Hi.
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I'm Dustin Comm with
the Maranatha Minute.
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This year join
Maranatha's annual convention
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straight from your living room.
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On September 19,
watch Mission Maranatha,
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a two-hour broadcast event.
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This special will
feature volunteer testimonies,
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reports from the mission field,
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and ways that
you can stay involved
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even from home.
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Our annual gathering inspires
and informs all who attend
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and we know this year's
event will also bless you.
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Watch as we take you
on a trip around the world
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to see stories of how
people have been changed
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by the mission of Maranatha.
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Despite the unique challenges
presented by COVID-19,
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God has
continued to use Maranatha
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to spread the gospel.
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So join us for a
celebration of missions
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as we share
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what the Lord has
done around the globe.
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This broadcast special will
air on a variety of networks
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as well as on demand on our app,
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the Maranatha channel.
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Go to
maranatha.org/missionmaranatha
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to learn more about this
year's convention events.
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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
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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,
Lilian has found strength,
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through her faith,
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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
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about spreading God's
love 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
deciding to love Jesus.
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But then He is the one
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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,
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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, I don't have a motorbike.
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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,
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and then continue moving
until I reach to that church.
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And then I begin visiting
the members now one on one,
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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,
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,
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well-organized that
even if I'm not there,
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they'll still carry
on with the 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 their aid.
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Pastor Himoonde relies on
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dedicated members like Lilian
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to keep the
churches alive and vibrant.
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But one element
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many
congregations are still missing
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is an adequate 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
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when such incidents
happen where we evangelize,
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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 they cannot
really stay on this church.
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They need a better structure.
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We have some 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 at least a structure
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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,
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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 travel 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 these
bases harden and cure,
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the crew loads up
the necessary pieces
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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 will be preaching
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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,
"What is happening here?
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What is happening there?"
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Then they believe that 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
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from the group have returned
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not only to help
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,
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and we really
appreciate 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,
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we shall have more
members 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,
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 has provided,
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in the first place,
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people are very happy
about these structures.
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So they are already calling,
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"Pastor, 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 Wana 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 has 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'm still
going through some pressure now
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because other churches heard
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that Maranatha is building
and has built are saying,
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"When are they coming he 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 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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As the Seventh-day Adventist
Church continues to grow,
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the need for proper
places of worship increases.
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But some congregations
are in rugged remote locations
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where traditional
construction isn't possible.
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Without good roads or
access to the right materials,
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it's physically and financially
challenging to build.
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Yet the need is still there.
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People are
worshipping in harsh conditions
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in the hot sun, the rain,
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in dark, cramped
sheds, or under trees.
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It's for these congregations
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that Maranatha
uses the one-day church,
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a sturdy steel frame
with a strong metal roof
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that can be
built in a single day.
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These simple
structures are strong enough
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to withstand extreme weather
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but light enough to
haul into remote locations.
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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 place.
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There's this function."
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Hence, there was need
now that we come about,
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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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to what it is now.
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Okay. 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
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maybe here, there are three,
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
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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
the 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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Jericho, Jericho,
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Jericho Joshua fought
the battle of Jericho...
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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,
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65% of the student
population 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 skillset
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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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But 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 that skillset
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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 that contributes
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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 most 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 and the social
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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
when they come to get reports
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for their children
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and they do visit
our office as well
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just to help them understand
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that 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's 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,
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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,
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where we build good
citizens and candidates
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for heaven as well,
00:19:17.75\00:19:19.09
it actually does a
lot for this community
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and the world to come as well.
00:19:21.96\00:19:23.29
So we need more
than just this school,
00:19:23.32\00:19:26.96
but more schools to
actually open up and help
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with the social well-being
of the community at large.
00:19:29.36\00:19:33.00
The quality of education offered
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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
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because I really wanted
quality education in the kids.
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So when I went around,
00:19:48.88\00:19:51.09
I was told there is
Kabwe Adventist School
00:19:51.12\00:19:53.25
being a Christian school.
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So I went there to
look for space for the kids.
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It was not easy
00:20:01.30\00:20:02.63
because space there are limited.
00:20:02.66\00:20:04.60
And they accepted me to
take the children there.
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Chileshe has three daughters,6
00:20:09.94\00:20:11.77
all attending the
Kabwe Adventist School.
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He lives 30
minutes outside the town,
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which makes the commute
to school a bit challenging.
00:20:16.68\00:20:19.11
But to him, the
drive is worth it.
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Education is very important.
Me, I never had that chance.
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My parents,
they didn't work well
00:20:28.62\00:20:31.09
on my foundation.
00:20:31.13\00:20:33.09
So I did want to create
00:20:33.13\00:20:37.10
a very good foundation for them.
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And it's an investment.
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I'm trying to budget for it.
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I really want to invest in
them so that even when I die,
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once they finish school,
they're going to survive.
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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 who are trying
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at least to give
quality education.
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Chileshe's
assessment of the school
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is shared by other parents
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.90
who want the best
education for their children.
00:21:07.93\00:21:10.67
I looked around the
schools around Kabwe,
00:21:10.70\00:21:15.14
but when I found that
the quality of the education
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you're providing there
is much more qualitative
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than any other schools.
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That's what brought me there.
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The school has
impacted me in a very big way
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because you are providing
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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,
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they are real
citizens of our Zambia.
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Gordon's daughter
Precious is in secondary school
00:21:58.31\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 build
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.39
with the school's
faculty and staff.
00:22:09.42\00:22:11.93
We are even good
friends with the teachers.
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I know their contact numbers,
they've been into my home,
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I've been to the school.
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And each time there is
anything concerning our child,
00:22:19.87\00:22:24.54
they contact me.
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Chileshe, Gordon,
00:22:26.98\00:22:28.31
and their
families are not Adventist,
00:22:28.34\00:22:30.25
but they feel fortunate
00:22:30.28\00:22:31.61
to be part of the Kabwe
Adventist School family.
00:22:31.65\00:22:34.22
Demand at the school is
high, but space is very limited.
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Parents, they really
want to take their children
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.16
at Kabwe Adventist School.
00:22:40.19\00:22:42.52
But there is no
space, and the staff,
00:22:42.56\00:22:47.46
they have restricted themselves
in growing their number.
00:22:47.50\00:22:51.83
They have put the
control measure there.
00:22:51.87\00:22:54.57
They don't just accept
anyone because of their space.
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So they cannot
accommodate, the classrooms,
00:22:58.64\00:23:02.04
the space is not
enough for expansion.
00:23:02.08\00:23:05.55
Because now we also have
a challenge of enrollment.
00:23:05.58\00:23:08.38
Because many
people are coming, okay.
00:23:08.42\00:23:09.88
They have realized that
Adventist education is sweet.
00:23:09.92\00:23:16.19
They want to
taste that sweetness.
00:23:16.22\00:23:19.56
And every time we just say,
00:23:19.59\00:23:21.26
"No. There's no space."
00:23:21.30\00:23:23.40
The ideal design
is for about 450.
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But we do extend because
of the large amount of people
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who want to bring the kids here.
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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\00:23:37.95
in case someone
goes off on transfer,
00:23:37.98\00:23:40.15
they will easily
bring their child here.
00:23:40.18\00:23:41.85
But we don't have
space for everyone as yet.
00:23:41.88\00:23:44.62
There are more than 500
students meeting in a space
00:23:44.65\00:23:47.52
designed for less
00:23:47.56\00:23:48.89
and a long waiting
list for admission.
00:23:48.92\00:23:51.19
The school needed to grow,
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.93
but they had no
resources to do so.
00:23:52.96\00:23:55.06
Plus, the current
campus is landlocked
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.03
with no
physical space to expand.
00:23:57.07\00:23:59.67
From 2009 to 2014,
00:23:59.70\00:24:02.47
Maranatha constructed
seven schools in Zambia.
00:24:02.50\00:24:05.64
When the growing need
for churches and schools
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.51
brought us back to
the country in 2018,
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.88
the expansion
of the Kabwe School
00:24:09.91\00:24:11.81
was high on the list of needs.
00:24:11.85\00:24:14.02
Local church leaders
identified a large plot of land
00:24:14.05\00:24:16.82
and Maranatha
quickly began construction
00:24:16.85\00:24:18.79
on a 12-classroom campus.
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.12
The new site will be
for elementary students,
00:24:21.16\00:24:23.22
moving them out
of cramped facilities
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.19
and into spacious classrooms.
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.10
This also enables
the secondary school
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.96
to expand into the
existing elementary classrooms.
00:24:29.00\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\00:24:36.50
It actually gives you hope
00:24:36.54\00:24:37.87
that we have more
spaces and more doors
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.84
that are open to allow
pupils to come through.
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.45
And the beauty of it is,
00:24:43.48\00:24:47.12
for every child
that will go through,
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.48
they'll have an opportunity
00:24:48.52\00:24:49.85
to actually meet
Christ in the classroom.
00:24:49.88\00:24:52.12
So the more blocks you have,
00:24:52.15\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\00:24:59.46
to get to a church building
00:24:59.49\00:25:00.83
to actually
listen to the Gospel.
00:25:00.86\00:25:02.36
But when they come
to Christian school,
00:25:02.40\00:25:03.77
that's the one
opportunity they have.
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.60
So you actually have
more of an opportunity
00:25:05.63\00:25:07.40
to minister to them and
to share Christ with them.
00:25:07.44\00:25:09.77
So it's beautiful
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.14
when we see the
campus growing that much.
00:25:11.17\00:25:13.11
We have more spaces open
00:25:13.14\00:25:15.01
to actually preach
the Gospel to them.
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.25
This school, it is God
Himself that is building it.
00:25:18.28\00:25:24.25
But He cannot come from
heaven to come and mold bricks.
00:25:24.29\00:25:26.82
But through His
agents, He's able to do that.
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.26
So the coming of
Maranatha International,
00:25:29.29\00:25:31.63
it's not a human dream.
00:25:31.66\00:25:35.80
No. No, no, no, no, no.
00:25:35.83\00:25:37.67
God Himself
puts things in place.
00:25:37.70\00:25:40.87
He has got a
plan for everything.
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.87
And at every moment,
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He puts things in
place and they just fit in.
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Maranatha's work to
provide churches, schools,
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and water wells
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is answering
prayers all over Zambia.
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But we need your help.
00:25:55.25\00:25:57.59
Help us provide water
00:25:57.62\00:25:59.22
to communities that are thirsty.
00:25:59.25\00:26:00.66
Help us expand opportunities
00:26:04.33\00:26:06.29
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
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.08
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,
00:26:32.92\00:26:35.19
once they get to know Him
00:26:35.22\00:26:36.56
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 come 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.
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.70
You might never be
the best of preachers,
00:26:47.74\00:26:49.64
you might never make it
to history books to be known,
00:26:49.67\00:26:52.54
to be people who've
helped humanity so much.
00:26:52.57\00:26:56.08
But when we give the
donations that we can,
00:26:56.11\00:26:58.25
we come and help
build the school,
00:26:58.28\00:27:00.18
we send our kids to this place,
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those are the few contributions
00:27:01.95\00:27:03.28
that will actually
make so much of a difference
00:27:03.32\00:27:05.29
to people around.
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So making a difference
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.02
in just one child's
life is very important.
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And I would ask
you to try and do it.
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Yeah, it's an
opportunity in life to serve God
00:27:12.29\00:27:15.03
in just this small space.
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You may not
realize even as Maranatha,
00:27:17.77\00:27:19.57
the work that you are doing now,
00:27:19.60\00:27:20.94
how far it will go,
00:27:20.97\00:27:22.30
and how far it goes in
the minds of the people.
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So it is quite important
00:27:24.51\00:27:25.84
that Maranatha
continues building
00:27:25.87\00:27:27.31
these structures here
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because, at the end of the day,
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people praise God
00:27:30.11\00:27:31.45
for this work
that you are doing.
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