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It was 50 years ago when my mother and my father began an unforgettable

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journey.

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I was just 7 months old when

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they moved deep into the jungles of Papua.

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We made our home among a small tribal group

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known as the Sawi.

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My dad learned the language.

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My mom treated the sick.

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All with the purpose of telling them about Jesus.

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The people

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did not respond.

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The Sawi were headhunters.

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They were cannibals.

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They lived in a constant state of war.

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As time passed,

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we began to lose hope that the gospel would take root.

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My parents were faced with a decision.

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Finally,

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dad explained to the Sawi that if they kept on fighting,

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we could no longer stay.

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But the

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Sawi were desperate to keep us around.

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So they finally agreed to make peace with each other.

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In order for that to happen,

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each Sawi village gave an infant,

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a baby boy,

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to their enemies.

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And this child became known as the peace child.

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It was through this unexpected exchange.

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buried deep in their culture,

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that my parents were given a perfect opportunity to share the Gospel with

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the Sawi.

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bahwa Tuhan sendiri, Jesus,

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It's been 50 tahun

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dari itu.

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And we're very anxious

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to see how the Sawi are doing.

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It's fairly early in the morning

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on June 23,

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and everybody's

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I'm still asleep and I'm this is the

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day I'm

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I'm on my way.

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I was up pretty late last night making sure that I had everything I needed.

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And I hope I haven't forgotten anything.

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I got quite a few gifts for people.

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I think I'm set to go.

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It's been almost 25 years

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now since I've been there.

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I don't know how much things have changed.

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It's possible that a lot of the people that I know are

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no longer alive.

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But I think some of my friends will still be there and it's

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going to be an amazing reunion with them.

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I'm joining my two brothers, Shannon and Paul.

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My dad just turned 77,

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and this is his first time back in many,

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many years.

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So for our family,

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for my brothers and my dad and I,

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this is the trip of a lifetime.

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So now we climb,

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all we do is climb.

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And we'll just keep on planning

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He's so proud because he said we gave them to the Sa'wi.

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Yeah, they're real proud because they said they gave up mom and dad and gave them to the Sa

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'wi.

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They're enemy tribes.

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Her father was one of the paddlers and he died so she's taking his place.

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She's taking his place.

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These two women are the daughters of the paddlers who brought mom and dad.

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And they have their weapons in the canoes here to reenact the fact that they

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brought their weapons because they were heading into enemy territory.

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So each person is here with a meaning.

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There's symbolism in each person's presence on this little flotilla of

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three canoes.

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Just to take us to the same place where we landed.

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Yeah, to the very same spot.

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Normally you wouldn't hear someone say,

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it's great to see so many old people.

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Disease took its toll.

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Death from warfare took its toll.

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But now to come back and see that there are just

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throngs among the crowds of people.

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Throngs of people with gray hair and old enough that

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they have trouble walking along the trail.

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That's a special joy.

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So they've reached out and

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they've invited, I think,

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five tribes around them.

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So they're making themselves a base because something really significant

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happened among them.

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And it seems like this has been implanted in the hearts of the Sawi.

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They aren't meant to just sit around enjoying Christ and getting fat and happy.

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The whole point is to reach out and share it with others.

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So they're doing that.

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We're seeing it in action.

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He's explaining he's from a remote village.

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After the Bible is translated,

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someone brought the scriptures to him.

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He's taking

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a Christian name called Isaac.

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They really rolled out the red carpet.

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Hundreds and hundreds of people from five different tribes were here,

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and for me the emotion was just overwhelming.

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I think one of the things that struck me,

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maybe the most,

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was how many people grabbed my hand or gave me a hug,

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often with tears in their eyes,

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and said that they had been my close friend or playmate when I was little.

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And I was surprised how many of the older

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people are still alive who actually witnessed my parents' arrival.

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So it's amazing to see the legacy of God's grace through

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my parents in their obedient step of faith 50 years

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ago.

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Electricity

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except for a little generator.

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And there's no emails.

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There's no text messages.

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Just,

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you know,

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it's just quiet here.

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And it's beautiful.

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And there's a connection with the people here.

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Just waking up in

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the morning hearing the sounds of the jungle.

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I don't know, I've slept better last night than I

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have in years,

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even though I'm just sleeping on the floor in this village.

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so there is something to going back

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because I've lived so many places

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in different parts of the world

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traveled so much

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I've never been able to really say where it's home

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but I think this

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would probably be more than anywhere else

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is where I was born and raised

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so

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this will always be special for me

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oh this is

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These are grubs and inside they're just full of grease and the heads

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are really strange actually

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the more I think about it.

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But they grow on

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you.

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When we came for the first time,

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there was a lot of enmity between the tribes.

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Coming back after so many years to see the relationship between these

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people where there's really almost no line of demarcation between them.

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They're just treating each other like brothers and sisters.

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They love each other.

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They share the leadership and the church services.

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And they're intermarrying.

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So the walls

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that have been broken down by virtue of the gospel's impact are very,

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very obvious.

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We've been told we'd be helping to baptize 50 new

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believers.

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And so the first

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two groups came down,

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about 25 each.

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I thought that must be it.

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And then they kept coming,

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filing down.

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selamat menikmati

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25 at a time

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dan I personally baptized

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15 out of

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25 groups

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so

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assuming it was 15

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at each time that's 325

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some missionaries here

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from other parts of the country

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who are helping to

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educate

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and disciple

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Dan mereka melihat Pechak.

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Itu adalah sebuah yang mereka berada di sini.

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Mereka mereka akan kembali di dunia dan wanita.

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Mereka berlaku dari kultur lain dari seluruh lingkungan

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yang kami membuatkan di dalam kebaikan.

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This is our yard around here.

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My dad made this bridge that I'm standing on

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more than 40 years ago, probably 45 years ago.

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My world just revolved around this area,

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just swimming in this river.

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His name is Moses.

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And he was just saying that he used to really enjoy jumping off the tree

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here with me into the river.

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He

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said

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when my parents came years ago that they were still living in darkness.

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God's word has been planted here.

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The gospel has been received.

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The place is full of peace.

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It's a safe place to live.

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We're very blessed.

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I want to give thanks to God.

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Because the gospel came here.

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I

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want you to know that when you leave on the airplane tomorrow,

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that we're going to stay faithful to the gospel as long as we live.

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It's everything to us.

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Goodbye and God bless you,

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he says.

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The younger generation is really thriving.

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There are lots of challenges,

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but they're aggressive.

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They're taking places of leadership.

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I'm impressed with the desire to progress,

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the desire to make an impact.

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I'm encouraged

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that these tribes that used to be mortal enemies are so close

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to each other now.

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They see themselves almost as one.

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The old tribal barriers and divisions that I

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sensed and knew as a child

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have long since broken down.

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And they really feel themselves as being one people.

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Part of that is because they share a sense of significance

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and identity

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by virtue of their story that

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has been told.

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And it makes me wonder how many more people

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around the world are still waiting to experience what the sawi

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have experienced.

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