Participants: Dave Parks
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000349
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:15 GREETINGS, DEAR FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER PROGRAM OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:20 WE CALL IT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:24 BY THE WAY, THAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEWS LETTER THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:29 PRODUCES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 00:31 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO WATCH FOR THE ADDRESS LATER ON IN THIS PROGRAM. 00:35 REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 00:40 SOME OF THE STORIES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM 00:44 ARE PRINTED FOR YOU IN THE NEWSLETTER. 00:50 I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. 00:53 RIGHT NOW, I GET TO INTRODUCE A DEAR, DEAR FRIEND OF MIND, DAVID PARKS. 00:59 DAVID, BLESS YOUR HEART. 01:01 I AM ALWAYS GLAD TO GET TO BE WHERE YOU ARE AND THAT IS SINCERE. 01:05 OFTEN DAVID AND I GET TO MEET IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 01:10 I TELL YOU IT IS LIKE "OLD HOME WEEK". 01:13 I WAS RECENTLY IN KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON. 01:20 DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER, DAVID? 01:24 YOU AND I WERE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY THERE FOR MORE YEARS THAT ANY ONE OF US WANTS TO COUNT. 01:28 THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER EXPERIENCES TOGETHER THAT HAVE BEEN A GREAT BLESSING. 01:41 WE LOVE YOU, RETHA, AND YOUR FAMILY. 01:49 WE ARE JUST TO BE DELIGHTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU NOW IN THIS WAY 01:53 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:55 YOU HAVE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH A LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE. 01:58 WHY ARE YOU A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:02 I HAVE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 12 YEARS. 02:05 I KEEP WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST 02:11 EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT IS RUN IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 02:19 IT IS A GENIOUS OF AN IDEA. 02:24 WHAT IS EFFECTIVE? 02:25 GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY. 02:27 TELL US WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ABOUT IT? 02:28 IT IS EFFECTIVE IN THAT WE ONLY USE NATIONAL WORKERS. 02:33 EACH OF THESE WORKERS IS AN EVANGELIST WITH AN ASSIGNMENT 02:38 TO PLANT A CHURCH IN AN UNENTERED AREA. 02:41 PLACES WHERE, IN MANY CASES, NO CHRISTIANS ARE AT ALL. 02:44 THEY GO IN AND MAKE FRIENDS, BEGIN TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH PEOPLE. 02:50 PRETTY SOON THERE IS A CHURCH GROUP. 02:53 THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE IN MY TERRITORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND ACROSS THE 10-40 WINDOW. 03:00 I WANT TO UNDERSCORE SOMETHING YOU SAID, 03:03 AND I INTERUPTED YOU BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET. 03:06 YOU SAID THAT THEY MAKE FRIENDS. 03:08 I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OUR COLLEAGUES AND THAT SEEMS TO BE 03:13 A COMMON FOCUS AND A COMMON VISION AMONG ALL OF OUR PEOPLE. 03:20 YOU AS A DIRECTOR PLUS THE WORKERS IN THE FRONT LINES ARE THERE TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR GOD. 03:29 WHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED, THEY DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER. 03:36 IT FORMS WHAT THE CHURCH IS, A COMMUNITY OF TRUSTING SOULS WHO LOVE GOD 03:43 AND WHO WANT TO SERVE HIM. 03:45 IN MY RECENT TRIP TO SOUTHEAST ASIA, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 03:54 WHO HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY RIGHT INTO THEIR OWN HOME. 04:01 THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION. 04:05 THEY HAVE BEGUN TO HAVE HOME SCHOOLS AND SO ON. 04:08 ONE BY ONE, THROUGH BIBLE CLASSES, THE SCHOOL, FAMILY WORSHIP IN THE HOME 04:16 AND THINGS LIKE THIS, MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTISED. 04:21 NOW SOME OF THEIR PARENTS HAVE BEEN, ALSO. 04:25 THAT IS HOW THESE CHURCHES BEGAN. 04:26 IT IS JUST FRIENDSHIP AND MEETING A NEED THAT EXISTS IN SOME OF THESE VILLAGES. 04:32 YOU REMIND ME OF SOMETHING ELSE AS YOU WERE GIVING THAT LITTLE ACCOUNT. 04:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH EDUCATION. 04:40 IN MANY OF THESE INSTANCES, THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION. 04:45 THE ILLITERACY RATE IS VERY HIGH AMONG THE PEOPLE. 04:56 SO WHEN THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO HAVE THE SKILLS OF 05:04 COMMUNICATION OF READING, WRITING AND SO FORTH, IT OPENS A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR THEM. 05:10 OBSOLUTELY, IT DOES! 05:12 THE TRAINING, THE EDUCATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY 05:18 TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH JESUS CHRIST CHANGES THEIR WHOLE LIFE AND THEIR WHOLE WORLD VIEW. 05:26 IT CHANGES HOW THEY LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND AT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. 05:30 YOU HAVE SOME HISTORY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:35 ALL THIS WAS STARTED BY ONE MAN? 05:39 YES! 05:40 JUST TELL US WHO HE WAS AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 05:44 FRANK STANYER WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. 05:50 HE LIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HAD A BURDEN TO REACH THE TRIBAL GROUPS 05:58 IN THE PHILIPINES. 06:00 HE DEVELOPED THIS PLAN OF FINDING NATIONAL WORKERS 06:05 THAT COULD GO INTO THESE TRIBAL REGIONS. 06:08 THAT'S WHERE IT BEGAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. 06:10 OF COURSE, IT HAS NOW SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD, 06:15 BUT IS STILL MOSTLY IN THE 10-40 WINDOW. 06:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A RELATIVELY NEW ORGANIZATION. 06:22 FRANK STANYER CAME HOME FROM THE PHILIPPINES, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, 06:28 IN 1993.THEN HE SENT BACK THE FIRST 50 DOLLARS A MONTH 06:32 TO SUPPORT ONE TEACHER IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 06:37 SINCE THAT TIME, HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE NOW INVOLVED? 06:41 I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY COUNTRIES THERE ARE NOW. 06:47 BUT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 06:50 TO WORK IN 90 TO 100 MISSIONS IN THE 10-40 WINDOW. 07:00 WE WILL TRY TO GET SOME MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 07:04 IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH NEWSLETTER, ADVENTURES IN 07:13 MISSIONS, YOU NEED TO WRITE OR CALL. 07:32 AFTER YOU HEAR THE STORIES THAT DAVID IS GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US TODAY, 07:35 I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 07:40 PLEASE BE IN TOUCH. 07:42 ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DIVIDED INTO 17 REGIONS IN THE 10-40 WINDOW. 07:58 MY TERRITORY IS SOUTHEAST ASIA. 08:02 I HAVE VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, THAILAND AND MYANMAR. 08:09 I WAS HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION 08:16 TO DO THAT BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN MISSION SERVICE IN ASIA FOR NINE YEARS. 08:21 I HAD BEEN IN ALL THOSE PLACES. 08:24 I WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THE PEOPLE. 08:26 THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 08:29 I WAS HAPPY TO BE A PART OF WHAT WAS CONTINUING TO GO ON THERE. 08:35 I THINK ALL OF YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, TOO, THAT DAVID AND RETHA ARE NOT AWAY 08:41 FROM THEIR PEOPLE NOW. 08:42 DAVID IS WORKING AS A PART-TIME PASTOR FOR THE VIETNAMESE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 08:51 THAT IS TRUE. 08:53 WE WENT TO VISIT HIM IN A VIETNAMESE CHURCH NOT SO LONG AGO. 08:56 TELL US MORE ABOUT THESE REGIONS. 09:01 THE INTERESTING FACT IS THAT MOST ALL THE REGIONS ARE NOW LEAD BY PEOPLE, 09:13 LIKE YOU, WHO HAVE SOME IDENTITY WITH THAT TERRITORY. 09:18 THEY FEEL AT HOME AMONG THE PEOPLE. 09:20 THAT IS TRUE. 09:21 I THINK THAT AMONG THE 17 REGIONAL DIRECTORS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 09:27 THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE 200 YEARS OF OVERSEAS MISSION SERVICE. 09:32 THAT IS WHY ALL OF YOU ARE GLAD TO GO BACK AND VISIT YOUR FAMILIES OVER THERE. 09:37 THAT IS RIGHT! 09:38 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? 09:40 WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAILAND. 09:42 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THAILAND SINCE VERY EARLY ON IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH 09:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:53 IT IS ABOUT 90% BUDDEST AND IT IS NOT EASY TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS AMONG THE BUDDEST. 10:04 EVERY YEAR QUITE A FEW BAPTISMS OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA. 10:10 WE HAVE FOUND THAT MOST OF THE GROWTH IN THE THAILAND MISSION AREA 10:19 ACTUALLY HAPPENS AMONG THE TRIBAL GROUPS THAT ARE SCATTERED ALL AROUND THE PERIMETERS. 10:26 THAILAND HAS BEEN THE STABLE COUNTRY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 10:31 THE OTHERS, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND MYANMAR HAVE HAD A LITTLE UNREST. 10:42 A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGRATED TO THE EDGES OF THAILAND AND SETTLED THERE. 10:52 PEOPLE LIKE AKHA , HMONG , LAHU AND KHME, AND KAREN LIVE ALONG THE EDGE OF THAILAND. 11:08 THAT IS WHERE MOST OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE LOCATED IN THAILAND.IT 11:15 IS IN THESE TRIBAL VILLAGES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, AROUND THE 11:20 PERIMETER OF THAILAND. 11:22 SO DO I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT THESE TRIBAL PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY 11:27 MIGRATING FROM THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL 11:33 UNREST AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES? 11:35 YES. 11:39 IN FACT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING CHIANGMAI MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. 11:45 I WENT OUT OF CHIANGMAI TO VISIT AMONG THOSE IN THE VILLAGES. 11:49 THAT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING, TOO. 11:52 THE ONE I REALLY WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT TODAY 11:55 IS A HMONG VILLAGE 75 MILES EAST OF CHIANGMAI. 12:05 THAT IS THE TERRITORY THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. 12:08 FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE VIEWING TODAY AND HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT A HMONG VILLAGE, 12:13 THERE ARE QUITE A FEW HMONG PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO THE UNITED STATES, TOO. 12:18 IF YOU SEE THIS WORDS H-M-O-N-G , IT REFERS TO THE PEOPLE 12:26 FROM THE KIND OF TERRITORY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 12:30 THE HMONG PEOPLE WERE ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA BUT MANY OF THEM MIGRATED TO SOUTHEAST ASIA. 12:36 A LOT OF THEM LIVE IN VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, THAILAND AND LOAS, 12:40 SO THERE ARE MANY OF THEM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 12:45 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHOW? 12:46 YES, WE DO. 12:47 THIS IS A TYPICAL HOME IN A HMONG VILLAGE. 12:53 THEY ARE A POOR GROUP. 12:59 IT IS DIFFICULT IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS TO HAVE VERY GOOD AGRICULTURE. 13:05 THEY WORK HARD TO MAKE A LIVING. 13:09 MOST OF THESE HMONG VILLAGERS ARE ANIMIST , THAT IS, 13:15 SPIRIT WORSHIPERS WHO BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRITS LIVE IN THE TREES, ROCKS AND HILLS. 13:23 THESE PEOPLE GO THROUGH THEIR LIVES IN FEAR OF THE SPIRITS WITH GOOD REASON. 13:31 THEY SEE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT THE SPIRITS DO. 13:36 SOMEBODY PUTS A CURSE ON SOME OTHER PERSON AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS THEY MAY BE DEAD, 13:43 OR SICK OR A CHILD WILL DIE IN THE FAMILY. 13:47 SOME OF THEM GO THROUGH THEIR LIVES IN FEAR OF WHAT THE SPIRITS MAY DO TO THEM. 13:54 SO THE GOSPEL PROVIDES FOR THEM SUCH A MARVELOUS RELIEF FROM THAT. 14:00 WHEN THESE ANIMISTIC PEOPLE LEARN THE GOSPEL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 14:07 AND WHAT HE CAN DO IN THEIR LIVES, THAT GOD LOVES THEM AND THAT JESUS DIED FOR THEM, 14:17 IT IS A WHOLE NEW PARADIGM IN TERMS OF HOW THEY RELATE TO A GOD. 14:25 DO ANY OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TELL THEM THE STORY ABOUT JESUS TEMPTATIONS 14:34 AND HOW HE HAS POWER OVER THE SPIRIT WORLD? 14:39 OH, YES! 14:40 I WAS IN BANGKOK JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE HAVING A PASTOR'S MEETING 14:48 WHERE ALLTHE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WERE IN TOWN. 14:52 I GOT TO INTERVIEW EVERY ONE OF THEM. 14:55 ONE BY ONE, AS WE SAT AND TALK TOGETHER FOR A HALF OF AN HOUR, 15:00 THEY WOULD TEL ME STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE POSSESSED 15:09 AND HARASSED WITH THE DEMONS. AND 15:12 THE CHANGE THAT CAME IN WHEN THEY GOT ACQUAINTED WITH JESUS. 15:17 THESE ARE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HMONG CHURCHES 15:23 AND CHURCHES OF OTHER TRIBAL GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN SPIRIT WORSHIPERS. 15:28 IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT PLAINLY, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DEVIL WORSHIP. 15:33 WE CAN VERIFY TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY VIEWERS 15:42 THAT WE ARE NOT BEYOND GOD'S POWER OVER THE DEVIL IN THE 21ST CENTURY AS WE SEE 15:51 TESTIMONY OF HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING RELIEVED AND RELEASED FROM DEVIL POSSESSION? 15:58 YES, OBSOLUTELY! 16:00 MANY OF THE CHURCHES THAT I VISITED WITH HAVE COME ABOUT 16:09 BECAUSE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS VISITING THESE PEOPLE, MAKING FRIENDS 16:17 AND HELPING THEM IN SOME PHYSICAL WAY. 16:22 THEY PRAY WITH THEM FOR RELEASE FROM DEVIL POSESSION AND FROM DEVIL HARASSMENT. 16:29 THESE PEOPLE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY BECOME MEMBERS. 16:34 IS THERE A CHURCH IN A HMONG VILLAGE? 16:37 YES! 16:37 I HAVE A QUESTION. 16:40 I SEE THAT LUMBER IS USED TO CONSTRUCT THIS. 16:44 DO THEY HAVE SAW MILLS OR DO THEY SAW THIS OUT BY HAND? 16:47 THEY DO HAVE SAW MILLS. 16:50 THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT GREAT BUILDINGS BUT THE PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL. 16:57 WHEN I VISITED THERE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T SEE STRUCTURES WITH THIS 17:02 KIND OF STABILITY AT ALL. 17:05 THIS IS SOMETHING HAS COME WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE SAW MILL. 17:09 YES, EVEN A BUILDING THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS CERTAINLY AN UPGRADE 17:14 FROM WHAT I USED TO SEE EVEN 25 YEARS AGO. 17:19 HOW MANY CHURCHES LIKE THIS ARE THERE AMONG THE TRIBAL PEOPLE? 17:23 WE HAVE ABOUT 18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SCATTERED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THAILAND. 17:34 EVERY ONE OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAS AT LEAST TWO 17:41 AND UP TO FIVE CHURCHES THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF IN VILLAGES IN A CERTAIN REGION. 17:49 THERE ARE PROBABLY 50 CHURCHES IN THESE TRIBAL AREAS THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE VISITED. 18:01 SOME OF THEM ARE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. 18:03 HERE IS THE INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING THAT WE SAW ON THE OUTSIDE. 18:10 THERE IS A WORSHIP SERVICE GOING ON. 18:13 THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE. 18:16 THE CHURCHES ARE GROWING BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING AND ALL THESE YOUNGER CHILDREN. 18:23 MANY OF THEM HAVE STARTED CHURCH SCHOOLS. 18:26 DO YOU HAVE A SCHOOL IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OF THESE CHURCHES? 18:29 VERY OFTEN! 18:30 I AM JUST LOOKING AT THE BUILDING. 18:33 THERE IS PROBABLY NO ELECTRICITY IN THAT BUILDING. 18:35 PROBABLY NOT! 18:36 SO THEY CAN ONLY HAVE SERVICES OR MEETINGS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS? 18:41 THEY HAVE LAMPS, LANTERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 18:47 MOSTLY, IT HAPPENS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. 18:50 HERE THEY ARE PREPARING THE GROUND FOR A NEW CHURCH BUILDING. 18:55 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT INTO THIS VILLAGE AND A NEIGHBOR OF ONE OF MEMBERS 19:14 IN THE NEXT VILLAGE WAS VERY ILL AND WAS HARASSED CONSTANTLY BY THE DEMONS. 19:28 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT IN AND HAD PRAYER WITH HER. 19:35 THEY GAVE HER SOME NATURAL REMEDIES. 19:38 HE AND HIS WIFE CARRY ON A MINISTRY OF FIRST AID 19:43 AND BASIC THINGS THAT WILL HELP THESE PEOPLE. 19:50 OF COURSE, THEY PRAYED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THIS LADY. 19:56 IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SHE WAS WELL AND FREE FROM THE DEMON POSSESSION. 20:01 SHE AND SEVERAL OF HER FAMILY BECAME MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN THE NEXT VILLAGE. 20:11 IT BECAME OVERCROWDED, SO THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW CHURCH IN THEIR VILLAGE. 20:16 THIS IS THE NEW CHURCH THAT THEY JUST BUILT AND NOW PRACTICALLY THAT WHOLE 20:24 VILLAGE IS COMPOSED OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 20:28 IT IS JUST MARVELOUS! 20:29 WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT PLACE, FROM ANIMISM TO ADVENTISM IS A BIG JUMP. 20:37 NEARLY THAT WHOLE VILLAGE HAS MADE THAT CHANGE. 20:42 NO JUMP IS TOO BIG OR TOO SCARY FOR GOD, IS IT? 20:45 THAT BUILDING LOOKS LIKE A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST CHURCH. 20:50 IS THAT MASONRY? 20:53 YES, THEY HAD CONCRETE BLOCK COVERED WITH STUCCO AND WITH A TIN ROOF. 21:00 THAT WAS A LOVELY BUILDING. 21:02 WAS THAT BUILT ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE SAW THAT THEY WERE PREPARING? 21:05 YES! 21:06 THIS IS THEIR NEW CHURCH BUILDING WITH A STEEL ROOF. 21:10 THIS IS THE HOME CHURCH IN THE VILLAGE WHERE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 21:17 WAS PRAYING FOR THE SICK LADY. 21:21 THEY HAVE HAD MARVELOUS GROWTH THERE, AS WELL. 21:26 THEY HAVE ABOUT 60 MEMBERS NOW IN THAT CHURCH. 21:30 THEY WENT IN THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND STARTED MAKING FRIENDS 21:37 AND CARRYING ON THEIR HEALTH MINISTRY. 21:39 THEY NOW HAVE A CHURCH WITH ABOUT 60 MEMBERS AND IT KEEPS GROWING. 21:46 THIS PARTICULAR CHURCH HAS SPAWNED OFF TWICE IN TWO OTHER VILLAGES. 21:54 DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS NO OTHER FAITH GROUP IN THAT AREA? 22:07 THERE MAY BE IN THE REGION BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR VILLAGE EVERY PERSON IS A 22:16 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 22:17 THESE ARE THRILLING, THRILLING ACCOUNTS. 22:21 THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN JUST ONE COMMUNITY. 22:26 YES, IN ONE AREA JUST 75 MILES EAST OF CHIANGMAI . 22:31 THAT IS GETTING CLOSE TO MYANMAR . 22:36 YES, MYANMAR IS OFF TO THE WEST. 22:40 OFF TO THE EAST WOULD BE LAOS AND CAMBODIA. 22:47 RIGHT WEST OF THEM IS LAOS . 22:50 NOW YOU HAVE GOT ANOTHER PICTURE OR TWO. 22:52 YES, I DO! 22:53 HERE IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEGUN A NEW PROGRAM. 23:00 THIS IS STILL WHAT WE WOULD CALL A BRANCH SABBATH SCHOOL 23:04 BUT THEY HAVE BUILT A BUILDING. 23:07 THEY ARE REALLY MAKING SOME WONDEFUL PROGRESS AMONG THESE TRIBAL GROUPS. 23:15 THAT REQUIRES SOME RESOURCES TO PUT UP A BUILDING LIKE THIS, 23:19 THE STEEL FOR THE ROOF AND ALL THE THINGS IT TAKES. 23:24 DID THESE PEOPLE RAISE SOME MONEY THEMSELVES? 23:25 MOSTLY, THE THAI MISSION HELPS THEM SOME 23:28 AND PROBABLY EVEN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION WOULD HELP ALSO. 23:33 AND IN A FEW CASES, THEY WOULD GET SOME MONEY FROM THE DIVISION OFFICE DOWN IN MANILLA; 23:39 SO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE VERY ENCOURAGING TO THEM. 23:41 DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE? 23:45 I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST PICTURE. 23:48 IT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THESE VILLAGES. 23:54 THEY ARE FINDING A GREAT RECEPTION AMONG THESE ANIMISTIC PEOPLE, 24:02 @ 24:02 WHO ARE JUST TIRED OF TRYING TO APPEASE THE SPIRITS. 24:08 THEY OFFER ANIMAL SACRIFICES. 24:10 THE WITCH DOCTORS TELL THEM WHAT THEY HAVE GOT TO OFFER: 24:13 A COW, A GOAT OR AT LEAST A CHICKEN TO APPEASE THE SPIRITS. 24:21 THEY GET WEARY WITH ALL THE THIS LIVING IN FEAR ALL OF THE TIME. 24:26 SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES WITH HOPE AND A MESSAGE THAT SHOWS THAT GOD LOVES THEM, 24:35 IT IS JUST A MARVELOUS CHANGE FOR THEM. 24:39 DAVID, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAILAND AND THE PERIMETER OF TRIBAL PEOPLES 24:48 THAT ARE VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCERNED. 24:53 TELL US ABOUT THE REST OF YOUR REGION. 24:56 WE HAVE WORK IN LAOS AND VIETNAM, WHICH IS MAYBE THE GREATEST SUCCESS 25:09 STORY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA-- THAT THE WORK OF CHRISTIANITY IS GROWING IN VIETNAM. 25:18 IN CAMBODIA, THEY ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 25:22 CHRISTIAN WORK IN CAMBODIA IS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD. 25:30 SINCE THE DAYS OF THE POL POT REGIME, WE NOW HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS IN CAMBODIA, 25:40 PROBABLY 25 TO 30 THOUSAND MEMBERS. 25:47 THE CHURCH IN MYANMAR IS GROWING WELL ALSO, BUT UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. 25:57 IT IS NOT AN EASY PLACE. 25:58 BECAUSE SOME OUR VIEWERS WILL RELATE, MYANMAR WAS FORMALLY BURMA. 26:03 THAT IS WHAT WE CALL ERIC B. 26:07 HARE TERRITORY. 26:09 RIGHT! 26:10 I HAVE BEEN THERE IN SOUTHEAST MYANMAR WHERE ERIC HARE WORKED. 26:14 THE KAREN PEOPLE ARE WHO WE WORK FOR. 26:17 YOU STAY TUNED TO GOSPEL OUTREACH IN " ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:22 YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE STORIES ABOUT SOME OF THIS REGION 26:25 WHERE DAVID GETS TO BE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH REPRESENTATIVE. 26:29 THANKS, DAVID. 26:30 IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. 26:33 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 26:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 26:36 WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT HERE! 26:40 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06