Hi, I'm Hilary Macias
with the Maranatha Minute.
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For the fifth year
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Maranatha returned to
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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for a special mission
program called Go Maranatha.
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More than 600
people attended the event
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where church leaders,
volunteers and Maranatha staff
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shared reports and testimonies
from around the world.
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Acclaimed men's
chorus Christian Edition
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blessed the audience
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with several musical selections.
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In addition to inspiring
presentations and videos,
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the event also provided a venue
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for people to
reconnect with friends
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and gain valuable information
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about upcoming
volunteer opportunities
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from Maranatha staff.
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Maranatha will
host another opportunity
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to learn more about
our work around the world
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at Mission Maranatha,
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our annual convention.
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This year the event will
take place September 18 and 19
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in Sacramento, California,
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and will feature
volunteer testimonies,
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country reports and music
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by Oakwood University's
award-winning choir,
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The Aeolians.
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This event is free
and open to everyone.
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We hope to see you there.
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More than 16 million people
live in the country of Zambia.
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Although this
sub-Saharan country
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is most famous for
wonders such as Victoria Falls,
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most people can be found
living far off the beaten path.
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Lilian lives in
the village of Lwendge
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with her husband
and their 10 children.
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A teacher by profession,
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Lilian moved to
the village years ago
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to care for her disabled father.
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Now, she makes a meager living
by traveling into the forest,
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cutting down trees
and making charcoal.
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Her situation is not ideal.
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Farming or raising livestock
are not options due to drought,
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lack of financial
resources and clean water.
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In fact, the nearest
well is a few kilometers away
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and Lilian must
make several trips a day
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to provide water for her family.
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We suffer a lot here
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because the water is very deep.
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You can't dig with hands.
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It's very difficult anyway.
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But we have to do it
because water is life.
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Despite the difficulties,
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Lilian has found strength
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through her faith connection
to God and her local church.
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It's important
because I find it easy,
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when I am in difficulties,
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I find that my members
are the ones to empower me.
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And that
encouraged me also to do so,
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so that those who
are in difficulties,
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they can also be
empowered as I was.
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Lilian attends the Lwendge
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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This congregation
started 15 years ago
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and membership has
grown to 78 members.
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They are zealous
about spreading God's love
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to their neighbors.
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The passion this
group has for sharing Christ
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is something you'll
find all over the country.
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Because of this,
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Zambia is an area of the world
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with one of the
largest Adventist memberships.
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What motivates them to
become part of the church
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is actually the
knowledge that they receive
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that Jesus loves them
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even before them
decided to love Jesus.
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But then He was the one
who first decided to love them.
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And so when they
realize that actually
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we have someone who loves
us, or who loved us before,
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then they are
motivated to join the church.
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This rapidly growing
church creates challenges.
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Eddie Himoonde is the pastor
of the Lwendge congregation,
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but they are just
one of the many groups
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he is responsible for.
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In my district, I
have 35 organized churches,
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and the area is
about 200 kilometers apart.
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Yes, the whole district
membership is about 11,260.
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Caring for more
than 11,000 members
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is very demanding.
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Visiting the
numerous churches in his area
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is a difficult endeavor,
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especially since Pastor Himoonde
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doesn't have access to
reliable transportation.
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Sometimes I take
maybe a week or two weeks,
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just walking to
the furthest church,
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because I don't have a car,
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I don't have a
motorbike, I walk.
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And sometimes
members, sometimes who agree,
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they come and pick me
up on their motorcycle.
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They cycle me to that church.
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But if there's no one
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who's having even a
bicycle in that area,
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then I have to walk
through, I sleep on the way,
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wake up in the morning
and then continue moving
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until I reach to that church.
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Then I begin
visiting the members now,
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one on one, praying with them,
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seeing how they are
doing and encouraging them.
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Then I get back
to my home again.
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The large area makes
visits few and far between.
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In a year it's once.
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Yes.
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On average it's once because
these 35 organized churches.
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And then I still have
smaller churches again,
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about 20 of them,
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which also need my attention.
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So if I visit this church here,
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for me to rotate
back to this church,
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it's a challenge.
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So what helps me basically
is to train the laymen.
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Laymen are well
trained, well organized
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that even if I'm not there,
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they'll still
carry on with activities.
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And then they just
give me the reports.
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Unless there is something
is so much challenging,
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then they call me.
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I quickly come to their aid.
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Pastor Himoonde relies
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on dedicated members like Lilian
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to keep the
churches alive and vibrant.
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But one element
many congregations
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are still missing
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is anadequate place to worship.
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Although some groups
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are able to build
church structures,
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many are left
worshiping under trees
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or in simple shelters
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like the members
have built in the Lwendge.
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The challenge that I face
when such incidents happened
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where we evangelize,
maybe public campaign,
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then there
people give themselves.
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But then when they
come to the actual church,
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they find that actually
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where we are
worshiping is not conducive.
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There are no seats,
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they are
worshipping under the tree
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or maybe under the grass,
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then it becomes a
challenge for them to stay on.
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They feel like,
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they cannot really
stay on in this church.
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They need a better structure.
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We have some
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that actually leave this place
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to go and worship in
some far distant church
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because there they have
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at least a
structure they have built.
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But here they feel like,
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"No. We cannot worship
our God in this scenario."
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The challenges
Pastor Himoonde faces
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are echoed all across Zambia.
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There just
aren't enough churches.
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From 2009 to 2015,
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Maranatha responded to a request
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from the
Adventist Church in Zambia
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and built more than 300 churches
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all over the country.
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Since then,
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Adventist membership in Zambia
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has grown to more
than 1.2 million people.
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But the rapid growth means
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there are still congregations
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without proper
places to worship.
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In 2018 Maranatha
returned to Zambia
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to once again
build more churches.
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This requires a dedicated
local construction team
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that travels from town to town
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bringing the hope of a church
to numerous congregations.
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The process of building churches
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includes two
visits from the crew.
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First, they traveled to the site
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to install metal
bases anchored in concrete.
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This ensures that the
building has a solid foundation.
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Once this base is
hardened and cured,
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the crew loads up
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the necessary pieces
for the structure and roof
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and return to
complete the church.
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Today, they're
headed to Lwendge.
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As the day passes,
work steadily progresses.
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The crew is
joined by church members
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and other people
from the community.
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Everyone is excited
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about the new
development in their town.
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Having a proper
structure in this area
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actually is
evangelism on its own.
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Because like now, we
are doing here at Lwendge,
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Maranatha is
giving us this structure,
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it becomes easier for
me even to evangelize,
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because just
the structure itself
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will be preaching to
the people around here.
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Already people are
already coming here
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and seeing what is happening.
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They just heard the noise here,
the works that are going on.
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People are asking,
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"What is happening
there? What is happening there?"
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Then they believe that
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now we are
worshipping a true God
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because they have
given us a structure.
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And then the people
will just come on their own.
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Activity on the
construction site
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is already enlarging
the Lwendge congregation.
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Several members that had
drifted away from the group
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have returned not only to help
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build their new church,
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but to reconnect with
God and their church family.
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We are very, very
excited as a family,
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not only as a family
but the entire community.
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We are very, very, very happy
and we really appreciate it,
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the job well done.
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This structure will even
change many lives of people
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because what they were
crying for has now come.
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God has answered
our prayers through you.
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And may God
bless you abundantly.
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And I think next time
we shall have more members
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than we have right now.
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This simple steel frame is
providing not only shelter,
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but hope for
congregations all over Zambia.
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It might look
simple in their eyes,
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but it is big in this community.
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Because it has
never happened before.
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The people have never
seen such a structure here.
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You see, even the houses around,
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if you're to move around,
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there are no iron sheets around.
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You just use
the grass and stuff.
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So when they see just
this simple structure,
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it's not simple
as it may look like.
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It is big. It
will go a long way.
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The ones that
Maranatha provided,
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in the first place
people are very happy
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about these structures.
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So they are
already calling "Pastor,
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we have already
started now molding bricks,
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because we have seen
that God has come to our aid."
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They are now mobilizing
themselves to mold the bricks,
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burn the bricks and then
begin building the walls.
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If you come back next year,
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you will not find them
as open as they are now.
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It's Sabbath morning,
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and one of church
members are meeting for worship.
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A few weeks ago,
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their worship
experience was far different
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as they were meeting under
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a wall-less
thatched roofed structure.
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Their attempt at
constructing a church
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sits vacant as the
group ran out of resources
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and had to
abandon their efforts.
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But then Maranatha came
and built them a new church
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changing everything
for this congregation.
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On the structure
when it was built,
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we're motivated.
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We did different kinds
of evangelistic programs,
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we invited a lot of
people to see the structure
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and how the Adventist movement
as Maranatha has helped us.
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It just brought a
lot of things to us.
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Yeah, even the way of worship,
I think we have improved.
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It is very important
that Maranatha continues.
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Actually, I still,
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I'm still going
through some pressure now
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because other
churches that have heard
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that the Maranatha is
building and has built,
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they are saying,
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"When are they
coming here also?"
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Because we also need their help.
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When we come back,
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we'll leave the bush
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and head to
Zambia's fourth largest city
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where a small school
is making a big impact.
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If you're a teenager
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looking for the
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We're headed to Peru
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This year marks
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for Ultimate Workout.
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What started as a smaller
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So if you qualify,
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be sure to register
and join us in Peru.
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If you're a little too
old for Ultimate Workout,
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join Maranatha's
annual Young Adult Project
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and connect with
other young people
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who have a heart of service.
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This project is
designed for 18-35 year olds,
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and will be headed to Peru
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to build a church in Portachuelo
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from July 23 to August 2.
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In addition to construction,
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we'll also organize
community outreach activities.
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Learn more about
these mission trips
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and others on our website.
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The city of Kabwe
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sits in the
central province of Zambia.
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It was founded as a mining town.
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And although the
mines have closed,
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commercial farming
and other industries
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continue to fuel
Zambia's fourth biggest city.
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Kabwe has a vibrant
Adventist community.
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Drive throughout the city
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and you'll encounter
dozens of Adventist churches
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of all shapes and sizes.
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But for many years,
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the Adventist community
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was lacking one
major component, a school.
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The schools that we had
here are secular schools
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as well as
Catholic schools, basically.
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Now what used to
disturb most of the Adventists,
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particularly our
conference workers,
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was the issue of
having those secular meetings
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on the Sabbath.
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Every time
there's PTA, on Sabbath.
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There's this kind
of gathering Sabbath.
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Hey!
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And it really disturbed them.
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Every time they have
to excuse themselves.
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"No. Sorry."
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They have to
beat about the bush.
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"I won't be available.
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I'm traveling to
such and such a place.
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There's this function."
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Hence, there was need
now that we come about to,
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we come out
with this school for,
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this church school.
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In 2006,
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the Kabwe Adventist
School began with 64 students.
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Each passing week
was a matter of prayer
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as no one knew if
the school would survive.
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And it began as a real baby.
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No one was sure that
this school would grow up
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what it is now.
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Okay.
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Struggling with
enrollment, 64 pupils.
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That's how our
school progressed.
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It opened to the
public on eight of January.
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And the pupils in the class
maybe here there are three,
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other class there are four.
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And you would wonder,
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"Is this school
ever going to be filled?"
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But despite the small size,
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they were devoted
to providing the best,
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most well-rounded
education in town.
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And enrollment grew.
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Why?
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Because it clicked
in everyone's mind.
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Most of our parents
around that Adventist education,
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basically, it is
a two-sided coin.
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Okay.
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The development
of a spiritual being,
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as well as excellence in
the world that we live in.
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Thirteen years later,
the baby school is thriving.
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Enrollment has
grown to more than 500.
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And the campus
now offers education
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from preschool
through secondary school.
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Over the last decade,
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the Kabwe Adventist
School has set itself apart
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in the sea of
education choices in town.
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Local Adventist
families aren't the only one
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sending their
children to study there.
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Currently 65% of
the student population
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is non-Adventist.
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The local community at large
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has discovered
high quality education
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offered on the campus.
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The differences are
quite subtle, right?
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So we have the holistic
approach of the physical,
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the mental and the
spiritual faculties.
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So when we are
training their hands,
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we're giving them a skill set
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that other schools do not offer.
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Mostly, people send
their kids to school
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just to get the
intellectual aspect.
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Have your kids,
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you know,
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astute and get them
very schooled and learned.
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There's also a
spiritual aspect to it.
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There are certain challenges
that people face in life
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that your intellect
might not get you through.
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So you need that
spiritual aspect.
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You also need the skill set
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to help you navigate
through life's problems
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and challenges quite easily.
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One of the items
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that contributes to
the holistic education
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offered at the
Kabwe Adventist School
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is an intentional focus
on spiritual development.
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The school staff
includes a team of chaplains
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led by Mawuse Michello.
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They care for
the spiritual needs
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of each and every person
connected with the school.
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So my function is to offer
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the spiritual
aspect of the school.
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So remember we
have the mental aspect,
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we have the physical aspect.
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So I help out
with both the spiritual
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and the social
integration of the child.
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And not just the
pupils themselves,
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but also the staff members.
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So we do works like counseling
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for both staff
members and pupils.
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And even parents
when they do see fit.
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We do talk to parents
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when they come to get
reports for their children,
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and they do visit
our office as well
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just to help
them understand that
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we need a balance
between the homeschooling
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and the actual
space that we have here
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between the
teacher and the child.
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The chaplain's work is basically
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quite massive at this place.
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Mawuse has learned that
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ensuring a child emotional
and spiritual needs are met
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makes for more engaged students,
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encouraging and
interacting with students
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as well as visiting
families in their homes
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is a regular part of his work.
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In this time and age
in which we're living in,
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a lot of homes are broken.
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Those that are being made
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are not made on
the spiritual stance
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that they should,
00:19:03.41\00:19:04.74
so it affects the well-being
of the child psychologically,
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it affects them socially.
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They become very disruptive.
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But if we can
bring in that component
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where we have a
school where we build
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good citizens and
candidates for heaven as well,
00:19:16.02\00:19:18.72
it actually does a
lot for this community
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and the world to come as well.
00:19:22.06\00:19:23.39
So we need more
than just this school,
00:19:23.43\00:19:26.83
but most schools
to actually open up
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and help with
the social well-being
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of the community at large.
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The quality of education
offered on the Kabwe campus
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and the nurturing staff
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has families
flocking to the school.
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When I first came here,
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I did a sample
00:19:41.21\00:19:43.01
because I really wanted
quality education in the kids.
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So when I went around,
00:19:48.85\00:19:51.19
I was told there is
Kabwe Adventist School
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.36
being a Christian school.
00:19:53.39\00:19:55.26
So I went there to
look for space for the kids.
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It was not easy
00:20:01.33\00:20:02.66
because space there are limited.
00:20:02.70\00:20:04.63
And they accepted me to
take the children there.
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Chileshe has three daughters
00:20:09.97\00:20:11.71
all attending the
Kabwe Adventist School.
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He lives 30
minutes outside the town,
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.68
which makes the commute
to school a bit challenging.
00:20:16.71\00:20:19.11
But to him, the
drive is worth it.
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Education is very important.
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Me, I never had that chance.
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My parents, they
didn't work well to,
00:20:28.56\00:20:31.03
on my foundation.
00:20:31.06\00:20:33.16
So I did want to create
00:20:33.19\00:20:36.97
a very good foundation for them.
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And it's an investment.
00:20:39.53\00:20:41.40
I'm trying to budget for it.
00:20:41.44\00:20:43.67
I really want to invest in
them so that even when I die,
00:20:43.71\00:20:47.34
once they finish school,
they're going to survive.
00:20:47.38\00:20:50.31
So education is the best
gift that I can give a child.
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So I've not even
looked at the distance.
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It's far from here to town.
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But I'm one of those
00:20:59.65\00:21:00.99
who are trying at least
to give quality education.
00:21:01.02\00:21:04.79
Chileshe's
assessment of the school
00:21:04.83\00:21:06.43
is shared by other parents
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.86
who want the best
education for their children.
00:21:07.90\00:21:10.67
I looked around the
schools around Kabwe,
00:21:10.70\00:21:15.10
but when I found that
the quality for the education
00:21:15.14\00:21:19.34
you're providing there
is much more qualitative
00:21:19.37\00:21:22.31
than any other schools.
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That's what brought me there.
00:21:26.28\00:21:28.68
The school has
impacted me in a very big way
00:21:28.72\00:21:33.05
because you are providing
00:21:33.09\00:21:37.49
that kind of
holistic type of education.
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You get a child
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but you treat that
child like your own.
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Then by the time they're
coming out of your school,
00:21:48.67\00:21:53.17
they are real
citizens of our Zambia.
00:21:53.21\00:21:58.21
Gordon's daughter
Precious is in secondary school
00:21:58.25\00:22:01.05
and is the top
student in her class.
00:22:01.08\00:22:03.12
He is grateful
00:22:03.15\00:22:04.49
for the excellent
academic program at Kabwe.
00:22:04.52\00:22:06.59
And the icing on the cake
00:22:06.62\00:22:07.96
is the relationship they built
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.32
with the school's
faculty and staff.
00:22:09.36\00:22:11.93
We are even good
friends with the teachers.
00:22:11.96\00:22:14.73
I know their contact numbers,
they've been into my home,
00:22:14.76\00:22:18.40
I've been to their school.
00:22:18.43\00:22:19.83
And each time there is
anything concerning our child,
00:22:19.87\00:22:24.57
they contact me.
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Chileshe, Gordon
00:22:27.01\00:22:28.34
and their
families are not Adventist,
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.18
but they feel fortunate
00:22:30.21\00:22:31.55
to be part of the Kabwe
Adventist School family.
00:22:31.58\00:22:34.25
Demand at the school is
high, but space is very limited.
00:22:34.28\00:22:38.35
Parents, they really
want to take their children
00:22:38.39\00:22:40.29
at Kabwe Adventist School.
00:22:40.32\00:22:42.56
But there is no
space and the staff,
00:22:42.59\00:22:47.53
they have restricted themselves
in growing their number.
00:22:47.56\00:22:51.93
They have put the
control measure there.
00:22:51.97\00:22:54.54
They don't just accept
anyone because of their space.
00:22:54.57\00:22:58.54
So they cannot
accommodate the classrooms,
00:22:58.57\00:23:02.11
the space is not
enough for expansion.
00:23:02.14\00:23:05.45
Because now we also have
a challenge of enrollment.
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.35
Because many
people are coming. Okay.
00:23:08.38\00:23:09.82
They have realized
00:23:09.85\00:23:11.19
that Adventist
education is sweet.
00:23:11.22\00:23:16.19
They want to
test that sweetness.
00:23:16.22\00:23:19.63
And every time we just
say, "No. There's no space."
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The ideal design
is for about 450.
00:23:23.37\00:23:28.57
But we do extend
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.01
because of the
large amount of people
00:23:30.04\00:23:32.44
who want to
bring their kids here.
00:23:32.47\00:23:33.98
So you have quite
a long list of people
00:23:34.01\00:23:36.41
who are on the waiting list,
00:23:36.44\00:23:37.91
in case someone
goes off on transfer,
00:23:37.95\00:23:39.45
they will easily
bring their child here.
00:23:39.48\00:23:41.82
But we don't have
space for everyone as yet.
00:23:41.85\00:23:44.62
There are more than 500 students
00:23:44.65\00:23:46.55
meeting in a
space designed for less
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.62
and a long waiting
list for admission.
00:23:48.66\00:23:51.16
The school needed to grow,
00:23:51.19\00:23:52.96
but they had no
resources to do so.
00:23:52.99\00:23:55.03
Plus, the current
campus is landlocked
00:23:55.06\00:23:57.07
with no
physical space to expand.
00:23:57.10\00:23:59.63
From 2009-2014,
00:23:59.67\00:24:02.44
Maranatha constructed
seven schools in Zambia.
00:24:02.47\00:24:05.61
When the growing need
for churches and schools
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.51
brought us back to
the country in 2018,
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.94
the expansion
of the Kabwe School
00:24:09.98\00:24:11.75
was high on the list of needs.
00:24:11.78\00:24:13.95
Local church leaders
identified a large plot of land
00:24:13.98\00:24:16.85
and Maranatha
quickly began construction
00:24:16.89\00:24:18.82
on a 12-classroom campus.
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.09
The new site will be
for elementary students
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.19
moving them out
of cramped facilities
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.23
and into spacious classrooms.
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.03
This also enables
the secondary school
00:24:27.06\00:24:29.00
to expand into the
existing elementary classrooms.
00:24:29.03\00:24:32.53
When you go into the new campus,
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.07
you see the new
buildings that are coming up.
00:24:34.10\00:24:36.47
It actually gives you hope
00:24:36.50\00:24:37.84
that we have more
spaces and more doors
00:24:37.87\00:24:40.84
that are open to allow
pupils to come through.
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.51
And the beauty of it is,
00:24:43.55\00:24:47.08
for every child
that will go through,
00:24:47.12\00:24:48.45
they'll have an opportunity
to actually meet Christ
00:24:48.48\00:24:50.69
in the classroom.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.05
So the more blocks you have,
00:24:52.09\00:24:53.96
the more opportunities
for Christ you have
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.79
to expose Him to
the community at large.
00:24:55.82\00:24:57.96
Most of them will
never have an opportunity
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.39
to get to a church building
00:24:59.43\00:25:00.76
to actually
listen to the gospel.
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.36
But when they come
to Christian school,
00:25:02.40\00:25:03.73
that's the one
opportunity they have.
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.57
So you actually have
more of an opportunity
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.24
to minister to them,
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.60
and to share Christ with them.
00:25:08.64\00:25:09.97
So it's beautiful when we see
the campus growing that much.
00:25:10.01\00:25:12.81
We have more spaces open
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.01
to actually preach
the gospel to them.
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.21
This school,
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.22
it is God Himself
that is building it.
00:25:21.25\00:25:24.25
But He cannot come from
heaven to come and mold bricks.
00:25:24.29\00:25:26.76
But through His
agencies He's able to do that.
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So the coming of
Maranatha International,
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it's not human dream.
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No.
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no, no, no, no, no.
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God Himself
puts things in place.
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He has got a
plan for everything.
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And at every moment,
He puts things in place,
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and they just fit in.
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Maranatha's work
to provide churches,
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schools and water
wells is answering prayers
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all over Zambia.
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But we need your help.
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Help us provide
water to communities
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that are thirsty.
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Help us expand opportunities
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for children to
learn about their world.
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And the
princess gave him a name.
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Do you know the name?
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Who can guess?
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Me. You?
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Moses. Moses.
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Help us spread hope
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through the
construction of churches.
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Projects in Zambia
are in need of funding.
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And you can help
by making a donation.
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Many of the people who
walk through those doors
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who never knew
Christ at the very start.
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Once they get to know Him
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and they make
their choice for Him.
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It would be nice for you to
actually get those messages.
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When you get to
heaven, someone comes and say,
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"Thank you for giving."
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So it's an opportunity for
us to actually serve humanity.
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You might never be
the best of preachers,
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you might never
make it to history books
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to be known to be people
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who've helped
humanity so much so.
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But when we give
the little donations
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that we can,
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we come and help
build the school,
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we send our kids to this place,
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those are the few contributions
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that will actually make
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so much of a
difference to people around.
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So making a difference
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in just one's child's
life is very important.
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And I would ask you
to, to try and do it.
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Yeah, it's an
opportunity in life to serve God
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in just this small space.
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You may not
realize even as Maranatha,
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the work that you are doing now,
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how far it will go,
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and how far it goes in
the minds of the people.
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So it is quite important
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that Maranatha continues
building these structures here
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because at the end of the day,
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people praise God
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for this work
that you are doing.
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