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Series Code: AVMN
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00:01 ASI is a ministry that's networking
00:03 all these different ministries together 00:04 with the church. Being involved with ASI, 00:06 meeting other people. ASI is an excellent 00:09 opportunity, just a great opportunity. 00:11 In ASI there's a particular fellowship. 00:14 ASI is really the stamp it's the glue 00:16 that holds all the ministries together. 00:29 Welcome to the ASI Video Magazine, 00:30 I'm Conna Bond, ASI has many member 00:34 organizations all over the world, 00:36 each one has committed to sharing Christ 00:38 in the market place in the unique way. 00:40 They all share one common goal however 00:42 and that is to build up the kingdom of God, 00:45 one individual and one Church at a time. 00:48 Today we will visit two mission projects 00:50 here in Southern Africa where ASI members 00:52 are meeting the physical and spiritual 00:54 needs of people in Zambia and Tanzania. 00:57 In both of these countries there is 00:59 a whole lot of building going on. 01:02 One of the best things about being an ASI 01:03 member is that you have many opportunities 01:05 to collaborate with other ASI members 01:07 who share your vision for sharing Christ 01:10 in the marketplace. Some have ideas, 01:13 some have resources and some 01:15 have the time and energy to make 01:16 those ideas come to life. The One Day 01:19 Church was one of those ideas that took 01:21 off like a fire storm. ASI member 01:24 Garwin McNeilus was inspired to design 01:26 an affordable steel church structure kit 01:28 that could be shift anywhere in the world 01:30 and put up in a day by just a few labors. 01:34 Livingstone, Zambia is a just amazing 01:37 in terms of the involvement of the 01:39 members, now I have been working different 01:42 parts and of the world and when I came 01:45 down to Zambia, I never saw such 01:48 involvement by the members of the church. 01:55 We've done roofs for Africa with ASI 01:59 funds for the past ten years, 02:00 we've put up probably over 500 roofs 02:04 and churches in Zambia. About a year 02:07 ago I started hearing some rumors coming 02:09 from Minnesota of a new program 02:12 that was going to extend the church 02:16 roof program and in fact it has kind of 02:19 enveloped it and put it on the whole 02:22 different footing and when I say footing, 02:25 I mean now the roofs comes with feet 02:28 or with legs as I call it. This One day 02:33 Church concept is the brainchild of my 02:36 good friend Garwin McNeilus from 02:38 Minnesota and it's really going to be 02:42 a boost to the world churches in Zambia. 02:49 The Hill church is one of the most 02:51 fascinating, interesting church for 02:53 a lot of people, basically the members 02:56 of this church are you know all stone 02:58 crushers and if you go down there 03:00 you'll see them like crushing stones 03:01 right from the morning till the evening, 03:03 they got a small pestle sort of a thing 03:06 that they keep breaking the stones 03:07 with and if you went there 03:10 you'll see this shack that, 03:11 that's almost falling apart, 03:12 even they have got these termites in it, 03:14 it's hay, do not know when it's going 03:16 to fall down and when we visited this 03:19 place and we saw this place, 03:21 I mean it was, they were just shocked 03:23 with the condition and they were so 03:25 many members, it was packed and when 03:28 ASI and Maranatha went there, 03:30 this member were so much excited I mean they 03:32 were so excited that they could get a church. 03:35 When we went around to ask the church 03:36 members to the level the ground where 03:38 the church was going to be put, 03:40 the church members here had a grader. 03:42 They paid about $300. And this is 03:45 the only church where they used a grader. 03:48 So Mr. Garwin was moved to say these 03:49 guys are putting in so much effort 03:51 when they don't even have the means. 03:53 And whenever there was a shortage 03:54 of water, they actually would carry water 03:57 from about two, three miles down the road, 04:00 they dug a ditch, a trench, so that they 04:01 could make the water flow, anything 04:03 that they could do, you know, 04:04 they used to come and do, and they were 04:06 so interested, it was not like they were 04:08 standing aside and having look at 04:10 the place. They were just so thankful 04:12 and so grateful that they were getting 04:14 a church. Now if you compare the 04:16 building before the shack and you see this, 04:18 this a nice building you know, and 04:20 the people around want to be a part of 04:22 a church that is nice, it's good looking, 04:24 it's beautiful, you know they feel 04:25 a pride in themselves, that they belong to 04:28 a good church. As the church came up 04:32 and has been almost completed, 04:34 the membership has drastically increased 04:37 and these are not just people who 04:38 are just gonna come and sit for 04:39 a Sabbath and go away. What happens 04:41 is when they start coming inn and they 04:42 start getting interested in what 04:43 has been taught inside and on every 04:45 Sunday, you'll find these new people 04:48 who have just started coming every 04:50 Sunday for Bible classes, Bible studies 04:52 and I believe the membership has 04:54 increased by about 90 to 110 in the last 05:01 two or three weeks or four weeks 05:02 that the billing has been done. 05:05 It's a miracle! It's a miracle, actually! 05:07 Members here never expected. Look at 05:09 the kind of compound. They never thought 05:11 they'd have such a church. This is what 05:13 they could afford, and this is like a 05:16 dream a dream they've never expected 05:19 to come true, so this is a big miracle 05:20 for the location and for the community 05:23 around here and for the church members. 05:25 We'll be reading about miracles in the 05:27 Bible, but they have seen it in their lifetime. 05:34 From Minnesota the church is packed 05:38 in a box and then it arrives here 05:39 in Zambia with no, not an easy process, 05:42 but once it gets here, our job is to 05:45 separate out the pieces into one day kits, 05:49 it's about 30 of them in each container 05:52 and we separate them out and from 05:54 there we have the applications of churches 05:57 in various places around the country, 05:59 we pick all little pieces, big pieces 06:03 put them in a truck and start driving off. 06:06 When we reach there the people 06:08 are always waiting for us, if there isn't 06:13 ten people then it's thirty people. 06:16 They are there ready to help and we put 06:18 them to work unloading the kit 06:19 separating the pieces, the long 06:21 pieces here, the short pieces here, 06:24 the roofing sheets here, that's part 06:26 of my work is directing the people 06:27 and getting them used to each piece. 06:30 It's part of my enjoyment to let my team 06:33 work up on the church actually doing 06:37 this cuing and I work with the people 06:39 making sure that they get to participate 06:42 in the whole procedure. We have seen with 06:47 the one day structure, it's versatility. 06:50 First in our minds it was churches that 06:52 we were gonna putting up every where 06:54 there is a need for a church, this is 06:57 going to fill in a small congregation. 07:00 Then we had some people coming to 07:01 us and saying what about a school 07:03 we would like to put up a pre-school or 07:06 grades 1 to 4 here around our church 07:09 and so the thought came yes, this, 07:11 this building is versatile and can be 07:14 used as a church, can be used as a school, 07:17 can be used as a clinic and the idea 07:19 is just started rolling, sure enough a 07:21 vision was developed and I think 07:24 Livingstone is probably a prime example of 07:28 what a big project with using these 07:31 one day churches can really come to be. 07:34 This is a primary school. It's being 07:37 built by the ASI, America. Mr. Garwin 07:41 being behind all the construction that 07:43 is going on here in Livingstone, Zambia. 07:46 And he heard over here that they have 07:47 been absolutely no Adventist schools. 07:50 The government schools operate 07:52 on Saturdays and our kids cannot go 07:55 to school on Saturdays and hence 07:56 they would get punished, they, 07:58 they miss their grades because of that 08:00 because they have sometime exams on 08:01 Saturdays that they missed out. 08:03 They failed, they repeated the same class, 08:06 because there was no Adventist education 08:08 and he went back and I think he started 08:11 thinking about how can I use the One Day 08:14 church to put up a good school campus 08:17 and they sort of designed the school, 08:20 which is so beautiful, so nice 08:22 with the One Day Church kids. 08:25 Garwin asked if our team here Riverside 08:27 can go down to Livingstone and start 08:29 helping him layout an idea that he had, 08:32 a vision that he had of a school complex 08:36 owned and operate by the Seventh Day 08:37 Adventist church, a primary school 08:39 and so we went down and helped him 08:41 first staking out things, we couldn't see, 08:44 it was a big field there and but in his mind, 08:46 in his eye, he had a whole school built up 08:50 with flowers and trees and everything 08:52 around it and then we moved about 08:54 five kilometers away and again another 08:56 spot that there was vision for, we started 09:01 the same process and staked out another 09:03 school and you know everyday is twenty 09:06 or thirty kids all watching us work and 09:08 you know that those kids are gonna be 09:11 potential souls, because they're gonna 09:14 get some Christian education that they 09:16 may not have had without those schools. 09:19 So this part in the center here will be 09:21 a playground for the children, maybe 09:24 when they are having their break, 09:25 they'll be playing around here. There will be 09:28 a flag here and they will be having their 09:29 assembly in the morning before they 09:31 move into classes. We have the other 09:35 building right, which is nicely painted 09:37 there. This one will be a dorcas room 09:42 or a multipurpose room where maybe 09:44 the youths can also be meeting there for 09:46 their meetings, and also the children. 09:48 They'll be having their chapel, their 09:50 worship in that same building there. 09:53 And then the next one 09:54 will also be a classroom. 09:57 These volunteers that come down here, 09:59 the churches that we're building, 10:00 the schools that we are building, 10:01 this could not be done without the giving 10:03 of the ASI members, I mean, they are 10:05 the generous contributions, 10:06 the sacrifices that they may have made, 10:09 you know reaching out dip down their pockets, 10:11 but that sacrifice, that commitment, 10:14 that, that joy of giving, you know 10:15 that desire to help, somebody 10:18 whom they did not met or seen or things 10:21 like that you know, has made such a 10:23 drastic affect on their lives of the people 10:26 here. You can see the Holy Spirit 10:30 work here, you can see the passion 10:31 in the lives of these people, 10:33 how committed they are in spreading 10:34 the Gospel and it is so wonderful, 10:36 that ASI and the contribution of the ASI 10:40 members can you know sort of back this up, 10:43 we have people who are on spirit, 10:45 who are passionate about spreading 10:47 the Gospel Corp, who are passionate 10:49 about getting members for the church, 10:50 but there is a problem, they do not 10:52 have the financial backing to build churches, 10:54 to build you know sheds or just one day 10:57 structure, so that people can really worship. 11:02 They impact that these contributions 11:04 make and you know, you will understand 11:05 that many of these people is not easy, 11:06 you know it's not that they are all rich 11:08 and the have money to spare, there are, 11:10 there are sacrifices has been made, 11:12 so this generous contributions by the ASI 11:15 members is like a big gift, 11:17 big gift for the people in Zambia. 11:21 ASI members have been involved in 11:22 the One Day Church project right from 11:24 the very beginning as planners as sponsors 11:27 and as builders, because of their ongoing 11:29 efforts, people in very primitive areas 11:31 of the world now have solid dry structures 11:34 to meet in each Sabbath. For more information 11:37 about the One Day Church project and 11:39 how you can become involved, visit the one 11:41 day church website at www.onedaychurch.org 11:47 ASI makes Jesus real for young people. 11:49 The youth actually do the Evangelistic 11:52 crusade. They learn that God can use 11:55 them they're not too young. You got 11:56 to go to classes you get more inducted-to 11:58 your Bible. You see God using you 12:01 to impact other people's life. 12:03 Once you see people chase the Christ 12:04 you wanna come back every year. 12:17 There is a passion that is infectious at ASI. 12:21 Everybody is so passion about Jesus. 12:24 It's a blessing every time just to rub 12:27 shoulders with the people that excited. 12:28 If you have a passion for Jesus 12:31 you're gonna find no place that I know 12:33 where you'll find more passion 12:34 by more people than being at ASI. 12:47 ASI member Janet Fournier is no 12:49 stranger to Africa, in fact she and her 12:51 husband Frank raised their children here, 12:53 friends describe Janet as bold 12:55 and pragmatic. She is quick to recognize 12:57 a need and feel it whatever it takes. 13:01 One day someone told Janet about a 13:02 need in the Makati region of Tanzania 13:05 that's all it took to get her going, 13:07 And Eden Valley Foster Care was born. 13:16 I was in Margo village in Makati district 13:20 in the country of Tanzania. 13:27 We had a high elevation about 7000 13:30 feet and it's mostly a pine forest area 13:36 with dispersed with eucalyptus. 13:42 We have two springs on the property 13:44 one right near our school. 13:57 So this is another spring, this will give us 14:02 drinking water for our school 14:05 and it's not protected yet but it's nice 14:10 and clear and we drink part of it 14:13 and it comes from the way down, 14:18 so we will get a tank for it as well. 14:23 Once we found it here that's what 14:25 made us to decide, that this should be 14:29 our school area, ants. 14:45 In 2003, I heard about this place, 14:49 the village Lupalilo. It was the village 14:52 of the Senanga an old patriot of 14:55 Kibidula and he, he wanted me and 15:00 coaxed me many, many times to come out 15:02 and visit this village back here because 15:05 it was his village where he was born 15:07 and his family and his relatives lived 15:10 here and he had a burden on his heart 15:13 for his family to get to know Jesus 15:16 and so we finally did. And then he 15:21 showed us the need of all the orphans, 15:23 there's over 28000 orphans in this 15:26 district alone. We came out, we've seen 15:29 the need and the need pulled out our 15:31 hearts and so we decided to come out 15:34 and do something. We came out with just 15:36 bails of clothes, started distributing 15:39 clothes and singing song with kids 15:42 in the school and then pretty soon 15:44 but I saw one of the Bible workers, 15:46 came along and he helped me, 15:48 he was my translator and we would 15:51 just go from house to house in the 15:53 village and then pray with people, 15:58 if they were sick I had some medicines, 16:01 I started pulling teeth and helping 16:04 the people with their, with their 16:05 simple needs. From there the vision 16:11 grew for the orphans we started with 16:15 one village and then two and then 16:17 three and then now we do seven villages 16:21 and it's over 800 children and you know 16:24 I first thought we'll do an orphanage, 16:26 but as so many children came into 16:30 the picture, we soon found out that we 16:34 couldn't help that many kids in an 16:38 orphanage. So we had to figure out a 16:40 way to help them in a better situation, 16:43 so we decided we would help the kids 16:45 in the home, we wouldn't take the kids 16:47 away from their grandmothers or 16:49 their family, but we would just facilitate 16:52 the family to keep their kids. 16:55 Their greatest need was clothing, 16:58 they wore rags, they were dirty, 16:59 they were filthy and so we tried to help 17:04 them by providing those things, 17:07 we bought soft and soap and school 17:11 uniforms and then, then we could 17:14 see that there was a greater need, 17:16 you know these young girls were leaving 17:19 the villages, going out to the big cities, 17:22 getting pregnant, getting HIV, 17:25 coming home with a baby, 17:28 another one for the grandmother, 17:30 and the same with the boys, 17:32 they would come home sick as dogs 17:35 for few years and then they would die 17:39 and I've seen that we needed to do 17:43 something for these young people so 17:46 that when they were finished school or 17:49 if they never finished school, that they 17:51 would have something besides having babies, 17:55 growing a family and being at the end of 17:58 of a hoe all day, and so we decided to 18:02 start to sewing school and the 18:04 carpentry school for youth. 18:11 The school in Lupalilo was generous 18:15 enough to give us two classrooms, 18:16 we started the carpentry school 18:18 and then we started the nursery school 18:20 for the little ones. We had a student 18:23 missionary from the southern, 18:25 Christy Slovene and she wanted to teach 18:28 little ones so I gave us her an 18:30 opportunity to start this program, 18:34 so they gave us the classroom, 18:36 our carpentry students put window frames 18:41 and then we put glass in it, 18:43 put the door on, built us the cardboard 18:46 and put a sealing in the classroom, 18:49 every time I went home I brought 18:51 bins full of craft items and learning 18:55 tools for them and so while Christy was 19:00 teaching them we put two local people 19:04 into the classroom to learn how to teach, 19:08 so when Christy was gone and when her 19:10 time was up and she was going back 19:12 to school, then we had our two teachers 19:15 to continue teaching these young people. 19:22 We rented another building and 19:24 started our sewing school we bought 19:26 started with just maybe six sewing 19:28 machines and then added seven, 19:30 eight, ten. Now, we have about twelve 19:33 or fifteen sewing machines, I don't 19:35 even know anymore and so the vision 19:38 grew again. Margo showed us a piece 19:43 of property here and 35 acres with lots 19:47 of water and land for agriculture 19:52 and with that we came and put the Lord 19:56 first we built our campus Chapel then 19:58 we built our pastor home and the 20:01 classroom that you see that's housing 20:04 our sewing school right now is actually 20:07 like a little dormitory where pastor, 20:11 kids will be able to stay in 20:13 transition to us in finding them a home. 20:16 [Foreign Language] 20:42 This year in our sewing class we have 20:44 some from as far away as Mafinga 20:47 and that is five hours driving away 20:50 from here and so we're becoming known, 20:56 that's the reason we need dormitories 20:58 because these young people are just 21:00 staying together in rented houses 21:03 and it's important for us to bring all 21:07 our students in where we can 21:09 have a greater influence on them. 21:12 [Foreign Language] 21:17 Okay, Justine what are you doing 21:18 this here? What are you teaching? 21:20 I'm teaching stool. How to make 21:23 the joints? Yeah, joints. It only goes 21:29 half way, yes, half way. Yeah, half way. 21:34 That's quite a joint. I'm teaching chairs. 21:37 Chairs, Stool we are starting now. Okay. 21:41 Yeah. Here's the base and the top 21:46 not playing here. And I can go 21:51 get frames for a window, for putting 21:54 glass. Window frames with the glass. 21:57 Yes. So they have the double benches 21:59 and then on the inside they have 22:02 it rounded down so that the glass 22:05 can fit in there. Yeah. Yeah, that's very 22:08 nice and so they are made doors like 22:10 this one. Yes, yes. Okay. Yeah. 22:12 All furniture. All the furniture. Yes. 22:24 We built our carpentry and mechanic 22:27 shop in one block together, our plan 22:30 is to start first by teaching them 22:33 simple things like how to fix bicycles 22:36 then motorcycles because there are lot 22:37 of motorcycles here and then from the 22:40 motorcycles to simple oil change 22:45 and reach job and stuff like that, 22:47 and then further on as we go. 22:53 Gown sewing and English as a second 22:59 language and agriculture, bee keeping, 23:03 whatever classes we need to have 23:06 they will be in these buildings here. 23:11 And then we built our cafeteria 23:13 a place for the students to be able 23:15 to eat and we also want to teach 23:19 agriculture. I don't think I could ever 23:22 afford to feed all the students and so 23:24 they have to feed themselves, and that's 23:26 good incentive to learn how to grow. 23:29 And with the agriculture we can teach 23:31 the cooking and so it makes a circle. 23:39 So you teach students one hour Bible 23:42 everyday? Yes, everyday. And then health. 23:45 And lessons are now, okay very good. 23:50 Before every class we have about 23:52 forty five minute of Bible study 23:54 and we have our Bible workers, 23:56 and our teachers who are well equipped 23:59 to give Bible studies to our students, 24:01 so our students were not only learning 24:04 a trade but they are leaning values 24:07 that will keep them hopefully through out 24:11 their lives that they will come to know 24:12 Jesus in a special way. And 24:15 their lives will be changed by it. 24:18 And how many students were baptized? 24:21 Last year four. Four from here and one 24:25 from sewing. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Very good. 24:28 Even though this in a public school 24:31 this is where we have these classrooms 24:35 sub wires as our carpentry and our 24:36 nursery school at this point, and yes we 24:39 are allowed to teach Bible in health. 24:42 And we are even invited to teach Bible 24:46 and have to the whole school and we 24:49 do that as well. I believe the people 24:53 really know why I'm here to help them 24:57 and I think they really appreciate it 24:59 because you know the guy at the Dorcas, 25:03 at the little store where we there 25:05 this morning, he told me several 25:08 years ago, he says, mama, if anybody 25:12 gives you any problem you come 25:14 and tell us, we will help you, they don't 25:19 want me to have want any problems 25:20 whatsoever, they are very happy for 25:22 us to be here. It is a miracle there's no 25:27 doubt about it, the Lord provided, 25:29 the Lord helps us step by step, 25:31 that you know, I have to say, who am I 25:34 all the time that the Lord should be so 25:39 free to help me you know, that He holds 25:42 out His hands to me. It was blessing 25:44 to us to receive a container from ASI 25:48 it contained thirty seven One Day Churches 25:52 and so we put two of our buildings 25:56 together the four classroom block 25:58 and our cafeteria. Those two buildings are 26:02 made up of One Day Churches put together 26:05 and to make the long buildings, 26:08 they look so beautiful inside doesn't 26:10 need finishing; it's just the greatest thing. 26:19 I love the people, I love helping people, 26:23 I love to serve the Lord and the way 26:28 I feel that I can do that best is by 26:34 helping other people to love the Lord. 26:36 And you know I'm not the theologian, 26:39 I'm not a great student, but I'm a 26:42 practical person but I, I the Lord speaks 26:46 to me in practical ways and 26:49 He helps me and I want to help others. 26:55 The needs of children in Southern Africa 26:57 are great Janet Fournier and her team 27:00 of Eden Valley Foster Care are working 27:02 to meet the basic needs of children 27:03 in Tanzania by providing food, 27:06 medical care, education and most of all, 27:09 the compassionate love of their 27:10 heavenly Father. For more information 27:13 about Eden Valley Foster Care visit the 27:15 out post center's international website 27:17 at www.outpostcenters.org. If you area lay 27:22 person with the heart for Evangelism ASI 27:24 has a place and a vision for you, 27:26 for more information about becoming 27:28 an ASI member visit www.asiministries.org, 27:33 I'm Conna Bond and you have been watching 27:35 a special addition of ASI video magazine 27:37 brought to you from right here 27:39 in Southern Africa. Join us next time 27:41 for more stories of how ASI members 27:43 are sharing Christ in the 27:44 marketplace. God be with you. |
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