I'm standing here
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in front of a Seventh-day
Adventist church in China.
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Thirteen years ago,
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Seventh-day Adventist members
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carried the
materials for this church
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40 minutes of the
side of a mountain.
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We will hear more about it.
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For "Global Mission
Snapshots" I'm Rick Kajiura.
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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. Jesus said, go.
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Go unto all the world,
telling them of His love.
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This is our mission.
This is our "Global Mission."
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Hello, I'm Gary Krause
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and welcome to
Global Mission Snapshots,
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where we take
you to the frontlines
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of Adventist
Mission around the world.
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More than 1.3
billion people live in China,
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the world's most
populated country.
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Despite many challenges
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the Christian
church is growing in China
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and some predict
that it's on track
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to become the largest center
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of Christianity
in the entire world.
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On today's
program, Rick Kajiura,
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Adventist mission
communication director
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reports on his
recent visit to China.
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We will also
meet a couple heading
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as missionaries to Thailand
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and we travel
to Adventist center
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in South Korea
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that's helping migrant workers
re-establish their lives.
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But first up, let's visit
an Adventist school in Myanmar,
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a Southeast Asia country
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known to many of us as Burma.
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Earlier this year,
this video was shared
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with Adventist
churches around the world
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that gave a special
offering to help this school.
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The country of
Myanmar is located
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between the
countries of China, India,
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Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos.
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Its coastline lies
on the Bay of Bengal
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and the Andaman Sea.
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Home to more than
59 million people,
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it is one of the poor
nations in this division.
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And it has seen
political and economic strives
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since its creation in 1948.
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The capital city Yangon is
a bustling mixture of cars,
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motorbikes and pedestrians.
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The majority of the people
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who live in
Myanmar are Buddhists
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and Yangon is home to
the giant pagoda temple.
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Every day people
come here to pray
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and offer up incense to Buddha.
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The golden temple is
an impressive landmark
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on the Yangon's skyline.
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On the outskirts of town
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is the Yangon
Adventist seminary.
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Currently the school is housed
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in a series of small buildings
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and the
classrooms are tightly packed
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and full of
children eager to learn.
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They study math, language
arts including English, science
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and of course
they learn about Jesus.
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They also love to play.
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The Yangon Adventist seminary
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has outgrown its
current physical plans.
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The school has
more than 450 students
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and there is a long
waiting list of families
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eager to have their
children attend the school.
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People send their
children here for three reasons.
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The first is that they like
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the Christian
values that we teach
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because they feel that
this will help their children
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grow up to be better citizens.
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The second is
that we teach English,
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something that the
government school do not offer.
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We also have relationships
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with other
schools outside Myanmar,
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where the children
can continue their studies
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after graduating from here.
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The majority of
the students here
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come from non-Adventist homes,
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so the school plays a major role
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in reaching into the community.
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Every morning, the
children meet for worship
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where they sing songs
that tell of Jesus' love.
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Your 13th Sabbath
offering this quarter
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will help to build
a new school building,
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so the Yangon Adventist seminary
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can offer an Adventist
education to more students.
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This school serves
as a wonderful example
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of how education can
be outreach to communities
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that are
sometimes hard to reach.
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Please pray for
the people in Myanmar
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and pray for the
Yangon Adventist School
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as it continues
its role of teaching
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young people
through Christian education.
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My guest is Rick Kajiura,
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who is a colleague and
director of communication
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for the office
of Adventist Mission
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of the General Conference.
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Rick, glad you could join us.
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It's good to be here, Gary.
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Now, Rick, with this program
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we try to get out
the story of mission.
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What the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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is doing in such a
broad landscape of things
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and your role is to oversee that
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and we have
websites, we have T.V program,
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Adventist mission DVD,
facebook, list goes on.
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What are we trying to achieve
in talking about mission?
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You know, there
are so many people
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who think that
the Adventist church
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really isn't doing
that much in mission
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that the days of
mission are yesterday,
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but the challenges
are in their backyard.
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And well, that's true that
there are challenges everywhere,
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there are still
certain areas of the world
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where the
challenges are massive.
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Where the populations are,
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you know, 80, 90% non-Christian
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who don't have that
Christian background,
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who don't have the exposure
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to the message of
the hope in Jesus.
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And so we at least, at
least need to give them
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the opportunity to have
a relationship with Jesus
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to hear about Him
to even know that He,
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you know, came and died for us.
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Now, you were telling
me not so long ago about
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you were sitting in church
one day and the pastor said
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something that made
you sit up, what was that?
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Yeah, I was
sitting in church one day
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and the pastor said
that the world is reached
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and he cited, you
know, the church statistics
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of how many countries,
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but you know when you look at
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some of those countries
and some of the cities.
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You know, our
presence there is very small
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when you have
populations in the billion,
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you know like China 1.3 billion
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and then you consider
you know other places.
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Well, even though
you may have a church
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or two churches
or three churches
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with
populations in the billions.
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So many people
still don't know Jesus.
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Well, that's a good
leading to our topic
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which is China and I can recall
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driving down massive
new highways in China
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and just seen apartment block
after apartment block towers
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with thousands of people
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and they are just been set
up all along the road there
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and we know that
these apartment blocks
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are like mini towns
with no believers in them.
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And they are city after city
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where more than a
million people, no believers.
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That's absolutely right
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and we saw that
when we were there too.
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In fact, we drove
past a lot of them
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to visit one area
where there is a church
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and this church
was on a mountain top
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and it was Miao village
and when they took us there,
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they said now are
you guys prepared to walk
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because it's a 40
minute walk up this mountain.
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And we said yeah,
we are prepared to walk
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but when we got there
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they drove us part
way up that mountain
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so we didn't have
to walk for 40 miles.
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40 miles? I mean
40-40 minutes, sorry.
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I was impressed for
a little while there.
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Yeah, I would have been too.
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A 40 minute
walk up that mountain
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but I tell you with
some of those drop offs
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and the trucks sliding around
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you know, you
kind of wish sometimes
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that may be we
should have walked.
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But I tell you when we got
to the top of that mountain
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it was Miao village up
there which is a minority group
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and the church
building was there
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and everybody
was standing outside
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singing a welcome greeting to us
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and it just warms
your heart to see them.
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The welcome was so warm
and the people there musically
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just tremendous
had a choir there
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that I said you know, boy,
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I wish we can get you
out some place and sing to--
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to the wider Adventist
church audience in some place.
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Now, please tell me
you brought some video
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of this place. Yeah.
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Why don't we show
some of this right now.
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And you can see this
mountain village there
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and some of the
people were walking up there.
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Now, one of the things
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that I found out
about this village is that
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somebody from
this village in 1940
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was attending the
Adventist training school
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set up by the
Korean Adventist in China.
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And so this person
had been studying there
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when things in China changed
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and they shut down the school,
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but they have retained
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their beliefs
over all those years.
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And about ten years ago
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an Adventist church planter
stumbled across this village
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and went up there and
started talking to them
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and found out that there are
Sabbath keepers in this village.
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And so they
provided funding for them
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and these people
built this church
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and it's a really
beautiful church building
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but what really impressed me was
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they carried all
those building materials
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up that mountain on their back
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in these little
baskets to build that church.
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Commitment. Commitment.
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So how many were
worshipping there?
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There were about 30-35
people worshiping there
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and then you will see some
other footage here coming up.
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But there was
another church, yeah.
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There was another
church that we visited
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and we met a 79 year old woman
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who was there
and a church planter
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had come there
about 12 years ago
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and had started this church
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and this lady was
one of her first converts
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and she met her
because she was looking
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for a place to stay.
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And this lady
had a room to rent.
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And as they began
talking and studying this lady,
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you know was convinced
that Jesus Christ was a savior,
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so she became a Christian
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and she let them build
a small church in there
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in her little backyard there
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and you know, it
wasn't long after that,
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that one day this church planter
went out on to the street
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and she saw somebody
lying there in a pool of blood
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and she went over and
it was this little old lady
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who had been struck
by some passing vehicle
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and they were
really worried about her
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and they said you
know, what are we going to do
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they rushed her to the hospital
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and long story
short she was okay,
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but when she
came out she realized
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that she still owned
the land that church was on
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and said if
anything happens to me
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they are gonna lose the church.
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So she donated the land to them.
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In China we see
tremendous commitment
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from people under very adverse
circumstances over the years.
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Over the years and things
are changing in China a lot.
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And so there is
tremendous opportunity there.
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Thanks for sharing
for this today, Rick.
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I appreciate it. Okay.
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China, we see tremendous growth.
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We have some 400,000
Seventh-day Adventist believers.
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But still a tremendous challenge
throughout that country,
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huge cities with so many people
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many of whom have never
heard the name of Jesus.
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Please pray for
the people of China.
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It's my pleasure
to have as guest today
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Kyle and Cindy Tumberg
who are going as missionaries
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for Adventist Frontier Missions
to the country of Thailand.
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Now, when do you
leave for Thailand?
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We are hoping to
leave by the end of October
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or beginning of November.
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We are waiting for
our visa right now.
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Okay, so a couple of months.
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Now, I'm just fascinated
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why a young couple
living in North America
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would have a vision
for going to the other side
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of the world as missionaries.
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How did this all start?
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I was-- for me I was
just really touched by
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when I heard the numbers
of how many people there were
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that still
haven't heard about Christ
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and it just
didn't seem fair to me.
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And I just had a
desire to share with others
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that haven't had a chance yet.
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Because we know
that North America
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is a huge mission field
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but when you look at the numbers
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in the country of Thailand,
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who have never even
heard the name of Jesus
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and you are talking challenge.
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That's true.
What about you Kyle?
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You know, it was a conviction
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that developed
over several years.
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I have done a lot of
Bible work here in North America
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and had been involved in
a church plant in Arkansas.
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And I have a real
passion to share my faith
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and as I was
praying about the future
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what God would
have us do long term.
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I thought of several
different possibilities,
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pastoral work or
evangelistic work
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or teaching or mission work
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and I really only had peace
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about the thought of
doing overseas mission work.
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Mainly because of
the-- of the great need
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but also we really felt
like at this time in our lives
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we could do
something like devote
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several years of our
life to a pioneer project,
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but the other we get
the harder that would be
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and so we
thought that the claims
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that God had in
our life at this time
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are different than
what they would be,
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you know, in five or ten years.
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So that really
weighed into our decision.
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Yeah, now, tell
me a little bit about
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your church planting experience.
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Now, I understand this was
supported by global mission
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and you are
planting in what area?
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We were involved in
a church plant project
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in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
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Arkadelphia is about 60
miles west of Little Rock
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and we got involved in
the project around 2006-2007.
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Arkadelphia is a city
of about 10,000 people
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with no
Seventh-day Adventist church
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and we did several things.
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We did door to
door Bible studies.
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We did group Bible
studies, evangelistic seminars
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and just bit by bit we saw
the Lord growing the church
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and this past April
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it was officially organized
in the Arkansas-Louisiana
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Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists.
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Wonderful, fantastic.
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Now, Cindy, it's a long
way from Arkansas to Thailand.
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What do you know about the area
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where you are going?
Like what specifically?
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Yeah, like what do you know
about the culture, the people,
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I mean what are your
expectations of the location
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where you are moving too.
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We are going to
be moving to a city
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I believe it has
two universities there
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and Thailand is
about 96% Buddhists
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so that's gonna be--
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our target is to
work for the Buddhists
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and as far as expectations
I don't really have a lot,
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I'm not sure exactly
what it's gonna be like.
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So it will be a big
learning curve for me for sure.
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I'm sure, yeah.
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Now, you have
gone through training
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with Adventist
Frontier Missions.
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Now, I understand that
it's a fairly rigorous training
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in preparation
for mission service.
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What sort of
things did you learn?
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You know training
was a great experience,
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we spent three months,
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you know, going
to class everyday
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and we talked a lot about
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understanding
different cultures,
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understanding
different world views
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and how people think.
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And how to communicate
the gospel in ways that,
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that people in different
cultures will understand.
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That was heavily emphasized.
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We also talked a
lot about team building
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and the importance
of having healthy teams,
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because when you are
in the mission field,
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you have to have strong
team dynamics to succeed.
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And we talked about the
importance of the family
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and really
making that a priority
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and having a
strong healthy family
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and just several
you know, several
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just very practical classes
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in relation to
cross cultural work
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and mission work.
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So it trains you
in the principles
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of mission service.
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So you are not going to Thailand
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with the list of this is
what we are going to do, do, do.
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You actually are going
to partially discover that
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when you arrive. Exactly.
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So when you arrive you don't
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immediately
start mission programs,
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you actually do
a bit of research.
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Tell me about that
part of the program?
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When we first get there,
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we'll engage in
language learning first
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to really try to
learn the Thai language
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so that we can communicate them
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in their heart language.
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And then from there
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we will actually
study their culture some
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and try to
understand how they think,
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how they process things
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so that the gospel we
are not bringing to them
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is the gospel
that you might say,
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we are used to or
doesn't speak to questions
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we may have but it
speaks to their needs
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and their questions
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and it's going to
really be communicating Christ
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in a way they can understand.
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And how long does
that process take?
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I mean, I know it's gonna
be part of your whole service.
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But that initial research,
how long does that take?
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You know, it varies
from project to project,
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but typically most
if a missionary spend
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between one and
half to two years
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I think studying the culture
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and really getting a
handle on the language
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and the different
dynamics in the culture.
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Now for people who want
to learn more about AFM,
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they can go to the website
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which I guess is
AFM.org, am I correct?
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AFMonline.org.
Online.org, okay, tremendous.
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I was quite taken
Cindy when you said that
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you just didn't seem
to think it was fair that
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so many people
haven't heard about Jesus.
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When did you
first learn about Jesus?
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I grew up in
the Adventist church
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so grew up hearing about Jesus
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but it's
probably been in the last
00:18:46.77\00:18:48.49
six, seven years that
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I have really come to
see things differently
00:18:51.33\00:18:54.09
and had more of a
personal walk with Him.
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I mean just realized it,
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depends more on
Christ righteousness
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and not my own
works in. Yes, yes.
00:19:01.23\00:19:02.89
What I do or don't do. Yeah.
00:19:02.92\00:19:05.35
And when did you
both realize that
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you had a shared
passion for mission.
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You know, it's quite a story.
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We began dating around 2007
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and we went to an ASI convention
00:19:15.79\00:19:18.41
in Louisville, Kentucky.
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And at that time we
were talking about the future
00:19:19.88\00:19:21.87
and still testing the
waters in the courtships
00:19:21.90\00:19:24.13
so to speak but
unbeknownst to me,
00:19:24.16\00:19:26.66
Cindy had prayed before
we went to the ASI Convention
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that the Lord would use
the convention to give us
00:19:29.63\00:19:32.45
some clarity about our future
00:19:32.48\00:19:34.50
and she didn't pull
it with that prayer.
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But we went to the convention
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and one night we are
walking around the exhibit halls
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and I had
picked up some material
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from one of the exhibits
00:19:42.72\00:19:43.75
and I wasn't
really paying attention
00:19:43.78\00:19:44.81
to where I was walking
00:19:44.84\00:19:46.19
and I ended up walking
right up to the AFM booth.
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And I began talking
to the recruiter there,
00:19:49.73\00:19:51.86
I would actually
see him speak about
00:19:51.89\00:19:53.34
a year and half prior to that
00:19:53.37\00:19:55.38
and as I was talking with him,
00:19:55.41\00:19:58.18
I had some
questions about mission work
00:19:58.21\00:20:00.24
and about the un-reached.
00:20:00.27\00:20:02.87
And we left that
ASI Convention really
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.74
you know, thinking that some day
00:20:05.77\00:20:07.46
we may possibly be missionaries.
00:20:07.49\00:20:10.31
So it really, it really
began there I would say.
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Wonderful, well, Cindy and Kyle,
00:20:13.33\00:20:15.37
wishing you God's richest
blessings in this new endeavor.
00:20:15.40\00:20:19.28
And to our viewers at home,
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.10
please remember Kyle and Cindy
00:20:21.13\00:20:22.98
and so many other
missionaries in your prayers.
00:20:23.01\00:20:26.55
God may even have a
purpose for you in mission.
00:20:26.58\00:20:29.97
Please prayerfully consider that
00:20:30.00\00:20:32.26
and may God richly
bless this young couple
00:20:32.29\00:20:34.83
as they go to
serve Him. Thank you.
00:20:34.86\00:20:36.93
Korea is home to
immigrants from all over Asia.
00:20:41.20\00:20:45.51
They come to find work,
00:20:45.54\00:20:47.06
but sometimes struggle to
find a place to call home.
00:20:47.09\00:20:50.60
In the city of Ansan,
00:20:50.63\00:20:52.23
a multicultural center opened
to help immigrants in Korea.
00:20:52.26\00:20:55.56
Andrew Kahn is just one example
00:21:03.03\00:21:04.90
of how the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.12
is reaching out to people
00:21:07.15\00:21:08.48
in the
community who are in need.
00:21:08.51\00:21:11.05
This center providing the people
00:21:11.08\00:21:13.05
for free food
00:21:13.08\00:21:16.86
and free lodging for some times
00:21:16.89\00:21:22.76
one month or two months
00:21:22.79\00:21:25.02
and before they get a new job.
00:21:25.05\00:21:27.60
Andrew, an immigrant himself,
00:21:27.63\00:21:29.93
fled Myanmar seven years ago
00:21:29.96\00:21:31.85
because of political unrest.
00:21:31.88\00:21:34.30
He knows the challenges
00:21:34.33\00:21:35.55
of moving to a
foreign country firsthand.
00:21:35.58\00:21:38.44
The center he works at
00:21:38.47\00:21:39.58
not only meets the
people's physical needs
00:21:39.61\00:21:41.63
by providing food and shelter,
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.70
but focuses on meeting
their spiritual needs as well.
00:21:43.73\00:21:48.14
There is really a
big work for this,
00:21:48.17\00:21:51.02
so we put it up,
00:21:51.05\00:21:54.41
envision to
fellowship with them,
00:21:54.44\00:21:59.97
to just invite them
to church, you know.
00:22:00.00\00:22:03.42
To let them know
that we are here.
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.11
We care for them.
00:22:05.14\00:22:07.33
So if they don't know about God,
00:22:07.36\00:22:12.39
we have to teach them.
00:22:12.42\00:22:16.31
We should believe God.
00:22:16.34\00:22:18.02
There is a creator and
there is a savior Jesus,
00:22:18.05\00:22:23.69
and there is a Holy Spirit.
00:22:23.72\00:22:26.64
Workers at the
center give Bible studies
00:22:26.67\00:22:28.75
to residents who are interested,
00:22:28.78\00:22:31.01
hoping to share
the truth of God's word
00:22:31.04\00:22:33.37
and guide them
along in their faith.
00:22:33.40\00:22:35.76
Evidence of their efforts can be
00:22:35.79\00:22:37.21
seen in the lives
of various residents.
00:22:37.24\00:22:40.21
When she came to this center
00:22:40.24\00:22:43.46
I introduced
her with the pastors
00:22:43.49\00:22:46.72
and I asked her if she
wants to study the Bible.
00:22:46.75\00:22:52.90
And then she said yes,
00:22:52.93\00:22:54.68
and then I taught her the Bible,
00:22:54.71\00:22:59.01
especially the
Adventist message.
00:22:59.04\00:23:01.95
And then after two weeks
00:23:01.98\00:23:05.48
she accepted and
then she baptized.
00:23:05.51\00:23:11.80
Since the center opened in 2008,
00:23:11.83\00:23:14.26
about 40 people
have been baptized.
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.52
Neil Valentino is an immigrant
00:23:17.55\00:23:19.35
who came to Korea to earn money
00:23:19.38\00:23:20.88
to send to his family
back to the Philippines.
00:23:20.91\00:23:23.88
After working for a few
years, he developed a skin rash
00:23:23.91\00:23:26.79
from the harsh
chemicals at work.
00:23:26.82\00:23:29.04
Then Neil unexpectedly
was fired from his job.
00:23:29.07\00:23:32.79
I was very depressed,
00:23:32.82\00:23:35.11
I was so anxious at the time,
00:23:35.14\00:23:37.96
of course, I'm so, you know,
00:23:37.99\00:23:41.75
disappointment was with me
00:23:41.78\00:23:43.81
all of those you know, that
I'm almost dying at the time.
00:23:43.84\00:23:48.68
Unsure of what to do,
00:23:48.71\00:23:50.46
Neil wandered into
a small Filipino store
00:23:50.49\00:23:52.95
where he met a worker
from the outreach center.
00:23:52.98\00:23:55.71
When I saw this guy I
thought he was also like me
00:23:55.74\00:24:01.80
going there just to
visit and to buy something.
00:24:01.83\00:24:06.24
Then when he said
that he was a missionary
00:24:06.27\00:24:12.42
then I found out that
I am different from him.
00:24:12.45\00:24:17.04
The man invited
Neil to visit the center
00:24:17.07\00:24:19.20
where he was
given a place to stay.
00:24:19.23\00:24:21.70
At the center, he also learned
to depend entirely on God.
00:24:21.73\00:24:27.04
Although I am a sinner
and I have repented my sins,
00:24:27.07\00:24:30.46
my sins to Him
through only accepting Him
00:24:30.49\00:24:35.76
as my Lord and Savior,
00:24:35.79\00:24:37.18
then I have to be
baptized through the water.
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.59
In addition to
the migrant center,
00:24:45.08\00:24:46.80
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Korea
00:24:46.83\00:24:48.65
is reaching out to
people in the community
00:24:48.68\00:24:51.04
through this
vegetarian restaurant.
00:24:51.07\00:24:53.66
People come here to enjoy a meal
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.36
and they have an opportunity
00:24:55.39\00:24:56.64
to connect with
Adventist Church members.
00:24:56.67\00:25:00.14
I love helping people.
I guess it's my passion.
00:25:00.17\00:25:04.82
Since I joined the 1,000
missionary movement in 1993
00:25:04.85\00:25:10.61
until now I am still
in the missionary work.
00:25:10.64\00:25:14.30
These forms of
evangelism are important
00:25:14.33\00:25:16.71
to the church effort in Korea.
00:25:16.74\00:25:19.73
The migrant center in Ansan
00:25:19.76\00:25:21.34
is just one
example of how Adventists
00:25:21.37\00:25:23.15
are touching lives
in their community.
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.68
With the large number
of immigrants in Korea
00:25:25.71\00:25:27.76
there is a growing
need for another center.
00:25:27.79\00:25:31.12
We're adding
another multicultural center
00:25:31.15\00:25:35.25
again in Seoul
00:25:35.28\00:25:36.96
and it will be
beneficial to those foreigners
00:25:36.99\00:25:42.23
living in Seoul right
by getting this assistance.
00:25:42.26\00:25:45.79
We hope that you help
us to fulfill our dream
00:25:48.65\00:25:53.12
and through your
financial support,
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.93
we can be a witness to
all the people around us here
00:25:58.98\00:26:03.24
and we can tell to
them that Jesus loves them.
00:26:03.27\00:26:07.74
A portion of this
quarter's 13th Sabbath offering
00:26:07.77\00:26:10.43
goes towards building
a new center in Seoul.
00:26:10.46\00:26:13.53
Thank you for doing your part
00:26:13.56\00:26:15.88
to build this new migrant center
and please continue to pray
00:26:15.91\00:26:20.28
for those searching
for a place to call home.
00:26:20.31\00:26:23.52
Thank you for your
support of the mission
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.34
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:26:26.37\00:26:28.16
If you enjoy seeing the people
in places around the world
00:27:09.57\00:27:13.14
where frontline
mission is happening,
00:27:13.17\00:27:15.48
you love the new 2013
Adventist Mission Calendar.
00:27:15.51\00:27:20.41
This colorful calendar
will keep images of mission
00:27:20.44\00:27:23.09
in front of you every day.
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So if you live in North America,
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simply call our toll free number
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at 1800-648-5824
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or visit our website
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and ask for the
Adventist Mission Calendar
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or offer 305.
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Don't forget to clearly
state your name and address
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and be sure to mention
the Calendar or offer 305.
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Well, I hope you have
enjoyed today's program
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as we are focused on snapshots
of mission around the world.
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Thank you for
your continuing prayers
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and financial
support for global mission.
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And I hope you
can join me next time
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right here on
"Global Mission Snapshots."
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