Adventures in Missions

Reaching New Heights in Nepal

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Participants: James Campbell

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:14 HELLO AGAIN FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
00:23 ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM.
00:27 I AM SO DELIGHTED FOR ALL OF YOU WHO JOIN US FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
00:33 AS YOU KNOW BY NOW, I'M DAN MATTHEWS WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH
00:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MEETING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF
00:48 THE VARIOUS FIELDS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ASSIGNED.
00:54 DAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BECAUSE I GET TO SEE MY
01:09 DEAR, DEAR FRIEND OF MORE YEARS THAN EITHER OF US BUT PASTOR JAMES CAMPBELL.
01:11 JAMES, IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU BROTHER.
01:15 THANK YOU, IT SURE IS.
01:16 YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ORIENT ME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE
01:22 BEGINNING, HOW EVER MANY YEARS AGO, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH
01:28 HOW MANY YEARS NOW?
01:29 ABOUT 12 YEARS.
01:30 WELL, IT'S BEEN ABOUT THAT LONG THEN SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND MEETING WITH YOU
01:36 AND WITH OTHERS.
01:38 YOU ARE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PIONEER MISSIONARIES WHO CATCHES THE VISION OF
01:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH.
01:46 REALLY?
01:47 REALLY.
01:48 IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE.
01:51 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN INDIA, NEPAL AND ALSO IN THE
01:58 GUAM/MICRONESIA MISSION IN OVERSEAS SERVICE.
02:01 YOU SPENT A LOT OF YOUR MINISTRY IN INDIA DIDN'T YOU.
02:06 WE LIVED IN INDIA FOR YEARS AND NOW FOR T T PAPA 12 YEARS I HAVE BEEN
02:13 ALMOST DAILY IN CONTACT WITH THE WORK IN INDIA.
02:15 I'VE VISITED THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
02:17 IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO 30 YEARS IF MY CALCULATING IS RIGHT.
02:20 IT IS.
02:21 INDIA HAS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MINISTRY.
02:26 VERY MUCH SO.
02:29 TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING US REPORTS OF A COUNTRY YOU'VE KNOWN WELL
02:36 EVER SINCE YOUR TIME THERE, BUT I IS NEWER AS FAR R GOSPEL OUOUEACH IS
02:42 CONCNCNED.
02:43 YES IT IS.
02:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN SPONSORING WORKERS THERE IN NEPAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS
02:54 NOW.
02:55 THE NUMBER HAS MUSHROOMED IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.
03:03 THEY'VE GONE THROUGH VERY CAREFULLY AND SOME WHO HAD OTHER THINGS IN THEIR
03:09 LIVES THAT WERE MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE DOING
03:13 SOMETHING ELSE AND WITNESSING IN THAT WAY AND SOME NEW ONES HAVE COME ON
03:19 AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
03:22 GOOD.
03:24 YOU TRIGGERED SOMETHING IN MY MIND AS YOU WERE DOING THAT LITTLE EXPLANATION
03:31 THAT SOME HAVE BEEN KIND OF ENCOURAGED TO DO SOMETHING ELSLSOR
03:37 PERMITTED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
03:41 WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AND
03:46 THAT'S A PART OFOFOUR ROLE AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR.
03:48 YES.
03:50 WELL, THE SIMPLE THING IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DEPENDS ON CHRISTIAN
03:57 FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHO MAKE DONATIONS THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO PROVIDE
04:04 THE STIPENDS FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE S SVING OUT T ERE IN THEIR OWN
04:08 COUNTRIES AND DOING IT SO FAITHFULLY.
04:11 THEN WE ALSO HAVE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND VISITATION TO ENCOURAGE THEM.
04:17 WEWERINGNGEPORTS BACK SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE SO FAITHFULLY SUPPORTING
04:25 THESE WORKERS FIND OUT HOW GOD IS BLESSING AND HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
04:29 WORKING.
04:33 IN REALITY YOUR WORK AS AN OFFICIAL GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR IS TO BE
04:43 A LIAISON WITH THE LOCAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MISSION IN THAT LOCATION.
04:50 YES.
04:51 YOU SPOKE OF TRAINING.
04:52 YOU GO THERE TO HELP THAT MISSION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL
04:58 OUTREACH WORKER TO DO THEIR SERVICE IN THEIR DESIGNATED AREA.
05:02 YES.
05:03 AND BRING ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST
05:09 SOMETHING OFF IN THE CORNER, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOD IS
05:12 DOING IN OUR TIME.
05:15 I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS OTHER THAN GOSPEL
05:20 OUTREACH.
05:21 PEOPLE FROM KOREA FOR INSTANCE, CHRISTIAN ADVENTIST PEOPLE WHO COME
05:26 THERE AND HEHE OUT WITH THE WORK.
05:29 GROUPS FROM HERE IN THE U.S., ACADEMY GROUPS AND COLLEGE GROUPS, NURSES AND
05:33 OTHER LAY MEMBERS WHO GO THERE AND HOLD MEETINGS AND VISIT THE PEOPLELEND
05:37 STRENGTHEN THE PEOPLE.
05:43 WHILE THEY ARE THERE THEY BRING ENCOURUREMENT TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
05:54 ACQUAINTED WITH THIS, THEE UNIQUE THING PERHAPS ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THATL
06:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING THE LOCAL NEPALESE WORKERS
06:08 PARTICULARLY.
06:10 NOW IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE ISN'T VALUE IN THE LOCAL NEPALESE MISSION OR
06:16 THESE OTHER MINISTRIES BUT IN PARTICULAR WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE NEPALESE
06:23 WORKER HERSELFLFR HIMSELELTO DO THEIEIWORK.
06:30 FOR WANT OF INFORMING OUR VIEWERS, OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU SEND TO GOSPEL
06:34 OUTREACH 98 CENTS OF THAT DOLLAR WILL GO TO SUPPORT WORKRK IN NEPAL THAT YOU
06:48 HAVE INTERFACE WITH.
06:49 THAT'S RIGHT.
06:50 AND THAT IS ENCOURAGING.
06:52 JAMES, YOU'VE BROUGHT ALONG PICTURES FOR US TODAY, AND WE WANT TO SEE
06:56 IN SO CALLED LIVING COLOR THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN
07:01 NEPAL.
07:06 RIGHT.
07:07 FIRST WE WANT TO START WITH THIS PICTURE.
07:12 THIS IS MT.
07:13 KANCHENJUNGA.
07:14 IT'S THE SECOND TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD.
07:19 D KANCHENJUNGA IS RIGHT ON THE E ETERN BORDER OF NEPAL.
07:23 NEPAL IS A LONG NARROW COUNTRY WITH THE M MNTAINS ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE
07:29 GOGOG DOWN TO THE INDIAN PLAINS ON THE SOUTHWEST.
07:37 NEPAL IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AS CALIFORNIA.
07:41 IS THAT RIGHT.
07:42 IT'S ABOUT 800 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 150 TO 200 MILES W WE.
07:47 SO I SUPPOSE IF SOMEBODY SEES A PICTURE LIKE THAT THEY COULD ALMOST SAY
07:51 THAT'S NEPAL.
07:52 THAT'S NEPAL, YES.
07:54 THOSE MOUNTAINS ARE SPECTACULAR.
07:56 THANK YOU U R BRINGING US THAT PICTURE.
08:00 NOW THTH PICICRE COMES FROM A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE EASTERN PART OF NEPAL.
08:09 THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE GROUP OF REFUGEES.
08:15 YOU U E THESE WERE PEOPLE OF NEPALI ORIGIN WHO HAD MIGRATED TO THE COUNTRY OF
08:21 BHUTANANAYBE 200 YEARS AGO.
08:26 IN 1990 THEY WERE THRUST OUT OF BHUTAN.
08:30 THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE THERE BECAME FRIGHTENED THAT THE NEAPLI PEOPLE
08:35 WERE GOING TO BECOME S S STRONG LIKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
08:41 YOU MEAN THE BHUTAN PEOPLE?
08:44 THE NEPALI PEOPLE LIVING IN BHUTAN.
08:46 OH I GOT YOU, OKAY.
08:49 THEYEYOULD BECOME SO STRONG THEY WOULD OVERPOWER R E BHUTANI
08:54 PEOPLE.
08:55 SO WITHOUT ANY WARNING, NOT LETTING THEM TAKE ANYTHING WITH THEM THEY
08:59 JUST LOADED D ABOUT 300 THOUSAND O OTHESE PEOPLE AND DUMPED THEM OFF IN
09:08 INDIA.
09:10 INDIA DIDN'T WANT THEM SO INDIA PUT THEM ON ARMY TRUCKS AND DELIVERED THEM
09:16 TO THEHEEPAL BORDER.
09:19 AND THERE THEY WERE REFUGEES, 300 THOUSAND OF THEM.
09:23 NOW ABOUT HALF OF THOSE HAVE BEEN TREATED AS POLITICAL REFUGEES.
09:29 A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM AREREHER.
09:35 OTHERS ARE IN EUROPE AND VARIOUS COUNTRIES, CANADA AND OTHER PLACES.
09:41 CENTLY THERE WAS A VISIT TO THESE CAMPS.
09:45 THTHCAMPS NOW ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 140 THOUSAND PEOPLE.
09:50 WHAT A HOPELESS LIFE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
09:54 A LOT OF THEM, IN N ME, ARE GETTING REFUGEE STATUS AND SO ON.
10:00 BUT THERE IS A WHOLE FLOCK OF THEM AND D EY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1990, THAT'S
10:06 NEARLYLY5 YEARS.
10:08 THE ONES WHO WERE BORN IN NEPAL CAN'T GET REFUGEE STATUS, SO THEY ARE THERE.
10:12 A VISIT WAS MADE THERE JUST RECENTLY AND A LAYMAN WHO HEARD ABOUT THIS WAS
10:30 TOUCHED WITH THE SITUATION LIKE WE ALL ARE.
10:34 HE IS SPONSORING FIVE LAY WORKERS TO WORK THERE.
10:38 THERE IS A YOUNG GIRL THERE WHO HAS SOME KIND OF DISEASE AND NEEDS 25
10:47 THOUSAND NEPALI RUPEES.
10:49 HE IS SENDING MONEY FOR HER TREATMENT.
10:52 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THESE FAITHFUL PEOPLE.
10:54 I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON YOUR PICTURES.
10:57 TELL US WHO THESE ARE.
10:59 THIS PICTURE IS OF A GROUP OF NEPALI PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NEPAL.
11:04 THEY HAVE BEBE SHIFTED AROUND FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
11:11 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LAND, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
11:13 SO THEY MADE LITTLE HUTS ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T
11:19 CHASED THEM OFF YET.
11:21 OUR ADVENTIST PEOPLE FOUND OUT ABOUT T EM RECENTLY.
11:26 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS WORKING THERE AND 19 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED IN
11:37 THAT AREA.
11:38 THE NEPAL SECTION APPEALED FOR SOME FUNDS TO EXPAND THE WORK THERE.
11:45 SO SOMEONE HAS GIVEN ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A COMMON LITTLE CHURCH THERE
11:52 AND HELP WITH EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND TO START WHAT WE CALL A CHCHD LITERACY
12:01 CENTER.
12:10 BUT SOMEONE HAS DONE FUNDS THAT AND THERE IS ANOTHERD VILLAGE REAL CLOSE BY THAT
12:16 NEEDS SOSOTHING SIMILAR TO HAPPEN.
12:18 YOU KNOW ABOUT 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD SET THAT ONE UP TOO.
12:22 NOW THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE IS HAVING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
12:26 THERE THIS MONTH.
12:27 WE'RE IN APRIL 2014.
12:33 THIS MONTH THEY'RE HAVING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS THERE AND THEY EXPECT THAT
12:42 AT LEAST 50 MORE PEOPLE WILL FIND THE LOVE OF JESUS.
12:45 WELL, WE KNOW WHAT ELSE TO BE PRAYING FOR.
12:48 LET'S HURRY ON THROUGH YOUR PICTURES.
12:51 HEHE ARE SOME OF THE CHILDREN.
12:53 IN THE BROWN JACKET IS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE NEPAL SECTION HANDING OUT SOME
12:59 FTS S THE CHILDLDN.
13:00 IS HE NEPALESE?
13:01 HE IS NEPALESE.
13:02 THERE HE IS AGAIN, A VERY WELL EDUCATED MAN, , DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOPHY.
13:07 HE IS A GREAT MAN.
13:12 GOD IS BLESSING HIS MINISTRY WONDERFULLY.
13:15 THIS IS MT.
13:17 EVEREST.
13:18 THAT'S MT.
13:19 EVEREST ITSELF, THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD.
13:24 I NEED TO GIVE CREDIT TO CASEY CASEBOLT WHO TOOK THIS PICTURE FROM AN AIR
13:32 FLIGHT WHEN WE WERE THERE A FEW YEARS AGO.
13:37 I JUST FOUND A VERY INTERESTING LITTLE THING.
13:42 IN OUR CHURCH WHERE I ATTEND IN CALIFORNIA, JUST THREE WEEKS AGO THERE WAS
13:49 A MAN THERE WHO WAS LEAVING THE NEXT DAY FOR NEPAL TO CLIMB MT.
13:58 EVEREST.
13:59 HE IS 68 YEARS OF AGE.
14:09 IF HE MAKES IT, WELL THE AMERICAN TOWORTH IT, BUT EVER ATTEMPT MT.LDEST
14:11 EVEREST AND HE WILL BE THE ONLY GREAT GRANDFATHER TO EVER ATTEMPT IT.
14:15 YOU REMEMBER TO UPDATE US ON THAT WON'T YOU JAMES.
14:22 THE CLIMB IS SUPPOSED TO START ABOUT THE TENTH OF MAY.
14:29 WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THAT.
14:31 LET'S GO ON.
14:32 OH THIS IS A PRECIOUS LITTLE CHURCH WHERE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE
14:37 HAPPENING.
14:39 THIS CHURCH WAS PROVIDED BY THE ESTATE OF A FAITHFUL COUPLE WHO PASSED
14:50 AWAY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
14:54 FROM THEIR ESTATE THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT.
14:57 YOU KNOW WE NEED A LOT OF CHURCHES.
14:59 AND THERE ARE A LOT PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THEIR WILLS AND TRUSTS AND
15:07 WHATEVER THEY DO.
15:08 WE COULD USE A LOT MORE CHURCHES IN NEPAL.
15:13 AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
15:16 A WEDDING IN THAT CHURCH.
15:19 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE IS JUST ON FIRE FOR THE LORD.
15:24 THAT'S WONDERFUL.
15:26 NOW WE'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING I CAN SEE THAT.
15:28 OH YES.
15:29 THIS IS A BAPTISM NEAR THE CHINA BORDER IN THE CENTRAL PART.
15:36 NOW THAT LOOKS KIND OF CHILLY.
15:38 IT IS CHILLY.
15:39 THIS BAPTISM W W IN NOVEVEER AND THAT WATER WAS ICY COLD.
15:45 IT WAS SO SWIFT RUNNING IT TOOKOKHREE OTHERS TO HELP.
15:53 THAT'S RIGHT.
15:54 NINETEEN PEOPLE WERE PREPARED TO ACCEPT JESUS BY A LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH
16:01 WORKER.
16:02 AND IT'S RAINING BESIDES.
16:05 SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB THERE.
16:07 SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE PICTURE.
16:09 HERE IS ANOTHER LITTLE CHURCH THAT WAS JUST BUILT ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN.
16:21 THAT'S RIBBON CUTTING?
16:24 THAT'S A RIBBON CUTTING GOING ON.
16:26 THERE ARE THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH JUST GETTING READY FOR THE
16:31 RIBBON CUTTING.
16:32 APPROXIMATELY WHAT'S THTHELEVATION IN FEET?
16:35 THE ELEVATION THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT SIX THOUSAND FEET.
16:40 THE VALLEY BELOW IS ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND, SO THAT DROPS OFF.
16:45 AND THE NAME OF THAT IS KOSHI DHAKA A ICH MEANS SOMETHING LIKE S SNIC
16:51 VIEW.
16:52 YOU CAN SEE THE MOUNTAINS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
16:54 BETWEEN THAT PLACE AND THE MOUNTAINS IS A DEEP, DEEP VALLEY DOWN THERE.
16:59 WHWH SPEPEACULUL SCECERY.
17:01 AND JIM, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO GO TO
17:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH IDENTITY.
17:11 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO WATCH SOMETHING.
17:13 LOOK.
17:15 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME.
17:20 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY?
17:24 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY.
17:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
17:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV.
17:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH.
17:35 MY HEAD HURTS.
17:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
17:39 I GIVE UP.
17:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING?
17:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
17:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
17:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD.
17:53 WHERE?
17:54 ALL THE WORLD.
17:55 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS.
17:57 YOU CAN PRAY.
17:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS.
18:04 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS.
18:08 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS.
18:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE ANDNDEANING.
18:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU.
18:16 BE THE SPARK.
18:18 LIGHT THE FIRE.
18:20 FINISH THE WORK.
18:22 FINISH THE WORK.
18:24 BE THE SPARK.
18:27 I LOVE TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN SHARING THAT APPEAL.
18:31 YES.
18:32 IT GETS ALL OF US GRAND PARENTS WHEN WE SEE THAT.
18:37 IT OCCURS TO ME AS WE GO TO THIS NEXEXPICTURE YOU HAVE THAT BY WAY OF
18:44 ELEVATION, YOUR REGION INCLUDING NEPAL MAY BE THE HIGHEST ELEVATION N ANY
18:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH IT COULD WELL BE.WORLD.
18:55 THIS IS MT.
18:58 KAILASH.
18:59 MT.
19:00 KAILASH IS A SACRED MOUNTAIN TO THE BUDDHIST PEOPLE.
19:03 IT IS.
19:05 THEY HAVE A TRADITION THAT IF ANYBODY WALKS AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN THEIR SINS
19:11 ARE FORGIVEN FOR LIFE.
19:14 AND PEOPLE DO THAT?
19:15 PEOPLE DO THAT.
19:17 I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT ELEVATION THEY DO THAT, BUT IT ISN'T EASY WHWHE
19:22 THEY DO IT.
19:23 BUT THERE IS THAT KIND OF SUPERSTITION THEN THAT TRANSLATES INTO THEIR KIND
19:29 OF FAITH.
19:30 THAT'S RIGHT.
19:31 THEY BELIEVE IN THAT.
19:32 IF THEY COULD ONLY BELIEVE IN JESUS.
19:34 THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT FORTH THAT KIND OF DEDICATION THEN A LOT OF
19:36 THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
19:37 HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL BAPTISM GOININON IN FAR WESTERN NEPAL.
19:40 WHAT ARE THEY BEING BAPTIZED IN?
19:45 IN A LITTLE CANAL, AN IRRIGATION CANAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
19:54 THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE VERY, VERY POOR.
20:02 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE IS A L LY ACCEPTING JESUS IN THIS PICTURE IS
20:06 THAT THE MEN FOLK SPEND ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WORKING IN N DIA AS
20:14 DAY LABORERS AND SO ON TO EARNRNOME MONEY Y COMOM BABA AND SUPPOPORTHEHE
20:18 FAMILIES.
20:24 SO THE FAMILIES ARE DIVIDED FOR HALF THE YEAR.
20:27 THE MEN N D YOUNG WOMEN WHO CAN WORK HARD AND DON'T HAVE LITTLE
20:29 CHILDREN, THEY GO AND WORK.
20:31 I'M SURE THERE MUST BE A STORY IN THAT PICTURE.
20:35 WE WON'T GO BACK TO THAT BUT A STORY IN THAT PICTURE.
20:39 HERE THIS LADY HAS ACCEPTED JESUS AND SHE IS BEING BAPTIZED.
20:43 COULD IT BE THAT HER HUSBAND IS AWAY IN INDIA AND WHEN HE RETURNS LOW
20:48 AND BEHOLDLD
20:50 YES, HE MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH IT BUT THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT VILLAGE ARE
20:57 LOOKOKG FOFO SOSOTHING BETTER.
20:58 THEY REALLY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAPPEN.
21:01 NOW THE NEXT PICTURE YOU HAVE.
21:07 THE TALLEST ONE THERE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
21:09 THE OTHERS ARE PART OF A GROUP WHO ACCEPTED JESUS IN A RECENT MINISTRY THERE
21:17 JUST A FEW WEEKS AGOGO
21:21 THIS MONTH THEY ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING SOME MORE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGNGIN
21:26 THAT PLACE AND THERE IS GOING TO BE QUITE A LARGE NUMBER WHO ARE GOING TO
21:30 FIND THE LOVE OF JESUS.
21:31 AMEN.
21:33 I HAVE OBSERVED IN SOME OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONS THAT THE
21:38 GOVERNMENT IS SOME TIMES RELUCTANT TO GRANT THE KIND O OPERMISSION THAT
21:47 GROUPS MAY NEED TO HAVE MEETINGS AND FORM A CHURCH.
21:53 IS THAT TRUE IN NEPAL?
21:55 IT HAS BEEN VERY TRUE IN NEPAL.
21:57 IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE SPENT TIME IN JAIL.
22:03 BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME NEPAL IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION.
22:10 IT'S A GREAT O OORTUNITY FOR THE GOSPEL.
22:12 THERE IS A LOT OF FREEDOM.
22:14 THERE IS A HUNGER TOO FOR SOMETHING THAT SATISFIES AND BRINGS THEM HOPE.
22:21 THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN INDIA AND ALL OF INDIA OF COURSE AND NEPAL ARE VERY
22:29 DEDICATED SPIRITUALLY.
22:31 THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE LORD JESUS BUT THEY STILL ARE SAVED BY THE
22:37 BLOOD OF JESUS.
22:38 AMEN.
22:39 IT'S WONDERFUL HOW WHEN THEY LEARN ABOUT GOD'S GRACE THEY ARE SO BLESSED.
22:49 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL?
22:51 FIFTY SOME.
22:54 FIFTY SOME?
22:56 YOU HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN APPEALING TO THE LEADERSHIP TO PROVIDE
23:01 WORKERS FOR YOU THEN.
23:02 WELL, THE FOLK HERE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE HAVE COME UP WITH THE
23:05 ADOPT A WORKER PLAN.
23:06 THAT ADOPT A WORKER PLAN HAS REALLY MADE IT POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE
23:15 NUMBER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ALL OVER THE 10/40 WINDOW.
23:19 BUT I THINK WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE
23:25 TOLD OUR LEADERS OVER THERE IS SEND IN THE INFORMATION OF THE WORKERS
23:31 YOU NEED ANDNDLMOST ALL OF THE REQUESTS S AT THEY HAVE MADE HAVE BEEN
23:37 FULFILLED.
23:38 PRAISE THE LORD.
23:39 I'M SO GRATEFUL TO LEARN THAT.
23:41 IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
23:42 AND THAT MEANS THAT THE MORE WORKERS YOU HAVE, JUST MATH SAYS THE MORE
23:49 PEOPLE THEY ARE GOING TO CONTACT AND THE GREATER WILL BE THE COMMUNITY OF
23:53 BELIEVERS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER EXTEND THE G GPEL.
23:58 THAT'S RIGHT.
23:59 I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE-OH, THIS IS THAT AREA IN WESTERN NEPAL, A VERY
24:01 UNTAINOUS AREA.
24:02 IS THIS A DWELLING HOUSE?
24:05 IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE TEA STALL BESIDE THE ROAD.
24:10 YOU SEE THE ROAD SIGN THERE AND THE ROAD ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
24:19 AND THE HIGH MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND.
24:22 IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY PLACE YOU LOOK IN NEPAL YOU CAN ORIENT THOSE MOUNTAINS.
24:27 A LOT OF PLACES YOU CAN.
24:30 THE PART OF THE YEAR WHEN IT'S CLEAR LIKE THAT-LIKE WINTER AND SO ON IT'S A
24:34 SPECTACULAR VIEW.
24:36 THANK YOU JAMES FOR BRINGING US THIS WONDERFUL REPORT O OTHE WORK IN
24:44 NEPAL.
24:45 HAVE YOU GOT A FINAL WORD OR APPEAL FOR US?
24:50 YES I DO.
24:51 I'D LIKE TO TALK NOT ONLY OF NEPAL FOR A MINUTE BUT OF INDIA ALSO BECAUSE THE
24:59 PEOPLE OF INDIA ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
25:03 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HOPE.
25:05 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A FUTURE THAT IS A BLESSING TO THEIR CHILDREN.
25:09 THE LORD IS HEALING DISEASES OVER THERE.
25:13 IL SPIRITS ARE BEING CAST OUT.
25:15 FAMILILI ARE BEING REUNITED.
25:16 HABITS LIKE ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG USAGE ARE BEING OVERCOME.
25:25 I JUST GOT A REPORT TODAY ON MY EMAIL OF 521 BAPTISMS BY GOSPEL
25:36 OUTREACH WORKERS IN ONE AREA ALONE.
25:40 PRAISE THE LORD.
25:42 THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER AREAS WHERE THAT IS HAPPENING.
25:44 THE REPORTS COME IN AS THEY GET TIME TO SEND THEM.
25:48 THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN DOING THE WORK THAN THEY ARE SENDING REPORTS.
26:00 MAKE INVNVTMENTSG ME THAT IN GOSPEL OUTREACH,UTREACH THERE IS FRUITAGE.S, WHO
26:04 THERE IS FRUITAGE AND FOR EACH NEW SOUL THAT COMES TO THE LORD IT COSTS ABOUT
26:11 AN EXTRA FIVE OR SIX DOLLARS.
26:15 I THINK FOLKS THAT AS YOU PRAY ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH GOSPEL
26:20 OUTREAEA YOU'LL GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE STORY THAT BROTHER JAMES HAS
26:32 AND THE BRINGING OF THESEW PRECIOUS SOULS INTO THEH FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS.
26:38 JAMES,S,HANK Y Y SO MUCH, ANANGOD BLESS YOU BROTHER IN YOUR LIFE AND MINISTRY.
26:43 AND MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BRING US MORE AND MORE GOOD REPEPTS AND INSNSRING
26:49 REASONS WHY IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO BECOME MEMBERS OF GOSPEL
27:21 OUTREACH.
27:34 GOD BLESS.
28:02 [CLOSING MUSIC]


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