Praise | The State of Faith: Southern Europe | February 10, 2020
February 10, 2020
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Meet people whose life has been changed by the power of God in Southern Europe.
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Praise | The State of Faith: Southern Europe | February 10, 2020
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- - [Narrator] Southern Europeis known for many things,
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- beautiful architecture, anoccasional plate of pasta,
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- timeless masterpiecesand its rich history
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- spanning thousands of years.
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- Christianity's rootsrun deep in this land,
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- shaping it in incredibleways that are still impacting
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- the people here today.
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- - Something's happeningin the in the spirit realm
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- based on the unity ofthe body coming together.
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- - [Man] Jesus isactually taking over.
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- - [Narrator] Join us righthere in Southern Europe
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- as we explore thecurrent state of faith
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- in this part of the world,and learn more about
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- the region's deep history,
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- great pasta andwonderful culture.
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- - [Narrator] Tonight on Praise,
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- a State of Faith specialfrom the lands that first
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- receive the gospel and fromwhere it's spread across
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- the world, the State of Faith,Southern Europe special.
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- - Viva La France.
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- (soft music)
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- We welcome you wherever you'rewatching around the world
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- to Paris.
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- Why are we in France?
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- We're coming to you kindof to give you the update.
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- This is a mission fieldmaybe like none other.
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- We have been told maybe 1%,
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- 1% Christian here
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- in this part of the world.
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- - The Gospel needsto be in France,
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- you know, and to be spreadhere because there's so few.
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- - I live in the countrywhich is secular.
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- It's written in theconstitution that you don't have
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- the right to speak openlyabout your religion.
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- In my area, when yousay you're a Buddhist,
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- you're cool, when yousay you're a Christian,
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- people step back physically.
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- The moment I really deep dive
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- in this handcraft artisanalthing was around 2007,
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- I became totally
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- interested and almost obsessed
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- by everything that was homemade.
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- (soft music)
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- So I wrote, let's say, 10articles about this book,
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- Suit Making.
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- The first day I had 17 readers.
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- After a couple of weeks, Idiscovered to my surprise
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- that my blog wasamong the top 10
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- fastest growingblogs in the world.
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- If you buy something andyou don't do what is behind
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- all the traditionof the expertise,
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- all the know how, all thesuffering, all the hours.
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- This is called reality for me.
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- On the other hand, ifyou do the same thing,
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- but you understandwhat is beyond,
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- then all of a suddenthe experience change,
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- and it's connectsyou to something
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- that is biggerthan your own life.
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- I had this intuition thatwe were out of something
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- way bigger than what we see.
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- So I started losingmyself in some researches.
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- I find some cults.
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- All these practices hadbasically the same thing.
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- You are God.
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- And you have to believe inyourself and in your potential.
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- People need some spirituality.
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- They need something thatis larger than life.
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- The common denominatorof all this is that
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- at the end, always,that was disappointment.
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- And I remember one nightI was so desperate,
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- as if my universebecame meaningless.
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- I needed this sense ofpurpose for my life.
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- And I mean, makingmoney, doing films,
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- all this was not enough.
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- One day in 2011, I received aTweet from this woman saying,
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- I'm an American journalist.
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- I'm interested in what you do.
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- - Hugo and I actuallymet on Twitter.
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- Hugo's an author and heis a voice on men style.
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- I had asked him ifhe needed someone
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- to write for his publication
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- from a woman's perspective.
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- I don't know, four or fivedays later, he wrote back.
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- - There's a woman fromGeorgia that you see
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- and immediately islike the sky is opening
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- and we say that's it.
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- We have to moveforward together.
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- Sonia is the growndaughter of a preacher,
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- she's coming from a veryintense Christian family.
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- I'm an intellectual,you understand?
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- I'm a writer.
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- Bible was too simple for me.
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- We French, you know,French, we still believe
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- we invented prettymuch everything.
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- We created the encyclopedia,
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- we made the theFrench Revolution,so we believe we are,
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- we are the best people,
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- we still believe wecan save the world.
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- What is story about Jesus Christ
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- and the guy who turnswater into wine,
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- we do wine every day in France,
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- we don't, you know, I'm joking,
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- but that was the way I waslooking at those things.
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- And our main struggling wasabout the nature of Jesus.
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- For me, it was
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- a great guy,
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- just like many other greatguys, and she's been,
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- you know, pushingme to understand
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- that it was not Josaphat,
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- he was the Son of God.
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- It makes a whole difference.
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- A few weeks later I decidedto buy my first Bible.
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- And from that moment, we startedto read the New Testament
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- out loud every day.
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- I started to changedeeply inside.
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- I came to America forthe first time in 2013
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- to meet my new family.
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- Her sister, Sharon.
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- She's a member of theChurch of the Apostles.
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- She's been talkingto me so many times
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- about this Egyptian bornpreacher, Dr. Youssef.
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- I've never been in a protestin church, you understand?
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- To enter this is like enteringthe Madison Square Garden
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- from inside what is that?
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- - How can a secular mindaccept that the only way
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- to save your life isby surrendering it?
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- - So Joshua didsomething for Hugo
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- that had never beendone for him before.
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- He prayed specifically for Hugo
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- and what he was goingthrough in the his life.
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- - I converted at this verymoment, the light came through
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- and since that our business
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- and our life hastotally changed.
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- (soft music)
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- - The Lord so struck him that
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- the evidence of his faith
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- was undeniable.
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- In front of these witnesses,
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- I baptize you in thename of the Father,
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- and of the Son andof the Holy Spirit.
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- - Was like the deathof the old Hugo
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- and the new birthof the new Hugo,
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- emptying myself ofmyself to make some room
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- for the Holy Spirit and forChrist to work through me.
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- It took me over 52 years
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- to realize all reasonto just surrender.
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- Hoping is to receivegrace and to be thankful
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- and to work each day inthe light of Jesus Christ.
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- (bird chirping)
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- - I had like deepmoments of like, God,
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- where are you?
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- Like, I was lookingfor the truth
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- all those years andI found it in Jesus.
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- - To the Lord!- To the Lord!
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- - Amen.- Amen.
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- - So this was seven months ago.
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- I'm still likeemotional about it
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- because it seems so commonfor people who are Christians
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- but for someone whoseeks freedom so hard,
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- it's the most beautiful gift.
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- (soft music)
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- So before we used toworship the nature,
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- but now we worshipwho created the earth
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- and who created the nature.
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- The other day I heardGod telling me to go
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- and pray for the mother ofmy friend who has a sclerosis
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- and it's like diseasethat affects your brain
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- and you can't swallow, it canparalyze you slowly and more.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (singing foreign language)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (laughing)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (laughing)
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- ♪ I am yours
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- ♪ And you are mine
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- - [Newscaster] WhileEuropean leaders
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- have been trying to solve
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- the migrant crisis, all thetime more asylum seekers
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- are heading to Europe.
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- Thousands have traveledto Northern France
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- hoping to crossinto Great Britain
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- but are stuck at themoment in refugee camps.
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- - [Woman] This showwhat is happening
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- in Calais wherelorries are either
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- stationary or slow moving andit's leading to an opportunity
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- for migrants who havebeen camped out in Calais
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- to try to hop on board asthey attempt to get across
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- the channel to Britain.
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- - [Announcer] For months,nearly 2000 people
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- have been living indesperate conditions.
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- Most were from Sudan,Somalia or Afghanistan.
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- (dramatic music)
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- - It's nothing butJesus that's gonna solve
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- the problems of France.
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- The terrorism, the fear, thatthis nation is going through,
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- the horrible acts of terrorismthat they've suffered through
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- that are just unimaginable.
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- The answer is Jesus.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- - In Iran he was Muslimbefore meeting Jesus.
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- He found God as a father.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- So, they got to flee.
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- And they came to France.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (dramatic music)
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- They were alone in the street.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- He cried for the firsttime in his life.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- So she was wondering andquestioning God, why I am here.
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- (dramatic music)
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- At home, it's a ministry.
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- Actually God called us, westarted three years ago.
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- Our vision is to go andserve all the refugees.
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- For us, serving it meansrespond to their needs
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- and the needs is huge.
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- How we can as a Christian,
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- do nothing for all thesepeople for coming from all
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- these nations to France.
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- So if you work the entryof the north of Paris,
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- you start to see tents.
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- You can see families inside,you can see people sick inside,
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- you can see people desperate,
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- for me they are like an orphan
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- and the best way on a orphanto go out from his situation,
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- from his loneliness is tobe integrated in the family.
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- (dramatic music)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- All the refugees waitfor the positive answer
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- for their asylum application.
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- So but the problem when theyhave it, they need to find
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- by themselves everything,find the house, find a job,
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- learn the language,so they struggle.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- Even if they arenow French citizen,
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- they need to figure outwith all the struggle.
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- So for example,let's take Mehdi.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- He has a problem in hisback but he has no help.
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- So he needs to go and work.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (dramatic music)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- Nobody was asking them whenthey weren't in streets,
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- what they need.
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- So when he met us,he saw the big love.
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- And also he saw the HolySpirit and that he grew.
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- (dramatic music)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- Eli wasn't abeliever, only Mehdi,
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- and at that time herson was very sick.
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- One night she prayed to God andtold him if you heal my son,
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- Jesus, I will believe in you.
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- (soft music)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- Her son, Ahmed, was healed.
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- And after that miracle happened,
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- she believed and she openedher heart to the Lord.
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- (dramatic music)
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- She came to faith, startto believe in Jesus,
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- and she asked tobe baptized with us
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- and now the wholefamily is with us.
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- And what's interestingis after a few months
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- Mehdi started to help others.
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- For us, it's normal,like, God loves us.
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- We want just to love andshow our love, that's all.
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- This is our our goal.
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- ♪ I want to see you
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- - This is our goalalso is duplication,
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- to go and share and serveothers like we ourselves.
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- Every week, we go and visitthe camps and our goal is to
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- bring all to bring joy.
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- So we as a human,we need to know
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- that there's someoneto love us care of us.
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- Yes, it's important to find agood country to have freedom,
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- to have job, to have education,
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- but there's somethingmore, most important.
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- And this is themessage of the gospel.
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- There is a new lifeafter this life,
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- there is a new earthand new countries,
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- there we'll not cry anymore.
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- No death anymore.
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- No refugee situation anymore,
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- we'll not haveany more problems.
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- (soft music)
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- (upbeat music)
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- - [Narrator] Rome, oncehailed as the great Savior,
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- and persecutor ofthe church became
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- the epicenter of Christianity.
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- What an amazing transformationof an entire Empire.
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- The network of highwaysbuilt by conquering Emperor's
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- to control their subjectswas used by the Holy Spirit
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- to speed the spread ofthe gospel throughout
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- the European country surroundingthe Mediterranean Sea.
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- (dramatic music)
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- When the Visigothsattacked Rome in 410 AD,
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- the Empire and thechurch were plunged into
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- what we now call the Dark Ages.
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- Martin Luther's effortsto reform the church led
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- to his excommunication
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- and what we now knowas the reformation.
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- Light began to emerge fromdarkness on many levels.
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- The Renaissance, literallythe rebirth of society,
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- was seen in exquisite worksof art and innovation.
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- Michelangelo's workat the Vatican,
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- culminating in the paintingof the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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- Leonardo da Vinci'smasterful works of art,
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- science and medicine.
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- (romantic music)
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- The invention of the firstmovable type printing press
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- that exponentially helps spreadthe Bible across the world.
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- And it was from this partof the world the gospel
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- traveled west to the newworlds of Latin America
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- with the explosion ofexploration beginning
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- with the first voyageof Columbus in 1492.
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- The Christian historyof Southern Europe
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- proved much likeall other regions.
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- Today, despite thepost-Christian label
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- it carries, the gospelcontinues to shine brightly
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- in this part of the world.
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- (dramatic music)
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- (soft music)
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- - We welcome you toa gorgeous afternoon
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- right here in Rome, Italy.
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- The bells of Rome are ringing.
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- This is the Piazzadel Popolo behind us.
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- The Via del Corso runs downto the Victor Emmanuel.
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- Anyway, Rome is an amazing city.
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- The gospel message can andwill permeate the globe,
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- Rome being a bigpiece of the story.
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- - I'm Tom Newman and Ihave a very special guest
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- with me today.
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- Father Cantalamessa, who hashad an amazing period of time
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- with the Catholic Church.
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- Father, you haveserved how many Popes?
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- - Three Popes.
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- I started with JohnPaul the second in 1980.
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- And then I preachedeight years to Benedict
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- and now I preach here toPope Francis, three Popes.
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- (dramatic music)
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- I could mention the firsttime I preached a ceremony
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- in St. Peter's Basilica inthe presence of the Pope.
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- Because as soon asI started preaching,
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- I realized that Ihad to speak slowly.
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- There was a resoundingin the Basilica.
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- But speaking slowly Ilost 10 minutes more
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- than I was proposed.
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- And the man in chargeof the schedule
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- of the Pope was nervous, so,he often looked at his watch.
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- After the ceremony,
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- I heard what had happenedafter the little G,
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- the Pope called tothis man, the bishop,
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- smiling, said to him, when aman of God is speaking to us,
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- we should not lookat our watches.
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- I hope that's also mybrother Paul just will
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- follow the pope in this.
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- - That's great.
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- So Father, how manyyears young are you?
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- - I am 85 now.
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- - 85.- I am proud to say.
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- But praise the Lord,
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- I still can go aroundproclaiming history.
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- (bell tolling)
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- (dramatic music)
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- - [Narrator] 61 millionpeople live in Italy.
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- And 84% of those residentsstrive to be Christian.
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- But some pastors believethat not every Christian
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- in Italy is practicingtheir faith.
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- - We are in a crisis.
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- We have institution, wehave a lot of communities,
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- and we are very presentin older territory.
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- We are present for the children.
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- We have footballto play, you know,
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- soccer and basketballand all these things.
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- But this is not faith.
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- Faith was very traditional.
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- And so it was nomonth to go to Mass
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- and everything andso, there were rules
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- and needs these rules.
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- But now you cannotcontinue like this.
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- - [Narrator] But Christians,both Catholic and Protestant
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- are starting to make a change.
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- (upbeat music)
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- - - [Narrator] When I go outto evangelize on the streets,
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- my first approachwith the young people
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- is not do you believe in God?
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- Do you believe in the saints?
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- Do you go to church?
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- That would just scare them off.
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- I approach themusing my own story.
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- I started out with light drugs
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- when I was like12, 13 years old.
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- Then I started using heavydrugs until I was 29.
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- I had no idea theaddiction it could cause,
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- I didn't know the illnessesthat it can pass around.
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- I use my own story tolet them know that God
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- is a Father who's thereto show his mercy,
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- to listen to us, whowants what is good for us.
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- - [Narrator] Studies like this
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- are empoweringItaly's youth to lead
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- the way in spreading the gospel.
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- - Youth are awakening andtaking a much deeper interest
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- in their faith and wanting tounderstand that and live it.
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- - [Narrator] This makesChristian leaders hopeful
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- that this youthfulpassion for the gospel
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- will start spreading to allgenerations in Italy once again.
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- - The young people are verygenerous and in a selfish world,
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- it's interesting to givethem the possibility
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- to give what they have.
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- (upbeat music)
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- (chattering)
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- - We're in Rome.
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- We're with Chuck and Pina Hall
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- who are running the TBN.
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- (speaking foreign language)
- 00:24:17.078 --> 00:24:20.382
- What's going on here with TCI?
- 00:24:20.382 --> 00:24:22.851
- - TBN through TCI hashad a television ministry
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- in Italy for 35 years
- 00:24:27.722 --> 00:24:29.858
- preaching the gospelof Jesus Christ
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- in the Italian language,because no one understands
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- how much of ablessing it has been
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- and is to the Italian people.
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- Because there'snothing else like it.
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- There's no other programming.
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- There's no other message.
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- There's no other acceptanceof Christian television
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- like with TCI.
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- (car horn honking)
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- (soft choir music)
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- - [Woman] Generally speaking,
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- people have this preconception
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- of nuns being typicallyquite elderly, sad looking.
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- ♪ Yeah, yeah, lookat the price tag ♪
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- ♪ And take the cash back
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- - [Woman] But actually,I'm not any of that.
- 00:25:18.807 --> 00:25:21.977
- My name is sister Christina.
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- And I would definemyself as the wild card.
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- The true meaning ofconsecrated life is actually
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- meeting Christand meeting Christ
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- is connected with deep joy.
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- ♪ So we fight, sacrifice
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- - [Woman] And joy is somethingthat makes you want to say,
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- to dance and to sharethe joy of the love
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- that you find in meeting Christ.
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- (singing foreign language)
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- - [Woman] Through music, wecan say, and we can make people
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- understand that weonly have one life.
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- And this life is very precious
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- and it's worth living in love.
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- I belong to thecongregation of the sisters
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- of the Holy Family.
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- I live in Milan, ina small community
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- which is made up ofjust three sisters.
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- Throughout the day, of course,
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- we have things thatwe repeat every day.
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- In the morning, for example,we say our morning prayers,
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- and we have our morning mass,
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- which is the center of ourday, the focus of our day.
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- (singing foreign language)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- - [Woman] My special missionthat I have been given,
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- which is, in a way,part of my daily routine
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- or my daily life isthe fact that I travel
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- to various partsof the world to try
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- and share my messageand the story of my life
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- and what I do and whatI live with Christ.
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- ♪ Blessed be your name
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- ♪ In a land that is plentiful
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- - [Woman] What we areseeing here is a society
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- that is trying toerase God from any
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- and every aspect of life.
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- ♪ Blessed be your name
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- - [Woman] When inreality, God exists
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- and I am the livingtestament of that.
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- ♪ Blessed be your name
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- - [Woman] And I feel Ihave a huge responsibility
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- in this respect.
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- If Jesus lived heretoday, what would he do?
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- Because when he lived,
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- he was the first to bebombarded with criticism.
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- He was the first to cause a stir
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- because he livedamong poor people.
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- He came in contactwith prostitutes
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- with disreputable people,
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- so he really was thefirst one to cause a stir
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- and to exposehimself to criticism.
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- The first criticismhappened after
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- I took part in TheVoice of Italy.
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- ♪ Can get in the wayof what I'm feeling ♪
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- ♪ No one, no one, no one
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- ♪ Can get in the way ofwhat I feel for you ♪
- 00:28:14.516 --> 00:28:19.521
- (speaking foreign language)
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- - [Woman] It'sactually hard to tell.
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- But what I can sayis that I was worried
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- because I saw Christinaso young and fragile,
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- and I was worried that she willbe overwhelmed by problems.
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- - [Woman] The show businesswas something that clashed
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- with consecrated lifebecause what I identified
- 00:28:41.309 --> 00:28:44.245
- as being in the showbusiness was the glitz,
- 00:28:44.245 --> 00:28:46.648
- the glamor, the wearingheels and makeup
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- and having your hair down.
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- And I couldn't understand how
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- to bring the twothings together.
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- That being said,I have to say that
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- I was really not preparedfor what was to come.
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- ♪ Whoa oh oh oh oh
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- - [Woman] What I was there to
- 00:29:02.063 --> 00:29:03.398
- say was just hey, look at me.
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- I'm 23 years old,
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- I was called by God andreceived God's call,
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- I decided to givemy life to God.
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- And in doing so, God hasn'ttaken anything from me.
- 00:29:11.906 --> 00:29:16.911
- (speaking foreign language)
- 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.414
- God has given me back 100 timesmore than I have given him.
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- So I'm here tosay that I'm happy
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- to be a nun, I'm anun and I'm happy.
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- ♪ Like a virgin
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- ♪ Touched for thevery first time ♪
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- - [Woman] As I wastrying to choose
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- the songs toinclude in my album,
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- I came across Amos Lee'sversion of the song
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- and I really fell inlove with that song,
- 00:29:45.173 --> 00:29:48.176
- without having any cluewhatsoever as to what
- 00:29:48.176 --> 00:29:50.445
- the meaning of thesong was, I don't know.
- 00:29:50.445 --> 00:29:53.648
- The lyrics looked and soundedvery much like a prayer to me.
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- And so I decided that Iwanted to include that song
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- in my record.
- 00:30:00.288 --> 00:30:01.089
- The author, Billy Steinberg,
- 00:30:02.590 --> 00:30:04.225
- actually revealedto me that indeed,
- 00:30:04.225 --> 00:30:06.661
- the song was createdwith exactly the meaning
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- that I wanted to give.
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- So in a way, we managedto give that song
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- its original meaning.
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- Of course, criticismhas been there
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- and is still there in a way
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- and will probablyalways be there.
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- But what I can do tocounter that is pray
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- so that everyone and eventhose people who are so bitter
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- who criticize me can meetthe true love of Christ.
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- - [Woman] Dear sister,Christina, I'm writing
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- to express my gratitudeand my support.
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- The joy and your intensity ofyour emotions are fundamental
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- too to speak directlyto the hearts of people.
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- - [Woman] No, absolutelydon't feel like an imposter.
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- I think that I am actuallyserving a purpose.
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- I had a very strongfirst impact with success
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- and over the yearsI have grown a lot,
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- both as a personand in my faith.
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- ♪ Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
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- - [Woman] I think that as longas God wants me to do this,
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- I will be doing this.
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- - [Woman] Dearsister, Christina,
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- I would like to thank you
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- for your strengthand your courage.
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- ♪ Oh
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- - [Woman] And most of all,for sharing your gift with us.
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- - [Woman] Really what Ifeel that I am is a tool
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- in the hands of Jesus and Iam here to serve a purpose.
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- ♪ Can get in the way ofwhat I feel for you ♪
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- Thank you, thank you.
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- (audience applauding)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- - We are in Romania.
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- This part of our storyis coming through
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- kind of the European area.
- 00:32:00.341 --> 00:32:02.577
- You're thinking of
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- Bram Stoker's story, Dracula.
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- I want to drink your bloodand all of that kind of stuff.
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- This part of the worldprotected the gospel of Christ
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- from the Ottoman Empire.
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- There's an amazing story.
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- (thunder booming)
- 00:32:16.724 --> 00:32:18.760
- - [Narrator] Once upon a time,there a blood sucking vampire
- 00:32:18.760 --> 00:32:22.563
- named Count Dracula.
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- (thunder booming)
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- - [Narrator] Wait a minute,that's not the story.
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- (screeching)
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- - Come.
- 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.540
- - [Narrator] Dracula, aname that spooked fear
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- through hearts andminds through books,
- 00:32:37.445 --> 00:32:39.680
- films and art for generations.
- 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:42.116
- While best known as thefictitious bloodsucker,
- 00:32:42.116 --> 00:32:45.286
- who made his debut in BramStoker's 1897 horror novel,
- 00:32:45.286 --> 00:32:49.724
- many are surprised tolearn that Vlad Dracula
- 00:32:49.724 --> 00:32:52.527
- was not only a real person,
- 00:32:52.527 --> 00:32:54.495
- but is actuallyconsidered by historians
- 00:32:54.495 --> 00:32:57.198
- to be one of the mostimportant rulers in Romanian
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- and even European history.
- 00:33:00.134 --> 00:33:01.936
- (dramatic music)
- 00:33:01.936 --> 00:33:03.337
- (thunder booming)
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- Those who've peeledback the vampire facade
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- to investigate thehistorical Dracula
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- often find popular accountsand widely spread histories
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- of a crazed, bloodthirstytyrant named Vlad the Impaler,
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- who slaughtered over100.000 innocent people
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- during his short reign ofterror in the mid 15th century.
- 00:33:24.826 --> 00:33:28.930
- And this is wheremost people stop,
- 00:33:28.930 --> 00:33:31.365
- which of course makes sense.
- 00:33:31.365 --> 00:33:33.067
- If one keeps digging, however,
- 00:33:34.102 --> 00:33:36.237
- Vlad Dracula was nothingshort of a national hero.
- 00:33:36.237 --> 00:33:40.641
- During his rule, Romaniasat on the front lines
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- of the invading Ottoman Empire.
- 00:33:43.678 --> 00:33:45.746
- With the fall ofConstantinople in 1453,
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- Europe was in moredanger than ever.
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- In Vlad Dracula,
- 00:33:52.353 --> 00:33:53.855
- Christian Europe founditself a crusader
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- who valiantly gave his lifedefending the continent
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- from the foreign invaders.
- 00:33:59.594 --> 00:34:01.028
- Ironically, it was his success
- 00:34:01.028 --> 00:34:03.364
- and the adoration it generatedfrom the common people
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- that roused his jealous rivalsinto spinning slanderous lies
- 00:34:06.167 --> 00:34:10.371
- about his character inhopes of toppling him
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- from his throne.
- 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.342
- And for the most part, itworked, except, interestingly,
- 00:34:14.342 --> 00:34:18.846
- in Romania, where Vlad isstill revered To this day.
- 00:34:18.846 --> 00:34:23.718
- Though his ways wereundoubtedly unconventional,
- 00:34:25.353 --> 00:34:28.589
- without the lifeof Vlad Dracula,
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- Europe as we know it todaymay not have ever survived.
- 00:34:31.025 --> 00:34:35.062
- (soft music)
- 00:34:35.062 --> 00:34:37.565
- - Alpha Omega Television,Tudor, first of all,
- 00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:44.105
- tell everyone where we are.
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- This is a very famousplace here in Bucharest.
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- - So, we are in theheart of Bucharest
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- in the square we callThe Palace Square,
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- a revolution square.
- 00:34:54.482 --> 00:34:55.816
- Just behind meit's a big building
- 00:34:55.816 --> 00:34:58.286
- that used to bethe main office of
- 00:34:58.286 --> 00:35:01.689
- the Communist Partyduring years, decades,
- 00:35:01.689 --> 00:35:04.025
- and just in the balconyof the first floor
- 00:35:05.126 --> 00:35:06.527
- was the place where,in 22nd of December 89,
- 00:35:06.527 --> 00:35:11.532
- the last communistleader of our nation,
- 00:35:12.667 --> 00:35:14.135
- Mr. Nicolae Ceausescu,
- 00:35:14.135 --> 00:35:15.770
- had his last speech.
- 00:35:15.770 --> 00:35:17.305
- (speaking foreign language)
- 00:35:17.305 --> 00:35:20.841
- A few minutes later,
- 00:35:20.841 --> 00:35:22.310
- in December 22nd,
- 00:35:22.310 --> 00:35:24.612
- from the top of the building,
- 00:35:24.612 --> 00:35:26.681
- he flew with his helicopter,it was the end of his career
- 00:35:26.681 --> 00:35:29.817
- as a communist leader, so weare in the heart of Bucharest,
- 00:35:29.817 --> 00:35:32.153
- was a lot of significancefor our nation
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- and for all our Christianity.
- 00:35:34.822 --> 00:35:37.725
- (dramatic music)
- 00:35:37.725 --> 00:35:40.828
- - Basically, this isthe beginning of the end
- 00:35:40.828 --> 00:35:44.699
- of the Communist reign forthis part of the world.
- 00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:48.369
- Christian TV now 24 hours a day,
- 00:35:48.369 --> 00:35:50.972
- connected by cable,on satellite,
- 00:35:50.972 --> 00:35:54.875
- and you have a vision inyour heart to even grow it
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- to multi-languages.
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- God bless you, Tudor,we're with you, my friend.
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- (dramatic music)
- 00:36:03.551 --> 00:36:05.419
- - [Narrator] MassiveCathedrals pierce the sky.
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- Turquoise Mediterraneanwaters welcome swimmers
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- and boaters and ancientcastles remind us
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- of bygone eras when humanpower ruled this world.
- 00:36:14.629 --> 00:36:17.999
- Southern Europe is hometo an astounding array
- 00:36:19.867 --> 00:36:22.403
- of rich history, delicious food
- 00:36:22.403 --> 00:36:25.339
- and welcoming people.
- 00:36:26.307 --> 00:36:27.375
- (dramatic music)
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- Today, millions of touristsjourney to Southern Europe,
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- many to see theiconic monuments.
- 00:36:35.583 --> 00:36:37.685
- (upbeat music)
- 00:36:46.227 --> 00:36:48.829
- The Eiffel Tower isvisited by an average
- 00:36:51.198 --> 00:36:52.967
- 25.000 people per day,
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- all looking toventure to the top
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- for the views of Paris below.
- 00:36:57.972 --> 00:36:59.907
- In Italy, peoplevisit the Colosseum,
- 00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:07.882
- where gladiators foughtwhen Rome ruled the world
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- and to experiencethe Vatican's rich,
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- spiritual andartistic treasures.
- 00:37:13.654 --> 00:37:15.623
- In Greece, the mother ofdemocracy and philosophy
- 00:37:17.825 --> 00:37:21.095
- scan magnificentruins, including theAcropolis of Athens.
- 00:37:21.095 --> 00:37:25.199
- Iconic sites are not onlylimited to the larger countries
- 00:37:29.537 --> 00:37:32.640
- in southern Europe, thanks toits beautiful architecture.
- 00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:36.077
- The tiny island of Maltawas the site for filming
- 00:37:36.077 --> 00:37:39.380
- the fantasy capital of theHBO series Game of Thrones,
- 00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:43.451
- Austria's gorgeousmountains and hills
- 00:37:43.451 --> 00:37:45.820
- were the setting for thestory of the Von Trapp family
- 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.622
- in The Sound of Music.
- 00:37:48.622 --> 00:37:49.890
- In fact, in orphaned Austria,
- 00:37:49.890 --> 00:37:51.992
- you can follow atrail that leads you
- 00:37:51.992 --> 00:37:53.961
- to the meadow where Mariateaches children Do Re Mi.
- 00:37:53.961 --> 00:37:57.665
- (soft music)
- 00:37:57.665 --> 00:38:00.368
- ♪ Do re mi
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- (upbeat music)
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- - [Narrator] The food ofSouthern Europe is diverse
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- and a culinary adventure itself.
- 00:38:08.876 --> 00:38:10.778
- France offers a widearray of delicious bread,
- 00:38:12.146 --> 00:38:15.116
- famous champagne from champagne
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- and cheeses thatmelt in your mouth.
- 00:38:17.518 --> 00:38:19.687
- In Spain, largeplatters of paella
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- make for a heartylunch or you can sample
- 00:38:23.824 --> 00:38:26.026
- it's world famous jamon iberico,
- 00:38:26.026 --> 00:38:28.629
- reputedly the world'sfinest Iberian hams
- 00:38:28.629 --> 00:38:31.899
- often seen hangingfrom store windows.
- 00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:34.168
- Malta is known for itsrapid hidden and rich pasta.
- 00:38:35.536 --> 00:38:38.472
- In Cyprus, cheese made from goat
- 00:38:39.573 --> 00:38:42.109
- and sheep milk isserved fried, grilled,
- 00:38:42.109 --> 00:38:44.912
- and of course, flamed.
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- Greek olives add asalty spark of life
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- to many dishes acrossall Southern Europe.
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- Rich, unique and deliciousfoods are served daily.
- 00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:56.090
- (soft music)
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- This region of the worldinvites us to experience
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- the Sistine Chapel, PabloPicasso's masterpieces.
- 00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:10.571
- And the most famous woman inthe world of art, Mona Lisa,
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- who greets thousands eachday craning to sneak a peek.
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- Enjoy the richnessof Southern Europe's
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- undeniable fingerprintevident on so much
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- of Western culture even today.
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- (seagulls cawing)
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- (soft music)
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- - This is an unreached region
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- in the Lisbon surrounding areas,
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- there is a church influence,but up in the north,
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- there's a few congregationshere and there.
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- But the general mass especiallyin the surf, skateboard,
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- student population,they don't know Jesus,
- 00:40:20.174 --> 00:40:23.077
- they haven't heard,they have no idea.
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- So that's reallywhere we're focusing.
- 00:40:25.446 --> 00:40:28.015
- Surf Church reallyis an attempt to use
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- doing what we lovefor the one we love.
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- And since we are agroup of surfers,
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- we're integrating surf, oneof our lifestyle passions,
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- into our strategy to reachthe north of Portugal.
- 00:40:42.997 --> 00:40:47.134
- - Portugal just seemedlike the ideal place
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- to meet people with the passionof surfing because there's
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- a multitude of surfers herewho are always in the water.
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- There's never a day where therearen't surfers in the water.
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- I think we came with witha small little glimpse
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- of what it would be like andI don't think we realized
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- how big the communityof surfing actually was
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- and even would be for us.
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- And it, even from thebeginning it was such a natural
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- relationship to haveour surf church mesh
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- with Christian surfers.
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- And to begin theChristian surfers
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- port through here wassuch a natural step in
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- the direction of communitymeshed with surfing.
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- (soft music)
- 00:41:37.184 --> 00:41:39.620
- - Probably all ofus have experienced
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- that it's good tolearn from someone
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- that is further down theroad that has made mistakes
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- and done things right.
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- We can see that meetingwith individuals
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- throughout the weekto study the Bible,
- 00:41:55.135 --> 00:41:57.905
- talk about life, surf,
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- is a great chance toto grow in our faith.
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- So each of our team is meeting
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- with a couple peoplethroughout the week.
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- And our hope is thatthose people in the future
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- will do the same with others,
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- and that the churchin Portugal can grow
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- through personal relationships.
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- ♪ Night
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- - Just encouragesme to seek the Lord,
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- to go more closer to him
- 00:42:27.134 --> 00:42:29.269
- because I see how he is andhow he is with his family
- 00:42:29.269 --> 00:42:33.540
- and how he's living hislife so close to God.
- 00:42:33.540 --> 00:42:36.377
- And I want to be like that,you know, I want to feel that.
- 00:42:36.377 --> 00:42:39.747
- (upbeat music)
- 00:42:40.848 --> 00:42:43.417
- - [Man] We began at theend of April last year,
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- so we have about 10 months now.
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- And things have really blown up.
- 00:42:54.962 --> 00:42:57.164
- Last summer we hadlots of cool outreach.
- 00:42:57.164 --> 00:43:00.267
- And through the course of theyear, we've developed a core
- 00:43:00.267 --> 00:43:03.437
- group of believers around20, 20 to 25 people,
- 00:43:03.437 --> 00:43:07.207
- we've had baptisms, we'rehoping to have more baptism.
- 00:43:07.207 --> 00:43:11.045
- - We believe inGod, the Creator.
- 00:43:12.212 --> 00:43:14.982
- And when you look around, whenyou see and feel the waves
- 00:43:14.982 --> 00:43:18.619
- and the nature and people,how beautiful is that?
- 00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:23.624
- So it's just, yeah, we wantto praise him for that.
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- So when we get togetherbeing crafty and artistic,
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- we just have greatfellowship and a good time.
- 00:43:31.165 --> 00:43:35.769
- So God gave us the passion
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- and the fun to doall these things.
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- And we want to give that back.
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- And praise him for that.
- 00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:47.414
- (upbeat music)
- 00:43:47.414 --> 00:43:50.017
- - As group, as church, weunderstand the Bible is enough.
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- As we are going and studying
- 00:44:04.665 --> 00:44:06.333
- chapter by chapter on theBible and really go deeper
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- in this study,
- 00:44:11.939 --> 00:44:12.439
- we believe thateveryone will receive
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- what they need to grow intheir Christianity life.
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- - [Man] My hope now is tokeep this momentum going.
- 00:44:27.354 --> 00:44:30.591
- We really want to keepplanting churches.
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- We want this originalsurf church to grow
- 00:44:33.293 --> 00:44:35.763
- but from it, we want toplant more and more and more.
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- - [Man] Now working togetherwith other church planters
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- in the north of Portugal,
- 00:44:41.568 --> 00:44:42.903
- our vision is to seeover 50 new churches
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- come into being inthe next 15 years.
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- (upbeat music)
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- (upbeat music)
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- - [Man] We welcome you to Spain.
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- We are in Barcelona,
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- spying out theland a little bit.
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- Pastor Juan Mejias.- Nice to see you.
- 00:45:13.534 --> 00:45:16.870
- - You're one of the newestHillsong guys, okay?
- 00:45:16.870 --> 00:45:21.542
- For those thatare just tuning in
- 00:45:21.542 --> 00:45:23.610
- and wondering what thatis behind, where are we?
- 00:45:23.610 --> 00:45:27.714
- What are we seeing?
- 00:45:27.714 --> 00:45:28.649
- - That's our church, man.
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- No, I'm joking.
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- This is rather familiar.
- 00:45:30.317 --> 00:45:32.152
- It's a massive church,it's a Catholic Church.
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- It's been builtfor over 100 years,
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- we still got about 20years to finish it.
- 00:45:36.557 --> 00:45:39.526
- But it's an amazing church.
- 00:45:39.526 --> 00:45:40.928
- Inside it's beautiful,
- 00:45:40.928 --> 00:45:42.196
- full of light, full ofMediterranean flavor.
- 00:45:42.196 --> 00:45:44.531
- And so it's made by Gaudi.
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- It's a very famousarchitect from here.
- 00:45:46.066 --> 00:45:47.868
- (soft music)
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- - [Man] Tell us what'sgoing on with Jesus
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- in the middle of this place.
- 00:45:52.439 --> 00:45:54.341
- - Well, Jesus is actuallytaking over Barcelona.
- 00:45:54.341 --> 00:45:56.777
- We've been running churchfor about three years now.
- 00:45:56.777 --> 00:45:59.646
- It's going to be andit's been awesome.
- 00:45:59.646 --> 00:46:00.848
- You know, we startedwith only a few people.
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- Meeting in a coffee shop
- 00:46:03.550 --> 00:46:04.985
- and then from there justexploded to over 1000 people.
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- (soft music)
- 00:46:07.888 --> 00:46:09.857
- A lot of Spaniardsare actually looking
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- for something different.
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- And when they come to church,
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- we just send themessage of the gospel,
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- the live, you know,Jesus is live.
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- And just people love it.
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- They keep responding.
- 00:46:18.832 --> 00:46:20.033
- Every week we seenew people coming in,
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- we just inspire people,there is future for them.
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- There's hope in Jesus forthem, you know, for us,
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- this is a country wherechurch is being pushed away
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- from society, you know, wehave our history of not doing
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- all these things well doneas a church, you know,
- 00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:34.848
- in the country for centuries.
- 00:46:34.848 --> 00:46:36.283
- And so people no longertrust the church.
- 00:46:36.283 --> 00:46:38.819
- It's just in the corner.
- 00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:40.287
- And when we're talking about,hey, we're going to your,
- 00:46:40.287 --> 00:46:42.389
- through your TVscreens is like, what?
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- You know, we're coming backto the center of society,
- 00:46:44.124 --> 00:46:46.660
- just inspiring people,reaching people.
- 00:46:46.660 --> 00:46:48.328
- So people justcelebrated like crazy.
- 00:46:48.328 --> 00:46:50.964
- - Trinity Broadcastinghas an opportunity here
- 00:46:50.964 --> 00:46:54.635
- to acquire a fullpower TV station
- 00:46:54.635 --> 00:46:57.070
- and we're looking into that,
- 00:46:57.070 --> 00:46:59.106
- and the idea thatwe could make Jesus
- 00:46:59.106 --> 00:47:02.042
- much more famous together herein this city of Barcelona.
- 00:47:02.042 --> 00:47:06.146
- - I mean sure, it'sa great tradition
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- and maybe you think of Spain,oh, integration nation,
- 00:47:07.581 --> 00:47:10.083
- but we have Christian heritage
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- and people love the church
- 00:47:11.385 --> 00:47:13.120
- but it doesn't necessarilymean that, you know, people
- 00:47:13.120 --> 00:47:16.556
- go to church and people knowJesus in a personal way.
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- So, here we are, I willappreciate your praise
- 00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:21.828
- for us because the roadis long, but you know,
- 00:47:21.828 --> 00:47:24.598
- we are expecting for thenew paths or new roads
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- our God is going to open here.
- 00:47:27.801 --> 00:47:29.469
- (soft music)
- 00:47:29.469 --> 00:47:30.971
- - Jesus is being declaredright here in Barcelona,
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- and we love your friend.
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- God bless you.- God bless you guys,
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- loved it.
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- Thank you.
- 00:47:37.778 --> 00:47:38.612
- (scraping)
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- (soft music)
- 00:47:44.785 --> 00:47:46.586
- (speaking foreign language)
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- (soft music)
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- (speaking foreign language)
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- (soft music)
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- - - [Narrator] Todaywe are in Austria,
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- also known as theheart of Europe.
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- Austria is shaped like a key.
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- And it's been prophesied to bethe key to Europe's revival.
- 00:51:13.393 --> 00:51:17.497
- - We've been many times calledthe heart of Europe, which,
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- you know, you look at Austria,
- 00:51:26.239 --> 00:51:27.874
- we are pretty muchin the middle.
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- And Austria was formany, many years
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- was a place wheremissionaries would come
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- who would ministerin Eastern Europe.
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- So we basically werea transition pointbetween the East
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- and the West very often,
- 00:51:40.554 --> 00:51:41.788
- used to be called amissionaries graveyard,
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- you know, 20 years ago,
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- 30 years ago, it was a cursethat was put on the country.
- 00:51:45.525 --> 00:51:47.794
- Few years back, Godsaid, that's gotta stop,
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- you've got to turn that around.
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- (soft music)
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- Probably one of the mostsignificant festivals
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- we've had was a march forJesus a few years back,
- 00:51:56.269 --> 00:51:58.271
- about four years ago,and the last March
- 00:51:58.271 --> 00:52:00.840
- for Jesus 10 years ago waswe had maybe four or five
- 00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:03.510
- hundred people come.
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- And it was nearly embarrassing.
- 00:52:04.644 --> 00:52:06.179
- And then two years ago,
- 00:52:08.148 --> 00:52:09.616
- we had the next one and20.000 Christians showed up.
- 00:52:09.616 --> 00:52:11.151
- So something's happening inthe spirit realm in Austria
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- that's based on the unityof the body coming together.
- 00:52:14.387 --> 00:52:17.290
- - American missionaries toldus what you guys want to do
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- is not going to work.
- 00:52:22.929 --> 00:52:23.997
- You can't have a churchwith Austrians and refugees,
- 00:52:25.398 --> 00:52:28.268
- people from back thenin the Eastern Bloc,
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- it was stillcommunist back then.
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- It's not going to work.
- 00:52:31.972 --> 00:52:33.173
- - There wasn't reallya lot of open arms
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- for missionaries cominginto the country.
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- You had officiallyrecognized state churches
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- like the Lutheran Church,the Reformed Church,
- 00:52:40.747 --> 00:52:42.983
- the Catholic Church,the Orthodox Church,
- 00:52:42.983 --> 00:52:45.385
- but Baptists, Pentecostals andothers were considered cults.
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- Weren't allowed to purchaseproperty in their name.
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- Weren't given visas.
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- If you were a pastor ofone of these churches
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- it was a great difficulty.
- 00:52:57.864 --> 00:52:59.666
- - For Easter, we wentdoor to door to every home
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- in these 49 blocks witha three color invitation
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- for an Easterbuffet with a choir
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- hoping maybe 20people would come and
- 00:53:09.943 --> 00:53:11.978
- okay, we'll, settlefor three or four,
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- all that effort, but nobodycame, like not a single person.
- 00:53:16.650 --> 00:53:20.186
- It's a shame culture whereif I accept something
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- from you, then I owe you.
- 00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:28.128
- We evangelized on thestreet for 20 years.
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- And in those 20 years,
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- we had less than 20people visit the church.
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- Here, I've got my 6000 banners.
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- March for Jesus,
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- I was invited to beon the committee.
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- I listened to them, but Idon't want to be part of
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- something that nobody'sgoing to come to.
- 00:53:50.383 --> 00:53:53.053
- I said, you know, I'mcommitted if 300 people come
- 00:53:54.421 --> 00:53:57.357
- and I will put a bannerin everyone's hand
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- and we will looklike we're 3000.
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- It took us four monthsto make those 300
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- and I said when wemarch around that city,
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- I promise you that the entirering will belong to us.
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- It was already half anhour before the March.
- 00:54:13.173 --> 00:54:14.607
- It's just a scattered 50people in front of the stage.
- 00:54:14.607 --> 00:54:17.377
- Think the march ofthe wooden soldiers.
- 00:54:17.377 --> 00:54:18.945
- We had these 300 banners thatwere so colorful and so tall.
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- And I just thought, you know,
- 00:54:24.818 --> 00:54:26.386
- they're just all gonna sit here.
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- And then just at the very end,
- 00:54:28.321 --> 00:54:30.423
- these people start swarming in
- 00:54:30.423 --> 00:54:32.625
- and we started handing themout just as fast as we could.
- 00:54:32.625 --> 00:54:37.364
- People were comingout of the woodwork.
- 00:54:38.531 --> 00:54:40.800
- They weren't comingto the beginning,
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- they were justflowing right into it.
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- I don't even know wherethese people came from,
- 00:54:45.271 --> 00:54:46.973
- nobody knows wherethey came from.
- 00:54:46.973 --> 00:54:48.675
- I thought, how manypeople are here, you know?
- 00:54:50.410 --> 00:54:53.780
- I counted between the poles.
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- Hundred, hundred,hundred, hundred.
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- I counted over 11.000
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- and the police, there wereover 12.000, I could believe.
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- We are believing for 1000,we were hoping for 2000,
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- we were praying for three.
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- And by a miraclethere would be five
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- but there was 12.000 people.
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- (singing in foreign language)
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- We owned it. we were singing,we were dancing and rejoicing.
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- - [Crowd] Jesus!
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- Jesus!
- 00:55:24.844 --> 00:55:26.079
- - The line of peoplejust never ended.
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- (crowd cheering)
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- If you thought that'sthe end of the march
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- and then a whole nothergroup is coming down
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- the ring and then youthink is that the end?
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- And it just didn't stop.
- 00:55:37.891 --> 00:55:40.193
- And you just thoughtthis is so incredible.
- 00:55:40.193 --> 00:55:42.962
- It has to be having somekind of supernatural effect
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- on the city, something.
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- (soft music)
- 00:55:48.301 --> 00:55:49.903
- - I love Jesus, and withoutJesus, you cannot do anything.
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- - [Crowd] Jesus.
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- Jesus.
- 00:55:55.742 --> 00:55:58.845
- - If I just look back towhen we came here in 1985
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- and what it's like now,
- 00:56:01.247 --> 00:56:03.283
- I can just say it'slike night and day.
- 00:56:03.283 --> 00:56:05.585
- (mumbling)
- 00:56:06.453 --> 00:56:07.720
- - There's anopenness, the gospel,
- 00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:09.222
- particularly among young people
- 00:56:09.222 --> 00:56:10.590
- that I hadn't seensince the '70s.
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- People open to coming to God.
- 00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:16.596
- - Through the years,
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- I know lots of peoplehave been praying.
- 00:56:17.797 --> 00:56:19.098
- A lot of missionarieshave been here.
- 00:56:19.098 --> 00:56:21.401
- They've come, they've prayed.
- 00:56:21.401 --> 00:56:23.303
- Maybe they've gone back,
- 00:56:23.303 --> 00:56:24.571
- maybe they've gone backfeeling like a failure,
- 00:56:24.571 --> 00:56:26.372
- but their prayers were answered.
- 00:56:26.372 --> 00:56:29.042
- And we see it today where theatmosphere is so different.
- 00:56:29.042 --> 00:56:33.680
- It's historic what hashappened in this country.
- 00:56:35.081 --> 00:56:37.217
- So I think God has donean incredible miracle
- 00:56:38.585 --> 00:56:42.055
- in the past 30 years.
- 00:56:42.055 --> 00:56:43.556
- (crowd chanting and cheering)
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- (dramatic music)
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- Just the changein the atmosphere,
- 00:56:50.663 --> 00:56:53.566
- the people are moreopen to the gospel.
- 00:56:53.566 --> 00:56:55.768
- There have been churchesspringing up all over the city.
- 00:56:57.103 --> 00:56:59.806
- We're blessed when anotherchurch plant starts.
- 00:56:59.806 --> 00:57:03.042
- I mean, that shows that theHoly Spirit is really working.
- 00:57:03.042 --> 00:57:05.945
- (dramatic music)
- 00:57:05.945 --> 00:57:08.681
- - [Narrator] Thank you forbeing with us and coming along
- 00:57:11.117 --> 00:57:13.720
- as we've seen what's happeninghere in Southern Europe.
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- God is alive right herein Southern Europe.
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- (dramatic music)
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