Participants: Audrey & Bob Folkenberg
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000550A
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00:07 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:25 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:27 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER 00:27 AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:31 THERE IS A V VY LARGE COUNTRY ON O O GLOLO ANDND 00:31 A 00:35 THTHE ARE SO M MY PEOPLE O LIVE THERE AND THEREREAREE 00:38 WHO STILL L ED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 00:41 TALKING ABOUT T RE T TAY. 00:42 WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US. 00:44 AND AUDREY AND BOB FOLKENBERG-WELCOME. 00:46 YOU ARE HERE FROROCHINESE UNION MISSION IN HONG KONG AND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL 00:50 PHASIS ON CHINA. 00:51 WE SURE DO. 00:52 IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:53 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. 00:54 WELL WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE. 00:56 WHAT IS THE CURRENT POPULATION THAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE BIG COUNTRY 00:59 THAT WE ARARTALKLKG ABOUOUIN CHINA? 01:01 OH, 1.36 BILLION. 01:03 1.36 BILLION AND IT IS GROWING BY THE MINUTE I AM SURE. 01:08 IT IS, IT IS AND LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRODUCTION THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE 01:13 PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW JESUSUSET. 01:15 YES. 01:16 SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MUCH TO STILL TELL THEM. 01:20 SO AUDREY, TELL US WHAT YOUR JOB IS AT CHINESE UNION MISSION. 01:23 WHAT IS YOUR FOCUS? 01:24 WELL, MY MAIN JOB IN THE OFFICE IS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND 01:28 FOR ME THAT IS TELLILI THE STORY LILI RIGIG HERERWITH YOU-TELLING PEOPOP ABOBO 01:32 CHINA AND CHINA A R MANANYEARARWAS BEHIND THE E BAOOOOURTATA ANDNDE 01:37 DIDN'T REALLY KNOW A AOT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT GOD IS OPENING DOORS 01:41 AND PART OF WHAT I DO IS SIMPLY TO TELL THE S SRY AND ALLOW GOD TO IMPRESS 01:46 ON THE HEARTS OF PEOPLELEOW THEY WANT TO BE VOLVED IN KINGDOM GROWTH 01:49 IN CHINA. 01:50 ABSOLUTELY AND BOB YOU ARE LEADING THE TEAM THERE. 01:52 YES, YES I'M THE UNION PRESIDENT AND WHAT A GREAT TEAM WE HAVE AND MOST OF 01:57 THEM OF F URSE ARE CHINESE. 01:59 WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW FOREIGNERS THERE BUT GOD IS DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. 02:04 LIKE WE SAID THATT 02:04 CH. 02:06 JUST THE NUMBERS ARE HUGE. 02:07 YES, WE HAVE MANY CHURCHES; WE HAVE MANY ADVENTISTS THERE BUT YET 02:11 WHEN YOU LOOKK 02:11 AT TE 02:11 POPULATION THAT'S WHWHE IT 02:13 IS S SGGERING. 02:15 I WANTED TO MENTION TOO THAT YOU'LL HEAR OUT THERE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY 02:18 CHCHSTIAIA IN N INA A D 02:18 THAT IS TRUE BUT DON'T LET 02:18 THAT GET I ITHE WAY OF THE 02:23 REALITITTHAT THE RATIO OF C CISTITIS TO THE POPULATITI IS AN INDICATOR 02:27 THAT THERE IS STILL SO,S,S MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 02:30 YES, THAT'S THE STAGGERING NUMBER- WE CAN SEE THAT. 02:32 YEYE YES. 02:36 WELL WHY DON'T YOUOUHARE WITH US WHAT'S GOING ON ANALALOF US AN UPDATE.ND 02:38 WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN BOB AND I FIRST GOT TO CHINA -WENT BACK AND WORKED AT 02:43 THE UNUNN WE HAD L LS THTH 1212TEAMAMOUT THERE GOGOG INTO UNREACHED AREASASF 02:50 INA A D GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELELD US AND ARE WORKING WITH US. 02:54 YOU ALL OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE YOU ARE THE ONES SUPPORTING THESE WORKERS 02:58 OUT THERE AND WE HAVE GONE FROM 120 TEAMS TO HOW MANY? 03:02 WELL, BEFORE I LEFT THE OFFICE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WE WERERAT 201. 03:06 PRPRAI THE LORD! 03:08 AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANOTHER 6 TEAMS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED SO REALLY WE 03:10 HAHA 207 TEAMS AND I IS 03:10 EXCITING BECAUSE EACH OF THESE TEAMS, LIKE AUDREY 03:12 YS, , E GOING ININ AN UNENEERED AREA AND STARARNG A NEW CHURCH. 03:21 EXPANSNSOF CHINA, , GHT,T, THERE AND IT IS NOT AS BIG SCREEN- ITITHUGEGETHATATL 03:21 E 03:25 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MILES BUT LOOK AT ALL THE PRPRINCES THERE AND THE 03:31 TEAMS THTH ARERE TRE. 03:32 RIGHT AND AT THE TIME THIS MAP WAS DONE WE HAD 160 SOME TEAMS OUT THERE AND 03:38 THATAT SOMOMHINGNGHAT WEWEO ININHINA IS WEWE 03:38 SE. 03:48 A LOT OF PLACES THE GOSPEL WORKEHAVE WE E E -THEYONE, ONEGO OUT IN TEAMS. WE 03:51 AND YOU USE THE TERM ININRCHANGEABLY YOU SAY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 03:55 T I LIKE HOW YOU SAYAYOU CALL THEM -WE CALL THEM PIONEER TEAMS; WE CALL 04:01 THTH YOU KNOW, WORKERS, 04:01 GOSPSP OUTREACH WORKERS AND SOSOUT P PNEER TEAM IS 04:07 TOTOIMPLIFY, YES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT T TY ARAR DOING LIKE AUDREY Y ID, 04:10 THEY ARE GOING INTO UNENTERED PIONEERING A AAS AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE 04:16 ARE WORKING ININITIES. 04:19 NOW CHINA HAS GOT BIG CITIES,VERY BIG CITIES AND MASSIVE CITIES AND WE 04:24 ALWAYS KIND OF JOKE THAT THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN 04:30 CHINA ARE THE E ZE OF SOME O OOUR CITIES HERE IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. 04:35 BUBUSO T T TARE WORKING WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND THAT IS IN THE CITIES. 04:38 SO T TSE U UNTERED AREAS-WOW, I MEAN WHAT A CHALLENGE BUT WHAT AN 04:44 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LORD. 04:46 RIGHT. 04:47 YES AND SOMETIMES WE USE THE WORD UNREACHED, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN 04:52 TIMES WHEN I'M LIKE,E,H WELLLLE HAVE A L LTLE CHURCH IN THE E TY SO 04:56 MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND THESE WORKERS TO ANOTHER PLACE BUT AUDREY, YOU KNOW JUST 05:01 BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE 05:01 LITTLE CHURCH IN THE CITY OF 20 MILLION DOES NOT 05:06 MEAN ITS EN REACHED-ITS BEEN ENTERED BUT NOT REACHED. 05:09 YES. 05:11 SO PRETTY MUCH ALL OF CHINA IS UNREACHED IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. 05:14 YES. 05:15 BUT FEET ARE STANDING 05:15 THERE AS A PERSON BUT -YES AND YOU KNOW WHEN 05:18 SOMETIMES WE THINK OF THE UNREACHED LIKE SHE SAIAI IS LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING 05:20 BUT THE FACT IS IT IS ENTERER BUTUTT IS NOT REACACD BUBUBECAUSE YOYO 05:25 ARE DEALING G THESE CITIES YOU CAN'T JUST WALK AND YOU CAN'T WALK IN AND 05:30 HOLD AN EVEVGELILIIC 05:30 MEETETG BECAUSE THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WIWI 05:34 NOT ALLOW FOR THAT. 05:35 HOW IS IT THAT YOU MAKE THOSE CONTACTS? 05:37 WELL, ONE OF -THE PEOPLE OUR PIONEERS ARE VERY CREATIVE, ARE VERY 05:42 CREATIVE. 05:43 AUDREY WAS JUST SHARING WITH ME ABOUT THIS COUPLE, ONE OF THE TEAMS, GOING IN 05:47 D WORKING AMONGST- I IA NDERGARTEN, IN A DAYCARE CENTER AND DEVELOPING 05:57 RELATIONSHIPS THERE. 05:58 RIGHT, THERE ARE BASICALLY VOLUNTEERING IN THTH KINDERGARTEN BUT THEIR 06:01 WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO BUILIL RELATIONSHIPIPFOR THE KINGDOM, FOR GODOD KININOM 06:07 AND THEIR TACTIC IS TO CONNECT WITHTHHE CHILDREN. 06:16 WE KNOW, AS MOTHERS, THAT THE WITHTHUR C CLDRERERAB OUR HD LOVE THEM.C CNECT 06:18 SO THIS TEAM-THEIRIRHOLE FOCUS IS TO VOLUNTEER AT THIS KINDERGARTEN, CONNECT 06:23 WITH THE CHILDREN N EN CONNECT WITH THE PARENTS AND BIBLE STUDUDS THEY 06:27 HAVE GOING ON BECAUSE OF THEIR RELALAONSHSH THAT THEY'VE BUILT AND THEN 06:31 THEY HAVE BABAISMSMSTHEYEY 06:31 O 06:31 THEIR CHURCH IN THE AREA. 06:35 SO THAHAS JUST AN EXAMPLPL YOU KNOWOWOF HOW WE HAVE TEAMS THAT ARE T TING TO 06:40 BE CREATATE. 06:41 NOW ONE STORY I JUST RECENTLY HEARD WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD 06:47 EVERYTHIHI. 06:48 IN CHINA THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF IT. 06:50 HE HAD PRESTIGE; HE HAD EDUCATION; HE HAD MONEY; HE HAD WEALTH BUT THE MAN 06:55 WAS S SERABLE AND SO H H WENT INTO THIS BUILDING- INTO THIS HOUSE WHERE HE 07:02 HEARD THAT THEY WERE 07:02 DOING HEHEAL THERAPYPY 07:05 WEWE, IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVAVA TEAM THAT IS WORKING AND THEY 07:09 STSTTED DOING HERBAL THTHAPY ON HIM AND TALKING WITH HIM. 07:12 E DAY WHEN MR. ONG, WE'LL CALL HIM MR. ZHONG, SURE, ONE DAY WHEN 07:16 . ZHONG LELE THE WORKER, 07:16 THE GOGOEL WORKER SAID, "NEXT TIME HE COMES BABA 07:23 LELES JUST OVERLOAD HIM, LET'S S ST COVER HIM WITH LOVE AND ATTENTION AND 07:29 KINDNDSS." 07:30 SO WHEN HE CAME BACK THE NEXT TIME THEY WERE ALL ABOUT LAUGHING AND JOKING 07:35 AND SHARING HOW HAPPY THEY WERE AND THEN THEY PULLEDDIE 07:40 HAPPPPY;E ARE COMPLETE BECAUSE OF A M M NAMAM JEJES WHO HAS FILLED OUR 07:45 LIVES AND HEHEAN COMPLETE YOU TOO, MR. ZHONGNG 07:49 WELL AS THE STORY GOES THEY INVITIT HIM TO CHURUR AND HE WAS A NEW 07:54 MAMAN.AIAI THE LORDDHE W. 07:57 NO LONGER SEARCHING. 07:58 THTHVOID WAS FILLED AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS SOONONAME AND THEY SAID, 08:04 "WHAT T VE YOU ALL DONE?" 08:05 "WHAT'S THIS HERBAL THERAPY YOU HAVE DONE?" 08:07 IT'S ALL A AUT GOD'S LOVE. 08:11 TO THINK THERE WAS A HOOK THERE, THATAT RIGHT THERE WAS A HOOK. 08:13 THEY PUT THE HOOK OUT THERE BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT. 08:16 NOW WE HEAR ABOUT THESE STORIES ANANWHATAT GOING ON THERE BUT WE NEED TO BE 08:19 DOING THAT NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE AS CHRISTIANS, RIGHT? 08:21 THTH KIND OF RELATIOIOL APPROACH TO EVANGELISM IS CHRIST'T'METHOD ALONE. 08:25 YES. 08:27 YOU KNOW HE MINGLED WITH PEOPLE; HE LOOKED AT THEIR NEEDS AND IN THIS CASE IT 08:29 WAS A SENSE OF EMPTINESS AND LACK OF SUPPORT. 08:34 IN ANOTHER CASE WE HAVE A 08:34 PIONEER TEAM, WE'LL JUST CALL THEM MR. & MRS. LEE 08:39 THTH MOVOV INTO A CICI OF MILLLLNS, MILLIOIO, O.K. 08:43 ONE OF OUR LARGER CITIES ININOUTHERN CHINA, YES, AND SO WHAT ARE THEY GOING 08:45 TO DO? 08:46 I MEAN THEY FELT-HOW DO WE REACH THESE PEOPLE? 08:48 WELL T TY REALIZEDEDHAT AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST CITIES IN CHINA WHICH HAS 08:53 D BYBYHE W W OVEVE THE LAST 20-30 YEARS THE LARGEST HUMAN MIGRATION IN 08:57 THE HISTORY OF T T WORLD FROM RURAL TO CITY, SO THEY'RE LIKE LOOK AT ALL 09:01 THESE MIMIANTSTS 09:02 MANY OF THEM ARE HOMELESS. 09:04 MANY OF THEM ARE STATANG IN, YOU KNOW, IN MAKE DO SHELTERS AND SO THEY 09:08 OPENED A "HOUSE OF LOVEVETHEY CALLED IT. 09:12 IT IS CALLED THE "HOUSE OF LOVE." 09:14 GO AHEAD TELL THE STORY. 09:15 AND DID PEOPLE COME? 09:17 WELL, AS THE STORY GOES THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO SUFFERED A SEVERE STROKE 09:22 AND HIS PAPANTS NURTUREDEDIM. 09:24 THTH LIVED OUT IN RURAL CHINA AND AS HE RECOVERED TO THE POINT WHERE HE 09:29 COULD AMBULATE AND PROVIDE SELF CARE HE KNEW HE HAD TO GENERATE HIS OWN INCOME 09:34 SO HE E VED TO THEHEITY LOOKING G R A JOB.HE COULDN'T FIND ONE. 09:38 SO HE WANDERED THE STREETS STARTED COLLECTING JUNK. 09:41 SLELE IN BUS STATIONS, BLESS HIS HEART, AND FOUND A PERFECT BUS 09:45 ATION WITH JUST T E SPOT FOR HIHIWHERE HE WOULD STAYAYND NOTICED EVERY 09:48 SABBATH THIS COUPLE WOULD ME A AUND AND THEY WOULD COME AROUND D RING THE 09:53 WEEKEKND T TY WOULD GIVE FOOD TO THE OTOTR PEOPLE THAT WERE HOMELESS IN THE 09:57 BUS STATION. 09:59 ONE DAY THE LADY CAME AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WORKERS, CAME TO HIM AND 10:03 SAID, "DO YOU NENE 10:03 A A ACE TO LIVE?" 10:06 AND HE SAID, "I WOULD LOVE A PLACE TO LIVE." 10:10 AND IT TOOK A FEW DAYS TO WORK THE ARRANGEMENTS BUT HE WALKED IN TO THE "HOUSE 10:17 OFOFOVE." 10:18 THEY GAVE HIM HIS OWN ROOM. 10:20 THEY GAVE HIM A BIBLE AND THEY SAID, "YOU NEED TO BE READING THIS." 10:23 AND D AT EVENING A AM C CE AND THEYEY 10:23 PRAYE. 10:27 THE "HOUSE OF LOVE" SHSHED HIM LOVEVEND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE -A STORY- OF 10:32 HOW OUR WORKERS ARE HAVING TO BE- ARE NEEDING TO BE, ARE COMPELED TO BE THE 10:37 HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS. 10:38 BUT IT IS JUSTSTNE PERSON, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW I HEAR THIS, THAT THE 10:41 MILLIONS AND YOU KNOW HAVING BEEN N CHINA AND SEEING THE VOLUMUMOF A A 10:46 OF THIS BUT IT JUST OFTEN N KES ONE PERSON. 10:49 AND D S ONE PERSON THEN REACHES ANOTHER PERSON, YES, REACHES ANOTHER 10:52 PERSON AND IF YOU DON'T MIND L L ME E JU-HE WROTE A LITTLE LETTER, YES 10:56 SHARE, STATITI WHAHA THIS MEANT TO HIM. 10:59 AND I'VE JUST- AND WE'VE GOT A LITTLE SHORT TRANSLATION HERE. 11:02 HE BASICICLY SAID THIS AND AS AUDREY MENTIONED THEY BEGAN TO TELL HIM ABOUT 11:10 FORMED ADAM FROM THE DUST ANANGAVE HIM L LE AND WHY THERE WAS S ATH AND I NOW 11:19 KNOW THAT THTH COULD AND HE FINISHED BY SAYING "MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED. 11:22 I HAVE BEEN TOTOHED AND I WANT TO BE L LE THEM. 11:25 I TOO BELIEVE IN GOD AND D S SON." 11:27 PRAISE THE LORD, THAT'S HOPE. 11:29 THAT IS A MAN WHO WENT FROM THE BUS STATION WITH NO HOPE TO SOMEONE 11:32 SHARING. 11:33 OH, THAT'S FANTASTIC, BOB. 11:35 IT IS EXCITING. 11:36 WELL THAT'S WHAT OUR WORKERS ARE DOING. 11:38 THEY ARE JUST GOING OUT AND MEETING THE PEOPLE. 11:40 ONE YOUNG TEAM OF TWO YOUNG LADIES -THEY WENT INTO A CITY, THEY WERE 11:46 NT I IO ANANNREAEAED CITYTYTHEYEYRE R RLLYY 11:46 STAR. 11:49 THEY HAVE E THING. 11:50 SO WHAT COULD THEY DO? 11:52 THEY STARTED GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE 11:56 HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IT IS NOT SO DIFFERENT OVER THERERTHANANERE, NO, 12:00 ANYWAYAYHEY GO DOOR TO DOOR AND WHAT DO THEY DISCOVER THAT THERE WERE 12:03 MANY Y YNG GIRLS LIVING HOME ALONE WHOSE PARENTS WOULD GO INTO THE CITY, 12:08 THTHBIGGGG CITY TO WORK 12:08 FOR THE WEEKEND I MEAN FOR THE WEEK AND THEN COME 12:11 HOME A A THEHEREALALED THATATHESE GIRLS WEREENOT. 12:15 SO, , B WHAT DID THTH FINALLY DO? 12:17 OH, THEY WERE ALSO SOME HEM BEING EXPLOITED. 12:23 TTOGETHTH ANDNDO LIKESO TUTURING AND COOKING FOR BEGTHEM, COOKING FOR THEM AND 12:28 ING THEIR LAUNDRY. 12:29 THEY WERE BASICALLY 12:29 BEING A PARENT TO THEM. 12:31 YES, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. 12:33 WHEN THE PARENTS CAME BACK ON THE WEEKEND AND THEY REALIZED HOW THESE TWO 12:37 YOUNG LADIES WERE TAKING 12:37 CARE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS- Y, IF YOU U EAT MY KID 12:42 RIGHT YOUR GOING TO HAVE THIS DEBT OFOFRATITUDE AND SO DURING THE WEEK THEY 12:47 WOWOD ININTE THESE GIRLS 12:47 , OF COURSE, TO O EIR R ME 12:47 FOR R BLE E UDY AND NOW 12:57 WHEN THE PARENTS CAME HTHAT LITTLE NEW CHURCHEY PLANT BY THESE, BY THESENSA, 13:02 GOSPEL WORKERS BEGEG TO GROW AND GROW AND AS OF THE LAST TIME WE HEARD 13:07 FROMOMHEM, GOD HAD BLELEED THEM W WH HOW MANY WERE? 13:20 THEY WERCHURCH ON SABBATHEI 13:20 OF 1 136 PEOPLE WEREA WEEK ANDMING EVERY WEEEETHEIR 13:23 THIRTY-SIX PEOPLE. 13:25 WHY BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS AND THEY MET THE NEEDS OF THE 13:29 PEOPLELEND T TY TOOK THTHOPPORTUNITY. 13:31 AND LET'S GIVE YOU, OUR VIEWERS AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO BE INVOLVED 13:36 WITH GOSPEPE OUTREACH IN CHINA. 13:38 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:41 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:44 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:46 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELEL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:49 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 13:52 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 13:56 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 14:00 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 14:02 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:05 ACACALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 14:12 WORLD. 14:13 WHERE? 14:14 ALL THE WORLD. 14:15 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 14:17 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:19 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:24 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:28 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:31 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 14:34 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:36 BE THE SPARK. 14:37 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:39 FINISH THE WORK. 14:42 FINISH THE WORK. 14:44 BE THE SPARK. 14:47 BE THE SPARK! 14:48 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO DO, RIGHT? 14:50 AND AS WE ARE E ARING ABOUT PIONEEEETEAMS, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 14:53 INA;A;HE TWOWOOMEN WHO STARTED GOING AND KNOCKINGNGE 14:56 SPARK! 14:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:58 THEY ARE THE SPARK.. 14:59 THEY ARE THE SPARK. 15:01 SO AUDREY AND BOB THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON "ADVENTURES IN 15:02 MISSIOIO". 15:03 THANK YOU. 15:04 TAKE US BACK TO CHINA. 15:07 WELL, YOU SAY THAT TO BE THE SPARK AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE AUDIENCE, ALL 15:09 THOSE THAT S SPORT THE SPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:12 THAT YOU ARE THE SPARK AND WHAT Y Y DO YOUR GIVING IS MAKING SUCH A HUGE 15:16 DIFFERENCE AND IT ISIS 15:16 JUK 15:16 THAT BECAUSE OF F UR 15:20 INVOLVEMENT THAT JESUS IS GOING TO COME ALL THE SOONER AND THAT THERE ARE 15:23 PEOPLE NOW WHO HAVE THE VOID OF EMPTININS FILLED. 15:27 I WANT TO JUST BUMP IT UP LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY THAT THOUGUGI APPRECIATE, 15:37 WE APPRECIATE THE DONATIONS THAT COME E ANANHING IS YOYO PRAYERS. 15:40 AND YOU NEED TO KNOW TOO THAT THE WORKERS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD-THEY ARE 15:44 PRAYING AND I RERENTLY GOT A STORY -THIS IS A GROUP OF TWO, A TEAM THAT WENT 15:50 INTO MONGOLIA AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MEMBER WHO HAD A POSSESSED 15:56 CHCHD, DEMON POSSESSED 15:56 CHILD AND THEY KEPT GOING BABA ANDNDISITING AND 15:59 SITITI AND THE MOTHERR 15:59 DIDE 15:59 THAT ANYTHING COULD CHANGE 16:04 AND THE CHILD WAS-IT S A VERY SAD SCENARIO. 16:08 FINALLY THE MOTHER SAID, BELIEVE, HELP THOU MY UNBELIEF AND PLEASE PRAY 16:13 FOMYMYHILD." 16:15 SO THEY WERE PRAYING EVERY DAY. 16:17 THEY WOULD GO BACK AND PRAY FOR THIS CHILD. 16:23 EVENTUALLY THEY COULD SEE THE LIGHT IN THIS CHILD'S EYKNOW I CAN BE HEALED. I 16:25 PLEASE PRAY FOR ME." 16:26 ONE PRAYER, YES. 16:27 AND AS THE STORY GOES THIS YOUNG MAN WAS LIBERATED FROM THE DEMONS THAT 16:33 POSSESSED HIM AND HE FOUND JESUS AND IT WAS PRAYER AND IN SUMMARY, YES IT 16:39 WAS, WHAT THIS TEAEAWRWRE IN WAS: WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON THAT WE 16:44 HAVE LEARNED ANDNDT ISISTHL 16:44 CAN BRING G ABT RADICAL 16:50 CHANAN BUTUT 16:50 ITITUSE 16:50 COVERED WITH PRAYER. 16:55 EN. 16:56 ABSOLUTELY. 16:57 AND THAT'S WHAT ITS ABOUT AND YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM WHICH IS OUT IN THE 17:01 FIELD WORSHIPING IN CHURCHES ALL AROUND THEE 17:01 WR 17:05 CHINA BECAUSE IT IS THIS KIND OF PRARAR THAT WILL LIBERATE SOULS FROM 17:14 DARYOU KNOW THEY GO AND I INTO THESE CITIES ANDO FRIT IS VERY DIFFICULT.S. 17:17 YOU KNOW SOMETIMIM WE HAVAVTHESE RURAL OLD TIME PICTURES OF CHINA. 17:20 NONOTHIS IS NONOT E CHINA MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF THE COCOTRY LIVES IN THESE 17:26 MAMAIVE CITIES AND ONE SUCH TEAM WAS SENT TO ONE OF THESE CITITS WITH 17:30 MILLIONS AND THEY Y RE GETTING SO DISCOURAGED. 17:33 THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR MANY MONTHS AND THEY HAD NO "FISH" TO SHOW FOR IT 17:38 AND THEY WERE GETTING 17:38 READY TO HEAD BACK, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE 17:42 GOING HOME, WE'RE DONE. 17:43 WE CAN'T- OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HEAR THE LORD. 17:46 WE MISTOOK OUR CALLING-WHATEVER IT IS. 17:48 BUT THEY GOT DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND THIS IS A SEGWAY ON THIS PRAYER HERE, THEY 17:53 T DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND THEY WROTE THE PRARAR THAT THEY PRAYED, TO US 17:57 ANANWE'VE TRANSLATED IT. 17:59 IT SAYS: DEAR HEAVENEN FATHER, YOUR CHILDREN ARE VERY SAD BECAUSE THERE IS 18:04 NOBODY WE CAN REACH. 18:06 IF THE SITUATION KEEPS GOING ON WE HAVE TO LEAVE AND GO BACK TO OUR HOMES. 18:10 IS I IWHATATHEY Y OTEE 18:10 E. 18:13 YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS LATER AS THEY WERE LITERALLY PACKING THEIR STSTF TO 18:17 LEAVE AND A KNKNK CAME AT THE DOOR. 18:20 AND A LALA WAS STANDING THERE AND SHE SAID, "ARE YOYOTHE ONES THAT ARE 18:24 GOING AROUND HANDING OUT THESE GOGOEL T TCTS?" 18:28 AND THEY SAID, "YES, WE ARE." 18:30 SHE SAID, "I NEED TO KNOW THE GOSPEL." 18:35 SHE WAS FROM A PROVINCE 2000 MILES AWAY-HAD MOVED TO THIS CITY AND SHE WAS 18:41 STARVING SPIRITUALLY, STARVING. 18:43 OF COURSE THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A CHURCH WE JUST WORSHSH HERE IN OUR 18:48 HOME. 18:49 AND SHE SAID, "I'LL COME, I'LL COME." 18:51 SO THEY BEGAN TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES WITH HER. 18:53 SHE THOUGH EVEN TO THE LAST TIME WE HEARD HAS NOT BECOME AN ADVENTIST -SHE 18:57 IS A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST AND SHE HAS BECOME THIS SPARKPLUG-BE THE 19:02 SPARAR BE THE SPARK, TO REACH ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS 19:06 LILILE CHURCH. 19:08 NOW THEY HAVE 12-15 PEOPLE WORSHIPING IN THEIR HOUSE CHURCH AND AS OF THE LAST 19:14 REPOPO WE RECEIVIV, VEN HAVE BEEN BABAIZED. 19:16 PRAISE THE LOROR 19:18 EVEN THOUGH THAT LITTLE SPARKPLUG WHO CAME STILL HASN'T MADE THAT DECISION 19:22 SHE IS A BELIEVER IN CHRIST AND L LES W WT ISISHG 19:25 SUPPORTER. 19:26 AND ITS ALL ABOUT PRAYER-GETTING ON THEIR KNEES AND SAYING, YOU KNOW 19:29 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO, PLEASE HELP. 19:32 BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION THIS WAY AND THIS WAY HOW CAN WE SAY 19:38 THAT NOTHING IS HAPPENING AND SO THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO,THAT'S RIGHT, 19:41 D LOLO HOW GOD DID IT.THAT'S RIGHT. 19:43 SHE FOUND THEIR PLACE WHERE THEY LIVED. 19:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:46 OH THAT WOULD BE NEAT. 19:47 JUST KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AT JUST THE RIGHGHTIME. 19:49 AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME. 19:50 YES. 19:52 BUT PRAYER IS HUGE, VERY HUGE, AND I THINK IT IS SO WONDERFUL THAT ARE HAVING 19:56 THIS BE ONE OF 19:56 YOUR INITITIATES THOUGH FOR CHINANA 19:58 WELL, YOU KNOW AS Y Y MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S AN AWESOME 20:01 CHALALNGE AND WE OFTEN MIND OURSELVES THAT IT IS A GODSIZED CHALLENGNG 20:06 AND NO AMOUNT OF COMMITTEEEER 20:06 EVEN BUDGETS CANANEALLLLDO 20:10 ANYTHINGNG 20:12 THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS TO DO WITH LATTER RAIN POWER AND SO-I 20:20 JUST TOO WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAVE TALKED WITH PEOPLE AND THEIR IMAGE IS 20:28 THAT CHINA-THE WORKK 20:28 IT 20:28 THERE, BUT THAHAIS NOT THE 20:33 CACA. 20:35 THERE WAS AT A TIME, YES, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE CHURCH HAD TO GO 20:38 UNDERGROUND IN THE 1950'S WE HAD A MEMBERSHIP OF 20,000 PLUS BUT THEN AND 20:43 WHEN IT CAME O O OF THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES -NOW THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 20:46 CHURCH HAS A MEMBERSHIHI SHIP OF OVER 400,000. 20:49 SO THAT IS GREAT GROWTH. 20:50 YES, GREAT GROWTH. 20:52 OVER THOSE DIFFICULT YEARS BUT NOW THERE IS SECULARISM; THERE IS 20:56 MEISM, THERE IS MATERIRIISM; AND THE CHURUR GROWTH RATE IS 21:01 GROWING JUST A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAHAIT I IHERE IN THE UNITED STATES SO WE 21:07 ALLY, RERELY NEED TO PRAY BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT WORK. 21:11 YES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT R THE TETEAMTHTH ARE OUT ERE AND JUST ONE OF THE 21:16 SIMPLELEAYS S AT IT BRINGS DIFFICULTY IS THEY WILL REACH A FAMILY FOR JESUS 21:21 BUT IT IS S ST A MATTETEOF TIME BEFORE THE HEALTHY IN THE FAMLY OR THE YOUNG OR 21:26 ONE OFOFHE P PENTSTSRE SENT OFF TO THE CITY. 21:28 WHY? 21:35 DON'T HAVE THE INTERACTION WITH CHRHRTIAN BELIEIERS, AND SO WE E E LOSINGY 21:38 PEOPLE THAT WAY AND IT CAN BE VERY DISCOURAGING FOR OUR WORKERS WHO WORK SO 21:42 HARD T TBRING PEOPLE TO JESUSUSND THEN TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 21:45 ANANOBVIOUSLY ANOTHER MAMAR CHALLENGE THAT AND WHY WE NEED PRAYER IS THAT 21:51 THESE PIONEER TEAMS TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN THEY GO FROM 21:55 THEIR HOME TOWN WHERE THEY HAVE WHAT YOU MAY CALL RESIDENCY AND THEY A A 22:00 SENT TO ANOTHER TOWN,, 22:00 IH 22:00 GOGORNMENT FIND OUT THEY 22:04 ARE DOING GOGOEL WORK, 22:04 THAT'S ACTCTLLY NOT LEGAL. 22:07 IN OTHER R RDS, THTHPOLITICAL CONSNSUCT THERE DOESN'T NENESSARILY 22:11 FAFALITATA CHURCH PLANTING OR EVANANLISM OR C CRCH H OWTHTH 22:16 SO THE CHURCH IS DOING WELL. 22:19 THEY HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME THE 22:24 SYSTEMS AND THE LAWS DON'T ALLOW FOR THIS OPEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S HOLD AN 22:29 EVANGELISTIC M MTINGNGVERYRY 22:33 THAT. 22:37 WEL AREREOT HAVING TOOUGHT FACE THANKFULLLL HERE IN,,TD A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL THAT 22:41 CANADA AND WESTETE EURURE SO THAT IS A WHOLE ANONOER LEVEL OF THESE PEOPLE NOT 22:46 ONLY ARE THEY SO EXCXCED 22:46 ABOUT SHARING G E LORD BUT 22:46 THEY ALLLLRE-THEY ALSO ARE 22:49 PUTTTTG THEMSELVES AT A RISK. 22:51 NO DOUBT. 22:52 AND THAT'S TOO WHERE WE NEED TO BE PRAYING. 22:54 THAT'S RIGHT, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 22:56 BUT WHAT GOD IS DOING-GOD IS DOING AMAZING THINGS. 22:58 I HAVE TO TELL YOU 22:58 THIS RECENT LETTER THAT CAME IN. 23:00 IT STATAED OUT BY SAYING, IT'S A HIGH DAY. 23:07 WE ARE SO EXCITED. 23:09 WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. 23:11 AND AS I AM READING THE TRANSLATION I'M LIKE -WHAT IS THIS? 23:14 SHE SAID, "NO TODAY ITS NOT ONE PERSONONHAT T S 23:14 BEEN BAPTIZED- ITS NOT TWO 23:19 PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED BUT TODAY THREE PEOPLE ARE BEING BAPTPTED. 23:23 IT IS A HIGH DAY. 23:25 AMEN. 23:27 SO THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THEIR TESTIMONY IS THAT THERE ARE HIGH DAYS 23:30 DESPITE ALL L E CHALLENGES AND THTHSTRUGGLES, YES, AND THE SETBACKS AND THE 23:35 DIDIOURAGEMENTS. 23:36 THEY WERE HAVING HIGH DAYS AND THOSE HIHI DAYS WERE WHEN PEOPLE THEY HAVE BEEN 23:41 WOWOING G TH W WE MAMANG A PUBLBL PROFESSION THAT THEY HAD ACCEPTED JEJES IN 23:46 THTHR LIVES. 23:47 THAT'S BIG. 23:49 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IN SOME OF THESE PLACES THEY DON'T COME FROM A CHRISTIAN 23:52 BACKGROUND, NO, AND LIKE 23:52 IN THE WEST HERE, WE HAVEETD 23:57 OF CHRISTIANITY- EASTER, CHRISTMAS, YOU HEAR ALL OF THTH; OVER THERE IT T NOT 24:01 AND SOSOT TATAKETITI D SOSOHEY Y LEBRATE: AISE THE LORD! 24:06 LOOK, ONE, TWO, THREE CAME IN AND THAT'S THE BEGIGIING OF THIS NEW 24:13 CHURCH IN THIS NEW CITY UNENTERED, YOU KNOW. 24:16 SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY. 24:18 THERE ARE HARD TIMES T THERE ARE PEOPLE CELEBRATING EVERY WEEK AS 24:22 GOGOBRINGS VICTORY T T E LILI AT A TIME. 24:29 ATHE SABBATAT I LIKE TOHE THINK, WOW, ON THE OTHER ESIDE OF THE WORLD,D,ES,G 24:33 THERE ARE HUNDRERE THOUSANDSDSF 24:33 PEPELE MEETING TODAY. 24:37 WHY? 24:38 BECAUSE SOMEBODY CHOSE TO BE THE SPARK. 24:40 YES AND AUAUEY THAT IS SO-THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE I TOO OFTEN 24:43 FEEL THAT EXEXT SASAMEHING ABOUT CHINA BECAUSE I HAVE THAT KIND OF INTERNAL 24:47 CLOCOCGOININWOW! 24:48 THEY ARE WORSHIPING AND HAVING WORSHIPPED THERE MYSELF IT IS SOMETHING TO 24:51 THTHK ABABT ANANIT ISMOVING T TTHININABOUT THTHPEOPOP ANDNDHE T TNGS 24:54 WE HAVE NO IDEA. 24:56 YOU KNOW IT IS ONE THING TO READ THE LETTER BUT THEY CAN'T PUT EVERYTHING 24:57 IN THERE. 24:59 YOU KNOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH BUT TO BE ABLE TO 25:00 PRAY AND GO LORD YOU KNOW WHATATHAT T MAN IS DEALING WITH AND YOU KNOW THAT 25:03 THEY NEED A KNOCK ON THE OR AND WE E VE-THE LORD IS ENDNDLE I IWHAT HE E N 25:12 DO. 25:13 AND WE NEED, LIKE WE MENTIONED, 207 DIFFERENT PIONEEER TEAMS WORKING, 25:17 MANY OF THOSE BEING SUPPPPTED D GOGOSP O OREACH. 25:21 PLPLSE P PY. 25:23 RIGHT NOW IT IS 60 TEAMS- I DON'T KNOW IF WE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER- 25:25 SIXTY TETES WHWH A DIFFFFENCECEYES, FOR THESE 25:25 OTHER TEAMAM FOR GOSPEL 25:29 OUTREACH IS MAKING IN CHINA. 25:31 YES. 25:32 THANK YOU. 25:33 THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. 25:34 THANK YOU AND COVER THEM WITH PRAYER. 25:36 ABABLUTELY. 25:37 WELL, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS PRAYER TO START OUT WITH AND THEN BASICALLY 25:39 MORE FINANCIAL HELP, NTININD SUPPORT, BECAUAU U TWO HAVE LIVED IN 25:43 CHINA,A,OU'V'VLIVED IN NG KONG AND TAIWIW ANDND IT IS ONE THING FOR US 25:47 CACAASIANS TO GO AND TO BE THERE BUT IT IS ONE THTHG 25:47 TO H HE A A RSONONHO K KWS 25:52 THE E LTURUR WHOHONOWS- ANANYOU BOTH S SAK C CNESSAS 25:55 BLESSED YOU WITHTHLL O O THAT, BUT TOTOAVE A PERSON WHO IS THERE THAT IS THE 26:05 BEAUAU OF GOSPELELOUTRER CONNECTING IN A 26:05 TEWHOTHAT'S RIGHT.Y.RE 26:06 WE NEED THE CHINESE PEOPLE REACHING THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE OF THE 26:09 SUPPORT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH RECEIVES AND ISIS 26:09 F 26:14 THE WORLD- IT CAN BE DONE. 26:16 WELL, AUDREY AND BOB FOLKLKBERG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WE 26:21 WILL KEEP YOYOIN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND PLEASE GREET THEHEROTHTHS 26:24 AND SISIERS S D WHEN YOU REPLY BACK TO THEM TELL THEM PLEASE THAT THEY ARE 26:27 BEING PRAYED FOR. 26:41 SURE, WE'LL DO THAT. 26:48 AND THAT INCLUDES YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN C CNA; PLEASE PRAY FOR 27:11 THE PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 WE ASK YOU TO PRAY; WE ALSO ASK YOU TO GIVE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 27:56 HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE 28:13 SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:26 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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