[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.50\00:00:15.74 HELLO THERE, I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:15.78\00:00:18.78 TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WE ARE GOING TO NEPAL 00:00:18.81\00:00:22.88 AND TO GET THERE LINDA SHULTZ IS OUR GUIDE. 00:00:22.92\00:00:25.72 THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JOINING ME HERE AT THIS TABLE TODAY. 00:00:25.75\00:00:28.96 THANK YOU, DICK. 00:00:28.99\00:00:29.62 NICE TO BE HERE. 00:00:29.66\00:00:31.09 NEPAL -THAT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY AND IT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU 00:00:31.13\00:00:36.40 DREAM ABOUT SHANGRI LA. 00:00:36.43\00:00:37.30 IS IT REALLY THAT WAY? 00:00:37.33\00:00:38.77 IT IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY. 00:00:38.80\00:00:40.34 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND I'M JUST SURPRISED AT HOW MANY 00:00:40.37\00:00:44.21 PEOPLE I RUN INTO WHO HAVE VISITED NEPAL. 00:00:44.24\00:00:45.11 REALLY? 00:00:45.14\00:00:46.11 IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON TOURIST GROUPS OR? 00:00:46.14\00:00:48.61 A LOT OF, TOURISM YES A LOT OF TOURISM, HIKING. 00:00:48.64\00:00:53.82 IT'S GOT THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD MT. 00:00:53.85\00:00:56.89 EVEREST IN NEPAL UH HUH. 00:00:56.92\00:00:58.49 IT -SO LOTS OF PEOPLE COME IN THERE TO START THE TRIP. 00:00:58.52\00:01:02.19 UH HUH. 00:01:02.22\00:01:02.92 THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO START. 00:01:02.96\00:01:04.36 NOW WHEN I LOOK AT NEPAL ON ANY OF THE UNITED NATIONS LISTS 00:01:04.39\00:01:08.93 THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF NGO'S-NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE UP THERE HELPING 00:01:11.77\00:01:17.64 PEOPLE. 00:01:17.67\00:01:18.31 I'LL BET THERE'S THOUSANDS. 00:01:18.34\00:01:19.64 REALLY? 00:01:19.67\00:01:20.24 THEY ARE JUST EVERYWHERE. 00:01:20.28\00:01:21.64 THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF NGO'S AND SOMETIMES THEY CALL 00:01:21.68\00:01:25.75 THEM INGO'S - INVISIBLE NGO'S. 00:01:25.78\00:01:27.35 IN THAT THEY'RE HERE BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING? 00:01:27.38\00:01:31.05 INVISIBLE THE NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THERE IS A 00:01:31.09\00:01:34.16 LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN NEPAL HELPING NEPAL AND THERE'S A 00:01:34.19\00:01:39.73 TREMENDOUS NEED IN NEPAL. 00:01:39.76\00:01:40.53 HOW'S GOSPEL OUTREACH DIFFERENT? 00:01:40.56\00:01:43.10 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC MISSION IN 00:01:43.13\00:01:47.34 NEPAL. UM, WHAT WE DO, AS YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS 00:01:47.37\00:01:52.44 AND SO GOSPEL OUTREACH RIGHT NOW WE ARE SUPPORTING 59 INDIGENOUS BIBLE WORKERS WHO ARE 00:01:54.51\00:02:00.32 GOING OUT INTO THE HILLS AND THE VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF 00:02:00.35\00:02:05.09 NEPAL SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 00:02:05.12\00:02:06.55 AND NEPAL IS A COUNTRY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THIS ONE OF THE 00:02:06.59\00:02:10.86 MOST UNREACHED AREAS IN THE WORLD. 00:02:10.89\00:02:12.46 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS SO THEIR MISSION IS 00:02:12.49\00:02:17.67 TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS -INTRODUCE 00:02:17.70\00:02:20.67 THEM TO JESUS. THAT'S FASCINATING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MANY TOURISTS 00:02:20.70\00:02:25.04 COMING THROUGH. 00:02:25.07\00:02:26.54 I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT JESUS FROM THE 00:02:26.57\00:02:27.94 TOURISTS WHO ARE GETTING READY TO CLIMB MT. 00:02:27.98\00:02:29.28 EVEREST OR COME AND BUT NO. 00:02:29.31\00:02:33.08 NOT NECESSARILY. 00:02:33.11\00:02:34.45 THERE ARE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEPAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF -YOU 00:02:34.48\00:02:40.12 KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE CITY KATHMANDU -THAT'S THE CAPITOL 00:02:40.16\00:02:43.39 CITY AND SO THEIR-THE TOURISTS TEND TO GO IN SOME OF THE NICER PLACES AND THEN BUT THERE 00:02:43.43\00:02:48.56 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE NOT EVEN ROADS TO GET TO 00:02:48.60\00:02:52.97 THESE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO WALK FOR HOURS AND MILES TO GET TO 00:02:53.00\00:02:58.27 THEM. IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VERY ACCESSIBLE AND DON'T HAVE 00:02:58.31\00:03:02.18 MUCH CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. 00:03:02.21\00:03:03.78 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DID YOU SAY WE HAD? 00:03:03.81\00:03:06.45 FIFTY-NINE. 00:03:06.48\00:03:07.48 FIFTY-NINE, UH HUH, FOR 30 MILLION. 00:03:07.52\00:03:09.98 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:10.02\00:03:10.65 IS THAT ENOUGH? 00:03:10.69\00:03:12.22 THAT'S A GOD SIZED TASK. 00:03:12.25\00:03:13.86 IT'S A GOD SIZED TASK- I THINK SO. 00:03:13.89\00:03:16.42 YES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I READ SOMETHING RECENTLY IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT NEPAL 00:03:16.46\00:03:20.96 GOING THROUGH A TIME WHEN THEY ARE SAYING THEY REALLY DON'T 00:03:21.00\00:03:26.37 WANT ANYBODY CONVERTING, CHANGING RELIGIONS AND ANYBODY WHO TRIES TO HELP ONE OF THEIR 00:03:26.40\00:03:30.67 PEOPLE CHANGE RELIGIONS IS IN DEEP TROUBLE. 00:03:30.71\00:03:33.64 WE HAD WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IN NEPAL FROM ABOUT 2005 -2015. 00:03:33.68\00:03:39.65 WHAT HAPPENED IN 2005? 00:03:39.68\00:03:41.15 2005 THERE WAS A MAOIST REVOLUTION WHICH KICKED OUT THE 00:03:41.18\00:03:47.09 KING, THE FORMER GOVERNMENT THAT WAS QUITE REPRESSIVE TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY AND IN THAT 00:03:47.12\00:03:51.96 TEN YEAR PERIOD OF TIME WE HAD RELATIVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN 00:03:51.99\00:03:56.23 NEPAL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. 00:03:56.26\00:03:57.77 AND DURING THOSE TEN YEARS WE INCREASED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:03:57.80\00:04:03.24 WORKERS QUITE A BIT DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE FREE TO WORK AND THE GOSPEL SPREAD 00:04:03.27\00:04:08.21 QUITE RAPIDLY DURING THAT RELATIVELY RAPIDLY. 00:04:08.24\00:04:12.15 CHRISTIAN POPULATION GOING FROM ABOUT 1 PER CENT TO 3 PER CENT 00:04:12.18\00:04:15.72 WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH. 00:04:15.75\00:04:16.82 THAT'S A LOT. 00:04:16.85\00:04:18.25 IT IS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 30 MILLION PEOPLE 00:04:18.29\00:04:20.79 IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AH, BUT IN 2015 THE GOVERNMENT DID REORGANIZE AND A NEW 00:04:20.82\00:04:25.89 CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED AND ACCORDING TO THAT CONSTITUTION 00:04:28.86\00:04:34.80 IT IS NOW ILLEGAL TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION TO ANOTHER OR TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY 00:04:34.84\00:04:41.01 THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE OR APPEAR TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO CONVERT 00:04:41.04\00:04:46.88 FROM ONE RELIGION TO ANOTHER. 00:04:46.92\00:04:48.32 SO YOU ARE FREE TO PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION AS LONG AS YOU DON'T 00:04:48.35\00:04:53.42 CONVERT AND EVEN IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WANTING TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION 00:04:53.46\00:04:56.73 TO ANOTHER. 00:04:56.76\00:04:57.93 YOU CAN'T DO IT. 00:04:57.96\00:04:59.26 NOT ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. 00:04:59.29\00:05:01.20 NO. 00:05:01.23\00:05:02.76 SO WHAT HAPPENS IN CLINICS IN THE HOSPITALS WHERE WE'RE BUSY 00:05:02.80\00:05:05.63 TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIANS AND CARING AND LIVE HEALTHFULLY? 00:05:05.67\00:05:11.74 YOU WORK ALL THAT WITHOUT EVERY SAYING JESUS? 00:05:11.77\00:05:14.91 YOU CAN REPRESENT JESUS WITHOUT SAYING JESUS AND RIGHT NOW OUR 00:05:14.94\00:05:19.81 MEDICAL WORK THERE IS BEING VERY, VERY CAREFUL. 00:05:19.85\00:05:21.65 THEY ARE WALKING A VERY FINE LINE AND THEY ARE WANTING TO 00:05:21.68\00:05:25.19 STICK VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO THEIR MEDICAL MISSION. 00:05:25.22\00:05:26.76 THAT IS THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW AND SO THEY ARE KEEPING A BIT OF 00:05:26.79\00:05:33.23 A DISTANCE FROM THE WORK OF THE CHURCH. 00:05:33.26\00:05:36.40 WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S JOB IS 00:05:36.43\00:05:42.84 TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES AND TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS? 00:05:42.87\00:05:45.14 WELL THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 00:05:45.17\00:05:46.57 BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IS DIRECTLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE 00:05:46.61\00:05:50.28 LAW. WELL, THAT HAPPENED FOR A LONG TIME. 00:05:50.31\00:05:51.71 BUT NOW SOMEBODY IS STARTING TO ENFORCE IT, RIGHT? 00:05:51.75\00:05:55.02 YES. 00:05:55.05\00:05:56.05 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS IN A LOT OF DIFFICULT AREAS. 00:05:56.08\00:05:59.02 WE HAVE UM, OUR VISION, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO GO TO 00:05:59.05\00:06:05.46 THE 10/40 WINDOW WHICH THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS IN THERE THAT ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO 00:06:05.49\00:06:09.76 REACH. 00:06:09.80\00:06:11.27 SO IN NEPAL WE ARE RIGHT NOW OUR BIBLE WORKERS ARE STILL DOING 00:06:11.30\00:06:15.77 WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 00:06:15.80\00:06:16.71 RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE ARRESTED. 00:06:16.74\00:06:18.97 NO PERSECUTIONS YET. 00:06:19.01\00:06:21.78 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:06:21.81\00:06:24.68 THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING -THEY'VE BEEN CALLING ON THE WORLD CHURCH 00:06:24.71\00:06:29.05 TO PRAY FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM COURAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING 00:06:29.08\00:06:33.66 IN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION NOW AND THEY ARE ASKING US FOR HELP BECAUSE THE 00:06:33.69\00:06:38.33 WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OPENLY THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO WORK QUITE SO OPENLY. 00:06:38.36\00:06:43.47 NO, THEY'VE GOT TO CHANGE THEIR TACTICS COMPLETELY. 00:06:43.50\00:06:45.67 YES. 00:06:45.70\00:06:46.53 YES, AND WHO IS TEACHING THEM THAT? 00:06:46.57\00:06:48.24 THAT WILL BE OUR JOB AND-OUR JOB, WELL WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED 00:06:48.27\00:06:52.34 THAT HELPS YOU NEXT TIME YOU GO TO VISIT? 00:06:52.37\00:06:54.34 WELL, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, W ARE LEARNING FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO 00:06:54.38\00:07:00.28 ARE WORKING IN OTHER AREAS AND WE HOPE TO VISITING THERE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND TO BE 00:07:00.32\00:07:04.59 BRINGING THEM SOME METHODS. 00:07:04.62\00:07:06.19 ONE THING THAT YOU DO IS YOU CAN STILL PRAY FOR PEOPLE IF PEOPLE 00:07:06.22\00:07:11.63 ASK YOU FOR PRAYER AND ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IN NEPAL IS YOU -PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A 00:07:11.66\00:07:18.10 SENSE OF THE POWER OF GOD BECAUSE I HEAR STORY AFTER STORY 00:07:18.13\00:07:23.61 OF PEOPLE THAT -SOMEONE HAS PRAYED FOR THEM. 00:07:23.64\00:07:27.18 THEY'VE BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME. 00:07:27.21\00:07:28.84 NOTHING -THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY HEALING FROM ANY OF THE 00:07:28.88\00:07:33.62 METHODS THAT THEY KNOW. 00:07:33.65\00:07:35.25 ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS COMES ALONG, PRAYS FOR THEM OR THEY 00:07:35.28\00:07:38.12 ARE AT OUR HOSPITAL IN THE PAST. 00:07:38.15\00:07:39.49 A LOT OF SEEDS WERE PLANTED THROUGH OUR MEDICAL WORK THERE 00:07:39.52\00:07:40.06 AND THEN THEY ARE HEALED. 00:07:40.09\00:07:41.56 AND SO THEY SEE-THEY ENCOUNTER THE POWER OF GOD AND I WAS 00:07:41.59\00:07:42.96 INTRODUCED TO A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT RECENTLY AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT REGARDLESS 00:07:42.99\00:07:46.49 OF WHAT CULTURE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THERE IS REALLY THREE 00:07:46.53\00:07:48.86 THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR A TRUE CONVERSION. 00:07:48.90\00:07:51.77 ONE IS TRUTH. 00:07:51.80\00:07:56.87 WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER THE TRUTH BUT THAT HAS TO DO MORE WITH OUR 00:08:09.95\00:08:14.19 MIND-INFORMATION. 00:08:14.22\00:08:16.76 THE OTHER IS ALLEGIANCE, YOU KNOW, TO SURRENDER, SURRENDER 00:08:16.79\00:08:21.93 OUR WILL MAKE THAT FREE WILL CHOICE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT 00:08:21.96\00:08:27.17 DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'VE MADE THAT FREE WILL CHOICE TO FOLLOW 00:08:27.20\00:08:30.57 JESUS. AND THIRD IS TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD. 00:08:30.61\00:08:33.94 TO ENCOUNTER THE POWER OF GOD AND WE CAN ENCOUNTER THAT IN A 00:08:33.98\00:08:37.21 LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 00:08:37.25\00:08:38.85 FREEDOM FROM WORRY; GIVING US HOPE; FREEDOM FROM DIFFERENT 00:08:38.88\00:08:44.29 BONDAGES. IN NEPAL, WE SEE A LOT-THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF 00:08:44.32\00:08:50.99 PEOPLE THAT ARE HARASSED BY EVIL SPIRITS IN A WAY THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN WESTERN CULTURE 00:08:51.03\00:08:55.56 BUT THAT IS NOT ISOLATED. 00:08:55.60\00:08:56.93 IT IS NOT ABNORMAL IT HAPPENS A LOT. 00:08:56.97\00:08:58.40 IT HAPPENS A LOT AND ALSO HEALING FROM ILLNESSES AND THEN 00:08:58.43\00:09:03.44 WHEN PEOPLE ARE HEALED THEY HAVE A STORY TO SHARE AND YOU ARE A STORYTELLER SO YOU COULD 00:09:05.87\00:09:11.58 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BUT IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO MET JESUS AT 00:09:11.61\00:09:16.62 THE WELL AND HE TOUCHED HER HEART AND WHAT DOES SHE DO? 00:09:16.65\00:09:19.49 SHE RAN HOME AND WHO DID SHE WANT TO TELL? 00:09:19.52\00:09:22.42 EVERYBODY. 00:09:22.46\00:09:23.59 SHE WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? 00:09:23.63\00:09:25.83 EVERYBODY CAME. 00:09:25.86\00:09:27.03 EVERYBODY CAME AND THAT-OFTEN TIMES THAT'S WHAT WE SEE. 00:09:27.03\00:09:30.33 THAT'S HOW OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE-BECAUSE WE WANT 00:09:30.37\00:09:32.73 TO REACH THE UNREACHED THAT IS REALLY OUR FOCUS. 00:09:32.77\00:09:35.34 AND SO IF THEY'VE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE POWER OF GOD 00:09:35.37\00:09:40.64 THEY CANNOT STAY QUIET ABOUT THAT AND THEIR FAMILY LEARNS ABOUT IT AND THEN THEIR FAMILY 00:09:40.68\00:09:45.35 IS CONVERTED AND THEN THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY, YOU KNOW AND THEN THEIR VILLAGE SO 00:09:45.38\00:09:50.49 THAT'S REALLY HOW CHRISTIANITY-AND THEN WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT SAY? 00:09:50.52\00:09:53.69 WELL, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 00:09:53.72\00:09:55.96 THIS IS VERY, VERY NEW AND SO FAR, I HAVE ONLY HEARD ABOUT ONE 00:09:55.99\00:10:01.03 CASE IN NEPAL AND IT WASN'T WITH OUR CHURCH BUT IT WAS-BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE 00:10:03.26\00:10:07.47 ARE LOT OF NGO'S WORKING OVER THERE. 00:10:07.50\00:10:09.27 THESE WERE SOME CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS WHO WERE DOING SOME 00:10:09.30\00:10:13.54 COUNSELING WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL -DOING TRAUMA COUNSELING RELATED 00:10:13.58\00:10:18.95 TO THE EARTHQUAKES. 00:10:18.98\00:10:20.65 THERE WERE TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2015 AND THEY 00:10:20.68\00:10:25.45 WERE ACCUSED OF HAVING A PAMPHLET THAT TOLD ABOUT THE STORY OF JESUS AND SO 00:10:25.49\00:10:27.46 THESE EIGHT COUNSELORS WERE ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF TRYING 00:10:27.49\00:10:29.46 TO CONVERT THESE CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE SAYING, WELL IN THE FIRST PLACE WE 00:10:29.49\00:10:34.56 WEREN'T CONVERTING BUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 00:10:39.57\00:10:44.47 SO NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT OUT WARNINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE A 00:10:44.51\00:10:49.88 LOT OF PEOPLE OPERATING SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ANOTHER WAY THE NGO'S -THERE IS SO 00:10:49.91\00:10:53.62 MANY CHILDREN IN NEED OVER THERE. 00:10:53.65\00:10:56.62 POVERTY, ILLITERACY IS A HUGE PROBLEM. 00:10:56.65\00:10:59.72 THERE IS A LOT OF ORPHANS. 00:10:59.75\00:11:01.32 A LOT OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED SO THERE ARE A LOT OF 00:11:01.36\00:11:03.83 PEOPLE OVER THERE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN, MOSTLY CHRISTIAN 00:11:03.86\00:11:08.10 ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEY ARE BEING WARNED NOW BY THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY ARE NO 00:11:08.13\00:11:14.04 LONGER ABLE TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO THE CHILDREN, TO PRAY WITH THE CHILDREN, TO HAVE ANY 00:11:14.07\00:11:18.01 SORT OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN THE SCHOOLS. 00:11:18.04\00:11:20.94 THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE CHANGE FOR THE WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO 00:11:20.98\00:11:26.68 BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN NEPAL, SO. 00:11:26.72\00:11:28.12 NOW THERE IS A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WHERE 00:11:28.15\00:11:30.85 SOMETHING SIMILAR IS HAPPENED WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS BASICALLY PULLED AWAY FROM 00:11:30.89\00:11:36.73 HOUSE CHURCHES AND THAT KIND OF THING AND IN THE PROCESS A LOT 00:11:36.76\00:11:40.86 OF EVANGELICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIMPLY GONE HOME. 00:11:40.90\00:11:45.00 IF THAT HAPPENS IN NEPAL, AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE LEAVE WHY 00:11:45.03\00:11:50.81 WILL GOSPEL OUTREACH STAY? 00:11:50.84\00:11:53.24 WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE UNREACHED. 00:11:53.27\00:11:58.48 WORKING IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND ONE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS 00:11:58.51\00:12:04.09 HOUSE CHURCHES. 00:12:04.12\00:12:05.59 YOU KNOW, SMALL CELL CHURCHES AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO 00:12:05.62\00:12:08.66 BE LOOKING TOWARDS MORE METHODS - MORE AND MORE OF THOSE. 00:12:08.69\00:12:10.66 MORE AND MORE METHODS LIKE THAT AND ALSO UM, TRUSTING IN THE 00:12:10.69\00:12:17.07 LORD TO HELP US WITH THIS WORK AND THE CHURCH IN NEPAL HAS CALLED ON THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH 00:12:17.10\00:12:22.44 FOR PRAYER AND THEY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER IN A MIGHTY, 00:12:22.47\00:12:26.98 MIGHTY WAY. 00:12:27.01\00:12:28.54 AND YOU KNOW, THEY PRAYER THAT THEY STAY ENCOURAGED, THAT THEY 00:12:28.58\00:12:32.75 CAN BOLDLY GO AND STILL PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL. 00:12:35.25\00:12:37.05 THEY MAY HAVE TO DO IT NOT QUITE SO OPENLY BUT THERE ARE STILL 00:12:37.09\00:12:41.52 BAPTISMS TAKING PLACE. 00:12:41.56\00:12:42.99 THEY MAY NOT BE OPEN OUT IN A RIVER BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING 00:12:43.02\00:12:47.60 BAPTIZED AND WE ARE -THE CHURCHES ARE STILL MEETING. 00:12:47.60\00:12:50.60 THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCHES MEETING. 00:12:50.63\00:12:53.54 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN NEPAL? 00:12:53.57\00:12:56.14 WE HAVE 59 AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE. 00:12:56.17\00:12:58.91 OK, HOLD, HOLD ON I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FIRST. 00:12:58.94\00:13:01.01 OK. 00:13:01.04\00:13:01.94 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF ALL OF THIS? 00:13:01.98\00:13:04.28 IF SO, THEN JUST THINK 59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL COSTS 00:13:04.31\00:13:10.65 ABOUT $150 A MONTH THAT YOU COULD GIVE TO HELP SUPPORT 00:13:10.69\00:13:13.96 THOSE. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. 00:13:13.99\00:13:15.46 WATCH THIS. 00:13:15.49\00:13:17.56 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE 00:13:18.46\00:13:22.56 SIMPLE QUESTION. 00:13:22.60\00:13:23.80 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:13:23.83\00:13:25.17 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS 00:13:25.20\00:13:29.20 JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:13:29.24\00:13:30.71 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 00:13:30.74\00:13:31.87 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:13:31.91\00:13:33.98 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE 00:13:38.78\00:13:43.55 KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 00:13:43.59\00:13:48.49 SHALL THE END COME." 00:13:48.52\00:13:50.59 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, 00:13:52.06\00:13:56.83 AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 00:13:56.87\00:14:02.54 PLUS COUNTRIES. 00:14:02.57\00:14:04.04 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 00:14:04.07\00:14:07.41 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 00:14:07.44\00:14:08.91 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 00:14:08.94\00:14:11.41 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 00:14:11.45\00:14:13.95 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR 00:14:13.98\00:14:18.49 BIBLE WORKERS IN UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 00:14:18.52\00:14:20.02 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 00:14:20.06\00:14:25.69 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 00:14:25.73\00:14:27.56 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 00:14:27.60\00:14:29.06 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS 00:14:29.10\00:14:34.24 LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 00:14:34.27\00:14:38.01 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT 00:14:38.04\00:14:42.18 DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 00:14:42.21\00:14:46.08 WINDOW. 00:14:46.11\00:14:47.75 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 00:14:47.78\00:14:51.45 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED 00:14:51.49\00:14:55.09 BETWEEN 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:14:55.12\00:14:57.49 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 00:14:57.53\00:15:00.96 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE 00:15:01.00\00:15:04.20 NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 00:15:04.23\00:15:07.14 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE 00:15:07.17\00:15:12.04 PEOPLE? WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 00:15:12.07\00:15:15.94 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 00:15:15.98\00:15:17.51 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 00:15:17.55\00:15:20.95 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 00:15:20.98\00:15:23.69 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS 00:15:23.72\00:15:27.46 CHURCH CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO 00:15:27.49\00:15:32.19 SHARE THE GOSPEL. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES 00:15:32.23\00:15:36.03 HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 00:15:36.06\00:15:37.50 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL 00:15:37.53\00:15:41.97 BAPTISMS DUE TO THE WORK OF PRABIR. 00:15:42.00\00:15:43.67 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH 00:15:43.71\00:15:47.21 HAVE BEEN WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 00:15:47.24\00:15:49.08 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND 00:15:49.11\00:15:53.45 DONATED A PIECE OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 00:15:53.48\00:15:55.68 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 00:15:55.72\00:15:59.49 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW 00:15:59.52\00:16:03.69 HERE IN INDIA. WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 00:16:03.73\00:16:07.86 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 00:16:07.93\00:16:12.97 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 00:16:17.11\00:16:18.67 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE 00:16:18.71\00:16:21.14 ARE GETTING TO MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 00:16:21.18\00:16:25.25 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 00:16:25.28\00:16:29.48 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM 00:16:29.52\00:16:33.12 AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 00:16:33.15\00:16:36.83 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 00:16:36.86\00:16:41.53 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS 00:16:41.56\00:16:46.13 IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED. 00:16:46.17\00:16:47.64 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, 00:16:47.67\00:16:52.07 RETIRED SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 00:16:52.11\00:16:58.11 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE 00:16:58.15\00:17:02.02 PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 00:17:02.05\00:17:06.76 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 00:17:06.79\00:17:10.46 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL 00:17:10.49\00:17:15.46 HELP. THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 00:17:15.50\00:17:19.30 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT 00:17:19.33\00:17:23.61 TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE 00:17:23.64\00:17:27.71 WORK BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A 00:17:27.74\00:17:31.75 YEAR. IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS 00:17:31.78\00:17:36.25 OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 00:17:36.28\00:17:41.46 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE 00:17:41.49\00:17:44.63 ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 00:17:44.66\00:17:49.43 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:17:49.46\00:17:52.37 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 00:17:52.40\00:17:55.57 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE 00:17:55.60\00:17:59.64 A DIFFERENCE TOO. AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:17:59.67\00:18:02.68 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 00:18:02.71\00:18:05.88 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT 00:18:05.91\00:18:09.52 YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 00:18:09.55\00:18:14.62 IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT 00:18:20.30\00:18:25.27 JESUS AND IT IS ILLEGAL. 00:18:25.30\00:18:26.94 THAT'S NEPAL. 00:18:26.97\00:18:28.80 AND LINDA SHULTZ YOU ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MOTHER FOR ALL 00:18:28.84\00:18:35.11 OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL. 00:18:35.14\00:18:37.75 SO I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU WHAT ARE THOSE PEOPLE LIKE? 00:18:37.78\00:18:41.95 AND HOW IS THEIR PERSONAL DEDICATION TO GOD SUCH THAT THEY 00:18:41.98\00:18:48.46 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS? 00:18:48.49\00:18:51.59 MANY OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE FIRST GENERATION 00:18:51.63\00:18:57.20 ADVENTISTS. THEY MANY OF THEM HAVE UH, WERE BORN INTO HINDU FAMILIES-HAVE COME OUT OF 00:18:57.23\00:19:04.11 HINDUISM. 00:19:04.14\00:19:04.94 UH HUH. 00:19:04.97\00:19:05.74 AH, THEY HAVE A LOVE FOR JESUS. 00:19:05.77\00:19:08.08 WE HAVE A LOT OF FAIRLY YOUNG BIBLE WORKERS WHICH I'M VERY, 00:19:08.11\00:19:14.92 VERY ENCOURAGED ABOUT THAT. 00:19:14.95\00:19:15.58 EARLY BEING 25-35? 00:19:15.62\00:19:17.42 TWENTY-FIVE, YES, I'D SAY 25 -40. 00:19:17.45\00:19:20.02 O.K. 00:19:20.06\00:19:20.79 I'M GLAD THAT YOU PUT 40 AS YOUNG. 00:19:20.82\00:19:22.09 THAT MIGHT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY AGE YES 40 IS STILL YOUNG. 00:19:22.12\00:19:26.23 UM, I SEE THAT THE PEOPLE,YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BEING ATTRACTED 00:19:26.26\00:19:31.30 TO CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM HOPE UM, IN A COUNTRY THAT 00:19:35.20\00:19:40.34 IS VERY, VERY POOR; THAT DOESN'T OFFER A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR 00:19:40.38\00:19:45.38 A LOT OF PEOPLE. AH, IT GIVES THEM A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 00:19:45.41\00:19:47.72 IT GIVES THEM A HOPE FOR TODAY. 00:19:47.75\00:19:49.18 THEY FIND A PEACE THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE AND THEY ARE 00:19:49.22\00:19:53.66 VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS WHO HAVE GONE TO 00:19:53.69\00:19:59.93 INDIA AND GONE TO OUR UNIVERSITY THERE AND HAVE SOME OF THEM HAVE 00:19:59.96\00:20:04.17 COMPLETED THEOLOGY DEGREES, SOME HAVE NOT BUT THEY HAVE SOME 00:20:04.20\00:20:07.44 BIBLE TRAINING OR THEY HAVE SOME HEALTH MINISTRY TRAINING. 00:20:07.47\00:20:09.44 UH HUH. 00:20:09.47\00:20:10.94 THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY'VE, THEY ARE REALLY ABLE TO WORK 00:20:10.97\00:20:14.01 AMONG PEOPLE IS IF THEY HAVE SOME HEALTH EDUCATION. 00:20:14.04\00:20:15.81 FASCINATING. 00:20:15.84\00:20:16.61 SO SHOW ME SOME PICTURES OF THEM. 00:20:16.64\00:20:18.21 I WANT TO MEET THEM. 00:20:18.25\00:20:19.75 OK. 00:20:19.78\00:20:20.82 THIS FIRST PICTURE WAS TAKEN DURING MY LAST TRIP. 00:20:20.85\00:20:24.29 THIS IS ABOUT HALF OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO 00:20:24.32\00:20:30.49 BRING TOGETHER FOR A FOUR DAY BIBLE TRAINING SEMINAR. 00:20:30.53\00:20:32.96 THIS IS DEFINITELY A JACKET COUNTRY. 00:20:32.99\00:20:34.83 THIS WAS JANUARY AND IT WAS VERY COLD AND THERE WAS NO HEAT. 00:20:34.86\00:20:40.94 SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GO OUTSIDE DURING THE DAY WHEN THE 00:20:40.97\00:20:45.54 SUN WAS OUT BECAUSE YOU COULD WARM UP BUT WHEN WE WERE IN THE BUILDINGS WE WERE WEARING 00:20:45.57\00:20:49.81 JACKETS, WE WERE HAD HOT WATER BOTTLES, YES, AND SCARVES AND 00:20:49.84\00:20:56.05 STUFF BUT YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, LIKE ESPECIALLY LIKE LOOK AT THOSE GIRLS IN THE 00:20:56.08\00:20:59.42 FRONT. 00:20:59.45\00:21:00.46 AH, THOSE GIRLS ARE BRIGHT SHINING STARS. 00:21:00.49\00:21:04.26 THEY LOVE JESUS AND THEY DEVOTE A PART OF EVERY DAY TO GOING 00:21:04.29\00:21:09.43 AROUND IN THEIR VILLAGES SHARING JESUS WITH PEOPLE AND PRAYING WITH THEM-JUST LOOKING HOW 00:21:09.46\00:21:14.47 CAN THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA. 00:21:14.50\00:21:18.51 YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN I'D BE IN-WHEN 00:21:18.54\00:21:21.81 I'VE BEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND I SEE THE DORCAS LEADERS ALL 00:21:21.84\00:21:25.25 DRESSED UP IN THEIR OUTFITS AND EVERYTHING AND I SAY, SO I'M SPENDING -I'M GIVING 00:21:25.28\00:21:29.85 MONEY TO SOMEPLACE OVERSEAS AND YOU AS A DORCAS LEADER OVER HERE 00:21:29.88\00:21:35.32 DOING IT, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR PEOPLE? 00:21:35.36\00:21:38.53 AND THEIR ANSWER IS WE GO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND WE ASK WHAT WE CAN 00:21:38.56\00:21:42.43 DO. SOMETIMES WE WASH DISHES AND SOMETIMES WE ROCK BABIES AND 00:21:42.46\00:21:46.13 SOMETIMES WE JUST SIT. 00:21:46.17\00:21:46.77 SOMETIMES WE SWEEP FLOORS. 00:21:46.80\00:21:47.77 WE JUST ARE THERE AND PART OF THEIR FAMILY. 00:21:47.80\00:21:50.07 UH HUH. 00:21:50.11\00:21:51.54 THAT'S WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR IS HAPPENING 00:21:51.57\00:21:53.98 IN NEPAL. LOOKING FOR THE NEEDS AND I'LL TELLYOU THERE ARE 00:21:54.01\00:21:57.48 NEEDS. LET ME JUST SHOW YOU - PLEASE. 00:21:57.51\00:21:58.98 I THINK THIS NEXT PICTURE IS-THIS IS INSIDE ONE OF OUR CHURCHES AND YOU'LL 00:21:59.01\00:22:04.15 NOTICE EVERYONE SITS ON THE FLOOR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE 00:22:04.19\00:22:09.32 POORER AREAS OF NEPAL BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ATTRACTED TO THE CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY 00:22:09.36\00:22:15.23 BECAUSE THEY ARE FINDING SOMETHING THERE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IN THEIR LIFE. 00:22:15.26\00:22:21.50 HOPE. 00:22:21.54\00:22:22.17 PEACE. 00:22:22.20\00:22:22.84 HOPE AND PEACE. 00:22:22.87\00:22:23.91 AND THEN THE CHILDREN- WHO CAN'T LOVE THE CHILDREN? 00:22:23.94\00:22:28.24 BRING THEM ALL HOME. 00:22:28.28\00:22:30.18 I WISH WE COULD BUT YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THEIR AREAS 00:22:30.21\00:22:35.28 AND JUST FOR THEM JUST TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE CARES ABOUT 00:22:39.09\00:22:41.42 THEM. SOMEONE THAT HAS NOTICED THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM FEEL VERY, VERY FORGOTTEN 00:22:41.46\00:22:44.93 BY THEIR GOVERNMENT. 00:22:44.96\00:22:46.19 A LOT OF ORPHANS. 00:22:46.23\00:22:47.56 THERE IS A LOT OF ORPHANS. 00:22:47.60\00:22:49.56 A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE ABANDONED. 00:22:49.60\00:22:51.97 THERE IS TWO CHILDREN THAT WE ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THERE 00:22:52.00\00:22:54.94 RIGHT NOW. THEIR MOTHER LEFT THEM BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GET REMARRIED AND A MAN IN 00:22:54.97\00:22:59.57 NEPAL WON'T MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAS CHILDREN BY ANOTHER MAN. 00:22:59.61\00:23:03.08 OH REALLY. 00:23:03.11\00:23:04.15 AND SO SHE JUST HAS TO GET RID OF THOSE CHILDREN. 00:23:04.18\00:23:05.48 SHE MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE THE CHILDREN. 00:23:05.51\00:23:07.98 AS A MOTHER, I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING THAT BUT IN A SOCIETY 00:23:08.02\00:23:13.46 WHERE IT IS JUST SO DIFFICULT IT HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY, IT 00:23:13.49\00:23:17.36 HAPPENS. UM. 00:23:17.39\00:23:19.69 THAT WOULD BE SO HARD TO LIVE WITH AND DEAL WITH. 00:23:19.73\00:23:23.16 IT'S, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT YOU KNOW IT 00:23:23.20\00:23:27.20 HAPPENS AND WE'RE JUST-THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE I WENT TO SEE THESE TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND IT IS 00:23:27.24\00:23:31.54 JUST-IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO SEE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR 00:23:31.57\00:23:37.65 LIVES. 00:23:37.68\00:23:39.18 I THINK ABOUT THAT PICTURE WITH THE GIRLS IN FRONT AND ALL THE 00:23:39.21\00:23:42.32 REST, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THEM WOULD LOVE TO JUST LISTEN TO EACH OF THEIR STORIES. 00:23:42.35\00:23:46.35 WHY ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? 00:23:46.39\00:23:48.26 YES. 00:23:48.29\00:23:49.66 HOW ARE YOU SHARING CHRIST DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S 00:23:49.69\00:23:54.36 REQUIREMENTS? AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OVER THERE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM NOW AND 00:23:54.36\00:23:58.80 THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WILL BE ASKING. 00:23:58.83\00:24:01.94 I'M EAGER TO HEAR YOUR ANSWERS. 00:24:01.97\00:24:03.30 YES. 00:24:03.34\00:24:04.74 I LOVE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, VISIT AND SIT DOWN WITH EACH ONE 00:24:04.77\00:24:06.88 OF THEM. THAT'S MY GOAL. 00:24:06.91\00:24:08.08 THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. 00:24:08.11\00:24:09.34 THERE WAS. 00:24:09.38\00:24:10.85 A COUPLE OF- IN 2015 THERE WERE TWO VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE 00:24:10.88\00:24:15.18 EARTHQUAKES IN NEPAL. 00:24:15.22\00:24:16.18 HOW DID THOSE IMPACT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 00:24:16.22\00:24:17.62 WELL, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 00:24:17.65\00:24:22.82 EARTHQUAKE. WE HAD FIVE CHURCHES THAT WERE DAMAGED. 00:24:22.86\00:24:25.53 WE HAD SEVENTEEN OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LOST THEIR 00:24:25.56\00:24:29.76 HOMES. PRAISE THE LORD WE HAD NO DEATHS FROM ANY OF OUR CHURCH 00:24:29.80\00:24:35.94 MEMBERS AND A LOT OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND SHELTER IN THE CHURCHES 00:24:35.97\00:24:41.14 BECAUSE HERE IS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR VILLAGES WHERE WE HAVE A 00:24:41.18\00:24:45.88 CHURCH AND LOOK AT THOSE HOMES. 00:24:45.91\00:24:47.38 IF PEOPLE WERE IN THOSE HOMES, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED AND 00:24:47.42\00:24:52.02 THE REAL BLESSING OUT OF THAT EARTHQUAKE WAS THAT THE FIRST 00:24:52.05\00:24:55.72 ONE HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND NOON ON SABBATH AND WE BELIEVE THAT WAS GOD'S PROTECTION IN FOR OUR 00:24:55.76\00:25:01.93 CHURCH MEMBERS THAT THEY WERE IN THE CHURCHES WHICH ARE BUILT 00:25:01.96\00:25:05.57 BETTER -WHICH ARE STURDY ENOUGH. 00:25:05.60\00:25:06.40 THEY ARE STURDIER THAN THESE HOUSES. 00:25:06.43\00:25:08.34 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHURCHES COLLAPSE. 00:25:08.37\00:25:09.94 WE HAD ENOUGH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT WE NEEDED TO REBUILD SOME 00:25:09.97\00:25:14.18 BUT NONE OF THE CHURCHES COLLAPSED WHEREAS THEY LOST ABOUT 9000-ABOUT 9000 PEOPLE 00:25:14.21\00:25:18.98 LOST THEIR LIVES IN THESE EARTHQUAKES AND THEN ABOUT THREE 00:25:19.01\00:25:22.12 WEEKS LATER THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE AND THESE WERE VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKES. 00:25:22.15\00:25:25.59 DID YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN 00:25:25.62\00:25:28.72 REBUILT? I DID, YES AND THIS PICTURE HERE IS VERY, VERY- IT 00:25:28.76\00:25:34.03 SOME POINTSETTIAS IS WHAT ITS A PICTURE IS OF. 00:25:34.10\00:25:35.16 IT IS VERY HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 00:25:35.20\00:25:36.97 I WISH YOU COULD SEE-I WISH I HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THIS 00:25:37.00\00:25:41.50 CHURCH. THIS CHURCH -I VISITED THIS CHURCH THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE IN JANUARY AND 00:25:41.54\00:25:45.97 ACTUALLY GOT TO SET THE CORNERSTONE FOR THIS CHURCH AND 00:25:46.01\00:25:51.05 THIS WAS BUILT SO MUCH STRONGER THAN THE OTHERS. 00:25:51.08\00:25:52.41 THEY SENT ME PICTURES. 00:25:52.45\00:25:53.95 A LOT OF REBAR WENT INTO THIS CHURCH BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE 00:25:53.98\00:25:59.12 FIVE AND GOSPEL OUTREACH -THANKS TO GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS WHO 00:25:59.15\00:26:03.56 DID MAKE SPECIAL DONATIONS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WE WERE ABLE TO 00:26:03.59\00:26:07.40 HELP THIS VILLAGE. WE WERE ABLE TO HELP IN MANY OTHER WAYS BUT THIS IS- THIS IS THE ONE 00:26:07.40\00:26:11.10 PROJECT THAT WE DID TAKE ON. 00:26:11.13\00:26:12.57 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOESN'T NORMALLY DO BUILDING PROJECTS BUT 00:26:12.60\00:26:15.87 BECAUSE-THIS WAS NECESSARY. 00:26:15.90\00:26:17.47 THIS WAS A SPECIAL CASE AND REALLY TO GET OUR WORK BACK UP 00:26:17.51\00:26:21.94 AND FUNCTIONING IN NEPAL WE DID HELP PROVIDE SOME SHELTERS FOR 00:26:24.61\00:26:28.78 OUR WORKERS. I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU. 00:26:28.82\00:26:30.12 TWENTY-SECONDS LEFT, YOU HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION? 00:26:30.15\00:26:32.42 GO DICK. 00:26:32.45\00:26:33.22 TELL ME WHAT JESUS MEANS TO YOU. 00:26:33.25\00:26:35.09 AH, JESUS HAS MADE SUCH AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. 00:26:35.12\00:26:38.63 WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY LIFE BEFORE I KNEW JESUS AND NOW IT'S 00:26:38.66\00:26:43.70 LIKE HE'S GIVEN ME HOPE, HE'S GIVEN ME A FUTURE AND HE'S GIVEN ME TREMENDOUS VALUE IN MY 00:26:45.87\00:26:50.51 LIFE BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE. 00:26:50.54\00:26:52.81 HOPE, FUTURE, VALUE ALL FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 00:26:52.84\00:26:56.61 ALL BEING SHARED EVEN IN NEPAL. 00:26:56.64\00:26:59.31 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 00:26:59.35\00:27:04.49 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:28:09.08\00:28:14.16