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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000667A
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00:15 HELLO THERE, I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WE ARE GOING TO NEPAL AND TO GET THERE 00:22 LINDA SHULTZ IS OUR GUIDE. 00:25 THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JOINING ME HERE AT THIS TABLE TODAY. 00:28 THANK YOU, DICK. 00:29 NICE TO BE HERE. 00:31 NEPAL -THAT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY AND IT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU DREAM ABOUT 00:36 SHANGRI LA. 00:37 IS IT REALLY THAT WAY? 00:38 IT IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY. 00:40 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND I'M JUST SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE I RUN INTO 00:44 WHO HAVE VISITED NEPAL. 00:45 REALLY? 00:46 IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ON TOURIST GROUPS OR? 00:48 A LOT OF, TOURISM YES A LOT OF TOURISM, HIKING. 00:53 IT'S GOT THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD MT. 00:56 EVEREST IN NEPAL UH HUH. 00:58 IT -SO LOTS OF PEOPLE COME IN THERE TO START THE TRIP. 01:02 UH HUH. 01:02 THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO START. 01:04 NOW WHEN I LOOK AT NEPAL ON ANY OF THE UNITED NATIONS LISTS THERE ARE 01:11 HUNDREDS OF NGO'S-NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE UP THERE HELPING 01:17 PEOPLE. 01:18 I'LL BET THERE'S THOUSANDS. 01:19 REALLY? 01:20 THEY ARE JUST EVERYWHERE. 01:21 THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF NGO'S AND SOMETIMES THEY CALL THEM 01:25 INGO'S - INVISIBLE NGO'S. 01:27 IN THAT THEY'RE HERE BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING? 01:31 INVISIBLE THE NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THERE IS A 01:34 LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN NEPAL HELPING NEPAL AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED 01:39 IN NEPAL. 01:40 HOW'S GOSPEL OUTREACH DIFFERENT? 01:43 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC MISSION IN NEPAL. 01:47 UM, WHAT WE DO, AS YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS AND SO GOSPEL 01:54 OUTREACH RIGHT NOW WE ARE SUPPORTING 59 INDIGENOUS BIBLE WORKERS WHO ARE 02:00 GOING OUT INTO THE HILLS AND THE VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL SHARING 02:05 THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 02:06 AND NEPAL IS A COUNTRY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THIS ONE OF THE MOST UNREACHED 02:10 AREAS IN THE WORLD. 02:12 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS SO THEIR MISSION IS TO INTRODUCE 02:17 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS -INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS. 02:20 THAT'S FASCINATING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MANY TOURISTS COMING 02:25 THROUGH. 02:26 I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT JESUS FROM THE TOURISTS 02:27 WHO ARE GETTING READY TO CLIMB MT. 02:29 EVEREST OR COME AND BUT NO. 02:33 NOT NECESSARILY. 02:34 THERE ARE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEPAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF -YOU 02:40 KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE CITY KATHMANDU -THAT'S THE CAPITOL CITY AND SO 02:43 THEIR-THE TOURISTS TEND TO GO IN SOME OF THE NICER PLACES AND THEN BUT THERE 02:48 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE NOT EVEN ROADS TO GET TO THESE PEOPLE. 02:53 YOU HAVE TO WALK FOR HOURS AND MILES TO GET TO THEM. 02:58 IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VERY ACCESSIBLE AND DON'T HAVE 03:02 MUCH CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. 03:03 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DID YOU SAY WE HAD? 03:06 FIFTY-NINE. 03:07 FIFTY-NINE, UH HUH, FOR 30 MILLION. 03:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:10 IS THAT ENOUGH? 03:12 THAT'S A GOD SIZED TASK. 03:13 IT'S A GOD SIZED TASK- I THINK SO. 03:16 YES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I READ SOMETHING RECENTLY IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT NEPAL 03:21 GOING THROUGH A TIME WHEN THEY ARE SAYING THEY REALLY DON'T WANT ANYBODY 03:26 CONVERTING, CHANGING RELIGIONS AND ANYBODY WHO TRIES TO HELP ONE OF THEIR 03:30 PEOPLE CHANGE RELIGIONS IS IN DEEP TROUBLE. 03:33 WE HAD WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IN NEPAL FROM ABOUT 2005 -2015. 03:39 WHAT HAPPENED IN 2005? 03:41 2005 THERE WAS A MAOIST REVOLUTION WHICH KICKED OUT THE KING, THE FORMER 03:47 GOVERNMENT THAT WAS QUITE REPRESSIVE TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY AND IN THAT 03:51 TEN YEAR PERIOD OF TIME WE HAD RELATIVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NEPAL FOR THE 03:56 FIRST TIME EVER. 03:57 AND DURING THOSE TEN YEARS WE INCREASED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS QUITE A 04:03 BIT DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE FREE TO WORK AND THE GOSPEL SPREAD 04:08 QUITE RAPIDLY DURING THAT RELATIVELY RAPIDLY. 04:12 CHRISTIAN POPULATION GOING FROM ABOUT 1 PER CENT TO 3 PER CENT WHICH DOESN'T 04:15 SEEM LIKE MUCH. 04:16 THAT'S A LOT. 04:18 IT IS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN A SHORT 04:20 PERIOD OF TIME AH, BUT IN 2015 THE GOVERNMENT DID REORGANIZE AND A NEW 04:28 CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED AND ACCORDING TO THAT CONSTITUTION IT IS NOW 04:34 ILLEGAL TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION TO ANOTHER OR TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY 04:41 THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE OR APPEAR TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO CONVERT FROM ONE 04:46 RELIGION TO ANOTHER. 04:48 SO YOU ARE FREE TO PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION AS LONG AS YOU DON'T CONVERT 04:53 AND EVEN IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WANTING TO CONVERT FROM ONE RELIGION 04:56 TO ANOTHER. 04:57 YOU CAN'T DO IT. 04:59 NOT ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. 05:01 NO. 05:02 SO WHAT HAPPENS IN CLINICS IN THE HOSPITALS WHERE WE'RE BUSY TRYING TO TEACH 05:05 PEOPLE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIANS AND CARING AND LIVE HEALTHFULLY? 05:11 YOU WORK ALL THAT WITHOUT EVERY SAYING JESUS? 05:14 YOU CAN REPRESENT JESUS WITHOUT SAYING JESUS AND RIGHT NOW OUR MEDICAL WORK 05:19 THERE IS BEING VERY, VERY CAREFUL. 05:21 THEY ARE WALKING A VERY FINE LINE AND THEY ARE WANTING TO STICK VERY, 05:25 VERY CLOSELY TO THEIR MEDICAL MISSION. 05:26 THAT IS THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW AND SO THEY ARE KEEPING A BIT OF A 05:33 DISTANCE FROM THE WORK OF THE CHURCH. 05:36 WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S JOB IS TO GIVE BIBLE 05:42 STUDIES AND TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS? 05:45 WELL THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 05:46 BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IS DIRECTLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE LAW. 05:50 WELL, THAT HAPPENED FOR A LONG TIME. 05:51 BUT NOW SOMEBODY IS STARTING TO ENFORCE IT, RIGHT? 05:55 YES. 05:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS IN A LOT OF DIFFICULT AREAS. 05:59 WE HAVE UM, OUR VISION, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO GO TO THE 10/40 WINDOW 06:05 WHICH THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS IN THERE THAT ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO 06:09 REACH. 06:11 SO IN NEPAL WE ARE RIGHT NOW OUR BIBLE WORKERS ARE STILL DOING WHAT THEY ARE 06:15 DOING. 06:16 RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE ARRESTED. 06:19 NO PERSECUTIONS YET. 06:21 PRAISE THE LORD. 06:24 THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING -THEY'VE BEEN CALLING ON THE WORLD CHURCH TO PRAY 06:29 FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM COURAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING IN VERY, VERY 06:33 DIFFICULT SITUATION NOW AND THEY ARE ASKING US FOR HELP BECAUSE THE WAY THAT 06:38 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OPENLY THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO WORK QUITE SO OPENLY. 06:43 NO, THEY'VE GOT TO CHANGE THEIR TACTICS COMPLETELY. 06:45 YES. 06:46 YES, AND WHO IS TEACHING THEM THAT? 06:48 THAT WILL BE OUR JOB AND-OUR JOB, WELL WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT 06:52 HELPS YOU NEXT TIME YOU GO TO VISIT? 06:54 WELL, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, W ARE LEARNING FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN 07:00 OTHER AREAS AND WE HOPE TO VISITING THERE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND TO BE 07:04 BRINGING THEM SOME METHODS. 07:06 ONE THING THAT YOU DO IS YOU CAN STILL PRAY FOR PEOPLE IF PEOPLE ASK YOU 07:11 FOR PRAYER AND ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IN NEPAL IS YOU -PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A 07:18 SENSE OF THE POWER OF GOD BECAUSE I HEAR STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE THAT 07:23 -SOMEONE HAS PRAYED FOR THEM. 07:27 THEY'VE BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME. 07:28 NOTHING -THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY HEALING FROM ANY OF THE METHODS THAT 07:33 THEY KNOW. 07:35 ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS COMES ALONG, PRAYS FOR THEM OR THEY ARE AT OUR 07:38 HOSPITAL IN THE PAST. 07:39 A LOT OF SEEDS WERE PLANTED THROUGH OUR MEDICAL WORK THERE AND 07:40 THEN THEY ARE HEALED. 07:41 AND SO THEY SEE-THEY ENCOUNTER THE POWER OF GOD AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO A 07:42 VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT RECENTLY AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT REGARDLESS 07:46 OF WHAT CULTURE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THERE IS REALLY THREE THINGS THAT 07:48 ARE NECESSARY FOR A TRUE CONVERSION. 07:51 ONE IS TRUTH. 08:09 WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER THE TRUTH BUT THAT HAS TO DO MORE WITH OUR 08:14 MIND-INFORMATION. 08:16 THE OTHER IS ALLEGIANCE, YOU KNOW, TO SURRENDER, SURRENDER OUR WILL MAKE 08:21 THAT FREE WILL CHOICE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT 08:27 DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'VE MADE THAT FREE WILL CHOICE TO FOLLOW JESUS. 08:30 AND THIRD IS TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD. 08:33 TO ENCOUNTER THE POWER OF GOD AND WE CAN ENCOUNTER THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT 08:37 WAYS. 08:38 FREEDOM FROM WORRY; GIVING US HOPE; FREEDOM FROM DIFFERENT BONDAGES. 08:44 IN NEPAL, WE SEE A LOT-THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 08:51 HARASSED BY EVIL SPIRITS IN A WAY THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN WESTERN CULTURE 08:55 BUT THAT IS NOT ISOLATED. 08:56 IT IS NOT ABNORMAL IT HAPPENS A LOT. 08:58 IT HAPPENS A LOT AND ALSO HEALING FROM ILLNESSES AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE 09:05 HEALED THEY HAVE A STORY TO SHARE AND YOU ARE A STORYTELLER SO YOU COULD 09:11 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BUT IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO MET JESUS AT 09:16 THE WELL AND HE TOUCHED HER HEART AND WHAT DOES SHE DO? 09:19 SHE RAN HOME AND WHO DID SHE WANT TO TELL? 09:22 EVERYBODY. 09:23 SHE WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? 09:25 EVERYBODY CAME. 09:27 EVERYBODY CAME AND THAT-OFTEN TIMES THAT'S WHAT WE SEE. 09:30 THAT'S HOW OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE-BECAUSE WE WANT TO 09:32 REACH THE UNREACHED THAT IS REALLY OUR FOCUS. 09:35 AND SO IF THEY'VE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE POWER OF GOD THEY CANNOT STAY 09:40 QUIET ABOUT THAT AND THEIR FAMILY LEARNS ABOUT IT AND THEN THEIR FAMILY IS 09:45 CONVERTED AND THEN THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY, YOU KNOW AND THEN THEIR VILLAGE SO 09:50 THAT'S REALLY HOW CHRISTIANITY-AND THEN WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT SAY? 09:53 WELL, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 09:55 THIS IS VERY, VERY NEW AND SO FAR, I HAVE ONLY HEARD ABOUT ONE CASE IN NEPAL 10:03 AND IT WASN'T WITH OUR CHURCH BUT IT WAS-BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE 10:07 ARE LOT OF NGO'S WORKING OVER THERE. 10:09 THESE WERE SOME CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS WHO WERE DOING SOME COUNSELING WITH 10:13 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL -DOING TRAUMA COUNSELING RELATED 10:18 TO THE EARTHQUAKES. 10:20 THERE WERE TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2015 AND THEY 10:25 WERE ACCUSED OF HAVING A PAMPHLET THAT TOLD ABOUT THE STORY OF JESUS AND SO 10:27 THESE EIGHT COUNSELORS WERE ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF TRYING TO CONVERT THESE 10:29 CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE SAYING, WELL IN THE FIRST PLACE WE WEREN'T 10:39 CONVERTING BUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 10:44 SO NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT OUT WARNINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 10:49 OPERATING SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ANOTHER WAY THE NGO'S -THERE IS SO 10:53 MANY CHILDREN IN NEED OVER THERE. 10:56 POVERTY, ILLITERACY IS A HUGE PROBLEM. 10:59 THERE IS A LOT OF ORPHANS. 11:01 A LOT OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER 11:03 THERE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN, MOSTLY CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS. 11:08 AND THEY ARE BEING WARNED NOW BY THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO 11:14 GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO THE CHILDREN, TO PRAY WITH THE CHILDREN, TO HAVE ANY SORT 11:18 OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN THE SCHOOLS. 11:20 THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE CHANGE FOR THE WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 11:26 TO OPERATE IN NEPAL, SO. 11:28 NOW THERE IS A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WHERE SOMETHING 11:30 SIMILAR IS HAPPENED WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS BASICALLY PULLED AWAY FROM 11:36 HOUSE CHURCHES AND THAT KIND OF THING AND IN THE PROCESS A LOT OF 11:40 EVANGELICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIMPLY GONE HOME. 11:45 IF THAT HAPPENS IN NEPAL, AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE LEAVE WHY WILL GOSPEL 11:50 OUTREACH STAY? 11:53 WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE UNREACHED. 11:58 WORKING IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND ONE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS HOUSE 12:04 CHURCHES. 12:05 YOU KNOW, SMALL CELL CHURCHES AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING 12:08 TOWARDS MORE METHODS - MORE AND MORE OF THOSE. 12:10 MORE AND MORE METHODS LIKE THAT AND ALSO UM, TRUSTING IN THE LORD TO HELP US 12:17 WITH THIS WORK AND THE CHURCH IN NEPAL HAS CALLED ON THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH 12:22 FOR PRAYER AND THEY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER IN A MIGHTY, MIGHTY 12:27 WAY. 12:28 AND YOU KNOW, THEY PRAYER THAT THEY STAY ENCOURAGED, THAT THEY CAN BOLDLY GO 12:35 AND STILL PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL. 12:37 THEY MAY HAVE TO DO IT NOT QUITE SO OPENLY BUT THERE ARE STILL BAPTISMS TAKING 12:41 PLACE. 12:43 THEY MAY NOT BE OPEN OUT IN A RIVER BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING BAPTIZED AND 12:47 WE ARE -THE CHURCHES ARE STILL MEETING. 12:50 THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCHES MEETING. 12:53 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN NEPAL? 12:56 WE HAVE 59 AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE. 12:58 OK, HOLD, HOLD ON I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FIRST. 13:01 OK. 13:01 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF ALL OF THIS? 13:04 IF SO, THEN JUST THINK 59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL COSTS ABOUT $150 A 13:10 MONTH THAT YOU COULD GIVE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE. 13:13 LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. 13:15 WATCH THIS. 13:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 13:22 QUESTION. 13:23 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:25 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 13:29 WAITING FOR? 13:30 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:31 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:38 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:43 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:48 SHALL THE END COME." 13:52 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:56 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 14:02 PLUS COUNTRIES. 14:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 14:07 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 14:08 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 14:11 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 14:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 14:18 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 14:20 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 14:25 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 14:27 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 14:29 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 14:34 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 14:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:42 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:46 WINDOW. 14:47 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:51 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:55 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:57 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 15:01 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 15:04 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 15:07 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 15:12 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 15:15 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 15:17 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 15:20 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 15:23 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 15:27 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 15:32 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 15:36 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 15:37 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:42 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:43 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:47 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:49 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:53 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:55 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:59 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 16:03 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 16:07 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 16:17 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 16:18 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 16:21 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 16:25 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 16:29 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 16:33 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 16:36 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:41 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:46 TO BE REACHED. 16:47 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:52 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:58 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 17:02 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 17:06 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:10 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 17:15 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 17:19 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 17:23 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 17:27 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 17:31 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 17:36 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:41 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:44 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:49 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:52 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:55 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:59 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 18:02 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 18:05 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 18:09 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:20 IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS AND IT 18:25 IS ILLEGAL. 18:26 THAT'S NEPAL. 18:28 AND LINDA SHULTZ YOU ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MOTHER FOR ALL OF THE GOSPEL 18:35 OUTREACH WORKERS IN NEPAL. 18:37 SO I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU WHAT ARE THOSE PEOPLE LIKE? 18:41 AND HOW IS THEIR PERSONAL DEDICATION TO GOD SUCH THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE 18:48 ABLE TO WEATHER THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS? 18:51 MANY OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE FIRST GENERATION ADVENTISTS. 18:57 THEY MANY OF THEM HAVE UH, WERE BORN INTO HINDU FAMILIES-HAVE COME OUT OF 19:04 HINDUISM. 19:04 UH HUH. 19:05 AH, THEY HAVE A LOVE FOR JESUS. 19:08 WE HAVE A LOT OF FAIRLY YOUNG BIBLE WORKERS WHICH I'M VERY, VERY ENCOURAGED 19:14 ABOUT THAT. 19:15 EARLY BEING 25-35? 19:17 TWENTY-FIVE, YES, I'D SAY 25 -40. 19:20 O.K. 19:20 I'M GLAD THAT YOU PUT 40 AS YOUNG. 19:22 THAT MIGHT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY AGE YES 40 IS STILL YOUNG. 19:26 UM, I SEE THAT THE PEOPLE,YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BEING ATTRACTED TO 19:35 CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM HOPE UM, IN A COUNTRY THAT IS VERY, VERY 19:40 POOR; THAT DOESN'T OFFER A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 19:45 AH, IT GIVES THEM A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 19:47 IT GIVES THEM A HOPE FOR TODAY. 19:49 THEY FIND A PEACE THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO 19:53 SHARE THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS WHO HAVE GONE TO 19:59 INDIA AND GONE TO OUR UNIVERSITY THERE AND HAVE SOME OF THEM HAVE 20:04 COMPLETED THEOLOGY DEGREES, SOME HAVE NOT BUT THEY HAVE SOME BIBLE 20:07 TRAINING OR THEY HAVE SOME HEALTH MINISTRY TRAINING. 20:09 UH HUH. 20:10 THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY'VE, THEY ARE REALLY ABLE TO WORK AMONG PEOPLE 20:14 IS IF THEY HAVE SOME HEALTH EDUCATION. 20:15 FASCINATING. 20:16 SO SHOW ME SOME PICTURES OF THEM. 20:18 I WANT TO MEET THEM. 20:19 OK. 20:20 THIS FIRST PICTURE WAS TAKEN DURING MY LAST TRIP. 20:24 THIS IS ABOUT HALF OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER FOR 20:30 A FOUR DAY BIBLE TRAINING SEMINAR. 20:32 THIS IS DEFINITELY A JACKET COUNTRY. 20:34 THIS WAS JANUARY AND IT WAS VERY COLD AND THERE WAS NO HEAT. 20:40 SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GO OUTSIDE DURING THE DAY WHEN THE SUN WAS OUT 20:45 BECAUSE YOU COULD WARM UP BUT WHEN WE WERE IN THE BUILDINGS WE WERE WEARING 20:49 JACKETS, WE WERE HAD HOT WATER BOTTLES, YES, AND SCARVES AND STUFF BUT YOU 20:56 SEE THOSE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, LIKE ESPECIALLY LIKE LOOK AT THOSE GIRLS IN THE 20:59 FRONT. 21:00 AH, THOSE GIRLS ARE BRIGHT SHINING STARS. 21:04 THEY LOVE JESUS AND THEY DEVOTE A PART OF EVERY DAY TO GOING AROUND IN THEIR 21:09 VILLAGES SHARING JESUS WITH PEOPLE AND PRAYING WITH THEM-JUST LOOKING HOW 21:14 CAN THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA. 21:18 YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN I'D BE IN-WHEN 21:21 I'VE BEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND I SEE THE DORCAS LEADERS ALL DRESSED 21:25 UP IN THEIR OUTFITS AND EVERYTHING AND I SAY, SO I'M SPENDING -I'M GIVING 21:29 MONEY TO SOMEPLACE OVERSEAS AND YOU AS A DORCAS LEADER OVER HERE 21:35 DOING IT, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR PEOPLE? 21:38 AND THEIR ANSWER IS WE GO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND WE ASK WHAT WE CAN DO. 21:42 SOMETIMES WE WASH DISHES AND SOMETIMES WE ROCK BABIES AND SOMETIMES WE 21:46 JUST SIT. 21:46 SOMETIMES WE SWEEP FLOORS. 21:47 WE JUST ARE THERE AND PART OF THEIR FAMILY. 21:50 UH HUH. 21:51 THAT'S WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR IS HAPPENING IN NEPAL. 21:54 LOOKING FOR THE NEEDS AND I'LL TELLYOU THERE ARE NEEDS. 21:57 LET ME JUST SHOW YOU - PLEASE. 21:59 I THINK THIS NEXT PICTURE IS-THIS IS INSIDE ONE OF OUR CHURCHES AND YOU'LL 22:04 NOTICE EVERYONE SITS ON THE FLOOR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE POORER AREAS OF 22:09 NEPAL BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ATTRACTED TO THE CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY 22:15 BECAUSE THEY ARE FINDING SOMETHING THERE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IN THEIR LIFE. 22:21 HOPE. 22:22 PEACE. 22:22 HOPE AND PEACE. 22:23 AND THEN THE CHILDREN- WHO CAN'T LOVE THE CHILDREN? 22:28 BRING THEM ALL HOME. 22:30 I WISH WE COULD BUT YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THEIR AREAS AND JUST FOR 22:39 THEM JUST TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE CARES ABOUT THEM. 22:41 SOMEONE THAT HAS NOTICED THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM FEEL VERY, VERY FORGOTTEN 22:44 BY THEIR GOVERNMENT. 22:46 A LOT OF ORPHANS. 22:47 THERE IS A LOT OF ORPHANS. 22:49 A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE ABANDONED. 22:52 THERE IS TWO CHILDREN THAT WE ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THERE RIGHT NOW. 22:54 THEIR MOTHER LEFT THEM BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GET REMARRIED AND A MAN IN 22:59 NEPAL WON'T MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAS CHILDREN BY ANOTHER MAN. 23:03 OH REALLY. 23:04 AND SO SHE JUST HAS TO GET RID OF THOSE CHILDREN. 23:05 SHE MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE THE CHILDREN. 23:08 AS A MOTHER, I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING THAT BUT IN A SOCIETY WHERE IT IS JUST 23:13 SO DIFFICULT IT HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAPPENS. 23:17 UM. 23:19 THAT WOULD BE SO HARD TO LIVE WITH AND DEAL WITH. 23:23 IT'S, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT YOU KNOW IT HAPPENS AND WE'RE 23:27 JUST-THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE I WENT TO SEE THESE TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND IT IS 23:31 JUST-IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO SEE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR 23:37 LIVES. 23:39 I THINK ABOUT THAT PICTURE WITH THE GIRLS IN FRONT AND ALL THE REST, YOU 23:42 KNOW, HALF OF THEM WOULD LOVE TO JUST LISTEN TO EACH OF THEIR STORIES. 23:46 WHY ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? 23:48 YES. 23:49 HOW ARE YOU SHARING CHRIST DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS? 23:54 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OVER THERE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM NOW AND 23:58 THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WILL BE ASKING. 24:01 I'M EAGER TO HEAR YOUR ANSWERS. 24:03 YES. 24:04 I LOVE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, VISIT AND SIT DOWN WITH EACH ONE OF THEM. 24:06 THAT'S MY GOAL. 24:08 THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. 24:09 THERE WAS. 24:10 A COUPLE OF- IN 2015 THERE WERE TWO VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN 24:15 NEPAL. 24:16 HOW DID THOSE IMPACT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 24:17 WELL, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE. 24:22 WE HAD FIVE CHURCHES THAT WERE DAMAGED. 24:25 WE HAD SEVENTEEN OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LOST THEIR HOMES. 24:29 PRAISE THE LORD WE HAD NO DEATHS FROM ANY OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS AND A LOT 24:35 OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND SHELTER IN THE CHURCHES 24:41 BECAUSE HERE IS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR VILLAGES WHERE WE HAVE A CHURCH AND LOOK 24:45 AT THOSE HOMES. 24:47 IF PEOPLE WERE IN THOSE HOMES, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED AND THE REAL 24:52 BLESSING OUT OF THAT EARTHQUAKE WAS THAT THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED RIGHT 24:55 AROUND NOON ON SABBATH AND WE BELIEVE THAT WAS GOD'S PROTECTION IN FOR OUR 25:01 CHURCH MEMBERS THAT THEY WERE IN THE CHURCHES WHICH ARE BUILT BETTER -WHICH 25:05 ARE STURDY ENOUGH. 25:06 THEY ARE STURDIER THAN THESE HOUSES. 25:08 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHURCHES COLLAPSE. 25:09 WE HAD ENOUGH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT WE NEEDED TO REBUILD SOME BUT NONE OF 25:14 THE CHURCHES COLLAPSED WHEREAS THEY LOST ABOUT 9000-ABOUT 9000 PEOPLE 25:19 LOST THEIR LIVES IN THESE EARTHQUAKES AND THEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER THERE 25:22 WAS ANOTHER ONE AND THESE WERE VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKES. 25:25 DID YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN REBUILT? 25:28 I DID, YES AND THIS PICTURE HERE IS VERY, VERY- IT SOME POINTSETTIAS 25:34 IS WHAT ITS A PICTURE IS OF. 25:35 IT IS VERY HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 25:37 I WISH YOU COULD SEE-I WISH I HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THIS CHURCH. 25:41 THIS CHURCH -I VISITED THIS CHURCH THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE IN JANUARY AND 25:46 ACTUALLY GOT TO SET THE CORNERSTONE FOR THIS CHURCH AND THIS WAS BUILT 25:51 SO MUCH STRONGER THAN THE OTHERS. 25:52 THEY SENT ME PICTURES. 25:53 A LOT OF REBAR WENT INTO THIS CHURCH BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE AND GOSPEL 25:59 OUTREACH -THANKS TO GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS WHO DID MAKE SPECIAL 26:03 DONATIONS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THIS VILLAGE. 26:07 WE WERE ABLE TO HELP IN MANY OTHER WAYS BUT THIS IS- THIS IS THE ONE 26:11 PROJECT THAT WE DID TAKE ON. 26:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOESN'T NORMALLY DO BUILDING PROJECTS BUT BECAUSE-THIS 26:15 WAS NECESSARY. 26:17 THIS WAS A SPECIAL CASE AND REALLY TO GET OUR WORK BACK UP AND FUNCTIONING IN 26:24 NEPAL WE DID HELP PROVIDE SOME SHELTERS FOR OUR WORKERS. 26:28 I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU. 26:30 TWENTY-SECONDS LEFT, YOU HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION? 26:32 GO DICK. 26:33 TELL ME WHAT JESUS MEANS TO YOU. 26:35 AH, JESUS HAS MADE SUCH AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. 26:38 WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY LIFE BEFORE I KNEW JESUS AND NOW IT'S LIKE HE'S GIVEN 26:45 ME HOPE, HE'S GIVEN ME A FUTURE AND HE'S GIVEN ME TREMENDOUS VALUE IN MY 26:50 LIFE BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE. 26:52 HOPE, FUTURE, VALUE ALL FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 26:56 ALL BEING SHARED EVEN IN NEPAL. 26:59 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 28:09 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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