Participants: Audrey & Bob Folkenburg
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000492
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND TODAY IS YOUR BLEST DAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED 00:22 A VISA, YOU DON'T NEED A PASSPORT BUT YOU ARE GOING ON A TRIP AND WE'RE GOING 00:26 ON A SPECIAL TRIP WITH SOME SPECIAL FRIENDS OF OURS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:29 ARE GOIOIOIOIOIINA. 00:31 D AND I'M 00:31 GOING TO INTRODUCE YOUOUOU SOMER 00:34 AUDRDRDROLKENBNBNBWELCOMEE 00:34 ENTURES INININ MONS". 00:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:38 GOOD AND BOB FOLKENBERG, JRJRYOU'RE HERE. 00:40 GLAD TO BE HERE. 00:41 WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME. 00:43 SO, AUDREY TELL US ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:46 WHAT IS YOUR JOB? 00:48 WELL, I'M ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:51 REGIONAL DIRECTOR OVER THE WORK AND THE FOCUS IN CHINA. 00:55 THAT IS HUGE. 00:57 IT IS A HUGE JOB. 00:58 IT IS A HUGE PLACE. 00:59 AND YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH CHINESE UNION MISSION AND SO THAT ALL KIND OF 01:02 JOINS TOGETHER. 01:03 YES, I WORK AT THE UNION OFFICE. 01:06 I'M A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT-DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND I ALSO WORK 01:09 WITH PRAYER MINISTRIES. 01:11 WELL, WONDERFUL WE ARE JUST VERY GLAD YOU ARE HERE. 01:14 BOB, TELL US WHAT YOUR NEW ROLE IS. 01:16 MY ROLE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE UNION. 01:18 SO MY ROLE IS TO KIND OF COORDINATE AND OVERSEE THE BIG PICTURE FOR WHAT WE 01:23 ARE DOING IN CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAO. 01:25 WONDERFUL. 01:26 ASIA IS NOT SOMETHING NEW TO EITHER OF YOU. 01:30 NO, WE SERVED TOGETHER FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE AND THEN CAME BACK TO THE STATES 01:34 FOR EIGHT YEARS AND NOW THE LORD HAS CALLED US BACK TO CHINA. 01:37 GOOD, SO YOU WERE IN TAIWAN. 01:39 WELL YES, WE FIRST LIVED IN CHINA IN BEIJING AND THEN IN TAIWAN; THEN IN 01:43 HONG KONG AND THEN BACK IN TAIWAN AGAIN. 01:46 HOW IS YOUR CHINESE? 01:47 HAI HOWA-SO SO. 01:48 SO, SO WELL I'VE HEARD OTHERWISE, BOB. 01:51 AUDREY HAVE YOU ENJOYED COMMUNICATING IN CHINESE? 01:54 I DO, I HAVE GOOD SURVIVAL MANDERIN. 01:56 I DO WHAT I NEED TO DO AND IT'S FUN. 02:00 IT'S FUN TO TALK TO SOMEBODY AND SEE THEM LIGHT UP WHEN SOMEBODY 02:05 WITH FAIR SKIN AND LIGHTER EYES CAN SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. 02:09 ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH? 02:10 I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND SO AND THEN HAD A GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO 02:14 HELPED TEACH US SOME CHINESE AND YES, YOU GO TO THE MARKET AND ACTUALLY 02:18 KNOW YOUR NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 02:20 YES, IT'S EXCITING. 02:21 SO TELL US ABOUT -GIVE US A REPORT ON CHINA. 02:25 YOU KNOW HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD WE HEAR ABOUT THESE COMMUNIST 02:29 COUNTRIES AND WE THINK OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE IN RUSSIA, CUBA AND CHINA. 02:33 YOU KNOW THOSE THREE PLACES AS CHRISTIANS, AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 02:37 CHRISTIANS; WE ARE SO INTERESTED IN THAT. 02:39 SO, TELL US WHAT IS THE HEARTBEAT OF CHINA FOR THE LORD? 02:44 HOW ARE THINGS? 02:46 WELL, ONE THING IS WHEN YOU COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE CHINA THAT WE KNEW 02:50 BEFORE IS QUITE DIFFERENT. 02:52 NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE DOORS ARE OPENING. 02:55 SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO IN AND SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THAT IS 03:00 VERY EXCITING. 03:01 ABSOLUTELY. 03:02 OF COURSE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHINA ALSO, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 1.36 BILLION 03:06 PEOPLE. 03:07 WAIT YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN. 03:08 1.36 BILLION PEOPLE. 03:12 SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE BASICALLY, IN THE WORLD LIVE IN THIS 03:16 ONE COUNTRY. 03:18 THOUGH WE'RE BLEST THAT WE HAVE 4700 CHURCHES AND MEETING ROOMS ALL ACROSS 03:23 CHINA AND ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 400,000 MEMBERS THAT STILL IS JUST -WHAT IS 03:30 THAT RATIO? 03:31 1:3000 OR SO? 03:32 WOW! 03:33 YOU KNOW, 3300 MORE THAN THAT. 03:36 IT IS JUST-WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK. 03:38 IT IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG YES. 03:40 MUCH MORE WORK TO DO. 03:41 WELL, AND THAT'S WHEN I'VE BEEN TO CHINA AND WHEN I'M STANDING BEIJING-WHEREVER, 03:45 I MEAN, EVEN IN SOME BIG TOWN THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF BUT IT IS BIG, 03:49 SOMEWHERE IN CHINA I STAND THERE AND I JUST THINK LORD HOW IN THE WORLD-OF 03:55 COURSE THAT ISN'T MY PROBLEM AS FAR AS HE IS GOING TO DO IT ALL BUT WE 04:00 HAVE TO DO OUR PART. 04:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:02 RIGHT SOMETIMES WHEN BOB AND I ARE EVEN WALKING DOWN THE STREETS IN HONG 04:05 KONG OR IN CHINA, IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING, YES, AND WE REALIZE THAT THERE 04:10 IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO. 04:13 IT'S ALL THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THIS SUMMER WHEN WE WERE 04:17 TRAVELING WITH OUR CHILDREN-WE WANTED THEM TO SEE THE CHINA THAT THEY'VE 04:21 BEEN CALLED BACK TO AS A FAMILY, AND WE WOULD WALK THROUGH THE CITIES AND 04:26 PRAY AND THAT IS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THROUGH 04:31 PRAYER THEN YOU HAVE THAT OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 04:33 ABSOLUTELY. 04:34 SO THE NEEDS ARE INCREDIBLE. 04:35 IT'S A GOD SIZED TASK. 04:37 AMEN. 04:38 VERY GOOD. 04:40 SO, AUDREY WHAT ARE THE LINKS BETWEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH, CHINESE UNION 04:43 MISSION, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, CHINA, US AS CHRISTIANS-WHAT ARE THESE 04:48 BIG LINKS? 04:49 WELL, RIGHT NOW THE BIGGEST LINK IS THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING AREAS 04:54 WHERE WE NEED TO SEND TEAMS-PIONEER TEAMS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 04:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS PARTNERING WITH US AS WE BEGIN TO FORM TEAMS AND WE 05:05 SEND THEM INTO THE BASICALLY UNENTERED AREAS. 05:08 SO THAT IS T T NEAT THING. 05:10 WE HAVE CITIES OF THE LARGER AREA UP TO 30 MILLION WHERE THERE ARE 05:18 JUST A HANDFUL OF ADVENTISTS AND WE NEED PIONEER TEAMS. 05:21 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT WILL GO IN AND KNOW THE MOTHER TONGUE, KNOW THE 05:26 CULTURE AND CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY 05:29 APPRECIATE FOREIGNERS COMING IN. 05:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:32 YES. 05:34 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPS US FUND THE LOCALS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 05:39 I THINK THAT YOU TWO ARE, I THINK GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SPECIAL TALENTS BECAUSE I 05:43 DO BELIEVE THAT, TO LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND ALL OF THAT ESPECIALLY A 05:46 LANGUAGE LIKE MANDARIN. 05:47 I MEAN IT'S HARD. 05:48 IT'S A CHALLENGE BUT IT IS A LANGUAGE AT MAKES SENSE. 05:50 I WILL SAY THAT. 05:51 YES IT DOES. 05:53 BUT TO HAVE SOMEONE TO GO AND TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE, SPEND THE TWO TO THREE 05:56 YEARS IN LANGUAGE STUDY ALL OF THAT VERSUS HAVING AND THEN LEARNING CULTURE 06:00 ON TOP OF THAT VERSUS HAVING A LOCAL PERSON JUST LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING 06:03 AUDREY, WHO KNOWS ALL OF THAT AND CAN BE THERE. 06:07 AND EVEN FROM THE LEGAL STANDPOINT, I THINK SHE ALLUDED TO THAT, I MEAN 06:11 IT'S -RELIGION STILL IS NOT SOMETHING IN CHINA THAT THE GOVERNMENT 06:15 APPRECIATES FOREIGNERS GETTING INVOLVED IN. 06:18 IT HAS TO BE LOCALS, REALLY, TO DO THE CHURCH PLANTING AND THE 06:22 EVANGELISM THAT AUDREY WAS TALKING ABOUT. 06:26 I THINK YOUR VIEWERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MEAN BY THE SIZE. 06:31 I JUST CAME FROM CHUNG CHING, A LARGE CITY O.K., IN FACT MOST PEOPLE HAVE 06:36 NEVER HEARD OF IT BUT ACTUALLY IF YOU INCLUDE THE WIDER PART OF TOWN IN 06:41 OTHER WORDS ALL THE SUB-WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT: THE LITTLE SUBURBS, 06:45 YES, IT'S 30 MILLION. 06:47 O.K. 06:49 IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND WE HAVE ON A SABBATH ABOUT 06:52 200 PEOPLE WORSHIPPING THERE. 06:55 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PLACE THAT WE'VE SAID TO GOSPEL OUTREACH: HELP US 06:59 PLANT TEN CHURCHES HERE, O.K? 07:01 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A PIONEER FROM OUTSIDE OF CHUNG CHING. 07:04 WE'VE GOT TO. 07:05 I MEAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE. 07:07 YES, ABSOLUTELY AND YOU'VE JUST HIT ON A WORD THAT IS SO KEY TO CHINA AND THAT 07:14 IS THE PIONEERS. 07:15 IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE BRINGING ADVENTIST CHRISTIANITY, I MEAN THE 07:19 ABRAM LA RUES OF THE WORLD, YES, WHO CAME AND IN WHAT THE LATE 1800'S 07:22 AND HE IS BURIED NOW IN HONG KONG. 07:24 I MEAN HE WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHEN HE LEFT, YES THAT'S RIGHT, WHEN HE 07:28 LEFT TO DO THAT AND GOT THE CALL TO DO THAT. 07:30 MY CHINESE JACKET THAT I AM WEARING-- PAULENE BARNETT, PAULENE AND DOYLE 07:33 BARNETT WENT OUT TO CHINA IN 1940 THEY WERE NEWLYWEDS; I MEAN THOSE 07:38 ARE THE PIONEERS - WE GOT OUR JACKETS TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING. 07:41 BUT THAT'S HUGE ISN'T IT? 07:42 IT IS. 07:43 IT IS. 07:44 BOB, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE. 07:46 IT IS, I MEAN THEY SET YOU COULD SAY, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CHURCH. 07:49 TRAGICALLY OF COURSE, IT DEPENDS HONESTLY ON WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO BUT 07:54 SADLY IN THE LATE 40'S EARLY 50'S A LOT OF THAT GROUND WORK WAS SWEPT 08:00 ASIDE BY DIFFERENT REVOLUTIONS IN CHINA BUT YET THE SEEDS AND THE 08:05 ROOTS WERE WELL PLANTED. 08:06 YES. 08:07 AND DURING THE OPENING UP PERIOD AFTER 1976, THE CHURCH BEGAN TO MUSHROOM 08:13 AND GROW. 08:14 NOW, WE ARE FACING NEW CHALLENGES. 08:16 AUDREY REFERRED TO IT THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED-ARE MORE MODERN NOW SO IT IS 08:21 MORE DIFFICULT NOW TO DO EVANGELISM. 08:24 SO IS THAT BECAUSE WHY, AUDREY? 08:25 I MEAN PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH YOU KNOW, SPIRITUAL THINGS I'M MORE INTERESTED IN MY 08:29 ELECTRONICS, I MEAN. 08:31 WELL YES, IT'S SO PROGRESSIVE OVER THERE. 08:33 ECONOMICALLY IT IS JUST BOOMING. 08:36 IN FACT THE NATIONAL BIRD OF CHINA IS THE BUILDING CRANE. 08:39 YOU KNOW THEIR ECONOMY IS GROWING LIKE WILD FIRE SO WHEN THERE IS A-WELL IT'S 08:48 JUST MATERIALISM. 08:49 MATERIALISM, SECULARISM, CONSUMERISM ALL THESE THINGS KIND OF FIGHT 08:55 AGAINST THE HEARTFELT NEED THAT SOMEBODY HAS DEEP DOWN FOR THE GOSPEL. 09:00 SO PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST GRABBING IT LIKE THEY USED TO LIKE BOB SAID. 09:05 THE CHURCH MUSHROOMED IN THE 70'S AND BEYOND BUT NOW THINGS HAVE REALLY 09:10 SLOWED DOWN AND IT IS TIME TO TAKE DELIBERATE ACTION. 09:14 YES. 09:15 WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES WITH THE CHINESE UNION IS BRING THAT DELIBERATE 09:19 FOCUS INTO VIEW AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SENDING PIONEER TEAMS INTO MANY, 09:25 MANY AREAS OF CHINA. 09:27 WE JUST ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS AREA. 09:30 WELL, I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC AND THE LORD'S BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU ALL 09:35 AS YOU ARE TALKING WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND HIRING LOCAL PEOPLE TO DO 09:39 ALL OF THAT. 09:40 CAN YOU TALK IN LIKE GENERALITIES AS FAR AS LIKE DO WE KNOW HOW MANY 09:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE ARE? 09:45 ARE THERE YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT CHINA? 09:48 WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST STARTING THAT FOREIGN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOSPEL 09:53 OUTREACH. 09:54 WE DO HAVE CHURCH PLANTERS OUT THERE BUT WE HAVE -IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO 10:01 PEOPLE LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A CHURCH 10:04 PLANTING THERE LIKE-LET'S DO IT. 10:06 I JUST GOT A LIST OF FIFTY TEAMS-A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SUPPORT OF 10:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:13 THEY ARE PIONEER TEAMS AND THEY MOVE INTO AN AREA AND THE GOAL IS THAT WITHIN 10:17 THREE YEARS TO PLANT A CHURCH AND THE STORIES ARE INCREDIBLE THAT PEOPLE 10:22 LEAVING THEIR HOME TOWN, THEIR HOME VILLAGE AND GOING TO AN AREA AND THEY 10:25 BUY A LITTLE HOUSE OR THEY ARE RENTING AND THEY JUS START SHARING WITH THEIR 10:32 NEIGHBORS. 10:34 WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, JUST THIS YEAR WE HAVE FIFTY NEW TEAMS THAT ARE OUT AND 10:39 WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND GIVE THEM THE 10:42 ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH PROVIDES. 10:46 YES. 10:47 SO THESE TEAMS OF WORKERS WHAT ARE THEIR AGE RANGES, AUDREY? 10:50 WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED? 10:54 MOST OF THEM ARE YOUNGER COUPLES SOMETIMES OFTEN BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN, 11:00 THOUGH THERE IS A BROAD SPECTRUM. 11:02 SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER AS WELL, BUT IN CHINA IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE 11:07 FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER. 11:09 YES IT IS. 11:10 AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE 11:12 GOVERNMENT. 11:13 JUST THE COST OF A PIONEER TEAM MOVING TO ANOTHER CITY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF 11:18 THEIR HOME AREA, THE COST IS FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOLS IS GREATER 11:26 THAN THEIR SALARY BASICALLY. 11:27 IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AND SO IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING. 11:31 SO, THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD ASK YOU AND YOUR VIEWERS IS TO PRAY FOR 11:35 PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PASSION, THAT ARE WILLING TO UPROOT THEMSELVES, THAT 11:40 THEY WILL TAKE THEIR CHILDREN, THAT THE MEANS WILL BE PROVIDED OR THAT 11:44 THE LORD WILL GIVE YOUNG COUPLES THE MATURITY, THE EXPERIENCE, THE PASSION 11:48 FOR SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 11:49 AMEN. 11:51 ONE THING ON MY LAST TRIP THERE A YEAR AGO, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE YOUNG 11:54 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCH A FIRE FOR THE LORD IN USING THE INTERNET, THINGS LIKE 11:58 THAT FOR EVANGELISM. 11:59 YES, THAT WAS JUST SO EXCITING. 12:02 WE ARE -WITH CHINA WE TRY TO USE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH. 12:07 YES. 12:08 AND OF COURSE, YOU ARE AWARE YOU MENTIONED THE INTERNET. 12:11 WE HAVE A VERY STRONG INTERNRN PRESENCE. 12:14 LAST YEAR ALMOST 20 MILLION HITS ON OUR SITES THAT WE PUT UP. 12:18 WONDERFUL! 12:19 YES, SO WE DO HAVE THAT. 12:20 WE ALSO HAVE AWR- ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO AND THE CHINESE UNION PREPARES 12:25 PROGRAMS AND WE JUST GOT THE STATISTICS: 4.2 MILLION IN DOWNLOADS FROM 12:33 OUR PODCASTS SO FAR THIS YEAR. 12:36 AND THEN WE HAVE CHINESE HOPE TV WHICH IS BEAMING ALL ACROSS CHINA AS WELL 12:43 AS ON THE INTERNET. 12:44 WE ARE DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR THAT. 12:46 BUT ALL OF THESE HAVE TO HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD. 12:51 AND SO WE NEED CHURCHES, WE NEED FELLOWSHIPS; WE NEED THE CALLED OUT IN ALL 12:57 THESE CITIES SO THAT THESE INTERESTS WHO ARE ON THE INTERNET CAN GO AND VISIT 13:02 AND GROW WITH THE COMMUNITIT 13:03 YES BECAUSE THAT IS HUGE. 13:04 IT IS ONE THING THAT "GO TO CHURCH ON TV" BUT IN ORDER TO RUB SHOULDERS 13:09 WITH OTHER MOMS WHO NEED SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MEAN THAT IS HUGE. 13:14 WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ALREADY HERE WITH AUDREY AND BOB FOLKENBERG ABOUT 13:19 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN CHINA THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SHARE 13:23 HERE WITH US AND THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 13:26 BUT IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED, IF YOU ARE FEELING CALLED BY THE HOLY 13:29 SPIRIT TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, TO PARTNER WITH CHINESE UNION MISSION AND 13:33 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PIONEERS WHO ARE JUST READY TO GO OUT AND TO 13:37 SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PICK UP THE PHONE 13:41 GIVE US A CALL, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, SEND US A CHECK IN THE MAIL. 13:44 AND WHATEVER THE LORD HAS IMPRESSED UPON YOUR HEART TO GIVE WE WANT TO SAY 13:48 THANK YOU. 13:49 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT AS AUDREY HAS MENTIONED, PLEASE PRAY. 13:51 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINA. 13:53 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BELIEVERS WHO ATTEND CHURCH EACH WEEK AND WHO 13:57 ARE WANTING TO ATTEND CHURCH AND WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THEM 14:01 IN YOUR PRAYERS. 14:03 NOW, SOME CONTACT INFORMATION FOR US IF YOU DO WANT TO CALL US IS: 14:05 509-525-2951. 14:08 OUR WEB ADDRESS IS GOAIM.ORG AND THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:11 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO GO ON LINE THERE. 14:18 WE ALSO HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS IF YOU LIVE IN CANADA. 14:21 THE PHONE NUMBER THERE IS 778-754-2079 AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU 14:27 OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND WE'LL 14:32 MAKE SURE TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU. 14:34 THERE ARE ALWAYS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME STORIES OF TESTIMONIES IN THERE. 14:38 SO AUDREY, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HEAVY ON YOUR HEART AS YOU 14:43 PICTURE THE MAP OF CHINA IN YOUR HEAD AND AS YOYO HAVE YOUR JOB THAT YOU ARE 14:48 WORKING ON? 14:50 I THINK FIRST OF ALL IS TO HAVE A VISION AND STAY FOCUSED BECAUSE FROM ONE 14:55 DAY TO THE NEXT IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT OVERWHELMING AND DISCOURAGING BECAUSE THERE 15:01 ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. 15:02 BUT WHEN WE KEEP OUR VISION FOCUSED ON WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT AND THAT IS 15:07 KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA. 15:09 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THERE IS-OH, HERE WE HAVE IT ALREADY, KINGDOM GROWTH 15:13 AND THIS IS OUR FOCUS, OUR LOGO AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS VERY CHINESE. 15:21 RED IS A ROYAL NUMBER AND OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT THE BAMBOO IN THERE WHICH 15:25 DEPICTS FAST GROWTH, FRESH, ALIVE AND AS I MENTIONED THE GROWTH OF 15:31 OUR CHURCH IS SLOWING DOWN IN CHINA AND SO IF WE CAN FOCUS ON KINGDOM GROWTH-BE 15:37 DELIBERATE AND SEE THOSE SHOOTS OF THE GOSPEL SPREAD OUT AND MAKE A 15:42 DIFFERENCE. 15:43 AMEN. 15:44 WELL, I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE PULLING FOR THEIR 15:46 ATTENTION TOO. 15:47 YES. 15:48 JUST LIKE ALL OF US. 15:49 YES BUT IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE THAT WAY. 15:51 IT IS SHOCKING FOR AUDREY AND I AS SHE MENTIONED, WE LIVED THERE IN BEIJING 15:57 BACK IN THE 90'S AND THERE WE WORKED FOR NINE YEARS. 16:00 THEN WE WERE GONE EIGHT YEARS BACK IT'S JUST-YOU GO TO CERTAIN CITIES AND 16:04 YOU COULD BE IN NEW YORK, YOU COULD BE IN L.A., YOU COULD BE IN ATLANTA. 16:10 THE MATERIALISM AND ALL THAT IS HAPPENING. 16:12 WE HAVE A WINDOW RIGHT NOW, WHERE ESPECIALLY THE SECOND AND THIRD TIER 16:14 CITIES WHICH BY THE WAY ARE NOT 50,000 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF 16:20 PEOPLE. 16:22 BUT THEY ARE STILL NOT QUITE AS DEVELOPED. 16:24 WE'VE GOT TO GET IN THERE NOW AND DEVELOP CHURCHES-PLANT CHURCHES 16:28 NOW BECAUSE TEN YEARS FROM NOW IT WILL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PLANT THOSE 16:32 CHURCHES NOW. 16:33 AND SO, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE WITH DELIBERATE I LIKE THE WORD SHE USED, DELIBERATE 16:40 SPEED AND THE CHINESE WORD FOR KINGDOM GROWTH IS I LIKE IT ALMOST BETTER 16:46 THAN KINGDOM GROWTH BECAUSE TOJUNG MEANS TO EXPAND AND IT DOESN'T MEAN 16:51 TO JUST EXPAND HERE BUT IT MEANS TO JUST EXPAND EVERYWHERE. 16:54 NOT JUST GROW THIS WAY BUT EXPAND IT OUT AND WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO. 17:01 ONE EXAMPLE THAT I COULD JUST GIVE YOU IS THE -ONE OF OUR PROVINCES HAS 46 17:07 MILLION PEOPLE. 17:08 I WON'T MENTION THE PROVINCE BUT 46 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS PROVINCE. 17:14 O.K? 17:15 AND ON ANY GIVEN SABBATH WE WILL HAVE 3-400 AND THAT'S PRIMARILY IN MAYBE 17:20 TWO CITIES. 17:21 WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE-WE'VE GOT TO SEND A HUNDRED PIONEER TEAMS JUST TO THAT 17:26 ONE PROVINCE. 17:27 YES AND FORGET THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? 17:29 YES. 17:30 NOT. 17:31 IF YOU ADD IN THE OTHER ONE, I MEAN SO IT IS ONE REASON I HOPE YOUR VIEWERS 17:33 ARE SAYING YOU KNOW IS THIS A GOOD PLACE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE 17:35 INVOLVED IN? 17:36 IT IS. 17:37 WE'VE GOT TO BE PLANTING NOW. 17:44 NO MATTER IF YOUR VIEWERS CAN CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY WHICH I HOPE THEY CAN 17:47 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE BUT ONE THING THAT AUDREY HAS 17:51 MENTIONED AND WE KEEP MENTIONING IS EVERYONE CAN PRAY. 17:58 YES. 18:01 ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW AND I JUST HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN THIS LAST 18:04 WEEK THAT YOU NEVER KNOW ONCE YOU GIVE IT TO THE LORD, THEN I SAY IT 18:09 BECOMES HIS PROBLEM FROM THERE AND THEN TO HAVE THAT COME DOWN. 18:12 OFTEN TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, BUT TO HAVE IT COME BACK WITH THE 18:16 ANSWER. 18:18 IT MIGHT NOT BE TOMORROW LIKE WE'VE PRAYED FOR BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST DOWN THE 18:21 ROAD. 18:22 RIGHT? 18:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:24 SO, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS AS FAR AS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE G GE AND YOU'VE MET 18:27 WITH THE BELIEVERS IN CHINA: WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT, I MEAN YOU 18:31 ARE JUST LIKE WOW, THIS IS SO FANTASTIC. 18:35 IS THERE SOMOMHING THAT COMES TO MIND? 18:37 WELL, I WAS JUST IN CHINA A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WENT TO A BIG CITY BUT 18:42 RELATIVELY SMALLER, AS FAR AS CHINA GOES, AND THERE WERE NO FOREIGNERS THERE. 18:46 I WAS QUITE THE MINORITY BUT SHARING WITH THE BELIEVERS -THEY WERE JUST 18:54 SO EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I SHARED SPIRITUALLY. 18:58 IT IS AS IF THEY ARE HUNGRY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SO CLOSED OFF IN MANY 19:02 WAYS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT FOR ME TO GO IN AND SHARE SOME OF OUR 19:06 FAMLY TRADITIONS, SOME IDEAS ABOUT PRAYER AND LINK THE INTANGIBLE WITH 19:14 MAKING THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION A PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. 19:17 AMEN. 19:18 THEY WERE SO EXCITED. 19:20 I MEAN THESE WERE WOMEN THAT I DON'T KNOW AND MEN. 19:22 BUT THEY CAME UP TO ME WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES THANKING ME FOR SHARING. 19:24 IT IS NOTHING THAT I HAD TO OFFER, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS 19:29 WORKING ON THE HEARTS AND USING ME, A BROKEN VESSEL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 19:35 SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU MEET THE 19:40 PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO KNOW JESUS AND THEY HAVE HEARTS THAT ARE HEAVY BECAUSE 19:46 THEY ARE IN A SITUATION THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE 19:50 EXPERIENCED. 19:51 TO KNOW THAT GOD LOVES THEM IS SOMETIMES EVEN A CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO WRAP 20:00 THEIR MIND AROUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER SUCH OPPRESSION. 20:04 YES, THAT'S A GOOD WORD. 20:06 THAT'S THE WORD THAT CAME TO MIND. 20:09 SO TO BE LIBERATED AND TO FEEL AND SEE AND HEAR THE GOSPEL PRESENTED TO THEM 20:14 IN A NEW WAY. 20:16 SO I THINK FOR ME, THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M NOTICING IS THAT THERE IS 20:20 A HUNGERING EVEN THOUGH THE GROWTH IS SLOWED DOWN AND IN SOME AREAS WE SEE 20:25 THAT THERE IS A LOT OF SECULARISM AND THE CHURCH HAS BECOME MORE-FEELS LIKE 20:31 MORE INSTITUTIONALIZED OR WHATEVER. 20:33 THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT VAST MAJORITY OF THEM, MILLIONS UPON 20:37 MILLIONS THAT ARE READY. 20:40 THEY ARE LIKE A SPONGE. 20:41 THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 20:45 IT IS EXCITING AND I JUST WAS IN A CITY THIS LAST WEEKEND WHERE THEY HAD A 20:48 BAPTISM AND TWENTY FOUR FOLKS WERE BAPTIZED AND YOU JUST SIT AND THERE 20:50 WERE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH. 20:52 IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE. 20:54 THERE WAS-WHEN PEOPLE SING THERE, THEY SING. 20:56 AUDREY AND I, THIS SUMMER, WENT TO A NUMBER OF PLACES AND IT WAS JUST-YOU SIT 21:06 BACK AND YOU ARE LIKE WOW, THEY ARE SINGING FROM THEIR HEART. 21:10 AT THE END OF THE SERVICE MANY PEOPLE WILL COME TO THE FRONT AND JUST KNEEL 21:14 DOWN AND PRAY. 21:16 WHEN THEY COME INTO THE CHURCH THEY WILL JUST STOP AND THEY WILL PRAY. 21:18 PRAYER IS AN IMPORTANT PART BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER 21:24 IS LIKE AUDREY WAS SAYING, SHE WENT IN AND SHARED ABOUT PRAYER. 21:27 BUT EVEN BRINGING IN THE SABBATH SHE SAID, SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT PRAYING 21:30 BEFORE THE SABBATH CAME IN AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE: REALLY? 21:33 THEY JUST-THIS CONCEPT OF HAVING A WORSHIP TO BRING IN THE SABBATH AND A 21:41 PRAYER AND A SONG WHEN THE SABBATH IS OVER. 21:45 THEY WERE JUST REALLY, WOW THAT IS SO NEAT. 21:49 GOD IS WORKING. 21:51 I WAS IN ONE OF THE BIG CITIES THIS LAST WEEKEND AND THE PASTOR SAID; I'VE 21:56 GOT TO GO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 21:57 I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU THIS OTHER CHURCH THAT WE HAVE. 21:59 WELL, I KNEW THAT THEY HAD BOUGHT A FLOOR IN A HIGH RISE. 22:03 THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR CHURCHES BUT THEY'VE STARTED ANOTHER CHURCH AND 22:07 HE SAYS I'VE GOT TO GO SHOW IT TO YOU. 22:09 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CHURCHES IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 22:11 HOW DO YOU FIND A PLACE TO WORSHIP? 22:14 YES, THEY ARE MEETING IN HOMES BUT THEY OUTGROW THOSE AND NEED A PLACE TO 22:17 MEET. 22:19 HE TOOK ME TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BUILT UP BY A VERY WEALTHY 22:23 CHINESE. 22:24 HIGH RISE APARTMENTS AND A PARK. 22:26 HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PARK IS THIS CHURCH. 22:30 BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 22:31 JUST SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK. 22:33 AND DO YOU KNOW WHY THE BUSINESSMEN, ATHEIST BUSINESSMEN BUILT IT? 22:37 NO. 22:38 BECAUSE CHINESE LIKE TO HAVE WEDDINGS THERE. 22:41 IT LOOKS VERY, LIKE HOLLYWOOD, WESTERN. 22:45 SO HE BUILT THIS CHURCH. 22:46 SO IT'S ONLY THERE TO HAVE WEDDINGS. 22:48 SO THEY HAD THE IDEA OF APPROACHING THIS BUSINESSMAN AND SAY WOULD 22:52 YOU MIND IF WE USE THIS? 22:54 HE'S LIKE, MORE THAN THAT WE'LL SIGN A TEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH YOU. 22:57 THIS IS YOUR CHURCH BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THE WEDDINGS FOR US. 23:01 THEY ARE LIKE; OF COURSE WE'LL DO THE WEDDINGS. 23:05 SO HERE THEY HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH THAT SEATS PROBABLY 3 OR 400. 23:09 THEY'VE JUST PLANTED IT; I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY, THEY HAVE 50-60 PEOPLE 23:15 WORSHIPPING ON SABBATH. 23:16 IT IS OPEN ALL THE TIME. 23:17 THAT'S A GOD THING. 23:19 GOD IS WORKING. 23:20 THAT IS TOTALLY A GOD THING. 23:21 WHO KNEW? 23:22 WHO KNEW, EXACTLY! 23:24 WELL, I WAS AT A PLACE AND THERE WAS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT WAS BEING 23:30 BUILT AND THE WOMAN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO 23:35 MEET A MAN-NO, IT WAS A WOMAN AND WE MET HER AND SHE HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS 23:40 AN ADVENTIST. 23:42 THIS WOMAN BUILDER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A CHURCH ON OUR CAMPUS AND 23:45 IT IS BECAUSE SHE KNEW THIS LADY. 23:47 WOW. 23:48 YOU NEVER KNOW. 23:49 YES, IT IS CONTACTS THAT YOU ARE MAKING FOR THE KINGDOM. 23:51 THAT'S WHY PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE GOD IS MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. 23:56 SOMEHOW PRAYER FACILITATES THE WORK OF HIS SPIRIT EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE. 24:01 YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING AS WE MEET IN THE UNION OFFICE AND WE 24:04 DISCUSS PLANS SOMETIMES I WALK OUT OF THERE AND I THINK, NOW WHY WAS THAT 24:10 DECISION MADE? 24:11 OR WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? 24:13 BUT I JUST KNOW I AM CONFIDENT THAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING AND 24:18 IMPRESSING UPON THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF PEOPLE WHAT WE SHOULD DO ONE DAY AND 24:22 MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO ON ANOTHER DAY. 24:24 SO, I THINK JUST PRAYER, LIKE BOB HAS SAID, TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME IN 24:31 AND BLESS US FROM THE OUTSIDE AS WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT BLESS THE 24:35 PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE. 24:36 THE PEOPLE IN CHINA AS THEY OPEN UP THEIR HEARTS. 24:39 THEY TAKE RISKS AND THEY TRY NEW THINGS. 24:42 YES THEY DO, OH YES. 24:43 AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DYNAMICS BUT IT'S JUST 24:48 AMAZAZG TO SEE HOW GOD IS WORKING AND THE DIFFERENCE HE MAKES IN PEOPLE'S 24:53 LIVES. 24:54 WOW, ABSOLUTELY. 24:55 WELL, PRAYER IS INDEED WITH YOU AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE AUDREY AND BOB, 24:59 IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS CAMERA AND IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING TO OUR 25:02 VIEWERS, SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING IN CHINESE AND THEN MAYBE SAY IT IN 25:05 ENGLISH. 25:07 O.K. 25:08 I'M JUST SAYING PLEASE REMEMBER US WHEN YOU PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE US THE 25:16 POWER THAT WE NEED. 25:23 I'M THANKING YOU FOR SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 25:30 PLACES IN CHINA, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT STILL DO NOT KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD 25:41 AND SAVIOR. 25:43 ABSOLUTELY. 25:44 LET ME PRAY FOR YOU BOTH RIGHT NOW. 25:53 DEAR LORD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH AUDREY AND 25:57 BOB AND LORD, I PRAY FOR THEM; I PRAY FOR THEIR CHINESE UNION MISSION TEAM 26:01 AND I PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:03 AND LORD, I PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINA, LORD THEY ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND I 26:06 PRAY FOR THIS COUPLE AND AS THEY LEAD AND GUIDE AND I PRAY FOR THE VIEWERS WHO 26:11 ARE WONDERING, WOW, WHAT SHOULD I DO? 26:13 SHOULD I GIVE SOME MONEY TO GOSPEL OUTREACH? 26:16 I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL WORK ON THEIR HEARTS. 26:18 PLEASE BLESS US AND HELP US TO SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ALL THOSE THAT WE MEET AND 26:23 PLEASE BLESS THE FOLKENBERGS. 26:24 AMEN. 26:26 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND I HOPE AND 26:30 PRAY THAT THE LORD HAS IMPRESSED UPON YOUR HEART TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:34 AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND PLEASE DO GIVE US A CALL 26:51 AND FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE 27:04 SANDERS-KEYMER AND THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:11 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:13 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAWA 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:25 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:50 WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:13 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:16 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 BE THE SPARK. |
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