- You know, we are
inspired on so many levels-
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but JD asked a
question during the newsbreak
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of our special
guest, Jonathan Duffy, and
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the question was,
"Is there a curriculum to
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teach people world development
for management projects?
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And what are you looking
for for people to work for
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you?" - It's always
a challenging question,
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because people are passionate
to help others in as many ways
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in which they can volunteer.
But sadly, when we are
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an agency such as
ADRA, there is a professional
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level that we have.
Now, we need a variety of
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skills, we need
people with good HR skills,
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we need people with finance...
But ultimately, it comes
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down to our programming
skills and our emergency
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response. And for young
people who'd like to find
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a career in this,
then there are courses that
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they can do in
national development. There is
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Southern Adventist University,
Andrews University, Friedensau
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Adventist University in
Germany, Avondale College
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in Australia, and in
fact we're working with Middle
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East Adventist University
for a curriculum at the moment,
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as well, where there's
a huge crisis within the
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Middle East. We
haven't even touched on some of
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those issues that are
happening there. And so
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for young people,
there is a career opportunity
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to do that. We do need
professional young people.
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An organization is
only as good as the people
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who work for it. - Amen.
- And it's not just a normal
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career; we need people
who are driven by mission.
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We need people who are
driven by wanting to speak
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out and act justly... -
Amen. - ...who can love mercy,
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who can show God's
compassion. - What a
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great closing
statement. Thank you so much for
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being here, Jonathan,
and thank you for joining us.
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Our prayer for you is
that the grace of our Lord and
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Savior, Jesus Christ,
the love of the Father, and
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the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit will be with you always.
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