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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000642A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WHEN YOU GET A NEW SWEATER DO YOU LOOK AT THE 00:21 TAG AND IT SAYS, "MADE IN CHINA". 00:23 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE MADE IN CHINA AND YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD HAS 00:26 MADE 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA AND THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS MADE AND THAT'S WHAT 00:32 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY- ARE THE PEOPLE IN CHINA AND HOW 00:36 THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS, RIGHT? 00:38 YES. 00:40 AUDREY FOLKENBERG WELCOME ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:42 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:43 AND AUDREY YOU DO WHAT AT CHINESE UNION MISSION? 00:46 WELL, I WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND BASICALLY THAT'S A 00:50 DEPARTMENT THAT'S ALL ABOUT TELLING THE STORY. 00:53 TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN CHINA, WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND 00:57 INVITING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. 00:59 BY TELLING THE STORY WE BASICALLY HOPE TO PUT CHINA ON THE HEARTS AND 01:03 THE MINDS OF PEOPLE THAT READ OR WATCH WHAT WE SHARE. 01:07 AND MORESO THAN ON THE LABEL OF A SWEATER, RIGHT? 01:10 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:11 SO YOU ALSO ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR HERE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU ARE IN 01:16 CHARGE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHICH YOU ALSO CALL PIONEER TEAMS. 01:20 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:22 AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BUT WE HAVE TWO VERY 01:25 HANDSOME YOUNG MEN HERE WHO I HOPE YOU WILL INTRODUCE US TO. 01:27 OH WELL THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THAT. 01:30 THIS IS MICHAEL. 01:31 MICHAEL JENSEN. 01:33 HE HAPPENS TO BE MY NEPHEW AND THIS IS CHRISTIAN WELCH HE IS A FAMILY 01:36 FRIEND AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL AND IT JUST WORKED OUT FOR 01:42 THEM TO COME OVER AND SPEND SIX MONTHS IMPROVING, GROWING 01:46 THEMSELVES EXPERIENCING NEW THINGS AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING IN A MAJOR 01:52 WAY TO THE KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA. 01:54 AWESOME. 01:56 SO THEY WORKED WITH YOU AT THE CHINESE UNION MISSION OFFICE IN HONGKONG AND SO 01:58 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:59 THANK YOU. 02:00 AND YOU TWO ARE BOTH CURRENTLY STUDYING WHERE AND WHAT? 02:05 WELL, ENGINEERING HERE AT WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY. 02:07 OK. 02:08 BOTH OF YOU. 02:08 I'M ALSO STUDYING ENGINEERING YES. 02:09 AND MICHAEL WHAT BRANCH OF ENGINEERING IS YOUR TOPIC? 02:11 MECHANICAL. 02:12 OK AND CHRISTIAN? 02:13 ELECTRICAL, I MIGHT SWITCH TO MECHANICAL I DON'T KNOW YET. 02:16 OK LIKE THEM SO MUCH SO WHY NOT LET'S LOOK AT BOTH OF THEM. 02:20 WELL, LET ME JUST THROW THIS IN HERE THOUGH THEY ARE ENGINEERING MAJORS 02:24 THEY ARE BOTH FABULOUS WRITERS. 02:26 HEY! 02:27 SO AND THEY ARE VERY TECHY AND WHEN THEY WERE WITH ME AT THE UNION I COULD ASK 02:32 THEM TO DO SOMETHING AND IT WAS ALWAYS "SURE, WE'LL DO THAT" OR "WE'LL FIGURE 02:36 OUT A WAY." 02:38 AND IT'S THAT CAN DO, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED, WE WANT TO GIVE WHAT WE CAN 02:41 GIVE SPIRIT. 02:43 I THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO SERVE GOD 02:48 SO IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THEM. 02:50 THAT IS SO FANTASTIC. 02:51 SO TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME ABROAD, AWAY FROM SCHOOL ALSO WORKING 02:55 FOR THE LORD AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU DID. 02:58 WHAT HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AND AS YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU JUST 03:02 RECENTLY OR ARE JUST GETTING OVER JETLAG SO HERE YOU ARE BACK IN 03:05 SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 03:08 BUT WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU CHRISTIAN TO BE BACK AND TO, YOU KNOW, 03:13 HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO LOOK BACK OVER YOUR TIME IN HONGKONG? 03:16 I DON'T KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF ROUGH GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF SCHOOL, 03:19 YOU KNOW, DOING HOMEWORK AGAIN. 03:20 I DON'T KNOW IT SEEMS WHEREVER YOU ARE NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU 03:24 KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WAS IN 03:27 HONGKONG OR CHINA WORKING IN THE CHINESE UNION WHERE I'M LIKE, MAN I WISH I WAS 03:31 IN SCHOOL AND THERE WERE OTHER DAYS THAT I WAS GLAD I WASN'T. 03:33 NOW THAT I'M BACK I'M LIKE WHY DID I EVER WISH THAT I WAS BACK IN SCHOOL? 03:37 BUT YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF-SCHOOL IS SO BUSY THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH 03:42 TIME TO TRULY REFLECT VERY DEEPLY ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD BUT JUST IN 03:47 THE FEW DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN BACK, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST STARTING TO REALIZE 03:51 JUST HOW DIFFERENT CHINESE CULTURE IS FROM WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE U.S. 03:56 AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME IN ASIA SO IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. 04:01 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT BUT IT WAS A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE. 04:04 SO YOU FELT THE CALL OF THE LORD TO HEAD OUT AND TO DO SOMETHING AND TO 04:10 SERVE HIM. 04:11 THAT'S GREAT. 04:12 SO MICHAEL WHAT ABOUT FOR YOU? 04:14 WELL, HONESTLY IT'S KIND OF SURREAL TO THINK BACK AND REALIZE THAT JUST A 04:18 COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS ON ANOTHER CONTINENT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS 04:23 ON THE SAME WORLD, IT IS WORLDS AWAY CULTURALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY. 04:29 BUT IT'S UM- I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED AND BLEST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 04:34 SERVE OVER THERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WAS ABLE TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL 04:38 CONTRIBUTION TO GOD'S WORK OVER THERE BUT ALSO JUST LEARNING IMMENSELY. 04:43 AND ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN TAKING A COUPLE OF CLASSES THAT FOCUS ON ENGINEERING 04:49 IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, OK, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL TO HAVE A BANK 04:55 OF EXPERIENCE ALREADY TO PULL FROM IN THOSE CLASSES AND I REALIZE WHAT A 05:01 PRIVILEGE IT HAS REALLY BEEN. 05:03 WELL AND FROM AND ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE I RECENTLY WAS IN CHINA AS 05:07 WELL AND THE AIRPORTS AND THE STRUCTURES AND THE BUILDINGS, YES. 05:11 I HAVE TWO UNCLES THAT ARE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SO I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT 05:14 FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE BUT I MEAN, IT MUST HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC FOR YOU TO BE IN 05:18 ELECTRONICS AND EVERYTHING. 05:20 MIND BOGGLING, YES. 05:22 I'VE BEEN IN HONGKONG AND SEEN SOMETHING NEW THERE AND AUDREY, IT TAKES 05:27 HOWEVER LONG TO GET TO THE STATES AND Its OLD NEWS, YOU KNOW, TO HONGKONG BY 05:31 THE TIME YOU SEE IT HERE, SO. 05:34 SO AUDREY, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAD THEM WORK ON? 05:36 YOU MENTIONED SOME REPORTING, THINGS LIKE THAT BUT UM, ALSO TO HAVE 05:41 SOME COMPUTER HELP AND ALL OF THAT? 05:43 SURE, THEY HELPED ME SET UP A DATABASE FOR TRACKING DONORS SO WE COULD BE MORE 05:48 RESPONSIVE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE IN OUR REPORTING WITH THEM. 05:52 THEY HELPED ME WITH REPORTS THAT CAME FROM THE FRONTLINES. 05:56 FOR EXAMPLE, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-THE TEAMS THAT THIS AUDIENCE IS 06:01 SUPPORTING-THEY WILL SEND IN QUARTERLY REPORTS AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE 06:05 OFFICE TRANSLATING FROM CHINESE INTO ENGLISH AND THEN MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN 06:09 WOULD HELP EDIT THAT. 06:10 THEY ALSO GOT INVOLVED IN WRITING OUR NEWSLETTERS AND MAKING POSTS ON A 06:16 CLOSED FACEBOOK PAGE. 06:18 THEY TRAVELED IN CHINA. 06:19 THEY DID SOME VIDEOING OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS 06:25 ABLE TO GET INVOLVED AND HELPING ON THE FRONT LINES IN CHINA SO. 06:28 THEY DID ABOUT EVERYTHING. 06:31 YOU WERE THE "GO TO" MEN? 06:32 HUH? 06:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:33 YES, I SUPPOSE. 06:35 SO WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR INITIAL IMPRESSIONS MICHAEL, WHEN YOU GOT TO 06:38 HONGKONG? 06:39 WHAT WERE SOME THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF HIT YOU? 06:41 H-M-M. 06:41 THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 06:43 IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS AN EXTREMELY MODERN 06:49 CITY SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS ANY EXPECTATION THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 06:53 SOMEWHERE THAT'S IN ANY WAY BEHIND WHERE WE ARE HERE IN THE U.S., THAT'S 06:58 REALLY SHATTERED. 06:59 I MEAN YOU LAND IN THE AIRPORT AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS 07:03 INCREDIBLE BUT THE ENERGY IS SPECTACULAR. 07:07 I MEAN JUST WALKING THE STREETS AT NIGHT SEEING, YOU KNOW, FOREIGNERS, 07:12 CHINESE PEOPLE JUST ALL LIVNG TOGETHER AND JUST THE ENERGY THAT THEY HAVE 07:18 IS AMAZING. 07:20 YES, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE BLEND OF HONGKONG IS AMAZING IN SUCH A SMALL 07:23 AREA AND YOU DO, YOU HAVE ALL THESE EXPATS AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT 07:26 NATIONALITIES ALTOGETHER. 07:27 YES, AND IT IS A REALLY NEAT BLEND. 07:29 UH HUH, DEFINITELY. 07:30 HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? 07:32 VERY SIMILAR BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY WAS PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN I WAS 07:35 EXPECTING IS -YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WENT OVER TO HONGKONG AND OVER TO CHINA 07:39 I HAD THIS IDEA OF WHAT AN ASIA CITY OR A CHINESE CITY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND 07:43 THEN I LANDED IN HONGKONG AND THAT COMPLETELY SHATTERED THE 07:45 EXPECTATIONS. 07:47 IN CHINA AND CHINESE CITIES AS WELL, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF HONGKONG, ONE 07:52 THING THAT WAS REALLY FASCINATING TO ME IS ALL THESE BIG PARKS IN THE 07:55 CITIES AND IT IS JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OUT EXERCISING 07:59 TOGETHER IN THE MORNINGS- YES, THE TAI CHI- YES, IT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 08:05 THAN I EXPECTED YOU KNOW. 08:06 AT LEAST AN AMERICAN PICTURES A CITY AS A PLACE WITH ALL THESE BUILDINGS 08:11 AND YOU KNOW IT IS SOMEWHERE YOU GO TO DURING THE DAY TO WORK THEN YOU 08:14 GO HOME AT NIGHT. 08:15 WHEREAS FOR THE CHINESE PEOPLE THEY LIVE LITERALLY IN THE CITIES, RIGHT, IN A 08:18 HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND SO THAT'S WHERE 08:22 THEY LIVE, THAT'S WHERE THEY EAT, THAT'S WHERE THEY SLEEP, THAT'S WHERE 08:25 THEY WORK, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY EXERCISE AND IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT 08:29 THAN I WAS EXPECTING. 08:30 IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT. 08:31 NOT A LOT OF GRASS IN HONGKONG, RIGHT? 08:33 NO. 08:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:35 NOT A LOT OF GRASS. 08:36 YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO THROW IN HERE THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE BOTH 08:38 REFERRED HOW IT IS VERY MODERN AND ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE ACTIVITY AND ALL 08:42 THE ENERGY-THAT RIGHT THERE IS AN INDICATOR THAT WE HAVE A JOB THAT WE NEED 08:48 TO DO RIGHT NOW. 08:49 YES. 08:51 BECAUSE CHINA, HONGKONG, ESPECIALLY CHINA -HONGKONG HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A 08:54 WHILE BUT IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE MATERIALISTIC. 08:57 MORE AND MORE SECULAR. 08:58 THE PEOPLE HAVE NEED OF ANYTHING BUT HAVE THE OPTION OF GAINING 09:02 EVERYTHING IF THEY WORK HARD ENOUGH, IF THEY STUDY HARD ENOUGH. 09:05 YES, YES. 09:06 SO THE FELT NEED FOR THINGS ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL HAVE GONE DOWN. 09:10 SO BY TELLING THE STORY, BY THEM COMING OVER THERE AND BEING A PART OF 09:16 GATHERING INFORMATION AND SHARING THAT WITH PEOPLE LIKE OUR VIEWERS HERE 09:20 TODAY, WE BASICALLY CHARGE-RAMP UP THE POWER THAT GOES INTO PRAYER FOR 09:28 THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CHINA AND OF COURSE, HONGKONG WHICH IS 09:32 PART OF CHINA. 09:33 YES. 09:34 SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIVING IN AN AGE WHERE THINGS ARE SO MODERN AND 09:41 THESE GENTLEMEN COME AND THEY GET OFF THE PLANE AND THEY ARE SURPRISED IS AN 09:45 INDICATOR THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING ALL THE MORE, WORKING ALL THE MORE FOR 09:50 KINGDOM GROWTH IN CHINA. 09:51 NO, ABSOLUTELY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DISTRACT PEOPLE 09:57 AND TO DISTRACT ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. 09:59 WE ALL HAVE SCREENS. 10:01 COUNT THEM-YOU HAVE A COMPUTER SCREEN, YOU HAVE AN IPAD, YOU HAVE YOUR 10:04 CELLPHONE, AND YOU ARE GOING BY THE TRAIN IN CHINA AND THERE IS A MAN 10:09 WHO RIDES HIS BIKE AND YET HE HAS A CELLPHONE IN THE RICE PADDY AND SO YES, IT 10:14 IS JUST SO WIRED AND SO CONNECTED BUT EVEN THOUGH THE ENERGY AND ALL OF THAT 10:18 THERE IS STILL A NEED IN ALL OF US FOR THE NEED FOR GOD AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT, 10:22 AUDREY. 10:23 WHEN WE THINK OF 1.4 BILLION AND YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE 10:27 ARE CITIES WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BUT I CAN'T IN SOME WAYS GO FROM "M" TO 10:31 "B" MILLION TO BILLION AND THINK THAT NUMBER- I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE NUMBER GUYS 10:36 YOU ARE ENGINEERS AND I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO WRAP MY MIND 10:40 AROUND THAT AND THIS IS ONE COUNTRY. 10:42 RIGHT, AUDREY? 10:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:43 SO IT IS HUGE. 10:45 SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND PIONEER TEAMS SO YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH 10:48 THEM AND THEN MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN YOU HAD SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH THEM AS 10:52 WELL, RIGHT? 10:52 DEFINITELY. 10:53 EDITING THE REPORTS. 10:54 SO WHAT ARE SOME STORIES THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US AND WITH OUR VIEWERS ON 10:57 SOME INTERACTIONS THAT YOU HAD. 10:59 WELL, WE JUST FINISHED TALKING ABOUT HOW MODERN CHINA IS. 11:02 I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU KNOW THERE ARE PARTS OF CHINA IN THE MORE 11:05 RURAL AREAS THAT ARE VERY UNDEVELOPED. 11:08 VERY PRIMITIVE. 11:10 AND BOTH MICHAEL AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT ONE OF THESE AREAS 11:12 TO ACTUALLY VISIT WITH SOME OF THE PIONEER MISSION TEAMS WHO WERE 11:16 WORKING IN SOME OF THESE RURAL AREAS AND IT WAS JUST COOL TO SEE WHEN WE 11:19 WENT UP TO THIS RURAL AREA IT WAS A SEVERAL HOUR DRIVE FROM THE NEAREST BIG 11:22 CITY, IT WAS DURING THE WINTER TIME SO THERE WAS SNOW EVERYWHERE AND IT WAS 11:26 COLD. 11:26 OH IT WAS COLD. 11:28 AH, WE GET THERE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A GATHERING OF ALL THE PIONEER 11:32 MISSIONARIES FROM THE ENTIRE REGION OF THAT PARTICULAR PROVINCE. 11:36 AND IT WAS VERY, VERY -IT WAS POWERFUL JUST TO SEE THEIR DEDICATION AND THEY 11:40 WERE WILLING TO DROP WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING AND GET IN A CAR AND DRIVE 11:43 FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO THIS REMOTE TOWN JUST TO MEET TOGETHER AND TO MEET US 11:48 AND TO JUST SHARE SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES TOGETHER. 11:53 YOU KNOW IT IS A VERY UNDEVELOPED COMMUNITY -STILL A SUBSISTENCE 11:56 FARMING COMMUNITY. 11:57 THEY WOULD GROW THEIR OWN RICE, FARMERS, UH HUH. 11:59 HAVE THEIR OWN CATTLE BUT BECAUSE OF THE MODERNIZATION, YOU KNOW, 12:04 THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS FOR WORKERS IN THE BIG CITIES. 12:08 SO THESE FAMILIES IN THE RURAL AREAS THE PARENTS UM, ARE NOWADAYS TENDING 12:14 TO MOVE INTO THE CITIES TO FIND WORK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT IS EASIEST FOR 12:17 THEM TO FIND WORK. 12:19 SO THEY LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN BEHIND IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE 12:22 CHILDREN OFTEN HAVE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES OR IF THEY ARE LUCKY THEY'LL 12:24 HAVE YOU KNOW, A GRANDPARENT OR BOTH GRANDPARENTS TO TAKE CARE 12:28 OF THEM. 12:30 AND SO WE ALSO WENT UP THERE TO HELP DELIVER SOME SUPPLIES THAT THE PIONEER 12:34 MISSIONARIES HAD REQUESTED AND SO WORKING WITH THE PIONEER MISSIONARIES AND 12:39 CHURCH MEMBERS WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE 12:41 CAREGIVERS-PROVIDE THEM WITH RICE; ALSO PROVIDE THE CHILDREN WITH 12:43 SCHOOLBOOKS. 12:44 HOW NEAT. 12:45 AND JUST SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THEIR 12:47 PARENTS AS AN ACTIVE PART OF THEIR LIVES SINCE THEIR PARENTS ARE SO FAR AWAY. 12:49 AND THAT WAS JUST A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE TO SEE THAT DEDICATION AND HOW 12:51 GOD IS REALLY WORKING THROUGH THEM. 12:52 THAT'S AWESOME AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE ON THE CORNER, 12:54 THEY CAN'T GO TO WALMART AND BUY A BIBLE YOU KNOW, AND SO YES, TO HAVE 12:56 MATERIALS LIKE THAT. 12:57 YES, IT WAS BASIC SUPPLIES LIKE FOR SCHOOL, BACKPACKS. 12:58 YOU KNOW THERE ARE OVER TEN MILLION CHILDREN A YEAR -TEN MILLION CHILDREN 13:00 IN CHINA THAT ONLY SEE THEIR PARENTS MAYBE ONCE A YEAR. 13:01 WHY? 13:02 REALLY? 13:04 BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES, THESE PARENTS ARE MOVING INTO THE CITIES 13:05 SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY AND THESE KIDS ARE LEFT BEHIND. 13:06 SOMETIMES WITH VERY NURTURING GRANDPARENTS; SOMETIMES LEFT ALONE; 13:08 SOMETIMES WITH GRANDPARENTS THAT CAN HARDLY TAKE CARE OF THEM 13:09 SO THAT'S TEN MILLION -A STAT I JUST READ THAT, NEVER SEE THEIR PARENTS 13:12 AND OVER 600 MILLION CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THAT LEFT BEHIND CATEGORY AND 13:16 SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE DIFFERENCE THAT GOSPEL WORKING TEAMS ARE MAKING 13:23 AND MEETING THEIR FELT NEEDS IT'S, IT'S POWERFUL AND MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN 13:25 GOT TO SEE THAT FIRST HAND. 13:26 BOY, THAT'S HEARTWRENCHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 13:27 YES. 13:28 TEN MILLION THAT IS HEARTWRENCHING. 13:29 YES. 13:31 SO WHAT ABOUT YOU MICHAEL, WHAT WAS A STORY WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM? 13:32 WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER STORY THAT I GOT TO EDIT FROM A GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:34 TEAM THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL. 14:11 IT WAS OF A WOMAN WHO WAS IN THE WORKPLACE PROBABLY IN A LARGE CITY SOMEWHERE 14:17 JUST DOING HER DAILY JOB AND ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES HAPPENED TO BE A 14:20 CHRISTIAN. 14:22 SO THIS COLLEAGUE JUST KIND OF TRIED TO DO FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM AND 14:26 WIN THIS LADY OVER BUT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL. 14:30 BUT A FEW YEARS LATER SHE MET ANOTHER FRIEND WHO WAS ALSO A CHRISTIAN AND THIS 14:34 PERSON TRIED THE SAME THING -JUST SLOWLY WORKING ON HER HEART AND STILL NO 14:39 SUCCESS BUT ONE DAY THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN WAS -SHE 14:44 SUFFERED FROM HYPERTENSION, I GUESS, AND SHE ACTUALLY PASSED OUT 14:48 UNCONSCIOUS AT WORK. 14:49 OH MY. 14:51 AND SO SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SPENT SOME TIME IN THE 14:54 HOSPITAL. 14:55 WHILE SHE WAS THERE, SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH PIONEERS CAME AND VISITED HER, SANG 15:00 SONGS WITH HER, BROUGHT HER HOMEMADE FOOD, AND JUST REALLY NOURISHED HER 15:05 SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND IT MADE A BIG IMPACT ON HER. 15:11 AND SO, SHE DECIDED TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 15:13 ALL BECAUSE OF THAT. 15:14 ALL BECAUSE OF THAT. 15:15 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 15:16 BUT THE COOL PART IS THAT WHILE, UM, WHILE SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN HER FAMILY STILL 15:19 WAS NOT AND SO HER DAD HAD BUDDHIST IDOLS IN THE HOUSE AND SHE DIDN'T 15:24 REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND SHE WAS-BUT SHE KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY 15:29 THAT SHE WOULD CHANGE HER FATHER'S MIND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 15:33 AND SO SHE JUST PRAYED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOD WOULD PROVIDE SOME WAY OF 15:37 REMOVING THE IDOLS FROM HER LIFE AND SO ONE DAY WHEN HER FATHER WAS 15:44 CLEANING THE HOUSE HE KNOCKED DOWN THE IDOLS AND BROKE THEM AND HE DECIDED 15:48 THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO REPLACE THEM SO SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF 15:52 AN ANSWER TO HER PRAYER. 15:53 YES. 15:54 THE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK HOME IN THE WAY SHE TELLS THE STORY IS THAT 15:58 SHE HAD APPARENTLYL BEEN ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL FOR TWENTY YEARS AND HER 16:04 BUDDHIST FATHER, OF COURSE, ADMONISHED HER TO GIVE THAT UP BUT SHE 16:08 COULDN'T FIND THE STRENGTH TO DO IT BUT AFTER BECOMING A CHRISTIAN GOD 16:11 WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME ALCOHOLISM. 16:13 SO. 16:14 WELL, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 16:15 AND IT IS STORIES LIKE THAT RIGHT? 16:17 FROM THE FRONTLINES. 16:18 WELL THANK YOU BOTH AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED AND WE HAVE 16:21 SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP HERE AT GOSPEL 16:25 OUTREACH AND THE PIONEER TEAMS IN CHINA. 16:27 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 16:33 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 16:36 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 16:39 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 16:41 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 16:45 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 16:50 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 16:54 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 16:56 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:59 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 17:07 WORLD. 17:08 WHERE? 17:09 ALL THE WORLD. 17:10 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 17:14 YOU CAN PRAY. 17:15 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 17:18 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 17:20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:23 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 17:27 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 17:28 BE THE SPARK. 17:30 LIGHT THE FIRE. 17:32 FINISH THE WORK. 17:35 FINISH THE WORK. 17:37 BE THE SPARK. 17:40 IT MAKES ME SMILE EVERYTIME I SEE THAT-FINISH THE WORK, 17:42 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, RIGHT? 17:44 BUT IT TAKES ALL OF US AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT HERE AT 17:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:49 AND TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHINA WITH AUDREY AND WITH MICHAEL AND 17:52 CHRISTIAN AND WE HAVE BEEN HEARING SOME AWESOME STORIES FROM ALL THREE OF 17:56 YOU ABOUT THE WORK IN CHINA AND AUDREY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO TELL -WE 18:01 LOVE STORIES HERE. 18:02 I HAVE ANOTHER STORY AND IT'S ONE THAT THESE GENTLEMEN EDITED AND IT IS 18:06 ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECENT STORIES AND WHAT THIS DRIVES HOME TO ME IS THAT 18:12 YES, IN CHINA YOU DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE MATERIALISM AND SECULARISM 18:17 AND ALCOHOLISM AND ALL THESE CHALLENGES BUT YOU ALSO DEAL WITH THINGS 18:21 LIKE, WELL LET ME-I WON'T TELL YOU. 18:23 LET ME JUST TELL YOU THE STORY. 18:24 OK, SOUNDS GOOD. 18:25 YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY. 18:27 I'M READY. 18:28 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM WAS WORKING IN A CHURCH AND IT WAS A SMALL HOUSE 18:32 CHURCH. 18:33 SOMETHING THAT THEY'D PLANTED PROBABLY A LITTLE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT A 18:35 -DON'T THINK OF A TRADITIONAL CHURCH, RIGHT, AND THEY ARE MEETING WITH 18:38 12-15 PEOPLE AND COMING IN THROUGH THE DOOR IS THIS LADY YELLING, SHE SAYS, 18:43 "IS JESUS HERE? 18:45 IS JESUS HERE?" 18:47 AND SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT NORMAL AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT SHE WAS ON THE 18:52 GROUND AND YELLING AND THEY BEGAN TO PRAY AND SING. 18:56 THEY'D REALIZED THAT SHE WAS NOT WELL SO THEY GATHERED THE GROUP AROUND, 19:01 THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AND THEY BEGAN TO PRAY AND SING OVER THIS 19:07 WRITHING BODY. 19:09 AND AFTER AWHILE, THEY QUIT PRAYING AND SINGING AND THE NEW BABY 19:13 CHRISTIANS THAT WERE IN THEIR MIDST SAID, "NOTHING'S HAPPENED. 19:16 WE'RE PRAYING AND WE'RE SINGING AND IT'S NOT WORKING." 19:21 AND THE ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LOOKED AT THE OTHER WITH 19:25 DETERMINATION IN HER EYES AND SAID, "WE MUST CONTINUE TO PRAY AND 19:29 SING." 19:30 SHE HAD BEEN TOLD BY A MENTOR THAT WHEN IF SOMEBODY EVER COMES INTO 19:34 YOUR CHURCH OR IS IN YOUR MIDST MISBEHAVING THIS WAY, PRAY AND SING UNTIL 19:38 IT STOPS. 19:39 SO THEY BEGAN TO PRAY AND SING SOME MORE AND THE PERSON ON THE FLOOR, SHE 19:43 BEGAN TO RELAX AND SHE GOT HER WITS ABOUT HER AND SHE STOOD UP AND SHE SAID, 19:49 "YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN DEMON POSSESSED SINCE IWAS A SMALL CHILD AND I WAS 19:55 TOLD THAT IF I COULD FIND JESUS THAT I COULD BE HEALED." 19:59 AND SO THIS WAS JUST A POWERFUL THING FOR NOT ONLY HER, A VICTIM OF 20:06 DEMON POSSESSION TO EXPERIENCE, BUT FOR THE CHURCH MEMBERS AROUND 20:09 THERE TO EXPERIENCE AND SHE BEGAN TO STUDY THE BIBLE AND FELL IN LOVE 20:14 WITH JESUS. 20:15 PRAISE THE LORD. 20:16 AND IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE STORIES -IT'S OUT THERE EXTREME AND IT JUST 20:20 SHOWS ME HOW GOD IS WORKING IN THE NORMAL EVERYDAY SITUATIONS. 20:24 YES. 20:26 AND HE IS ALSO WORKING IN THE RADICAL WAYS TO SHOW THAT HE IS GOD AND HE HAS 20:31 CHINA IN THE PALM OF HIS HANDS AND I LIKE TO THINK, SPEAKING OF STORIES, THAT 20:38 THOUGH WE HAVE DIFFICULT TIMES AND THE CHALLENGES ARE HUGE WE KNOW HOW THE 20:42 STORY WILL END. 20:43 YES. 20:44 WE KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY, YES, AND THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE JULIE, ON THE TABLE 20:47 THE BIBLE, WE KNOW THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS TRIUMPHS AND THAT GOD WINS AND WHEN YOU 20:53 GET INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FRONT LINES IN CHINA, YOU CAN SEE THAT. 20:57 HOW GOD IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN RADICAL WAYS SO YES, THAT'S A STORY OF 21:02 DEMON POSSESSION AND HOW PRAYING AND SINGING PERSISTENCE, YES, MADE A 21:07 DIFFERENCE. 21:08 WELL AND YOU KNOW, WE READ STORIES LIKE THAT IN JESUS' TIME BUT TO HEAR 21:13 ABOUT THEM NOW HOW POWERFUL! 21:15 IS JESUS HERE? 21:17 THAT IS SO PROFOUND AND IS JESUS HERE IN EACH ONE OF US AND WHAT ARE WE DOING 21:20 TO SHARE THAT? 21:21 THAT'S A STORY I WILL REMEMBER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 21:26 WELL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 21:28 WE WANT TO ASK IF THERE IS SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT AS YOU 21:32 REFLECT ON YOUR TIME IN CHINA. 21:35 IF YOU LOOK BACK AND IF YOU-WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH 21:38 OUR VIEWERS? 21:40 WELL I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS OBVIOUSLY, PRAYER. 21:44 I HAVE A LITTLE DITTY THAT I MADE UP AND IT SAYS "THAT MONEY PUTS RICE IN 21:52 THE BOWL BUT PRAYER PUTS LIFE IN THE SOUL." 21:55 OH, THAT'S GOOD. 21:56 I KNOW IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 21:58 NO, IT'S GOOD. 21:59 BUT IT'S POWERFUL AND YES, WE NEED SUPPORTS OF VIEWERS, FINANCIAL 22:04 SUPPORT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER FINANCIAL SUPPORT 22:10 YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE, YOU DO AMAZING THINGS AND CAUSE MIRACLES TO HAPPEN 22:16 JUST AS IT HAPPENED WHEN JESUS BROKE THE FISH AND THE BREAD AND PASSED IT 22:20 OUT TO THE THOUSANDS. 22:22 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR CHINA BUT 22:29 ACTUALLY WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN MINISTRY WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, WE 22:34 ARE THE ONES BLEST AND I KNOW MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN HAVE SHARED HOW IT WAS A 22:39 BLESSING TO THEM. 22:40 IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY. 22:41 NO, LIFE ISN'T, RIGHT? 22:43 AND SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T GET THE SLEEP THAT THEY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, BUT I-IN 22:47 TALKING WITH THEM I KNOW THAT THEY WERE BLEST BECAUSE THEY WERE SERVING 22:52 PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO KNOW JESUS. 22:55 SO WHAT WOULD BOTH OF YOU ASK AND SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS ABOUT WHAT YOUR 22:59 IMPRESSIONS OF NEEDS ARE. 23:00 WELL ONE THING I CAN SAY, IS THAT I TEND TO BE A PRETTY SKEPTICAL PERSON SO 23:05 WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE ASKING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR OVERSEAS PROJECTS AND 23:11 STUFF I THINK TO MYSELF, LIKE I WONDER IF THIS REALLY MATTERS IF I'M TO 23:16 GIVE OR IF I'M TO PRAY IS THIS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 23:18 AND THE COOL THING ABOUT SPENDING TIME AND WORKING IN CHINA IS THAT I CAN 23:26 KNOW FIRST HAND THAT IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 23:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 23:32 THE VIEWERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND IT'S THE REAL DEAL. 23:35 GOD IS ACTUALLY WORKING AND STUFF IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 23:38 THE REAL DEAL. 23:38 IT'S THE REAL DEAL, YES I LIKE THAT. 23:41 AND SO YES, PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT BUT ESPECIALLY PRAYER AND IT'S 23:46 NOT A TRIVIAL THING IT ACTUALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND GOD REALLY 23:51 IS BLESSING, SO. 23:52 YES, I'D JUST LIKE TO THROW IN SOMETHING, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER 23:55 BUT THERE WAS ONE DAY I WAS FEELING A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGED. 23:58 SOME OF THE REPORTS WEREN'T AS WOW AS I WANTED THEM TO BE AND I WAS KIND 24:02 OF APOLOGIZING TO THESE GUYS AND THEY WERE-I FELT LIKE THE MESSAGE I GOT 24:08 FROM MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN WAS: PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, AUDREY. 24:12 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS. 24:14 GOD IS WORKING IN AMAZING WAYS AND IT'S JUST BEEN A POWERFUL THING FOR ME TO 24:22 KNOW THAT GOD CAN USE ME. 24:24 HE CAN USE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL AND CHRISTIAN. 24:26 THEY HAVE A GIFT MIX THAT I DON'T HAVE AND WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL. 24:30 YES, TO CONTRIBUTE AND TO BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER AND TO DO SOMETHING FOR 24:36 CHRIST FOR CHINA, YES, WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT. 24:40 AND YOU ARE RIGHT THAT'S A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. 24:43 CHRISTIAN HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? 24:45 WELL I WOULD SAY MY EXPERIENCE IN CHINA I'M STILL BLOWN AWAY AT THE 24:48 DEDICATION OF ALL THESE GOSPEL MISSION PIONEERS AND I THINK IF THERE IS 24:53 ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP YOU KNOW, MEET THENEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN 24:59 CHINA, I THINK IT WOULD BE TO PRAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE AS DEDICATED TO 25:04 PRAYER AS THESE GOSPEL MISSION PIONEERS ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR WORK IN 25:08 CHINA. 25:08 YES. 25:09 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 25:10 WELL SPEAKING OF PRAYER, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PRAYER RIGHT NOW. 25:13 MICHAEL WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 25:17 CHINA? 25:18 LET'S BOW OUR HEADS. 25:19 FATHER IN HEAVEN I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD TO TALK A 25:22 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAY YOU ARE WORKING IN CHINA AND TO SHARE SOME STORIES 25:25 AND SOME EXCITING THINGS BUT AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE 25:33 WITH EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN CHINA ALL 1.4 BILLION OF YOUR CHILDREN THERE. 25:39 YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE RIGHTNOW WORKING AS DEDICATED AGENTS FOR YOUR 25:46 MESSAGE THERE. 25:47 THAT THEY ARE WORKING EVERYDAY TO WIN PEOPLE OVER TO YOUR SIDE AND I 25:54 PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO DO 25:57 THEIR JOB AS DIFFICULT AS IT MAY BE AND THAT YOU'D BE WITH THOSE THAT THEY 26:02 ARE WORKING WITH THAT YOU WOULD IMPRESS THEIR HEARTS AND TOUCH THEIR SOULS AND 26:06 ALSO FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT YET HEARD THE MESSAGE. 26:09 I PRAY THAT YOU'D SEND PEOPLE TO THEM AND BLESS THEM. 26:12 PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP US FAITHFUL TO PRAYING FOR THE WORK THERE AND HELP US 26:17 ALL TO CONTINUE ENTHUSIASTICALLY WORKING FOR YOU. 26:21 IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. 26:22 AMEN, AMEN. 26:23 MICHAEL, THANK YOU. 26:24 CHRISTIAN, THANK YOU. 26:26 AUDREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE SO APPRECIATE THE THREE OF YOU BEING HERE 26:29 AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL 26:31 OUTREACH AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU'VE HEARD HERE FROM OUR THREE 26:35 GUESTS TO PLEASE DO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE WORK IN CHINA. 26:37 WE ASK YOU ALSO IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING UPON YOU AND YOUR HEART WE 26:42 DO NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:44 WE NEED THESE PIONEER TEAMS IN CHINA BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, MANY OF 26:47 GOD'S CHILDREN THERE WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS ANDHIS LOVE. 26:50 WE THANK YOU AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRAY AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 26:55 TODAY. 26:56 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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