Property mafia
tried to take away
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the sight of a Global
Mission pioneers' church plant,
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Adventist cycle for
health in Puerto Rico,
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and a school for native
peoples in Alberta, Canada
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coming up next.
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Hello and welcome to Mission 360
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coming to you
today from Cambodia,
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in fact the
capital city, Phnom Penh.
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Now when tourists come
to a place like Cambodia,
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they prepare themselves
for many types of bugs because,
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of course, we're in the tropics.
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And sometimes we see
these things to avoid,
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but in different cultures,
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they're
actually part of the food
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that they eat.
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So right here, you will
see some deep fried frogs,
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tiny frogs,
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but put on a
stick and I'm imagining
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I can't give you a
first person testimony,
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but they'd be quite crunchy.
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And, of course,
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here we have a
variety of insects.
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These are actually crickets
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that have been
deep fried as well.
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And the chilies have
been mixed up in it as well
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to make it quite a
memorable experience I'm sure.
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As we visit different cultures,
we see that people do things
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in different ways.
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And in our mission,
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we need to be
understanding cross-culturally
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that we just
don't export the way
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that we do things just because
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we think it's the
best way to do it.
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We need to take the
principles of God's Word
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that cross all
cultures the love of Jesus,
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and on today's program,
we'll be talking about mission,
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cross-cultural mission,
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and first up,
let's travel to India
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and visit a
Global Mission pioneer.
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In New Delhi,
India, an angry group
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ordered the Seventh-day
Adventist missionaries
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to leave their neighborhood.
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The missionaries
wanted to establish
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the first Adventist Church here,
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but there was a dispute
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over rights to the plot of land.
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It wasn't that they
disliked the Adventist.
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Hoping to resolve the
conflict, church leadership
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sent a Global
Mission pioneer named Suleman
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to this un-entered area.
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Pioneer Suleman
was in for a challenge.
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There are millions
of people in New Delhi
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who don't know Jesus
yet, and in this crowded city,
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every piece of land is valuable.
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He knew the group
claiming ownership rights
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wouldn't give up the
property without a fight,
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but as a Global Mission
pioneer Suleman not only hope
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to resolve the conflict,
he also planned to share
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the love of Jesus and eventually
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start a new group of believers.
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When Suleman arrived,
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he and his family
received serious threats.
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They told me your
church won't save you.
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You better leave the property
or we will get even with you.
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So the pioneer
asked God for wisdom
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on how best to deal
with the escalating conflict.
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Then he spoke with the angry men
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who were
threatening to beat him.
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I am here to serve.
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If you chase
me, where will I go?
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Your conflict is
with my administration.
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Let me stay here.
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If the property
is deeded to you,
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at least someone is
taking care of the property
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while this matter gets resolved.
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The men thought this was
a reasonable proposition.
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So they allowed
pioneer Suleman to stay,
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but he couldn't make
any changes to the property.
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Faced with no
choice, the pioneer agreed.
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Suleman and his wife got to know
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the surrounding community.
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They visited neighbors
and developed friendships
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that allowed them
to share their faith.
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By God's grace, people
opened up to the gospel
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and wanted to
hear more about Jesus.
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One day they met
Sushma the wife of a man
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who was raised
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Sushma and the pioneer's wife
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became good
friends cooking together
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and sharing life experiences.
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Sushma increasingly
admired the Adventist.
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She saw that they
were humble people
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who lived a simple life.
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The pioneer's wife ask Sushma,
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she would be interested
to learn more about the Bible
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and she agreed.
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So Suleman and his wife
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began to teach Sushma about God.
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My husband was an Adventist,
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but I didn't know
much about this church.
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I didn't even know
anything before marrying
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into an Adventist family,
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but after the pioneer arrived,
I came to know more about Jesus
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and the Adventist Church.
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Please pray for my husband.
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He doesn't want
to come to church,
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even though he was an
Adventist from childhood.
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Today because Suleman
mingled with the people showing
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Christ's love, this
property is formally deeded
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to the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in India.
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There are
approximately 25 regular members
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who worship here every Sabbath.
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As this congregation grows,
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he continues to pray for wisdom.
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Please pray for Suleman
despite the challenges he faces.
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Pray too for
frontline mission work
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in un-entered areas
among major world religions
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and in urban areas.
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Thank you for your
support of global mission.
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My guest is Pastor Pen,
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who is the district
supervisor for the churches
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in the southern
part of Phnom Penh
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here in Cambodia.
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Pastor, thanks so
much for joining us.
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Now you are in
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the Southern
District of Phnom Penh.
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Can you describe
what the city is like?
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Okay.
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I just moved from
Kampong Thom District
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to the Phnom Penh.
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The situation in
Phnom Penh is very good,
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but very hard for
us to win the people,
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mostly the rich before
because we have no time
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to go in visit them
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because the door
is closed every day.
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So we weren't
happy, we saying God
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because
sometimes we can find a way
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we can meet them in the market,
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meet them in the shop,
supermarket, and ask them,
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say hello and we ask
them how is their belief
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and how they are like
that and make them friends.
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And then we can ask, ask
them to join us in church.
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Yes.
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So the first step is
for you to make the contact
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and the friendships with people.
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Yeah.
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Now, Pastor, when did you,
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how did you become a
Seventh-day Adventist?
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In 1984, I flee from
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the Cambodia to the Thai border.
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Yes.
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I lived at around 10 years,
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but I become a
Christian when I went there.
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I have no friend,
no relative there.
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So I start to go
to ask the pastor
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in the Seventh-day
Adventist to live in the church
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because I alone and
don't know everything.
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So he give me to
allow to live in the church.
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At that time, I
don't believe in God,
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he still preached me
about the Bible every day
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until several months
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and he baptized me in 1994.
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Now was that the first time
that you had heard about Jesus?
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When I was born in Phnom Penh.
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I was, heard from the tracks
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that people
shared me about Jesus,
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but I wasn't
interested when I was young.
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Right. Exactly.
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So when you became a Christian?
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When you became an Adventist,
how did that change your life?
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The first time
when I got baptized,
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I still not
believe in Jesus really.
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Oh, really? Yeah.
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But when the...
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It happened when
the soldiers fighting
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each other at that time
the people ran away from me.
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I did not know
the way how I ran it,
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but when I had a one
track and start to run,
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but the people is gone.
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So I start to pray to Jesus.
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I ask Him, "If
you are really God,
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is have power, help me."
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Because I did
not know the way go
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and I go to the Thai border.
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So at the time when
I went to the cross,
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near the hospital,
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I have heard
the voice behind me.
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He says, "Stop! Stop!
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Don't go."
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When I turn back I didn't
see anything, only the voice.
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I think my ear is
not, that had the problem.
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So I start to
go, start go again,
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but again, but maybe I
have two or three steps
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I heard the sound again.
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After that I stopped.
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I look around, but no people,
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but I said maybe I scare
from the ceiling say that
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may be I assume
that, but I start again.
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When I step around two
steps, I walked two step,
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I heard the sound again.
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I look around again,
but I don't see anything.
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And this time I said,
third time I don't stop anymore
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if any call in the
same thing of a voice,
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but when I
start walk the ceiling
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is fell on in from me
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about 100 meter
towards the ceiling.
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I stopped turn back, I realized,
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and then I say maybe
God is protecting me.
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God call me
because He's not called me
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I will die at that time.
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So when I turned
around, I did not know the way.
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Suddenly, I have
seen a one man coming.
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He said, "Why you left?"
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I said, "I just knew coming
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in the border in
the refugee camp,
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but I didn't
know the way go in."
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So he said, "Okay, this
way, you can go this way."
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And then we have a
one tunnel, small tunnel,
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I cannot cross the trap
there, put something out there.
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So he pushed me and helped me.
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After that two minutes
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when I turned
back, he disappeared.
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So after that, I
started to tell my pastor,
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he said, "It's
God call to have you.
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If He did not
call, you will die."
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At that time I
started to believe in God.
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Wonderful.
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So when you were baptized,
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you hadn't made a
proper commitment?
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Yeah, yeah, it's true.
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So now you're a pastor
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and you have
several groups in the city?
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Yeah.
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What is your hope
for the future here?
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Because my willing I
hope I'd want to spread
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the word to all the people,
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even the lost
people and non-Christian
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even the monk people
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is my willing I've to bring them
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to Jesus Christ.
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Wonderful.
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Pastor Pen, I
wanna thank you so much
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for sharing with us today.
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Yeah. You're welcome.
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And viewers at home,
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this is a very challenging area.
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This is right in the heart
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of the 10/40
Window and Pastor Pen,
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many other pastors,
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church leaders, and
lay people are involved
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in building friendships,
and making connections,
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but it is difficult work
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and they appreciate your prayers
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for their mission, and
your continuing support
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through your mission
offerings that help make mission
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go forward in
places like Cambodia.
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We'll be right
back after this break.
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