- You know, this
makes me wish I were young
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again, had it to all
do over with. What we'd
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like to do-just got a
few minutes left-let's
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get a closing
thought from each one of you.
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And Sunika, we'll begin
with you. - Okay, sure, sure.
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So, I think going on a
mission trip really was
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a huge blessing in
my life. I never thought
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that I would have
the opportunity to stand
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before people and
to speak or to preach,
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but God was able to use
me to reach those people.
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And so, I would say that
if you're looking for a way
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to reach out to people,
it doesn't have to be on
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some huge? mission
trip, but you can reach
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out to people right
where you are. But I would say
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if you are looking for
a high school to go to,
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Weimar is a great
place. And I know for me, it's
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definitely changed my
life. Before I came here,
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I didn't really have any
sort of relationship with
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God, but it's
really changed the way I've
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seen a lot of things, and
God's really used this school.
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- If He's changing
you now, He's just changed
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your future. Miss Venice.
- Well, I think it's impacted
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my life in a big way.
Before I came to Weimar,
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I didn't really have
a relationship with God,
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and through... - And that's
growing up in a very strong
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Christian family, too.
- Yeah. I kind of depended
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on my own works to kind
of... - Sure, I understand.
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- And this last
year, I realized how much I
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needed to be
dependent on Him. - Amen! - His
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righteousness that
covers me. - Amen! - And so, I
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realized that at Weimar,
and I'm very, very thankful
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for that. - Oh, that is
such a beautiful... That's
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music to my ears-to
hear that you've learned that
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at such a young age, 'cause
if we could all just learn that,
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that's what it's
all about. Okay, Justin.
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- Weimar has changed my life;
it's changed my family's life.
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I mean, I've been able
to learn different trades
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there at Weimar, I've
learned something that
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can get me through college,
make me a good living, and
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I've also been able to
discover different things
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like dentistry and stuff
like that and that I might
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want to go into in the future.
And most importantly, my first
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year that I was there
at Weimar, I mean, my life
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completely changed.
Before that, as Venice said and
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Sunika said, I
didn't really have much of a
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relationship with
God, and I was able to be
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baptized there
directly because of Weimar. I
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know that I would not
be the same person today
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if it wasn't for
Weimar. We have Week of Prayers
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twice a year there. I mean,
it's just completely surrounded-
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Weimar's completely
surrounded by spiritual
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things, and I've
really been able to focus on
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God because of Weimar.
[Amen!] - Glory to God.
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Kirk? Give us a final
word. - Well, it's been
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a blessing; but I
think one thing I would like
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these young people to
experience is when things
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come their way, to
see God's goodness and
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recognize His goodness
in all the trials. It's so
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easy to get discouraged
and complain, but turn
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that complaining
around to see what God has in
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store for you in a
mighty way. I've seen it in my
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own life, and yeah.
I'm excited to see those
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young people that recognize
that and grasp that and just
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ask the Lord what He has
in the trials. - Amen. - I
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mean, you look at the
stories in the Bible of
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? some of the great
people, some of the greatest
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trials was when
they surrendered to Him,
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God made dramatic
things happen in their life.
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- That's... I'll
tell you that-my personal
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experience in my
life, the worst year of my
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life, turned out to
be the best year of my
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life, because I
learned how to surrender to
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the Lord and I
learned what true faith was.
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Sunika, thank you for
being here. - Thank you
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for having me. - Venice,
I can't believe you're all
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grown up. And we
are so glad that you've
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joined us today-Justin,
as well. And thank you,
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Kirk, for what you
do. You know, our prayer
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for you at home is
that the grace of our Lord
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and Savior Jesus
Christ, the love of the Father,
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and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit will be
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with you always.
See you next time.
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- God bless.
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