My name is Sandra Horner.
I have been working here in
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India and Nepal since 1999.
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With no one else helping her
and her needing help so much I
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finally decided to quit
my job and come over here.
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And I'm working here as
the director of prayer in the
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Lifestyle Education Center.
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We have had several student
missionaries here they have
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been a real blessing.
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At our school we are trying
to train adventist young people
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equip them for work
in there own villages.
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After nearly
sixty hours of traveling
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my cameraman and I
finally arrived in India.
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We landed at the
airport in Bagdogra
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where we met some of our
missionaries and students.
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Sandra Horner
oversees our North Indian
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and Nepal projects and operates
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a Lifestyle Education Center.
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We arrived a day later than
we'd planned because the airline
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misplaced one of
our bags and as a result
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we missed our
connecting flight in Canada.
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Thankfully our lost bag
caught up with us in Delhi.
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So now we needed to make
up for some lost time and
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quickly unpacked our
heavier items at a bus stop.
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I guess we're gonna go
ahead and go to Nepal right now.
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Its been quite a journey on
this one it took us like sixty
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some hours just
to get to this point.
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We were planning on visiting
the remote village in Nepal
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where some of our
student missionaries
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have been working to establish
a church for four years.
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To give you an idea how this
mission project is moving along
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and how it was
started, let me first
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take you back to the beginning.
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We first started working
in North India around the year
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2000, and it sprung
off our work in Nepal
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under Joel and Joyce Myers.
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I came to Nepal in
1997 to visit and to hold
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a short course and
then with the Lord's
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help and Laymen's Ministries
I came for a full time work
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starting in January of 1999 so
this is about eleven years that
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we've been working together with
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Laymen's Ministries
here in Nepal and India.
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After a string of
incidents took place such as the
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king and queen of Nepal
being assassinated, the rise
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of Maoist insurgents
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and the basic political unrest
throughout the country, we
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decided to temporarily
at least pull out of nepal.
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Sandra who was
working with the Myers
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at the time moved
across the border to
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North India and opened a
Lifestyle Education Center
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in connection
with Laymen Ministries.
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The major objective of
our Lifestyle Education Center
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is to work for the Nepali
speaking population of both
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Nepal, India and Bhutan in
helping to train workers for the
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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Those who can just help
out in their church as a
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deacon elders as well
as those who can work as
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lay pastors and others
who can help also in more
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formal positions as
pastors in the churches.
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Just a few years ago some of our
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students embarked
on such a task in a
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remote village
located in east central Nepal.
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From there we had a
couple of your men who were very
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interested in sharing
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the gospel with
their own country.
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They wanted very much
to start in an area where
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there weren't any
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Christians at all.
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As they began their work
there they started by building
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a small mud and
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stick house
with a thatched roof.
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First we had a baptism
of about fourteen people
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there followed by
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another one of
twelve or so people.
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This is where we're headed right
now so we can see how the work
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there is progressing.
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It was getting late so
we decided to get some much
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needed rest at a local
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bed bug infested hotel.
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We've spent the night
here at the border of Nepal
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just inside Nepal
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at a little Nepali hotel.
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This morning we're gonna
get on a bus and we're gonna
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head into the more
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central region into the
Himalaya mountains of Nepal
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to go up and check
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on a church plant project.
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We're almost they're we've
been hiking for I don't know
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probably about an
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hour and ten minutes or so
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and it's starting to get
dark so we hope to get in there
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before dark it's
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a pretty good hike back in here.
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I guess it's down in
that riverbed area right
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down in there
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If you can see that.
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Finally we arrived
at the village just
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slightly after dark.
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We woke up cold and
hungry early the next morning.
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I slept all night with my
clothes on including my shoes,
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my coat, my long
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underwear, a hat, and
gloves, under a wool Nepali
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blanket on a hard
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wooden frame bed.
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This was Sabbath morning and
we were just in time for a short
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morning devotional.
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We'll be talking here today
about the part that each one
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has to play in the
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church, How each one
has a responsibility.
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It's a reminder that we
all have a large part to play
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in the success or
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failure of our mission
as a church to reach those
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in our communities.
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It's Sabbath morning here
and we're getting ready to
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go to church, this
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little church here in
this village represents several
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different churches
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that we have planted in
the various hills around this
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part of Nepal.
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And also one of our teams
is planting churches like four
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or five churches
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over in the
central part of Nepal.
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We actually hiked into
this village and all it was was
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a mud house and we
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were meeting there and
Heman and Daniel were two of our
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workers started
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a church plant here and
now it's four years later and
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we have this
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little church built.
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And since they were
having baptisms that afternoon
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I chose to speak about
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the Significance of
baptism and what it really means
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to forsake the ways of
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the world and to follow Christ.
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But the most important for
you getting baptized is to have
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a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
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Afterwards many of the
candidates got up before the
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church and started to
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share a brief imony how
God has worked in their life
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and led them to
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this important decision.
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After church we hiked
about forty-five minutes through
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deep canyons and
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ravines to find a place with
enough water for the baptisms.
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Today we get the great privilege
of going out here towards
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the river it's
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a very shallow river but
it has a deep spot where we're
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going for baptism,
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this is the third
baptism here in Daumoti
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And Pastor Kumar has joined
us for these three baptisms.
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Today we have twenty
ready for baptism and we're all
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excited about it.
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It was at this beautiful
spot at the base of this cliff
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deep in a canyon we
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sang Nepali Christian songs,
Prayed and then Pastor Kumar
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baptized nineteen people.
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Jewelry in this culture
is a very important part
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of their culture
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because it's a status symbol
of how wealthy you are and
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everyone wants to show
off how wealthy they are and
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people will respect
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them according to that.
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Before the women were
baptized they chose on there own
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to remove there
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jewelry as a way of
showing there commitment to God.
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The students from our
Lifestyle Education Center take
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the truths of
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the word and experiences
they have gained back
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to there own people
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They meet the peoples
needs, treat the sick uplift
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Christ who draws
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them unto himself.
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Please keep these souls
in your prayers and that they
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will be used by
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God to bring
others into the truth.
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We walked back to the village
and then participated in the
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Lord's supper and
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the ordinance of humility
outside the church as the
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sun was setting.
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It was a beautiful Sabbath.
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To make the most of our day
we got up and headed out just
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before sunrise.
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Finally we arrived later
that evening at our Lifestyle
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Education Center in
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Mungpoo North India.
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We got in from Nepal last
night and we're here at the
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Mungpoo Health and
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Lifestyle Training Center that's
operated by Laymen Ministries.
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They have quite a large
group of students this year
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and Sandra and
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Terri are having actually
morning worship right now.
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6:30 we have morning worship.
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I've been trying to
have singing for 20 minutes.
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In the morning we have
English hymns and in the evening
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the same hymns
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from the Nepali songbook.
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And then in the mornings
I also try to teach a new
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scripture song each week.
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After worship is breakfast.
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For the next couple days we're
gonna be here going through
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watching how the
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classes are operat and
such and then we're gonna
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go from here to the
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autonomous region of
Sikkim where they're going to
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be doing a Daniel
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and Revelation seminar.
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So I'm excited to see
the progress thats happened
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we're gonna also
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check out thnew church
that's just built up behind
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the center here
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to while we're here.
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When I come to North
India I enjoy spending time with
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the students and
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getting to know them better.
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It's important for me
to hear their thoughts and
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feelings about the
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school, their
struggles and successes.
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It also makes me to know how we
can improve our program to make
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it better for the future.
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Many of these students
have pretty amazing stories
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how they heard
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about Laymen
Ministries and made the decision
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to attend our school.
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Your whole family baptist?
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Yes
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In Assam
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Is there very many
Christians in Assam?
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Recently we've been working
in the book Great Controversy
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this has been a
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real challenging book.
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We have a class in
Nepali and a class English.
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Such things as Bible
doctrines, Daniel or Revelation,
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Christian home, basic
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subjects like this.
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The major objective of
our Lifestyle Education Center
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is to work for the
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Nepali speaking population
of both Nepal, India and
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Bhutan in helping to
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train workers for the
Seventh-Day Adventist church.
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We don't charge the students
a tuition fee for attending
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our school here.
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Many of them come
from quite poor families.
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So we ask the students to help
out with a lunch and breakfast
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preparation in the kitchen
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and we have a rotating
schedule so that only once every
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other day are
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they in the kitchen.
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and when they aren't in
the kitchen then they can be
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learning typing on
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the computer, or a washing
there clothes, taking bathe
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or different things like this.
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Every week we need to
come into Siliguri to get our
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weekly groceries.
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So get a, forty
kilos of potatoes, onions.
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You can see here we're
getting our weekly supplies,
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this will last
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us a week and a half or so.
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We're off to the Autonomous
region of Sikkim now after
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spending a couple
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days here at the
Lifestyle Center.
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A new church has been
opened in Rhenock and there the
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church elder has
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invited us to come hold a
Daniel and Revelation seminar.
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This should be a real
enjoyable time I've never been
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to the autonomous
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region of Sikkim before
it's a very cultural area
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in North India.
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We're all packing up our bags
bringing out blankets it may be
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a little cold there.
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The program here in North
India is Mission Minded and
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designed not only
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to reach the students
but to prepare them to teach
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others about God,
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Scripture, Prophecy
and the health message.
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Driving in India can be
quite Mmmm, treacherous, in fact
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I've always said
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that one is only millimeters
away from death on the
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roads in India.
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Looks like we're going to
have a short delay, this guy
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thats taking us to
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Sikkim is fuel gauge said
that he had fuel but a it's not
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working apparently
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so we are stranded
here on our way to Sikkim.
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Not sure whats going to
happen, this is part of the
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interesting things of
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doing these kind of trips
you never know whats gonna
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happen it makes it
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more of an adventure.
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Since we were traveling in
two jeeps we sent the other
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jeep to get some
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fuel, while we waited
along side of the road.
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Before long the other driver was
back with the much needed fuel.
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We pored it into the jeep
and we were back on our way.
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While we made it to
Sikkim but now we have another
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obstacle it turns out
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that since this is an
autonomous region that the
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Nepali workers that
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are coming with us are
not to come into the country
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because they don't
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have there national ID cards
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From Nepal coming into
this area and that's unfortunate
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because Joseph is
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our main speaker for
this series that's going on
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and he's from Nepal and they're
saying that all the Nepali
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people have to go
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back to the Center
now and back to India.
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So we're not sure what
we're doing yet we're kinda
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regrouping at this point.
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Ok, I will send a
Hanna to meet you.......
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Final decision looks like
the Nepali students are gonna
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go back to the Center.
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Joseph who's the main
speaker does have a Nepali
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passport so he's gonna
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be able to come back
tomorrow and maybe the other
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students will come
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back tomorrow to and
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They're thinking if they
come in in a smaller group they
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might be able to
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all get back into Sikkim here.
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So we're gonna go on up
to another hour into to the
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heartland of Sikkim
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and they're gonna head on back.
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Really disappointing
but, what else can you do.
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This highway reminded me of
something that you would see
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out of a National
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Geographic's magazine and was
quite a frightening experience.
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To go there is not so difficult
but takes a little time
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over the roads
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that have been torn by
landslides and never seem
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to be kept up very well
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with lots of
dust and bumpy roads.
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Finally late that
night we reached our
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destination in Sikkim.
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We were surprised and
happy to find out the Nepali
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students were on their
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way to the church that was a
relief and an answer to prayer.
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The next morning after
breakfast the prophecy seminar
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began on schedule.
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Recently they have
invited us to the church there
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in Rhenock to help with
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the church members they
have knowledge of God but not
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much knowledge
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of his word and so
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they invited us to come
and hold programs on Daniel
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and Revelation
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with many commitments here
at the center my mother and
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I have not been
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able spend so much time
so one of our teachers here
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Joseph and Hanna have
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gone to hold this
Daniel and Revelation program.
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Joseph is presenting
the classes on Daniel and
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Revelation and Hanna is
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sharing in a simplified
version to the children.
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My name is Hanna
yesterday I was teaching to the
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children about Daniel
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and his three friends,
also about Daniel 2 studying
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about the dream
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of king Nebuchadnezzar.
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Mostly the part that I
enjoyed was teaching them about
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the prophecy and
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how God can use even a heathen
king to let him know that
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what is going to
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come in the worlds
history and I hope that the
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children understood.
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Visiting the homes in the area
to invite them to a prophecy
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seminar is very difficult.
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In a place like this you just
can't mail out fliers or have
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advertisements on TV and
radio like we do in America
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On top of the Adventist
church is a megaphone speaker
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that broadcasts
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everything that's happening
in the church and it echoes
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across the valley.
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Megaphones like this on
top of churches are common all
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through India.
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If people hear something
happening or hear there is a
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meeting being held
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they may stop by at the
church and see what's going on.
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Joseph is one of our
missionaries who works
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closely with Sandra
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and Terri Horner.
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I like the prophecy sequence
of the nations that comes
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one after another
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and falls and its tells
interestingly in the Bible.
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It tells me about more about
a sure existence of God and
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that God is there
00:19:02.26\00:19:03.20
and that he is
leading everything and every
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circumstances and every events
00:19:06.66\00:19:09.20
that is taking
place in this earth.
00:19:09.20\00:19:12.43
Here at the Rhenock
Seventh-Day Adventist church
00:19:20.50\00:19:23.03
in Sikkim the local
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church elder invited me to
come and share with the members
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on what baptism is.
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What does it mean, what
the steps are in baptism, how
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to get ready and what
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the purpose of baptism is.
so today we had a presentation
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on it and it's been
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a blessing to be
able to share with them
00:19:43.16\00:19:45.60
how in Christ we can become new
and give away our wash away our
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old life in baptism.
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While we were there in Rhenock
we took a little excursion
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up to the top of
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the mountain beautiful part
of Sikkim it's such a beautiful
00:19:57.60\00:20:02.83
country there in
00:20:02.83\00:20:04.16
the view of the
snow capped Himalayas
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we were able to go for a
nice outing with the students
00:20:07.13\00:20:10.93
on the pond up there
00:20:10.93\00:20:12.83
and paddle boats it was really
enjoyable many of them had never
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been on boats before
00:20:15.76\00:20:17.23
and so they had a great
time going around the pond
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there it was
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really enjoyable.
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My name is Joseph
Mugar and I'm working in the
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Lifestyle Education
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Center as a teacher and as a
translator also and I have been
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working for the last
year translating the Great
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Controversy.
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In Nepal from 1999 we
started a publishing committee
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to work together
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to try to translate the books
of Ellen White into the Nepali
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language it has
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been a very difficult work.
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So many of the people
that have promised to do the
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work they have
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never done it and many of
the times we have found that
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the translation
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is very poor quality.
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Many sentences are missing
many paragraphs are missing
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and so Joseph
00:21:05.66\00:21:06.63
who's just a 7th grade graduate.
00:21:06.63\00:21:12.56
He has been studying the
spirit of prophecy over the
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last four or five
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years and his English has
grown so much that he's taken
00:21:16.83\00:21:20.13
on the challenge
00:21:20.13\00:21:21.16
of translating
Great Controversy.
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My biggest challenge is
the words vocabulary words
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it's very difficult
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to understand and the sentence
structure is very different.
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I think if I have the time
to work continually it will
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take about three
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months or so to
finish translation work.
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Please pray for us that we
might work efficiently we may
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work for Nepal and
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they may be
blessed by this book.
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On our last Sabbath in North
India we all went for a hike.
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Towards the top of the
mountain we came to a large
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Buddhist temple.
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Buddhism was founded
in Nepal and it along with
00:22:01.30\00:22:04.73
Hinduism are the two
00:22:04.73\00:22:06.26
predominate religions in India.
00:22:06.26\00:22:08.66
Its presence in here in
this area is obvious as well.
00:22:08.66\00:22:12.00
The building is large
and unique and the sound
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of hypnotic drums beating
00:22:14.03\00:22:16.00
will grab the
attention of any who passes by.
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We hear in the Bible
about demon possession and how
00:22:19.60\00:22:23.03
Jesus with just a
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prayer and a word
the demons were gone.
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Some of the challenges working
with them here and people
00:22:29.46\00:22:32.13
who from their
00:22:32.13\00:22:33.30
heart did not want to leave
separate from the demons has
00:22:33.30\00:22:36.96
been a real trial
00:22:36.96\00:22:38.63
and a challenge in
working with the people here.
00:22:38.63\00:22:44.36
One of our young ladies in
the women's ministries course
00:22:44.36\00:22:48.73
from the day she was
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.36
married she had
problems with demon possession.
00:22:50.36\00:22:54.80
It would attack her and
she would just be thrown
00:22:54.80\00:22:58.96
violently around it would
00:22:58.96\00:23:01.33
take several
men to hold her down
00:23:01.33\00:23:04.06
and to keep her from running
off and a killing herself
00:23:04.06\00:23:07.90
or hurting herself
00:23:07.90\00:23:08.93
severely and so whhe came
to the Lifestyle Education
00:23:08.93\00:23:11.86
Center she said
00:23:11.86\00:23:12.96
she was free of this problem
but slowly as she let other
00:23:12.96\00:23:17.43
things get in
00:23:17.43\00:23:18.56
the way between her and
God satan got the opportunity
00:23:18.56\00:23:22.90
to attack her.
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.13
At first started out very
minimal, very short attacks,
00:23:24.13\00:23:27.93
but as the time
00:23:27.93\00:23:29.06
increased some of the
attacks would last as long as
00:23:29.06\00:23:32.80
an hour and sometimes
00:23:32.80\00:23:36.06
maybe two hours and with
prayer and singing reading
00:23:36.06\00:23:44.70
Gods word she
00:23:44.70\00:23:46.40
would find release but
00:23:46.40\00:23:49.93
It requires on the person
who is demon possessed if they
00:23:49.93\00:23:53.53
want freedom that
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.23
they give their heart and
their life totally to the Lord.
00:23:55.23\00:24:00.53
For others to work for them
it gives a temporary relief,
00:24:00.53\00:24:03.93
but unless they
00:24:03.93\00:24:05.03
themselves seek for it,
you can only do so much and
00:24:05.03\00:24:10.70
so this has been a big
00:24:10.70\00:24:12.03
challenge working with
people who aren't willing
00:24:12.03\00:24:14.16
to make the 100%
00:24:14.16\00:24:15.53
commitment with the Lord.
00:24:15.53\00:24:16.80
After walking by the Buddhist
temple we all stopped to rest in
00:24:18.03\00:24:21.46
a large gazebo.
00:24:21.46\00:24:22.20
It was a nice
opportunity for me to share some
00:24:23.16\00:24:25.60
encouraging stories of my
00:24:25.60\00:24:26.96
own spiritual experiences
with the students before I left
00:24:26.96\00:24:30.20
to fly to south India.
00:24:30.20\00:24:31.76
Our students will be going
out in a few months for their
00:24:32.96\00:24:36.66
field work of one
00:24:36.66\00:24:38.66
year of helping
out in evangelism both
00:24:38.66\00:24:41.63
in India and Nepal.
00:24:41.63\00:24:43.76
We need to be able to equip
them for this work help them
00:24:43.76\00:24:48.26
to feel that they
00:24:48.26\00:24:49.46
have tools in which to work.
00:24:49.46\00:24:54.66
The challenge of financing the
Bible workers is continual need
00:24:54.66\00:24:59.33
that we have.
00:24:59.33\00:25:00.53
As I've been in Nepal and
seen the blessings of having
00:25:00.53\00:25:03.60
even just a little
00:25:03.60\00:25:04.66
small portable
computer and be able to show
00:25:04.66\00:25:07.86
pictures to people,
00:25:07.86\00:25:09.16
you know people are even here
are addicted to television and
00:25:09.16\00:25:13.16
it's hard to keep
00:25:13.16\00:25:14.26
their attention but if we
have pictures to show them
00:25:14.26\00:25:17.63
it draws instant crowds.
00:25:17.63\00:25:20.20
We have developed the
New Beginnings program
00:25:20.20\00:25:23.26
in Nepali and to have the
00:25:23.26\00:25:26.26
words their in their own
language to have pictures
00:25:26.26\00:25:29.26
to go along with it is
00:25:29.26\00:25:30.63
just been a real blessing.
00:25:30.63\00:25:32.53
We also need student
missionaries who can come over
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.26
and help those who are
00:25:36.26\00:25:39.13
strong in the their love
and knowledge of the Lord, that
00:25:39.13\00:25:42.63
have a desire to
00:25:42.63\00:25:45.90
work with the people love
the people and to help share
00:25:45.90\00:25:51.46
the gospel to the
00:25:51.46\00:25:52.60
people here of Nepal and India.
00:25:52.60\00:25:55.73
And of course always there is
the needs of building churches
00:25:55.73\00:26:00.10
in different areas.
00:26:00.10\00:26:02.03
We have workers in Nepal and
here at the Center right now,
00:26:02.03\00:26:07.36
but some of
00:26:07.36\00:26:08.46
these students are
going to be graduating we see
00:26:08.46\00:26:10.60
promise in a number
00:26:10.60\00:26:11.70
of them and it will be
helpful if we could have funds
00:26:11.70\00:26:16.53
to be able to
00:26:16.53\00:26:17.73
sponsor, support some of these
young people as they go out
00:26:17.73\00:26:21.80
into mission work.
00:26:21.80\00:26:23.66
We're trying to give
our students a vision
00:26:23.66\00:26:25.83
of doing mission work
00:26:25.83\00:26:28.20
themselves it's not just
for Americans to do mission work
00:26:28.20\00:26:31.46
but they need to be
00:26:31.46\00:26:33.43
able to go to their own people
or to new unentered areas.
00:26:33.43\00:26:38.73
One of the rewards you know
as we've been trying to teach
00:26:38.73\00:26:43.10
scripture songs
00:26:43.10\00:26:44.33
is to hear the
young people singing these
00:26:44.33\00:26:46.33
scripture songs when
00:26:46.33\00:26:47.90
it's not class time.
00:26:47.90\00:26:51.06
I guess that's
a teachers reward.
00:26:51.06\00:26:55.63
As you can see there
are many projects underway
00:27:23.53\00:27:25.83
in North India.
00:27:25.83\00:27:27.10
From training
missionaries, church planting,
00:27:27.10\00:27:29.53
to translating books and
00:27:29.53\00:27:30.90
holding Bible
seminars. Even in spite of the
00:27:30.90\00:27:33.36
many challenges
00:27:33.36\00:27:34.40
and struggles Sandra
and Terri face they and the
00:27:34.40\00:27:37.36
students are pressing
00:27:37.36\00:27:38.70
forward in faith.
00:27:38.70\00:27:40.16
By the faithfulness of there
efforts God is blessing and the
00:27:40.16\00:27:44.16
fruit is coming forth.
00:27:44.16\00:27:45.80
This project in North
India and Nepal continues to be
00:27:45.80\00:27:48.86
a blessing and a
00:27:48.86\00:27:49.83
source of truth and
hope to many people.
00:27:49.83\00:27:53.00
If you'd like to help
support this project or if you
00:27:59.46\00:28:02.40
are interested in
00:28:02.40\00:28:03.60
missionary opportunities, please
contact our ministry at Laymen
00:28:03.60\00:28:08.00
Ministries 414 Zapada Rd.
00:28:08.00\00:28:11.10
St. Maries, ID 83861.
00:28:11.10\00:28:14.53
Our email address
is office@lmn.org and
00:28:14.53\00:28:18.83
our website is
00:28:18.83\00:28:19.76
www.lmn.org. you can
00:28:19.76\00:28:23.90
find us on Facebook
and Youtube just search for
00:28:23.90\00:28:27.06
Laymen Ministries.
00:28:27.06\00:28:29.63