>> Hello and thank you for
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joining us on It Is Written
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Canada.
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René and I picked up a good
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book with an intriguing title,
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"Same Kind of Different As Me"
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and I really love that title.
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They made a movie based on the
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book as well.
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It's a true story about a
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homeless man named Denver
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Moore who faced one tragedy
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after another and wandered
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from one city to the next
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trying to stay out of trouble.
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>> Ron Hall, a wealthy Texas
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art dealer, after being
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persuaded by his persistent
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Christian wife, Debbie,
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decided to connect with this
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homeless man by taking him to
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a local restaurant.
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[MIKE] And while Denver, this
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homeless man, was shovelling
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down this expensive food, he
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paused and he asked a
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challenging question:
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"Mr. Ron, what do you want
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from me?"
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>> That's a very good
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question.
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What could could a wealthy
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Texas art dealer want from a
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homeless man?
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>> Ron answered, "I just want
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to be your friend."
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>> Denver furrowed his
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brow and replied, "Let me
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think about it."
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>> It was a few days later
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when Denver said to Ron, "I've
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been thinking a lot about what
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you asked me."
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>> Ron didn't know what he was
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talking about so he asked,
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"What did I ask you?"
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>> "About being your friend."
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>> Ron was surprised he had
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almost forgotten about their
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conversation.
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>> So Denver continued,
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"There's something I heard
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about white folks that really
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bothers me and it has to do
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with fishin'.
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I heard that when white folks
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go fishin', they do something
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called 'catch and release'
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so, Mr. Ron, it occurred to me
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if you is fishin' for a friend,
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you just gonna catch and
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release then I ain't got no
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desire to be your friend."
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>> Ron Hall's eyes widened and
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he swallowed hard.
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>> "But," Denver added, "if
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you lookin' for a real friend,
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then I'll be one forever."
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>> Ron had tears in his eyes
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when he replied, "Denver, if
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you'll be my friend, I promise
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not to catch and release."
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>> Friends, our special guest
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on It Is Written Canada today
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is Aline Costa who, after
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becoming best friends with a
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vibrant Christian by the name
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of Angela, experienced the
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life-changing power of true
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friendship first hand.
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>> In a moment you will meet
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Aline Costa and hear her story
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which is both tragic and
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inspirational.
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¤¤
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>> As a 17-year-old university
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student in Brazil, Aline Costa
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became so involved in her
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studies that there was no room
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for thinking about God.
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Her life was far too busy
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for that.
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>> However, during her
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psychology studies, Aline met
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Angela, a vibrant Christian,
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who made an impact on her life.
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Soon they became best friends
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and Aline looked up to Angela,
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admiring her faith in God.
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>> Then tragedy struck,
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changing Aline's life forever.
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Aline, thank you for joining
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us on It Is Written Canada
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today.
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>> Thanks for having me.
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>> So, Aline, before you tell
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us about your friend, Angela,
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take us back to your
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beginnings.
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Tell us about your childhood,
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about your family, about your
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spiritual life...
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>> I was raised in a very
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happy family I would say, with
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normal struggles and I have my
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parents-- my grandparents as
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the base of our family, both
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sides, so we used to get
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together every Sunday for a
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barbecue and my mom's parents
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used to live downstairs in the
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house, the same yard, and my
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dad's parents used to live
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upstairs.
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The things together with our
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family were very special, for
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sure, yeah.
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>> And, Aline, tell us about
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your siblings.
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>> I have two sisters, my best
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friends, one is living in
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Montreal and the other one is
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living in Brazil, she is a
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dentist, and the other one is
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a lawyer, as I am.
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>> So you were very close to
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them and a good friendship
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still today?
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>> Yeah, we talk every day.
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[MIKE] That's great.
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>> We have a group and we talk
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every day, it's a special
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relationship.
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>> Tell us about your
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spiritual life then at that
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time, you had a close family,
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how did you experience things
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spiritually?
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>> We were raised in a
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Catholic family and we used to
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get together for special
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events like Christmas, Easter,
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but as I told you, for
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barbecues and I was like, I'd
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like to be close to God at
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that time.
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And I used to tell to my mom
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that I was feeling that I
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should get close to God, but I
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didn't know how and, yeah,
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nowadays she used to tell me
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that finally I could get
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closer, right?
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>> And so then you met Angela
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and you were 17 years old, the
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two of you were at university
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together in Brazil.
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What impact did Angela have on
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your life at that time?
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>> She had a huge impact
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because I was in search,
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searching for God and with her
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friendship I could get closer.
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The first time I met her we
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were sharing a ride by car for
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our first day in university
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and after that day, I felt
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that I really want to stay
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close to her.
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I'm sure her friendship with
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Jesus was what made her such a
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special friend, yeah, she was
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really special, a sister.
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[gentle piano music]
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¤¤
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¤What a friend we have
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¤in Jesus
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¤All our sins and griefs
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¤to bear
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¤What a privilege it is
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¤to carry
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¤Everything to God
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¤in prayer
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¤Have we trials
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¤and temptations
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¤Is there trouble anywhere
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¤Our precious Saviour
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¤He is still our refuge
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¤Take it to the Lord in prayer
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¤Some things we have not
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¤because we ask not
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¤When we have a friend
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¤who's there (who's there)
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¤When we're weak
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¤and heavy laden
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¤Cumbered with a load
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¤of care
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¤We should never be
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¤discouraged when we
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¤Take it to the Lord
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¤in prayer
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>> "Can we find a friend so
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faithful who will all our
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sorrows share."
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We've been talking to Aline
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Costa who found a very good
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friend named Angela while she
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was studying at a university
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in Brazil and Aline was
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telling us about how Angela's
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friendship with Jesus had
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impacted her life.
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>> So, Aline, did you ever go
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to church with Angela?
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>> Yes, I went sometimes and I
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was so impressed about her
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commitment because I realized
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she used to go to church every
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weekend, especially on
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Saturday, Sabbath, and I was
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very impressed and curious
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because, as I told you, I was
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raised in a Catholic family so
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we used to go basically to the
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church for weddings, baptisms,
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and I was really impressed
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with the commitment.
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The gift she gave to me was
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planting seeds in my heart.
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It was like something that she
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was feeling and she was just
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showing me without using her
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words so it was very, a great
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impact in my life, the way she
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could do this.
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So I-- what I wanna do is to
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try to have the same approach
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that worked with me, you know,
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I don't wanna push people, I
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know I feel-- sometimes I feel
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anxious when someone needs
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help and tells me.
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And I see, like, a space to
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talk about Jesus, but I don't
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wanna push people, I don't
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wanna feel anxious, I don't
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want them feeling that I'm
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anxious like this, I wanna be
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calm, you know, and show them
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the hope that I know that
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makes me calm, makes my life
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so much easier than before.
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>> And that's exactly the same
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approach that Angela used
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for you.
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>> The same approach, exactly,
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yeah.
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>> So then tragedy struck.
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You wanna tell us about that?
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>> Yeah, we moved to Canada in
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2011 and my friend, Angela,
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was in Brazil at that time.
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After five months living in
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Canada, I found out what
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happened.
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She went to a church event in
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another city and she was going
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to be the speaker and she was
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in the hotel room with her
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family, her husband, and two
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kids, two sons, Pedro and
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Felipe, and the robber came in
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the room and shot her and
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murdered her, yeah, and the
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kids, I think they didn't wake
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up, but it was mentioned that
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one of them woke up and his--
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her husband had to deal with,
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like, "Oh, it's just
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fireworks, don't worry, go to
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sleep," and deal with his wife
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in the room and ask for help.
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>> And so you're in Canada,
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this happened in Brazil...
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>> Yeah.
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>> And you found out?
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How did you find out?
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>> Well, I was on Facebook and
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two friends of us, we were the
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same to the university at that
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time a long time ago, and they
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send me a message like, "I'm
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so sorry, I know Angela was
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like your sister," and two
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messages like this and I cry
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and I call my husband and I
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said, "Marco, please, see what
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happened to Angela, I can't
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see, I can't--" and he went
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through the news and he just
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found out what happened and I
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couldn't even stand, I had to
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sit and cry and cry and it was
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a terrible thing even to
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remember nowadays.
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Yeah, it was so hard and being
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away from her family, it was
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much more hard, it was harder
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because I couldn't be there to
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hug them and to say some words
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even to comfort them and even
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to have them comforting me, it
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was really hard.
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>> Aline, that's so awful.
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We're so sorry about
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your loss.
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Can you tell us what happened
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when you picked up the phone
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to call Angela's family to
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express your condolences
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to them?
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>> Yeah, after the funeral, I
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called her mom and her husband
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because I felt that I could
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tell them some words that
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could help, but I couldn't say
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a word.
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I wasn't able and they could
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help me, they could comfort
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me, both of them, a mom and a
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husband, with such pain in
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their hearts, they could tell
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me to stay calm, to believe in
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God, and I was like, "How come
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they can--" you know, I know
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their pain was much-- was
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bigger than mine and I felt
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bad at that time and I was
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like, "Well, what kind of
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thing, these people, how can
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they get this feeling,
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this faith?
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I want this for me."
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And I remember looking at my
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daughter, she was like 18
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months at that time and I was
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like, "I couldn't handle, I
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couldn't support if something
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happened to my daughter.
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I want this faith for me.
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I need this."
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>> So how did Angela's death
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change the trajectory
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of your life?
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>> Well, after that day, I was
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eager to know how people were
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dealing-- how her family were
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dealing with her death so I
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looked for an Adventist church
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in Montreal and I was happy
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that there was one Brazilian
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there so we could speak the
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same language.
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So people were very friendly
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there with me.
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My first day there I just
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start crying when I came in
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the church and I was so eager
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to know how they were dealing
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with her death and how people
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usually deal with death because
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I hadn't any idea about it.
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So I start asking people,
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"Tell me," and they starting,
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you know, explaining me about
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the second coming of Jesus and
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I was like, "What? This is
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so..." you know, it's hard to
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believe because I spend my
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whole life and I didn't even
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know that He was coming back.
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So it was a special hope
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in my life.
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>> So you started studying the
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Bible then?
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>> So yeah, after that I
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started studying the Bible
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with Tiago, a friend, and then
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in 2014 I got baptized.
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>> What was the most
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comforting part of those Bible
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studies that you did?
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>> Knowing about the second
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coming of Jesus was so
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special, it brought me hope
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back to my life and I'm
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standing on the promise that
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Jesus is coming again and I
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will see Angela again.
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This is amazing,
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amazing thing.
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¤¤
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¤Standing
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¤Standing
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¤Standing
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of Christ my King
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¤Through eternal ages
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¤let His praises ring
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¤Glory in the highest
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¤I will shout and sing
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of God
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤I cannot fail
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¤When the howling storms
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¤and doubt and fear assail
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¤By the living word of God
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¤I shall prevail
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of God
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¤Standing, standing
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of God my Saviour
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¤Standing, standing
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¤I'm standing on the promises
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¤of God
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¤¤
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of Christ our Lord
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¤Bound to Him eternally
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¤by love's strong cord
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¤Overcoming daily with
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¤the Spirit's sword
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of God
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¤Standing, standing
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¤Standing on the promises
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¤of God my Saviour
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¤Standing, standing
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¤I'm standing on the promises
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¤the promises
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¤the promises of God
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>> Aline, you were telling us
00:19:37.94\00:19:39.44
how your good friend, Angela,
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tragically had her life cut
00:19:41.64\00:19:43.41
short and yet you held onto
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the promises in God's word,
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you were standing on those
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promises that one day Jesus
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will return and all those who
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have put their faith in Him
00:19:53.82\00:19:56.09
will be resurrected to live
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with Him eternally.
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>> Yes, that's a beautiful
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promise and I'd like to show
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you this Bible that she gave
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to me, it's a special gift she
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gave to me in 2004 and the
00:20:10.37\00:20:12.94
Bible is in Portuguese, but I
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will read in English, OK?
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So I hold onto this promise
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from 1 Thessalonians 4, verses
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16 to 17.
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I'm looking forward to being
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with Angela when Jesus is back
00:21:01.02\00:21:05.43
and I can't wait for this.
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And it reminds me of a very
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special day when I was
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baptized and her family
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surprised me with a video and
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her son, Pedro, told me, told
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something very special, he
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said, "I can't wait to see how
00:21:27.55\00:21:30.52
surprised my mom will be when
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she sees that you are in
00:21:32.85\00:21:36.09
heaven with her."
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So, yeah, it will be amazing
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and I can't wait, for sure.
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>> Aline, that's really
00:21:44.17\00:21:45.33
beautiful.
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So I wonder if you can tell us
00:21:47.44\00:21:49.14
what lessons you learned from
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this tragic experience.
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>> Well, I learned that we
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have to live out your life
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close to Jesus and living out
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your faith and showing it and
00:22:06.86\00:22:10.53
standing-- staying connected
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to Jesus every time so people
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will feel it.
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You know, sometimes you don't
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have to use so many words.
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I used to say that her
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lifestyle as a real Christian
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was worth more than a
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thousand words.
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So I think it's all about
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having your heart open to
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Jesus and Jesus will-- and,
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you know, the Holy Spirit will
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help you because we can't do
00:22:47.83\00:22:50.83
it by ourselves, we need it,
00:22:50.83\00:22:54.24
help, and help comes.
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>> What was the last
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conversation you had with
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Angela like?
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>> We were texting on Skype and
00:23:04.55\00:23:11.09
I asked her to turn her camera
00:23:11.09\00:23:13.76
on and she said, "Oh, I can't
00:23:13.76\00:23:17.89
because--" she used to have
00:23:17.89\00:23:19.79
the hair like yours, beautiful
00:23:19.79\00:23:21.56
curly hair and she knew I
00:23:21.56\00:23:25.40
loved her hair, her curly hair
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and she said, "Oh, you'll be
00:23:27.57\00:23:29.57
mad because now I have
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straight hair."
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So we kept texting and she
00:23:33.88\00:23:36.38
said, "Well, you know, some
00:23:36.38\00:23:38.15
people ask me why you moved to
00:23:38.15\00:23:41.32
Canada and I know, but
00:23:41.32\00:23:44.49
sometimes I, you know, I don't
00:23:44.49\00:23:46.96
know what to say."
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And then we lost the
00:23:48.66\00:23:50.29
connection and if you open my
00:23:50.29\00:23:52.89
page on Skype you will see the
00:23:52.89\00:23:54.86
question, "Why did you move to
00:23:54.86\00:23:56.77
Canada?" and I know the reason
00:23:56.77\00:24:00.37
I moved to Canada, it's that I
00:24:00.37\00:24:03.61
came here to find Jesus.
00:24:03.61\00:24:05.61
>> And so you're gonna be able
00:24:06.61\00:24:08.48
to tell her that when you see
00:24:08.48\00:24:10.38
her at the resurrection and
00:24:10.38\00:24:11.91
you're in heaven together.
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.38
[ALINE] Yeah.
00:24:13.38\00:24:14.08
>> You can talk to her forever
00:24:14.08\00:24:15.88
and answer the question...
00:24:15.88\00:24:17.12
>> Exactly.
00:24:17.12\00:24:18.22
>> ...on the big impact that she
00:24:18.22\00:24:19.55
had on your life.
00:24:19.55\00:24:20.96
>> Yeah, yeah.
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It will be amazing.
00:24:22.16\00:24:24.13
I can't wait actually.
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>> So, Aline, tell us where
00:24:27.23\00:24:28.80
you're at today, tell us about
00:24:28.80\00:24:30.43
your personal faith journey.
00:24:30.43\00:24:32.73
>> I still miss Angela a lot,
00:24:33.80\00:24:37.27
but all the hope that I have
00:24:37.27\00:24:40.48
in my heart makes all this
00:24:40.48\00:24:44.18
pain easier to handle
00:24:44.18\00:24:48.02
all this time.
00:24:48.02\00:24:49.92
And, unfortunately, it was her
00:24:49.92\00:24:54.02
death that made me wake up
00:24:54.02\00:24:59.43
and, of course, I wish I could
00:24:59.43\00:25:03.00
wake up earlier.
00:25:03.00\00:25:04.97
I discovered that she changed
00:25:06.80\00:25:08.70
the lives of many people.
00:25:08.70\00:25:11.11
She was a teacher in an
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.81
Adventist university so many
00:25:13.81\00:25:18.38
people were touched by
00:25:18.38\00:25:21.42
her faith.
00:25:21.42\00:25:23.12
And it was very amazing,
00:25:23.12\00:25:28.62
pretty amazing to know that
00:25:28.62\00:25:31.29
she could do this through the
00:25:31.29\00:25:34.83
Holy Spirit.
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.40
I can't understand many things
00:25:37.50\00:25:40.27
about what happened and-- but
00:25:40.27\00:25:44.57
I'm sure God will make a way
00:25:44.57\00:25:48.24
to make me understand what
00:25:48.24\00:25:49.84
happened and one thing that I
00:25:49.84\00:25:52.25
really know is that God used
00:25:52.25\00:25:55.12
Angela to draw me closer
00:25:55.12\00:25:57.15
to Him.
00:25:57.15\00:25:59.29
I try to live a simple life
00:25:59.29\00:26:02.36
and have a positive attitude
00:26:02.36\00:26:05.59
like Angela did and I pray for
00:26:05.59\00:26:09.16
God to give me wisdom.
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.03
I want to be closer to Him, I
00:26:12.03\00:26:15.27
need His help, I want to be
00:26:15.27\00:26:17.34
like Jesus.
00:26:17.34\00:26:18.57
>> Aline, I wonder if I could
00:26:19.81\00:26:21.24
ask you to please pray for us
00:26:21.24\00:26:22.88
right now.
00:26:22.88\00:26:23.88
>> Sure.
00:26:23.88\00:26:24.85
Dear Jesus, firstly, thank You
00:26:28.48\00:26:31.95
for giving me the opportunity
00:26:31.95\00:26:34.56
to spread Your Holy Word.
00:26:34.56\00:26:37.33
Thanks for all the love and
00:26:37.33\00:26:41.03
hope You put in my heart.
00:26:41.03\00:26:44.30
We can't wait to see You soon
00:26:45.33\00:26:48.84
and I can't wait to see Angela
00:26:48.84\00:26:51.74
and all our loved ones again.
00:26:51.74\00:26:55.78
Please help me to be a
00:26:57.38\00:26:59.01
blessing in other people's
00:26:59.01\00:27:00.92
lives.
00:27:00.92\00:27:02.45
Please heal this world and
00:27:02.45\00:27:04.99
stay with us because we
00:27:04.99\00:27:07.62
need You.
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.22
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.59
[MIKE] Amen.
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