[OPENING MUSIC].
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WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH'S
PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
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AND TODAY MY GUEST IS
SOMEONE WHO HELPS MAKE SURE THAT
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EVERYONE IS TRAINED TO
DO THEIR JOB REALLY WELL.
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MARTY PHILLIPS, WELCOME.
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THANK YOU.
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GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY.
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THANK YOU.
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IT IS FUN SITTING ACROSS THE
TABLE WITH SOMEBODY WHOSE SPENT
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THEIR LIFE TRYING TO HELP SMALL
CHURCHES SUCCEED IN UNEXPECTED
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PLACES. WHERE DID YOU START?
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O.K.
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WELL, UH WE BASICALLY TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STARTED OUT
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WE WORK IN CLOSED COUNTRIES
ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW.
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CLOSED COUNTRY MEANS A
PLACE WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS
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UNACCEPTABLE. AND EVEN IN MANY
OF THOSE COUNTRIES THERE ARE
VERY HARD COUNTRIES TO GET
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VISAS TO.
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UH HUH.
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SOME ARE MUCH EASIER BUT IN
ALL OF THE PEOPLE GROUPS THAT WE
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WORK IN, WHILE SOME OF THE
COUNTRIES YOU CAN ENTER EASIER
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IT'S AGAINST THE LAW OR THERE
IS VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE TO SHARE
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CHRISTIANITY. WHY ARE
PEOPLE AFRAID OF CHRISTIANITY?
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I WOULD SAY THEY ARE NOT AFRAID
OF JESUS BUT CHRISTIANITY IN THE
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MUSLIM WORLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH
CRUSADES; ASSOCIATED WITH
MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM;
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ASSOCIATED WITH IMPERIAL EUROPE,
YES, AND AMERICA TURNING A BLIND
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EYE TO MANY
INJUSTICES ACROSS THE REGION.
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SO IT'S KIND OF A WORRY THAT
WHATEVER FREEDOM WE HAVE NOW
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WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF WE ALLOW
CHRISTIANITY TO BECOME PART OF
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OUR COUNTRY. YES, THERE I MEAN
THERE'S MANY FEARS AND THERE'S
FEARS THAT CHRISTIANITY
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HAS BECOME NEOPAGANIZED
AND SO, UH, WHEN THEY THINK OF
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CHRISTIANITY MUSLIMS TEND TO
THINK OF MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM
WHERE YOU CAN'T PRAY DIRECTLY TO
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GOD YOU GO THROUGH AN
INTERMEDIARY EITHER A PRIEST OR
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AN IMAGE OR AN ICON AND SO
THERE'S A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
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THEN THERE'S A LOT OF
RESISITANCE DUE TO BRITISH
WALKING THEIR-BRITISH
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GENERAL HIS HORSE INTO A MUSLIM
MOSQUE OR FROM IN THE NAME OF
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THE CROSS, THE CRUSADES WHERE
THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF MUSLIMS WERE KILLED IN THE
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NAME OF CHRIST.
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SO THERE ARE MANY
RESISTANCES DUE TO THIS.
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WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A
PRETTY GOOD REASON TO RESIST.
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AND IN THEIR MINDS IT IS.
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I MEAN SO DUE TO THESE TYPES
OF MEDDLINGS MANY COUNTRIES ARE
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VERY RESISTANT.
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AND WHAT THEY RESIST IS MORE
THAN JUST SAYING DON'T COME.
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IT'S
PURPOSEFULLY KEEPING YOU AWAY.
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YES, I MEAN ITS MANY COUNTRIES
DON'T EVEN WANT YOU TO COME LIKE
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SYRIA BEFORE.
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UH HUH.
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AH, I'VE TRIED TO BE TO MANY
OF THE COUNTRIES YOU ONLY GO IF
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THERE ARE TWO REASONS: YOU TRY
TO GET A VISA THEY SAY YOU'RE A
CIA AGENT OR YOU'RE A
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MISSIONARY NO ONE COMES IN AS
A TOURIST TO OUR COUNTRY AND WE
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DON'T WANT ANYONE UNLESS YOU
COME AS A BUSINESS PERSON BUT IF
YOU ARE NOT COMING TO DO
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BIG, BIG BUSINESS THEN
YOU ARE BASICALLY UNWELCOME.
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IT'S NOT COUNTRIES WHERE YOUR
TYPICAL MISSIONARY CAN GO LIKE
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MANY MISSIONARIES HAVE COME TO
AFRICA OR TO LATIN AMERICA OR TO
SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES
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TO A BIG PORTION OF THERE'S
MAYBE 45 COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'RE
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NOT WELCOME TO COME UNLESS YOU
COME AS A QUICK TOURIST IN SOME
OF THEM AND THEN LEAVE.
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MANY OF THEM DON'T WANT TOURISTS
AT ALL SOME OF THEM WILL ONLY
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WANT YOU IF YOU COME
AS A BUSINESS PERSON.
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RIGHT, IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE
THAT YOU WORK FOR A PETROLEUM
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COMPANY -SURE, NO PROBLEM.
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COME IN.
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EXACTLY.
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OTHERWISE YOU'RE
BASICALLY NOT WELCOME.
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SO YOU HAVE STARTED A
PETROLEUM COMPANY, I UNDERSTAND.
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WOULDN'T IT BE NICE
IF IT WERE THAT EASY?
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IT WOULD BE.
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IT WOULD BE AND WE HAVE DONE
BUSINESS AS PART OF OUR MISSION
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AND,BUT WHAT WE SPECIALIZE
UNLIKE AH, MOST MISSION
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEND A
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WESTERN MISSIONARY, WE FIND
SOMEONE IN THAT COUNTRY WHO HAS
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BECOME A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND
THEN WE TRAIN THAT PERSON TO
START A MOVEMENT TOWARDS CHRIST.
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THAT SOUNDS A LOT
LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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VERY MUCH SO.
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COMMITTED TO
EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
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EXACTLY.
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SO WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WORKING
WITH N -PRAXIS WHICH IS REALLY A
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WORD THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO
HELP YOU, WE'RE GOING TO TEACH
YOU TO TEACH OTHERS.
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WELL, N-PRAXIS REALLY PRAXIS
IS A MISSION TERM WHICH MEANS TO
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IMPLEMENT MISSION EXPERIMENT.
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AH, YOU EVALUATE IT.
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YOU COME BACK, YOU REFINE IT
AND ITS AN ONGOING PROCESS OF
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IMPLEMENTATION. WE WANTED TO
MAKE IT SOUND INTERESTING, CUTE
LIKE iPhone OR SOMETHING.
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SURE AND WE PUT
AN "N" BEFORE PRAXIS.
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NOW TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION DIRECTLY WHAT DO WE DO?
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WE SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE
WE HAVE TRAINERS OF TRAINERS.
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WE HAVE A NONHEIRARCHAL
ORGANIZED SYSTEM WHERE WE WILL
HAVE NATIONAL LEADERS
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AND AS HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT
EXPANDS YOU WILL GET SEVERAL
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LEVELS. SO I HOUSE CHURCH PLANTS
ANOTHER HOUSE CHURCH AND ANOTHER
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AND SOON YOU HAVE SEVERAL LAYERS
AND THEN YOU HAVE TRAINING OF
TRAINERS OF HOUSE CHURCH
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LEADERS.
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SO HOW DOES THAT INTEGRATE
THEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
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WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF
GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN GOALS HAS
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BEEN TO REACH THE UNREACHED.
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UH HUH.
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AND SO WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
FOR MANY YEARS BETWEEN N-PRAXIS
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AND EVEN BEFORE WE WERE AN
ORGANIZED ORGANIZATION WITH
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UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCHES.
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O.K.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS
BEEN FUNDING WORKERS.
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FUNDING AND IN OUR CASE GOSPEL
OUTREACH FUNDS SOMEWHERE AROUND
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150 OR SO TRAINERS OF TRAINERS
THERE BESIDES TITHES AND SO
FORTH N-PRAXIS AND OTHER
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DONATIONS HAS A NETWORK WELL
OVER 300-320 TRAINERS OF
TRAINERS ACROSS AROUND
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27 COUNTRIES.
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TRAINERS OF TRAINERS- YES- I
WANT TO WORK ON THAT FOR JUST A
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MINUTE, YES. LET'S ASSUME THAT
GOSPEL, THAT WE HAVE FOUND ONE
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BEING
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FUNDED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH IN
A COUNTRY WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS
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JUST NOT ACCEPTED.
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WHAT DOES THAT
PERSON DO EVERYDAY?
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WELL, HE GOES
ABOUT HIS REGULAR JOB.
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ALMOST ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE HAVE SOME SORT OF INCOME.
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SOME SORT OF A CAREER?
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A BUSINESS CAREER?
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SOMETHING.
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MAKING POTTERY AND
SELLING IT ON THE STREET?
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IN A POOR COUNTRY LIKE IN WEST
AFRICA, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GUY WHO
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MAKES CHARCOAL, YES.
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IN ANOTHER COUNTRY YOU MIGHT
HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER WHO'S IN
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CHARGE OF BUYING AND SELLING
ELECTRICITY ACROSS NATIONS.
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O.K.
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YOU MIGHT HAVE IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY A MAN WHO IS THE HEAD OF
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A TRIBE AND RULES AN AREA
THE SIZE OF TEXAS OR NEW MEXICO.
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BUT IS A N-PRAXIS
TRAINER OF TRAINERS.
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IS N-PRAXIS SO THEN WITH GOSPEL
OUTREACH FUNDS WE THEN HELP FUND
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HIS TRAVEL AND
HIS EXTRA EXPENSES.
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O.K.
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FOR HIM TO NOW RUN A NETWORK.
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NO ONE IN THE N-PRAXIS NETWORK
IS PAID TO RUN A HOUSE CHURCH.
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ONCE YOU HAVE-OR UNLESS HE'S
MOVED TO A NEW AREA TO START
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WORK BUT MOST HAVE TO HAVE A
MINIMUM OF 15-25 HOUSE CHURCHES
BEFORE THEY EVER RECEIVE A
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STIPEND.
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SO NOW THEIR STIPEND IS TO COVER
THEIR EXTRA EXPENSES OF TRAVEL,
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OF FOOD, OF VISITATION TO
THEIR NETWORK OF HOUSE CHURCHES.
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WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO TEACH?
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WELL, THEY WILL-THE BIBLE?
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THIS IS THE VERY FOUNDATION AND
SO- SO YOU'RE NOT TEACHING HOW
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TO AS MUCH AS ,I MEAN THESE
PEOPLE ARE NOT TEACHING HOW TO
RUN A HOUSE CHURCH,
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MORE THEY ARE TEACHING-OK
THERE'S TWO THINGS THERE'S THE
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PEOPLE AT THE LEVEL OF THE HOUSE
CHURCH THEY ITS ALL THE WAY OF
THE TRAINING LEVEL AS WELL
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BECAUSE IN SOME COUNTRIES
WE'RE AT SIX LEVELS OF TRAINERS.
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O.K.
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WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT WHERE
WE HAVE 5-6,000 HOUSE CHURCHES
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IN A COUNTRY THERE WILL BE
FIVE OR SIX LEVELS OF TRAINERS.
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O.K INTERESTING.
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SO BASICALLY ON A SABBATH PEOPLE
WILL COME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF
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HAVING A BIG LONG SERMON THERE
WILL BE A READING OF A CHAPTER
OR TWO OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE
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GOSPELS OR THEY'LL
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE.
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THEN THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION.
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HOW DO WE SEE GOD
WORKING IN THIS PASSAGE?
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WHAT IS THERE FOR ME TO LEARN
FROM WHAT GOD IS TELLING ME?
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WHAT IS IT, HOW CAN I IMPLEMENT
THIS WEEK WHAT I HAVE LEARNED?
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WHAT CAN I SHARE?
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THERE WILL BE THE QUESTIONS
ASKED ALSO IN THAT GROUP MEETING
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THAT DAY.
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WHAT HAVE I DONE THIS LAST WEEK?
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DO I HAVE
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS?
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DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY THERE
WILL BE A TIME OF PRAYER AND
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THEN A TIME TO STRATEGIZE HOW
CAN WE EXPAND OUR HOUSE CHURCH?
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MOST OF OUR HOUSE CHURCHES ARE
BASED AROUND AN EXTENDED FAMILY.
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MUCH LIKE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
SO IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE FROM ALL
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OVER TOWN WHO
HAVE BEEN PULLED IN.
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IT'S MOM, DAD, KIDS, GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA, UNCLES AND AUNTIES AND
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MAYBE ONE NEIGHBOR WHO IS NOW
BEING TRAINED TO START ONE IN
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HIS HOME. I'M GOING TO STOP
YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE, MARTY.
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YES.
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MARTY PHILLIPS IS WITH US TODAY
AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE
CHALLENGE OF WORKING
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IN N-PRAXIS TOGETHER WITH GOSPEL
OUTREACH SO THAT WE CAN TRAIN
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TRAINERS AND TRAIN TRAINERS
AND I MEAN SOMETIMES UP TO SIX
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LEVELS OF THOSE. YES.
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IN COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS NOT
REALLY COMFORTABLE OR SAFE OR
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ACCEPTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WILL
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ABSOLUTELY CHANGE YOUR WORLD?
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ADOPT ONE OF THESE TRAINERS.
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ADOPT ONE OF OUR WORKERS.
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HERE'S A FILM THAT
WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION
TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE
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SIMPLE QUESTION.
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WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
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IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE,
HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS
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JESUS WAITING FOR?
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IN A WORLD FILLED WITH
EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND
NATURAL CALAMITIES,
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WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
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THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW
24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE
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KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN
ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO
ALL NATIONS AND THEN
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SHALL THE END COME."
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INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL
OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER,
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AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION
WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40
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PLUS COUNTRIES.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN
INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN
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ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
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YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.
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IT'S AN ALL
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH
THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR
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BIBLE WORKERS IN
UNREACHED TERRITORIES.
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NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS
TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY
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DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS?
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ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST
A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS
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LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED
IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING
THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE
IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT
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DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH TO PAY
BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD
THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40
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WINDOW.
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NOW WHAT EXACTLY
IS THE 10/40 WINDOW?
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THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF
THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED
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BETWEEN 10 AND 40
DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
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WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL?
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NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE
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NEVER HEARD THE
NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE.
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NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE
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PEOPLE? WE DO THIS BY WORKING
WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES
TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS
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IN NEW TERRITORIES.
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SENDING OUT
DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID.
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WE SPONSOR BIBLE
WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN.
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PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH
THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS
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CHURCH CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM
TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO
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SHARE THE GOSPEL. THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE
NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES
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HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER.
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IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS
THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL
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BAPTISMS DUE TO
THE WORK OF PRABIR.
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UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE
LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH
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HAVE BEEN
WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH.
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RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED
ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND
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DONATED A PIECE OF HIS
OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH.
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ON IT A NEW TIN
CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
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IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT
GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW
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HERE IN INDIA. WHEN A BIBLE
WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL
OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW
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VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN
THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300
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INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND
COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST.
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INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD
THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE
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ARE GETTING TO MEET
JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP?
00:13:17.79\00:13:21.96
BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY
ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM
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AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE
THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD.
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THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER
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PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE
CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS
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IN AREAS THAT
NEED TO BE REACHED.
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WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A
REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS,
00:13:40.18\00:13:45.42
RETIRED SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION
PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE
WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE.
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THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND
AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE
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PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S
WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR
GOAL TO INTRODUCE A
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MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO
JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
00:13:59.20\00:14:02.97
ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS
WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL
00:14:03.00\00:14:07.98
HELP. THE AVERAGE COST OF A
BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH.
00:14:08.01\00:14:11.81
FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH
TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT
00:14:11.85\00:14:16.12
TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHURCH,
SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL
YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE
00:14:16.15\00:14:20.22
WORK BEING DONE AND SPONSOR
A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A
00:14:20.26\00:14:24.26
YEAR. IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS
00:14:24.29\00:14:28.73
OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU
STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES
CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS.
00:14:28.76\00:14:33.97
NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR
"ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE
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ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET
INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A
PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL
00:14:37.14\00:14:41.94
OUTREACH BY PRAYING
FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS.
00:14:41.98\00:14:44.88
SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR
FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM"
00:14:44.91\00:14:47.95
BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE
00:14:47.98\00:14:52.15
A DIFFERENCE TOO. AND
FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
00:14:52.19\00:14:55.12
CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY.
00:14:55.16\00:14:58.33
SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT
GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT
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YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS WAITING
FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT
ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
00:15:02.03\00:15:06.37
WAIT NO MORE.
00:15:06.40\00:15:11.47
WE NEED YOU NOW AND THE PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE ARE
00:15:14.58\00:15:18.15
WORKING WITH SO CLOSELY REALLY
THEY DEPEND UPON YOUR
PARTICIPATION TO GOSPEL
00:15:18.18\00:15:24.92
OUTREACH JUST LIKE WE DO.
00:15:24.95\00:15:27.92
MARTY, BACK TO YOU.
00:15:27.96\00:15:28.96
YES.
00:15:28.99\00:15:30.13
I HAVE A BIG
QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
00:15:30.16\00:15:32.46
YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR LIFE TRYING
TO GET AROUND RULES THAT SAY YOU
00:15:32.49\00:15:37.57
CAN'T BE THERE.
00:15:37.60\00:15:39.03
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHILE STILL
BEING A CHRISTIAN COMMITTED TO
00:15:39.07\00:15:43.00
HONESTY AND FAIRNESS?
00:15:43.04\00:15:43.67
O.K.
00:15:43.71\00:15:44.34
FIRST OF ALL.
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NOBODY HAS EVER ASKED
YOU THAT BEFORE, I KNOW.
00:15:45.37\00:15:48.21
YES.
00:15:48.24\00:15:49.78
FIRST OF ALL, WE TAKE A BIG
-IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US AS I
00:15:49.81\00:15:53.78
WAS STARTING TO SAY BEFORE
BECAUSE WE DON'T SEND
MISSIONARIES TO THESE COUNTRIES.
00:15:53.82\00:15:57.82
UH HUH.
00:15:57.85\00:15:59.15
WE DON'T SEND A MISSIONARY TO
SYRIA OR MISSIONARY TO SOMALIA.
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WE FIND SOMEONE ALREADY-WHAT WE
HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A KEY
00:16:02.29\00:16:06.59
TO STARTING MOVEMENTS.
00:16:06.63\00:16:08.06
IF YOU WANT TO SEE A REAL
MOVEMENT FOR JESUS, YOU NEED TO
00:16:08.10\00:16:11.40
FIND A PERSON OF PEACE.
00:16:11.43\00:16:12.87
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SENDING
THE APOSTLES-THEY WERE SENT OUT
00:16:12.90\00:16:16.20
TWO BY TWO TO FIND A PERSON
OF PEACE, STAY IN HIS HOUSE.
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IT'S A PERSON AND IF YOU SEE
WHAT THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF
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A PERSON OF PEACE WAS OR A MAN
OF PEACE HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS
ALREADY A PERSON OF
00:16:22.04\00:16:26.65
INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:16:26.68\00:16:27.98
HE WAS GENEROUS
AND HE WAS HOSPITABLE.
00:16:28.02\00:16:30.15
UH HUH.
00:16:30.19\00:16:31.69
AND SO IF SOMEONE COMES HE SAYS,
DON'T SLEEP IN THE LOCAL
SYNAGOGUE WHICH WAS
00:16:31.72\00:16:35.99
THE TRADITION, COME SLEEP AT MY
HOUSE AND SO HE TAKES YOU TO HIS
00:16:36.02\00:16:40.90
HOUSE. HE NOW WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND IF HE
ACCEPTS THE GOSPEL THEN
00:16:40.93\00:16:44.80
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAS A VERY
LARGE NETWORK BECAUSE USUALLY A
00:16:44.83\00:16:48.64
PERSON OF PEACE ACT AS PROBLEM
SOLVERS IN TRADITIONAL MIDDLE
00:16:48.67\00:16:54.94
EASTERN SOCIETY.
A PERSON OF PEACE?
00:16:54.98\00:16:56.85
YES.
00:16:56.88\00:16:58.21
NOW THAT'S NOT THE NORMAL THING
THAT YOU HEAR SOMEONE LOOKING
00:16:58.25\00:17:00.68
FOR. IT'S NOT BUT WHAT- THEY
WANT SOMEBODY WITH -A PERSON OF
00:17:00.72\00:17:04.25
POWER, A PERSON OF MONEY,
A PERSON OF GREAT INFLUENCE.
00:17:04.29\00:17:07.36
NOW PEOPLE OF PEACE TEND TO HAVE
SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT TRUST THEM
00:17:07.39\00:17:13.33
AND ACTUALLY IT IS QUITE
INTERESTING WHEN YOU GO BACK TO
00:17:13.36\00:17:17.10
EARLY ADVENTISM BEFORE WE GOT
INTO THE BIG EVANGELISTIC TENT
MEETINGS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN
00:17:17.13\00:17:22.64
PROMOTED BY OUR EARLY FOUNDERS
WAS WHEN THE FIRST MISSIONARY
00:17:22.67\00:17:27.28
ARRIVES TO THE TOWN ASK WHO IS
THE MOST RESPECTED AND TRUSTED
PERSON IN THE TOWN.
00:17:27.31\00:17:33.18
HE MIGHT NOT EVEN
BE THE MOST RELIGIOUS.
00:17:33.21\00:17:35.35
YOU GO SHARE THE
GOSPEL WITH THAT PERSON.
00:17:35.38\00:17:37.85
OH YOU KNOW, FARMER JONES DOWN
THERE WHEN TWO PEOPLE FIGHT WE
00:17:37.89\00:17:41.26
GOT DOWN AND HE RESOLVES IT.
00:17:41.29\00:17:42.02
EVERYONE RESPECTS FARMER JONES.
00:17:42.06\00:17:43.73
YOU GO DOWN TO SHARE WITH HIM.
00:17:43.76\00:17:46.36
HE'S ALREADY A RECEPTIVE PERSON.
00:17:46.39\00:17:48.33
HE LEARNS THE GOSPEL.
00:17:48.36\00:17:49.56
HE BECOMES THE FACE OF THE
MESSAGE IN THAT TOWN NOT YOU.
00:17:49.60\00:17:54.40
YOU ARE STILL DOING THAT?
00:17:54.44\00:17:55.70
AND WE ARE STILL IMPLEMENTING
AND THIS WAS OLD WALDENSIAN
00:17:55.74\00:17:59.64
STYLE MISSION, THAT'S TRUE, THAT
WE HAD STARTED AS ADVENTISTS AND
00:17:59.67\00:18:03.28
WHEN WE WENT INTO TENT MEETINGS
WE FORGOT ABOUT THIS FORM OF
00:18:03.31\00:18:06.75
EVANGELISM. SO WE HAVE PICKED
THIS UP BY FORCE IN COUNTRIES
WHERE YOU CAN'T GO WITH
00:18:06.78\00:18:11.29
YOUR BIG TENT MEETING OR GO AS
OPEN MISSIONARY BUT A VERY QUIET
00:18:11.32\00:18:16.42
MISSION YOU FIND ONE PERSON WHO
IS ALREADY BEEN RECEPTIVE TO THE
00:18:16.46\00:18:20.23
GOSPEL. HE ALREADY HAS A LARGE
NETWORK OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE HE
00:18:20.26\00:18:24.40
HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEPTIVE
TO LIVING LIKE HE KNOWS.
00:18:24.43\00:18:26.74
PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS.
00:18:26.77\00:18:28.80
WHEN HE ACCEPTS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS NOT
00:18:28.84\00:18:33.17
QUESTIONED VERY MUCH IN A CLOSED
COUNTRY OR IN A COUNTRY WHERE TO
00:18:33.21\00:18:37.05
FOLLOW CHRIST IS DANGEROUS.
00:18:37.08\00:18:38.55
WELL, HE'S A RESPECTED PERSON WE
DON'T WANT TO QUESTION HIM TOO
00:18:38.58\00:18:41.48
MUCH AND HE STARTS QUIETLY
SHARING AND IT JUST FLOWS HIS
EXISTING SOCIAL NETWORKS.
00:18:41.52\00:18:46.96
DOES THAT NETWORK
REQUIRE TRUTH OR RELATIONSHIPS?
00:18:46.99\00:18:52.06
BOTH.
00:18:55.43\00:18:56.93
I WOULD SAY THE FOLLOWING,
THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT TRANSFORMED
00:18:56.97\00:19:01.87
RELATIONSHIPS.
PRETTY MUCH THAT WAY.
00:19:01.90\00:19:04.41
UP AND ACROSS.
00:19:04.44\00:19:05.87
THAT'S RIGHT AND SO WHEN
THE GOSPEL COMES IN IT IS ABOUT
00:19:05.91\00:19:11.31
TRUTH BUT IT'S LEARNING TO LIVE
THAT TRUTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
00:19:11.35\00:19:13.95
SO TAKE THAT REALITY COMPARE
IT WITH THE STORY OF PETER BEING
00:19:13.98\00:19:19.59
ASKED TO GO TO CORNELIUS' HOUSE.
00:19:19.62\00:19:21.46
SO THIS IS TYPICAL OF WHAT
WE SEE HAPPENING IN OUR CASE.
00:19:21.49\00:19:24.49
CORNELIUS IS A PERSON OF PEACE.
00:19:24.53\00:19:26.19
HE IS A PERSON OF SIGNIFICANT
INFLUENCE BUT WHAT MAKES HIM
00:19:26.23\00:19:30.27
IMPORTANT- HE IS A PERSON WHO
THE BIBLE CALLS A GOD FEARER.
00:19:30.30\00:19:33.44
UH HUH AND A GOD FEARER WAS
SOMEONE WHO HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED
00:19:33.47\00:19:37.21
THE GOD OF THE JEWS BUT DIDN'T
FOLLOW MOSAIC LAW ESPECIALLY
00:19:37.24\00:19:41.34
REGARDING CIRCUMCISION AND OTHER
LAWS BUT THEY WOULD KEEP THE
00:19:41.38\00:19:45.95
SABBATH. THEY WOULD JOIN AT THE
LOCAL SYNAGOGUE EVEN VERY
CONSERATIVE SYNAGOGUES
00:19:45.98\00:19:51.02
MIGHT NOT LET HIM ENTER BUT THEY
WOULD HIM SIT IN THE BACK AND
00:19:51.05\00:19:56.49
LISTEN AND PARTICIPATE
IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
00:19:56.52\00:19:59.59
THEY MIGHT NOT GO TO HIS HOUSE
DUE TO PREJUDICE OF HIM BUT
00:19:59.63\00:20:05.20
CORNELIUS WE SEE THESE TYPES OF
PEOPLE- THEY'LL HAVE A DREAM OR
00:20:05.23\00:20:08.70
VISION OF JESUS. WE'VE SEEN THIS
HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER
00:20:08.74\00:20:11.77
AGAIN. MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE
ARE INVOLVED WITH HAS HAPPENED
00:20:11.81\00:20:14.88
THROUGH PEOPLE-THESE TYPE OF
PEOPLE LIKE CORNELIUS, PEOPLE OF
00:20:14.91\00:20:19.55
INFLUENCE, WHO HAVE HAD
POWERFUL DREAMS OF JESUS.
00:20:19.58\00:20:21.55
THEY GO AND SEARCH WHO CAN
ANSWER MY ANSWERS OF THE DREAM I
00:20:21.58\00:20:26.25
HAD. AND THE PERSON THEY
FIND IS THE PETER PERSON.
00:20:26.29\00:20:30.69
THE PETER PERSON WHO IS REALLY A
N-PRAXIS TEACHER WHO MAY WELL BE
00:20:30.73\00:20:35.76
FUNDED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:20:38.57\00:20:39.30
EXACTLY.
00:20:39.33\00:20:40.44
HOW DO WE FIND THAT PERSON?
00:20:40.47\00:20:42.17
WELL, THIS IS WHAT
GOD HAS HELPED US FIND.
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.11
WE HAVE FOUND-WE HAVE A WHOLE
NETWORK NOW ACROSS MAYBE HALF
00:20:44.14\00:20:49.21
THE MUSLIM WORLD.
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.28
THERE'S MAYBE 45 OR 50 VERY
CLOSED COUNTRIES AND ABOUT HALF
00:20:53.31\00:20:56.05
OF THOSE WE WORK AT THIS POINT.
00:20:56.08\00:20:57.02
AND IT HAS HAPPENED
BY DIVINE APPOINTMENTS.
00:20:57.05\00:21:00.46
IT HAS HAPPENED THAT MAYBE ONE
OF THEM HAVE TRAVELED TO ANOTHER
00:21:00.49\00:21:06.43
COUNTRY, BECOME A SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST THEN THEY ARE TAUGHT
HOW NOT TO BURN THEIR BRIDGES.
00:21:06.46\00:21:11.60
UH HUH.
00:21:11.63\00:21:13.07
AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WORKING
WITH MY WIFE WITH A GENTLEMAN
00:21:13.10\00:21:16.91
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:21:16.94\00:21:18.31
HE COMES FROM ONE OF THE MOST
CLOSED COUNTRIES IN THE MUSLIM
00:21:18.34\00:21:21.44
WORLD. HE HAD BECOME AN
EXTRACTED CHRISTIAN WHO HIS
FAMILY REJECTED HIM.
00:21:21.48\00:21:27.18
WE SAID, LOOK BROTHER, WHAT
IF YOU RE-ESTABLISHED FRIENDSHIP
00:21:27.22\00:21:30.62
WITH YOUR FAMILY?
00:21:30.65\00:21:32.09
TELL THEM I'M VERY SORRY
BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS THAT HAD
00:21:32.12\00:21:35.19
ORIGINALLY MET HIM WHO WEREN'T
ADVENTISTS ASKED HIM TO CHANGE
00:21:35.22\00:21:38.03
HIS NAME. THEY ASKED HIM TO BURN
HIS BRIDGES WITH HIS FAMILY.
00:21:38.06\00:21:40.20
THEY ASKED HIM NOW THAT YOU'VE
BECOME A CHRISTIAN YOU NEED TO
00:21:40.23\00:21:42.66
EAT PORK, DRINK WINE ETC. TO
PROVE THAT YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF
00:21:42.70\00:21:48.47
CHRIST. THINGS THAT WE AS
ADVENTISTS COULDN'T AGREE TO AND
00:21:48.50\00:21:52.71
SO WE HELPED HIM REBUILD
HIS CONNECTION WITH HIS FAMILY.
00:21:54.64\00:21:56.54
HIS FAMILY ARE JUST OVERJOYED.
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.91
THIS FAMILY -THIS MAN HAPPENS
TO COME FROM ONE OF THE MOST
00:21:58.95\00:22:02.98
POWERFUL FAMILIES IN HIS NATION.
00:22:03.02\00:22:04.79
IT'D BE LIKE IN THIS COUNTRY
SAYING LIKE THE KENNEDY FAMILY
00:22:04.82\00:22:07.76
OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
00:22:07.79\00:22:09.19
VERY POWERFUL FAMILY AND
ALREADY WITHIN ONE DAY OF HIM
00:22:09.22\00:22:15.13
ESTABLISHING A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS FAMILY THE PRESIDENT OF HIS
00:22:15.16\00:22:18.90
NATION CALLS TO CONGRATULATE HIM
THAT HE HAS RE-ESTABLISHED, WOW,
FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY
00:22:18.93\00:22:24.91
SO WE HAVE FOUND THIS THAT GOD
CALLS WITH THOSE FIRST DREAMS
00:22:24.94\00:22:29.38
AND VISIONS THE ONES THAT HAVE
BEEN CALLED, THEY ARE PEOPLE OF
SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE.
00:22:29.41\00:22:33.45
A PERSON OF DEEP PEACE.
00:22:33.48\00:22:34.75
PEOPLE THAT HE'S RECOGNIZED, SO
MUCH RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH HE
00:22:34.78\00:22:38.15
HAD BEEN ESTRANGED FOR 27 YEARS
THIS IS A PERSON WE TRUST AND
00:22:38.19\00:22:42.86
WHEN HE CAME BACK, EVEN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NATION CALLS TO
CONGRATULATE HIM FOR
00:22:42.89\00:22:46.46
MAKING PEACE WITH THE FAMILY.
00:22:46.49\00:22:48.73
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A BASIC
QUESTION THAT -DEFINE FOR ME
00:22:48.76\00:22:53.80
PEACE, A PERSON OF PEACE.
00:22:56.47\00:22:58.14
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THAT PERSON'S LIFE?
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.74
THESE PEOPLE OF PEACE THEY ARE
-IT'S HARD FOR US TO SEE IN OUR
00:23:00.78\00:23:07.02
SOCIETY BUT IN EASTERN SOCIETIES
THERE'S A LOT PUT INTO LET'S SAY
IF TWO PEOPLE HAVE A WRECK
00:23:07.05\00:23:12.49
UH HUH, AND YOU CAN'T
AGREE WHOSE FAULT IT IS.
00:23:12.52\00:23:16.12
YOU GO TO SOMEBODY YOU TRUST.
00:23:16.16\00:23:18.43
YOU GO TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST AND
SO THEN NOW THE TWO WHO COME AND
00:23:18.46\00:23:23.23
PUT THEIR CASE - THIS IS WHAT
HAS HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH HE IS
NOT THE OFFICIAL JUDGE OF
00:23:23.26\00:23:27.70
THE COURT, THEY TRUST HIM THAT
HE WILL - SAY EVEN IF HE IS NOT
00:23:27.74\00:23:32.07
YOUR FRIEND, YOU JUST COME AND
YOU KNOW THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO
LIE AND HE'S NOT GOING TO BE
00:23:32.11\00:23:35.14
IMPARTIAL AND HE WILL SAY, THIS
YOU DO THIS, DO THIS, PAY HIM
00:23:35.18\00:23:40.42
THAT AND THEY WILL
TRUST HIS JUDGMENT.
00:23:40.45\00:23:41.38
THEY WILL GO DO IT
AND PEOPLE ARE CONTENT.
00:23:41.42\00:23:42.95
AND PEOPLE ARE CONTENT AND IF
YOU RESOLVE IT THIS WAY IN MANY
00:23:42.98\00:23:47.09
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, IN
MUSLIM COUNTRIES, THEN YOU DON'T
CARRY POINTS ON YOUR LEGAL
00:23:47.12\00:23:51.26
SYSTEM.
00:23:51.29\00:23:51.83
THAT'S NOT A BAD DEAL.
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.36
AND SO IF YOU CAN RESOLVE IT
IN A FRIENDLY MANNER, THEN IT
00:23:53.40\00:23:56.90
DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE OFFICIAL COURT SYSTEM.
00:23:56.93\00:23:58.43
I HAVE A FEELING THEN IF I WERE
TO LISTEN IN ON YOUR PRAYERS
00:23:58.47\00:24:03.61
EVERYDAY I WOULD HEAR YOU
PRAYING THAT GOD WILL SEND YOU
MORE PERSONS OF PEACE.
00:24:03.64\00:24:09.04
ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT WE PRAY
THAT GOD WILL SEND US INTO
CONTACT WITH A PERSON
00:24:09.08\00:24:14.32
OF PEACE AND
ALSO TO OUR NETWORK.
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.75
NOW THIS ONE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT IS A MAN WHO LIVES IN THE
00:24:16.79\00:24:20.39
UNITED STATES, CURRENTLY.
00:24:20.42\00:24:21.92
HE IS JUST ABOUT TO MOVE BACK TO
HIS COUNTRY AND HE WILL PROBABLY
00:24:21.96\00:24:25.53
END UP WITH A VERY
HIGH POSITION IN HIS NATION.
00:24:25.56\00:24:27.50
HE'S ALREADY BEEN PROMISED.
00:24:27.56\00:24:29.00
SO NOW, IN TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN
THINKING WELL HOW ARE YOU GOING
00:24:29.03\00:24:33.70
TO DO THIS.
00:24:33.74\00:24:35.14
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE ANOTHER
FRIEND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.77
HIM FOR 15 YEARS.
00:24:38.81\00:24:39.37
HE WAS A PERSON OF PEACE.
00:24:39.41\00:24:40.71
WHEN I MET HIM HE WAS
COWERINGFEAR FOR HIS LIFE.
00:24:40.74\00:24:44.18
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, HE WENT
FROM BEING A PERSON OF FEAR TO
00:24:46.28\00:24:50.72
LEADING HIS TRIBE.
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WITHIN FOUR YEARS HE
BECAME THE TRIBAL ELDER.
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THIRTY-TWO SUBTRIBAL LEADERS
PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO HIS HOUSE.
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AH, HIS GRANDFATHERS HAD RULED
THE AREA THE SIZE OF TEXAS AND
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NEW MEXICO COMBINED
WITHIN A MUCH BIGGER COUNTRY.
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AND TODAY, 320 APPROXIMATELY
TRIBAL ELDERS HAVE PLEDGED
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ALLEGIANCE TO HIS HOUSE.
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LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, AH
HIS NATIONAL PARLIAMENT INVITED
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HIM TO BE -TO JOIN THEIR
PARLIAMENT WITHOUT HIM HAVING
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TO--. HE'S A PERSON OF PEACE.
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HE'S A PERSON OF PEACE.
00:25:26.32\00:25:28.22
HE WAS ASKED- HE
WAS ALSO TEACHING?
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AND HE'S TEACHING.
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HE HAS A MASSIVE
NETWORK OF FOLLOWERS.
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MASSIVE NETWORK OF FOLLOWERS.
00:25:34.40\00:25:38.33
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A
SHADOW MIRACLE HAPPENING IN MANY
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PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE
WE WOULD THINK NOTHING IS
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HAPPENING. GOD'S
GOSPEL IS BOILING UP THROUGH.
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WELL SEE WHAT I SEE IS ON THE
NEWS WE SEE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO
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0.2% OF THE MUSLIM WORLD.
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OK.
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THE AVERAGE MUSLIM IS SOMEONE
LIKE YOU AND I WHO WANTS TO LIVE
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THEIR LIFE. HE WANTS HIS
CHILDREN TO BE GOOD KIDS.
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HE WANTS TO HAVE FUN ON
THE WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY.
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THIS IS THE
AVERAGE MUSLIM FAMILY.
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THE AND WHAT I SEE ON
THE MEDIA IS A SMOKE SCREEN.
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SATAN IS TRYING TO PUT FEAR INTO
THE HEARTS ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE
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THEY SEE JUST ABOUT WORSE NEWS
ABOUT US THAN WE SEE ABOUT THEM.
00:26:19.91\00:26:23.85
SO EACH ONE OF US HAS THIS
MASSIVE SMOKE SCREEN AND IT'S
FOR TRUE BELIEVERS IN
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GOD THAT WE WON'T WORK TOGETHER
HAND IN HAND AND GROW FROM EACH
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OTHER. AND THAT'S THE GOAL
OF N-PRAXIS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKING TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM
EACH OTHER, TO GROW TOGETHER AND
WELL, TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD FOR
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JESUS.THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN
MISSIONS" AND BY THE WAY,
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DON'T STOP LISTENING UNTIL YOU
HAVE GONE TO YOUR CHECKBOOK AND
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