[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:03.33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:03.37\00:00:08.44 OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 00:00:16.85\00:00:20.18 IT'S OUR GOAL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO INCLUDE YOU AND 00:00:20.22\00:00:23.52 THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE INTERVIEWS AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE 00:00:23.55\00:00:27.16 YOU TO TODAY. 00:00:27.19\00:00:27.86 AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU A MAP. 00:00:27.89\00:00:29.69 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WHICH IS OUR AREA OF EMPHASIS HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:29.72\00:00:34.20 OUTREACH WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST COUNTRY HERE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:00:34.23\00:00:39.57 AND IT IS THE COUNTRY OF CHINA. 00:00:39.60\00:00:41.67 AND SO COME ALONG WITH US AND BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, I WANT 00:00:41.70\00:00:46.04 TO READ A SCRIPTURE FOR YOU. 00:00:46.07\00:00:47.51 THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND HER NAME WAS 00:00:47.54\00:00:50.11 PAULINE BARNETT AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING PIONEERS WORK IN CHINA AND SHE WENT THERE 00:00:50.15\00:00:55.45 INI 1940 AND IN HER BIBLE JEREMIAH 1:9 WAS THERE AND IT 00:00:55.48\00:01:02.36 SAYS IN HERE IN JEREMIAH 1:8 "AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE FOR I WILL BE WITH YOU 00:01:02.39\00:01:06.90 AND WILL PROTECT YOU. 00:01:06.93\00:01:07.66 I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN." 00:01:07.66\00:01:09.56 AND THAT IS SO TRUE, ISN'T IT? 00:01:09.60\00:01:11.23 GOD SENDS US DOESN'T HE? 00:01:11.27\00:01:12.60 AUDREY FOLKENBERG? 00:01:12.63\00:01:13.67 YES, HE SURE DOES. 00:01:13.70\00:01:14.67 HE SURE DOES. 00:01:14.70\00:01:16.17 AUDREY FOLKENBERG YOU ARE THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR CHINESE 00:01:16.20\00:01:19.47 UNION MISSION AND WELCOME. 00:01:19.51\00:01:20.31 THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK JULIE. 00:01:20.34\00:01:22.24 IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. 00:01:22.28\00:01:23.68 AND AUDREY, YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOME YOUNG MEN WITH YOU. 00:01:23.71\00:01:26.98 YES. 00:01:27.02\00:01:28.45 USUALLY IT IS JUST YOU AND ME OR YOU AND ME AND BOB AND WE'VE 00:01:28.48\00:01:30.39 GONE A YOUNGER MORE VIBRANT PORTION OF OUR POPULATION HERE TODAY AND THAT'S THESE TWO 00:01:30.42\00:01:32.39 GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE BEEN STUDENTS AT WALLA WALLA AND IT JUST SO 00:01:32.42\00:01:34.39 HAPPENS THAT WITH MY JOB OF TELLING THE STORY I SOMETIMES 00:01:34.42\00:01:35.89 NEED A LITTLE HELP AND IT WORKED OUT FOR MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN TO JOIN US OVER AT THE UNION 00:01:35.92\00:01:37.73 OFFICE JUST FOR PART OF THEIR GROWING EXPERIENCE. 00:01:37.76\00:01:39.06 THEY CAME OVER FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 00:01:39.09\00:01:40.40 AND MICHAEL IS MY NEPHEW, OK, GOOD. 00:01:40.43\00:01:41.70 CAN'T YOU TELL? 00:01:41.73\00:01:43.16 AND CHRISTIAN IS A FAMILY FRIEND FOR SOMETIME SO IT WAS GREAT TO 00:01:43.20\00:01:44.23 HAVE THEM OVER WITH US AT THE CHINESE UNION FOR SIX MONTHS. 00:01:44.27\00:01:45.70 AWESOME. 00:01:45.73\00:01:47.07 SO WHAT-GENTLEMEN WHAT WERE YOUR ROLES AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING 00:01:47.10\00:01:48.57 THERE? WELL, WE BOTH WORKED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND SO THAT MEANT THAT WE 00:01:48.60\00:01:50.37 WERE PRETTY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TELL THE STORY OF THE 00:01:50.41\00:01:51.84 GOSPEL WORK IN CHINA AND AS PART OF THAT ROLE WE GOT TO READ AND 00:01:51.87\00:01:53.74 EDIT SOME REPORTS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAMS WORKING IN CHINA AND JUST DO OUR BEST 00:01:53.78\00:01:55.71 TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON THERE. 00:01:55.74\00:01:56.98 THAT'S AWESOME AND CHRISTIAN, AUDREY MENTIONED THAT BOTH OF 00:01:57.01\00:01:58.35 YOU ARE STUDENTS AT WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY AND WHAT ARE YOU BOTH 00:01:58.38\00:02:00.48 TAKING? WE ARE BOTH STUDYING ENGINEERING, ACTUALLY. 00:02:00.52\00:02:03.65 I'M STUDYING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND I THINK MICHAEL 00:02:03.69\00:02:06.89 IS STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. 00:02:06.92\00:02:09.46 OK. 00:02:09.49\00:02:11.03 AWESOME. 00:02:11.06\00:02:12.36 SO AUDREY WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THESE YOUNG 00:02:12.39\00:02:16.77 MEN? IT WAS FUN. 00:02:54.07\00:02:54.97 IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 00:02:55.00\00:02:56.34 YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU, THESE GUYS ARE SHARP NOT ONLY DID THEY DO 00:02:56.37\00:03:00.28 SOME EDITING WITH REPORTS BUT THEY HELPED ME SETUP A DONOR 00:03:00.31\00:03:05.58 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THEY GOT INVOLVED IN THE MEDIA DEPARTMENT 00:03:05.61\00:03:08.22 WITH SOME FILMING. THEY WENT INTO CHINA SEVERAL TIMES. 00:03:08.25\00:03:10.39 AWESOME. 00:03:10.42\00:03:11.82 YES, AND YOU'VE GOT TO TELL THE AUDIENCE HERE ABOUT WHAT YOU 00:03:11.85\00:03:16.76 ENJOYED THE MOST. 00:03:16.79\00:03:17.96 YOU KNOW IT JUST TAPPED INTO YOUR EXPERTISE-REMEMBER WHEN 00:03:17.99\00:03:19.46 YOU WENT UP INTO NORTHERN CHINA AND THEY ASKED YOU TO DO A 00:03:19.49\00:03:25.23 SEMINAR ON-OH MY! YES, PLEASE. 00:03:25.27\00:03:26.53 WELL, WE WERE INVITED TO GO SPEAK AT THIS CONVENTION IN 00:03:26.57\00:03:31.61 NORTHERN CHINA. 00:03:31.64\00:03:33.07 IT WAS A CONVENTION FOR INTERNATIONAL ADVENTISTS -INTERNATIONAL ADVENTISTS 00:03:33.11\00:03:36.08 PRIMARILY THAT ARE IN CHINA STUDYING AND SO YOU KNOW, WE 00:03:36.11\00:03:42.15 DECIDED WE'D ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO GO SPEAK AT THIS CONVENTION AND WE'RE 00:03:42.18\00:03:45.09 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEAK ON AND THEN 00:03:45.12\00:03:48.29 THEY GAVE US TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WE COULD CHOOSE 00:03:48.32\00:03:50.13 FROM. WE ENDED UP CHOOSING THE TOPIC "COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE". 00:03:50.16\00:03:55.33 COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE -AND ARE EITHER OF YOU MARRIED. 00:03:55.36\00:03:58.60 NO, NO. 00:03:58.63\00:03:59.27 OH GREAT! 00:03:59.30\00:04:00.44 NOW YOU HAVE TO ASK IF THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF DATING? 00:04:00.47\00:04:02.60 YES, SO WERE YOU EXPERTS IN THIS AREA? 00:04:02.64\00:04:04.94 NOT PARTICULARLY. 00:04:04.97\00:04:05.67 NOT IN THE LEAST. 00:04:05.71\00:04:06.51 IT KIND OF A-OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE. 00:04:06.54\00:04:08.48 YES, VERY MUCH SO. 00:04:08.51\00:04:10.81 SO HOW DID IT GO? 00:04:10.85\00:04:13.78 PEOPLE SAID IT WAS GOOD. 00:04:13.82\00:04:15.25 I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE AN EXPERT ON THE TOPIC BUT I THINK GOD WAS 00:04:15.28\00:04:21.12 ABLE TO GIVE US SOME GOOD IDEAS TO SHARE. 00:04:21.16\00:04:22.36 WELL THAT'S AWESOME. 00:04:22.39\00:04:23.32 SO ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE? 00:04:23.36\00:04:24.66 THERE WAS ABOUT 250 PEOPLE. 00:04:24.69\00:04:26.56 WOW! 00:04:26.59\00:04:27.96 SO IT WAS QUITE NERVE WRACKING BUT FORTUNATELY THE AUDIENCE WAS 00:04:28.00\00:04:32.47 VERY KIND AND WELCOMING AND IT WASN'T AS BAD AS IT COULD HAVE 00:04:32.50\00:04:36.54 BEEN. WELL, THE AUDIENCE WAS ABOUT -STUDENTS-MOST OF THOSE 00:04:36.57\00:04:40.84 KIDS WERE FROM AFRICA THAT ARE IN CHINA STUDYING. 00:04:40.88\00:04:43.31 SO IT WAS -IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME FOR YOU ALL TO 00:04:43.35\00:04:49.22 DO THIS AND THEY AGREED TO IT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TIME THERE BECAUSE IT SHOWED ME 00:04:49.25\00:04:53.05 AND IT SHOWED BOB THAT THESE GUYS WERE FLEXIBLE. 00:04:53.09\00:04:55.76 THEY WERE ADVENTUROUS. 00:04:55.79\00:04:57.59 THEY WERE UP FOR ANYTHING. 00:04:57.63\00:04:58.99 WILLING TO TRY. 00:04:59.03\00:05:00.43 YES, SO HAVING THEM THERE AND BEING WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON 00:05:00.46\00:05:03.43 AND THEN AFTERWARDS YOU DID SOME TRAVELING ON YOUR OWN IN CHINA SO JUST KNOWING THAT 00:05:03.47\00:05:07.54 THESE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WERE THERE AND WILLING TO BE 00:05:07.57\00:05:10.31 ADVENTUROUS AND FLEXIBLE FOR GOD'S KINGDOM JUST TIES INTO ALL THE FUN THAT WE HAD. 00:05:10.34\00:05:14.74 WELL AND AUDREY, GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN UPDATED STATISTIC ON 00:05:14.78\00:05:19.35 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT- AT LEAST, AT THIS POINT, THAT WE 00:05:19.38\00:05:23.05 KNOW ARE IN CHINA. WELL THERE ARE 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA, 00:05:23.08\00:05:26.09 1.4 BILLION RIGHT? THANK YOU 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA AND CHINA HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST 00:05:26.12\00:05:28.09 UNREACHED IDENTIFIED REGION OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE YET TO HEAR 00:05:28.12\00:05:33.43 JESUS SO THE WORK IS HUGE. 00:05:33.46\00:05:34.23 WE HAVE OVER 400,000 MEMBERS IN CHINA. 00:05:34.30\00:05:35.33 OVER 4000 CHURCHES AND THOSE SOUND LIKE BIG NUMBERS. 00:05:35.36\00:05:36.70 IN FACT, YES THEY DO, THE LARGEST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 00:05:36.73\00:05:38.73 CHURCH IS IN CHINA IN NORTHEAST CHINA BUT THE WORK IS STILL -WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS 00:05:38.77\00:05:40.74 HUGE. 00:05:40.77\00:05:42.00 IN FACT, WE HAVE PROVINCES WHERE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW ADVENTISTS. 00:05:42.04\00:05:46.51 WE HAVE PROVINCES WHERE WE HAVE NO ADVENTISTS AT ALL. 00:05:57.19\00:06:01.66 WE HAVE A CITY CHONGQING. 00:06:01.69\00:06:03.06 WE'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IN OUR PROGRAM OF OVER 30 MILLION 00:06:03.09\00:06:08.10 PEOPLE AND THE ONLY STATE THAT HAS MORE PEOPLE IN IT THAN THAT ONE CITY IS THE STATE 00:06:10.47\00:06:15.60 OF CALIFORNIA. 00:06:15.64\00:06:17.01 SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA, YES, OF THE MASSES YOU KNOW AND 00:06:17.04\00:06:21.14 I THINK MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN AS THEY TRAVELED IN CHINA PROBABLY 00:06:21.18\00:06:24.98 FELT THAT THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHAT DOYOU 00:06:25.01\00:06:28.38 THINK? YES, DID YOU FEEL THAT WAY? 00:06:28.42\00:06:29.52 IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCALE OF SIZE. 00:06:29.55\00:06:32.49 I MEAN, THE U.S. 00:06:32.52\00:06:33.96 IS A BIG COUNTRY AND WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE FROM EUROPE FOR 00:06:33.99\00:06:38.09 EXAMPLE, THEY THINK EVERYTHING IN AMERICA IS BIG BUT CHINA IS KIND OF LIKE TAKING 00:06:38.13\00:06:41.26 THAT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR AVERAGE CITY 00:06:41.30\00:06:46.50 IS YOU KNOW, 6,7,8 MILLION PEOPLE AND THAT'S MASSIVE. 00:06:46.53\00:06:49.17 THAT'S LIKE THE SIZE OF NEW YORK CITY SO IT'S-AND YOU REALLY 00:06:49.20\00:06:51.17 ESPECIALLY FEEL IT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ESPECIALLY DURING 00:06:51.21\00:06:52.61 THE RUSH HOUR. YOU GET ON A SUBWAY WITH YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND 00:06:52.64\00:06:55.38 YOU ARE JUST CRAMMED IN THERE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, YES, BUT 00:06:55.41\00:06:58.65 THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 00:06:58.68\00:07:02.38 ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 00:07:02.42\00:07:03.52 ALWAYS. 00:07:03.55\00:07:04.95 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE-WAS THIS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE TO ASIA, 00:07:04.99\00:07:09.29 CHRISTIAN AND MICHAEL? 00:07:09.32\00:07:10.29 FOR ME IT WAS MY FIRST TIME EATING CHINESE FOOD. 00:07:10.33\00:07:14.30 MY FIRST TIME EATING WITH CHOPSTICKS, YES, IT WAS -YES, IT 00:07:14.30\00:07:19.97 WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. 00:07:20.00\00:07:21.37 I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT BECAUSE I'D NEVER 00:07:21.40\00:07:22.84 BEEN TO ASIA BEFORE AND YOU KNOW HADN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED THE CULTURE AT ALL SO IT 00:07:22.87\00:07:26.27 WAS A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE. 00:07:26.31\00:07:27.24 YES. 00:07:27.28\00:07:27.84 HOW ABOUT FOR YOU MICHAEL? 00:07:27.88\00:07:29.31 I'D BEEN TO ASIA A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE BUT AS A VERY YOUNG 00:07:29.34\00:07:33.35 CHILD SO THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO REALLY TAKE IT IN, IN ITS 00:07:33.38\00:07:36.89 FULL GLORY. YES. 00:07:36.92\00:07:37.59 I REALLY ENJOYED IT. 00:07:37.62\00:07:38.42 ARE YOU GLAD YOU WENT? 00:07:38.45\00:07:39.25 OH YES. 00:07:39.29\00:07:39.92 THAT'S AWESOME. 00:07:39.95\00:07:41.39 SO AUDREY, HOW ABOUT FOR YOU HAVING YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE 00:07:41.42\00:07:44.53 NEAT THING ABOUT HAVING BOTH OF THEM WITH YOU? 00:07:44.56\00:07:45.99 WELL, I THINK THE NEAT THING WAS FOR ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 00:07:46.03\00:07:49.90 WAS HOW GOD BROUGHT THIS TOGETHER AND WE HAPPENED TO BE IN FLORIDA TOGETHER AND IT 00:07:49.93\00:07:54.60 WAS THE LAST CHRISTMAS, NOT THIS PAST CHRISTMAS BUT THE CHRISTMAS 00:07:54.64\00:07:59.34 BEFORE AND WE WERE JUST CHATTING AND KATHY, MICHAEL'S DAD-MICHAEL'S MOM SAID 00:07:59.37\00:08:04.48 SOMETHING ABOUT THAT MICHAEL WAS LOOKING TO HAVE AN OVERSEAS 00:08:06.75\00:08:11.75 EXPERIENCE SOMEWHERE AND I MENTIONED TO MICHAEL -WHAT ABOUT 00:08:11.79\00:08:15.79 CHINA? AND I'VE KNOWN MICHAEL FOR A LONG TIME AND I DIDN'T 00:08:15.82\00:08:19.33 THINK HE'D BE THAT POSITIVE BUT HE SAID, "HEY, I LIKE THAT. 00:08:19.36\00:08:22.36 TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT." 00:08:22.40\00:08:23.90 AND MOST PEOPLE THAT LEAVE WALLA WALLA FOR A YEAR TO GO OVERSEAS 00:08:23.93\00:08:28.14 AND STUDY THEY GO TO WHAT TYPE OF PLACES? 00:08:28.17\00:08:30.27 A LOT GO TO THE ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS. 00:08:30.31\00:08:32.67 THEY MIGHT GO TO SPAIN AND LEARN SPANISH OR TO ARGENTINA, TO 00:08:32.71\00:08:38.01 AUSTRIA TO LEARN GERMAN-LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES BUT NOT MANY GO 00:08:38.05\00:08:41.55 TO CHINA. NO AND THEY DON'T, THEY BASICALLY JOINED OUR OFFICE 00:08:41.58\00:08:45.85 TEAM. THEY CAME IN EVERYDAY AT 8 IN THE MORNING. 00:08:45.89\00:08:48.52 THEY DIDN'T LEAVE TILL 5:30. 00:08:48.56\00:08:49.92 THEY WERE INVOLVED IN EDITING REPORTS AND SETTING UP A DONOR 00:08:49.96\00:08:54.00 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PERFECT. 00:08:54.00\00:08:55.80 THEY WERE INVOLVED IN TRAVEL. 00:08:55.83\00:08:58.37 THEY WERE INVOLVED IN LEADING OUT IN WORSHIPS IN THE OFFICE. 00:08:58.40\00:09:01.24 GOOD. 00:09:01.27\00:09:02.77 I MEAN THEY WERE JUST PART OF OUR CORE TEAM AND SO I DID NOT 00:09:02.80\00:09:05.91 KNOW IF THEY WERE INTO COMING TO A CITY AND WORKING OFFICE HOURS AND THAT TYPE OF THING BUT 00:09:05.94\00:09:10.75 MICHAEL SAID, "YES, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY LOOKING 00:09:10.78\00:09:15.28 FORWARD TO." AND SO THAT'S HOW IT ALL STARTED AND THEN LATER ON MICHAEL SAYS, "WHAT ABOUT 00:09:15.32\00:09:20.36 ME INVITING A FRIEND?" 00:09:20.39\00:09:22.46 YES, GOOD IDEA, GOOD IDEA. 00:09:22.49\00:09:24.96 AND IT WAS ALSO AN INDICATOR THAT THE UNION WHERE I WORK WAS 00:09:24.99\00:09:30.70 WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS BECAUSE THEY AGREED TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE FINE YOUNG MEN 00:09:30.73\00:09:35.37 COME OVER AND SERVE. 00:09:35.40\00:09:36.81 AND BASICALLY BECAUSE THE UNION KNOWS THAT AS WE TELL THE STORY 00:09:36.84\00:09:42.08 OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHINA MORE AND MORE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 00:09:42.11\00:09:46.28 CHINA, CAN PRAY FOR CHINA AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE A PART CAN 00:09:46.31\00:09:50.79 MAKE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR FOCUS WAS TELLING THE STORY TO 00:09:50.82\00:09:55.12 PUT CHINA ON THE HEARTS AND THE MINDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 00:09:55.16\00:09:59.39 AND MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN DID A GREAT JOB HELPING ME DO THAT. 00:09:59.43\00:10:02.16 THAT'S AWESOME AND TOO, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE 00:10:02.20\00:10:05.23 NEXT GENERATION. 00:10:05.27\00:10:06.60 AS I MENTIONED, THE PIONEERS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE AND AUDREY YOU 00:10:06.63\00:10:09.77 ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF ALL OF THOSE BUT IT IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF WHERE ARE 00:10:09.80\00:10:14.04 YOU GOING TO SERVE AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON 00:10:14.08\00:10:18.61 CHINA SO HAVING EXPERIENCED IT I BET BOTH OF YOU HAVE A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR A COUNTRY 00:10:18.65\00:10:23.08 YOU PROBABLY HEARD A LOT ABOUT. 00:10:23.12\00:10:24.15 DEFINITELY. 00:10:24.19\00:10:25.92 SO WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE TO COME BACK? 00:10:25.95\00:10:29.29 THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE WHOLE 00:10:29.32\00:10:31.59 EXPERIENCE TO BE HONEST. 00:10:31.63\00:10:33.03 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM SCHOOL FOR AS LONG AS WE WERE 00:10:33.06\00:10:37.30 GOING BACK AND DOING HOMEWORK AGAIN IS KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW. 00:10:37.33\00:10:39.77 IT IS HARD TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS. 00:10:39.80\00:10:42.20 AND YOU KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF CULTURE SHOCK COMING BACK TO 00:10:42.24\00:10:45.87 YOUR OWN CULTURE. 00:10:45.91\00:10:47.31 OVER IN CHINA, OBVIOUSLY, THE CULTURE IS VERY DIFFERENT AND 00:10:47.34\00:10:50.91 THEN YOU GET USED TO THAT, ACCUSTOMED TO THAT BUT THEN YOU COME BACK AND IT REALLY REVEALS 00:10:50.95\00:10:55.28 THE THINGS OR MAYBE THE CONS OF, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN CULTURE THAT 00:10:55.32\00:11:00.79 MAYBE WE DON'T SEE WHEN WE'RE LIVING, YOU KNOW, IN THE UNITED 00:11:00.82\00:11:04.06 STATES. SO IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF AN ADJUSTMENT COMING BACK BUT 00:11:04.09\00:11:07.50 IT'S BEEN AN EYEOPENING EXPERIENCE, FOR SURE. 00:11:07.56\00:11:08.83 WELL THAT'S AWESOME. 00:11:08.86\00:11:09.40 WELL HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? 00:11:09.43\00:11:11.50 I'VE SHARED SOME SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES WITH JUST KIND OF 00:11:11.53\00:11:15.90 REGAINING MY ACADEMIC MOMENTUM BUT OTHER THAN THAT-SO BASICALLY, YOU ARE SAYING 00:11:15.94\00:11:20.81 YOU MISS YOUR BOSS AUDREY? 00:11:20.84\00:11:22.01 ABSOLUTELY. 00:11:22.04\00:11:22.88 OF COURSE. 00:11:22.91\00:11:23.48 GOOD THING TO SAY THOUGH. 00:11:23.51\00:11:26.28 BUT IT IS TRUE, CHINA IS CULTURALLY VERY DIFFERENT FROM 00:11:26.31\00:11:31.12 THE U.S. BUT I THINK IT IS NOT AS WILDLY-NOT AS WILDLY DIFFERENT AS IT MIGHT, YOU 00:11:31.15\00:11:37.49 KNOW, AS MANY MISSIONARY STORIES ARE WHERE YOU ARE IN A REMOTE 00:11:37.53\00:11:42.43 VILLAGE OF AFRICA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:11:42.46\00:11:43.47 HERE YOU ARE IN CITIES. 00:11:43.50\00:11:44.83 YOU ARE IN PLACES THAT FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE HOME BUT YET THEY 00:11:44.87\00:11:49.07 ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SO IT'S A VERY SUBTLE DIFFERENCE 00:11:49.10\00:11:54.31 BUT IT'S NOTICEABLE AND IT IS MEANINGFUL SO, COMING BACK IT ALMOST KIND OF PROVIDES 00:11:54.34\00:12:00.55 MORE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THOSE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE AND IT 00:12:00.58\00:12:03.75 IS REALLY INTERESTING TO KIND OF OBSERVE THAT. 00:12:03.79\00:12:05.72 THERE IS THE WORD-IT'STHE WORD PERSPECTIVE. 00:12:05.75\00:12:07.22 YOU LOOK AT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND YOU SAY, "OH WOW, WE MIGHT DO THIS 00:12:07.26\00:12:11.36 HERE" BUT THEY DO THE SAME THING THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY 00:12:11.39\00:12:14.36 OF DOING IT. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG BUT IT'S THE 00:12:14.40\00:12:16.87 PERSPECTIVE. WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET 00:12:16.90\00:12:19.23 INVOLVED. 00:12:19.27\00:12:20.70 WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG WHERE YOU CAN 00:12:20.74\00:12:24.97 BE INVOLVED IN THE SUPPORT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE 00:12:25.01\00:12:29.98 WITH YOU MEGAVOICE. 00:12:30.01\00:12:31.48 MEGAVOICE IS AN AWESOME SOLAR POWERED LITTLE UNIT AND I KNOW 00:12:31.51\00:12:34.78 THAT AUDREY YOU HAVE USED THIS IN CHINA WITH BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND IN MANDARIN AND ALSO THEY 00:12:34.82\00:12:42.59 ARE DOWNLOADED WITH THE BIBLE IN CHINESE AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL 00:12:42.62\00:12:44.06 YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. 00:12:44.09\00:12:46.06 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL A HERE AT 00:12:46.09\00:12:48.56 GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND I AM HERE WITH 00:12:48.60\00:12:51.27 DARREL. HELLO DARREL. 00:12:51.30\00:12:52.47 HELLO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 00:12:52.50\00:12:53.97 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 00:12:54.00\00:12:56.00 SO DARREL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 00:12:56.04\00:12:59.24 WHAT IS IT? 00:12:59.27\00:13:00.31 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 00:13:00.34\00:13:01.24 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 00:13:01.28\00:13:02.68 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:13:02.71\00:13:06.25 IS USING A LOT. 00:13:06.28\00:13:06.82 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 00:13:06.85\00:13:08.12 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND 00:13:08.15\00:13:12.49 WATER RESISTANT. 00:13:12.52\00:13:13.56 WOW. 00:13:13.59\00:13:14.32 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 00:13:14.36\00:13:15.76 YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 00:13:15.79\00:13:19.79 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO 00:13:19.83\00:13:23.80 LANGUAGES. OH, THANK YOU! 00:13:23.83\00:13:25.83 SO THIS, SO THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE 00:13:25.87\00:13:30.41 LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HARD LANGUAGE. 00:13:30.44\00:13:32.17 YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES AND 00:13:32.21\00:13:35.78 THEN YOU HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE FORWARD; BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD; AND THE 00:13:35.81\00:13:40.15 PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 00:13:40.18\00:13:42.38 SO THEY ARE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION 00:13:42.42\00:13:46.62 OUTREACH. AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 00:13:46.65\00:13:52.06 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH 00:13:52.09\00:13:55.56 EARBUDS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SPEAKER, RIGHT? 00:13:55.60\00:13:57.30 YES, THERE IS A LITTLE SPEAKER ON BOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR 00:13:57.33\00:13:59.93 ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 00:14:00.04\00:14:04.37 AND THEN OF COURSE, THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN 00:14:04.41\00:14:09.54 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT IS SAFE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE 00:14:09.58\00:14:14.45 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO 00:14:14.48\00:14:18.35 SCRIPTURE, BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, BROADCASTING TO 00:14:18.39\00:14:26.56 EVERYONE. 00:14:26.59\00:14:28.00 THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND SO MANY-WE GET TESTIMONIES ON ALMOST 00:14:28.03\00:14:32.03 A WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO 00:14:32.07\00:14:35.37 FAITH BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 00:14:35.40\00:14:38.24 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD HAVE 00:14:38.27\00:14:42.91 LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 00:14:42.94\00:14:44.85 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 00:14:44.88\00:14:46.68 ABSOLUTELY. 00:14:46.72\00:14:47.48 THEY'RE A STORY CULTURE. 00:14:47.52\00:14:48.72 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN FIELD. 00:14:48.75\00:14:51.85 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT MEGAVOICE FOR GOSPEL 00:14:51.89\00:14:54.62 OUTREACH. THANK YOU. 00:14:54.66\00:14:55.89 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 00:14:55.92\00:14:59.53 YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THIS BUT SOMEONE IN NEPAL DOES. 00:15:15.18\00:15:20.35 SO THIS IS MEGAVOICE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 00:15:20.38\00:15:24.25 MEGAVOICE SO OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS CAN TAKE THOSE OUT TO THE FIELD AND SHARE THEM WITH 00:15:24.29\00:15:28.89 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:15:28.92\00:15:30.86 SO TODAY, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US. 00:15:30.89\00:15:32.76 WE HAVE AUDREY FOLKENBERG HERE FROM CHINESE UNION MISSION. 00:15:32.79\00:15:35.00 HI AUDREY. 00:15:35.03\00:15:35.66 HELLO. 00:15:35.70\00:15:36.97 AND WE HAVE SOME GENTELEMEN HERE WHO ARE STUDENTS AT WALLA WALLA 00:15:37.00\00:15:39.43 UNIVERSITY-MICHAL AND CHRISTIAN. 00:15:39.47\00:15:40.94 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:15:40.97\00:15:42.30 AND YOU BOTH SPENT SOME TIME ABROAD WORKING AT CHINESE UNION 00:15:42.34\00:15:46.44 MISSION OFFICE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PERSPECTIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU 00:15:46.47\00:15:50.11 MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING CULTURE SHOCK COMING HOME AND I KNOW 00:15:50.15\00:15:53.25 EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 00:15:53.28\00:15:54.72 I RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM CHINA TOO AND IT'S, IT'S HARDER FOR ME 00:15:54.75\00:15:59.39 COMING HOME BECAUSE YOU KIND OF HAVE A PERSPECTIVE LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, CHRISTIAN, ABOUT A 00:15:59.42\00:16:04.63 DIFFERENT VIEW ON THINGS AND IT KIND OF PUTS THINGS INTO 00:16:04.66\00:16:09.40 PERSPECTIVE AND THAT'S IN CHINA OR NO MATTER WHAT OTHER COUNTRY 00:16:09.43\00:16:12.33 YOU GO TO, RIGHT? DEFINITELY AND SO IT IS INTERESTING FOR ME TO HEAR YOU SHARE AS WELL BECAUSE 00:16:12.37\00:16:16.00 I HAD-I SPENT SOME TIME ABROAD IN ASIA AS WELL AND I WAS 00:16:16.04\00:16:20.71 ACTUALLY IN TAIWAN AND SO IT'S A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 00:16:20.74\00:16:24.11 DEFINITELY. 00:16:24.15\00:16:24.78 YES. 00:16:24.81\00:16:26.18 AND YOU BEING IN TAIWAN WHERE THERE WERE CHINESE AND THEN US 00:16:26.21\00:16:29.82 LIVING IN HONGKONG AND THESE GENTLEMEN HAVING SPENT SOME TIME 00:16:29.85\00:16:34.42 IN CHINA IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE CAN ALL GET INVOLVED IN SOME WAY AND IT IS UP TO GOD AND 00:16:34.46\00:16:40.03 HOW HE LEADS US AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN PRAYER AND 00:16:40.06\00:16:45.50 PRAYING FOR CHINA AND YOUR FRIENDS OVER THERE AND I KNOW MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN TOO 00:16:45.53\00:16:48.67 HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PRAYING FOR CHINA - IT'S HUGE. 00:16:48.70\00:16:51.94 IT'S A HUGE TASK TO SHARE JESUS WITH THE MANY THAT DON'T KNOW 00:16:51.97\00:16:58.75 JESUS THERE SO FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN PRAYER AND KEEPING CHINA ON OUR HEARTS AND ON OUR 00:16:58.78\00:17:03.15 MINDS AND PUTTING THAT IN THE MINDS OF OTHERS IS JUST 00:17:03.18\00:17:07.29 BEAUTIFUL. WELL AND AUDREY, I HAVE TO THANK YOU I HAVE A POST 00:17:07.32\00:17:10.46 CARD THAT YOU HAD DISTRIBUTED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I HAVE IT ON MY REFRIGERATER AND 00:17:10.49\00:17:13.76 IT SAYS, "PRAY FOR CHINA" AND IT'S-EVERYTIME I OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR I SEE THAT 00:17:13.80\00:17:18.43 AND PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT. 00:17:18.47\00:17:20.67 AND MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU TO REALIZE 00:17:20.70\00:17:25.31 PRAYING FOR CHINA AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE 00:17:25.34\00:17:28.98 WITH THAT. WELL, WHEN YOU ARE IN CHINA YOU KNOW EXPERIENCING 00:17:29.01\00:17:32.35 FIRST HAND THE POWER OF PRAYER I THINK THAT REALLY PUTS THINGS IN 00:17:32.38\00:17:35.48 PERSPECTIVE LIKE YOU KNOW, USUALLY FOR US YOU KNOW AT HOME, WE ALWAYS THINK OF OURSELVES 00:17:35.52\00:17:38.92 AND THE POSITION WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU KNOW, THIS MISSION CAUSE 00:17:38.95\00:17:42.32 IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY BUT THEN WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE ARE 00:17:42.36\00:17:45.96 ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO PRAY ABOUT AND TO PRAY ABOUT THE WORK 00:17:45.99\00:17:49.53 THAT IS GOING ON THERE IT WAS JUST A BLESSING TO REALLY TRULY SEE FIRST HAND HOW GOD IS 00:17:49.56\00:17:55.67 MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 00:17:55.70\00:17:56.34 YES. 00:17:56.37\00:17:57.41 MICHAEL HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? 00:17:57.44\00:17:58.81 AH, LIKE CHRISTIAN SAID IT'S -CHINA HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF 00:17:58.84\00:18:04.68 PRAYERS FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT 00:18:04.71\00:18:07.28 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING AND BECAUSE GOD HAS REALLY BLEST IN 00:18:07.32\00:18:11.35 TELLING THE STORY AND SO TO SEE, TO SEE THAT THOSE PRAYERS ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING IS 00:18:11.39\00:18:15.79 REALLY, REALLY COOL. 00:18:15.82\00:18:16.46 YES. 00:18:16.49\00:18:17.93 AND SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR VIEWERS HERE AT 00:18:17.96\00:18:20.16 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, PICTURE SOMEONE BOTH OF YOUR AGES AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW 00:18:20.20\00:18:24.60 THE PERSON'S NAME, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IN CHINA WHERE THEY LIVE. 00:18:24.63\00:18:27.64 YOU KNOW AUDREY THERE IS A MOMLIKE YOU, AND YOU KNOW IT JUST -THINK ABOUT THAT 00:18:27.67\00:18:31.97 PERSON AND GO "GOD, I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME BUT YOU DO AND CAN 00:18:32.01\00:18:35.91 YOU PLEASE YOU KNOW HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK ON THEIR 00:18:35.94\00:18:38.88 HEARTS." SO AUDREY SOME OF THEIR WORK IS DOING ALL THESE REPORTS 00:18:38.91\00:18:42.68 AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE ALSO GOTTEN TO MEET OUR GOSPEL 00:18:42.72\00:18:45.42 OUTREACH WORKERS. THEY HAVE MET SOME OF OUR WORKERS OUT ON THE FRONTLINES AND HAVE EDITED 00:18:45.45\00:18:49.49 STORIES SO I'M SURE THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR TWO? 00:18:49.52\00:18:52.96 OH YES, DEFINITELY. 00:18:52.99\00:18:54.36 WELL, FIRST OF ALL I SHOULD MENTION WE -WHEN WE FIRST CAME 00:18:54.36\00:18:59.13 TO HONGKONG BEFORE WE EVER TRAVELED INTO CHINA WE WERE EDITING SOME OF THESE REPORTS 00:18:59.17\00:19:02.50 COMING IN. 00:19:02.54\00:19:03.94 SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO WORK AS A 00:19:03.97\00:19:09.04 PIONEER-A GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSIONARY AND SO WHEN WE FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO TRAVEL 00:19:09.08\00:19:14.22 AND MEET THESE PEOPLE-IT IS COOL TO YOU KNOW, PUT A FACE TO SOME OF THE STORIES THAT 00:19:14.25\00:19:17.95 ARE HAPPENING. 00:19:17.99\00:19:18.65 IT MAKES IT REAL. 00:19:18.69\00:19:20.16 ONE OF THOSE STORIES FROM A GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM WAS VERY 00:19:20.19\00:19:24.76 INTERESTING TO ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE FUNNY, ACTUALLY. 00:19:24.79\00:19:27.96 THIS GUY HE WAS AN 80 YEAR -OLD MAN. 00:19:27.96\00:19:30.10 HE WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN. 00:19:30.13\00:19:32.47 HE HAD ACTUALLY FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II AND HE HAD BASICALLY 00:19:32.50\00:19:35.30 TOTALLY BECOME A DEVOUT ATHEIST JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PARTY RHETORIC AT THE TIME AND 00:19:35.34\00:19:37.27 THAT WAS HOW HE HAD BEEN FOR HIS WHOLE LIFE. 00:19:37.31\00:19:42.38 BUT THANKS TO THE WORK FROM SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:19:49.58\00:19:52.59 MISSIONARIES HIS-THIS MAN'S SON BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 00:19:52.62\00:19:57.09 REALLY? 00:19:57.13\00:19:57.76 YES. 00:19:57.79\00:19:59.16 AND SO OF COURSE THE SON WAS WORKING ON HIS FATHER SAYING, 00:19:59.19\00:20:02.30 "FATHER, YOU SHOULD LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THIS NEW TRUTH THAT I 00:20:02.33\00:20:06.43 HAVE FOUND." AND THE FATHER SAID, "I'M AN 80 YEAR-OLD MAN-DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE. 00:20:06.47\00:20:09.47 I'M TOO OLD TO CHANGE MY WAYS. 00:20:09.50\00:20:11.27 I'VE BELIEVED THIS WAY FOREVER." 00:20:11.31\00:20:12.57 AND SO YOU KNOW, THE SON WASN'T MAKING MUCH PROGRESS SO HE ASKED 00:20:12.61\00:20:18.65 A COUPLE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM MEMBERS AT HIS CHURCH TO GO 00:20:18.68\00:20:22.48 VISIT HIS FATHER AND THEY DIDN'T TELL THE FATHER WHO THESE PEOPLE 00:20:22.52\00:20:26.62 WERE. THE FATHER THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS AND 00:20:26.65\00:20:29.09 HE-WANTED TO COME SAY HI. 00:20:29.12\00:20:30.06 YES, HE FORMED A NICE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 00:20:30.09\00:20:31.43 HE REALLY, HE ENJOYED TALKING TO THEM. 00:20:31.46\00:20:32.89 HE TOLD THEM STORIES FROM THE WAR AND THEY FORMED A STRONG 00:20:32.93\00:20:37.17 FRIENDSHIP AND THROUGH THAT FRIENDSHIP THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THE TRUTH WITH HIM BUT HE 00:20:37.20\00:20:40.24 STILL DIDN'T ACCEPT IT. 00:20:40.27\00:20:41.27 SO THIS IS WHERE THE STORY GETS A LITTLE BIT FUNNY. 00:20:41.30\00:20:42.54 HE BECAUSE HE WAS RATHER OLD, HE WAS MISSING QUITE A FEW TEETH. 00:20:42.57\00:20:43.97 HE ONLY HAD - BLESS HIS HEART- FIVE OR TEN TEETH I THINK AND SO 00:20:44.01\00:20:45.27 FOR SOME REASON TO HIM HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY MEANINGFUL TO BE ABLE TO 00:20:45.31\00:20:50.68 ONCE AGAIN ENJOY EATING A PICKLE. 00:20:59.89\00:21:01.99 A PICKLE? 00:21:02.02\00:21:02.66 A PICKLE. 00:21:02.69\00:21:03.32 OK. 00:21:03.36\00:21:03.99 OF ALL THINGS. 00:21:04.03\00:21:04.83 CHOMP DOWN ON A PICKLE WITH SOME TEETH. 00:21:04.86\00:21:06.19 THAT WOULDN'T BE MY FOOD OF CHOICE BUT IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO 00:21:06.23\00:21:09.96 HIM SO HE LITERALLY PRAYED TO GOD, "GOD, IF YOU CAN HELP ME EAT A PICKLE I WILL BECOME 00:21:10.00\00:21:15.67 A CHRISTIAN." 00:21:15.70\00:21:16.34 SERIOUSLY? 00:21:16.37\00:21:17.04 HE DID THIS, YES. 00:21:17.07\00:21:18.04 SERIOUSLY DID THIS. 00:21:18.07\00:21:19.41 SO AFTER PRAYING THAT PRAYER HE WENT TO THE REFRIGERATOR, 00:21:19.44\00:21:22.18 GRABBED A PICKLE AND ATE THE WHOLE THING. 00:21:22.21\00:21:23.58 SERIOUSLY? 00:21:23.61\00:21:24.98 WITH NO PROBLEMS, YES. 00:21:25.01\00:21:26.55 EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T -EATING WITH HIS FIVE TEETH. 00:21:26.58\00:21:28.55 EVEN WITH HIS FIVE TEETH AND SO HE SAID, "WELL GOD, I TOLD YOU I 00:21:28.58\00:21:30.55 WOULD BECOME A CHRISTIAN SO I'M GOING TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN." 00:21:30.59\00:21:31.89 HE STARTED GOING TO CHURCH AND NOW HE IS A CHRISTIAN. 00:21:31.92\00:21:33.22 THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. 00:21:33.25\00:21:34.56 IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS! 00:21:34.59\00:21:35.09 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 00:21:35.12\00:21:35.92 I WILL NEVER LOOK AT A PICKLE THE SAME. 00:21:35.96\00:21:41.60 LIFE CHANGING PICKLE, PRAISE THE LORD RIGHT? 00:21:41.63\00:21:47.64 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:21:47.67\00:21:50.37 WELL ISN'T THAT INTERESTING. 00:21:50.41\00:21:51.54 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 00:21:51.57\00:21:52.87 YOU'RE WELCOME. 00:21:52.91\00:21:54.11 I THINK THAT IS A NEW ONE HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:21:54.14\00:21:55.41 CHRISTIAN HOW ABOUT YOU DID YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCES WITH ANY OF 00:21:55.44\00:21:58.15 THE PIONEER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 00:21:58.18\00:21:59.71 DEFINITELY. 00:21:59.75\00:22:01.18 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS ON TRIPS INTO CHINA THAT I WAS 00:22:01.22\00:22:03.42 ABLE TO MEET PERSONALLY WITH SOME OF THE PIONEER MISSION TEAMS, SOME OF THE GOSPEL 00:22:03.45\00:22:07.99 OUTREACH TEAMS AS MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT AND ALSO IN HONGKONG IN THE UNION 00:22:08.02\00:22:14.03 OFFICE EDITING REPORTS I WAS REALLY ABLE TO SEE KIND OF THE 00:22:14.10\00:22:19.37 BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES IS PRETTY 00:22:19.40\00:22:25.14 INTENSE STORY ACTUALLY, BUT IT IS ABOUT A BOY IN SCHOOL AND HE 00:22:25.17\00:22:31.25 KIND OF WENT DOWN THE WRONG PATH IN CHOOSING THE RIGHT FRIENDS AND WHAT NOT AND HE ENDED 00:22:31.28\00:22:35.25 UP IN THIS GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT ENDED UP LEADING TO HIM JOINING 00:22:35.28\00:22:39.12 A GANG. 00:22:39.15\00:22:39.79 OH, OH. 00:22:39.82\00:22:41.16 AND SO YOU KNOW GANG ACTIVITY PROBABLY ISN'T THE -ISN'T GOOD 00:22:41.19\00:22:46.16 AND ONE DAY THE GANG SHOWS UP AT THE FRONT DOOR OF HIS HOUSE AND 00:22:46.19\00:22:50.43 HIS MOTHER WAS ABSOLUTELY SCARED. 00:22:50.47\00:22:51.83 SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON SO SHE WENT OUTSIDE TO FIGURE 00:22:51.87\00:22:54.17 OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. 00:22:54.20\00:22:55.60 TURNS OUT THIS BOY HAD DONE SOMETHING TO ONE OF THE OTHER 00:22:55.64\00:23:00.71 GANG MEMBERS AND I THINK THE GANG WAS TRYING TO TAKE REVENGE AND SO SHE WAS REALLY SCARED. 00:23:00.74\00:23:03.78 SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 00:23:03.81\00:23:05.25 SO THE MOTHER CALLED HER HUSBAND ON THE PHONE AND HER HUSBAND 00:23:05.28\00:23:06.65 CAME HOME FROM WORK EARLY AND SO THE HUSBAND WAS REALLY MAD THAT THE GANG WAS STANDING 00:23:06.68\00:23:08.42 OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR THEIR SON TO COME 00:23:08.45\00:23:10.42 HOME AND THEY WERE WONDERING WHERE HE WAS AND SO FINALLY THE SON CAME HOME OR HE WAS 00:23:10.45\00:23:12.42 ALREADY AT HOME AND SO THE SON DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT FRONT 00:23:12.45\00:23:14.42 BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET KILLED BY THE GANG SO HIS FATHER DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GO OUT 00:23:14.46\00:23:19.53 THERE AND HE WAS GOING TO FIGHT WITH THE GANG TO PROTECT HIS 00:23:25.53\00:23:27.50 SON. WOW. 00:23:27.54\00:23:28.97 BUT THE MOTHER WHO IS A CHRISTIAN DECIDED VIOLENCE PROBABLY ISN'T THE RIGHT 00:23:29.00\00:23:30.17 COURSE OF ACTION HERE. 00:23:30.21\00:23:30.97 LET'S KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY ABOUT THIS. 00:23:31.01\00:23:32.37 LET'S PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE US THE WISDOM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN 00:23:32.41\00:23:37.28 THIS SITUATION. 00:23:46.55\00:23:48.22 SO THEY DID AND AFTER THEY GOT UP FROM PRAYING THEY WERE ABLE 00:23:48.26\00:23:53.03 TO PEACEFULLY RESOLVE THE SITUATION WITH THE GANG. 00:23:53.06\00:23:55.86 AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, IT REALLY SHOOK UP THE SON. 00:23:55.90\00:23:59.13 THIS BOY WHO HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THIS GANG ACTIVITY AND HIS 00:23:59.17\00:24:01.74 MOTHER HAD BEEN PRAYING THAT HE WOULD BECOME A CHRISTIAN FOR A 00:24:01.77\00:24:03.74 LONG TIME AND FINALLY AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE YOU KNOW, HE REALIZED 00:24:03.77\00:24:05.74 YOU KNOW, GOD'S POWER AND HOW GOD HAD HELPED RESOLVE THE SITUATION AND SO HE WAS A 00:24:05.77\00:24:07.74 CHANGED, A CHANGED MAN AFTER THAT. 00:24:07.78\00:24:09.24 NOW HE NO LONGER CAUSED PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL AND HE GAVE HIS HEART 00:24:09.28\00:24:11.08 COMPLETELY TO CHRIST. 00:24:11.11\00:24:11.61 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 00:24:11.65\00:24:13.01 YES, HERE WE HAVE A PICKLE STORY AND A GANG STORY AND GOD BLEST 00:24:13.05\00:24:14.28 IN BOTH. SEE AND Its THINGS LIKE THAT AUDREY, THAT WE WOULDN'T 00:24:14.32\00:24:16.42 HAVE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE GOSPEL PIONEER TEAMS OUT WORKING AND THE REPORTS THAT BOTH 00:24:16.45\00:24:21.89 OF YOU GENTLEMEN DID. 00:24:21.92\00:24:24.49 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. 00:24:24.53\00:24:29.03 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 00:24:29.06\00:24:30.33 SO I LOVE IT. 00:24:30.37\00:24:32.93 TWO ENGINEERS WHO ARE JOURNALISTS AS WELL. 00:24:32.97\00:24:37.47 I LOVE THAT, THAT'S AWESOME. 00:24:37.51\00:24:40.74 AND THEY ARE BOTH GREAT WRITERS. 00:24:40.78\00:24:44.65 WELL, WHAT A NEAT OPPORTUNITY. 00:24:44.68\00:24:47.92 YES. 00:24:47.95\00:24:49.28 SO AUDREY THIS IS JUST REALLY NEAT THAT YOUR OFFICE DID THAT 00:24:49.32\00:24:52.25 -CHINESE UNION MISSION HAD THEM AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU KNOW OF WITH THE 00:24:52.29\00:24:56.29 PIONEER TEAMS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? 00:24:56.32\00:25:00.20 WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY NEED BUT I WOULD SAY 00:25:00.23\00:25:03.37 FIRST AND FOREMOST IS PRAYER. 00:25:03.40\00:25:05.53 THEY ARE LIVING ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY AND IT IS NOT 00:25:05.57\00:25:08.87 EASY FOR THEM. 00:25:08.90\00:25:10.17 SOME OF THEM GO INTO NEW AREAS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO 00:25:10.21\00:25:14.01 BEGIN. SO THEY JUST GO OUT AND THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 00:25:14.04\00:25:16.71 PEOPLE. THEY GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY NEED AND SO I THINK JUST PRAYING FOR 00:25:16.75\00:25:21.65 THEM IS SOME SUPPORT BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT 00:25:21.68\00:25:26.12 COME IN THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 00:25:26.15\00:25:28.69 IT-THEY DON'T LIVE EASY LIVES BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN FOCUS ON 00:25:28.72\00:25:30.69 THEIR WORK BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWING THEM TO RATHER 00:25:30.73\00:25:32.69 THAN DO SOME SORT OF INDUSTRY WORK OR FACTORY WORK, THEY ARE 00:25:32.73\00:25:34.66 ABLE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR. 00:25:34.73\00:25:36.10 THEY ARE ABLE TO GO MEET WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 00:25:36.13\00:25:37.33 THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT WAY. 00:25:37.37\00:25:38.23 YOU KNOW OUR WORKERS ALSO NEED LITERATURE. 00:25:38.27\00:25:39.70 THEY NEED TOOLS THAT WILL HELP THEM REACH OUT AND GOSPEL 00:25:39.73\00:25:44.44 OUTREACH HAS ALSO HELPED WITH THAT. 00:25:55.52\00:25:56.62 HELPED US BUY GLOW TRACTS FOR THEM. 00:25:56.65\00:25:58.92 GIVING THEM ALL BIBLE STUDY SETS SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A HUGE 00:25:58.95\00:26:04.39 BLESSING IN HELPING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE PIONEER TEAMS. 00:26:04.43\00:26:07.66 WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT AND THE VIEWERS I'M SURE ARE GLAD TO 00:26:07.73\00:26:11.07 HEAR THESE REPORTS AND THOSE GLOW CARDS ARE FANTASTIC SO I WAS SHARING THEM ON 00:26:11.10\00:26:16.04 THE MTR AS WELL, SO YES AND YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE 00:26:16.07\00:26:21.11 PEOPLE-IF THEY ARE GIVEN SOMETHING, WE TAKE RIGHT? 00:26:21.14\00:26:23.35 AND SO THEY'LL LOOK AT IT AND SO. 00:26:23.38\00:26:25.98 SO AUDREY, MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 00:26:26.01\00:26:28.52 HERE. I SHOULD SAY "SHA SHA NI" FOR BEING HERE. 00:26:28.55\00:26:30.39 AND YOU ARE WELCOME. 00:26:30.42\00:26:31.92 YOU'RE WELCOME AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU BOTH STUDY AND 00:26:31.95\00:26:34.49 AUDREY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GREETINGS BACK TO THE CHINESE UNION MISSION 00:26:34.52\00:26:38.23 OFFICE AND TO BOB. 00:26:38.26\00:26:40.13 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN 00:26:40.16\00:26:43.03 MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEEDS 00:26:43.06\00:26:46.97 AND YOU'VE HEARD STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT A PICKLE AND A 00:26:47.00\00:26:50.61 GANG-HOW GOD HAS BLEST AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG 00:26:50.64\00:26:55.34 LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY 00:26:55.38\00:26:58.98 FOR CHINA. 00:26:59.01\00:26:59.65 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 00:26:59.68\00:27:04.95