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-Christianity has been important

-to me throughout my adult life...

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-..and my childhood.

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-But at university,

-I came to the realization...

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-..that Lord Jesus

-was guiding me through life.

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-That affected

-not only my personal life...

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-..but all aspects of my life.

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-Being invited to the Lausanne

-Christian Congress in South Africa...

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-..is a wonderful opportunity for me

-and will change my life.

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-Lausanne is important

-because it emphasizes...

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-..the Christian's

-social responsibility...

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-..to go out into the world

-and bless communities.

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-This journey means a lot to me.

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-I was brought up in Llanddarog

-near Carmarthen.

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-I'm a Gwendraeth Valley girl.

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-I was born in Carmarthen and moved

-to Llanddarog when I was six.

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-I was fortunate to be brought up...

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-..in a close-knit

-Welsh-speaking community.

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-I went to primary school

-and then to Ysgol Maes Yr Yrfa...

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-..where I was given

-plenty of opportunities.

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-I don't think

-I'm particularly extroverted.

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-Having said that,

-I'm fairly confident.

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-I'm currently studying

-at Bangor University...

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-..for a doctorate in the national

-identity of modern poets.

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-Being chair of the Welsh Language

-Society also takes up a lot of time.

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-Values have always been

-important to me.

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-I believe in fairness

-and doing things in a just...

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-..and correct manner.

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-That's what led me to campaigning.

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-In sixth form, the Welsh department

-went on a school trip...

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-..to North Wales.

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-I'd always been handed everything

-on a plate...

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-..in terms

-of my Welsh-language upbringing.

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-It suddenly struck me...

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-..that it could all disappear

-if we don't do something about it.

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-I describe it

-as my nationalistic conversion!

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-It's been a gift...

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-..in terms of giving me

-a sense of justice.

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-It's led me to my faith.

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-# Give us

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-# A new blessing

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-# Together... #

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-I attend several chapels...

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-..on my journey up and down Wales.

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-When I'm at home in Llanddarog...

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-..I go to the Presbyterian chapel...

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-..that has been an important part

-of my upbringing.

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-UPBEAT MUSIC

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-When I'm Bangor...

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-..I attend Penrallt chapel.

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-It's a very lively church

-with many young members.

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-Christianity isn't considered trendy

-at all nowadays.

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-It's not deemed fashionable.

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-People are turned off

-by Christianity.

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-They think that Sunday school

-is somewhere you go to as a child.

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-Many people, including friends

-of mine, abhor it.

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-But I feel guilty sometimes...

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-..because I'm not open enough

-with people about Jesus Christ...

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-..and what he's done in my life...

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-..and what he wants to do

-in their lives.

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-I'm afraid of upsetting people...

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-..and of losing friends...

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-..and losing people's respect.

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-But it's ridiculous in a way...

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-..because that's what God

-wants me to do.

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-I don't want my friends' lives...

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-..to lack direction.

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-I want them to get to know Jesus

-and what he's done for them.

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-One comparison is often used.

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-They say that a Christian...

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-..is like a burning ember.

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-If you pick out that ember

-from the fire...

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-..it cools very quickly.

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-You have to be in the fire

-to be with the burning embers.

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-That's how you keep the flame alight.

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-You take notice

-of others around you.

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-Your devotion is to God.

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-You're reignited

-by the people around you...

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-..and by the work God does

-in their lives too.

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-Cuts are forecast

-as the Westminster government...

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-It's my second year as chair

-of the Welsh Language Society.

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-The National Eisteddfod

-is an important event for us.

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-We enjoy going there

-and meeting our members.

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-We're staging important events

-at the 2010 Ebbw Vale Eisteddfod...

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-..including a protest

-to improve the language bill...

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-..and meetings on education

-and broadcasting.

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-It's great to get the chance

-to speak to people...

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-..and hear members' concerns.

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-It's important to explain

-what we as an organization are about.

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-Our theme for the week

-is Use Your Tongue.

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-I've been on the soapbox,

-trying to encourage people...

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-..to talk about the language.

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-It's very exciting.

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-Everything that's being done

-is far too weak...

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-I read a few verses from the Bible

-before coming to the Eisteddfod.

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-They told us to speak out

-and fight injustice.

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-Proverbs calls on us

-to speak out against injustice.

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-Reading that has inspired me

-before coming to the Eisteddfod.

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-It's important to realize

-why I'm doing these things.

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-I say to myself,

-hold on, why am I campaigning here?

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-But the foundation to that is what

-God has taught us about justice.

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-I feel that it's my duty

-to campaign against injustice.

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-We're visiting the political parties

-on the Maes...

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-..to see how committed they are

-to the Welsh language.

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-We feel that they are fobbing us off

-with empty rhetoric.

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-Welsh is facing a big threat.

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-Without strategies in place

-to safeguard the language...

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-..all that we have is in danger.

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-The protest went well.

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-Lots of people joined us

-on our march around the Maes.

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-Angharad Tomos finished off

-with a strong message.

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-There is so much goodwill

-for the language out there.

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-We need to embrace that

-and enact robust legislation.

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-A new Welsh-language bill...

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-..is needed to ensure

-official status for the language.

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-I'm excited that my journey

-to South Africa is getting closer.

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-I look forward to meeting people

-from all over the world.

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-I was invited by Dewi Arwel Hughes,

-based on the fact...

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-..that I had been working

-with the charity Tearfund...

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-..and was chair

-of the Welsh Language Society.

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-I was asked to talk about...

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-..how my faith correlates

-with my political campaigning.

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-About 4,000 people from 200 countries

-will be attend the congress.

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-It's going to be very lively

-and exciting.

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-It's a great privilege to be

-among the 12 attendees from Wales.

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-I'll be meeting people

-from all over the world.

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-It's hard to believe

-that I'm in Cape Town...

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-..having anticipated it for so long.

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-There's a great atmosphere here

-and I'm getting to know the city.

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-I've had a warm welcome

-from the people.

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-The big week has finally arrived.

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-Now that I'm here, I'm realizing...

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-..how much of a privilege it is

-to take part in the congress.

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-It'll be a challenge

-to present our nation's history...

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-..but I'm excited about sharing it

-with other Christians.

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-It's the night before the speech.

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-I'm at the hotel, preparing.

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-The speech

-outlines Wales's history...

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-..as a country psychologically

-affected by imperialism.

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-It also outlines Christianity

-in Wales.

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-It then goes on to explain

-the Welsh Language Society...

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-..and how its Christian members

-have campaigned peacefully...

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-..for the Welsh language

-and the importance of that.

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-This is the second day

-of the Lausanne Congress.

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-I'm talking in this afternoon's

-session about identity.

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-It's a big day for me. There are

-4,500 people from 200 countries.

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-People from all kinds

-of backgrounds.

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-Some are ministers.

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-Some are youth workers.

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-Others are Christians

-who work in politics and business.

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-We've come together

-to talk about the way...

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-..that we can spread Christ's word

-to the communities of the world.

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-I'm delivering my speech

-this afternoon.

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-It's such a privilege...

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-..to be among Christians

-from all over the world...

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-..who are here to listen

-to people like me.

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-I realize that it's not about me.

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-I pray that the holy spirit

-will touch people's hearts...

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-..so that we come

-to a better understanding...

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-..of the need for equality and unity

-in the church of Jesus Christ.

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-I'm responsible

-for the session on ethnicity.

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-I was looking

-for a young female...

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-..who was passionate

-about her identity.

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-In particular,

-the identity of a minority.

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-Menna fits the bill perfectly.

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-She's passionate about Christ

-and about the Welsh language.

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-She could convey that

-to the conference...

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-..and to an international audience.

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-I'm not going to say any more,

-just to introduce to you...

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-..our first speaker.

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-Menna, over to you.

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-APPLAUSE

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-My name is Menna Machreth

-and I'm from Cymru, Wales.

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-Greetings from Wales.

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-I grew up in a village

-in West Wales called Llanddarog...

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-..and Welsh was my first language.

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-As we travelled through

-Welsh-language communities...

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-..I realized the Welsh language

-and culture was under threat.

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-When I went to university,

-I joined in with demonstrations...

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-..demanding respect for the language

-in our own country.

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-After becoming a Christian...

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-..I didn't stop protesting

-and campaigning.

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-But gradually,

-I came to understand...

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-..how my campaigning

-couldn't be a self-righteous act.

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-Christ has redeemed me.

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-Throughout its history, Wales has

-struggled in the shadow of England.

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-I believe Wales to be

-the first colony of England...

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-..and will probably be the last.

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-Wales is clearly

-a colonized country.

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-The psychological effect

-of imperialism...

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-..is evident in my fellow countrymen

-and women...

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-..who have inherited a view...

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-..that Welsh is subordinate

-to the English language.

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-Many of the Society's members...

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-..have suffered imprisonment

-as a result of non-violent action.

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-The Society is still campaigning

-for justice for the Welsh language...

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-..and there is a long way to go.

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-Some Christians have asked me...

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-..how I reconcile my faith on one

-hand and protesting on the other.

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-Within the Welsh Language Society,

-the ideal is no fist violence...

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-..no verbal violence

-and no heart violence.

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-I'd like you to hear

-some of the Welsh language...

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-..so I will read 1 Corinthians 13

-about love.

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-Love is patient, love is kind.

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-It does not envy...

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-..it does not boast,

-it is not proud.

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-It always protects...

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-..always trusts...

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-..always hopes, always perseveres.

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-It puts our love for Christ

-and each other into context...

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-..when reconciling

-different ethnic groups.

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-Thank you for listening.

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-I was very proud of her.

-She spoke well and clearly.

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-It was heartfelt.

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-It was a valuable contribution

-to the discussion.

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-Well, I'm as high as a kite,

-as they say in English.

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-I want to go for it as a disciple

-of God to reconcile people.

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-I'm sure that the experience

-will be a blessing to Menna...

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-..in her future career.

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-Menna's message about identity

-and the Welsh language is vital.

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-A similar situation exists for us

-in Latin America.

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-It was lovely

-to hear Menna speaking...

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-..because I could empathize

-with her message.

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-I thought it was only

-the black people of Africa...

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-..that had been colonized...

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-..and influenced

-by other languages and cultures.

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-It was great to hear

-that a white region...

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-..had been colonized

-by the English...

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-..and its culture attacked

-in the same way as ours.

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-I felt emotional

-delivering my speech...

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-..because I was talking

-about Wales...

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-..and my experiences as a Christian

-campaigning for the language.

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-I hope that God has touched people

-during this session...

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-..and made them consider the issues

-of identity and ethnicity...

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-..that cause so many rifts

-in communities all over the world.

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-Today, I've left the congress...

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-..to visit a Christian project

-in one of the townships.

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-The Living Hope project

-was set up 10 years ago...

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-..by a minister who sought to tackle

-the problems surrounding them.

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-Poverty, unemployment and sickness.

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-We're certainly seeing Christianity

-at work here.

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-I've reached Masiphumelele.

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-It's a township of 40,000 people

-that's constantly growing.

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-It's a poor community

-with high unemployment.

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-Children here are supposed

-to start school at six...

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-Obviously, these children

-aren't in school.

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-I've come here to meet a group

-of people who work in the community.

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-They're associated with the church.

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-Their job is to test people

-for HIV and AIDS.

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-Most of the time,

-I work in the clinic....

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-..as a HIV and AIDS counsellor.

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-We go out into the community...

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-..because the majority of people

-don't receive any treatment...

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-..because they can't afford it.

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-If they have no money,

-they go without treatment.

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-How do you educate children...

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-..and young people

-about HIV and AIDS?

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-There's an organization

-in Masiphumelele called OIL.

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-Counsellors are contacted

-to educate people.

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-Sometimes, we're invited

-to the library to educate.

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-But we speak to everyone

-and the ministers help too.

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-On the other hand, some chapels

-don't want us there to educate.

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-We're talking about sex, which is

-a taboo subject in our churches.

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-This is the biggest problem

-facing Masiphumelele.

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-One of Living Hope's key roles

-is to organize children's clubs.

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-Children are educated about issues

-affecting their communities.

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-Mothers are encouraged to come along

-to learn how to read and write.

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-Life skills are important

-and they offer support.

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-We talk about hygiene...

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-..and the different life stages

-they will go through.

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-We discuss teenage pregnancy and

-discourage them from having sex...

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-..when they're young.

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-We also talk about relationships

-and Jesus Christ.

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-We encourage children to wait

-before having sexual relations.

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-Unemployment is a huge problem

-in this township.

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-They have decided...

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-..to offer adults in the community

-skills and training...

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-..so that they can set about

-selling the products...

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-..that they have learnt

-to make themselves.

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-It's vital...

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-..that people are given confidence

-and support...

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-..to feel that their skills

-are valued.

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-It's been interesting to see

-how underprivileged people live.

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-But it's also a privilege to meet

-people who have become Christians...

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-..because of the work they do...

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-..and the hope they have

-for the future.

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-This journey has been

-an incredible experience for me.

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-It has strengthened

-many of my beliefs.

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-It has made me realize

-that Christians...

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-..must take a stand

-against injustice.

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-As I said in my speech...

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-..if you're apathetic

-and do nothing about the situation...

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-..you're more or less conforming

-and accepting that injustice.

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-We're all guilty of that.

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-Christians need to lead by example.

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-But one thing has had

-a lasting impression on me.

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-The people I've met

-in South Africa...

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-..who are working

-in these communities...

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-..are inferior to us

-materialistically...

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-..but are far superior spiritually.

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-That's evident

-from the hope that they have...

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-..and the invaluable work they do...

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-..to transform the situation

-that they're in.

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