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 another program
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from your family
in Christ at 3ABN.
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My name is John
Dinzey, and I am happy
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that I am with my wife Idalia
to share this hour with you,
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and we know you will be blessed
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because we have asked
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the Lord to bless
this hour together.
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That's right, friends,
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we are thankful to the
Lord for the opportunity
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to share this following
hour with you all, our family.
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I tell you what,
God is alive and well
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and He is on the throne.
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And He's moving the
hearts of many to say,
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here I am, send me.
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Amen.
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So during this hour,
we're gonna be so blessed
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as we hear of a ministry
that's making a big impact
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in little heights.
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That's right.
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And big heights.
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That's right.
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Well, we are here with members
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of VIDA Internacional.
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So we would like
to introduce to you
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the director and founder.
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Yes. Jose Mario Suazo, welcome.
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Thank you, nice to be here.
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Thank you for coming
to share with the world
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what God is doing
through VIDA missions...
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Amen, it's my
pleasure. VIDA Internacional.
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Beside you, would you
mind introducing Joseph,
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and what he does, please?
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So Joseph is the director
of Public Relations at VIDA
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and he has been
working there now
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for several years.
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When he first came there,
he couldn't speak Spanish,
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but now he's fluent.
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Praise the Lord.
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And it's been
really a nice experience
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working beside him,
working with him there.
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Amen.
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Now Joseph, have
you moved to Honduras
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or you live in the US?
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Yes, I'm
originally from California
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but five and a half years ago,
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I had the privilege
of moving to Honduras
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and it's been a blessing.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we're gonna find out
more about Joseph and Jose,
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and also this ministry
that is doing wonderful things
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for the Lord.
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But before we do
that, what are we gonna do?
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Well, before we do
that, we're gonna pray.
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That's right.
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And I wanted to
clarify to our friends
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that they might think
it's a typo on the screen
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when they see VIDA Internacional
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with a C instead of with the T,
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and that's
because it's in Spanish.
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That's right.
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But it is a ministry
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that many people of
different languages,
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who are called by
the Lord to serve,
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are willing to go to Honduras,
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just like we heard
about Joseph Collins.
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That's right.
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And learned Spanish
and now you're fluent,
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praise the Lord.
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On his way, on his way, right?
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Well, let's go to
the Lord in prayer
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and ask Him to bless this hour
that we are spending with you,
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and we would
like to encourage you
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before we pray to be a
prayer partner for 3ABN.
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3ABN has prayer
partners in practically
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every country in the world,
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and we
encourage you to be a part
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of this vital part
of the ministry of 3ABN
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praying for the
requests that come at 3ABN,
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and our pastoral staff
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does send a small sampling
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of the prayer
requests that come to 3ABN
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to the people that sign up,
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you have to go to
our website to sign up
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and be a part of that
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pastoral ministry
prayer warrior's team.
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But you can also
just pray for the requests
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that you hear on 3ABN or
that you see on the screen
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and that will be a
blessing for the people
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and for yourself
because when you pray,
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you get close to the
Lord and that is a blessing.
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Well, it's a blessing
to hear how our viewers
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or radio listeners
have also contacted us
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in the office or
send letters and emails,
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praising the Lord that
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whenever I send
a prayer request,
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you all join in in prayer,
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and great things
happen in our lives.
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So the Lord is willing
to listen to every petition
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that's in your heart.
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So if you have a prayer request,
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a private
personal prayer request,
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we will pray for you as well.
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The Lord knows
what your needs are
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and He is quite capable
of going above and beyond
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what we can think or imagine.
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You know, you said something
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very interesting
and important Idalia,
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I was gonna say
honey, but it's okay.
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The prayer
requests that come to 3ABN,
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if you want them to
be personal, private,
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and yes for our team to pray...
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Anonymously.
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And we will keep that
just as you have said,
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we will keep it,
our team will pray here.
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And it will not be
sent out to people,
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it won't be put on
screen and so I believe
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that's a ministry as
well that people appreciate
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and they tell us please
do not put it on the screen.
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I just want you to pray for
me, my family, my situation,
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and you can have
confidence to call in
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and we will not
share these things.
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But let's go to
the Lord in prayer now
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and ask for His blessing.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come to You in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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We ask You, Lord,
to bless this hour
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that we are
together with Your children
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all over the world.
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We pray that as
we share together,
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Your Holy Spirit will
give us the words to speak
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that which is necessary
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that which will be a blessing
to Your children will be heard.
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And we do bring to
Your attention again,
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Lord, the requests
that have come into 3ABN.
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There are many, many names,
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but you are not
overwhelmed by them.
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In fact, You welcome us to pray,
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You tell us to ask
that we may receive
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so we ask that You will consider
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every need that have
come in and that You will be
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with each person
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that You will touch their lives,
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bring healing, supply needs
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and also, Lord, we
pray that You will rescue
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and give victory and also we ask
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that You will
bless this ministry
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to continue going
forward bringing the gospel
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to every person in the world.
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We ask You,
Father, for doors to open
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and that You
will supply the needs
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to be able to
enter into more places
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and into more homes
so that people can hear
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Your wonderful
message of salvation,
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Your wonderful
message of warning,
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and Your wonderful message
that will rescue the lost.
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We ask You, Father, for
these blessings in the holy
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and blessed name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, Idalia, we
do have a scripture
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that we'd like to
share with our friends.
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And this scripture is found
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in the Book of Matthew Chapter 9
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and we are going to verse 37,
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and I am asking
Idalia to read that for us.
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Matthew 9:37.
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Well, this Bible text
is important to our guests.
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And we're gonna read it
and they're going to tell us
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why and comment about
this text and it says,
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"Therefore pray the
Lord of the harvest,
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to send out
laborers into harvest."
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I'm sorry, I read
number 38 but 37 says,
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"Then he said to his disciples,
the harvest truly is plentiful
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but the laborers
are few," 38 goes,
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"Therefore pray
the Lord of the harvest
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to send out
laborers into His harvest."
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And we have two laborers here
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representing a group of laborers
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that have responded
to receive this fruit
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that his heart is
ready to be harvested.
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As when we began our
ministry there in Honduras,
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we saw that the need is great,
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and one of the main
characteristics of our ministry
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is that it was founded
and started by young people
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are still in their teens.
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Amen.
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And it's amazing to see that
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God makes Himself responsible
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for the
accomplishment of His work
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and this is what we
clearly see in this Bible text.
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And that as soon as
we take hold of the plow,
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and as soon as we
move forward in faith,
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the Lord opens incredible doors
for His work to move forward.
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So we have seen
that very practically
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lived out there in
the ministry in Honduras.
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Amen. Amen.
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Joseph, what do you
think about this Bible text,
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the harvest truly is plentiful?
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Yes, it is plentiful
and I'm sure you guys here
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at 3ABN know the same
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that a lot of
work needs to be done.
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But there's few
individuals and so our work,
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God's command, His mandate to us
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we not only need to
work but we also need to pray
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because we need more workers.
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And a little bit
later, we're gonna be sharing
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how specifically this
verse fits in with ministries,
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one of its
branches, we can't say it now,
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we gonna pull the rabbit
out of the bag too early.
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But yeah, we need a lot of help.
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But we have also been
able to see that as we pray
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and as we have a need
God makes Himself responsible
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for sending us people
at the correct moment.
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And so we have seen it,
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Jose seen it
since the beginning.
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So we're thankful
and that verse to us
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is very precious.
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Well, we can
rejoice to know that
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the harvest is plentiest,
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that's a good thing that
the harvest is plentiest,
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but the bad news is
that the laborers are few.
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And so the Lord is
calling for laborers,
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so that we can reap the harvest
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for the blessing
of the kingdom of God.
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I count it joy to be
a laborer for Christ.
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Amen.
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We like no good thing, you know,
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God is faithful
and He carries us
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and He uses every
opportunity be it positive
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in the eyes of
some are negative,
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or hurtful, or what have you.
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The Lord manifests His
power and His plans for us.
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So we pray always
God to close the doors
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that need to be
closed, and open the doors
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that need to be opened
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and, of course, He will provide
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each and every
need that we have,
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because He says so in the Bible.
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Well, Idalia, we
have some wonderful things
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to hear about VIDA Internacional
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and so before we do that
we have a musical offering,
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an offering of music to the Lord
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and for your blessing as well.
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Yes.
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And Idalia is
gonna share what we have.
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Yes, well, I am pleased
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to share this following song
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by Vonda Beerman who
sings in Spanish as well.
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She's not gonna sing
in Spanish this time,
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but she does that
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and also evangelistic
crusades in Honduras,
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but anyhow, this message in song
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is very personal.
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So please pay attention
to the lyrics of the song,
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No one ever cared
for me like Jesus.
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Amen.
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I would love to tell you
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What I think of Jesus
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Since I found in Him
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A friend so strong and true
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I would tell you
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how He changed
my life completely
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He did something that
no other friend could do
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No one ever cared for me
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Like Jesus
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There's no other friend so kind
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As He
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No one else can take the sin
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And darkness from me
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O how much He cares for me
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Every day He comes to me
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With new assurance
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More and more I understand
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His words of love
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But I'll never know
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Just why He came to save me
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Till someday I see
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His blessed face above
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No one ever cared for me
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Like Jesus
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There's no other friend so kind
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As He
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No one else could take the sin
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And darkness from me
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O how much He cares
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For me
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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Well, we thank
Vonda Beerman for coming
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and recording that
music that is such a blessing,
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and we encourage you to look
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Vonda Beerman up on Facebook
to invite her to concerts,
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participate in
evangelistic campaigns
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and her and her family
have really dedicated a lot of,
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most of their lives to ministry
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and we praise the Lord for that.
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That's right.
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We are with VIDA
Internacional here
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and it's a ministry
that is moving into areas
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that are in need.
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And so we want to know
more about VIDA Internacional.
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We have the
director and founder,
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Jose that is here and he...
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Tell us a little
bit about the beginnings
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of VIDA Internacional,
how it got started, please?
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One of the main characteristics
of the ministry is that
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it was started by a
group of young people
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without much experience,
and from the beginning
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we were able to see how
God was manifesting Himself
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powerfully through the
works that we were doing,
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I actually wasn't acquainted
with the Adventist faith
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until I went to
an Adventist academy.
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Not being an Adventist, I
went to an Adventist academy
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and that's where I had
my conversion experience
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and I ended up
giving my life to the Lord.
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And I thought, well,
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I have never heard
about Adventism before.
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So something needs to be
done about this, you know,
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I somehow perceived
that maybe Adventist,
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the Adventist Church
hadn't been in Honduras before,
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you know, because I had
never been exposed to it
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and so, but as I went back home,
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I realized that there
is an Adventist Church
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that has been
established there in,
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but the seed had
been planted in going back
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and doing something
because there's still people
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that haven't
heard about the message.
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So I ended up going back home,
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after my time
here in the States,
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and after receiving
missionary training,
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and when I went back,
I had to face my parents,
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you know, in
having this conversation
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about the future and my parents
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were actually very
surprised that everything
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that I was sharing with them
and they were very supportive
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from the beginning.
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And I told them, "Look, I
want to start this ministry."
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And my dad, he
almost starts weeping.
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And he says, you know what?
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The Lord gave me
this farm that I have.
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And I've had it
for several years.
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And I've always wondered
why He gave me this property.
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But now that you
tell us this, I know why,
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I know God had given me this.
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So that when the time came,
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the ministry could
be established there.
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So what you're
saying is that God
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was preparing the
way long, long before
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you even came on
the scene apparently...
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That's right.
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In this world,
so your father then,
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you mother and father
were Christians as well?
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Yeah, they were Christians
and they also were not
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very acquainted with
the Adventist message
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and I remember
after I got baptized,
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I had a
conversation with them about
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what I had been
learning and my mother,
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she also started
weeping and she said,
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You know what, Jose,
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we believe God
sent you to this school,
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and please come
back and share more about
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what you have been learning
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and so that was a
big marking point.
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Yes.
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And so they, my parents
decided to donate this land,
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they were on board with
advancing the work there.
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And so they were like,
okay, there's the land.
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Now, what are we gonna do?
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Yes.
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And so that was the
beginning of the ministry,
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we started
contacting, I called the school
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where I was acquainted
with the Adventist message
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for the first
time, and I told them,
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you guys got me into this mess.
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Now you guys have
to come and help me.
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And so they sent
the first mission trip
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to come to this school,
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there was a
very simple building,
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people were
sleeping on the floor.
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Yes. And...
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About how many people came?
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It was a group of young people,
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probably around
12, 13 young people.
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Wow. That's a good number.
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With some teachers
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and they couldn't speak Spanish.
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We didn't have any translators.
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We had the first
evangelistic campaign there.
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And they were inviting people
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just pointing
at a piece of paper
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with a Spanish invitation.
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Wow. And people showed up.
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Wonderful. Praise God.
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And it was really beautiful
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to see how in
this community of us,
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we started where we work,
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the message was being
introduced for the first time.
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About how many
years ago was that,
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I mean what year was this?
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That was in
2008. Praise the Lord.
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So tell us again, where this was
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because you
said it kind of quick
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and I didn't catch that.
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Yes.
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So we're an hour
and a half north east
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of the capital city of Honduras,
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in a little
village called El Suyatal,
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which is part of the
municipality of Cedros.
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It's right
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in the central
mountainous region of Honduras.
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Really, really
beautiful landscape
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and guava plantation.
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A good place to go
do missionary work.
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Yes, an excellent place
to go do the missionary work
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and before we started,
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there wasn't any
Adventist presence
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in this community.
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And so and like that,
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there's many, many
other places around the world
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but even in
Honduras, many other places
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that have never
heard about the gospel.
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So this is the
beginning of VIDA Internacional.
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So how many days,
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how many weeks was this
first evangelistic series?
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The mission trip actually
came for a couple of weeks
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and one of the weeks we devoted
just for evangelistic purposes.
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This is marvelous.
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Now, once this was over,
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what did your parents
say and what was next?
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Yes, thank you, that's correct.
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So the idea was
to try to continue
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establishing permanent programs
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that could satisfy the
needs of the people there.
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We started doing evangelism.
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Actually one of the
churches, we invited
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some of the other churches
that were in the village,
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and they all showed up
and one of the churches there,
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they decided that they wanted
to accept the Adventist faith
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and so that was
our first congregation
00:21:17.04\00:21:19.24
of seven, eight
members that we started with
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but we said,
00:21:23.14\00:21:24.61
so we are
working with the adults,
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but what can we do
more in the long term.
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And so we started
laying out different programs
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that we were able to establish
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so that the work could
continue moving forward.
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We started a
missionary training program,
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back in 2009,
00:21:40.70\00:21:42.33
which was a 10-month
missionary training program
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that would teach evangelism,
00:21:45.77\00:21:47.24
health, and
Christian leadership.
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We also started a
bilingual elementary school,
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and we're gonna talk
about that a little bit later on
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during our conversation.
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We started with two
kids and it has really grown
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exponentially and the
influence of the school
00:22:02.88\00:22:05.59
and the
relationship between education
00:22:05.62\00:22:07.89
and the work of evangelism
is really, really powerful.
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Amen.
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We also have a lifestyle center
that was established there.
00:22:12.59\00:22:16.40
The health message,
00:22:16.43\00:22:19.10
like nothing else has an ability
00:22:19.13\00:22:21.97
to really introduce
people to spiritual things
00:22:22.00\00:22:25.44
and that has been
our experience there
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working in Honduras.
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And we also have been
working with planting churches.
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We started the
first Adventist church
00:22:32.45\00:22:34.38
there in the
village of El Suyatal,
00:22:34.42\00:22:35.78
and now we're
working in other locations
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.29
that had been entered.
00:22:37.32\00:22:38.65
Church planting. Yes.
00:22:38.69\00:22:40.02
Wow, he said a
lot in a short time.
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I want to go already.
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I am excited.
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This is awesome
what the Lord is doing.
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Yes, amazing.
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It's amazing because
you said it was a farm.
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Now, describe the
area a little bit for us,
00:22:54.44\00:22:57.77
because, you know,
you said it was a village,
00:22:57.81\00:22:59.67
you say about a
farm and then all of this
00:22:59.71\00:23:02.01
is going on in this area.
00:23:02.04\00:23:03.38
Is it, the population?
00:23:03.45\00:23:06.08
I mean, what's the area like?
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So the village of El Suyatal
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is a typical Latin
American rural community
00:23:10.19\00:23:13.96
with tiled roof
houses, adobe houses,
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there's around 3000
inhabitants in this village.
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Oh, okay.
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And they are an
agrarian community.
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They do a lot of
farming, mainly corn and beans
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and they also
have in the mountains,
00:23:28.44\00:23:30.44
they have coffee plantations
00:23:30.51\00:23:32.21
and so in our
place in our campus,
00:23:32.24\00:23:34.74
we're actually in the
middle of a guava plantation.
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.18
I don't know if
you guys like guava.
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Oh, I love guava.
00:23:38.71\00:23:40.42
Yes, guava yes.
00:23:40.45\00:23:41.78
Every way.
00:23:41.82\00:23:43.15
We also have some mango trees.
00:23:43.18\00:23:46.42
Actually from my house,
I can reach out the window
00:23:46.45\00:23:48.69
and take a mango.
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.63
You're torturing us.
00:23:50.66\00:23:54.00
Praise the Lord.
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This property is
really beautiful,
00:23:55.40\00:23:57.20
surrounded by a
beautiful landscape
00:23:57.27\00:23:59.60
with a nice little
creek and in the evening,
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.20
you can hear all
the sounds of nature.
00:24:02.24\00:24:04.91
So we're really
blessed by a beautiful setting
00:24:04.94\00:24:08.11
in the country.
00:24:08.14\00:24:09.48
Wonderful, wonderful.
00:24:09.51\00:24:10.85
Sounds like a place
00:24:10.88\00:24:12.21
where everyone
should want to go.
00:24:12.25\00:24:13.62
Yeah. Now...
00:24:13.65\00:24:14.98
Well, you
connect with the creator.
00:24:15.02\00:24:16.62
Yes, you connect
with the creator.
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.95
Now you said
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.36
you have these different
training programs there.
00:24:20.39\00:24:22.96
So the farm you had to build,
00:24:22.99\00:24:26.43
did you have to build homes,
00:24:26.46\00:24:29.63
buildings, what did you have to,
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.00
how did that happen?
00:24:31.03\00:24:32.37
So we started with two buildings
00:24:32.40\00:24:34.04
that were
originally in the property
00:24:34.07\00:24:36.54
but by the grace of God,
00:24:36.57\00:24:38.14
the Lord in His providence
has multiplied these buildings
00:24:38.17\00:24:40.91
and when we first,
00:24:40.98\00:24:42.31
we were talking
about the ministry,
00:24:42.34\00:24:43.68
we were kind of locating, yeah,
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.05
we're gonna build dorms
here and we're gonna build
00:24:45.08\00:24:46.48
the school
building here and the people
00:24:46.51\00:24:48.25
who were
listening to us were saying,
00:24:48.28\00:24:49.62
"Man, these kids are crazy,
00:24:49.65\00:24:51.02
you know, this is
never going to happen."
00:24:51.05\00:24:53.56
And lo and behold, some
of them ended up working,
00:24:53.59\00:24:55.89
building some of these...
00:24:55.92\00:24:57.26
Praise God. Some
of these buildings.
00:24:57.33\00:24:59.29
And so the Lord has
multiplied the work there
00:24:59.33\00:25:01.80
and we started with two
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.16
and now we have
around 13 buildings there.
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.00
Wow, praise the Lord.
00:25:05.03\00:25:06.50
And with every brick, I mean,
00:25:06.53\00:25:08.97
there's a story of
God's miraculous provisions.
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.94
Wow. Amen.
00:25:11.97\00:25:13.31
We've actually also
increased the property.
00:25:13.38\00:25:15.81
We had an original plot,
00:25:15.84\00:25:18.15
and we bought
another piece of land
00:25:18.18\00:25:21.95
with elementary school
is actually located now,
00:25:21.98\00:25:25.49
and little by
little the Lord every year
00:25:25.52\00:25:27.99
was expanding His own work.
00:25:28.02\00:25:30.23
The Lord proves Himself.
00:25:30.26\00:25:31.59
You know, honey,
Idalia, when you hear this,
00:25:31.63\00:25:36.36
it's just amazing
because you said young people
00:25:36.40\00:25:40.17
that the Lord moved upon
00:25:40.24\00:25:43.71
to create this thriving mission
00:25:43.74\00:25:48.41
that God is blessing
00:25:48.44\00:25:49.94
because the way
you're describing
00:25:49.98\00:25:51.31
is every brick,
00:25:51.35\00:25:52.98
every part of the
building is a miraculous thing
00:25:53.01\00:25:56.02
that the Lord
has done and I know
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.59
we don't have enough time
to share all that happened,
00:25:57.62\00:26:00.49
but how many young
people are were talking about
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.02
and what were the age groups
00:26:03.06\00:26:04.56
that when people
started hearing these things,
00:26:04.59\00:26:07.33
some of them are saying,
00:26:07.40\00:26:08.73
this is not gonna
happen, they are dreaming.
00:26:08.76\00:26:11.40
So we could see that the Lord
00:26:11.43\00:26:12.77
had been working
even many years before,
00:26:12.80\00:26:16.10
like the first
missionary that had come to VIDA
00:26:16.14\00:26:19.07
was actually a classmate of mine
00:26:19.11\00:26:21.68
from the Adventist
school that I had gone to.
00:26:21.71\00:26:25.15
And as I went on
for missionary training,
00:26:25.18\00:26:27.45
I also met other
young people and in praying
00:26:27.52\00:26:30.19
that the Lord would
bring workers to the harvest,
00:26:30.22\00:26:32.65
the Lord managed to put together
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.89
this very unlikely
group of young people,
00:26:34.92\00:26:37.69
all of us in our late teens.
00:26:37.73\00:26:40.90
And so it was also
an international group.
00:26:40.93\00:26:44.10
I remember that one of
our earlier missionaries,
00:26:44.17\00:26:46.67
his name is Jesse.
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.17
He was from Switzerland
00:26:48.20\00:26:49.54
and he was in the
middle of his theology studies
00:26:49.57\00:26:52.41
and he ended up putting
aside his theology studies
00:26:52.44\00:26:55.24
and dedicating
several years of his life
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.35
in the pioneer
work of the ministry.
00:26:57.38\00:26:58.71
Glory to the Lord, amazing.
00:26:58.75\00:27:00.62
So the Lord has
been really blessing
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.09
through unlikely vessels.
00:27:04.12\00:27:05.92
I remember sitting in
our first board meetings,
00:27:05.95\00:27:07.89
you know, not really knowing
00:27:07.92\00:27:09.26
what a board meeting really was,
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.06
you know, and then
all the board members
00:27:12.09\00:27:14.93
are young people.
00:27:14.96\00:27:16.30
Young people? Praise the Lord.
00:27:16.33\00:27:17.67
You know, and so we can see
that the Lord is able to use
00:27:17.70\00:27:20.97
just about anybody
to advance His Word.
00:27:21.00\00:27:22.34
Amen. Praise God.
00:27:22.37\00:27:23.81
You know, I was
looking in the Bible
00:27:23.84\00:27:26.21
to see a text
that came to my mind,
00:27:26.24\00:27:29.38
and I didn't want
to say it by memory,
00:27:29.41\00:27:31.78
because my Spanglish kicks in,
00:27:31.81\00:27:34.12
that half in Spanish,
half in English, right.
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.69
But it says here
in 1 Timothy 4:12,
00:27:36.72\00:27:40.76
"Let no one despise your youth,
00:27:40.79\00:27:43.09
but be an example to
the believers in word,
00:27:43.12\00:27:47.10
in conduct, in love, in spirit,
00:27:47.13\00:27:50.17
in faith, in purity."
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.80
I, it says here, "Till I come
give attention to the reading,
00:27:52.83\00:27:57.11
to the
exhortation and to doctrine."
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.21
I mean, this has
been my favorite text
00:27:59.24\00:28:02.88
when I was a young person.
00:28:02.91\00:28:05.28
You still are by the way.
00:28:05.31\00:28:06.65
Well, thank you very much.
00:28:06.72\00:28:08.45
And as you are
sharing this experience,
00:28:08.48\00:28:12.39
young people
00:28:12.42\00:28:14.26
that are less than 20 years old,
00:28:14.29\00:28:16.59
who has decided to
say, I believe in this,
00:28:16.62\00:28:20.90
we're gonna work for the Lord.
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.66
And the parents of
those young people,
00:28:22.70\00:28:25.13
I don't know what the challenges
00:28:25.17\00:28:26.50
were for them.
00:28:26.53\00:28:27.87
No, you have to study,
you have to go to school.
00:28:27.90\00:28:29.57
What do you mean,
you're going to go
00:28:29.60\00:28:31.01
and serve as a missionary?
00:28:31.04\00:28:32.64
It's not easy.
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.01
But if the Lord is guiding,
00:28:34.08\00:28:36.41
what a precious
experience to see firsthand
00:28:36.44\00:28:42.28
how the Lord parts the
water for this ministry,
00:28:42.32\00:28:45.12
the opportunities that come.
00:28:45.15\00:28:46.96
So praise God for
that young energy.
00:28:46.99\00:28:49.16
Amen.
00:28:49.19\00:28:50.53
Joseph Aaron Collins. Yes.
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.83
Yes, you have
two biblical names.
00:28:52.86\00:28:55.16
Yes.
00:28:55.20\00:28:56.53
And you are
involved in ministry.
00:28:56.56\00:28:58.77
How did you get started?
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.94
How did the Lord let you know
00:29:00.97\00:29:04.21
that you should be a
part of VIDA Internacional?
00:29:04.24\00:29:06.98
Well, I, well from years before,
00:29:07.01\00:29:10.68
I was working in the
area of information technology
00:29:10.75\00:29:14.05
in the state of California.
00:29:14.12\00:29:15.82
And you know, how work
here, it can become a rat race
00:29:15.85\00:29:18.79
and as I was praying
more, it seemed like the Lord's
00:29:18.82\00:29:21.36
leading me more to mission work.
00:29:21.39\00:29:22.72
So fast forward,
00:29:22.76\00:29:24.13
I was studying
at a mission school.
00:29:24.16\00:29:25.96
And one day I met a
young man, young lady,
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.20
one of the young
man was here, Jose.
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.63
He came to teach
some of the classes
00:29:31.67\00:29:33.94
and also him and the young lady
00:29:33.97\00:29:35.37
who was a
missionary at the ministry
00:29:35.40\00:29:36.91
there in Honduras,
00:29:36.94\00:29:38.27
they were going
around giving concerts.
00:29:38.31\00:29:40.31
And this is one of the ways
00:29:40.38\00:29:41.71
in which they were raising money
00:29:41.74\00:29:43.08
for the ministry.
00:29:43.11\00:29:44.45
So I met them there.
00:29:44.48\00:29:45.95
And then after I
finished my time there,
00:29:45.98\00:29:47.32
I was doing a
six month internship.
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.42
and after two
months, I was praying about
00:29:49.45\00:29:51.62
what the Lord
wanted me to do after that.
00:29:51.65\00:29:53.36
Whether He wanted
me to go somewhere else
00:29:53.39\00:29:55.32
or continue where I was
00:29:55.36\00:29:57.23
and I was praying
like that for two months
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.79
and I was
praying very specifically
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.23
for four things.
00:30:01.26\00:30:02.60
And long story
short, through one email,
00:30:02.63\00:30:04.17
the Lord answered
all the four things
00:30:04.20\00:30:05.53
I was praying for.
00:30:05.57\00:30:06.90
Four things, wow. Amen.
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.80
So, and I had the privilege
of starting to serve there
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.94
in February of the year 2014.
00:30:10.97\00:30:14.61
Amen.
00:30:14.64\00:30:16.14
Five and a half years, so yeah.
00:30:16.18\00:30:18.71
It's a blessing being
there, I've never been happier.
00:30:18.75\00:30:21.02
Yeah, there's always challenges
but knowing that the Lord
00:30:21.05\00:30:24.72
specifically tells
you to go someplace
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.59
that brings relief to you.
00:30:26.62\00:30:28.09
Now you said you
started to say something
00:30:28.12\00:30:30.03
and kind of went quickly.
00:30:30.06\00:30:31.66
You've never been happier?
00:30:31.69\00:30:34.40
How is that?
00:30:34.43\00:30:35.76
Tell us about that
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.17
because you have seen
the hand of the Lord working
00:30:37.20\00:30:38.80
in this ministry,
00:30:38.83\00:30:40.34
tell us about that?
00:30:40.37\00:30:41.70
Until I started in mission work,
00:30:41.74\00:30:45.84
I was in the work of the Lord,
00:30:45.87\00:30:47.81
but never had the
confirmation that yes,
00:30:47.84\00:30:50.98
this is exactly
what I want you to do,
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.62
what I created you to do.
00:30:53.65\00:30:55.25
It wasn't until
I started studying
00:30:55.28\00:30:56.62
and then later on
when I went to the,
00:30:56.69\00:30:58.45
I was doing the
six month internship
00:30:58.49\00:30:59.85
and then later
when I went to Honduras,
00:30:59.89\00:31:01.22
that I knew for sure
this is exactly the place
00:31:01.26\00:31:03.66
where God want to be.
00:31:03.73\00:31:05.06
So in spite of all
of the difficulties
00:31:05.09\00:31:07.00
we may encounter,
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.36
I know that I have
the Lord's backing.
00:31:08.40\00:31:09.76
So it's always a
blessing. Praise God.
00:31:09.80\00:31:11.50
So you now live
in Honduras? Yes.
00:31:11.53\00:31:13.74
And totally
different culture. Yes.
00:31:13.77\00:31:16.64
You were raised
in different food.
00:31:16.71\00:31:18.91
But you know the
Lord put you there.
00:31:18.94\00:31:20.28
Yeah.
00:31:20.31\00:31:21.64
And one thing
that I like the best
00:31:21.68\00:31:23.01
not to say that I
don't like my country
00:31:23.04\00:31:24.48
here in the United States
00:31:24.51\00:31:25.85
but there is a simpleness
there that a lot of times,
00:31:25.88\00:31:30.22
it's much harder to find
here in the United States
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.55
because we're so blessed
as a people but going there,
00:31:32.59\00:31:35.76
getting away from a lot
of the modern conveniences
00:31:35.79\00:31:38.16
that many Americans have
in living amongst nature.
00:31:38.19\00:31:42.43
That is a
tremendous blessing to me.
00:31:42.46\00:31:44.07
Amen. Praise God. Praise God.
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.00
Well, we have something pending.
00:31:46.03\00:31:47.54
That's right
00:31:47.57\00:31:48.90
And where does the name
00:31:48.94\00:31:51.24
VIDA Internacional come from?
00:31:51.27\00:31:54.91
So VIDA in Spanish means life
00:31:54.94\00:31:59.08
and when we were
beginning the ministry,
00:31:59.11\00:32:01.02
we were trying to
think about an acronym
00:32:01.05\00:32:03.82
that would
represent the type of work
00:32:03.89\00:32:05.52
that we wanted to
do, and at the same time
00:32:05.55\00:32:07.36
would be
summarized in a short word
00:32:07.39\00:32:09.52
that would be very
meaningful and biblical.
00:32:09.56\00:32:12.93
And so the word
VIDA that came up,
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.80
and it means...
00:32:14.83\00:32:19.47
Which means a holistic vision
00:32:19.50\00:32:23.10
for existential development
00:32:23.14\00:32:26.37
and in trying to
tap into this idea
00:32:26.41\00:32:29.94
that the Lord did more
healing than preaching,
00:32:29.98\00:32:33.45
that He was more focused
00:32:33.52\00:32:34.85
in satisfying the
needs of the people,
00:32:34.88\00:32:36.92
and this is what He
spent most of His time
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.35
doing and this is what brought
about most of the conversions.
00:32:39.39\00:32:45.16
And so we are trying to
emulate that with our name
00:32:45.19\00:32:48.66
and with what we
do in the ministry.
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.17
Amen. Praise God.
00:32:50.20\00:32:52.00
Well, I know that
there are pictures
00:32:52.03\00:32:56.50
and I don't know
00:32:56.54\00:32:57.87
if you're ready
to start sharing,
00:32:57.91\00:32:59.61
because all these stories
and how the Lord has lead,
00:32:59.64\00:33:03.95
I'm already sitting on
the edge of my chair here.
00:33:03.98\00:33:06.38
I am like
praise God, praise God.
00:33:06.41\00:33:08.35
Thank you, Jesus.
00:33:08.38\00:33:09.72
I'm sure you are
also at home, as we see
00:33:09.75\00:33:12.49
how the Lord is
using young people
00:33:12.52\00:33:14.06
in the 21st century.
00:33:14.09\00:33:15.79
So young people,
there's work for you to do.
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.83
Just ask the Lord where
it is that He wants you to go
00:33:18.86\00:33:21.93
and it will be
some to Honduras, right?
00:33:21.96\00:33:25.70
So what an opportunity
00:33:25.73\00:33:27.07
precious we've been to Honduras,
00:33:27.14\00:33:28.94
we've had evangelistic
crusades there as well.
00:33:28.97\00:33:31.67
So we share the same
opinion as far as the culture
00:33:31.71\00:33:36.04
of our Honduran
brothers and sisters in Christ.
00:33:36.08\00:33:38.95
So what a wonderful opportunity.
00:33:38.98\00:33:41.38
So let us see
what's going on, okay.
00:33:41.42\00:33:44.35
Pictures say a
1000 words, right?
00:33:44.39\00:33:46.99
Yes.
00:33:47.06\00:33:48.69
Okay, what are
we looking at here?
00:33:48.72\00:33:50.06
So this is the
entrance of the ministry.
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.93
As you can see, it's
a very simple landscape
00:33:52.96\00:33:56.87
and behind every one of
these buildings and bricks,
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.53
the Lord has
worked amazing miracles
00:33:59.57\00:34:03.04
to establish the work there.
00:34:03.07\00:34:04.61
Okay.
00:34:04.64\00:34:05.97
And this is our campus.
00:34:06.01\00:34:07.51
An aerial view.
00:34:07.58\00:34:08.91
So you can see
from two buildings,
00:34:08.94\00:34:11.51
it has multiplied
now to 13 buildings
00:34:11.55\00:34:15.28
and all serving
very specific purposes
00:34:15.32\00:34:18.52
in satisfying the
needs of the community
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.89
and nestled in beautiful nature.
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.03
Yes, it is, praise the Lord.
00:34:24.06\00:34:26.46
Next one.
00:34:26.49\00:34:27.93
Wow.
00:34:27.96\00:34:29.30
We very closely
together with a Honduran Union.
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.10
So this is a picture
of an activity that we had
00:34:32.13\00:34:35.30
and the union president
brought all the field leaders,
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.44
all the conference
leaders to the ministry
00:34:38.47\00:34:41.78
and we had the opportunity
00:34:41.81\00:34:44.48
of really being introduced
00:34:44.51\00:34:47.32
to the work that
the Adventist Church
00:34:47.35\00:34:48.85
is leading out there in Honduras
00:34:48.88\00:34:51.22
and work very closely
together with union leaders
00:34:51.25\00:34:53.49
and conference leaders.
00:34:53.56\00:34:54.89
So have you done
training with them too for them?
00:34:54.92\00:34:57.79
Yes, actually, as a
result of this meeting,
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.10
we ended up participating
in a training program
00:35:01.13\00:35:04.87
that we did in every one
of the Honduran conferences.
00:35:04.90\00:35:08.27
Excellent.
00:35:08.30\00:35:09.64
So we've shared the
blessing of really working
00:35:09.67\00:35:12.91
very closely together
with organized church there.
00:35:12.94\00:35:16.54
They can
understand best how it works
00:35:16.58\00:35:19.91
and what you offer
to the public, okay.
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.65
Correct. So you
have more pictures?
00:35:21.68\00:35:23.62
Yes. Okay.
00:35:23.69\00:35:26.22
And this is classroom?
00:35:26.25\00:35:27.69
Now we're in the classroom.
00:35:27.72\00:35:29.06
Yes, this is a picture
inside of the classroom
00:35:29.09\00:35:30.99
for a missionary
training program.
00:35:31.03\00:35:32.93
It's called IBC
it's a Spanish word
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.03
Instituto
Biblical Central Americana.
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.47
Now, in English,
00:35:37.50\00:35:38.83
basically Central
American Bible School.
00:35:38.87\00:35:40.24
Okay.
00:35:40.27\00:35:41.60
And so this was
the very first branch
00:35:41.64\00:35:42.97
that I started
there at the ministry
00:35:43.00\00:35:45.01
and every year they have
around 11 to 14 students.
00:35:45.04\00:35:48.38
When I first arrived there,
00:35:48.41\00:35:49.94
I had the
privilege of serving there
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.81
for about four years.
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.92
And the course
last for 10 months,
00:35:53.95\00:35:56.72
starting in February
and ending in December.
00:35:56.79\00:36:00.16
And as it relates to the classes
00:36:00.19\00:36:02.26
we normally want to
focus on three principal areas.
00:36:02.29\00:36:04.66
Number one, the Bible
how to understand the Bible,
00:36:04.69\00:36:06.93
how to teach the Bible,
health, anatomy, physiology,
00:36:07.00\00:36:11.10
massage,
hydrotherapy, leadership,
00:36:11.13\00:36:13.84
as it relates to
self-development,
00:36:13.87\00:36:17.61
finances, those
things, a lot of courses,
00:36:17.64\00:36:20.68
they only last for six months.
00:36:20.71\00:36:22.44
But they intentionally,
00:36:22.48\00:36:23.85
we
intentionally created this one
00:36:23.88\00:36:25.88
to last for 10
months in order to include
00:36:25.91\00:36:28.05
the leadership
principles during the day,
00:36:28.08\00:36:32.02
because of the fact
that we want the students
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.96
to have hands on experience,
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.52
we will have them work
in the different departments
00:36:35.56\00:36:37.33
in the ministry
00:36:37.36\00:36:38.69
so that they can
experience firsthand the things
00:36:38.73\00:36:40.20
that take place day by day.
00:36:40.23\00:36:41.73
So they have a rotation.
00:36:41.76\00:36:43.37
And so they can work
inside of the kitchen,
00:36:43.40\00:36:45.47
where they can work
inside of the elementary school
00:36:45.50\00:36:48.20
or in the department of health,
00:36:48.24\00:36:49.64
agriculture,
construction, these things
00:36:49.67\00:36:52.21
so that as the
students are there,
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.18
they don't need to feel
that we're just students,
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.98
but they're part of the team
00:36:56.01\00:36:57.91
and so it goes on for 10 months,
00:36:57.95\00:36:59.55
always
participating in evangelism,
00:36:59.58\00:37:01.82
active inside of the church
and at the end of every year,
00:37:01.85\00:37:04.79
there is a two week mission trip
00:37:04.82\00:37:06.99
that they take, we always focus
00:37:07.06\00:37:08.52
to one of the
countries in Central America.
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.09
So the last couple of years,
they have gone to El Salvador,
00:37:11.13\00:37:14.93
they have gone to Guatemala,
00:37:14.96\00:37:17.50
also one of the
islands of Honduras,
00:37:17.57\00:37:19.70
but this particular year,
00:37:19.73\00:37:21.24
they're focusing on
the country of Panama.
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.84
So then,
actually, in Costa Rica,
00:37:23.91\00:37:26.57
we've been there as well.
00:37:26.61\00:37:27.94
But this trip is a
little bit further away.
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.98
And so they have
to raise more money,
00:37:30.05\00:37:31.38
but they're
diligently doing that.
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.42
Over the years,
we've been able to see
00:37:33.45\00:37:34.78
that God has ways and
means in order to share with us.
00:37:34.82\00:37:37.09
Amen, that's right.
00:37:37.12\00:37:38.72
Unfortunately, the
trips are not free.
00:37:38.75\00:37:40.56
That's right.
00:37:40.59\00:37:41.92
And so one program
that was created last year,
00:37:41.96\00:37:44.53
was created because of
the fact that a lot of times
00:37:44.56\00:37:46.70
people want to take
the 10 month course,
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.50
but a lot of times
00:37:48.53\00:37:49.86
because of
obligations to their family
00:37:49.90\00:37:51.37
or being engaged in other things
00:37:51.40\00:37:52.73
they're not able to.
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.14
So they started
a weekend course...
00:37:54.17\00:37:55.50
And so for one
weekend, for every month,
00:37:57.21\00:38:00.18
people can come
they can pay a very,
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.21
very small, small
fee and Friday morning,
00:38:02.24\00:38:05.01
they'll receive a
class for four hours
00:38:05.05\00:38:06.61
and eight hours on a Sunday.
00:38:06.65\00:38:08.25
No, not only it's a health class
00:38:08.28\00:38:10.79
and so also a lot of
people may be thinking,
00:38:10.82\00:38:13.25
"Well yes, I
would like to take a,
00:38:13.29\00:38:15.06
I would like to
serve in Latin America,
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.13
or I would like to learn Spanish
00:38:17.16\00:38:18.49
or take this course.
00:38:18.53\00:38:19.86
But I can only speak English
00:38:19.89\00:38:21.23
or I can only
speak another language."
00:38:21.26\00:38:22.66
In order to accommodate that,
from July to this December,
00:38:22.70\00:38:25.83
we make available a
six month Spanish course
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.64
where people can
come and be immersed
00:38:28.67\00:38:31.27
in a Spanish speaking
culture and learn Spanish
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.91
and use it for
evangelistic practice.
00:38:33.98\00:38:35.68
That's
wonderful. Praise the Lord.
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.05
I think you have more pictures.
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.55
Yes. Let's see
more pictures here.
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.92
That's what I
wanted to see, soothing.
00:38:41.95\00:38:46.15
So, several years ago,
I think three years ago,
00:38:46.19\00:38:48.99
we started a lifestyle center.
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.29
Amen.
00:38:51.33\00:38:52.66
And it's interesting to see
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.13
the people in the
village in Honduras,
00:38:54.20\00:38:56.30
many people with diabetes,
with heart hypertension
00:38:56.33\00:39:00.34
and so we developed this program
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.80
specifically for serving
lifestyle connected issues
00:39:01.84\00:39:07.71
and we've had
incredible miracles,
00:39:07.74\00:39:10.35
a story one of the
most amazing things
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.98
that we have experienced
with this department,
00:39:13.01\00:39:14.78
there was a lady,
her name was Dona Nimia,
00:39:14.82\00:39:17.19
and she had come because she had
00:39:17.22\00:39:18.65
intestinal cancer
00:39:18.69\00:39:20.66
and she was not
finding recovery.
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.99
She had gone to
surgery several times
00:39:23.02\00:39:25.26
and they will do the surgery
00:39:25.29\00:39:26.63
and then when she
will come for the checkup,
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.30
the cancer was back.
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.70
And so they did that,
00:39:29.73\00:39:31.07
that happened to her four times.
00:39:31.10\00:39:32.43
Four times? Wow, devastating.
00:39:32.47\00:39:33.84
And the fourth time
the tissue was just,
00:39:33.87\00:39:37.41
the doctor told
her, you better go home.
00:39:37.44\00:39:40.18
I mean, we could do
some other treatments,
00:39:40.21\00:39:41.98
but get your things in
order, you're going to die.
00:39:42.01\00:39:46.55
And so this lady had
heard about what we were doing.
00:39:46.58\00:39:48.92
And she walked into the campus
and she had a meeting with us.
00:39:48.95\00:39:53.09
And when we got to
see her clinical work,
00:39:53.12\00:39:57.06
we saw, oh man, this
is really complicated.
00:39:57.13\00:39:59.19
This is really difficult.
00:39:59.23\00:40:00.60
What we do is more
on the preventive side,
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.33
so we were feeling a
little bit nervous about this.
00:40:02.36\00:40:05.87
But she said, "You know what?
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.34
From the moment that I
walked through the gate,
00:40:07.37\00:40:10.11
I have felt that
God is in this place.
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.71
So please, I'll sign anywhere,
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.58
you know, to relieve
you of the responsibility.
00:40:15.61\00:40:18.38
Just do what would you
guys do with everybody else.
00:40:18.41\00:40:21.78
Just please help me
I have nowhere to go.
00:40:21.82\00:40:24.32
I'm going to die soon.
00:40:24.35\00:40:25.69
You know, I might
as well place myself
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.19
in the hands of
people that know God."
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.59
That's what she said.
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.66
What a way to
express, you know, her desire.
00:40:30.73\00:40:34.86
And it was a step of faith
00:40:34.90\00:40:39.17
for you as a ministry as well,
00:40:39.20\00:40:40.84
because this is not
what you normally do.
00:40:40.87\00:40:43.91
Yeah, it was
actually a rebuke to us.
00:40:43.94\00:40:45.51
Because she seemed to
be, to having more faith
00:40:45.54\00:40:48.81
and being more
convinced than we were,
00:40:48.84\00:40:52.81
you know, we
were getting nervous,
00:40:52.85\00:40:54.22
you know, oh
man, if she dies here,
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.18
you know what's going to happen,
00:40:56.22\00:40:57.59
you know, and I
was so concerned.
00:40:57.62\00:40:59.59
But she had a peace in her heart
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.46
and she said I can trust God,
00:41:01.49\00:41:03.93
I know that it's not
you guys working I know,
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.96
I have felt that
God is working here.
00:41:05.99\00:41:07.73
And so through diet, you know,
00:41:07.76\00:41:10.27
and using the church's right arm
00:41:10.30\00:41:15.14
and promoting some
of these principles
00:41:15.17\00:41:17.01
and exercise and
simple hydrotherapy.
00:41:17.04\00:41:21.61
We established a
time of eight weeks
00:41:21.64\00:41:24.75
where she was going to,
00:41:24.78\00:41:26.11
to participate
of these treatments.
00:41:26.15\00:41:28.15
And then we told her
that she should go back
00:41:28.18\00:41:30.32
and see if there was any effect.
00:41:30.39\00:41:32.75
Any improvement.
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.16
Any improvement
and so she came back
00:41:34.19\00:41:35.99
to the doctor eight weeks later,
00:41:36.02\00:41:37.73
and the doctor was shocked.
00:41:37.76\00:41:39.66
And the doctor
didn't really know
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.03
what was happening.
00:41:41.06\00:41:42.40
Good, that's what
we'd like to hear.
00:41:42.43\00:41:43.77
She started crying
there at the doctor's office,
00:41:43.80\00:41:46.50
and the doctor told
her you're cancer free.
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.94
Praise the Lord.
Oh, thank you Jesus.
00:41:48.97\00:41:50.97
One of the main things
that had happened with her
00:41:51.01\00:41:53.04
is that every time we would go
00:41:53.07\00:41:54.54
and visit her to pray for
her, she was always willing,
00:41:54.58\00:41:58.55
you know, to come
to the Lord in prayer.
00:41:58.58\00:42:00.42
She was always
wanting to study the Bible
00:42:00.45\00:42:03.42
and we could see how
the spiritual was connected
00:42:03.49\00:42:06.55
also with physical
00:42:06.59\00:42:07.92
so it was a
really beautiful story.
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.56
Glory to God, it seems
00:42:09.59\00:42:11.49
as if the Lord was sending
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.00
you guys a message through her.
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.67
And what a marvelous story,
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.20
what a praise report
for the simple remedies
00:42:18.23\00:42:22.90
that God has provided them.
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.31
Amen.
00:42:24.34\00:42:25.67
So you have more pictures?
00:42:25.71\00:42:29.51
Okay, more pictures.
00:42:29.54\00:42:32.08
This is our,
00:42:32.11\00:42:33.45
we're in the
middle of our renovation
00:42:33.52\00:42:35.38
for our lifestyle center.
00:42:35.42\00:42:36.79
Okay.
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.15
And you can go
to the next picture.
00:42:38.19\00:42:39.52
The next picture also shows
00:42:39.55\00:42:40.89
what that building
is going to look like.
00:42:40.92\00:42:43.22
Because it's growing so fast
00:42:43.26\00:42:44.59
that we are running out of space
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.06
to house some of
our lifestyle care.
00:42:46.09\00:42:47.43
So this lifestyle's
center, what will it have?
00:42:47.50\00:42:49.80
And so this new building
will have new accommodations
00:42:49.83\00:42:53.47
for our lifestyle guests,
00:42:53.54\00:42:54.87
we have a
renovated industrial kitchen,
00:42:54.90\00:42:58.04
and we'll have
some specific facilities
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.68
for selling some of
these health products
00:43:00.71\00:43:03.14
that we get our
guests acquainted with.
00:43:03.18\00:43:05.11
Yes.
00:43:05.15\00:43:06.48
So this will have
also rooms for people
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.45
who come for treatments?
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.12
We already have
the treatment rooms
00:43:12.15\00:43:15.02
that were built
for larger groups.
00:43:15.06\00:43:17.63
And so we're now
just expanding the housing
00:43:17.66\00:43:22.30
for the lifestyle guests.
00:43:22.33\00:43:23.67
Okay, very good, very good.
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.37
Now, this is a
ministry that is doing so much
00:43:25.40\00:43:30.71
and you talked
about a 10 month course,
00:43:30.74\00:43:33.14
what happens after
the people are done
00:43:33.17\00:43:35.98
with a 10 month course?
00:43:36.01\00:43:37.35
Where do they go from there?
00:43:37.38\00:43:38.71
What capabilities do they have?
00:43:38.75\00:43:41.02
Do you have stories
00:43:41.05\00:43:43.92
that you could
share of the people
00:43:43.99\00:43:45.92
that have graduated,
they're done with the course.
00:43:45.95\00:43:51.13
And we make two
options available
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.23
as it relates to
financing the course
00:43:53.26\00:43:54.80
because of course,
00:43:54.83\00:43:56.16
it's like any
other course there,
00:43:56.20\00:43:57.57
there is a financial cost.
00:43:57.60\00:43:58.93
And so for those who
are able to they're able,
00:43:58.97\00:44:01.04
they can pay monthly,
00:44:01.07\00:44:02.67
for those who are not able to
00:44:02.70\00:44:04.04
they can take the
course for 10 months.
00:44:04.11\00:44:06.51
And then at the end,
they can work at the ministry
00:44:06.54\00:44:08.61
for another 10 months in
order to pay off that cost.
00:44:08.64\00:44:11.88
For those who do pay it off,
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.82
one thing that we
do during the year,
00:44:13.85\00:44:16.55
if we have a need
at the end of the year,
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.72
we will make a
call for them to come
00:44:18.75\00:44:21.42
and to serve with us.
00:44:21.46\00:44:22.79
Or we can make them
acquainted with other ministries
00:44:22.82\00:44:25.63
in the area that
have certain needs.
00:44:25.66\00:44:27.66
Possibly they may want
to serve there as well.
00:44:27.70\00:44:30.17
Another option,
since we work together
00:44:30.20\00:44:32.37
with the church,
00:44:32.40\00:44:33.74
there a lot of times
00:44:33.77\00:44:35.10
they're in need
of Bible workers.
00:44:35.14\00:44:36.47
Bible workers, okay.
00:44:36.50\00:44:37.84
So a lot of times
they would come to us
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.21
asking us do you know of anyone
00:44:39.24\00:44:40.58
who can serve as a Bible worker
in order to enter a new field
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.18
where there is no
Adventist presence.
00:44:43.21\00:44:44.55
Yes.
00:44:44.58\00:44:45.91
Or like some of them
do, especially a young man,
00:44:45.95\00:44:49.45
he came back to visit us
last week he finished there.
00:44:49.48\00:44:52.82
And he started a
ministry all by himself.
00:44:52.85\00:44:55.36
He has a small plot of land,
he's making different products
00:44:55.39\00:44:58.79
that he's making there
00:44:58.83\00:45:00.20
and then he's
going out and selling.
00:45:00.23\00:45:01.86
At this point, he's alone.
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.97
But he is such
an inspiration to us
00:45:04.00\00:45:06.20
because in spite of
the fact that he's alone,
00:45:06.23\00:45:08.37
he's persevering
in making everything
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.51
by himself,
having to fix his meals,
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.51
so forth, going
out by himself to sale,
00:45:12.54\00:45:14.44
but he's dedicated to the Lord
00:45:14.48\00:45:15.88
because he knows
that the Lord has led him
00:45:15.91\00:45:17.81
to start this ministry.
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.18
Amen.
00:45:19.21\00:45:20.55
Recently, I received an
email from one of our students
00:45:20.62\00:45:23.02
who is working as a Bible worker
00:45:23.05\00:45:24.39
in Guatemala,
00:45:24.42\00:45:25.75
and he sent us
these amazing pictures
00:45:25.79\00:45:27.72
of his most recent
evangelistic effort
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.23
and many people
were getting baptized
00:45:30.26\00:45:32.46
so that is the
happiest moment, you know,
00:45:32.49\00:45:35.10
when you see that
some of our students
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.47
are actually making a big impact
00:45:37.50\00:45:39.57
in Central America.
00:45:39.60\00:45:40.94
Praise God. Praise God.
00:45:40.97\00:45:42.30
Well, there are
four more pictures.
00:45:42.34\00:45:44.21
Let's go through
them kind of quickly,
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.31
because we also have a video.
00:45:46.34\00:45:48.11
This is a picture
of the old church,
00:45:48.14\00:45:50.45
we first started meeting
00:45:50.48\00:45:52.18
in an old rundown
building by the grace of God,
00:45:52.21\00:45:56.28
that we now have a large church
00:45:56.32\00:45:58.42
with a
congregation of 50 members.
00:45:58.45\00:46:00.16
Amen.
00:46:00.19\00:46:01.99
This is the
first Adventist church
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.03
there in the
village of El Suyatal.
00:46:04.06\00:46:06.09
Look at the next picture.
00:46:06.13\00:46:07.83
This is a very
special picture to me,
00:46:07.86\00:46:09.96
because it's the beginning
of our elementary school
00:46:10.00\00:46:13.54
and we have the volunteers there
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.27
and those two kids in the middle
00:46:16.30\00:46:18.37
our first two students
00:46:18.41\00:46:21.34
that started our
bilingual elementary school.
00:46:21.38\00:46:23.88
Amen.
00:46:23.95\00:46:25.28
And the name of the
school is Campos Blancos
00:46:25.31\00:46:27.68
and Joseph is going to tell you
00:46:27.72\00:46:29.05
about how that name came about.
00:46:29.08\00:46:32.12
Yes, at the
beginning, we read Matthew 9:37,
00:46:32.15\00:46:35.12
saying that the fields
are white for the harvest
00:46:35.16\00:46:37.33
but the laborers are few.
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.96
In Spanish white
fields means Campos Blancos,
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.63
and so that's
where they got the name
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.06
for the school
00:46:43.10\00:46:44.43
because in the
town where we are,
00:46:44.47\00:46:46.47
the fields are
white, ripe for the harvest
00:46:46.50\00:46:48.94
especially among
the young people.
00:46:48.97\00:46:50.34
So that's one of
the principal reasons
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.17
why the school was started.
00:46:52.21\00:46:53.58
Amen. Very good.
00:46:53.61\00:46:54.94
So we started with two kids
and now by the grace of God,
00:46:54.98\00:46:57.65
this year our matricula
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.02
or registration
started with 128.
00:47:00.05\00:47:03.15
A hundred and twenty
eight? Praise the Lord.
00:47:03.18\00:47:05.02
So they have been
multiplying. Glory to God.
00:47:05.05\00:47:07.56
Many of the people that
are coming to the church
00:47:07.59\00:47:10.63
and sympathizing with the church
00:47:10.66\00:47:12.33
are the parents of the students.
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.80
And some of the students
00:47:14.83\00:47:16.16
also have been
coming to the Lord
00:47:16.20\00:47:17.83
because of the
impact of the school.
00:47:17.87\00:47:20.07
So the school has a
very special program.
00:47:20.14\00:47:23.34
We try to emulate
00:47:23.41\00:47:24.74
the principles of true education
00:47:24.77\00:47:26.91
and it's a bilingual school.
00:47:26.98\00:47:28.31
That's the hook.
00:47:28.34\00:47:29.68
So we teach them
English using biblical material
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.98
and trying to make the Bible
00:47:32.01\00:47:33.35
the center of
our academic content.
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.32
Excellent. Two more pictures.
00:47:35.35\00:47:36.89
Yes two more
pictures, kind of quickly now.
00:47:36.92\00:47:38.82
Let's go to the next one.
00:47:38.85\00:47:41.86
So this is the foundation
work for our brand new building
00:47:41.89\00:47:46.70
that we're doing.
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.83
We don't have
any more space now.
00:47:48.86\00:47:51.30
So we're currently
working on expanding
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.84
with for additional classrooms
and auditorium and library
00:47:53.87\00:47:58.17
and the next picture
00:47:58.21\00:48:00.48
is what we're
going to look like, yeah.
00:48:00.51\00:48:01.84
Okay.
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.21
So the two modules on
the side have been built
00:48:03.24\00:48:05.15
and so we're now working
with that third last phase.
00:48:05.18\00:48:09.75
And so, and we have seen
the Lord provide in the past,
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.62
and we know that
He's going to continue
00:48:12.65\00:48:14.06
to providing for it.
00:48:14.09\00:48:15.99
All of this in the
middle of nowhere, they say,
00:48:16.02\00:48:19.23
that God is doing a
great and marvelous work.
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Well, we have a video.
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And so let's go
to that right now.
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Well, that's a fast moving video
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showing the different
aspects of the ministry.
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You also grow things,
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what kind of
things you've grown?
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Well, we love
our tropical fruits
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and so we have a
papaya plantation
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and a pineapple plantation
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and we have tamarind,
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I don't know if you
familiar with tamarind,
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but that's one of
our main industry.
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That was in the
video. My mouth got watery.
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So we have 1,300
trees, tamarind trees
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and we make concentrate
and we sell that concentrate,
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that's one of
our main industries.
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And we recently
started an avocado plantation,
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3,500 avocado plants.
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Wow. Wow.
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And so this year is going
to be our first trial harvest
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towards the end of the year.
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So if you guys want
to eat some avocados
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with tortillas,
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more than welcome to come over.
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Go to Honduras.
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Yes, yes, go to
VIDA Internacional.
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VIDA Internacional in
Honduras. That's right.
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Well, we praise the Lord
for all that we've heard.
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We know you have
much more to share
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and that we could
not cover in this hour.
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We do have an opportunity
now for you to write down
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the contact information.
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There are many needs
that the ministry has,
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we're gonna hear
some of those needs
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and when we
return, but at this time,
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we're going to take
you to the information,
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contact
information phone number,
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email, web page
and all the good things
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you need to be
able to contact them.
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First of all great
thing is need for prayer.
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And there are financial needs.
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You saw the buildings,
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they have to continue
to build these things.
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And so we will
then have news break
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and we'll return in a moment.
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If you feel impressed
to help VIDA Internacional,
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visit their website,
VIDA-internacional.org
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that's VIDA
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- Internacional
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.org
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or email them at
HonduranMinistries@gmail.com.
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If you'd like to write them,
their address is Buena Vista,
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El Suyatal Cedros,
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Fransisco, Honduras.
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