From the close walls
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and barbed wire
fences of North Korea
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to the rich culture of Nepal,
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discover how lives
are being transformed
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through the work of
Adventist World Radio.
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We will travel to Argentina,
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explore the
massive cities of Japan,
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and journey to
the peaceful islands
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of the Philippines.
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Join me as I discover
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how Adventist World
Radio is Touching Lives
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with the everlasting gospel.
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This is AWR360°.
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AWR began in 1971
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with a mission to
spread the gospel message
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to hard to reach places.
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Nearly 50 years later,
this is still our mission.
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Broadcasting from
strategic locations
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around the globe,
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AWR can be heard
in over 100 languages
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via shortwave radio
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with a special
focus on the 10/40 window.
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Our network also
includes over 1,000 FM, AM, DAB,
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and Internet stations.
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AWR is expanding
to all media platforms
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such as Facebook Audio, YouTube,
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and AWR cell phone evangelism.
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Our motto, no walls,
no borders, no limits.
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This year, our
special focus is North Korea.
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Home to 25 million people
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the country right behind me
hardly needs an introduction.
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But behind the
political military headlines
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that reach our shores,
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we can only imagine
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how the millions of
common North Koreans
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are starving for hope,
truth, and a better life.
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Like many other radio
programs in North Korea
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our AWR broadcast
have often been jammed.
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We recently began a
new high power AM broadcast
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into North Korea from Mongolia,
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and we are so
excited for its success
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at touching
more lives than ever.
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Only a handful of stories
from North Korea make it out,
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but the few that do spur us on.
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The following is one fam.
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One night at my church,
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an unfamiliar woman
entered and sat near the back.
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Her face poured hard
lines hiding her youth.
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I wondered who she was.
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This stranger
sat alone on a pew.
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And after everyone had
left, the pastor joined her.
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I escaped North
Korea, she admitted.
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And I'm not safe
here in China either.
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But I have one
request, she said.
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"Will you baptize me?"
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"Do you even know
what baptism means,"
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I questioned.
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Yes.
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Was her resolute response.
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I learned about
Jesus through the radio.
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While I'm hiding the
steer woman found a radio
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and tuning had
stopped when she heard bits
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of the familiar Korean language.
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It was the Voice of Hope
through Adventist World Radio.
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This discovery soon
turned her loneliness and fear
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into courage and hope
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as she learned
about the One who left all
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and died for her salvation.
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A longing was born in her heart
to one day go back and share
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what she was learning
with her family and friends
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in North Korea.
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We studied the Bible
together for one week
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and she soaked up every word.
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You could feel the
Holy Spirit's presence
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in the room.
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After this week of studying,
a secret baptism was held.
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All the doors and
windows were closed
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and everyone sang hymns
softly so as not to be hurt.
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And in a lonely bathtub,
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this North Korean
lady was baptized.
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With tears stained
cheeks and joyous eyes,
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she declared her
allegiance to God alone.
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After her baptism,
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she expressed her
desire for freedom
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and the ability
to study the Bible
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at the Adventist
University in South Korea.
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She set off on
foot that very night.
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Sometime later, I
received the phone call.
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The voice on the
other line said in whisper.
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"I have safely
arrived to the border.
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Tonight is the night.
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Please pray for me."
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All I could think about
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were the eight
strands of barbed wire.
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Would she make it?
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Unfortunately,
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she did not cross
the border that night
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but was found
by Chinese soldiers
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who sent her back
to her country of birth
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where she was executed.
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I was so saddened
to receive this news.
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I would never see
those joyful eyes again.
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I remember what she had told me.
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"Even if I am captured,
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I will die with
the hope of salvation."
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She sought freedom
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and what the North
Korean soldiers did not realize
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is she found it.
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True freedom in Jesus Christ
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and no one could
take this from her.
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There are many others
who are also seeking freedom.
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Will you join us in
setting the captives free?
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By God's grace,
with your support,
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AWR will fulfill
this dear woman's dream
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to tell the
people of North Korea
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about Jesus soon coming.
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Another country
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where it is
difficult to be a Christian
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lies in the very
heart of the 10/40 window.
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Come with me as we travel
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to see the impact of
Adventist World Radio
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in this region.
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Sandwiched in between
two giants, India and China,
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lies a land that is
distinct in culture.
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From its crowded
streets with peaceful mountains
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this is a country
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that is teeming with color
and full of exotic flavors.
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Yet, it is filled with hopeless,
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poverty stricken people.
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Steeped in superstition,
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81% of this population is Hindu,
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9% Buddhists, 5% Muslims,
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with sadly only 1% Christian.
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God is at work though
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and light is beginning
to pierce the darkness.
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We are in Nepal
and this is AWR360°.
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I have come to
Nepal to see for myself
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how God is working in the
lives of the Nepali people
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through Adventist World Radio.
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One of the first
people I meet is Vikram,
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a young man who
has dedicated his life
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to serving the
Lord here in Nepal.
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I grew up in a small
village in eastern Nepal,
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about 150 kilometers
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from the capital
city of Kathmandu.
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When I was 12 years old,
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my family became some
of the first Christians
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in our village.
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Because of our Christian faith,
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we were despised by
our fellow villagers.
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One night while
meeting in a home
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with other Christians,
angry villagers surrounded,
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broken and beat the Christians
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with stones and pieces of metal.
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Fortunately, I was spared,
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perhaps because
I was just a boy.
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But my father and
mother were badly injured.
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As soon as it was safe,
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our family fled the
village never to return.
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After they attacked us, we
moved to a city of Itahari,
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which was far from the
dangers of our last village,
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but even though I
was no physically safe,
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I began to feel that my
Christian work was lacking.
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There was a
spiritual emptiness in my life
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that could not
seem to be filled.
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Vikram's mother
was also struggling
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with these same feelings
that something was missing.
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One day she accidentally
discovered Ashako Bani,
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the Voice of Hope radio.
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The radio programs drew her in
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and she began
faithfully listening every day.
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Her heart was being spoken to
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by the words coming
across the radio waves.
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Before long, she was bringing
the entire family together
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to listen to the broadcast.
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We like what we
heard and we were touched
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by the messages of
salvation and hope.
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The relationship with
Jesus was forming in our hearts
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and our lives began to change
through this radio program.
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Vikram's family
contacted the radio station
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and were directed
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to the nearest Adventist Church,
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a 45-minute bus ride away.
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And yet they gladly made
the journey each Sabbath.
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One day the pastor encouraged me
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to attend the
Adventist youth training school
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located in Nepalgunj,
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but I was stubborn
and did not want to go.
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However, my mother prayed
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that I would
have a change of heart
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about attending
this training school.
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Her prayers worked.
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Looking back, I fear to
think where my life would be
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if I had not made
the decision to go.
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God began to work
mightily in my life
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during those four
months of training.
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Not only was my
faith strengthened
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but at the end of my training,
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I was offered a job
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to be the driver for
Pastor Umesh Pokharel,
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the very man
whose voice brought hope
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for our family
through Adventist World Radio.
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Vikram now
travels throughout Nepal
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with Pastor Umesh
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as he preaches,
gives Bible studies,
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and visits the many
members and listeners here.
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Even though he has been
offered other worldly jobs
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that pay more,
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Vikram has made his decision
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to continue working for the Lord
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and dedicate his
life to the Lord's work
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in any way he can.
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Adventist World Radio
not only changed my life
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and provided me with
a good job in ministry,
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it also led me to my wife.
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My heart is no longer
empty but full and fulfilled.
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Ray and I both love to sing.
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We often shave special
music at various churches.
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We visit to share with others
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about what
Jesus has done for us.
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I praise the Lord
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for the impact
AWR had on my family
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and continues to
have on me today.
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I have truly found direction
and a purpose for my life.
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Thanks to Adventist World Radio.
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Nepal has a
population of 29 million people,
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only 5,000 of
which are Adventists
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Jesus is coming soon
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and the doors of
opportunity are open today
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that soon may close.
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Now is the time
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to be involved and
spreading the gospel
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like never before.
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How can you help
to spread the gospel
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in these
difficult to reach places?
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Here are two practical ways.
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First, pray.
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Prayer is the
most powerful thing
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that you can do
and everyone can do it.
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And second, visit awr.org
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where you can help
to expand the reach
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of AWR's
broadcasts around the world
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by your generous donations.
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I grew up in Indiana
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and I've been a
farmer all my life.
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My father every time
we'd play in a field,
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when we got through,
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we'd always kneel down and
pray that we've done our part
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now the Lord would do His,
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and He always come through.
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After praying about it,
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my wife and I
decided to do a gift annuity
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through Adventist World Radio.
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It goes to people that
normally is not gonna hear
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and that's what our
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three angels' messages all about
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to every nation,
kindred, and the people.
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When you're a farmer,
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you don't have
a retirement plan.
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It was a good way to
supplement our retirement.
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It's been a blessing to us
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and I know it's
gonna be a blessing
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to those others
around the world.
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Our next stop takes us
halfway across the world
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to the beautiful
country of Argentina.
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Today, we are traveling
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to the city of Villa
Carlos Paz, Argentina.
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As the gateway to the
charming Punilla Valley,
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this city is the most
visited tourist destination
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in the entire province.
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Lake San Roque
provides a beautiful setting
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for a variety of water sports
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and the
surrounding hills and valleys
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are ideal for hiking,
biking, and rock climbing.
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After driving
along the beautiful lake,
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we head out of town
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in search of
Eduardo Batty Stagey's home.
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I find Edwardo
working his backyard
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and he kindly invites me inside.
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We sit down and he
begins to tell me his story.
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A few months ago,
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I was going
through some hard things
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and feeling like my life
wasn't on the right path.
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I felt a calling
for something more,
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something better,
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but I didn't know what that was.
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One day as Eduardo was
walking home from work,
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he stepped into a bookstore.
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He wasn't sure
what he was looking for,
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but he felt drawn
inside for some reason.
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As he searched the shelves,
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his eyes landed
on a certain book.
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Somehow, I knew this was
what I had been searching for.
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Eduardo started
reading the Gospels first
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and sometimes
would find himself crying
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because he felt God was
speaking to him so clearly.
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I came to realize
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that the trials
I was going through
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were the means chosen by God
00:16:02.36\00:16:04.59
to refine me and
make me a better person.
00:16:04.63\00:16:08.33
It was so clear.
00:16:08.36\00:16:10.13
As Eduardo grew in
his spiritual walk,
00:16:14.34\00:16:16.60
he decided to
search for Bible messages
00:16:16.64\00:16:18.87
on the radio.
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He started listening to
the radio on his commute
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to and from work each day.
00:16:22.84\00:16:25.08
He tried many stations
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but was always drawn
back to one, Nuevo Tiempo,
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Adventist World
Radio in Argentina.
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I was so impressed by the music
00:16:34.62\00:16:36.73
and biblical preaching
I found on Nuevo Tiempo.
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Theirs was the only station
00:16:39.76\00:16:41.36
that
consistently filled my soul.
00:16:41.40\00:16:44.93
I felt a connection
with the various presenters
00:16:44.97\00:16:48.20
as if they were
speaking directly to me.
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It's like I am in
the presence of God
00:16:50.64\00:16:52.61
when I am listening.
00:16:52.64\00:16:55.08
One day Eduardo met
another AWR listener
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named Jorge Liando.
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They were on
similar life journeys
00:16:59.65\00:17:01.52
and their friendship group
00:17:01.55\00:17:02.88
as they encouraged one another
00:17:02.92\00:17:04.45
in their newfound
faith in radio station.
00:17:04.49\00:17:09.52
One day his friend
Jorge called excitedly
00:17:09.56\00:17:11.73
to share how he had
just texted Nuevo Tiempo
00:17:11.76\00:17:14.80
and signed up
for the Bible studies
00:17:14.83\00:17:16.43
they were offering.
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He encouraged
Eduardo to sign up too.
00:17:17.83\00:17:21.94
He wrote down the
number and called right away.
00:17:21.97\00:17:25.67
Not only did Eduardo receive
free Bible studies in the mail
00:17:25.71\00:17:29.08
but Nuevo Tiempo also arranged
for a local lay church member
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to study with him twice a week.
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It is a beautiful thing
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to find a true
connection with God.
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I thank Adventist World Radio
00:17:41.49\00:17:43.26
for helping to lead and guide me
00:17:43.29\00:17:45.73
in my new walk with God.
00:17:45.76\00:17:49.03
Thanks to your support of AWR.
00:17:49.06\00:17:51.13
Eduardo is now a faithful member
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and serves as a deacon
in his local congregation
00:17:55.44\00:17:58.24
in Villa Carlos Paz.
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Through Adventist World Radio,
00:18:04.65\00:18:06.25
many others have been
changed and transformed
00:18:06.28\00:18:09.22
here in Argentina
and around the world.
00:18:09.25\00:18:12.42
It is through your
prayers and generous support
00:18:12.45\00:18:14.92
that all of this
is made possible.
00:18:14.96\00:18:17.26
As Christians, our
family is much larger
00:18:25.03\00:18:27.70
than our
immediate biological family.
00:18:27.74\00:18:29.74
In fact, we have
brothers and sisters
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that live in more
than 200 countries
00:18:31.41\00:18:33.24
all around the world.
00:18:33.27\00:18:34.61
We want to remember
them in our estate plan.
00:18:37.01\00:18:40.05
We can help you
with that process,
00:18:40.08\00:18:41.72
just log on to awr.org.
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Join me as I travel
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to one of the largest
urban centers on the planet,
00:18:52.69\00:18:55.66
to see how God can
set a nation on fire
00:18:55.70\00:18:58.73
for sharing the
gospel in their own country.
00:18:58.77\00:19:01.17
Consisting of
nearly 7,000 islands
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and home to the
largest city on Earth,
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Japan is a nation
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full of rich
history and culture.
00:19:14.85\00:19:17.35
As I explore the city,
00:19:24.36\00:19:25.79
I am amazed by not
only its huge population
00:19:25.83\00:19:29.16
but also its affluence.
00:19:29.20\00:19:32.03
Of this nation's
127 million people
00:19:32.07\00:19:35.44
an estimated 91%
of the population
00:19:35.47\00:19:38.04
considers
themselves Shinto or Buddhist,
00:19:38.07\00:19:40.98
even if they
rarely visit the temple.
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As little as 2% claim
some form of Christianity
00:19:46.88\00:19:50.55
and among them,
00:19:50.59\00:19:51.92
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:19:51.95\00:19:53.29
has a membership of only 14,000.
00:19:53.32\00:19:56.06
And the sobering
reality is that as of late,
00:19:59.63\00:20:02.73
this number has been
declining, not growing.
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So what can be done to help
turn these statistics around?
00:20:06.94\00:20:10.44
God had a plan for this country.
00:20:10.47\00:20:12.77
Surprisingly, the solution lies
in an unlikely series of events
00:20:12.81\00:20:17.15
in the Philippines.
00:20:17.18\00:20:18.51
The big question is
how can we train, equip,
00:20:25.05\00:20:28.19
and excite Japanese pastors
00:20:28.22\00:20:30.23
to preach evangelistic series
in their own country next year.
00:20:30.26\00:20:34.30
The answer is here
in the Philippines,
00:20:34.33\00:20:37.47
the Mindoro for Christ event.
00:20:37.50\00:20:39.90
Adventist World Radio's goal
00:20:39.93\00:20:41.37
was to ignite both
Japan and the Philippines
00:20:41.40\00:20:44.34
at the same time
with a fire of evangelism.
00:20:44.37\00:20:47.08
Could this be
done simultaneously?
00:20:47.11\00:20:49.61
Most thought it wouldn't
work, but Adventist World Radio,
00:20:49.64\00:20:52.91
AWR moved forward in faith.
00:20:52.95\00:20:54.92
This island is one
of the most promising
00:21:04.29\00:21:06.49
in all of the Philippines.
00:21:06.53\00:21:09.73
Oriental Mindoro is
home to over 800,000 people,
00:21:09.76\00:21:14.27
most of whom make their living
by fishing along the coast
00:21:14.30\00:21:17.84
or farming in the rice fields.
00:21:17.87\00:21:20.74
The mountains
are full of countless
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.71
unreached villages.
00:21:22.74\00:21:24.48
But that is all about to change
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.88
because of what
God is about to do
00:21:26.92\00:21:29.25
through Adventist World Radio.
00:21:29.28\00:21:33.46
Three months ago,
AWR started broadcasting
00:21:33.49\00:21:37.29
that we were gonna be
holding evangelistic series
00:21:37.33\00:21:39.63
Mindoro for Christ.
00:21:39.66\00:21:41.06
The people that came to
do those evangelistic series
00:21:41.10\00:21:44.77
were mostly Japanese pastors,
00:21:44.80\00:21:48.07
most of them had never
preached a series before.
00:21:48.10\00:21:51.61
It was almost to be a
field school of evangelism
00:21:51.64\00:21:56.14
for Maranatha Japan, 2018.
00:21:56.18\00:22:00.02
Well, in doing
this, laymen got involved
00:22:00.05\00:22:03.02
and began broadcasting every day
00:22:03.05\00:22:05.99
9 radio stations, 4
people each, so 36 laymen.
00:22:06.02\00:22:11.79
These are local laypeople
00:22:11.83\00:22:13.93
who have an
interest in sharing Jesus.
00:22:13.96\00:22:16.73
They volunteer their
time, they go into the studios,
00:22:16.77\00:22:19.53
and they talk for two hours.
00:22:19.57\00:22:21.90
These laymen began broadcasting.
00:22:21.94\00:22:24.14
But after three weeks
00:22:24.17\00:22:26.04
of not having a single response,
00:22:26.07\00:22:28.08
they became discouraged.
00:22:28.11\00:22:29.88
They began to doubt the
effectiveness of the radio.
00:22:29.91\00:22:33.11
They wondered if
anyone was even listening.
00:22:33.15\00:22:35.18
There was no
response from the listeners
00:22:35.22\00:22:37.49
and they wondered,
"Is this even working?"
00:22:37.52\00:22:39.52
He decided to have a
Bible Question of the Day.
00:22:42.89\00:22:46.59
The Question of the Day I think
is the most brilliant idea.
00:22:46.63\00:22:49.43
The day before, they would
have a sermon like on the day,
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.13
what happens to
you when you die.
00:22:52.17\00:22:53.54
The next day then that
would be the Question of the Day
00:22:53.57\00:22:55.60
where do you go when you die.
00:22:55.64\00:22:56.97
And the first five
people who would call in
00:22:57.01\00:22:58.94
will get a special gift.
00:22:58.97\00:23:00.31
Either cell phone with
recorded programs on it,
00:23:00.34\00:23:03.98
a little radio, Steps to Christ,
00:23:04.01\00:23:06.92
as the listener is called in
and they had contact with them,
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.35
they would actually
go to those villages
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.85
and meet those
people personally.
00:23:12.89\00:23:17.69
This is dedication.
00:23:17.73\00:23:19.69
This is people that are
not being paid to do this
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.53
but people that love the Lord
00:23:22.56\00:23:24.57
and are doing whatever they
can to draw someone to Christ.
00:23:24.60\00:23:29.10
One day while here in Mindoro,
we visited the six-day store.
00:23:39.28\00:23:43.39
That's run by
two Adventist ladies.
00:23:43.42\00:23:45.45
They're open six days a
week, they're closed on Sabbath.
00:23:45.49\00:23:48.42
This mother, daughter duo
00:23:48.46\00:23:50.76
decided to take
their little radio,
00:23:50.79\00:23:52.99
set it out in
front of their store,
00:23:53.03\00:23:54.93
and it wasn't long before
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.60
people from the
mountains started coming down.
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.80
I know there was some
00:23:59.83\00:24:01.17
that were walking
one hour every day
00:24:01.20\00:24:05.17
to come down just
to listen to the radio.
00:24:05.21\00:24:09.04
The music started coming on,
00:24:09.08\00:24:11.15
and all of a sudden
00:24:11.18\00:24:12.51
everybody's
clapping and wondered,
00:24:12.55\00:24:15.68
"Did someone prompt them to clap
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.59
just because we're there?"
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.22
But no, they
clap every single day
00:24:19.25\00:24:22.62
when that music comes on
00:24:22.66\00:24:24.06
because they're so
excited about the broadcast.
00:24:24.09\00:24:27.60
The year was 1977, we
were missionaries in Zaire,
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.80
in the Congo living
on the mission station
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.71
in the Kasai.
00:24:37.74\00:24:39.07
I was on safari in de Cassy.
00:24:39.11\00:24:40.71
I was at the
village of [inaudible]
00:24:40.74\00:24:42.68
and went to in [inaudible].
00:24:42.71\00:24:44.25
The next morning when I woke up,
00:24:44.28\00:24:45.85
a lady knocked on my door.
00:24:45.88\00:24:47.22
Her name was Bertha.
00:24:47.25\00:24:48.58
She said, "Pastor,
will you baptize me?"
00:24:48.62\00:24:49.95
I said, "Sure.
00:24:49.98\00:24:51.32
Bertha Hub, I'll baptize you,
00:24:51.35\00:24:52.69
but why would you walk
20 miles all night long
00:24:52.72\00:24:55.39
to be baptized?"
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.76
She says
something I'll never forget.
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.13
She said, "Pastor McKey,
00:24:58.16\00:24:59.63
I am so sick and
tired of this whole world.
00:24:59.66\00:25:02.40
I want to go
home and see Jesus."
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.30
I thought I would never see
00:25:04.33\00:25:05.67
that kind of a
desire to be baptized,
00:25:05.70\00:25:07.64
that excitement
again in my ministry,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.80
in my life, but it happened.
00:25:09.84\00:25:11.37
It has happened right
now here in the Philippines
00:25:11.41\00:25:14.04
are group of people,
00:25:14.08\00:25:15.41
25 of them, walked
out of the mountains
00:25:15.44\00:25:17.68
across the jungles, and rivers,
and streams to be baptized.
00:25:17.71\00:25:22.42
Twelve of them were
baptized. It was so exciting.
00:25:22.45\00:25:24.49
They walked not 20 miles,
not 20 miles but 48 miles.
00:25:24.52\00:25:29.52
It was truly unbelievable.
00:25:29.56\00:25:31.89
To baptize these people
I had so much excitement
00:25:31.93\00:25:34.36
and desire to see Jesus.
00:25:34.40\00:25:35.83
We are experiencing the
outpouring of Holy Spirit
00:25:42.14\00:25:44.77
here on this island.
00:25:44.81\00:25:46.37
We knew we would
have success here,
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.13
but we never imagined
we would have the success
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.53
that we are having here today.
00:26:12.57\00:26:16.10
Some of these Japanese pastors,
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.27
their entire lives they baptized
00:26:18.31\00:26:20.31
1 or maybe 2 people a year,
00:26:20.34\00:26:23.08
and to be here
00:26:23.11\00:26:24.45
and all sudden
have this mass baptism
00:26:24.48\00:26:26.28
where they're
baptizing 25, 30 people
00:26:26.31\00:26:29.28
it will change
their lives forever
00:26:29.32\00:26:31.32
and they're
gonna take that fire,
00:26:31.35\00:26:33.19
and they're
gonna go back to Japan.
00:26:33.22\00:26:36.42
To see that person
come up out of the water
00:26:36.46\00:26:39.83
was such joy on their face.
00:26:39.86\00:26:42.16
There's nothing like that.
00:26:42.20\00:26:44.23
And you times that by 1,400,
00:26:44.27\00:26:47.47
that's what the
Sabbath was like.
00:26:47.50\00:26:49.00
As a result of AWR
ministry in Mindoro,
00:26:55.84\00:26:58.95
today we are baptizing
more than 1,400 people.
00:26:58.98\00:27:04.19
I thought before that radio
would not work here in Mindoro,
00:27:04.22\00:27:08.32
now I believe that
God is still working radio
00:27:08.36\00:27:12.66
to reach people
00:27:12.69\00:27:14.03
and to prepare
people for His Kingdom.
00:27:14.06\00:27:15.46
Thank you so
much for your support
00:27:34.12\00:27:35.75
of Adventist World Radio
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.15
whose Bible programs
penetrate all countries
00:27:37.19\00:27:40.39
and through all
walls, no borders.
00:27:40.42\00:27:43.46
Thank you for your
prayers and for your support
00:27:43.49\00:27:45.59
which make all this possible.
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.30
May God bless you.
00:27:47.33\00:27:48.70
These miracles are
not from our grandparents,
00:27:48.73\00:27:51.30
old mission storybooks,
no, this is happening now.
00:27:51.33\00:27:55.40
We are reaching
the final chapters
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.61
in earth's history
00:27:57.64\00:27:58.97
and God's Spirit
has been poured out
00:27:59.01\00:28:00.88
all over this world.
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.94
It's time to take our listeners
from broadcast to baptism.
00:28:02.98\00:28:07.35
This is AWR360°.
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