{"id":1361,"date":"2018-07-03T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/07\/03\/13-years-a-missionary\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T20:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:38:55","slug":"13-years-a-missionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/13-years-a-missionary\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Years a Missionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 July 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia [Victor Hulbert]&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>It has been 13 years since Del and Hanna Onde first volunteered for mission service. Currently they are involved in church planting and establishing a Centre of Influence in Tallinn, Estonia, but this small Baltic nation is just one of a myriad of countries where they have served.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1353\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"Del and Hanna are developing an International Church in Tallin\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1.jpg\" alt=\"del int church1\" width=\"250\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1.jpg 1897w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-1536x912.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-350x208.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-700x415.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-900x534.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-1100x653.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_del-int-church1-560x332.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>What makes them tick? How do a Filipino couple succeed in mission in a predominantly mono-cultural country, and what motivates them to seek to serve God far away from <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">home? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this engaging interview Del and Hanna Onde share how God had led in their life. While in the interview they speak most about the &#8216;Terve Elu keskus&#8217; Centre of Influence where they both live and work, they are also involved in many other activities across Tallinn, including an International Church Plant in the basement of the Tallinn Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, and outreach to the Filipino community who live in the area.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/wN4TAa8miMQ<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1355\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Working with the Filipino community in Tallin\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino.jpg\" alt=\"Del phililino\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino.jpg 1705w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-1100x619.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-900x507.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_Del-phililino-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">What does the future hold for them? They do not know, but they are certain of one thing, God is in control and has a plan for their lives. [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/02\/26\/adventist-gift-towards-100th-anniversary-celebrations-in-estonia\/\">Adventist gift towards 100th anniversary celebrations in Estonia<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">________________________________________<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Sajitha Forde-Ralph, associate editor<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:tednews@ted.adventist.org\">tednews@ted.adventist.org<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Website: www.ted.adventist.org<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 July 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia [Victor Hulbert]&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>It has been 13 years since Del and Hanna Onde first volunteered for mission service. 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