Welcome back to Lyon.
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This is a ancient city
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and behind me you
can see some Roman ruins,
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stretching back
some 2,000 years.
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Next up, we traveled to Chile
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to learn more about
a center of influence.
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I wanted to serve
in the mission field
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from the time I
started university,
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but for some reason
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I think I'm
beginning to understand now
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the way this year has gone,
this has been my opportunity
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to work with
One Year in Mission.
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Here, the program didn't exist
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when I started
University in the States,
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but I always felt
that I needed to finish
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my program there first.
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So I think God
was asking me to wait
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for this time to serve here
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with the One
Year in Mission team,
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but ultimately,
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I started thinking
in earnest about serving
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after my third
year of university.
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We took a three-week
evangelism field school
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in Honduras.
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We did evangelistic campaigns,
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we worked with the students
in the Adventist schools there
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also with a children's home.
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For me, it was just
an amazing experience
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because we
worked with the church.
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We did not go with the attitude
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that we were serving
the church in an area
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where they were lacking.
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We went to work
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with an already functioning
mission program, so to speak,
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of the Adventist
Church in that country.
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And it's really a revolutionary
perspective on missions
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when you realize
that you're going to work
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with your church
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with other brothers and sisters
of your faith in another place.
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You're going to support.
You're going as a resource.
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And you go with a
completely different attitude.
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And when I got
back from Honduras,
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I started
speaking with my professor,
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I worked for the
professor of New Testament
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who is Chilean,
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and he told me
about this project.
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It's a closed call, they
choose recommended people,
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not everyone can apply.
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And so I received the call
and prayed for about a year
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and here I am.
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So I have a wide range
of responsibilities here.
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I am here primarily
as an English teacher
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and also to work
in youth evangelism
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and with the
church when possible.
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I teach English
classes in the Iglesia Central.
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I also teach an
English workshop for parents
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and the Adventist school here.
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I support the English classes
as a resource for the students.
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There is an English teacher
here in the Adventist school,
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but I am his assistant.
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More or less I
work with Pathfinders.
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And I also work
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with the One Year
in Mission volunteers
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and various outreach
activities in the community.
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And here in the
Espacio Nuevo Tiempo,
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the center of influence
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I teach English classes here
and support other activities.
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I'm originally from Maryland.
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My father is a pastor in
the Chesapeake Conference.
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So that's where I hail from.
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And it's been interesting
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adapting to the culture here.
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I love it. It's great.
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It's extremely
open, extremely caring,
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but again because Chile
is a more modernized country.
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This isn't the
mission experience
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that a lot of people expect
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from short-term mission
trips to Central America per se,
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it's more
modernized, more secularized.
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People are not immediately open
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to sharing directly about faith.
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The majority of the population
lives in the cities here.
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So there's a lot
of indirect evangelism
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that happens.
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And, of course, the
people are very friendly,
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very accepting,
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but they also
take some convincing.
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So you have to work
around the question of,
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are they
accepting what I'm saying
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simply because
they're trying to be polite
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because this is the culture
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or are we really
making a connection here?
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So that's the struggle.
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That's what we have to learn
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to do evangelism
cross-culturally.
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I spoke a little bit of
Spanish before I arrived.
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I had the foundation
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at least from
having studied before,
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but it is a
completely new experience
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to speak Spanish in a country
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where it is the native language
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because we don't realize
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when we speak
English or our own language,
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how much slang we use,
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how many sayings,
how many phrases we have.
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We don't realize how
quickly we ourselves speak.
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So when we
enter another culture,
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we try to learn that language.
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It's completely different.
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Book knowledge
doesn't cover everything.
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It took me about two months,
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even speaking a
little Spanish the whole time
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to become
conversationally fluent.
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At this point, I am
capable of improvisation,
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capable of
preaching in Spanish also,
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but it hasn't been easy.
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You wander around a lot of
time feeling a little lost,
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not knowing exactly
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what all is
going on every moment,
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but the people
here are very patient.
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And it means so
much in another culture
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when you
honestly make the effort
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to communicate with people.
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One of the things that
I've made a point to do,
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and that I would
recommend for anyone
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serving in a foreign country
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is not to speak
your own language
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to an extreme in
front of everyone,
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not to go out of
your way to speak English.
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There are English
speakers in the high school
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where I work,
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but I speak to them
in Spanish when I can.
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It makes a huge difference
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in developing the
relationships with people.
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It's incredible
because I feel like
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it is preparing me
better for life in ministry,
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which is what I studied for,
which is what I trained for,
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one of the reasons I came here
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was to work
directly with the church,
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to work directly
with an administration
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that is actively involved
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in outreach
ministries in the community
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and to learn from that
and to study from that.
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So I am working directly
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with several
different pastors here.
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I have a lot of
mentors so to speak.
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I'm learning how to use
different methods of ministry.
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And also it's an
incredible blessing
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to be able to be in ministry
and to have a second language.
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Next up, we
traveled back to West Africa
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to learn more
about Adventist Mission
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in that part of the world.
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The West-Central Africa division
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sends missionaries to
the frontlines of mission
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in both the cities and
remote hard to reach areas,
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but mission also
happens in Pierre's office
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at the division headquarters.
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Pierre is the
administrative assistant
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to the President
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of the
West-Central Africa division.
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Part of his job is to
work behind the scenes
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making sure
missionaries are placed
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where they are needed most.
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And while his
efforts usually go unnoticed,
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Pierre doesn't mind
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and finds joy in
being part of God's work.
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To me, I think
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all those who work in
the vineyard of the Lord
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work in various capacities.
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Some do some work
that people can see,
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but others also
work behind the curtains.
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Even if you're
not on the frontline
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for people to see,
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I think that is
not the most important,
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but even in your
very small corner
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you can contribute to
the progress of the Lord.
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Pierre wakes up early at 4:30
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so he can beat the morning
rush and get to his office.
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He answers emails,
sorts out itineraries,
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and applies for
visas for missionaries,
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among other things.
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I don't see it as
ordinary office work.
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I work in the
Church of the Lord.
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Work in the Church is a blessing
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because we are called to work
to be coworkers with the Lord
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in the salvation of people.
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And as Pierre
goes about his work,
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he comes in contact
with people who need counsel.
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As a church elder,
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Pierre prays for
the different people
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who come to his office.
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Sometimes he gives a
word of encouragement
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to the missionaries
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who come before they
head out to the mission field.
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Nothing could have
been really possible
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without the people
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who are working
behind the scenes.
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And some of us as leaders
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were just here
to represent them.
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And we are the public person,
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but those who are
working behind the scenes
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in our division
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are serious workers
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for the cause of the
Lord in our territory.
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So we are
grateful for their life.
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We are grateful
for their talent.
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We are also grateful
for whatever they are doing.
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And we work as a team.
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Please pray for
Pierre and the team
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in the
West-Central Africa division.
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Pray that the Adventist
Church continues to grow there,
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and that many are
reached for the kingdom.
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Thank you for
supporting mission.
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Well, that's about
it for today's program,
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and I hope that
you've been challenged
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and inspired by
our 360-degree view
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of mission around the world.
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We met Jenny, who
was serving with passion
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at a center of
influence in Chile.
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We saw the challenges
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and the opportunities of mission
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in West Africa.
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And, of course, we've
seen the challenge of mission
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right here in Europe.
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And I wanna thank you
for what you are doing
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to participate
with us in mission
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with your generous
donations to Global Mission,
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through your prayerful support
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and through your
personal involvement.
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You are part of God's
mission here in this world.
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And I wanna thank you
for the continuing focus
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if you put on
mission in your churches
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to keep that fan that
flame keeping it alive.
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Well, for Adventist
Mission, I'm Gary Krause.
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And I hope you
can join me next time
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right here on Mission 360.
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God
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Maker of heaven and earth
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Maker of the universe
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You are everlasting
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God
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Keeper of time and of space
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Keeper of the human race
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You are everlasting
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You took upon yourself
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To die for what you've made
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Wonderful savior
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Oh mighty creator
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Merciful healer
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You are everlasting
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Perfect and splendor
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Yet humble the nature
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Your kingdom forever
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You are everlasting
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God
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Healer of all human hurt
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Healer and tell the new earth
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You are everlasting
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You took upon your self
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To die for what you've made
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Wonderful savior
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Oh mighty creator
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Merciful healer
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You are everlasting
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Perfect and splendor
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Yet humble the nature
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Your kingdom forever
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You are everlasting.
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