Welcome back to Athens, Greece.
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Next up we travel to
the beautifully located
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Lakeside Hospital in Sri Lanka.
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Thanks to your
13th Sabbath Offerings,
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this facility is
alive and flourishing today.
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Over to you, Doug.
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Thanks, Gary.
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I'm here in Kandy, Sri
Lanka formerly known as Ceylon
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with my good
friend Brother Percy Dias
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and he is serving as
the hospital president
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here at this hospital called
Lakeside Adventist Hospital.
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Good to have you
on this show here.
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Brother Percy,
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how long have you served here
as the hospital administrator?
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I have been
serving for last 24 years
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as the hospital president.
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Well, so you've seen
all kinds of changes.
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Definitely, yes.
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This hospital was first founded
through the generous offering
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and our church
members all around the world
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through the 13th
Sabbath Offering.
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I'd like to thank
for the world church
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for helping us with that money
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and we purchase
this piece of land
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and a little
building to start our clinic.
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And from that day onwards,
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we start with 6 beds
and now we have 50 beds,
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and in future we're
planning to have 75 beds.
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Wow, that's great to see that,
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you guys are here
serving your community
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just like Christ did.
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Can you tell us
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how have
different lives been changed
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through the
ministry of this hospital?
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Yeah, this is the only
Christian hospital in Kandy,
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and we have started
the health education,
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nursing training
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and various other
programs here for the community
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because the community knows
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that this hospital
is a special hospital
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because of the--
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but the service
that we give to them.
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Well, that's great.
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Brother Percy, I
see a door over here.
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Can you tell us
just some history behind?
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What's the story
behind that door?
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Yeah.
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That door when we
purchased the piece of land,
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we had a first building
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and when we
build a new hospital,
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we thought that
going to be history piece,
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so because of that reason
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we fixed that door
there to patient to see
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and it says the
first patient walked
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through this door in 1965.
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Wow, that's great.
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So now this hospital
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has been serving this
community for 50 years.
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Yes.
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And what would have happened
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if the members around the world,
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common peoples that sacrificed
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to give their
13th Sabbath Offering.
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What if they
didn't give their money,
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could this
hospital have started?
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Definitely I won't
think we will have a hospital
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but because of that
generous contribution,
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now we can give
the health message
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to the people.
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Through the health message
we can show the love of Christ,
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so that's a very
special thing from this hospital
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we can show to
the the community.
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We're here in the
lobby of the hospital
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and, Brother Dias,
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can you tell us
what's this picture here?
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Yeah, this is the first building
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when we purchased
this piece of land,
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this is the first building.
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Now to put up a new building
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we have demolished this building
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so that door is
from this building.
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Very good.
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Brother Percy, can
you share this story
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of one person's
life who has changed
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as a result of the
ministry of the hospital?
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Yes, of course,
we had a staff here
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and he was addicted to alcohol
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and day and night he
comes to the hospital
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and we had to take him home
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and even his
family has rejected him
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because he was
addicted to alcohol
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but we have been talking to him,
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we have been praying with him
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and then now he became
departmental director here
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and he has
stopped all his bad habits
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and he said because of
Lakeside his family is happy,
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he is happy and you're
great service to the hospital.
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Wow. Very Great.
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That's a kind of
story we like to hear
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of when we follow
Christ method alone
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that we're able then to
meet those practical needs
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and God is able to
change the lives of so many.
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Can you?
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Now, just wanted to say
thank you for hosting us here
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and to see the
result of the sacrifice
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of our church
members all around the world.
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Every 13th Sabbath
that we're able then to give
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through this Sabbath
School mission offering
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to help and change the lives
of people around the planet
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through hospitals like this
one here in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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Thanks for your generosity.
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And, Gary, back to you.
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Next up, we
travel to Bangladesh,
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one of the world's most
densely populated countries.
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Dhaka is the
capital of Bangladesh.
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It's the tenth
largest city in the world
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and one of the most
densely populated places
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on the planet.
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This city has an
estimated population
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of more than 15 million people
in the Greater Dhaka area.
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In Dhaka, rush-hour traffic
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can standstill for
more than 7 hours a day.
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Here traffic light
seem mere decoration
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as hundreds of
thousands of rickshaws,
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buses, carts, bicycles,
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cars and
motorbikes battle for space.
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It might be quicker to walk.
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As we drive
outside the downtown area,
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we find beautiful
sights along the River Turag.
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In this area,
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water is pumped from
the river into pools.
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As the water evaporates,
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the sand settles
and more land opens up
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for new families
to live and work.
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A common sight along the
river are brick factories.
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Here people take advantage
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of the water and
mud from the river
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to bake thousands of
bricks in a single day.
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It's a long and careful process
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that families like this
one perform on a daily basis.
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Beside the chilly mornings,
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conditions around here are harsh
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and very uncomfortable.
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Workers here
worry about their safety
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as they live in temporary houses
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made with stacked
bricks without cement
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to hold it together.
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The parents in
this factory work hard.
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They worry about a
future for their kids.
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What will become of them?
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Opportunities for growth
and studies are very limited
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as people's
budget can hardly supply
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the basic necessity
such as food and clothing.
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A little further
outside the city,
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we arrive at BASC.
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This is a Seventh-day
Adventist training center
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that is focusing
on the young minds
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of the surrounding communities.
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Here Adventist
teachers train the students
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for a future of
service to God and society.
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Education is the only sure
path into a brighter future.
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Today is graduation day.
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The young
children receive a diploma
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because they
studied long and hard.
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The children are eager learners.
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They want to improve
their family's condition.
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Most of the
children you see in this room
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have never yet
heard the wonderful hope
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that Jesus brings.
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Please pray for
the people in Dhaka,
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this densely
populated city of Bangladesh
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and pray for the people in
the cities around the world
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who are waiting to hear
about the wonderful news
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of Jesus' salvation.
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Well, thanks so
much for joining us today
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on Global Mission Snapshots,
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coming to you
from Athens, Greece.
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I hope that you've been inspired
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and I hope that
you've been challenged
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about what
you've seen and heard.
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Before we go if you
live in North America,
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I'd like to
offer you a free gift.
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It's the book
"God's Great Missionaries."
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This book is full of stories
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of have examples
of biblical characters
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who are involved in mission
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and you'll find a
couple of chapters
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on the Apostle Paul
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who preached the gospel
right here on Mars Hill.
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For Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause
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and I hope that you
can join me next time
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right here on
Global Mission Snapshots.
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