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Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR002000S
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00:01 In the year of our Lord 988,
00:03 Kiev, the capital of Ukraine 00:06 witnessed the coming of Christianity 00:07 to the Russian and Ukrainian peoples. 00:10 Prince Vladimir 00:11 decreed that his people would become Christians. 00:14 He conducted a baptism in the Dnieper River 00:16 and hundreds were immersed 00:18 professing faith in Christ and the Orthodox Church. 00:22 In 1995, 00:24 Kiev saw another page of history unfold 00:27 as thousands of Ukrainians and Russians 00:29 by their own personal decisions 00:31 were baptized into the Lord Jesus 00:34 and the great truths of the three angels' messages. 00:37 The Carter Report with the greater glory of God 00:40 presents victory 00:42 at Kiev 3,488, baptisms. 00:49 Kiev, a city of 3 million 00:51 is the cradle of Russian and Ukrainian civilization. 00:55 Historically and culturally, 00:57 it is arguably the most important city 00:59 of the former Soviet Union. 01:02 It is a city of gold dome churches, 01:05 tree-line boulevards and magnificent parks. 01:08 It is the proud capital of the newly independent nation 01:11 of Ukraine. 01:14 It is a city that's had more than its share of trouble 01:16 and suffering. 01:17 Hundreds of thousands of brave Ukrainians died 01:19 defending Kiev 01:20 against the onslaughts of Nazi storm troopers. 01:23 More than 100,000, 01:25 perhaps even 300,000 Jews 01:26 were murdered at this Kiev site 01:28 by the German forces 01:30 that occupied Ukraine from 1941 to 1944. 01:34 Even more Ukrainians were slaughtered 01:35 by the communists 01:37 who carried out a reign of terror 01:38 against intellectuals and dissidents. 01:40 This peaceful forest, 01:42 just outside the city's boundaries 01:43 is the resting place for a multitude of victims 01:46 whose only crime 01:47 was the desire for political and religious freedom. 01:50 Tens of thousands were transported here 01:52 made to kneel 01:53 and then shot in the back of the neck by the communists. 01:57 During 1932 and '33, 02:00 8 million Ukrainians died of starvation. 02:04 This genocide occurred 02:05 when the Marxist government in Moscow 02:07 decreed that the bountiful harvest 02:09 of the Ukraine were to be sent to Russia, 02:11 a number equivalent to the population 02:13 of New York City perished 02:15 because they were forbidden to eat the food, the bread, 02:18 and the potatoes that they had produced 02:21 with their own hands on their own lands. 02:24 Stalin while living like a czar in the Kremlin 02:26 remarked that it was impossible 02:28 to avoid breaking eggs when making an omelet. 02:31 He further observed 02:32 that the death of a million people 02:34 was just a statistic. 02:36 For 70 years, 02:38 the godless Marxist carried out a war of terrorism 02:41 against all who professed faith in God. 02:44 Millions were sent to prison where they were beaten, 02:46 frozen, interrogated, tortured, and starved. 02:49 The soil of the former Soviet Union 02:51 is drenched with the blood of a great multitude of martyrs 02:55 who did not count their lives dearer into themselves. 02:58 More recently communist incompetency 03:00 combined with a callous disregard 03:02 for human life 03:03 caused the deaths of at least 125,000 persons. 03:07 Just 60 miles from Kiev is the city of Chernobyl. 03:12 The site of four carelessly constructed 03:14 maintain nuclear reactors. 03:16 On April 26, 1986 at 1:23 AM a meltdown occurred. 03:22 The great concrete containment shield 03:24 over reactor number four was blasted into fragments. 03:27 A cloud of radioactive gas, 03:28 many times more deadly 03:30 than that of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 03:32 exploded into the atmosphere. 03:34 Workers wearing inadequate protective clothing 03:37 were ordered by the communist authorities 03:39 into the area of greatest contamination. 03:42 Armed with shovels and brooms, 03:44 these people who had been promised 03:45 a worker's paradise 03:47 waged war against chunks and fragments of uranium 03:50 that were scattered like monstrous autumn leaves 03:52 over an apocalyptic landscape. 03:55 They died in agony a few hours or days later. 03:58 It's estimated that at least 125,000 died 04:02 as a direct result of the meltdown. 04:05 Others still suffer without hope or compensation. 04:08 These children in Kiev 04:10 are victims of the worst nuclear accident 04:12 in history. 04:13 They live in orphanages with a minimum of medical care. 04:17 All this suffering has prepared the soul 04:19 of the Ukrainian for the gospel of Jesus Christ. 04:22 That alone gives light in darkness 04:24 and hope in despair. 04:27 John Carter, 04:29 an Australian pastor and evangelist 04:31 went to Kiev during January of 1995. 04:34 It was his mission to explore the possibilities 04:36 of conducting a citywide crusade. 04:39 He had in March of 1991 04:41 conducted the first evangelistic series 04:43 of meetings in the Soviet Union 04:45 when he proclaimed God's Word 04:47 at the Palace of Culture in Moscow. 04:49 Subsequent Carter Report meetings 04:51 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 04:53 resulted in more than 5,000 baptisms. 04:57 The baptism in June of 1992, 05:00 when 2,530 precious Russian souls 05:03 confessing Christ 05:05 were baptized in the Volga River 05:07 was an historic occasion. 05:09 At that time, it was the largest baptism since 988, 05:13 when Prince Vladimir opened the door 05:14 to Christianity in Kiev. 05:17 Providence had directed the Carter Report team 05:20 from Moscow to Nizhniy Novgorod to Kiev, 05:23 birthplace of a great Slavonic civilization 05:26 that was to shake the world. 05:28 What will happen here? 05:30 Will Kiev respond 05:31 to the public proclamation of Christ 05:32 and the truths of the three angels' messages 05:35 were questions with which John Carter 05:37 and Ukrainian Adventist believers 05:39 wrestled. 05:41 The Palace of Sport 05:42 downtown Kiev 05:44 is a prestigious auditorium that seats 95,000 people. 05:48 It was chosen as the site for the crusade 05:50 and negotiations with Ukrainian government officials 05:53 commenced. 05:54 Ukrainian church leaders spent days and weeks 05:56 meeting with officials 05:58 who were reluctant to give permission 05:59 for the crusade. 06:01 Months passed 06:02 and no positive word was forthcoming. 06:04 Then a significant event occurred. 06:06 Somebody even called it a miracle. 06:08 Almost all the churches of Kiev, 06:10 including the Baptists, Pentecostals, and Orthodox 06:13 signed a petition requesting the government 06:15 to allow the meetings. 06:17 In response, government officials, 06:19 including the mayor and the minister of religion 06:21 placed their signatures on the authorization. 06:24 With only weeks to go 06:25 before the opening night of July 29th, 1995, 06:29 great printing presses in Texas, USA 06:32 rolled into action 06:33 to produce 1 million color brochures 06:35 to advertise the crusade, 06:38 Delta Airline employee 06:40 and community Adventist fellowship church member 06:43 Javier Piraino organized 06:45 the air freighting of the 30,000 pound load 06:48 of handbills to Kiev. 06:50 Pastor Norman Matiko, 06:52 Carter Report manager left Los Angeles for Kiev 06:55 and carried newspaper, 06:57 radio and television advertising 06:58 ready for release. 07:00 One week later in Kiev, 07:02 teams of hundreds of Adventist Christians 07:05 distributed 1 million handbills 07:07 as the media carried the message 07:09 that the Carter Report was about to commence 07:12 at the Palace of Sport. 07:44 Two days before the opening nights, 07:46 John Carter and his team of Australian, 07:48 Canadian and American laymen and women arrived in Kiev. 07:52 The question foremost in the minds of many, 07:55 both local and foreign was will the advertising work, 07:58 after all Kiev had had in the past four years, 08:02 many crusades sponsored by many denominations. 08:05 Would this unique approach so different 08:08 from anything previously seen captivate the masses. 08:11 "Will the people come," they asked. 08:14 They didn't have to wait long for an answer. 08:17 The opening day of the crusade 08:18 saw 25,000 packed the Palace of Sport. 08:22 Every square inch of available space 08:24 was taken. 08:25 Doors were broken by the crowds in a frantic rush 08:27 to secure admission. 08:29 Tens of thousands stood outside unable to enter the building. 08:32 So great with the crowds 08:34 that filled the city square 08:35 and flooded into the thoroughfares 08:37 that the authorities closed the local railway station. 08:40 During the opening lecture, 08:42 Pastor Carter showed 08:44 from the world of ancient Egypt, 08:45 that the Bible is historically accurate, 08:48 and that there is a God in heaven who loves us. 08:51 You are not an animal. You are not a machine. 08:54 You are a child of God 08:56 was his message to the multitude 08:58 that had been immersed in the hopeless teachings 09:01 of Marxist's atheism. 09:03 I will be on God's side... 09:07 Here in the great land of the Ukraine... 09:10 I will be on the side of the great Creator God... 09:14 I will be on the side of Christ. 09:18 From the very start, 09:19 it was evident 09:21 that God was doing a special work, 09:22 lost souls were finding their way home 09:25 to the Father's house. 09:26 The name of Jesus was being magnified 09:29 and the mighty Spirit of the living God 09:31 was moving powerfully 09:32 upon the hearts of the great congregation. 09:35 Then came the first of a series of crises. 09:38 As the meetings progressed with capacity crowds 09:41 attending two sessions every evening, 09:43 Kiev's minister of religion issued a decree 09:45 revoking the authorization to conduct the crusade. 09:49 Church leaders were summoned to city hall 09:51 and charged with violating the law. 09:54 You are teaching religion that is not permitted. 09:58 You have created a public disturbance 10:00 that is against our laws. 10:02 You are teaching children to pray. 10:04 That is forbidden. 10:06 You have covered the city with your advertising. 10:08 That must cease. 10:10 We are issuing an order. 10:12 Stop the preaching. Stop the meetings. 10:15 Calmly Pastor Murga, 10:17 leader of the Adventist Church responded, 10:19 "We have broken no laws. 10:21 We are abiding by the Constitution. 10:23 We will not close down the meetings. 10:25 By God's grace, we will complete our mission." 10:29 The following day, John Carter, 10:31 Norman Matiko and Paul Mickelson 10:33 visited the embassies of the United States in Canada 10:36 and the Australian consulate general 10:37 to seek their support 10:39 to influence the Ukrainian government 10:41 to honor the rights of freedom of religious expression. 10:45 The United States ambassador 10:46 personally contacted the Ukrainian government, 10:49 and embassy officials declared 10:51 that the Kiev government was operating 10:53 outside the laws of Ukraine and the United nations. 10:57 Despite intense lobbying 10:59 by the Australian consulate general 11:01 and protest and pleas by civic and religious liberty groups, 11:05 the harassment and threatening continued and intensified. 11:09 Pastor Carter on August 9th, 1995 11:12 was summoned to city hall. 11:14 Accompanied by church leaders, 11:15 he arrived at the office of the minister of religion, 11:18 refusing to allow any witnesses or supporters to accompany him. 11:22 Government officials escorted John to an office 11:25 where he was threatened 11:26 and interrogated for more than an hour. 11:29 If you do not close down the meetings, 11:30 we will not guarantee your personal safety 11:33 was the message of the officials. 11:35 Responding to their tactics 11:37 that were reminiscent 11:38 of the ugly days of the Cold War, 11:40 Pastor Carter replied, 11:41 "The Adventists have broken no laws, 11:44 but you are breaking the Ukrainian laws 11:47 that guarantee freedom of religious expression. 11:49 We will not close down the meetings." 11:53 After the interrogation, 11:54 he was greeted by the leaders of the church 11:56 who were anxious to know 11:58 if the evangelist had compromised under pressure. 12:02 We must hold firm and not retreat 12:04 was the resolve 12:05 of these brave Ukrainian Christian leaders 12:08 who are not strangers to persecution. 12:11 Another crisis occurred 12:13 when the Kiev government issued an order 12:14 to the police to immediately cease 12:16 their security duties at the crusade, 12:19 because it was unlawful to conduct public meetings 12:22 without a police presence. 12:24 The government now had a legal pretense 12:25 to stop the proclamation of the Word of God. 12:28 Church leaders visited 12:30 one police station after another, 12:32 only to receive the same answer. 12:34 And yet we are forbidden to come. 12:37 As the critical hour for the commencement 12:39 of the evening meeting approached, 12:40 the Carter Report team prayed to the God of heaven 12:43 that He would quickly come to the defense of His people 12:46 and provide a legal police presence. 12:49 When church leaders explained the situation 12:51 to a major in the Kiev police force 12:54 that they have providentially met 12:56 on the street. 12:57 The senior police officer responded, 12:59 "Yes, I will come and I will bring my men. 13:01 These meetings must continue. 13:03 I will protect your meetings 13:05 for the sake of the Ukrainian people." 13:08 Frustrated that the meetings were continuing 13:10 and that the police were providing 13:11 security services, 13:13 the mayor of Kiev then called 13:14 the director of the Palace of Sport 13:16 with the order close the meetings immediately. 13:19 These people are breaking our laws. 13:22 The director of the auditorium 13:23 during the 90 minute conversation 13:25 responded, 13:26 "These people are not breaking our laws, 13:28 but you are. 13:30 They are honorable people. 13:31 I will honor the contract with the Carter Report." 13:36 Day by day the battle for the souls 13:38 of the Ukrainian people continued. 13:40 Day by day God provided our daily bread. 13:43 For 26 days. 13:44 John Carter preached twice every day 13:47 to cumulatively 13:48 spiritually hungry souls. 13:53 When the pastor gave the invitation to the audience 13:55 to accept the great creator, 13:57 believe the Bible is God's word 13:59 and trust in Jesus Christ as man's only savior, 14:02 16,000 responded. 14:04 This was an audience 14:06 that had been born and bred in Marxism, 14:08 communism, and atheism. 14:10 Now thousands were turning their lives 14:12 over to God. 14:14 Several nights later, 14:15 many thousands received for the first time, 14:18 their own copy of the Word of God. 14:20 Twenty five thousand Bibles were placed in grateful hands. 14:24 Moving beyond words 14:26 was the unforgettable experience 14:27 when thousands of ex-atheists 14:29 and unbelievers read for the first time, 14:32 John 3:16, 14:33 "For God so loved the world 14:35 that He gave His only begotten Son 14:36 that whoever believes in Him should not perish, 14:39 but have everlasting life." 14:43 The battle to keep the meetings going continued every day. 14:46 Every morning presented a new challenge. 14:49 Every evening witnessed a new victory. 14:52 The news of what God was doing at the Palace of Sport 14:55 reached the ears of the influential leader 14:58 of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. 15:01 Metropolitan Filaret, his predecessor, 15:04 the patriarch had died 15:05 during mysterious circumstances 15:07 only days before the crusade commenced. 15:10 The patriarch had vowed that while he lived 15:14 the Carter Report meetings would never take place. 15:17 Now his successor welcomed Pastor Carter 15:20 and his team to his palace 15:22 and warmly greeted the evangelist. 15:24 "We can see that God is with you," he said. 15:26 "You are doing a good work." 15:28 Pastor Carter expressed to the metropolitan, 15:31 the love of all Adventist Christians 15:33 and assured him that their only desire 15:36 was to build up the kingdom of God. 15:38 He also expressed to the Archbishop their sorrow, 15:41 that Orthodox priest had been killed by the militia 15:44 as they had endeavored to bury their patriarch. 15:47 May God bless you and your work 15:49 was the metropolitan's response. 15:52 Baptism for the new believer 15:54 is a significant and meaningful act. 15:57 It represents a public confession of faith 15:59 in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. 16:02 When Pastor Carter invited 16:03 those who wished to be baptized 16:04 to come forward 16:06 as an act of faith and obedience, 16:07 more than 8,000 responded. 16:10 Little wonder that the arch enemy of souls 16:13 wanted these meetings stopped 16:16 as the Carter Report team 16:17 continued to work and pray for the victory. 16:20 God's Spirit held back the winds of strife 16:22 and thousands of Ukrainian souls 16:24 became members of the kingdom of God. 16:27 To Him alone, to the honor, power and glory. 16:32 In a few minutes, 16:33 this video will show the largest baptism 16:35 in the history of the ex Soviet Union. 16:38 You will see in here the story 16:39 of how the government authorities 16:40 did all in their power to stop 16:42 thousands of Ukrainian and Russians 16:44 from traveling to the Dnieper River, 16:45 where the baptism was planned. 16:47 You'll see a multitude of precious new believers 16:50 released from the curse of communism and unbelief 16:53 immersed in the waters 16:54 of that same mighty river 16:55 that witnessed 16:57 the first great baptism of 988 AD. 17:00 But before that grand spectacle 17:02 meet some of the people who attended 17:04 the Carter Report meetings. 17:06 My name is Kalina Katheran. 17:12 First I was an atheist, 17:14 and I didn't not believe in God. 17:19 But now when I started attending these lectures, 17:23 I liked it. 17:27 And faith started growing inside of me. 17:32 Carter's Report really affected me, 17:37 it touched my heart. 17:38 It's very high level. 17:44 And after the first lecture, 17:47 I felt kind of feeling strange a little bit, 17:50 and I told all my friends and relatives, 17:54 all my neighbors about this, 17:57 and lot of people who I know 18:00 became interested in this and they are here today, 18:04 and they are receiving great blessings too. 18:08 And I'm very glad 18:09 that there is a report like that, 18:13 group of people 18:15 who like give money 18:21 to bring truths to people first about existence, 18:26 about Bible, 18:27 the truths they didn't know before. 18:31 Before we had only Marxist theory. 18:35 And I think that, 18:39 programs like that 18:45 are really great. 18:46 They're priceless. 18:50 I wanted to really thank those people, 18:53 who gave money for this program, 18:58 so it can happen. 19:02 I really like these lectures. 19:04 They're really neat. 19:07 And I would like to say that, 19:09 this is very essential 19:11 for our people here, 19:13 so they can believe that there is something, 19:17 somebody who can support them and save them. 19:24 The first of a series of baptisms 19:26 was planned for Sabbath, 19:27 the 19th day of August. 19:29 Church leaders contacted 19:31 Kiev bus companies to hire buses, 19:33 to transport the new believers to the baptismal site, 19:36 the Dnieper River. 19:37 Each bus company representative responded, 19:40 "We have been forbidden to allow you to have buses. 19:43 The Kiev minister of religion 19:44 does not want this baptism to proceed. 19:47 We will not help you." 19:49 Friday the 18th of August arrived 19:50 and still there were no buses available. 19:53 Carter Report team members 19:54 met together and prayed the prayer. 19:56 Our Lord had taught us to say, give us this day, 19:59 our daily bread. 20:02 Believing that God would supply their daily needs, 20:05 they plan for the baptism on the moral. 20:08 On Sabbath morning, the 19th of August, 20:10 33 giant buses pulled into the parking lot 20:13 at the Palace of Sport. 20:15 These buses had come from outlying districts 20:18 without the knowledge or permission 20:20 of the Kiev authorities. 20:22 God was leading 20:23 and He was taking charge 20:25 of what was to be the largest baptism 20:27 in the history of the nation. 20:29 Running a shuttle service, 20:31 these buses conveyed thousands of Ukrainians 20:33 to the Dnieper River, 20:34 where the Carter Report team 20:36 and 50 Ukrainian pastors and elders waited. 20:40 Who were these people who had come for baptism? 20:42 What had brought them to this place at this time? 20:45 They were people who had been born and bred 20:47 in atheism and communism. 20:50 They were people who had seen their nation ravaged 20:53 by the reign of monsters 20:54 whose lives had been brutalized 20:56 by the most corrupt and oppressive system 20:58 known to man. 21:00 They were young and they were old. 21:02 They were old women 21:03 whose husbands had been murdered 21:05 by bloodthirsty dictators. 21:07 They were young people 21:08 longing for a new and better life. 21:11 They were old men who had somehow survived 21:13 the bloody purges 21:14 of Marxist's demons in human form. 21:16 All soldiers who had lived 21:18 through more suffering and sorrow 21:20 than we can comprehend. 21:22 They were God's children, frail, stumbling, courageous, 21:26 with hearts strangely warmed by a new hope. 21:29 They were part of a great multitude 21:31 of every kindred, tongue and people 21:34 redeemed by the grace of God 21:36 and washed in the blood of the Lamb. 21:40 Here in 90 minutes, 21:41 50 pastors and elders 21:43 under the direction of Pastor Carter 21:44 baptized 2,817 precious souls. 21:49 For each of these new beloved brothers and sisters, 21:52 along with another 671 21:55 who were baptized during the following two weeks, 21:57 we say 21:59 glory, be to the Father 22:00 and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. 22:03 Let the world and the church know we serve a mighty God. 22:07 And the victory at Kiev was wrought not by might, 22:10 nor by power, but by His Holy Spirit. 22:13 Glory. Hallelujah. 22:15 Hallelujah! 22:17 Hallelujah! 22:19 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:21 Hallelujah! 22:24 Hallelujah! 22:26 Hallelujah! 22:28 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:31 Hallelujah! 22:34 For the Lord God 22:36 Omnipotent reigneth 22:40 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:43 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:45 For the Lord God 22:48 Omnipotent reigneth 22:52 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:54 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 22:57 Hallelujah! 23:00 Hallelujah! 23:04 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 23:06 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 23:09 Hallelujah! 23:11 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 23:13 Hallelujah! 23:16 Hallelujah! 23:18 Hallelujah! 23:20 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 23:25 The kingdom of this world 23:31 Is become 23:35 The kingdom of our Lord 23:39 And of His Christ, and of His Christ 23:44 He shall reign for ever and ever 23:49 And He shall reign for ever and ever 23:55 And He shall reign for ever and ever 24:01 For ever and ever, forever and ever 24:08 King of kings 24:10 Forever and ever 24:12 And Lord of lords Forever and ever 24:17 And He shall reign And He shall reign 24:20 Forever and ever 24:24 King of kings And Lord of lords 24:29 King of kings 24:31 And Lord of lords 24:34 And He shall reign 24:38 Forever and ever 24:41 King of kings! 24:44 And Lord of lords! 24:46 King of kings! 24:48 And Lord of lords! 24:52 And He shall reign 25:08 I've just come back from Russia. 25:09 What a trip? 25:11 With a team of 16 Russians, 25:13 Americans, Canadians and Australians, 25:16 I've traveled 6,000 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok 25:20 through seven time zones. 25:22 Oh, my friend, I wish you could have been there 25:25 to see the faces of the people 25:27 waiting for us at 35 stops along the way. 25:32 Old babushkas, young men, 25:34 young women standing for hours in the snow 25:38 crying out Slava Bogu, 25:40 praise God, thank you for coming. 25:42 Thank you for not forgetting us. 25:46 They stood there and we gave them Bibles. 25:48 Every person got a Bible. 25:50 Every person got a box of medicines and vitamins, 25:53 and we gave out 25:55 62,000 gospel audio cassettes that tell, 25:59 tells them that there's a God in heaven 26:01 who knows all about them 26:03 and who loves them 26:04 and who sent Jesus to die for them. 26:07 I said to one little old lady who'd been waiting there 26:09 in the snow for three hours of temperature 26:12 35 degrees below. 26:15 I don't know what the windshield factor was. 26:17 I do know it was cold. 26:19 I said, "What are the needs here?" 26:21 She said, "I don't know how even to tell you," 26:23 I said, "Please tell me the needs." 26:25 She said, "We haven't been paid by our employers for a year." 26:28 People here are on the verge of starvation, 26:31 but she said, "Our needs are greater 26:33 than anything physical. 26:34 We need Christ. 26:36 We need the Word of God. 26:37 Go back to America. 26:39 Tell the people do not forget us 26:41 in the name of God. 26:42 Don't forsake us." 26:45 My friend, don't forsake your brothers and sisters 26:48 in the ex Soviet Union. 26:49 That's my pleading you today. 26:51 I wish you can come with me to Chernobyl. 26:54 My wife Beverley has a special ministry 26:56 for the suffering little children of Chernobyl. 26:58 I wish you could see their faces. 27:01 I wish I could describe to you if I had the ability, 27:04 their pains, their sorrows. 27:06 They are the victims of the worst nuclear disaster 27:10 in the history of the human race. 27:12 Recently with the help 27:14 of the good old United States Air Force, 27:17 we were able to take a great quantity of goods 27:20 to the suffering people of Kiev, 27:22 and the little children of Chernobyl. 27:25 This is our latest mission update 27:27 and it gives the amazing story. 27:30 This is the US Air Force Hercules. 27:32 Thank God for what they did. 27:34 I wish you could come with me, friend, and visit the soldiers. 27:38 I've had generals, colonels, 27:41 thousands of soldiers say to me, 27:44 "Don't forget us. 27:45 We've got souls too. We've got hearts." 27:48 I've had the privilege of speaking recently 27:50 to thousands of KGB officers, 27:53 their message is, don't forsake us, 27:56 don't forget us. 27:58 I want to put this in your hands 28:00 our latest mission update. 28:01 Write to me, John Carter, P.O. Box 1900, 28:05 Thousand Oaks, California 93158. 28:10 We wish to thank the members 28:11 of the Community Adventist Fellowship 28:13 and our loyal and faithful friends 28:15 across North America 28:17 for making this crusade possible. 28:19 We also wish to record our gratitude 28:21 to an admiration 28:23 for our brothers and sisters in Kiev, 28:25 who stood courageously with us when the battle raged. 28:29 Above all, we thank God who gave us grace to fight 28:33 the good fight of faith and who gave us the victory. 28:37 To God be the glory, great things He has done. 29:04 I'm John Carter in the cabin of the locomotive 29:07 of the Trans-Siberian Express. 29:09 We're on an incredible 6,000 mile journey 29:13 crossing seven time zones. 29:15 At every major stopping place, 29:17 we are greeting our Christian brothers and sisters 29:20 and placing in their hands Bibles, 29:23 medicines, vitamins, and gospel audio cassettes. 29:27 Join me in the adventure of a lifetime 29:31 as by the grace of God 29:33 we blaze a pathway off hope and light 29:36 from Moscow to Vladivostok 29:39 in the midst of this bitter Siberian wilderness. 29:42 Welcome aboard the Carter Report, 29:45 Trans-Siberian Hope Express. 29:56 Siberia, 29:57 the very name conjures up images 29:59 of vast sweeping planes, 30:02 never-ending forests, howling blizzards, 30:05 Arctic temperatures and brutal death camps. 30:08 Siberia is a land of superlatives. 30:12 It is covered in part by the largest massive trees 30:16 in the world. 30:18 The Taiga Forest spreads its foliage 30:20 over an area larger than the United States. 30:25 Siberia holds within its icy embrace 30:28 the largest and deepest fresh water lake 30:30 on the planet. 30:32 Lake Baikal 30:34 is a mile deep and holds 30:36 one-fifth of all the surface fresh water 30:39 in the world. 30:41 This land of legend is the home of the biggest cat. 30:45 The male Siberian tiger weighs more than 700 pounds. 30:50 Siberia is so large, it makes Europe look small. 30:54 It covers 5,850,000 square miles 30:58 and stretches 2,850 miles from East to West. 31:04 Beneath its frozen surface, 31:07 fabulous riches, mountains of precious metals 31:10 and seas of oil waits for harvest. 31:14 In its cities and villages, men and women, 31:16 boys, and girls 31:18 worth more than all of earth's treasures 31:20 wait for the harvest of the gospel. 31:24 "They will be mine," says the Lord Almighty, 31:28 "in the day when I make up My jewels." 31:33 The Carter Report for the greater glory of God 31:37 presents the Trans-Siberian Hope Express. 31:57 The Trans-Siberian Express 31:59 passes through great cities 32:01 where millions of Russians live 32:02 without hope or God in the world. 32:05 They're the victims of an evil dictatorship 32:08 that slaughtered a vast multitude 32:09 of its own people. 32:11 Across the frozen Northern plain 32:13 are 10 million lonely graves 32:15 that mark the resting place 32:17 of those who perished in Siberia 32:19 at the hands of the communists. 32:21 While millions were murdered elsewhere in the Soviet Union, 32:24 the Siberian death camps hold a special place 32:27 in the chronicles of mankind's descent into hell. 32:31 While nothing can be done for these poor tragic people 32:34 who are now sleeping in the dust of the earth, 32:36 much can be done 32:38 for the survivors of Stalin's Holocaust. 32:40 The millions of lost, forgotten souls 32:43 who live lives of quiet desperation 32:46 along the railway line of the Trans-Siberian Express. 32:52 John Carter is an Australian pastor 32:55 and evangelist. 32:56 Igor Pospehin 32:57 is a Russian pastor and translator. 33:00 During the past five years, 33:02 they have spoken to 2 million Russians 33:05 and Ukrainians. 33:07 They have seen the hand of God 33:08 stretched forth in mighty power, 33:11 as tens of thousands have confessed faith in Christ. 33:15 They have stood on the banks of the Volga and Dnieper rivers 33:18 and watched more than 10,000 precious souls 33:22 publicly declare their belief in God 33:24 as Creator and Jesus as Savior. 33:28 Igor's words during October, 1996, 33:31 made a profound impression on the evangelist. 33:35 "There are great Russian 33:37 cities without God or hope in the world 33:40 that have never heard the good news of the Savior. 33:43 They're being left to perish in darkness and unbelief. 33:47 Does no one care?" 33:50 At that moment the idea 33:51 of the Trans-Siberia Hope Express 33:54 was born. 33:55 John Carter resolved 33:57 that somehow by the grace of God, 33:59 a kindle of hope would be lit in the darkness 34:02 of the brutal Russian winter. 34:06 The journey started in Moscow on Thursday, 34:09 the 23rd of January. 34:12 I'd like you to come inside, come and share our quarters. 34:15 We'll be in here for the next eight days, 34:18 6,000 miles, eight days. 34:20 Come inside with me. 34:24 The place is almost completely filled with Bibles 34:30 and books and audiotapes. 34:34 And these are going to be given out to our believers 34:35 along the way. 34:37 We've also taken some water. 34:38 This is going to be a 6,000 mile journey. 34:51 There's hardly room for sleeping. 35:03 I'd like you to meet two very special friends, 35:06 Dr. and Mrs. Belco. 35:09 Uh, they don't have a lot of room, 35:11 but they're going to have a great time here with us 35:13 on the Trans-Siberian Hope Express. 35:16 Dr. Belco is going to play his trumpet 35:18 every time the train comes to a stop, 35:20 and he's going to be playing that great old hymn, 35:22 lift up the trumpet loud, 35:24 let it ring, Jesus is coming again. 35:28 I have a special friend and supporter 35:31 is Pastor BJ Christiansen, 35:33 and he's getting ready to start to pass out 35:36 all the goodies. 35:38 Now these are the Bibles. 35:40 Also, uh, tens of thousands of audio cassettes, 35:44 vitamins, and minerals and medicines. 35:47 And we're just glad to have Pastor BJ with us 35:49 on this tremendous adventure. 35:55 Now this is a very special suite. 35:57 This is where Beverley and I are living. 35:59 Up here, we've got the Bibles 36:01 and these are Russian Bibles as you can see. 36:04 And I'm just looking at the breakfast 36:06 that Brother Matiko has handed me. 36:08 It's a box of vanilla almond crunch, 36:11 plus a bottle of ketchup to go with it. 36:13 So I believe it's quite tasty. 36:15 We're just gonna have a great time here. 36:18 And we want to say to all the people 36:20 who have helped us put this together, 36:23 you're making a tremendous contribution 36:26 to the peace and the joy and the happiness 36:28 of thousands of precious Russian Christian believers, 36:31 as well as people, 36:33 hundreds of thousands, 36:34 who've never heard the blessed Gospel of Christ. 36:37 Keep coming with me. 36:38 We've still got other things to show you here. 36:41 Here we have two very special people. 36:44 This is our manager, Pastor Norman Matiko. 36:48 And Norm is the person who is responsible 36:51 for putting all of this together 36:52 and making our living conditions 36:54 so, so difficult 36:55 if I use like this, but he's done. 36:58 But, folks, we believe 37:01 that the most important thing we can do 37:03 is to get these Bibles 37:04 and these medicines out to these people. 37:06 This is Pastor Alexander, 37:08 the president of the Volga Conference. 37:10 And he's coming with us. 37:11 He'll be talking to the people and greeting the people 37:15 and telling them that God loves them. 37:17 And that the church in the Western world 37:19 has not forsaken them or forgotten them. 37:24 For 70 years, the people of Siberia 37:26 seem to be forsaken and forgotten, 37:29 not only by man, but by God. 37:32 It was to this vast inhospitable wilderness 37:36 that millions came not willingly, 37:38 but as the persecuted slaves of the communist state. 37:42 Like the children of Israel 37:43 who toil beneath the fiery lash of Pharaoh, 37:47 so the Russian people who were exiled to Siberia, 37:49 slaved in the mines, 37:51 the forests and the death camps. 37:54 Millions died violent deaths 37:57 while multitudes weak with hunger 37:59 and broken by impossible work requirements 38:02 embraced death as a welcome friend. 38:07 Today, there is a new government 38:08 in Moscow 38:10 and people are free to worship God. 38:12 The vast majority of the Siberians 38:14 however were born and bred in atheism 38:17 and know nothing about the one who sent His only Son 38:21 that they might have life. 38:23 They continue to live 38:25 without hope or God in the world. 38:28 But scattered through the cities and towns 38:30 of Siberia are small groups of Christians. 38:34 They are God's lifeline to these lost millions. 38:38 The Carter Report team 38:40 was about to meet the first of many such groups 38:42 that they would greet 38:43 along the Trans-Siberian Railway. 38:46 Good morning. Good morning. 38:48 We're glad to see you. We bring you greetings. 38:57 We bring you greetings from the United States, 39:01 and Canada, and Australia. 39:04 And we come to bring you greetings 39:06 from all of these believers. 39:11 And we want you to know 39:13 how glad we are to reach you today. 39:17 And we have brought with us gifts of love. 39:24 We've brought medicines. 39:25 These believers are survivors, 39:28 they are the remnant who by God's amazing grace 39:32 outlived the bloody reign of communist dictators. 39:36 We salute them as God's heroes. 39:40 This is our first stop at Yaroslavl. 39:42 We met here with the leaders of the church 39:44 and it was our great joy to greet them 39:47 and to give them Bibles, 39:49 and vitamins, and packages, 39:52 and medicines for their families. 39:54 And also our audio cassettes of the gospel. 39:57 They're just wonderful people 39:59 and their greeting was extremely warm. 40:02 We haven't just brought a blessing here tonight. 40:04 We have received a great blessing. 40:09 As the great train rumbled further eastward, 40:12 the weather became cold, 40:14 but the days were bathed in sunshine. 40:17 It was as though God were smiling 40:19 upon the Trans-Siberian Hope Express. 40:23 The next stop was Kirov, 40:25 and industrial city of 400,000 people 40:28 that was founded in 1181. 40:32 As the train rolled into the station, 40:34 Dr. Boris Belco played on his trumpet, 40:38 lift up the trumpet and loud let it rain, 40:41 Jesus is coming again. 40:45 Vadim, a 20 year old evangelist 40:47 stood waiting with 100 new converts 40:49 in the Christian faith. 40:51 This young Russian 40:53 who is studying for the ministry, 40:55 worked with the Carter Report team 40:56 in Nizhny Novgorod during September '96. 41:00 He had just completed an evangelistic crusade 41:03 in Kirov and baptized 400 new believers. 41:12 Perm, a city 41:14 of more than 1 million inhabitants 41:16 was the next major stopping place. 41:18 It was 10 o'clock on Friday night 41:20 when the Trans-Siberian Hope Express arrived. 41:24 The Carter Report team was met by a group of believers 41:27 whose warmth dispelled the bitter cold. 41:31 The atheists and communists 41:33 once boasted that the Christian faith 41:35 would be wiped from the face of the earth. 41:38 They imprisoned, beat, tortured, froze, starved, 41:42 drugged, and murdered 41:43 millions of innocent men and women 41:45 whose only crime was faith in God. 41:49 These believers 41:50 worshiping at 10 o'clock on Friday night 41:52 on a freezing railway station 41:54 were a testimony to the power of the gospel. 41:57 We believe in the same great God. 42:01 And we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 42:05 And we believe in the great truth. 42:09 That God made us, and that we are His children, 42:14 and we are brothers and sisters together. 42:17 We also believe in the everlasting gospel. 42:22 The God so loved the world, 42:25 that He gave His only Son, 42:27 so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, 42:31 but have everlasting life. 42:33 And we also believe 42:36 that Jesus is going to come again. 42:40 And the trumpet song that Dr. Belco played, 42:47 says, lift up the trumpet, 42:52 and louder it ring. 42:55 Jesus is coming again. 42:58 And so we have a message for you tonight, 43:03 that you are the children of God. 43:05 You are special in God's sight. 43:09 God made you. 43:11 Jesus redeemed you. 43:14 God loves you. 43:15 And you are our brothers and our sisters in Christ. 43:19 And we salute you and we greet you. 43:24 And we'll show you of our love for each one of you. 43:28 At each of the 30 stopping places 43:31 from Moscow to Vladivostok, 43:34 the Carter Report team unloaded boxes of Bibles, 43:37 medicines, vitamins, and gospel audio cassettes. 43:40 These gifts met spiritual and physical needs. 43:43 Here we have Bibles for every Christian here, 43:47 for these people to share with their friends 43:49 and their relatives, 43:50 and also many, many boxes 43:54 of all packets of vitamins and medicines, 43:57 and also audio sets of evangelistic talks, 44:01 and these dear folks are going to take these Bibles 44:05 and these audio tapes 44:06 and share them with their friends 44:08 and let the hope of the knowledge of God 44:11 shared abroad in this place. 44:13 These cities are desperately in need 44:15 of the Gospel of Christ. 44:17 And these precious Christian believers 44:19 are God's ambassadors 44:21 to take Christ 44:23 and the message of salvation 44:25 to the suffering Russian people. 44:29 Ekaterinburg 44:30 named after czar Peter's wife Catherine 44:33 is one of Russia's most important 44:34 industrial centers 44:36 with a population of one and a half million. 44:38 It is a city of historical significance. 44:41 Czar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandra, 44:45 their four daughters and son 44:46 were brutally murdered here by the communists in 1918. 44:50 Gary Powers, the American U2 pilot 44:53 was shot down not far from the Ekaterinburg, 44:56 the home of Boris Yeltsin. 45:00 The Carter Report team arrived 45:02 at the Ekaterinburg Railway Station 45:04 at 3:59 AM 45:06 and was met by a large group who presented the visitors 45:09 with the traditional Russian greeting 45:10 of bread and salt. 45:12 Where else in the world 45:14 that believers congregate to praise God 45:15 in the dead of winter at 3:59 AM 45:19 when it's minus 17 degrees. 45:22 The train is going to leave soon. 45:25 It may only take 15 minutes to start. 45:31 Let us all get around for prayer. 45:35 Greg, Norman, let's all get in for prayer. 45:40 We're going to bow our heads and have prayer. 45:44 Ask God to bless us. 45:46 Shall we bow our heads? 45:48 Our Father in heaven, 45:50 we thank You here 45:52 that in this great city of Ekaterinburg, 45:57 this city of one and a half million souls. 46:02 That here we have the people of God. 46:06 Bless the pastor today. 46:08 Bless this precious sheep of Your flock. 46:13 Protect them. 46:14 Cover them with the blood of Jesus. 46:18 Write their names again in the Lamb's book of life. 46:22 Give them joy and peace and happiness. 46:26 And may they have hope in their hearts today. 46:29 The hope of Jesus coming, and the hope of heaven at last. 46:35 Bless these Bibles. Bless the medicines. 46:38 Bless the audio tapes. 46:41 May they be used to win souls. 46:44 So bless these precious people for Jesus' sake. 46:49 Amen. Amen. 46:52 To win souls 46:53 and bless these people for Jesus' sake. 46:56 The closing words of the prayer describe the mission 46:59 of the Trans-Siberian Hope Express 47:02 to win souls and bless these people for Jesus' sake. 47:07 Millions across this vast continent 47:10 still await for the coming of God's messengers 47:12 with God's word of life and hope. 47:16 Two thousand years ago, 47:18 Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles wrote 47:21 in the Book of Romans 10:14-15. 47:24 "How then can they call 47:25 on the one they have not believed in? 47:28 And how can they believe in the one of whom 47:30 they have not heard? 47:31 And how can they hear 47:32 without someone preaching to them? 47:35 And how can they preach unless they are sent?" 47:40 During the eight day journey, 47:42 the train crossed seven time zones, 47:45 days and nights blurred together at all hours. 47:48 Pastor and Mrs. Carter with their team greeted, 47:51 prayed with, preach to, 47:54 and encouraged men and women 47:56 who had kept the faith when Christians were hated, 47:58 despised and persecuted by the atheistic government. 48:03 They met them on ice covered railway stations 48:05 at 1:00 AM, 3:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 48:11 3:00 PM, 10:00 PM 48:13 in towns and cities 48:14 whose strange sounding names 48:16 are largely unknown in the West. 48:19 Tyumen, Novosibirsk, 48:23 Krasnoyarsk, Cheremkhov, 48:26 Angarsk, Slavyanska, Voronezh, 48:32 Birobidzhan and others. 48:36 While time will not permit everything, 48:38 however exciting that happened 48:40 during the 6,000 mile journey to be told, 48:43 some special stories are included. 48:47 It was 3:34 PM, the 25th of January, 48:52 and the temperature was minus 15 degrees. 48:55 The place was the railway station 48:57 at Nazivayevskay. 49:00 A babushka, Russian grandmother 49:02 came to the train, hoping to sell three sausages. 49:06 Many of these Russian people had not been paid their wages 49:09 or receive their pensions for many months. 49:11 The Russian government had run out of cash. 49:15 Again, three sausages 49:17 were the equivalent of a week's food supply. 49:20 When she saw the Carter Report team 49:21 holding Russian Bibles, 49:24 she immediately offered her three sausages 49:26 for one Bible. 49:28 Pastor Carter told her this is God's Word. 49:32 It is our gift to you. 49:34 It comes to you with our love. 49:36 It is free. 49:38 It tells the story of the great Creator God 49:40 who gave His only Son 49:42 so that you may have eternal life. 49:48 The prisons of Siberia during the time of the czars 49:51 and communists 49:52 were notorious for their inhuman treatment 49:54 of prisoners. 49:56 Today, they remain citadels of despair. 50:00 The Carter Report team was told, 50:01 bring Bibles and medicines to these prisons. 50:04 The doors are open to you. 50:06 The prison officials welcome you. 50:09 More stories from Siberia after this message. 50:16 Behind me is a Russian work camp. 50:20 I'm John Carter in Siberia. 50:23 In these work camps during the days of communists, 50:26 some 70 million people were placed. 50:30 There they went through hell. 50:31 They were brutalized and finally put to death. 50:36 I received word just a few days ago 50:38 that conditions are no better today 50:40 than they were back in the days of Stalin 50:43 in these concentration camps. 50:46 We desperately need your help. 50:48 We need Bibles. 50:50 We need Bibles 50:51 because these people need to know the gospel 50:53 and we need medicines. 50:55 We need to treat these people for their diseases, 50:58 particularly for the sickness of tuberculosis. 51:02 I'm asking you today, my dear friend, 51:04 please stand with us in this great work, 51:07 this great work of bringing hope 51:09 and the Gospel of Jesus Christ 51:11 to the suffering Russian Siberian people. 51:15 Write to me, John Carter, P.O. Box 1900, 51:18 Thousand Oaks, California, 91358. 51:22 And help us to bring hope to the people here in Siberia. 51:27 This is John Carter reporting from Siberia. 51:38 Forty miles south of the city of Irkutsk 51:40 is Lake Baikal 400 miles long, 51:44 and between 20 and 40 miles wide. 51:47 Lake Baikal in Siberia is the largest freshwater lake 51:52 in the whole wide world. 51:54 It contains one-fifth 51:55 of all the fresh water on the planet. 51:58 So severe is the cold here in Siberia 52:02 that this lake is completely frozen over. 52:06 The lake goes for more than 300 miles, 52:08 just solid, solid ice. 52:11 Here you can see how the ice has been caught 52:13 by the winds 52:15 and thrown up against the shoreline. 52:18 It was to this inhospitable spot 52:22 on planet earth, 52:24 that millions and millions of people came 52:26 not willingly, 52:28 but they came as the prisoners of communism. 52:31 And here they died by the millions. 52:35 We've come to Siberia to bring to the survivors 52:38 of the communist, Holocaust 52:40 a message of life and a message of hope. 52:43 We've come here to bring them 52:45 the eternal message of Jesus Christ, 52:48 the Son of God. 52:51 The eternal message of Jesus Christ, 52:53 the Son of God was proclaimed just a few hours 52:57 after John Carter visited Lake Baikal. 53:00 The place was Irkutsk, 53:02 the only stop over on the eight day journey. 53:05 The hunger of the Russian people 53:07 for the Word of God seems insatiable. 53:10 During the Carter Report campaigns 53:12 in Russia and Ukraine, 53:14 people broke down the doors of the auditoriums 53:16 to hear the Word of God, 53:18 accumulatively more than 2 million Russians 53:21 and Ukrainians have attended 53:23 the Carter Report crusades 53:25 and tens of thousands have accepted Christ. 53:30 And almost every stopping place from Moscow to Vladivostok, 53:34 petitions were presented by local churches. 53:37 "Please, we beseech you in the name of God, 53:40 come to our city and preach the Word of God. 53:43 Our people have been in darkness for many years. 53:45 Please come soon. 53:47 Do not forsake us as." 53:51 As the great train traveled 53:53 across the wastelands of Eastern Siberia, 53:56 the Russian members of the Carter Report team 53:58 informed the others that this was the area 54:01 where most of the prisoners were sent. 54:03 We're now 4,500 miles from Moscow 54:07 on our way to Vladivostok. 54:08 We're right in the very heart 54:10 of the worst portion of Siberia. 54:12 This is where it gets the coldest. 54:14 In this area 54:15 it is often 60 or 70 degrees below 54:19 in winter. 54:20 And this is the area 54:21 where they had the infamous death camps. 54:24 This is a part of the infamous Gulag Archipelago 54:28 that was described so strongly 54:30 by the great Russian Patriot Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. 54:34 Hundreds of thousands of people were sent to these camps. 54:37 In fact, we now know 54:39 that 10 million people perished 54:42 in the Marxist's death camps, 54:45 concentration camps, 54:46 or as they were called work camps 54:50 Before the reign of the Marxists, 54:53 the czars, and also sent troublemakers 54:55 to Siberia at a small railway station, 54:59 not far from the Chinese border, 55:01 the Carter Report team discovered a memorial 55:04 to Russia's first freedom fighters. 55:07 Here are some of Russia's first freedom fighters. 55:11 These men who were nobles wanted democracy, 55:14 and because of their earnest desire 55:17 to be free men, 55:18 they were taken by the czars 55:20 and exiled to the land of Siberia. 55:22 And so we salute them today, the freedom fighters. 55:27 Today, there's a new brand of freedom fighters 55:30 in the land of Russia. 55:31 And they are preaching the everlasting gospel. 55:34 Jesus said, "You'll know the truth 55:36 and the truth will make you free. 55:38 Everywhere we go, everywhere we stop, 55:41 we are being met by groups of Christians, 55:44 men and women who have a zeal to preach 55:47 the gospel of freedom. 55:49 And we're here to bring them Bibles, 55:52 to help them to fight the good fight of faith. 55:55 They are God's freedom fighters. 55:58 We need to support them. 56:02 After eight days, 56:03 the Trans-Siberian Hope Express 56:06 rolled into Vladivostok, 56:08 a home of the Pacific fleet. 56:11 The Carter Report team 56:12 was met by an enthusiastic group 56:13 of believers, 56:15 the ceremony of the bread and salt followed 56:17 and boxes of Bibles, 56:19 medicines, vitamins and gospel audio cassettes 56:22 were distributed. 56:24 A bitterly cold wind was blowing, 56:27 but nothing could detract from the warmth of the love 56:30 that flowed from these Russian Christians. 56:33 The Carter Report team crossed Siberia 56:35 to bring a blessing. 56:37 They in turn were blessed. 56:41 The time has finally arrived to go home. 56:44 In a few moments, 56:45 we'll be catching the plane 56:47 back to the United States of America. 56:49 And as I stand here, 56:52 my mind is just flooded with memories. 56:54 I see people standing out in the snow. 56:57 I see little children 56:59 receiving medicines and vitamins. 57:01 And I want to say to you 57:03 a big thank you from the bottom of my heart 57:06 for making all of this possible. 57:08 In a sense, this is the end 57:11 of the Trans-Siberian Hope Express. 57:15 But in another sense, it's only just beginning. 57:30 For a copy of today's program, 57:32 please contact us at P.O. 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