A pastor in Kenya becomes
a Global Mission pioneer,
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a pioneer in
India starts a clinic
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and a church in his own home,
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and pioneers in Guyana
win hearts through their love,
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coming up next.
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Hello and
welcome to Mission 360°,
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I'm Gary Krause.
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Today's program is
coming to you from Estonia
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and I'm in the capital city
Tallinn and in the old town,
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and in this
beautifully preserved
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old town square
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and you can see the
old Town Hall behind me.
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Construction began
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on this building
back in the 13th century.
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And on today's program
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we'll be
looking at the challenge
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of mission
right here in Estonia.
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And we'll be
traveling all around the world
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to see frontline
mission in action.
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But first up,
let's travel to Guyana,
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and visit with some
Global Mission pioneers.
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Most people would turn around
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if they saw a sign
that read "Beware, bad dog.
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Do not enter."
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But Rudolph and Annette
aren't afraid of the sign.
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As Global Mission pioneers,
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they've built a relationship
with the owners of the house.
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Here in Guyana,
Rudolph and Annette
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visit people every
day in their homes.
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When they first
arrived in this community,
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they began offering
basic medical exams for free.
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Diseases such as diabetes
are common in this region.
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So as word of
the free exam spread,
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the number of calls
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they've received
steadily increased.
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Today, Rudolph and Annette
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are regularly asked
to visit people's houses
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to share this special service.
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As the pioneers spend
time with their patients,
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it opens the door for them
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to share their
beliefs and pray together.
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When we finish
with them, they ask,
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"Will you check us again?"
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And we'll say, "Yes, we
will check him up again."
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So that is one of the
doors that we have form,
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open for us which we keep going
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progressively to them.
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Not far away, Azzes,
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also works as a
Global Mission pioneer.
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Here he serves
people of various faiths.
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The flags around the house
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often indicate the
religion of each family.
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As Azzes walks under the hot sun
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with his Bible,
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he trusts that God
will open the doors
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and hearts of his neighbors.
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I start doing health
checks, diabetes, hypertension,
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and from that people
want to know about health.
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And so we have an
opportunity to be with them,
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to be their friends.
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With time and affection,
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the pioneer has become friends
with many of his neighbors.
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He visits this
family frequently,
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and they soak in
everything Azzes teaches.
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Whenever he comes,
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he normally
speaks to the family.
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We will do prayer devotions,
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and I appreciate
it because he cares.
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So I appreciate Pastor Azzes
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because I see that
he's a man of belief,
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and he knows his work.
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He knows what he has to do.
He takes good care of stuff.
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And He's a very nice person.
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When you share
and the relatives see
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what you are doing,
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they will share
with other relatives,
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and they also invite
you into their homes.
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But there's a lot of
praying to get into these homes.
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It's not easy
but you have to pray
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and ask the Lord
to open doors for you.
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And the Lord is
doing that for us here.
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There was no Adventist
presence in this community
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before Azzes
came, but with his help,
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a church was planted.
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Many members of
this congregation
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have recently given
their hearts to Jesus.
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Despite the challenges he faces,
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Azzes is committed to continue
sharing this hopeful message.
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Thanks to the work of
Global Mission pioneers,
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several churches
are being planted
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in some of the most challenging
neighborhoods of Guyana.
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Please pray for these
pioneers and the lives
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that can still be
touched with your support.
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We're in Tallinn,
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which is the capital of Estonia.
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And my guest is Angelika
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who has had a
vision for some time
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for starting a particular type
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of center of
influence here in the city.
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Angelika, thank
you for joining us.
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So we're here in this store,
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this shop, when
did it first open?
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It was opened on the
fifth of June this year.
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Okay, so it's
very new. Yeah, it is.
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Now you've had this vision
for some time to start this,
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what were your plans?
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What was in your mind?
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It was in the
year of 2003 actually,
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quite a long time ago
when I just got the idea
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that we should
have a secondhand shop
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where people could come
in not just to buy clothes,
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but to sit down,
chat, have a cup of tea,
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read some Christian books,
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write down
their prayer requests,
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so just a little place
to have a relaxing time.
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Wonderful.
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And so you had this idea,
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how did it
finally come to happen?
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When our conference
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started talking about
this influence center,
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then I thought now
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it's a good idea to
make it like together
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so that that center
and the shop could be
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in one house
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and we can support each other
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and we can work together.
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Wonderful. So... Yeah.
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So this is one
part of a larger center.
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So let's have a
look at this shop.
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We're on a very busy street
here leading into the city
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and describe what
we're seeing here?
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So, and back of the
store is sofa corner.
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Sofa corner? Sofa corner.
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So this is the place
where people can sit down,
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they can have a cup of tea.
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We have some
Christian books back there.
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So this is the place
where people can just sit down,
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have a little chat,
cup of tea and relax.
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That's very nice. Yeah.
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So it's not just rush in
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and buy
something and go out again.
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Yeah, exactly.
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And I noticed you
have an environment here,
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which is a very
welcoming environment,
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there's nice
music playing and...
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Yes. Yeah.
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Now how do you staff the shop?
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I know you come
here and volunteer,
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who else helps you?
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We have quite a good
company like, the team.
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We have most of them,
they are just volunteers.
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Yes.
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And so sometimes I am here
and sometimes other people,
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and so we are working
together and it's a nice team.
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Yeah, it's very good.
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Around the corner.
Yes. Let's have a look here.
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This is the box
of prayer requests.
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Okay, so you write your
prayer request here and put.
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Here and put it in there, yes.
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This is the sign if you
want us to pray for you,
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please write it here
and put into the box.
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And people are really using it.
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Is that right?
They are really...
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And those prayer requests,
they are not just simple.
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Sometimes these problems
are so deep and serious.
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And so our team,
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we are praying for
those people and that's nice.
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It's interesting because Estonia
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is a very secular society.
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People don't go
to church very much.
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But it seems that deep down,
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there's still some spiritual
needs that people have.
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That's why it is center
and this shop is a good idea,
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because if they
don't want to go to church
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but they still come here,
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and then if we
get friends with them,
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and slowly we can start
talking about deeper things.
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Yes.
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Well, that's Christ'
method of ministering, isn't it?
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Yeah, exactly.
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And people come
into the shop here
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who would never walk
into a church building.
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Yeah, yeah, exactly.
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And actually, we already
have some regular customers.
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All of them are like,
they are working around here
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because there are many offices
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so they do come like every week
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and every time they're welcomed.
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Yeah, this is nice.
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This is new experience for me
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and it's actually, it's working.
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Yeah, that's wonderful.
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Now the beauty of
something like this too,
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it's not just attracting
people who want cheaper things,
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it's also attracting people
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who believe in the environment
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and they like to
see recycled clothes
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so that we are caring
for the environment, right?
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Yeah, yeah, this is true.
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Many people they do say
that, "Oh, this is nice.
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Why should I go to a
real shop and buy something
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if I can get
from here something.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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This is good.
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Well, it's amazing that
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you've only been open
for a couple of months,
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but already you're
getting regular clients here.
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Yes. We don't have many of them.
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Now they're starting.
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But you don't even have
any signage up here so...
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Yeah, exactly. So
it's very early days.
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I think this is
going to be wonderful.
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Yeah, we just need to hope...
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And pray, yeah. Yes.
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So this is the center here
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where we have
the secondhand store,
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then as we go through here,
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we get to the
rest of the center.
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Can you guide us
through here? Yeah.
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So here we have rooms
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where our psychotherapists
can meet people.
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For counseling? Counseling, yes.
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We have like,
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individual
counseling and family,
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and for children.
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Very nice. And this room...
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Yeah, another
room for counseling
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if we really get
busy so we need two rooms.
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Okay, it's good. Excellent.
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And physical therapy.
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For massage and for exercises.
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We have also
exercise class. Good.
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So while our
physical therapists,
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he can lead people to
have some exercises and...
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Excellent.
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And then you've got
a larger space in...
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And this is a large room.
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Here we are going to have
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all kinds of
different activities.
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And on 24th of September
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we are going to have
Filipinos cooking day,
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so we invite people,
they're our customers.
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Hopefully they're coming.
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Wonderful. Yeah.
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Angelika, this is just wonderful
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to see the center of influence.
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And thank you for your vision
and what you're doing here.
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Thank you.
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And viewers at
home, centers of influence
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are a God ordained method
for putting Christ's method
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into practice in urban areas
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where we actually connect
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with people at the
level of their needs.
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We serve them in Jesus name,
and we win their confidence
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and then we invite
them to follow Jesus.
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So pray for this
center here in Estonia,
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and also pray for
urban centers of influence
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all around the world.
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We'll be right back
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with more Adventist
Mission right after this break.
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