Adventures in Missions

Cambodia - Vietnam GO Workers

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Participants: Keith Heinrich

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Program Code: AIM000466


00:02 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:18 I'M JUJUE SANDERS-S-YMER, AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO CAMBODIA OR VIETNAM?
00:22 WEL, IF YOU HAVEN'T YOU'LL BE IN FOR A RIDE AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME
00:28 FAMILIAR SITES.
00:30 SO WE HAVE KEITH HEINRICH WITH US TODAY.
00:31 WELCOME KEITH.
00:33 THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE IN YOUR STUDIO THIS AFTERNOON AND VISITING WITH YOU.
00:37 WELL, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
00:39 SO KEITH, TELL US WHAT YOU DO AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHY YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN
00:44 CAMBODIA AND VIETNTN?
00:46 I'M THE REGIONAL D DECTOR FOR SOME COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND
00:51 LAOS AND PROBABLY INDONESIA IN THE FUTURE.
00:54 SO WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?
00:56 YOU WORK WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THOSE COUNTRIES?
00:59 I WORK WITH THE MISSION OFFICERS AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, GO AND VISIT
01:03 THEM, SEE HOW THEY AREREOING, TALK TO O EIR FAMILYLYLOOK IN THEIR HOUSE, SEE WHAT THEY ARE
01:09 EATING.
01:11 THEY EVEN SERVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT AND WE'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
01:14 SURE.
01:15 SO YOU BASICALLY ARE THERE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GIVE A REPORT BACK HERE TO GOSPEL
01:19 OUTREACH AND TO THE DONORS WHO ARE GIVING FUNDS AND TO KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP OVER THE BIG
01:24 OCEAN.
01:25 THAT'S RIGHT, YES.
01:26 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ALONG?
01:27 OH, I WOULD LOVE TO.
01:34 BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WEARING
01:37 HERE.
01:38 OH, O.K.
01:39 THIS IS CALLED A BATIK AND IT IS AN INDONESIAN SHIRT AND IF YOU GO TO INDONESIA YOU CAN
01:41 GET ONE OR YOU CAN BUY ONE BUT IF YOU GO THERE AS A VISITOR THEY WILL GIVE YOU ONE AS A
01:47 GIFT AND THEY ARE VERY GENEROUS PEOPLE.
01:49 BUT THIS IS A BATIK AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM AND I LOVE TO WEAR THEM.
01:53 WELL, IT IS VERY NICE SO GOING TO ASIA IS IN A SENSE LIKE GOING HOME FOR YOU.
01:58 IT IS.
01:59 I SPENT SIX YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TRAVELED ALL OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA.
02:05 I'VE EATEN LOTS OF RICE AND DRANK LOTS OF COCONUTS.
02:07 YES, THAT IS ALL GOOD.
02:09 SO YOU RECENTLY HAVE COME BACK FROM CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM AND WHAT WAS YOUR MAIN GOAL FOR
02:15 THIS LAST TRIP?
02:16 THIS TRIP I PRIMARILY WAS VISITING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THEIR MISSION
02:21 LOCATION.
02:23 WE WENT TO THE MISSION OFFICE AND THEN FROM THERE WE TRAVELED TO THE VILLAGES WHERE
02:30 THEY LIVE AND INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND
02:35 ALSO TOOK SOME VIDEO OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL STUDYING.
02:39 O.K.
02:40 WELL FANTASTIC.
02:41 SO HOW MANY WORKERS ARE IN CAMBODIA?
02:43 WE HAVE NINE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN CAMBODIA.
02:48 HOW MANY IN VIETNAM?
02:49 AT THE PRESENT TIME, WE ARE GETTING TWO; THE MISSION IS JUST STARTING DOWN THE PATH
02:54 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
02:56 AND YOU NEED MORE DON'T YOU?
02:58 OH, WHEN I WAS THERE THE PASTOR ASKED ME FOR ANOTHER THREE SO THEY'D HAVE AT LEAST
03:03 FIVE.
03:04 AND THESE WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE NORTH AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
03:08 BUT VIETNAM IS A HUGE COUNTRY.
03:12 IT IS 90 MILLION PEOPLE.
03:14 WOW.
03:15 AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ORGANIZED CHURCH IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTRY.
03:19 YES, OBVIOUSLY.
03:20 LET'S HOLD ON TO THAT.
03:21 I WANT TO GET TO CAMBODIA.
03:23 SURE.
03:24 AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
03:26 BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THAT MEANS THAT IS
03:30 FINANCIAL NEED AND THAT IS WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS CAN BE INVOLVED.
03:34 YES.
03:36 WELL WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE BUT WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US ON A LITTLE TRIP AND
03:41 WE WILL GO TO CAMBODIA.
03:42 O.K.
03:43 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?
03:45 DO YOU WANT TO GO BY BUS OR DO YOU WANT TO GO BY AIRPLANE OR BY TUK TUK OR DO YOU WANT TO
03:51 GO BY MOTORCYCLE?
03:52 I WANT TO GO BY TUK TUK.
03:54 WONDERFUL, MY CHOICE AS WELL.
03:55 COME ON ALONG WE WILL GO TO A MISSION OFFICE.
03:58 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO.
04:00 HERE IS A FRONT PICTURE OF THE CAMBODIAN MISSION AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL GO ON INTO
04:04 CANMESE, A LITTLE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S PLACE WHERE HE LIVES AND THE CHURCH THAT
04:08 HE IS ASSIGNED TO.
04:10 WE SHOULD SAY A TUK TUK IS A WHAT?
04:12 OH, A TUK TUK IS A MOTORCYCLE WITH A SMALL LITTLE COCORIVANCE, TRAILOR ON THE
04:17 BACK OF IT, TWO SEATS THEY FACE EACH OTHER, CARRIES ABOUT 3 OR 4 PEOPLE DEPENDING ON HOW
04:22 BIG YOU ARE AND IT IS ALL OPEN AIR.
04:25 YOU CAN SIT IN THERE AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE
04:29 YOU.
04:30 YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HUNCH OVER?
04:31 A LITTLE BIT.
04:32 A LITTLE BIT AND IT KIND OF MAKES THE SOUND OF A TUK, TUK, TUK FROM THE SOUND OF THE
04:35 ENGINE.
04:39 YES, YOU CAN TALK TO THE GUY DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE AND IT IS FUN.
04:47 IT IS FUN.
04:48 OH YES.
04:49 IT IS COVERED.
04:50 OK SO, YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES FOR US.
04:51 I'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES FOR YOU.
04:52 HERE IS A COCONUT-OOOH I LOVE THAT, THESE ARE GREEN COCONUTS.
04:55 THEY WERE SERVED TO US AT THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE BY THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE.
04:58 I'LL DRINK TWO OR THREE A DAY, IF I CAN.
05:00 THEY ARE GOOD AREN'T THEY?
05:01 YES.
05:03 THE NEXT SLIDE IS A SLIDE OF THE MEAL THAT WAS SERVED TO US.
05:05 OK, I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.
05:07 YOU WON'T FIND ANY SHRIMP IN THERE.
05:09 IT IS ALL VEGGIE AND SO ARE THOSE FRIED NOODLES OR ARE THOSE?
05:13 I THINK THEY ARE FRIED NOODLES AND MAYBE SOME PASTA OF SOME SORT.
05:17 IT WAS GOOD.
05:18 AND THEN THE TWO SIDES ARE LIKE A HOT SAUCE, PROBABLY A HOT SAUCE.
05:22 IS IT REALLY HOT, KEITH?
05:23 YES.
05:24 IT WILL CURL YOU HAIR, HUH?
05:25 NO, BUT IT WILL GET YOU WARM.
05:28 YOU WILL START WIPING YOUR BROW BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY HOT AND THEN YOU ARE HOT.
05:33 YES, I'VE EXPERIENCECETHAT.
05:34 FOR SURE.
05:35 O.K.
05:36 HERE IS A LADY THAT TOLD US A VERY INTERESTING STORY.
05:41 THIS LADY IS 30 YEARS OLD.
05:42 SHE HAD ONE SMALL CHILD AND HER HUSBAND AND SHE WAS POSSESSED.
05:47 THE SPIRITS WOULD TALK WITH HER AND THEY WOULD TELL HER TO DO THINGS AND TO MAKE THIS
05:53 SACRIFICE AND DO THIS AND BRING THIS TO THE TEMPLE.
05:57 AND SHE WAS VERY MUCH STRESSED AND SO SHE CAME TO THE PASTOR AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
06:05 IN THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE AND SHE TALKED WITH HIM.
06:09 SHE ALSO TALKED WITH ONE OF THE OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS THERE AND THAT IS HOW SHE GOT
06:12 CONNECTED WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
06:15 SHE HAD A FRIEND.
06:16 SHE HAD A FRIEND.
06:17 WHO IS A CHRISTIAN.
06:19 AND SO, AFTER SOME TIME THE PASTOR VISITED WITH HER, STUDIED WITH HER, SHE DECIDED
06:25 TO BECOME A CHURCH MEMBER.
06:27 SO, YOU ARE SAYING SHE WAS BUDDHIST, SHE WAS BUDDHIST, OH YES, OR BUDDHIST AND ANIMISTS;
06:33 THEY ARE BOTH.
06:35 AND SO THEY WORSHIP SPIRITS.
06:38 EVERY BUDDHIST HAS A SPIRIT HOUSE OUT IN FRONT THEIR HOUSE AND THEY MAKE SACRIFICES.
06:43 A LITTLE SHRINE.
06:44 IT IS A LITTLE SHRINE LIKE A BIRDHOUSE, ALMOST.
06:47 YOU CAN SOMETIMES SEE ORANGES THERE AND INCENSE.
06:50 INCENSE, ANY KIND OF A LITTLE SACRIFICE OR OFFERING YOU CAN RENDER TO THE GODS AND SHE
06:58 DECIDED TO JOIN THE CHURCH.
06:59 HER HUSBAND WAS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND HE DIDN'T DECIDE RIGHT AWAY BUT
07:05 SHE DECIDED AND DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS SHE WAS NOT WELL.
07:08 SHE WAS SICK.
07:11 SHE WOULD GO TO ALL SORTS OF DOCTORS AND THEY WOULD PRESCRIBE-DO THIS AND DO THAT.
07:15 BUT ONE DAY SHE DECIDED TO JOIN AND SHE BROUGHT THE PASTOR ALL OF HER RELICS, OH
07:25 REALLY, USED IN HER WORSHIP SERVICE.
07:30 SHE BROUGHT IT TO THE PASTOR AND THEY TOOK THOSE THINGS WITH THE LADY AND TOOK THEM
07:36 AND BURNED THEM.
07:37 WOW.
07:38 THAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO WITH THEM.
07:39 THEN THEY ARE GONE, THEY ARE FINISHED, THEIR RESEMBLANCES AREN'T THERE, THEIR MEMORIES
07:45 AREN'T THERE, IT IS FINISHED.
07:47 ASHES.
07:48 THE LADY TOLD US YOU KNOW, AFTER I DID THAT AND AFTER I WAS BAPTIZED MY HEALTH
07:54 IMPROVED, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY HUSBAND IMPROVED AND HE IS SITTING RIGHT THERE AND I'M
07:59 LISTENING TO THE STORY AND I'M WATCHING HIS FACE AND HIS EXPRESSION AND I DON'T KNOW
08:03 HOW I'D FEEL ABOUT IT IF MY WIFE SAID YES, I DIDN'T GET ALONG WELL WITH MY HUSBAND.
08:07 HEY, IF THE LORD DID A MIRACLE YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ABOUT IT.
08:10 SHE WAS EXCITED AND JUST A VERY ENERGETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC NEW MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.
08:18 THE SPIRITS LEFT HER WHEN THE LORD CAME INTO HER LIFE.
08:21 THEY HAVE NOT BOTHERED HER ANYMORE.
08:23 PRAISE THE LORD.
08:24 THAT IS A BIG CHALLENGE.
08:26 YOU KNOW KEITH, WE READ IN THE BIBLE ABOUT DEMON POSSESSION AND ALL OF THAT AND IN ASIA
08:32 JUST LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT'S A REAL -THEY ARE THERE.
08:37 ABSOLUTELY.
08:38 WE THINK MAYBE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE, THE DEVIL IS EVERYWHERE.
08:42 YES.
08:43 BUT WHEN IT IS SO SPECIFICALLY A PART OF THEIR BELIEFS AND ALL OF THAT--THAT TO ME MAKES
08:48 THE STORY OF JESUS TAKING THE DEMONS OUT OF PEOPLE SO REAL.
08:53 THERE WAS ANOTHER LADY THERE THAT ALSO GAVE A TESTIMONY ABOUT THAT AND WHEN SHE AND
08:58 HER DAUGHTER DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED THEIR RELATIVES CAME TO THEM AND THEY SAID IF YOU
09:04 DECIDE TO DO THIS WHOSE GOING TO FEED YOUR SPIRITS WHEN YOU ARE DECEASED?
09:10 SEE THE AFTERLIFE.
09:11 AND YOU SEE, YOU AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
09:16 NO BUT THAT IS A VERY REAL CONCERN IF YOU ARE A BUDDHIST OR IF YOU ARE AN ANIMIST, WHO
09:23 IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU?
09:24 WHO IS GOING TO FEED YOU?
09:26 THE CULTURE- SO MUCH OF THE TRADITIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
09:28 EXACTLY.
09:29 WELL, BLESS THAT WOMAN'S HEART.
09:30 OK, SO YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES THERE.
09:31 OH, I HAVE SOME MORE.
09:33 THIS IS THE PASTOR OF ANOTHER CHURCH IN CAMBODIA; ALL THESE SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE IN
09:39 CAMBODIA.
09:40 HE HAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE HE IS WORKING WITH.
09:43 LOOK AT THE SMILE ON HIS FACE.
09:45 OH, YES.
09:46 THAT MAN HAS THE JOY OF THE LORD.
09:47 HE IS HAPPY AND HIS WIFE IS THERE AND THEY HAVE ONE LITTLE CHILD, SWEET CHILD JUST A VERY
09:53 NICE MAN.
09:57 HE IS LOCATED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF CAMBODIA, HE IS WAY UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
10:01 THE COUNTRY.
10:04 AND AS I SAT AND VISITED WITH THEM, THE OLD PEOPLE WOULD TELL ME THEY REMEMBER WHEN THE
10:11 VIETNAM WAR WAS ON.
10:12 OH, INTERESTING.
10:13 THE FIREBALLS COMING OUT OF THE SKY.
10:16 OH WOW.
10:17 BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT ON THE BORDER WITH VIETNAM AND AS I PRESSED THEM A LITTLE BIT
10:22 MORE, THESE FIREBALLS WERE AIRPLANES, U.S.
10:25 AIRPLANES, THAT WERE BEING SHOT DOWN, EXPLODING IN THE AIR.
10:27 THEY WERE EXPLODING AND THEY WOULD SEE THESE HUGE FIREBALLS COMING OUT OF THE SKY.
10:32 SO HE IS RIGHT UP ON THE BORDER THERE, RIGHT UP ON THE OLD HO CHI MINH TRAIL.
10:38 NOW IS IT MOUNTAINOUS?
10:39 GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
10:40 SOMEWHAT YES, JUNGLY?
10:42 MORE A LITTLE HILLY, MOUNTAINOUS.
10:45 OK.
10:49 BUT THEY DO SUBSISTENCE FARMING AND THAT KIND OF THING THERE.
10:55 BUT THIS PASTOR IS STUDYING WITH ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE.
10:57 THEY HAVE NOT BECOME CHURCH MEMBERS YET.
10:58 THE MISSION HAS RENTED A HOUSE WHERE HE LIVES AND THEY MEET ON SABBATH AND THEN HE GOES
11:02 AND VISITS EACH HOME.
11:05 HE IS HOPING THAT MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BECOME BAPTIZED.
11:12 IT IS THE LORD'S TIMING.
11:13 WE JUST HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE, RIGHT?
11:14 RIGHT.
11:15 IT IS NOT A FAST PROCESS.
11:17 YOU KNOW, IN SOME COUNTRIES IT IS QUITE FAST BUT IN A BUDDHIST ENVIRONMENT IT TAKES
11:21 A LITTLE WHILE TO MAKE THIS CHANGE TO CHRISTIANITY.
11:24 WELL, BECAUSE IT IS SO, IT IS REALLY DIFFERENT.
11:28 IT IS WAY DIFFERENT.
11:30 IT IS YOUR CULTURE.
11:31 IT IS YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
11:32 IT IS YOUR FAMILY.
11:33 IT'S IN YOUR DNA.
11:35 ABSOLUTELY.
11:36 AND TO CHANGE?
11:37 IT IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
11:38 IT IS WHO YOU ARE YOU KNOW.
11:39 IT IS EVERYTHING.
11:40 IT IS EVERYTHING, EXACTLY.
11:41 ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE'VE GOT HERE.
11:43 HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE INTERESTS.
11:45 YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF KIDS AND SOME GRAMPA AND GRANDMA AND THERE ARE SOME
11:50 YOUNGER PEOPLE.
11:51 IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE KIDS.
11:53 YES, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FARMERS.
11:55 WHAT ARE THEY FARMING?
11:56 THEY GROW RICE.
11:57 THEY HAVE SOME COWS.
11:58 THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME COCONUTS, SMALL PRODUCE.
12:02 IT IS HIGH UP.
12:03 IT IS NOT DOWN WHERE THEY CAN FISH AND RAISE FISH.
12:05 SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET TO THIS AREA?
12:09 FROM THE MISSION OFFICE, IT TOOK US A DAY DRIVING OVER HORRIBLE ROADS IN A PICKUP.
12:15 BUT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WANT TO MOVE, YOU JUST PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT DOWN
12:20 THE ROAD.
12:21 ALRIGHT!
12:22 SO ARE THERE WHEELS UNDER THAT?
12:23 THERE ARE WHEELS.
12:24 IS THERE A TRAILER?
12:25 THERE ARE WHEELS AND IT IS MOVED BY PEOPLE.
12:29 I SEE THAT.
12:30 THEY ARE KIND OF IN THE BACK PUSHING IT ALONG.
12:32 WE WERE COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND WE SEE THIS HOUSE OUT ON THE ROAD AND WE SAY," WHAT
12:36 HAPPENED?"
12:37 DID THE ROAD TAKE A WRONG TURN?
12:39 AND SO THEN WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND GOT A PICTURE.
12:42 NOW THIS IS A DEFINITION OF A MOBILE HOME.
12:44 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT IS A MOBILE HOME AND THESE FELLOWS WERE REAL HAPPY THAT WE TOOK THEIR
12:48 PICTURE.
12:49 THE ROAD DOES LOOK NICE THOUGH, KEITH.
12:50 THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH WAS PRETTY GOOD.
12:52 THAT'S WHY THEY WERE MOVING BECAUSE THEY HAD A GOOD ROAD.
12:56 EXACTLY.
12:57 HERE IS A PICTURE OF SAMBAK IN ANOTHER VILLAGE.
12:59 HE IS A CHURCH PLANTER.
13:00 A GREAT YOUNG GUY.
13:05 HE HAS A DEGREE IN DOES HE REALLY?E.
13:07 HE DOES AND HE WAS WORKING IN HIS SHOP IN TOWN, IN HIS TOWN THERE AND HE TOLD HIS PARENTS
13:14 HE WANTED TO WORK FOR GOD.
13:16 HOW DID THAT GO OVER?
13:17 IT WENT WELL BECAUSE HIS PARENTS ARE CHURCHMEMBERS.
13:20 OK.
13:21 HIS PARENTS WERE CHURCH MEMBERS.
13:22 THEY HAVE A LITTLE SHOP WHERE THEY SELL THINGS IN THE MARKET THERE.
13:25 SO SAMBAK SAID, NO I WANT TO WORK AND THE MISSION TOOK HIM ON AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCH
13:33 PLANTER.
13:34 GOOD.
13:35 AND SO HE IS THERE.
13:37 WE ARE SITTING RIGHT UNDER HIS HOUSE, BECAUSE HIS HOUSE IS ON STILTS AND SO HE LIVES UP
13:43 STAIRS AND HE IS THERE.
13:46 THE NEXT SHOT I HAVE IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF HIS STUDENTS.
13:51 HE AND HIS PARTNER, THE OTHER MAN IS SPONSORED BY THE MISSION AND THEY ARE THERE
13:56 -TWO OF THEM, AND THEY TEACH ENGLISH TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN IN THE
14:01 AFTERNOON.
14:02 THEY DO IT IN THEIR HOUSE AND THEY HAVE THIS CLASS.
14:07 IT IS QUITE INTERESTING HOW SOMEONE WHO CAN HARDLY SPEAK ENGLISH CAN TEACH ENGLISH.
14:12 HEY, YOU KNOW GOD BLESS HIM.
14:13 I WAS AMAZED.
14:21 YES, EXACTLY BUT HE HAS HIS BOOK AND THEY HAVE THEIR OVER WHAT THEY ARE.D THEY GO
14:23 THERE IS A REAL DEMAND FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE THERE AND SO SAMBAK IS DOING A GREAT JOB
14:29 THERE.
14:31 THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE IN ANOTHER VILLAGE WHERE HE GOES AND HE GATHERS ALL THE VILLAGE
14:35 CHILDREN TOGETHER AND HE TEACHES THEM ENGLISH AS WELL.
14:38 WHAT BUILDING IS THIS?
14:39 IS THIS THE CHURCH?
14:40 THIS IS A MUNICIPALITY BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO HIM TO USE.
14:44 OH WOW!
14:45 AS A CLASSROOM.
14:46 WOW THAT'S VERY GENEROUS.
14:48 HIS OBJECTIVE IS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN AND THEN HAVE A VBS AND THEN MAYBE HAVE SOME
14:56 HEALTH CLASSES AND INVITE THE PARENTS AND MAKE AN IMPACT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
15:02 SO A TEACHING PLAN FOR THE LORD, I LIKE IT.
15:04 YES.
15:05 HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SCHOOL OF HIS OWN; A SCHOOL BUILDING WHERE HE COULD HAVE CHURCH AND
15:12 SERVICES AND EVERYTHING.
15:13 THE MISSION HAS SOME LAND THERE SO EVENTUALLY THAT WILL HAPPEN.
15:16 BUT HE IS A GREAT YOUNG GUY.
15:19 TO ME IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE AS CHURCH PLANTERS.
15:23 EDUCATED PEOPLE AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
15:26 OK THIS IS EXCITING.
15:28 OH, RIGHT.
15:30 HOW CAN I FORGET THIS STORY?
15:31 THIS IS A PICTURE OF A LADY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN SEE THIS, IT IS A CASKET.
15:38 SHE HAS PASSED AWAY.
15:39 SHE HAS PASSED AWAY.
15:40 SHE WAS A CHURCHMEMBER.
15:41 HER HUSBAND WAS THERE IN THE ORANGE SHIRT AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT HIS FOOT, YOU
15:47 WILL SEE THAT HE IS MISSING A FOOT.
15:49 OH DEAR.
15:50 HE STEPPED ON A LANDMINE AND LOST A LEG.
15:54 LIKE IN RECENT YEARS, OR?
15:56 OH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS, SOMETIME.
15:59 BUT IF YOU GO IN THE BUSH THERE ARE SIGNS STILL-DO NOT WALK THERE ARE LAND MINES
16:06 HERE.
16:07 REALLY?
16:08 LEFT OVER FROM THE VIETNAM WAR OR JUST?
16:10 NO, FROM THE POL POT REGIME WHEN THEY MINED THE WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE IS FULL OF IT.
16:15 BUT HE LOST A FOOT, ANYHOW.
16:17 BUT WE WERE INVITED-THE LADY HAD PASSED AWAY AND THE FUNERAL TAKES PLACE VERY
16:22 QUICKLY IN A TROPICAL CLIMATE.
16:25 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE BURIAL IMMEDIATELY.
16:27 YES, DUE TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
16:29 ABSOLUTELY.
16:30 BUT THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE WAS ONE OF A CREMATION SERVICE.
16:35 AND IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO A CREMATION SERVICEL; KEITH, I CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE.
16:40 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?
16:42 IT WOULDN'T BE HIGH ON MY LIST BUT I ASSUME YOU WERE THERE.
16:46 I WAS YES, I TOOK THE PICTURE.
16:48 IT WASN'T HIGH ON MY BUCKET LIST EITHER BUT WHEN YOU ARE A VIVITOR AND YOU ATTEND A
16:56 CHURCH, YOU ADOPT THE CUSTOMS THEY HAVE.
16:59 THIS IS TRUE.
17:01 IN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION, THE LIFECYCLE IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL THE BODY IS CREMATED.
17:07 OH, INTERESTING.
17:09 SO EVEN THOUGH THE LADY IS AN ADVENTIST, THEY STILL PRACTICE THE BUDDHIST TRADITION, IT IS
17:15 NOT BAD.
17:16 WE DO IT IN THIS COUNTRY.
17:17 WE HAVE CREMATION SERVICES.
17:19 AND SO THE LADY WAS CREMATED WHILE WE WATCHED.
17:23 VERY INTERESTING FOR ME.
17:25 I'VE BEEN TO MANY FUNERALS BUT I HADN'T BEEN TO ONE LIKE THAT.
17:30 I CAN JUST SEE AND BLESS YOUR HEART THAT YOU WERE THERE TO BE OF SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY.
17:36 FROM THERE WE WENT TO CHENG KAL.
17:39 THESE ARE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY HAD A BAPTISM ON SABBATH MORNING.
17:44 OH, WOW.
17:45 JUST GREAT GUYS.
17:46 THEY ARE ALSO TEACHING A LANGUAGE SCHOOL-ENGLISH SCHOOL.
17:49 THEY SPOKE; THE ONE GUY SPOKE REALLY GOOD ENGLISH.
17:53 WHERE DID THEY LEARN?
17:54 SCHOOL?
17:55 YES.
17:56 THEY LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND THEY HAD FOUR CANDIDATES.
17:59 THERE WERE NINE BAPTIZED THAT DAY AND FOUR OF THEM WERE THE RESULT OF THESE TWO GOSPEL
18:05 OUTREACH WORKERS DOING THEIR WORK IN A SMALL VILLAGE.
18:10 PRAISE THE LORD, YES.
18:11 FOR THE LORD.
18:12 EXACTLY, SO WE ENJOYED THEM; WATCHED THEM ALL BEING BAPTIZED AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
18:19 OH!
18:20 THE CLASSIC PICTURE, I LOVE IT.
18:24 I HAD TO TAKE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO CHURCH AND YOU GO IN, YOU TAKE YOUR
18:34 SHOES OFF OUTSIDE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DIRTY UP THE FLOOR.
18:40 NOW THAT, THIS IS IN AN ADVENTIST CHURCH WE WERE AT BUT IT COMES FROM THE BUDDHIST
18:46 TRADITION AS WELL.
18:47 WHEN YOU GO INTO THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE, YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR SHOES.
18:51 SO, IF YOU HAVE HOLES IN YOUR SOCKS-IT IS TOO HOT TO WEAR SOCKS, KEITH.
18:55 YE FOR YOU IT WORKS BUT FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW.
18:57 BUT I HAD TO THROW MY SHOES OFF TOO AND I'M O.K.
19:01 WITH THAT.
19:02 YOU JUST COME OUT AND YOU MAKE SURE TO GRAB YOUR SHOES AND OFF YOU GO.
19:04 WELL, YOU CHOOSE THE BEST PAIR WHEN YOU WALK OUT.
19:07 BUT ISN'T THE LEVEL OF RESPECT AND IT IS CULTURAL-YES ABSOLUTELY.
19:13 JULIE, I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE COUNTRY OF VIETNAM.
19:18 VIETNAM HAS A LOT OF HISTORY WITH AMERICA.
19:22 YES, IT DOES.
19:23 MANY OF OUR SONS LOST THEIR LIVES OVER THERE.
19:28 YES.
19:29 I PERSONALLY HAVE CLASSMATES-GUYS I WENT TO ACADEMY WITH WHO DIED.
19:34 MY DAD AS WELL.
19:37 HE DIED THERE?
19:38 NO, FRIENDS.
19:40 GOING TO VIETNAM MEMORIAL AND SCRATCHING THE NAME OFF.
19:43 YES, VIETNAM HAS A LOT OF REALLY SOFT SPOTS IN THE HEARTS OF MANY AMERICANS.
19:53 AND SO, I WENT TO THE MISSION OFFICE AND VISITED WITH THEM ABOUT THE NEEDS THERE.
19:59 YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THE PRESIDENT TRON AND HIS SON, PASTOR KOI.
20:03 PASTOR TRON TOOK OVER THE CHURCH AFTER VIETNAM, AFTER WE LOST THE WAR.
20:15 HE BECAME THE LEADER.
20:16 WHICH GENTLEMAN IS THAT?
20:17 THE OLDER MAN ON THE LEFT.
20:19 THE OLDER MAN IN THE GREY SLACKS.
20:20 HE DOESN'T SPEAK VERY GOOD ENGLISH.
20:22 HIS SON WENT TO SCHOOL IN INDIA AND SPEAKS VERY GOOD ENGLISH AND IS REALLY A GREAT
20:27 GUY.
20:29 THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE WORK IN VIETNAM.
20:32 THERE IS WORK IN THE SOUTH.
20:34 THEY HAVE THE CHURCH NOW IS ORGANIZED.
20:36 IT HAS GAINED RECOGNITION BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SO THEY CAN OPERATE FREELY.
20:42 BUT IN THE NORTH, WE HAVE NO ORGANIZED CHURCHES AND IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
20:51 YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
20:55 IN HO CHI MINH WHICH IS SAIGON, FOR OLD TIMERS.
20:58 RIGHT.
20:59 THERE ARE 11 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
21:03 WE HAVE HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN VIETNAM?
21:05 AT THE PRESENT, NONE AND WE ARE GOING TO GET TWO PROBABLY LATER THIS YEAR.
21:12 BUT WITH 11 MILLION PEOPLE IN HO CHI MINH AND 3 MILLION MOTORCYCLES IT IS TERRIBLE, IT
21:18 IS AMAZING.
21:19 THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE TUK TUK.
21:21 THERE ARE NO TUK TUKS IN VIETNAM.
21:24 NO TUK TUKS?
21:25 NO, ITS IS EITHER MOTORCYCLE, TAXI OR THAT'S HOW YOU GET AROUND.
21:28 BASICALLY YOU ARE SAYING THE NEED IS GREAT.
21:32 OH, WHEN I WAS THERE, WE'D GIVEN THEM TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
21:37 THEY ASKED FOR ANOTHER THREE
21:37 AND THESE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IN THE NORTH OF THE
21:42 COUNTRY BECAUSE JULIE, AT A RECENT CONSTITUENCY MEETING THEY HAD THIRTEEN HOUSE CHURCH
21:49 GROUPS COME TO THE MISSION AND SAY," WE WANT TO JOIN THE MISSION."
21:55 THESE ARE IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTRY AND AS BUDGETS ALLOW.
22:02 THERE ARE NO FUNDS.
22:04 SO THEY HAD TO SAY, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BE PART OF OUR MISSION BUT WE HAVE NO ONE TO SEND.
22:10 AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WE HAVE GIVEN THEM,
22:15 INTO SOME OF THESE CHURCHES AND THE THREE ADDITIONAL ONES WILL GO THERE AS WELL.
22:19 ONE WILL GO TO HAI PHONG AND ONE WILL GO TO DIM MANPHU, I THINK IS HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT.
22:26 SO THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE.
22:28 THERE IS A NEED BECAUSE OF THESE CHURCHES THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED AND THAT'S WHERE OUR
22:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS AND DONORS CAN COME INTO PLAY.
22:37 ABSOLUTELY, RIGHT?
22:38 AND THAT MEANS YOU, THAT MEANS YOU.
22:40 IF YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING HERE TO WHAT KEITH IS SHARING ABOUT THE WORK IN CAMBODIA AND
22:46 VIETNAM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HELP FINANCIALLY.
22:50 WE ARE ALSO ASKING YOU TO PRAY FOR THE WORK THERE AS WELL.
22:54 BUT FINANCIALLY IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW TO HELP HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
23:00 GO OUT INTO THESE VILLAGES AND TO SHARE, TO TEACH ENGLISH, TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES AND THINGS
23:06 KE THAT AND BE THERE E R THE PEOPLE.
23:09 RIGHT.
23:10 SO PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
23:11 IT IS GOAIM.ORG AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE A CREDIT CARD IF IT
23:17 WORKS EASIER FOR YOU SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BOTHERED EACH MONTH GETTING YOUR
23:23 DONATION TO US.
23:24 THERE IS AN EASYPAY OPTION THERE.
23:26 IF YOU DO WANT TO SEND US A CHECK, OUR ADDRESS IS: GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O.
23:31 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324.
23:34 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL AND GIVE A CREDIT CARD OVER THE PHONE, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS
23:40 509-525-2951 AND IF YOU LIVE IN CANADA OUR CANADIAN ADDRESS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA,
23:45 LOCATED AT P.O.
23:46 BOX 32035 IN WEST KELOWNA, B.C.
23:48 V4T 3G2 IN CANADA.
23:49 OUR CANADIAN PHONE NUMBER IS 778-754-2079.
23:58 WE ALSO HAVE OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER AND WE'D YOU.ERY HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO
23:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING IN 50 NATIONS WITH A HUNDRED MISSIONS AND MORE THAN 2000
24:03 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE WORKING IN THESE AREAS.
24:07 BUT KEITH, AS YOU ARE SHARING WITH US THE NEED IN YOUR TERRITORIES YOU NEED MORE
24:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
24:14 WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PARTICULARLY IN VIETNAM WHERE THEY HAVE SO
24:18 MUMU OPPORTUNITY.
24:20 IF YOU GO IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTRY IN THE HMONG AREA, WE HAVE MANY HMONG
24:26 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES.
24:29 YES.
24:30 THERE SEEMS TO BE AN EXPLOSION OF INTEREST IN CHRISTIANITY THERE.
24:34 DO WE KNOW WHY?
24:36 NOT REALLY SURE, EXCEPT THAT AT THE RECENT CONSTITUENCY MEETING THE SIX PEOPLE CAME
24:44 FROM THAT PART OF VIETNAM TO THE CONSTITUENCY.
24:49 NOW, THEY SAID WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED HMONG ADVENTISTS IN THAT PART, NORTHWEST PART,
24:55 OF VIETNAM BUT NO CHURCHES.
24:58 NO ORGANIZED CHURCH THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
25:01 THEY WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE MISSION.
25:05 THE MISSION SAYS, "WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU."
25:08 SO THAT IS A GREAT NEED.
25:09 THE LORD HAS PROVIDED BELIEVERS IN HIM SO NOW IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILIITY TO HELP
25:13 ERE WE CAN, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE
25:17 BUT HERE THERE ARE PEOPLE AND NOW WE NEED A CHURCH.
25:24 THEY ARE NOT RECOGNIZED.
25:25 SO WOW.
25:26 SO KEITH, THE BIGGEST NEED ARE WORKERS.
25:27 YES.
25:29 AND JUST GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF GOD'S
25:34 WORK.
25:36 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF US; IT IS IN SPITE OF US, REALLY, THAT GOD'S WORK GOES
25:42 FORWARD.
25:43 SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
25:44 SO WHY DON'T WE PRAY RIGHT NOW.
25:45 LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.
25:46 DEAR LORD I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND VISIT WITH KEITH.
25:50 LORD, I LIFT UP THOUGH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CAMBODIA AND IN VIETNAM.
25:57 LORD, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY TO KNOW ABOUT YOU.
26:23 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DEAR WOMAN LORD, WHO YOU SENT THE DEMONS AWAY AND SHE IS NOW A
26:29 BELIEVER IN YOU AND I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL BLESS KEITH, BLESS GOSPEL OUTREACH.
26:34 EASE BLESSSSUR VIEWERSRSS EY ARE WATCHING AND LORD I PRAY THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE
26:40 HOLY SPIRIT WORKING IN THEM, LORD, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE AND TO GIVE TO THESE DEAR
26:46 PEOPLE, LORD SO THAT YOU CAN COME SOON SO WE CAN ALL BE WITH YOU IN HEAVEN.
26:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY LORD, IN YOUR NAME.
26:56 AMEN.
26:57 THANK YOU.
26:58 WELL KEITH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
26:59 ARE YOU GOING TO COME WITH ME NEXT YEAR?
27:02 HEY, I WOULD LOVE TO AND IF NOT I FOR SURE WILL COME ON IN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
27:09 SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH "A"AENTURES IN
27:14 MISSIONS" WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE TOUR TO CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM.
27:19 WE ASK Y Y THOHOH, TO PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG.
27:23 PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM.
27:27 WE ASK Y Y TO DO THAT.
27:29 WE ALSO ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR THESE DEAR PEOPLE.
27:33 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH.
27:38 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.
27:41 [CLOSING MUSIC].
27:42 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME.
27:45 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY?
27:47 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY.
27:49 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
27:52 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV?
27:54 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS.
27:57 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP.
27:59 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING?
28:01 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
28:03 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
28:08 WHERE?
28:09 ALL THE WORLD.
28:10 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS.
28:12 YOU CAN PRAY.
28:13 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS.
28:15 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS.
28:16 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS.
28:19 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT
28:24 YOU.
28:25 BE THE SPARK, LIGHT THE FIRE, FINISH THE WORK, FINISH THE WORK.


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