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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Tel: 253.874.4256 – Email: </font><a href="mailto:jmbetter@gmail.com"><font face="Times New Roman">jmbetter@gmail.com</font></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Web: </font><a href="http://www.24better.org/"><font face="Times New Roman">www.2rbetter.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> – </font></span></b><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">April 27, 2008</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"BACK TO </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">JERUSALEM</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – "The Heavenly Man"</span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Although </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is a long, long way from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, it's one of history's remarkable facts that the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Holy Land</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> has been connected to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> by road for more than two millennia.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Some old accounts even suggest the gospel may have first entered </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> down this road just a few decades after Jesus' death and resurrection. Seven centuries ago the famous explorer Marco Polo came to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> along the same highway. This key trading route allowed herbs and spices, treasures, new religions, and invading armies to flow in and out of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. At the other end, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> acted as a hub from where products dispersed into </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Europe</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">North Africa</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, and the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Middle East</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The European aristocracy was amazed when they first imported a most remarkable creature from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – the silkworm. It lent its name to this rugged route – popularly known as the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Silk Road</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Today, the nations along the ancient </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Silk Road</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> are the most unevangelized in the whole world. The three biggest religious strongholds that have refused to yield to the advance of the gospel – Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism – have their heart here. More than 90% of the remaining unreached people groups in the world live along the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Silk Road</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and in the nations surrounding </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. Two billion of the earth's inhabitants live and die in this area, completely oblivious to the Good News that Jesus died for their sins and is the only way to heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In the 1920s God first led a group called the "Jesus Family" to take the gospel on foot all the way from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. They called the initiative "Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">". Other Chinese church groups received similar visions to start missionary movements that would impact many nations in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Asia</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Middle East</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Founded in 1921 in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Shandong</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Province</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> by a Christian named Jing Dianying, the Jesus Family believed members should sell all their possessions and distribute their wealth among the other family members. The five-word slogan of the Jesus Family encapsulated their commitment to Christ and their pattern of frugal living: "Sacrifice, abandonment, poverty, suffering, death."</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">They targeted towns and villages, preaching the gospel as they walked from one place to another. Their example of communal living and the Jesus Family's deep Christian love amazed many onlookers. It attracted those searching for answers to life as well as those who were homeless, destitute and despised. Many blind people and beggars joined the Jesus Family and found eternal life in Christ.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">As they continued to grow, the Jesus Family suffered terrible hardships. Often when this mobile community entered a new town the entire population came out to beat, scorn and humiliate them. The opposition didn't deter them, however, and when they preached the gospel there always seemed to be a few people who were willing to forsake all that they had to follow Jesus.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">By the late 1940's there were some 20,000 Chinese believers enlisted in more than 100 different Jesus Family groups throughout </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Several groups believed God had called them to take the gospel back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> on foot, preaching and establishing the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">kingdom</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">God</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in all the territories along the way. After thousands of miles and many years of travel, a band of faithful preachers reached the border town of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kashgar</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in the Xinjiang Region of north-west </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>*</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In the autumn of 1995 I was speaking at a house church gathering in central </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. The Lord had given me a deep desire to be part of his plan to send many Chinese Christians as missionaries into Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim lands. I encouraged the believers to seek God for a worldwide vision. I challenged them not only to continue in their present ministries, but to expand their horizons to include the unreached nations surrounding </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">With tears in my eyes I sang a song I had learned from an old book about the Back to Jerusalem Movement:</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">There are no labourers for the great harvest</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">My Lord's heart is grieving every day</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">He asks, "Who will go forth for me?"</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">With eyes filled with tears</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And blood splattered across our chests</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">We lift up the banner of Christ</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And will rescue the perishing sheep!</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">In these last days the battle is drawing near</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And the trumpet is sounding aloud</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Let's quickly put on the full armour of God</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And break through Satan's snares!</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Death is knocking at the door of many</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">And the world is overcome with sin</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">We must faithfully work as we march onward</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Fighting even unto death!</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">With hope and faith we will march on</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Dedicating our family and all that we have</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">As we take up our heavy crosses</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We march on toward </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">!</span></i></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">While I was singing, I noticed an old man in the congregation who was visibly moved. He was weeping and could hardly contain himself. I had no idea who he was, and thought my preaching must have been really powerful to cause such a response! The old brother, crowned with white hair and a white beard, slowly walked to the front of the room and asked to speak. A respectful hush fell over the audience.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">He said, "I am Simon Zhao, a servant of the Lord. Forty eight years ago my co-workers were martyred for the name of Jesus."</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">He continued, "I was one of the leaders of the Back to Jerusalem Band. We marched across </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> on foot, proclaiming the gospel in every town and village we passed through.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Finally in 1950, after many years of hardship, we reached the border town of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kashgar</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Xinjiang</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Province</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. We stopped for a while and applied for visas to enter the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Soviet Union</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. We were nervous and excited at the same time at what lay ahead!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"Before we ever had a chance to leave </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, the Communist armies under Chairman Mao took control of Xinjiang. They immediately sealed the borders and implemented their strong-armed style of rule.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"All the leaders of our movement were arrested. Five of us were sentenced to forty-five years in prison with hard labour. All the other leaders died in prison long ago. I'm the only one who survived. . . . For the sake of the vision to take the gospel back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, I spent 31 years in prison for the Lord."</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">We were all stunned. We sat there with our mouths wide open and tears running down our cheeks, dripping onto the floor.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">I asked Simon Zhao, the man of God, "Uncle, will you please tell us more?"</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">He continued, "When the Lord called us to this vision, I'd been married just four months. My beautiful bride had just found out she was pregnant! We were both arrested and imprisoned. Life in the prison was difficult and my wife suffered a miscarriage."</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">He wiped away his tears before continuing, "At that time the Communists killed many missionaries and their Chinese converts. In the early months of my imprisonment in1950 I saw my beloved wife twice from afar, through the iron bars on my window. Then I never saw her again. By the time I was released many years later my precious bride was already long dead."</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">We all wept loudly. We felt that we were standing on holy ground in the presence of the Lord.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I asked Uncle Simon, "When you were released from prison, did you still have this Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> vision in your heart?"</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">He responded to my question by singing for us,</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">How many years have bitter winds blown?</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Through the icy rain we couldn't see God's altar</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">God's leaders are crying with broken hearts</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Jehovah's sheep are scattered far and wide</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Tears of sadness well up in the chilly wind</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Where have you gone?</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">After Uncle Zhao rested for a while, I asked him again, "Uncle, do you still have this vision in your heart?" He continued to sing,</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is in my dreams</span></i></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">He spoke in a faltering voice, "Every evening for decades in the labour camp I faced toward the west, in the direction of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, and cried out to the Lord, 'Oh God, I'll never be able to reach </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> on foot. Our vision has perished. Heavenly Father, I pray you will raise up a new generation of Christians in China who are willing to lay down their lives to take the gospel all the way back to where it started in Jerusalem.'"</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">We brought comfort to the heart of Uncle Zhao. He stood up, blessed us with his holy hands, and encouraged us from Luke 24:46-48, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things."</i></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">He exhorted us, "You must recognize the way of the cross is the call to shed blood. You must take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Muslim countries, then all the way back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. Turn your eyes to the west!"</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">That meeting was a pivotal point in my life. I felt as if God passed a flaming baton from this dear old man of God to the house churches, giving us the responsibility to complete the vision.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The Lord had already placed the Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> vision in my heart, but after meeting Simon Zhao it became the primary focus of my life. I came to understand clearly that the destiny for the house churches of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is to pull down the world's last remaining spiritual giants: the house of Buddha, the house of Mohammed, and the house of Hinduism, and to proclaim the glorious gospel to all nations before the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">You need to understand that when we speak about "Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">" we're not saying that </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is the main goal. We are not planning to rush there for a big conference! </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> was the starting point for the gospel two thousand years ago, and we believe it will circle the whole world and return to its starting point. Our aim is not merely to evangelize the city of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, but the thousands of unreached people groups, town and villages located between </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The vision for Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is now the primary goal of all the house church leaders in the Sinim Fellowship. This is not one project we have among many. This is the main thrust and focus of all our activities. We talk about it over breakfast, lunch and dinner. We pray unceasingly, asking God to raise up labourers and remove all obstacles. We dream about it in our sleep.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A few years ago the Sinim leaders prayed about their involvement in the Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> mission. We then came together and each house church network revealed the number of missionaries they were committed to train and send overseas. When we added the number of workers together it totaled 100,000. That means we intend to send 100,000 missionaries outside </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in the coming years!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A closer examination of history reveals there were actually three main "silk roads" leaving </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. The one starting in Xian and heading through </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Central Asia</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and the heart of the Islamic world is the best known one. The second major trading route went through </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tibet</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, across the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Himalayas</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bhutan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Nepal</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, then towards </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Pakistan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Afghanistan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Iran</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, connecting up with the main highway to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. The third </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Silk Road</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> went through south-west </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, where the majority of unreached minority groups live today. It headed south into </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Vietnam</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and then westward into countries like </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Laos</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cambodia</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thailand</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Myanmar</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Burma</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">) and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">India</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. This route went deep into the heart of today's Buddhist and Hindu worlds.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">After we considered these facts the church leaders decided God was calling us to follow these three main directions with the gospel. The Holy Spirit had already called certain networks to focus on specific areas. For example, one network had many missionary families already working in Tibetan areas. It was natural for them to lead the thrust into the Tibetan Buddhist world. Another network for years had the burden to reach the minority groups in south-west </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. Most of these tribes spill across borders into countries like </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Vietnam</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Laos</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thailand</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Myanmar</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Burma</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">). That network assumed the responsibility of taking the gospel "back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">" via the southern route.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We are not ignorant of the fact that these nations don't welcome the gospel! We're well aware that countries like </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Afghanistan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Iran</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Saudi Arabia</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> will not take kindly to preachers in their land!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We also understand that in order to send missionaries they will need to be equipped, trained with language and cultural skills, and supported so they can fight for the Lord with maximum effectiveness. Today there are hundreds of Christians inside </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> learning foreign languages such as Arabic and English, in preparation for missionary service outside </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We have also come to understand that the past thirty years of suffering, persecution and torture for the house churches in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> were all part of God's training for us. The Lord has perfectly fitted us to go as missionaries to the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu worlds.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Once I spoke in the West and a Christian told me, "I've been praying for years that the Communist government in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> will collapse, so Christians can live in freedom." This is not what we pray! We never pray against our government or call down curses on them. Instead, we have learned that God is in control of both our own lives and the government we live under. Isaiah prophesied about Jesus, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"The government will be on his shoulders." Isaiah 9:6.</i></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">God has used </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">'s government for his own purposes, moulding and shaping his children as he sees fit. Instead of focusing our prayers against any political system, we pray that regardless of what happens to us, we will be pleasing to God.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Don't pray for the persecution to stop! We shouldn't pray for a lighter load to carry, but a stronger back to endure! Then the world will see that God is with us, empowering us to live in a way that reflects his love and power.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">There is little that any of the Muslim, Buddhist or Hindu countries can do to us that we haven't already experienced in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. The worst they can do is kill us, but all that means is that we will be promoted into the glorious presence of our Lord for all eternity!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> missionary movement is not an army with guns or human weapons. It isn't a group of well-dressed, slick professionals. It's an army of broken-hearted Chinese men and women whom God has cleansed with a mighty fire, and who have already been through years of hardship and deprivation for the sake of the gospel. In worldly terms they have nothing and appear unimpressive, but in the spiritual realm they are mighty warriors for Jesus Christ! We thank God that he c<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">hose "the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him." </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">1</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Corinthians 1:27-29.</i></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">God is calling thousands of house church warriors to write their testimonies with their own blood. We will walk across the borders of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, carrying the Word of God into the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu worlds. Thousands will be willing to die for the Lord. They will see multitudes of souls saved, as well as awaken many sleeping churches in the West.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Hundreds of Western missionaries spilled their blood on Chinese soil in the past. Their example has inspired us to be willing also to die for the Lord wherever he leads us with his message. Many of our missionaries will be captured, tortured, and martyred for the sake of the gospel, but that will not stop us.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">God has not only refined <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">us</i> in the fire of affliction for the past thirty years, he has also refined our methods. For example, we're totally committed to planting groups of local believers who meet in homes. We have no desire to build a single church building anywhere! This allows the gospel to spread rapidly, is harder for the authorities to detect, and allows us to channel all our resources directly into gospel ministry.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Some people have challenged the fact that we are sending missionaries outside </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. They say we should stay in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and win our own country before we go out. To this illogical argument I respond with a simple question, "Then why does your country send missionaries? Is everyone in your country saved?"</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">If we stay in one place and refuse to advance until we've completely finished the job there, we'll never be able to impact the world with the gospel. Surely God's way is for us to be winning our home at the same time as we're sending new workers to the ends of the earth! Believe me, our vision to reach the world does not mean we'll stop or slow down our efforts to reach all of </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> with the gospel!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">In fact, I believe the best way for the Chinese church to remain strong is to keep it motivated to reach out to the nations of the world. When believers focus on serving the Lord and reaching the lost, God blesses them and the church remains sharp. When we become self-centered and critical of each other, Satan has won already and the church will become a blunt, useless instrument.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We knew from the beginning that there is a high price to pay for this. Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> mission. I'm not just talking about money! I'm talking about the many Chinese who will be martyred and suffer as this vision unfolds. Many will go on one-way tickets, realizing they'll never return to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> to see their loved ones again.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We also realize Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> will cost a lot of money, but even though our churches are so poor, we have already collected tens of thousands of dollars to support our missionaries. Like the Macedonian church, many Chinese believers have given literally all they own, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability." 2 Cor. 8:2-3.</i></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The Chinese church is willing to pay the price.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Since my escape from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in 1997, I've been responsible for the training and implementation of the Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> missionaries.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">When the first batch of thirty-nine missionaries left </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in March 2000, thirty-six of them were arrested. They didn't lose their vision however. They went back home, prayed, and found another way to get across the border.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Little more than a year later, the number of Chinese house church missionaries outside </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> already exceeded four hundred, serving in more than ten countries. The floodgates are beginning to open.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Each Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> missionary receives training in several main subjects. These include:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Three. How to escape for the Lord. We know that sometimes it is the Lord who sends us to prison to witness for him, but we also believe the devil sometimes wants us to go to prison to stop the ministry God has called us to do. We teach the missionaries special skills such as how to free themselves from handcuffs, and how to jump from second-storey windows without injuring themselves.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This is not a "normal" seminary or </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bible</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">College</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">If you ever visit one of the places where we are training our Back to </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> missionaries, you will see how serious we are to fulfil our destiny in God. You may see people with their hands handcuffed behind their backs, leaping from second-storey windows!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">When the elders of the Sinim Fellowship heard how God had miraculously allowed me to escape from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, they appointed me as their "Authorized Representative", to speak for the house churches around the world.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The elders of the Sinim Fellowship drafted the following letter for me:</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">To Brother Yun, our holy brother who is a close comrade of Christ the Lord and who is filled with the Spirit of the Power of God:</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>You are the "chariots and horsemen of </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Israel</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">" of God! You carry the victorious message of the expansion of the </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">kingdom</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> of </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Christ</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in you!</span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Dear Brother, you are sent by God from the Sinim Elders' Committee of the Chinese house churches as our authorized representative overseas!</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>God has shown you, according to his guidance and Lordship, that life is the foundation, building up the church is the centre, and the training of workers is the point of breakthrough – the strategic place from where expansion can be carried out in all directions, radiating to every nation and people in the world, so that the ground that the sole of your foot walks on will become your inheritance!</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>March forward towards the Muslims, the Hindus and the Buddhists in Europe, America, Africa, </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Australasia</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Asia</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">!</span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>We pray the Lord will give you wisdom and power from above, so that your message is filled with heavenly authority. Like the fire Samson tied to the foxes' tails, it will burn wherever you go.</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>May you accomplish the holy mission God has given you, to take the gospel back to Jerusalem, until the last holy disciple is added to the church and the bride is prepared to welcome the return of our Saviour Lord Jesus Christ, so that the kingdoms of the world become the possession of our King! Our holy goal is that he will be King forever and ever.</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>We are ready to work hard with servants of the Lord all over the world, who are members of his body, serving one another with the spiritual gifts we have received, so that the holy mission of God can be fulfilled!</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Dear Brother Yun, this is the conviction of all the servants of God in the Sinim Elders' Fellowship. May the Lord strengthen the task entrusted to you, lead you, and open the way ahead. We and all our co-workers are your solid shields. May the will of the Lord be done quickly, on earth as in heaven. Amen!</font></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>There are lessons and experiences from Yun's life that can greatly encourage Christians around the world as they seek to follow the Lord Jesus.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Brother Yun's testimony is one that reflects the faithfulness and goodness of God in his life. His is a story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Henan Province</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, and used him to shake the world. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering he has gone through, he prefers to focus on the character and beauty of Jesus Christ. He wishes the whole world to know Jesus as he does, not as an historical, distant figure, but as an ever-present, love-filled, all-powerful Almighty God.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>In researching this book I interviewed dozens of Christians in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> who were eyewitnesses of, and completely verified, the events contained in the pages that follow. Interspersed throughout the book are short contributions from Deling (Yun's wife) and a few Chinese house church leaders. These insights will help the reader gain a different perspective – and a more complete picture – of some of the key incidents in Yun's life. Most of Deling's reflections were made while her husband was imprisoned for the sake of the gospel.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>It has been said, "It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God." Those who know Brother Yun can vouch that he is a humble servant of God who does not want any part of his life to bring glory to himself or man.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Brother Yun desires that his story would focus all attention and glory on the only true Heavenly Man – the Lord Jesus Christ. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>– Paul Hattaway</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The book "The Heavenly Man" with Paul Hattaway was first published in 2002 – </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">USA</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">: ISBN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>0 8254 6207 X</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>It is distributed in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">USA</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> by Kregel Publications, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">PO Box 2607</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Grand Rapids</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Michigan</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">49501</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The above quotations are made to support this book's distribution.</span></font></p>
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