2013 Priceless Gift Catalog

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THE ASAP PRICELESS GIFT CATALOG

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Simply Give!

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ake a moment to reflect on the complex act of giving. What motivates you to give? To be honest, at times I have secretly wondered, “What’s in it for me?” or “Is that beggar by the road REALLY going to use the money for food as he says?” or “Where can I donate and get the most bang for my buck?” I encourage you to research the old 19th century term “disinterested benevolence,” often used by Charles Finney and other reformers of that time. In short, it means a charitable act free of bias or self-interest. Ellen White writes, “I point you to the life of Jesus as a perfect pattern. His life was characterized by disinterested benevolence” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 218).

Jesus suffered and died on the cross. He gave His life for us simply because it was His Father’s will. He urges you and me to give in the same manner—no strings attached. As you study this gift catalog, may you respond as Jesus would.

Simply give!

“Let us thank God for His priceless Gift!”

2 corinthians 9:15 gnt

ON THE COVER: This boy from Cambodia faithfully attends church with his mother, Mrs. Kong. He was happy about his newly adopted puppy, but was even more excited when given a copy of My Bible First lessons for the very first time (see GIFT #509).

Adventist Southeast Asia Projects

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ASAP, P.O. Box 84, Berrien Springs, MI 49103 • 1-866-365-3541 • office@asapministries.org • www.asapministries.org

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Adventist Southeast Asia Projects is fueled by mission-minded individuals whom God impresses. Be assured that 100% of your donation goes directly to the project(s) you specify. However, in the blessed event that the project you chose is fully funded, ASAP will use your gift for a similar project or where most needed to help spread the gospel and ease the suffering in Southeast Asia. ASAP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization making your donations tax-deductible.

ASI MEMBER ASAP has been a member of ASI (Adventist-layman’s Services and Industries) since 1996 and is grateful to be an ASI grant recipient. *Some names have been changed for the safety of God’s workers.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR/DIRECTOR Judy Aitken EDITOR/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Julia O’Carey COPY EDITORS Wayne Labins and Linda Bauer DESIGN/LAYOUT Sarah Lee | ambientlightstudios.com PHOTOGRAPHY AJ O'Carey, Deane Jackson (cover) GC2013

8 Easy Ways to Give

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pray and give the most effective gift ever because your prayers move heaven. Join the ASAP Prayer Team online: www.asapministries/pray

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mail in the remittance envelope with your check, money order, or credit card information to: ASAP, PO Box 84 Berrien Springs, MI 49103

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call our toll-free number: 1-866-365-3541

monthly through automatic 4 give withdrawals from your bank account or credit card. Go online or call our office to enroll in this program.

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go online to asapministries.org to give to more exciting projects!

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give in honor, memory or thankfulness and ASAP will send a gift card to the individual(s) you are honoring or thanking.

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invest in a future gift through planned giving, such as designating ASAP as a beneficiary of your will, gift annuity, revocable living trust, IRA, or 401(k).

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serve on ASAP’s annual mission trip, become an ASAP ambassador or a volunteer in the home office. Visit our website for more information.

God is Able

BY SAM NGALA

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n the winter of 2010, I resolved to reach out to thousands of refugees from Myanmar and Southeast Asia that need to know Jesus. I prayed a lot about this and starting from 2011, while in my third year as a full-time seminary student at Andrews University, I decided to dedicate each weekend to working with the refugees and immigrants in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as in other states. I stepped out in faith since I did not have a car of my own for the seven hour round-trip. God did not fail me. Within one year, twenty-eight individuals joined the Southside SDA Church through a profession of faith. At the moment, I am giving Bible studies to youth and adults, some of whom have never heard of the gospel of Christ. I trust as I continue to move forward I will see God continue to provide.

“But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.�

Numbers 14:21

REACH STRUGGLING REFUGEES

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$30 provides a refugee family with a space heater $1,000 helps support a Church Planter in the USA $6,000 will provide a good used van to transport refugees to church

NATIONAL MISSIONARIES Give to ASAP’s ongoing greatest need: National Missionaries!

Refugees coming from Southeast Asia struggle to survive, with limited language skills and resources. Your gifts will aid our Southeast Asian brothers and sisters during a vulnerable time in their lives. Remember this mission on your doorstep!

SEND AN ASAP CHURCH PLANTER

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$160/month in Cambodia $120/month in Myanmar $160/month in Thailand

ASAP church planters, filled with the Holy Spirit, sacrificially labor for souls amidst many challenges.

Because of the poverty, the tithe base is too low to sustain these workers. With your support, brothers and sisters in Christ can work for God.

SUPPORT A LAY PASTOR

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$100/month in Laos $95/month in Vietnam

Lay pastors in Laos and Vietnam often suffer persecution from family members, neighbors, and government officials. Your gift enables them to forge ahead in caring for house churches and planting new groups.

#103 BRING GOD’S HEALING WITH A MEDICAL MISSIONARY

$120/month in Myanmar $30/month in Cambodia

Medical missionary work, the right arm of the gospel, reaches a segment of the population in Southeast Asia that could not be reached any other way.

EMPOWER A VIETNAMESE YOUTH EVANGELIST

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$40/month stipend $200 send to an evangelist to a training seminar

Youth in Vietnam are being trained for leading the church in the future. They are active in outreach, giving Bible studies and even leading some of the house churches.

PROVIDE MEDICAL AID TO A MISSIONARY

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$120/year per missionary family (given as needed)

ASAP missionaries work on small stipends that do not include medical insurance. You can help provide funds that are put in a medical fund and used when a missionary has a medical emergency.

Daring Distribution

BY LAY PASTOR TRONG HUU*

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hirteen evangelists from our church and I went to pass out Pastor Isah Young’s sermon DVDs. We prayed over the 2,000 DVDs, committing our outreach efforts to God. We went about sharing DVDs in the market until police officers on mopeds rounded us up. They brought us to the police station and interrogated us with questions like, “Are there anti-government messages on the DVDs?” I told them to watch the DVDs to see for themselves, which they did.

All the while we were praying silently. Finally at 3 p.m., after seven hours, they released all of us. We realize that this experience hindered our outreach that day, but it strengthened our faith. We praise God that they did not fine us for illegally distributing literature.

They confiscated only four DVDs. To my surprise, one officer called my phone and said, “Pastor Isah Young is a really good speaker!”

“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven ...”

Matthew 6:20

FEED THE SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY THROUGH DVDS

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$1 for 4 DVDs filled with messages of truth $45/DVD player and sermon set for a house church in Vietnam

EVANGELISM TOOLS Visit www.asapministries.org for more exciting projects

You can put DVDs, which contain contextualized sermons in Southeast Asian languages, in the hands of people seeking freedom in Jesus. We need 200,000 DVDs this year!

PROVIDE THE BEST GIFT EVER, GOD’S WORD

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$5 Vietnam, $5.50 Lao, Hmong, $10 Cambodia, Thai, Burmese, $15 Karen Bibles

Arm new believers in Southeast Asia with the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. This will enable them to fight off the attacks of the devil.

SPEED UP PROGRESS IN THE MISSION FIELD

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$100 for moped repairs or a bicycle $1,000 for a moped

Help meet ASAP missionaries’ vital transportation needs by purchasing a bicycle or moped. Mopeds help missionaries spread the gospel in villages and towns far from their homes and even transport villagers to the hospital during medical emergencies.

PROMOTE THE HEALTH MESSAGE

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$150 for a Medical Missionary Kit $500 to conduct one health expo

God’s simple methods, which address people’s health issues, open doors for the entrance of present truth. Your gift for a Medical Missionary Kit includes a blood pressure machine and body fat analyzer/BMI/health age scale.

SUPPORT THE VIETNAMESE ONLINE BIBLE COLLEGE

$10,000/year stipend to support a writer/editor of the courses

#218 NEW

Jump on board and support the first-ever online Bible college for Seventh-day Adventists in Vietnamese. Your involvement will help feed many spiritually!

MAKE THE BIBLE REAL AND UNDERSTANDABLE

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$1 provides one quarter’s My Bible First lesson booklet $5,000/quarter printing costs for Cambodia Adventist Mission $15,000/quarter printing costs for Vietnam house churches

Children and their parents in Cambodia and Vietnam love My Bible First lessons because they are written in a simple, interesting way that brings the Bible stories to life.

“REACH THE WORLD FROM HERE” KIT

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$50,000 for development of the kit and brochure

The “Reach the World from Here” kit will be a practical tool to teach and equip church members in North America to reach out to refugees and international students right around them. Scott Griswold, ASAP's Mission Mobilizer, is heading this project up.

Perfect in Weakness

BY LITERACY TEACHER CHENDA NETH FROM CAMBODIA

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ill you pray about becoming a literacy teacher?” Church Planter Thearith asked. I was stunned by his question.

“Why me?” I thought. I had barely said a word in church because I was so shy. “How could I ever stand in front of children and teach?” I wondered. After praying, the Lord clearly showed me it was His plan for me to teach.

I started out with five children on the porch of my parent’s home.

This number quickly grew as children told their friends and I made home visits. The children enjoyed hearing the Bible stories and liked to sing; however, one by one, they stopped coming to class. Finally I was down to two students. Discouraged, I went to Church Planter Tearith to resign, but he would not let me. He reminded me that, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. He said, “We need to pray!” After much prayer, the students started coming back to class. So many new students came we had to build a literacy center. Now my sister, Chandu, and four assistants help me teach six classes a day with a total of 208 students.

“All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.”

Isaiah 54:13

GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING TO READ

$40/month stipend for a literacy teacher $50 for classroom supplies (white board, etc.)

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EDUCATION Give the gift of prayer! Sign up at www.asapministries/pray

Did you know for the cost of one dinner out, one literacy teacher can work for a month? Your gift for the literacy program will help a woman or child learn how to read for the first time and learn about Jesus too. ASAP wants to support many more literacy teachers.

SPONSOR AN AT-RISK CHILD

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$20/month for a Feed & Read Student $10 for one school uniform

Combat evil by praying for and giving to help one or more children escape hunger, child labor, and possibly being trafficked. Your gift will give them a life-changing opportunity to receive a quality Christian education in an ASAP Feed & Read School.

BRING YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WATER IN LAOS

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$150/year sponsor a student in training to be God’s worker $300,000 to build the Living Water Academy (Phase 1)

Laos is in need of quality Christian education for their young people in order to build up workers for the future. Phase 1 of the Living Water Academy will provide a school, dormitory, staff housing, cafeteria, water tank, and small farm for 90 middle school students.

BUILD A LITERACY CENTER/CHURCH

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$4,500 for one literacy center/church $15,000–$100,000 per permanent structure

ASAP is committed to providing simple yet sturdy literacy centers and churches. NOTE: Costs vary for each building project.

SEND ORPHANS AND POOR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL

$90/year day student $450/year dorm student

#313 NEW

Walk by faith with Tim and Wendy Maddocks, the administrators who run Wat Preah Yesu (Jesus’ Pagoda) School in Cambodia where about 350 students learn of Jesus.

TEACH REFUGEES IN THAILAND ABOUT JESUS

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$70/month stipend for one teacher $15,000 needed per year

Life can be harsh for refugee children in Thailand. Karen Adventist Academy is a K–12 school in the Mae Ra Moo Refugee Camp that prepares students for service. More than 700 students attend. This school needs your support!

Buffalo Blessings

BY NHEN SAO

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am so thankful for the water buffalos that were given to me. One day my water buffalos became sick and I didn’t have money to buy medicine to give them injections. My first thought was to call the shaman and have him perform a ceremony for them. I went to my relatives to ask for a loan so I could pay for this. They didn’t help me. I had nowhere to turn. Suddenly, the words of a song I learned in church came into my mind. “If you have any problems, you can pray to God. He will help you.”

Christianity was very new to me, but I thought I would try it. “Oh God, if you are true and real, please heal my buffalos.” After an hour, I saw my two buffaloes eyes open but they were still lying on their sides with their hooves in the air. I was afraid so I knelt down and prayed again.

Then something amazing happened! My buffalos got right up and started eating some dry hay. I knew that was a sign that God was answering my prayers. I shouted with joy and called my relatives and told them, “My buffalos are healed!” That day I saw that God is real. It was the beginning of my walk with Jesus.

“He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given.”

Proverbs 19:17

#415 SHARE & CARE

$500 per water buffalo or cow $10,000 per income-generating project for a group

HUMANITARIAN Call 1-866-365-3541 for more copies of this catalog to share.

Like ripples in a pond, your contribution to this project will have an impact that reaches to the shores of eternity. Provide a future filled with hope by helping a family or church escape the poverty cycle through income-generating projects.

PROVIDE CLEAN WATER

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$250 for a hand-dug well $3,000+ for a water system

The life and health of a village can be revitalized by one, clean, water well.

You can help ASAP build or repair freshwater wells, along with providing pumps, pipes and water urns. This project, along with all ASAP’s humanitarian projects, are intimately linked with our mission to spread the gospel.

RESPOND TO DISASTER VICTIMS

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$40 will feed one family for a month $250 will build one family a shelter

Yearly, believers in Asia encounter natural disasters such as droughts, flooding or other crises. ASAP missionaries become a sermon in shoes by bringing them food and shelter. Your gift today will make it possible for a rapid response when disaster hits.

ADMINISTER LOVE TO “THE LEAST”

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$45/month per resident $30,000 needed per year

Support the Sda Center and restore hope and dignity by providing a safe place, food, spiritual support and care to new SDA believers with AIDS (Sda means “to restore” in the Khmer language).

HELP TO SUSTAIN ASAP’S MISSION

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Any amount you give will help make a difference

Your gift will be used toward critical day-to-day operational needs for our organization. We are grateful for your special gift to help ASAP continue facilitating your favorite projects.

KNOTS & KNOWLEDGE PROJECT

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$5 for one floor mat loom $150 trains one woman $6,000 will train 40 ladies

This project teaches women to make string hammocks and floor mats so they can sell them to generate income for their families. They not only learn a useful skill but they receive Bible studies and Christian fellowship which changes their lives.

INVEST NOW FOR FUTURE MISSIONARIES

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$30,000 per rubber plantation

You can be part of this pilot project in Myanmar by purchasing a 20-acre rubber plantation. Adventist students will work the land and receive tuition assistance as payment. In two years, this project will generate about $16,500 and profit will go for ASAP missionaries’ stipends.

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