Over the past 60 years,
there's been a massive decline
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in foreign missions.
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I'm sharing the gospel
through church planting.
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In the 1930s, if
somebody gave $10 in tithe,
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it gave an additional
$6 in foreign missions.
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Today, just $0.28.
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We're doing the best
we can with what we have,
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but I'm still not satisfied.
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Over 2 billion
people in the world today
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still have no
access to the gospel.
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God's crazy in love
with the Thai people,
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and I sense His Spirit
hovering over the city.
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I've come to Bangkok, Thailand
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to discover the truth
about foreign missions.
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Come with me as I
follow my good friend
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Pastor Doug Vann
in his everyday life
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as a frontline missionary.
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I prayed for God's biggest dream
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and He gave me
this city of 12 million.
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Welcome to my world.
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And today, we're on our
way to the Chinese church
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and we'll have a
citywide evangelistic meeting
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that will be
starting tomorrow night.
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And so the team
is going this morning
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to have a time of
prayer, a time of planning,
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and then also we'll be
inviting the neighbors.
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I'm expecting to meet
people that God has already
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invited to be His
sons and daughters.
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Who'd you bring with you?
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I brought today
some trouble makers.
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So one of the trouble makers
is behind the camera right now.
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Another trouble maker
is missionary Reben Huliar.
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He's one of our church planters.
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Another trouble maker out there,
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her name is Mrs. Htee Groom.
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Look at this bus.
It has a flat tire.
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And here in the
city, anytime you see a bus
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with a branch that's a
clue that it's broken down.
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There's a code button
here that when you press,
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it moves the mirrors out.
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But this one
mirror has a problem
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'cause it's fired.
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Is this mirror good?
Yeah, this one's good.
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Oh, cool. Do that again.
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The motor
cycle... Do that again.
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The motor
cyclers really like this
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when you go by and do this.
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We don't have that in America.
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Where's the
nearest church from here?
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The nearest church from here...
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We've been traveling for
about an hour in traffic now
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and we have not
passed a single church.
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Like down that street, is
there a church down there?
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Probably not. Yeah.
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Probably not. That's
probably safe to say.
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How many districts are there?
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Kat, I think there's over...
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Yeah, you're going to show this
to a few people, aren't you?
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There's lot.
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Are there any districts
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that actually
haven't heard the Gospel yet?
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It's safe to say
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that there are
probably many districts
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in Bangkok that have
never heard the gospel.
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Looks like a wealthy city.
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Bangkok is a city of contrasts.
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We have incredible wealth
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as well as and
there is extreme poverty.
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We're here at the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and which right next to
Public University campus.
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And one idea to reach
this city or reach the hundreds
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or the tens of
thousands of students
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at this school is to
have like a smoothie shop
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where you can
have fruit smoothies
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and then through
friendship evangelism,
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you can then share
the message of hope.
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So why don't you?
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That's a good
question, why don't we do that?
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And although, we have
an imagination to do that,
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we're facing a
lack of resources.
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And so as result, we do
what we can with what we have.
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Oh, wait, I
thought a lot of money
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went overseas to missions.
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Lot of peoples
think that a lot of money
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goes to overseas in
missions but the reality is...
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Quite different.
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Yeah, it's a different story so.
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We're here, so let's go.
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We will have this
meeting to glorify your name,
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to praise thee.
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I wanted to start today's
time together in 1 Samuel 14.
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So if you open your Bibles.
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"And between the passages
by which Jonathan sought
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to go over unto the
Philistine garrison..."
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We are like this
Jonathan and his armor-bearer.
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And we're facing a
challenge right now
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of how to reach
this city for Christ.
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This is a city of 12 million
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and how many of
us are here today?
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Seven.
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So it's like an
impossible challenge
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but God has put a
dream and imagine,
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He's given an imagination
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for these two men
to go and conquer,
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just like He's given
that same imagination,
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that same dream
in our hearts today.
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But they are
doing an impossible task
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with very few
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and there's
personal sacrifice involved,
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because what, they're
going to have to climb
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this thorny sharp rock.
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And guess what?
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Pastor CC
Toren, do you ever feel
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that you're sacrificing
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to spread the
gospel in the city?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, it's causing you
your blood, sweat, and tears.
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Yeah. Embarrassed.
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And people laugh at us,
insult us, something like that.
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That's right.
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And so whether they
laugh or they insult us,
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we still have been
given a task to do.
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And that is to
still love them, respect,
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but then also to
point them to Jesus Christ.
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Jesus has come to
save the Thai people
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and He loves them.
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And so out of that love,
we go not to conquer them,
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not to kill them as
we hear in the story,
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but to win the battle
against darkness, ignorance,
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and against self.
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And guess what?
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That battle is also in
here, in my heart today.
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We can win this
city for Jesus Christ.
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We can make a difference.
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The gospel can penetrate
every part of this city
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and make a difference.
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Bring healing to the
families to bring the gospel
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and to prepare this city
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for the soon
return of Jesus Christ.
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There's another group
of beings who are stronger,
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who are smarter
than we are as humans,
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who are equally planning,
and that's the forces of evil.
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Then here, he is quoting Satan.
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"But," Satan said,
"the sect," or that group,
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"of Sabbathkeepers we hate,
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they are always
working against us,
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and taking from us our subjects,
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to keep the hated law of God.
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Go and make the
possessors of lands and money,
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make them drunk with cares.
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See if you can make
them place their affections
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upon these things,
and we will have them yet.
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They may profess
what they please,
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only make them
care more for money
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than for the success
of the kingdom of God
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or Christ's kingdom
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or the spread of
the truths we hate.
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Present the world before them
in the most attractive light,
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that they may
love and idolize it.
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We must keep in our ranks
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all the means that
we can gain control.
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The more means the
followers of Christ
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devote to His service,
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the more they
will injure our kingdom
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by getting our subjects.
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Discourage and
dishearten their ministers,
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for we hate them.
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Present every plausible
excuse to those who have means,
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lest they hand it out.
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Control the money
matters if you can
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and drive their
ministers to want and distress.
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This will weaken
their courage and zeal.
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Battle for every inch of ground.
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Make covetousness and
the love of earthly treasures
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the ruling traits
of their character.
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As long as these traits rule,
salvation and grace stand back.
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Crowd every
attention around them,
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and they will be surely ours."
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Remember, this is Satan
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talking to their
legions of angels,
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the evil angels there.
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"And when any shall
attempt to give," funds,
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"put within them a
grudging disposition,
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that they may
just five sparingly."
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This council
here, I shared to you
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to pull back the curtain
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to look behind the
scenes of the enemy.
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We are nothing, we are no one,
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but in Christ we are
more than conquerors.
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So I want us to
see that contrast.
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I need us to have
the time of prayer.
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We need to pray for our
leaders within the church.
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We need to pray for the leaders
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who we will meet today.
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But I also want to
pray for one another
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that we can be in one.
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I also want to pray for
those people God is working on,
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because I know it's rainy season
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and every time I
see the rain fall
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and flood the city,
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I long for the Spirit of
God to come and break the city,
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to break the pride,
to break the arrogance,
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to break the blindness.
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And that's just
within us as Christians
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as well as then
to break the hearts,
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to melt the
hearts of the Thai people
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of the city with
the love of Jesus Christ
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that they can be prepared
for Christ's soon coming.
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Who will accept
those invitations...
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And guide us and
lead us as we go out
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and share the good news...
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We are here
because of your calling...
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After worship,
the team set about
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folding a few
thousand invitations
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and then headed
out into the community.
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I followed Brother
Edwin from the Philippines
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around for awhile but
became aware of the fact
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that my presence
could raise some suspicions,
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although I kind of
tried to be discreet.
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I was amazed at how
fast they got these flyers
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into the hands of the people
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and that the
people actually read them.
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The team was really on fire.
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That day, they
distributed around 2,000 flyers.
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If they could do this
everyday five days a week,
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it would only take
23 years to put a flier
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into the hands of the
each of the 12 million people
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in Bangkok.
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I'm going to the
other side of the road
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because in here,
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some of our companions are here.
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Okay.
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I've met people
who have come to Christ
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from the witness of only a flier
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that spelled out the
gospel in simplified terms.
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These flyers however are
designed to invite people
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to a series of
meetings beginning the next day.
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Would they come?
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I was encouraged by
how many accepted them
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and begin
reading them right away,
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but we would
have to wait and see.
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You can see how the young
man in the lower right corner
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is watching me.
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What's he thinking,
is he getting suspicious?
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This might be his first chance
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to hear about
Jesus his entire life.
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And I don't want
to mess it up for him.
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So I decided to act
like a wandering tourist
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out seeing the sites.
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I began looking around a bit.
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I promptly got lost.
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One, two, three.
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Very good.
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Many people are
afraid of the unknown.
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I too began
feeling a little nervous.
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But I forced
myself to stay out there
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and not go running
back to the church.
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Turned out to be
actually quite good memories.
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Okay, go that way to
get back to the main road?
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Yes.
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Walk to this
corner, then turn left,
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walk, you meet the main road.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Thank you.
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Hello, may I take your picture?
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Okay.
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One, two, three.
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Okay, kitty.
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Oh, yeah.
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Lead out pastor, correct.
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Today, we went
to give the flyers
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for the ministry
in Chinese church.
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Some they did reject
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but most of them
accepted the flyers.
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And we were inspired.
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Almost 70% of the
flyers were distributed
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by our friends.
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As a group we went.
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For me, personally I work with,
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you know, I'm happy.
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And I'm very inspired
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giving those
flyers to the people
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and especially by God's grace,
God will work in their hearts,
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and God will soften their heart,
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and maybe they will come,
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and they will
listen to the topic,
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to the speakers,
00:15:17.98\00:15:19.31
and maybe sooner or later
00:15:19.35\00:15:21.22
they will accept Christ
as their personal savior.
00:15:21.25\00:15:24.82
Very good. Okay.
00:15:24.85\00:15:26.19
You got your
Bible, just show me.
00:15:26.22\00:15:27.76
Had a great meal,
00:15:32.29\00:15:34.46
met a new friend
the Lord let us to,
00:15:34.50\00:15:36.93
and now it's time to
head back to the church.
00:15:36.97\00:15:39.47
So come on.
00:15:39.50\00:15:40.84
We're finding sudden traffic.
00:15:47.68\00:15:49.94
Yeah.
00:15:49.98\00:15:51.31
Is this a parking lot or a road?
00:15:51.35\00:15:53.08
Hello!
00:15:56.45\00:15:58.79
We could stop by and get a squid
00:15:58.82\00:16:01.12
if you want it?
00:16:01.16\00:16:02.49
Yeah, let's eat.
00:16:02.52\00:16:03.86
And finally
he's getting a squid.
00:16:03.89\00:16:05.23
I want a yoghurt
or a mango smoothie.
00:16:05.26\00:16:07.46
Squid or yoghurt?
00:16:07.50\00:16:10.17
I was looking
for a mango smoothie.
00:16:10.20\00:16:15.87
You're not gonna
be happy with this.
00:16:15.90\00:16:18.81
No, I'll let her
enjoy that, the squid.
00:16:18.84\00:16:23.75
Did she know
Jesus? I don't know.
00:16:23.78\00:16:27.35
She has a little amulet on.
00:16:27.38\00:16:29.45
Somebody has to eat
that. You ever tasted one?
00:17:00.22\00:17:03.99
I haven't had a chance to taste.
00:17:04.02\00:17:06.45
Did you smelled
it? Yeah, I smelled it.
00:17:06.49\00:17:09.39
Does it smell good?
00:17:09.42\00:17:10.79
It's not for me. It
must be an acquired taste.
00:17:13.93\00:17:17.13
I haven't acquired yet.
00:17:17.17\00:17:18.50
And it's
definitely acquired smell.
00:17:18.53\00:17:20.94
There's some tastes
where it's so strong
00:17:20.97\00:17:23.24
that it just
takes my breath away.
00:17:23.27\00:17:25.04
It's just like...
00:17:25.07\00:17:27.18
You know, I'm trying
to gasp for air and but,
00:17:27.21\00:17:32.08
you know, she liked it.
00:17:32.11\00:17:33.95
Yeah.
00:17:33.98\00:17:36.18
Some people may say the
same thing about zucchini.
00:17:36.22\00:17:39.52
Yeah. A plant.
00:17:39.55\00:17:42.82
So why do you have
00:17:42.86\00:17:44.19
such a desire for
yoghurt right now?
00:17:44.23\00:17:48.20
Our dinner was fiery hot
00:17:48.23\00:17:51.00
and I just need something
00:17:51.03\00:17:52.80
to kind of settle down the fire.
00:17:52.83\00:17:56.60
So why did you
order that dinner?
00:17:56.64\00:17:58.74
I didn't order it, you did.
00:17:58.77\00:18:02.34
Oh, beautiful.
00:18:02.38\00:18:03.91
They're beautiful.
00:18:12.69\00:18:15.32
Beautiful.
00:18:15.36\00:18:16.73
My wife is
here, I'd buy a bunch.
00:18:16.76\00:18:18.76
Care for some beer,
guys? Oh, thank you.
00:18:18.79\00:18:23.20
We got an appointment.
Where you come from?
00:18:23.23\00:18:25.03
We're from America.
00:18:25.07\00:18:27.34
How about you guys? Thailand.
00:18:27.37\00:18:29.00
Thailand. Are you
guys students here?
00:18:29.04\00:18:30.97
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:31.01\00:18:32.34
Okay, what are
you guys studying?
00:18:32.37\00:18:33.71
Architecture. All of you?
00:18:33.74\00:18:35.48
Yeah! Come back for the camp.
00:18:35.51\00:18:36.91
Well, we'll see you guys.
00:18:40.72\00:18:42.75
Maybe we'll see you
again tomorrow night.
00:18:42.78\00:18:47.16
All right, see you. Bye-bye.
00:18:52.09\00:18:56.36
What's the percentage of
the Christians in Thailand?
00:18:56.40\00:18:59.87
For the whole
country, not even 1%.
00:18:59.90\00:19:03.61
Including?
Including the Catholics.
00:19:03.64\00:19:07.04
What's the reason
for that, you know?
00:19:07.08\00:19:09.81
Most of the Thai will think
00:19:09.84\00:19:11.18
that Buddhism is
the best for them.
00:19:11.21\00:19:14.02
It's the best? Yeah.
00:19:14.05\00:19:15.38
Even before I come
to a Christian school,
00:19:15.42\00:19:18.95
I thought to myself,
00:19:18.99\00:19:20.89
"I would never
become Christian."
00:19:20.92\00:19:22.72
Because in Buddhism,
everything's there already.
00:19:22.76\00:19:27.73
Buddhism is the
best for me at that time.
00:19:27.76\00:19:30.13
I was 15.
00:19:30.17\00:19:31.50
And our society is
very helpful to each other,
00:19:31.53\00:19:38.27
can help each other.
00:19:38.31\00:19:39.64
We don't need
Christianity I felt
00:19:39.67\00:19:43.88
when I went to Christian school:
00:19:43.91\00:19:46.21
"I just want education."
00:19:46.25\00:19:50.22
That's what most of
the Thai people feel.
00:19:50.25\00:19:54.29
It's the night before
the evangelistic meetings
00:19:54.32\00:19:56.99
and we're here at
the Chinese church
00:19:57.03\00:20:00.20
and we're working
with Pastor Terry Sue
00:20:00.23\00:20:04.87
and the members
of the Chinese church
00:20:04.90\00:20:06.53
to get things set up.
00:20:06.57\00:20:08.64
So we've tried different setups,
00:20:08.67\00:20:11.67
and we're still trying
to get the stuff worked out.
00:20:11.71\00:20:17.55
Little pressured.
00:20:17.58\00:20:18.91
I'm going crazy.
00:20:42.94\00:20:44.27
We now had audio. Good thing.
00:20:54.32\00:20:59.32
I'm tired, it's been a full day.
00:20:59.35\00:21:02.26
What time is it?
00:21:02.29\00:21:05.49
It's 11 o'clock,
00:21:05.53\00:21:06.86
so we've been here for 14 hours.
00:21:06.90\00:21:11.03
So you're not in charge here.
You're just gonna help them.
00:21:11.07\00:21:15.54
Our role here is
we're trying to support
00:21:15.57\00:21:18.01
the Chinese church
and to support the Thais
00:21:18.04\00:21:21.81
as they are conducting
the evangelistic meeting.
00:21:21.84\00:21:26.01
So our team was here today,
00:21:26.05\00:21:27.88
and you know, they'll
be here tomorrow night,
00:21:27.92\00:21:30.09
the rest of the
week for these meetings.
00:21:30.12\00:21:33.29
And we're trying to help
every church across the city,
00:21:33.32\00:21:37.89
establish churches as
well as our new church plants
00:21:37.93\00:21:40.66
to then find creative ways
to then communicate God's love.
00:21:40.70\00:21:45.67
The fact of
Jesus is coming again.
00:21:45.70\00:21:47.57
And that we can have
a new identity in Him.
00:21:47.60\00:21:51.34
You get paid overtime?
00:21:51.37\00:21:52.71
I'd love to have
00:21:56.44\00:21:58.01
a $300,000
00:21:58.05\00:22:02.42
importable media system
00:22:02.45\00:22:06.65
where we can come to a
place like the Chinese church
00:22:06.69\00:22:10.93
and actually be
able to do something.
00:22:10.96\00:22:13.76
But right now we don't
00:22:13.80\00:22:18.30
because we're lacking the funds.
00:22:18.33\00:22:20.14
What's the total
budget here in Thailand?
00:22:20.17\00:22:23.10
I can tell you at
least for programs,
00:22:23.14\00:22:25.87
I don't know the salaries,
00:22:25.91\00:22:27.58
but the total budget
for the Thailand mission
00:22:27.61\00:22:31.08
for 2011 is
approximately 1.4 million Baht.
00:22:31.11\00:22:37.09
And so that's around...
00:22:37.12\00:22:39.15
exchange rate is 29
to 30 Baht per dollar
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.96
and so you figure that out.
00:22:42.99\00:22:44.39
That equals about $45,000.
00:22:44.43\00:22:48.33
Divide that by 12 months
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.20
and you have an operating budget
00:22:50.23\00:22:51.57
of less than $4,000 per month.
00:22:51.60\00:22:55.67
Okay.
00:22:55.70\00:22:57.04
Let's take one conference,
00:22:57.07\00:22:59.47
the conference
you used to work for,
00:22:59.51\00:23:00.91
what's their yearly budget?
00:23:00.94\00:23:04.95
I think it was...
00:23:04.98\00:23:07.78
Okay, in 2005,
00:23:07.82\00:23:10.29
you know, since
you've got me on camera,
00:23:10.32\00:23:12.22
and you're gonna share
this with other few friends.
00:23:12.25\00:23:15.96
I'd love to have
this conversation with...
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.59
With some research?
00:23:18.63\00:23:19.96
Yeah, with some wikipedia help.
00:23:20.00\00:23:23.67
I want a phono friend
here. I need a helpline.
00:23:23.70\00:23:26.97
According to the
official church website,
00:23:27.00\00:23:29.24
the tithe and offering
in Doug's former conference
00:23:29.27\00:23:31.74
is around 250 times
00:23:31.77\00:23:34.24
that of the
Thailand Adventist Mission.
00:23:34.28\00:23:36.24
Yet there are 36 times
more people in Thailand.
00:23:36.28\00:23:40.52
Did you know in Thailand,
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.12
it's rude to pick
your teeth in public?
00:23:42.15\00:23:45.95
But you can
pick your nose. Okay.
00:23:45.99\00:23:50.66
Just for your information. Okay.
00:23:50.69\00:23:54.86
You had the habit or...
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.43
Yeah, in America, it's fine.
00:23:56.46\00:23:57.87
You can pick your teeth,
you know, with the tooth pick,
00:23:57.90\00:24:00.94
right, but you got
stay away from the mining.
00:24:00.97\00:24:04.71
So it sounds like you
would like to use media
00:24:04.74\00:24:08.34
but there's just no funds.
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.61
It's just not an option. Yeah.
00:24:11.65\00:24:14.18
I've had some of
my Thai leaders say,
00:24:14.22\00:24:17.69
you know, "Let's just
focus on what we can do.
00:24:17.72\00:24:21.19
Let's just focus on what
we can do what we have..."
00:24:21.22\00:24:24.79
And what can you do, you
can just do Bible studies,
00:24:24.83\00:24:27.80
handing a little
bit of literature?
00:24:27.83\00:24:29.86
Well, we can hand out literature
00:24:29.90\00:24:31.60
as long as we get it printed
00:24:31.63\00:24:32.97
and we get fund raised
for it because otherwise,
00:24:33.00\00:24:36.97
you know, there's no literature.
00:24:37.01\00:24:39.71
No literature, no budget.
00:24:39.74\00:24:41.11
Right, no budget for
it, and you know, it just...
00:24:41.14\00:24:45.61
So basically you...
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.18
We can't work.
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.15
I say, you know, God,
why aren't there more?
00:24:50.19\00:24:55.89
Why aren't there more people
00:24:55.92\00:24:57.39
who give a care about sharing
and living a message of hope?
00:24:57.43\00:25:02.76
If we had additional resources,
if we had greater imagination,
00:25:02.80\00:25:06.97
if we had greater manpower,
whether volunteers or trained,
00:25:07.00\00:25:13.27
you know, committed
people, we could do more.
00:25:13.31\00:25:17.35
We could reach a city.
00:25:17.38\00:25:19.45
We could...
00:25:19.48\00:25:20.82
Do we need to? Do we need to?
00:25:20.85\00:25:23.39
Yeah.
00:25:23.42\00:25:25.69
Hello, yeah, we
need to reach the city.
00:25:25.72\00:25:30.73
Why? Jesus is coming soon.
00:25:30.76\00:25:33.50
Yeah, and
everyone is going to hell
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.43
because they've not had a chance
00:25:35.46\00:25:36.87
to make a decision
on who Jesus Christ is,
00:25:36.90\00:25:41.60
and will they accept Him.
00:25:41.64\00:25:43.91
Well, that's
their problem, isn't it?
00:25:43.94\00:25:46.07
That's the attitude
that many people have.
00:25:46.11\00:25:49.78
It's that, you know,
well, that's their problem,
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.71
you know, they're stupid,
00:25:51.75\00:25:53.08
they live in the
city and you know,
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.22
well, they don't
even speak English.
00:25:55.25\00:25:57.55
And so, yeah,
00:25:57.59\00:25:58.92
I mean, I face this
stereotype all the time,
00:25:58.95\00:26:02.96
you know, when you
go back to America.
00:26:02.99\00:26:05.13
They can watch English...
00:26:05.16\00:26:07.90
They can watch
English Christian channels.
00:26:07.93\00:26:11.43
Yeah.
00:26:11.47\00:26:13.23
The problem...
00:26:13.27\00:26:15.87
Oh my goodness! Do they?
00:26:15.90\00:26:17.81
Will they? Will they?
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.17
Do they even know they exist?
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.38
You know, can
you get it on free TV
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.55
or do you need a satellite dish?
00:26:24.58\00:26:26.01
You need a satellite.
00:26:26.05\00:26:27.38
You know, people I had
one person come to Thailand
00:26:27.42\00:26:33.36
and they were flabbergasted,
they just completely appalled,
00:26:33.39\00:26:37.93
and they said to me,
00:26:37.96\00:26:39.29
"Why is it that no
one speaks English here?"
00:26:39.33\00:26:43.16
Are you serous?
00:26:43.20\00:26:44.53
And I just like, you
know, "What are you saying?"
00:26:44.57\00:26:49.50
I said, "Yeah.
00:26:49.54\00:26:50.97
You know,
00:26:51.01\00:26:52.34
how am I gonna
spread the gospel?
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.18
I've come here
to be a missionary
00:26:54.21\00:26:55.81
but how am I
gonna spread the gospel
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.91
when they don't speak English."
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.55
These are the things we battle,
you know, these attitudes.
00:27:00.58\00:27:06.59
Can one person
make a difference?
00:27:06.62\00:27:10.33
Well, I know that Jesus
made a difference in my heart.
00:27:10.36\00:27:14.03
And if God would
reach across heaven,
00:27:14.06\00:27:18.70
He would reach across
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.07
the galaxies to California.
00:27:20.10\00:27:26.17
And there, He
touched my Mom and Dad,
00:27:26.21\00:27:30.05
and He drew them
with His chords of love,
00:27:30.08\00:27:32.91
and as they moved
throughout the Northwest,
00:27:32.95\00:27:35.72
then it was through
the different people,
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.75
and the churches,
00:27:38.79\00:27:40.12
and the families that
befriended our family,
00:27:40.16\00:27:43.96
and it was through
that love tractor beamed,
00:27:43.99\00:27:47.60
you know,
drawing my family to Him
00:27:47.63\00:27:51.60
that how God touched my
heart, and touched my life,
00:27:51.63\00:27:57.01
and how His grace
became real for me
00:27:57.04\00:27:59.64
not just an intellectual...
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.34
Concept. Yeah.
00:28:02.38\00:28:05.15
It's not just an idea,
00:28:05.18\00:28:07.38
it's not something
that's just in your brain,
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.25
but to actually experience that,
00:28:09.28\00:28:11.89
and so that is
constantly with me
00:28:11.92\00:28:15.66
that how if I
have that experience,
00:28:15.69\00:28:19.49
how can I not
share that with others?
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.86
Did you know that
our mission offerings
00:28:26.63\00:28:28.47
have actually been
dropping for the last 70 years?
00:28:28.50\00:28:32.41
It really pains my heart to
tell you that but it's true,
00:28:32.44\00:28:35.41
but we can change that.
00:28:35.44\00:28:36.95
If every
Adventist in North America
00:28:36.98\00:28:38.71
would simply
give one dollar a week
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.58
for mission offerings,
00:28:41.62\00:28:43.15
it would double the
amount that is now being given.
00:28:43.18\00:28:47.59
Will you join me
in that commitment
00:28:47.62\00:28:50.53
to make a
difference for Jesus Christ?
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.86
Check it out,
adventistmission.org.
00:28:52.89\00:28:56.26
Every person matters to God,
00:28:56.30\00:28:57.73
and every dollar that you give
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.10
for mission helps us
to reach one more person.
00:28:59.13\00:29:01.57
And I'm so grateful to everyone
who sacrifice for mission.
00:29:01.60\00:29:05.94
One day soon,
00:29:05.97\00:29:07.31
you'll be able
to meet the people
00:29:07.34\00:29:08.68
who found Jesus
because you gave.
00:29:08.71\00:29:10.51
Next week on, I want this city,
00:29:18.05\00:29:19.99
people have waited for decades
to hear the name of Jesus.
00:29:20.02\00:29:23.63
Join us for an
event that makes history.
00:29:23.66\00:29:27.66
Watch, I want
this city, Wednesday.
00:29:27.70\00:29:30.30