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WELVE YEARS AGO IN A MOMENT OF TARDY RECOGNITION ) WROTE AN EDITORIAL FOR THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW SISTER JOUR NAL OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD TITLED h9OUR #HURCH )S 4OO 3MALL v 4HE EDITORIALˆAND THE TITLEˆWERE NOT THE GENERAL COM PLAINT THEY APPEARED TO BE THE WORDS WERE ACTUALLY AIMED AT THE AUTHORˆMEˆFOR ONLY LATELY REALIZING THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF 'OD S REMNANT CHURCH HAD BEEN FAR TOO SMALL )T WAS MY VISION THAT HAD BEEN MYOPIC AND RESTRICTED FOR ) HAD BEEN USED TO COUNT ING ONLY PART OF WHAT 'OD S PEOPLE WERE REALLY DOING TO BUILD UP (IS KINGDOM !S A PASTOR AND EDITOR FOR YEARS BY THEN ) HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO NOTICING THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF WHAT WE SOMETIMES GLIBLY DESCRIBE AS hTHE ORGANIZED CHURCH v ) KNEW THE ROUTINES OF CONGREGATIONAL LIFEˆTHE WORSHIP SER VICES WITNESSING ACTIVITIES BOARD MEETINGS AND 3ABBATH SCHOOLS ) WAS A PRODUCT OF YEARS OF !DVENTIST EDUCA TIONˆAND ENTIRELY GLAD OF IT ) THOUGHT OF !DVENTIST WITNESS MOSTLY IN TERMS OF WHAT PAID EMPLOYEES ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PUBLIC EVANGELISM SPONSORED MISSION SERVICE AND LITERATURE PRODUCED BY CHURCH OWNED PUBLISHING HOUSES !ND THEN THE ,ORD BEGAN TO OPEN MY EYES TO SEE THE REAL CHURCHˆTHE VAST AND WONDERFULLY DIVERSE COLLECTION OF

(OLY 3PIRIT GIFTED INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTING MINISTRIES PARA CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS LAY SPONSORED SCHOOLS AND LITERATURE MINISTRIES THAT TIRELESSLY WORK TO SPREAD THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES IN PLACES NO PAID EMPLOYEE HAS YET GONE 4HESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN TEENS AND SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE REALIZED THAT WAITING FOR CHURCH FUNDING OR THE APPROVAL OF AN OFlCIAL COMMITTEE MAY ACTUALLY DELAY OBEDIENCE TO *ESUS 'REAT #OMMISSION h'O THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONSv -ATT 4HEY HAVE PICKED UP THE TOOLS NEAREST TO THEMˆTHEIR VOCAL TALENTS THEIR LOVE OF CHILDREN

THEIR SKILL AT BAKING BREAD THEIR JOY IN "IBLE STUDYˆAND TURNED THEM INTO MINISTRIES THAT WIN HUNDREDS OF THOU SANDS TO THE TRUTH EACH YEAR ,IVING WORKING AND WITNESS ING WITHOUT STABLE BUDGETS PREDICTABLE SUPPLIES OR THE PROMISE OF A RETIREMENT PENSION THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THE IRREPLACEABLE JOY OF ANSWERED PRAYERS AND DAILY MIRACLES THAT KEEP A MINISTRY SOLVENT +EEP PRAYING FOR THE hORGANIZED CHURCH v MY FRIENDS BUT BROADEN BOTH YOUR PRAYING AND YOUR SEEING TO INCLUDE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO LABOR NOT FOR MONEY BUT FOR LOVE !ND WHEN YOU MEET THEM LET THEM HEAR FROM YOU WHAT THEY WILL ONE DAY SURELY HEAR FROM *ESUS (IMSELF h7ELL DONE WELL DONE WELL DONE v

7/2,$ 2%0/24 7ILSON +EYNOTES .ORDIC !DVENTIST 0ASTORS -EETING N /NE HUNDRED lFTY WORKERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN .ORDIC COUNTRIES INCLUDING 3WEDEN .ORWAY $ENMARK )CELAND

AND &INLAND MET FOR THREE DAYS OF SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS "IBLE STUDY AND A COMMITMENT TO GROW SPIRITUALLY 4HE SESSIONS WERE HELD *ANUARY IN #OPENHAGEN $ENMARK UNDER THE THEME OF h2EVIVAL AND 2EFORMATION v

0ASTOR 4ED . # 7ILSON PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS WAS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER (E STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION GROWING OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH *ESUS #HRIST h)T IS THE CROSS AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CROSS THAT MAKES US WANT TO BE WITH *ESUS AND IT IS WHEN WE REmECT ON THE LIFE OF *ESUS THAT WE ARE MOTIVATED TO CHANGE v SAID 7ILSON 7ILSON REEM PHASIZED THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS IN THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN '

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!4 4(% #2/33 h)T IS THE CROSS AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CROSS THAT MAKES US WANT TO BE WITH *ESUS AND IT IS WHEN WE REmECT ON THE LIFE OF *ESUS THAT WE ARE MOTIVATED TO CHANGE v 0ASTOR 4ED . # 7ILSON 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT TOLD .ORDIC AREA CHURCH WORKERS AND PASTORS 4 ( / - ! 3 - ã , , % 2 4 2 ! . 3 % 5 2 / 0 % ! . $ ) 6 ) 3 ) / .

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7HITE A PIONEERING COFOUNDER OF THE MOVEMENT HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF REVIVAL AND REFORMA TION "ERTIL 7IKLANDER 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION 4%$ PRESIDENT STATED IN HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS THAT hWE HAVE REC OGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENC ING A GENUINE SPIRITUAL REVIVAL v AND HE CONTINUED BY SAYING THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IF hWE DON T RECOGNIZE OUR ROLE WHICH IS ROOTED IN THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES v *ANOS +OVACS "IRO MINISTERIAL SEC RETARY TOLD PARTICIPANTS hBECAUSE 'OD HAS A MISSION AND (IS MISSION HAS A CHURCH MY VISION IS THAT 'OD AND (IS STORY WILL BE KNOWN IN %UROPE AGAIN THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THE CHURCH 4HIS WAY !DVENTISM WILL BECOME A POSITIVE DETERMINING FACTOR IN %UROPE v !MONG THE OTHER SPEAKERS WAS *ON $YBDAHL A RETIRED LECTURER FROM 7ALLA 7ALLA 5NIVERSITY AND !NDREWS 5NIVER SITY WHO BROUGHT THE CONCEPT OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION INTO THE HEARTS OF THE PASTORS AND TAUGHT ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR PASTORS AND LEADERS TO lND FRESH WAYS TO DEVELOP THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 3AVIOR (E SPOKE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SUIT DIFFERENT PEOPLE EMPHASIZING THAT IT S NOT THE SPECIlC METHOD BUT THE REALITY OF SPENDING SPIRITUAL TIME THAT MATTERS 'UNNAR 0EDDERSEN RETIRED LECTURER FROM .EWBOLD #OLLEGE

HELPED PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND BETTER THE DISTORTION IN OUR THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING $ANIEL $UDA 4%$ EDUCATION DIRECTOR WARNED PASTORS TO TAKE CARE WHEN REVIVAL AND REFORMA TION IS PROCLAIMED NOT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD BAGGAGE BUT BACK TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD AND SEE IT WITH FRESH EYES TO hBE NAKED BEFORE 'OD AND SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH v ˆREPORTED BY -IROSLAV 0UJIC AND 4HOMAS -ÓLLER 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION

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0!53% 4/ 2%-%-"%2 $R %LIE (ONORE PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST (EALTH )NTERNATIONAL 3ERVICES !()3 FOR )NTER !MERICA THANKS THE WORLD CHURCH ON *ANUARY

FOR ITS SUPPORT OF (AITI !DVENTIST (OSPITAL BOTH SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE AND BEFORE )N (AITI !DVENTISTS #ELEBRATE (OSPITAL 2ELIEF /NE 9EAR !FTER 1UAKE N 4HE DEVASTATING *ANUARY

EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK (AITI TOPPLED A CLASSROOM COLUMN CRUSHING )NEY ,AGUERRE S LEFT LEG 4HE TEACHER WAS REJECTED BY lVE HOSPITALS BEFORE BEING BROUGHT TO (AITI !DVENTIST (OSPITAL

WHERE HE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO AMPUTATE HIS LEG AND TWO lNGERS ! YEAR LATER ,AGUERRE IS BACK TO TEACHING FULL TIME h4HE ,ORD HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME

AND ) VE LEARNED THAT (E GIVES US THE STRENGTH AND CAPABILITIES TO MOVE FOR WARD v ,AGUERRE SAID (E WAS ONE OF SEVERAL EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS ADDRESS ING A CROWD OF HUNDREDS OF WORSHIP PERS AND CHURCH OFlCIALS GATHERED OUT SIDE THE HOSPITAL TO MARK THE EARTH QUAKE S ANNIVERSARY 0ARTICIPANTS SANG AND PRAYED AT P M ONE YEAR TO THE MINUTE AFTER THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN THE NATION S HISTORY WHICH EVENTUALLY TOOK THE LIVES OF SOME PEOPLE !S 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS JOINED

THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN COMMEM ORATIVE CHURCH SERVICES NATIONWIDE

THE GATHERING OUTSIDE THE DENOMINA TION S HOSPITAL MARKED WHAT FOR MANY HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT AMID STRUGGLING RESCUE EFFORTS "UILT IN THE STRUCTURE SUF FERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE IN LAST YEAR S EARTHQUAKE /PERATIONS WERE MOVED OUTDOORS AND HOSPITAL STAFF AND VOL UNTEERS TREATED PATIENTS IN THE EIGHT MONTHS FOLLOWING HOSPITAL OFl CIALS SAID -ORE THAN OF THOSE WERE SURGERIES #HURCH AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRA TORS RECOGNIZED THE DOZENS OF ORGANI ZATIONS AND MEDICAL TEAMS THAT TREATED PATIENTS FOLLOWING THE DISASTER $R %LIE (ONORE PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST (EALTH )NTERNATIONAL 3ERVICES !()3 FOR )NTER !MERICA THANKED VOLUNTEERS WHO mEW IN TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL h7E ARE SO GRATEFUL TO !()3 AND ,OMA ,INDA 5NIVERSITY FOR THEIR PRESENCE AND THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT

BEFORE AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE EARTH QUAKE 7E ALSO REMEMBER ALL THE NON

GIOUS LIBERTIES h) M VERY HONORED BY THIS RECOGNI TION v 'RAZ SAID CITING THE CENTER S hLONG HISTORYv OF hDEFENDING THE HERI TAGE OF *EFFERSON -ADISONv AND OTHER EARLY !MERICAN CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE 'RAZ IS THE lRST !DVENTIST TO RECEIVE A &IRST &REEDOM !WARD 2ELIGIOUSLY AND POLITICALLY NEUTRAL THE &IRST &REE DOM #ENTER HAS SINCE CHAMPI ONED THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND CONSCIENCE ˆREPORTED BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

(ENRY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CHURCH IN )NTER !MERICA AND A (AITIAN NATIVE h4HE WORLD SHOWED SOLIDARITY FOR (AITI THE WORLD CRIED WITH (AITI AND DEMONSTRATED THIS IN WITH THEIR OUTPOURING OF GIFTS AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT h7E THANK THE !DVENTIST #HURCH FOR THEIR FUNDS THE SOLIDARITY AND GIFTS v (ENRY SAID 4HE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! PROVIDED MORE THAN 53 MILLION IN AID PERSONNEL

AND ASSETS TO ASSIST (AITIAN SURVIVORS IN THE MONTHS SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE !$2! HAS FOCUSED ON MANAGING DIS PLACED PERSONS CAMPS WATER PURIlCA TION FOOD SANITATION AND HYGIENE

PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT EDUCATION AND SEMIPERMANENT SHELTERS ˆREPORTED BY ,IBNA 3TEVENS )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION NEWS WITH !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 5NITED 3TATES !DVENTIST )S (ONORED FOR 2ELIGIOUS &REEDOM 7ORK N ! 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ADVOCATE IS AMONG THIS YEAR S RECIPIENTS OF THE &IRST &REEDOM !WARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN ADVANCING FREEDOM OF BELIEF IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND WORLDWIDE *OHN 'RAZ WHO DIRECTS THE !D VENTIST #HURCH S $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY 0!2,

RECEIVED THE .ATIONAL &IRST &REEDOM !WARD AT A *ANUARY

EVENT SPONSORED BY THE 6IRGINIA BASED &IRST &REEDOM #ENTER 'RAZ WHO SINCE HAS DIRECTED THE )NTERNATIONAL 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY !SSOCIATION WAS NOTED FOR HIS NONSEC TARIAN WORK EXTENSIVE WRITINGS AND A SERIES OF WORLD FESTIVALS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM )N MORE THAN

0ERUVIANS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE BUR GEONING FREEDOM OF BELIEF IN THEIR COUNTRY ! YEAR LATER 0ERU S CONGRESS VOTED TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION OF RELI

4!)7!. !DVENTIST (EALTH 0ROGRAMMING !IRS ON .ATIONAL 4ELEVISION N ! COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION IN 4AIPEI 4AIWAN HAS AIRED A SERIES OF HEALTH PROGRAMS PRODUCED BY 4AIWAN !DVENTIST (OSPITAL 4HE SHOWS AIRED IN hPRIME TIME v FROM TO P M

FOLLOWING THE MAIN EVENING NEWSCAST 4HE SHOWS AIRED FREE OF CHARGE 4HE HOSPITAL HAS A VIDEO PRODUCTION

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GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME TO OUR AID v (ONORE SAID %NSUING SUPPORT FROM ADDITIONAL PARTNERS HAS ALLOWED HOSPITAL ADMINIS TRATORS TO EXPAND FACILITIES SAID %MILIE #LOTAIRE AN ADMINISTRATOR 4WO SMALL FACILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT TO SERVE AS PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION CEN TERS AND AN IN HOUSE PROSTHETIC LAB IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 4WO NEW OPERAT ING ROOMS ARE ALSO BEING CONSTRUCTED

#LOTAIRE SAID 4HE HOSPITAL HAS TWO OPERATING ROOMS BEDS AND OFFERS OPHTHAL MOLOGIC ORTHOPEDIC AND GYNECOLOGI CAL SERVICES SAID HOSPITAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR $R 9OLANDE 3IMEON #HURCH OFlCIALS ALSO THANKED THE WORLD CHURCH FOR SUPPORT h7E ARE A PEOPLE OF HOPE AND WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND HOW 'OD CONTINUES TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES v SAID 4HEART 3T 0IERRE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH IN (AITI

ADDRESSING THE CROWD 3T 0IERRE PRAISED THE WORK OF HOSPI TAL STAFF FOR HELPING SAVE LIVES AND TREAT ING THE SCORES OF WOUNDED PEOPLE WHO mOODED THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE QUAKE 4HE ANNIVERSARY EVENT WAS THE lFTH DAY OF SUCH CHURCH LED CEREMONIES

WHICH BEGAN ON *ANUARY IN THE CEN TRAL AND SOUTH REGIONS OF 0ORT AU 0RINCE WHERE NEARLY CHURCH MEMBERS LOST THEIR LIVES AND MORE THAN CHURCHES WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED %ARLIER A COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE WAS ALSO HELD AT (AITIAN !DVENTIST 5NI VERSITY WHERE SOME FAMILIES STILL TAKE SHELTER ON CAMPUS AND CLASSES ARE STILL HELD IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS (UNDREDS GATHERED ON THE GROUNDS OUTSIDE (AITI !DVENTIST (OSPITAL IN 0ORT AU 0RINCE FOR THE SERVICE MARK ING ONE YEAR SINCE THE *ANUARY

EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED THE #ARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION h4ODAY THE ENTIRE WORLD REMEM BERS THE EARTHQUAKE IN (AITI v SAID %LIE

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7/2,$ 2%0/24 #ONTINUED FROM PAGE STUDIO WITH THREE ROBOTIC CAMERAS IN ITS BASEMENT SO PRODUCING THE SHOWS WAS EASY FOR THE FOUR FULL TIME STAFF MEM BERS ONE PRODUCER TWO TECHNICIANS

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PRODUCER AND HOST IS ALSO A NURSE AND INTERACTED EASILY WITH DOCTORS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS 4HE STUDIO HAS PRODUCED HEALTH PROGRAMS IN #HINESE SO FAR .EARBY THE HOSPITAL HAS A VEGETAR IAN RESTAURANT POPULAR NOT ONLY WITH EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO WITH VISITORS 4HE STUDIO IS ALSO PRODUCING VIDEO PROGRAMS ON VEGETARIAN COOKING WITH RECIPES PUBLISHED BY THE 3IGNS OF THE 4IMES 0UBLISHING !SSOCIATION IN 4AIWAN TO RESPOND TO THE NEED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO COOK HEALTHY MEALS REPORTED BY .ORTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION

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CAPITAL CITY OF THE "RAZILIAN STATE OF 0ARANÕ THE NEW #ENTRAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH BUILDING NOT ONLY DOUBLES ITS CAPACITY FOR THE CONGREGATION OF

BUT ADDS TO THE DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURE OF THE YEAR OLD CITY 4HE NEW BUILDING IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCHES IN 3OUTH !MERICA $URING ITS INAUGURATION !DVENTIST LEADERS ENCOURAGED CONGREGANTS TO LOOK TOWARD FULlLLING THE GOSPEL COMMISSION h7E CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE @COMFORTABLE IN THIS SPACE v DECLARED %RTON + HLER

PRESIDENT OF THE 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION h7E MUST KEEP PROCLAIM ING THAT *ESUS IS COMING SOON v #ENTRAL CHURCH PASTOR %LBERT +UHN A FORMER !DVENTIST MISSION ARY IN -ONGOLIA LED OUT IN THE INAUGURAL EVENTS $ECEMBER

WHICH CAME NEARLY YEARS AFTER THE lRST 3ABBATH SCHOOL CLASS IN THE CITY 4HE NEW BUILDING OPENED AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION WAS DESIGNED BY #LODUALDO 0INHEIRO *R A RENOWNED "RAZILIAN ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER WHO HAS COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS IN "RAZIL AND ABROAD 4HE FACADE INCLUDES A GIANT CROSS RISING FROM STREET LEVEL ON !LAMEDA #ARLOS DE #ARVALHO IN THE CENTER OF #URITIBA "RAZIL S EIGHTH LARGEST CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MILLION PEOPLE 4HE CROSS DOMINATES THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH 4HE NEW BUILDING HAS A MAIN SEATING AREA FOR

AND THREE LEV ELS ON THE SIDES FOR AN ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ! BALCONY TO THE LEFT OF THE SECOND LEVEL S MAIN SEATING AREA IS RESERVED FOR THE CHURCH S CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA 4HE LARGE PLATFORM HAS A HUGE CROSS TWO LARGE VIDEO DISPLAY SCREENS AND A BAPTISTRY )RAJÕ #OSTA E 3ILVA A FORMER MINISTER AT THE #URITIBA #ENTRAL CHURCH PAINTED A MURAL DEPICTING THE SECOND COMING OF #HRIST 4HE TOP mOOR FEATURES A SPECIAL PRAYER AREA CALLED

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TORS AND OTHER !DVENTIST LEADERS ALONG WITH + HLER TO THE NEW FACILITY *ONAS !RRAIS ASSOCIATE MINISTERIAL SECRETARY FOR THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE AND A FORMER #ENTRAL CHURCH PAS TOR GAVE THE lRST MESSAGE REMINDING THE CONGREGATION OF THE EVENTS AND LESSONS FROM THE "IBLE ACCOUNTS OF THE DEDI CATION OF 3OLOMON S 4EMPLE /N 3ABBATH MORNING + HLER REMINDED THE MEMBERS AND MANY CIVIC AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS PRESENT THAT ALL THE "IBLE S PROPHETS AND WRITERS WERE INDEED h!DVENTISTS v BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE RETURN OF THE 3AVIOR !ND /DAI LSON &ONSECA DIRECTOR OF 46 .OVO 4EMPO (OPE #HANNEL 3!$ CHALLENGED EACH CONGREGANT TO COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO #HRIST AND MAKE THE CHURCH A LIGHT IN THE CITY %VERY MES SAGE WAS PERMEATED WITH MUSIC AND FOLLOWED BY A BAPTISM 4HE #URITIBA #ENTRAL CHURCH IS NOTED FOR SEVERAL UNIQUE FEATURES AND PROGRAMS )T IS THE lRST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH IN "RAZIL TO HAVE A YOUTH CENTER ! BEACH CAMP 'UACIARA PROVIDES HEALTHY RECREATION AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE DURING EVENTS SUCH AS #ARNAVAL AWAY FROM THE CITY 4HE ,EO 2ANZOLIN 0ATHlNDER #LUB NAMED IN HONOR OF A FORMER 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE VICE PRESIDENT WHICH NOW HAS MORE THAN MEMBERS WILL COMPLETE YEARS OF SERVICE IN !LL THESE HAVE BEEN AGENCIES TO KEEP !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH #URITIBA #ENTRAL ALSO HAS TWO CHOIRS WITH MORE THAN VOICES MUSICAL GROUPS AND QUARTETS AS WELL AS AN ORCHESTRA WITH MORE THAN MEMBERS #URITIBA #ENTRAL HAS BEEN STRONG IN RADIO PROGRAMMING FOR MORE THAN YEARS h%M #URITIBA &- v IS PART OF THE CHURCH OWNED .OVO 4EMPO RADIO NETWORK #HURCH WORSHIP SERVICES ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON THE )NTERNET 3KY

#HANNEL IS A 46 PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES GOOD MUSIC EDUCA TIONAL AND SPIRITUAL MESSAGES FOR FAMILIES !ND THE CONGRE GATION ALSO OPERATES AND SPONSORS A GIRLS HOME PROVIDING HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED OR ABUSED BY THEIR FAMILIES 3PEAKING ABOUT THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH ARCHITECT 0INHEIRO SAID THE 5PPER 2OOM WAS HIS FAVORITE SPACE IN THE NEW BUILDING AND THAT HE ALSO LIKED THE DESIGN OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS DEPICTING THE PARA BLES OF *ESUS (E SAID THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN WAS FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL CLOSER TO 'OD 0INHEIRO SAID HE FELT THAT CONSTRUCTING THE #ENTRAL CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM BUILDING THEATERS AND OTHER AUDITORIUMS BECAUSE THE CHURCH HAS A hREGULARv CON GREGATION AND THAT HE WAS VERY CONSCIOUS HE WAS BUILDING A HOUSE OF WORSHIP ! 'ERMAN LITERATURE EVANGELIST STARTED THE lRST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH IN THE CITY IN WHEN A COUPLE OFFERED THEIR HOME FOR MEETINGS 4HE lRST ORGANIZED CON GREGATION WAS FORMALLY INAUGURATED IN IT ALSO BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 0ARANÕ 3ANTA #ATHARINA -ISSION )N AS THE CONGREGATION GREW A NEW SEAT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED 4HE THIRD #URITIBA #ENTRAL CHURCH WAS INAUGURATED IN $ECEMBER DURING THE VISIT OF THEN 'ENERAL #ONFER ENCE PRESIDENT 2OBERT 0IERSON WHO WAS VISITING 3OUTH !MERICA FOR THE lRST TIME 4HAT CHURCH HAD A CAPACITY OF MORE THAN SEATS AND WAS THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR MANY OTHER !DVENTIST CONGREGATIONS IN #URITIBA WITH INFORMATION FROM ,EO 2ANZOLIN AND &RANCIS -ATOS

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'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT 4ED . # 7ILSON RECENTLY SPOKE TO !DVENTIST 7ORLD EDITOR "ILL +NOTT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG ADULTS TO THE WORLD CHURCH AND THE ROLES OPEN TO THEM IN SERVICE AND DECISION MAKING 9OUR OWN CHILDREN ARE ALL NOW YOUNG ADULTS SO YOU ARE FAMILIAR FROM PER SONAL EXPERIENCE WITH YOUNG ADULTS EXPERIENCE OF THE CHURCH AND OF THEIR FAITH !S YOU THINK ABOUT THE GROUP AGES IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES YOU WOULD EMPHASIZE

) D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO UN DERSTAND FULLY WHERE THEY ARE IN THE mOW OF TIME &OR A YOUNG ADULT TIME OFTEN FEELS ALMOST ETERNAL BUT THOSE WHO ARE REALLY AWARE OF WHERE THEY lT INTO THE TIME LINE OF THE GREAT CONTRO VERSY THEME WILL TAKE A CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HOW THEY VIEW EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE THINGS THEY ENCOUNTER 4HE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION WILL BECOME FOUNDATIONAL TO LIFE AND THEY LL KNOW HOW THEY INDIVIDUALLY lT INTO THAT AND WHERE THEY ARE IN REFERENCE TO *ESUS SOON COMING 4HIS WILL MAKE A SIGNIlCANT DIFFERENCE IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EDUCATION IN HOW TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL PROFESSIONS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR PEER PRESSURE EVEN RIGHT DOWN TO DECIDING WHAT ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE IN DURING THE COMING WEEKEND %ACH OF US HAS TO UNDERSTAND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH *ESUS 7E HAVE TO KNOW WHO *ESUS IS AS OUR 2EDEEMER WHO DIED FOR US AS OUR (IGH 0RIEST CURRENTLY INTERCEDING FOR US IN THE -OST (OLY 0LACE OF THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AS OUR COMING +ING AND AS OUR "EST &RIEND )T S NOT A ONETIME EXPERIENCE IT S A GROWING EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY AS WE RELY ON (IS JUSTIFYING AND SANCTIFYING POWER .O ONE CAN SAY

h) M YEARS OLD ) M BAPTIZED NOW ) UNDERSTAND IT ALL v )T PROBABLY WASN T UNTIL ) WAS ABOUT THAT ) REALLY GRASPED WHAT IT MEANT THAT #HRIST TRULY DIED FOR ME %VEN THEN ) HADN T ARRIVED ) KEEP GROWING IN HOW ) RELATE TO #HRIST "ESIDES KNOWING WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU lT INTO THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THEME YOUNG ADULTS ALSO NEED GROUND ING AND THE GROUNDING HAS TO COME FROM THE 7ORD OF 'OD 7E CAN MAKE THE 7ORD OF 'OD SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST WHAT WE HEAR IN CHURCH ON 3ABBATH IT S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PERSONALLY READ EVERY DAY 7HEN PRAYER BECOMES REAL AND YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE !ND WHEN YOU SEE THE BIG PIC TURE THEN SMALLER THINGS START MAKING SENSE TOO

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'ENERALLY SPEAKING ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE HELD BY PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE "UT IT S ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL CHURCHES TO MENTOR YOUNG ADULTS AND GET THEM INTO A STREAM WHERE THEY CAN ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE 4HE CHURCH WAS STARTED BY YOUNG ADULTS AND IT WILL BE lNISHED BY YOUNG ADULTS ON lRE FOR

THE ,ORD TEAMING UP WITH THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE !LTHOUGH THERE HAS HISTORICALLY ALWAYS BEEN TENSION BETWEEN A YOUNGER GENERATION AND AN OLDER ONE ) DON T THINK ADULTS SHOULD BE AFRAID OF INVOLVING YOUNG ADULTS

ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF SERVICE 7HEN THEY ARE INVOLVED IN SERVING OTHER PEOPLE HELPING THEM IN VERY PRACTICAL WAYS

THEY LL GROW VERY RAPIDLY IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED IN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS )N RECENT MONTHS YOU VE BEEN INVITING YOUNG ADULTS INTO VARIOUS LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH PAR TICULARLY YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE ILLUSTRATED THEIR WILLING NESS TO SERVE $O YOU THINK THE CHURCH SHOULD ESTABLISH A QUOTA FOR REPRESENTATIVES UNDER A CERTAIN AGE

) M NOT SO SURE THAT A QUOTA NEEDS TO BE SET ) THINK LEADERS NEED TO BE SENSITIVE IN INTENTIONALLY INCLUDING YOUNG ADULTS AND SOLICITING THEIR VIEWSˆASSOCIATING WITH THEM INVOLV ING THEM EVEN INCLUDING THEM IN COMMITTEES -OST YOUNG ADULTS AREN T NECESSARILY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON A COMMIT TEE 4HEY REALLY WANT TO BE DOING SOMETHING 4HEY VE GOT ENORMOUS CREATIVITY AND POTENTIAL TO DO SOMETHING ESPE CIALLY AS THEY RE CONNECTED WITH THE ,ORD -ANY ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE URGING THAT SOME TYPE OF DEDICATED YEAR OR TWO OF SERVICE BE PART OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG ADULTS $O YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST

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EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD GROWN UP IN AN OVERSEAS MISSION CON TEXT 3HE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND BECAME A STUDENT MISSION LEADER UPON HER RETURN HELPING NURTURE OTHER YOUNG ADULTS TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE 3OME SINCERE YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A DEEPER #HRISTIAN EXPERIENCE lND THE CHURCH TO BE LUKEWARM OR NOT MOVING IN THE WAY IT S SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING 4HEY RE INCLINED TO MOVE OUT SOMEWHERE AND START OR JOIN SOME ENTITY OR MOVEMENT THAT IS OFTEN FAIRLY CRITICAL OF THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT $ESCRIBE THE BALANCE BETWEEN REVIVAL AND REFORMATION THAT YOU THINK WILL RESONATE WITH THE CHURCH S YOUNG ADULT

4HE WHOLE IDEA OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION CAN RESONATE WITH YOUNG ADULTS BECAUSE TO A GREAT EXTENT THEY ARE MUCH MORE IDEALISTIC THAN MEMBERS WHO HAVE BECOME JADED WITH THE PRACTICAL CARES OF EVERYDAY LIFE 4HIS IS WHY THE "IBLE TALKS ABOUT THE lRST LOVE FOR THE ,ORD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUALLY RENEWING OUR lRST LOVE WHATEVER OUR AGE 9OUNG ADULTS HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE WE RE LIV ING IN A SINFUL WORLD WE ARE TO AIM FOR THE IDEAL THROUGH 'OD S HELP WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT IDEAL 7ITH 'OD S IDEAL IN SIGHT YOU LL SEE THE BIG PICTURE IN YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH 'OD 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT CAN HELP YOU NOT TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM OR THE OPPOSITE EXTREME OF TURNING YOUR BACK ON THE CHURCH 7HEN YOU SEE THAT YOUR CHURCH ISN T WHAT IT SHOULD BE YOU CAN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK

4HE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF END TIME LIVING

#HURCHˆTO ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE YOUNG ADULTS TO GIVE TO MONTHS TO THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN SOME WAY

) THINK IT S A MARVELOUS IDEA )T ALL DEPENDS OF COURSE ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR OWN PURSUITS AND THEIR PARTICULAR ACADEMIC NEEDS FOR THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE "UT ) D ENCOURAGE EVERY YOUNG ADULT TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF SERVICE OPPORTUNITY WHETHER IT S A SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP OR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME EVEN A YEAR OR TWO OF SERVICE )N THOSE PERIODS OF TIME ESPECIALLY THE LONGER ONES YOU LL GROW FAR BEYOND ANYTHING YOU WOULD OBTAIN ANYWHERE ELSE 9OU CAN THEN TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AND REINVEST IT IN YOUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE /NE OF OUR DAUGHTERS WENT AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND IT CHANGED HER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE IN SUCH A DRAMATIC WAY

'OD TO SHOW YOU THE BIG PICTUREˆHOW YOU PERSONALLY lT INTO IT AND HOW YOU CAN HELP MAKE IT WHAT IT SHOULD BE )T S THE MOMENT TO SAY h,ORD ) M NOT SEEING THIS STRAIGHT ) KNOW WHAT THE 7ORD OF 'OD SAYS ) KNOW WHAT THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY SAYS ) M NOT SEEING IT IN THE PRACTICAL LIFE IN MY CHURCH BUT HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW ) CAN BE A DETER MINING FACTOR IN HELPING OTHERS TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE IDEAL OF WHAT 9OU REALLY WANT US TO DO v 'OD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER AND WILL OPEN THE WAY FOR YOU TO MAKE A REAL DIFFER ENCE THROUGH THE LEADING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT )N THE *ANUARY !DVENTIST 7ORLD WE PUBLISHED A STORY ABOUT A REVIVAL ALREADY GOING ON IN A CHURCH IN !USTRALIA /NE OF THE KEY PERSONS IN THAT STORY IS THE PASTOR S SON WHO AFTER

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EVALUATE THEIR WORSHIP EXPERIENCE THE WAY THEY RELATE TO MUSIC AND WORSHIP STYLES &OR REVIVAL TO TAKE PLACE WORSHIP MUST BE MORE THAN JUST AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE )T MUST BE BASED ON THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY 'OD S 7ORD )T DOESN T MEAN THAT YOU CAN T BE EMOTIONAL 4HAT S PART OF OUR 'OD GIVEN MAKEUP BUT EMOTIONS SHOULDN T BE THE DRIVING FORCE IN A REVIVAL 2EVIVAL FOLLOWED BY REFORMATION TRULY MEANS THAT YOU BECOME MORE CONNECTED WITH THE ,ORD THEN THE (OLY 3PIR IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE TO BECOME MORE AND MORE LIKE *ESUS !S 0AUL SAYS h,ET THIS MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS ALSO IN #HRIST *ESUSv 0HIL 4HAT MIND OF #HRIST HAS TO BE IMPLANTED IN YOU THROUGH THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4HEN YOU LL SEE THAT BIG GREAT CONTROVERSY THEME AND WHERE YOU lT INTO 'OD S END TIME SCENARIO 7HAT IS IT THAT *ESUS IS ASKING YOU TO DO (OW CAN YOU DO IT BEST AND HOW CAN YOU COOPERATE WITH OLDER PEOPLE AND YOUR PEERS TO ACCOMPLISH IT ) D ENCOURAGE EVERY YOUNG PERSON AND YOUNG ADULT TO GET A COPY OF THE NEW COMPILATION OF %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS ENTITLED 4RUE 2EVIVAL 4HE #HURCH S 'REATEST .EED /N PAGE WE RE TOLD THAT hA REVIVAL OF TRUE GODLINESS AMONG US IS THE GREATEST AND MOST URGENT OF ALL OUR NEEDS 4O SEEK THIS SHOULD BE OUR lRST WORK ! REVIVAL NEED BE EXPECTED ONLY IN ANSWER TO PRAYER v 4HIS CHALLENGE INCLUDES A RALLYING CRY TO YOUNG ADULTS 4HE DEVIL WANTS TO DERAIL THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH #HRIST /N PAGE OF THE SAME BOOK WE RE TOLD THAT hTHERE IS NOTHING THAT 3ATAN FEARS

4RUE REVIVAL MUST COME BACK TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD COMING BACK TO *ESUS STARTED A "IBLE STUDY AT THE CHURCH AND NOW HAS MANY YOUNG ADULTS EVERY WEEKˆONLY HALF OF THEM !DVENTISTSˆGATHERING FOR "IBLE STUDY 4HEY ARE HELP ING TO ENERGIZE THE WHOLE RENEWAL EXPERIENCE OF THAT CON GREGATION )S THIS THE TYPE OF ROLE ENVISIONED FOR YOUNG ADULTS IN THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION INITIATIVE

SO MUCH AS THAT THE PEOPLE OF 'OD SHALL CLEAR THE WAY BY REMOVING EVERY HINDRANCE SO THAT THE ,ORD CAN POUR OUT (IS 3PIRIT UPON A LANGUISHING CHURCH AND AN IMPENITENT CONGREGATION )F 3ATAN HAD HIS WAY THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER AWAKENING GREAT OR SMALL TO THE END OF TIME v ) M APPEALING TO YOUNG ADULTS TO REMOVE EVERY HIN DRANCE BETWEEN THEM AND 'OD AND LET THE ,ORD POUR OUT /NE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION ESPECIALLY REVIVAL IS THAT IT COULD THE (OLY 3PIRIT ON THEM 4URN TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD AND THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY AS YOU PRAYERFULLY SEEK 'OD S WILL FOR BE A mASH IN THE PANˆJUST AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT CAN T BE SUSTAINED &OR YOUNG ADULTS LIFE IN GENERAL CAN OFTEN YOUR LIFE THEN ALLOW THE ,ORD TO WORK MIRACLES IN YOUR PROCLAMATION OF THE END TIME THREE ANGELS MESSAGES 4AKE BE VERY EMOTIONAL )F A REVIVAL EXPERIENCE IS ONLY BASED ON TO HEART THE APPEAL FOUND ON PAGE h,ET THE CHURCH ARISE

AN EMOTIONAL HIGH IT WON T LAST VERY LONG 4HEN WHEN THEY AND REPENT OF HER BACKSLIDINGS BEFORE 'OD ,ET THE WATCH FACE ALL THE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS THEY LL BE TEMPTED TO JUST MEN AWAKE AND GIVE THE TRUMPET A CERTAIN SOUND v "Y DRIFT INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAY BE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED

'OD S GRACE AND THROUGH THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THE BUT WON T OFFER SOLUTIONS OR LEAD TO REAL REFORMATION 4HAT S WHY SEEING A YOUNG MAN LEAD IN A "IBLE STUDY FOR YOUNG ADULTS OF 'OD S REMNANT PEOPLE WILL GIVE THE TRUM HIS PEERS IS SIMPLY WONDERFUL 4RUE REVIVAL MUST COME BACK PET A CERTAIN SOUND IN THESE LAST DAYS OF EARTH S HISTORY TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD )T S CRITICAL THAT YOUNG ADULTS CAREFULLY *ESUS IS COMING SOON

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HE GOSPEL STORY IS QUITE SIMPLE 7HY THEN DO WE OFTEN INSIST ON MAKING IT SO COMPLICATED 4HE ONLY EFFORT WE NEED TO START THE PROCESS LEADING TO OUR SALVATION IS TO TURN AND LOOK 7HEN THE CHILDREN OF )SRAEL WERE ATTACKED BY POISONOUS SERPENTS -OSES RAISED THE BRONZE SERPENT A SYMBOL OF #HRIST THEIR 3AVIOR FOR THEM TO LOOK AT %VEN IF BITTEN AND ABOUT TO DIE

SOME LACKED THE FAITH TO LOOK AND BE SAVED 4HE LESSON IS THERE FOR US TODAY LOOK AND LIVE 7E ARE TOO OFTEN LOOK ING AT THE WRONG THINGS IN THE WRONG PLACES 7E CAN BE SAVED ONLY BY *ESUS #HRIST AND THAT IS WHERE OUR FOCUS SHOULD CONTINUALLY BE )T HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY AND ALWAYS WILL BE 0EOPLE 4HAT ,OOKED

#HARLES 3PURGEON ONE OF %NGLAND S GREATEST PREACHERS RECALLS THE TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE (E GOT CAUGHT IN A SNOWSTORM ON THE WAY TO HIS CHURCH IN ,ONDON AND SOUGHT REFUGE IN A SMALL -ETHODIST CHAPEL &EW PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE REGULAR PREACHER WAS ABSENT 4HERE IN THAT LITTLE CHAPEL WITH ONLY A DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE LISTEN ING A HUMBLE UNEDUCATED LAYMAN STARTED TO PREACH (E TOOK AS HIS TEXT )SAIAH h,OOK TO -E AND BE SAVED ALL YOU ENDS OF THE EARTH v (E STARTED HIS SHORT SERMON BY SAYING h-Y DEAR FRIENDS THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE TEXT INDEED )T SAYS @,OOK .OW LOOKIN DON T TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PAINS )T AIN T LIFTIN YOUR FOOT OR YOUR lNGER IT IS JUST @LOOK .OW A MAN NEEDN T GO TO COLLEGE TO LEARN TO LOOK 9OU MAY BE THE BIGGEST FOOL AND YET YOU CAN LOOK !NYONE CAN LOOK EVEN A CHILD CAN LOOK v

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2EMEMBER WHEN 'OD WANTED TO BLESS OUR CHURCH WITH THE PROPHETIC GIFT (E DID NOT CHOOSE A GREAT EXHORTER OR A HIGHLY EDUCATED PERSON 0ERHAPS (E DID NOT WANT THE PERSON GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE MESSAGE (IS CHOICE OF A MESSENGER WAS A YOUNG GIRL WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING IN EITHER THEOLOGY

WRITING OR SPEAKING "UT SHE HAD SOMETHING ELSE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AND THAT WAS A VISION OF *ESUS ON THE CROSS AND A VISION OF (IS RETURN TO SAVE US &OR MORE THAN YEARS SHE CONSIS TENTLY WROTE AND PREACHED ABOUT *ESUS !S A MESSENGER OF THE ,ORD SHE SPOKE IN SIMPLE CLEAR LANGUAGE ABOUT CORE THEOLOGYˆLOOKING TO *ESUS )N HER WORDS h,OOK UP YOU THAT ARE DOUBT ING AND TREMBLING FOR *ESUS LIVES TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US v

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MON PERSON COULD UNDERSTAND (E MADE NO ATTEMPTS TO BE ERUDITE (E ALWAYS SPOKE DIRECTLY AND WITH AUTHOR ITY AND WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF (IS PARABLES (E ALWAYS SPOKE CLEARLY AND TO THE POINT )N THE LAST DAYS OF THIS EARTH S HISTORY (E TELLS US TO hLOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS

BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NEARv ,UKE (E TELLS US A STORY OF SAL VATION SO SIMPLE THAT EVEN A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND IT !S A MATTER OF FACT (E TELLS US THAT WE MUST BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN -ATTHEW -ARK AND ,UKE ALL RECORD THE STORY OF HOW *ESUS BLESSED

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"UT NOW @TIS LITTLE JOY 4O KNOW ) M FURTHER OFF FROM (EAVEN 4HAN WHEN ) WAS A BOY ) BELIEVE THE POET IS STATING A BASIC FACT THAT IS PRESENT IN ALL OF OUR LIVES 7E NEED THE FAITH OF AN INNOCENT CHILD AND TO FORGET THE DOUBTS AND CRITICISMS WE ACCUMULATE AS WE GET OLDER )S IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE TOO MUCH THEOLOGY 3HORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH *OHN .EWTON SAID h) HAVE NOW ONLY ONE DOCTRINEˆ THE DOCTRINE THAT ) AM A GREAT SINNER AND THAT #HRIST IS A GREAT 3AVIOR v

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T WAS THE EVENING BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S lFTY NINTH 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 5NITED 3TATES *UNE n *ULY !S A MEMBER OF THE !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK PODCAST TEAM ) HAD SPENT THE DAY AT THE 'EORGIA $OME PREPARING FOR THE BROADCASTS 7ALKING THROUGH THE #.. #ENTER ON THE WAY TO MY HOTEL ) CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A MAN WHO LOOKED FAMILIAR ) KNOW HIM ) THOUGHT TO MYSELF 1UICKLY SCANNING MY EXHAUSTED BRAIN CELLS ) ATTEMPTED TO RECALL WHERE ) HAD SEEN HIM BEFORE ) DIDN T WONDER LONG (E RACED TO ME SHOUTING h0ASTOR 0HIL v 4HE SOUND OF HIS VOICE WAS ALL ) NEEDED

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-Y MIND JOURNEYED BACK THROUGH THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THIS EMOTIONAL REUNION 4HE STORY BEGAN THE SUMMER OF WHEN ) WAS A YOUNG PASTOR IN WEST ERN 7ASHINGTON 3TATE IN THE 5 3 4HE IRON CURTAIN HAD RECENTLY FALLEN AND A GROUP OF 2USSIAN !DVENTISTS CAME TO MY CHURCH AS PART OF A .ORTH 0ACIlC 5NION #ONFERENCE INITIATIVE KNOWN AS /PERATION "EAR (UG 4HEY SHARED THEIR STORIES OF LIFE IN THE FORMER 3OVIET 5NION AND THE URGENT NEED TO EVANGELIZE THOSE WHO WERE NOW HUNGRY FOR "IBLE TRUTH !MONG THE GROUP WERE A PASTOR 6ASILIY 3TOLYAR AND A YOUNG ADULT 'ENNADY +ASAP h#OME TO 2USSIA v THEY INVITED h"RING AN EVANGELISTIC TEAM AND HOLD MEETINGS v )NSPIRED BY THEIR STORIES AND INVITATION ) ASSEMBLED AN /PERATION "EAR (UG TEAM FROM MY CHURCH )N !PRIL WE JOURNEYED TO 3ARATOV 2USSIA A CITY OF SOME MILLION PEOPLE ON THE 6OLGA 2IVER MILES SOUTHEAST OF -OSCOW .IGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR SIX WEEKS MORE THAN PEOPLE PACKED A LOCAL AUDITORIUM TO HEAR THE 7ORD OF 'OD !TTENDING EVERY MEETING BY HERSELF WAS YEAR OLD ,UBA AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CAMPAIGN SHE REQUESTED

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AND 'ALENA IN 2USSIA IN !BOVE !$6%.4)34 #(52#( 4HE CHURCH IN 3ARATOV 2USSIA PLANTED AS A RESULT OF /PERATION "EAR (UG 2IGHT %!2,)%2 $!93 4HE 4ISHIN FAMILY IN AFTER ATTENDING REVIVAL MEET INGS &ROM LEFT 'ALENA 3ASHA ,UBA AND 3LAVA 0 ( / 4 / 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & ! 5 4 ( / 2

BAPTISM "ECAUSE NO OTHER MEMBERS OF ,UBA S FAMILY SHOWED ANY SPIRITUAL INTEREST LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS OBJECTED 4HEY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HER SURVIVAL IN THE CHURCH WITHOUT FAMILY SUPPORT 3TRONG ANTI #HRISTIAN SENTIMENT LED HER PARENTS ALSO TO OPPOSE HER BAPTISM AND THEY SAW IT AS A PASSING FETISH "UT ,UBA HELD lRM AND WAS AMONG SOME BAPTIZED ) CHALLENGED HER h.OW GO WIN YOUR FAMILY TO *ESUS v ,IVING (ER "ELIEFS

)N *UNE MY WIFE *AN AND ) RETURNED TO HOLD A WEEK OF REVIVAL MEETINGS IN 3ARATOV BEFORE ATTENDING THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION IN 5TRECHT .ETHERLANDS /NCE AGAIN ,UBA WAS IN ATTENDANCE !FTER HER BAPTISM SHE HAD FAITHFULLY CONTINUED ATTENDING THE !DVENTIST CHURCH 4O THE SURPRISE AND CONCERN OF HER PARENTS HER INTEREST IN #HRISTIANITY INTENSIlED )T WAS DECIDED THAT HER MOTHER 'ALENA WOULD ATTEND THE CHURCH TO DISCOVER HOW THEY COULD REFUTE !DVENTIST BELIEFS 4O THE DISGUST OF 'ALENA S HUSBAND 3LAVA SHE ALSO EMBRACED !DVENTIST TEACHINGS AND WAS BAPTIZED 4HOUGH MORE RESISTANT THAN EVER 3LAVA CONSENTED TO ATTEND THE REVIVAL SERIES BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS ASKED TO VIDEO THE MEETINGS ) ENCOURAGED 3LAVA TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO #HRIST BUT HE REFUSED (AVING BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE #OMMUNIST 0ARTY AND A MILITARY OFlCER IN THE 3OVIET !RMY HE WAS A HARDENED MAN !T ONE TIME IN HIS CAREER HE WAS STATIONED AT THE "ERLIN 7ALL AND WAS TRAINED TO SHOOT ANYONE TRYING TO ESCAPE TO THE 7EST 7HEN WE LEFT 3ARATOV 3LAVA CAME TO THE AIRPORT WITH HIS FAMILY TO SAY GOODBYE /NE LAST TIME ) PLEADED WITH HIM TO ACCEPT *ESUS (E EMPHATICALLY REPLIED h) WILL NEVER ACCEPT #HRIST v -EETING THE #HALLENGE

"ECAUSE OF LIMITED COMMUNICA TION ) HAD NOT CONNECTED WITH !DVENTIST BELIEVERS IN 3ARATOV FOR SEVERAL YEARS 4HEN ANOTHER INVITA TION CAME FROM 2USSIA )N *ULY ) RETURNED TO 3ARATOV TO SPEAK FOR THE lFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH PLANTED AS A RESULT OF /PERATION "EAR (UG ! BEAU TIFUL YOUNG WOMAN APPROACHED ME THERE h0ASTOR 0HIL DO YOU REMEMBER ME v SHE ASKED h) M ,UBA 9OU BAPTIZED ME IN AND AS YOU CHALLENGED ) HAVE WON MY FAMILY TO *ESUS v ) WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION TO DISCOVER THAT ,UBA

NOW A PEDIATRICIAN HAD BROUGHT HER ENTIRE FAMILY TO #HRIST

INCLUDING HER FATHER 3LAVA AND HER BROTHER 3ASHA NOW AN ACTIVE !DVENTIST LAY LEADER IN -OSCOW )T HADN T BEEN EASY FOR 3LAVA TO MAKE A DECISION FOR #HRIST )N HE HAD DECIDED TO ATTEND EVANGELISTIC MEET INGS HELD AT THE LOCAL !DVENTIST CHURCH $ETERMINED TO PROVE THE PASTOR WRONG HE HAD GONE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT (OPE IN *ESUS BEGAN TO lLL HIS HEART BUT HE REMAINED RESIS TANT h$ON T BECOME AN !DVENTIST v HIS FRIENDS AND FORMER MILITARY COLLEAGUES HAD TOLD HIM h4HIS WILL ONLY LEAD TO BAD THINGS FOR YOUR LIFE 9OU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING YOU OWN 4HE CHURCH WILL ONLY BRING YOU PROBLEMS v THEY HAD ARGUED 5NDAUNTED 3LAVA lNALLY MADE HIS CHOICE FOR *ESUS AND WAS BAPTIZED 4HROUGH THE BLESSINGS AND GUIDANCE OF THE ,ORD

3LAVA HAD EVENTUALLY FELT LED TO SELL HIS VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSI NESS AND INVEST IN ETERNITY 4HE (APPY 2EUNION

3O WHY WAS 3LAVA IN ATTENDANCE AT THE lFTY NINTH 'EN ERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION OF THE WORLDWIDE !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HIS MAN WHO HAD AT ONE TIME BEEN A #OMMU NIST AND +'" INFORMANT 4HIS MAN WHO D HAD A HARDENED ATTITUDE TOWARD 'OD .OW A LOCAL CHURCH ELDER AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING MINISTRY FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 3ARATOV REGION OF 2USSIA 3LAVA 4ISHIN CAME TO !TLANTA AS AN OFlCIAL DELEGATE NOT FOR THE #OMMUNIST 0ARTY OR THE +'" BUT FOR HIS ,ORD AND HIS CHURCH 7HAT A JOURNEY 7HAT A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT 'OD USED OUR TEAM S RESPONSE TO THE 2USSIAN INVITA TION TO IMPACT OTHERS WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF (IS AMAZING GRACE 4HE ,ORD CONTINUES TO EXTEND THE INVITATION h'O THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE &ATHER AND OF THE 3ON AND OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT ) HAVE COMMANDED YOUv -ATT

%ACH OF US MUST COMMIT TO SHARING *ESUS WITH OTHERSˆ TO WINNING OUR FAMILIES OUR WORK ASSOCIATES OUR NEIGH BORS OUR COMMUNITIES OUR WORLD FOR *ESUS 4HE 3LAVAS OF THE WORLD ARE WAITING

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H NO v ) SAID ALOUD TAKING A DEEP BREATH AS ) HEARD THE EERIE MOANING AND SAW THE CROWD COMING DOWN THE TRAIL -Y HEART SANK WHEN ) SAW .URGINA S BROTHER CAR RYING HER LIMP BODY ON HIS BACK STUM BLING TOWARD THE CLINIC .URGINA WAS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLGIRLS $ESPITE THE FACT THAT HER UNCLE -AMI WAS A POWERFUL CHIEF AND WITCH DOCTOR .URGINA AND HER MOTHER HAD BEEN ATTENDING CHURCH FOR SEVERAL YEARS .URGINA WAS NOW A HAPPY TEENAGER WHO LOVED TO SHARE HER FAITH BUT 3ATAN WAS NOT HAPPY .URGINA WAS IN TROUBLE AND EVEN -AMI FEARED FOR HER LIFE %VERYONE IN THE VILLAGE BELIEVED THAT ONE OF .UR GINA S BROTHERS HAD BEEN KILLED BY DEMONS 4HEY HAD PERSONALLY WIT NESSED DEMON HARASSMENT ON MANY OCCASIONS 4HEY FEARED THAT THE DEMONS MIGHT KILL .URGINA AS WELL 3HE WAS COMPLETELY LIMP MOVING ONLY HER HEAD AS SHE CRIED OUT FOR HELP IN HER MENTAL AGONY 3HE BEGGED FOR ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO HER HER FAMILY THE MISSIONARIES THE PASTORS HER "IBLE HER NOTEBOOK AND PEN 3HE COULD NEITHER SEE NOR HEAR US EVEN IF WE PRESSED CLOSE TO HER ) DID A QUICK MEDICAL EVALUATION AND DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT A MEDICAL PROBLEM 0RAYER WAS THE ONLY TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR HER 7E ORGANIZED A ROUND THE CLOCK PRAYER VIGIL FOR .URGINA !S THE HOURS PASSED .URGINA KEPT CRYING OUT IN DISTRESS h(ELP 3ATAN IS SO BAD 'OD IS SO GOOD v 7E FELT HELPLESS AS SHE CALLED US BY NAME BUT SEEMED UNABLE TO HEAR OUR WORDS OF COMFORT OR EVEN OUR SINGING OR PRAYERS 7E TRIED TO HOLD ON TO OUR FAITH THAT 'OD COULD AND WOULD FREE HER FROM THIS TORMENT 7HAT A JOY IT WAS TO SEE HER SET FREE AFTER HOURS OF PRAYER AND FASTING .URGINA S TESTIMONY TO ALL WHO WOULD LISTEN WAS SOBERING BUT CLEAR ! FEW DAYS BEFORE HER ATTACK SHE AND HER MOM HAD KNOWINGLY SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF A SATANIC RITUAL !S .UR GINA SUFFERED HER MOTHER REMEMBERED THEIR SIN AND CONFESSED IT TO 'OD -IN

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&OR lVE YEARS ) HAD BEEN WORKING AS A NURSE IN A REMOTE CLINIC IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 0ALAWAN 0HILIPPINES )T WAS A PRIVILEGE HAVING A PART IN SAVING LIVES AND THOUGH CHALLENGING IT BROUGHT GREAT FULlLLMENT ) LOVED LIV ING IN MY LITTLE BAMBOO HUT AND BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAD SO LITTLE !LTHOUGH TREACHEROUS THE THREE HOUR HIKE ON THE STEEP TRAILS TO OUR VILLAGE WAS REFRESHING ) LOVED THE BEAUTY AND PEACEFULNESS 4HE EXPERIENCES ) HAD DEALING WITH THE POOREST PEOPLE ) HAD EVER METˆBOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRI TUALLYˆWOULD SHAPE ME FOREVER AND PREPARE ME FOR THE FUTURE ) WAS CHALLENGED WITH THE RESPONSI BILITY OF CARING FOR A WHOLE MOUNTAIN FUL OF VERY SICK AND NEEDY PEOPLE )T WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A WHOLE VILLAGE OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT IN THE AFTER NOON WITH PATIENTS ON THEIR BACKS

READY TO BE TREATED FED AND HOUSED FOR THE NIGHT !LMOST EVERYONE SUF FERED FROM MALARIA 4HERE WERE ALSO OUTBREAKS OF TYPHOID WHOOPING COUGH AND MEASLES $URING THOSE TIMES PATIENTS LINED THE VERANDAS

NEEDING ROUND THE CLOCK CARE ) LL NEVER FORGET -ILSU A TYPHOID PATIENT FROM A NEARBY MOUNTAIN 7HEN WE FOUND HIM HE WAS NEARLY DEAD AND HIS FAMILY HAD GIVEN UP ON HIM 4HEY HAD EVEN CONSIDERED KILLING HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF HIS CRAZY BEHAVIOR

THINKING HE HAD AN EVIL SPIRIT ) KNEW HE WOULD CERTAINLY DIE IF HE STAYED WHERE HE WAS AND ) BEGGED THE FAMILY TO BRING HIM TO THE CLINIC 4HEY WERE AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT DIE ON THE WAY AND WERE VERY HESITANT TO MOVE HIM ) TOLD THEM THAT OUR 'OD WAS STRONG AND THAT (E WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR LOVED ONE 7E SLIPPED AND TUMBLED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH -ILSU TIED SECURELY TO THE STRETCHER ) PRAYED HARD THAT HE WOULD SURVIVE )NCREDIBLY WITH DAY AND NIGHT CARE )6S

CATHETERS HAND FEEDING AND CONSTANT PRAYER HE RECOVERED COMPLETELY (E AND HIS WIFE ALWAYS GIVE ME A BIG SMILE NOW WHEN ) SEE THEM AND THEIR FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN !S 'OD CAME THROUGH FOR ME AGAIN AND AGAIN ) BEGAN TO TRUST (IM MORE "UT ) WAS ABOUT TO LEARN SOME OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF FAITH THAT ) HAD SOMEHOW MISSED UP TO THIS POINT IN MY #HRISTIAN LIFE 3TRAIGHT /UT OF THE 3KY

!S TIME WENT BY MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BEGAN TO SHOW CONCERN ABOUT MY BEING SINGLE NEARING 4HE CHANCES OF lNDING A SOUL MATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A JUNGLE SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE ) FOUND IT HUMOROUS WHEN PEOPLE TRIED TO DISCREETLY HINT THAT MAYBE IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO COME HOME FOR A WHILE AND hlND SOMEONE v (OWEVER ) TRUSTED 'OD S PROMISE IN -ATTHEW THAT WHEN WE PUT THE -ASTER lRST

ALL OTHER NEEDS WILL BE SUPPLIED ) KNEW THAT 'OD DID NOT NEED ME TO RETURN TO AN !DVENTIST COMMUNITY TO lND THE COMPANION (E HAD FOR ME -Y MOTHER lNALLY CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AND QUIPPED ONE DAY h)F 'OD WANTS YOU TO HAVE A HUSBAND

(E LL HAVE TO DROP ONE OUT OF THE SKY v ) HAD NO IDEA OF THE AMAZING THINGS 'OD HAD IN STORE FOR ME IN THE FOLLOW ING MONTHS )N -AY ) MET $WAYNE (ARRIS A PILOT AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WHO HAD RECENTLY LEFT ALL TO PIONEER A NEW WORK IN THE 0HILIPPINES WITH A SMALL HELICOPTER THAT 'OD HAD

7ENDY (ARRIS 'UPTILL HAS BEEN A MISSIONARY NURSE IN !SIA FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS 3HE AND HER HUSBAND $WAYNE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 0HILIPPINE !DVENTIST -EDICAL !VIATION 3ERVICES 0!-!3 A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION INSPIRED BY 'OSPEL -INISTRIES )NTERNATIONAL 3INCE THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN THEY HAVE BE GUN TWO NEW PROJECTS IN NORTHERN ,UZON AND -INDANAO 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINISTRY

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PROVIDED (AVING WORKED IN THE VILLAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS ) COULD SEE THE DIS TINCT ADVANTAGES OF HAVING HELICOPTER ASSISTANCE WITH OUR MEDICAL EVACUA TIONS ) WAS PRETTY EXCITED WHEN ) HEARD THAT HE WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING BAS ING THE HELICOPTER NEAR OUR VILLAGE $WAYNE HARDLY KNEW A SOUL IN THE 0HILIPPINES UPON ARRIVAL AND HAD USED UP HIS OWN RESOURCES JUST GETTING HIM SELF AND THE HELICOPTER INTO THE COUN TRY 'OD LED SOMEONE TO HELP HIM GET THE HELICOPTER THROUGH CUSTOMS WITH OUT A HITCH 4HEN VARIOUS PEOPLE OF ALL TYPES AND RELIGIONS HAD STEPPED IN AND PROVIDED A PLACE FOR $WAYNE TO STAY

FOOD TO EAT AND FUEL FOR THE HELICOPTER DURING THE SIX MONTHS HE WAS IN -ANILA -Y PARENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF -ANILA OPENED THEIR HOME TO $WAYNE EVERY WEEKEND DURING THIS TIME 4HE CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE CITY AND FEL LOWSHIP WITH OTHER !DVENTISTS ON A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS WAS WELCOME ESPE CIALLY SINCE HE CAME FROM THE WIDE OPEN SPACES OF -ONTANA A FAR CRY FROM THE MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN -ANILA %VEN THOUGH THIS TIME IN THE CITY WAS A TIME OF WAITING AND CHARAC TER BUILDING 'OD CONTINUED TO DEM ONSTRATE (IS LOVE AND CARE FOR $WAYNE !S ) CONTINUED MY WORK IN THE MOUNTAINS FAR FROM -ANILA 'OD PRO VIDED SEVERAL MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR $WAYNE AND ME TO MEET ) BEGAN TO HIGHLY RESPECT $WAYNE AND HIS SIMPLE BUT CONlDENT TRUST THAT 'OD WOULD PROVIDE FOR (IS WORK !S ) REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A TRULY GENUINE MAN ) COULDN T HELP WONDERING WHAT 'OD HAD IN STORE FOR US &OUR MONTHS AFTER ) MET $WAYNE HE WAS lNALLY ABLE TO GET THE HELICOPTER CLEARED REGISTERED AND READY TO mY FROM -ANILA TO 0ALAWAN !ND YES

MUCH TO MY DELIGHT 'OD DROPPED MY FUTURE HUSBAND OUT OF THE SKY SOME WHAT LITERALLY AND INTO MY JUNGLE HOME WITHOUT ME HAVING TO SET FOOT OUT OF THE 0HILIPPINES /NE YEAR AFTER WE MET $WAYNE AND ) WERE MARRIED

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4HE CHANGE FOR ME WAS NOT HARDˆ A WONDERFUL NEW ROOMMATE A HELI COPTER FOR TRANSPORT AND AN EXCITING NEW MISSION IN PROGRESS !S $WAYNE JOINED ME IN MY LITTLE HUT WE LIVED A FAIRY TALE MISSIONARY LIFE AS WE MADE MEDICAL VISITS AND EVACUATIONS WITH THE HELICOPTER ! HALF DAY HIKE UP THE MOUNTAIN TO REACH A PATIENT NOW TOOK ONLY MINUTES ) CONTINUED RUNNING THE BUSY JUNGLE CLINIC WHILE $WAYNE HELPED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CLINIC BUILDING 4HE EVENINGS WERE USUALLY QUIET AND WE HAD NO PHONES

)NTERNET OR OTHER MEDIA TO DISTRACT US 7E ENJOYED PLANNING FOR THE

FUTURE OF OUR MISSION )T SOON BECAME CLEAR THAT WE NEEDED A SAFE PLACE TO KEEP THE HELICOPTERˆOUT OF THE WEATHER AND ACCESSIBLE BY ROADˆ ALONG WITH THE HEAVY TOOLS AND FUEL 7E NEEDED A PLACE WHERE WE COULD BASE OUR OPERATIONS AND REACH THE NEEDS OF ALL THE MISSIONARY PROJECTS THAT WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN 0ALAWAN )T WASN T LONG BEFORE 'OD PROVIDED SEVERAL NURSES TO TAKE MY PLACE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WE MOVED TO THE LOW LANDS TO START BUILDING A HANGAR WITH ADJOINING LIVING QUARTERS 'OD DIRECTED US TO A SAINTLY !DVENTIST MAN A SHORT DISTANCE FROM TOWN WHO DONATED A POR TION OF HIS BEAUTIFUL LAND FOR OUR PROJECT 7E BEGAN THE BUILDING PROJECT IN

FAITH WITHOUT COMPLETE FUNDS FOR lN ISHING THE STRUCTURE 'OD PROVIDED ENOUGH MONEY EACH MONTH TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE BUILDING WITHOUT HAVING TO SLOW DOWN FOR LACK OF FUNDS /NE YEAR LATER THROUGH 'OD S MIRACLES WE HAD A HANGAR WITH ADJOINING MISSION APART MENTS COMPLETE WITH A RUNWAY 'OD ALSO PROVIDED ANOTHER HELICOPTER PILOT AND OTHER NURSES AND SUPPORT MISSION ARIES WHO ARE NOW RUNNING THE 0ALAWAN PROJECT AS $WAYNE AND ) EXPAND THE MINISTRY INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE 0HILIP PINES !S 'OD LEADS WE WILL SOON HAVE HELICOPTERS TO SERVE ALL THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND A lXED WING AIRPLANE FOR TRAVEL BETWEEN ISLANDS )T WAS A NEW REVELATION TO ME AS OUR MISSION PROGRESSED HOW IT COULD BE SO SIMPLE TO TAKE 'OD AT (IS WORD AND TRUST (IS PROMISES FOR EVERYTHING

NOT JUST WHEN BEING IN A TIGHT SITUATION ) WAS PERPLEXED HOW ) AND POSSIBLY MANY OTHERS HAD MISSED THIS CORE PART OF FAITH ) CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW AS ) READ 'OD S 7ORD AND THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY

THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE LIMITING 'OD S WORK BY OUR LACK OF FAITH !ND NOT JUST

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!S ) M CATCHING THE VISION WE HAVE BOLDLY GONE FORWARD IN OTHER WAYS THAT WE FEEL ARE IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH OFTEN OUR FUNDS ARE ENOUGH ONLY FOR THE CURRENT MONTH "ESIDES KEEPING UP WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR THE HELICOPTER WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING SEV ERAL "IBLE WORKERS AND HAVE DONATED SEVERAL MOTORCYCLES FOR THEIR USE 7E HAVE SEEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT MOVING POW ERFULLY THROUGH THESE LOCAL CHURCH WORKERS AND OUR SUPPORT MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE DEVOTED MUCH OF THEIR TIME TO "IBLE STUDIES -USLIM AND MEDICAL WORK AGRICULTURE AND CHILDREN S OUT REACH 7E CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND )T IS SO EXCITING TO SEE 'OD NOT ONLY PROVIDE FOR THIS WORK BUT BLESS IT TOO 7E HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WIT NESSING MULTIPLE BAPTISMS OF MORE THAN PEOPLE AND TWO mOURISHING CHURCH PLANTS AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK "ECAUSE OF THE GREAT MEDICAL NEEDS

WE HAVE TRAINED VILLAGERS FROM THE LOCAL CHURCH TO BE HEALTH WORKERS FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND SIMPLE NATURAL REM EDIES AS WELL AS THE USE OF MEDICINES

IES ARE SACRIlCING THEIR LIVES TO REACH THE ISOLATED PEOPLE GROUPS SCATTERED ACROSS THE 0HILIPPINES (OWEVER IT OFTEN TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS TO REACH THESE PROJECTS BY FOOT 0RECIOUS TIME IS WASTED IN TRAVEL OR TRYING TO SURVIVE ON THE LIMITED SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE CARRIED IN 7HEN THE MISSIONARIES OR VILLAGERS GET SERIOUSLY ILL IT IS VERY DIF lCULT TO TRANSPORT THEM BY LAND OR SEA )N OTHER AREAS PEOPLE ARE BEGGING FOR MISSIONARIES TO COME AND HELP THEM

BUT THE AREAS ARE SO REMOTE THAT NO ONE HAS THE TIME TO MAKE THE VISITS 7E SEE A HUGE NEED FOR MORE HELICOP TERS TO HELP SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS AND SPEED THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL IN THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE LEFT 7HAT WILL IT TAKE TO START A NEW PROJECT FROM SCRATCH IN A NEW AREA (OW MANY MORE HELICOPTERS OR AIR PLANES WILL 'OD PROVIDE 7HAT ABOUT NURSES PILOTS MECHANICS SUPPORT STAFF HOUSING HANGARS AND RUNWAYS )T S NOT OUR CONCERN 7E HAVE EXPERI ENCED HOW 'OD PROVIDES FOR (IS WORK WHEN WE TRUST IN (IM 7E ARE STILL BABES LEARNING TO LIVE

NEW PROJECT FROM SCRATCH IN A NEW AREA lNANCIALLY BUT IN ALL THE NEEDS FOR FUR THERING (IS WORK 3EEMING OBSTACLES ARE OFTEN 'OD S WAY OF TESTING OUR FAITH IN (IS ABILITY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE -Y UNDERSTANDING INCREASED AS ) OBSERVED $WAYNE ) BEGAN TO REALIZE HOW ) HAD BEEN SO SHORTSIGHTED IN MY MINISTRIES SO FAR $WAYNE TALKED TO OTHERS WITH HUMBLE CONlDENCE ABOUT OUR PLANS NEVER MENTIONING MONEY

PERSONNEL HOUSING OR ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT MIGHT BE CONDITIONAL FOR SUCH HUGE UNDERTAKINGS 4HE ISSUE WAS NEVER hIF 'OD WILL PROVIDEv OR hIF WE CAN WORK THIS ISSUE OUT v )T WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK BIGGER MOVING FOR WARD SEEKING 'OD FOR WISDOM AND TRUSTING (IM WITH THE DETAILS

FOR MALARIA AND OTHER COMMON DIS EASES OF THE AREA 4HIS ATTRACTS MORE PATIENTS RESULTING IN THE NEED FOR MORE SUPPLIES BUT IT ALSO GIVES US GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WITNESS 7E OFTEN COVER HOSPITAL COSTS FOR DESTITUTE PATIENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS CLOTHING AND FOOD !S 'OD OPENS DOORS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING A SECOND PROJECT IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE 0HILIPPINES USING HELICOPTERS AND AIRPLANES TO REACH OTHER REMOTE AREAS "ECAUSE IT SEEMS HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH A HUGE TASK THIS WILL SEEM LIKE A CRAZY ENDEAVOR TO THE WORLD "UT WE BELIEVE 'OD CAN DO IT AND WE RE EXCITED TO SEE JUST HOW -ANY LOCAL AND FOREIGN MISSIONAR

BY FAITH BUT IT S BEEN NOTHING BUT EXCITING SO FAR )N $WAYNE S WORDS h7HEN WE SURRENDER ALL TO 'OD (E WILL PROVIDE BEYOND OUR DREAMS OR IMAGINATIONS v !ND THAT S EXACTLY WHAT 'OD HAS DONEˆNOT JUST lNANCIALLY BUT IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES h4HE ,ORD WANTS (IS PEOPLE IN THESE DAYS TO BELIEVE THAT (E WILL DO AS GREAT THINGS FOR THEM AS (E DID FOR THE CHILDREN OF )SRAEL IN THEIR JOURNEY FROM %GYPT TO #ANAAN 7E ARE TO HAVE AN EDUCATED FAITH THAT WILL NOT HESITATE TO FOLLOW (IS INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MOST DIFlCULT EXPERIENCES @'O &ORWARD IS THE COM

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CRUCIAL BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH WHO 'OD IS WHAT (E IS LIKE AND HOW (E WORKS #HRISTIANS BELIEVE THE DOCTRINE IS NECES SARY TO DO JUSTICE TO THE TESTIMONY OF 3CRIPTURE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF 'OD 7E MUST SPEAK

TIVE MONOTHEISTIC STATEMENT INITIALLY INSISTED WITHIN A POLYTHEISTIC WORLD h(EAR / )SRAEL THE ,ORD OUR 'OD THE ,ORD IS ONE v 4HE .EW 4ESTAMENT CONTINUES /LD 4ESTAMENT SENTIMENTS SUCH AS 0AUL #OR AND *AMES *AMES 7HAT THEN CAUSED THESE MONOTHEISTIC *EWS AND #HRISTIANS TO DECLARE BELIEF IN THE THREE PERSONED 'ODHEAD )T WAS THE BIBLICAL WITNESS OF THREE DIVINE 0ERSONS

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4R N TY CONCERNING 'OD IN TERMS (E USES "IB LICAL EVIDENCE HAS THREE FACETS A THERE IS ONE 'OD B THREE IN ONENESS AND C THREE PERSONS WHO ARE 'OD 4HERE )S /NLY /NE 'OD

#HRISTIANITY EMERGED FROM THE ANCIENT (EBREWS WHO WERE RIGOROUSLY MONOTHEISTIC AND REMAIN SO TODAY 7RITERS OF THE /LD 4ESTAMENT ADDRESS THIS SOMETIMES QUOTING 'OD DIRECTLY 4HE $ECALOGUE BEGINS WITH THE DIVINE STATEMENT h) AM THE ,ORD YOUR 'OD

WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF %GYPT OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE 9OU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE -Ev %X

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'OD REFERS TO (IMSELF BOTH AS h(Ev AND h5S v )N THE /LD 4ESTAMENT THE PLURAL FORM OF ONE OF THE NOUNS FOR 'OD ELOHIM IS QUANTITATIVE h,ET 5S MAKE MAN IN /UR IMAGE v 4HE PLURAL APPEARS BOTH WITH THE VERB h,ET 5S MAKEv AND THE POSSESSIVE SUFlX h/URv 'EN )SAIAH IN VISION

HEARS THE ,ORD h7HOM SHALL ) SEND

AND WHO WILL GO FOR 5S v )SA )N 'ENESIS MAN AND WOMAN ARE TO BECOME ONE ECHAD A UNION OF TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES 3IGNIlCANTLY THE SAME WORD IS USED OF 'OD IN $EUTER ONOMY -ARRIAGE AND 'OD S NATURE ARE BOTH DESCRIBED AS A PLURAL UNITY

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(OLY 3PIRIT -ATT 0RONOUNCED EVIDENCE CAN BE FOUND IN *OHN S 'OSPEL *ESUS DECLARES 4HE 3ON IS SENT BY THE &ATHER COMING FROM (IM 4HE 3PIRIT IS GIVEN BY THE &ATHER SENT FROM THE &ATHER AND PROCEEDS FROM THE &ATHER 4HE 3ON PRAYS FOR THE COMING OF THE 3PIRIT THE &ATHER SENDS THE 3PIRIT IN THE 3ON S NAME THE 3ON SENDS THE 3PIRIT FROM THE &ATHER 4HE 3PIRIT S MINISTRY CONTINUES THE 3ON S BRINGING TO REMEMBRANCE WHAT THE 3ON HAS SAID BEARING WITNESS TO THE 3ON DECLARING WHAT (E HEARS FROM THE 3ON GLORIFYING THE 3ON *ESUS PRAYS THAT (IS

DISCIPLES MAY BE ONE AS (E AND THE &ATHER ARE ONE 0ETER NAMES THREE DIVINE 0ERSONS AT 0ENTECOST h%XALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF 'OD AND HAVING RECEIVED FROM THE &ATHER THE PROMISED (OLY 3PIRIT (E POURED OUT THIS ,ET EVERY ONE OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF *ESUS #HRIST AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE (OLY 3PIRITv !CTS 0AUL OFTEN SPEAKS OF THE TRIUNE 'OD

RELATING SALVATION TO THREE 0ERSONS OF THE 4RINITY #OR 4HE FORM AS WELL AS CONTENT OF HIS WRITING COM MUNICATES HIS BELIEF IN THE BOOK OF 2OMANS 'OD S JUDGMENT UPON EVERY ONE n JUSTIlCATION THROUGH FAITH IN #HRIST n LIFE IN THE 3PIRIT 0AUL ALSO INCLUDES THEM IN HIS BENEDICTIONS h4HE GRACE OF THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST AND THE LOVE OF 'OD

AND THE COMMUNION OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT BE WITH YOU ALLv #OR 3IMILAR FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS APPEAR ALSO IN 0ETER S AND *UDE S EPISTLES 0ETER

*UDE

'OD IN 4HREE 0ERSONS

4HE &ATHER S DEITY IS NEVER DIS PUTED *ESUS REFERS TO THE &ATHER AS 'OD -ATT 0AUL SPEAKS OF THE DEITY OF *ESUS 0HIL #OL &OR 0AUL AN ORTHODOX *EW TRAINED IN STRICT RABBINIC *UDAISM THIS IS ASTONISHING CONVICTION OF #HRIST S FULL DEITY 4HE BOOK OF (EBREWS INCLUDES SEVERAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THE DEITY OF THE 3ON (EB n *ESUS OWN SELF CONSCIOUSNESS INCLUDES CLAIMING TO FORGIVE SINS -ARK 4HE *EWS KNOWING THAT ONLY 'OD CAN FORGIVE SINS ACCUSE *ESUS OF BLASPHEMY (E CLAIMED THE ANGELS OF 'OD AS (IS ANGELS ,UKE

-ATT !T (IS TRIAL *ESUS WAS ACCUSED OF CLAIMING TO BE THE 3ON OF 'OD 4HIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THIS IF *ESUS DID NOT REGARD (IMSELF AS 'OD "UT (E DIDN T INSTEAD EMPHASIZING (IS DEITY

4RINITY

4HERE IS ONE 'OD &ATHER 3ON

AND (OLY 3PIRIT A UNITY OF THREE CO ETERNAL 0ERSONS 'OD IS IMMORTAL

ALL POWERFUL ALL KNOWING ABOVE ALL AND EVER PRESENT (E IS INlNITE AND BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION YET KNOWN THROUGH (IS SELF REVELATION (E IS FOREVER WORTHY OF WORSHIP ADORATION AND SERVICE BY THE WHOLE CREATION $EUT -ATT #OR %PH 0ETER 4IM 2EV

4HE HIGH PRIEST UNDERSTOOD CALLING FOR *ESUS DEATH -ATT &OLLOWING THE RESURRECTION 4HOMAS ADDRESSED *ESUS AS h-Y ,ORD AND MY 'OD v *OHN *ESUS DID NOT REFUSE THE TITLE OR THE WORSHIP THOUGH THROUGHOUT 3CRIP TURE HUMANS AND ANGELS RIGHTFULLY REFUSE WORSHIP !CTS 2EV 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT IS IDENTIlED AS 'OD THE MEMBER OF THE 'ODHEAD

WITH THE TITLE hHOLYv REGULARLY ATTACHED (E DOES THE WORK OF 'OD (E DWELLS IN BELIEVERS AS DOES #HRIST 'AL #OL ENLIGHTENING %PH

REGENERATING *OHN LEADING INTO HOLINESS 2OM 'AL

GIVING ASSURANCE 2OM AND GIFTING FOR MINISTRY #OR *ESUS CLAIMED THAT THE 3PIRIT OF THE ,ORD WAS UPON (IM ANOINTING HIM TO PREACH ,UKE THAT (E WAS DRIV ING OUT DEMONS BY THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD -ATT AND THAT THE 3PIRIT

ANOTHER #OUNSELOR OF THE SAME KIND

WOULD CARRY ON (IS WORK AFTER (IS DEPARTURE *OHN 7HEN !NA NIAS AND 3APPHIRA HELD BACK SOME OF THE PROMISED PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THEIR PROPERTY 0ETER REMINDED THEM THAT LYING TO THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS LYING TO 'OD !CTS

4HE THREE DIVINE 0ERSONS ARE EQUAL BUT NOT IDENTICAL 4HERE IS NO HIERARCHY OR SUBORDINATION SUGGESTED

BY AN UNCHANGEABLE ORDER IN THE PRE SENTATION OF THEIR NAMES #OR #OR %PH !LL 4HREE ARE INVOLVED IN OUR SALVATION 4HOMAS

/DEN IS RIGHT h)F 'OD WERE ONLY ONE PERSON IT COULD NOT BE PROCLAIMED THAT 'OD BOTH SENDS AND IS SENT THAT 'OD COULD BE BOTH LAWGIVER AND OBE DIENT TO THE LAW THAT 'OD COULD BOTH MAKE ATONEMENT AND RECEIVE IT THAT 'OD COULD BOTH REJECT SIN AND OFFER SACRIlCE FOR IT v #AREFUL REmECTIONS ON THE TRIUNE 'OD CAN COME ONLY FROM A HEART AND MIND TRAINED IN HUMILITY 3PEAKING ADEQUATELY OF 'OD IS A DAUNTING TASK 3CRIPTURE MUST BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF (IM #HRISTIANS MANIFEST THEIR AVOWED DEPENDENCE UPON THIS "OOK WHICH CONTAINS MANY AFlRMATIONS OF THE DEITY OF THE THREE DIVINE 0ERSONS h4HE HISTORIC FORMULA TION OF THE 4RINITY SEEKS TO CIRCUM SCRIBE AND SAFEGUARD THIS MYSTERY NOT EXPLAIN IT THAT IS BEYOND US AND IT CONFRONTS US WITH PERHAPS THE MOST DIFlCULT THOUGHT THAT THE HUMAN MIND HAS EVER BEEN ASKED TO HANDLE )T IS NOT EASY BUT IT IS TRUE v

4HOMAS /DEN 4HE 7ORD OF ,IFE 3AN &RANCISCO (ARPER 2OW

P * ) 0ACKER #ONCISE 4HEOLOGY ! 'UIDE TO (ISTORICAL #HRISTIAN "ELIEFS 7HEATON )LL 4YNDALE (OUSE

P )TALICS SUPPLIED

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EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT THE 3CRIPTURES ARE THE ALL SUFlCIENT REVELATION OF 'OD S WILL "ECAUSE WE ALSO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MOTTO OF THE 2EFORMERS h4HE "IBLE AND THE "IBLE ONLY v MANY LOGICALLY ASK h)F ALL ) NEED IS FOUND IN THE 7ORD OF 'OD WHY SHOULD ) TAKE ANY SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN 7HITE v !DVENTISTS MAINTAIN THAT ADHERING TO SOLA SCRIPTURA MEANS ACCEPTING ALL THAT THE "IBLE TEACHES INCLUDING THE PROMISE OF THE CONTINUING PRESENCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THROUGH THE GIFTS ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST DAYS 3O WE MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION ANOTHER WAY )F THE "IBLE IS ALL SUFlCIENT WHAT NEED IS THERE FOR THE SPECIAL GUIDANCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT *ESUS (IMSELF PRESENTS THE ANSWER AS RECORDED IN *OHN

h) HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY TO YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN NOW BEAR "UT WHEN HE THE 3PIRIT OF TRUTH COMES HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH !ND HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS YET TO COME v 7E CAN SEE HOW THIS PROMISE WAS FULlLLED IN THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLES BUT WE ALSO KNOW FROM THE 3CRIP TURES THAT THE 3PIRIT S GUIDANCE WAS NOT TO END IN THE lRST CEN TURY SEE *OEL %PH 2EV AND 4HE "IBLE RECORDS HOW 'OD INSTRUCTED (IS PEOPLE THROUGH SPECIAL MESSENGERS WHO THOUGH THEY WROTE NO PART OF THE 3CRIPTURES WE CALL THEM hNONCANONICALv WERE INSPIRED TO CONFRONT INJUSTICE WARN OF COMING DANGERS OR PREDICT THE OUTCOMES OF MISDIRECTED CHOICES )N THE DAYS OF

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THE KINGS OF )SRAEL WE READ OF SUCH MESSENGERS AS !HIJAH

3HEMAIAH (ULDAH .ATHAN AND UNNAMED MEN OF 'OD WHO SAVED THE NATION FROM DEFEAT AND BROUGHT CONVICTION TO ERRING RULERS )N THE .EW 4ESTAMENT CHURCH WE LEARN THAT THE APOSTLES WERE DIRECTED BY THE PROPHECIES OF !GABUS

AMONG OTHERS SEE !CTS #ONSIDER HOW THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND BLESSINGS OF THE PROPHETIC GIFT DEMONSTRATED IN 3CRIPTURE ARE PARALLELED IN THE MINISTRY AND COUNSELS OF %LLEN 7HITE

5NMASKING THE ENEMY S STRATEGIES 4HE KING OF 3YRIA WAS CONVINCED THAT )SRAELITE SPIES HAD INlLTRATED HIS ARMY BECAUSE THEIR LEADERS SEEMED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHEN AND WHERE HE WOULD ATTACK 4HE KING WAS TOLD HOWEVER THAT IT WASN T HUMAN INTELLIGENCE IT WAS )SRAEL S PROPHET %LISHA TO WHOM THE ,ORD WAS GIVING hINSIDEv INFORMATION +INGS 4HE PREMIER THEME IN %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS IS THAT OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BEING WAGED BETWEEN #HRIST AND 3ATAN (ER #ONmICT OF THE !GES 3ERIES SHOWS HOW THE CON mICT THAT BEGAN IN HEAVEN CONTINUES ON OUR PLANET AND IN EACH PERSON S HEART 7E ARE GIVEN hBEHIND THE SCENESv VIEWS OF THE ISSUES AT STAKE IN THIS COSMIC BATTLE INCLUDING INSIGHTS INTO 3ATAN S STRATEGIES FOR HIS WAR AGAINST THE REMNANT THE WAR PREDICTED BY *OHN IN 2EVELATION 4HROUGH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY THE DEVIL S DECEPTIONS ARE UNMASKED SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE FULLY EQUIPPED TO FOLLOW 0ETER S ADMONITION TO hRESISTv THE ENEMY AND REMAIN hALERTv 0ETER

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LARLY IN THE "IBLE WE HAVE 'OD S STANDARD FOR CHARACTER AND (IS TRUTH DETECTORˆJUST AS $AVID HAD THE 4ORAH "UT 'OD 4HE BIBLICAL PROPHETS INTERPRETED EVENTS OF THEIR DAY IN REACHES OUT STILL FURTHER WHEN (E APPEALS TO (IS MODERN THE LIGHT OF 'OD S DEALINGS WITH (IS PEOPLE AND THE SUR DAY PEOPLE THROUGH THE (OLY 3PIRITˆTHE 3PIRIT OF PROPH ROUNDING NATIONS 3IMILARLY IN %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS WE ECY (E KNOWS HOW WELL WE CAN RATIONALIZE OUR BEHAVIORS lND SURPRISING DESCRIPTIONS OF 'OD S INTERVENTION ! NOTABLE AND CLOSE OUR EYES TO WHERE WE MISS THE MARK 2EV EXAMPLE IS HER EXPLANATION FOR THE SUDDEN RETREAT OF THE "Y LIFTING UP THE HOLY PRINCIPLES OF 'OD S 7ORD %LLEN SUPERIOR 5NION ARMY IN THE lRST "ATTLE OF -ANASSAS DURING 7HITE LEADS US TO SENSE OUR DElCIENCIES RECOGNIZE OUR SIN THE 5 3 #IVIL 7AR 7HAT WAS INEXPLICABLE IN HUMAN TERMS FULNESS AND PRAYERFULLY ACCEPT THE FORGIVENESS AND RIGH WAS SHOWN TO %LLEN 7HITE TO BE THE WORK OF ANGELIC INTERVEN TEOUSNESS THAT #HRIST OFFERS US TION SEE 4ESTIMONIES FOR THE #HURCH VOL PP

)LLUMINATING 'OD S HAND IN HISTORY

N ' HITE

!PPLYING 3CRIPTURE TO PRESENT DAY CIRCUMSTANCES

7E HAVE THE "IBLEˆ$O WE NEED %LLEN 7HITE "Y 4IM 0OIRIER

&ORETELLING OUTCOMES OF OUR CHOICES 7HEN THE "ABYLONIAN ARMY SURROUNDED *ERUSALEM

+ING :EDEKIAH CALLED *EREMIAH FROM PRISON AND PROMISED TO SPARE HIS LIFE IF ONLY HE WOULD TELL HIM THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HIS KINGDOM *EREMIAH LAID OUT TWO OPTIONS 3URRENDER TO THE KING OF "ABYLON AND LIVE OR lGHT AND THE CITY WOULD BE DESTROYEDˆALONG WITH HIS OWN LIFE *ER 5LTIMATELY :EDEKIAH MADE THE WRONG CHOICE

AND *EREMIAH S UNPOPULAR WORDS WERE PROVEN TRUE %VEN THOUGH 'OD S WILL IS BROADLY REVEALED IN (IS 7ORD

THERE ARE TIMES (E PROVIDES SPECIlC GUIDANCE TO KEEP (IS PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT COURSE %LLEN 7HITE S INSTRUCTION ON HEALTHFUL LIVING ILLUSTRATES SUCH GUIDANCE 3TUDY AFTER STUDY HAS CONlRMED THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF LIVING ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH OUTLINED IN HER WRITINGS )F LEFT ONLY TO OUR OWN INCLINATIONS OR THE CHANGING AND OFTEN CONTRADIC TORY ADVICE OF hEXPERTS v WE MIGHT CHOOSE A DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE %VEN THOUGH 3CRIPTURE DESCRIBES %DEN S DIET AND OUR BODIES AS TEMPLES OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD GIVE THE SAME ATTENTION TO SUCH PASSAGES IF THE PRIN CIPLES INHERENT IN THEM WERE NOT SPELLED OUT IN PRACTICAL TERMS THROUGH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY

7HEN CONTRASTING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH WITH THE WORKS OF THE LAW 0AUL WAS LED BY THE 3PIRIT TO INTERPRET THE EXPERIENCE OF !BRAHAM AND (AGAR AS AN ALLEGORY 'AL %VEN THOUGH THE EARLY #HRISTIANS COULD STUDY THE WRITINGS OF THE /LD 4ESTAMENT FOR THEMSELVES THIS DID NOT PRECLUDE THE (OLY 3PIRIT FROM DIRECTING THEIR MINDS TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICULAR PASSAGES 4ODAY ALTHOUGH THE 3CRIPTURES REMAIN OUR SOURCE OF TRUTH AND TEST OF EXPERIENCE ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT S INSTRUCTION IS (IS APPLICATION OF THE 7ORD TO OUR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES )N THE #ONmICT OF THE !GES 3ERIES %LLEN 7HITE SELECTS AND APPLIES BIBLICAL NARRATIVES ILLUSTRAT ING THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THEMEˆSHOWING HOW THE PAST INSTRUCTS US ABOUT THE FUTURE 3HE WAS ALSO LED TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIlC PASSAGES ESPECIALLY RELEVANT FOR THE LAST DAY CHURCH 3PEAKING OF )SAIAH FOR EXAMPLE SHE WROTE h4HE WHOLE CHAPTER IS APPLICABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THIS PERIOD OF THE EARTH S HISTORY #ONSIDER THIS CHAPTER ATTENTIVELY FOR IT WILL BE FULlLLEDv 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST "IBLE #OM MENTARY %LLEN ' 7HITE #OMMENTS VOL P )N SUMMARY THE 3CRIPTURES TEACH THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE 'OD S PEOPLE UNTIL THE END OF TIME 7HILE THE CANON OF 'OD S 7ORD IS CLOSED (E HAS NOT CLOSED OFF COMMUNICATION WITH (IS CHURCH THROUGH THE PROPHETIC GIFTˆPARTICULARLY AS THE CHURCH CONFRONTS THE DECEPTIONS OF THE END TIME )T IS NO WONDER THAT 0AUL WROTE TO THE EARLY #HRISTIANS

h$O NOT PUT OUT THE 3PIRIT S lRE DO NOT TREAT PROPHECIES WITH CONTEMPTv 4HESS !ND IN THE WORDS OF *ESUS TO THE ,AODICEAN CHURCHˆOUR CHURCH h(E WHO HAS AN EAR LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE 3PIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHESv 2EV

!LL "IBLE REFERENCES IN THIS ARTICLE ARE TAKEN FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION

#ONVICTING OF SIN +ING $AVID WAS NOT IGNORANT OF THE SEVENTH COMMAND MENT OR THE SIXTHˆHE KNEW THE WRITINGS OF -OSES 9ET IN MERCY 'OD SENT (IS NONCANONICAL MESSENGER TO BRING HOME THE TRUTH THAT $AVID WAS TRYING TO DISREGARD 3IMI

4IM 0OIRIER IS VICE DIRECTOR OF THE %LLEN ' 7HITE %STATE IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5 3 !

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AS AN DUCATION % %NTERING 7EDGE !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN )NDIA BENElT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

ORE THAN BILLION PEOPLE CALL )NDIA HOME !FTER #HINA IT S THE SECOND MOST POPULATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND IT S GROWING RAPIDLY &OR MORE THAN YEARS THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS SERVED THIS VAST COUNTRY BY DEVELOPING AN EDUCA TIONAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES SO MUCH MORE THAN AN EDUCATION &OR CENTURIES THE CASTE SYSTEM IN )NDIA HAS HAD A PRO FOUND EFFECT ON SOCIETY "UT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE WORKED FOR DECADES TO MITIGATE THOSE EFFECTS AND BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT KEEP INDI VIDUALS FROM ACHIEVING THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL h%VER SINCE WE STARTED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WE INTRODUCED THE WORK PROGRAM v SAYS *OHN &OWLER A RECENTLY RETIRED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE %DUCATION $EPARTMENT POINTING OUT THE ROLE USEFUL LABOR HAS PLAYED IN THE CHURCH S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM h4HERE ARE STUDENTS WHO WOULD REFUSE TO DO DIFFERENT KINDS OF MANUAL WORK 4HEY D SAY @!GRICULTURE lNE ) DON T MIND BEING INVOLVED IN GROWING PLANTS GROWING VEGETABLES THAT S DIGNIlED WORK "UT TO SWEEP THE HOSTEL CLEAN THE TOILET

NO THAT S MENIAL 4HAT S NOT FOR MY STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY h"UT THE !DVENTIST SYSTEM HAS SOMEHOW BROKEN THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS v SAYS &OWLER h7ORK ANY WORK IS 'OD S GIFT TO US @4AKE CARE OF THE EARTH BE STEWARDS OF THE EARTH (E SAYS 3O THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT WHATEVER YOU DO YOU ARE A STEWARD OF SOMETHINGˆWHENEVER STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN MANUAL LABOR THEY BECOME MORE MATURE MORE RESPONSIBLE

AND READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD v %ACH DAY AFTER CLASS EACH STUDENT IS ASSIGNED A JOB ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS 4HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC HAS MADE ,ASALGAON 3CHOOL IN CENTRAL )NDIA A DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN &AITH %XCELLENCEˆAND 3PACE

h4HE ;ONE= SHORTCOMING OF THIS SCHOOL IS WE HAVE INSUF lCIENT CLASSROOMS v SAYS *AYANT 3ABLE PRINCIPAL OF ,ASALGAON 3CHOOL h7E HAVE A BIG PLAYGROUND BUT WE DON T HAVE SCI ENCE LABS WE DON T HAVE SEPARATE LABS FOR PHYSICS CHEMISTRY

OR BIOLOGY WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A GROWING SCHOOL v ,ASALGAON IS NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL OVERmOWING WITH STU DENTS &ARTHER SOUTH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST 3EVENTH DAY

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!DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN THE COUN TRY *AMES -EMORIAL 3CHOOL 4HIS SCHOOL LIKE MOST IN )NDIA IS A MISSION SCHOOL 4HE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND ARE NOT #HRISTIAN WHEN THEY BEGIN THEIR EDUCATION h)F YOU TRAIN UP CHILDREN EARLY WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE BEING FORMED THEY DEVELOP A VERY CONCRETE FAITH v SAYS !MBROSE 3HANMUGAM PRINCIPAL OF *AMES -EMORIAL 3CHOOL h7E TEACH ;STUDENTS= THE "IBLE HERE WE TEACH THEM STORIES FROM THE "IBLE 4HEY ARE ATTRACTED AND THEY WILL BE CONVERTEDˆEVEN THE BOARDING STUDENTS %VERY YEAR WE HAVE BAPTISMS CHILDREN ACCEPTING *ESUS v 4HIS CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE ATTRACTS FAMILIES WHO WANT THE VERY BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN h4HE SCHOOL HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN STUDENTS v SAYS 3HANMUGAM h"UT THE FACILITIES WE HAVE AT PRESENT ONLY ACCOMMODATE TO STUDENTS !ND IN THE COMING YEARS WE MAY GET MORE STU DENTS 7E NEED CLASSROOMS v 3PACE IS NOT THE ONLY CHALLENGE FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SCHOOL SYSTEM -OST !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN )NDIA ARE AFlLIATED WITH THE )NDIAN #OUNCIL OF 3ECONDARY %DUCA TION 4HIS ACCREDITING BODY TAKES SPECIAL CARE TO ADMINISTER TESTS AT !DVENTIST SCHOOLS ON 3UNDAYS 4HE +OTTARAKARA !DVENTIST 3CHOOL IN THE STATE OF +ERALA IS ACCREDITED BY THE )NDIAN GOVERNMENT 2ECENTLY HOWEVER

THE SCHOOL WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD A CRUCIAL TEST ON 3ATURDAY 4 ) *OHN PRINCIPAL OF +OTTARAKARA !DVENTIST 3CHOOL

EXPLAINS THE ISSUES AT STAKE h;3TUDENTS= GET ADMITTED TO COL LEGE BASED ON THE RESULTS ;OF THE TESTS= AND ;THE TEST= IS VERY CRUCIAL VERY DETERMINATE FOR THEIR FUTURE LIVES /NE CANNOT THINK OF NOT ATTEMPTING THEIR EXAMINATION IF THEY WANT TO PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES v *OHN MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MINISTER OF EDUCA TION FOR HIS DISTRICT AND ASKED THAT ACCOMMODATION BE MADE FOR THE SCHOOL SO THAT HIS STUDENTS COULD STAY TRUE TO THEIR FAITH AND NOT TAKE THE EXAM DURING 3ABBATH HOURS

4OP LEFT /.% /& 4(% /,$%34 *AMES -EMORIAL 3CHOOL ONE OF THE OLDEST !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN )NDIA NEEDS NEW CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMO DATE THE STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ENROLL ,EFT -)33)/. 3#(//,3 -ANY NONMEMBERS ATTEND !DVENTIST SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF EDU CATION THEY RECEIVE -ANY EVENTUALLY BECOME !DVENTISTS !BOVE .%7 "5),$).' .%%$%$ -EMBERS OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE VILLAGE OF 0ERAYAM LOOK FORWARD TO WORSHIPPING IN A NEW METAL BUILDING PROVIDED

BY THE lNANCIAL SUPPORT OF !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD

4HE ADMIN ISTRATOR TOLD *OHN h) M ALSO A #HRISTIAN ) WOULD WRITE AN EXAM ON 3AB BATH ) WOULD DO ANYTHING ON 3ATURDAY v *OHN REPLIED h9OUR FAITH IS DIFFERENT MY FAITH IS DIFFER ENT ) WOULDN T DO THAT ;ON 3ABBATH= AND MY STUDENTS WON T DO THAT 4HEREFORE PLEASE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MY CHILDREN TO WRITE THE EXAM MAKE SOME ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS v %VENTUALLY *OHN CONVINCED THE BOARD TO ALLOW THE STU DENTS TO TAKE THEIR EXAM AFTER 3ABBATH HOURS (OWEVER ANOTHER MORE BASIC CHALLENGE FACES THE +OT TARAKARA 3CHOOL ITS FACILITIES WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL -EMBER SCHOOLS MUST HAVE ADEQUATE CLASSROOM SPACE FOR EACH STUDENT AND THIS SCHOOL HAS FAR OUTGROWN ITS CURRENT FACILITIES )NDEED SPACE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THE MORE THAN !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN )NDIA 4HE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING FOR THE lRST QUARTER OF WILL PROVIDE lNANCES TO BUILD NEW CLASSROOMS ON ALL THREE OF THESE CAMPUSESˆMORE THAN NEW CLASSROOMS !ND #HURCHES 4OO

)N A SMALL OUTREACH MEETING WAS HELD UNDERNEATH THE BRANCHES OF RUBBER TREES IN A REMOTE FOREST IN CENTRAL )NDIA !FTER THE MEETINGS ENDED MANY OF THE NEW MEMBERS JOINED TOGETHER AND BUILT A MUD AND THATCH CHURCH IN WHICH TO MEET ,OCAL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR THE MEANS TO BUILD A NEW LARGER BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED THE CHURCH IN THE PAST THREE DECADES h) HAVE BEEN AT THIS CHURCH FOR MORE THAN YEARS NOW v SAYS -R 'EORGE A LOCAL ELDER h7E HAVE BEEN FASTING AND PRAYING THAT A NEW CHURCH WOULD BE BUILT TO HOLD OUR MEMBERS v

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&OR YEARS CHURCH MEMBERS HAVE WORKED TO KEEP THIS SMALL CHURCH BUILDING TOGETHER 4HEY DON T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BUILD A LARGER CHURCH TO HOLD THEIR GROWING CONGREGATION h-Y HUSBAND AND ) HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR MANY YEARS THAT A NEW BUILDING MAY COME TO OUR LOCATION v SAYS 4AYA 7ILLIAMS ONE OF THE LOCAL MEMBERS h(E DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR "UT JUST BEFORE ;HE DIED= WE FOUND OUT A NEW CHURCH WAS TO BE BUILT (E WAS SO HAPPY v 9OUR lNANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE 7ORLD "UDGET AND MIS SION OFFERINGS WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR A METAL CHURCH BUILD ING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF 0ERAYAM AS WELL AS AT SEVEN OTHER SITES ACROSS )NDIA 4HE MISSION OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TO LEAD PEOPLE TO *ESUS CAN CONTINUE IN A COUNTRY AS VAST AS )NDIA ONLY WITH YOUR PRAYERS YOUR lNANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4O lND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF !DVENTIST -IS SION VISIT !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG

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4HIS WAS A SLOW AND AT TIMES PAINFUL PROCESS IN WHICH 'OD CAME AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE HUMAN CONDITION WITHOUT SEVERE IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT SACRIlCING (IS MORAL INTEGRITY (E HAD A CLEAR PLAN THAT (E CONFESS ) DON T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND 'OD S ACTIONS 4HAT PROCEEDED TO IMPLEMENT DOESN T NECESSARILY BOTHER ME BECAUSE ) KNOW (IS (E DIDN T CHOOSE ONE OF THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH TO BE ACTIONS mOW OUT OF (IS LOVE HOLINESS MERCY AND JUS (IS PEOPLE (E DECIDED TO CREATE ONE FOR (IMSELF (E CALLED TICEˆTHAT IS TO SAY FROM (IS UNIQUE NATURE ) RECOGNIZE THAT !BRAM AND OUT OF HIM CAME TRIBES 4HE LAW OF THE CLANS HUMAN MORAL VALUES lND A POINT OF CONTACT IN THE CHARACTER AND TRIBES WAS VERY STRICT AND IN CASES OF VIOLATION QUICKLY OF 'OD AND THAT THEREFORE ) SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ENFORCED 4HE UNIlCATION OF THOSE TRIBES INTO ONE NATION MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE MORAL DIMENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS WAS NOT AN EASY TASK EVEN FOR THE ,ORD 4RIBAL LAW WAS OF (IS ACTIONS 3O ) SHOULD APPROPRIATED AND MODIlED ALWAYS SEEK UNDERSTANDING

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