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<v 0>Sarah now serves in the worship team singing unto the Lord</v>

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for His goodness and grace upon *her life.

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About eight years ago, it was a whole different story.

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She was completely hopeless, married to several men, yes,

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men who were literally terrorists from some of the infamous terror

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groups in the Middle East. They were all decades older than her.

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Then one day she met Milad,

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a volunteer with our online church who saw Facebook as her mission

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field. It was a place where people were seeking not just affirmation,

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but also searching for real peace and perhaps true hope.

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It was in a desperation, because her husband was forcing her to find more women,

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that Sarah went to Facebook to search, perhaps looking for hope,

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but she met God and she connected with Milad.

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Milad wrote this to Sarah,

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"Let me introduce you to another man who loves

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you and does not want anything from you."

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Needless to say those words and the power of God changed Sarah's life

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forever.

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The reason this story is impactful is not because of the technology or the

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platforms,

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but because of the simple faith step that Milad took to be present,

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to be available.

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She saw it as a privilege to represent Christ and be a channel of

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God's peace to someone like Sarah who is seeking for hope.

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But this story also points to the faithful people who built the

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websites, who wrote the stories,

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and created the content and the pathways so that someone like Sarah can find

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Jesus for themselves.

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I like to invite you to join me on this journey,

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My Mission Quest.

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When I think about my purpose and my place in this life I know that I

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want my life and my actions to to serve as an invitation

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for others to discover Jesus and to experience the greatest

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hope and love they could ever have.

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I know you want the same.

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As we look at the stories of people around the world,

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my prayer is that God will grow in us a deep passion and

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compassion. And that he would guide us in answering this critical

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question: What is my place in His mission?