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VERY MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND IS WELCOME BUT THIS ONE MORE THAN MOST ! BROTHER IN #HRIST WITH WHOM ) HAD LONG AGO SERVED IN A PASTOR ELDER TEAM WROTE ME SIX MONTHS AGO TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY NO PASTOR COULD REFUSE 7OULD ) COME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REBAPTISM OF HIS DAUGHTER A WOMAN ) HAD lRST BAPTIZED MORE THAN YEARS AGO AS A TEENAGER (ER STORY WAS PAINFUL BUT FAMILIAR AN EAGER DECISION FOR #HRIST THAT UNWOUND DURING HER LATE TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD INTO A LIFE FAR REMOVED FROM 'OD 4HROUGH THE 3PIRIT S PERSISTENCE AND THE POWERFUL SUPPORT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHE WAS NOW CLOSING THE LOOP THAT HAD TAKEN TWO DECADES TO TRAVEL %XCITED NERVOUS HUMBLED BY THE GRACE OF 'OD SHE HAD ASKED IF ) COULD RETURN TO JOIN HER AS SHE ONCE AGAIN NAMED #HRIST HER ,ORD AND 3AVIOR 4HE WATER IN THE SANCTUARY BAPTISTRY WAS UNUSUALLY WARM THAT *ANUARY 3ABBATH AS IF IN COUNTERPOINT TO THE STORM HOWLING JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH h"LIZZARD CONDITIONSv THE WEATHERMEN TERMED IT AND THE BITTER AIR AND PILING SNOWDRIFTS REMINDED ALL OF US THAT GOOD DECISIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS ATTENDED BY FAIR SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKY 'RATEFULLY MORE THAN THE WATER WAS WARM IN THAT CHURCH ) HAVE RARELY FELT AS CONlDENT AS ) DID THAT
3ABBATH IN DELIVERING A BELIEVER INTO THE EMBRACE OF THE BODY OF #HRIST )F EVER A CONGREGATION LEANED FORWARD TOWARD A BAPTISM THIS WAS IT IF EVER A LOST SHEEP SEEMED WELCOMED BY THE mOCK THIS WAS THAT DAY ) WAS A JOYFUL BYSTANDERˆCALL IT A WITNESSˆTO A COMMUNITY OF #HRIST INTENT ON MAKING CERTAIN THAT A RENEWED BELIEVER WAS EMBRACED BY A RENEWED COMMUNITY %LDERS DEACONS FAM ILY FRIENDS GATHERED AROUND HER AT THE FELLOWSHIP MEAL THAT FOLLOWED THE SERVICE BREAKING BREAD WITH A JOY THAT WAS HEART BREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD 4HIS IS HOW THE KINGDOM GROWSˆONE GOOD DECISION AT A TIME ONE HEART REVIVED THROUGH GRACE AND THE GRACIOUS NESS OF 'OD S PEOPLE !S YOU READ THE STORIES OF RENEWAL IN THIS MONTH S MAGAZINE DETERMINE THAT YOUR CHURCH WILL BE A PLACE THAT WELCOMES THOSE WHOM 'OD IS CALLINGˆOR RECALLINGˆ TO (IMSELF
7/2,$ 2%0/24 )N %UROPE !DVENTIST ,AY -EMBERS 4AKE ,EAD IN 3HARING '# PRESIDENT TO KEYNOTE *UNE !3) CONVENTION "Y -ARK ! +ELLNER NEWS EDITOR N 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST LAY MEMBERS ARE TAKING THE LEAD IN SHARING THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT %UROPE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE CELEBRATED IN *UNE WHEN AREA MEMBERS OF !DVENTIST LAYMEN S 3ERVICES AND )NDUSTRIES !3) MEET FOR A FOUR DAY CONVENTION IN #ONSTANCE 'ERMANY A CITY LOCATED ON THE WESTERN RIM OF ,AKE #ONSTANCE THE LARGEST LAKE IN 'ERMANY h7E RE GOING TO HAVE THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT WITH US FOR THE lRST TIME v SAID ¸NGEL $UO A YEAR
!3) %UROPE MEMBER AND PRESIDENT SINCE ! CHEMICALS EXPORTER IN %LCHE !LICANTE 3PAIN HE IS ALSO PRESI DENT OF !3) 3PAIN 4HE VISIT OF 0ASTOR 4ED . # 7IL SON $UO SAID hIS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LAY EVANGELISM SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REPORTS ON ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS IN LAY TRAINING FOR EVANGELISM THROUGH .EW "EGINNINGS WHICH WE RE USING FOR A TOOL IN SMALL GROUPS v !NOTHER PRINCIPAL SPEAKER FOR THE
EVENT IS *OHN "RADSHAW RECENTLY NAMED SPEAKER DIRECTOR FOR )T )S 7RIT TEN $UO SAID (E ADDED h4HERE HAVE BEEN THOU SANDS OF PEOPLE TRAINED ALL OVER %UROPE WE RE GOING TO HAVE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE DELEGATES !LL THIS TRAINING ALL THE 9OUTH FOR *ESUS PRO GRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ALL OVER %UROPEˆIT S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO HEAR THESE REPORTS v !LTHOUGH THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TIST #HURCH TARGETED %UROPE AS ITS lRST MISSION lELD OUTSIDE OF .ORTH !MER ICA THE CHURCH S STRENGTH IN THE REGION HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN RECENT YEARS 4HE POSTMODERNISM THAT HAS SWEPT
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MOST OF 7ESTERN %UROPE AND ITS TRADI TIONAL CHURCHES HAS HAD ITS IMPACT ON !DVENTISM AS WELL IF MODERN %UROPE ANS DON T SEE A NEED FOR 'OD WITNESS ING TO THEM CAN BE A CHALLENGE $UO SAYS !3) %UROPE S MEMBERS LARGELY BUSINESSPEOPLE WHO hSHARE #HRIST IN THE MARKETPLACEv ARE WORKING TO MEET THE CHALLENGE 4HEIR TACTIC 4HE !DVENTIST HEALTH MESSAGE WHICH HAS ITS APPEAL IN AN OVERSTRESSED SOCIETY h)T S NOT EASY TO SHARE YOUR FAITH IN SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT BUT WE ARE lND ING MORE AND MORE THAT THERE S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPRESSED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT v HE SAID IN A TELE PHONE INTERVIEW h7HEN YOU START TO WORK IN SMALL GROUPS AND ATTRACT PEO
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PLE VIA THE HEALTH MESSAGE THERE ARE OPEN DOORS 9OU HAVE TO BE VERY WISE v $UO ADDED h9OU CAN REALLY CON NECT WITH PEOPLE THROUGH THE HEALTH MESSAGE v !NOTHER ESSENTIAL PARTICULARLY IN THE RUN UP TO A CAMPAIGN SUCH AS h2EVELA TION 3PEAKS 0EACE v HELD IN 2OME )TALY IN &EBRUARY IS FRIENDSHIP EVANGE LISM IN WHICH LOCAL CHURCH MEMBERS REACH OUT TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WITH HOME "IBLE STUDIES HE SAID h)T S THROUGH FRIENDSHIP 4HAT S THE PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE TO USE 4RAIN LAYPEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE FRIENDS SMALL GROUPS MAKE FRIENDS THEN SHARE YOUR FAITH v $UO SAID 3UCH EFFORTS ENHANCED BY THE !3) SPON
SORED .EW "EGINNINGS $6$ "IBLE STUDY SERIES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS MUCH AS PERCENT OF THE ATTENDANCE AT THE 2OME EVENT HE SAID $UO SAID THE CHALLENGES !3) %UROPE FACES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE TWO WORLD CHURCH REGIONS IT SERVES THE 4RANS %UROPEAN AND %URO !FRICA DIVISIONS )N THE %UROPEAN AREAS OF THESE DIVISIONS MEMBERSHIP IS GROW ING IN LESS AFmUENT COUNTRIES WHILE MANY IN 7ESTERN %UROPE AND 3CANDI NAVIA ARE MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP LEVELS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO EITHER ARE !DVENTISTS OR JOIN THE CHURCH IN THEIR NEW COUNTRIES h7HAT WE SEE THROUGH OUR CHAPTERS IS THAT THE !3) MOVEMENT IS NOT AS STRONG ;IN SOME PLACES IN %UROPE= AS IT IS IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES v $UO SAID h9OU DON T lND ALL THESE ENTREPRE NEURS -EMBERSHIP IS DIFFERENT IN 3PAIN OR 0ORTUGAL WHERE YOU CAN lND ;MORE= BUSINESSPEOPLE v (OWEVER HE ADDED !3) CHAPTERS ARE hESTABLISHED IN COUNTRIES IN %UROPE AND GROWING v /VERALL $UO IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TIST MOVEMENT IN %UROPE h/UR MINIS TRIES IN %UROPE ARE GROWING IN NUM BER ARE ALSO REACHING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE 4HEY ARE GROWING IN SIZE v HE SAID h!T THE SAME TIME THE PERCEPTION THAT ;CHURCH= LEADERS HAVE OF THESE MINISTRIES AND !3) IN PARTICULAR ARE CHANGING VERY MUCH 4HEY NOW ARE PERCEIVED AS STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH v $UO SAID h/UR RELATIONS WITH BOTH DIVISIONS ARE EXCELLENT AND WE SEE THAT THE MINISTRIES ARE MORE AND MORE ACTIVE AND RECEIVING MORE SUPPORT FROM LEADERSHIP 3OMETHING GREAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN 7E ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK 4HERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES BUT WORKING TOGETHER ) HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD v
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IN #OLLECTIVITE -ARIE DE #ARREFOUR 4O DATE !$2! HAS PROVIDED SHELTERS TO FAMILIES ALL THROUGHOUT #ARREFOUR AND 0ETIT 'OAVE SOME OF THE EARTHQUAKE S WORST HIT AREAS "EFORE EACH FAMILY MEMBER WAS CALLED AND GIVEN THEIR SHELTER NUMBER 9VON *£R¯ME MAYOR OF #ARREFOUR TOLD THE HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE SHELTER VILLAGE AS THE SUN WENT DOWN TO BE THANKFUL h/NE 0ERSON CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE SKY AND ALL THINGS AND WE MUST lRST THANK 'OD FOR WHAT (E HAS DONE v SAID *EROME h7E ARE NOT BETTER THAN THE PERSON WHO DIED "ECAUSE YOU ARE SAFE DOESN T MEAN THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE OTHER PERSON "E THANKFUL /NLY SOME OF YOU WILL RECEIVE A TEMPORARY SHELTER TONIGHT AND WE THANK !$2! FOR WHAT THEY VE DONE v HE ADDED AS HE SPOKE TO THE CROWD ATOP A FOOT PLATFORM STAGE 3PEAKING TO THE CROWD WAS ALSO &RITZ "ISSERETH !$2! (AITI DIRECTOR WHO STATED THAT !$2! IS A FRIEND TO THOSE IN NEED h7E ARE LOOKING TOWARD
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N THE PREDAWN DARKNESS 0ETIT (OMME #HANTAL AND TWO FRIENDS ARE LEANING AGAINST A SQUARE FOOT WOODEN SHELTER MARKED 3HE CANNOT MOVE INTO UNTIL DAYBREAK SO FOR NOW SHE STANDS GUARD WITH HER FRIENDS AND FOR GOOD REASON 5NTIL .OVEMBER #HANTAL AND HER CHILDREN MADE THEIR HOME ON A ROADWAY MEDIAN IN THE #ARREFOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF 0ORT AU 0RINCE (AITI /NE YEAR AFTER THE DEVAS TATING EARTHQUAKE THAT CRUSHED HER ORIGINAL HOME #HANTAL HAS AN OPPORTU NITY TO BEGIN LIFE AGAIN -OVING INTO HER NEW HOME WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HER FAMILY SHE SAYS h) FEEL SO HAPPY AND BETTER NOW IT WAS NOT NORMAL LIVING IN A TENT v 4HE SINGLE MOTHER OF CHILDREN RANGING FROM YEARS TO MONTHS SAYS SHE HAD TO MOVE HER FAMILY ABRUPTLY FROM HER TENT AFTER SOMEONE DIED OF CHOLERA A FEW SPACES AWAY FROM HERS 3HE NOW HOPES TO SETTLE HER FAMILY AND TRY TO REBUILD HER LIFE 3HE WANTS TO GO BACK TO SELLING FOOD ITEMS AT THE OUTDOOR MARKET TO SUPPORT HER FAM ILY JUST AS SHE DID BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE &RENEL -ILO ALSO STANDS BY HIS WOODEN SHELTER (E WAS ASSIGNED TO SHELTER AN AQUA COLORED STRUCTURE THAT WILL BECOME HOME TO HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO SMALL CHILDREN AS WELL AS TWO OTHER RELATIVES
h) M SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL TO 'OD THAT ) NOW HAVE A GREAT PLACE v SAYS -ILO -ILO HAS BEEN HOMELESS SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE (E RECOUNTS HOW HE WAS FEELING SICK ON *ANUARY AND WENT WITH A FRIEND TO THE STORE WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK (E RETURNED TO HIS HOME ONLY TO lND IT DESTROYED h) LOST MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A BLUE TARP COVERED TENT ON THE MEDIAN SINCE THE NIGHT OF THE EARTHQUAKE .OW ) WON T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE RAIN POURING IN AND mOODING THE TENT v HE SAID #HANTAL AND -ILO REPRESENT SOME FAMILIES THAT WILL MOVE TO #OLLEC TIVITE -ARIE DE #ARREFOUR A NEW SMALL VILLAGE WITH AN OCEAN VIEW THAT WAS BUILT THANKS TO THE !DVENTIST $EVELOP MENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! AND ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH DONORS h!$2! WORKED WITH THE OFlCE OF THE MAYOR IN #ARREFOUR TO PROVIDE THIS SHELTER COMMUNITY AND MOVE SOME OF THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE MEDIAN ACROSS THE STREET v SAID 0AULO ,UTKE EMER GENCY !$2! COORDINATOR OVERSEEING THE TEMPORARY SHELTER PROJECT IN #AR REFOUR !CTUALLY THIS VILLAGE WAS BUILT FROM LEFTOVER SHELTER MATERIALS ACCORD ING TO ,UTKE WHO SUPERVISED AND COORDINATED EFFORTS DURING THE THREE WEEKS IT TOOK TO ERECT THE SHELTERS
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 HELPING MORE OF YOU "E PATIENT 7E WILL NEVER FORGET YOU !$2! IS HERE TO HELP YOU 4HERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO DO v !S "ISSERETH SPOKE TO THE HUN DREDS GATHERED THERE THE CROWD SHOUTED h!$2! !$2! v AND ALL JOINED IN A MOMENT OF PRAYER TO INAU GURATE THE NEW VILLAGE WHICH INCLUDES SOLAR POWERED STREET LAMPS A WATER STATION AND DOZENS OF LATRINES .OT ONLY WERE THE FAMILIES GIVEN THE WOODEN STRUCTURE WITH A CEMENT mOOR AND WITH ONE DOOR AND TWO WINDOWS BUT EACH FAMILY RECEIVED A KITCHEN KIT WITH POTS AND DISHES BLANKETS FOAM MATTRESSES AND WATER PURIlCATION CONTAINERS !N ALL DAY CEREMONY WAS ORGANIZED WITH !$2! LEADERS AND LOCAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TIST #HURCH LEADERS TO CELEBRATE LIFE ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE (UNDREDS OF FAMILIES ATTENDED THE SPECIAL PROGRAM ON THE !$2! (AITI OFlCE GROUNDS WHERE THEY HEARD SPECIAL MESSAGES OF HOPE MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS TESTIMONIES FROM SHELTER BENElCIARIES AND REPORTS OF THE WORK OF !$2! IN 0ORT AU 0RINCE AND THE REST OF (AITI h'OD IS FAITHFUL TO WIPE THE TEARS FROM OUR EYES (E S FAITHFUL TO HELP US OVERCOME THE EARTHQUAKE AND TODAY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COME FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BE PARTNERS WITH !$2! AND HELP OUR COMMUNITIES v SAID 4HEART 3T 0IERRE PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN (AITI AS HE SPOKE TO THE CROWD $OZENS OF CHILDREN RECEIVED UNI FORMS AND BACKPACKS lLLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM CHURCH LEADERS THE MAYOR AND !$2! LEADERS AS PART OF ONE OF MANY PROJECTS TO BENElT THE COMMUNITY !$2! REPORTED ITS COMPLETED PROJ ECTS IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE END OF WITH THE HELP OF SOME COUN TRIES IN ITS NETWORK FROM .ORTH !MER ICA %UROPE !SIA AND THE 3OUTH 0ACIlC /THER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS JOINED
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!$2! IN HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS AMONG THESE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS )$0 CAMP AT THE (AITI !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY WHERE MORE THAN TOOK SHELTER ON THE ACRE CAMPUS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE ,EFT IN THE )$0 CAMP ARE SOME FAMILIES THAT WERE EXPECTED TO BE RELO CATED DURING &EBRUARY ACCORDING TO "ISSERETH 4HERE IS MUCH YET FOR !$2! TO DO IN (AITI "ISSERETH CONTINUED h7E ARE COMMITTED TO BEING INVOLVED IN HELPING PEOPLE REBUILD THEIR LIVES v 4HE FOLLOWING LIST OF ACTIVITIES BRIEmY SUMMARIZES !$2! S WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR #AMP -ANAGEMENT N !$2! MANAGED A CAMP OF MORE THAN
DISPLACED (AITIANS IN THE 0ORT AU 0RINCE NEIGHBORHOOD OF #ARREFOUR N !CTIVITIES INCLUDED THE TRAINING OF ZONAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND COUNSEL ORS PROVIDING SECURITY WATER HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMS AND FOOD AND NONFOOD ITEM DISTRIBUTIONS 7ATER N !$2! AND #ANADA BASED PARTNER
'LOBAL-EDIC PURIlED MORE THAN LITERS OF WATER A DAY IN #AR REFOUR DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE RESPONSE USING WATER PURIlCATION UNITS INCLUDING MOTORCYCLE POW ERED MOBILE UNITS N -OBILE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO APPROXIMATELY SITES A DAY IN #AR REFOUR 0ORT AU 0RINCE *ACMEL AND #AP (AITIEN N !SSISTANCE ALSO INCLUDED MORE THAN MILLION WATER PURIlCATION TABLETS WATER PURIlCATION SACHETS ORAL REHYDRATION SALT UNITS AND !QUATABS DONATED BY 5.)#%& N 3INCE THE EARTHQUAKE !$2! HAS PURIlED NEARLY MILLION GALLONS MORE THAN MILLION LITERS OF WATER N ! WATER PURIlCATION SYSTEM CALLED .OMAD CONTINUES TO PURIFY AND PRO VIDE GALLONS NEARLY
LITERS OF CLEAN WATER EACH DAY TO THE !$2! MANAGED CAMP IN #ARREFOUR &OOD N !$2! WORKED WITH THE 5NITED
.ATIONS 7ORLD &OOD 0ROGRAMME 7&0 TO DISTRIBUTE METRIC TONS OF FOOD TO MORE THAN PEOPLE DURING THREE MASSIVE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN *ANUARY AND -ARCH N ! DONATION OF TONS OF BABY FOOD FROM 'ERMANY WAS DISTRIBUTED IN THE #ARREFOUR CAMP .ONFOOD )TEMS N !$2! DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN
NONFOOD ITEMS TO EARTHQUAKE SURVI VORS INCLUDING SHOES HYGIENE KITS JERRICANS KITCHEN SETS SHELTER TOOL KITS SOLAR LIGHT KITS TARPS TOOL KITS MEDI CINES AND mASHLIGHTS 5PCOMING DIS TRIBUTIONS INCLUDE MATTRESS PADS BLANKETS AND MOSQUITO NETS 3ANITATION AND (YGIENE N ! TOTAL OF LATRINES WERE BUILT IN
SIX CAMPS AND ONE PERMANENT LATRINE WAS IMPROVED BENElTTING A TOTAL OF FAMILIES 4HE PROJECT ALSO PRO VIDED CASH FOR WORK FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DUG THE LATRINES N !$2! CONSTRUCTED NEW BATHING PLACES AND REHABILITATED ONE PREVIOUS BATHING SPACE IN EIGHT CAMPS ASSISTING FAMILIES N !$2! SECURED SUPPORT FROM 5.) #%& TO PROVIDE MOBILE LATRINES AND DAILY SERVICING OF WASTE REMOVAL FROM MID -ARCH UNTIL THE END OF *UNE )N *ULY !$2! RECEIVED MOBILE LATRINES FROM THE #LINTON &OUNDATION ON BEHALF OF 5.)#%& N ! TEAM OF SANITATION WORKERS FROM AMONG THE CAMP POPULATION CLEANED THE SANITATION FACILITIES TWICE A DAY N !$2! CONSTRUCTED TWO SOLID WASTE PITS AND EMPLOYED A TEAM OF FROM THE CAMP TO PICK UP AND COLLECT WASTE ON A DAILY BASIS N %IGHT CASH FOR WORK PROJECTS WERE
COMPLETED BENElTTING WORKERS WITH LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT N 3OME TRUCKLOADS OF TRASH WERE REMOVED FROM ONE CAMP IN #ARREFOUR N 3EVEN CAMPS RECEIVED TOOLS FOR CAMP CLEANING N ! TOTAL OF STATIONS WERE BUILT FOR LAUNDRY WASHING N !$2! BUILT A BRIDGE TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE OF CAMP RESI DENTS WALKING TO COLLECT lLTERED WATER (EALTH N "ETWEEN *ANUARY AND MID !PRIL !$2! OPERATED TWO FREE PRIMARY MEDICAL CLINICS IN THE #ARREFOUR CAMP /NE WAS SET UP INSIDE A MOBILE TENT AND THE OTHER IN A LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN #ARREFOUR $URING THIS PERIOD MORE THAN PEOPLE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE !FTER !PRIL THE TWO MOBILE CLINICS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND HAVE SO FAR TREATED MORE THAN PATIENTS N !$2! CONDUCTED A ONE MONTH IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN WHICH VAC CINATED MORE THAN INFANTS CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH VACCINE MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION N !$2! COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES WERE BASED IN EACH OF THE DESIG NATED ZONES INSIDE THE #ARREFOUR CAMP 4HEY WERE TRAINED TO TRIAGE PATIENTS RECOGNIZE INFANT AND CHILD MALNUTRITION AND EDUCATE MOTHERS IN LACTATION AND OPTIMUM NUTRITION N ! CHOLERA PREVENTION EDUCATION PROJECT TRAINED INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY OF #ARREFOUR ON PREVENTA TIVE MEASURES AND EMERGENCY TREAT MENT OF THE DISEASE
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ORE THAN YEARS AGO %LLEN 7HITE WROTE THE FOLLOWING WORDS h7ITH SUCH AN ARMY OF WORK ERS AS OUR YOUTH RIGHTLY TRAINED MIGHT FURNISH HOW SOON THE MESSAGE OF A CRUCIlED RISEN AND SOON COMING 3AV IOR MIGHT BE CARRIED TO THE WHOLE WORLD v )F EVER THERE WAS A TIME THE CHURCH NEEDED THE ENERGY AND CREATIVITY OF THE ARMY THAT %LLEN 7HITE ENVISIONED IT IS NOW 4HE JOB OF RETAINING NURTUR ING AND ENGAGING YOUNG ADULTS IN SER VICE IS THE WORK OF EACH NOT JUST THE PASTOR OR YOUTH LEADER 3O WHAT CAN WE INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A CHURCH DO TO ENGAGE TOMORROW S LEADERSHIP TODAY
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%ACH OF US CAN TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS 7E SHOULD BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THEM AND MAKE OURSELVES APPROACHABLE )F PAR ENTS ARE TRULY #HRISTIAN PARENTS AND CAN IDENTIFY WITH THEIR CHILDREN THEN THEY BECOME THE BEST MENTORS BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ) HAD WONDERFUL PARENTS WONDERFUL #HRISTIANS IN TERMS OF BELIEVING IN #HRIST ACCEPTING (IM AND WANTING ME TO HAVE A WONDERFUL SPIRI TUAL LIFE "UT IT TOOK A LOT OF INmUENCES AND MANY INDIVIDUALS TO HELP ME AS A YOUNG ADULT lND MY OWN PERSPECTIVE AND WORLDVIEW 4HIS IS WHERE A STEADY SUPPLY OF MENTORS IS NEEDED TO COME ALONG AND HELP 4HESE PEOPLE MAY - ! 2 4 ) . " / 5 , ! . ' % 2
INCLUDE A PASTOR OR A CLOSE FRIEND )N MY CASE SOMEONE WHO SIMPLY TOOK AN INTEREST IN ME AS WE WORKED TOGETHER IN AN EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH EXERTED A PRO FOUND INmUENCE ON MY SPIRITUAL LIFE 7HEN YOUNG ADULTS LOOK FOR A MENTOR THEY WILL PROBABLY START WITH THEIR PARENTS "UT THEN THEY WILL LOOK TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY SEEM TO BE TRUST WORTHY NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO SHOW OFF OR BE A BIG NAME BUT PEO PLE WHO THEY SENSE ARE GENUINE HUM BLE #HRISTIANS FROM WHOM THEY COULD LEARN SOMETHING 7HEN THEY APPROACH THAT SOMEONE THEY WILL WANT TO BE LIS TENED TO AND SHARE NOT RECEIVE A LEC TURE /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT DEALING WITH YOUNG ADULTS IS TO HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION ALWAYS BE WILLING TO TALK ALWAYS BE WILLING TO SHARE AND ALWAYS BE READY TO LISTEN )N MY OWN EXPERIENCE ) HAD A FATHER WHO TRAVELED FREQUENTLY AND WASN T HOME THAT MUCH "UT WHEN HE WAS HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN AND GIVE ME ADVICE (E NEVER JUST BRUSHED ME OFF (E WOULD BE VERY INTENTIONAL 4HOSE OF US WHO ARE PAR ENTS HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CHILDREN SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN ALWAYS COME AND BE AFlRMED BY US ) CAN REMEMBER MY PARENTS ESPECIALLY MY FATHER TELLING ME h) BELIEVE IN YOU v 7HEN YOUNG ADULTS GET THAT KIND OF AFlRMATION IT HELPS THEM NOT ONLY SOCIALLY BUT SPIRITUALLY 4HEY HAVE A BASE TO lND THEIR OWN WAY IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ,ORD 4HEY HAVE TO KNOW THEY CAN ALWAYS GO TO SOME ONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO HELP 4HIS ASPECT OF THE PARENTING ROLE EXTENDS TO THOSE OF US WHO AREN T PAR ENTS AND INCLUDES THE YOUNG ADULTS WHO AREN T OUR PHYSICAL CHILDREN %ACH ONE OF US AS PART OF THE CHURCH FAMILY SHOULD BE OPEN TO OUR ROLES AS POTEN TIAL MENTORS !S WE INTERACT WITH YOUNG ADULTS WE SHOULD MAKE THE EFFORT TO
KNOW THEIR NAMES 7E CAN ACTIVELY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE THEM 7HEN WE AFlRM THEM WE MAKE THEM FEEL PART OF THE FAMILY !S A RESULT YOUNG ADULTS WILL RESPOND AND AS THEY TRULY FEEL PART OF THE FAMILY THE CHURCH WILL BECOME THEIR CHURCH #REATE /PPORTUNITIES FOR 3ERVICE
'ENERALLY SPEAKING MOST LEADER SHIP POSITIONS REQUIRE EXPERIENCE AND THAT S ONE FACET THAT YOUNG ADULTS DON T HAVE A LOT OF )F WE RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR MISSION WE MUST BEGINNING ON A LOCAL CHURCH LEVEL AND EXTENDING INTO ALL OUR ORGANIZATIONS MENTOR YOUNG ADULTS AND GET THEM INTO A STREAM WHERE THEY BEGIN TO ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE WHO DO HAVE EXPERIENCE 4HE CHURCH WAS STARTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND ITS WORK WILL BE lNISHED BY THE COMBINATION OF YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE ON lRE FOR THE ,ORD TEAMING UP WITH THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE NOT LOST THE VISION OF *ESUS SOON COMING ) CAN REMEMBER IN MY OWN EXPERI ENCE WHEN ) WAS SELECTED ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE AT A PARTICULAR CHURCH TO BE A STUDENT ELDER 4HIS MAY SOUND LIKE A CONTRADICTION BECAUSE AN ELDER OF A CHURCH IS GENERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE "UT MY LOCAL CHURCH CONGREGATION HAD THE FORESIGHT TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE OF GREAT EXPE RIENCE AND LEARN AS hSTUDENT ELDERSv OR hSTUDENT DEACONS v 4HIS OPPORTUNITY WAS INVALUABLE IN GAINING EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS 4RUST 4HEM
) AM MUCH INDEBTED TO THE LEADERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ) ATTENDED IN MY YOUTH FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY MADE IN THEIR YOUNG ADULTS 4ODAY ) SEE A GREAT NEED FOR CHURCH LEADERS ON ALL LEVELS WHO NEED TO BE SENSITIZED AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT INCLUDING YOUNG ADULTS SOLICITING THEIR VIEWS ASSOCIATING
WITH THEM APPOINTING THEM TO DIFFERENT TASKS AND INCLUDING THEM IN COMMIT TEES 'ENERALLY YOUNG ADULTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON A COMMITTEE 7HAT THEY REALLY WANT IS TO DO SOMETHING ,EADERS HAVE TO GET THE YOUNG ADULTS POSITIONED AND EQUIPPED SO THEY CAN CATCH A VISION OF THEIR MIS SION 0ERHAPS THEY LL NEED HELP AND GUIDANCE IN FORMING AN ACTION PLAN "UT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THEM RATHER THAN IMPOSING A PLAN ON THEM 4HEN LET THEM hRUN WITH IT v ,EADERS AND LAITY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO WORK WITH THESE YOUNG ADULTS TO ACCOM PLISH THINGS FOR 'OD 4HEY HAVE ENOR MOUS CREATIVITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR 'OD ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ,ORD )N LIGHT OF OUR PERSONAL NEED TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THE ,ORD IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE THE TIME PERSONALLY TO ASK 'OD FOR THAT LARGE UNDERSTANDING THAT BIG PICTURE OF WHERE WE INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A CHURCH lT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS IN THE END OF TIME SCENARIO 7HAT IS IT THAT *ESUS IS ASKING US TO DO (OW CAN WE DO IT BEST AND HOW CAN WE COOPER ATE WITH OTHERS ESPECIALLY YOUNG ADULTS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS $ON T &EAR )NNOVATION
)NVOLVING YOUNG ADULTS ON THE TEAM AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE LEADERSHIP CAN FEEL VERY THREATENING TO SOME 4HERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOUNG ADULTS WITH NEW IDEAS COULD UPSET THE PROVERBIAL APPLE CART 0AST EXPERIENCE TEACHES THAT THERE IS ALWAYS TENSION BETWEEN A YOUNGER
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CHOSEN PATH OF STUDY IS WHAT MAKES OUR EDUCATION DIFFERENT )N TERMS OF HOW TO HELP YOUNG ADULTS ACHIEVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPE RIENCE WE HAVE TO LOOK CONTINUALLY AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN EDUCATION AFFORD ABLE 9OUNG ADULTS SHOULD BE ENCOUR AGED TO WORK WHILE THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL 3OME HAVE FELT THAT WITH A LOAN OR PARENTS PAYING STUDENTS WOULD BE BETTER OFF FOCUSING FULL TIME ON THEIR STUDIES (OWEVER MEANINGFUL WORK HELPS TO BALANCE OUT THE WHOLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE /F COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD NOT WORK SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN T GRASP THEIR ACADEMIC STUDIES %VEN IF SOMEONE HAS ALL THE MONEY FOR AN EDUCATION FORMING A WORK ETHIC IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ANY EDUCATION 4HERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THE CHURCH STUDENT PARENTS LOCAL CHURCH AND THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITU
EXPLAINED 4HEY VE ALSO LEARNED THAT ALTHOUGH MUCH IS PROMISED LITTLE IS ACTUALLY DELIVERED 7HAT YOUNG ADULTS WANT TO SEE IS A LIVING FAITH MAKING A PERSONAL DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE S LIVES !S WE SPEAK OF REVIVAL AND REFOR MATION IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN OUR CHURCH WE RUN THE RISK OF IMMUNIZ ING OUR YOUNG ADULTS AS WELL AS OUR SELVES IF WE LET IT ALL STAY THEORETICAL 2EVIVAL AND REFORMATION MEANS THAT WE ARE MORE CONNECTED WITH THE ,ORD AND IT MUST BECOME NOTICEABLE THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS CHANGING OUR LIVES TO BE MORE AND MORE LIKE *ESUS !S 0AUL SAYS h,ET THIS MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS ALSO IN #HRIST *ESUSv 0HIL 4HE MIND OF #HRIST HAS TO BE IMPLANTED IN US THROUGH THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT AND WE HAVE TO DEM ONSTRATE THAT SANCTIFYING EXPERIENCE IN OUR OWN LIVES %ACH OF US MUST BE CONVINCED THAT WE ARE JUSTIlED TOTALLY
%VERY ONE OF US IS CALLED TO HAVE AN INTIMATE MARVELOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ,ORD SELF 3ELF NOT ONLY IN YOUNG ADULTS BUT ABSOLUTELY IN PEOPLE OF ANY AGE IS OUR GREATEST ENEMY 3UPPORT !DVENTIST %DUCATION
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HIGH PRIEST ENTERS THROUGH THE lRST WALKS BETWEEN THE VEILS TO THE OTHER SIDE AND ONLY THEN ENTERS THE -OST (OLY 0LACE .EW VEILS ARE MADE EACH YEAR BY VIRGINS CAREFULLY CHOSEN FOR THE TASK 4HREE HUNDRED PRIESTS ARE NEEDED TO WASH THEM v h,OOK v CRIES A PILGRIM h)S THAT THE ALTAR )T IS HUGE v h)NDEED v SAYS THE PRIEST h4HAT WAY ALL CAN SEE THE SACRIlCES !ND NOTICE THE lRES 4WO BURN CONSTANTLY FOUR ON HIGH DAYS v 0EOPLE FROM EVERY DIRECTION ARE CONVERGING ON THE BROAD STEPS BEFORE MAGNIlCENT TWIN GATES LOW ON THE SOUTH WALL h)T S THE MORNING SACRIlCE v SAYS -ARY h7E MUST HURRY v %NTERING THE RIGHT HAND GATE THEY ASCEND THROUGH A LIGHTED AND BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED TUNNEL AND EMERGE ON THE 4EMPLE MOUNT 7HILE *EWISH BELIEVERS PRESS TOWARD THE 4EMPLE 'ENTILE VISITORS TURN TOWARD THE 2OYAL 3TOA 4HERE S A LOW WALL THE SOREG SURROUNDING THE INNER COURT 3IGNS IN THREE LANGUAGES WARN NON *EWS NOT TO ENTERˆhON PAIN OF DEATH v !S THEY WALK BY 3OLOMON S 0ORCH THE FAMILY COMES TO THE TREASURY ALSO KNOWN AS THE #OURT OF 7OMEN 3TEPPING UP INTO THE VAST ENCLOSURE THEY SEE A CHOIR OF ,EVITES SUP PORTED BY AN ORCHESTRA FORMING ON A RANK OF SEMICIRCU LAR STEPS &ROM A TOWER OF THE 4EMPLE MEN WITH SILVER TRUMPETS CALL WORSHIPPERS TO CELEBRATE THE MORNING SACRI lCE 4HE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OFFER THE PSALM SELECTED FOR THE lRST DAY h4HE EARTH IS THE ,ORD S AND ALL ITS FULLNESS THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL THEREINv 0S 4HE COURT WITH RAISED BALCONIES FOR WOMEN ON THREE SIDES IS LINED WITH TRUMPET SHAPED BOXES -EN REMAIN ON THE GROUND mOOR 4HROUGH A BEAUTIFUL GATE THEY STEP INTO THE #OURT OF THE )SRAELITES WHERE LAMBS ARE SLAIN AS SIN OFFERINGS 7ITH HIS FATHER S HAND ON (IS SHOULDER THE LAD WATCHES AS THE BLOOD OF A LAMB IS CAUGHT IN A BOWL AND HANDED TO A PRIEST ! LINE OF BAREFOOT PRIESTS PASSES THE BOWLS OF SHED BLOOD ALONG EXCHANGING THE STREAM OF lLLED BOWLS FOR EMPTY BOWLS AS THEY ARE RETURNED FOR SUCCEEDING SACRIlCES 7HEN THE PRIEST NEAREST THE ALTAR RECEIVES THE OFFERING A TRUMPET SOUNDS AS HE THROWS IT AGAINST ITS SIDE 4HE LAD WEEPS $OES HE THINK OF (IMSELF AS 'OD S ,AMB 4HERE S THE GREAT LAVER SUPPORTED BY HUGE LIONS 0RIESTS NEED THE WATER TO CLEANSE THEMSELVES AND THE COURT OF THE PRIESTS FROM BLOOD )T IS lLLED WITH ABUNDANT FRESH WATER SUPPLIED EACH DAY BY A MAGNIlCENT 2OMAN AQUEDUCT ! PRIEST WHO WILL PRESIDE AT THE ALTAR OF INCENSE ONLY
ONCE IN HIS LIFETIME ASCENDS STEPS TO THE 4EMPLE AND SOLEMNLY LIGHTS THE INCENSE h4HE PRAYERS OF 'OD S PEOPLE v WHISPERS *OSEPH 4HE LAD IS ASTONISHED AT THE FOOT HIGH C METER HIGH ENTRANCE TO THE HOLY PLACE (E EXAMINES EVERYTHING 3CRIPTURAL PASSAGES WASH THROUGH (IS MIND (E LEARNS THAT PRIESTS AND RABBIS GATHER ON THE 4EMPLE TERRACE TO TALK ABOUT THE 3CRIPTURES 0HARISEES MATCH WITS WITH 3ADDUCEES *OINING THEM (E LISTENS CAREFULLY AND ASKS QUESTIONS SOME OF THEM EVOKING SERIOUS THOUGHT OR HEAD SCRATCHING &OLLOWING THE EVENING SACRIlCE A GROUP OF PRIESTS WITH RAISED HANDS PRONOUNCE THE AGE OLD BLESSING h4HE ,ORD LIFT UP (IS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU xv .UM /N 0ASSOVER 3ABBATH THOUSANDS ARE ON THE 4EMPLE MOUNT 4HE TRUMPETS HERALD THE 3ABBATH THE CHOIR SINGS PEOPLE WORSHIP !ND SO FOR ONE EXCITING WEEK THE FAMILY FROM .AZARETH ENJOYS THE MAJESTY AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY 4EMPLE 3O MANY THINGS TO SEE AND HEAR 0ASSOVER SUPPER IS CELEBRATED WITH KINSFOLK IN %MMAUS THEN IT S BACK TO THE 4EMPLE MOUNT WHERE THOUSANDS lLL THE COURTS AND THE 2OYAL 3TOA 4HEY HEAR MANY FOREIGN LANGUAGES 7HEN HUNGRY THEY PUR CHASE DATES AND BREAD FROM MARKETS UNDER THE OUTER WALL WITH 4EMPLE CURRENCY *ESUS SEEKING TO BE ALONE DOES NOT REMAIN WITH (IS PARENTS AND LINGERS IN THE 4EMPLE COURTS 0ASSOVER IS OVER AND WORSHIPPERS HEAD HOME *OSEPH AND -ARY EXPECT THEIR 3ON TO JOIN THEM AT NIGHTFALL "UT (E S NOT AMONG THE .AZARETH COMPANY !NXIOUSLY THEY HURRY BACK TO *ERUSALEM &OR THREE DAYS THEY SEARCH THE 4EMPLE MOUNT &INALLY THEY lND (IM SURROUNDED BY SCHOLARS (E S ENGAGED IN THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION 7ITH JOY AND TEARS -ARY CRIES h3ON (OW COULD 9OU DO THIS TO US 7E VE BEEN LOOKING FOR 9OU THESE THREE DAYS v h7HY DID YOU SEARCH FOR -E v SAYS THE LAD STANDING STRAIGHT h$ON T YOU KNOW THAT ) MUST BE ABOUT -Y &ATHER S BUSINESS v (IS PARENTS ARE PUZZLED BUT -ARY WILL NOT FORGET THIS REPLY *ESUS KNOWS THAT (E IS INDEED A h3ON OF THE LAWv AND THAT THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE ABOUT (IS h&ATHER S BUSINESS v
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HE JOURNEY FROM UNBELIEVER TO BELIEVER DOES NOT ALWAYS END AT THE BAPTISMAL TANK 7E MAY THINK THE GREATEST GOAL IS MET WHEN PEOPLE PUBLICLY SIGNIFY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BORN ANEW "UT THAT BIRTH IS TRULY JUST A BEGINNING !ND AS WE ALL KNOW ONCE A DECISION IS MADE TO FOLLOW #HRIST THE PATH THAT LIES AHEAD IS NOT ALWAYS EASY %LLEN 7HITE WROTE h,ET NO ONE SUPPOSE THAT CONVERSION IS THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE #HRISTIAN LIFE 4HERE IS A SCI ENCE OF #HRISTIANITY THAT MUST BE MASTERED 4HERE IS TO BE GROWTH IN GRACE THAT IS CONSTANT PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 4HE MIND IS TO BE DISCIPLINED TRAINED EDUCATED FOR THE CHILD OF 'OD IS TO DO SERVICE FOR 'OD IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT NATURAL OR IN HARMONY WITH INBORN INCLINATION 4HOSE WHO BECOME THE FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST lND THAT NEW MOTIVES OF ACTION ARE
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4HESE ARE THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE JOURNEYS TO *ESUS EVOLVED IN GREATER DETAIL AFTER THEY EMERGED FROM THE WATERS OF BAPTISM 4HEIR STORIES ARE IN MANY WAYS PROBABLY MORE SIMILAR TO OURS THAN WE THINKˆEVEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AND RAISED AS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS "UT ONE THREAD REMAINS 4HE ,ORD NEVER LETS GO OF THOSE WHO CHOOSE (IM
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6ERONICA -ONTEZ 6ERONICA 2ONNI -ONTEZ WAS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME IN HER LIFE WHEN 'OD CAME TO HER 3HE WAS SICKˆIN A DEEP DEPRESSIONˆAND COULDN T GET OUT 4HOUGH FROM A #ATH OLIC BACKGROUND SHE DIDN T KNOW THE "IBLE OR 'OD VERY WELL /NE DAY WHILE HOME ALONE SHE CRIED OUT TO 'OD FOR HELP 0ICKING UP A STUDY "IBLE SHE TURNED TO A PASSAGE AND READ ABOUT *ESUS JOURNEY FROM *ERUSALEM TO #AL VARY AND THE WORD h3ABBATHv STUCK OUT 7HAT IS THIS WORD 2ONNI REMEM
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BERS THINKING h)T KEPT COMING UP AND ) DIDN T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS v (ER HEART WAS SPURRED TO SEARCH AND SHE COULDN T STOP 2ONNI DROVE AROUND TOWN LOOKING FOR A CHURCH THAT WORSHIPPED ON 3ABBATH AND COULDN T lND ONE 4HEN ONE DAY IN A PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSION SHE OVERHEARD ONE OF THE THERAPISTS TALKING ABOUT GOING TO CHURCH ON 3ATURDAY h) WAS SO NER VOUS ABOUT IT BUT WHEN THE THERA PIST CAME BACK TO CHECK ON ME ) ASKED ABOUT GOING TO CHURCH ON 3ABBATH AND IF ) COULD GO WITH HER v 2ONNI AND HER PHYSICAL THERAPIST BECAME FAST FRIENDS AND EARNESTLY
STUDIED THE "IBLE TOGETHER "UT NOW WITH A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH TO ATTEND SHE HAD A PLACE TO TAKE HER MANY QUESTIONS (ER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN JOINED HER AND CAME INTO THE CHURCH
-ATTHEW 'AMBLE -ATTHEW 'AMBLE WAS BORN AND RAISED #ATHOLIC IN THE 5NITED 3TATES THOUGH HIS FAMILY RARELY ATTENDED CHURCH AND NEVER READ THE "IBLE OR PRAYED TOGETHER "Y THE AGE OF HE WAS SMOKING A LOT OF MARI JUANA AND DELVING INTO 2ASTAFARIANISM 4HREE YEARS LATER -ATTHEW WENT TO *AMAICA /N HIS RETURN TRIP HE BOARDED A -IAMI BOUND PLANE WITH TWO POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN HIS BAG AND MANAGED TO EMERGE ON !MERICAN SOIL WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT )RONICALLY IT WAS THIS STRANGE TURN OF EVENTS THAT GOT HIM TO THINKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS (E THEN EMBARKED ON A SELF GUIDED SEARCH OF WORLD RELIGIONS TO lND THE TRUTH h) WOULD PRAY TO *ESUS (AILE 3ELASSIE "UDDHA #ONFUCIUS !BRAHAM AND -UHAMMAD BEGIN NING WHOEVER YOU ARE WHEREVER YOU ARE PLEASE REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME v 4IME PASSED AND -ATTHEW SERVED AS BEST MAN AT A WEDDING IN A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH $ETERMINED TO lND ANSWERS HE APPROACHED THE MIN ISTER WHO GAVE HIM A "IBLE AND PRAYED WITH HIM h4HE FOLLOWING DAY ) PICKED UP A TELEPHONE AND CALLED THE LOCAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH IN 3T
!UGUSTINE &LORIDA 5 3 ! AND THE FOLLOWING 3ABBATH ) WAS THERE v HE SAYS !T HIS BAPTISM IN THE !TLANTIC /CEAN h) ASKED THE PASTOR IF ) COULD STAY ALONE FOR A FEW MOMENTS ) TURNED TOWARD THE HORIZON WHERE ) COULDN T SEE ANYTHING MAN MADE ) TOLD MY HEAVENLY &ATHER THAT (E PROMISED TO TAKE MY SINS AND CAST THEM TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA AND THAT ) WAS NOW A NEW CREATURE v !FTER BAPTISM -ATTHEW STUDIED THEOLOGY AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY "UT HOW DID HIS NEW FAITH AFFECT HIS FAMILY h-Y FAMILY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVEˆPRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY VE SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION THAT *ESUS HAS MADE IN MY LIFE v SAYS -ATTHEW h!S A RESULT MY PARENTS HAVE RENEWED FAITH AND ARE REGULARLY ATTENDING CHURCH ARE INVOLVED IN SERVICE PROJECTS AND ATTEND "IBLE STUDIES )T IS EXCITING TO KNOW THAT *ESUS IS THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR LIVES NOW v 4ODAY -ATTHEW SERVES FULL TIME WITH 6AGABONDSERVANT )NTERNATIONAL A NON PROlT MINISTRY THAT HAS TAKEN HIM ALL OVER THE WORLD SPEAKING ABOUT THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF *ESUS (E IS ALSO A SENIOR CONSULTANT WITH BOTH THE #ENTER FOR 3ECULAR AND 0OSTMODERN 3TUDIES OUT OF THE !DVENTIST -ISSION OFlCE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AS WELL AS THE #ENTER FOR #RE
ATIVE -INISTRY AND SERVES AS AN ADVISOR TO THE .ORTH !MERICAN $IVISION YOUNG ADULT ADVISORY AS WELL AS THE !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN &ELLOWSHIP BOARD A MINISTRY FOR 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SECULAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES -ATTHEW SAYS THERE IS ONE SINGULAR ELEMENT THAT FUELS HIS DAILY WALK AS A #HRISTIAN MINISTRY h'OD CALLS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TO BE OF SERVICE IN (IS NAME %ARLY ON IN MY JOURNEY WITH *ESUS ) HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT MINISTRY IS THEIR SALVATION )NITIALLY ) DIDN T UNDER STAND THAT COMMENT BUT ) DO NOW -INISTRYˆREPRESENTING *ESUS TO OTHER PEOPLEˆHAS KEPT ME CONNECTED WITH (IM RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT (IM AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME v
THROUGH BAPTISM AND PROFESSION OF FAITH IN 3OON AFTER THAT TROUBLE ARRIVED "OTH 2ONNI AND HER HUSBAND LOST THEIR JOBS THE MONEY RAN OUT AND EVICTION NOTICES WERE SERVED !ND HER MOTHER AND SISTERS DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM HER BECAUSE OF HER NEW LIFE )F THIS IS WHAT BEING A #HRISTIAN IS ABOUT ) DON T KNOW IF ) CAN DO THIS SHE REMEMBERS THINKING "UT THEY TURNED TO THEIR NEW FAITH AND FASTED AND PRAYED 3OON THINGS BEGAN TO TURN AROUND h,ITTLE BY LITTLE THE ,ORD DELIVERED US v SAYS
2ONNI 4HEY FOUND NEW JOBS GOT CARS AND COULD STAY IN THEIR HOME "UT 2ONNI S DEPRESSION HADN T LEFT h) WANTED TO DIE BECAUSE ) WAS SO DEPRESSED AND DISCOURAGED v 2ONNI RECALLS "UT 'OD PREVAILED h) SAID @&INE ,ORD lNE 9OU DON T WANT ME TO DIE ) GIVE IT ALL TO 9OU !ND WHEN ) SURRENDERED EVERYTHING GOT BETTER /NE DAY AT A TIME THINGS BEGAN TO GET BETTER v 4ODAY 2ONNI RUNS A DAY CARE CENTER OUT OF HER HOME AND INCORPORATES A #HRISTIAN LIFESTYLE INTO THE DAILY ROUTINE
4HE -ONTEZ COUPLE HAS ACTIVE ROLES IN THEIR LOCAL CHURCH AND CONTINUES TO STUDY AND SEARCH THE 7ORD OF 'OD 7HILE THE DAUGHTER THAT WAS INITIALLY BAPTIZED WITH 2ONNI NO LONGER ATTENDS CHURCH HER MOTHER LOOKS BACK AT THE ,ORD S LEADING AND KNOWS THAT (E WILL ALSO ANSWER HER PRAYERS REGARDING THIS CHILD h-Y DAUGHTER KNOWS AND LOVES THE ,ORD BUT JUST DOESN T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH (IM RIGHT NOW "UT ) WILL PRAY )T IS ALL IN 'OD S TIMING 'OD WILL DO IT (E WILL DO IT v
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!LEX "ARRIENTOS 7HEN !LEX "ARRIENTOS WAS BAPTIZED HE HAD NO IDEA WHY 7HEN HE WAS JUST YEARS OLD HIS MOTHER ACCEPTED THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MESSAGE AND WAS BAPTIZED AND !LEX WANTED TO AS WELL "UT NO ONE HAD EVER EXPLAINED ANYTHING TO HIM 4HE CHILD DIDN T EVEN HAVE A "IBLE !LEX AND HIS MOM BEGAN ATTENDING CHURCH AND HE ENJOYED 3ABBATH SCHOOL h) KEPT GOING TO 3ABBATH SCHOOL AND WE HAD GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AT CHURCH /N THE DAY OF MY BAPTISM THE HOUR CAME AND ) GOT THIS HIGH FEVER )T ALMOST SEEMED LIKE IT WASN T SUPPOSED TO BE "UT THE PASTOR AT THAT TIME SAID @*UST THROW HIM IN THE POOL (E LL COOL DOWN !ND THAT S WHAT HAP PENED ) CAME UP FROM THE POOL AND
SURE ENOUGH THE FEVER WAS GONE "UT THEN THAT S ALL IT WAS v !LEX SAYS &OR !LEX BAPTISM TRULY WAS JUST THE BEGINNING 7HEN IT CAME TIME FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL !LEX SENSED THAT HE SHOULDN T ATTEND THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ENROLLED IN AN !DVENTIST SCHOOL INSTEAD (E CONTINUED ON TO 4AKOMA !CADEMY IN -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES h'OING TO 4AKOMA !CADEMY WAS THE BEST CHOICE ) VE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE 4HAT S WHERE ) MET *ESUS v )RONICALLY IT WAS THROUGH DETENTION THAT !LEX CAME TO KNOW #HRIST h) REMEMBER BEING THERE AND OUR
ASSIGNMENT WAS TO DO NOTHING BUT READ THE "IBLE ) READ -ATTHEW AND WENT TO MY TEACHER AND ASKED @7HAT DOES THIS MEAN v h(E JUST SMILED AND SAID @/NE DAY YOU LL KNOW ) WENT BACK TO THE DESK AND HE S LIKE @) M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU 9OU LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT !ND THAT S WHAT LED ME TO CONSIDER ALL THE VERSES THAT HAD BEEN SHARED WITH ME SINCE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE v !LEX WAS THEN INVITED TO BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL S PREACHING TEAM !LEX DID THIS THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER h)N THE MIDST OF THOSE THREE YEARS OF PREACHING TEAM THERE WAS THIS SEARCHING NOTE @7HAT IS THE "IBLE STILL ) M ONLY PREACHING ABOUT 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES BUT WHY AM ) PREACHING
+AVEH +HANSARI .EJAD +AVEH WAS RAISED -USLIM IN )RAN EMI GRATING TO THE 5NITED 3TATES SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE )SLAMIC REVOLU TION (E WAS INTRODUCED TO !DVENTISM THROUGH HIS WIFE (EATHER h) HAD MET (EATHER v HE SAYS h7E WERE SEEING EACH OTHER AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS GETTING MORE AND MORE SERIOUS (EATHER SAID TO ME @)F YOU RE GOING TO BE SERIOUS AND WE RE GOING TO CON TINUE AND SEE WHERE THIS RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO TAKE US ) CAN T REALLY CON TINUE THAT WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN T BELIEVE THE SAME WAY ) DO v +AVEH BECAME INTRIGUED WITH THE
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TOTALLY SAID TO 'OD @4HIS IS WHAT 9OU VE BEEN CALLING ME TO DO THIS WHOLE TIME !ND THAT WAS SIGNIlCANT BECAUSE ) HAD PLANS TO STUDY PREMEDICINE v !FTER ATTENDING LOCAL UNIVERSITIES !LEX ACCEPTED A FRIEND S CALL TO STUDY THEOLOGY IN !RGENTINA AT 2IVER 0LATE !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY /N RETURNING TO THE 5NITED 3TATES !LEX ATTENDED 3OUTHERN !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY AND THEN 7ASHINGTON !DVENTIST 5NI VERSITY WHERE HE WILL GRADUATE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH h) THINK THAT UNTIL YOU STRUGGLE WITH 'OD YOU AREN T WOUNDED v SAYS !LEX h4HAT MEANS STRUGGLE ) M GLAD
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ACTUALLY SAID h4HE CHANGES WE SEE IN HIM TODAY WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOUR INmUENCE AND WHAT HE HAS LEARNED SINCE HE S BEEN WITH YOU AND THROUGH HIS LIFESTYLE AS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST v +AVEH WAS BAPTIZED IN /CTOBER !ND AS HE STOOD IN THE BAPTIS MAL TANK HE REMEMBERS h7HEN ) STOOD IN THAT BAPTISMAL TANK ) HAD TEARS COMING DOWN MY EYES AND ) COULDN T STOP THEM ) JUST FELT THAT A HUGE BURDEN HAD BEEN LIFTED OFF MY BACK ) WAS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT PERSON IT WAS ALMOST LIKE LIFTING ALL MY TROUBLES AWAY v %VENTUALLY AS THE RESULT OF +AVEH S NEW FAITH AND KEEPING THE 3ABBATH HE LOST HIS JOB (OW DID HE AS A BABE
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ALSO BORE THE IMMEDIATE EVIDENCE OF FORG ERY THE SHEETS WERE NOT PERFORATED LIKE OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE lLE THE TYPEFACE WAS DIFFERENT THERE WAS NO DOCUMENT lLE NUMBER %LLEN 7HITE WAS NOT IN 3T (EL ENA WHEN THE DOCUMENT WAS DATED AND THE SIGNATURE WAS A DEMONSTRABLE FORGERY 3TILL HOW COULD THIS DOCUMENT HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE 7HITE %STATE lLES 4HERE WAS ONE POSSIBLE ANSWER 7 # 7HITE S YOUNG SON !RTHUR 7HITE THEN
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ONLY YEARS OLD HAD GIVEN A TOUR OF THE %LMSHAVEN VAULT CONTAINING ALL OF %LLEN 7HITE S ORIGINAL WRITINGS $URING THE TOUR THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT 4HE YOUNG !RTHUR LEFT THE VISITORS IN THE VAULT WHILE HE WENT FOR A LANTERN ! SMALL BEAM OF LIGHT SHONE DOWN ON ONE OF THE MANUSCRIPT lLES 4HAT WAS THE DRAWER WHERE THE SPURIOUS MANU SCRIPT WAS FOUND 4HE YOUNG !RTHUR DURING A MOMENT OF CARELESSNESS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO A CONTROVERSY THAT WOULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS )T WAS A MISTAKE HE WOULD NEVER LIVE DOWN %VEN IN HIS LATER YEARS WHEN THE 7HITE %STATE VAULT DOORS HAD TO BE REPLACED !RTHUR 7HITE BROUGHT IN A COT AND SLEPT IN THE DOORWAY TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE 7HITE %STATE lLES
&URTHERMORE QUESTIONS ABOUT 2OWEN S ANCESTRY CAUSED HER TO MAKE UNUSUAL CLAIMS IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY HER PROPHETIC CALLING )N .OVEMBER SHE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CLOSE OF PROBATION WOULD OCCUR ON &EBRUARY AND THAT #HRIST WOULD COME IN GLORY ON &EB RUARY 4HIS SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT RECEIVED WIDESPREAD MEDIA ATTENTION AND BROUGHT EMBARRASS MENT TO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS 7HEN 2OWEN S TIME PREDICTION FAILED HER BAND OF FOLLOWERS BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE ! #ONFESSION AND A -URDER 0LOT
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)N ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE STORIES IN !DVENTIST HISTORY WE SEE A DENOMI NATION THAT WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GROPE WITH THE FACT THAT IT NO LONGER HAD A LIVING PROPHETIC VOICE 7OULD 'OD BESTOW THE PROPHETIC MANTEL ON SOMEONE ELSE 1UESTIONS LIKE THIS LOOMED LARGE IN THE MINDS OF !DVEN TISTS IN THE LATE S AND EARLY S 4HE QUESTION STILL COMES UP PERIODI CALLY AS SOME INDIVIDUAL COMES ALONG CLAIMING TO BE %LLEN 7HITE S PROPHETIC SUCCESSOR 7HILE EACH CLAIM IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE 7HITE %STATE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS A CHURCH WE ARE NOT ONLY OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF THE PROPHETIC GIFT BUT THAT WE ALSO MEASURE ALL TEACHINGS BY THE CORPUS OF 3CRIPTURE !S THE POPULAR SAYING GOES hTRUTH IS STRANGER THAN lCTION v )N THE TANGLED WEB OF LIES -ARGARET 2OWEN FOUND HERSELF HAVING TO MAKE MORE DRAMATIC CLAIMS UNTIL SHE WAS FORCED TO PREDICT THE END OF THE WORLD -ANY !DVENTISTS WANTED TO BELIEVE HER CLAIMS SO BADLY THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO OVERLOOK INCONSISTENCIES SIM PLY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE THIS CHARISMATIC LEADER -ICHAEL 7 #AMPBELL h-ARGARET -ATILDA 7RIGHT 2OWEN v IN %LLEN ' 7HITE %NCYCLOPEDIA EDS *ERRY -OON AND $ENIS &ORTIN 2EVIEW AND (ERALD FORTHCOMING #LAIMS $ISPROVED N P !RTHUR , 7HITE h&ALSE 0ROPHETS ) (AVE +NOWNv 5NPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT N D
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7HAT IS THE RESULT OF YIELDING OUR LIVES FULLY TO THE INDWELLING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT h&OR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD THESE ARE SONS OF 'OD &OR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AGAIN TO FEAR BUT YOU RECEIVED THE 3PIRIT OF ADOPTION BY WHOM WE CRY OUT @!BBA &ATHER v 2OM 7E RECEIVE THE 3PIRIT OF
7HAT A GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE 4HROUGH THE (OLY 3PIRIT WE ARE DELIVERED FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN RECEIVE DIVINE GUIDANCE AND ARE ADOPTED INTO THE HEAVENLY FAMILY AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF 'OD !S WE KNEEL BEFORE 'OD S THRONE ASKING FOR THE (OLY 3PIRIT SURRENDERING OUR LIVES TO (IM CLAIMING THE PROMISED GIFT BY FAITH OUR ,ORD WILL JOYFULLY GRANT IT 4ODAY OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE WONDERFUL BLESSINGS OF THIS PROMISED GIFT 'OD WANTS TO DO MORE FOR US THAN WE CAN IMAGINE (E INVITES US TO DAILY hLIVEv AND hWALKv IN THE 3PIRIT SEE 'AL -AY (IS 3PIRIT mOW INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY TO DRAW YOU CLOSER TO *ESUS AND ENABLE YOU TO LIVE A LIFE OF VICTORY AND WITNESS
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4HANK YOU FOR THE ARTICLE h#HRISTIANS AND #HRISTMAS v BY !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ $ECEMBER ) WAS PLEASED TO AGREE WITH THE AUTHOR S OPIN ION ON HOW #HRISTIANS COULD REACT TO A HOLIDAY SUCH AS #HRISTMAS EVEN THOUGH ITS ORIGIN MAY BE OF PAGAN ROOTS 9EARS AGO ) ASKED THE QUESTION AS A #HRISTIAN SHOULD ) BE ACKNOWLEDGING HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS THAT HAVE PAGAN ROOTS -Y RESEARCH BEGAN WITH %ASTER AND TO MY ASTONISHMENT ) LEARNED THAT THIS #HRISTIAN TRADITION )T 3TARTS WAS FAR FROM CELEBRATING *ESUS RESUR 7ITH -E RECTION "EFORE LONG ) REALIZED THAT IF 4HANK YOU FOR %ASTER WERE REMOVED FROM MY CALEN THE MESSAGES DAR ) WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REMOVE AND CHALLENGES #HRISTMAS AND THAT WAS JUST THE FROM THE BEGINNING 4HE /LYMPIC 'AMES AND !NNUAL #OUN IN MANY 7ESTERN LANGUAGES THE NAMES CIL AND FROM OF THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND THE 4ED . # 7IL NAMES OF THE WEEKˆALL HAVE PAGAN SON OUR 'EN BEGINNINGS ERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT h7ILSON !S A #HRISTIAN WHO WORSHIPS 'OD %XHORTS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ON 3ATURDAY ) KNOW THAT ) M NOT FOL @2EMEMBER 9OUR .AME v BY -ARK ! LOWING THE PAGAN GOD 3ATURN IN HONOR +ELLNER h+NEELING !NNUAL #OUNCIL OF WHICH THE 2OMANS NAMED THAT DAY -EMBERS !PPROVE 2EVIVAL 2EFORMA ) AM NOT WORSHIPPING A 0AGAN GODDESS TION #ALL v BY -ARK ! +ELLNER h6IRTUAL BY CALLING THE DAY *ESUS ROSE FROM THE 2EALITY v BY 4ED . # 7ILSON $ECEM DEAD %ASTER WHICH MANY TRACE TO BER ) VE SPENT MANY YEARS AT THE "ABYLONIAN OR 'ERMANIC ROOTS ) WORLD HEADQUARTERS AND SEEN MANY DON T EVEN THINK OF *ULIUS OR !UGUSTUS DOCUMENTS AND PROGRAMS AND MY #AESAR WHEN ) WRITE THE NAMES *ULY APPEAL IS THAT THIS WILL NOT REMAIN JUST AND !UGUST IN %NGLISH AND OTHER 7EST ON PAPER BUT THAT AS FAITHFUL MEMBERS ERN LANGUAGES AND WORKERS WE TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND ,IKE 2ODR¤GUEZ ) KNOW THAT THIS MAKE IT A REALITY TO START A REFORMATION MATTER MUST BE LEFT hTO THE CONSCIENCE AND REVIVAL IN OUR OWN LIVES OF EACH INDIVIDUAL v 2ATHER THAN TRYING 7E HAVE NEVER SEEN EVENTS IN THE TO REMOVE THEM ) NOW CELEBRATE THESE WORLD AS WE VE SEEN TODAY ,ET S MOVE TRADITIONS BECAUSE OF AND FOR THE FORWARD AND PREPARE OUR LIVES AND OUR GREATNESS OF THE !LMIGHTY PEOPLE FOR *ESUS TO COME 4IMOTHY ,EMKY ,EO 2ANZOLIN 3R 7EST +ELOWNA "RITISH %STERO &LORIDA 5NITED 3TATES #OLUMBIA #ANADA
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