Mission in Japan,
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13th Sabbath Offering
projects in South America
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and recipes from
the Mission 360° Kitchen
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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
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from Tokyo, Japan,
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the most populous
urban area in the world.
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In 2016, it was estimated
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that there was
some 36 million people
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living in greater Tokyo.
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This is the area of Shibuya,
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which is perhaps the
world's busiest crosswalk.
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And in this area,
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the world's two
busiest railway stations.
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Well, on today's program,
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we'll be looking at
mission here in Japan
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and around the world.
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But first up,
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let's look at 13th
Sabbath Offering projects
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in South America.
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On the Sunday morning,
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Fortunato climbs the
hill towards his workshop.
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Today, he'll teach a class
on how to make a leather bag.
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Fortunato lived many
years as a cowboy in rural Peru,
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but eventually settled
down in Cusco to start a family.
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Perched high above sea
level, Cusco is an ancient city.
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Once the historic
capital of the Incan Empire.
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Not far from here you
can find Machu Picchu,
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a world heritage site.
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People from all over the
globe come to visit this marvel.
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This area on the edge of
Cusco is still developing
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as the city continues to expand.
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There's limited electricity
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and no running water
in this neighborhood.
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Many families here
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find it hard to
earn a steady income
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to improve
their quality of life.
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So Fortunato got an idea.
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He wanted to equip his
neighbors with a new skill,
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leather crafting.
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Fortunato's workshop is
filled with tools, supplies
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and handmade goods,
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reflecting his
many years of experience
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in leather crafting.
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He invites
everyone from the community
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to his workshop
to learn this skill.
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Before each lesson,
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Fortunato shares a
short worship thought.
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He opens the Bible to a passage
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he thinks God will use
to speak to his visitors.
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Then they continue on
the leather crafting lesson.
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Fortunato teaches his guests
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how to cut, glue and
sew the leather together
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to make a
beautifully crafted bag.
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Throughout the class,
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he connects the lesson to
his earlier worship thought.
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Fortunato believes that
Christ's method of ministry
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is the most effective way
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to share the
gospel with his community.
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Through his
leather crafting ministry,
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he has planted
multiple churches.
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His latest church plant
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is called the Loma Linda Church,
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which roughly translates
to the beautiful hill church.
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It's a fitting
name for this location
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that sits high atop a hill
overlooking the city of Cusco.
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This small
congregation meets each Sabbath
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to dive into Bible lessons.
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They listen,
learn and ask questions
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about things
they've been studying
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throughout the week.
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An important element
of the church service
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is the music.
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Each week, a
small group of musicians
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performs with
traditional instruments
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singing in both
Spanish and Quechua,
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a local native language.
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Fortunato's
brother-in-law Siriacco
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leads the music each Sabbath.
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He has a ministry of his own.
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Much like Fortunato,
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Siriacco volunteers
his time to teach classes,
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specifically music classes.
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He offers both
children and adult music lessons
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once a week,
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working around the
people's schedules.
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Today's class is for children.
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Siriacco loves how
eager they are to learn
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and how quickly
they grasp concepts.
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He starts with the basics,
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but over time
they're able to follow along
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as they sing or
play various instruments.
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When a group has
made some progress,
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he invites them to come play
for the congregation at church.
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Many who come to
perform returned week after week
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to keep hearing the
stories about Jesus.
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This congregation
is continuing to grow
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through Fortunato
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and Siriacco's outreach efforts.
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This quarter a portion of
your 13th Sabbath Offering
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will help build a youth
focused community center
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in Cusco, Peru.
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This center will be a
place where people can come
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for a variety of activities
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that will connect them
with Adventist Church members.
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Please pray for
church planting in Cusco
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and throughout South America.
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Thank you for
supporting the mission offering.
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My guest today at
the Setagaya Church
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here in Tokyo, Japan, is Risa.
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Thanks for joining
us, Risa. Thank you.
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Please tell me, you're
a member of this church.
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But how did you first
become a Seventh-day Adventist?
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Well, I wasn't really Christian
until I was 22 years old.
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So I went to the US and
just to study 3D animation,
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and I didn't go to
any Adventist college
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and other than
Adventist high school.
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But then my cousins are,
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I mean, they are Adventist,
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and I didn't know that actually.
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But then they told
me, "Hey, you know,
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maybe you can go
to the church there."
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And I was like, okay,
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you know, but in that time,
I didn't really go to church.
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But then, second
time, they also asked me,
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"Hey, maybe you want
to go to the church?"
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So I was like,
"Okay, maybe this time yes."
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And then, I actually found
that there's a Filipino church,
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SDA Filipino church
just behind my house.
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And so, I didn't know that.
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So I was like,
"Okay, maybe I'll go."
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And then, I,
there's a, you know like,
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there are a lot of
young people actually.
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So I got a lot of fun there
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and I had really good time there
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and also learn Jesus there.
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And so there is a lady
who I mean, there's a girl.
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I mean, aren't seeing me,
so I'll just say her girl.
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So she taught me Bible.
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So we had a
Bible study together.
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And then she said
that she has a friend,
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Japanese friend
here in Setagaya Church.
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He's now, you know,
coming to this church,
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and then he became a
leader of this church.
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So I was like, "Okay,
I'll go to the church."
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And when I came back to Japan,
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I started coming to
this Setagaya Church.
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And then, you know,
how I became a Christian.
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When I was in the State,
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I got baptized
before I came here.
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Okay,
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so what difference
did it make to your life
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when you became a Christian?
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Well, actually, I
had a family problem.
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Especially have a
problem with my dad,
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and dad passed away, you know,
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when I was 14,
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I mean, 16 sorry, 16.
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So I really, you
know, regret, you know,
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because I said really
bad words to him and I...
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my acting was really bad.
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So I was really regretting,
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you know, my,
what I've done to him.
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But then one
day I saw the dream.
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And I had a dream then,
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he just saw me and he
was lying down on the,
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you know, on the floor,
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and he just saw me.
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I was like, okay,
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maybe he didn't
forgive me, you know.
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But then second day, next
day, I also had the same dream.
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He was lying down the
floor, and he was also,
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you know, seeing me
and I was like, okay,
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maybe it's same
dream that I had,
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you know, first day,
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but then he just
say thank you to me,
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and it just reflect me like,
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Oh, that's Jesus, you know,
like, whatever if we're really,
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you know, we're really sinners.
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But even though we were sinners,
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He always forgive
us, isn't that right?
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And so you know,
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I just, you know, I
thought about His, Jesus,
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you know, from my dad.
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And then so I decided
to get baptized that time.
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Okay, wonderful.
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Now you're
involved in this church,
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tell me some of the
activities that you have here?
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So in Setagaya Church, we have,
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this is the only
youth church in Japan now.
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And so, we always
have English Bible meeting
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every Wednesday now
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and so, people who
wants to learn English,
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they can come to the
church and then also they,
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you know, discuss with,
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you know, they have a discussion
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about the topic
of Bible or whatever,
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you know, general topic.
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So this is
something for the community
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that you advertise
on the internet, right?
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Yeah.
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Also, we also had the just,
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we just had the
Maranata evangelistic series,
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and there was a lady who are...
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I mean, who is
living around here.
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And so,
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she was really
interested in our church.
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And in the last
day of the series,
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she just came to the church.
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And she was like, I was really,
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you know, a little bit
curious about the church,
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so she came to the church.
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And then now,
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she has been attending
the church for two weeks.
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Oh, wonderful.
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So yeah, I still, you
know, praying about her
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and I want you to, you
know, pray about her too.
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Also, you know,
this is the youth church.
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So we call, you know,
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the youth attending
this church call, you know,
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their friends too.
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And then actually
there are a lot of, you know,
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youth people actually
graduated Adventist college,
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but then, after they
graduated, they, you know,
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they never, you
know, be in the church.
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They're not coming to
the church anymore, right?
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But then because
this is a youth church,
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that's more easy, you
know, for them to call,
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you know, young people.
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Because we have a
lot of young people here.
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So it's more
attractive for them.
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So, it's more attractive.
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So we call more, you
know, people who hasn't,
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you know, who haven't
been to the church for a while.
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Recently, we have a lot of,
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you know, like young
people like around 18 years old,
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or you know, and
that young people,
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young kids.
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They came to the church
because this is a youth church.
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That's why it's more easier
to get those young people here.
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Wonderful.
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What are your hopes for
the church in the future?
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This church? Yeah.
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Well, now we have
a lot of young people
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but also, I want
more people to come
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and to decide to get baptized.
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It's fun, you know,
people, young people are here
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and talking with, you
know, the same age people
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or, you know, we
also have a game night
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first Sabbath day of the month.
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So we have a game night
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and so we have a lot
of like young people come.
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But not only that,
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I hope that we will have more
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like Bible
study groups with them
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so that they
can also learn Bible
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and I really know that
they really truly wants to,
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you know, learn Bible.
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Yes. Wonderful.
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Yeah, that's my hope.
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Risa, thank you so much
for sharing with us today.
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And viewers at home,
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please pray for
this church here.
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But the church
in general in Japan,
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which is facing many challenges.
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Pray for the young people
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with their enthusiasm and energy
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as they share the good news
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that many
people may come to know
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Jesus Christ as their Savior.
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We'll be right
back after this break.
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