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[0:00] Much fear and tremendous trembling. I invite Mr. I need the clicker, please.

[0:37] Yeah. Alright, good morning, everyone.

[0:54] It's an honor to be here. I told some of our guys, like, I've been working hard to give you some rain. I've heard that you have no rain for quite some time. In South Africa, one of my titles, they call me King I Zulu.

[1:10] That means King of the Rain. And that's the honor that I've got when I went to a countryside the first time in 2003. I went to the province of Pumalanga.

[1:23] It's hard to remember. And they had no rain for quite some time. And when I arrived there, two hours after, it was pouring rain, hard rain.

[1:36] And then after that, the community leaders, they gathered, including some of the witch doctors. They went there and they said, from now on, we'll bless you with the name King I Zulu, King of the Rain.

[1:54] Now, funny enough, every time we come to the stage, and especially towards the Midwest, we visit, you know, the farms there in Indiana, Illinois. And, you know, the last time, we were just raining and raining.

[2:09] And we told that story, and they were just like, hey, come back next year. We'll buy you the ticket, you know, because we want it. But my name is Dean. My wife's name is Sheba.

[2:20] We have two kids right there, Shedia and Shadesh. We are missionaries of Pingsuka Mission to the country of South Africa.

[2:32] That's the African continent. And on the very tip, there's a country called South Africa facing Atlantic Ocean on the right and Indian Ocean on the left.

[2:43] That is South Africa with its nine provinces. And we are based in the smallest province, right there in the middle. It's called Khaoting.

[2:55] All right? Khaoting. You have to have that rolling throat sound. Khaoting. Khaoting. That's where Pretoria, the capital, and the business capital of Johannesburg are located.

[3:08] Now, Johannesburg, metropolitan, has 13 million people. And to add on top of that, you have the big city of Pretoria. But we have ministries in Northwest, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State.

[3:25] And last year, we moved down to the Western Cape province to expand the work. Now, just a matter of country information, we have 64 million people with three capitals.

[3:44] And we have 12 official languages. All right? Official. It's on the Guinness Book of Record. Just to compare, South Africa is one-eighth the size of the U.S., a third the size of Europe, twice the size of France, and over three times the size of Germany.

[4:04] So it is quite a huge country. In South Africa, we are working closely with the organization that we started. It's called GAMSA, or Grace Outreach Ministries, South Africa.

[4:17] And the name of our churches is Grace Outreach Church. We love the word outreach because it reminds us of who we are as people. We are not supposed to just focus on the inside, but really go outside.

[4:32] We have a lot of ministries, but the first and the prime is our kids, our family. We are homeschooling Shidiya and Shidiya. Shidiya is grade 9, and Shidiya is grade 6.

[4:46] And they are both with the U.S. curriculum based in Tennessee. So they are learning more about American history and life.

[4:57] I don't know what's their future going to be, being Filipinos, learning things about America. But, you know, we just, you know, you just trust the Lord as we grow.

[5:09] Our main ministry is church planting, and we would like to emphasize that. Meaning whatever we do is towards planting a church.

[5:21] Bible study is temporary. Church is permanent, right? Feeding program is temporary. Church is permanent. We want to bring whatever, you know, that would be the result of what we are doing toward the church or planting a new church.

[5:40] That's always our goal. We have a goal to plant 28 churches in the year 2030. And right now we have several churches already.

[5:53] So we are working towards the completion of this vision. Now some people, they plant radio stations to expand the work. Others, they plant some kind of community center.

[6:05] We plant Bible schools. We plant Bible schools because we believe that if we plant a church, that's addition.

[6:16] But if we plant Bible school, it's multiplication. Why? Well, because if we are multiplying ourselves in the lives of other people, there are more people that can do the work.

[6:28] Now don't get us wrong because we've been planting churches. And it's not easy to start. My first member is always my wife. Then we have to rent a building. We have to find a place to fellowship.

[6:41] And it would usually take, you know, three years to establish the church. And we did it in the past. There was a time that we started a church from ground zero.

[6:52] My wife was the first member. First Sunday, just the two of us. And we had, you know, Amiga Church. I preached to her. And she was singing to me. And after that, we went to the restaurant.

[7:03] It's like, that was the church. Very good. But, you know, we experienced growth from that to the point that after one year and a half, we had, you know, more than a hundred people.

[7:16] But then the scary part is the question that is always coming from Ben Anderson, our director. He would come and like say, hey, this is very good.

[7:27] You are growing. A lot of people. But who will take over this? When your visa expires, you know, expires. When, for some reason, you move to another place, who will take over?

[7:39] That's always scary. And so we thought, okay, we need to invest in the lives of the people and reproduce ourselves. We have with G-Teams, that is Grace Theological Education and Ministry School.

[7:54] Right now, we have nine active campuses nationwide. And we have 109 students.

[8:05] And here are the list of places that we have campuses. But the Lord has blessed us with great opportunity to also expand our Bible school training even to the Asian countries.

[8:20] So we have campuses in Southeast Asia, in the Philippines, in Laos, in Vietnam. And recently, we are reaching out towards East Africa also.

[8:34] So we are grateful that they are using our curriculum. This was during the opening in 2022. Now, I'm going to report to you what the Lord has been doing from 2022 to 2025.

[8:51] I'm saying that because if we go back all the way to 22 years ago, we will be here until tomorrow. So we don't want that. I know Pastor Todd would be happy if I finished before 12, I think.

[9:05] So I would report from this current term. That is 2022 to 2025. That was the opening of our G-Teams in 2022.

[9:18] Then the graduation during that time. We had a special graduation because the students wanted to have a graduation when we are present.

[9:29] And we appreciated that. At that time, we just came from the States and then went to the Philippines. And they said, by the time you come, we are going to march. We are going to have a graduation.

[9:40] We came back and that's what happened. That was taken during our opening in 2023. I mean, a lot of yellow guys there.

[9:54] And we changed our color now. And that was during the graduation in 2023. Then the school opening last year, 2024.

[10:09] And the graduation batch, 2024, last year. This year, we started again, again with 109 students.

[10:21] And we are looking forward for the graduation. We will not be there in December. We have a national conference during the time. There will be more graduates.

[10:33] My wife is in charge of reproducing our books. We have special permissions that's from our friends who wrote books, publishers that we know.

[10:46] You know, they used to send books to South Africa before, but it's so expensive. They had to pay a lot of money to send books. And we had to pay a lot of money to receive those books.

[10:58] And so we decided, well, first, we decided to just print the books. And later on, we asked proper permission from them. So they had no choice than to give us the permission because we've been using the books already.

[11:12] But, you know, they are our friends. And it's really for the ministry. We are not getting money from printing these books. But look at my wife. She's a tiny woman, but she prints a lot of books.

[11:24] Now, before we came here last month, she printed 1,075 books by herself.

[11:35] And also, you know, when I say printed, it's not just like she would print that print button, you know, on a printer. But she also binds them.

[11:45] So she did a lot. And we are so grateful for her job. That's during the last visit to our office in Hinton Park, our office for G-Teams.

[12:00] Well, we have QR code if you are able to get that from there. But we have some info there at our table. Our national ministry update.

[12:13] This time, this term, we have more committed workers. We have more churches that we planted. And also, we have more younger people coming on board to our churches and ministries.

[12:27] These are our campus educators. Many of them are principals of our schools. Including myself.

[12:37] I'm leading the G-Teams in Cape Town. And these are some of our faithful G-Teams campus administrators. They take care of the details of the running of the Bible school.

[12:50] And my wife is the head admin officer. That's our church in Boxburg. Go Church. That's Grace Outreach Church in Boxburg.

[13:01] We have a church in Lindelani. And then we have a church in a factory. Can you believe that? We don't have a church building. But there is a big factory there that we can use.

[13:14] They are producing bags for corn and rice. We produce, you know, believers there. And now we have a campus there for G-Teams. So we are also producing pastors.

[13:25] And these pastors, some of them are workers of that factory. And because the manager is our pastor, so we can just do, you know, anything there.

[13:36] Sometimes he would call some of the Bible students and he would tell them, like, sit down. It's not busy there. You're not doing anything. Let's, you know, have a short Bible study time. Or you can take your exam or something like that.

[13:48] But, you know, it's just a great opportunity to teach and train men and women even from that area. That's our church in Sushangobi.

[14:00] And we have a church that has no roof. They are the real church, the people, in a farm. And so imagine when it's winter time, that's them.

[14:11] When it's raining time, they are not there. So please pray that we will get a building for these people. They are faithful, but really it's sad that there is no building there.

[14:25] We are also trying to ask permission from the owner of the farm to at least put a tent. But with the current situation with the farm issues in the Philippines, I mean, in South Africa, you know, it's very hard to get a piece of land where you can put your tent because the farm owners would think that we are going to get the land for us or for the people there.

[14:49] So pray that at least they will have a tent where they can have their fellowship on Sundays. That's our church in Dibiton. Dibiton is not far from the Serengeti farm.

[15:02] And we have a pioneering church in Alliance. Pioneering, it means that they just started and it's not yet in the category of the church.

[15:14] You know, we define church as, I know the biblical definition, but in our ministry we categorize the Bible study, pioneering work, and the full-pleased church.

[15:25] So this is in the category of an outreach, pioneering work in the place called Alliance. If you see, we are using a tent. We raise funds for a tent because we don't have a land yet and there's no building.

[15:39] So that is really a church for that area. And then we have another one in the town called Tamboville. It's also in the category of a pioneering work.

[15:52] We are using a tent. Another one that's very recent is in the town of Lehigh, not far from the biggest city in South Africa called Johannesburg.

[16:05] Then we have our youth gig ministry. Every June 16, every year in South Africa is a youth day celebration in honor of a group of students that died during the apartheid time.

[16:19] And during that day, June 16, we gather all our young people from different churches and we have our conference during that day. We also have Ladies Growing in Faith Together, Ladies GIF, that's the organization there, the women.

[16:39] And from time to time, we call all our churches around our area, three or four churches, and we do unity worship services, you know, just to have time to fellowship together.

[16:51] This was our annual national conference and also G-teams graduation ceremonies. We make sure that we have our national conference every year, every December, and as well as the G-teams graduation.

[17:10] It's nice to march when there are more people, right? It's always a good event. I mean, the students, the graduates, they feel like, no, it's a big deal.

[17:20] So they're wearing the gown with many people watching. We also have other ministries. I think the word other, we are going to use that more often because we keep on adding more ministries.

[17:35] But this one is Grace TV. I think everyone remembers that COVID time when the government said, okay, just, you know, three weeks, right?

[17:46] And three weeks became months and then months became years. We decided that we start an online ministry and we decided to continue it because it's really growing and expanding and it's reaching out to so many countries with so many people.

[18:02] So Grace TV, it sounds very fancy. And we do have big cameras and lights and, you know, professional microphones. We have a studio at home. But TV is really like teaching videos.

[18:16] So it's not just a devotional lesson. It's a proper lesson, you know, like dispensational biblical lessons that we even use to complement with our Bible school lessons.

[18:28] So if the students are in need of more lessons and they have questions about particular subject and because we have these lessons available on Grace TV, you know, before I would write the questions like another hour or two just to answer questions.

[18:45] Now I just go to my computer, copy and paste and then send the video to our student. It's a lot easier and quicker and more elaborated answer.

[18:56] That's me with my read suit in our living room when we started this soul food program. We have a Bible reading as a family before we eat our lunch.

[19:10] And so we thought, wow, we'll broadcast what we are reading and what we are learning to the world before we are going to eat. So, because I wear proper, you know, like suit and tie when I'm preaching, right after while my wife is editing, you know, the video on YouTube and Facebook or live streaming, I would be cooking with my suit and tie, you know.

[19:39] So I feel like it's a big deal. So my wife is the one behind the camera and she is our everything. She is the director, the camera woman, the editor, and then the crew.

[19:57] Well, we have Sidi and Sidiash. And I tell you, she is the one that's telling me, OK, put some powder on your face. You are shining with oil on your face. And she is a professional, by the way.

[20:09] She used to work in a television company. So when she is saying something, I pay attention because it's for the benefit of our ministry. That's our studio, the one on your left.

[20:24] That's our soul food studio. And then when we go Sunday live broadcast, we use bigger spaces, our living room most of the time.

[20:34] We also have ministries with the kids. That's kids gig or kids growing in grace. That's our ministry in South Africa. But it's also now expanding to the Philippines.

[20:47] And some countries are now planning to use that curriculum. My wife wrote some of these lessons for the Vacation Bible School.

[20:59] We have a lot of students in the Philippines because we have a lot of churches there. QR code again for kids gig if you want to know more about that on our Facebook page.

[21:13] We also have more ministries with the youth. We have youth gig, youth growing in grace. That's a national ministry. Then we have ministries with men. That's good men or grace outreach of dedicated men.

[21:31] We have ladies gift, of course, as I mentioned. And then we have ministries with young professionals, SPF 20+. It sounds like a sunblock, but it is a ministry with the young professionals with ages 20+.

[21:47] Then we have music ministry, Rhythms of Grace. And we have community outreach where during wintertime we give out blankets or sometimes food to the people and share the gospel to them.

[22:03] Last year, we moved down to Cape Town. That is 17 hours drive from our central ministry in Johannesburg. The purpose is to expand the work.

[22:16] We wanted to plant a church right away, but we are well aware that we are coming this side. So we decided we will plant a Bible school instead. And we have a lot of Bible study groups there.

[22:29] So aside from Bible study groups, we conduct, you know, teachings about grace message and the Bible. We also have Bible students.

[22:41] Our goal is to produce helpers and co-workers so that when we go back there in June to plant two churches, at least we have some co-liberers with us.

[22:54] That's always our goal to have helpers when we plant churches. So pray for us as we go back there because we are planting two churches.

[23:04] One in the northern suburb and one in the southern suburb. And we are going to do this on Sundays. So we will be busy in the morning as well as in the afternoon.

[23:16] Now, it's an honor that we are here and we've been sharing this need to the mission conferences. But now it's an honor to share our project to you.

[23:29] You know, with so many things going on, there are so many needs as well. And with the growth of our Bible schools, duty programs, we also need a lot of tables for, you know, our students, our campuses, a lot of whiteboards and chairs.

[23:47] And my wife has a big, you know, faith. She believes that next year we will have 100 students for first year. And more campuses.

[24:00] So please pray that the Lord will provide these needed equipments for our G-teams nationwide. For many, many years, we've been going to different campus, campsites, I should say, and conference centers, looking for bigger place for our national events.

[24:21] And we find them, we find some, but they are getting so expensive. And so we thought, as TCM and Gomsa Ministries together, we partner with each other.

[24:33] And this time, we are trying to raise funds to build our own home. So, we are sharing this to you in case the Lord is touching you to kind of give.

[24:46] If you are giving during Christmas, you know, times, this is a great opportunity that you can invest in something that you can go and touch and something that we can use and be productive.

[24:57] We are trying to build a place where we have a multi-purpose building. We'll have our conference there.

[25:08] We have our graduation there. And then a place where we can have our main Bible school. And then, you know, that's the office of TCM. That's also the office of our national counterpart, Gomsa.

[25:22] And, Lord willing, when we are having more funds, we want to put up a school there so that we can generate our income to support the national ministries.

[25:33] So that we don't have to ask from you help all the time. You know, we can sustain our own ministry. So, please pray for that. If you want to give, you know, let us know.

[25:44] But it's going to be for that project. And then this one, we've been debating if we are sharing this. But to tell you the truth, we don't have a car anymore.

[25:56] Before we came here, we decided to sell our Kia Sedona because it's reaching to close to 300,000 kilometers on the clock. And we got stuck.

[26:06] Before we came here, we got stuck three times. And it's really getting older. It's 2010. And it's been our second home. And it has traveled throughout the country.

[26:17] And as we travel more often, you know, we thought we need a car that works. So, please help us pray that the Lord will give us another used car, second-hand car, that we can put our family and continue with the ministries that God has given to us.

[26:36] So, if you want to learn more about our ministry, we have a table there at the back. We have prayer cards there. We have brochures there. And we have other information that you can use.

[26:46] Now, let's go to the Word of God. This morning, I'm going to talk about God's mission.

[26:58] God's mission. What is it and why it is important to be part of it? Now, at the back, there is the word or phrase, right?

[27:10] Miseo Dei. That's not DEI. That's Pastor Todd hinted us that there's another meaning to that.

[27:21] It's God's mission. Miseo Dei means God's mission. But what is God's mission? And why it is important to be part of it?

[27:34] Beloved, we've been missionaries for 22 years. And we really take pride of our organization. I believe that Things to Come mission is still very strong with the grace message.

[27:46] But at the same time, we are mission-minded, of course, because it is a mission organization. But we plant churches. And we have many ministries all over the world.

[27:58] I came from a country called Philippines. And we have 600 grace churches there. The biggest grace organization in the world. And being part of Things to Come mission, the main umbrella of that organization, we are so blessed.

[28:14] And we feel prideful, if that's the term. But we take pride of our work and our organization. But I want to tell you this morning, this mission is God's mission.

[28:26] He owns it. He studied it. He is our pattern. He is our example. It was God who was looking for man first.

[28:39] You remember that? We're in the Garden of Eden when man sinned against God. Now let's go to Genesis chapter 3 verse 9. It was God first who was looking for man.

[28:53] The Bible says, And the Lord God called unto Adam and said unto him, Where art thou? Or where are you? Now, in the Bible, when you see God asking questions, you pay attention.

[29:11] When the all-knowing God is asking a question, pay attention because it's not about Him. It is about you. You are going to learn something big. You are going to learn something that's very important.

[29:25] And when God was asking Adam, where are you? It was not a question of not knowing. God could see them naked behind a bush.

[29:35] Right? It was not a question of not knowing. He knew all along that Adam and then Eve sinned against Him.

[29:46] And so they were hiding. When God was asking, it was a question of longing. God wants fellowship. God wants to restore that relationship.

[29:59] And it was God who was, first of all, looking for the sinful Adam and Eve. It was Him who first promised a Redeemer.

[30:12] On the very chapter that you find the account of man sinning against God, in chapter 3 of Genesis and verse 15, you can find the first promise of a Redeemer.

[30:26] A son of a woman. And we know who is that person. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. But on the same chapter that man sinned against God, immediately God made a promise of a Redeemer that will save mankind.

[30:43] Genesis 3.15 God says, I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

[30:58] And that's the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. It was Him who did the first missionary work. At the very end of chapter 3 of the book of Genesis, you find God who was not only looking for man, who was not only promising a Redeemer to that man, but He was doing the salvation work right there.

[31:28] It was God who took an animal, shed its blood, remove its skin, dry it up, and put it on the sinful man.

[31:41] Genesis chapter 3 verse 21, the Bible says, And to Adam also, and to his wife, did the Lord God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

[31:52] It's a picture of, you know, the righteousness of God, imputed or given to, Adam and Eve. And I tell you today, it's still God, who desires, all men, to be saved.

[32:09] Yes, I want to see people being saved. Pastor Todd, wants people to be saved, but it's really, you know, just secondary desires. It's God first, who wants and desires people to be saved.

[32:25] It is very clear in 1 Timothy chapter 2, verses 3 and 4. Easy to remember, right? If you want to know God's will, 1 Timothy chapter 2, verses 3 and 4.

[32:43] 1, 2, 3, 4. In the book of 1 Timothy. You know, some people are wondering, what's the desire of God? Twofold. God wants people to be saved, and those who are saved, to come to the knowledge of the truth.

[33:00] But the question is, why it is important to be part of this mission? Number one, because the advancing, or the forthcomingness of the rapture, is dependent on this mission.

[33:14] How many times, that we pray for the Lord to come, because we are sick, we are in trouble, or because there is something, that's scary coming, and we pray, Lord, please come now, rescue us.

[33:29] I tell you, the Lord will not come, because you are praying. The Lord will not come, because you are in trouble. The Lord will not come, because you are going through, something tough and hard. The Lord will only come, when the membership of the body of Christ, is complete, and when the dispensation of grace, is over.

[33:49] And that will only happen, during a very important event, that's called, the rapture. Romans chapter 11, verse 25, some people are wondering, what is that?

[34:02] What is this, truth that Paul is teaching? Romans 11, 25 says, For I would not breathe in, that ye should be ignorant, of this mystery.

[34:16] Well, if you want to know more, about this mystery, you can ask Pastor Todd. I think, he can give you more details, of this. Lest any, lest ye should be wise, in your own conscience, that blindness in part, has happened to Israel, until, the fullness, of the Gentiles, be come in.

[34:37] I'm reading in King James Version. The passage, talks about, the fullness, of the Gentiles. Or the completeness, of the body of Christ.

[34:49] Or the end, of the dispensation of grace. Whatever term, you are going to use, this refers, to the end, of the dispensation of grace. And that is, the prerequisite, of the rapture.

[35:04] Alright? The rapture, is the culminating of events, of the dispensation of grace. And yes, I agree, rapture is imminent, from the perspective, that we don't know the time.

[35:16] And it can happen anytime. However, the scripture also tells us, that even the rapture, is imminent, it will not come, at any time, without, fulfilling, the qualifying conditions, and time.

[35:35] And that is, the fullness, of the Gentiles. What is that? The body of Christ, should be complete, and the dispensation of grace, has to end.

[35:49] Then, and only then, is the rapture. So, the question is, when is that going to take place?

[36:02] And the other question is, what are you going to do, to make that happen, sooner? Because, the flight, will not go, without it being, full packed.

[36:14] number two, because the mission, continues, to this, very, day. I think, all of us are aware, that Christ has not come yet.

[36:25] Right? And it means, that the mission, is still continuing. If the end of the, the mission, is the rapture, and the rapture, has not come yet, it means, the mission, is still continuing, and, it is very clear, in the scriptures.

[36:42] 2 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, I tell you, I'm trying to, preach faster, because, I want to do, I want to finish this, before the time. And I don't know, what time you are going to finish, but, I want to do, this presentation, and message, at this, you know, at the time, that is allotted.

[37:02] 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, 18 to 20. The Bible says, and all things, are of God, who hath reconciled us, to himself, by Jesus Christ, and hath given us, the believers, members of the body of Christ, what?

[37:16] The ministry, of reconciliation. It's not just us, missionaries, that are given, this ministry, of reconciliation, all the believers, all of you, that are here, in this town, you have the ministry, of reconciliation.

[37:36] 19, to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world, unto himself, not imputing, their trespasses, unto them, and hath committed, unto us, the word, of reconciliation.

[37:51] So, we have the ministry, of reconciliation, then we have the word, of reconciliation. Both, were given, to the believers. And then, in verse 20, the Bible says, now then, we, the ones who receive, the message, of reconciliation, the ones who receive, the ministry, of reconciliation, reconciliation, we, all together, we are ambassadors, for the Lord Jesus Christ.

[38:20] So, we are, technically, are all missionaries, right? and we have a message, and a ministry, to do. We are ambassadors, for the Lord Jesus Christ.

[38:33] Now, the rapture, has not occurred yet, it means, the mission continues, there are still, so many people, that are, unreached, and, unsaved. What's the difference?

[38:46] Well, the unsaved, are, the people, that you've been, to them, you've been preaching, the gospel, to them, to them, and a million times, they're saying, no, we don't care, about your Christ, we don't care, about your Bible, we don't care, about your church, and here's, a big no, and the next time again, you go to them, and next time again, you go to them, and over and over, they have the opportunity, to believe, and yet, they refuse, to believe, they are, the unsaved people, but then, there are people, that are, unreached, the unreached people, they are the people, that they never heard, the gospel, in their, life, never heard, about Christ, the cross, and the grace, of God, they never heard, of, of the gospel, and they have not, given an opportunity, to believe, or reject, the gospel,

[39:49] I don't know, in America, if there are, unreached people, but there are, many, unreached people, in Southeast Asia, in the Middle East, you go to them, and ask about, if they know, Jesus Christ, well, Pastor Ben Anderson, our director, at least, he asked, an Uber driver, if the driver, knows Jesus Christ, and this Uber driver, says, well, no, but if you give, me, his address, I'll take you there, those, people, those, people, they never heard, the gospel, that's why, we need to send, more missionaries, to these people, so that, they will hear, of the gospel, and they will be saved, number three, because God, is accomplishing, this mission, through, us, members, members, of the body, of Christ, how I wish, that God, will use angels, to preach the gospel, to the world, have you thought, about it, not the tiny, little, short guy, like,

[40:59] Pastor Dean, who is, stuttering, and stuttering, and no, money, and asking for money, for people, so that, we can stay in, in South Africa, and, continue with the work, how I wish, that God, would use angels, I mean, just imagine, Angel Gabriel, go to South Africa, the angel, doesn't need, to raise funds, doesn't need, food, doesn't need, to go through, airports, and wait, for many, many hours, just to go, to a particular, country, he would just, zoom, and he's in there, to that country, wherever he wants, to go, and just imagine, in Living Wolf, an angel, from the Lord, having an open air, crusade, right there, in the middle of the town, I think all those people, drinking, they will stop, and listen to him, and you have people, all over Washington, coming in, because it's going, to be explosive, right, but it places God, to use you and me, as imperfect as we are, to preach, the gospel, and to accomplish, this mission, and so, in 2nd Corinthians, chapter 6, verse 1,

[42:19] Apostle Paul says, within, as workers, together, with him, that's together, with Christ, what an honor, that we are working, with the Lord Jesus Christ, in accomplishing, this task, as we travel around, we are asking, we are asking people, two questions, I promise you, they are not tricky, like the question, of Pastor Todd, this morning, the first question is, are you a member, of the body of Christ, are you a member, of the body of Christ, it is answerable, by yes or no, if you are, not saved, your answer is, a big no, you've got to be, saved, right, but if you are saved, your answer is, yes, you are a member, of the body of Christ, this question, is, a salvation, question, and your destination, depends on your answer, yes or no, all right,

[43:23] I hope you can answer that, in a simplest way, and your answer, yes, that would be really great, but the second question is, if you are already, in the body of Christ, here's the question, which part are you, you know, or what part are you, of that body, which part, do you belong to, which particular part, or place, in the body of Christ, do you belong, so you are, in the body of Christ, question, where are you, definitely, you are not the head, because that's Christ, but now, which part, of the body, of Christ, you belong, well, I discovered, many years ago, that I belong, to the mouth, of Christ, I cannot sing much, but I can try, but, I can talk, when we started, the Bible school, I was the only teacher, so I had to teach, from nine o'clock, in the morning, all the way, to five, in the afternoon, with one hour break, and even during, the break time,

[44:29] I'm still talking, to the students, so my wife, would grab me, with my hand, and put me, in another room, so that I can be, quiet, and finish my food, but some of us, you know, cannot talk, you are terrified, with, you know, two minutes, here on the front, but you can give, but you can go, but you can comfort, and counsel, the body of Christ, has so many parts, and you have, to find, you have to discover, you have to know, which part, of the body of Christ, you belong, why?

[45:06] Because when you find, your place, in the body of Christ, you find your ministry, and you find your gifts, vice versa, I'm still struggling, which come first, you know, you discover your gift, and that will lead you, to your place, or you discover your place, and you discover your gift, whichever way, I don't have any problem, but, you've got to find, your place, in the body of Christ, so that you can begin, doing, your ministry, and you become, fulfilled, and satisfied, how many times, you are doing something, and you are complaining, all the time, because that's not, your place, that's not your part, you have not seen, a mouth walking, because that's not, good, right?

[45:56] And if you try, to walk with your hand, you can only do so much, and you cannot go far, because the work of the hand, is not to walk, but to share, right?

[46:10] To reach out, the work of the feet, is to walk, and so, once you find, your place, you discover your place, and your part, in the body of Christ, you do the ministry, more effectively, you are a lot happier, you are fulfilled, and, you are even willing, to sacrifice, to accomplish it, to do it, it will make, a lot of difference, it will make, a lot of difference, I will close, with this point, when we talk, about mission, I think of a verse, in the scriptures, in the book of, Acts chapter 13, Acts chapter 13, and in verse 3, there is a very short, verse here, and it says, and when they, that is, the believers there, in Antioch, had fasted, and prayed, and laid their hands, on them, that is, Paul, and Barnabas, they sent, them,

[47:15] Paul and Barnabas, away, now two groups, of people here, the saint ones, we have, Paul and Barnabas, the saint ones, are the ones, that in our time, they are the trained, missionaries, right, they are the people, who are willing, to step forward, in faith, I went to South Africa, March, 21, 2003, with three year visa, on my passport, and $20, in my pocket, there is a, big difference, between stupidity, there is a big line, right, or thin line, I should say, between stupidity, and faith, and I was on the, very thin line, no promise support, I was not able, able to travel, to churches, and promote, the ministry, one of our founders, founders, in the Philippines, said, do you think, God called you, to be a missionary, after training, you know, to confirm, that I'm still going, Vernon,

[48:16] Anderson, he says, do you still, believe that God, called you to be a missionary, yes, I answered, and he said, if that's the case, we'll buy your ticket, get your visa, and here's $20, in case you're, you get hungry, at the airport, it's like, I'm going to school, right, coming back, in the afternoon, no wonder, that I was crying, for two weeks, when I arrived, in South Africa, because, I was staying, in the village, far away, from anyone, I was the only, white guy, just imagine that, I was the only, white guy, in that place, and I'm not, even a white guy, you know, and the only one, the only person, they know, from Asia, there is, Jacket San, Jacket San, and I'm not, Jacket San, so you know, that I was in a place, that I was not, supposed to be there, and I was crying, for two weeks, but these are, some of the things, that you know, the missionaries, go through, the spent ones, are the people, who are willing, to apply for passports, not all of us, are willing, to apply for passports, when you line up, and wait, and get all the requirements, they are the people, who are willing, willing to cross, barriers, borders, cultures, and languages,

[49:41] I have a hard time, preaching in my own language, now, because, I'm just, my language is really a mess, because I'm not, preaching anymore, with my native tongue, and I'm not using it much, so now, that's now, really, messed up, then I'm still learning English, and I'm still not very good, with English, I still have to improve, and, what if I'm going to Laos, or Vietnam, or, other countries, that I have to learn, another language, with my age, I think that's almost impossible, but there are missionaries, that, they go there, they learn the language, for two years, I didn't have patience, for two years, I want to go to a place, and I preach, right away, that's why, when the offer was, to go to Brazil, I said, can the people there, understand English, and they said, no, you have to learn,

[50:43] Portuguese, for at least two years, I said, no, I'm not going there, give me a country, that's English, at the airport, I want to preach, well, on the plane, I was sharing the gospel, to the one next to me, my, my appetite, for new language, is really not, that much, but, there are people, there are missionaries, that they are willing, to learn new languages, for the sake, of the opportunity, to preach the gospel, the missionaries, the saint ones, are the people, who are willing, to leave their loved ones, behind, leave their families, their people, their works, behind, leave their own town, familiar places, and faces, for something, that's totally, strange, but then, there's this, another group, they are the cinders, the cinders, are the people, who remain in their homes, their countries, their churches, they're continuing, with their works, staying with their loved ones, they are the ones, who pray, and communicate, with missionaries, they are the ones, that are giving, supporting, sacrificially, to sustain, the families, of those, who are in the mission fields, and you are, the saint ones, if you cannot go, send, send, someone, and God, will accomplish, this mission, of saving the lost, and edifying the saints, with us, together, when the cinders, and the saint ones, work together, the Lord, can accomplish, this precious task, of saving the lost, and edifying the saints, if you happen to, want to, you know, have a vacation, and, experience, our work, you are very much, welcome in South Africa, we are living, in Cape Town, we are right there, where, the Indian Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean, meet together, we have everything, we can offer, mountains, rivers, beaches, you know, we've got all of them, and ministries, of course, and, not to mention, we just, beat New York, as, the most, visited, country, in the world, on the travel, magazine, so, you know,

[53:27] I hope, I hope you consider, to visit us, but, thank you for, having us, thank you for your, missionary, conferences, you've been doing this, for quite some time, and it's always an honor, to be left behind, on Sunday morning, we have a question, that we keep asking, why us?

[53:50]  and then, we realize, wow, we have more people, to share, so, that's a blessing, let's pray, Father, we thank you, holy cow,