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00:11 >> AND WE ARE BACK, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND DEALING
00:15 WITH ADVENTIST MISSIONS IN ALL OF ITS ASPECTS, INCLUDING TMI. 00:21 WE'RE JOINED BY MR. ANDREW McCHESNEY. 00:23 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 00:28 >> NOW YOU -- WE KNOW YOU AS THE REVIEW -- IS IT THE NEWS 00:33 COORDINATOR? WHAT IS YOUR TITLE AT REVIEW? 00:35 >> I WORK AT -- ADVENTIST MINISTRIES. 00:45 >> IN A FORMER LIFE HE WAS THE NEWS EDITOR -- 00:49 >> OKAY. THE FORMER LIFE. 00:51 NOW YOU HAVE GRADUATED. YOU HAVE LOVED UP. 00:56 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU ARE ADVENTIST MINISTER 01:05 EDITOR. AS -- AS YOU LOOK AT THE -- LET 01:07 ME DO THIS -- FIRST OF ALL, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 01:10 BECAUSE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO 01:13 SORT OF PUT YOU IN THE CHAIR AND GRILL YOU A LITTLE BIT. 01:17 >> I HAVE NO IDEA. [ LAUGHTER ] 01:18 >> I WAS BORN IN ZAMBIA. I GREW UP IN ZIMBABWE WHEN I WAS 01:28 TEN. WE LIVED IN THE STATES, THEN I 01:30 MOVED TO RUSSIA, THEN I GOT A CALL TO THE GC. 01:34 SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I'M FROM. 01:37 >> MISSIONARY PARENTS. >> MISSIONARY PARENTS. 01:42 >> SO YOUR SCHIZOPHRENIA IS JUSTIFIED. 01:47 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE CAN FORGIVE YOU, BECAUSE 01:49 YOU HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. 01:52 >> YES, BUT PRAISE THE LORD I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. 01:54 >> WHAT DID YOU CITYDY IN SCH 01:59 SCHOOL? >> SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND 02:03 MARKETING. >> PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT.-NOW WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE 02:07 VIDEOS. THIS IS STUFF THAT I LOVE, 02:09 BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE FEEL THAT YOU ARE THERE. 02:13 GARY WHERE ARE WE GOING? >> WE'RE GOING TO VISIT ANOTHER 02:17 PIONEER, THIS TIME IN MALAYSIA. >> MALAYSIA. 02:19 ♪ 02:27 ->> DEEP IN THE MALAYSIAN JUNGLE, A SMALL VILLAGE IS TUCKED AWAY 02:31 IN A BEAUTIFUL VALEY. TO GET HERE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 02:35 FOR HOURS ON TREACHEROUS TERRAIN AND WINDING MOUNTAIN ROADS. 02:40 ♪ >> DURING THE RAINY SEASON, 02:48 FLOODING MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THIS 02:52 VILLAGE. BOATS BECOME THE ONLY MEANS OF 02:57 TRAVEL. ALVIN IS A GLOBAL MISSION 02:59 PIONEER SERVING THIS REMOTE VILLAGE. 03:01 WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. ALVIN'S FAMILY LEARNED ABOUT 03:05 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND BECAME ADVENTISTS. 03:09 SINCE THEN HE KNEW HE WANTED TO SHARE THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE WITH 03:14 OTHERS, SO HE BECAME A PIONEER. WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO THE 03:18 VILLAGE, IT REMINDED HIM OF WHERE HE GROW UP. 03:24 THE MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE FELT LIKE HOME. 03:29 THERE WAS NO CHURCH TO WORSHIP IN. 03:32 SO ALVIN BEGAN GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND SPENDING TIME WITH 03:36 THEM. HE ASSISTS THEM WITH THEIR WORK, 03:39 AND TEACHES THEM BASIC ENGLISH PHRASES. 03:42 HE OFTEN PRAYS WITH THEM. ALVIN HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS 03:46 HEART FOR THE CHILDREN. HE LOVES TEACHING THEM AND DOING 03:49 FUN ACTIVITIES TOGETHER. MARCHING AND DRILLING IS A 03:53 POPULAR ACTIVITY FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE REGION. 03:56 SOMETIMES CHILDREN FROM VOURNDING VILLAGES WILL COME 03:59 TOGETHER TO DEMONSTRATE NEW MARCHES THEY HAVE LEARNED. 04:02 RECENTLY THE CHILDREN IN ALVIN'S VILLAGE EARNED FIRST PLACE IN A 04:08 COMPETITION. THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING 04:11 ALVIN HAS TAUGHT THEM. SINCE ALVIN BEGAN HIS MINISTRY, 04:15 A SMALLED A VIN ADVERTISE CHURCH HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE HILL. 04:20 HE SPENTS A LOT OF TIME HERE WITH THE CHILDREN AND HIS 04:24 FAMILY, TEACHING, SINGING, AND PRAYING. 04:26 ♪ >> NOW MULTIPLE FAMILIES IN THE 04:35 VILLAGE ARE GETTING TO KNOW JESUS THANKS TO ALVIN. 04:39 MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ATTEND CHURCH ON SABBATH, AND THE 04:42 NUMBERS KEEP GROWING. ALVIN ASKS THAT YOU SAY A 04:46 SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HIS VILLAGE. >> Translator: ONE THING I ASK 04:49 YOU TO PRAY FOR IS THE JOY AND HAPPINESS THAT THE FAMILIES IN 04:53 THIS VILLAGE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT 04:56 YOU PRAY FOR THEM TO ALWAYS LOVE ONE ANOTHER, BUT ABOVE ALL, TO 05:02 LOVE GOD. ♪ 05:04 >> THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK OF GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS 05:09 LIKE ALVIN. ♪ 05:15 >> QUESTION, GUYS, ARE MOST OF YOUR GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS 05:20 SINGLE, MARRIED, IS THERE A MATRIX THAT WORKS BETTER ONE WAY 05:26 OR ANOTHER? >> I THINK MOST OF THEM WOULD 05:29 PROBABLY BE SINGLE. >> UH-HUH. 05:31 >> YEAH. BUT WE ACCEPT -- WE HAVE MEN 05:33 PIONEERS. WE HAVE WOMEN. 05:35 WE HAVE TEAMS. AND WE WERE JUST TALKING DURING 05:39 THAT VIDEO THAT MANY OF OUR PIONEERS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN 05:43 IN RURAL AREAS, BUT WE HAVE A CONCERTED EFFORT NOW TO DO MORE 05:48 CHURCH PLANTING IN URBAN AREAS, WHICH IS OUR BIG MISSION 05:53 CHALLENGE. >> UH-HUH. 05:54 >> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT REALLY 05:59 STARTING TO SEND OUR PIONEERS AT LEAST IN TWOS, BECAUSE YOU NEED 06:02 THAT SUPPORT. >> YEAH, IN THE BIG CITIES. 06:05 THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS A DEDICATED 06:09 SHIFT TO WORK IN CITIES AND TO WORK CITIES. 06:12 YOU HAVE THESE LARGE MASSES OF PEOPLE, SOME HAVE NO PRESENCE, 06:17 SOME HAVE VERY LITTLE PRESENCE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE CHURCH HAS 06:23 SHIFT INTO THAT MODE. >> DEFINITELY. 06:26 AND WE HAVE MADE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING 06:30 THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR CITIES, AND DECREASING THE 06:33 AMOUNT FOR RURA AREAS, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE FOR RURAL 06:39 AREAS, BUT MOST OF THE WORLD POPULATION LIVE IN CITIES, AND 06:44 WE HAVE TENDED TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WORKING IN RURAL 06:48 AREAS, AND IN MANY WAYS IT'S EASIER. 06:52 IT'S CHEAPER TO WORK IN RURAL AREAS, BUT THE CITIES ARE OUR 06:57 MISSION FIELD. >> INDEED. 06:58 I WAS ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AS A DELEGATE YEARS 07:04 AGO WHEN WE LEFT TACOMA PARK AND MOVED OUT TO THE WILDERNESS OF 07:10 ROUTE 29. AND NOW YOU GO THERE -- AND OF 07:14 COURSE, THE WORLD HAS COME OUT AND SURROUNDED THE GENERAL 07:18 CONFERENCE, SO CITY IS EVERYWHERE. 07:20 >> EXACTLY. >> ALL RIGHT. 07:21 >> SO ANDY CAN TELL US A STORY, BECAUSE THAT'S HIS BUSINESS. 07:26 HE COLLECTS MISSION STORIES, AND I HAVE ASKED HIM TO SHARE WITH 07:29 US, ONE THAT A PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO HIS HEART. 07:32 >> YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN SOUTH KOREA NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I 07:41 MET A MAN NAMED KWANG. AND HE OWNS AN ACCOUNTING FIRM. 07:47 AND HE STARTED PLANNING CHURCHES. 07:51 HE JUST DID IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT GOD WAS SAYING GO PLANT 07:55 A CHURCH. AND IN TWO YEARS HE HAD 98 07:59 BAPTISMS IN ONE CHURCH. AND HE STARTED PRAYING, HE SAID 08:03 GOD, GIVE ME A HUNDRED. I SAID WHAT ABOUT 99? 08:07 AND HE SAID NO PROBLEM, I PRAY FOR A HUNDRED AND I'LL GET TWO 08:13 PEOPLE. AND HE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A 08:15 WOMAN WORKING AT A CHILDREN'S ART SCHOOL, SO HE WENT TO THE 08:20 SCHOOL, GOT REINTRODUCED TO HER, STARTED TALKING, AND SAID I HAVE 08:25 PLANTED A CHURCH. I WANT YOU TO BE THE HUNDREDTH 08:30 MEMBER. SHE SAID SURE. 08:31 HE SAID GREAT. BUT FIRST WE NEED BIBLE STUDIES. 08:35 SO I'LL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND TEACH YOU WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO 08:40 SAY. AND BEFORE HE LEFT, HE SAID 08:42 DON'T FORGET YOUR HUSBAND, BECAUSE HE NEEDS TWO PEOPLE. 08:47 AND SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND AND SAID KWANG IS COMING TO TEACH US 08:52 WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY. HER HUSBAND WAS NOT RELIGIOUS AT 09:01 ALL, AND HE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. 09:06 AND HE WANTED TO LEARN ENGLISH, SO HE WENT AND BOUGHT TWO BOOKS, 09:11 AND ONE WAS A BIBLE. AND HE SAID, GOD, IF YOU EXIST, 09:16 SEND ME SOMEONE TO TEACH ME WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 09:20 AND AT THAT MOMENT HIS WIFE CALLED AND SAID KWANG WAS COMING 09:25 TO HIS HOUSE. AND NOW THEY ARE BOTH BAPTIZED. 09:30 >> PRAISE THE LORD. THAT'S WHY FRONT-LINE MISSION 09:33 WORK IS SO EXING -- EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. 09:39 WE'LL PUT ON OUR SHOES AND BOOTS, AND WHERE DO WE TRAVEL 09:43 NOW? >> AFRICA. 09:44 >> AFRICA. >> GLOBAL MISSION SPONSORS LAY 09:49 PEOPLE TO REACH SOME OF THE WORLD'S HARDEST TO REACH PLACES. 09:52 WE CALL THEM PIONEERS. THESE MEN AND WOMAN VOLUNTEER AT 09:56 LEAST A YEAR TO START A NEW GROUP OF BELIEVERS. 10:03 THEY OFTEN WORK WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE 10:06 PEOPLE AND CAN MINGLE WITH THEM. >> Translator: I HAVE BEEN 10:10 WORKING AS A EVANGELIST SINCE 2003. 10:15 I WORK IN THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THE CHURCH SENDS ME TO THIS NEW 10:19 AREA. >> THERE ARE MORE THAN 1 MILLION 10:21 MA SIGH PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GREAT VALLEY BETWEEN KENYA AND 10:27 TANZANIA. WHILE THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS 10:30 IN TANZANIA, ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE MASS EYE ARE 10:39 CHRISTIANS. THE MET A MAN WHO WAS A STRONG 10:43 BELIEVER IN HIS TRADITIONAL SYSTEM. 10:46 BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN TO INFLUENCE HIS LIFE. 10:51 >> Translator: THE YOUNG MAN WAS IMPRESSED BY OUR TEACHINGS, AND 10:56 HE ESPECIALLY WANTED TO HAVE HIS PARENTS TO BE SAVED. 11:00 HE PRAYED FOR HIS MOTHER UNTIL SHE BECAME AN ADVENTIST. 11:04 AS I CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIM AND HIS PEOPLE, HE GOT A 11:08 SPONSORSHIP TO STUDY TO BECOME AN EVANGELIST, AN AFTER 11:14 TRAINING, THE CHURCH MADE HIM A PIONEER TO WORK WITH HIS OWN 11:19 FAMILY. >> THEY COVER GREAT DISTANCES 11:21 BETWEEN HOUSES EVERY DAY, VISITING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, 11:24 AND TAKING A MESSAGE OF HOPE. THEY OFTEN FACE DIFFICULT 11:28 CHALLENGES, TEACHING THEM TO PRAY MORE AND TRUST IN GOD. 11:32 >> Translator: THERE ARE ABOUT 50 MEMBERS NOW. 11:36 OTHERS HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AS 11:40 THEY MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 11:45 BUT WE FOUND GOD FOR THE FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE. 11:50 >> PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE TWO AS THEY GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, 11:53 KNOCKING ON DOORS, AND INTRODUCING THE HOPE OF JESUS'S 11:58 SOON RETURN. >> Translator: MY GREATEST JOY 12:01 WORKING IN A NEW PLACE, IS TO SEE THE PEOPLE ACCEPTING JESUS 12:05 AS THEIR SAVIOR. ♪ 12:14 >> AGAIN, GOOD STUFF. >> GARY ONE OF THE TERMS WE HAVE 12:18 HEARD AS OF LATE, IS CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. 12:21 AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS INTEGRAL TO WORKING IN THE CITIES. 12:26 TELL US WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. 12:30 >> CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, IT'S A CONCEPT ACTUALLY THAT -ADVENTIST'S COFOUNDER ELLEN 12:38 WHITE CAME UP TO, REFERRING TO CENTERS IN CITIES THAT ARE 12:43 SPRINGBOARDS FOR MINISTRY. >> UH-HUH. 12:45 >> YOU CAN PUT CHRIST INTO PRACTICE, WIN CONFIDENCE, AND 12:52 THEN LEAD THEM TO JESUS, SO WHEN SHE WAS WRITING, SHE WAS 12:56 THINKING OF THINGS LIKE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS, AND 12:59 TODAY WE HAVE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CENTERS OF 13:03 INFLUENCE. IN BRAZIL, THERE'S A CENTER FOR 13:06 REFUGEES, HELPING THEM ASSIMILATE INTO SOCIETY. 13:10 THERE ARE SECOND-HAND STORES. THERE ARE LIFESTYLE CENTERS. 13:14 THERE ARE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CENTERS. 13:18 THERE ARE A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES. 13:24 AND SO SOME OF THESE CENTERS ARE BIG. 13:26 SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL. BUT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME 13:29 PURPOSE, TO TRY TO START A NEW GROUP OF BELIEVERS BY PUTTING 13:35 CHRIST'S MISSION INTO PRACTICE. OUR NEXT VIDEO IS AN EXAMPLE OF 13:39 A CENTER OF INFLUENCE. IT'S IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. 13:43 SO PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT NOW. 13:45 ♪ 13:53 >> 25 YEARS AGO, GLOBAL MISSION'S MANDATE WAS TO FOCUS 13:58 ATTENTION ON THE MOST CHALLENGED UNREACHED AREAS OF THE WORLD, 14:04 AREAS LIKE THE SOVIET UNION, CHINA, INDIA, AND THE LARGE 14:08 CITIES OF THE WORLD. TODAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 14:13 MEMBERSHIP IS THREE TIMES WHAT IT WAS BACK IN 1990. 14:16 THOUSANDS OF NEW CHURCHES HAVE BEEN PLANTED. 14:20 MANY IN PREVIOUSLY UNENTERED AREAS, AND WHILE THERE ARE STILL 14:24 MANY CHALLENGES, THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS GROWN IN THE 14:28 COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, CHINA AND INDIA. 14:32 BUT ONE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN GETTING LARGER, THE CHALLENGE OF 14:35 THE CITIES. IN 1990, THERE WERE TEN CITIES 14:39 WITH MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE, MEGA CITIES. 14:44 TODAY THAT NUMBER HAS NEARLY TRIPLED. 14:47 AND THE NUMBER OF MEGA CITIES GROWING. 14:50 AS LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE POPULATE THE CITIES, HOW CAN WE 14:54 REACH THEM? HOW CAN WE SHARE GOD'S LOVE WITH 14:57 THE MASSES IN THE URBAN AREAS OF THE WORLD? 15:03 HOW CAN OUR MESSAGE OF HOPE AND JESUS'S SON RETURN BREAK 15:07 THROUGH THE NOISE OF THE CITIES. ELLEN WHITE WROTE -- 15:11 >> WE MUST DO MORE THAN WE HAVE DONE TO REACH THE PEOPLE OF OUR 15:15 CITIES. OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE LIGHT 15:17 HAS BEEN GIVEN ME THAT WE SHOULD ESTABLISH IN ALL OF OUR CITIES, 15:22 SMALL PLANTS, WHICH SHALL BE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. 15:27 ♪ >> TODAY, CENTERS OF INFLUENCE 15:32 ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IN CITIES AROUND 15:36 THE WORLD. MANY OF THEM ARE HEALTH AND 15:39 WELLNESS CENTERS THAT OFFER HEALTH SCREENINGS, HEALTH FOOD, 15:44 COOKING AND EXERCISE CLASSES, AND MASSAGE THERAPY FROM IN 15:50 INDONESIA, LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS OFTEN HAVE A SHOPPING 15:55 CENTER ON TH GROUND FLOOR. HERE, ADVENTISTS ARE OPENING 15:58 CENTERS OF INFLUENCE IN THE FORM OF HEALTH KIOSKS. 16:04 AS A RESULT OF THIS MINISTRY, VISITORS CAN GET AN ELECTRONIC 16:08 HEALTH SCA, HAVE A REPORT EMAILED TO THEM, AND GET 16:12 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE. 16:16 ♪ >> OTHERS ARE VEGETARIAN, OR 16:19 VEGAN RESTAURANTS, OFFERING HEALTHFUL FOOD OPTIONS, AS WELL 16:22 AS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT LIVING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. 16:28 ONE SUCH RESTAURANT IS IN FINLAND. 16:31 INITIAL TO IT'S HEALTHY BUFFET, IT HAS HELD A HEALTH EXPO, 16:36 STOP-SMOKING CLINICS, AND BIBLE CLASSES. 16:39 OTHERS ARE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT OFFER HOMEWORK AND 16:43 AFTER-SCHOOL HELP, LANGUAGE AND SKILLS-TRAINING CLASSES, AND 16:47 COUNSELING.-ONE UNIQUE CENTER IS IN DENMARK'S CAPITOL, COPENHAGEN, 16:53 WHERE ADVENTISTS HAVE FOUND A CREATIVE WAY OF MINGLING WITH 16:59 PEOPLE.-THERE'S A SMALL SECOND-HAND SHOP CALLED HAPPY HAND. 17:04 THE PEOPLE IN DENMARK VALUE RECYCLING, AND SECOND-HAND SHOPS 17:09 ARE POPULAR. BUT IT OFFERS MORE THAN 17:13 REDISTRIBUTED QUALITY USED ITEMS. 17:15 IT'S A CENTER OF INFLUENCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT 17:21 JESUS. >> I THINK IT'S MORE OPEN. 17:23 IT'S VERY PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A CHRISTIAN SHOP. 17:26 AND IT'S -- IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE ARE 17:33 CHRISTIANS, AND WE'RE VERY OPEN AND EAGER TO GETTING INTO THOSE 17:37 CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. AND WE SAY IF YOU WANT TO TALK 17:39 TO A PASTOR, YOU CAN -- YOU CAN JUST ASK. 17:44 BUT, YES, PEOPLE DO COME IN HERE AND -- AND JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO 17:48 TALK TO, AND MAYBE PRAY FOR THEM. 17:51 WE HAVE A CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE HERE THAT WE DON'T GET IN 17:57 CHURCH. PEOPLE CAN COME AND THEY CAN SIT 18:00 DOWN AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA OR -- AND JUST BE ABLE TO -- TO 18:06 TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT ANYTHING, AND WE ACTUALLY REACH PEOPLE 18:10 HERE, AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR THEM. 18:14 >> JUST HAVING A SECONDHAND SHOP WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOR ME. 18:18 BECAUSE THERE ARE HOT -- LOTS OF THOSE. 18:26 >> I HAVE BEEN DOING A FEW EVENING CLASSES IN HERE. 18:32 MOSTLY ABOUT HEALTH AND COUPLES, AND HOW TO BE A GOO PARENT AND 18:37 HOW TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN. AND WE JUST [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 18:43 PEOPLE HAVE COME. >> YEAH, BUT ACTUALLY WE HAVE 18:47 THIS SPIRITUAL WELLNESS ON TUESDAY, AND THERE WERE THREE 18:51 WOMEN THAT THEY JUST CAME IN FROM THE STREETS, AND ONE OF 18:55 THEM, SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO COME TO THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 18:59 AND BHS CALLED ME ONE EVENING, AND SAID I NEED VOLUNTEERS, CAN 19:05 YOU PLEASE HELP. I'M VERY BUSY. 19:08 WE HAVE FOUR KIDS, AND MY HUSBAND IS VERY BUSY, SO I SAID 19:13 WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME. BUT I CAN SEE THE VISION OF IT. 19:20 SO, YES, I WILL COME HELP FOR THREE MONTHS, AND THAT WAS ABOUT 19:24 THREE YEARS AGO. >> SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE 19:27 MINGLING WITH PEOPLE, MEETING THEIR NEEDS, WINNING THEIR 19:31 CONFIDENCE, AND INTRODUCING THEM TO JESUS. 19:33 >> WE ARE NOT TO WAIT FOR SOULS TO COME TO US. 19:37 WE MUST SEEK THEM OUT WHERE THEY ARE. 19:39 WHEN THE WORD HAS BEEN PREACHED IN THE PULPIT, BUT WORK HAS BUT 19:45 JUST BEGUN. THERE ARE MULTITUDES WHO WILL 19:48 NEVER BE REACHED BY THE GOSPEL, UNLESS IT IS CARRIED TO THEM. 19:52 ♪ 19:59 . >> YOU KNOW GENTLEMEN, I AM SO 20:01 GLAD THAT WE HAD SOME VIDEO FROM EUROPE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE 20:05 CHALLENGES OF THE WORK THERE, AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW 20:09 CENTERS OF INFLUENCE CAN BE INTEGRAL TO THAT PARTICULAR 20:13 SOCIETY, BECAUSE OF ITS SECULAR NATURE. 20:15 YOU CAN'T DO CLASSIC EVANGELISM, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY START WITH 20:20 THE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS WORKING. 20:24 >> YES THAT WAS IN COPENHAGEN, HAPPY HAND WAS SO SUCCESSFUL 20:30 THAT THEY STARTED ANOTHER HAPPY HAND CENTER IN THE SECOND 20:33 LARGEST CITY OF DENMARK. THEN THEY STARTED ANOTHER ONE IN 20:36 A THIRD CITY, AND I JUST LEARNED THAT IN NOVEMBER, IN A MONTH'S 20:41 TIME, THEY PLAN TO START A FOURTH CENTER. 20:43 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AND RICK AND I WERE IN 20:48 ESTONIA, AND IN THE CAPITAL CENTER THERE, THEY ARE STARTING 20:53 A CENTER LIKE HAPPY HAND AS WELL. 20:55 YOU ARE REACHING PEOPLE, YOU ARE GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR 20:58 WALLS OF THE CHURCH, AND MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU 21:03 WOULDN'T MAKE OTHERWISE. >> UH-HUH. 21:05 >> I WAS IN -- LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE WERE IN THE 21:09 PHILIPPINES, AND THEY HAD JUST OPENED UP A VERY SMALL 21:14 VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT THERE, BUT IT WAS PACKED EVERY DAY. 21:19 AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS OPENED THREE MONTHS, BUT IT ALREADY 21:22 CAUGHT ON WITH THE PEOPLE. AND THE FOOD WAS ONE OF THE BEST 21:27 I HAVE EVER EATEN IN MY LIFE. AND THEY RENTED A ROOM UPSTAIRS 21:32 FOR BIBLE STUDIES. AND TWO DAYS A WEEK, THEY WERE 21:35 PACKED UPSTAIRS FEEDING FROM THAT RESTAURANT AS A CENTER OF 21:42 INFLUENCE. >> YEAH. 21:43 WE ALSO BROUGHT ALONG SOME FOOTAGE OF A CENTER OF INFLUENCE 21:49 IN SOUTH AMERICA. THIS IS ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF 21:55 BUENOS AIRES. THEY FOUND THIS BUILDING. 21:58 THEY TURNED IT INTO A CENTER OF INFLUENCE, A LIFESTYLE CENTER, 22:02 THEN THEY BROUGHT IN A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 22:05 THE INITIATIVE IS CALLED ONE YEAR IN MISSION, WHERE YOUNG 22:10 PEOPLE, SAY I'M PREPARED TO GIVE AT LEAST A YEAR OF MY LIFE TO 22:16 VOLUNTEER. AND THEY JUST STARTED GOING 22:18 AROUND THE COMMUNITY, FINDING OUT WHAT WE NEEDS ARE. 22:22 WHAT ARE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN? AND SO THEY STARTED TO RUN 22:25 DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. DIFFERENT HEALTH ACTIVITIES. 22:29 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. DIFFERENT SEMINARS, AND THEY 22:31 JUST STARTED MAKING FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE IN ANY COMMUNITY, SO FROM 22:35 BEING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE CITY, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COME IN 22:39 WITH THEIR ENERGY AND -- AND THEY ARE NOW PLANTING A 22:44 MINISTRY, AND IN TURN, THAT MINISTRY BECOMES A CHURCH. 22:47 >> AMEN. >> YEAH. 22:49 >> WELL DONE. >> AND SO THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER 22:53 THERE, I WENT TO THE COUNTRY OF CHILE IN AN TEE -- SANTIAGO, A 23:02 SIMILAR THING IS HAPPENING THERE. 23:04 AND THIS OF COURSE IS A LARGE, LARGE CITY, AND THEY ARE NOW 23:09 WITHIN -- WITHIN THE COUNTRY OF CHILE, 15 CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, 23:13 URBAN CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. AND AGAIN, THEY ARE DRAWING ON 23:18 YOUNG PEOPLE -- EXCUSE ME -- TO COME IN AND HELP RUN THE 23:22 PROGRAMS AND RUN THE ACTIVITIES, AND, AGAIN, THEY TEND TO BE 23:26 LIFESTYLE PROGRAMS. THEY DO HEALTH SEMINARS. 23:29 THEY HAVE FITNESS ACTIVITIES. COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS. 23:36 YOU NAME IT. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE INVOLVED 23:38 IN. AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 23:41 JUST -- THEIR ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS. 23:43 SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY LIVE AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE CENTER WHERE 23:47 THEY ARE WORKING. AND THEY CATCH A BUS EVERY 23:51 MORNING, THEY COME TO THE CENTER. 23:53 THEN THEY GET ON THE BUS AND GO BACK HOME AGAIN. 23:56 THERE THEY ARE SHOWING THE LOVE OF JESUS. 24:02 AND ONE OF THESE YOUNGER PEOPLE WAS SITTING NEXT TO AN OLDER 24:07 LADY FROM THE COMMUNITY, HOLDING HER HAND, AND HE PERSONALLY LEAD 24:12 HER TO BAPTISM. AND IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL 24:16 MOMENT. >> POWERFUL. 24:18 POWERFUL. NOW YOU DON'T GET THE RUSH OF A 24:20 LARGE THREE, FOUR, FIVE-WEEK KIND OF MEETING, BUT YOU GET 24:25 PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU GET TO BE ABLE TO PLANT YOUR 24:28 FLAG OUT THERE, WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. 24:31 AND THEN YOU GET THIS COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WHICH I THINK 24:35 MAKES -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY A BETTER A ADVENTIST, BUT THEY ARE 24:40 SETTLED INTO WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT. 24:43 AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPED FRIENDSHIPS. 24:46 >> WE ARE VERY GOOD AT PREACHING. 24:48 AND THAT'S THE LAST STEP IN THE MINISTRY. 24:52 BUT IF WE ARE ONLY FOCUSING ON PREACHING -- IF WE DON'T INVEST 24:59 TIME MAKING FRIENDSHIPS AND EARNING THE RIGHT TO SHARE OUR 25:04 FAITH, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. 25:09 >> YEAH, PARICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU TURN ON THE 25:13 TV SUNDAY MORNING AND IT IS EVERYWHERE, BUT IN OTHER 25:20 COUNTRIES YOU HAVE TO PUT EQUITY IN. 25:23 >> GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. >> ALSO IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE 25:28 BIBLE, THEY BELIEVE IN GOD, AND YOU TELL THEM SOME OF THE 25:33 ADVENTIST THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE, IT'S EASY TO MOVE THEM. 25:38 BUT YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP, OR THEY ARE A 25:44 NON-CHRISTIAN, THEY HAVE NEVER READ THE BIBLE, YOU HAVE GOT TO 25:47 START SOMEPLACE ELSE, AND THAT'S WHERE CHRIST'S METHOD, I THINK 25:51 IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO WIN THAT CONFIDENCE, FIRST BY MINGLING, 25:57 SHOWING SYMPATHY, AND MEETING NEEDS. 25:59 >> YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT CENTERS OF INFLUENCE -- CENTERS OF 26:04 INFLUENCE. >> THAT'S IT. 26:06 >> -- DO. I WAS ABOUT TO INVENT A NEW WORD 26:09 THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] 26:10 >> WHAT IS UP NEXT? >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 26:26 KURGASTAN. >> YES, IT IS MOSTLY 26:29 NON-CHRISTIAN. AND ONE SABBATH WHEN I WAS 26:31 THERE, I WENT TO THE CHURCH AND AS ANY ADVENTIST CHURCH IT HAS A 26:40 CHILDREN'S AREA AT THE FRONT OF THE SERVICE. 26:43 AND THEY ALL SAT THERE IN THE FRONT, AND I LISTENED TO THE 26:46 STORY, IT WAS NORMAL. AND AT THE END OF THE STORY, 26:54 THEY SAID DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? 27:01 AND A LITTLE BOY SAID I DO. AND HE STATED A MEMORY VERSE. 27:10 AND WITH THE VIDEO WE'RE GOING TO WATCH. 27:12 IT'S HIS STORY. WHAT HE TOLD ME AFTER THE CHURCH 27:21 SERVICE. >> EXCELLENT. 27:23 >> EVERY SABBATH BOYS IN GIRLS IN THIS BOY'S CHURCH ARE INVITED 27:31 TO LISTEN TO A STORY. AND THEN THEY ASK DID ANY OF YOU 27:40 MEMORIZE A BIBLE VERSE THI WEEK? 27:42 FOR THE PAST YEAR THIS 10 YEAR OLD HAS RAISED HIS HAND AND 27:46 SHARED A BIBE VERSE EVERY -SABBATH. WHY DOES HE MEMORIZE A BIBLE 27:52 VERSE EACH WEEK? WHEN A CHILD ASKED HIM, HE SAID 27:55 I MEMORIZE VERSES AS A GIFT TO GOD. 27:58 YOU SEE THE SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER ALWAYS REMINDS HE AND 28:04 THE OTHER CHILDREN OF SOMETHING TAVNTHD -- IMPORTANT. 28:09 SHE SAYS WHAT GIFT DO YOU HAVE FOR GOD TODAY. 28:14 HE LIVES WITH HIS LOVING GRANDPARENTS. 28:17 HE HAS A HOME AND A WARM BED. WE GOES TO A GOOD SCHOOL, AND 28:26 HAS FOOD TO EAT. BUT WE WONDERED FOR A LONG TIME, 28:30 WHAT GIFT CAN I GIVE TO GOD? AND THEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW 28:33 WELL HE CAN REMEMBER THINGS. HE DECIDED TO MEMORIZE A VERSUS 28:39 FROM THE BIBLE EVERY WEEK. HIS SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER SAID 28:44 THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR GOD. 28:47 HE ISN'T NERVOUS ANYMORE, BECAUSE HE DOES IT EVERY WEEK. 28:52 HE IS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN HERE WHO GO TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH. 28:59 THE CHILDREN STAND OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES ON SABBATH MORNINGS, AND 29:03 WAIT FOR THE SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER TO PICK THEM UP IN HER 29:07 CAR. AFTER CHURCH SHE DRIVES THEM 29:11 HOME. THESE CHILDREN GO EVERY WEEK NO 29:13 MATTER WHAT. WHEN IT SNOWS A LOT, AND OTHER 29:16 CHILDREN STAY IN THEIR WARM HOMES. 29:19 THE BOY AND THE OTHERS GO TO CHURCH. 29:22 WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM, THEY STILL GO TO CHURCH. 29:25 THE PASTOR IS GLAD THAT THEY ARE SO FAITHFUL ABOUT SPENDING 29:29 SABBATH WITH GOD. IN FACT HE LOVES CHURCH SO MUCH 29:33 THAT HE TOLD HIS OLDER BROTHER ABOUT IT, AND NOW HE GOES TO 29:37 CHURCH TO. HE IS IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT THE 29:42 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. HE LOVES HIS SCHOOL, BECAUSE HE 29:45 GETS TO LEARN ABOUT GOD EVERY DAY. 29:46 PART OF THIS QUARTER'S 13TH SABBATH OFFERINGS WILL HELP 29:51 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER A 29:56 BIBLE VERSE. PSALMS 127:3 SAYS CHILDREN ARE A 30:05 SPECIAL GIFT THAT GOD GIVES TO PARENTS. 30:08 PLEASE REMEMBER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN YOUR PRAYERS 30:10 AND WITH YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL MISSION OFFERINGS. 30:13 ♪ >> NOW THAT IS JUST A GREAT 30:19 STORY. THAT'S JUST A GREAT STORY. 30:22 YOU WERE MENTIONING GARY OR ANDREW, HIS BACKGROUND IS NOT 30:32 ADVENTIST. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 30:34 HIS FAMILY IS OF ANOTHER WORD RELIGION. 30:40 >> THAT IS FABULOUS. THAT MAY BE A BUDDING PREACHER 30:46 THERE. THAT IS A REALLY GREAT STORY. 30:48 AND HE HAS ALREADY AN EVANGELIST. 30:50 HE BROUGHT HIS BROTHER. SO HE IS PRACTICING WHAT HE 30:54 PREACHES. PRAISE THE LORD. 30:55 REALLY, REALLY NEAT STORY. LOVE THAT. 30:58 WHO -- WHO DOES THE -- THE ANIMATION FOR YOU? 31:02 >> THE ANIMATION IS DONE BY SOMEONE IN SOUTH AMERICA. 31:05 >> UH-HUH. >> ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS IS 31:09 BRAZILIAN, AND HE HAS CONTACTS DOWN THERE. 31:12 HE SAID I KNOW JUST THE GUY WHO CAN DO THIS. 31:15 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S A NICE WAY TO RECAPTURE 31:18 SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND GET. 31:20 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE HAVE A MISSION 360 PEOPLE 31:24 HERE ON 3ABN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A 360 PROGRAM IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN 31:31 PORTUGUESE, AND IN SPANISH. SO THE STORY GETS TOLD THERE AS 31:35 WELL. >> WELL DONE. 31:37 WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? >> WE'RE GOING TO THE COUNTRY OF 31:41 IRELAND. AND THAT IS AN INCREASINGLY 31:44 SECULAR SOCIETY, AND A CENTER OF INFLUENCE WAS RECENTLY 31:47 ESTABLISHED THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK 31:49 AT THAT NOW. >> OKAY. 31:51 >> THEY PRAY TO REACH THE WORLD, AND GOD SENT THE WORLD TO THEM. 31:56 ♪ >> JUST 15 YEARS AGO, IN 32:00 IRELAND'S CAPITAL CITY OF DUP LISTEN, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 32:04 HAS ONE CHURCH AND FEWER THAN 25 MEMBERS. 32:07 THE CHURCH WAS DYING. THEY NEEDED DIVINE INTERVENTION. 32:12 GOD HELP US TO REACH THE WORLD FOR YOU, PRAYED THIS CON 32:18 CONGREGATION. AND GOD ANSWERED THEIR SINERE 32:24 PRAYER WITH ON INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS. 32:28 GOD BEGAN DOING WONDERFUL THINGS IN DUBLIN. 32:34 DUBLIN NOW HAD FIVE ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS. 32:40 SOME MEMBERS MEET MANY HOTELS, SCHOOLS, AND RENTED FACILITIES. 32:46 THIS VIBRANT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ARE REACHING OUT TO THE IRISH. 32:51 TODAY THESE FIVE ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS HAVE AN 32:55 APPROXIMATE MEMBERSHIP OF 500 PEOPLE. 32:57 YET THIS IS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE 33:02 WHO LIVE IN DUBLIN. ♪ 33:12 >> WELCOME TO AN URBAN CENTER OF INFLUENCE. 33:16 THIS IS A PRESTIGIOUS AREA OF DUBLIN, WHERE A SEVENTH-DAY 33:22 ADVENTIST CHURCH IS CONVENE YENLY LOCATED HERE THE METRO. 33:28 THIS AIMS TO BE THE HEALTHY PULSE IN THIR DYNAMIC 33:32 COMMUNITY. AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASS IN 33:35 FRONT OF THIS BUILDING DAILY, THEY SEE SIGNS OFFERING FREE 33:40 HEALTH CHECKS. MASSAGE THERAPY. 33:43 PERSONAL COUNSELING, VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASSES AND MORE. 33:47 PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS COME 33:52 INSIDE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. 33:55 >> YOU ARE WALKING ABOUT THOSE [ INAUDIBLE ] AT THE TIME, AND 34:00 THEY JUST WALK IN AND START TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WORKING 34:05 THERE, AND THEY ARE VERY NICE, AND HAVE A BIT OF LAUGH, AND 34:09 THEY INVITE YOU BACK [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY INVITE 34:13 YOU BACK THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, AND AT THE TIME I DIDN'T THINK I 34:17 WOULD MAKE IT, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE WEATHER, A BIT. 34:21 BUT I DID REMEMBER, AND I CAME BACK THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, AND 34:26 I HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE CENTER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK EVER SINCE. 34:33 AND NOW I COME EVEN MORE OFTEN. >> LLOYD ISN'T A SEVENTH-DAY 34:38 ADVENTIST, HE DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF JESUS 34:40 YET. BUT IN THIS URBAN CENTER, AND 34:42 THIS CHURCH COMMUNITY, HE HAS FOUND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 34:47 WARM AND POSITIVE. HE FIRST CAME TO THIS PLACE FOR 34:50 ASSISTANCE. AND NOW HE SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER 34:52 TO HELP OTHER VISITORS. >> RECENTLY I HAVE JOINED THE 34:59 CHOIR, WHICH IS GREAT, AND I REALLY ENJOY DOING THAT. 35:04 THAT'S FANTASTIC. IT HAS HELPED ME TO BECOME A 35:09 HAPPIER PERSON, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO. 35:12 >> LLOYD NOW SINGS ABOUT A LOVING SAVIOR, EVEN BEFORE HE 35:17 UNDERSTANDS THE LOVE THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED HIM. 35:20 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ADVENTIST IMMIGRANTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO 35:23 BRING THEIR IRISH FRIENDS TO THE FEET OF JESUS. 35:26 PRAY ALSO FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS GROWING COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS 35:30 WHO NEED A CHURCH BUILDING TO WORSHIP IN. 35:33 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ADVENTIST MISSION. 35:39 ♪ 35:44 >> QUESTION, DO WE KNOW WHAT IN IRELAND IS DRIVING THIS INFLUX 35:49 OF IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS? IS IT ECONOMIC OR -- WHAT IS 35:53 SORT OF DRIVING THAT. PRAISE THE LORD IT GIVES THE 35:57 CHURCH GREAT OUT REACH, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT IS DRIVING THAT? 36:01 >> I THINK IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS ECONOMIC. 36:04 >> UH-HUH. >> YEAH. 36:05 >> THAT IS FABULOUS. THE CHURCHES ARE GROWING, AND 36:08 THE LORD IS BLESSING. GOOD STUFF. 36:10 WE HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO AND THEN A STORY COMING FROM YOU, IS THAT? 36:14 >> YES, WE DO. MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THE STORY 36:17 FIRST. CANADA. 36:22 >> OH. [ LAUGHTER ] 36:23 >> SOMETIMES WHEN I COLLECT MISSION STORIES, MY OWN PAST 36:28 COMES BACK TO REMIND ME THAT I WASN'T ALSO VERY FAITHFUL TO 36:33 GOD. SO I WENT TO ALBERTA, CANADA TO 36:36 COLLECT MISSION STORIES. AND I GOT STOPPED BY IMMIGRATION 36:40 AT THE AIRPORT, TAKEN ASIDE, INTERROGATED BASICALLY. 36:45 THEY SEARCHED MY BAGGAGE. AND I THOUGHT THIS IS REALLY 36:49 STRANGE. AND THE EXACT SAME THING 36:50 HAPPENED TO ME IN AUGUST. I WENT TO SPEAK WITH GARY AT 36:54 HOPE CAMP MEETING. AND THEY STOPPED ME AGAIN, 36:57 INTERROGATED ME, AND SEARCHED ME. 37:01 AND EVERY TIME THEY ASK ME THE SAME QUESTION. 37:03 THEY SAY ANDY, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED IN 1992? 37:10 AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE QUESTION, I REALIZED WHAT WAS 37:13 GOING ON THERE. THAT WAS THE MONTH AND THE 37:16 YEAR -- MARCH OF THAT YEAR, I STOLE AN AIRPLANE, AND I ENDED 37:21 UP IN CANADA. SO BASICALLY, I WAS RAISED IN A 37:24 MISSIONARY FAMILY, BUT I NEVER HAD A CONNECTION WITH GOD. 37:29 AND AS A TEENAGER I WAS VERY REBELLIOUS AND MY LIFE GOT WORSE 37:37 AND WORSE. AND ONE DAY I THOUGHT I'M GOING 37:40 TO RUN AWAY, SO I DID. AND BEFORE I KNEW IT I LANDED IN 37:45 CANADA. [ LAUGHTER ] 37:46 >> JUST A SECOND, HOW DID YOU GET TO CANADA. 37:48 YOU HAVE STOLE THE AIRCRAFT, YOU HAD -- DID YOU KNOW WHICH 37:51 DIRECTION YOU WERE GOING? >> I WASN'T THINKING VERY 37:55 CLEARLY. ALL I KNEW WAS THAT I WANTED TO 37:57 GET AWAY FROM MY LIFE. WANTED TO START A NEW LIFE, SO I 38:01 JUST POINTED THE PLANE'S NOSE IN THE DIRECTION AND I FLEW AND 38:05 FLEW -- >> AND YOU RAN OUT OF GAS. 38:08 >> YEAH, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND I SAW MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS, 38:14 AND I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS. AND I LOOKED AROUND, AND I SAW 38:20 AN AIRSTRIP SO I LANDED THERE. I PARKED THE PLANE IN A HANGAR. 38:26 I SAW A PAY ZONE. I DIALED ZERO, I HEARD A WOMAN 38:30 ANSWER, AND I SAID WHERE AM I? SHE WAS REALLY SHOCKED? 38:34 SHE SAID DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT? 38:36 I SAID NO, I DON'T. SHE SAID YOU ARE IN TRAIL 38:41 BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND THEN I KNEW I WAS IN CANADA. 38:44 >> I HAVE TO GIVE YOU POINTS FOR INGENUITY. 38:50 MOST PEOPLE TAKE A BIKE, MAKE A MOTORCYCLE, MAYBE A CAR, BUT YOU 38:57 TOOK A PLANE. >> I TOOK A PLANE. 38:59 THE POLICE PICKED ME UP AND PUT ME IN JAIL. 39:03 THEY CALLED MY MOM. AND THANK THE LORD THEY DIDN'T 39:09 CHARGE ME. I WENT BACK TO THE STATE. 39:12 FINISHED COLLEGE. MOVED TO RUSSIA, AND IN THE 39:16 MIDDLE OF RUSSIA I BEGAN TO PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR MY PAST 39:21 SINS. I REMEMBERED THE PLANE. 39:25 I MADE RESTITUTION TO WALL LAWAL LA, THEY FORGAVE ME. 39:32 MY PARENTS FORGAVE ME. >> WHAT KIND OF PLANE? 39:38 CESSNA? >> YEAH, 152 -- 150 ACTUALLY. 39:46 SO WHAT YOU SOW YOU WILL REAP. I SOWED BADNESS, AND I REAPED 39:52 BEING BARRED FROM CANADA. TODAY I'M WANTING TO SEW THE 39:57 SPIRIT SO I CAN GAIN ENTRY. >> CAN YOU GET IN NOW AT THIS 40:01 POINT IN YOUR LIFE? >> YES. 40:04 THE FIRST TIME BACK IN CANADA WAS THIS YEAR. 40:08 I ASKED THEM WILL THEY STOP ME NEXT TIME? 40:12 AND THEY SAID WE'LL MAKE A NOTE, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING 40:16 YOU ARE IN THE SYSTEM FOREVER. AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY STOPPED ME 40:20 AGAIN, AND AGAIN QUESTIONED ME. >> IT'S OUT OF THE BOOKS OF 40:24 HEAVEN, BUT IT'S STILL IN THE BOOKS IN CANADA. 40:28 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GREAT STORY. 40:30 ALL RIGHT WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW? 40:32 >> SO THE REASON WE'RE HERE, OF COURSE IS TO REMIND VIEWERS OF 40:36 THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERINGS WHICH IS COLLECTED ONCE A YEAR, 40:40 AND THE NEXT VIDEO IS TALKING ABOUT THAT. 40:42 >> ALL RIGHTY. ♪ 40:48 >> I JUST LOVE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS, PUTTING CHRIST METHOD 40:52 OF MINISTRY INTO PRACTICE, THEY ARE STARTING NEW GROUPS OF 40:56 BELIEVERS, OFTEN IN VERY CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE WORLD. 40:59 AND THEY TEACH ME ABOUT SACRIFICE, ABOUT COMMITMENT, AND 41:03 THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERING IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP 41:07 SUPPORT THESE PIONEERS. A BASIC LIVING STIPEND, PROVIDED 41:11 A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, FOOD ON THEIR TABLE, AND BASIC RESOURCES 41:16 IN THEIR HANDS, AND THINGS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION -- A BASIC 41:20 BIKE MAKES ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A PIONEER. 41:26 IT CAN SAVE A LOT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 41:30 CONTINUING SUPPORT OF GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS THROUGH THE 41:34 ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERINGS. ♪ 41:38 >> THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER PROGRAM IS HARD OF ADVENTISTS' 41:45 MISSION AND GOAL OF REACHING PEOPLE IN PRACTICAL WAYS. 41:49 THEY ARE LOCAL MEMBERS WHO WORK IN THEIR OWN CULTURES. 41:53 THEY DO NOT FACE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT MISSIONARIES MAY 42:00 ENCOUNTER. >> I WALK, AND SO HARD FOR ME. 42:02 >> 48 OF THE 2,500 MISSIONARIES ARE IN BANG -- BANGLADESH. 42:17 THE MAJORITY ARE MEN, BUT FOUR ARE WOMEN. 42:22 THE YOUNGEST GNP'S ARE IN THEIR 30S, WHILE THE OLDEST ARE IN 42:27 THEIR 60S. SOME HAVE SERVED FOR A YEAR, 42:31 WHILE OTHERS HAVE SERVED FOR MORE THAN 20. 42:33 LIFE IS HARD, WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, DEEPLY ROOTED 42:43 TRADITIONS, AND YET THEY EXPRESS THEIR FAITH IN PRACTICAL WAYS. 42:53 WALKING THE LONG DISTANCES AS THEY VISIT INTERESTED PEOPLE 42:57 TAKES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME, TIME THAT COULD BETTER BE 43:01 SPENT WITH THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMU 43:07 COMMUNITIES. 43:15 >> THE ANSWER TO THIS CHALLENGE CAME IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL 43:18 FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 43:26 BANGLADESH GNP'S GATHERED AT THE MISSION IN DHAKA FOR A DAY OF 43:31 TRAINING, AND TO CELEBRATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BICYCLES 43:36 THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR MISSION MORE COMPLETE. 43:53 THANKS TO THESE GIFTS, THE JOURNEY FOR THESE GMP'S WILL 43:57 FOREVER BE SHORTER, AND THE MEMORY F O YOUR SUPPORT FOR 44:01 THEIR MINISTRY WILL GO WITH THEM. 44:04 >> THANK YOU. 44:13 >> THANK YOU! >> THANK YOU! 44:15 >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER 44:19 PROGRAM, GO TO WWW.ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG, AND 44:24 CLICK ON GLOBAL MISSION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR 44:29 PROVIDING THESE BICYCLES FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS, SO THAT THESE 44:33 BICYCLES, IT CAN BE USED FOR THESE MINISTRIES. 44:38 >> AMEN. GENTLEMEN WALK ME THROUGH 44:43 SOMETHING, EVERY SABBATH THERE IS A MISSIONS OFFERING ENVELOPE. 44:49 AND THEN THERE IS A 13TH SABBATH OFFERING. 44:53 THEN WE HAVE A GLOBAL MISSION OFFERING, WHICH COMES IN THE 44:56 LAST QUARTER OF EACH YEAR. AS FAR AS EMPHASIS OR FOCUS, 45:04 WALK US THROUGH THAT. >> RIGHT. 45:06 THE MISSION OFFERINGS THAT ARE COLLECTED EVERY -- EVERY WEEK, 45:09 THEY GO TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL MISSION WORK OF THE CHURCH. 45:12 THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF MISSIONARIES TO BE 45:16 SENT TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. 45:18 THEY HELP RUN HOSPITALS, AND CLINICS, AND SUPPORT REGIONS OF 45:25 THE WORLD THAT AREN'T AS FINANCIALLY BLESSED AS WE ARE. 45:28 IT MAY GO TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT TO HELP BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR 45:34 RENOVATE A HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 45:36 AND THAT IS PART OF THE OFFERING, EVERY 13TH SABBATH 45:42 GOES TO THAT. GLOBAL MISSION FUNDS ARE 45:48 SPECIFICALLY FOR CHURCH PLANTS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT 45:52 WITH GLOBAL MISSION. WE'RE STARTING NEW GROUPS OF 45:57 BELIEVERS, AND NEW PEOPLE GROUPS AND IN NEW GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. 46:04 AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR GLOBAL MISSION CENTERS, WHICH 46:07 HAVE DEDICATED TO HELP US BUILD BRIDGES TO PEOPLE FROM OTHER 46:12 RELIGIONS AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF THOUGHT. 46:13 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN GLOBAL MISSION HAS THE GOAL OF STARTING 46:17 NEW GROUPS OF BELIEVERS. >> THERE IN LIES THE DIFFERENCE. 46:22 THE REGULAR OFFERINGS CAN GO TO BUTTRESS OR SUPPORT WORK THAT 46:29 EXISTS. AND GLOBAL MISSION WORK IS NE 46:32 WORK IN NEW AREAS. >> EXACTLY. 46:37 >> WE HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO. >> YES, THIS IS A MUSIC VIDEO. 46:42 AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT ON OUR OWN MISSION AS 46:48 WE LISTEN TO THIS, AND MAYBE A TIME FOR PRAYER, PERHAPS. 46:52 ♪ 47:02 ♪ CURRENTLY I FEEL SO SMALL ♪ ♪ ALL THE DAY MY TRIALS THEY 47:10 THREATEN [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ BY FOCUSING [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 47:14 ♪ BECAUSE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DAY WHEN YOU HAVE NOT COME 47:19 THROUGH ♪ ♪ [ INAUDIBLE ] MAKES IT KNOWN 47:21 THAT YOU APPROVE THAT YOU ARE NEVER JUST ENOUGH ♪ 47:29 ♪ YOU ARE MORE, IF ONLY MY STRENGTH, THEN YOURS ♪ 47:45 ♪ [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 48:07 ♪ YOUR LOVE HAS NEVER LET ME STAY WORRIED AND [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 48:15 ♪ I USE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I'M IN ♪ 48:21 ♪ YOU REMOVE THE MOUNTAIN IN MY WAY ♪ 48:26 ♪ [ INAUDIBLE ] WHEN I SING OUT -YOUR NAME ♪ ♪ YOU ARE NEVER JUST ENOUGH ♪ 48:31 ♪ YOU ARE MORE ♪ ♪ 48:45 [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE ♪ 48:53 ♪ AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVE IS TIMELESS ♪ 49:09 ♪ YOU'LL ALWAYS BE TO ME, MY CHOSEN SPHERE IN LIFE ♪ 49:18 ♪ YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT IS GREAT ♪ 49:28 ♪ FOREVER THE SAME ALWAYS ♪ ♪ [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU'LL NEVER 49:38 CHANGE ♪ ♪ AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FOREVER 49:50 THE SAME ALWAYS ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE ♪ 50:28 >> GARY SAID SOMETHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SONG, PERHAPS 50:32 YOU HAVE USED THIS THE LAST SEVERAL MOMENTS JUST TO THINK 50:35 ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT, OR MINE YOU HAVE BEEN 50:40 IMPRESSED TO GO ITO MISSION SERVICE YOURSELF. 50:42 THIS IS AN AREA THAT COULD USE YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL 50:47 SUPPORT. SHOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE CONTACT 50:50 WITH GLOBAL MISSION HERE IS ANY INFORMATION YOU ARE GOING TO 50:53 NEED. ADVENTIST MISSIONS, 12501 OLD 50:59 COLUMBIA PIKE, SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND. 51:06 THAT'S THE CONTACT INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. 51:08 USE THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN WELL SEE, THIS IS AN AREA OF 51:14 WORK THAT DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT. THIS IS FRONT LINE WORK. 51:17 GOING WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE. 51:19 DOING WHAT NO ONE HAS DONE BEFORE, IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY, 51:24 TO LIFT UP TO THE NAME OF JESUS. ANDREW YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR 51:31 US? >> YEAH, ONE OF THE STORIES THAT 51:33 REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART WAS A YOUNG MAN NIKOLAI. 51:40 HE LIVES IN A COUNTRY THAT IS VERY HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANS, AND 51:45 IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN, YOU RISK BEING IMPRISONED OR KILED. 51:50 AND THIS MAN, HE IS 20 YEARS OLD. 51:52 HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO SERVE JESUS. 51:55 SO HE THOUGHT WHAT CAN I DO? I'M ONLY 20. 51:58 AND HE FOUND OUT THAT THE ADVENTIST CHURCH SUPPORTS A 52:03 SCHOOL OF MASSAGE. DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GIVE 52:07 MISSION OFFERINGS, IT MIGHT GO TO THE SCHOOL? 52:11 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HERE. 52:13 HERE. >> WE FOUND THAT THEY CAN TEACH 52:16 MASSAGE THERAPY TO ADVENTISTS, AND THEY ARE USE MASSAGE THERAPY 52:22 IN THE COMMUNITIES. SO NIKOLAI CAME TO THE SCHOOL, 52:27 WENT BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY, AND PUT ON FACEBOOK. 52:32 I'M A MASS -- MASSAGE THERAPIST. 52:38 AND HE GOT A CALL FROM A MOTHER WHO SAID HER SON NEEDED HELP. 52:44 SHE EXPLAINED THE SITUATION. AND HE SAID THAT'S A SERIOUS 52:48 CASE. I'M JUST A BEGINNER. 52:50 I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. MOM SAID PLEASE JUST COME LOOK. 52:55 NIKOLAI COULDN'T REFUSE SO HE WENT OVER TO THE HOUSE. 52:58 WHEN HE SAW THE BOY IT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN HE IMAGINED. 53:02 AND HE SAID I'M SORRY, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. 53:07 AND THE MOM SAID, PLEASE, ANYTHING. 53:09 NOBODY WANTS TO HELP MY BOY. YOU ARE MY LAST HOPE. 53:13 SO NIKOLAI THOUHT, AND HE SAID, OKAY, FINE. 53:17 I'LL HELP UNDER ONE CONDITION. MOM SAID WHAT IS THAT? 53:20 HE SAID I'M A CHRISTIAN. THAT WAS A BIG THING TO SAY. 53:25 AND THE MOM HEARD THAT. SHE THOUGHT, OH, OKAY. 53:28 AND HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, BUT LET ME PRAYER 53:34 BEFORE EVERY MASSAGE SESSION TO GOD, MAYBE WE'LL GIVE ME THE 53:38 WISDOM TO HELP YOUR BOY. SO HE PRAYED AND BEGAN TO DO 53:42 MASSAGE. ON THE THIRD SESSION, THE BOY'S 53:45 FATHER WAS AT THE HOUSE, AN THE FATHER WATCHED AS NIKOLAI DID 53:49 THE MASSAGE AND ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND NIKOLAI FOUND OUT 53:52 THAT THE FATHER WAS A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. 53:55 >> OH, WOW. >> THIS WAS SERIOUS. 53:59 NIKOLAI KNEW HE COULDN'T LIE. HIS LIFE WAS AT RISK. 54:02 AND HE JUST SAID, LOOK, I DON'T HAVE THE WISDOM, YOUR WIFE 54:08 AGREED I COULD PRAY, SO I'M PRAYING FOR GOD TO HELP ME TREAT 54:12 YOUR SON. THE FATHER SAID FINE. 54:15 KEEP DOING YOUR PRAYERS. AND SO HE DID. 54:18 THE PRAYERS ARE -- THE PRAYERS CONTINUED, THE MASSAGE 54:22 CONTINUED, A FEW SESSIONS LATER, THE MAN WAS GIVING MASSAGE AND 54:26 THERE WAS A PHONE CALL. HE COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ON THE 54:29 PHONE, BUT HE COULD SEE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. 54:33 BECAUSE THE OFFICIAL WAS HOME ANOTHER THE TIME. 54:35 HE PUT ON HIS CLOTHING, GRABBED HIS GUN AND RUSHED TO THE DOOR. 54:42 NIKOLAI SAID, I CAN SEE THIS IS A BIG EMERGENCY. 54:45 LET ME PRAY WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 54:47 AND THE FATHER AGREED. >> WOW. 54:49 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE? NIKOLAI IS STILL DOING MASSAGE 54:54 TO THIS BOY. HE IS NOW ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT 54:57 HIS PARENTS NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. 54:59 AND THEY ARE JUST REALLY HAPPY. AND THE FATHER HAS GONE TO HIS 55:04 WORKPLACE AND TOLD THE OTHER OFFICIALS I HAVE THE BEST 55:08 MASSAGE THERAPIST IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD TRY HIM. 55:11 AND TODAY HE IS GIVING MASSAGE TO ALL THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT 55:15 OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTRY. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON WHO 55:20 SAYS USE ME. IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER TALENT 55:24 GOD HAS GIVEN HIM AND JUST GOES WITH PRAYER. 55:27 >> AMEN. AMEN. 55:29 AND AMEN. THIS IS WHY WE GET SO EXCITED 55:32 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GLOBAL MISSION. 55:34 IT'S OPENING UP WORK IN BRAND NEW AREAS, AND YOU GET TO SEE 55:38 GOD WORK IN VERY SPECIAL WAYS TOED A -- TO ADVANCE HIS CAUSE. 55:45 THAT IS A GREAT, GREAT STORY. AGAIN, 12501 OLD COLUMBIA PIKE. 55:52 MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GLOBAL MISSION DEPARTMENT. 55:56 SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING GREAT WORK FOR THE LORD. 56:03 AND THESE ARE THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT ARE TAKING THE 56:06 WORK INTO NEW PARTS OF THE WORLD. 56:09 WE THNK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING GENTLEMEN. 56:12 WELL DONE. GOOD INFORMATION. 56:16 WELL DELIVERED. THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT 56:19 MAKES YOU GO FAT IN THE LORD, DARE I SAY, AND THAT YOU WANT TO 56:24 HEAR MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF. MISSION 360 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 56:29 HERE ON 3ABN. IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM TO WATCH. 56:32 YOU WILL COME AWAY IMPRESSED, INSPIRED, ENTHUSED AND 56:37 ENCOURAGED, KNOWING THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU. 56:40 HE IS SUPPORTING THIS WORK, AND WHEN YOU JOIN IN THIS WORK, YOU 56:44 ARE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF GOD. OUR TIME HAS FAST SLIPPED INTO 56:51 ETERNITY. ALLOW ME NOW TO WISH YOU BOTH 56:53 GRACE AND PEACE THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 56:58 KEEP ON SERVING, LOVING, AND WORKING, AND SOON, VERY SOON, 57:05 JESUS WILL COME. GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS. 57:08 ♪ |
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