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00:01 As you're well aware,
00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:17 I'm Jason Bradley, 01:19 and I'm so glad that you decided 01:20 to take the time to spend with us today 01:23 because we're going to be talking 01:25 about an exciting topic, 01:27 getting a wonderful update, but before we do, 01:30 and before I introduce my guests to you today, 01:33 I wanna share a Bible verse with you. 01:36 This is Matthew 28:19, 01:41 and we'll read verse 20, 01:43 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, 01:46 baptizing them in the name of the Father 01:49 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 01:51 teaching them to observe all things 01:54 that I have commanded you, 01:55 and lo, I am with you always, 01:57 even to the end of the age." 01:59 Amen. 02:01 Here with us today, we have Jason Sliger 02:05 and we have his wife Midori Sliger 02:07 and they are missionaries 02:09 with Adventist Frontier Mission. 02:11 That's correct. Yes. Yes. 02:13 I wanna get like all into your background 02:16 and get the update on, 02:18 you know, what's been going on in your life. 02:20 I know that we had a chance 02:21 to sit down and talk a little bit 02:23 before this program, 02:25 and it's just amazing to hear what God is doing. 02:28 And I know we're not gonna keep 02:29 that to ourselves. 02:31 We're gonna share it with the world. 02:32 We'll do our best, yes All right. 02:34 But before we do, we're gonna be blessed in song 02:36 by Pastor John Lomacang, who will be singing, 02:39 "I Will Go." 03:08 Give me ears to hear your spirit 03:14 Give me feet to follow through 03:20 Give me hands to touch the hurting 03:25 And the faith to follow you 03:35 Give me grace to be your servant 03:41 Give me mercy for the lost 03:47 Give me passion for your glory 03:53 Give me passion for the cross 03:59 And I will go where there are no easy roads 04:05 Leave the comfort that I know 04:11 I will go and let this journey be my own 04:17 I will go 04:22 I will go 04:39 I'll let go of my ambition 04:45 Cut the roots that run so deep 04:51 I will learn to give away 04:57 What I cannot really keep 05:02 What I cannot 05:05 Really keep 05:10 Help me see 05:14 With eyes of faith 05:18 Give me strength 05:21 To run this race 05:25 And I will go where there are no easy roads 05:32 Leave the comfort that I know 05:37 I will go and let this journey be my own 05:44 I will go, I will go 05:50 I will go where, Lord Your glory is unknown 05:56 I will live for You alone 06:02 I will go because my life is not my own 06:09 I will go 06:14 I will go 06:22 I will go 06:35 Wow. 06:37 What a beautiful song and so appropriate 06:38 for what we're talking about today. 06:40 And, Jason, you know, 06:42 I want to pitch this question to you, 06:44 but, Midori, this is also for you too. 06:46 Have you always been in church? 06:49 Yeah, so I pretty much grew up in the Adventist Church. 06:53 My mom became an Adventist 06:54 when I was about five years old, 06:56 through a proxy seminar 06:58 that was done in our local town. 06:59 She was a Baptist before that 07:01 and a backslidden Adventist 07:03 invited her to go to the proxy seminars with her. 07:06 And both of them were re-baptized 07:08 at the end of the meetings. 07:09 And, you know, I was raised 07:11 in the Adventist Church from there. 07:12 Nice. 07:13 And I was blessed to have grown up in the church. 07:17 I have the prayers of my grandparents. 07:19 In fact, I think my grandmother's prayers 07:21 are what brought us to missions. 07:23 Wow. 07:25 And that was my next question, like, 07:27 have you always had a desire for missionary work? 07:30 I have. 07:32 I always wanted to be a missionary? 07:34 I wanted to be, 07:36 I was going to be a single missionary. 07:37 That was my plan. 07:38 Just go out and live and die with the people. 07:42 And then God clearly, 07:44 made it really clear that I needed to marry Jason. 07:48 And that was not in his plans. Yeah. 07:50 I'm sure Jason's happy 07:52 that you didn't get your single missionary dream. 07:56 What about you? 07:57 You know, I grew up reading 07:59 all the great Adventist mission stories, 08:00 you know, the Eric B. Hare and all of that, 08:02 and was very blessed by them. 08:05 But the thought of ever becoming a missionary 08:08 never really entered into my mind 08:11 until probably about 12 or 15 years ago 08:15 when I started talking with a good friend of mine 08:17 who went to serve as a missionary in Thailand. 08:19 He's actually still there now. 08:21 And sharing with me his journey 08:23 and just the vast need in the mission field. 08:26 You know, there's like, there's over 3 billion people 08:29 who don't even know that Jesus exists. 08:31 And at that time I was doing evangelism with Amazing Facts. 08:34 And, you know, if you wanna appeal 08:35 to the heart of an evangelist, 08:37 tell them that there's 3 billion people 08:38 who don't even know that Jesus exists. 08:40 And I remember my eyes just kind of welling up with, 08:43 you know, these hot tears. 08:44 And I was like, Lord, you know, what can I do? 08:46 There's this huge amount of people 08:48 that don't know about the goodness of God. 08:51 And I think that was kind of the beginnings 08:53 of God planting those seeds 08:55 for foreign missions in my heart. 08:57 Because at that time he's still, 08:59 Jason still did not make the connection 09:01 that the need could be... 09:04 We could be connected to fulfilling that need. 09:06 Yes. 09:08 Which is huge, you know, when you think about, 09:10 you said 3 billion people still don't? 09:13 And we have all of this technology, 09:15 we have all of these things now 09:16 where we can spread the gospel 09:18 in incredible ways and 3 billion people. 09:21 That's right. Wow! 09:22 It's a large amount of people out there. 09:24 Absolutely. So we need laborers? 09:27 Yeah. 09:28 We need boots on the ground 09:29 where the people that are actually interacting 09:31 and discipling and ministering to, 09:32 and talking to them and taking them 09:34 under their wing and eating with them 09:36 and dressing with like they do 09:38 and talking like they do, 09:39 and just really ministering to them 09:40 on a heart to heart level. 09:42 Because that's what Jesus did. 09:43 You know, He lived in a beautiful world. 09:46 He had everything He needed, 09:48 but we were in such a bad state. 09:51 He came down and He became exactly like us, 09:54 like so much that nobody even noticed 09:57 that God was living there in that town 10:00 because He talked like them, 10:02 He looked like them, everything was the same, 10:05 but He did that so that He could relate to us. 10:07 And so, that's our goal as missionaries 10:10 to be able to relate to the people, 10:11 so they can see 10:12 what God looks like in human flesh. 10:14 I love that, 10:16 so you're implementing Christ method? 10:17 That's correct. Yeah. That's beautiful. 10:19 Well, that's the only means for true success. 10:21 Absolutely. 10:22 So what led you to Adventist Frontier Missions? 10:26 Well, you know, maybe Midori can answer this question 10:29 a little bit better than I can, 10:30 but she's always been an avid reader 10:31 of the Frontier's magazine. 10:34 Every month she would read through those mission stories 10:37 and we would talk about them together 10:39 and just were really impressed by the ministry 10:43 that they do among the unreached people groups. 10:45 Yeah. 10:46 We had certain missionaries that we supported every month 10:51 and we were so blessed to just feel like 10:53 we had a piece of that, the work that they were doing. 10:57 So we faithfully supported them. 10:59 We would invite them to visit us 11:02 when they came back on furlough. 11:04 They would speak at our churches 11:06 'cause Jason's a pastor. 11:07 And, but we still did not, both of us, 11:13 we had not made that transition to actually thinking 11:15 that we could be part of that. 11:17 Wow! And let's talk about that. 11:19 Let's talk about that transition 11:21 because you were in one mission field, 11:23 both of you were in one mission field 11:26 in pastoral ministry. 11:28 So what was that transition like 11:31 and how did you recognize the call? 11:34 Good question. 11:35 So as she mentioned, as Midori mentioned, 11:37 we had the missionary friends 11:39 that were working with Adventist Frontier Missions 11:41 and on their furloughs, 11:43 they would come and speak in our districts 11:45 and, you know, tell our churches 11:46 about what they've been up to. 11:48 And then offline in our house when they're, 11:51 you know, staying with us and talking about mission work 11:53 and, you know, one of them was like, 11:55 you should be a missionary. 11:56 You should be, you got to make good missionaries. 11:58 And we're just like, "Yeah, okay." 11:59 You know, I'm like, I'm not a doctor, 12:01 I'm not a nurse, I'm not a teacher. 12:03 I'm not, you know, that in my mind 12:05 that was kind of like the typical missionary, 12:07 you know, I felt like God had given me 12:09 the gift of communication to be able to preach 12:11 and that kind of thing. 12:12 And so I didn't, I guess I just didn't see 12:15 how the gifts that God had given me 12:16 could mesh with mission work. 12:19 And so a little over a year ago 12:22 some of our missionary friends were on furlough, 12:24 talking with us about this again, 12:26 and they've been chipping away at us over years. 12:29 And I was having my devotions one morning 12:32 after they had visited. 12:34 And I was just kind of reading through the gospels 12:36 where I had left off the day before. 12:39 And asking the Lord, 12:40 you know, what do you want me to take 12:42 out of this passage? 12:43 And the Lord just brought to my mind, 12:44 the ask, seek, knock, you know, 12:46 and then the Lord was like, 12:48 you know, now is a time for you 12:49 to start knocking on the doors of missions. 12:52 It was just, it was a very clear impression, 12:54 you know, that happens to you sometimes. 12:55 It's just very clear the Lord is saying, 12:57 this is what I want you to do. 12:59 And so at that point, I'm like, 13:01 okay, Lord, do you know 13:02 if you want us to start knocking 13:03 on the door of missions 13:05 and not just support financially, 13:06 but actually support with our hands and our lives, 13:09 then, you know, we want to be in the center of Your will. 13:12 And so from there we sent out an email 13:15 to Adventist Frontier Missions, 13:17 and it was just kind of a fast rolling ball from there. 13:19 Wow! Now what had to take place? 13:23 Weren't there a few things that had to take place 13:25 in order for that, I guess, to come into fruition? 13:29 Didn't you have a few things that you needed to be done 13:32 that you prayed for? 13:34 Yeah. 13:36 The first thing that we prayed for, 13:38 I prayed that Jason would be open to missions. 13:42 And God, I didn't tell him that, 13:44 but God answered that prayer with his, 13:48 this thought of knocking on doors. 13:51 But then once we committed to being missionaries, 13:56 they took us into their office 13:57 and there was a week of orientation 14:00 and they were kind of sharing with us 14:01 what's involved in mission work. 14:03 And we had to decide where we were going to go. 14:08 And initially our thought was Scotland 14:11 because Jason had British citizenship. 14:14 So he could get into Scotland 14:16 where most people can't get a visa 14:20 for like religious workers. 14:21 Anyway, so God had to change our minds 14:27 from thinking that 14:28 we were gonna go to the civilized, 14:30 nice place to Papua New Guinea, 14:34 where we're going to go in the jungle. 14:36 And Jason had to kind of open his mind to that. 14:41 Yeah, the Lord, actually, 14:43 while we were there doing orientation 14:44 and the Lord actually gave me a dream 14:46 that we were going to go to Papua New Guinea. 14:49 I remember in the dream I had landed, 14:51 we had landed in the airport in Port Moresby, 14:53 which is the capital of Papua New Guinea. 14:55 And we were walking down to the baggage claim area 14:58 to get our bags 14:59 and the missionaries who were over there, 15:01 Stephen, Laurie, they were there to welcome us. 15:03 And just Laurie gave Midori a huge hug 15:05 to welcome us into the country. 15:07 And, you know, I'm not a prophet 15:09 and I have really crazy dreams at night, 15:12 but this was very clear that the Lord was like, 15:14 this is the direction that, you know, I want you to go. 15:17 And so once we took that step of faith, 15:19 you know, that the Lord wanted us 15:21 to go to Papua New Guinea, 15:22 we started asking for confirmation 15:24 that the Lord would confirm that call 15:25 that we're going in the right direction. 15:28 You know, I didn't want to just put a map on the wall 15:30 and throw a dart on it and say, that's where we're going to go. 15:33 'Cause I knew it was going to be difficult, 15:34 you know, making that transition. 15:36 And so, when we got there 15:37 and we hit those difficult times, 15:39 I wanted to be able to reflect and say, 15:40 the Lord clearly led us here. 15:42 And the Lord just gave us 15:44 confirmation after confirmation. 15:46 I think I was telling you earlier about, 15:48 some of it and what happened, 15:50 you know, pastoring and support raising, 15:52 you know, 'cause we have to raise 15:54 a support team to support us 15:55 while we're over there. 15:56 The pastoring and support raising just, 15:58 they don't go together 15:59 'cause you pastor on the weekend 16:01 and you usually support raise on the weekend, 16:02 visiting different churches. 16:03 So we had decided, you know, 16:05 we wanted to go sooner rather than later. 16:06 We didn't wanna take three years 16:08 to try to raise a support team. 16:10 We wanted to go right away. 16:11 When we told our kids, 16:12 we were gonna go to the mission field. 16:14 They're like, "Can we go now?" 16:15 You know, and they want to go right away kind of thing. 16:17 So we decided that we would, 16:19 that we would quit my job as a pastor 16:22 in the Michigan Conference 16:23 and just throw ourselves into full-time support raising. 16:26 Wow. 16:27 And once we made that decision we prayed specifically. 16:30 We're like, all right, Lord, we still have to survive. 16:32 You know what I mean? 16:34 We still have to, you know, provide for our family 16:36 and what have you. 16:37 And so we had a specific prayer. 16:38 We prayed and said, 16:40 Lord, would you please sell my pastor car? 16:41 'Cause we didn't need two cars at that point. 16:44 Would you sell our trailer? 16:45 We had a little travel trailer that we used for camp meeting 16:47 and sell our house 16:49 because you can't pay your mortgage 16:51 when you don't have a salary. 16:53 Could be difficult. Could be difficult. 16:55 So we specifically prayed for those three things, 16:57 Lord, please, we wanna generate a little bit of income 17:00 to support us until we launched to the mission field. 17:03 And so we started praying this prayer and one Sabbath, 17:05 I told my congregation that we were going to be going 17:07 to the mission field. 17:09 We hadn't quite finished there yet, 17:11 but one Sabbath I was talking with one of my church members 17:13 after the church service, 17:14 we had potluck and she said, 17:17 "You know, pastor, you should have a yard sale. 17:21 And sell all of your stuff 17:22 and have the church members come over 17:23 and they can buy your things and you can raise some money." 17:26 Obviously you can't take all your stuff with you 17:27 to the mission field. 17:29 And I was like, that's a great idea. 17:30 I've got tons of stuff we need to get rid of, 17:32 you know and I mentioned a few things 17:33 and I mentioned our car 17:34 that we needed to get rid of that. 17:36 And there was a church member standing right next to her 17:38 and she said, "I'll buy your car." 17:40 Wow! And I said, "You buy my car?" 17:42 She said, "Yeah, I'll buy your car." 17:44 So I went over and I stood right next to her. 17:46 I said, "Look, let me get this clear. 17:47 You want to buy my car?" 17:48 She said, "Yeah, I've been praying about 17:50 buying your car." 17:51 Wow! 17:53 And I'm like, wait a second. 17:54 You've been praying about buying my car. 17:55 I've been praying about selling my car. 17:57 And she's just like, I felt awkward, 17:59 you know, saying, hey pastor, can I buy your car? 18:02 So she said, I prayed. 18:03 And I said, Lord, if you want me to have 18:05 the pastor's car open up an opportunity. 18:07 And so there it happened right there, 18:09 and she said, you know what? 18:10 Keep the car as long as you need it. 18:12 And when you're done with it, let me know 18:14 and I'll buy it off of you. 18:15 Wow! 18:17 And it was just like, boom, 18:18 there's the first prayer request. 18:19 The car is sold. 18:21 And it's like on our timetable, 18:22 we can get rid of it when we want to. 18:24 And then, and then we put the trailer up for sale 18:27 and it sells for the exact same amount 18:29 that we bought it for five years prior to that. 18:32 That doesn't happen, you know, they always depreciate. 18:35 And so the trailer goes 18:36 and then we get the house ready 18:38 and we put it on the market and it ends up selling 18:40 for more than what we thought it was gonna sell for. 18:43 And so we just, boom, boom, boom, 18:44 God answers those three things. 18:46 And we're like, clearly the Lord is leading 18:48 and we're following in His... 18:50 And that's just so comforting to know 18:52 that you're in the center of God's will 18:54 and that He's taking care of you. 18:56 And when we throw ourselves helplessly on the Lord 18:59 and we don't have any way of providing for ourselves, 19:02 God just comes through in amazing ways. 19:04 I know that's been the experience here at 3ABN. 19:06 Oh, absolutely. 19:07 You know where He leads, He provides. 19:08 Amen. 19:10 He made that so evident to you guys as well. 19:13 Midori, what was going on in your mind 19:16 as you were watching all of this unfold? 19:19 Oh, man. 19:20 Well, this has been a wonderful experience 19:23 because we have learned to seek God, 19:25 not only for guidance, 19:27 you know, we often, like, 19:29 we wanna know what God's will is, 19:31 just show me your will, but He wants to, 19:33 He wants us to seek Him. 19:35 And so we've had like 19:37 a totally new experience with God 19:39 since this has happened because in the US, 19:42 we have everything we need, you have a job, 19:45 you can take care of yourself. 19:46 But at this point we are stepping out in faith, 19:50 like into the abyss it seems like, 19:54 and there's nothing that we can see 19:57 that will catch us. 19:59 But God came through every time and it was like, 20:03 our devotions became more exciting. 20:06 There's always something new 20:08 that God is doing that we could testify about. 20:11 Sometimes I would go to testimony times at church 20:16 and I would feel like I have nothing to say 20:18 because things just kind of tick over, 20:21 nothing new, 20:22 but now we have something to say for the Lord. 20:25 Yes. 20:26 Well, we'll have to see you guys at, at our church. 20:30 You'll be one of the missionaries 20:32 that come back and share what's going on over there. 20:35 Yeah. 20:36 And right around that time I've been preaching 20:38 a lot in my churches during that time 20:40 about missions and encouraging our church 20:42 to support missions. 20:44 And one Sabbath morning, 20:45 I was preaching about George Mueller and just, 20:47 you know, the deep prayer life that he had 20:49 and how God would just come through 20:50 and answer all of these prayers for him. 20:52 You know, I think they have like 50,000 prayer requests 20:54 that he prayed for 20:55 and 30,000 of them were answered 20:57 within the same hour, the same day. 20:59 And I was just like, this is unbelievable. 21:01 And I told my church congregation, 21:03 I said, you know, I'm so sick and tired 21:05 of reading these types of stories. 21:07 You know, it's inspiring to read them, 21:08 but it's like a whole different level 21:09 to experience it. 21:11 Absolutely. 21:12 And that's what we've been experiencing 21:14 over the last year. 21:15 Absolutely. Yeah. 21:16 So let me ask you this question, 21:18 because it sounds like you guys are getting ready 21:20 to be super busy. 21:23 Who does AFM serve? 21:26 Yeah, that's a great question. 21:27 So AFM is a ministry that is, 21:31 the focus is to reach 21:32 the unreached people groups of the world. 21:36 So they're kind of frontier mission ministry, 21:39 going into territories 21:41 where Adventism is not established. 21:44 And even Christianity. 21:45 Or Christianity in some cases, yeah. 21:48 Because sometimes we put out a map and we say, 21:50 oh, we have, there's a church in every like most, 21:53 almost all of the countries of the world, 21:55 so we're done. 21:57 But actually when you kind of zoom in 22:00 within that country, 22:02 there are different tribes 22:03 or different kinds of people groups, 22:06 and you have to, 22:08 we have to reach every people group. 22:09 In the Bible it says, every nation, kindred, 22:12 tongue and people, 22:13 like there are different tribes 22:15 that have to be reached before Jesus can come. 22:18 And unless someone, 22:20 sometimes from outside can do that, 22:23 those people will never be reached. 22:25 So Adventist Frontier Missions, 22:27 AFM is all about going to those places 22:31 that are not already reached. 22:33 And often those are the hardest places 22:36 to be missionaries. 22:38 Yeah. 22:39 What can one expect on like a missionary trip, 22:42 for example? 22:45 So AFM has always done well, 22:49 their focus is on long-term missions 22:51 rather than the short-term mission trip 22:53 that you might think of the two, three week 22:54 kind of thing. 22:56 And as I mentioned before, 22:57 you know, they're missionaries that, 22:58 you know, they're in it for the long haul. 23:00 So they're learning the culture, 23:01 they're learning the language, they're learning how to eat 23:04 and adapt in the same manner 23:06 as the people to really just be able 23:07 to identify with them. 23:09 And, you know, we appreciate, 23:11 you know, when missionaries come over for short-term 23:13 to do evangelism and things like that, 23:15 but long-term discipleship can only happen 23:19 when we can communicate 23:21 the way they commute in their heart language 23:23 and really try to distill those principles of the gospel 23:26 in a manner that they can understand it 23:27 to adapt it 23:29 to their cultural understandings 23:30 like Jesus did in the gospels 23:32 and use the things that are familiar around them 23:36 to explain the gospel and the plan of salvation. 23:39 And so that's really been the focus 23:41 is for long-term missions 23:42 with Adventist Frontier Missions 23:44 and then ultimately to, 23:47 once the church and an Adventist presence 23:49 is established to pass that over to the local conference 23:52 or mission or union as a part of the world church. 23:56 So Adventist Frontiers, 23:59 they have positions for student missionaries, 24:02 they send out a lot of student missionaries 24:04 and that's an amazing program. 24:06 And also they do some short term 24:09 two or three year terms 24:11 in certain places that's the need, 24:13 but most of the calls 24:15 are for a long-term missionary family 24:18 or individual. 24:20 What they call career missionaries. 24:21 Okay. 24:23 'Cause I was, I was about to say, 24:24 so you said short term two to three years. 24:26 So that long term would be... They're career missionaries. 24:28 Six to eight years and many go longer. 24:33 Wow. That's beautiful. 24:37 What happened over the past year? 24:40 Yeah. Good question. 24:42 So I think we were here a little over a year ago 24:44 and had a great time talking about 24:47 what we're going to be doing. 24:49 We had just stepped out on this faith journey 24:52 and we're getting ready to do our support raising. 24:56 And, in the last year, 24:57 the Lord has just showed Himself 24:59 in miraculous ways. 25:00 As people have shown their generosity through 3ABN 25:03 through speaking 25:05 at different churches through AFM, 25:08 it's just become very clear in our mind 25:09 that we are part of a church that believes in missions. 25:13 So we've been doing a lot of traveling 25:15 around from church to church 25:17 and meeting people and talking with them 25:18 about our project and what we're gonna be doing 25:20 with the Gogodala people 25:23 and in developing a support team 25:25 to support us while we're over. 25:26 Yeah, because we desperately need prayers 25:31 of these wonderful people, 25:34 because we're going into the places 25:36 where the devil has been in control for a long time. 25:40 And he doesn't like it when we come in 25:44 and we start shaking things up. 25:46 And so we need prayers 25:48 and support and encouragement from people over here. 25:51 Amen. 25:53 Well, I'll definitely keep you in my prayers as well. 25:56 And I hope that, you know, our viewers at home 25:58 they'll be praying for you. 25:59 So you'll have a whole bunch of prayers 26:01 going up. 26:02 Tell us more about the Gogodala Project? 26:05 Yeah. Very good question. 26:07 Okay. Thank you. 26:08 I've been working on that one. 26:11 That's a great question. 26:12 Let me tell you a little bit about the Gogodala people. 26:14 So that project started back in the 1990s, 26:18 late 1990s but the Gogodala are, 26:20 they are river going people. 26:22 Okay. 26:23 So that's their primary means of transportation 26:26 is the Aramia River, 26:28 and there are approximately 30,000 Gogodala people 26:32 in about 30 different villages along the river there. 26:36 So we won't have any, 26:37 you know, car or roads or anything like that. 26:42 We're gonna trade our car, our truck for outboard motor. 26:46 Okay. 26:48 So we'll be traveling up and down the river 26:50 doing ministry there, 26:51 but they are subsistence livers. 26:54 They live off the land and... 26:57 Yeah. 26:58 Which is super cool 26:59 because they don't need to go to the store. 27:01 They just get everything they need from the land, 27:04 from the water. 27:06 And so they eat fish and they eat sago, 27:09 which is the starch from the inside of a tree, 27:12 it's pretty cool. 27:13 I've heard, we've heard that it doesn't taste very good 27:16 or it doesn't taste much. 27:17 We're looking forward to trying it. 27:19 Will find out. 27:21 You'll have to let us know about that. 27:23 In the next update. 27:24 For sure. Yes. 27:26 But this project has been going for quite a while 27:29 and at this point the church has been established. 27:33 There's a presence there, an Adventist presence. 27:35 And we want to come in 27:38 and help grow the church and disciple people. 27:43 Nice. 27:45 What are some other miracle stories 27:47 that you can share? 27:49 I say other, because there was a miracle 27:50 that sold the car, sold the house. 27:53 Yes. Yeah. 27:55 So I meant all of these things that took place. 27:57 So what are some other miracle stories 27:58 that you can share? 28:00 Yeah. 28:01 You know, I'd like to tell people 28:02 there's nothing like living on the edge with God. 28:04 Yes. 28:05 You know, there's people 28:06 that just thrill seek to thrill seek, 28:08 but when you're actually on the edge with God 28:09 walking by faith, 28:11 it's such an incredible experience, 28:13 but I'll share another story with you. 28:16 Right after about two and a half months 28:18 after we quit our job, 28:21 we were trying to get our house ready 28:22 to put on the market. 28:24 And I was just kind of suffering 28:26 from mental fatigue. 28:27 I had been making a lot of decisions, 28:29 you know, trying to transition a family of five. 28:32 And, so I was kind of feeling a little discouraged, I guess. 28:36 And I came in from outside and I came into our kitchen 28:39 and our kitchen table was gone 28:41 and we had a folding card table and folding chairs, 28:43 and there are boxes everywhere 28:45 and dust bunnies all over the place. 28:46 And it was just kind of one of those moments 28:48 where you're just like, what am I doing? 28:49 Yeah. 28:51 And I sat down in the chair, 28:52 kind of having my little self-pity party 28:54 and my phone rung, 28:55 my phone rings and I pick it up. 28:57 And it was the conference president there 28:59 in the Michigan Conference, Jim Micheff calling. 29:02 And, you know, whenever, 29:03 no matter what's going on in your day, 29:04 you answer that phone call, you know, 29:06 and he's a good friend of ours. 29:08 So, you know, I picked up the phone 29:09 and he's like, "Hey, Jason, how are you doing? 29:11 Oh, we're doing fine. You know whatever. 29:12 And he's like, "Hey, 29:14 I got the conference treasurer here. 29:15 We want to talk to you about something. 29:16 I'm like, "All right. 29:18 That sounds good, you know." 29:19 So he says, "You know, it's come to our attention 29:22 that for the past three and a half years, 29:25 we haven't paid you the correct amount of money." 29:28 Wow. 29:29 And I'm like, "Okay, that's interesting." 29:32 Yeah. 29:33 And he said, well, what happened was 29:35 when you moved from your previous district 29:36 to your new district, 29:38 we didn't adjust the cost of living and he said, 29:41 "We want to make that right." 29:43 And I'm like, "Okay, that sounds good." 29:44 And he's like, 29:46 "So we're gonna be sending you a check for $18,000." 29:49 Wow! 29:51 And I just about dropped my phone 29:52 on the ground and it, 29:53 you know, like, what do you say 29:55 when you're in that kind of situation? 29:57 I didn't, I'm like, thanks. 29:59 You know, do you have any idea 30:00 how much this is going to help us, 30:01 you know, right now. 30:03 And he's like, "We're just so grateful 30:04 to do that." 30:05 And so, I came in from that phone call 30:07 and I told Midori about it. 30:09 And she just started crying and I stood there 30:12 and I thought to myself, 30:13 you know, three and a half years ago, 30:16 the Lord started a savings account for us 30:19 that we didn't know anything about 30:21 because, you know, the people in the conference office, 30:23 they're competent people, 30:24 you know, they know what they're doing. 30:26 There's no reason 30:27 why they should have missed that, 30:29 except that God blinded their eyes. 30:30 And then just at the time 30:31 that we needed some encouragement. 30:33 And to know that we're still in our Father's hand, 30:37 God opened their eyes to see the mistake 30:40 and gave them the heart to make that thing right. 30:42 Yeah. 30:43 And it was just 30:45 such an incredible faith building experience 30:46 just to move forward and say, 30:48 you know, God has us, He's gonna take care of us 30:50 and He's gonna continue to provide for us. 30:53 And we've just had situation after situation, 30:55 some large, some small 30:56 where God has just come through 30:58 and He's just given us that confirmation, 30:59 you are moving in the right direction. 31:01 Keep going. 31:02 Amen. Yeah. 31:04 I mean, it's incredible. 31:05 Praise the Lord for their honesty too. 31:07 Yes. They're good people. 31:08 Yeah. 31:09 I think after this, I'll have to go search 31:11 through every checks that I ever received, 31:14 I'll make it with an accountant. 31:16 Yeah, yeah. Check some stuff. 31:18 But no, that is incredible. 31:20 It's just another example of God 31:23 providing where He's called you. 31:25 Amen. Yes. 31:26 Yes. Yeah. It's been one wonderful. 31:28 So I want to get to the discipleship vision 31:31 for the project, 31:33 but you also mentioned that a family of five, 31:36 like you have teammates in this thing. 31:37 Yes. 31:38 So we have pictures that we want to show. 31:40 Yeah. Absolutely. 31:41 And maybe you can just tell us 31:43 what's going on in each of them. 31:44 Sure. 31:45 So we have, obviously, like you said, 31:47 we have a family of five. 31:48 I think we have a picture of our family there. 31:49 We have our oldest daughter, Evangeline. 31:52 She just turned nine and we have our son Christian. 31:55 He just turned seven, 31:57 and Verity is our little powerhouse. 32:00 She's our youngest, four years old. 32:02 And the five of us are gonna be going to serve 32:05 the Gogodala people in Papua New Guinea. 32:08 The kids are super excited. 32:09 The kids are really excited. 32:11 When we first told them 32:13 that we were planning on going there, 32:14 that the Lord was calling us there, 32:15 like I said, they were like, "Can we go tomorrow, you know? 32:17 Can we go right now?" 32:19 So they're looking forward to it. 32:20 That's another miracle too right there. 32:22 I mean, because the kids can either be on board 32:25 or they could just say, why do we have to do this? 32:28 But everybody is on board with this. 32:29 Yeah. 32:31 They know that they're going to have 32:32 to leave behind some of their toys, 32:34 most of their toys and all of their friends, 32:38 but they're also kind of excited 32:41 that they will be able to talk to the kids, 32:44 you know, who are their age 32:45 and kind of share about Jesus. 32:48 And there'll be part of this big mission trip 32:51 that we're going to go on. 32:53 I think God will really use them 32:56 to open doors 32:57 because there's something about kids that open doors 33:00 and hearts to people's minds. 33:05 For sure. Yeah. 33:07 For sure. Yeah, that childlike innocence. 33:10 Yes. Yes. 33:11 And I think we have a picture of our teammates 33:12 that we're gonna be working with as well, Steve and Laurie, 33:15 and they they've raised their daughters 33:17 in Papua New Guinea. 33:19 And they're just gonna be great auntie and uncle, 33:22 grandma, and grandpa to help, you know, with the kids. 33:24 And they've just been really precious people so far 33:28 that we've been able to work with. 33:29 And we're looking forward to getting over there 33:31 and being able to put shoulder to shoulder together 33:32 with them in ministry. 33:34 Nice. 33:35 Now, where are you going to be living? 33:36 I think we have a picture of that too. 33:38 Yes. 33:39 You can see our house. Yeah. 33:40 Well, we still have yet to build our house. 33:42 We'll do that when we get over there, 33:43 but there is a building and we have a picture of it 33:44 that we're going to be living in initially. 33:46 It's a small place, but it's self-contained, 33:47 it has everything we're gonna need to survive 33:49 for the first several months. 33:51 Once we get over there, bathroom, shower, laundry. 33:54 It's about 300 square feet. 33:57 So my people will be a little tight, 33:59 but we'll get to know each other. 34:01 I think we'll do most of our living outside. 34:03 You'll be a close knit family. 34:05 Yes, we will. That's right. 34:08 We'll sleep in there and everything else out. 34:09 That's right. 34:11 So what's the disciples, 34:13 discipleship vision for the project? 34:15 Yeah. That's a great question. 34:17 We also have a picture for, of the training center 34:19 that we're gonna be going over the purpose, 34:21 why we're going over there 34:23 and it's still not quite finished yet, 34:24 but it's entering into its final stages. 34:27 Steve and Laurie had this vision 34:30 several years ago 34:31 to have an outpost training center 34:34 where people could come. 34:36 Now you have to understand this is like out in the jungle. 34:38 I mean, this is... In the bush. 34:39 In the bush where, you know, we'll fly into Port Moresby, 34:42 which is the capital of Papua Guinea 34:45 on commercial plane. 34:46 And then it's like a bush plane ride from there 34:49 to a little town called Balimo 34:51 in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. 34:54 And then it's a small dinghy canoe ride 34:57 up the river from there about an hour, 34:58 hour or two to the mission property, 35:01 which is right on the river. 35:02 So when we talked to PNGers about 35:05 where we're gonna be serving in the Western Province, 35:07 they're like, "Wow, that's way out there." 35:10 Just to kind of give the viewers 35:11 a perspective of where we... 35:13 We're not going to be in the city. 35:14 You know, this building's being built out 35:15 in the bush. 35:17 Nowhere, yeah. 35:18 And so they had this vision of wanting to train 35:20 the local Gogodala 35:22 to reproduce themselves 35:24 because ultimately, you know, the missionary, 35:26 our job is to work ourselves out of a job 35:29 where we can get to the point 35:30 where we've given all of that, all that we can. 35:33 And now it's a local people that are gonna grab the vision 35:38 and the mission and keep moving it forward. 35:40 And that's really where the real power comes from 35:43 is when all of those people see 35:45 that vision of discipleship 35:47 and move it forward to build up God's kingdom. 35:50 Yes. Yeah. 35:51 Because sometimes we think, 35:53 why are we paying these Americans 35:56 to go over to the mission field? 35:59 It takes more money 36:01 and why not just pay 36:02 the local people to do the evangelism? 36:05 Well, sometimes there are no local people 36:08 who know about Jesus. 36:10 So in our situation, they have started, 36:15 you know, they know about Jesus, 36:16 but they have not learned how to share it yet. 36:21 So what we want to do is to be able to share it 36:24 with them in a way that they know, 36:27 and they are equipped 36:28 to share it with their neighbors 36:31 and their friends and their families 36:33 and then help make their family members, 36:37 their friends, the next evangelist, 36:40 and then just replicate it and continue to let it spread, 36:45 because there are way too many people 36:47 in the world 36:49 who don't know about Jesus for us to tell them. 36:53 We have to tell someone who will tell someone 36:54 who will tell someone. 36:56 Oh, yeah. 36:57 And we all have different people 36:58 that we can reach to, 37:00 you know, due to different experiences 37:02 and all of that. 37:03 So that's powerful. 37:04 I love that discipleship model. 37:06 So our vision for the Gogodala Project 37:09 is to create a church planting movement 37:12 among the Gogodala, 37:14 that will spread to the surrounding area. 37:17 There's a lot of other tribes 37:20 and Papua New Guinea is a very diverse place. 37:23 And there's more than just the Gogodala 37:25 in the Western Province 37:26 that we wanna to be able to reach ultimately. 37:27 So many souls. 37:29 And so, when we get to the end of our term there 37:32 for however long the Lord keeps us there. 37:33 We wanna be able to see missionaries 37:35 going from the training center, 37:37 local national missionaries 37:39 that are going to different tribes 37:41 and different groups of people 37:43 and instilling that DNA 37:44 that Midori was talking about of multiplication, 37:47 not just adding to the church. 37:49 You know, when you look at the gospel commission, 37:51 when you look at Revelation Chapter 14, 37:53 there's no way that we're gonna fulfill that 37:54 by just adding people to our church, 37:57 one person at a time, you know. 37:59 There has to be multiplication that happens. 38:01 And when you look at in the Bible, 38:02 God has created us as humans, as multipliers, 38:05 you know, God in Genesis Chapter 1, 38:08 He said, "Be fruitful and multiply." 38:09 Right? 38:10 You know, and if the church is going to finish 38:12 the gospel commission which I believe that will. 38:15 We have to begin to think in a multiplication mindset 38:19 where we're reproducing ourselves, 38:20 rather than just adding people to the church, 38:23 we're creating disciples. 38:24 And that's really what the gospel commission is, 38:26 to go make disciples 38:29 that will make disciples that will make disciples 38:31 and continue that multiplication process. 38:33 Right. 38:34 Our goal is not just to, for us to tell, 38:38 but our goal is to make disciples 38:41 that will make more disciples. 38:43 And it's, some people say it's like a sneeze, 38:46 it's kind of relevant right now 38:50 because we need to pay it forward. 38:52 Don't talk to the people who already know about Jesus, 38:56 talk to people who are new people, 38:58 and then they continue to spread it. 39:00 And it'll, that will reach the world multiplication, 39:04 like going viral. 39:06 Yes. Yes. 39:08 And we want to cast this vision of, 39:10 you know, if we just think about it, 39:11 like, if I just make the commitment 39:14 to win two people to God 39:17 and not just bring them bodily into the church, 39:19 but disciple them to do the same thing 39:22 that I've just done to win two people. 39:25 Right, so I win two people 39:26 and then those two people win two people. 39:27 And then those two people win two people. 39:29 Yes. 39:30 If we just all in the church made that commitment, 39:32 that pay it forward mentality 39:34 instead of just kind of sitting there, 39:36 but actually paying it forward the blessing, 39:39 I think we would see the work be done 39:41 in a very rapid manner. 39:42 That's what happened in the New Testament Church, 39:44 I believe. 39:45 Absolutely. 39:47 And I think it's important too, 39:48 that we, you know, as you're multiplying, 39:51 that people are helping with that member retention, 39:53 you know, helping them stay in the church 39:55 and helping them foster that growth. 39:57 Yes. 39:58 And the thing that helps us connect with God 40:02 more than anything else is when we're working. 40:03 That's right. 40:05 So workers, if we're connected with God 40:09 and God is answering our prayers 40:11 and we have faith and we're stepping out 40:13 to reach more people, 40:14 that is the thing 40:16 that will really connect us more 40:17 with our church family and with the Lord. 40:20 Yes. 40:21 What would you say 40:23 is gonna be like the first thing, 40:24 as soon as you get over there, like, 40:26 what are you gonna have to learn? 40:28 That's a great question. 40:29 Oh, man. Yeah. 40:31 I think the first thing we're going to have to learn 40:32 is just how to survive. 40:34 Yes. 40:35 You know, we're used to the American way of living. 40:36 We've lived here our whole lives 40:38 and to live out in the middle of nowhere, 40:41 learning the language, 40:43 learning their culture, 40:45 those, these are gonna be kind of the first things, 40:46 we wanna be curious learners 40:49 when we first come, rather than just saying, 40:51 hey, you know, I'm the paid missionary. 40:53 I can tell you what you need to know, 40:55 but we wanna come with that curious mindset of, 40:57 you know, I wanna learn from you. 40:59 Yes. 41:00 Because we actually don't know what they need to know. 41:03 You know, we understand the gospel, 41:05 but when you look at the ministry of Jesus, 41:07 He packaged the gospel in a culturally relevant way. 41:11 When you look at how he shared the parables 41:14 and things of that nature, 41:15 He packaged it in a way 41:17 with like the seed sower and what have you, you know. 41:18 Shepherd. 41:20 And we wanna be able to do the same thing and to do that, 41:21 we have to have that curiosity of how do you live your life? 41:24 You know what makes you think, why do you think like that? 41:27 Why do you do this? Why do you do that? 41:28 You know, and just really asking these questions 41:30 to try to get an understanding 41:32 so that we can package that gospel 41:34 in a relevant way for them. 41:35 All the time, staying faithful to what the Bible says, 41:39 just like Jesus did it. 41:40 Yeah. 41:41 So going over there with that Christ-like humility. 41:43 Yeah. Yes. 41:44 Yeah. We've really been impressed. 41:46 We've been, we've just come back 41:48 from three months of training. 41:50 AFM, Adventist Frontier Missions 41:52 does a training course for missionaries 41:55 to teach us all the things 41:57 we need to know as missionaries, 41:59 maybe not all 'cause there is a lot there. 42:01 But one of the things 42:02 that we've really started to grasp 42:06 is that we are coming in as humble learners 42:11 and people don't like it 42:15 when someone comes in with this pride of, 42:18 I know everything and you know nothing. 42:20 So I'm gonna tell you, 42:22 they're not going to listen to that. 42:23 That's right. 42:25 So we need to come in and, at their, 42:29 not at their level lower, 42:30 we're like children compared to them 42:32 so with this childlike humility, 42:35 say, teach us these words that you... 42:38 What is this thing that you use? 42:40 How do you cook? How do you... 42:42 Where do you get this food? 42:44 How can I... 42:45 Can you teach me 42:46 how to weave a basket or whatever? 42:49 And that is more winsome to them. 42:52 And we can become, 42:54 we can learn to belong to their community. 42:57 Yes. 42:58 And that's going to be our first goal, 43:02 also learning how to shop, 43:03 because we, you know, we're used to 43:06 just running to the store, 43:08 but there we actually going to go to buy 43:11 supplies once every six months. 43:14 So it's gonna be 43:16 a completely different lifestyle. 43:18 I think we're gonna learn to live with less. 43:20 That's gonna be important. 43:22 Yeah. 43:24 It will be good for us. That'll be a good thing. 43:25 So what do you think the kids will be doing 43:29 when they first get there? 43:30 And then I kind of wanna transition 43:32 a little bit into what training looks like? 43:36 What would the kids be doing? 43:37 I think my son's gonna be enjoying 43:41 not having to wear socks and shoes as it were. 43:45 But I think there, 43:47 we want our kids to be involved 43:49 in our ministry as much as possible. 43:51 And so when we're having that reverent curiosity, 43:53 and we're, you know, going shoulder to shoulder 43:56 with the Gogodala people and just trying to learn, 43:57 we want them to be there with us. 44:00 Kids have, you know, sponge minds, 44:02 you know, they pick up things very quickly. 44:04 And we're hoping that they'll learn the language 44:07 and be able to think like the locals do, 44:10 playing with the kids and learning the culture 44:13 even from there as well. 44:14 And that will give us kind of a view 44:16 into the culture that, 44:18 you know, we won't be able to get ourselves 44:19 as adults, you know. 44:21 So I think the kids are gonna be doing 44:24 a lot of that. 44:25 Winning hearts and minds. 44:27 Also just, yeah, learning how to live as well. 44:29 Our kids are great kids and we just, 44:31 we couldn't think of doing ministry without them. 44:33 Yeah. Yeah. That's beautiful. 44:36 What did you get in the area of training? 44:39 Because you touched on it briefly, 44:41 but what are some other things? 44:42 Yeah. 44:44 It has really rocked our world actually 44:45 because Jason and I have been involved in ministry 44:49 for quite a while. 44:51 And we kind of felt like we knew what was going on, 44:56 but we have learned so much, 44:59 just even going to a new place, 45:02 the upheaval that happens in a family. 45:06 And just even in your own mind, because you are, 45:11 it's like your supports have been knocked out 45:13 from under you. 45:14 You're learning, you don't know how to talk. 45:16 You can't communicate, 45:18 you can't ask for what you need 45:21 and your friends and family are far away. 45:23 So there's not that support. 45:25 So that was the first thing that we started learning about. 45:31 I think probably the best way to describe the training 45:35 that we've gone through 45:37 is if you've ever learned a second language, 45:40 you know, just, you know when you go to another country 45:43 and everybody's speaking another language, 45:44 and you're like, what are they saying? 45:47 What's going on here? 45:48 And then you pick up a few words 45:49 and you're like, okay, that word means this 45:51 and this word means that. 45:52 And you're just kind of, 45:54 you really feel out of your, you know, depth. 45:57 And so training's kind of been like that 45:59 for us a little bit. 46:00 You know, we've always ministered 46:01 within the context of an American culture, 46:03 but to try to take our minds out of the American culture 46:06 and put it into another culture, 46:08 it's been like learning a new language 46:10 and kind of not knowing all the lingo 46:13 and trying to figure it out as you go along. 46:15 It's been quite an eye-opening experience 46:18 for us. 46:19 Yeah. I believe it. 46:21 We've talked about all the different diseases 46:23 that we'll be exposed to there, 46:26 you know, tropical diseases 46:28 and like what we might need to learn to, 46:32 so that we can take care of our own family. 46:34 If our kids get malaria or whatever, 46:37 that's gonna be, or if they cut their finger, 46:40 we're not going to have medical help there. 46:43 I think it's like. That's close by. 46:44 That's close by. 46:46 It's like, you know, it'd be like 46:47 two hours to the clinic. 46:49 Hospital. Okay. Okay. 46:50 So we gotta learn to do a lot of things ourselves 46:52 and take care of ourselves. 46:53 So there's no quick way to get to the hospital. 46:55 Yeah, no. 46:57 Boat ride. Boat ride. 46:59 Yeah, and depending on what's wrong, 47:00 that could be pretty rough. 47:01 It's true. Yeah. 47:03 Yes. 47:04 And there are actually a lot of snakes there, 47:06 but we're trusting the Lord. 47:09 He knows He'll take care of our kids and... 47:13 You know, when God gave 47:15 us the gospel commission, 47:17 He didn't take all the risk out. 47:18 No. 47:20 You know, there's risk involved in taking the gospel 47:22 to the end of the world. 47:24 And if we're just constantly risk aversed 47:26 as God's people, 47:27 we're never gonna finish the gospel commission. 47:29 That's right. 47:30 You know, the gospel is never gonna go to the world 47:31 if we're risk averse. 47:33 But the good news and yeah, 47:34 Jesus took a risk when He came here. 47:35 But the good news is 47:37 we're taking that risk with Christ 47:39 and He's going with us into the mission field. 47:40 And He's been working there even before we get there. 47:44 He's been working on hearts. 47:45 The Holy Spirit is there working with the Gogodala 47:48 and preparing a way for us. 47:49 And we're going with him as a partner. 47:52 Amen. 47:54 He loves our kids more than we do. 47:55 Yes. 47:56 He wants to see their safety 47:58 and their prosperity more than we do. 48:00 And so, we just trust them into our Father's hands 48:03 and we try to make as wiser decisions 48:04 as we possibly can, 48:06 but we're duty bound to follow God's leading in our lives 48:09 and trust that He's gonna take care 48:11 of the rest for us. 48:12 Amen. And He certainly has been. 48:14 Yes. 48:15 He certainly has taken care of you. 48:16 He's given us so many faith building experiences 48:18 to tell us He's gonna, He's got this for us. 48:20 Yes. 48:21 Well, I definitely feel inspired. 48:23 And I know our viewers must feel inspired as well 48:26 because the things that you've shared so far 48:30 have truly been an inspiration. 48:31 The fact that God provided on time, 48:34 we serve an on-time God. 48:35 So, you know, you needed it, He provided it. 48:39 And He continues to confirm the direction 48:41 that you're going in. 48:43 What are some of the needs of the organization? 48:46 Well, AFM is, as I mentioned before 48:49 they're committed to sending people 48:50 to unreached territories. 48:52 And so if you, if viewers want to check out 48:55 afmonline.org, 48:57 and there's a whole list of all of the missionaries 49:00 and what they're doing and what their projects are 49:02 and what they're doing to reach those people. 49:05 And there's lots of inspiring stories 49:07 that are there. 49:09 They can sign up for the Frontier's magazine 49:12 and get a physical copy of it 49:13 in the mail to be able to read month after month. 49:16 And, you know, if God impresses you, 49:20 He impresses the viewers to support a missionary. 49:23 I can tell you personally as one who's done it myself, 49:26 that it's such an incredible experience 49:28 to know that $16, 49:31 that $25, that $50, that $100 a month, 49:35 whatever it is that you're giving to support 49:37 a local missionary, 49:39 that when you pick up that magazine 49:40 and you read the story 49:42 that you have helped them with that situation, 49:45 that story to minister to that person, 49:47 to reach that person's heart with Jesus, 49:49 you know, with Jesus and the good news. 49:52 So there's always needs 49:54 and there's no better organization, 49:56 in my opinion, 49:58 that is supporting foreign missionaries than AFM. 50:00 There's lots of good organizations 50:02 out there, but AFM, 50:03 we just feel like the Lord is really blessing them 50:05 in a tremendous way 50:06 as they support their missionaries 50:07 in the mission field. 50:09 And also, I'd like to put in a plug for, 50:11 people enclosed access countries. 50:14 There are many missionaries with AFM 50:17 who are going into places where it's, 50:19 you're not allowed technically to be a missionary. 50:23 And so they're going kind of undercover 50:26 with different, you know, 50:28 they can't use their real names. 50:29 They can't tell you where they are, 50:31 but there is an incredible going on around the world. 50:35 God is giving dreams to people. God is preparing people. 50:38 And so don't overlook those missionaries 50:42 that can't show their face, 50:44 that don't have a picture in there, 50:46 those are also doing an amazing work. 50:48 And there's student missionaries 50:50 that are fundraising for their nine month stint 50:53 in mission field, 50:55 and sometimes it ends up being a year or two years 50:57 that they stay in the mission field. 50:58 Transforms their lives. 50:59 And some of them end up transforming or transitioning 51:02 over into career mission. 51:04 So, you know, even that's an investment 51:06 that I think is really worthwhile investment to me. 51:07 Yeah. 51:09 And you need prayer too for sure. 51:10 Amen. 51:12 You know, over the last year 51:13 I should have mentioned this first, Jason, 51:15 but over the last year 51:16 we've felt the prayers of people. 51:19 We know that there's 51:20 a great amount of people out there 51:22 that are just lifting up our project 51:24 and our family and praying for us. 51:25 And we just really want to extend 51:27 a heartfelt thanks to the viewers of 3ABN 51:30 and others who have been praying 51:32 for our project and praying for our family. 51:34 The Lord has just done amazing things 51:36 to their prayers. 51:37 Amen. Well, praise the Lord. 51:38 And thankful for what you guys are doing. 51:41 Just right now we want to get ready to go 51:44 the address roll 51:45 and then a brief news break, and then we'll be right back. 51:49 For more information about Adventist Frontier Missions, 51:52 please contact them at afmonline.org. 51:56 That's afmonline.org. 52:00 Their email address is afm@afmonline.org 52:05 That's afm@afmonline.org 52:10 Their mailing address is PO Box 286, 52:13 Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103. 52:18 That's PO Box 286, 52:21 Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103. |
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