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Hi, I'm Charlie.

My family returned from Taiwan where we lived for 13 years.

There was a time in my life where I was filled with anger and resentment.

Because of Jesus, I now experience his grace and mercy.

Our passage today is in

John 12, 24 to 25. I'll be reading in Chinese. I'll see, sure, sure, say, say,

tell you men, Ely, my zir robo-lou, in Dili's slur. Ruehore, Ruechusel, Ruechusel,

if it's sioux dee, and chisle, and chisle, this is the jose-le-chew-chief-st-d-do-coy-st-lii-see-she-sign-bed-che-old-old

all-right-she-schen-h-h-h-huecheng-old

life-he-he-will-he-all-all-right.

This is the word of the Lord.

All right, hey, y'all can have a seat.

11 o'clock. How are we doing?

Man, we ain't good after that. We better shut this sucker down and go home, right?

Right. Hey, if you have your Bible, I want to encourage you to grab it. John chapter 12.

John chapter 12, we are going to be there in just a minute. Hey, we just want to recognize for a second what just took place. We just had a 15-year-old young lady read the Bible and Mandarin from the stage in front of a whole bunch of people. It's pretty awesome, right? My goodness. Now, hey, she came by it honestly, right? Growing up over in that part of the world.

So if you ever get a chance, talk to her about her story. It is really incredible.

Hey, if we haven't had a chance to meet yet, my name is Pete Finfrock, and I'm the director of global missions here at the village church.

Man, we are so excited about what the Lord has already done and what he's going to continue to do today,

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