Today is a very special
day for our missionaries
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in the Jungles of Guyana;
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today they will be
traveling to the village of
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Blackwater, to hold the
very first communion service
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for the Amerindian People.
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The team will not be
using their usual means
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of
transportation, their aircrafts,
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but instead, they
will be traveling by water.
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Since the missionaries do
not live on the water, they load
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and climb into the only vehicles
they have, an arctic cat buggy,
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and dirt bikes and ride across
town to the Mabaruma boat docks.
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The missionaries must
take everything they will need
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with them today, and
this is no small feat.
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The church they are going to
attend today is completely empty
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and they must supply everything
including: food, water, dishes,
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instruments, crafts,
books, Bibles, and life jackets,
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just to name a few items.
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Thankfully, the missionaries
have their very own boat
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that they use to
travel the water ways.
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The mission was blessed
with a boat several years ago
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and they are very
thankful to have it.
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It's so nice to be able
to travel, because you travel
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sometimes three -
four hours on the river,
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and to be able to sit out
in the sun, even in the rain.
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You drive along, it is
just raining, just pouring down.
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Put the sides on, to stay dry.
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Once all the cargo
is loaded, today's team
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can climb aboard the vessel.
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There will be 10 members
traveling to Blackwater today.
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Each person has a specific
task for today that combined,
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will bring a blessing to the
remote Blackwater congregation.
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However with all the extra
gear, it seems to be a tight fit
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so they will have to
take another boat as well
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that they
acquired from the marina.
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Once both boats are loaded,
they begin to head up river.
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OK, we are all loaded up
here, we are going up river
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to a village called Blackwater.
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They have a small gathering
there, that we been going to
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every month, or so for
the last almost 5 years.
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Today is kind of a big event, we
have the pastor 2 pastors coming
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pastor Rick and pastor Andrea
we'll have Communion Service
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for the first time, I
think maybe ever up there.
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So we got 2
boatloads of people going up
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to take care of the service.
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We look forward to
taking care of the people there.
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I think we can expect
probably 30 children, 30 maybe
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40 children even, and
probably 20- 25 adults, or so.
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It will be about a 2 hour ride
from Mabaruma to Blackwater.
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And it looks as if
today they will be blessed
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with good weather, and
clear water conditions.
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But just to be safe,
they offer up a word of prayer
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before they begin their journey.
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Jah, would you pray
for us? Sure, let's pray!
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Heavenly Father, we thank You
Lord for the opportunity today
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to go to Blackwater. God we are
just so thankful for the people
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there coming to church. We pray
that the Holy Spirit will be
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with us. Help us Lord
today to share Your message,
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that we may learn much from
the Communion Service today,
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and we may learn to love
each other, in Jesus' name Amen!
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Guyana is known as the
country of many waters.
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It is appropriately named
this, since 60% of it is made up
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of river ways that
wind through the jungle.
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70% of the Guyanese population
lives in the remote jungle,
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so having a boat to
access them is crucial.
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Our region that we are working
here is covered with rivers
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and jungle. Very difficult to
get to. Aviation is part of the
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picture. We certainly do provide
the transportation into the
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airstrips of this
region, but also we have a boat.
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And our boat provides access
to the rivers. I would say
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the majority of the people in
this region live along a river.
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But through all of that the
ultimate goal is to share the
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love of Christ through these
experiences, because you know
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The way they look at it is,
they try to understand why would
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you come from America to here.
Because all of them are trying
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to leave Guyana to go to America
And that's when we can tell them
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about the love of God. And how
He has changed our lives to want
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to do something like this.
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Pastor Andre will be
accompanying the team
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to Blackwater today. He is
the local pastor for region 1
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in Guyana and he
oversees 8 separate churches
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scattered along the area.
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The AWA team is very
instrumental in providing him
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with transportation, so he
can visit his congregations.
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However since he has so many,
he is only able to visit each
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congregation every other
month, equally 6 times a year.
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But if it were not for the
AWA team providing him with
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transportation, his visits
would be even more infrequent
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as some of his villages would
take him many days to travel to.
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Not only does the plain fly,
but we have a boat that requires
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family will come up to
this exact church Blackwater
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Every second Sabbath
and they will have service.
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Apart from that the AWA
will take me from various areas
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to various areas to conduct
ministry to some churches
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that will take 2 days to get to,
The plane will help me to get
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there by 20 minutes, 30 minutes
the most. And I am very proud
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that the Adventist World
Aviation has helped us a lot.
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The Wickwire family make it a
regular part of their schedule
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to visit Blackwater bi-weekly,
since their official pastor
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can't be there every week.
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Jud wants to
involve his whole family
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in their ministry in Guyana.
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He teaches his eldest boy
Jake, how to drive the boat.
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Usually, every other week, we'll
go up to Blackwater and we have
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church service there with them.
And every once in a while we'll
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have a health fair, or we'll
all get together in a different
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village and do health
seminars, or stuff like that.
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Jake is very
pleased with the opportunity
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and eagerly
takes on the mission.
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As they near their destination,
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they pull into a
new construction site.
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This is the new building
for the Blackwater church.
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They rent the building they are
currently in, and are finally
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able to construct
their very own church.
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They are only able to build
as funds allow, so for right now
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the church sits
empty as it awaits for the
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remainder of the
construction costs to be raised.
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Just a few minutes more up river
is the current Blackwater church
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They approach the well worn dock
and prepare for today's events.
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They have a busy
day ahead of them.
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The missionaries are always the
first to arrive at the church.
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Since they travel from so far
away, and so many variables can
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cause them to
delay, time is usually
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just an estimate in the jungle.
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But this gives the
team the time to unload,
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and set up for
today's special service.
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Today we are on the Barima river
at the Blackwater Seventh-day
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Adventist church. It takes about
an hour and a half to come up
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the river to get to the
church here each Sabbath.
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This is a church, that
Adventist World Aviation wins
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for humanity. Helped to
establish it and at least
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continue to grow. So today
we are here to have their first
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Communion and we'll worship with
them today and bring them some
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of the great
sunshine of our Lord Jesus.
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Well, it's been really
cool to be part of getting the
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Blackwater church going.
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When we first went there,
there was about 7 or 8 members.
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But it's amazing because
like 30 people would come out,
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or 40 people would come out, and
we just assumed, that they are
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all Adventist, and then when
you eventually realized that
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they are not. They are just kind
of there, because there is an
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activity going on for the day.
And then we developed a kid's
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program a bit more that way,
So you get like 30 kids out,
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or more every Sabbath we go
there to do crafts. It is kind
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of intimidating, because we
are not Bible workers from home.
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So they come here and go
out, it is just nice to go out
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and spend the day with the
people there. Just help people.
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when you think they have been
baptized, than just king of left
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on their own to keep going.
It is really cool that we can be
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there and help facilitate
getting people there to preach
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to them and teach them things.
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And getting the
pastor out there too.
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The people in this community,
when ever there is a church
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come out in numbers,
there is no doubt about it.
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Rain or shine, they
come. They just come.
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Brother Jud comes, they
come, even if I come alone,
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ones, twice I was up here, right
and the people just come out
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They are anxious to
learn about Jesus and His love.
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Once they arrive, they have a
unique way to "ring the church
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Bells" to let everyone
know church is about to begin.
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The church bells, that we
have is an air horn on the boat.
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So the boys fight over,
who is going to blast it off
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when we get there. And
then the people start showing up
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for church.
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As soon as the air horn
rings across the jungle,
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people immediately start
showing up in their boats.
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Small canoes, larger
boats, all full of people
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ready for
today's church service.
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Whole families come together
to church. The ages range from
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grandparents all the way to new
born babies. They all pile out
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of their boats to
worship together today,
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here in Blackwater in their
meager, current church building.
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It's not anything fancy, but
the disrepair doesn't stop the
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people from assembling
together to worship God.
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Their church is
literally comprised of a roof,
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4 walls, a table
and 16 wooden benches.
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However, they are
grateful and joyously file in.
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We are here today at the
Blackwater Seventh-day Adventist
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church. It is about maybe
and hour and a half up the river
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from our compound, and
the Wickwire family as well as
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others have helped to
build this congregation up.
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They are meeting in
this sanctuary here.
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As you can see this is... it is
like an old shack, but yet it is
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a church that they are renting,
and it is very run down.
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Maybe you can take a look
at some of the hazards that...
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as the children walk up,
you can see some of the hazards.
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The boards are very rotten
and it is very hazardous walking
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the planks from the boat
dock to get to the church.
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to get to the bathrooms is even
more hazardous. The bathrooms
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are over here, but they
have been worshipping here
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for quite some time in
this churchless corner.
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let's quickly
take a look around.
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As you can see in the sanctuary
here they've made some benches
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It is kind of fun to watch as
you'll see, they say when people
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were sitting in them...
But they are very blessed to be
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in this church, and we are proud
of Adventist World Aviation
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for the helping and
supporting them here.
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While it's just a humble shanty,
this church building fills up
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rather quickly
with Guyanese natives.
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Within just 15 minutes
from blowing the air horn,
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the church is
almost at full capacity.
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Karen begins by
welcoming everyone
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followed by Zack
reading the scripture verse.
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The younger mission
team members then treat the
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Blackwater
congregation with a special song
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they have been
practicing in music class.
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To begin Sabbath school,
the church divides into two.
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The adults move to the forward
right, while the children move
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towards the back left and both
Sabbath schools are conducted
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in the same small space.
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When we go to Blackwater, we
help with the crafts and stuff.
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Anika reads a story from a Bible
story book to the attentive
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children. They sit still
and quietly listen to the story.
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The adults also are
captivate with the message
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that Bill Labore is presenting.
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There are no restless kids
here. Each of them is glued
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to the story that is
unfolding before them.
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Many of them have never
heard these stories before
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and are mesmerized.
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The entire church
soaks in the gospel message.
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We are always holding VBS
and children's Sabbath Schools
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and children's programs and most
children here don't even own
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crayons. In fact when we first
started to go to Blackwater
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we had to teach them how to
color. They didn't even know
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how to color. And so
it's been a fun thing,
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to be able to have crafts
and show kids how to do that.
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and see them grow as
we do crafts every week.
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And they learn how to do things.
Simple things like coloring.
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We're not just there for
short term, we live there,
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we been there for 5 years
now and we've gotten to know
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a lot of people, we've
built a lot of relationships...
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There are many people there,
that have been impacted very
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positively, both for medical
reasons, as well as just purely
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from a relationship standpoint.
In knowing this as a Seventh-day
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Adventist. As I mentioned
earlier, that Adventism had
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kind of a negative name
when we first came to Guyana and
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I think we really been able
to remove a lot of that stigma.
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A lot of people come to church,
who would never have come
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to church before.
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And I think seeing us involved
in the community, going to
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some of the events and
participating even on boards.
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I was involved in the
board of directors situation
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for one of the schools here.
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Built a lot of relationships
that way. It just really has
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broken down lot of barriers that
existed before and we believe
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that will leave the
seeds for God's Kingdom.
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It takes forming a relationship,
with people, that is genuine.
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Not just a handout
Gospel, here we give you this,
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you come to church, then we
baptize you and we get to talk
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about numbers back home.
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It is about really loving
the people and living with them.
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Treating them equally as
Christian brothers and sisters.
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After Sabbath school is
over, Pastor Andre begins
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the anxiously
awaited communion service.
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None of these people
have even experienced or seen
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anything like this, so
he gives a slight precursor.
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He then invites Pastor
Rick to give a brief message
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and to help him lead
in the sacred service.
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Pastor Rick tries to break
it down in a very simple way
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so everyone can
understand the significance
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of this foreign activity.
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... Sometimes we just enter into
sins of things that we shouldn't
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be thinking about.
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Man, I struggle with sin every
day, I don't know about you.
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There're times, when I feel like
I need to wash my feet often.
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And that is when we get on
our hands and knees and say
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Lord Jesus cleanse
me! But from time to time
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we physically do the
representation of what
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Jesus Christ did.
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Right there with His
disciples we wash our feet.
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But here for the first
time I am honored to participate
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in the Communion service.
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And before we commune
with one another, we want to be
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washed clean! Can
you say Amen to that?
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So let's wash
ourselves clean this morning...
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After he explains why they
need to wash each other's feet,
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Zack Wickwire springs into
action to prepare the water.
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He has fetched rain water
from the collection tank and now
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begins to fill each bowl.
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Even though he is of a young age
Zack proves that anyone anywhere
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can be a missionary, regardless
of how young they are.
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He faithfully fulfills a
need and serves where he can.
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As the service proceeds, the
mission team members humbly wash
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each of the
church member's feet.
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Many of them are unsure about
this strange custom, but they
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But they allow
their feet to be washed.
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One by one each
foot is washed as race,
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and language barriers disappear.
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Here, they are all
God's children coming together
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to serve one another.
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Well, that was a really
kind of a unique experience.
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Because Communion, I mean
there aren't really any other
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parallels. In other cultures
you have to explain about Jesus
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being a servant. And it just
kind of backwards sort of thing,
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that the last will be first.
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And so, we got to go and do
that with them and I don't...
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I tried to explain as I
was doing it and show them that
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I was willing to care
and to wash their feet.
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I don't know what
they thought of it.
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If they just thought it
was weird, that we did that?
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Or if they got a
picture of Jesus?
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I hope they did!
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Putting other people first...
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We put other people
first, we gain the blessing.
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It is an absolute joy.
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I pray for everyone out there,
to have that kind of experience.
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Serving other people is what
God is all about, to begin with!
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Everything He does,
has to do with service.
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and encouraging
and helping people.
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I think being a servant means,
that you'll be able to put aside
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what you want, and do
what God wants you to do,
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to help other people.
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To me the word
servant hood means
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remembering that
life isn't all about me.
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Being a missionary,
you can't be a Christian
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without being a missionary.
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After the foot
washings, the service continues
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with the story
of the last supper.
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So they set up this table
and Jesus explained the bread.
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He explained the wine. It was
described in the Old Testament
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The bread and the wine
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And Jesus said, when you
eat this, you are remembering
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that I had to die for you.
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So Jesus' body had to
die that we might what?
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We might live.
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We are not eating living flesh.
We are not eating dead flesh
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for that matter. It
doesn't become Jesus.
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It is a symbol of Jesus Christ.
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... take, eat, this is my
body, which is broken for you.
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this do in remembrance of me.
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With grateful
hearts we have come to Thee
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at Your table to sup with You.
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After prayer, Bill serves
the bread to the congregation
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As he passes the plate
of the unleavened bread,
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the church members
eagerly accept and take a piece.
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They now have a
better understanding of the
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significance of the service.
00:19:49.77\00:19:51.53
and are happy
to be participating
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in this reverent act of faith.
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They read a scripture
and pray over the wine
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before it is
passed out to the people.
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Again Bill takes
the tray of grape juice
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from person to person
and offers it to them.
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Some are still not sure of the
proper protocol and they look to
00:20:18.37\00:20:22.07
each other to try to decipher
what they need to do next.
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Many of the folks here
for the very first time,
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for the very first time, washing
feet and eating the bread
00:20:43.14\00:20:47.75
drinking the wine. It was a
sight to see them look to see
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ohh, I put the bread first
in the mouth and I am waiting
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for instruction to eat
the bread and drink the wine.
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It was a blessing and
honor the total was good today
00:21:00.51\00:21:03.45
We had over 40 something
persons drinking, Communion
00:21:03.48\00:21:06.92
for the first time after 6
years. And that is a blessing
00:21:06.95\00:21:12.08
More than that, we
had over 5 to 6 persons,
00:21:12.11\00:21:15.95
who came from overseas to
fellowship with us here today.
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I want to take this opportunity
to thank them for coming.
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May God continue to bless them!
And grant them safe journey back
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to the United States.
00:21:25.25\00:21:26.62
After church, the
people are again fed.
00:21:26.65\00:21:29.07
The missionaries prepare a meal
to bring for fellowship potluck.
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They prepared all this food
earlier and brought it with them
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up the river.
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Once again, the missionaries
serve the local church members.
00:21:38.58\00:21:41.84
They pass out the food and do
the dishes with a cheerful heart
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After a long day at church,
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the team packs up and
heads back down river.
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Despite the immense amount of
work, all can agree, that today
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was an incredibly special day as
they shared the first communion
00:21:55.85\00:22:00.00
service with those at
the Blackwater church.
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Well, I love Jesus' council in
the Bible, when He talks about
00:22:06.52\00:22:11.09
how the last shall be first
and the first shall be last.
00:22:11.12\00:22:13.67
I understood it in concept,
but I never really understood
00:22:13.70\00:22:17.48
what it meant in reality
until I came down to Guyana.
00:22:17.51\00:22:21.46
One of the amazing things
is let's say that you add a...
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We have church potluck in
our church here in Mabaruma.
00:22:26.10\00:22:29.20
And right away, because I am
a missionary and I am from the
00:22:29.23\00:22:32.46
United States,
00:22:32.49\00:22:33.86
they think for some reason
I got to be first in line.
00:22:33.89\00:22:35.70
I always tell them, I don't want
to be first, I want everybody
00:22:35.73\00:22:37.90
to go through first and
I'll take the last plate.
00:22:37.93\00:22:40.06
And it is no big deal,
but it is just amazing,
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.18
the look on their faces, because
they just can't understand
00:22:42.21\00:22:44.04
why you wouldn't
want to be first.
00:22:44.07\00:22:45.44
But it is just an
example, but it shows that if
00:22:45.47\00:22:49.17
we put other people first, we
find that we are truly blessed.
00:22:49.20\00:22:53.35
We gain a blessing when we see
other people served before us.
00:22:53.38\00:22:56.15
You know, we are fighting the
fights against Satan, basically.
00:22:56.18\00:23:01.12
And what we need most
is prayers from people.
00:23:01.16\00:23:05.43
We see attacks all the time, and
here even he attacks in a more
00:23:05.46\00:23:11.91
real way, than in the States.
In the States it is more subtle.
00:23:11.94\00:23:15.14
But here we see... you
know there are children getting
00:23:15.17\00:23:18.12
possessed at school a
lot. And we just see him fight
00:23:18.15\00:23:21.75
even with us too.
00:23:21.78\00:23:23.15
And so what we need the
most, are prayers! Just people,
00:23:23.18\00:23:27.40
who are prayer warriors to be
on their knees praying for us.
00:23:27.43\00:23:30.34
Praying for protection, praying
that we will continue to do
00:23:30.37\00:23:34.74
God's will and
fight the good fight!
00:23:34.77\00:23:37.53
One of the most
important thing to understand is
00:23:37.56\00:23:39.08
that even though Adventist World
Aviation is about aviation,
00:23:39.11\00:23:42.95
Aviation is only a
background item, honestly.
00:23:42.98\00:23:45.42
The whole idea is
leading souls to Jesus Christ.
00:23:45.45\00:23:49.02
There have been people, who
have come and begged us to build
00:23:49.05\00:23:51.57
churches in their communities.
And we can't, because you are
00:23:51.60\00:23:55.09
not going to build a church
and not have anybody there
00:23:55.12\00:23:56.97
to support it and
to shepherd the people.
00:23:57.00\00:23:58.94
So that is the greatest
need. And it is frustrating,
00:23:58.97\00:24:02.34
so frustrating, because there
is such need for Bible studies.
00:24:02.37\00:24:06.75
People are just coming all the
time and there is not enough of
00:24:06.78\00:24:10.06
us to meet all the needs, we
can't be everywhere all at once.
00:24:10.09\00:24:12.93
We really, really
need people to come!
00:24:12.96\00:24:14.76
One of the challenges we face,
in the mission field in Guyana
00:24:14.79\00:24:17.90
is that we live here, we see all
the work that needs to be done.
00:24:17.93\00:24:22.03
So many places that, literal if
I had a 100 people, who wanted
00:24:22.06\00:24:25.93
to come down and work full
time, we could probably find a
00:24:25.96\00:24:27.86
position for them
and send them to work.?
00:24:27.89\00:24:29.67
But it is a challenge finding
people, who catch the vision
00:24:29.70\00:24:33.35
of the last days.
Jesus is coming again soon
00:24:33.38\00:24:35.95
and to put all, everything
on the table for the Lord.
00:24:35.98\00:24:39.83
The harvest is very ripe
for the gospel work here.
00:24:39.86\00:24:42.59
The reception of the
people in the community
00:24:42.62\00:24:44.78
in the homes sharing tracts
and the Bible is wonderful.
00:24:44.81\00:24:47.17
Jesus said in the great Gospel
Commission in Matthew 28:19-20
00:24:49.09\00:24:52.76
that we are to go
into all the world!
00:24:52.79\00:24:55.32
Well, Adventist World Aviation
is dedicated to doing just that!
00:24:55.35\00:24:58.84
There are between six and a
half and seven billion people
00:24:58.87\00:25:02.20
now living on planet earth.
And two billion of them have
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.41
never heard of Jesus.
00:25:05.44\00:25:07.01
Of the two billion,
eight hundred million of them
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.35
can only be reached
like means like aircraft.
00:25:10.38\00:25:13.21
or through aviation support.
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.37
We go into the
un-reached areas of the world.
00:25:15.40\00:25:18.69
What we find when we go in there
00:25:18.72\00:25:20.75
we find death and
disease and despair.
00:25:20.78\00:25:24.83
What we bring them is
hope, health and life.
00:25:24.86\00:25:27.74
And a great Gospel
message that Jesus loves them.
00:25:28.04\00:25:30.76
That there is somebody
out there, who does care.
00:25:30.79\00:25:32.97
They often ask,
why do you do this?
00:25:33.97\00:25:36.10
We say, because Jesus loves you!
00:25:36.71\00:25:38.34
And so the message that we
bring them is absolute hope.
00:25:39.14\00:25:42.42
Since it's inception, 1995,
AWA, or Adventist World Aviation
00:25:43.12\00:25:47.69
has been able to relieve
over thirty five epidemics.
00:25:47.72\00:25:50.37
We've literally flown
millions of missionary miles.
00:25:50.40\00:25:54.32
We are relieving the pain
and suffering of those who live
00:25:54.35\00:25:56.57
in these remote parts
of the world. Helping them.
00:25:56.60\00:25:59.33
Will you pray for us! We need
prayer more than anything else!
00:25:59.36\00:26:02.57
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00:26:02.60\00:26:06.17
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