WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:16.13\00:00:18.33 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH 00:00:18.33\00:00:21.76 US TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW WE HEAR ABOUT CHINA AND WE HEAR ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND WE THINK 00:00:21.76\00:00:26.30 ABOUT ALL OF THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CHINA AND 00:00:26.30\00:00:30.40 TODAY ON OUR PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A 00:00:30.40\00:00:33.16 COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE 00:00:33.16\00:00:37.03 GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT FINANCIALLY, BUT WE 00:00:37.03\00:00:41.46 ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN MORE NECESSARY AND THAT WE 00:00:41.46\00:00:46.70 NEED EVEN MORE FROM YOU AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR PRAYERS. 00:00:46.70\00:00:50.10 SO, TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME AUDREY FOLKENBERG TO "ADVENTURES 00:00:50.10\00:00:54.06 IN MISSIONS" AND HER HUSBAND BOB FOLKENBERG, JR. THANK YOU. 00:00:54.06\00:00:57.93 WELCOME BACK HOME, YES. 00:00:57.93\00:01:00.16 HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE A HOME AND YOU BOTH ARE LIVING WHERE NOW? 00:01:00.16\00:01:05.60 WE LIVE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CHINESE 00:01:05.60\00:01:10.33 UNION IS LOCATED. BOB, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE UNION MISSION, THAT'S RIGHT AND 00:01:10.33\00:01:13.36 AUDREY TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 00:01:13.36\00:01:15.53 WELL, I'M THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:01:15.53\00:01:19.76 TO THE CHINA AREA BUT I ALSO WORK AS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND 00:01:19.76\00:01:22.40 PRAYER MINISTRIES COORDINATOR FOR THE CHINESE UNION. 00:01:22.40\00:01:24.40 AND CHINA, MANDARIN IT'S ALL-THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE ALL VERY DEAR 00:01:24.40\00:01:31.03 AND NEAR TO YOUR HEARTS. 00:01:31.03\00:01:32.46 YES, WE SPENT NINE YEARS BEFORE- THE LORD CALLED US OVER THERE 00:01:32.46\00:01:37.33 WHEN OUR KIDS WERE YOUNGER AND WE CAME BACK IN '05 BACK TO THE STATES AND THEN THIS YEAR, 00:01:37.33\00:01:43.66 AGAIN THE LORD CALLED US BACK TO SERVE AND SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE 00:01:43.66\00:01:47.60 KNOW THE CHINESE AREA. 00:01:47.60\00:01:48.60 WE LOVE THE PEOPLE. 00:01:48.60\00:01:49.90 THE LANGUAGE IS BEAUTIFUL. 00:01:49.90\00:01:51.16 THE CULTURE IS SO RICH. 00:01:51.16\00:01:52.83 IT IS JUST A GREAT PLACE. 00:01:52.83\00:01:54.20 WELLLLOU ARE VERY BLEST BECAUSE YOU BOTH SPEAK MANDARIN AND THAT 00:01:54.20\00:01:58.26 IS, I THINK, A HUGE BLESSING FROM THE LORD THAT HE HAS GIVEN 00:01:58.26\00:02:04.23 YOU THAT GIFT. SO, AUDREY WE ARE TATAING ABOUT PRAYER AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED, YES WE ARE 00:02:04.23\00:02:09.06 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL NEEDS BECAUSE THAT IS 00:02:09.06\00:02:16.03 HUGE BUT WHY IS PRAYER SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 00:02:16.03\00:02:20.03 CHINA? CHINA IS A HUGE CHALLENGE THAT IS WAY BEYOND ANY PERSON, 00:02:20.03\00:02:26.06 ANY NUMBER OF PLANS, ANY IDEAS, ANY GOALS. 00:02:26.06\00:02:29.16 IT IS BEYOND HUMAN TO ACCOMPLISH GOD'S TASK THERE. 00:02:29.16\00:02:34.56 SO PRAYER PUTS US INTO THAT SPIRITUAL DIMENSION, CONNECTS US 00:02:34.56\00:02:39.83 WITH THE GOD THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT HE INTENDS TO 00:02:39.83\00:02:43.40 ACCOMPLISH. AMEN. 00:02:43.40\00:02:44.40 SO IT IS THAT SOURCE OF POWER. 00:02:44.40\00:02:46.46 IT IS THAT SOURCE OF PEACE AND STRENGTH. 00:02:46.46\00:02:49.70 SO WHY IS IT SO OVERWHELMING? 00:02:49.70\00:02:51.30 GIVE US SOME MENTAL PICTURES OF WHY YOU USE THAT WORD. 00:02:51.30\00:02:57.66 WELL, FOR MANY REASONS FIRST OF ALL JUST THE SHEAR NUMBERS; THE 00:02:57.66\00:03:03.40 NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE REACHED. 00:03:03.40\00:03:05.50 SECOND TO THAT, IS THAT THE PEOPLE MORE AND MORE NEED NOTHING IN THE SENSE 00:03:05.50\00:03:11.83 THAT THEY HAVE THEIR FOOD, THEY HAVE THEIR CLOTHING, THEY HAVE 00:03:11.83\00:03:15.86 THEIR SHELTER. THE LITERACY RATE IS HIGH. 00:03:15.86\00:03:17.46 ETC. ETC. 00:03:17.46\00:03:19.16 AND SO THEIR SENSE OF A NEED FOR SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT THEY CAN 00:03:19.16\00:03:24.50 ACCOMPLISH ON THEIR OWN ISN'T AS GREAT AS IT WAS. 00:03:24.50\00:03:27.46 SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO THAT CAN PUT THE NEED FOR 00:03:27.46\00:03:32.76 GOD IN SOMEBODY'S HEART LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN DO THROUGH THE 00:03:32.76\00:03:37.36 POWER OF PRAYER. BECAUSE YES, THERE ARE THE REMOTE VILLAGES. 00:03:37.36\00:03:39.43 YES, THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT BUT THERE ARE SO 00:03:39.43\00:03:43.90 MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITIES THAT ARE MILLION AND 00:03:43.90\00:03:46.53 BILLIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PEARL S. 00:03:46.53\00:03:47.96 BUCK DAYS OF CHINA, THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE SO MUCH ABOUT CHINA. 00:03:47.96\00:03:52.70 YES, THERE IS PROBABLY THOSE AREAS BUT NOT WHAT YOU ARE 00:03:52.70\00:03:56.63 TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS-YES, AND IN FACT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF CHINA NOW 00:03:56.63\00:04:01.43 LIVES IN THE CITY. 00:04:01.43\00:04:02.46 FIFTY PERCENT? 00:04:02.46\00:04:03.80 YES AND IF YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITIES YOU WILL SEE BUILDING 00:04:03.80\00:04:07.36 CRANES ALL OVER THE PLACE. 00:04:07.36\00:04:08.66 WHY? 00:04:08.66\00:04:10.13 BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE 00:04:10.13\00:04:14.36 THAT WILL YET MOVE INTO THE CITY. 00:04:14.36\00:04:16.50 WILL YET MOVE? 00:04:16.50\00:04:17.50 YES. 00:04:17.50\00:04:18.96 THE LARGEST MIGRATION OF PEOPLES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IS 00:04:18.96\00:04:23.13 TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW IN CHINA. 00:04:23.13\00:04:24.53 TWO HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED FROM THE COUNTRY TO THE 00:04:24.53\00:04:28.93 CITIES. SO WHAT'S THE DRAW? 00:04:28.93\00:04:29.93 IS IT THE SCHOOLS? 00:04:29.93\00:04:30.93 IT IS ECONOMIC. 00:04:30.93\00:04:31.93 IT IS ALL ABOUT ECONOMICS. 00:04:31.93\00:04:32.90 IT IS JOBS TO GET OUT OF THE SUBSISTENCE FARMING. 00:04:32.90\00:04:38.33 EVEN WHEN THEY DO MOVE TO THE CITIES, IF THEY DON'T ACTUALLY 00:04:38.33\00:04:42.60 MAKE MORE MONEY THAN THEY WERE FARMING IN THEIR VILLAGES, THEY STAY IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS 00:04:42.60\00:04:46.83 MORE FUN. 00:04:46.83\00:04:47.83 THERE IS MORE HAPPENING. 00:04:47.83\00:04:48.83 CONVENIENT. 00:04:48.83\00:04:50.30 YES, SO EVEN THE FARMING VILLAGES ARE IN SOME WAYS, BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO 00:04:50.30\00:04:54.73 REACH BECAUSE- I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY WAS RECENTLY TELLING ME 00:04:54.73\00:04:58.53 THAT THE FARMERS NOW CAN MAKE MORE MONEY AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW 00:04:58.53\00:05:03.80 NEEDED MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER FARMERS. 00:05:03.80\00:05:06.16 IT'S A SUPPLY AND DEMAND THING. 00:05:06.16\00:05:08.06 EXACTLY. 00:05:08.06\00:05:09.46 IT'S THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, I THINK, THAT IN MANY WAYS THAT 00:05:09.46\00:05:12.10 MAKES IT MORE CHALLENGING. 00:05:12.10\00:05:13.03 THE DEVIL-WE ARE IN A GREAT CONTROVERSY HERE. 00:05:13.03\00:05:16.46 YOU THINK? 00:05:16.46\00:05:17.93 SO THE DEVIL-IF YOU'VE GOT AN OPENNESS, A SPIRITUAL OPENNESS 00:05:17.93\00:05:24.83 THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECAUSE COMMUNISM IN MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, IS NOT A SPIRITUAL 00:05:24.83\00:05:31.23 RELIGION. IT IS ATHEISTIC. 00:05:31.23\00:05:32.43 SO PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO IT. 00:05:32.43\00:05:34.23 WELL, THE DEVIL IS GOING TO TRY TO FIND OTHER THINGS TO FILL 00:05:34.23\00:05:39.00 THAT VOID AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH MATERIALISM AND THROUGH CONSUMERISM OR 00:05:39.00\00:05:45.33 THROUGH EVEN HUMANISM MORE AND MORE. 00:05:45.33\00:05:47.86 YES. 00:05:47.86\00:05:49.36 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO PRAY AND THE VIEWERS OF THIS PROGRAM SOMETIMES WE 00:05:49.36\00:05:53.80 NEED THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT TO SEND OUT 00:05:53.80\00:05:59.40 CHURCH PLANTERS, TO HELP BUILD CHURCHES AND SO FORTH. 00:05:59.40\00:06:02.46 THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING WE NEED 00:06:02.46\00:06:06.86 TO STAND UNITED IN PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED OUT 00:06:06.86\00:06:13.93 IN MEASURE. I THINK THAT'S MARVELOUS. 00:06:13.93\00:06:15.96 AUDREY YOU SHARED AND BOB YOU SHARED YOUR KINGDOM GROWTH 00:06:15.96\00:06:22.03 INITIATIVE PASSION LOGO, SLOGAN, PRAY FOR CHINA. 00:06:24.90\00:06:26.40 MAYBE AUDREY, IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD IT UP THERE FOR THE CAMERA 00:06:26.40\00:06:31.10 AND THE CAMERA CAN ZOOM IN HERE. 00:06:31.10\00:06:32.53 IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AND THEN WHY DON'T 00:06:32.53\00:06:37.30 YOU TELL US AUDREY, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR LOGO. 00:06:37.30\00:06:39.36 WELL A LOGO IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WANTED TO CREATE AT THE 00:06:39.36\00:06:43.80 UNION LEVEL AND BOB WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BUT IT BASICALLY 00:06:43.80\00:06:47.90 IT PUTS IN A PICTURE, IT TELLS A STORY. 00:06:47.90\00:06:49.63 IT GIVES US THE FOCUS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABOUT. 00:06:49.63\00:06:53.56 IT IS EASY IN ANY WORK, CHURCH WORK TO GET DISTRACTED WITH 00:06:53.56\00:06:58.00 COMMITTEES AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND PROGRAMMING 00:06:58.00\00:07:02.83 ETC. ETC. BUT KINGDOM GROWTH IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 00:07:02.83\00:07:05.33 IF WE ARE NOT MAKING KINGDOM GROWTH HAPPEN, THEN WE NEED TO 00:07:05.33\00:07:10.60 REEVALUATE AND REDETERMINE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. 00:07:10.60\00:07:12.63 IT ALL STARTS WITH PRAYER. 00:07:12.63\00:07:14.03 I MEAN BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN IS SUPREMELY 00:07:14.03\00:07:17.96 SPIRITUAL. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 00:07:17.96\00:07:19.33 IT IS NOT ABOUT SETTING MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES AND BALANCING A BUDGET. 00:07:19.33\00:07:23.20 YES, OF COURSE THAT IS A PART OF IT BUT IT IS REALLY SPIRITUAL 00:07:23.20\00:07:27.16 AND WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO RAIN UPON THE CHURCH; UPON THOSE 00:07:27.16\00:07:33.00 WHO DON'T EVEN -TO WORK ON THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CALLED ON THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:07:33.00\00:07:36.70 SO WE NEED EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR CHINA. 00:07:36.70\00:07:40.83 I THINK OF MARK 1:24 WHICH WE HAVE ON THIS CARD THAT WE GIVE 00:07:40.83\00:07:45.06 OUT. IT SAYS, "THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU" AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS 00:07:45.06\00:07:49.33 VERSE, "WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK WHEN YOU PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THEM AND YOU 00:07:49.33\00:07:53.06 WILL HAVE THEM." 00:07:53.06\00:07:54.06 WHAT A POWERFUL PROMISE. 00:07:54.06\00:07:55.46 THEN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY PAGE 325 IT SAYS, "IT IS PART OF 00:07:55.46\00:08:01.83 GOD'S PLAN TO BRING US AN ANSWER TO THE PRAYERS OF FAITH THAT WHICH HE WOULD NOT BESTOW 00:08:01.83\00:08:07.60 DID WE NOT ASK." 00:08:07.60\00:08:08.66 THAT'S IT. 00:08:08.66\00:08:09.96 YES AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU USED THE WORD BELIEVE BECAUSE IF YOU 00:08:09.96\00:08:13.63 ASK SOMEONE, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD? 00:08:13.63\00:08:15.76 WELL, SURE I BELIEVE IN GOD BUT DO YOU BELIEVE GOD? 00:08:15.76\00:08:19.86 THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. 00:08:19.86\00:08:22.90 YES. 00:08:22.90\00:08:24.23 THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE IN THINKING 00:08:24.23\00:08:27.60 ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS. 00:08:27.60\00:08:29.03 WELL, AT THE TOP HERE IT SAYS, WHAT I CAN DO FOR CHINA, I CAN 00:08:29.03\00:08:32.13 PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL RAIN ACROSS CHINA. 00:08:32.13\00:08:34.96 IN ROMANS 8:26. 00:08:34.96\00:08:36.66 AUDREY DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT SCRIPTURE UP? 00:08:36.66\00:08:39.53 SURE. 00:08:39.53\00:08:40.53 AND FIND THAT ADDRESS? 00:08:40.53\00:08:41.96 YOU KNOW, AS I READ THE WORD RAIN I THOUGHT ABOUT A RECENT 00:08:41.96\00:08:45.40 TRIP THAT I HAD TO CHINA. 00:08:45.40\00:08:46.76 I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A RAINSTORM IN MY Y LI AS I WAS IN THE 00:08:46.76\00:08:51.70 AIRPORT IN CHINA. 00:08:51.70\00:08:52.66 IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND IT CAME THROUGH. 00:08:52.66\00:08:55.66 IT WAS LIKE MIDNIGHT, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE SUN NOT-IT WAS 00:08:55.66\00:09:00.36 LIKE MIDNIGHT AND EVERYTHING STOPPED AND THEN IT JUST LIFTED. 00:09:00.36\00:09:03.03 WHEN I READ THAT, I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT IF, AND WE KNOW THAT 00:09:03.03\00:09:08.33 THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN DO THAT, WE HAD THAT RAIN FALL DOWN. 00:09:08.33\00:09:11.63 LET IT POUR. 00:09:11.63\00:09:12.63 LET IT POUR, LET IT DUMP. 00:09:12.63\00:09:14.60 AUDREY WHAT IS ROMANS 8:26, 27 I'LL READ IT SAYS, "AND THE HOLY 00:09:14.60\00:09:19.26 SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS, FOR EXAMPLE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS US TO PRAY 00:09:19.26\00:09:24.30 FOR EVEN BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYS FOR US WITH GROANINGS THAT 00:09:24.30\00:09:29.90 CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS AND THE FATHER WHO KNOWS ALL HEARTS 00:09:29.90\00:09:34.66 KNOWS WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING FOR THE SPIRIT PLEADS FOR US BELIEVERS IN HARMONY WITH 00:09:34.66\00:09:39.83 GOD'S WILL." 00:09:39.83\00:09:41.26 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR IS THAT WE WILL 00:09:41.26\00:09:46.16 EVEN HAVE THE DESIRE FOR THE RIGHT THING, THAT WE WILL MAKE THE RIGHT REQUESTS AND 00:09:46.16\00:09:50.10 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SURROUND US AND MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WHERE WE 00:09:50.10\00:09:53.76 ARE DEFICIENT. 00:09:53.76\00:09:54.76 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:09:54.76\00:09:56.10 HE KNOWS THE NAME OF EVERYONE OF THOSE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE THAT 00:09:56.10\00:09:59.80 DON'T KNOW JESUS. 00:09:59.80\00:10:01.13 HE KNOWS THEM, HE'S FOLLOWED-TRACKED THEIR LIFE AND 00:10:01.13\00:10:05.06 HE LOVES THEM AND SO THIS TEXT REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL 00:10:05.06\00:10:10.00 TAKE OUR PRAYERS AND MENTION THE NAME OF THOSE 1.3 BILLION 00:10:10.00\00:10:13.76 PEOPLE. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK ON THEIR HEART. 00:10:13.76\00:10:16.00 DO YOU MIND IF WE HAVE A PRAYER NOW ABOUT THAT? 00:10:16.00\00:10:18.30 YES SURE. 00:10:18.30\00:10:19.30 O.K. 00:10:19.30\00:10:20.63 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 00:10:20.63\00:10:23.23 TO BE HERE PRAYING ABOUT CHINA AND FOR CHINA NOT JUST HERE IN THE STUDIO BUT ALSO THOSE 00:10:23.23\00:10:27.70 WHO ARE WATCHING. 00:10:27.70\00:10:29.13 DEAR GOD, PLEASE POUR OUT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON CHINA, UPON THE 00:10:29.13\00:10:34.50 PEOPLE OF CHINA. 00:10:34.50\00:10:35.80 RIGHT NOW WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING, 00:10:35.80\00:10:39.10 LORD MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO THEM. 00:10:39.10\00:10:40.66 POUR YOUR SPIRIT UPON THE PEOPLE OF CHINA. 00:10:40.66\00:10:44.63 USE US LORD, AS PRAYER WARRIORS AND AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:10:44.63\00:10:50.80 CALLED TO BE YOUR DISCIPLES. 00:10:50.80\00:10:52.23 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LIVE IN CHINA MANY OF US HERE, WE CAN 00:10:52.23\00:10:56.43 STILL PRAY FOR CHINA. 00:10:56.43\00:10:57.36 WE CAN STILL BE PRAYING AND WORKING FOR CHINA. 00:10:57.36\00:10:59.43 SO LORD, WE BELIEVE IN YOU THAT WHEN YOU SAY THAT THIS GOSPEL OF 00:10:59.43\00:11:04.63 THE KINGDOM WILL GO TO EVERY KINDRED, TONGUE AND NATION; WE BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN AND 00:11:04.63\00:11:07.96 WE PRAY LORD, IF IT IS O.K. 00:11:07.96\00:11:09.16 LET IT HAPPEN NOW. 00:11:09.16\00:11:11.20 IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:11:11.20\00:11:13.43 THANK YOU BOB. 00:11:13.43\00:11:16.23 THE NEXT THING HERE ON YOUR CARD HERE AUDREY, IT SAYS WHAT CAN I 00:11:16.23\00:11:20.06 DO FOR CHINA? 00:11:20.06\00:11:21.10 I CAN PRAY FOR THE MILLIONS THAT DO NOT KNOW JESUS. 00:11:21.10\00:11:23.66 CAN YOU PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR SOMEONE, BOTH OF YOU, WHO MIGHT 00:11:23.66\00:11:27.16 NEVER HAVE BEEN TO CHINA, WHO MIGHT NEVER GO TO CHINA-WHAT IS 00:11:27.16\00:11:33.03 IT LIKE? HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CHINA? 00:11:33.03\00:11:36.03 WELL SOMETIMES AUDREY AND I JOKE, WE MOVED FROM A CITY CALLED SPOKANE THAT 00:11:36.03\00:11:39.90 HAS 300,000 AND WE SOMETIMES JOKE A COUPLE APARTMENT 00:11:39.90\00:11:44.26 COMPLEXES HAVE 300,000 PEOPLE OVER THERE. 00:11:44.26\00:11:45.83 YES. 00:11:45.83\00:11:46.90 YOU KNOW THE SIZE OF THE CITIES IS JUST OVERWHELMING. 00:11:46.90\00:11:48.83 I WAS JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND IN A CITY THAT THE CITY AND THE 00:11:48.83\00:11:50.83 SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE 30 MILLION. 00:11:50.83\00:11:52.33 IT IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE WORLD BUT IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU 00:11:52.33\00:11:57.90 THE NAME, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT BUT IT IS 30 MILLION 00:12:05.56\00:12:09.86 PEOPLE. THERE ARE PROVINCES WHICH WE WOULD CALL STATES WITH 00:12:09.86\00:12:15.50 OVER 100 MILLION. I MEAN THE UNITED STATES; SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA HAS ABOUT 330 MILLION 00:12:15.50\00:12:20.73 O.K. TOTAL. 00:12:20.73\00:12:22.20 WELL, THIS IS 1.-YOU HAVE TO ADD A BILLION TO THAT AND IT'S EVEN 00:12:22.20\00:12:29.40 GREATER THAN THAT. 00:12:29.40\00:12:30.86 SO IT IS ONE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE, CLOSE TO THAT, IN THE WORLD LIVE 00:12:30.86\00:12:34.00 IN THIS ONE CITY. 00:12:34.00\00:12:35.40 IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE LANGUAGE GROUP IN THE WORLD AND 00:12:35.40\00:12:40.16 ETHNIC GROUP IN THE WORLD. 00:12:40.16\00:12:41.36 OH REALLY? 00:12:41.36\00:12:42.66 YES, THE HONG CHINESE ETHNIC GROUP IS THE LARGEST THERE AND 00:12:42.66\00:12:46.66 IT IS RIGHT THERE IN ONE COUNTRY. 00:12:46.66\00:12:49.53 THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 00:12:49.53\00:12:52.40 JUST A RICH HISTORY, RICH CULTURE. 00:12:52.40\00:12:55.93 YOU KNOW BOB JUST MENTIONED THIS ONE CITY THE GREATER AREA WITH 00:12:55.93\00:12:59.93 30 MILLION PEOPLE AND IN THAT CITY WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF 00:12:59.93\00:13:04.40 BELIEVERS THAT WORSHIP FROM SABBATH TO SABBATH ANYWHERE FROM 00:13:04.40\00:13:08.83 2-400. BUT IN THAT CITY, WE HAVE NOT ONE PASTOR. 00:13:08.83\00:13:12.53 NOT ONE PASTOR AND WE NEED PASTORS. 00:13:12.53\00:13:14.53 YES WE NEED LAY PEOPLE ON FIRE BUT WE NEED PASTORS. 00:13:14.53\00:13:16.93 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING WITH US 00:13:16.93\00:13:21.03 AND THIS IS A CITY THAT I'M REFERRING TO THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WANTS TO PARTNER WITH 00:13:21.03\00:13:27.86 US IN PLACING PIONEERS INTO THAT CITY. 00:13:27.86\00:13:30.20 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:13:30.20\00:13:31.63 BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF OUR GOSPEL COMMISSION AND LIKE THE 00:13:31.63\00:13:36.30 SECOND REQUEST HERE SAYS, FOR THE MILLIONS THAT DO NOT KNOW 00:13:36.30\00:13:40.00 JESUS WE HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. 00:13:40.00\00:13:42.53 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:13:42.53\00:13:43.83 IN REVELATION 14, LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON THE CORRECT WAY HERE, 00:13:43.83\00:13:46.66 IN REVELATION 14:6 IT SAYS "AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL FLYING 00:13:46.66\00:13:52.33 THROUGH THE SKY CARRYING THE ETERNAL GOOD NEWS TO PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO THIS 00:13:52.33\00:13:56.93 WORLD, TO EVERY NATION, TRIBE, LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE." 00:13:56.93\00:13:59.80 SO, THOSE ARE OUR MARCHING ORDERS. 00:13:59.80\00:14:03.73 THERE'S THE JOB. 00:14:03.73\00:14:05.00 YES. 00:14:05.00\00:14:05.93 BUT YOU KNOW THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 00:14:05.93\00:14:08.00 EVERYTHING ELSE IS PERIPHERAL. 00:14:08.00\00:14:09.40 YOU CAN INVEST, IN FACT, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 00:14:09.40\00:14:15.23 CHURCH IN CHINA AND HOW IT HAS GROWN. 00:14:15.23\00:14:17.20 WELL YOU KNOW THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA. 00:14:17.20\00:14:20.26 WE HAD, OH YES, I CAN'T REMEMBER AUDREY HOW MANY HOSPITALS. 00:14:20.26\00:14:24.10 WE HAD 200+ SOME INSTITUTIONS AND YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES AND SO 00:14:24.10\00:14:28.53 ON. IT WAS ALL TAKEN AWAY IN THE 1950'S BUT THE CHURCH CONTINUES. 00:14:28.53\00:14:31.60 IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHURCH IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE GOSPEL IS 00:14:31.60\00:14:36.13 ABOUT PEOPLE -REACHING PEOPLE. 00:14:36.13\00:14:37.46 AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 THOUSAND MEMBERS, NO, NO, 00:14:37.46\00:14:41.06 21,000 MEMBERS, YES YES, 21,000 MEMBERS. 00:14:41.06\00:14:43.06 NOW WE HAVE 400,000 SOME MEMBERS AND NO REAL INSTITUTIONS. 00:14:43.06\00:14:45.66 YES. 00:14:45.66\00:14:46.66 SO IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MISSION. 00:14:46.66\00:14:48.10 TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY. 00:14:48.10\00:14:49.10 WELL, YOU HAVE HEARD IT. 00:14:49.10\00:14:50.53 YOU ARE WATCHING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:50.53\00:14:53.93 YOU'VE HEARD AUDREY AND BOB FOLKENBERG TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS 00:14:53.93\00:14:57.60 IN CHINA. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE PRAYER NEEDS FOR CHINA AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 00:14:57.60\00:15:02.23 WHEREVER YOU ARE---IN THE MIDST OF WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TO 00:15:02.23\00:15:06.23 PLEASE LIFT UP A WORD OF PRAYER FOR CHINA. 00:15:06.23\00:15:08.06 YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE A MOM, IF YOU ARE A GRANDMA, IF YOU'RE 00:15:08.06\00:15:12.96 WHATEVER YOU DO-THINK ABOUT THERE IS A MOM, THERE IS A GRANDMA, THERE IS A CHILD, THERE 00:15:12.96\00:15:17.83 IS A DAD, THERE IS A GRANDPA IN CHINA AND SOMETIMES WE THINK 00:15:17.83\00:15:22.43 ABOUT THESE BIG TERMS OF PRAYING FOR A COUNTRY. 00:15:22.43\00:15:24.73 WELL, MAKE IT SPECIFIC ABOUT YOU. 00:15:24.73\00:15:26.70 MAKE IT ABOUT THE MAN STANDING IN THE RICE PADDIE FIELDS. 00:15:26.70\00:15:28.76 THAT'S HIS JOB. 00:15:28.76\00:15:29.76 I'VE SEEN HIM. 00:15:29.76\00:15:30.76 HE IS OUT THERE WITH HIS CELL PHONE. 00:15:30.76\00:15:33.13 SO PRAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 00:15:33.13\00:15:34.76 I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP 00:15:34.76\00:15:38.43 WITH THE WORK IN CHINA THAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:15:38.43\00:15:41.16 THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP ON YOUR SCREEN. 00:15:41.16\00:15:43.23 FOR SOME PHONE NUMBERS, 509-525-2951. 00:15:43.23\00:15:47.80 IN CANADA, 778-754-2079. 00:15:47.80\00:15:50.36 I'LL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS I SAY THOSE AND OUR WEB ADDRESS IS 00:15:50.36\00:15:58.13 GOAIM.ORG. THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE ALSO WOULD 00:15:58.13\00:16:04.20 LOVE TO SEND OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER TO YOU. 00:16:04.20\00:16:07.60 IT IS FREE. 00:16:07.60\00:16:08.93 IT ALWAYS HAS SOME REALLY GREAT TESTIMONIALS AND STORIES FROM 00:16:08.93\00:16:12.73 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:16:12.73\00:16:14.20 SO AUDREY AND BOB, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRAYING FOR CHINA 00:16:14.20\00:16:17.40 AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE RIGHT HERE ON THIS CARD AUDREY IS FOR THE CHILDREN IN 00:16:17.40\00:16:21.46 CHINA THAT THEY WILL GROW LIKE JESUS. 00:16:21.46\00:16:25.46 WELL YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE VERSE I LOVE AND I APPLIED IT TO MY OWN 00:16:25.46\00:16:31.93 PARENTING AND I THINK OF THE CHILDREN IN CHINA IS LUKE 2:52 THAT SAYS, "AND JESUS INCREASED 00:16:31.93\00:16:37.16 IN WISDOM AND STATURE AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN." 00:16:37.16\00:16:40.20 THAT IS WHAT OUR GOAL AS PARENTS, AS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 00:16:40.20\00:16:45.96 REACH THE CHILDREN IN CHINA NEED TO HAVE -THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE IN 00:16:45.96\00:16:50.03 WISDOM AND STATURE AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN. 00:16:50.03\00:16:52.63 TO GROW, TO BE LIKE JESUS AND IN SOME AREAS OF CHINA WE SEE YOUNG 00:16:52.63\00:16:59.46 PEOPLE VERY INVOLVED IN THEIR CHURCHES. 00:16:59.46\00:17:01.40 IN OTHER CHURCHES, THERE ARE NO YOUNG PEOPLE. 00:17:01.40\00:17:04.03 I KNOW THAT YOU PERSONALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR CONNECTING WITH 00:17:04.03\00:17:08.73 THE CHILDREN, BUT UNLESS WE MEET THE CHILDREN OF TODAY WE DON'T 00:17:08.73\00:17:13.96 HAVE LEADERS FOR TOMORROW. 00:17:13.96\00:17:14.96 AMEN. 00:17:14.96\00:17:16.36 THAT'S RIGHT AND THE PARTICULAR PRAYER FOR OUR CHILDREN I THINK, 00:17:16.36\00:17:21.43 IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO ME THE TEXT THAT AUDREY TALKED 00:17:21.43\00:17:25.30 ABOUT IS KINGDOM GROWTH. 00:17:25.30\00:17:26.56 EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT COMES TO KNOW JESUS AND CALLS 00:17:26.56\00:17:30.40 HIM LORD AND SAVIOUR THAT IS KINGDOM GROWTH, AND THAT IS THE 00:17:30.40\00:17:33.86 FUTURE OF OUR CHURCH. 00:17:33.86\00:17:35.33 WELL, TO BE IN A COUNTRY YOU KNOW, HAVING TRAVELED, I'VE BEEN 00:17:35.33\00:17:38.46 BLEST TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT GOING TO CHINA, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THE CHINESE 00:17:38.46\00:17:43.73 ARE WITH THEIR KIDS. 00:17:43.73\00:17:45.23 I MEAN THERE IS A SPECIAL CONNECTION THAT THEY HAVE AND SUCH LOVELY CHILDREN; 00:17:45.23\00:17:49.60 SMART KIDS AND ALL OF THAT. 00:17:49.60\00:17:51.16 YES AND TO HAVE THAT THOUGH THAT THEY CAN KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES 00:17:51.16\00:17:55.80 THEM AND THAT HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE IS COMING BACK. 00:17:55.80\00:17:57.80 I JUST THINK ABOUT THESE KIDS. 00:17:57.80\00:17:59.40 DO THESE KIDS KNOW THAT? 00:17:59.40\00:18:00.80 YOU KNOW WHEN THEY ARE LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT AUDREY, ININUCH A 00:18:00.80\00:18:04.00 SECULAR MATERIAL SOCIETY WHERE- IT IS JUST HUGE. 00:18:04.00\00:18:08.73 IT IS. 00:18:08.73\00:18:10.16 WELL AND YOU KNOW THERE IS THE ONE CHILD POLICY IN CHINA WHICH 00:18:10.16\00:18:14.76 FLUCTUATES. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS DEFINITELY TO THAT IN DIFFERENT 00:18:14.76\00:18:17.40 PARTS OF CHINA WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES, DIFFERENT MINORITY GROUPS BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE 00:18:17.40\00:18:21.13 CHILD WHO HAS A SET OF PARENTS AND FOUR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR 00:18:21.13\00:18:26.66 FUTURE IN A SENSE IS ALL IN THAT CHILD AND SO OFTEN YOU SEE A 00:18:26.66\00:18:32.50 FOCUS ON EDUCATION, WHICH OF COURSE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT, A FOCUS ON MAKING THAT CHILD 00:18:32.50\00:18:36.90 A SUCCESS SO THAT THEY CAN BRING IN THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 00:18:36.90\00:18:40.80 FAMILY, BUT WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THESE MOTHERS AND FATHERS, THESE GRANDPARENTS GIVE THAT 00:18:40.80\00:18:46.23 CHILD WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT IS SPIRITUAL FOOD. 00:18:46.23\00:18:49.63 AMEN. 00:18:49.63\00:18:50.56 WHY DON'T YOU PAUSE WITH ME RIGHT NOW, AUDREY? 00:18:50.56\00:18:52.63 O.K. 00:18:52.63\00:18:54.03 LORD, IN HEAVEN I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY EACH ONE OF US 00:18:54.03\00:18:57.40 HAVE, NOT ONLY THE THREE OF US HERE IN THE STUDIO BUT EACH PERSON LISTENING, THE 00:18:57.40\00:19:01.53 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE A PART OF KINGDOM GROWTH. 00:19:01.53\00:19:05.46 AND LORD, WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF 00:19:05.46\00:19:09.33 BEING A PART OF KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA AND AT THIS MOMENT I WANT TO PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE 00:19:09.33\00:19:13.36 CHILDREN. 00:19:13.36\00:19:14.70 LORD, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD 00:19:14.70\00:19:18.90 OF JESUS' NAME. 00:19:18.90\00:19:20.16 THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF HIS LOVE, HIS UNCONDITIONAL 00:19:20.16\00:19:22.96 ACCEPTANCE. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE 00:19:22.96\00:19:26.46 IS NOT EDUCATION, BRINGING IN MONEY; IT IS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE TRUE GIVER OF LIFE WHO 00:19:26.46\00:19:31.43 WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE. 00:19:31.43\00:19:33.96 SO LORD, I PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHINA. 00:19:33.96\00:19:37.33 I PRAY THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY 00:19:37.33\00:19:41.73 THROUGH THEIR PARENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF LISTENERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, BECAUSE 00:19:41.73\00:19:47.46 OF THEIR PRAYERS, BECAUSE OF THEIR DONATIONS THAT THE CHILDREN IN CHINA WILL 00:19:47.46\00:19:51.70 COME TO KNOW YOU SO THEY CAN ENJOY YOUR PEACE, YOUR LOVE AND 00:19:51.70\00:19:58.53 THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE. 00:19:58.53\00:19:59.53 I PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME. 00:19:59.53\00:20:02.96 AMEN AND AMEN. 00:20:02.96\00:20:03.96 THE CHINESE WORD FOR PEACE IS PENONG. 00:20:03.96\00:20:06.43 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL THING. 00:20:06.43\00:20:09.60 THANK YOU AUDREY. 00:20:09.60\00:20:11.03 SOME OTHER THINGS ON YOUR CARD HERE- THE UNITY AMONG BROTHERS 00:20:11.03\00:20:16.30 AND SISTERS. THAT'S HUGE AND. 00:20:16.30\00:20:18.33 IT IS IN THE SENSE THAT ANYTIME WHERE THE CHURCH IS GROWING, THE 00:20:18.33\00:20:25.56 DEVIL TRIES TO BRING IN DISCORD. 00:20:25.56\00:20:28.30 WE SEE THAT THERE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, YOU KNOW. 00:20:28.30\00:20:30.36 THE GREEK, YOU KNOW, WIDOWS FEELING NEGLECTED BUT THE CHURCH 00:20:30.36\00:20:37.60 HAS TO RESPOND TO THAT JUST LIKE THE EARLY CHURCH DID. 00:20:37.60\00:20:40.50 IN ONE OF THE THINGS TO DO IS TO PRAY. 00:20:40.50\00:20:42.50 PRAY FOR UNITY AT A TIME WHEN THE CHURCH IS GROWING. 00:20:42.50\00:20:45.83 IT NEEDS TO GROW MORE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE KINDGDOM GROWTH WE 00:20:45.83\00:20:48.60 NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR UNITY. 00:20:48.60\00:20:50.00 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRINGS GREATER UNITY IS TO BE ABLE TO 00:20:50.00\00:20:54.53 PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS WITH A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 00:20:54.53\00:20:56.53 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ALL ACROSS CHINA IS THAT 00:20:56.53\00:21:02.70 MANY OF THE CHCHCHES AND OUR MEETING PLACES ARE IN HOMES. 00:21:02.70\00:21:07.33 AND OFTEN TIMES THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATE. 00:21:07.33\00:21:10.26 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN-AUDREY WAS TELLING ME A 00:21:10.26\00:21:13.86 STORY OF A HOME, OF A CHURCH WHERE THEY ARE MEETING IN ONE ROOM AND THEY HAVE NO 00:21:13.86\00:21:18.66 PLACE FOR THE KIDS SO THEY ACTUALLY SHIP THEM --THE KIDS 00:21:18.66\00:21:22.60 ARE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 00:21:22.60\00:21:24.13 THEY ARE MEETING IN SOME WAREHOUSE THAT I SAW THE 00:21:24.13\00:21:26.53 PICTURES. IT IS LIKE-WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED HERE. 00:21:26.53\00:21:28.63 YOU WALK INTO OUR SABBATH SCHOOLS -CAN YOU UNDERSCORE THAT 00:21:28.63\00:21:30.63 A LITTLE BIT MORE? 00:21:30.63\00:21:31.63 TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. 00:21:31.63\00:21:32.96 YOU WALK INTO OUR SABBATH SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE JUST 00:21:32.96\00:21:39.50 BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR CHILDREN. 00:21:39.50\00:21:40.73 IN CHINA WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE FED, ARE DELAPITATED, COLD, RUN 00:21:40.73\00:21:45.86 DOWN, COLD, HOT. 00:21:45.86\00:21:46.86 EXACTLY! 00:21:46.86\00:21:48.30 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS HELP THAT THEY ARE 00:21:48.30\00:21:54.00 ASKING FOR US AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO SAY, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 00:21:54.00\00:21:57.73 BUY A PIECE OF LAND AND WE CAN BUILD. 00:21:57.73\00:21:59.96 THEY WORK HARD. 00:21:59.96\00:22:01.30 THEY PUT IN MONEY THEMSELVES AND THIS IS A PLACE ALSO WHERE YOUR 00:22:01.30\00:22:05.80 VIEWERS CAN HELP-IS TO SAY HEY WE'D LIKE TO -YOU KNOW IF YOU 00:22:05.80\00:22:09.73 COULD HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MEGA 00:22:09.73\00:22:13.33 CHURCHES HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHURCHES THAT ARE REASONABLE, EVEN THOUGH 00:22:13.33\00:22:16.70 THE PRICES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAT'S WHY WE 00:22:16.70\00:22:19.16 WANT TO BUILD AS MANY CHURCHES AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I'M 00:22:19.16\00:22:22.56 TELLING YOU A YEAR FROM NOW THERE WILL BE 20 PER CENT MORE EXPENSIVE AND ON AND ON. 00:22:22.56\00:22:25.93 BUT UNITY COMES WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WHEN THERE IS TRAINING 00:22:25.93\00:22:30.50 AND WHEN THERE IS PRAYER AND WE NEED TO JUST PRAY FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCHES IN CHINA AND 00:22:30.50\00:22:34.26 THEIR NEEDS. 00:22:34.26\00:22:35.56 YES AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TOOK AWAY ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, 00:22:35.56\00:22:39.30 OUR SCHOOLS, OUR HOSPITALS ETC., IT REMOVED THE UMBRELLA THAT 00:22:39.30\00:22:45.03 PULLS PEOPLE TOGETHER. 00:22:45.03\00:22:46.03 THIS IS TRUE. 00:22:46.03\00:22:47.43 AND SO THEREFORE, I THINK THAT HAS EXASPERATED THE DISCONNECT 00:22:47.43\00:22:52.26 AMONGST OUR MEMBERS IN CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT-IN ALL THE AREAS AND REGIONS IN CHINA. 00:22:52.26\00:22:58.43 PRAY FOR UNITY. 00:22:58.43\00:22:59.43 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 00:22:59.43\00:23:01.86 ALSO HERE THE LEADERS WILL BE FILLED WITH HIS WISDOM AND I NOT 00:23:01.86\00:23:06.83 ONLY THINK ABOUT YOU FOLKS THE CHINESE UNION MISSION AND YOUR WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:23:06.83\00:23:10.90 BUT ALSO WE DO NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 00:23:10.90\00:23:13.76 CHINA. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 00:23:13.76\00:23:15.20 YOU KNOW WE KNOW FROM THE BOOK OF ROMANS THAT GOD SETS UP 00:23:15.20\00:23:17.26 KINGDOMS AND WE NEED TO HONOR THEM AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY GOD HAS-THERE HAS NEVER BEEN 00:23:17.26\00:23:19.83 IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS, I'VE 00:23:19.83\00:23:25.90 READ THIS IN LITERATURE, A GOVERNMENT THAT REALLY HAS TAKEN AS MANY PEOPLE OUT OF 00:23:30.00\00:23:34.33 POVERTY. 00:23:34.33\00:23:35.33 THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. 00:23:35.33\00:23:36.66 CLOSE TO HALF A BILLION PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER REGISTERED AS IN 00:23:36.66\00:23:42.16 POVERTY IN CHINA BECAUSE-THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB 00:23:42.16\00:23:47.86 IN MANY AREAS. IN LITERACY, SCHOOLING I COULD GO ON AND ON PRAISING THE CHINESE 00:23:47.86\00:23:52.30 GOVERNMENT SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR MORE WISDOM. 00:23:52.30\00:23:54.73 ABSOLUTELY. 00:23:54.73\00:23:55.80 WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF CHINA. 00:23:55.80\00:23:57.90 THE CHINESE PEOPLE THEY WORK. 00:23:57.90\00:24:00.06 THEY WORK. 00:24:00.06\00:24:01.06 THEY ARE VERY INDUSTRIOUS. 00:24:01.06\00:24:02.30 VERY INDUSTRIOUS. 00:24:02.30\00:24:03.30 ABSOLUTELY. 00:24:03.30\00:24:04.66 AND WISDOM FOR THE CHURCH LEADERS TOO, AND I THINK THAT IS 00:24:04.66\00:24:07.56 WHAT IS HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH-AND YOU KNOW WE QUOTE THAT PROMISE IN JAMES 1:5 00:24:07.56\00:24:11.93 THAT GOD GIVES WISDOM AND HE ABRAIDETH NOT AND IF ANY OF YOU 00:24:11.93\00:24:16.60 LACKS WISDOM; WE FEEL THAT ALL THE TIME. 00:24:16.60\00:24:18.46 WHAT DO WE DO IN THIS SITUATION? 00:24:18.46\00:24:20.66 WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? 00:24:20.66\00:24:22.43 OUR LEADERS ON THE GROUND IN CHINA, THEY NEED WISDOM BECAUSE 00:24:22.43\00:24:27.80 THEY DANCE A DANCE THAT YOU AND I WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO 00:24:27.80\00:24:33.03 PREACH THE GOSPEL BUT YET IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE A 00:24:33.03\00:24:37.30 LOT OF RESTRICTIONS; THEY WANT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE BUT THERE 00:24:37.30\00:24:41.33 ARE RAMIFICATIONS POSSIBLY, IF THEY PUSH IT TOO HARD AT THE WRONG TIME AND THE WRONG PLACE. 00:24:41.33\00:24:44.90 WE NEED WISDOM. 00:24:44.90\00:24:46.33 AND, HAVING JUST SAID THAT AUDREY, WE IN THE WESTERN WORLD 00:24:46.33\00:24:53.06 IN YOU KNOW, OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE WE CANNOT BE CRITICAL OF THE BELIEVERS THERE AND THE 00:24:53.06\00:24:58.50 SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH. 00:24:58.50\00:25:00.56 WE ARE NOT WALKING IN THEIR SHOES. 00:25:00.56\00:25:02.56 NOT WALKING IN THEIR SHOES. 00:25:02.56\00:25:03.56 EXACTLY. 00:25:03.56\00:25:04.56 ABSOLUTELY. 00:25:04.56\00:25:05.56 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:05.56\00:25:06.93 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THINGS AND WE NEED TO PRAY 00:25:06.93\00:25:08.56 FOR THEM TO HAVE THE WISDOM AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE GRACIOUSNESS 00:25:08.56\00:25:10.56 TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE HANDLING AND HOW THE LORD IS WILLING. 00:25:10.56\00:25:12.70 AMEN. 00:25:12.70\00:25:13.93 EVEN ME BEING THERE SOMETIMES DECISIONS ARE MADE THAT I DON'T 00:25:13.93\00:25:16.83 UNDERSTAND BUT I SAY AH, GOD IS IN CONTROL. 00:25:16.83\00:25:20.16 AMEN. 00:25:20.16\00:25:21.16 ABSOLUTELY. 00:25:21.16\00:25:22.36 HE IS IMPRESSING UPON THE MINDS OF WOMEN AND MEN WHAT TO DO. 00:25:22.36\00:25:26.10 AND THE WOMEN ARE WORKING IN CHINA, YES THEY ARE. 00:25:26.10\00:25:28.13 WOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT. 00:25:28.13\00:25:30.86 MANY LEADERS AND GOD IS POURING OUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT ON ALL OF 00:25:30.86\00:25:35.70 THE BELIEVERS THERE. 00:25:35.70\00:25:36.70 AMEN. 00:25:36.70\00:25:38.13 WELL, PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND BOB I AM WONDERING IF YOU WOULD 00:25:38.13\00:25:41.33 OFFER A SHORT PRAYER IN CHINESE PLEASE. 00:25:41.33\00:25:43.23 AMEN. 00:25:43.23\00:25:44.26 I LOVE IT IN CHINA WHERE THEY ALL SAY AMEN TOGETHER. 00:25:44.26\00:25:46.90 THAT IS SO TRUE. 00:25:46.90\00:25:50.43 YES THEY DO. 00:25:50.43\00:25:53.06 WELL, I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:25:53.06\00:25:59.13 AUDREY BLESSINGS TO YOU AS YOU ARE WEARING SEVERAL HATS IN THE 00:26:02.80\00:26:08.86 CHINESE UNION MISSION, WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND CHINESE UNION MISSION AS YOU ALL DO AND 00:26:15.10\00:26:22.06 I THINK THAT THAT IS HUGE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU 00:26:22.06\00:26:26.36 ARE ALL DOING MANY THINGS. 00:26:26.36\00:26:27.73 BOB, BLESSINGS TO YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF CHINA UNION 00:26:27.73\00:26:30.66 MISSION. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 00:26:30.66\00:26:32.66 GLAD TO BE HERE. 00:26:32.66\00:26:34.06 THANK YOU OUR VIEWERS OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT 00:26:34.06\00:26:36.86 GOSPEL OUTREACH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND AGAIN WE ASK YOU FOR TWO THINGS: YOUR FINANCIAL 00:26:36.86\00:26:41.03 SUPPORT. 00:26:41.03\00:26:42.30 YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS OF CHINA; YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS FOR 00:26:42.30\00:26:44.10 CHURCH BUILDINGS, PLACES FOR THE CHILDREN. 00:26:44.10\00:26:46.10 AGAIN, I CAN'T UNDERSCORE HAVING WORSHIPED IN THESE PLACES THE 00:26:46.10\00:26:50.50 CHILDREN, THEY ALL NEED WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE BUT AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TODAY, PLEASE PRAY 00:26:50.50\00:26:54.76 FOR CHINA. 00:26:54.76\00:26:56.26 PLEASE PRAY FOR CHINA WHEN YOU THINK OF THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS BUT THINK OF 00:26:56.26\00:26:58.66 THE LITTLE GIRL WHO HAS GOT PIG TAILS AND SHE'S GOT LITTLE RED 00:26:58.66\00:27:02.30 RIBBONS IN HER HAIR. 00:27:02.30\00:27:03.30 PRAY FOR HER. 00:27:03.30\00:27:04.30 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:27:04.30\00:27:06.70 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE 00:27:06.70\00:27:11.03 SANDERS-KEYMER AND THE LORD BLESS YOU. 00:27:11.03\00:27:13.93 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:27:13.93\00:27:14.93 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:14.93\00:27:19.23 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:27:19.23\00:27:22.30 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:22.30\00:27:24.93 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:24.93\00:27:27.36 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 00:27:27.36\00:27:31.03 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:31.03\00:27:36.63 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 00:27:36.63\00:27:39.73 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:39.73\00:27:41.53 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:41.53\00:27:42.90 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU 00:27:42.90\00:27:49.36 TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:49.36\00:27:50.36 WHERE? 00:27:50.36\00:27:51.36 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:51.36\00:27:53.23 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 00:27:53.23\00:27:55.43 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:55.43\00:27:57.56 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:57.56\00:28:02.53 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:28:02.53\00:28:06.53 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:28:06.53\00:28:09.36 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY 00:28:09.36\00:28:13.03 WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:13.03\00:28:14.46 BE THE SPARK. 00:28:14.46\00:28:15.96 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:28:15.96\00:28:18.36 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:18.36\00:28:22.23 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:22.23\00:28:26.06 BE THE SPARK. 00:28:26.06\00:28:30.00