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I don . Oh , yeah , we , so we've

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brought 12 on our US delegation ,

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chaplains and one senior religious

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affairs specialist , plus two public

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affairs officers . And we're here to

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engage with our colleagues chaplains .

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Uh from Zambia , our hosts , Chaplain

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General Matafeo has been so gracious to

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invite us down for this engagement .

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And he also invited chaplains from

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across Southern Africa . Chaplains from

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Botswana , the Democratic Republic of

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Congo , Malawi Namibia . And of course ,

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uh many from Zambia ,

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I enjoyed preaching to people who

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wanted to be in worship and to a

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different culture because the word of

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God is one of the few things that

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transcends to all people working with

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other countries allows us to build

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partnerships that will not only

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strengthen the way in which we care for

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our military members , but it also

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helps them to better care for their

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military members . Yeah ,

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the collaboration between the active

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duty component , the National Guard and

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the Reserves and having people from the

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Navy , the Air Force , the Army and

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other component is really helpful

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because we get to collaborate with each

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other and to pollinate with the ideas

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that we share across different branches .

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Everyone has their own experience . And

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when we come together , the collective

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experience of each of us is much better

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than the single experience of the one .

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My favorite thing about being a

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chaplain is helping people cross that

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line from being 99% known to being

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fully known . And I know once people

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cross that line , regardless of their

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rank , that's when they experience

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healing , that's when they experience

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salvation . And it's a force multiplier

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because then they come back to work and

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then they're way more productive . They ,

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they can see in living color .