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From the trailers and RVs
behind me you might think I'm
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in a national park, but
this is typical for a stateside
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Maranatha Volunteers
International project.
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Traveling from home to a
Maranatha project somewhere
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in North America, it's still
an integral part of Maranatha's
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volunteer opportunities.
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Some of our
volunteers they stay in motels,
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others they stay in
the homes of friends,
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but most they just hook up
the trailer, pack up the RV,
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and head off into
a world of service.
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In just a few moments we'll meet
one of the couples who has come
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here to Florida.
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But first, here's
what's happening today
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in Maranatha's world.
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Thirty-five volunteers
finished construction on a new
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school campus at an existing
school in New Delhi, India.
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Volunteers have built 7
One-Day classrooms in a cluster,
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revitalizing the long
term commitment of the
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Southern Asian Division
to education in this region.
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An Ultimate Workout leadership
team recently spent a week
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on the Mosquito
Coast of Nicaragua,
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determining final locations for
this summer's Ultimate Workout.
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If you know a team looking
for the adventure of a lifetime,
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please have them
sign up at MARANATHA.ORG.
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The "Maranatha Mission Stories'"
production team just returned
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from Honduras where they
documented the inauguration of
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the Choluteca school campus.
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More than 800 volunteers have
made their way to Honduras to
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make this school a reality.
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This month volunteers have
begun work on the CEA school,
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a new project similar in scope.
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Watch "Maranatha
Mission Stories" every week for
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the latest mission news.
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And thank you for your support.
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Twenty years ago Maranatha
embarked on a project in
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the Dominican Republic that
would forever alter the course
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of the
organization, Santo Domingo '92.
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Twelve hundred volunteers built
twenty-five brick-and-mortar
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churches in just seventy days.
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Never before had Maranatha
attempted to coordinate
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a project of this size.
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And volunteers from around the
world descended on Santo Domingo
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to be a part of
Maranatha history.
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Each day they traveled to
their job sites to lay block,
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roof, tile, and paint.
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At new churches,
lifetime friendships were formed
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as the volunteers and
locals worked side-by-side.
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Twenty years later the impact of
this project can still be seen.
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Adventist church membership
in the Dominican Republic has
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tripled as God continues to
bless the work that was started
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in Santo Domingo.
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Let's take a moment for
an update on Maranatha's
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upcoming projects.
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Have you always thought
that it would be fun to go on
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a Maranatha project if
you had the right skills?
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Don't worry. Just go.
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There's always a job
for everyone on a Maranatha
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mission trip.
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Here are a few of the
options you won't want to miss.
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Take your family on an adventure
to Nicaragua June 14-24 for
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the Maranatha
Summer Family Project.
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You'll find a mission
opportunity for every member
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of the family.
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If you're a teenager, or
know one who wants to experience
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an extreme mission adventure,
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check out Maranatha's
22nd Ultimate Workout.
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Volunteers will build churches
and schools at Nicaragua's
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remote Moskito Coast.
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The dates are July 17-30.
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If you're in college, we
have a project just for you.
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The Collegiate Project runs
from July 17-30 in Nicaragua.
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And if you're a young
adult, join us in Nicaragua
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August 1-13.
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There's always a project
that's just right for you.
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To find it, visit our
website: MARANATHA.ORG.
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Usually "Maranatha Mission
Stories" takes you to faraway
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places, but you'll be glad
to hear that not all Maranatha
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projects require a
30 hour plane ride.
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Some of you, we've learned,
prefer to stay closer to home
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and serve communities
right here in North America.
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So we've created what
we call Stateside Projects.
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And in 2012 you'll be able to
find us in Florida, California,
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the Carolinas,
and even Colorado.
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It's the middle of winter
here in Tampa Bay and nearly
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40 volunteers have traveled in
their RVs to come help renovate
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2 Messianic Jewish
Adventist Synagogues.
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This is part of one of
Maranatha's many stateside
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projects.
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As volunteers we get to
know so many different people.
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When we came to this one I
knew--I already knew everybody
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that's here.
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And I know a lot of people
that are at the other project.
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And so you just kind of
build your relationships and you
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actually become friends.
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No matter where you go you've
got some friends just about
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any place you go now.
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So, Maranatha makes
friendships worldwide.
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So, I am thankful for that.
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I love always
participating in them,
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because I just know that like
every nail or every screw that's
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put in there is going to help
the gospel and to be a progress
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in the area of which we work.
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These synagogues have
sustained a significant amount
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of wear and tear over the years
and were right for renovation.
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From painting, demolition,
framing, electrical, cooking,
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and far more there was an
opportunity for every volunteer
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to get involved.
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[laughing] Here it comes.
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Thank you, thank you John.
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Thank you much.
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How about the other wire?
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We talked to Roger Hatch
project coordinator and asked
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how he had to do any
special preparation for
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a stateside project.
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Well, U.S.
projects, by and large,
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are quite
different than what they are
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out of The States.
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First of all,
usually you need permits.
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You need plans.
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And those all have to be
approved by local authorities.
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And that's one of the
first things that happens.
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Next thing most of the projects
here in The States needs
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leadership that is very familiar
with the codes and so forth.
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So, now then you've got to
have experienced leaders that
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understand the codes.
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Does that mean that
everybody has to be skilled?
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Absolutely not.
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They just have to be willing.
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We can use any willing able
bodied person that can swing
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a hammer or do
electrical work, and so forth.
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How does this help the church?
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Well, it saves the labor.
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And labor is a big
part of any project.
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When we do projects like this
we usually talk about carpenter
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work, and siding,
setting windows, setting doors,
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putting siding
on a building, roof.
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The replacing of the roof
may have been the most notable
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change, but there was also a
buzz of activity on the ground.
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The attraction of a stateside
trip as far as I'm concerned is
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that we purchased a motorhome
the first year we were married,
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and so we were able to
utilize that in traveling to
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the different projects.
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We have been able to see parts
of The United States that I had
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never seen before.
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Meet people that
I'd never met before.
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And it's wonderful to
have friends just all over
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The United States
as well as the world.
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This Tampa Bay project gave
volunteers a unique opportunity
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to experience Jewish culture.
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What I enjoyed in the
service is the participation
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of the congregation.
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How they blend their voices
in and sing praises to God
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in their own custom
ways that they do that.
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The Florida Conference of
Seventh-day Adventist planted
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these two Messianic
Jewish Adventist congregations
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in Saint Petersburg
and New Port Richey.
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The remodeling the volunteers
did that will help enhance
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the ability of the ministry
to reach their community.
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That Saint Petersburg
the main thing was putting
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a new roof on the sanctuary
and putting siding--new siding.
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Tearing the old siding off.
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Putting new siding
on their classrooms.
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And fixing up a garage so
that they could make a classroom
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out of it.
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Here we're taking out some
walls and opening up an area
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for fellowship.
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And doing some stucco work
on the inside of the church.
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Security lights,
repairing doors that don't work,
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and door
closers that don't work,
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and drinking
fountain that don't work.
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The list goes on and on.
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So, we got the
majority of the shingles on.
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If you come out here, you
can see that wall back there.
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We had to tear off all
the stuff they had on there,
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'cause it was
pulling away from the wall.
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So, we stripped that all off.
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And we re-stuccoed, kind
of smoothed out the wall.
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We drove 1,100 miles
from Michigan to get here.
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It took us 2 days.
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I came here on this project--I
thought I might be doing
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some roofing, might
be doing some painting.
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And I ended up
power washing a fence,
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taking the paint off and power
washing this shed behind me.
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I thought I was signing up
for a project in Florida to do--
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play in the sun, play in
the water, and have a good time.
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I didn't think
I'd be power washing.
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Oh, that Harry.
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He hates the beach.
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He is such a joker.
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Great group.
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We've really appreciated working
with all the Maranatha people.
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It's been tremendous.
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Every time we go
to--go on a Maranatha,
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Joel will say I
wonder who we're gonna know.
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And that means so much to him.
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The interaction between
people of every walk of life,
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every background, and
all of a sudden you are just
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one big family.
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There's no better
way to serve the Lord.
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If a person can
find the time to do it,
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and there's no better
way to meet new friends.
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And to keep in
touch with old friends.
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It is just a
wonderful way of life.
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And I highly recommend it.
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That's cool.
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So, how many trips
have you actually been on?
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This is just our third.
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Just your third?
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Yeah.
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But you've got--
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We've got the fever.
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Okay.
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So, I want you to tell me about
your Navion and why that is such
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an important part of your life?
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Well, we love to travel.
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And we can get 16 miles to
the gallon if I keep my foot a
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little light on the accelerator
and keep it down around 55.
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So, you can
actually get 16 at 55?
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I can get 16 at 55.
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And I can get 15 at 65.
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I'm impressed.
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And so you're able to
travel a long ways actually
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at a fairly inexpensive rate.
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But and you have a
full cafeteria inside?
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Oh, yes.
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There's sufficient things in
there for me to use to prepare
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a pretty decent meal.
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What have you
enjoyed most about this trip?
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Well, maybe the best thing
is meeting new people that we
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hadn't met before.
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That's always fun.
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But the
camaraderie of Maranatha,
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the trips is wonderful.
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It's catching.
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Where did you start?
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What was your
first Maranatha trip?
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Yuma. Yuma.
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Now that--did you
drive this out there?
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I drove this out here.
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I did tow a car on a tow dolly,
because I needed a tool chest.
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And that was your tool chest?
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I had to have
something to carry my tools in,
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so that was in
the trunk of the car.
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I think you're right.
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You need to look for a trailer.
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But you take your tools,
you go all the way out there,
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and you did miracles in Yuma.
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That was a big project.
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Yes. That was a lot of fun.
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So, from Yuma to?
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We went to Eden Valley.
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Up in the--was that beautiful?
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It was.
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Had you been there before?
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I'd been to Rocky
Mountain National Park before,
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but not to Eden Valley.
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So what did you think
when you stood at Eden Valley
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and looked at the
sunrise in the morning up there?
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It was beautiful.
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Words can hardly
express what it looked like.
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It's just calm, wasn't it?
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It just makes you feel good.
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Yeah, but don't forget the
first night we had a hail storm.
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[laughing] I have been there
when there was a hail storm.
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That's amazing.
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And so did it
hurt your motorhome?
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If you look real
close to the hood,
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there's a few
slight little dents.
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It knocked a couple--
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Yeah, but this
one is a lot safer.
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It's not going to hail tonight.
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You promise?
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Yeah, we're
probably going to be okay.
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I don't think we're gonna
get any Florida hurricanes
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now either.
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No. I think you're pretty safe.
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You have gone on three trips.
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Where would you like to go next?
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Well, we're going
to South Carolina.
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You're coming up to Nosoca
then and help up at the Pines.
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That's cool.
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And what do you look forward
to--other than just the people?
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I think it's just fun.
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I'm a do-it-yourselfer.
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I mean, I built my own house.
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It took me 2 years and
that was in 2001-2002--I started
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in Christmas 2001 and
moved in in November 2003.
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Two years later.
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Yeah, 2 years later.
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But you did it all yourself?
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Not all of it.
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No. I didn't set tresses--
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Yeah, but you did
everything you possibly could.
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I put up walls.
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I did electric.
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I did plumbing.
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I did what I could.
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And so when you come on a
Maranatha project in the US,
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you can do most anything
anybody that anybody can ask.
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I like to do electric that's
what Roger had us set up to do
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is electric and
a little security.
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Well, we're ending
up doing the security.
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Yeah, but now when you
do that kind of thing--well,
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today you were down working
on the roof down at the other
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synagogue, right?
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No, we were working on an old
shed they have down there that
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they ought to fit a match to.
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Yeah.
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You know I saw you guys working
on that and I wondered if it
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would ever get straight again.
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Did you get it straight?
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It's pretty straight.
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But they ought to
put a match to it?
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Yeah, and go buy a pre-fab job.
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And when you come, you
don't work on the roof.
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No.
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In Yuma I worked in the kitchen.
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And I had the privilege
of working on housekeeping
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at Eden Valley.
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Cleaned toilets,
cleaned showers, vacuumed.
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And here I'm working
in the kitchen again.
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Well, let me tell you
something that the folk at
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Eden Valley said after the group
left and several of us were
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talking to the leadership.
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And they were emotional
about how clean Eden Valley was
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because of what you folk gave.
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It was a different place.
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It had not been
that clean for years.
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So, that's a testimony to
the kind of work you did for us
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and with us up there.
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Thank you. You're welcome.
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Well, okay.
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Nosoca Pines is next.
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So, are you gonna have
a trailer behind you then?
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I think so.
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I've already--I almost bought
one over here the other day
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and she talked me out of it.
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Well, you can always just
put more tools in your trunk.
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I've got a luggage
carrier on the back there.
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And when we came over here
we brought sheets and blankets
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and all the silverware and the
dishes that you see in there.
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She collected
through our church,
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advertising in our
church we need all this stuff.
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Roger brought a load over early.
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This thing--the bed was covered.
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She had the back of that wagon
so full she could--had to hold
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it and close the door.
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So, when you go you
basically are self-contained.
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But you're a
little more than that.
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You're self-contained,
but you're project centered.
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Whatever's needed.
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Whatever's needed.
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What a neat way to
describe Maranatha.
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This group, as I've
noticed all Maranatha groups,
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you tend to get together
and talk about spiritual things
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that are important.
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What have you learned
spiritually from this experience
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on this trip?
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We've had some
really good worships.
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And some interesting, you know,
people relating some interesting
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things that
happened in their lives.
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And so, it's that kind
of a personal testimony,
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"This is where God is
with me," that encourages you.
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Well, the interesting thing
is here is that we have a rabbi,
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Rabbi Jeff that
we're working with.
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And we're finding out a lot
about the Jewish heritage and he
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talked to us, gave us a
little bit of background,
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and one of our vespers he
conducted and we learned a lot
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about the Jewish religion.
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I guess it'd be
called a religion.
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And we've gone to a
few of their meetings.
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Good. Good.
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Did you get to carry the Torah?
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No.
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Dave got to do that.
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Good. Good.
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The other day I was in one
of the states in the center
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United States and met
with several folk at a church
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who said, "Well, we'd
like to come on a project,
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but we're just not sure
that we would be any value.
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What would we do?"
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I don't think they
need to worry about it.
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They can find
something for you to do.
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There's always something?
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I think there's
always something to do.
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I mean, some people aren't
skilled, but they learn skills.
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And there's a lot of
things here that you can learn.
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There's a lot of times
when you need a goffer.
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Like somebody
to do housekeeping?
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Yes.
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That works.
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So, how would you encourage
folk in The United States,
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who don't really want to
go overseas on a mission trip,
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to go on a stateside project?
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What would you say?
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Try it one time
and they'll not quit.
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They'll continue to participate.
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The old saying,
"Try it, you'll like it."
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"Try it, you'll like it."
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Well, I hear that there's food
and that if we get over there
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pretty quick we
won't miss supper.
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Let's run.
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It's amazing.
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Maranatha volunteers are
a special breed of people.
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What makes Maranatha Maranatha
is the project and the people.
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Together--you just need both.
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And the people who come on these
trips they've been to other
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trips and there was a humility
in them and a willingness
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to do whatever the task is.
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That's so amazing to see
people of different cultures,
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different ages, just come
together and work on a project
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that many of us it might be
the first time that we're even
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involved in construction.
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And many of us are very seasoned
and it's an amazing experience
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that we take and we like to
run with for all of our days.
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So, it's been an
amazing adventure so far.
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Meeting people from around
the US and around the world.
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And I hope to do
many many more of it.
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In reading the Bible through
again this year I've been
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captivated by two
moments with Jesus.
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One at the very beginning
and one pretty close to the end.
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The first one of course
is in the orchid garden where
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Adam and Eve get to
walk with the creator.
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I wonder what they talked about.
00:24:01.66\00:24:03.66
Man, I've wondered that so much.
00:24:03.66\00:24:05.66
I would love to have been there.
00:24:05.66\00:24:07.50
It's one of the videos
I want to watch in heaven.
00:24:07.50\00:24:09.43
But imagine walking
with Jesus in the garden.
00:24:09.43\00:24:12.83
"Lord, what's with this
Spanish moss hanging down
00:24:12.83\00:24:15.56
from the trees?"
00:24:15.56\00:24:17.63
He laughs and says, "You know
when we were planting trees,
00:24:17.63\00:24:20.03
we decided they needed something
hanging down that could live off
00:24:20.03\00:24:23.53
of the air and
would look like garlands."
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Well, they did a
pretty good job, didn't they?
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The other one I
wanted to get to, though,
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is the one in
the Greek Scripture.
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It's that day when Jesus was
walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus
00:24:37.03\00:24:42.33
and we do know
what they talked about.
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It's a bit of a
memory right there.
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They don't know who it is, but
as they're walking along they
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start complaining about life.
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And Jesus says, "Do you
know what's been happening?"
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They didn't.
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They didn't have any idea.
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And so he explained
the plan of salvation.
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He began clear
back at the beginning,
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back in Eden with Adam and Eve,
all the way up through Moses,
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all the way through David,
and then he stopped and focused
00:25:12.80\00:25:17.43
totally on what was
going on in Jerusalem.
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How the Messiah
was going to come.
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The Messiah was going to die,
and the Messiah was going to
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live again.
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That's the part of the story
I would love to have heard.
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Didn't matter what was going
on around him, dogs barking,
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people running, Romans shouting.
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It made no difference at all.
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All they heard was
Jesus came to die for my sins.
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And because of him I can
plan for the resurrection.
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It's the greatest
message in Scripture.
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Jesus' own voice telling
it to two disciples who had
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the good sense to
tell it to you and me.
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So, on Maranatha
projects I listen a lot to what
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the volunteers talk about.
00:26:06.76\00:26:08.53
They talk about everything.
00:26:08.53\00:26:10.06
They talk about football games.
00:26:10.06\00:26:11.50
They talk about skydiving.
00:26:11.50\00:26:13.63
They talk about why do
cars work and don't work.
00:26:13.63\00:26:15.76
They talk about
a thousand things,
00:26:15.76\00:26:17.06
including how many
drills it takes to do the job.
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But when the light goes
down, you know what they're
00:26:22.13\00:26:25.66
talking about?
00:26:25.66\00:26:27.33
The plan of salvation.
00:26:27.33\00:26:29.03
It's as if Jesus is
right there with them.
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And you can see the tears
begin to flow as they dig deeper
00:26:31.10\00:26:33.70
into the book.
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And in the book
fall in love again.
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continued support to build more
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00:26:47.93\00:26:50.63
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Wow Sadie, it's
exciting out here.
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It is.
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Thank you for coming.
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Thank you.
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I'm Dick Duerksen host of
"Maranatha Mission Stories."
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Thanks for joining us today.
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We're here at Tampa, Florida.
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Next week somewhere wonderful.
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