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, friends.
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Welcome to Thursday Night Live
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here at the 3ABN
Production Center
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in West Frankfort.
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We thank you for
taking the time to tune in
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and I know you're gonna
be excited about this program
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because it's about
missions, global missions.
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And that is the driving
force behind the gospel.
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When Jesus said,
"Go into all the world."
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He didn't mean just to preach.
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He meant to touch
lives in various ways.
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He meant to transform
lives to provide their needs
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to show them that
God is not just the one
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who speaks the gospel.
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But the gospel reaches
down and touch with compassion.
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And our guests today...
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We're gonna have
about various guests
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between the first
hour and second hour
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and this
program is totally live.
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So you may wanna
hit the record button
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as you follow the program.
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Because I know it's
gonna be not only informational
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but also transformational.
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And it's gonna
also be challenging.
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So thank you so
much for tuning in
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and thank you for what
you do for this network
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as we continue going and growing
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getting ready for the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Tonight, we have two guests
Gary Krause and Rick Kajiura.
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Very good.
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I tried to give
you some ethnicity.
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Good to have you
here both tonight.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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And missions is
an amazing topic.
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And we're so glad to be able
to share this hour with you,
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these two hours.
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We're gonna have some
wonderful video rolls.
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If you're driving in your car,
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don't try to look
at the video rolls.
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But if you are
watching from home,
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we pray that you'll
pay particular attention
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because we're gonna be
going all over the world,
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different parts of the
world through these video rolls.
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And there's some
surprises in them.
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So you stay tuned
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and you may wanna
hit the record button,
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just in case I didn't say that.
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But before we go any
further, we always have music.
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And I wanna encourage you
to sit back as Jaime Jorge...
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He's a guy that
doesn't just play music,
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he feels it, he communicates it,
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and he is gonna get our
hearts ready by the song,
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"All Hail the Power and
Praise the Lord Medley."
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Now you can take a breath.
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That was a powerful song.
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Thank you so much,
Jaime, for that wonderful song,
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"All Hail the Power and
Praise the Lord Medley."
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You know, tonight I
wanna introduce our guests
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who are here tonight.
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Gary Krause,
since you're so close,
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I'm just gonna reach out my hand
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and say welcome,
good to see you again.
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Thank you, my friend.
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It's always
good to have you here
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when we talk about missions.
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And, Rick, good
to have you here.
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I tried to add
some ethnicity there
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because I appreciate
the uniqueness of your name.
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Did I say it pretty close?
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You said it the
correct way probably,
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in Japanese background
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and that's how
they would say it.
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I did not grow up in Japan
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so I have a very
western way of saying it.
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Okay and what's the western way?
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Kajiura.
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Okay, well, we'll
take both of them tonight.
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I like yours
better. If they both work.
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Yeah, Kajiura!
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It just sounds just like...
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Sounds like it came from Japan.
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But briefly to our
viewers and listeners,
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because they are
those who are driving.
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Somebody may say,
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"Gary Krause, I
know him very well."
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But others may say,
"Who is Gary Krause?"
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Give us a nutshell
description of who you are
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and what you do
and where you're from?
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Okay, I'm an Australian working
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at the headquarters
of the Adventist church,
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in the office of
Adventist Mission.
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And we care for
global mission church
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planting in new areas
and mission awareness.
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Okay, good to have you.
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And I am the husband of
a beautiful wife Bettina
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and a 14-year-old daughter.
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Okay, Australia. Ah-hah.
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Okay, we'll be there
in not so long for now.
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And what were you
gonna say on that one, Rick?
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And the new puppy.
Oh, yeah, the new puppy.
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A 10-week-old puppy.
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Okay, what kind do you have?
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It is a Cavapoo.
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Okay.
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It's a Poodle mixed
with something else.
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A pretty dog that doesn't shed.
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Beautiful dog. Okay.
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Exactly. That's good.
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We know when you get older,
you like those kind of dogs.
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They don't shed.
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Just come in the house
but don't bring anything,
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no evidences with you.
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Hypoallergenic, yeah. Yes.
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And, Rick, good
to have you here.
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And you've been here before.
You're not a stranger to 3ABN.
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I have been out here
many times for many years.
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Okay.
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Well, let our viewers and
listeners know who you are.
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So I am Rick Kajiura and I
am the communication director
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for the office
of Adventist Mission
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at the Seventh-day Adventist
Church world headquarters.
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And I grew up in Canada
and now I live in Maryland.
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And Japanese background
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but I don't say my name
the way the Japanese would.
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Okay, well, I just
helped your heritage tonight?
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You sure did. Okay.
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Good to have you here tonight.
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Tell us about missions
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and give us a little
overview of Adventist Missions?
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Yes, sure. We
care for two areas.
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As I said, global
mission church planting
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with a particular
focus on new people groups
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and geographical areas.
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So the cities loom
large on our horizon.
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And tonight, we are
focusing specifically
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on the annual sacrifice offering
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which we collect once a year...
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Yes.
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That goes to help global
mission work around the world.
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And so that will be
funding church planters.
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Usually indigenous
working among their own people.
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It will help with
urban centers of influence
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in the great
cities of the world.
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And helping us to build
bridges of understanding
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with different
religions and worldviews
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that we really haven't
interacted within the past.
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Yes.
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Talk about urban centers of
influence 'cause that's a...
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Yeah. I know what that is.
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But somebody
might say, "Well, okay,
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it's an influential
center and an open community."
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But broaden on to that,
pretty much in a nutshell.
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Basically, it's an idea
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that was floated a 100 years ago
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by Ellen White,
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the co-founder of
the Adventist Church,
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And she talked
about ministry centers
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in urban areas
that would be platforms
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for putting Christ method
of ministering into practice.
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Okay.
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So rather than
coming into an urban area
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and just preaching at people,
we actually come and we mingle,
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we look and listen, we
find out what their needs are.
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We show sympathy, we
minister to those needs
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and we win confidence of
people and that takes some time.
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And then we bid
them to follow Jesus.
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So an urban center of
influence could be a cafe,
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it could be a restaurant,
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it could be a
secondhand clothes store,
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could be English as a
second language center.
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Doesn't matter what it is
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as long as it's
connecting with urban needs.
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Okay.
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And, Rick, as a
communications director,
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how have you seen,
add your components
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to what your experience has been
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with Adventist Missions?
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As Gary said, we
focus on two areas.
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And one is just helping
church members around the world
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understand what the
church is doing in mission
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because sometimes
you don't hear about it.
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And when you
are a global church,
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it's nice to know
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that there are
people doing things
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in other parts of the world.
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As far as the global mission
side in reaching the unreached,
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when you think about
"Well, who are the unreached?"
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Mm-hmm.
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And if you think that of
the entire world population,
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one-third is Christian.
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That means
two-thirds of the world
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has not heard the gospel,
hasn't heard about Jesus.
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They don't know Him.
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So that's a tremendous challenge
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that still remains out there.
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Okay, that's a wall if
you really think about it.
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Because in any society,
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I mean, doesn't
even mean in modern times
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but in all generations,
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it's hard to walk
into a people group
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that don't even
know who you are.
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And just
immediately penetrate there,
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intellect to just
share with them the gospel
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that they are
completely unfamiliar with.
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So you take the
measure, you know, when they see
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that you're
concerned about their needs.
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Talk about some of that?
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How do you work that in there?
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How do you kind of get
past that roadblock as it were?
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Well, I think that when we
meet people where they are at,
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rather than
expecting them to come to us,
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that's a very
important first step.
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It's not just a matter of trying
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to attract people to us,
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to our programs,
to our initiative.
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We actually
follow Christ example
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of going to where people are
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which is in incarnational model.
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And, you know, it's not easy.
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I mean, and it wasn't
easy for Jesus to come
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to a totally different context.
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But, that's what
mission is all about.
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Moving out of our
comfort zones to meet people
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where they're at
and as Ellen White says
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that this model of
Jesus' method of ministry
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is the only method
that brings true success.
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That we actually connect
with people at their level,
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at their needs.
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We win their confidence
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and once you have
people's confidence,
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they're open to listening
to the good news about Jesus.
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Oh, you're not
crossing a bridge,
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you're actually
building a bridge.
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Exactly.
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And you're building
that bridge together.
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Exactly.
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You wanna add
something to that, Rick?
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Oh, I just think that,
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you know, as
we're building bridges,
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you know, people come
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from so many
different backgrounds
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that if we understand better
where they're coming from,
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we can help them get
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to where we
would like them to be
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which is to know Jesus.
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That's right.
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But sometimes
we're good at preaching,
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but we also need to be
good at listening first.
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Hmm. That's very good.
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When you listen, you hear.
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And when you
speak, you don't hear.
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But we have some...
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You know what I'm excited
about this program tonight,
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you have some really
good video information
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that will help people
that are watching the program
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to understand some of
the areas of the world where,
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you know, Adventist
Missions have really penetrated.
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I want you to set up
our first video here.
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It's a feed the
university, feed the community.
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Talk about that.
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It's very interesting title.
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So this is in the
country of Mozambique.
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And there are
missionaries from Brazil
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who've gone over there
to work at the university.
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And this is their story.
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So when people in
the Adventist Church
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get mission offerings,
they say, "Where did they go?
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What did they do?"
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These are some of the things
that they're helping support.
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Okay, well, let's look at
that video roll right now.
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We are in front of Adventist
University of Mozambique.
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It's located in Beira
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which is near the
center of the country
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and right off the sea.
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The story of how we
arrived in here is interesting.
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I was a theology
professor in FAAMA,
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the Adventist
University of the Amazon
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near Belem, Brazil.
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Malu, my wife, was
the vocational coordinator
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in the same institution.
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We were very comfortable.
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But then I received
an email inviting me
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to teach at the Adventist
University of Mozambique.
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I was uncertain at first.
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I had never thought
about overseas mission.
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What would it be like?
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How would my family adjust?
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Many things
went through my mind.
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But I had to share the
news with my wife first.
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When he told me about the email,
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I responded, "Really?
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Let's go.
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Let's go right away."
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Malu's response caught
Dr. Heraldo by surprise.
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Part of him hoped she
would turn down the invitation.
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But when she
immediately accepted it,
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he saw it as
God's approval to go.
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When they arrived,
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the university
campus was in decay.
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And the students and staff
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lacked the most basic
necessities like food.
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This is a charcoal oven.
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You put the charcoal
below and a pan on top.
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It is a typical
oven in this nation.
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One day, I found a school worker
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cooking rice in a small pan
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with a bit of cabbage on top.
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I asked him if that was
his only meal for the day.
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The man said, "Yes,
this is my only meal today."
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So I asked him if
that was going to be enough
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to feed him.
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And he said, "Oh, no.
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This is not just for me.
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It is for me and
two other people."
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Dr. Heraldo returned
to his office in tears.
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He and Malu knew the students
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couldn't study and
learn on empty stomachs.
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So they prayed
together for God to provide.
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He answered their
prayers through a missionary
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who donated funds
to start a cafeteria.
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Now the university serves daily
meals to students and staff.
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Many other positive
changes are happening
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at the Adventist
University of Mozambique.
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New school buildings and
fields of study have been added.
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And the student body
has doubled in two years.
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The campus
church was dilapidated
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and the roof
leaked when it rained.
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But now it has been renovated.
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A new library was
built and books were donated.
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And the
university has now received
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the highest level of
accreditation in Mozambique.
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The faculty has also
developed a mission institute
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to equip students
for mission in action.
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After lunch on Sabbath,
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the students come here
to receive the training.
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Then, they are
divided into groups
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to visit children, elderly,
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former member of
the Adventist Church,
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and the sick giving
Bible studies as they go.
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Visiting the surrounding
area has greatly impacted
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both the community and
the lives of the students.
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Some people we reach out to,
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have already accepted
Jesus and were baptized.
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In the previous year alone,
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this program has
strengthened the faith of many.
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Even resulting in 17 baptisms
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and the excitement for
mission continues to grow.
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We aim to develop a
fully mission-minded university
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that prepares students
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to fulfill God's mission for us.
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God can use us
even in simple ways.
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God has used us and we feel like
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we're making a difference here.
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But there are still
many challenges ahead.
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Students and staff
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at the Adventist
University of Mozambique
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now pray for funds
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to expand the food
in nutrition department
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with a hands-on
learning environment.
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Their goal is to
hold health expos.
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So they can share the health
message with the community.
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Please pray for
cross-cultural missionaries
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like Dr. Heraldo and Malu
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who are serving in
remote parts of the world.
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Pray also for the goals
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of the Adventist
University of Mozambique.
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And thank you for your
support of Adventist mission.
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I know you enjoyed that video.
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I got hungry towards
the end of the video.
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Did you see those
rolls coming out of the oven?
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That's an open.
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Boy, I just thought right now
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is a good time to just
have some of those right here
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with a little bit of butter.
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But we talked about this at
the beginning of the program
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about the annual
sacrifice offerings.
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Tell us how significant that
is when it comes to programs
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and missions like this?
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Sure, you know, back in 1922,
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the Adventist Church
mission program was in crisis.
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The treasury looked
at the funds they had.
00:19:32.43\00:19:35.34
They looked at
their mission program,
00:19:35.37\00:19:36.71
they could no longer fund it.
00:19:36.74\00:19:38.54
So they got together a committee
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of conference presidents.
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They prayed about it
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and they came up with this
idea of "Let's ask every pastor,
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every church worker to
give up a week's salary."
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And that started the
annual sacrifice offering.
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It was a weekly
sacrifice offering.
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And so that rescued the
mission program in 1923.
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And since then, we've continued
on with an annual sacrifice.
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Some people give
up a week's wages,
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some sacrifice something else.
00:20:04.50\00:20:06.37
When I was a kid,
I remember my parents
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would give up every
year a week's salary.
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But today, we
just encourage people
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that this money is now
going to global mission
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which will be starting
new groups of believers
00:20:15.34\00:20:18.71
in new areas of the world
and among new people groups.
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And every cent that is given
to annual sacrifice offering
00:20:22.48\00:20:26.02
helps that specific mission.
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It funds global mission
pioneers planting churches.
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It helps fund
centers of influence.
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So it is what is multiplying
00:20:34.13\00:20:36.46
the work of the
church around the world,
00:20:36.50\00:20:38.10
so last year every four hours
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a new
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:20:40.47\00:20:41.97
is organized somewhere,
00:20:42.00\00:20:43.54
plus many new companies.
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And that would not happen
00:20:44.94\00:20:46.27
if it wasn't for
focus on church planting.
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And, Rick, you talked about
a specific area of the world
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where this helps quite a bit.
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Was it 10/40 Window?
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A 10/40 Window is
an area of the world
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that's 10 degrees North latitude
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to 40 degrees North latitude.
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Basically from the
Middle East all the way to Asia.
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And if you look
at the entire world,
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that is where we have
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the fewest
Christians in the world.
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Wow.
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So it just stretches
from Northwest Africa
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through the
Middle East into Asia
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60% of the world's population.
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Yeah.
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And the vast
majority of those people
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have not even
heard the name Jesus.
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Wow.
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And programs that are
funded like this putting,
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you know, advent,
fixing up colleges
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even planting
schools and libraries
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and programs for the community
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is what opens the doors
for the gospel to go forward.
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It often does, yes. Yeah.
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And I want our
viewers and listeners
00:21:35.19\00:21:36.52
to know that
throughout the program,
00:21:36.56\00:21:38.96
we're gonna be
talking about ways
00:21:38.99\00:21:40.36
that you can become a supporter
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of this annual
sacrifice offerings.
00:21:42.80\00:21:45.60
A couple of
ways you can do that.
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One is, the website,
00:21:47.00\00:21:52.87
Global-Mission.org/MySacrifice.
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You can go to that
website and donate there.
00:21:58.81\00:22:01.68
Or you can call right
here at (618) 627-4651.
00:22:01.72\00:22:06.96
That's once
again (618) 627-4651.
00:22:06.99\00:22:11.33
And also specify
that your donations
00:22:11.36\00:22:14.60
are going to be
for Adventist Missions.
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And we'll make sure that
you receive those offerings.
00:22:16.97\00:22:19.57
But one of the things that...
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I'm excited about the
idea that, that 10/40 Window
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and I heard
about that 10/40 Window
00:22:24.77\00:22:26.47
for number of years.
00:22:26.51\00:22:27.84
It's a difficult
window to penetrate
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because there are so
many different religions
00:22:29.41\00:22:31.51
that are there that
tradition has created
00:22:31.55\00:22:34.78
almost in some cases
an impenetrable wall.
00:22:34.82\00:22:37.45
But I've seen missions,
00:22:37.49\00:22:39.09
the needs of
people, opening doors,
00:22:39.12\00:22:41.59
and then people begin
to say, "Wait a minute,
00:22:41.62\00:22:43.59
they're not just
interested in telling us.
00:22:43.63\00:22:45.83
We're seeing the
gospel in action.
00:22:45.86\00:22:47.76
Why are they so sacrificial?
00:22:47.83\00:22:50.10
Why are you doing this?"
00:22:50.13\00:22:51.63
Well, because this
is the mission of Jesus.
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"Who?"
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And the doors open up.
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Set up the next video for us.
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This is very interesting,
the compassion unit.
00:22:58.44\00:23:01.41
So part of what we do is
focus on that 10/40 Window
00:23:01.44\00:23:04.38
and the unreached areas
and part of what we do is just,
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.75
as I said,
00:23:06.82\00:23:08.15
talk about what
mission offerings are doing.
00:23:08.18\00:23:10.09
And every quarter of the year,
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.12
we have a special
offering in the church
00:23:12.15\00:23:14.09
called The
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.02
And so this is
one of the projects
00:23:16.06\00:23:17.63
from the past
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.33
It's in Tanzania.
00:23:19.36\00:23:20.96
I had a chance to visit here.
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.56
After the offering was taken
00:23:22.60\00:23:23.93
they were
building a hospital there.
00:23:23.97\00:23:26.70
And you're talking
about my last name.
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When I land in
Kenya and Tanzania,
00:23:28.97\00:23:31.87
and they see my name
and I get off the plane.
00:23:31.91\00:23:34.04
They're looking and they say,
00:23:34.08\00:23:35.61
"I thought you
would be from here."
00:23:35.64\00:23:37.65
Because they have a
very similar name over there.
00:23:37.68\00:23:40.42
And my wife was a
missionary student in India.
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And in India, they
have a similar name
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.32
as well, Kajiura.
00:23:44.35\00:23:45.82
And so when she told
them she'd married somebody
00:23:45.85\00:23:47.89
and they said,
"What's his name?"
00:23:47.92\00:23:49.26
And she told them. They said,
"Oh, you married an Indian?"
00:23:49.29\00:23:50.79
Okay.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.16
So when I was in
Tanzania I said, "I am here.
00:23:52.19\00:23:54.30
I am a Japanese,
Canadian, Indian, African."
00:23:54.36\00:23:58.43
Okay. Fully international.
00:23:58.47\00:24:00.34
But a man involved
00:24:00.37\00:24:02.00
in the
compassion of the mission.
00:24:02.04\00:24:04.11
We're gonna right now
look at the compassion unit.
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.61
And this has
taken us to Tanzania.
00:24:06.68\00:24:09.58
Tanzania.
00:24:09.61\00:24:10.95
Adventists at once in
Tanzania sold cows, goats,
00:24:14.58\00:24:18.92
and other possessions to
build a new medical facility
00:24:18.95\00:24:22.16
to replace the small
over-crowded Adventist clinic.
00:24:22.19\00:24:25.43
We have a lack of space
for admission of patient.
00:24:25.46\00:24:30.37
That's why we try to
leave this facility here.
00:24:30.43\00:24:34.47
Knowing this was a
big dream, in 2013,
00:24:34.50\00:24:37.37
they asked for your help
through prayers and donations
00:24:37.41\00:24:40.74
to the
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:24:40.78\00:24:43.04
We appealed them to
support us in offering,
00:24:43.08\00:24:46.82
in prayers in order
to complete this project.
00:24:46.88\00:24:51.32
I think when we're
dealing with patients,
00:24:51.35\00:24:53.25
people may see Jesus
through this project,
00:24:53.32\00:24:56.02
through these
services that we are doing.
00:24:56.06\00:24:58.59
Your generous giving
to the mission offering
00:25:04.63\00:25:06.63
helped build a
beautiful medical facility
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.97
that is
spreading a message of hope
00:25:09.00\00:25:10.81
to the people of Mwanza.
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.84
The medical staff's
dream is now a reality
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.41
as they admit
patients into the facility.
00:25:15.44\00:25:18.31
So many people began coming here
00:25:18.35\00:25:20.32
that they not only use
the new hospital building,
00:25:20.35\00:25:22.75
they even had to
expand the existing clinic.
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.72
People come to this clinic
because it's known as a place
00:25:25.75\00:25:28.52
with caring doctors and nurses.
00:25:28.56\00:25:30.63
And the staff take pride
00:25:30.66\00:25:31.99
in their
approach to medical care.
00:25:32.03\00:25:33.73
The compassion that
is in this hospital,
00:25:33.80\00:25:36.26
the way we handle
patient is different.
00:25:36.30\00:25:39.23
We don't handle
them like customers
00:25:39.27\00:25:42.00
or people who bring to us money.
00:25:42.04\00:25:44.71
We handle them with care.
00:25:44.74\00:25:46.34
Their safety and their
wellbeing is our priority.
00:25:46.37\00:25:51.75
Each morning, hospital staff
meet in an unfinished space
00:25:51.78\00:25:55.18
for devotional time.
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.58
This hospital is different
00:25:56.65\00:25:58.72
because first we start
with prayers in the morning.
00:25:58.75\00:26:02.06
And personally if I
miss that in the morning,
00:26:02.09\00:26:05.49
my day is usually not the same
00:26:05.53\00:26:08.23
compared to when I wake up early
00:26:08.26\00:26:11.10
and I come early to
the morning devotion
00:26:11.13\00:26:13.74
every day.
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.10
So when I start with prayers,
00:26:15.14\00:26:16.47
it's like Holy Spirit is with us
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.51
when we see patients.
00:26:18.54\00:26:21.34
Angela had a tumor
growing in her stomach
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.75
that caused her
pain for two years.
00:26:23.78\00:26:26.15
All she could do was lie in bed.
00:26:26.18\00:26:28.72
She didn't know
where to go for help
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.39
until someone told her
about the Adventist hospital.
00:26:30.42\00:26:35.36
Before I came
here, I was hopeless.
00:26:35.39\00:26:38.23
I thought I was going to die.
00:26:38.26\00:26:40.13
But when I came
to this hospital,
00:26:40.20\00:26:42.10
I felt well again completely.
00:26:42.13\00:26:45.67
Hospital staff
prayed for Angela.
00:26:45.70\00:26:48.14
And after intense surgery,
00:26:48.17\00:26:49.74
doctors
successfully removed the tumor.
00:26:49.77\00:26:52.77
I felt hope after
the doctors came in.
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.74
They didn't sleep
day or night for me.
00:26:55.78\00:27:00.05
Although she still
needs to take it easy,
00:27:00.08\00:27:02.08
Angela is now able to
perform household tasks
00:27:02.12\00:27:05.35
that she wasn't able to
do for the last two years.
00:27:05.39\00:27:08.46
She and many other
patients excitedly tell others
00:27:08.49\00:27:11.16
about their
experience in the hospital.
00:27:11.19\00:27:12.83
This hospital has been
overloaded with God's power.
00:27:15.80\00:27:19.03
I can testify to this
because of the services
00:27:22.04\00:27:25.04
I've received in
my experience here.
00:27:25.07\00:27:27.08
I know their
services are excellent
00:27:30.35\00:27:32.38
and I really
appreciate what I received.
00:27:32.41\00:27:34.82
And I'm praying
for this hospital now.
00:27:37.82\00:27:42.39
The hospital always
follows up with its patients
00:27:42.42\00:27:44.83
through a compassion unit.
00:27:44.86\00:27:46.19
This dedicated team makes
calls and visits former patients
00:27:52.00\00:27:56.10
to stay connected
and pray for them.
00:27:56.14\00:27:57.91
I'm proud of this ministry
because I see patients change.
00:28:01.01\00:28:06.11
Even last Sabbath,
00:28:06.15\00:28:07.48
I saw a former
patient get baptized.
00:28:07.55\00:28:12.49
Their heart was transformed.
00:28:12.52\00:28:14.19
They believed in God.
00:28:14.22\00:28:15.56
And they're doing very well.
00:28:15.59\00:28:19.89
It's so interesting
to see how people changed
00:28:19.93\00:28:22.63
from their discouragement
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.00
to a close
relationship with God.
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.90
They're growing
physically and spiritually here
00:28:29.27\00:28:32.44
enough that people
are being baptized.
00:28:32.47\00:28:34.94
Your contributions
00:28:38.31\00:28:39.65
to the Thirteenth
Sabbath Offering in 2013
00:28:39.68\00:28:42.45
have made an impact
00:28:42.48\00:28:43.82
in the lives of
many people in Mwanza.
00:28:43.89\00:28:46.15
Patients and staff are
grateful for this building
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.82
and how God has
used it in powerful ways.
00:28:48.86\00:28:51.96
I thank everyone for
what they've contributed.
00:28:51.99\00:28:56.03
And I want to assure them
00:28:56.06\00:28:57.77
that their money they offered
is really being put in place.
00:28:57.80\00:29:02.47
Because we see people who did
come back to us and they say,
00:29:02.50\00:29:07.11
"It is God in this
place who have helped us.
00:29:07.14\00:29:10.58
When we come
here, we get healed."
00:29:10.61\00:29:13.31
And that is not
because we have good doctors.
00:29:13.35\00:29:15.65
It's because we have
God working in this place.
00:29:15.68\00:29:19.42
Please pray for the
work being done in Tanzania
00:29:19.45\00:29:22.12
and for this medical ministry.
00:29:22.16\00:29:24.06
Thank you for
helping people like Angela
00:29:24.09\00:29:26.46
and for your continued support
00:29:26.49\00:29:27.86
of the
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:29:27.86\00:29:29.43
That was interesting.
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.74
Tanzania. Mm-hmm.
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.41
I know, I've met somebody
from there once he said,
00:29:40.48\00:29:42.24
"Tanzania."
00:29:42.28\00:29:43.65
Oh, the accents
and the phonetics
00:29:43.68\00:29:45.21
are quite different.
00:29:45.25\00:29:46.58
But that's interesting.
00:29:46.61\00:29:47.95
Why do you call
it a compassion unit?
00:29:47.98\00:29:49.95
That's a very interesting title.
00:29:49.98\00:29:51.85
Compassion unit because it's
not just the medical science.
00:29:51.89\00:29:55.49
Okay.
00:29:55.52\00:29:56.86
It's caring for
people and loving people.
00:29:56.93\00:29:58.26
That's right.
00:29:58.29\00:29:59.63
Compassion,
which is compassion...
00:29:59.66\00:30:01.66
A good friend of mine
said, "Compassion gets down,
00:30:01.70\00:30:04.57
pity looks down."
00:30:04.60\00:30:06.13
Ah, yes. Makes
all the difference.
00:30:06.17\00:30:07.67
You're getting down
there in the operating room
00:30:07.70\00:30:11.41
bringing hope to
people like Angela.
00:30:11.44\00:30:12.94
Talked about she said,
"I didn't see any hope.
00:30:12.97\00:30:15.61
I didn't see any future at all."
00:30:15.64\00:30:17.51
And the other thing is you
have a regular program on 3ABN
00:30:17.55\00:30:22.75
called Mission 360.
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.25
And that's a part of our...
00:30:25.29\00:30:27.22
If you've been
watching our network,
00:30:27.26\00:30:28.59
you may have seen that program.
00:30:28.62\00:30:29.96
It continues to bring
the stories of missions
00:30:29.99\00:30:32.46
to our viewers and keeps
them going on a continual basis.
00:30:32.49\00:30:35.86
Very interesting promo,
00:30:35.90\00:30:37.23
I want our
audience to see that promo
00:30:37.30\00:30:40.77
to let them know
when you see this promo,
00:30:40.80\00:30:43.14
you'll know who
it's connected to.
00:30:43.17\00:30:46.17
Gary and Rick
and also other people
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.14
that you're gonna
meet in the second hour.
00:30:48.18\00:30:49.98
Just it's called the
Mission 360 TV promo.
00:30:50.01\00:30:52.95
Very short, but check it out.
00:30:52.98\00:30:56.18
Mission 360 is
designed to give you
00:30:56.22\00:30:59.35
a 360 degree view of
mission around the world.
00:30:59.39\00:31:03.66
It takes you right to the people
00:31:03.73\00:31:05.39
and right to the places
where mission is happening.
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.80
You'll meet
global mission pioneers
00:31:08.83\00:31:10.73
planting new
congregations of believers.
00:31:10.77\00:31:13.34
You'll meet missionaries.
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.74
You'll visit urban
centers of influence.
00:31:14.77\00:31:16.97
You'll see how Christ's
method is being followed
00:31:17.01\00:31:19.67
as people are
mingling showing sympathy,
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.81
ministering to
needs, winning confidence
00:31:21.84\00:31:24.11
and bidding
people to follow Jesus.
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.68
Mission 360,
keeping your eye on mission.
00:31:26.72\00:31:30.05
I love it. Mission 360.
00:31:35.36\00:31:37.59
That's the global perspective.
00:31:37.63\00:31:39.76
You're not going backward,
you're continuing to go around.
00:31:39.79\00:31:42.60
How long have you
been with Global Missions?
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.53
I mean, Adventist
Missions. Yeah, yeah.
00:31:45.57\00:31:46.90
Well, you know, I started,
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.94
I was communications
director for Global Mission
00:31:48.97\00:31:51.97
just over 20 years ago.
00:31:52.01\00:31:53.41
So it's been in
different roles in my life
00:31:53.44\00:31:56.98
for the last 20-something years.
00:31:57.01\00:31:58.35
Okay. So you live
out of a suitcase.
00:31:58.38\00:32:00.92
You have a suitcase on
one of the seats in the plane.
00:32:00.95\00:32:02.85
Oh, yeah.
00:32:02.88\00:32:04.22
And so, you kind of
probably sometimes mid flight,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.02
you say, "Where are we headed?"
00:32:06.05\00:32:07.39
That's right. That's great.
00:32:07.46\00:32:08.79
And, Rick, you get a
chance to do the same thing.
00:32:08.82\00:32:12.19
You jog the planet.
00:32:12.23\00:32:13.60
I do. We get to
tell the stories.
00:32:13.63\00:32:15.03
And so you've got to...
00:32:15.06\00:32:16.63
If you wanna show
people, you need to be there
00:32:16.67\00:32:18.47
to take the
pictures and shoot the video.
00:32:18.50\00:32:20.14
That's right.
00:32:20.20\00:32:21.54
And I have some
really good people behind me
00:32:21.57\00:32:22.97
that do a lot of excellent
work that you see there.
00:32:23.00\00:32:26.47
In one of the
videos we just saw,
00:32:26.51\00:32:28.01
if you're listening,
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.38
we talked about
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:32:29.41\00:32:31.81
For our audience,
explain Thirteenth Sabbath.
00:32:31.85\00:32:35.28
Because they might think,
00:32:35.32\00:32:36.65
"Well, that, I've
never heard that before."
00:32:36.69\00:32:38.05
And why thirteenth?
00:32:38.09\00:32:39.42
So if you divide
the year up into weeks,
00:32:39.45\00:32:42.16
and you split it into four,
it's four quarters in a year.
00:32:42.19\00:32:46.46
And when you count
the number of weeks,
00:32:46.49\00:32:47.86
it comes out to 13.
00:32:47.93\00:32:49.23
So years ago somebody said,
00:32:49.26\00:32:51.43
"Let's do a special
project every quarter."
00:32:51.47\00:32:55.40
And they decided to call it
00:32:55.44\00:32:56.77
the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.37
Okay.
00:32:58.41\00:32:59.74
And so every 13 weeks,
00:32:59.77\00:33:02.31
Adventist Church
members around the world
00:33:02.34\00:33:04.75
find out what that project is,
00:33:04.78\00:33:06.35
and they give money
to support that project.
00:33:06.38\00:33:08.35
And one of them
was that hospital.
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.39
And that keeps
the missions going.
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.59
Now the reason I asked for that
because there are two things.
00:33:12.62\00:33:15.26
In the general public,
00:33:15.29\00:33:16.62
people say that
number 13 is a bad number.
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.89
But not on the Adventist Church.
00:33:18.93\00:33:20.83
It's a good number
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.43
because every four times a year,
00:33:22.46\00:33:24.37
special offerings go
to different projects
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.20
around the world.
00:33:26.23\00:33:27.60
And one of those
is Adventist Missions.
00:33:27.64\00:33:30.87
Now when you travel, Gary,
sometimes while you're filming,
00:33:30.91\00:33:36.04
the unexpected take place.
00:33:36.08\00:33:38.35
Let's talk about that
before we show this next roll.
00:33:38.38\00:33:40.38
Okay, sure.
00:33:40.42\00:33:41.75
Well, you know, the
Mission 360 TV program
00:33:41.78\00:33:44.05
that you show on
3ABN, we do it on a budget.
00:33:44.09\00:33:46.49
So basically we have a producer,
00:33:46.52\00:33:49.16
cameraman,
soundman, who travels with me.
00:33:49.19\00:33:52.43
One person. One person and me.
00:33:52.46\00:33:54.93
And what happens,
he looks at my schedule
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.63
and where I have meetings.
00:33:56.70\00:33:58.20
And he will
always stay an extra day
00:33:58.23\00:34:01.00
when I'm traveling already
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.37
and he will come and
we'll film at that place.
00:34:02.40\00:34:04.81
So that keeps the budget down.
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.98
So yeah,
interesting things happened.
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.21
And so several weeks
ago, we were in Costa Rica.
00:34:09.24\00:34:12.65
And I was filming
and something happened
00:34:12.68\00:34:14.72
that's never happened before.
00:34:14.75\00:34:16.89
And it was captured on video.
00:34:16.92\00:34:18.35
Okay.
00:34:18.39\00:34:19.72
This is
interesting because if you...
00:34:19.75\00:34:21.32
I feel badly if you're
driving but maybe later on,
00:34:21.36\00:34:24.06
you can see the
program as it repeats
00:34:24.13\00:34:25.46
when you get home on 3ABN.
00:34:25.49\00:34:27.23
But this is a very
interesting outtake.
00:34:27.30\00:34:30.13
It's literally called
"Outtake/Police Chase"
00:34:30.17\00:34:34.44
while Gary Krause was
in Costa Rica, filming.
00:34:34.47\00:34:37.61
Sit back and enjoy.
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.18
It's a form of fortress
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.14
and then in 1948
during the civil war,
00:34:42.18\00:34:45.31
it served as a
military barracks.
00:34:45.35\00:34:48.32
Now when you look at...
00:34:48.35\00:34:49.68
Now I don't know
if you've caught it,
00:34:58.53\00:34:59.86
we kind of edited
that particular portion out
00:34:59.89\00:35:03.97
just because people
have different opinions
00:35:04.00\00:35:05.47
about what took place.
00:35:05.50\00:35:06.84
But explain what happened here?
00:35:06.87\00:35:08.20
I was very clear what happened.
00:35:08.24\00:35:09.84
The police were
chasing a suspect.
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.51
Yeah, chasing a suspect
00:35:11.54\00:35:13.07
and successfully
grabbed him at the end,
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.85
brought him down, handcuffed him
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.85
and it was
recorded by Yardley Simon,
00:35:18.88\00:35:22.12
who was filming at the time.
00:35:22.15\00:35:23.79
And just for fun, I
posted it on Twitter.
00:35:23.82\00:35:26.25
Okay.
00:35:26.29\00:35:27.66
Well, I just
checked this evening.
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.09
It's up to 12,000
Views and 800 Likes,
00:35:29.12\00:35:33.16
and almost 200 Retweets,
00:35:33.19\00:35:36.26
including from the
Costa Rican police,
00:35:36.30\00:35:39.10
who said it was a
pleasure to serve.
00:35:39.13\00:35:40.70
I got contacted by a
reporter in Costa Rica
00:35:40.74\00:35:43.77
wanting to ask
about what was happening,
00:35:43.81\00:35:45.44
why were we there.
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.98
I found at least four or five
news articles about this event.
00:35:47.04\00:35:51.15
Because it captured
people's imagination
00:35:51.18\00:35:52.81
because suddenly
captured on film,
00:35:52.85\00:35:54.92
here was the Costa
Rican police doing their job.
00:35:54.95\00:35:57.25
Right.
00:35:57.29\00:35:58.62
But you don't expect that
00:35:58.65\00:36:00.06
when you're
filming Mission 360, right?
00:36:00.09\00:36:01.42
That's one of
those extra bonus...
00:36:01.46\00:36:02.92
That's right.
00:36:02.96\00:36:04.29
They call that bonus footage...
00:36:04.36\00:36:07.03
Bonus footage.
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.43
Which they probably
will use unfortunately
00:36:08.46\00:36:10.10
in prosecuting this guy.
00:36:10.17\00:36:11.57
And they say, "We
caught you running
00:36:11.60\00:36:13.07
and we got it
captured on video."
00:36:13.10\00:36:14.70
That's the
unusual part about it.
00:36:14.74\00:36:16.17
But you have some
surprises when you travel.
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.47
Do you ever travel together?
00:36:18.51\00:36:20.38
We do, sometimes.
00:36:20.41\00:36:21.74
Sometimes, yeah. Yeah.
00:36:21.78\00:36:23.11
And about how many countries
if you can think about it
00:36:23.14\00:36:25.11
have you had the
pleasure of landing on
00:36:25.15\00:36:28.75
and getting
involved in missions?
00:36:28.78\00:36:31.12
I don't know.
00:36:31.15\00:36:32.49
But I know it's more than a 100.
00:36:32.52\00:36:33.86
Wow. Yeah.
00:36:33.89\00:36:35.22
That's good.
00:36:35.26\00:36:36.59
So your passport probably
has wheels on it when you go.
00:36:36.62\00:36:37.99
I have two passports
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.39
and they run out pretty quickly.
00:36:39.43\00:36:40.90
Yeah. That's good.
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.23
But you know, every passport,
every time you get a stamp,
00:36:42.26\00:36:46.70
there's a
person, there's a life,
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.74
there's a
project, there's a change,
00:36:48.77\00:36:50.37
there's a conversion,
00:36:50.41\00:36:52.21
there's a new light
lit into that community.
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.84
Yeah.
00:36:54.88\00:36:56.21
So it's not just the beauty
of traveling around the world.
00:36:56.24\00:36:58.18
It's a beauty of "I'm here."
00:36:58.21\00:37:00.05
Your boots on the
ground for Christ.
00:37:00.08\00:37:02.62
That makes a huge difference.
00:37:02.65\00:37:04.12
Now, we have been to Mozambique.
00:37:04.15\00:37:07.09
We've been to Tanzania.
00:37:07.12\00:37:08.59
We've been to Costa Rica.
00:37:08.62\00:37:11.39
Let's talk about Brazil,
the Neighborhood Noticed.
00:37:11.43\00:37:15.03
I love that title.
00:37:15.06\00:37:16.40
Let's talk about Brazil
before we see this roll.
00:37:16.43\00:37:18.33
So this is a story from Brazil
and, you know, there are...
00:37:18.37\00:37:22.17
It's a very Christian country
00:37:22.20\00:37:23.71
but there are
certain neighborhoods
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.31
where at least the
Adventist Church is not present,
00:37:25.34\00:37:27.81
and this is a story of somebody
who lived in that neighborhood
00:37:27.84\00:37:31.08
and then the
Adventist that he encountered
00:37:31.11\00:37:32.71
and what that
connection did to his life.
00:37:32.75\00:37:35.95
Okay.
00:37:35.98\00:37:37.32
The Neighborhood Noticed
and sit back as you notice
00:37:37.39\00:37:39.69
what the neighborhood noticed.
00:37:39.72\00:37:41.06
Salvador is
known throughout Brazil
00:37:52.83\00:37:54.67
for having a
vibrant, unique culture.
00:37:54.70\00:37:57.47
It boasts the fourth
largest population of Brazil
00:37:57.51\00:38:00.11
with almost
three million people.
00:38:00.14\00:38:02.51
The Adventist
Church has experienced
00:38:02.54\00:38:04.28
significant growth here
00:38:04.31\00:38:05.85
with churches
scattered throughout Salvador.
00:38:05.88\00:38:08.98
Despite the strong
Adventist presence,
00:38:09.02\00:38:11.15
there are still
un-entered areas of the city.
00:38:11.19\00:38:14.12
Global Mission is
working to identify areas
00:38:14.19\00:38:16.86
with no Adventist presence
00:38:16.89\00:38:18.79
and established new
congregations there.
00:38:18.83\00:38:22.96
Josenildo's neighborhood
00:38:23.00\00:38:24.33
is one of these
un-entered areas.
00:38:24.37\00:38:26.87
He was known as
a drunk nuisance,
00:38:26.94\00:38:29.37
whose bad habits
disrupted his family life
00:38:29.40\00:38:31.84
and the whole community.
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.21
Arivaldo, an
Adventist lived nearby
00:38:40.72\00:38:43.59
and ran into Josenildo
often on his way to work.
00:38:43.62\00:38:47.16
Arivaldo knew he
was looking for work.
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.46
And so he offered
him a construction job,
00:38:49.49\00:38:51.79
building churches.
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.60
It didn't take
long for the two of them
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.10
to become friends.
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.56
Arivaldo
treated him with respect
00:38:56.63\00:38:58.70
which made Josenildo wonder
why he was always so kind.
00:38:58.73\00:39:03.27
Over time, Arivaldo asked
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.37
if he was
interested in Bible studies.
00:39:05.41\00:39:07.51
And the two began
reading the Bible together.
00:39:07.54\00:39:09.74
Before I met Jesus, I
didn't have happiness.
00:39:15.28\00:39:19.45
When I came to know
Jesus, my life wasn't sound.
00:39:19.49\00:39:23.66
And today, for
God's glory, I'm happy.
00:39:23.69\00:39:27.60
My family also wasn't sound.
00:39:27.66\00:39:31.27
Josenildo was baptized
and changed for the better.
00:39:31.30\00:39:34.77
Even his neighbors took
notice of his transformation.
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.54
When the usual loud music
from his home stopped one day,
00:39:37.61\00:39:40.98
everyone
wondered if he was okay.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.98
When they checked on him,
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.38
they saw that
Josenildo was a changed man.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.72
He spoke kindly to them
and treated them respectfully.
00:39:47.75\00:39:51.05
And they wanted to know
00:39:51.09\00:39:52.42
what inspired these
changes in his life.
00:39:52.45\00:39:55.22
Josenildo used this opportunity
to minister to his neighbors.
00:39:55.26\00:39:58.53
Every Friday night, they
gather in his living room
00:40:06.33\00:40:09.07
to talk about their week.
00:40:09.10\00:40:10.77
They bring their concerns,
requests, and praises here.
00:40:10.81\00:40:14.98
Josenildo points
them to the Bible
00:40:15.01\00:40:17.11
showing them a creator
who cares deeply about them.
00:40:17.15\00:40:21.32
There's even
something for the children
00:40:21.35\00:40:23.28
as Josenildo's
daughter leads an activity
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.42
in the hallway.
00:40:25.45\00:40:26.82
This group has grown close.
00:40:33.06\00:40:35.00
And as a result,
00:40:35.03\00:40:36.36
10 people have already
been baptized this past year
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.17
and more are
studying for baptism.
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.00
Small groups like this one
00:40:42.04\00:40:43.64
are the core of
church planting in Salvador.
00:40:43.67\00:40:46.31
Small groups
develop into congregations.
00:40:46.34\00:40:48.91
And these congregations
divide into more small groups
00:40:48.94\00:40:52.38
that spread throughout the city.
00:40:52.41\00:40:56.02
Nearly five years ago,
00:40:56.05\00:40:57.42
the church
leadership in Salvador state
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.09
had an ambitious goal
of building 1,000 churches
00:40:59.12\00:41:02.16
in five years.
00:41:02.19\00:41:03.63
They reached their goal.
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.26
And the final
church is being built
00:41:05.29\00:41:07.03
where new
congregation will worship soon.
00:41:07.10\00:41:09.70
The goal of building
1,000 churches across the state
00:41:09.73\00:41:12.90
isn't just for the
purpose of having new buildings.
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.70
The church buildings represent
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.47
ever growing
congregations of believers
00:41:17.51\00:41:20.24
who like Josenildo
have been changed by Jesus.
00:41:20.28\00:41:25.41
Jesus is good.
00:41:25.45\00:41:26.98
Jesus transforms.
00:41:27.02\00:41:29.05
Just as he transformed my life,
00:41:29.08\00:41:32.02
he can transform anyone's life.
00:41:32.05\00:41:35.49
No matter the
struggle someone may face,
00:41:35.52\00:41:37.93
Jesus has the power
to transform their life.
00:41:37.96\00:41:41.33
And more lives are impacted
00:41:41.36\00:41:42.96
as churches are
planted throughout the world.
00:41:43.00\00:41:46.43
Thank you for
helping us change lives
00:41:46.47\00:41:49.14
by supporting church
planting through Global Mission.
00:41:49.17\00:41:51.87
You know wherever
the gospel is exercised,
00:42:00.62\00:42:04.22
wherever the
gospel is practiced,
00:42:04.29\00:42:06.35
we cannot help
but notice a change.
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.52
This is a very interesting
story about a gentleman who...
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.93
I like the part of the video
where they said when his music
00:42:10.96\00:42:13.80
was no longer heard.
00:42:13.83\00:42:15.43
They thought, "Is he okay?"
00:42:15.46\00:42:16.83
Yeah.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.20
This is very transforming story.
00:42:18.23\00:42:19.77
And as our viewers and
listeners are noticing,
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.97
this is what the
annual sacrifice offering
00:42:22.00\00:42:25.57
also helps to benefit.
00:42:25.61\00:42:27.08
Talk about that briefly,
00:42:27.14\00:42:28.48
just if somebody
just joined the program?
00:42:28.51\00:42:29.84
Yes, sure.
00:42:29.88\00:42:31.21
So the annual sacrifice offering
00:42:31.25\00:42:32.58
is a offering
taken at once a year
00:42:32.61\00:42:33.95
to help Global
Mission do its work
00:42:33.98\00:42:35.32
which is to plant new
churches among new people groups
00:42:35.35\00:42:39.52
and in new geographical areas.
00:42:39.55\00:42:42.06
And that's done
not by just coming in
00:42:42.09\00:42:43.89
and preaching at people,
it's by living among people.
00:42:43.93\00:42:47.76
I mean, Global Mission pioneers
are our frontline workers.
00:42:47.76\00:42:51.03
And they actually go and
they live among the people.
00:42:51.07\00:42:53.77
They get a basic living stipend,
00:42:53.80\00:42:56.20
but they live among the people,
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.57
they work with the people,
they play with the people,
00:42:57.61\00:43:00.08
they rub
shoulders with the people
00:43:00.11\00:43:01.44
and they put Christ
method into practice.
00:43:01.48\00:43:03.65
And they are
planting churches in areas
00:43:03.68\00:43:05.75
where we've never
planted churches before.
00:43:05.78\00:43:08.82
And nobody told
them they couldn't do it,
00:43:08.85\00:43:11.12
so under the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:11.15\00:43:13.39
And the annual
sacrifice offering
00:43:13.46\00:43:16.19
helps provide
money for those stipends.
00:43:16.22\00:43:19.03
It helps provide
money for resources
00:43:19.06\00:43:22.03
and materials
for pioneers to use.
00:43:22.06\00:43:24.60
It also helps start centers
of influence in urban areas
00:43:24.63\00:43:27.84
to help put Christ
method into practice.
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.27
Wow.
00:43:30.31\00:43:31.64
And we're seeing the difference.
00:43:31.67\00:43:33.01
I'm looking at the video.
00:43:33.04\00:43:34.38
This is one of those
programs I really enjoy
00:43:34.41\00:43:35.74
because a lot of times,
00:43:35.78\00:43:37.11
you know, we
hear the testimonies.
00:43:37.15\00:43:38.48
We say, "Oh, it's so
exciting to be there."
00:43:38.51\00:43:41.12
But then, I'm thinking,
"Wow, I love to see it."
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.65
But this program
has put into practice
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.12
and I like that, Rick.
00:43:45.15\00:43:46.49
And sometimes, people
say, "Why plant churches?
00:43:46.52\00:43:48.76
What is this new
church planting thing
00:43:48.79\00:43:50.33
we're talking about?"
00:43:50.39\00:43:51.73
Right. And it's not new.
00:43:51.76\00:43:53.13
The Apostle Paul
was a church planter.
00:43:53.16\00:43:55.93
Because he was
going places over there
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.60
where are no
churches, so what do you do?
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.73
Just say, "Sorry,
there's no church, you know."
00:43:59.77\00:44:02.40
That's the gospel.
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.24
Paul planted, Apollos watered,
but God gave the increase.
00:44:04.31\00:44:09.24
Now this next one
is pretty interesting.
00:44:09.28\00:44:11.78
I'm thinking
when I hear the title
00:44:11.81\00:44:13.62
"The 10-Kilometer Church Plant."
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.15
We're going to
Ecuador in just a moment.
00:44:16.18\00:44:17.72
What is the
"10-Kilometer Church Plant?"
00:44:17.75\00:44:19.82
Well, it's not a
really big church plant.
00:44:19.85\00:44:21.69
Okay.
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.06
They used a 10-kilometer race
00:44:23.09\00:44:24.99
to help connect
with their community.
00:44:25.03\00:44:27.86
Okay.
00:44:27.86\00:44:29.20
Let's look at this.
00:44:29.23\00:44:30.57
This is the gospel in
motion if I could say that.
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.63
The gospel in sneakers.
00:44:32.67\00:44:34.54
Okay. Okay.
00:44:34.57\00:44:35.90
The 10-Kilometer Church Plant.
00:44:35.94\00:44:37.37
Check it out.
00:44:37.41\00:44:40.34
In Quito,
Ecuador's capital city,
00:44:40.38\00:44:42.48
a 10-kilometer race
00:44:42.51\00:44:43.85
was just what a group
of young Adventists needed
00:44:43.91\00:44:46.51
to help them plant a church.
00:44:46.55\00:44:49.92
The idea came from a
small group of youth.
00:44:49.95\00:44:52.69
We used to gather
together here in my living room.
00:44:52.72\00:44:55.52
And we used to say,
00:44:55.56\00:44:57.13
beside just being together
00:44:57.19\00:44:58.83
and learning from
each others' experiences,
00:44:58.86\00:45:01.76
we need to do something else.
00:45:01.80\00:45:05.40
They decided they were
going to plant a church
00:45:05.43\00:45:07.54
in an un-entered
part of the city.
00:45:07.57\00:45:10.11
It's a small valley,
00:45:10.14\00:45:11.67
but we have a
couple of churches.
00:45:11.71\00:45:14.34
And this
neighborhood was isolated.
00:45:14.38\00:45:18.08
So we decided
that this neighborhood
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.72
that it's alone.
00:45:20.75\00:45:22.95
They need their own church.
00:45:22.98\00:45:24.85
We knocked on doors and asked,
00:45:24.89\00:45:26.65
"Do you want to
study the Bible?"
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.16
It was a bad idea.
00:45:28.19\00:45:29.76
The people responded,
"No, we don't even know you.
00:45:29.79\00:45:32.76
Who are you? What do you want?"
00:45:32.79\00:45:34.83
So we got together again
00:45:34.86\00:45:36.40
and we planned how we
could reach the people.
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.97
And we started
asking the community
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.54
about their needs.
00:45:40.60\00:45:41.94
And we found lot of problems.
00:45:41.97\00:45:46.01
One of the most important
necessities was health.
00:45:46.04\00:45:50.21
So we plan to have
a free consultations,
00:45:50.25\00:45:52.55
lab test and a health fair.
00:45:52.58\00:45:54.55
After much planning,
00:45:57.79\00:45:59.12
the group calculated
the cost of a health fair
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.19
and found it
would be about $3,000.
00:46:01.22\00:46:04.53
But the group of
young people and students
00:46:04.56\00:46:06.36
couldn't afford to
contribute that much.
00:46:06.39\00:46:08.93
Every Wednesday,
00:46:08.96\00:46:10.30
they went jogging
together as a group activity.
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.70
As they prepared
for the weekly jog,
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.54
someone came up with the idea
00:46:14.57\00:46:15.97
to use their activity
as a way to raise funds.
00:46:16.00\00:46:19.84
They began
organizing a 10-kilometer race
00:46:19.87\00:46:22.51
where people can register
and pay a small fee to enter.
00:46:22.54\00:46:26.01
Any earnings from the race
00:46:26.05\00:46:27.42
could go towards the
cost of the health fair.
00:46:27.45\00:46:30.02
We started like just
young people making plans.
00:46:30.09\00:46:33.76
And we started like,
you're going to do this,
00:46:33.79\00:46:36.42
you're going to do this.
00:46:36.46\00:46:37.79
And I felt like I was
doing something big for Jesus.
00:46:37.83\00:46:43.10
I took that as a
big responsibility.
00:46:43.13\00:46:46.27
I thought that is a big job,
00:46:46.30\00:46:48.70
it's a great opportunity to do
something useful for the Lord.
00:46:48.74\00:46:52.87
We have never done
any race like this before.
00:46:52.91\00:46:55.38
We didn't even
know where to start.
00:46:55.41\00:46:57.91
But we decided to
do it and set a date.
00:46:57.95\00:47:00.55
In one month, I don't know
how God helped us through this.
00:47:00.58\00:47:04.39
Because the permits
to close the streets,
00:47:04.42\00:47:06.79
many times you need a
year to get permission,
00:47:06.82\00:47:09.82
but we did it.
00:47:09.86\00:47:11.19
As a result of the race,
00:47:18.60\00:47:20.17
they raised the money
to conduct a health fair
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.54
and start their church plants.
00:47:22.57\00:47:24.41
And they also kept contact
00:47:24.44\00:47:25.77
with many of the
race participants.
00:47:25.81\00:47:27.81
Each participant received a book
00:47:27.84\00:47:29.34
included in the registration
called "The Power of Hope."
00:47:29.38\00:47:33.01
These events opened
doors to the community.
00:47:33.05\00:47:35.75
And they studied
the Bible with anyone
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.72
who showed interest.
00:47:37.75\00:47:39.09
They found a
building to rent for church
00:47:39.12\00:47:40.96
and were finally ready
to open their own doors.
00:47:40.99\00:47:44.39
And we opened the first
Sabbath and it was only us.
00:47:44.43\00:47:47.66
But we continued
with the Bible studies
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.90
and we began seeing
people come little by little.
00:47:49.93\00:47:53.30
Noemi and Miguel own a
bakery next to the church.
00:47:53.34\00:47:56.57
Sometimes during the
week, people from the church
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.54
went to buy
things from their store.
00:47:58.57\00:48:00.51
And one day, Noemi
asked them about the church.
00:48:00.54\00:48:03.81
She was invited to
study the Bible with them
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.71
the next Sabbath.
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.25
As her faith grew,
00:48:07.28\00:48:08.72
she prayed that Miguel
would go to church with her.
00:48:08.75\00:48:11.52
But he showed no interest.
00:48:11.55\00:48:13.22
After a few
months, as a birthday gift,
00:48:13.25\00:48:15.89
he agreed to join
her for one Sabbath only.
00:48:15.92\00:48:20.06
My first impression was
that I didn't know anybody.
00:48:20.13\00:48:23.03
But everybody knew me.
00:48:23.06\00:48:24.97
They called me by name
and said, "Miguel, welcome."
00:48:25.00\00:48:29.00
I felt an immense love.
00:48:29.04\00:48:31.47
Miguel wanted to learn more.
00:48:31.51\00:48:33.58
So he and Noemi asked
for Bible studies at home.
00:48:33.61\00:48:36.64
Eventually they gave
their hearts to Jesus
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.41
and were baptized.
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.82
Their bakery is now
closed on Saturdays.
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.18
But business has
doubled on Sundays.
00:48:43.22\00:48:45.62
It's a radical change.
00:48:45.65\00:48:47.26
When we were not baptized,
and we didn't know the church,
00:48:47.29\00:48:50.63
we had a lot of problems.
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.36
Now it's different.
00:48:52.39\00:48:53.73
We study together,
go to church together,
00:48:53.80\00:48:56.36
sing, and pray to God.
00:48:56.40\00:48:59.27
Miguel and Noemi's family
is just one example of those
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.00
who have come to
know the love of Jesus.
00:49:03.04\00:49:05.41
And they're excited to
share what they've learnt.
00:49:05.44\00:49:07.81
In my house, we
have a small group
00:49:07.84\00:49:09.88
that meets once a week.
00:49:09.91\00:49:11.25
Our goal as a family
is to share God's Word
00:49:11.28\00:49:13.75
with other families
00:49:13.78\00:49:15.12
so they can know
God as we know Him.
00:49:15.15\00:49:18.65
About 10 people have
been baptized as a result.
00:49:18.69\00:49:21.49
And now Global Mission
00:49:21.52\00:49:22.86
is helping this new church plant
00:49:22.89\00:49:24.63
in this major city.
00:49:24.66\00:49:27.96
Church members
pray that their efforts
00:49:28.00\00:49:29.86
through total member involvement
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.87
will continue to
spread God's love
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.50
throughout the community.
00:49:34.54\00:49:36.91
The dream is that
this church can grow
00:49:36.94\00:49:39.34
and we can all see
each other in heaven.
00:49:39.37\00:49:42.01
I feel satisfied
with my work in here.
00:49:42.04\00:49:45.28
I feel very grateful with God
00:49:45.31\00:49:48.28
because I see how I can
make a difference in this place
00:49:48.32\00:49:52.65
that I can serve Him.
00:49:52.69\00:49:54.96
It feels good to serve Jesus.
00:49:54.99\00:49:58.46
Please pray for
mission to the cities
00:49:58.49\00:50:00.60
which focuses on reaching people
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.36
in the largest
cities in the world.
00:50:02.40\00:50:04.83
Thank you for your support
00:50:04.87\00:50:06.20
of Global Mission
church planting projects
00:50:06.23\00:50:08.24
in urban areas like Quito.
00:50:08.27\00:50:10.37
That's very interesting.
00:50:17.95\00:50:19.55
Quito, Ecuador.
00:50:19.58\00:50:21.72
Putting the gospel into action.
00:50:21.75\00:50:24.05
Running for the gospel.
00:50:24.09\00:50:25.65
You know, it
reminds me of that text
00:50:25.69\00:50:27.22
in the Book of Haggai
00:50:27.26\00:50:31.26
that he who reads will run.
00:50:31.29\00:50:34.20
And that's beautiful.
00:50:34.23\00:50:35.56
That's an amazing
project there in Quito, Ecuador.
00:50:35.60\00:50:38.77
Now the church, I
can see it's growing now.
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.50
Yeah, it is.
00:50:41.54\00:50:42.87
And it was just because
these young people had a vision
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.37
that it's not good
enough for us to sit around
00:50:45.41\00:50:47.51
as a group of
Adventists talking to ourselves.
00:50:47.54\00:50:49.14
That's right.
00:50:49.18\00:50:50.51
We need to do
something for our community
00:50:50.58\00:50:51.91
and that's what happened.
00:50:51.95\00:50:53.28
That's right. That's amazing.
00:50:53.31\00:50:54.65
You have one...
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.02
Now we're gonna go to Sri
Lanka here in just a moment,
00:50:56.05\00:50:58.22
how water opened the door.
00:50:58.25\00:51:01.72
Yeah. Will you
lead up into that?
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.93
Yeah, so this is...
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.56
We've talked about the
annual sacrifice offering
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and this is actually Gary
talking about what this does,
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and one of the things it does
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is helps send our
Global Mission pioneers.
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And we have a Global
Mission pioneer in Sri Lanka
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who is using the water
to reach out to people.
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Okay.
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Let's go to Sri
Lanka now and find out
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how water is opening
the door for the gospel.
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Global mission pioneers
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are the unsung
heroes of Adventist Mission.
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Around the world today hundreds
of Global Mission pioneers,
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lay people, go to new
areas and new people groups
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to start a new Seventh-day
Adventist congregation.
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Many of the places
where they begin work
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are areas where the church
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has never had any
success in the past.
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But nobody has told the pioneers
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that they can't do it.
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And on a small living stipend,
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these pioneers go and
live among the people,
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and they put Christ method
of ministry into practice.
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They mingle with the
people in various ways.
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In the rice fields,
playing soccer with the kids,
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in the cities.
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They show sympathy.
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They minister to
needs in very practical ways
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and then they win the
confidence of the people
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and bid them to follow Jesus.
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I've seen pioneers using
many, many different methods
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to meet the needs of the people
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where they have
embedded themselves
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like Jesus did
incarnationly in the community.
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Historically, the
annual sacrifice offering
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has come at the end
of the week of prayer.
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And it's an opportunity for
us to sacrifice for mission.
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So I encourage you to
please give generously
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to this important offering.
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Let's go visit a
Global Mission pioneer now.
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In Sri Lanka, most
young adults in their twenties
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continue pursuing
their professional careers.
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But Rupan has taken
a different journey.
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At age 23, Rupan realized God's
unique purpose for his life
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and decided to use his
training in natural remedies
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to serve as a
Global Mission pioneer.
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My heart is telling
me to do God's work.
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I believe it was the Holy Spirit
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who convinced me to do His work.
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And that's why I chose
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to become a
Global Mission pioneer.
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He was sent to a
town called Omanthai,
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a primarily Buddhist community,
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274 kilometers away
from the country's capital,
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Colombo.
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With the
population of over 22 million,
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this South Asian
country in the Indian Ocean
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is a land of rich
diversity and culture.
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Home to various ethnic
groups, religions and customs,
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Sri Lanka has great
opportunities for mission.
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Rupan tried to find ways
to reach out to the community.
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As soon as he arrived,
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he started going around the city
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visiting one home after another
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and building relationships.
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After days of home visitations
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and understanding the
community's way of life,
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Rupan realized that
there was an enormous need
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for lifestyle development
and medical assistance.
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He started going
around the city again.
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This time introducing
the Adventist health message
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which stirred the interest
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and curiosity of
the people he visited.
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One day, Rupan
came across a family
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who owns a local hotel business.
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The head of the
family suffered from diabetes
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and his condition was worsening.
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Rupan's first visit
with them wasn't easy.
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They found the health
message hard to believe.
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But after
giving it much thought,
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the hotel owner
agreed to try it out.
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Rupan started the first
session with the word of prayer
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which was quite
unusual for the hotel owner.
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He then prepared
all the things he needed
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and then went on
with the procedure.
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After months of
consistent visits
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and water therapy sessions,
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the hotel owner's
wounds started healing.
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Amazed by these improvements,
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the hotel owner
became more excited
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to learn about
the health message.
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In time, he accepted
Christ and was baptized.
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Now he looks forward
to growing more in Jesus.
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By helping them, I
can share God's love
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through this kind of treatment.
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I also learned how to share love
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and care more to others.
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So yes, this
treatment is really effective
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in reaching people in this area.
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Rupan is just one of
many Global Mission pioneers
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sharing the gospel
within the 10/40 Window.
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Please pray for Rupan
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as he continues to
reach out to and touch lives
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through God's
ministry of healing
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in these
challenging areas of South Asia.
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When you think about the ways
that the gospel can open doors,
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water is one way and that's
not a proverbial statement
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but in fact, Jesus
is the living water.
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And so the Lord will use
these opportunities in Proverbs.
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And, Gary, it's amazing.
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As I'm looking at
these various stories,
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we've been to Mozambique,
Tanzania, Costa Rica, Brazil,
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Ecuador, Sri Lanka.
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We're talking about missions
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that continues to
encompass the entire world.
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Exactly.
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And that was the
commission, right?
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Go ye into all the
world, not just part of it.
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That's right.
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And as we prepare, as you
know, we have a wide chart here.
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And you see two other
people, Greg and Amy Whitsett.
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Good to have you both here.
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Thank you.
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And we lost our brother, Rick,
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Communications
Director for Adventist Missions.
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But in the second hour,
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we're gonna have
a lot more rolls.
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And just briefly, 10 seconds.
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What do you do
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how is your connection
with Adventist Missions?
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Greg and I direct the
center for Global Mission center
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for East Asian Religions.
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Okay. Well, wonderful.
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You know the other side of that,
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we'll give you an
opportunity, Greg,
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to give us more specifics.
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But as you know,
we'd like to let you know
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there's a second hour.
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We'll tell you more about
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how the missions
of Adventist Missions
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is covering the world.
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So don't go away.
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We'll be back in
just a couple of minutes.
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