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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000607A
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00:15 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" COMES TO YOU FROM GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH AND IT IS OUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH YOU 00:20 ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT GOSPEL 00:22 OUTREACH WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE 00:24 WORKING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I'M JULIE 00:26 SANDERS-KEYMER AND VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED 00:28 US TODAY. 00:29 TODAY WE HAVE PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ HERE WITH 00:31 US. 00:32 AND WELCOME. 00:33 THANK YOU, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 00:34 WELL AND EVERY TIME I HEAR YOUR NAME AND SAY YOUR 00:38 NAME I ALWAYS WANT TO SMILE BECAUSE I ALWAYS 00:41 THINK OF SNOOPY, SO- OH, WELL O.K. 00:43 HE'S A GOOD GUY AND SO ARE YOU. 00:46 THANK YOU. 00:47 SO WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:49 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT 00:52 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:53 WELL, MY WIFE AND I ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:56 DIRECTORS FOR THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 00:58 WE HAVE 58 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE ARE 01:01 HELPING AND ASSISTING AND WE'VE HAD A VERY TRAUMATIC 01:08 YEAR- ON APRIL 25 A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE 01:16 STRUCK NEPAL. 01:18 HUGE DEVASTATION. 01:20 AND NO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS WERE KILLED AND 01:24 YOU KNOW WHY? 01:25 TELL ME WHY. 01:26 BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN CHURCH. 01:28 BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ON- AT ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE 01:32 TWELVE SABBATH MORNING ON APRIL 25. 01:36 AND THE CHURCHES ARE BETTER CONSTRUCTED THAN 01:39 THEIR HOMES AND SO THAT WAS A BLESSING THAT WAS A 01:43 BLESSING. 01:44 SO, WHEN IT HIT DID YOU -DID YOU, HOW LONG DID IT 01:48 TAKE FOR YOU TO HEAR ANY NEWS. 01:50 OH IT PROBABLY LIKE SIX HOURS -BBC AND YOU KNOW 01:55 THE REPORTS WERE THAT IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING. 01:59 NOW, THE, THE AND WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE-THE FIRST 02:05 EARTHQUAKE THE 7.8 HAPPENED NEAR THE PLACE OF 02:09 GORKHA AND GORKHA IS ACTUALLY THE BIRTH PLACE 02:11 OF THE NEPALI LANGUAGE. 02:14 IT USED TO BE CALLED GORKHALI OH REALLY? 02:19 AND THERE ARE SIXTEEN DIFFERENT TRIBES OR 02:21 LANGUAGES IN THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL AND THE GORKHAS 02:26 AND THEY ARE ALSO FAMOUS SOLDIERS THAT HAVE BEEN 02:30 HIRED OUT BY THE BRITISH FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 02:34 THIS AREA WAS, WAS HIT AND DEVASTATED AND THEN ON MAY 02:39 12 THEY HAD ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AND THIS ONE 02:42 WAS MORE TOWARD THE TIBETAN BORDER AND THE 02:46 LANGTANG VALLEY. 02:47 AND SO WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE LEVEL ON THE 02:49 RICHTWER SCALE FOR THAT ONE? 02:50 THAT WAS 7.3. 02:52 SEVEN POINT THREE SO BACK TO WHAT I WAS ASKING YOU 02:54 ABOUT THE FIRST TIME SO WHEN DID YOU HEAR FROM OUR 02:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, I MEAN WERE YOU OF COURSE 03:00 YOU KNEW IT WAS NEPAL AND ALL OF THAT AND YOU KNOW 03:03 HOW SOON BEFORE YOU HEARD FROM A WORKER? 03:06 WELL, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, NO, TO 03:12 COMMUNICATE. 03:13 NO. 03:14 SO WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT OF NEPAL 03:16 SECTION, UH HUH. 03:17 IT TOOK HIM A FEW DAYS THEN FINALLY HE GOT 03:20 INTERNET BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE CITY OF KATHMANDU. 03:24 NOW THIS EARTHQUAKE DID NOT ACTUALLY -THE 03:26 EPICENTER WASN'T IN KATHMANDU. 03:28 IF IT HAD BEEN IN KATHMANDU THERE WOULD HAVE 03:31 BEEN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 03:34 KILLED. 03:35 AS IT WAS, AROUND 8617 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. 03:37 EIGHT THOUSAND PLUS PEOPLE KILLED, RIGHT. 03:39 UH HUH. 03:40 AND THEN 16,800 WERE INJURED; 2.8 MILLION 03:42 PEOPLE DISPLACED; 473,000 HOMES DESTROYED. 03:55 SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN-473,000. 03:59 WOW, WOW BECAUSE DUE TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION 04:04 THERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES, YES, AND 04:07 THE DEVASTATION OF ALL OF THAT PROBABLY THERE IN THE 04:10 PICTURES WE SAW THE HOUSES JUST CRUMPLED. 04:12 YES, YES WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE AND YOU SEE THESE ARE 04:14 THE OLD NEPALI STYLE OF HOUSES. 04:18 THEY ARE MUD AND BRICK. 04:19 NO REBAR AND THEY'LL HAVE FOUR AND FIVE STORIES. 04:23 NOW EACH STORY, EACH, EACH ROOM IS ONLY ABOUT 4 ½ 04:27 FEET HIGH SO WHEN YOU GO INTO THESE ROOMS I WAS 04:31 GOING TO SAY CHARLES YOU'RE TALL , YES I WAS IN 04:36 AN ATTITUDE OF BOWING ALL THE TIME. 04:39 YES. 04:40 AND BUT THE IDEA IS YOU COULD CONSERVE THE HEAT. 04:42 OH SURE. 04:43 BUT NO REBAR AND SO WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HIT AND 04:49 THERE WASN'T EVEN CEMENT, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST MUD 04:51 AND BRICKS IT WAS DEVASTATING. 04:54 NOW HERE YOU SEE THE WOODEN STAIRWAY GOING UP 04:57 FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER AND IT IS INTERESTING THE 05:00 WOOD STRUCTURE GAVE SOME SORT OF INTEGRITY TO THE 05:05 BUILDING BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST 05:08 ALL WENT AND SO PEOPLE WERE COMPLETELY DEVASTATED 05:11 AND IT WAS VERY SPORATIC, YOU KNOW. 05:13 SOME HOUSES WERE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED AND 05:16 THEN OTHERS WEREN'T. 05:17 NOW THIS IS IN ONE OF THE SUBURBS OF KATHMANDU A 05:19 PLACE CALLED BKAKTAPUR. 05:21 AND FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE 05:24 ARE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT LIKE THAT. 05:26 YES, RIGHT. 05:27 I MEAN IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE YOU KNOW A FAMILY OF 05:29 FOUR IT COULD BE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, 05:32 BROTHERS/SISTERS, COUSINS AND ALL OF THAT. 05:34 AND THEN ONCE THESE BIG EARTHQUAKES OCCUR, THEN 05:39 YOU HAVE AFTERSHOCKS. 05:40 YES. 05:41 AND NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A HOUSE IN A BRICK 05:43 HOUSE AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE AND HERE YOU HAVE A FAMILY 05:49 ACTUALLY THIS IS PASTOR UMESH'S WIFE AND HIS 05:52 CHILDREN. 05:53 I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A COMMUNITY LEAN TO AND YOU 05:58 KNOW PEOPLE ARE JUST DEVASTATED. 06:02 ONE LADY CAME UP TO PASTOR UMESH AND SAID, "SIR, ALL 06:07 I WANT IS A PIECE OF PLASTIC SO THAT I CAN 06:10 COVER MY FACE WHEN I AM SLEEPING SO THAT THE RAIN 06:13 DOESN'T LAND ON ME." 06:15 SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. 06:18 YOU'VE LIVED IN NEPAL SO TELL US WHAT'S THE WEATHER 06:21 LIKE AT THE END OF APRI/MAY? 06:23 WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 06:25 MONSOON. 06:26 THE MONSOON WILL START IN ABOUT MAY AND SO UM IT WAS 06:30 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO GET SOME KIND OF SHELTER 06:33 FOR PEOPLE. 06:34 UH HUH. 06:35 AND YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TARP. 06:38 A 9X12 TARP WOULD HELP OUT A LOT. 06:42 AND WHEN YOU SAY MONSOON TO ME THE WORD MONSOON 06:45 MEANS IT JUST DUMPS RAIN. 06:47 YES. 06:48 IS THAT ACCURATE DEFINITION? 06:49 MIDDLE OF JUNE TO THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER BUT IT 06:52 STARTS -PREMONSOON CAN START IN MAY. 06:55 SO THEY ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE START OF ALL OF THAT. 06:58 YES, YES. 06:59 OH DEAR. 07:00 ANDTHEN YOU KNOW, PEOPLE-PEOPLE ARE VERY 07:02 INNOVATIVE. 07:03 NOW HERE THEY HAVE SOME TIN AND SOME YOU KNOW 07:07 CARDBOARD AND HEAVY ON PLASTICS, YOU KNOW AND THE 07:12 PEOPLE IN NEPAL ARE VERY, VERY RESISTANT AND THEY 07:16 ARE USED TO MAKING DO WITH NOTHING. 07:19 UH HUH NO THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE HAD TO 07:21 SUFFER THE EARTHQUAKES, OH YES, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED 07:24 THERE WAS A BIG EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL, YES, WHEN I WENT 07:27 IN 1969 AND YOU WOULD ASK SOMEONE IN ONE OF THESE 07:30 VILLAGES HOW OLD ARE YOU? 07:33 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE AND SO THEN I'D ASK THEM 07:37 WELL DO YOU REMEMBER THE BIG EARTHQUAKE? 07:39 NOW THE BIG EARTHQUAKE WAS IN 1934 AND THEY WOULD 07:43 SAY, "YA, I WAS JUST STARTING SCHOOL WHEN THAT 07:47 HAPPENED." 07:48 AH. 07:49 AND SO THEN YOU COULD KIND OF PIECE TOGETHER ABOUT 07:51 HOW OLD THEY WERE. 07:52 AND SO NOW IT IS 19 NOT 1934 ANYMORE, YA, IT IS 07:55 2015, RIGHT, THAT IS THE BIG EARTHQUAKE AND 07:58 IT'S-THIS PICTURE HERE WE SHOWED OF THE ROAD AND YOU 08:05 KNOW THE -WOW- WE HAVE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, THE GROUND 08:10 IS LITERALLY GOING UP AND DOWN AND SO YOU HAVE BIG 08:15 HOLES IN THE ROAD; YOU HAVE, OH MY, HUGE BOULDERS 08:20 AND THIS BECOMES HAZARDOUS, YOU THINK? 08:24 FOR DRIVING. 08:25 OH, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU, I MEAN PRAISE THE 08:29 LORD THERE WASN'T A CAR UNDERNEATH THAT OR A 08:31 PERSON BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE COMING AROUND THE BEND OF 08:33 THAT AND SEEING THAT THING? 08:35 AND THEN WE ARE TALKING-OH NO, CHARLES. 08:38 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROAD LANDSLIDES. 08:40 OH NO. 08:41 BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE ROADS IN NEPAL ARE, YOU 08:46 KNOW, THERE'S ROCKS ABOVE THEM THERE'S ROCKS BELOW 08:48 THEM AND THEY ARE JUST KIND OF CARVED OUT THERE 08:51 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 08:52 THERE WAS PROBABLY SOMEONE IN THAT CAR? 08:54 YES, YES. 08:56 IT'S AN AMAZING THING. 08:59 OH MY, OH MY! 09:01 SO-BUT YOU KNOW WHAT CHARLES, AS WE SEE THESE 09:04 THINGS I MEAN THIS TO ME TO SEE THESE PICTURES FROM 09:07 THE PASTOR IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THINGS ON CNN AND 09:10 IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THEM IN THE NEWSPAPER BUT 09:12 THE PHOTOS THAT YOU WERE SHARING WITH US HERE AT 09:14 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT YOU 09:17 HAVE GOTTEN FROM OUR BROTHERS, YES, AND SISTERS 09:19 IN NEPAL. 09:20 RIGHT. 09:21 THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW. 09:22 YES. 09:23 THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH, RIGHT. 09:25 LIKE YOU SAID THAT WAS THE PASTOR'S WIFE, YES, UNDER 09:27 THE TARP, YES. 09:28 YOU HAVE THIS, I MEAN THESE ARE LOCAL PEOPLE TO 09:30 US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEY SHOULD BE LOCAL 09:32 PEOPLE TO OUR VIEWERS, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE 09:34 THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 09:36 OF COURSE, ANY CITIZEN WE'RE ALL CHILDREN -GOD'S 09:38 CHILDREN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT, BUT 09:40 THIS EVEN BRINGS IT CLOSER TO HOME. 09:42 RIGHT AND EVERYBODY IS CONNECTED TO EVERYONE YOU 09:45 KNOW. 09:46 YES, THERE ARE NO STRANGERS. 09:47 NO. 09:48 IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. 09:49 NO. 09:50 WELL AND IN MATTHEW 24:6 JESUS SAYS, "AND YOU WILL 09:54 HEAR OF WARS AND THREATS OF WARS" BUT THEN HE SAYS, 09:58 "BUT DON'T PANIC." 09:59 YES. 10:00 AND THEN IN VERSE 7 "NATION WILL GO TO WAR 10:03 AGAINST NATION AND KINDGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM. 10:05 THERE WILL BE FAMINES AND EARTHQUAKES IN MANY PARTS 10:09 OF THE WORLD." 10:10 YES AND HOW TRUE. 10:11 ALL OF THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR DAY AND OF COURSE IT 10:16 HAS GONE ON FOR YEARS PAST BUT IT IS GOING ON NOW 10:20 TODAY. 10:21 THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU KNOW EVEN IN THE NORTHWEST, OH 10:24 FIRES! 10:25 THESE WELL ALONG THE COAST THEY SAY THAT THE 10:28 NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES IS LONG OVERDUE FOR 10:32 A BIG EARTHQUAKE, A TSUNAMI, AND SO WE JUST 10:37 LIVE IN THE LAST DAYS. 10:38 YES, WE DO, WOW. 10:39 PICTURES OK, TAKE US BACK. 10:41 OK HERE WE ARE GOING TOWARD THE VILLAGE OF 10:44 KALPING, UH HUH AND THE-HERE WE HAVE A GOSPEL 10:47 OUTREACH WORKER AND ONE OF OUR ELDERS AND THEY ARE 10:50 INTERESTED-PEOPLE COME TO THEM AND THEY SAY, "CAN 10:52 YOU HELP US?" 10:54 "CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR US?" 10:57 LIKE HELP WITH WHAT? 10:59 HELP WITH? 11:02 WELL, FOOD, WATER, AND AGAIN THESE TARPS. 11:07 UH HUH. 11:07 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DOES A 9X12 TARP COST? 11:11 MAYBE $6? 11:13 AT HOME DEPOT THEY ARE PROBABLY PRETTY CHEAP AND 11:16 THAT WOULD BASICALLY UH, HELP THEM OUT A GREAT DEAL 11:22 TO KEEP THE RAIN OFF. 11:24 BECAUSE NEPAL IS -SINCE IT IS BY THE MOUNTAINS IT 11:28 RAINS INTERMITTENTLY. 11:29 RIGHT, YOU KNOW. 11:31 BUT THAT WOULD BE CHEAP FOR US BUT FOR THEM I MEAN 11:33 WOULD BUYING A TARP ARE THEY -WERE THEY ACCESSIBLE 11:36 TO THEM? 11:37 NO IT WOULDN'T BE ACCESSIBLE. 11:38 IT WOULDN'T BE ACCESSIBLE PLUS IT IS PROBABLY 11:40 EXPENSIVE. 11:41 RIGHT. 11:42 NOW THESE PEOPLE AT LEAST HAVE WATER. 11:44 OH WOW, LOOK AT THE KIDS. 11:45 AND YOU KNOW THIS MIGHT BE ONE LITTLE TAP THAT'S 11:47 SUPPLYING THOSE PEOPLE. 11:48 YOU SEE THE BIG BRASS JUG THERE? 11:51 YES, I NOTICED THAT. 11:52 THAT'S HOW THEY CARRY WATER AND THEN THERE IS A 11:56 KIND OF AN ALUMINUM ONE THERE AND THESE PEOPLE 11:59 MIGHT HAVE TO WALK THREE OR FOUR MILES WITH THAT 12:01 WATER. 12:02 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE CHILD HAS ANY SHOES. 12:04 NO, NO IT'S A -BUT AGAIN AT LEAST THEY HAVE WATER. 12:09 NOW PEOPLE IN KATHMANDU YOU KNOW, THE 12:11 INFRASTRUCTURE TAKES A BIG HIT WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF 12:15 THESE THINGS HAPPENING. 12:16 BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN KATHMANDU WITH THE 12:19 POPULATION THERE IS WHAT? 12:20 OH, MILLIONS. 12:21 YES, YES AND THERE -IT IS SO MUCH MORE CONGESTED 12:26 NOW. 12:27 WE WILL SEE PICTURES OF PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES, UH 12:31 HUH, AND THE PROBLEM THERE IS YOU KNOW, MUD AND 12:35 STONE, MUD AND BRICKS AND THEN TIN ROOF OVER THAT 12:41 AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DEVASTATION BECAUSE OF 12:45 THAT AND YOU CAN SEE -THAT BLUE BUILDING THERE YOU 12:48 SEE IN THE FRONT, UH HUH, THAT'S THEIR LATRINE. 12:51 I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE AN OUTHOUSE. 12:53 YES AND THAT, NOW I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT-AND THE 12:56 OTHER ONE THERE THE CEMENT BLOCK ONE, YOU KNOW. 13:00 THEY BUILT THEIR HOUSE ON THE SOLID ROCK. 13:03 THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE -RIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE 13:05 YOU KNOW IS BASICALLY GONE NOW. 13:07 THEY PROBABLY COME IN THERE AND -BUT YOU KNOW 13:10 WHAT TOO THOUGH, I SEE GOD'S HAND IN THAT TOO. 13:13 I MEAN I SEE GOD'S HAND IN THAT TOO OF PROTECTING 13:17 SOMETHING THAT NEEDED -THAT THEY WOULD NEED. 13:19 YES AND THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING 13:22 THEIR HEALTH. 13:23 WELL, LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND ASK YOU AS OUR VIEWERS 13:26 OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IF YOU ARE I 13:28 MEAN THESE PICTURES SPEAK A THOUSAND WORDS AND IF 13:31 YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED AND BE ABLE TO 13:34 SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL WE WANT 13:37 TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. 13:40 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:45 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:49 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:51 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:54 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 13:57 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 14:01 HURTS. 14:02 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 14:05 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 14:07 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:10 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 14:14 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 14:17 WHERE? 14:18 ALL THE WORLD. 14:20 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 14:22 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:24 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:29 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:33 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:36 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 14:38 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:41 BE THE SPARK. 14:42 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:44 FINISH THE WORK. 14:47 FINISH THE WORK. 14:49 BE THE SPARK. 14:52 AND WE ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT NEPAL AND WE WANT TO 14:54 WELCOME YOU BACK AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO 14:56 GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "LIKE" 15:01 THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US THERE AND 15:03 LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT GOSPEL 15:05 OUTREACH. 15:06 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE AND TO ALSO PRAY FOR 15:10 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE ARE TALKING 15:12 WITH PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ ABOUT NEPAL. 15:15 YES, AND I SAY THAT WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE BECAUSE 15:19 IT IS A SPECIAL PART OF THE WORLD AND IT IS PART 15:21 OF THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT ALSO WITH A HEAVY HEART 15:24 WITH ALL THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OVER THERE 15:33 WITH THE TWO EARTHQUAKES THAT HAPPENED IN APRIL AND 15:40 MAY AND YOU ARE SHARING SOME PHOTOS, YES, FROM OUR 15:42 BROTHERS AND SISTERS THERE. 15:43 WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN -WHAT'S THE IMMEDIATE 15:45 NEED? 15:46 WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS DESTROYED, UH HUH, YOU 15:48 NEED FOOD, YOU ARE HUNGRY. 15:49 RIGHT. 15:50 AND ALSO IT WOULD BE HANDY TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE 15:52 RAIN AND SO HERE YOU HAVE THE BIG BAGS OF RICE; THE 15:54 LITTLE BOXES ARE NOODLES AND THEN THE PINK THERE, 15:56 PINKISH RED ARE TARPS AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN 15:58 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS A 16:03 SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IN HIS VILLAGE AND THEY COME TO 16:08 HIM YOU KNOW, I MEAN HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THEM 16:12 ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AS 16:16 CHRISTIANS WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARD 16:20 HELPING PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, A HINDU WOULD SAY 16:23 WELL, YOU KNOW IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR KARMA. 16:25 YOU'VE DONE SOME- AH. 16:27 WE BELIEVE IN GRACE, AND GOD HAS RICHLY BLESSED US 16:31 AND SO WE NEED TO BLESS OTHERS AND SO THE CALL 16:34 WENT OUT WHEN THIS EARTHQUAKE CAME. 16:38 IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE PEOPLE 16:42 OF NEPAL? 16:43 SO THOSE PHOTOS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES THAT WAS DONATED 16:46 BY GOSPEL OUTREACH? 16:47 UM, YES AND WE HAVE UM THIS IS THE KAPING CHURCH 16:53 AND YOU KNOW, THE PLACE YOU WOULD DISTRIBUTE THESE 16:57 WOULD BE A CHURCH BECAUSE THERE IS -IT'S A, IT'S' A 17:01 SECURE STRUCTURE. 17:02 NOW YOU NOTICE HERE THAT THERE IS SOME CRACKS AND 17:07 IT DID PRETTY WELL BUT THE AFTER SHOCKS, THE AFTER 17:10 SHOCKS ARE WHAT, OH DEAR, AND YOU KNOW AFTER A FEW 17:14 AFTER SHOCKS YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS 17:16 BECAUSE THERE IS NO REBAR. 17:18 AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY REMOTE AREAS, OH 17:21 DEAR, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL BE REBUILDING 17:25 WITH REBAR. 17:26 WE HAVE FIVE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHES THAT 17:31 NEED TO BE-THAT HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED AND NEED 17:33 TO BE REBUILT. 17:34 AND REBAR -IS IT DIFFICULT TO GET? 17:36 IS IT EXPENSIVE? 17:37 IS IT ALL OF THE ABOVE? 17:39 ALL OF THE ABOVE. 17:40 OK. 17:41 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TRANSPORT IT. 17:43 YOU HAVE TO CARRY IT UP THE HILL AND TO THESE 17:45 PLACES AND SOME OF THESE CHURCHES ARE ACCESSIBLE BY 17:48 ROAD AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T. 17:50 SO LIKE THIS PARTICULAR ONE, HOW FAR IS IT FROM A 17:54 MAJOR TOWN? 17:55 OH, YOU KNOW PROBABLY AN HOUR AND A HALF TWO HOURS. 17:59 OH OK. 18:00 SO REMOTE. 18:01 BUT IT IS CLOSE TO A ROAD. 18:02 OK SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. 18:04 AND YOU KNOW, THEN YOU HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE 18:07 PEOPLE HAVE THEIR HOUSES ON THE EDGE OF A TERRACE 18:11 AND SO THEN WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HITS THEIR 18:13 HOUSE JUST MOVES DOWN THE TERRACE. 18:15 YOU'VE GOT A GREAT VIEW FOR A WHILE BUT THEN, YES 18:18 AND YOU KNOW THAT'S SOME OF THESE WE'RE LOOKING OFF 18:21 TOWARD TIBET, TOWARD CHINA. 18:22 SO YOU KNOW IT GOES BACK TO THE PARABLE THAT JESUS 18:26 TALKS ABOUT TOO, BUILDING YOUR HOUSE ON THE SOLID 18:30 FOUNDATION AND THE SAND AND ALL OF THAT AND BUT 18:34 THESE PEOPLE THEY ARE DOING THE BEST JOB THAT 18:36 THEY COULD WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. 18:37 THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU KNOW, HERE IS A LADY AND YOU 18:42 KNOW HER HOUSE HAS BEEN MADE OUT OF STONES, STONES 18:45 AND MUD, UH HUH, AND THEN THE TIN ROOF AND AGAIN THE 18:49 LATRINE, THE BATHROOM IT SURVIVED. 18:52 AND IT PROBABLY HAS REBAR AND IT IS JUST KIND OF A 18:58 GROWING AWARENESS THAT YES, WE NEED REBAR BUT 19:02 THEY -IMMEDIATELY THEY NEED SOMETHING TO KEEP 19:05 PROTECT THEM FROM THE WEATHER. 19:07 HERE YOU HAVE RELIEF DISTRIBUTION, EARTHQUAKE 19:10 VICTIMS, NEPAL SECTION, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST AND 19:13 THEN THAT'S IN NEPAL. 19:14 THIS IS PASTOR UMESH AND HIS SON, ROGER AND WE WERE 19:18 SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND TARPS 19:24 AND THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE NEEDED. 19:27 WOW. 19:28 AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. 19:29 WOW, I LOVE THAT THAT LITTLE KIDS NAME IS ROGER. 19:31 YES. 19:32 A NEPALESE KID NAMED ROGER. 19:33 THAT'S CUTE. 19:34 THEN WE HAVE BADJURAM AND-SAY THAT ONE MORE 19:38 TIME? 19:39 BADJURAM, BADJURAM NOW HE IS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 19:43 THE PICTURE AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE HAVE MADE 19:47 HOUSES OF CORRUGATED METAL AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN 19:52 THERE IS CORRUGATED TIN ON THE TOP TOO AND HOW DO YOU 19:57 KEEP IT FROM BLOWING AWAY IN THE WINDSTORM AND BUT 20:00 REALLY PEOPLE WANT TO SLEEP OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY 20:03 DON'T TRUST-WELL SURE-MOTHER NATURE. 20:05 SO GIVE US AN IDEA OF THIS REGION FROM THESE 20:08 PICTURES. 20:08 DO THESE PEOPLE-WHAT DO THEY DO FOR WORK? 20:11 IS IT A TEA PLANTATION AREA? 20:12 NO. 20:13 WHAT IS THIS AREA? 20:14 THIS-THESE ARE TERRACED FIELDS AND IF THEY HAVE 20:18 ACCESS TO WATER THEY CAN GROW RICE. 20:21 IF THERE IS NO WATER THEN THEY CAN GROW CORN AND OF 20:27 COURSE, THEY ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE RAINS AND THEY 20:29 GROW MILLET AND OTHER SEEDS LIKE THAT. 20:33 IT'S A -HERE'S A LADY AND SHE'S GOT A TARP AND NOW 20:40 THE IDEA IS TO GET READY FOR THE MONSOONS. 20:43 UH HUH. 20:44 AND WE HAVE 15 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAD 20:49 THEIR HOUSES DESTROYED. 20:50 WOW. 20:51 AND SO I WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH FUNDS 20:55 THAT WERE ABLE TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM 20:59 TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SHELTER FOR THESE THREE 21:03 MONTHS OF DELUGE AND SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE 21:08 THEIR WORK WITH THE PEOPLE BECAUSE MANY TIMES IF A 21:13 PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A HOUSE, WHERE ARE THEY 21:16 GOING TO SLEEP? 21:17 THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHES THE ONES THAT ARE 21:19 STANDING THEY BECAME SHELTERS-CITIES OF REFUGE 21:22 FOR THESE PEOPLE. 21:23 AND THEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IF HE HAS 21:26 SOME TYPE OF A SHELTER, THEN THE PEOPLE CAN GO 21:29 THERE THEY CAN WORSHIP AND YOU KNOW, ROLL OUT YOUR 21:33 BEDDING AND SLEEP THERE. 21:34 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU KNOW WHAT CAME TO 21:37 MIND IS WHEN YOU ARE ON A FLIGHT AND THE FLIGHT 21:40 ATTENDANT SAYS, "YOU NEED TO PUT THE OXYGEN ON FIRST 21:43 BEFORE YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY ELSE." 21:45 SO IN THIS SITUATION IT WORKED OUT THAT THE GOSPEL 21:48 OUTREACH WORKER GOT THE NEED FOR THE HOUSE AND 21:50 THEN THAT PERSON THEN COULD GO AND THEN HELP 21:53 OTHER PEOPLE. 21:54 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 21:55 I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE SEVENTH DAY 21:58 ADVENTIST CHURCH IN TAMKUKAR. 21:59 TAMKUKAR IS THE-ABOUT MAYBE THIRTY MILES FROM 22:04 THE TIBETAN BORDER, CHINESE BORDER AND THIS, 22:08 THIS POOR CHURCH HAD BEEN BLOWN UP BY THE 22:11 COMMUNISTS. 22:12 OH DEAR. 22:13 AND WITH A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY -HELP FROM 22:16 QUIET HOUR AND OTHER SOURCES WE REBUILT IT AND 22:20 THEN AFTER THE BIG EARTHQUAKE AND THEN ALL OF 22:23 THE AFTERSHOCKS IT JUST KEEPS SHAKING IT AND 22:26 SHAKING IT AND SHAKING IT AND YET IT IS STILL THERE. 22:29 AS LONG AS IT IS STANDING THERE PEOPLE WILL GO IN 22:33 THERE AND WORSHIP. 22:34 SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION? 22:36 WILL PEOPLE BE AFRAID TO COME OR WILL THEY STAY 22:39 HOME? 22:40 WELL, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE SLEEPING IN THAT 22:42 CHURCH. 22:43 TRUE. 22:44 SO BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM 22:47 TO GO AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE MONSOONS AND 22:50 NOW THE WINTER IS COMING, YES, AND THAT'S A 22:54 DIFFICULTY. 22:55 DO THEY GET SNOW IN THAT AREA? 22:56 OH YES, O.K. 22:57 NOW WE HAVE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN 23:00 BANIPA. 23:01 BANIPA IS ABOUT SIXTEEN MILES OUTSIDE OF EAST OF 23:05 KATHMANDU, THE CAPITOL AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FEW 23:09 HOSPITALS THAT WAS UNDAMAGED. 23:12 THERE WERE 26 HOSPITALS THAT WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED 23:17 AND SO WHERE DO PEOPLE GO? 23:19 AND THEY MOVED THEHOSPITAL OUTSIDE, WOW, ON TO THE 23:24 OPEN GROUND AND HAD TENTS AND TARPS, TRIAGE PEOPLE, 23:29 YES, UH HUH AND JUST YOU KNOW, LOOKING AFTER FOLKS 23:33 AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT 23:36 TOBE INSIDE THAT BUILDING. 23:37 YOU DON'T TRUST BUILDINGS AND YOU KNOW EVERY FEW 23:39 MINUTES THERE IS ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AND YOU DON'T 23:42 KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE BIG ONE OR IF IT'S A LITTLE 23:44 ONE OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 23:45 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THOSE TENTS THOUGH THOSE 23:47 COLORFUL TENTS IT JUST BROUGHT TO MIND THE 23:50 TABERNACLE OUT IN THE DESERT, YES, FOR THESE 23:52 PEOPLE WHAT A PLACE TO TABERNACLE. 23:54 AND NOW HERE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEN 23:58 INBETWEEN IS THE ELDER OF THE CHURCH OF THE TAMKUKAR 24:02 CHURCH AND THEN OUR PASTOR KUBARE AND THE GOSPEL 24:06 OUTREACH WORKER WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR VIEWERS FOR 24:10 THE HELP THAT THEY ARE GIVING. 24:11 AND YOU KNOW A $150 A MONTH SPONSORS A GOSPEL 24:16 OUTREACH WORKER AND WITH THIS EARTHQUAKE PEOPLE ARE 24:20 SEEING THAT THESE PEOPLE REALLY ARE INTERESTED IN 24:25 THEM. 24:26 UH HUH AND IF THERE IS A NEED-IF SOMEONE IS SICK A 24:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WILL GO AND PRAY WITH THEM 24:32 AND THE PRAYERS OF FAITH OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:36 WORKERS ARE ANSWERED AND THEN WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE 24:39 COMES, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 24:41 A HOUSE? 24:42 AT LEAST THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO CARES AND MAYBE THEY 24:44 GIVE YOU SOME NOODLES; THEY GIVEYOU A TARP. 24:47 THEY CARE. 24:48 AND SO THE WORD IS GETTING OUT THAT CHRISTIANS, 24:50 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS, LOVE PEOPLE 24:54 BECAUSE JESUS HAS GIVEN THEM THAT LOVE. 24:57 AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY YOU'VE JUST-YOU'VE PHRASED 25:00 IT JUST BEAUTIFULLY. 25:01 YOU PHRASED IT BEAUTIFULLY AND JESUS TELLS US IN 25:05 MATTHEW 24 DON'T PANIC. 25:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:09 AND WHEN YOU ARE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT YOU'LL 25:11 HEAR SOME DEAR WOMAN AND HER KIDS AND WHAT IS SHE 25:13 GOING TO DO? 25:14 PANIC? 25:15 WELL PRAISE THE LORD THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 25:17 COULD HELP EASE HER ANXIETY HOPEFULLY AND 25:19 PROVIDE THOSE THINGS. 25:20 THAT'S RIGHT AND THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR THOUSANDS 25:22 AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 25:23 GIVE ME A TARP. 25:24 YES. 25:25 AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE LATER MAYBE A FEW 25:27 PIECES OF TIN AND THEY'LL SCROUNGE AROUND AND MAKE 25:32 DO. 25:33 MAKE DO. 25:34 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS -OBVOUSLY WE SAW THE 25:36 NEEDS FOR REBAR, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT, BUT WHAT 25:39 ARE SOME NEEDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 25:41 I THINK THAT YOU KNOW AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 25:49 HELP THAT THESE FIFTEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 25:51 RECEIVED. 25:52 BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME SHELTER DURING THEMONSOONS 25:54 AND I THINK THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:58 MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE THERE 26:01 MINISTERING TO THE NEEDS -THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF 26:04 PEOPLE AND PEOPLE HAVE NOW CONFIDENCE IN THEM. 26:08 YES. 26:09 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CARE; THAT THEY SHOW UP. 26:11 YES. 26:12 THEY CARE AND THEY SHOW UP AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO 26:14 OFFER. 26:15 WELL, AND I THINK YOU'VE SAID IT TOO, IT IS ONE 26:17 THING TO SAY TO SOMEBODY WELL, I'LL PRAY FOR YOU 26:22 BUT IT IS ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY PRAY FOR THEM 26:25 RIGHT THEN. 26:26 YES. 26:27 AND THESE PEOPLE DID THAT WHICH I AM HEARING THEY 26:29 DID, PRAISE THE LORD. 26:30 WELL BLESSINGS TO YOU. 26:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND WHEN YOU SEE EVERYBODY 26:34 AGAIN AND SPEAK WITH THEM ON EMAIL HOWEVER, RIGHT, 26:36 IN YOUR NEXT VISIT PLEASE GREET THEM, OK. 26:38 AND THANK THEM BECAUSE IT HAS BROUGHT TO LIFE 26:40 EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. 26:42 SO. 26:43 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 26:45 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:46 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS. 26:48 YOU HEARD HERE ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOLLARS ARE DOING TO 26:50 HELP IN COUNTRIES LIKE NEPAL IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 26:52 AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY FOR SOMEONE 26:55 TODAY. 26:56 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" MAY GOD BLESS 28:06 YOU TODAY. 28:19 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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