Have you ever traveled in
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Southeast Asia, one of the most
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gorgeous places
in the world? Well
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today you are
gonna have a chance.
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There is some excitement from
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Southeast Asia. We
will be right back.
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Hello and Welcome
to Issues & Answers.
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I promised a trip to
the Southeast, didn't
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I, Southeast
Asia. Well, before we go
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there though, I
like for us to just
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remember together the words of a
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powerful old hymn.
In our Church Hymnal is
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page 100, and it
says "Great is Thy
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faithfulness," O
God my Father, There is
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no shadow of
turning with Thee; Thou
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changes not, Thy
compassions, they fail
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not. As Thou
hast been Thou forever
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wilt be. Great is
Thy faithfulness!"
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Today, we just
want to focus on God's
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faithfulness to us
as individuals and we'll
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take a peak at some
exciting things that he
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is doing through
two beautiful young
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people, who are
involved in work for
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Southeast Asia. I'd
like for you to meet
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my special guest
Kim Martin, and Liana
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Kim. Liana, I
understand you were
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made in Korea, is that right.
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Yes. And where
were you born Martin?
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I was born in LA.
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LA. Okay, so you get
half credit, she gets
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full credit. Yes.
But you have Korean
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parents. That's
correct. Okay, so tell us what
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you are doing,
what, why is Berrien
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Springs your
home? Berrien Springs,
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Michigan is quite a
bit different, isn't it,
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temperature wise,
weather wise from the
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Far East or
especially from Los Angeles.
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Yes. What do you
do? I am working for, we
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are working for
Adventist Southeast
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Asia Projects and it was
last year in August that we
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moved out because our
ministry is located in
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Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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So, that's the
headquarters of this project.
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Yes. For Southeast Asia.
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Alright, so what does
it mean project, that could
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mean anything,
that could mean raising
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money, it could mean
care for the lepers, I
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mean you know anything, we don't
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know what. So tell us
what's your project is about?
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Our ministry through
humanitarian, education,
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and evangelism projects,
we seek to reach out the
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people of Southeast
Asia. And we believe in a
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holistic approach. So we
don't wanna just share the
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Gospel, we wanna meet
their basic needs, and so.
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Help them live better lives.
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Yes. And that's a huge
part of the population of the
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planet, isn't it? Sure
is. Okay, tell us which
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country you are
especially involved with.
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We work in Cambodia,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
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and a year ago the Lord
open up the doors for us
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to begin work in Myanmar.
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Wow, that is Burma. Yes.
It used to be Burma. Yes.
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Huge population areas.
Yes, lot of needs out there.
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So, what would you say
are the most basic needs
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and how many of you
people are involved, is
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more than just you two.
At our office, we have a
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team of about eight
and we employee a few
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volunteers and my wife
actually is working as a
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volunteer for our ministry.
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Wonderful, wonderful.
So what do you do with
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these eight people and
the volunteers? Do you go
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out to the Far East
often to access needs? Who
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decides what are the
needs are and what needs
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to be done, and who is
gonna meet the needs. Do
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you have actual people
that you paid that are out
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there in those countries
Thailand, Laos, all these
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places? Our ministry works very
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closely with the
missions in these countries in
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which we work, and so it
helps us out to work very
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closely, the 550
workers that we sponsor are
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supervised by the Pastors
in these countries, where
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we work in. So
you have 550 people?
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Roughly about 750,
we have church planters,
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youth evangelists,
lay pastors laid by the
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workers. And you are
paying their support?
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We pay their
salaries. Where do you get this
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money? Well, ultimately
it's the Lord and God moves
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upon people's hearts,
and impresses people to give
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and we just move
forward and pray.
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What is your budget?
Last year the Lord blesses
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with a little over
two million, which really
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allowed us to set a
much bigger budget for his
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fiscal year.
That's what I was going
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to say two million
dollars is a very small budget
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when you think of that
many people that you are
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working with, but God
can do anything, can he
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Yes sure he can.
That's wonderful. Liana
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what, what do you do?
And I will comeback to
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you too Martin, what do you do?
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Actually every year when
we go to Southeast Asia, I
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travel with our staff
members, so that we will
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see how they are
doing, you know, and then I
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interview them and I take
a letter pictures and when
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I comeback, I sort all
the pictures and organize the
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pictures, and I actually
help anything that office
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needs. So, it's
like taking a trip
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to Southeast Asia
when you get back. So, I
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promised our viewers
that we have a trip did you
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bring any pictures with
you? I'd like to know though
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how many languages do you speak?
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No, actually I just
speak two, Korean and English.
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Korean and English.
How many languages do you
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speak? I was a Spanish major
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when I was in college,
but that was a while ago, I do
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speak Korean group
speaking in the home, but
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with the harsh
English accent and I am still
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working on my English.
Okay, well you don't have
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much use for
your Spanish, do you?
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Not much. Not in Southeast Asia.
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Well tell us how did you
get involved in this, this
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sounds like a very
ambitious and wonderful
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project, how did you,
how did you get involved, how
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did you get interested in
this? Back in 2004 my wife
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and I finished up at
the same seminary at Andrew
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University, and the doors
opened up for us to go out
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to State of Washington
to work for Seattle Central
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Korean church and I was
pastoring there. I am in
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charge of the English ministry.
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Is that in the Seattle
area? Yes, actually located in
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urban, but because
there are number of Korean
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churches and it's like
the central of all of the
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Korean churches, it's
called the Seattle Central
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Korean church.
Okay, okay. Okay, so you
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went out there and
worked at this church.
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How did that put
you where you are now?
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After about a year and
half of being there, we
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had this one missionary
come to our church to do
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a presentation during
the weekend and during that
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weekend he shared
this quote with me comes
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from the book Gospel
workers, where we were
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told that if the if we in
the local church get involved
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in supporting the
for mission work that God
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would bless the
local mission work, and I
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thought much about
that and I had always prayed
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much asking God to
bless our church and I was
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looking for ways in
which God would bless our
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church, and I
thought much about that quote
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and I realize that
you know if we could some
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how get involved in
supporting the mission
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work overseas, I
believe that God would do great
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things for us and so
after much prayer our leaders
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and I decided that we
ought to help the less
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fortunate neighbors
in the Asian countries.
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What was your position
at this church, where you
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pastor, assistant
pastor or what? I was associate
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Pastor. Associate pastor,
and how large is the church?
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It was the church
about 250 members.
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250, but you had a wider
base than that of other, if
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you count all the
Korean churches, what would you
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say thousand, two
thousand? In the whole
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Seattle area, I would
say it probably be close to a
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thousand. Okay.
Yeah of course speaking
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about Adventist churches,
and I was in charge of a
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youth involved
group of about 70 members.
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Okay, and so when this
missionary came from the
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Far East, and was
talking about what's happening
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out there, you decided
our church needs to get
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involved. Yes.
Okay, were all of your
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members immediately on board?
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They were really inspired
by that weekend, but here
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in America its really
hard to get your members
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mission minded
because we've just got so much
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and my leaders and I
had prayed that God will
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show how we can get
involved in being a part
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of fulfilling the
Great Commission because we
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did not exist just for
ourselves or just to do
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local mission work, but
to be involved in the big
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picture. You know our
blessings can actually be
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a danger. Yeah.
Because they can make us look
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down instead of up or
out. Yes. To the bigger
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focus for I believe the
Lord wants us to be seen.
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That's correct.
Where you with him
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Liana from the beginning,
did you think this was
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something exciting.
Did you both go to Korea or
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Thailand or somewhere
together then when you
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were pastoring in
Seattle. Before we have got to
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seminary, we spent a year
out after our first year of
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marriage, lived in
Korea, and we had gone on a
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short commission
trip up to China.
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Okay. But now you are
not involved in China now.
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No. So you were both,
you just had that in your
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blood, you were excited
about it. Yeah. What did
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your parents
think about this Liana?
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Oh my parents,
actually my parents are not
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Christians, but I think as
I just believe in trusting the
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Lord, I think they can
see something different in my
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life and now they
are supporting me.
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They are supporting
you now. But at first they
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thought this is little weird.
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That's right. They
can't understand, they can't
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understand to feed a
poor, and to help other people
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because these days all
the people they just want to
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get for themselves
and they just want to you
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know make a lot of
money, but they are now,
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now they
understand. The mentality of the
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United States is me
first, you know, get what I can
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for myself and my
family. So if you are not a
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Christian you don't
have that. That's right.
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That focus at all.
Martin how did your family feel?
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My parents were very
supportive of the fact that
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I was doing ministry.
They believed that it's a
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very high calling, so
they were very supportive of
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all that transpiring.
And you have chosen and
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prepared for the
ministry? Yes. So this was just
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another branch, another
phase of it. Well tell us,
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tell us how this went
from being pastor to what you
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are doing now?
Okay, well before the
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Lord gave us this call to
come join this ministry, it
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was at the church
where we decided to set aside
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our third Sabbath,
loose offerings, and sent it
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overseas to help
our less fortunate.
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Okay. Asian neighbors
in Southeast Asia at our
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church since we are able
to keep the first and third
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Sabbath and loose
offerings, which would
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come out to about
three hundred dollars per
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Sabbath. For us it was
not a big deal, but we knew
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that in the
Third World countries.
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That's a lot of money.
It's a lot of money, and
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we wanted to help our
young people know that
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the little that we can
give to the very poor in the
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world can make a
huge difference, and we
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wanted to keep before
their minds that we exist
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to the missions,
and so this was in 2005
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December that we
collected our first
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offering, and we
collected somewhere around three
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hundred dollars. And then
in January, we collected a
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second offering. It was
surely after collecting our
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second offering that I
picked up this tape that
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had been sitting on my
office desk for quite a
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couple of months by
this missionary and I
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happened to listen to
that tape. And this missionary
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was sharing story
after story about how God was
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providing as they were
moving forward in faith.
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And then this missionary
shared something, which
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I will not forget. He
said we will never have
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enough money to finish
the work, how much will
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be enough, a million,
ten million or 100 million.
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He says we need to move
forward in faith and trust
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the God of infinite
resources to provide.
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And I said that is so
true, and why is that.
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Oh, powerful, you know,
back, to back up a little
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bit remember
Hudson Taylor did that.
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Yes. In China, founded the
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Inland China
mission with no money.
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Yes. And George Miller would
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send him money and
George Miller didn't have
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any money either.
Right. But he prayed the Lord
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provided and so he as
soon as he got the money,
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he would give it to
missionaries, and it's just
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an amazing thing and
God is the one who has
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gotten all the glory.
Yes. So, what did that do to
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you when you heard that tape?
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I said God, I know its
about faith, I want to see
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you do great things,
and I said Lord I refuse to
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believe that you have
to be a missionary out in
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some Third World
country in a malaria high
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risk area in order to
see you do great things.
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Right. And I believe
that North America is a great
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mission field. And I
said Lord what do you want
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me to do, and I
thought about our Third Sabbath
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mission offerings
for ASAP, and I thought
00:14:17.25\00:14:23.29
about charging our
members to pay for a
00:14:23.32\00:14:25.46
500 dollar offering,
but I'm like that doesn't
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require much faith, I
then thought about a 700
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dollar offering, but I
find that you now it will take
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faith to pray for a
1000 dollar offering. Now in
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January in the offering
we just collected, it was to
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provide rice for the
people at Vietnam and
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back then for 20 dollars
you could provide rice for
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whole family for a
month and that's how far 20
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dollars goes. Amazing.
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In a country like
Vietnam. Wow. And so
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now for our next offering
in February, we wanted to
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provide Bibles so we
could provide for their
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spiritual nourishment.
That's right, that's right.
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And it costs 5 dollars
to provide a Bible, and so I
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showed up in church the
next Sabbath, and I said
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to my members, what if
we pray for a 1000 dollar
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offering. We could
provide 20 Bibles for the
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people of Vietnam
and we encouraged our
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members to pray
everyday. Amen. And there were
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midweek newsletters
reminding them to pray
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and every Sabbath we
made announcement, and
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a month later in February
the Lord blesses us with
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an offering of 4382 dollars.
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Yes, 4000. Well you
know Martin, I think the
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Lord was giving you that
call to step out in faith
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and then he was
saying you haven't seen
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anything yet watch
this. Yeah. Watch this, but I
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do think its important
in your newsletters to keep
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your people
informed because they want to
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know is this
working. Everybody wants to be
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part of something
that is succeeding.
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That's right. They
want to see something move
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forward, they want to
see it accomplish something.
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Yes. So, you really followed
the right steps there in
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communication. So you
got 4000 dollars, what did
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you do with it,
you brought Bibles.
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Yes, we were able to
send over 876 Bibles.
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Wow. And this, I was
blown away by it, our members
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were blown by it, you
know like Lord this is
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really you are doing. Is
it difficult to be able to
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purchase Bibles in
the right languages at the
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right price? Where
did you purchase these,
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where did you get
them? Pastor Isaiah Yuang, I
00:16:36.66\00:16:43.30
know him, yes he is
the leader of the Albion
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movement, that's right,
and also the speaker for
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the peace and happy
related program. He is the
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one that is pretty much
in charge of getting the
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Bibles into the
country to the people.
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Okay, okay. You know
he is another miracle in
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himself because he
was going to take medicine
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and the Lord just
kind of tapped him on the
00:17:05.24\00:17:09.88
shoulder and said,
no I don't need you as a
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physician, I need you
to do something else. And
00:17:12.26\00:17:15.25
so he has been giving
the Adventist World Radio
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programs into
Vietnam and he has seen
00:17:19.82\00:17:23.62
phenomenal miracles.
Yes. I mean just amazing
00:17:23.65\00:17:27.02
miracles. Yeah,
we heard many stories
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coming out of the
country of Vietnam just truly
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amazing. Yes it
is, and I believe it's
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because one man has
stood strong and firm,
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reminds me of the
story of Joshua. When Joshua
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was fighting the
Amalekites and he knew
00:17:42.86\00:17:46.34
that he had to have
more time, otherwise they
00:17:46.37\00:17:49.61
would escape and
comeback and bother
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him. And he said son
standstill, standstill. He
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knew that his God had
the power. So the Lord just
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stopped everything in
the Universe as far as
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you know the earth
rotating around the sun
00:18:03.22\00:18:05.50
or rotating on its axis,
and he did that and answered
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to one man's prayer.
Yes. So, I really see Isaiah
00:18:12.39\00:18:18.29
Yuang as a tremendous
man of God, and I am sure
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he has been a
good mentor for you.
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You should ask,
yeah, he is a praying man.
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Yes. He is a praying
leader yes, and therefore his
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followers are praying
people. These people in
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Vietnam, they pray so much.
00:18:33.31\00:18:34.64
Yeah. And I believe it's because
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of all their pray that
the message is spreading so
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rapidly. It is,
it is. They had never
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seen anything like this
in Vietnam. Well take us on
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the next step, what
did you do after the 4000
00:18:46.06\00:18:48.53
dollar offering? At
first we were like what
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do you do. Yeah. I
mean you go back to
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pray for another
1000 dollars, but then I
00:18:54.00\00:18:56.70
remember what that
missionary would always
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say. He would always saythat
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when God blesses should we
ask for just a little bit more.
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That's right. And that's
the way you grow in faith.
00:19:03.18\00:19:04.74
That's right. I
really believe that when the
00:19:04.77\00:19:06.78
Lord gives you
something, that's to test
00:19:06.81\00:19:09.64
your faith and the
strength in your faith,
00:19:09.67\00:19:11.47
but next time he does
want you to ask for more.
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Yes. Because I don't
believe he ever wants us to come
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to the ocean to get
water with a teaspoon.
00:19:18.09\00:19:20.78
Yes, I like that. He
has got lots of water
00:19:20.81\00:19:25.14
out there and he wants
to test our faith, he can do
00:19:25.17\00:19:28.52
anything, but he wants
to test and strengthen our
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faith. Alright, so
then what happened?
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So then we decided to ask
for just a little bit more,
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we decided to pray
for 4500 dollars. So, we
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could built eight
bamboo and thatch churches in
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Cambodia. Oh
Cambodia. And it costs $550
00:19:42.64\00:19:45.67
to built a bamboo and
thatch churches, nothing
00:19:45.70\00:19:47.59
fancy church more.
Now where any of your
00:19:47.62\00:19:49.99
people from Seattle
going out there to access needs
00:19:50.02\00:19:54.50
or meet with people at
the missions or where they
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just mainly at this
point involved in financial
00:19:58.34\00:20:01.55
support. In just financial
okay and prayer support
00:20:01.58\00:20:04.16
at this time. Okay.
A year later many of
00:20:04.19\00:20:07.90
them are on a mission
trip to Cambodia and that was
00:20:07.93\00:20:10.01
a wonderful experience
for them to see first hand
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.79
this country. What a
tragic, tragic situation
00:20:12.82\00:20:18.55
with Cambodia.
Alright then what happened?
00:20:18.58\00:20:21.56
And so once again we
encouraged our members
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to pray and pray everyday
for the whole month, and
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the next month in
March God bless us with
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offering of $6684.
And this like you to
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saying, why
didn't you ask for more.
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Yes. Oh, you have little faith.
00:20:35.88\00:20:39.31
Yes, but still that
was a stretch for you.
00:20:39.34\00:20:41.71
Yes. Because you have been
00:20:41.74\00:20:42.99
giving three hundred
dollars, your church had
00:20:43.02\00:20:44.80
been giving three
hundred dollar, but what was the
00:20:44.83\00:20:47.40
attitude of the members
in the church when they saw
00:20:47.43\00:20:50.37
this happening.
That's a really good
00:20:50.40\00:20:52.64
question because
like when we got out when
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God blessed more
than four thousand, then
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already a lot of our
young people and adults very
00:20:59.28\00:21:04.37
excited. Sure,
sure. And then even they
00:21:04.40\00:21:07.06
changed the way
they spent their money.
00:21:07.09\00:21:09.02
Oh yes. One of the young adult,
00:21:09.05\00:21:11.60
who is a lawyer at a
time, she said you know what I
00:21:11.63\00:21:17.24
didn't believe that God
blessed us more than four
00:21:17.27\00:21:20.81
thousand dollars, but
after God answered the prayer,
00:21:20.84\00:21:24.17
her prayer life and
her faith that was changed.
00:21:24.20\00:21:28.07
Amen, you know this
is digressing just for a
00:21:28.10\00:21:31.47
second, but just recently
I heard a father and mother
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tell a story about.
They were having family
00:21:36.32\00:21:39.07
worship and they showed
they have two little sons,
00:21:39.10\00:21:42.07
and they showed lets
see they are about six and
00:21:42.10\00:21:46.82
three, and they were
showing these children
00:21:46.85\00:21:49.80
pictures of the work
in Mexico because their
00:21:49.83\00:21:53.81
father had gone down
with some people, and
00:21:53.84\00:21:55.91
helped in orphanages and
various things in Mexico.
00:21:55.94\00:21:59.75
And when he came back,
he showed the pictures to
00:21:59.78\00:22:02.87
his family, and he said
this little boy didn't have
00:22:02.90\00:22:06.63
anything to eat, but
we got some food and we
00:22:06.66\00:22:10.05
took some food to him,
and this his daddy only
00:22:10.08\00:22:13.71
has one meal a day or
every other day, and they
00:22:13.74\00:22:18.70
don't have homes, they
don't have churches, they
00:22:18.73\00:22:22.15
don't have clothes,
they don't have a meager or
00:22:22.18\00:22:26.35
basic needs and one of his
little boys was quiet for a
00:22:26.38\00:22:31.35
little bit, and finally
he said daddy can we skip
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.53
treats, can we save
our money that we would
00:22:34.56\00:22:38.01
spend on treats, and I
thought what a beautiful
00:22:38.04\00:22:43.36
sweet spirit. Yes.
You know we need more
00:22:43.39\00:22:46.41
adults, who are that
child like and willing to say,
00:22:46.44\00:22:50.60
yes take the money that
I am misusing and let some
00:22:50.63\00:22:56.23
good be done with it.
Alright, so then take us to
00:22:56.26\00:23:01.42
the next step. You have
had young people in your
00:23:01.45\00:23:04.18
church, who have really
been excited because they
00:23:04.21\00:23:07.02
see what God is doing.
They know that this is not
00:23:07.05\00:23:10.58
anything that your one
church did on your own.
00:23:10.61\00:23:13.98
Exactly. So what,
yeah this does something
00:23:14.01\00:23:16.89
to the spiritual life of
the church. Yes, we really
00:23:16.92\00:23:20.62
saw God raise the
spirit and faith in the church.
00:23:20.65\00:23:22.54
As young people
started praying and believing
00:23:22.57\00:23:26.01
prayer, and sing that
we do serve a God. You
00:23:26.04\00:23:29.27
know we read all
these amazing stories in the
00:23:29.30\00:23:30.88
Bible by how God parted
the Red Sea in one hour,
00:23:30.91\00:23:32.84
but to see ourselves
see God moving a mighty way.
00:23:32.87\00:23:37.21
And we should ask that
for lot more, but at that
00:23:37.24\00:23:40.13
time we were little
slow in learning and we
00:23:40.16\00:23:42.85
decided to ask God for
just a little bit more and so
00:23:42.88\00:23:45.31
at that time we prayed
for seven thousand, we could
00:23:45.34\00:23:47.63
support ten lay by
the workers in Vietnam for
00:23:47.66\00:23:51.24
one year.
Wonderful. So then how much did
00:23:51.27\00:23:54.74
you get from that?
And the next month the
00:23:54.77\00:23:56.53
Lord blesses with 8470
dollars. Eight thousand,
00:23:56.56\00:24:00.08
every time, it's like
the Lord just saying you are
00:24:00.11\00:24:02.99
too small. Yes.
Your faith is too small,
00:24:03.02\00:24:05.29
I've got more than
that, oh how thrilling, how
00:24:05.32\00:24:09.68
thrilling, and your
church is becoming more
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.76
dependent on the Lord.
Yes. And more in love with
00:24:12.79\00:24:16.99
the Lord and with his
work in the Far East. So
00:24:17.02\00:24:21.91
how is this
church functioning today?
00:24:21.94\00:24:24.58
Well, surely after
we left the young adults
00:24:24.61\00:24:29.60
eventually planted
another church because
00:24:29.63\00:24:33.75
they had seen what
can happen when we unite
00:24:33.78\00:24:37.07
together and pray,
and how God can move. God
00:24:37.10\00:24:38.98
eventually open up the
doors for them to start
00:24:39.01\00:24:42.04
another church.
In the Seattle area.
00:24:42.07\00:24:44.16
In the Seattle area.
And God was very good
00:24:44.19\00:24:46.07
because God allowed us
to stay there in that area
00:24:46.10\00:24:48.76
to be a part of this initial
church plant before he let
00:24:48.79\00:24:52.09
our house sell and
before he moved this out to
00:24:52.12\00:24:54.35
Berrien Springs.
So, God was very good in
00:24:54.38\00:24:56.10
allowing us to be a
part of that experience.
00:24:56.13\00:24:58.46
Well and that was good for you.
00:24:58.49\00:25:00.13
Yes. And it was good for them
00:25:00.16\00:25:01.86
because the continuity I
think is so important. Tell
00:25:01.89\00:25:07.82
us about your house in
Berrien Springs, Liana. I
00:25:07.85\00:25:12.82
love this, I think this
is, you were praying for a
00:25:12.85\00:25:16.22
palace won't you
in Berrien Spring.
00:25:16.25\00:25:19.05
That's right, last
August actually we moved from
00:25:19.08\00:25:22.82
Seattle to the Berrien
Springs in Michigan, but
00:25:22.85\00:25:25.42
right before we moved
we had a opportunity to
00:25:25.45\00:25:29.49
attend so called
camp meeting and at a time
00:25:29.52\00:25:32.81
Pastor Provo Tara
from Indian Ocean Africa,
00:25:32.84\00:25:39.15
South African
Indian ocean division.
00:25:39.18\00:25:41.27
He came in and he
spoke about faith, and then I
00:25:41.30\00:25:45.43
was so amazed, he talk
about faith and then just
00:25:45.46\00:25:48.74
to believe in the promises
of Lord and just go, and
00:25:48.77\00:25:52.77
at that time I was
praying about a house in Berrien
00:25:52.80\00:25:57.44
Springs. And then Lord
so far I was praying for
00:25:57.47\00:26:01.89
just a small house, but
Lord I want to pray for a
00:26:01.92\00:26:05.43
palace. I want
to pray for palace
00:26:05.46\00:26:08.97
because you have been
impressed by the story of
00:26:09.00\00:26:12.67
the man who went to
Alexander the Great, and
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.82
ask for a palace.
That's right. And Alexander was
00:26:15.85\00:26:19.79
offended. He said I
love that request because he
00:26:19.82\00:26:23.92
knows I am king, he
knows no one else can
00:26:23.95\00:26:26.32
supply that, and so you
went to the Lord and said
00:26:26.35\00:26:29.98
Lord I want a palace,
you are king, and what did he
00:26:30.01\00:26:33.11
give you. And then yes he surely
00:26:33.14\00:26:36.66
gave us a palace, a
small palace with the beautiful
00:26:36.69\00:26:39.26
palace by the
lake. Yes, right on Lake
00:26:39.29\00:26:42.71
Chipican. I saw a picture
of that, it's a nice home. I
00:26:42.74\00:26:48.20
just believe that God
is happy when we expect
00:26:48.23\00:26:52.18
large things of him,
let's pause right now, and
00:26:52.21\00:26:56.25
pray. Our time is running
short, and it goes so fast.
00:26:56.28\00:26:59.14
Father in heaven what
a mighty God we serve. We
00:26:59.17\00:27:02.83
thank you for the ways
that you led your obedient
00:27:02.86\00:27:05.54
people in Washington
State and now for what
00:27:05.57\00:27:09.07
Liana and Martin Kim
are doing for you. We are so
00:27:09.10\00:27:12.87
thankful for your
power and love, and goodness.
00:27:12.90\00:27:16.26
Bless this wonderful
work in Jesus name, Amen.
00:27:16.29\00:27:20.66
Amen. I hope as you
have been listening to these
00:27:20.69\00:27:24.92
stories today and
seeing the enthusiasm on their
00:27:24.95\00:27:29.06
faces, that it has
given you something in your
00:27:29.09\00:27:33.00
spirit that says I
would like to have more faith,
00:27:33.03\00:27:35.60
I'd like to see God
working in my life daily,
00:27:35.63\00:27:39.44
I just want the
excitement of what happened out
00:27:39.47\00:27:42.30
there in that church in
Washington State, and so
00:27:42.33\00:27:45.63
I would just want you
to encourage you, look
00:27:45.66\00:27:49.20
around, God is doing
wonderful things right
00:27:49.23\00:27:52.06
where you are. Ask him
how you can join him in
00:27:52.09\00:27:55.85
his work. You will
be surprised and amazed
00:27:55.88\00:27:59.36
because he has promised
to give you, to tell you
00:27:59.39\00:28:02.56
secrets of how you can
help. So God bless you.
00:28:02.59\00:28:06.78
Glad that you are
with us and we'll see you
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next time.
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