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A jukung is a traditional Indonesian boat.

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The jukung in this story
looked like any regular jukung.

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It wasn't a special color.

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It wasn't a special length.

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It didn't have a special engine,

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but it had a special passenger.

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Pastor Eduard saw the jukung arrive

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at the island where he lived.

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He saw government medical workers
get off the boat

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and visit his village.

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Then he saw the medical workers
preparing to leave on the jukung.

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He asked where they were going

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and learned
that they were traveling to an island

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where he wanted to go.

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On the island, lived
three Seventh-day Adventist families

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who didn't have their own church.

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They also didn't have their own boats

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to travel to an island with a church.

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They met in one of their homes

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to worship on Sabbath,

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but now, it was the end of the quarter,

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and they wanted Pastor Eduard
to come and worship with them.

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Pastor Eduard didn't have
a boat of his own,

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so he asked the medical workers

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if he could travel with them

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on their jukung to the island.

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They agreed,
and the jukung set off Friday afternoon.

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The jukung sped
across the surface of the water.

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The wind felt good
on Pastor Eduard's face.

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He looked forward
to worshiping with the villagers,

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but then a storm struck.

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The rain fell hard.

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The wind blew fiercely,

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but the boat kept speeding
through the rough waters.

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Suddenly, the "vroom" stopped.

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The engine fell silent.

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Pastor Eduard and the medical workers

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and the boat captain
looked at one another.

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All they could hear
was the pounding of the rain

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and the howling of the wind.

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The boat captain yanked on a cord

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to try to restart the engine.

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Nothing happened.

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He tried again.

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Yank! Yank!

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Nothing happened.

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The jukung stopped speeding
across the water.

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Now it was at the mercy
of the wind and the waves.

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It tossed back and forth
like a cork in the water.

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An hour passed, then two hours,

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three hours,

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four hours.

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The medical workers were scared.

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All were crying.

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They had heard stories
about boats sinking in storms,

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and they were afraid
that they were going to die.

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One woman who wasn't a Christian

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remembered that Pastor Eduard
was a Christian

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who believed in Jesus,

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and she begged him to pray for the jukung.

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At that moment,
Pastor Eduard heard a voice.

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The voice was soft and gentle,

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yet he could hear it
above the roar of the rain and wind.

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It said, "Tell the boat captain

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to connect the fuel hose
to the other fuel tank.

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On the jukung were two fuel tanks,

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a regular fuel tank

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and a backup fuel tank for emergencies.

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The tanks provided fuel
for the boat engine to run.

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Pastor Eduard was surprised
to hear the voice,

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but he didn't argue.

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He felt like he had to obey.

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Even though he didn't know
anything about boats,

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he went to the captain
and told him to remove the fuel hose

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from the regular fuel tank

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and connect it to the backup fuel tank.

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The captain had already tried connecting
the hose to the backup fuel tank,

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but he didn't argue.

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He also felt like he had to obey.

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He immediately pulled the hose out
of the regular fuel tank

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and connected it to the backup tank.

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Then Pastor Eduard called
the captain and medical workers

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to join him in praying to Jesus.

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The medical workers stopped crying

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as they strained their ears
to listen to the prayer.

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"Lord Jesus,

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our lives really are
in Your hands of mercy,"

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the pastor prayed.

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"Your will be done."

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Then he turned to the captain.

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"Start the engine," he said.

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The captain pulled the cord
to restart the outboard engine.

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Yank!

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A split second passed

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and the engine sprang to life.

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All the medical workers,

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including the woman
who didn't believe in Jesus,

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exclaimed at the same time,

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"Praise the Lord!"

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The rain didn't stop

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and the wind didn't die down,

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but the engine kept roaring

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and the jukung reached the island safely.

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The medical workers immediately told
everyone on the island

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that Jesus had saved their lives.

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The Sabbath was an extra special day
for Pastor Eduard.

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Not only did he worship on the island,

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but he also had
his own special mission story to tell.