Participants: Bev Thompson, Chuck Nelson, Julie Saunders-Keymer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000343
|
00:01 OPENING MUSIC.
00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:16 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US. 00:20 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH BEV THOMPSON AND DR. CHUCK NELSON. 00:23 THANK YOU, BEV AND CHUCK FOR JOINING US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:26 IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE HERE, THANK YOU. 00:26 WELCOME. 00:32 BEV, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 IT STARTED BACK IN 2003 WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO INDIA FOR EVANGELISM. 00:43 WALLY MANDINGO ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SUCH A THING. 00:49 AFTER SOME PRAYER I DECIDED THAT I COULD DO IT WITH MY HUSBAND'S BACKUP. 00:53 SO YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:54 YES. 00:55 WHAT IS YOUR AREA? 00:57 NORTHEAST INDIA. 01:03 THAT IS NORTH OF CALCUTTA UP TO AND INCLUDING BHUTAN AND OVER TO BELOW NEPAL 01:07 AND DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF CHHATTISGARH . 01:12 BEV, I'M THINKING OF A WORLD GLOBE IN MY HEAD AND THAT'S A BIG TERRITORY YOU COVER. 01:14 YES IT IS. 01:18 CHUCK, TELL US HOW YOU HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:26 I WAS AT CHURCH ONE DAY ON SABBATH, AND BEVERLY CAME TO GIVE HER TALK ON HER 01:27 RECENT TRIP TO INDIA. 01:32 SHE GAVE AN INVITATION FOR NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO MIGHT WANT TO GO ON HER 01:34 NEXT TRIP, AND I FELT THAT I QUALIFIED. 01:36 YOU'RE A PHYSICIAN THEN? 01:37 YES. 01:41 IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON BOTH OF YOU 01:43 AND YOUR OUTREACH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:48 BEV, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE AREA THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH GOES INTO. 01:52 WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THIS 10/40 WINDOW AS WE CALL IT? 01:57 THIS AREA IS IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE ONLY ABOUT ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION 02:00 HAS EVER HEARD OF THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. 02:03 ONE PERCENT? 02:04 RIGHT. 02:08 WE WANT THIS MESSAGE TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD SOON. 02:10 I WANT TO SEE JESUS. 02:11 ABSOLUTELY. 02:13 SO THAT'S YOUR GOAL IN THAT AREA. 02:20 AS THE DIRECTOR IN REGION 2, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE? 02:24 WE HAVE ABOUT 110-115 RIGHT NOW. 02:29 IT'S YOUR JOB TO DO WHAT WITH THOSE WORKERS? 02:36 MY NUMBER ONE PURPOSE IN GOING TO INDIA EVERY YEAR IS TO SEE THAT THE MONEY 02:41 DONATED TO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USED THE WAY WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO BE USED 02:44 AND THAT THE WORKERS ARE DOING THE WORK THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO. 02:53 WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ALL THE DIVISIONS IN THE WORLD WHERE WE SEND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:59 IT IS THAT THEY WILL SUPERVISE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:03 THEY WILL HIRE AND FIRE AND THEY WILL TEACH. 03:07 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AGREEMENT IS BEING FOLLOWED. 03:10 SO YOU CHECK IN ONCE A YEAR. 03:15 THEN I LIKE TO VISIT AS MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS POSSIBLE IN THE 03:19 AREA WHERE THEY ARE WORKING SO I CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING 03:25 FOR THEM AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS--ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE 03:27 ON PAPER FOR REAL? 03:30 IS THE WORD OF THE LORD GETTING OUT TO THE PEOPLE? 03:37 YOU USUALLY GO ONCE A YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? 03:41 MANY TIMES IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT I HAVE GONE IN JUNE AND JULY ALSO. 03:46 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE BOTH WEARING. 03:51 CHUCK, YOU ARE IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NATIVE DRESS. 03:57 IT IS CALLED A SHALWAR KHAMES . 04:01 IS THIS TRADITIONALLY WHAT THE MEN WEAR? 04:03 YES. 04:07 MANY OF THE MEN WEAR IT, BUT AROUND THE WORLD MANY MEN ARE GOING TO THE 04:09 WESTERN PANTS AND SHIRT. 04:12 BUT THE TRADITIONAL MEN WILL WEAR THIS. 04:17 IS THIS TRADITIONAL EVERYDAY DRESS OR IS THIS SOMETHING THEY WOULD WEAR 04:18 TO A FESTIVAL? 04:22 WHAT I AM WEARING TODAY WOULD BE MORE DRESSY. 04:27 FOR DAILY WEAR THEY WOULD WEAR A SIMILAR STYLE BUT DIFFERENT MATERIAL. 04:29 IS IT COMFORTABLE? 04:31 YES, VERY. 04:33 BEV, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? 04:35 I'M WEARING A PUNJABI . 04:40 IT'S ALSO CALLED, IN SOME AREAS, A SHALWAR AND A KHAMES . 04:53 I SEE MORE OF THEM ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE BUT WE DO SEE SOME ON THE OLDER. 04:58 I'M NOT OLDER BUT I WEAR IT AND IT'S COMFORTABLE. 05:04 THIS IS WHAT I WEAR FROM THE TIME I ENTER INDIA UNTIL I LEAVE. 05:09 IN FACT, I LEAVE IN A PUNJABI WHEN I COME HOME BECAUSE IT IS SO 05:10 COMFORTABLE TO WEAR. 05:19 IT USUALLY IS NOT ONE QUITE AS DECORATIVE AS THIS, BUT THEY ARE MOST COMFORTABLE. 05:26 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US FROM YOUR RECENT TRIP. 05:29 WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL ON YOUR RECENT TRIP? 05:33 MY PERSONAL GOAL WAS TO GET INTO BHUTAN . 05:40 NO ONE IN THE CHURCH HAS OFFICIALLY GONE INTO BHUTAN BEFORE. 05:50 THAT IS BECAUSE THE COUNTRY ITSELF HAS A TOURIST REGULATION THAT A 05:54 FOREIGNER MUST PAY $250.00 A DAY TO GET INTO BHUTAN. 06:01 THIS DOES INCLUDE THEIR TRANSPORTATION, FOOD AND LODGING, BUT IT'S A 06:06 BLANKET AMOUNT THAT EVERYONE HAS TO PAY TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY. 06:07 SO IT'S HEAVILY REGULATED? 06:14 YES, AND TOURISM IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN THE BUDDHIST COUNTRY BECAUSE 06:17 THIS BRINGS IN SO MUCH MORE MONEY THAN ANYTHING ELSE THEY PRODUCE. 06:21 IF THEY ARE CHARGING $250.00 A DAY, YOU MIGHT THINK TWICE ABOUT BEING 06:22 THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. 06:25 THEY ALSO GET A HIGHER CLASS PERSON. 06:28 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET A TRAMP OR SOMEONE WHO IS BEGGING. 06:36 SO YOU HAD TO DO ALL THE PROPER PAPERWORK, VISAS AND ALL OF THAT? 06:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:42 WE HAD ALL THIS PLANNED THREE TO SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME. 06:44 WE STARTED SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME. 06:47 THEN THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME, I HAD TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. 06:53 THEY DIDN'T SEND ME THE LAST MINUTE PAPER WORK UNTIL I WAS ALREADY IN 06:56 INDIA, AND I HAD TO PICK THAT UP ON THE E-MAIL. 07:11 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BHUTAN WE THINK OF RELIGION BEING A STATE RELIGION WHICH IS BUDDHISM. 07:18 I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR THEY GOT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE POLITICAL SENSE OF 07:23 THE WORD BUT IT HAS STILL NOT FILTERED DOWN TO THE PEOPLE. 07:28 THEY HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH THAT IS A VERY STRONG WATCH. 07:33 THIS MEANS A NEIGHBOR CAN TATTLETALE ON ANOTHER NEIGHBOR. 07:37 SO YOU COULDN'T EVEN FILL A BATHTUB TO HAVE A BAPTISM BECAUSE SOME 07:39 NEIGHBOR MIGHT COME IN. 07:46 IT IS IN WORD ONLY THAT THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 07:48 BUT IN ACTUALITY NOT SO MUCH. 07:50 IT HAS NOT FILTERED DOWN TO THE PEOPLE YET. 07:52 WOULD SOMEONE GET IN TROUBLE? 07:53 WOULD THEY REPORT IT TO THE POLICE? 07:55 YES, AND THEY COULD BE PUT IN JAIL. 08:00 I WANTED YOU TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE COUNTRY OF BHUTAN. 08:05 THE SOUTHERN MOST PART IS INDIA. 08:08 TO THE NORTH IS CHINA. 08:12 TO THE NORTHWEST IS TIBET. 08:14 THE WEST IS NEPAL. 08:22 BASICALLY THIS COUNTRY HAD NOT BEEN REACHED BY CHRISTIANITY IN ANY WAY. 08:33 SOME OF THE PROTESTANT RELIGIONS HAD SECRET MEETINGS IN JUST A FEW PLACES. 08:45 WE HAD A PERSON WHO LEARNED CHRISTIANITY FROM THEM, BUT WHEN HE LEARNED 08:49 ABOUT THE SABBATH HE WANTED TO BE AN ADVENTIST. 08:57 THE OTHER THING WAS GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD TEN WORKERS ALONG THE BORDER OF BHUTAN. 09:01 THE SUPERVISOR WAS NEPALI. 09:07 HE NATURALLY HIRED ALL NEPALI GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 09:13 THEIR MISSION WAS TO REACH THE NEPALESE IN INDIA AND SOUTHERN BHUTAN. 09:20 PRAISE GOD FOR THE NEPALESE AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REACH OUT 09:22 TO THEIR PEOPLE IN THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 09:26 WE WANT TO SEE THE MESSAGE GO TO THEM ALSO. 09:35 WHEN THIS MAN PEMA ACCEPTED THE ADVENTIST FAITH, HE WAS ANXIOUS TO 09:40 TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BHUTAN AND BECOME A PART OF THE 09:48 GREATER BHUTAN PEOPLE WITH THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE SABBATH. 09:50 IS HE SAFE TO DO THAT? 09:56 HE HAS COURAGE. 10:02 THIS YOUNG MAN PEMA HAD BEEN DECLARED DEAD EIGHT TIMES 10:05 BY A LAMA WHO IS LIKE A PRIEST. 10:09 FIVE OF THOSE TIMES WAS BECAUSE OF MALARIA. 10:16 THREE TIMES HE WAS BEING TAKEN TO BE BURIED WHEN HE WOKE UP. 10:19 HOW OLD IS THIS MAN? 10:23 HE WAS 33 WHEN HE TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THIS. 10:27 NOW HE IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:29 PRAISE THE LORD. 10:32 AT FIRST THESE NEPALI PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS WANTING TO BECOME AN 10:34 ADVENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE COULD GET A JOB. 10:41 THEY PUT HIM OFF FROM BEING BAPTIZED FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT FINALLY HE GOT 10:45 BAPTIZED THEN WE HIRED HIM AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:48 THERE HAVE BEEN THRILLING RESULTS. 10:52 THIS IS PEMA, THE FIRST MAN IN THE FOREGROUND. 10:56 THIS WAS AFTER ONE YEAR OF HIS SERVING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:03 WHEN HE CAME ON THAT FIRST VISIT HE BROUGHT SEVEN PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM. 11:08 IT WAS THRILLING TO SEE THESE PEOPLE IN THE BAPTISMAL WATER. 11:09 THERE WAS ONLY ONE GIRL. 11:11 I'M STANDING NEXT TO HER. 11:18 THIS IS IN INDIA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE TO HAVE THEM BAPTIZED IN BHUTAN. 11:30 THE MEN IN THE BHUTANI COSTUMES ARE MEN WHO WERE BAPTIZED. 11:35 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ON BOTH ENDS AND I'M IN THE MIDDLE. 11:41 TO GET SEVEN PEOPLE BAPTIZED THAT FIRST YEAR WAS THRILLING. 11:45 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE WENT. 11:55 WE HAD JUST ARRIVED AT AN EVANGELISTIC CENTER AND PEMA AND HIS GOSPEL 11:58 OUTREACH WORKER FRIEND ARRIVED. 12:02 CHUCK, YOU TELL THEM WHAT THE RESULTS WERE. 12:08 HE TRAVELED ON HIS MOTORCYCLE WITH HIS FRIEND DOWN TO INDIA WHERE WE WERE. 12:24 HIS REPORT TO US WAS INITIALLY THAT HE HAD ANOTHER 25 READY FOR BAPTISM. 12:26 THIS WAS THE NEXT YEAR. 12:39 HE HAD ALSO IN THIS TIME TRANSLATED "STEPS TO CHRIST" INTO THE DZONGKHA LANGUAGE. 12:43 AND HE HAD TRANSLATED SEVEN CHAPTERS OF "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY" 12:45 INTO HIS LANGUAGE. 13:02 HIS PLAN FOR THE PEOPLE IN HIS COUNTRY IS TO PLANT FOUR LITTLE CHURCHES PER 13:04 YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 13:07 THEY HAVE 20 STATES IN HIS COUNTRY, AND HE WANTS ONE IN EACH STATE 13:11 AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS. 13:12 THAT IS PART OF HIS DREAM. 13:17 HE ALSO SAID THAT HE URGENTLY NEEDED THREE MORE WORKERS. 13:22 DR. NELSON RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY FOR THOSE THREE MORE WORKERS. 13:29 WHEN HE HEARD IT FROM THE VOLUNTEER'S MOUTH THAT MORE HELP WAS REALLY 13:33 NEEDED, DR. NELSON SPONSORED THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:37 IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY "NO." 13:45 IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO BEV AND CHUCK AND YOU ARE WONDERING HOW YOU CAN GET 13:50 INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN INDIA AND BHUTAN 13:54 WHERE BEV OVERSEES THE WORKERS, IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO DO. 13:57 WE HOPE THE LORD IS MOVING ON YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT WORK. 14:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH CAN BE REACHED AT 14:44 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY GIVING YOUR DONATIONS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE SO THEY 14:46 CAN HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:49 WE APPEAL TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO BE INVOLVED. 14:56 NOT ALL OF US CAN GO ON A MISSION TRIP AND DO WHAT BOTH OF YOU DID, BUT WE 14:59 CAN ALL GET INVOLVED TOGETHER BY GIVING. 15:06 PRAYERS AND DONATIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:11 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR TRIP BEV. 15:13 WE HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES HERE. 15:23 THIS WAS LAST YEAR RIGHT AFTER WE MET WITH PEMA. 15:28 THE NEXT DAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN 15:29 PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 15:33 THIS MAN IN THE WATER WAS A PENTECOSTAL PREACHER. 15:36 HE IS NOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 15:42 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING HIM AND HIS WIFE BAPTIZED. 15:47 WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU ARE THERE, BEV, AND SOMEONE HAS ACCEPTED THE 15:49 LORD JESUS AND IS BAPTIZED? 15:51 IT'S A THRILL OF THRILLS. 15:54 THIS IS WHAT I GO FOR. 15:58 IT'S THE EXCITING PART OF MY LIFE TO SEE THIS MESSAGE GOING TO ALL THE WORLD. 16:04 I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US HERE IN A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY WHERE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 16:07 WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU CHUCK, TO SEE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUDDHIST AND HAVE 16:11 NO IDEA SOMEONE DIED FOR THEM AND THEN REALIZE THAT. 16:16 IT'S AN AMAZING THRILL TO SEE THAT AND TO KNOW THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN 16:18 REACHED BEFORE ARE BEING REACHED. 16:23 IT WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE TO ME TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS ONE YOUNG MAN HAD DONE IN 16:27 THE YEAR HE HAD BEEN WORKING THERE. 16:34 IT'S HUMBLING BECAUSE YOU FEEL YOU'VE DONE SO LITTLE YOURSELF IN YOUR LIFE AND 16:37 LOOK WHAT HE IS DOING IN ONE YEAR AND HAS PLANS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 16:39 HE HAS A DREAM. 16:42 TELL US ABOUT THIS PICTURE. 16:44 THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED. 16:48 THE PENTECOSTAL PREACHER IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT. 16:50 HIS DAUGHTER IS IN THE FRONT. 16:53 SHE WAS NOT BAPTIZED BECAUSE SHE WASN'T TWELVE YEARS OLD YET. 16:55 OH, THEY HAVE A REGULATION? 17:01 YES, THEY DO NEED TO BE TWELVE YEARS OLD BEFORE THEY CAN BE BAPTIZED. 17:09 THE LADY TO THE RIGHT WITH THE PINK SCARF IS THE PENTECOSTAL PREACHER'S WIFE. 17:13 THE LADY ON THE LEFT IS AN OUTSTANDING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NOW. 17:16 SHE IS ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 17:21 IT IS EXCITING TO HEAR HER EXPERIENCES WHICH WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING. 17:26 THE PENTECOSTAL'S NEPHEW IS IN THE BLUE SHIRT. 17:31 THERE WAS A HINDU AND A BUDDHIST WHO HAD COME FOR BAPTISM THAT TIME. 17:33 WHAT A THRILL IT WAS. 17:36 THIS TIME WE GOT INTO BHUTAN. 17:38 WE WENT THROUGH THE HOOPS. 17:43 WE PAID OUR MONEY AND WENT IN TO SEE BHUTAN, THE PEOPLE AND WHATEVER WE COULD. 17:48 YOU SEE THE LINE THROUGH THE LOWER THIRD OF THE PICTURE? 17:53 THAT IS THE BORDER BETWEEN BHUTAN IN THE FOREGROUND AND INDIA IN THE BACKGROUND. 17:58 WE HAD WANTED TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR A GRAVE SITE. 18:03 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF BHUTAN SO THEY HAVE A 18:07 PLACE TO BURY THEIR DEAD. 18:12 THE HINDUS CREMATE. 18:16 THE BUDDHISTS HAVE A BURIAL SITE BUT THEY WILL NOT HAVE A CHRISTIAN IN 18:23 THEIR BURIAL SITE, SO WE NEED OUR OWN. 18:26 WE TRIED TO BUY THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THE BORDER, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAID NO. 18:33 BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO INDIA AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TENSIONS, THEY WANTED 18:36 A BUFFER, SO WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT LAND. 18:44 THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND LAND AND THERE HAS BEEN A DONATION FOR THIS PROPERTY. 18:56 WE PROBABLY HAD THREE OF THESE CHECKPOINTS IN ROUTE FROM THE BORDER OF INDIA 19:03 UP TO PARO WHERE THE CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT IS. 19:06 WERE YOU GOING BY BUS OR CAR? 19:09 WE WERE GOING IN A TOURIST VAN. 19:13 WE HAD TO STOP AT EVERY ONE OF THESE CHECKPOINTS. 19:15 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 19:17 THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST PICTURES I HAVE. 19:21 IT'S BURNING SEASON AND IT'S VERY SMOGGY. 19:25 JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS PICTURE IT WAS SO SMOGGY IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHAT 19:27 IT WAS LIKE. 19:29 THIS IS PARO , THE PARO VALLEY. 19:33 THEY HAVE AN AIRPORT THERE. 19:38 AT THE FAR END ON THE EXTREME RIGHT YOU CAN SEE SOME BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND. 19:40 THAT IS WHERE OUR HOTEL WAS. 19:43 CHUCK, THERE YOU ARE. 19:46 AND THAT'S THE TOUR GUIDE. 19:52 HE IS WEARING HIS BHUTANESE COSTUME. 19:58 THAT MORNING WE GOT UP EARLY IN ORDER TO MEET THESE PEOPLE. 20:02 OUR TOUR GUIDE GAVE US AN HOUR TO MEET WITH THEM. 20:06 THAT'S THE MOST HE WOULD LET US BE SEPARATED FROM HIM. 20:10 WE WERE, HOWEVER, GONE AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES AND HE DIDN'T OBJECT TO THAT. 20:15 I'D LIKE TO INTERJECT HERE THAT THE COSTUME HE IS WEARING IS THEIR NATIONAL COSTUME. 20:19 IN ORDER TO CARRY ON ANY BUSINESS YOU MUST WEAR THAT COSTUME. 20:22 YOU CANNOT GO INTO ANY GOVERNMENT BUILDING WITHOUT THAT COSTUME ON. 20:29 NO BUSINESS OR NEGOTIATIONS CAN BE DONE OUT OF COSTUME. 20:31 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS HANGING ON YOUR ARM, CHUCK. 20:34 MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS HIDING BEHIND ME. 20:38 HOW SPECIAL THAT YOU GOT TO TAKE HER WITH YOU. 20:39 YES. 20:41 VERY BRIEFLY, SHE WASN'T THERE AS A TOURIST. 20:42 SHE HAD A JOB TO DO. 20:47 SHE WAS DOING OUR CHILD EVANGELISM FOR US, AND SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. 20:52 SO YOU HAD THIS TOUR GUIDE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT FOR THIS HOUR AND 20:55 TWENTY MINUTES THAT YOU WERE SEPARATED. 20:58 WHO WERE YOU VISITING DURING THAT TIME? 21:02 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS--OUR DEAR FRIENDS WE TOLD HIM. 21:09 IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL WE MET PEMA WHO IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT IN HIS NATIONAL COSTUME. 21:16 THE CONFERENCE GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPERVISOR IS IN THE LIGHT-COLORED SHIRT. 21:20 NEXT TO HIM IS THE PASTOR FROM THE UNION WHO WAS WITH ME FOR FIVE WEEKS. 21:28 WHEN WE GOT UP INTO THE FIFTH STORY OF THIS BUILDING WE WERE TAKEN 21:29 INSIDE AND INTO ANOTHER ROOM. 21:32 THEY CALLED IT A PRAYER ROOM. 21:36 WE SAT ON THE FLOOR AND EACH ONE OF THEM CAME AND GAVE US THESE BEAUTIFUL 21:40 FINE SILK SCARVES. 21:41 IS THAT A WELCOME GIFT? 21:42 IT WAS A WELCOME GIFT. 21:45 THEY PUT IT ON EACH ONE OF US AS WE WERE THERE. 21:51 PASTOR BHATTI FROM THE UNION AND PASTOR TAMSENG FROM THE CONFERENCE IS THERE. 21:58 CHUCK IS GETTING HIS SCARF AND KYLA GOT A SCARF ALSO. 22:01 THERE SHE IS WITH HERS ON. 22:03 KYLA IS YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER? 22:05 YES. 22:07 THIS TO ME IS THE MOST PRECIOUS PICTURE. 22:13 THESE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN. 22:14 THERE ARE SIX OF THEM. 22:16 PEMA IS ON THE RIGHT. 22:22 WE CALL HIM THE LOCAL LEAD BECAUSE NOT ALWAYS CAN WE GET SUPERVISORS INTO 22:25 BHUTAN BECAUSE OF THIS IMMIGRATION LAW. 22:35 PASTOR TAMSENG IS HALF NEPALI AND HALF SIKKIMESE WHICH MEANS THAT HE HAS SLANTED EYES. 22:40 BECAUSE HE HAS SLANTED EYES THEY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO GIVE HIM 22:44 PERMISSION TO COME IN AND VISIT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:55 DEKI IN THE TAN JACKET SITTING NEXT TO PEMA IS IN HER EARLY THIRTIES. 23:00 SHE IS ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 23:07 SHE WON THE OTHER LADY, IN THE BLUE JACKET, TO THE FAITH. 23:12 TOGETHER THEY GO OUT PREACHING TO THE LADIES IN THE COMMUNITY. 23:16 MANY TIMES THE LADIES ARE AT HOME AND THE MEN AREN'T SO IT'S A WONDERFUL 23:19 OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET OUT AND SHARE THEIR FAITH. 23:21 WOMEN'S MINISTRY IN BHUTAN. 23:22 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:33 JOSEPH IN THE BLUE IN THE CENTER IS THE PASTOR OF OUR FIRST ADVENTIST CHURCH 23:34 IN BHUTAN. 23:42 HE HAS A CONGREGATION OF BETWEEN 30 AND 35. 23:46 THEY HAVE PROBABLY 30 MORE READY FOR BAPTISM. 23:54 ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS NIMA . 24:01 HE HAS BEEN AN ADVENTIST FROM SIKKIM EVANGELISM BUT LIVING IN BHUTAN. 24:06 WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT HIM HE WANTED TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 24:10 HE HAS 25 PEOPLE READY FOR BAPTISM. 24:17 WHEN WE THINK AND PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF BHUTAN, WE CAN THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE 24:18 IN THAT PICTURE. 24:21 SO CHUCK, YOU HAD A WONDERFUL TRIP? 24:23 YES, VERY SUCCESSFUL. 24:25 WHAT WAS THE BEST THING ABOUT IT? 24:32 THE BEST THING FOR ME WAS GETTING INTO BHUTAN AND MEETING THESE PEOPLE WHO 24:37 ARE WORKING SO HARD, AND GETTING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND ACTUALLY 24:40 FEELING THEM AS OUR OWN NEEDS. 24:43 BEV, YOU'LL GO BACK? 24:47 OH I WANT TO EVEN IF IT COSTS ME $250.00 A DAY. 24:49 WE CAN CERTAINLY PRAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 24:54 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:58 WE ARE HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TO SHARE WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES. 25:02 YOU CAN GIVE A CALL TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AT 509-525-2951 TO FIND OUT 25:09 HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP THESE 25:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:14 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. 25:18 WWW.GOAIM.ORG <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> . 25:22 ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:23 THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT. 25:29 THE MONEY YOU GIVE GOES AS DIRECTLY AS POSSIBLE TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE 25:31 WORKING IN THEIR COUNTRY. 25:33 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING. 25:34 THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE. 25:40 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PRAY FOR, BEV WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR TERRITORY? 25:46 THAT GOD WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE, TO THE LOVE OF JESUS. 25:54 IT IS SO AMAZING TO ME THAT WHEN WE TRY TO FIND COMMON GROUND BY WHICH TO 25:59 REACH THE PEOPLE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING AND GOD IS GOOD. 26:03 THAT'S TRUE AND THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM IN THAT AREA. 26:06 CHUCK, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED? 26:08 AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. 26:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:16 WE'LL ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TO PRAY FOR YOU AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT 26:20 PICTURE AND PRAY THAT MORE PEOPLE IN BHUTAN WILL GET TO KNOW THE LORD. 26:23 AND WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:24 YES. 26:25 GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT BEV. 26:30 IT MEANS ABOUT $100.00 A MONTH AND IN BHUTAN $150.00 A MONTH. 26:34 THAT'S TO HELP A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT COUNTRY. 26:40 JUST THINK HOW FAR $150.00 GOES HERE COMPARED TO THERE. 26:46 CHUCK NELSON AND BEV THOMPSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH 26:48 US AND GOD'S BLESSINGS TO YOU BOTH. 26:51 THANK YOU TOO, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:53 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:54 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 26:59 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06