Adventist World Aviation
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has a mission outpost
in Guyana, South America,
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servicing the
northwestern part of the country
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with Aviation
Services, such as medivacs,
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delivering supplies,
and spreading the gospel.
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This mission outpost
has been in existence
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for well over 10
years now and just thriving.
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They use
airplanes as a vital tool
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to serve the
local Guyanese people
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and share the love
of Jesus with them.
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There is such a great
need for emergency flights
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from deep in the jungle
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that they need two
aircrafts to keep up
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with the flight request demands.
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Well, I've always said
that you can fly all day,
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but if you don't
win anybody to Christ,
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what are we doing here?
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And in the beginning
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we were set up to be the helpers
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or the
providers for missionaries
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that were here working.
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We don't have anybody
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here that's here just
working as a missionary.
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And so, we found
ourselves doing double duty.
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We see such a
need, everywhere we look,
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there's, it's
almost overwhelming.
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With all the needs
and all the opportunities,
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things are just ripe here.
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People coming to us
and just begging for us
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to come out and do
Bible studies with them.
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Different areas that
have asked us to come and do
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Bible studies with them
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or start
churches in their areas.
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We just do not have
enough time to do it all.
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And we would love to
have more people come.
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You don't have to be
a pilot to be with AWA,
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we need volunteers that
will come and commit themselves
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for a long term like
say, three to five years even.
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Because it's all about
developing relationships
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with the people here.
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And there's just,
it breaks our hearts
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to see how many people
really do want to know more.
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And we just don't
have the time to do it.
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Having the airplane here
has really opened the doors
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and to the hearts and
the minds of the people.
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There's been times
when I've flown people in
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and they become more
interested on to what we know.
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And they've come to us
because of a direct response
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to a flight that we've done.
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And just being
here in the community
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and people after a
while knowing that we are here
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because we really
do care about them.
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We really do want to
help and so, because of that,
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then the doors for
evangelism have really opened.
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Adventist World Aviation
has a very strong presence
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in the
northwestern region of Guyana.
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Natives from far and
wide know about the Adventist
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because they
hear of the great work
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that is done with the airplanes.
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The airplanes save
hundreds of lives each year.
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And that word spreads
quickly in the jungle.
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The work with
aircraft opens doors
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of opportunity to share
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Jesus with
people who are curious.
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Very often the medivacs
result in Bible studies,
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so much so that the missionaries
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have a difficult time keeping up
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with all the
requests they receive.
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We had flown this woman
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in who had
gotten into treatment.
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We flew her in and
we're flying her back home.
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And I was getting in
my vehicle about to leave
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and this guy
came up to the window
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and knocked on it, you know,
and I rolled the window down.
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And he said to me,
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he said, "Brother,
do you preach the Word?"
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And I said, "Yes, I do."
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And he asked me
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if I'd be willing to come
up to his church that Sunday.
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And I said, "Well, sure."
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But I said, "You
know, I'm a seventh day."
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That's what they call
Seventh-day Adventist here.
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And he says,
"Yeah, yeah, I know.
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I know, come
please." I said, "Okay."
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So I went up
there and I preached in.
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And then the response
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was incredible,
because basically,
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people came up to me
afterwards and hugged me,
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and were just saying that
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they never heard
truth like this before,
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and never had the Bible
expound to them like this,
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and it's a
Pentecostal church and...
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Anyway, so I was surprised,
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and he invited me
to come back again.
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So three weeks
later, I went back again,
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and then I had to
leave for furlough,
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and I was heading
home to the States
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and he had communicated that
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basically he had a
problem with preaching
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because he didn't have
a lot more words to share
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with the people is what he said.
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He wasn't well
educated in the Bible.
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So I gave him a
bunch of Bible studies
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that he could use for
sermon ideas when I was gone.
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I was gone for three months,
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came back and they
invited me to come out
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and preach again, so I did.
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This time I said to
him, I said, "You know,
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it seems like the group
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here really would
like to study the Bible."
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That's the impression
I get when I'm preaching.
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They're all turning their pages,
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and they want to wait and see
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what text I'm
going to and I said,
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"I'd be willing to
come out here once a week
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and do Bible studies
if you'd be interested."
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And he said, but I said,
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"You're gonna
have to make the call.
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You're the pastor.
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If you want to do it,
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you stand up after
I'm done preaching,"
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and asked them if
that's what they want.
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I sat down after
preaching that morning,
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he got up and asked
the people and said,
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"Brother Bill like to come
out and give Bible studies here.
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How many would be interested?"
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And the whole
church raised their hands.
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And so I've been going
out there now once a week
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for the last
maybe six months or so.
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Over the past few weeks,
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Bill has been
working with this church
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holding weekly
Bible studies with them.
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Although they're Christians
of a different denomination,
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they're intrigued
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by the message Bill
shares with them each week.
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He's taken them
through many topics
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such as the Sabbath
and life after death.
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They continue want to know more.
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Tonight Bill is again
returning to study the Bible
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with them in their church.
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He will be
discussing last day events
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with the congregation.
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He begins each
meeting with a prayer.
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It's so marvelous
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how you've
revealed these things to us
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in advance before they happen.
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So we as your
people can be prepared.
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You know, the
world is going to go
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through some dramatic changes.
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Things are going to take place
that we didn't know any better
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could really frighten us.
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But, Lord, thank You that
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You don't give
us a spirit of fear.
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But, Lord, we are to
trust You implicitly.
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Help us to do that
tonight as we read,
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teach us through
Your Holy Spirit.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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We learned last week based upon
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our studies of Daniel 2 Daniel 7
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that we're talking about Rome,
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but not really pagan
Rome, but rather papal Rome.
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It's the beast that's
being spoken about here.
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And over his
image, over his mark,
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and over the number of his name.
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We learned that the
number of his name was 666.
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Remember last week
we talked about that.
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These people
have gotten a victory
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over the beast
and over the mark.
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They've not received the mark
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because they've remained
faithful to Jesus, okay?
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So if you decide that
following the way of the world
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and following the majority
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and following
commandments of men versus
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what the Bible says,
you're going to receive
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the mark of the
beast in your forehead.
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It's a decision that
you make, not a mark,
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not a physical mark.
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But a decision
that you made, okay?
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But everybody's going to
have to make the decision
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to go along with the state
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or to follow what
God's Word has said.
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You have to decide, and
that's going to be right
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before Jesus comes,
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it's going to be
right at the end.
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It's going to come down
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to that last
generation on planet earth
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is going to go
through that experience.
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It hasn't happened yet.
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And I don't know how far off
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we are until
it's going to happen.
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I do believe that God
is going to come soon.
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I don't think it's
going to go on forever.
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I'll tell you
that much right now.
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We're living in the
toenails of earth's history.
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Remember the statue of Daniel 2?
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The rock comes
and hits the feet.
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When modern Europe is
in its current condition.
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The whole thing of Revelation 13
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about the
conflict that takes place
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between the two
women is not over a day.
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It's not about a day.
It's about loyalty, okay?
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You're calling
yourself something.
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One is genuine
and one is not. Okay?
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One is following
what man says to do.
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The other one is following God,
said, and what He said to do.
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And the two are going
to come at each other.
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Well, one is
not coming anywhere,
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the other one
persecutes this one,
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just like Cain and Abel.
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Cain killed his brother,
because he was righteous
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and Cain was
not righteous, okay?
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The issue is over
worship once again,
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man's way or God's way?
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It's not about the day,
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but it has to do
with our allegiance.
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God set the day
aside for specific purpose
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because He created
the earth in six days
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and He rested
on the seventh day.
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Okay?
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And only way you can,
any of the way to find out
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the seventh day
isn't hard to figure out.
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Calendar is very clear,
and also look at the Hebrews,
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what day did they keep?
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Jews have kept
Saturday for centuries,
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thousands of years, millennia.
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Okay?
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Naturally they
have many questions.
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These are Bible truths
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that most of them
have never heard before.
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Even the pastor of
the church is present
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and asks Bill some questions.
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Yes, there was genuine
interest in these new truths
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that Bill is revealing to
them right from the Bible.
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Brother Bill, do
you think God winks
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at our Sunday's worshiping?
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Of course, He does.
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There is many Sunday keepers
going to be in heaven, my dear.
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There is no problem.
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The problem is,
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is when you
understand what's right.
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You see that's the issue
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because not God winks at all
when you don't know any better.
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When you see it from the
Bible, and you understand it,
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and you have to understand it,
you got to really believe it.
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But then you
continue to keep Sunday,
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there's a problem
because now it's becomes sin,
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because you
understand what God is asking,
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but you're
deciding to go this way
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because it's more
convenient, it's easier,
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everybody else is doing it.
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But you know in your
heart that it's not right.
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That's where you have an issue.
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Where you're doing it
completely innocently,
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God doesn't even look at
that, He winks at it completely.
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What is the difference between
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repentance and worship?
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Sunday keeping worship?
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Well, repentance is,
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by its very definition
means, a turning away.
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Turning away from sin,
whatever that sin may be,
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stealing, murder
or whatever it is.
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You're turning away from
it. That means you're repenting.
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So you say you're sorry to God,
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and you confess
the sin before Him.
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But then, like Jesus
says to the adulteress.
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Remember He said,
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"I don't condemn you,
but go and sin no more."
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It means that don't
do it again, repent.
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We can still
turn our life around,
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we can still follow Jesus.
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Right? We can
still make a decision.
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There will a time
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when that door of
probation is going to close.
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And that's when,
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whoever is just,
let him remain just.
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I've taken them through
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a lot of studies on the
Sabbath and Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
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you know, into
Revelation 13 now,
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and the light is
beginning to come on.
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They were very resistant
to the Sabbath idea at first
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and still are somewhat,
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but they're
beginning to see the issue.
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And I think they're realizing
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they've been
told a lot of things
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that are not in the
Bible, and they need to start
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making decisions about whether
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or not they're
going to follow the Bible
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or follow man's traditions.
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And so, you can
keep that in prayer,
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because I think the
decisions are going to be
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made here for the kingdom.
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And I'm looking
forward to seeing that happen.
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I would say the ultimate goal
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as a missionary is not to think
that you're going to be here
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for the rest of your
life and be doing this work.
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I mean, that's not
what we're here to do.
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We are here to teach,
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and to train people locally,
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who lived here their whole lives
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to be able to begin to
work and share this message.
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The work that
we're doing right now
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among the people here
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is we're trying
to raise up leaders.
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We probably have now
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I'd say at least
five or six of them
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that are being gradually
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trained in the
doctrines of this church
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and they're understanding it.
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And we're working with
them to be able to teach it.
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The underlying goal
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of the Adventist
World Aviation mission
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post is to share the
gospel message of Jesus'
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last day love truth.
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The missionaries have
dedicated their free time
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to teaching and
sharing biblical truths
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with the Amerindian people.
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They want to make sure that
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momentum continues and
the message spreads further
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and further along by training
and mentoring the natives,
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they're ensuring that
the work will continue,
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and more and more
people will be reached
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with the love of God.
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Well, I'm an Adventist,
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I accept Christ
one and a half year.
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I...
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for me, I accept
Christ when I was 14.
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Well then after I met Arnold,
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like I kinda
because we were not married.
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So far the
like, one or two years
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I kind of drift away a
little bit from church.
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But then after
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the Adventists
members visit my home
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and asked me to
continue going to church
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because they told me
I must not be ashamed,
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because I was
ashamed of, you know,
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living home with
somebody, and you know,
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knowing the truth
and yet doing the wrong.
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So after I decided
to go back to church,
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he started going to church too.
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But at first he was reluctant,
but after a while he gave in.
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And I think,
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and what brought him
was a patient from God
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to worship on the
Sabbath, on the seventh day.
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I was so rebellious against
God's Word and His calling.
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But one night, when
in my rebelliousness
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and hardness I have to
say, God called me in a dream.
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Like most of us will have dream.
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But the kind of dream we
dream sometime, it bring...
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It bring
inspiration in us to think
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if it's only a dream
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or where the
dream come from really
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because many of us
have a lot of dreams
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and we could dream a lot.
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But my dream was
important not only for myself
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but for my family,
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because I was a kind
of treating my family bad.
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And God said, if I
have to love my family
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then I will come back home
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and try to do
things He want me to do.
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And I see that
dream as my calling.
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And I come back
home and to my family.
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I was away from, not far away,
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but you know,
doing my own thing.
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So when I come back
home, Lord started to show me
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the great things He
could do through me.
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And so I accept Him
as my Lord and Savior.
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While I was being called
by Jesus through my dream.
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I was not really understanding
fully about the Bible,
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because I was not a
very good read of the Bible.
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Indeed, I didn't know to read.
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But at one night,
I kneel down to pray
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and as I tell you
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what my dream of
coming to Christ.
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I said, "Lord, if it
is You that call you.
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And if it is
you that is going to
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turn me around,
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it's either You
come and send an angel,
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or you send someone
to teach me Your Word."
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And two weeks after,
there was Sister Chrystal
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and her husband, she was,
they come move to our house
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and invited me and my
wife to do a Bible study
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and I think that was
the Lord sending them.
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And I said right away,
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we are willing to
accept that Bible study.
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And so Sister Chrystal
is here and her husband.
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She know the time and
we started Bible study
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at our house for us,
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and they come over
like every afternoon,
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or two time a week, they come
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and when we started
to improve they come
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like every other week.
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And they tried to leave us
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on our own to let
me know or to catch up.
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But they never leave
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and they always
try to comfort us
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in whatever we want to learn.
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I would go to
her husband and he...
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We would sit down and say,
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all right, and
myself, I know everything,
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but we will see what
the Lord have to give to us.
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Because he wanted
to make things right.
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He didn't want
to be living in sin.
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So Greg went for humanity,
helped fly him back and forth
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when we had extra
space in the plane
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for medivacs to get
his divorce finalized.
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When he got his
divorce finalized,
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he didn't waste any time
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in getting married and baptized.
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They got married and
baptized within the same,
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like two days of each other.
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And we were on furlough,
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so we were kind of
sad that it was happening
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while we weren't
there to participate in it.
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But, by the
time we reached back,
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he'd already
started holding services,
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had a prayer meeting, he
was doing a church plant.
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Arnold is on fire for God.
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He enthusiastically
shares the good news
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and hope of a Savior.
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He's dedicated
his life to ministry.
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Arnold now does weekly
Bible studies with adults,
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and he and his wife
also hold a Sabbath School
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for younger children in
an extremely remote village.
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There's no Christian
presence in this village.
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And some of the children
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have never heard of
Jesus Christ before.
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Week after week,
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they make the trip
to this village to sing
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and teach the young children
of the hope of Jesus Christ.
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They're undoubtedly changing
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the lives of
these young children.
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And it all started
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with Greg offering
Bible studies to Arnold.
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He and Greg had
been going around
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doing Bible studies and he says,
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he's learned a lot from
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doing the Bible
studies with Greg
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which is the purpose of
taking somebody with you.
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So he was feeling
comfortable enough to go do
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his own Bible studies.
00:19:03.14\00:19:04.47
So now down at his
school, his little shoe store,
00:19:04.51\00:19:07.84
he gives
impromptu Bible studies.
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And he has an
outreach that is amazing
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because market
days are on Tuesday.
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And so, people from
hours down the river
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will come out and talk to him,
00:19:17.52\00:19:19.22
ask him questions,
bring him any Bible question
00:19:19.25\00:19:22.29
that they have.
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He has Bibles
that he has down there.
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He hands out more literature.
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He's always asking us to
give him tracts and stuff.
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We give him about 250 at a time,
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at least once a month.
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And he just is
really on fire for God
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and Joann is
right there with him.
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They recently started
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a branch Sabbath
school out at Brumberry,
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and he has plans
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for building a
small church up there.
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And he's just,
he just plans ahead
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and he also has
several other communities
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that have asked him to come out
00:19:55.32\00:19:56.76
and so he's trying to figure out
00:19:56.79\00:19:58.13
how he can get out there.
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He doesn't feel that God
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has released him
from Verbena yet.
00:20:00.96\00:20:02.93
So he's still very committed
to working out in Verbena.
00:20:02.96\00:20:06.13
But he's hoping to find someone
who can take over Verbena.
00:20:06.17\00:20:09.24
So that frees him up him
00:20:09.27\00:20:11.27
and Joann up to go
into another community.
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Thy way that I've been
called and the way that
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I've been loved
by God, by Jesus.
00:20:17.91\00:20:21.52
Oh, I can never repay
that kind of things that
00:20:21.55\00:20:26.45
I used to do in the world.
00:20:26.49\00:20:28.22
So with His grace,
with his for power,
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with His Holy Spirit,
00:20:32.23\00:20:33.83
I'm willing just to
do as much as I could.
00:20:33.86\00:20:37.77
And that's why
how He delivered me
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from those corruption.
00:20:40.54\00:20:42.60
I think He could use
me also to help others
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to come out of
these corruptions.
00:20:46.51\00:20:49.01
Greg and Chrystal,
they've taken Arnold
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and Joann under their wings,
00:20:51.08\00:20:53.35
and are mentoring
them and nurturing them.
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Greg continues to teach
Arnold how to give Bible studies
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that will win the
hearts of the people to Jesus.
00:21:00.26\00:21:03.53
Arnold is so
grateful to the Van Fossens
00:21:03.56\00:21:06.70
and truly love
them as his own family.
00:21:06.73\00:21:10.37
I'm a seed planter,
00:21:10.40\00:21:11.73
I don't know what
the effects are exactly,
00:21:11.77\00:21:15.47
what the impact.
00:21:15.50\00:21:16.84
I see evidence
when I ask questions,
00:21:16.87\00:21:18.87
for example of the individuals
I'm doing Bible studies with.
00:21:18.91\00:21:24.58
I see, I get very
positive responses,
00:21:24.61\00:21:29.45
it's a little bit humbling
00:21:29.48\00:21:30.99
when somebody tells you that
00:21:31.02\00:21:33.92
God has sent you to
give them Bible studies.
00:21:33.96\00:21:37.96
They be with us in
through, got to say in through
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all our difficulty, the tried.
00:21:41.90\00:21:43.50
They helped us.
00:21:43.53\00:21:44.87
Well, Brother Greg, he was like,
00:21:44.90\00:21:48.10
what I must say,
more than a friend,
00:21:48.14\00:21:49.60
more than a
brother to me because...
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I used to call, as
now we call Brother Greg,
00:21:51.94\00:21:55.28
Arnold's father
in fact because like,
00:21:55.31\00:21:58.25
any problem or anything,
00:21:58.28\00:22:01.15
he would always go to
Brother Greg for advice
00:22:01.18\00:22:04.92
or what decision to make and,
00:22:04.95\00:22:07.72
you know, Brother Greg
00:22:07.76\00:22:09.09
and Sister Chrystal
would always, you know.
00:22:09.12\00:22:10.89
Be there for us. Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.59
They would
always be there for us,
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.40
always encouraging us.
00:22:14.43\00:22:17.13
Encouraging us
not only in the Bible,
00:22:17.17\00:22:20.47
but they were
securing us all the time
00:22:20.50\00:22:23.30
and I don't know
how to thank him.
00:22:23.34\00:22:26.47
And he has been a
big part in my life,
00:22:26.51\00:22:29.54
by the grace of God also.
00:22:29.58\00:22:31.85
I think God has
really sent them to help me.
00:22:31.88\00:22:35.38
And whatever I'm doing.
00:22:35.42\00:22:37.09
Before we met them,
00:22:37.12\00:22:39.19
like even though
we were a family.
00:22:39.22\00:22:42.82
We never had like a
family law and a family, what...
00:22:42.86\00:22:47.23
A way that the
family should be then.
00:22:47.26\00:22:50.47
We never go to
church together or anything.
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.93
But after we met them,
00:22:52.97\00:22:54.80
they spoke with us and
did Bible study with us.
00:22:54.84\00:22:57.84
Then Arnold...
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Well, I always
wanted to get married,
00:22:59.81\00:23:01.51
but when Arnold decided
he was going to get married,
00:23:01.54\00:23:04.61
that was you know,
that really touched me
00:23:04.65\00:23:07.15
and I know I really felt that,
yes, God is really working.
00:23:07.18\00:23:11.85
And that is why even up today,
00:23:11.89\00:23:13.76
I thank God for
sending Brother Greg
00:23:13.79\00:23:16.52
and Sister Chrystal, so
that they can they what?
00:23:16.56\00:23:19.36
They can... Help us.
00:23:19.39\00:23:22.46
For them to help us to
get out from where we were.
00:23:22.50\00:23:27.20
We were spiritually
jailed up. Bound, yeah.
00:23:27.24\00:23:30.67
Bondage up so, the experience
00:23:30.71\00:23:33.68
and the talent
that God gave to them.
00:23:33.71\00:23:36.51
I think is really amazing
because through the past year
00:23:36.54\00:23:41.32
I do upgrade Bible
study, and Brother Greg,
00:23:41.35\00:23:44.25
he be with me
apparently more and teaches me.
00:23:44.29\00:23:50.23
He's like, more
like a father to me
00:23:50.26\00:23:54.23
as you hear Joann says,
00:23:54.26\00:23:55.86
because he not only tell
me or read a Bible to me,
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.47
he takes his time and
he said that "You get it?"
00:23:59.50\00:24:02.00
And if I said no, he
will do it over again.
00:24:02.04\00:24:04.27
And say, "You get it now?"
00:24:04.31\00:24:05.64
And if he said
a third time "No."
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.21
He will say, "All right,
00:24:07.24\00:24:08.58
let's go over it,
one step at a time."
00:24:08.61\00:24:10.71
He has a lot of patience.
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.08
Patience again, and
that what I find in him.
00:24:12.11\00:24:14.85
And he also teaches me
00:24:14.88\00:24:17.39
how to go about
the same patienceness.
00:24:17.42\00:24:21.22
And I think he brings patience
00:24:21.26\00:24:23.76
into my life with
the help of Christ also.
00:24:23.79\00:24:27.36
And by accepting Christ,
00:24:27.40\00:24:29.00
he was like a father
00:24:29.03\00:24:30.87
and he was like a
brother also to me.
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So by the time I get married,
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I was well equipped
with God's words from him
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that passed down
through the spirit into me.
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And I'm thankful now
that we are not the best
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or we are not
perfect, but we are learning
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and we are
willing to help others
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that to come out
of the difficulty
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that we also went through.
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We were willing to
come out from our misery,
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but as you understand
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that we needed help to come out.
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So because of their
help, we were able to come out.
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So today, that is what
we're trying to do with people.
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We're trying to help them
to come out of their misery.
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And the only way that
helped us to come out is Jesus.
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And that is what we're
trying to teach people now
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to know Jesus and
that He can deliver us
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from any and
everything of this world.
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It's a pleasure to
be able to participate
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and work in what he's doing
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and see people blossom,
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see their
relationship with God grow.
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Making disciples
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is what God
called each of us to do.
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The AWA
missionaries here in Guyana
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take that
commission very seriously.
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Arnold and Joann
are just two examples of
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how God can transform a
life from shame to unending joy.
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Arnold and Joann are passionate
about sharing their experience
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and helping others
all around them experience
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the transforming power of Jesus.
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And to think
this story all started
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with the offer to
give Bible studies
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to a young couple.
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Now, that young couple
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is helping
transform Northwest Guyana
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with the power of God.
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Yes, Bible studies
are such an influential
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and vital part of the
work Adventist World Aviation
00:26:42.00\00:26:45.67
does in Guyana.
00:26:45.70\00:26:47.90
Both missionary families
love devoting their time
00:26:47.94\00:26:52.04
working one on one
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with those Jesus brings to them.
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The missionaries
have more requests
00:26:56.68\00:26:58.81
for Bible studies
than they can keep up with.
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Thankfully, God
always provides love,
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strength and commitment like
we've seen in today's story.
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God called Native Amerindians
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to share the gospel
with their own people.
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The AWA missionary
families are delighted to see
00:27:17.83\00:27:21.24
the work of Arnold and
Joann because they realize that
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their efforts will add longevity
00:27:24.74\00:27:27.48
to the AWA project in Guyana.
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The gospel in Guyana
is spreading, friends,
00:27:31.78\00:27:35.75
and souls are being
won for the kingdom of God.
00:27:35.78\00:27:39.82
Their goal is long term ministry
00:27:39.85\00:27:44.16
that results in a movement
00:27:44.19\00:27:46.26
to transform
this region of Guyana.
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By mentoring individuals,
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they know that
the work will continue
00:27:52.20\00:27:54.70
long after the LaBores
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and the Van
Fossens leave this area.
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And the good news of Jesus'
last day saving love message
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will continue to spread
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.48
throughout the
jungles of Guyana.
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The beautiful thing about
00:28:10.52\00:28:11.85
it is they have a
great passion for the work,
00:28:11.89\00:28:14.12
they want to reach their people.
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And I love seeing that,
00:28:16.46\00:28:19.29
I love seeing the
fire in their eyes
00:28:19.33\00:28:21.20
and the desire to go out
00:28:21.23\00:28:22.56
to anywhere God
calls them to work.
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It puts us all
to shame, honestly,
00:28:25.57\00:28:28.40
the way that they see
things, they don't see anything
00:28:28.44\00:28:31.07
more important
than sharing the gospel.
00:28:31.11\00:28:32.97
Nothing gets in their way.
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.84
And, so that's the ultimate goal
00:28:34.88\00:28:38.55
of the project is to raise up
00:28:38.58\00:28:39.91
as many of those as
we can possibly get going
00:28:39.95\00:28:42.92
before we close up
here sometime in the future,
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.42
although it won't be
happening anytime soon.
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But we pray that one
day we've planted many,
00:28:47.82\00:28:51.16
many seeds here
that when we leave,
00:28:51.19\00:28:54.13
those seeds will continue
to grow and more churches
00:28:54.16\00:28:57.07
can be planted, more
companies can be started
00:28:57.10\00:28:59.77
and more people
will be in the kingdom
00:28:59.80\00:29:02.10
because of the
work we've done here.
00:29:02.14\00:29:04.11
Arnold and Joann,
they got baptized,
00:29:04.14\00:29:07.48
and they
started holding services
00:29:07.51\00:29:09.61
out in Verbena.
00:29:09.64\00:29:10.98
We go out there to
give them moral support.
00:29:11.01\00:29:14.15
We're there to
answer questions and stuff.
00:29:14.18\00:29:16.38
But we want to empower
the natives to do that.
00:29:16.42\00:29:19.12
So when we leave,
they're not left with,
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.62
oh, we don't know what
to do, we can't function.
00:29:22.66\00:29:25.56
But they're like, oh,
yeah, this is our church.
00:29:25.59\00:29:28.83
This is, they own it.
00:29:28.86\00:29:31.60
They know how to go
out and do the ministry.
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.94
They've got some
really big ideas.
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