I am Dan Weber
the video producer
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of the Office of
Adventist Mission.
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I am in Chiclayo,
Peru and we've come here
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to take a look at
the church planting.
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This is a town of
over 10,000 people
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but because of the church
planting the small groups here
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they are now 150 small churches
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that have
sprung up in this area.
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Welcome to
Global Mission Snapshots
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where we take you to
the frontline of mission.
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Just before He went up to heaven
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Jesus gave us a command.
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He gave us a mission.
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Jesus said "Go,
go unto all the world
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telling them of His love."
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This is our mission,
this is our Global Mission.
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Hello, I am Gary Krause
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and welcome to the
Global Mission Snapshots
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where we visit frontline
mission around the world.
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When Global Mission
began more than 20 years ago
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it focused the church on
the most unreached people groups
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and areas of the world
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and that still our only focus.
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But sometimes we forget
that many of these groups
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are right in our own front yard.
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Today we will be
talking with Terri Saelee,
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Refugee and Immigrant
Ministries coordinator
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for the Adventist
church in North America.
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Terri spent several years
with refugees in Thailand.
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Today she and her husband
are working with refugees
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and immigrant groups right here.
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We'll also be
visiting South America
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and we'll meet an
inspiring little girl
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sharing her faith with her
friends on the Amazon River.
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But first let's
visit Southeast Asia
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and the country of Malaysia
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where Global Mission
Pioneers are sharing Jesus love
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among the lone houses.
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In 1963 Pacific Press
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published the book Nyla
and the White Crocodile.
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The book tells the
story of a young girl
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who lived along at the
Tatau River in Sarawak Borneo.
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Written by a missionary,
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it tells the
story of early attempts
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to spread the gospel
among the Dayak tribes
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and the people who
overcame superstition
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and fear to live
new lives in Jesus.
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Today these same tribes
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still live along the
waters of the Tatua River.
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For many their
lives haven't change much
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since the first
Adventist missionaries
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traveled up to this
river more than 75 years ago.
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Many of them still
live in fear of spirits.
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We still need to share
the message of the gospel
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with these beautiful people.
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Time may have passed,
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but some things haven't changed.
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Sarawak located on the island
of Borneo in Southeastern Asia
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is home to more
than 2.5 millions people.
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The majority of their population
belongs to the Dayak Iban tribe.
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Many of them still live
in traditional long houses.
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These communal
buildings provide a safe
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and secure environment
for the tribe's people.
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They work together in
small open spaces in the jungle
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growing produce that they
can sell in the local markets.
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They fish the rivers
and tap the rubber trees
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that are plentiful
in the dense jungles.
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All of their shared activities
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create a strong tightly
knit family environment.
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Outsiders are welcome
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as long as they're
willing to take part in the work
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and become part of the family.
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Recently the Adventist church
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sent Global Mission
Pioneer's to live and work
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among the people of long houses.
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These dedicated young people
are devoting a year or more
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of their lives to
help spread the gospel
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among the Iban people.
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They become
part of the community
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and work to help better
the lives of their new family.
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They work with the
members of the long house
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and come to
know them as friends.
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They're welcomed
and allowed to become
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part of the long house family.
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Eventually they are trusted
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and have opportunities
to share the gospel.
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They hold Bible studies
and introduce Jesus to people
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who are excited to learn
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about the God who loves them
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and wants to change
their lives for the better.
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The Dayak people
live simple lives.
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They live off at Jungle
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and their culture is
based on their environment.
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They are animists and live
in fear of the spirit world.
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Their whole world is
guided by the omens and signs
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that are common
place in the jungle.
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When they become
Christians they lead a new life
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free of the fears of their past.
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They live in peace.
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The Global Mission Pioneers
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who live and work
in the long houses
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have proven to
be very successful.
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It's common to have
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more than 50% of the
long houses inhabitants
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decide to join the
church after a year's time.
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A single Global Mission
Pioneer can often reach out
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to two or three
long houses in a year.
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After decision has
been made to follow Jesus
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a local pastor will come
and hold Evangelistic meetings.
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After the meetings the baptismal
services held in a local river.
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Often members of the long house
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will line the edges of the river
to watch the baptismal service.
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Thanks to your mission offerings
and support of Global Mission
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lives are being
changed in Sarawak.
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Jesus calls us to spread
the gospel to all the world.
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The Global Mission focuses on
the unreached areas of the world
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that are proven to be
difficult places to work.
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By using local members
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who are familiar with
the local culture and customs
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Global Mission
is able to reach out
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to people in
these unreached areas.
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Thank you for your support
and prayers for Global Mission.
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Please pray for the thousands
of pioneers all over the world
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who have dedicated their lives
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to sharing God's love in
tough and trying circumstances.
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Thank you for helping to
tell the world about Jesus.
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Well, from the
long houses of Malaysia
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we now travel to the
refugees camps of Thailand.
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And my guest is Terri Saelee.
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Thank you, Terri,
for joining us today.
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It's a privileged to be here.
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Now you head up Immigrants
and Refugee Ministries
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for the Adventist
Church in North America.
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What does that mean?
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Well, first of all
it means helping us
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to be aware of who refugees are,
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why they are here
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and then facilitating
ministries through them.
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And that involve so
much there are so many needs,
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but they are so
eager to hear the gospel.
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So if we can find someone
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who can speak their language,
who already believes in God,
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the word spreads like wildfire.
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And when they discover
a relationship with Jesus
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they can't help to
share it and it just spread.
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Yeah, now when did you start
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your interest in
these people goods?
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Well, I was not
aware of refugees
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until I was a
student at Union College
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and on the bulletin
board I saw a little notice
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looking for people with cars
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who would be willing
to take Cambodian refugees
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to the worship
service in their language.
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Dr. Beatrice
Neal and Elder Raphael
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were doing out--
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they had been
missionaries in Cambodia
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and they were
doing a worship service
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for Cambodian refugees there.
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And so well, I have a car
and free on Sabbath afternoons
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so I signed up and that was
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my first
experience with refugees.
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I went to pick up these
families and the children.
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They were so excited
they come running out
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barefooted in the snow
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and that was my first contact.
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And when it wasn't--
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actually it was
test week of that year.
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I felt impressed to call
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that vice president of
the college at that time
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whose now actually
president of Union College
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Dr. John Wagner.
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I felt impressed to call
him on a totally unrelated topic
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and he said, well, I
have you on the phone
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of you have you ever
thought of overseas service.
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And I said, well, I had
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because friends wanted me
to be a student missionary,
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but I council with
people prayed about it
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and felt that I
should wait a little while.
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So, but he said,
would you be willing to come
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to my office and talk about it.
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And when he told
me about refugees
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and they brought
people from Vietnam
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I just knew that
this was a call from God.
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And I didn't say so then
I said I'll pray about it.
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But God showed me through
all kinds of little providences
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that this was His will.
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And so you went as
a volunteer to where?
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I went to work in the
refugee camps in Thailand.
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There are several but I work
primarily initially in Ubon.
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I went for six months
ended of staying four years.
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It was a life
changing experience.
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Okay, now life
changing in what way?
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Some how working with
people who are less fortunate,
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who have been through so
much and yet are so cheerful
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and happy and humble and
respectful and appreciative
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it just can't help
but changing their life.
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And I remember one experience
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a young man about 17 said,
can I share my story with you
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and that was a treat
because on another occasion
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I was teaching
English and Bible.
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In the English class I taught,
you know, I really don't know
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what these people
have been thorough really.
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So I'm just gonna dedicate
a class to talking about it.
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And so as introduced
him and I said so tell me
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why did you leave
your home country?
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And they started laughing.
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And I was
puzzled and a young man
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who was kind of the
spokesman for the group
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spoke up and he said
we're laughing so we don't cry.
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And I realized that
wasn't a class time topic,
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but it was a treat on occasion
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when individuals
willing to share their story.
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And this young man said,
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I was ten and
my sister was seven
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when the communist
officials for the new government
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came captured my parents
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who had good
jobs in the government
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in the capital city of Laos
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and I knew I was
the man at the house now
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and I had to take
care of my sister.
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And so I thought what can I do
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and he realized
well, we have a bathtub
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which most people in
our country don't have.
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I can maybe use
that to raise fish
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to sell at the market
and care for my sister.
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Well, he tried his best
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but he realized
that it wasn't enough
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and so they
found someone willing
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to take them
across the Mekong River.
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They left the car
parked in the driveway
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good home and he said, I've
never seen my parents again,
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I haven't heard, I don't
know if they are dead or alive,
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I don't know if
I'll ever see them again,
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but I'm so glad that
communism came into my country.
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And my mouth
must have dropped open
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because I couldn't
imagine losing my parents
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and being glad that
for the circumstances
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the caused it and he said,
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because if communism
had not come into my country
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I never would
have learned about God.
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That taught me has nothing else
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how much it means to
these people to learn
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about the heavenly Father,
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to be able to have a
relationship with Him.
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And that just gave everything
I had been doing more meaning
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and that was one of many little
things God used till later
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impress me that that
should be my life work.
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Thank you, Terri.
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Now for people
who are interested
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to learn more about the ministry
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here in North America
maybe how they can be involve
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is there a website that they
can go to for more information?
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Yes, refugeeministries.org.
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refugeeministries.org.
Fantastic.
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Thank you so much
for joining today, Terri.
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It's been a privilege thank you.
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And please do take the time
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to look up the
website refugeeministries.org
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to find out what is happening
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in ministry to
refugees and immigrant peoples
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and also to see how you
can personally be involve.
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I read some statistics recently
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that said that 88% of
Hindus in North America
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say I don't know
even one Christian,
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88%, 64% of Buddhists
living in North America
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say I don't know
even one Christian,
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32% of Muslims say
exactly the same thing.
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So we you see these
people in our communities,
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sometimes they
drive us in taxi cabs,
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they serve us in restaurants,
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we bump into them in the street,
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but this almost
like they are invisible
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to Christians in this
country and around the world.
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But God calls us to ministry
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to the least of these
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to people who He
cares so much about.
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Next stop let's travel
just a little bit further
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from Thailand to Cambodia.
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These are the streets of
the Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
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a rough place to live
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especially for
young immigrant children.
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The Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Cambodia
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is striving to make a difference
among these desolate children
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when no one else not even
their parents seem to care.
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Street children are often sold
into the underground sex trade
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to help pay off their
parents gambling debts.
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Without intervention
they face a grim future.
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The Adventist church is
trying to give them hope,
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trying to change their lives.
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There are street children
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even though they
had parents at home,
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but they don't stay at home
they all the time on the street.
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The majority of these
children are from families
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who have emigrated from Vietnam.
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Neither they nor their parents
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have the ability
to read or write.
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Pastor Khan and his
small staff work hard
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to help provide even the
most basic academic skills
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to these street children.
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The Vietnamese community
has embraced the school
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and its efforts to
educate their children.
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They have even taken to calling
yet the Life Changing School.
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The school has shown
dramatic growth since it starts.
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Besides
traditional academic subjects
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the school teaches
children life skills
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that they can use to help them
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gain employment
when they grow up.
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The children here are touched
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by the Adventist church
understand the precious gift
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that has been given to them.
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The children said up
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we really need
the school to be here,
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to keep us here,
to help us to learn
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and to learn a
job and to protect us.
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When Jesus
Christ was here on earth
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He ministered to
people by meeting their needs.
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As Christians, we are
called to follow His example
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and to better the
lives of those around us.
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Thank you for your
support of mission.
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Thank you for your prayers
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for those who need to be reached
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with the message
of hope in Jesus.
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My Guest is Ricky Oliveras,
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who is the newest member
of the Adventist Mission team
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at the world headquarters
of the Adventist Church.
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Ricky, you are a video producer
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and you get to see
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some very interesting mission
stories around the world.
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Yeah, so far I've
had my-- the opportunity
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to visit the
South America Division
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which was my first
trip with Adventist Mission
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and it was a
very interesting trip.
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Yeah, now you went to Peru,
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tell us about
the church in Peru?
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The church in Peru
is as really growing.
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Right now they have approaching
half a million members in Peru.
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So, the church in Peru
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is very vibrant
and growing very well.
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Now how are they
growing? Why are they growing?
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They are growing
because when I was there
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with Dan Weber, the
other video producer,
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we saw a lot of church planting
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and a lot of small groups
and it was really interesting
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and exciting to see people
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getting involved
in their communities
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and reaching out to people
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that really don't
know Jesus at all.
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Now you were
telling me about a lady
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who is involved in church
planting, tell us about that.
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There was a small coastline
town called Huanchaco beach
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and this lady is
really reaching out
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to the members of her
area by visiting them.
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It started because she
moved to this area there was--
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there were no Adventists,
no, there was no church there.
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And so she was
kind of sad about that
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so, she wanted
to start something.
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And, so she started
in house Bible studies
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with the few of her
neighbors which grew
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and which lead to
her doing some meetings
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and which really
gathered some interest
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and from there
she's really grasped
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really a lot of interest
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from the
community around her where
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they want to
know more about Jesus,
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they want her to
visit their house
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and explain to her who Jesus is.
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And it's really
exciting to see her reaching
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the community and
it's really spreading wide.
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So, there are now
groups meeting in homes,
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is that how it's happening or?
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Ah, currently,
yeah, she is still
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reaching people in their homes
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and visiting
people in their homes.
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And they have a meeting
area where which is their church
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and so they're
meeting in that area.
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But we were there to
film what she was doing
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because hopefully a new
church will be planted there
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and built there
where they can meet
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and little more comfortably
and worship together.
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Now this woman is
a trained theologian
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from the seminary, is she?
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No, and that's the
most exciting part about is
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because you don't need to be
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a trained
theologian from the seminary.
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You can be any, anybody really
can reach out their community
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and have an impact
on their community,
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that's the really
great part about this.
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Now you're telling me
also about a man with a hat
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and some sort of story with that
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and I think we have some
video there's to watch as well.
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Tell us the story.
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Well, the story is
this man, Philippe, he is--
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he was a man that was,
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you know, he worked
outside in Lima, Peru.
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And he was
walking by this story,
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he really likes hats.
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He was walking by a store
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and so he noticed some hats.
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He went in there, bought a hat
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not knowing what it was
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he just thought,
it was really cool
00:19:41.58\00:19:43.51
because it was the
most expensive hat they had.
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So he bought the hat,
he was wearing it around
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and he was in town
one day, he saw a--
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wonderful somebody saw him,
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this man who sells
orange juice saw the hat
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and said, "oh,
are you an Adventist.
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He said, "what's an Adventist?
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Why are you asking me that?"
00:20:00.79\00:20:02.32
And the man
explained, "oh, your hat
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has the Adventist
symbol the youth symbol on it.
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And so, he was like, oh,
tell me little more about that
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so, the man was
witnessed through his purchase
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that he had he had no
idea what he had bought.
00:20:15.43\00:20:17.70
And it was pretty
cool to see that he learned
00:20:17.73\00:20:22.08
what it was to be an Adventist,
00:20:22.11\00:20:23.40
what Adventism
is through his hat
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and through just
basically the symbol on his hat.
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And so he ended up
having Bible studies--
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So, he ended up
visiting a church first of all
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and then his interest grew
00:20:35.10\00:20:37.03
and he started
having Bible studies
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and found a church closer to him
00:20:40.18\00:20:42.63
where he could attend and
so now he is attending church
00:20:42.66\00:20:45.86
and this man we
met him personally
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and he is just
really on fire for God
00:20:48.87\00:20:51.09
and he is really
cool to see that.
00:20:51.12\00:20:52.95
And obviously still likes
to continue wearing the hat.
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Oh, we saw him he had the hat,
00:20:55.76\00:20:57.94
he even have the
receipt from the hat
00:20:57.97\00:21:00.45
when he bought that.
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He was excited
and he's just happy
00:21:01.72\00:21:05.19
to share his
testimony which was really cool.
00:21:05.22\00:21:07.57
He's very willing to share
and he was such a nice man.
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Now when you were
down there in South America
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you were
looking at some projects
00:21:13.76\00:21:15.99
that the Adventist Churches
mission offering program
00:21:16.02\00:21:18.69
particularly the
13th Sabbath Offering
00:21:18.72\00:21:20.72
program that help support.
00:21:20.75\00:21:22.23
Can you tell us about
some of those projects?
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Yeah, some of the projects
include the story of Eva
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which is the-- the lady
00:21:27.03\00:21:28.56
who is doing Bible
studies and church planting.
00:21:28.59\00:21:30.77
So, this is to
help build a church
00:21:30.80\00:21:33.23
for these new believers?
00:21:33.26\00:21:34.72
Right, exactly, it's about
the church the actual building.
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There were some
other projects to build,
00:21:38.64\00:21:40.36
there was another
project interesting project
00:21:40.39\00:21:42.78
had an academy in Brazil
actually to build a church there
00:21:42.81\00:21:48.90
because they've out
grown the facilities they have.
00:21:48.93\00:21:51.81
So, that's needed there
00:21:51.84\00:21:53.51
and there were
other building projects
00:21:53.54\00:21:55.16
and just
ministries that were that--
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are gonna need the funds
from the 13th Sabbath Offering.
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Okay, so this offering as where
Adventists all around the world
00:22:01.95\00:22:05.12
pull the money together
and this goes to help mission
00:22:05.15\00:22:11.06
in every part of the world.
00:22:11.09\00:22:12.33
Exactly, each
quarter of the year
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the year is
divided into four quarters
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each quarter a
different division in the world
00:22:16.13\00:22:18.90
is covered in the
church joins together
00:22:18.93\00:22:23.17
to donate to that
division of the world.
00:22:23.20\00:22:25.42
So we can help fund the project
00:22:25.45\00:22:28.22
that are needed
to help reach God.
00:22:28.25\00:22:30.26
Now for some viewers
who want to join this to--
00:22:30.29\00:22:33.55
they're giving mission offerings
00:22:33.58\00:22:34.61
how do they do that?
00:22:34.64\00:22:35.80
They can do it in a
local Adventist Church
00:22:35.83\00:22:37.73
but they can also do it online.
00:22:37.76\00:22:39.12
Yeah, they can visit the
Adventist mission website
00:22:39.15\00:22:42.79
where they can
find different resources
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.32
and links to other ways
that they can help others
00:22:44.35\00:22:48.31
donating to the
13th Sabbath Offering,
00:22:48.34\00:22:51.30
donating to different mission,
00:22:51.33\00:22:54.76
you know, mission
groups are different things.
00:22:54.79\00:22:57.19
Fantastic.
00:22:57.22\00:22:58.64
Okay, Ricky, thank you so
much for joining us today.
00:22:58.67\00:23:00.44
Thank you.
00:23:00.47\00:23:01.50
And viewers at home, please pray
for mission around the world.
00:23:01.53\00:23:06.06
You know, we see
growth in certain parts,
00:23:06.09\00:23:09.34
we praise God
for what's happening
00:23:09.37\00:23:10.63
in Peru, Brazil, other parts.
00:23:10.66\00:23:12.64
Other parts of the
world for various reasons,
00:23:12.67\00:23:16.37
the church is not growing
that the challenge is there
00:23:16.40\00:23:19.86
of how do we make Jesus relevant
00:23:19.89\00:23:23.19
and attractive and
meaningful to people
00:23:23.22\00:23:25.74
who come from totally
different cultural backgrounds.
00:23:25.77\00:23:28.91
And thank you for your
continuing support for mission,
00:23:28.94\00:23:32.02
it make so much of
so many things possible.
00:23:32.05\00:23:34.79
Our next story is
from the country of Brazil,
00:23:34.82\00:23:37.30
and we go to the Amazon River
00:23:37.33\00:23:39.37
and we meet a
little evangelist, Vitoria,
00:23:39.40\00:23:43.27
who knows what
Jesus means in her life
00:23:43.30\00:23:45.58
and wants to share
that love with others.
00:23:45.61\00:23:47.40
Hello, my name is Vitoria
00:23:51.28\00:23:53.66
I live in Jericho
along the river by meek.
00:23:53.69\00:23:57.92
Vitoria lives a simple life
00:23:57.95\00:23:59.70
in the Amazon
region of Northern Brazil.
00:23:59.73\00:24:02.43
She lives with their
parents and her brother, Daniel,
00:24:02.46\00:24:05.42
along a narrow river
00:24:05.45\00:24:06.71
that's makes its
way to the jungle.
00:24:06.74\00:24:09.37
One day a week,
Vitoria leaves her small house
00:24:09.40\00:24:12.23
on the edge of the
water and climb into a canoe
00:24:12.26\00:24:15.03
with destination of
Bible study with her friend.
00:24:15.06\00:24:18.61
Vitoria paddles along the
river to pickup her friend
00:24:18.64\00:24:21.91
at her house then
continues on to the next house.
00:24:21.94\00:24:26.20
When the canoe is
full of her friends,
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.99
they paddle up the river
until they come to a path
00:24:28.02\00:24:31.08
that leads them into the jungle.
00:24:31.11\00:24:32.74
They carefully climb up
00:24:32.77\00:24:34.16
the slippery bank
trying not to get muddy.
00:24:34.19\00:24:36.96
Tying up the canoe, the
friends walk on the fallen logs
00:24:36.99\00:24:40.60
as they make
their way to the jungle.
00:24:40.63\00:24:42.94
They need to be careful
00:24:42.97\00:24:44.40
because one little slip
00:24:44.43\00:24:46.01
and they would be up
to their knees in mud.
00:24:46.04\00:24:49.37
At the end of the logs
00:24:49.40\00:24:50.95
they come up to a
small hut on stilts.
00:24:50.98\00:24:53.86
This was a home of other friend
00:24:53.89\00:24:55.68
who is hosting
their Bible study.
00:24:55.71\00:24:57.81
They are glad to
see each other again
00:24:57.84\00:25:00.19
and quickly into the
house to begin their lessons.
00:25:00.22\00:25:03.38
Vitoria and her brother,
Daniel, lead the group in prayer
00:25:03.41\00:25:07.24
and study the lesson prepared
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.32
by the Adventist
church in Brazil.
00:25:09.35\00:25:11.65
Vitoria is quick to
answer any questions
00:25:11.68\00:25:14.45
that her friends may have.
00:25:14.48\00:25:15.94
Then she leaves them up
00:25:15.97\00:25:17.33
in a singing song
of worship in praise.
00:25:17.36\00:25:20.17
As they close their meeting,
00:25:20.20\00:25:21.75
they bow their heads in prayer
00:25:21.78\00:25:23.43
and thank Jesus for loving them
00:25:23.46\00:25:25.29
and giving them the
opportunity to worship Him.
00:25:25.32\00:25:28.23
So they're trying to
think of an interesting way
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.89
that you can share the
love of Jesus with your friends.
00:25:30.92\00:25:34.43
How can you show other people
that you love and worship Jesus
00:25:34.46\00:25:38.61
even if you aren't
a 10-year-old girl,
00:25:38.64\00:25:41.12
who lives in the
jungles of Brazil?
00:25:41.15\00:25:44.75
It was Jesus himself who said
a little child shall lead them.
00:25:44.78\00:25:49.62
And it's obviously
still true 2,000 years later.
00:25:49.65\00:25:53.08
Just a little kid
00:25:53.11\00:25:54.67
with a heart to tell
other children about the Jesus
00:25:54.70\00:25:57.47
she knows and loves.
00:25:57.50\00:25:59.82
And that's what mission
is all about simply sharing
00:25:59.85\00:26:02.67
the good news
about the God we know.
00:26:02.70\00:26:05.24
The Bible tells us
to train up our children
00:26:05.27\00:26:07.44
in the way that they should go
00:26:07.47\00:26:09.43
but how do we
instill in their hearts,
00:26:09.46\00:26:11.98
a passion for mission.
00:26:12.01\00:26:14.01
The office of
the Adventist Mission
00:26:14.04\00:26:15.45
prepares a range of resources
00:26:15.48\00:26:17.74
to help share
mission with our children.
00:26:17.77\00:26:20.73
Mission Magazines, DVD stories
aims specifically for kids
00:26:20.76\00:26:25.72
and they help out children
look beyond the church walls
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.93
to see a world in need.
00:26:28.96\00:26:31.20
We've also created a resource
called Mission Cards for Kids.
00:26:31.23\00:26:35.12
These simple cards help children
remember mission stories.
00:26:35.15\00:26:39.56
And if you're
living in North America
00:26:39.59\00:26:40.99
we'd love to send you,
00:26:41.02\00:26:42.54
a free sample set of these cards
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that you can share with
the children in your life.
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Simply call the toll
free number on your screen,
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1-800-648-5824
or visit our website
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and ask for Mission Cards
for Kids or Offer Number 302.
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Please remember to clearly
state your name and address
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and be sure to mention Mission
Cards for Kids or offer 302.
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So, we'll be sure to send
you the sample mission cards.
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Again, if you'd like to receive
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a sample set of
Mission Cards for Kids,
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just call the toll
free number on your screen,
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1800-648-5824 and ask
for Mission Cards for Kids
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or Offer 302 or you
can visit our website
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at AdventistMission.org.
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Well, that's it for
our program for today.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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And thank you for
your continuing prayers,
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support and personal
involvement in Global Mission.
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For Adventist
mission, I am Gray Krause
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and I hope you can
join us next time right here
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on Global Mission Snapshots.
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