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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000577A
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US BECAUSE WE 00:21 ARE TRAVELING TO A VERY, VERY LARGE KINGDOM AND THAT IS THE KINGDOM OF 00:25 CHINA. 00:27 WE HAVE AUDREY FOLKENBERG HERE WITH US ON GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN 00:30 MISSIONS". 00:31 WELCOME. 00:31 IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE JULIE, THANK YOU. 00:34 WELL IT IS GREAT HAVING YOU HERE. 00:36 SO AUDREY, YOU ARE WORKING AS A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT CHINESE UNION 00:38 MISSION.YES. 00:39 YOUR HUSBAND'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION. 00:41 YES. 00:42 AND YOU ARE ALSO OUR DIRECTOR FOR CHINA FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:44 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS ABOUT MY JOB IS WHAT I DO 00:50 WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT MY JOB AS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR -I 00:53 LIKE TO BOIL IT DOWN TO SAY IT'S ABOUT "TELLING A STORY" AND TELLING A STORY 00:58 SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT CHINA AND THEN LET THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESS 01:03 UPON THEM HOW THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED. 01:06 OF COURSE, PRAYER BEING THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT WE PRAY FOR THE INVOLVEMENT 01:10 OF PEOPLE. 01:12 ABSOLUTELY AND BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT CHINA THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO STILL 01:14 NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND THAT'S THE HUGE JOB THAT WE HAVE HERE TO 01:18 COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE HERE ABOUT THE NEEDS AND THEN ALSO THEN FOR YOU 01:22 THEN TO WORK WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THE TEAMS IN CHINA, RIGHT, 01:25 AND YOU GET TO COME AND BRING US REPORTS AND IT'S A GREAT THING. 01:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:30 AND TODAY JULIE, I WANT TO TELL YOU AND OUR VIEWERS A BIT ABOUT CHINA BY, YOU 01:35 KNOW THEY SAY A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS, IT DOES, SO I JUST WANT TO 01:38 SHOW A FEW PICTURES OF CHINA AND JUST LET YOU GET TO KNOW THE PLACE THAT HAS 01:44 MY HEART RIGHT NOW. 01:45 THE PLACE THAT NEEDS TO KNOW JESUS. 01:47 IT IS THE LARGEST IDENTIFIED REGION OF UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 01:51 WORLD. 01:52 WOW! 01:54 SO, WHAT A BLESSING TO BE INVOLVED AND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE INVOLVED 01:56 AND THE SUPPORTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE INVOLVED. 01:59 WELL, TAKE US ALONG. 02:00 ALRIGHT. 02:01 THIS FIRST PICTURE IS MY CHINESE FRIENDS AND YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE IN CHINA 02:07 ARE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME. 02:09 THEY LAUGH, THEY SMILE, THEY HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS AND THIS IS JUST 02:15 SWEET ELDERLY- TWO LADIES THAT LOVE JESUS. 02:22 CHINA IS A PLACE OF BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO 02:25 ALL THE MANY PLACES BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF CHINA. 02:30 THIS IS QUAY LIN -IT'S A REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL SPOT. 02:33 HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? 02:34 I HAVE AND IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME TO BE THERE AND YOU CANNOT PUT 02:40 INTO WORDS HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS -WHAT GOD HAS DONE THERE. 02:44 RIGHT, AND WELL IT'S IN A LOT OF THEIR ANCIENT POETRY YOU SEE PICTURES OF 02:49 CHINA BY CHINESE ARTISTS THAT OFTEN HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL SCENES AND THE 02:53 MOUNTAINS JUST THEY LITERALLY COME OUT OF THE LAND, YES, AND YOU 02:57 JUST-THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, YES, IT IS JUST STUNNING. 03:00 HERE IS -THE THING I LOVE ABOUT CHINA IS THE MIX OF THE OLD AND THE NEW. 03:04 IT HAS MCDONALD'S; IT HAS STARBUCKS; IT HAS GUCCI AND LUIS VAUTON STORES. 03:11 I MEAN IT IS JUST SO MODERN BUT YET YOU ROUND THE CORNER RURAL AND YOU 03:15 SEE LADIES WASHING THEIR CLOTHES IN THE WATER. 03:18 AND THIS IS ALSO IN QUAY LIN. 03:19 IT'S A PLACE THAT'S GOT A LOT OF TOURISTS BUT STILL YOU GET OFF THE BEATEN 03:23 PATH AND YOU SEE CHINA AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO DO. 03:26 BEAUTIFUL. 03:27 HERE IS RURAL CHINA AS WELL. 03:29 WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS CORNSTALKS STACKED UP ON A VERY NARROW WAGON AND WHAT 03:36 THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THESE IS BURN THEM TO STAY WARM. 03:41 YOU HAVE CHINA AS ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD BUT YET YOU HAVE 03:44 PEOPLE THAT ARE SURVIVING-STAYING WARM IN THE WINTER BY BURNING 03:49 CORNSTALKS AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT FOR 03:56 ME, I LOVE TO SEE THE OLD CHINA. 03:58 YES AND THIS IS THE OLD CHINA. 04:00 YES. 04:02 SPEAKING OF OLD, I DON'T KNOW BUT MOST OF US KNOW ABOUT THE TERRA COTTA 04:06 WARRIORS. 04:07 THOSE WERE PLACED UNDER THE GROUND 200 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST. 04:12 200 YEARS? 04:14 YES BEFORE CHRIST AND RECENTLY THAT IS IN THE 70'S SOME FARMERS WERE OUT 04:18 THERE DIGGING A WELL AND CAME UPON THIS INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY SO CHINA HAS A 04:24 VERY, VERY LONG HISTORY AND WE COULD SPEND TIME JUST TALKING THEIR HISTORY 04:30 BUT THAT'S SOMETHING NEAT IN CHINA AND THE CHINESE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND 04:35 RIGHTFULLY SO, ABSOLUTELY, THEIR HISTORY. 04:38 THIS IS AN OLD PAGODA AND IT WAS BUILD IN CHINA ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE 04:44 FIRST CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES CAME INTO CHINA-600 A.D. 04:48 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS AND EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS VERY CHINESE IF YOU GO INSIDE 04:53 THERE ARE PAINTINGS ON THE WALL OF THE APOSTLES, OF THE SAINTS SO TO SPEAK. 04:59 SO IT IS JUST A VERY, VERY INTERESTING PLACE AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT 05:05 UNDERSCORES THE FACT THAT CHRISTIANITY IS PART OF CHINA. 05:09 YES, ABSOLUTELY IT IS DOCUMENTED. 05:11 YES, GOING BACK THIS FAR. 05:15 YOU KNOW WHERE DO YOU GO IN THE STATES AND YOU SEE MEN OUT PLAYING THEIR 05:21 CHECKERS OR CHESS ON THE STREET AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT 05:24 CHINA IS AS MODERN AS IT IS YOU STILL WALK DOWN THE STREET AND YOU CAN SEE THE 05:30 MOST INTERESTING THINGS. 05:32 JUST PEOPLE OUT THERE ENJOYING LIFE, HAVING A GOOD TIME. 05:34 AND WHAT'S SO FUN IS THAT YOU'LL SEE THESE MEN HERE AND THEN FIVE MINUTES 05:39 LATER THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BECAUSE, OH YES, THEY WANT 05:41 TO SEE WHO IS STRATEGIZING AND WHO IS GOING TO MOVE WHERE AND GIVE THEIR 05:45 SUGGESTIONS AND IT IS KIND OF A GROUP EFFORT. 05:47 AND THE REASON I'M SHOWING THESE PICTURES TO YOU IS I WANT OUR VIEWERS TO FALL 05:52 IN LOVE WITH CHINA, TO NOT THINK OF IT AS SOME MYSTERY BEHIND A BAMBOO 05:56 CURTAIN BUT A PLACE TEAMING WITH PEOPLE, FULL OF LIFE, PEOPLE THAT 06:00 LAUGH; PEOPLE THAT CRY; PEOPLE THAT HAVE FUN; PEOPLE THAT ENJOY GOING TO 06:03 BEAUTIFUL PLACES JUST LIKE US. 06:05 ABSOLUTELY. 06:07 OH, THIS IS THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN. 06:09 IT WAS BUILT DURING THE MING AND CHING DYNASTIES PROBABLY IN THE MING 06:13 DYNASTY BUT DURING THE MING AND THE CHING DYNASTIES WHICH STARTED IN 06:16 THE 1300'S THE EMPERORS WOULD GO THERE ANNUALLY TO MAKE A SACRIFICE. 06:21 THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN. 06:23 YES, IT'S IN BEIJING AND ANNUALLY THE EMPEROR AND HIS ENTOURAGE LEAVE THE 06:27 FORBIDDEN CITY AND WALK DOWN TOWARDS THIS HUGE COMPLEX WHERE ONLY HE AND 06:33 HIS DESIGNEES WERE ALLOWED TO GO. 06:35 THEY WOULD PRAY FOR A GOOD HARVEST; THEY PRAY FOR BUMPER CROPS. 06:39 THEY ALSO HAVE SACRIFICES THERE BUT I WAS JUST RECENTLY THERE AND I TOOK 06:45 THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THE SKY WAS BLUE. 06:47 IN BEIJING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YES, THAT OFTEN. 06:50 THERE IS A LOT OF POLLUTION IN CHINA AND THAT ISSUE IS BEING 06:53 ADDRESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT IT WAS A BLUE SKY-SOMETHING THAT I 06:57 DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN WHEN I GO INTO CHINA. 07:01 ALRIGHT, NOW THIS OF COURSE IS THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND THAT'S A PICTURE 07:06 OF MAO TSE TUNG-HE IS THE LEADER THAT BASICALLY BROUGHT CHINA 07:10 TOGETHER-UNITED IT AS a COUNTRY BACK IN 1949 AND THAT'S WHEN COMMUNIST RULE 07:14 BEGAN IN CHINA. 07:16 THE FORBIDDEN CITY IS WHERE EMPERORS LIVED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND IT'S 07:21 NOT FORBIDDEN ANYMORE. 07:22 NO, IT IS OPEN AND IT IS A STUNNING PLACE TO SEE. 07:25 YES IT IS AND IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO TO BEIJING TO UNDERSTAND THE 07:29 HISTORY- IF YOU GO INTO THIS HUGE COMPLEX- IT'S BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE YOU 07:33 CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE PEOPLE WERE IN AWE OF THEIR EMPERORS BUT WHY NOW 07:39 THEY ARE SO PROUD THAT IT IS NOT A FORBIDDEN PLACE. 07:43 ANYBODY CAN GO THERE. 07:44 ANYBODY CAN GO THERE. 07:45 IT IS MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE EMPEROR. 07:49 THIS IS ME STANDING IN FRONT OF A 700 YEAR OLD TREE- WOW AT A CONFUCIUS 07:54 TEMPLE COMPLEX AND HERE WE ARE IN A VERY, VERY MODERN CITY BUT YOU HAVE OLD 08:01 TREES AND COMPLEXES WHERE THERE IS A STATUE OF CONFUCIUS IN THERE AND 08:05 PEOPLE NOW, THOUGH I THINK OF CONFUCIUS AS SOMEBODY THAT WAS VERY ALL ABOUT 08:10 EDUCATION, THEY VERY MUCH WORSHIP HIM AND IT GIVES YOU AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO 08:15 WHY EDUCATION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF CHINESE CULTURE. 08:19 OH, SHE IS -PEOPLE, PEOPLE, SWEET. 08:21 I LOVE THE CHINESE PEOPLE BUT MY FAVORITE ARE THE LITTLE KIDS AND IF YOU 08:28 LOOKED THROUGH MY PHOTOS YOU'D SEE AN IMPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF 08:31 THEM THAT ARE OF LITTLE KIDS AND BABIES. 08:33 AND THE PARENTS LOVE IT WHEN YOU TAKE PICTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN. 08:37 OH ABSOLUTELY. 08:38 THE MARKETS-DROP ME OFF IN A NEW PLACE AND WHERE DO I WANT TO GO? 08:41 I WANT TO GO TO THE MARKET THAT'S WHERE I GET TO KNOW, ME TOO, THE CULTURE, 08:44 THE SMELLS, THE SOUNDS-NOT ALL OF THEM ARE FAMILIAR OR MY FAVORITES BUT I LOVE 08:50 GOING TO A MARKET AND YOU HAVE LIKE I SAID, THESE HUGE DEPARTMENT STORES BUT 08:54 THEN YOU HAVE LITTLE VENDORS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE STREET JUST- CHINA 08:58 -FASCINATING PLACE A MIX OF THE OLD AND THE NEW. 09:01 AND IT IS SO INTERESTING WHEN YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND YOU SEE THE 09:04 DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEGETABLES AND IN CHINA THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS OF 09:07 VEGETABLES-OH YES, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SOME OF THEM BEFORE AND IT IS EDUCATION 09:12 JUST IN VEGETABLES AT THE MARKET. 09:14 EXACTLY. 09:15 ONE VEGETABLE THAT THEY HAVE IN CHINA IS CALLED BITTER GOURD; I MEAN 09:18 LITERALLY, IT IS A BITTER GOURD. 09:21 THEY NAMED IT APPROPRIATELY? 09:23 OH AND I THINK WITH THE HISTORY THAT CHINA HAS HAD, I'M SURE THEY'VE HAD 09:27 MANY-THEY HAVE HAD MANY BOUTS OF FAMINE. 09:29 I BELIEVE THAT THE BITTER GOURDS WERE DISCOVERED DURING A FAMINE AND PEOPLE 09:33 ACQUIRED A TASTE FOR IT. 09:34 THERE YOU GO. 09:36 THEY NEEDED SOMETHING AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER MARKET STREET SCENE. 09:39 I LOVE THE MARKETS - SELLING HATS, YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE STILL USE 09:44 THESE OUT IN THE RICE PADDIES-ME; I WILL HANG THEM UP BECAUSE I THINK 09:47 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. 09:48 THEY ARE PRETTY. 09:49 OH ISN'T SHE SWEET? 09:51 ANOTHER FACE IN AN OLD CITY IN CHINA AND I LOVE THE RED, HOW YOU HAVE IT 09:56 THERE BECAUSE THAT IS SO TYPICAL. 09:58 YOU HAVE JUST THE NEUTRAL COLORS OF THE HOUSES AND THEN THERE WILL JUST BE A 10:03 SPLASH OF RED WITH THE CALLIGRAPHY. 10:05 WELL, I'VE ALREADY FORWARDED BUT THIS IS-CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS IS? 10:10 YES I CAN. 10:11 IT LOOKS LIKE FRIED, DEEP FRIED STARFISH AM I RIGHT? 10:14 WELL, THERE IS A STARFISH THERE BUT THOSE ARE SCORPIONS. 10:17 OH NICE! 10:19 AND YOU CAN TELL THEM THE SHISH KABOB SCORPION YOU WANT AND THEY WILL FRY IT 10:23 IN OIL AND SALT IT RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. 10:27 I SAW THIS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND-WOW! 10:30 SO IT'S A FASCINATING PLACE, YES IT'S TRUE, AND ONCE AGAIN I LOVE THE OLD 10:36 VILLAGES THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 10:38 HERE'S THE RED, SEE. 10:39 YES THE CHINESE THEIR TWO FAVORITE COLORS ARE RED AND YELLOW. 10:44 RED STANDS FOR POWER AND YELLOW FOR WISDOM. 10:48 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 10:50 AND JUST HANGING CLOTHES OUT TO DRY. 10:54 THIS IS LOOKING OUT OF ONE OF OUR CHURCHES AND WHAT DO YOU SEE AS FAR AS THE 10:58 EYE CAN SEE? 11:00 BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS MEAN PEOPLE AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE ARE 11:04 PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL. 11:06 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 11:08 YOU ALSO HAVE MODERN PLACES. 11:09 WHEN WE LIVED IN BEIJING MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WERE BICYCLES EVERYWHERE. 11:13 NOT NOW, THERE ARE CARS. 11:14 IT IS JUST AN INDICATOR OF THE ECONOMY, THE GROWING ECONOMY AND HOW PEOPLE ARE 11:19 MUCH BETTER OFF. 11:20 THIS IS ACTUALLY IN HONG KONG -THEY REALLY VALUE THEIR HERITAGE, YES VERY 11:27 MUCH SO, AND THEIR TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE 11:29 BUILDINGS WHICH ONCE AGAIN REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. 11:32 THAT'S THE SUBWAY SYSTEM IN BEIJING; THAT'S HOW MANY DIFFERENT LINES YOU 11:36 CAN GO TO ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. 11:40 PEOPLE, PEOPLE ALL ON THEIR PHONES EVERYWHERE. 11:43 OH YES, VERY TECHNICOLOGICALLY ADVANCED. 11:46 THERE WILL BE A FARMER OUT IN THE RICE PADDY AND THERE HE IS AND HE'S GOT 11:51 HIS CELL PHONE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RICE PADDY. 11:54 OH SHE IS SWEET. 11:55 OH CUTE. 11:57 BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS EVEN THOUGH CHINA IS BEAUTIFUL, HAS A 12:04 FASCINATING HISTORY, IT'S THE PEOPLE. 12:07 WHY ARE THE PEOPLE SO IMPORTANT? 12:09 BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW JESUS AND WITH THE 1.4 NEARLY BILLION PEOPLE 12:16 WE HAVE A COMMISSION THAT REMINDS OF MARK 16 WHERE IT SAYS JESUS TELLS HIS 12:22 PEOPLE TO "GO INTO ALL THE WORLD" AND THAT IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING 12:28 AND NOT ONLY IN CHINA BUT IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. 12:31 YOU ARE SO RIGHT AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED IF YOU 12:36 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT JESUS IS BEING SHARED IN SO MANY AREAS INCLUDING 12:41 CHINA WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 12:44 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 12:50 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 12:53 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 12:56 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 12:58 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 13:01 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 13:06 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 13:10 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:12 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:14 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 13:22 WORLD. 13:23 WHERE? 13:24 ALL THE WORLD. 13:25 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 13:27 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:28 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 13:33 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 13:37 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 13:40 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 13:44 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 13:45 BE THE SPARK. 13:47 LIGHT THE FIRE. 13:49 FINISH THE WORK. 13:51 FINISH THE WORK. 13:54 BE THE SPARK. 13:56 AND YOU CAN BE THE SPARK IN CHINA WITHOUT EVEN GOING THERE BECAUSE BEING 14:00 INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN HELP TO SPONSOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:03 WORKERS, THE TEAMS THAT ARE IN CHINA THAT ARE TELLING JESUS ABOUT THE 14:08 GREAT NEWS. 14:09 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN CHINA. 14:11 HOW MANY PEOPLE AGAIN, AUDREY? 14:12 1.4 BILLION? 14:14 I HAVEN'T LOOKED BUT THE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE, YES. 14:16 AND THAT IS JUST A MIND BOGGLING NUMBER AND THAT'S HOW OUR VIEWERS CAN GET 14:21 INVOLVED BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AND TO ACTUALLY SAY YES, I'M PRAYING, I'M 14:26 GOING TO GIVE FINANCIALLY AND THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN ALL BE THE SPARK. 14:30 THAT'S RIGHT AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS HELPING TO SUPPORT 120 WORKERS, 14:36 GOSPEL WORKERS IN UNREACHED AREAS OF CHINA. 14:38 PRAISE THE LORD! 14:39 120 YES. 14:41 WE HAVE CITIES OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ADVENTIST PRESENCE 14:45 AND I KNOW I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT CHON CHING IN ANOTHER SHOW THAT HAS 30 14:49 MILLION PEOPLE AND MAYBE WE HAVE 200 PEOPLE WORSHIPING TOGETHER ON A 14:54 SABBATH. 14:55 SO MUCH TO BE DONE, RIGHT? 14:56 YES. 14:58 BUT BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS INVOLVEMENT 15:01 THERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 15:04 YES, AND YOU KNOW INTERNET EVANGELISM IS A SPECIAL WAY OF CONNECTING WITH 15:08 PEOPLE. 15:09 LIKE WE MENTIONED, EVERYBODY HAS A CELL PHONE. 15:11 THEY DO. 15:13 AND INTERNET USERS ARE BY THE MILLIONS SO THOUGH I LOVE THE PERSONAL TOUCH, I 15:17 LIKE HAVING OUR PIONEERS THERE. 15:19 WE NEED TO UTILIZE ALL THE TOOLS WE CAN AND ONE OF THOSE TOOLS IS TO TAP INTO 15:26 THE INTERNET AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED A SUPPORTING MINISTRY IN 15:31 CHINA PRODUCE TWO VIDEOS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY WELCOMED AND 15:38 APPRECIATED IN CHINA AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN ONE OF THEM. 15:42 I HAVE, I'VE SEEN BOTH OF THEM AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND 15:46 TO TAKE,YOU WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THE CHINESE HISTORY AND 15:51 THE CULTURE AND SO MUCH OF THAT IS ORAL IN TELLING THE HISTORY OF THINGS LIKE 15:56 THAT AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO POWERFUL WITH THESE STORIES, YES, YES, THAT 15:59 ARE BEING DONE THROUGH INTERNET EVANGELISM BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE 16:02 HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THEIR COMPUTERS, THEIR PHONE OR WHATEVER 16:05 BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 16:09 THE FIRST VIDEO. 16:10 WELL THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 10 MINUTES. 16:12 THEY REALIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND HURRIED, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO 16:15 LONG, LONG EPISODES. 16:17 THE FIRST ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPED WITH IS A 10 MINUTE VIDEO AND ITS 16:21 ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS RAISED ALONE BY HIS FATHER AND VERY, VERY POOR FAMILY 16:27 AND NO MATTER WHAT THIS BOY ASKED FOR, HIS FATHER WOULD ACCOMMODATE BUT NOT 16:31 BY GIVING HIM SOMETHING NEW HE WOULD FIX HIS BICYCLE OR REPAIR HIS 16:35 SHOES AND THIS YOUNG BOY FROM A VERY SMALL AGE RESENTED HIS FATHER. 16:40 HE DIDN'T LIKE BEING POOR; HE WAS EMBARASSED BY HIS FATHER AND AS THE PARABLE 16:44 GOES THIS YOUNG MAN EVENTUALLY LEFT HIS FATHER. 16:47 HE DID. 16:48 AND OF COURSE, THE FATHER'S HEART WAS BROKEN AND HE YEARNED FOR HIS SON 16:51 AND HE SEARCHED AND HE SEARCHED. 16:53 THE BOY, OF COURSE, WAS TRYING TO MAKE SOME MONEY. 16:56 HE GOT INVOLVED IN SOME THINGS THAT WERE CONCERNING AND HE SAID, 17:01 "YOU KNOW, I NEED TO GO BACK TO MY FATHER." 17:04 BECAUSE HE REALIZED THAT THE PEOPLE HE WAS WORKING FOR WERE NOT CARING FOR 17:07 HIM; WERE NOT GIVING HIM THE LOVE THAT HIS FATHER GAVE HIM. 17:11 SO HE FOUND HIS FATHER AND IN THE MEANTIME HE HAD BEEN BEATEN, NOT THE 17:16 FATHER THE SON, AND NEEDED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. 17:21 WHO WOULD GIVE HIM THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION? 17:24 OF COURSE THE FATHER AND THE STORY GOES THAT THE FATHER, FOR WHATEVER 17:27 REASON, IN GIVING OF HIS OWN BLOOD SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE AND WE SEE SO 17:33 MANY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US BUT IT IS A 17:39 STORY THAT'S QUITE, QUITE INTENSE. 17:41 I'M NOT USED TO WATCHING THIS TYPE OF INTENSITY BUT - IN 10 MINUTES - YES, BUT 17:45 AT THE END I HAVE TO SHOW IT, IT SAYS, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE 17:54 AND THAT LIFE COMES FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 17:58 SO IT TELLS A STORY AND THEN AT THE END SUMMARIZES IT AND IT SAYS THAT GOD 18:03 WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS ALL AND THAT HE NEVER STOPS LOVING US. 18:09 NO AND THE FACT TO SEE THE CROSS AT THE END AND TO HAVE THE INTERACTION - IT 18:14 WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE, AUDREY. 18:15 YES. 18:17 PLEASE TELL THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. 18:18 WELL, IT WON AN AWARD; IT WON AN AWARD. 18:21 IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND IT HAS BEEN VIEWED OVER AND THIS IS JUST 18:26 BETWEEN AUGUST, 2014 AND MARCH, 2015 IT WAS VIEWED OVER 57,000 TIMES. 18:33 57,000 TIMES. 18:34 YES AND THAT'S SO FANTASTIC AND HAVING SEEN THIS INTERNET EVANGELISM 18:38 WORK FIRST HAND, YOU FOLKS ARE MEETING A NEED, YOU ARE MEETING THROUGH THE 18:43 STORIES THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND IT JUST - WELL DONE. 18:46 I JUST WANT TO SAY WELL DONE! 18:48 IT'S VERY POWERFUL. 18:49 WELL THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS BECAUSE YOU HELPED MAKE 18:53 THIS HAPPEN. 18:54 THEY HAVE PEOPLE HIRED THAT WILL RESPOND TO PEOPLE THAT CALL IN. 18:58 THEY HAVE MANAGERS THAT THEIR WHOLE JOB IS ABOUT GETTING THIS OUT IN ALL 19:03 THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT THE INTERNET CAN BE USED TO SHARE AND THAT'S 19:07 FANTASTIC. 19:08 AND TO TAKE THOSE PARABLES AND TO PUT THEM INTO SOME MODERN DAY SETTINGS AND TO 19:13 BRING IN HOW THE CHINESE CULTURE WAS BROUGHT IN, IT WAS VERY NICELY DONE. 19:17 SO I PRAY THAT THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE HITS ON THAT INTERNET SITE. 19:22 YES, FROM THAT. 19:23 WELL AND THE SECOND ONE IS QUITE POIGNANT AND GIVES A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE 19:27 CHINESE WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN EDUCATION, LIKE WE MENTIONED. 19:31 IT IS A TWO MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO IS WORKING ON HIS HOMEWORK 19:37 AND THE MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN SUGGESTS THAT THE FATHER ENGAGE AND HELP HIS 19:41 LITTLE BOY AND THE FATHER YOU CAN TELL IS PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS 19:44 DEVICE, EXACTLY, AND THE LITTLE BOY JUST KIND OF HAS A TOY HE IS PLAYING 19:48 AROUND WITH AND FINALLY THE FATHER GETS INVOLVED AND IT'S LIKE -UH, WHAT 19:52 ARE YOU DOING? 19:53 CAN'T YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS? 19:54 ERASE THAT. 19:55 OH, LET ME HELP YOU. 19:56 LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO ERASE. 19:58 THE FATHER IS VERY, VERY DEMEANING TO THIS LITTLE BOY, VERY, VERY, AND I 20:03 WATCHED IT AND I'M LIKE -OOH. 20:05 BUT IT WRAPS IT UP BY SAYING THAT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO CHILDREN IS 20:12 NOT THEIR TOYS, IT'S ABOUT PARENTS BEING INVOLVED AND BEING INVOLVED NICELY AND 20:17 THEN THE BIBLE VERSE AT THE END THAT SAYS, "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE 20:20 SHOULD GO." 20:21 AND IT'S VERY, VERY POWERFUL AND MANY WOMEN IN CHINA ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS 20:27 BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES MAYBE THE LACK OF A FATHER'S INVOLVEMENT. 20:32 IT ADDRESSES THE PRESSURE THAT KIDS ARE UNDER TO DO WELL ACADEMICALLY. 20:36 AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR OUR CHINESE KIDS, ABSOLUTELY. 20:39 AND THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED BY MANY-LET'S SEE OVER 175,000 TIMES. 20:48 GREAT! 20:49 PRAISE THE LORD. 20:50 AND SO YOU MIGHT BE SAYING OK GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND, 20:56 WHICH IT IS, IT IS AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERNET EVANGELISM SO 21:01 WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PIONEER TEAM, 21:05 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAMS AND INTERNET EVANGELISM BY MAKING,GOOD, RESOURCE 21:11 CARDS. 21:12 YES, OH GOOD. 21:13 LET ME SHOW YOU ONE, OK. 21:14 AND WE ARE GIVING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THESE RESOURCE CARDS TO 21:18 PASS OUT. 21:19 IT IS ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY CAN CONNECT. 21:21 ON THE BACK YOU HAVE THE WEBSITE FOR CHINESE HOPE TV; I SEE THAT. 21:26 YOU HAVE A WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND SEE BIBLE COMMENTARY. 21:31 YOU HAVE THE ADVENTIST WORLD MAGAZINE IN CHINESE. 21:35 YOU ALSO HAVE E.G.WHITE COMMENTARIES ON LINE. 21:38 YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT APP AND THEN YOU HAVE OF COURSE, TV THAT ONE WHICH 21:44 IS THE WEBSITE WHERE THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE BEING SHOWN AND IT HAS THE QR 21:49 CODE SO THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR SMART PHONE YOU CAN JUST HOVER RIGHT OVER 21:55 THERE AND IT WILL TAKE THEM DIRECTLY. 21:57 I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC AND YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE -THIS IS THINKING OUTSIDE 22:03 OF THE BOX AND IT IS AWESOME TO BE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX BECAUSE 22:08 IT IS REACHING PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN MAYBE JUST SHARING THE BIBLE 22:13 WITH SOMEONE-THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT THEY NEED BUT LIKE YOU SAID, FOR A WOMAN 22:17 TO SAY, HEY THIS IS PERFECT. 22:19 THIS IS MY SCENARIO OF MY FAMILY AND I NEED SOME HELP. 22:23 SO GOOD JOB. 22:24 PRAISE THE LORD. 22:26 AND WE JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH GOSPEL OUTREACH GIVING US THE SUPPORT THAT 22:30 IT TAKES FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS TO HAPPEN BUT YOU KNOW I JUST HAVE TO BRING 22:34 IT BACK HOME AND SAY NO MATTER HOW AWESOME THE COUNTRY OF CHINA IS, NO 22:41 MATTER WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE, NO MATTER HOW WE THINK OUT OF THE BOX, OR 22:45 WE DO THINGS IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE IT ALL 22:50 COUNTS FOR NOTHING WITHOUT THE POWER OF PRAYER AND I KNOW YOU HAVE FAITHFUL 22:55 VIEWERS AND WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR THEM TO BE MORE FAITHFUL WITH THAN 23:00 ANYTHING IS TO PRAY. 23:03 PRAY FOR KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT UNTIL EVERYBODY KNOWS 23:10 THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF THE GOSPEL, WE WILL NOT BE GOING HOME AND I'M READY 23:16 TO GO HOME. 23:17 ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH? 23:18 YES. 23:20 AND TO TAKE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FUTURE FRIENDS WITH US SO WHY DO WE PAUSE 23:22 FOR A PRAYER RIGHT NOW AND I'LL SAY A PRAYER. 23:24 DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR AUDREY. 23:26 WE THANK YOU FOR THESE PIONEER TEAMS, LORD. 23:28 WE THANK YOU FOR INTERNET EVANGELISM AND THESE CLIPS WE PRAY LORD, THAT THERE 23:33 WILL BE SO MANY MORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE HIT ON THOSE. 23:36 WE THANK YOU FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS, FOR OUR DONORS AND WE LIFT 23:41 UP THESE PIONEEER TEAMS IN CHINA. 23:43 LORD, I PRAY THAT BY THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOU WILL USE ALL OF 23:46 THESE METHODS AND MORE AND I PRAY LORD, THAT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN THAT THERE 23:50 WILL BE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE FROM CHINA WHO ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND LORD WE 23:55 LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY AND MAY IT COME SOON. 23:57 I PRAY FOR KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA. 23:59 AMEN. 24:00 AMEN. 24:02 YOU KNOW BOB AND I TALK ABOUT HOW NEAT IT WILL BE WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, 24:04 YES, TO GO THE CHINATOWN IN HEAVEN. 24:07 THAT'S GOOD. 24:08 I PRAYERFULLY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE VERY FULL. 24:11 ABSOLUTELY. 24:12 I PRAYERFULLY BELIEVE THAT. 24:13 BUT YOU KNOW IT IS SO INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SO MANY 24:17 PEOPLE AND AUDREY, JUST YOUR PICTURES ALONE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THOSE TO 24:21 PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT EVER GET TO CHINA, RIGHT, BUT TO SEE THOSE PEOPLE WHO 24:26 ARE SMILING AS THEY DO GET TO KNOW JESUS AND TO SEE THE PEOPLE PRAYING IN THE 24:32 CHURCH. 24:33 THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL.YES. 24:34 AND THE PEOPLE COME DON'T THEY? 24:36 THEY ARE THERE ALL DAY. 24:37 ON SABBATH THEY WORSHIP ALL DAY. 24:39 I WAS JUST IN CHINA WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND IT WAS A UNIQUE 24:45 OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FOREIGN YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE MUSIC IN 24:50 CHURCHES WHERE IT WAS POSSIBLE. 24:53 THE CHURCHES WERE FULL. 24:54 PEOPLE WERE THERE TO LISTEN, TO EXPERIENCE, TO ENJOY, TO PRAY, TO WORSHIP 24:59 AND EVEN THOUGH THE WORDS THAT THEY SUNG WERE IN ENGLISH WE HAD THEM ALL 25:03 WRITTEN OUT IN CHINESE IN OVERHEADS, OH GOOD, THE CHINESE WERE JUST SO 25:07 FASCINATED TO BE INVOLVED IN WORSHIP WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE 25:12 OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND ALSO TO READ THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF MUSIC. 25:17 BUT THE COMMONALITY OF WORSHIPING GOD AND WHO UNDERSTAND BOTH MANDARIN 25:22 AND ENGLISH, WHAT A POWERFUL THING! 25:24 SO WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS? 25:26 PRAYER, OBVIOUSLY. 25:27 YOU WOULD I KNOW APPRECIATE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:30 WELL YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING 60 TEAMS; WE 25:35 HAVE A TOTAL OF 200+ TEAMS BUT WHAT WE NEED 500 TEAMS, WE NEED A THOUSAND 25:42 TEAMS; CHINA IS JUST ENDLESS WITH IT'S PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW CHRIST 25:49 AND SO THAT IS JUST WONDERFUL -JUST THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 25:53 WELL WHY DON'T YOU LOOK RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA RIGHT HERE AND WHY DON'T 25:58 YOU MAKE AN APPEAL. 25:59 WELL, FRIENDS WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST AND ON THE OTHER 26:04 SIDE OF THE OCEAN IS A WHOLE FAMILY, A WHOLE HOST OF BELIEVERS THAT ARE 26:10 WORSHIPING AND PRAISING GOD BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT ARE THE MILLIONS UPON 26:14 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND HAVE NOT HEARD THE 26:19 UNIQUE PROMISES AND THE BLESSINGS THAT WE AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 26:22 HAVE. 26:24 SO PRAY, GIVE WHERE YOU CAN AND SOMEDAY I KNOW THAT YOU WILL MEET PEOPLE 26:29 IN CHINA, IN MEAN IN HEAVEN, EXCUSE ME, YOU WILL MEET PEOPLE IN HEAVEN 26:33 FROM CHINA THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE OF YOU. 26:35 ISN'T THAT EXCITING? 26:37 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:39 AUDREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WHEN YOU GO TO CHINA NEXT, 26:41 PLEASE GREET OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THERE AND ALSO TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:45 WORKERS. 26:46 SO THANK YOU. 26:47 DEFINITELY. 26:48 YOU'RE WELCOME. 26:49 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:51 AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 26:52 WE SO APPRECIATE THAT. 26:53 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER MAY THE LORD BLESS 26:56 YOU TODAY. 26:57 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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