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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000658A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN TO WATCH 00:20 THIS PROGRAM. 00:22 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU VIEWERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:25 IF YOU ARE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WANT TO SAY A BIG WELCOME TO YOU. 00:30 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOCUSES ON A VERY INTERESTING PART OF OUR 00:34 WORLD. 00:34 IT IS A BIG RECTANGLE. 00:36 IT'S CALLED THE 10/40 WINDOW AND IT GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY 00:40 THROUGH PAKISTAN, INDIA, CHINA TO JAPAN AND IT IS FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES 00:46 NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:48 THIS IS THE MOST HEAVILY POPULATED AREA OF OUR GLOBE AND LADIES AND 00:53 GENTLEMEN, PEOPLE STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS IN THIS AREA. 00:57 AND THAT'S WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH-THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUS OUR MISSION WORK AND 01:01 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALONG TODAY AS WE ARE 01:05 TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THIS 10/4O WINDOW TODAY. 01:09 AND I WANT TO INVITE LINDA SHULTZ HERE TO THE PROGRAM. 01:13 NICE TO SEE YOU. 01:14 NICE TO SEE YOU TOO, JULIE. 01:16 SO WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN A LITTLE OVERVIEW FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE NEW 01:19 TO THE PROGRAM, LINDA AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS-YOU AND 01:23 YOUR HUSBAND CHARLES. 01:24 UH HUH. 01:25 WHICH COUNTRY? 01:25 NEPAL. 01:26 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEPAL. 01:29 WELL, NEPAL IS ACTUALLY IT IS A VERY SMALL COUNTRY AND IT'S IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 01:34 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I HAVE A LITTLE PICTURE HERE SO TO JUST GIVE THE 01:38 VIEWERS AN IDEA OF WHERE IT IS LOCATED. 01:41 GOOD. 01:43 IT IS, IT'S TUCKED-IT'S THAT LITTLE COUNTRY THAT'S TUCKED INBETWEEN INDIA TO 01:45 THE SOUTH AND CHINA TO THE NORTH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 01:48 IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL COUNTRY. 01:51 IT IS MAYBE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 01:56 IT. 01:57 WOW! 01:58 SO THAT KIND OF GIVES US SOME PERSPECTIVE AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THERE 02:02 IS A VERY TALL MOUNTAIN IN NEPAL. 02:05 MOUNT EVEREST, YES. 02:06 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE TRIPS THERE. 02:09 WE HEAR ABOUT HIKING ADVENTURES THERE IN THE SPRING AND I HAD A FRIEND 02:12 WHO WAS THERE EARLIER AND OH, THE PICTURES WERE FANTASTIC. 02:16 I AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE VISIT NEPAL. 02:18 IT IS A LOVELY COUNTRY. 02:20 IT'S THE MOUNTAINS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR AND IT IS A 02:24 VERY RUGGED TERRAIN WHICH EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL COUNTRY TRAVEL AROUND 02:29 NEPAL IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TRYING TO GET FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE OTHER. 02:33 THE ROADS AREN'T THE GREATEST AND YOU KNOW, WITH THINKING ABOUT GOING 02:36 FROM ALMOST SEA LEVEL AT ONE END OF THE COUNTRY AND UP TO THESE TALLEST 02:40 MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD AH, IN NOT A GREAT AMOUNT OF DISTANCE YOU CAN IMAGINE 02:44 IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HILLS, A LOT OF VALLEYS, A LOT OF 02:47 MOUNTAINS AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF VILLAGES TERRACED UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 02:53 IT'S QUITE A SPECTACULAR PLACE. 02:55 SO WE, THAT HELPS PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE TOO, THE STATE OF NEW YORK OF THE 02:59 SIZE OF NEPAL. 03:00 BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE. 03:02 WE HEAR OF COURSE, AS WE MENTIONED ABOUT MOUNTAINS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE? 03:06 WHAT ABOUT RELIGION? 03:08 WELL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN NEPAL. 03:12 THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION THERE IS HINDU. 03:14 PROBABLY ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE COUNTRY IS HINDU BACKGROUND. 03:19 THE REST, THERE IS BUDDHIST. 03:21 IT MAYBE MAKES UP ABOUT ANOTHER TEN PER CENT. 03:24 SOME OF IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMBINATION OF HINDU AND BUDDHIST AND THEN 03:28 THERE IS A SMALL MUSLIM POPULATION, SOME ANIMISTS AND VERY, VERY SMALL 03:33 CHRISTIAN POPULATION. 03:35 SO, FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HINDUISM CAN YOU GIVE US A 03:40 WIKIPEDIA EDITION OF THAT? 03:45 I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON HINDUISM BUT I KNOW IT IS A VERY ANCIENT RELIGION 03:49 AND THEY BELIEVE IN MANY, MANY GODS. 03:53 SO THERE'S A LOT OF STATUES, TEMPLES, FESTIVALS AND IT'S 03:58 JUST-IT'S REALLY AS MUCH OF A RELIGION AS A WAY OF LIFE AND I THINK LIKE 04:05 CHRISTIANITY, THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, DENOMINATIONS AND BELIEFS. 04:09 IT IS REALLY HARD TO PUT HINDUISM JUST IN ONE LITTLE BOX. 04:13 SURE. 04:14 UH, SO THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, DEVOUT ONE WAY AND OTHERS IT IS 04:18 REALLY MORE JUST A WAY OF LIFE. 04:21 IT IS MORE CULTURE. 04:22 SURE, SURE WELL AND I THINK FOR US IN THE WESTERN WORLD FOR US YES, 04:27 WE HAVE OUR CULTURES, YES WE HAVE OUR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS THINGS LIKE THAT 04:31 AS CHRISTIANS BUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HINDUISM AND IN A CULTURE IT IS 04:37 VERY STEEPED IN THESE COUNTRIES AND FOR US - FOR EXAMPLE HERE IN AMERICA, 04:43 NORTH AMERICA WE'RE A MELTING POT OF SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES, 04:47 RELIGIONS, LANGUAGES AND ALL OF THAT. 04:49 SO TRUE. 04:50 BUT WHEN YOU GO TO A COUNTRY WHERE IT IS SO CONDENSED AND WHEN THEY 04:55 ARE SO HEAVILY ONE RELIGION OR ANOTHER RELIGION THAT'S WHERE IT 04:59 IS A LITTLE HARDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 05:01 RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A COUNTRY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES OR 05:04 CENTURIES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. 05:08 YOU KNOW THOUSANDS OF YEARS, YES. 05:09 THAT THIS RELIGION HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS CULTURE. 05:12 SO LINDA, BASED ON ALL OF THAT UM, WITH WHAT YOU'VE SHARED-SO HOW IS 05:17 CHRISTIANITY VIEWED? 05:19 UM, CHRISTIANITY IS -HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN ACCEPTED OFFICIALLY IN, YOU KNOW, 05:26 LIKE THE SEVENTH - WELL THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED 05:30 IN NEPAL. 05:31 IT'S AND NEPAL WAS VERY CLOSED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS 05:38 DECADES AND CENTURIES REALLY AND SO IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL IN MAYBE 05:43 AROUND THE 1950'S THAT THEY WERE EVEN OPENING THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT TO THE 05:49 OUTSIDE WORLD. 05:50 IT IS A VERY, VERY CLOSED COUNTRY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND THERE IS POCKETS 05:54 IN THE COUNTRY THAT YOU SEE LIKE - WOW, IS THIS 2016? 05:59 YES, WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN? 06:00 WHAT DECADE ARE WE IN? 06:02 WHAT CENTURY ARE WE IN BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS JUST SO PRIMITIVE. 06:04 YES. 06:05 YES. 06:06 THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE CONVENIENCES AND THE ADVANCES THAT WE HAVE 06:09 ALTHOUGH ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A CELLPHONE. 06:11 YES, ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH? 06:12 YOU GO WELL IN CHINA YOU'RE OUT IN A RICE PADDY AND YOU KNOW MEN WILL HAVE 06:18 TWO CELLPHONES. 06:19 YES. 06:21 WELL, WE KIND OF LAUGH -JOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIME BECAUSE AGAIN 06:24 BACK TO OUR WESTERN CULTURE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY ADVANCES BUT DUE 06:29 TO THE POVERTY AND ALL OF THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING 06:32 ABOUT HERE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 06:34 THAT I THINK, IS ALSO THE HUMBLING ASPECT TOO, RIGHT? 06:38 YES, AS FAR-AS FAR AS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH AND WHAT THEY HAVE 06:44 AND THE JOY THAT THEY HAVE DESPITE THE LACK OF THINGS AND ALL OF THAT. 06:49 THERE IS TREMENDOUS POVERTY IN NEPAL AND MANY COUNTRIES IN -REALLY IN 06:55 THAT 10/40 WINDOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 06:57 YES. 06:58 UM, I DO HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE HERE OF THE 10/40 WINDOW JUST TO DESCRIBE 07:03 AGAIN THAT AREA THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 07:04 SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE ARE WORKING IN. 07:06 PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE INDIA BUBBLE IS UP ON THE TOP HERE, RIGHT, THAT IS 07:09 NEPAL. 07:11 BUT YOU LOOK AT THAT 10/40 WINDOW THOUGH, LINDA, AND THAT IS A TON OF REAL 07:14 ESTATE. 07:15 THAT LONG RECTANGLE IT IS JUST, JUST THINK OF WHAT WE KNOW AS YOU LOOK AROUND 07:20 I MEAN-INDIA, CHINA. 07:21 I MEAN JUST THESE STAND ALONE COUNTRIES THAT WE KNOW OF WITH A HUGE 07:25 POPULATION. 07:25 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 07:27 YES. 07:28 THE MOST POVERTY, THE MOST ILLITERATE AND THE MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER 07:31 HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 07:32 AND WHERE ALL THE MAJOR RELIGIONS STARTED. 07:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:36 THEY ALL STARTED IN THAT AREA. 07:38 SO, YOU'VE KIND OF PAINTED THE PICTURE GEOGRAPHICALLY AND DEMOGRAPHICALLY WITH 07:43 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY SO DO 07:49 WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW CHRISTIANS THERE ARE IN NEPAL? 07:52 DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CHRISTIANS ARE 07:55 THERE? 07:56 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S ABOUT -NOW THERE'S ABOUT THREE PER CENT OF 08:00 THE POPULATION IS CHRISTIAN WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT A MILLION. 08:05 UM, OF THAT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IS QUITE SMALL. 08:09 I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 5-6000 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN NEPAL RIGHT 08:14 NOW. 08:14 AND HOW ARE THEY PERCEIVED? 08:16 I MEAN ONCE THEY ACCEPT JESUS, IS THIS-WHEN YOU ARE GOING FROM A RELIGION 08:20 WITH THOUSANDS OF GODS AND THEN YOU GO TO A LIVING GOD IS THIS SOMETHING 08:25 CULTURALLY THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN FAMILIES AND 08:28 FRIENDS AND ALL OF THAT? 08:30 WHAT WE SEE SO OFTEN THERE IS THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR A PERSON TO REALLY 08:39 CONVERT AND BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR SOCIETY IS THE WHOLE FAMILY CONVERTS. 08:43 YES. 08:45 AND WE SEE SO MANY CASES OF HEALING, PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND SOMEONE PRAYED 08:52 FOR THEM AND THEY ARE HEALED AND JUST LIKE WHEN JESUS TOUCHED THE HEART OF 08:54 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, THEN THEY WANT TO GO AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT AND 09:04 WHEN THEIR FAMILIES ARE CONVERTED AND THEN VILLAGES ARE CONVERTED 09:08 THEN THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT OF, YOU KNOW, A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. 09:14 YES, TO SUPPORT THEM. 09:15 AS AN INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 09:18 WELL AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THIS BOOK AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THE HOLY 09:22 SPIRIT AND YES, MIRACLES DO STILL HAPPEN. 09:25 I SAW A DRAMA OF THAT, YOU MENTIONED THE LADY AT THE WELL, I SAW A DRAMA OF 09:29 THAT PUT TO MUSIC AND THERE WAS JUST THE VIDEO OF TWO ACTORS REPRESENTING 09:35 THE LADY AT THE WELL AND JESUS AND THEN IT SHOWED HER GOING ALL THROUGH TOWN 09:41 TELLING EVERYBODY AND IT GIVES ME SHIVERS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE 09:45 THAT'S REALLY HOW IT WAS. 09:46 THAT'S REALLY HOW IT WAS, YES, SO THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT. 09:49 SO GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT SOME -HOW CHRISTIANITY HAS COME TO 09:53 NEPAL AND ADVENTIST CHRISTIANITY. 09:56 IN PARTICULAR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN INROADS. 10:00 WELL, NEPAL REALLY STARTED TO OPEN ITS DOORS SLOWLY TO THE WESTERN WORLD. 10:06 MAYBE IN THE 1950'S AND SO MEDICAL MISSIONARIES-THEY WERE ALLOWING DOCTORS TO 10:13 COME IN, SET UP CLINICS, BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST REALLY WAS SO, SO VERY 10:17 LITTLE THERE. 10:18 THE FIRST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MEDICAL MISSIONARIES THAT WENT 10:21 THERE WAS IN THE LATE 1950'S AND THAT WAS DR. STANLEY STURGIS AND 10:28 HIS WIFE RAYLENE. 10:30 THEY WENT THERE AND THEY ACTUALLY COULDN'T JOIN THE MAINSTREAM OTHER MEDICAL 10:36 MISSIONARIES WHO WERE THERE SO THEY- WHY? 10:40 WELL, BECAUSE THEY WERE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS SO THEY WERE PUT OUT IN 10:43 ANOTHER VILLAGE BETWEEN BANEPA AND DHULIKHAL WHICH IS ABOUT THIRTY KILOMETERS 10:49 OUTSIDE OF KATHMANDU AND THEY STARTED A SMALL CLINIC THERE AND THEY 10:54 LIVED WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND STARTED TO MAKE FRIENDSHIPS WITH THEM AND 11:00 THEY WERE THE ONLY CLINIC IN THAT AREA FOR MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE. 11:05 AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES WERE HOW THE MESSAGE, THE 11:12 ADVENTIST CHURCH WAS FIRST STARTED THERE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR 11:18 TO MEET DR. STURGIS AND HIS WIFE RAYLENE. 11:21 THAT'S A PICTURE OF THEM ON THE RIGHT. 11:25 THEY ARE RETIRED NOW FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BUT IT WAS REALLY A BLESSING TO 11:29 MEET THEM AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS. 11:32 SURE. 11:33 AND THEN AFTER THEM FOLLOWED ANOTHER FAMILY -AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF 11:37 YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, YES, YES THAT'S MY HUSBAND AND I ON THE LEFT. 11:41 BUT THEN ABOUT TEN YEARS LATER ANOTHER DOCTOR WENT THERE. 11:45 DR. RICHARD CLARK AND THEY CONTINUED THE WORK IN NEPAL. 11:51 HIS WIFE FORMED THE FIRST SABBATH SCHOOL THERE SO THERE WERE AND YOU KNOW, 11:56 BUILT FRIENDSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS AND SO SLOWLY, SLOWLY SEEDS WERE 12:01 SOWN, YES, AND UM. 12:03 YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW PEOPLE WERE CONVERTED AND THOSE WERE SOME VERY, VERY 12:08 DIFFICULT YEARS BUT SOME VERY IMPORTANT SEEDS WERE SOWN DURING THAT TIME. 12:12 AND THE HOSPITAL IS CONTINUING-I HAD A GIRLFRIEND ACTUALLY SHE 12:15 VOLUNTEERED THERE AT THE HOSPITAL, YES, AND SO MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK IS 12:18 HUGE THERE. 12:20 THIS IS A PICTURE, YES, OF SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHICH IS NOW GROWN FROM 12:24 THIS SMALL CLINIC TO NOW IT IS A THREE STORY 150 BED HOSPITAL SERVING THE 12:30 POPULATION OF THE AREA AND YES, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY 12:34 FAMILIAR WITH THIS IF THEY'VE BEEN TO NEPAL. 12:36 A LOT OF DOCTORS WILL GO THERE, VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. 12:38 YES. 12:39 DENTISTS AND SO FORTH. 12:40 WELL AND I KIND OF LIKE IT. 12:41 IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A CHATEAU FROM SWITZERLAND OR SOMEWHERE WITH THE 12:44 BRICK AND THE IVY AND I THINK THE MOUNTAINS OF YOU KNOW, MT. 12:48 EVEREST BEING THERE THAT'S WHAT IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE TO ME. 12:51 UH HUH. 12:52 SO WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENCE IN NEPAL AND YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND ARE THE 12:57 REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT BEFORE WE 13:00 DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 13:05 HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 13:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 13:14 QUESTION. 13:14 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:16 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 13:21 WAITING FOR? 13:23 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:27 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:30 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:35 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:40 SHALL THE END COME." 13:43 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:48 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:53 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:58 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 14:01 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 14:02 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 14:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 14:10 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 14:11 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 14:17 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 14:19 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 14:20 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 14:25 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 14:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:33 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:37 WINDOW. 14:39 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:42 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:46 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:49 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:52 NINETY -SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:55 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:58 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 15:03 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 15:07 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 15:09 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 15:12 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 15:15 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 15:19 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 15:23 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 15:27 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 15:29 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:33 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:35 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:38 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:40 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:45 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:47 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:51 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:55 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:59 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 16:04 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 16:08 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 16:12 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 16:16 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 16:21 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 16:24 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 16:28 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:33 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:37 TO BE REACHED. 16:39 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:43 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:49 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:53 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:58 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:02 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 17:07 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 17:10 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 17:15 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 17:19 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 17:23 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 17:27 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:33 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:36 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:41 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:43 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:47 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:51 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:54 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:57 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 18:01 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:12 THERE ARE SO MANY FANTASTIC THINGS ABOUT OUR LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 18:15 BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO WHAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU AND YOU 18:21 CAN ALSO THOUGH, BE INVOLVED WITH WORK IN THE 10/40 WINDOW BY DONATING 18:26 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HELPING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN LOCAL VILLAGES 18:30 AND TOWNS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW SHARE JESUS. 18:34 ISN'T THAT NEAT HOW THE LORD BLESSES IN SO MANY FANTASTIC WAYS AND WE WANT 18:37 TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:41 TODAY HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M CHATTING WITH LINDA SHULTZ. 18:43 HI LINDA. 18:44 HI. 18:46 IT IS GREAT HAVING YOU HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEPAL AND BEFORE THE 18:47 BREAK WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COUNTRY, HINDUISM THAT IS 18:52 80% DOMINANT THERE AND TELL US HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 18:57 WORKING IN NEPAL AND HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAWN TO CHRISTIANITY. 19:01 WE-OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE REALLY THE BACKBONE OF THE CHURCH IN 19:06 NEPAL. 19:07 I KEEP HEARING THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 19:09 WE ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING 59 BIBLE WORKERS IN NEPAL. 19:13 THIS IS A PICTURE OF JUST ONE OF OUR WORKERS. 19:15 UM AND THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK TO BRING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO THE 19:22 PEOPLE IN NEPAL. 19:24 AND YOU HAVE, WE DON'T SEE HIS WHOLE FACE-TELL US WHY THAT IS? 19:31 UM, CHRISTIANITY IS UNDER THREAT RIGHT NOW IN NEPAL AND SO FOR HIS SECURITY I 19:38 AM NOT SHOWING HIS WHOLE FACE. 19:39 I UNDERSTAND THAT. 19:41 SO 59 WORKERS AND THEY ARE GOING AS WE CAN SEE HERE THIS IS SOMEONE'S HOME AND 19:46 THEY ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. 19:47 THAT IS ACTUALLY A CHURCH. 19:48 OH, THAT IS THE CHURCH. 19:49 O.K. 19:50 YES. 19:51 I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IS A LARGE HOME BUT, YES. 19:51 NO THAT WOULD BE VERY LARGE FOR A HOME. 19:53 THAT IS A CHURCH THAT HE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF. 19:55 OK. 19:56 BUT THEY ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD. 19:57 WE HAD AROUND 2000 MAYBE AROUND 2000. 20:01 WE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MAYBE ABOUT TEN BUT 20:06 BETWEEN 2005 AND 2015 A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY OPENED UP IN NEPAL TO 20:11 SHARE THE GOSPEL. 20:12 THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A REVOLUTION IN 2005. 20:17 THE OLD GOVERNMENT WAS KICKED OUT THEN IT TOOK TEN YEARS TO UM-FOR THE 20:21 NEW CONSITUTION TO BE PUT IN PLACE AND THAT REALLY GAVE JUST A TREMENDOUS 20:26 WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NEPAL AND DURING THAT TIME WE 20:31 BUILT UP TO SUPPORTING 59 WORKERS, WONDERFUL, AND THE CHRISTIANITY ALMOST 20:37 QUADRUPLED DURING THAT TIME. 20:40 THE CHURCH EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF GROWTH AND WHAT'S TRULY ATTRACTING 20:44 PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH-I'VE GOT ANOTHER PICTURE HERE OF THE INSIDE OF ONE OF 20:49 OUR CHURCHES. 20:51 THERE IS SO MUCH -FOR ONE,HOPELESSNESS IN THE SOCIETY AND YOU KNOW SO 20:56 MUCH POVERTY, SO MUCH DESPAIR, SO MUCH HOPELESSNESS AND THEY WHEN 21:03 THEY LEARN THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL AND ABOUT THIS GOD WHO LOVES THEM SO MUCH 21:08 AND ABOUT HEAVEN AND THAT THERE IS MORE ON THIS EARTH THAN JUST WHAT THEY 21:15 HAVE, THEY ARE SO DRAWN TO THAT, UM JUST THE HOPE AND ALSO I HAD MENTIONED ABOUT 21:23 THE HEALINGS. 21:24 YES. 21:25 GOD REALLY SEEMS TO SHOW HIS POWER IN A MIGHTY WAY IN NEPAL BECAUSE I HEAR 21:31 STORIES AFTER STORIES AFTER STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SICK; PEOPLE WHO 21:37 JUST HAD NO HOPE OF RECOVERY; THEY HAD DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW 21:41 TO DO AND ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS WILL COME AND PRAY FOR THEM OR THEY WOULD GO 21:47 TO SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THEY WERE HEALED AND THEN THEY WERE 21:52 LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, UH HUH, WHO HAD TO GO BACK AND TELL EVERYONE. 21:55 HAVE YOU HEARD? 21:56 HAVE YOU HEARD? 21:57 HAVE YOU HEARD? 21:58 EXACTLY, EXACTLY AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAWN. 22:03 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE VILLAGES AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A TERRIBLY, 22:09 TERRIBLY POOR AREA BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME LITERACY CENTERS IN THAT 22:15 AREA- PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION FOR THESE PEOPLE AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK 22:20 IT IS THAT COMBINATION OF THE HOPE THAT CHRISTIANITY OFFERS AND THEY ARE SEEING 22:25 THE POWER OF GOD THAT IS REALLY DRAWING THEM AND WANTING THEM TO KNOW MORE. 22:31 BUT LINDA, FOR ME YOU HIT ON THE WORD-IT IS HOPE BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE IN A 22:36 DESPERATE SITUATION WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL YOU 22:40 CAN'T EVEN SEE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TUNNEL AND BUT TO HAVE HOPE IN JESUS 22:44 AND TO HAVE JOY AND SEE THE JOY ON THE WOMEN'S FACE THERE AS THEY SAT. 22:47 WAS THAT A CHURCH? 22:48 IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GATHERING IN A CHURCH. 22:50 YES, YES. 22:51 AND I KNOW FOR ME I MEAN THAT IS HUGE FOR ME AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT 22:56 IS FOR THESE PEOPLE. 22:57 YES, AND I HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN THEY'RE JUST SO THANKFUL. 23:00 WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH IN NEPAL -THE NEPAL 23:05 SECTION AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THEY ARE JUST SO, SO THANK FUL FOR GOSPEL 23:09 OUTREACH FOR THEHELP THAT WE PROVIDE TO THEM AND IT'S THEIR WORDS THAT OUR 23:14 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE WORK THERE. 23:16 YES. 23:18 BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TAKING 23:21 THE GOSPEL TO THE UNREACHED IN NEPAL. 23:23 BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, EVERY DAY IS A GIFT IN THAT GOD GIVES EVERY 23:29 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THE HOOK-TO HOOK ON AND TO SHARE JESUS AND WHAT YOU 23:33 MENTIONED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION- PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE GROWTH OF THE 23:37 CHURCH AND PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT JESUS DURING THAT TIME AND EVEN THOUGH THIS 23:41 NEW CONSTITUTION IS HERE GOD IS STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO BLESS BUT WE 23:45 HAVE TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHERE OUR VIEWERS AND 23:49 PEOPLE SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH THE FINANCIAL GIFTS, PRAYER OF 23:53 COURSE IS HUGE TO DO THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THIS THEN WE CAN HAVE MORE 23:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:59 AND THE MESSAGE THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE TODAY AND THE PRAYER 24:03 REQUEST THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE TODAY IS SINCE 2015 NEPAL DOES HAVE 24:08 A NEW CONSTITUTION AND ACCORDING TO THAT CONSTITUTION IT'S AGAINST 24:13 CIVIL LAW TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION TO ANOTHER AND IT'S ALSO AGAINST THE 24:18 LAW PUNISHABLE BY FINES, IMPRISONMENT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD 24:22 ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION TO ANOTHER. 24:26 WOW. 24:28 SO THIS HAS BEEN -WE'VE HAD THIS 10 YEARS OF OPEN, YES, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 24:33 THERE AND THAT DOOR HAS CLOSED AS OF LAST YEAR AND SO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:39 WORKERS WERE KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH AND PRAISE THE LORD THEY HAVE NOT 24:44 STOPPED THEIR WORK THERE. 24:45 GOOD. 24:46 AND NONE OF THEM HAVE HAD ANY IMPRISONMENT, YOU KNOW,THREAT OF 24:50 IMPRISONMENT YET BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING THERE AND YOU KNOW WE JUST 24:56 REALLY, REALLY NEED PRAYER FROM EVERYONE FOR THEIR STRENGTH, FOR THEIR 25:01 COURAGE, FOR THEIR PROTECTION, YES, TO CARRY THE WORK FORWARD BECAUSE 25:05 WE'RE GOING INTO A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN NEPAL. 25:10 THE CHURCH HAS NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AND YOU KNOW, NOW IT IS 25:14 CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL MAKING DECISIONS FOR 25:20 BAPTISM. 25:21 HERE IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR 25:27 BAPTISM. 25:28 UM, PRAYER. 25:29 UM THEY ARE PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING AND THEY ARE ASKING US TO PRAY. 25:32 YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR THE WORK. 25:34 THEIR HEARTS HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY JESUS. 25:37 THEY ARE CONVERTED. 25:38 THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORK IS GOING FORWARD 25:42 REALLY REGARDLESS. 25:43 THEIR FEELING IS THAT THE LAW OF GOD IS ABOVE THE LAW OF MAN AND YOU KNOW SO 25:48 THEY ARE DOING WHAT GOD HAS ASKED THEM TO DO. 25:50 UH, BIBLE STUDIES THEY ARE SO INTERESTED IN THE BIBLE AND THEY ARE ASKING US FOR 25:55 MORE AND MORE AND MORE. 25:57 PLEASE COME HELP US AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY HUSBAND AND I DO 26:02 IS WE ARE THE LIAISON BETWEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE FIELD AND WE'LL BE 26:07 GOING THERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BE MEETING WITH THEM, ENCOURAGING THEM AND 26:12 HELPING THEM TO GO WITH FURTHER BIBLE STUDIES AND AS I MENTIONED THE 26:16 BAPTISMS ALSO, YOU KNOW, BAPTISMS ARE GOING FORWARD. 26:20 THEY MAY NOT BE QUITE AS OPEN AS THEY WERE A FEW YEARS BACK BUT WE ARE 26:26 STILL SEEING A LOT OF BAPTISMS THERE. 26:28 WELL AND YOU KNOW, THE ACRONYM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS GO-GOSPEL 26:34 OUTREACH AND IN MATTHEW AND MARK THE GREAT COMMISSION IT IS GO AND 26:38 GOD DIDN'TSAY, JESUS DIDN'T SAY WELL, THIS THAT-HE SAID GO AND IT 26:43 WILL BE FIGURED OUT FOR US. 26:44 WELL LINDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:49 THANK YOU. 26:50 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND THE WORK IN 26:52 NEPAL AND MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN YOUR WORK THERE. 26:56 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 26:59 OUTREACH. 27:00 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:35 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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