Participants: Rumiana Motzev
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000500
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00:16 GOOD MORNING, WELL IT'S MORNING WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT OF PRODUCING
00:22 ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:25 WHATEVER TIME OF DAY IT IS WHILE YOU' RE VIEWING THIS PROGRAM WARMEST GREETINGS 00:31 TO YOU AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM ABOUT 00:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 I HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME. 00:42 A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR I GET TO COME HERE TO COLLEGE PLACE AND BE IN 00:46 THIS STUDIO. 00:47 AND IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT I THINK TODAY BECAUSE THE PROGRAM YOU 00:55 ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS PROGRAM NUMBER 500 PRODUCED IN THIS STUDIO AT 01:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:06 SO JOIN US IN SAYING PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL OF THESE BLESSINGS. 01:11 AND AN ADDITIONAL BLESSING IS I GET TO PRESENT, TO INTRODUCE MY NEW FRIEND 01:18 RUMIANA MOTZEV. 01:20 RUMIANA IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US AGAIN. 01:23 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING HERE WITH YOU ONCE BEFORE, AND WE DIDN'T 01:28 FINISH THE STORY. 01:29 SO WE GOT TO COME BACK AGAIN AND TALK ABOUT THE MINISTRY THAT YOU ARE 01:35 INVOLVED WITH. 01:36 I'M REMEMBERING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SINCE ABOUT 2005. 01:44 YOU STARTED HERE, AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE NOW, BUT YOU STARTED HERE 01:51 ALMOST NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH. 01:54 YES. 01:55 AND NOW YOU DO SO WELL SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GOSPEL 02:02 OUTREACH TO KIND OF ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS. 02:04 YES. 02:06 THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS YOU'VE DONE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO 02:11 BE DONE AROUND GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A VOLUNTEER. 02:15 AND LO AND BEHOLD A SPECIAL REGION NEEDED A LEADER AND THEY ASKED YOU. 02:24 SO TELL US ABOUT THAT REGION. 02:25 OKAY. 02:27 I WAS GOING TO PREPARE A MAP JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE WHERE THE REGION IS 02:35 EXACTLY, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO USE IT. 02:37 ANYWAY, BULGARIA IS ON THE BALKANS. 02:47 THE PLACE OF OUR COUNTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL 02:54 AND GEOGRAPHICAL POINTS. 02:56 ON THE SOUTH OF BULGARIA IS GREECE AND TURKEY. 03:06 ON THE WEST IS MACEDONIA AND SERBIA. 03:10 YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROBABLY TELL PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING 03:15 BULGARIA ON THE MAP, IF THEY WILL FIND GREECE. 03:17 YES. 03:18 IF THEY FIND GREECE AND THEY LOOK TO THE NORTH THEY WILL SEE BULGARIA 03:22 THERE. 03:24 ALL OF US KNOW ABOUT WHERE TURKEY IS ALSO, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR HOME 03:31 LAND. 03:32 YES. 03:34 YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN BULGARIA? 03:36 YES. 03:37 YOUR HUSBAND AS WELL? 03:38 YES. 03:40 THE FOLKS DESERVE TO KNOW YOUR HUSBAND IS A PROFESSOR AT WALLA WALLA 03:45 UNIVERSITY. 03:46 AND YOU HAVE ONE SON? 03:48 WE HAVE ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER. 03:51 BOTH OF THEM GRADUATED FROM WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY. 03:54 OUR SON, A WEEK AFTER THE GRADUATION LEFT WITH HIS WIFE TO BULGARIA, TO 04:00 EUROPE, AND OUR DAUGHTER IS STILL IN THE STATES. 04:05 I SEE. 04:06 SO IN REALITY YOU WERE BORN IN BULGARIA BUT NOW WE SAY HERE YOU'RE A 04:13 WASHINGTONIAN, A PART OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 04:17 WE WELCOME YOU OF COURSE. 04:20 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 04:21 TELL US ABOUT MINISTRY IN BULGARIA, AND YOUR TERRITORY BULGARIA, 04:28 MACEDONIA AND TURKEY. 04:29 TELL US ABOUT MINISTRY THERE. 04:36 THERE ARE MANY MUSLIMS IN OUR COUNTRIES AND IN THE BALKANS. 04:40 THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND EVERYTHING THAT 04:48 HAPPENED THERE IN THE PAST. 04:53 IN BULGARIA THE WHOLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTRY IS POPULATED WITH 05:01 TURKS WHO HAVE BULGARIAN CITIZENSHIP, BUT THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS 05:09 TURKS. 05:10 THIS IS THE SAME IN MACEDONIA. 05:12 THERE ARE A LOT OF MUSLIMS THERE. 05:14 IN BULGARIA WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL PRESENCE OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 05:25 WE HAVE A UNION THERE AND EVERYTHING. 05:28 WE HAVE MORE THAN 100 CHURCHES IN BULGARIA. 05:31 REALLY. 05:32 YES. 05:33 WONDERFUL. 05:35 BUT IN TURKEY OUR MINISTRY APPARENTLY HAS NOT BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL DURING THE 05:42 YEARS. 05:43 WE HAD TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT AFTER THE EXPERIENCE 05:55 WE HAD WITH THEM, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM WE REALIZED THAT WE SHOULD 06:00 SEND VERY WELL TRAINED PEOPLE TO THE FIELD. 06:04 THEY MUST BE TRAINED BEFORE THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE FIELD. 06:09 MAY I INTERRUPT YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT. 06:11 JUST SO WE GET THE STORY FOR OUR VIEWERS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEN WHILE 06:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS MADE WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY THEY 06:29 WERE MEETING GREAT RESISTANCE AND HAVING DIFFICULTY, AND IT WAS 06:33 DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BE THERE. 06:34 YES. 06:35 THEY WERE LOCALS. 06:36 IT WAS NOT REALLY DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE 06:38 WHERE THEY ARE. 06:39 BUT THEY WERE NOT READY TO START TO WORK. 06:41 THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO START, HOW TO REACH PEOPLE AND WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY 06:51 WENT TO THE VILLAGES AND AMONG OTHER PEOPLE. 06:54 IN BULGARIA WE FACED THE SAME PROBLEM. 07:11 BECAUSE IN THE TURKISH AREAS AND WORKING WITH THE MUSLIMS, YOU MUST BE VERY 07:17 WISE AND VERY PREPARED TO GO THERE. 07:21 TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND TO ACCEPT YOU. 07:26 ESPECIALLY IN BULGARIA, TURKISH PEOPLE LIVE IN VERY CLOSED COMMUNITIES. 07:33 IF YOU GO IN THEIR VILLAGE, THEY WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT A 07:39 STRANGER IS THERE. 07:44 IT IS NOT EASY TO WIN THEIR TRUST AND TO MAKE THEM ACCEPT YOU, BECAUSE 07:51 YOU'RE AN OUTSIDER AND YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THEIR CULTURE. 07:56 WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING RUMI IS WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH THESE 08:07 PEOPLE AT THEIR PLACE, AT THEIR LEVEL WITH THEIR CONCEPT OF LIFE AND THEIR 08:16 RELATIONSHIPS. 08:18 YOU REMIND ME OF A STATEMENT THAT IS SO FAMILIAR TO PROBABLY A LOT 08:24 OF OUR VIEWERS. 08:26 CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY WORKS IN REPRESENTING HIM AND 08:32 HIS KINGDOM AND THAT IS GOING AMONG THE PEOPLE AS A PERSON WHO DESIRES THEIR 08:40 GOOD, MAKING FRIENDSHIPS. 08:42 THAT'S WHY WE REALIZE IT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO THERE, PREACHING AND TELL 08:50 THEM ABOUT OUR DOCTRINES AND JUST TO TELL THEM STORIES OR STUFF LIKE 09:00 THAT, WHAT WE USUALLY DO IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES AND IN CHRISTIAN TOWNS IN OUR 09:07 COUNTRY. 09:08 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHEN THEIRS IS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, AN ADVENTIST 09:14 CHURCH PRESENCE PERHAPS, THAT WE HAVE THE COMMON GROUND OF THE BIBLE AND 09:21 THE BIBLE RECORD, THE BIBLE TEACHING, THE BIBLE DOCTRINE SO WE CAN CONNECT 09:26 WITH PEOPLE ON OUR COMMON LEVEL. 09:29 OVER THERE WE HAVE TO CONNECT ON THE COMMON LEVEL OF THE PEOPLE. 09:33 HOW DO YOU GET TO DO THAT? 09:38 WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WORK WITH TURKISH PEOPLE IN OUR 09:43 COUNTRY. 09:44 ONE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, ONONHE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTRY AND THE OTHER ONE 09:50 IS IN THE LAST TOWN IN BULGARIA BEFORE THE BORDER WITH TURKEY. 10:00 THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS. 10:03 THIS IS THE ONLY THING THEY ARE DOING NOW. 10:06 WHAT IS THEIR NATIONALITY? 10:08 THEY ARE BULGARIANS. 10:09 THEY'RE BULGARIANS. 10:11 THEY ARE BULGARIANS, BUT AFTER WE TALKED FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH THE 10:14 PRESIDENT OF THE BULGARIAN UNION, HE TOLD US PRACTICALLY WE DON'T HAVE 10:21 TURKISH SPEAKING PEOPLE WHO WE CAN SEND DEEP IN THIS REGION TO WORK WITH 10:27 TURKISH PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY ESPECIALLY. 10:31 THAT'S WHY AFTER MANY HOURS OF DISCUSSION WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED 10:38 MUSLIM TRAINING CENTERS TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE DECIDED TO 10:47 FOLLOW GOD TO BE TRAINED, NOT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AS JESUS DID WITH 10:56 HIS DISCIPLES, BUT MAYBE SHORT-TERM TRAINING. 11:00 AND MAYBE AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THEY CAN GO BACK THERE AND CONTINUE THEIR 11:08 TRAINING AFTER THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD. 11:13 TELL ME A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS TRAINING EXPERIENCE. 11:19 YOU CALLED IT A MUSLIM TRAINING CENTER. 11:24 THESE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE THERE TO REPRESENT JESUS, BUT THEY NEED TO 11:32 HAVE A MUSLIM TRAINING. 11:34 WHO GIVES THEM THAT? 11:37 HOW DO THEY GET THAT? 11:40 FOR NOW WE REALIZE THAT OUR PASTOR WHO I TOLD YOU LAST TIME WAS BORN IN 11:47 BULGARIA BUT IS BULGARIAN TURK. 11:51 HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN TURKEY ABOUT 17 YEARS. 11:54 THEY CONVERTED THEMSELVES, HE AND HIS WIFE ABOUT 32 YEARS AGO. 12:01 REALLY. 12:02 IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR BOTH OF THEM. 12:06 WERE THEY ALREADY MARRIED WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO THE GOSPEL? 12:11 NO, THEY WEREN'T. 12:13 THEIR HISTORY IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IN COMMUNIST TIME IN MY 12:18 COUNTRY AN ADVENTIST PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN SENT TO THEIR 12:23 VILLAGE. 12:26 AFTER THEY LIVED THERE TOGETHER WITH THEM ABOUT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW 12:32 MANY YEARS, BUT WHEN HE WAS LEAVING WITH HIS FAMILY THE WHOLE VILLAGE 12:38 WAS CRYING TELLING THEM "YOU ARE MUSLIM. 12:44 YOU ARE BETTER MUSLIM THAN WE ARE." 12:48 BECAUSE OF HIS EXAMPLE AND EXPERIENCE, TODAY'S PASTOR WHO IS WORKING IN TURKEY 12:57 HAD, IN HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH YEARS, DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS. 13:05 HE FOUND HIM SEVERAL YEARS LATER IN SOFIA. 13:14 HE TOOK CLASSES ABOUT BIBLE STUDY AND EVERYTHING AND HE HAS BEEN BAPTIZED. 13:23 HE STRUGGLED A LOT WITH HIS FAMILY. 13:25 HE TOLD US "MY UNCLE WAS LOOKING FOR ME TO KILL ME." 13:33 AFTER THAT HIS WIFE ALSO DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS. 13:40 INTERESTING. 13:42 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN BULGARIA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 13:45 THEY WERE SENT TO BOGENHOFEN ONE OF OUR COLLEGES IN EUROPE, IN 13:47 GERMANY. 13:48 AFTER HE GRADUATED THERE THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO TURKEY. 13:51 APPARENTLY THEY HAD A PRETTY HARD TIME BEING THERE IN ANTALYA, IZMIR 14:11 AND ISTANBUL. 14:14 THEY CHANGED SEVERAL PLACES. 14:18 THEY KNOW PRETTY WELL HOW TO WORK WITH THEIR PEOPLE. 14:24 HOW TO WORK WITH MUSLIMS. 14:27 ESPECIALLY HE IS AN AMAZING WORKER TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET. 14:34 REALLY. 14:35 YES. 14:37 WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE PLACES OUT THERE ON THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE. 14:43 IN OTHER WORDS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RUMI IS IN THE WEST WE PUT UP A SIGN AND SAY 14:51 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING. 14:53 PLEASE COME WHERE WE ARE SO WE CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH MORE RIGHT WE ARE 14:58 THAN YOU ARE. 15:00 AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WOULDN'T WORK AT ALL THERE. 15:07 THIS PASTOR,R,IS WIFE, HIS MINISTRY, 17 YEARS OF IT NOW, HAS DISCOVERED HE HAS 15:13 TO GO ON THE STREET WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. 15:17 DODOOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES ON THE STREET? 15:20 HE JUST TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE. 15:22 HE HELPS THEM, HE GREETS THEM. 15:25 HE TAKES CARE OF THEM IF THEY ARE HUNGRY. 15:29 HE IS ABLE TO TAKE OFF HIS SHIRT AND GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ON THE STREET. 15:34 THEY DECIDE TO FIND HIM AGAIN AND THEY'RE ASKING HIM WHAT IS DIFFERENT WITH 15:45 YOU, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS WITH US? 15:47 DO THEY BELIEVE HE IS A MUSLIM? 15:49 YES. 15:50 SO HE ISN'T A THREAT TO THEM. 15:52 HE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEM THEOLOGICALLY OR PHILOSOPHICALLY. 16:07 YOU MAKE SUCH AN ELOQUENT POINT RUMI BY REPORTING THAT HE GIVES A SHIRT OR 16:17 HE WILL GIVE FOOD OR HE WILL HELP, WHATEVER. 16:21 NOBODY CAN ARGUE WITH THAT. 16:24 THERE'S NO CONTEST. 16:26 WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING. 16:28 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AGAIN AS JESUS DID. 16:34 YES. 16:35 THAT'S A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION. 16:37 I WANT TO HEAR LOTS MORE OF THIS, BUT I'M GOIOI TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK RIGHT 16:40 NOW AND TALK TO OUR VIEWERS. 16:43 ALREADY YOU'RE CAPTURED BY THE STORY THAT RUMI IS SHARING WITH US ABOUT THE 16:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY IN MACEDONIA, TURKEY AND MAINLY BULGARIA. 16:56 WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MACEDONIA PERHAPS AS WELL. 17:03 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY FOR RUMI, FOR HER WORK, HER GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:11 TEAM IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 17:15 ALSO, I WANT YOU TO REQUEST THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN 17:19 MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 17:21 RIGHT ON YOUR SCREEN THERE IS THE ADDRESS, AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, ALL THE 17:26 INFORMATION YOU NEED. 17:27 JOT IT DOWN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AND BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:32 A WONDERFUL DEDICATED VOLUNTEER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL RESPOND TO 17:38 YOUR REQUEST. 17:39 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 17:42 I REALLY DON'T HAVE WORDS RUMI TO TELL YOU HOW YOU SPEAK TO MY HEART WITH 17:54 THIS STORY OF THE WAY TO WORK. 18:00 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WAY TO WORK IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, BUT I HAVE A 18:05 CONVICTION THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE OUGHT TO WORK IN ALL THE WORLD. 18:11 FIRST MAKE FRIENDS FOR JESUS AND FOR THE KINGDOM AND THEN, WHERE YOU HAD 18:18 COME TO AS I WENT TO A BREAK HERE, THE PEOPLE SAID " "AT MAKES YOU SO 18:24 DIFFERENT" AND HE GETS TO TALK TO THEM. 18:29 YES. 18:31 BEFORE I WENT TO TURKEY I MADE SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT IS ALLOWED THERE AND WHAT 18:34 IS FORBIDDEN. 18:36 I READ THAT ESPECIALLY THE TURKISH CONSTITUTION GIVES RIGHT TO ALL RELIGIONS. 18:43 BUT IT IS FORBIDDEN BY THEIR LAW AND CONSTITUTION FOR YOU TO TRY TO CONVERT 18:50 PEOPLE THERE. 18:51 BUT IF THEY ASK YOU WHAT IS DIFFERENT WITH YOU, WHAT IS YOUR FAITH, WHAT 18:58 DO YOU BELIEVE, YOU CAN SHARE AND IT IS NOT FORBIDDEN. 19:04 SO WE WERE THINKING WHY DON'T WE ASK THE LORD TO GIVE US WISDOM HOW TO MAKE 19:10 PEOPLE THERE ASK THE QUESTIONS. 19:18 WHAT IS DIFFERENT WITH YOU? 19:20 WHO ARE YOU? 19:21 WHY ARE YOU DOING ALL OF THIS? 19:22 WE REALIZED THAT FIRST WE NEED TO SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE. 19:30 BECAUSE IN ISLAM THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS JUST ONE LORD. 19:36 BUT THEY DON'T DARE TO CALL HIM FATHER. 19:41 BECAUSE? 19:42 THEY DON'T DARE TO CALL HIM FATHER BECAUSE IN ISLAM GOD IS SOMETHING 19:50 THAT WILL PUNISH THEM IF THEY DON'T OBEY THE KORAN. 19:56 THEY ACCEPT THE KORAN AS A BOOK GIVEN BY GOD AND THEY MUST FOLLOW THE KORAN 20:09 LITERALLY. 20:12 IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, GOD WILL PUNISH THEM. 20:15 IN ISLAM GOD IS NOT A LOVING FATHER AND CREATOR. 20:22 HE IS AN EXACTING JUDGE WHO IS LOOKING AT HOW THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO 20:28 EVERYWHERE. 20:30 NOT ALL PEOPLE, IN TURKEY ESPECIALLY, ARE REALLY BELIEVERS. 20:31 THEY ARE MUSLIMS BUT IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN ISLAM AND THEY FOLLOW 20:36 EVERYTHING THAT ISLAM IS. 20:50 THEY OBEY THE KORANIC DEMANDS LITERALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF GOD, AND 21:13 THAT'S THE CONTRAST THAT THEY OBSERVE IN THE WAY THE PASTOR DEALS WITH 21:21 THEM. 21:22 YES. 21:23 HE IS TEACHING THEM THE BIBLE, BUT THE KORAN IS NEXT TO THE BIBLE ALL THE 21:28 TIME. 21:30 HE IS CONNECTING THE TWO BOOKS. 21:32 AT THE SAME TIME THE KORAN IS TEACHING PEACE AND LOVE BETWEEN PEOPLE. 21:42 HE IS TEACHING THEM THAT THEY MUST HELP EACH OTHER. 21:49 BUT THEIR CONCEPT ABOUT GOD'S LOVE IS DIFFERENT. 21:56 THAT'S WHY WE GO THERE AND SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE AS WE KNOW IT, AS WE THINK ABOUT 22:04 HOW THE LORD LOVES US AND JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE LOVES US SO 22:11 MUCH. 22:12 EARLIER YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE MUSLIM CENTER. 22:14 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ESTABLISHED ALREADY? 22:22 NOT ALREADY. 22:23 WE ARE WORKING AND MAYBE IT WILL BE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS. 22:29 WE WERE THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING ONE MUSLIM TRAINING CENTER IN TURKEY 22:34 AND ONE IN BULGARIA. 22:37 THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN EUROPE IS BULGARIA IS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. 22:44 TURKEY IS VERY CLOSE AND AS I MENTIONED ALREADY A KIND OF OPEN DOOR TO THE 22:50 MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES. 22:52 TURKS CAN COME TO BULGARIA FREELY EVEN WITH A VISA, BUT PEOPLE FROM OTHER 23:02 COUNTRIES, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, IT IS ALMOST NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET A 23:08 VISA TO COME TO BULGARIA. 23:09 RUMI, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO 23:19 ESTABLISH A MUSLIM CENTER? 23:21 YOU KNOW, MOSTLY THIS IS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO RENT A PLACE OR BUY A PLACE. 23:34 IN MY COUNTRY OF BULGARIA, THE PRICES ARE VERY LOW. 23:38 THE STATES ARE VERY CHEAP. 23:41 WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BULGARIA UNION. 23:58 PLACE WHERE WE CAN INVITER PEOPLE AND WHERE WEKERS CAN TRAIN PEOPLE BEFORE 24:04 SENDING THEM INTO ALL THESE MUSLIM VILLAGES. 24:09 THEY REALIZED THAT THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN A VILLAGE 24:13 PEOPLE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THEM VERY SUSPICIOUSLY. 24:18 THEY HAD BEEN AFRAID WHO THEY WERE. 24:23 MANY OF THEM ARE NOT ABLE TO READ OR WRITE. 24:31 I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT IN THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, IT GOES TOO FAST, 24:35 BUT YOU WERE THERE THE SUMMER OF 2013. 24:39 DID YOU MEET YOURSELF QUITE A FEW MUSLIM PEOPLE? 24:44 YES, MANY OF THEM. 24:47 THERE IS THE ISSUE I'M SOMEWHAT AWARE OF, OF MEN WHO DO NOT HAVE CONTACT 24:55 WITH OTHER FEMALES, OTHER THAN THEIR WIVES OR THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. 24:58 WERE YOU ONLY WORKING WITH WOMEN OR DID YOU ALSO WORK WITH SOME MEN? 25:06 WE WORKED WITH MEN AND WOMEN, BUT WE NEEDED TO KNOW THEIR RULES. 25:10 THAT'S A PART OF THE EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 25:18 PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK IN THESE MUSLIM AREAS MUST KNOW SOME SIGNS AND SOME 25:27 ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE A SIGN OF DISRESPECT FOR THEM AND JUST TO KNOW HOW 25:36 TO GREET THEM, HOW TO ACT IF THEY GO INTO THE HOUSE OF A FAMILY, HOW THEY WILL 25:40 ACT WITH THE LADY IN THE HOUSE. 25:42 IF THE WORKER IS A LADY HOW SHE MUST ACT AND WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR SHE MUST 25:51 HAVE WHEN SHE MEETS A MAN. 25:57 YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME RUMI THAT WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING AND WHAT YOU ARE 26:03 LEADING IN YOUR REGION FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SO BASIC TO JUST WITNESS FOR 26:10 JESUS. 26:12 YOU'RE NOT ONLY APPEALING TOTOS TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK IN BULGARIA, 26:18 MACEDONIA AND TURKEY, BUT I THINK YOU ARE UNDERSCORING WHAT WE NEED 26:23 TO KNOW ABOUT WORKING AMONG ALL PEOPLE WHATEVER THE TERRITORY IS. 26:28 YES BECAUSE TIME IS GOING PRETTY FAST, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 26:34 CATCH IT. 26:35 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE AGAIN AT AN "ADVENTURES IN 26:40 MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 26:42 THANK YOU FOLKS S R BEING WITH US AS WELL. 26:45 PLEASE PRAY FOR RUMI AND THE REGION THAT SHE REPRESENTS IN A VERY 26:52 IMPORTANT PART OF TODADAS WORLD AND OUR LORD'S HARVEST COUNTRY. 26:58 GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL NEXT TIME. 27:14 [CLOSING MUSIC] I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:30 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:38 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. 27:45 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:51 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO? 27:54 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. 28:12 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
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