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News of God’s Work from Around the World Dec. '06-Jan. '07 | Vol 12 No 6 HARTLAND MINISTRY REPORT North Korea— Get Ready! page 2 Please Come Back! I Can't, But God Can! How Satan Tried to Camp Challenged My | 3 | 6 Stop the Halloween Comfort Zone | 13 Issue | 8 ✱ MISSIONARY TRAINING FUND North Korea— Get Ready! By Hye-Jin Lee as told to Rachel Perry A Student Has Plans for Evangelism y name is Hye-Jin Lee. I grew up at a true happiness through a personal experience with Mself-supporting SDA academy in South God. With His help I am improving day by day Korea, where my parents were staff members. and am learning to walk closer to His side. They taught me about the Bible, and I was a good Even though God has done so much in my life, Christian on the outside. However, some of the sometimes I still struggle with wanting my own students were a bad influence on me, and I began way. A few months ago I was convicted that I drifting away from God. needed to give up my bad music. This was a very When my father suggested that I attend hard decision for me because I liked that music. Hartland College, I didn’t want to go. I knew Then one night I distinctly felt God speaking to several graduates of Hartland then, including one my heart, pleading with me to surrender my music of my former teachers. They were nice people, to Him. I couldn’t resist any longer. That night but I thought Hartland people were too holy for I gave it up. The next day in chapel Mr. Baker, me. However, I’ve always been fascinated with my Bible teacher, spoke about how Satan can the English language and wanted to learn it, so work through music. It was incredible how God I decided to come to Hartland College. I was impressed him to preach that sermon—just when happy when I heard about Hartland’s Missionary I needed it! Training Fund, because my parents’ income is very Through these and other life-changing low, and they are not able to financially support my experiences, God gave me a unique vision for my education here. future. I’ve always preferred working with young After a while, I got used to the “Hartland children, and there is a great work to be done with people” and even found myself wanting to be like them. My dream is to go to North Korea when it them. I tried hard to change myself, but without opens up and spread the gospel to the children. As God’s help, I experienced nothing but failure. the children learn about Jesus, they will take this Thank God for the special friends I’ve found here knowledge home and share it with their parents. and for their good advice. Many times when This is why I chose the elementary education major. they saw me struggling, they came to me and I want to thank you for your sacrificial offerings encouraged me to do right. I didn’t always like to the Missionary Training Fund. Without your it, but I eventually realized it was good for me. help, I (and many others) wouldn’t have been able Through their influence and the inspiring Bible to come to Hartland College. My life might never classes and chapel talks, God taught me to rely have been changed. on His power to change my life. Now I’ve found 2 HARTLAND MINISTRY REPORT | Dec. '06-Jan. '07 ✱ COLLEGE Please Come BACK! By Jean Handwerk Student missionaries to Japan find open hearts. was praying that the Lord Shige was the necessary Bible study classes, a Pentecostal “Iwould teach me how to organizer, meeting the contacts, young man approached the study the Bible. I know that shopping, renting the car, buying three students. “I want to God sent you as the answer to ferry tickets, forming friendships, become a pastor in my church. my prayer.” This is just one of and translating for Daniel Where can I get the kind of the many testimonies that three Verduzco and Felipe Ferreira. training that you have?” They, of Hartland students received as a Daniel focused mainly on course, told him about Hartland result of their ministry in Japan different aspects of the health College, which he is now making this past summer. message (hydrotherapy, massage, plans to visit. In Japan, Shintoism and charcoal, natural remedies, One young lady testified, Buddhism are the dominant and more), while Filipe, the “A missionary came two years religions; Christians comprise best cook of the trio, presented ago, teaching the same things, less than one percent of the cooking schools. These were but I didn’t care. This time, I population. Shigenori Matsueda very well received, as he skillfully know it’s a second chance from (Shige), a Japanese native adapted familiar Portuguese the Holy Spirit. I sense that if I who is majoring in pastoral dishes to available Japanese don’t act now, He will not offer evangelism at Hartland, wants ingredients like coconut milk. again. Thank you so much for to change that ratio. Thanks to The people were excited to learn bringing that chance.” an Aenon Health Farm contact that delicious vegan-vegetarian Shige is excited to know that in Malaysia, he and two other meals could be made so easily God has plans for his homeland. student missionaries recently with inexpensive ingredients. He prays for a sanitarium in spent an intense month in Japan They begged, “Please come back Japan, as well, as there used to be. toward that end. again and teach us more!” Plans are already underway for As previous students have The group also covered the that goal through other Adventist found on other mission trips, Three Angels’ Messages, how to organizations. Shige says, “I hope rightly trained, energetic young study the Bible, and even taught to be back soon to do what I can people and the health message English, which had not been in to introduce my people to our open doors for other messages. the plans! After attending the living God and Creator.” 540-672-3100 | [email protected] | www.hartland.edu | www.egntv.com 3 ✱ ALUMNI Suzanne Is Making Waves By Suzanne Harpine God is using a Hartland graduate to win souls through radio broadcasting. rom rugged beginnings in set up the radio transmitter. He's place. Truly God has brought Fa fifteen-by-twenty-foot leaving for the West coast in two something precious out of less- garage with one light, one days, and there is no one to take than-desirable surroundings. boarded window, and a leaky up the work he is leaving behind. He has made all things work roof, Suzanne has seen the Can you just go and talk to him?’ together for good. Lord work in marvelous ways "Always open to learning "Later, a double-wide trailer to bring to life a 50,000-watt something new, I went down which had been earmarked Christian talk radio station that to the station and took a crash for the local fire department has introduced thousands to course in radio operations,” says for practice fire fighting was many of God's beautiful truths. Suzanne. “That was seven years donated to us for an office. Suzanne Harpine graduated ago, and with amazement I We now have ten computers, from Hartland College in look back on the wonders our running water, a bathroom, 1993 with a major in health incredible Lord has performed and a kitchen! However, these ministry. Six years later, she with the station. are only external blessings. The made the decision to become "We started with an truly beautiful aspect of this part of a pioneering radio work extension cord threaded from story is that of the thousands in South Carolina. "Little did I the outside of the garage who have been reached perceive how God was going to where we were set up, to a through this station, over orchestrate behind the scenes," computer sitting on the floor. 110 precious souls have been Suzanne says. Gasoline fumes from next baptized into God's remnant "I moved back to my home door permeated the room, and church as a direct result of the territory, and the lady who had squirrels and woodland bugs work of the station." loved my family into the truth inhabited the place. Suzanne asks, "What might twenty-five years before was now "One day a lady from the be keeping you from starting on the board of a local Christian South Carolina governor's something for God? God radio station there. She urged office paid us a visit. Looking promises to work His pleasure me to become involved with around our quaint office, in you; and as a result, you will the station. Calls became more she expressed amazement have something to say for Him. urgent as time went on. ‘Suzanne, over the high quality of Go and bear the precious seed. please just go down to the office the programming that was God will help you." and talk to the fellow who has coming out of such a humble 4 HARTLAND MINISTRY REPORT | Dec. '06-Jan. '07 ✱ COLLEGE Charlottesville Outreach Exciting things are happening in Charlottesville, Virginia! Every Sabbath afternoon, students and staff from Hartland Institute have been going door-to-door conducting surveys. “We go two-by-two,” says forty-five minutes instead of the usual hour. Natasha Crawford, a freshman The majority of the group complained to me, from California, “and we ask the saying, ‘Is it really time to go now?’ They residents if they have any interest wanted to stay longer and do more.” in certain outreaches in their communities, like Bible studies (personal or correspondence), prophecy Most people we met were very seminars, vegetarian cooking classes, health interested in attending vegetarian outreach, lifestyle counseling, and so on.