Participants:
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000612A
|
00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 HELLO GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:17 I AM SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THE REPORT OF SOME OF THE 00:24 WORK THAT YOU HELP SUPPORT ON THE FRONT LINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:29 WE CALL THE PROGRAM OF COURSE, "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND EVERY 00:32 PROGRAM IS AN ADVENTURE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 00:35 I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH MY FRIEND, CHARLES SHULTZ WHO EXPLAINED 00:41 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORK HE WAS GOING TO DO WHEN LAST I SAW HIM BUT IN THE 00:46 INTERVENING MONTHS LOTS AND LOTS HAS HAPPENED AND SO CHARLES, I WELCOME YOU 00:52 HERE TODAY. 00:53 THANK YOU. 00:54 AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT YOU ARE GOING TO BRING US. 00:57 NOW AS YOU EXPLAINED TO ME ALREADY TYPICALLY WE MIGHT HAVE BROTHER CAMPBELL 01:05 HERE, RIGHT, TO EXPLAIN THIS SECTION OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK, RIGHT, BUT 01:11 IN HIS ABSENCE I'M JUST GLAD YOU ARE HERE, RIGHT, TO FILL US IN AND WE'RE 01:15 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AN AREA OF OUR WORLD THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN 2015, 01:23 YES, BY DEVASTATING, YES, EARTHQUAKES. 01:27 AND SO I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REGION AND WHAT HAS 01:33 MADE SUCH A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE WORK THERE IN THESE RECENT 01:37 MONTHS. 01:38 O.K. 01:40 WHEN I WENT TO NEPAL IN 1969 I WOULD GO INTO THE VILLAGE AND I WOULD ASK 01:46 SOMEONE, "HOW OLD ARE YOU?" 01:49 AND THEY WOULD HAVE NO IDEA AND THEN I WOULD ASK THEM "WELL, HOW OLD WERE 01:55 YOU OR HOW BIG WERE YOU WHEN THE BIG EARTHQUAKE HIT 1934." 02:01 AND THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW YOUR MOTHER WAS CARRYING HIM AROUND OR 02:05 THEY WERE DIGGING IN THE FIELDS, REALLY, THAT WAS THE BIG EARTHQUAKE OF 02:08 1934. 02:09 NOW WE HAVE THE BIG EARTHQUAKE OF 2015, APRIL 25-MAGNITUDE OF 7.8 AND 02:15 HITS TO THE WEST OF KATHMANDU AND THEN ON MAY 12 IT WAS ONLY A 7.3 BUT 02:17 THAT IS STILL DEVASTATING BUT IT HIT AN AREA BASICALLY THE LONGTONG 02:33 VALLEY-A TOURIST AREA AND ALSO THE PASSES- THE MAIN PASS THAT GOES INTO TIBET 02:41 OR CHINA AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 02:48 TRIED TO GO IN THERE TO PROVIDE THEM SOME RELIEF-SOME SUPPLIES AND 02:56 IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ENDEAVOR. 02:59 PASTOR UMESH THE SECTION PRESIDENT OF NEPAL WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND PROVIDE 03:06 SOME RELIEF FOR THE WORK THAT NORBU LAMA THAT WE HAVE THERE, A WORKER, AND 03:13 THE POLICE STATION STOPPED HIM RIGHT ABOUT HERE AND SAID, "NO YOU CAN'T GO ANY 03:15 FURTHER" AND ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER A BIG LANDSLIDE CAME AND 03:17 COMPLETELY -SO WE SEE THE DUST FROM THAT LANDSLIDE, YES AND IT IS A PRETTY 03:19 GOOD PICTURE AND IT WIPED OUT THE POLICE STATION. 03:23 OH MY. 03:24 AND SO IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS TIME IN A PLACE TO BE BECAUSE THERE ARE 03:37 SHEER CLIFFS ON BOTH SIDES. 03:41 THIS IS THE MAN THAT WE WANTED TO SEE. 03:43 NORBU LAMA IS IN THE MIDDLE- HIS WIFE AND THEN PASTOR KUBARE AND AGAIN 03:52 NORBU LAMA HAS TWO HATS. 03:54 HE IS THE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO SPEAKER IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE, AH HA, 04:00 AND HE IS ALSO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:02 NOW, IS HE ABOUT THE ONLY MINISTER WE HAVE IN THE TIBET SECTION? 04:09 YES, YES AND HE -HIS FATHER WAS A TIBETAN AND HIS MOTHER IS NEPALI. 04:16 AH. 04:18 SO HE CAN PASS BACK AND FORTH VERY, VERY EASILY AND HE'S GROWN UP HERE. 04:23 WHEN HE WAS A CHILD HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND HE WAS PERSECUTED AND FOR 04:30 YEARS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM. 04:33 HE HAD TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS OWN VILLAGE BUT AFTERWARDS HE BEGAN TO 04:38 DEVELOP RAPPORT WITH THE PEOPLE AND HE STARTED A YOUTH CLUB AND HE IS 04:44 PRESIDENT OF THIS YOUTH CLUB WHERE THE CHILDREN AND THE BOYS AND YOU KNOW 04:49 THE-HE HAS A FOLLOWING, OH MY, AS WELL AS BEING THE SPEAKER FOR ADVENTIST 04:57 WORLD RADIO. 04:58 HE IS SPEAKING IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A 05:03 PRESENCE ON THE RADIO, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WRITE IN AND GET A FREE GIFT. 05:10 WELL, WHAT GIFT DO WE HAVE IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE? 05:14 I REMEMBER A MAN BY THE NAME OF JOHN BAXTER WHO WORKED-USED TO BE WITH 05:18 ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION AND HE TOLD ME OF A TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF 05:24 PROVERBS IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. 05:28 WE GOT A HOLD OF THAT, WE PRINTED THE BOOK OF PROVERBS AND NOW WHEN OUR 05:32 FRIEND NORBU LAMA PREACHES AND ASKS IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST THEY RECEIVE THE 05:39 BOOK OF PROVERBS-WISDOM. 05:41 WISDOM FOR BUDDHISTS. 05:42 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 05:44 WELL, YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF INTERESTING PICTURES THAT FLESH OUT THIS STORY 05:49 FOR US SO LET'S GO ON LOOKING AT THOSE. 05:51 WELL, AH HERE WE HAVE THE ROAD THAT PASTOR UMESH WENT ON, WOW, TO GET TO 05:57 SEE NORBU LAMA AND YOU CAN SEE HOW JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A LANDSLIDE COULD 06:05 REALLY DISRUPT YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND THIS IS ALL FOOT TRAFFIC? 06:10 NO THIS IS ROAD TRAFFIC. 06:13 WOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT TO BE IN A VEHICLE ON THAT KIND OF ROAD. 06:16 AND YOU KNOW THERE IS NO GUARD RAILS, MANY OF THIS IS JUST ONE LANE-ONE LANE 06:23 AND SO IF YOU MEET SOMEBODY THE OTHER WAY THEN THAT'S WHEN LIFE 06:28 REALLY GETS INTERESTING. 06:30 AND THERE IS ALSO ROPE BRIDGES- H-M-M. 06:34 NOW THIS ROPE BRIDGE YOU CAN SEE HAS SERIOUS PROBLEM ON THE OTHER END 06:40 BECAUSE A LANDSLIDE HAS COVERED UP THE ROAD OR THE PATH AND BASICALLY THIS 06:46 SHOWS YOU TRANSPORTATION WITH THIS EARTHQUAKE BECAME A MAJOR, MAJOR 06:53 PROBLEM. 06:54 NOW AS I RECALL SOME OF THE EXPLANATION OF THE RESULTS OF THAT EARTHQUAKE 07:01 OUR WORSHIP HOUSE, YES, IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS DESTROYED. 07:11 YES. 07:12 YES. 07:13 AND THAT WAS NORBU LAMA'S OWN HOME. 07:16 YES. 07:17 IT WAS HIS HOME AND I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE. 07:20 FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE THE FAMOUS BUDDHIST PRAYER FLAGS, ALRIGHT, AND WHERE 07:26 YOU-THEY'VE WRITTEN OUT THE PRAYER: BUDDHA IS THE FLOWER OF THE LOTUS AND 07:29 THESE WILL TRADITIONALLY FLY OVER PASSES, DANGEROUS PLACES, ROADS LIKE WE SAW 07:33 THERE BUT THEY WERE POWERLESS TO PROTECT THESE PEOPLE. 07:40 YES. 07:41 BUT BASICALLY WE WENT ON AND THIS IS NOW LOOKING ACROSS INTO TIBET OR CHINA 07:51 AND THESE BUILDINGS FARED PRETTY WELL BECAUSE THEY HAVE CEMENT AND REBAR AND 07:59 THOSE ARE PRETTY HANDY THINGS TO HAVE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN 08:04 EARTHQUAKE. 08:05 AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE STEEP GORGES AND THIS IS A PASS. 08:09 THIS IS A MAJOR PASS FROM NEPAL INTO CHINA AND THE REASON WHY IT IS A PASS IS 08:16 THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THE MOUNTAINS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THESE GORGES 08:20 THAT ARE FOLLOWING THE RIVER. 08:22 NOW, NOW WE HAVE YOU CAN SEE-AH, THAT'S THE PICTURE I'VE SEEN BEFORE. 08:28 YES, AND YOU SEE THE CONSTRUCTION -STONES, THEY HAVE LOTS OF THOSE AND MUD 08:35 OR DIRT AND NO REBAR, NO REINFORCING RODS AND THE TIN ROOF AND THIS WAS 08:44 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 08:46 NOW HERE IS NORBU'S HOUSE. 08:48 THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD HAVE HIS INTERESTS COME AND WORSHIP WITH HIM AND 08:56 THERE ARE SOME 18-20 CHRISTIANS IN THIS AREA AND ALL CHRISTIANS, YOU 09:02 KNOW ARE BEING PERSECUTED AND-- NOW AM I CORRECT? 09:06 NORBU IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, YES, YES AND THEREFORE OUR VIEWERS TO 09:14 THIS PROGRAM CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF THE SUPPORT THAT IS PROVIDED YES, GOES TO 09:21 ENABLE A PERSON LIKE THIS TO WORK IN VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, YES, YES AND 09:26 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND SOME MONEY OVER TO REPAIR HIS HOUSE BECAUSE THIS 09:33 HAPPENED BEFORE THE MONSOONS. 09:35 WE GOT SOME TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR HIM AND NOW HE IS WORKING THROUGH THE 09:40 PROCESS OF GETTING THE PERMITS AND MAKING A PLACE WHERE HE COULD LIVE. 09:42 DID THE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE OCCUR ON A SABBATH? 09:44 YES, UM THE 7.8 HAPPENED ON SABBATH ABOUT TWO MINUTES BEFORE TWELVE. 09:47 THE ONE ON MAY 25, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THAT WAS BUT NORBU WAS 09:49 WALKING TOWARD ANOTHER VILLAGE AND SO HE WAS NOT INJURED AND HIS WIFE 09:51 WASN'T INJURED BUT HIS HOUSE WAS DEVASTATED. 09:53 OH MY, SO IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR HIM TO FIND A PLACE WHERE HE CAN, 10:20 HE CAN WORSHIP WITH HIS FRIENDS WITH HIS RELATIVES AND HIS INTERESTS. 10:28 MANY TIMES WHEN DISASTER LIKE THIS OCCURS PEOPLE WILL LOOK FOR HELP AND 10:37 WHERE DO YOU FIND HELP? 10:38 AH, NOW HERE IS HIS HOUSE. 10:41 YOU CAN SEE IT ISN'T ALL COLLAPSED BECAUSE HE HAS SOME WOOD IN THERE AND HE 10:47 WILL PROBABLY REUSE THIS WOOD BUT THIS WAS THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD 10:52 COME AND RECEIVE THE GOSPEL. 10:55 NOW, TO RESTORE A PLACE LIKE THIS -HIS HOUSE, IS HE UNDER THE BURDEN OF 11:05 HAVING TO DO THAT ALL HIMSELF? 11:07 NO, NO GOSPEL OUTREACH AGAIN WE ARE GIVING HIM SOME SUPPORT. 11:11 WE ARE GIVING HIM SOME HELP. 11:13 BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT MOVING THOSE STONES, BRICK- OH. 11:17 EVERYTHING OUT -I THINK HE'LL GET HIS YOUTH CLUB TO HELP HIM. 11:22 OH. 11:23 THEY ARE THERE. 11:25 HERE AGAIN SHOWING YOU THE GORGE AND YOU KNOW THERE IS-WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU 11:29 ARE DOWN THERE-IF YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THERE IS AN 11:34 EARTHQUAKE THAT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE; IF YOU ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 11:38 GORGE AND THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THERE? 11:42 AND THIS IS A -THERE WAS A VILLAGE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE UNDERNEATH THAT PILE 11:47 OF RUBBISH-THERE WAS A VILLAGE THERE. 11:50 WOW . 11:51 AND IT IS NO LONGER THERE. 11:52 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE NO ONE KNOWS BUT THIS IS THE SEVERITY OF 11:59 WHERE NORBU IS WORKING AND WOW, YOU KNOW A BUDDHIST IS LOOKING FOR PEACE AND 12:06 HE CAN GIVE THEM PEACE FROM GOD'S WORD. 12:09 YES. 12:11 THEY DON'T HAVE PEACE, PRAISE THE LORD, AND YOU KNOW THE TREMORS, THE 12:15 EARTHQUAKES YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ONE EARTHQUAKE YOU HAVE CONTINUAL EARTHQUAKES 12:19 AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND PEOPLE ARE WANTING -SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO 12:25 SALVAGE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR HOME HERE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN 12:30 COMPLETELY COVERED UP WITH THIS LANDSLIDE BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SLEEP THERE. 12:35 IT IS ONE THING TO GO IN THERE DURING THE DAY BUT AT NIGHT YOU DON'T WANT TO 12:41 SLEEP IN A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD BE BURIED -SO THEY HAVE TO SLEEP OUT IN THE 12:44 OPEN THEN? 12:45 WELL, THIS IS WHERE WE COME ALONG. 12:47 WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH TARPS AND TENTS. 12:54 NOW HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THEY HAVE TRIED TO TERRACE THIS SLOPE SO THAT THE 13:02 RAIN WOULD NOT CREATE A WASHOUT BUT IT WAS NO MATCH FOR THIS EARTHQUAKE 13:09 AND THAT HAS JUST BASICALLY TORN ALL OF THOSE HOUSES AND 13:14 CATAPULTED THEM DOWN THE HILL. 13:17 EXPLAIN TO US, CHARLES, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AGRICULTURE OF THAT PLACE. 13:23 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THERE IS HARDLY ANY FLAT PLACE EXCEPT SOME OF THE 13:27 TERRACES FOR THEM TO RAISE SOMETHING. 13:29 WELL, THAT'S -AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD WITH LAND AND THEY WILL GROW PROBABLY 13:35 BARLEY OR MAYBE POTATOES AND OR SOME OTHER GRAINS, UM, BECAUSE THAT MEANS 13:47 FOOD AND WE CAN'T GET THE PERSPECTIVE. 13:50 THERE IS PROBABLY MORE LAND THAN YOU WOULD THINK BUT THEY HAVE TERRACED IT 13:54 IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE ANY WATER THAT COMES THROUGH. 13:59 ALRIGHT, I JUST WANT TO REPEAT A LITTLE BIT HERE. 14:03 AH, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A NORBU, YES, AS AN OFFICIAL 14:11 REPRESENTATIVE, YES, OF GOSPEL OUTREACH-A TEACHER FOR THESE PEOPLE AND HAS 14:16 ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS, YES, BUT NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH AT A TIME 14:23 LIKE THIS MUST RISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF JUST SURVIVAL, YES, AND 14:29 THEREFORE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT COME FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:34 SUPPORTERS ARE DESIGNATED TO TAKE CARE OF NORBU, OF COURSE, BUT DO WHAT IS 14:39 POSSIBLE TO RESTORE HIS DWELLING PLACE, YES, AND TO HELP IN THE COMMUNITY, 14:44 YES, AS FAR AS IS POSSIBLE. 14:47 RIGHT. 14:48 SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THIS LITTLE BREAK RIGHT HERE, SURE, AND REMIND OUR 14:51 VIEWERS THAT INDEED THERE IS A BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT THAT YOU HELP PROVIDE 15:02 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU 15:07 WHO ARE A PART OF THIS BASE OF SUPPORT AND RIGHT NOW IF THERE IS SOME OF 15:13 YOU WHO MIGHT BE VIEWING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU SEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:18 ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTE THAT AND I'M PRAYING THAT GOD WILL 15:25 IMPRESS YOU TO BE A PARTICIPANT AND PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY 15:29 THAT RESPONDS TO THE VERY PRACTICAL NEEDS THAT CHARLES IS EXPLAINING TO 15:36 US FROM THAT DISTANCE SECTOR OF THE WORLD THAT WE COULD KIND OF WRITE OFF 15:41 BECAUSE, WELL IT WAS OVER THERE AND IT IS AN EARTHQUAKE AND WHATEVER 15:46 BUT WE CAN'T REMAIN SECURE IN OUR COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT AS LONG AS 15:51 THERE IS SOMEBODY SUFFERING. 15:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH RISES TO THAT CHALLENGE. 15:55 SO I FEEL LIKE SAYING THANK YOU BUT THEN AGAIN I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO 15:59 THANK YOU FOR THIS KIND OF REPORT BECAUSE IT IS TOUCHING SOME OF GOD'S 16:02 CHILDREN IN A DISTANT PLACE. 16:04 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON WITH THE PICTURES. 16:08 WELL, THE NEXT ONE IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO LONGTONG VALLEY. 16:14 NOW LONGTONG, HIMAL IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEAKS IN THE HIMALAYAN 16:20 RANGE AND THIS IS A VERY POPULAR TOURIST AREA AND HERE YOU HAVE TOURISTS 16:24 SITTING OUT ON THE VERANDA, SIPPING THEIR TEA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 16:27 AVALANCHES OF ICE AND SNOW AND ROCKS -400 PEOPLE DIED RIGHT HERE. 16:31 OH MY! 16:32 AND THEY WEREN'T ALL NEPALESE, TIBETANS AND CHINESE THEY WERE PEOPLE 16:40 FROM GERMANY AND FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. 16:47 IT WAS A DEVASTATING THING. 16:48 IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT EARTHQUAKE IS NO RESPECTOR OF PERSONS. 16:55 HOWEVER, NOT ONE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST DIED IN EITHER ONE OF THESE 17:00 EARTHQUAKES. 17:01 THE MAIN, THE MAIN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ON SABBATH AND ALL OF OUR 17:06 PEOPLE WERE IN CHURCH. 17:07 IT HAPPENED TWO MINUTES BEFORE TWELVE AND EARTHQUAKES ARE 17:15 FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS KEEP GOING AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE EARTH 17:20 SHAKE-IS THIS GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN THE LAST ONE? 17:22 UH HUH. 17:23 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? 17:25 NOW NORBU'S HOUSE -WHICH IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GO IN THERE AND 17:31 SAY ALL RIGHT WE'RE BUILDING A CHURCH, OH MY, THEN THE GOVERNMENT AND 17:36 EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BUILD A CHURCH BUT WE CAN BUILD A 17:42 HOUSE AND SO THIS-AND USE IT FOR THOSE PURPOSES? 17:45 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT AND THIS WAY WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A 17:50 PLACE, THERE IS-IT'S LIKE A CITY OF REFUGE AND YOU KNOW OUR CHURCHES DURING 17:53 THE EARTHQUAKES THEY BECAME CITIES OF REFUGE. 17:55 THEY WERE USUALLY BUILT STRONGER THAN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND SO THEY COULD 17:57 GO THERE AND EAT AND MAYBE CATCH A FEW WINKS BUT THE NEPALI PEOPLE ARE VERY 18:13 RESILIENT. 18:15 NOW THEY HAVE MADE A TEMPORARY HOUSE JUST OUT OF THIS CORRUGATED TIN AND 18:18 THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO TOO MUCH DAMAGE TO YOU IF IT, IF IT FALLS DOWN BUT AGAIN 18:25 WHAT IS KEEPING IT UP? 18:27 AND THESE -THE AVALANCHES THAT ARE COMING DOWN, YES, YES, THE ROCKS, YES 18:33 EVERYTHING THAT IS NO PROTECTION. 18:35 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 18:37 WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO PROVIDE TENTS AND HERE YOU HAVE THE REAL SOLUTION 18:45 TO AN EARTHQUAKE IS YOU FIND A FLAT PIECE OF LAND AND YOU HAVE TENT CITIES. 18:52 IS THAT FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE AVALANCHE OR THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED? 18:56 NO, NO IT'S CLOSE BY AND IT-THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE IT'S 19:03 FLAT AND THERE IS NOTHING ABOVE THEM TO FALL DOWN ON THEM AND SO NATURALLY THEY 19:09 ARE GOING TO SEEK THAT KIND OF LOCATION. 19:11 YES, YES AND YOU KNOW THE BLUE AND THE RED, THE WHITE THAT'S VERY COLORFUL 19:21 AND TO THINK THAT THAT'S A PLACE OF REFUGE,YES, SO TO SPEAK IS VERY ENCOURAGING 19:29 SO THAT'S A NEAT PICTURE. 19:30 NOW WE HAVE AN ELDERLY COUPLE -THEY ARE CHRISTIANS AND THEY HAD A 19:38 GRANDSON -TWO GRANDCHILDREN ACTUALLY AND THE GRANDMA WAS HURT IN 19:43 THE AVALANCHE AND THIS IS A LADY WHO HAD BEEN WORSHIPPING WITH NORBU AND 19:45 IT WAS VERY DISTRESSING THAT SHE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND SHE DIED. 19:47 AND OF COURSE, SHE HAD HOPE SHE KNEW THAT JESUS WAS HER REDEEMER AND HER 19:49 SAVIOR AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO HER AND TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS 19:51 WILLING TO LISTEN. 19:52 ANOTHER PRACTICAL THING LIKE WE'VE SAID, NOW HERE'S NORBU RECEIVING 19:54 TENTS AND TARPS FROM PASTOR KUBARE AND TO DISTRIBUTE THESE HE HAS AN 19:56 INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE YOUTH CLUB AND NOW HE HAS EVEN MORE 19:58 INFLUENCE BECAUSE HE CAN GO TO PEOPLE AND SAY, "WELL HERE IS A PLACE YOU 20:03 CAN BE PROTECTED FROM THE RAIN NOW." 20:08 AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE SPRING AND THE HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE GETTING READY 20:19 FOR THE WINTER. 20:21 BUT YOU KNOW THE CHILDREN SO GRATEFUL FOR FOOD AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE AH, YOU 20:35 TURNED THEIR LIFE AROUND BECAUSE NOW THERE IS, THERE IS SOME HOPE FOR 21:01 THEM. 21:06 WELL REALISTICALLY THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S RIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T SURVIVE 21:09 OTHERWISE. 21:11 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT AND ONE OF THE POPULAR THINGS WE GAVE OF COURSE, 21:15 RICE, BUT RICE IS HEAVY BUT THIS RAMEN NOODLES, OH IS THAT RIGHT? 21:19 AND YOU KNOW IT IS LIGHT AND YOU JUST BOIL YOUR WATER AND YOU THROW THOSE 21:25 NOODLES IN AND IT SATISFIES. 21:26 I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY HAS THE WATER SUPPLY BEEN 21:32 TRAGICALLY INTERRUPTED OR DO THEY HAVE FRESH WATER? 21:35 THEY HAVE FRESH WATER BECAUSE- NOW THEY MAY HAVE TO GO DOWN THE HILL YOU 21:39 KNOW, DOWN THE RAVINE. 21:40 THE RAVINE FOLLOWS THE RIVER AND THEY HAVE WATER IF THEY COULD GO DOWN 21:45 THERE AND GET IT PLUS THEY HAVE TWENTY FOUR HOUR ELECTRICITY BECAUSE THE 21:51 CHINESE HAVE BUILT A BIG HYDROELECTRIC PLANT DOWN THERE. 21:54 AH. 21:56 YES AND SO THEIR WATER AND THEIR ELECTRICITY IS SURE ALL THEY NEED IS SOME FOOD 22:01 AND SOME LODGING BUT YOU KNOW CHILDREN, AND AGAIN WORKING WITH BUDDHISTS YOU 22:09 KNOW A BUDDHIST OF 50-60 YEARS, HE IS ENTRENCHED IN HIS BUDDHISM-HIS WORLDVIEW 22:14 BUT THESE CHILDREN NORBU LAMA HAS MADE FRIENDS WITH THEM. 22:20 HE HAS GIVEN THEM SOME FOOD AND SOME HOPE AND WE'RE PRAYING THAT THESE 22:26 CHILDREN WILL HAVE A VERY OPEN VIEW TOWARD JESUS AND CHRISTIANITY. 22:32 WHAT ABOUT SCHOOLS FOR THESE CHILDREN? 22:34 WELL, UM I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SCHOOL. 22:38 I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE HOSPITALS -26 HOSPITALS WERE DESTROYED IN NEPAL 22:44 DURING THESE EARTHQUAKES. 22:46 NOW OUR OWN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WAS 22:50 UNTOUCHED AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK HELPING THE PEOPLE IN THE 22:58 AREA. 23:00 AND OF COURSE, NO ONE WANTED TO BE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL SO THEY MOVED THE 23:04 HOSPITAL OUTSIDE, OH, AND AGAIN THE TENTS AND THE TARPS AND THE IV'S AND THE 23:11 HOSPITAL BEDS AND THE ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF WAS OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT IS JUST 23:17 VERY UNNERVING. 23:19 AND TO SEE THE GROUND OPEN UP AND GO UP AND DOWN PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY 23:25 UPSET ABOUT THAT. 23:27 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HOPE AND YOU KNOW, OUR EVANGELISTS, OUR GOSPEL 23:32 OUTREACH WORKERS CAN OPEN THE BIBLE AND THEY CAN SAY YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS HAS 23:36 BEEN PREDICTED. 23:38 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE EARTHQUAKES BUT GOD IS OUR PROTECTOR AND AS YOU HAVE 23:46 APPROPRIATELY SAID, PROVIDES HOPE TO US INSPITE OF EARTHQUAKES. 23:50 YES, THAT'S RIGHT AND IN SPITE OF THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING THAT OCCURS WHEN 23:57 YOU EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, THIS WORLD IS NOT THE ULTIMATE OF GOD'S KINGDOM. 24:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:06 ALRIGHT, WE, WE AGAIN CAN BE VERY GRATEFUL THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS THERE 24:13 BEFORE, YES, HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH NOT BEEN THERE WITH A NORBU OR WITH A 24:19 PERSON WHO IS BOTH NEPALESE AND ABLE TO BE IN TIBET AS WELL BECAUSE OF 24:26 HIS HERITAGE GOD'S HAND HAS BEEN IN THIS AND THROUGH THIS ALL THE WAY 24:32 AND IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING. 24:34 AND SO AGAIN I WANT, I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, 24:40 YES, TO HAVE A CONTINUUM -WHAT'S HAPPENING WE RECORD HERE CHARLES, IN 24:45 THE FALL OF 2015 WITH A FEW MONTHS HAVING PASSED WHAT'S HAPPENING. 24:51 UH HUH, RIGHT NOW THERE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? 24:55 WELL, WE HAVE SENT FUNDS FOR NORBU TO REBUILD HIS HOUSE AND SO THEY ARE 25:01 WORKING FEVERISHLY TO GET THIS BUILT BEFORE WINTER SETS IN BECAUSE THERE IS 25:05 GOING TO BE SNOW AND COLD AND TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORSHIP; A PLACE 25:18 FOR PEOPLE TO FIND PEACE AND AGAIN, NORBU HE HAS SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE IN 25:23 THIS AREA AND THESE ARE, THESE PEOPLE ARE HIS FRIENDS AND MANY OF THEM 25:27 ARE HIS RELATIVES. 25:28 WOW. 25:30 AND HE HAS ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND HE IS USING THAT 25:34 RELATIONSHIP TO TIE THEM INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 25:39 WELL THIS IS WHILE A CHALLENGING STORY -ONE THAT WE WISHED WE DIDN'T 25:45 HAVE TO BE TOLD JUST THE WAY IT HAS TO BE TOLD IT IS STILL REASON TO BE 25:50 GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S LEADING THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS LOCATION, YES, SO THAT 25:57 FAITHFUL PEOPLE AND AN ACCESS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ALL THE WAY HERE IN NORTH 26:03 AMERICA, YES, CAN PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT AND INTERCESSION FOR THE DEAR 26:11 FOLKS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. 26:13 SO AGAIN I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT TO SAY A THANK YOU TO 26:18 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:22 THANK YOU, CHARLES FOR YOUR CONNECTION THERE FROM YEARS AND YEARS AGO SO 26:27 THAT YOU COULD RETURN AND BRING US THIS REPORT TODAY. 26:32 SO GOD BLESS YOU AND LET'S REMEMBER TOGETHER FOLKS, TO PRAY FOR THE WORK IN 26:38 NEPAL, TIBET AND FOR NORBU, YES, AND THOSE WHO ASSOCIATE WITH HIM THOSE 26:43 DARLING CHILDREN WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE PRACTICAL CONNECTIONS THAT 26:49 GOD HAS PROVIDED THROUGH NORBU. 26:51 SO AGAIN THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS WE CONTINUE THE WORK OF 26:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:32 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2016-03-31