{"id":1150,"date":"2018-05-16T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/05\/16\/finding-jesus-through-a-movie\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T20:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:38:49","slug":"finding-jesus-through-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/finding-jesus-through-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Jesus through a movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 May 2018 | Krakow, Poland [Marek Rakowski]<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Tatarczuch, 24, studies sociology and psychology in Krakow, Poland. She loves to play squash, listen to music, and go to movies. That last passion, though, is special. Two years ago she had never heard of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. That changed when she watched Mel Gibson\u2019s movie Hacksaw Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia is very candid: what she enjoyed most when watching Hacksaw Ridge were the special effects. The Desmond Doss story, however, inspired her too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admire people who are different,\u201d she says, noting that she identified with Doss to some extent because people find her to be a nonconformist too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Od kina do Jezusa - \u015awiadectwo nawr\u00f3cenia - Testimony\/Bekehrungszeugnis\/\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u0446\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GOQs2KegwkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Before watching the Oscar-winning movie, Natalia, while having a faith background, had not heard of Doss or Adventists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1147\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"Photo credit: Polish Union\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500.jpg\" alt=\"Natalia interview 1500\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-1100x1100.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Natalia_interview-1500-560x560.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\u201cActually, I heard the name \u2018Adventist\u2019 for the first time ever [in the movie],\u201d Natalia says. \u201cI was repeating it in my mind several times so I could check it out after the movie.\u201d And she did. She then sent an email to a local Adventist pastor, who invited her to attend a meeting. The meeting turned out to be a Bible study.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia found it difficult to change her beliefs and religious practices, and living the \u201cAdventist lifestyle\u201d seemed as if it would be a burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a while, though, I realized that something was missing in my life, and that I needed to put God as number one,\u201d Natalia says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was gaining new knowledge from the Adventists, who welcomed me warmly,\u201d she adds. \u201cI remember the first time I went to the Adventist church. I felt awkward because I was sitting in the first row, not knowing when to bow down, when to stand up. However, some [of the members] hugged me and showed me so much love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1149\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Photo credit: Grzegorz Sroga\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch.jpg\" alt=\"Hacksaw Ridge award baptism KRAKOW Natalia Tatarczuch\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch.jpg 639w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch-350x526.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/images_news-2018_Hacksaw_Ridge_award_baptism_-_KRAKOW_Natalia_Tatarczuch-560x841.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>Natalia was baptized on January 27, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia deals with more challenges than most university students. \u201cI have suffered with epilepsy for 18 years, but it has drawn me closer to God,\u201d she explains. \u201cI don\u2019t understand this illness, and I still struggle with it, but it has made me a stronger person. Many times I\u2019ve had to be strong for myself as well as for my parents, who have been very supportive of me. They\u2019ve been with me in hospitals, hiding their tears. They are still very supportive, even of my life-changing decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polish Adventist youth actively promoted the Desmond Doss story, the movie Hacksaw Ridge, and the Adventist Church in many creative ways, including posting pictures of the Doss story on Facebook and printing slogans on T-shirts that read \u201cDoss Saved 75. Jesus Saved All.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Natalia now finds herself as one of those who was saved. She now feels that the missing \u201cpuzzle piece\u201d in her life has been found in Jesus. [tedNEWS]<\/p>\n<p>See Also:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/02\/08\/hacksaw-ridge-attracts-both-best-foreign-film-award-and-baptism-in-poland\/\">Hacksaw ridge attracts best foreign film award<\/a><br \/>This article was commissioned from the Trans-European Division by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventistworld.org\/may-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adventist World<\/a> and was first published in their May 2018 Edition.<br \/>________________________________________<br \/>tedNEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Sajitha Forde-Ralph, associate editor<br \/>119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/>E-mail: tednews@ted.adventist.org<br \/>Website: www.ted.adventist.org<br \/>tedNEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. Readers are free to republish or share this article with appropriate credit including an active hyperlink to the original article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 May 2018 | Krakow, Poland [Marek Rakowski]<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Tatarczuch, 24, studies sociology and psychology in Krakow, Poland. She loves to play squash, listen to music, and go to movies. That last passion, though, is special. Two years ago she had never heard of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. That changed when she watched Mel Gibson\u2019s movie Hacksaw Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia is very candid: what she enjoyed most when watching Hacksaw Ridge were the special effects. The Desmond Doss story, however, inspired her too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admire people who are different,\u201d she says, noting that she identified with Doss to some extent because people find her to be a nonconformist too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1570,7,1591],"tags":[85,84,83,81,82],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discipleship-spiritual-growth","category-news","category-poland","tag-desmond-doss","tag-hacksaw-ridge","tag-krakow","tag-natalia-tatarczuch","tag-poland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8282,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/8282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}