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<v SPEAKER_01>You can see I speak fabulous English.

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<v SPEAKER_01>My wife will be translating for me only because she wants to talk for me, okay?

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's true.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's really true.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I want to go ahead and invite you to open your Bibles.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We're going to be reading in the book of Isaiah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Isaiah chapter 42.

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<v SPEAKER_00>When you have that, Isaiah chapter 42, go, Amen.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Isaiah 42?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Alright, we're gonna be reading verses six through nine.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is what the Lord says to us today.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people Israel as a symbol of my covenant with them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And you will be a light to guide the nations, you will open the eyes of the blind, you will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I am the Lord, that is my name.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with idols.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a joy for me.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I have a friend Alfredo, Papa de Simone.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Okay.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I have a friend here from um Argentina.

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<v SPEAKER_00>His name is Alfredo.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He is a he and Ruthie are the parents of Simone who comes to this church, and they I don't remember everything else you said.

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<v SPEAKER_00>There's always a time in the day, in the week, in the month that you need to have some coffee with a friend.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So when I need that, I go and have coffee with my friend Alfredo.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Before I start with anything, I want to start off with a word.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I've spoken to some of you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In a project together.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that is to serve the kingdom of heaven.

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<v SPEAKER_01>To make the story short, my grandfather was a soldier in World War II in the Polish army.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And at the very beginning of the war he started to fight, and he was searching for peace, for love, for freedom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He was taken as a prisoner of war for two years in Siberia.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He fought through Italy, through Africa.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And when the war ended, he fell in love with an Italian woman.

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<v SPEAKER_01>He wasn't able to go back to Poland because it was under communist regime.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because he spoke Polish.

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<v SPEAKER_00>She spoke Italian and they went to a country that speaks Spanish.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they got there looking for peace, love, and freedom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And starting from scratch, like all immigrants do.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He started to work and try to make it for his family.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And one day coming home from the factory, he saw a tent.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The word free.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So he thought it's a circus and it's free.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He went home, he got the family ready, and they all went to the circus.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When they got to the tent, they saw that it said Church of the Nazarene.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So my dad knew how to read, and he said, Dad, this isn't a circus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And he said, Well, we don't have anywhere else to go.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let's take good use, make good use of this night.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I don't know what they understood.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Until they died, their language was all mixed up.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But what they were able to understand is that the peace, the love, and the freedom that they had been looking for.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They were able to find in Jesus Christ.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They got up and they came down to an altar just like this one.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they made the decision that lasted their whole life.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Led my dad to preach the gospel.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that decision also brought me standing here today.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The decisions that we make trash transcend generations.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And when we decide for God, it changes lives for good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I have to thank my grandfather.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Why are you here today?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Why are you here today and not lost somewhere?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because there's somebody that made a decision along with you to decide for the Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Time passed and I was talking to my dad.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I asked who planted that tent and who preached.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the answer is very simple.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Someone from this country put a tent on a boat, took it all the way to Argentina, planted that tent, predicted, preached, probably in not too great Spanish.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But it was good enough for this Polish man and this Italian woman.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So thanks to the decision that your parents made, I'm also standing here because I'm indebted.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So if you have any of your parents that preached and supported the message, tell them thank you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I don't know if you like the result of missions.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It is what it is.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I wanted to say thank you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Sometimes it takes us Latins a long time to say thank you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So we'll see.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Lots of awesome things were happening.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But when we came back from the Dominican Republic, there were only four people left.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And people started coming, and we were just doing common sense things.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So it started to work.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And in Argentina we have a saying when there's smoke, there's a cookout.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So people started coming.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And people were really starting to come.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And one day I was preaching a really good sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And a couple walked in.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they sat down in front.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Oh man.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I knew them from another Nazarene church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They were important leaders in that other church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I wanted the church to grow, but not taking people out of the other church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So just so you know from the get-go, I want you to know that I'm a very bad pastor.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So when the sermon ended, I did not greet that couple, and I went and escaped out the other door.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I already told you I'm a bad pastor, okay?

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<v SPEAKER_00>So the week passed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>No problems.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The next Sunday I was again preaching an excellent sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And this couple comes in again.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they sit right there.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Two times.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so the sermon, I ended up the sermon, I wrapped it up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I escaped again without greeting them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I did not greet them.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So the week passed.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Third Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I was preaching another really good sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I don't know where all these good sermons are coming from.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Anyway, good sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And this people, these people came in and sat there again.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Three times in a row.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is a problem.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So when the sermon ended, he came right up to me because he knew I was avoiding him.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I said, I've got a board meeting, and I ran away.

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<v SPEAKER_00>On Monday, I called his dad.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I said, Guise, we have a problem.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Your son has started coming to my church, and I started to say, and I didn't invite him.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And on the other end of the line, I was expecting for him to start interrogating me and what happened, but instead he started to cry.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And not just did he start crying, in the middle of his crying, he started worshiping God.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I was surprised.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I said, Guiche, what's going on?

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<v SPEAKER_00>He said, for six months my son has not been coming to any church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He's about to divorce his wife.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I've been praying that he would come back to the ways of the Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that he would go to a church, any church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I'm so blessed to know that he's chosen the church of the Nazarene.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I didn't want to tell him that I hadn't even greeted him.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Okay.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Okay.

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<v SPEAKER_00>If I've got your permission, we'll keep going.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Okay, the proximity.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So the next Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He was preaching a really good sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And this couple didn't show up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they didn't show up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They didn't show up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>At the end they finally came and sat there and it looked like they had had a little fight.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And I said, Thanks to God that he did.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So as soon as the sermon ended, the first thing I did is go and greet them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so he said, Pastor, I thought you didn't want to talk to me.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We'll talk about that later.

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<v SPEAKER_00>How are you doing?

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<v SPEAKER_00>What's going on in your lives?

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<v SPEAKER_00>And very quickly I diagnosed that they needed to go to the little back room.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I don't know how you do it here, Pastor.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In Argentina, the pastors.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We have like a baseball bat.

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<v SPEAKER_01>See?

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<v SPEAKER_01>And when they come into the little back room, see.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's not really how it works.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But there's a lot of things that our young people and people in the world maybe don't know.

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<v SPEAKER_00>When you live very far away from the statues of the Word of God, there are things that you start deciding in your family that seem normal but they self-destruct your family.

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<v SPEAKER_00>From the family, your marriage, the economics of your life, how you raise your kids.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The word of God is clear and it's easy to understand.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But sometimes when we don't apply it, the results are a divorce and a problem in the family.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So they started to change and started walking with the word of God again.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now they don't live in a very comfortable neighborhood.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In fact, the police doesn't go into their neighborhood.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a complicated materials they can find.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And there's lots of people living all together and very little amount of land.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The homes are very small.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so many end up in jail.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And because of that, many of the women, the mothers, terminan trabajando con pocherita muy corta durante la noche.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Start working with very short skirts on all night long.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I can't be more delicate about it.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Do we understand what type of neighborhood this is?

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<v SPEAKER_00>And there's tons of children.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But when you're in a culture that everyone's doing what's wrong and you start doing what's right, something starts happening.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And you start showing what the gospel is.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that modeling is what changes the lives of people around you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because they see something different in us.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that's what this couple started to do.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they started to have kids come to their house from their community that didn't have anywhere to hang out.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They started to go to their house.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And Diana would wash their clothes for them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>She would make some warm food for them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so she started giving them Bibles.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And so on Monday she started receiving the little boys.

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<v SPEAKER_00>On Tuesday she would receive the little girls.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the teenagers started coming.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the teenage girls then.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the young people.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And then the moms.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And the brothers and jueves, so Guillermo and Guyana started Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Having small groups in their home every day of the week.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I had a great idea, and I said, Why are we gonna ruin this family by just exhausting them?

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<v SPEAKER_00>So we're gonna help them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So we bought a bus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the bus would come and drive up to the church.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And we could hear I'd be preaching a really good sermon.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the church doors would open.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And all these kids from this neighborhood would run in.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now my expectation was that they would sit down on the benches.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But they'd go straight to the drums.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Straight to the guitar.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And on Sundays, the ushers were becoming like linebackers, making sure that the kids wouldn't run all over the church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And it became chaos.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Some of the kids thought they were Picasso.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And they would draw on the Sunday school classroom walls.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Other kids thought it was a boxing class.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Other kids were smoking weird things in the bathroom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Little kids.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They come from such a difficult context.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So at one point in all of this process, I started to dream duct tape of grabbing duct tape and just wrapping them up and hanging them.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Just so that they would listen to the word of God.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Five minutes.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because it was a crazy house.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I wanted them out of church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>My good intentions went nowhere.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It was just a problem.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And as she left her home, she saw a white van with two men sitting in the van.

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<v SPEAKER_00>She saw that her neighbor was watering her roses.

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<v SPEAKER_00>She felt a little intimidated by that van, but she thought, Well, what are they gonna do to me?

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<v SPEAKER_01>I'm I'm in my neighborhood.

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.759
<v SPEAKER_00>She kept on walking until she passed the van and the two men got out.

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:54.559
<v SPEAKER_00>They tied her hands in her feet and they threw her in the back of the van and they took off.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:00.240
<v SPEAKER_00>She realized that something terrible was happening.

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.279
<v SPEAKER_00>And she realized that this was really, really a terrible situation.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:42.079
<v SPEAKER_00>And as she was untying herself and untying the other little girl, she taught the little girl how to pray.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:46.240
<v SPEAKER_00>And finally both of them were embraced.

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:52.720
<v SPEAKER_00>And together they started crying out to God that he would set them free.

00:26:54.319 --> 00:27:09.519
<v SPEAKER_01>And in that vanical, the back of that van turned into a Sunday school classroom where one little girl taught another little girl how to pray.

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.680
<v SPEAKER_00>And the door in the van moved.

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:31.519
<v SPEAKER_00>The two men got out and started arguing with the other driver.

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:41.680
<v SPEAKER_00>And Janet grabbed the other little girl, she kicked open that back door, and they started running.

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:04.319
<v SPEAKER_00>They started going down alleyways where the van couldn't drive.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.559
<v SPEAKER_00>And so they lost the van.

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:14.400
<v SPEAKER_00>The other man was running on foot, and I guess he had my physical condition.

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.440
<v SPEAKER_00>He didn't run very far.

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.960
<v SPEAKER_00>And the girls got away.

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.160
<v SPEAKER_00>And they ran and they ran.

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.079
<v SPEAKER_00>So Janet told her the whole thing, what you already know.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.200
<v SPEAKER_00>And this woman got infuriated.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:33.279
<v SPEAKER_00>She started to scream, she started to a terrible world that we live in! Everything's worthless! And she started to cuss and scream.

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:49.599
<v SPEAKER_00>So Diana ran to see what was happening in Janet's house.

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.759
<v SPEAKER_00>And she knocked on the door.

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.319
<v SPEAKER_00>And the mom sees her.

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.400
<v SPEAKER_00>And she started taking it out on Diana.

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:07.279
<v SPEAKER_00>You and your church and your God isn't he supposed to protect our kids!

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:12.000
<v SPEAKER_01>Diana no sabia que Diana didn't know what to say.

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:18.160
<v SPEAKER_00>But that's when Janet stood up and said, Mom, don't talk like that.

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:22.720
<v SPEAKER_01>I know this camionet.

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:25.039
<v SPEAKER_00>Why God sent me to the back of that van?

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:33.200
<v SPEAKER_00>And Diana was shocked.

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.440
<v SPEAKER_00>Why would God send a nine-year-old girl to the back of that van?

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:43.440
<v SPEAKER_01>And so the mom asked her, Why would that happen?

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:57.839
<v SPEAKER_00>She said, If I hadn't been captured and I hadn't been in the back of that van, that five-year-old girl would not have been set free.

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.960
<v SPEAKER_01>Everyone was shocked.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:09.519
<v SPEAKER_00>When they told me that testimony, I was shocked as well.

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.599
<v SPEAKER_01>I'm the pastor.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.759
<v SPEAKER_00>I saw her with duct tape wrapped up and hanging.

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.440
<v SPEAKER_00>I wanted her to come to church and receive the way she's supposed to.

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.359
<v SPEAKER_00>But God had a bigger plan for her.

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:36.960
<v SPEAKER_00>To go out and compared and share the message of salvation and rescue the captive.

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.599
<v SPEAKER_00>She understood it all.

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:52.559
<v SPEAKER_00>She understood the message of the manger that Christ came to set us free.

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:58.319
<v SPEAKER_00>And that he died on the cross for each one of us.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.279
<v SPEAKER_00>The story keeps going.

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:08.319
<v SPEAKER_00>Janet didn't want to go anywhere after this happened to her.

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.880
<v SPEAKER_00>Except for one place.

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.039
<v SPEAKER_00>She wanted to come to church.

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:30.240
<v SPEAKER_00>Looking for older girls, 15-year-olds.

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:44.640
<v SPEAKER_00>And when these men were grabbing two girls that come to our church that are about 15-16 years old.

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.000
<v SPEAKER_00>This time they were four men.

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.359
<v SPEAKER_00>And they were trying to force them into the back of the van.

00:32:56.240 --> 00:33:02.319
<v SPEAKER_00>Since they all knew what Janet had gone through, they started to scream right away.

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:06.000
<v SPEAKER_00>The fathers didn't come out.

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.079
<v SPEAKER_01>They're all in jail.

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:14.480
<v SPEAKER_00>Their moms were sleeping because they were tired from a long night.

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.519
<v SPEAKER_00>The police doesn't go in there.

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.480
<v SPEAKER_00>You know who came out?

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.319
<v SPEAKER_00>50, 60 children.

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.799
<v SPEAKER_00>They started to fight against those four men.

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.720
<v SPEAKER_01>Fighting them hitting them.

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.960
<v SPEAKER_00>Many of our children were hurt.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:52.480
<v SPEAKER_00>But they fought so hard destroyed by piedras that the van took off with all its windows busted out with three of the four men.

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.799
<v SPEAKER_00>One didn't escape.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:59.119
<v SPEAKER_00>He was laying in a ditch arriver.

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.519
<v SPEAKER_00>20 kids jumping on top of it.

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:13.840
<v SPEAKER_00>And kind of the leader of the group of kids was picking up a stone to break that man's head open.

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:21.599
<v SPEAKER_00>And in that moment, he said that God spoke to his heart that he shouldn't do that.

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.360
<v SPEAKER_00>So he threw the stone aside.

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.159
<v SPEAKER_00>He picked up that man.

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:35.760
<v SPEAKER_00>And with the 30, 40 kids, he and they drug him to the police station.

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.599
<v SPEAKER_01>He went to jail.

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:46.800
<v SPEAKER_00>But with a good lawyer in two hours he was free.

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.880
<v SPEAKER_00>That is man's justice.

00:34:53.920 --> 00:35:06.719
<v SPEAKER_00>But God's justice allows a 15-year-old boy that's gonna break open the head of a person who deserves it.

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:14.719
<v SPEAKER_00>And today he's graduating from high school.

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:19.840
<v SPEAKER_00>I could keep on telling you stories about these kids.

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:24.480
<v SPEAKER_00>But the Lord has shown me something.

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:30.960
<v SPEAKER_00>He has a special plan for each human being.

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.519
<v SPEAKER_00>And it blesses me.

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.760
<v SPEAKER_00>I feel safe.

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:17.840
<v SPEAKER_00>But the Lord asks me to model and to rescue the captive.

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:29.039
<v SPEAKER_00>And Guillermo is preaching in the church.

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.559
<v SPEAKER_00>Because God blesses his kids.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:19.599
<v SPEAKER_00>The question is, what are we gonna do?

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.159
<v SPEAKER_00>This is our time.

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.800
<v SPEAKER_00>This is our generation.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:35.599
<v SPEAKER_00>Maybe there's somebody that you need to share the gospel with traerlocks and bring them to the house of the Lord.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:42.639
<v SPEAKER_00>You're gonna reach places that other people won't reach.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:56.880
<v SPEAKER_01>And he that is the one that heals, but he that is salva, he's the one that saves.

00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.159
<v SPEAKER_00>And he's the one that restores.

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.480
<v SPEAKER_00>Or the healer, but the witness.

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.960
<v SPEAKER_00>That's us.
