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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000585A
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:18 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED IS THAT ANYTIME YOU DECIDE YOU 00:21 WANT TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH GOD-IT'S AN ADVENTURE AND IT WILL ALSO 00:28 BE MISSION. 00:29 PASTOR DAVE PARKS IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT A PLACE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 00:35 SO YOU ARE GOING TO REALLY GOING TO EDUCATE ME TODAY. 00:37 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A BUNCH OF REALLY DUMB QUESTIONS. 00:40 WHERE IS MYANMAR? 00:42 MYANMAR IS JUST EAST OR WELL YES, JUST EAST OF BANGLADESH AND WEST OF 00:54 THAILAND. 00:55 SO WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN THAILAND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REFUGEES ALONG THE 00:59 BORDERS, MANY TIMES YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM MYANMAR. 01:03 OH YES. 01:04 WHICH WE USED TO KNOW AS BURMA, AS BURMA. 01:07 NOW HOW DO YOU GET IN? 01:09 IT'S A FAIRLY DIFFICULT PROCESS THAT IS, TO GET A VISA-VISAS AND LETTERS OF 01:20 INVITATION AND SO ON. 01:22 THEY DON'T MAKE IT EASY. 01:24 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 01:26 I'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. 01:29 OH MY! 01:31 WHAT AN ADVENTURE! 01:32 YES. 01:33 SO TELL ME WHAT YOU FIND. 01:35 MYANMAR IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 01:38 IT IS VERY RICH IN RESOURCES-RUBY MINES AND GOLD MINES AND ALL KINDS 01:46 OF STUFF. 01:47 IT'S BEEN KIND OF UNDER SANCTION BY A GOOD SHARE OF THE WORLD OR A LONG 01:58 TIME BUT DOING BETTER ECONOMICALLY THAN THEY USED TO DO AND I HOPE THAT 02:07 CONTINUES. 02:09 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT SU CHI, YES, WHO WAS UNDER HOUSE ARREST 02:14 AND SO ON YEARS AGO BUT NOW IS FREE AND ACTUALLY BECAME A MEMBER OF 02:19 PARLIAMENT AND SO ON. 02:21 SO THINGS ARE CHANGING IN MYANMAR AND I THINK AND YOU KNOW YOU GO INTO THE 02:29 CAPITAL CITY, YANGON YOU SEE TEN TIMES AS MANY CARS ON THE ROAD AS YOU USED 02:33 TO. 02:34 I MEAN IT'S CLEARLY -IT'S CHANGING- PEOPLE ARE DOING BETTER AND ACTUALLY THE 02:43 ECONOMY IS PROGRESSING IN MYANMAR. 02:46 THE COUNTRY IS MAINLY BUDDHIST? 02:50 YES, 90 PER CENT BUDDHIST BUT OF COURSE EVEN WITH BUDDHISM THERE IS A LOT OF 03:01 SPIRIT WORSHIP AND ANIMISM AS A PART OF THAT AND ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND ALL 03:10 THAT KIND OF THING AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT. 03:14 ALTHOUGH WE'VE DONE BETTER ACTUALLY IN MYANMAR THAN IN THAILAND. 03:21 THAILAND PROBABLY HAS 11 -12,000 MEMBERS. 03:24 MYANMAR HAS SOMETHING 25-26,000 MEMBERS. 03:27 YOU'RE SERIOUS. 03:28 YES AND IS A WHOLE UNION BY ITSELF AND SO THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. 03:39 NOW WHEN I FIRST WAS IN THAILAND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE KAREN PEOPLE, UH, 03:45 HUH, WERE VERY, VERY STRONG SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 03:49 I REMEMBER VISITING A LITTLE CHURCH WHERE YOU HAVE AN AK47 BESIDE THE 03:53 PULPIT ON SABBATH BUT SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES. 03:59 ARE THOSE KINDS OF TRIBAL CONGREGATIONS WHAT OUR WORKERS ARE SPENDING TIME 04:05 WITH? 04:07 WELL YES, THE KAREN PEOPLE, OF COURSE, IS WHERE ERIC B. 04:11 HARE, RIGHT, WORKED YOU KNOW, HOW LONG AGO? 04:16 I DON'T KNOW. 04:18 LONG ENOUGH THAT SILVER DIDN'T GET BITTEN BY A SNAKE. 04:20 NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY. 04:22 I KNOW, WHEN HE WENT THERE AND SO THERE IS QUITE BIT OF CHRISTIANITY-GOOD 04:28 BACKGROUND-AROUND THERE IN THE KAREN SECTION-THIS IS SOUTHERN MYANMAR AND 04:36 THAT'S WHERE OUR COLLEGE AND A COUPLE OF THE ACADEMIES DOWN THAT WAY 04:41 AND WE'VE MADE MANY TRIPS BOTH BY BOAT AND BUS AND WHATEVER DOWN THERE TO THE 04:48 COLLEGE AND THE ACADEMIES. 04:50 A YOUNG MAN FROM, A YOUNG KAREN MAN LIVED WITH US ON THE SEMINARY CAMPUS IN THE 05:00 PHILIPPINES FOR THREE YEARS AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO HIM. 05:02 WE OFTEN GO AND VISIT HIM -VISIT HIS FAMILY, HIS FAMILY. 05:09 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE THERE? 05:11 WE HAVE 14. 05:13 FOURTEEN-GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:15 YOU HAVE 16 IN THAILAND AND 14 IN MYANMAR. 05:19 ARE THEY MAINLY IN TRIBAL AREAS OR ARE SOME OF THEM IN THE CITIES? 05:23 YES, SOME IN THE CITIES. 05:25 ONE OF THE MOST RECENT STORIES THAT I JUST GOT WAS A MAN BY THE NAME MINT 05:34 AMWAI WHO WAS IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED, KOONIGON WHICH IS A SUBURB -A 05:45 LITTLE-JUST RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF YANGON-WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN AS RANGOON. 05:55 RIGHT. 05:57 AND REMARKABLE STORIES- ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, MINT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER 06:06 CANCER. 06:08 TEN YEARS AGO? 06:09 TEN YEARS AGO AND HE FELT LIKE HIS LIFE WAS OVER AND IT WASN'T GOING TO LAST 06:17 LONG. 06:18 RIGHTFULLY SO. 06:20 HE HAD BEEN AN ADVENTIST ALL OF HIS LIFE BUT HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER REALLY 06:26 DONE ANYTHING FOR GOD'S WORK AND I REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING." 06:33 SO HE AND HIS WIFE BEGAN A SCHOOL IN HIS VILLAGE OF KOONIGON. 06:42 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY REALLY EDUCATION FACILITIES THERE AT ALL. 06:51 THEY STARTED THIS GRADE SCHOOL AND BEGAN TEACHING THE CHILDREN BIBLE STORIES 06:58 AND CHRISTIAN SONGS AND ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 07:02 THE KIDS, OF COURSE, WOULD GO HOME AND START SHARING THESE IDEAS WITH THEIR 07:08 PARENTS AND SO BEFORE LONG THEY HAD A SABBATH SCHOOL GOING IN THEIR HOME AND HE 07:20 BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER. 07:21 I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL-WHETHER HE WAS MISDIAGNOSED IN THE FIRST 07:27 PLACE, NO THEY WERE RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL DIVINE INTERVENTION, 07:34 RIGHT? 07:35 MAYBE JUST THE LORD JUST HEALED HIM. 07:37 YOUR WORKING AND I NEED YOU TO STAY THERE. 07:40 PARDON. 07:41 I NEED YOU TO STAY THERE THAT IS A GOOD LITTLE SCHOOL. 07:43 WELL, THAT'S RIGHT AND SO NOW THEY HAVE A CHURCH IN KOONIGON OF ABOUT 50 07:52 MEMBERS AND DOING VERY WELL. 07:56 AND NOW HE IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 07:59 NOW HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT VILLAGE AND JUST DOING 08:05 JUST A MARVELOUS JOB AND GROWING ALL THE TIME. 08:10 TAKE ME TO A WORKER THAT'S WAY OUT AWAY FROM THE CITIES. 08:13 YES, O.K. 08:14 I CERTAINLY KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AS WELL. 08:18 IS IT EASY TO TRAVEL TO THEIR HOMES? 08:20 OH YES. 08:21 I'VE BEEN IN THE HOMES. 08:22 AND IT IS EASY TO GET THERE? 08:23 I MEAN THE ROADS ARE NICE AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM? 08:27 WELL-OR ARE YOU IN A FOUR WHEELED DRIVE VEHICLE BOUNCING? 08:30 THERE IS ACTUALLY, WE ALWAYS FLY INTO YANGON, RIGHT. 08:36 THEY HAVE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL HIGHWAY UP -THEY'VE MOVED THE CAPITAL 08:42 CITY UP ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF YANGON AND THERE IS BEAUTIFUL HIGHWAY THAT 08:51 FAR. 08:53 YOU GET OFF THAT HIGHWAY AND YOU PROBABLY NEED A FOUR WHEELED DRIVE, 09:01 SOMEHOW I BELIEVE THAT; OR SOMETHING, YES. 09:05 CLEAR UP IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF MYANMAR IN CHIN STATE RIGHT NEXT TO INDIA 09:20 WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED 09:27 CAMPOLAY. 09:28 WE KNOW ABOUT MANDOLAY, RIGHT, THESE ARE PROBABLY FRENCH INFLUENCE IN THERE 09:35 SOMETIME. 09:38 CAMPOLAY IS JUST A SMALL TOWN AND THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE 09:46 TOGETHER. 09:47 ARE THESE TWO GUYS OR? 09:48 OR TWO FAMILIES? 09:49 TWO FAMILIES-THEY EACH HAVE A FAMILY AND THEY WALK. 09:58 THIS IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEY CANNOT EVEN USE A BICYCLE. 10:02 THE TERRAIN IS SO ROUGH AND WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, UP AROUND NOT FAR 10:12 FROM THE HIMALAYAS, YES YOU ARE IN THE KNEES OF THE HIMALAYAS. 10:15 SOME PLACES UP THERE IS SNOW THE YEAR ROUND. 10:19 THESE GUYS TAKE TENTS, BACKPACKS AND TENTS AND CLIMB UP TO THE VILLAGES 10:26 IN THE MOUNTAINS. 10:28 WOW. 10:29 AND GO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN FOR GOD. 10:31 I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT QUITE THAT WAY. 10:35 THAT'S RIGHT I MEAN IT'S LIKE CALEB SAID, "GIVE ME THIS MOUNTAIN." 10:40 YES, AND THAT'S WHERE THESE GUYS WORK. 10:42 IT IS HARD WORK. 10:44 I MEAN, THEY YOU KNOW THIS IS LIKE GOING TO NORTHERN ALASKA IN SOME WAYS, YOU 10:54 KNOW. 10:55 IT'S DIFFICULT WORK. 10:57 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN AND RAISED IN THAT AREA. 11:00 YES, THEY ARE FROM UP IN THAT AREA. 11:02 SO THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE. 11:04 THEY KNOW THE CUSTOMS. 11:05 THEY KNOW THE FOOD, YES AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF CHRISTIANS IN CHIN 11:11 STATE: BAPTISTS, METHODISTS, PENTACOSTAL AND SO FORTH. 11:16 THEY ADVENTISTS HAVE DONE ALMOST NOTHING. 11:21 OUR WORK WAS MORE IN THE SOUTH WITH THE KARENS AND IRAWADDY AND SO ON AND SO 11:25 THESE TWO GUYS WHO JUST MAYBE GO OUT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A TIME AND 11:39 TENT AND CAMP OUT AND GO FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE BUT YOU KNOW UP IN THE 11:47 MOUNTAINS EVEN THE VILLAGES CAN BE TWENTY MILES APART AND BUT THEY 11:54 HAVE BEEN HAVING VERY INTERESTING SUCCESS. 11:59 I MEAN FINDING PEOPLE THAT AGAIN WANT HEALTH INFORMATION; WANT TO LEARN 12:06 HOW TO GET AWAY FROM THE SPIRITS AND SO THEY HAVE GROUPS MEETING IN VARIOUS 12:20 VILLAGES. 12:22 ONE OF THE INTERESTING STORIES THEY TOLD US WAS THAT ONE DAY THEY WERE 12:30 CAMPED BY A MOUNTAIN STREAM AND THEY HAD THREE OR FOUR CANDIDATES FOR 12:33 BAPTISM. 12:35 THERE WAS A LITTLE FLAT PLACE THERE AND SO THEY FIGURED IF THEY'D PUT A 12:40 FEW ROCKS IN THE STREAM THEY COULD DIVERT WATER OVER INTO THIS LITTLE FLAT 12:45 AREA AND BUILD A BAPTISTRY AND THEY COULD BAPTIZE THESE PEOPLE. 12:51 SO THEY'D SPENT THREE OR FOUR DAYS TRYING TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE 12:58 A REASONABLE BAPTISTRY OUT OF THIS AND JUST AS THEY WERE FINISHING THE 13:03 BAPTISTRY A BAPTIST PASTOR CAME BY AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?" 13:11 THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE BUILDING A BAPTISTRY. 13:13 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BAPTISM." 13:15 "OH," HE SAID, "I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT." 13:18 HE SAID, "YOU ARE CERTAINLY DOING THE RIGHT THING." 13:21 HE SAID, "WHO ARE YOU?" 13:22 WELL, WE'RE ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 13:28 "ADVENTIST, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST-TELL ME ABOUT THAT," HE SAID. 13:34 AND THEY SPENT ONE WHOLE DAY STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH THIS BAPTIST PASTOR 13:43 AND HE SAID, "WHEN YOU HAVE THE BAPTISM I WANT TO BE IN IT." 13:53 MY LANDS. 13:55 IT TURNED OUT THAT THIS GUY WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BAPTIST PREACHERS 14:02 IN THE WHOLE AREA. 14:04 I MEAN THERE ARE QUITE A FEW BAPTISTS AROUND BUT HE WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON 14:11 AND HE WAS BAPTIZED. 14:15 HE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT 30 OF HIS MEMBERS INTO THE CHURCH AND SO THEY ARE 14:21 HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE AN IN FOR THEM TO REALLY MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS 14:33 SINCE HE IS ON THEIR SIDE PROMOTING WHAT THEY ARE DOING, SURE. 14:40 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, WOW, STORIES CLEAR OUT IN THE HINTERLANDS- IN THE 14:46 HINTERLANDS BEYOND THE BEYOND. 14:47 ARE EITHER OF THOSE WORKERS SPONSORED BY A CONGREGATION IN THE UNITED 14:52 STATES? 14:53 NO, THEY ARE NOT ADOPT-A-WORKERS. 14:55 THEN LET ME JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND LET ME COMMUNICATE AN IDEA WHERE 14:59 YOU CAN BE AN ACTIVE PART OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:03 WORKERS. 15:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 15:11 QUESTION. 15:13 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:15 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 15:19 WAITING FOR? 15:21 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 15:25 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:27 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 15:32 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 15:37 SHALL THE END COME." 15:41 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 15:45 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 15:51 PLUS COUNTRIES. 15:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 15:57 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 15:58 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 16:00 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 16:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 16:07 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 16:09 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 16:15 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 16:16 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 16:18 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 16:23 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 16:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 16:31 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 16:35 WINDOW. 16:36 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 16:40 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 16:44 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 16:46 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 16:50 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 16:54 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 16:56 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 17:01 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 17:05 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 17:07 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 17:10 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 17:13 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 17:17 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 17:22 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 17:26 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 17:27 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 17:31 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 17:33 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 17:37 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 17:39 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 17:43 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 17:45 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 17:49 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 17:53 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 17:57 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 18:02 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 18:06 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 18:11 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 18:12 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 18:17 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 18:23 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 18:27 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 18:31 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 18:36 TO BE REACHED. 18:45 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 18:47 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 18:50 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 18:53 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 18:57 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 19:00 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 19:05 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 19:09 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 19:13 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 19:18 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 19:22 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 19:27 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 19:31 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 19:34 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 19:39 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 19:42 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 19:45 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 19:50 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:53 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 19:55 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 19:59 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 20:08 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND AGAIN- ABOUT $150 A MONTH 20:15 AND YOU CAN SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, 20:18 EVEN IN MYANMAR, THAILAND - A LOT OF GOOD OPTIONS. 20:23 HOW HAVING YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS DO THAT? 20:26 OR IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER HOW ABOUT HAVING ONE OF YOUR CLASSES DO IT? 20:31 OR IF YOUR CONGREGATION OR A BIG FAMILY-COME ON, GET INVOLVED. 20:36 SO TAKE US DOWN TO SOUTHERN MYANMAR. 20:39 AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? 20:41 MYANMAR. 20:42 MYANMAR, O.K. 20:43 IRAWADDY-WE HAVE WORKERS IN THE SOUTH? 20:46 YES, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 20:54 MYANMAR. 20:55 THERE IS A LITTLE TALE OF MYANMAR THAT GOES CLEAR DOWN MUCH FURTHER AND WE 21:02 DON'T HAVE QUITE SO MUCH DOWN THERE BUT IN THE IRAWADDY STATE, NOW THIS 21:11 IS WHERE ERIC B. 21:12 HARE STARTED HIS MISSION-THAT'S WHERE ERIC B. 21:15 HARE WORKED- IN THAT TERRITORY, A LOT OF KAREN PEOPLE AND SOME OTHER 21:20 TRIBES AS WELL. 21:23 WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NAMED DOL DOL AND SAN KEI - DOL DOL 21:32 AND SAN KEI.THEY WORK TOGETHER, TWO GUYS, UH HUH, TWO GUYS WITH THEIR 21:37 FAMILIES. 21:38 THEY HAVE FAMILIES AND THEY FORM A VERY GOOD TEAM. 21:44 THEY GO FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE AND ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WHEREVER THEY 21:51 GO AGAIN THEY ARE SHARING HEALTH INFORMATION WITH THE PEOPLE WHICH IS ALWAYS 22:00 NEEDED AND THEY HAVE HELPED PEOPLE A GREAT DEAL. 22:05 NOT LONG AGO, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, ONE OF THE MAIN VILLAGES IN THAT AREA 22:12 WHERE THEY WORK HONORED THEM. 22:15 THE WHOLE VILLAGE GOT TOGETHER AND HAD A WHOLE EVENING OF HONORING THESE 22:23 TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO HELP THEIR 22:28 PEOPLE. 22:30 AND IF I HAD BEEN THERE, WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE SAID THAT THE GUYS HAD DONE? 22:33 WELL, AGAIN A LOT OF IT IS BASIC STUFF LIKE I MEAN, HYGIENE- HOW TO, YOU KNOW, 22:45 MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A GOOD WATER SOURCE AND SO ON. 22:48 SO MANY OF THESE DISEASES ARE WATER BORNE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN MYANMAR, YOU 22:58 KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RIVERS COME DOWN THROUGH THERE FROM UP IN THE 23:02 MOUNTAINS AND SO ON. 23:03 THERE'S A LOT OF WATER BORNE DISEASES NOW IN THOSE AREAS AND SO THEY 23:09 COME IN WITH JUST IDEAS, YOU KNOW, OF ABOUT HOW TO GET CLEAN WATER AND HOW TO 23:16 HAVE BETTER HYGIENE AND BETTER DIET AND ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 23:23 IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO THE PEOPLE -BUT YOU HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE 23:27 GOSPEL. 23:29 NOT YET. 23:30 AND THEY HAVEN'T EITHER. 23:31 OH YES, ABSOLUTELY THEY HAVE. 23:35 THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY. 23:37 THE REASON THAT THEY WERE HONORED NOT ONLY FOR HELPING PEOPLE HEALTHWISE, 23:48 THEY WERE HONORED FOR HELPING PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM SPIRIT DOMINATION. 23:56 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE AFRAID. 24:00 NO, THESE PEOPLE SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIVES JUST TRYING TO APEASE THE 24:05 SPIRITS. 24:06 I MEAN IT'S DEVIL WORSHIP AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET FREE AND THERE'S, YOU 24:13 KNOW, A WITCH DOCTOR IN EVERY VILLAGE AND HE'LL SAY, " WELL YOU NEED TO 24:17 SACRIFICE A SHEEP OR A CHICKEN OR A COW OR WHATEVER", YOU KNOW, MAYBE 24:23 SOMETIMES IT WILL HELP AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. 24:28 OFTEN THINGS JUST GET WORSE AND SO THESE PEOPLE, THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:34 WORKERS THAT ARE GOING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE JUST SHARING BASIC 24:41 CHRISTIAN IDEAS; LEADING PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS. 24:46 WHAT MADE THEM BELIEVABLE? 24:48 WELL, I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY WERE FRIENDLY AND WERE CLEARLY THERE TO 24:54 HELP. 24:56 PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR HELP. 24:58 THEY DIDN'T JUST COME IN TO SAY YOU ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE 28 25:04 DOCTRINES. 25:05 OH NO. 25:06 THEY SAID, "I THINK WE CAN CLEAN YOUR WATER SOURCE SO THAT YOUR CHILDREN WON'T 25:12 BE SICK." 25:13 YES. 25:14 THIS YOUNG KAREN MAN WHO LIVED WITH US IN THE PHILIPPINES BECAME THE 25:20 PRINCIPAL OF THE IRAWADDY ADVENTIST SEMINARY AND IS NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF THE 25:28 YANGON ADVENTIST SEMINARY. 25:30 NOW WHEN YOU SAY AN ADVENTIST SEMINARY, WHAT ARE YOU DESCRIBING? 25:33 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A K-12 PROGRAM. 25:37 O.K. 25:38 THERE ALSO IS OUR COLLEGE IS DOWN IN THAT AREA AND HIS WIFE IS TEACHING AT 25:44 THE COLLEGE. 25:45 THESE KIDS BOTH HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES AND SO HE -FROM THE PHILIPPINES, 25:50 FROM MAYA ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES JUST 25:56 SOUTH OF MANILA AND SO YOU KNOW, THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND. 26:03 SO HE WAS PRINCIPAL OF THE ACADEMY. 26:05 SHE WAS TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE BUT THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:15 HELPING PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM SPIRIT WORSHIP MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THESE 26:23 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 26:24 I MEAN THEY ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE FREE AND KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD 26:29 WHO LOVES THEM AND WHO WILL HELP THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO OFFER 26:35 CHICKENS AND GOATS AND COWS ALL THE TIME TO APPEASE THE SPIRIT. 26:42 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A VERY LIBERATING KIND OF THING. 26:49 IT'S A TRANSFORMATION. 26:50 YES. 26:52 MYANMAR-DAVE, THANK YOU. 26:54 YES. 26:55 AS I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS WORKERS, THE 27:02 THING I HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THAT THEY ARE HELPING ELIMINATE FEAR OR 27:08 MAY I SAY REPLACE FEAR WITH COMFORT AND SAFETY THAT COMES FROM 27:15 UNDERSTANDING GOD'S SALVATION. 27:17 WOW! 27:18 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THAT. 27:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 27:56 THANK YOU. 28:06 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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