Adventist World Aviation has
assembled an evangelistic team
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and traveled to the
Philippine Island of Palawan.
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The group of 7 evangelists have
traveled far to come to Palawan
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to hold evangelistic
meetings for the next few weeks.
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The meetings will be conducted
simultaneously, every evening,
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in different site locations
scattered around the island.
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Each evangelist is assigned
to a local church and is also
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partnered with Bible
workers to translate for them.
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The goal of Adventist
World Aviation is always
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to reach the unreached.
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Here in the Palawan Islands, the
evangelists aim to do just that.
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To reach new souls
for the kingdom of Heaven.
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My name is David Tice, I am from
Charles City Iowa in the states.
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Visiting Narra
in the Philippines.
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I first learned about AWA about
a year ago, when pastor Ric
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introduced it to me
when he came to our church
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gave us a sermon on it. Gave
slides about the work they do
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in the foreign countries and in
the United States, but so much
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work to do with
airplanes, flying in and out.
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And from that point on, I wanted
to be part of his program.
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Being part of the program also
I have supported him financially
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every month. But also
when the opportunity came down
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to learn more about and be part
of that program, so exciting
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because now I am here as a part
of AWA outreach to the people
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here in the Philippines.
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I used to be a paramedic
and take people from the worst
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of conditions. Having the
worst day of their life's.
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And then I take care of them
and take them to the hospital
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to a physician. Now that I
am retired I consider myself
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a paramedic for Christ. I am
coming to people again in life's
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worst conditions. Not believing,
or confused about what they
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believe. And I am picking
them up with the Holy Spirit
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working through me and I
am taking them to Christ.
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I am taking them now to the
greatest physician, that we have
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our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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David is stationed at the
Malatgow Seventh-day Adventist
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Church near the village of
Narra He instantly falls in love
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with his church and the
people that began attending.
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This is my first
overseas evangelistic series.
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And I can't believe the
excitement that I am having
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where the Lord is now
working in me and through me
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and the Holy
Spirit is coming down.
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And He is giving me the words to
say, the message I'll be giving
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to them for 18 sessions
we'll be a message of hope.
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Most of them are poor people.
Who live very basic lives.
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Very simple lives. And it is
nice to see their expression.
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To have hope, To find
something to grab a hold to
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and finding hope in the
Lord and the Lord's coming.
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Both the children and the adults
are dedicated to coming to the
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evangelistic
meetings each night.
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Night after night,
they come faithfully,
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despite their long days.
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You got to understand,
these are very poor people.
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The average
income is under $8 a day.
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They work in the field, the
farmers, they work in the fields
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They get up about 5
o'clock in the morning.
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They work in the fields all day.
And than at 7:30 at night we are
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asking them to come and
listen to a message about Jesus.
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And they are
coming, they are coming to
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The first night it was
about 50 people in mine
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The biggest night it was 70
people. The children were there.
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We were having over 20 children
there, that are excited.
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The children's
program grows like wild fire.
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They enjoy the stories
the arts and the crafts;
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all focused around Jesus Christ.
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All the kids. I get there early
5:30, They are not supposed
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to be there till 6:30. But
a bunch of them were there.
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They are so excited. They
surround me. I brought colors.
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They never had colors.
Crayons. I brought scissors,
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I brought pencils.
Stuff they never had.
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From the simplest
things that we think,
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we don't even think
about. From the simplest things,
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that we take for
granted, they don't even have.
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or can they afford.
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After the kids
portion of the program,
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David re-directs his
attention to the adults.
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Each night he shares with them
Bible truths that most of them
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have never heard before.
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The congregation
soaks in the information
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and whole heartedly
accepts the message.
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I can't believe the excitement
that I am having, where the Lord
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is now working in me and through
me and the Holy Spirit is coming
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down and He is giving me
the words to say for the meeting
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to these people. Every
night I felt the Spirit in me.
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I felt His power into
the words that I can speak.
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I actually felt I was
speaking to their hearts.
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And every night we had people
decided to take and be baptized.
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To come to Christ, the
power that I could feel
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with the Lord
working. It wasn't me.
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But it was the Lord
working in me and through me.
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And that's the Holy Spirit. The
joy, I cannot explain the joy.
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It is to stand up and have
the Spirit speak through you.
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There is no greater joy in
this world I could ever define,
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than speaking the word of the
Lord, but than the Holy Spirit
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kicks in and you are saying
things that you believe in,
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but than you can't even conceive
that you have thought of,
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and the words are
coming out of your mouth
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There is no greater blessing
than that. And than to see
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the reaction of the people
as they are sitting back there.
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Very tired from working all day
and they are leaning forward.
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They are listening to every word
that comes out of your mouth
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about Jesus.
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There is no doubt about it,
David has a passion for these
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people, and for sharing
the word of God with them.
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The people are moved,
and the meetings continue on.
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However one night, there
is an unexpected obstacle
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that quickly
turned into a blessing.
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I had a church full
of people and children.
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I was getting ready to do
the sermon and the next thing
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you know we had a blackout.
The only thing that would work
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would be my laptop, because the
battery was up, fully charged.
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So I had the message,
but nothing else worked.
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But instead of quitting, Some of
the people went out and started
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going to the houses
and gathering up candles.
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And they went down to the store
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there is a little store
away from us and brought candles
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and we came back and we
put a candle on each pew.
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More people came back
we put more candles up.
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And then the Spirit came. If you
want to say every candle flame
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was part of the Holy
Spirit, you're right that night.
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He came and the message
was powerful that He gave me
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to speak. I think the Lord
let it happen, because He has
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a special message for
us through His service.
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And He is pushing Satan and
his demons from us because Satan
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out there is attacking us. He is
trying to attack us with illness
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He is trying to attack
us with rain and down pours.
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And even tried to attack us with
taking the electricity away.
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And the Lord took the
candle light out there.
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And we had such a
spiritual meeting that the Lord
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used it for His advantage
to bring more people to Him.
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And from that meeting
on I started having people
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every night wanting
to be baptized want to
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come closer to God.
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We brought a lot of equipment
to hold these meetings.
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But like anything, and I
refer back as a paramedic
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on an ambulance. The
equipment didn't save people.
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The ambulance doesn't
save people, It's the paramedic
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and his training saves
people. Same thing here.
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You find out that the
equipment does not bring anybody
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to salvation. The equipment is
just some tools that we can use.
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to help the message,
but the real Salvation
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is the Spirit that works.
It's the Spirit that goes around
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It's the Spirit that brings
people in. And the Spirit uses
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just like on the night
when the power went off.
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And God used it. Put a
very powerful message there.
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It's the Lord Who is
there, Who makes the difference.
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There is no doubt about
it, the Lord is touching souls
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at the Malatgue church.
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Each night new
people make decisions
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to give their
lives to Jesus Christ.
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The messages from David
and the Holy Spirit working on
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their hearts, urge them to
make the commitment for baptism.
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The entire church is revitalized
This small church has now
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doubled in size as a
result of these meetings.
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But this was not from the
workings of man, but rather,
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the outpouring of
God's Holy Spirit.
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This trip is very inspiring.
And I found out like everybody
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told me before I even started
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when you make a trip
like this for the Lord
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you come back a new person.
There is no way you come back
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the same way that
you were before you left.
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And the feeling is out of this
world. There is nothing I can
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say that can match the feeling
that you get from the Spirit
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working in you and through
you to bring the Word to them.
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This I found out, this isn't
my words. I am just a pawn,
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somebody's servant, that
the Lord is using to work.
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The privilege I got
was to do it through AWA.
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They are the ones that gave
me the privilege of making this
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experience to come
here to the Philippines and
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to experience a joy.
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It was truly exciting, but
it isn't what I did, that is
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the most exciting
part is what God did.
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God used somebody like me,
who is on his very first mission
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outside of United States and He
could speak through me and to me
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in such an exciting way I can
put His message to the people.
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I think maybe that's the
most exciting of the whole trip.
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Even working with AWA is the way
the Lord can work through them.
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and through me to
make this a better world.
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Prepare this world
for His Second Coming,
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because He doesn't
want to loose one person.
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That is our job.
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Our job as humans, Christians.
We are to go out and take care
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of the world. Not just ourselves
We are to go out and take care
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of others. And I believe
it is beyond our local towns.
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We are to go out when
the Lord opens the doors
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to the people of the
world and take care of them.
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Belinda Munoz is another
member of the evangelistic team.
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She is also new to evangelism.
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This is her first time
holding meetings on her own.
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Oh, she has given many
messages at her home church
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in Houston, Texas, but this
is her first time to conduct
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a full set of
evangelistic meetings.
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I am excited to be here, along
with the rest of the teams.
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And I've been looking forward
for this mission. And God has
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given me an opportunity
and has answered my prayer.
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Praise the Lord for that! I want
to win souls for God in Heaven.
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To bring glory to Him,
because this is my mission also.
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And to help my bothers
and sisters to know Christ
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just as I came to know Christ.
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To give them salvation and to
free them, to free them to know
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Jesus with their relationship
to put their hearts on Jesus.
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Belinda is stationed
at the Sandoval Church.
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For the past few weeks,
the church members have been
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busy preparing for the meetings
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and inviting their
neighbors to attend.
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The entire community is
excited and anxious to hear
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the messages that Belinda
will be presenting to them.
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When the meetings begin, the
church is filled to capacity.
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Young and old file
into the small bamboo church
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and listen with anticipation.
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The messages captivate them,
as they contemplate new ideas
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that they have
never been taught before.
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I had the passion for
evangelism and I believe it is
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one of my gifts and I don't want
to waste that particular gift,
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that God has given me, so I
can invest it for His kingdom.
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When you preach the Gospel,
the Lord will be with you.
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And give you strength to do it
a double portion of His strength
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Belinda however feels right at
home. She herself is Filipino,
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so she is bringing the gospel
message to her own people.
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Belinda is confident that she is
here in Palawan for a purpose.
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She felt God call her
here, and she knows that
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He is with her always.
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I think the people that are
coming there night after night
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is because they are
hungry for the Word of God.
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This particular church site
where I am, although there are
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not very many people. There
are only about six families.
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They continue to invite their
friends and their relatives.
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and those around them to share
the Gospel. But I do believe
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that the reason why they
come night after night, because
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they are hungry for the
Word of God. And they very much
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They know that we are living in
the last days and so they tell
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their brethren, what
Jesus had done for their lives.
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What Jesus had done for
their lives is what Jesus is
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going to do for their lives.
If they knew Jesus and His love
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and His message for Love to them
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It's overwhelming for me,
because they accepted to a point
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Who Jesus was. And I was able
to share my life story, how I
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met Jesus. That had tremendously
impacted their lives.
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Just sharing my testimony.
I think it's one of the best
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thing to share the testimony
to someone rather than sometimes
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listening to a sermon, because
people are more attentive
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and they more putting
the realization application
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to their lives. And to that,
I believe when I share that
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I have like 3 or 4 woman who has
greatly accepted Jesus Christ
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Of course I give God the glory,
because God is just using me
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as an instrument, I praise Him.
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There is no doubt about it,
the messages are making a deep
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impact on all those who listen.
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Each evening, the crowd grows
with new faces; all curious
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to find out, what their
neighbors are so excited about.
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The children's program
swells beyond capacity.
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Each night well over 80 children
swarm into the small church.
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They sing, they color, and
they learn about their Savior.
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90% of these children
are not from Adventist homes
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or Christian homes.
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What an amazing
opportunity to share Jesus
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with so many, at an early age.
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...to believe in Him we give the
right to become children of God.
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For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life.
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Revelations 14
verse 7 ...worship Him
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Who made heaven and earth...
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Psalm 23 verse 6 Surely
goodness and mercy shall
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follow me all the days
of my life: and I will dwell
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in the house of
the Lord for ever.
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Rejoice in the Lord always:
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and again I say, Rejoice.
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The meetings are flowing along
nicely when catastrophe hits.
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Belinda is dangerously attacked.
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We went to this place, in one of
the church sites. I think it is
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in - I can't remember the name
of the place, but it's a place
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one of the church sites and
they have a monkey around there,
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so we gotten around the
neighborhood and we checked
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around the place and we have
this particular husband and wife
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they have a monkey, their pet.
A couple of them as a matter
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of fact and I tried to take
pictures of the monkey. I never
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realized, I didn't realize
that his leash was too long.
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I was excited to take a picture,
but I wasn't too close, and I
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made sure that I was far
from the monkey. I guess he was
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watching me and he grabbed
my pad and it fell on the ground
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and so I tried to yank it back
from him. It fell on the ground.
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So he grabbed my hair, by the
time he grabbed my hair, my hair
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was hurting so I had to pull his
hand off my hair. And the next
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thing I knew in that he
caught my finger and I knew that
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he bit me and I yanked it out of
his mouth. And before I knew it
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I started bleeding, I knew,
I realized that I had a big cut
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on my finger, because it started
bleeding, but it just really
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it was an excruciating
pain. I didn't realize the pain
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at the beginning, but after a
few minutes, yes I did realize
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because it started bleeding.
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Quickly she is taken
to a doctor and treated.
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Although the wound doesn't
look too bad, this injury could
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be debilitating and even deadly.
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This bite endangers not only
Belinda's life, but also the
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future of the
evangelistic meetings.
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Rabies, tetanus and
other tropical diseases are
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a very real threat
to Belinda's health.
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Her sister and brother pray
over her and ask God to bring
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healing to her body.
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The pain was excruciating
the fact that I have a very long
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endurance of pain and so I was a
little nervous, because what may
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have happened, because it
might have been something that
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you know the monkey
may have some tetanus
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or may have some poison in it.
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An attack like this would shake
anyone's spirits and maybe cause
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them to doubt and maybe
even quit - Not Belinda.
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She has confidence that God
called her here for a purpose
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and she is not shaken.
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She believes her God will
see her through to the end.
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So Belinda does not retreat,
instead, she bravely continues
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on with her
evangelistic meetings.
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Persevering through the
pain she focuses on her passion,
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evangelism.
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She hasn't let her injury scare
her from doing what she knows
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God has called her to do.
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You know, I've been
through various trials here.
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First of all, I believe that
I was sent here by God to preach
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His Word. So I know that where
ever I am God is with me as well
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That He will protect me,
that He will always defend me
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Because He is my
refuge and strength.
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Even if I got bitten by the
monkey it didn't stop me at all.
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Because of my faith in the Lord.
I know that He answers prayer.
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And even when I am sick,
I know He is there for me.
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We get in our lives into various
trials, but God will always
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be there for us. Because He
is our rock, He is our refuge
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and strength. A very
present help in time of trouble.
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And than through this that
my faith has gotten stronger
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And just told myself last night
that this will not stop me.
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I missed two nights of preaching
but that did not bother me,
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because I continued to go on
and preached the Word of God.
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Regardless how I feel, I believe
that in my heart that even if
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you preach the Gospel of
when you preach the Gospel,
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the Lord will be with you.
And He will give you strength
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to do it. A double
portion of His strength.
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It is evident that the devil has
tried to stop these meetings.
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But Belinda believed in
God and a miracle happened.
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Not only was she healed but
many from the Sandoval church
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gave their lives to Christ.
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Well the devil tried to stop me,
but the Lord is there for me.
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He is my protector and He
defended me and He will always
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be there for me. He said in His
Word - I will never leave you
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nor forsake you even
till the end of this world.
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And another passage also
said greater is He who is in me,
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than he who is in the world.
So I believe, that when we go
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by the Word of God, when we know
that we have Jesus in our heart
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and we have the
hunger to preach His Gospel.
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And than no one can stop us.
Because first of all I have to
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understand that
this is not my battle.
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This is the Lord's battle. So I
believe where ever I go and I do
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that the Lord will always
be with me. And He will always
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walk with me,
before me and by me.
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The baptism that
followed was a joyous one.
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Everyone from all 7
evangelistic meetings came
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together for a grand
finale, a joy filled baptism.
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The precious souls, who accepted
Salvation in Jesus Christ
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were baptized together, numbered
more than 150 precious people.
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We praise God from
Whom all blessings flow.
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Both David and Belinda
were new to public evangelism.
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This was their first time
holding meetings on their own.
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God blessed and
multiplied their work.
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He took 2 people, who had a
passion for Jesus and a love
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for people. Two people with
little or no formal training,
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or experience in
public evangelism.
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God's Holy Spirit used them,
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two people to deliver the Gospel
message to the people of Palawan
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He protected them and blessed
them and their colleagues.
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And most importantly He used
them as instruments of God's
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wonderful grace of
forgiveness and Salvation.
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My friends, yes
there is victory in Jesus
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on Palawan island
Philippines. Praise be to God!
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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 the
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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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whether it be something as
what we describe as a lowly ox.
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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 than 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's 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 sown
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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 of the
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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
00:27:46.91\00:27:50.84
answers that call. There is an
assumption that you have to be
00:27:50.87\00:27:55.91
a trained minister,
or a trained Bible worker
00:27:55.94\00:27:59.08
to go out into the
field and sow seeds.
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What ever
experience level that we have
00:28:01.85\00:28:04.23
The Holy Spirit is
the one Who does the work.
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And so that just tells
me, I should encourage more.
00:28:06.81\00:28:09.87
I want to encourage you. If
you would like to get involved
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with ministry at what ever
level Whether it be through
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Adventist World
Aviation or something else.
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Please let us know, we'd love
to nurture your desires along.
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Please give us a call, or better
yet, call 3 Angels Broadcasting
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