[OPENING MUSIC].
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WELCOME TO
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
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YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS
I'VE LEARNED IS THAT ANYTIME YOU
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DECIDE YOU WANT TO BE ACTIVELY
INVOLVED WITH GOD-IT'S AN
ADVENTURE AND IT WILL ALSO
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BE MISSION.
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PASTOR DAVE PARKS IS HERE
TO TALK ABOUT A PLACE I KNOW
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NOTHING ABOUT. SO YOU ARE GOING
TO REALLY GOING TO EDUCATE ME
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TODAY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A
BUNCH OF REALLY DUMB QUESTIONS.
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WHERE IS MYANMAR?
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MYANMAR IS JUST EAST OR WELL
YES, JUST EAST OF BANGLADESH AND
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WEST OF THAILAND.
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SO WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN
THAILAND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
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REFUGEES ALONG THE BORDERS, MANY
TIMES YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING
WITH PEOPLE FROM MYANMAR.
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OH YES.
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WHICH WE USED TO
KNOW AS BURMA, AS BURMA.
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NOW HOW DO YOU GET IN?
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IT'S A FAIRLY DIFFICULT PROCESS
THAT IS, TO GET A VISA-VISAS AND
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LETTERS OF INVITATION AND SO ON.
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THEY DON'T MAKE IT EASY.
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BUT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.
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I'VE BEEN THERE AT
LEAST A DOZEN TIMES.
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OH MY!
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WHAT AN ADVENTURE!
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YES.
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SO TELL ME WHAT YOU FIND.
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MYANMAR IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
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IT IS VERY RICH IN
RESOURCES-RUBY MINES AND GOLD
MINES AND ALL KINDS
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OF STUFF.
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IT'S BEEN KIND OF UNDER SANCTION
BY A GOOD SHARE OF THE WORLD OR
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A LONG TIME BUT DOING BETTER
ECONOMICALLY THAN THEY USED TO
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DO AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES.
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YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE
STORIES ABOUT SU CHI, YES, WHO
WAS UNDER HOUSE ARREST
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AND SO ON YEARS AGO BUT NOW
IS FREE AND ACTUALLY BECAME A
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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND SO ON.
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SO THINGS ARE CHANGING IN
MYANMAR AND I THINK AND YOU KNOW
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YOU GO INTO THE CAPITAL CITY,
YANGON YOU SEE TEN TIMES AS MANY
CARS ON THE ROAD AS YOU USED
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TO.
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I MEAN IT'S CLEARLY -IT'S
CHANGING- PEOPLE ARE DOING
BETTER AND ACTUALLY THE
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ECONOMY IS
PROGRESSING IN MYANMAR.
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THE COUNTRY IS MAINLY BUDDHIST?
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YES, 90 PER CENT BUDDHIST BUT OF
COURSE EVEN WITH BUDDHISM THERE
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IS A LOT OF SPIRIT WORSHIP AND
ANIMISM AS A PART OF THAT AND
ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND ALL
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THAT KIND OF THING
AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT.
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ALTHOUGH WE'VE DONE BETTER
ACTUALLY IN MYANMAR THAN IN
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THAILAND. THAILAND
PROBABLY HAS 11 -12,000 MEMBERS.
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MYANMAR HAS
SOMETHING 25-26,000 MEMBERS.
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YOU'RE SERIOUS.
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YES AND IS A WHOLE UNION BY
ITSELF AND SO THEY'RE MAKING
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PROGRESS. NOW WHEN I FIRST WAS
IN THAILAND A NUMBER OF YEARS
AGO, THE KAREN PEOPLE, UH,
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HUH, WERE VERY, VERY
STRONG SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
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I REMEMBER VISITING A LITTLE
CHURCH WHERE YOU HAVE AN AK47
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BESIDE THE PULPIT ON SABBATH
BUT SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES.
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ARE THOSE KINDS OF TRIBAL
CONGREGATIONS WHAT OUR WORKERS
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ARE SPENDING TIME WITH?
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WELL YES, THE KAREN PEOPLE,
OF COURSE, IS WHERE ERIC B.
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HARE, RIGHT, WORKED
YOU KNOW, HOW LONG AGO?
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I DON'T KNOW.
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LONG ENOUGH THAT SILVER
DIDN'T GET BITTEN BY A SNAKE.
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NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY.
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I KNOW, WHEN HE WENT THERE
AND SO THERE IS QUITE BIT OF
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CHRISTIANITY-GOOD
BACKGROUND-AROUND THERE IN THE
KAREN SECTION-THIS IS SOUTHERN
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MYANMAR AND THAT'S WHERE OUR
COLLEGE AND A COUPLE OF THE
ACADEMIES DOWN THAT WAY
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AND WE'VE MADE MANY TRIPS BOTH
BY BOAT AND BUS AND WHATEVER
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DOWN THERE TO THE
COLLEGE AND THE ACADEMIES.
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A YOUNG MAN FROM, A YOUNG KAREN
MAN LIVED WITH US ON THE
SEMINARY CAMPUS IN THE
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PHILIPPINES FOR THREE YEARS AND
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO HIM.
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WE OFTEN GO AND VISIT HIM
-VISIT HIS FAMILY, HIS FAMILY.
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HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS DO WE HAVE THERE?
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WE HAVE 14.
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FOURTEEN-GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS.
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YOU HAVE 16 IN
THAILAND AND 14 IN MYANMAR.
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ARE THEY MAINLY IN TRIBAL
AREAS OR ARE SOME OF THEM IN THE
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CITIES? YES, SOME IN THE CITIES.
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ONE OF THE MOST RECENT STORIES
THAT I JUST GOT WAS A MAN BY THE
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NAME MINT AMWAI WHO WAS IN A
LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED, KOONIGON
WHICH IS A SUBURB -A
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LITTLE-JUST RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF
YANGON-WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN
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AS RANGOON. RIGHT.
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AND REMARKABLE STORIES- ABOUT
TEN YEARS AGO, MINT WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER
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CANCER.
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TEN YEARS AGO?
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TEN YEARS AGO AND HE FELT LIKE
HIS LIFE WAS OVER AND IT WASN'T
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GOING TO LAST LONG.
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RIGHTFULLY SO.
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HE HAD BEEN AN ADVENTIST ALL
OF HIS LIFE BUT HE SAID, "I'VE
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NEVER REALLY DONE ANYTHING FOR
GOD'S WORK AND I REALLY WANT TO
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DO SOMETHING." SO HE AND HIS
WIFE BEGAN A SCHOOL IN HIS
VILLAGE OF KOONIGON.
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THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY REALLY
EDUCATION FACILITIES THERE AT
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ALL. THEY STARTED THIS GRADE
SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING THE
CHILDREN BIBLE STORIES
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AND CHRISTIAN SONGS AND
ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
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THE KIDS, OF COURSE, WOULD
GO HOME AND START SHARING THESE
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IDEAS WITH THEIR PARENTS AND SO
BEFORE LONG THEY HAD A SABBATH
SCHOOL GOING IN THEIR HOME AND
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HE BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER.
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I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT
ALL-WHETHER HE WAS MISDIAGNOSED
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IN THE FIRST PLACE, NO THEY WERE
RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL
DIVINE INTERVENTION,
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RIGHT?
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MAYBE JUST THE
LORD JUST HEALED HIM.
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YOUR WORKING AND I
NEED YOU TO STAY THERE.
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PARDON.
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I NEED YOU TO STAY THERE
THAT IS A GOOD LITTLE SCHOOL.
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WELL, THAT'S RIGHT AND SO NOW
THEY HAVE A CHURCH IN KOONIGON
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OF ABOUT 50 MEMBERS
AND DOING VERY WELL.
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AND NOW HE IS ONE OF
OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS?
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NOW HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER IN THAT VILLAGE AND JUST
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DOING JUST A MARVELOUS
JOB AND GROWING ALL THE TIME.
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TAKE ME TO A WORKER THAT'S
WAY OUT AWAY FROM THE CITIES.
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YES, O.K.
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I CERTAINLY KNOW
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AS WELL.
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IS IT EASY TO
TRAVEL TO THEIR HOMES?
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OH YES.
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I'VE BEEN IN THE HOMES.
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AND IT IS EASY TO GET THERE?
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I MEAN THE ROADS ARE
NICE AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM?
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WELL-OR ARE YOU IN A FOUR
WHEELED DRIVE VEHICLE BOUNCING?
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THERE IS ACTUALLY, WE
ALWAYS FLY INTO YANGON, RIGHT.
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THEY HAVE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL
HIGHWAY UP -THEY'VE MOVED THE
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CAPITAL CITY UP ABOUT 150 MILES
NORTH OF YANGON AND THERE IS
BEAUTIFUL HIGHWAY THAT
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FAR.
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YOU GET OFF THAT HIGHWAY AND
YOU PROBABLY NEED A FOUR WHEELED
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DRIVE, SOMEHOW I
BELIEVE THAT; OR SOMETHING, YES.
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CLEAR UP IN THE NORTH EAST
CORNER OF MYANMAR IN CHIN STATE
RIGHT NEXT TO INDIA
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WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED
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CAMPOLAY.
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WE KNOW ABOUT MANDOLAY,
RIGHT, THESE ARE PROBABLY FRENCH
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INFLUENCE IN THERE SOMETIME.
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CAMPOLAY IS JUST A SMALL TOWN
AND THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKERS ARE THERE TOGETHER.
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ARE THESE TWO GUYS OR?
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OR TWO FAMILIES?
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TWO FAMILIES-THEY EACH
HAVE A FAMILY AND THEY WALK.
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THIS IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
THEY CANNOT EVEN USE A BICYCLE.
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THE TERRAIN IS SO ROUGH
AND WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, UP
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AROUND NOT FAR FROM THE
HIMALAYAS, YES YOU ARE IN THE
KNEES OF THE HIMALAYAS.
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SOME PLACES UP THERE
IS SNOW THE YEAR ROUND.
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THESE GUYS TAKE TENTS, BACKPACKS
AND TENTS AND CLIMB UP TO THE
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VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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WOW.
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AND GO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN FOR GOD.
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I NEVER THOUGHT
OF IT QUITE THAT WAY.
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THAT'S RIGHT I MEAN IT'S
LIKE CALEB SAID, "GIVE ME THIS
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MOUNTAIN." YES, AND
THAT'S WHERE THESE GUYS WORK.
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IT IS HARD WORK.
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I MEAN, THEY YOU KNOW THIS IS
LIKE GOING TO NORTHERN ALASKA IN
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SOME WAYS, YOU KNOW.
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IT'S DIFFICULT WORK.
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THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
BORN AND RAISED IN THAT AREA.
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YES, THEY ARE
FROM UP IN THAT AREA.
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SO THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE.
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THEY KNOW THE CUSTOMS.
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THEY KNOW THE FOOD, YES
AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF
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CHRISTIANS IN CHIN STATE:
BAPTISTS, METHODISTS,
PENTACOSTAL AND SO FORTH.
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THEY ADVENTISTS
HAVE DONE ALMOST NOTHING.
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OUR WORK WAS MORE IN THE SOUTH
WITH THE KARENS AND IRAWADDY AND
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SO ON AND SO THESE TWO GUYS WHO
JUST MAYBE GO OUT FOR A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AT A TIME AND
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TENT AND CAMP OUT AND GO FROM
VILLAGE TO VILLAGE BUT YOU KNOW
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UP IN THE MOUNTAINS EVEN
THE VILLAGES CAN BE TWENTY MILES
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APART AND BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
HAVING VERY INTERESTING SUCCESS.
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I MEAN FINDING PEOPLE THAT AGAIN
WANT HEALTH INFORMATION; WANT TO
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LEARN HOW TO GET AWAY FROM THE
SPIRITS AND SO THEY HAVE GROUPS
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MEETING IN VARIOUS VILLAGES.
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ONE OF THE INTERESTING STORIES
THEY TOLD US WAS THAT ONE DAY
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THEY WERE CAMPED BY A MOUNTAIN
STREAM AND THEY HAD THREE OR
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR
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BAPTISM.
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THERE WAS A LITTLE FLAT PLACE
THERE AND SO THEY FIGURED IF
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THEY'D PUT A FEW ROCKS IN THE
STREAM THEY COULD DIVERT WATER
OVER INTO THIS LITTLE FLAT
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AREA AND BUILD A BAPTISTRY AND
THEY COULD BAPTIZE THESE PEOPLE.
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SO THEY'D SPENT THREE OR
FOUR DAYS TRYING TO PUT THIS ALL
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TOGETHER AND MAKE A REASONABLE
BAPTISTRY OUT OF THIS AND JUST
AS THEY WERE FINISHING THE
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BAPTISTRY A BAPTIST PASTOR CAME
BY AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
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DOING?" THEY SAID, "WELL,
WE'RE BUILDING A BAPTISTRY.
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BAPTISM."
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"OH," HE SAID, "I
AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT."
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HE SAID, "YOU ARE CERTAINLY
DOING THE RIGHT THING."
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HE SAID, "WHO ARE YOU?"
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WELL, WE'RE
ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS.
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"ADVENTIST, SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST-TELL ME ABOUT THAT,"
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HE SAID. AND THEY SPENT ONE
WHOLE DAY STUDYING THE BIBLE
WITH THIS BAPTIST PASTOR
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AND HE SAID, "WHEN YOU HAVE
THE BAPTISM I WANT TO BE IN IT."
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MY LANDS.
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IT TURNED OUT THAT THIS GUY WAS
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BAPTIST
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PREACHERS IN THE WHOLE AREA.
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I MEAN THERE ARE QUITE A FEW
BAPTISTS AROUND BUT HE WAS AN
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IMPORTANT PERSON
AND HE WAS BAPTIZED.
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HE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT 30 OF HIS
MEMBERS INTO THE CHURCH AND SO
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THEY ARE HOPING THAT THIS WILL
BE AN IN FOR THEM TO REALLY MAKE
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FURTHER PROGRESS SINCE HE IS ON
THEIR SIDE PROMOTING WHAT THEY
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ARE DOING, SURE. SO THAT'S ONE
OF THE, WOW, STORIES CLEAR OUT
IN THE HINTERLANDS- IN THE
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HINTERLANDS BEYOND THE BEYOND.
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ARE EITHER OF THOSE WORKERS
SPONSORED BY A CONGREGATION IN
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THE UNITED STATES?
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NO, THEY ARE
NOT ADOPT-A-WORKERS.
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THEN LET ME JUST TAKE A MINUTE
AND LET ME COMMUNICATE AN IDEA
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WHERE YOU CAN BE AN ACTIVE PART
OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION
TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE
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SIMPLE QUESTION.
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WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
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IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE,
HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS
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JESUS WAITING FOR?
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IN A WORLD FILLED WITH
EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND
NATURAL CALAMITIES,
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WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
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THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW
24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE
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KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL
THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL
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NATIONS AND THEN
SHALL THE END COME."
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INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL
OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER,
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AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION
WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40
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PLUS COUNTRIES.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN
INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN
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ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
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YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.
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IT'S AN ALL
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH
THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR
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BIBLE WORKERS IN
UNREACHED TERRITORIES.
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NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS
TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY
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DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS?
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ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST
A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS
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LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED
IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING
THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE
IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT
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DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH TO PAY
BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD
THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40
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WINDOW.
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NOW WHAT EXACTLY
IS THE 10/40 WINDOW?
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THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF
THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED
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BETWEEN 10 AND 40
DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
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WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL?
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NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE
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NEVER HEARD THE
NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE.
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NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE
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PEOPLE? WE DO THIS BY WORKING
WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES
TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS
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IN NEW TERRITORIES.
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SENDING OUT
DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID.
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WE SPONSOR BIBLE
WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN.
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PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH
THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS
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CHURCH CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM
TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO
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SHARE THE GOSPEL. THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE
NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES
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HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER.
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IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS
THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL
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BAPTISMS DUE TO
THE WORK OF PRABIR.
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UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE
LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH
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HAVE BEEN
WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH.
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RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED
ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND
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DONATED A PIECE OF HIS
OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH.
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ON IT A NEW TIN
CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
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IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT
GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW
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HERE IN INDIA. WHEN A BIBLE
WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL
OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW
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VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN
THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300
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INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND
COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST.
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INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD
THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE
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ARE GETTING TO MEET
JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP?
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BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY
ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM
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AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE
THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD.
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THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER
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PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE
CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS
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IN AREAS THAT
NEED TO BE REACHED.
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WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A
REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS,
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RETIRED SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION
PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE
WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE.
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THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND
AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE
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PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S
WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR
GOAL TO INTRODUCE A
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MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO
JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
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ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS
WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL
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HELP. THE AVERAGE COST OF A
BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH.
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FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH
TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT
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TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHURCH,
SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL
YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE
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WORK BEING DONE AND SPONSOR
A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A
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YEAR. IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS
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OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU
STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES
CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS.
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NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR
"ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE
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ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET
INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A
PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL
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OUTREACH BY PRAYING
FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS.
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SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR
FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM"
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BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE
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A DIFFERENCE TOO. AND
FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
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CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY.
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SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT
GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT
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YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS WAITING
FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT
ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
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I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT
FOR JUST A SECOND AGAIN- ABOUT
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$150 A MONTH AND YOU CAN SPONSOR
A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
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EVEN IN MYANMAR, THAILAND
- A LOT OF GOOD OPTIONS.
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HOW HAVING YOUR
SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS DO THAT?
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OR IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER HOW ABOUT HAVING ONE OF
YOUR CLASSES DO IT?
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OR IF YOUR CONGREGATION OR A BIG
FAMILY-COME ON, GET INVOLVED.
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SO TAKE US DOWN
TO SOUTHERN MYANMAR.
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AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT?
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MYANMAR.
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MYANMAR, O.K.
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IRAWADDY-WE HAVE
WORKERS IN THE SOUTH?
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YES, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT
OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THE
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SOUTHERN PART OF MYANMAR.
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THERE IS A LITTLE TALE OF
MYANMAR THAT GOES CLEAR DOWN
MUCH FURTHER AND WE
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DON'T HAVE QUITE SO MUCH DOWN
THERE BUT IN THE IRAWADDY STATE,
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NOW THIS IS WHERE ERIC B.
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HARE STARTED HIS
MISSION-THAT'S WHERE ERIC B.
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HARE WORKED- IN THAT TERRITORY,
A LOT OF KAREN PEOPLE AND SOME
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OTHER TRIBES AS WELL.
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WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS NAMED DOL DOL AND SAN
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KEI - DOL DOL AND SAN KEI.THEY
WORK TOGETHER, TWO GUYS, UH HUH,
TWO GUYS WITH THEIR
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FAMILIES.
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THEY HAVE FAMILIES AND
THEY FORM A VERY GOOD TEAM.
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THEY GO FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE
AND ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
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WHEREVER THEY GO AGAIN THEY ARE
SHARING HEALTH INFORMATION WITH
THE PEOPLE WHICH IS ALWAYS
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NEEDED AND THEY HAVE
HELPED PEOPLE A GREAT DEAL.
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NOT LONG AGO, JUST A FEW MONTHS
AGO, ONE OF THE MAIN VILLAGES IN
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THAT AREA WHERE
THEY WORK HONORED THEM.
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THE WHOLE VILLAGE GOT TOGETHER
AND HAD A WHOLE EVENING OF
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HONORING THESE TWO GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS FOR WHAT THEY
WERE DOING TO HELP THEIR
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PEOPLE.
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AND IF I HAD BEEN THERE, WHAT
WOULD THEY HAVE SAID THAT THE
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GUYS HAD DONE? WELL, AGAIN A LOT
OF IT IS BASIC STUFF LIKE I
MEAN, HYGIENE- HOW TO, YOU KNOW,
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MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A
GOOD WATER SOURCE AND SO ON.
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SO MANY OF THESE DISEASES ARE
WATER BORNE ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTHERN MYANMAR, YOU
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KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RIVERS
COME DOWN THROUGH THERE FROM UP
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IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SO ON.
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THERE'S A LOT OF WATER BORNE
DISEASES NOW IN THOSE AREAS AND
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SO THEY COME IN WITH JUST IDEAS,
YOU KNOW, OF ABOUT HOW TO GET
CLEAN WATER AND HOW TO
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HAVE BETTER HYGIENE AND BETTER
DIET AND ALL THESE KINDS OF
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THINGS. IT IS SUCH A BLESSING
TO THE PEOPLE -BUT YOU HAVEN'T
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TALKED ABOUT THE GOSPEL.
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NOT YET.
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AND THEY HAVEN'T EITHER.
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OH YES, ABSOLUTELY THEY HAVE.
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THAT'S THE OTHER
PART OF THE STORY.
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THE REASON THAT THEY WERE
HONORED NOT ONLY FOR HELPING
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PEOPLE HEALTHWISE, THEY WERE
HONORED FOR HELPING PEOPLE GET
AWAY FROM SPIRIT DOMINATION.
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THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE AFRAID.
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NO, THESE PEOPLE SPEND
THEIR WHOLE LIVES JUST TRYING TO
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APEASE THE SPIRITS.
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I MEAN IT'S DEVIL WORSHIP AND
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET FREE
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AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A WITCH
DOCTOR IN EVERY VILLAGE AND
HE'LL SAY, " WELL YOU NEED TO
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SACRIFICE A SHEEP OR A CHICKEN
OR A COW OR WHATEVER", YOU KNOW,
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MAYBE SOMETIMES IT WILL
HELP AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
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OFTEN THINGS JUST GET WORSE
AND SO THESE PEOPLE, THESE TWO
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE
GOING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE
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JUST SHARING BASIC CHRISTIAN
IDEAS; LEADING PEOPLE TO KNOW
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JESUS. WHAT
MADE THEM BELIEVABLE?
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WELL, I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY
WERE FRIENDLY AND WERE CLEARLY
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THERE TO HELP.
00:24:54.62\00:24:56.42
PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR HELP.
00:24:56.46\00:24:58.53
THEY DIDN'T JUST COME IN TO SAY
YOU ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE
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28 DOCTRINES.
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OH NO.
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THEY SAID, "I THINK WE CAN CLEAN
YOUR WATER SOURCE SO THAT YOUR
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CHILDREN WON'T BE SICK."
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YES.
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THIS YOUNG KAREN MAN WHO
LIVED WITH US IN THE PHILIPPINES
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BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF THE
IRAWADDY ADVENTIST SEMINARY AND
IS NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF THE
00:25:20.52\00:25:25.59
YANGON ADVENTIST SEMINARY.
00:25:28.66\00:25:30.83
NOW WHEN YOU SAY AN
ADVENTIST SEMINARY, WHAT ARE YOU
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DESCRIBING? WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A K-12 PROGRAM.
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O.K.
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THERE ALSO IS OUR COLLEGE IS
DOWN IN THAT AREA AND HIS WIFE
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IS TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE.
00:25:44.47\00:25:45.91
THESE KIDS BOTH HAVE MASTER'S
DEGREES AND SO HE -FROM THE
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PHILIPPINES, FROM MAYA ADVENTIST
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
ADVANCED STUDIES JUST
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SOUTH OF MANILA AND SO YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND.
00:25:56.55\00:26:03.46
SO HE WAS
PRINCIPAL OF THE ACADEMY.
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SHE WAS TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE
BUT THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:26:05.76\00:26:10.77
WORKERS HELPING PEOPLE TO GET
AWAY FROM SPIRIT WORSHIP MADE
SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THESE
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PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:26:23.14\00:26:24.58
I MEAN THEY ARE GRATEFUL TO
BE ABLE TO BE FREE AND KNOW THAT
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THERE IS A GOD WHO LOVES THEM
AND WHO WILL HELP THEM AND THEY
DON'T HAVE TO OFFER
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CHICKENS AND GOATS AND COWS ALL
THE TIME TO APPEASE THE SPIRIT.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A
VERY LIBERATING KIND OF THING.
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IT'S A TRANSFORMATION.
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YES.
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MYANMAR-DAVE, THANK YOU.
00:26:52.14\00:26:54.38
YES.
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AS I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH
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HAS WORKERS, THE THING I HEAR
AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THAT THEY ARE
HELPING ELIMINATE FEAR OR
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MAY I SAY REPLACE FEAR WITH
COMFORT AND SAFETY THAT COMES
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FROM
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S SALVATION.
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WOW!
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WHAT A PRIVILEGE
TO BE PART OF THAT.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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THANK YOU.
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[CLOSING MUSIC].
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