Welcome back.
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My guest is
Pastor Delbert Pearman
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who is the planning director
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for the Office of
Adventist Mission here
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in the Adventist
world head quarters.
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Delbert, we actually
shares offices next each other.
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That's right.
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Welcome to the program.
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Thank you.
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Now you have a vast
experience in mission.
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You've been a missionary where?
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Well, I served--
right after the college
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I went to Malawi
served as an accountant
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and return back
home for about 12 years.
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And then went to Sri Lanka
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as a mission
treasurer, four years.
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Then I went to the Middle East
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where I served as
another four years
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as secretary
treasurer in the Middle East
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and then I want to the
Ethiopia as a union treasurer
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and after that to
the United States.
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Now, when you
came back from Ethiopia
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you brought more than memories.
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What did you bring back?
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Oh, we brought a special
gift an Ethiopian princess,
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we adopted and Ethiopian girl.
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Its just be a
wonderful part of our family
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as if she should had
always being with us.
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Yeah, what a blessing.
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So, if you served as
a missionary in Africa,
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in Asia and the Middle East
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and we are talking about
13th Sabbath offering Mission,
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13th Sabbath Mission Offerings
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which are collected I
guess every 13 weeks--
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And this is the special offering
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and you've actually seen
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some of the
results of these offerings.
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Yes, yes. Very much so.
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The 13th Sabbath
offering is a way for the Church
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to develop
institution such as schools,
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clinics,
hospitals, purchase airplanes
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by which we can support
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the church planting
activities of the church.
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And it actually started in 1912
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with the first offering going
to India to develop a school.
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And we saw that in
Asia and even in Africa,
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matter of fact in the division
the second offering went
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to the Adventist University
of Eastern Africa in Baraton
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was the second offering in 1912.
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And today it is the thriving
university there in Kenya
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and you could see
the long term results
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of the 13th Sabbath Offering
providing resources for things
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that the mission would
not otherwise be able to do
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because of the very high cost.
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And so I've seen the blessings
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of these
offerings down to the years
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in various parts of the world.
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Now Delbert, every
week in Adventist churches
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mission offerings are collective
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but this is a very
special project driven offering.
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Yes, that's correct.
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Yeah, this allow us to
focus on specific projects
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where the church at
the Annual Council meeting
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of the world church
every year would vote projects
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for the succeeding years.
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And the whole
world church focuses
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on one particular
region of the world
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and on one particular project
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and so, that's how we
work collaboratively together
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to help to expand the work
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in different parts of the world.
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Now, how much money is collected
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for an average
13th Sabbath Offering?
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Approximately when you look
at the total income right now
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its over four million dollars
collected around the world.
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Per year? Per year, yes, Yes.
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So each quarter a
region of the world
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can more or less
count on a million dollars
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to go to some
specific needy projects?
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That's collect. Yes, yes.
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Now how do people
give to this offering?
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Well, they give through
these Sabbath school offering
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when the offer plate
comes along every 13th Sabbath
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or they can give
directly to their conference
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or their mission designated
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for the 13th
Sabbath Offering project.
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Right, and also viewers
at home, you may not attend
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the Seventh-day Adventist church
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but you think
that this is something
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that you would like to support
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because its making a difference
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in people's
life around the world
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you can just go to
adventistmission.org
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and on there you
will find online giving
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and you can
specifically designate
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that you want to give a donation
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to 13th Sabbath Offering.
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Now Delbert, we see buildings,
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we see
hospitals, clinics, schools
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as you mentioned but as
more on that its people.
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Yes, that's correct.
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It's the way of which the church
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can broad in its outreach
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and its support
for that community
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by serving the
needs of students.
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Many people who would come
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to our hospitals
are non-Adventist,
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many who attend our
schools are non-Adventist.
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So this is a way by
which the church can reach out
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and touch even in the
lives of the community.
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Delbert, when you travel--
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I know that you've
just come back form Africa
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what are some of
the biggest needs
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that you see in mission?
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I mean, there's many, many needs
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but what are the major
needs that are still there?
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Probably one that
really impacts me is the need
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for reaching the urban areas.
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In large cities of the world
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we have people just flocking
in over 200,000 everyday
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it is estimated in Africa
or people migrating to cities
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and many of them don't--
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the cities don't
have the services
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the
infrastructure to accommodate
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these
individuals around the world.
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Many are poor and so therefore,
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the Adventist
church can very much
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as Ellen White talks
about centers of influence
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these can be established
and the 13th Sabbath Offerings
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can also help to establish
these whereby the church
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can touch the
needs of the community.
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In doing so in holistic way,
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lead them further on to saving
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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So, reaching the cities
through health, lecturing,
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through literacy training,
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through vegetarian
restaurants, lifestyle,
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many different areas I could see
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where the cities
need what we have.
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Now Delbert, as well know
our office is helping support
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many urban centers of
influence around the world.
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And share one or
two of the projects
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that we help support.
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Well, in Europe we help
with vegetarian restaurants,
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in Africa we have
AIDS screening clinics
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that we are supporting there,
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also music
clinics and also in Asia.
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So we have several of
them doing various things,
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many different ways of which
the church is able to touch
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the community
all around the world.
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We have lots of those.
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Thanks so much for
joining us today, Delbert.
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Please continue
to support mission
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through the 13th
Sabbath Offerings
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and through mission offerings
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and you can go to
adventistmission.org
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for more information.
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Next up, let's see
what will be happening
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to 13th Sabbath
Offerings right here
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in North American
region of the world.
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Micronesia is one of
three sub regions of Oceania.
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The name Micronesia means,
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small islands with
a totally land mass
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of only 2000 square miles.
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These islands are indeed dots
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in the beautiful
blue oceans around them.
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Kosrae is one of
the four main islands
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in the Federated
States of Micronesia.
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In this island you will see
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beautiful sunsets,
lush green forests,
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exotic fruit trees and
a lot of friendly people
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who know how to
live in community.
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There are large
churches in Kosrae.
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The majority of
the people attend
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the large church buildings
of this main denomination here.
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In Kosrae, the
families are very close
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and stick
together wherever there go.
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So, when a person decides to
join a different church group
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that means
separating from family, friends
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and inheritance the
family might leave you.
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Conversion is
such a strong decision
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that one may come from riches
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to living on the
streets on the same day.
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While coming to
an Adventist church
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may be considered social suicide
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attending an Adventist
school is highly valued here.
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In fact, the Seventh-day
Adventist school in Kosrae
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as well as other
Adventist schools
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in Micronesian Islands
have graduated senators,
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queens and other
government officials.
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Our schools well
known to the community
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and many of the
leaders in the islands
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have gone through our schools.
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Example in Palau, the queen
of Palau went to our schools,
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several other senators
have gone to our school
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right here in Guam the
former lieutenant governor
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had gone through our
school to Walla Walla
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and then to Loma
Linda medical center
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where he became a
doctor and he practices here.
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So we have a lot
of the leadership
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and in the islands
in Pohnpei for example,
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the former lieutenant
governor who know pastor for us.
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This legacy of quality and
holistic education at large
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is credited to the
dedicated work of student
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and volunteer missionaries
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who come from all over
North America and the world.
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They come for one
year to teach, serve, love
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and care for the precious
children in the islands.
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This is a life time opportunity
to engage a different culture
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and to share the love of Christ.
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The youth here in
Kosrae love to play sports.
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They often spend
their time practicing
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and playing with the neighbor's
at the local ball field
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and on the school court.
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Unfortunately, the
weather is so unpredictable here
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when it rains, it
pours also the sun
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near the equator
burns harder during the day
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and at night there is
scarce access to electric light.
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The kids get
together and play anyway.
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The Adventist church wants
to built a gym here in Kosrae
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as well as on three
other schools on the islands
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that do not yet have a gym.
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Gymnasiums have proven
to be an effective tool
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to invite the
community to play sports
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and have fun but also as a place
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to conduct common
interest seminars,
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a place for shelter
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and many other relationship
building activities.
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In Kosrae this gym will
become the centre of attraction
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to the people of the island.
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Can you imagine the
impact this will make?
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This quarter, your
offering will go to support
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the construction of
four gyms in the islands
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of Kosrae,
Chuuk, Yap and Saipan.
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This small investment
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will pay dividends
now and for eternity.
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Please pray for the children
attending Adventist schools
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and Micronesian islands,
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also pray for the community
around Camp Polaris in Alaska.
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A portion of your
13th Sabbath Offering
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this quarter will
support these projects
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and other out reach
initiatives in North America.
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Some from million
people come to Washington D.C.
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and view the Vietnam
Veteran's Memorial every year.
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Nearly, 60,000 names are written
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all along this wall of people
who died in military service.
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I like to think that
God keeps a list in heaven
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and it's a list of missionaries
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who have been on the
frontlines of service
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and have given their lives
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sharing the
love of Jesus Christ.
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Well, that's about
it for today's program
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and I want to thank you
for your continuing prayers
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and support for
mission around the world.
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Mission service can be
lonely, can be discouraging
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and so
encouraging for people to know
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that's there is a world
church praying for them.
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Before we go I would
like to give you an offer
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and it's a
Global Mission Calendar.
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This calendar is full of faces
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of mission from around the world
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and there it's a daily
reminder to pray for people
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that they may come to
know Jesus as their Savior.
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For Global
Mission, I am Gary Krause
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and I hope you can
join me next time right here
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on Global Mission Snapshots.
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