Welcome back to the campus
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of Loma Linda University Health.
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Behind me, you can see
the Loma Linda Medical Center
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and then positioned
appropriately in front of it
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is this beautiful depiction
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of the parable of
the good Samaritan.
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Next up, we meet Pastor Roy,
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who is planting a
church in Melbourne, Australia.
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I'm here in Australia
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with a young pastor
who is planting a church.
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And most of us
would say Melbourne,
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but they say Melbourne.
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This is Pastor Roy.
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And tell me,
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how long have you
been working in Melbourne?
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Yeah, so I first
came here in 2005
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as a Bible worker
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and stayed here for two years
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and ended up needing
to finish my studies.
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And so went back to
the US, finished my studies
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and came here
2012 with my family
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and been here ever since.
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Now, I said,
you're planting a church,
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but what does this mean?
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What are you
actually doing? Yep.
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So we run a church
service on a Sabbath morning
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from the heart of
the city of Melbourne.
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Our church is located
on 500 Collins Street.
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And then during the
week we run small groups
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and different outreach
programs to the community.
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Tell me a little
bit about the city?
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Yep.
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Melbourne is
kind of a unique place
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where people would
call it very secular.
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And so, for example,
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we have holidays
for sporting events.
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We've got the Melbourne
Cup, it's a horse race.
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Nobody goes to work
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when the horse races take place.
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I've never lived in a
place where that takes place.
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We also have holiday
for the Footy Championship.
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So that takes place
right near the city as well.
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Nobody gets...
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It sounds
Australian footy as well.
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Yep. So it's an
Australian football.
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Australia, Aussie rules.
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Yeah, I'm getting too
used to Australia here.
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So is that with the
Aussie rules as well
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or is it different?
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Yeah. Okay.
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Yeah, yeah. All right.
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Now, I understand that
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it's also very
international city.
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Do you have a lot of people
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from different parts of
the world, is that true?
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Absolutely.
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It's a bit of a hub.
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It's a very diverse city.
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You've got 40% of people
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that probably
come from Asia alone.
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And there's just tremendous
diversity in the city.
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Now, which is
larger, Sydney or Melbourne?
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I hear there's
a bit of a rivalry
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as to which is the biggest.
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So they're
going to go on record.
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There is a bit of a...
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There's a bit of a rivalry.
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Yeah, Melbourne is
smaller at the moment.
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And what they're projecting
is within the next five years,
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that Melbourne would become
a little bit bigger than Sydney
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in terms of population.
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Now why then you
were a Bible worker
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and now you're
working as a church planter.
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What inspires you
to do what you do?
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I think that there are moments
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where you realize God
wants you to do something.
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And there were experiences
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that I had as a Bible
worker here in Melbourne,
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where I really felt like
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there was,
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there were moment
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where people
connected with Christ
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in a meaningful way.
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And I think there's a
lot of motivation saying,
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"Hey, that was great. I
want to do more of that."
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And so, I ended up going
into ministry afterwards.
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Wonderful.
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Now your wife is
also working with you.
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So it's a family affair here.
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Now, when you're
talking about reaching a city,
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you know, you
talked about small groups
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and things like that.
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How do you really
connect with people?
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Yeah, that's a good question.
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We probably
connect with the people
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who are Australian
born from two different,
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two different methods.
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One is mainly a referral.
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So that just means
friends of friends.
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They come to church,
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they realize this is
gonna be a great opportunity
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to witness to my
friends, my family members.
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And so, the
majority of the people
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that come into our
church are referral,
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and then we also
use social media.
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So websites like
Facebook or meetup.com.
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There are great
ways of connecting
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with the community.
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And so, we run
different Bible study groups.
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One of them are,
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is located right in
the middle of the city.
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We run it during lunchtime.
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So the advertisement is
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if you're a corporate person
working or living in the city,
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we've got a short Bible
study in the middle of Wednesday
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and they can come.
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Okay.
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Now a lot of people
know what referrals are.
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Social media, yeah,
it's been around a lot,
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but people are figuring out
how do we use it for ministry?
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You specifically mentioned
one, which is meetup.com.
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Some people may
not know what that is.
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You want to just tell
them how you use that.
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I mean, it's
something that's just out there.
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It's like
Facebook, it's out there.
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But maybe explain a little
bit about what you're doing,
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how you're using it?
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So meetup.com
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I think is the
biggest networking website
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where people who
want to organize groups
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can connect with individuals
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who are interested
in specific activities
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or, yeah,
different social events.
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And so, they go to the website,
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they can sign up
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and based off of the areas
of interest that they select
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the website will
automatically introduce
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your group to individuals.
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And so, if someone who's
running a Bible study group,
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I don't have to chase
after people on the street
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asking them,
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"Hey, do you want
to learn about Jesus?"
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The website will bring people
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who want to learn
about Jesus to my groups.
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So you put out something,
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say if we're
having a Bible study
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media group show up
this time and people come?
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Yeah.
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We put a fair bit of time
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in how we wanted
to word our group.
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But, yeah, so we
put out an advertisement
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we said, there's free food.
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We'll feed you at lunchtime.
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And the Bible study
is going to be short.
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And so, if you want
to learn about the Bible,
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then here are different
topics that we're covering.
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And so, we've covered topics
like Proverbs giving you wisdom
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during the work week.
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And we've had a number of people
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coming through that.
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Physical food and
spiritual food really.
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That's right.
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Now, do you have any
stories you can share about
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maybe somebody who's connected
through one of these groups or?
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Yeah, so there's
this one instance
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where we were able
to bridge social media
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and our friendships together.
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I found out a
couple of weeks ago,
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our neighbors have been
reading our blogs on Facebook.
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And while we were at
the museum the other week,
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they had mentioned,
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"Hey, we've been reading
what you've been posting.
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And we really feel like
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we can connect
with you spiritually.
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Can we come to your church?"
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And I was taken aback
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because these are
individuals who are unchurched.
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They don't
attend church regularly,
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and yet because they know us,
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they read the different
things that we post on Facebook.
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And it's been an
incredible way to have a voice,
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to share spiritual things
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in a way that we
normally couldn't do.
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What's even more
amazing to me is that
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we've been wanting
to start this outreach
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in the city called Gymbaroo,
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it's, where children
develop physical skills,
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mental and social skills.
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And we just were sharing
that idea with our neighbors.
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And they're saying,
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we want to fund
this ministry for you.
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And that was
quite an amazing thing.
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Especially because
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these are not
Adventist individuals,
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they just connected
with us, care about us,
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and felt that
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there was a need in
the community as well.
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And, you know,
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when you're
mingling with people,
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when you are interacting
in a real way with people,
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not with an agenda,
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that's probably
the most powerful way
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to witness
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when your life is your witness.
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And the Holy Spirit is working.
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You know, Pastor Roy,
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it's been
wonderful talking with you.
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I would love to get down
and come to Melbourne someday
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and see what you're doing.
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Please come and visit.
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But thank you
again for being with us.
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I'm Richard
Kajiura for Mission 360.
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Next up, we meet
the Sherman family
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who are working in
a very remote region
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of Northwest Alaska.
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We're refurbishing the
church and fixing it up
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and putting lots of time
and effort and money into it
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because we believe that
God will supply the souls,
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that God will bring people
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and He will open up doors
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and the time will come that
we will have a fellowship here.
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We will have a church family.
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The work needs
to be done patiently
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and prayers for opportunities
are made every day.
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Although God is guiding
the Sherman's mission work,
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the cold weather,
difficult circumstances
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and distance from
loved ones are discouraging.
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Sometimes my wife
and I are discouraged
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when we're here alone.
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You know, we sometimes feel that
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we're just kind of
out here by ourselves
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and we are
attempted to feel like
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we're not making the impact.
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And no one is really with us.
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And no one is
really supporting us.
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And there's been
times that we felt like
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it would be nice to maybe move
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and join a different
type of mission field
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where there's people
who are working together
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more as a team.
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I'm kind of like seeing
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you know, what
are my weaknesses,
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you know,
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and that kinda
like helps me to know
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at the same time,
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you know, God is kinda
like helping me to work with it.
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I'm very impatient.
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I want things to
happen instantly.
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If I want it to
happen, I want it to happen.
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But living out here,
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you know, I learned
that thing doesn't happen
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when you want it to happen.
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One thing that has always
given us hope is knowing that
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we're doing what
God has asked us to do.
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And we've had comfort in that.
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To be a missionary is like
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living what you have behind
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and go somewhere different
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and getting out
of your comfort zone.
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Jade!
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What are you guys up to?
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You know, the
coldness of the water,
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the coldness of the icebergs
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kind of reminds
me about the coldness
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that can come in the
heart when you feel lonely,
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separated from God.
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And yet the warmth of God's love
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and of His people
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can bring into your
life a wonderful connection
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that will help
you not to feel alone.
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The things that
inspire Irene and I are,
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you know, there's a
few different things,
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but God will oftentimes
provide opportunities,
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He will open doors.
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He will actually
cause things to happen that
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that give us
glimpses of what He's doing.
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You know, we'll
start a new study
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or someone will
say something to us
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that gives us encouragement.
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We'll see some
fruit of the relationships
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we're building with kids,
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as well as with
people in the community,
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you know, God will do
something to help us see that
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His work is being
accomplished through us.
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And that we're,
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and that our
faithfulness is pleasing to Him.
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The courage and faithfulness,
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Tony and Irene
have is contagious.
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Their determination
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to fulfill the
mission is inspiring.
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God and his angels comfort them
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and motivate them
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to move ahead
despite challenges.
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The faces, the sounds,
the people, the landscapes,
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besides being so small
and completely isolated,
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Shungnak is still a
huge priority for Christ.
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The Sherman's example
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is a beautiful
testimony of selflessness
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to revive the mission.
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They might be alone,
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but they are
never by themselves.
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Jesus is my...
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He's everything.
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I mean, Jesus is
the reason why I'm here.
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If I don't, I mean, not for Him,
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I won't be able to make it.
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You know, I won't
be able to live here
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for four years.
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Jesus, for me, He is everything.
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He's my friend. He
is my encouragement.
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He is my strength.
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He's the one I
go to when I'm hurt.
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When I even can't
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maybe even talk
to my own family,
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He's the one I can speak to
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about every
single problem I have.
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And He's the one
who is changing me
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from the inside out.
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Well, that's about
it for today's program,
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but I hope that you've
enjoyed our 360 degree view
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of mission around the world.
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And speaking of 360 degrees
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behind me is the Mission Globe
here on the Loma Linda campus.
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And it's at the end of
the Centennial Pathway.
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And it's a reminder
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of the importance of
mission to Loma Linda
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and engraved on
stone all around this globe
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are the names of
graduates from this institution
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who have gone to
all parts of the world
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to serve.
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Now you may say,
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well, that's wonderful for them,
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but I've never
had the opportunity
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or I've never been called.
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And that's fine.
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We're all given different gifts,
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but we are all called
to pray and support mission
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wherever it's happening.
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And so I wanna thank you so much
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for being part of the
Adventist mission family
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through your financial gifts,
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through your prayers
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and through your
personal involvement.
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And as a small thank you
for your support of mission,
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I'd like to send you an
Adventist mission tote bag.
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It's a little
reminder of mission
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in your daily tasks.
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Well, for Advent
Mission, I'm Gary Krause.
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And I hope that you
can join me next time
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right here on Mission 360.
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