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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HIKING BOOTS ON 00:21 BECAUSE TODAY WE ARE GOING FOR A TREK. 00:23 WE ARE HEADED TO THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF NEPAL SO COME ALONG. 00:28 CHARLES SHULTZ YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR NEPAL AND WELCOME TO 00:31 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:32 THANK YOU, I'VE ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY 00:36 FAVORITE COUNTRIES. 00:37 WONDERFUL! 00:38 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE IDEA -WE HEAR ABOUT MT. 00:41 EVEREST AND WE HEAR ABOUT THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD BUT WHY DON'T 00:45 YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN NEPAL AND SOME INFORMATION? 00:50 WELL, I THINK I HAVE A MAP HERE OF NEPAL AND YOU'LL SEE FROM THE MAP BASICALLY 00:57 HOW PEOPLE LIVE. 00:59 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AREAS THAT ARE VERY LOW LAND ADJACENT TO INDIA AND 01:07 THERE IT IS FLAT-SEA LEVEL AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE MIDSECTION WHICH IS 01:17 OH- FROM ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO 7000 FEET. 01:22 THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 01:24 THEY LIVE IN THAT HIGH ELEVATION. 01:26 YES, WELL THAT'S NOT THE HIGH ELEVATION-THE HIGH ELEVATION IS FROM 10,000 01:31 UP. 01:32 RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW WE THINK THAT 7-8000 FEET THAT'S HIGH. 01:35 THE SHERPAS, AND I TALKED TO THE SHERPAS AND I SAID, "DO ANY OF YOU FOLKS 01:40 SMOKE?" 01:41 AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE -NO, YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE CRAZY TO SMOKE WE 01:45 WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WORK. 01:47 THEY DO DRINK BUT THEY DON'T SMOKE. 01:49 INTERESTING. 01:50 BUT IT IS FASCINATING-I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF NEPAL OF THE 01:53 COUNTRY-THE MAP THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT HOW IT'S -THERE WE GO- YOU SEE 02:01 THE GREEN AREA? 02:02 I DO, THE DARK GREEN AREA? 02:04 DARK GREEN IS INDIA. 02:05 O.K. 02:07 THE LIGHT GREEN IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT THAT'S 02:10 THE AREA THAT'S ADJACENT TO INDIA AND IT'S BASICALLY SEA LEVEL. 02:16 THEN YELLOW AND BROWN IS WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE AND THEN THE WHITE 02:20 AREA ARE THE HIMALAYAS, THAT'S WHERE MT. 02:22 EVEREST IS AND MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION AND THIS IS TYPICAL MIDDLE 02:31 NEPALI LANDSCAPE AND YOU SEE THESE HILLS ALL OVER. 02:36 THE PEOPLE TERRACE THESE HILLS TO TRY TO CONSERVE THE WATER FLOW AND IT USED 02:42 TO BE WHEN I WAS THERE IN 1969-1970 NEPAL DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY ROADS AND 02:50 YOU JUST HAD TO WALK AND WALK AND WALK. 02:52 WHY IS THAT? 02:53 JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN ROADS? 02:55 RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT AND SO NOW YOU CAN HAVE HAIR RAISING RIDES IN BUSES AND 03:00 TAXIS THAT WILL GET YOU TO PLACES BUT IT'S STILL A CHALLENGE. 03:04 SO HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN NEPAL? 03:07 ABOUT 30 MILLION.THIRTY MILLION AND WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION? 03:11 THEY USED TO PRIDE THEMSELVES ON BEING THE ONLY HINDU COUNTRY IN THE 03:17 WORLD BUT THE COMMUNISTS CAME IN -DEPOSED THE KING AND HAVE GIVEN US 03:23 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND SO NOW THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED 03:30 IN CHRISTIANITY. 03:32 BUT HOW COULD THEY TAKE THAT CLAIM ON HINDUISM IF INDIA IS HEAVILY HINDU? 03:36 WELL, INDIA IS A SECULAR COUNTRY AND EVEN THOUGH HINDUISM IS A BIG PART OF 03:44 THE NATION, IN NEPAL THE KING WAS AN INCARNATION OF THE GOD VISHNU AND SO IF 03:52 YOU WERE NOT A HINDU IT'S LIKE YOU ARE NOT A TRAITOR BUT YOU ARE NOT FITTING IN 03:57 TO THE POLITICALLY CORRECT SCENE THERE. 04:00 I UNDERSTAND. 04:01 SO GIVE US AN IDEA TOO ABOUT THE SIZE OF NEPAL-IS THERE A STATE THAT IS 04:06 EQUIVALENT TO IT TO GIVE US AN IDEA- CALIFORNIA. 04:09 O.K. 04:10 CALIFORNIA. 04:11 I WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE. 04:13 THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, HIS NAME IS BIM AND HIS WIFE PHOO 04:19 AND THEIR LITTLE CHILD AND THEN THAT'S JUST A LITTLE FRIEND THAT THEY HAVE 04:22 THERE. 04:24 BIM IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS TAKING CARE OF WESTERN NEPAL. 04:31 NOW YOU SEE THE CIRCLE THERE? 04:32 THAT'S POLKRA-HE HAS EVERYTHING WEST OF POLKRA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF 04:39 NEPAL KIND OF NEGLECTED WESTERN NEPAL AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THE WAY THAT THE 04:45 THEY DESCRIBE IT THERE IS WESTERN NEPAL OH, WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF NEPAL LEFT, 04:50 SO THEN THEY HAD MIDWESTERN NEPAL-SO WHY DID THEY KIND OF FORGET 04:55 ABOUT IT? 04:56 NO INFRASTRUCTURE. 04:57 O.K. 04:58 AND MOST OF THE TOWNS WERE FARTHER TOWARD KATHMANDU? 05:00 YES, KATHMANDU IS THE CAPITAL SO YOU HAVE WESTERN NEPAL, MIDWESTERN 05:04 NEPAL AND FAR WESTERN NEPAL AND IT'S LIKE THE GOVERNMENT NEGLECTED THESE 05:09 PEOPLE AND WE AS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH NEED TO GET OUT AND WE NEED 05:16 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE BIM SO THAT WE CAN HELP THESE PEOPLE 05:22 PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO THEM. 05:24 WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THE CENTRAL PART AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO NEXT 05:30 THE EASTERN PART AND YOU'LL SEE A CIRCLE THERE. 05:33 BIRATNAGAR IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN NEPAL AND AGAIN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT 05:39 LITTLE CIRCLE IS INDIA. 05:42 AND THEN TO THE SOUTH IS INDIA AND HERE OF COURSE, PEOPLE GET AROUND ON 05:47 BICYCLES AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE BICYCLES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 05:52 PROVIDED FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND HERE WE ARE SITTING AROUND 05:56 UNDER THE TREE-MANGO TREE-AND TALKING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 06:02 WHILE I WAS THERE, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET PRAKASH. 06:07 PRAKASH IN THE NEPALI LANGUAGE MEANS REVELATION AND THIS IS A CHRISTIAN 06:12 NAME. 06:13 MANY TIMES HINDUS WILL TAKE A CHRISTIAN NAME. 06:16 OH THEY WILL? 06:17 AND HE PRAKASH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU LOOK AT HIM AND YOU THINK WELL MAYBE 06:22 HE'S YOU KNOW, 10-12 HE IS 64 YEARS OF AGE. 06:26 SO WHAT I'M JUST BEGGING TO ASK YOU HOW TALL YOU ARE? 06:30 6'2". 06:31 SO YOU ARE 6'2" AND HOW TALL IS HE? 06:36 I NEVER MEASURED HIM. 06:37 YES SO I MEAN, IS HE BARELY FIVE FEET? 06:40 OH HE IS NOT FIVE FEET. 06:41 HE'S NOT FIVE FEET. 06:42 SO IS HE PROBABLY 4'8"? 06:43 HE IS 4 SOMETHING OR OTHER AND HIS HEIGHT WAS THE REASON WHY HE IS A 06:47 CHRISTIAN BECAUSE HE JUST DIDN'T GROW. 06:51 WELL WHY -HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NAME ZACCHEUS THEN. 06:54 YES, YES HE WENT TO ALL OF THE HINDU WITCH DOCTORS AND NOBODY COULD HELP HIM 07:00 AND FINALLY SOMEONE SAID, WELL GO TO A CHRISTIAN AND SO HE WENT TO A CHRISTIAN 07:07 PASTOR AND HE PRAYED FOR HIM AND HE STOPPED BEING SICK. 07:13 HE DIDN'T GROW ANY BUT HE DIDN'T DIE AND FROM THEN HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 07:19 AFTER HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN HIS PARENTS WERE QUITE WEALTHY -THEY OWNED 07:22 A LOT OF LAND. 07:24 THE GOVERNMENT TOOK ALL OF HIS LAND AWAY AND PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR 6 YEARS 07:31 AND--ON WHAT? 07:32 HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN- NOW THIS - THAT'S THE ONLY REASON- BEFORE 2005 IT WAS 07:38 AGAINST THE LAW TO CHANGE YOUR RELIGION. 07:40 IF YOU'RE BORN A HINDU, YOU HAVE TO STAY HINDU AND ONLY SINCE 2005 DOES NEPAL 07:47 HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND SO I APPRECIATE PRAKASH BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A 07:53 VIBRANT LEADER. 07:55 NOW HE IS A RETIRED GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BUT HE IS STILL ACTIVE IN HIS LOCAL 07:59 CONGREGATIONS. 08:01 NOW HERE WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS -WE'VE GOT LALIV ON MY 08:05 RIGHT EVERYBODY ELSE IS LEFT, THEN WE HAVE JONATHAN AND PRAKASH AND 08:14 SUMAN. 08:15 NOW THESE MEN THEY'LL GET ON THEIR BICYCLES AND THEY'LL TRAVEL 20-25 MILES 08:20 A DAY VISITING PEOPLE, GIVING BIBLE STUDIES TO PEOPLE AND THEY ARE A REAL 08:26 INSPIRATION. 08:28 SO HOW DO PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE SO DEVOUTLY HINDU, WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:36 WORKERS GO AND MEET SOMEONE AND START TALKING ABOUT JESUS IS IT A WHOLE 08:41 NEW CONCEPT? 08:43 DO THE HINDUS SAY, "TALK TO THE HAND, I'M HINDU I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO 08:47 YOU" OR ARE THEY RECEPTIVE? 08:48 KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA. 08:49 THEY ARE RECEPTIVE -THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: "THOU 08:55 SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME." 08:57 THEY WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST BUT THE IDEA IS ONLY JESUS. 09:05 THERE IS ONLY ONE TO WORSHIP BUT HOW PEOPLE BECOME CHRISTIANS MANY 09:09 TIMES IS THROUGH HEALING AND YOU COME TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND AFTER 09:14 THE SERMON, THERE IS ALWAYS A HEALING SERVICE. 09:16 REALLY? 09:18 AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE HEALED THEY BECOME CHRISTIANS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THAT. 09:23 JUST LIKE IN THE BIBLE. 09:25 YES, PEOPLE WENT TO JESUS TO BE HEALED AND HE HEALED THEM AND THEY HAD TO TELL 09:28 EVERYBODY. 09:29 AND THEY FEEL THE WARMTH AND THE LOVE OF JESUS. 09:33 THE HYMNS ARE VERY POWERFUL AND THEN THE SCRIPTURES ARE POWERFUL 09:39 TOO. 09:41 BECAUSE WE NEED TO SAY THAT IN HINDUISM THEY HAVE SO MANY GODS, CORRECT? 09:44 YES. 09:45 SO THERE IS A GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND THE MORE THE BETTER, RIGHT? 09:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:49 SO THE COMMANDMENT OF ONE GOD IS HARD. 09:51 WELL AND YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO TELL THEM THAT ONE GOD DOES IT ALL, YOU KNOW. 09:56 JESUS -GOD IS YAHWEH, I AM-IT IS AN INCOMPLETE SENTENCE. 09:59 I AM WHATEVER YOU NEED SO YOU DON'T NEED 330 MILLION GODS, YOU'VE GOT ONE. 10:04 NOW HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING THE NEEDS AND THESE MEN NEED -THEIR BICYCLES ARE 10:12 GETTING OLD; FLASHLIGHTS; YOU KNOW A VERY SIMPLE THING BUT WHAT WOULD 10:18 REALLY BE GREAT ARE THOSE FLASHLIGHTS THAT GO ON YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, YES, 10:22 AND ALSO A BAG TO PUT THEIR BIBLE AND THINGS IN AND I THINK A SMALL BACK 10:27 PACK WOULD BE GOOD. 10:28 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THERE. 10:31 YOU KNOW ISN'T THAT INTERESTING CHARLES, THAT YOU SAY THAT. 10:34 I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH MY HEAD AND I HAVE A BACKPACK AND I HAVE A 10:39 LIGHT LIKE THAT AND HOW MANY OF US CAN GO TO WALMART OR WHEREVER AND 10:43 PICK THOSE UP BUT OVER THERE I'M SURE THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO THAT OR 10:48 THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. 10:49 THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. 10:50 SO JUST THE MINOR THINGS IN LIFE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. 10:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:54 O.K. 10:56 I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU NOW ANOTHER AREA AND THIS IS CHITWAN AND YOU CAN SEE 11:02 IT IS SORT OF SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE. 11:04 NOW THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF WILD ANIMAL PARKS AND IT'S A 11:10 GREAT TOURIST AREA. 11:12 YES, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE. 11:14 AND HERE IS PASTOR SILAS NOW THIS YOUNG MAN-HE IS LIKE 28 OR SO HE OVERSEAS 11:18 13 CONGREGATIONS AND 3 VILLAGES. 11:22 THIRTEEN CONGREGATIONS AND THREE VILLAGES? 11:25 YES. 11:26 SEVEN OF THESE CONGREGATIONS WERE CONVERTED FROM 11:28 PENTACOSTALISM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND SIX CONGREGATIONS ARE FORMERLY 11:34 HINDUS. 11:35 HE IS ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 11:37 HE COULD REALLY USE A MOTORCYCLE TO GET AROUND IN AND HE IS THERE IN 11:43 KATHMANDU. 11:45 HE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS WORK IN FACT AND YOU CAN SEE THE RIVERS. 11:49 HITURA IS THERE-THIS IS HIS SECTION BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RIVERS THAT HE HAS 11:53 TO GO AROUND AND THROUGH. 11:55 HE HAS A TREMENDOUS WORKLOAD BUT HE HAS SUCH A SWEET ATTITUDE. 12:01 WONDERFUL! 12:02 HERE YOU HAVE WHAT IT IS LIKE WORSHIPING WITHOUT A CHURCH. 12:05 NICE WEATHER YOU CAN BE OUTSIDE- THEY'LL THROW A MAT OUT. 12:09 WHEN IT RAINS YOU'VE GOT TO GO UNDERNEATH THE LITTLE PORCH, SQUEEZE IN 12:13 THERE. 12:14 HAVING A CHURCH -NOW THIS IS A NEW CHURCH THAT HE IS PASTORING IN RAMATAR. 12:18 THIS IS SORT OF THE HUB WHERE HE LEADS OUT. 12:22 HE IS DOING SUCH A TREMENDOUS WORK THERE. 12:25 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 12:26 WELL, CHARLES WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 12:30 INVOLVED SO THEY TOO CAN BE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HERE IS SOME 12:36 MORE INFORMATION. 12:38 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS SOMETHING MANY HAVE HEARD 12:41 OF, PROPHESIED OR EVEN WAITING FOR. 12:43 YET HOW MANY OF YOU REALIZE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOW THE MOST PERSECUTED 12:48 RELIGION IN THE WHOLE WORLD? 12:50 NOW ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 12:54 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE BETWEEN TEN AND 12:59 FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:01 THIS IS ALL OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. 13:05 AT LEAST FOUR BILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE. 13:07 UNFORTUNATELY, 84 PER CENT OF THEM HAVE THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY AND 13:16 LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY. 13:18 NINETY PERCENT SUFFERING THE RAVAGES OF POVERTY AND DISEASES; LIVING THE 13:22 WORLD'S POOREST QUALITY OF LIFE. 13:24 NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THESE FOUR BILLION PEOPLE ARE UNEVANGELIZED AND HAVE 13:28 THE LEAST ACCESS TO CHRISTIAN RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS. 13:33 MANY HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST-NOT EVEN 13:37 ONCE. 13:39 THERE ARE SIXTY SIX COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:42 DID YOU KNOW THAT PROCLAIMING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IS ILLEGAL OR 13:47 SEVERELY RESTRICTED IN OVER FIFTY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES? 13:50 FORTY-NINE OF THOSE COUNTRIES ARE PROCLAIMED THE WORST COUNTRIES IN THE 13:54 WORLD FOR CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. 13:56 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THESE COUNTRIES EACH GO THROUGH THEIR AMOUNT OF 14:01 TRAUMA FOR THEIR LOVE IN JESUS CHRIST. 14:05 PUBLIC PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS HAS EMERGED AGAIN WITH NO RESISTANCE 14:08 FROM THE AUTHORITIES; GOVERNMENTS ARE FAILING TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL 14:12 PROTECTION TO INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS. 14:14 MORE THAN 600 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED SINCE 1996 14:21 DRIVING CHURCH SERVICES UNDERGROUND, IN HIDING STRUGGLING TO PRACTICE 14:25 THEIR FAITH. 14:26 ANYONE CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY CAN BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM 14:30 THEIR DISTRICT, FACE CHARGES OF TREACHERY, EVEN HAVE THEIR MARRIAGES MADE 14:34 INVALID AND THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY. 14:36 VIOLENT MOBS HAVE GONE AGAINST EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. 14:41 EVANGELIZING BEING FORBIDDEN, ILLEGAL OR ONLY ALLOW A PERSON TO BE 14:45 BANISHED OR EXILED FROM THE SOCIETY. 14:47 ANY CITIZEN WHO CONVERTS FROM THE NATIONAL OR REGIONAL RELIGION CAN FACE 14:53 THE DEATH PENALTY. 14:54 IN OTHER CASES, BELIEVERS ARE IMPRISONED IN BARBARIC DEATH CAMPS. 15:00 WE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:02 WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THIS FINAL SECTION OF THE 15:05 WORLD. 15:06 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WORK TO INFORM, EQUIP AND MOBILIZE NETWORKS OF 15:10 PRAYER ACROSS THE GLOBE TO EMPOWER EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM, CHURCH GROWTH 15:14 AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:17 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE NEWSLETTER 15:26 YOU CAN CALL US AT 509-525-2951 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE WWW.GOAIM.ORG 15:34 15:35 AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BECAUSE PARTNERING WITH YOU, 15:38 PARTNERING WITH OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:42 WORKERS WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER SO MORE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 15:46 AND THE FACT THAT HE IS COMING BACK SOON. 15:48 SO TODAY WE ARE VISITING THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF NEPAL AND WE HAVE CHARLES 15:52 SHULTZ HERE. 15:53 CHARLES IT IS WONDERFUL HAVING YOU HERE AND NEPAL IS A COUNTRY THAT WE HEAR 15:56 ABOUT BUT IT IS SO NEAT TO SEE DIFFERENT PICTURES FROM WHAT WE ARE USED TO 16:06 LIKE THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THAT WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU GO AND 16:08 CHECK IN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND YOU ARE SHARING SOME PICTURES 16:10 WITH US. 16:11 YES, THERE IT IS TREMENDOUS TO HEAR THE REPORTS AND THE 16:13 TESTIMONIES OF THESE WORKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE LORD. 16:16 IT IS INCREDIBLE. 16:18 ABSOLUTELY. 16:20 SO YOU WERE SHOWING SOME PICTURES OF A PASTOR WHOSE NAME IS SILAS, YES, AND I 16:22 THINK IT IS A PERFECT NAME FOR A PASTOR, YES, AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT HE HAS 13 16:27 CONGREGATIONS. 16:28 YES. 16:29 THAT IS AMAZING TO ME. 16:30 AND HE HAS THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT HINDUS INTO CHRISTIANITY. 16:36 HE HAS CONVERTED - HE HAS 13 CONGREGATIONS BUT SIX OF THESE CONGREGATIONS ARE 16:45 HINDU CONGREGATIONS WHO HAVE BECOME CHRISTIANS. 16:47 SO WAS HIS BACKGROUND HINDUISM? 16:50 YES. 16:51 O.K. 16:52 SO HE LEFT HINDUISM AND BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 16:54 YES. 16:55 HE LEFT THE THOUSANDS OF GODS FOR THE ONE LIVING GOD. 16:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:58 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 16:59 SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE SOME MORE PICTURES FOR US? 17:01 OK THIS IS A PICTURE OF SILAS PREACHING IN RAMATAR. 17:08 THERE ARE NO PEWS IN THIS CHURCH. 17:10 THERE ARE NO PEWS IN ANY CHURCH IN NEPAL BECAUSE YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE 17:13 INTO A CHURCH IF THEY SIT ON THE FLOOR AND THEY ARE USED TO SITTING ON THE 17:16 FLOOR. 17:17 AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY BAPTISMS. 17:21 THIS IS A BAPTISM IN THE RIVER ACTUALLY JEETS BANDOR THE MAN IN THE 17:28 WATER WITH -IN WHITE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEN THE OTHER GENTLEMAN 17:34 IS PASTOR KUBARE. 17:35 SO THEY HAVE TWO PASTORS ASSISTING IN THE BAPTISM. 17:38 YES, YES. 17:40 AND THAT'S SO THAT ESPECIALLY WITH LADIES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO 17:47 SUPPORT THEM AND BE VERY CAREFUL IN HOW WE TOUCH THEM AND WHERE YOU TOUCH 17:52 THEM SO THEY JUST SORT OF SUPPORT THEM IN THE BACK AND THERE-I THINK THAT IS 17:59 REALLY SPECIAL. 18:00 IT IS REALLY AN AMAZING THING. 18:08 NO BAPTISTRIES-WE USE RIVERS. 18:10 HEY, JESUS WAS BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER; I THINK IT IS VERY SPECIAL. 18:12 HERE HE IS-THE CRUSADE THAT HE HAD A CHITWAN AND HE HAS A TREMENDOUS 18:17 CHARISMA WITH PEOPLE THAT IS VERY, VERY MAGNETIC AND THEY CAN SENSE HIS LOVE. 18:25 AND AGAIN AFTER HIS EVANGELISTIC SERIES PEOPLE WILL COME UP, THEY WILL 18:29 ASK FOR PRAYER; HE'LL PRAY FOR THEM; THEY WILL BECOME CHRISTIANS. 18:33 THE IDEA IS THAT CHRISTIANITY IS DOING SOMETHING FOR YOU. 18:38 WHAT IS HINDUISM EVER DONE FOR YOU? 18:40 NOTHING. 18:42 JESUS HAS DIED FOR YOUR SINS; HE HAS GIVEN YOU HOPE AND YOU GO INTO A 18:47 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN NEPAL AND 98 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE 18:51 UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE. 18:53 90 PER CENT? 18:54 YES, 98 PER CENT. 18:55 98%? 18:57 YES AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY WANT CHANGE. 19:01 THEY ARE TIRED OF THE STATUS QUO. 19:03 STATUS QUO. 19:05 THEY'LL BECOME COMMUNISTS OR THEY'LL BECOME CHRISTIANS. 19:08 WELL- CHRISTIANS. 19:10 YES AND IT IS A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA AND SO THEY ARE VERY, VERY 19:13 ANXIOUS TO PROGRESS IN LIFE AND A MESSAGE OF HOPE. 19:15 SO HOW DO THEIR FAMILIES REACT WHEN THEY GO TO A CRUSADE LIKE THIS? 19:25 DO WE HEAR ANY STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM WHEN THEY GO HOME AND THEY 19:29 ANNOUNCE TO THEIR FAMILY, "I'VE ACCEPTED JESUS?" 19:34 WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER IF OUR WORKERS CAN DEAL WITH THE FAMILY UNIT AND 19:41 THEY ALL LIVE TOGETHER UNDER THE SAME ROOF. 19:44 IT IS NOT LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MOM AND DAD LIVE 10 MILES DOWN 19:48 THE ROAD. 19:49 EVERYBODY IS UNDER ONE ROOF AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING WHEN ONE PERSON 19:52 IS BAPTIZED THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL EVENTUALLY BE BAPTIZED AND SO THERE IS 19:58 NOT THAT HOSTILITY. 19:59 O.K. 20:00 JUST LIKE IN THE BIBLE WHERE RAHAB-SHE BROUGHT HER WHOLE FAMILY, OH YES, 20:03 AND THAT ENTIRE SO- YES, SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEN ARE WILLING 20:07 TO GO AND ALSO VISIT WITH THE FAMILY AND SHARE. 20:10 YES. 20:11 O.K. 20:12 WELL HEY PRAISE THE LORD- MORE PEOPLE. 20:14 ALRIGHT KEEP GOING HERE, CHARLES. 20:16 YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES. 20:17 WELL WE HAVE HINDU CONVERTS. 20:19 NOW THIS IS REALLY THE BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THAT PASTOR SILAS HAS: HE HAS 20:26 THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR AND PEOPLE 20:31 HEAR WELL-CHRISTIANITY WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? 20:34 AND SO HERE WE HAVE RENTED A ROOM, I'M USING THAT WORD VERY CARELESSLY 20:38 BECAUSE IT'S GOT A TIN ROOF AND IT'S GOT SOME WOOD ON IT. 20:46 THEY ARE ACTUALLY BLESSING THIS AND THERE IS THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 20:55 WHO HAVEN'T BEEN DESIGNATED OR PAID FOR BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR 21:01 MONEY FOR THESE THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:04 IN FACT, PASTOR SILAS HE WANTS 10 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO HELP HIM WITH 21:10 THESE 13 CONGREGATIONS. 21:12 IT'S NOT ENOUGH- YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE AMBITION TO HAVE. 21:17 YOU THINK? 21:18 YES, I THINK SO TOO. 21:22 AND I THINK THAT BECAUSE O.K. 21:25 SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN, ALRIGHT. 21:27 WELL, WHAT IS THIS CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION LIKE? 21:31 YOU MEAN THEY MEET OVER THERE? 21:33 OH, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING. 21:34 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE VERY ENTERPRISING. 21:39 NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW AND SO THE CHURCH IS EXTREMELY 21:45 IMPORTANT. 21:46 YOU HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY BRING PEOPLE TO THE LORD 21:49 AND THEN THEY NEED TO MEET IN SOME PLACE THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE. 21:54 WELL, YES THEY WERE STANDING UP OUTSIDE. 21:56 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER DENOMINATIONS THAT ARE THERE? 21:58 DO THEY HAVE CHURCH BUILDINGS? 21:59 OR ARE OTHER CHURCHES ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM? 22:03 THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. 22:04 YES. 22:05 THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. 22:06 ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IS THAT CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS USUALLY 22:11 AREN'T RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE IS A BIT OF PUSHBACK WITH THAT 22:17 AS WELL. 22:18 YES. 22:19 SO FOR EXAMPLE RENTING THAT ROOM IS THAT-DO THEY HAVE TO GO GET THAT 22:22 LICENSED AS A CHURCH? 22:24 NO IT IS NOT THAT TECHNICAL. 22:25 IT'S NOT THAT TECHNICAL BUT THE LANDLORD, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD OF PLACES 22:28 WHERE THE LANDLORD REFUSED TO RENT TO A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION AND IF 22:33 ANYBODY ELSE LIVED IN THAT BUILDING AND THERE WERE HINDUS IN THAT BUILDING, 22:39 THE REST OF THE TENANTS WOULD OBJECT TO IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY WE WERE 22:43 DRINKING WATER-WE'RE DRINKING THE SAME WATER THAT THE CHRISTIANS ARE 22:45 DRINKING AND THEY ARE LOW CASTE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONTAMINATING US. 22:49 SO BUT I THINK IN THIS SITUATION HE'S PICKED A PLACE THAT IS APPROPRIATE 22:54 BUT YOU KNOW, HERE THEY ARE AND THIS IS A BIG THING. 22:58 HE IS OPENING UP THE DOOR TO THIS SHACK AND THESE HINDU LADIES ARE GOING TO 23:11 GO IN THERE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR CHURCH. 23:15 THEY WILL BE WORSHIPING IN THERE AND IT WOULD BE SO MUCH-AND I'M SURE THEIR 23:19 HUSBANDS AND THE MEN WOULD SAY," WELL YOU KNOW IF THIS DENOMINATION OR IF 23:24 THIS RELIGION THIS NEW RELIGION MEANT ANYTHING OR WAS ANYWHERE UP AND 23:27 COMING, THEY'D HAVE A DECENT BUILDING FOR YOU TO WORSHIP IN." 23:35 AND SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES. 23:37 SURE. 23:39 THE GOSPEL IS THERE; THE PEOPLE ARE THERE AND WE NEED PLACES FOR THEM TO 23:43 WORSHIP. 23:44 AND BROTHER SILAS IS THERE, YES, GOD BLESS BROTHER SILAS. 23:46 YES. 23:47 WHAT A GREAT NAME FOR HIM. 23:48 THAT'S HIS ADOPTED NAME. 23:52 OH ABSOLUTELY. 23:53 BUT WHAT GETS ME AS I SEE THESE PICTURES, AS I SIT IN THIS SEAT, CHARLES AND 23:58 I AM SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ALL THESE STORIES AND INTERVIEW ALL OF YOU 24:02 AND IT JUST COMES EACH TIME THAT IT IS VERY HUMBLING TO SEE WHERE 24:08 PEOPLE ARE MEETING AND WHERE THEY ARE GATHERING TO MEET JESUS, YES, AND IT 24:12 IS HUMBLING TO THINK OF WHERE WE IN NORTH AMERICA, IN CANADA AND AMERICA AND 24:19 WESTERN EUROPE WHERE WE MEET JESUS AS A CHURCH AND TO THINK THAT WE ARGUE 24:23 OVER THE COLOR OF CARPET OR PEWS OR WHATEVER AND THESE PEOPLE JUST WANT TO 24:29 HAVE A PEW. 24:31 AND YOU KNOW THEY WILL TAKE OFF THEIR SHOES TO GO INTO THAT DECREPID 24:36 BUILDING BECAUSE THAT IS A SACRED PLACE AND WE NEVER TAKE OFF OUR SHOES WHEN WE 24:43 GO INTO THESE FANCY CHURCHES. 24:45 YES. 24:46 THERE IS A RESPECT, RIGHT, FOR THE LORD. 24:49 AND MEETING THERE. 24:50 SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF YOUR NEEDS AND I'M SURE THAT 24:53 THEY ARE ALL UNDERSCORED AND THERE ARE MORE THAN WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT 24:58 HERE. 25:00 BUT YOU DID SAY THAT YOU NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:02 AMEN, AMEN. 25:03 AND YOU NEED MORE BICYCLES; YES. 25:06 YOU NEED BACKPACKS AND HEADLAMPS; SLEEPING BAGS, WE NEED SLEEPING BAGS 25:10 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'LL GO INTO A VILLAGE -OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 25:13 AND THEY'LL SLEEP IN THE CHURCH OR SOMETHING OR IN SOMEBODY'S HOME BUT THEY 25:18 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO KEEP WARM WITH AND A SLEEPING BAG, JUST A THIN 25:22 ONE, THAT COULD BE PADDING, IF IT IS HOT AND IT CAN BE WARMTH IF IT IS 25:27 COLD. 25:28 SURE AND ALSO 10 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR PASTOR SILAS. 25:33 PASTOR SILAS DESPERATELY NEEDS THESE. 25:36 WELL HE SEEMS SPREAD SO THINLY IF HE HAS 13 CONGREGATIONS AND HE'S 25:41 TRYING TO GET THERE ON HIS BICYCLE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING. 25:44 THEY ARE WORKING WITHOUT PAY. 25:47 THAT'S AMAZING. 25:48 WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR VIEWERS AND THAT'S WHERE OUR VIEWERS CAN GET 25:53 INVOLVED AND YOU CAN DONATE TO GOSPEL OUTREAC TO HELP WITH THESE EFFORTS 25:57 AND WE PRAY THAT THE LORD IS WORKING ON YOUR HEARTS AND JUST LIKE THE WIDOW'S 26:01 MITE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, RIGHT CHARLES? 26:03 AMEN. 26:05 IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AND THE LORD BLESSES AND HE CAN MULTIPLY WHAT WE GIVE. 26:10 THAT'S FOR SURE. 26:11 SO WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM YOUR TRIPS WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART AND WHAT KIND OF 26:15 FEELINGS DO YOU HAVE? 26:17 WELL, I JUST WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOSPEL 26:25 OUTREACH ARE REALLY BEING USED PROPERLY. 26:29 NO ONE IS PAID, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US ARE PAID AND THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE 26:34 WORKING FOR $100 A MONTH OR SOMETHING IT IS JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP FOOD ON THE 26:39 TABLE AND YET THEY ARE SO DEDICATED. 26:41 YES. 26:42 THEY WANT JESUS TO COME AND THEY WANT TO SHARE IT. 26:44 THEY WANT TO SHARE IT. 26:46 WELL, CHARLES SHULTZ, THANK YOU FOR TAKING US TO NEPAL AND PLEASE TELL THE 26:49 PEOPLE THERE THAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. 26:51 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN 26:53 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS. 26:56 WE COULD USE YOUR HELP, YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT 27:00 THERE ARE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL. 27:03 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 28:06 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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