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Series Code: MTS
Program Code: MTS002304B
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00:10 Welcome back to Nigeria.
00:11 In 1959, 00:13 when the Adventist college of West Africa was established, 00:16 this was the first building on campus 00:18 and it was the cafeteria. 00:20 They had their priorities right. 00:22 At the time the government required them 00:23 to expand before they could be accredited. 00:26 And thanks to the faithful offerings given, 00:29 the 13th Sabbath Offerings 00:31 of church members around the world, 00:32 it was able to expand into Babcock University. 00:36 Next up, let's travel to Southeast India 00:39 to learn more about mission there. 00:52 Today, we are in India 00:53 and we have the privilege 00:55 of talking with one of the mission leaders here 00:57 in this territory, 00:59 Pastor Masih. 01:00 Pastor Masih, thank you very much 01:02 for being here with us today. 01:03 Thank you very much. 01:05 Pastor Massey, 01:06 this is a very diverse territory. 01:08 Can you describe a little bit about this place, 01:11 the people and the backgrounds present here? 01:13 Well, Southern Asia Division has a... 01:16 Under division we have four countries, 01:19 India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives. 01:25 And India, we, Christians are just 2.3% 01:30 and Nepal is less than that, 01:31 and very few members in Bhutan, 01:35 and it's a very less work we have in Andaman Island. 01:40 So this division, they speak different languages. 01:46 They have different challenges, 01:48 but God has been good to us. 01:50 Work is great. 01:52 I'm sure, like in the rest of the world, 01:54 there are some challenges for mission. 01:57 Can you describe 01:58 what are the specific challenges here in India, 02:01 Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal? 02:03 Yes. 02:05 I would like to tell you, 02:06 we have a lot of challenges here, 02:08 especially challenges this that we are in minority 02:13 and other religions 02:16 they don't allow us to spread the gospel. 02:19 Many times they create problem for us. 02:22 And a second challenge I feel that there are, 02:28 people are not very educated, 02:30 so they are less educated people. 02:33 They are not as receptive 02:34 so we face the problem like this. 02:38 I'm sure there are some beautiful stories 02:40 happening here 02:42 on how the Adventist Church has been reaching people. 02:46 Do you have some special story to share with us today? 02:48 Yes, I would like to share my own story 02:51 how God helped us in our work. 02:54 There was two girls, Adventist girls, 02:56 they married to non-Adventist and after some time, 03:00 one of our pastor, 03:01 he went there and talked to these two girls 03:05 who were married to non-Adventist. 03:07 They said, 03:09 "Can we hold the evangelist meeting here?" 03:11 And they were very happy one, 03:13 but their husbands, they were not happy. 03:15 They were not very receptive. 03:19 They were finding some excuses. 03:22 So later on, they agreed. 03:24 So after some time 03:26 we started meeting in that village, 03:29 for two days meeting was going on well, 03:31 there was no problem at all. 03:33 Third day, some of the young people, 03:35 they came with the long sticks 03:40 and this, they disturbed our meeting. 03:43 And later on, they said, 03:45 "We don't want that, 03:46 you shouldn't continue holding meeting here." 03:48 And one of the boy, grown up boy, 03:50 he came and hit our projector. 03:52 Our projector was broken 03:55 and we were very much disrupted. 03:57 Then same day, we have to wind up our meeting. 04:00 Next day, we went to the head of the village 04:02 and we told him all the story. 04:04 And we said, 04:05 "We are telling, 04:06 we are preaching here the Word of God, 04:09 how they can live good life." 04:10 And head of the village he promised with us. 04:13 He said, 04:15 "Okay, you can go ahead with your meeting from today 04:18 and nobody will come and disturb you." 04:20 God helped us. 04:22 We continued our meeting for 15 days. 04:25 And after 15 days we got precious 22 souls. 04:29 And now we have a very good church there. 04:32 This is how sometime we get disturbed 04:34 when meetings are going on, 04:36 when people are working 04:40 and some of the people they disturb us. 04:44 Yes. 04:45 Yes. That's beautiful. 04:47 I'm sure God has a dream and a plan 04:50 to reach many more souls. 04:51 Yes. 04:53 What are your dreams 04:54 and your goals for this territory? 04:56 Well, my goal as a leader in the church, 05:00 I want that, 05:01 people should get the gospel and they improve their life. 05:06 They have their relationship with God, 05:09 first relationship with God. 05:11 And the way we are adopting is 05:14 we are trying to involve 05:16 all of our members in God's work. 05:19 And many of our members, 05:21 they are excited with this program. 05:23 I'm sure that they will participate. 05:27 We are adopting many ways 05:28 how they can participate in God's work. 05:31 That's beautiful. 05:33 Thank you, Pastor Masih. 05:34 And I'm sure God has many, many blessings 05:37 for this territory. 05:39 Thank you very much. Thank you. 05:40 But I want all of you 05:41 and the whole Adventist Church should pray for India, 05:44 because there's great challenges are there 05:47 and it... 05:49 We can be successful when all of our people, 05:51 they pray to God and God will help, 05:55 and we will be able to spread the gospel in this territory. 06:00 Wonderful. 06:01 Pastor Masih, 06:03 may God bless your work here in India. 06:06 And I'm sure He will. 06:07 Thank you very much. 06:08 God bless you also, bless your ministry. 06:11 And you take our message to around the world 06:14 and people pray for us. 06:16 Thank you very much. Thank you. 06:18 This is Flavio Ferraz reporting for Mission 360. 06:23 Welcome back to the campus of Babcock University. 06:25 And I hope that you're enjoying the program, 06:27 but if you're interrupted or if you miss something, 06:30 just go to n360.tv, 06:32 and there you can find missed episodes, stories, 06:35 and you can keep up-to-date with Mission 360. 06:38 Next up, we travel to Bangladesh. 06:45 Greetings from Bangladesh. 06:47 I'm here today as we're doing a food distribution 06:50 to the Rohingya refugee camp. 06:52 This week we'll be providing food 06:55 and I've just been to another camp 06:56 where we're providing shelter. 06:58 As I sit here and I look at the needs that exist, 07:01 and I feel the pride 07:02 that comes to me as I see the staff at work, 07:05 that reminds me of the great work 07:07 that ADRA does. 07:28 As I pass through this camp 07:30 and I'm reminded of the ingenuity 07:32 of the Rohingya people, 07:34 their ability to survive 07:35 and still etch out some kind of a living 07:38 in these difficult conditions. 07:39 And I came across here 07:41 with this, with this fish market. 07:43 And as I looked at the fish market, 07:45 it reminded me of the story in the Bible 07:47 of the five loaves and the two fishes. 07:50 Where the people were hungry and they came to Christ 07:53 and He blessed the food and He multiplied it. 07:56 We are distributing food to 19,000 families. 08:01 That's around about 100,000 people, 08:04 but all up there's 800,000 people 08:06 in these refugee camps. 08:07 All of them hungry, 08:09 all of them in need of a blessing, 08:10 all of them in need of a miracle. 08:13 And perhaps it reminds me that maybe we can be that miracle 08:17 that through our generosity 08:18 that we can help to modify this fish, 08:21 that we can help to bring food to the starving people 08:24 here amongst these Rohingya camps. 08:26 It's a great honor and privilege 08:27 to be able to feed 100,000 people this week, 08:30 bringing them food for two weeks. 08:32 But what about beyond those two weeks? 08:34 And what about those who we're yet to touch? 08:36 And so, as I'm reminded of the way that 08:39 God blessed in the Bible, 08:40 I'm reminded that He is still a God 08:42 who blesses today, 08:44 that He's placed us here with a reason and a purpose. 08:46 I'm also reminded of the woman at the well 08:48 where she met Jesus and He offered her the water 08:51 that shall never run dry. 08:54 In this particular refugee camp, 08:55 we have a difficulty with the supply of water. 08:58 At the refugee camp that I visited yesterday 09:00 was more inland 09:02 and there was a number of wells. 09:03 But if we sink wells in this region 09:05 where we're close to the coast, all that we get is salty water, 09:09 which is not drinkable. 09:11 And so we're dependent upon shipping 09:13 by gravity fed water system, 09:14 piping water from the mountains nearby 09:17 to try and bring clean water. 09:18 But unfortunately 09:20 the water supply is not adequate. 09:22 And so we actually have a water shortage 09:24 in this camp around 100,000 people 09:27 and we have a great need for water. 09:30 And so, just as we need to provide people 09:33 with a water well, 09:34 water from the well that shall never run dry. 09:36 We also need water here because water is life. 09:40 Before we can talk to them about life in general, 09:42 we have to meet their needs. 09:44 And first is a very real need 09:45 of the people here in this camp. 09:47 And so I choose to ask you to be generous in your support 09:51 for ADRA in this work, 09:52 as we try and help these people who have suffered much, 09:54 who've suffered much trauma 09:56 as they've been driven from their homes, 09:58 where they had comfort, where they had businesses, 10:01 driven with automatic weapons fired at them, 10:04 losing family members as they fled. 10:06 And now they come here to the situation of dire need. 10:26 Well, thanks so much for joining us today 10:28 on Mission 360. 10:29 And I hope that 10:31 you've enjoyed our 360 degree view of mission 10:33 around the world. 10:34 And I hope that you've been inspired 10:36 and challenged by what you've seen and heard. 10:39 I hope that you've also enjoyed our special focus 10:41 on Babcock University. 10:44 Babcock is a special place. 10:46 It's a place where students 10:48 are not just educated for careers, 10:50 they're educated with a vision for human need. 10:53 And so the influence of Babcock extends to the community here 10:58 that surrounds the university campus. 11:00 It extends throughout the continent of Africa. 11:03 And, in fact, literally to the ends of the earth, 11:05 as graduates leave here 11:06 with a vision to share the love of Jesus 11:09 in every way that they can. 11:11 I want to thank you for being a part of Adventist mission. 11:13 And you may ask, 11:14 "Well, how am I a part of the Adventist mission?" 11:16 Well, we consider you part of our team 11:18 because you pray for mission. 11:20 You support mission through donations, 11:22 to global mission in other ways. 11:24 And many of you are also 11:26 able to be personally involved in mission, 11:28 I want to thank you. 11:29 Before I go, let's listen to a beautiful mission video. 11:33 And as we listened to the songs, 11:34 as we follow the words, 11:36 let's quietly meditate, 11:38 let's pray to the Lord 11:39 about how we can be more involved 11:41 in mission for Him. 11:43 For Mission 360, I'm Gary Krause. 11:45 And I hope that you can join me next time 11:47 right here on Mission 360. |
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