My heart has
been so blessed today
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as I've heard
these incredible stories,
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and we want to squeeze
in one more story for you.
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Pastor Lisa,
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could you share
a story in closing?
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Absolutely.
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Last summer, we received word
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that there were two of
our ASAP ethnic missionaries
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that had been just eating a meal
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with some people in a village,
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and they knocked
and come at the door.
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And the policemen
were there saying,
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"We're taking you away,
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we're going to arrest you."
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There was no reason,
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they hadn't been
charged with anything.
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They're just put in jail.
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And they began to pray,
told us, we began to pray.
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And we are hoping that
they would just be led out
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in a day or two.
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And instead, the days
went on, it was over a week.
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I don't remember
the exact amount of time
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that they were in there,
but we just kept praying.
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The people in that
closed country were praying.
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They didn't know
what would happen,
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things are not
fair in these countries.
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And when they got out,
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we were just
praising the Lord because,
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okay, you know,
it's not a long sentence,
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it was maybe two weeks
that they were in jail,
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and we were praising the Lord.
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And then we got word
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from what would be similar
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to the
conference president there.
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And he said, "Let me tell
you the rest of the story."
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And he said, "While
they were in this jail,
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all of their cellmates
came to know Jesus Christ.
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Eight people became Christians
while they were in jail."
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And not only that,
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but I believe it
was the three policemen
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that had come to arrest them
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were asking
questions about the gospel.
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Amen. That's a powerful story.
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Thank you so much, Julia,
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and Pastor Lisa, for being here,
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for sharing your
passion for mission,
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your passion to
share Jesus with others.
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And we're so glad that
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you have joined
us today as well.
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As we've shared
this incredible ministry
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impacting the lives of the poor,
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the persecuted and the
unreached people group.
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Wanna encourage you to
get out and share Jesus.
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Amen. Bye-bye.
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Amen.
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