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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000655A
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00:15 IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN WITH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:20 I HOPE THAT YOU'RE A REGULAR WATCHER OF SOME OF THESE ADVENTURES, THESE 00:25 INTERVIEWS WITH AMAZING STORIES. 00:28 AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION. 00:30 I AM TODAY WITH GAIL CORIDAN. 00:34 HI. 00:34 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IRISH NAME? 00:37 OH YES. 00:38 IT USED TO BE THE O CORRADAIN, SO YES IT IS. 00:40 OKAY. 00:42 GAIL IS WITH US TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS RECENTLY HAD AN ADVENTURE IN 00:48 MISSIONS BUT IT'S NOT HER FIRST. 00:51 IT'S NOT HER FIRST. 00:51 WE'RE GOING TO COME TO THAT. 00:53 I WANT TO TURN TO GAIL. 00:54 YOU'RE HOME IS WHERE? 00:56 WE LIVE IN IOWA, WINTERSET, IOWA. 00:58 WINTERSET, IOWA AND I UNDERSTAND YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND WORK TOGETHER FOR 01:04 A CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES THERE. 01:05 IS THAT TRUE? 01:07 YES, IT'S THE BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE OF IOWA AND MISSOURI. 01:09 THE TWO STATES. 01:09 IOWA AND MISSOURI. 01:10 YES. 01:11 I THINK I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING YOUR HUSBAND ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 01:14 BUT NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO COME AND TO TELL THESE ADVENTURES. 01:18 BUT FIRST I JUST WANT YOU TO REMIND EVERYBODY HOW YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND 01:25 BECAME INTERESTED IN THE REFUGEE PROBLEM THAT IS THE BIGGEST I BELIEVE THE 01:31 WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE WORLD WAR II. 01:33 YES. 01:34 WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF NEW TO THIS INTEREST. 01:39 TERRI SAELIEE, OUR NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION REFUGEE COORDINATOR CAME TO OUR 01:45 WOMEN'S RETREAT. 01:46 I'M WOMEN'S MINISTRIES DIRECTOR. 01:48 SHE CAME TO OUR RETREAT IN 2010 AND SHARED ABOUT THE REFUGEES IN OUR COUNTRY 01:54 AND HOW WE HAVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US ACCESS TO THE WHOLE WORLD YOU KNOW. 01:59 OUR EARS WERE PICKING UP VERY MUCH BECAUSE WE'D BEEN DOING MISSION TRIPS 02:06 WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR ACADEMY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THAT POINT. 02:11 WHERE WERE THOSE MISSION TRIPS TAKING THE KIDS? 02:14 THANK YOU. 02:16 MAJORLY INDIA AT FIRST AND THEN AFRICA OPENED UP AND THEN NEPAL OPPORTUNITIES. 02:23 OKAY. 02:23 SO THESE ARE BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS. 02:27 BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS. 02:28 AND THEY GET TO GO ON MISSION TRIPS. 02:29 AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MOTIVATION FOR GOING ON THESE TRIPS. 02:35 WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF MOTIVATION. 02:36 ONE YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO IS THE CHILDREN CAN GET FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR 02:41 SCHOLARSHIPS TOWARDS THEIR TUITION AND EXPENSES AT THE ACADEMY. 02:46 THAT'S PART OF IT BUT I TELL YOU FROM THE GIT-GO THESE KIDS HAVE HAD A 02:51 HEART TO WANT TO GO HELP AND WANT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 02:56 IT'S AMAZING. 02:57 YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN THE, I JUST REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TRIP. 03:02 I REMEMBER A BOY AT THE AIRPORT TELLING HIS MOM, MOM I DON'T KNOW IF I'M 03:05 GOING TO COME BACK BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS AND I 03:12 BELIEVE JESUS WILL BE WITH ME. 03:14 SO HE WAS FEELING ALMOST THAT HE WAS PUTTING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE. 03:17 VERY MUCH SO. 03:18 AND SHE WAS BAWLING. 03:19 MOTHERS CAN DO THAT. 03:22 SO YOU KNOW, YES THERE'S A SCHOLARSHIP AND CERTAINLY THE PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE 03:28 IMPACT OF THAT. 03:30 THE KIDS ARE CHOOSING TO BE GOSPEL WORKERS. 03:33 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 03:34 AND I REALLY BELIEVE, THE COSTS TO GO ON SUCH A TRIP ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED 03:37 DOLLARS? 03:38 NO IT COSTS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED. 03:40 WELL TWO THOUSAND, TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED, DEPENDING. 03:42 AFRICA IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE. 03:45 THEY DO RAISE THEIR OWN FUNDS TO GO AND MOST OF THAT IS THROUGH LETTERS TO 03:51 PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT SUCH THINGS. 03:53 SO IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD HAS BLESSED. 03:58 SO THEY SPONSOR THE KID, THE KID GETS TO EXPERIENCE MISSION WORK IN A SENSE 04:02 FOR A SHORT TIME. 04:04 DEFINITELY. 04:06 AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND GET TO INVEST THE SCHOLARSHIP IN THEIR 04:10 CONTINUING EDUCATION. 04:11 DO SOME OF THEM GO BACK ANOTHER YEAR AFTER THE FIRST TIME? 04:14 YES. 04:15 OR FOR MOST IT'S ONCE DURING THEIR FOUR YEARS? 04:17 NO, NO. 04:19 WE PUT THE NAMES OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY GO ON THEIR SASH AT GRADUATION 04:24 SO SOME HAVE FOUR NAMES YOU KNOW FOR EACH YEAR THAT THEY'VE GONE. 04:28 THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THAT. 04:31 USUALLY FRESHMAN THE PARENTS AREN'T AS INCLINED TO SAY YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD 04:36 AND GO. 04:37 WHAT ABOUT YOU. 04:37 WERE YOU EVER A PARENT OF SUCH A CHILD? 04:40 INDEED, INDEED. 04:42 AND I GUESS MY DAUGHTER AND I, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE FIRST TRIP FROM THE 04:48 ACADEMY BUT WE HAD GONE TOGETHER TO INDIA IN 2002. 04:52 IT WAS OUR FIRST SHORT-TERM, WELL, WE'D HAD A TRIP TO MEXICO. 04:58 OUR OLDER DAUGHTER HAD GONE INTO MEXICO, TWO OF OUR OLDER DAUGHTERS, BUT 05:03 YOU KNOW THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME ACROSS THE SEA, MY DAUGHTER AND I, AND WE 05:08 BOTH WERE COMPLETELY SMITTEN. 05:11 HABAKKUK 2:14 JUST SETTLED IN OUR HEARTS AND WE JUST WANTED TO LIGHT THE WORLD 05:18 WITH GOD'S GLORY. 05:19 SHE SAID SHE STOOD HOLDING A BABY IN A RICE FIELD LOOKING UP AT THE STARS 05:25 AND SAYING GOD I WILL COME BACK, I WILL. 05:27 AND SHE WAS 12 AT THE TIME. 05:28 OH. 05:29 SO SHE WENT BACK THEN AS A SENIOR TO INDIA. 05:31 LATER IN COLLEGE SHE WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND SPENT A YEAR IN NEPAL. 05:39 THAT JUST COMPLETELY ENRAPTURED HER HEART AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WANTS TO 05:44 GO BACK NOW THAT SHE IS A NURSE. 05:46 SHE WANTS TO GET BACK THERE. 05:47 THAT VERSE IN HABAKKUK I LOOKED IT UP-FOR AS THE WATERS FILL THE SEA THE 05:53 EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD. 05:58 THAT'S THIS PARTICULAR TRANSLATION. 06:00 THAT SENSE THAT YOU CAN BECOME PART OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLING THE 06:04 EARTH, THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTS. 06:06 YES. 06:06 AND FOR ME TOO. 06:08 WE WERE CROSSING THE PACIFIC IN THE PLANE YOU KNOW AND I READ THAT. 06:11 AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA-YOU KNOW FOR GOD'S GLORY TO LIGHTEN THE 06:16 WORLD. 06:17 WELL I JUST WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT AND SHE DID TOO. 06:20 SO IT'S AFFECTED YOUR FAMILY WITH YOUR CHILDREN, IT'S AFFECTED YOUR 06:25 INTERFACE WITH THE ACADEMY OVER ALL THESE YEARS AND EVENTUALLY THIS TERRI WHO 06:32 CAME TO DO A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, THIS BECAME A SPARK THAT LED TO MINISTRY 06:37 TO REFUGEES IN MID AMERICA. 06:40 ABSOLUTELY. 06:42 YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN PASTORAL MINISTRY SINCE 1986 AND I LIKE TO THINK 06:47 THAT WE'VE PAID ATTENTION TO EVERYBODY AROUND US. 06:51 THAT'S THE GOAL. 06:52 BUT I'M ASHAMED TO SAY REFUGEES HAD NOT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION. 06:57 BUT OF COURSE IT HAS INCREASED IN AWARENESS IN LOTS OF WAYS. 07:02 IN RECENT YEARS INCREASED IN INTENSITY OF COURSE. 07:05 BUT TERRI REALLY OPENED OUR EYES AND SO WE STARTED, YOU KNOW MY 07:11 HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY TOLD HIS SECRETARY TO GET THE MAP OUT AND CALL AND 07:16 RESEARCH HOW MANY REFUGEES IN EACH COUNTY IN OUR CONFERENCE AND IT STARTED 07:23 BEING A MAJOR TOPIC AT WORKER'S MEETINGS YOU KNOW FOR LETTING THE GUYS KNOW. 07:28 HE WAS GOING TO EMPHASIZE THIS NOW. 07:29 YES, YES. 07:31 WE HAVE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHOSE IN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. 07:35 AND SO FOR INSTANCE LAST SUMMER WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT, NOT WE BUT WORKERS 07:41 IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA, PLANTED A NEPALI SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 07:45 CHURCH. 07:47 SO FROM INTEREST IN NEPAL THAT HAS BEEN CULTIVATED YOU KNOW, A WORKER FROM 07:51 THERE THROUGH MONTEMORELOS. 07:55 HE CAME FROM NEPAL TO MONTEMORELOS TO SPEND THE SUMMER WITH US. 07:59 WORKERS CAME OVER FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT. 08:02 INTERESTING. 08:04 AND THEY WORKED ST. LOUIS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THOUSAND NEPALI, BHUTANESE 08:08 NEPALI IN ST. LOUIS. 08:09 YES. 08:10 AND SO A CHURCH WAS RAISED UP. 08:13 FROM THERE WE MET A CONTACT IN KANSAS CITY PLUS WE ALREADY HAD GREAT 08:20 BHUTANESE NEPALI FRIENDS IN KANSAS CITY BUT NOW M HUSBAND IS IN BIBLE 08:24 STUDIES WITH A MAN THERE THAT IS OVER THE WHOLE NEPALI COMMUNITY. 08:32 OH MY. 08:33 HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 08:35 JUST FOR OUR LISTENERS, IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE WORD BHUTANESE, IT'S NOT 08:42 RELATED TO BOUTONNIERE YOU KNOW. 08:44 AND YOU MAY HAVE BUMPED INTO THE NAME OF THAT LITTLE POCKET NATION 08:48 CALLED BHUTAN. 08:52 AND THESE REFUGEES, AS HER HUSBAND DEAN WAS EXPLAINING TO ME, THESE 08:57 WERE ETHNIC NEPALESE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF BHUTAN 09:03 ALMOST AS A KIND OF ETHNIC CLEANSING. 09:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:07 THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE PURE, MORE BUDDHIST BECAUSE THEIR HISTORY WAS 09:10 MORE HINDU I THINK. 09:11 YES. 09:12 AND SO THEY WERE PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTRY. 09:15 AND THEY BECAME REFUGEES AND SOME OF THEM SETTLED THERE IN YOUR CONFERENCE. 09:21 YOU'VE GOT A GREAT MEMORY. 09:22 GOING BACK NOW. 09:23 HERE YOU HAVE THIS MINISTRY. 09:28 I THINK WORD JUST REACHED AMERICA THAT SOME OF THESE FIRST REFUGEES FROM THE 09:39 SYRIAN CONFLICT HAD COME INTO THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE BEEN VETTED, HAD 09:43 THEIR BACKGROUNDS CHECKED AND THEY WERE COMING IN TO BE RESETTLED. 09:47 HAS THAT AFFECTED YOU AT ALL OR JUST AN AWARENESS OF WHERE THEIR SETTLING? 09:52 WELL JUST THIS WEEK I'M REALIZING THAT IT'S IN THE NEWS THAT A FAMILY IS 09:58 SETTLING IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY. 10:04 AND HAVING JUST LAST MONTH BEEN SOCIALIZING WITH SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN IN 10:10 LEBANON, OF COURSE I WANT TO MEET THIS FAMILY YOU KNOW. 10:14 AND WHEN I GET BACK TO IOWA THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE 10:19 TOP OF MY LIST. 10:20 SO FROM INDIA, NEPAL AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES YOU'VE BEEN WITH STUDENT 10:25 MISSIONS, MAYBE AFRICA TOO, YES, SUDDENLY YOU HAVE THE MINISTRY IN 10:31 KANSAS CITY, IOWA AND MISSOURI AND YOU FIND YOURSELF BEING DRAWN OVER 10:40 TO ONE OF THOSE BORDER COUNTRIES NEXT TO THE SYRIAN CONFLICT WHERE 10:46 REFUGEES ARE PACKED INTO I THINK LEBANON, PACKED INTO JORDAN, PACKED INTO 10:51 TURKEY. 10:52 YOU FIND YOURSELF IN LEBANON. 10:54 HOW DID YOU GET THERE? 10:55 WELL IT'S THE GRACE OF GOD. 10:57 MY HUSBAND IS VERY SINCERELY WANTING TO WORK AROUND THE WORLD. 11:05 HE WANTS TO HAVE A GLOBAL VISION AND NOT JUST BE WHERE WE ARE. 11:10 SO WHEN THERE'S A GROUP THAT BECOMES APPARENT IN OUR OWN CONFERENCE HE 11:16 KNOWS THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR FAMILY OVERSEAS. 11:21 I MEAN AS SOON AS SOMEBODY LEARNS SOMETHING IN AMERICA THEY'RE ON THE 11:25 CELL PHONE TELLING THEIR RELATIVES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY. 11:30 OH, COMMUNICATIONS ARE FAST THESE DAYS. 11:32 OH YES, YES. 11:33 SO HE'S SAYING THAT FOR EVERY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORK IN OUR CONFERENCE 11:40 THEN THAT SHOULD BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK IN OTHER TERRITORIES AROUND 11:46 THE WORLD. 11:48 AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF KNITTING BACK AND FORTH YOU KNOW OF STITCHES HERE 11:52 AND THERE. 11:53 SO WE HAD HEARD ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN WALDENSIAN WORK 12:00 AND OTHER THINGS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 12:03 WE KNEW THERE WAS A GREAT NEED THERE AND MY SON HAS ACTUALLY PICKED UP ON THAT 12:10 INTEREST AND BECAME A STUDENT AT MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITY TWO YEARS AGO. 12:16 AND OF COURSE SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN LISTENING A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY TO 12:22 ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND-HAVING A CHILD THESE DOES PEAK THE 12:27 INTEREST DOESN'T IT. 12:28 IT PEAKS THE INTEREST. 12:30 AND SO THAT COMBINED WITH MY HUSBAND'S CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AROUND AND OF 12:37 COURSE WE HAD OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION THIS SUMMER, WE GOT TO MEET UP 12:41 WITH EVERYBODY THERE. 12:42 GOT TO MEET EVERYBODY, HEAR ALL THE REPORTS. 12:45 AND CERTAINLY THE NEEDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE JUST SO COMPELLING. 12:50 SO BECAUSE OF ALL THESE VARIOUS FACTORS I WAS READY TO GO, IF NEEDED, 12:57 AND THE OPPORTUNITY CAME AND THE NEED WAS THERE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE GO 13:02 WORKERS COULD BE DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 13:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE AS DONORS AND INVESTORS WE GIVE THE 13:12 FUNDS. 13:13 WE CAN FUND A WORKER OVER THERE WHO SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE, AMEN, KNOWS THE 13:19 CULTURE, KNOWS THE NEEDS, PERHAPS HAS LIVED THROUGH SOME OF THIS AND SUDDENLY 13:25 THEY WANT TO BRING HOPE WHERE THERE IS SO LITTLE RIGHT NOW. 13:29 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 13:33 DO WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE IN SAY BEIRUT OR THE ENVIRONS 13:40 AROUND THERE? 13:41 OH GOOD QUESTION. 13:43 I BROUGHT BACK TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MY TWO WEEK TRIP. 13:48 YOU KNOW I'VE APPRECIATED GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH THE YEARS BECAUSE WE RUB 13:51 SHOULDERS WITH THEM SO MUCH IN INDIA, NEPAL AND ZIMBABWE SO THAT'S JUST A 13:58 GIVEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COUNT ON THOSE STRONG WORKERS IN THOSE 14:04 TERRITORIES, BUT MY MISSION WAS TO SEE IF THERE WERE LOCALS WHO 14:08 COULD COME ON AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN LEBANON. 14:13 ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE IN BEIRUT AND ONE IN SYRIA. 14:21 WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP? 14:22 LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP. 14:24 SAY, SPEAKING OF LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS EVEN A 14:29 WAY FOR CHILDREN TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT. 14:34 I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE PROMO THAT WE HAVE CALLED BE THE SPARK. 14:42 LET'S SEE WHAT THESE KIDS TELL US. 14:44 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 14:48 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 14:51 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 14:54 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 14:57 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 15:00 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 15:03 MY HEAD HURTS. 15:05 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 15:07 I GIVE UP. 15:09 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 15:11 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:13 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:15 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 15:19 WHERE? 15:21 ALL THE WORLD. 15:22 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 15:24 YOU CAN PRAY. 15:27 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 15:31 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 15:34 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:36 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 15:42 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 15:44 BE THE SPARK. 15:45 LIGHT THE FIRE. 15:46 FINISH THE WORK. 15:48 FINISH THE WORK. 15:49 BE THE SPARK. 15:55 WELCOME BACK TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 15:58 I'M HERE WITH GAIL CORIDAN. 16:03 I'M HERE WITH GAIL AND SHE'S TELLING US ABOUT CHILDREN HERSELF. 16:09 CHILDREN IN AMERICA WHO'VE GONE OVERSEAS. 16:12 SHE HAS A NEW ADVENTURE THAT I WANT HER TO SHARE. 16:16 YOU RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO COME TO BEIRUT ITSELF AND TO ACTUALLY MEET SOME 16:24 OF THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD TO FLEE THE WAR. 16:27 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:28 WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 16:29 HOW DID YOU GET THAT INVITATION? 16:31 WELL LET ME JUST SAY THAT MY SON SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING THE 16:38 GOSPEL THEN TRY TELLING IT AND THAT SPARK JUST REMINDED ME. 16:45 HE AND SOME OF THE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE SPREAD OUT AROUND THE WORLD TO 16:52 SHARE THE GOSPEL IN SO MANY WAYS SO I'VE BEEN TRACKING WITH HIM AND THEN 16:58 MY HUSBAND'S LEADERSHIP IN FINDING REFUGEE GROUPS TO WORK WITH AND THEN JUST 17:06 THE CONCERN FOR ALL THESE SYRIAN REFUGEES. 17:09 SO MY HUSBAND ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS TO INVESTIGATE IF THERE COULD 17:17 BE WORKERS THERE RIGHT IN LEBANON WHERE THERE IS JUST SUCH A DENSE 17:20 POPULATION OF SYRIAN REFUGEES. 17:22 HE COULDN'T GO AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING IN NEPAL IN THE 17:28 FEW WEEKS THAT HE HAD SET ASIDE FOR OVERSEAS WORK. 17:30 SO WE PRAYED AND I WAS APPOINTED BY HIM TO MAKE THIS TRIP. 17:37 AND YOU'RE SON CALLED UP AND SAID OH MOM, PLEASE DON'T COME. 17:42 NO MY SON MET ME AT THE AIRPORT BLESS HIS HEART AND HE AND HIS ROOMMATE 17:47 HELPED ME MAKE SOME OF THE CONTACTS I WANTED TO MAKE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND SENT ME 17:50 WITH A LIST. 17:51 HE SAID YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO SEE THESE PEOPLE. 17:53 IN FACT IF YOU DON'T SEE THIS ONE YOU NEED TO GO TO JORDAN TO SEE HIM BUT 17:57 HOPEFULLY HE WILL COME TO LEBANON TO SEE YOU AND HE DID WITH HIS WIFE SO THAT 18:02 WAS GOOD. 18:04 I STARTED WORKING DOWN THE LIST AND ONE WAS A SYRIAN REFUGEE SCHOOL. 18:07 THE GAL WHO STARTED IT HAD ACTUALLY, SHE WAS AN AMERICAN GIRL, BUT SHE 18:12 WENT OVER THERE TO BE OF SERVICE AND JUST COMMENCED SURVEYING THE COMMUNITY, 18:17 EVEN THE LEADERSHIP, TO KNOW WHAT SOCIAL SERVICE WOULD BE OF VALUE TO THE 18:24 COMMUNITY. 18:26 AND HANDS DOWN THEY SAID, SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING FOR THESE SYRIAN REFUGEE 18:30 CHILDREN. 18:31 SO SHE STARTED THIS SCHOOL. 18:35 WHEN I CALLED HER AND SAID I WANT TO COME SEE YOUR SCHOOL, I WANT TO 18:40 UNDERSTAND IT, GET IT IN MY MIND WHAT COULD I DO THERE, SHE SAID WELL YOU 18:46 TELL ME. 18:47 I SAID WELL I COULD SCRUB TOILETS. 18:49 SHE SAID NO WE DON'T REALLY NEED THAT AND I SAID WELL I'M A TEACHER BY 18:53 TRADE SO COULD I TEACH SOMETHING? 18:56 SHE SAID YES THAT WOULD BE LOVELY. 18:58 I'LL ASK THE TEACHERS. 18:58 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEACH? 19:00 I'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF TRAINING AND WORK WITH YOUTH IN PEACE MAKING SO I 19:04 SAID I'D LIKE TO TEACH PEACE MAKING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 19:08 I REALLY WOULD. 19:09 THERE'S A NEW CHALLENGE. 19:11 SO SHE TALKED WITH THE TEACHERS AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD GIVE ME AN HOUR 19:14 EACH MORNING. 19:15 I HAD THREE DAYS TO WORK WITH. 19:18 SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. 19:20 I WENT IN THE SCHOOL. 19:21 I PRIMARILY WORK WITH FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS. 19:24 MY FRIEND DEBBIE QUIGLEY WORKED WITH LOWER GRADE STUDENTS. 19:30 SO YOU WERE NOT ALONE ON THIS LITTLE TRIP. 19:32 I WAS NOT. 19:34 WE DIDN'T TRAVEL ON THE PLANE TOGETHER BUT WE'RE MOTHERS TOGETHER OF 19:36 STUDENTS OVER THERE. 19:37 SO IT WAS A BLESSING TO WORK WITH THESE CHILDREN. 19:42 THEY ALREADY HAD BEEN HELPED IN LEARNING ENGLISH AND LEARNING SO MANY 19:49 THINGS. 19:50 JUST HOW TO ADJUST TO THE BIG CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES. 19:53 WHEN I LISTEN TO NEWS REPORTS AND INTERVIEWS OF REFUGEES I'M SURPRISED AT 19:59 HOW EASILY THEY FIND ENGLISH SPEAKING REFUGEES TO INTERVIEW. 20:03 IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A WELL KNOWN LANGUAGE AMONG THE SYRIANS. 20:07 WELL THEY HAVE VARYING LEVELS OF EXPERTISE WITH THAT BUT CERTAINLY THE 20:14 CHILDREN NEED TUTELAGE IN THAT AREA AND SO, THEY WERE DELIGHTFUL THOUGH. 20:19 AND THEY PICKED UP ON PEACE MAKING SO QUICKLY. 20:23 THEY WANT, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN KILLING IN THEIR COUNTRY. 20:28 THEY UNDERSTAND ANGER AND LACK OF FORGIVENESS AND BLAMING AND ATTACKING. 20:35 ALL THESE CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES. 20:38 THE CYCLE OF REVENGE. 20:39 THE CYCLE OF REVENGE. 20:41 THEY UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS BUT HOW TO PUT IT ALL INTO A PEACEABLE 20:47 PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. 20:49 WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED HERE IN YOUR TEACHING AND EVERYTHING, THAT WAS ABLE 20:53 TO TRANSLATE INTO THEIR LIVES. 20:55 OH, JUST FIT IN PERFECTLY. 20:59 AND THEIR LITTLE TESTIMONIES. 21:01 YOU KNOW THE LAST DAY I WAS WITH THEM I ASKED THEM ONE BY ONE TO COME TO THE 21:05 FRONT OF THE CLASS AND TELL WHY THEY WANT TO BE PEACEMAKERS. 21:10 AND THEY HAD BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES OF YOU KNOW JUST LITTLE DIFFICULTIES 21:16 BETWEEN EACH OTHER IN THE CLASS ROOM AND HOW THEY COULD APPROACH IT 21:21 DIFFERENTLY AND HOW THEY HAVE APPROACHED IT DIFFERENTLY AND HOW 21:24 WONDERFUL IT IS WHEN THERE IS PEACE AMONG THEIR FRIENDS. 21:27 ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING REALLY WAS ONE GIRL SAYING THAT SHE WANTED TO BE A 21:32 PEACEMAKER SO THAT LOVE COULD COME AGAIN TO HER COUNTRY. 21:36 AND SO YOU KNOW I THINK THAT WE ALL UNDER ESTIMATE WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 21:45 THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO WE THINK ARE SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN US BUT 21:50 REALLY WE ALL NEED HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN OUR HEARTS JUST TO DO THE 21:55 DECENT THING. 21:56 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT ENCOURAGEMENT IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WERE OVER 21:59 THERE. 22:00 IS THAT RIGHT? 22:01 I SURELY DID, I SURELY DID. 22:02 AND SO WHEN YOU COME BACK, FROM JUST THREE DAYS THAT YOU GOT TO BE IN THE 22:05 CLASSROOMS, YOU WERE PROBABLY THERE A BIT MORE THAN THAT. 22:07 TWO WEEKS. 22:09 AS YOU CAME BACK SOMEBODY PUT YOU ON THE SCHEDULE TO COME TO THE GOSPEL 22:14 OUTREACH MEETINGS TODAY, THIS WEEKEND. 22:17 AND HAS IT BEEN ENCOURAGING TO BE HERE? 22:19 FROM THE GET-G0, FROM THE DEAR MR. WALLY THAT MET ME AT THE AIRPORT AND TOOK ME 22:26 OUT TO THE CAR AND I SAW THERE THAT WASHINGTON IS THE EVERGREEN STATE AND I 22:31 WANT TO BE AN EVERGREEN WITNESS FOR GOD YOU KNOW. 22:33 AND THAT'S WHAT I TAUGHT MY PEACEMAKING CLASS, PRAY TO GOD ALL THE TIME AND DO 22:39 IT CONSISTENTLY. 22:41 DON'T, DON'T FAIL. 22:43 SO TALK TO OUR VIEWERS. 22:45 WHAT DO YOU THINK MIGHT BE THE BEST OUTCOME OF YOUR TRIP OVER THERE AND YOUR 22:51 WORKING COORDINATING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 22:53 WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST OUTCOME FROM THAT? 22:55 WELL I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE NAMES OF TWO INDIVIDUALS 23:03 WHO HAVE A HEART TO WORK FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE AND FOR ONE TO BE ACTUALLY 23:12 LIVING IN SYRIA, ONE TO BE RIGHT THERE IN BEIRUT IS JUST SO THRILLING. 23:17 I ACTUALLY HAVE THE NAME OF ANOTHER GAL WHO IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN 23:23 OVER THERE THAT HAS LEARNED ARABIC, TAKEN UPON HERSELF TO LEARN ARABIC 23:27 AND WANTS TO DO BIBLE WORK. 23:29 BUT AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, TO HAVE THE ONLY SEVENTH-DAY 23:34 ADVENTIST WORKER IN SYRIA. 23:37 I MEAN WE HAVE NOBODY ELSE ON THE CHURCH PAYROLL. 23:41 WHATEVER ORGANIZED WORK WE HAVE THERE HAS PROBABLY BEEN DISRUPTED BY THE WAR. 23:46 WHATEVER ORGANIZED WORK WE HAVE THERE WE HAVE NO WORKER FOR SYRIA, FOR THE 23:51 COUNTRY OF SYRIA. 23:52 WE COULD HAVE A GO WORKER THERE AND WE COULD HAVE A GO WORKER IN BEIRUT WHERE 23:58 WE'RE ALREADY MAKING SO MANY SYRIAN FRIENDS. 24:02 AND THEY ARE JUST LOVELY, LOVELY PEOPLE WITH LOVELY CHILDREN. 24:07 OH MY. 24:08 SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE AN ENTHUSIAST FOR THIS. 24:10 WELL I HOPE SO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BLESSED BY THEM, I'VE BEEN TOUCHED AND I 24:15 WANT TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 24:16 SO IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. 24:18 YOU BELIEVE THAT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH'S SUPPORT FROM THE DONORS, YOU WHO 24:23 ARE PART OF THIS TEAM WHO GIVE TO THIS, AND BY THE WAY DON'T FORGET YOU CAN 24:29 BECOME A PART OF THE FACEBOOK SUPPORTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:33 YOU CAN BECOME SOMEBODY WHO GIVES TO THE WEBSITE AND I THINK IT'S CALLED 24:38 OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG 24:45 ORG. 24:46 YOU CAN GO THERE. 24:47 YOU CAN BECOME A PARTICIPANT. 24:48 THERE ARE PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL THAT YOU CAN FIND RIGHT THERE. 24:51 THEY MAY APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN. 24:53 YOU CAN BECOME INVESTORS IN THIS. 24:55 AND YOU MAY FEEL CALLED BY GOD TO SAY THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO PUT MY MONEY. 25:02 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY FUNDS SUPPORTING A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN SYRIA 25:08 ITSELF. 25:09 THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE POSITIVE THAN JUST LISTENING TO THE NEWS OF 25:13 WHOSE OVER TAKEN THIS CITY AND DESTROYED THIS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED, TO 25:17 GO AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN LIVE BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST. 25:20 AMEN. 25:22 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I SENSE THAT WE'RE ALL A PRODUCT OF OUR 25:28 ENVIRONMENT AND WE FACE A CONTINUAL BARRAGE OF OPINIONS, THERE YOU GO, IN 25:35 AMERICA ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO CRISES IN OTHER 25:41 PLACES. 25:42 SYRIA IS THERE. 25:44 IT'S HIGH ON THE TOPIC LIST FOR MANY PEOPLE AND IF A PERSON CAN SENSE THAT 25:50 GOD HAS CALLED THEM TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE POLITICAL SIDE OF IT, 25:55 BETTER THAN THE JUDGMENTAL SIDE TO SAY THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO GOD WANTS 26:01 TO BE MY NEIGHBORS FOREVER. 26:03 AMEN. 26:04 THOSE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO GROW UP AND TO HAVE THEM AS BROTHERS AND 26:07 SISTERS IN CHRIST WITH A HEALTHY RESPECT MAKING PEACE BETWEEN THEMSELVES, 26:15 WOW. 26:16 THAT'S THE WATCHWORD OF EDUCATION IS SOMETHING BETTER. 26:19 IT IS. 26:20 AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO JUST SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD IN EVERY WAY WE CAN. 26:24 YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE YOUR EXCITEMENT. 26:28 AND I PRAY THAT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR HUSBAND WILL JUST CONTINUE 26:33 TO SEE GOD AT WORK BOTH THERE IN MID AMERICA AND OVER IN THE MIDDLE EAST 26:41 AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 26:42 IT WILL BE FUN TO HEAR ALL THE STORIES THAT WE GET TO SHARE IN ETERNITY. 26:48 OH MY. 26:49 WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FROM ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE JUST PRAY THAT GOD WILL 26:54 BE WITH YOU AND YOUR ADVENTURES. |
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