A small
Adventist Church in China,
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Mission in the
South Pacific Islands
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and Elder Mike Ryan, the
father of the Global Mission
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all coming up next right here
on Global Mission Snapshots.
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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.
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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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Today, we'll be learning
more about the challenges
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and needs of
mission in Papua New Guinea
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and we'll be
talking with Nancy Kyte
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about Global Mission pioneers.
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We'll also be talking with
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Mike Ryan, a
general vice president
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at Seventh-day
Adventist World Headquarters
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and the first
director of Global Mission.
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But first up, lets' go to China
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and meet a woman who helped
a new group of Adventists,
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have a church
where they could worship.
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Here in the heart of China,
here in the heart of this city,
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is a small
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Just 10 years ago,
there was no Adventist church.
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There were no
Seventh-day Adventists.
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That's when Mrs. Fan came
to the city as a church planter
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to start a new
group of believers.
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Mrs. Fan tells how she was
looking for a place to stay
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when she first came to the city.
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Someone sent her to Popo Daus.
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Popo or Grandma Daus had a
room that Mrs. Fan could rent.
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Before long Mrs.
Fan had a small group
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studying the Bible and
Popo Daus was one of them.
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As they studied she
gave her heart to Jesus
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and joined the fledgling church.
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She left them build a small
church on her family's property.
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But her husband wasn't
ready to sign over the land.
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Mrs. Fan tells how one day
she was walking down the street
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when she saw that
there had been accident.
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When she got
closer she saw Popo Daus
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lying on the
street in a pool of blood.
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They rushed her to the
hospital where the doctors said
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she wasn't going to
make it through the night.
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So the church members held an
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all night prayer
vigil for Popo Daus.
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They cared about Popo
Daus, but they also knew that
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if anything happened to her
they might lose their church.
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Popo Daus got well and
when she did she and her husband
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signed over the
land to the church.
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Today Popo Daus is
79 and still worshipping
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in the church she help build.
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And sister Fan,
she went on to plant
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the other
churches in other areas.
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If you would like to learn
more about how you can help,
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plant new churches
in un-entered areas.
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Visit global-mission.org.
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When global mission was
established by the worlds
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Seventh-day
Adventist church in 1990
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there was six
million Adventists--
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baptized Adventists,
believers around the world.
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Today, that's around 17 million.
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So we can praise God
for tremendous growth.
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But we still have
challenges that are facing us
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and I'm delighted to welcome
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Elder Mike Ryan to our program.
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Thanks for joining us, Mike.
It's a privilege to be here.
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Mike, you were the first
director of Global Mission.
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You were there
when it first started.
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You were part of the planning.
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When you walked into the
General Conference office
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for the first time
what sort of a team
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did you have in place
to start Global Mission?
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Well, there actually
Charles Taylor was there
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and he had done a lot
of the original research.
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And Yvonne Dysinger
and there were some people
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who were there but
in terms of a program
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they really
didn't have any program.
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You had funding of course?
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Well, it wasn't a
lot of funding either.
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And that was kind of
just where we started.
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So we had to be
began to, you know,
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envision how it was
gonna come together.
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So it's not like
you were called in
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to be director of
an existing department.
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You were to
start a new initiative.
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Yeah, except that it did
have very clear guidelines.
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And because when you're
starting something like that
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there's lot of people
who come in and they say
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we have to do this,
you have to do this,
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and it should be that.
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And also you're
kind of stepping around
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and there's lot
of turf out there.
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But the committee
who had established it,
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before I was ever
asked to be director,
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they were very
clear that Global Mission
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was to establish Seventh-day
Adventist congregations
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and churches in
place that were un-entered.
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And then they named
three-- four major priorities.
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And one at that time
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was the territory
of the Soviet Union.
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And of course now
it's the former territory
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of the Soviet Union.
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But China, India
and the Middle-East,
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and then as each
of those territories
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contained big cities
those were the priority.
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And it also identified that--
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we won't just going to
talk in terms of geography,
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but also in terms
of people groups. Yes.
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So now Mike, 23 years later,
has Global Mission being doing
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what it's supposed to be doing?
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You could be candid.
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Yeah. Well, it did the first 13.
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It actually, you know,
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I remember at the
General Conference session
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in Indianapolis in
1990 that they stood
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and they announced
that for the first time
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in the history of our church
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that we were establishing
one new congregation everyday.
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So that was you know, seven
a week, you know, do the math.
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And it was kind of thrilling.
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I mean to think that
everyday they went by you
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had one new church
somewhere in the world.
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And well, Global
Mission certainly has not been
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the entity that
has finished the work
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because we're still here
and I'm sure there are things
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that could have been done better
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and had gone forward, but
actually today we established
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maybe about 11 new congregations
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everyday somewhere in the world.
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And so it really
has created an awareness
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among our people
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as to the need
for church planting
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in these un-entered areas.
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And I think if you
really did a comparison
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between the 10x40 window.
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Now that's the real
estate between Spain and Morocco
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all the way around to Japan.
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And within that rectangle
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what 65 to 70 percent of
the world's population lives
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and in 1990 only about 9 percent
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of Seventh-day
Adventists lived there.
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Well, I think if you look
at that in the last 22 years
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that probably the
growth inside that window
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has been nearly 300 percent,
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whereas if you
look outside the window
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that growth probably
has been about 130 percent.
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And so I think we've done
what they wanted us to do.
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It's just that our
wish would have been
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that we could have, you know,
multiplied it 10 times. Exactly.
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I think maybe the
Lord's probably given us
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about all we can
choose sometimes. Yeah.
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Mike, on this program
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we talk a lot about
Global Mission Pioneers.
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Before 1993 they didn't
exist. How did that get started?
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Well, it actually was an
idea that came out of Indonesia.
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They had little
workers that went out
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and I happened
to be a missionary
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out in that division.
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I saw wow, that
really works great.
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Just to take a local
people send them after training.
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And so I thought well,
let's try this in some places.
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So we just went out
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and negotiated
with several divisions
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and they said,
yeah, we'll try it.
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And I mean, the
thing just exploded
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and went to every division
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because it's a very
effective thing to have
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local lay people
trained and witnessing.
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Mike, thanks so much
for joining us today.
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And viewers at home,
Elder Ryan has outlined
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some of the
history of Global Mission
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and we praise God
for the tremendous
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growth around the world.
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And I think when the
history books are written
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they will tell the
story of how Global Mission
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helped change the
focus of the Church
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to focus on reaching
un-entered people groups,
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un-entered territories.
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We think of the thousands
of Global Mission pioneers
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working around the world today
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planting new Seventh-day
Adventist congregations.
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And I want to thank you again
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for your financial
support for pioneers.
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I want to thank
you for your prayers
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because church
planting can be a very lonely
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and a discouraging job.
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That's very
encouraging when pioneers know
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that they have a world
church supporting them.
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Please continue to pray
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for Global
Mission around the world.
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Some 50 years ago,
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Adventists
missionaries spent 40 days
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traversing the rough jungles
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of Papua New Guinea
to reach out to people
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who had never before
heard the name of Jesus.
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They healed the
sick, fed the poor
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and provided spiritual
healing to God's children.
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Today this same trip
can be done in 15 minutes.
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Thanks to our mission plane
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that was paid for with
your mission offerings.
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The mode of
transportation may have changed,
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but the message of hope
in Jesus is still the same.
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In fulfilling our mandate
to start new congregations
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in new geographical areas
and among new people groups,
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we work in some areas
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that we can't
talk about publicly.
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Today my guest is Nancy Kyte,
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who was the Marketing
Director for Adventist Mission,
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works in our office at the
Adventist World Headquarters
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in Washington.
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Welcome, Nancy. Thanks, Gary.
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Recently you visited
one of these countries
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where we have Global
Mission pioneers working.
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But we don't want
to name that country
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because we don't
want to endanger them
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or some of the people
they are working with.
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First of all tell us about
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what a Global
Mission pioneer is?
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A Global Mission pioneer
works in his or her own culture.
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So there is no having
to learn a new language,
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no having to learn new customs,
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they can just fit
right in to the new territory
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that they have been assigned.
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And around the world we have
thousands of these pioneers.
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They live on a very
modest living stipend
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and they follow
Jesus example of living
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among the people
and working with them.
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So Nancy, you met
some of these pioneers
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in this country.
I met some of them.
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I met eight or nine of them,
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and I have to say that
they were extremely interesting
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and inspiring
people to chat with.
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And one thing I
did right off the bat,
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I wanted to make
sure that they felt
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comfortable in talking with me.
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So I said I'm not going
to ask you your real name
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or ask you what
province or town you were from.
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So, you know, lets
just chat as friends.
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And they were able to open up
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and share little
bit about their work.
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Good, tell me a story.
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I heard about a man and his son
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who worked together
in a family business.
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They had for decades
been chopping down tress
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and turn it into furniture.
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So the son was
helping his father one day
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and there was an accident.
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A tree fell over and pinned
his father's legs to the ground.
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And the boy was just frantic
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to help get his
father's leg freed
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and he remembers
digging at the dirt,
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you know, just
cloying at the dirt,
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trying to get his leg
freed and get him disentangled.
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And was able to do so,
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but his father
had a severe injury,
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wasn't life threatening
but it was very severe.
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And it really impacted
the family financially.
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So the boy determined
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that somehow he
would get an education
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so that his father would
not have to work so hard.
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They had a very large family.
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And true to his word, the
boy as he got a little older
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he kept that
education dream in his mind
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and when it came time
for him to go to high school
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he got on a bicycle,
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rode his bicycle 100 kilometers
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to a next town that of any size
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and there he was able
to find a room to stay
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and while he could
attend high school.
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And this room that he
rented from this family
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was just kind of
on the back porch.
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And he noticed that this family,
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would bow their
heads and fold their hands
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before each meal and he
kind of wondered about that.
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But you know, it was
a very polite distance
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that they had
between each other.
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He did well at school
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because he was trained
again to keep that dream alive.
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He was going to succeed,
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so his family could have a
little more comfortable life.
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Well, eventually
there was a school break
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and he decided that he would
go back to visit his family
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and so he got on
his bicycle again
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and of course, it
would take a long time
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to peddle 100 kilometers.
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It was very late at night
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and all of the sudden
he became extremely afraid.
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And there is a problem there,
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that they are used
to with evil spirits
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and demons and he was
extremely afraid of ghosts.
00:14:13.70\00:14:16.27
So here he was
dark night, dark road,
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peddling home and he
remembered the family
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that he saw folding their hands
00:14:22.61\00:14:24.21
and closing
their eyes and thought
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you know, maybe now was the time
00:14:26.52\00:14:28.24
for me to try to pray on my own.
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And in his own way he spoke out,
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he cried out to God and said,
God help me please save me,
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protect me and help me
get home to see my father.
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And immediately
his fear left him
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and he was able to
peddle all the way home
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and see his father.
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Well, through a
series of providences
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he was able to
complete his education.
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He went to the university
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and now he is a Global
Mission pioneer and pastor
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and he is serving
people in his community
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and he knows
that this is exactly
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where God wanted him to be.
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Fantastic.
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It's hard for us in the West
to imagine how much people's
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lives are dominated by
pleasing the good spirits
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implicating the
bad spirits. Exactly.
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There was another lady
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there who was
possessed by an evil spirit.
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We just don't
really hear that too much
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in our part of the world,
but there it's very common.
00:15:22.24\00:15:24.68
And she was
extremely frightened.
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Her family and her
neighbors were frightened.
00:15:27.81\00:15:29.76
They took her to the
hospital. Nothing could be done.
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You know, lab
results and blood pressure
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all came out fine.
00:15:34.53\00:15:36.20
But there was
this other problem.
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And finally people
were brought in to help her.
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They called the pastor.
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You know, usually the
Christian is the last resort
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in the situation like that.
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But they had
exhausted everything else.
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So they brought the pioneer in,
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asked him to please
pray and they did so.
00:15:51.62\00:15:55.03
And he was able to
work with this family,
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they were able to
destroy the spirit house
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and the idols
that were in her house
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and she is fine today.
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And her family is seeing
that we serve a God of power.
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Nancy, thank you so much
for sharing with us today.
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My pleasure.
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Around the world today,
hundreds of stories like this
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are happening
everyday as men and women,
00:16:16.11\00:16:18.77
boys and girls are finding
peace through Jesus Christ.
00:16:18.80\00:16:22.62
And Global Mission
pioneers are one of the messages
00:16:22.65\00:16:25.77
that God is using to touch
lives in a very powerful way.
00:16:25.80\00:16:29.73
Thank you for your continuing
prayerful support for pioneers.
00:16:29.76\00:16:34.05
It is making a difference.
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It is helping to plant
new congregations among
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new people
groups around the world.
00:16:39.45\00:16:41.43
The South Pacific
region comprises 18 countries
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including
Australia, New Zealand,
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Papua New Guinea and
the Islands of the Pacific
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south of the equator.
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This region of the world is home
to almost 37 million people.
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And there are currently
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Seventh-day Adventists
in the south Pacific region.
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That is approximately one
Adventist for every 87 people.
00:17:10.84\00:17:14.31
Majority of
Adventists live in the islands,
00:17:17.64\00:17:19.99
while Australia and New Zealand
have a ratio of one Adventist
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for about every 400 people.
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Your 13th Sabbath
offering this quarter
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will go to three unique
projects that will heal,
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teach and reach
remote parts of the earth.
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Welcome to Mamusi,
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one of the most remote
villages in Papua New Guinea.
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People here live as they
have for hundreds of years.
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And we are only able to
visit this area by plane.
00:18:01.11\00:18:05.03
There are no roads here
through the dense jungle
00:18:05.06\00:18:07.75
on tall mountains of Papua.
00:18:07.78\00:18:09.85
We fly here today to
fulfill an important promise.
00:18:09.88\00:18:12.92
You have given me something
very precious from your valley
00:18:14.49\00:18:18.08
and I want to promise you
today I'm going to give you
00:18:18.11\00:18:21.40
something precious in return.
00:18:21.43\00:18:23.62
When we get the talking
Bible I'll come to your village
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and I'll give
you and your people,
00:18:28.31\00:18:31.07
a talking Bible
so that they can hear
00:18:31.10\00:18:34.09
the word of God
in pidgin English
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in their mother
tongue for the first time.
00:18:36.96\00:18:39.62
Pastor Gary Kent
hosted an Evangelistic meeting
00:18:41.32\00:18:43.83
in Mount Hagen where he was
able to preach to approximately
00:18:43.86\00:18:46.74
15,000 people on some nights.
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Many people in Papua
learned about Jesus more,
00:18:49.78\00:18:52.28
able to share their new faith
with their local communities.
00:18:52.31\00:18:56.31
Among that crowd who attended
the event were 160 villagers
00:18:56.34\00:19:00.26
from Mamusi who had
traveled over four days
00:19:00.29\00:19:03.65
to listen to the messages.
00:19:03.68\00:19:05.24
When the meetings ended
the travelers from Mamusi
00:19:05.27\00:19:07.62
were so amazed with
what they had heard.
00:19:07.65\00:19:10.18
The wonderful God of the Bible
intrigued and inspired them.
00:19:10.21\00:19:14.16
So before heading home
they went to greet the speaker.
00:19:14.19\00:19:17.81
The Chief of
Mamusi thanked the pastor
00:19:17.84\00:19:20.00
and gave him a
gift of appreciation,
00:19:20.03\00:19:22.60
feathers from a
bird of Paradise.
00:19:22.63\00:19:25.61
Now months later the God-pods
are brought to the Mamusi.
00:19:25.64\00:19:30.31
Most of them
cannot read or speak
00:19:30.34\00:19:31.95
and even if they stumble
upon the scared word of God
00:19:31.98\00:19:34.86
they would not be
able to understand it.
00:19:34.89\00:19:37.34
You see, they
speak pidgin English.
00:19:37.37\00:19:40.35
The God-pods are talking
Bible's that the Mamusi's
00:19:40.38\00:19:43.20
and other
villagers of Papua New Guinea
00:19:43.23\00:19:45.82
will be able to use to
learn the important messages
00:19:45.85\00:19:48.64
that God has left to us to
conduct our lives hear on earth
00:19:48.67\00:19:52.09
and to prepare for the
day of Jesus soon return.
00:19:52.12\00:19:56.13
The Mamusi's can now
listen in their own languages.
00:19:56.16\00:19:59.85
They can share
with their friends
00:19:59.88\00:20:01.39
and their God-pods will
never run out of battery.
00:20:01.42\00:20:04.29
The talking Bibles
are powered by the sun.
00:20:04.32\00:20:08.05
How appropriate, isn't it?
00:20:08.08\00:20:09.92
If our lives are powered
by the living Son of God,
00:20:09.95\00:20:12.42
our batteries will
never run out as well.
00:20:12.45\00:20:14.91
For He promises us eternal life.
00:20:14.94\00:20:18.22
May God revive His
people in Papua New Guinea
00:20:18.25\00:20:20.65
and many places of the
world through His living,
00:20:20.68\00:20:22.75
breathing, talking word.
00:20:22.78\00:20:24.55
People in the remote
villages of the South Pacific
00:20:30.03\00:20:32.49
are in constant need
of medical attention.
00:20:32.52\00:20:35.70
From a simple
flu to broken bones,
00:20:35.73\00:20:37.57
pregnancy and
malaria some of the villagers
00:20:37.60\00:20:40.45
there can actually
go an entire lifetime
00:20:40.48\00:20:42.43
without ever seeing a doctor.
00:20:42.46\00:20:44.66
And some of them die from
commonly treated illnesses.
00:20:44.69\00:20:48.31
In Mangino, the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:20:48.34\00:20:50.49
set up a medical clinic
to provide care and treatment
00:20:50.52\00:20:53.17
to the local village.
00:20:53.20\00:20:54.90
It is the only
clinic within miles.
00:20:54.93\00:20:57.93
Some other people in
the neighboring towns
00:20:57.96\00:20:59.61
will travel
great distances on foot
00:20:59.64\00:21:01.42
to get basic medical
attention of the Mangino clinic.
00:21:01.45\00:21:05.12
Brian Lilley walked
here with his parents
00:21:05.15\00:21:07.11
from another village.
00:21:07.14\00:21:08.94
They came in search of
treatment for his mother
00:21:08.97\00:21:10.77
who is not feeling well.
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.72
After trekking for hours
through the jungle to get there
00:21:12.75\00:21:15.46
this family is very appreciative
of the work being done
00:21:15.49\00:21:18.83
and hopes for a clinic
in their village some day.
00:21:18.86\00:21:21.54
We have privilege to have
SDA mission to come up here
00:21:21.57\00:21:26.98
and set this hospital so that
all the people to get around
00:21:27.01\00:21:32.37
the bush places like here.
00:21:32.40\00:21:35.74
And we just coming
to take the medicine
00:21:35.77\00:21:39.06
here for what treatment is.
00:21:39.09\00:21:42.56
The work here is plentiful.
00:21:42.59\00:21:44.42
And the Mangino
clinic struggles to tend
00:21:44.45\00:21:46.51
to the high demand of
those seeking medical attention.
00:21:46.54\00:21:49.66
The Mangino clinic is
just one example of the clinics
00:21:49.69\00:21:52.99
throughout the
South Pacific region
00:21:53.02\00:21:55.29
and the need for more
health posts is great.
00:21:55.32\00:21:59.35
These medical
clinics are in effective way
00:21:59.38\00:22:01.13
to treat physical as
well as spiritually needs.
00:22:01.16\00:22:04.47
It's an essential
service for the communities
00:22:04.50\00:22:06.31
and a sure way to
win souls for Jesus.
00:22:06.34\00:22:09.45
Can you imagine not
having heard the story
00:22:16.69\00:22:19.15
of Daniel and the den of lions?
00:22:19.18\00:22:21.69
The Ark of Noah and
all the marching animals
00:22:21.72\00:22:25.29
or say the supernatural plagues
brought on the Egyptians?
00:22:25.32\00:22:29.38
There are so many fascinating
lines and events in the Bible.
00:22:29.41\00:22:33.20
They are there for
training up a child
00:22:33.23\00:22:34.76
in the way that he should go.
00:22:34.79\00:22:36.71
And the Bible tells us
that even in later years
00:22:36.74\00:22:39.23
he will not depart from the ways
00:22:39.26\00:22:40.49
of these precious
character lessons.
00:22:40.52\00:22:43.69
In the South Pacific,
00:22:43.72\00:22:44.87
children simply do
not have enough Bibles.
00:22:44.90\00:22:47.88
Only one out of ten
little ones have access
00:22:47.91\00:22:50.25
to the most
fascinating book, the Bible.
00:22:50.28\00:22:54.03
They want it for themselves
to learn and to share.
00:22:54.06\00:22:58.19
Imagine the impact
that one equipped child
00:22:58.22\00:23:00.03
can make on their family,
community, school or church.
00:23:00.06\00:23:03.03
When you pick up
your Bible this week,
00:23:05.65\00:23:08.15
remember what a special
gift you have been given
00:23:08.18\00:23:11.13
and remember to contribute
00:23:11.16\00:23:12.27
to this quarter's
13th Sabbath offering
00:23:12.30\00:23:14.97
so a child will not
grow up without the privilege
00:23:15.00\00:23:17.34
every little one to have.
00:23:17.37\00:23:19.94
This 13th Sabbath offering
will go towards these projects.
00:23:19.97\00:23:24.22
We pray you will be a
missionary where you are
00:23:24.25\00:23:26.80
and support the mission work
00:23:26.83\00:23:28.17
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:23:28.20\00:23:30.71
To learn more about
these and other projects
00:23:30.74\00:23:33.00
visit AdventistMission.org.
00:23:33.03\00:23:36.84
Nancy Kyte, one of the guests
on today's program recently
00:23:43.97\00:23:47.51
wrote a cookbook and it's
entitled "A Taste of Travel."
00:23:47.54\00:23:51.67
It's a beautiful illustrated
book and it features soups
00:23:51.70\00:23:54.78
and stews from
more than 130 countries.
00:23:54.81\00:23:58.59
Today we have a special offer
on Global Mission Snapshots.
00:23:58.62\00:24:02.30
We suspect that our
viewers love mission
00:24:02.33\00:24:04.29
and the
different people, cultures
00:24:04.32\00:24:06.13
and places around the world.
00:24:06.16\00:24:07.97
And so if you
live in North America,
00:24:08.00\00:24:10.02
we'd like to send you a
free copy of this cookbook.
00:24:10.05\00:24:14.05
Simply call our toll
free number 1-800-648-5824
00:24:14.08\00:24:20.29
or visit our website
and just ask for a copy
00:24:20.32\00:24:23.48
of "A Taste of Travel" or you
can just say this soup cookbook.
00:24:23.51\00:24:28.12
This book is completely
free while supplies last.
00:24:28.15\00:24:32.44
So if you
include a small donation
00:24:32.47\00:24:34.72
we'd be very happy to receive
it, but it's completely free.
00:24:34.75\00:24:37.97
Don't forget to clearly
state your name and address
00:24:38.00\00:24:41.15
and we'll send you a
copy while supplies last.
00:24:41.18\00:24:44.85
Well, thank you so
much for joining us today
00:24:44.88\00:24:46.90
and a special thank you to
those who call us on the phone
00:24:46.93\00:24:50.08
or go online to financially
support Global Mission.
00:24:50.11\00:24:53.63
You're helping make a difference
00:24:53.66\00:24:55.12
in helping reach the
un-reached with hope.
00:24:55.15\00:24:57.72
So until next
time, I'm Gary Krause
00:24:57.75\00:24:59.85
for Global Mission Snapshots.
00:24:59.88\00:25:01.46
And I hope you'll be
blessed by this music video
00:25:01.49\00:25:03.64
to finish our program.
00:25:03.97\00:25:05.15
What kind of love is
this? What kind of love is this?
00:25:26.06\00:25:34.06
The God won't
fall us from the cling
00:25:37.76\00:25:43.95
Nowhere we lack
sheep, we go straight
00:25:43.98\00:25:50.85
That we will spend His holy name
00:25:50.88\00:25:57.53
That we will lay
Him where else we can
00:25:57.56\00:26:05.53
What kind of love is
this? What kind of love is this?
00:26:05.56\00:26:13.53
The God for us
would caught the sea
00:26:18.82\00:26:25.37
And save us from the enemy
00:26:25.40\00:26:32.04
That He the God of
desert sand would be
00:26:32.07\00:26:39.56
The God of the promise land
00:26:39.59\00:26:47.56
What kind of love is
this? What kind of love is this?
00:26:47.59\00:26:55.56
The God will
take our flesh and sin
00:26:59.90\00:27:06.26
He may like us so
we could be like him
00:27:06.29\00:27:13.06
That he a priest
would draw the naive
00:27:13.09\00:27:19.12
And offer Himself
for his own sacrifice
00:27:19.15\00:27:27.12
What kind of love is
this? What kind of love is this?
00:27:27.15\00:27:35.12
The God will do all that He can
00:27:41.10\00:27:47.67
And yearn for us to understand
00:27:47.70\00:27:55.57
What kind of love is
this? What kind of love is this?
00:27:55.60\00:28:03.57