Participants: Mollie Steenson & Brian Hamilton (Host), Audie Robinson & Joel Raveloharimisy & Raharijaona Haja & Lovasoa Herimalala Andonirina
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016075A
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Well, hello, we welcome you today 01:09 to 3ABN Today. 01:11 It's always a joy to have you with us 01:13 and co-hosting today 01:16 with my good friend Brian Hamilton. 01:18 Brian is the CFO of 3ABN 01:22 and it's just a joy to have you with me. 01:23 Yeah. 01:25 We're looking forward to a fun hour here together. 01:27 And it's gonna be a fun hour, and again, 01:30 welcome every one of you, 01:31 it's your love and your prayers and your financial support 01:35 that has been able this ministry 01:37 to reach literally the whole world 01:40 with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ 01:42 and we thank you for that. 01:44 Brian, I'm going to let you introduce our guest. 01:47 We've got four guests with us today. 01:49 Now, you're going to look and say, 01:51 "Molly, that's only two," 01:52 but we've got two guests here in the studio 01:55 and we've got two that are joining us 01:58 all the way from Madagascar. 02:00 So Brian, do the introduction. 02:02 Okay. 02:03 Our first guest is Dr. Joel, 02:06 and Joel, I'm going to have you pronounce your last name. 02:08 Help me out there. 02:10 Raveloharimisy. 02:11 Okay. 02:13 Now, that is the reason why 02:15 we're going to call you Pastor Joel, 02:17 and I'm sure in Madagascar 02:19 that's an easy name to pronounce. 02:21 Probably the easiest. 02:22 Easiest, it is like Smith in U.S., 02:26 but anyway, Dr Joe, 02:29 we're happy to have you with us 02:31 and we'll find out a little more 02:33 about you in just a second, 02:35 and our second guest is Audie Robinson. 02:39 Audie, welcome to 3ABN. 02:41 Thank you very much. 02:42 Glad to be here. 02:44 And I understand you're an architect 02:45 or work with an architect firm. 02:47 Yes, I'm working for myself now, 02:49 Lord has blessed, I'm architect, 02:51 a director of my own firm. 02:54 And doing development and fundraising 02:56 and also helping out with the project in Madagascar. 03:00 Oh, so that's part of why you're here today. 03:01 Yes. 03:03 We're gonna be talking about that 03:04 project here in just a minute. 03:06 Coming back to Dr. Joel. 03:08 Now you noticed 03:10 I used the word Doctor in front. 03:11 Maybe you want to tell us, 03:13 Dr. Joel, a little bit about what you do 03:15 and are you a physician or a different kind of doctor. 03:19 We use the term doctor in number of different ways. 03:22 First of all I am very glad to be here, 03:26 and to share what God has been doing in Madagascar. 03:30 So I'm professor, 03:31 associate professor at Andrews University. 03:34 I am in the Behavioral Science 03:37 and I'm also the program director of Community 03:41 and International Development. 03:43 So tell me what is Community and International Development? 03:46 Tell me a little more about the program? 03:48 Yes, it is a vibrant program at Andrews. 03:50 What we do actually is to train students 03:55 to become humanitarian workers, 03:57 professionals, 03:59 and also to become development professionals, 04:03 those who make changes in people's life, 04:07 alleviate sufferings and prevent loss of life. 04:11 And the program has an undergraduate part 04:13 and also graduate. 04:15 Wow, it sounds very interesting. 04:18 Now we have two guests with us coming in on Skype. 04:21 Would you like to introduce them to our viewers? 04:23 Yes. 04:25 It's my pleasure to introduce two guests from Madagascar, 04:28 they are, we'll watch here through Skype. 04:31 And let me start with Ando, 04:36 she's the next to Pastor Haja. 04:39 Ando is one of the leaders in Madagascar. 04:42 And she's going to share with us 04:45 what they do in Madagascar. 04:47 And next to her, Pastor Haja, 04:50 in charge of youth ministry 04:53 and chaplaincy at the union level. 04:57 Well, welcome to 3ABN via Skype, 05:00 we are happy to have you join us. 05:02 Thank you. Thank you. 05:05 Let's just maybe for our viewers 05:08 they may not know where Madagascar is, 05:12 they maybe heard the term, 05:13 you know, the country name 05:14 but help us to locate Madagascar on the globe. 05:21 Well, from somebody who lives in the United States 05:25 If you take a look at the continent of Africa 05:27 in the Indian Ocean just off the coast of 05:30 South Africa is the fourth largest island in the world. 05:33 Madagascar is humongous 05:35 and that's where Madagascar is in the Indian Ocean 05:38 just off the coast of South Africa. 05:40 It's an Island in the Indian Ocean. 05:43 It's a huge island. Yeah, huge island. 05:45 So just before our program 05:47 I looked on the map and if you would, 05:49 if you're in the United States 05:51 and your travel down to Texas 05:53 and then cross the border into Mexico, 05:56 and go on down to inner and then South America 05:59 and find Brazil. 06:01 If you go right across the ocean from Brazil 06:05 at least on the map it looked like 06:06 you would hit the continent of Africa. 06:08 And you'd have to cross the continent of Africa 06:11 and into the Indian Ocean 06:13 and then you would come to the island of Madagascar. 06:17 Now this is not a small island, it's about the size of... 06:21 It's about the size of Texas, the fourth largest island. 06:25 Fourth largest Island, okay. 06:27 And I asked you about 06:29 what the population of the island is. 06:31 Well, right now we are about 24 millions. 06:35 24 million. 06:37 That's the latest projection of population in Madagascar. 06:41 So it's about the size of Texas, 06:43 got about as many people as New York City. 06:47 Okay, that helps for perspective. 06:49 And then the church related 06:50 we have over 125, 000 members 06:57 in Madagascar alone. 06:58 Praise God. Yeah, praise the Lord. 07:00 I think of the Ellen White conference here, 07:02 where we're at 07:04 and we have about 11, 12, 000 members 07:06 and you have a 125,000. 07:09 And about 700 churches 07:12 not including companies and groups. 07:15 So there's a good work going on. 07:17 Yes, praise God for that. 07:18 Praise God. 07:20 Now there are some challenges particularly 07:23 thinking about the youth of Madagascar, 07:26 would one of you like to share 07:28 a little bit about the challenges? 07:30 Well, I can give my experience 07:33 and it really is a miracle how the Lord has blessed 07:36 and given me this opportunity 07:38 on my very first visit to Madagascar, 07:43 I saw and was witness to two occasions, 07:47 one at the hotel by the swimming pool 07:49 and another in the rainforest where I saw young girls, 07:53 minors being taken advantage of by much, 07:56 much older businessmen. 07:59 So those are the kinds of things 08:00 that are happening there. 08:02 So that developed in your heart a burden for the youth 08:06 and particularly the young women and girls. 08:09 Yes, yes, when I came back, I prayed, 08:12 I told a friend of ours about the incident 08:18 I had seen and I was praying, 08:20 I mean, I'm far so far away. 08:21 How can I help? 08:23 I'm trying to do things here 08:25 in our country in Florida with the youth. 08:28 So people taking advantage of the weaker 08:31 ones that need our help so bad. 08:33 Yes, those that need the help most, 08:35 they're taking advantage of 08:37 because they're very, very poor 08:38 and they want to get out of their poverty, 08:41 but those that can help them 08:43 the most are the ones who take advantage of them. 08:46 And I think that's where our church plays 08:50 very important role 08:53 because the youth has a great potential. 08:56 So even though we have these challenges of poverty, 08:59 also have the gospel of hope 09:03 and the change through Christ, 09:06 and that's why we are very interested 09:08 in helping our young people 09:10 so they can do more for Christ 09:14 because there are these potentials 09:16 in them doing things for Christ. 09:19 Okay. 09:20 Well, we want to dive into this story more 09:22 but before we do we have a song 09:25 and it's Marshall Kelly. 09:27 T. Marshall Kelly, 09:28 one of my favorite singers, 09:30 a precious man. 09:31 And he's going to sing, "He's the one." 09:33 He's the one. 09:53 Is there anyone can help us, 09:57 one who understands our hearts 10:03 When the thorns of life have pierced them 10:07 Till they bleed 10:13 One who sympathizes with us 10:19 who in tenderness imparts 10:24 Just the very 10:26 Very blessing that we need? 10:38 Is there anyone can help us 10:43 Who can give us sinner peace 10:48 When his heart is burden'd down with pain and woe 10:59 Who will speak the word of pardon 11:04 That affords a sweet relief? 11:09 And whose blood can wash 11:12 And make us 11:15 Pure like snow? 11:22 Yes, there is One 11:27 Only One 11:33 His blessed name is Jesus 11:38 He is that One 11:44 Yes, afflictions will press our soul 11:50 And the waves of trouble will roll 11:56 But we have a friend who will help us 12:03 He's the One 12:10 Is there anyone can help us 12:15 When the end is drawing near 12:21 Who will go thro ' death's dark waters 12:26 By our side 12:32 Who will light the way before us 12:37 and dispel all doubt and fear 12:42 And he'll resurrect us 12:46 When he comes again 12:53 Oh, yes, there is One, 12:59 Only One 13:05 His blessed name is Jesus 13:11 He is that One 13:17 Afflictions will press our soul 13:23 And the waves of trouble will roll 13:29 But we have a friend who will help us 13:37 Jesus is that One 13:54 Brian, I always appreciate his ministry, 13:56 he touches my heart. 13:58 Yeah, I love his voice. Yes, yes. 13:59 He was here just a short time ago 14:02 and he always goes to the office 14:04 and ministers to every one us, 14:06 he loves us and we love him. 14:07 He has a love of Christ in his heart that shines out. 14:10 Yes, it does. 14:11 Brother Robinson, you were... 14:13 We were talking earlier about the children, 14:17 about the young that were being taken advantage of 14:20 and started to use some terminology 14:23 human trafficking, 14:24 but I wanted to make sure 14:26 that this is what we were combating there in Madagascar 14:30 and you assured me it was 14:31 but you use some other terminology, 14:33 actually I've never heard that terminology 14:36 and it was sexual tourism? 14:38 Isn't that what you said? Yes. 14:40 Explain what we're combating in Madagascar 14:43 and not just there 14:45 but I know it's all over the world 14:46 with that terminology? 14:48 And because I was an eyewitness to it, 14:50 I'm a good person to talk about it, 14:52 because at the hotel, 14:54 the very first day in Madagascar 14:56 I was at the hotel and I saw a little girl, 15:01 a little girl she was decked out in makeup 15:03 to look much older 15:05 and she was with businessmen, 15:07 it looked obviously odd to me, 15:09 she was with businessman kind of coveting 15:12 this little girl with men that were 15:14 maybe three times older than her, 15:17 then what stuck out 15:19 when I went and traveled into the rainforest was again, 15:23 a little girl with a much older man 15:26 and you can tell she's in the wrong place 15:29 because we're traveling in the rainforest 15:32 and she's decked out and dressed for a party. 15:35 So something, it just stood out 15:38 and I asked my guide about it 15:39 and he told me what was going on and it was... 15:42 Give me an age range of little girl? 15:44 The little girl, the one at the, 15:46 at the hotel by the swimming pool 15:48 I would say she was, 15:51 she looked like a teenager maybe between 13 and 14, 15:55 and then in the rainforest she looked a little older, 15:58 she may have been a 17 year old. 15:59 Okay. 16:01 But here again, 16:02 they had on the makeup to look much older. 16:03 So they could be even younger than that. 16:06 Okay. 16:07 So this is what we're combating, 16:09 this is part of the problem. 16:10 Yes. 16:13 Well, Dr. Joel, 16:15 maybe you want to tell us a little bit about 16:18 what the church is trying to do to help our youth, 16:21 so introduce us to this aspect of the program. 16:25 Yes, thank you so this problem of poverty. 16:30 Yes, it is very structural, 16:32 it is in the country but there is also, 16:35 there's a problem in the area of morality. 16:38 So the church plays important role 16:41 in fighting against this poverty 16:43 which really keep those young people 16:46 and their sufferings and the lack of opportunity. 16:50 So when I would say rich people or foreigners 16:54 taking advantage of them, then somehow it's a really, 16:57 it's hard for them to say no. 16:59 Now, the church actually has a better 17:02 or has better solutions to that. 17:04 So the youth department has different programs 17:09 and that's I think what you are going to hear 17:11 from Pastor Haja. 17:13 It's better if he tells us 17:16 what are these four areas 17:18 at least of the activities in Madagascar 17:21 in combating poverty at any level 17:25 including the sexual tourism and human trafficking. 17:29 And the inability to provide your own means of living. 17:36 Okay, so we'll go to our Skype guest Pastor Haja, 17:41 and maybe you can share with us 17:43 what the church is doing for our youth 17:47 there in Madagascar, 17:48 we'd appreciate that. 17:52 Okay, I'm so glad to have this opportunity 17:57 to talk about the youth ministry. 18:01 As you well know that 18:03 we have challenge here in Madagascar 18:06 and we've already talked about poverty 18:09 and it's already said, 18:11 that the church has a new important role in it. 18:15 because if we are willing to finish the mission 18:20 that Jesus Christ has given us, 18:23 we have to use the Christ method 18:26 that's why we need to mingle with people 18:30 and to meet their needs, 18:32 and one of the way for us to mingle 18:37 with people is to involve in the community service. 18:42 And that's why we have this project called so 18:45 to build the center of influence. 18:49 So that we can address the needs of young people 18:53 and young men, 18:56 and you see that in this project 19:00 we are willing not only to preach the gospel 19:03 but also to give them the way to fight the poverty 19:10 and one of the reason of poverty is joblessness, 19:14 that's why in the center 19:17 we are willing to offer young people opportunity 19:22 to do something for their ward, 19:25 for their community and for the country itself. 19:30 Okay, Pastor Haja, 19:32 the material that I have here, 19:34 there is three programs 19:36 that you have pioneered 19:39 or introduced there in Madagascar, 19:41 one of them is the Voice of Youth. 19:43 What is the Voice of Youth? 19:48 You see, Voice of Youth 19:51 it is young people who organize themselves 19:56 to preach the gospel 19:58 in evangelistic meeting 20:01 where you lead out as speakers and presenters. 20:08 And we have this year 20:14 starting on July and August this program 20:19 and now we have the wonderful results. 20:22 I would like just to share one of them in Antananarivo 20:27 where 25 people, 20:30 young people have decided to preach for the first time. 20:35 At the end of the campaign, 20:37 we had 19 souls baptized for Jesus Christ. 20:41 Praise God. 20:42 And also encourages young people 20:43 to be involved in evangelism 20:48 because they see the result of their work 20:51 and they are so committed 20:53 to continue the work of the Lord. 20:56 Okay, Sister Ado, is that right? 21:00 Yes. 21:03 What part do you play in this? 21:06 What role do you have in this? 21:09 Okay, as I'm the leader, 21:13 youth leader at my church. 21:16 It's us who organize all the activities. 21:20 For example, because we start by doing social work, 21:25 like sharing clothes and all the people, 21:30 people's needs 21:31 so our role is to organize all the activities 21:37 that young people are going to do. 21:41 Okay. 21:42 So you're a youth leader in your, 21:44 in your local church there. 21:46 Yes, yes. Very good. 21:48 So the Voice of Youth if I understand right 21:52 is an initiative from the church 21:56 to have our young people 21:58 trained to be able to do evangelistic meetings, 22:01 to be the speakers and help out in the meetings, 22:04 is that correct? 22:06 Yes. That's right. 22:08 Yes, and how many of these 22:09 have you organized in Madagascar 22:12 or do you hope to organize? 22:15 You see in Antananarivo, 22:18 Antananarivo means the city of thousands, 22:23 and for this time 22:24 we have planned to have 22:28 1000 young people as preachers. 22:32 Okay. 22:33 Antana only 1000 preachers. 22:36 Okay. 22:38 But for we've started with community service 22:41 that she may come to know about it. 22:44 Okay. 22:46 And so I think my question is, 22:48 do you reach into the communities 22:51 where we have these young people 22:53 that are in poverty, 22:54 that are at risk and pull them into the church 22:57 and then train them and give them skills, 22:59 is that what we're... 23:01 is that what we're doing. 23:02 Yeah, that is the approach, that is well, 23:06 the poverty is there 23:07 so talking about it, it's there. 23:11 So we look at the potentials, we look at the assets, 23:15 so we have young people who are really motivated. 23:18 They want to do things for the Lord. 23:20 So what we do is equip them, 23:23 so by equipping them, 23:26 train them to become preacher 23:28 and help them also to identify needs within the community 23:32 and try to address these needs. 23:34 It is actually, it goes along quarterly 23:37 that we are learning right now, 23:40 meeting the needs of the society 23:42 or the community. 23:43 And we are talking about urban area. 23:46 The example that pastor had gave 23:49 because Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar. 23:53 So the goal is to have 1000 leaders 23:58 trained weave their group 24:00 so from the churches to meet the community needs 24:05 and through those 24:07 and the evangelistic campaign 24:08 that goes with the community outreach 24:12 will lead people to come to Christ. 24:15 Okay, so that we've learned a little bit about 24:17 the Voice of Youth, 24:19 but then there's a Caleb project. 24:21 What is a Caleb Project, I know of Caleb in the Bible. 24:25 So help us understand the Caleb Project 24:29 and what that's about that? 24:31 That the Caleb Project as you know in the Bible, 24:33 we know this word 24:37 that Caleb said, "Give me this mountain." 24:41 And this is a campaign to un-enter area 24:47 where there is no Adventist or few Adventists, 24:52 young people have dedicate their vacation 24:55 to go there to preach the gospel, 24:58 to do community service and they leave that place 25:02 if they managed to build the church 25:06 and leave one pioneer on this place. 25:10 Then youth and young people 25:13 dedicate their vacation to a campaign, 25:16 and in a campaign 25:17 they have to do a community service, evangelism 25:20 and at the same time 25:22 they start to build already a place for worship. 25:27 Have you already launched this initiative 25:30 or is this one that you're planning to do? 25:34 Okay, we have already till now 25:39 ten sites for this project, 25:42 and we have already dedicated three buildings 25:46 in this ten un-entered area. 25:50 Then in this place 25:52 we have also young people going there, 25:54 camping there, 25:56 preach the gospel and staying there 25:57 if they have a campaign but in the starting now 25:59 we have a program, give them the keys, 26:03 we are planning to have 20 more un-entered area 26:09 to do the same project. 26:10 Young people during vacation going there 26:13 and preach the gospel, build the place of worship. 26:16 We have already done 10 26:19 but we are planning to have 22 more. 26:21 Okay, so you use the word vacation, 26:26 they take their vacation time and they camp. 26:30 Now, when I think of camping, 26:32 there's a lot of different nuances to campaign. 26:37 Are they living in tents? 26:39 Do they have structures they live? 26:41 What, how is this done? 26:44 Tell us a little bit about it? 26:46 Okay, as Joel mentioned some pictures 26:50 we are used to camp in a tent here in Madagascar. 26:54 Okay, so it's not a motor home. 26:56 No. 26:57 They don't have a nice motor home 26:59 that they live in or something. 27:00 No, no, no. 27:02 I don't think that the motor home will be able to ride, 27:04 you know, in the dirt road. 27:06 Okay, so the roads aren't very conducive 27:10 to motor homes then I understand. 27:13 You know, something I say that it's so amazing about this. 27:16 They're going into areas where there are no churches 27:18 and no church members, 27:20 they're going to absolutely start, 27:23 start work are a move of God there. 27:26 Yeah, and camping in tents. 27:28 Yes, it's a new version of a pioneer approach. 27:32 Okay. 27:33 In the past we actually placed people 27:36 in these un-entered areas 27:38 about now the new vision is have young people 27:40 go to a place that 27:42 there is no presence of Adventism 27:47 or even Christianity. 27:50 There is no electricity, no running water, 27:54 it's just a place where 27:57 you just meet the people 28:00 share with them what we have 28:03 because we have to reach in Christ. 28:05 Yeah, and that's the potential here. 28:07 I want us to focus on that 28:10 the willingness of the young people 28:13 to serve the Lord. 28:14 You empower a young person, get behind them, 28:17 give them some support, 28:18 and they've got the zeal and the energy to go forth 28:23 and to accomplish mighty things 28:25 that we are too old and wise to do. 28:28 They all go forth and do it. 28:30 Yeah, exactly. 28:32 Okay, and then there was one other project called 28:35 One year in Missions. 28:37 Tell us more about One year in Missions? 28:40 We'd like to know that. 28:42 Okay, it's a world wide project 28:46 where young people obtain a training 28:48 and teach others to do their mission 28:53 and so our innocent youth to be changed 28:58 in South Africa two years ago, 29:02 and last year we turned a total of 24 youth 29:07 and they will return home 29:09 and teach about 70-- 29:16 Okay, so these young people 29:18 who got training from South Africa, 29:20 we're the headquarter of our division. 29:21 Okay. 29:23 That's 'cause we belong. 29:24 Yeah. Okay. 29:26 What division are we talking about now? 29:28 No, what's the exact SID, 29:30 it's SID, you know, 29:32 the Southern Indian Division... 29:37 Indian Ocean Division. 29:38 Okay, and that's were the headquarters is in. 29:40 Okay, and so, let me just ask 29:42 you had some young people go to the division area 29:46 and get training. 29:47 Get training how to do this One Year of a Mission. 29:51 Okay. 29:52 Then when they came back to Madagascar, 29:56 they trained others... 29:57 Okay. 29:59 To do the same thing. 30:00 And then they dedicate a year of their time. 30:02 They dedicate a year, yeah. 30:03 To doing the mission work 30:05 that they've been trained to do. 30:06 Yes. 30:08 Okay, it's very good. 30:09 It's a version, 30:11 it's a one year volunteer for Christ. 30:13 And what you do is actually dedicate yourself to reach out, 30:17 share the gospel and bring hope 30:21 but then at the same time 30:23 these, the young people they are not in a position, 30:26 "Oh yeah, maybe they're rich, no, no, no, they're not." 30:29 Okay. 30:30 It's just their willingness to serve the Lord. 30:35 We have a video roll of Madagascar 30:39 and I saw it was like an aerial view 30:41 you want to introduce that roll to us 30:44 and tell us a little bit about it? 30:46 Yes, and this is our Montessori Youth Center Project 30:51 this video covers some of the demographics 30:55 but in particular what is going to make this 30:59 all of these projects go, 31:01 you can see the youth in there, the youth in action, 31:04 so... 31:05 Okay, before we see the roll then maybe you need to tell us 31:07 a little more about what this project is? 31:09 Yes, and also the great thing about this project is that 31:15 we're going to be using the youth 31:16 but it's a team effort Pastor. Haja, 31:19 Dr. Joel, myself, 31:21 others have been working on this project 31:23 to get it this far and what it is, it is. 31:26 And we also have to thank the government of Madagascar 31:29 who donated two hectares 31:31 which is about five acres of land 31:33 on the provision that we build a youth center there. 31:37 And this youth center as you've been describing 31:40 all the projects that can be done 31:43 that will be done there. 31:45 It will be an urban center of influence 31:49 meaning that it will reach the community 31:52 not only for Seventh-day Adventists 31:54 but it's to facilitate and be able to train 32:00 many others throughout the community, 32:02 many youth who are non-Seventh-day Adventists 32:04 and particular young girls, young boys 32:08 and to train them to be 32:10 business people, entrepreneurs. 32:13 So they don't have to be vulnerable 32:16 to other people like the tourists, 32:18 other people that come there with money 32:21 and tempting them and luring them away 32:23 and using them unjustly. 32:25 So you're gonna reach out into the community. 32:27 Yes. 32:28 Not just into the church and draw the young people 32:30 and to empower them with skills 32:33 so that they can then break the power of the bondage 32:38 of poverty over their lives. 32:40 Yes. 32:42 And then in the process 32:43 they will also be introduced to our savior, 32:45 the Lord Jesus Christ, their savior. 32:47 Yeah. Okay. 32:48 And as Dr. Joel and Pastor Haja is saying, 32:51 we're doing, 32:53 we're doing the planting the seed 32:56 and we're doing it Christ's method. 32:58 We're mingling with the people, 33:00 meeting their needs, 33:02 meeting the young people's needs, 33:03 meeting their community's needs 33:05 and then they will see the love that we have for them 33:08 and will be led to Christ. 33:10 Yeah, you gain their confidence 33:11 and they want to hear about your Jesus. 33:13 Yes. 33:14 Or maybe we ought to see the roll then 33:16 with this little bit of background, 33:18 we'll look at the roll that's gonna start. 33:23 Okay, we're doing a drone flyover 33:28 and you're seeing the main city 33:29 of Antananarivo the capital 33:32 as we're going through there 33:35 and then as we fly over 33:38 you're going to see some dramatic pictures of the youth. 33:41 So you're seeing the urban area 33:44 that we are reaching out to and... 33:49 It looks like a beautiful island. 33:51 Oh, it's incredible. 33:52 It's incredibly beautiful, 33:54 and now some of the camporee projects from last year. 33:58 You're seeing some of the things 34:00 that youth did the campaign and now you're going to, 34:03 we're going to zoom in and see some of the youth... 34:06 So they had 6000 pathfinders 34:10 there this in July doing this camporee. 34:14 6000 pathfinders. 34:16 Yeah, 6000. 6000 pathfinder. 34:17 Okay, looks like a lot of fun. Yes. 34:20 And it's really exciting 34:22 so that's why 34:23 it's important for us to have this center to be built. 34:28 Because the center not only 34:29 going to train these young people 34:32 but equip them also 34:33 so they can provide for themselves. 34:36 They get skills while doing that 34:38 to reach out to the community. 34:40 Now, why would one want to do that, let me... 34:43 You asked me earlier. It's character building. 34:46 It's character building, you know, 34:47 discipline and team work. 34:49 Team work. Yes. 34:51 If Brian asks me, 34:52 "Molly, would you like to crawl through bed." 34:54 And I've told him, "No. 34:56 Don't think so." 34:57 But when you see, 34:59 when you see the youth and their faces 35:00 they take the challenge, they are excited, 35:02 they're... 35:03 Look at them, look at them 35:05 very excited by this. 35:06 Oh, oh, beautiful, beautiful young people. 35:07 So, so these are the young people 35:09 that you are talking about. 35:10 You equip them to reach more for Christ 35:13 and while equipping them also, 35:15 we are educating them to have that close connection with God, 35:19 but build characters, good characters. 35:21 Yes. 35:23 While we're looking at the video, I like to, 35:25 you have the English version of this 35:27 after thank Pastor Haja and his son, 35:30 this is one of the things that we're distributing 35:32 to the young people there. 35:34 This is the Malagasy version of it 35:37 was translated by them. 35:39 While they're not our audience, 35:41 our viewers are seeing the video, 35:43 we'll introduce this guide here in just a moment. 35:47 This is the camporee is this 35:49 what we're seeing in aerial view of the camporee. 35:52 What we just saw was a family life 35:55 gathering organized by the family department. 35:58 Oh, family life gathering. 35:59 Okay, wow, that was pretty big. 36:01 And there's farming there it looks. 36:02 Yeah, teaching young people to maintain the environment. 36:06 Okay. 36:07 And also this is the actual site 36:09 for the new center. 36:10 The youth themselves were clearing the land 36:13 for the center. 36:14 That the government gave for this purpose. 36:15 Yeah, that the government gave for this purpose. 36:17 And one of the things that they hope to do, 36:19 use the land for is to do campaign 36:21 on the land as well. 36:23 So the youth are going to use it, 36:25 the pathfinders are gonna use it, 36:26 the Seventh-day Adventist Church is gonna use it. 36:29 The idea is to make it self-sustaining 36:31 so it pays for itself. 36:33 So the area is a highly tourist area 36:38 where a lot of people will travel 36:39 so we're not only going to build the center. 36:42 Yeah, that's the place but also cabins, 36:46 and this is the actual architectural conceptual video 36:49 of the youth center. 36:51 You know for the government 36:52 to have given you the property to build this on. 36:55 Evidently you have gained their confidence as well. 36:58 Yes, yes. 37:00 So as you look at the center, 37:02 the center it has a simple building 37:04 with a major and dramatic entrance and exit. 37:09 The theme of it is that when you come here, 37:12 it may look simple but when you leave, 37:14 you're going to leave here changed. 37:16 Right. 37:17 So we have that dramatic entrance. 37:18 He takes from the colors of the Pathfinder flag 37:21 and the Malagasy flag as well, 37:23 for those bright colors 37:25 and also in communicating with Pastor Haja, 37:27 we're using natural materials 37:29 that they are there the bricks, 37:31 that's their color and things like that 37:33 to keep it low costing 37:37 and also fit into their environment there 37:39 but still look powerful and dramatic for the youth. 37:42 Okay, so let me just summarize here, 37:45 you have an island with many youth. 37:50 Many of them are being exploited. 37:53 There's poverty 37:55 and the vision of our church there in Madagascar 37:59 is to take and train our youth 38:02 to reach out to other youth and people in the area. 38:07 In this, Voice of Youth, the Caleb Project, 38:11 One Year Mission Projects, but all of that takes training, 38:15 and our young people need to be trained 38:18 and to do that on any kind of scale 38:21 you have to have a center to bring them to do that with. 38:25 Also to be able to reach out to our community, 38:28 you need a center to be able to reach out 38:30 is what I'm getting the idea 38:33 to reach out to the community around the center 38:36 and work with the community 38:38 and that's what the goal of this project is about, 38:41 am I correct on that? 38:42 Yeah, yes, actually the center also is going to be used 38:45 as a training center... 38:47 Okay. 38:48 For the youth. Okay. 38:50 All in Madagascar, 38:52 so they would come to that place, 38:53 they will... 38:55 There is going to be a curriculum. 38:57 We are developing to equip them 39:01 so they can provide for themselves 39:03 to become an entrepreneur. 39:04 Yes. Yeah. 39:06 And this curriculum will help them 39:08 so they know how to provide for themselves 39:12 and when they leave that place, 39:14 they can provide from themselves 39:17 and help others. 39:19 Okay, so it will be like tent makers, 39:20 like Paul was attempting there. 39:22 If we use that is exactly... 39:23 Yeah, that's the idea. 39:25 Now, I'm holding in my hand something that's called, 39:27 Rules for Reading the Bible. 39:30 Rules For Reading the Bible. 39:32 Well, tell us what this is? 39:35 This is part of the... 39:38 And as we go through everything, 39:40 we can talk about the training 39:42 then what the training needs to 39:43 but it's really about evangelism, 39:45 we want the youth to be able to train, 39:48 be trained 39:49 so they can train and lead others to Christ 39:52 and one of the things that we're going to be 39:54 handing out to the youth is this manual which was... 39:58 You had the English version of it. 40:00 We are also reading the Bible 40:02 and this is the Malagasy version 40:04 which Pastor Haja and his son 40:06 were kind enough to donate their time 40:08 to translate into their language 40:10 so that they can distribute this to the youth 40:13 as they are trained so that 40:15 they can also understand the Bible 40:17 and share it with others as well. 40:20 First and foremost their foundations 40:21 got to be the Word of God 40:23 and so that would be the first thing 40:25 to instill in them. 40:29 May I add one more? Yeah. 40:31 And we are also right now developing a manual 40:35 about corruption 40:38 because Madagascar is one of the countries 40:41 that corruption is so prevalent. 40:43 So with the partnership with Andrews University, 40:46 the Community 40:48 and International Development program 40:49 that the director with my student, 40:54 we went to Madagascar. 40:56 It's a program we do every year actually 40:58 for a study tour. 41:00 So this year we worked with the Union 41:02 and we develop our curriculum 41:06 how to teach young people to fight corruption. 41:11 It did some means of source for us to show 41:14 to the community 41:16 that we are part of the community. 41:18 And we ought to know not to be involved in 41:23 any corruption activities, but also help the country, 41:27 help the community to fight against it, 41:30 so that is a curriculum that we have been developing. 41:34 One of my students Cadille Grant, 41:37 she's finishing her degree this fall 41:40 developed the program now with us 41:42 and it is going to be a powerful tool, 41:44 so these are one of the things 41:47 that we are going to use when we have the center, 41:51 the Mantasoa Center. 41:54 Okay, let's talk a little bit about the center. 41:57 It's going to take something, some money, 42:00 I was saying materials, you know, 42:02 that takes money to build the project, 42:04 so let's talk about 42:05 a little bit about what's happening 42:07 and far as the fund raising and the construction plans 42:11 and all that, tell us about that, Audie? 42:14 Okay, 42:16 we together with Pastor Haja and his team, 42:19 we did some conceptual drawings 42:21 so that we could put together 42:23 an estimate of the construction cost. 42:26 So we did the drawings, as you see we have the video. 42:30 Now, the building is about 17, 000 square feet 42:33 which is maybe 1600 square meters 42:38 for that size building in Madagascar. 42:42 When I did the estimate, 42:43 I used Florida costs and labor 42:47 and when we sent 42:48 the information over to Madagascar 42:50 they took it and they'd worked with it 42:52 and took a look at the labor cost 42:54 and the material cost 42:55 and turned it into a cost that is around $700 dollars 43:00 in US dollars for the building. 43:02 Okay. 43:03 Based on what they think in using Malagasy labor 43:08 and materials there. 43:09 Okay, then it seemed like 43:11 I heard that the Lord provided a little miracle for you 43:14 on 700,000 is a pretty big fund. 43:16 Yes, it's a very big fund, 43:20 so the Lord blessed us in that. 43:23 A friend of a friend introduced us 43:26 this friend who works at North American Division 43:30 for PSI, is actually the director of PSI 43:34 Dr. Lilya Wagner introduced us to Zuki Meloski. 43:39 He owns a successful... 43:41 He is Seventh-day Adventist 43:42 and he also directs at the General Conference. 43:45 He with his wife owns a successful property 43:49 and construction business in South Africa. 43:52 Through Dr Wagner's office 43:54 we were able to reach out to him 43:56 and get in touch with him 43:57 and he has kindly donated, 43:59 actually offered to be the contractor 44:02 and has donated 50 percent of the construction costs 44:07 to our project 44:08 50 percent that is up to $350,000 44:13 that he is offering to help us out with construction. 44:16 So now that lowers definitely significantly 44:20 how much we have to raise for the rest of the project. 44:23 I want to just speak to our viewers just a minute. 44:26 One of the... 44:28 One of the visions of the Adventist Church 44:32 was to go and build centers, 44:34 and from those centers that be like a hub of a wheel, 44:38 and then the light would go out 44:39 from the center to various areas 44:42 geographically around that hub, 44:45 and this is what I see continuing on is this is a hub, 44:49 a center and from this hub, 44:51 this building, this project, 44:53 it will beams of light will go out 44:55 to the entire island from this hub. 44:59 And we're particularly focusing on our youth there. 45:02 Yes. 45:04 Maybe our viewers would like to know 45:06 how they could be involved, Mollie. 45:08 You know, I was thinking about that. 45:10 What is the great commission? 45:12 You know, what are those first three words? 45:15 Danny Shelton is using that so much here lately, 45:18 go ye therefore, 45:20 there for all of us to go, 45:22 and I'm thinking... 45:23 The blessing is on the go. 45:24 The blessing is on the go, 45:26 that... 45:27 here we have an opportunity to help these gentlemen, 45:31 to help with this project 45:33 and it's not here in these United States, 45:35 this maybe not in your area of the world 45:38 but it's in a vital area and it's in a needed area. 45:41 And so what we want to do is encourage you 45:44 to get behind this project 45:46 and help these gentlemen with this project, 45:50 so that these young people can be rescued, 45:53 so that they can have an opportunity. 45:55 So that they can be instilled with skills 45:59 that will break the poverty off of their life 46:02 and you break the poverty out of their life, 46:04 then they won't be vulnerable 46:06 to this sex trafficking and so forth. 46:08 So what we want to do is give you 46:11 the contact information 46:12 on how to get involved in this project. 46:22 If you would like to support 46:23 the construction of the Mantasoa Youth Center. 46:25 You can write to them 46:27 and send your donations through the General Conference 46:29 at 12501, Old Columbia Pike. 46:32 Silver Spring, Maryland 20904. 46:36 That's 12501, Old Columbia Pike, 46:40 Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904. 46:44 To find them on Facebook, 46:46 just search for Savannah Pub. 46:48 Write to them today, they'd love to hear from you. 47:03 You know, Brian, 47:05 I think this is a very worthy project 47:06 to get involved in. 47:07 Yes, I do too. 47:09 We have another song 47:11 by T. Marshall Kelley, don't we? 47:12 Yes, we do. 47:13 And it's called, "Little is Much." 47:17 Listen to T. Marshall Kelley. 47:35 In the harvest field now ripened 47:41 There's a work for all to do 47:47 Hark, the voice of Jesus calling 47:54 To his harvest calling you 48:01 Little is much when God is in it 48:08 Labor not for wealth or fame 48:15 There's a crown, and you can win it 48:21 If you go in Jesus' name 48:30 Does the place you're called to labor 48:37 Seem so small and little known? 48:43 But it is great if God is in it 48:50 And He'll not forsake His own 48:57 So the conflict here is ended 49:04 And our race on earth is run 49:11 He will say 49:14 If we've been faithful 49:18 "Welcome home, My child, well done!" 49:25 Your little is much when God is in it 49:32 Labor not for wealth or fame 49:41 There's a crown, and you can win it 49:48 If you go 49:52 If you will go 49:56 If you'll go 50:00 In Jesus' name. |
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