIVE
00:24:58.93\00:25:02.00
EXPERIENCE WITH A CHRISTIAN.
00:25:02.03\00:25:03.57
AND IF YOU'VE HAD THAT
POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IT CHANGES
00:25:03.60\00:25:07.57
EVERYTHING, YES.
THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.
00:25:07.60\00:25:08.94
THE MESSAGE THAT I CONSTANTLY
TRY AND SHARE IS THERE'S NO
00:25:08.97\00:25:13.71
REASON TO BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
00:25:16.91\00:25:19.05
CHRIST NEVER SAID BE AFRAID,
HE ALWAYS SAID DON'T FEAR, I'LL
00:25:19.08\00:25:23.49
TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEARS.
00:25:23.52\00:25:24.82
I WILL GIVE YOU PEACE, I WILL
GIVE YOU CALM, BESIDES I'LL WALK
00:25:24.85\00:25:27.02
WITH YOU.
00:25:27.06\00:25:28.02
HOW COULD YOU BE AFRAID.
00:25:28.06\00:25:29.02
PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
00:25:29.06\00:25:30.93
SO I'M IN
SACRAMENTO, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
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FIRST YOU CAN PRAY.
00:25:33.76\00:25:36.43
PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH,
PRAY FOR REFUGEE MINISTRY.
00:25:36.46\00:25:39.43
OKAY, NOW ASK ME TO
DO SOMETHING THAT HURTS.
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.44
OKAY.
00:25:41.47\00:25:42.44
BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THAT.
00:25:42.47\00:25:45.17
SECOND YOU CAN FINANCIALLY
SUPPORT REFUGEE MINISTRY OF
00:25:45.21\00:25:49.48
GOSPEL OUTREACH. AND HOW
MUCH DOES THAT COST TO MAKE A
00:25:49.51\00:25:52.71
DIFFERENCE? HOW MUCH DOES
IT COST TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
00:25:52.75\00:25:54.72
ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WHAT YOU GIVE
00:25:54.75\00:25:57.22
CAN PRINT MATERIALS, IT CAN BUY
FOOD PACKS, IT CAN HELP SUPPORT
A WORKER'S SALARY FOR
00:25:57.25\00:25:59.22
APPROXIMATELY 600 DOLLARS A
MONTH TO GO OUT THERE AND WORK
00:25:59.25\00:26:01.29
WITH THESE REFUGEES.
00:26:01.32\00:26:02.69
OKAY, TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE AND
HELP ORGANIZE WHAT HAPPENS IN
00:26:02.72\00:26:04.29
THE PARK. AND THIRD YOU
CAN GET INVOLVED YOURSELF.
00:26:04.33\00:26:06.29
AS YOU PRAY AND GOD OPENS THE
DOORS PEOPLE WILL COME ACROSS
00:26:06.33\00:26:08.26
YOUR PATH THAT YOU KNOW ARE
NEW TO THIS COUNTRY AND YOU CAN
00:26:08.30\00:26:13.34
MINISTER TO THEM. AND JUST TO
ADD, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUITE
AS PAINFUL BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
00:26:15.30\00:26:19.04
A VERY PRACTICAL EXAMPLE.
00:26:19.07\00:26:20.54
DEAN CORIDAN MENTIONS ONE OF THE
BEST WAYS TO FIND THESE FOLKS IS
00:26:20.58\00:26:24.31
START GOING TO AN ETHNIC
RESTAURANT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK AND
00:26:24.35\00:26:29.42
LISTEN. ON THAT'S FASCINATING.
00:26:32.02\00:26:35.06
LET ME ADD ANOTHER ONE.
00:26:35.09\00:26:40.20
GO TO A FIELD WHERE A BUNCH
OF YOUNG MEN ARE PLAYING SOCCER.
00:26:40.23\00:26:46.23
ABSOLUTELY.
00:26:46.27\00:26:47.60
AND MAKE A FRIEND.
00:26:47.64\00:26:48.60
ABSOLUTELY.
00:26:48.64\00:26:50.04
AND ALL YOU GOT TO DO, THE
BALL ALWAYS GETS KICKED OUT OF
00:26:50.07\00:26:54.61
BOUNDS, TAKE IT OVER AND HAND
IT TO SOMEBODY AND ASK THEM, ARE
00:26:54.64\00:26:58.15
YOU NEW HERE? WHAT DO YOU THINK.
00:26:58.18\00:26:59.15
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
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[CLOSING MUSIC
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