Welcome back to Dublin
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and more
specifically to Phoenix Park.
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This is a huge space,
it was established in 1662.
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It's home to the
nation's president.
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And it's the largest
enclosed space of any park
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in any of the European capitals.
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It's five times larger
than London's Hyde Park.
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Well, next up we traveled
to Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Is it possible to
continue thinking biblically,
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even as you
work across cultures.
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I am Oscar Osindo.
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I work for the
Institute of World Mission.
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Our responsibility
is to help missionaries
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that work overseas
or work across cultures,
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to be able to work effectively.
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We are the people
that God has called
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to share the good
news of the gospel
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as it is in the Bible,
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but as we take the Bible message
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across cultures,
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we meet obstacles
because as we have mentioned
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about culture, people read,
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even understand from
their cultural lenses.
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That's why they do.
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For example,
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a missionary
couple went to a place
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where they were posted
to work or sent to work.
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And they were surprised
the first Sabbath worship
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that they attended.
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They observed church members
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greeting and kissing one
another across gender even,
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and they were so surprised
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and so when
they inquired to know
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why these church
members were doing so.
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They were informed that
one of the church elders
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read in Romans,
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Romans 16:16
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that believers
should kiss one another.
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And so their response was,
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they are
observing a gospel command
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of kissing one another.
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This is just an
example of how the Bible
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is used and misused as people
interact with the Bible from
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their own social location,
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from their own context
through their own worldview,
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that's how they see it.
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These are some of the challenges
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as a missionary
you might come across.
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How do you take this
good news across culture?
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It is stated that
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there are three
responses to sin.
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Fear power cultures,
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shame honor cultures,
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guilt innocence cultures.
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These are three
responses to sin.
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In the fear power,
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these are
cultures that live in fear,
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fear of the unseen,
fear of the unknown.
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What do they need?
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They need power to overcome,
they need Jesus Christ,
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they need a gospel
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that will empower them
to overcome their fear.
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In the fear power
context, for example,
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we know that malaria
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is caused by mosquito bites
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that when we know,
but in the fear power,
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the question would be
who sent the mosquito?
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It's not what causes, but who?
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That's the fear power.
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Now in the shame honor culture,
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people aspire for honor.
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They avoid shame at all costs.
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So what kind of
gospel they want.
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The gospel needs
to be related to them
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in a way that it
covers the shame.
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In the guilt innocence culture,
it's about right and wrong.
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So how can I, you know, in
the guilt innocence culture,
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how can I do
away with the wrong?
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How can I be declared right?
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That's their concern.
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So the gospel is
understood in those terms.
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And so as we relate
the Bible, the Word of God,
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across cultures,
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we need to be aware
that we speak to people
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in ways that
they will understand
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in ways that the
Bible will make sense
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in their own cultural framework.
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These are some of the
things and many others
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that we at the
institute are concerned about,
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how do we equip you?
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How do we make you aware?
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How do we prepare you?
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And so missionaries
come together bless us
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and we have three
weeks of learning together
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to know how to process
through these challenges.
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And so, we invite you
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to come to our
Next Mission Institute
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so that together,
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we can share the
unique Adventist message
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to the whole world.
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We look forward to seeing you
at the Next Mission Institute.
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Next up, we travel
to Toronto, Canada,
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to see work being done
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among an often
neglected group of people.
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Neena does what
most dog owners do.
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She takes her dog
out for a walk every day
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to enjoy the outside air,
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but things are a
little different for Neena.
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She relies on Fargo
to get her out the door
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and around the
neighborhood safely.
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He's her guide dog,
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helping Neena
navigate the streets.
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Neena and her
husband, Kevin, are both blind,
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living in a Toronto
high rise apartment building.
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This Canadian
couple lives in many ways
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just like anyone else would.
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They cook, clean,
and do household tasks.
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Neena runs an online business
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selling handmade
knitted clothing,
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homemade soaps,
and other accessories.
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Each of these things are
an artistic outlet for me.
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I do the store
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because I like to
have fun with crafts.
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Neena and Kevin
met at Camp Frenda,
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an Adventist summer
camp that opens its doors
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to the blind community
for one week each year.
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It was sponsored
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by Christian Record
Services at the time.
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Neena and Kevin's
love for Jesus grew
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and they both were baptized.
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During the same time,
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they fell in love and
eventually got married.
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Despite becoming
part of a church family,
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the reality of
their daily challenges
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still exist.
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I think a lot of people just
don't know how to relate to us
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and a lot of people are
afraid to even talk to us.
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And so sometimes
they just don't know
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how to approach us as people,
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and a lot of
times we feel left out.
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In 2007, they were
part of the founding team
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to start a new
Adventist congregation
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with the Ontario Conference.
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They rented a conference room
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in a local hotel in Scarborough,
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a suburb of Toronto, and
began meeting once a month.
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This gathering came to be
known as Hope Vision Fellowship
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and was designed to
welcome the blind community.
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Momentum built over the years
and they formed a core group,
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with new visitors coming
through the doors regularly.
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There's a lot of hopelessness
throughout the blind community.
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I like the name of our
church, Hope Vision Fellowship.
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And that's
basically what we are.
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We hope and we do have a vision,
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and our vision is to
see blind people get saved
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and the blind people
come to know Jesus Christ
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and find healing and hope
through His wonderful grace.
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In 2016, Global Mission
helped to support this group,
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and that same year
Hope Vision Fellowship
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was recognized as the
first Adventist Church
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for the visually impaired
in the North American Division.
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Since then,
they've started meeting
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in their own church building,
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opening the door
for more possibilities.
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Members like Kevin and
Neena are actively involved
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in sharing Jesus' love
with the blind community.
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There are a lot of blind people
that really need this hope
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and they need this nice
time away from the stuff
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that they deal with every day.
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And they need sort
of a slight refuge.
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That's my heart
where I wanna make people
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help them feel that
way, like they matter.
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Most of the people who
attend are not Adventist,
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but come because
they feel safe here.
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They come from
different religions
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and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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This congregation
is not just focused
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on meeting the spiritual
needs of its community,
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they also are aware
of the physical needs.
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Pat, one of the
founding members,
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makes sure that
people are well taken care of
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by creating food care packages
for people to take home.
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As most of them can't afford
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some of the basic
necessities of life,
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let alone a little
bit extra and some of them
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have to rely on
food banks anyway.
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So this is one of
our reaches as well.
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I mean, this is sometimes
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the only way of
getting their food.
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Knowing some of the
stories of some of the ones
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going to actual food banks,
they get pushed to the back,
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they can't see, they
don't know where they are.
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And the one time I was helping
a girl clean out her cupboard.
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She had 25 cans of
expired spaghetti sauce
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and no spaghetti.
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So this is just helping.
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Thanks to your prayers
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and contribution
to Global Mission,
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churches like this
are planted in new areas
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and among
unreached people groups.
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I wanna thank God
from the bottom of my heart
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for the Adventist Church.
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It was through
the Adventist Church
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that I found Jesus,
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it was through
the Adventist Church
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that I experienced His love,
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and it's through the
Adventist Church's help
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and that made me
the man I am today.
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Thank you for
supporting Global Mission.
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Well, thank you so much
for joining us on Mission 360.
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And I hope that
you've been challenged
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and inspired by what
you've seen and heard.
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I hope that you've enjoyed
our 360-degree view of mission,
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including the mobile
center of influence in Hungary,
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the work among
blind people in Toronto.
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You know, there
are just so many needs
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around the world today.
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And particularly as we see
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our big mission
field of the cities,
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we see tremendous challenges,
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but I wanna thank you so much
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for your continuing
support for mission,
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through your prayers,
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through your finances
because it's your donations,
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it's your prayers,
it's your involvement
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that make it possible for us
to start centers of influence
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in urban areas around the world.
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It makes it possible for us
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to plant new groups of believers
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among new people groups.
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Well, 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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