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Next up, let's hear the story
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of a pioneer
Adventist missionary.
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My guest today is an
editor for the encyclopedia
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of Seventh-day Adventists.
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Overseen by the office
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of archives,
statistics, and research,
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this new
reference work will include
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thousands of entries
from around the world,
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on a variety of
topics, including mission work.
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I'm here with
Pastor Renato Stencel
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from the South
American division.
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Welcome, Pastor,
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thank you for
interviewing with us
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on Mission 360 TV today.
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Thank you very much
for your invitation.
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Yes, yes, so
you'll be sharing a story
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on a missionary named John Lipke
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who served in your division.
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Yes, he was a German missionary.
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A pioneer who came to Brazil,
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he was born in 1875
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and when he was 19 years old,
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he was supposed
to serve in the army
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and then the
beautiful story starts there.
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Great, great.
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So, how did he get
into missionary work?
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Well, he met a
pastor, a German pastor
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by the name of Richard
Conradi, in Berlin, Germany.
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And he got to know the
gospel through this pastor,
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and he was
baptized with 19 years old.
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Wow, praise God.
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And then when he
was supposed to go
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to the army, when
he would complete 20,
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he came to
America in the company
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of another pastor who
by the name was Otto Lipke.
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So they were both envisioned
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with the passion
to serve the Lord,
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and they came to America
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because they would
not want to serve the army
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but to the Lord.
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So they came to America
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and then they started
working in Battle Creek.
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So this missionary
happened to know Dr. Kellogg
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and he learned a lot of lessons,
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important
lessons with Dr. Kellogg.
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He still worked with Dr. Kellogg
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in Cavin's Milk Factory,
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which is very
interesting because
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there was a lot of
patients in the sanatorium,
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that were allergic to lactoses.
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Oh.
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And at that time,
Dr. Kellogg knew that
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the Cavin's milk were feedable
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for those allergic to lactoses.
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And Pastor Lipke
which at that time
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was simply a missionary
in America happened to work
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in this specific department.
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So, is a long, long and
beautiful story of this,
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this missionary.
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Great, so it sounds like
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he was pretty involved
in medical mission work,
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is that correct?
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Yes, he began with this area.
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That was his first challenge,
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and he worked here in
America for two years.
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This was the right
amount of time for him
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to develop some
skills in the area of health.
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So he worked and
studied in Battle Creek,
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in the medical
missionary school,
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that Dr. Kellogg opened.
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And then he went
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to the Union
College in Nebraska.
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There he found his future wife
by the name of Augusta Lipke.
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So she was from
Missouri, and they met together
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and they married,
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and then they
decided to be missionaries.
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And from the
United States of America,
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they went to South America.
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And this
happened in 1898, October.
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So that was the precise time
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in which they arrived
in our country, Brazil.
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Okay, great.
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So what did they do in
Brazil as missionaries?
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I used to say that Lipke
used to live with Dr. Kellogg
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and I believe that many people
who worked with Dr. Kellogg,
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they had a very
broad view of life
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and they think big.
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While living with Dr. Kellogg,
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Pastor John Lipke got some ideas
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and he went to Brazil.
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The first thing
that he decided to do
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was to open a school.
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So he went to a city
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that was in the
very countryside area
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of one state
called Santa Catarina,
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and then there he opened
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a kind of a college school.
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And then what happened?
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He started teaching and
preparing the first pastors
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and missionaries
that would work in Brazil
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and in South America.
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He was envisioned for education.
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That was his
first job in Brazil.
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Fascinating.
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So it sounds like
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he wanted to pass on
that vision to others
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to continue that work in Brazil?
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What was the
impact that you found
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in your research
that Pastor Lipke had
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in his mission work in Brazil?
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Well as I mentioned to
you, he was a man of big ideas,
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so he was first of
all colporteur in Brazil.
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He was a teacher.
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He was a
principal of this school.
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Then he was president
of one of the conferences.
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Then he became the president
of the first college in Brazil,
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which opened in 1915.
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That today is
UNASP, that you call.
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Yes. University of Sao Paulo.
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But something very
remarkable happened in 1920.
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1920, Pastor Lipke
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look to all the
work of the church
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in Brazil and he said,
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something is
missing in the church.
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One of the segments of
the church was not open.
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And what was it?
The medical work.
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So and then he
started looking after people
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that would go to
America to prepare
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and do the medical
course in Loma Linda,
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but no one show up.
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And then he said,
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so if no one
wants to go, I will go.
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So he asked for a license
and then he came to Loma Linda,
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and here he
stayed for six years,
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working as a
evangelist, a colporteur,
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paying his fees and
then he finished his course,
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went back to Brazil to
serve as a medical doctor.
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Wow, that's fascinating.
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So, and then he
opened the first clinic
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that became the first hospital
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and then we have today,
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several hospitals in
Brazil, several clinics,
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and spas and so on.
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And praise God for having
Pastor Lipke in our country.
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Right.
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It sounds like Pastor
Lipke made a huge impact
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in a variety of
areas, whether medical,
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administrative or in education.
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It's such a blessing
to hear of his story.
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Thank you so
much, Pastor Stencel,
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for sharing the story of
Pastor Lipke with us today.
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Thank you.
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Reporting from Mission
360, I'm Chelsea Tyler.
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Next up, we
travel back to Europe,
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to see your 13th
Sabbath offerings in action.
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People in the church
many times don't understand
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what I am talking about.
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This is the
biggest challenge for me.
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How I can be part
of the world as a salt,
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where Jesus said
you have to be salt,
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and to be close with God.
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This is my challenge
for me and for my family.
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To be very close with God
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and to be close
with the people outside.
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Mostly, I am working
with non-Christian people.
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Pastor Jan lives
in Ko ice, Slovakia.
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His passion is
working with people
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who don't know
about Jesus love for them,
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especially the Roma community.
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Many people will not
associate with the Roma
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and find ways to
keep their distance.
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Years of cultural differences
have created a barrier
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between the ethnic
groups in the region.
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But Jan feels
called to reach out anyway.
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He often organizes activities
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with the
Pathfinder club and outings
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for underprivileged
children and youth.
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If you are
working with the children,
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you can touch parent's heart.
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If I am good for children,
parents are happy as well.
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Pastor Jan works in
the outskirts of KoA ice,
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among the Roma community.
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With each
visit, he brings gifts.
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These simple
presents open the doors
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and show them that
he cares about them.
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The Roma have challenging lives.
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In this house, seven
families live together.
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One of the mothers is
a Seventh-day Adventist
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and she teaches the
children stories from the Bible.
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Pastor Jan stops
here to greet his friends
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and bring a word
of encouragement.
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Before leaving, the
group takes a picture together,
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to remember this special moment.
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Meet Monika.
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From a young age
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she really wanted to participate
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in activities
with the Pathfinders.
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But she faced a
lot of challenges
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with her family
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because they
believed the Adventists
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would not be a good
influence in her life.
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Pastor Jan taught Monika
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important truths from the Bible.
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He also helped her
find strength to succeed.
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Despite her family's opposition
and the scarce opportunities
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in her community,
today Monika is an example
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to others in her village.
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She is well educated
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having graduated from university
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and serves as an
educational coordinator
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at her town's community center.
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Monika was very special person.
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She was like a
miracle because she wanted
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to know about Jesus, everything.
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She wanted to
read Bible properly,
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and then she started
to teach another Bible.
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I love to see the children
coming with joy in their eyes.
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They can see that I've
changed because of Jesus.
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I am so happy when they say
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they want to be closer to Jesus
and have a story like mine.
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Monika and her husband
now lead three groups of youth
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and children at the
local Adventist Church.
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They hope to disciple
others in the community
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and mend broken relationships
so God's Church can grow.
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Please pray for Pastor Jan's
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and Monika's
outreach ministries.
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This quarter, your
13th Sabbath offering
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will support this work
among vulnerable children
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in Slovakia and
the Czech Republic.
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It will also build a church
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with a children's
center in Bulgaria
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and assist Adventist
education in Spain and Germany.
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Thank you for your support
of the 13th Sabbath offering.
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Well, thanks so much for
joining us on today's program,
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and I hope that you've
been inspired and challenged
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by our 360 degree view
of mission around the world.
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In urban areas, in rural areas,
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we see that people on
the frontlines of mission
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are planting
churches, touching lives,
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putting Christ's method
of ministry into practice.
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And I want to thank you for you,
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playing your part in
supporting this mission
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through prayer,
through your finances,
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through your
personal involvement.
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And whether you
pray, whether you give
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or whether you go
or if you do all three,
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you are part of our
Adventist mission family.
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And I want to thank
you also for the way
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that you continue to
spread the importance
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of mission in your churches,
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in your
families, telling your kids
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because we can never lose
sight of the flame of mission.
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For Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause,
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and I hope that you
can join me next time
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right here on Mission 360.
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Amazing Grace
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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like me
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I once was lost
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But now I am found
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T'was blind but now
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I see
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T'was Grace that taught
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My heart to fear
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And Grace,
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My fears relieved
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How precious did
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That grace appear
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The hour I first believed
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