>> AND WE ARE BACK, AND WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND DEALING
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WITH ADVENTIST MISSIONS IN ALL
OF ITS ASPECTS, INCLUDING TMI.
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WE'RE JOINED BY
MR. ANDREW McCHESNEY.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
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>> NOW YOU -- WE KNOW YOU
AS THE REVIEW -- IS IT THE NEWS
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COORDINATOR? WHAT IS
YOUR TITLE AT REVIEW?
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>> I WORK AT --
ADVENTIST MINISTRIES.
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>> IN A FORMER LIFE
HE WAS THE NEWS EDITOR --
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>> OKAY. THE FORMER LIFE.
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NOW YOU HAVE
GRADUATED. YOU HAVE LOVED UP.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU
ARE ADVENTIST MINISTER
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EDITOR. AS -- AS
YOU LOOK AT THE -- LET
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ME DO THIS -- FIRST OF
ALL, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
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BECAUSE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO
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SORT OF PUT YOU IN THE CHAIR
AND GRILL YOU A LITTLE BIT.
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>> I HAVE NO IDEA. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> I WAS BORN IN ZAMBIA. I
GREW UP IN ZIMBABWE WHEN I WAS
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TEN. WE LIVED IN
THE STATES, THEN I
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MOVED TO RUSSIA, THEN
I GOT A CALL TO THE GC.
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SO I HAVE NO
IDEA WHERE I'M FROM.
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>> MISSIONARY
PARENTS. >> MISSIONARY PARENTS.
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>> SO YOUR
SCHIZOPHRENIA IS JUSTIFIED.
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[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE
CAN FORGIVE YOU, BECAUSE
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YOU HAVE BEEN
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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>> YES, BUT PRAISE THE
LORD I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.
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>> WHAT DID YOU CITYDY IN SCH
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SCHOOL? >>
SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND
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MARKETING. >> PRAISE THE LORD
FOR THAT.-NOW WE WANT TO GET
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BACK TO THE VIDEOS.
THIS IS STUFF THAT I LOVE,
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BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU
THE FEEL THAT YOU ARE THERE.
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GARY WHERE ARE WE GOING? >>
WE'RE GOING TO VISIT ANOTHER
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PIONEER, THIS TIME IN
MALAYSIA. >> MALAYSIA.
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¤
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->> DEEP IN THE MALAYSIAN
JUNGLE, A SMALL VILLAGE IS
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TUCKED AWAY IN A BEAUTIFUL
VALEY. TO GET HERE YOU HAVE TO
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DRIVE FOR HOURS ON TREACHEROUS
TERRAIN AND WINDING MOUNTAIN
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ROADS. ¤ >>
DURING THE RAINY SEASON,
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FLOODING MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THIS
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VILLAGE. BOATS
BECOME THE ONLY MEANS OF
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TRAVEL. ALVIN
IS A GLOBAL MISSION
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PIONEER SERVING
THIS REMOTE VILLAGE.
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WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.
ALVIN'S FAMILY LEARNED ABOUT
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JESUS FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AND BECAME ADVENTISTS.
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SINCE THEN HE KNEW HE WANTED TO
SHARE THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE WITH
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OTHERS, SO HE BECAME A PIONEER.
WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO THE
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VILLAGE, IT REMINDED
HIM OF WHERE HE GROW UP.
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THE MOUNTAINOUS
LANDSCAPE FELT LIKE HOME.
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THERE WAS NO
CHURCH TO WORSHIP IN.
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SO ALVIN BEGAN GETTING TO KNOW
PEOPLE AND SPENDING TIME WITH
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THEM. HE ASSISTS
THEM WITH THEIR WORK,
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AND TEACHES THEM
BASIC ENGLISH PHRASES.
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HE OFTEN PRAYS WITH THEM.
ALVIN HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS
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HEART FOR THE CHILDREN. HE
LOVES TEACHING THEM AND DOING
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FUN ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
MARCHING AND DRILLING IS A
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POPULAR ACTIVITY FOR
THE CHILDREN IN THE REGION.
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SOMETIMES CHILDREN FROM
VOURNDING VILLAGES WILL COME
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TOGETHER TO DEMONSTRATE
NEW MARCHES THEY HAVE LEARNED.
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RECENTLY THE CHILDREN IN ALVIN'S
VILLAGE EARNED FIRST PLACE IN A
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COMPETITION. THEY ARE
THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING
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ALVIN HAS TAUGHT THEM.
SINCE ALVIN BEGAN HIS MINISTRY,
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A SMALLED A VIN ADVERTISE CHURCH
HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE HILL.
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HE SPENTS A LOT OF TIME
HERE WITH THE CHILDREN AND HIS
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FAMILY, TEACHING,
SINGING, AND PRAYING.
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¤ >> NOW
MULTIPLE FAMILIES IN THE
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VILLAGE ARE GETTING TO
KNOW JESUS THANKS TO ALVIN.
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MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ATTEND
CHURCH ON SABBATH, AND THE
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NUMBERS KEEP GROWING.
ALVIN ASKS THAT YOU SAY A
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SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HIS VILLAGE.
>> Translator: ONE THING I ASK
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YOU TO PRAY FOR IS THE JOY AND
HAPPINESS THAT THE FAMILIES IN
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THIS VILLAGE. I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT
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YOU PRAY FOR THEM TO ALWAYS LOVE
ONE ANOTHER, BUT ABOVE ALL, TO
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LOVE GOD. ¤
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>> THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
WORK OF GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS
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LIKE ALVIN. ¤
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>> QUESTION, GUYS, ARE MOST
OF YOUR GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS
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SINGLE, MARRIED, IS THERE A
MATRIX THAT WORKS BETTER ONE WAY
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OR ANOTHER? >> I
THINK MOST OF THEM WOULD
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PROBABLY BE SINGLE. >> UH-HUH.
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>> YEAH. BUT WE
ACCEPT -- WE HAVE MEN
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PIONEERS. WE HAVE WOMEN.
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WE HAVE TEAMS. AND WE
WERE JUST TALKING DURING
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THAT VIDEO THAT MANY OF OUR
PIONEERS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN
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IN RURAL AREAS, BUT WE HAVE A
CONCERTED EFFORT NOW TO DO MORE
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CHURCH PLANTING IN URBAN
AREAS, WHICH IS OUR BIG MISSION
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CHALLENGE. >> UH-HUH.
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>> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT,
THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT REALLY
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STARTING TO SEND OUR PIONEERS AT
LEAST IN TWOS, BECAUSE YOU NEED
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THAT SUPPORT. >>
YEAH, IN THE BIG CITIES.
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THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS A DEDICATED
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SHIFT TO WORK IN
CITIES AND TO WORK CITIES.
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YOU HAVE THESE LARGE MASSES OF
PEOPLE, SOME HAVE NO PRESENCE,
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SOME HAVE VERY LITTLE PRESENCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE CHURCH HAS
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SHIFT INTO THAT
MODE. >> DEFINITELY.
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AND WE HAVE MADE DECISIONS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING
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THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR
CITIES, AND DECREASING THE
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AMOUNT FOR RURA AREAS, NOT
BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE FOR RURAL
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AREAS, BUT MOST OF THE WORLD
POPULATION LIVE IN CITIES, AND
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WE HAVE TENDED TO BE MORE
COMFORTABLE WORKING IN RURAL
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AREAS, AND IN
MANY WAYS IT'S EASIER.
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IT'S CHEAPER TO WORK IN RURAL
AREAS, BUT THE CITIES ARE OUR
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MISSION FIELD. >> INDEED.
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I WAS ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE AS A DELEGATE YEARS
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AGO WHEN WE LEFT TACOMA PARK AND
MOVED OUT TO THE WILDERNESS OF
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ROUTE 29. AND NOW
YOU GO THERE -- AND OF
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COURSE, THE WORLD HAS COME
OUT AND SURROUNDED THE GENERAL
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CONFERENCE, SO
CITY IS EVERYWHERE.
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>> EXACTLY. >> ALL RIGHT.
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>> SO ANDY CAN TELL US A STORY,
BECAUSE THAT'S HIS BUSINESS.
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HE COLLECTS MISSION STORIES, AND
I HAVE ASKED HIM TO SHARE WITH
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US, ONE THAT A
PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO HIS HEART.
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>> YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN SOUTH
KOREA NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I
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MET A MAN NAMED KWANG. AND
HE OWNS AN ACCOUNTING FIRM.
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AND HE STARTED
PLANNING CHURCHES.
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HE JUST DID IT BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT GOD WAS SAYING GO PLANT
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A CHURCH. AND IN
TWO YEARS HE HAD 98
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BAPTISMS IN ONE CHURCH.
AND HE STARTED PRAYING, HE SAID
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GOD, GIVE ME A
HUNDRED. I SAID WHAT ABOUT 99?
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AND HE SAID NO PROBLEM, I PRAY
FOR A HUNDRED AND I'LL GET TWO
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PEOPLE. AND HE
FOUND OUT THERE WAS A
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WOMAN WORKING AT A CHILDREN'S
ART SCHOOL, SO HE WENT TO THE
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SCHOOL, GOT REINTRODUCED TO HER,
STARTED TALKING, AND SAID I HAVE
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PLANTED A CHURCH. I
WANT YOU TO BE THE HUNDREDTH
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MEMBER. SHE SAID SURE.
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HE SAID GREAT. BUT
FIRST WE NEED BIBLE STUDIES.
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SO I'LL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND
TEACH YOU WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO
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SAY. AND BEFORE HE LEFT, HE SAID
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DON'T FORGET YOUR HUSBAND,
BECAUSE HE NEEDS TWO PEOPLE.
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AND SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND AND
SAID KWANG IS COMING TO TEACH US
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WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY.
HER HUSBAND WAS NOT RELIGIOUS AT
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ALL, AND HE WAS A VERY
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.
00:09:01.84\00:09:06.14
AND HE WANTED TO LEARN ENGLISH,
SO HE WENT AND BOUGHT TWO BOOKS,
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AND ONE WAS A BIBLE. AND
HE SAID, GOD, IF YOU EXIST,
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SEND ME SOMEONE TO
TEACH ME WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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AND AT THAT MOMENT HIS WIFE
CALLED AND SAID KWANG WAS COMING
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TO HIS HOUSE. AND NOW
THEY ARE BOTH BAPTIZED.
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>> PRAISE THE LORD.
THAT'S WHY FRONT-LINE MISSION
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WORK IS SO EXING --
EXCITING. ALL RIGHT.
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WE'LL PUT ON OUR SHOES AND
BOOTS, AND WHERE DO WE TRAVEL
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NOW? >> AFRICA.
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>> AFRICA. >>
GLOBAL MISSION SPONSORS LAY
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PEOPLE TO REACH SOME OF THE
WORLD'S HARDEST TO REACH PLACES.
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WE CALL THEM PIONEERS.
THESE MEN AND WOMAN VOLUNTEER AT
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LEAST A YEAR TO START
A NEW GROUP OF BELIEVERS.
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THEY OFTEN WORK WITHIN THEIR
CULTURE, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE
00:10:03.53\00:10:06.47
PEOPLE AND CAN MINGLE WITH
THEM. >> Translator: I HAVE BEEN
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WORKING AS A
EVANGELIST SINCE 2003.
00:10:10.61\00:10:15.21
I WORK IN THE [ INAUDIBLE ].
THE CHURCH SENDS ME TO THIS NEW
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AREA. >> THERE ARE
MORE THAN 1 MILLION
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MA SIGH PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
GREAT VALLEY BETWEEN KENYA AND
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TANZANIA. WHILE
THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS
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IN TANZANIA, ONLY ABOUT
ONE-THIRD OF THE MASS EYE ARE
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CHRISTIANS. THE MET
A MAN WHO WAS A STRONG
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BELIEVER IN HIS
TRADITIONAL SYSTEM.
00:10:43.47\00:10:46.91
BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
BEGAN TO INFLUENCE HIS LIFE.
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>> Translator: THE YOUNG MAN WAS
IMPRESSED BY OUR TEACHINGS, AND
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HE ESPECIALLY WANTED TO
HAVE HIS PARENTS TO BE SAVED.
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HE PRAYED FOR HIS MOTHER
UNTIL SHE BECAME AN ADVENTIST.
00:11:00.72\00:11:04.79
AS I CONTINUED TO WORK WITH
HIM AND HIS PEOPLE, HE GOT A
00:11:04.79\00:11:08.56
SPONSORSHIP TO STUDY TO
BECOME AN EVANGELIST, AN AFTER
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TRAINING, THE CHURCH MADE HIM
A PIONEER TO WORK WITH HIS OWN
00:11:14.34\00:11:19.41
FAMILY. >> THEY
COVER GREAT DISTANCES
00:11:19.41\00:11:21.44
BETWEEN HOUSES EVERY DAY,
VISITING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES,
00:11:21.44\00:11:24.68
AND TAKING A MESSAGE OF
HOPE. THEY OFTEN FACE DIFFICULT
00:11:24.68\00:11:28.62
CHALLENGES, TEACHING THEM
TO PRAY MORE AND TRUST IN GOD.
00:11:28.62\00:11:32.15
>> Translator: THERE
ARE ABOUT 50 MEMBERS NOW.
00:11:32.15\00:11:36.62
OTHERS HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE
NATURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AS
00:11:36.62\00:11:40.40
THEY MOVE FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
00:11:40.40\00:11:45.30
BUT WE FOUND GOD FOR THE
FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.
00:11:45.30\00:11:50.37
>> PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE TWO
AS THEY GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE,
00:11:50.37\00:11:53.51
KNOCKING ON DOORS, AND
INTRODUCING THE HOPE OF JESUS'S
00:11:53.51\00:11:58.78
SOON RETURN. >>
Translator: MY GREATEST JOY
00:11:58.78\00:12:01.62
WORKING IN A NEW PLACE, IS TO
SEE THE PEOPLE ACCEPTING JESUS
00:12:01.62\00:12:05.99
AS THEIR SAVIOR. ¤
00:12:05.99\00:12:10.53
>> AGAIN, GOOD STUFF. >>
GARY ONE OF THE TERMS WE HAVE
00:12:14.73\00:12:18.83
HEARD AS OF LATE, IS
CENTERS OF INFLUENCE.
00:12:18.83\00:12:21.90
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS INTEGRAL
TO WORKING IN THE CITIES.
00:12:21.90\00:12:26.91
TELL US WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN
WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
00:12:26.91\00:12:30.25
>> CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, IT'S A
CONCEPT ACTUALLY THAT
-ADVENTIST'S COFOUNDER ELLEN
00:12:30.25\00:12:38.82
WHITE CAME UP TO, REFERRING
TO CENTERS IN CITIES THAT ARE
00:12:38.82\00:12:43.49
SPRINGBOARDS FOR
MINISTRY. >> UH-HUH.
00:12:43.49\00:12:45.83
>> YOU CAN PUT CHRIST INTO
PRACTICE, WIN CONFIDENCE, AND
00:12:45.83\00:12:52.33
THEN LEAD THEM TO JESUS, SO
WHEN SHE WAS WRITING, SHE WAS
00:12:52.33\00:12:56.34
THINKING OF THINGS LIKE
VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS, AND
00:12:56.34\00:12:59.27
TODAY WE HAVE DOZENS OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CENTERS OF
00:12:59.27\00:13:03.65
INFLUENCE. IN
BRAZIL, THERE'S A CENTER FOR
00:13:03.65\00:13:06.21
REFUGEES, HELPING THEM
ASSIMILATE INTO SOCIETY.
00:13:06.21\00:13:10.09
THERE ARE SECOND-HAND STORES.
THERE ARE LIFESTYLE CENTERS.
00:13:10.09\00:13:14.12
THERE ARE ENGLISH AS A
SECOND LANGUAGE CENTERS.
00:13:14.12\00:13:18.03
THERE ARE A WHOLE RANGE
OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
00:13:18.03\00:13:24.13
AND SO SOME OF
THESE CENTERS ARE BIG.
00:13:24.13\00:13:26.67
SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL.
BUT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME
00:13:26.67\00:13:29.57
PURPOSE, TO TRY TO START A NEW
GROUP OF BELIEVERS BY PUTTING
00:13:29.57\00:13:35.94
CHRIST'S MISSION INTO PRACTICE.
OUR NEXT VIDEO IS AN EXAMPLE OF
00:13:35.94\00:13:39.48
A CENTER OF INFLUENCE.
IT'S IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.
00:13:39.48\00:13:43.95
SO PERHAPS WE
CAN LOOK AT THAT NOW.
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¤
00:13:45.75\00:13:49.36
>> 25 YEARS AGO, GLOBAL
MISSION'S MANDATE WAS TO FOCUS
00:13:53.96\00:13:58.97
ATTENTION ON THE MOST CHALLENGED
UNREACHED AREAS OF THE WORLD,
00:13:58.97\00:14:04.04
AREAS LIKE THE SOVIET UNION,
CHINA, INDIA, AND THE LARGE
00:14:04.04\00:14:08.18
CITIES OF THE WORLD.
TODAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:14:08.18\00:14:13.38
MEMBERSHIP IS THREE
TIMES WHAT IT WAS BACK IN 1990.
00:14:13.38\00:14:16.99
THOUSANDS OF NEW
CHURCHES HAVE BEEN PLANTED.
00:14:16.99\00:14:20.06
MANY IN PREVIOUSLY UNENTERED
AREAS, AND WHILE THERE ARE STILL
00:14:20.06\00:14:24.73
MANY CHALLENGES, THE ADVENTIST
CHURCH HAS GROWN IN THE
00:14:24.73\00:14:28.30
COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION, CHINA AND INDIA.
00:14:28.30\00:14:32.40
BUT ONE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN
GETTING LARGER, THE CHALLENGE OF
00:14:32.40\00:14:35.37
THE CITIES. IN 1990,
THERE WERE TEN CITIES
00:14:35.37\00:14:39.71
WITH MORE THAN 10
MILLION PEOPLE, MEGA CITIES.
00:14:39.71\00:14:44.75
TODAY THAT NUMBER
HAS NEARLY TRIPLED.
00:14:44.75\00:14:47.18
AND THE NUMBER OF
MEGA CITIES GROWING.
00:14:47.18\00:14:50.92
AS LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
POPULATE THE CITIES, HOW CAN WE
00:14:50.92\00:14:54.36
REACH THEM? HOW CAN
WE SHARE GOD'S LOVE WITH
00:14:54.36\00:14:57.33
THE MASSES IN THE
URBAN AREAS OF THE WORLD?
00:14:57.33\00:15:03.10
HOW CAN OUR MESSAGE OF HOPE
AND JESUS'S SON RETURN BREAK
00:15:03.10\00:15:07.44
THROUGH THE NOISE OF THE
CITIES. ELLEN WHITE WROTE --
00:15:07.44\00:15:11.87
>> WE MUST DO MORE THAN WE HAVE
DONE TO REACH THE PEOPLE OF OUR
00:15:11.87\00:15:15.48
CITIES. OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, THE LIGHT
00:15:15.48\00:15:17.35
HAS BEEN GIVEN ME THAT WE SHOULD
ESTABLISH IN ALL OF OUR CITIES,
00:15:17.35\00:15:22.42
SMALL PLANTS, WHICH
SHALL BE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE.
00:15:22.42\00:15:27.32
¤ >> TODAY, CENTERS OF INFLUENCE
00:15:27.32\00:15:32.76
ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES IN CITIES AROUND
00:15:32.76\00:15:36.56
THE WORLD. MANY OF
THEM ARE HEALTH AND
00:15:36.56\00:15:39.07
WELLNESS CENTERS THAT OFFER
HEALTH SCREENINGS, HEALTH FOOD,
00:15:39.07\00:15:44.27
COOKING AND EXERCISE CLASSES,
AND MASSAGE THERAPY FROM IN
00:15:44.27\00:15:50.58
INDONESIA, LARGE APARTMENT
BUILDINGS OFTEN HAVE A SHOPPING
00:15:50.58\00:15:55.25
CENTER ON TH GROUND FLOOR.
HERE, ADVENTISTS ARE OPENING
00:15:55.25\00:15:58.92
CENTERS OF INFLUENCE IN
THE FORM OF HEALTH KIOSKS.
00:15:58.92\00:16:04.29
AS A RESULT OF THIS MINISTRY,
VISITORS CAN GET AN ELECTRONIC
00:16:04.29\00:16:08.46
HEALTH SCA, HAVE A
REPORT EMAILED TO THEM, AND GET
00:16:08.46\00:16:12.40
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW
TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE.
00:16:12.40\00:16:16.24
¤ >> OTHERS ARE VEGETARIAN, OR
00:16:16.24\00:16:19.01
VEGAN RESTAURANTS, OFFERING
HEALTHFUL FOOD OPTIONS, AS WELL
00:16:19.01\00:16:22.78
AS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT
LIVING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.
00:16:22.78\00:16:28.38
ONE SUCH
RESTAURANT IS IN FINLAND.
00:16:28.38\00:16:31.09
INITIAL TO IT'S HEALTHY BUFFET,
IT HAS HELD A HEALTH EXPO,
00:16:31.09\00:16:36.83
STOP-SMOKING
CLINICS, AND BIBLE CLASSES.
00:16:36.83\00:16:39.43
OTHERS ARE COMMUNITY
CENTERS THAT OFFER HOMEWORK AND
00:16:39.43\00:16:43.10
AFTER-SCHOOL HELP, LANGUAGE
AND SKILLS-TRAINING CLASSES, AND
00:16:43.10\00:16:47.74
COUNSELING.-ONE UNIQUE
CENTER IS IN DENMARK'S CAPITOL,
00:16:47.74\00:16:53.34
COPENHAGEN, WHERE ADVENTISTS
HAVE FOUND A CREATIVE WAY OF
00:16:53.34\00:16:59.28
MINGLING WITH PEOPLE.-THERE'S
A SMALL SECOND-HAND SHOP CALLED
00:16:59.28\00:17:04.29
HAPPY HAND. THE PEOPLE IN
DENMARK VALUE RECYCLING, AND
00:17:04.29\00:17:09.06
SECOND-HAND SHOPS ARE
POPULAR. BUT IT OFFERS MORE THAN
00:17:09.06\00:17:13.33
REDISTRIBUTED
QUALITY USED ITEMS.
00:17:13.33\00:17:15.63
IT'S A CENTER OF INFLUENCE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT
00:17:15.63\00:17:21.30
JESUS. >> I
THINK IT'S MORE OPEN.
00:17:21.30\00:17:23.41
IT'S VERY PUBLIC THAT
THIS IS A CHRISTIAN SHOP.
00:17:23.41\00:17:26.94
AND IT'S -- IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE ARE
00:17:26.94\00:17:33.05
CHRISTIANS, AND WE'RE VERY OPEN
AND EAGER TO GETTING INTO THOSE
00:17:33.05\00:17:37.35
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.
AND WE SAY IF YOU WANT TO TALK
00:17:37.35\00:17:39.99
TO A PASTOR, YOU
CAN -- YOU CAN JUST ASK.
00:17:39.99\00:17:44.06
BUT, YES, PEOPLE DO COME IN HERE
AND -- AND JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO
00:17:44.06\00:17:48.26
TALK TO, AND
MAYBE PRAY FOR THEM.
00:17:48.26\00:17:51.60
WE HAVE A CONTACT WITH THE
PEOPLE HERE THAT WE DON'T GET IN
00:17:51.60\00:17:57.91
CHURCH. PEOPLE CAN
COME AND THEY CAN SIT
00:17:57.91\00:18:00.98
DOWN AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA
OR -- AND JUST BE ABLE TO -- TO
00:18:00.98\00:18:06.61
TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT ANYTHING,
AND WE ACTUALLY REACH PEOPLE
00:18:06.61\00:18:10.25
HERE, AND WE CAN
DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
00:18:10.25\00:18:14.22
>> JUST HAVING A SECONDHAND
SHOP WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOR ME.
00:18:14.22\00:18:18.89
BECAUSE THERE ARE
HOT -- LOTS OF THOSE.
00:18:18.89\00:18:26.53
>> I HAVE BEEN DOING A
FEW EVENING CLASSES IN HERE.
00:18:26.53\00:18:32.54
MOSTLY ABOUT HEALTH AND COUPLES,
AND HOW TO BE A GOO PARENT AND
00:18:32.54\00:18:37.35
HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN.
AND WE JUST [ INAUDIBLE ] AND
00:18:37.35\00:18:43.92
PEOPLE HAVE COME. >>
YEAH, BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE
00:18:43.92\00:18:47.96
THIS SPIRITUAL WELLNESS ON
TUESDAY, AND THERE WERE THREE
00:18:47.96\00:18:51.39
WOMEN THAT THEY JUST CAME
IN FROM THE STREETS, AND ONE OF
00:18:51.39\00:18:55.56
THEM, SHE SAID SHE WANTED
TO COME TO THE [ INAUDIBLE ].
00:18:55.56\00:18:59.67
AND BHS CALLED ME ONE EVENING,
AND SAID I NEED VOLUNTEERS, CAN
00:18:59.67\00:19:05.64
YOU PLEASE HELP. I'M VERY BUSY.
00:19:05.64\00:19:08.88
WE HAVE FOUR KIDS, AND MY
HUSBAND IS VERY BUSY, SO I SAID
00:19:08.88\00:19:13.85
WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
BUT I CAN SEE THE VISION OF IT.
00:19:13.85\00:19:20.16
SO, YES, I WILL COME HELP FOR
THREE MONTHS, AND THAT WAS ABOUT
00:19:20.16\00:19:24.69
THREE YEARS AGO. >>
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE
00:19:24.69\00:19:27.40
MINGLING WITH PEOPLE, MEETING
THEIR NEEDS, WINNING THEIR
00:19:27.40\00:19:31.03
CONFIDENCE, AND
INTRODUCING THEM TO JESUS.
00:19:31.03\00:19:33.07
>> WE ARE NOT TO WAIT
FOR SOULS TO COME TO US.
00:19:33.07\00:19:37.37
WE MUST SEEK THEM
OUT WHERE THEY ARE.
00:19:37.37\00:19:39.61
WHEN THE WORD HAS BEEN PREACHED
IN THE PULPIT, BUT WORK HAS BUT
00:19:39.61\00:19:45.25
JUST BEGUN. THERE
ARE MULTITUDES WHO WILL
00:19:45.25\00:19:48.28
NEVER BE REACHED BY THE GOSPEL,
UNLESS IT IS CARRIED TO THEM.
00:19:48.28\00:19:52.29
¤
00:19:52.29\00:19:56.29
. >> YOU KNOW GENTLEMEN, I AM SO
00:19:59.09\00:20:01.30
GLAD THAT WE HAD SOME VIDEO FROM
EUROPE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE
00:20:01.30\00:20:05.90
CHALLENGES OF THE WORK THERE,
AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW
00:20:05.90\00:20:09.47
CENTERS OF INFLUENCE CAN
BE INTEGRAL TO THAT PARTICULAR
00:20:09.47\00:20:13.14
SOCIETY, BECAUSE
OF ITS SECULAR NATURE.
00:20:13.14\00:20:15.68
YOU CAN'T DO CLASSIC EVANGELISM,
BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY START WITH
00:20:15.68\00:20:20.02
THE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE,
AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS WORKING.
00:20:20.02\00:20:24.55
>> YES THAT WAS IN COPENHAGEN,
HAPPY HAND WAS SO SUCCESSFUL
00:20:24.55\00:20:30.13
THAT THEY STARTED ANOTHER
HAPPY HAND CENTER IN THE SECOND
00:20:30.13\00:20:33.60
LARGEST CITY OF DENMARK.
THEN THEY STARTED ANOTHER ONE IN
00:20:33.60\00:20:36.40
A THIRD CITY, AND I JUST LEARNED
THAT IN NOVEMBER, IN A MONTH'S
00:20:36.40\00:20:41.17
TIME, THEY PLAN TO
START A FOURTH CENTER.
00:20:41.17\00:20:43.71
>> PRAISE THE LORD.
>> AND RICK AND I WERE IN
00:20:43.71\00:20:48.91
ESTONIA, AND IN THE CAPITAL
CENTER THERE, THEY ARE STARTING
00:20:48.91\00:20:53.72
A CENTER LIKE
HAPPY HAND AS WELL.
00:20:53.72\00:20:55.98
YOU ARE REACHING PEOPLE, YOU
ARE GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR
00:20:55.98\00:20:58.99
WALLS OF THE CHURCH, AND MAKING
THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU
00:20:58.99\00:21:03.43
WOULDN'T MAKE
OTHERWISE. >> UH-HUH.
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.26
>> I WAS IN -- LAST YEAR
AT THIS TIME, WE WERE IN THE
00:21:05.26\00:21:09.86
PHILIPPINES, AND THEY HAD
JUST OPENED UP A VERY SMALL
00:21:09.86\00:21:14.74
VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT THERE,
BUT IT WAS PACKED EVERY DAY.
00:21:14.74\00:21:19.57
AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS OPENED
THREE MONTHS, BUT IT ALREADY
00:21:19.57\00:21:22.61
CAUGHT ON WITH THE PEOPLE.
AND THE FOOD WAS ONE OF THE BEST
00:21:22.61\00:21:27.28
I HAVE EVER EATEN IN MY LIFE.
AND THEY RENTED A ROOM UPSTAIRS
00:21:27.28\00:21:32.02
FOR BIBLE STUDIES. AND
TWO DAYS A WEEK, THEY WERE
00:21:32.02\00:21:35.69
PACKED UPSTAIRS FEEDING FROM
THAT RESTAURANT AS A CENTER OF
00:21:35.69\00:21:42.96
INFLUENCE. >> YEAH.
00:21:42.96\00:21:43.87
WE ALSO BROUGHT ALONG SOME
FOOTAGE OF A CENTER OF INFLUENCE
00:21:43.87\00:21:49.54
IN SOUTH AMERICA. THIS
IS ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF
00:21:49.54\00:21:55.94
BUENOS AIRES. THEY
FOUND THIS BUILDING.
00:21:55.94\00:21:58.15
THEY TURNED IT INTO A CENTER OF
INFLUENCE, A LIFESTYLE CENTER,
00:21:58.15\00:22:02.58
THEN THEY BROUGHT IN
A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:22:02.58\00:22:05.09
THE INITIATIVE IS CALLED
ONE YEAR IN MISSION, WHERE YOUNG
00:22:05.09\00:22:10.26
PEOPLE, SAY I'M PREPARED TO GIVE
AT LEAST A YEAR OF MY LIFE TO
00:22:10.26\00:22:16.97
VOLUNTEER. AND
THEY JUST STARTED GOING
00:22:16.97\00:22:18.80
AROUND THE COMMUNITY,
FINDING OUT WHAT WE NEEDS ARE.
00:22:18.80\00:22:22.70
WHAT ARE PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN? AND SO THEY STARTED TO RUN
00:22:22.70\00:22:25.84
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
DIFFERENT HEALTH ACTIVITIES.
00:22:25.84\00:22:29.41
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
DIFFERENT SEMINARS, AND THEY
00:22:29.41\00:22:31.88
JUST STARTED MAKING FRIENDS WITH
PEOPLE IN ANY COMMUNITY, SO FROM
00:22:31.88\00:22:35.75
BEING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE
CITY, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COME IN
00:22:35.75\00:22:39.99
WITH THEIR ENERGY AND --
AND THEY ARE NOW PLANTING A
00:22:39.99\00:22:44.33
MINISTRY, AND IN TURN,
THAT MINISTRY BECOMES A CHURCH.
00:22:44.33\00:22:47.60
>> AMEN. >> YEAH.
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.00
>> WELL DONE. >> AND
SO THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER
00:22:49.00\00:22:53.17
THERE, I WENT TO THE COUNTRY OF
CHILE IN AN TEE  -- SANTIAGO, A
00:22:53.17\00:23:02.48
SIMILAR THING
IS HAPPENING THERE.
00:23:02.48\00:23:04.58
AND THIS OF COURSE IS A LARGE,
LARGE CITY, AND THEY ARE NOW
00:23:04.58\00:23:09.08
WITHIN -- WITHIN THE COUNTRY OF
CHILE, 15 CENTERS OF INFLUENCE,
00:23:09.08\00:23:13.52
URBAN CENTERS OF INFLUENCE.
AND AGAIN, THEY ARE DRAWING ON
00:23:13.52\00:23:18.96
YOUNG PEOPLE -- EXCUSE ME
-- TO COME IN AND HELP RUN THE
00:23:18.96\00:23:22.33
PROGRAMS AND RUN THE ACTIVITIES,
AND, AGAIN, THEY TEND TO BE
00:23:22.33\00:23:26.67
LIFESTYLE PROGRAMS.
THEY DO HEALTH SEMINARS.
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.37
THEY HAVE FITNESS ACTIVITIES.
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS.
00:23:29.37\00:23:36.18
YOU NAME IT. THAT'S
WHAT THEY ARE INVOLVED
00:23:36.18\00:23:38.68
IN. AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
00:23:38.68\00:23:41.08
JUST -- THEIR
ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS.
00:23:41.08\00:23:43.62
SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY LIVE AN
HOUR AWAY FROM THE CENTER WHERE
00:23:43.62\00:23:47.26
THEY ARE WORKING. AND
THEY CATCH A BUS EVERY
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.46
MORNING, THEY
COME TO THE CENTER.
00:23:51.46\00:23:53.73
THEN THEY GET ON THE
BUS AND GO BACK HOME AGAIN.
00:23:53.73\00:23:56.73
THERE THEY ARE
SHOWING THE LOVE OF JESUS.
00:23:56.73\00:24:02.20
AND ONE OF THESE YOUNGER PEOPLE
WAS SITTING NEXT TO AN OLDER
00:24:02.20\00:24:07.28
LADY FROM THE COMMUNITY, HOLDING
HER HAND, AND HE PERSONALLY LEAD
00:24:07.28\00:24:12.91
HER TO BAPTISM. AND
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL
00:24:12.91\00:24:16.08
MOMENT. >> POWERFUL.
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.02
POWERFUL. NOW YOU
DON'T GET THE RUSH OF A
00:24:18.02\00:24:20.56
LARGE THREE, FOUR, FIVE-WEEK
KIND OF MEETING, BUT YOU GET
00:24:20.56\00:24:25.03
PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU GET TO BE ABLE TO PLANT YOUR
00:24:25.03\00:24:28.73
FLAG OUT THERE,
WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
00:24:28.73\00:24:31.07
AND THEN YOU GET THIS COMMUNITY
RELATIONS, WHICH I THINK
00:24:31.07\00:24:35.54
MAKES -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY A
BETTER A ADVENTIST, BUT THEY ARE
00:24:35.54\00:24:40.98
SETTLED INTO WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT.
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.78
AND THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED FRIENDSHIPS.
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.72
>> WE ARE VERY
GOOD AT PREACHING.
00:24:46.72\00:24:48.75
AND THAT'S THE LAST
STEP IN THE MINISTRY.
00:24:48.75\00:24:52.59
BUT IF WE ARE ONLY FOCUSING ON
PREACHING -- IF WE DON'T INVEST
00:24:52.59\00:24:59.96
TIME MAKING FRIENDSHIPS AND
EARNING THE RIGHT TO SHARE OUR
00:24:59.96\00:25:04.30
FAITH, THEN WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
00:25:04.30\00:25:09.37
>> YEAH, PARICULARLY IN THE
UNITED STATES, YOU TURN ON THE
00:25:09.37\00:25:13.61
TV SUNDAY MORNING AND IT
IS EVERYWHERE, BUT IN OTHER
00:25:13.61\00:25:20.72
COUNTRIES YOU
HAVE TO PUT EQUITY IN.
00:25:20.72\00:25:23.89
>> GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. >>
ALSO IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE
00:25:23.89\00:25:28.46
BIBLE, THEY BELIEVE IN GOD,
AND YOU TELL THEM SOME OF THE
00:25:28.46\00:25:33.80
ADVENTIST THINGS THAT WE
BELIEVE, IT'S EASY TO MOVE THEM.
00:25:33.80\00:25:38.43
BUT YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GIVEN UP, OR THEY ARE A
00:25:38.43\00:25:44.64
NON-CHRISTIAN, THEY HAVE NEVER
READ THE BIBLE, YOU HAVE GOT TO
00:25:44.64\00:25:47.34
START SOMEPLACE ELSE, AND THAT'S
WHERE CHRIST'S METHOD, I THINK
00:25:47.34\00:25:51.01
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO WIN THAT
CONFIDENCE, FIRST BY MINGLING,
00:25:51.01\00:25:57.19
SHOWING SYMPATHY,
AND MEETING NEEDS.
00:25:57.19\00:25:59.62
>> YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT CENTERS
OF INFLUENCE -- CENTERS OF
00:25:59.62\00:26:04.56
INFLUENCE. >> THAT'S IT.
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.53
>> -- DO. I WAS
ABOUT TO INVENT A NEW WORD
00:26:06.53\00:26:09.76
THERE. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:26:09.76\00:26:10.47
>> WHAT IS UP NEXT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
00:26:10.47\00:26:26.68
KURGASTAN. >> YES, IT IS MOSTLY
00:26:26.68\00:26:29.22
NON-CHRISTIAN. AND
ONE SABBATH WHEN I WAS
00:26:29.22\00:26:31.52
THERE, I WENT TO THE CHURCH AND
AS ANY ADVENTIST CHURCH IT HAS A
00:26:31.52\00:26:40.33
CHILDREN'S AREA AT
THE FRONT OF THE SERVICE.
00:26:40.33\00:26:43.57
AND THEY ALL SAT THERE IN
THE FRONT, AND I LISTENED TO THE
00:26:43.57\00:26:46.74
STORY, IT WAS NORMAL.
AND AT THE END OF THE STORY,
00:26:46.74\00:26:54.24
THEY SAID DOES ANYONE
HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE?
00:26:54.24\00:27:01.35
AND A LITTLE BOY SAID I DO.
AND HE STATED A MEMORY VERSE.
00:27:01.35\00:27:10.26
AND WITH THE VIDEO
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH.
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.99
IT'S HIS STORY. WHAT HE
TOLD ME AFTER THE CHURCH
00:27:12.99\00:27:21.20
SERVICE. >> EXCELLENT.
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.74
>> EVERY SABBATH BOYS IN GIRLS
IN THIS BOY'S CHURCH ARE INVITED
00:27:23.74\00:27:31.01
TO LISTEN TO A STORY. AND
THEN THEY ASK DID ANY OF YOU
00:27:31.01\00:27:40.06
MEMORIZE A BIBLE VERSE THI WEEK?
00:27:40.06\00:27:42.56
FOR THE PAST YEAR THIS 10
YEAR OLD HAS RAISED HIS HAND AND
00:27:42.56\00:27:46.93
SHARED A BIBE VERSE EVERY
-SABBATH. WHY DOES HE MEMORIZE A
00:27:46.93\00:27:52.07
BIBLE VERSE EACH WEEK?
WHEN A CHILD ASKED HIM, HE SAID
00:27:52.07\00:27:55.47
I MEMORIZE
VERSES AS A GIFT TO GOD.
00:27:55.47\00:27:58.77
YOU SEE THE SABBATH SCHOOL
TEACHER ALWAYS REMINDS HE AND
00:27:58.77\00:28:04.15
THE OTHER CHILDREN OF
SOMETHING TAVNTHD -- IMPORTANT.
00:28:04.15\00:28:09.08
SHE SAYS WHAT GIFT DO
YOU HAVE FOR GOD TODAY.
00:28:09.08\00:28:14.49
HE LIVES WITH HIS
LOVING GRANDPARENTS.
00:28:14.49\00:28:17.79
HE HAS A HOME AND A WARM BED.
WE GOES TO A GOOD SCHOOL, AND
00:28:17.79\00:28:26.70
HAS FOOD TO EAT. BUT WE
WONDERED FOR A LONG TIME,
00:28:26.70\00:28:30.34
WHAT GIFT CAN I GIVE TO GOD?
AND THEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
00:28:30.34\00:28:33.48
WELL HE CAN REMEMBER THINGS.
HE DECIDED TO MEMORIZE A VERSUS
00:28:33.48\00:28:39.35
FROM THE BIBLE EVERY WEEK.
HIS SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER SAID
00:28:39.35\00:28:44.22
THIS WOULD BE A
WONDERFUL GIFT FOR GOD.
00:28:44.22\00:28:47.72
HE ISN'T NERVOUS ANYMORE,
BECAUSE HE DOES IT EVERY WEEK.
00:28:47.72\00:28:52.63
HE IS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN HERE
WHO GO TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH.
00:28:52.63\00:28:59.47
THE CHILDREN STAND OUTSIDE THEIR
HOMES ON SABBATH MORNINGS, AND
00:28:59.47\00:29:03.54
WAIT FOR THE SABBATH SCHOOL
TEACHER TO PICK THEM UP IN HER
00:29:03.54\00:29:07.78
CAR. AFTER
CHURCH SHE DRIVES THEM
00:29:07.78\00:29:11.48
HOME. THESE
CHILDREN GO EVERY WEEK NO
00:29:11.48\00:29:13.38
MATTER WHAT. WHEN IT
SNOWS A LOT, AND OTHER
00:29:13.38\00:29:16.18
CHILDREN STAY IN
THEIR WARM HOMES.
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.89
THE BOY AND THE
OTHERS GO TO CHURCH.
00:29:19.89\00:29:22.26
WHEN THE WEATHER IS
WARM, THEY STILL GO TO CHURCH.
00:29:22.26\00:29:25.69
THE PASTOR IS GLAD THAT THEY
ARE SO FAITHFUL ABOUT SPENDING
00:29:25.69\00:29:29.80
SABBATH WITH GOD. IN
FACT HE LOVES CHURCH SO MUCH
00:29:29.80\00:29:33.67
THAT HE TOLD HIS OLDER BROTHER
ABOUT IT, AND NOW HE GOES TO
00:29:33.67\00:29:37.17
CHURCH TO. HE IS IN
THE FOURTH GRADE AT THE
00:29:37.17\00:29:42.01
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
HE LOVES HIS SCHOOL, BECAUSE HE
00:29:42.01\00:29:45.21
GETS TO LEARN
ABOUT GOD EVERY DAY.
00:29:45.21\00:29:46.85
PART OF THIS QUARTER'S
13TH SABBATH OFFERINGS WILL HELP
00:29:46.85\00:29:51.69
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER A
00:29:51.69\00:29:56.46
BIBLE VERSE. PSALMS
127:3 SAYS CHILDREN ARE A
00:29:56.46\00:30:05.17
SPECIAL GIFT THAT
GOD GIVES TO PARENTS.
00:30:05.17\00:30:08.10
PLEASE REMEMBER HERITAGE
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN YOUR PRAYERS
00:30:08.10\00:30:10.87
AND WITH YOUR SABBATH
SCHOOL MISSION OFFERINGS.
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.88
¤ >> NOW THAT IS JUST A GREAT
00:30:13.88\00:30:19.78
STORY. THAT'S
JUST A GREAT STORY.
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.85
YOU WERE MENTIONING GARY OR
ANDREW, HIS BACKGROUND IS NOT
00:30:22.85\00:30:32.29
ADVENTIST. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.30
HIS FAMILY IS OF
ANOTHER WORD RELIGION.
00:30:34.30\00:30:40.40
>> THAT IS FABULOUS.
THAT MAY BE A BUDDING PREACHER
00:30:40.40\00:30:46.17
THERE. THAT IS A
REALLY GREAT STORY.
00:30:46.17\00:30:48.54
AND HE HAS
ALREADY AN EVANGELIST.
00:30:48.54\00:30:50.81
HE BROUGHT HIS BROTHER.
SO HE IS PRACTICING WHAT HE
00:30:50.81\00:30:54.22
PREACHES. PRAISE THE LORD.
00:30:54.22\00:30:55.98
REALLY, REALLY
NEAT STORY. LOVE THAT.
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.05
WHO -- WHO DOES THE
-- THE ANIMATION FOR YOU?
00:30:58.05\00:31:02.32
>> THE ANIMATION IS DONE
BY SOMEONE IN SOUTH AMERICA.
00:31:02.32\00:31:05.69
>> UH-HUH. >> ONE
OF OUR PRODUCERS IS
00:31:05.69\00:31:09.46
BRAZILIAN, AND HE
HAS CONTACTS DOWN THERE.
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.63
HE SAID I KNOW JUST
THE GUY WHO CAN DO THIS.
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.57
[ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S
A NICE WAY TO RECAPTURE
00:31:15.57\00:31:18.01
SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN'T GO BACK AND GET.
00:31:18.01\00:31:20.71
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE
HAVE A MISSION 360 PEOPLE
00:31:20.71\00:31:24.78
HERE ON 3ABN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A
360 PROGRAM IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN
00:31:24.78\00:31:31.45
PORTUGUESE, AND IN SPANISH.
SO THE STORY GETS TOLD THERE AS
00:31:31.45\00:31:35.76
WELL. >> WELL DONE.
00:31:35.76\00:31:37.23
WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? >>
WE'RE GOING TO THE COUNTRY OF
00:31:37.23\00:31:41.73
IRELAND. AND THAT
IS AN INCREASINGLY
00:31:41.73\00:31:44.33
SECULAR SOCIETY, AND A
CENTER OF INFLUENCE WAS RECENTLY
00:31:44.33\00:31:47.77
ESTABLISHED THERE. AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK
00:31:47.77\00:31:49.97
AT THAT NOW. >> OKAY.
00:31:49.97\00:31:51.51
>> THEY PRAY TO REACH THE WORLD,
AND GOD SENT THE WORLD TO THEM.
00:31:51.51\00:31:56.04
¤ >> JUST 15 YEARS AGO, IN
00:31:56.04\00:32:00.08
IRELAND'S CAPITAL CITY OF DUP
LISTEN, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
00:32:00.08\00:32:04.22
HAS ONE CHURCH AND
FEWER THAN 25 MEMBERS.
00:32:04.22\00:32:07.52
THE CHURCH WAS DYING. THEY
NEEDED DIVINE INTERVENTION.
00:32:07.52\00:32:12.33
GOD HELP US TO REACH THE
WORLD FOR YOU, PRAYED THIS CON
00:32:12.33\00:32:18.73
CONGREGATION. AND
GOD ANSWERED THEIR SINERE
00:32:18.73\00:32:24.81
PRAYER WITH ON
INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS.
00:32:24.81\00:32:28.84
GOD BEGAN DOING
WONDERFUL THINGS IN DUBLIN.
00:32:28.84\00:32:34.75
DUBLIN NOW HAD FIVE
ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS.
00:32:34.75\00:32:40.59
SOME MEMBERS MEET MANY HOTELS,
SCHOOLS, AND RENTED FACILITIES.
00:32:40.59\00:32:46.49
THIS VIBRANT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
ARE REACHING OUT TO THE IRISH.
00:32:46.49\00:32:51.20
TODAY THESE FIVE
ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS HAVE AN
00:32:51.20\00:32:55.30
APPROXIMATE
MEMBERSHIP OF 500 PEOPLE.
00:32:55.30\00:32:57.54
YET THIS IS ONLY A FRACTION OF
THE MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE
00:32:57.54\00:33:02.28
WHO LIVE IN DUBLIN. ¤
00:33:02.28\00:33:06.95
>> WELCOME TO AN
URBAN CENTER OF INFLUENCE.
00:33:12.39\00:33:16.39
THIS IS A PRESTIGIOUS AREA
OF DUBLIN, WHERE A SEVENTH-DAY
00:33:16.39\00:33:22.20
ADVENTIST CHURCH IS CONVENE
YENLY LOCATED HERE THE METRO.
00:33:22.20\00:33:28.20
THIS AIMS TO BE THE
HEALTHY PULSE IN THIR DYNAMIC
00:33:28.20\00:33:32.47
COMMUNITY. AS
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASS IN
00:33:32.47\00:33:35.21
FRONT OF THIS BUILDING DAILY,
THEY SEE SIGNS OFFERING FREE
00:33:35.21\00:33:40.05
HEALTH CHECKS. MASSAGE THERAPY.
00:33:40.05\00:33:43.49
PERSONAL COUNSELING, VEGETARIAN
COOKING CLASSES AND MORE.
00:33:43.49\00:33:47.42
PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND
IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS COME
00:33:47.42\00:33:52.06
INSIDE CURIOUS TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
00:33:52.06\00:33:55.93
>> YOU ARE WALKING ABOUT THOSE
[ INAUDIBLE ] AT THE TIME, AND
00:33:55.93\00:34:00.97
THEY JUST WALK IN AND START
TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WORKING
00:34:00.97\00:34:05.47
THERE, AND THEY ARE VERY NICE,
AND HAVE A BIT OF LAUGH, AND
00:34:05.47\00:34:09.84
THEY INVITE YOU BACK [
INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY INVITE
00:34:09.84\00:34:13.75
YOU BACK THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY,
AND AT THE TIME I DIDN'T THINK I
00:34:13.75\00:34:17.75
WOULD MAKE IT, BECAUSE I
WAS UNDER THE WEATHER, A BIT.
00:34:17.75\00:34:21.62
BUT I DID REMEMBER, AND I CAME
BACK THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, AND
00:34:21.62\00:34:26.66
I HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE CENTER
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK EVER SINCE.
00:34:26.66\00:34:33.74
AND NOW I COME EVEN MORE OFTEN.
>> LLOYD ISN'T A SEVENTH-DAY
00:34:33.74\00:34:38.17
ADVENTIST, HE DOESN'T EVEN
BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF JESUS
00:34:38.17\00:34:40.64
YET. BUT IN THIS
URBAN CENTER, AND
00:34:40.64\00:34:42.88
THIS CHURCH COMMUNITY, HE HAS
FOUND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:34:42.88\00:34:47.15
WARM AND POSITIVE. HE
FIRST CAME TO THIS PLACE FOR
00:34:47.15\00:34:50.89
ASSISTANCE. AND NOW
HE SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER
00:34:50.89\00:34:52.72
TO HELP OTHER VISITORS.
>> RECENTLY I HAVE JOINED THE
00:34:52.72\00:34:59.33
CHOIR, WHICH IS GREAT,
AND I REALLY ENJOY DOING THAT.
00:34:59.33\00:35:04.50
THAT'S FANTASTIC. IT
HAS HELPED ME TO BECOME A
00:35:04.50\00:35:09.17
HAPPIER PERSON, WHICH IS
WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO.
00:35:09.17\00:35:12.61
>> LLOYD NOW SINGS ABOUT A
LOVING SAVIOR, EVEN BEFORE HE
00:35:12.61\00:35:17.48
UNDERSTANDS THE LOVE
THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED HIM.
00:35:17.48\00:35:20.02
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ADVENTIST
IMMIGRANTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO
00:35:20.02\00:35:23.25
BRING THEIR IRISH
FRIENDS TO THE FEET OF JESUS.
00:35:23.25\00:35:26.89
PRAY ALSO FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS
GROWING COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS
00:35:26.89\00:35:30.96
WHO NEED A CHURCH
BUILDING TO WORSHIP IN.
00:35:30.96\00:35:33.96
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF ADVENTIST MISSION.
00:35:33.96\00:35:39.00
¤
00:35:39.00\00:35:41.04
>> QUESTION, DO WE KNOW WHAT IN
IRELAND IS DRIVING THIS INFLUX
00:35:44.11\00:35:49.68
OF IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS?
IS IT ECONOMIC OR -- WHAT IS
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.95
SORT OF DRIVING THAT.
PRAISE THE LORD IT GIVES THE
00:35:53.95\00:35:57.32
CHURCH GREAT OUT REACH, BUT
DO WE KNOW WHAT IS DRIVING THAT?
00:35:57.32\00:36:01.96
>> I THINK IT IS
ALMOST ALWAYS ECONOMIC.
00:36:01.96\00:36:04.79
>> UH-HUH. >> YEAH.
00:36:04.79\00:36:05.79
>> THAT IS FABULOUS. THE
CHURCHES ARE GROWING, AND
00:36:05.79\00:36:08.46
THE LORD IS
BLESSING. GOOD STUFF.
00:36:08.46\00:36:10.60
WE HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO AND THEN A
STORY COMING FROM YOU, IS THAT?
00:36:10.60\00:36:14.40
>> YES, WE DO.
MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THE STORY
00:36:14.40\00:36:17.81
FIRST. CANADA.
00:36:17.81\00:36:22.24
>> OH. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:36:22.24\00:36:23.65
>> SOMETIMES WHEN I COLLECT
MISSION STORIES, MY OWN PAST
00:36:23.65\00:36:28.35
COMES BACK TO REMIND ME THAT
I WASN'T ALSO VERY FAITHFUL TO
00:36:28.35\00:36:33.02
GOD. SO I WENT TO
ALBERTA, CANADA TO
00:36:33.02\00:36:36.86
COLLECT MISSION STORIES.
AND I GOT STOPPED BY IMMIGRATION
00:36:36.86\00:36:40.03
AT THE AIRPORT, TAKEN
ASIDE, INTERROGATED BASICALLY.
00:36:40.03\00:36:45.10
THEY SEARCHED MY BAGGAGE.
AND I THOUGHT THIS IS REALLY
00:36:45.10\00:36:49.20
STRANGE. AND
THE EXACT SAME THING
00:36:49.20\00:36:50.84
HAPPENED TO ME IN AUGUST.
I WENT TO SPEAK WITH GARY AT
00:36:50.84\00:36:54.38
HOPE CAMP MEETING.
AND THEY STOPPED ME AGAIN,
00:36:54.38\00:36:57.71
INTERROGATED
ME, AND SEARCHED ME.
00:36:57.71\00:37:01.52
AND EVERY TIME THEY
ASK ME THE SAME QUESTION.
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.92
THEY SAY ANDY, CAN YOU
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED IN 1992?
00:37:03.92\00:37:10.16
AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE
QUESTION, I REALIZED WHAT WAS
00:37:10.16\00:37:13.76
GOING ON THERE. THAT
WAS THE MONTH AND THE
00:37:13.76\00:37:16.46
YEAR -- MARCH OF THAT YEAR, I
STOLE AN AIRPLANE, AND I ENDED
00:37:16.46\00:37:21.20
UP IN CANADA. SO
BASICALLY, I WAS RAISED IN A
00:37:21.20\00:37:24.77
MISSIONARY FAMILY, BUT I
NEVER HAD A CONNECTION WITH GOD.
00:37:24.77\00:37:29.11
AND AS A TEENAGER I WAS VERY
REBELLIOUS AND MY LIFE GOT WORSE
00:37:29.11\00:37:37.75
AND WORSE. AND ONE
DAY I THOUGHT I'M GOING
00:37:37.75\00:37:40.19
TO RUN AWAY, SO I DID. AND
BEFORE I KNEW IT I LANDED IN
00:37:40.19\00:37:45.33
CANADA. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:37:45.33\00:37:46.33
>> JUST A SECOND, HOW
DID YOU GET TO CANADA.
00:37:46.33\00:37:48.63
YOU HAVE STOLE THE AIRCRAFT,
YOU HAD -- DID YOU KNOW WHICH
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.83
DIRECTION YOU WERE
GOING? >> I WASN'T THINKING VERY
00:37:51.83\00:37:55.30
CLEARLY. ALL I KNEW
WAS THAT I WANTED TO
00:37:55.30\00:37:57.27
GET AWAY FROM MY LIFE.
WANTED TO START A NEW LIFE, SO I
00:37:57.27\00:38:01.01
JUST POINTED THE PLANE'S NOSE
IN THE DIRECTION AND I FLEW AND
00:38:01.01\00:38:05.78
FLEW -- >> AND
YOU RAN OUT OF GAS.
00:38:05.78\00:38:08.15
>> YEAH, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
AND I SAW MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS,
00:38:08.15\00:38:14.46
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS.
AND I LOOKED AROUND, AND I SAW
00:38:14.46\00:38:20.36
AN AIRSTRIP SO I LANDED THERE.
I PARKED THE PLANE IN A HANGAR.
00:38:20.36\00:38:26.00
I SAW A PAY ZONE. I
DIALED ZERO, I HEARD A WOMAN
00:38:26.00\00:38:30.61
ANSWER, AND I SAID WHERE
AM I? SHE WAS REALLY SHOCKED?
00:38:30.61\00:38:34.78
SHE SAID DON'T YOU
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT?
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.81
I SAID NO, I DON'T.
SHE SAID YOU ARE IN TRAIL
00:38:36.81\00:38:41.98
BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND
THEN I KNEW I WAS IN CANADA.
00:38:41.98\00:38:44.82
>> I HAVE TO GIVE
YOU POINTS FOR INGENUITY.
00:38:44.82\00:38:50.86
MOST PEOPLE TAKE A BIKE, MAKE A
MOTORCYCLE, MAYBE A CAR, BUT YOU
00:38:50.86\00:38:57.47
TOOK A PLANE. >> I TOOK A PLANE.
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.57
THE POLICE PICKED ME
UP AND PUT ME IN JAIL.
00:38:59.57\00:39:03.74
THEY CALLED MY MOM. AND
THANK THE LORD THEY DIDN'T
00:39:03.74\00:39:09.64
CHARGE ME. I WENT
BACK TO THE STATE.
00:39:09.64\00:39:12.98
FINISHED COLLEGE.
MOVED TO RUSSIA, AND IN THE
00:39:12.98\00:39:16.28
MIDDLE OF RUSSIA I BEGAN TO
PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR MY PAST
00:39:16.28\00:39:21.79
SINS. I REMEMBERED THE PLANE.
00:39:21.79\00:39:25.03
I MADE RESTITUTION TO
WALL LAWAL LA, THEY FORGAVE ME.
00:39:25.03\00:39:32.07
MY PARENTS FORGAVE
ME. >> WHAT KIND OF PLANE?
00:39:32.07\00:39:38.71
CESSNA? >> YEAH,
152 -- 150 ACTUALLY.
00:39:38.71\00:39:46.21
SO WHAT YOU SOW YOU WILL REAP.
I SOWED BADNESS, AND I REAPED
00:39:46.21\00:39:52.12
BEING BARRED FROM CANADA.
TODAY I'M WANTING TO SEW THE
00:39:52.12\00:39:57.93
SPIRIT SO I CAN GAIN ENTRY.
>> CAN YOU GET IN NOW AT THIS
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.36
POINT IN YOUR LIFE? >> YES.
00:40:01.36\00:40:04.43
THE FIRST TIME BACK
IN CANADA WAS THIS YEAR.
00:40:04.43\00:40:08.70
I ASKED THEM WILL
THEY STOP ME NEXT TIME?
00:40:08.70\00:40:12.34
AND THEY SAID WE'LL MAKE A NOTE,
BUT ONCE YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING
00:40:12.34\00:40:16.24
YOU ARE IN THE SYSTEM FOREVER.
AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY STOPPED ME
00:40:16.24\00:40:20.72
AGAIN, AND AGAIN QUESTIONED
ME. >> IT'S OUT OF THE BOOKS OF
00:40:20.72\00:40:24.59
HEAVEN, BUT IT'S STILL
IN THE BOOKS IN CANADA.
00:40:24.59\00:40:28.62
[ LAUGHTER ] >> GREAT STORY.
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.63
ALL RIGHT WHERE
ARE WE GOING NOW?
00:40:30.63\00:40:32.89
>> SO THE REASON WE'RE HERE, OF
COURSE IS TO REMIND VIEWERS OF
00:40:32.89\00:40:36.43
THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERINGS
WHICH IS COLLECTED ONCE A YEAR,
00:40:36.43\00:40:40.67
AND THE NEXT VIDEO
IS TALKING ABOUT THAT.
00:40:40.67\00:40:42.90
>> ALL RIGHTY. ¤
00:40:42.90\00:40:48.14
>> I JUST LOVE GLOBAL MISSION
PIONEERS, PUTTING CHRIST METHOD
00:40:48.14\00:40:52.51
OF MINISTRY INTO PRACTICE,
THEY ARE STARTING NEW GROUPS OF
00:40:52.51\00:40:56.55
BELIEVERS, OFTEN IN VERY
CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE WORLD.
00:40:56.55\00:40:59.39
AND THEY TEACH ME ABOUT
SACRIFICE, ABOUT COMMITMENT, AND
00:40:59.39\00:41:03.93
THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERING IS
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
00:41:03.93\00:41:07.96
SUPPORT THESE PIONEERS. A
BASIC LIVING STIPEND, PROVIDED
00:41:07.96\00:41:11.97
A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, FOOD ON
THEIR TABLE, AND BASIC RESOURCES
00:41:11.97\00:41:16.04
IN THEIR HANDS, AND THINGS SUCH
AS TRANSPORTATION -- A BASIC
00:41:16.04\00:41:20.98
BIKE MAKES ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIFE OF A PIONEER.
00:41:20.98\00:41:26.85
IT CAN SAVE A LOT OF
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:41:26.85\00:41:30.52
CONTINUING SUPPORT OF GLOBAL
MISSION PIONEERS THROUGH THE
00:41:30.52\00:41:34.92
ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERINGS. ¤
00:41:34.92\00:41:38.63
>> THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER
PROGRAM IS HARD OF ADVENTISTS'
00:41:38.63\00:41:45.27
MISSION AND GOAL OF REACHING
PEOPLE IN PRACTICAL WAYS.
00:41:45.27\00:41:49.97
THEY ARE LOCAL MEMBERS WHO
WORK IN THEIR OWN CULTURES.
00:41:49.97\00:41:53.34
THEY DO NOT FACE SOME OF THE
BARRIERS THAT MISSIONARIES MAY
00:41:53.34\00:42:00.08
ENCOUNTER. >> I
WALK, AND SO HARD FOR ME.
00:42:00.08\00:42:02.72
>> 48 OF THE 2,500 MISSIONARIES
ARE IN BANG  -- BANGLADESH.
00:42:02.72\00:42:17.23
THE MAJORITY ARE
MEN, BUT FOUR ARE WOMEN.
00:42:17.23\00:42:22.90
THE YOUNGEST GNP'S ARE IN THEIR
30S, WHILE THE OLDEST ARE IN
00:42:22.90\00:42:27.84
THEIR 60S. SOME
HAVE SERVED FOR A YEAR,
00:42:27.84\00:42:31.05
WHILE OTHERS HAVE
SERVED FOR MORE THAN 20.
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.88
LIFE IS HARD, WITH
LIMITED RESOURCES, DEEPLY ROOTED
00:42:33.88\00:42:43.29
TRADITIONS, AND YET THEY EXPRESS
THEIR FAITH IN PRACTICAL WAYS.
00:42:43.29\00:42:49.56
WALKING THE LONG DISTANCES
AS THEY VISIT INTERESTED PEOPLE
00:42:53.17\00:42:57.51
TAKES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
TIME, TIME THAT COULD BETTER BE
00:42:57.51\00:43:01.81
SPENT WITH THE
PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMU
00:43:01.81\00:43:07.68
COMMUNITIES.
00:43:07.68\00:43:11.85
>> THE ANSWER TO THIS CHALLENGE
CAME IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL
00:43:15.12\00:43:18.23
FUNDING FROM THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
00:43:18.23\00:43:26.07
BANGLADESH GNP'S GATHERED AT THE
MISSION IN DHAKA FOR A DAY OF
00:43:26.07\00:43:31.34
TRAINING, AND TO CELEBRATE
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BICYCLES
00:43:31.34\00:43:36.51
THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR
MISSION MORE COMPLETE.
00:43:36.51\00:43:39.78
THANKS TO THESE GIFTS, THE
JOURNEY FOR THESE GMP'S WILL
00:43:53.09\00:43:57.13
FOREVER BE SHORTER, AND
THE MEMORY F O YOUR SUPPORT FOR
00:43:57.13\00:44:01.94
THEIR MINISTRY
WILL GO WITH THEM.
00:44:01.94\00:44:04.64
>> THANK YOU.
00:44:04.64\00:44:06.54
>> THANK YOU! >> THANK YOU!
00:44:13.15\00:44:15.65
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER
00:44:15.65\00:44:19.65
PROGRAM, GO TO
WWW.ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG, AND
00:44:19.65\00:44:24.69
CLICK ON GLOBAL MISSION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR
00:44:24.69\00:44:29.63
PROVIDING THESE BICYCLES FOR
OUR VOLUNTEERS, SO THAT THESE
00:44:29.63\00:44:33.07
BICYCLES, IT CAN BE
USED FOR THESE MINISTRIES.
00:44:33.07\00:44:38.97
>> AMEN.
GENTLEMEN WALK ME THROUGH
00:44:38.97\00:44:43.18
SOMETHING, EVERY SABBATH THERE
IS A MISSIONS OFFERING ENVELOPE.
00:44:43.18\00:44:49.08
AND THEN THERE IS A
13TH SABBATH OFFERING.
00:44:49.08\00:44:53.92
THEN WE HAVE A GLOBAL MISSION
OFFERING, WHICH COMES IN THE
00:44:53.92\00:44:56.62
LAST QUARTER OF EACH YEAR.
AS FAR AS EMPHASIS OR FOCUS,
00:44:56.62\00:45:04.20
WALK US THROUGH THAT. >> RIGHT.
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.00
THE MISSION OFFERINGS THAT ARE
COLLECTED EVERY -- EVERY WEEK,
00:45:06.00\00:45:09.54
THEY GO TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL
MISSION WORK OF THE CHURCH.
00:45:09.54\00:45:12.61
THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR
HUNDREDS OF MISSIONARIES TO BE
00:45:12.61\00:45:16.38
SENT TO VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
00:45:16.38\00:45:18.91
THEY HELP RUN HOSPITALS, AND
CLINICS, AND SUPPORT REGIONS OF
00:45:18.91\00:45:25.85
THE WORLD THAT AREN'T AS
FINANCIALLY BLESSED AS WE ARE.
00:45:25.85\00:45:28.89
IT MAY GO TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT
TO HELP BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR
00:45:28.89\00:45:34.23
RENOVATE A HOSPITAL
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:45:34.23\00:45:36.06
AND THAT IS PART OF THE
OFFERING, EVERY 13TH SABBATH
00:45:36.06\00:45:42.44
GOES TO THAT.
GLOBAL MISSION FUNDS ARE
00:45:42.44\00:45:48.88
SPECIFICALLY FOR CHURCH PLANTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
00:45:48.88\00:45:52.81
WITH GLOBAL MISSION.
WE'RE STARTING NEW GROUPS OF
00:45:52.81\00:45:57.79
BELIEVERS, AND NEW PEOPLE GROUPS
AND IN NEW GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
00:45:57.79\00:46:04.63
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR
GLOBAL MISSION CENTERS, WHICH
00:46:04.63\00:46:07.60
HAVE DEDICATED TO HELP US BUILD
BRIDGES TO PEOPLE FROM OTHER
00:46:07.60\00:46:12.20
RELIGIONS AND
OTHER SYSTEMS OF THOUGHT.
00:46:12.20\00:46:13.87
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN GLOBAL
MISSION HAS THE GOAL OF STARTING
00:46:13.87\00:46:17.91
NEW GROUPS OF BELIEVERS. >>
THERE IN LIES THE DIFFERENCE.
00:46:17.91\00:46:22.18
THE REGULAR OFFERINGS CAN GO
TO BUTTRESS OR SUPPORT WORK THAT
00:46:22.18\00:46:29.32
EXISTS. AND
GLOBAL MISSION WORK IS NE
00:46:29.32\00:46:32.02
WORK IN NEW AREAS. >> EXACTLY.
00:46:32.02\00:46:37.69
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO.
>> YES, THIS IS A MUSIC VIDEO.
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AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO REFLECT ON OUR OWN MISSION AS
00:46:42.96\00:46:48.77
WE LISTEN TO THIS, AND MAYBE
A TIME FOR PRAYER, PERHAPS.
00:46:48.77\00:46:52.04
¤
00:46:52.04\00:46:56.75
¤ CURRENTLY I FEEL SO SMALL
¤ ¤ ALL THE DAY MY TRIALS THEY
00:47:02.55\00:47:10.76
THREATEN [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ ¤
BY FOCUSING [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤
00:47:10.76\00:47:14.36
¤ BECAUSE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
A DAY WHEN YOU HAVE NOT COME
00:47:14.36\00:47:19.20
THROUGH ¤ ¤ [
INAUDIBLE ] MAKES IT KNOWN
00:47:19.20\00:47:21.74
THAT YOU APPROVE THAT
YOU ARE NEVER JUST ENOUGH ¤
00:47:21.74\00:47:29.24
¤ YOU ARE MORE, IF ONLY
MY STRENGTH, THEN YOURS ¤
00:47:29.24\00:47:45.09
¤ [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤
00:47:45.09\00:47:50.37
¤ YOUR LOVE HAS NEVER LET ME
STAY WORRIED AND [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤
00:48:07.78\00:48:15.62
¤ I USE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I'M IN ¤
00:48:15.62\00:48:21.56
¤ YOU REMOVE THE
MOUNTAIN IN MY WAY ¤
00:48:21.56\00:48:26.10
¤ [ INAUDIBLE ] WHEN I SING
OUT -YOUR NAME ¤ ¤ YOU ARE NEVER
00:48:26.10\00:48:31.24
JUST ENOUGH ¤ ¤ YOU ARE MORE ¤ ¤
00:48:31.24\00:48:45.09
[ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ ¤
YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE ¤
00:48:45.09\00:48:53.60
¤ AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE
¤ ¤ YOUR LOVE IS TIMELESS ¤
00:48:53.60\00:49:09.61
¤ YOU'LL ALWAYS BE TO ME,
MY CHOSEN SPHERE IN LIFE ¤
00:49:09.61\00:49:18.52
¤ YOU ARE
EVERYTHING THAT IS GREAT ¤
00:49:18.52\00:49:28.80
¤ FOREVER THE SAME ALWAYS ¤
¤ [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU'LL NEVER
00:49:28.80\00:49:38.51
CHANGE ¤ ¤ AND YOU
WILL ALWAYS BE FOREVER
00:49:38.51\00:49:50.19
THE SAME ALWAYS ¤ ¤
YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE ¤
00:49:50.19\00:50:28.26
>> GARY SAID SOMETHING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS SONG, PERHAPS
00:50:28.26\00:50:32.33
YOU HAVE USED THIS THE LAST
SEVERAL MOMENTS JUST TO THINK
00:50:32.33\00:50:35.30
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
SUPPORT, OR MINE YOU HAVE BEEN
00:50:35.30\00:50:40.97
IMPRESSED TO GO ITO
MISSION SERVICE YOURSELF.
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.77
THIS IS AN AREA THAT COULD
USE YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL
00:50:42.77\00:50:47.21
SUPPORT. SHOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE CONTACT
00:50:47.21\00:50:50.38
WITH GLOBAL MISSION HERE IS
ANY INFORMATION YOU ARE GOING TO
00:50:50.38\00:50:53.85
NEED. ADVENTIST
MISSIONS, 12501 OLD
00:50:53.85\00:50:59.32
COLUMBIA PIKE,
SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND.
00:50:59.32\00:51:06.29
THAT'S THE CONTACT
INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.
00:51:06.29\00:51:08.96
USE THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU
CAN WELL SEE, THIS IS AN AREA OF
00:51:08.96\00:51:14.20
WORK THAT DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT.
THIS IS FRONT LINE WORK.
00:51:14.20\00:51:17.67
GOING WHERE NO
ONE HAS GONE BEFORE.
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.91
DOING WHAT NO ONE HAS DONE
BEFORE, IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY,
00:51:19.91\00:51:24.81
TO LIFT UP TO THE NAME OF JESUS.
ANDREW YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR
00:51:24.81\00:51:31.12
US? >> YEAH, ONE
OF THE STORIES THAT
00:51:31.12\00:51:33.99
REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART
WAS A YOUNG MAN NIKOLAI.
00:51:33.99\00:51:40.76
HE LIVES IN A COUNTRY THAT IS
VERY HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANS, AND
00:51:40.76\00:51:45.27
IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN, YOU
RISK BEING IMPRISONED OR KILED.
00:51:45.27\00:51:50.21
AND THIS MAN,
HE IS 20 YEARS OLD.
00:51:50.21\00:51:52.87
HE DECIDED HE
WANTED TO SERVE JESUS.
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.38
SO HE THOUGHT WHAT
CAN I DO? I'M ONLY 20.
00:51:55.38\00:51:58.25
AND HE FOUND OUT THAT THE
ADVENTIST CHURCH SUPPORTS A
00:51:58.25\00:52:03.62
SCHOOL OF MASSAGE. DO
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GIVE
00:52:03.62\00:52:07.06
MISSION OFFERINGS, IT
MIGHT GO TO THE SCHOOL?
00:52:07.06\00:52:11.59
[ LAUGHTER ] >> HERE.
00:52:11.59\00:52:13.86
HERE. >> WE FOUND
THAT THEY CAN TEACH
00:52:13.86\00:52:16.90
MASSAGE THERAPY TO ADVENTISTS,
AND THEY ARE USE MASSAGE THERAPY
00:52:16.90\00:52:22.40
IN THE COMMUNITIES. SO
NIKOLAI CAME TO THE SCHOOL,
00:52:22.40\00:52:27.54
WENT BACK TO HIS HOME
COUNTRY, AND PUT ON FACEBOOK.
00:52:27.54\00:52:32.21
I'M A MASS  --
MASSAGE THERAPIST.
00:52:32.21\00:52:38.79
AND HE GOT A CALL FROM A MOTHER
WHO SAID HER SON NEEDED HELP.
00:52:38.79\00:52:44.83
SHE EXPLAINED THE SITUATION.
AND HE SAID THAT'S A SERIOUS
00:52:44.83\00:52:48.93
CASE. I'M JUST A BEGINNER.
00:52:48.93\00:52:50.33
I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
MOM SAID PLEASE JUST COME LOOK.
00:52:50.33\00:52:55.80
NIKOLAI COULDN'T REFUSE
SO HE WENT OVER TO THE HOUSE.
00:52:55.80\00:52:58.77
WHEN HE SAW THE BOY IT WAS
EVEN WORSE THAN HE IMAGINED.
00:52:58.77\00:53:02.21
AND HE SAID I'M SORRY, I
JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
00:53:02.21\00:53:07.52
AND THE MOM
SAID, PLEASE, ANYTHING.
00:53:07.52\00:53:09.85
NOBODY WANTS TO HELP MY
BOY. YOU ARE MY LAST HOPE.
00:53:09.85\00:53:13.69
SO NIKOLAI THOUHT,
AND HE SAID, OKAY, FINE.
00:53:13.69\00:53:17.29
I'LL HELP UNDER ONE CONDITION.
MOM SAID WHAT IS THAT?
00:53:17.29\00:53:20.96
HE SAID I'M A CHRISTIAN.
THAT WAS A BIG THING TO SAY.
00:53:20.96\00:53:25.23
AND THE MOM HEARD
THAT. SHE THOUGHT, OH, OKAY.
00:53:25.23\00:53:28.54
AND HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE, BUT LET ME PRAYER
00:53:28.54\00:53:34.64
BEFORE EVERY MASSAGE SESSION
TO GOD, MAYBE WE'LL GIVE ME THE
00:53:34.64\00:53:38.45
WISDOM TO HELP YOUR BOY.
SO HE PRAYED AND BEGAN TO DO
00:53:38.45\00:53:42.45
MASSAGE. ON THE
THIRD SESSION, THE BOY'S
00:53:42.45\00:53:45.39
FATHER WAS AT THE HOUSE, AN THE
FATHER WATCHED AS NIKOLAI DID
00:53:45.39\00:53:49.26
THE MASSAGE AND ASKED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, AND NIKOLAI FOUND OUT
00:53:49.26\00:53:52.63
THAT THE FATHER WAS A
SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
00:53:52.63\00:53:55.10
>> OH, WOW. >> THIS WAS SERIOUS.
00:53:55.10\00:53:59.50
NIKOLAI KNEW HE COULDN'T
LIE. HIS LIFE WAS AT RISK.
00:53:59.50\00:54:02.84
AND HE JUST SAID, LOOK, I
DON'T HAVE THE WISDOM, YOUR WIFE
00:54:02.84\00:54:08.18
AGREED I COULD PRAY, SO I'M
PRAYING FOR GOD TO HELP ME TREAT
00:54:08.18\00:54:12.25
YOUR SON. THE FATHER SAID FINE.
00:54:12.25\00:54:15.35
KEEP DOING YOUR
PRAYERS. AND SO HE DID.
00:54:15.35\00:54:18.05
THE PRAYERS ARE -- THE
PRAYERS CONTINUED, THE MASSAGE
00:54:18.05\00:54:22.36
CONTINUED, A FEW SESSIONS LATER,
THE MAN WAS GIVING MASSAGE AND
00:54:22.36\00:54:26.33
THERE WAS A PHONE CALL. HE
COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ON THE
00:54:26.33\00:54:29.53
PHONE, BUT HE COULD
SEE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY.
00:54:29.53\00:54:33.44
BECAUSE THE OFFICIAL
WAS HOME ANOTHER THE TIME.
00:54:33.44\00:54:35.87
HE PUT ON HIS CLOTHING, GRABBED
HIS GUN AND RUSHED TO THE DOOR.
00:54:35.87\00:54:42.18
NIKOLAI SAID, I CAN SEE
THIS IS A BIG EMERGENCY.
00:54:42.18\00:54:45.68
LET ME PRAY WITH
YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
00:54:45.68\00:54:47.75
AND THE FATHER AGREED. >> WOW.
00:54:47.75\00:54:49.88
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?
NIKOLAI IS STILL DOING MASSAGE
00:54:49.88\00:54:54.06
TO THIS BOY. HE IS
NOW ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.69
HIS PARENTS
NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
00:54:57.69\00:54:59.69
AND THEY ARE JUST REALLY HAPPY.
AND THE FATHER HAS GONE TO HIS
00:54:59.69\00:55:04.60
WORKPLACE AND TOLD THE
OTHER OFFICIALS I HAVE THE BEST
00:55:04.60\00:55:08.20
MASSAGE THERAPIST IN THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD TRY HIM.
00:55:08.20\00:55:11.54
AND TODAY HE IS GIVING MASSAGE
TO ALL THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT
00:55:11.54\00:55:15.81
OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTRY.
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON WHO
00:55:15.81\00:55:20.32
SAYS USE ME. IS
WILLING TO DO WHATEVER TALENT
00:55:20.32\00:55:24.12
GOD HAS GIVEN HIM AND
JUST GOES WITH PRAYER.
00:55:24.12\00:55:27.16
>> AMEN. AMEN.
00:55:27.16\00:55:29.56
AND AMEN. THIS IS
WHY WE GET SO EXCITED
00:55:29.56\00:55:32.56
WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT GLOBAL MISSION.
00:55:32.56\00:55:34.10
IT'S OPENING UP WORK IN BRAND
NEW AREAS, AND YOU GET TO SEE
00:55:34.10\00:55:38.70
GOD WORK IN VERY SPECIAL WAYS
TOED A -- TO ADVANCE HIS CAUSE.
00:55:38.70\00:55:45.71
THAT IS A GREAT, GREAT STORY.
AGAIN, 12501 OLD COLUMBIA PIKE.
00:55:45.71\00:55:52.95
MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
GLOBAL MISSION DEPARTMENT.
00:55:52.95\00:55:56.99
SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE
DOING GREAT WORK FOR THE LORD.
00:55:56.99\00:56:03.02
AND THESE ARE THE LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN THAT ARE TAKING THE
00:56:03.02\00:56:06.19
WORK INTO NEW
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
00:56:06.19\00:56:09.06
WE THNK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING GENTLEMEN.
00:56:09.06\00:56:12.17
WELL DONE. GOOD INFORMATION.
00:56:12.17\00:56:16.50
WELL DELIVERED. THIS
IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT
00:56:16.50\00:56:19.64
MAKES YOU GO FAT IN THE LORD,
DARE I SAY, AND THAT YOU WANT TO
00:56:19.64\00:56:24.38
HEAR MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF.
MISSION 360 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
00:56:24.38\00:56:29.08
HERE ON 3ABN. IT'S A
GOOD PROGRAM TO WATCH.
00:56:29.08\00:56:32.39
YOU WILL COME AWAY IMPRESSED,
INSPIRED, ENTHUSED AND
00:56:32.39\00:56:37.86
ENCOURAGED, KNOWING
THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU.
00:56:37.86\00:56:40.46
HE IS SUPPORTING THIS WORK, AND
WHEN YOU JOIN IN THIS WORK, YOU
00:56:40.46\00:56:44.53
ARE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF GOD.
OUR TIME HAS FAST SLIPPED INTO
00:56:44.53\00:56:51.11
ETERNITY. ALLOW ME
NOW TO WISH YOU BOTH
00:56:51.11\00:56:53.71
GRACE AND PEACE THROUGH OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
00:56:53.71\00:56:58.65
KEEP ON SERVING, LOVING, AND
WORKING, AND SOON, VERY SOON,
00:56:58.65\00:57:05.05
JESUS WILL COME.
GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS.
00:57:05.05\00:57:08.69
¤
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