Hello and welcome to
the world headquarters
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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This particular building,
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known as the General Conference,
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was opened in 1989.
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Inside there are
several different entities.
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Let's go inside and look around
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and will meet key
leaders who talk about mission.
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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 and welcome to
"Global Mission Snapshots"
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I'm Gary Krause.
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I'm glad that you
will join me today
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as we do a tour
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of the General
Conference building.
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One of our stops is
the president's office.
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Of course he travels a lot,
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but I believe
today he'll be here.
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Let's start our tour
at the visitor center.
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Here you can view a timeline
of our church's history,
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and you can watch
videos on various initiatives
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sponsored by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Next we come to
"The King is Coming"
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by Victor Issa.
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It's a sculpture
that has 10 figures
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representing
different regions of the world
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The angel represents the
guardian angel of the child
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it's carrying.
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Each morning
employees gather together
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here in the
auditorium for worship.
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This place
seats up to 800 people
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and it's used for
meetings, conferences,
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and video productions.
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We're now entering the atrium
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where many events
such as concerts are held.
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Also here is the
Rebok Memorial Library
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which houses
more than 14,000 books
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on a variety of subjects.
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The "Blessed
Hope" by Nathan Green
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was unveiled during the
General Conference Session
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in Atlanta in 2010.
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The painting is
part of an art gallery
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called Eden to Eden,
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that church leaders are
planning for the headquarters.
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Finally this globe
lights up to represent
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each of the 13 world divisions
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and more than 130
unions around the globe.
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Also here is
Adventist Risk Management
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which provides
solutions to minimize risk
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within the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And the Adventist
Development and Relief Agency,
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known as ADRA, is
a humanitarian arm
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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It provides
emergency relief to communities
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all around the world.
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Here we have the
North American Division
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that represents the
church in an extensive part
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of the northern hemisphere.
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Before we continue
our tour, let's visit
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some of the North
American Division's territory
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and some of its churches.
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The North American
region spans over 12
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of the 24 time
zones in our world.
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The sun never
sets in this region.
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It stretches from Bermuda
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in the east to
Palau in the west,
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from the Arctic
Circle in the north
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to Florida in the south.
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In this region
you'll find perhaps
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the largest diversity of
people groups in the world.
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From Native
Americans to Islanders,
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representatives from
major world religions
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in the 10/40 window,
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and literally people from every
kindred, tongue and nation.
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This of course,
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presents a unique
opportunity and challenge
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as we think of mission
in complex environments.
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In the North American
region there is positive
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and meaningful
mission work taking place.
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Let's visit the Malibu church
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in a wealthy beachside
community in California.
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Each Sabbath in
Malibu, California,
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this elementary school gym
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is transformed into a
beautiful house of worship.
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Carpets are rolled
out, chairs are set up,
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and prayers are sent to God
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in preparation for this
Sabbath's church service.
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As members of the Malibu Church
add the finishing touches,
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people begin to
arrive for Sabbath School.
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Judith Miranda
is a full-time nurse
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in the Malibu
area with a passion
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to lead people to Jesus.
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Judith played a key
role in planting this church.
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One Sabbath, she was
visiting Malibu with her husband
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and they couldn't find
the local Adventist Church.
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They drove around for
hours and found nothing
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before they eventually gave up.
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Later, they were told
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there was no Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Malibu.
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That's when Judith felt
the call to plant a church
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and reach the residents
of this wealthy community.
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Through God's grace,
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the church has
grown tremendously.
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The hunger to
reach the community
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radiates from
the church's members.
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An important
part of their worship
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is the weekly mission story.
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This is truly a
mission minded church.
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In the kitchen a delicious
meal is being prepared.
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Once a month the
church hosts a healthy meal
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where people can
join in fellowship.
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After the meal,
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a small group will
usually go into the community
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to meet and talk
with local residents.
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The easiest way
to make connections
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is to walk
through the neighborhood
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and talk face to
face with people.
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Overtime, church
members develop relationships
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with Malibu residents
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and get request for more
information or Bible studies.
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This is an opportunity for
Jesus to work in people's lives
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in whatever way they need.
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The precious
words from the Bible
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can speak to anyone's heart
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regardless of social class,
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gender or race.
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God is doing amazing
things with His people.
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Please pray for the Malibu
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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as they continue to
reach their community.
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We're now in the office
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of the General
Conference president
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and today we're fortunate
that Elder Wilson is here.
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With a world membership
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of some 18 million
baptized Seventh-day Adventists,
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Elder Wilson is
often on the road visiting,
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doing many things.
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So let's visit with
him for just a few minutes.
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Elder Wilson, thank you so
much for giving us some time.
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Yeah, absolutely Gary.
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It's a privilege to see you.
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Now, you know, I
was just saying that
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there's a world
church of 18 million members,
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so many institutions,
churches initiatives.
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There's only 24
hours in the day,
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how do you balance maintenance
of what God has given us
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with the mission to go forward?
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It's an extremely
important question you ask
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because if you're not careful,
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the mechanics
and the bureaucracy,
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if you want to call it that,
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the normal
process of how things work
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will overtake the
bigger picture of mission
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and why we're even here.
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So at times you simply have
to sit back and kind of say,
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okay, Lord, now what
do You want us to do?
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How can we approach
this or how can it work?
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And even when you come
up with ideas like that,
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you've got to then put into that
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the mechanics of
how you get it done.
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So again even in doing mission
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you could get
caught up in the details
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rather than the big picture.
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Interestingly,
just this morning,
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I just got back
from a trip yesterday,
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and woke up early this morning.
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As you know very well
many times that happens,
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and I got an email from someone
who works very closely with me,
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who is sharing
absolutely incredible things
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that are happening
out of our emphasis
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on mission to the cities
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and comprehensive
health ministry and outreach
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and that combined with
an experience I just had
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in a particular
country where we came from,
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the Lord just put into my mind
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some expanded ideas as to
how we can really do something
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through His power,
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because it's only
through His power,
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something extraordinary
in terms of mission.
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And so here I am, typing away
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early this morning
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on something that is
getting me so excited
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because I have to
be honest with you,
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many times when we
go to a lot of meetings
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and we sit and we do
a lot a routine stuff
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you tend to get
dragged down a bit in terms of,
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but what are we
here for mission.
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And then the
Lord sense something,
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and it's absolutely the Lord,
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sending that email through
one of my closest colleagues
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and then marrying that
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with some on the ground
experiences that I just had
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and all the sudden it
all comes alive again.
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Mission! This is
what it's all about.
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So the big picture takes over
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and the only way that
that can really be sustained
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is by personal
connection with the Lord
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and allowing the Bible
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and prayer to be the foundation
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for the Holy Spirit inspiring us
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with not only taking
care of all the details,
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which you know a lot
about with Adventist Mission
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and so many things
that are happening,
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but also the big picture.
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How you keep that all balanced
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depends on your
relationship with the Lord
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and also being
sensitive and open
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to how the Lord will intervene
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even in your own
daily activities to say,
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wow, isn't that incredible!
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Isn't that something
that could really happen
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and why can't it happen through
the power of the Holy Spirit?
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So that's
interestingly a very fresh thing
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that's just
happened in the last 24 hours
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that's gotten me
even more excited
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about the overall proclamation
of the Three Angels' Messages,
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Christ's love for people,
salvation, and His soon coming.
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And much of it has to do with
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something you'll
be very excited about
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and that is our church
members, local church members,
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because really
unless local members unite
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as we're told in
the Spirit of Prophecy
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and in writings
that are of great value
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to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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through scripture and
through these writings,
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unless church members
become intimately involved
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with pastors and church leaders
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we will not have success.
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So this is not
some professional group
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trying to work things out
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from offices and
micromanage everything.
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This is everyone
working together,
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church members
and church leaders
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in order to accomplish
the mission of the church
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and it's exciting.
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Yeah, wonderful.
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And there's so many good
things happening, Elder Wilson.
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We have mission to the cities,
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comprehensive health evangelism.
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So many things happening
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but as I said before
only 24 hours in the day
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and the young people of today
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with getting
involved in various ways,
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we talk about
them being the future
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but they're the present as well.
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And viewers at home,
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I want you to please
pray for Elder Wilson.
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He has so much to
juggle, so much on his plate.
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But there are some
wonderful things happening
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as we see that God
is opening up doors,
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we see church planting,
we see mission to the cities,
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we see
comprehensive health evangelism,
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and we see hope being brought
to people around the world.
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Elder Wilson, do you
have a finishing comment
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before we leave your office?
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Yeah, absolutely,
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in fact it's just
kind of providential
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because just before
coming here to my office
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and then having this interview.
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I met with young people
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who have been involved
in One Year in Mission.
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They're down on
the second floor,
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working with our
youth ministries department
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in helping to create a manual
for the future for young people
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and very practical
aspects of mission.
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I want to tell you when
you're with young people,
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you get excited.
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And I just know God is
going to do extraordinary things
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through young
people as He already is.
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So all of us working together,
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keeping our eyes
focused on the Lord,
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we can accomplish
this incredible mission
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that God has entrusted
into our hands by His Spirit.
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Exactly.
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Thank you so much for
giving us time this morning.
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Oh, it's been great. Thank you.
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Thank you, Gary.
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Viewers at home, don't go away,
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we'll be right
back after this break.
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