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00:11 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪ 00:21 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE WITH 00:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER 00:25 AND TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY BEV THOMPSON. 00:27 BEV, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:29 THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:31 SO BEV YOU ARE A GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR AND TELL US THE AREA THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING 00:36 ABOUT TODAY THAT YOU ARE DIRECTING. 00:39 MY REGION IS NORTHEAST INDIA AND THE MOST NORTHERLY POINT 00:44 IS BHUTAN. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO ZERO IN ON TODAY. 00:47 WONDERFUL AND YOU ARE WEARING A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL OUTFIT 00:52 AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS FROM BHUTAN. 00:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:56 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PRESENTED IT TO ME AT CAMPMEETING THIS YEAR IN INDIA 01:02 JUST FIFTEEN MILES FROM THE BHUTANI BORDER. 01:06 IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SO, TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT IT. 01:10 THE TOP IS BEAUTIFUL AND ALMOST LOOKS A LITTLE CHINESE TO ME. 01:13 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME CHINESE DESIGN-LIKE THINGS IN IT 01:16 AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE IT IS BUDDHIST. 01:18 THE SHINY PART HAS A BUDDHIST SYMBOL IN IT. 01:23 AND IT IS SILK AND IT IS VERY COMFORTABLE BUT THERE ARE TWO LAYERS 01:28 BUT I THINK THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS QUITE COOL THERE. 01:31 THIS IS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS AND ON INTO THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. 01:35 THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE COME TO DO TREKS INTO THE MOUNTAINS, THE HIMALAYAS. 01:41 THE LADIES WEAR LONG SKIRTS RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR ANKLES WHEREAS THE MEN HAVE, IT'S A 01:48 TUNIC AND THEY WRAP AROUND AND HAVE A BELT AND IT BLOUSES OVER 01:54 AND IT BECOMES A POCKET THAT THEY CAN USE THERE. 01:56 CONVENIENT, TO PUT THE CAR KEYS IN, WHATEVER. 02:00 IT IS A LAW THAT TO DO ANY BUSINESS IN BHUTAN YOU HAVE TO BE IN COSTUME. 02:06 OH REALLY, FOR MEN AND WOMEN? 02:09 BOTH. 02:10 O.K. AND SO YOURS IS A LONG SKIRT AND IS IT ONE PIECE OF FABRIC, IS IT? 02:15 YES, IT IS ONE LONG PIECE AND IT HAS TIES ON EACH END AND YOU WRAP IT AROUND YOU AND THEN MAKE 02:21 A FOLD IN IT AND MY FOLD IS HERE, OH I SEE, SO IT IS EASY FOR ME TO WALK. 02:26 SURE, US WOMEN WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, RIGHT? 02:29 YES. 02:30 AND SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THE MEN WEAR IN BHUTAN, 02:34 IS IT A LONG SKIRT? IS IT A SHORT SKIRT? 02:38 WELL, IT IS A TUNIC THAT GOES FROM THE SHOULDERS DOWN TO ALMOST THEIR ANKLES BUT THEN 02:43 THEY PULL IT UP AND PUT A RAG OR SOME KIND OF A BELT AROUND IT AND THEN IT BLOUSES OVER AND 02:50 THEN THIS BLOUSING OVER PART IS WHERE THE POCKET IS. 02:54 BUT IT IS SHORT, SHORT JUST BELOW THE KNEES AND THEY WEAR LONG SOCKS. 02:59 SO, THE MEN WEAR SHORTER SKIRTS AND THE WOMEN WEAR LONGER ONES. 03:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:03 NOW WHAT DO THE MEN DO IN THE WINTER TIME? 03:05 WELL, THEY LOOK ABOUT THE SAME THEY JUST WEAR WARMER SOCKS. 03:08 WARMER SOCKS, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. O.K. SO BHUTAN IS LOCATED WHERE? 03:13 JUST SO OUR VIEWERS CAN HAVE AN IDEA IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GLOBE 03:15 IN FRONT OF THEM WHERE IS BHUTAN? 03:17 WELL, IF WE TAKE BHUTAN AND PUT IT A LITTLE WESTWARD THERE IS 03:20 SIKKIM WHICH IS A NARROW AREA BETWEEN NEPAL AND BHUTAN. 03:25 AND SO IT JUST GOES OVER INTO NEPAL AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE 03:31 WORLD SO IT IS ALL PART OF THAT MOUNTAIN RANGE. 03:35 SO, BHUTAN, SIKKIM, NEPAL AND THEN NORTHEAST INDIA THEN KIND OF COME BACK TO SIKKIM. 03:41 OK. RIGHT, RIGHT. OK WONDERFUL. 03:43 SO YOU HAVE BEEN TO SEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 03:47 BHUTAN AND YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US. 03:50 YES I DO. 03:51 WELL TAKE US THERE BEV. 03:52 I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE CAPITAL CITY, WELL THIS IS THE 03:55 AIRPORT CITY FOR THE CAPITAL CITY. THIS IS PARO. 04:00 IT HAS THAT SORT OF MISTY LOOK ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS 04:05 AND YOU ARE UP HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE. 04:07 SO HIGH ELEVATION THEN, YES. 04:10 A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY THOUGH AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT WHEN I WENT THERE IT WAS 04:17 LIKE A POLICE STATE BECAUSE EVERY SO MANY KILOMETERS 04:20 THERE WAS A CHECKPOINT WHERE THEY WANTED TO SEE YOUR DOCUMENTS. 04:23 REALLY? 04:25 AND THIS IS BECAUSE IN BHUTAN THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET INTO BHUTAN AND THERE IS 04:29 A LIMITED NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT THEY ALLOW INTO THEIR COUNTRY. 04:33 IT IS RATHER A CLOSED COUNTRY. VERY RESTRICTED. 04:36 YES. 04:37 SO, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH YOUR VISA THEN? 04:39 I HAVE TO GET A VISA ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE I PLAN TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY 04:46 AND THEN TO BUY A VISA I HAVE TO SPEND $250 A DAY, 04:50 $250 A DAY FOR A VISA? 04:54 AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO COVER MY EXPENSES 04:57 LIKE MY TRAVEL, MY HOTEL AND MY FOOD AND WHEN I WAS THERE THEY GAVE US A VERY NICE HOTEL AND 05:05 THE FOOD WAS BUFFET STYLE AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL FOOD. 05:10 I COULDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AT ALL. 05:11 WOW. 05:13 SO THAT PROBABLY LIMITS AS YOU WERE SAYING, LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING BECAUSE OF THE 05:16 COST OF ALL OF THAT BUT THEY ARE VERY PROTECTIVE THEN OBVIOUSLY, THEN THEY KNOW HOW LONG YOU ARE 05:20 STAYING, WHERE YOU ARE BASICALLY AND ALL OF THAT. 05:23 YOU CANNOT GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT A GUIDE WITH YOU. 05:26 INTERESTING. SO THIS PAYS FOR THE GUIDE ALSO. 05:30 OH, I SEE SO THE GUIDE ACCOMPANIES YOU. 05:32 YES. 05:34 VERY INTERESTING. 05:36 YOU ARE NOT OUT OF THEIR SIGHT FOR VERY LONG EXCEPT FOR WHEN IT IS SLEEPING TIME USUALLY. 05:38 WE DID GET SPECIAL PERMISSION WHEN WE WERE THERE TO VISIT WITH SOME FRIENDS, OUR GOSPEL 05:44 OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE WERE GIVEN A HALF HOUR - WE TOOK 05:47 45 MINUTES TO VISIT WITHOUT THE GUIDE. 05:51 SO DO THEY HAVE ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS AS FAR AS HEALTH, THINGS LIKE THAT IN BHUTAN? 05:55 OH YES, BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THEY FORBID TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL. 06:04 REALLY? 06:06 IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE. NOW THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE 06:08 SOME HOME BREWERS AND THERE IS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE 06:11 SMOKING BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT OUT OF SIGHT OF ANYONE WHO COULD REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE. 06:16 SO THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR ILLNESSES 06:18 FROM ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO SO THEY JUST OUTLAW IT. 06:19 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:21 O.K. ALRIGHT. 06:23 APPARENTLY, THERE IS ONE OTHER COUNTRY AND I'VE FORGOTTEN 06:24 WHICH ONE IT IS THAT HAS OUTLAWED TOBACCO. 06:27 O.K SO THEN THEY ARE HEALTHY PEOPLE THEN HOPEFULLY. 06:31 IT WOULD BE GOOD TO THINK THAT ANYWAY. 06:34 YES, O.K. 06:35 BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS WITH THEIR HYGIENE 06:37 AND OTHER DISEASES THAT ARE PREVALENT THERE. 06:42 WELL, IT IS AN INTERESTING COUNTRY BECAUSE I WAS STUDYING ABOUT BHUTAN AND ON THE INTERNET 06:46 IT SAID THAT THEY HAD OUTLAWED TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET UNTIL 1999. 06:51 RIGHT, SO AND BECAUSE OF THIS THEY HAVE BEEN CLOISTERED 06:58 IN THEIR OWN CULTURE AND THIS IS THE PLAN FOR IT. 07:02 O.K TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE. 07:05 WELL THAT KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 07:08 NOW TAKE US BACK ON YOUR TREK HERE PLEASE. 07:10 O.K. 07:12 BECAUSE BHUTAN HAS BEEN INVADED FROM THE NORTH, FROM THE SOUTH, FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST, 07:18 POOR PEOPLE BLESS THEIR HEARTS, IT HAS BEEN A SMALL COUNTRY. 07:21 IT HAD A TIBETAN CASTLE AND THEY CHANGED IT TO A BUDDHIST MONASTERY AND SO WE WENT TO 07:34 VISIT THIS MONASTERY AND ON THE INSIDE IT IS NICELY DECORATED, BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED. 07:41 GORGEOUS! 07:43 THIS GIVES A LITTLE TASTE OF THE FLAVOR OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COUNTRY. 07:49 YOU HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT AND THE PERMIT INCLUDES THE ARTISTRY ON THE BUILDING AND 07:55 YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT WITH THEIR KIND OF ARTISTRY ON THE BUILDING. 07:59 ALL OF THEIR BUILDINGS HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK DONE ON IT. 08:03 WELL, IT IS GORGEOUS. 08:04 YES. 08:05 I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO PEMA. HE IS SUCH AN INTERESTING PERSON. 08:11 I MET HIM WHEN HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD AND HE IS PROBABLY 35 NOW 08:16 AND THAT IS WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN. 08:18 HE HAD WANTED TO BECOME AN ADVENTIST FOR A LONG TIME AND THE PASTOR 08:26 KEPT PUTTING HIM OFF AND WAITING AND THEN THE PASTOR DIED. 08:29 OH DEAR. 08:30 SO PEMA DECIDED HE REALLY WANTED TO BECOME AND ADVENTIST. 08:33 HE WOULD GO AND SEEK THE CHURCH HEADQUARTERS AND SO WE WENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH 08:40 BENGAL SECTION AND SAID, "I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED". 08:43 WELL, THE PASTOR PUT HIM OFF AND SAID, "WELL, I THINK YOU NEED TO STUDY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 08:48 THE DOCTRINE AND I WANT YOU TO STUDY THESE QUESTIONS AND THESE TEXTS 08:52 AND COME BACK TO ME WHEN YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE". 08:55 HE DID THIS THREE TIMES AND THE PASTOR SAID, "I FINALLY DECIDED HE WAS FOR REAL". 09:02 SO HE WAS BAPTIZED ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER. 09:06 THE PASTOR INTRODUCED ME TO HIM AND SAID, " I THINK THIS MAN 09:10 WOULD MAKE A GOOD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER". 09:12 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:13 WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM HE TOLD ME HIS STORY. 09:18 HE SAID, "I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ME I HAVE BEEN DECLARED 09:23 DEAD BY THE LAMO OR THE PRIEST EIGHT TIMES. 09:26 EIGHT? 09:28 FIVE OF THOSE TIMES IT WAS FROM MALARIA AND THREE FROM OTHER, ONE WAS AN ACCIDENT. 09:31 BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY CARRIED ON A LAIRD TO THE GRAVESITE. 09:36 OH MY! 09:37 BUT HE WOKE UP THREE TIMES AND SO HE IS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON. 09:44 HE SAID, "GOD HAS A PLAN FOR MY LIFE". 09:47 THEN HE LEARNED ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND HE FOUND AN 09:50 UNDERGROUND CHRISTIANITY IN THIMPHU, THE CAPITAL CITY. 09:55 HE ACCEPTED CHRISTIANITY. 09:58 MOST PEOPLE ARE OF WHAT RELIGION? 10:00 BUDDHIST. 10:01 O.K. 10:02 AND BUDDHIST IS THE STATE RELIGION. 10:04 IT IS THE MONARCH'S RELIGION AND HE WANTS EVERYONE TO BE BUDDHIST AND SO NOW PEMA WAS A 10:13 CHRISTIAN BUT HE LEARNED ABOUT THE SABBATH FROM THIS PASTOR ON THE BORDER. 10:18 SO HE ACCEPTED THE SABBATH AND THOUGHT ALL CHRISTIANS WOULD 10:21 ACCEPT THE SABBATH AS SOON AS THEY HEARD IT. 10:24 BUT YOU KNOW, THESE CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEIR 10:29 RELIGION IS BEING TESTED, WOW YES, THEY ARE FIRM WITH THEIR 10:33 FAITH AND PRAISE GOD THEY LOVE GOD. 10:36 PRAISE THE LORD. 10:37 WE HAVE HAD ALMOST EQUAL AMOUNT OF CONVERSIONS FROM THE BUDDHIST FAITH AS FROM CHRISTIANITY. 10:45 THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS OF PEMA'S 10:50 MINISTRY THEY HAVE GONE OUT AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL. 10:55 THEY HAVE LIVED IT AND IT IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE. 11:00 BECAUSE IF THEY ARE ALREADY SO REGULATED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, THEY ARE ALSO VERY HIGHLY 11:04 REGULATED WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? 11:07 OH YES. 11:07 O.K. 11:09 BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT REGULATION, THEY WANTED TO BELONG TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND 11:15 SO THEY DID EVERYTHING ON PAPERWORK TO MAKE THEM BELONG AND THEN WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT 11:23 THE PEOPLE WERE NOT FOLLOWING THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THAT WAS ON THE PAPER THAT WAS JUST THE 11:29 PAPERWORK AND LAST JULY A NEW LAW WENT INTO EXISTENCE THAT SAID THAT ANYONE CAUGHT 11:36 PROSELYTIZING WOULD BE PUT IN JAIL FOR 14 YEARS. 11:40 OH MY! 11:41 NOW OUR CHRISTIANS WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A LAW 11:46 IN THE COUNTRY NOW AND THAT IT IS NOT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 11:51 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 11:53 THERE ARE TWO CHRISTIAN PASTORS WHO ARE IN PRISON BECAUSE OF PROSELYTIZING. 11:59 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. 12:00 YES. 12:01 NOW I JUST HAD A BAPTISM ON THE SCREEN. 12:04 GOOD LET'S GO THERE. 12:05 I WANT TO INTRODUCE DEKI TO YOU. DEKI, DEKI IS A LOVELY 12:09 YOUNG LADY AND SHE ACCEPTED THE ADVENTIST FAITH AND HER HUSBAND 12:14 LEFT HER BECAUSE OF THAT, YES. BUT SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:20 WORKER NOW AND THIS WAS TAKEN OH ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO 12:23 YEARS AGO AND SHE IS JUST ON FIRE FOR THE LORD AND SHE IS OUT THERE PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN 12:28 RATHER QUIET WAYS BUT SHE IS GOING HOME TO HOME AND TALKING WITH 12:32 THE LADIES THE WAY IT IS IN THEIR CUSTOM IN THEIR CULTURE. 12:36 SURE. 12:38 THIS MAN IS NOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ALSO. 12:43 HIS WIFE WAS BAPTIZED AT THE SAME TIME AS HIM. 12:47 TO GIVE A FRONT FOR THEIR RELIGION, THEY WANT TO HAVE A GROCERY STORE SO THAT THEY CAN 12:52 SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. 12:55 SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP FOR THEM SO THEY CAN SET UP THIS GROCERY STORE. 13:01 BECAUSE THEY AREN'T FREE TO JUST GO AND SAY, "HI, I'M A 13:04 CHRISTIAN DO YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?" 13:06 THAT'S RIGHT THEY ARE NOT FREE AT ALL TO DO THAT. 13:09 A GROCERY STORE WOULD BE A VEHICLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN 13:11 AND THEY CAN GET TO KNOW REGULAR CUSTOMERS. 13:13 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:14 THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE BAPTIZED AT THAT TIME. 13:17 THEY ARE DRESSING IN INDIAN COSTUME JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE IN INDIA BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MEN 13:23 WITH THEIR COSTUMES, THOSE ARE BHUTANI COSTUMES ON BOTH SIDES. 13:27 SO THE LADIES ARE IN THE LONG SKIRTS, AS YOU EXPLAINED AND THEN THE MEN ARE IN THE SHORTER. 13:32 YES. 13:34 NOW I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THEM AT CAMPMEETING THIS YEAR. 13:37 AND THAT IS A COLORFUL CAMPMEETING. THAT'S CAMPMEETING? 13:39 THAT IS CAMPMEETING. 13:40 WELL, I LIKE THAT TENT. 13:42 IT IS A HUGE TENT. 13:44 LOOK AT IT FROM THE INSIDE. 13:46 WELL, WE COULD LEARN FROM THE BHUTANESE, IS THAT---WELL, THIS IS IN INDIA BECAUSE THE 13:51 BHUTANESE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO INDIA TO JOIN WITH THE CAMPMEETING. 13:54 GOT IT, BECAUSE IN BHUTAN THEY CAN'T HAVE CAMPMEETINGS. 13:57 NO. GOT IT. 13:59 THIS IS WHERE THEY COME TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS AND THEY SEE THIS IS NOT A LITTLE TINY RELIGION. 14:07 THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS AND A THOUSAND 14:10 PEOPLE COME HERE TOGETHER FOR CAMPMEETING. 14:13 THAT IS ENCOURAGING TO THEM ISN'T THAT? 14:14 YES IT IS THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT. 14:16 HERE YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE COME - THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THESE 14:22 ARE THREE OF THE LADIES THAT HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AND THIS MAN THAT 14:28 IS WITH THE CHURCH LEADER ON THE RIGHT, THE MAN IN THE TIE? 14:31 YES. 14:32 HERE IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ON THE RIGHT. 14:37 HE HAS BAPTIZED THESE PEOPLE THIS YEAR AND SO, THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER AND THEY ARE 14:44 JOINING IN WITH THE CAMPMEETING AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE AREA 14:49 GIVES THEM A PART IN THE PROGRAM. 14:51 THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IN SHARING THEIR FAITH. 14:55 SPEAKING ABOUT JOINING IN, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU 14:57 WHO ARE VIEWING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 15:00 OUTREACH YOU TOO CAN JOIN IN AND YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH 15:04 HELPING WITH THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN AS 15:07 BEV IS SHARING WITH US ABOUT THE WORK THERE. 15:09 WE WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE PRAY AND WHATEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING UPON YOUR HEART THAT YOU 15:15 CAN GIVE OF YOUR DONATIONS PLEASE THINK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THESE WORKERS IN BHUTAN WHO 15:20 BLESS THEIR HEARTS THEY CAN'T GO OUT LIKE WE CAN IN THE WESTERN CULTURE AND TALK ABOUT 15:24 WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR EACH OF US BUT THEY ARE DOING IT IN THEIR OWN 15:27 WAY THAT THEY CAN AND SHARING THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 15:30 SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS HOW YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:33 WE WILL GIVE YOU SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN CALL US, EMAIL US AND GO ON LINE. 16:33 WHEN YOU CONTACT US PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN 16:37 MISSIONS AND YOU CAN BE FILLED IN ON ALL SORTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN BHUTAN IN 16:42 BEV'S AREA AND ALSO IN OTHER AREAS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH'S WORK IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE 16:48 WE ARE WORKING SO HARD THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF THE 16:52 LORD IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND THEIR CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT. 16:55 SO BEV, THANK YOU. LET'S GO BACK TO BHUTAN. 16:57 SURE. 16:59 AS WITH ANY CAMPMEETING, WE HAD A BAPTISM AND WE GATHERED ON THE RIVERSIDE HERE AND WE HAD THE 17:07 PRIVILEGE OF SEEING TWO MORE BHUTAN PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 17:12 WONDERFUL. 17:13 AFTER THE BAPTISM THE LITTLE LADY ON MY RIGHT WHICH IS THE LADY ON THE LEFT 17:17 IN THE PICTURE AND THE MAN ON THE EXTREME RIGHT. 17:20 THESE WERE THE TWO NEW ADVENTIST MEMBERS THERE. 17:23 PEMA IS THERE STANDING NEXT WITH ME ALSO. 17:25 CUTE KID! 17:29 I SAY THIS FELLOW, HE WAS SO ADORABLE, HE WAS SO FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE AND ONE TIME WHEN 17:37 HE CAME BY I SAID,"DO YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHEN 17:43 YOU GROW UP" AND HE SAID, "YES, MA'DM I PLAN TO BE". 17:46 PRAISE THE LORD, WHAT A CUTIE. 17:48 YES, WHAT AN ADORABLE CHILD. 17:51 I WANTED TO TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY ABOUT PEMA BECAUSE NOT LONG AGO HE WENT INTO A HOME, 17:58 HE WAS INVITED INTO A HOME BY A LADY WHO HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO WALK FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND 18:04 SHE ASKED HIM TO PRAY - SPECIAL FOR HER SO THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK. 18:09 HER SON WAS THERE AND HE WAS LISTENING AND PEMA READ SCRIPTURE AND PRAYED FOR HER AND 18:17 HE STAYED TALKING WITH HER AND THE SON SLIPPED OUT. 18:22 IN A SHORT TIME, HE CAME BACK WITH THE POLICE. 18:25 OH, DEAR BECAUSE YOU REPORT - THAT'S HOW IT WORKS IF SOMEONE 18:28 IS TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, YOU REPORT THEM? 18:30 IF YOU SUSPECT PROSELYTISM IS TAKING PLACE, YOU GET THE POLICE TO COME AND ARREST THEM. 18:36 PEMA WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO JAIL. 18:39 OH DEAR AND YOU TOLD US EARLIER FOR 14 YEARS. 18:41 YES. 18:43 OH DEAR. 18:45 BUT FORTUNATELY THIS TOOK PLACE BEFORE JULY LAST YEAR. 18:48 OH GOOD. 18:48 JUST BEFORE IT. 18:50 SO HE WAS NOT PUT IN JAIL PERMANENTLY FOR THE 14 YEARS YOU MIGHT SAY BUT HE WAS PUT IN JAIL 18:56 AND EVERY DAY, EVERY OFFICER THAT CAME THAT WAS HIS GUARD HE TOLD 19:02 THEM THIS LADY INVITED ME TO GO INTO HER HOME. 19:05 SHE ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR HER AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE O.K. 19:10 THEN BECAUSE SHE ASKED FOR IT. 19:11 OH. 19:13 BUT THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM. 19:15 ON THE 24TH DAY AFTER HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR 24 DAYS, A NEW OFFICER CAME AND HE 19:23 EXPLAINED IT AND PEMA SAID TO HIM, "I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE HOME 19:28 AND YOU CAN SEE THE LADY". HE SAID, "O.K. LET'S GO". 19:33 LET HIM OUT OF JAIL. THAT IS WHAT HE WANTED. 19:35 LET'S GO SEE THIS LADY SO HE TOOK THE POLICE OFFICER TO THIS LADY'S HOME AND WHEN THE LADY 19:41 SAW HIM SHE THREW HER ARMS AROUND PEMA AND SAID, " OH YOUR 19:45 GOD HAS HEALED ME" AND SHE WAS WALKING. 19:48 PRAISE THE LORD AND THE GUARD SAW ALL OF THIS. 19:51 THE GUARD SAW IT ALL AND HE SAID "LET'S GO BACK TO THE POLICE STATION 19:55 AND SIGN THE PAPERS AND YOU ARE RELEASED". YOU ARE GONE. 19:57 YES, YES. WHAT A GREAT STORY. YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH THESE 20:02 THINGS ARE HAPPENING GOD IS WITH THEM. 20:04 YES. 20:05 THEY CAN'T HAVE A BAPTISM IN BHUTAN BECAUSE THEY WOULD SEE 20:10 THEM DOING A SPIRITUAL RITUAL SO THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. 20:17 WE HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE ACROSS THE BORDER TO BE BAPTIZED. 20:21 I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THE GROUP OF BHUTANI GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE 20:26 SIKKIM GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS JOINING TOGETHER. 20:30 NOW LOOK AT ALL THOSE DEAR PEOPLE. 20:32 LET'S LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, VIEWERS AND JUST GET THAT IN OUR MIND. 20:36 WHEN WE ARE WONDERING WHO WE SHOULD PRAY FOR, THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS GOSPEL 20:42 OUTREACH WORKERS, WE MIGHT NOT KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE 20:44 OF THEIR NAMES BUT JUST LOOK AT THAT PICTURE. 20:47 I SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT MOTHER OF THAT LITTLE BOY THAT IS GOING TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 20:51 YES, WHERE IS SHE? 20:52 SHE IS THE CENTER IN THE BLACK JACKET. 20:54 BLESS HER HEART. 20:56 DEKI, YES, SHE IS ON THE RIGHT SNUGGLED IN THE MIDDLE THERE. 21:03 WONDERFUL. 21:04 OF COURSE, PEMA IS DOWN IN THE FRONT ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:08 PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM. 21:10 BUT WHAT WE DID IS THE PASTORS FROM THE NORTH BENGAL SECTION ALL GOT TOGETHER AND HAD LAYING 21:18 ON OF HANDS FOR PEMA AND GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO BAPTIZE 21:22 IN BHUTAN WITHOUT ANY PASTOR PRESENT. 21:28 SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE CANDIDATE, BAPTISMAL 21:30 CANDIDATE TO INDIA, THEY COULD STAY IN BHUTAN. 21:33 YES AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE BORDER THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN 21:37 COMMUNITY ARREST AND NOT PERMITTED TO CROSS THE BORDER. 21:41 THE BAPTISM WAS DELAYED FOR SIX MONTHS SO HAVING THIS NOW THEY CAN HAVE A PICNIC AT THE BEACH 21:47 OR AT THE RIVER OR LAKE AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE ONE PERSON GO IN AND GET BAPTIZED AND THEN COME 21:54 OUT AND EAT AND GO IN AND BAPTIZE ANOTHER PERSON ETC. 21:57 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:58 SO GOD IS WORKING AND OPENING THE DOORS IN THIS WAY. 22:03 I JUST HAVE TO SHOW THIS PICTURE - I'VE SHOWN THIS PICTURE ON TELEVISION BEFORE BUT 22:08 TO ME, I WANT YOU TO MEET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HAVE TO MEET SECRETLY IN A ROOM 22:13 OF PRAYER - PRAYER ROOM IN A HOME. 22:17 THEY CAN'T SING LOUDLY OTHERWISE THE NEIGHBORS WILL HEAR AND SO THEY WILL WHISPER 22:23 THEIR PRAYERS AND THEY WILL PRAY TOGETHER AND THEY WILL READ THE SCRIPTURES TOGETHER. 22:27 THEY HAVE TO DO THIS SECRETLY BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE LORD AND THEY WANT TO GET THAT POWER FROM 22:35 THE HOLY SPIRIT BY READING HIS WORD AND BY HAVING PRAYER 22:38 AND THEN THEY CAN GO OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. 22:40 THEY ARE GOING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 22:43 WOW. 22:45 THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NOW IN BHUTAN. 22:47 PEMA WAS THE FIRST ONE, YES. 22:51 ISN'T THAT FASCINATING HOW IT WORKS. 22:54 YES. 22:55 YOU KNOW BEV, HOW OFTEN DO WE TAKE ALL OF THAT FOR GRANTED IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE? 23:00 TO THINK THAT WE CAN GO INTO BOOK STORES AND WE CAN BUY 23:03 THE BIBLE, PICK YOUR VERSION YOU KNOW. 23:06 TO HAVE THAT AND WE CAN WALK AROUND WITH OUR BIBLE OUT IN FRONT AND WE CAN READ IT IN 23:10 PUBLIC BUT FOR THESE PEOPLE IN BHUTAN THEY CAN'T DO THAT. 23:13 THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY WANT ME TO COME TEACH THEM, OR ANYONE TO COME 23:19 TEACH THEM HOW TO BE BETTER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:24 THAT'S HUMBLING. 23:26 WHEN YOU GO TO THINK HOW CAN I DO THIS LEGALLY AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS, THEY SAY AUNTIE, 23:34 THEY CALL ME AUNTIE, YOU ARE A NURSE AND A NURSE EDUCATOR YOU CAN COME AND YOU CAN TEACH 23:41 US HEALTH PRINCIPLES AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE HEALTH MESSAGE 23:47 AS AN OPENING WEDGE IN THIS COUNTRY. 23:49 WE WILL USE THE EIGHT NATURAL REMEDIES AS THE STARTING POINT AND THEN WE WILL TEACH THEM 23:54 CHARCOAL THERAPY, A LITTLE MASSAGE THERAPY AND HYDROTHERAPY. 23:59 WELL AND TO PIGGYBACK ON TO WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW THEIR 24:03 GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND BUT IF THEY ARE ALL 24:06 OVER THE ANTISMOKING AND ALCOHOL THEY ARE FAR AHEAD OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THAT REGARD. 24:12 OH YES, YES. 24:14 SO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER DIFFICULTIES THOUGH WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY GOSPEL 24:17 OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH, JUST KIND OF EVERYTHING 24:19 YOU HAVE MENTIONED IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? 24:22 I GUESS ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS WITH THEM IS THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE THEMSELVES THEY 24:30 SAY, YOU ARE GETTING MONEY HOW COME YOU ARE GETTING MONEY YOU AREN'T WORKING. 24:36 SO THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO DREAM UP SOME KIND OF A FACADE 24:42 SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. 24:45 ONE LADY HAS LOOKED AT PERSONAL PRODUCTS FOR LADIES TO TRY AND JUST GET INTO THE 24:52 HOME AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PERSONAL THINGS THEN. 24:56 WHAT IS MORE PERSONAL THAN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE? 25:00 BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD HAVE A JOB AS BEING A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 25:03 AND GETTING A STIPEND FOR THAT AND THEN OH, WHAT IS YOUR OTHER JOB? 25:07 YES. 25:08 WHAT JOB DO YOU DO AND SO PEMA SELLS BRICKS AND PEMA KEEPS 25:13 A BRICK IN HIS POUCH OF HIS COSTUME. 25:16 YES. 25:18 THIS YEAR HE WAS TAKING HIS BRICK TO A PLACE WHERE THEY WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION AND TALKING 25:25 WITH A FOREMAN AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND THE 25:32 FOREMAN HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT MY GOD AND HOW SPECIAL HE IS. 25:38 PEMA WAS PRAISING GOD TO HIM AND HE SAID TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GOD AND SO HE DID. 25:44 THEN HE OPENED HIS BIBLE WHICH WAS ALSO IN HIS POUCH, THE BIBLE AND THE BRICK I LIKE THAT, AND 25:51 READ TO HIM ABOUT PEACE BECAUSE THE NIRVANA IS A PEACE FEELING AND SO WITH THESE KIND OF 26:00 QUOTATIONS, PSALMS HAS SOME WONDERFUL ONES ON PEACE, INDEED. 26:04 WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS THE CONTRACTOR SAID, "CAN I HAVE 26:11 A COPY OF YOUR BIBLE"? PEMA SAID SURE YOU CAN HAVE THIS 26:15 ONE AND GAVE IT TO HIM BUT HE WAS A CIA AND HE WENT 26:19 RUNNING TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE 26:24 THERE SAID, WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU ON WHAT 26:27 WOULD WE CALL IT, COMMUNITY THEY CALL IT COMMUNITY ARREST. 26:33 IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT IN BETWEEN 8 AND 8:30 EVERY MORNING. 26:37 SO HE IS ON PAROLE. 26:39 YES PAROLE, OH DEAR AND YOU TELL THEM YOUR PLAN FOR THE DAY AS TO WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO THEN THE CIA 26:45 KNOW WHERE TO FOLLOW HIM, OH BEV, AND SO HE HAS TO WORK HARD. 26:50 WELL WE CERTAINLY DO NEED TO PRAY FOR HIM. 26:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US TO BHUTAN. 26:53 BLESSINGS TO YOU AND PLEASE GREET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:56 FOR ALL OF US AND TELL THEM WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. 26:58 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 26:59 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON "ADVENTURES 27:02 IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:03 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND YOU HAVE LOTS TO PRAY FOR - 27:06 THE PEOPLE OF BHUTAN. BLESSINGS TO YOU. 27:07 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06