On today's program
Pastor Jan Paulsen,
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former president
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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reflects on
lessons he has learned.
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We also meet the longest serving
Adventists volunteer missionary
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and we learn how to make a
difference in our communities,
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all that and much
more coming up next
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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. 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 will be talking
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with Dr. May-Ellen
Colon about community services
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and how Adventist small groups
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are touching the
lives of people around them.
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We will also here what
Pastor Jan Paulsen has learned
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from a lifetime of
service as a missionary,
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educator and church leader.
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And we will meet an
incredible Australian
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who is the longer serving
Adventist volunteer missionary.
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Over years that
Helen Hall has affected
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the lives of
thousands of children
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through teaching in
refugee camps in Southeast Asia.
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But, first let's travel
to the country of Greece
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and see the impact
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that an international
church has made on one man
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from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
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Greece is home to
many significant events
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throughout history,
especially in the Bible.
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The large city of
Athens has evolved over time
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but still holds on
to its historic culture.
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Today thousands of immigrants
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from all over the
world live in Greece.
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My name is Michel Tiambo.
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Michel is from the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
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He has lived in the city
of Athens for some time now.
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When he moved here
he was not an Adventist.
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Michel attended other churches
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seeking what God
really wanted for him.
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He met an Adventist
who invited him to church
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and he believed what he heard.
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I attended the
church and I liked it
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and I appreciated
the way they preaching
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and the way the people are
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or they are doing in the church.
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Now Michel plays an active role
in reaching African immigrants
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who are seeking
the way he once was.
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He is part of a Bible
study that meets weekly.
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They discuss various topics
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and the people are
focused on learning
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all the lessons from the Bible.
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Not all of the immigrants
speak the same language
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so Michel uses
his gift of language
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to translate the
words of the pastor.
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I am there with one of
the elders of the church
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and he is giving the Bible study
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and I am
translating for immigrant,
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people from my
country from Congo.
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And After the
service of the Bible studies,
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we're sharing what we have food
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and we enjoy together
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under the
fellowship-- the fellowship.
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The Bible study transitions
from studying the Bible
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to sharing a meal together.
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The visitors enjoy the
opportunity for fellowship.
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As you can see, the
apartment is so small
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they have to limit
the number of people
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who attend the meetings.
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The church in Greece
prays for a new building
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that can be used to
share Jesus with immigrants.
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Their dream is to
build an international church
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where people from all
over can come worship together.
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Please pray for this
group of eager followers.
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That they may find a
place to study without limits.
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It's my pleasure
to introduce my friend
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and colleague
Dr. May-Ellen Colon
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who is the director of
Adventist Community Services
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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May-Ellen, thank
you for joining us.
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Oh, it's so good to be here.
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Community services,
what do we mean by that?
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It means, being salt
and light in the community.
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It means coming
out of our fortress
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and going out in making
the community a better place
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because our church is there.
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And so it's all
through the church
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that is the part that
I specifically work with.
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To modify church is to be
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transforming
agents in the community.
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Wonderful and we have
talked about this many times
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about how we need to as
church members get off our pews
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and actually engage in
the community like Jesus did.
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Now you get to see many examples
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of Adventist
community services in action.
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Tell me about what
you have seen in Korea?
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Well, that's a--
that is quite a place.
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A couple of years ago,
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I did go to the
Seoul Central Church.
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I heard about it that it's doing
amazing thing in the community
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but it was wonderful
to see at first hand.
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And several years ago
the pastor of that church
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got signals from
the community that,
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that they could really
use a vegetarian restaurant.
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It's basically a Buddhist area,
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across the street has
big huge Buddhist temple
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and then next to the
church on the other corner
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there is a store for
Buddhist religious articles
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and so pastor, the pastor
of that church went around
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and started
talking to the community
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and just to see to what extent
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they would support
this restaurant idea
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that they actually
got from the community.
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And he went to the
temple across the street
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and they, they
said we will love this.
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When our people have
lunch breaks they would,
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they would love have
a place to come to that
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they feel
comfortable eating the food.
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And so they gave part
of donation towards it
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and you're running around yet.
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Now, exactly what you are saying
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there is a crucial
part of community services
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to actually go
into the community
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you find out what they want.
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Yes, and ask and
don't just-- Assume.
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Don't just assume
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you know, do
ministry by crystal ball
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you know, guessing. Okay.
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This is the best
way to take a guess,
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the guess work out of
your community service.
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In fact the first
successful the step
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I should say, the
first step in any venture
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in the community
is assessment. Yes.
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Find don't guess
what their needs are
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and that's what he did
and now he got supported
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and it was not
just the church's idea
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and not just the
church supporting it
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but the community was
involved too. Wonderful.
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It was working
with the community
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on something they all agreed on.
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And so to make a
long story short,
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the vegetarian
restaurant was started
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and you'll see
some pictures of it.
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It's a wonderful
peace in the community.
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People come there for lunch hour
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and it's been going
for several years now.
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And then the-- I heard about
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something else
that was going on.
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They did demographics
in the area of the church.
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That's another
step in the assessment,
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finding out what type of people,
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what's the educational
level, what's the ethnic level,
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what are the ages et cetera
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of the people
in our communities.
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And they did that and I find out
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there is a large population
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of senior citizens
right around the church.
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And so they, they started
in response to this real issue.
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They started a specific ministry
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geared towards
senior citizens. Perfect.
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And so they have
actually two church services.
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Their ministry
has grown so large
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that they have
two church services.
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One up stairs for the--
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for everybody else that's
consider themselves seniors.
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And then they have
another one down stairs
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which is the
geared senior citizens
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and they-- I
last heard they were
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and there is a
picture that you will see
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there's about 300 attending
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the service every week
many of them from the community.
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And after church each week,
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they, they take
them to the restaurant
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and the part of building
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and some of youth
from the church help
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to adopt a senior citizen,
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you know, they help them
with their food and their trays
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and help them get
up there and so forth.
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And then they
have health ministries
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or health services.
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Every week its
little different emphasis,
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one week they will
give free immunizations
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and other times
they will have lectures
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and doctors volunteer their time
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and give them free consultation.
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They give different
kinds of treatments.
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They even give
free haircuts. Wow.
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And this is an on going thing.
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It's not just and event,
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you know, that
happens occasionally.
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It's an on going
ministry that they have going
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and twice a year they,
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they believe in the farming
part which is what this is
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and they believe
in the reaping part.
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The whole cycle and they have--
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they have a reaping
meeting twice a year.
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And the pastor there they have--
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they have a pastor
specifically for the seniors
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another pastor that focuses
on the other, other ages.
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And the pastor
for the seniors said
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that there's
about 90 baptisms a year
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for the whole church.
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And 80 of them come
from-- approximately 80 come
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from the senior
citizens congregation.
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Amazing, isn't
that, just one church.
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Yes, yes and just starting--
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you know we can't do
everything. Of course.
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In any given community
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but the things that
we choose to focus on
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may be its one or two things
we will know it's relevant,
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that is meaning a real need
if we ask the community first.
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And that's what they did
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and they are growing
their church from this ministry.
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And so one part
of this to find out
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what the need are is and
then to find out what gifts
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and skills you
have in the church
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to be able to connect.
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Yes, you have--you
should assess the church members
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what resources you have to offer
and then assist the community
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what they felt needs are.
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And eventually when
you meet their felt needs
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you find out-- they
find out many of them
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that I have a-- a
need I didn't feel
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which is to know Jesus
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and have the
abundant life that He offers.
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Yeah, meeting those
other needs prepares
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the way for them to
come that realization.
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Yeah, now the
church members they do--
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you said there's
a mentorship program
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where the, where the young
people adopt one of the older.
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Yeah, that's what
the pastor was saying,
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that he had some of the
young people get involved too
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and its, its so
exiting church to be there.
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Oh, yeah, fantastic,
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May-Ellen, thank you so
much for sharing with us today.
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That's an exciting story.
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Viewers at home we, we sometimes
think about church is being--
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as being a building as a place
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where we go to meet once a week
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but actually we are called
to actually leave the pews
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and actually be salt and light
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as May-Ellen
said in the community.
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And I encourage
you to find out ways
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that you too can be involved
in not just warming up a pew
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but to actually be engage
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connecting with the
community like Jesus.
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It is my pleasure and privilege
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to welcome Pastor Jan
Paulsen to the program,
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former General
Conference president.
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Pastor Paulsen,
glad you could join us.
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Thank you, I'm
happy we're with you here.
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We are focusing on mission
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and I know that you
served as a missionary
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for several
years in West Africa.
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I remember you
telling a story about
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you there at the time of war.
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There was a lot
strife, a lot of conflict
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with in that context did
you face any personal danger?
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Well, yes.
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When the battle
front gets near to you,
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you're not sheltered from
the challenges of a civil war.
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This was the
civil war in Nigeria
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known as the Biafran War
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which ravaged the
country in the mid 60s
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and we lived in Nigeria then.
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Through that period
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I was during a
particular critical year
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when the battle front
was very near to the college
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only about 15-20 miles
away from the college it self.
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It was a battle between--
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the opposing forces
were mainly the evils
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from the east and
forces from the north.
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Not the western Nigerian's the--
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the Yoruba people
of Western Nigeria
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were not really as such
engage as much in the war.
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So it was people
from the North and the--
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and the evils in the east.
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We had a number of
students who where Igbo's.
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The value of
education was so high
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that even
though the battle front
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was coming better near to them.
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They may send their families,
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their wife and
children back to their country
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but they themselves would stay.
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And I remember one
particular incident.
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You know, the
college had a bakery
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which delivered made and
delivered the best breads
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you could buy in the country
to both the Lagos and Ibadan
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and we had two bakery vans
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which would load
up every morning.
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Two drivers would go
in a different direction.
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The one, who would drive
to, to Ibadan was an Igbo driver
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and I can remember one
early morning at 5 O'clock
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he came up to my house
and he said to me pastor,
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I hear there is
much trouble on the road.
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I'm afraid to go by
myself can you go with me?
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So, I said yes,
I will go with you.
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So we had the van loaded up,
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we put in an extra box of bread
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because we
would-- we knew we would
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go through military check points
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and there is a good
thing, you know, to have some--
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to have an extra loaf of
bread to give to the soldiers.
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You know, there
is lot of religion
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in the loaf of
bread and it helped.
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So we did--we went go
through the check points,
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the official check
points they were at,
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they were always be at certain
specific points I knew of.
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Two or three check points
before we got into Ibadan.
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Delivered the bread in Ibadan
and we are heading back home.
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The van was empty.
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We had heard stories
about certain vigilante group
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with people from the north.
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Soldiers from the North
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who would all of a
sudden appear on the road,
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stop vehicles and
check the ethnicity
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or check the ratio of
the occupants of the car.
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And as we were
coming on the way home,
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we came around this sort of
a slow lazy bend in the road.
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And we saw half a dozen men
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with the automatic weapons
stopping every vehicle passing
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and they would just ask--
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they spoke
English very, very poorly
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and they would
just ask of the occupant
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which nation
meaning which tribe?
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They stopped ours
asked which nation,
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they really didn't need
to ask for the tribal marks
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of my driver gave it
away before we said them.
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They said they
knew he was a Igbo
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and they was
with they were drunk
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and they could
speak very little English
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they were clearly had their
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more than fair
share of bomb wine
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and they were waving
these automatic weapons around
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and, and pointing it inside
through the window into the van.
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And so they said to
my driver, come out.
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And I opened the door
on my side to come out.
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No, no, they said, no
stay. They want me to stay.
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I didn't want my driver to go.
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I knew what would happen
to him if they took him out.
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There were too many stories
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about Igbo's who had
been plucked out of the cars
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and who's bodies were
found by the roadside.
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So, I said to him stay here.
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So, I began to talk to the
one I thought was the leader.
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And for the next 15-20
minutes I just talked to him.
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Afterwards even immediately
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after I had no recollection
of what I said to him.
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None what so ever,
but the others they,
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they lowered their weapons
and they came over to the van
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and they stood there
quietly listening to us.
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As I said I had no idea
what I talked to him about.
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But I felt I knew to talk
and may be he will listen to,
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may be something can be said,
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may be I will still get through
00:17:06.31\00:17:07.48
although they
understood very little.
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After about 15- 20
minutes he said to my driver.
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I'll let you go but only
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because your
master talked so well.
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If there ever was a
case of speaking in tongues
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this is it.
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Because I'm absolutely
convinced it was the Holy Spirit
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who took the words I
was trying to communicate
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about the mission
we were involved in.
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And that we were there
for the good of the people
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that we had no other agenda
accept Christ loved the people
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and serve them
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and I think the Holy Spirit was
able to take my feeble effort
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and bring it into the mind
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and understanding of these
half-drunk vigilantes. Wow.
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My life of
course, you are exposed
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but I was more
concerned for my Igbo driver.
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Yeah, Dr. Paulsen, thank you
00:18:05.51\00:18:07.84
so much for
sharing that story with us.
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Viewers at home, even today
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missionaries face
various types of danger.
00:18:13.43\00:18:16.02
Please continue to
remember them in your prayers
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as they labor in
various parts of the world
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under difficult challenging
and trying circumstances.
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If you had just a
roof over your head
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and enough space, you can work
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and the kids can learn.
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I get a great deal of pleasure
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when I see kids who
have come from a family
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where no one's
ever been to school
00:19:05.41\00:19:07.77
and that they are the first ones
to go through the grade six,
00:19:07.80\00:19:10.86
then they are the first
ones to finish year twelve
00:19:10.89\00:19:13.22
and then they are the
first ones to go to college.
00:19:13.25\00:19:17.56
Adventist Volunteer Services
or AVS is an opportunity
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for people to serve in a
mission setting globally.
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This can include a
huge variety of jobs.
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Helen Hall is an AVS worker,
originally from Australia,
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now working in an
Adventist school in Asia.
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She runs the school that ranges
from grades one to twelve.
00:19:37.51\00:19:41.25
Her dedication
and passion to the job
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.50
has allowed hundreds
of children to graduate
00:19:43.53\00:19:46.22
and move on to opportunities
00:19:46.25\00:19:47.97
they might never
have had otherwise.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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The mission at this
school is for students
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to receive a
quality Adventist education,
00:20:00.07\00:20:02.47
both
academically and spiritually.
00:20:02.50\00:20:05.28
But most of the
students here are not Christians
00:20:05.31\00:20:08.56
making it hard to
reach them spiritually.
00:20:08.59\00:20:11.99
It's very difficult for
Buddhist to become a Christian.
00:20:12.02\00:20:16.10
And if they do it too quickly
00:20:16.13\00:20:18.62
then it causes big
problems in their family
00:20:18.65\00:20:22.55
but if they wait and
go little more slowly
00:20:22.58\00:20:25.22
then they can get by.
00:20:25.25\00:20:28.05
Helen's experience
has taught her what works
00:20:28.08\00:20:30.45
and what doesn't work
in reaching the students.
00:20:30.48\00:20:33.08
She has had
quite a bit of success
00:20:33.11\00:20:34.70
in teaching her
students about Jesus.
00:20:34.73\00:20:39.63
Well, in a normal day
00:20:39.66\00:20:41.40
we try to get everybody
worship by 8:30 or 8:20
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and then we just go
through the classes.
00:20:45.35\00:20:48.08
We've got a lot of teachers here
00:20:54.99\00:20:56.54
who when they came
to us the students,
00:20:56.57\00:20:58.88
none of them were
from Christian homes.
00:20:58.91\00:21:02.07
And they are
wonderful workers now.
00:21:02.10\00:21:06.62
After students graduate
00:21:06.65\00:21:08.26
they will usually
go on to university.
00:21:08.29\00:21:10.70
After university graduation
00:21:10.73\00:21:12.64
some students agreed
to come back to the school
00:21:12.67\00:21:15.08
and work a
certain number of years.
00:21:15.11\00:21:17.49
This is how Helen
is guaranteed workers
00:21:17.52\00:21:19.66
to keep the school running.
00:21:19.69\00:21:21.04
She teaches right along
with the other teachers.
00:21:32.27\00:21:35.03
Students pay close attentions
to the valuable lesson
00:21:35.06\00:21:37.92
she gives in a variety of
topics including sciences,
00:21:37.95\00:21:41.51
English, math and the Bible.
00:21:41.54\00:21:44.44
Attu is a graduate
from Helen's school.
00:21:59.43\00:22:02.43
He now works in villages
telling people about Jesus.
00:22:02.46\00:22:05.93
Attu has helped start multiple
churches in these villages.
00:22:05.96\00:22:09.63
The villagers love
hearing stories from the Bible.
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.77
Most of them are
hearing the name of Jesus
00:22:12.80\00:22:15.15
for the first time.
00:22:15.18\00:22:16.59
Attu knows that
God has blessed him
00:22:26.03\00:22:28.19
with the opportunity to do this.
00:22:28.22\00:22:30.67
He gained a
strong grasp on the Bible
00:22:30.70\00:22:32.61
while at Helen's school
00:22:32.64\00:22:33.67
and is now passing on
his knowledge to others.
00:22:33.70\00:22:36.84
He is just one of many graduates
00:22:36.87\00:22:38.42
using what they have learned
in school for God's glory.
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.48
Despite all the
success from this school,
00:22:48.12\00:22:50.30
the challenges are big.
00:22:50.33\00:22:52.68
In addition to
religious barriers,
00:22:52.71\00:22:54.82
things such as
financial resources,
00:22:54.85\00:22:57.08
shortage of education materials
00:22:57.11\00:22:58.89
and even lack of space
are constant challenges.
00:22:58.92\00:23:02.27
But when these
challenges surface,
00:23:02.30\00:23:04.27
Helen looks to someone she knows
00:23:04.30\00:23:05.86
can pull through the situation.
00:23:05.89\00:23:08.63
When you get this, this
courage the Lord sends us
00:23:08.66\00:23:11.12
some blessing or something
00:23:11.15\00:23:12.51
and then you know
that He's still with us.
00:23:12.54\00:23:15.61
No man has got wisdom
enough to know what to do.
00:23:15.64\00:23:19.17
Only God can know
00:23:19.20\00:23:20.29
and God is just
how we should go.
00:23:20.32\00:23:24.13
As you can see the
work of an AVS worker
00:23:24.16\00:23:27.32
has the power to change lives.
00:23:27.35\00:23:30.25
They can teach
people about Jesus
00:23:30.28\00:23:32.46
and set them on the right path.
00:23:32.49\00:23:34.99
Helen is just one
of many AVS workers
00:23:35.02\00:23:37.69
around the world facing
the challenge of mission daily.
00:23:37.72\00:23:41.77
Please pray for these workers.
00:23:41.80\00:23:44.10
And thank you for
supporting the mission
00:23:44.13\00:23:46.51
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:23:46.54\00:23:48.47
Well that's about
it for today's program
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As we close we leave
you with this music video.
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For Adventist
mission I'm Gary Krause
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and I hope you
can join me next time
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right here on
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[singing in Foreign language.]
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