OPENING MUSIC] . 00:00:00.46\00:00:22.80 HAPPY GREETINGS EVERYBODY. 00:00:22.80\00:00:25.10 I AM DELIGHTED AGAIN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 00:00:25.10\00:00:28.73 TO WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:28.73\00:00:34.26 AND THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE TALK ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRING YOU STORIES OF WHERE AND 00:00:34.26\00:00:40.46 WHY AND HOW AND WHO, VARIOUS THINGS GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I'VE TAKEN OCCASION 00:00:40.46\00:00:46.53 TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:00:49.16\00:00:50.86 WE'VE HAD SOME OF OUR LEADERS DESCRIBE THIS SECTION OF THE PLANET WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE 00:00:50.86\00:00:56.90 WHO HAVE NOT YET HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:00:59.03\00:01:02.33 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCENTRATING IN THAT BELT OF POPULATION 00:01:02.33\00:01:08.36 ACROSS THE PLANET. I HAVE THE DELIGHTFUL PRIVILEGE OF MEETING FRIENDS HERE IN THE SET OF 00:01:10.30\00:01:16.36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REGIONS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING. 00:01:18.50\00:01:23.23 WE MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF SOME OF THOSE 00:01:23.23\00:01:28.20 REGIONS AS FAR AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORTH 00:01:28.20\00:01:30.53 AMERICA. AND I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD A MORE EXCITING PRIVILEGE THAN THE ONE RIGHT NOW TO 00:01:30.53\00:01:36.56 WELCOME A YOUNG MAN TO OUR SET WHOM I'VE NEVER GOTTEN TO SIT 00:01:41.83\00:01:47.10 WITH BEFORE HERE. WELCOME, TIM PARKS. 00:01:47.10\00:01:49.10 THANK YOU, DAN. 00:01:49.10\00:01:50.80 SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I'VE GOT TO TELL THE FOLKS THE REASON I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS 00:01:50.80\00:01:57.53 BECAUSE I ALMOST REMEMBER YOU BEFORE YOU WERE. 00:01:57.53\00:02:02.96 THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT? 00:02:02.96\00:02:06.80 ACTUALLY, TIM'S PARENTS AND BETSY AND I WERE YOUNG MINISTERIAL WORKERS IN THE 00:02:06.80\00:02:12.86 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THE NORTHWEST. 00:02:15.86\00:02:20.10 I GOT THERE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD OF TIM'S FATHER, DAVE WHO HAS BEEN MY DEAR, DEAR 00:02:20.10\00:02:27.83 FRIEND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 00:02:27.83\00:02:31.16 DAVE AND RETHA AND TO NOW BE HERE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION IS 00:02:31.16\00:02:38.63 SOMETHING ELSE. SO, TRULY TIM, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:02:38.63\00:02:42.56 AND I WON'T GO INTO ANY DETAIL AT ALL, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER , YOU AND I, AND 00:02:42.56\00:02:48.63 MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY WHEN THERE WERE CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES IN YOUR LIFE, IN THE 00:02:52.83\00:02:59.06 FAMILY LIFE AND SO FORTH AND ALL OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE 00:02:59.06\00:03:02.16 WHAT TOUCHES ONE OF US TOUCHES THE REST OF US. 00:03:02.16\00:03:04.86 AND SO, WE WON'T GO INTO THAT EXCEPT TO THANK THE LORD FOR HIS BLESSINGS ON OUR LIVES. 00:03:04.86\00:03:11.03 INDEED AND I AM VERY THANKFUL, I MEAN IT IS JUST A MIRACLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN 00:03:11.03\00:03:18.86 THIS KIND OF WAY WITH GOD'S WORK. 00:03:18.86\00:03:21.53 WELL, I WILL SAY, THE FOLK DESERVE TO KNOW, I STOOD BESIDE TIM'S HOSPITAL BED AND HAD 00:03:21.53\00:03:27.60 PRAYED EARNESTLY AS HE HAS BEEN PRAYING, HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY AND FOR 00:03:30.26\00:03:36.20 HIM TO BE HERE, THE PICTURE OF HEALTH THAT HE IS TODAY IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. 00:03:36.20\00:03:41.40 IT IS. 00:03:41.40\00:03:43.20 PRAYER HAS BEEN THE ANSWER, THE DOCTORS, EXPERTS CHECKED ME OUT AND WE COULD NOT COME UP WITH A 00:03:43.20\00:03:48.80 DIAGNOSIS BUT PRAYER IS WHAT SAVED ME, I AM SURE OF IT. 00:03:48.80\00:03:53.60 THE ONE TO WHOM WE PRAY WITH WHOM WE INTERCEDE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE WILL GO 00:03:53.60\00:03:59.66 TO LENGTHS FOR US THAT HE WANTS TO KNOW WE TRUST IN HIM AND WHEN 00:04:03.30\00:04:09.80 WE PRAY, THAT IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR TRUST. 00:04:09.80\00:04:12.10 ALRIGHT TIM, YOU ARE A MISSIONARY KID. 00:04:12.10\00:04:15.73 ABSOLUTELY. 00:04:15.73\00:04:16.73 WHERE WERE YOU RAISED? 00:04:16.73\00:04:18.43 WELL, ACTUALLY I WAS RAISED HERE IN THE STATES BUT MY PARENTS WERE OVERSEAS, MOSTLY IN ASIA 00:04:18.43\00:04:23.80 AND SO I'VE MADE MANY TRIPS, YOU KNOW, VISITING MY PARENTS. 00:04:26.26\00:04:31.63 AND NOW YOUR DAD IS ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS, RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE ACCOMPANIED HIM IN SOME 00:04:31.63\00:04:37.66 OF HIS TRIPS TO THAT REGION. 00:04:40.23\00:04:43.23 DESCRIBE FOR US THE REGION JUST FOR BENEFIT OF ORIENTATION FOR 00:04:43.23\00:04:48.20 OUR VIEWERS. SURE. 00:04:48.20\00:04:49.40 SO THIS IS SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE COUNTRIES THAT I WILL BE DEALING 00:04:49.40\00:04:54.30 WITH ARE ACTUALLY MYANMAR AND THAILAND. 00:04:54.30\00:05:00.40 WE ARE ACTUALLY SPLITTING UP A LARGER REGION THAT HAD BEEN BEFORE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS 00:05:00.40\00:05:05.60 SO MUCH TERRITORY AND THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT. 00:05:05.60\00:05:08.63 YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR THEN? 00:05:08.63\00:05:13.60 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:05:13.60\00:05:15.30 WELCOME, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND FRANKLY I HADN'T KNOWN THAT UNTIL I GOT HERE TO 00:05:15.30\00:05:21.70 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SOMEBODY SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING A PARKS AND SO 00:05:21.70\00:05:28.30 IMMEDIATELY I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE DAVID AND THEY SAID, NO IT IS TIM AND WOW THIS IS REALLY A 00:05:28.30\00:05:36.23 JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU, TIM. 00:05:36.23\00:05:39.90 YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A SON OF MISSIONARIES WHILE YOUR PARENTS WERE A LONG WAYS AWAY OBVIOUSLY 00:05:39.90\00:05:45.96 MUST HAVE HAD ITS CHALLENGES. 00:05:48.10\00:05:50.13 HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE A WORLD AWAY, 00:05:50.13\00:05:55.86 OR YOUR PARENTS ARE A WORLD AWAY? 00:05:55.86\00:05:58.73 AND YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT? 00:05:58.73\00:06:01.36 HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT? 00:06:01.36\00:06:04.26 WELL CERTAINLY IT DID HAVE ITS CHALLENGES THEN AND WHATEVER FORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY I HAVE 00:06:04.26\00:06:10.00 A LARGE FAMILY HERE AND YOU KNOW, SO WE WORK WELL IN DEALING WITH THAT BUT I THINK IN MANY 00:06:10.00\00:06:16.06 WAYS IT SERVED TO IMPRESS UPON ME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERY THINGS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 00:06:19.06\00:06:25.06 DOING WHEN I COULD SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO MY PARENTS AND WHAT THEY WERE GIVING UP, I 00:06:25.06\00:06:31.16 MEAN, MAYBE MY MOTHER FELT IT MOST OF ALL YOU KNOW, BEING AWAY FROM COMFORTS OF HOME AND FAMILY 00:06:31.16\00:06:37.30 AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERY THINGS 00:06:37.30\00:06:42.80 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES. 00:06:42.80\00:06:44.80 WELL, YOU HAVE STATED IT SO WELL. 00:06:44.80\00:06:47.16 I APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION OF YOUR PARENTS 00:06:47.16\00:06:52.96 AND NOW YOUR CHOICE TO KIND OF WALK IN YOUR DAD'S FOOTSTEPS. 00:06:52.96\00:06:58.96 IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSIONARY SERVICE PERHAPS BUT ONE NONE THE LESS AS IMPORTANT. 00:06:58.96\00:07:05.40 SO, YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPANY YOUR DAD ON SEVERAL MISSION TRIPS VERY RECENTLY AND 00:07:05.40\00:07:11.46 WE ARE TAPING THIS PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER, LATE SEPTEMBER, OF 2012 AND YOU HAVE RECENTLY 00:07:14.40\00:07:20.43 RETURNED FROM A TRIP. 00:07:22.93\00:07:25.03 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 00:07:25.03\00:07:26.73 YES, I'M JUST BACK 10 DAYS SO FLEW OUT OF LOS ANGELES THROUGH TAIWAN INTO BANGKOK AND THEN 00:07:26.73\00:07:34.10 FROM THERE VISITED CAMBODIA, MYANMAR AND THAILAND. 00:07:34.10\00:07:38.36 IN THE COURSE OF THIS, HOW LONG WERE YOU GONE ON THE TRIP? 00:07:38.36\00:07:44.93 FIFTEEN DAYS. 00:07:44.93\00:07:46.03 AND THAT MEANS YOU COVERED A LOT OF TERRITORY IN A HURRY. 00:07:46.03\00:07:50.16 IT IS. 00:07:50.16\00:07:51.16 THIS IS NOT EASY TRAVEL. 00:07:51.16\00:07:52.83 IT WAS REALLY A PRETTY BRUTAL TRIP REALLY, AS FAR AS TRAVEL AND SCHEDULE GOES SO THAT IS 00:07:52.83\00:08:00.13 TRUE. 00:08:00.13\00:08:01.86 BUT THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS TO REALLY MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE 00:08:01.86\00:08:07.20 REGIONS THAT THEY REPRESENT AND BRING US THE REPORTS SUCH AS TIM IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY. 00:08:09.30\00:08:16.60 THIS ISN'T AN EMAIL REPORT; IT IS NOT A TELEPHONE REPORT OR OTHER KIND OF WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF 00:08:16.60\00:08:22.66 WHAT GOES ON OVER THERE. 00:08:25.53\00:08:27.20 THESE PEOPLE GO AND THEY MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE REGIONS ON A ONE TO ONE BASIS AND GET TO 00:08:27.20\00:08:33.30 CONNECT WITH THE RESULTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY IN THAT 00:08:33.30\00:08:39.03 REGION. WELL, LET'S DO A LITTLE ARMCHAIR,YES -LET ME SAY THOUGH, I WAS EXCITED EVERY DAY TO MEET 00:08:39.03\00:08:45.10 WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE TRENCHES THAT ARE DOING SUCH MARVELOUS WORK THAT IT MADE 00:08:49.20\00:08:56.90 EVERY DAY EXCITING TO MEET WITH THESE, I MEAN, IT WAS A TOUGH SCHEDULE, LONG HOURS AND WORTH 00:08:56.90\00:09:03.73 EVERY MINUTE OF IT. 00:09:03.73\00:09:05.40 I MEAN, IT IS JUST A FAITH BUILDING EXERCISE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE COUNTRIES. 00:09:05.40\00:09:09.90 WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE IN JUST A MINUTE BEFORE WE GO TO SOMETHING ELSE. 00:09:09.90\00:09:14.50 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE, 00:09:14.50\00:09:16.50 THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LARGELY, AREN'T THEY? 00:09:16.50\00:09:18.93 YES, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO INVITE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH OR I WOULD GO AROUND AND 00:09:18.93\00:09:24.56 VISIT WITH THEM AND SO I GOT TO ACTUALLY MEET THE PEOPLE THEY 00:09:24.56\00:09:30.06 WERE WORKING WITH. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN YOUR DAD'S AND 00:09:30.06\00:09:37.60 YOUR, NOW, REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA? 00:09:37.60\00:09:39.93 YES, I DON'T EXACTLY HAVE THE NUMBER BUT IT IS JUST UNDER 40. 00:09:39.93\00:09:43.60 IT MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT 40. 00:09:43.60\00:09:47.40 PROBABLY YOUR COUNTRY OF MYANMAR WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR TERRITORY AND CAMBODIA? 00:09:47.40\00:09:52.56 NO, AND THAILAND. 00:09:52.56\00:09:53.56 O.K. 00:09:53.56\00:09:54.56 PROBABLY MYANMAR HAS THE FEWEST NUMBER OF WORKERS? 00:09:54.56\00:09:56.80 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:09:56.80\00:09:58.36 EACH SITUATION YOU KNOW VARIES A LOT ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS. 00:09:58.36\00:10:04.40 TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IN MYANMAR AND SO IT IT'S OWN UNION AND SO THEY HAVE 9 CONFERENCES AND SO 00:10:06.96\00:10:13.03 THEY ACTUALLY INVITED PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CAPITAL IN YANGON IN SOUTH MYANMAR TO MEET WITH US 00:10:19.36\00:10:26.56 AND THEN I TRAVELED OUT TO JUST ONE AREA. 00:10:26.56\00:10:29.53 NOW, TIM HAS SAID A COUPLE THINGS THAT MIGHT THROW QUESTIONS TO SOME OF US OLDSTERS 00:10:29.53\00:10:36.20 WHO REMEMBER GEOGRAPHY FROM TIMES GONE BY. 00:10:36.20\00:10:39.86 HE HAS MENTIONED YANGON AND HE HAS SPOKEN OF MYANMAR 00:10:39.86\00:10:44.26 BUT WHAT HE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT FOLKS, IS BURMA. 00:10:44.26\00:10:47.53 THAT IS RIGHT AND RANGOON, YES. 00:10:47.53\00:10:50.66 THAT IS WHAT THEY USED TO BE BUT NOW THEY HAVE BEEN RENAMED BY 00:10:50.66\00:10:54.30 THE PEOPLE. HOW MANY WORKERS IN MYANMAR? 00:10:54.30\00:10:56.76 MYANMAR, I THINK WE'VE GOT 17 WORKERS. 00:10:56.76\00:11:00.60 AND ARE THEY WITHIN AND I CAN'T SAY THE NAME OF RANGOON AGAIN, ARE THEY WITHIN THE CITY OR ARE 00:11:00.60\00:11:06.66 THEY MOSTLY RURAL? 00:11:09.23\00:11:10.46 MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE RURAL. 00:11:10.46\00:11:13.03 I THINK WE HAVE JUST TWO PEOPLE CLOSE DOWN TOWARDS YANGON. 00:11:13.03\00:11:17.90 OK, I PROMISED YOU WE WOULD TALK ABOUT CAMBODIA FIRST THOUGH AND 00:11:17.90\00:11:23.96 SO IN CAMBODIA, HOW MANY WORKERS? 00:11:25.90\00:11:27.66 I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT 13. 00:11:27.66\00:11:30.93 AND THOSE WORKERS ARE, ARE INDIVIDUALS, ARE THEY A HUSBAND OR A WIFE OR HOW ARE THEY 00:11:30.93\00:11:37.00 CONFIGURED A LITTLE? 00:11:39.66\00:11:42.43 NOT ACTUALLY. 00:11:42.43\00:11:44.33 USUALLY IT'S THE HUSBAND THAT WORKS. 00:11:44.33\00:11:47.06 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COUPLES THAT DO WORK TOGETHER 00:11:47.06\00:11:50.83 AND SOMETIMES IT IS A SINGLE PERSON. 00:11:50.83\00:11:54.66 I MEAN IT IS SEVERAL DAYS OF WALKING PAST THE END OF THE 00:11:54.66\00:12:00.76 ROAD, SHALL WE SAY, WOW, AND YOU KNOW. 00:12:03.00\00:12:04.60 NOW DO YOU KNOW, I ASK THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE 00:12:04.60\00:12:10.06 OUR VIEWERS ARE MOSTLY THOSE WHO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:12:12.53\00:12:19.96 MINISTRY? AND WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WALK BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD 00:12:19.96\00:12:24.80 AND SO FORTH, WHAT DOES IT COST ON AVERAGE FOR A WORKER IN 00:12:24.80\00:12:29.80 CAMBODIA WHO WALKS BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE? 00:12:29.80\00:12:32.46 YES, THERE ABOUT $120 A MONTH. 00:12:32.46\00:12:36.33 $120 A MONTH AND YOU KNOW WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THAT KIND OF VALUE. 00:12:36.33\00:12:42.36 MOST OF US LIVE SACRIFICIALLY, I THINK, BUT STILL IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE A $120 PRICE TAG 00:12:45.60\00:12:51.66 ON SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF OUR LIFE THAT WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AND SO WE SHELL OUT $120. 00:12:54.66\00:13:00.16 MERELY A DISPOSABLE PRODUCT. 00:13:00.16\00:13:02.10 EXACTLY, WELL SAID. 00:13:02.10\00:13:04.00 AND THERE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN BE WORKING BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD, THAT'S A 00:13:04.00\00:13:10.16 WONDERFUL LINE YOU CAME UP WITH FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY 00:13:10.16\00:13:16.50 MONTH. YES. 00:13:16.50\00:13:18.10 I WENT OUT TO ONE VILLAGE KANGNEA, I MET ITHINK THE CLOSEST APPROXIMATION I CAN COME 00:13:18.10\00:13:24.16 TO IS KEVIN, SO I'LL CALL HIM KEVIN REALLY CAME TO THE 00:13:24.16\00:13:31.46 VILLAGE. KEVIN IS ABOUT 30 AND I GUESS HE HAD SOME FAMILY THERE SO HE WAS KNOWN IN THE AREA AND 00:13:31.46\00:13:38.80 HE JUST MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE. 00:13:38.80\00:13:40.90 I MEAN THIS IS A GUY WHO HAD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T ALL THAT INTERESTED IN 00:13:40.90\00:13:46.33 LISTENING TO BUT YOU COULD HARDLY TURN DOWN HIS OFFER OF 00:13:46.33\00:13:50.56 FRIENDSHIP. THESE PEOPLE ARE LARGELY DOING SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AND FISHING AND SO 00:13:50.56\00:13:56.63 HE WOULD GO RIGHT OUT INTO THE FIELD AND WORK WITH THEM. 00:14:00.36\00:14:02.13 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T JUST SOMETHING HE DID AT THE END OF THE DAY TO GO VISIT HIS NEIGHBOR 00:14:02.13\00:14:06.33 OVER AN EVENING MEAL. 00:14:06.33\00:14:09.26 HE WOULD JUST GO OUT AND WORK WITH THEM IN THE FIELD SO THEY ALMOST HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO 00:14:09.26\00:14:13.83 LISTEN TO HIM. 00:14:13.83\00:14:14.73 AND HE JUST HAS A NUMBER OF AMAZING STORIES. 00:14:14.73\00:14:19.40 I MET ONE YOUNG WOMAN; SHE IS A CONTRACT SEWING WORKER SO SHE IS LOOKING TO MAKE SAY $3 A DAY 00:14:19.40\00:14:25.46 CONTRACT SEWING AND SOMEHOW SHE BECAME INTERESTED IN THE CREATION STORY FROM THINGS THAT 00:14:28.70\00:14:33.56 SHE HEARD HIM SAY. 00:14:33.56\00:14:35.40 HER HUSBAND WAS VERY OPPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY. 00:14:35.40\00:14:40.23 PEOPLE ARE BUDDHIST WITH SOME PARTS OF ANIMISM, WORSHIPPING SPIRITS, YES, AND HE WAS VERY 00:14:40.23\00:14:46.30 ABUSIVE BOTH VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND SOMEHOW SHE JUST INSISTED ON CONTINUING AND SO 00:14:50.66\00:14:58.30 SOON SHE STARTED STUDYING AND SHE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED AND HE JUST OPPOSED HER AT EVERY TURN. 00:14:58.30\00:15:04.43 SO SHE STARTED TALKING TO HER NEIGHBORS AND THEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT SHE WORKED WITH, I THINK 00:15:09.06\00:15:12.60 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN THIS SEWING SHOP. 00:15:12.60\00:15:16.26 AND OF COURSE, MOST OF THEM JUST PUSHED HER AWAY AND DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO HER EITHER. 00:15:16.26\00:15:20.96 BUT FINALLY, ONE LADY STARTED LISTENING AND SO SHE ACTUALLY NOW HAS A FEW PEOPLE FROM HER 00:15:20.96\00:15:27.03 WORKPLACE THAT HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 00:15:29.36\00:15:32.23 WOW. 00:15:32.23\00:15:33.20 AND TECHNOLOGY PLAYS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING ROLE. 00:15:33.20\00:15:36.06 SHE HAS A CELL PHONE, NOT A SMART PHONE WITH A BIGGER SCREEN BUT A CELL PHONE WITH A SMALLER 00:15:36.06\00:15:41.33 SCREEN AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A VIDEO, ACTUALLY IN ENGLISH, ON END TIME EVENTS. 00:15:41.33\00:15:49.10 AND SO ON HER BREAKS AT WORK SHE SOMETIMES HAS 15 PEOPLE TRYING TO WATCH THIS SMALL SCREEN ON 00:15:49.10\00:15:56.03 THIS CELL PHONE AND SHE JUST FINDS A WAY TO WITNESS AT EVERY 00:15:56.03\00:16:01.36 OPPORTUNITY AND NOW HER HUSBAND IS STUDYING. 00:16:01.36\00:16:04.33 SO, SHE HAS WORKED ALMOST 2 YEARS TO REACH THIS POINT. 00:16:04.33\00:16:08.33 TIM, WHAT A THRILLING STORY. 00:16:08.33\00:16:10.66 I MEAN, IT'S WORTH YOUR TRIP THERE TO EXPERIENCE THAT 00:16:10.66\00:16:12.43 AND WORTH YOUR TRIP HERE TO SHARE IT WITH US. 00:16:12.43\00:16:14.90 O.K. 00:16:14.90\00:16:16.36 I'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT CAMBODIA, BUT LET'S GO TO MYANMAR WHICH IS A VERY 00:16:16.36\00:16:21.96 CHALLENGING FIELD IN LOTS OF WAYS. 00:16:26.53\00:16:29.10 WHAT DID YOU DO THERE? 00:16:29.10\00:16:31.30 WELL, ACTUALLY MYANMAR IS JUST IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR CHANGE. 00:16:31.30\00:16:37.23 ALL OF THE SANCTIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED 00:16:37.23\00:16:41.03 ON THEIR GOVERNMENT SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME EFFECT. 00:16:41.03\00:16:45.40 SO THE COUNTRY IS OPENING UP DAILY. 00:16:45.40\00:16:50.53 IT WAS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME TO BE THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE CHANGES DAILY AND IT 00:16:50.53\00:16:55.73 ISN'T LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTUALLY PUBLISHING SAYING WELL 00:16:55.73\00:17:00.83 its O.K. TO DO THIS OR THAT. 00:17:00.83\00:17:03.80 PEOPLE SEE SOMEBODY TRY SOMETHING AND NOBODY OPPOSES THEM SO - THERE WERE NO 00:17:03.80\00:17:08.40 RESTRICTIONS ON A WESTERNER TRAVELING INTO MYANMAR? 00:17:08.40\00:17:12.03 THERE STILL IS RESTRICTIONS ON GETTING IN BUT YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY I WOULD HAVE TO STAY 00:17:12.03\00:17:18.66 AT A GOVERNMENT APPROVED HOTEL. 00:17:18.66\00:17:21.26 O.K. 00:17:21.26\00:17:22.96 I MEAN THEY WOULD KEEP VERY CLOSE TRACK OF YOUR MOVEMENTS AND YOU HAD TO BE EXACTLY WHERE 00:17:22.96\00:17:27.10 YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BE OR. 00:17:27.10\00:17:29.16 SO THAT ISN'T TRUE ANYMORE? 00:17:29.16\00:17:31.76 NO. 00:17:31.76\00:17:32.76 NO. 00:17:32.76\00:17:34.46 I TRAVELED ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I STAYED IN A NUMBER OF PLACES OTHER THAN THEIR APPROVED 00:17:34.46\00:17:39.83 HOTELS AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY WELCOMING RIGHT NOW. 00:17:39.83\00:17:44.00 THEY ARE HAVING A BIG CONFERENCE JUST THIS LAST WEEK INVITING BUSINESS INTO YANGON. 00:17:44.00\00:17:50.03 SO, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE STARTING TO DO BETTER ECONOMICALLY AND YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE EXCITEMENT 00:17:52.20\00:17:59.83 IN THE AIR, REALLY. 00:17:59.83\00:18:01.23 AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE IS OPENNESS TO CHRISTIANITY. 00:18:01.23\00:18:07.43 ABSOLUTELY. 00:18:07.43\00:18:09.20 ABSOLUTELY. 00:18:09.20\00:18:10.30 WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU OBVIOUSLY DID SOME TRAVEL 00:18:10.30\00:18:14.96 WITH SOME OF THOSE 17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:18:14.96\00:18:17.63 RIGHT. 00:18:17.63\00:18:19.36 AT FIRST, WE INVITED THEM IN AND I GOT A NUMBER OF STORIES AND THEN SOME OF THE TIME I GOT TO 00:18:19.36\00:18:25.76 TRAVEL OUT TO ONE OF OUR ACADEMIES AND TO OUR COLLEGE THERE IN IRRAWADDY AND EVEN SO 00:18:25.76\00:18:31.83 THAT WAS A TRIP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS TO GET 00:18:35.36\00:18:40.83 OVER THERE. REALLY? 00:18:40.83\00:18:41.83 THERE WERE SOME PRETTY TOUGH ROADS. 00:18:41.83\00:18:44.60 BUT IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE IRRAWADDY ADVENTIST SEMINARY, 00:18:44.60\00:18:51.86 FOR INSTANCE. WE HAVE ABOUT 700 KIDS, REALLY, STUDYING THERE AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT IS THE 00:18:51.86\00:18:57.90 COLLEGE THAT WE HAVE IN MYANMAR AND SO VERY EXCITING THINGS ARE 00:19:02.13\00:19:06.86 HAPPENING. YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE TIM, OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MYANMAR. 00:19:06.86\00:19:12.43 WHO ARE WE SEEING? 00:19:12.43\00:19:14.20 WELL AGAIN, THIS IS A LARGELY BUDDHIST COUNTRY BUT WITH A LOT OF ANIMISM AGAIN AND SO MOST OF 00:19:14.20\00:19:20.13 THE EVANGELISM TAKES PLACE AS FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM, IS WHAT I 00:19:25.43\00:19:30.86 LIKE TO CALL IT. SO PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN A VILLAGE OR IN AN AREA AND START MAKING FRIENDS 00:19:30.86\00:19:35.16 WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND START INTRODUCING HEALTH CONCEPTS OR MAYBE SOMETHING ABOUT THE 00:19:35.16\00:19:42.53 CREATION STORY OR END TIME EVENTS. 00:19:42.53\00:19:43.93 THESE SEEM TO BE AREAS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST RECEPTIVE TO. 00:19:43.93\00:19:49.00 NOW THESE GROUPS TOGETHER, WHO ARE THESE GROUPS? 00:19:49.00\00:19:51.60 WELL, THESE WILL OFTEN JUST BE FAMILY AT FIRST, 00:19:51.60\00:19:56.56 AND SOME NEIGHBORS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:19:56.56\00:20:01.10 SO, I MET WITH ONE GROUP THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE TO MEET. 00:20:01.10\00:20:05.03 THEY ARE WORSHIPPING OUT UNDER A TREE AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO 00:20:05.03\00:20:11.36 DIVIDE UP. THEY HAVE ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE MEETING AND ONLY ABOUT 30 ARE BAPTIZED BUT IT 00:20:11.36\00:20:17.43 ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS. 00:20:20.10\00:20:22.03 PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. 00:20:22.03\00:20:25.96 SO YOU ARE SEEING FIRST HAND IN THESE ACCOUNTS YOU ARE SHARING WITH US, THE VALUE OF THE GOSPEL 00:20:25.96\00:20:32.00 OUTREACH PROGRAM. 00:20:34.46\00:20:35.73 WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE CONTACTS WITHOUT GOSPEL 00:20:35.73\00:20:38.93 OUTREACH? RIGHT? 00:20:38.93\00:20:39.93 OH, THAT IS RIGHT. 00:20:39.93\00:20:41.70 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS LIKE IN THE FAR NORTH OF MYANMAR IN CHIN STATE THAT ACTUALLY IS 00:20:41.70\00:20:47.83 MOST OF THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN MYANMAR AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT MADE THAT AREA SO 00:20:47.83\00:20:53.90 RECEPTIVE TO CHRISTIANITY BUT THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT A LOT OF THE WHOLE SOUTHERN PART 00:20:56.30\00:21:02.43 OF MYANMAR IS BRAND NEW TO CHRISTIANITY. 00:21:05.40\00:21:06.60 SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, A GREAT WORK TO BE DONE. 00:21:06.60\00:21:12.70 WELL, I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT MYANMAR BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THAILAND IN JUST 00:21:16.50\00:21:21.96 A MOMENT AFTER I LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE ARE 00:21:21.96\00:21:27.40 DOING HERE. THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS WORKING IN 00:21:27.40\00:21:32.26 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 00:21:32.26\00:21:35.60 BUT YOU MAY NEVER HAVE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE AND THIS IS TO ALLOW YOU 00:21:35.60\00:21:41.93 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 00:21:41.93\00:21:44.46 GOSPEL OUTREACH, POST OFFICE BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324; 509-525-2951; EMAIL: 00:21:44.46\00:21:49.23 OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG ; WEBSITE: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 00:21:49.23\00:21:51.33 . 00:21:51.33\00:21:52.33 NOT JUST US BUT CANADA AS WELL. 00:21:52.33\00:21:54.63 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA; P.O. 00:21:54.63\00:21:55.63 BOX 21024, VERNON, B.C. 00:21:55.63\00:21:56.83 V1T 9T7, CANADA; PHONE: 250-545-2212; EMAIL: 00:21:56.83\00:21:57.46 CANADA@GOAIM.ORG . 00:21:57.46\00:21:59.10 WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN LONG ENOUGH SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE 00:21:59.10\00:22:00.90 TO JOT IT DOWN AND AS I USUALLY SAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY GOTTEN YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO 00:22:00.90\00:22:07.96 THE NEWSLETTER, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR 00:22:07.96\00:22:11.60 THAT. SO JUST CALL OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE YOU WILL WANT TO HAVE THESE NEWSLETTERS THAT CAN COME 00:22:11.60\00:22:17.83 TO YOU, BY THE WAY, ELECTRONICALLY NOW AS WELL AS BY 00:22:17.83\00:22:21.50 MAIL. BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE SO YOU CAN GET THESE 00:22:21.50\00:22:25.06 MISSION STORIES RIGHT THERE IN YOUR OWN HOME. 00:22:25.06\00:22:27.66 SO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR 00:22:27.66\00:22:32.86 CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION WITH GOSPEL 00:22:32.86\00:22:35.66 OUTREACH. NOW, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT HERE TIM AND WE WANT TO QUICKLY GO TO THAILAND. 00:22:35.66\00:22:41.56 YES. 00:22:41.56\00:22:42.73 HAS THE WORK BEEN GOING ON IN THAILAND LONGER THAN CAMBODIA? 00:22:42.73\00:22:47.30 YES, JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 00:22:47.30\00:22:50.20 ACTUALLY, ERIC B. 00:22:50.20\00:22:51.93 HARE WAS A MISSIONARY TO THE KAREN IN MYANMAR ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY KAREN IN THAILAND ALSO. 00:22:51.93\00:22:57.73 AND SO WE HAVE BEEN IN THAILAND OVER 100 YEARS AND IT IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING 00:23:00.26\00:23:06.96 PLACES, STILL? 00:23:06.96\00:23:08.40 , THAT IS THE NICEST WAY OF SAYING IT. 00:23:08.40\00:23:11.00 WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE? 00:23:11.00\00:23:12.46 I THINK PEOPLE WELL, ONE THING IS ECONOMICS. 00:23:12.46\00:23:15.93 THAILAND IS YOU KNOW THEY CALL IT ONE OF THE ASIAN TIGERS AND STANDARD OF LIVING IS GOING UP 00:23:15.93\00:23:22.00 QUICKLY AND SO PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT APATHETIC AND CONTENT 00:23:26.03\00:23:30.80 BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING BETTER AND BETTER. 00:23:30.80\00:23:34.50 THERE IS NO FELT NEED. 00:23:34.50\00:23:37.16 WE HAVE MEDICAL WORK IN THAILAND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME HAVEN'T 00:23:37.16\00:23:40.56 WE? YES, WE HAVE. 00:23:40.56\00:23:41.56 WELL RESPECTED MEDICAL WORK AND WHATEVER. 00:23:41.56\00:23:43.16 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE AMONG THE THAI RIGHT NOW, 00:23:43.16\00:23:45.46 ACTUALLY INVOLVES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS. 00:23:45.46\00:23:48.16 AH, YES. 00:23:48.16\00:23:49.86 SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT JUST STARTED TO WORK ON THERE NOW IS TO TURN EACH CHURCH INTO AN 00:23:49.86\00:23:57.26 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL AS A WAY TO PRESENT OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WAY TO REALLY 00:23:57.26\00:24:03.90 BRAND OURSELVES WITH SOMETHING THAT IS A BIG NEED IN THAILAND. 00:24:03.90\00:24:08.76 NOW, IS ENGLISH WELL ENOUGH KNOWN BY THE THAI THAT THEY CAN TEACH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 00:24:08.76\00:24:16.16 SCHOOLS OR IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT MISSIONARIES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GO 00:24:16.16\00:24:21.50 AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS? 00:24:21.50\00:24:23.50 THERE ARE ACTUALLY ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND AS THIS PROGRAM GETS ROLLING I'M SURE 00:24:23.50\00:24:31.06 THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:31.06\00:24:38.63 WELL, BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THE SAME KIND OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24:38.63\00:24:44.10 WORKERS IN THAILAND AS THE OTHER AREAS. 00:24:44.10\00:24:46.73 RIGHT. 00:24:46.73\00:24:48.06 THEY ARE WORKING DOOR TO DOOR, HOUSE TO HOUSE, PERSON TO PERSON 00:24:48.06\00:24:52.83 ALSO? SO, WE HAVE SORT OF 2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROGRAMS 00:24:52.83\00:24:58.06 GOING THERE. ONE IS FOR QUITE A LARGE GROUP OF REFUGEES FROM VIET NAM THAT ARE IN THERE. 00:24:58.06\00:25:04.26 THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN VIETNAM 00:25:04.26\00:25:10.80 AND WERE ESSENTIALLY DRIVEN FROM THEIR FARMS IN RURAL AREAS. 00:25:10.80\00:25:14.93 EVEN VIET NAM IS RELAXING ITS ATTITUDE TOWARD CHRISTIANITY BUT ONLY IN THE CITIES AND SO MEMO 00:25:14.93\00:25:21.96 HASN'T EXACTLY GOTTEN OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS AND SO THE COMMUNIST OFFICIALS ACTUALLY 00:25:21.96\00:25:28.96 DESTROYED THEIR FARMS AND THEIR CROPS, THREATENED THEM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE INTO 00:25:28.96\00:25:35.16 THAILAND WHICH IS A TOUGH AREA TO ESCAPE INTO 00:25:35.16\00:25:38.86 BECAUSE THE STANDARD OF LIVING IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. 00:25:38.86\00:25:43.00 SO, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST DESPERATE IN DESPERATE CIRCUMSTANCES AND REALLY QUITE A 00:25:43.00\00:25:49.20 POPULATION OF VIETNAMESE. 00:25:49.20\00:25:50.96 TIM, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTORS TEAM AND I 00:25:50.96\00:25:56.50 CAN TELL BY YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO THIS RECENT TRIP THERE THAT YOU ARE ANTICIPATING 00:26:00.40\00:26:06.73 A BLEST AND EXCITING MINISTRY IN MYANMAR, CAMBODIA, AND THAILAND AND I JUST WANT TO ASK ALL OF 00:26:06.73\00:26:12.80 OUR VIEWERS RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR TIM PARKS, HIS FAMILY AND HIS 00:26:16.86\00:26:22.93 WORK AS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF REGION WHAT IS THE REGION? 00:26:25.06\00:26:29.76 IT HAS A NUMBER. 00:26:29.76\00:26:30.76 I DON'T EVEN KNOW. 00:26:30.76\00:26:31.76 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 00:26:31.76\00:26:33.53 WE KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE RECENTLY AND BRING US 00:26:33.53\00:26:39.76 THIS CURRENT REPORT. 00:26:39.76\00:26:41.00 SO, GOD BLESS YOU, TIM. 00:26:41.00\00:26:42.76 THANK YOU, DAN. 00:26:42.76\00:26:44.46 IT IS EXCITING I CAN'T WAIT TO GO AGAIN.YES, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU EITHER AND 00:26:44.46\00:26:49.33 THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL 00:26:49.33\00:26:54.63 OUTREACH. I'M DAN MATTHEWS AND I'VE ENJOYED BEING HERE AS WELL. 00:26:54.63\00:26:58.36 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TMIE WE GET TO DO "ADVENTURES IN 00:26:58.36\00:27:04.16 MISSIONS". GOD BLESS. 00:27:04.16\00:27:05.36 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:27:05.36\00:27:17.00 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:17.00\00:27:21.13 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:27:21.13\00:27:24.00 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:24.00\00:27:27.16 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:27.16\00:27:28.96 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 00:27:28.96\00:27:32.66 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:27:32.66\00:27:35.43 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:35.43\00:27:37.83 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, 00:27:37.83\00:27:40.20 I GIVE UP. 00:27:40.20\00:27:41.73 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:41.73\00:27:43.43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:43.43\00:27:45.80 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:45.80\00:27:48.20 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:48.20\00:27:52.00 WHERE? 00:27:52.00\00:27:53.23 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:53.23\00:27:55.23 HOW CAN I GO? 00:27:55.23\00:27:56.23 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:27:56.23\00:27:57.70 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:57.70\00:27:59.46 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:59.46\00:28:05.00 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:28:05.00\00:28:08.33 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:28:08.33\00:28:11.06 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING 00:28:11.06\00:28:14.00 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:14.00\00:28:16.00 BE THE SPARK, 00:28:16.00\00:28:17.16 LIGHT THE FIRE, 00:28:17.16\00:28:18.73 FINISH THE WORK 00:28:18.73\00:28:20.06 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:20.06\00:28:22.13