?OPENING MUSIC?
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WELCOME TO
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
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I'M JULIE SANDERS
KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH,
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AND WE ARE JOINED
TODAY BY BRUCE MOYER.
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BRUCE, WELCOME TO
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
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THANK YOU, IT'S
NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU.
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IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AND TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR AREA WHICH
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IS DISTRICT 9. WHY DON'T YOU
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
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BRUCE. DISTRICT 9 INVOLVES
WORK AMONG MUSLIM PEOPLES.
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UP TO THIS POINT IT HAS INVOLVED
WORK AMONG MUSLIM PEOPLES
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IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
SOUTH ASIA, IRAN AND CUBA.
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NOW WE HAVE A BRAND NEW
PROJECT WE'RE DEVELOPING
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IN CENTRAL ASIA. THE
OLD "SILK ROAD" AREA.
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FASCINATING.
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TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
A SHORT TRIP TO KYRGYZSTAN.
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ONCE A YEAR FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO GO
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OVER TO KYRGYZSTAN TO THE TOWN
OF TOKMOK UP IN THE NORTHERN
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PART. THERE THE SOUTHERN
UNION OF THE ESD, THE RUSSIAN
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DIVISION, HAS A BRAND NEW
SCHOOL THEY ARE DEVELOPING
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FOR TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY ASKED ME TO COME OVER.
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THEY TRAIN THEM IN
SUCH AREAS AS CARPENTRY,
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ELECTRICAL REPAIR, COSMETOLOGY
AND THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE.
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THAT'S LOTS OF GAMUTS .
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THEY ASKED ME TO COME IN AND
TALK TO THEM ABOUT PRINCIPLES OF
TENT MAKING SINCE I DEVELOPED
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AND OPERATED A TENT-MAKING
PROGRAM FOR THE DENOMINATION
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EARLIER. I SPENT A GOOD LONG
WEEK ALL DAY EVERY DAY WITH
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
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PRINCIPLES OF HOW DO YOU SET UP
A BUSINESS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A
FAITH OPERATION, THAT IS CHRIST
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ORIENTED IN WHICH
JESUS SHINES THROUGH
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BUT IS STILL A LEGITIMATE,
OPERATING, PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
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IT HAS TO BE ALL OF THAT.
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I'VE DONE IT FOR TWO YEARS
AND THIS LAST YEAR I HAVE WORKED
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WITH THEM IN TERMS OF PLACING
SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
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WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM
IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT THEY
WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE?
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AND THAT'S YOUR TENT MAKING.
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ISN'T THAT INTERESTING, BECAUSE
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU BRUCE FOR
SOME REASON I THINK OF PAUL.
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SO THAT'S PERFECT FOR ME.
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THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.
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IT IS A COMPLIMENT.
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LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
I BROUGHT A FEW PICTURES THIS
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TIME. I HAVE MY PASSPORT, LET'S
GO. WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY.
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IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO SPELL
FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT THERE IT IS,
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"WELCOME TO KYRGYZSTAN"
WHICH IS A LAND OF MOUNTAINS.
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AND IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW?
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YES. IT'S NOT LIKE HERE IN
THIS COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE FLAT
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LAND, THEN
FOOTHILLS AND THEN MOUNTAINS.
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HERE YOU HAVE FLAT
LAND AND MOUNTAINS.
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IT'S LIKE ALMOST
A 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
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THEY JUST RISE RIGHT
UP OUT OF THE VALLEYS.
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I LIKE MOUNTAINS SO
THAT WOULD BE MY FAVORITES.
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IT'S HARD TO TAKE A PICTURE
OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
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IMMENSE. I JUST GOT A SMALL
PICTURE OF WHAT THEY CALL THE
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PAMIRS. THIS IS A BRIEF SHOT OF
THEM. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
THROUGH SOME OF THE TREES.
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YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM
SO WE WON'T LINGER ON THESE.
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THIS IS THE SCHOOL IN TOKMOK.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK ON A MAP,
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IT'S ABOUT 30 MILES FROM THE
CAPITAL CITY OF BISHKEK, THE
CAPITAL OF KYRGYZSTAN.
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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THESE.
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THERE IS KYRGYZSTAN,
KAZAKHSTAN JUST NORTH.
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THERE IS TAJIKISTAN,
UZBEKISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN.
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ALL THE "STANS." YES. ORIGINALLY
THESE WERE PART OF THE U.S.S.R.
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FIFTY OR SIXTY YEARS
AGO THERE WAS NO KYRGYZSTAN,
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THERE WAS NO KAZAKHSTAN,
THERE WAS NO UZBEKISTAN.
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THERE WERE UZBEKS
AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE.
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THERE WERE KYRGYZ
AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE.
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THERE WERE KAZAKS
AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE.
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THERE WERE NO BORDERS, BUT THEY
ALL KNEW WHERE THEY BELONGED.
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THEY WOULD MEET FOR VARIOUS
REASONS, BUT THERE WAS NO SENSE
OF A NATION AT ALL.
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THEY WERE SIMPLY TRIBAL GROUPS.
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TO THIS DAY THE SENSE OF
NATIONHOOD IS STILL FAIRLY VAGUE
AMONG THESE PEOPLE.
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THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES
STILL MORE AS KYRGYZ OR KAZAKS.
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THAT'S THEIR ORIENTATION. IT
MAKES FOR A VERY INTERESTING
CONCEPT OF MISSION.
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THE ADMINISTRATORS
ARE ALL STILL RUSSIAN.
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YEARS AGO RUSSIANS
MOVED IN DOWN HERE.
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THEY MOVED IN AND
BASICALLY SET UP THEIR CHURCHES.
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A FEW KYRGYZ AND A FEW KAZAKS
AND THAT SORT OF THING JOINED,
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BUT LARGELY THERE WERE RUSSIAN
OR GERMAN ADVENTIST CHURCHES.
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THE U.S.S.R. COLLAPSED AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE ALL THESE
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RUSSIANS AND GERMANS FLOODING
BACK TO RUSSIA AND EUROPE
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LEAVING A HANDFUL. TO THIS DAY
THE CHURCHES THAT I VISIT ARE
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SMALL. SMALL MEANING HOW MANY?
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A DOZEN. IN TURKMENISTAN
THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH.
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IN UZBEKISTAN THERE ARE I THINK
THREE CHURCHES AND THEY ALL HAVE
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PADLOCKS ON THEM. OH DEAR.
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SO THIS IS THE
NATURE OF THE BEAST THERE.
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THESE ARE STILL QUITE
TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS.
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THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS
ON WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO
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BECAUSE OF THAT. I FIND THE
RUSSIANS A BIT FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO
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DEVELOP KYRGYZ CHURCHES,
FOR INSTANCES, BUT THEY ARE
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FRUSTRATED. NUMBER ONE,
THEY DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
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THAT'S A BARRIER.
THEY SPEAK IN RUSSIAN.
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NUMBER TWO, THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND, THEY DON'T KNOW
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THEIR WORLD VIEW. THEY WILL TELL
ME THESE PEOPLE ARE UNRELIABLE.
WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THEM.
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THE RUSSIANS ARE
SAYING THAT ABOUT THE KYRGYZ.
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THEY SAID WE PLAN
MEETINGS AND THEY'RE GONE.
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THERE'S A FUNERAL, THERE'S
A WEDDING, THEY'RE NOT HERE.
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MANY OF THE KYRGYZ ESPECIALLY,
AND KAZAKHS, THEY WERE A NOMADIC
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PEOPLE. THEY ARE
USED TO WANDERING.
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THEY DON'T WEAR WATCHES?
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NO THEY DON'T. THEY LIVE
IN TERMS OF CLANS AND FAMILIES
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AND IF THERE IS A WEDDING
OR FUNERAL THEY ALL GO TO IT.
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YOU CAN'T SCHEDULE
THOSE, FOR THE MOST PART,
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AND IF YOU GO YOU'RE
GONE FOR MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO.
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OH, THEY'RE THAT LONG?
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YES. EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER
YOU SEE AND IT'S A TIME FOR
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TOGETHERNESS. SO HOW DO YOU
SCHEDULE MEETINGS AND EXPECT
PEOPLE TO BE THERE.
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I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
RESEARCH ON NOMADIC PEOPLE.
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WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
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I DISCOVERED THAT THERE
IS A LARGE NUMBER OF NOMADS.
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THEY ARE NOT JUST IN CENTRAL
ASIA BUT ACROSS THE SAHEL
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IN ETHIOPIA AND THE
PYGMIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
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THESE ARE ALL NOMADIC PEOPLES.
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THINK OF THE GYPSIES HERE IN
THIS COUNTRY, THE ROMA PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE.
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THEY ARE ON THE
MOVE FAIRLY REGULARLY.
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THE KYRGYZ LIVE IN YURTS,
A ROUND FELT HOUSE WITH A LOW
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CONICAL TOP. THIS CAN
BE PACKED UP AND MOVED.
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IT'S FASCINATING, BUT HOW DO YOU
DEVELOP A CHURCH AMONGST THESE
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PEOPLES. THE CLASSIC STATEMENT
HAS BEEN THAT OF A SOMALI
NOMADIC CAMEL DRIVER WHO SAID,
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"WHEN YOU CAN PUT YOUR CHURCH
ON THE BACK OF MY CAMEL I WILL
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COME TO YOUR CHURCH." WE HAVE TO
TAKE THAT STATEMENT SERIOUSLY.
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HOW DO WE DO THIS?
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HOW DO WE ARRANGE TO PUT A
CHURCH ON THE BACK OF A CAMEL?
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YOU'RE HAVING CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES AND PEOPLE AREN'T
UNDERSTANDING THOSE.
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NO, THEY'RE NOT.
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LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.
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I HAPPENED TO BE THERE IN
TIME FOR A VERY SPECIAL BAPTISM.
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THE MAN I WORK WITH THERE HAS
TAKEN A SPECIAL INTEREST IN A
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CHINESE GROUP. THESE ARE
THREE YOUNG DUNGANI GIRLS.
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THESE ARE A DIFFERENT
TRIBE. THEY ARE FROM CHINA.
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THEY ARE NOMADIC. SOME OF
THEM MOVED INTO KYRGYZSTAN.
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THEY ARE NOT ON THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
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STRATA BUT A WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
LOOK AT THE SMILES ON THOSE
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FACES. THIS IS THE FIRST DUNGANI
BAPTISM, AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE.
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THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK.
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I LOOKED AT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
AND I TOLD THEM THEY ARE THE
SEED OF A NEW CHURCH IN
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KYRGYZSTAN, A DUNGANI CHURCH
THAT WILL SPEAK DUNGANI, THAT
WILL HOPEFULLY MEET AND OPERATE
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ON A DUNGANI STYLE, WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THEIR WORLD VIEW.
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THE MAN IS
COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THAT.
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SO WE HAVE THESE THREE
PEOPLE WHO ARE THE FIRST FRUITS.
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IT WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE
THERE AND MEET WITH THESE PEOPLE
AND WATCH THEIR BAPTISM.
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THIS IS THE SECRETARY OF
THE KYRGYZ FIELD. HIS NAME IS
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TALGAT. HE IS A
KAZAK, A VERY FINE PERSON.
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HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST
INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND A REALLY
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WONDERFUL PERSON. HE STARTED
OUT AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
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EVENTUALLY, THEY HAD HIM COME
AND JOIN IN THE REGULAR WORK,
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AND THEY MADE HIM
SECRETARY OF THE FIELD.
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THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO
SAID THERE ARE NO MORE NOMADS.
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I CALLED TALGAT OVER AND
SAID, "TALK TO ME ABOUT NOMADS."
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HE SAID, "THERE ARE NO
MORE NOMADS." I SAID, "NO, NO
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TALGAT, NOT NOMADS UP HERE BUT
NOMADS HERE." THIS IS WHERE IT
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IS. YES, THEY HAVE SETTLED.
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THEY HAVE PLANTED THEIR YURTS
ALTHOUGH YOU STILL SEE THEM
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT. BUT
THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL NOMADIC.
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THEIR WORLD VIEW
IS STILL NOMADIC.
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THEIR SENSE OF
TIME IS STILL NOMADIC.
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THEIR IDENTITY AS TO WHO THEY
ARE IS STILL A NOMADIC IDENTITY.
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SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
LISTEN TO THEM, UNDERSTAND THEM
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
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DEVELOP A CHURCH
THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
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I STARTED THINKING TO MYSELF,
WHERE DO I FIND NOMADS IN THE
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BIBLE. WELL THAT WAS
EASY-- ABRAHAM, ISAAC.
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EVERYBODY I TALK TO THEY
HAVE THE ANSWER IMMEDIATELY.
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THE FORTY YEARS IN THE
WILDERNESS THEY WERE NOMADIC.
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THE JEWS WERE A NOMADIC PEOPLE.
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SO WHAT SORT OF
CHURCH DID YOU HAVE?
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IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR. THERE
WERE FEASTS AND FUNERALS AND
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WEDDINGS. YOU ERECTED YOUR ALTER
WHERE YOU WERE AND YOU CONDUCTED
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WORSHIP. THE FATHER, THE
PATRIARCH WAS IN CHARGE. HE WAS
THE PRIEST OF THE CHURCH.
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THEY REALLY DIDN'T
HAVE ANY INSTITUTION.
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SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
PROBABLY LOOK TO SOME DEGREE TO
A NON-INSTITUTIONAL FORM OF
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CHURCH THAT REALLY MEETS
THE NEEDS OF THESE PEOPLE.
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THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE
FOR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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BUT THAT'S EXCITING.
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HERE'S A PICTURE OF
TALGAT, HIS WIFE AND LITTLE SON.
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I PREACHED IN A KYRGYZ ETHNIC
CHURCH IN BISHKEK AND HAD A
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WONDERFUL TIME. I PREACHED A
CONTEXTUALIZED MUSLIM SERMON.
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THE PEOPLE ALL UNDERSTOOD
IT AND FOLLOWED ME COMPLETELY.
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REALLY?
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OH YES. THESE ALL
HAVE A MUSLIM BACKGROUND.
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THAT'S WHAT I
WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.
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IN THIS AREA IT'S MOSTLY MUSLIM.
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THESE PEOPLE ARE WHAT WE CALL
MUSLIM BACKGROUND BELIEVERS.
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WHEN I GO IN I TAKE OFF MY
SHOES, I SIT DOWN ON THE FLOOR,
I OPEN MY KORAN THEN I TELL A
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CONTEXTUALIZED
STORY FROM THE SCRIPTURES.
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THEY RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL SITUATION.
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HERE AT THE SCHOOL
I'M WITH MY STUDENTS.
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THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT
SQUATTING WITH THE DARK SHIRT
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IS MY TRANSLATOR AND
THE FELLOW I WORK WITH.
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HE IS THE ONE WHO BAPTIZED
THE DUNGANI YOUNG LADIES.
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WHAT LANGUAGE IS
THE TRANSLATOR SPEAKING?
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THIS IS ALL IN RUSSIAN.
RUSSIAN IS THE TRADE LANGUAGE.
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THESE PEOPLE UP HERE WILL SPEAK
KAZAK, THEY WILL SPEAK TAJIK.
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THE YOUNG LADY TOWARD
THE LEFT STANDING UP IS TAJIK
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AND THAT'S ANOTHER
GROUP, ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
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IT'S QUITE
SIMILAR TO FARSI IN IRAN.
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SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND A BIT
OF FARSI OR DARI. THESE ARE THE
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STUDENTS. THE LADY IN THE
STRIPPED SHIRT IS FROM
KAZAKHSTAN AND HAS A DEFINITE
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ASIAN CAST ABOUT HER. THEY ARE
A WONDERFUL BUNCH. THEY ARE VERY
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EAGER TO LEARN. THEY ASK
QUESTIONS. THEY DRINK IN WHAT
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I'M SAYING. IT'S A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM.
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THIS IS YOUR TENT MAKING CLASS.
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YES, JUST THIS LAST YEAR.
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WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK
BREAK HERE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW
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HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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YOU TOO CAN GIVE OF YOUR
DONATIONS AND BE A PART OF
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK AROUND
THE WORLD AND IN THE MUSLIM
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AREA WHERE BRUCE
WORKS. IT'S SIMPLE.
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ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE US A
CALL, AND IF THE LORD IS
IMPRESSING UPON YOUR HEART ABOUT
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WHAT YOU CAN GIVE WE
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
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THERE ARE SEVERAL
WAYS YOU CAN CONTACT US.
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YOU CAN SEND US A LETTER,
HOPEFULLY WITH A CHECK ENCLOSED,
TO GOSPEL OUTREACH,
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WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER
CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
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WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT YOU ON
THE MAILING LIST SO YOU CAN
LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH
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AND ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING
DONE AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING
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IN THE MUSLIM
WORLD WHERE BRUCE WORKS.
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BRUCE MOYER IS HERE WITH US AND
HE IS SHARING, AS DIRECTOR OF
DISTRICT 9, HIS WORK.
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LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT KYRGYZSTAN.
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YES, THE SILK ROAD.
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THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS
FASCINATED ME PERSONALLY FOR
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YEARS. HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER
SLIDE. THIS IS THE INDIGENOUS
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CHURCH THAT I TOLD
YOU ABOUT IN BISHKEK.
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YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WORSHIPPERS
ARE SITTING ON THE FLOOR.
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AND THERE ARE LITTLE KIND OF
FOLD-OUT TABLES WHERE YOU PUT
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YOUR BIBLE. THIS IS
A VERY MUSLIM STYLE.
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INTERESTING. I HAVE
NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
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USUALLY THOSE WOULD HOLD
KORANS. HERE THEY HOLD THE KITAB
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AL-MUQADDAS - THE BIBLE.
THIS IS IN THE MARKET PLACE.
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THAT KIND OF LOOKS GOOD.
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OH IT IS.
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WHAT IS IT, BREAD?
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YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES FRESH YOU
DON'T EVEN NEED BUTTER ON IT.
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THIS IS BREAD,
AND IT IS SO GOOD.
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IT IS HEAVY, IT'S THICK AND
IT'S TASTY. IT IS SO NUTRITIOUS.
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IS IT SOFT?
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IT'S SOFT. THE CRUST AROUND THE
EDGE HAS A NICE HARDNESS TO IT.
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IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
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DO YOU PULL IT OR CUT IT?
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YOU TEAR IT WITH YOUR
HANDS. THEY SIT DOWN AT A MEAL,
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PICK ONE UP AND JUST START
TEARING PIECES OFF AND EATING
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IT. THIS IS IN THE TOWN OF
OSH DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
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KYRGYZSTAN. IT'S AN AREA WHERE
TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS
CONSIDERABLE UNREST.
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A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
DIED-- CIVIL UNREST.
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THIS IS THE MARKET PLACE.
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UNFORTUNATELY MUCH OF THE
MARKET PLACE IS STILL ASHES.
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THIS WAS A BLACKSMITH SHOP.
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I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED
THEM WORKING ON THEIR MATERIAL.
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HERE THEY ARE HAMMERING IT OUT.
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I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A
KNIFE THEY WERE MAKING.
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THEY SHARPEN IT ON A
WHEEL, THEY TEMPER IT.
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THIS IS THE FINAL
SHARPENING OF THE KNIFE.
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I HAVE IT AT HOME IN THE KITCHEN
FOR MY WIFE AND MYSELF TO USE.
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VERY VERY SHARP. A
WONDERFUL KNIFE. I VALUE IT.
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THIS IS THE RESULT
OF SOME CIVIL UNREST.
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IT'S STILL LIKE
THAT UNFORTUNATELY.
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THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF
UZBEKS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA.
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THE KYRGYZ AND THE
UZBEKS RESENT EACH OTHER.
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THIS IS KYRGYZSTAN AND THEY
DON'T WANT THE UZBEKS SO IT
CREATES REAL PROBLEMS.
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IN SPITE OF THAT THE MARKET
PLACE IS NAMED MIR, SAME NAME AS
THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION.
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IT MEANS "PEACE." IRONICALLY.
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HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE PEACE.
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THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I
MET WITH THE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS DOWN IN THE CITY OF OSH.
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THE FIRST ONE WORKS UP A
LITTLE BIT NORTH IN THE CITY OF
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JALAL-ABAD. THE OTHER ONE WORKS
IN OSH. THE TWO LADIES ARE
PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY WANDERED IN.
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THAT'S THE PASTOR'S HOUSE.
THEY WANDERED IN DURING LUNCH
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TIME AND ENJOYED THE MEAL
WITH US. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
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AT ONE POINT ONE OF THE YOUNG
LADIES TURNED TO ME AND SAID,
"HOW OLD ARE YOU?" I SAID,
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"WHAT DO YOU THINK?" SHE SAID,
"64?" I SAID, "OH, I LOVE YOU."
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I SAID, "I'M 74." AND SHE
SAID, "AND YOU'RE STILL ALIVE?"
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SHE SAID THAT?
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YES. APPARENTLY I'M BEYOND
THE NORM FOR LONGEVITY FOR MEN.
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I FELT VERY GOOD
THAT I WAS STILL ALIVE.
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THIS IS A WELL ALONG
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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WE HAD GONE PAST THE SECOND
LARGEST ALPINE LAKE IN THE
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WORLD, SSYK-KUL. NOTICE WHAT
LOOKS LIKE FLOWERS IN THE TREE.
THIS IS A SACRED WELL.
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BECAUSE?
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BECAUSE THE WELL
HAS HEALING PROPERTIES.
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THESE ARE PRAYERS THAT HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN AND ATTACHED TO THE
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TREE. SEE HOW THEY HANG.
00:20:51.70\00:20:53.03
IT'S A LAND WITH A LOT OF
ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS--FOLK
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ISLAM. IT'S NOT THE STANDARD
WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL SAUDI
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ARABIAN ISLAM. IT'S AN ISLAM
THAT HAS BEEN MIXED WITH THE OLD
00:21:07.33\00:21:12.53
FOLK LEGENDS AND FOLK TALES
OF FOLK RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE.
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IT'S AN
INTERESTING BLEND OF THAT.
00:21:15.76\00:21:18.33
SO THE ANCESTORS ARE
REVERED. SAINTS ARE REVERED.
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YOU WILL FIND TOMBS WHERE PEOPLE
GO TO PRAY AT THE TOMBS OF
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SAINTS. YOU'LL SEE THE
SAME THING QUITE OFTEN IN NORTH
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AFRICA. IT'S VERY COMMON IN WHAT
WE CALL FOLK ISLAM, WHICH IS NOT
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TO BE WONDERED AT. THERE
ARE FOLK VARIETIES OF EVERY
00:21:36.96\00:21:40.53
RELIGION. I THINK EVEN OURS.
IT'S PART OF WHAT YOU FIND.
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BUT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND KIND OF
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LOOK AT IT AND THINK WHAT DO
I HAVE HERE, WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
00:21:49.43\00:21:55.06
A PARTING SHOT OF ONE OF THE
ROADS IN KYRGYZSTAN AS WE DROVE
00:21:55.06\00:21:59.73
BACK TO BISHKEK IN THE EVENING.
IT'S A LOVELY COUNTRY FULL
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OF LOVELY PEOPLE. THEY
ARE EAGER TO HEAR THE GOSPEL.
00:22:08.33\00:22:14.26
THEY ARE OPEN. THEY
ARE PROUD OF THEMSELVES.
00:22:14.26\00:22:17.46
THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HISTORY,
PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE.
00:22:17.46\00:22:20.86
THEY ARE PROUD TO BE KYRGYZ.
THEY ARE PROUD TO BE KAZAKHS.
00:22:20.86\00:22:24.70
YOU WANT TO RESPECT THAT.
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I HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIDE
IN WHO I AM AND WHERE I COME
FROM, MY ETHNIC BACKGROUND.
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WE WANT TO RESPECT WHO THEY ARE
AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT
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THEY HOLD UP TO. AS MUCH AS WE
CAN, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND
OUT WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE
00:22:38.20\00:22:44.80
AGREE. I LIKE TO SAY WHERE
ARE GOD'S FOOTPRINTS AMONG THIS
00:22:44.80\00:22:51.80
PEOPLE GROUP? I LOOK FOR THOSE
FOOTPRINTS TO FIND OUT WHERE GOD
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HAS WALKED HERE. THEN I
TRY TO FOLLOW THE SAME PATH.
00:22:56.76\00:22:59.13
I DISCOVERED THAT IN
ALMOST EVERY PEOPLE GROUP GOD IS
00:22:59.13\00:23:05.56
ALREADY IN
CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE THERE.
00:23:05.56\00:23:09.46
WE DON'T TAKE GOD
TO THE MISSION FIELD.
00:23:09.46\00:23:11.33
GOD HAS CALLED US THERE TO
SIMPLY HELP CLARIFY SOME THINGS.
00:23:11.33\00:23:17.06
GOD IS ALREADY THERE
SPEAKING TO THESE PEOPLE.
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.33
WHAT WE DO IS GO AND JOIN
THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THESE
00:23:20.33\00:23:25.60
PEOPLE AND GOD. INSTEAD OF A
DIALOGUE WE MAKE IT A TRIALOGUE.
00:23:25.60\00:23:28.83
AND THAT'S THE JOY BECAUSE IN
DOING THIS NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE
TO IMPART TO THESE PEOPLE THOSE
00:23:28.83\00:23:37.06
THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT AND
SO MEANINGFUL TO US BUT WE LEARN
00:23:37.06\00:23:42.20
FROM THEM THINGS THAT ARE
SO IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL TO
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THEM. MANY TIMES WE ARE
ENRICHED. WE ARE BLESSED BY WHAT
WE LEARN FROM THEM.
00:23:46.20\00:23:52.63
SO MISSION HAS TO BE A
TWO-WAY STREET WHERE WE SHARE
00:23:52.63\00:23:57.53
AND THEY SHARE AND
BOTH OF US ARE BENEFITING.
00:23:57.53\00:24:01.03
I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION
ONE TIME IN SRI LANKA.
00:24:01.03\00:24:05.43
I HAD SPOKEN TO THE
LARGEST BUDDHIST NGO.
00:24:05.43\00:24:08.60
THEY HAD INVITED
ME TO SPEAK THERE.
00:24:08.60\00:24:11.76
AFTERWARDS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
FROM THE NGO CAME UP AND TALKED
00:24:11.76\00:24:16.90
TO ME. HE WAS A
LAWYER TRAINED AT HARVARD.
00:24:16.90\00:24:18.73
HE SAID, "YOU JUST COME HERE TO
PROSELYTIZE. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING
00:24:18.73\00:24:23.23
ON. THAT'S ALL THE REASON YOU'RE
HERE." I SAID, "DID YOU HEAR ME
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THIS
00:24:23.23\00:24:32.76
MORNING?" HE SAID, "NO." I SAID,
"PLEASE DON'T ACCUSE ME OF WHAT
00:24:32.76\00:24:38.56
I HAVEN'T DONE." I SAID,
"I'VE COME HERE TO SHARE AND TO
00:24:38.56\00:24:42.90
LISTEN. ANYTIME TWO RELIGIONS
COME TOGETHER AND SHARE WITH
EACH OTHER THERE IS ALWAYS THE
00:24:42.90\00:24:52.53
RISK THAT ONE OF US IS GOING TO
SAY I REALLY LIKE WHAT I'M
HEARING AND I MAY MAKE A MOVE.
00:24:52.53\00:25:01.73
I RUN THAT RISK
WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU.
00:25:01.73\00:25:06.50
I HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE
THINGS OF BUDDHISM BEFORE I CAN
00:25:06.50\00:25:15.53
EVEN TALK TO YOU. I HAVE TO
ADMIRE THE BEAUTY IN YOUR FAITH
BEFORE I CAN EVEN ENTER INTO A
00:25:15.53\00:25:21.93
DIALOGUE. I THINK THE SAME IS
TRUE ON YOUR SIDE. SO BOTH OF US
00:25:21.93\00:25:26.93
HAVE THE BENEFIT. WE CAN LEARN
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK
THAT ONE OF US MAY CHANGE."
00:25:26.93\00:25:31.93
WHAT DID HE SAY
IN RESPONSE TO THAT?
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.93
HE WAS VERY
SILENT. HE JUST NODDED.
00:25:33.93\00:25:39.70
I THINK THAT'S WHERE MISSION IS.
00:25:39.70\00:25:42.53
A FRIEND OF MINE, JON
DYBDAHL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH,
00:25:42.53\00:25:46.46
HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON THAT
ENTITLED "MISSION IS A TWO-WAY
00:25:46.46\00:25:50.86
STREET". IT IS VERY TRUE.
00:25:50.86\00:25:54.70
YOU'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING THESE
PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
AND THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL.
00:25:54.70\00:25:59.30
RIGHT NOW I HAVE PUT THROUGH A
REQUEST FOR TEN NEW BUDGETS FOR
00:25:59.30\00:26:07.43
THE SILK ROAD, THIS ANCIENT
CARAVAN ROUTE THROUGH CENTRAL
00:26:07.43\00:26:11.33
ASIA. WE NEED TEN BUDGETS FOR
THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW
TRAINED AND READY TO GO TO WORK.
00:26:11.33\00:26:16.06
AND PEOPLE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
00:26:16.06\00:26:19.36
THAT'S WHERE YOU AS VIEWERS HERE
AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" CAN
00:26:19.36\00:26:21.93
JOIN FORCES WITH THE LORD
AND WITH BRUCE AND WITH THESE
00:26:21.93\00:26:25.76
STUDENTS. YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
BY GIVING A DONATION FOR THESE
STUDENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED AND
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PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN GOSPEL
OUTREACH AREAS TO THE MUSLIM
00:26:30.96\00:26:34.50
WORLD. EACH OF US CAN'T ALWAYS
GO AND DO THAT, BUT THIS IS A
WAY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED.
00:26:34.50\00:26:39.33
BRUCE MOYER, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN
00:26:48.20\00:26:52.36
MISSIONS" WITH US. THANK YOU FOR
THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ME HERE.
00:26:52.36\00:26:53.63
AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
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I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER.
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?CLOSING MUSIC?
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