As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
today's special program.
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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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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
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to another hour
blessing at 3ABN,
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your 3ABN family.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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And once again
it's a pleasure for me
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to be with you during this hour.
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During this hour you
will get to meet a ministry
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that is doing a
marvelous work to reach others,
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ASAP Ministries,
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and you're going to hear
stories of what God is doing
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through people that have decided
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that they want to reach others
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and they want to reflect
the love of Christ to others.
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And we are happy
to introduce to you,
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Scott Griswold, welcome.
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Thank you.
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It's such a
privilege to be here.
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Thank you. You
are coordinator for...
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Director actually
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for the Reach
the World Next Door
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and we're going to learn
a little bit more about this
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as we go on.
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But next to you
we have Bill Wells
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from the UID
Refugee Ministry coordinator
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for ASAP ministries.
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How long have you
been with the ministry?
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I've been there
almost three years.
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And ASAP has been in
operation for 25 years and going
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and it's just
been a real blessing
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to be a part their ministry.
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Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we're going to learn
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more about
these men of the Lord,
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and more about ASAP ministries,
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and we want to
encourage you to stay by,
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also pay close attention
because you may want to share
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some of the
information you hear,
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some of the
stories you will hear,
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because it's good to tell others
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of what God is doing,
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because this encourages people,
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inspires people to do
something for the Lord.
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Before all this,
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we're going to come
to the Lord in prayer
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and ask for His blessing,
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because we all
need His blessing.
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Let's pray.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we want to thank You
for Your great goodness
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and mercy toward us.
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Thank You, Lord,
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that Your mercy is
for every single person,
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no one is excluded.
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We ask You, therefore, Lord,
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to reach Your
children through this program.
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We pray that the words they hear
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will be of encouragement,
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the words they hear,
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will inspire
them to make decisions
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that will do them
good and do others good.
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We pray, Lord, for
all the prayer requests
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that have come into 3ABN,
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you know, each and every person,
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each and every difficulty,
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and each and every
suffering that has taken place.
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So we pray, Lord,
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that as people reach out to You,
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that You will reach out to them,
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draw near to them,
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and help them to
see that there's hope,
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help them to see
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that You are doing
great and mighty things,
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and we pray for our
lives to be transformed.
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And all those needs
that are being presented
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before Your
throne of grace, Lord,
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we ask Lord for
Your prayer warriors
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that as they pray,
they will also be blessed.
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Thank you, Lord, for blessing us
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with the opportunity
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to minister to
others through prayer.
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And we ask you,
Lord, for these blessings,
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in the holy and
blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, we would like to
share a beautiful hymn with you
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during this time.
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And it's with
Scott Michael Bennett
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and he will be sharing,
"How Deep the Father's love."
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How deep The
Father's love for us
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How vast beyond all measure
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That He should give His only Son
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To make a wretch His treasure
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How great The
pain of searing loss
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The Father turns His face away
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As wounds Which
mar the Chosen One
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Bring many sons to glory
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Behold the lamb upon that cross
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My sin upon His shoulders
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Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
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Call out among the scoffers
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It was my sin
That held Him there
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Until it was accomplished
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His dying breath
Has brought me life
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I know that it is finished
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I will not boast in anything
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No gifts, no power, no wisdom
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But I will boast In Jesus Christ
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His death and resurrection
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Why should I
gain From His reward?
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I cannot give an answer
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But this I know
With all my heart
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His wounds have paid my ransom
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Why should I
gain From His reward?
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I cannot give an answer
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But this I know
With all my heart
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His wounds have paid my ransom
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But this I know
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With all my heart
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His wounds have paid my ransom.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Scott Michael Bennett,
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if you'd would
like to contact him
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for participation in
an evangelistic campaign,
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maybe sharing a concert,
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you're welcome to
contact us at 3ABN
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or you can just type
in his name in Facebook
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and you will surely find them.
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Well, we want to know
more about you, gentlemen,
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perhaps we'll start with
you, Pastor Scott Griswold,
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tell us a little
bit about yourself?
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And then we'll talk to you
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as far as get to
know you a little bit,
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then we'll talk about ASAP.
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All right.
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I'm working as a
pastor at the Texas Conference
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but in partnership
with ASAP Ministries
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to reach out to
refugees, immigrants,
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international students in
Houston, Texas and beyond.
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So God just threw my wife
and I out into the mission field
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right out of
seminary through Judy Aitken
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who founded ASAP Ministries,
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there was a need
in the refugee camps.
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And they said, "we
need somebody now."
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And we said, "Now,
maybe someday, now."
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And the Lord opened the door.
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And we went,
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and that got us
into 16 years of ministry
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in Southeast Asia
working with Buddhist people
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in Cambodia and Thailand.
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So that's a little
brief, tiny picture.
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Yes, very good. Praise the Lord.
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You've seen many
things and also seen needs
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and this has inspired you
through your ministry as well.
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Well, we have Bill Wells,
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and a little bit about yourself
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and how you got involved
with the ministry there?
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Yeah, thank you.
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So I'm California born and bred
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and I've been
living in Michigan now
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about eight years
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and three years married
and absolutely love my wife.
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Praise the Lord.
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And so, I met her
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while I was studying
at Andrews University.
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And so, my journey in
getting into ASAP Ministries
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was while I was the student
there at Andrews University,
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got a chance to
meet Pastor Scott
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on a handful of occasions
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and then become aware
of what ASAP is doing.
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Right around 2014-15
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as a Syrian refugee
crisis was underway,
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I began to take
note about refugees
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and seeing
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there's a huge
mission opportunity
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in the world right now.
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What are we doing and I
begin to apply my studies
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and my research about refugees
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and engaging
with my local church
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taking young people
to visit refugee churches
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and doing ministry.
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And lo and behold,
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as I finished my
studies at Andrews,
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ASAP Ministries
offered me to work
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as refugee ministry coordinator
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continuing what I
had already started
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through my own personal
efforts and study as a student.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Well, you know, the first time
I heard about ASAP Ministries
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is many, many years ago
and when I think of ASAP,
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people use that to
say as soon as possible,
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but what do the
ASAP letter stand for,
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for the ministry?
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Great question.
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That stands for
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Advocates for Southeast
Asians and the Persecuted,
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ASAP,
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Advocates for Southeast
Asians and the Persecuted.
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So really within that
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our ministry has a
focus really on four areas,
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persecuted people groups.
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Poor, so
persecuted poor, refugees,
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and I can't believe it,
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my brain just happened to skip
that last fourth one right now,
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Pastor Scott?
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Just it has just
always been focused
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on those who are in
desperate situations
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birthed out of
the refugee crisis
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in Southeast Asia
back in the 70s and 80s
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and ongoing till today,
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we've got, you know,
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just we
continue to have refugees
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pouring out of Burma.
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And now ASAP has
expanded to areas
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that are in the Middle
East and top of Africa.
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And so
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wherever there's desperate need,
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ASAP has been raising up
local national missionaries,
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who can be
trained, better equipped
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and who already know
the language and the culture
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we can then reach
into an unreached part
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of the world
that we're not serving
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as a church yet.
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So that's the
supporting ministry
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always done
through the missions,
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trying to help get the gospel
so that Jesus can come back.
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And now you
mentioned training local,
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national missionaries.
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You train them but
as well you have people
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that assist for a period of time
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because you went yourself
or was it just to train people?
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Yes.
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I mean when you
train the best training
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is when you can be alongside
so we've done that some,
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but primarily ASAP
has been about working
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with those who are already there
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with the structure there
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but then
empowering and equipping
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the lay local people
to go out and do that.
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Let's get, can we
get a little picture
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about ASAP as a ministry?
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Do you hire the
local missionary workers?
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Do you hire them?
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So if there's a salary for them,
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and how are they funded?
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Great question. Yes.
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So in working in Southeast Asia,
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with the numerous
projects that we work with,
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and elsewhere around the world,
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we engage local, passionate
Seventh-day Adventist leaders
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and workers and we engage them,
we partner with them, hire them
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and work through
the local Adventist
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mission structures present,
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present in the
countries to support,
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to fund to enable
those mission leaders
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to engage in
mission in new ways,
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often breaking
ground in new places.
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And so we find that,
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that empowering local
believers and local workers
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is much more
effective than say Pastor Scott
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or I showing up
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and having to spend
three years learning a language
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and trying to learn
the culture and settle in
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so, so that's
how ASAP is operated.
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Well, praise the Lord.
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Through donations from
people giving, supporting,
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then it goes out
on to the field 100%
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to whatever people
give to is sent there.
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So that's a...
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That's wonderful.
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It's really, I find
it to be cost effective.
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You're able to do more
with the funding that comes in.
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Now when you have
these refugee centers,
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is that what you
call them refugee centers?
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Is there a name
outside of a door
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in these countries?
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How do the refugees know
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where to go to get the help?
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So we were
primarily working with people
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who once were refugees
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who were back in
their countries now,
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that's the majority of
the national missionaries
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that we're supporting.
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But there are places
like right there in Lebanon,
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where they're
working with the Syrians
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that there is a little school
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where we can help
to fund the teachers,
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fund the students,
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and also in the
Karen refugee camps
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along the border
between Thailand and Myanmar.
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Same thing there
we have many teachers,
00:15:43.44\00:15:46.21
helping and caring
for these young people
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who are stuck
inside refugee camps
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hoping to have a future
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but now the door is closed
to other countries many times,
00:15:51.38\00:15:54.65
but being able to help them
and lead them to Christ, right,
00:15:54.68\00:15:57.72
in those situations
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where there's
just no other options,
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nothing, nothing to do.
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You just stuck.
00:16:02.49\00:16:03.83
You grew up in that
camp where you can't go out,
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you can't come in.
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You don't know
what's going to happen,
00:16:06.80\00:16:08.13
but you're hoping.
00:16:08.16\00:16:09.50
And that's where
they're being trained
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and taught and led to Christ.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:16:12.47\00:16:14.37
You both have been
involved in different ways.
00:16:14.40\00:16:17.34
Scott, I want to
ask you this question.
00:16:17.37\00:16:20.01
You went overseas
to work with ASAP?
00:16:20.04\00:16:26.68
Can you tell me
something in particular,
00:16:26.72\00:16:29.52
that said to you,
00:16:29.55\00:16:31.75
this is something
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that I want to
continue to be involved in,
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because now you're
serving as a pastor in Texas.
00:16:34.52\00:16:37.49
And you're still
connected to the ministry,
00:16:37.53\00:16:39.29
some, something in particular
that said, this is of the Lord,
00:16:39.33\00:16:43.47
I want to continue help Him.
00:16:43.50\00:16:45.40
You know, growing up,
00:16:45.43\00:16:46.77
I had no interest
in being a missionary.
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I never went as a
student missionary.
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I was committed to
working in the inner city,
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California, my plan
to be in San Francisco.
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And my wife said,
00:16:56.08\00:16:57.41
"These people out
there never had a chance."
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And I said, "No,
the church is everywhere
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just look at, you
know, the programs
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they show in Sabbath school".
00:17:02.02\00:17:03.52
And she said, Uh-huh,
00:17:03.55\00:17:04.92
and I finally realized
and saw and for myself,
00:17:04.95\00:17:08.79
traveled through those
places where you just go and go,
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and there is no church
00:17:12.59\00:17:13.93
and you're among
different people groups.
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I learned that
there are more than
00:17:15.80\00:17:17.17
4,000 totally distinct
unreached people groups
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in the world
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that do not have a
vibrant, moving, gospel witness.
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And so what else can I do?
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You know, when we
finally came back,
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because our children
were ready for college
00:17:30.58\00:17:32.58
and our parents
were getting elderly,
00:17:32.61\00:17:34.85
it's like, what am I doing here,
00:17:34.88\00:17:36.22
I can now speak
Cambodian and Thai,
00:17:36.25\00:17:37.62
I should be over
there in the mission field.
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And God showed
me there in Houston,
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at a conference,
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and we were
surrounded with people
00:17:44.23\00:17:46.03
from almost every
country of the world,
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and that they had come
here and it was God's intention,
00:17:48.83\00:17:51.93
His strategy so
that we could reach them
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and they could reach
back into their own countries.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Now, you mentioned the number
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that perhaps
flew by some people,
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tell us that number again,
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how many people
groups did you mentioned?
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Well, there's
different ways of figuring it.
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But if we
consider a distinct culture
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and language and ethnicity
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that is maybe on both sides
of two country's borders there,
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but there's people
through the mountains
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on both sides,
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but they're distinct and unique.
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We consider there's
over 4,000 distinct groups.
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And this is not just small,
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this consists of
about a third of the world
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that we are in,
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3.3 billion or
something like that.
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Amazing, amazing.
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How about, Bill,
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you studied
this thing in school,
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but then there's a difference
between looking at books
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and evaluating things
and then being out there.
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You have done that. Yeah.
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What in particular
impacted you that you said,
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I want to continue doing
this, this is of the Lord?
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Yes.
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Seeing, of course,
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the mission potential
00:18:51.36\00:18:54.53
really is what's been
the driving factor for me.
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Recognizing that
in the first 10 years
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of a person's
displacement and resettlement,
00:19:02.40\00:19:05.61
they are the most
open to the gospel.
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And so, really as we see
what's going on in the world
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as there's
displacement, refugees,
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internally displaced
persons, asylum seekers,
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as these people movements
around the world are happening.
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Really, when they
end up in a new place,
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they ask those deep questions
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that they may not
have been able to ask
00:19:27.70\00:19:30.37
in their previous context,
00:19:30.40\00:19:31.83
and they're able
to explore those.
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And that is the
golden opportunity
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that I see
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that we can come alongside
as neighbors, as friends,
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as church members
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or we see them
00:19:42.64\00:19:43.98
in their
difficult circumstances,
00:19:44.01\00:19:46.18
providing humanitarian support
00:19:46.21\00:19:48.32
in a loving, Christ centered way
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using Christ compassion,
compassionate methods.
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And we can come alongside
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and introduce the
beauty of a loving Savior,
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who died for them,
00:20:02.80\00:20:04.13
wants them to live in eternity
00:20:04.17\00:20:05.57
and we can share
00:20:05.60\00:20:06.94
that beautiful
gospel hope with them
00:20:06.97\00:20:10.01
and give them give
them that eternal hope.
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Pastor John, can I
share a quote from Evangelism?
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Sure.
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Page 570, we put
it in the booklet
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praying for the world next door.
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And it just sums up
what Bill is sharing with us
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that just so powerfully,
00:20:23.32\00:20:24.65
it says, "We
should be able to see
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in the multiplying opportunities
00:20:26.76\00:20:28.59
to reach many
foreigners in America,
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a divinely appointed
00:20:31.19\00:20:32.69
means of rapidly extending
the third angels' message
00:20:32.73\00:20:36.06
unto all the nations of earth.
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God in His
providence has brought me
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into our very doors
00:20:39.43\00:20:40.77
and thrust them as
it were into our arms,
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that they might learn the truth
and be qualified to do a work
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we could not do
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in getting the light
before men of other tongues."
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Amen.
00:20:51.51\00:20:52.85
If we think of
Pentecost, and the praying,
00:20:52.88\00:20:55.45
the earnest praying
that we're doing now
00:20:55.48\00:20:56.99
for revival and reformation,
00:20:57.02\00:20:58.65
asking God to finish the work
00:20:58.69\00:21:00.32
as the disciples did
that in the upper room
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.62
when the spirit came down.
00:21:02.66\00:21:04.63
It says there were
devout men of every nation,
00:21:04.66\00:21:07.50
dwelling in Jerusalem.
00:21:07.53\00:21:08.86
And they said,
00:21:08.90\00:21:10.23
"How is it we hear
in our own language?"
00:21:10.27\00:21:11.70
God has done this again,
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in every metro
area around the world,
00:21:13.10\00:21:14.74
there are people
00:21:14.77\00:21:16.10
who have come from those
4,000 plus ethnic groups.
00:21:16.14\00:21:19.14
And if we will seek
00:21:19.17\00:21:20.51
for the power
of the Holy Spirit,
00:21:20.54\00:21:22.11
then He's going to do,
00:21:22.14\00:21:23.61
He's going to finish
the work much more rapidly
00:21:23.65\00:21:25.51
than we think would be possible
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.45
because we have
00:21:27.48\00:21:28.82
this migration
situation across the world.
00:21:28.85\00:21:30.92
Yeah.
00:21:30.95\00:21:32.29
To tag on to that,
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.02
you know, there's
over in the US alone,
00:21:34.06\00:21:37.06
there's over 380
unreached people groups.
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So these are in the US?
00:21:39.63\00:21:41.03
Yeah.
00:21:41.06\00:21:42.40
Three hundred and eighty,
00:21:42.43\00:21:43.77
so these are, these are like
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.13
Pastor Scott was saying
00:21:45.17\00:21:46.50
individual groups
who have unique cultures,
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.64
languages, etc.,
00:21:48.67\00:21:50.01
that make them distinctly
different than anyone,
00:21:50.04\00:21:52.31
than everyone else around them.
00:21:52.34\00:21:53.78
So that's here in
the United States, 380,
00:21:53.81\00:21:57.61
if you include the
EU, if you include Canada,
00:21:57.65\00:22:00.52
there's over 450
00:22:00.55\00:22:02.32
and of all of those 450
unreached people groups,
00:22:02.35\00:22:06.12
only about 100 of them
are actually being reached.
00:22:06.15\00:22:10.09
So majority are
not being reached yet.
00:22:10.13\00:22:13.33
And the history
behind that quote
00:22:13.36\00:22:16.63
from Evangelism 570,
which was written in 1914.
00:22:16.67\00:22:20.84
It's fascinating
00:22:20.87\00:22:22.20
because the seeds for that began
00:22:22.24\00:22:23.87
in Ellen White's
first statements in 1874,
00:22:23.91\00:22:27.08
with the first migration waves
00:22:27.11\00:22:30.15
happening in
America from Europe.
00:22:30.18\00:22:32.78
And anyways, and from there,
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.48
we see that in
Adventist history,
00:22:34.52\00:22:36.15
mission history,
00:22:36.18\00:22:37.59
the church grew around the world
00:22:37.62\00:22:40.09
because it first
started reaching immigrants
00:22:40.12\00:22:42.99
in North America,
00:22:43.02\00:22:44.56
and so there's a
beautiful history
00:22:44.59\00:22:47.03
in the Adventist Church
00:22:47.06\00:22:48.56
that connects
the present situation
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.57
to what we've seen in the past.
00:22:51.60\00:22:53.07
Praise the Lord.
00:22:53.10\00:22:54.44
I want to say something
before you make that comment
00:22:54.47\00:22:56.60
because you have mentioned that,
00:22:56.64\00:22:59.74
something that
is at the very core
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.18
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:23:01.21\00:23:02.54
is taking the
message to all the world
00:23:02.58\00:23:06.28
and of the
denominations in the world,
00:23:06.31\00:23:08.72
Seventh-day Adventist Church
is one of the denominations
00:23:08.75\00:23:12.29
that is at the forefront
of getting to every nation
00:23:12.32\00:23:15.96
in the heaven,
00:23:15.99\00:23:17.33
and to reach every
single language group.
00:23:17.36\00:23:19.76
And I say, praise God.
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.20
What's going on?
00:23:22.23\00:23:23.57
We need to do more.
00:23:23.60\00:23:24.97
I hope you didn't
lose your thought.
00:23:25.00\00:23:26.33
Go ahead. No, I didn't.
00:23:26.37\00:23:27.70
Because the excitement
is just there strongly.
00:23:27.74\00:23:30.37
I mean, we are
talking about people
00:23:30.41\00:23:32.44
coming from countries
00:23:32.47\00:23:33.81
you cannot get
into with the gospel,
00:23:33.84\00:23:35.91
many of them.
00:23:35.94\00:23:37.28
My wife had met
somebody at the door.
00:23:37.31\00:23:39.11
I'm not going to
even mention the country
00:23:39.15\00:23:40.68
so it doesn't fall back
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.62
with the rest of
what I want to say.
00:23:42.65\00:23:44.25
But she had been knocking
00:23:44.29\00:23:45.62
praying for a
specific unreached people group
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.99
from another country.
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.36
And the last door
00:23:49.39\00:23:50.73
she knocked on
that day was a man,
00:23:50.76\00:23:52.29
a young man from that country.
00:23:52.33\00:23:54.26
They made a friendship
00:23:54.30\00:23:55.63
and then in a
park they followed up
00:23:55.66\00:23:57.87
with some others joining them
00:23:57.90\00:23:59.77
and they began to study.
00:23:59.80\00:24:01.14
He was from a Muslim background.
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.70
And he had lots to say
and lots to argue about.
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.67
But one day, he just stopped
00:24:05.71\00:24:07.04
in the middle of
his strong statement.
00:24:07.08\00:24:09.14
He said, you know what,
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.65
I couldn't do this
back in my country,
00:24:10.68\00:24:12.41
I might even get killed for it.
00:24:12.45\00:24:14.82
And so beautiful,
00:24:14.85\00:24:16.72
someone from
his very nationality
00:24:16.75\00:24:18.69
in another city
was here in America,
00:24:18.72\00:24:21.92
come as a
refugee and was living.
00:24:21.96\00:24:24.76
It's in one of the cities
that's being torn by violence
00:24:24.79\00:24:28.16
right at this very moment.
00:24:28.20\00:24:29.80
And he was reached out to
by the Seventh-day Adventists.
00:24:29.83\00:24:33.34
And during an evangelism program
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.50
that was done in the city,
00:24:35.54\00:24:36.94
they were
looking for translators.
00:24:36.97\00:24:38.91
And they selected him.
00:24:38.94\00:24:40.68
Yeah, and he didn't have
00:24:40.71\00:24:42.04
any Seventh-day
Adventist background,
00:24:42.08\00:24:43.41
but he came and
preached night after night
00:24:43.45\00:24:44.95
for the evangelist.
00:24:44.98\00:24:46.31
And at the end, he was baptized.
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.82
Praise God.
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.18
You know, now, he's not
there in this American city.
00:24:49.22\00:24:51.65
He's back in his country,
00:24:51.69\00:24:53.02
a country that's
been torn by poverty,
00:24:53.05\00:24:55.49
famine and incredible war
00:24:55.52\00:24:57.76
and he is starting
schools for children there
00:24:57.79\00:25:01.40
who did not have hope,
00:25:01.43\00:25:02.76
and he's sharing with them,
00:25:02.80\00:25:04.30
who the Prophet Jesus really is,
00:25:04.33\00:25:07.10
and what really
happened on the cross.
00:25:07.14\00:25:09.00
Amen. Amen.
00:25:09.04\00:25:10.37
Yeah, this is the potential
that we have all around us
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.74
to be missionaries here now.
00:25:12.77\00:25:14.54
That's incredible,
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.08
that's marvelous
what God is doing.
00:25:16.11\00:25:18.01
You know, when you
look at ASAP ministries,
00:25:18.05\00:25:23.22
you are reaching people
that have backgrounds of one,
00:25:23.25\00:25:28.96
they don't even
know that there's a God.
00:25:28.99\00:25:31.43
Two, they may have a mis...
00:25:31.46\00:25:35.10
a distorted view of who God is.
00:25:35.13\00:25:37.57
And some are
coming from the idea,
00:25:37.60\00:25:39.53
there are many gods,
00:25:39.57\00:25:42.00
the god you serve
is just one among many.
00:25:42.04\00:25:43.64
So there are
00:25:43.67\00:25:45.01
all these
different types of beliefs
00:25:45.04\00:25:46.51
and to bring them to
the knowledge of the truth
00:25:46.54\00:25:50.31
that there is only one true God
00:25:50.35\00:25:52.68
and the message of salvation
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.25
and that we're not just
passing through this world.
00:25:54.28\00:25:58.12
This is a great
work that has to be done,
00:25:58.15\00:26:01.12
a great work.
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.49
Well, you have some
resources that are available.
00:26:02.52\00:26:05.43
And we want you at home to
00:26:05.46\00:26:07.83
or wherever you
may be to stay tuned,
00:26:07.86\00:26:09.86
because you're going to hear
00:26:09.90\00:26:11.23
some great and wonderful things
00:26:11.27\00:26:13.74
that ASAP is making available.
00:26:13.77\00:26:17.17
And so how to reach
the people next door.
00:26:17.21\00:26:20.51
You know, you may wonder,
00:26:20.54\00:26:22.11
how am I going to
get involved in this.
00:26:22.14\00:26:24.51
Well, you can
support ASAP Ministries,
00:26:24.55\00:26:27.22
as you've heard.
00:26:27.25\00:26:28.58
They're doing great
work with local missionaries.
00:26:28.62\00:26:32.39
You can help support that work,
00:26:32.42\00:26:33.82
but you're going to
hear more as we continue.
00:26:33.86\00:26:36.32
And so, let's
talk about this new,
00:26:36.36\00:26:41.73
I'm calling it new
because it's new to me,
00:26:41.76\00:26:43.83
but it may be
newer than we think,
00:26:43.87\00:26:45.60
we talk about
Reaching the World Next Door,
00:26:45.63\00:26:50.01
and you have 13 of these.
00:26:50.04\00:26:54.28
Tell us a little, a
little bit about the idea
00:26:54.31\00:26:57.18
how it surfaced
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.41
and what you hope
to accomplish with it?
00:26:59.45\00:27:03.55
So the Reaching
the World Next Door
00:27:03.59\00:27:06.15
is a training that
that we've been working on
00:27:06.19\00:27:09.52
and developing for quite a while
00:27:09.56\00:27:12.69
for several months
00:27:12.73\00:27:14.06
and Pastor Scott wrote
the first drafts for it
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.53
almost 10 years ago.
00:27:16.56\00:27:17.90
Wow.
00:27:17.93\00:27:19.27
And, and so at present
00:27:19.30\00:27:21.77
through the
Adventist learning community
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.47
and the website's just below.
00:27:24.51\00:27:27.88
We can,
00:27:27.91\00:27:29.38
any person who's
interested in reaching out to,
00:27:29.41\00:27:33.01
to say their Hindu or
Buddhist or Muslim friend
00:27:33.05\00:27:37.09
or their Jewish friend
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.45
that may live next door to them
00:27:38.49\00:27:39.82
or even a Native American,
00:27:39.85\00:27:43.12
you know, someone
who lives next to them.
00:27:43.16\00:27:45.19
They want to reach
out cross culturally,
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.26
it's a 13-part training
00:27:47.30\00:27:50.90
that helps people to bridge
into cross cultural ministry.
00:27:50.93\00:27:56.20
Okay.
00:27:56.24\00:27:57.57
How do I connect with
my friend, my neighbor,
00:27:57.61\00:28:00.88
who's from another country?
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.24
How do I share
the gospel with them?
00:28:02.28\00:28:05.01
I find that what people
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.98
what's holding
people back is their fear.
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.18
You know, I'm going to say
something that's so foolish,
00:28:09.22\00:28:12.65
or I'm not going to
know how to answer a question
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.79
that it would have been
better if I just stayed at home.
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.09
So I'm going to stay home.
00:28:17.13\00:28:18.76
And we have to get past that,
00:28:18.79\00:28:20.13
we have to know
if you don't share,
00:28:20.16\00:28:22.20
nobody will,
00:28:22.23\00:28:23.57
because it's more
than 60% of Muslims,
00:28:23.60\00:28:26.97
Buddhists,
Hindus, Jews in America
00:28:27.00\00:28:29.94
that do not have
a Christian friend.
00:28:29.97\00:28:32.91
That's just, that's
beyond my comprehension.
00:28:32.94\00:28:34.94
And for international
students, it's worse.
00:28:34.98\00:28:36.95
It's more like 75% live
here, having spent four years,
00:28:36.98\00:28:41.25
six years in America
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.92
from countries they
may be the future leaders,
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.39
but they've been here
00:28:45.42\00:28:46.76
and they've never
made an American friend.
00:28:46.79\00:28:48.39
This is something very important
00:28:48.42\00:28:49.99
that you have said.
00:28:50.03\00:28:51.86
You know, there are
students like you said
00:28:51.89\00:28:54.03
they come from
different countries,
00:28:54.06\00:28:55.93
and are studying here
00:28:55.96\00:28:58.33
and it's a
great, a wonderful idea
00:28:58.37\00:29:02.14
to be able to reach them.
00:29:02.17\00:29:03.51
So when they go
to their countries,
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.27
they return different,
but they have a treasure,
00:29:05.31\00:29:09.74
let's call it that
they didn't have before
00:29:09.78\00:29:12.58
that cannot be
measured in money.
00:29:12.61\00:29:16.02
And so it's marvelous
00:29:16.05\00:29:18.35
and these are opportunities
that we should not let pass by.
00:29:18.39\00:29:22.92
Yeah, I'd like to share
a brief story, if I can,
00:29:22.96\00:29:26.46
and so, so I've had a
chance to work with individuals
00:29:26.49\00:29:32.13
and international students.
00:29:32.17\00:29:34.07
I can't share
where they're from.
00:29:34.10\00:29:36.84
But in talking with them,
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.61
one of them having
spent several years
00:29:38.64\00:29:40.91
at our
university, talking with him,
00:29:40.94\00:29:43.24
dialoguing with him.
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.48
He came one day and he's like,
00:29:45.51\00:29:48.28
you know, I think I'm
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:29:48.32\00:29:51.65
And I was like,
00:29:51.69\00:29:53.05
you know, please
unpack that and he's like,
00:29:53.09\00:29:55.06
I like, believe
00:29:55.09\00:29:56.42
like all the same
things you guys believe.
00:29:56.46\00:29:58.33
And he's had such
a positive experience
00:29:58.36\00:30:01.96
at our university that,
00:30:02.00\00:30:03.80
that he takes that
with him wherever he goes.
00:30:03.83\00:30:05.47
Praise the Lord.
00:30:05.50\00:30:06.84
And so while he hasn't
made that step for baptism,
00:30:06.87\00:30:11.67
or joining a church,
00:30:11.71\00:30:13.21
he has a very
positive understanding
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.64
and relationship.
00:30:15.68\00:30:17.01
And that may be the...
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.38
That may be the stepping stone
00:30:18.41\00:30:19.75
that someone later
will finish sowing the seed
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.72
and cultivating
and sowing the seed.
00:30:22.75\00:30:24.35
And it's just a beautiful story.
00:30:24.39\00:30:27.16
When you make
yourself available to God
00:30:27.19\00:30:29.32
and that's what
the training program.
00:30:29.36\00:30:30.79
We'll get back and tell you
more about that in a moment.
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.59
But you took another
story that I want to share.
00:30:32.63\00:30:35.40
That's exactly
how one person starts
00:30:35.43\00:30:37.83
and another continues.
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.47
And how if we
will choose to say,
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.60
God, I'm available today.
00:30:41.64\00:30:44.17
I have my agenda,
00:30:44.21\00:30:45.71
but I'm going to
the grocery store
00:30:45.74\00:30:47.14
and I'll be
working and various things
00:30:47.18\00:30:49.71
so please, I'm available.
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.85
Sometimes that's hard.
00:30:51.88\00:30:53.21
I was coming back
from being overseas.
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.48
I was tired out, I had
a two-hour shuttle ride.
00:30:55.52\00:30:58.02
This is when we
were living in Michigan.
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.16
From Chicago
coming back and I just,
00:31:00.19\00:31:02.66
I didn't want to be bothered,
you know, but I'm available.
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.49
And so this young
girl gets on the bus
00:31:05.53\00:31:08.10
was walking back.
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.46
And I saw she was look
like probably from China.
00:31:09.50\00:31:12.53
And I just
smiled, that's all I did.
00:31:12.57\00:31:14.17
And she immediately took that
little tiny bit of friendship
00:31:14.20\00:31:16.91
and began to talk to me.
00:31:16.94\00:31:18.94
Did she want to
practice English?
00:31:18.97\00:31:20.38
It was pretty
good by then but maybe.
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.04
And so we started talking
00:31:23.08\00:31:24.41
and we talked
the rest of the trip.
00:31:24.45\00:31:26.55
At the end, I took her contact.
00:31:26.58\00:31:28.98
Her name was Shenchen.
00:31:29.02\00:31:30.39
And my wife called her and
we decided to get together.
00:31:30.42\00:31:33.82
We invited her over for a meal.
00:31:33.86\00:31:35.96
And she came,
00:31:35.99\00:31:37.33
45-minute drive to our house
00:31:37.36\00:31:38.93
from the
university she was studying at
00:31:38.96\00:31:40.80
in South Bend, I think.
00:31:40.83\00:31:43.60
And she came up there,
00:31:43.63\00:31:46.27
she then invited us to her house
00:31:46.30\00:31:47.84
and fixed a nice,
wonderful Chinese meal for us.
00:31:47.87\00:31:50.51
And then next
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
there was a
memorial-day weekend,
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.24
our youth group
was having a picnic.
00:31:53.27\00:31:55.14
She came and joined,
00:31:55.18\00:31:56.75
started coming to
church once in a while
00:31:56.78\00:31:59.08
and then one of the students
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.72
started studying
the Bible with her.
00:32:00.75\00:32:02.72
We had to move to Houston.
00:32:02.75\00:32:05.05
She ended up getting married,
moved out of that situation.
00:32:05.09\00:32:08.16
But we kept in touch.
00:32:08.19\00:32:09.79
And our friend Rachel
00:32:09.82\00:32:11.16
began to study
with her over the phone.
00:32:11.19\00:32:13.66
And then
finally we connected her
00:32:13.70\00:32:15.06
with a Chinese
member in California
00:32:15.10\00:32:16.73
where she
studied and was baptized
00:32:16.77\00:32:19.37
just before giving
birth to her first child.
00:32:19.40\00:32:22.37
It's God, God led,
He has led them here.
00:32:22.40\00:32:26.74
And if we will open ourselves,
00:32:26.78\00:32:28.54
He will lead us to them as well.
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.05
Amen. Amen.
00:32:30.08\00:32:31.51
I want to ask you a question
because you're going beyond,
00:32:31.55\00:32:36.79
let's say, "Hey,
what's your name?
00:32:36.82\00:32:39.95
My name is John.
00:32:39.99\00:32:41.39
Want to do some Bible studies?"
00:32:41.42\00:32:42.76
You're going beyond that.
00:32:42.79\00:32:44.13
You're meeting needs, and
you're doing this overseas.
00:32:44.16\00:32:47.40
Give us a little
glimpse of what it is
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.20
that some of these people
need help in different ways.
00:32:50.23\00:32:53.17
Because you help them
and you impact their lives
00:32:53.20\00:32:55.20
and now they somehow
00:32:55.24\00:32:57.91
that makes a
connection with the people
00:32:57.94\00:33:01.34
that they say these
people have helped me,
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.65
and they are more open
to hearing about the gospel
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.78
after they have been helped.
00:33:06.82\00:33:08.72
Some needs have
been met in their lives.
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.79
And so they can testify of
what you have done for them
00:33:10.82\00:33:15.16
to other people,
00:33:15.19\00:33:16.52
and I'm sure
you have experiences
00:33:16.56\00:33:17.89
that you can share and say,
00:33:17.93\00:33:19.39
hey, these
people are good people,
00:33:19.43\00:33:21.00
they will help you.
00:33:21.03\00:33:22.36
So tell us what kind
of needs have you seen,
00:33:22.40\00:33:25.93
that you run into,
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.30
that you help people
00:33:27.34\00:33:28.67
with in some of these
countries ASAP is involved in
00:33:28.70\00:33:32.27
and it yields
fruit for the honor
00:33:32.31\00:33:35.08
and glory of the Lord.
00:33:35.11\00:33:36.44
Yeah, so one project that,
00:33:36.48\00:33:40.28
that I've had the
privilege and the blessing
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.12
to oversee and manage
the last couple of years.
00:33:42.15\00:33:46.55
It's called a Bangkok
Refugee and Poor program.
00:33:46.59\00:33:49.66
And so in Bangkok, Thailand,
00:33:49.69\00:33:52.83
we have coordinator on the field
00:33:52.86\00:33:55.20
working day in and day
out with urban refugees.
00:33:55.23\00:33:59.37
And today, you know,
00:33:59.40\00:34:01.10
there's 79.8
million displaced people
00:34:01.14\00:34:05.11
in the world.
00:34:05.14\00:34:06.47
And most of them
00:34:06.51\00:34:08.01
are actually now
living in urban centers,
00:34:08.04\00:34:10.31
so they're urban refugees,
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.75
so they don't have the structure
00:34:11.78\00:34:13.11
of a refugee camp,
00:34:13.15\00:34:14.48
as we would
typically think about.
00:34:14.52\00:34:16.82
And so, in Bangkok,
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.95
we're working
with urban refugees,
00:34:18.99\00:34:21.02
and the need is far
greater than any one ministry
00:34:21.06\00:34:26.43
could ever meet.
00:34:26.46\00:34:28.20
But in our little
corner of the world of Bangkok,
00:34:28.23\00:34:31.87
we've been able to
reach out and minister
00:34:31.90\00:34:34.04
to numerous families,
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.87
some of whom
have decided to become
00:34:36.91\00:34:40.38
baptized members of
the Adventist Church there,
00:34:40.41\00:34:42.04
some of them
00:34:42.08\00:34:43.51
as they've been
helped and supported,
00:34:43.55\00:34:46.15
they resettled
to a third country,
00:34:46.18\00:34:48.98
for example, Canada.
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.59
They resettled
to another country
00:34:50.62\00:34:51.95
and there then they
take that memory with them.
00:34:51.99\00:34:55.92
And just and they know that
00:34:55.96\00:34:58.19
hey, we can
connect with Adventists
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.40
and find help and support
00:35:00.43\00:35:02.13
and find a meaningful connection
00:35:02.16\00:35:04.43
in community
00:35:04.47\00:35:05.80
because of what
they've experienced
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.17
in Bangkok, not only
through our ministry,
00:35:07.20\00:35:08.54
but through the
partnering churches
00:35:08.57\00:35:09.90
that we work with and schools.
00:35:09.94\00:35:11.77
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.24
Oh, I'm...
00:35:13.27\00:35:14.71
Reaching the people next door.
00:35:14.74\00:35:16.08
Yeah.
00:35:16.11\00:35:17.91
When you get to
walk into a refugee camp,
00:35:17.95\00:35:22.22
and you see people
living in a little bamboo hut,
00:35:22.25\00:35:25.95
maybe the size
of twice this table
00:35:25.99\00:35:28.16
with their three
or four children,
00:35:28.19\00:35:30.43
and you hear their stories
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.09
of what they've gone
through the war in the past,
00:35:32.13\00:35:35.83
now the camps are ready to close
00:35:35.86\00:35:37.47
and they have to go
back to that country.
00:35:37.50\00:35:39.57
The fear, the hopes to
go to a different country
00:35:39.60\00:35:42.37
to have safety and
education for their children.
00:35:42.40\00:35:45.64
That's one side of the world.
00:35:45.67\00:35:47.54
And I'm so thankful for
what ASAP is doing there
00:35:47.58\00:35:49.94
and others are doing.
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.45
When you get to meet them
on this side of the world,
00:35:51.48\00:35:53.85
and you see the
hope in their eyes,
00:35:53.88\00:35:56.05
the excitement is
to have their kids
00:35:56.08\00:35:57.65
starting to live
in a place of safety.
00:35:57.69\00:36:00.12
But then you
also see the struggle,
00:36:00.16\00:36:02.42
because it's not
paradise like they thought
00:36:02.46\00:36:04.49
it was going to be
when they got here,
00:36:04.53\00:36:06.29
and they are
struggling to have a job
00:36:06.33\00:36:08.96
during this time
of the Coronavirus.
00:36:09.00\00:36:11.80
We've had many of our friends
00:36:11.83\00:36:13.74
who have come as
refugees to America
00:36:13.77\00:36:16.77
and who have gotten
a part time job here
00:36:16.81\00:36:19.17
or two jobs here
00:36:19.21\00:36:20.54
and now suddenly
they have nothing.
00:36:20.58\00:36:22.41
So we've been able to continue
despite the need for masks
00:36:22.44\00:36:27.88
and sanitation
and social distancing,
00:36:27.92\00:36:30.42
we've been able to continue
the food bank deliveries,
00:36:30.45\00:36:33.22
just setting
things outside the door,
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.22
or having them come
through very carefully.
00:36:35.26\00:36:38.03
We've continued
to try to find ways
00:36:38.06\00:36:40.36
that they can have jobs,
00:36:40.40\00:36:42.06
the ladies know how to sew,
00:36:42.10\00:36:43.77
some of them have
sewing machines already.
00:36:43.80\00:36:45.73
Others have donated, so
that we have them available.
00:36:45.77\00:36:48.84
They were making masks,
00:36:48.87\00:36:50.31
now they're
making some furniture,
00:36:50.34\00:36:53.04
but they're
just, they're in need,
00:36:53.07\00:36:54.81
they have practical needs,
00:36:54.84\00:36:56.18
especially in
those first few months.
00:36:56.21\00:36:58.78
And they say, you know,
00:36:58.81\00:37:00.15
a lot of people are
worried about integration
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.08
and the difficulties
that come with refugees
00:37:02.12\00:37:04.95
and immigration and immigrants.
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.76
But the key, it's
not English class.
00:37:06.79\00:37:09.89
It's not some
other social service.
00:37:09.92\00:37:11.96
The key they have
found through research
00:37:11.99\00:37:14.30
is do they have
an American friend
00:37:14.33\00:37:17.60
who is there to help them
go through their struggles?
00:37:17.63\00:37:20.27
If they do, they
will integrate well,
00:37:20.30\00:37:23.04
they will succeed well,
00:37:23.07\00:37:24.44
they will become solid promoting
00:37:24.47\00:37:26.47
effective
citizens of the country.
00:37:26.51\00:37:29.34
So we have enjoyed it.
00:37:29.38\00:37:31.55
I'm busy with a lot of things.
00:37:31.58\00:37:33.35
But I have one family.
00:37:33.38\00:37:35.18
I have other friends
and other families too.
00:37:35.22\00:37:36.75
But there's one particular
recently arrived refugee family
00:37:36.79\00:37:40.42
that we've been
able to get to know,
00:37:40.46\00:37:42.49
to help him
through his back pain
00:37:42.52\00:37:44.49
through his difficulties.
00:37:44.53\00:37:46.23
He's out of work.
00:37:46.26\00:37:47.60
He was an Uber driver,
00:37:47.63\00:37:48.96
and now trying to
get back on his feet.
00:37:49.00\00:37:51.53
But we've gotten to know them.
00:37:51.57\00:37:52.93
We love their children.
00:37:52.97\00:37:54.30
One day, we invited
him out to our property.
00:37:54.34\00:37:56.81
We swam, we played,
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.61
we barbecued and
we were together.
00:37:58.64\00:38:00.44
And at the end of the
day, the kids are saying,
00:38:00.48\00:38:02.51
"This is our favorite
time in the last three years
00:38:02.54\00:38:04.31
that we've been here.
00:38:04.35\00:38:05.68
This is just amazing."
00:38:05.71\00:38:07.68
They feel like they
have an American family,
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.42
friends that are there.
00:38:10.45\00:38:11.79
And so that's what I,
00:38:11.82\00:38:13.42
you know, to bring
it back for a moment
00:38:13.46\00:38:14.82
to the training
the 13-part training,
00:38:14.86\00:38:17.09
Reach the World Next Door.
00:38:17.13\00:38:18.83
It just simply helps you
find those unreached people
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.90
to know where the
refugees are and what
00:38:21.93\00:38:24.17
local resettlement
agencies are doing.
00:38:24.20\00:38:26.10
You don't have to do it all.
00:38:26.13\00:38:27.50
There's a system there.
00:38:27.54\00:38:29.30
But you can either join as
a volunteer and be trained,
00:38:29.34\00:38:32.54
or you can find out
just how to meet somebody
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.38
and then be that
friend, that family
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.48
and the training
then walks you through
00:38:37.51\00:38:39.78
how to help them tangibly,
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.98
how to then share your
faith in an appropriate way
00:38:42.02\00:38:44.79
at the right time
00:38:44.82\00:38:46.15
in a way that's
respectful to them
00:38:46.19\00:38:47.52
and their
religion, their background,
00:38:47.56\00:38:49.46
but helps them to understand
this new world they're around
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.16
and how people believe
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.53
and the options
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.90
that they've not
been able to hear
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.26
all their life.
00:38:56.30\00:38:57.63
Excellent. This is great.
00:38:57.67\00:38:59.00
So, it walks them
through carefully.
00:38:59.03\00:39:00.37
And I mentioned, you
know, people are afraid,
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.24
afraid to make that
mistake or to even start,
00:39:02.27\00:39:05.04
they don't know
where to get going.
00:39:05.07\00:39:06.88
But because the
training is intended
00:39:06.91\00:39:08.68
for a small group,
00:39:08.71\00:39:10.05
either your family or
church group to do together,
00:39:10.08\00:39:13.38
it builds into it
that encouragement
00:39:13.42\00:39:15.22
and accountability,
00:39:15.25\00:39:16.58
where you gather together,
00:39:16.62\00:39:17.95
you find out how
each other been doing,
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.69
praises, prayer requests,
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.42
and whether or not
you did the assignments,
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.56
and then helps
them to move forward
00:39:23.59\00:39:25.76
in accomplishing it.
00:39:25.79\00:39:27.26
It's really helping
people to get engaged
00:39:27.30\00:39:30.37
with those in
need of the gospel.
00:39:30.40\00:39:33.07
We're seeing people pick it up
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.97
and move forward out
into their communities.
00:39:35.00\00:39:37.24
Excellent. Excellent.
00:39:37.27\00:39:38.61
So you have seen people
using these things already,
00:39:38.64\00:39:42.08
the 13 training lessons,
00:39:42.11\00:39:45.71
and you mentioned
something very interesting.
00:39:45.75\00:39:48.68
You said, is it
designed for like small groups
00:39:48.72\00:39:54.39
and churches to do?
00:39:54.42\00:39:55.76
So, let's say right now
00:39:55.79\00:39:57.59
you have the eyes and
ears of the church members
00:39:57.63\00:40:02.06
that are involved in
the different ministries
00:40:02.10\00:40:04.27
of the church,
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.63
what message do
you have for them,
00:40:05.67\00:40:07.84
so they can get interested
in using these lessons?
00:40:07.87\00:40:12.17
So because the
needs are everywhere
00:40:12.21\00:40:15.54
whether you're in the city
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.91
or you living in the countryside
00:40:16.95\00:40:18.28
and you just meet
somebody at a gas station
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.81
who's moved out to the
suburbs, to the countryside,
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.78
you will find those people
00:40:22.82\00:40:24.72
but we're just not
aware of them that much.
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.46
So this helps to engage that
so anybody anywhere can do it.
00:40:27.49\00:40:31.26
We have groups doing it online
00:40:31.29\00:40:33.19
because of the
present situation.
00:40:33.23\00:40:35.46
We're doing it by Zoom
or another way of meeting
00:40:35.50\00:40:38.47
and it's easy to pick up
00:40:38.50\00:40:41.50
and just to begin
doing in that way.
00:40:41.54\00:40:44.77
And people are
already they're finding ways
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.84
through Facebook
contacts that they know of.
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.98
Oh, yeah, that person
I went to school with.
00:40:51.01\00:40:53.01
They were from another country
and religious background.
00:40:53.05\00:40:55.22
I'm going to get
in touch with them.
00:40:55.25\00:40:57.19
And someone else,
00:40:57.22\00:40:58.55
just begin looking
around and made a friend
00:40:58.59\00:41:00.52
with a man from Iraq and said,
00:41:00.56\00:41:02.86
"I'm going to befriend him.
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.39
He's handicapped."
00:41:04.43\00:41:05.76
Now, they've
helped him get a job,
00:41:05.79\00:41:07.30
helping him
through these tough times.
00:41:07.33\00:41:09.16
Those friendships get started
when we become intentional.
00:41:09.20\00:41:12.57
Excellent.
00:41:12.60\00:41:13.94
I think for any
church, this training kit,
00:41:13.97\00:41:17.47
this training series
00:41:17.51\00:41:19.37
is helpful to
expanding the vision
00:41:19.41\00:41:23.95
of the local ministry,
00:41:23.98\00:41:26.41
because we can be
involved in personal ministries
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.42
and men's ministry
00:41:29.45\00:41:31.05
and children's
ministries and so on.
00:41:31.09\00:41:32.45
And those are all
great and excellent.
00:41:32.49\00:41:35.09
Having this training
opens up then the avenue,
00:41:35.12\00:41:38.86
now I can take what I'm doing
00:41:38.89\00:41:40.23
and make it cross culturally
relevant and relatable,
00:41:40.26\00:41:44.47
and further
expanding the number of people
00:41:44.50\00:41:47.67
that we can embrace and include
00:41:47.70\00:41:49.40
in the different ministries
of our local churches.
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.61
Excellent. This is great.
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.54
So do, is all
the training online
00:41:53.58\00:41:58.15
or do they get
some printed material
00:41:58.18\00:42:00.88
or is the option to
print from what's online?
00:42:00.92\00:42:03.49
Is that the way it was?
00:42:03.52\00:42:04.95
It's a good, very good question.
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.65
Adventist learning community
00:42:06.69\00:42:08.02
is the North
American divisions place
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.59
for continued
education for pastors,
00:42:10.63\00:42:13.33
for teachers, for
anybody who wants to learn
00:42:13.36\00:42:15.63
more about ministry
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.20
or how to reach out
and other topics as well.
00:42:17.23\00:42:20.54
And so they're the
ones that are hosting it,
00:42:20.57\00:42:22.57
it's step forward, slash,
00:42:22.60\00:42:24.04
AdventistLearning
Community.com/rwnd.
00:42:24.07\00:42:29.81
And at that place
the videos are there
00:42:29.84\00:42:33.01
because there's
video clips from people
00:42:33.05\00:42:35.08
who are heavily
involved in refugee ministry
00:42:35.12\00:42:38.09
like Terry Sally,
00:42:38.12\00:42:39.65
and others who as pastors
and as conference leaders,
00:42:39.69\00:42:43.96
like Dan Serns
from Texas Conference
00:42:43.99\00:42:48.46
and Dean Cordon from
Iowa Missouri Conference.
00:42:48.50\00:42:51.47
They're sharing
what their experiences
00:42:51.50\00:42:54.04
and so it's a
combination of that,
00:42:54.07\00:42:56.97
and then their
principal materials
00:42:57.01\00:42:58.57
that they can
just print out, use
00:42:58.61\00:43:01.48
and one of them is
praying for the world next door
00:43:01.51\00:43:04.05
to get people really praying.
00:43:04.08\00:43:05.81
Another one is my
favorite missionary,
00:43:05.85\00:43:08.18
which looks at Jesus.
00:43:08.22\00:43:09.55
Yes.
00:43:09.58\00:43:10.92
You know, the
missionary to the Jews people,
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.66
but he couldn't help
reach out to the Canaanite,
00:43:13.69\00:43:16.56
and the
Samaritan, and the Roman.
00:43:16.59\00:43:18.73
And so it walks you
through seeing the love of Jesus
00:43:18.76\00:43:21.96
who even at the cross
is asking God forgiveness
00:43:22.00\00:43:25.03
for the oppressor.
00:43:25.07\00:43:27.07
For the foreigner
00:43:27.10\00:43:28.44
who shouldn't have
been in their country,
00:43:28.47\00:43:29.80
the Roman centurion.
00:43:29.84\00:43:31.87
So this is Jesus call to us
and you can access it there.
00:43:31.91\00:43:37.38
Excellent, excellent.
00:43:37.41\00:43:38.75
So the information is available
00:43:38.78\00:43:41.05
and you instruct
people how to get it.
00:43:41.08\00:43:44.79
But you mentioned there
are also things to read,
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.62
but also things to see in here.
00:43:47.66\00:43:49.39
There are videos available,
so that people can see like,
00:43:49.42\00:43:54.90
like it's true still,
00:43:54.93\00:43:56.26
the picture
paints a thousand words,
00:43:56.30\00:43:58.03
how about moving
pictures, and the video.
00:43:58.07\00:44:00.04
So this is a
great resource to have.
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.64
I see that you also
have another website
00:44:02.67\00:44:07.64
that is MyLanguageMyLife.com.
00:44:07.68\00:44:12.31
Tell us something
about this website
00:44:12.35\00:44:15.05
and what is available there?
00:44:15.08\00:44:17.85
I remember when I
was trying to figure out
00:44:17.89\00:44:20.36
how God was leading and
coming back to the States
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.62
that we were at a GYC Conference
00:44:22.66\00:44:25.16
in Houston, Texas,
00:44:25.19\00:44:26.53
and we went out
with the young people
00:44:26.56\00:44:27.90
in the buses.
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.26
And I heard one come
back and say, the lady said,
00:44:29.30\00:44:31.93
"No English, Vietnamese,
00:44:31.97\00:44:33.94
and I didn't know
what to give her."
00:44:33.97\00:44:36.04
And it hit me,
00:44:36.07\00:44:37.41
we have
resources around the world.
00:44:37.44\00:44:39.87
Our church has so
much beautiful literature,
00:44:39.91\00:44:42.74
but it's not available.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.18
It's over there
somewhere in a mission office.
00:44:44.21\00:44:46.51
I don't know how to order
it. I don't know how to get it.
00:44:46.55\00:44:49.15
And now we have
all these people.
00:44:49.18\00:44:51.32
And even if you
do speak English,
00:44:51.35\00:44:53.15
your heart
language you want to hear,
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.46
you need to hear
the gospel there.
00:44:55.49\00:44:57.86
So we begin to
work with volunteers,
00:44:57.89\00:44:59.89
with ASAP Ministries
to put together a site,
00:44:59.93\00:45:02.46
MyLanguageMyLife.com
00:45:02.50\00:45:04.60
that has now over 150 languages
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.70
of Seventh-Day
Adventist material.
00:45:07.74\00:45:09.60
Marvelous, 150 languages?
00:45:09.64\00:45:11.67
It's great.
00:45:11.71\00:45:13.04
So when you meet somebody
and let's take Vietnamese again
00:45:13.07\00:45:15.64
because there's so many
of them in the United States,
00:45:15.68\00:45:18.38
you can either hand him a
card that you can get from ASAP
00:45:18.41\00:45:21.52
that has the website
00:45:21.55\00:45:22.92
or you can pull out your
phone or their phone and say,
00:45:22.95\00:45:26.05
can I show you
something that's got things
00:45:26.09\00:45:28.06
in your language
00:45:28.09\00:45:29.42
and scroll down and
click on Adventist World Radio
00:45:29.46\00:45:32.53
or 3ABN Latino or
whatever else is there
00:45:32.56\00:45:37.10
so many great resources
that you can share with them.
00:45:37.13\00:45:41.40
Marvelous, marvelous.
00:45:41.44\00:45:44.61
You know, we receive
calls, emails and letters.
00:45:44.64\00:45:47.31
Do you have any
information in Spanish?
00:45:47.34\00:45:49.14
Because since I work
with the Spanish ministry
00:45:49.18\00:45:52.05
here at 3ABN,
00:45:52.08\00:45:53.48
they're asking for
where do I get this?
00:45:53.52\00:45:54.95
Where do I get that?
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.32
Now this is a marvelous resource
00:45:56.35\00:45:58.35
that people can just in seconds,
00:45:58.39\00:46:00.82
go right there and they have,
00:46:00.86\00:46:03.02
they can select the language
00:46:03.06\00:46:04.99
that they want
to get the material.
00:46:05.03\00:46:06.90
And this is...
00:46:06.93\00:46:08.26
This brings me to a
question people often bring up
00:46:08.30\00:46:11.43
which is like, "Well,
everybody matters," right?
00:46:11.47\00:46:13.77
I mean, you know,
00:46:13.80\00:46:15.14
lots of our own
people here who've grown up
00:46:15.17\00:46:17.24
and were born in United
States, they need the gospel.
00:46:17.27\00:46:20.14
And that's where we
can affirm that and say,
00:46:20.18\00:46:22.11
of course,
everyone matters to Jesus.
00:46:22.14\00:46:24.71
We're simply asking,
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.38
who's had a chance
to hear and who hasn't.
00:46:26.41\00:46:29.68
So, black, white, Hispanic,
00:46:29.72\00:46:33.72
we have that background
for the majority of us
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.96
we can access like
church, a radio station,
00:46:35.99\00:46:38.79
television program, a Bible,
that's in our language in our,
00:46:38.83\00:46:43.06
from our background,
you know, it's around,
00:46:43.10\00:46:46.00
but many of these people do not,
00:46:46.03\00:46:47.90
they've never
had that opportunity.
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.47
And so that's where,
that's where we're appealing,
00:46:50.51\00:46:53.11
especially in Houston,
00:46:53.14\00:46:54.48
I love going to speak
00:46:54.51\00:46:56.24
at the Spanish
speaking churches.
00:46:56.28\00:46:58.08
They've got that fire,
00:46:58.11\00:46:59.45
they've got their
outreach going on,
00:46:59.48\00:47:00.82
the yearly evangelism programs.
00:47:00.85\00:47:02.95
And whenever we speak about
00:47:02.98\00:47:04.72
reaching out to
immigrants and refugees,
00:47:04.75\00:47:07.19
they immediately get it.
00:47:07.22\00:47:08.56
Many of them
have transitioned here
00:47:08.59\00:47:10.69
from another country,
00:47:10.73\00:47:12.06
they understand the difficulty,
00:47:12.09\00:47:13.93
the challenges
00:47:13.96\00:47:15.30
that these refugees
from unreached countries
00:47:15.33\00:47:17.47
have gone through.
00:47:17.50\00:47:18.83
And so they are picking
up this task and saying,
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.90
we want to reach
out cross culturally,
00:47:21.94\00:47:24.54
that's been exciting.
00:47:24.57\00:47:25.91
In fact,
00:47:25.94\00:47:27.28
we are working on a
translation into Spanish
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.68
of the Reach the
World Next Door training.
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.81
Because there are
so many you're saying,
00:47:31.85\00:47:33.35
we want to be trained.
00:47:33.38\00:47:34.78
We want to know
how to reach out,
00:47:34.82\00:47:36.15
but we don't feel adequate.
00:47:36.18\00:47:37.52
We want to learn how. Yeah.
00:47:37.55\00:47:39.22
The key, a key
Bible text that I've just,
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.56
I've spent a lot
of time thinking about
00:47:41.59\00:47:43.66
reading is Acts 17:26 and 27.
00:47:43.69\00:47:47.26
And that really
undergirds all of this
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.87
that we're talking
about, Acts 17:26 and 27.
00:47:50.90\00:47:54.70
And Paul, of course,
he's there in Athens.
00:47:54.74\00:47:57.27
He's speaking at Mars
Hill to the wise men there.
00:47:57.31\00:48:03.75
They're surrounded by
all the different gods
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.95
on Mars Hill.
00:48:05.98\00:48:07.32
And I love what Paul says here.
00:48:07.35\00:48:08.68
He says, "For one man,
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.79
he created all the nations
throughout the whole earth."
00:48:10.82\00:48:14.09
And that just
communicates to us like,
00:48:14.12\00:48:17.09
no matter who we are,
00:48:17.13\00:48:18.69
God's created
every single human being
00:48:18.73\00:48:21.76
around the world.
00:48:21.80\00:48:23.13
And so we're
all of His creation.
00:48:23.16\00:48:26.94
He decided beforehand
when they should rise and fall
00:48:26.97\00:48:29.94
and He
determined their boundaries.
00:48:29.97\00:48:31.44
God knows where
we're going to live,
00:48:31.47\00:48:34.74
wherever board,
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.11
wherever we're going to move to,
00:48:36.14\00:48:37.48
how life events transition
and move us through life.
00:48:37.51\00:48:41.18
He understands those boundaries.
00:48:41.22\00:48:43.28
And I love verse
27, as Paul mentions,
00:48:43.32\00:48:46.82
"His purpose was for the nations
00:48:46.86\00:48:49.96
to seek after God,
00:48:49.99\00:48:52.06
and perhaps feel their
way toward Him and find Him."
00:48:52.09\00:48:55.56
And so in the midst
of what we see going on
00:48:55.60\00:48:58.40
and refugees being displaced in,
00:48:58.43\00:49:01.94
in migration and so on.
00:49:01.97\00:49:04.64
Well, we see
what I see God doing
00:49:04.67\00:49:06.57
is that well, God's
not causing the wars,
00:49:06.61\00:49:09.28
and the famines,
and the persecution,
00:49:09.31\00:49:11.51
but in the people movements,
00:49:11.55\00:49:13.88
He's leading nations to a place
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.79
where like Paul is
saying they can seek after God.
00:49:16.82\00:49:21.76
And are we there to meet
them in their search for God?
00:49:21.79\00:49:25.56
Yes, that's impacting.
00:49:25.59\00:49:30.30
You know why we
were talking here,
00:49:30.33\00:49:31.83
I went to
MyLanguageMyLife.com web page,
00:49:31.87\00:49:35.30
and it's marvelous,
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.74
I encourage you to
take a look at this page
00:49:37.77\00:49:39.94
and also the
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.48
AdventistLearning
Community.com/rwnd,
00:49:42.51\00:49:48.58
both of these places,
take time, look at it over.
00:49:48.62\00:49:52.79
I just went to
MyLanguageMyLife.com.
00:49:52.82\00:49:55.29
I clicked on
English and you can listen.
00:49:55.32\00:49:59.29
There's a subheading, listen.
00:49:59.33\00:50:03.43
And then the
Bible in many languages,
00:50:03.47\00:50:06.67
radio, television,
then it says watch.
00:50:06.70\00:50:11.17
And it has many
resources for watching,
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.88
explore many resources
00:50:13.91\00:50:16.34
to explore
small group materials.
00:50:16.38\00:50:18.51
Excellent.
00:50:18.55\00:50:19.88
And then there's a
section especially for kids
00:50:19.91\00:50:22.12
here that I see.
00:50:22.15\00:50:23.49
And then it says
books and magazines,
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.89
health connect,
related information.
00:50:25.92\00:50:29.09
And this is a
marvelous resource.
00:50:29.12\00:50:31.26
I praise the Lord
that it's available
00:50:31.29\00:50:33.26
in so many languages.
00:50:33.29\00:50:35.10
And so I encourage you
to take a look at this,
00:50:35.13\00:50:37.70
you are going to
need this resource.
00:50:37.73\00:50:41.74
You've heard it
today, you may need it today
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.81
or you may need it tomorrow.
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.17
But take a look at this web page
00:50:45.21\00:50:47.01
because you will
be blessed to see it.
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.11
You can explore
yourself and be blessed,
00:50:50.15\00:50:52.71
your personal
spiritual life will be enriched.
00:50:52.75\00:50:55.18
Yes.
00:50:55.22\00:50:56.55
When I came back
00:50:56.58\00:50:57.92
from my first two
years in Cambodia,
00:50:57.95\00:51:00.02
and I walked into
a Christian bookstore
00:51:00.06\00:51:02.26
in Central California,
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.39
I began to just weep.
00:51:04.43\00:51:05.76
And I couldn't figure out
00:51:05.79\00:51:07.13
what was going
on until it hit me.
00:51:07.16\00:51:08.83
We had all these
hundreds, thousands of resources
00:51:08.86\00:51:11.90
in English.
00:51:11.93\00:51:13.27
And we had no Bible studies,
or anything in Cambodia.
00:51:13.30\00:51:17.67
And I just said,
Lord, please, we need these
00:51:17.71\00:51:21.48
before the people
we need to be writing,
00:51:21.51\00:51:23.31
we need to be creating.
00:51:23.35\00:51:25.38
God is calling us to consider
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.38
those who've never had a chance.
00:51:28.42\00:51:29.98
It's like we've been feeding
the first 500 of the 5,000.
00:51:30.02\00:51:33.66
And we keep giving the
seconds and thirds and fourths
00:51:33.69\00:51:36.26
while the other
people are still hungry.
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.63
Thank you so much.
00:51:37.66\00:51:38.99
Well, we are going to
give you contact information.
00:51:39.03\00:51:42.10
And you're going
to hear news from 3ABN
00:51:42.13\00:51:44.33
and we will be back in a moment
00:51:44.37\00:51:46.47
for final comments
from Scott and Bill.
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.04
We'll see you in a moment.
00:51:49.07\00:51:51.34
For more information
about ASAP Ministries
00:51:51.37\00:51:53.81
and Reach the World Next Door,
00:51:53.84\00:51:56.01
please contact
them at 269-471-3026.
00:51:56.04\00:52:01.72
That's 269-471-3026.
00:52:01.75\00:52:06.69
Their website is
ASAPMinistries.org.
00:52:06.72\00:52:09.76
That's ASAPMinistries.org.
00:52:09.79\00:52:13.76
You may also write to
them at 105 South Cass Street,
00:52:13.80\00:52:17.87
Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103.
00:52:17.90\00:52:22.27
That's 105 South Cass Street,
00:52:22.30\00:52:25.07
Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103.
00:52:25.11\00:52:29.31