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- [Mary Ann] We've
grown up in the Church,
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and have always been
somewhat involved in outreach.
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But how can we get
involved in missions overseas?
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My name is Mary Ann.
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- [Lilyann] And I'm Lilyann.
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We wanted to find out.
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Join us on your journey.
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(gong sound effect)
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To discover the culture.
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The lifestyle.
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- [Mary Ann] The
need, and the mission.
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- [Lilyann] In two
of southeast Asia's
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least reached countries.
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- [Mary Ann]
Welcome to MissionTREK.
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- Hey, welcome
back to MissionTREK.
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- In the last
episode, we traveled
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from Chiang Mai to
the Sharon's by motorbike.
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Then, we went to a refugee camp,
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where we saw some
of the amazing ways
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that God is working there.
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- Today, we will
be meeting some more
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real life missionaries.
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- So we traveled from
the Sharon's to a school
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on the border of
Myanmar, which used to be Burma.
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And since we had our whole
team and the Sharons family,
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we had to borrow a truck,
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and we all piled
into that one truck
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with all our luggage.
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- It was pretty tight.
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- It was really tight.
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So here's a video
of how we traveled.
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(upbeat acoustic music)
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- [Lilyann]
Yeah, it's a busy day.
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We went to the refugee camp,
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and then we came
back and packed up.
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And as you can see,
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the truck is very,
very packed full of people.
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There's seven of us in the back.
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With all the luggage.
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- [Mary Ann]
And then four people
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are on two separate motorbikes.
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- Hi.
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- [Mary Ann] And then
some people are up front, too.
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It's gonna be fun.
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- We're really tired.
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(Mary Ann coughing)
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- And we're sick.
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Or I am.
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- We're a little
sick, little sick.
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- Anyways.
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But it's been pretty fun.
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- We're just
heading to Sunshine Orchard.
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Probably will get there late.
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- So we traveled
like that in the truck
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for about three hours.
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And it was fun, even
though it was squished.
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Bur after dark,
it got really cold.
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- It did.
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But it's normal for
people to travel like that,
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all piled into one vehicle.
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Never see that here in America.
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- Nope.
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So we traveled from the Sharon's
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to Sunshine
Orchard, which is a school
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on the border of Burma, that
works with the Karen people.
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- So now, we
wanna talk a little bit
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about the Karen people's
history, and their background.
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Before World War II,
they were a minority in Burma,
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and the Burmese hated them.
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- But the Karen were the ones
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who were most
open to the gospel,
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and many of them
became Christians.
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If you're
familiar with Eric B. Hare,
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he was a missionary
with that same people group,
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almost a hundred years ago.
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And he wrote a
lot of books telling
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about his amazing
adventures over there.
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- They are really
interesting to read,
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like once you start, it's
really hard to put them down.
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So during World War II,
the Karen helped the British
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push the Japanese
out, with the understanding
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that they would
then get their own state.
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- But even though
they worked really hard
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to help the British
push out the Japanese,
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once the war was over,
the British gave full power
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to the Burmese, and left,
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while the Burmese continue
to treat the Karen horribly.
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- And many Karen
people were killed.
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And a civil war was started
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that has been
going on ever since,
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and it is the longest civil war
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in the history of the world.
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- And even today,
there's still fighting
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from time to time,
and many of the Karen
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have fled into
Thailand and other countries,
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and some even
into the refugee camps,
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like the one that we visited.
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Others who had migrated before
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are now living in the jungles,
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and today we can
go meet some of them
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and sit in their houses.
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- But getting back
to the show right now,
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our first
adventure's with a dentist,
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who is going out not
only to do dental work,
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but to train other young
people in basic dentistry.
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- Warning, there
are needles and blood,
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so you many want to look
away during part of this video.
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(peaceful music)
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- So, we're here
at Sunshine Orchards,
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and we came here
from the Sharon's house.
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This morning, we're
going with a group that's here.
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We're going to a village,
and we're gonna be doing
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teeth
extractions, well, I'm not,
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but the doctor, Dr.
Hamilton, and other people
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are gonna be doing teeth
extractions for the villagers,
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so we're gonna
see what that's like.
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And Mary Ann's not
able to come with us
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because she is sick.
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She got sick, I think, from dust
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when we were doing
lots of motorbiking.
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And not enough rest, also.
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So she's gonna stay home today,
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hopefully she can
get feeling a lot better
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so she can join us tomorrow.
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(gentle acoustic music)
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When we visited
Sunshine Orchard,
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there was a
special medical missionary
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training course for
the high school graduates.
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Dr. Jack and his
wife Katie came to teach
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those students
how to pull teeth.
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Most of the
villagers chew betel nut,
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which is similar to tobacco.
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So their teeth are really bad.
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So we're at the village now.
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It was like, not very far drive.
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Maybe 15 minutes.
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We're here now, and
they're trying to set up a spot
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to do the
extractions, and getting
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all the stuff
out, and everything.
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So far the
buildings that I've been in,
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which this is the only one, but.
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It's not bamboo,
they're just like wood slats,
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so there's all
these holes in the wall,
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so that's kind of interesting.
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But this is the school
building that they have
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in this village.
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And the huts are
made out of bamboo.
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Some people right
now are going around,
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some of the people
that work in the village,
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and telling
people that we're here,
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and that they're ready to
do the extractions, I guess,
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just so people can come.
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Just have to wait
for people to come now.
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(gentle acoustic music)
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One of the most powerful
ways to reach the hearts
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of these people is
to meet their needs.
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In remote villages
far from a dentist,
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pulling teeth brings
great relief to those in pain.
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(gentle acoustic music)
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So how did you guys meet?
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- I'll let you tell that one.
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- Okay.
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We were both going to a
local community college.
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And we met in a Spanish class,
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because we wanted to be
able to go and do mission work.
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And I had been going
to Mexico with my family
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on short term mission trips,
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and it just so happened
that we were partners in class.
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And we found out that
we were both Adventists.
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And became good friends.
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- So why are you guys here?
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- We're here to
teach some of the kids
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how to pull teeth,
how to clean teeth,
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so that they can go
out into the villages
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and use that as
a witnessing tool.
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- So would you recommend
mission work for young people?
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- Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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- It's life-changing.
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It helps change
your perspective.
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And it makes your
Christian walk come to life.
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It's very real.
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- [Jack] When I was 15,
I went on a mission trip
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to Dominican
Republic and pulled teeth,
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kinda got the bug.
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And decided that's
what I wanted to do.
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So I became a dentist.
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- [Lilyann] That's awesome.
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Is there a need for young
people in the mission field?
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- Yes.
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- Very much so.
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They learn much more quickly,
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they can learn the
language more quickly,
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but even more than that, if
you're talking about dentistry,
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they pick up much more quickly.
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The skills that they
need to be able to work.
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- [Katie] And it
seems that people,
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the local people, are
more receptive to young people.
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And there aren't as
many barriers to take down.
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They'll open up their home more
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to a young
person than they would
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to someone who they
feel may be more judgemental,
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or may not understand.
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Young people can get
away with more things.
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- So if you're a
young person watching,
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and you don't exactly
know what you wanna be in life,
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maybe go on a mission
trip, and pray about it,
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and see what God
has in store for you.
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- If you want the greatest
adventure in your lifetime.
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It will also be the scariest.
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It will test every part of you.
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But if you hang on to
Jesus and go on a short term
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mission trip,
he'll help you through,
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and it will be an
amazing adventure.
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(soft piano music)
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- Wasn't that amazing?
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It was such a
privilege to get to watch
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Dr. Jack and his wife
Katie as they help these people.
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They go on trips
like this every year.
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- It seems like they get so
much joy out of it, as well.
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- But since you were sick,
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you didn't get
to go on that trip.
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But at least you got to miss
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the needles and
the blood part of it.
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- Yeah, so I had to
take a couple day's rest
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until I got well again.
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- But I miss having you
with me while we're shooting.
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Ugh, I had to be by myself.
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(both laughing)
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Now, we want to introduce
you to some missionaries
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who are living and
working on the border
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of Thailand and Burma.
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We got to go with them
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as they went to
visit a local village.
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(children singing
in native language)
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I'm here at Sunshine Orchard,
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and I wanted to ask Mr.
And Mrs. Steck some questions
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about what life is
like for them here.
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So what do you guys do here?
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- Well, I'm the
school principal.
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And I also get to do
a lot of other things,
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going to town and buying
supplies for the students,
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and helping fix
different things.
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I get a variety of work here.
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- [Mrs. Steck]
I'm the school nurse,
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and so I have a
lot of fun with that,
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and also teach
natural remedies, health,
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and how to treat
diseases with natural remedies,
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and things like that.
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- How big is the school?
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- [Mr. Steck] We
have about 200 students.
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Kindergarten up
through grade 10.
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- [Lilyann] Oh
wow, that's a lot.
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What is the goal of the
school, the long-term goal?
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- [Mr. Steck] There are
a lot of different schools
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up and down the border here,
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because there is a great lack
of education in Karen state.
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But our purpose is
especially to train young people
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how to be missionaries.
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That includes giving
them practical skills
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in different vocational areas
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so that they can
support themselves
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in whatever God is
calling them to do.
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- What are some of the
needs here at this school?
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- There are a lot
of different needs
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for people to help here,
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because it's a
whole lifestyle here,
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there's some people
that can come and help teach
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English or other subjects,
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there's
opportunities for people to help
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the Karen children learn
how to grow gardens better,
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there's opportunities to
help some of the missionaries
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in their own responsibilities
if they're overloaded.
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There's a lot
of different things
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that people can
do, young or old.
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- So the main need
that I hear you say
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is people, you need people.
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That are willing to
do different things.
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- [Mr. Steck] That's right.
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Sometimes it's a lot
easier to get money than people.
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(all laughing)
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We really need dedicated people
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that want to work for the Lord
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in whatever area
that God calls them to.
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- So what would
you suggest that I do
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if I was interested in
coming here to volunteer?
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Some of the things
I could do to prepare.
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- [Mrs. Steck] One of
the things that young people
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can do to prepare is
go and take a CPR course,
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First Aid course,
maybe TEFL course.
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And if they know how
to play an instrument,
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they can teach the students
how to play instruments.
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- [Mr. Steck] It really
helps to have an attitude
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that you are willing to do
whatever the needs are at hand,
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and that you realize
that that is pleasing to God,
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and it's a great
blessing to the school
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and everybody around
you, if you're willing to just
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get in and do
what needs to be done.
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Having a willing
heart and a humble heart
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willing to do
anything can go a long way
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to making the work a success.
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And that starts in the family.
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Helping your
parents, doing whatever
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can be a help around the home,
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is a great way of preparing
to work in the mission field.
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- You definitely
need a heart of service
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if you wanna be a missionary.
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'Cause Jesus came
and served people.
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Could you share with me
your vision for young people
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in God's work?
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- [Mr. Steck] We are
working with young people here,
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and when young people
see other young people
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that are dedicated to God,
it's an inspiration to them.
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That they don't need to
wait until they're older
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to work for the Lord, and
so there is a great calling
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for young people, and
it's a good way to start out
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your life in serving the Lord.
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- You're always an example,
no matter who you're around,
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in a positive way.
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- Amen.
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- [Lilyann] We've been
visiting a lot of missionaries
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and seeing how
they do everyday life,
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and they seem really
happy, really content,
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of course, they have
struggles and I assume
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that when they first
came over here, it was harder,
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because they
probably missed home,
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but it's a little sacrifice.
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They seem really
happy, and it's exciting
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to just see what
they do and the difference
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that they're making
in the world around them.
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I've enjoyed
having the privilege
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of meeting them and seeing them.
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I wanted to ask the
Drehers some questions
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to find out what life
is like for them here.
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So why did you guys
decide to come here?
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- We came here because
we were at a faith camp,
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and I think every young person
should go to a faith camp,
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and let God speak to
their hearts about their future.
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And God spoke to our
hearts, each separately,
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and we turned to each
other during faith camp,
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and said, God wants me
to go to the mission field.
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And my wife said the same thing.
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And so we did planning,
and we did some searching,
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and we ended up
coming here to Thailand,
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and we were gonna
work with Thai people,
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and we ended up
working with Karen people,
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but we let God lead us
and we need to be always open
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to let God lead
us, and young people
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can be very good at
letting God lead them.
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- How is life here
different from life in America?
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- Well, this is the jungle.
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And it rains for
four to five months,
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sometimes every day, every day,
every day, all day, all day.
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The culture is different.
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The people are different.
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They're very nice,
and they're friendly,
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and we don't have
to be afraid of them,
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sometimes young people are
afraid of the mission field,
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no, we don't have
to be afraid at all.
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Because the people
here are very nice.
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- Plus God is always
with you, wherever you go.
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- And that's right.
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- What do you each
do here at the school?
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- We are teaching the course
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after the high school graduates,
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and it's called the
Medical and Bible Outreach
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training course.
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- [Mr. Dreher] We teach
them how to do health work,
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how to do simple hydrotherapy,
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or how to give health talks,
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and teach them Bible talks,
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and these students
want to help their people,
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and so we have the
wonderful opportunity
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of training young people
how to work in God's world
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and how to share the gospel,
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and how to share the
love of Jesus with others.
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I go up into the
villages with my students
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every Thursday and
Sabbath, and Sabbath afternoon
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we do a branch Sabbath School,
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and sometimes we have 10
to 15 students, sometimes 20.
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Children that
come, and we sing songs
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that are simple, and
we give them health talks,
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and we tell them Bible stories.
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And the children love it.
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And so young people
can get involved in this
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and do this kind of thing.
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- We're here at a
village this afternoon.
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We're doing a branch
Sabbath School thing.
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We're in Mae Salit.
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And, yeah, not sure
exactly what we're gonna do.
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(gentle acoustic music)
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We're gonna go
visiting through the village.
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We're gonna go
to people's houses.
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(gentle acoustic music)
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You know these
babies have no diapers on?
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- [Woman] Yes.
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(both laughing)
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(chattering in native language)
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- [Lilyann] It feels
like you stepped right into
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a mission book, a story
out of a mission book, kind of,
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'cause like, there's
all the pigs, and animals
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underneath the house,
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and you climb
up a little ladder,
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and you're in the
little hut thing, house.
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Yeah.
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It's quite an experience.
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But it's good.
00:19:10.55\00:19:11.78
(talking in native language)
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(gentle acoustic music)
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It's just huge culture shock.
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I don't know.
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It's just like, wow!
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Kind of.
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You read about stuff like this,
00:19:46.48\00:19:47.62
but to actually
be here is just like,
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you get all the
smells and everything.
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(children singing
in native language)
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What?
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- [Man] Do you know
what they're singing?
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- Mm-mm.
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But, it seems to
be nice, a nice song.
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I don't recognize the tune,
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so I'm not sure what
they're singing at all.
00:20:38.03\00:20:40.60
(teaching in native language)
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- I was 16 when our
family first moved here.
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- And I was 19.
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.73
- So what do you
guys do here now?
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- The main thing
is teaching English,
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and another class or two.
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But there's many other
things that you get to do.
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I'm actually helping with
the accounting for the school,
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and helping with translating,
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and sometimes
with medical things,
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but it just
varies from day to day.
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- I've been teaching
mostly fifth and sixth graders,
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which are like, 12 to 16 year
olds, some 18 year olds also.
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I also teach the typing class.
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There's other various things
to do throughout the weeks.
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- [Lilyann] Would you
recommend being a missionary
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to other young people?
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.47
- I would, I definitely would.
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I know before I
came here, I had ideas
00:21:53.78\00:21:56.38
of what I was
gonna do with my life,
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and going to college
and what I was gonna learn,
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and everything.
00:22:00.45\00:22:01.75
But at that point I
don't think I really knew,
00:22:01.75\00:22:04.05
even what my own interests were,
00:22:04.05\00:22:05.99
I didn't really have experience
out there doing anything,
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.66
and after being
in a place like this,
00:22:08.66\00:22:10.66
you kind of get a
really different perspective
00:22:10.66\00:22:12.86
on what really matters in life,
00:22:12.86\00:22:14.83
and really what you
should be doing with your life
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.80
can totally change
in a place like this,
00:22:17.80\00:22:21.57
not when you just come
for two weeks or something,
00:22:21.57\00:22:23.41
but when you come
and you spend time,
00:22:23.41\00:22:26.21
and you get to
understand people better,
00:22:26.21\00:22:29.21
and you get to
understand better what God
00:22:29.21\00:22:30.88
is calling you to do,
00:22:30.88\00:22:32.08
it's a really god
experience for anybody.
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.18
And it can teach
you a lot of lessons
00:22:34.18\00:22:35.75
of learning to not
just follow your own desires
00:22:35.75\00:22:39.42
and do things your own way,
00:22:39.42\00:22:40.49
because you have to
work with other people,
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.42
you have to learn how
to get along with people,
00:22:42.42\00:22:44.06
and not just that, a lot of
times you get asked to do things
00:22:44.06\00:22:46.83
when you're busy,
when you're tired,
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.70
and it's a really
character-building experience.
00:22:48.70\00:22:52.53
- [Sharon] I was
pretty sure I never,
00:22:52.53\00:22:53.97
ever wanted to be a
teacher, that was not for me.
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.40
But God had something
different in mind for me.
00:22:56.40\00:22:58.94
And that's what
he does sometimes,
00:22:58.94\00:23:00.41
he takes people
in the mission field,
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.34
he reveals to them
that he has a different plan
00:23:02.34\00:23:07.32
for them than what they thought.
00:23:07.32\00:23:08.88
And he led me to do just exactly
00:23:08.88\00:23:12.35
what I thought I
was never gonna do,
00:23:12.35\00:23:14.82
what I was sure that, yeah.
00:23:14.82\00:23:17.86
I just could not do.
00:23:17.86\00:23:18.96
And that was being a teacher.
00:23:18.96\00:23:20.96
And that experience grew my
faith stronger than ever before.
00:23:20.96\00:23:26.03
If you want a
faith-building experience,
00:23:27.24\00:23:28.50
definitely go to
the mission field.
00:23:28.50\00:23:31.47
I hated the experience
of being a teacher at first,
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.08
but I'm so thankful
that God changed my plans,
00:23:34.08\00:23:37.41
that I allowed him
to change my plans.
00:23:37.41\00:23:40.35
- That's great,
that's so inspiring.
00:23:41.82\00:23:44.12
Do you ever wanna
live in America again?
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.42
- No.
00:23:48.52\00:23:49.36
(both laughing)
00:23:49.36\00:23:50.73
I have no desire whatsoever
to go back to live there.
00:23:50.73\00:23:55.50
When I first
came here, I thought,
00:23:56.70\00:23:58.87
well, maybe I'll be
here for a little bit,
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.54
I don't know if
I really wanna stay
00:24:01.54\00:24:02.57
in the foreign mission field,
00:24:02.57\00:24:03.97
but then after being
here, was it, for only a month,
00:24:03.97\00:24:06.94
I decided, no, I
wanna be here, either here
00:24:06.94\00:24:10.95
or somewhere in the mission
field, for the rest of my life.
00:24:10.95\00:24:14.32
I really don't
desire to go back to a land
00:24:14.32\00:24:18.25
that already has
so much knowledge.
00:24:18.25\00:24:20.09
- I guess in some
ways you could say,
00:24:21.66\00:24:24.03
the most important
thing is wherever God calls.
00:24:24.03\00:24:26.06
But I'll have to say, I
really don't have a desire
00:24:26.06\00:24:28.23
to go back to America,
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.43
'cause life is a lot different,
00:24:29.43\00:24:32.30
people are a lot more
satisfied with what they have.
00:24:32.30\00:24:35.20
You can meet that here, too.
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.44
But when there's so much
opportunity for them to know,
00:24:37.44\00:24:41.71
and there are so
many people there
00:24:41.71\00:24:43.98
who could be doing the
work to tell them about God,
00:24:43.98\00:24:47.35
it's like there's so much
more that needs to be done here,
00:24:47.35\00:24:50.59
and there's so much of a need,
00:24:50.59\00:24:52.22
and even just the lifestyle,
00:24:52.22\00:24:53.56
you get used to
the lifestyle here,
00:24:53.56\00:24:55.09
and the different
culture, and everything,
00:24:55.09\00:24:57.86
but I definitely
prefer living here.
00:24:57.86\00:25:00.96
- [Sharon] Yeah, there's
so many people in America
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.70
that can tell others
about God, they can witness,
00:25:02.70\00:25:06.53
but there are very few
people, not many people at all,
00:25:06.53\00:25:08.77
that go overseas
and dedicate themselves
00:25:08.77\00:25:11.91
for a long period of time
to share the light with others.
00:25:11.91\00:25:16.41
- Yeah, I know if
I ever moved here,
00:25:16.41\00:25:17.98
I think I would really,
really miss home, a lot.
00:25:17.98\00:25:20.98
But, I know I could
probably work through that
00:25:20.98\00:25:23.99
if God helped me.
00:25:23.99\00:25:25.32
- It can be hard, I
think the thing I've missed
00:25:25.32\00:25:28.26
the most is probably people.
00:25:28.26\00:25:29.86
Like, friends.
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.36
And sometimes,
there's like, oh, I miss
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.36
where I used to live and things,
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.30
but really, in most
cases, the lifestyle,
00:25:35.30\00:25:38.60
a lot of things I don't miss.
00:25:38.60\00:25:41.27
But there's always the
things like family and friends,
00:25:41.27\00:25:43.54
you wish you were closer to.
00:25:43.54\00:25:45.84
- The first one or two
years that we were here,
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.41
sometimes I would
just break down and cry
00:25:48.41\00:25:50.55
for a long time,
'cause I was homesick,
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.91
I'd think about my
close friends back at home,
00:25:52.91\00:25:56.25
and I wanted to
see them so badly,
00:25:56.25\00:25:58.15
I wished I could just fly and
go home right then and there.
00:25:58.15\00:26:01.42
And then maybe come back,
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.66
but I wasn't sure
if I really wanted to.
00:26:03.66\00:26:05.93
But the longer I stay here,
the easier it's been to be away.
00:26:05.93\00:26:10.97
I still miss them a lot,
00:26:11.63\00:26:13.13
but the more I'm here
the stronger my passion is
00:26:13.13\00:26:18.01
for the people here, and I'm
willing to make that sacrifice.
00:26:18.01\00:26:23.08
- Well, thank you
so much for sharing,
00:26:24.41\00:26:25.78
this has been
really inspiring for me,
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.25
and I hope those watching,
00:26:27.25\00:26:28.28
it's also been
inspiring for them.
00:26:28.28\00:26:30.12
(uplifting piano music)
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.76
- So that was really cool.
00:26:43.47\00:26:44.83
I mean, I didn't get
to go, but it looked like
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.67
a really great
experience for you guys.
00:26:46.67\00:26:48.40
- It was.
00:26:48.40\00:26:49.54
When we went out with
Dr. Jack and his wife,
00:26:49.54\00:26:51.84
it was so
inspiring to get to see
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.14
how they worked through
the obstacles and challenges
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that they faced to be
there to help these people,
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provide dental care for them.
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I mean, we even
heard of some people, who,
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because they did not
have dental care available,
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they started digging out
their own teeth with a machete.
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- The amount of
pain you have to be in
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to do that is unbelievable.
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- And then the Karen people.
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Who have gone through
so much, so much torture,
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and then having
family members and loved ones
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killed in front of them.
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That is so horrible.
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But still, they are
some of the happiest people,
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and some of the most
receptive people to the gospel,
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that we've met
so far on this trip.
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- And what we can
take away from that,
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and what we hope you guys
take away from that as well,
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is that the challenges in life
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should push us to
thank God in all things.
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And no matter what
you're going through,
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trust that He will work it out.
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- See you next
time on MissionTREK.
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- And please remember
to pray for the unreached.
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