Adventures in Missions

Vietnam GO Workers

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Participants: Keith Heinrich

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:14 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS.
00:16 I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU TODAY.
00:19 WELL, IN FACT I WISH I COULD SEE YOU.
00:23 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE SEEING US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:28 I HAPPEN TO HAVEVEHE PRIVILILE OF BEING IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACACSTUDUD IN
00:33 COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON THE SPRING OF 2014.
00:42 WE HAVE A A MBER OF PEOPLE PRESENTING VARIOUSEL REGIONS OF THE GOSPELG.
00:47 OUTREAEA WORLD WHO COMEMEERE TO DELIBERATE OVER WHERE WE ARE AS AN
00:52 ORGANIZATION.
00:53 A BIG ISSUE THAT IS ALWAYS CONFRONTED HERE IS HOW MANY NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH
01:01 WORKERERCAN WE ADDDDTO T T ALREY
01:01 FECTIVE TETE.
01:06 SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN I OR
01:10 ANANOF US HERE IN THE STSTIO WHO ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE SO
01:16 TO SPEAK.
01:17 ARE THERE ENOUGH RESOURCES IN ORDER TO ADD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE
01:22 GOSPELELUTREREH IS ALL ABOUT WHO ISISUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE
01:26 REPRESENTING THE NAME, THE CHARACTER, THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.
01:32 THAT'S WHY I GET TO BE HERE TO DO THESE PROGRAMAM SO YOU CAN KNOW MORE ABOUT
01:39 HOW GOD IS BLESSING GOSPEL OUTREACH.
01:43 I GET TO RETURN TO THIS PROGRAM AND GREET MY FRIEND, YOUR FRIEND, KEITH
01:49 HEINRICH.
01:50 KEITH, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
01:51 GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU DAN.
01:53 KEITH IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONS.
02:00 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A MOVING ORGANIZATION AND
02:06 THERE ARARSEVENTEEN, GHTEEN, NINETEEN REGEGNS AND KEITH HAHAALREREY TOLD
02:10 ME H HS NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER OF HIS IS BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
02:12 DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THERE'S A WORK TO O DONONANDDHE G GS T.
02:16 HOHOLONG WITH H SPELELOUTRTRCH ?
02:19 I'VE BEEN WITH THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS.
02:21 ABOUT TWO YEARS?
02:22 YES.
02:23 WELL WELCOME KEITH.
02:24 YOU ARE WITH US REPRESENTING WHAT COUNTRIES ANYWAY?
02:29 THE COUNTRIES I REPRESENT ARE INDONESIA, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM AND LAOS.
02:34 SOUTHEAST ASIA.
02:35 THIS TERRITORY IS VERY SPECIAL TO YOU BECAUSE?
02:42 WE USED TO LIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
02:44 I WAS THE DIVISION TREASURER.
02:47 I TRAVELED ALL OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA.
02:49 I'VE BEEN TO THESE COUNTRIES AND HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS THERE THAT IT'S
02:54 ALMOST LIKE HOHO.
02:55 PRIOR TO THAT HAD ALL YOUR MINISTRY BEEN IN NORTH AMERICA?
03:04 JUST ABOUT.
03:05 JUST ABOUT.
03:06 THE REASON I ASK THAT IS DOES THAT MEAN THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO THE DIVISION
03:10 TREASURY THERE THAT WAS YOUR FIRST MISSION ASSIGNMENT?
03:14 NO.
03:15 ACTUALLY IN THE 80'S I WAS IN WEST AFRICA.
03:17 I SEE.
03:18 I WAS AN ASSOCIATE TREASURER OF THE DIVISION THERE.
03:21 I HAD THE KIDS AND FAMILY THERE AND TRAVELED ALL OVER CENTRAL AND WEST
03:24 AFRICA.
03:26 YOU KNOW, IS IT TRUE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER ASKED THIS QUESTION OF
03:30 ANYBYBY BEFORE, BUT ONCE
03:30 YOU KINDNDF GEGEBITTTT BYYTHE ME
03:37 GOT THE DISESEE?
03:38 YES I WOULD SAY SO.
03:39 THERE'S A LITTLE ORGANIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES CALLED "ONE
03:44 THOUSAND MISSIONARY."
03:45 I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD WHEN I LIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
03:50 THEIR MOTTO IS "ONCE A MISSIONARY ALWAYS A MISSIONARY."
03:55 THAT'S A GREAT MOTTO AND I'VE ADOPTED IT.
03:58 AND YOU KNOW IT'S REAL.
04:00 IT'S REAL.
04:01 AND THAT'S THE REASON GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A GOOD FIT FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU
04:12 BECAUSE WE NEEEEPEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AFRAID TO GO OUT AND ASSOCIATE WITH THEM.MIMIIONG
04:17 YOU SAID INDONESIA, CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM AND LAOS.
04:22 I KNOW THAT'S NOT OUR SUBJECT FOR TODAY BUT WHAT ABOUT LAOS?
04:29 WE HAVE A VERY SMALL MEMBERSHIP THERE.
04:31 WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE RIGHT NOW.
04:34 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME THERE, BUT IT JUST HASN'T WORKED OUT YET.
04:41 THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH IS VERY SMALL IN THAT COUNTRY.
04:44 I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE ON OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS
04:50 SIGNIFICANT FOR THTH THINKING OF OUR GOSPSP OUOUEACH FAMILY WHO O E
04:57 VIEWININTHESE PROGOGMS, TELLLLE ABABT YOYO SENSE OF THE VALUE OF GOSPEL
05:04 OUTREACH.
05:05 OH, THE VALUE IS REALLY INESTIMABLE BECAUSE ONE, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTS
05:14 FINANCIALLY THE WORKER AND SECONDLY, THESE WORKERS GET SENT TO SOME VERY
05:18 REMOTE PLACES.
05:19 THEY BASICALLY OPEN NEW WORK.
05:21 THE ORGANIZED CHURCH WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH DEPENDENT ON SUPPORT WITHIN THEIR
05:32 OWN COUNTRY DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE MEANS OR THE RESOURCES TO GO
05:36 ININ UNENTERED AREAS.
05:41 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT VIETNAM TODAY, BUT LIKE IN VIETNAM THERE ARE
05:46 VIETNAMESE MISSIONS OR CONFERENCESES
05:50 ONE MISSION IN VIETNAM.
05:52 IT COVERS THE WHOLE OF THE COUNTRY.
05:54 AND THE OPERATION OF THAT MISSION IS DEPENDENT UPON THE MEMBERSHIP WITHIN IT
06:03 AND THE ECONOMY OF THAT PLACE?
06:05 YES.
06:07 AND TO GO BEYOND THE ESTABLISHED CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND WHATEVER, IT'S
06:13 HARD TO BE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
06:15 THAT'S TRUE.
06:16 THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR RESOURCES GENERATED LOCALLY AND SOME SMALL
06:20 APPROPRIATION THAT COMES FROM THE UNION IN THE CASE OF VIEIEAM.
06:26 I AM CERTAIN THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY WHO VIEW THESE PROGRAMS KNOW
06:33 METHTHG ABOUT THTH HISTORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU KNOW IT TOO I'M
06:39 SURE.
06:40 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING MISSION STORIES THAT HAS ALMOST BEEN
06:45 WRITTEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
06:47 IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE OF ONE MISSIONARY DISCOVERING A NEED FOR WHICH THE LOCAL
06:55 MISSION COULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.
06:58 SO WE'VE GOT ONE PERSON IN NORTH AMERICA WHO SENDS ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT
07:05 ONE WORKER IN THE PHILIPPINES BY THE WAY.
07:07 YOU KNOW WHERE THAT PLACE WAS?
07:10 NO I DO NOT.
07:11 IT WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
07:12 THEN SOMEBODY ELSE IN NORTH AMERICA HEARD WHAT THIS ONE PERSON WAS DOING
07:18 TO H HP THE WORKRKOVERERHERE AND
07:18 N I DO THAT TOO.
07:21 SO ANOTHER WORKER WAS SUPPORTED.
07:23 THAT ALL HAPPENED IN THE LATTER PART OF OUR LIFE TIME, 1993.
07:29 AS A RESULT OF THAT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE TODAY?
07:37 SOMEWHERE AROUND 22 HUNDRED TOTAL.
07:40 IT STARTED IN ONE COUNTRY BUT I THINK IT'S 40 COUNTRIES NOW?
07:44 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S A A T OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
07:49 IT IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
07:51 AND LISTEN FRIEND, YOU GET TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH IF YOU'LL
07:57 JUSTSTRITE IN TO THE ADDRESS OR CALL IN OR WHATEVER AND ASK WHAT DODO
08:01 IT MEAN TO BE A MEMBER AND HOW DO I GET TO BE A MEMBER AND ALL OF THAT.
08:04 AT LEAST YOU'LL GET A NEWS LETTER.
08:07 I DON'T THINK YOU COULD SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME A MEMBER BY
08:13 SENDING SOME CONTRIBUTION TO HELPLPMAKEKE T E
08:16 KEITH, I WANT TO GET QUICKLY TO THE DETAILS OF SOME OF YOUR REGION.
08:22 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT VIETNAM.
08:24 TELL US ABOUT VIETNAM.
08:26 I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU ABOUT VIETNAM.
08:28 MOST PEOPLE OUR AGE DAN WHO HAVE A LITTLE GRAY HAIR, GREW UP IN THE
08:34 FIFIIES, SIXTIES AND SEVEVEIES KNOW RY WELL VIVINAM.
08:40 IN FACT, PROBABLY SOME OF YOUR VIEWERS SERVED THERE OR HADADRIENDS OR
08:47 RELATIVES THAT SERVED THERE.
08:48 I DID.
08:50 SOME EVEN LOST THEIR LIFE THERE.
08:52 WE KNOW VIETNAM.
08:53 IT'S A PIECE OF WESTERN HISTORY.
08:56 RIGHT.
08:57 WE KNOW THE CITIES, WE KNOW SAIGON, IT'S NOT CALLED THAT NOW, IT'S
09:01 CALLED HO CHI MINH CITY NOW, WE KNOW HANOI, WE KNOW HAIPHONG.
09:04 WE KNOW ALL THESE BIG PLACES.
09:06 WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NOW WORKING WITH THE MISSION
09:08 ININIETNAM.
09:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH ALSO SUPPORTS ANOTHER 20 WORKERS THROUGH ANOTHER
09:11 ORGANIZATION BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION SIDE TODAY.
09:13 WAS RECENTLY IN VIETNANA WENT TO HO CHI MINH AND MET UP WITH THE MISSION
09:16 REPRPRENTATIVE.
09:17 WE TRAVELLED UP TO HANOI.
09:18 FROM HANOI WE TRAVELED DOWN TO HAIPHONG.
09:20 VIETNAM IS A FAIRLY LARGE COUNTRY.
09:22 IT TAKES TWO HOURS TO FLY FROM HO CHI MINH UP TO HANOI.
09:29 THEN IT TAKES ANOTHER TWO HOURS TO DRIVE DOWN TO HAIPHONG SO WE TRAVELED UP
09:41 THERE.
09:42 WE TRAVELED DOWN TO HAIPHONG AND WE MET OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
09:52 THERE, THE LADY YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, AND HER HUSBAND.
10:06 HER NAME IS WEN.
10:10 DON'T ASK ME TO PRONOUNCE ALL THE OTHER PARTS THAT GO WITH IT.
10:14 I HAD A HARD ENOUGH TIME WITH WEN.
10:16 I COULD CONVERT IT INTO AN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION.
10:20 THIS LADY HAS BEEN A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS.
10:32 SHE HAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY THAT SHE TOLD ME.
10:34 SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL LADY.
10:35 ISN'T SHE THOUGH.
10:36 SHE SAID ONE DAY HER BROTHER SENT HER A MESSAGE THAT SAID I'VE BEEN
10:41 LISTENING TO THIS PROGRAM ON THE RADIO.
10:45 BY RADIO THEY MEAN SHORT WAVE.
10:49 HE SAID THIS IS IN VIETNAMESE AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
10:56 YOU SHOULD LISTEN.
10:58 SHE TUNED IN AND BEGAN LISTENING.
11:00 EVENTUALLY BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST VIA THE RADIO AND NOW IS A
11:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
11:09 I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE OF HER IN HER HOUSE.
11:11 THIS IS IN HER HOUSE AND THIS IS THE PICTURE ON HER WALL.
11:17 DAN, I DON'T READ THAT BUT I'M SURE IF THERE ARE ANY OF OUR VIETNAMESE
11:24 VIEWERS-WELL, WE CAN READ THE C CSS.
11:27 YOU CAN SEE THE CROSS AND THE HANDS IN PRAYER AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIBLE
11:34 THERE.
11:35 THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF HER.
11:37 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HER SITUATION.
11:44 SHE LIVES IN THE CITY OF HAIPHONG.
11:48 HAIPHONG HAS TWO MILLION PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
11:51 TWO MILLION PEOPLE.
11:52 IT'S THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN VIETNAM.
11:56 WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX CHURCH MEMBERS IN TWO MILLION POPULATION.
12:04 WOULD YOYOSAY THAT THIS IS AN OPEN AND REACHED CITY?
12:08 I'D SAY WE HAVE BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE.
12:13 WHEN I SAT AND VISITED WITH HER I ASKED HER WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
12:24 WHAT WOULD YOU SEE AS YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE?
12:26 SHE SAID MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS I DON'T HAVE ANYONE REALLY THAT I CAN
12:32 SHARE E TH.
12:33 NO OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS.
12:35 NO ONE ELSE.
12:36 IS THAT A PICTURE WITH HER HUSBAND?
12:39 THAT'S HER HUSBAND AND HE IS A MEMBER AS WELL.
12:45 OKAY.
12:46 PRAISE THE LORD THEY'VE GOT EACH OTHER.
12:48 THEY HAVE EACH OTHER.
12:49 BUT YOU KNOW IN ORDER TO HAVE AN ORGANIZED CHURCH YOU NEED TO HAVE 20
12:56 INDIVIDUALS.
12:57 THAT'S FINE.
12:58 BUT THE CHALLENGE IS IN ORDER TO HAVE 20 INDIVIDUALS YOU HAVE TO DO
13:03 SOSO EVANGELISM WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED.
13:07 SO WHICH COMES FIRST-THE OLD PROVERBIAL CHICKEN AND EGG YOU KNOW.
13:12 EGG, CHICKEN, EGG CHICKEN.
13:14 YOU CAN'T DO EVANGELISM UNLESS YOU HAVE 20 SO WHAT GIVES HERE.
13:20 THEY ARE PRAYING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE T TGROWOWND THAT P PPLE WILL FIND THEM
13:25 AND D EY W WL BEBEBLE TO GROW TO GET TOTOHE S SE OFOF20 R
13:32 AND BECOME A COMPAPA AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THE AUTHORITIES.
13:37 NOW IT'S THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITY THAT WILL NOT PERMIT THEM TO FUNCTION AS
13:46 A CHURCH LOWER THAN 20 MEMBERS.
13:48 RIGHT.
13:49 UNLESS YOU HAVE 20 INDIVIDUALS YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED AS A CHURCH.
13:53 THE POPULATION IS BUDDHIST I ASSUME.
13:58 YES, PRIMARILY.
14:00 CONSEQUENTLY EVERYBODY SEES THAT AS RELIGION AND IF SHE IS NOT A BUDDHIST
14:10 THEN THEY LOSE OUT ON RELIGION.
14:14 IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
14:17 SHE TOLD ME THAT THEIR FAMILY IS PROBABLY THE MOST AGAINST THEM.
14:22 HERE'S A PICTURE OF HER, HER HUSBAND AND MYSELF OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE SO
14:29 YOU CAN SEE THAT I WAS ACTUALAL THERE.
14:33 THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
14:35 WHAT DOES HER HUSBAND DO?
14:36 HE HAS A FISH FARM.
14:37 HE IS SELF EMPLOYED THAT WAY AND HE DOESN'T HAVE SABBATH PROBLEMS.
14:47 DO THEY HAVE CHILDREN?
14:48 NO CHILDREN.
14:49 THEY WERE MARRIED LATER IN LIFE.
14:51 SHE TOLD ME SHE IS 41 OR 42, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
14:56 SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY HAVE OTHER RELATIVES WHO HAVE JOINED THEM IN
15:02 THE FAFAH IF THEIRIRRIMARY GRGRP IS THE F FILY?
15:06 NO, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
15:08 THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THEIR FAMILY THAT ARE CHRISTIAN.
15:15 SHE TOLD ME THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY IS ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
15:21 REALLY.
15:22 YES, A THOUSAND PEOPLE BETWEEN HIS AND HER FAMILIES.
15:25 THE HOUSE WE WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF HER SISTER LIVES OVER HERE, THE OTHER
15:32 SISTER LIVES HERE.
15:33 WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE IN AMERICA WHERE PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED.
15:37 THEYEYRE LIVING G GHTTIN THE MI.
15:39 KEITH, I WANT TO COME BACK AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR WEN.
15:52 RIGHT NOW I WANT TO TAKE THIS BREAK AND LET YOU LEAN SOMETHING ABOUT THE
15:58 APPEALALF GOSPEL O OREACAC
16:01 WATCH.
16:02 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME.
16:07 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY?
16:11 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY.
16:14 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
16:16 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV.
16:19 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH.
16:22 MY HEAD HURTS.
16:23 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
16:26 I GIVE UP.
16:27 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING?
16:30 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
16:32 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
16:35 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
16:40 WHERE?
16:41 ALL THE WORLD.
16:42 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS.
16:44 YOU CAN PRAY.
16:46 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS.
16:51 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS.
16:55 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS.
16:58 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING.
17:01 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU.
17:03 BE THE SPARK.
17:05 LIGHT THE FIRE.
17:07 FINISH THE WORK.
17:09 FINISH THE WORK.
17:12 BE THE SPARK.
17:15 WE'VE JUST BEEN THINKING, WHILE YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT APPEAL FROM THOSE
17:20 DARLING CHILDREN, OF WHAT CAN WE DO.
17:26 WHEN I SAY "WE" THAT'S YOU THAT'S ME, THAT'S KEITH.
17:30 ANYONE WHOM WE CAN SHARE WITH ABOUT WEN'S STORY IN VIETNAM.
17:38 WHAT'S HER CITY AGAIN?
17:39 HAIPHONG.
17:41 A CITY OF TWO MILLION.
17:42 IT'S RIGHT ON THE COAST.
17:44 AND THERE SHE IS WITH HER HUSBAND, ON I'D LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS AN OASIS,
17:50 IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS VAST DESERT OF FAITH.
17:54 WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF WEN AND HER MINISTRY?
18:02 WE CAN PRAY FOR HER AND PRAY THAT SOMEHOW SHE WOULD FIND A FRIEND.
18:09 SOMEBODY THAT'S A BELIEVER THAT WOULD JOIN THE CHURCH THAT WOULD SUPPORT HER AND
18:14 SOMEONE SHE WOULD BE ABAB TO TALK W WH.
18:17 IT'S VERY LONELY IN HER SITUATION BECAUSE HER FAMILY IS NOT IN FAVOR OF
18:23 HER OR HER HUSBAND.
18:24 THEY KEEP ASKING HER THIS QUESTION WHICH SHE SAID TO ME.
18:28 SHE SAID WHOSE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR GRAVE WHEN YOU'RE GONENE
18:30 WHOSE GOING TO BRING YOU FOOD WHEN YOUR NO LONGER ALIVE?
18:37 WHILE TO YOU AND I THAT IS A MOOT QUESTION, WE CAN JUST SHRUG IT OFF.
18:44 WE LIVE IN A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, A SOCIETY, WE HAVE E BELIEF.
18:49 BUT IF YOU TURN THE TATAES AND YOUR FAMILY BELIEVES THIS WAY FOR GENERATION
18:56 AFTER GENERATION AFTER NERARAON IT IS A REAEA QUESTION THAT BEGS AN
19:02 ANSWERER
19:04 I'M GOING TO MAKE SO BOLD KEITH, TO RIGHT NOW ASK OUR VIEWERS TO COMMIT,
19:15 SOMEBODY AMONG YOU, TO COMMIT TO PRAY FOR WEN AND HER HUSBAND.
19:21 ONE THING YOU CAN PRAY FOR IS THAT GOD BY HIS SPIRIT WILL SEND HER SOMEBODY
19:29 WITH WHOM SHE CAN WITNESS.
19:31 HER HEART, HER LIFE, HER MENTALITY IS READY TO DO THAT KIND OF WITNESSING.
19:37 PERHAPS PRAY THAT SHE CAN HAVE AN INSIGHT OR INSPIRATION TO DO
19:45 SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF HER NEIGHBORS THAT IS A NEED IN THEIR LIVES, IF THERE
19:50 WAS JUST SOMEBODY TO FILL IT, AND MAYBE GOD HAS PUT HER THERE TO FILL THAT
19:54 NENE.
19:55 WILL YOU JOIN US IN THAT KIND OF PRAYER?
19:57 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO THAT AT THIS POINT IN ONE OF OUR
20:02 PROGRAMS I THINK IT'T' ONLY APPPPPRIATE FORORUS TO PRA.
20:07 ABSOLUTELY.
20:08 SHALL WE DO THAT?
20:09 SURE.
20:10 PRAY WITH US.
20:11 LOVING GOD, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU FATHER WHO WEN IS OR WHERE SHE IS NOR
20:17 ABOUT T E ENVIRONMENT IN WHICICSHE LIVES THERE.
20:22 AND YOU KNOW LORD THAT SHE FEELS YOUR CALL UPON HER LIFE AND SHE WANTS SO
20:30 CH.
20:31 OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT FATHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT IN HER HEART.
20:35 I PRAY THAT T U WILL KEEP HER ENCOURAGED AND IN THE WAY YOU DO THINGS INVITE
20:42 SOMEBODY TO COME TO HER.
20:44 THEY MAY BE AFRAID TO DO SO BUT GIVE THEM THE COURAGE TO COME TO HER AND
20:49 ASASABOUOUWHAT HER BELIEF, WHAT HER FAITH, WHAT R TRUST IN YOU IS REALLY
20:54 LIKEKE
20:55 LORD, YOU HAVE ANSWERS AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE IN THIS 21ST
21:02 CENTURY SO THAT YOUR NAME,E,YOUS
21:02 FOR ALL PEOPLE CERTAINLY
21:10 INCLUDING VIETNAMESE PEOPLE CAN BE FULFILLED.
21:14 THANK YOU FOR KEITH AND THE STORY HE HAS BROUGHT TO US AND FOR THE RESULTS
21:20 THAT YOU ARE GOINGNGO PROVIDE WE G GE YOU THANKS THROUGH H SUS CHRIST OUR
21:25 LORD.
21:26 AMEN.
21:29 AND MAYBE KEITH I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME CONTACT WITH WEN, LET HER KNOW THAT
21:38 WE'VE INVITED OUR NETWORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR HER
21:44 SPECECICALLY THAHAGOD CAN LEAD IN THIS REGARAR
21:48 WE'VE FOCUSED A LOT ON WEN.
21:49 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE FOR US?
21:52 YES, WE HAVE ONE OTHER WORKER.
21:53 I HAVE NOT BEEN TO VISIT THIS WORKER.
21:55 HE IS IN THE HMONG TRIBAL REGION OF VIETNAM.
21:57 DAN, JUST TO GET TO SEE HIM I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO COME ALONG WITH ME.
22:06 YOU CAN FLY TO HANOI THEN YOU TAKE EITHER A BUS OR WHATEVER, IT TAKES ABOUT
22:14 FOFO OR FIVE HOURS TO DRIVE TO THE END OF THE LINE WITH A BUS.
22:18 THEN YOU TAKE A MOTORCYCLE AND YOU RIDE FOR ANOTHER THREE HOURS ON A
22:22 MOTORCYCLELE
22:24 THEN TO GET WHERE HE IS STAYING YOU HAVE TO WALK ANOTHER HALF A DAY.
22:29 YOU WANT T TGO ALONG?
22:30 AND YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE.
22:32 HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S THERE?
22:34 I GO BY FAITH.
22:37 YOU'VE HAD SOME CONTACT WITH HIM.
22:39 YES.
22:40 ONE LAST SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
22:42 THAT'S WHAT THE MISSION DIRECTOR TELLS ME.
22:45 YOU'LL SEE HIS PICTURE THERE.
22:50 A VERY ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN WHO IS DOING ADVENTIST MISSION AND TRAINING AT
22:57 THE VIETNAM MISSION.
23:02 HE SAYS NEXT YEAR WHEN I GO BACK TO VIETNAM I HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND VISIT
23:07 THTH MANAN
23:09 I HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL PERMIT.
23:10 IT'S NOT THAT I CAN JUST GO GET IN THE CAR, WE HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL PERMIT.
23:13 SO Y Y WANANTO COME ALONG?
23:17 YOU KNOW INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IF YOU'D TAKE AN OLD GUY LIKE ME I WOULD BE
23:21 INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF TRIP THE LORD WILLING.
23:24 OF COURSE, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE GOING WHERE THOSE EXPERIENCES ARE HAPPENING
23:32 FOR THE BUILDINGNGOF OUR OWN FA.
23:35 THAT'S RIGHT.
23:36 DOES HE HAVE A GROUP?
23:39 HE HAS A GROUP OUT THERE.
23:40 WORK IS PROGRESSING AMONG THE HMONG TRIBAL AREAS QUITE NICELY ACTUALLY
23:47 WHICICIS E EEPTITIAL BECAUSUSIN THE OLD FORMEME WHWH WE E LLED NORTH
23:52 VIETNAM OUR CHURCH HAS VERY LITTLE PRESENCE.
23:56 EVEN IN THE CITY OF HANOI I THINK WE ONLY HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT MEET THE
24:01 RESHOLD OF 20 MEMBERS OR MORE.
24:03 IS THAT SO.
24:04 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
24:06 IT'S VERY SMALL AND IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THEY
24:10 HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MEET AS AN ORGANIZED GROUP IN HANOI.
24:17 IF YOU CAN GET TO HANOI, ARE YOU PERMITTED TO GO AND MEET WITH THESE
24:22 PEOPLE?
24:23 OH YES.
24:24 AND YOU CAN MINISTER TO THEM?
24:25 IN FACT I MET ONE OF THE PASTORS WHEN I WAS THERE.
24:28 I WENT TO THE CHURCH.
24:29 IT'S ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A BUILDING THEY RENT.
24:34 THEY HAVE SERVICES THERE.
24:38 IT'S A VERY NOISY PLACE.
24:39 WE WOULDN'T REALLY WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ABOVE A BAR AND THERE'S A
24:46 WORKOUOUROOM AREA WHICH IS R RNING HEAVY ROCK MUSIC ALL THE TIME.
24:52 ITIT NOT THE MOST CONDUCIVE PLACE FOR A CHURCH SERVICE, BUT THEY
24:55 HAVE A PLACE TO MEET.
24:57 AMEN.
24:58 BUT WE DO HAVE NEEDS THERE.
24:59 TELL ME ABOUT THAT QUICKLY.
25:02 I'M SURE THE VIEWERS WONDER WELL WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP.
25:07 WE ONLY HAVE TWO AND THERE'S A BIG NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WORKERS.
25:13 THE BIBLE SAYS THE HARVEST IS RIPE.
25:17 ABSOLUTELY.
25:18 ALL WE NEED ARE HARVESTERS.
25:20 AND THAT'S WHERE THE VIEWERS CAN COME INTO PLAY AND STEP FORWARD AND SAY
25:26 I'LL BE THAT PERSON TO HELP.
25:29 EVEN THOUGH THE CHALLENGE OF WEN AND THE OTHER WORKER IS VERY VERY
25:37 DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY ARE KIND OF ALL BY THEMSELVES, IF THERE COULD BE SOME
25:42 ADDITIONAL WORKERS.
25:45 JUST PLACING SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE GIVES MULTIPLIED OPPORTUNITIES
25:50 OF MEETING MORE.
25:51 THEY HAVE PEOPLE AVAILABLE.
25:55 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINANCES AND SUPPORT AND GETTING THEM IN THE
25:58 LOCATIONS.
26:00 WELL FOLKS, I WANT TO HAVE YOU HEAR THE APPEAL THAT KEITH HAS MADE.
26:08 ALL OVER THE WORLD THERE ARE SOULS WHO ARE HUNGERING TO KNOW WHO
26:15 JESUS IS AND WHAT HE IS REALLY LIKE AND WHAT HE WILL DO FOR THEM NOW AND
26:23 FOR ETERNITY.
26:24 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
26:28 AGAIAI WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULDN'T BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY.
26:33 AND WITHOUT YOU WOULDN'T T VE THE STORIES KEITH.
26:35 THANK YOU.
26:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU
26:44 CONSIDER WHAT YOUR ROLE IS AS A MEMBER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
26:50 YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT IS VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT.
27:09 GOD BLESS YOU.
27:53 [CLOSING MUSIC]


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