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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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is CA Murray
and allow me once again
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to thank you for
sharing just a little of your
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no doubt busy day with us.
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So thank you for
your love, your prayers,
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your support of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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because we are
convicted and convinced
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that we could not do
what we are called to do
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without your partnership.
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So when we say thank you,
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we mean that from
the bottom of our hearts
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because it is
together that we do the work
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that God has assigned our hands
to do and that is precisely
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what we're going
to talk about today.
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We're going to talk
about volunteer service
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and doing the work that God
has assigned our hands to do
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as we talk about an institution
in the Adventist circles,
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I don't know, and
we'll find out from my guest,
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how long
they've been doing this,
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it's been a little while
now, but when you talk about
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Maranatha
Volunteers International,
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we talk about a group that
is known certainly church wide,
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and dare I say worldwide,
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for lifting up
the name of Jesus,
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getting their hands
dirty in doing that,
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and being blessed by doing that.
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So we're going to talk about
Maranatha and volunteer service
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and what it can do for you,
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to you, with
you, and through you,
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when you give your hand
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and your heart
to the work of God.
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My guests are David Lopez
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who is the director
of volunteer projects
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at Maranatha.
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David, good to have you here.
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Thank you. It's
great to be here, pleasure.
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Very good to have you here.
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And, of course,
we know your dad.
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He's been here many,
many times, a doctor,
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and been serving the
Lord for a long time.
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That's true. That's true.
Really, really, great guy.
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Mary Johnson, how are you?
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Good. Very good.
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And Teresa, or is it Theresa?
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Teresa, Theresa Owen,
good to have you here.
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These ladies
have been volunteers,
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and have gone on projects
and we're going to talk about
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how it changed their lives
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and how you can get
that same kind of glow.
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You see they're smiling
and they've been smiling
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since they got here,
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but they're smiling
because they're happy in Jesus.
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Amen.
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And when you're
working for Jesus,
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I dare say you smile a
lot more than you frown
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because there is so
much more to smile about.
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So we're going
to talk about that,
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we're going to try to stir this,
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and make a
wonderful and gorgeous soup
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of volunteer
experiences on today's program.
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We'll start with you, David,
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because I want
to ask the question,
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what does the director
of volunteer projects do?
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I have the privilege of
working with all the volunteers
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that go out and so I need
to make sure that they're safe,
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that they have
a good experience,
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and that they find Jesus
throughout their experience.
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So when I come to or
call Maranatha with an idea
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that we want to take a group
or I want to be part of it,
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you'd be the first person
or one of the first persons
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that I would liaison with?
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Myself or somebody
in the team, absolutely.
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So we're working
with church groups,
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with academies, with
schools, with individuals
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that want to go
do mission trips.
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Let's disabuse ourselves
of a myth right off the gate
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that most or all of the projects
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in Maranatha are overseas
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That is not, if
ever it was true,
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it is not true anymore.
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You know, this last
year, we had 2,100 volunteers,
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and out of those
2,100 volunteers,
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close to 700 of
those were here in the US.
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So there are a lot of
things going on in the US.
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There are a lot of
projects going on in the US.
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This next year in
the calendar year,
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we have 26 projects
scheduled here in the US alone.
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Wow. That's a lot.
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Yeah, so for those
who say, you know what,
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there's so much to do here,
why are they going over there,
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you can answer that question,
and for those that say,
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there's so much
going on over there,
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why are we
wasting our time here,
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you can answer
that question too.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, oh, and it's a
great way to get started.
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It really is.
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There's a lot of
people are driving,
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they're taking their V's,
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they're staying with
church members' homes,
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whatever it
maybe, but it's an option
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where the local host, a church,
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or a school that
we're helping build,
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will help cover their
expenses while they're there,
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so they just need to get there,
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so it's a really easy way
for volunteers to get started.
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Yeah. Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
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The US projects, we're
talking about school, academies,
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churches, those kinds of things.
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Lot of camp renovation. Ah-uh.
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There's academies
that are in dire need
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of help with
renovating their dormitories,
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landscaping, building cabins,
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whatever it maybe, at
these different places,
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we're helping.
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Praise the Lord.
That's wonderful.
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Let me ask you
this, you were born where?
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I was born in the
US, in Washington,
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Walla Walla, Washington,
but my dad was born in Panama.
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Oh, yes. Lived in Panama.
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Parents were missionaries,
they're sent from Guatemala.
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And my mother was born in the US
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but quickly after
travel down to Guatemala
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and where her parents
started different academies
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in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize.
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So the missionary bug is
kind of in your DNA, David.
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I think so. Yeah.
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I was raised with those
mission stories firsthand.
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Absolutely.
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How does one become
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the director of
volunteer projects?
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I don't think you,
sitting in first grade and say,
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"You know, one day,
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I'm going to be the
director of volunteer projects
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for Maranatha.
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Something you stumbled into,
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something you
worked your way toward,
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something you wanted to be
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part of was that
the missionary aspect
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that kind of threw you.
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How did you find
yourself in there?
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Oh, you're absolutely right.
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It wasn't something that
I set out in first grade,
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you know, but you get
the question all the time,
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what are you going
to be when you grow up?
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Right.
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And I thought I
had to be a doctor,
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or a pastor to be
able to make a difference,
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but you know what, God
can use us wherever we are.
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Oh, yes.
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And in high school
I think even my motto
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where I wanted to be
was just God's hands.
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I had no idea.
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Even in college, I
was studying everything,
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I wanted to do
everything, I wanted to be...
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I want to be a dentist,
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I wanted to do all
these different things,
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and really at age 14,
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on one of my very first
Maranatha project to Panama,
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and we were
helping build this church
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in the middle of nowhere,
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Charco Azul over in Chiriquí
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and it was just
really impactful,
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really life-changing,
and it was something
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where I knew I
needed to come back,
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and I wanted to continue
service and being able to,
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you know, carry
on the legacy really.
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And so it was each summer.
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I was helping out in
those different ways,
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and I helped translate
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and then I was
helping assess the project,
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and so I was
helping different ways,
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and in college, I was asked,
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if I take a year out
to come help Maranatha
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in the field in Costa Rica.
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And so we built 36, 32
churches and 12 schools
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all around the
country of Costa Rica,
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and it was just really,
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I didn't want to
go back to school,
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I wanted to work
with Maranatha full time.
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My dad was like, no, no
you have to go back to school,
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finish off your degrees.
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I did business, and
shortly after I was invited
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to come back to Maranatha.
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And so it was a
great opportunity,
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and so I worked myself up
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to the director of
volunteer projects.
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Oh, praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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It's been an awesome adventure.
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Amen and amen.
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Mary and Teresa,
before we go to our music,
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I just want to sort of
dip our toe in the water.
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Mary, where are you from?
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California. California.
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And Teresa?
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Texas. Texas.
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Mary, Adventist home growing up?
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Yes.
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So you grew up,
you are an Adventist.
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Yes. Do you work in Adventist?
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Yes. Yeah. Adventist School.
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Grade one, all
the way through grads.
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Yes. Okay.
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You are very much Advent.
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Teresa, same question,
Adventist home growing up?
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Yes. Okay.
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Yeah, missionary
parents, Adventist home.
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Oh, a lifer.
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Give me some sense, and
then I'll go to our music,
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I want to come back, and
sort of mine this a little bit.
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And I start with you Mary,
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some sense of your
walk with the Lord,
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prior to doing
any mission service.
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Give me some flavor as to,
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you know, your
relation with the Lord,
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your work in the
church, that kind of thing,
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where you were as an Adventist?
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Before I had gone
overseas to do missions,
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I didn't have a
global perspective
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of Adventism,
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and I didn't have as
much of a vision of the needs
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around the world.
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And then after going,
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and doing mission
service with Maranatha,
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you just feel such a
global Adventist family
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like we're everywhere.
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And we'd go to help out
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our Adventist
brothers, and sisters
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in all parts of the world.
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And so it's definitely helped
me feel more connected to us
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as a world church.
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Would you say in looking
at your life pre-mission trips
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that you were kind
of an on fire Adventist,
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kind of the
laissez faire Adventist,
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kind of the
struggling Adventist,
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where would you put
yourself on that continuum?
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I think I was
kind of in the middle.
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I definitely wasn't as grateful
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for what God has
done for me as I am now.
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I definitely
wasn't as, you know,
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adept to look for
the need in others,
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and try to help people out
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whereas now that I have been on
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so many mission
trips in daily life,
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you know, I like to
pass out glow tracks,
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give Bible studies,
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things to keep that
mission spirit going,
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whereas before, you know,
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we would go to the
Junior-Senior Bible Camp,
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Pathfinder Camporees,
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we'd have these
mountaintop experiences.
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Yes.
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And then,
especially as a teenager,
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I would just tend
to leave them there
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whereas after
going on a mission trip
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for a longer time
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and then wanting more
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and it's like I want to
keep that momentum going,
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keep that
mountaintop experience,
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bring it back into daily-life,
into the valleys of life.
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Now, Teresa, you're married?
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No. Not married.
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You have children.
I do have children.
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Okay. And you took
them with you last time?
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Yes, I took them to Kenya,
this summer on a family trip.
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Okay. And they loved it.
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Praise the Lord.
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Give me some sense of again
your life as you're living it,
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you've got
children you're raising,
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prior to going on mission trips?
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Well, I've always had a
global perspective of myself,
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but I really wanted that my kids
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would get that aspect of
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there is more in
the world than the US.
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And there is
service that we can do,
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and be a
blessing to other people
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as we travel and
get to know the world.
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So that was really
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what prompted
me to take my kids.
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Okay.
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Did you see in their lives...
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How can I put this,
the flame sort of come on,
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the light sort of come
on when they went with you?
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I really did. It
really made a difference.
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It made a
difference for them to connect
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with other
people around the world
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with seeing the needs,
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even though they're kids,
they can still see the needs,
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and they're on fire to go again.
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They just absolutely loved it,
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looking forward
to the next trip,
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they are talking
to their classmates,
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and their family
about the experiences
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that they had there, and
they absolutely loved it.
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They're what age?
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Eight and twelve.
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Ah-uh, so at the age
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where they can
certainly benefit from this,
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dare I say cognitive learners,
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they're old enough
to know what's going on,
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and really benefit
from the experience.
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Mm-hmm. Praise the Lord.
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Yeah, they're definitely
old enough to say, hmm,
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this is not the
way I live in the US.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Not everyone in the world
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has the exact same
experience that I do,
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but yet, I can still
enjoy interacting with them,
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playing with them,
making friends with them,
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serving with them.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I want to come back
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and I want to
certainly share this question
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to each of you
just sort of mine that.
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One of the reasons
why I'm so enthused
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about what Maranatha does is
one of the first true miracles
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I saw in my ministry
happened on a Maranatha trip.
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There was a young
lady... This is a trip to...
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I don't remember if it was
Dominican Republic or Panama,
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after while they kind of
run together a little bit
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because I did mission trips
every year from 1986 to 2002.
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Wow.
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When I was in
ministry, we had a young lady.
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Her name was Amanda.
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Her dad told her, "If you
are valedictorian of the class,
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I will get you a car.
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It won't be a new car,
but I'll get you a car.
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And she was doing great,
she was valedictorian in class,
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she was carrying a 3.9,
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and you can run
out the decimals,
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you know, kind of thing
because she got an A-minus so,
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you know, it wasn't perfect 4.0.
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But she went on
a Maranatha trip,
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and I think it was
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Dominican
Republic and she worked,
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she carried blocks, she
was in the cement mixing,
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she was just doing all
of this physical stuff.
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And when she came back home,
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this was a spring
break kind of a deal
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so we're heading
towards graduation,
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she went into a
coma, and the doctor said,
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her mother was a teacher
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in our Adventist
Academy in New York.
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He said, when they did the MRI,
and some of the other tests,
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he said that it's the
size of a tennis ball,
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and kind of oblong
shaped like an egg,
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but they said, "We don't know
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how she ever even
got off the plane,
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got on the plane."
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They said that her balance
should have been affected,
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her speech should
have been affected,
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her ability to carry
weight should have been affected
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and this thing has
been there for a long time,
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but she went on a trip
and the amount of work she did
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was almost superhuman
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and she stayed in
that coma for a long time,
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and then finally she passed.
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But the doctors said,
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"We don't know how
she ever got on a plane,
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and did the kind of
things you're telling us that."
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And we did a video of her life,
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and I shot the video
and edited it myself.
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The kind of labor that
she put out on that trip,
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they said,
"How's she doing that?
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That there's no way in the world
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she should have
been doing that."
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And even her
neurosurgeon came to the church,
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and came to the service,
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and said, "No
way, there's no way.
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This makes no medical sense
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that with that
kind of sized tumor
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wrapped around the
organs that it was in the brain,
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how was that happening?"
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And a lot of
people were so impressed
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at the miracle
working part of the Lord,
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but also that the
Lord chose to do this
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on a Maranatha trip
in a foreign country
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that she was able to
do this kind of thing.
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Yeah. And I really, I
was just impressed with that.
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And since then have always
sort of kept an eye on Maranatha
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because of its
ability to change lives
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and the miracles that we saw.
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I want to go to our music now.
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And then we're
going to come back,
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and spend a little more
time with our three guests.
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Our music is coming
from Margie Salcedo Rice,
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a longtime
friend of this ministry.
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And she is going to be
singing, "I Have Fixed My Mind".
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I have fixed my
mind on another time
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On another time
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And here I mean to stand until
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God gives me more light
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have fixed my
mind on another time
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On another time
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I have set my
course on the narrow way
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On the narrow way
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For I know that
day is close at hand
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For which I watch and pray
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Even so Lord come quickly
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That is my fervent prayer
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For I've caught
a glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to be there
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When shall the Son of Man appear
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The trumpet sound its blast
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And Christ
descend with glorious fire
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With all the saints amassed
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We'll rise with those
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Who sleep no more
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To meet Him in the heaven
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When shall the Son
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Of Man appear
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The Son of Man appear
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Even so, Lord come quickly
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That is my fervent prayer
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For I've caught
a glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to be there
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For I've caught
a glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing
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To be there
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I have fixed my mind
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On another time
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On another
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Time
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And thank you,
Margie Salcedo Rice,
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good friend of the ministry.
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Well done, I Have Fixed My Mind.
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David, I want to
come back to you, man,
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because you've got what I say,
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your Maranatha has
got many different ways
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that a person can serve.
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Teresa's talking
about the family deal.
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Absolutely.
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You can do family, you
can do ultimate work out,
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which is good I guess to
young people, young adults.
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Teenagers. Teenagers.
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You can go solo, you can
hook yourself up with a group,
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kind of walk me
through the offerings,
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and the sort of
spread of different offerings
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that you have?
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, there's really
options for every age group
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starting with the family group,
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if you want to
bring your baby with you,
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if you want to
bring a three year old,
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but most of them are nine
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I'd say to teenagers
for the family projects.
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And then we have
specific projects,
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so the youngest would be,
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the specific youngest
would be the teenage project.
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So ultimate
workout's age for that would be
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if you're going
into high school,
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if you're in high school,
or just finished high school.
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And then we have
young adult project
00:21:03.56\00:21:04.96
for those that are in college,
00:21:04.99\00:21:06.46
or after college,
young at heart, even.
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And then there are
the open team projects
00:21:09.50\00:21:10.87
for all ages throughout.
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And so then
there's the group project.
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So if you had an academy,
or Sabbath school group,
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or church group that
would like to go on a trip,
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we can customize
that trip for you.
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So you can pick the dates,
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you can pick
where you'd like to go.
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And right now, we're working
in 17 different countries
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with volunteers.
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Wow.
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So there's a lot of
options for people to go.
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Teresa, I want to come to you
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thinking about
this whole family thing,
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your eight year old
was really able to benefit
00:21:35.56\00:21:39.33
from this kind of regime?
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Oh, he loved it.
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.13
He threw himself in,
absolutely, first VBS,
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they said, "Hey, anybody
want to help with the games?"
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He's like...
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He ran and stationed
the games for the kids.
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He...
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You know, this is what you
do and I'll keep score for you,
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and wasn't at all,
00:21:57.08\00:22:00.12
at all afraid to
just jump right in,
00:22:00.15\00:22:03.45
participate, no
matter what was going on.
00:22:03.49\00:22:04.99
Bless his heart.
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Did you see any long-term
residual when you returned?
00:22:06.39\00:22:10.19
Were they able to
sort of hold that fire
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.39
when they came
back to the States?
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.76
Yeah, definitely.
00:22:14.80\00:22:16.13
They're loving
talking about their trip.
00:22:16.16\00:22:17.80
They're wanting their friends
to come on in the next trip,
00:22:17.83\00:22:21.10
next summer, I mean, they're.
00:22:21.14\00:22:23.04
Yeah, they're definitely
excited to go on mission trips.
00:22:23.07\00:22:27.38
And that's
exactly what I wanted.
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Praise the Lord.
00:22:29.78\00:22:31.11
David, do you get
a lot of recidivism,
00:22:31.15\00:22:35.08
dare I say, do you
get a lot of people
00:22:35.12\00:22:36.48
who come back again, and
again, and again, and again?
00:22:36.52\00:22:38.65
We do, yeah, we do.
00:22:38.69\00:22:40.02
In fact, this year
there's one individual
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that's already
been on eight trips.
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.99
And so this is something
that dare I say an addiction,
00:22:44.03\00:22:47.83
but it's something
that you want to shine.
00:22:47.86\00:22:49.36
Once your light is
turned on for Jesus...
00:22:49.40\00:22:50.73
Yeah.
00:22:50.77\00:22:52.10
It's something that it's
hard to put that bushel over it,
00:22:52.13\00:22:54.17
you know, it's
going to be shining.
00:22:54.20\00:22:55.67
Yeah, yeah, which
kind of leads me to Mary
00:22:55.70\00:22:57.27
because you are a habitual...
00:22:57.31\00:23:00.91
Definitely. Definitely.
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.28
I would put myself
on. Maranatha person.
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.65
You're kind of involved into...
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.01
How many have you gone on?
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
I've gone on 19
mission trips total,
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.08
10 with Maranatha.
00:23:08.12\00:23:09.45
Ten with Maranatha.
00:23:09.48\00:23:10.82
What is it about that experience
00:23:10.85\00:23:13.25
that is so addictive to you?
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.99
There's so many things about it.
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.36
It's the
camaraderie with the saints.
00:23:17.39\00:23:20.76
It's working together
00:23:20.80\00:23:22.96
and not just the
people in your group
00:23:23.00\00:23:24.67
but the people in
the other countries.
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.53
You just feel this
globalness of working together
00:23:26.57\00:23:30.01
to finish the work.
00:23:30.04\00:23:31.44
And sometimes, you know,
many of the places I've gone,
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.74
I've been able to
speak the language
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.11
because at a lot of
places they speak Spanish,
00:23:35.14\00:23:36.48
I can understand Portuguese.
00:23:36.51\00:23:37.85
But even in places in Africa
00:23:37.88\00:23:39.21
where I didn't even
really understand the language,
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.12
you still just
have this global feeling
00:23:41.15\00:23:43.32
of we're all God's children,
00:23:43.35\00:23:44.89
we're all in this together,
00:23:44.92\00:23:46.25
and we all want
to finish the work.
00:23:46.29\00:23:47.99
And it just gives you that
urgency to, let's hurry up,
00:23:48.02\00:23:51.76
let's get this
done, let's go home.
00:23:51.79\00:23:54.56
So now, what is
your regular 9 to 5?
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.33
I'm a teacher by trade,
high school teacher by trade.
00:23:57.37\00:23:58.93
Okay.
00:23:58.97\00:24:00.30
Except for this school year,
00:24:00.34\00:24:01.67
I'm taking a year off to do
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.04
as many short-term
mission trips as I can.
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.41
God bless your heart.
00:24:06.44\00:24:07.88
So even in your teaching time,
00:24:07.91\00:24:11.41
you can sort of
structure your teaching year
00:24:11.45\00:24:13.75
so that you get
some time to do that.
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.62
Yes, spring breaks and summers.
00:24:15.65\00:24:18.15
Since 2013, I've
gone on one each year,
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.82
I've gone on two
to three some years.
00:24:21.86\00:24:24.53
Two in the summer,
one in spring break.
00:24:24.56\00:24:26.63
How are you able
to take a whole year
00:24:26.66\00:24:28.90
just to fulfill this dream?
00:24:28.93\00:24:30.57
Because for someone
like me, it would be a dream
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.97
to just do mission
trips as many as you can
00:24:33.00\00:24:35.24
squeeze into one year.
00:24:35.27\00:24:37.41
Well, it's been my dream
for the past several years.
00:24:37.44\00:24:40.71
When I started really going on
a lot of mission trips in 2013,
00:24:40.74\00:24:44.48
I would meet a lot of
people who're retired.
00:24:44.51\00:24:46.01
Yes.
00:24:46.05\00:24:47.38
And I would just think,
oh, wow, that's so neat,
00:24:47.42\00:24:49.05
they can go on as many
mission trips as they want,
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.65
I can't wait to
retire 25, 30 years from now,
00:24:51.69\00:24:55.39
and so it's like, I'm thinking,
I don't want to wait that long.
00:24:55.42\00:24:58.76
And so I've been
thinking about it
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.13
for the past few years,
00:25:00.16\00:25:01.80
and I was thinking,
"Oh, Lord, just you know,
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.67
tell me when I'm
ready for change,
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.07
ready for something different,
but you know, tell me when?"
00:25:05.10\00:25:08.14
And so for the past
couple of school years,
00:25:08.17\00:25:09.70
I would tell my
sister, you know,
00:25:09.74\00:25:11.07
I need to
change, I could just...
00:25:11.11\00:25:12.44
I could just go.
00:25:12.47\00:25:13.81
At the end of
the day, at 3 o'clock
00:25:13.84\00:25:15.18
if Lord tells me to go
somewhere, I'll just go.
00:25:15.21\00:25:16.91
And so finally,
the Lord said when,
00:25:16.95\00:25:19.31
and last school year,
00:25:19.35\00:25:20.75
after many days of
prayer and fasting,
00:25:20.78\00:25:23.45
I submitted a request
to my school district,
00:25:23.49\00:25:25.55
asked them to let me
have this school year off,
00:25:25.59\00:25:27.32
and they would
hold my job for me.
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.69
Oh, wow.
00:25:28.72\00:25:30.06
And so they're
holding my job for me,
00:25:30.09\00:25:31.43
they're not giving me
any kind of compensation,
00:25:31.46\00:25:32.79
or pay or anything,
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.16
but I'm free to travel
the world for an entire year.
00:25:34.20\00:25:37.90
Now you are from a public
school system, not Adventist?
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.53
Yes, yes, public
high school system.
00:25:39.57\00:25:41.44
So the fact that
they wouldn't do that
00:25:41.47\00:25:43.71
is a little bit of miracle
in itself, I should suspect.
00:25:43.74\00:25:46.74
Somewhat.
00:25:46.78\00:25:48.48
I've been there
for 13 years. Okay.
00:25:48.51\00:25:50.95
So after seven years,
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.31
you can request
a sabbatical leave
00:25:52.35\00:25:54.88
after seven years.
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.39
Teresa, what do you do
for your regular employment?
00:25:57.42\00:26:01.26
I own a construction company
with my father and my brother
00:26:01.29\00:26:04.79
and so I have a
little bit more flexibility
00:26:04.83\00:26:07.60
than some people to go.
00:26:07.63\00:26:11.93
I do the paperwork not
the heavy lifting anymore
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.07
but the paperwork.
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.57
When you go on a Maranatha trip,
00:26:16.60\00:26:18.87
what kind of settles in for you
00:26:18.91\00:26:21.08
as far as what
you tend to be doing?
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.51
You know, it
depends upon the trip.
00:26:23.55\00:26:24.88
Ah-uh.
00:26:24.91\00:26:26.25
I went in the summer of '16,
00:26:26.28\00:26:29.05
I went to Kenya without my boys,
00:26:29.08\00:26:32.15
and I helped on the metal group
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.06
because that's
what I grew up doing,
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.42
putting up metal buildings.
00:26:35.46\00:26:37.06
When I took my boys,
00:26:37.09\00:26:39.19
I was with the
kids who were doing VBS,
00:26:39.23\00:26:42.10
doing whatever
the day camp kids did
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.87
and when I was in
Brazil, I translated.
00:26:44.90\00:26:48.44
So, you know, it's
different every time,
00:26:48.47\00:26:51.67
but I like that.
00:26:51.71\00:26:53.04
So you speak Portuguese. I do.
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
Bless you heart.
00:26:54.44\00:26:56.38
Is there, David, a
typical Maranatha volunteer,
00:26:56.41\00:27:00.35
or do they really span
the spectrum as far as age,
00:27:00.38\00:27:05.79
occupation, that kind of thing?
00:27:05.82\00:27:08.39
Is there a
typical kind of person,
00:27:08.42\00:27:09.82
or is it sort of
just all over the map?
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.19
It's really all over the map.
00:27:12.23\00:27:13.83
There are this
kind of a larger number
00:27:13.86\00:27:16.06
of high school volunteers
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.97
and a larger number
of retired volunteers
00:27:18.00\00:27:20.84
with a growing
number of between that,
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.47
you know, between
the 20s to 40s numbers
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.14
that those are actually
evening out quite evenly,
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.14
but as far as personality,
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.01
or anything like that
I think it's just really,
00:27:31.05\00:27:33.05
like I said before,
00:27:33.08\00:27:34.42
those that have
connection with Jesus
00:27:34.45\00:27:36.18
that are ready to
let their life shine.
00:27:36.22\00:27:37.99
Yeah, there's all sorts of
faiths that are joining us,
00:27:38.02\00:27:41.22
I mean, it's not just
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:27:41.26\00:27:42.79
it's not just
Christians, in fact,
00:27:42.82\00:27:44.89
it's something most
people are searching.
00:27:44.93\00:27:47.66
There's a lot of
people that are coming
00:27:47.70\00:27:49.13
that have just gone
through tragedy in their life,
00:27:49.16\00:27:51.27
that things are changing,
and they're looking for Jesus,
00:27:51.30\00:27:54.80
and so many people are
coming with that in mind of,
00:27:54.84\00:27:58.37
I'm going to get
something out of this,
00:27:58.41\00:28:00.24
and what happens is that
they're blessing other people,
00:28:00.28\00:28:04.95
and getting something.
00:28:04.98\00:28:06.31
So it's a win-win.
00:28:06.35\00:28:08.45
Where do you see...
00:28:08.48\00:28:09.82
I guess I should structure
this question so it makes sense.
00:28:09.85\00:28:13.02
Where do you see the
most dramatic changes
00:28:13.05\00:28:16.52
per age group?
00:28:16.56\00:28:17.89
Is it teens that
changed the most?
00:28:17.93\00:28:19.59
Is it older people
that changed the most?
00:28:19.63\00:28:21.13
Where do you tend to
see the most dramatic shifts
00:28:21.16\00:28:23.73
in relationship with
God, and on fire for the Lord,
00:28:23.77\00:28:27.37
in lifestyle, in
conviction, and conversion?
00:28:27.40\00:28:29.70
Where does that
sort of play out?
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.11
Well, I say regardless
of the age, it is an honor,
00:28:31.14\00:28:34.51
and I can't
think of a greater joy
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.85
of just being there
00:28:36.88\00:28:38.35
when someone does find
Jesus for that first time,
00:28:38.38\00:28:40.85
when there's that connection
00:28:40.88\00:28:42.22
when you see that light
come on and it's just...
00:28:42.25\00:28:46.22
What a
privilege, but I'd say most,
00:28:46.25\00:28:48.96
and maybe it's biased,
00:28:48.99\00:28:50.33
but mostly I see
it in the teenagers.
00:28:50.36\00:28:52.53
That's how I
started with Maranatha,
00:28:52.56\00:28:54.33
I was thrilled to work out,
00:28:54.36\00:28:55.70
and that's the
program that I get to run now.
00:28:55.73\00:28:57.97
And it's just a
fabulous experience
00:28:58.00\00:29:00.00
to be able to see that light
come on in those teenagers,
00:29:00.04\00:29:02.70
and be able to serve that way.
00:29:02.74\00:29:05.44
This summer we had baptisms
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.14
that came out of
the two-week experience
00:29:08.18\00:29:10.88
that they had
been studying before,
00:29:10.91\00:29:12.25
but then in
saving this experience.
00:29:12.28\00:29:13.62
I'd heard before that
you could get baptized
00:29:13.65\00:29:15.02
on ultimate workout.
00:29:15.05\00:29:16.38
So they've been studying
up, and they've been ready,
00:29:16.42\00:29:18.05
and so they
approached the pastor
00:29:18.09\00:29:19.42
at the first instance,
00:29:19.45\00:29:20.79
you know, this is something
I want to have happened
00:29:20.82\00:29:22.16
in second Sabbath,
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.53
and so we had planned it
out, we're ready to do it,
00:29:23.56\00:29:25.96
down in the river, and
lightning, and thunder,
00:29:25.99\00:29:28.73
and all sorts of storms came in
00:29:28.76\00:29:30.37
and so we had to
kind of come to plan B,
00:29:30.40\00:29:33.80
which we didn't have.
00:29:33.84\00:29:35.17
And so we stopped
at a couple churches
00:29:35.20\00:29:36.71
along the way back home,
00:29:36.74\00:29:38.07
and said, "No, no, we
just baptized in the river.
00:29:38.11\00:29:39.57
You know, we don't
have a baptism tank
00:29:39.61\00:29:41.34
and so what are we gonna do?"
00:29:41.38\00:29:42.94
And so one of the
pastors had a swimming pool,
00:29:42.98\00:29:45.91
and so we took
that back to the camp
00:29:45.95\00:29:48.18
that we were staying at,
and it was raining so hard
00:29:48.22\00:29:50.99
that we were able to
fill that with rain water
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.29
and so we were taking
water-off of the roof,
00:29:53.32\00:29:55.09
and filling it up with jugs,
00:29:55.12\00:29:57.39
and they were
baptized that same day so...
00:29:57.43\00:29:58.76
Praise the Lord.
00:29:58.79\00:30:00.13
But yeah, that's quite...
00:30:00.16\00:30:01.50
I would say, there's nothing
like being there present,
00:30:01.53\00:30:03.40
and being a part of,
00:30:03.43\00:30:04.77
knowing that you're a small part
00:30:04.80\00:30:06.13
in connecting
someone with Christ.
00:30:06.17\00:30:07.50
Yeah, yeah, that is
very, very exciting.
00:30:07.54\00:30:09.84
Both of my Maranatha trips
00:30:09.87\00:30:12.47
were as a chairman of the
board of Northeastern Academy.
00:30:12.51\00:30:14.31
Okay.
00:30:14.34\00:30:15.68
So I had a chance to
watch academy students,
00:30:15.71\00:30:17.38
many of whom had
been in Adventist schools
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.65
from day one, you know,
00:30:20.68\00:30:23.42
but there you can sort of
develop this kind of slow jog
00:30:23.45\00:30:26.86
being in the Adventist bubble.
00:30:26.89\00:30:28.22
You know, you're
just gonna jog in along
00:30:28.26\00:30:31.39
and I saw dramatic
changes in Adventist kids
00:30:31.43\00:30:36.93
who had kind of
been just marking time,
00:30:36.97\00:30:39.60
go on a mission trip
and come back on fire,
00:30:39.63\00:30:41.37
truly on fire for the Lord.
00:30:41.40\00:30:42.74
Now I'm in AY, now I'm
doing the kind of things, Mary,
00:30:42.77\00:30:45.64
that you were talking about
00:30:45.67\00:30:47.01
that there is this
jumpstart to your battery
00:30:47.04\00:30:50.35
that happens when you
leave the United States
00:30:50.38\00:30:52.78
because we gave them the...
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.92
Of course, this is the
early days of cell phones,
00:30:54.95\00:30:57.35
no cell phones, you
know, nothing with a headset,
00:30:57.39\00:30:59.92
we're not having you
divorced from your society,
00:30:59.95\00:31:02.59
listening to something,
00:31:02.62\00:31:03.96
so keep your cell
phone in your room,
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.43
in fact, we didn't let
them bring them on a trip.
00:31:05.46\00:31:07.16
No cell phones, no I,
anything, no pads, no pods,
00:31:07.20\00:31:11.13
you know, none of that stuff.
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.50
You're going to fully immerse
yourself in this experience,
00:31:12.53\00:31:15.84
so that when you come out of it,
00:31:15.87\00:31:17.64
you have the experience of
not transferring your world
00:31:17.67\00:31:21.41
to this country and then
bringing your world back,
00:31:21.44\00:31:23.24
we want you in a
whole new experience.
00:31:23.28\00:31:24.71
And I think and they
squirmed and kind of, you know,
00:31:24.75\00:31:28.42
but once they got into it,
00:31:28.45\00:31:30.09
and realized that
there are other kids
00:31:30.12\00:31:31.45
on the other side of the world,
00:31:31.49\00:31:32.82
and these kids
are kind of like us
00:31:32.85\00:31:34.19
and we want to know these kids,
00:31:34.22\00:31:35.99
it made dramatic
changes in their life.
00:31:36.02\00:31:38.33
Now, Mary, you've gone on a lot.
00:31:38.36\00:31:40.13
Have you seen that too that,
00:31:40.16\00:31:41.50
it hasn't been that
way in your own life,
00:31:41.53\00:31:42.86
that when you sort of forget
00:31:42.90\00:31:44.23
who you are and leave
that American stuff home,
00:31:44.27\00:31:45.93
and really immerse yourself,
it changes you, does it?
00:31:45.97\00:31:48.47
It does. It does.
00:31:48.50\00:31:49.84
It has changed my life immensely
00:31:49.87\00:31:52.14
in regards to the faith
and just trusting in God
00:31:52.17\00:31:56.04
through every step
especially, because you know,
00:31:56.08\00:31:59.75
at home we take so
many things for granted.
00:31:59.78\00:32:01.15
We turn on the
faucet and water comes.
00:32:01.18\00:32:03.72
You know, over
there in some places
00:32:03.75\00:32:05.25
there's no water,
we had to pray for it.
00:32:05.29\00:32:06.99
Can we have some water,
Lord? Send us some water.
00:32:07.02\00:32:09.42
And you know, we pray
here to bless our food,
00:32:09.46\00:32:12.09
but over there, you
know, we pray, I really pray,
00:32:12.13\00:32:14.76
I don't want to
get food poisoning,
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.13
or something like that.
00:32:16.16\00:32:17.50
Make sure everything is okay,
00:32:17.53\00:32:18.87
and so we spent a lot
more time in prayer which,
00:32:18.90\00:32:20.54
of course, is going to
draw you a lot closer to God
00:32:20.57\00:32:23.20
and I see transformations
in our young people.
00:32:23.24\00:32:26.37
There was a girl who,
00:32:26.41\00:32:27.74
I've gone on three or
four mission trips with her,
00:32:27.78\00:32:30.31
and she is bilingual as well,
00:32:30.35\00:32:32.18
and when we first
went to Dominican,
00:32:32.21\00:32:34.32
I would try to get her
to help translate with me,
00:32:34.35\00:32:36.28
and she's like, "Oh, I'm shy,
00:32:36.32\00:32:37.75
I don't really
want to translate."
00:32:37.79\00:32:39.45
And then we went to
Panama the next time,
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.76
and in Spanish churches,
00:32:42.79\00:32:44.46
there's a break between
Sabbath school and church,
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.66
so I had excused myself
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.76
between Sabbath school
and church and make a break.
00:32:48.80\00:32:50.70
So I said, I just have to go,
00:32:50.73\00:32:52.33
and can you just do
it for just five minutes?
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.90
You know, and she's like,
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.27
"Okay, I'll
translate the announcement."
00:32:56.30\00:32:57.64
So she got up, and she did it.
00:32:57.67\00:32:59.27
And I was like okay, good,
this is how it was meant to be.
00:32:59.31\00:33:01.21
And then the next year,
we were at different sites,
00:33:01.24\00:33:04.11
I was
translating in one service,
00:33:04.15\00:33:05.48
and she was translating
the sermon at another service.
00:33:05.51\00:33:08.32
So it's neat to see the
growth from this shy kid
00:33:08.35\00:33:10.62
who kind of didn't
want to get upfront,
00:33:10.65\00:33:11.99
and translate after
being on a few mission trips
00:33:12.02\00:33:13.86
then she was upfront
translating the sermon.
00:33:13.89\00:33:15.42
Praise the Lord. Yeah,
it's nice to see that growth.
00:33:15.46\00:33:17.79
Teresa, where did you
learn your Portuguese?
00:33:17.83\00:33:20.13
In Brazil.
Ah-uh. As a missionary?
00:33:20.16\00:33:23.06
My parents were missionaries.
You did say that. Yeah.
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.03
Yes. And so I spent
some time in Brazil.
00:33:25.07\00:33:27.74
So you are very handy
person to have on mission trips.
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.81
Do your children speak
another language at all?
00:33:30.84\00:33:34.14
No, I try to teach them
some Portuguese along the way,
00:33:34.18\00:33:37.05
but...
00:33:37.08\00:33:38.41
Yeah, kind of spoon-feed
it, they will appreciate,
00:33:38.45\00:33:40.75
that's one thing
you'll appreciate later on
00:33:40.78\00:33:42.95
that there was a second language
00:33:42.98\00:33:44.62
in the house that we never got.
00:33:44.65\00:33:46.09
And then I always say that
00:33:46.12\00:33:47.46
if a parent
speaks two languages,
00:33:47.49\00:33:49.39
the kids ought to
speak two languages too
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.16
because you later on,
00:33:51.19\00:33:52.53
you'll find that
Spanish, Portuguese,
00:33:52.56\00:33:54.40
handy languages to know,
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.36
very, very handy
languages to know.
00:33:56.40\00:33:59.20
David, coming back to
you, how does one find out,
00:33:59.23\00:34:00.87
what's available?
00:34:00.90\00:34:02.24
How we can sign up?
00:34:02.27\00:34:03.61
How do you work
your way through that?
00:34:03.64\00:34:04.97
The easiest way is on
our website, maranatha.org,
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.54
and there's all the
lists of the projects,
00:34:07.58\00:34:09.51
join the voluntary trips,
00:34:09.54\00:34:10.88
and you can look at
all the calendars there,
00:34:10.91\00:34:13.35
and all the different countries,
00:34:13.38\00:34:14.72
there's fresh that way,
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.12
there's also a magazine
that we can send out to you.
00:34:17.15\00:34:19.65
There's
information we can send out.
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.06
There's videos, call our office.
00:34:21.09\00:34:23.02
Yeah. Happy to talk to you.
00:34:23.06\00:34:24.39
Good to hear.
00:34:24.43\00:34:25.76
Speaking of video we
got something to look at,
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.13
do we not?
00:34:27.16\00:34:28.50
Yeah, we do.
Sure. Set it up for us?
00:34:28.53\00:34:29.86
It's a video about
our family projects
00:34:29.90\00:34:31.23
that we do each year so the...
00:34:31.27\00:34:33.27
I'd say the exciting
thing about the family projects
00:34:33.30\00:34:35.30
is we do one over Christmas,
00:34:35.34\00:34:37.34
and then a couple
over the summer timeframe.
00:34:37.37\00:34:39.34
And so Christmas is important
00:34:39.37\00:34:40.71
because most families are geared
00:34:40.74\00:34:43.24
towards the traditional holiday,
00:34:43.28\00:34:46.48
let's buy each
other gifts and whatnot.
00:34:46.51\00:34:47.92
So the Christmas timeframe
00:34:47.95\00:34:49.88
has become this
really important time
00:34:49.92\00:34:52.02
where this is the gift
00:34:52.05\00:34:53.99
that we're giving
each other this year.
00:34:54.02\00:34:55.49
We're going on this
mission trip to serve others.
00:34:55.52\00:34:56.86
Yeah.
00:34:56.89\00:34:58.23
And so it's really come
back to change a lot of lives
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.56
that way and perspective so.
00:35:00.60\00:35:02.90
Before we've go
to the video, Teresa,
00:35:02.93\00:35:04.60
did you go during a
Christmas deal or no?
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.94
It was in summer.
That was in summer.
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.47
Okay, are there a lot of
people that want to take you up
00:35:08.50\00:35:11.01
on the Christmas option?
00:35:11.04\00:35:12.37
We fill up every year. Really?
00:35:12.41\00:35:14.41
Yeah.
00:35:14.44\00:35:15.78
So we have a hundred
people going this Christmas
00:35:15.81\00:35:17.68
to down to David, in Panama.
00:35:17.71\00:35:20.88
Okay, we'll be there.
00:35:20.92\00:35:22.58
Yeah, we'll probably
hang out. Sounds good.
00:35:22.62\00:35:25.19
We can use your help.
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.26
Let's take a look.
00:35:27.29\00:35:28.62
We've always wanted to instill
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.76
a spirit of
service on our children.
00:35:35.80\00:35:38.97
So we've been looking for
00:35:39.00\00:35:40.94
some form of missionary
volunteer type project
00:35:40.97\00:35:45.01
that we can get
ourselves involved in.
00:35:45.04\00:35:48.84
And this one
came about Maranatha,
00:35:48.88\00:35:51.25
and we thought it
would be a great experience
00:35:51.28\00:35:52.88
for Caitlin to see
life in the third world.
00:35:52.91\00:35:56.89
My wife and I grew up
in a third world country.
00:35:56.92\00:36:00.06
And we wanted our
kids to experience
00:36:00.09\00:36:03.12
what it was like
and see the change,
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.69
the difference between her
childhood and our childhood
00:36:05.73\00:36:09.86
and see that she's
definitely growing up
00:36:09.90\00:36:13.54
in a more privileged environment
00:36:13.57\00:36:15.34
and it would be good
for her to be exposed
00:36:15.37\00:36:17.14
and see the need
and create that spirit
00:36:17.17\00:36:20.84
of wanting to help others.
00:36:20.88\00:36:25.55
We are fairly affluent.
00:36:25.58\00:36:27.58
Our children have grown
up in an affluent society,
00:36:27.62\00:36:30.85
and we felt that
we really need to go
00:36:30.89\00:36:33.46
to some third
world destinations.
00:36:33.49\00:36:35.72
We need to give
them a world view
00:36:35.76\00:36:38.29
that differs
from how they grew up.
00:36:38.33\00:36:41.43
We want to
expose them to a culture
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.26
that has extremely poor people
00:36:43.30\00:36:45.57
that are at the same
time really quite satisfied.
00:36:45.60\00:36:48.34
And so that they
realize that all these things
00:36:48.37\00:36:50.64
that they think they need,
00:36:50.67\00:36:52.54
these people
don't have any of them,
00:36:52.57\00:36:53.91
and they're a lot
happier than they are.
00:36:53.94\00:36:57.05
Inside the
classroom with the kids,
00:36:57.08\00:36:58.85
it's pretty warm inside.
00:36:58.88\00:37:01.98
And there's a bunch of
them smashing together.
00:37:02.02\00:37:06.49
And we sing a
few songs for them,
00:37:06.52\00:37:10.36
and they were really
happy when we sing songs
00:37:10.39\00:37:12.99
and then they sing a few
songs for us so this is fun.
00:37:13.03\00:37:15.30
And so Randy and Savannah
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.41
are talking about
Maranatha's family project.
00:37:23.44\00:37:27.04
Wherever it takes place
00:37:27.08\00:37:28.41
those that come
meet and discover
00:37:28.44\00:37:30.61
new people and people groups,
00:37:30.65\00:37:33.62
experience new things,
00:37:33.65\00:37:36.72
observe their world
through a different lens,
00:37:36.75\00:37:39.35
and learn that giving
00:37:39.39\00:37:40.72
really does feel
better than receiving.
00:37:40.76\00:37:43.69
Maranatha's family project.
00:37:43.73\00:37:46.33
What is your family
learning on vacation?
00:37:46.36\00:37:48.96
That is really cool.
00:38:01.04\00:38:02.58
The idea of taking families
00:38:02.61\00:38:05.01
then is a big part of
what Maranatha seeks to do.
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.62
It's the growing
part, absolutely.
00:38:07.65\00:38:09.22
So we're looking at
offering even an option here
00:38:09.25\00:38:11.75
in the US
00:38:11.79\00:38:13.12
where it would be a
little bit easier for families
00:38:13.15\00:38:14.49
to be able to go
00:38:14.52\00:38:15.86
because by the time you
add up four or five people,
00:38:15.89\00:38:17.23
they go international.
00:38:17.26\00:38:18.59
It's a significant contribution.
00:38:18.63\00:38:20.30
Yeah, now, Teresa, you said
your son was nine, eight, nine?
00:38:20.33\00:38:24.43
Eight. Eight.
00:38:24.47\00:38:25.80
And my oldest son is 12. Okay.
00:38:25.83\00:38:27.97
Do you have a lower limit that
you try to kind of stay above
00:38:28.00\00:38:31.07
or you take them at all ages?
00:38:31.11\00:38:32.44
No, I think that
they can go at all ages.
00:38:32.47\00:38:33.84
My son's been on a
number of projects,
00:38:33.88\00:38:35.44
and it's impactful.
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.81
I mean, I was telling
them earlier this morning
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.38
that I notice a
difference in the way
00:38:38.41\00:38:41.78
that he lives his life.
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.42
In fact, we got new neighbors
just next door just last month,
00:38:43.45\00:38:47.32
and he saw a little
kid playing on his bicycle,
00:38:47.36\00:38:50.13
and he ran over,
"What's your name?"
00:38:50.16\00:38:52.03
And he said, "My name's
Bryce." "Oh, my name is Crosby."
00:38:52.06\00:38:54.93
And the second
question out of his mouth was,
00:38:54.96\00:38:57.17
"Do you trust God?"
00:38:57.20\00:38:58.53
Oh, my soul.
00:38:58.57\00:38:59.90
Yeah, I mean, that's something
I never would have asked.
00:38:59.93\00:39:03.00
It was almost like
just kind of in panic.
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.37
Oh, how's he's going to respond?
00:39:04.41\00:39:05.74
Yeah.
00:39:05.77\00:39:07.11
But it was just
really interesting to see
00:39:07.14\00:39:08.48
how at that age after
being exposed to service
00:39:08.51\00:39:12.28
and seeing his dad
do that international...
00:39:12.31\00:39:15.18
Yeah, yeah.
00:39:15.22\00:39:16.55
It was just something
that was, boy, not ask him.
00:39:16.58\00:39:17.92
Yeah.
00:39:17.95\00:39:19.29
And so we headed to
church later that week,
00:39:19.32\00:39:20.89
and he asked me, he said,
00:39:20.92\00:39:22.86
"Dad, how come Bryce
isn't going to church?"
00:39:22.89\00:39:25.59
He said he trusts God.
00:39:25.63\00:39:28.30
So there's little conversation
started right there.
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.86
Wow.
00:39:29.90\00:39:31.23
Teresa, you sort
of alluded to that.
00:39:31.27\00:39:32.67
Have you seen that sort of
holy boldness in your children,
00:39:32.70\00:39:37.31
post Maranatha trips?
00:39:37.34\00:39:38.67
Have you seen that kind of
assertiveness for the Lord?
00:39:38.71\00:39:41.64
Yes.
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.71
Definitely it increased
their relationship with God.
00:39:43.75\00:39:47.18
It made them on fire too
00:39:47.22\00:39:50.59
to talk about going
and serving other people
00:39:50.62\00:39:54.06
and the excitement of,
00:39:54.09\00:39:57.76
I want to go, I
want to go again.
00:39:57.79\00:39:59.46
I want my friends to go with me.
00:39:59.49\00:40:00.83
I want them to see
00:40:00.86\00:40:02.20
that there are other
Adventists in the world.
00:40:02.23\00:40:04.00
There are kids in
a different country
00:40:04.03\00:40:06.47
that still go to church
00:40:06.50\00:40:07.97
just like I do
every Sabbath morning,
00:40:08.00\00:40:09.80
and to want to go and see that,
00:40:09.84\00:40:13.58
and that my kids have
wanted to take their friends
00:40:13.61\00:40:16.95
and their cousins with them.
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.41
And so, it is
making a difference.
00:40:19.45\00:40:21.85
I think even in our school,
the school that my boys go to,
00:40:21.88\00:40:25.02
you know, all have kids,
"Hey, I saw you on Facebook.
00:40:25.05\00:40:28.56
I saw Bryce and
Caleb on Facebook,
00:40:28.59\00:40:31.43
this summer in Africa."
00:40:31.46\00:40:32.99
or "You know, hey,
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.40
are you taking me
with you next summer?"
00:40:34.43\00:40:36.10
Wow.
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.47
You know, and so
it's definitely something
00:40:37.50\00:40:38.83
that my kids are
spreading the word,
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.77
and they had a very
positive experience,
00:40:40.80\00:40:43.87
and they're on fire to go again.
00:40:43.91\00:40:45.74
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.24
It seems as though
your boys are pretty good,
00:40:47.28\00:40:51.61
pretty solid kids,
but I want you and Mary
00:40:51.65\00:40:54.98
to talk about from
slightly different experiences
00:40:55.02\00:40:59.45
this idea, if
you've got a young person
00:40:59.49\00:41:02.46
who maybe doesn't know who
they are, or what they are.
00:41:02.49\00:41:06.66
They are aimless,
they don't have any focus,
00:41:06.70\00:41:11.93
do you see Maranatha trips
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.77
as a way of
helping a young person
00:41:13.80\00:41:15.47
find themselves?
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
Maybe they are even
acting out, you know,
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.67
so you take off all the
electrical accoutrements
00:41:19.71\00:41:24.65
that they're used to
draping on themselves,
00:41:24.68\00:41:26.72
and you put them in
a foreign situation,
00:41:26.75\00:41:28.58
and you make
them work up a sweat.
00:41:28.62\00:41:30.35
Is that a good way in your minds
00:41:30.39\00:41:33.72
to help that child sort
of find out who they are,
00:41:33.76\00:41:36.26
and maybe get a hold on Jesus
that they've never had before?
00:41:36.29\00:41:40.70
I would say definitely. Mm-hmm.
00:41:40.73\00:41:42.16
I would say for me personally
00:41:42.20\00:41:43.53
because my first mission trip
00:41:43.57\00:41:44.90
was when I was
a freshman in PUC.
00:41:44.93\00:41:48.37
That is when I
found my life's work.
00:41:48.40\00:41:50.71
I was going to be, I mean,
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.81
I was always
planning to be a teacher,
00:41:52.84\00:41:54.44
but I was planning
just to do elementary.
00:41:54.48\00:41:57.05
And while on that mission trip
00:41:57.08\00:41:58.91
when I was taking
Spanish classes before,
00:41:58.95\00:42:01.18
but I wasn't major in Spanish,
00:42:01.22\00:42:02.88
and so when I was
talking to people in Spanish
00:42:02.92\00:42:05.85
having like
meaningful conversations,
00:42:05.89\00:42:07.46
not just, "Oh,
wow, come on with us,"
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.72
you know, like
real conversations.
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.09
I said, "Wow, I really
like the Spanish thing."
00:42:11.13\00:42:14.43
And that's when I went back
00:42:14.46\00:42:15.80
and decided to major in Spanish,
00:42:15.83\00:42:17.17
and also teach high school.
00:42:17.20\00:42:18.53
So that really gave me,
that fine-tuned my focus
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.30
from being on a
Maranatha mission trip.
00:42:22.34\00:42:25.34
So we get two
different types of answers
00:42:25.37\00:42:28.54
when parents are
calling us for their teenagers,
00:42:28.58\00:42:30.08
they say, "Either,
00:42:30.11\00:42:31.65
my kid's going to be
really good for this project.
00:42:31.68\00:42:33.92
Or my kid really needs
this project, this experience.
00:42:33.95\00:42:37.49
please help us," you know
and that's usually what we get,
00:42:37.52\00:42:39.82
and it's really awesome to get
those phone calls from parents,
00:42:39.85\00:42:43.32
and say, my kid
had no direction,
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.89
didn't have any idea
what he was wanted to study,
00:42:45.93\00:42:49.30
where he wanted to
go, what he wanted to do,
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.43
and they came back not only,
00:42:51.47\00:42:54.34
you know, praising
Jesus for this experience,
00:42:54.37\00:42:56.71
but they know now
they want to be a dentist,
00:42:56.74\00:42:58.34
they want to be a doctor,
00:42:58.37\00:42:59.71
they want to be a
construction person,
00:42:59.74\00:43:01.08
they want to...
00:43:01.11\00:43:02.44
or they know they don't want
to be a dentist, or whatever.
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.85
But that experience completely
changes lives absolutely.
00:43:04.88\00:43:07.78
So you get a
significant amount of response
00:43:07.82\00:43:12.89
as to how your trip
has impacted those lives,
00:43:12.92\00:43:15.76
you hear a lot of that?
00:43:15.79\00:43:17.13
Absolutely, I mean, to the
tune of them sending us flowers
00:43:17.16\00:43:20.56
and fruit
baskets, and phone calls,
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.33
and thank you letters,
00:43:22.36\00:43:23.70
and it's just an overwhelming
response afterwards.
00:43:23.73\00:43:27.20
Talk to me a little
bit about and perhaps,
00:43:27.24\00:43:29.27
we can all weigh in on this,
it's not an inexpensive thing.
00:43:29.30\00:43:34.31
Is it worth the money?
I think we all say, yes.
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.08
It's worth whatever. Amen.
00:43:36.11\00:43:37.45
How can I want to go,
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.65
I've got a young
person who wants to go.
00:43:40.68\00:43:42.02
What are some of
the kinds of ways
00:43:42.05\00:43:43.39
that we can help
young people afford this,
00:43:43.42\00:43:47.99
you know, get money to go?
00:43:48.02\00:43:50.33
Yeah, I'd be interested to
hear what examples they have,
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.66
but I also know that
there's lots of different ways.
00:43:52.69\00:43:56.20
I mean, you don't have
to write a check yourself.
00:43:56.23\00:43:58.67
Many, many of them
are selling cookies,
00:43:58.70\00:44:01.00
or doing carwashes,
00:44:01.04\00:44:02.37
or writing letters
to be able to do this.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.91
This isn't something that
most of them can afford to do.
00:44:04.94\00:44:07.61
Yeah, just pull
out of the pocket.
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.01
Absolutely, a lot of them are
getting their churches together
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.78
as a helping support,
but it is a team effort.
00:44:11.81\00:44:14.62
Yeah, and I suspect that
working to get your money
00:44:14.65\00:44:17.95
kind of sweetens
the pot a little bit
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.06
as far as the
experience is concerned.
00:44:20.09\00:44:21.79
I had to hustle to do
this. It wasn't handed to me.
00:44:21.82\00:44:24.33
I had to kind
of work to do this.
00:44:24.36\00:44:25.69
And then you get the
joy that comes from service.
00:44:25.73\00:44:30.37
But there are a lot of people
that can't go, they are saying,
00:44:30.40\00:44:32.90
"Well, this is something
00:44:32.93\00:44:34.27
that I'm not able to
physically go and do.
00:44:34.30\00:44:36.00
I would like to
help other people go."
00:44:36.04\00:44:37.61
And so if you're in that boat,
00:44:37.64\00:44:39.21
we definitely
have scholarship set up
00:44:39.24\00:44:40.78
so that you can donate
towards so other people can go.
00:44:40.81\00:44:43.81
But I've, in fact, I've been
on the phone with teenagers,
00:44:43.85\00:44:46.82
they were like,
"I really want to go.
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.18
There's no way.
00:44:48.22\00:44:49.55
I don't have any... I
don't have a church family.
00:44:49.58\00:44:51.82
My dad's
unemployed at the moment,
00:44:51.85\00:44:53.86
and there's just no way
that I can go financially."
00:44:53.89\00:44:56.93
So well, let's pray about it,
00:44:56.96\00:44:58.29
so I'm on the phone
with them praying about it
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.30
when receptionist comes in,
00:45:00.33\00:45:02.40
and says, "David, you
have to take this call."
00:45:02.43\00:45:04.03
I say, I'm on the
phone, I'm praying.
00:45:04.07\00:45:05.40
Don't you see what's going on?
00:45:05.43\00:45:06.77
And she's like,
"Okay, well, sorry,
00:45:06.80\00:45:08.14
you know, let
me put you on hold,
00:45:08.17\00:45:09.50
let me take this other person."
00:45:09.54\00:45:10.87
And it was somebody else
00:45:10.91\00:45:12.24
who was not able
to physically go.
00:45:12.27\00:45:13.61
I said, by chance, well,
and here I'm like all upset,
00:45:13.64\00:45:17.05
like, here I am taking this call
00:45:17.08\00:45:19.25
with somebody that can't go,
00:45:19.28\00:45:20.62
and I was just talking
to somebody that could go.
00:45:20.65\00:45:21.98
I mean, let me
finish that conversation,
00:45:22.02\00:45:23.89
you know, God
why did this happen?
00:45:23.92\00:45:25.35
And so as I'm listening to her
00:45:25.39\00:45:26.76
about all of her
ailments that are happening,
00:45:26.79\00:45:29.59
and all the sicknesses
that are going on in her life,
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.39
at the end of that, she's like,
00:45:32.43\00:45:33.76
"Well, is that a possibility
that I could just send money,
00:45:33.80\00:45:36.67
and somebody else could go?"
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.63
So before we
finished the prayer...
00:45:38.67\00:45:40.80
Oh, yeah.
00:45:40.84\00:45:42.87
The answer is there.
That's how God works.
00:45:42.90\00:45:44.54
Praise the Lord.
00:45:44.57\00:45:45.91
So if I'm a person who
maybe is just thinking about it,
00:45:45.94\00:45:48.71
and really cannot go,
I can just send my money
00:45:48.74\00:45:50.91
and say, "Allocate this
to somebody who needs to go."
00:45:50.95\00:45:53.28
Absolutely.
00:45:53.31\00:45:54.65
And that goes for the
donations of the buildings too.
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.08
Excellent.
00:45:56.12\00:45:57.45
Many people think that
00:45:57.49\00:45:58.82
Maranatha has got
this big check book
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.19
to do all these buildings.
00:46:00.22\00:46:01.56
We have over 100,000
requests for churches,
00:46:01.59\00:46:04.96
80,000 for schools.
00:46:04.99\00:46:06.33
You know, just
like blowing numbers,
00:46:06.36\00:46:08.03
and that's growing each year
as the Adventist Church grows.
00:46:08.06\00:46:10.63
And so, if you look at,
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.40
you know, the cost of
that goes into each building,
00:46:12.43\00:46:16.27
if you look at, "Okay,
well, I'm gonna fundraising,
00:46:16.30\00:46:17.77
I'm gonna build a church."
00:46:17.81\00:46:19.14
Okay, great,
you're building a church,
00:46:19.17\00:46:20.61
but you're also
providing an experience
00:46:20.64\00:46:23.01
for volunteers to go,
so it's a double benefit.
00:46:23.04\00:46:25.35
Yeah, I guess the
requests must be legit,
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.68
the Conference President
in the West Panama Conference
00:46:27.72\00:46:30.55
is a close family friend,
00:46:30.59\00:46:31.92
and Union
President is an acquaintance,
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.66
and I happen to know
the number of requests
00:46:33.69\00:46:35.72
out of Panama
alone could bury you.
00:46:35.76\00:46:38.09
I mean, just, you can
spend all your money in Panama,
00:46:38.13\00:46:40.20
and you've got a world field.
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.56
So there are certainly,
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
if the money is there
you got a place to spend it.
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.43
Absolutely. And spend it well.
00:46:44.47\00:46:46.27
Ladies, I want
you to do something,
00:46:46.30\00:46:47.70
I'm gonna ask you
one of those high concept
00:46:47.74\00:46:50.47
and ontological questions
we ask every now and again
00:46:50.51\00:46:54.01
and you don't have a long
time to give me the answer,
00:46:54.04\00:46:56.85
but give me some
sense of your life.
00:46:56.88\00:46:58.91
This is Mary
pre-Maranatha. This is Mary now.
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.48
This is Teresa and
family, pre-Maranatha.
00:47:02.52\00:47:04.79
This is Teresa now.
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.22
As far as your
growth, your world view,
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.86
your perspective on
God, and your church,
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.53
and service, pre,
post, can you do that?
00:47:11.56\00:47:16.80
Who wants to go first?
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.53
I guess, I will. Okay.
00:47:19.57\00:47:23.61
My boys, you know, 8 and 12.
00:47:23.64\00:47:28.08
They knew, heard
stories about Brazil, me,
00:47:28.11\00:47:32.18
the time that I spent,
00:47:32.21\00:47:33.55
my parents spent
in Brazil growing up,
00:47:33.58\00:47:36.45
but they had never
really experienced it.
00:47:36.48\00:47:39.32
So I wanted to take them to see,
00:47:39.35\00:47:41.76
and they were excited,
00:47:41.79\00:47:43.12
"Well, let's go see
that part of the world."
00:47:43.16\00:47:45.33
You know, so...
00:47:45.36\00:47:47.80
But my older son was hesitant.
00:47:47.83\00:47:49.50
He was, "I don't know, Mom.
00:47:49.53\00:47:52.03
I don't know if I want to go.
00:47:52.07\00:47:53.40
I'm not going to know anybody.
00:47:53.44\00:47:54.77
I'm not going to
know what's going on.
00:47:54.80\00:47:56.64
I don't know."
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.51
And it was just an
opportunity to say,
00:47:58.54\00:48:00.71
"But do you trust
God to take care of you
00:48:00.74\00:48:02.91
regardless of where you are?
00:48:02.94\00:48:05.01
God just doesn't
live in America only.
00:48:05.05\00:48:07.82
God lives in the whole world.
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.25
He will go with
you, right beside you,
00:48:09.28\00:48:10.95
no matter where you are."
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.32
Yes.
00:48:12.35\00:48:13.69
"And He will give you
an opportunity to serve.
00:48:13.72\00:48:15.22
And He'll make sure
that your experience
00:48:15.26\00:48:17.16
is good for you."
00:48:17.19\00:48:19.29
And now I mean, "Okay, Mom,
where are we going next summer?
00:48:19.33\00:48:24.20
Okay, Mom, where are
we going the next summer?
00:48:24.23\00:48:26.07
Mom...?" Oh, yeah.
00:48:26.10\00:48:27.74
The one that was
the most fearful,
00:48:27.77\00:48:30.51
"Oh, Mom, I just
don't really know
00:48:30.54\00:48:32.51
whether I want to go or not."
00:48:32.54\00:48:33.88
My older one, oh,
he's absolutely on fire,
00:48:33.91\00:48:36.91
"Well, I want to go here.
00:48:36.95\00:48:38.28
And then after the
trip, I want to visit here.
00:48:38.31\00:48:40.32
And then where are we
going on the next trip?"
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.32
And he's just absolutely,
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.25
"Mom, I must go to
Bolivia this summer with you."
00:48:44.29\00:48:48.09
I mean, he...
00:48:48.12\00:48:49.46
you know, "Let's
check the website Mom,
00:48:49.49\00:48:51.16
and see where the
family trips are."
00:48:51.19\00:48:53.73
Yeah, absolutely.
00:48:53.76\00:48:55.10
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:48:55.13\00:48:56.73
Mary, same thing,
obviously, you've changed
00:48:56.77\00:48:58.97
because you've
taken the year off.
00:48:59.00\00:49:00.34
That's dramatic.
That's not a toe in the water.
00:49:00.37\00:49:03.30
That's kind of diving
in full gainer layout,
00:49:03.34\00:49:06.04
you know, kind of thing.
00:49:06.07\00:49:07.41
So obviously,
there's been a change in you,
00:49:07.44\00:49:09.01
and your experience
over the last several years?
00:49:09.04\00:49:11.71
I would say it's changed
my life immensely like faith.
00:49:11.75\00:49:15.18
It's taught me to pray over
every single thing, everything.
00:49:15.22\00:49:20.26
I was at big lake.
00:49:20.29\00:49:21.62
And we were driving the tractor,
00:49:21.66\00:49:23.96
and the lady couldn't
get the E-brake to go down.
00:49:23.99\00:49:26.19
Sometimes people
pull it up too hard
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.56
and it doesn't go down.
00:49:27.60\00:49:28.93
I said, well, let me try it.
00:49:28.96\00:49:30.30
And I started,
well, okay, I just paused,
00:49:30.33\00:49:31.90
and just prayed
in my head about it,
00:49:31.93\00:49:33.27
and then it went down.
00:49:33.30\00:49:34.64
And she's like, "Oh,
that's neat, what did you do?"
00:49:34.67\00:49:36.00
I said, I prayed.
00:49:36.04\00:49:38.01
Because it's taught me to pray
00:49:38.04\00:49:39.37
without ceasing over
every single little thing.
00:49:39.41\00:49:42.21
There are things
that we think are little,
00:49:42.24\00:49:43.75
they're all important to God.
00:49:43.78\00:49:45.61
It's changed my life physically
00:49:45.65\00:49:48.12
and that I am in
better physical shape
00:49:48.15\00:49:49.88
from all the manual
labor on this mission trips.
00:49:49.92\00:49:52.45
And I avoid sugar and dairy
because I want to stay healthy
00:49:52.49\00:49:55.92
so I cannot miss
out on mission trips.
00:49:55.96\00:49:58.49
And miss out on activities.
00:49:58.53\00:50:00.23
And it has
changed my perspective
00:50:00.26\00:50:01.76
in daily life whereas,
00:50:01.80\00:50:03.60
I'm more apt to
pass out glow tracks more
00:50:03.63\00:50:06.80
because I want to keep
that mission trip feeling
00:50:06.84\00:50:09.10
going like, well, I
need to be doing something,
00:50:09.14\00:50:10.67
I'm a missionary every day,
00:50:10.71\00:50:12.37
whether I'm on a
mission trip or not,
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.01
whether I'm on my job or not,
00:50:14.04\00:50:15.74
whether I'm at
the grocery store,
00:50:15.78\00:50:17.11
I'm a missionary every day.
00:50:17.15\00:50:19.08
And so I look at
every day as a mission trip,
00:50:19.11\00:50:21.68
every day as a day to serve God,
00:50:21.72\00:50:23.39
tell them of His love,
00:50:23.42\00:50:24.75
and just try to
get His home sooner.
00:50:24.79\00:50:26.79
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:50:26.82\00:50:28.32
And the reason I
asked you that question
00:50:28.36\00:50:29.69
because you both have
Adventist backgrounds,
00:50:29.72\00:50:32.59
and I find that if you've been
00:50:32.63\00:50:35.23
in the Adventist
bubble from day one,
00:50:35.26\00:50:38.37
it's easy to
settle into this jog,
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.80
you know, to kind
of just jog along.
00:50:40.84\00:50:43.44
And I mean,
you're going forward,
00:50:43.47\00:50:44.81
but you jog, you know,
00:50:44.84\00:50:46.81
and that the
Maranatha experience
00:50:46.84\00:50:48.48
tends to put you into
more of a sprint mode.
00:50:48.51\00:50:49.84
Oh, yeah.
00:50:49.88\00:50:51.21
You know...
00:50:51.25\00:50:52.58
It's intense. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:50:52.61\00:50:53.95
Yeah, and it's something
that last all your life,
00:50:53.98\00:50:56.05
it's not like a short
race, you're sprinting from now
00:50:56.08\00:50:58.42
to the finish
line kind of thing.
00:50:58.45\00:51:00.29
Exactly, exactly. Yeah.
00:51:00.32\00:51:01.66
Full speed ahead.
00:51:01.69\00:51:04.43
Praise the Lord.
00:51:04.46\00:51:05.79
We want to go now
to our address role
00:51:05.83\00:51:09.63
because you may
have heard something
00:51:09.66\00:51:11.30
that has touched a
chord in your heart.
00:51:11.33\00:51:14.30
You may want to go.
00:51:14.34\00:51:15.67
You may want to
send someone else.
00:51:15.70\00:51:17.64
You may have young people
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.01
that you want to
have this experience.
00:51:19.04\00:51:20.64
You may have
children like Teresa does.
00:51:20.68\00:51:23.14
You may want to immerse yourself
00:51:23.18\00:51:24.78
into the Maranatha experience.
00:51:24.81\00:51:28.02
Whatever motivates
you it doesn't matter,
00:51:28.05\00:51:30.35
just get off the
couch, and get moving,
00:51:30.39\00:51:33.56
and the Lord will
bless that activity for him.
00:51:33.59\00:51:36.26
Should you want to make contact
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.66
with Maranatha
Volunteers International,
00:51:37.69\00:51:41.10
here is the information
that you're gonna need.
00:51:41.13\00:51:44.93
To find out how you can support
00:51:44.97\00:51:46.74
Maranatha
Volunteers International
00:51:46.77\00:51:49.20
or one of its
programs like the $10 Church
00:51:49.24\00:51:52.37
or the One-Day
Church and School,
00:51:52.41\00:51:54.71
just visit Maranatha.org.
00:51:54.74\00:51:57.85
There you will
also find information
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.68
on Volunteer opportunities
in the US and abroad.
00:51:59.71\00:52:03.69
That address
again is Maranatha.org.
00:52:03.72\00:52:07.39
You may contact them
by calling (800) 467-6384,
00:52:07.42\00:52:13.53
or write them at Maranatha
Volunteers International,
00:52:13.56\00:52:17.60
990 Reserve Drive,
00:52:17.63\00:52:20.40
Suite 100,
Roseville, California 95678.
00:52:20.44\00:52:26.21