Adventist
mission in southern Asia,
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a delicious recipe from
the Mission 360 Kitchen,
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and the sights
and sounds of Paris.
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All this and much more
coming up next on Mission 360.
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Hello and
welcome to Mission 360.
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I'm Gary Krause.
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Today's program is
coming to you from Paris,
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the capital of France.
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And from the
Sacre-Coeur viewpoint here,
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you can look over all
of Metropolitan Paris.
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And it's quite a stunning view.
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And you can see iconic landmarks
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such as the Notre-Dame Cathedral
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that was damaged by
fire not so long ago.
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And in this inner-city area,
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there's just over 2
million people living
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but in greater
metropolitan Paris,
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you have some
14,13-14 million people,
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just a growing metropolis.
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But on today's program,
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we'll be learning more about
what's happening right here.
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But first up, let's
travel to Southern Asia
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to see more about mission there.
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Jesus would have
died for just one person
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of the 1.3 billion
who live in India, Bhutan,
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Nepal and the Maldives.
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That's how much
He loves the people
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here in the
southern Asia division
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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The work of the Adventist Church
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began in southern
Asia in India, in 1893.
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Five
colporteurs, two from America
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and a family of
three from New Zealand
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arrived to share the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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The next year
brought another missionary,
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Georgia Burrus.
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The mission board
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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paid George's passage
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from the United States to India.
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Once there, she was responsible
for her own living expenses.
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But God provided
in miraculous ways.
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Later, she married
a fellow missionary,
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and together they ministered
in India for 40 years.
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From these humble beginnings,
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the Adventist
Church in southern Asia
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has grown to
1.6 million members.
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We praise God for this growth.
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But the vast majority
of people in this region
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have not yet heard
the good news about Jesus.
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Less than 1% of the
population are Adventists.
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The Maldives, a
country of 392,000 people
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has no Adventist work.
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More than 800
languages are spoken
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in Nepal, Bhutan and India.
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We have materials
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and only a handful
of those languages.
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And yet church members
such as Global Mission pioneers
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are sharing the love
of Jesus in communities
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throughout this vast territory.
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Urban Centers of Influence
have been established in cities
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and thousands are being helped
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through schools and
medical institutions.
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Scheer Memorial Hospital
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has been treating the
sick in Nepal since 1960.
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And there are 11
more Adventist hospitals
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that offer holistic
medical care in India.
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Thousands receive
a holistic education
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at 144 Adventist
secondary schools
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and nine institutions
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of higher
education across India,
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including Spicer
Adventist University.
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Hope Channel India
broadcasts in nine languages,
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sharing stories of encouragement
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and inspiration to
people such as Rajesh.
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Overwhelmed with financial
difficulties in his family,
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Rajesh just
couldn't concentrate at work.
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He lost his job
and became depressed.
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One day he came across
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Hope Channel India's prayer line
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and asked for prayer.
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This was the first step
in getting to know Jesus
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and finding hope for his family.
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He now has a new job
to provide for his family.
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Please continue to pray
for the people of India,
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Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives
and pray for the church.
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With limited resources
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and in the face
of many challenges,
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it seeks to remain
faithful to God's call.
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Thank you for
your mission offerings,
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which fuel mission in
the southern Asia division
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and around the world.
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I'm delighted to be
talking today with Pascal
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who is a church
member here in Paris,
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and he is very involved in
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personal ministries
in the community here.
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Pascal, thank
you for joining us.
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What are some of the challenges
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that you face doing
mission here in Paris?
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A lot.
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So the challenge the
mission within the mission
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is to make it known
that God is not a fable.
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Jesus Christ isn't the fable
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and the idea is to
tell our fellow men
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that God loves them
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and thus for this
we have put in place
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a few initiatives to
explain, to explain who God is,
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who Jesus Christ is for mankind.
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Now, tell me about the,
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I saw a T-shirt that
says, "I will pray for you."
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Tell me about the I
will pray for you ministry?
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So the T-shirt
I'm praying for you
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is an invitation to say in
fact to our fellow brethren,
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an invitation to pray for them.
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And so in this initiative,
we have set up flash mob
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with songs and we
wear our T-shirts,
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and we enchant.
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In any case, we invite people.
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People out of curiosity
are bound to find out why,
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why we are
wearing these T-shirts
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and what is this
invitation to pray for them
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since we also have
banners that we take along.
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We also can ask for
prayer with prayer groups,
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with some church
members who come with us
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so that any fellow
brethren who wishes to,
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can request for
prayers, listen to the songs
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we sing to them.
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And that's it.
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We equally share
invitations to Hope lunches.
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That's it.
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Now under the
hood of a flash mob
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being used before for mission,
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but what sort of a
response do you get?
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He welcomes this
with much intrigue,
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lots of intrigue,
because they wonder why,
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what do you do, but
also a lot of excitement
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because some of them join us
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when we do the
flash mob choreography.
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They dance with
us, they sing with us.
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Others request prayer.
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They come and pray with us
and it does them a lot of good.
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Besides they're
waiting for us every second
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and fourth Sabbath
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so that we can
either pray for them
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or sing with us.
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So, Pascal, that's
exciting, but there must be
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some sort of a
negative response as well
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because this is a
very secular culture
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and to have people coming,
saying, "I pray for you."
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I don't know, tell me
any negative response?
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And effectively
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we've received
negative reactions,
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notably someone quite drunk
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who came to
disrupt the flash mob.
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We finally stopped the flash mob
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and started praying.
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We prayed and instantly
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we saw the power of God manifest
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because someone
came out of nowhere
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and pull that
person out of the flash mob
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and asked him to leave us alone.
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And there we gave glory to God
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because we were
able to see divine power
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manifesting directly.
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Just then we said amen.
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But you make good
connections with many people.
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Give me an example of somebody
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whose life has been
touched through this ministry?
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We also actually saw some people
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who hung on to the message,
an example by the singing.
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We were able to see people
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who came, who
came to sing with us.
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We have also seen
people who have asked to pray
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after talking with
them, because they have,
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first they were
able to understand that
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understanding that what,
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what is happening in the
world is not because of God.
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It is not because of God
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since we are often
used to blaming God,
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if God exists why
this, if God exists why that.
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And then, in fact,
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the discussion
enabled us to allow,
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to put things back
in their right place
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in the right way.
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That's to say, if
God is the way He is,
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it's because He loves us
and He's giving us the choice.
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Precisely He
leaves it up to the world
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to have front experiences.
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And then afterwards
some consequences follow
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because it's either good or bad.
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But we can't
say it's God's fault
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when it gets bad.
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And when it's
good, what do we say?
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That's great.
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Now tell me about
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the initiative
called Hope Breakfast.
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What happens with that?
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So the Hope Lunch, when
we invite people to come
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and share food with us,
there are several themes.
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So we have lunch with
them, if they have children,
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we also have a
games animation center.
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And in the end,
we have health stance
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that allow them to,
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to see a little bit
what our church is about.
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It is a
presentation of the church
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and the presentation of
what we do in the church.
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And also to create the link,
the idea is to create a link
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with those people after all.
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A few days back,
one of the persons
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we invited to the Lunch
of Hope called me to ask
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when will you be organizing
the next Lunch of Hope?
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And there I could answer him,
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because we will have
our next Lunch of Hope
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on the ninth of November.
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That's great idea.
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Now, Pascal, how
does it make you feel
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to be personally
involved in ministry?
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I live it with enthusiasm,
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because when I see the smiles
on the faces of the people
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we meet, the joy of the people
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who encouraged us
to go ahead, amen.
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It pleases us. It
encourages us to continue.
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And it's a great pleasure
to proclaim the name of Jesus,
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or to proclaim that
God loves the world.
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God loves everyone
among us. Wonderful.
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Merci beaucoup for
sharing with us today, Pascal.
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And viewers at home,
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it's encouraging
to see commitment
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that's happening here in Paris
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in the face of
many, many challenges.
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And so please pray for
the church here in Paris.
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Many, many people
who don't even know about
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
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We'll be right back
right after this break.
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