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(Mr. C and Penny are working away
when Surfer Bob suddenly appears, shouts and scares
them.)
SURFER
BOB: HEY!!! (Mr. C and Penny jump.)
PENNY:
Hey. What's up?
SURFER
BOB: I'm gonna change the world! Yessiree! This
here hombré is gonna make history. Jest you
watch and see!
PENNY:
What ... ?
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Bob, what are you talking about?
SURFER
BOB: Now don't try to stand in my way, Christopher.
Jest you wait and see ...
ACCOUNTANT
BILL: (Voice off side) Uh hem. Excuse me, um,
Bob.
SURFER
BOB: Accountant Bill! Mi amigo. My brother, my
friend, come on out here. Did ya hear? I'm gonna change
the world!
ACCOUNTANT
BILL: Um, yes, uh, Bob. Precisely the reason
for my, um, visit, brother. You see, um, Bob, uh, according
to my calculations, you, uh, have about one chance in
a gadzillion, uh, yeah, a gadzillion, of changing the
world.
SURFER
BOB: WHAT?
ACCOUNTANT
BILL: Well, that's all. Goodbye.
SURFER
BOB: (deflated) That thar no good fer nuthin'
math e matical dude ... .
PENNY:
Now Bob O, what's all this about?
SURFER
BOB: Well, I wuz gonna change the world! I wuz
out there, and I caught a real gnarly wave, Penorita.
A real whopper. Anyway, it took me straight to a site
about changin' the world. And I wuz gonna hop right
to it!
PENNY:
Maybe there's still a chance. Don't worry ...
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Bob, by chance were you visiting
a site about the World Changers?
SURFER
BOB: Yeah! Yer the dude, C! You know them changers?
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Well, I know about the World
Changers, specifically about the International
World Changers.
Since 1990, the World Changers program has been committed
to offering first-rate missions experiences to
people
in the United States. The vision began with involving
senior-high youth in hands-on missions, and now
all
ages participate.
And the various programs offered by World Changers
are united by a common goal: to provide Christian
youth
and adults with opportunities to meet physical and
spiritual needs of others. Basically, most World
Changers trips
involve constructing buildings such as homes, camps,
schools or churches. And most importantly, the
World
Changers witness about new life in Jesus Christ.
PENNY:
Hey, Mr. C, it's people my age who are involved in World
Changers. Did you know that in the last 10 years, more
than 52,000 youth and adults have made a significant
impact on the world for Christ by repairing more than
4,000 homes through World Changers?
SURFER
BOB: Well, I ain't much of one to swing a hammer,
but surely I could do somethin'!
PENNY:
I'm sure you could, Bob. Everyone can do their part
to help change the world. Let's see what happened when
youth from the United States traveled to Latin America
to do THEIR part.
SURFER
BOB: Whew wee! Sure looked hot there! But those
kids did some dyno mite work!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: They certainly did. It's amazing
how God can take us out of our comfort zone to be on
mission with Him where He already is at work all over
the world.
PENNY:
And it's amazing how He can use anyone, even
kids, to do tasks that might otherwise seem impossible.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: That's right, Penny. Even trained
World Changers have to be ready to step out of
their
comfort zones. As we said earlier, most World Changers
do construction. But last summer, 60 teenage World
Changers who traveled to Jordan encountered a different
task.
PENNY:
I remember hearing about that group. Instead of construction
they chose to teach English to little kids during
an
English camp. Teaching English gave them the opportunity
to share Christ with the kids and their families.
SURFER
BOB: Here's a story all about them thar world
changin' teenage heroes.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Great! Watch this.
PENNY:
It's so awesome that there are opportunities to begin
impacting the world NOW, while we're still young. And
you can begin thinking how you're going to impact OUR
world!
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: That's right, Penny. Some of our
Kids on Mission partners already ARE actively involved
in learning about missions. And that's a great start!
Here's a letter from one of them:
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: Thanks for a great letter! It's
important to us that you want to learn more about God's
world and how He is using Southern Baptists to share
the good news of Jesus Christ all over it.
SURFER
BOB: Yeah, man. Keep sendin' those letters
to us. We like to feel the love. Mail 'em right
away to:
Kids on Mission, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230.
PENNY:
And we like to help you learn how YOU can change the
world.
SURFER
BOB: Jest like me. I can change the world. Bill
don't know nuthin'. I can show them World Changers how
to barrel through a big wave. I can show 'em how to
find stuff on the 'Net. Yep. I can make some changes!
PENNY:
You sure can, Bob. And so can YOU.
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: See you next time!
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