Welcome back to Mexico City.
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And now for
something completely different,
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let's travel to Africa
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and meet a Global
Mission pioneer Derek
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who has one goal
and that is to start
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New Seventh Day
Adventist congregations
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in remote areas in Zambia.
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Thanks.
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We are in South Zambia
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and today we're
gonna be speaking
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with the Global Mission Pioneer.
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He's uh, one of the most
exciting people you meet.
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His name is Derek.
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He's been working in Zinkoya.
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Welcome, Derek.
Yeah, welcome, Sir.
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Thank you, Sir.
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And Derek, what is
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what is it to be a
Global Mission pioneer?
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Global Mission pioneer
is to go in the entire area
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and plant the churches,
Seventh Day Adventist church.
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We have no SDA existence.
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We go in that area where...
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there's no SDA existence.
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And why have you chosen to
be a Global Mission pioneer?
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I have chosen this work because
I have seen the greatest need
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for those people who
have received the Christ.
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In that area, where
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there's a, this
church, Church of Christ,
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it's a Church of
Christ occupied territory.
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Where by no SDA
Churches were planted there.
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Therefore, it
grieved me to see an area
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where Christ has not
received in a no more way.
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So that's why I've
been encouraged to go there,
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I encouraged myself to go there
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and to work here as a pioneer.
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And how do, what
methods do you use
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to share the gospel of Christ?
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To share the gospel message,
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I use some tracks--
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where, which I distributed
to those people near by
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where ever I go.
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Secondarily, I just use
Bible studies mad at Bible.
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There are two ways of conducting
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or reaching God's people.
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First, we socialize with them,
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we give company or we
get what are known to them,
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or we get what are
be well known to them,
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then sending tracks to them
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and answering questions.
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After, another
method is to direct
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and speak with that
person with the Bible.
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So, Derek, as you work
as a Global Mission pioneer,
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do you work by yourself?
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Uh, I work
myself but with my wife.
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So you bring your wife along.
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Yeah, I take with my wife.
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And do you have any kids?
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Yes, I have kids. I
have eight, eight kids.
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Eighty kids? Eight, yes.
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So you work here as a Global
Mission pioneer with your wife
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but you still have eight
kids to support back home?
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Yes, I have to support
my children to go to school.
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This is the work
which I'm doing even now.
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Yes, I have got a
burden. So our country, which...
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even though I had
such difficulties of going
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into the field as
a pioneer but I can't
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because I know how
greatest the work is,
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people are dying
without knowing God
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so it grieved me seriously.
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That's what I tried.
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The other side I
support my children,
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the other side in some
ways I go as a pioneer.
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That's what I'm doing this.
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And God has always
provided for you so.
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Yes, God did not let me down.
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I tried you know, by all means
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you know there are
some areas of fears
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but I succeeded in some areas,
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I succeeded, I succeeded, yes.
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There's a part of your story
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where you were working
as a Global Mission pioneer
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but then, your contract ended.
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But there was still work to do.
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What happened then?
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Yes, during those years
where I was self supporting,
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I used most of
rainy season I come back
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to where I was
born in native's area
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in Nanthari.
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Then after the rainy season,
then again I go there I work,
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rainy season comes, I come back
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and I have something to raise
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to go to take
back to that place.
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So, when you say that
you are self supporting,
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that makes it sound like,
"Oh, okay, that's no big deal."
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But in reality we know that,
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you were going,
stopping your work,
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going farming,
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earning your money
with very hard work,
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bringing those funds back
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so that you can continue working
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taking the message of
Jesus in those remote areas.
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Yes, during those years
when I was not supported
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but now I'm being supported.
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You are?
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Good, so you
are being supported?
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Yes.
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How do you reach the
place where you now working at,
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as a Global Mission pioneer?
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Yes, we,
sometimes from Chavuma to
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just almost 15
kilometers, we use the bicycle.
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Then you have to
allot 15 kilometers
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we leave the bicycle and
move on foot climbing the hills.
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So even the bicycle
won't go. You can't.
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No vehicle, no Honda, no
bicycle can go through these
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into the high
mountains going up until now.
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So you put your back pack on
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and you hike all
the way to the village.
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Yes, I leave the
bicycle to someone
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who are known to me,
then I'll go in foot.
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So if there is one
Global Mission pioneer
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that's really out
there and that would be you.
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In that area, we
need so many pioneers,
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we have some pioneers.
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We are supposed to
have four or five pioneers
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to cover that area.
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So you need more pioneers?
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Yes, we need more pioneers.
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And you know
that the world church,
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there are many people who
have been praying for your work
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and who have also
supported pioneers.
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But we need even more pioneers,
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more literature, I imagine.
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If you could leave a message
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to the people who
have supported your work,
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with their prayers
or with their donations,
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what would you tell them?
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Yes, those people,
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to encourage the people
who are supporting pioneers,
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I still encourage them to
go to continue supporting.
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Because it's a wide area,
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maybe we can cover that area,
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in maybe four to five years.
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Not less than that
those years. We can't.
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So in an area where
no vehicle can pass,
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just only by
physical, so it needs support
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so I encourage
well wishers to support
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to have a support, to
continue to supporting us.
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I'm personally very
encouraged by the by the work
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that Global Mission
pioneers like yourself do.
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You know, may God
continue to bless.
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Oh, thank you, Sir.
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May God bless you also.
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Next up, a mission music video.
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As you watch
these beautiful images
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and listen to the
music, please pray.
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Pray for Global Mission
pioneers around the world
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as they plant new congregations
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in rural areas
and in big cities.
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They face tremendous challenges.
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Pray that God will
be there beside them
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to comfort them,
to encourage them,
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and that the Holy
Spirit will touch lives
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with the love of Jesus Christ.
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Well, that's it for today's
Global Mission Snapshots.
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I hope that you've
been inspired and challenged
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by what you've seen and heard.
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From here in Mexico
City to Zambia, to Sri Lanka,
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all over the
globe, men and women
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and boys and girls that
sharing the light of God's love.
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And thank you for
your continuing prayers
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for mission around the world,
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especially for urban mission
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which is
particularly challenged.
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Your prayers, your
personal involvement
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and prayerful financial support
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are making a difference.
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Before I go, I'd
like to make a small offer
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to people
living in North America
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as a small thank you
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for your continuing
support from Mission,
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we'd like to send you
a Mission 360 magazine.
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The partner of
Mission 360 TV program.
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Just call the
number on your screen
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and we'd be happy to
send you a free copy.
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It's full of
photos, it's full of stories
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about mission around the world.
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For Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause
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and I hope you
can join me next time
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right here on
Global Mission Snapshots.
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