A hospital funded by
your 13th Sabbath Offerings,
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a unique center of
influence in Bangkok, Thailand,
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and a pioneer in Kenya.
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All this and much
more coming up next.
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Hello and
welcome to Mission 360.
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Today's program is coming to you
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from the campus of
Andrews University,
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here in Berrien Springs,
Michigan, United States.
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This is a historic campus.
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In fact, its fore bearer,
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The Battle Creek
College began in 1874
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and moved to this campus
here in Berrien Springs in 1901
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and became known as
Emmanuel Missionary College.
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And this is actually
the oldest Adventist college
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in the world.
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And it's been a
landmark of Adventist education,
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which of course is
now the second largest
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Christian
educational system in the world.
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In late 1950s,
there were plans made
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for the Adventist
Theological Seminary
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to join with the
Emmanuel Missionary College,
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and that happened in 1960
when it moved to this campus
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and it became known
as Andrews University.
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It's a long
history, it's a rich history,
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but it's made what
this place is today,
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a center for training people
for mission and for service.
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We'll be looking more
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at what's
happening here at Andrews
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and mission
around the world today.
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But first up,
let's travel to Tanzania
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to meet a woman
who has been touched
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through the
ministry of a hospital
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that was supported by
your 13th Sabbath Offerings.
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Adventists in Mwanza,
Tanzania sold cows, goats,
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and other possessions to
build a new medical facility
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to replace the small
overcrowded Adventist clinic.
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Oh, we have a lack of
space for admission of patient.
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That's why we try to
build this facility here.
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Knowing this was a
big dream, in 2013,
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they asked for your help
through prayers and donations
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to the 13th Sabbath Offering.
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We appealed them to support
us in offering, in prayers,
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in order to
complete this project.
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I think when we are
dealing with patients,
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people may see Jesus
through these projects,
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through these
services that we are doing.
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Your generous giving
to the mission offering
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helped build a
beautiful medical facility
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that is
spreading a message of hope
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to the people of Mwanza.
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The medical staff's
dream is now reality
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as they admit
patients into the facility.
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So many people began coming here
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that they not only use
the new hospital building,
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they even had to
expand the existing clinic.
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People come to this clinic
because it's known as a place
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with caring doctors and nurses
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and the staff take pride
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in their
approach to medical care.
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The compassion that
is in this hospital,
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the way we handle
patient is different.
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We don't handle
them like customers
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or people who bring to us money.
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We handle them
with care, their safety,
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and their
well-being is our priority.
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Each morning, hospital staff
meet in an unfinished space
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for devotional time.
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This hospital is different
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because first we start
with prayers in the morning.
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And personally, if I
miss them in the morning,
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my day's usually not the same
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compared to when I wake up early
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and I come early
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to the morning
devotion every day.
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So when we start with prayers,
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it's like Holy Spirit is with us
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when we see patients.
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Angela had a tumor
growing in her stomach
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that caused her
pain for two years.
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All she could do was lie in bed.
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She didn't know
where to go for help,
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until someone told her
about the Adventist Hospital.
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Before I came
here, I was hopeless.
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I thought I was going to die.
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But when I came
to this hospital,
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I felt well again completely.
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Hospital staff
prayed for Angela.
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And after intense surgery,
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doctors
successfully removed the tumor.
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I felt hope after
the doctors came in.
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They didn't sleep
day or night for me.
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Although she still
needs to take it easy,
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Angela is now able to
perform household tasks
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that she wasn't able to
do for the last two years.
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She and many other
patients excitedly tell others
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about their
experience in the hospital.
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This hospital
has been overloaded
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with God's power.
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I can testify to this
because of the services
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I received in
my experience here.
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I know the
services are excellent
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and I really
appreciate what I received.
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And I'm praying
for this hospital now.
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The hospital always
follows up with its patients
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through a compassion unit.
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This dedicated team makes calls
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and visits former
patients to stay connected
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and pray for them.
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I'm proud of this ministry
because I see patients change.
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Even last Sabbath,
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I saw a former
patient get baptized.
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Their heart was transformed.
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They believed in God,
and they're doing very well.
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It's so interesting
to see how people change
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from their discouragement
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to a close
relationship with God.
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They're growing
physically and spiritually here,
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enough that people
are being baptized.
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Your contributions
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to the 13th
Sabbath Offering in 2013
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have made an impact
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in the lives of
many people in Mwanza.
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Patients and staff are
grateful for this building
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and how God has
used it in powerful ways.
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I thank everyone for
what they have contributed
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and I want to assure them
that the money they offered
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is really being put in place
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because you see people
who really come back to us
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and they say it
is good in this place
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who have helped us
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when we come
here and get healed.
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And that is not
because we have good doctors,
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it's because we have
good working in this place.
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Please pray for the
work being done in Tanzania
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and for this medical ministry.
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Thank you for
helping people like Angela
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and for your continued support
of the 13th Sabbath Offering.
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We're on the campus
of Andrews University
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and my guest is
Michelet William.
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And thank you so
much for joining us today.
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And you are a
graduate student here.
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And you partly
illustrate the fact
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that Andrews
University has students
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from all over the world.
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Where do you come from?
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I come from Haiti.
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Okay. And what
were you doing there?
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I was working for ADRA. I
worked six years for them.
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And then I joined World vision.
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I worked for two
years for World Vision
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and then I worked
for Plan International,
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in Haiti first
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and then I went
to Mali, West Africa.
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And from there, I
applied to Andrews
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to do my MD, Master in Divinity.
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And since I've
been here on campus,
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now I'm pursuing
my PhD in Mission.
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Now why would somebody
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who is involved in
international aid work
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decide to come
and study theology?
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From the Bible, we
can see a connection
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between
theology and social work.
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Christ was doing both.
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He came to save people.
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But what He did
first, He mingled with them,
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and He showed them compassion.
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He ministered to their needs,
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and then according to
what Ellen White says,
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He bid them, follow Me.
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So you see, you need to...
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You know, the soul,
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the salvation of
the soul is priority.
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But to reach people,
you need first to show them,
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you know, love, sympathy,
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compassion, and
meet their needs.
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So this is why
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I've been doing
social work for many years.
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And God impressed me
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that I need
knowledge in theology.
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And now I'm in a better position
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to combine the two.
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Wonderful.
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So I guess what you're doing now
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is really you're
studying Missiology.
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Exactly.
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Yeah, combining the theory
and the practice together.
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So when you felt called by
God to do some further studying
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and you came here,
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have your
expectations been realized?
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Have you found this
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a helpful thing here at Andrews?
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Here at Andrews,
it's a great environment.
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And I think it's up to you
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to profit from
all the good things
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that are happening here.
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You have, you know, great people
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with a lot of experience
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and you have a lot of resources,
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materials that you can use.
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If you are not really committed,
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you can also go and do
things that are not good.
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Some people, you know,
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have had some
bad experience here,
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but for me, it has
been very positive.
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I've grown spiritually,
emotionally in my walk with God
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and especially
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in my
relationship with other people.
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And while here,
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I was able to continue
what I've been doing before.
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We've...
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Students,
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we have created a fund.
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We collected money to
help people or children
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in Mali and also in Haiti.
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So last year, for example,
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we were able to provide
scholarships for 20 children,
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helping them to go to school,
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and through that ministry,
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their parents were able
to attend church services
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and some of them got baptized.
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So I praise God
for bringing me here
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because while here,
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I think that I'm
in a better position
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to make a
difference in the world.
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Wonderful.
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So what is the name
of this organization
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that you've started?
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Team in Action to Save Kids.
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Team in Action to
Save Kids. I love that.
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So you've
recruited other students here
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with a goal to
help promote this?
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Exactly.
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And last year, we went
on a mission trip to Haiti,
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in a community where
there is no electricity
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and those kids
rely on kerosene lamps
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to study by night and
this affected their eyes
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and sometimes
there are accidents,
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some houses get burned
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when, you know, the
lamps are fell on the floor
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while people are sleeping.
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So in order to
prevent those things,
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we collected money to
purchase a very effective,
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efficient solar lamp
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that can be
powered by solar energy.
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And we went there and
we distributed those lamps
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to those kids.
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It was such a
blessing for the community.
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And the church,
the Adventist church
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in the community was dying.
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Very, very few
people come to church.
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We did the distribution
of the lamps on a Friday.
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And we invited people
to church on Saturday.
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The following
day, that Saturday,
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the church was crowded,
people flocked to the church,
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and I was preaching.
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And I can see the connection
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between the social
action that we did,
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the day before
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and the
invitation to come to church,
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people are more
willing to follow Christ,
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to follow the gospel
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when they see that
you care for their needs.
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Of course, we've
known this for many years
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with Christ method
of ministry, haven't we,
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so that we have to
mingle, show sympathy,
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minister the
needs, win confidence,
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but often we
skip all those steps,
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and we'd like to come in
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at the last step
of bidding, right?
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Yes. That's been our speciality.
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So in your dissertation,
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are you looking
at issues like this?
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Tell me what you're doing.
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Yeah, my dissertation
will be on social justice
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from missiological perspective.
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It is how to combine,
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you know,
evangelism with social action.
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When you go in a community
and you see the injustices,
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so should we stay
quiet, should we stay silent?
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And when I studied the Bible,
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and even in also the
writings of Sister White,
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and I can see that evangelism
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and social action
should go together.
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Yes.
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So my dissertation
will be a proposal,
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a kind of framework
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how the church can
combine both evangelism
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and in social justice activities
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without damaging the reputation,
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and also the
mission of the church
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because the Adventist
church has a clear mission,
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a clear message
for the end time,
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so we need to keep the
focus, but while doing it,
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how we can address, you
know, the needs they want.
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So this is the
focus of my dissertation.
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Wonderful. Merci beaucoup.
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Oh, Je vous en
prie. Thank you so much.
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Appreciate you
sharing with us today.
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Yes, thank you for having me.
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And viewers at home,
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Michelet
represents many students
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who come here, they
have the opportunity
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as we've heard to learn more,
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to put a bit
more robust theology
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behind what they're doing.
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So they're much more effective
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when they go back out
into the mission field
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which is the
communities of this world.
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Please pray for
Andrews University.
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Pray for the students
here from around the world.
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They will continue
to be a light for Jesus.
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We'll be right
back after this break.
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