?OPENING MUSIC? 00:00:10.30\00:00:27.43 I AM SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO ANOTHER 00:00:27.43\00:00:30.70 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:00:30.70\00:00:33.50 YOU HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED, I'M SURE, TO THE WONDERFUL MISSION ACCOUNTS--FRONTLINE 00:00:33.50\00:00:38.03 STORIES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US BY THOSE WHO ARE OUR LEADERS IN 00:00:38.03\00:00:46.03 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I HAVE HAD OCCASION TO KIND OF FEEL LIKE I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD BY 00:00:46.03\00:00:52.60 CONTACTING THESE PEOPLE AND HEARING THEIR FIRST-HAND 00:00:52.60\00:00:55.26 ACCOUNTS. TODAY I WELCOME A DEAR FRIEND WHO I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:55.26\00:01:02.73 HIS NAME IS JAMES CAMPBELL. 00:01:02.73\00:01:06.50 JAMES, GOD BLESS YOU MAN. 00:01:06.50\00:01:08.06 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO A PROGRAM TOGETHER AGAIN. 00:01:08.06\00:01:11.20 INDEED, WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY CHANCE WE GET. 00:01:11.20\00:01:13.63 YOU DIDN'T COME ALONE TODAY. 00:01:13.63\00:01:15.70 YOU BROUGHT A FRIEND AND I WANT YOU TO DO US THE PRIVILEGE OF 00:01:15.70\00:01:22.96 INTRODUCING HIM. MY FRIEND TODAY IS PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ. 00:01:22.96\00:01:26.30 CHARLES HAS WORKED IN THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL FOR MANY YEARS. 00:01:26.30\00:01:32.36 HE LOVES THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL AND HAS SEEN HOW GOD HAS LEAD IN 00:01:32.36\00:01:38.90 DEVELOPING THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN WORK IN THAT 00:01:38.90\00:01:44.16 GREAT NATION. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU CHARLES. 00:01:44.16\00:01:46.56 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH US 00:01:46.56\00:01:51.90 TODAY. WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IS GIVE A BIT OF A CONTEXT BECAUSE THE REALITY IS PEOPLE 00:01:51.90\00:02:01.06 ALWAYS JOIN US WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PROGRAM BEFORE. 00:02:01.06\00:02:04.10 SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOUR REGION. 00:02:04.10\00:02:12.33 MY TERRITORY IS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF INDIA AND THE NATION OF NEPAL AND NOW, CREEPING ACROSS 00:02:12.33\00:02:23.26 THE BORDER, JUST A LITTLE BIT INTO THE TIBET REGION OF CHINA. 00:02:23.26\00:02:28.13 WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO THAT TODAY. 00:02:28.13\00:02:31.50 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF GOD'S PLANS TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD IN OUR TIME. 00:02:31.50\00:02:40.53 WHAT A THRILL IT IS TO HAVE A LITTLE PART IN WHAT GOD IS 00:02:40.53\00:02:44.60 DOING. ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH USES IN 00:02:44.60\00:02:56.90 THE MISSION WORK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOME AREAS. 00:02:56.90\00:03:00.73 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE FRONTLINE WORK. 00:03:00.73\00:03:04.96 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A CHANNEL FOR GOD TO SEND FUNDS FOR STIPENDS 00:03:04.96\00:03:10.56 FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO SERVE SO FAITHFULLY IN THEIR OWN AREAS. 00:03:10.56\00:03:14.36 THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIQUE FEATURES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:03:14.36\00:03:18.63 OF COURSE. WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THE PRIMARY ONE, BUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 00:03:18.63\00:03:25.56 THE OVERSIGHT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:03:25.56\00:03:29.76 HERE IN THE U.S. ARE VOLUNTEERS. YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER. 00:03:29.76\00:03:39.26 A HIGHLY PAID VOLUNTEER. 00:03:39.26\00:03:40.83 HERE WE ARE RECORDING THIS PROGRAM AND THE LAST THREE DAYS 00:03:40.83\00:03:45.16 WE HAVE SPENT REVIEWING WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING. 00:03:45.16\00:03:48.43 IT HAS JUST BEEN SO REWARDING AND SO THRILLING TO SEE HOW 00:03:48.43\00:03:53.43 THE GOSPEL IS ADVANCING IN SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. 00:03:53.43\00:03:57.70 WHEN YOU SPEAK OF MEETING HERE FOR THESE DAYS, THERE IS NOT A 00:03:57.70\00:04:03.53 PERSON HERE WHO IS ON A GOSPEL OUTREACH PAYROLL. 00:04:03.53\00:04:09.00 EVERY SINGLE PERSON, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LARGER GROUP THAN 00:04:09.00\00:04:15.03 USUAL, BUT NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS BEEN PAID ANYTHING FOR BEING 00:04:15.03\00:04:20.96 HERE. THIS IS A MINISTRY THAT IS AS EFFECTIVE AS IT IS BECAUSE SO MANY ARE DOING IT FROM THE HEART 00:04:20.96\00:04:30.16 CONVICTED THAT THIS, AS YOU HAVE SAID ALREADY JAMES, 00:04:30.16\00:04:33.53 IS GOD'S WORK AT THIS POINT IN EARTH'S HISTORY. 00:04:33.53\00:04:37.76 WE HAVE HOW MANY REGIONS? 00:04:37.76\00:04:39.40 I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH THIS SOMETIMES. 00:04:39.40\00:04:44.00 WELL I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT IF IT'S 17 OR 18 REGIONS. 00:04:44.00\00:04:49.63 WELL, IT'S AT LEAST 17. 00:04:49.63\00:04:51.13 GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY. 00:04:51.13\00:04:56.90 DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? 00:04:56.90\00:05:00.10 LET'S GO TO A MAP RIGHT NOW. 00:05:00.10\00:05:02.70 HERE'S THE MAP OF THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 00:05:02.70\00:05:10.03 CHARLES, YOU COULD TELL US BETTER ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF 00:05:10.03\00:05:13.76 NEPAL. HOW MANY HUNDRED MILES LONG WOULD IT BE? 00:05:13.76\00:05:17.33 IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:05:17.33\00:05:19.56 IT'S BASICALLY THREE LEVELS. 00:05:19.56\00:05:21.26 YOU HAVE THE AREA BORDERING INDIA WHICH WOULD BE SEA LEVEL. 00:05:21.26\00:05:28.03 THEN THE FOOTHILLS ARE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR THOUSAND TO SIX 00:05:28.03\00:05:32.33 THOUSAND FEET. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 00:05:32.33\00:05:36.33 THEN THE AREAS AROUND THE HIMALAYAS WHICH WOULD BE 00:05:36.33\00:05:39.06 ANYWHERE FROM 10, 12, 14 THOUSAND FEET ON UP TO MT. 00:05:39.06\00:05:46.70 EVEREST. WE SEE THERE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO GET SOME 00:05:46.70\00:05:50.06 ORIENTATION, THAT INDIA IS TO THE SOUTH, CHINA TO THE NORTH. 00:05:50.06\00:05:53.53 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AFFILIATED IN THAT PART OF THE 00:05:53.53\00:05:59.63 WORLD? I WENT AS A MISSIONARY IN 1969. 00:05:59.63\00:06:05.63 DR. STANLEY STURGES PIONEERED THE WORK THERE IN 1959 AND OUR 00:06:05.63\00:06:13.80 WORK WAS BASICALLY RESTRICTED TO SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 00:06:13.80\00:06:18.06 IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO PROSELYTIZE, TO PREACH. 00:06:18.06\00:06:22.73 WE WOULD HAVE A BRANCH SABBATH SCHOOL AND THAT WAS WINKED AT. 00:06:22.73\00:06:27.76 I WENT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER. 00:06:27.76\00:06:30.70 I HAD MY MPH AND THE GOVERNMENT WINKED AT MY LITTLE ACTIVITIES. 00:06:30.70\00:06:35.73 I COULD GIVE THEM HEALTH EDUCATION THEN I WOULD ASK THEM, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW A 00:06:35.73\00:06:40.26 LITTLE BIT ABOUT JESUS?" IF THEY SAID YES THEN I COULD TELL THEM. 00:06:40.26\00:06:45.66 VERY, VERY RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT. 00:06:45.66\00:06:49.13 NO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT ALL. 00:06:49.13\00:06:50.63 WHEN I LEFT NEPAL IN 1977 WE HAD ABOUT 15 ADVENTISTS. 00:06:50.63\00:06:57.96 WHEN I WENT BACK IN 2008 THERE WERE 7000 ADVENTISTS. 00:06:57.96\00:07:04.60 THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT 00:07:04.60\00:07:09.80 THE RULES. NOW WE HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND NOW WE HAVE GOSPEL 00:07:09.80\00:07:15.53 OUTREACH. PRAISE THE LORD. 00:07:15.53\00:07:17.23 AND IN THE COURSE OF THIS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE HOSPITAL 00:07:17.23\00:07:21.53 AND THE HEALTH WORK AND SO FORTH? 00:07:21.53\00:07:23.36 IT IS STILL CONTINUING ON, BUT IT IS NOT THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR 00:07:23.36\00:07:30.16 WORK. WE NOW HAVE WORK THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRY. 00:07:30.16\00:07:35.13 DOES THIS NOW SERVE AS KIND OF A HOME BASE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN 00:07:35.13\00:07:39.46 TIBET? YES. 00:07:39.46\00:07:40.50 NEPAL IS HOME BASE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN TIBET. 00:07:40.50\00:07:43.33 TIBET IS A PART OF CHINA, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND IT COULD BE DONE FROM CHINA, BUT THE CHURCH 00:07:43.33\00:07:55.76 LEADERS IN CHINA HAVE SUGGESTED THAT AT LEAST FOR THIS TIME AND THE TIBETAN AREA PERHAPS IT 00:07:55.76\00:08:03.20 WOULD BE BETTER TO DO IT FROM NEPAL FOR NOW. 00:08:03.20\00:08:07.43 IS THERE EASY TRANSITION FROM ONE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER - NEPAL 00:08:07.43\00:08:14.43 TO TIBET? THERE ARE AIR FLIGHTS TWICE A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR MAYBE MORE OFTEN FROM 00:08:14.43\00:08:21.30 KATHMANDU, THE CAPITAL OF NEPAL TO LHASA THE CAPITAL OF TIBET. 00:08:21.30\00:08:25.66 I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT MOUNTAINOUS REGION. 00:08:25.66\00:08:27.46 WELL, I'VE READ THE BOOK AND WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER I THINK, ABOUT THE PROCESS 00:08:27.46\00:08:36.40 OF TRAVELING IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. 00:08:36.40\00:08:40.83 CHARLES, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD FROM KATHMANDU TO THE TIBETAN 00:08:40.83\00:08:47.36 BORDER. IT'S NOT THAT BAD. 00:08:47.36\00:08:50.73 THE HIMALAYAS ARE LIKE ANY OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGE. 00:08:50.73\00:08:53.00 THERE ARE LOWER PASSES AND THERE ARE HIGHER PASSES. 00:08:53.00\00:08:57.86 THEY FLY OVER THE HIMALAYAS TO GET TO LHASA. 00:08:57.86\00:09:02.20 A PART OF MY QUESTION WAS, DO THE RULES, THE LAWS OF NEPAL, THAT YOU REFERRED TO A LITTLE 00:09:02.20\00:09:11.80 BIT EARLIER, HAVE ANY KIND OF APPLICATION IN THE COUNTRY OF 00:09:11.80\00:09:17.70 TIBET? DO THEY HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RULES FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS TEACHING? 00:09:17.70\00:09:27.20 UNTIL 1958, WHEN CHINA DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR TIBET TO BE PART OF THE MAIN CHINA CONSTITUENCY, 00:09:27.20\00:09:40.33 UNTIL THAT TIME THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN TIBET KEPT VERY STRICT CONTROL OVER THINGS. 00:09:40.33\00:09:49.76 THE LAMAS, THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THEY PROTECTED THE BORDERS VERY 00:09:49.76\00:09:58.73 WELL. IN FACT, 160 YEARS AGO WHEN THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES TRIED TO GO TO TIBET THEY TRIED 00:09:58.73\00:10:09.66 TO COME IN THROUGH CHINA AND THEY WERE TURNED BACK. 00:10:09.66\00:10:12.66 THEY TRIED TO COME IN THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF INDIA WHERE THERE IS A TRADE ROUTE THAT GOES 00:10:12.66\00:10:19.83 BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TIBET AND NORTHEAST INDIA. 00:10:19.83\00:10:22.86 THEY TRIED TO GO IN THAT WAY AND THEY COULDN'T GET IN. 00:10:22.86\00:10:27.36 THEY CAME OVER TO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF INDIA AND WENT IN BY SIMLA AND TRIED TO 00:10:27.36\00:10:36.86 COME IN THAT WAY AND THEY WERE TURNED BACK. 00:10:36.86\00:10:39.33 THE FINAL PLACE THEY WENT WAS AROUND INTO KASHMIR TO A PLACE 00:10:39.33\00:10:45.60 CALLED LADAKH. THE TOWN OF LADAKH IS AT ABOUT 13 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION, IF I REMEMBER 00:10:45.60\00:10:54.30 CORRECTLY. THEY ASKED PERMISSION TO GO INTO TIBET FROM THERE. 00:10:54.30\00:10:57.76 THE BRITISH PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO ALLOW THEM TO GO, BUT THEY HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO 00:10:57.76\00:11:06.20 THE TIBETAN BORDER PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW MISSIONARIES TO GO THROUGH. 00:11:06.20\00:11:12.03 THE MORAVIANS FOUND A WAY AROUND THE BRITISH CONTROL AND WENT 00:11:12.03\00:11:17.90 INTO TIBET. AGAIN I REFER TO THE BOOK GOD SPOKE TIBETAN. 00:11:17.90\00:11:21.93 IT IS A THRILLING STORY. 00:11:21.93\00:11:24.16 I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF YOUR STORY AT ALL JAMES, 00:11:24.16\00:11:29.86 BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THAT AT SOME POINT. 00:11:29.86\00:11:36.76 JAMES WAS SO KIND TO LEND A COPY OF THE BOOK. 00:11:36.76\00:11:40.86 IT IS NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE TODAY IS IT? 00:11:40.86\00:11:43.86 I THINK YOU MAY FIND IT ON AMAZON. 00:11:43.86\00:11:46.13 I'M NOT SURE. 00:11:46.13\00:11:48.80 AT ANY RATE IT WAS NEW TO ME, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE STORIES 00:11:48.80\00:11:55.36 THAT ONCE YOU GET INTO IT YOU CANNOT LAY THE BOOK DOWN. 00:11:55.36\00:12:00.16 IT'S A SERIES OF MIRACLES THAT TOOK PLACE. 00:12:00.16\00:12:03.30 ONE OF THE BIG MIRACLES OF THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE 00:12:03.30\00:12:11.93 TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE INTO THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 00:12:11.93\00:12:15.36 BECAUSE TIBET WAS CLOSED AND MISSIONARY PEOPLE COULD NOT GO INTO TIBET, SOMEHOW THE 00:12:15.36\00:12:27.23 PUBLICATION OF THIS BIBLE WAS DELAYED FOR 90 YEARS UNTIL 00:12:27.23\00:12:32.93 THINGS CHANGED AND THE TRADERS COULD CARRY THE BIBLE BACK INTO 00:12:32.93\00:12:37.26 TIBET. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COPIES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE HOMES OF PEOPLE IN TIBET. 00:12:37.26\00:12:43.40 THE REALITY IS PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORD 00:12:43.40\00:12:49.06 TO GET IT PUBLISHED FOR THEIR PEOPLE. 00:12:49.06\00:12:51.46 LET ME JUST HOLD GOD SPOKE TIBETAN UP ONE MORE TIME JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANYBODY WHO IS 00:12:51.46\00:13:01.96 INTERESTED IN GOING ON LINE TO AMAZON.COM TO SEE IF YOU CAN 00:13:01.96\00:13:07.03 FIND IT. I RECOMMEND IT AND I WANT TO URGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT JAMES AND CHARLES 00:13:07.03\00:13:12.30 ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY BASED UPON THE MORAVIAN HISTORY 00:13:12.30\00:13:17.93 INDICATED IN THIS. I WOULD SAY IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO REALLY HAVE THIS BOOK AND CAN'T 00:13:17.93\00:13:24.20 FIND IT, WRITE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST 00:13:24.20\00:13:27.63 TO FIND ONE. I KNOW WHERE THERE ARE SOME MORE. 00:13:27.63\00:13:29.13 OH GOOD. 00:13:29.13\00:13:30.83 LET ME JUST IDENTIFY WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND THEN WE WANT 00:13:30.83\00:13:38.06 TO GET TO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE GOSPEL GOING FROM 00:13:38.06\00:13:47.43 NEPAL TO TIBET. OUR ADDRESS IS ON THE SCREEN. 00:13:47.43\00:13:50.36 YOU CAN READ IT AS WELL AS I CAN. 00:13:50.36\00:13:52.13 WE WANT YOU TO BE IN TOUCH AND REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE 00:14:05.73\00:14:11.23 NEWSLETTER. THIS IS IT. 00:14:11.23\00:14:13.23 ON THE BACK OF THIS NEWSLETTER IS A LITTLE LISTING OF PARAGRAPHS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 00:14:13.23\00:14:22.56 SENT GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE 00:14:22.56\00:14:27.80 FOR WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING. 00:14:27.80\00:14:29.80 YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ THAT TO DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING GOSPEL 00:14:29.80\00:14:36.50 OUTREACH A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND 00:14:36.50\00:14:42.40 THEIR MISSION. WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY? 00:14:42.40\00:14:44.43 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW GOD HAS PREPARED ANOTHER AVENUE FROM NEPAL TO GET INTO TIBET. 00:14:44.43\00:14:55.70 CHARLES CAN HELP US WITH THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS SOME OF THAT 00:14:55.70\00:14:59.10 HISTORY. THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT HIM HERE TODAY. 00:14:59.10\00:15:04.06 WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN, NORBU LAMA, WHOSE MOTHER IS NEPALI AND HIS 00:15:04.06\00:15:14.83 FATHER IS TIBETAN. SO HE HAS THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BORDERS. 00:15:14.83\00:15:22.56 THEY DON'T WANT THE TIBETANS TO GO INTO NEPAL BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:15:22.56\00:15:28.80 AFRAID THEY WILL GO OFF TO THE DALI LAMA. 00:15:28.80\00:15:32.63 AND THEY WON'T ALLOW AMERICANS INTO TIBET UNLESS THEY ARE HEAVILY GUARDED BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:15:32.63\00:15:37.76 AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS " FREE TIBET" SITUATION. 00:15:37.76\00:15:40.06 I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT CHARLES PREMATURELY, BUT WHO IS 00:15:40.06\00:15:44.40 THIS? I CAN TELL WE'VE GOT CHARLES FOR SURE. 00:15:44.40\00:15:47.86 WHO ARE THE OTHERS? 00:15:47.86\00:15:49.60 JAMES NAKARMIE IS THE GENTLEMAN IN THE MIDDLE. 00:15:49.60\00:15:53.03 HE IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CONVERSION OF NASEEB WHO IS ON THE RIGHT WITH A NEPALI CAP. 00:15:53.03\00:16:00.13 NASEEB WAS THE ONE AND ONLY BAPTISM THAT I HAD FOR SEVEN YEARS OF LABOR IN NEPAL. 00:16:00.13\00:16:08.16 THEN HE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY FLEE THE COUNTRY THE NEXT DAY. 00:16:08.16\00:16:13.53 BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN? 00:16:13.53\00:16:14.96 BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HE WOULD BE EITHER IMPRISONED OR 00:16:14.96\00:16:20.60 WORSE. SO HE LEFT TO GO TO OUR COLLEGE AT SPICER. 00:16:20.60\00:16:23.20 HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE HE FOUND A BIBLE IN A CAVE IN A VERY REMOTE PART OF NEPAL. 00:16:23.20\00:16:29.23 HE READ IT, HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 00:16:29.23\00:16:31.96 JAMES NAKARMIE, IN THE MIDDLE, WAS THERE AS A CHRISTIAN WITH 00:16:31.96\00:16:37.23 THE LEPROSY WORK. HE FOUND NASEEB AND EXPLAINED THE BIBLE 00:16:37.23\00:16:41.23 TO NASEEB AND THEN NASEEB SAID HE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED. 00:16:41.23\00:16:42.90 SO JAMES TOLD NASEEB "DON'T LET ANYBODY BAPTIZE YOU. 00:16:42.90\00:16:47.30 GO TO THE SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL 00:16:47.30\00:16:51.90 BAPTIZE YOU." NASEEB SHOWED UP ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME HE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED. 00:16:51.90\00:16:56.46 THAT SOUNDED GOOD AFTER WORKING FOR SEVEN YEARS. 00:16:56.46\00:17:01.70 TELL THE REST OF THE STORY HERE. 00:17:01.70\00:17:05.76 WE HAVE A BAPTISM HERE. 00:17:05.76\00:17:07.70 THIS IS IN A RIVER ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE TIBETAN 00:17:07.70\00:17:13.76 BORDER. THE WATER COMES OUT OF TIBET. 00:17:13.76\00:17:16.03 WE HAVE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE BEING BAPTIZED. 00:17:16.03\00:17:18.63 WE'LL GO ON TO THIS PICTURE NOW BECAUSE OUR TIME IS GOING PRETTY 00:17:18.63\00:17:27.53 FAST. HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR FIRST TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:17:27.53\00:17:34.53 WORKERS. ON THE RIGHT IS NORBU LAMA. 00:17:34.53\00:17:38.36 HE WAS THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A LITTLE EARLIER. 00:17:38.36\00:17:45.66 ON THE LEFT IS KERMA. 00:17:45.66\00:17:48.10 KERMA WAS ONE OF THE SECOND TWO WHO WERE BAPTIZED AMONG THE TIBETAN PEOPLE IN NEPAL. 00:17:48.10\00:17:54.10 BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AT THE PRESENT 00:17:58.30\00:18:03.53 TIME. WE HAVE SOME MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT 00:18:03.53\00:18:11.90 NORBU. RIGHT NOW NORBU IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE OF PRAYER IN 00:18:11.90\00:18:21.40 TIBET. ARE THOSE STONES PUT TOGETHER WITH MORTAR? 00:18:21.40\00:18:25.10 THEY MUST BE USING SOME MORTAR. 00:18:25.10\00:18:28.76 YOU SEE THIS BUILDING IS BEING BUILT AT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND 00:18:28.76\00:18:33.73 FEET, MAYBE A LITTLE HIGHER ELEVATION. 00:18:33.73\00:18:37.23 THERE IS NO SAND UP THERE SO THEY HAVE TO CARRY THE SAND ON THE BACKS OF PORTERS FROM THE 00:18:37.23\00:18:43.73 RIVER BED DOWN AT ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND FEET AND BRING THAT UP OVER THREE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 00:18:43.73\00:18:51.46 THE WOOD AND ROOFING MATERIAL, THE NAILS, WHATEVER ELSE THEY 00:18:51.46\00:18:56.76 NEED IT ALL HAS TO BE CARRIED IN THERE THAT WAY. 00:18:56.76\00:19:01.60 THE STONE IS LOCAL OF COURSE. 00:19:01.60\00:19:04.50 HAVE EITHER OF YOU BEEN THERE TO SEE THIS STRUCTURE? 00:19:04.50\00:19:09.33 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE DOING THIS RECORDING. 00:19:09.33\00:19:16.46 IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE OF PICTURES ON 00:19:16.46\00:19:21.46 THAT. WE'RE QUITE SURE THE BUILDING IS PRETTY WELL FINISHED 00:19:21.46\00:19:25.23 NOW. I IMAGINE IT HAS SNOW ON THE ROOF NOW. 00:19:25.23\00:19:28.13 IS THAT TYPICAL OF THE KIND OF STRUCTURES THAT THEY LIVE IN AND 00:19:28.13\00:19:34.10 OTHER BUILDINGS? YES, MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT MOST OF THEM HAVE TO LIVE IN. 00:19:34.10\00:19:40.36 INTERIOR? 00:19:40.36\00:19:41.36 YES. 00:19:41.36\00:19:43.10 YOU'LL SEE THEY HAVE PUT A METAL ROOF ON AND THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE KEEPING THEM VERY 00:19:43.10\00:19:49.46 WARM IN THE COLD WINTERS AT THAT TEN THOUSAND FOOT ELEVATION. 00:19:49.46\00:19:54.46 HOW DO THEY HEAT INSIDE A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS? 00:19:54.46\00:19:58.56 THEY DRESS IN LAYERS. THEY DON'T BATHE VERY OFTEN. 00:19:58.56\00:20:03.96 WELL, THEY AREN'T GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH ANYWAY. 00:20:03.96\00:20:05.83 THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE CHURCH, FROM THAT HOUSE 00:20:05.83\00:20:11.36 OF PRAYER, LOOKING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. 00:20:11.36\00:20:15.06 WHAT A RUGGED COUNTRY IT IS. 00:20:15.06\00:20:17.36 AND THE PEOPLE LIVE IN LITTLE VILLAGES ALL THROUGH THOSE 00:20:17.36\00:20:21.23 MOUNTAINS. THE CHURCH IS THERE, THE PEOPLE WANT THE CHURCH THERE, THEY ARE THERE FOR 00:20:21.23\00:20:29.43 WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH CONTACTS AMONG THE VILLAGES OR 00:20:29.43\00:20:36.73 COMMUNITIES. WHEN NORBU BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN AND WENT BACK TO HIS VILLAGE 00:20:36.73\00:20:45.83 THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM IN THE VILLAGE. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE. 00:20:45.83\00:20:49.16 CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING THE ONLY CHRISTIAN IN THAT SOCIETY? 00:20:49.16\00:20:53.13 THEY CHASED HIM OUT OF THE VILLAGE. 00:20:53.13\00:20:57.00 BUT GOD SHOWED HIM A WAY TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH IN HIS LITTLE 00:20:57.00\00:21:06.53 HOME VILLAGE. HE CAME BACK AND STARTED A YOUTH CLUB. 00:21:06.53\00:21:10.20 THROUGH THAT YOUTH CLUB HE GAINED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE 00:21:10.20\00:21:14.40 PEOPLE AND HE IS SO WELCOME IN HIS VILLAGE NOW. 00:21:14.40\00:21:18.60 SO HE HAS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF WORSHIPPERS WITH HIM NOW? 00:21:18.60\00:21:23.03 YES HE HAS. 00:21:23.03\00:21:26.00 HERE IS CHARLES IN THE CENTER AND THIS IS NASEEB WHO WE TALKED 00:21:26.00\00:21:31.66 ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HIS WIFE RAMA ON THE OTHER SIDE. 00:21:31.66\00:21:35.40 THEY ARE RECORDING THE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO BROADCASTS IN THE 00:21:35.40\00:21:44.63 NEPALI LANGUAGE. SO NASEEB HAD TO BE BAPTIZED BEFORE 1977 00:21:44.63\00:21:48.30 SOMETIME. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:48.30\00:21:49.80 AND HE WITH HIS WIFE FORM THE SEED OF THE MINISTRY THAT 00:21:49.80\00:21:56.80 CONTINUES THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:56.80\00:21:58.16 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW CHARLES FELT WHEN HE WENT BACK THERE TO 00:21:58.16\00:22:02.70 NEPAL. THE LITTLE CHILLS MUST BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN YOUR SPINE 00:22:02.70\00:22:05.80 RIGHT NOW CHARLES. IT WAS AMAZING. 00:22:05.80\00:22:07.90 ONE PERSON IN SEVEN YEARS AND NOW NASEEB HAS THIS WORLD-WIDE BROADCAST FROM ADVENTIST WORLD 00:22:07.90\00:22:15.06 RADIO IN THE NEPALI LANGUAGE AND IT'S GOING OUT BOTH 00:22:15.06\00:22:19.63 IN THE SHORT WAVE AND IN FM AND ON THE COMPUTERS. 00:22:19.63\00:22:25.76 IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC THING THAT IS HAPPENING. 00:22:25.76\00:22:28.13 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:22:28.13\00:22:29.36 NOT ONLY THAT BUT HERE IS NORBU AND HE IS ON RADIO AS WELL. 00:22:29.36\00:22:35.76 HE IS ON RADIO ON THE SAME MICROPHONE FOR ADVENTIST 00:22:35.76\00:22:39.23 WORLD RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 00:22:39.23\00:22:45.56 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FELLOWS CAN CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT, 00:22:45.56\00:22:49.00 ENTHUSIASM AND SENSE OF PRAISE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. 00:22:49.00\00:22:52.60 IT'S THRILLING WHAT THE LORD HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 00:22:52.60\00:22:57.16 YOU JUST PICKED A BOOKLET UP CHARLES. 00:22:57.16\00:23:01.83 THIS WAS ACTUALLY TRANSLATED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO BY JOHN 00:23:01.83\00:23:08.66 BAXTER. HE ARRANGED FOR THIS TO BE TRANSLATED - THE BOOK OF 00:23:08.66\00:23:12.46 PROVERBS. HE HAD IT ON AN OLD COMPUTER AND SUDDENLY WE REALIZED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY 00:23:12.46\00:23:18.86 LITERATURE FOR THE FOLKS, THE TIBETAN INTERESTS, SO WE PRINTED THIS AND NOW WE HAVE THIS 00:23:18.86\00:23:27.13 AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO ANYONE WHO HEARS THE BROADCAST IN THE 00:23:27.13\00:23:33.26 TIBETAN LANGUAGE. WE CAN SEND THEM THIS BOOK. 00:23:33.26\00:23:34.86 THIS IS THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, A BOOK OF WISDOM. 00:23:34.86\00:23:39.03 YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T THINK OF PROVERBS AS BEING 00:23:39.03\00:23:40.43 FOR OUTREACH EVANGELISM, BUT IT'S THE WORD OF GOD. 00:23:40.43\00:23:44.56 IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR BUDDHISTS. THEY LOVE IT. 00:23:44.56\00:23:47.43 I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN 00:23:47.43\00:23:54.80 MISSIONS" VIEWERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE ESPECIALLY SENT IN FUNDS FOR THE TIBETAN WORK. 00:23:54.80\00:24:00.83 I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THEY ARE, BUT OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS 00:24:00.83\00:24:08.23 DONATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR THE TIBETAN WORK. 00:24:08.23\00:24:11.53 WITH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24:11.53\00:24:15.56 WORKERS. NOW ONE OF THEM IS ON THE RADIO AND THE OTHER HELPING TO BUILD THAT CHURCH. 00:24:15.56\00:24:20.63 NOT ONLY THAT BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS SENT THE FUNDS TO START TWO MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24:20.63\00:24:28.53 WORKERS, TIBETANS, AND HAS SENT FUNDS TO TRANSLATE MORE LITERATURE INTO THE TIBETAN 00:24:28.53\00:24:35.00 LANGUAGE AND TO PROVIDE MORE BIBLES IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 00:24:35.00\00:24:41.10 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS TIBETAN WORK AND SENDING 00:24:41.10\00:24:47.23 THEIR GIFTS CAN REJOICE WITH US IN THIS TODAY. 00:24:47.23\00:24:52.26 I'M SURE WE ALL DO REJOICE. 00:24:52.26\00:24:55.63 I LOOK AT THAT HOUSE OF PRAYER HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE OF US 00:24:55.63\00:25:05.46 WHO ARE HERE, SO WELL BLESSED, COULD HELP WITH THAT KIND 00:25:05.46\00:25:09.60 OF PROJECT AND MORE HOUSES OF PRAYER. 00:25:09.60\00:25:12.80 I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO PUT THOSE HEAVY LOADS ON THEIR BACKS TO GO OVER 00:25:12.80\00:25:18.20 THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES TO GET THE MATERIAL THERE TO HAVE THAT 00:25:18.20\00:25:24.23 HOUSE BUILT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEREIN YOU HAVE 00:25:24.23\00:25:31.93 DESIGNATED SUPPORT FOR THE WORK IN TIBET, THE WORK IN NEPAL AND THE WORK IN THE REGION 00:25:31.93\00:25:35.63 WHERE JAMES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEADERSHIP. 00:25:35.63\00:25:39.13 IN 30 SECONDS CHARLES, A LITTLE NUGGET YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. 00:25:39.13\00:25:44.80 THE TIME IS RIPE FOR THE GOSPEL IN NEPAL. 00:25:44.80\00:25:48.93 THE POLITICAL SITUATION IS VERY, VERY UNSTABLE AND IN ANY MONTH THEY COULD PASS RESOLUTIONS THAT 00:25:48.93\00:25:57.03 WOULD BRING US BACK TO NO MORE PREACHING. 00:25:57.03\00:26:00.06 RIGHT NOW THE DOOR IS OPEN. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. 00:26:00.06\00:26:02.93 THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEPAL EITHER BECOME COMMUNISTS OR CHRISTIANS. 00:26:02.93\00:26:07.13 THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:26:07.13\00:26:11.43 THE WORD AGAIN THAT WE REPEATED YESTERDAY IN A GATHERING OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY MEMBERS 00:26:11.43\00:26:19.06 AND SUPPORTERS WAS " URGENCY." WHAT CHARLES 00:26:19.06\00:26:23.46 HAS JUST SAID UNDERSCORES THAT WORD AGAIN. 00:26:23.46\00:26:27.16 I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE BUT THE TIME MAY 00:26:27.16\00:26:32.00 COME WHEN WE CANNOT SEND OUR GIFTS HERE TO HELP ANYWHERE 00:26:32.00\00:26:37.13 ELSE. SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO PRAY TOGETHER AND TO SUPPORT THIS 00:26:37.13\00:26:45.16 MINISTRY. THANK YOU BROTHER JAMES. 00:26:45.16\00:26:46.43 THANK YOU CHARLES FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD 00:26:46.43\00:26:49.56 TO BEING BACK WITH YOU HERE IN THE PROGRAM NEXT TIME. 00:26:49.56\00:26:54.00 BYE NOW. 00:26:54.00\00:26:54.46 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:26:54.46\00:26:55.46