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We've come to the Shetland Islands.

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The reason being, [br]there's 23,000 people here,

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and not a single Adventist.

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We want to reach them with the gospel,

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and we'd love to see them[br]ready for Jesus to return.

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<i>The Shetland Islands are part of Scotland</i>

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<i>and the northernmost part[br]of the United Kingdom.</i>

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<i>Anthony Kent,</i>

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<i>the associate ministerial secretary [br]at the General Conference,</i>

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<i>put together a small team of pastors [br]from Scotland and the UK</i>

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<i>to spend one week cycling [br]through the islands</i>

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<i>to tell people about Jesus [br]and hand out Christian literature.</i>

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<i>After an overnight ferry ride [br]to reach the islands,</i>

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<i>the team prepared to set off [br]to reach the unreached.</i>

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As far as we know,

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there are no Adventist members [br]on the Shetlands.

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And how do you approach[br]trying to make contact?

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What would Paul and his associates do

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if they were doing a missionary journey

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and they landed in Lerwick,

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and they were to start[br]in the Shetland Islands?

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<i>Maybe Paul also would have used a bicycle</i>

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<i>to share Jesus with people today.</i>

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<i>The team set out to ride[br]through every inhabited street,</i>

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<i>stopping with anyone they met.</i>

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<i>Much like the apostle Paul,</i>

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<i>Anthony and his team[br]had to endure hardships</i>

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<i>in the form of wind, rain, and hills.</i>

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It's cold.

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It's cold.

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But this is still really good fun [br]and people's hearts are open.

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The weather's cold, [br]but the people are warm.

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Praise God for that.

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<i>This isn’t the first</i> I Will Go <i>bike ride.</i>

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<i>Anthony has led a cycling ministry trip</i>

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<i>from Washington DC to St. Louis, [br]as well as some in Australia.</i>

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What we found is, it's a wonderful way

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to generate significant[br]but brief conversations

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and an opportunity to share the gospel.

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So it's worked in the past,

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and we thought [br]we'd give it a go in Shetland.

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<i>There’s a special reason</i>

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<i>the Shetland Islands[br]were chosen for this ride.</i>

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<i>A man named Philip Reekie</i>

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<i>emigrated from Scotland [br]to Australia in the late 1800’s.</i>

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<i>He rode his bike thousands[br]of miles around Australia</i>

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<i>sharing the gospel [br]with anyone he rode past.</i>

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<i>One of those people happened to be</i>

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<i>Anthony Kent’s great-great-grandfather.</i>

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Philip Reekie rode up to him on a bicycle

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and shared with him[br]<i>the Great Controversy</i>,

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and it completely transformed his life.

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Now, in our family,

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there are seven generations of Adventists,

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as a result of Philip Reekie [br]doing that wonderful ministry.

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Our dream was to take[br]the spirit of Philip Reekie

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and his desire to lead people[br]to Christ back to his homeland.

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<i>Following Philip Reekie’s legacy,</i>

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<i>the team took Jesus’ call[br]to go to the ends of the earth</i>

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<i>and applied it to their work [br]in the Shetlands.</i>

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We’ve literally gone

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from the very south [br]of the Shetland Islands,

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to Sumburgh,

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and we’ve gone all the way north [br]as far as we can ride a bike.

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From sea to sea in a sense.

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We haven't just stayed on the main roads.

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We've deliberately ridden past homes.

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We've seen people out and about,

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whether they're cutting their grass, [br]putting their washing out,

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walking their dog, farming,[br]working in the outdoors.

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We've gone to where people are available,

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and we've had wonderful[br]conversations with them.

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<i>Although this is not [br]the way they normally witness,</i>

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<i>they've seen the value of trying[br]unique methods of ministry.</i>

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We have here a group of pastors.

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They're not cyclists.

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They're willing to go[br]to the ends of the earth,

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even if it means riding a bike,[br]in wet, cold, windy conditions,

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if it may lead one person to Jesus.

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My dream is that people[br]will look at unentered places.

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Places where we don't have any followers,

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and do what you can do to reach them.

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<i>Please pray for ministries</i>

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<i>such as the</i> I Will Go Bike Ride, [br]<i>and others around the world</i>

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<i>who are using unique methods of ministry</i>

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<i>to reach the unreached.</i>

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<i>Thank you for your support of Mission.</i>

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Well, first of all, when I ride this,

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it's so much fun,

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and I literally feel like a kid again.

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Like a young person [br]with wind blowing in my face,

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and through my hair, what hair is left.

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And I really sense the pleasure of God,

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that this is something[br]that we're doing together.

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When a witnessing opportunity comes,[br]we do that together,

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and it's just incredibly good, fun.