I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Well, hello, we
welcome you today
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to 3ABN Today.
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It's always a joy
to have you with us
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and co-hosting today
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with my good
friend Brian Hamilton.
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Brian is the CFO of 3ABN
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and it's just a joy
to have you with me.
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Yeah.
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We're looking forward to
a fun hour here together.
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And it's gonna be a
fun hour, and again,
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welcome every one of you,
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it's your love and your prayers
and your financial support
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that has been able this ministry
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to reach
literally the whole world
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with the gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ
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and we thank you for that.
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Brian, I'm going to let
you introduce our guest.
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We've got four
guests with us today.
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Now, you're
going to look and say,
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"Molly, that's only two,"
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but we've got two
guests here in the studio
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and we've got two
that are joining us
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all the way from Madagascar.
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So Brian, do the introduction.
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Okay.
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Our first guest is Dr. Joel,
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and Joel, I'm going to have
you pronounce your last name.
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Help me out there.
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Raveloharimisy.
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Okay.
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Now, that is the reason why
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we're going to
call you Pastor Joel,
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and I'm sure in Madagascar
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that's an easy
name to pronounce.
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Probably the easiest.
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Easiest, it is
like Smith in U.S.,
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but anyway, Dr Joe,
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we're happy to have you with us
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and we'll find out a little more
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about you in just a second,
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and our second
guest is Audie Robinson.
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Audie, welcome to 3ABN.
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Thank you very much.
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Glad to be here.
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And I understand
you're an architect
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or work with an architect firm.
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Yes, I'm working for myself now,
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Lord has blessed, I'm architect,
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a director of my own firm.
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And doing
development and fundraising
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and also helping out with
the project in Madagascar.
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Oh, so that's part of
why you're here today.
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Yes.
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We're gonna be
talking about that
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project here in just a minute.
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Coming back to Dr. Joel.
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Now you noticed
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I used the word Doctor in front.
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Maybe you want to tell us,
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Dr. Joel, a little
bit about what you do
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and are you a physician or
a different kind of doctor.
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We use the term doctor
in number of different ways.
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First of all I am
very glad to be here,
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and to share what God
has been doing in Madagascar.
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So I'm professor,
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associate professor
at Andrews University.
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I am in the Behavioral Science
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and I'm also the
program director of Community
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and International Development.
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So tell me what is Community
and International Development?
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Tell me a little
more about the program?
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Yes, it is a
vibrant program at Andrews.
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What we do actually
is to train students
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to become humanitarian workers,
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professionals,
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and also to become
development professionals,
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those who make
changes in people's life,
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alleviate sufferings
and prevent loss of life.
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And the program has
an undergraduate part
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and also graduate.
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Wow, it sounds very interesting.
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Now we have two guests
with us coming in on Skype.
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Would you like to
introduce them to our viewers?
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Yes.
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It's my pleasure to introduce
two guests from Madagascar,
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they are, we'll
watch here through Skype.
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And let me start with Ando,
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she's the next to Pastor Haja.
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Ando is one of the
leaders in Madagascar.
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And she's going to share with us
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what they do in Madagascar.
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And next to her, Pastor Haja,
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in charge of youth ministry
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and chaplaincy
at the union level.
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Well, welcome to 3ABN via Skype,
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we are happy to
have you join us.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Let's just maybe for our viewers
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they may not know
where Madagascar is,
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they maybe heard the term,
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you know, the country name
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but help us to locate
Madagascar on the globe.
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Well, from somebody who
lives in the United States
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If you take a look at
the continent of Africa
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in the Indian Ocean
just off the coast of
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South Africa is the fourth
largest island in the world.
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Madagascar is humongous
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and that's where Madagascar
is in the Indian Ocean
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just off the
coast of South Africa.
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It's an Island
in the Indian Ocean.
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It's a huge
island. Yeah, huge island.
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So just before our program
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I looked on the
map and if you would,
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if you're in the United States
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and your travel down to Texas
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and then cross the
border into Mexico,
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and go on down to
inner and then South America
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and find Brazil.
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If you go right
across the ocean from Brazil
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at least on the
map it looked like
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you would hit the
continent of Africa.
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And you'd have to
cross the continent of Africa
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and into the Indian Ocean
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and then you would come
to the island of Madagascar.
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Now this is not a small island,
it's about the size of...
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It's about the size of Texas,
the fourth largest island.
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Fourth largest Island, okay.
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And I asked you about
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what the
population of the island is.
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Well, right now we
are about 24 millions.
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24 million.
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That's the latest projection
of population in Madagascar.
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So it's about the size of Texas,
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got about as many
people as New York City.
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Okay, that
helps for perspective.
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And then the church related
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we have over 125, 000 members
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in Madagascar alone.
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Praise God.
Yeah, praise the Lord.
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I think of the Ellen
White conference here,
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where we're at
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and we have about
11, 12, 000 members
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and you have a 125,000.
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And about 700 churches
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not including
companies and groups.
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So there's a good work going on.
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Yes, praise God for that.
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Praise God.
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Now there are some
challenges particularly
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thinking about the
youth of Madagascar,
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would one of you like to share
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a little bit
about the challenges?
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Well, I can give my experience
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and it really is a
miracle how the Lord has blessed
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and given me this opportunity
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on my very first
visit to Madagascar,
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I saw and was
witness to two occasions,
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one at the hotel
by the swimming pool
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and another in the rainforest
where I saw young girls,
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minors being taken
advantage of by much,
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much older businessmen.
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So those are the kinds of things
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that are happening there.
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So that developed in your
heart a burden for the youth
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and particularly the
young women and girls.
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Yes, yes, when I
came back, I prayed,
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I told a friend of
ours about the incident
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I had seen and I was praying,
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I mean, I'm far so far away.
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How can I help?
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I'm trying to do things here
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in our country in
Florida with the youth.
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So people taking
advantage of the weaker
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ones that need our help so bad.
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Yes, those that
need the help most,
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they're taking advantage of
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because they're very, very poor
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and they want to get
out of their poverty,
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but those that can help them
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the most are the ones
who take advantage of them.
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And I think that's
where our church plays
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very important role
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because the youth
has a great potential.
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So even though we have
these challenges of poverty,
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also have the gospel of hope
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and the change through Christ,
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and that's why we
are very interested
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in helping our young people
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so they can do more for Christ
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because there
are these potentials
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in them doing things for Christ.
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Okay.
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Well, we want to
dive into this story more
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but before we do we have a song
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and it's Marshall Kelly.
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T. Marshall Kelly,
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one of my favorite singers,
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a precious man.
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And he's going to
sing, "He's the one."
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He's the one.
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Is there anyone can help us,
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one who understands our hearts
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When the thorns of
life have pierced them
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Till they bleed
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One who sympathizes with us
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who in tenderness imparts
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Just the very
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Very blessing that we need?
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Is there anyone can help us
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Who can give us sinner peace
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When his heart is
burden'd down with pain and woe
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Who will speak
the word of pardon
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That affords a sweet relief?
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And whose blood can wash
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And make us
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Pure like snow?
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Yes, there is One
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Only One
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His blessed name is Jesus
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He is that One
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Yes, afflictions
will press our soul
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And the waves of
trouble will roll
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But we have a
friend who will help us
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He's the One
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Is there anyone can help us
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When the end is drawing near
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Who will go thro '
death's dark waters
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By our side
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Who will light the way before us
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and dispel all doubt and fear
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And he'll resurrect us
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When he comes again
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Oh, yes, there is One,
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Only One
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His blessed name is Jesus
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He is that One
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Afflictions will press our soul
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And the waves of
trouble will roll
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But we have a
friend who will help us
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Jesus is that One
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Brian, I always
appreciate his ministry,
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he touches my heart.
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Yeah, I love
his voice. Yes, yes.
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He was here
just a short time ago
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and he always goes to the office
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and ministers to every one us,
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he loves us and we love him.
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He has a love of Christ
in his heart that shines out.
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Yes, it does.
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Brother Robinson, you were...
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We were talking
earlier about the children,
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about the young that
were being taken advantage of
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and started to
use some terminology
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human trafficking,
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but I wanted to make sure
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that this is what we were
combating there in Madagascar
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and you assured me it was
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but you use some
other terminology,
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actually I've never
heard that terminology
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and it was sexual tourism?
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Isn't that what you said? Yes.
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Explain what we're
combating in Madagascar
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and not just there
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but I know it's
all over the world
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with that terminology?
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And because I was
an eyewitness to it,
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I'm a good
person to talk about it,
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because at the hotel,
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the very first day in Madagascar
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I was at the hotel
and I saw a little girl,
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a little girl she
was decked out in makeup
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to look much older
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and she was with businessmen,
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it looked obviously odd to me,
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she was with
businessman kind of coveting
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this little girl
with men that were
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maybe three
times older than her,
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then what stuck out
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when I went and traveled
into the rainforest was again,
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a little girl
with a much older man
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and you can tell
she's in the wrong place
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because we're
traveling in the rainforest
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and she's decked out
and dressed for a party.
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So something, it just stood out
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and I asked my guide about it
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and he told me what
was going on and it was...
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Give me an age
range of little girl?
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The little girl, the one at the,
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at the hotel by
the swimming pool
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I would say she was,
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she looked like a teenager
maybe between 13 and 14,
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and then in the rainforest
she looked a little older,
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she may have been a 17 year old.
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Okay.
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But here again,
00:16:01.16\00:16:02.49
they had on the
makeup to look much older.
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So they could be
even younger than that.
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Okay.
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So this is what we're combating,
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this is part of the problem.
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Yes.
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Well, Dr. Joel,
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maybe you want to
tell us a little bit about
00:16:15.57\00:16:18.47
what the church is
trying to do to help our youth,
00:16:18.51\00:16:21.08
so introduce us to
this aspect of the program.
00:16:21.11\00:16:25.28
Yes, thank you so
this problem of poverty.
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Yes, it is very structural,
00:16:30.95\00:16:32.65
it is in the
country but there is also,
00:16:32.69\00:16:35.26
there's a problem in
the area of morality.
00:16:35.29\00:16:38.56
So the church
plays important role
00:16:38.59\00:16:41.76
in fighting against this poverty
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which really keep
those young people
00:16:43.83\00:16:46.87
and their sufferings
and the lack of opportunity.
00:16:46.90\00:16:50.54
So when I would say
rich people or foreigners
00:16:50.57\00:16:54.24
taking advantage of them,
then somehow it's a really,
00:16:54.28\00:16:57.78
it's hard for them to say no.
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Now, the church
actually has a better
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or has better solutions to that.
00:17:02.02\00:17:04.65
So the youth department
has different programs
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and that's I think
what you are going to hear
00:17:09.16\00:17:11.29
from Pastor Haja.
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It's better if he tells us
00:17:13.19\00:17:16.03
what are these four areas
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at least of the
activities in Madagascar
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in combating
poverty at any level
00:17:21.94\00:17:25.54
including the sexual
tourism and human trafficking.
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And the inability to provide
your own means of living.
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Okay, so we'll go to
our Skype guest Pastor Haja,
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and maybe you can share with us
00:17:41.66\00:17:43.49
what the church is
doing for our youth
00:17:43.53\00:17:47.06
there in Madagascar,
00:17:47.10\00:17:48.53
we'd appreciate that.
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Okay, I'm so glad to
have this opportunity
00:17:52.90\00:17:57.84
to talk about
the youth ministry.
00:17:57.87\00:18:01.94
As you well know that
00:18:01.98\00:18:03.81
we have challenge
here in Madagascar
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and we've already
talked about poverty
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and it's already said,
00:18:09.02\00:18:11.12
that the church has a
new important role in it.
00:18:11.15\00:18:15.76
because if we are
willing to finish the mission
00:18:15.79\00:18:19.96
that Jesus Christ has given us,
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we have to use the Christ method
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that's why we need
to mingle with people
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and to meet their needs,
00:18:30.11\00:18:32.61
and one of the
way for us to mingle
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with people is to involve
in the community service.
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And that's why we
have this project called so
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to build the
center of influence.
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So that we can address
the needs of young people
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and young men,
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and you see that in this project
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we are willing not
only to preach the gospel
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but also to give them
the way to fight the poverty
00:19:03.64\00:19:10.38
and one of the reason
of poverty is joblessness,
00:19:10.41\00:19:14.68
that's why in the center
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we are willing to offer
young people opportunity
00:19:17.72\00:19:22.26
to do something for their ward,
00:19:22.29\00:19:25.13
for their community
and for the country itself.
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Okay, Pastor Haja,
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the material that I have here,
00:19:32.37\00:19:34.27
there is three programs
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that you have pioneered
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or introduced
there in Madagascar,
00:19:39.71\00:19:41.88
one of them is
the Voice of Youth.
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What is the Voice of Youth?
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You see, Voice of Youth
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it is young people
who organize themselves
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to preach the gospel
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in evangelistic meeting
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where you lead out as
speakers and presenters.
00:20:01.93\00:20:08.34
And we have this year
00:20:08.37\00:20:14.74
starting on July
and August this program
00:20:14.78\00:20:19.55
and now we have
the wonderful results.
00:20:19.58\00:20:22.65
I would like just to share
one of them in Antananarivo
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where 25 people,
00:20:27.46\00:20:30.23
young people have decided
to preach for the first time.
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At the end of the campaign,
00:20:35.46\00:20:37.17
we had 19 souls
baptized for Jesus Christ.
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Praise God.
00:20:41.14\00:20:42.47
And also encourages young people
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to be involved in evangelism
00:20:43.87\00:20:48.94
because they see
the result of their work
00:20:48.98\00:20:51.85
and they are so committed
00:20:51.88\00:20:53.65
to continue the
work of the Lord.
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Okay, Sister Ado, is that right?
00:20:56.58\00:21:00.29
Yes.
00:21:00.32\00:21:03.86
What part do you play in this?
00:21:03.89\00:21:06.80
What role do you have in this?
00:21:06.83\00:21:09.63
Okay, as I'm the leader,
00:21:09.66\00:21:13.40
youth leader at my church.
00:21:13.44\00:21:16.17
It's us who
organize all the activities.
00:21:16.20\00:21:20.34
For example, because we
start by doing social work,
00:21:20.38\00:21:25.48
like sharing
clothes and all the people,
00:21:25.51\00:21:30.29
people's needs
00:21:30.32\00:21:31.89
so our role is to
organize all the activities
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that young
people are going to do.
00:21:37.26\00:21:41.16
Okay.
00:21:41.20\00:21:42.53
So you're a
youth leader in your,
00:21:42.56\00:21:44.23
in your local church there.
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Yes, yes. Very good.
00:21:46.33\00:21:47.97
So the Voice of
Youth if I understand right
00:21:48.00\00:21:52.64
is an initiative from the church
00:21:52.67\00:21:56.14
to have our young people
00:21:56.18\00:21:58.08
trained to be able to
do evangelistic meetings,
00:21:58.11\00:22:01.88
to be the speakers and
help out in the meetings,
00:22:01.92\00:22:04.72
is that correct?
00:22:04.75\00:22:06.62
Yes. That's right.
00:22:06.65\00:22:07.99
Yes, and how many of these
00:22:08.02\00:22:09.39
have you organized in Madagascar
00:22:09.42\00:22:11.99
or do you hope to organize?
00:22:12.03\00:22:15.60
You see in Antananarivo,
00:22:15.63\00:22:18.43
Antananarivo means
the city of thousands,
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and for this time
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we have planned to have
00:22:24.64\00:22:28.08
1000 young people as preachers.
00:22:28.11\00:22:32.51
Okay.
00:22:32.55\00:22:33.88
Antana only 1000 preachers.
00:22:33.92\00:22:36.65
Okay.
00:22:36.69\00:22:38.02
But for we've started
with community service
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that she may
come to know about it.
00:22:41.49\00:22:44.39
Okay.
00:22:44.43\00:22:46.59
And so I think my question is,
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.70
do you reach
into the communities
00:22:48.73\00:22:51.50
where we have these young people
00:22:51.53\00:22:53.00
that are in poverty,
00:22:53.03\00:22:54.90
that are at risk and
pull them into the church
00:22:54.94\00:22:57.41
and then train them
and give them skills,
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.67
is that what we're...
00:22:59.71\00:23:01.04
is that what we're doing.
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.41
Yeah, that is the
approach, that is well,
00:23:02.44\00:23:06.28
the poverty is there
00:23:06.31\00:23:07.65
so talking about it, it's there.
00:23:07.68\00:23:11.42
So we look at the potentials,
we look at the assets,
00:23:11.45\00:23:15.59
so we have young people
who are really motivated.
00:23:15.62\00:23:18.79
They want to do
things for the Lord.
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.93
So what we do is equip them,
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.43
so by equipping them,
00:23:23.47\00:23:25.97
train them to become preacher
00:23:26.00\00:23:28.30
and help them also to identify
needs within the community
00:23:28.34\00:23:32.31
and try to address these needs.
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.74
It is actually, it
goes along quarterly
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.91
that we are learning right now,
00:23:37.95\00:23:40.42
meeting the needs of the society
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.48
or the community.
00:23:42.52\00:23:43.85
And we are
talking about urban area.
00:23:43.89\00:23:46.86
The example that pastor had gave
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.79
because Antananarivo is
the capital city of Madagascar.
00:23:49.82\00:23:53.23
So the goal is
to have 1000 leaders
00:23:53.26\00:23:58.33
trained weave their group
00:23:58.37\00:24:00.94
so from the churches to
meet the community needs
00:24:00.97\00:24:05.61
and through those
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.11
and the evangelistic campaign
00:24:07.14\00:24:08.61
that goes with
the community outreach
00:24:08.64\00:24:12.45
will lead people
to come to Christ.
00:24:12.48\00:24:15.22
Okay, so that we've
learned a little bit about
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.75
the Voice of Youth,
00:24:17.79\00:24:19.12
but then
there's a Caleb project.
00:24:19.15\00:24:21.59
What is a Caleb Project, I
know of Caleb in the Bible.
00:24:21.62\00:24:25.13
So help us
understand the Caleb Project
00:24:25.16\00:24:29.06
and what that's about that?
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.53
That the Caleb Project
as you know in the Bible,
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.80
we know this word
00:24:33.84\00:24:37.64
that Caleb said,
"Give me this mountain."
00:24:37.67\00:24:41.34
And this is a
campaign to un-enter area
00:24:41.38\00:24:47.65
where there is no
Adventist or few Adventists,
00:24:47.68\00:24:52.32
young people have
dedicate their vacation
00:24:52.35\00:24:55.09
to go there to
preach the gospel,
00:24:55.12\00:24:58.43
to do community service
and they leave that place
00:24:58.46\00:25:02.80
if they managed
to build the church
00:25:02.83\00:25:06.80
and leave one
pioneer on this place.
00:25:06.84\00:25:10.81
Then youth and young people
00:25:10.84\00:25:13.54
dedicate their
vacation to a campaign,
00:25:13.58\00:25:16.44
and in a campaign
00:25:16.48\00:25:17.81
they have to do a
community service, evangelism
00:25:17.85\00:25:20.88
and at the same time
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.42
they start to build
already a place for worship.
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.26
Have you already
launched this initiative
00:25:27.29\00:25:30.93
or is this one that
you're planning to do?
00:25:30.96\00:25:34.53
Okay, we have already till now
00:25:34.56\00:25:39.87
ten sites for this project,
00:25:39.90\00:25:42.80
and we have already
dedicated three buildings
00:25:42.84\00:25:46.17
in this ten un-entered area.
00:25:46.21\00:25:50.91
Then in this place
00:25:50.95\00:25:52.28
we have also young
people going there,
00:25:52.31\00:25:54.62
camping there,
00:25:54.65\00:25:55.98
preach the
gospel and staying there
00:25:56.02\00:25:57.35
if they have a
campaign but in the starting now
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.85
we have a program,
give them the keys,
00:25:59.89\00:26:03.76
we are planning to
have 20 more un-entered area
00:26:03.79\00:26:09.30
to do the same project.
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.70
Young people during
vacation going there
00:26:10.73\00:26:13.03
and preach the gospel,
build the place of worship.
00:26:13.07\00:26:16.50
We have already done 10
00:26:16.54\00:26:18.97
but we are
planning to have 22 more.
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.58
Okay, so you use
the word vacation,
00:26:21.61\00:26:26.48
they take their
vacation time and they camp.
00:26:26.51\00:26:30.82
Now, when I think of camping,
00:26:30.85\00:26:32.49
there's a lot of
different nuances to campaign.
00:26:32.52\00:26:37.29
Are they living in tents?
00:26:37.33\00:26:39.19
Do they have
structures they live?
00:26:39.23\00:26:41.76
What, how is this done?
00:26:41.80\00:26:44.07
Tell us a little bit about it?
00:26:44.10\00:26:46.63
Okay, as Joel
mentioned some pictures
00:26:46.67\00:26:50.91
we are used to camp in
a tent here in Madagascar.
00:26:50.94\00:26:54.88
Okay, so it's not a motor home.
00:26:54.91\00:26:56.54
No.
00:26:56.58\00:26:57.91
They don't have
a nice motor home
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.28
that they live in or something.
00:26:59.31\00:27:00.65
No, no, no.
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.02
I don't think that the
motor home will be able to ride,
00:27:02.05\00:27:03.99
you know, in the dirt road.
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.96
Okay, so the roads
aren't very conducive
00:27:06.99\00:27:10.53
to motor homes
then I understand.
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.60
You know, something I say
that it's so amazing about this.
00:27:13.63\00:27:16.20
They're going into areas
where there are no churches
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.90
and no church members,
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.27
they're going to
absolutely start,
00:27:20.30\00:27:23.07
start work are a
move of God there.
00:27:23.10\00:27:26.21
Yeah, and camping in tents.
00:27:26.24\00:27:28.31
Yes, it's a new
version of a pioneer approach.
00:27:28.34\00:27:32.15
Okay.
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.52
In the past we
actually placed people
00:27:33.55\00:27:36.45
in these un-entered areas
00:27:36.48\00:27:38.65
about now the new
vision is have young people
00:27:38.69\00:27:40.92
go to a place that
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.89
there is no
presence of Adventism
00:27:42.92\00:27:47.70
or even Christianity.
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.13
There is no
electricity, no running water,
00:27:50.17\00:27:54.67
it's just a place where
00:27:54.70\00:27:57.61
you just meet the people
00:27:57.64\00:28:00.38
share with them what we have
00:28:00.41\00:28:03.45
because we have
to reach in Christ.
00:28:03.48\00:28:05.21
Yeah, and that's
the potential here.
00:28:05.25\00:28:07.92
I want us to focus on that
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.19
the willingness
of the young people
00:28:10.22\00:28:13.05
to serve the Lord.
00:28:13.09\00:28:14.42
You empower a young
person, get behind them,
00:28:14.46\00:28:17.43
give them some support,
00:28:17.46\00:28:18.93
and they've got the zeal
and the energy to go forth
00:28:18.96\00:28:23.60
and to accomplish mighty things
00:28:23.63\00:28:25.57
that we are too
old and wise to do.
00:28:25.60\00:28:28.40
They all go forth and do it.
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.74
Yeah, exactly.
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.11
Okay, and then there
was one other project called
00:28:32.14\00:28:35.28
One year in Missions.
00:28:35.31\00:28:37.45
Tell us more about
One year in Missions?
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.65
We'd like to know that.
00:28:40.68\00:28:42.92
Okay, it's a world wide project
00:28:42.95\00:28:46.15
where young
people obtain a training
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.92
and teach others
to do their mission
00:28:48.96\00:28:53.83
and so our
innocent youth to be changed
00:28:53.86\00:28:58.83
in South Africa two years ago,
00:28:58.87\00:29:02.24
and last year we
turned a total of 24 youth
00:29:02.27\00:29:07.84
and they will return home
00:29:07.88\00:29:09.64
and teach about 70--
00:29:09.68\00:29:16.38
Okay, so these young people
00:29:16.42\00:29:18.42
who got training
from South Africa,
00:29:18.45\00:29:20.19
we're the
headquarter of our division.
00:29:20.22\00:29:21.96
Okay.
00:29:21.99\00:29:23.32
That's 'cause we belong.
00:29:23.36\00:29:24.69
Yeah. Okay.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.06
What division are
we talking about now?
00:29:26.09\00:29:28.90
No, what's the exact SID,
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.27
it's SID, you know,
00:29:30.30\00:29:32.53
the Southern Indian Division...
00:29:32.57\00:29:37.01
Indian Ocean Division.
00:29:37.04\00:29:38.37
Okay, and that's were
the headquarters is in.
00:29:38.41\00:29:40.28
Okay, and so, let me just ask
00:29:40.31\00:29:42.64
you had some young
people go to the division area
00:29:42.68\00:29:46.45
and get training.
00:29:46.48\00:29:47.85
Get training how to do
this One Year of a Mission.
00:29:47.88\00:29:51.39
Okay.
00:29:51.42\00:29:52.75
Then when they
came back to Madagascar,
00:29:52.79\00:29:56.16
they trained others...
00:29:56.19\00:29:57.96
Okay.
00:29:57.99\00:29:59.33
To do the same thing.
00:29:59.36\00:30:00.70
And then they
dedicate a year of their time.
00:30:00.73\00:30:02.36
They dedicate a year, yeah.
00:30:02.40\00:30:03.73
To doing the mission work
00:30:03.77\00:30:05.30
that they've been trained to do.
00:30:05.33\00:30:06.94
Yes.
00:30:06.97\00:30:08.30
Okay, it's very good.
00:30:08.34\00:30:09.67
It's a version,
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.04
it's a one year
volunteer for Christ.
00:30:11.07\00:30:13.27
And what you do is actually
dedicate yourself to reach out,
00:30:13.31\00:30:17.88
share the gospel and bring hope
00:30:17.91\00:30:20.98
but then at the same time
00:30:21.02\00:30:23.08
these, the young people
they are not in a position,
00:30:23.12\00:30:26.79
"Oh yeah, maybe they're
rich, no, no, no, they're not."
00:30:26.82\00:30:29.52
Okay.
00:30:29.56\00:30:30.89
It's just their
willingness to serve the Lord.
00:30:30.93\00:30:35.16
We have a video
roll of Madagascar
00:30:35.20\00:30:39.03
and I saw it was
like an aerial view
00:30:39.07\00:30:41.70
you want to
introduce that roll to us
00:30:41.74\00:30:44.71
and tell us a
little bit about it?
00:30:44.74\00:30:46.64
Yes, and this is our
Montessori Youth Center Project
00:30:46.68\00:30:51.81
this video covers
some of the demographics
00:30:51.85\00:30:55.12
but in particular
what is going to make this
00:30:55.15\00:30:59.25
all of these projects go,
00:30:59.29\00:31:01.19
you can see the youth in
there, the youth in action,
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.99
so...
00:31:04.03\00:31:05.36
Okay, before we see the roll
then maybe you need to tell us
00:31:05.39\00:31:07.73
a little more about
what this project is?
00:31:07.76\00:31:09.80
Yes, and also the great
thing about this project is that
00:31:09.83\00:31:15.30
we're going to
be using the youth
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.91
but it's a team
effort Pastor. Haja,
00:31:16.94\00:31:19.67
Dr. Joel, myself,
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.74
others have been
working on this project
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.61
to get it this far
and what it is, it is.
00:31:23.65\00:31:26.82
And we also have to thank
the government of Madagascar
00:31:26.85\00:31:29.35
who donated two hectares
00:31:29.38\00:31:31.35
which is about
five acres of land
00:31:31.39\00:31:33.52
on the provision that we
build a youth center there.
00:31:33.56\00:31:37.69
And this youth center
as you've been describing
00:31:37.73\00:31:40.70
all the
projects that can be done
00:31:40.73\00:31:43.57
that will be done there.
00:31:43.60\00:31:45.37
It will be an
urban center of influence
00:31:45.40\00:31:49.27
meaning that it
will reach the community
00:31:49.30\00:31:52.67
not only for
Seventh-day Adventists
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.91
but it's to
facilitate and be able to train
00:31:54.94\00:31:59.98
many others
throughout the community,
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.38
many youth who are
non-Seventh-day Adventists
00:32:02.42\00:32:04.95
and particular
young girls, young boys
00:32:04.99\00:32:08.72
and to train them to be
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.59
business people, entrepreneurs.
00:32:10.63\00:32:13.83
So they don't
have to be vulnerable
00:32:13.86\00:32:16.46
to other people
like the tourists,
00:32:16.50\00:32:18.93
other people that
come there with money
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.10
and tempting them
and luring them away
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.34
and using them unjustly.
00:32:23.37\00:32:25.57
So you're gonna reach
out into the community.
00:32:25.61\00:32:26.98
Yes.
00:32:27.01\00:32:28.34
Not just into the church
and draw the young people
00:32:28.38\00:32:30.28
and to empower them with skills
00:32:30.31\00:32:33.82
so that they can then
break the power of the bondage
00:32:33.85\00:32:38.22
of poverty over their lives.
00:32:38.25\00:32:40.66
Yes.
00:32:40.69\00:32:42.02
And then in the process
00:32:42.06\00:32:43.39
they will also be
introduced to our savior,
00:32:43.43\00:32:45.53
the Lord Jesus
Christ, their savior.
00:32:45.56\00:32:47.10
Yeah. Okay.
00:32:47.13\00:32:48.46
And as Dr. Joel and
Pastor Haja is saying,
00:32:48.50\00:32:51.63
we're doing,
00:32:51.67\00:32:53.00
we're doing the
planting the seed
00:32:53.03\00:32:56.00
and we're doing
it Christ's method.
00:32:56.04\00:32:58.94
We're mingling with the people,
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.61
meeting their needs,
00:33:00.64\00:33:02.24
meeting the
young people's needs,
00:33:02.28\00:33:03.61
meeting their community's needs
00:33:03.65\00:33:05.55
and then they will see
the love that we have for them
00:33:05.58\00:33:08.88
and will be led to Christ.
00:33:08.92\00:33:10.25
Yeah, you gain their confidence
00:33:10.29\00:33:11.65
and they want to
hear about your Jesus.
00:33:11.69\00:33:13.19
Yes.
00:33:13.22\00:33:14.56
Or maybe we ought
to see the roll then
00:33:14.59\00:33:16.56
with this little
bit of background,
00:33:16.59\00:33:18.09
we'll look at the
roll that's gonna start.
00:33:18.13\00:33:23.93
Okay, we're
doing a drone flyover
00:33:23.97\00:33:28.04
and you're seeing the main city
00:33:28.07\00:33:29.80
of Antananarivo the capital
00:33:29.84\00:33:32.84
as we're going through there
00:33:32.87\00:33:35.11
and then as we fly over
00:33:35.14\00:33:38.48
you're going to see some
dramatic pictures of the youth.
00:33:38.51\00:33:41.72
So you're seeing the urban area
00:33:41.75\00:33:44.72
that we are
reaching out to and...
00:33:44.75\00:33:49.59
It looks like a
beautiful island.
00:33:49.62\00:33:51.36
Oh, it's incredible.
00:33:51.39\00:33:52.73
It's incredibly beautiful,
00:33:52.76\00:33:54.66
and now some of the camporee
projects from last year.
00:33:54.70\00:33:58.87
You're seeing some of the things
00:33:58.90\00:34:00.24
that youth did the campaign
and now you're going to,
00:34:00.27\00:34:03.81
we're going to zoom in
and see some of the youth...
00:34:03.84\00:34:06.88
So they had 6000 pathfinders
00:34:06.91\00:34:10.68
there this in July
doing this camporee.
00:34:10.71\00:34:14.45
6000 pathfinders.
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.12
Yeah, 6000. 6000 pathfinder.
00:34:16.15\00:34:17.82
Okay, looks like
a lot of fun. Yes.
00:34:17.85\00:34:20.72
And it's really exciting
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.09
so that's why
00:34:22.12\00:34:23.46
it's important for us to
have this center to be built.
00:34:23.49\00:34:28.00
Because the center not only
00:34:28.03\00:34:29.56
going to train
these young people
00:34:29.60\00:34:31.97
but equip them also
00:34:32.00\00:34:33.64
so they can
provide for themselves.
00:34:33.67\00:34:36.17
They get skills while doing that
00:34:36.20\00:34:38.27
to reach out to the community.
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.41
Now, why would one
want to do that, let me...
00:34:40.44\00:34:43.58
You asked me earlier.
It's character building.
00:34:43.61\00:34:46.05
It's character
building, you know,
00:34:46.08\00:34:47.62
discipline and team work.
00:34:47.65\00:34:49.85
Team work. Yes.
00:34:49.88\00:34:51.22
If Brian asks me,
00:34:51.25\00:34:52.59
"Molly, would you
like to crawl through bed."
00:34:52.62\00:34:53.99
And I've told him, "No.
00:34:54.02\00:34:56.36
Don't think so."
00:34:56.39\00:34:57.73
But when you see,
00:34:57.76\00:34:59.09
when you see the
youth and their faces
00:34:59.13\00:35:00.46
they take the
challenge, they are excited,
00:35:00.50\00:35:02.40
they're...
00:35:02.43\00:35:03.77
Look at them, look at them
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.13
very excited by this.
00:35:05.17\00:35:06.50
Oh, oh, beautiful,
beautiful young people.
00:35:06.53\00:35:07.87
So, so these
are the young people
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.24
that you are talking about.
00:35:09.27\00:35:10.61
You equip them to
reach more for Christ
00:35:10.64\00:35:13.78
and while equipping them also,
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.64
we are educating them to have
that close connection with God,
00:35:15.68\00:35:19.15
but build
characters, good characters.
00:35:19.18\00:35:21.88
Yes.
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.25
While we're looking
at the video, I like to,
00:35:23.28\00:35:25.62
you have the
English version of this
00:35:25.65\00:35:27.46
after thank
Pastor Haja and his son,
00:35:27.49\00:35:30.19
this is one of the
things that we're distributing
00:35:30.23\00:35:32.16
to the young people there.
00:35:32.19\00:35:34.83
This is the
Malagasy version of it
00:35:34.86\00:35:37.33
was translated by them.
00:35:37.37\00:35:39.00
While they're not our audience,
00:35:39.03\00:35:41.24
our viewers are
seeing the video,
00:35:41.27\00:35:43.67
we'll introduce this
guide here in just a moment.
00:35:43.71\00:35:47.48
This is the camporee is this
00:35:47.51\00:35:49.84
what we're seeing in
aerial view of the camporee.
00:35:49.88\00:35:52.08
What we just saw
was a family life
00:35:52.11\00:35:55.18
gathering organized
by the family department.
00:35:55.22\00:35:58.25
Oh, family life gathering.
00:35:58.29\00:35:59.92
Okay, wow, that was pretty big.
00:35:59.95\00:36:01.39
And there's
farming there it looks.
00:36:01.42\00:36:02.76
Yeah, teaching young people
to maintain the environment.
00:36:02.79\00:36:06.03
Okay.
00:36:06.06\00:36:07.40
And also this is the actual site
00:36:07.43\00:36:09.43
for the new center.
00:36:09.46\00:36:10.80
The youth themselves
were clearing the land
00:36:10.83\00:36:13.20
for the center.
00:36:13.23\00:36:14.57
That the government
gave for this purpose.
00:36:14.60\00:36:15.94
Yeah, that the government
gave for this purpose.
00:36:15.97\00:36:17.31
And one of the
things that they hope to do,
00:36:17.34\00:36:19.61
use the land for
is to do campaign
00:36:19.64\00:36:21.84
on the land as well.
00:36:21.88\00:36:23.21
So the youth
are going to use it,
00:36:23.24\00:36:25.21
the pathfinders
are gonna use it,
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.72
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church is gonna use it.
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.08
The idea is to
make it self-sustaining
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.45
so it pays for itself.
00:36:31.49\00:36:33.52
So the area is a
highly tourist area
00:36:33.56\00:36:38.13
where a lot of
people will travel
00:36:38.16\00:36:39.93
so we're not only
going to build the center.
00:36:39.96\00:36:42.50
Yeah, that's the
place but also cabins,
00:36:42.53\00:36:46.00
and this is the actual
architectural conceptual video
00:36:46.03\00:36:49.80
of the youth center.
00:36:49.84\00:36:51.17
You know for the government
00:36:51.21\00:36:52.54
to have given you the
property to build this on.
00:36:52.57\00:36:55.28
Evidently you have
gained their confidence as well.
00:36:55.31\00:36:58.78
Yes, yes.
00:36:58.81\00:37:00.88
So as you look at the center,
00:37:00.92\00:37:02.32
the center it
has a simple building
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.85
with a major and
dramatic entrance and exit.
00:37:04.89\00:37:09.36
The theme of it is
that when you come here,
00:37:09.39\00:37:12.69
it may look simple
but when you leave,
00:37:12.73\00:37:14.63
you're going to
leave here changed.
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.00
Right.
00:37:16.03\00:37:17.37
So we have that
dramatic entrance.
00:37:17.40\00:37:18.73
He takes from the
colors of the Pathfinder flag
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.37
and the Malagasy flag as well,
00:37:21.40\00:37:23.61
for those bright colors
00:37:23.64\00:37:24.97
and also in
communicating with Pastor Haja,
00:37:25.01\00:37:27.68
we're using natural materials
00:37:27.71\00:37:29.78
that they are there the bricks,
00:37:29.81\00:37:31.28
that's their color
and things like that
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.38
to keep it low costing
00:37:33.42\00:37:37.22
and also fit into
their environment there
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.25
but still look powerful
and dramatic for the youth.
00:37:39.29\00:37:42.52
Okay, so let me
just summarize here,
00:37:42.56\00:37:45.93
you have an
island with many youth.
00:37:45.96\00:37:50.43
Many of them
are being exploited.
00:37:50.47\00:37:53.03
There's poverty
00:37:53.07\00:37:54.97
and the vision of our
church there in Madagascar
00:37:55.00\00:37:59.31
is to take and train our youth
00:37:59.34\00:38:02.78
to reach out to other
youth and people in the area.
00:38:02.81\00:38:07.12
In this, Voice of
Youth, the Caleb Project,
00:38:07.15\00:38:11.49
One Year Mission Projects,
but all of that takes training,
00:38:11.52\00:38:15.62
and our young
people need to be trained
00:38:15.66\00:38:18.69
and to do that
on any kind of scale
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.26
you have to have a center
to bring them to do that with.
00:38:21.30\00:38:25.73
Also to be able to
reach out to our community,
00:38:25.77\00:38:28.47
you need a center
to be able to reach out
00:38:28.50\00:38:30.84
is what I'm getting the idea
00:38:30.87\00:38:33.38
to reach out to the
community around the center
00:38:33.41\00:38:36.75
and work with the community
00:38:36.78\00:38:38.61
and that's what the goal
of this project is about,
00:38:38.65\00:38:41.38
am I correct on that?
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
Yeah, yes, actually the
center also is going to be used
00:38:42.78\00:38:45.72
as a training center...
00:38:45.75\00:38:47.09
Okay.
00:38:47.12\00:38:48.46
For the youth. Okay.
00:38:48.49\00:38:50.69
All in Madagascar,
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.06
so they would
come to that place,
00:38:52.09\00:38:53.46
they will...
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.16
There is going
to be a curriculum.
00:38:55.20\00:38:57.67
We are developing to equip them
00:38:57.70\00:39:01.47
so they can
provide for themselves
00:39:01.50\00:39:03.27
to become an entrepreneur.
00:39:03.30\00:39:04.64
Yes. Yeah.
00:39:04.67\00:39:06.01
And this
curriculum will help them
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.71
so they know how to
provide for themselves
00:39:08.74\00:39:12.75
and when they leave that place,
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.75
they can provide from themselves
00:39:14.78\00:39:17.12
and help others.
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.05
Okay, so it will
be like tent makers,
00:39:19.09\00:39:20.86
like Paul was attempting there.
00:39:20.89\00:39:22.22
If we use that is exactly...
00:39:22.26\00:39:23.79
Yeah, that's the idea.
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.16
Now, I'm holding in my
hand something that's called,
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.13
Rules for Reading the Bible.
00:39:27.16\00:39:30.30
Rules For Reading the Bible.
00:39:30.33\00:39:32.13
Well, tell us what this is?
00:39:32.17\00:39:35.30
This is part of the...
00:39:35.34\00:39:38.47
And as we go through everything,
00:39:38.51\00:39:40.91
we can talk about the training
00:39:40.94\00:39:42.31
then what the training needs to
00:39:42.34\00:39:43.68
but it's really
about evangelism,
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.41
we want the youth
to be able to train,
00:39:45.45\00:39:48.48
be trained
00:39:48.52\00:39:49.85
so they can train
and lead others to Christ
00:39:49.88\00:39:51.99
and one of the things
that we're going to be
00:39:52.02\00:39:54.26
handing out to the youth
is this manual which was...
00:39:54.29\00:39:58.79
You had the
English version of it.
00:39:58.83\00:40:00.80
We are also reading the Bible
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.53
and this is the Malagasy version
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.20
which Pastor Haja and his son
00:40:04.23\00:40:06.23
were kind enough
to donate their time
00:40:06.27\00:40:08.14
to translate into their language
00:40:08.17\00:40:10.11
so that they can
distribute this to the youth
00:40:10.14\00:40:13.78
as they are trained so that
00:40:13.81\00:40:15.64
they can also
understand the Bible
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.88
and share it
with others as well.
00:40:17.91\00:40:20.02
First and
foremost their foundations
00:40:20.05\00:40:21.88
got to be the Word of God
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.32
and so that would
be the first thing
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.95
to instill in them.
00:40:25.99\00:40:29.62
May I add one more? Yeah.
00:40:29.66\00:40:31.09
And we are also right
now developing a manual
00:40:31.13\00:40:35.93
about corruption
00:40:35.96\00:40:38.33
because Madagascar
is one of the countries
00:40:38.37\00:40:41.17
that corruption is so prevalent.
00:40:41.20\00:40:43.34
So with the partnership
with Andrews University,
00:40:43.37\00:40:46.61
the Community
00:40:46.64\00:40:48.01
and International
Development program
00:40:48.04\00:40:49.94
that the
director with my student,
00:40:49.98\00:40:54.22
we went to Madagascar.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.42
It's a program we
do every year actually
00:40:56.45\00:40:58.95
for a study tour.
00:40:58.99\00:41:00.32
So this year we
worked with the Union
00:41:00.36\00:41:02.96
and we develop our curriculum
00:41:02.99\00:41:06.26
how to teach young
people to fight corruption.
00:41:06.29\00:41:11.70
It did some means of
source for us to show
00:41:11.73\00:41:14.54
to the community
00:41:14.57\00:41:16.30
that we are part
of the community.
00:41:16.34\00:41:18.74
And we ought to know
not to be involved in
00:41:18.77\00:41:23.68
any corruption activities,
but also help the country,
00:41:23.71\00:41:27.48
help the community
to fight against it,
00:41:27.52\00:41:30.55
so that is a curriculum
that we have been developing.
00:41:30.59\00:41:34.62
One of my
students Cadille Grant,
00:41:34.66\00:41:37.19
she's finishing
her degree this fall
00:41:37.23\00:41:40.50
developed the
program now with us
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.90
and it is going to
be a powerful tool,
00:41:42.93\00:41:44.83
so these are one of the things
00:41:44.87\00:41:46.97
that we are going to
use when we have the center,
00:41:47.00\00:41:51.84
the Mantasoa Center.
00:41:51.87\00:41:54.28
Okay, let's talk a
little bit about the center.
00:41:54.31\00:41:57.91
It's going to take
something, some money,
00:41:57.95\00:42:00.82
I was saying
materials, you know,
00:42:00.85\00:42:02.48
that takes money
to build the project,
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.42
so let's talk about
00:42:04.45\00:42:05.79
a little bit
about what's happening
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and far as the fund raising
and the construction plans
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and all that, tell
us about that, Audie?
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Okay,
00:42:14.63\00:42:16.60
we together with
Pastor Haja and his team,
00:42:16.63\00:42:19.47
we did some conceptual drawings
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.50
so that we could put together
00:42:21.54\00:42:23.74
an estimate of
the construction cost.
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So we did the drawings,
as you see we have the video.
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Now, the building is
about 17, 000 square feet
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which is maybe
1600 square meters
00:42:33.62\00:42:38.45
for that size
building in Madagascar.
00:42:38.49\00:42:42.02
When I did the estimate,
00:42:42.06\00:42:43.39
I used Florida costs and labor
00:42:43.43\00:42:47.06
and when we sent
00:42:47.10\00:42:48.43
the information
over to Madagascar
00:42:48.46\00:42:50.37
they took it and
they'd worked with it
00:42:50.40\00:42:52.43
and took a look
at the labor cost
00:42:52.47\00:42:54.17
and the material cost
00:42:54.20\00:42:55.54
and turned it into a cost
that is around $700 dollars
00:42:55.57\00:43:00.58
in US dollars for the building.
00:43:00.61\00:43:02.41
Okay.
00:43:02.44\00:43:03.78
Based on what they
think in using Malagasy labor
00:43:03.81\00:43:07.98
and materials there.
00:43:08.02\00:43:09.58
Okay, then it seemed like
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.29
I heard that the Lord provided
a little miracle for you
00:43:11.32\00:43:14.26
on 700,000 is a pretty big fund.
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.96
Yes, it's a very big fund,
00:43:16.99\00:43:20.10
so the Lord blessed us in that.
00:43:20.13\00:43:23.83
A friend of a
friend introduced us
00:43:23.87\00:43:26.84
this friend who works
at North American Division
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.87
for PSI, is
actually the director of PSI
00:43:30.91\00:43:34.38
Dr. Lilya Wagner
introduced us to Zuki Meloski.
00:43:34.41\00:43:39.51
He owns a successful...
00:43:39.55\00:43:41.18
He is Seventh-day Adventist
00:43:41.22\00:43:42.68
and he also directs at
the General Conference.
00:43:42.72\00:43:45.59
He with his wife
owns a successful property
00:43:45.62\00:43:49.56
and construction
business in South Africa.
00:43:49.59\00:43:52.43
Through Dr Wagner's office
00:43:52.46\00:43:54.43
we were able to reach out to him
00:43:54.46\00:43:56.03
and get in touch with him
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.40
and he has kindly donated,
00:43:57.43\00:43:59.77
actually offered
to be the contractor
00:43:59.80\00:44:02.34
and has donated 50 percent
of the construction costs
00:44:02.37\00:44:07.28
to our project
00:44:07.31\00:44:08.71
50 percent that
is up to $350,000
00:44:08.74\00:44:13.95
that he is offering to
help us out with construction.
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.72
So now that lowers
definitely significantly
00:44:16.75\00:44:20.79
how much we have to raise
for the rest of the project.
00:44:20.82\00:44:23.79
I want to just speak to
our viewers just a minute.
00:44:23.83\00:44:26.76
One of the...
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.93
One of the visions
of the Adventist Church
00:44:28.96\00:44:32.30
was to go and build centers,
00:44:32.33\00:44:34.50
and from those centers
that be like a hub of a wheel,
00:44:34.54\00:44:38.01
and then the light would go out
00:44:38.04\00:44:39.91
from the center to various areas
00:44:39.94\00:44:42.61
geographically around that hub,
00:44:42.64\00:44:45.41
and this is what I see
continuing on is this is a hub,
00:44:45.45\00:44:49.42
a center and from this hub,
00:44:49.45\00:44:51.62
this building, this project,
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.36
it will beams of
light will go out
00:44:53.39\00:44:55.92
to the entire
island from this hub.
00:44:55.96\00:44:59.46
And we're particularly
focusing on our youth there.
00:44:59.49\00:45:02.80
Yes.
00:45:02.83\00:45:04.17
Maybe our viewers
would like to know
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.63
how they could
be involved, Mollie.
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.50
You know, I was
thinking about that.
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.27
What is the great commission?
00:45:10.31\00:45:12.31
You know, what are
those first three words?
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.61
Danny Shelton is using
that so much here lately,
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.61
go ye therefore,
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.32
there for all of us to go,
00:45:20.35\00:45:22.12
and I'm thinking...
00:45:22.15\00:45:23.49
The blessing is on the go.
00:45:23.52\00:45:24.85
The blessing is on the go,
00:45:24.89\00:45:26.22
that...
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.82
here we have an opportunity
to help these gentlemen,
00:45:27.86\00:45:31.63
to help with this project
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.50
and it's not here
in these United States,
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.70
this maybe not in
your area of the world
00:45:35.73\00:45:38.17
but it's in a vital area
and it's in a needed area.
00:45:38.20\00:45:41.87
And so what we want
to do is encourage you
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.64
to get behind this project
00:45:44.67\00:45:46.54
and help these
gentlemen with this project,
00:45:46.57\00:45:50.68
so that these young
people can be rescued,
00:45:50.71\00:45:53.08
so that they can
have an opportunity.
00:45:53.11\00:45:55.18
So that they can be
instilled with skills
00:45:55.22\00:45:59.72
that will break the
poverty off of their life
00:45:59.75\00:46:02.39
and you break the
poverty out of their life,
00:46:02.42\00:46:04.46
then they won't be vulnerable
00:46:04.49\00:46:06.33
to this sex
trafficking and so forth.
00:46:06.36\00:46:08.86
So what we want
to do is give you
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.10
the contact information
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.70
on how to get
involved in this project.
00:46:12.73\00:46:15.54
If you would like to support
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.45
the construction of
the Mantasoa Youth Center.
00:46:23.48\00:46:25.65
You can write to them
00:46:25.68\00:46:27.02
and send your donations
through the General Conference
00:46:27.05\00:46:29.75
at 12501, Old Columbia Pike.
00:46:29.78\00:46:32.85
Silver Spring, Maryland 20904.
00:46:32.89\00:46:36.93
That's 12501, Old Columbia Pike,
00:46:36.96\00:46:40.40
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904.
00:46:40.43\00:46:44.67
To find them on Facebook,
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.03
just search for Savannah Pub.
00:46:46.07\00:46:48.64
Write to them today,
they'd love to hear from you.
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.97
You know, Brian,
00:47:03.72\00:47:05.05
I think this is a
very worthy project
00:47:05.09\00:47:06.42
to get involved in.
00:47:06.45\00:47:07.79
Yes, I do too.
00:47:07.82\00:47:09.66
We have another song
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.03
by T. Marshall Kelley, don't we?
00:47:11.06\00:47:12.39
Yes, we do.
00:47:12.43\00:47:13.76
And it's called,
"Little is Much."
00:47:13.80\00:47:17.50
Listen to T. Marshall Kelley.
00:47:17.53\00:47:19.50
In the harvest field now ripened
00:47:35.85\00:47:40.99
There's a work for all to do
00:47:41.02\00:47:47.93
Hark, the voice of Jesus calling
00:47:47.96\00:47:54.37
To his harvest calling you
00:47:54.40\00:48:01.01
Little is much when God is in it
00:48:01.04\00:48:08.05
Labor not for wealth or fame
00:48:08.08\00:48:15.66
There's a crown,
and you can win it
00:48:15.69\00:48:21.86
If you go in Jesus' name
00:48:21.90\00:48:30.41
Does the place
you're called to labor
00:48:30.44\00:48:37.38
Seem so small and little known?
00:48:37.41\00:48:43.08
But it is great if God is in it
00:48:43.12\00:48:50.03
And He'll not forsake His own
00:48:50.06\00:48:57.53
So the conflict here is ended
00:48:57.57\00:49:04.54
And our race on earth is run
00:49:04.57\00:49:11.55
He will say
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.12
If we've been faithful
00:49:14.15\00:49:18.25
"Welcome home, My
child, well done!"
00:49:18.29\00:49:25.56
Your little is
much when God is in it
00:49:25.59\00:49:32.83
Labor not for wealth or fame
00:49:32.87\00:49:38.24
There's a crown,
and you can win it
00:49:41.31\00:49:48.72
If you go
00:49:48.75\00:49:52.05
If you will go
00:49:52.09\00:49:56.73
If you'll go
00:49:56.76\00:50:00.66
In Jesus' name.
00:50:00.70\00:50:07.87