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- Hello and welcome
to Jesus for Asia Now.
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I'm Natalie Wood and I
am not in the studio today.
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I am in Sukhothai, Thailand.
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And I have some friends
with me who don't live here.
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They live in the Philippines.
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I'd like to introduce
you to Pete and Jessica.
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Welcome.
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- We are so glad to be here.
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- It's a privilege
to have you with me.
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So I wanted to first
ask, where are you working?
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- We are working at
the island of Mindoro
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in the Philippines,
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trying to reach
the Mangyan tribe,
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one of the
native group of Mindoro.
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- Okay, let's
back up a little bit
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and ask you how you
got involved in this work.
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(Pete laughing)
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- It's because of Jon, actually.
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We are proud of the
first FaithCamp Asia.
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And after that we came,
actually, our faith were
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challenged. So we prayed,
we started praying, Lord, Lord,
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how can we start preaching
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and so that our
faith will grow as well?
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Two weeks into
prayer, God answered...
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- Wow, two
weeks? - In a miracle.
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Yes. - Wow.
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- Because we were praying,
Lord, please open a way.
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God is not joking... - Right.
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- When he said try me
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and I will show you. - Right.
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- So after praying,
Lord, how can we start?
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Two weeks later,
Mangyan came to us.
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Mangyan chieftains
from... We don't know the place.
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Actually, it was the
first time we heard the place.
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So my wife and I
gathered what food we can gather
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from the kitchen and feed them.
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And then finally,
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I asked, why are
you here? - Yeah.
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- And they would
always timidly say,
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nothing, for nothing.
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But that's their
way of saying things.
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But you came. Why?
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Because we need school up there.
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- Ah. - Yeah.
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So it was in 2011 when
we first built the first
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literacy center.
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We worked there for two years
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and then the people are
in the surrounding they're
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from the neighboring
communities of the Mangyans,
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noticed what we were doing
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and then they saw my
wife selling soy milk and tofu
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and they told her Mom,
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we heard that you are
the one sending the teachers
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there at Dumali.
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We want that thing
happen in our community as well.
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So there, from the
places we don't know,
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it became two and then
three literacy centers.
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And now, praise the Lord,
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we were able all
through these years...
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Right now, we have 11 mission
schools at the same time,
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church during the Sabbath.
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And the ministry just got
bigger and bigger and bigger.
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- You said the church,
it's used as church on Sabbath.
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Was that allowed
when you first started?
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(Pete vocalizing)
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- There was
actually the first hurdle.
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You see, when they
learned that we are Adventists,
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they were thinking
that we are going to convert
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their children.
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So there was a
very clear agreement,
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education only, no religion.
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Education only. - Okay.
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- So we're going there
to spread the good news.
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And here is the very clear,
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actually, the man who said it,
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repeated it several
times, sir, education only,
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we don't need your religion.
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And I said,
Lord, how will it be?
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I remember IFL.
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Integration of
Faith and Learning.
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Okay. Lord, yes.
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So we agreed,
education only, no religion.
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But it doesn't happen that way.
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Yeah, it
doesn't happen that way.
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- God has other plans. - Yeah.
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Because the first
thing that every student,
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pupil learned is
how to pray. - Okay.
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- So we are praying not
to make you an Adventist,
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but for God to give you wisdom.
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Because the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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And then, so the
students learn to pray
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and what they
learned from the school,
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they also give
that to their parents
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when they go home.
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So after three years
of working as a teacher,
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we have the
first baptism. - Wow.
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- And it's so beautiful.
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It's so beautiful.
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- The first mission school
this time is 90% Adventist.
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- Yeah, at Kimale. - Kimale.
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- At Kimale. - Praise the Lord.
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- Even those people
who said education only,
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no religion, 90% of that
village is now Adventist.
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- Wow.
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- Wednesday this
week, starting tomorrow,
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they will have a
camp meeting up there.
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- Wow.
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- They're gathering this time.
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Beginning tomorrow,
all Adventist converts
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from the ministry.
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- Wow. - They will go up there.
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Most of them now are
former students from Kimale.
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We lead the camp meeting. - Wow.
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That is good.
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- Oh, really very, very good.
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We can testify.
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So, the ministry is getting
bigger and bigger, actually.
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- There's so much need.
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- There's so much needs.
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One of it is our
Bethlehem Project.
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My vision was, this
will be the training ground
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for the missionaries.
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And now we
figured out something.
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It's better to have
a family missionary,
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than those single missionaries.
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Because the family
missionaries are more stable.
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They can stay in
the place for a while,
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while the single missionaries
can come and go anytime.
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- Yeah. - So we
figure out, Lord, how?
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And then we have that Bethlehem.
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And sure enough, by God's grace,
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right there now
we have one family.
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We built
already a building there
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for the residents
of the family there
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in charge.
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And now there
is one more family.
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They are
training, they are preparing
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to be a
full-time... - Missionary also.
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- Missionary also.
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Family,
missionary, husband and wife.
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And praise the Lord,
they're all pure Mangyan.
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- That's always most effective.
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- Oh, that's the most effective.
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They know the
language, the culture.
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There is almost no barrier.
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So we are preparing them so that
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when they go to their
field, they can reach,
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they can reach
their... - Their own people.
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- Their own people.
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So it's really
wonderful, you see.
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But the story
has not ended there.
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My wife was arrested. - Okay.
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- I can recall it
happily, but during that time,
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it was really a
terrible day. - Yeah.
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- When the JFA provided the
van that the ministry needed,
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we helped the Mangyan
travel from here going there,
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and the people were not happy,
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especially those who
were tricycle drivers
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who used to
exploit them. - Okay.
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- They used to be my friends.
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So, they bribed the
military and the people,
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and then they were targeting me.
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They thought
because the car was tinted,
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they thought it was me.
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But they arrested somebody else.
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Actually, when I went
there to the crime scene,
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they said, oh, this is him.
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So the other police,
okay, we cannot do that
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because we caught the
wife. - She was driving, yeah.
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- They told me
secretly, can you do that?
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It's your husband
that is being caught.
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(Pete laughing)
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- She said one
morning to me, she said,
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Papa, if I have time,
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I want to be like Paul,
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to witness even in prison.
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And then sure enough,
when the car was impounded,
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they were driving.
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There were three of
them, four of them in front.
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From the crime scene
to the police station,
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she was giving
them Bible studies.
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- Oh, praise the Lord.
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- In the police
station, they were,
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Mom, sorry, sorry,
we cannot do otherwise.
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This is just our job.
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And my wife said,
it's okay, it's okay.
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Just do your job.
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- So how did they know her?
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- Because they
were they were buying.
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- They were our customers.
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- Oh for the soy milk and tofu.
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- And the
juices. - Oh and juices.
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- And healthy foods. -
And we give them lectures.
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- Oh, on health. - On health.
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The funny thing there is
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when they got her mug shot,
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that is the first time I saw
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a person accused of a crime
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with an old smile
during the mug shot.
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(Pete laughing) -
Holding up the number.
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- Holding up the
number and the violation
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and everything there.
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- And they asked me,
why are you still happy?
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And I answered, praise the Lord,
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it's a privilege to
experience all this.
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And I am surprised every minute.
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- She said, I cannot give
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an opportunity to the enemy
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to be lonely when tried.
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I should not give him
countenance of loneliness.
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- Of victorious over my life.
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- Yes. - That's why.
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So she was there and the police
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who was taking the
photos were just stayed there
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for actually
several minutes waiting
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for that facial
expression that would tell
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that she is guilty.
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They were not able to do that.
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- I was still smiling and happy.
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- And she was alone in the cell.
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She was... -
Visited by a friend,
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a police friend. - Yeah.
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- And said, you're
the only one who get in
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with that kind of spirit.
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- She cleaned the toilet
there and keep on singing.
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I gave her ukulele.
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Okay, just sing and sing there.
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And the police who
were in the office said,
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okay, I'll just stay here.
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I want a positive environment.
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Imagine getting a positive
environment from the jail.
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- Yeah.
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- (laughing) Yeah.
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- Because God sent
his spirit there...
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- Yeah. - To be with you.
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- That's it, that's it.
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Even our friends
who visited, they cried,
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Jess, why are you there?
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I don't like to take
pictures of you inside the jail.
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And you know, but we
kept on praying, Lord,
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we don't know
where this case will go
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and what is the
purpose of everything.
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Only to find out
now looking behind
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after the case is
dismissed, last january 17,
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finally the case was dismissed.
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- Okay. - The van was impounded
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for seven months. - Okay.
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- Yeah. And there the van
alone is another miracle story.
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It's a beautiful story the DNR,
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the agency
where about this lies,
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said and told, informed my wife,
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said you can you can
take that van anyway.
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Tomorrow you can,
if you will just agree.
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If you will just do what
we are going to tell you.
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And what's that?
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Because I was
thinking, oh, what would Jon
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and Natalie think of us?
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Maybe we are so neglectful.
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I am actually I was
ashamed to to tell you
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what's happening
because, oh Lord,
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how can I tell my friends?
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They have
sacrificed a lot for this
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and then it ended up this way.
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The DNR people said,
there's only one thing.
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You can take that van tomorrow.
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You can drive it home,
with only one condition.
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She will under...
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- Oath. - Oath, she will
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have an affidavit that she take
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because the van is
registered on my name,
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that she take that
van without my knowledge.
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- Oh. (Pete laughing)
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And this is not true.
- He asked also to swear.
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- Yeah, under oath now,
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I will have my
sworn statement also,
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that indeed she took
it without my knowledge.
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And by that little lie alone,
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with so big a
reward for lying...
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Ah, it was almost
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a temptation, but
I said... - Almost.
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- Lord, Lord, you gave that
to us, and if it's your will,
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you are going to return
it to us without any effort.
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We know we
committed fault at this thing,
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but Lord, we want...
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Because how can
I drive that car?
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Anytime I drive that,
the car would shout at me,
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you are a liar, you
are lying, you are lying,
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you are lying, you are a liar.
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So, sorry.
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And one more thing.
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One of the secretaries in the
office was my student before.
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And she was so kind.
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Sir, ma'am, how can I help?
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Please, this is the statement.
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Please bring this home.
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Change whatever you
want to change, ma'am.
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I'm willing to tell, sir.
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I'm helping. I'm here.
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I'm just here.
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But I said, Lord,
Lord, I don't want to lie.
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I don't like to
lie a bit, even small,
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with a very big result.
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No, I don't like
that, so praise the Lord.
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After seven months,
the van is back again.
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And you know, the
people behind the case,
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those people who were against us
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for helping the
Mangyans, were just amazed.
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- Yeah. - They were celebrating.
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Somebody informed us
that they were just so happy
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that we don't
have this car again.
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And now we don't have that car.
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So we cannot help the
Mangyans by this time.
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They were just so happy.
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But when they saw me
driving the car again,
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what happened?
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- They said to our Bible worker,
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they have big faith.
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- They said, your
boss has big faith.
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They were referring to me.
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We cannot just beat him.
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We cannot just beat him.
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Your boss has big faith,
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they said. - Wow.
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- So, but the
story is not yet over.
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- Right.
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- So when, during
the time of arraignment,
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we don't have
money for private...
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- Lawyer. - Lawyer,
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so we went to POA,
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Public Attorney's Office.
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So somebody informed us
an Adventist brother said,
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oh I heard that
ma'am Jess has a case.
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Please tell her to
look for this attorney,
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he is an Adventist.
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So I called my wife,
Mama, look for this attorney.
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She went to the office
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and then she saw him
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somewhere vaping.
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So Adventist vaping?
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And then when I went
there, I talked to him.
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I said, attorney,
can we offer prayer?
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Can I offer prayer for you?
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Oh, no, no, no. I'm in hurry.
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The court is waiting for me.
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I'm in hurry. (Pete vocalizing)
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He refused to be prayed.
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And then the second time also.
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But the third time, we
just persisted to pray.
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And before the
case is dismissed,
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wonderful thing happened.
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He did not attend church
by the time she was caught.
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So he forgot that
he is an Adventist.
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I talked to him.
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I heard you're Adventist. Yes.
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But you see
something happened like that.
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Okay, let's not
talk about that thing.
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And then, you know, but
before the case was dismissed,
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he started going back to church.
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Wonderful. - Wow.
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- He was
praying for his clients.
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- Oh wow. - Yeah.
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- And he has a
Bible on his table.
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- Wow, praise the Lord. - Yeah.
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Because I can still
remember very clearly.
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My wife was crying
because she usually goes
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to that place alone
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because we don't
have a car anymore to use.
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So I stayed at home and one
day from there she was crying.
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She said, Papa, I know
this case is not for me.
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I believe God is
reaching the attorney.
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- Oh.
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- It was her conviction. - Yes.
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- I believe this case is
for him. It's not for me.
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It's not against me.
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- The people
there in his office.
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- The people
there in his office.
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And the last time we came there,
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there were so
many people waiting
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to talk to the attorney.
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And she came late,
but she is just going
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to give him juices,
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the healthy juice we have
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and some of our...
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Because he is now
into healthy diets.
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He is now into that.
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He loves every
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whatever...
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Everything that we brought him.
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And she said, attorney, I
can't just leave your office
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without praying.
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We're praying for you.
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(Pete laughing) - [Natalie] Wow.
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- And he stopped.
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Wait, wait, he said to
the people in his office.
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Let us give her time
to pray for all of us.
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- Wow.
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- This is the attorney
who refused to be prayed
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the first time we met.
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- God is good. -
God is really good.
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- Very, very good. - And now,
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even the case is now over,
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we consider that place
our another mission field.
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Because we are
reaching the POA office.
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She is giving Bible
studies to the people there,
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to the secretary. - Wow.
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- So, ma'am, what is your...
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Oh, let us not
talk about religion.
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Let us talk about Jesus.
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Have you read your Bible?
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Oh, not yet.
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Okay, please read this one.
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And they have the Bible.
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And she opened the Bible there.
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If you have time, you read this.
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So now we are
reaching the attorney's office.
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The prosecutors,
the head prosecutor
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just loved our
juice so much. - Wow.
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- Just loved our juice so much.
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Even the judge.
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And at the end of the case,
00:17:27.11\00:17:29.21
our attorney said, you know,
00:17:29.21\00:17:30.61
the juice you're
drinking, it's from them.
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(Pete laughing)
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- He introduced us to the court.
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They have the
wellness center in Sablayan.
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- They are missionaries.
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So now we have the
prosecutor's office.
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The trial court is now
became our mission field
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and another government office.
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So we are from
here, from Thailand,
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maybe we'll just rest for a
while and then we'll go back.
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We'll bring our products again.
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- Yes.
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- Because we
consider that our field.
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And that alone, the wife
of the arresting officer.
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It's another beautiful story.
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We are excited
to tell the story.
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You know why?
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Because, you
see, we were so sad.
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We were so lonely.
00:18:09.75\00:18:11.05
A sort of something unfairness
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we felt during her arrest.
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It's really a sort of unfair.
00:18:16.69\00:18:18.06
- But it turns out a
blessing to everyone,
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to me especially.
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After long story, I can say
00:18:24.67\00:18:28.14
it's really a blessing
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and praise the Lord.
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- During the arraignment,
the arresting officer
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was not there in the court
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because he brought
his wife to the hospital,
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dying of cancer.
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So after the day of arraignment,
the following day we went
00:18:42.42\00:18:44.42
to town and we looked
for the arresting officer.
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So we made our way and
finally we contacted him
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and actually we met his wife.
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We told her, you can go
to our house, to our home.
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I am ashamed, sir.
00:18:59.37\00:19:00.60
I am ashamed because
my husband is your enemy.
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He is on the prosecutor's side.
00:19:03.74\00:19:05.47
He is one of
the major witnesses.
00:19:05.47\00:19:07.71
Oh, let's not talk about that.
00:19:07.71\00:19:09.14
Let's talk about you.
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Just go there.
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- I am sorry for he
arrested you, said the wife.
00:19:11.55\00:19:15.15
(Pete laughing) - Oh.
00:19:15.15\00:19:17.15
- I said, no.
00:19:17.15\00:19:18.82
- She said, I believe,
ma'am, you are not guilty.
00:19:18.82\00:19:22.39
I believe, you
know, I'm so sorry.
00:19:22.39\00:19:24.73
Ma'am, don't be
angry with my husband.
00:19:24.73\00:19:26.46
Yes, yes, it's not about you.
00:19:26.46\00:19:28.33
So three days later,
she went to our house.
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And you know, I can see
the puss mark under her shirt.
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She was dying.
00:19:37.41\00:19:38.81
She could barely
walk there like that.
00:19:38.81\00:19:41.54
Oh, I said you are
dying. Don't you know that?
00:19:41.54\00:19:44.75
Yes, I suspect I am dying.
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So, do you believe in God? Yes.
00:19:47.35\00:19:51.32
I am a member of
Four Square Church.
00:19:51.32\00:19:53.62
Ah, really?
00:19:53.62\00:19:54.82
I am a worship leader. Okay.
00:19:54.82\00:19:57.23
So you believe
in God? Yes, I do.
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So okay, 10-days challenge.
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Why 10?
00:20:01.63\00:20:02.80
Because Daniel said,
test us after 10 days.
00:20:02.80\00:20:05.43
- After 10 days, okay.
00:20:05.43\00:20:06.80
- We gave her
pure vegetarian diet,
00:20:06.80\00:20:10.07
juice made out of
leaves around the house.
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And, but first of all, we
tried to reach her spirit.
00:20:14.04\00:20:18.95
She knew that her
husband was cheating her.
00:20:20.65\00:20:25.22
- Oh.
00:20:25.22\00:20:26.65
- And I said, you cannot dictate
00:20:26.65\00:20:31.26
over your husband.
00:20:31.26\00:20:32.46
So we'll surrender this to God.
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And she has this angry feeling.
00:20:35.10\00:20:38.23
And I said, you will
die if you will have that.
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Let us surrender that.
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Sure enough, after she
stayed there for 14 days,
00:20:44.04\00:20:47.11
but in three days, everything
was going very, very well.
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In five days, the
wound is healed already.
00:20:51.25\00:20:54.32
- Wow. - In five days.
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- She was able to
wash... - She was able
00:20:56.38\00:20:58.22
to wash. - Their clothes.
00:20:58.22\00:21:00.62
- You see, after 14
days she was healed.
00:21:00.62\00:21:03.16
And the amazing thing is
she organized her neighbors
00:21:04.43\00:21:07.23
around her place, the
mothers, to pray with her.
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.37
She made her own prayer circle,
00:21:10.37\00:21:12.30
prayer group. - Awesome.
00:21:12.30\00:21:13.67
Wow.
00:21:13.67\00:21:14.54
- Why?
00:21:14.54\00:21:15.70
Because she learned
it in a headquarters.
00:21:15.70\00:21:17.84
The first thing
she learned there...
00:21:17.84\00:21:19.91
- Was prayer. - Is prayer.
00:21:19.91\00:21:20.91
- Wow. - That's why
00:21:20.91\00:21:21.88
when she's telling a story,
00:21:21.88\00:21:22.98
I really wonder what healed me.
00:21:22.98\00:21:25.28
The juices or the prayer.
00:21:25.28\00:21:26.72
(group laughing)
00:21:26.72\00:21:28.52
And after the
case was dismissed,
00:21:28.52\00:21:31.09
we intentionally went to her,
00:21:31.09\00:21:34.06
and then we hugged her.
00:21:34.06\00:21:35.52
And I tell her, you
know, Jesus loves you so much
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.76
that God arranged
that my wife be arrested
00:21:38.76\00:21:42.03
so that you would be healed.
00:21:42.03\00:21:43.70
Oh, really?
00:21:45.23\00:21:46.63
God loves me so much.
00:21:46.63\00:21:48.24
And you know, sir, she said,
00:21:48.24\00:21:49.84
I am no longer
attending my church
00:21:49.84\00:21:53.01
because they are accusing
me of being an Adventist.
00:21:53.01\00:21:56.51
They said,
you're an Adventist now.
00:21:56.51\00:21:58.91
And she told me this, I might
as well be an Adventist now.
00:21:58.91\00:22:02.05
- (laughing)
Yeah. - Because anyway,
00:22:02.05\00:22:03.52
they are telling me
that I am an Adventist.
00:22:03.52\00:22:05.85
And one sad thing about this,
00:22:05.85\00:22:08.26
when will you go to our place
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.63
to give Bible
study to my prayer group?
00:22:10.63\00:22:13.83
- So we need
co-workers for them.
00:22:15.06\00:22:16.83
- You see, she's requesting
us to give Bible study
00:22:18.13\00:22:22.87
to their neighbors
and they are far from us.
00:22:22.87\00:22:25.81
- Oh. Okay. - So
this is the sad thing.
00:22:25.81\00:22:27.51
That's why we are
praying for visionaries
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.44
who are
like-minded, who are willing.
00:22:29.44\00:22:31.35
That's why what we
have learned in Thailand
00:22:31.35\00:22:34.72
for these seven days, we
will surely share this there.
00:22:34.72\00:22:38.32
- Yes. - Yeah, wonderful.
00:22:38.32\00:22:40.42
And the story is not yet over
00:22:40.42\00:22:42.19
because she is
now our trumpeter.
00:22:42.19\00:22:44.93
- [Natalie] Yeah.
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.33
- Which hospital did
you go? And you're...
00:22:46.33\00:22:49.00
No, I did not go to hospital.
00:22:49.00\00:22:50.23
Who is your doctor?
00:22:50.23\00:22:51.80
You know, ma'am Jessica and
sir Pete, the bearded man there?
00:22:51.80\00:22:55.70
You go there.
00:22:55.70\00:22:56.87
They were the
ones who healed me.
00:22:56.87\00:22:59.47
If you are sick, you go there.
00:22:59.47\00:23:00.94
- And recently,
two police women...
00:23:01.94\00:23:05.11
- Came to our
place because of her.
00:23:05.11\00:23:07.48
- Wow. - Yeah,
00:23:07.48\00:23:08.78
because of her. - Wow.
00:23:08.78\00:23:10.05
- Two police women went
there, and praise the Lord,
00:23:10.05\00:23:12.05
they also
experienced the healing
00:23:12.05\00:23:15.12
that they were looking for.
00:23:15.12\00:23:16.02
- Wow. God is good.
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.43
- That's why we are building.
00:23:17.43\00:23:18.83
The Lord now, you see
the transition from work
00:23:18.83\00:23:21.96
in the mountain, now
there is again a better,
00:23:21.96\00:23:24.47
a bigger work,
not for the natives.
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.20
But for the Tagalogs, for
the non-natives around us.
00:23:27.20\00:23:31.27
And there were so many
cases now, dying of cancer,
00:23:31.27\00:23:34.91
and many also died.
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But I can assure you this,
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and this is our
philosophy, that's why even it's
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in the last
minute, we accept patients.
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Even in the last
minute. - Dying patients.
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- Dying patients.
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We know, ah, it's dying
but anyway we accept them.
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You know why?
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Anyway, they will die if
they are in the in their house.
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They are already
refused of the hospitals,
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of the doctors.
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Oh, you just better give her,
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give them what they
did, what they want to eat,
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but they're in our house.
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I believe that when
physical healing is impossible,
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spiritual healing
is not. - Right. Right.
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God can still do
physical healing,
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but what is needed most
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is the spiritual healing.
- The spiritual healing.
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Before they took the last
breath, many of them cried.
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You can see, and we are
telling the missionaries,
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be sure that they
would confess Jesus
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before they took
their last breath.
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- That is so
powerful. - Praise the Lord.
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To God be the glory.
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Who are we to be
honored by such a miracle?
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- Right, right.
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It's such a
blessing to know that
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you have the
spiritual heart, you know,
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the spiritual
walk as first priority,
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knowing that God can heal.
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I mean, you've
seen him heal. - Yeah.
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- But to realize that
they need eternal health,
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actually... - Yeah.
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- Eternal health. - That's it.
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And remember, we don't have
any training on these matters.
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I'm taking this by faith.
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(Pete laughing) - Right.
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Lots of prayer.
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That's why the lady
learned prayer, right?
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First thing she
learned was prayer
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and she didn't know
if it was prayer or...
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It was a
combination because it was God.
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- It was God. -
Using natural remedies
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and things like that. - Yeah.
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It's all natural. - Yeah. Yeah.
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- It's all natural.
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But I have to tell
you this, one more,
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that we taught all
of the missionaries
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the method we are using.
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And those assigned
in the Mangyan Tribe
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now are doctors
of the community.
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- Wow.
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- That's why another...
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Just I was telling you that
another community was opened
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because they noticed that
where the communities that have
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our missionaries staying
with them have no deaths.
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This, you know, October,
November, December, January,
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this is the time that
there are so many sickness
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around the community.
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With the presence of our
missionaries, nobody died.
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- Wow. Praise the Lord.
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- Compared to the communities
who have no missionaries.
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That's why they were
asking, please, pastor.
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We're calling our
missionaries pastor, you see.
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Pastor, we want you
here. We want you here.
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And now it led us into the idea
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that our missionaries should
build a treatment hut as well,
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where they are now, so that
people from other communities
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can go to where
they are, the Mangyans,
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because the
Tagalogs are brought to us,
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to the headquarters, but
the Mangyans will be brought,
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and are brought
actually, so many of them now...
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- To the missionaries.
- To the missionaries.
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That's why our burden now
is to build treatment center
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at Landing
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where the Bartholomews are
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and also at Bethlehem
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where the Navarros are.
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So before we came
here, the missionaries said,
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Sir, can we start building?
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I said, go ahead. I
told them, go ahead.
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The Lord will provide.
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So we are so happy.
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What else would the Lord do
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to this feeble
vessel that we are?
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Yeah, so, but we are just
so happy to say to the world
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that our God is
true, that our God,
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the God who promised
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that I will be with you
even unto the end of the world,
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Is really true to his
promise, to God be the glory.
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- Amen, amen.
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Well, I would like to
invite you to pray for Pete
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and Jessica and all the
missionaries in the mountains
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and those that they're
reaching in the other areas now.
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And if you would like
to have more information,
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you can contact
us at Jesus for Asia,
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PO Box 1-2-2-1
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Collegedale, Tennessee
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3-7-3-1-5
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Call us at (423) 413-7321
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or visit our website
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at Jesus4asia.org
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May God richly bless you.
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Until we see you next
time on Jesus for Asia Now.
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