From Kenya to the United States,
from Italy to France mission
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stories and mission
challenges around the globe
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coming up 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, go
unto all the world,
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telling them of His love."
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This is our mission.
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This is our Global Mission.
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Hello I am Gary Krause
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and welcome to
Global Mission Snapshots.
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Today, we will be
looking at the power of prayer
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and the power
of people who care.
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A couple of years
ago experts estimated
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there had been
two and half million
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new AIDS infected
people in that one year.
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Despite medical
progress HIV and AIDS
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still adversely
affect millions of families.
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Today we will visit
some Adventists missionaries
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working to educate
people about the disease.
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We will also talk
with Richard Elofer,
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director of The World Jewish
Adventist Friendship Center,
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one of the global
missions study centers.
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We'll also take
a historical look
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at some early Adventist
missionaries with David Trim,
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the director of Archives,
Statistics and Research
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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But first let's
travel to Italy and a church
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using prayer to
help their church grow.
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Milan, Italy one of the most
secularized regions of Europe,
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home to amazing architecture,
music, fancy shops,
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fashion and everything that can
make your empty heart feel full.
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Though at least
that's what the people
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who live here
would like to think.
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Italy is also home to
one in sixty million people
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and there is only one Adventist
for every 6,900 people.
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The Adventist church has had
a difficult time growing here.
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We have a very secularize
society and it affects
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the society and the church also.
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So it's not easy
to come to people
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that think they don't
need God, don't need religion.
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So we must find
strategies to come around us,
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hold the biases and prejudiced
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that people has--
have in their minds.
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So this is our
challenge, hence we see
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that some results are
appearing here in them.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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Outside of Milan is
the area of Bergamo.
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Here a small Seventh-day
Adventist meets each Sabbath.
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The work small can be
used to describe the building
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that they need in, not
the size of the congregation.
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Several years ago the church
was small and had no growth,
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church leaders decided to
try establishing small groups
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that would use prayer as their
out reach to the community.
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The members organized into
small groups that would meet
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several times a
week in member's homes.
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They would study the
Bible for a deeper understanding
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of Jesus and his love for them.
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At the same time they pray
that God would bring people
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to them so they
could share their faith.
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For several months this
continued and then people
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from outside the church started
attending the small groups.
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These new arrivals were
coworkers and mutual friends
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who wanted to find a
deeper meaning in their lives.
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Slowly the small
church started to grow.
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Sabbath school
became a time of deep
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spiritual study and prayer.
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The small groups would meet in
their own Sabbath school groups
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and then pour over
the scriptures together.
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Then the last 15 minutes of
Sabbath school were dedicated
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to praying in small groups.
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These groups would
pray for God to bring
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new people to them,
people who were also searching
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for the truth in Jesus.
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Soon the church had
more than doubled the size
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and had quickly out
grown its small building.
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Today there are 11
Lay leaders at the church
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and each one is in
charge of a small group.
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There is even talk of
starting a church plant
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in another near by
community to elevate
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the crowded church each Sabbath.
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God has truly
answered the prayers
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of the Bergamo church.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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In the mission of
the church the gospel
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has not completed its
mission until in the church
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between the members and
its totality has accepted
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the character of
Christ in such a way
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we will meet one time per week
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after we can meet
two times per week.
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So times people meet three,
four, five times per week.
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We eat together,
we enjoy together,
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we sing together and
we also weep together
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and in such a way the Lord
will put people in his church.
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Your prayerful support
at the mission offering
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helps provide resources to
small churches like Bergamo
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as they strive to
reflect the character of Christ
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and bring the members of
their community to Jesus.
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Thank you, for
supporting the mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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One of the many
activities and initiatives
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of the office of
Adventist Mission
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are the Global
Mission's Study Centers.
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One of these study centers
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is the World Jewish
Adventist Friendship Center.
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This is a centre that
has been based in Jerusalem
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and recently
moved to Paris, France.
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And I am delighted to welcome
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Dr. Richard
Elofer, to the program.
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Richard, you
have been the director
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of this centre
for many years now?
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Yeah, about 12
years. Twelve years.
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The study centers are
set up to help us build
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better bridges of
understanding with people
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from different faith tradition.
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Now where does your
knowledge of Judaism come from?
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Oh, my knowledge
comes from my education,
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because I am a Jew.
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I was born as a Jew and
then I was raised as Jew.
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I did my bar mitzvah course,
normal education of a Jew.
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That's why I
have a good knowledge
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of Judaism and
what is to be a Jew.
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Yes, now tell me a
little bit about the centre.
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What is the sort
of things that you do?
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What are your goals?
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Our goal is to
raise an understanding
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inside of the church
and outside of the church
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and good relationships
between Jews and Adventists.
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That is our first goal
and that's why we try to make
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the church known among
the Jews in order to have them
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to--to have a good understanding
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of who we are
and what we believe.
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Outline some of
the areas that we share
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in common with
our Jewish neighbors.
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Oh, we have many of them.
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We have of
course a Sabbath because
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we are the
Seventh-day Adventist,
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seventh day means a Sabbath.
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And we have also
all our lifestyle
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and our health principles
and many things like that.
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In fact which
share the same Bible,
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the same God, the same Messiah
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we have so many things in
common with the Jewish people.
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Now as Adventist we
believe very strongly
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and we promote religious
freedom and so there are times
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when a Jewish
person will decide,
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I want to
fellowship with Adventist.
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How do we make this
more comfortable for then?
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I understand it we have a number
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of different congregations
describe those for me.
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Yeah, you know, we
have among us some Jews
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who have accepted that
Jesus which is called in Hebrew,
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Yeshua as a Messiah.
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And because they are
coming to us we welcome them,
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we accepts them.
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But we are very careful not
to hurt them and to shock them
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and that's why we
have decided to worship
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in some of our congregation
in the Jewish style.
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And that's why we have
Hebrew Adventist congregation
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or some other says
Jewish Adventist congregation
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some other says
Jewish Adventist synagogue.
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Because we want to have
the keepers that they lead
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to seeing them to
pray in Hebrew exactly like
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we can do in the synagogue.
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On Sabbath morning we
opens Torah scroll like
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in the synagogue
and we have the Kiddush.
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We have all the stuff of Jewish
synagogue in our congregations.
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Now I had the
privilege of worshiping
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in some of these congregations
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and not coming from
the Jewish background
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and it is still
very meaningful for me.
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And do you find that you
have many other Adventist
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who come and say this is
a meaningful way to worship.
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Yeah, in fact
not only Adventists
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but also some other traditions
from other denominations
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because in fact that our
roots are in Hebrew Bible
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and we have common
roots with the Jewish people.
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And many Christians are
very interesting to discover
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the Jewish or Hebrew
roots of their faith.
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And that's why they are
coming to our congregation
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to our worship and they are
very happy to read the Bible
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and to understand the
Bible with a new eyes.
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With a Jewish point of view
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and that is very
interesting for them.
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That's why we
attract in our congregation
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Jews, Messianic,
Christians and Adventist.
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A broad range.
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Now Richard tell me
about the recent incentive
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for a radio station
that you were involved in.
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Yeah, since I am now in Paris
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and if I came to Paris
to France it because France
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is third Jewish
country in the world
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after America and Israel
and I try to think a little bit
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what can I do in Paris in
France to make this relationship
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and to build understanding
between Jews and Adventist.
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And they found
radio is quite a good way
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because 20, 30 years
ago we had to ask government
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for authorization to
have channel on FM et cetera
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but today it's completely free.
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With internet we can
do what ever we want.
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And then I decided
to open a web radio.
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This web radio is
called Shema-Israel-Radio.net
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or dot com is coming
to also and in this radio
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we have right
now beautiful music,
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Messianic music and Jewish music
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and also the reading
of the Bible in Hebrew.
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Oh, Lovely And we are planning
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to record very
soon some talk program
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because Jews are
very interesting by talk.
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We can see everywhere Jews
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are very educated
and they are listening
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talk radio everywhere.
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Fantastic. Now,
Richard, just quickly
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for more
information on this centre
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how can-- how can
our viewers find them?
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How can-- They
get more information.
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What's the website?
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Okay, the website
if JewishAdventist.org
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Oh that's easy.
JewishAdentist.org
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Yeah. Thank you,
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so much for
joining us today, Richard.
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Thank you, very
much for inviting me.
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Viewers at home please
do remember Pastor Elofer
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and his
ministry in your prayers.
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There are more than 50
Jewish Adventist congregations
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spread in various
parts of the world
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today worshiping every Sabbath.
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These are
congregations that are open,
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that are accommodating,
that are friendly,
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that are
contextualized to be attractive
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to our Jewish
brothers and sisters.
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And please, look
for opportunities
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in your neighborhoods,
in your workplace to open up
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your arms of friendship to our
Jewish friends with whom we have
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so much in common and
may God richly bless us
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as we try to be open
everybody who comes from
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a different faith
tradition and needs to know
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that we are their
friends and that we love them.
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My guest is Dr.
David Trim, a historian
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who is the director of
Archives and Statistics,
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and Research at the Seventh-day
Adventists world headquarters.
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David, thanks for joining us.
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It's my pleasure, Gary.
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What we are going to talk about
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some of the Adventists pioneers
who have been very significant
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for the mission of the church,
who we are going to look at.
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I think we can talk about
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John Collas and
William Spicer Gary.
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Wonderful names
that I am familiar with,
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tell me about Elder Collas.
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Collas is interesting.
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He has a personal
connection since with us because
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with out Collas
the church in Australia
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where we both
grew up would not have
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developed in the same way.
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I have a lot to thank him for.
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In deed, you know,
Collas doesn't spend
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all of his life as a
missionary but he does have
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some significant
periods in mission service.
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He was born just
after Christmas in the 1845.
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He was originally a
Baptist but he became
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a Seventh-day Adventist
when he was just 23 and in 1868
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he became the Chaplin
or what was then called
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the Western Health
Reform Institute that's become
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Battle Creek
Sanitarium that is the first
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Adventist Healthcare Institution
and he became its Chaplin
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when it was only two years old.
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So he plays a very
key role in forming
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the Adventist health work.
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He then later in the 1870s
and 80s works as a minister
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and evangelist right
across the United States.
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But a key day comes in 1985 when
he goes with Elder S. N. Haskell
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and others as the
first Adventists missionaries
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to Australia and of
course that is when the church
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in Australia gets, gets founded.
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As with many
countries in the world, Gary,
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Adventists had been there
before the first missionaries
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came because that
read Adventists literature
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but these are the first party
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of the first Adventists
missionaries to go to Australia.
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And so in a sense
everything that happens
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with the church in
Australia which is still
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sort of a
powerhouse or Adventism
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comes from their work.
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And Collas was
particularly important because
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he conducted evangelistic
campaigns in Melbourne
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and Adelaide and some
other Australian cities
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which were
tremendously successful.
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He won large numbers
of converts including
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a few from the
upper classes which is,
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you know,
Adventists don't always reach.
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And that was important because
their tithes and offerings
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help to sustain the church.
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And so really without Collas
and his evangelistic series
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the church in Australia
just wouldn't have taken off.
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Now, when he went to Australia
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who did you say he went with?
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S. N. Haskell, Steven Haskell.
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Steven Haskell.
And Haskell himself,
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you know, he
would be a good subject
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for another time perhaps.
Oh, yeah, he was particularly
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close with
Ellen White of course.
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In deed. In deed.
So these--these men
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went with their
families, got on a boat,
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went all the way
to Australia and then
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that wasn't that easy back then.
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No, in deed it's
a journey of weeks
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to go across the
pacific not like today.
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I mean it seems long enough
now flying across the pacific
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but much longer than and,
you know, quite a alien society.
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Australia and United
States were similar in some ways
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both being frontier societies,
but of course Australia
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was--had been founded
by Britain as a colony
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and so it would have been
alien to them in many ways
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but they are willing to
do it they were enthusiastic.
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And Collas as I said plays
this key role as an evangelist.
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But also he establishes
the first Adventists magazine,
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the first church paper
in Australia the Bible Echo.
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Which also it help to
meet the church together
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and won more people,
won new conducts as well.
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And he remained in
Australia for two years
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then he went back to California
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because he had
some health problems
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but he went to Australia again
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and was there for another
3 years from 1893 to 1896
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before and of
course that was the stage
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when Ellen White was also there.
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But he returns to the
States in 1896 and then he,
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his key role there after for
a while was in religious liberty
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and he actually appealed
before a US senate committee
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to testify about a
proposed Sunday law.
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Its often
remembered that A.T. Jones
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was the great hero of
religious liberty but Collas
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as involved as Jones
was and he helped to stop
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those, those moved towards
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the national
Sunday law in 1890s.
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Now, tell us about the
second man Elder Spicer,
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very significant
for Adventist mission.
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Spicer could not be
more significant actually,
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you know, Gary.
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Spicer's demand who creates
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Adventists mission I would say.
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He himself served
as a, as a missionary.
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He went to England
when he was just 22.
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Help set up the work
there, came back to America
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to be the
foreign mission security
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of the General Conference.
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And because of his
work, while he was there that
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was one of the
reason they were able to buy
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the land on which they
established Salus Mission
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which is today Salus University.
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And then he went to India.
00:19:03.62\00:19:05.47
He went to India in
1898 and for three years
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he was the only
ordained minister
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in the whole of southern Asia.
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He founded the
Adventist Periodical Day,
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he really set the work
on a, a good foundation.
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Then he goes back to America
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to be the Sectary of
the Foreign Mission Board
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but the following
year 1902 he became
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Sectary of the
General Conference
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and for nearly 20 years
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he was the Sectary of
the General Conference.
00:19:32.02\00:19:33.88
Now a lot of viewers won't know
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but the Secretariat of
the GC is what's responsible
00:19:35.80\00:19:38.70
for sending foreign missions.
00:19:38.73\00:19:41.53
But how do you do that?
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How do you send
foreign missionaries?
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You have to do all the logistics
00:19:44.10\00:19:45.63
of actually shipping them over,
00:19:45.66\00:19:47.91
taking care of
them, their families.
00:19:47.94\00:19:49.82
Bring them back
periodically few fellows.
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It requires a
huge infrastructure.
00:19:52.42\00:19:54.91
That's the part
of mission service
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we often don't talk about
because it isn't glamorous.
00:19:56.72\00:19:59.56
But Spicer creates
the infra structure
00:19:59.59\00:20:02.13
that allows the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:20:02.16\00:20:04.91
to send foreign missionaries
all around the world
00:20:04.94\00:20:07.23
and to keep them there
for long periods of time,
00:20:07.26\00:20:11.19
which includes bringing
them home from time to time.
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You know and
that's still a major part
00:20:13.92\00:20:15.74
of the bureaucracy
of General Conference,
00:20:15.77\00:20:18.72
but it's a necessary
part and that is really
00:20:18.75\00:20:20.97
all the creation of
William Ambrose Spicer.
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There is one other
key role he played.
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He himself traveled the
world between 1900 and 1940
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there were four years in which
he didn't go abroad to travel.
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And every where he went he wrote
articles for church papers.
00:20:35.50\00:20:38.64
And I would say,
Gary, that Spicer implanted
00:20:38.67\00:20:42.10
worldwide missions in
the Seventh-day Adventist DNA
00:20:42.13\00:20:45.71
so we have a huge
amount to thank him for.
00:20:45.74\00:20:48.24
David, I wish we
had a couple of hours,
00:20:48.27\00:20:50.10
because he is a
fascinating member.
00:20:50.13\00:20:51.45
Thank you, so much.
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Pleasure. Our viewers at home
00:20:53.06\00:20:55.18
we have so much to be
thankful for in terms of people
00:20:55.21\00:20:59.31
who pioneered the way,
who under God's guidance,
00:20:59.34\00:21:03.02
under His blessing had a vision.
00:21:03.05\00:21:05.59
They worked hard.
00:21:05.62\00:21:06.99
Many of them died young.
00:21:07.02\00:21:08.48
Many actually went
overseas for mission
00:21:08.51\00:21:11.92
and they never
came home and such sort
00:21:11.95\00:21:14.07
of pioneering service,
such sort of commitment
00:21:14.10\00:21:17.53
to mission that we build
on today and we thank them
00:21:17.56\00:21:20.44
for what they
have done and we know
00:21:20.47\00:21:21.59
that God's spirit
is still working today
00:21:21.62\00:21:24.16
in men and woman to
follow them for mission.
00:21:24.19\00:21:27.15
To the Maasai
walking is a way of life.
00:21:31.13\00:21:34.22
This morning they are walking
00:21:34.25\00:21:35.52
to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:21:35.55\00:21:37.44
to attend a
seminar about HIV/AIDS.
00:21:37.47\00:21:40.97
Many Maasai people continue
to live a very traditional life
00:21:41.00\00:21:44.77
living in arid
parts of the country,
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.09
where water is scarce.
00:21:47.12\00:21:48.82
Food and vegetables
are almost unheard off
00:21:48.85\00:21:50.86
and their diet consists
all most exclusively of milk
00:21:50.89\00:21:54.46
which they drink at
least three times a day.
00:21:54.49\00:21:58.75
Long time medical missionaries
Oscar and Eugenia Giordano,
00:21:58.78\00:22:02.37
are in Kenya to share
information about HIV/AIDS
00:22:02.40\00:22:05.92
and to bring hope
to those affected.
00:22:05.95\00:22:08.07
The husband and wife
team of medical doctors
00:22:08.10\00:22:11.02
are heading up to
Seventh-day Adventist Churches
00:22:11.05\00:22:13.17
HIV/AIDS ministry in Africa,
00:22:13.20\00:22:16.36
the Adventist Aids
International ministry.
00:22:16.39\00:22:20.44
They encourage Adventist
congregations to find ways
00:22:20.47\00:22:23.64
to help those infected with HIV,
00:22:23.67\00:22:25.99
to accept them and
to give them the hope.
00:22:26.02\00:22:29.68
During the five days
seminar Oscar and Eugenia
00:22:29.71\00:22:32.41
are staying in
this Maasai Maniata
00:22:32.44\00:22:34.78
made of branches,
plaster with cow dung
00:22:34.81\00:22:37.59
and usually covered
with grass thatched.
00:22:37.62\00:22:41.00
You see us in a Maniata this
is a traditional Maasai house
00:22:41.03\00:22:44.25
and usually the Maasai house,
houses are very very dark inside
00:22:44.28\00:22:50.38
so that fly's wont
come, but this one has been
00:22:50.41\00:22:52.61
tailored to due to our needs,
00:22:52.64\00:22:55.39
and there is light
and there are flies.
00:22:55.42\00:22:58.82
They are also given
Maasai names Eugenia
00:22:58.85\00:23:01.47
was given the name Naipota
which means 'full of knowledge'
00:23:01.50\00:23:05.00
and Oscar was
given the name Saruni
00:23:05.03\00:23:07.73
which means 'the one
who came to help us.'
00:23:07.76\00:23:11.28
In the mornings
before the programs
00:23:11.31\00:23:12.97
begin they walk the hills near
by learning about Maasai ways
00:23:13.00\00:23:17.63
like the Maasai toothbrush,
just chew the ends of a branch
00:23:17.66\00:23:21.90
from a special bush
until you get bristles
00:23:21.93\00:23:24.50
and then brush away.
00:23:24.53\00:23:28.08
The area has been
hit hard by drought.
00:23:28.11\00:23:32.00
You see this time
we are experiencing
00:23:32.03\00:23:34.12
one of the toughest
drought in Maasai island history
00:23:34.15\00:23:37.35
because for the last four years
we had never had a good rain
00:23:37.38\00:23:40.54
to sustain to
animals and we have lost
00:23:40.57\00:23:43.61
quite number of
animals, almost 80 percent
00:23:43.64\00:23:46.38
of the animals on this island
have been wiped by the drought.
00:23:46.41\00:23:50.14
The drought takes a
human toll too especially
00:23:50.17\00:23:53.14
on those infected
with HIV/AIDS who need
00:23:53.17\00:23:56.49
nutritious food like vegetables,
to maintain their health.
00:23:56.52\00:24:00.22
Someday the Giordano's
hope to have enough money
00:24:00.25\00:24:03.01
to drill a well
that will provide water
00:24:03.04\00:24:05.04
for the surrounding area.
00:24:05.07\00:24:07.91
During the seminars the
doctors share information
00:24:07.94\00:24:10.58
about HIV/AIDS with the group.
00:24:10.61\00:24:13.34
Then Dr. Eugenia spends
time with the woman and girls
00:24:13.37\00:24:17.15
and Dr. Oscars spends
time with the men and boys.
00:24:17.18\00:24:20.88
In the Maasai culture most
men have more than one wife.
00:24:20.91\00:24:24.85
Many people practice
polygamy, and if one is infected
00:24:24.88\00:24:29.04
the whole family is infected.
00:24:29.07\00:24:31.50
Yet many are afraid
to be tested for fear
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.87
they will be ostracized.
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.05
And there are other
problems with getting people
00:24:36.08\00:24:38.20
to understand how
HIV/AIDS is transmitted.
00:24:38.24\00:24:41.63
Some still believe that
evil spirits are responsible
00:24:41.66\00:24:44.46
for AIDS and for some there
are other more immediate needs.
00:24:44.49\00:24:49.47
You know we found
that the HIV message
00:24:49.50\00:24:53.10
about prevention, if it
comes alone doesn't help
00:24:53.13\00:24:56.04
very much,
because people are hungry.
00:24:56.07\00:24:58.83
So found if we can give them
00:24:58.86\00:25:00.82
practical
solutions, they will listen.
00:25:00.85\00:25:03.58
So here in Maasai
land, this group of people
00:25:03.61\00:25:06.97
they have different
income generating activities,
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.73
for example they
have a barber shop
00:25:09.76\00:25:12.63
where the young
people they cut hair,
00:25:12.67\00:25:15.00
they have an
earning, and at the same time
00:25:15.03\00:25:17.61
every person that is sitting
00:25:17.64\00:25:19.05
there will learn
about HIV and AIDS.
00:25:19.08\00:25:21.86
The Giordano's
also help by encouraging
00:25:21.89\00:25:24.18
them to grow small
kitchen gardens and providing
00:25:24.21\00:25:27.31
a way for woman to
earn money by sewing,
00:25:27.34\00:25:29.37
making beadwork
crafts and baking bread
00:25:29.41\00:25:32.51
and cakes in a charcoal oven.
00:25:32.54\00:25:35.12
There is no electricity
here and the closest barber shop
00:25:35.15\00:25:37.75
and bakery are
some 40 kilometers away.
00:25:37.78\00:25:41.03
The Giordano's HIV/AIDS ministry
00:25:41.06\00:25:43.52
extends far beyond Maasai land.
00:25:43.55\00:25:45.88
In Kenya, the Giordano's
are helping support churches
00:25:45.92\00:25:49.49
and other community
organizations ministering
00:25:49.52\00:25:52.34
to those with HIV/AIDS.
00:25:52.37\00:25:55.64
Kingeero Adventist
Church is helping grandmothers
00:25:55.67\00:25:58.30
earn a living by
sewing, crafts and baking.
00:25:58.33\00:26:02.25
They are also making and
bottling liquid detergent
00:26:02.28\00:26:05.71
and they even have
their own yogurt production,
00:26:05.74\00:26:08.28
thanks to a new refrigerator
bought by donors in Australia.
00:26:08.31\00:26:12.51
But one project
leader has a special place
00:26:12.54\00:26:14.91
in the Giordano's hearts.
00:26:14.94\00:26:17.35
They met Angelina
through the Adventist church
00:26:17.38\00:26:19.45
across the street
from their ministry.
00:26:19.48\00:26:21.60
Angelina has been
working with HIV/AIDS orphans
00:26:21.63\00:26:24.76
and their grandmothers,
often retired, who are suddenly
00:26:24.79\00:26:28.30
faced with raising
their grand children.
00:26:28.33\00:26:31.30
AAIM has funded project
so that these grandmothers
00:26:31.33\00:26:34.88
can grow gardens
or earn a small income
00:26:34.91\00:26:37.37
to help put food on the table.
00:26:37.40\00:26:40.13
Recently Angelina
has been told that she,
00:26:40.16\00:26:42.79
the grandmothers and
orphans, must leave the building
00:26:42.82\00:26:45.51
where she is been
running her programs.
00:26:45.54\00:26:48.35
The Giordano's yearn to do more.
00:26:48.38\00:26:51.25
Everywhere they
turned they see more needs,
00:26:51.28\00:26:54.02
more people who need hope.
00:26:54.05\00:26:58.05
Help somebody and you
will feel such a happiness
00:26:58.08\00:27:02.25
in your heart that is priceless.
00:27:02.28\00:27:04.61
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