Participants: Gary Krause (Host), Cheryl Doss, Delbert Pearman
Series Code: GMS
Program Code: GMS000035
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00:01 Small mission offering projects, making a big difference
00:04 and helping missionaries bridge the cultural divide, 00:07 that and much more coming up 00:09 next on "Global Mission snapshots." 00:22 Just before He went up to heaven, 00:25 Jesus gave us a command. 00:28 He gave us a mission. 00:30 Jesus said, go. 00:33 Go unto all the world, telling them of His love. 00:38 This is our mission. 00:40 This is our "Global Mission." 00:47 Hello and welcome to "Global Mission Snapshots." 00:50 I am Gary Krause. 00:51 In today's program, we'll be talking 00:53 with Cheryl Doss, director of the Institute of World Mission. 00:57 She and her family have a long family history 01:00 of overseas mission service. 01:02 Now Dr. Doss and her team train missionaries, 01:05 international cross cultural 01:07 workers for the Adventist church. 01:09 We'll also talk with Pastor Delbert Pearman, 01:12 planning director for Adventist Mission 01:14 about projects funded by the mission offerings 01:17 collected every week in Seventh-day Adventist 01:20 churches around the world. 01:22 We'll also meet a pastor whose background gives him 01:25 a unique ability to minister to prisoners in the Philippines. 01:29 But first up, let's meet 01:31 a medical missionary serving in Malawi. 01:39 In 1908, a small hospital 01:42 was started near Makwasa, Malawi as part 01:44 of the Seventh-day Adventist church's 01:45 medical mission program. 01:47 For more than 100 years, this hospital has provided 01:51 physical and spiritual healing 01:52 to one of the poorest countries in Africa. 01:55 Malawi is home to more than 13 million people, 01:58 many of whom live in poverty 01:59 and are in dire need of medical care. 02:02 HIV and AIDS are rampant 02:04 and are changing the face of Malawi. 02:07 People young and old are affected by a disease 02:10 that shows no mercy in regards to race, 02:12 religion or social status. 02:15 Today Malamulo Adventist hospital has more than 200 beds 02:19 and runs numerous community outreach 02:21 and outpatient programs. 02:23 The hospital also runs a medical school 02:25 that trains lab technicians, medical officers and nurses. 02:29 The school attracts students from all over the country 02:33 and is an important part of the hospital's 02:35 outreach to the community. 02:37 Students learn skills that will help them earn a living 02:40 as well as saving lives of those in need. 02:42 It's impossible to count the number of lives 02:45 that have been saved and changed 02:47 by the holistic ministry of the dedicated 02:49 staff at the Malamulo. 02:51 One of the newest additions is Dr. Crischelle Shank, 02:54 she has been at Malamulo for less than one year 02:57 and part of her job is to train medical officer students 03:00 from the hospital's medical school. 03:03 She says the opportunity to work with students 03:05 was one of the attractions to coming to Malamulo. 03:08 Because as one person you can only do a set amount of work, 03:12 you can only get so many things done, 03:14 but if you are teaching, then you have a chance 03:16 to have a much huger impact. 03:19 As Dr. Shank works with her students, 03:21 she shows patients as they struggle 03:23 to find the answers to her questions. 03:26 As the young doctor herself, 03:27 she can relate to the training 03:29 and the struggles they are facing. 03:31 She went through it not too long ago herself, 03:34 after finishing the student's patients rounds 03:37 and training sessions, Dr. Shank checks 03:39 in on her own patients. 03:41 She's on high dose. 03:42 Yeah, she does. 03:44 Okay. This woman is HIV positive 03:47 and has given birth to twin daughters a few weeks ago. 03:50 She has pneumonia and can't breathe. 03:53 Her oxygen saturation level is dangerously low. 03:57 Dr. Shank calls for medicine to relieve the woman's pain 04:00 and to help her relax, so that she can breathe easier. 04:04 None can be found since supplies at the hospital are very low. 04:08 Dr. Shank relies on the one treatment method 04:11 that all mission doctors 04:12 are never in short supply of, prayer. 04:19 Dr. Shank says that HIV and AIDS patients 04:22 are a large part of their patient population. 04:26 And it's incredible here because we estimate 04:29 that probably 50 to 60% of our adults 04:32 were admitted either have HIV as the main cause 04:34 of their problems or also have HIV 04:37 that may be related to why they're here. 04:40 Despite the high number of HIV and AIDS cases, 04:43 the hospital is often able to help 04:45 transform their patient's lives. 04:48 Because we can take really sick people, 04:50 diagnose them properly, start them on medicine 04:52 and they improve dramatically. 04:55 Your faithful support, the mission offerings 04:57 each Sabbath help make it possible to train 05:00 and send medical doctors like Dr. Shank, 05:03 who are willing to dedicate 05:04 their lives to treating the sick, 05:06 poor and helpless, just like Jesus 05:09 did when He was on this earth. 05:12 I feel like it touches into what Jesus talked about 05:15 when He saw the multitudes and He had compassion on them, 05:18 I think that's really what it comes out to for me. 05:38 It's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Cheryl Doss, 05:41 who is the director of the Institute of World Mission 05:44 for the Seventh-day Adventist church Cheryl, 05:46 thank you so much for joining us. 05:47 Thank you, it's a pleasure. 05:48 Institute of World Mission, what is it? 05:50 What does it do? 05:52 Its main responsibility is the training of the missionaries 05:55 that the General Conference sends out. 05:57 And also providing training materials 06:00 for other missionaries, volunteers, 06:02 supporting ministries and so on. 06:04 As well as influencing the areas of mission, 06:10 issues and of mission strategy and that sort of thing. 06:14 That's a full load, I'd say. 06:16 Yes, actually it's rather broad, isn't it? 06:18 Yeah. Now the training of missionaries 06:21 before they go overseas to another assignment. 06:26 How long does it take, half a day, a day? 06:28 Would that, would that it would. 06:31 This is really major transition, we are asking families 06:33 to take because we mostly send married couples with children 06:37 and the children can be anywhere from babies to teenagers 06:40 and you know, moving a family anywhere 06:42 in the world is difficult, but especially 06:44 when we ask them to move to new country, 06:47 new language, new school systems, 06:49 living arrangements, and food, 06:50 everything different, new work assignment. 06:53 So we spent three weeks with the missionaries. 06:56 We do about three of those three week institutes a year, 07:00 two of them outside the U.S. 07:02 And the families come there, anywhere from 15 to 30 families 07:06 at a time, that are going out 07:08 and they come from all over the world. 07:11 It's just an amazing group of people. 07:13 So, Cheryl, you are a missiologist, 07:16 you are a trained academic but you are also 07:18 trained through experience. 07:20 Tell us where you've worked? 07:21 Well, I am a missionary kid. 07:23 My parents were missionaries in South Africa 07:26 and later in the Philippines and then my husband and I, 07:32 who is also-he is also a missionary kid, 07:34 went to the country of Malawi, very soon after he finished 07:37 with the seminary, so we were young, 07:39 our children were born there and grew up there 07:42 and we served there for 16 years. 07:45 And the influence is going on in the family too I believe. 07:48 Yes, our daughter and her husband 07:51 are in the Philippines at IS, it's their fifth country-- 07:55 our grandson who is seven years old has lived in five countries, 07:58 so this is the fifth country they've lived in...in mission. 08:02 And our son and his wife are in Kenya with their two daughters 08:07 and will soon be moving to Egypt. 08:09 So it's a we are missionary family. 08:12 So why is that so important to you, 08:14 why is missionary so important to you? 08:16 Well, because I think its God's heart. 08:20 God is the missionary God. 08:22 He-- from the very beginning in the Garden of Eden, 08:26 He came down to meet with humans 08:29 even after they were lost. 08:31 And He sent His son to this world. 08:33 He has a message for the world of His love and care 08:36 and His desire that we'd all be His sons and daughters 08:41 and join Him one day in Hi s kingdom. 08:44 And that's what mission is about. 08:46 So, Cheryl, when you are training missionaries, 08:49 you are training them to do something 08:51 that's very important to you. 08:52 Very important. 08:55 We get people who are, as many have worked for the church, 08:59 others have not, but we hope that 09:01 when by the time they finish our training, 09:03 they all want to be God's mission-- 09:05 taking God's mission to the world, 09:07 not just going as doctors or dentists or others. 09:09 Let's see a video right now of that mission institute. 09:25 The Institute of World Mission is one of those 09:27 very special tools that God has placed in the hands 09:30 of the Seventh-day Adventist church to prepare missionaries 09:35 to go into all kinds of cultures settings and situations. 09:40 Mission now is family, say good bye. 09:45 Mission now is family, please don't cry. 09:49 Mission now is family, go our way. 09:54 Tell Jesus say, we love today. 09:59 I'll never forget that song. 10:03 From the institute of World Mission in 2007, 10:08 when I came to United States for the first time 10:11 to work at the General Conference. 10:13 One of the enduring things about the Institute of World Mission 10:16 is the comradery that you have with others who are going out 10:20 for the same purpose and it was so exciting to pray together, 10:24 to meet together, to mingle with people 10:26 and you develop life long friendships. 10:30 Some of those people you may never see again, 10:33 but I want to tell you one of these days soon, 10:35 I will see them, and a lot of other people 10:38 who have been the results of the missionary efforts 10:44 of those people for we will meet them in heaven. 10:48 It was an amazing experience. 10:51 I think that was one of the best seminars 10:53 that I had in all my life. 10:55 To know about people, its roots, and food, and ideas, and dreams. 11:03 And having that understanding I really believe 11:07 that it's helping me to look to people 11:09 differently with more respect. 11:11 I highly recommend this Mission Institute, 11:15 as a tool for everybody because in the global world, 11:19 we need to have that kind of understanding. 11:22 Well, I am very thankful for the Institute of World Mission. 11:27 It was a meaningful experience. 11:30 The things that I learned, how to communicate 11:34 in a setting, in a cross cultural setting 11:38 and also for the leaders who helped me to with focus 11:42 my mission in my service in my new position. 11:47 It was almost a year after Barbara and I had returned 11:49 from the mission field when the General Conference 11:51 asked us to go to mission reentry and we said, why? 11:55 What difference would it make? 11:56 We already know where to shop, we know what clothes to wear. 11:59 We're not misfits anymore. 12:01 But we went and it was a life changing experience for us, 12:05 that mission reentry program was powerful, 12:08 that help us learn how to deal with issues 12:10 we didn't even know we were struggling with. 12:12 We appreciate what Institute World Mission did. 12:16 The best benefit that the Institute of World Mission 12:19 can bring to the church, helping prepare people to go out, 12:23 share this precious advent message and invite 12:27 them to be ready for Jesus' soon coming through his power 12:30 so that then we can be together for ever. 12:35 Thanks so much for joining us, Cheryl. 12:37 Please remember to pray for missionaries 12:40 who are serving all around the world. 13:28 I am pleased to welcome as a guest, 13:30 Delbert Pearman who is a colleague of mine 13:32 in the office of the Adventist Mission. 13:34 Pastor Pearman, thank you for joining us. 13:36 Yes. Now you have-- your and your family 13:38 have had extensive mission experience, living and working 13:42 in the Middle East, in Asia, in Africa. 13:46 And we often talk on this program about mission offerings 13:50 that the Seventh-day Adventist church 13:52 uses to support its mission program. 13:55 You would not have been serving in those fields, 13:57 if it were not for the mission offerings. 14:00 Tell us what are mission offerings used for in general? 14:04 The mission offerings are used to foster the work in parts 14:10 of the world that normally are able to generate sufficient 14:14 money locally in order to carry on the mission work. 14:18 And so the mission offering is a critical component 14:23 of the church's outreach to the world. 14:26 We annually when you look at just the mission offering 14:30 by itself, the undesignated mission 14:33 offerings it's about $80 million and that is used to help 14:39 to sponsor missionaries, cross culturally 14:43 to take expertise from one part of the world 14:46 to send it to another part of the world, 14:48 where expertise may not be available. 14:51 Expertise can be administrators of hospitals, 14:55 it could be physicians, airplane pilots, 15:00 even administrators, local church administrators 15:04 but it's a varied program. 15:06 Also in helping also to build infrastructure 15:10 to help build dormitories for schools, 15:14 to build radio studios and others 15:17 so it's a varied operation that the mission offering serves. 15:22 Now within the Adventist church, 15:24 we also talk about 13th Sabbath offerings, 15:27 what specifically are they? 15:29 The 13th Sabbath offering is a special offering 15:33 that's lifted once every 13th week. 15:37 And this offering is set aside to 25% of this offering 15:42 is used to sponsor or support a special project 15:46 in some part of the world. 15:48 It could be equipment, dormitory, 15:50 some major capital project 15:53 and then the other 75% goes into the general mission fund 15:57 to support ongoing missions 15:59 and sustainability of those programs. 16:02 And through the years, that 13th Sabbath offerings 16:05 has supported some wonderful projects. 16:08 I think for example of the Pitcairn which 16:12 was a special boat that went into the South Sea Islands 16:16 that helped start the Adventist work in that area. 16:22 The general mission offerings 16:23 that are collected every Sabbath, 16:25 can you give some examples of the types of projects 16:28 that it helps to support? 16:30 Yes, while the general offerings of course go towards 16:34 sustaining the missionaries and their work. 16:37 At one time the church used to send pastors 16:41 and administrators to actually carry out. 16:45 Today they still do that, but most 16:48 of it is for training local workers. 16:50 Another program is building, helping to build universities 16:54 around the world, so that local workers 16:57 can be trained and developed to carry on the work lessening 17:01 the need to bring in missionaries 17:03 from other parts of the world. 17:05 So our major focus of the mission offering today 17:07 is looking toward to what we call the 10/40 Window. 17:11 And this is an area of the world where very few Christians live, 17:16 and so we feel that we have a responsibility 17:20 to reach the 10/40 Window, so many of the missionaries 17:25 and the funding is moving toward that and less toward 17:29 the other parts of the world because 17:31 they are becoming more self-sustaining. 17:35 Some of the smaller projects that the mission offering 17:37 has supported, can you give me some illustrations of those? 17:40 Yes, in one country, in Asia and in different countries, 17:46 but I can think of one particular country 17:48 where we've set up a help to support a health, 17:52 vegetarian restaurant and helping with that 17:56 and this is the way of reaching the community 17:58 and out of this restaurant comes health training, 18:02 they do health screenings, so people can come 18:05 and get information about how to be healthy and stay healthy 18:09 as well as eat healthy foods. 18:11 Another on the continent of Africa, 18:14 we do help to set up a radio studio to reach 18:19 the masses of a particular locality. 18:23 Another in Europe, we can think of a setting up, 18:27 what they call, I know, in Bermuda they call a tack shop 18:30 but this is almost like a second hand shop, 18:33 where they sell good second hand clothing as well as they have 18:38 a restaurant where people can come, 18:40 it's right in the middle of an urban center, 18:44 where businessmen can come in, they can get some nice herb tea, 18:48 and once a, once or twice a week the local pastor 18:53 would actually be there to meet the patrons 18:55 and to discuss with them, you know, some of their concerns 18:59 and to pray with them, so there are lots of opportunities. 19:02 And another I can think 19:05 of is a boat in Poland supporting 19:11 some young people at a church which had kayaks 19:15 and they would go down this river, 19:17 we help to provide the translation 19:20 and the production of tracks when it comes to health 19:23 as well as religious material, and they took a week 19:28 to travel down on this river and they would stop 19:30 by the communities along the river banks 19:32 and they would stop and hand out tracks and make friends 19:36 and then they would move along, 19:38 so these are some of the ideas of how the small projects 19:42 that the mission offering helps to support along 19:45 with the large projects of building dormitories 19:48 and schools and hospitals and others. 19:51 Delbert, you've had extensive experience as a missionary. 19:54 Someone asked you, can I be a missionary? 19:57 Well, how do you respond? 19:58 Oh, yes. God calls us all to be missionaries. 20:01 One you can start, right where you are at home 20:05 or talk to your pastor or your conference 20:08 and ask how can I get involved in missions. 20:11 So there are tremendous 20:12 opportunities available for missions. 20:14 Delbert, thanks so much for joining us. Yes. 20:17 Viewers at home, God has some sort of a call for you. 20:20 It may not be to go to foreign lands but may be a call 20:24 to just be more faithful in supporting 20:26 mission work that is happening. 20:27 But thank you for your prayers and your financial support 20:30 for mission that is taking place all around the world. 20:44 Not many pastors wake up their family 20:46 by sounding like a rooster, but Eugene dela Pena 20:49 is not your typical pastor. 20:51 The smile on his face today has replaced the anger 20:55 and hate that filled him more than 20 years ago. 20:57 Eugene used to be a gang member 21:00 and was first arrested at the age of 13. 21:03 In all he was thrown into jail more than 20 times. 21:07 Well, in court awaiting trial Eugene escaped. 21:10 He spent the next several years running from the law. 21:13 One day Eugene was introduced to Pastor Nelson Paulo. 21:17 Pastor Paulo wasn't fazed by the Eugene's rough past, 21:21 with true Christian love, he accepted Eugene 21:24 and helped him turn his life around. 21:27 So I was a little hesitant but I know God provided a way 21:31 that I would make friendship with him. 21:34 Pastor Paulo taught Eugene how to pray. 21:36 And a decision to accept Jesus soon followed. 21:39 Eugene then made another choice. 21:43 During the time my perspective was changed my desire, 21:46 my priority, so I decided to go back 21:51 to school despite of my age. 21:55 Today Eugene is a pastor and a youth director 21:59 for a conference in the Philippines. 22:01 Once a week he visits local jail cells and reaches out to people 22:04 that were once just like him. 22:07 He can relate to them in a way that most other pastors can't. 22:10 Eugene knows where each of these men have come 22:13 from and the journey that they are on. 22:16 He has been in their shoes and can tell them 22:18 that there is a God who is willing to change their lives, 22:21 to forgive them for all their sins and past transgressions. 22:26 The prisoners react positively to Eugene's message. 22:29 Some ask him to pray for them that they will find peace 22:32 and forgiveness from their troubled lives. 22:34 Eugene feels that the prisoners accept him and a message 22:37 that he freely shares with them. 22:40 You know in the midst of their own invented lingo, 22:43 they have their own language so I can easily have access 22:47 to their hearts because, because I know their language, 22:50 may be because I was there. 22:54 Pastors around the world are changing lives everyday. 22:59 Each one brings a unique gift that God has given them 23:02 to be a part of their ministry. 23:03 Eugene's life changed when he decided to accept Jesus, 23:07 and when he decided to go to an Adventist school. 23:10 When you support the mission offering, 23:12 you are helping to provide educational opportunities 23:15 to people like Eugene. 23:17 This quarter the 13th Sabbath offering will go to help 23:20 Adventist schools all over the Philippines, 23:23 where young people can hear God's call. 23:26 Thank you for your prayers and support of mission. 23:35 I love to hear about how global mission pioneers 23:38 are starting new congregations 23:40 in new areas and among new people groups. 23:43 If you are like me and would like 23:44 to receive a monthly newsletter, 23:46 packed with stories and information about pioneers 23:50 and their work around the world, then simply call us or visit our 23:54 website and ask for Frontline edition 23:56 or if it's easy to remember, just ask for offer number 301. 24:01 Please clearly state your name, your mailing address and be sure 24:05 to mention Frontline edition or offer301. 24:09 Well, I hope you've been challenged and inspired 24:11 by what you've seen on today's program. 24:14 If you are a Seventh-day Adventist, 24:15 please remember to support the mission offerings collected 24:18 each week n your church. 24:20 But anybody can give online at anytime by simply visiting 24:24 our website at www.adventistmission.org. 24:30 Well, that's about it for today's program. 24:32 We'll leave you with this music video called 'No other name'. 24:35 Until then next time, I am Gary Krause, 24:38 wishing you God's richest blessings 24:40 and I hope you can join me 24:41 next time on "Global Mission Snapshots." 25:04 Beyond the darkness I see your face 25:08 Shining down your lighting be 25:13 As Jesus hear my plea 25:17 I accept your mercies every day 25:22 But I don't know other name 25:25 Who can wash my sins away 25:28 And I know no other lamb 25:31 Who would die for sinful man 25:35 And we could knock you mercy father 25:37 My [2540] ashamed 25:40 When we would mock the holy one 25:44 They're standing in the crowd that day 25:55 I felt [] I come to you 25:59 Unworthy and to blame 26:04 I nailed the to father The wanted one 26:09 He takes away the guilt and blame 26:13 But I know no other name 26:16 Who can wash my sins away 26:19 And I know no other lamb 26:22 Who would die for sinful man 26:25 And when we could Knock your mercy father 26:28 [] 26:32 When we would mock the holy one 26:35 They're standing in the crowd that day 26:40 Yet still they come to you 26:43 In open arms I find 26:46 You're my Savior 26:49 Every single time 26:52 But I know no other name 26:55 Who can wash my sins away 26:58 And I know no other lamb 27:01 Who would die for sinful man 27:05 And when we could Knock your mercy father 27:07 [] 27:11 When we would mock the holy one 27:14 They're standing in the crowd that day 27:19 But I know no other name 27:22 That takes my shame away 27:25 And I know other lamb 27:27 Who accepts me as I am |
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