I hope you've enjoyed
this time with Ostap Dzyndra.
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And, Ostap, before
we actually sign off,
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I wanted to give you the
opportunity to tell a story
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about what happened
to one of your volunteers
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when you were at the
Central California Conference,
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I guess campground area.
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Yes, the Lord
provided an opportunity for us
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to partner with the
Central California Conference
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where we would come in
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with a group of
volunteers of 26,
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and we would help to rebuild
and restore the campgrounds
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just in time for camp meeting.
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And I recall a group of
young girls that came on
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and, you know, they
were shy, they were scared,
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they didn't know how to
get their fingernails dirty,
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and there was an
opportunity for mentoring.
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And so we provided some
paint, we provided some boards,
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we provided the nail gun
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and the paint
machine, and we said,
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"Listen, this is your
opportunity right here
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to give back to the camp."
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And so they
mixed their own color.
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And what was their project?
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They had a storage
shed like a janitor's closet
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that had been standing there
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next to the maintenance building
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for a long time
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and hadn't really
been taken care of
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or repainted or refinished,
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and so they're going
to clean this building,
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they're going to
replace the broken boards,
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and then they're going
to make it brand new again.
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Amen.
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These are young little girls.
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Young teenage
girls that never painted,
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never installed wood boards,
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never did trim work on building,
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never did masking on
the windows and doors,
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but this
opportunity to help them
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break out of their comfort zone,
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help them to try
something different
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really made an
impact on their life
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because they were challenged
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to try something
different and then had,
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you know, the opportunity
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to receive the biggest gratitude
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from the staff
there at the campgrounds
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but also to be able
to receive the blessing,
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the satisfaction of knowing
that we have done something
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that's going to last
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and help to serve
the needs of this area
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for years and years to come.
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And I recall her telling me that
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because of the Bible studies
that we had in the morning,
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because of the devotional time
we spent in the small groups
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that we spent
throughout this mission project
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helped her in her
walk with the Lord,
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helped her to begin
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to have a daily
devotional with the Lord.
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Amen.
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And so that is our appeal
to our audience as well as
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that you would find the
time and the opportunity
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to reach out with your
friends, with your church
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to go somewhere and
to impact the community
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for the Lord and for the gospel.
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Amen and amen.
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And you know what
this young lady came back
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for another trip
and met his cousin
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and they're
engaged to be married.
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Ostap, thank you so much
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for what you're doing
for the glory of the Lord.
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And we just want to
encourage those of you at home
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that you can go to their website
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and sign up and do something
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for the glory of God.
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May His grace be with you today
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and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit.
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Bye-bye. Amen.
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