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00:03 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:09 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:17 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS HEAL UP 00:35 HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:38 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:50 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:08 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE, THIS IS A 01:12 LIVE PROGRAM. WE'RE COMING TO HERE FROM WEST 01:17 FRANKFORT SLASH THOMPSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 01:21 US AS YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING PROGRAM 01:26 THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A LOT OF VIDEO ROLLS, 16 01:29 IN NUMBER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MISSIONS. 01:32 I REMEMBER AS A CHILD IN SABBATH SCHOOL, WE WOULD SING A LITTLE 01:35 SONG THAT WOULD SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES LIKE THE BOAT 01:39 GOES SAILING TO THE MISSION LAND. 01:41 REMEMBER THAT? >> I DO. 01:44 >> THE PLANE, THE TRAIN -- >> THE BOAT. 01:46 >> THE BOAT. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:50 AND THEN MY MOM, A BOOK CAME OUT-CALLED "TOMMY GOES TO AFRICA," AND MY MOM WOULD READ THAT TO ME 02:01 ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY THAT WOULD GO TO AFRICA. 02:05 >> THE BOOK CAME OUT BEFORE YOU WERE BORN? 02:08 >> DID IT, REALLY? THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 02:12 BUT MISSIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT 3ABN IS 02:16 ALSO ALL ABOUT. SPREADING THE GOSPEL AROUND THE 02:20 WORLD, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME AMAZING STORIES THIS 02:25 EVENING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 02:28 WHEN DANNY SHELTON WAS INSPIRED BY GOD TO BUILD 3ABN, THAT IS 02:37 THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, WHICH WE ARE 02:42 PROUD TO BE A PART OF. OUR GUESTS TONIGHT ARE ADVENTIST 02:52 MISSION, BUT THEIR GOAL IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 02:55 >> AMEN. >> THIS MESSAGE, FOUND IN THIS 02:59 BOOK, TO A LOST AND DIEING WORLD. 03:01 AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE EACH ONE OF YOU HERE. 03:06 PASTOR GARY KRAUSE YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF ADVENTIST MISSION, 03:09 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 03:13 >> YOU HAVE BEEN COMING TO 3ABN -- 03:15 >> FOR DECADES. >> YOU STARTED OUT AS A VERY 03:20 YOUNG CHILD. [ LAUGHTER ] 03:22 >> I REMEMBER RUNNING THE CAMERA HERE AT 3ABN AND YOU WERE DOING 03:27 AT THAT POINT, GLOBAL MISSION, AND YOU WERE COMING WITH MIKE 03:32 RYAN. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:34 >> I THINK IT IS REALLY NEAT, THOUGH, HOW GOD HAS SUSTAINED 03:38 GOBLE MISSION THROUGH ALL OF THESE YEARS, AND WHAT A 03:42 TREMENDOUS IMPACT. SO YOU ARE A PASTOR. 03:46 >> YES. >> AND YOU ARE DIRECTING 03:48 ADVENTIST MISSION. >> CORRECT. 03:50 >> FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T FOLLOWED 3ABN, THIS MIGHT BE THE 03:54 FIRST TIME THEY HAVE MET YOU. >> I WAS BORN IN FIJI, WHERE MY 04:00 PARENTS WERE MISSIONARIES. >> LOOK AT THAT. 04:02 >> AND THEY ARE HAVE THE AUSTRALIAN, SO I'M AUSTRALIAN. 04:06 AND 20-SOMETHING YEARS AGO I GOT CALLED TO WORK WITH MIKE RYAN IN 04:10 GLOBAL MISSION, AND HERE I AM. >> DID ADVENTIST MISSION BEGIN 04:14 AS GLOBAL MISSION? >> WE STARTED WITH GOBLE 04:18 MISSION, AND WE STILL HAVE GLOBAL MISSION, BUT WE CARE FOR 04:24 GLOBAL MISSION AND MISSION AWARENESS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF 04:29 ADVENTIST MISSION. >> OKAY. 04:31 AND YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER AND WIFE LIVE NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. 04:38 >> YEAH, BUT WE STILL CALL AUSTRALIA OUR HOME. 04:42 >> WE JUST CAME FROM THERE. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 04:45 >> AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE. >> THEY TREATED YOU RIGHT? 04:47 >> OH, THEY WERE SO HOSPITABLE, AND WE WANT TO GIVE A GREETING 04:54 TO THOSE THAT WE MET IN AUSTRALIA, AND KNOW THAT W LOVE 04:57 YOU AND WE PRAY FOR YOU. AND SITTING NEXT TO YOU IS RICK 05:01 KAJIURA -- I HOPE I GOT YOUR LAST NAME RIGHT, YOU ARE THE 05:08 COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR. >> YEAH, I DIRECT THE 05:12 COMMUNICATION TEAM, SO. >> AMEN. 05:14 >> SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 05:17 SO WE HVE TWO VIDEO PRODUCERS, A COUPLE MAGAZINE EDITORS AND 05:23 SOME EDITORIAL STAFF THAT HELP PRODUCE THINGS, PLUS PROJECT 05:28 MANAGERS. >> FANTASTIC. 05:29 >> SO WE HAVE A FAIR TEAM IN COMMUNICATION. 05:32 >> SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 16 ROLLS THAT WE WERE GETTING READY-TO SEE, WERE YOU BEHIND THOSE. 05:39 >> YEAH, THE PRODUCERS DO THE REAL HARD WORK ON THE GROUND, 05:44 BUT YEAH. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A PART 05:48 OF ADVENTIST MISSION. >> FOR 18 YEARS NOW. 05:51 >> AMEN. >> WOW. 05:52 >> YOU HAVE BEEN COMING TO 3ABN -- 05:55 >> LONGER THAN THAT. I WORKED FOR THE GENERAL 05:59 CONFERENCE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THAT. 06:03 AND I USED TO COME OUT WHEN THEY STARTED AN EARLY NEWS PROGRAM, 06:07 AND THAT WAS WHEN MIKE RYAN FIRST GAME TO THE GC, WHEN 06:11 GLOBAL MISSION STARTED, AND HE STARTED DOING MORE OF THE GLOBAL 06:15 MISSION PROJECTS. >> AMEN. 06:18 >> AMEN. SO FAMILY? 06:20 YOU HAVE CHILDREN? >> YEAH I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. 06:25 I GREW UP IN CANADA, ACTUALLY. AND THEN I MARRIED AN 06:30 AUSTRALIAN -- >> MORE AUSTRALIANS. 06:34 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S GREAT. 06:35 BUT SHE ONLY LIVED ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE SHE 06:39 LEFT WITH HER PARENTS TO INDIA, WHERE THEY WERE LONG-TIME 06:44 MISS MISSIONARIES. 06:48 HER PARENTS SPENT ABOUT 25 YEARS IN INDIA. 06:51 >> I'M NOTICING THERE IS A COMMON THREAD HERE. 06:55 >> AMEN. AMEN. 06:57 >> PRESSURE IS ON, PASTOR DOUG. >> AND SITTING NEXT TO YOU IS 07:02 DOUG VENN. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU 07:05 HEAR AS WELL. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 07:08 I FEEL LIKE THIS IS HOME, BECAUSE 3ABN HAS BEEN AIRING THE 07:13 TV SHOW "I WANT THE CITY" THAT I HOSTED. 07:17 >> AND WE GET A GREAT RESPONSE FROM THAT PROGRAM. 07:25 WITH BOTH OF YOUR PROGRAMS. PEOPLE CALL IN AND WRITTEN, 07:30 EMAIL, THAT HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE PROGRAMS. 07:33 >> AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE? 07:35 >> IT IS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME TO BE HERE 07:38 IN THE HEARTLAND OF THE U.S. >> IT'S HARVEST TIME HERE WITH 07:45 CORN AND SOYBEANS AND COMBINES IN THE FIELD. 07:50 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF YEAR, AND IT'S A GREAT REMINDER OF 07:56 WHAT MISSIONARY WORK IS ALL ABOUT, AND THAT IS THE GET 07:59 HARVEST. >> DO YOU HAVE FAMILY? 08:03 >> I DO. WE WERE IN THAILAND, AND THE 08:08 PHILIPPINES, WE WERE THERE FUNDED BY THINK WORLD CHURCH. 08:11 OUR FAMILY WAS ABLE TO BE THERE A DECADE, AND THERE WE WERE 08:17 CHURCH PLANTING IN BANGKOK, THAILAND, SO IF YOU WERE TO COME 08:22 TO MY HOUSE, YOU WOULD MEET MY LOVELY BRIDE, WHO WE HAVE BEEN 08:30 MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS, AND I HAVE A SON AND A DAUGHTER. 08:36 AND WE HAVE TWO CATS FROM BAN 08:42 BANGKOK, THAILAND. >> ARE THEY REALLY? 08:45 >> YES, THAT'S PART OF THE MISSION CONTINUES TO CARRY ON IN 08:50 OUR HEART. >> THESE GUYS WERE JUST 08:53 STRAYS -- >> IN ONE SENSE -- 08:55 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S QUITE A PLANE RIDE FOR 08:59 THEM. >> THAT'S TRUE, WE BROUGHT THEM 09:01 FROM THAILAND TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THEN TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 09:09 WHERE I NOW WORK AT THE GC. >> WOW. 09:10 I KNOW YOU HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU WANT TO READ. 09:11 BUT I WANT TO ASK, WHY IS MISSIONS IMPORTANT? 09:15 I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU SPENT MANY YEARS, YOUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN 09:20 INVOLVED IN MISSIONS. WHY IS MISSION WORK SO 09:22 IMPORTANT? >> IT'S THE REASON THAT WE ARE 09:25 HERE. WE COULD HAVE A NICE COZY 09:30 COUNTRY CLUB WHERE WE COME TOGETHER ON SABBATH MORNING AND 09:35 THEN GO HOME AGAIN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. 09:40 WE'RE HERE TO SHARE THE WORD OF GOD. 09:42 >> SO BY YOU SAYING WE, WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE PERSON AT HOME 09:46 OR US FIVE ON THE SET? >> NO, NO, EVERYONE. 09:51 >> SO SOME IN THEIR HOMES ARE SAYING, I'M IN MY OWN HOUSE A 09:55 LITTLE APARTMENT BUILDING. I CAN BE A MISSIONARY? 09:59 >> WELL, OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES PREVENTED BY 10:04 LOGISTICS, HEALTH, OR WHATEVER, CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE CAN BE A 10:08 MISSIONARY TO THE PERSON NECK DOOR, AND SUPPORT MISSION 10:13 THROUGH OUR PRAYERS, MISSION OFFERINGS, WHATEVER. 10:16 WE CAN BE A PARTICIPANT EVEN IF WE ARE HEALTH BOUND. 10:20 >> WELL SAID. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON WHY 10:24 MISSIONS ARE IMPORTANT. >> I'M PASSIONATE THAT I BELIEVE 10:30 GOD HAS CALLED US, AND LIKE GARY WAS SAYING, THIS IS WHY WE 10:35 EXIST. AND THE SCRIPTURE THAT MOTIVATES 10:38 ME IS FROM REVOLUTION 14, WHERE THE THREE ANGELS ARE TAKING THE 10:48 EVERY-LASTING GOSPEL TO EVERY NATION, TONGUE, AND PEOPLE. 10:56 AND WHETHER THAT'S HERE OR AT HOME, OR UNREACHED LANGUAGE 11:02 GROUPS, THAT'S WHY WE EXIST. >> AMEN. 11:04 >> AND TO ME MISSION IS -- IF YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING GOOD, 11:09 YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU NOT SHARE IT? 11:12 PEOPLE SAY YOU GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT NUMBERS AND -- YOU KNOW, 11:15 IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOOD, AND YOU REALLY BELIEVE WHAT THE 11:21 ADVENTIST CHURCH TEACHES, HOW CAN YOU NOT SHARE IT? 11:24 >> AMEN. IT'S ABOUT JESUS. 11:30 IF YOU TRULY FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS, YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT. 11:34 >> AMEN. >> THE SCRIPTURE I'M GOING TO 11:37 SHARE GOES ALONG PERFECTLY WITH YOURS. 11:40 THIS ONE IS FROM MATTHEW 28:18-20, THE GREAT COMMISSION. 11:48 JESUS CAME AND SPOKE TO THEM SAYING -- THIS IS NEW KING 11:52 JAMES -- HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. 12:00 GO THEREFORE. TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL 12:07 THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, AND KNOW I AM WITH YOU 12:13 ALWAYS, EVEN UNTIL THE E EBB -- END OF THE AGE. 12:18 SO TONIGHT AS YOU HEAR THE STORIES OF MISSION WORK ALL OVER 12:22 THE WORLD, I PRAY THAT YOUR HEART WILL BE TOUCHED TO SUPPORT 12:27 ADVENTIST MISSION, TO SUPPORT THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, THE LOVE OF 12:31 JESUS, GOING TO A LOST AND DIEING WORLD. 12:34 RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE EVEN GO TO THE FIRST ROLE. 12:38 I CAN'T TO PUT UP CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ADVENTIST 12:41 MISSION. IN JUST OVER TWO WEEK'S TIME IS 12:44 THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERING, THAT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 12:47 CHURCH DOES. THIS GOES TO SUPPORT MISSION 12:50 WORK AND MISSIONARIES, TO SUPPORT SPREADING THE GOSPEL 12:54 MESSAGE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT 12:57 THIS SPECIAL WORK, JUST -- I NEED TO FIND IT HERE. 13:01 YOU CAN CALL, 1-800-648-5824, OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE, THAT'S 13:19 ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG. AND I KNOW THAT -- NOT ONLY CAN 13:21 WE SUPPORT MISSION WORK WITH OUR PRAYERS, BUT WITH OUR FINANCES, 13:30 AND THAT HELPS THE GOSPEL GO THAT MUCH FURTHER. 13:33 >> AMEN. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ROLLS TO GO 13:36 TO. >> THE FIRST ONE IS TO THE 13:39 COUNTRY OF TAIWAN, AND WE VISIT AN INTERESTING CHURCH. 13:42 >> OKAY. SHOULD WE GO TO THAT NOW? 13:45 >> YES. >> IS THIS THE BUTTERFLY ONE? 13:47 >> YES. >> OH, THIS IS FUN. 13:50 >> EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OF BUTTERFLIES COME TO THE VALLEY 13:54 IN TAIWAN. THEY FLY HERE JUST BEFORE THE 13:57 WINTER IN SEARCH OF WARMTH TO SURVIVE THE COLDER MONTHS. 14:01 IN THIS VALLEY, THERE ARE MORE BUTTERFLIES THAN PEOPLE. 14:04 IN FACT THE LOCAL NATIVE COMMUNITY IS SMALL. 14:07 THERE ARE ONLY 600 PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. 14:10 THIS PERSON LIVES IN THE VALLEY, AS AN ARTIST HE WAS INSPIRED BY 14:14 GOD'S DESIGNS AND NATURE. TOURISTS ADMIRE HIS UNIQUE ART, 14:21 INCLUDING HIS FAVORITE PIECES WHICH ARE PATTERNED AFTER THE 14:26 BUTTERFLIES. HE HAS USED THESE WORKS TO COVER 14:32 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 14:40 HIS CHARMING AND COLORFUL METAL BUTTERFLIES HELP TO MAKE THIS 14:47 CHURCH STANDOUT. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THE METAL, 14:52 WOODEN OR CLOTH ORNAMENTS THAT MAKES THIS CHURCH KNOWN IN THE 14:57 COMMUNITY. EVERY DAY A GROUP OF LOCAL 15:00 ADVENTISTS START THE DAY WITH PRAYER. 15:03 THEY ASK GOD TO BLESS THEIR EFFORTS TO REACH THE PEOPLE 15:06 AROUND THEM, THEN THEY READ FROM GOD'S WORD AND STRETCH THEIR 15:10 MUSCLES TO BEGIN AN IMPORTANT MINISTRY. 15:13 TODAY THEY WILL COMPLETE THEIR 339TH LAP AROUND AND THROUGH THE 15:19 COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE CHURCH'S 15:23 BLOCK -- WALKING AND PRAYING MINISTRY. 15:27 THEY WALK FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. AS CHURCH MEMBERS POUR INTO THE 15:31 STREETS, THEY SMILE AND WARMLY GREET THEIR NEIGHBORS. 15:34 WHEN SOMEONE INVITES THEM INTO THEIR HOME, THEY PAUSE TO PRAY 15:38 FOR THE MANY WHO ARE IN NEED THERE, AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THE 15:43 HOME, THE PEOPLE FEEL BLESSED BY THESIS IT IS. 15:46 CHURCH MEMBERS ALSO STOP AT THEIR OWN HOMES FOR A SPECIAL 15:50 PRAYER. EACH MEMBER OF THE WALKING AND 15:54 PRAYING MINISTRY, ALSO HOST A SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY ON A 16:00 ROTATING BASIS. THEY PRAY FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS 16:02 WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE BIBLE. 16:04 THESE WALKING BUTTERFLIES POLLINATE THEIR COMMUNITY WITH 16:09 GOD'S LOVE. BECAUSE OF THIS MINISTRY, THE 16:12 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP HAS DOUBLED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. 16:16 MEMBERS HAVE ALSO GROWN CLOSER TO EACH OTHER. 16:21 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BUTTERFLY CHURCH, AND FOR THE CHRIST-LIKE 16:25 MINISTRY THEY DO HERE. ♪ 16:31 >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. I LIKE HOW THEY PUT THAT, THESE 16:36 WALKING BUTTERFLIES POLLINATING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 16:38 IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE PEOLE, AND THEY ARE PRAYER WALKING TOO. 16:42 >> YES. >> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING 16:45 OF -- WE HAVE 15 MORE TO GO TONIGHT OUT OF 16. 16:48 BUT IT GIVES PRACTICAL WAYS THAT WE CAN SHARE IN OUR OWN 16:54 COMMUNITY. WHAT AN IMPACT. 16:55 >> THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO IN THE 17:00 VIDEOS, AND GARY HAS SAID TO US, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FILM STORIES 17:04 THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, WE COULD DO THAT. 17:08 WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? SOMETHING THAT IS INSPIRATIONAL 17:15 FROM A RELIGIOUS SENSE, BUT ALSO A PRACTICAL SENSE. 17:21 >> YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN'T FLY OVERSEAS, OR DO ANY OF THAT, BUT 17:26 I CAN PRAY. WE ALL CAN PRAY. 17:28 WE ALL CAN REACH OUT. SO THAT'S VERY PRACTICABLE. 17:34 >> AND YOU NOTICE ALL OF THE KIDS THERE TOO. 17:38 ALL AGES IS IMPORTANT TOO, ISN'T IT? 17:42 >> VITALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT THE CHURCH FOR MY AGE, 17:47 IT'S THE CHURCH FOR ALL AGES. >> THE SABBATH IS A SPECIAL 17:51 SABBATH IN THAT IT IS CREATION SABBATH, AND WE REMEMBER THAT 17:55 GOD CREATED THE WORLD, AND CREATED US, AND SO ADVENTIST 18:00 CHURCHES AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE FOCUSING ON CREATION THIS 18:03 SABBATH. THERE ARE RESOURCES -- CAN I SAY 18:08 GOOGLE? >> YES. 18:10 >> YOU WILL FIND RESOURCES AND NICE VIDEO AND FILMS OUT THERE. 18:15 WE DIDN'T DO THEM, BUT THE CHURCH CENTER THAT FOCUSES ON 18:21 CREATIONISM AND SCIENCE AND GEOLOGY AND ALL OF THAT, AND 18:24 LOOKS AT IT. >> FANTASTIC. 18:26 DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, PASTOR DOUG. 18:29 >> LATER. [ LAUGHTER ] 18:31 >> HE PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> SHALL WE GO TO THE NEXT ROLL? 18:35 >> YES. >> WHAT IS THIS? 18:38 >> THIS IS THE FAULKLAND EYE LACKEDS. 18:51 >> THESE ISLANDS ARE AN ESTEEMED ARCHIPELAGO. 19:00 THEY OFTEN FACE SEVERE WEATHER, SUCH AS SLEET AND SNOW, VERY LOW 19:06 TEMPERATURES, AND HIGH-SPEED WINDS THAT BLOW ALL YEAR. 19:13 ♪ >> THE PEOPLE ARE ALSO ISOLATED. 19:15 THEY ARE SO FAR OFF OF THE MAP, THAT IT IS ONE OF THE CLOSEST 19:22 CITIES TO ANTARCTICA. HOW CAN THE GOOD NEWS REACH SUCH 19:29 AN ISOLATED PEOPLE? IN 2012, LEONARD AND LINDA, A 19:37 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MISSIONARY COUPLE ARRIVED IN THE FAULKLAND 19:44 ISLANDS. THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE LITTLE OR 19:46 NO INTEREST IN RELIGION. THE CHURCHES REMAIN PRACTICALLY 19:52 EMPTY. MANY SPENT THEIR LIVES WITHOUT 19:54 EVER ATTENDING A CHURCH. BESIDES THE NEED TO ADAPT, 20:00 LEONARD AND LINDA HAD TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO PRESENT THE 20:04 LOVE OF JESUS TO FAULKLANDERS IN A SENSITIVE WAY. 20:09 >> Translator: I THINK THE WAY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL IN A PLACE 20:13 THAT IS NOT SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS, RATHER I WOULD SAY 20:17 THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE SPIRITUAL, BUT NOT RELIGIOUS -- IS THROUGH 20:23 POSITIVE ACTIONS. WE TRY TO PRACTICE LOVE, 20:28 GOODWILL, AND MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS TO WIN THEIR HEARTS, AND 20:31 WHEN WE ARE ASKED, WE CAN THEN EXPLAIN THE THINGS. 20:39 >> LEONARD AND LINDA KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REACH PEOPLE IS 20:43 BY FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLE. THEY MINGLE BY SHOWING INTEREST 20:48 IN THE PEOPLE, AND MAKE FRIENDS AS THEY CARE OF THEIR 20:54 WELL-BEING. >> Translator: WE LOOK FOR MANY 20:58 WAYS WHERE WE CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. 21:01 I STARTED VOLUNTEERING AT A SENIOR HOME. 21:06 I PICK THEM UP FROM THE HOSPITAL, SERVE THEM A CUP OF 21:10 COFFEE OR TEA, AND PLAY SCRABBLE WITH THEM. 21:13 I WOULD VISIT THEM AS A PERSONAL FRIEND. 21:20 WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A TELEVISION MINISTRY. 21:23 INITIALLY, WE WANTED TO DO RADIO, BUT WE WERE OFFERED A TV 21:27 CHANNEL. SO WE ARE COMPILING TV PROGRAMS 21:30 FROM DIFFERENT ADVENTIST VIDEO MINISTRIES. 21:37 HERE, WE HAVE THE SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A TV CHANNEL. 21:41 WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 20 PROGRAMS THAT ARE FEATURED. 21:48 THEY ARE DEVOTIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, EXERCISE PROGRAMS, 21:53 PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, WILDLIFE, AND A NUMBER OF INTERESTING 21:57 SHOWS FOR THE VIEWERSHIP WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY. 22:02 >> LINDA IS AN EDUCATOR BY TRAINING, AS A SERVICE TO THE 22:06 COMMUNITY, SHE DECIDED TO OFFER ENGLISH CLASSES TO SOUTH 22:09 AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS LIVING ON THE ISLAND. 22:12 SHE OFTEN INVITES THE STUDENTS TO FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS AT 22:18 HER HOME. >> Translator: I TELL THEM I 22:21 WANT TO INVITE YOU TO A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY. 22:27 THIS WILL BE A RELIGIOUS MEETING, AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO 22:34 PARTICIPATE. IT'S NOT AN ENGLISH CLASS, BUT 22:39 IT WILL HELP YOUR ENGLISH LEARNING, AND MOST STUDENTS COME 22:45 AND CONTINUE COMING. 22:53 >> Translator: WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WORK IN THE FIELD OF 22:57 EDUCATION. I VOLUNTEERED AS A HIGH SCHOOL 23:00 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. THIS HAS OPENED DOORS FOR US. 23:04 IT ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE KNOWN AS GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE 23:09 WORKING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE ON THE ISLAND. 23:14 >> WHEN THEY BEGAN MISSION WORK IN THE FAULKLAND ISLANDS, THERE 23:18 WAS NO ESTABLISHED CENTER FOR THESE ACTIVITIES, SO THEY USED 23:22 THEIR OWN HOME. IN THEIR LIVING ROOM, THEY SANG, 23:25 TAUGHT, AND PRAYED FOR GOD TO BLESS THE PEOPLE, AND FOR AN 23:29 ADVENTIST PRESENCE TO BE ESTABLISHED HERE. 23:31 UNTIL RECENTLY, ONLY THE BRITISH COULD OWN PROPRTY ON THE 23:35 ISLANDS, BUT NOW LAWS HAVE CHANGED. 23:40 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH PURCHASED A HOUSE TO HOST A SEGMENT PROGRAM. 23:45 GOD ANSWERED LEONARD AND LINDA'S PRAYERS. 23:49 TODAY ANOTHER MISSIONARY COUPLE CARRIES ON THE WORK IN THE 23:53 FAULKLAND ISLANDS. THEY CONTINUE TO LABOR FOR SOULS 23:58 AS THEY GROW GOD'S FAMILY BY CHURCH PLANTING. 24:01 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE WORK IN THE FAULKLAND ISLANDS. 24:05 PRAY THAT THE LOVE OF JESUS WILL FILL THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE, 24:09 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ADVENTIST MISSION. 24:12 ♪ 24:18 >> AMEN. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. 24:20 >> OH, YEAH. >> HEARING WHAT GOD IS DOING 24:24 THERE. >> UH-HUH. 24:26 >> AND HOW DO PEOPLE -- HOW CAN THEY GO? 24:29 HOW CAN THEY -- WHO PAYS THEIR SALARY? 24:32 I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> WELL, IT COMES FROM THE TIES 24:37 AND THE MISSIONAL FRAMES OF CHURCH MEMBERS. 24:42 THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GO. 24:44 >> WHAT A BLESSING. GO AHEAD. 24:50 >> YOU SEE PENGUINS ON THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK MISSION 24:54 HAPPENS IN THE JUNGLES, BUT MISSION HAPPENS IN THE COLD 24:58 AREAS TOO. >> I LIKE IT. 25:04 ADVENTIST MISSION, GLOBAL MISSION, THE ENTIRE GLOBE. 25:07 >> THE SACRIFICE OFFERING WILL GO TO MISSIONARY WORK. 25:14 >> IT ACTUALLY GOES TO CHURCH PLANTINGS. 25:17 >> THAT'S EXCITING. >> YEAH, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE 25:21 THE FRONT LINE OFFERING, BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPORTING OPENING UP NEW 25:26 AREAS. >> SO MANY SOMEONE IS WATCHING 25:28 TONIGHT, THEY DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH TO DONATE? 25:32 >> YEAH, WE'RE NOT FUSSY. >> SO YOU KNOW THE CONTACT 25:36 INFORMATION, SWEETY. >> YES, WE WANT TO KEEP LETTING 25:39 YOU KNOW THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT. 25:41 AND YOU CAN SUPPORT AHEAD OF TIME. 25:44 GIVE THEM A CALL AT 800-648-5824, OR YOU CAN ALWAYS 25:55 DONATE ONLINE AT ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG. 26:00 AND JUST A SPECIAL PUSH IN PREPARATION FOR THE ANNUAL 26:04 SACRIFICE OFFERINGS ON NOVEMBER 10TH. 26:07 >> TERRIFIC. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ROLL WE'RE 26:10 GOING TO LOOK AT. >> YES, THIS IS GOING TO PAULAU, 26:19 WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANCE TO DOUG. >> YES, THAT IS WHERE WIFE AND I 26:26 MET. SO LET'S SEE HOW GOD IS WORKING 26:28 THERE NOW. >> AMEN. 26:30 ♪ >> FOR ME IN MY OWN SPIRITUAL 26:38 EXPERIENCE, I HAVE SEEN GOD WORK IN SO MANY INCREDIBLE WAYS. 26:42 I WOULD ONLY SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN A REAL CHRISTIAN FOR THE 26:45 PAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO MY EXPERIENCE BEING OUT 26:51 HERE IN PALAO. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN 26:59 HERE BEFORE, IT'S LIKE NATURE TIMES A HUNDRED. 27:05 IT'S SO PRISTINE, SO CALM, SO PEACEFUL, AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO 27:10 LOVING AND SO GIVING. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL MORE 27:14 AT HOME HERE THN I DO EVEN BACK HOME IN THE STATES WHERE I'M 27:18 FROM. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, 27:22 AND I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAPLAIN OF BOTH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 27:27 AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHILE TEACHING JUNIOR AND SENIOR [ INAUDIBLE ] 27:33 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. FOR ME THE THING THAT KEEPS ME 27:36 COMING BACK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KIDS AND I LOVE GETTING TO SEE 27:43 THEM GROW IN A SPIRITUAL WAY. ♪ 27:54 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS PROGRAMS WITH 27:58 THE SCHOOL, AND ESPECIALLY AS CHAPLAIN, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 28:02 SEE STUDENTS REALLY GETTING TO ENJOY KNOWING WHAT THE BIBLE HAS 28:06 TO SAY, AND TO HAVE BRAVERY WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING QUESTIONS 28:11 ABOUT THE BIBLE SO THEY CAN LEARN WHAT IT ACTUALLY HAS TO 28:18 SAY. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT CAN 28:20 COME UP FROM BEING HERE -- ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS DEFINITELY 28:24 COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE BACK HOME. 28:26 IT'S HARD TO STAY CONNECTED. AND YOU ARE KIND OF ON YOUR OWN 28:30 ON AN ISLAND, AND IT CAN BE HARD TO FIND PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN 28:35 TRUST, WHEN IT COMES TO FURTHERING YOUR SPIRITUAL 28:39 EXPERIENCE. SEEING HOW GOD HAS LEAD ME, AND 28:42 HELPED ME MAKE DECISIONS, AND THE PATH HE HAS PUT ME ON FOR 28:45 THE FUTURE, I CAN DEFINITELY SEE HE IS IN CONTROL OUT HERE. 28:54 ♪ >> I WAS SCARED TO BE THE 29:01 CHAPLAIN. I DIDN'T WANT THAT 29:02 RESPONSIBILITY. AND THINGS ENDED UP THAT I WAS 29:05 ABLE TO BECOME THE CHAPLAIN FOR MY SECOND YEAR COMING BACK, AND 29:08 I DIDN'T THINK I WAS READY, BUT I WAS READY TO SEE WHAT GOD 29:12 COULD DO THROUGH ME IN THAT POSITION. 29:14 THE PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE READY TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 29:18 THERE IS JUST VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEE WILLING TO COME 29:21 OUT HERE AND TO SERVE. JESUS FOUND HIS GREATEST 29:25 BLESSING IN SERVICE WHEN HE WAS HERE, AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT 29:28 HOW TO GET CLOSEST TO HIM, THAN OUR BEST BET IS TO GO OUT AND 29:34 SERVE THE WAY HE DID. ♪ 29:45 >> IF GOD CALLS ME TO STAY LONGER, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO 29:49 IT. ♪ 29:57 >> WOW THAT JUST GIVES ME HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. 30:02 I REALLY LIKED WHAT HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL MAYBE 30:07 READY TO TAKE ON THE CALL OF THE CHAPLAIN, OR NOT QUITE PREPARED. 30:12 THAT'S WHERE GOD IS. HE CALLS YOU. 30:15 HE EQUIPS YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, IF YOU 30:19 FEEL GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO SOMETHING, STEP OUT BY FAITH AND 30:24 GOD WILL PROVIDE. >> 30 YEARS AGO THIS IS WHERE MY 30:28 WIFE AND I SERVED AS STUDENT MISSIONARIES THERE AT THE 30:35 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE COREY WAS TEACHING. 30:43 SO IT WAS THRILLING TO SEE COREY'S EXAMPLE, AND IF YOUNG 30:48 PEOPLE, OR MAYBE SOME OF THE VIEWERS HAVE -- YOU KNOW, YOUNG 30:53 ADULTS WHO ARE ALSO CONSIDERING, THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT 30:57 MISSION PROGRAM AS WELL TODAY. >> FANTASTIC. 30:59 >> THIS REMINDS ME OF THE NEXT VIDEO, BECAUSE IT WAS THERE IN 31:07 PALAU THAT GOD PUT US ON THIS PROJECTRY, AND GUESS WHERE WE 31:14 LANDED? IN THAILAND. 31:16 SO THAT'S THE NEXT VIDEO. >> OKAY. 31:19 LET'S GO TO THAT NOW. ♪ 31:21 >> OKAY. YOU FIRST. 31:24 >> RIGHT NOW I'M IN GRADE 8. >> AND I'M IN GRADE 2. 31:29 >> I AM IN GRADE 5. >> I AM IN GRADE 9 AND I HAVE 31:34 BEEN HERE SINCE GRADE 1. >> MY IS FAVORITE SUBJECT IS 31:44 SCIENCE? >> MY FAVORITE IS ART. 31:46 >> WE LEARNED CODING AND TYPING. WE LEARNED TO TYPE FASTER. 31:51 >> THE SCHOOL BEGAN BECAUSE PARENTS WERE LOOKING FOR AN 31:58 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THAT COULD HELP THEIR CHILDREN WITH ENGLISH 32:02 PRIMARILY, AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 32:05 SYSTEM, SO THEY CAME AND ASKED US TO START A SCHOOL HERE. 32:08 >> WE STARTED WITH 16 CHILDREN. WE ONLY HAVE THESE TWO 32:14 CLASSROOMS HERE. >> THIS SCHOOL IS HERE TO LET 32:25 THEM KNOW ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. >> ONE THING THAT REALLY 32:27 IMPRESSED ME ABOUT THE STUDENTS, THEY WERE SO EAGER TO LEARN, NOT 32:28 ONLY ENGLISH, BUT THEY WERE SO EAGER TO LEARN SO MANY THINGS, 32:34 ESPECIALLY BIBLES. >> THEY TEACH US THE BIBLE. 32:39 AND I LIKE THE BIBLE. >> I COME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 32:42 [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> I HAVE LEARNED MANY THINGS. 32:45 WE ALSO READ THE BIBLE IN THE MORNING. 32:48 AS A TEACHER, I'M TRYING MY BEST TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE. 32:53 SO MY CONTRIBUTION IS THAT INTRODUCING GOD TO THESE YOUNG 32:59 GENERATION -- YOUNG LEADERS OF THAILAND. 33:03 >> MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT THEY DO NOT FORGET WHAT THEY 33:07 LEARNED, AND WHEREVER THEY GO LATER, THEY WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT 33:13 JESUS IN THEIR HEARTS. ♪ 33:18 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS SCHOOL MIGHT BE SMALL. 33:28 IT'S LIKE A NICE SMALL COMMUNITY. 33:31 >> WE PLAY TOGETHER. AND WE ARE KIND AND SHAE. 33:36 >> BECAUSE PARENTS FEEL THAT WE ARE GIVING THEIR CHILDREN 33:43 VALUES, WORKING HARD TO BUILD GOOD CHARACTER FOR THEM, I WOULD 33:45 ASK FOR THE WORLD COMMUNITY OR THE CHURCH COMMUNITY TO PRAY 33:49 THAT THOSE VALUES WILL BE VERY EFFECTIVE, AND THAT THEY WILL BE 33:55 OF A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE THAI COMMUNITY. 34:00 >> Translator: MY DAUGHTER IS MORE OF A LEADER THAN BEFORE. 34:03 NOW SHE CAN EXPLAIN HERSELF. SHE CAN DO MORE THAN BEFORE. 34:07 >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE. 34:12 >> I WANT A BIGGER SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PLACES TO PLAY 34:16 AND STUDY. >> WE ARE GROWING, AND IT IS 34:19 REALLY NOT ENOUGH NOW. WE ARE STRUGGLING -- RIGHT NOW 34:22 WE ARE SHARING A CLASSROOM WITH THE TEACHERS. 34:25 >> THE IDEA OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN THAILAND IS THAT IT IS 34:29 A VERY NICE PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO GO. 34:31 THE FACILITIES ARE NICE. OUR PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE 34:36 TEACH GOOD VALUES, BUT WHEN THEIR FRIENDS LOOK AT OUR 34:40 SCHOOL, THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF AN 34:44 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS DON'T WANT 34:47 TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY 34:51 NOT BEING REPRESENTATIVE. >> WE WOULD LIKE A NEW FACILITY, 34:57 BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING BIGGER. >> Translator: I FEEL VERY HAPPY 35:02 THAT WE WILL BE GETTING A NEW BUILDING. 35:05 WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL, NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THE 35:09 SCHOOL, IF WE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL, IT MEANS THAT WE ARE 35:14 SUPPORTING THE CHILDREN. >> EACH CLASS IS VERY SPECIAL, 35:17 AND I KNOW THAT GOD STARTED THIS SCHOOL, AND I BELIEVE HE 35:22 HANDPICKED EACH STUDENT TO BE HERE, AND HE WANTS THEM SAVED, 35:29 SO FOR ME, UNTIL JESUS COMES THIS WILL CONTINUE. 35:32 I'M SORRY. YEAH. 35:33 ♪ >> I LIKE THIS SCHOOL. 35:46 I WILL NEVER GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. 36:00 >> AMEN. YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE WHAT GOD 36:03 IS DOING THROUGH EDUCATION. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO GIVE 36:08 BIBLE STUDIES OR PREACH A SERMON. 36:11 WE CAN PRAY, LIKE ON THE FIRST CITY WITH THE BUTTERFLY, BUT WE 36:15 CAN EDUCATE, TEACH, AND SHARE JESUS AND THE GOSPEL THROUGH 36:21 THAT. THIS IS TRULY A MISSION SCHOOL. 36:23 IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT? >> A MISSION SCHOOL. 36:29 >> WAS ABOUT THAT CUTE THAT LITTLE GIRL AT THE END. 36:32 AND THE TEACHER SAID SHE HOPES THIS SCHOOL WITH CONTINUE UNTIL 36:37 JESUS COMES. >> I KNOW WHEN THE VIDEO GUYS GO 36:41 OUT, THEY LOVE GOING TO SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE SO MUCH 36:46 FUN. SOMETIMES THEY WILL BE OUT THERE 36:49 PLAYING SOCCER AND THEY WILL PUT THEIR CAMERA DOWN. 36:52 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> BUT THIS QUARTER WE HAVE A 36:55 SPECIAL EMPHASIS THAT WE CALL THE 13TH SABBATH. 37:00 THE 13TH SABBATH OF THAT QUARTER, CHURCHES AROUND THE 37:04 WORLD WILL COLLECT A SPECIAL OFFERING TO SUPPORT OUR PROJECT. 37:08 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS FOR THIS QUARTER. 37:14 SO THE 13TH SABBATH, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS TO HELP THOSE 37:20 KIDS HAVE A BIGGER SCHOOL. >> HOW MANY STUDENTS DO THEY 37:24 HAVE AT THE SCHOOL? >> I DO NOT KNOW. 37:26 >> BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF KIDS FROM THE CAMERA SHOT. 37:31 >> PASTOR GARY, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF NON-CHRISTIANS 37:36 THAT ATTEND -- >> I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 99% ARE 37:39 NOT CHRISTIAN. >> SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 37:42 >> 99%. >> ISN'T THAT AMAZING. 37:45 >> SO THAT IS A MISSION SCHOOL. >> THAT IS A MISSION SCHOOL. 37:50 >> UNBELIEVABLE. AND SOME OF THEM -- I HEAR THEM 37:54 SAY THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS. 37:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> PRAISE GOD, AND PRAISE THE 38:03 TEACHERS THAT ARE THERE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO 38:07 GLOBAL MISSION AND GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS. 38:10 WHAT ARE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS? 38:12 >> THEY ARE LAY PEOPLE. THEY ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME, 38:16 WHO ARE CALLED TO START A NEW CONGREGATION OF BELIEVERS, SO 38:24 THEY GO TO A NEW GROUP AND MINGLE WITH THE PEOPLE, THEY 38:28 SHOW SYMPATHY, THEY MINISTER TO THEIR NEEDS, THEY WIN THEIR 38:33 CONFIDENCE AND THEN THEY BID THEM TO FOLLOW JESUS. 38:37 THEY RECEIVE A VERY SMALL LIVING STIPEND, ENOUGH TO RENT A SMALL 38:44 ROOM, HAVE SOME FOOD ON THE TABLE AND THAT'S IT. 38:49 AND OUR NEXT VIDEO IS ABOUT A MISSION PIONEER. 38:55 >> LET'S GO THERE. >> THIS NOMADIC GROUP LIVE SO 39:04 REMOTELY, THAT THEY ALL PAUSE TO WATCH A SMALL PLANE FLY OVER. 39:10 FOR YEARS SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH REMOTE GROUPS HAS BEEN A 39:15 CHALLENGE. THEY FOLLOW THEIR LIVESTOCK AND 39:23 WANDER THE LAND TO SURVIVE. THEIR BEADS AND CLOTHING HAVE 39:27 DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS IN THEIR CULTURE. 39:29 THEY MOVE WITH THEIR CATTLE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE 39:33 PRACTICE LOCAL ETHNIC RELIGIONS. SO HOW DO YOU SHARE THE GOSPEL 39:37 WITH SUCH AN INREACHED PEOPLE GROUP THAT IS ALWAYS ON THE 39:42 MOVE? THIS TRIBE HAS BENEFITED FROM 39:44 THE WORK OF A GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER. 39:47 ♪ 39:55 >> LAWRENCE BECAME AN ADVENTIST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND HAS 39:59 DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SHARING THE GOOD NEWS HE LEARNED. 40:02 HE STUDIED WITH TWO PASTORS TO FULFILL THE MISSION GOD CALLED 40:07 HIM TO. HE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE, KNOWS 40:13 THE CUSTOMS AND CAN COMMUNICATE GOD'S WORD IN A WAY THEY 40:19 UNDERSTAND. THIS GROUP HAS COME TO KNOW THE 40:21 LOVE OF GOD AND HAS ACCEPTED JESUS INTO THEIR HEART. 40:25 THEY MEET UNDER A TREE TO STUDY AND LEARN FROM LAWRENCE. 40:30 THIS SABBATH THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND HOW HE 40:38 MOVED TO A DISTANT LAND. THAT IS A PART OF THEIR LIVES 40:45 THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WELL. THESE PEOPLE LOVE TO SING, AND 40:53 THIS GROUP IS NO EXCEPTION. THEY SING TO WORSHIP AND EXPRESS 40:59 THEIR LOVE FOR GOD. THEY SPEND THE DAY GATHERED 41:03 TOGETHER, TELLING STORIES, SINGING, AND EATING. 41:13 NOT FAR AWAY ARE THEIR HOMES WHERE THEY GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. 41:18 THESE HOMES ARE MADE OF MATERIALS RANGING FROM ANIMAL 41:22 SKINS TO EMPTY RICE BAGS. THE TYPE OF HOME IS VALUED 41:28 BECAUSE IT CAN EASILY BE PACKED UP TO MOVE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. 41:34 THEIR HOMES ARE THEIR SAFE SPACES. 41:36 THEY GO HERE TO BE PROTECTED FROM DANGEROUS ANIMALS. 41:41 THE HOMES ARE A REFUGE FOR THE FAMILY, AND TO BE INVITED INSIDE 41:45 IS A PRIVILEGE. THEY EXTEND THIS PRIVILEGE TO 41:49 LAWRENCE, ALLOWING HIM TO SHARE LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE IN THEIR 41:53 HOMES. HE VISITS THEM OFTEN, AND THEY 41:55 LOOK FORWARD TO READING AND PRAYING WITH HIM. 41:59 THIS GROUP HAS COME TO KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD, BUT THEY ARE JUST 42:04 ONE OF THE MANY NOMADIC GROUPS THROUGHOUT EAST AFRICA. 42:08 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP THERES THIS PART OF 42:12 THE WORLD. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO SPREAD THE 42:16 GOSPEL HERE. PRAY FOR GLOBAL MISSIONARIES 42:23 LIKE LAWRENCE. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING GLOBAL 42:26 MISSION. ♪ 42:30 >> ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? THIS IS JUST INCONSPIRING. 42:35 I KNOW, RICK, YOU WERE THERE WHEN THIS WAS FILMED? 42:40 >> YES. AND I WAS ACTUALLY TRAVELLING 42:42 WITH TWO PASTORS FROM KENYA, WHO'S NAMES HAPPENED TO BE PAUL 42:47 AND SILAS. >> DID THEY REALLY? 42:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH. 42:53 GREAT MISSIONARY NAMES. AND WE WENT TO THIS VILLAGE AND 42:58 JUST UP THE ROAD WE RAN INTO A HERD OF ELEPHANTS, AND WE JUST 43:03 HAD TO STOP. AND THEN WE GOT THERE, THEY COME 43:05 OUT AND GREET YOU SINGING LIKE -THAT. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE CHURCH 43:10 SERVICE RIGHT UNDER THAT TREE, AND LAWRENCE SPOKE AND ONE OF 43:14 THE PASTORS ALSO SPOKE. BUT ONE THING -- I DON'T KNOW IF 43:16 YOU CAN SEE THERE -- BUT IN THAT TREE THERE'S A LITTLE BAG 43:21 HANGING. >> I SAW THAT. 43:22 >> YES, THEY USE THAT AND THEY COLLECT THE OFFERINGS, AND THEY 43:27 PASS IT AROUND. HIS PEOPLE GIVE OFFERINGS, AND I 43:30 JUST TOUCHES MY HEART TO KNOW THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT 43:34 ADVENTISM, AND THE CHURCH, AND JESUS, BUT THEY WANT TO HELP 43:39 SUPPORT THE WORK IN SOME WAY. >> WOW, THAT'S POWERFUL, ISN'T 43:43 IT PASTOR GARY? >> YEAH, IT IS. 43:47 SOMETIMES I'M AFRAID THEY ARE MORE FAITHFUL WITH THE LITTLE 43:53 THEY HAVE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. I HAVE SEEN THE PIONEERS WITH 44:03 SHOES WITH HOLES IN THEM, ET CETERA. 44:05 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I WAS IN THE COUNTRY OF INDIA, AND I 44:11 HAPPENED TO SAY TO GLOBAL PIONEER, HOW MANY HAVE YOU LEAD 44:17 TO JESUS? AND HE SAID, OH, ABOUT 700. 44:23 HE HAD A TORN SHIRT -- >> WOW. 44:25 >> WOW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IMPRESSED ME 44:28 TOO, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO, WAS THEIR CHURCH. 44:32 THE WALLS WERE LITTLE STICKS OR BRIARERS, AND THE PATHWAY WAS 44:41 LINED WITH PRETTY WHITE STONES. THEY GIVE IT EVERYTHING. 44:44 >> THAT JUST TOUCHES MY HEART. >> ME TOO. 44:50 POWERFUL. PRAISE THE LORD FOR DEDICATED 44:52 FOLK AROUND THE WORLD. >> YEAH, I JUST THINK ABOUT HOW 44:58 COMPLAISANT I GET. YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE AND 45:01 COMPLAIN ABOUT -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO WEAR? 45:04 WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING, COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO 45:11 ARE SACRIFICING, AND THINK ABOUT LAWRENCE. 45:15 TWO YEARS. HE KNEW THE TRUTH, AND HE IS 45:18 ALREADY SHARING IT. WE WOULD BE LIKE, WE NEED MORE 45:21 TRAINING -- >> TOO NERVOUS, TOO SCARED. 45:24 >> RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH, AND HE IS 45:28 OUT THERE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL 45:30 PIONEERS -- HOW MANY ARE NEW IN THE CHURCH AND HOW MANY HAVE 45:34 BEEN IN FOR YEARS? >> WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT 45:42 BREAKDOWN, BUT A HIGH PERCENTAGE SEEM TO ME ARE RELATIVELY NEW 45:48 ADVENTISTS. AND THEY ARE HUNGRY TO BE ABLE 45:50 TO SHARE THE GOOD YOUS. >> DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE 45:54 NUMBER OF PIONEER MISSIONARIES THAT ARE OUT THERE? 46:00 >> THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS, I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL 46:04 HUNDRED, BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER. 46:06 >> WHEN WE WERE IN THAILAND, I THEN SERVED IN THE SOUTHERN 46:12 PACIFIC DIVISION, AND WE HAD AROUND 230 IN THAT AREA, FUNDED 46:17 BY THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE -OFFERING, SO THAT'S WHERE TO SERVE THE 14 COUNTRIES AND TO 46:23 REACH 1 BILLION PEOPLE, AND SO THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW -- I'M ALSO 46:28 MOVED AT THEIR SACRIFICE. SO THAT'S WHERE -- LIKE JESUS 46:32 DID, WHEN HE SAW THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM, THAT HE 46:35 ENDURED THE CROSS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 46:37 >> BECAUSE HE SAW THE JOY OF LEADING ONE -- ME. 46:44 LEADING ME TO ENTER HIS JOY. AND WE CAN HAVE THAT JOY TODAY. 46:51 >> THERE IS ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT HAS ABOUT 400 GLOBAL MISSION 46:56 PIONEERS. >> OH, WOW. 46:57 SO THERE'S A LOT THEN. >> YEAH. 46:59 >> SO WE NEED TO PRAY. WE NEED TO SUPPORT, AND I THINK 47:03 WE HAVE THE NUMBER AGAIN WE CAN PUT UP. 47:11 IT'S 1-800-648-5824, OR GO TO ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG. 47:16 THESE MISSION STORIES ARE INSPIRING. 47:18 >> YES. >> THEY REALLY ARE. 47:19 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. >> AND IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GIVE 47:25 AND SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU. 47:27 >> WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? >> WE'RE MEETING ANOTHER PIONEER 47:33 IN MYANMAR, FORMALLY KNOWN AS BURMA. 47:39 >> MYANMAR IS RICH IN RESOURCES, CULTURE, AND PEOPLE. 47:44 IT HAS A POPULATION OF ALMOST 54 MILLION. 47:48 90% OF WHM ARE BUDDHIST. SOME OF THE HARDEST TO REACH 47:51 PEOPLE GROUPS HERE ARE ABLE TO GROUPS. 47:53 LET'S JOURNEY TO THE NORTH TO SEE HOW EDUCATION AND A 47:59 DEDICATED PIONEER ARE SPARKING HOPE AMONG A GROUP CALLED THE 48:07 KENYANS. >> Translator: HELLO, I AM 35 48:10 YEARS OLD, AND I'M WORKING AS A GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER. 48:18 THIS PLACE IS KNOWN AS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 48:20 MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE TRIBAL PEOPLE, AND THE TRIBE IS KNOWN 48:26 AS KENYA. >> TRADITION ALWAYS OF SHARING 48:29 THE GOSPEL ARE RARELY EFFECTIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES. 48:33 PERHAPS THAT'S HE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND THEIR NEEDS FIRST. 48:38 >> Translator: IT IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO APPROACH 48:42 THEM. I SIMPLY MAKE A HOUSE TO HOUSE 48:45 VISIT TO THE PEOPLE, AND TALK TO THEM, AND ALSO MAKE FRIENDS WITH 48:53 THEM. >> THIS PERSON HAS A NURSING 48:58 BACKGROUND. TOGETHER THEY LOOK AFTER THE 49:00 PEOPLE. EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE BEST 49:02 WAYS TO INTRODUCE CHRIST'S PRINCIPALS AND TEACHINGS. 49:07 >> Translator: WITH THE TEACHING AID THEY HAVE, I SERVE THE 49:11 CHILDREN. I SHARE WITH THEM BASIC 49:13 EDUCATION IN THIS AREA. >> Reporter: IN THE TRIBE, IT'S 49:17 NOT EASY TO CONVINCE PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, 49:21 BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR CHILDREN TO HELP WORK THE FIELDS. 49:25 AFTER THEY SPEND TIME EARNING THEIR TRUSTS AND EXPLAINING THE 49:31 BENEFITS OF EDUCATION FOR THEY FUTURE, THE PARENTS ALLOW THEIR 49:36 CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL. THE COUPLE KNEW THEY WOULD NEED 49:39 TO NUTURE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE PARENTS. 49:44 >> RIGHT NOW MY WIFE TEACHES PRESCHOOL, AND WE CONTINUE TO 49:47 BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND THEIR TRUST IN US, IN WHAT WE 49:53 ARE DOING. >> THIS INVOLVES LISTENING TO 49:58 THE COMMUNITIES CONCERNS AND BEING AWARE OF THEIR FEELINGS.-THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER 50:04 COUPLE MAKES SURE EDUCATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. 50:08 PARENTS APPRECIATE THIS, AND BEGIN TO NOTICE THAT THEIR 50:12 CHILDREN RETURN HOME WITH MUCH BETTER ATTITUDES. 50:15 OVERTIME A NUMBER OF PARENTS HAVE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 50:18 THE POWER THAT LIES BEHIND THIS AMAZING LIFE-CHANGING SCHOOL. 50:24 THIS IS ONE SUCH PARENT. >> Translator: THE REASON I 50:29 WANTED TO BECOME AN ADVENTIST IS BECAUSE OF THE MANY GOOD THINGS 50:32 I LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN. THE ADVENTIST SCHOOL TAUGHT THEM 50:37 MANY GOOD THINGS LIKE THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE AND THE LOVE OF 50:40 GOD. AS I LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN, I 50:42 BECAME CONVINCED THAT I SHOULD BECOME AN ADVENTIST LIKE THEM, 50:48 AND NOW I AM. >> SEEMINGLY SMALL, BUT VITALLY 50:52 IMPORTANT BEGINS LIKE THIS ENCOURAGE OTHER GLOBAL MISSION 51:04 PIONEERS LIKE HIM. >> Translator: I'M HERE TO SHARE 51:06 THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD. 51:11 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TOUCH THEIR HEARTS, SO THEIR 51:15 HEARTS WILL BECOME SOFTER AS THEY COME CLOSE TO US, AND AS WE 51:20 ALSO APPROACH THEM, FOR THE TRUTH THAT WE KNOW. 51:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING US HERE IN THE VILLAGE. 51:35 >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPACT, GO 51:41 TO WWW.GLOBAL-MISSION.ORG. >> WOW. 51:48 ANOTHER AMAZING ROLE. AND WHAT IS AMAZING TO ME IS 51:51 THAT THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS, BUT THEN THEY ARE 51:54 ALSO GIVING THAT TO THEIR PARENTS AND THAT'S MAKING AN 51:57 IMPACT ON THEIR CHARNTHS, SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SEVENTH-DAY 52:01 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. 52:04 WHAT IS THE NEXT ROLL? >> NEXT UP WE'RE TRAVELING TO 52:10 TRINIDAD TO VISIT AN URBAN CENTER OF INFLUENCE, WHICH WE'LL 52:15 TALK ABOUT MORE LATER. >> ALL RIGHT. 52:19 >> A RAY OF HOPE ON THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD, THROUGH A LIFE HOPE 52:24 CENTER, PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE CHANGED IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY.-ONE OF THE LARGEST HINDU TEMPLES 52:30 IN THE COUNTRY IS A FEW SHORT BLOCKS FROM THIS CENTER. 52:34 AS VISITORS PASS BY, THEIR CURIOSITY IS PIQUED BY THIS 52:39 SIGN, AND THEY GO IN TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 52:42 MANY PEOPLE WHO COME INSIDE FIND A VARIETY OF SERVICES, AIMED AT 52:50 MEETING THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. 52:55 >> WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CHILDREN HERE ARE NOT GOOD 52:58 READERS, SO WE TARGETED THE CHILDREN, AND WE ALSO TARGETED 53:02 THE PARENTS, BECAUSE THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 53:09 SO WE HAVE THE CLASSES GOING HERE EVERY WEEK, AND THEN WE HAD 53:16 PEOPLE WHO NEEDED A NEW LIFESTYLE, AND WE STARTED A 53:22 HEALTH FITNESS CLASS. SO BASICALLY EVERY DAY, WE ARE 53:23 HERE WITH ALL OF THOSE CLASSES THAT I JUST MENTIONED. 53:26 >> SOME CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY, ARE NOT ABLE TO 53:28 ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER 53:35 DOCUMENTATION. FOR THEM THE LIFE HOPE CENTER IS 53:36 THEIR ONLY HOPE TO RECEIVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A FORMER 53:41 EDUCATION. CHILDREN AGES 6 TO 15 COME TO 53:44 LEARN TO READ AND WRITE, DEVELOP MATH SKILLS, AND TO RECEIVE 53:48 PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL TRAINING. FOR ADULTS FITNESS AND 53:52 HEALTHILYING CLASSES ARE OFFERED. 53:54 MANY HAVE BENEFITED FRM THE COURSES, AND AS THEY LEAVE, THEY 53:59 DISPLAY A NEW AND POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE. 54:01 >> I WAS FEELING SICK. WITH THE EXERCISE AND CONTROL OF 54:07 THE DIET, I AM FEELING HEALTHIER. 54:10 THINGS I COULDN'T DO, I'M DOING NOW. 54:13 YOU KNOW, AT THE AGE OF 55. AND I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE 54:19 LIFE STERN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED TO BECOME 54:24 A NICER PERSON TOO, AND HAVE A LOT MORE PATIENCE, WHICH I 54:30 DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. >> IN ADDITION, SOME PEOPLE HAVE 54:33 FOUND HOPE IN JESUS AT THE BRICKFIELD LIFE HOPE CENTER. 54:37 NOW IT'S QUITE NORMAL FOR THE STAFF TO RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR 54:42 SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND BIBLE LESSONS. 54:44 IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE CENTER'S HOLISTIC APPROACH HAS PROVEN 54:50 PRICELESS. >> WE BELIEVE IN MIXING WITH THE 54:53 PEOPLE, BEFRIENDING THEM, BY OFFERING DIFFERENT COURSES, 54:57 THINGS THAT THEY NEED. SOME OF THE CHANGES I HAVE SEEN 55:02 ARE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE, THEY ASK US TO PRAY FOR 55:07 THEM. WE ARE HAVING BIBLE STUDIES WITH 55:14 THEM. AND [ INAUDIBLE ]. 55:15 >> PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BRICKFIELD LIFE HOPE CENTER IN 55:20 TRINIDAD, AS THEY WORK TO SERVE AND WIN THE CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE 55:24 IN THE REGION. ♪ 55:30 >> PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT HE IS DOING THROUGH CHRISTINE AND THE 55:33 LIFE HOPE CENTER THERE IN TRINIDAD. 55:36 AND YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, ISN'T YOU? 55:39 >> YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE HOW GOD WAS WORKING, AS THE TEAM 55:43 IS MEETING THE NEEDS. I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE 55:47 FORMER DIRECTOR, AND HE CAUSED A TRAFFIC JAM, BECAUSE ALL OF THE 55:53 COMMUNITY PEOPLE -- HE WENT AWAY ON A BUSINESS TRIP, AND WHEN HE 56:00 CAME INTO THAT PART OF TOWN, EVERYONE WAS JUST, HEY PASTOR, 56:04 HOW IS IT GOING? AND HE WAS PRAYING FOR THESE 56:08 HINDUS AND IT WAS JUST THRILLING TO SEE, BECAUSE THEY ARE 56:11 FOLLOWING CHRIST'S METHOD, AND THAT IS THE EFFECTIVE WAY 56:14 >> AND WHAT IS CHRIST'S WAY? >> HE MINGLED WITH PEOPLE. 56:21 HE SHOWED SYMPATHY. HE WON THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND 56:25 THEN HE BID THEM TO FOLLOW. >> YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GLOBAL 56:30 MISSION, ADVENTIST MISSION, FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WHAT DOES IT DO 56:34 TO YOU TO SEE THESE VIDEOS LIKE THIS? 56:38 >> IT'S WONDERFUL. WE TALK ABOUT PRAY ABOUT CENTERS 56:41 OF INFLUENCE, AND THEN TO SEE THEM START ONE, A DOZEN, AND NOW 56:47 THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. 56:50 WE CAN ONLY SIT BACK AND SAY, THANK YOU, LORD. 56:56 >> AMEN. >> AND YOU THINK OF ALL OF THESE 57:00 SOULS THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED. >> YEAH, AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE 57:03 BEEN REACHED IN ANY OTHER WAY. >> HOW EXCITING TO SEE GOD WORK, 57:08 AND TO BE A PART OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 57:11 MY HEART IS ENCOURAGED THIS EVENING, TO KNOW I HAVE JUST A 57:16 TINY PART IN THIS GREAT CHURCH, AND THAT YOU AT HOME CAN HAVE A 57:21 PART IN HELPING TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH 57:24 THESE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, THROUGH THE GLOBAL MISSION 57:28 PIONEERS, THROUGH THE OTHER AVENUES THAT EACH ONE OF THEM 57:31 ARE REACHING OUT, AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 57:34 YOU CAN PRAY WALK. YOU CAN REACH OUT AND SHARE THE 57:37 LOVE OF JESUS. DON'T GO AWAY. 57:40 WE HAVE A HOLE OTHER HOUR OF INCREDIBLE ROLLS AND MISSION 57:44 STORIES JUST FOR YOU. ♪ |
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