Listen closely, its
10:45 here in London
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and Big Ben is here
to faithfully remind us.
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Mission in London and
other parts of the world
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coming up next on this program.
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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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coming to you today from London,
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the beautiful, the historic
and the cold city of London.
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Behind me you'll see this
landmark known as Big Ben.
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It's the world's second
largest four faced chiming clock
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and it's remarkably reliable.
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Every quarter hour
you'll hear the chimes
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and on the hour you'll
hear the big bell sound.
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The noise that you'll
hear is said to be a variation
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on the air, "I know
my redeemer liveth."
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And in this secular
city it's a gentle reminder
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that our
redeemer does indeed live.
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The redeemer who
is also the Creator
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of all things including time
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and it's a reminder for
of the seventh day Sabbath,
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that special time every
week created especially by God.
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On today's
program we'll be look at
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how a group of
creative young people
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are taking this
concept literally to the street
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as they take the
Sabbath sofa into the streets
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and introduce
people to the concept
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of this special
time created by God.
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Kamala is a Global Mission
pioneer in New Delhi, India.
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Global Mission
pioneers are sent out
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to start new groups of believers
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in un-reached neighborhoods.
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Kamala speaks the
language. She knows the culture.
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She mingles with the people.
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New Delhi is one of the
most densely populated cities,
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with millions of
people who don't know Jesus.
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This is a challenging
area to spread the gospel.
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Over time, Kamala has
made friends in her community.
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Her
relationships have allowed her
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to share her Christian faith.
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By God's grace,
people have been open
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to the gospel message
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and want to
learn more about Jesus.
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Kamala speaks every Sabbath
to a growing congregation
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that meets in this small room.
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Initially there was
no organized group here.
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There were just some people
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scattered around here and there.
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I used to pray to the Lord
to give me a congregation here.
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Slowly people started
coming to listen to the message
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that I presented.
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Kamala visits people
in their homes to talk
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and get to know them.
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Through
relationships and word of mouth,
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this group has
grown from a small few,
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to a crowded room.
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I take my children to school
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and after that I
take some of the ladies
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from my congregation with me
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and we go to different
houses where the needs are.
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May be the need for
prayer, the need for visitation,
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the need for conversation
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because they are
all feeling down.
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That's how I do it.
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I do small group
meetings, visiting door to door,
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house to house,
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and that's how people
enjoy the church here.
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One of the members
who helps is Karishma.
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She came to know
Jesus because of Kamala.
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Kamala visited Karishma's
house regularly to talk.
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Karishma's mother had
been sick in bed for 25 years
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with little hope for recovery.
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Since she was always home,
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she heard them
talking about Jesus.
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Karishma's mother
did not want her daughter
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to become a Christian.
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She warned her
not to trust Kamala.
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Karishma didn't
want to upset her mother,
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but she truly
believed the Adventist message.
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So she went
against her mother's advice
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and was baptized.
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She prayed faithfully
for her mother every day.
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Kamala continued to visit
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and began
telling Karishma's mother
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of Jesus' healing power.
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Eventually, Karishma's mother
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accepted Jesus
into her life as well.
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As soon as she
accepted Jesus into her life,
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she was able to walk again.
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After 25 years of
sickness, she was healed.
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God's healing power
transcends all impossibilities.
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As congregations like
this continue to grow,
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so does our world's population.
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Millions of people around
the world don't know Jesus.
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Global Mission pioneers
are working hard to keep up
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with the great need.
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Please pray for Global
Mission pioneers like Kamala,
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who are sharing Jesus' love.
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Thank you for
supporting mission.
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Well, it's a cold
winter's day here in Watford,
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a suburb of London
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and it's raining so
we're under a bridge.
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And I am talking
with Ana and Pastor Sam,
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and we are sitting on
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what is known as a Sabbath sofa.
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Ana, what is a Sabbath sofa?
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The Sabbath sofa is a
place where people can sit down
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and rest and take a break
from the craziness of life.
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Okay, and this
is a portable sofa?
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Yes. Okay.
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Where did this
idea come from, Sam?
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Well this idea
originally came from a team
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of three pastors who
put our minds together
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to see how can we be creative
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in expressing the principle
of the Sabbath to everybody,
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and so we thought why not place
a random sofa in a busy area
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and invite people
to come and sit down
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and just
experience it for themselves
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even in a small way,
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and we hope to
inspire people that way.
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Okay, so where
did you first trial it
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and what happened?
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Wow, it was in Central London
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in a busy area
called Marble Arch.
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One of my friends
and Pastors Vili Costescu
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helped me out to set it up.
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We set the sofa in a van
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and we came
down into Marble Arch
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and I was initially
very scared to do it.
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I thought people were
going to reject me immediately.
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We plopped it down,
there were people walking
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left, right, and
center and the first lady
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that came to sit down on
the sofa was so receptive.
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I'm still in
contact with her to today.
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Is that right? So
it's really, really--
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It's been such a
blessing and an inspiration.
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Okay, now Ana,
you've done this many times,
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tell me about one
of the experiences
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that you've had
on the Sabbath sofa.
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I think the most
incredible thing about
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this project is
the relationships
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that we've been able to maintain
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with these people
even after such a long time
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and so many people
write to us on Facebook
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and share their
experiences of the Sabbath
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and that's the
icing on the cake for us.
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That's why we're doing this
and it really makes us happy.
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Well I remember,
what was it last year
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or the year
before, summer up in Wales,
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you invited me to
trial the Sabbath sofa.
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It was under much
happier circumstances
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where I wasn't freezing.
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But I was just amazed at
how many people would stop
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and just sit
down and just unload,
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they would start
talking about their experiences.
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Now you have something
you say to these people about
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the Sabbath, what do you say?
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Well, first of all the key
to trying to engage people,
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is well we connect
and laugh and have a joke,
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and after we kind of try
and break down that barrier.
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I ask people to
image with me a world
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where they can take 24 hours
out of their busy schedules
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from a Friday sunset to
a Saturday sunset and rest.
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I ask them to what does
a day sound like to them?
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I have to be
honest and say 100 percent
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of the responses
I get on this sofa,
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I kid you no lie,
is that sounds amazing,
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that's wonderful!
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And people are just
genuinely shocked about
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a concept like
this to the point that
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they feel well
actually that sounds amazing
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but not that feasible.
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And at that point I
guess I neatly come in
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and say well, its
funny you should say that
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because there happens
to be 18 million of us
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around the globe
who do this regularly.
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So it's an opportunity
to inspire people about
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the conversation of the Sabbath
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and who we are in terms
of our identity as well.
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I remember from that
one experience of people
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would sit down
they would visibly relax
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and then when
you'd say that to them
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they would say oh, if
only there were 24 hours.
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Ana, what sort of things
do you do beside the sofa
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to like to back
up what you're doing?
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Ana?
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We have a very
strong social media
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part of our project, so we--
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Sam and I do weekly
challenges for people
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where we do a
Sabbath sofa challenge
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and its different things.
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We ask them different ways that
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they can experience the Sabbath.
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So either if its
just enjoy the nature,
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or call up someone you haven't
spoken to in a long time.
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It doesn't have to
be something big, yeah.
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And we also
produce info graphics
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that we post
everyday on the Sabbath sofa
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just to keep people engaged
and remind them of the Sabbath.
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Yeah, I saw those little
cards that you have as well.
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If you can dig that out
so we can show the viewers.
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Let's say.
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That's the front
and that's the back.
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So it's got the links
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for the social
media and the website?
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The beautiful thing about
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these particular
cards is they're simple.
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Most people don't
want to be lumbered
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with a whole bunch of
books and stacks and things.
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It's very simple,
you put it in their hands
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and people are
willing to go and check it out
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and it's really
quite, quite inspirational
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how people respond to it.
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Yeah, tell me
another story of someone
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who had the
Sabbath sofa experience.
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Okay.
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All right, I'll tell you
a story about a Jewish guy
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who came and sat on the sofa.
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We were in Soho, In London?
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In London, yes, I
rehearsed this speech
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and obviously it
changes per person
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and I remember this
guy came and sat down
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and I was going
through this speech
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as I'm used to and I said, well,
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have you ever
heard of the Sabbath?
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And he said, yes, I have.
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And he sort of
took me by surprise,
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I wasn't ready for this.
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So, you have? Yes, I'm a Jew.
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Oh! Yeah, we invented this.
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Right.
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And that's almost
exactly what happened
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and so I had to
change my whole spiel.
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I actually sat back
on the sofa, I rested
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and I asked him to
teach me about the Sabbath.
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And I was absolutely blessed
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when he broke down
the Sabbath in such a way
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where he basically said,
the Sabbath is the time for God
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and man to spend
intentional time together
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and that from
the words from a Jew.
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So that was one experience
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where I got
taught about the Sabbath,
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which was pretty awesome.
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Yeah.
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What, have you had
any negative responses?
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Have I had any
negative responses?
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I'm struggling because I can't.
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No, because it's
a Sabbath blessing.
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Yes.
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The most negative response that
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we've had would be the
Sabbath is a great idea
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but it's not feasible.
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Right, it's not practical.
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It's not practical
but by our experiences
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we show them that it is.
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So, that's about as
negative as it gets.
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Because it's a
positive experience.
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Ana and Sam, thank you so much
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for sharing with us
about the Sabbath sofa.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
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And I want to see
hundreds of these in cities
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around the world.
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Well, let's hope so.
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Yes, that's
what we want as well.
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Defiantly.
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Viewers at home, pray for those
involved in the Sabbath sofa
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and maybe this is an idea
that you could try at home
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and you can go to the
website up on the screen
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and find out more information.
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We'll be back
right after this break.
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