Participants: Bruce Moyer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000387
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00:10 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪
00:27 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:28 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:31 AND WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY BRUCE MOYER. 00:33 BRUCE, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 THANK YOU, IT'S NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU. 00:36 IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR AREA WHICH IS DISTRICT 9. 00:41 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BRUCE. 00:42 DISTRICT 9 INVOLVES WORK AMONG MUSLIM PEOPLES. 00:47 UP TO THIS POINT IT HAS INVOLVED WORK AMONG MUSLIM PEOPLES 00:50 IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SOUTH ASIA, IRAN AND CUBA. 00:56 NOW WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PROJECT WE'RE DEVELOPING 01:00 IN CENTRAL ASIA. THE OLD "SILK ROAD" AREA. 01:03 FASCINATING. 01:05 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT TRIP TO KYRGYZSTAN. 01:10 ONCE A YEAR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO GO OVER 01:14 TO KYRGYZSTAN TO THE TOWN OF TOKMOK UP IN THE NORTHERN PART. 01:19 THERE THE SOUTHERN UNION OF THE ESD, THE RUSSIAN DIVISION, 01:27 HAS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL THEY ARE DEVELOPING 01:30 FOR TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY ASKED ME TO COME OVER. 01:35 THEY TRAIN THEM IN SUCH AREAS AS CARPENTRY, 01:39 ELECTRICAL REPAIR, COSMETOLOGY AND THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE. 01:44 THAT'S LOTS OF GAMUTS . 01:48 THEY ASKED ME TO COME IN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT PRINCIPLES OF TENT MAKING SINCE I DEVELOPED 01:53 AND OPERATED A TENT-MAKING PROGRAM FOR THE DENOMINATION EARLIER. 01:57 I SPENT A GOOD LONG WEEK ALL DAY EVERY DAY WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPLES 02:04 OF HOW DO YOU SET UP A BUSINESS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A FAITH OPERATION, THAT IS CHRIST 02:10 ORIENTED IN WHICH JESUS SHINES THROUGH 02:14 BUT IS STILL A LEGITIMATE, OPERATING, PROFITABLE BUSINESS. 02:20 IT HAS TO BE ALL OF THAT. 02:23 I'VE DONE IT FOR TWO YEARS AND THIS LAST YEAR I HAVE WORKED 02:28 WITH THEM IN TERMS OF PLACING SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 02:32 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT THEY WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE? 02:36 AND THAT'S YOUR TENT MAKING. 02:39 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT YOU BRUCE FOR SOME REASON I THINK OF PAUL. 02:44 SO THAT'S PERFECT FOR ME. 02:46 THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. 02:49 IT IS A COMPLIMENT. 02:50 LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE. I BROUGHT A FEW PICTURES THIS TIME. 02:52 I HAVE MY PASSPORT, LET'S GO. WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY. 02:55 IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO SPELL FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT THERE IT IS, 03:02 "WELCOME TO KYRGYZSTAN" WHICH IS A LAND OF MOUNTAINS. 03:07 AND IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW? 03:09 YES. IT'S NOT LIKE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE FLAT LAND, 03:15 THEN FOOTHILLS AND THEN MOUNTAINS. 03:18 HERE YOU HAVE FLAT LAND AND MOUNTAINS. 03:20 IT'S LIKE ALMOST A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. 03:25 THEY JUST RISE RIGHT UP OUT OF THE VALLEYS. 03:28 I LIKE MOUNTAINS SO THAT WOULD BE MY FAVORITES. 03:31 IT'S HARD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO IMMENSE. 03:35 I JUST GOT A SMALL PICTURE OF WHAT THEY CALL THE PAMIRS. 03:39 THIS IS A BRIEF SHOT OF THEM. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THROUGH SOME OF THE TREES. 03:46 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM SO WE WON'T LINGER ON THESE. 03:51 THIS IS THE SCHOOL IN TOKMOK. IF PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK ON A MAP, 03:56 IT'S ABOUT 30 MILES FROM THE CAPITAL CITY OF BISHKEK, THE CAPITAL OF KYRGYZSTAN. 04:04 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THESE. 04:05 THERE IS KYRGYZSTAN, KAZAKHSTAN JUST NORTH. 04:09 THERE IS TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN. 04:13 ALL THE "STANS." YES. ORIGINALLY THESE WERE PART OF THE U.S.S.R. 04:17 FIFTY OR SIXTY YEARS AGO THERE WAS NO KYRGYZSTAN, 04:24 THERE WAS NO KAZAKHSTAN, THERE WAS NO UZBEKISTAN. 04:27 THERE WERE UZBEKS AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE. 04:30 THERE WERE KYRGYZ AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE. 04:32 THERE WERE KAZAKS AND THEY LIVED OVER HERE. 04:34 THERE WERE NO BORDERS, BUT THEY ALL KNEW WHERE THEY BELONGED. 04:38 THEY WOULD MEET FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT THERE WAS NO SENSE OF A NATION AT ALL. 04:45 THEY WERE SIMPLY TRIBAL GROUPS. 04:48 TO THIS DAY THE SENSE OF NATIONHOOD IS STILL FAIRLY VAGUE AMONG THESE PEOPLE. 04:55 THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES STILL MORE AS KYRGYZ OR KAZAKS. 05:00 THAT'S THEIR ORIENTATION. IT MAKES FOR A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT OF MISSION. 05:08 THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALL STILL RUSSIAN. 05:13 YEARS AGO RUSSIANS MOVED IN DOWN HERE. 05:17 THEY MOVED IN AND BASICALLY SET UP THEIR CHURCHES. 05:21 A FEW KYRGYZ AND A FEW KAZAKS AND THAT SORT OF THING JOINED, 05:26 BUT LARGELY THERE WERE RUSSIAN OR GERMAN ADVENTIST CHURCHES. 05:29 THE U.S.S.R. COLLAPSED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE ALL THESE RUSSIANS 05:38 AND GERMANS FLOODING BACK TO RUSSIA AND EUROPE LEAVING A HANDFUL. 05:45 TO THIS DAY THE CHURCHES THAT I VISIT ARE SMALL. 05:52 SMALL MEANING HOW MANY? 05:56 A DOZEN. IN TURKMENISTAN THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH. 05:58 IN UZBEKISTAN THERE ARE I THINK THREE CHURCHES AND THEY ALL HAVE PADLOCKS ON THEM. 06:05 OH DEAR. 06:06 SO THIS IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST THERE. 06:11 THESE ARE STILL QUITE TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS. 06:17 THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO BECAUSE OF THAT. 06:22 I FIND THE RUSSIANS A BIT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP KYRGYZ 06:32 CHURCHES, FOR INSTANCES, BUT THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. 06:37 NUMBER ONE, THEY DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. 06:38 THAT'S A BARRIER. THEY SPEAK IN RUSSIAN. 06:43 NUMBER TWO, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR WORLD VIEW. 06:47 THEY WILL TELL ME THESE PEOPLE ARE UNRELIABLE. WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THEM. 06:54 THE RUSSIANS ARE SAYING THAT ABOUT THE KYRGYZ. 06:57 THEY SAID WE PLAN MEETINGS AND THEY'RE GONE. 07:00 THERE'S A FUNERAL, THERE'S A WEDDING, THEY'RE NOT HERE. 07:02 MANY OF THE KYRGYZ ESPECIALLY, AND KAZAKHS, THEY WERE A NOMADIC PEOPLE. 07:11 THEY ARE USED TO WANDERING. 07:13 THEY DON'T WEAR WATCHES? 07:15 NO THEY DON'T. THEY LIVE IN TERMS OF CLANS AND FAMILIES 07:20 AND IF THERE IS A WEDDING OR FUNERAL THEY ALL GO TO IT. 07:29 YOU CAN'T SCHEDULE THOSE, FOR THE MOST PART, 07:32 AND IF YOU GO YOU'RE GONE FOR MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO. 07:35 OH, THEY'RE THAT LONG? 07:36 YES. EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER YOU SEE AND IT'S A TIME FOR TOGETHERNESS. 07:42 SO HOW DO YOU SCHEDULE MEETINGS AND EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE THERE. 07:46 I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON NOMADIC PEOPLE. 07:54 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 07:55 I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF NOMADS. 07:58 THEY ARE NOT JUST IN CENTRAL ASIA BUT ACROSS THE SAHEL 08:02 IN ETHIOPIA AND THE PYGMIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 08:07 THESE ARE ALL NOMADIC PEOPLES. 08:09 THINK OF THE GYPSIES HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE ROMA PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE. 08:13 THEY ARE ON THE MOVE FAIRLY REGULARLY. 08:16 THE KYRGYZ LIVE IN YURTS, A ROUND FELT HOUSE WITH A LOW CONICAL TOP. 08:26 THIS CAN BE PACKED UP AND MOVED. 08:31 IT'S FASCINATING, BUT HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A CHURCH AMONGST THESE PEOPLES. 08:37 THE CLASSIC STATEMENT HAS BEEN THAT OF A SOMALI NOMADIC CAMEL DRIVER WHO SAID, 08:47 "WHEN YOU CAN PUT YOUR CHURCH ON THE BACK OF MY CAMEL I WILL 08:50 COME TO YOUR CHURCH." WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT STATEMENT SERIOUSLY. 08:55 HOW DO WE DO THIS? 08:58 HOW DO WE ARRANGE TO PUT A CHURCH ON THE BACK OF A CAMEL? 09:01 YOU'RE HAVING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND PEOPLE AREN'T UNDERSTANDING THOSE. 09:06 NO, THEY'RE NOT. 09:07 LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. 09:10 I HAPPENED TO BE THERE IN TIME FOR A VERY SPECIAL BAPTISM. 09:14 THE MAN I WORK WITH THERE HAS TAKEN A SPECIAL INTEREST IN A CHINESE GROUP. 09:21 THESE ARE THREE YOUNG DUNGANI GIRLS. 09:26 THESE ARE A DIFFERENT TRIBE. THEY ARE FROM CHINA. 09:29 THEY ARE NOMADIC. SOME OF THEM MOVED INTO KYRGYZSTAN. 09:34 THEY ARE NOT ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRATA 09:41 BUT A WONDERFUL PEOPLE. LOOK AT THE SMILES ON THOSE FACES. 09:46 THIS IS THE FIRST DUNGANI BAPTISM, AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE. 09:54 THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK. 09:56 I LOOKED AT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND I TOLD THEM THEY ARE THE SEED OF A NEW CHURCH IN 10:06 KYRGYZSTAN, A DUNGANI CHURCH THAT WILL SPEAK DUNGANI, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MEET AND OPERATE 10:14 ON A DUNGANI STYLE, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THEIR WORLD VIEW. 10:20 THE MAN IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THAT. 10:23 SO WE HAVE THESE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE FIRST FRUITS. 10:27 IT WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE AND MEET WITH THESE PEOPLE AND WATCH THEIR BAPTISM. 10:34 THIS IS THE SECRETARY OF THE KYRGYZ FIELD. HIS NAME IS TALGAT. 10:41 HE IS A KAZAK, A VERY FINE PERSON. 10:43 HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND A REALLY WONDERFUL PERSON. 10:52 HE STARTED OUT AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:57 EVENTUALLY, THEY HAD HIM COME AND JOIN IN THE REGULAR WORK, 11:03 AND THEY MADE HIM SECRETARY OF THE FIELD. 11:07 THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO SAID THERE ARE NO MORE NOMADS. 11:11 I CALLED TALGAT OVER AND SAID, "TALK TO ME ABOUT NOMADS." 11:16 HE SAID, "THERE ARE NO MORE NOMADS." I SAID, "NO, NO 11:25 TALGAT, NOT NOMADS UP HERE BUT NOMADS HERE." THIS IS WHERE IT IS. 11:33 YES, THEY HAVE SETTLED. 11:37 THEY HAVE PLANTED THEIR YURTS ALTHOUGH YOU STILL SEE THEM BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 11:43 BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL NOMADIC. 11:45 THEIR WORLD VIEW IS STILL NOMADIC. 11:52 THEIR SENSE OF TIME IS STILL NOMADIC. 11:55 THEIR IDENTITY AS TO WHO THEY ARE IS STILL A NOMADIC IDENTITY. 12:01 SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM, UNDERSTAND THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 12:07 DEVELOP A CHURCH THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. 12:09 I STARTED THINKING TO MYSELF, WHERE DO I FIND NOMADS IN THE BIBLE. 12:16 WELL THAT WAS EASY-- ABRAHAM, ISAAC. 12:22 EVERYBODY I TALK TO THEY HAVE THE ANSWER IMMEDIATELY. 12:25 THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS THEY WERE NOMADIC. 12:28 THE JEWS WERE A NOMADIC PEOPLE. 12:30 SO WHAT SORT OF CHURCH DID YOU HAVE? 12:34 IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR. THERE WERE FEASTS AND FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS. 12:39 YOU ERECTED YOUR ALTER WHERE YOU WERE AND YOU CONDUCTED WORSHIP. 12:44 THE FATHER, THE PATRIARCH WAS IN CHARGE. HE WAS THE PRIEST OF THE CHURCH. 12:49 THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INSTITUTION. 12:52 SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY LOOK TO SOME DEGREE TO A NON-INSTITUTIONAL FORM OF 13:00 CHURCH THAT REALLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF THESE PEOPLE. 13:05 THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 13:08 BUT THAT'S EXCITING. 13:10 HERE'S A PICTURE OF TALGAT, HIS WIFE AND LITTLE SON. 13:13 I PREACHED IN A KYRGYZ ETHNIC CHURCH IN BISHKEK AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. 13:20 I PREACHED A CONTEXTUALIZED MUSLIM SERMON. 13:22 THE PEOPLE ALL UNDERSTOOD IT AND FOLLOWED ME COMPLETELY. 13:26 REALLY? 13:27 OH YES. THESE ALL HAVE A MUSLIM BACKGROUND. 13:30 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. 13:32 IN THIS AREA IT'S MOSTLY MUSLIM. 13:34 THESE PEOPLE ARE WHAT WE CALL MUSLIM BACKGROUND BELIEVERS. 13:39 WHEN I GO IN I TAKE OFF MY SHOES, I SIT DOWN ON THE FLOOR, I OPEN MY KORAN THEN I TELL A 13:49 CONTEXTUALIZED STORY FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 13:51 THEY RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. IT'S A WONDERFUL SITUATION. 13:55 HERE AT THE SCHOOL I'M WITH MY STUDENTS. 13:59 THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT SQUATTING WITH THE DARK SHIRT 14:04 IS MY TRANSLATOR AND THE FELLOW I WORK WITH. 14:06 HE IS THE ONE WHO BAPTIZED THE DUNGANI YOUNG LADIES. 14:11 WHAT LANGUAGE IS THE TRANSLATOR SPEAKING? 14:13 THIS IS ALL IN RUSSIAN. RUSSIAN IS THE TRADE LANGUAGE. 14:17 THESE PEOPLE UP HERE WILL SPEAK KAZAK, THEY WILL SPEAK TAJIK. 14:20 THE YOUNG LADY TOWARD THE LEFT STANDING UP IS TAJIK 14:26 AND THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP, ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 14:28 IT'S QUITE SIMILAR TO FARSI IN IRAN. 14:33 SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND A BIT OF FARSI OR DARI. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS. 14:38 THE LADY IN THE STRIPPED SHIRT IS FROM KAZAKHSTAN AND HAS A DEFINITE ASIAN CAST ABOUT HER. 14:46 THEY ARE A WONDERFUL BUNCH. THEY ARE VERY EAGER TO LEARN. 14:51 THEY ASK QUESTIONS. THEY DRINK IN WHAT I'M SAYING. 14:55 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM. 14:57 THIS IS YOUR TENT MAKING CLASS. 14:59 YES, JUST THIS LAST YEAR. 15:01 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK HERE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW 15:04 HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:07 YOU TOO CAN GIVE OF YOUR DONATIONS AND BE A PART OF 15:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK AROUND THE WORLD AND IN THE MUSLIM 15:14 AREA WHERE BRUCE WORKS. IT'S SIMPLE. 15:17 ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE US A CALL, AND IF THE LORD IS IMPRESSING UPON YOUR HEART ABOUT 15:21 WHAT YOU CAN GIVE WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 15:24 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN CONTACT US. 15:26 YOU CAN SEND US A LETTER, HOPEFULLY WITH A CHECK ENCLOSED, TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, 16:14 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 16:17 WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT YOU ON THE MAILING LIST SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:21 AND ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING 16:24 IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE BRUCE WORKS. 16:27 BRUCE MOYER IS HERE WITH US AND HE IS SHARING, AS DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 9, HIS WORK. 16:32 LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KYRGYZSTAN. 16:35 YES, THE SILK ROAD. 16:38 THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS FASCINATED ME PERSONALLY FOR YEARS. 16:42 HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER SLIDE. THIS IS THE INDIGENOUS 16:45 CHURCH THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT IN BISHKEK. 16:47 YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WORSHIPPERS ARE SITTING ON THE FLOOR. 16:51 AND THERE ARE LITTLE KIND OF FOLD-OUT TABLES WHERE YOU PUT YOUR BIBLE. 16:59 THIS IS A VERY MUSLIM STYLE. 17:01 INTERESTING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 17:03 USUALLY THOSE WOULD HOLD KORANS. HERE THEY HOLD THE KITAB 17:06 AL-MUQADDAS - THE BIBLE. THIS IS IN THE MARKET PLACE. 17:13 THAT KIND OF LOOKS GOOD. 17:15 OH IT IS. 17:16 WHAT IS IT, BREAD? 17:17 YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES FRESH YOU DON'T EVEN NEED BUTTER ON IT. 17:19 THIS IS BREAD, AND IT IS SO GOOD. 17:22 IT IS HEAVY, IT'S THICK AND IT'S TASTY. IT IS SO NUTRITIOUS. 17:28 IS IT SOFT? 17:30 IT'S SOFT. THE CRUST AROUND THE EDGE HAS A NICE HARDNESS TO IT. 17:35 IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 17:37 DO YOU PULL IT OR CUT IT? 17:38 YOU TEAR IT WITH YOUR HANDS. THEY SIT DOWN AT A MEAL, 17:44 PICK ONE UP AND JUST START TEARING PIECES OFF AND EATING IT. 17:49 THIS IS IN THE TOWN OF OSH DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF KYRGYZSTAN. 17:59 IT'S AN AREA WHERE TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE UNREST. 18:04 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIED-- CIVIL UNREST. 18:08 THIS IS THE MARKET PLACE. 18:10 UNFORTUNATELY MUCH OF THE MARKET PLACE IS STILL ASHES. 18:15 THIS WAS A BLACKSMITH SHOP. 18:20 I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED THEM WORKING ON THEIR MATERIAL. 18:24 HERE THEY ARE HAMMERING IT OUT. 18:27 I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A KNIFE THEY WERE MAKING. 18:32 THEY SHARPEN IT ON A WHEEL, THEY TEMPER IT. 18:35 THIS IS THE FINAL SHARPENING OF THE KNIFE. 18:39 I HAVE IT AT HOME IN THE KITCHEN FOR MY WIFE AND MYSELF TO USE. 18:43 VERY VERY SHARP. A WONDERFUL KNIFE. I VALUE IT. 18:49 THIS IS THE RESULT OF SOME CIVIL UNREST. 18:53 IT'S STILL LIKE THAT UNFORTUNATELY. 18:56 THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF UZBEKS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA. 18:58 THE KYRGYZ AND THE UZBEKS RESENT EACH OTHER. 19:01 THIS IS KYRGYZSTAN AND THEY DON'T WANT THE UZBEKS SO IT CREATES REAL PROBLEMS. 19:07 IN SPITE OF THAT THE MARKET PLACE IS NAMED MIR, SAME NAME AS THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION. 19:15 IT MEANS "PEACE." IRONICALLY. 19:20 HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE PEACE. 19:22 THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I MET WITH THE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DOWN IN THE CITY OF OSH. 19:31 THE FIRST ONE WORKS UP A LITTLE BIT NORTH IN THE CITY OF JALAL-ABAD. 19:36 THE OTHER ONE WORKS IN OSH. THE TWO LADIES ARE PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY WANDERED IN. 19:41 THAT'S THE PASTOR'S HOUSE. THEY WANDERED IN DURING LUNCH 19:44 TIME AND ENJOYED THE MEAL WITH US. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. 19:48 AT ONE POINT ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES TURNED TO ME AND SAID, "HOW OLD ARE YOU?" I SAID, 19:55 "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" SHE SAID, "64?" I SAID, "OH, I LOVE YOU." I SAID, "I'M 20:03 74." AND SHE SAID, "AND YOU'RE STILL ALIVE?" 20:07 SHE SAID THAT? 20:09 YES. APPARENTLY I'M BEYOND THE NORM FOR LONGEVITY FOR MEN. 20:14 I FELT VERY GOOD THAT I WAS STILL ALIVE. 20:21 THIS IS A WELL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 20:23 WE HAD GONE PAST THE SECOND LARGEST ALPINE LAKE IN THE WORLD, SSYK-KUL. 20:34 NOTICE WHAT LOOKS LIKE FLOWERS IN THE TREE. THIS IS A SACRED WELL. 20:41 BECAUSE? 20:42 BECAUSE THE WELL HAS HEALING PROPERTIES. 20:46 THESE ARE PRAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND ATTACHED TO THE TREE. 20:51 SEE HOW THEY HANG. 20:53 IT'S A LAND WITH A LOT OF ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS--FOLK ISLAM. 21:02 IT'S NOT THE STANDARD WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL SAUDI ARABIAN ISLAM. 21:07 IT'S AN ISLAM THAT HAS BEEN MIXED WITH THE OLD FOLK LEGENDS 21:12 AND FOLK TALES OF FOLK RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE. 21:15 IT'S AN INTERESTING BLEND OF THAT. 21:18 SO THE ANCESTORS ARE REVERED. SAINTS ARE REVERED. 21:22 YOU WILL FIND TOMBS WHERE PEOPLE GO TO PRAY AT THE TOMBS OF SAINTS. 21:26 YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING QUITE OFTEN IN NORTH AFRICA. 21:31 IT'S VERY COMMON IN WHAT WE CALL FOLK ISLAM, WHICH IS NOT TO BE WONDERED AT. 21:36 THERE ARE FOLK VARIETIES OF EVERY RELIGION. 21:40 I THINK EVEN OURS. IT'S PART OF WHAT YOU FIND. 21:43 BUT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND KIND OF 21:49 LOOK AT IT AND THINK WHAT DO I HAVE HERE, WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 21:55 A PARTING SHOT OF ONE OF THE ROADS IN KYRGYZSTAN AS WE DROVE 21:59 BACK TO BISHKEK IN THE EVENING. IT'S A LOVELY COUNTRY FULL 22:08 OF LOVELY PEOPLE. THEY ARE EAGER TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 22:14 THEY ARE OPEN. THEY ARE PROUD OF THEMSELVES. 22:17 THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HISTORY, PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE. 22:20 THEY ARE PROUD TO BE KYRGYZ. THEY ARE PROUD TO BE KAZAKHS. 22:24 YOU WANT TO RESPECT THAT. 22:27 I HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIDE IN WHO I AM AND WHERE I COME FROM, MY ETHNIC BACKGROUND. 22:33 WE WANT TO RESPECT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT THEY HOLD UP TO. 22:38 AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND OUT WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE AGREE. 22:44 I LIKE TO SAY WHERE ARE GOD'S FOOTPRINTS AMONG THIS PEOPLE GROUP? 22:51 I LOOK FOR THOSE FOOTPRINTS TO FIND OUT WHERE GOD HAS WALKED HERE. 22:56 THEN I TRY TO FOLLOW THE SAME PATH. 22:59 I DISCOVERED THAT IN ALMOST EVERY PEOPLE GROUP GOD IS 23:05 ALREADY IN CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE THERE. 23:09 WE DON'T TAKE GOD TO THE MISSION FIELD. 23:11 GOD HAS CALLED US THERE TO SIMPLY HELP CLARIFY SOME THINGS. 23:17 GOD IS ALREADY THERE SPEAKING TO THESE PEOPLE. 23:20 WHAT WE DO IS GO AND JOIN THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THESE PEOPLE AND GOD. 23:25 INSTEAD OF A DIALOGUE WE MAKE IT A TRIALOGUE. 23:28 AND THAT'S THE JOY BECAUSE IN DOING THIS NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO IMPART TO THESE PEOPLE THOSE 23:37 THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT AND SO MEANINGFUL TO US BUT WE LEARN FROM 23:42 THEM THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL TO THEM. 23:46 MANY TIMES WE ARE ENRICHED. WE ARE BLESSED BY WHAT WE LEARN FROM THEM. 23:52 SO MISSION HAS TO BE A TWO-WAY STREET WHERE WE SHARE 23:57 AND THEY SHARE AND BOTH OF US ARE BENEFITING. 24:01 I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION ONE TIME IN SRI LANKA. 24:05 I HAD SPOKEN TO THE LARGEST BUDDHIST NGO. 24:08 THEY HAD INVITED ME TO SPEAK THERE. 24:11 AFTERWARDS ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE NGO CAME UP AND TALKED TO ME. 24:16 HE WAS A LAWYER TRAINED AT HARVARD. 24:18 HE SAID, "YOU JUST COME HERE TO PROSELYTIZE. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 24:23 THAT'S ALL THE REASON YOU'RE HERE." I SAID, "DID YOU HEAR ME SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THIS 24:32 MORNING?" HE SAID, "NO." I SAID, "PLEASE DON'T ACCUSE ME OF WHAT I HAVEN'T DONE." 24:38 I SAID, "I'VE COME HERE TO SHARE AND TO LISTEN. 24:42 ANYTIME TWO RELIGIONS COME TOGETHER AND SHARE WITH EACH OTHER THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK 24:52 THAT ONE OF US IS GOING TO SAY I REALLY LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING AND I MAY MAKE A MOVE. 25:01 I RUN THAT RISK WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU. 25:06 I HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE THINGS OF BUDDHISM BEFORE I CAN EVEN TALK TO YOU. 25:15 I HAVE TO ADMIRE THE BEAUTY IN YOUR FAITH BEFORE I CAN EVEN ENTER INTO A DIALOGUE. 25:21 I THINK THE SAME IS TRUE ON YOUR SIDE. SO BOTH OF US HAVE THE BENEFIT. 25:26 WE CAN LEARN BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK THAT ONE OF US MAY CHANGE." 25:31 WHAT DID HE SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT? 25:33 HE WAS VERY SILENT. HE JUST NODDED. 25:39 I THINK THAT'S WHERE MISSION IS. 25:42 A FRIEND OF MINE, JON DYBDAHL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 25:46 HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON THAT ENTITLED "MISSION IS A TWO-WAY STREET". 25:50 IT IS VERY TRUE. 25:54 YOU'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING THESE PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AND THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL. 25:59 RIGHT NOW I HAVE PUT THROUGH A REQUEST FOR TEN NEW BUDGETS FOR THE SILK ROAD, 26:07 THIS ANCIENT CARAVAN ROUTE THROUGH CENTRAL ASIA. 26:11 WE NEED TEN BUDGETS FOR THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW TRAINED AND READY TO GO TO WORK. 26:16 AND PEOPLE CAN HELP WITH THAT. 26:19 THAT'S WHERE YOU AS VIEWERS HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" CAN 26:21 JOIN FORCES WITH THE LORD AND WITH BRUCE AND WITH THESE STUDENTS. 26:25 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY GIVING A DONATION FOR THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE 26:30 WORKING IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AREAS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD. 26:34 EACH OF US CAN'T ALWAYS GO AND DO THAT, BUT THIS IS A WAY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 26:48 BRUCE MOYER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH US. 26:52 THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ME HERE. 26:53 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 26:54 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 26:58 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06