My name is Charlene West
I am from Colton California
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I am the director of Project
Development and Evangelism
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for Adventist World Aviation.
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Adventist World Aviation
is a ministry that started out
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as a way of providing mission
aviation service to the missions
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around the world.
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God's commission to the entire
world church is evangelism
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to win souls, to
bring people to Christ.
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Even though we are about mission
service through airplanes
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we are still about evangelism
and bringing people to Christ.
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We are here in
Palau in the Philippines,
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where Adventist World
Aviation does have an airbase.
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This airbase has been
here for number of years.
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And as a result of it,
many souls have been won.
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A church has been
planted as a result
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of Adventist World Aviation.
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And so we came here to
continue expanding the church
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here in Palawan
through evangelism,
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which is something
that God has commissioned
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each one of us to do.
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A little over 21/2
years ago when I was here
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on the island of
Palau. Before arriving here
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I had the opportunity
to visit with the mission
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in the division office here.
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While I was talking to elder
Manez, he suggested something
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he suggested something to
us at Adventist World Aviation.
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Something that really
Adventist World Aviation
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had never really
done on a frontline level.
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Adventist World Aviation
has been about logistics.
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Of course as president and
CEO for Adventist World Aviation
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I come to this venue,
not only as a pilot, but also
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with 20 years of
experience in evangelism.
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Elder Manez said, let me suggest
that you do something for us.
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I said, what is that? And he
suggested that maybe we could do
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an evangelistic series on
the island of Palawan here.
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I said the only thing we
can do one better than that,
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I think we can do several.
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I have a friend, who is
going to joining our team here
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very shortly. Her
name is Charlene West.
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About one year ago the
Palawan Adventist Mission asked
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Adventist World Aviation to come
and bring a team of speakers
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and come and share Jesus.
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In order to get ready for
that there is a lot of legwork,
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and a lot of groundwork
that needed to be done
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to get ready for our meetings.
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And so we have Bible
workers, who has been working
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in the communities.
Inviting people to the meetings
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that we are having. Doing
Bible studies, small groups.
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To help them get exited and
be able to come to our meetings.
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Charlene helped us put
together a team of professionals
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as well as lay workers. To come
and storm the island of Palawan.
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And so we were invited
to do a harvesting here.
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So the ground work was prepared.
We are pleased as Adventist
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World Aviation's aviators,
ministers, evangelists, laymen
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people of all types. Experienced
and inexperienced have come down
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here, to correlate our efforts
and share the love of Jesus
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to the unreached of this world.
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So we are here in the
city of Narra doing just that.
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Narra is a city 2 hours
south of Puerto Princesa
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on the island of Palawan.
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This region of the Philippines
is largely populated by farmers
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growing rice. In any direction,
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as far as the eye can see,
rice fields line the horizon.
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Adventist World Aviation
has traveled to this area
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to bring the gospel message.
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Over the next few weeks, 7
evangelists will be holding
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nightly meetings in
7 different locations.
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The idea is, our evangelists,
both experienced and
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inexperienced...
some are preaching here,
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that have never
preached a sermon in their life.
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But they are doing it, because
they feel the call from God.
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And they say, yes I choose to
do this and we are going night
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by night, working very hard.
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The idea is that at
the end of these meetings
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we'll have a baptism.
Closing Sabbath we're going to
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have a grand
crescendo of baptisms,
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that we are
looking forward to that.
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We'll have a convocation,
we'll congregate together
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in a grand event
and have our baptisms,
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where all of Heaven will
rejoice We are even inviting
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the King of the universe to
preside over these meetings.
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For the past few
months, Adventist World Aviation
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has been working closely
with local pastors in Palawan
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to prepare for this
large evangelistic crusade.
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Each location site was
assigned an evangelist, as well
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as a translator to help
assist the international team.
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The AWA team that traveled
to the Philippines has within it
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a wide range of
evangelism experience.
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Some of the evangelists
have been preaching for over
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20 years, but for others
this is their very first time
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to conduct public meetings.
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Regardless of their experience
level, all the team members
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are excited to
begin their meetings.
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Before they begin preaching
however, the entire group
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comes together for a meeting
with the local church leaders,
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the mission president
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and Adventist World
Aviation leadership.
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They are briefed on some
vital cultural information
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and given helpful advice when
interacting with new interests.
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They are given a last
few words of encouragement
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Keeping together as
one we can see progress
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Working together by God's
grace, there is always success.
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God bless you!
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Each of the evangelists is
assigned a translator to assist
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them over the next few
weeks. Introductions are made
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it seems friendship bonds
are created almost instantly.
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Charlene West has been a
key instrumental coordinator
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for this Palawan
Evangelism outreach.
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She has worked tirelessly,
and now she is finally able
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to arrive in the Philippines
and begin preaching the message
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of Jesus' love.
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Finally opening night arrives
for the meetings here in Urduja.
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The West's arrive
early to get set up.
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They are pleasantly surprised
to find that people are already
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waiting for them as
they pull into the church.
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Everyone seems very excited
and anxious for the meetings
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that are about to begin.
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The West's get to their site
and begin setting up for their
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first evening meeting.
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The church itself, is
a very simple structure;
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an unfinished
church of concrete blocks.
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However, the church members
that have been working earnestly
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to prepare the local
community and their efforts
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are proving to be very fruitful.
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Tonight is the first
night of evangelistic meetings
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that are starting here in 7
different locations in Palawan.
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One of them here in Urduja
we got 6 other locations here
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and we've got
one in Porto Princesa
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We are excited about
being able to be here and
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sharing Jesus Christ with the
people coming to our meetings.
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We are really excited about
being here and sharing Jesus
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with others on
the Palawan island.
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Charlene West has not traveled
alone. Charlene will be sharing
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her church site with her
children, Aaron and Melissa.
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This trip is especially has
been fun for me, because I have
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family members with me. And
watching them grow in Christ
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through the message that
they are also preaching. Through
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working with the children.
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It's amazing to see them fall
in love with God all over again.
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Both Charlene and Aaron will be
splitting the preaching schedule
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while Melissa will focus
on giving a health lecture
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each night.
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Charlene has held evangelistic
meetings many times before,
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but for Aaron,
this is his first time.
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The audience listens
attentively night after night.
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Following each
meeting, they go home
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and invite their
neighbors to join them.
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The simple church structure is
packed full of people each night
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The West's are graciously
accepted into the community.
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My son Aaron and Melissa and
I have been at the Urduja church
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It's actually in the
village of Princess Urduja
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We have an amazing group of
church members, that are coming
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very active they've been
each day going into the village
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to talk to people to invite
people to come to the church.
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A church structure is basically
4 walls that are concrete blocks
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And the roof and the floor
is basically a dirt rock floor.
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Has no windows or doors in it.
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It is a very simple
church, but it is a very happy
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and lively church.
People are so welcoming there
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They just make you feel at
home. And it doesn't matter if
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the sight has
concrete or drywall or if it is
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paved or if it is unpaved.
They make you feel welcome
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They make you feel happy there.
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Although their church
structure is very primitive,
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that doesn't hold the
people back from coming.
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The first night, community
members flock to the meetings.
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Both young and old come and
listen to Charlene and Aaron
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West present the
gospel. The people are curious
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and hungry for
more Bible knowledge.
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It appears that the local Bible
workers have done a great job
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working with the local
people and preparing the ground
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for a great harvest.
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They planted the seeds in
the hearts of the community
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in faith that their
efforts would be blessed
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and the seed would grow.
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The children's bible
school grows like wild fire.
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We have about 50 children
that are coming every night
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Watching the children come
to the meetings each night,
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seeing their excitement as they
hear the stories about Jesus.
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And they are actually able to
do crafts, that help illustrate
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their stories. And they get
excited and they go and tell
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their moms and dads and show
them the pictures that they've
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made. And to see the look
and excitement on their faces
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and on the parent's faces.
And it helps bring the parents
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into the meetings. And each
night we see our meetings grow
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more and more. Because
of our excitement for Jesus.
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Because of seeing the
excitement from the children.
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Just sharing and
loving on the people.
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The children were just in ah,
wanting to hear more about Jesus
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These children are
the future of this church.
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So by feeding them stories
about Jesus, feeding them songs,
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feeding them love. They
are just going to turn around
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and perpetuate that and
become young little disciples
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for their families. Who may
not be coming to our meetings.
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Attendance grows each night.
The audience literally sits on
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the edge of their seats and
listens eagerly to the words
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of life coming from
the speaker. Like a sponge,
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they soak in the messages,
always thirsty for more.
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I am getting a lot of people
that are sitting in their pews
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and they are leaning against
their pews. Trying to get
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as close as they can.
Lot of people nodding,
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lot of smiling faces.
When you are talking about
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the love of Jesus
Christ. The look on their face
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it just goes from
hopeless to full of hope.
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That right there
is life changing.
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The West's use every
spare moment they have,
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to interact with the
native Filipino people.
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They visit
people in the hospital.
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They visit people in their homes
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They play with the children.
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They develop friendships.
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Their ministry here is not
limited to evening meetings
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but instead it
infiltrates their entire day.
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And the people are very
responsive and accept the
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the West's as
part of their family.
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The West's don't just keep their
ministry limited to the meetings
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While they are here in Palawan
they take every opportunity
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to interact with the community.
This includes home visits,
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playing sports, as
well as working along side
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their new church family
in the local rice fields.
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Working in the rice fields
is by no means an easy endeavor.
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The West's have never done this
type of work before, so they
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rely on the locals to
tell them how it's done.
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Couple of mornings ago there
was a group of us, that went out
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to the rice fields to
see how they harvested rice.
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This was my first experience
ever being out into a rice field
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I've driven through some
of the rice fields on roads
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in other countries, but to
actually have an opportunity
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to actually go out and touch and
feel and see the whole process,
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was an amazing experience.
First of all just walking
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from the road through the fields
to get out into the field was an
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was an experience. We were kind
of walking out in our sandals
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there is kind of little
ledges that are built up
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around the area, so you
can either walk up on them,
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or you can just walk down
into the... where the grains are
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and with the mud, it was kind
of an unsteady walking the path
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that we were on. It was like
walking on a balancing beam.
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Charlene is impressed to
draw a spiritual application
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from this experience.
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As I was walking out here,
the ground is a little unsure
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and it's wet in some places.
As I was walking down here,
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I was thinking that in our
spiritual life we need to be
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walking on solid ground.
Because when I was walking here,
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I thought I was going to fall
and get muddy and that is when
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I was thinking as I
was walking out was that
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with Jesus in our life we
are always on solid ground
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We are not going to fall,
we are not going to get muddy
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from the sins of the world.
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Another thing about the rice
field that brings into my mind
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is we are out here harvesting
and these people are here
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harvesting, and it is hard work
you can tell I am out of breath
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You know what, we were in the
world harvesting souls for Jesus
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It can be hard work, it
can be lonely, it can be full
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of discouragement. But they
keep harvesting rice, because
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they want a great harvest. And
we need to continue harvesting
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souls for Jesus. Because we
are doing the work for Jesus.
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The acres and acres of
rice patties surrounding the
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evangelists are a constant
reminder of the importance
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of their work here.
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Often in the Bible Jesus
talks about a great Harvest.
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As they hold their meetings
each night, they all realize
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they are working in God's
fields working toward a harvest
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for the kingdom of heaven.
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It appears that the
meetings at the Urduja church
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are a huge success.
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Many souls chose to dedicate
their lives to Jesus Christ
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as a result of these meetings.
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But it wasn't just the native
people of Palawan that were
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moved to make a
commitment for Christ,
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My name is Aaron West, I
am from Colton California
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and I am in Palawan.
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Hi my name is
Melissa Natividad West.
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I am a registered nurse
from southern California.
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Before I decided to come
here my life was every other day
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waking up in a crack house.
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I started being friends
with some high gang members
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They were trying to recruit me.
It started to get to the point
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where it was hard to say no.
I kind of even wanted to say yes
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And than one of my
friends, she OD-d on heroin.
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Which really struck me. Because
that is where my life was going.
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I found myself in jail.
Luckily I had people who would
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bail me out, but
that was God's will.
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And this is where my
life was going until I felt
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something in me, the Holy Spirit
say "no, you need to change!"
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You need to stop
what you are doing
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and go on this mission
trip and change your life!
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I really feel if I
hadn't done that, I would be
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either be in the
gutter dead, or in prison.
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I got a strong feeling when
my mom called me, she was going
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to the Philippines
for a mission trip.
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And I felt a draw, drawing
me here, to change my life.
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When I came on this mission trip
I had the privilege of bringing
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my son Aaron and Melissa
along on this mission trip.
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I was surprised when they said
they wanted to come, because
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Aaron has basically gone
away from the church and Melissa
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was raised in a catholic family.
And Aaron said he wanted to come
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and he wanted to be one of the
preachers. So couple of months
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before we actually came
here he and I worked together
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on sermons. I had confidence
that he would do an OK job on it
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Aaron was one of the
preachers He preached, we shared
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team preach together.
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The first time I got up and
spoke, I was a little nervous
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at first, but at the
end it's almost addicting.
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You want to keep doing
it, you want to keep doing it
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and than you stop being nervous,
you start being excited.
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and you wish you could do it all
day, instead of just every night
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When you talk about
the love of Jesus Christ,
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the look on their
faces just goes from hopeless
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to full of hope. And that
right there is life changing.
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That changed his life. He
got involved with the children
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at our church site.
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Melissa did the health
talks and she did an amazing job
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with those.
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They loved on the people
and the people loved on them.
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And let me tell you, those
people loved Aaron and Melissa
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into this church.
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This trip has made a
big impact on both of them.
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So coming here and doing sermons
and learning about what actually
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meant to be a Seventh-day
Adventist, and a Christian.
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Lot of the sermons I was talking
about, I did know that stuff,
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so it was during one
sermon where I decided
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I want to be baptized
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In these sermons I've
been listening to and Aaron and
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Charlene have been preaching
you learn more about the church
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and what it stands for.
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It actually put
that hunger inside me,
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to be a better
Christian, a better person.
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Just put that hunger in
me. I want to know more.
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Both, Aaron and
Melissa are impressed
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they want to be re-baptized.
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Their lives are
forever changed as a result
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of their participation
in this evangelistic crusade
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here in Palawan.
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Such a privilege now
to baptize the two of you.
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In the name of the Father,
in the name of the Son, and
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in the name of the Holy Spirit.
In Jesus' name we say, Amen.
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I felt reborn. Especially when
I had my wife right next to me.
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My wife Melissa. Best feeling
ever. Indescribable obviously.
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Right when you come up out of
that water you feel like you are
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totally made new and you are
totally a new person and it is
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something that again can't
really be replicated. It's just
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something so
special and so joyful.
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My life was going down on a
bad road. After I am done here
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and take what I've learned
here and experienced here.
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I'm planning on taking it home
helping change other peoples
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lives. Bring them to Christ and
help them with their situations
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that I was in.
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And also to prevent
young youth from going down
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that path with the stories
and experiences that I've seen.
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And help them go down the right
path, which is Jesus Christ.
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Over 150 souls are
baptized here as a result of
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this evangelistic endeavor.
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God has blessed the efforts
of the evangelists and touched
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many hearts in the city of Narra
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It took many people to
make these meetings a success.
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There were those who prepared
the ground, those who planted
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the seeds, and those who
worked tirelessly in the fields;
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all of which led to a bountiful
harvest for God's Kingdom
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in Palawan.
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When we go home, our goal is
for the people here in Palawan
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Those who've come to our
meetings, those who have made
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decisions, to be baptized
and even current church members
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We want to have them a new love
and understanding of the Bible.
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We want then to fall in
love with Jesus all over again.
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or even for the first time.
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But not only that, we're hoping
that they have learned to become
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disciples. And to be
able to go out and duplicate
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what we have done. As we
are preaching to them at night
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We are giving them tools, we are
giving the scripture materials
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for them to go out
and share that information
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with their family and
friends. Who may have not wanted
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to participate during
the time that we were there.
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When Jesus gave us the
great commission to go into
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all the world and preach
the Gospel. That's what we are
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wanting to teach them
to do during our meetings.
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We are here doing that.
Now when we leave, we want them
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to continue to doing
that among their own people.
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You know as we look at the
field that's behind me here,
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it's interesting to
see the preparation work
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that goes into it. It's fun
to look around here, because
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we see beasts of burden.
The ox. The Bible talks about
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the laborers and especially
the beasts of the field.
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If it wasn't for those laborers,
there would be no such thing,
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as a harvest. Jesus recognizes
each one of our ministry.
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Weather it be something as
what He described as a lowly ox.
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If you take a look at that lowly
ox. The strength the ox has
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to be able to pull
the plow through the field
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turning the furrows over.
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Making it ready to plant
the soil and they come by later
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and cultivate that
soil with the smooth fashion
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where they can
prepare that soil for planting
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It is fascinating to
watch the beast of burden.
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they labor with
seemingly effortless work.
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They don't complain, they just
know that this is a good day
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to be alive. They are
just working the field.
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The laborers that are driving
the ox, they do the same thing.
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They don't seem to
complain, they don't look like
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they are unhappy about
the labor that they do.
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And even though it
seems like it's a simple job.
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It's so important. You
can't have a harvest. You know,
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you can't have the glory of the
harvest without the laborers.
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of an ox. Without the laborers
of the man or the woman,
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who are driving the ox.
Without the seeds being sewn
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following that. So it's
incredible to see the analogies
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It's no wonder Jesus pulled so
many parables from the farmer.
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The sower of
seeds and the harvest.
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Standing before a rice
field here it reminds me
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of the parable of the
sower that went forth to sow.
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It takes sowers, but than Jesus
said "Pray the Lord of Harvest
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that the harvest is plentiful,
but the laborers are few."
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Many are called,
but few are chosen.
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Jesus calls every one of
us. Sadly not every one of us
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answers that call. There is an
assumption that you have to be
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a trained minister, or a trained
Bible worker to go out in the
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field and sow seeds. What ever
experience level that we have
00:28:40.90\00:28:45.63
The Holy Spirit is
the one Who does the work.
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And so that just tells
me, I should encourage more.
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I want to encourage you. If
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