Participants: Tim Parks
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000433
|
00:00 OPENING MUSIC] .
00:22 HAPPY GREETINGS EVERYBODY. 00:25 I AM DELIGHTED AGAIN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 00:28 TO WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:34 AND THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE TALK ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRING YOU STORIES OF WHERE AND 00:40 WHY AND HOW AND WHO, VARIOUS THINGS GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I'VE TAKEN OCCASION 00:49 TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:50 WE'VE HAD SOME OF OUR LEADERS DESCRIBE THIS SECTION OF THE PLANET WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE 00:59 WHO HAVE NOT YET HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 01:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCENTRATING IN THAT BELT OF POPULATION ACROSS THE PLANET. 01:10 I HAVE THE DELIGHTFUL PRIVILEGE OF MEETING FRIENDS HERE IN THE SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE 01:18 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REGIONS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING. 01:23 WE MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF SOME OF THOSE REGIONS AS FAR AS 01:28 REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORTH AMERICA. 01:30 AND I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD A MORE EXCITING PRIVILEGE THAN THE ONE RIGHT NOW TO WELCOME A YOUNG 01:41 MAN TO OUR SET WHOM I'VE NEVER GOTTEN TO SIT WITH BEFORE HERE. 01:47 WELCOME, TIM PARKS. 01:49 THANK YOU, DAN. 01:50 SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I'VE GOT TO TELL THE FOLKS THE REASON I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS 01:57 BECAUSE I ALMOST REMEMBER YOU BEFORE YOU WERE. 02:02 THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT? 02:06 ACTUALLY, TIM'S PARENTS AND BETSY AND I WERE YOUNG MINISTERIAL WORKERS IN THE 02:15 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THE NORTHWEST. 02:20 I GOT THERE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD OF TIM'S FATHER, DAVE WHO HAS BEEN MY DEAR, DEAR 02:27 FRIEND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 02:31 DAVE AND RETHA AND TO NOW BE HERE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION IS SOMETHING ELSE. 02:38 SO, TRULY TIM, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 02:42 AND I WON'T GO INTO ANY DETAIL AT ALL, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER , YOU AND I, AND 02:52 MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY WHEN THERE WERE CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES IN YOUR LIFE, IN THE 02:59 FAMILY LIFE AND SO FORTH AND ALL OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE 03:02 WHAT TOUCHES ONE OF US TOUCHES THE REST OF US. 03:04 AND SO, WE WON'T GO INTO THAT EXCEPT TO THANK THE LORD FOR HIS BLESSINGS ON OUR LIVES. 03:11 INDEED AND I AM VERY THANKFUL, I MEAN IT IS JUST A MIRACLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN 03:18 THIS KIND OF WAY WITH GOD'S WORK. 03:21 WELL, I WILL SAY, THE FOLK DESERVE TO KNOW, I STOOD BESIDE TIM'S HOSPITAL BED AND HAD 03:30 PRAYED EARNESTLY AS HE HAS BEEN PRAYING, HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY AND FOR 03:36 HIM TO BE HERE, THE PICTURE OF HEALTH THAT HE IS TODAY IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. 03:41 IT IS. 03:43 PRAYER HAS BEEN THE ANSWER, THE DOCTORS, EXPERTS CHECKED ME OUT AND WE COULD NOT COME UP WITH A 03:48 DIAGNOSIS BUT PRAYER IS WHAT SAVED ME, I AM SURE OF IT. 03:53 THE ONE TO WHOM WE PRAY WITH WHOM WE INTERCEDE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE WILL GO 04:03 TO LENGTHS FOR US THAT HE WANTS TO KNOW WE TRUST IN HIM AND WHEN WE PRAY, 04:09 THAT IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR TRUST. 04:12 ALRIGHT TIM, YOU ARE A MISSIONARY KID. 04:15 ABSOLUTELY. 04:16 WHERE WERE YOU RAISED? 04:18 WELL, ACTUALLY I WAS RAISED HERE IN THE STATES BUT MY PARENTS WERE OVERSEAS, MOSTLY IN ASIA 04:26 AND SO I'VE MADE MANY TRIPS, YOU KNOW, VISITING MY PARENTS. 04:31 AND NOW YOUR DAD IS ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS, RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE ACCOMPANIED HIM IN SOME 04:40 OF HIS TRIPS TO THAT REGION. 04:43 DESCRIBE FOR US THE REGION JUST FOR BENEFIT OF ORIENTATION FOR OUR VIEWERS. 04:48 SURE. 04:49 SO THIS IS SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE COUNTRIES THAT I WILL BE DEALING 04:54 WITH ARE ACTUALLY MYANMAR AND THAILAND. 05:00 WE ARE ACTUALLY SPLITTING UP A LARGER REGION THAT HAD BEEN BEFORE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS 05:05 SO MUCH TERRITORY AND THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT. 05:08 YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR THEN? 05:13 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 05:15 WELCOME, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND FRANKLY I HADN'T KNOWN THAT UNTIL I GOT HERE TO 05:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SOMEBODY SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING A PARKS AND SO 05:28 IMMEDIATELY I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE DAVID AND THEY SAID, NO IT IS TIM AND WOW THIS IS REALLY A 05:36 JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU, TIM. 05:39 YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A SON OF MISSIONARIES WHILE YOUR PARENTS WERE A LONG WAYS AWAY OBVIOUSLY 05:48 MUST HAVE HAD ITS CHALLENGES. 05:50 HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE A WORLD AWAY, 05:55 OR YOUR PARENTS ARE A WORLD AWAY? 05:58 AND YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT? 06:01 HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT? 06:04 WELL CERTAINLY IT DID HAVE ITS CHALLENGES THEN AND WHATEVER FORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY I HAVE 06:10 A LARGE FAMILY HERE AND YOU KNOW, SO WE WORK WELL IN DEALING WITH THAT BUT I THINK IN MANY 06:19 WAYS IT SERVED TO IMPRESS UPON ME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERY THINGS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 06:25 DOING WHEN I COULD SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO MY PARENTS AND WHAT THEY WERE GIVING UP, I 06:31 MEAN, MAYBE MY MOTHER FELT IT MOST OF ALL YOU KNOW, BEING AWAY FROM COMFORTS OF HOME AND FAMILY 06:37 AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VERY THINGS 06:42 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES. 06:44 WELL, YOU HAVE STATED IT SO WELL. 06:47 I APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION OF YOUR PARENTS 06:52 AND NOW YOUR CHOICE TO KIND OF WALK IN YOUR DAD'S FOOTSTEPS. 06:58 IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSIONARY SERVICE PERHAPS BUT ONE NONE THE LESS AS IMPORTANT. 07:05 SO, YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPANY YOUR DAD ON SEVERAL MISSION TRIPS VERY RECENTLY AND 07:14 WE ARE TAPING THIS PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER, LATE SEPTEMBER, OF 2012 AND YOU HAVE RECENTLY 07:22 RETURNED FROM A TRIP. 07:25 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 07:26 YES, I'M JUST BACK 10 DAYS SO FLEW OUT OF LOS ANGELES THROUGH TAIWAN INTO BANGKOK AND THEN 07:34 FROM THERE VISITED CAMBODIA, MYANMAR AND THAILAND. 07:38 IN THE COURSE OF THIS, HOW LONG WERE YOU GONE ON THE TRIP? 07:44 FIFTEEN DAYS. 07:46 AND THAT MEANS YOU COVERED A LOT OF TERRITORY IN A HURRY. 07:50 IT IS. 07:51 THIS IS NOT EASY TRAVEL. 07:52 IT WAS REALLY A PRETTY BRUTAL TRIP REALLY, AS FAR AS TRAVEL AND SCHEDULE GOES SO THAT IS 08:00 TRUE. 08:01 BUT THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS TO REALLY MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE 08:09 REGIONS THAT THEY REPRESENT AND BRING US THE REPORTS SUCH AS TIM IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY. 08:16 THIS ISN'T AN EMAIL REPORT; IT IS NOT A TELEPHONE REPORT OR OTHER KIND OF WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF 08:25 WHAT GOES ON OVER THERE. 08:27 THESE PEOPLE GO AND THEY MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE REGIONS ON A ONE TO ONE BASIS AND GET TO 08:33 CONNECT WITH THE RESULTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY IN THAT REGION. 08:39 WELL, LET'S DO A LITTLE ARMCHAIR,YES -LET ME SAY THOUGH, I WAS EXCITED EVERY DAY TO MEET 08:49 WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE TRENCHES THAT ARE DOING SUCH MARVELOUS WORK THAT IT MADE 08:56 EVERY DAY EXCITING TO MEET WITH THESE, I MEAN, IT WAS A TOUGH SCHEDULE, LONG HOURS AND WORTH 09:03 EVERY MINUTE OF IT. 09:05 I MEAN, IT IS JUST A FAITH BUILDING EXERCISE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE COUNTRIES. 09:09 WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE IN JUST A MINUTE BEFORE WE GO TO SOMETHING ELSE. 09:14 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE, 09:16 THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LARGELY, AREN'T THEY? 09:18 YES, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO INVITE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH OR I WOULD GO AROUND AND 09:24 VISIT WITH THEM AND SO I GOT TO ACTUALLY MEET THE PEOPLE THEY WERE WORKING WITH. 09:30 DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN YOUR DAD'S AND YOUR, NOW, 09:37 REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA? 09:39 YES, I DON'T EXACTLY HAVE THE NUMBER BUT IT IS JUST UNDER 40. 09:43 IT MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT 40. 09:47 PROBABLY YOUR COUNTRY OF MYANMAR WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR TERRITORY AND CAMBODIA? 09:52 NO, AND THAILAND. 09:53 O.K. 09:54 PROBABLY MYANMAR HAS THE FEWEST NUMBER OF WORKERS? 09:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:58 EACH SITUATION YOU KNOW VARIES A LOT ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS. 10:06 TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IN MYANMAR AND SO IT IT'S OWN UNION AND SO THEY HAVE 9 CONFERENCES AND SO 10:19 THEY ACTUALLY INVITED PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CAPITAL IN YANGON IN SOUTH MYANMAR TO MEET WITH US 10:26 AND THEN I TRAVELED OUT TO JUST ONE AREA. 10:29 NOW, TIM HAS SAID A COUPLE THINGS THAT MIGHT THROW QUESTIONS TO SOME OF US OLDSTERS 10:36 WHO REMEMBER GEOGRAPHY FROM TIMES GONE BY. 10:39 HE HAS MENTIONED YANGON AND HE HAS SPOKEN OF MYANMAR 10:44 BUT WHAT HE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT FOLKS, IS BURMA. 10:47 THAT IS RIGHT AND RANGOON, YES. 10:50 THAT IS WHAT THEY USED TO BE BUT NOW THEY HAVE BEEN RENAMED BY THE PEOPLE. 10:54 HOW MANY WORKERS IN MYANMAR? 10:56 MYANMAR, I THINK WE'VE GOT 17 WORKERS. 11:00 AND ARE THEY WITHIN AND I CAN'T SAY THE NAME OF RANGOON AGAIN, ARE THEY WITHIN THE CITY OR ARE 11:09 THEY MOSTLY RURAL? 11:10 MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE RURAL. 11:13 I THINK WE HAVE JUST TWO PEOPLE CLOSE DOWN TOWARDS YANGON. 11:17 OK, I PROMISED YOU WE WOULD TALK ABOUT CAMBODIA FIRST THOUGH AND SO IN CAMBODIA, 11:25 HOW MANY WORKERS? 11:27 I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT 13. 11:30 AND THOSE WORKERS ARE, ARE INDIVIDUALS, ARE THEY A HUSBAND OR A WIFE OR HOW ARE THEY 11:39 CONFIGURED A LITTLE? 11:42 NOT ACTUALLY. 11:44 USUALLY IT'S THE HUSBAND THAT WORKS. 11:47 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COUPLES THAT DO WORK TOGETHER 11:50 AND SOMETIMES IT IS A SINGLE PERSON. 11:54 I MEAN IT IS SEVERAL DAYS OF WALKING PAST THE END OF THE ROAD, 12:03 SHALL WE SAY, WOW, AND YOU KNOW. 12:04 NOW DO YOU KNOW, I ASK THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE 12:12 OUR VIEWERS ARE MOSTLY THOSE WHO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY? 12:19 AND WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WALK BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD AND SO FORTH, 12:24 WHAT DOES IT COST ON AVERAGE FOR A WORKER IN CAMBODIA 12:29 WHO WALKS BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE? 12:32 YES, THERE ABOUT $120 A MONTH. 12:36 $120 A MONTH AND YOU KNOW WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THAT KIND OF VALUE. 12:45 MOST OF US LIVE SACRIFICIALLY, I THINK, BUT STILL IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE A $120 PRICE TAG 12:54 ON SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF OUR LIFE THAT WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AND SO WE SHELL OUT $120. 13:00 MERELY A DISPOSABLE PRODUCT. 13:02 EXACTLY, WELL SAID. 13:04 AND THERE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN BE WORKING BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD, THAT'S A 13:10 WONDERFUL LINE YOU CAME UP WITH FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY MONTH. 13:16 YES. 13:18 I WENT OUT TO ONE VILLAGE KANGNEA, I MET ITHINK THE CLOSEST APPROXIMATION I CAN COME 13:24 TO IS KEVIN, SO I'LL CALL HIM KEVIN REALLY CAME TO THE VILLAGE. 13:31 KEVIN IS ABOUT 30 AND I GUESS HE HAD SOME FAMILY THERE SO HE WAS KNOWN IN THE AREA AND HE JUST 13:38 MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE. 13:40 I MEAN THIS IS A GUY WHO HAD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T ALL THAT INTERESTED IN 13:46 LISTENING TO BUT YOU COULD HARDLY TURN DOWN HIS OFFER OF FRIENDSHIP. 13:50 THESE PEOPLE ARE LARGELY DOING SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AND FISHING AND SO HE WOULD GO RIGHT 14:00 OUT INTO THE FIELD AND WORK WITH THEM. 14:02 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T JUST SOMETHING HE DID AT THE END OF THE DAY TO GO VISIT HIS NEIGHBOR 14:06 OVER AN EVENING MEAL. 14:09 HE WOULD JUST GO OUT AND WORK WITH THEM IN THE FIELD SO THEY ALMOST HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO 14:13 LISTEN TO HIM. 14:14 AND HE JUST HAS A NUMBER OF AMAZING STORIES. 14:19 I MET ONE YOUNG WOMAN; SHE IS A CONTRACT SEWING WORKER SO SHE IS LOOKING TO MAKE SAY $3 A DAY 14:28 CONTRACT SEWING AND SOMEHOW SHE BECAME INTERESTED IN THE CREATION STORY FROM THINGS THAT 14:33 SHE HEARD HIM SAY. 14:35 HER HUSBAND WAS VERY OPPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY. 14:40 PEOPLE ARE BUDDHIST WITH SOME PARTS OF ANIMISM, WORSHIPPING SPIRITS, YES, AND HE WAS VERY 14:50 ABUSIVE BOTH VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND SOMEHOW SHE JUST INSISTED ON CONTINUING AND SO 14:58 SOON SHE STARTED STUDYING AND SHE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED AND HE JUST OPPOSED HER AT EVERY TURN. 15:09 SO SHE STARTED TALKING TO HER NEIGHBORS AND THEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT SHE WORKED WITH, I THINK 15:12 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN THIS SEWING SHOP. 15:16 AND OF COURSE, MOST OF THEM JUST PUSHED HER AWAY AND DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO HER EITHER. 15:20 BUT FINALLY, ONE LADY STARTED LISTENING AND SO SHE ACTUALLY NOW HAS A FEW PEOPLE FROM HER 15:29 WORKPLACE THAT HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 15:32 WOW. 15:33 AND TECHNOLOGY PLAYS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING ROLE. 15:36 SHE HAS A CELL PHONE, NOT A SMART PHONE WITH A BIGGER SCREEN BUT A CELL PHONE WITH A SMALLER 15:41 SCREEN AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A VIDEO, ACTUALLY IN ENGLISH, ON END TIME EVENTS. 15:49 AND SO ON HER BREAKS AT WORK SHE SOMETIMES HAS 15 PEOPLE TRYING TO WATCH THIS SMALL SCREEN ON 15:56 THIS CELL PHONE AND SHE JUST FINDS A WAY TO WITNESS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY 16:01 AND NOW HER HUSBAND IS STUDYING. 16:04 SO, SHE HAS WORKED ALMOST 2 YEARS TO REACH THIS POINT. 16:08 TIM, WHAT A THRILLING STORY. 16:10 I MEAN, IT'S WORTH YOUR TRIP THERE TO EXPERIENCE THAT 16:12 AND WORTH YOUR TRIP HERE TO SHARE IT WITH US. 16:14 O.K. 16:16 I'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT CAMBODIA, BUT LET'S GO TO MYANMAR WHICH IS A VERY 16:26 CHALLENGING FIELD IN LOTS OF WAYS. 16:29 WHAT DID YOU DO THERE? 16:31 WELL, ACTUALLY MYANMAR IS JUST IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR CHANGE. 16:37 ALL OF THE SANCTIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED 16:41 ON THEIR GOVERNMENT SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME EFFECT. 16:45 SO THE COUNTRY IS OPENING UP DAILY. 16:50 IT WAS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME TO BE THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE CHANGES DAILY AND IT 16:55 ISN'T LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTUALLY PUBLISHING SAYING WELL its O.K. 17:00 TO DO THIS OR THAT. 17:03 PEOPLE SEE SOMEBODY TRY SOMETHING AND NOBODY OPPOSES THEM SO - THERE WERE NO 17:08 RESTRICTIONS ON A WESTERNER TRAVELING INTO MYANMAR? 17:12 THERE STILL IS RESTRICTIONS ON GETTING IN BUT YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY I WOULD HAVE TO STAY 17:18 AT A GOVERNMENT APPROVED HOTEL. 17:21 O.K. 17:22 I MEAN THEY WOULD KEEP VERY CLOSE TRACK OF YOUR MOVEMENTS AND YOU HAD TO BE EXACTLY WHERE 17:27 YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BE OR. 17:29 SO THAT ISN'T TRUE ANYMORE? 17:31 NO. 17:32 NO. 17:34 I TRAVELED ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I STAYED IN A NUMBER OF PLACES OTHER THAN THEIR APPROVED 17:39 HOTELS AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY WELCOMING RIGHT NOW. 17:44 THEY ARE HAVING A BIG CONFERENCE JUST THIS LAST WEEK INVITING BUSINESS INTO YANGON. 17:52 SO, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE STARTING TO DO BETTER ECONOMICALLY AND YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE EXCITEMENT 17:59 IN THE AIR, REALLY. 18:01 AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE IS OPENNESS TO CHRISTIANITY. 18:07 ABSOLUTELY. 18:09 ABSOLUTELY. 18:10 WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU OBVIOUSLY DID SOME TRAVEL 18:14 WITH SOME OF THOSE 17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:17 RIGHT. 18:19 AT FIRST, WE INVITED THEM IN AND I GOT A NUMBER OF STORIES AND THEN SOME OF THE TIME I GOT TO 18:25 TRAVEL OUT TO ONE OF OUR ACADEMIES AND TO OUR COLLEGE THERE IN IRRAWADDY AND EVEN SO 18:35 THAT WAS A TRIP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS TO GET OVER THERE. 18:40 REALLY? 18:41 THERE WERE SOME PRETTY TOUGH ROADS. 18:44 BUT IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE IRRAWADDY ADVENTIST SEMINARY, FOR INSTANCE. 18:51 WE HAVE ABOUT 700 KIDS, REALLY, STUDYING THERE AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT IS THE COLLEGE THAT WE 19:02 HAVE IN MYANMAR AND SO VERY EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 19:06 YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE TIM, OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MYANMAR. 19:12 WHO ARE WE SEEING? 19:14 WELL AGAIN, THIS IS A LARGELY BUDDHIST COUNTRY BUT WITH A LOT OF ANIMISM AGAIN AND SO MOST OF 19:25 THE EVANGELISM TAKES PLACE AS FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM, IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL IT. 19:30 SO PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN A VILLAGE OR IN AN AREA AND START MAKING FRIENDS WITH THEIR 19:35 NEIGHBORS AND START INTRODUCING HEALTH CONCEPTS OR MAYBE SOMETHING ABOUT THE CREATION 19:42 STORY OR END TIME EVENTS. 19:43 THESE SEEM TO BE AREAS THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST RECEPTIVE TO. 19:49 NOW THESE GROUPS TOGETHER, WHO ARE THESE GROUPS? 19:51 WELL, THESE WILL OFTEN JUST BE FAMILY AT FIRST, 19:56 AND SOME NEIGHBORS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:01 SO, I MET WITH ONE GROUP THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE TO MEET. 20:05 THEY ARE WORSHIPPING OUT UNDER A TREE AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO DIVIDE UP. 20:11 THEY HAVE ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE MEETING AND ONLY ABOUT 30 ARE BAPTIZED BUT IT ATTRACTS A 20:20 LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS. 20:22 PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. 20:25 SO YOU ARE SEEING FIRST HAND IN THESE ACCOUNTS YOU ARE SHARING WITH US, THE VALUE OF THE GOSPEL 20:34 OUTREACH PROGRAM. 20:35 WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE CONTACTS WITHOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 20:38 RIGHT? 20:39 OH, THAT IS RIGHT. 20:41 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS LIKE IN THE FAR NORTH OF MYANMAR IN CHIN STATE THAT ACTUALLY IS 20:47 MOST OF THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN MYANMAR AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT MADE THAT AREA SO 20:56 RECEPTIVE TO CHRISTIANITY BUT THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT A LOT OF THE WHOLE SOUTHERN PART 21:05 OF MYANMAR IS BRAND NEW TO CHRISTIANITY. 21:06 SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, A GREAT WORK TO BE DONE. 21:16 WELL, I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT MYANMAR BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THAILAND IN JUST 21:21 A MOMENT AFTER I LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE. 21:27 THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS WORKING IN 21:32 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 21:35 BUT YOU MAY NEVER HAVE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE AND THIS IS TO ALLOW YOU 21:41 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 21:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH, POST OFFICE BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324; 509-525-2951; EMAIL: 21:49 OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG <mailto:OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG> ; WEBSITE: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 21:51 <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> . 21:52 NOT JUST US BUT CANADA AS WELL. 21:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA; P.O. 21:55 BOX 21024, VERNON, B.C. 21:56 V1T 9T7, CANADA; PHONE: 250-545-2212; EMAIL: CANADA@GOAIM.ORG 21:57 <mailto:CANADA@GOAIM.ORG> . 21:59 WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN LONG ENOUGH SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE 22:00 TO JOT IT DOWN AND AS I USUALLY SAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY GOTTEN YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO 22:07 THE NEWSLETTER, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR THAT. 22:11 SO JUST CALL OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE YOU WILL WANT TO HAVE THESE NEWSLETTERS THAT CAN COME 22:17 TO YOU, BY THE WAY, ELECTRONICALLY NOW AS WELL AS BY MAIL. 22:21 BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE SO YOU CAN GET THESE 22:25 MISSION STORIES RIGHT THERE IN YOUR OWN HOME. 22:27 SO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR 22:32 CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:35 NOW, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT HERE TIM AND WE WANT TO QUICKLY GO TO THAILAND. 22:41 YES. 22:42 HAS THE WORK BEEN GOING ON IN THAILAND LONGER THAN CAMBODIA? 22:47 YES, JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 22:50 ACTUALLY, ERIC B. 22:51 HARE WAS A MISSIONARY TO THE KAREN IN MYANMAR ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY KAREN IN THAILAND ALSO. 23:00 AND SO WE HAVE BEEN IN THAILAND OVER 100 YEARS AND IT IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING 23:06 PLACES, STILL? 23:08 , THAT IS THE NICEST WAY OF SAYING IT. 23:11 WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE? 23:12 I THINK PEOPLE WELL, ONE THING IS ECONOMICS. 23:15 THAILAND IS YOU KNOW THEY CALL IT ONE OF THE ASIAN TIGERS AND STANDARD OF LIVING IS GOING UP 23:26 QUICKLY AND SO PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT APATHETIC AND CONTENT 23:30 BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING BETTER AND BETTER. 23:34 THERE IS NO FELT NEED. 23:37 WE HAVE MEDICAL WORK IN THAILAND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME HAVEN'T WE? 23:40 YES, WE HAVE. 23:41 WELL RESPECTED MEDICAL WORK AND WHATEVER. 23:43 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE AMONG THE THAI RIGHT NOW, 23:45 ACTUALLY INVOLVES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS. 23:48 AH, YES. 23:49 SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT JUST STARTED TO WORK ON THERE NOW IS TO TURN EACH CHURCH INTO AN 23:57 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL AS A WAY TO PRESENT OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WAY TO REALLY 24:03 BRAND OURSELVES WITH SOMETHING THAT IS A BIG NEED IN THAILAND. 24:08 NOW, IS ENGLISH WELL ENOUGH KNOWN BY THE THAI THAT THEY CAN TEACH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 24:16 SCHOOLS OR IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT MISSIONARIES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GO 24:21 AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS? 24:23 THERE ARE ACTUALLY ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND AS THIS PROGRAM GETS ROLLING I'M SURE 24:31 THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES, THAT'S RIGHT. 24:38 WELL, BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THE SAME KIND OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 24:44 IN THAILAND AS THE OTHER AREAS. 24:46 RIGHT. 24:48 THEY ARE WORKING DOOR TO DOOR, HOUSE TO HOUSE, PERSON TO PERSON ALSO? 24:52 SO, WE HAVE SORT OF 2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROGRAMS GOING THERE. 24:58 ONE IS FOR QUITE A LARGE GROUP OF REFUGEES FROM VIET NAM THAT ARE IN THERE. 25:04 THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN VIETNAM 25:10 AND WERE ESSENTIALLY DRIVEN FROM THEIR FARMS IN RURAL AREAS. 25:14 EVEN VIET NAM IS RELAXING ITS ATTITUDE TOWARD CHRISTIANITY BUT ONLY IN THE CITIES AND SO MEMO 25:21 HASN'T EXACTLY GOTTEN OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS AND SO THE COMMUNIST OFFICIALS ACTUALLY 25:28 DESTROYED THEIR FARMS AND THEIR CROPS, THREATENED THEM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE INTO 25:35 THAILAND WHICH IS A TOUGH AREA TO ESCAPE INTO 25:38 BECAUSE THE STANDARD OF LIVING IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. 25:43 SO, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST DESPERATE IN DESPERATE CIRCUMSTANCES AND REALLY QUITE A 25:49 POPULATION OF VIETNAMESE. 25:50 TIM, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTORS TEAM AND I 26:00 CAN TELL BY YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO THIS RECENT TRIP THERE THAT YOU ARE ANTICIPATING 26:06 A BLEST AND EXCITING MINISTRY IN MYANMAR, CAMBODIA, AND THAILAND AND I JUST WANT TO ASK ALL OF 26:16 OUR VIEWERS RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR TIM PARKS, HIS FAMILY AND HIS 26:25 WORK AS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF REGION WHAT IS THE REGION? 26:29 IT HAS A NUMBER. 26:30 I DON'T EVEN KNOW. 26:31 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 26:33 WE KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE RECENTLY AND BRING US 26:39 THIS CURRENT REPORT. 26:41 SO, GOD BLESS YOU, TIM. 26:42 THANK YOU, DAN. 26:44 IT IS EXCITING I CAN'T WAIT TO GO AGAIN.YES, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU EITHER AND 26:49 THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:54 I'M DAN MATTHEWS AND I'VE ENJOYED BEING HERE AS WELL. 26:58 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TMIE WE GET TO DO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:04 GOD BLESS. 27:05 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:17 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:21 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:24 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:35 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:37 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, 27:40 I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO? 27:56 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:08 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK, 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE, 28:18 FINISH THE WORK 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06