Participants: Audrey & Bob Folkenburg Jr.
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000493
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 00:21 SO, YOU KNOW WE HEAR ABOUT CHINA AND WE HEAR ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND WE THINK 00:26 ABOUT ALL OF THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CHINA AND TODAY ON OUR 00:30 PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. 00:33 YOU KNOW HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE 00:37 GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT FINANCIALLY, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO 00:41 BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN MORE NECESSARY AND THAT WE 00:46 NEED EVEN MORE FROM YOU AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR PRAYERS. 00:50 SO, TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME AUDREY FOLKENBERG TO "ADVENTURES IN 00:54 MISSIONS" AND HER HUSBAND BOB FOLKENBERG, JR. THANK YOU. 00:57 WELCOME BACK HOME, YES. 01:00 HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE A HOME AND YOU BOTH ARE LIVING WHERE NOW? 01:05 WE LIVE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CHINESE UNION IS LOCATED. 01:10 BOB, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE UNION MISSION, THAT'S RIGHT AND 01:13 AUDREY TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 01:15 WELL, I'M THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO THE CHINA AREA 01:19 BUT I ALSO WORK AS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND PRAYER MINISTRIES 01:22 COORDINATOR FOR THE CHINESE UNION. 01:24 AND CHINA, MANDARIN IT'S ALL-THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE ALL VERY DEAR AND NEAR TO 01:31 YOUR HEARTS. 01:32 YES, WE SPENT NINE YEARS BEFORE- THE LORD CALLED US OVER THERE WHEN OUR KIDS 01:37 WERE YOUNGER AND WE CAME BACK IN '05 BACK TO THE STATES AND THEN THIS YEAR, 01:43 AGAIN THE LORD CALLED US BACK TO SERVE AND SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE KNOW THE 01:47 CHINESE AREA. 01:48 WE LOVE THE PEOPLE. 01:49 THE LANGUAGE IS BEAUTIFUL. 01:51 THE CULTURE IS SO RICH. 01:52 IT IS JUST A GREAT PLACE. 01:54 WELLLLOU ARE VERY BLEST BECAUSE YOU BOTH SPEAK MANDARIN AND THAT IS, I 01:58 THINK, A HUGE BLESSING FROM THE LORD THAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU THAT GIFT. 02:04 SO, AUDREY WE ARE TATAING ABOUT PRAYER AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED, YES WE ARE 02:09 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL NEEDS BECAUSE THAT IS HUGE BUT WHY IS 02:16 PRAYER SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CHINA? 02:20 CHINA IS A HUGE CHALLENGE THAT IS WAY BEYOND ANY PERSON, ANY NUMBER OF 02:26 PLANS, ANY IDEAS, ANY GOALS. 02:29 IT IS BEYOND HUMAN TO ACCOMPLISH GOD'S TASK THERE. 02:34 SO PRAYER PUTS US INTO THAT SPIRITUAL DIMENSION, CONNECTS US WITH THE GOD 02:39 THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT HE INTENDS TO ACCOMPLISH. 02:43 AMEN. 02:44 SO IT IS THAT SOURCE OF POWER. 02:46 IT IS THAT SOURCE OF PEACE AND STRENGTH. 02:49 SO WHY IS IT SO OVERWHELMING? 02:51 GIVE US SOME MENTAL PICTURES OF WHY YOU USE THAT WORD. 02:57 WELL, FOR MANY REASONS FIRST OF ALL JUST THE SHEAR NUMBERS; THE NUMBER 03:03 OF PEOPLE TO BE REACHED. 03:05 SECOND TO THAT, IS THAT THE PEOPLE MORE AND MORE NEED NOTHING IN THE SENSE 03:11 THAT THEY HAVE THEIR FOOD, THEY HAVE THEIR CLOTHING, THEY HAVE THEIR SHELTER. 03:15 THE LITERACY RATE IS HIGH. 03:17 ETC. ETC. 03:19 AND SO THEIR SENSE OF A NEED FOR SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH 03:24 ON THEIR OWN ISN'T AS GREAT AS IT WAS. 03:27 SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO THAT CAN PUT THE NEED FOR GOD IN 03:32 SOMEBODY'S HEART LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN DO THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAYER. 03:37 BECAUSE YES, THERE ARE THE REMOTE VILLAGES. 03:39 YES, THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE 03:43 THAT LIVE IN THE CITIES THAT ARE MILLION AND BILLIONS. 03:46 FOR EXAMPLE, THE PEARL S. 03:47 BUCK DAYS OF CHINA, THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE SO MUCH ABOUT CHINA. 03:52 YES, THERE IS PROBABLY THOSE AREAS BUT NOT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AS 03:56 FAR AS-YES, AND IN FACT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF CHINA NOW 04:01 LIVES IN THE CITY. 04:02 FIFTY PERCENT? 04:03 YES AND IF YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITIES YOU WILL SEE BUILDING CRANES 04:07 ALL OVER THE PLACE. 04:08 WHY? 04:10 BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE 04:14 THAT WILL YET MOVE INTO THE CITY. 04:16 WILL YET MOVE? 04:17 YES. 04:18 THE LARGEST MIGRATION OF PEOPLES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IS TAKING PLACE 04:23 RIGHT NOW IN CHINA. 04:24 TWO HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED FROM THE COUNTRY TO THE CITIES. 04:28 SO WHAT'S THE DRAW? 04:29 IS IT THE SCHOOLS? 04:30 IT IS ECONOMIC. 04:31 IT IS ALL ABOUT ECONOMICS. 04:32 IT IS JOBS TO GET OUT OF THE SUBSISTENCE FARMING. 04:38 EVEN WHEN THEY DO MOVE TO THE CITIES, IF THEY DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE MORE MONEY 04:42 THAN THEY WERE FARMING IN THEIR VILLAGES, THEY STAY IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS 04:46 MORE FUN. 04:47 THERE IS MORE HAPPENING. 04:48 CONVENIENT. 04:50 YES, SO EVEN THE FARMING VILLAGES ARE IN SOME WAYS, BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO 04:54 REACH BECAUSE- I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY WAS RECENTLY TELLING ME THAT THE 04:58 FARMERS NOW CAN MAKE MORE MONEY AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW 05:03 NEEDED MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER FARMERS. 05:06 IT'S A SUPPLY AND DEMAND THING. 05:08 EXACTLY. 05:09 IT'S THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, I THINK, THAT IN MANY WAYS THAT MAKES IT MORE 05:12 CHALLENGING. 05:13 THE DEVIL-WE ARE IN A GREAT CONTROVERSY HERE. 05:16 YOU THINK? 05:17 SO THE DEVIL-IF YOU'VE GOT AN OPENNESS, A SPIRITUAL OPENNESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE 05:24 BECAUSE COMMUNISM IN MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, IS NOT A SPIRITUAL RELIGION. 05:31 IT IS ATHEISTIC. 05:32 SO PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO IT. 05:34 WELL, THE DEVIL IS GOING TO TRY TO FIND OTHER THINGS TO FILL THAT VOID 05:39 AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH MATERIALISM AND THROUGH CONSUMERISM OR 05:45 THROUGH EVEN HUMANISM MORE AND MORE. 05:47 YES. 05:49 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO PRAY AND THE VIEWERS OF THIS PROGRAM SOMETIMES WE 05:53 NEED THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT TO SEND OUT CHURCH 05:59 PLANTERS, TO HELP BUILD CHURCHES AND SO FORTH. 06:02 THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING WE NEED TO STAND 06:06 UNITED IN PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED OUT IN MEASURE. 06:13 I THINK THAT'S MARVELOUS. 06:15 AUDREY YOU SHARED AND BOB YOU SHARED YOUR KINGDOM GROWTH INITIATIVE PASSION 06:24 LOGO, SLOGAN, PRAY FOR CHINA. 06:26 MAYBE AUDREY, IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD IT UP THERE FOR THE CAMERA AND THE CAMERA 06:31 CAN ZOOM IN HERE. 06:32 IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AND THEN WHY DON'T YOU TELL US 06:37 AUDREY, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR LOGO. 06:39 WELL A LOGO IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WANTED TO CREATE AT THE UNION LEVEL 06:43 AND BOB WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BUT IT BASICALLY IT PUTS IN A 06:47 PICTURE, IT TELLS A STORY. 06:49 IT GIVES US THE FOCUS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABOUT. 06:53 IT IS EASY IN ANY WORK, CHURCH WORK TO GET DISTRACTED WITH COMMITTEES 06:58 AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND PROGRAMMING ETC. ETC. 07:02 BUT KINGDOM GROWTH IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 07:05 IF WE ARE NOT MAKING KINGDOM GROWTH HAPPEN, THEN WE NEED TO REEVALUATE 07:10 AND REDETERMINE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. 07:12 IT ALL STARTS WITH PRAYER. 07:14 I MEAN BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN IS SUPREMELY SPIRITUAL. 07:17 THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 07:19 IT IS NOT ABOUT SETTING MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES AND BALANCING A BUDGET. 07:23 YES, OF COURSE THAT IS A PART OF IT BUT IT IS REALLY SPIRITUAL AND WE 07:27 NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO RAIN UPON THE CHURCH; UPON THOSE WHO DON'T EVEN -TO 07:33 WORK ON THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CALLED ON THE NAME OF JESUS. 07:36 SO WE NEED EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR CHINA. 07:40 I THINK OF MARK 1:24 WHICH WE HAVE ON THIS CARD THAT WE GIVE OUT. 07:45 IT SAYS, "THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU" AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS VERSE, "WHATEVER 07:49 THINGS YOU ASK WHEN YOU PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THEM AND YOU 07:53 WILL HAVE THEM." 07:54 WHAT A POWERFUL PROMISE. 07:55 THEN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY PAGE 325 IT SAYS, "IT IS PART OF GOD'S PLAN TO 08:01 BRING US AN ANSWER TO THE PRAYERS OF FAITH THAT WHICH HE WOULD NOT BESTOW 08:07 DID WE NOT ASK." 08:08 THAT'S IT. 08:09 YES AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU USED THE WORD BELIEVE BECAUSE IF YOU ASK 08:13 SOMEONE, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD? 08:15 WELL, SURE I BELIEVE IN GOD BUT DO YOU BELIEVE GOD? 08:19 THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. 08:22 YES. 08:24 THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE 08:27 TWO THINGS. 08:29 WELL, AT THE TOP HERE IT SAYS, WHAT I CAN DO FOR CHINA, I CAN PRAY THAT THE 08:32 HOLY SPIRIT WILL RAIN ACROSS CHINA. 08:34 IN ROMANS 8:26. 08:36 AUDREY DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT SCRIPTURE UP? 08:39 SURE. 08:40 AND FIND THAT ADDRESS? 08:41 YOU KNOW, AS I READ THE WORD RAIN I THOUGHT ABOUT A RECENT TRIP THAT I HAD 08:45 TO CHINA. 08:46 I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A RAINSTORM IN MY Y LI AS I WAS IN THE AIRPORT IN 08:51 CHINA. 08:52 IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND IT CAME THROUGH. 08:55 IT WAS LIKE MIDNIGHT, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE SUN NOT-IT WAS LIKE MIDNIGHT 09:00 AND EVERYTHING STOPPED AND THEN IT JUST LIFTED. 09:03 WHEN I READ THAT, I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT IF, AND WE KNOW THAT THE HOLY 09:08 SPIRIT CAN DO THAT, WE HAD THAT RAIN FALL DOWN. 09:11 LET IT POUR. 09:12 LET IT POUR, LET IT DUMP. 09:14 AUDREY WHAT IS ROMANS 8:26, 27 I'LL READ IT SAYS, "AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 09:19 HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS, FOR EXAMPLE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS US TO PRAY 09:24 FOR EVEN BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYS FOR US WITH GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE 09:29 EXPRESSED IN WORDS AND THE FATHER WHO KNOWS ALL HEARTS KNOWS WHAT THE 09:34 SPIRIT IS SAYING FOR THE SPIRIT PLEADS FOR US BELIEVERS IN HARMONY WITH 09:39 GOD'S WILL." 09:41 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR IS THAT WE WILL EVEN HAVE THE 09:46 DESIRE FOR THE RIGHT THING, THAT WE WILL MAKE THE RIGHT REQUESTS AND 09:50 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SURROUND US AND MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WHERE WE 09:53 ARE DEFICIENT. 09:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:56 HE KNOWS THE NAME OF EVERYONE OF THOSE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE THAT DON'T 09:59 KNOW JESUS. 10:01 HE KNOWS THEM, HE'S FOLLOWED-TRACKED THEIR LIFE AND HE LOVES THEM AND 10:05 SO THIS TEXT REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TAKE 10:10 OUR PRAYERS AND MENTION THE NAME OF THOSE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE. 10:13 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK ON THEIR HEART. 10:16 DO YOU MIND IF WE HAVE A PRAYER NOW ABOUT THAT? 10:18 YES SURE. 10:19 O.K. 10:20 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE 10:23 PRAYING ABOUT CHINA AND FOR CHINA NOT JUST HERE IN THE STUDIO BUT ALSO THOSE 10:27 WHO ARE WATCHING. 10:29 DEAR GOD, PLEASE POUR OUT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON CHINA, UPON THE PEOPLE OF 10:34 CHINA. 10:35 RIGHT NOW WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING, LORD MAKE 10:39 YOURSELF KNOWN TO THEM. 10:40 POUR YOUR SPIRIT UPON THE PEOPLE OF CHINA. 10:44 USE US LORD, AS PRAYER WARRIORS AND AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED TO 10:50 BE YOUR DISCIPLES. 10:52 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LIVE IN CHINA MANY OF US HERE, WE CAN STILL PRAY FOR 10:56 CHINA. 10:57 WE CAN STILL BE PRAYING AND WORKING FOR CHINA. 10:59 SO LORD, WE BELIEVE IN YOU THAT WHEN YOU SAY THAT THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 11:04 WILL GO TO EVERY KINDRED, TONGUE AND NATION; WE BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN AND 11:07 WE PRAY LORD, IF IT IS O.K. 11:09 LET IT HAPPEN NOW. 11:11 IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 11:13 THANK YOU BOB. 11:16 THE NEXT THING HERE ON YOUR CARD HERE AUDREY, IT SAYS WHAT CAN I DO FOR 11:20 CHINA? 11:21 I CAN PRAY FOR THE MILLIONS THAT DO NOT KNOW JESUS. 11:23 CAN YOU PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR SOMEONE, BOTH OF YOU, WHO MIGHT 11:27 NEVER HAVE BEEN TO CHINA, WHO MIGHT NEVER GO TO CHINA-WHAT IS IT LIKE? 11:33 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CHINA? 11:36 WELL SOMETIMES AUDREY AND I JOKE, WE MOVED FROM A CITY CALLED SPOKANE THAT 11:39 HAS 300,000 AND WE SOMETIMES JOKE A COUPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE 11:44 300,000 PEOPLE OVER THERE. 11:45 YES. 11:46 YOU KNOW THE SIZE OF THE CITIES IS JUST OVERWHELMING. 11:48 I WAS JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND IN A CITY THAT THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING 11:50 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE 30 MILLION. 11:52 IT IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE WORLD BUT IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU 12:05 THE NAME, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT BUT IT IS 30 MILLION PEOPLE. 12:09 THERE ARE PROVINCES WHICH WE WOULD CALL STATES WITH OVER 100 MILLION. 12:15 I MEAN THE UNITED STATES; SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA HAS ABOUT 330 MILLION O.K. 12:20 TOTAL. 12:22 WELL, THIS IS 1.-YOU HAVE TO ADD A BILLION TO THAT AND IT'S EVEN GREATER THAN 12:29 THAT. 12:30 SO IT IS ONE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE, CLOSE TO THAT, IN THE WORLD LIVE IN THIS ONE 12:34 CITY. 12:35 IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE LANGUAGE GROUP IN THE WORLD AND ETHNIC GROUP IN 12:40 THE WORLD. 12:41 OH REALLY? 12:42 YES, THE HONG CHINESE ETHNIC GROUP IS THE LARGEST THERE AND IT IS 12:46 RIGHT THERE IN ONE COUNTRY. 12:49 THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 12:52 JUST A RICH HISTORY, RICH CULTURE. 12:55 YOU KNOW BOB JUST MENTIONED THIS ONE CITY THE GREATER AREA WITH 30 12:59 MILLION PEOPLE AND IN THAT CITY WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF BELIEVERS THAT 13:04 WORSHIP FROM SABBATH TO SABBATH ANYWHERE FROM 2-400. 13:08 BUT IN THAT CITY, WE HAVE NOT ONE PASTOR. 13:12 NOT ONE PASTOR AND WE NEED PASTORS. 13:14 YES WE NEED LAY PEOPLE ON FIRE BUT WE NEED PASTORS. 13:16 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING WITH US AND THIS IS 13:21 A CITY THAT I'M REFERRING TO THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US 13:27 IN PLACING PIONEERS INTO THAT CITY. 13:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:31 BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF OUR GOSPEL COMMISSION AND LIKE THE SECOND REQUEST 13:36 HERE SAYS, FOR THE MILLIONS THAT DO NOT KNOW JESUS WE HAVE BEEN 13:40 COMMISSIONED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. 13:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:43 IN REVELATION 14, LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON THE CORRECT WAY HERE, IN 13:46 REVELATION 14:6 IT SAYS "AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL FLYING THROUGH THE SKY 13:52 CARRYING THE ETERNAL GOOD NEWS TO PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO THIS 13:56 WORLD, TO EVERY NATION, TRIBE, LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE." 13:59 SO, THOSE ARE OUR MARCHING ORDERS. 14:03 THERE'S THE JOB. 14:05 YES. 14:05 BUT YOU KNOW THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 14:08 EVERYTHING ELSE IS PERIPHERAL. 14:09 YOU CAN INVEST, IN FACT, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH IN 14:15 CHINA AND HOW IT HAS GROWN. 14:17 WELL YOU KNOW THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA. 14:20 WE HAD, OH YES, I CAN'T REMEMBER AUDREY HOW MANY HOSPITALS. 14:24 WE HAD 200+ SOME INSTITUTIONS AND YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES AND SO ON. 14:28 IT WAS ALL TAKEN AWAY IN THE 1950'S BUT THE CHURCH CONTINUES. 14:31 IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHURCH IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT PEOPLE 14:36 -REACHING PEOPLE. 14:37 AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 THOUSAND MEMBERS, NO, NO, 21,000 14:41 MEMBERS, YES YES, 21,000 MEMBERS. 14:43 NOW WE HAVE 400,000 SOME MEMBERS AND NO REAL INSTITUTIONS. 14:45 YES. 14:46 SO IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MISSION. 14:48 TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY. 14:49 WELL, YOU HAVE HEARD IT. 14:50 YOU ARE WATCHING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:53 YOU'VE HEARD AUDREY AND BOB FOLKENBERG TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS IN CHINA. 14:57 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE PRAYER NEEDS FOR CHINA AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 15:02 WHEREVER YOU ARE---IN THE MIDST OF WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TO PLEASE LIFT UP 15:06 A WORD OF PRAYER FOR CHINA. 15:08 YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE A MOM, IF YOU ARE A GRANDMA, IF YOU'RE WHATEVER YOU 15:12 DO-THINK ABOUT THERE IS A MOM, THERE IS A GRANDMA, THERE IS A CHILD, THERE IS 15:17 A DAD, THERE IS A GRANDPA IN CHINA AND SOMETIMES WE THINK ABOUT THESE BIG 15:22 TERMS OF PRAYING FOR A COUNTRY. 15:24 WELL, MAKE IT SPECIFIC ABOUT YOU. 15:26 MAKE IT ABOUT THE MAN STANDING IN THE RICE PADDIE FIELDS. 15:28 THAT'S HIS JOB. 15:29 I'VE SEEN HIM. 15:30 HE IS OUT THERE WITH HIS CELL PHONE. 15:33 SO PRAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 15:34 I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP WITH THE 15:38 WORK IN CHINA THAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 15:41 THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP ON YOUR SCREEN. 15:43 FOR SOME PHONE NUMBERS, 509-525-2951. 15:47 IN CANADA, 778-754-2079. 15:50 I'LL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS I SAY THOSE AND OUR WEB ADDRESS IS GOAIM.ORG. 15:58 THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE ALSO WOULD 16:04 LOVE TO SEND OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER TO YOU. 16:07 IT IS FREE. 16:08 IT ALWAYS HAS SOME REALLY GREAT TESTIMONIALS AND STORIES FROM GOSPEL 16:12 OUTREACH. 16:14 SO AUDREY AND BOB, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRAYING FOR CHINA AND ANOTHER THING 16:17 THAT CAUGHT MY EYE RIGHT HERE ON THIS CARD AUDREY IS FOR THE CHILDREN IN 16:21 CHINA THAT THEY WILL GROW LIKE JESUS. 16:25 WELL YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE VERSE I LOVE AND I APPLIED IT TO MY OWN PARENTING AND 16:31 I THINK OF THE CHILDREN IN CHINA IS LUKE 2:52 THAT SAYS, "AND JESUS INCREASED 16:37 IN WISDOM AND STATURE AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN." 16:40 THAT IS WHAT OUR GOAL AS PARENTS, AS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO REACH THE CHILDREN 16:45 IN CHINA NEED TO HAVE -THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE IN 16:50 WISDOM AND STATURE AND IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN. 16:52 TO GROW, TO BE LIKE JESUS AND IN SOME AREAS OF CHINA WE SEE YOUNG PEOPLE VERY 16:59 INVOLVED IN THEIR CHURCHES. 17:01 IN OTHER CHURCHES, THERE ARE NO YOUNG PEOPLE. 17:04 I KNOW THAT YOU PERSONALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR CONNECTING WITH THE 17:08 CHILDREN, BUT UNLESS WE MEET THE CHILDREN OF TODAY WE DON'T HAVE LEADERS FOR 17:13 TOMORROW. 17:14 AMEN. 17:16 THAT'S RIGHT AND THE PARTICULAR PRAYER FOR OUR CHILDREN I THINK, IS VERY 17:21 IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO ME THE TEXT THAT AUDREY TALKED ABOUT IS KINGDOM 17:25 GROWTH. 17:26 EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT COMES TO KNOW JESUS AND CALLS HIM 17:30 LORD AND SAVIOUR THAT IS KINGDOM GROWTH, AND THAT IS THE FUTURE OF OUR 17:33 CHURCH. 17:35 WELL, TO BE IN A COUNTRY YOU KNOW, HAVING TRAVELED, I'VE BEEN BLEST TO BE ABLE 17:38 TO DO THAT BUT GOING TO CHINA, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THE CHINESE ARE 17:43 WITH THEIR KIDS. 17:45 I MEAN THERE IS A SPECIAL CONNECTION THAT THEY HAVE AND SUCH LOVELY CHILDREN; 17:49 SMART KIDS AND ALL OF THAT. 17:51 YES AND TO HAVE THAT THOUGH THAT THEY CAN KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THEM AND 17:55 THAT HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE IS COMING BACK. 17:57 I JUST THINK ABOUT THESE KIDS. 17:59 DO THESE KIDS KNOW THAT? 18:00 YOU KNOW WHEN THEY ARE LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT AUDREY, ININUCH A SECULAR 18:04 MATERIAL SOCIETY WHERE- IT IS JUST HUGE. 18:08 IT IS. 18:10 WELL AND YOU KNOW THERE IS THE ONE CHILD POLICY IN CHINA WHICH FLUCTUATES. 18:14 THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS DEFINITELY TO THAT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF CHINA 18:17 WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES, DIFFERENT MINORITY GROUPS BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE 18:21 CHILD WHO HAS A SET OF PARENTS AND FOUR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR 18:26 FUTURE IN A SENSE IS ALL IN THAT CHILD AND SO OFTEN YOU SEE A FOCUS ON 18:32 EDUCATION, WHICH OF COURSE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT, A FOCUS ON MAKING THAT CHILD 18:36 A SUCCESS SO THAT THEY CAN BRING IN THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY, BUT WE 18:40 NEED TO PRAY THAT THESE MOTHERS AND FATHERS, THESE GRANDPARENTS GIVE THAT 18:46 CHILD WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT IS SPIRITUAL FOOD. 18:49 AMEN. 18:50 WHY DON'T YOU PAUSE WITH ME RIGHT NOW, AUDREY? 18:52 O.K. 18:54 LORD, IN HEAVEN I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY EACH ONE OF US HAVE, NOT 18:57 ONLY THE THREE OF US HERE IN THE STUDIO BUT EACH PERSON LISTENING, THE 19:01 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE A PART OF KINGDOM GROWTH. 19:05 AND LORD, WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A PART 19:09 OF KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA AND AT THIS MOMENT I WANT TO PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE 19:13 CHILDREN. 19:14 LORD, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS' 19:18 NAME. 19:20 THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF HIS LOVE, HIS UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. 19:22 THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT EDUCATION, 19:26 BRINGING IN MONEY; IT IS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE TRUE GIVER OF LIFE WHO 19:31 WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE. 19:33 SO LORD, I PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHINA. 19:37 I PRAY THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THEIR 19:41 PARENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF LISTENERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, BECAUSE 19:47 OF THEIR PRAYERS, BECAUSE OF THEIR DONATIONS THAT THE CHILDREN IN CHINA WILL 19:51 COME TO KNOW YOU SO THEY CAN ENJOY YOUR PEACE, YOUR LOVE AND THE GIFT OF 19:58 ETERNAL LIFE. 19:59 I PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME. 20:02 AMEN AND AMEN. 20:03 THE CHINESE WORD FOR PEACE IS PENONG. 20:06 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL THING. 20:09 THANK YOU AUDREY. 20:11 SOME OTHER THINGS ON YOUR CARD HERE- THE UNITY AMONG BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 20:16 THAT'S HUGE AND. 20:18 IT IS IN THE SENSE THAT ANYTIME WHERE THE CHURCH IS GROWING, THE DEVIL 20:25 TRIES TO BRING IN DISCORD. 20:28 WE SEE THAT THERE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, YOU KNOW. 20:30 THE GREEK, YOU KNOW, WIDOWS FEELING NEGLECTED BUT THE CHURCH HAS TO 20:37 RESPOND TO THAT JUST LIKE THE EARLY CHURCH DID. 20:40 IN ONE OF THE THINGS TO DO IS TO PRAY. 20:42 PRAY FOR UNITY AT A TIME WHEN THE CHURCH IS GROWING. 20:45 IT NEEDS TO GROW MORE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE KINDGDOM GROWTH WE NEED TO BE 20:48 PRAYING FOR UNITY. 20:50 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRINGS GREATER UNITY IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR 20:54 MEMBERS WITH A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 20:56 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ALL ACROSS CHINA IS THAT MANY OF THE 21:02 CHCHCHES AND OUR MEETING PLACES ARE IN HOMES. 21:07 AND OFTEN TIMES THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATE. 21:10 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN-AUDREY WAS TELLING ME A STORY OF A 21:13 HOME, OF A CHURCH WHERE THEY ARE MEETING IN ONE ROOM AND THEY HAVE NO 21:18 PLACE FOR THE KIDS SO THEY ACTUALLY SHIP THEM --THE KIDS ARE IN A DIFFERENT 21:22 PART OF TOWN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 21:24 THEY ARE MEETING IN SOME WAREHOUSE THAT I SAW THE PICTURES. 21:26 IT IS LIKE-WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED HERE. 21:28 YOU WALK INTO OUR SABBATH SCHOOLS -CAN YOU UNDERSCORE THAT A LITTLE 21:30 BIT MORE? 21:31 TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. 21:32 YOU WALK INTO OUR SABBATH SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR 21:39 CHILDREN. 21:40 IN CHINA WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE FED, ARE DELAPITATED, COLD, RUN 21:45 DOWN, COLD, HOT. 21:46 EXACTLY! 21:48 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS HELP THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR 21:54 US AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO SAY, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 21:57 BUY A PIECE OF LAND AND WE CAN BUILD. 21:59 THEY WORK HARD. 22:01 THEY PUT IN MONEY THEMSELVES AND THIS IS A PLACE ALSO WHERE YOUR 22:05 VIEWERS CAN HELP-IS TO SAY HEY WE'D LIKE TO -YOU KNOW IF YOU COULD HELP WITH A 22:09 LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MEGA CHURCHES HERE. 22:13 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHURCHES THAT ARE REASONABLE, EVEN THOUGH 22:16 THE PRICES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO 22:19 BUILD AS MANY CHURCHES AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU A YEAR 22:22 FROM NOW THERE WILL BE 20 PER CENT MORE EXPENSIVE AND ON AND ON. 22:25 BUT UNITY COMES WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WHEN THERE IS TRAINING AND WHEN THERE 22:30 IS PRAYER AND WE NEED TO JUST PRAY FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCHES IN CHINA AND 22:34 THEIR NEEDS. 22:35 YES AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TOOK AWAY ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, OUR 22:39 SCHOOLS, OUR HOSPITALS ETC., IT REMOVED THE UMBRELLA THAT PULLS PEOPLE 22:45 TOGETHER. 22:46 THIS IS TRUE. 22:47 AND SO THEREFORE, I THINK THAT HAS EXASPERATED THE DISCONNECT AMONGST OUR 22:52 MEMBERS IN CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT-IN ALL THE AREAS AND REGIONS IN CHINA. 22:58 PRAY FOR UNITY. 22:59 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 23:01 ALSO HERE THE LEADERS WILL BE FILLED WITH HIS WISDOM AND I NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT 23:06 YOU FOLKS THE CHINESE UNION MISSION AND YOUR WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:10 BUT ALSO WE DO NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. 23:13 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 23:15 YOU KNOW WE KNOW FROM THE BOOK OF ROMANS THAT GOD SETS UP KINGDOMS AND WE 23:17 NEED TO HONOR THEM AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY GOD HAS-THERE HAS NEVER BEEN 23:19 IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS, I'VE READ THIS IN 23:30 LITERATURE, A GOVERNMENT THAT REALLY HAS TAKEN AS MANY PEOPLE OUT OF 23:34 POVERTY. 23:35 THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. 23:36 CLOSE TO HALF A BILLION PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER REGISTERED AS IN POVERTY 23:42 IN CHINA BECAUSE-THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN MANY AREAS. 23:47 IN LITERACY, SCHOOLING I COULD GO ON AND ON PRAISING THE CHINESE 23:52 GOVERNMENT SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR MORE WISDOM. 23:54 ABSOLUTELY. 23:55 WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF CHINA. 23:57 THE CHINESE PEOPLE THEY WORK. 24:00 THEY WORK. 24:01 THEY ARE VERY INDUSTRIOUS. 24:02 VERY INDUSTRIOUS. 24:03 ABSOLUTELY. 24:04 AND WISDOM FOR THE CHURCH LEADERS TOO, AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS HERE 24:07 BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH-AND YOU KNOW WE QUOTE THAT PROMISE IN JAMES 1:5 24:11 THAT GOD GIVES WISDOM AND HE ABRAIDETH NOT AND IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM; 24:16 WE FEEL THAT ALL THE TIME. 24:18 WHAT DO WE DO IN THIS SITUATION? 24:20 WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? 24:22 OUR LEADERS ON THE GROUND IN CHINA, THEY NEED WISDOM BECAUSE THEY DANCE A DANCE 24:27 THAT YOU AND I WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO 24:33 PREACH THE GOSPEL BUT YET IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF 24:37 RESTRICTIONS; THEY WANT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE BUT THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS 24:41 POSSIBLY, IF THEY PUSH IT TOO HARD AT THE WRONG TIME AND THE WRONG PLACE. 24:44 WE NEED WISDOM. 24:46 AND, HAVING JUST SAID THAT AUDREY, WE IN THE WESTERN WORLD IN YOU KNOW, OUR 24:53 ENVIRONMENT HERE WE CANNOT BE CRITICAL OF THE BELIEVERS THERE AND THE 24:58 SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH. 25:00 WE ARE NOT WALKING IN THEIR SHOES. 25:02 NOT WALKING IN THEIR SHOES. 25:03 EXACTLY. 25:04 ABSOLUTELY. 25:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:06 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THINGS AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM TO 25:08 HAVE THE WISDOM AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE GRACIOUSNESS TO KNOW THAT 25:10 THEY ARE HANDLING AND HOW THE LORD IS WILLING. 25:12 AMEN. 25:13 EVEN ME BEING THERE SOMETIMES DECISIONS ARE MADE THAT I DON'T 25:16 UNDERSTAND BUT I SAY AH, GOD IS IN CONTROL. 25:20 AMEN. 25:21 ABSOLUTELY. 25:22 HE IS IMPRESSING UPON THE MINDS OF WOMEN AND MEN WHAT TO DO. 25:26 AND THE WOMEN ARE WORKING IN CHINA, YES THEY ARE. 25:28 WOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT. 25:30 MANY LEADERS AND GOD IS POURING OUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT ON ALL OF THE 25:35 BELIEVERS THERE. 25:36 AMEN. 25:38 WELL, PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND BOB I AM WONDERING IF YOU WOULD OFFER A SHORT 25:41 PRAYER IN CHINESE PLEASE. 25:43 AMEN. 25:44 I LOVE IT IN CHINA WHERE THEY ALL SAY AMEN TOGETHER. 25:46 THAT IS SO TRUE. 25:50 YES THEY DO. 25:53 WELL, I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:02 AUDREY BLESSINGS TO YOU AS YOU ARE WEARING SEVERAL HATS IN THE CHINESE UNION 26:15 MISSION, WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND CHINESE UNION MISSION AS YOU ALL DO AND 26:22 I THINK THAT THAT IS HUGE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE ALL DOING 26:26 MANY THINGS. 26:27 BOB, BLESSINGS TO YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF CHINA UNION MISSION. 26:30 SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 26:32 GLAD TO BE HERE. 26:34 THANK YOU OUR VIEWERS OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:36 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND AGAIN WE ASK YOU FOR TWO THINGS: YOUR FINANCIAL 26:41 SUPPORT. 26:42 YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS OF CHINA; YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS FOR CHURCH 26:44 BUILDINGS, PLACES FOR THE CHILDREN. 26:46 AGAIN, I CAN'T UNDERSCORE HAVING WORSHIPED IN THESE PLACES THE CHILDREN, THEY 26:50 ALL NEED WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE BUT AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TODAY, PLEASE PRAY 26:54 FOR CHINA. 26:56 PLEASE PRAY FOR CHINA WHEN YOU THINK OF THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS BUT THINK OF 26:58 THE LITTLE GIRL WHO HAS GOT PIG TAILS AND SHE'S GOT LITTLE RED RIBBONS IN 27:02 HER HAIR. 27:03 PRAY FOR HER. 27:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 27:06 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE 27:11 SANDERS-KEYMER AND THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:13 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:14 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:19 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 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. 27:42 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:49 WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:51 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. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 BE THE SPARK. |
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