guess that at some point in
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your life you have thought to
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yourself, "I wish I could see
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God." And the truth is that
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you have. You have seen God.
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>> Have you ever heard someone
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say, "Unless I see Him with my
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own eyes, I won't believe in
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God."
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>> Then everyone should
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believe in God because we have
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all seen Him.
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>> In Matthew 25 the Bible
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says there will be two groups
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of people on the final day of
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judgement who will ask God
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this question: "Lord, when did
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we see You?"
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>> And He will answer them:
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"When you saw that stranger
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who was hungry and thirsty and
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needed something to wear, you
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were looking at Me."
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>> God will say, "You did see
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Me because it was I who was
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hungry and thirsty. It was I
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who was a stranger. It was I
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who was sick. It was I who was
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in prison."
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>> So all the days of your
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life God has been very near to
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you in the person of the poor
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and the suffering. The
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question is: did you see Him?
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Did you seek to help Him?
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Did you take time to get
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to know Him?
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>> I John 4 verse 7 says,
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"Everyone who loves is born of
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God and knows God."
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>> So we want to challenge you
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to see God in every person in
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need. For the single mother
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who is struggling to feed and
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clothe her children or the
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teenager who is feeling lonely
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and depressed.
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>> And as you open your heart
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and your doors to those in
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need, you are opening your
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heart to God.
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>> So in a moment we will be
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meeting with three people
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whose purpose is to serve
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humanity so that all may live
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as God intended.
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€
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>> Hello and thank you for
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joining us on It Is Written
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Canada. Wouldn't it be
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wonderful to wake up every
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morning and to have life
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absolutely predictable.
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Well, sometimes
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it's not like that.
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You know, you wish it would be.
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You wish that you could
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wake up and know that you have
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job security, you know that
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there's enough money in the
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bank to make all of your
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payments and that your home
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will be taken care of.
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But many Canadians right now
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are not in that situation.
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There are many who are in a
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situation where they have lost
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their jobs and they don't know
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how they're going to make
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their payments. And it's in
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times like these that we are
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so thankful for organizations
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such as ADRA Canada.
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>> Today we have Steve Matthews
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who is the Executive Director
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for ADRA Canada joining us.
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Welcome, Steve, and thank you
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so much for being here.
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>> Thank you very much for
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having me.
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>> Well, your purpose every
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day is to meet the needs of
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Canadians. And not just in
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Canada, but throughout the
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world, too. So, Steve, why
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don't you tell us how this
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pandemic has impacted your
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work here at ADRA Canada?
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>> Absolutely. The work that
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we do at ADRA Canada is
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predominantly international,
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but because of the recent
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pandemic that has been taking
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place in the country, we've
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also started to really focus
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on a domestic response as well.
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When the pandemic
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happened and we start seeing
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different businesses shutting
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down, it impacted us as well.
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So we, in the middle of a
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pandemic where things are
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changing rapidly, we also went
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through a transition where we
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moved to virtual office.
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So making that transition with
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all the busyness that's going
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on was quite significant for us.
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What we did in Canada is
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we've made funding available
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for a granting process to be
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able to have projects taking
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place here in Canada to meet
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the needs locally.
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What this pandemic has done
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is it's really increased the --
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it's magnified the
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need in Canada
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and poor are the most
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vulnerable and unfortunately
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here in Canada we've seen an
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increase in need for food bank
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assistance, especially food
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security has been a real
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challenge, on top of all of
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the other challenges with
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regards to rent and bill
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payments and those sorts of
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things.
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>> So tell us about the Bible.
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Does the Bible give you
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guidance specifically in
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dealing with this situation?
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>> Absolutely. I think almost
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any situation we go through
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you can find some guidance in
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the Bible and when I look at
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the Bible and I think of the
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leprosy that's identified in
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the Bible and we see how when
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someone came down with leprosy
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back in Bible times, they were
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sent out of the community.
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So they had this real social
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isolation that was taking
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place where they were sent out
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to another community where the
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lepers were living and when
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they walked through the
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community they had to
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yell out, "Unclean, unclean!"
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People stayed away from them,
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they didn't have that social
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connection, they didn't have
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the contact with their loved
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ones anymore.
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I don't think we have to
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stretch our minds too
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much to see that that's
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certainly the situation that
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we're living in here in Canada
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now. When you go out to a
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store you have to stay six
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feet apart. There's tape on
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the lines to make sure that
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you don't go between these
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lines and you keep that
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distance away from people.
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Families can't go visit their
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grandparents, grandchildren
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can't go visit their
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grandparents who are living in
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a long-term care facility.
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We hear of people that are just
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talking to people through a
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window and being able to go
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wave and say "Hi, we're here."
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Loneliness is there.
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But Jesus was able to reach out
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to people that
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were going through
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situations like that and so
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I think there's a lot we can
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learn from how Christ treated
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those that were going through
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those situations. He was able
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to meet the needs. Now He was
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able to even go and touch the
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lepers heal them from their
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situation, their disease.
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But we can certainly, in our
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situation, still meet the
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needs of others in safe ways
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where we can still maintain
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the distance, but also make
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those, while it's physical
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distance, I don't think it has
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to be social distance to the
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point where we can't still
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communicate and contact
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people.
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>> Absolutely. We've got
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technology, we've got ways of
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communicating with one another
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which is so much better today.
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>> Exactly.
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>> Absolutely true.
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>> So, Steve, can you tell us
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what has made it possible for
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ADRA Canada to complete this
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work in Canada that you're
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doing presently right now?
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>> Well, as the humanitarian
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arm of the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church, we have a
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network of churches across the
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country that we've been able
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to partner with. So the grant
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money that we've made
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available has been provided to
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different entities across the
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country.
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And out of that we've
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funded 28 different projects
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and those projects range from
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right from the Pacific coast
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even up toward the Arctic and
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over to the Atlantic Ocean.
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>> Wow.
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And being able to take
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advantage of that --
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those churches that are already
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there and entities that are
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already set up has really
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helped us to be able to make
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that a reality.
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So my colleague who will be
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joining us shortly,
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Daniel Saugh,
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will be able to
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tell a little bit
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more about the details of some
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of the work that we're doing.
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He's got some good stories of
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some of the work that we're
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doing across the country.
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>> Well, thank you, and Daniel
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will be right back.
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We are going to be listening
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to a song right now:
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"'Tis So Sweet To
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Trust In Jesus."
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And as Steve was telling us,
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you know, during a time when
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people have to be isolated
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from one another, Jesus is
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there and we can trust in Him.
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So we're going to listen to
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that song right now,
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"'Tis So Sweet To
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Trust In Jesus."
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€
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€'Tis so sweet
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€to trust in Jesus
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€Just to take Him at His word
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€Just to rest upon His promise
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€Just to know
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€Thus saith the Lord
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€Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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€How I've proved Him
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€o'er and o'er
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€Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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€Oh, for grace
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€to trust Him more
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€
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€The Lord is my light
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€then why should I fear
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€By day and by night
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€His presence is near
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€He is my salvation
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€from sorrow and sin
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€This blessed persuasion
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€the Spirit brings in
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€Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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€How I've proved Him
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€o'er and o'er
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€Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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€Oh, for grace
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€to trust Him more
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€Oh, how sweet
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€to trust in Jesus
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€Just to trust
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€His cleansing blood
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€Just in simple
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€faith to plunge me
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€'Neath the healing
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€cleansing flood
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€Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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€How I've proved Him
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€o'er and o'er
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€Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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€Oh, for grace
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€to trust Him more
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€I'm so glad I've learned to
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€trust Thee
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€Precious Jesus
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€Saviour, Friend
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€And I know
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€that Thou art with me
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€Wilt be with me to the end
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€Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
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€How I've proved Him
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€o'er and o'er
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€Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
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€Oh, for grace
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€to trust Him more
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€
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>> It is so sweet to trust in
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Jesus, especially when we have
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these fluid times, these
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unpredictable times that we're
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living in right now.
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>> We have Daniel Saugh with
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us who's the Canadian Program
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Manager for ADRA Canada.
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Welcome, Daniel, it's so nice
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to have you with us today.
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>> Thank you! It's my
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privilege and pleasure to be
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with you, Mike and Rene, today.
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>> Thank you for being with us.
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So what is happening in Canada?
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I know you're the
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Canadian Program Manager for
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ADRA Canada. Tell us what's
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happening within Canada during
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this time of crisis.
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>> Sure, it's a pleasure.
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As our Executive Director,
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Steve Matthews, mentioned,
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this role that I serve in
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oversees the
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domestic and Canadian
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program across our country.
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And we have some amazing
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incoming stories in the recent
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outbreak of COVID-19 and we're
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just very happy to share that
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with you all today.
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>> I love stories, so go ahead!
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>> Well, starting from the
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East Coast, we have an amazing
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story of a family,
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Mark and Alison,
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and they have seven children,
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ranging from one to eighteen.
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>> Seven kids.
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>> Yes, seven children.
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>> That's a big family!
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>> They have a huge family!
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And Mark has been in the
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construction work and his wife,
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Alison, works part time
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and they have been reasonably
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comfortable in providing for
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their family.
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However, tough times set in
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when Mark had an injury.
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He fell at his work site
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and he was bedridden for
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two weeks and he went on
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worker's compensation.
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With his income cut in half and
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Alison working part time,
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it was difficult to feed their
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large family and provide for
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their needs.
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>> Exactly.
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>> He actually says this,
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he mentions, "You don't realize
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how expensive it is to bring
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up children in this day
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and age until you have them.
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I used to wonder why people
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don't have more kids until I
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got my own.
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It's insane," Mark shares.
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But, you know, for the
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year prior to COVID-19, the
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family used to use a food bank
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once a month as a supplement
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to their groceries.
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But when the pandemic
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hit Canada,
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and particularly in Nova Scotia,
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this food bank wasn't able to
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sustain and provide enough
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food and they actually closed.
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And so thankfully Mark was
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referred to one of our church
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entities that ADRA Canada
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partnered with that is the
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Parker Street Food and
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Furniture Bank and he was able
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to access food for his family.
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He actually mentioned, "The
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food was wonderfully provided
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and satisfactory and it was so
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nice to have a food bank
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helping us out."
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And so in the last
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several months
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since April, ADRA Canada has
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partnered with the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church in Canada and
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with the North American Division
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of Seventh-day Adventist's
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Adventist Community Services
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to provide funding for the
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Parker Street Food Bank
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and they've been helping
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hundreds of people daily.
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>> I'm sure, I'm sure.
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Especially with people
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without jobs --
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>> Exactly.
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>> And now they're in a
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situation where you can
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provide and I'm so thankful for
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ADRA Canada that they're there.
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This is kind of like
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the highlight of your job.
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This is what you wait for.
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>> This is what we look
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for to do.
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>> You wait for
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people in need --
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>> Precisely.
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>> And you're right there on
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the ground. What a blessing to
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be able to do that for people.
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>> It really is, it really is.
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And so moving from the East
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Coast I'll take you over to
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Central Canada in the province
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of Ontario and there is an
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amazing church, it's a
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community-centred church
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called Really Living in
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Hamilton, Ontario.
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And they have been providing
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free grocery bags of food for
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families. So families can
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register online and they can
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either come and pick it up,
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of course respecting social
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and physical distance,
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or if they are not able to
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access a vehicle to come,
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the volunteers of the
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Really Living church will
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actually deliver it at their
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doorstep.
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And the pastor there, yeah --
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>> So were they waiting, ready
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to do this?
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>> Absolutely! In fact, the
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pastor, Francis Douville, they
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were planning for their annual
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international mission
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humanitarian trip.
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They usually go on a
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mission trip
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or project and they were going
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to Peru this year and one of
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the main coordinators,
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her name is Ada, her and her
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children cruise in Asia,
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of course because of travel
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restrictions, they couldn't go
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again and so they decided to
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pour their energies in this
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local mission and now they've
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been helping to provide these
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grocery bags in a large way to
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help families in the area
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that's been affected
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significantly by COVID-19.
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>> That's so wonderful!
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So these families
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register online
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and if they're not able to go
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and pick them up they're
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actually delivered right to
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their front door --
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>> Absolutely!
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>> For each family.
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>> They were just telling me a
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quick story: because of
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physical distance they would
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put it on their porch or their
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footstep, ring the bell, and
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just run away.
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So when they open the door,
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Voila! There is a bag of
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groceries for them
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and their families.
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>> That's super!
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What a blessing.
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You know, and we become happier
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when we help other people
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to become happy, you know --
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>> That is so true.
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>> And we meet their needs,
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and, you know, we are serving
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each other. That's what we
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were created for, really.
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>> Amen. Very fulfilling.
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>> Yeah, absolutely.
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>> Very satisfying.
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>> So there Ada was with her
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children and they were
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prepared to go overseas and
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the door was closed and
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Jesus opened up another door.
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>> Exactly.
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>> So, you know, when you're
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prepared to serve, the Lord
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will use you to serve.
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You will always be in demand.
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>> I believe that.
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>> So make yourself ready
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to serve.
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>> Yes. Sometimes our mission
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field is right in our own
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back yard.
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>> Exactly. And that's what
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you want, to start there and
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just go out and meet other
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needs. So we're so thankful
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for ADRA Canada and what
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you're doing.
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>> Thank God! And I'm going to
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keep moving!
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>> Yeah, tell us another story!
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>> So from the East Coast,
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Central Ontario -- Central
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Canada, and then we're going
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to move up to the Arctic.
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So I'm going to take you up
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there. There are two churches
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that we are funding and
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partnering with with ADRA
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Canada and that is the city of
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Iqaluit, there is the Iqaluit
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and the Igloolik Seventh-day
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Adventist Group. And so they
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are ministering and meeting
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the needs of primarily the
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First Nations. Eighty percent
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of their population is
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indigenous, the First Nations.
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And so of course you can
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imagine it's hard to transport
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food up there, given the
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climate and the distance.
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>> Absolutely.
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>> And so we're partnering
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with them for their food
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relief program and supplying
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their food bank so they can
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really be able to provide the
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essential food items for their
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communities respectively.
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>> That's wonderful!
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>> That is a big expense, but
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yet you're meeting a big need
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in that community so I'm sure
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they're very thankful for that.
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>> Yes, they are very grateful
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and they're looking forward to
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continuing to do that great
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work so we're happy to partner
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with them up close to the
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Arctic Circle there.
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>> These are wonderful
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highlights that you're sharing
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with us, thank you.
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>> You're very welcome.
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And we're going to move now to
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Western Canada and we recently
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heard of the current flooding
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in "Fort Mac." Fort McMurray
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in Alberta, Northern Alberta,
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has been dubbed as the oil
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capital of Canada.
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And they've been
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ravaged over the last
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several years with natural
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disasters such as fires, which
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is actually a current threat
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that's about an hour and a
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half south of them potentially
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coming again into the
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Fort McMurray area.
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But recently the big river there
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actually was melting and there
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was an ice jam and there was
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flooding into the city and over
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20,000 residents had to be
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evacuated.
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And the Fort McMurray
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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has partnered with ADRA Canada
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and they have assembled over
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350 care kits and water and
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dozens of people have been
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coming in and they have
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transformed their church foyer
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into a distribution centre.
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>> So when you have a flood
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like this it's going to affect
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sewage, the water system,
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everything is going to be
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affected and people are in need.
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>> They are absolutely
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displaced and there's nowhere
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to go and I was recently
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talking to the pastor,
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David Guzman, there and he was
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mentioning that in addition to
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the food, his first elder,
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one of the spiritual leaders of
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his church, Andrew,
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is actually the coordinator for
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crisis and trauma care and he
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volunteers his time and works
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with the local mayor there and
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other churches and agencies to
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coordinate crisis and trauma
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care. People can call in for
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prayer, for counselling and
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they're responding to the many
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needs that are taking place
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currently.
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>> That's so wonderful because
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churches right now are empty
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because, you know, no one can
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go to church, but yet they're
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taking this empty building and
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making it useful to fulfill
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people's needs.
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That's so encouraging.
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>> Absolutely. And what was
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interesting is that as the
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order to evacuate was given,
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they were instructed to move
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to higher ground.
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>> Higher ground.
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That is amazing that you say
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that because the song that we're
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going to go to -- now thank you
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very much for being
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with us, Daniel --
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>> A pleasure.
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>> And right after this song
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we're going to be meeting with
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Anita, one of your colleagues.
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And so we have a song for you
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and the song is "Higher Ground"
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and this is sung by some
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young people who are
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singing over there in Europe
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and so we're going to share
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that song with you right now,
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"Higher Ground."
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€My heart has no
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€desire to stay
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€Where doubts arise
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€and fears dismay
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€Though some may dwell
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€where these abound
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€My prayer, my aim, is
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€higher ground
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€Lord, lift me up
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€and I shall stand
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€By faith on heaven's
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€tableland
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€A higher plane
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€that I have found
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€Lord, plant my feet on
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€higher ground
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€
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€I want to scale
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€the utmost height
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€And catch a gleam
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€of glory bright
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€But still I'll pray
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€till hope I've found
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€Lord, lead me on to
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€higher ground
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€Lord, lift me up
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€and I shall stand
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€By faith on heaven's
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€tableland
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€A higher plane
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€that I have found
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€Lord, plant my feet on
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€higher ground
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>> "Higher Ground,"
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what a beautiful song.
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>> We have Anita Odondi
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with us who's the
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Emergency Program Director
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for ADRA Canada.
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Anita, thank you so much for
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joining us today.
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>> Thank you for having me,
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Rene and Mike.
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>> So you work beyond the
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borders of Canada, so give us
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some kind of the highlights of
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what you do.
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>> Yes, it's a blessing for us
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to be able to serve abroad,
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especially in the countries
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where the systems are not
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working and the governments
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are overwhelmed, they are
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unable to support the families
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that need it the most.
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So I'll tell you a story today
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of a 38-year-old lady.
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She's called "Noka"
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in South America.
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She has nine children
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and another on the way.
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They live in an --
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>> Wow! That is a huge family!
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You're talking about a
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38-year-old lady.
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She's got nine kids,
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that's a big family.
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>> Yeah. And they live in an
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incomplete house, brick wall,
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dirt floor, that has just one --
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only one room of the house
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is roofed. And --
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>> So it's not painted walls,
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just rough brick?
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>> Rough brick, no windows
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and just roof on one wall.
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And when I stood in that room,
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you could see through the roof,
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there are holes in the roof so
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when it rains it comes into
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the room.
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All of them sleep in that room.
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There are three beds
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in the room --
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>> And that's where they
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all sleep.
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>> Wow!
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>> Yes, husband, wife, and
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nine children.
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>> So all eleven of them now
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are sleeping in that one room
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on three beds.
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>> Yes.
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>> Wow! OK, so tell us how
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you've helped them, Anita.
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>> So praise God,
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by His grace and the support of
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all those who who donate,
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ADRA has been able to provide
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food enough for the family.
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Every child, every adult
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will have enough food
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for the month.
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The distributions are monthly
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and we have so far enough
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resources for at least four
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months to support them and
00:24:15.22\00:24:17.75
they're looking for more money.
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They are getting bins:
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pasta, corn, oil, salt, flour --
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Yes.
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>> Wow, I'm getting hungry.
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[chuckles]
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>>That's wonderful!
00:24:29.90\00:24:31.13
So they're helping them out
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now because the family --
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the father can't work due to
00:24:33.94\00:24:35.94
the pandemic and so ADRA Canada
00:24:35.94\00:24:37.91
has been able to step in.
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>> Correct.
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>> That's wonderful!
00:24:40.58\00:24:41.58
So can you tell us
00:24:41.58\00:24:42.78
another story?
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>> Yes. I have another story
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.51
from Indonesia and this is an
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older lady, 70-year-old
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Darato Lana is her name.
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Her and her husband usually
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go to the market to fend
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for themselves.
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They pick some things in the
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forest and sell them in
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the market.
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>> How far does
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she have to walk?
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>> Ten kilometres.
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She's 70 years old.
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>> Seventy years old.
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>> Every day?
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>> Ten kilometres, yes.
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And it's a steep hill, it's not
00:25:10.57\00:25:12.31
just a flat piece of land.
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>> Wow!
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>> Yes, so because of COVID-19
00:25:15.14\00:25:17.51
and their kind of work
00:25:17.51\00:25:19.35
and their age, this was very
00:25:19.35\00:25:20.95
high risk for them.
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.75
And what ADRA
00:25:22.75\00:25:23.75
has done is to
00:25:23.75\00:25:25.25
provide them with cash.
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.42
Not food direct, but cash and
00:25:27.42\00:25:30.66
so they can use this money for
00:25:30.66\00:25:32.43
the next three to four months
00:25:32.43\00:25:34.10
to purchase all their basic
00:25:34.10\00:25:35.83
needs that will help them
00:25:35.83\00:25:36.90
survive.
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But they will not be
00:25:37.73\00:25:39.13
the ones to go to the market.
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They have a kind neighbour,
00:25:40.37\00:25:41.74
a younger man, stronger,
00:25:41.74\00:25:43.57
better immunity, who has a
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.41
motor bike that has agreed to
00:25:45.41\00:25:48.11
go to the market to purchase
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.54
for them whenever they
00:25:49.54\00:25:50.85
need the items.
00:25:50.85\00:25:51.85
>> Wow. So nice.
00:25:51.85\00:25:52.68
>> That's wonderful!
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.02
>> So thank you very much
00:25:54.02\00:25:55.12
for coming in.
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We have come to the end of
00:25:56.32\00:25:57.59
our time so we are going to
00:25:57.59\00:26:00.09
just have a word of prayer.
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Can I ask you, Anita,
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to pray for us --
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>> Yes, absolutely.
00:26:03.19\00:26:04.59
>> As we close off today, OK
00:26:04.59\00:26:05.96
let's bow our heads.
00:26:05.96\00:26:07.10
>> Dear heavenly Father, Lord,
00:26:07.10\00:26:09.06
we thank You so much for the
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.83
opportunity to work with You
00:26:10.83\00:26:13.30
in partnership with You to
00:26:13.30\00:26:14.70
serve those in need.
00:26:14.70\00:26:16.74
We pray, oh Lord, that You
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.51
will help us wherever we are
00:26:18.51\00:26:20.41
to be able to reach out to
00:26:20.41\00:26:22.21
our neighbour in any way that
00:26:22.21\00:26:24.65
we can with our manpower,
00:26:24.65\00:26:27.45
with a smile, with a prayer.
00:26:27.45\00:26:29.95
And may everything we do be
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.92
for Your glory and be for
00:26:32.92\00:26:35.96
Your kingdom.
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.43
Thank you, Lord, for this
00:26:37.43\00:26:39.93
ministry and giving us the
00:26:39.93\00:26:42.46
opportunity to serve in need.
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.70
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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