Adventures in Missions

Papua Outreach

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:01 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS=KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
00:21 THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE MISSION TRIP FOR ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO TAKE YOU
00:25 ALONG WITH US.
00:26 WE TAKE THINGS VERY SERIOUSLY HERE ABOUT SHARING JESUS AND THAT'S
00:30 WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:33 I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM JOSHUA 1:9 "THIS IS MY COMMAND, BE STRONG AND
00:38 COURAGEOUS.
00:39 DO NOT BE AFRAID OR DISCOURAGED FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU
00:42 WHEREVER YOU GO."
00:43 AND KEITH HEINRICH YOU ARE HERE AS ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS HERE AT
00:46 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND THAT IS A SCRIPTURE THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TO
00:50 HEART ISN'T IT?
00:51 THAT'S TRUE.
00:52 VERY TRUE.
00:53 SO KEITH, YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WHAT AREA OF THE WORLD?
00:56 I'M IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
00:58 I'VE GOT INDONESIA, VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA.
01:01 OK SO HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS.
01:05 LOTS, LOTS.
01:06 INDONESIA IS THE FIFTH LARGEST POPULATIONWISE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
01:10 IT IS?
01:11 OH I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
01:12 YES.
01:13 AND LOTS OF MUSLIMS IN INDONESIA.
01:15 ABOUT 90 SOME PERCENT.
01:17 OK SO YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT IN SHARING JESUS, OH YES, IN THAT AREA.
01:23 WE DO.
01:25 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RECENTLY YOU WERE ON A TRIP AND PART OF WHAT
01:30 REGIONAL DIRECTORS DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS GO CHECK IN WITH THE GOSPEL
01:33 OUTREACH WORKERS.
01:33 YES.
01:35 AND SO GIVE KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE YOU WERE AND WHAT YOUR GOAL
01:38 WAS.
01:39 WELL I FLEW FROM MINNEAPOLIS-THAT'S WHERE I LIVE IN MINNESOTA AND WE
01:43 FLEW ALL THE WAY TO JAKARTA.
01:45 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE JAKARTA IS IT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE
01:49 OF THE EQUATOR WHERE IT IS WARM AND HUMID.
01:53 VERY HOT.
01:54 VERY HOT AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE.
01:58 THIS IS TRUE.
01:59 SOME 16 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN JAKARTA.
02:02 SIXTEEN MILLION?
02:04 SIXTEEN MILLION.
02:04 WOW.
02:05 JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE.
02:07 JUST A FEW, JUST A FEW AND THEN FROM THERE WE TRAVELED EAST OVER TO THE
02:12 ISLAND OF PAPUA.
02:14 NOW MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT AS PNG BUT I WENT TO THE INDONESIAN SIDE OF
02:21 THAT ISLAND.
02:22 IT IS CALLED JUST PAPUA, INDONESIA AND THERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GOSPEL
02:29 OUTREACH WORKERS.
02:30 WE WILL MEET THEM AND CHECK IN ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WE'RE GOING TO
02:36 TAKE A LITTLE TRIP.
02:37 SOUNDS GREAT.
02:38 READY TO GO?
02:39 YES, I AM BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SO GLAD THAT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO
02:41 EXPERIENCE THE HEAT BECAUSE I WAS- THE HOTTEST IN THE PLACE IN THE ENTIRE
02:45 WORLD WAS WHEN I WAS IN JAKARTA.
02:47 SO THANKS FOR BRINGING PHOTOS.
02:48 IT IS WARM.
02:50 IT IS WARM.
02:51 ALRIGHT SO TAKE US WHERE ON SOME PICTURES.
02:54 OK WE'RE GOING TO SENTANI AND SENTANI IS WHERE THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
03:00 CHURCH HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MISSION THERE AND YOU ARE
03:05 LOOKING AT A SLIDE RIGHT NOW OF THE AIRPLANE THAT WE ARE GOING IN AND IT'S A
03:09 TAIL DRAGGER FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
03:13 WELL, I'M A PILOT SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
03:17 OH, OK.
03:18 NOW THIS PARTICULAR PLANE REALLY IS A WORKHORSE.
03:21 IT, AND YOU WILL SEE I THINK IN ANOTHER SLIDE HERE -WHAT HAVE WE GOT
03:24 HERE?
03:25 OH THERE'S OUR PILOT, GARY ROBERTS.
03:28 GARY IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
03:30 I'VE KNOWN GARY SINCE HE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD WHEN I USED
03:35 TO VISIT THEM IN AFRICA WITH HIS-HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS BOB.
03:41 BOB PASSED AWAY HERE ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
03:46 UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT ALMOST WHERE THE HANGAR IS JUST DOWN THE RUNWAY.
03:52 YES, BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY IS VERY INVOLVED WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION.
03:56 RIGHT.
03:58 AND WE DO WANT TO SAY I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT BOB AND WE WANT TO
04:01 SAY-HE WAS A GREAT MAN AND JAN HIS WIFE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND THEY
04:07 GAVE THEIR WHOLE LIFE, BOB FLEW FOR THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR
04:12 NEARLY 40 YEARS.
04:13 YES.
04:14 IN AFRICA AND IN INDONESIA.
04:15 THAT WAS A HUGE IMPACT AND WE JUST SO APPRECIATE THAT HIS SON IS THERE
04:19 CONTINUING ON.
04:20 BUT HIS SON HAS TWO SONS- THIS IS GARY.
04:23 GARY FLIES FOR THE ADVENTISTS AND HIS OTHER BROTHER ALSO LIVES THERE
04:27 IN SENTANI AND HE FLIES FOR ANOTHER MISSION ORGANIZATION.
04:32 WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MENTION THAT TOO BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MISSION ORGANIZATIONS
04:35 IN PAPUA, NEW GUINEA WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS THERE AND SO ADVENTIST
04:38 AVIATION AND OK.
04:40 SO LET'S GO.
04:40 SO HERE'S THE INSIDE OF THAT PLANE.
04:43 WOW.
04:44 YES.
04:44 HAVE YOU OVERGROSSED THERE?
04:46 OH NO, NO THERE IS ACTUALLY BEHIND THE MAN WITH THE HAT ON BACK THERE
04:50 DARRIN BOYD, IF YOU WOULD GO BEHIND HIM THERE IS ROOM FOR ANOTHER SET OF
04:56 SEATS AND SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY TAKE NINE PASSENGERS PLUS THE PILOT
05:01 AND SOMEONE SITTING IN THE COPILOT SEAT.
05:05 SO-THIS DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE INDONESIA BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A
05:07 CHICKEN IN THE BACK?
05:08 WE WERE GOING OUT SO WE -THAT'S ON THE RETURN WE BRING CHICKENS BACK.
05:14 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR FOR THE MISSION.
05:17 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT WHO YOU CANNOT SEE VERY WELL IS JUST A GREAT GUY.
05:24 HE ALSO WORKS FOR THE MISSION AND HE DOES SABBATH SCHOOL AND
05:27 PERSONAL MINISTRIES.
05:28 A GREAT STORYTELLER.
05:30 WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY YOU WERE FLYING IS BECAUSE WHY?
05:32 OH, WE'RE GOING TO AN ISOLATED PLACE.
05:35 IF YOU WANT TO GO BY FOOT IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS TO GET THERE AND THE AIRPLANE
05:40 TAKES AN HOUR OR TWO AND IT IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
05:43 WE ARE GOING FROM SEA LEVEL AND THE HIGHEST SPOT WE FLEW OVER WAS 11,400
05:49 FEET AND SO THE ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES AT ABOUT 5000 FEET.
05:51 THE OTHER DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE SOUTH COAST - A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT
05:53 SO.
05:54 AND ADVENTIST AVIATION CONTINUES IN PAPAU NEW GUINEA.
06:01 OH YES, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE-WE THINK OF KEN
06:08 SMITH WHO PASSED AWAY, YES, AND THE SMITH FAMILY AND AVIATION IS A HUGE
06:13 PART OF GETTING AROUND IN INDONESIA.
06:14 IN FACT, IF YOU GO TO WHERE THE HANGAR IS LOCATED JUST DOWN THE
06:19 PROPERTY A WAYS IS AN ACADEMY AND THERE IS A CHAPEL THERE AND ON THE
06:23 WALL, I NOTICED WHEN I ATTENDED CHURCH THERE ON THE WALL IT LISTED KEN
06:25 SMITH'S NAME AND THE FACT THAT HIS PLANE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
06:26 NO, IT HASN'T.
06:28 AND THAT'S A CHAPTER THAT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BUT HOW DO YOU CLOSE IT?
06:29 WELL AND HE AND HIS WIFE HAD LOVELY CHILDREN IN FACT, THEIR SON TEACHES AT
06:31 WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY NOW.
06:39 OH REALLY?
06:47 AND SO YES, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS NEAT FAMILY AND ALL OF THEIR
06:51 FAMILY.
06:52 YES.
06:52 THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE.
06:53 YES.
06:54 OK SO YOU GOT IN THE PLANE AND TOOK OFF.
06:57 YES, WE GOT IN THE PLANE AND TOOK OFF AND HERE'S WHAT YOU SEE FROM UP ON
07:00 TOP.
07:01 OH STUNNING.
07:01 ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
07:02 IT IS BETTER BECAUSE YOU ARE CLOSER TO THE LORD, KEITH.
07:04 NO, ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE THOUGH?
07:07 IT IS.
07:08 THAT'S JUST COMING OUT OF SENTANI AND IT'S AN ISLAND- BEAUTIFUL GRAIN.
07:14 YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE TRAILS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE HILLS THERE BUT WE SAW
07:18 LOTS OF THOSE.
07:20 SO LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING.
07:21 OH, HERE WE'RE GOING WE'RE HEADED TO ONE OF THE SITES.
07:24 YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN NOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY, SO YOU ARE A PILOT -PILOTS
07:29 NORMALLY DON'T LOOK DOWN THEY ARE USUALLY LOOKING AHEAD BUT -IT LOOKS LIKE
07:33 YOU HAVE TO LOSE SOME ALTITUDE IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO LAND IN THAT
07:38 PARTICULAR AIRSTRIP.
07:39 OH YES, WE'LL LOSE SOME ALTITUDE THERE SO YOU CAN THE WHEEL, YES, AND IF YOU
07:43 LOOK DOWN YOU CAN SEE THE BRIGHTER COLORED STEEL ROOFS ON SOME OF THE
07:48 BUILDINGS AROUND THERE.
07:49 IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSELY YOU'LL SEE SOME ROUND DARK SPOTS, YES, AND THOSE ARE
07:55 HUTS WITH THE THATCH.
07:57 SO THAT'S HOW THEY LOOK FROM ON TOP.
07:59 BUT THAT'S THE RUNWAY WE ARE GOING TO LAND ON.
08:02 NOW, WE GET DOWN A LITTLE CLOSER HERE WE COME ON APPROACH AND THIS LOOKS
08:06 PRETTY BENIGN DOESN'T IT?
08:07 WELL, IT DOES.
08:07 THERE IS A HILL THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END.
08:09 I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE AS YOU LAND YOU ARE GOING DOWN THE
08:10 RUNWAY AND THEN YOU GO UP THE HILL BUT AT THE VERY END IT GETS VERY STEEP.
08:13 I NOTICED THAT ALREADY.
08:14 AND I THINK THE WEEK BEFORE I WAS THERE A DIFFERENT PILOT WAS IN
08:15 THERE AND THAT WASN'T ONE OF OUR PLANES BUT A DIFFERENT PLANE AND HE
08:34 DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM AND HE GOOSED IT AT THE END AND HE SET IT
08:38 UP ON THE TAIL.
08:39 OH DEAR.
08:40 BECAUSE IT IS VERY STEEP AND SO THE LANDING PAD IS UP AT THE TOP THERE AND
08:46 YOU'RE GOING TO LAND UP THERE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WELCOMING
08:49 COMMITTEE.
08:50 ABSOLUTELY!
08:51 LOOK AT EVERYBODY SHOWS UP.
08:52 EVERYBODY SHOWS UP AND THERE IS A REASON WHY THEY SHOW UP.
08:56 WHY?
08:58 GARY AS PART OF THE PROGRAM HE HAULS SUPPLIES, GOODS OUT TO THE VARIOUS
09:03 VILLAGES AND THEN HE ALSO PICKS UP PEOPLE WHO NEED TRANSPORT IF THEY ARE SICK
09:11 OR WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND THEY'VE GOT A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS.
09:18 HE CHARGES THEM SOME MONEY AND HE TAKES THEM TO WHEREVER HE NEEDS TO GO.
09:21 FANTASTIC.
09:22 AND REALLY THAT IS HOW HE IS ABLE TO RUN HIS PROGRAM GRANTED THE GENERAL
09:29 CONFERENCE PAYS FOR GARY'S SALARY BUT THE MISSION PROGRAM IF THE MISSION HAD
09:34 TO SUPPORT IT, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
09:36 RIGHT BECAUSE FUEL-YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR FUEL, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE
09:39 AIRPLANE, INSURANCE AND ALL OF THAT YES.
09:41 AND SO WHAT HE DOES IS HE CHARGES A RATE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THEN
09:43 ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISSION HE DOESN'T CHARGE THE MISSION
09:45 ANYTHING.
09:46 AND SO ANY OF THE PASTORS, ANY OF THE TAKING WORKERS OUT TO THE FIELD THAT IS
09:48 ALL FOR FREE.
09:48 WOW.
09:49 AND IT IS A GREAT MINISTRY THAT GARY IS PROVIDING.
09:51 I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE SHOT OF THE PLANE.
10:08 THERE WE ARE.
10:09 OH THERE GARY IS ON THE RIGHT.
10:10 THERE IS GARY ON THE RIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE ME IN THE BACK THERE WITH THE HAT.
10:13 ALL THE KIDS.
10:14 ALL THE KIDS, LOTS OF KIDS AND AREN'T THEY CUTE?
10:17 THEY ARE CUTE.
10:17 THEY ARE JUST GREAT KIDS.
10:19 YES, I THINK IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE GARY THERE AND AT GENERAL CONFERENCE
10:23 THEY DID A VERY, VERY NICE TRIBUTE TO THE ROBERTS FAMILY.
10:25 IT WAS VERY MOVING AND SO AGAIN OUR THOUGHTS FOR THE FAMILY.
10:30 SO WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE GO A LITTLE BIT FORWARD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
10:36 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE CITY BADI.
10:39 THIS IS MILKE SAKOOL AND HIS WIFE.
10:42 OK.
10:43 MILKE HE'S THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE BLUE, THE MAN?
10:48 YES, YES.
10:49 SORRY AND THAT'S HIS WIFE.
10:51 THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED ABOUT A YEAR AND HE'S TASKED WITH ESTABLISHING A CHURCH
10:58 IN THAT TOWN AND HE HAS MADE A GOOD START AT IT.
11:02 THEY'VE RENTED A LITTLE SPACE AND HE STARTED BY TEACHING ENGLISH AFTER
11:08 SCHOOL PROGRAM TO SOME STUDENTS AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE
11:12 STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE A PLOT OF LAND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD THE CHURCH
11:17 ON EVENTUALLY.
11:18 AND ARE THOSE SOME MUSLIM PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH THE SCARVES?
11:22 MOST OF THEM WOULD BE YES.
11:24 THE ONE -THE GIRLS WITH THE HEAD COVERING WOULD BE BUT THESE WERE-WE JUST
11:30 DROPPED IN ON HIM WHEN HE WAS HAVING CLASS AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS.
11:33 I THINK I'VE GOT ANOTHER PICTURE OF MORE OF THE STUDENTS.
11:36 OOPS, THAT'S THE WRONG PICTURE BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.
11:40 BUT HE HAS OH PROBABLY THIRTY OR SO STUDENTS THAT HE HELPS WITH ENGLISH.
11:46 GOOD, WONDERFUL.
11:47 MILKE IS VERY FLUENT IN ENGLISH.
11:49 FROM THERE WE WENT UP TO THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE WHICH IS ABOUT A TWO HOUR
11:55 BOAT RIDE AND WE WENT OUT ON THE RIVER AND IT WAS ROUGH.
12:02 WE GOT UP HERE TO THIS VILLAGE.
12:03 YOU CAN SEE MILKE ON THE LEFT AND MYSELF IN THE BACK AND THIS IS IN FRONT
12:07 OF A SMALL CHURCH THAT'S THERE.
12:10 THEY DON'T HAVE A PASTOR.
12:11 THEY HAVE SORT OF A VOLUNTEER THAT'S HELPING THEM AND THAT WAS ONE OF
12:15 THEIR REQUESTS WHEN I WAS THERE IS THAT IF GOSPEL OUTREACH COULD SEND
12:18 ANOTHER PERSON LIKE MILKE TO COME UP HERE AND HELP THEM WORK IN THAT
12:27 PARTICULAR VILLAGE.
12:28 SO HAD THERE BEEN A PASTOR THERE BEFORE OR HOW DID THESE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT
12:31 BEING CHRISTIANS, ABOUT BEING SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS?
12:33 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT HOW BUT THEY HAVE BEEN.
12:36 THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE A LITTLE WHILE.
12:37 I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT HAS BEEN REBUILT.
12:40 THE OTHER ONE TERMITES GOT TO IT AND - OH, OH.
12:44 THAT'S NORMAL.
12:45 YES.
12:45 IT IS LIVING IN THE TROPICS.
12:46 RIGHT.
12:47 YES.
12:48 IT IS LIVING IN THE TROPICS.
12:49 IF YOU STAND IN ONE PLACE TOO LONG YOU ARE GOING TO GET TERMITES SO BUT THEY
12:52 WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SEND SOMEONE UP THERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN.
12:58 YES, ABSOLUTELY.. YES.
12:59 WELL, KEITH WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS HOW
13:04 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH MEGAVOICE.
13:06 HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THESE SOLAR POWERED PLAYERS THAT REGIONAL
13:09 DIRECTORS USE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION
13:13 ABOUT MEGAVOICE.
13:14 .
13:16 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL A HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE
13:18 IN SAN ANTONIO AND I AM HERE WITH DARREL.
13:21 HELLO DARREL.
13:23 HELLO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN.
13:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US.
13:26 SO DARREL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER.
13:29 WHAT IS IT?
13:30 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
13:31 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER.
13:33 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A
13:36 LOT.
13:37 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED.
13:38 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER
13:43 RESISTANT.
13:44 WOW.
13:45 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
13:46 YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD.
13:49 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES.
13:54 OH, THANK YOU!
13:55 SO THIS, SO THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE
14:01 AND THEN THE HARD LANGUAGE.
14:02 YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES AND THEN YOU
14:06 HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE FORWARD; BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD; AND THE
14:10 PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK.
14:12 SO THEY ARE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH.
14:17 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE
14:22 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN
14:25 THERE'S ALSO A SPEAKER, RIGHT?
14:27 YES, THERE IS A LITTLE SPEAKER ON BOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT
14:32 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM.
14:34 AND THEN OF COURSE, THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40
14:39 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT IS SAFE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
14:43 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE,
14:48 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, BROADCASTING TO
14:53 EVERYONE.
14:55 THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND SO MANY-WE GET TESTIMONIES ON ALMOST
15:02 A WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH
15:06 BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD.
15:09 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH
15:13 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.
15:15 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL.
15:17 ABSOLUTELY.
15:18 THEY'RE A STORY CULTURE.
15:19 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN FIELD.
15:22 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT MEGAVOICE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:25 THANK YOU.
15:26 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.
15:43 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
15:50 THIS IS IN NEPALESE.
15:52 WE DOWNLOAD THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:56 GARY FULLER DOES THAT AND THEN THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS TAKE THEM OUT.
15:59 THESE CAN HOLD HOURS AND HOURS OF BIBLE STORIES, OF SONGS, OF PEOPLE READING
16:04 THE BIBLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE
16:09 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH-THE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS.
16:11 THEY ARE BEING USED AND APPRECIATED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW.
16:15 SO I'M HERE VISITING WITH KEITH HEINRICH.
16:17 HI KEITH, AGAIN AND WE HAVE BEEN ON A TRIP TO INDONESIA AND WE'VE BEEN
16:21 FLYING WHICH IS ONE OF MY LOVES SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ON A FLIGHT AND
16:25 YOU ARE SHARING, I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET, SO THIS IS GOOD.
16:27 SO YOU'VE SHARED WITH US ABOUT ONE OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN PAPUA,
16:31 RIGHT, AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE.
16:33 OK, WELL I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER TRIP - ANOTHER PART OF THE TRIP, REALLY.
16:39 THIS IS A VILLAGE IN PAPUA IT IS UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND AND THIS IS
16:41 A VILLAGE WHERE THE TREE PEOPLE LIVE.
16:50 THE TREE PEOPLE?
16:52 THE TREE PEOPLE.
16:53 YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
16:55 WELL, HISTORICALLY THESE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED UP IN TREES-NOT ON THE GROUND
17:01 BUT THEY'VE BUILT THEIR HOUSES UP IN THE TREES AND I MET A GENTLEMAN THERE
17:07 WHO CAME WITH US WHEN WE FLEW OVER HIS VILLAGE AND HE SAYS, "OUR PEOPLE," HE
17:13 SAYS, "MY PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANYTHING."
17:17 "THEY ARE UNEDUCATED, THEY'RE ILLITERATE.
17:19 THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT GOD, ANYTHING".
17:22 AND HE SAYS, "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE COME TO MY VILLAGE AND START A SCHOOL
17:30 AND A CHURCH AND TEACH THEM."
17:32 GOD BLESS HIM.
17:33 YES.
17:34 HE IS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
17:35 HE ACTUALLY HAS A DOCTORATE IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
17:37 HE HAS A DOCTORATE IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND HE LIVES IN TRESS AND HE COMES FROM
17:40 THAT PLACE WE JUST SAW AND HE SAYS, "COME THESE ARE ALL MY RELATIVES."
17:47 WELL BLESS HIS HEART.
17:48 NOW THE ONLY REASON HE GOT TO KNOW ADVENTISTS-HIS WIFE IS AN ADVENTIST AND
17:54 HE IS NOT HIMSELF, IS NOT AN ADVENTIST BUT HE SAYS, "HEY, COME.
17:58 COME AND SEE."
17:58 SURE.
17:59 SO I WANT TO KNOW WHY DO THEY LIVE IN TREES?
18:01 ARE THEY BECAUSE OF THE SNAKES OR RODENTS OR SOMETHING OR IT'S JUST
18:05 WHAT THEY'VE DONE?
18:06 JUST WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
18:07 OK.
18:08 WHY DO YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE?
18:08 WHY DO I LIVE IN A HOUSE?
18:09 YES.
18:10 WHY DON'T I LIVE IN A WAGON.
18:11 YES, I JUST WONDERED BECAUSE A LOT OF PLACES THAT YOU SEE IN ASIA THE
18:16 HOUSES ARE UP ON STILTS, YES THEY ARE UP ON STILTS AND I'VE EVEN SEEN THEM IN
18:20 INDONESIA, RIGHT.
18:21 IT IS QUITE COMMON.
18:22 OK YES BUT THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE 3500 PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO CHRISTIAN
18:26 PRESENCE.
18:27 NOBODY HAS EVER COME THERE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT JESUS.
18:31 NOBODY AND THEY ARE ASKING.
18:33 YES.
18:35 SO KEITH THE BIG QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THIS MAN TO ANSWER HIS
18:37 QUESTION?
18:38 I'M HOPING SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY, "HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A
18:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO GO TO THAT VILLAGE AND START THE WORK UP THERE/".
18:48 YES.
18:48 ABSOLUTELY.
18:49 SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
18:50 YES, SO 3500 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE TREES, OK SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL
18:53 VISIT THIS PLACE AND BRING MORE PICTURES.
18:55 IT IS ONLY A TWO DAY HIKE IN SO, TWO DAY HIKE, SO YOU AND I COULD GO
18:58 TOGETHER?
18:59 OK.
19:00 ALRIGHT.
19:00 MAYBE WE SHOULD PARACHUTE IN.
19:02 GETTING OUT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
19:04 OK.
19:06 SO NOW THIS IS WHERE OUR OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES IN TINALABI
19:11 AND THIS IS INSIDE THE CHURCH THAT BOB ROBERTS STARTED AND BUILT.
19:17 THIS WAS HIS LAST PROJECT AND THESE ARE CHURCH MEMBERS THERE IN THE
19:22 VILLAGE AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES IN THAT VILLAGE AND HE GOES
19:29 OUT TO THERE'S, I THINK ABOUT TEN OR TWELVE VILLAGES AROUND THERE AND
19:35 MINISTERS TO THEM.
19:36 THEY HAVE SORT OF AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE IT IS VERY MOUNTAINOUS,
19:40 VERY STEEP.
19:40 OK.
19:42 HE SAYS THEY SAY IT IS CLOSE FOR THE EYES BUT FAR FOR THE FEET.
19:46 OH I LIKE THAT.
19:47 THAT'S GOOD.
19:48 AND IT IS TRUE BECAUSE I COULD SEE A VILLAGE ACROSS AND I SAID TO THE ONE OF
19:52 THE PEOPLE, "I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THERE."
19:54 OH YOU CAN.
19:54 WELL I SAID, "HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?"
19:56 IT WILL TAKE AN HOUR TO GO AND AN HOUR TO COME BACK AND YET I COULD SEE PEOPLE
20:04 WALKING AROUND IN THE VILLAGE BUT TO GET THERE YOU HAD TO GO WAY DOWN,
20:07 CROSS A RIVER, COME BACK UP.
20:09 THAT'S LIKE OUR RELATIVES WHO COME FROM EUROPE AND THEN THEY SAY OH WELL,
20:13 WE'D LIKE TO BE IN SEATTLE THENTHE NEXT DAY BE IN L.A.
20:16 AND IT'S LIKE NO, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE A BIT LONGER THAN THAT.
20:19 RIGHT SO THEY TREATED REALLY NICE.
20:23 HERE'S A YOUNG FELLOW.
20:25 THIS GUY ISA 1000 MISSIONARY WORKER WHO WORKS, THE ONE ON THE
20:30 LEFT?
20:31 YES, THE ONE ON THE LEFT.
20:32 HE IS FROM SUMATRA AND HE'S THERE FOR A YEAR TO-THERE IS TWO ACTUALLY,
20:34 TWO 1000 MISSIONARY YOUNG MEN THERE FOR A YEAR TO HELP ROY AND WORKING WITH
20:35 THE CHURCH, WORKING WITH OUTREACH, GOING OUT AND DOING BRANCH SABBATH
20:37 SCHOOLS AND THAT.
20:39 SO THESE ARE LOCAL INDONESIANS WHO HAVE, OH YES, BECOME AND YOU CALL
20:41 IT THE 1000 MISSIONARY.
20:43 ONE THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT.
20:46 OK.
20:48 THAT'S THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN GOOGLE THEM AND GO ON
20:56 LINE.WOW.
20:56 IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
21:00 IT IS ALL LOCAL PEOPLE.
21:03 THEY DEDICATE TWO A YEAR OF THEIR LIFE OR TWO YEARS OF THEIR LIFE.
21:06 THEY GO TO TWO BY TWO AND THEY GO OUT AND START NEW WORK, EXACTLY WHAT GOSPEL
21:13 OUTREACH IS DOING ONLY JUST A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
21:15 YES, WONDERFUL.OK.
21:17 BUT THEY TREATED US REALLY GOOD THERE.
21:18 THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE US A MEAL.
21:20 THIS WOULD BE THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THE VILLAGE HUTS THERE.
21:25 SO THIS IS THE KITCHEN.
21:27 YES.
21:27 DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE A KITCHEN?
21:28 IT LOOKS- YES.
21:29 I'M VERY CURIOUS WHAT'S INSIDE.
21:31 NOW I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU?
21:33 WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT WHAT'S INSIDE OF THAT?
21:35 WELL, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW THAT'S WHY I ASKED.
21:38 OH, YOU WOULD?
21:39 YOU WOULD TOO.
21:39 IT IS GOOD.
21:40 LET'S SEE I THINK I'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE HERE YET, YES.
21:43 OH HERE IS THE POTATOES BEING COOKED.
21:44 YUM.
21:45 YES.
21:45 SWEET POTATOES.
21:47 SWEET POTATOES.
21:48 YES, NOW THEY BROUGHT ABOUT 250 POUNDS OF SWEET POTATOES, WOW, AND THEY
21:53 SAID "OH, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU TO EAT" AND THIS WAS LIKE TWO
21:56 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON I THINK.
21:57 OK WELL LET'S MAYBE FIFTEEN MINUTES SO WE WALK OVER TO THE HOUSE AND THEY
22:01 SAY, "WE'VE GOT TO COOK THE POTATOES FIRST," SO THEY HAD TO MAKE A BIG
22:05 FIRE AND OH AND COOK THEM AND THERE IS A FIRE GOING ON AND IT IS POURING DOWN
22:10 RAIN BUT THE POTATOES GOT COOKED AND WERE VERY TASTY ACTUALLY.
22:16 SWEET POTATOES IN ASIA ARE WONDERFUL.
22:18 YES, THEY WEREN'T REALLY SWEET.
22:19 THEY ARE MORE LIKE YAMS.
22:20 NOT SWEET LIKE YOU WOULD THINK OF THANKSGIVING SWEET POTATOES WITH A
22:24 LITTLE BIT OF BROWN SUGAR AND SOME MARSHMALLOWS ON TOP BUT THEY WERE GOOD.
22:29 AND I ENJOYED IT AND THERE IS YOUR MEAL.
22:33 OK SO YOU HAD RICE, YOU GOT TO HAVE RICE, OH YES.
22:37 WE'VE GOT SOME GREENS WHICH WAS- YOU PUT ON TOP OF THE RICE.
22:41 THEN YOU HAVE SOME POACHED EGGS THERE OR ALMOST POACHED.
22:46 THEY ARE DONE IN A WOK.
22:47 SO WHEN YOU DO THEM IN A WOK IT SORT OF GET THEM LIKE THAT AND THEN TO THE
22:52 RIGHT THERE YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE IT ARE THE SWEET POTATOES.
22:55 AND I THINK I HAD A COUPLE OF THEM.
22:57 THEY WERE GOOD.
22:58 WONDERFUL.
22:59 AND THE HOSPITALITY, THE HOSPITALITY THEY WANTED TO FEED YOU.
23:02 ABSOLUTELY.
23:03 IT IS JUST LIKE HERE.
23:05 IF I COME TO YOUR HOUSE, FIRST THING YOU ARE GOING TO SAY IS, "ARE YOU
23:08 HUNGRY?"
23:09 ARE YOU HUNGRY, DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO DRINK?
23:11 YES.
23:12 THEY DO THE SAME.
23:13 ABSOLUTELY.
23:14 AND PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE MUCH OF THIS WORLD'S
23:19 GOODS THEY ARE WILLING TO SHARE AND ROY IN THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE IN
23:26 TINALABI IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
23:30 HE IS USUALLY OUT EVERY SABBATH IN A DIFFERENT VILLAGE AROUND THERE.
23:35 HE GOES OUT ON FRIDAY, SPENDS ALL DAY SABBATH AND THEN ON SUNDAY HIKES HOME.
23:41 SO ONE DAY HIKE OUT.
23:43 ONE DAY TO SPEND SABBATH.
23:45 ONE DAY TO HIKE BACK.
23:46 TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE HUGE.
23:48 YES, AND THAT'S WHY THE PLANE IS SO VALUABLE.
23:51 YES.
23:52 TO GET THERE SO MUCH FASTER.
23:53 YES, AND THEN THE MISSION CAN SEND STUFF UP.
23:57 THEY CAN SEND SOME RICE UP AND THE TWO GUYS FROM SUMATRA THAT ARE 1000
24:02 MISSIONARY WE BROUGHT THEM A BAG OF ABOUT 25 POUNDS OF RICE AND AS SOON AS WE
24:09 BROUGHT THAT OUT OF THE PLANE, THEY STARTED GRINNING AND THEY SAID
24:13 THEY'D BEEN OUT OF RICE.
24:14 SO THEY WERE DOWN TO SWEET POTATOES AND VEGETABLES.
24:18 SO THEY WERE THRILLED TO SEE YOU GUYS FOR MANY REASONS.
24:21 THEY WERE.
24:21 THEY WERE.
24:22 SO KEITH, WHAT ARE SOME YOUR NEEDS.
24:24 I'M HEARING THAT YOU HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE.
24:28 RIGHT.
24:29 AND I'M HEARING SOME TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
24:32 YES.
24:33 AND SO TELL US WHAT YOU-THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF
24:37 PRETTY MUCH BY THE AVIATION PROGRAM.
24:39 BUT THEY NEED MONEY FOR FUEL.
24:40 YES, BUT THEY NEED SOME MONEY BUT THEY ARE SORT OF SELF SUPPORTING.
24:45 THE BIGGEST NEED IS FOR PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE
24:51 WILLING AND FOR A SMALL STIPEND EACH MONTH THEY ARE HAPPY TO GO AND WORK
24:56 AND PROGRESS.
24:58 DARRIN BOYD THE CHURCH PLANTING COORDINATOR FOR THE MISSION SAID TO ME
25:04 JUST BEFORE I LEFT HE SAID, "KEITH IF WE COULD GET ANYTHING WE WOULD LIKE
25:09 TO GET ANOTHER TWO BUDGETS THAT WE COULD ASSIGN ONE TO THE TREE PEOPLE TRIBE
25:18 AND THEN ONE INTO THIS OTHER VILLAGE WHERE WE HAVE A CHURCH BUT NO
25:25 RESIDENT PASTOR AND HE CAN WORK THAT WHOLE AREA."
25:28 SO YOU ARE MEANING TWO MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, RIGHT, OK.
25:30 TWO ADDITIONAL WORKERS.
25:31 SO WHAT IS THE RATE THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE PAID.
25:35 AH, WE'RE PAYING THEM IN RUPEES SOMEWHERE AROUND 2 MILLION.
25:40 SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, DOESN'T IT?
25:42 SOUNDS GREAT.
25:43 YES, IT DOES BUT IN U.S.
25:44 DOLLARS THAT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS.
25:45 $200.
25:46 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THAT COULD SUPPORT PER MONTH A GOSPEL OUTREACH
25:51 WORKER TO THE TREE PEOPLE, RIGHT.
25:53 SO THAT THIS DEAR MAN WHO IS EDUCATED HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIS FAMILY.
25:57 RIGHT, RIGHT.
25:58 HE WANTS TO SEE THEM LEARN WHAT HE HAS LEARNED BY GOING TO UNIVERSITY.
26:01 YES, WELL AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
26:04 OH I LET ME JUST ASK THE VIEWERS TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
26:09 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO THE TREE PEOPLE
26:13 IN INDONESIA, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE
26:17 DO THESE REPORTS, KEITH IS TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR NEEDS AND I WOULD
26:21 ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS: GOAIM.ORG OR GIVE US A
26:25 PHONE CALL AT 509-525-2951.
26:27 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.
26:30 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
26:32 WE NEED THEM, YES.
26:34 WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GREETINGS TO THE ROBERTS AS YOU GO BACK AND
26:41 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU IN YOUR WORK.
26:42 THANK YOU.
26:43 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
26:43 THANK YOU.
26:44 KEEP EATING SWEET POTATOES IN INDONESIA.
26:45 AH, YES.
26:46 I MISS THEM.
26:47 YES.
26:48 WELL AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
26:51 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
26:53 PLEASE DO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE IN PAPUA AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
26:57 SUPPORT.
26:58 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE
27:00 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.


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