Would you do me a favor?
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Would you look at the person
on your left and on your right
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and just say welcome?
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Amen, amen.
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We are excited to have
you here on this Sabbath day.
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In fact, it's so good to
see your face in this place,
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your eyes in these aisles,
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and your feet
underneath the seat.
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Now I've been
having an awesome time
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at this ASI Convention,
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and I have Leasa with me today.
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Leasa is our Vice
President for membership.
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And, Leasa,
suppose I'm sitting here
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in the audience
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and I'm not an ASI member,
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how can I become an ASI member?
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What do I have to do?
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Apply.
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Okay, how do I do
that? Where do I go?
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Well, we would like everybody
to check out our website
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asiministries.org.
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And on that website,
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there's a link
that says membership.
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And if you click on
it, it will open to a page
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that will describe all
the different categories
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that you can be a member of.
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And so if you fit into
one of those categories,
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click on the application
link and just send it in.
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It's that easy.
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And, you know, we
don't have very much time.
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We want all of God's
people to be involved
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and share Christ
in your marketplace.
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And, Philip, if
every single ASI member
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shared Christ in
their marketplace,
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what can happen?
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We can hasten the soon coming
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of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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That's right.
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And that's what
ASI is all about,
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it's sharing Christ, so
that we can all go home.
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Amen.
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And can young people be members?
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Oh, yes,
especially the young people.
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We need...
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Well, we don't need new blood,
but we need some excited blood,
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young professionals.
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So young professionals,
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especially if you look
at under your category,
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you really don't have to do,
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to be too much of
anything except be under 35.
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So sign up.
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Awesome. God bless everyone.
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Thank you.
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I think the thing
that inspires me the most
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is the testimony of a
life of self-sacrifice.
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When I go throughout my day,
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I try to think
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of what other people
have gone through before me,
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especially on the days
that I feel a little selfish
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or I feel like I
don't want to do ministry.
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I think about the people
that really didn't have a lot
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or not even had
a lot of support,
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but they kept on going anyway
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because they had
a greater reward,
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a greater goal in mind
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than just how I feel right now
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and having comfort
and pleasure right now.
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And the greatest
example of that, of course,
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is Jesus.
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And honestly, that's where I get
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my greatest
source of inspiration.
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I guess my question would be,
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why would you
not want to in ASI.
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Everyone should
be a part of ASI.
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There are all types
of people, young, old,
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you know, poor college students,
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rich businessmen and women,
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and everyone is all
together for a common goal,
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really just worshipping together
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and going for that one mission
of seeing Jesus come soon.
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All the interactions
and all the connections
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that I've had with
ASI have been so positive
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because they serve to
inspire people in ministry
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and give you
resources and training.
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And it's such a huge inspiration
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and encouragement for anyone.
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And I would just
encourage everyone
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to be a part of it.
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Oh, for a
thousand tongues to sing
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My great redeemer's praise
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The glories of my God and King
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The glories of my God and King
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The triumphs of His grace
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The triumphs of His grace
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Jesus!
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The name that charms our fears
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That bids our sorrows cease
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'Tis music
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In the sinner's ears
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'Tis life, and health,
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And peace
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'Tis life, and health,
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And peace
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My gracious Master and my God
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Assist me to proclaim
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To spread through
all the earth abroad
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To spread through
all the earth abroad
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The honor of His name
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The honor of His name
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Oh, for a
thousand tongues to sing
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My great redeemer's praise
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I invite you to stand
with me in honor of our Lord
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as we pray together.
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Let us pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
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on this special
and holy Sabbath day,
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we want to thank You
and praise You as our God,
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merciful, and gracious,
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longsuffering, and abounding
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in goodness and truth,
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keeping mercy for thousands,
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forgiving iniquity,
and transgression, and sin.
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Not unto us, O
Lord, not unto us,
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but to Your name give glory.
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Draw near to us, O Lord,
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for we long to draw near to You.
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We lift our heart
and voice to Your throne,
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seeking earnestly for
the gift of the Holy Spirit
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that we, as Your people,
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may bring glory and
honor to Your holy name.
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Bless us this Sabbath day,
and bless this hour of worship,
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for we ask it in the
wonderful name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Join me in
singing our opening song,
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Praise to the Lord.
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Praise to the Lord The Almighty
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The king of creation!
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O my soul, praise Him
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For He is thy
health and salvation!
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All ye who hear
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Now to His temple draw near
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Join ye in glad adoration!
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Praise to the Lord
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Who o'er all things
so wondrously reigneth
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Shieldeth thee
under His wings Yea,
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so gently sustaineth!
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Hast thou not seen
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How thy desires e'er have been
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Granted in
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What He ordaineth?
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Praise to the Lord
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Who doth prosper thy work
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and defend thee
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Surely His goodness
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And mercy here daily attend thee
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Ponder anew
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What the Almighty can do
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If with His love
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He befriend thee
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Good morning and happy
Sabbath. You may be seated.
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Just an advance of
lifting our offering,
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I have four stories
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that I would
like to bring to you.
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The first is actually
all the way from Germany
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at the Youth Congress.
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And you'll see on this
screen our illustrious guests.
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We have, let's see,
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on your right
maybe is Nelson Ernst.
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He's the director of
GLOW, giving light to our world.
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And then two, who
are no strangers to us,
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Elder Ted and Nancy Wilson.
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And then Kamil Metz,
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who's the
international coordinator.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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And we'd like to
invite Elder Wilson and Nancy
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to just give us some
words of greetings at this time.
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Thank you so much,
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it's just a
great privilege and joy
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with rest of ASI,
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one of our
favorite organization,
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so supporting
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and such a
blessing to the world field.
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We will be there with you,
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but the date got changed
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for the Global
Youth Leaders Congress,
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and so here we are
in Passau, Germany.
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Thank you so much
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for letting us be
part of ASI as well.
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Nancy, do you have greeting?
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Yes, I wish we could
be two places at once
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because we love ASI Youth.
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We were very disappointed
that there was a conflict.
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But anyway, we're
having a good time here
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fellowshipping with
our brothers and sisters
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from around the world,
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and we can send
you our greetings,
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and we know that
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we're being
blessed as always with ASI.
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There are about
1,700 youth leaders all...
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In this congress
from all over the world.
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I want you to pray
for our young people
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that they will feel
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with the power
of the Holy Spirit
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in total member involvement,
total youth involvement.
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Thanks so much.
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Thank you very much
Elder Ted and Nancy Wilson
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for your words of greetings
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and joining us all the
way from Germany via Skype,
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thank you.
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And now we'd like to
talk with our GLOW Leadership.
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And first of all, let's have
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if you can just
answer the question,
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exactly what is GLOW?
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Well, GLOW is
probably best explained
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by sharing a quick story.
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Recently there was a young woman
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who was riding a bus,
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and she felt an
overwhelming conviction from God
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to give her GLOW
tracks or Bible pamphlet
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to the person who
is sitting next to her,
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a complete stranger.
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She felt completely
afraid of doing this,
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but as the bus came to a stop,
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she recognized I'm never
going to see this guy again.
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So I need to give
him the track now.
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She mustered up her courage,
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she gave him the
track expecting the worst.
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And the man said, "You
know, I was just praying
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that God would give me a sign
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that He didn't want
me to commit suicide,
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and I think that this is it."
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So that
perfectly illustrates GLOW.
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We're just
encouraging church members
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to carry small literature
with them wherever they go,
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in their
pockets, in their purses,
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so that when God
opens up opportunities,
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they're equipped and
ready to share their faith.
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So how is it working more,
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are more people engaged
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in becoming a
part of this project?
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You know, I remember
when Nelson was 22 years old,
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he called me, I was 31.
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I was a literature
minister's director.
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And he called me,
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and one thing that
stood out in the conversation
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about this GLOW idea
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was that he was excited.
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He was excited by
getting every member involved
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every single day.
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And that was
really God given idea.
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It is really God's plan
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for every member to be involved.
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Since 10 years ago,
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we have printed 90
million GLOW tracks
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in 75 different languages.
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My conference was
the second conference
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to adapt this project
and has been a great success.
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Now just to
illustrate how this works today,
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yesterday I was at
the registration table,
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and there was a lady
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who was kind of wondering about.
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And so I asked her
if she needed help.
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She came over, she
said, "I am a neighbor,
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I'm a neighbor
next to Convention,
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what is this all about?"
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I told her and this...
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There's a picture,
there's a picture outside.
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And she was trying
to describe the person,
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and then she saw the
picture on the brochure,
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and it was the picture of Jesus.
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I told them this is an
artist depiction of Jesus.
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It was like
talking to a little child,
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and then I pulled
out the GLOW track
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about salvation with the prayer
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that she'll find
the one who died for.
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And I gave her one
that dealt with prophecy.
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So that's what we want to see.
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We want to see
every member involved,
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and hundreds of thousand members
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have done that.
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So tell us, what is
the focus of the project
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for today's offering?
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Well, we approached
ASI not too long ago,
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and we asked them
about partnering together
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to try and do something big.
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We'd like to get church members
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in Korea, South
Korea, Japan, and China
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to also do what we're doing here
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in the North American Division,
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which is to
distribute literature
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in everyday life.
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So that was a big undertaking.
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We had talked
to them about that.
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And exactly how is
that going to work?
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So what we're working on is
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translating the GLOW
tracks in the native languages.
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Now, we have done
that, some of that already.
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We have some Japanese,
Chinese, and Korean tracks,
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but also we are
focusing on adapting them
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to the world view.
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So we have some GLOW
track adopted for Buddhists,
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and Hindus, and
Jews, and Muslims,
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and we'll continue doing that,
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so we can reach
people where they are.
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Yep, another thing
that we're going to do,
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we're going to try and print
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anywhere between 2
to 10 million tracks
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to start with,
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and we're going to be working
to try and establish volunteers
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who'll be going
throughout those countries
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and encouraging church members
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to take these tracks
and to pass them out.
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And also, to make
sure that those tracks
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are actually sold
to church members,
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and then the money is recouped,
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so that we can reprint
over and over and over again.
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So this is an ongoing project,
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it's not a one time
print and distribute,
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and then you never see it again.
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That's excellent.
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I remember actually
going to an appointment.
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And as I exited my car,
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a young boy was being
encouraged by his mother
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to come up to me.
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So as he came up to me,
he looked up to me and says,
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"Would you like this?"
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And he was
giving me a GLOW track.
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So anyone can use these
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to engage their
friends and to share,
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and so we're
really grateful for that.
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That sounds like a
very worthy project.
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Is there anything
else you'd like to share
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on our last remaining moments?
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Sure, you know,
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even if somebody
today is listening to this
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and they feel
like they can't donate
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in any large way
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towards these great
evangelist projects of ASI,
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that's okay,
there's still something
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that we can do for the Lord.
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You know, if we
in the United States,
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we in the North
American Division
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can set the
example by being faithful
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by passing out
literature in our everyday life
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by putting in our pockets,
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it'll be a great
example for the world church,
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and it will inspire them
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to continue to
do the same as well.
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You know, there's a
quote from Mrs. White
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where she says,
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"That soon more than 1,000
will be converted in one day,
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most of whom will
trace their first convictions
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back to the reading
of our publications."
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So by doing this, by
distributing literature
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in our everyday lives,
which all of us can do,
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we can make a big
impact to the Lord.
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Thank you very
much, Kamil and Nelson,
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for joining us here
at ASI from Germany.
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And we wish you
God's richest blessings
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as you continue
to serve the world
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through GLOW.
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Have a good Sabbath.
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International Caring
Hands is an ASI organization,
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which uses dentistry
as medical evangelism
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right inside
Seventh-day Adventist churches
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and in communities
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without a single
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Thanks to ASI,
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International Caring
Hands has established
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medical evangelism
programs in Zambia, Madagascar,
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and Micronesia.
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All of the
connections for these programs
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were made at ASI
national conventions.
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Now thanks to ASI,
we are entering Mongolia
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and have partnered
with the Mongolian mission
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to establish a
dental evangelism program,
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and we're working
in coordination with
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two Mongolian Adventist dentists
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to reach Mongolia with
healing and relief from pain
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that only comes from Jesus.
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Mongolia has a
population of 3 million people,
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2% are Christian,
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and 2,000 are
Seventh-day Adventist.
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The fields in Mongolia
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are right for
medical evangelism.
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Mongolia's sandwich
between Russia on the north,
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and China on the south.
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Traditional
evangelism is difficult,
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but medical evangelism
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is the opening
wench to reach others
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for Christ in Mongolia.
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So International Caring Hands.
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Randy, just come
a little bit closer
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here to the podium.
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This is Randy Meyer.
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He's the Executive Director
for International Caring Hands.
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And it looks like
such a worthy project
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to be able to
provide dental services
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to those who need it most.
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First of all,
tell us I'm curious,
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how many dentists are
involved in your operation?
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On any given year,
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we have roughly
about 250 dentists
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that volunteer.
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We also have other volunteers
of roughly probably about 500
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or so people who
come, do VBS, do evangelism,
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participate in
doing the registration
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for the program,
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and other types of
literature outreach as well
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during the process
of our dental clinics.
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So why is it that
you selected ICC Mongolia
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as the project for
this year's offering?
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It's business unusual, right?
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So business unusual,
this is quite unusual for us.
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In that, we normally go to nice,
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warm climates,
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places where it
stays above freezing.
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In Mongolia, during the winter,
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it can be 40 below 0 Fahrenheit,
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just to give you an indication,
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which for someone
running dental equipment
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with water inside of it
is a rather daunting task.
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So it's business
unusual in that respect.
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But when you
have the Holy Spirit
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working in certain areas,
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you know that you
have to move forward.
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Peter Culik, ASI member
approached me many years ago
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in relation to
going to Mongolia.
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And then after that It
Is Written approached us,
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and then the Mongolian mission.
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And then, you know, when
a pastor named Bold comes
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and says, "You
need to go to Mongolia.
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You listen to the Holy Spirit,
and He leads and guides."
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So in June of 2017,
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we went to
Mongolia with It Is Written
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and their medical evangelists.
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And I was able to
get one dental unit in
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for the suction,
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and for running the
drills into Mongolia,
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along with a dental chair.
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I was able to walk in
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without even
going through customs.
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They just send me right out,
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which was quite a
miracle in relation to that.
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The 15 volunteers that we had
were able to do some fillings
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because we only
had one dental unit.
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The rest of the dentists
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had to work in
the state hospital
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where they weren't
as able to do evangelism
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as they would have otherwise,
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and the other
dentists did extractions.
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So we saw the need in Mongolia
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through this initial
outreach in June of 2017.
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So how do you plan
to execute the expansion
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of the outreach in Mongolia?
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Well, actually, we had our first
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all Mongolian
dental evangelism event
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in May, 2017, so I mean in 2018.
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So it just took place this May.
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They served 150 people in
the rural villages of Sant
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and Khuder in Mongolia.
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And they were able to go out,
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pray with every single
person that they went with,
00:22:01.42\00:22:05.95
and to continue to
provide evangelistic outreach
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in these small communities
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where there are not very
many Seventh-day Adventist.
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And so in the
process of this work,
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our plan is to expand
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and have 10
dental units in Mongolia,
00:22:19.13\00:22:22.10
so that the two
Seventh-day Adventist dentists
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who are working
there can go out separately
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and go to different areas
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as well as other Adventists
from around the world.
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Adventist dentists from
Korea have come to Mongolia,
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from Australia,
from the United States,
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from Canada,
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we want to make for sure
00:22:38.69\00:22:40.02
that Mongolia can
have a rich experience.
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And in fact, you know,
when our trip to Mongolia,
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when we went with It Is Written,
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70 people were baptized
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at the end of John
Bradshaw's evangelism
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.47
and medical evangelism outreach.
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So it was quite successful.
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And then in September 2017,
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.71
another 70 people
were baptized as well
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.61
which increased the
church exponentially.
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Now you call this
dental evangelism outreach.
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I'm curious if
there's something else
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that you add to
the dental services
00:23:08.15\00:23:10.65
that kind of
complete the evangelism piece
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to your outreach.
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We do a lot of outreach
through other sources as well.
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We are regularly
going and doing VBS classes.
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We have people who
give out pillowcase dresses.
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I don't know if you
know what those are,
00:23:24.93\00:23:26.47
but those are dresses
mainly made out of pillowcases
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that are then
distributed throughout Zambia,
00:23:29.74\00:23:32.44
and Micronesia, and
Mongolia, and other places,
00:23:32.47\00:23:36.41
and we believe
in reaching everyone
00:23:36.44\00:23:39.15
through evangelism,
00:23:39.18\00:23:41.32
both literature evangelism,
00:23:41.35\00:23:42.68
where we've gone with
00:23:42.72\00:23:44.85
Light Bearers
Ministry materials,
00:23:44.89\00:23:47.29
and distributed them
during our dental clinics.
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And one other
thing I want to add
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is we've actually
used the very book
00:23:52.09\00:23:55.40
that you received,
everyone, when you registered
00:23:55.43\00:23:58.03
has been
translated into Mongolian.
00:23:58.07\00:24:00.40
I worked with Hermen Hobble,
00:24:00.44\00:24:02.24
and we were able to
work with the mission
00:24:02.27\00:24:04.44
and get this translated
and a 1000 copies will go out.
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.48
So our hope is to
continue to spread the good news
00:24:07.51\00:24:11.61
and bring revival and evangelism
00:24:11.65\00:24:14.38
in all forms to Mongolia.
00:24:14.42\00:24:16.65
Well, Randy, I want to thank you
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.02
and International Caring Hands
for everything you're doing.
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.36
We know from the experience
00:24:20.39\00:24:21.72
that we've had here
with the Amen Clinics,
00:24:21.76\00:24:24.39
and your Best Pathway to Health
00:24:24.43\00:24:26.13
that dental is
such a critical need,
00:24:26.16\00:24:28.03
and to know that someone
else's on the front lines
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.40
in places that are
more austere and difficult
00:24:30.43\00:24:32.93
is a real blessing.
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.30
Thank you very much. Thank you.
00:24:34.34\00:24:37.87
Now coming to the
podium are two individuals
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.78
that I would like
to have them share
00:24:40.81\00:24:43.01
some of what
they are involved with
00:24:43.04\00:24:44.75
from a different
part of the world.
00:24:44.78\00:24:46.88
To my left here
is Jason Fournier,
00:24:46.92\00:24:49.12
and he is from the Kibidula
Evangelism Training Center
00:24:49.15\00:24:54.22
in Tanzania,
00:24:54.26\00:24:55.59
and Alan Knowles,
00:24:55.62\00:24:56.96
who is from
Riverside Farm Institute
00:24:56.99\00:24:59.09
in Zambia.
00:24:59.13\00:25:00.46
And these are two
experts one day church builders.
00:25:00.50\00:25:05.57
They lead teams to
build one day churches
00:25:05.60\00:25:08.50
throughout their countries.
00:25:08.54\00:25:09.87
And so I want to know from them
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.57
what's been
happening with one day church.
00:25:11.61\00:25:13.41
So, Jason, we'll start with you.
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.24
Tell us a little bit about...
00:25:15.28\00:25:16.68
Well, tell us how many churches
00:25:16.71\00:25:18.11
so far have been
built in Tanzania?
00:25:18.15\00:25:20.35
We have built over 600.
00:25:20.38\00:25:22.62
Six hundred
churches in Tanzania!
00:25:22.65\00:25:25.29
Wow, the work is
probably almost done,
00:25:25.32\00:25:27.02
but we'll get to that later.
00:25:27.06\00:25:28.62
So tell us in
an African culture,
00:25:28.66\00:25:32.46
how significant is it
to have a church structure?
00:25:32.49\00:25:36.93
Well, not only is it important
to have a home to worship in,
00:25:36.97\00:25:42.07
but to have this sense of
belonging that you are part
00:25:42.10\00:25:45.41
of something bigger
than your own little group,
00:25:45.44\00:25:47.88
your own idea.
00:25:47.91\00:25:49.24
And so when a church actually,
00:25:49.28\00:25:51.28
for people who are unable
to afford a proper church,
00:25:51.31\00:25:54.58
a church brought
in and built for them
00:25:54.62\00:25:57.52
represents a
connection to a bigger family,
00:25:57.55\00:26:00.82
including the
family here at ASI.
00:26:00.86\00:26:03.99
Now I understand
that even the Maasai tribe
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.59
has been impacted
by one day church.
00:26:06.63\00:26:08.96
You have a testimony to
share that to illustrate that.
00:26:09.00\00:26:11.57
Yes, well, there was a
woman up near the Kenyan border,
00:26:11.60\00:26:17.51
one of the wives
of a prominent Maasai
00:26:17.54\00:26:20.01
in the area.
00:26:20.04\00:26:21.38
She somehow heard the gospel
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.15
and learned of the
Seventh-day Sabbath
00:26:24.18\00:26:25.81
and began to keep it
in her little village.
00:26:25.85\00:26:29.15
And she built a
little grass thatched shelter
00:26:29.18\00:26:35.29
that they call the church,
00:26:35.32\00:26:36.66
and she began
meeting every Sabbath morning
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.86
with a handful of people.
00:26:38.89\00:26:41.46
And they were
studying about the Sabbath
00:26:41.50\00:26:44.57
and learning different
things, but her husband,
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.54
when he realized that
she was drawing attention
00:26:47.57\00:26:49.64
and starting a group,
00:26:49.67\00:26:51.27
they had reached
seven people at this point,
00:26:51.31\00:26:53.94
he was unsure of
this, and he said,
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.78
"You're
worshiping on the wrong day.
00:26:56.81\00:26:58.21
If you want to be a Christian,
you need to worship on Sunday."
00:26:58.25\00:27:02.38
Well, he didn't
convince her just that easy.
00:27:02.42\00:27:04.39
So he decided to build a
church in opposition to her
00:27:04.42\00:27:08.36
and invite the
local Lutheran pastor
00:27:08.39\00:27:11.16
to come and start
teaching in his church.
00:27:11.19\00:27:13.70
So he sold the cow, and
bought some roofing sheets,
00:27:13.73\00:27:16.46
and built a little church
with just 10 roofing sheets,
00:27:16.50\00:27:19.70
and began to have
Sunday services there.
00:27:19.73\00:27:22.84
And actually drew part
of her little group away.
00:27:22.87\00:27:26.24
But she began to pray,
00:27:26.27\00:27:28.18
and her prayers were
answered when one day our truck
00:27:28.21\00:27:31.15
with our crew
showed up in the village
00:27:31.18\00:27:33.82
and put up a one day church.
00:27:33.85\00:27:37.72
And in answer to
her prayer as well,
00:27:37.75\00:27:40.92
her husband, when he saw that,
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.32
it wasn't just her
little idea that came out,
00:27:42.36\00:27:44.93
she came out with
worshipping on Sabbath,
00:27:44.96\00:27:47.10
but she was connected to someone
00:27:47.13\00:27:48.46
bigger caught his attention,
00:27:48.50\00:27:50.07
and he decided
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
to invite his
whole congregation now
00:27:51.47\00:27:53.77
to join her in
their one day church,
00:27:53.80\00:27:56.37
and start studying
about the true Sabbath.
00:27:56.40\00:27:58.64
Amen.
00:27:58.67\00:28:00.01
And today that
church is growing,
00:28:00.04\00:28:01.64
it's bigger than
it ever was before.
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.75
That's incredible.
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.11
Now, I also understand
that even there in Tanzania,
00:28:05.15\00:28:09.02
there are individuals
00:28:09.05\00:28:10.55
who are willing
to sacrifice so much
00:28:10.59\00:28:12.62
just to have a
church in their village.
00:28:12.65\00:28:15.46
Well, I know it
takes a sacrifice
00:28:15.49\00:28:17.23
on the part of each one
of you here to enable us
00:28:17.26\00:28:19.96
to build these one day churches.
00:28:20.00\00:28:22.50
But as those
churches arrive there,
00:28:22.53\00:28:24.10
there's a
sacrifice on the other side,
00:28:24.13\00:28:25.53
and I just want to give...
00:28:25.57\00:28:26.90
This story touched my heart
00:28:26.94\00:28:28.47
when I heard it
because our crew went out
00:28:28.50\00:28:30.54
to one of the villages
and in central Tanzania,
00:28:30.57\00:28:34.71
and they showed up,
and they had been invited,
00:28:34.74\00:28:37.25
the village had given
land to build a church.
00:28:37.28\00:28:39.91
But when the truck showed
up, the village said, "No,
00:28:39.95\00:28:42.65
we have other
plans for this land.
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.55
And so you can't
have that property."
00:28:44.59\00:28:46.96
And the people
were very disappointed,
00:28:46.99\00:28:49.02
obviously.
00:28:49.06\00:28:50.39
And one of the
very new converts,
00:28:50.43\00:28:51.76
when he heard that the
truck was going to drive away
00:28:51.79\00:28:55.06
with that church on it,
00:28:55.10\00:28:56.50
and they weren't
going to have a church,
00:28:56.53\00:28:57.87
he said, "No, take my land.
00:28:57.90\00:28:59.87
I have a piece of property
in the middle of the place,
00:28:59.90\00:29:03.00
and you can
build on my property."
00:29:03.04\00:29:05.34
So that our crew
went over to his place,
00:29:05.37\00:29:08.18
and it was really too
small to share with his house
00:29:08.21\00:29:11.65
and to put up a church.
00:29:11.68\00:29:13.01
And he said,
"Take down my house."
00:29:13.05\00:29:14.72
And so they tore down his
house and put up a church.
00:29:14.75\00:29:17.69
And I'm thankful to
report that other church members
00:29:17.72\00:29:21.56
who were outside
of town offered him
00:29:21.59\00:29:23.66
some land to build a new house.
00:29:23.69\00:29:25.39
But, you know,
00:29:25.43\00:29:26.76
it touched my heart that people
are so excited about this.
00:29:26.80\00:29:29.10
How many of us would give
up our house for God's house?
00:29:29.13\00:29:33.64
That's a
question to be answered.
00:29:33.67\00:29:35.67
So is there still a need?
00:29:35.70\00:29:37.54
There's already
been 600 churches
00:29:37.57\00:29:39.91
built in Tanzania.
00:29:39.94\00:29:41.28
Do we still need
one day churches there?
00:29:41.31\00:29:42.81
I want to tell you that,
00:29:42.84\00:29:44.18
we are farther
from meeting the need
00:29:44.21\00:29:45.68
than we ever
were when we started
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.78
because every time we
build a church, we are...
00:29:47.82\00:29:50.82
This is evangelism in action.
00:29:50.85\00:29:53.72
Those churches are filling
as fast as we build them,
00:29:53.76\00:29:56.16
and now there is
need for far more churches
00:29:56.19\00:29:58.26
than there ever were before.
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.00
Thank you very much, Jason.
00:30:00.03\00:30:01.90
All right, let's talk to Alan.
00:30:01.93\00:30:03.26
Let's see what's
happening in Zambia.
00:30:03.30\00:30:05.30
Tell me, Alan, how is it
that you identify locations
00:30:05.33\00:30:08.34
to build your churches?
00:30:08.37\00:30:10.64
At Riverside Farm
Institute where I work,
00:30:10.67\00:30:13.68
we sponsor 50
pioneer Bible workers.
00:30:13.71\00:30:19.41
And these fellows
00:30:19.45\00:30:20.78
are in the far
reaches of Zambia,
00:30:20.82\00:30:23.89
not the easy places,
00:30:23.92\00:30:25.25
those hard places
where there are no roads,
00:30:25.29\00:30:27.49
no electricity, no cell
phone, in the tough places.
00:30:27.52\00:30:31.33
And those men are
writing to me on a weekly basis,
00:30:31.36\00:30:35.46
we need churches.
00:30:35.50\00:30:38.00
Now you have an
interesting story
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.83
that you're
going to share with us,
00:30:39.87\00:30:41.30
and we like them
to roll the video
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.10
because you're going to
kind of narrate through for us,
00:30:43.14\00:30:46.24
one of these
very difficult places
00:30:46.27\00:30:48.48
that a one day
church was erected.
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.05
That's right.
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.41
You've seen some of the pictures
00:30:51.45\00:30:52.78
in western Zambia.
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.15
This is the church that I
found up on the Zambezi River,
00:30:54.18\00:30:57.75
two hours by boat,
00:30:57.79\00:30:59.55
this is where the
people worshipped.
00:30:59.59\00:31:01.32
They would get out on Sabbath,
and find water in their church.
00:31:01.36\00:31:05.76
And in their church meetings,
they said, "We need help."
00:31:05.79\00:31:08.76
And the help was answered
00:31:08.80\00:31:10.13
by ASI and
Riverside Farm Institute.
00:31:10.17\00:31:12.93
We came to help
build them a church.
00:31:12.97\00:31:16.10
And we asked the
membership to help us.
00:31:16.14\00:31:18.67
I didn't say the men to help us,
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.81
the membership to help us.
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.18
You can see here, the ladies,
00:31:22.21\00:31:24.65
even the cradle roll
department was there.
00:31:24.68\00:31:26.95
We spent a week at
this little island area
00:31:30.99\00:31:35.76
in the dry season.
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.13
It's sandy,
00:31:37.16\00:31:38.79
and we were able
to come and build
00:31:38.83\00:31:40.33
with very
interesting ways of transport.
00:31:40.36\00:31:45.23
From the edge of the river,
00:31:45.27\00:31:46.60
it was about a mile
to the building site.
00:31:46.63\00:31:50.51
And we have unusual transport.
00:31:50.54\00:31:55.58
At these church sites,
all the members get involved.
00:31:55.61\00:31:59.25
The ladies are cooking,
they're hauling water for us,
00:31:59.28\00:32:02.88
the men are there digging
sand, the oxen are working.
00:32:02.92\00:32:06.99
And when our one day church crew
00:32:07.02\00:32:08.66
got there to build
for them, of course,
00:32:08.69\00:32:11.53
when they were
carrying all this,
00:32:11.56\00:32:12.89
they didn't even know
what they were carrying,
00:32:12.93\00:32:14.73
just pieces of steel,
00:32:14.76\00:32:16.10
but they could see
what was being done then.
00:32:16.13\00:32:19.20
All these materials were
hauled to two hours on a boat
00:32:19.23\00:32:23.61
to get to this place.
00:32:23.64\00:32:24.97
And this is their
structure in the dry season.
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.78
When the rain comes, we
have to put away the oxen.
00:32:27.81\00:32:31.58
There you see half of
a boat in the dry season,
00:32:31.61\00:32:35.62
but in a fall
season, in the rain season,
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.85
this was their old church.
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.69
This is where they
met, feet were getting wet.
00:32:39.72\00:32:42.79
And this is the new church
that we're able to provide
00:32:42.82\00:32:45.49
for them in an unusual way.
00:32:45.53\00:32:48.33
So we have a
canoed church in Zambia.
00:32:48.36\00:32:52.73
So yeah, this is rather unusual,
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.10
isn't it?
00:32:54.14\00:32:56.00
Yes, the people there...
00:32:56.04\00:32:58.64
There are many islands
like this in the rainy season
00:32:58.67\00:33:01.11
where these congregations,
00:33:01.14\00:33:03.65
they get out of
their house in the morning,
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.82
they have to look around
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.18
for crocodiles
might be swimming by,
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.52
and they need help.
00:33:10.55\00:33:12.85
One day churches
are needed in Zambia,
00:33:12.89\00:33:16.76
probably thousands
are needed as Jason said,
00:33:16.79\00:33:20.30
as we build churches,
there's still more need.
00:33:20.33\00:33:24.17
So we can help, we
can help fill that need.
00:33:24.20\00:33:27.50
One way that we can
fill that need is that I know
00:33:27.54\00:33:30.37
that we have a
sponsorship program.
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.57
So individuals
can actually sponsor
00:33:32.61\00:33:35.48
a one day church in
these regions for $1,000.
00:33:35.51\00:33:39.28
Now, Alan, where can they
go to find out more information
00:33:39.31\00:33:42.22
if they're
interested in doing this?
00:33:42.25\00:33:43.59
Well at our
booth, that booth 926,
00:33:43.62\00:33:45.85
you'll find our information
there or on our website,
00:33:45.89\00:33:50.09
riversidefarm.org.
00:33:50.13\00:33:51.69
Okay.
00:33:51.73\00:33:53.06
Thank you very much,
gentlemen, for all that you do,
00:33:53.09\00:33:54.76
and for leading the
teams to build one day churches
00:33:54.80\00:33:57.03
for people who need them.
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.40
Thank you.
00:33:58.43\00:33:59.77
Our next story comes to
us to talk about children,
00:34:02.40\00:34:09.38
one of my favorite topics.
00:34:09.41\00:34:11.35
And this is
International Children's Care.
00:34:11.38\00:34:14.62
And this is Rick Fleck
00:34:14.65\00:34:15.98
who is the
president of the organization.
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.89
Rick, tell us a little bit
about the work that ICC does?
00:34:17.92\00:34:21.32
Thank you, Debbie.
00:34:21.36\00:34:22.92
Well, it's a wonderful work.
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.79
This is our 40th
anniversary this year,
00:34:24.83\00:34:27.86
and I think we've been
to ASI almost every year.
00:34:27.90\00:34:30.97
So ASI is an important part
00:34:31.00\00:34:33.17
of
International Children's Care.
00:34:33.20\00:34:36.64
This is a work for orphans,
but we don't call them orphans.
00:34:36.67\00:34:40.34
So that's a
little difference there.
00:34:40.38\00:34:42.84
We tried to do
something where children,
00:34:42.88\00:34:45.18
who are orphans, get to a point
00:34:45.21\00:34:47.18
where they're no longer orphans.
00:34:47.22\00:34:49.52
So once they
come to our program,
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.52
they live in a home
with about 10 children,
00:34:51.55\00:34:54.79
and Adventist couple
who takes care of them,
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.53
a new mommy and daddy.
00:34:57.56\00:34:59.39
That's wonderful.
00:34:59.43\00:35:00.76
And I know that even
though the headquarters
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.53
for
International Children's Care
00:35:02.56\00:35:04.23
is in Vancouver, Washington,
00:35:04.27\00:35:07.27
that these facilities exists
throughout different areas
00:35:07.30\00:35:10.87
of the world.
00:35:10.91\00:35:12.24
Tell us about the one,
00:35:12.27\00:35:13.61
the Las Palmas in
Dominican Republic,
00:35:13.64\00:35:16.44
which is our focus
for the offering today?
00:35:16.48\00:35:19.35
Las Palmas was a second
project that was started.
00:35:19.38\00:35:23.02
And that was started in 1982.
00:35:23.05\00:35:26.59
So it's been there for a while.
00:35:26.62\00:35:28.32
Right now, we have
about 55 kids there.
00:35:28.36\00:35:31.76
But it has
capacity for nearly 100.
00:35:31.79\00:35:34.43
So one of our goals this
year is to start filling beds
00:35:34.46\00:35:37.60
and filling rooms
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.14
that aren't full
of children right now.
00:35:40.17\00:35:42.37
And I'm looking at the pictures,
00:35:42.40\00:35:43.84
and if they show the
next couple of pictures,
00:35:43.87\00:35:46.41
it brings back
actually fond memories for me.
00:35:46.44\00:35:49.64
I was blessed to be
able to go to Las Palmas
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.31
in the Dominican Republic
00:35:53.35\00:35:54.68
with the ASI Lake Union Chapter.
00:35:54.72\00:35:56.89
And so to be able to see
00:35:56.92\00:35:58.25
the different
industries that they have there,
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.62
to actually rub
shoulders with the children,
00:36:00.66\00:36:03.32
to be able to
improve their roofing,
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.53
and just the number
of different things,
00:36:05.56\00:36:07.26
it was clearly a
need that was being met.
00:36:07.30\00:36:09.56
So that we really
enjoy that very much.
00:36:09.60\00:36:11.83
They tell me that yours,
one of the best groups to go.
00:36:11.87\00:36:14.37
Oh, well, we think so too.
00:36:14.40\00:36:17.41
So there are a
number of industries
00:36:17.44\00:36:19.37
that often
accompany the facilities
00:36:19.41\00:36:23.35
that house the children,
00:36:23.38\00:36:25.81
they may raise
fruits and vegetables,
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.72
they do some
different agriculture.
00:36:27.75\00:36:29.68
The focus for
this year is on cows.
00:36:29.72\00:36:33.25
Tell us about cows?
00:36:33.29\00:36:35.02
Well, I don't
know if you've been
00:36:35.06\00:36:36.39
by our booth at 918,
00:36:36.42\00:36:37.76
but Milky, the cow, is there,
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.96
and a lot of the
kids have been doing
00:36:40.00\00:36:42.70
the Milky challenge.
00:36:42.73\00:36:44.17
And if you come
by this afternoon,
00:36:44.20\00:36:46.67
the cows are in
the barn for Sabbath.
00:36:46.70\00:36:48.67
But you can have your picture
taken with Milky, the cow.
00:36:48.70\00:36:52.04
And so what we're doing there
is increasing our dairy herd
00:36:52.07\00:36:55.54
because we
realized that one cow,
00:36:55.58\00:36:58.08
even though the children
don't drink much of the milk,
00:36:58.11\00:37:00.35
we sell the milk,
00:37:00.38\00:37:01.88
produces enough
profit to pay the cost
00:37:01.92\00:37:05.29
of the food for one child.
00:37:05.32\00:37:07.12
So one cow equals one child.
00:37:07.16\00:37:09.82
We have about 12
cows in production.
00:37:09.86\00:37:12.79
Our goal is to get
up to about 100 cows,
00:37:12.83\00:37:15.56
a herd of cows,
00:37:15.60\00:37:16.93
that will give us
about 50 cows in production.
00:37:16.97\00:37:19.77
So how do you
acquire these cows?
00:37:19.80\00:37:21.97
How much do they cost?
00:37:22.00\00:37:23.44
Well, interestingly enough,
in the Dominican Republic,
00:37:23.47\00:37:26.51
about $1,500
dollars will buy you a cow.
00:37:26.54\00:37:29.34
But the cool thing is
that the cow generally
00:37:29.38\00:37:31.91
is either
pregnant or has a calf.
00:37:31.95\00:37:34.32
So we raise that calf,
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.65
and either the
calf, if it's a heifer,
00:37:36.69\00:37:38.45
goes into the
herd or if it's a male,
00:37:38.49\00:37:41.12
that calf is sold,
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.69
and we sell it for
about $700 to $800.
00:37:42.72\00:37:45.16
So the cow ends up
costing about half.
00:37:45.19\00:37:48.20
And so we can
reinvest those funds
00:37:48.23\00:37:50.33
that we get from ASI
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.90
to acquire more in about a year.
00:37:51.93\00:37:54.27
And today's offering I believe
00:37:54.30\00:37:56.07
is for the
sponsorship of 10 cows?
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.14
That's right.
00:37:58.17\00:37:59.51
All right, so we were excited
that we will be able to add
00:37:59.54\00:38:02.04
to the support of these children
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.58
in Las Palmas.
00:38:03.61\00:38:05.28
Can you share with us,
maybe a testimony or two,
00:38:05.31\00:38:08.28
what kind of
impact does Las Palmas
00:38:08.32\00:38:10.65
have on the
children that are there?
00:38:10.69\00:38:12.82
Well, you know,
the point of getting...
00:38:12.85\00:38:14.32
Working with
children is to help them
00:38:14.36\00:38:15.89
become independent.
00:38:15.92\00:38:17.26
And that's what we
do as parents, you know,
00:38:17.29\00:38:18.66
from the day they're born,
00:38:18.69\00:38:20.03
you want them to
learn to do for themselves
00:38:20.06\00:38:22.60
and to become independent.
00:38:22.63\00:38:23.97
So the finishing touch
for children is for them
00:38:24.00\00:38:26.43
to graduate from
college, or a trade school,
00:38:26.47\00:38:30.11
or something like that.
00:38:30.14\00:38:32.04
We went, my wife, Sharon,
00:38:32.07\00:38:33.41
and I were down there
recently for a graduation,
00:38:33.44\00:38:36.11
and
spontaneously some girls came
00:38:36.14\00:38:38.85
and talked with us in
our apartment, guest room,
00:38:38.88\00:38:41.95
and they were
chatting and talking about,
00:38:41.98\00:38:45.05
you know, old times
00:38:45.09\00:38:46.42
and we had known them
since they were little,
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.96
and they said,
00:38:48.99\00:38:50.56
"You know, the
interesting thing is that
00:38:50.59\00:38:53.19
when we're over
there in the university,
00:38:53.23\00:38:54.96
and we're talking to people,
and sometimes we tell them,
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.17
"We're orphans,"
and they go, "Orphans?
00:38:57.20\00:38:58.73
You're not orphans.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.10
No way, how can you be orphans?"
00:39:00.14\00:39:02.84
You know, you go
places, you go to the beach.
00:39:02.87\00:39:05.91
I haven't even been to
the beach, they'll say.
00:39:05.94\00:39:08.04
And you have,
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.41
and you don't have a
big bill at the college,
00:39:09.44\00:39:12.25
I can barely make it.
00:39:12.28\00:39:13.82
Yeah, you have to
work, but you're making it.
00:39:13.85\00:39:16.65
And you play an
instrument, how's that?
00:39:16.69\00:39:19.52
And so, yes, our
kids do get a full life.
00:39:19.55\00:39:22.26
It's not just food and shelter,
we give them an education,
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.86
they learn to
play an instrument,
00:39:26.90\00:39:28.33
that we have a
little symphony there,
00:39:28.36\00:39:30.47
and then, you know,
they become independent.
00:39:30.50\00:39:32.90
They get out into the workforce,
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.67
they can do
those kinds of things.
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.71
It's amazing how
many things they learn
00:39:36.74\00:39:38.44
and then they can
apply those in their life
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.28
when they're independent.
00:39:40.31\00:39:41.64
I know the children
that I met and talked with,
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.41
especially some
of the older ones,
00:39:43.45\00:39:45.48
they were learning
how to give Bible studies.
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.05
And so they would actually
be going out, in the community,
00:39:48.08\00:39:51.62
and giving Bible studies,
and they learn about Jesus,
00:39:51.65\00:39:54.69
and these are our young people,
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.26
who their parents
may have abandoned them,
00:39:57.29\00:40:00.03
they may have died,
they have no other family,
00:40:00.06\00:40:03.33
and so they would
be left to the streets
00:40:03.37\00:40:05.00
if it weren't for
places like Las Palmas.
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.87
So we are extremely
grateful for ICC and the work
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.71
that they do
through their orphanages
00:40:10.74\00:40:12.47
to be able to provide
a home to these children.
00:40:12.51\00:40:15.24
These kids go on,
00:40:15.28\00:40:16.61
and many of them
come back and work for us.
00:40:16.64\00:40:19.11
And so some of them,
00:40:19.15\00:40:20.48
that we have a guy
that grew up in Colombia,
00:40:20.52\00:40:22.52
now he is the business
manager in El Salvador.
00:40:22.55\00:40:25.69
And he is our auditor
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.29
for all of the
Spanish speaking countries.
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.42
And we have kids in
the different countries,
00:40:29.46\00:40:32.16
who are now professionals,
00:40:32.19\00:40:34.03
and they're out and
work for us doing God's work.
00:40:34.06\00:40:36.80
Amen, amen.
00:40:36.83\00:40:38.17
Rick, thank you so much
for sharing just a little bit
00:40:38.20\00:40:40.64
about what happens through ICC,
00:40:40.67\00:40:42.90
Las Palmas in
Dominican Republic.
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.27
We appreciate it. Thank you.
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.64
Thank you.
00:40:45.67\00:40:48.31
So, friends,
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.68
you see we have
quite a work before us.
00:40:49.71\00:40:52.38
These four
projects are just an example
00:40:52.41\00:40:54.68
of the many ministries
00:40:54.72\00:40:56.05
that are seeking
to be Christ hands
00:40:56.08\00:40:58.35
and feet to meet the physical,
00:40:58.39\00:41:00.69
emotional, social,
and most importantly,
00:41:00.72\00:41:04.76
the spiritual needs of
those who don't yet know Jesus.
00:41:04.79\00:41:08.73
By our unusual commitment today,
00:41:08.76\00:41:12.67
we can make that a reality.
00:41:12.70\00:41:15.30
So just before the deacons
come to pick up the offering,
00:41:15.34\00:41:18.91
I would like to appeal to you
to appeal to us yet once again,
00:41:18.94\00:41:24.08
that we consider
doing business unusual,
00:41:24.11\00:41:28.18
and that we step out
in an unusual fashion
00:41:28.22\00:41:31.69
to reach out to help
these ministries do the work,
00:41:31.72\00:41:36.02
do the business
of sharing Christ
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.46
in their marketplace.
00:41:38.49\00:41:40.70
Just now, you may have
offering envelopes with you.
00:41:40.73\00:41:44.43
Is there anyone here
00:41:44.47\00:41:45.80
that may not have
an offering envelope,
00:41:45.83\00:41:47.97
would you please raise your hand
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.94
because we don't want to miss...
00:41:49.97\00:41:51.31
Have anyone
miss the opportunity.
00:41:51.34\00:41:53.17
We have some
individuals here up front
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.74
that need an offering envelope.
00:41:55.78\00:41:57.21
If those can be
serviced, that would be great.
00:41:57.25\00:41:59.91
And we want you
to take some time.
00:41:59.95\00:42:01.88
We know that you have prayed
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.25
about this that you
have given it to God,
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.96
that you have given
your heart, and your future,
00:42:06.99\00:42:09.72
and your resources to the Lord,
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.83
and are looking
forward to what you can do
00:42:11.86\00:42:14.10
to help finish the work.
00:42:14.13\00:42:16.20
So we want you to give
you some opportunity, a time,
00:42:16.23\00:42:19.63
to complete the envelope.
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.74
If you are a techie, you
can actually donate online.
00:42:21.77\00:42:27.01
So I'd like to talk
to our 3ABN audience
00:42:27.04\00:42:29.14
and let you know that
00:42:29.18\00:42:30.51
we don't want
to miss you either,
00:42:30.55\00:42:32.05
and you can join us
00:42:32.08\00:42:33.42
in the support
of these projects.
00:42:33.45\00:42:35.52
All you need to do is
to go to asiministries.org,
00:42:35.55\00:42:40.06
and right at the
bottom of the homepage
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.29
is a Donate button.
00:42:43.32\00:42:44.69
You can do that
here on your phones
00:42:44.73\00:42:46.49
if you choose to do.
00:42:46.53\00:42:47.86
So click Donate,
complete the information,
00:42:47.90\00:42:51.13
and we will be forever grateful
00:42:51.17\00:42:52.83
for everything
that you would provide.
00:42:52.87\00:42:55.14
Let me just give the
address if you need the address,
00:42:55.17\00:42:58.51
phone number for ASI,
00:42:58.54\00:43:01.38
if you need to
send that information in
00:43:01.41\00:43:04.18
or your donation in, it's
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive.
00:43:04.21\00:43:10.95
That's
P-A-T-U-X-E-N-T Woods Drive,
00:43:10.99\00:43:16.76
that's in
Columbia, Maryland 21046.
00:43:16.79\00:43:21.56
The phone
number is 443-391-7235.
00:43:21.60\00:43:28.27
So that's what we want to do.
00:43:28.30\00:43:29.94
We want everyone
to pull together,
00:43:29.97\00:43:32.44
so that we can support
all of these ministries.
00:43:32.47\00:43:35.24
And I want to thank you
00:43:35.28\00:43:36.61
as we pray and ask the
deacons to come forward
00:43:36.64\00:43:39.95
and serve you to
receive the offering.
00:43:39.98\00:43:42.12
Let us pray.
00:43:42.15\00:43:44.52
Father in heaven,
00:43:44.55\00:43:45.89
I thank You so much for
giving us an opportunity
00:43:45.92\00:43:48.36
to join hands with You in
the finishing of this work.
00:43:48.39\00:43:51.86
You have blessed us
00:43:51.89\00:43:53.26
so that we can be a
conduit of blessing for others.
00:43:53.29\00:43:57.17
I ask now that even, even now
00:43:57.20\00:44:00.07
Your Holy Spirit
would just preside
00:44:00.10\00:44:02.17
over this place that
You would encourage us
00:44:02.20\00:44:05.67
and give us the courage to
give what You have given us,
00:44:05.71\00:44:09.84
so that others
can learn about You,
00:44:09.88\00:44:11.65
and that You can come
soon and we can go home.
00:44:11.68\00:44:14.98
Thank you so much.
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.42
In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
00:44:16.45\00:44:18.92
About a few weeks ago,
00:47:16.13\00:47:17.50
I had a very
interesting experience
00:47:17.53\00:47:20.77
in Taiwan.
00:47:20.80\00:47:22.14
I was eating with
one of the pastors.
00:47:22.17\00:47:24.81
While we were eating,
00:47:24.84\00:47:26.17
he took out his smartphone
and he showed me some pictures.
00:47:26.21\00:47:30.65
And he said,
00:47:30.68\00:47:32.01
"I baptized this
person last week."
00:47:32.05\00:47:34.58
And then he
showed another person,
00:47:34.62\00:47:36.18
"I baptized this
person," another person.
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.69
And in fact, he
said he has 70 names
00:47:38.72\00:47:41.96
in his smartphone,
00:47:41.99\00:47:43.53
and he's praying
for them every day
00:47:43.56\00:47:45.73
and he's looking
for an opportunity
00:47:45.76\00:47:47.63
to give Bible study to them,
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.26
and he's
baptizing them one by one.
00:47:49.30\00:47:52.17
I was inspired.
00:47:52.20\00:47:54.14
Immediately I
repented of my sin,
00:47:54.17\00:47:56.84
and then I began to develop list
00:47:56.87\00:47:59.94
on my smartphone too.
00:47:59.97\00:48:01.61
So I have quite a
few names on smartphone.
00:48:01.64\00:48:04.01
I'm praying for them.
00:48:04.05\00:48:05.55
And then I want to be an example
00:48:05.58\00:48:08.82
to all our church members
00:48:08.85\00:48:10.69
that we need to be involved
in the mission of the church.
00:48:10.72\00:48:14.69
My dear, brothers and sisters,
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.62
we believe that
Jesus is coming soon,
00:48:16.66\00:48:19.46
and we have to finish the
gospel as soon as possible.
00:48:19.49\00:48:23.00
But pastors and paid lay workers
00:48:23.03\00:48:26.17
cannot finish the work alone.
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.50
All, we all lay
people and then pastors,
00:48:28.54\00:48:31.51
we have to really work together
to finish the gospel work.
00:48:31.54\00:48:35.08
I'm so glad that in our church,
00:48:35.11\00:48:37.35
we have many
dedicated lay people.
00:48:37.38\00:48:40.55
I really appreciate that.
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.65
And let us
continue working together
00:48:42.68\00:48:45.25
with the same spirit
00:48:45.29\00:48:47.39
to finish the
work in our generation.
00:48:47.42\00:48:50.49
Maranatha, Jesus
is coming very soon.
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.73