Participants: James Campbell
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000388
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00:27 I AM SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO ANOTHER 00:30 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:33 YOU HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED, I'M SURE, TO THE WONDERFUL MISSION ACCOUNTS--FRONTLINE 00:38 STORIES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US BY THOSE WHO ARE OUR LEADERS IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:46 I HAVE HAD OCCASION TO KIND OF FEEL LIKE I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD BY CONTACTING THESE PEOPLE 00:52 AND HEARING THEIR FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS. 00:55 TODAY I WELCOME A DEAR FRIEND WHO I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:02 HIS NAME IS JAMES CAMPBELL. 01:06 JAMES, GOD BLESS YOU MAN. 01:08 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO A PROGRAM TOGETHER AGAIN. 01:11 INDEED, WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY CHANCE WE GET. 01:13 YOU DIDN'T COME ALONE TODAY. 01:15 YOU BROUGHT A FRIEND AND I WANT YOU TO DO US THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING HIM. 01:22 MY FRIEND TODAY IS PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ. 01:26 CHARLES HAS WORKED IN THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL FOR MANY YEARS. 01:32 HE LOVES THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL AND HAS SEEN HOW GOD HAS LEAD IN 01:38 DEVELOPING THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN WORK IN THAT GREAT NATION. 01:44 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU CHARLES. 01:46 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH US TODAY. 01:51 WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IS GIVE A BIT OF A CONTEXT BECAUSE THE REALITY IS PEOPLE ALWAYS 02:01 JOIN US WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PROGRAM BEFORE. 02:04 SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOUR REGION. 02:12 MY TERRITORY IS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF INDIA AND THE NATION OF NEPAL AND NOW, CREEPING ACROSS 02:23 THE BORDER, JUST A LITTLE BIT INTO THE TIBET REGION OF CHINA. 02:28 WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO THAT TODAY. 02:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF GOD'S PLANS TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD IN OUR TIME. 02:40 WHAT A THRILL IT IS TO HAVE A LITTLE PART IN WHAT GOD IS DOING. 02:44 ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH USES IN THE MISSION 02:56 WORK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOME AREAS. 03:00 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE FRONTLINE WORK. 03:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A CHANNEL FOR GOD TO SEND FUNDS FOR STIPENDS 03:10 FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO SERVE SO FAITHFULLY IN THEIR OWN AREAS. 03:14 THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIQUE FEATURES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH OF COURSE. 03:18 WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THE PRIMARY ONE, BUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 03:25 THE OVERSIGHT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:29 HERE IN THE U.S. ARE VOLUNTEERS. YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER. 03:39 A HIGHLY PAID VOLUNTEER. 03:40 HERE WE ARE RECORDING THIS PROGRAM AND THE LAST THREE DAYS 03:45 WE HAVE SPENT REVIEWING WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING. 03:48 IT HAS JUST BEEN SO REWARDING AND SO THRILLING TO SEE HOW 03:53 THE GOSPEL IS ADVANCING IN SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. 03:57 WHEN YOU SPEAK OF MEETING HERE FOR THESE DAYS, THERE IS NOT A 04:03 PERSON HERE WHO IS ON A GOSPEL OUTREACH PAYROLL. 04:09 EVERY SINGLE PERSON, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LARGER GROUP THAN USUAL, 04:15 BUT NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS BEEN PAID ANYTHING FOR BEING HERE. 04:20 THIS IS A MINISTRY THAT IS AS EFFECTIVE AS IT IS BECAUSE SO MANY ARE DOING IT FROM THE HEART 04:30 CONVICTED THAT THIS, AS YOU HAVE SAID ALREADY JAMES, 04:33 IS GOD'S WORK AT THIS POINT IN EARTH'S HISTORY. 04:37 WE HAVE HOW MANY REGIONS? 04:39 I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH THIS SOMETIMES. 04:44 WELL I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT IF IT'S 17 OR 18 REGIONS. 04:49 WELL, IT'S AT LEAST 17. 04:51 GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY. 04:56 DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? 05:00 LET'S GO TO A MAP RIGHT NOW. 05:02 HERE'S THE MAP OF THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 05:10 CHARLES, YOU COULD TELL US BETTER ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF NEPAL. 05:13 HOW MANY HUNDRED MILES LONG WOULD IT BE? 05:17 IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA. 05:19 IT'S BASICALLY THREE LEVELS. 05:21 YOU HAVE THE AREA BORDERING INDIA WHICH WOULD BE SEA LEVEL. 05:28 THEN THE FOOTHILLS ARE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR THOUSAND TO SIX THOUSAND FEET. 05:32 THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 05:36 THEN THE AREAS AROUND THE HIMALAYAS WHICH WOULD BE 05:39 ANYWHERE FROM 10, 12, 14 THOUSAND FEET ON UP TO MT. EVEREST. 05:46 WE SEE THERE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO GET SOME ORIENTATION, 05:50 THAT INDIA IS TO THE SOUTH, CHINA TO THE NORTH. 05:53 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AFFILIATED IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD? 05:59 I WENT AS A MISSIONARY IN 1969. 06:05 DR. STANLEY STURGES PIONEERED THE WORK THERE IN 1959 AND OUR 06:13 WORK WAS BASICALLY RESTRICTED TO SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 06:18 IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO PROSELYTIZE, TO PREACH. 06:22 WE WOULD HAVE A BRANCH SABBATH SCHOOL AND THAT WAS WINKED AT. 06:27 I WENT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER. 06:30 I HAD MY MPH AND THE GOVERNMENT WINKED AT MY LITTLE ACTIVITIES. 06:35 I COULD GIVE THEM HEALTH EDUCATION THEN I WOULD ASK THEM, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW A 06:40 LITTLE BIT ABOUT JESUS?" IF THEY SAID YES THEN I COULD TELL THEM. 06:45 VERY, VERY RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT. 06:49 NO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT ALL. 06:50 WHEN I LEFT NEPAL IN 1977 WE HAD ABOUT 15 ADVENTISTS. 06:57 WHEN I WENT BACK IN 2008 THERE WERE 7000 ADVENTISTS. 07:04 THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE RULES. 07:09 NOW WE HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND NOW WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:15 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:17 AND IN THE COURSE OF THIS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE HOSPITAL 07:21 AND THE HEALTH WORK AND SO FORTH? 07:23 IT IS STILL CONTINUING ON, BUT IT IS NOT THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR WORK. 07:30 WE NOW HAVE WORK THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRY. 07:35 DOES THIS NOW SERVE AS KIND OF A HOME BASE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN TIBET? 07:39 YES. 07:40 NEPAL IS HOME BASE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN TIBET. 07:43 TIBET IS A PART OF CHINA, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND IT COULD BE DONE FROM CHINA, BUT THE CHURCH 07:55 LEADERS IN CHINA HAVE SUGGESTED THAT AT LEAST FOR THIS TIME AND THE TIBETAN AREA PERHAPS IT 08:03 WOULD BE BETTER TO DO IT FROM NEPAL FOR NOW. 08:07 IS THERE EASY TRANSITION FROM ONE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER - NEPAL TO TIBET? 08:14 THERE ARE AIR FLIGHTS TWICE A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR MAYBE MORE OFTEN FROM KATHMANDU, 08:21 THE CAPITAL OF NEPAL TO LHASA THE CAPITAL OF TIBET. 08:25 I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT MOUNTAINOUS REGION. 08:27 WELL, I'VE READ THE BOOK AND WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER I THINK, ABOUT THE PROCESS 08:36 OF TRAVELING IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. 08:40 CHARLES, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD FROM KATHMANDU TO THE TIBETAN BORDER. 08:47 IT'S NOT THAT BAD. 08:50 THE HIMALAYAS ARE LIKE ANY OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGE. 08:53 THERE ARE LOWER PASSES AND THERE ARE HIGHER PASSES. 08:57 THEY FLY OVER THE HIMALAYAS TO GET TO LHASA. 09:02 A PART OF MY QUESTION WAS, DO THE RULES, THE LAWS OF NEPAL, THAT YOU REFERRED TO A LITTLE 09:11 BIT EARLIER, HAVE ANY KIND OF APPLICATION IN THE COUNTRY OF TIBET? 09:17 DO THEY HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RULES FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS TEACHING? 09:27 UNTIL 1958, WHEN CHINA DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR TIBET TO BE PART OF THE MAIN CHINA CONSTITUENCY, 09:40 UNTIL THAT TIME THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN TIBET KEPT VERY STRICT CONTROL OVER THINGS. 09:49 THE LAMAS, THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THEY PROTECTED THE BORDERS VERY WELL. 09:58 IN FACT, 160 YEARS AGO WHEN THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES TRIED TO GO TO TIBET THEY TRIED TO COME 10:09 IN THROUGH CHINA AND THEY WERE TURNED BACK. 10:12 THEY TRIED TO COME IN THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF INDIA WHERE THERE IS A TRADE ROUTE THAT GOES 10:19 BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TIBET AND NORTHEAST INDIA. 10:22 THEY TRIED TO GO IN THAT WAY AND THEY COULDN'T GET IN. 10:27 THEY CAME OVER TO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF INDIA AND WENT IN BY SIMLA AND TRIED TO 10:36 COME IN THAT WAY AND THEY WERE TURNED BACK. 10:39 THE FINAL PLACE THEY WENT WAS AROUND INTO KASHMIR TO A PLACE CALLED LADAKH. 10:45 THE TOWN OF LADAKH IS AT ABOUT 13 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 10:54 THEY ASKED PERMISSION TO GO INTO TIBET FROM THERE. 10:57 THE BRITISH PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO ALLOW THEM TO GO, BUT THEY HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO 11:06 THE TIBETAN BORDER PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW MISSIONARIES TO GO THROUGH. 11:12 THE MORAVIANS FOUND A WAY AROUND THE BRITISH CONTROL AND WENT INTO TIBET. 11:17 AGAIN I REFER TO THE BOOK GOD SPOKE TIBETAN. 11:21 IT IS A THRILLING STORY. 11:24 I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF YOUR STORY AT ALL JAMES, 11:29 BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THAT AT SOME POINT. 11:36 JAMES WAS SO KIND TO LEND A COPY OF THE BOOK. 11:40 IT IS NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE TODAY IS IT? 11:43 I THINK YOU MAY FIND IT ON AMAZON. 11:46 I'M NOT SURE. 11:48 AT ANY RATE IT WAS NEW TO ME, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE STORIES 11:55 THAT ONCE YOU GET INTO IT YOU CANNOT LAY THE BOOK DOWN. 12:00 IT'S A SERIES OF MIRACLES THAT TOOK PLACE. 12:03 ONE OF THE BIG MIRACLES OF THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE 12:11 TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE INTO THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 12:15 BECAUSE TIBET WAS CLOSED AND MISSIONARY PEOPLE COULD NOT GO INTO TIBET, SOMEHOW THE 12:27 PUBLICATION OF THIS BIBLE WAS DELAYED FOR 90 YEARS UNTIL 12:32 THINGS CHANGED AND THE TRADERS COULD CARRY THE BIBLE BACK INTO TIBET. 12:37 WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COPIES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE HOMES OF PEOPLE IN TIBET. 12:43 THE REALITY IS PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORD 12:49 TO GET IT PUBLISHED FOR THEIR PEOPLE. 12:51 LET ME JUST HOLD GOD SPOKE TIBETAN UP ONE MORE TIME JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANYBODY WHO IS 13:01 INTERESTED IN GOING ON LINE TO AMAZON.COM TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND IT. 13:07 I RECOMMEND IT AND I WANT TO URGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT JAMES AND CHARLES ARE GOING 13:12 TO SHARE WITH US TODAY BASED UPON THE MORAVIAN HISTORY INDICATED IN THIS. 13:17 I WOULD SAY IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO REALLY HAVE THIS BOOK AND CAN'T FIND IT, WRITE 13:24 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO FIND ONE. 13:27 I KNOW WHERE THERE ARE SOME MORE. 13:29 OH GOOD. 13:30 LET ME JUST IDENTIFY WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND THEN WE WANT 13:38 TO GET TO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE GOSPEL GOING FROM NEPAL TO TIBET. 13:47 OUR ADDRESS IS ON THE SCREEN. 13:50 YOU CAN READ IT AS WELL AS I CAN. 14:05 WE WANT YOU TO BE IN TOUCH AND REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER. 14:11 THIS IS IT. 14:13 ON THE BACK OF THIS NEWSLETTER IS A LITTLE LISTING OF PARAGRAPHS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 14:22 SENT GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE 14:27 FOR WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING. 14:29 YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ THAT TO DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING GOSPEL 14:36 OUTREACH A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND THEIR MISSION. 14:42 WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY? 14:44 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW GOD HAS PREPARED ANOTHER AVENUE FROM NEPAL TO GET INTO TIBET. 14:55 CHARLES CAN HELP US WITH THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS SOME OF THAT HISTORY. 14:59 THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT HIM HERE TODAY. 15:04 WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN, NORBU LAMA, WHOSE MOTHER IS NEPALI AND HIS FATHER IS TIBETAN. 15:14 SO HE HAS THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BORDERS. 15:22 THEY DON'T WANT THE TIBETANS TO GO INTO NEPAL BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID 15:28 THEY WILL GO OFF TO THE DALI LAMA. 15:32 AND THEY WON'T ALLOW AMERICANS INTO TIBET UNLESS THEY ARE HEAVILY GUARDED BECAUSE THEY ARE 15:37 AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS " FREE TIBET" SITUATION. 15:40 I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT CHARLES PREMATURELY, BUT WHO IS THIS? 15:44 I CAN TELL WE'VE GOT CHARLES FOR SURE. 15:47 WHO ARE THE OTHERS? 15:49 JAMES NAKARMIE IS THE GENTLEMAN IN THE MIDDLE. 15:53 HE IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CONVERSION OF NASEEB WHO IS ON THE RIGHT WITH A NEPALI CAP. 16:00 NASEEB WAS THE ONE AND ONLY BAPTISM THAT I HAD FOR SEVEN YEARS OF LABOR IN NEPAL. 16:08 THEN HE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY FLEE THE COUNTRY THE NEXT DAY. 16:13 BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN? 16:14 BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HE WOULD BE EITHER IMPRISONED OR WORSE. 16:20 SO HE LEFT TO GO TO OUR COLLEGE AT SPICER. 16:23 HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE HE FOUND A BIBLE IN A CAVE IN A VERY REMOTE PART OF NEPAL. 16:29 HE READ IT, HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 16:31 JAMES NAKARMIE, IN THE MIDDLE, WAS THERE AS A CHRISTIAN WITH THE LEPROSY WORK. 16:37 HE FOUND NASEEB AND EXPLAINED THE BIBLE TO NASEEB AND THEN 16:41 NASEEB SAID HE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED. 16:42 SO JAMES TOLD NASEEB "DON'T LET ANYBODY BAPTIZE YOU. 16:47 GO TO THE SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL BAPTIZE YOU." 16:51 NASEEB SHOWED UP ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND TOLD ME HE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED. 16:56 THAT SOUNDED GOOD AFTER WORKING FOR SEVEN YEARS. 17:01 TELL THE REST OF THE STORY HERE. 17:05 WE HAVE A BAPTISM HERE. 17:07 THIS IS IN A RIVER ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE TIBETAN BORDER. 17:13 THE WATER COMES OUT OF TIBET. 17:16 WE HAVE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE BEING BAPTIZED. 17:18 WE'LL GO ON TO THIS PICTURE NOW BECAUSE OUR TIME IS GOING PRETTY FAST. 17:27 HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR FIRST TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:34 ON THE RIGHT IS NORBU LAMA. 17:38 HE WAS THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A LITTLE EARLIER. 17:45 ON THE LEFT IS KERMA. 17:48 KERMA WAS ONE OF THE SECOND TWO WHO WERE BAPTIZED AMONG THE TIBETAN PEOPLE IN NEPAL. 17:58 BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AT THE PRESENT TIME. 18:03 WE HAVE SOME MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT NORBU. 18:11 RIGHT NOW NORBU IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE OF PRAYER IN TIBET. 18:21 ARE THOSE STONES PUT TOGETHER WITH MORTAR? 18:25 THEY MUST BE USING SOME MORTAR. 18:28 YOU SEE THIS BUILDING IS BEING BUILT AT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND FEET, 18:33 MAYBE A LITTLE HIGHER ELEVATION. 18:37 THERE IS NO SAND UP THERE SO THEY HAVE TO CARRY THE SAND ON THE BACKS OF PORTERS FROM THE 18:43 RIVER BED DOWN AT ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND FEET AND BRING THAT UP OVER THREE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 18:51 THE WOOD AND ROOFING MATERIAL, THE NAILS, WHATEVER ELSE THEY NEED 18:56 IT ALL HAS TO BE CARRIED IN THERE THAT WAY. 19:01 THE STONE IS LOCAL OF COURSE. 19:04 HAVE EITHER OF YOU BEEN THERE TO SEE THIS STRUCTURE? 19:09 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE DOING THIS RECORDING. 19:16 IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE OF PICTURES ON THAT. 19:21 WE'RE QUITE SURE THE BUILDING IS PRETTY WELL FINISHED NOW. 19:25 I IMAGINE IT HAS SNOW ON THE ROOF NOW. 19:28 IS THAT TYPICAL OF THE KIND OF STRUCTURES THAT THEY LIVE IN AND OTHER BUILDINGS? 19:34 YES, MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT MOST OF THEM HAVE TO LIVE IN. 19:40 INTERIOR? 19:41 YES. 19:43 YOU'LL SEE THEY HAVE PUT A METAL ROOF ON AND THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE KEEPING THEM VERY 19:49 WARM IN THE COLD WINTERS AT THAT TEN THOUSAND FOOT ELEVATION. 19:54 HOW DO THEY HEAT INSIDE A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS? 19:58 THEY DRESS IN LAYERS. THEY DON'T BATHE VERY OFTEN. 20:03 WELL, THEY AREN'T GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH ANYWAY. 20:05 THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE CHURCH, FROM THAT HOUSE 20:11 OF PRAYER, LOOKING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. 20:15 WHAT A RUGGED COUNTRY IT IS. 20:17 AND THE PEOPLE LIVE IN LITTLE VILLAGES ALL THROUGH THOSE MOUNTAINS. 20:21 THE CHURCH IS THERE, THE PEOPLE WANT THE CHURCH THERE, THEY ARE THERE FOR WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP 20:29 BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH CONTACTS AMONG THE VILLAGES OR COMMUNITIES. 20:36 WHEN NORBU BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN AND WENT BACK TO HIS VILLAGE THEY 20:45 DIDN'T WANT HIM IN THE VILLAGE. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE. 20:49 CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING THE ONLY CHRISTIAN IN THAT SOCIETY? 20:53 THEY CHASED HIM OUT OF THE VILLAGE. 20:57 BUT GOD SHOWED HIM A WAY TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH IN HIS LITTLE HOME VILLAGE. 21:06 HE CAME BACK AND STARTED A YOUTH CLUB. 21:10 THROUGH THAT YOUTH CLUB HE GAINED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE 21:14 AND HE IS SO WELCOME IN HIS VILLAGE NOW. 21:18 SO HE HAS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF WORSHIPPERS WITH HIM NOW? 21:23 YES HE HAS. 21:26 HERE IS CHARLES IN THE CENTER AND THIS IS NASEEB WHO WE TALKED ABOUT 21:31 A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HIS WIFE RAMA ON THE OTHER SIDE. 21:35 THEY ARE RECORDING THE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO BROADCASTS IN THE NEPALI LANGUAGE. 21:44 SO NASEEB HAD TO BE BAPTIZED BEFORE 1977 SOMETIME. 21:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:49 AND HE WITH HIS WIFE FORM THE SEED OF THE MINISTRY THAT CONTINUES THERE. 21:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:58 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW CHARLES FELT WHEN HE WENT BACK THERE TO NEPAL. 22:02 THE LITTLE CHILLS MUST BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN YOUR SPINE RIGHT NOW CHARLES. 22:05 IT WAS AMAZING. 22:07 ONE PERSON IN SEVEN YEARS AND NOW NASEEB HAS THIS WORLD-WIDE BROADCAST FROM ADVENTIST WORLD 22:15 RADIO IN THE NEPALI LANGUAGE AND IT'S GOING OUT BOTH 22:19 IN THE SHORT WAVE AND IN FM AND ON THE COMPUTERS. 22:25 IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC THING THAT IS HAPPENING. 22:28 PRAISE THE LORD. 22:29 NOT ONLY THAT BUT HERE IS NORBU AND HE IS ON RADIO AS WELL. 22:35 HE IS ON RADIO ON THE SAME MICROPHONE FOR ADVENTIST 22:39 WORLD RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 22:45 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FELLOWS CAN CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT, 22:49 ENTHUSIASM AND SENSE OF PRAISE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. 22:52 IT'S THRILLING WHAT THE LORD HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 22:57 YOU JUST PICKED A BOOKLET UP CHARLES. 23:01 THIS WAS ACTUALLY TRANSLATED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO BY JOHN BAXTER. 23:08 HE ARRANGED FOR THIS TO BE TRANSLATED - THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. 23:12 HE HAD IT ON AN OLD COMPUTER AND SUDDENLY WE REALIZED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LITERATURE FOR 23:18 THE FOLKS, THE TIBETAN INTERESTS, SO WE PRINTED THIS AND NOW WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE 23:27 TO GIVE TO ANYONE WHO HEARS THE BROADCAST IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 23:33 WE CAN SEND THEM THIS BOOK. 23:34 THIS IS THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, A BOOK OF WISDOM. 23:39 YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T THINK OF PROVERBS AS BEING 23:40 FOR OUTREACH EVANGELISM, BUT IT'S THE WORD OF GOD. 23:44 IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR BUDDHISTS. THEY LOVE IT. 23:47 I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN 23:54 MISSIONS" VIEWERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE ESPECIALLY SENT IN FUNDS FOR THE TIBETAN WORK. 24:00 I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THEY ARE, BUT OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS 24:08 DONATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR THE TIBETAN WORK. 24:11 WITH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:15 NOW ONE OF THEM IS ON THE RADIO AND THE OTHER HELPING TO BUILD THAT CHURCH. 24:20 NOT ONLY THAT BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS SENT THE FUNDS TO START TWO MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:28 WORKERS, TIBETANS, AND HAS SENT FUNDS TO TRANSLATE MORE LITERATURE INTO THE TIBETAN 24:35 LANGUAGE AND TO PROVIDE MORE BIBLES IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 24:41 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS TIBETAN WORK AND SENDING 24:47 THEIR GIFTS CAN REJOICE WITH US IN THIS TODAY. 24:52 I'M SURE WE ALL DO REJOICE. 24:55 I LOOK AT THAT HOUSE OF PRAYER HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE OF US 25:05 WHO ARE HERE, SO WELL BLESSED, COULD HELP WITH THAT KIND 25:09 OF PROJECT AND MORE HOUSES OF PRAYER. 25:12 I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO PUT THOSE HEAVY LOADS ON THEIR BACKS TO GO OVER 25:18 THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES TO GET THE MATERIAL THERE TO HAVE THAT HOUSE BUILT. 25:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEREIN YOU HAVE DESIGNATED SUPPORT FOR THE 25:31 WORK IN TIBET, THE WORK IN NEPAL AND THE WORK IN THE REGION 25:35 WHERE JAMES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEADERSHIP. 25:39 IN 30 SECONDS CHARLES, A LITTLE NUGGET YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. 25:44 THE TIME IS RIPE FOR THE GOSPEL IN NEPAL. 25:48 THE POLITICAL SITUATION IS VERY, VERY UNSTABLE AND IN ANY MONTH THEY COULD PASS RESOLUTIONS THAT 25:57 WOULD BRING US BACK TO NO MORE PREACHING. 26:00 RIGHT NOW THE DOOR IS OPEN. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. 26:02 THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEPAL EITHER BECOME COMMUNISTS OR CHRISTIANS. 26:07 THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM ABOUT JESUS. 26:11 THE WORD AGAIN THAT WE REPEATED YESTERDAY IN A GATHERING OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY MEMBERS 26:19 AND SUPPORTERS WAS " URGENCY." WHAT CHARLES 26:23 HAS JUST SAID UNDERSCORES THAT WORD AGAIN. 26:27 I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE BUT THE TIME MAY COME 26:32 WHEN WE CANNOT SEND OUR GIFTS HERE TO HELP ANYWHERE ELSE. 26:37 SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO PRAY TOGETHER AND TO SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY. 26:45 THANK YOU BROTHER JAMES. 26:46 THANK YOU CHARLES FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD 26:49 TO BEING BACK WITH YOU HERE IN THE PROGRAM NEXT TIME. 26:54 BYE NOW. 26:54 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06