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Thank you for visiting us at our website. We are here for our Savior, Jesus Christ,and we hope you receive the blessing and encouragement that our risen Savior delights to give us. It is our privilege to serve each other as we serve our risen Lord. If you are searching for a church family, please know that there's a special place here just for you at our church in Vista, CA The light is on because Jesus is our Light, our Salvation, and our Song! You are cordially invited to join us on Saturday mornings to worship and have Bible study with us! ≈ Pastor Paul Lundgrin
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There is a time when God’s voice is real, audible, and clear. He says, Go there. Say this. Do that. And along with that command is the promise that He will be with you, “even unto the end of the world” (Matt. 28:20, KJV). So you go there, say this, and do that. Then suddenly, like Peter, you look around and find that the waters are deep and rough and you’ve completely forgotten the promises accompanying the voice, the origins of the voice, or that there even was a voice to begin with (Matt. 14:22-32).
Going to Afghanistan
Coming to live and work in Afghanistan has been no different. The order to “Go!” was a fulfillment of earlier hopes and dreams, and the excitement and anticipation of the possibilities energizing. No one or anything could get in the way. The assignment has been as Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) project manager of a health project located in one of the most remote areas of the country, the central highlands of Bamyan Province.
As you may well know, Afghanistan is a country that has been experiencing decades of war and conflict. It’s a country where people struggle for survival, not just because of war but also poverty, the severity of terrain, tribal and ethnic issues, lack of infrastructure, and many other issues. It is an Islamic nation with both Shiite and Sunni Muslims represented—often resulting in great turmoil and discrimination due to the combined complexities of four major ethnicities of Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Hazara. There are three major languages spoken in Afghanistan: Dari (Farsi), Pashto, and Urdu. Dari is mostly spoken in our project area.
But this article is not meant to convey the details of the project and its successes. It is meant to describe an ongoing dilemma of desiring even more oneness with God (in the midst of a Christless land) and rejoicing in His own desire for an intimate relationship with this child on the one hand, and the constant reminder that He is unseen and that other close friends are also far, far away. It is also meant to show how God determines to utilize a person in the smallest of ways through that very dilemma. Click here for more.
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