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Editor’s Note: Inside ASI is published twice yearly by his year I kissed my husband and four precious children goodbye and boarded a Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries. Tplane with several hundred strangers to fly far beyond my comfort zone—across Address and subscription correspondence the Atlantic Ocean to beautiful Africa. There I traveled thousands of miles over may be sent to: bumpy, muddy roads with people I’d previously met only by phone or e-mail. Nothing was as I expected, yet everything seemed strangely ASI Corporate Office familiar. I found myself among friends who shared my longing to step 12501 Old Columbia Pike across the barrier of time and into eternity to meet the same loving Silver Spring, MD 20904 Father face-to-face. Telephone: 301-680-6450 Best of all, I met fascinating people and heard wonderful stories Fax: 301-622-5017 that broadened my perspective and changed who I am. You will find Email: [email protected] a few of those stories in these pages. —Conna. Bond Online: www.asiministries.org www.asiministries.org | 3 Officer’s Outlook There Will Be Troubles... By Terry Anderson ook around you and Friends, if you’re like L you’ll realize that me, you sometimes look nothing is easy anymore. around and wonder, “Is In today’s business world, anyone else experiencing you may work twice as hard the kind of troubles I’m for the same benefit you experiencing?” The short received a decade ago—and answer is, “Yes.” In these last that’s just the beginning of days, Satan has more power your troubles. They’re not to cause trouble than ever only present at work but in before in earth’s history. Our the more important aspects “adversary the devil walks of our lives. about like a roaring lion, Local churches are having problems like never before. seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8, NKJV). But Once stable churches are disagreeing over issues of every verse 9 offers hope: “Resist him, steadfast in the faith, magnitude and even talking about splitting. Saddest of knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by all is the havoc the devil is wreaking on your brotherhood in the world.” our families. Today it seems that everyone I’m thankful to share that the huge tests the Lord is facing significant challenges. gave me this year have strengthened my faith, and my “Is anyone else Personally, I’ve experienced more relationship with God is better than ever. As other tests troubles in the past year than I remember keep rolling my way, I continually learn that “I can’t… experiencing experiencing in my lifetime before that. but He can.” This is significant because, as our problems But I’m not complaining—at least not increase so do our prayers. And the more we pray, the the kind of anymore. Because I’ve come to realize that more we perceive how God is working in our lives to Jesus has to get us to a place in our lives answer those prayers, which increases our faith and our troubles I’m where we acknowledge that “we” can’t do witness of hope and encouragement to others! it anymore. When we reach that point, Millions of people on this earth are experiencing experiencing?” we have a choice: to continue fighting by problems every day. They don’t know what we know, ourselves or to call for help from Jesus and they don’t know Jesus. Our purpose for existing at Christ, our Lord and Savior and the great- this stage of history is to tell them! There has never been est Problem Solver in the universe. a better time to tell people about Jesus than today. He Last February, I experienced what I then consid- wants to give us the victory and greater power to finish ered the worst day of my life. Quite simply, my life was this work so we can get off this planet. out of control. I was trying to face all the challenges by Problems of all sorts will continue to come, and myself, occasionally asking God for help because I was things will get worse on this earth. But, praise God, those a “Seventh-day Adventist Christian.” Because of the experiences will only increase our faith as we continue economy and other circumstances, my business wasn’t to look to Him for our answers and protection. doing well, our local church was in the middle of a “cor- Terry Anderson dial” split, and my spiritual life was not what it should is ASI’s vice president for evangelism and president of Wealth By Design and Management, have been. I did not have the relationship with Jesus that LLC in Denver, Colorado. He lives in Franktown, Colo., I needed—and that He offered. with his wife, Colleen, and children, Michael and Emily. 4 | Inside ASI Summer 2010 The Bottom Line Join the Chain Reaction B y r u B e n d i A s ike many, I was born in the We are living in earth’s L Adventist Church. Being a last days, and we know God son and grandson of pastors, will be faithful to the promise Adventist lifestyle and beliefs in Acts 2:17: “‘In the last days, were part of a normal path I God says, I will pour out my followed from the start. I knew Spirit on all people.’” Our I was part of a movement, but Savior wants to do this today. I didn’t really feel like it was If we fail, it is because moving my heart. My sense of our limited perspective of of mission was vague and what our mission is all about. undefined. We’ve taken the church’s In 2006, a friend and ASI mission upon ourselves, and member invited me to the ASI have come to regard it as Convention in Dallas. My wife being “all about me.” We’ve and I attended the conven- become dangerously self- tion with curious hearts. That focused and exclusive. single invitation changed my Yes, the Lord wants to family’s goals and understand- bless us, but He also wants ing of our mission. us to be personally changed. ASI excitement is con- When we allow God to shape tagious—like a motivational our lives and priorities, our chain reaction—and I quickly caught the vision. It is now desire to share His blessings with others sets off a moti- my job to motivate Adventist entrepreneurs and profes- vational chain reaction. sionals in Europe to join ASI and begin “Sharing Christ in God could call angels or any creature to proclaim His the Marketplace” in their own countries. I have seen this message, but He reserves that blessing for each of us. God vision catch fire in many hearts like never before. It’s an doesn’t need our money, special talents or resources. He experience I’m always excited to share. requests from us what cannot be bought: our time. The God is acting everywhere. Acts 2:1-4 reports, “When Lord is ready to act and to pour out His power today.