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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000676A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING WITH BOB 00:21 FOLKENBERG HERE AT CHINESE UNION MISSION IN HONG KONG. 00:23 THAT'S RIGHT, WELCOME TO MY OFFICE. 00:25 WELL, THANK YOU AND WE'RE HERE TO BE INVOLVED WITH CHINESE MINISTRIES 00:30 CONVENTION, THAT'S RIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT WITH US 00:34 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:35 WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH JOIN US FOR OUR CHINESE MINISTRIES 00:37 CONVENTION- A TIME WHEN WE COME TOGETHER -DIFFERENT MINISTRIES WORKING IN 00:39 CHINA TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR INTERACTION, SHARING STORIES, 00:40 UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION AND IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT WITHOUT GOSPEL 00:42 OUTREACH HERE. 00:44 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE AUDREY, DO ON BEHALF 00:50 OF SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SHARE 01:00 JESUS. 01:00 AMEN. 01:02 SO BOB, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 01:05 NOW? 01:06 WELL, WE ARE ON THE 12TH FLOOR OF AN OFFICE BUILDING BECAUSE ALMOST 01:09 EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN HIGH RISES HERE IN HONG KONG. 01:12 WE'RE IN HONG KONG PROPER BUT WE ARE IN A SUBDIVISION CALLED, SHA 01:16 TIN, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE CHINESE BORDER AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE HAD 01:21 OUR UNION HEADQUARTERS SINCE 1999. 01:24 AND WE ARE GETTING READY AS I MENTIONED IN A COUPLE DAYS STARTING OUR CHINESE 01:28 UNION-OUR CHINESE MINISTRIES CONVENTION AND I THINK IT IS KIND OF COOL 01:31 THAT WE COULD DO OUR VIDEOING HERE. 01:34 OFTEN TIMES WE DO IT AT THE STUDIOS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT WELCOME TO 01:38 THE NEW STUDIOS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:40 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 01:42 WELL AND YOU'VE MENTIONED ABOUT SOME A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND JESUS IN THE 01:47 BIBLE HAS TOLD ALL OF US -THE GREAT COMMISSION. 01:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:52 AND UM TO GO BACK AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, THAT'S RIGHT, AND WHAT'S 01:55 IT'ALL ABOUT HERE GOING INTO CHINA AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD 01:58 READ THAT FOR US? 02:00 SURE. 02:00 IN CHINESE. 02:01 SURE, SURE. 02:02 LET ME SHARE IT WITH YOU. 02:03 THIS IS THE GREAT GOSPEL COMMISSION -WHY WE ARE HERE. 02:05 WHY WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES 02:09 THERE IN MATTHEW 28:19 HE SAID GO. 02:13 REMEMBER, GO AND -BUT I'M GOING TO READ IT IN CHINESE. 02:16 IT SAYS: MEANS TO GO AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU AND I THINK IT IS MORE 02:18 THAN JUST DISCIPLES. 02:19 HE IS TALKING ABOUT GOING. 02:20 HE'S COMMANDING US TO GO ALL OF HIS DISCIPLES. 02:25 NOT JUST THOSE TWELVE AND IT SAYS: HE IS SAYING GO AND TEACH AND THEN BAPTIZE 02:29 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THAT'S WHAT GOD IS 02:50 ASKING US TO DO AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE ORGANIZED THIS CHURCH; THAT'S WHY WE'VE 02:55 ORGANIZED A CHINESE UNION TO SUPPORT WHAT GOD IS DOING ALL ACROSS THE 02:59 CHINESE WORLD. 02:59 YES. 03:01 SO WE HAVE THAT GREAT COMMISSION AND THEN PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER SO WHY HONG 03:06 KONG IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH CHINA? 03:07 RIGHT. 03:09 WELL, WE ARE HERE IN HONG KONG BECAUSE NUMBER ONE WE ARE ABLE TO- BECAUSE OF 03:12 THE LAWS HERE IN HONG KONG, WE ARE ABLE TO ORGANIZE AS AN 03:16 ORGANIZATION A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST INSTITUTION HERE. 03:18 WE CANNOT DO THAT ACROSS THE BORDER. 03:20 ALSO, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE IT IS VERY CONVENIENT FOR TRAVEL. 03:24 IT IS KIND OF A TRAVEL HUB AND WE GO FROM HERE INTO CHINA AS I MENTIONED, 03:28 LITERALLY IF WE DROVE TO CHINA THE BORDER IS PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 03:32 FIVE, SIX MILES FROM HERE. 03:33 YES. 03:34 AND TELL US AGAIN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CHINA. 03:39 WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS IS ON MY HEART AND I HOPE IT'S ON YOUR 03:43 VIEWERS HEARTS TOO BECAUSE THE CHINESE PEOPLE IS THE LARGEST IDENTIFIED 03:48 UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP IN THE WORLD. 03:50 NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE ARE NOT -THERE OBVIOUSLY -WE HAVE 400,000 03:54 ADVENTISTS -428,000 ADVENTISTS LIVING IN CHINA AND 5000 HERE IN HONG KONG 04:00 BUT I'M TALKING COMPARED TO THE 1.41 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA AND SO IT'S A 04:07 HUGE, HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITH THE 04:13 PEACE AND JOY AND THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION THAT WE HAVE IN JESUS. 04:17 AND THE PEACE, PEACE IS USED A LOT IN CHINA IN A LOT OF CHINESE AND THAT IS 04:22 SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED, YES, NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE WE SPEAK. 04:27 THAT'S RIGHT.YES AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 04:32 RESIDENT OR YOU COULD SAY THE CULTURAL RELIGION OF CHINA AND THE GREATER 04:38 ASIAN AREA -EAST ASIAN REGION YOU THINK OF BUDDHISM. 04:42 AND HOLLYWOOD PORTRAYS BUDDHISM REALLY AS BEING THIS, THIS RELIGION OF 04:48 PEACE AND YOU ARE SEEKING TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE UNIVERSE AND YOU HAVE THIS 04:54 INNER PEACE AND THAT'S WHY YOU MEDITATE AND YOU DO THIS AND THIS AND THAT AND 04:57 THE OTHER BUT IT ACTUALITY I HAVE YET TO MEET A BUDDHIST THAT CAN LOOK AT 05:03 ME AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE PEACE. 05:05 I REMEMBER ONE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH A GUY IN A TAXI AH, THIS WAS 05:09 OVER IN TAIWAN AND I SAID TO THEM, I SAID, WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION? 05:13 OF COURSE, I KNEW BECAUSE I CAN JUST LOOK AT HIS TAXI HE HAS ALL THESE 05:17 BUDDHIST AMULETS AND THESE THINGS AND HE SAID I AM A BUDDHIST AND I SAID, OH 05:22 THAT'S GOOD. 05:23 I SAID, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 05:26 I SAID, IF WE HAD A WRECK HERE IN THIS TAXI WOULD YOU KNOW-DO YOU KNOW FOR 05:32 CERTAIN THAT YOU WOULD THEN GO TO NIRVANA? 05:35 WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO AT LEAST EVEN GO UP THE LADDER OF REINCARNATION 05:40 AND NOT BACK AND BECOME A DOG NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK? 05:43 WHAT DID HE SAY? 05:44 AND HE IMMEDIATELY SAYS, OH NO I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. 05:46 I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. 05:48 AND BY THE WAY THIS IS THE RESPONSE THAT YOU SENSE YOU GET WITH THE CULTURE 05:52 BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON WORKS. 05:54 YES. 05:55 I MEAN IN THAT SENSE IF YOU DO FIFTY-ONE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AND IF YOU 05:57 ONLY DO FIFTY BAD THINGS THEN YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER -YOU HAVE BETTER 06:01 KARMA WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE BETTER HOPES FOR REINCARNATION BUT WHO 06:07 KEEPS TRACK? 06:09 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR -WHAT THE AH, EQUATION IS LIKE SO THEY DON'T HAVE 06:10 PEACE AND I SAID TO HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW IT IS DIFFERENT FOR ME. 06:12 I BELIEVE IN JESUS AND AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE BELIEVE IN IS THAT JESUS 06:23 GIVES US ETERNAL LIFE. 06:25 PRAISE THE LORD. 06:27 NOT BECAUSE I AM GOOD OR YOU ARE GOOD, I TOLD HIM, BUT BECAUSE HE IS GOOD AND 06:30 HE LOVES US. 06:31 AND I SAYS, THEN ONCE YOU RECEIVE THAT GIFT WE WANT TO SERVE HIM. 06:34 WE WANT TO OBEY HIM AND WE GO THROUGH LIFE WITH TRUE JOY AND PEACE AND 06:38 CERTAINTY. 06:39 AND HE SAYS, OH THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM US. 06:41 AND I'M LIKE, YES IT IS. 06:43 IT IS WELL AND BOB, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS DONE WITH THAT AND 06:46 THAT MAN'S HEART BUT YOU ARE RIGHT IT IS THE PEACE. 06:48 YES. 06:49 SO THE GREAT COMMISSION, THE NEED FOR PEACE. 06:52 MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME BEFORE, THAT'S RIGHT, WHO HAVE COME TO HONG KONG 06:55 WITH CHINA ON THEIR MINDS. 06:57 OH ABSOLUTELY. 06:57 ABRAM LARUE, YES, CAME AS AN OLDER MAN. 07:00 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 07:02 AND HE CAME TO HONG KONG WITH IT ON HIS HEART THAT HE WANTED TO SHARE. 07:05 YES, INTERESTING THAT HE CHOSE HONG KONG, HE COULD HAVE GONE TO ANY OTHER 07:08 PORT BUT THE DIRECTIONS THAT HE HAD FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AS I 07:12 READ THE STORY, SAID THAT THEY GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO THE ISLANDS OF THE 07:16 PACIFIC. 07:18 SO HE FIRST WENT TO HAWAII AND STARTED THE CHURCH IN HAWAII AND THEN THIS 65 07:21 -YEAR- OLD MAN BY THE TIME HE GOT TO HONG KONG WAS ALSO AN ISLAND IN THE 07:26 PACIFIC. 07:27 HEY, I LIKE IT. 07:28 SO HE CAME TO HONG KONGAND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE STARTED HERE IN FACT NOT JUST THE 07:35 WORK IN CHINA, JULIE, BUT THE ENTIRE WORK IN ASIA STARTED FROM THIS LAYMAN, 07:41 RETIRED SEAMAN WHO CAME HERE AND FOR 14 YEARS OF HIS LIFE HE NEVER 07:47 RETURNED. 07:48 HE IS BURIED RIGHT HERE IN HONG KONG AND HE GAVE HIS HEART TO START THE WORK IN 07:51 ASIA AND FROM THAT BEGINNING THE WORK IN JAPAN STARTED BECAUSE ONE 07:56 OF HIS DISCIPLES MOVED ON TO JAPAN AND THAT PERSON MET SOMEBODY FROM KOREA 08:01 AND THAT PERSON WAS CONVERTED AND THEN THEY MOVED TO KOREA SO IT IS 08:04 LIKE A FIRE, YOU KNOW, CATCHING A FLAME - A SPARK GOING TO THE NEXT PLACE 08:10 AND TO THE NEXT PLACE AND OF COURSE, LITTLE BY LITTLE IT WENT ALL THROUGH 08:13 CHINA AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS DEDICATION. 08:16 ABSOLUTELY, AND HE WAS A SEAMAN. 08:18 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 08:19 HE HAD BEEN TO HONG KONG AT LEAST A COUPLE TIMES AND HE HAD A BURDEN FOR 08:24 ASIA THAT'S WHY HE, WHEN HE CAME TO KNOW JESUS AND THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGE 08:28 HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT THESE PLACES I VISIT IN ASIA? 08:32 AND SO THAT'S WHY HE WROTE ASKING TO GO AND THEY SAID, WELL YOU ARE A 08:35 LITTLE OLD AND YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND THEIR RATIONALE BUT HE SAID, WELL, THEN I 08:41 NEED TO GO AND HE BECAME A COLPORTEUR. 08:43 HE BECAME -HE SUPPORTED HIMSELF. 08:45 BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTINGSO YOU HAVE THE DISCIPLES WHO ARE CHRISTIAN MEN, THAT'S 08:49 RIGHT, THEN YOU HAVE ABRAM LARUE, YES, HE WAS A MERCHANT SEAMAN. 08:53 HE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND INTERESTING STORY BUT THE COOL THING, 08:59 IF I -THE MAIN THING IS THAT PASSION FOR SHARING JESUS, YES, THAT GREAT 09:04 COMMISSION WE JUST READ, YES, HOW CAN I NOT GO? 09:07 IT IS NOT EVEN AN OPTION. 09:08 NO, I'M GOING. 09:09 YES, AND NO MATTER WHERE. 09:11 SOME PEOPLE SAY WELL, DO I HAVE TO GO TO CHINA? 09:12 OF COURSE NOT BUT YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS, YOU HAVE FAMILY, FRIENDS THAT STILL 09:17 DON'T KNOW JESUS AND WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THEM AND REACHING OUT TO 09:21 THEM. 09:22 WELL AND YOU MENTION PEACE AND YOU MENTION BEING IN THE TAXI I WAS IN CHINA 09:25 WITH ONE OF OUR BELIEVERS AND WE WERE IN A CAR BEING DRIVEN BY A BUILDER OF A 09:31 CHURCH IN CHINA, UH HUH, AND THIS CHURCH MEMBER HAD LITERALLY TEN MINUTES IN 09:34 THE CAR WITH ALL OF US AND WITH THE DRIVER, UH HUH, SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT 09:38 POLITICS; SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER; SHE ASKED THE MAN, "DO YOU 09:42 HAVE PEACE AND DO YOU REST? 09:44 YOU WORK HARD YOU SHOULD HAVE A DAY OF REST." 09:46 AND IN THAT TIME FRAME SHE SHARED JESUS AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS WOMAN. 09:50 INTERESTING. 09:51 BECAUSE SHE USED THE TIME THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HER. 09:52 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 09:53 JUST LIKE GOD BLEST THE USE OF TIME. 09:55 SO ABRAM LARUE CAME WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S RIGHT, MILTON AND HELEN 10:00 LEE WAS BORN IN CHINA. 10:02 OH, YES. 10:03 SHE AND MILTON AND SPOKE MANDARIN FLUENTLY. 10:06 PERFECTLY. 10:07 AND WITH THE LAST NAME OF LEE NO ONE WOULD THINK, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT THEY 10:09 WERE CAUCASIAN. 10:10 THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY WERE FROM AMERICA. 10:12 DOYLE AND PAULINE BARNETT, THAT'S RIGHT AND MANY, MANY THERE WERE HUNDREDS 10:18 OF MISSIONARIES THAT- AND MANY AND SOME OF THEM GAVE THEIR LIFE HERE. 10:23 GAVE THEIR LIFE. 10:25 I AM GOING- I WENT ON LINE AND WENT ON TO AMAZON USED BOOKS AND I'VE 10:31 BOUGHT-AUDREY AND I BOUGHT LIKE TEN OF THOSE EARLY MISSIONARY BOOKS, YOU KNOW 10:36 AND I'M STARTING TO READ THOSE AND WHAT SACRIFICE THAT THEY GAVE TO GET THE 10:43 WORK GOING HERE AND BECAUSE OF THEM, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, GOD 10:47 HAS BLEST. 10:48 WE ARE GROWING. 10:49 THE CHURCH IS GROWING. 10:50 WE HAVE OVER 425,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CHINA. 10:55 AND WE NEED THAT NUMBER TO GROW. 10:59 WE NEED TO GROW AMEN. 11:00 SO WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE WORKING WITH CHINESE UNION MISSION THE PIONEER 11:04 TEAMS THEN ARE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALL THROUGH CHINA. 11:08 ABSOLUTELY AND THANK YOU, GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOUR SUPPORTERS. 11:12 YOU ALL ARE HELPING US SUPPORT 60 TEAMS ALL ACROSS CHINA. 11:18 SUPPORTING THEM WITH THEIR BASIC STIPENDS BUT ALSO SUPPORTING WITH MATERIALS, 11:23 TOOL KITS WE CALL THEM, AND TRAINING. 11:26 DOING TRAINING ONGOING TRAINING WITH THEM SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 11:29 THANK YOU. 11:31 THANK YOU VIEWERS, ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE IT IS WITH ALL OF US JOINING 11:34 TOGETHER THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 11:35 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 11:36 AND YOU MENTIONED LANGUAGE. 11:37 SO THE LORD HAS BLEST YOU WITH LINGUISTIC ABILITY. 11:41 TALK WITH US ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGES OR MANY OF THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE IN 11:45 CHINA. 11:46 YES. 11:47 WHAT'S THE MAIN LANGUAGE THAT MOST PEOPLE SPEAK? 11:48 WELL, THERE IS A LANGUAGE IN CHINA THAT PEOPLE CALL CHINESE BUT ACTUALLY THERE 11:52 ARE MANY CHINESE'S. 11:53 THE CHINESE SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES. 11:55 HERE IN HONG KONG THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS CANTONESE BECAUSE ITS-THE 12:00 PROVINCE ABOVE HONG KONG IS QUAN DONG PROVINCE BUT THE BRITISH CALLED IT 12:06 CANTON PROVINCE SO THAT'S WHERE CANTONESE CAME FROM. 12:09 SO IN THIS AREA HERE, YOU'VE GOT 60-70 MILLION PEOPLE THAT SPEAK 12:13 CANTONESE. 12:14 HONG KONG DOES THAT. 12:15 I DON'T SPEAK ANY CANTONESE BUT IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST YOU 12:19 HAVE SECHUANESE AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 12:22 IF YOU GO TO SHANG HAI YOU HAVE SHANGHAINESE AND IF YOU HUNAN YOU HAVE 12:29 HUNANESE. 12:31 THERE ARE MANY, MANY LANGUAGES IN CHINA BUT THERE IS A LANGUAGE THAT 12:36 WE CALL MANDARIN CHINESE WHICH THE CHINESE CALL WHICH MEANS THE COMMON 12:42 SPEECH, THE COMMON LANUAGE SO ACROSS CHINA EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH LEARNS IN 12:48 SCHOOL MANDARIN AND EVERYBODY SPEAKS IT - THAT'S THE OFFICIAL 12:51 LANGUAGE BUT THEY ALSO SPEAK THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. 12:54 SO WHEN I TRAVEL CHINA, I'LL BE IN A TAXI, I'LL BE IN MEETINGS AND I WON'T 12:58 UNDERSTAND ANYTHING UNTIL SOMEBODY SWITCHES OVER TO MANDARIN AND THEN OH, 13:02 EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND WE TALK THAT LANGUAGE. 13:04 THE COMMON, COMMON LANGUAGE. 13:06 YES. 13:07 THE COMMON LANGUAGE. 13:08 SO AND THAT BRINGS BACK TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THE PIONEER TEAMS 13:10 AS YOU CALL THEM IN CHINA FOR THEM TO KNOW THE LOCAL - RIGHT, DIALECT WHEREVER 13:15 THEY ARE, THEY KNOW THAT, THEY KNOW MANDARIN, YES, YOU ARE SENDING SOMEONE 13:19 FROM OVERSEAS, I MEAN HOW -GOD HAS GIFTED YOU WITH THE ABILITY, YES BUT IT'S 13:25 STILL TREMENDOUSLY DIFFERENT. 13:26 YES, I CAN SPEAK MANDARIN BUT COME ON COMPARED TO A NATIVE SPEAKER IT'S A BIG 13:31 DIFFERENC EAND ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO LIKE THE LEE'S WHO WERE BORN AND GREW UP 13:34 HERE, YES, THEY COULD NOT ONLY SPEAK MANDARIN BY THE WAY, BUT THEY ALSO SPOKE 13:37 THE LOCAL DIALECT WHERE THEY GREW UP. 13:38 IT IS AMAZING BUT TO GET -THE STRATEGY BEHIND GOSPEL OUTREACH INITIATIVE 13:46 AND MINISTRY IS SENDING LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, WHO LOOK 13:52 AND TALK AND EAT AND EVERYTHING THE SAME AS THE PEOPLE THEY ARE GOING TO 13:56 REACH AND OF COURSE, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY-IT'S THE 14:02 TO ME THE WISDOM OF WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES AND SO WHEN WE SEND OUT THOSE 14:07 60 PEOPLE THEY ARE ALREADY CHINESE. 14:09 THEY BLEND IN. 14:10 THEY KNOW THE SITUATION. 14:11 THEY KNOW THE HISTORY, THE LANGUAGE. 14:13 IT IS A HUGE BLESSING. 14:15 A HUGE BENEFIT. 14:17 AND AGAIN THE GREAT COMMISSION FOR ALL OF THAT WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN CALLED 14:20 TO. 14:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:22 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BOB, THAT YOU ARE FACING. 14:24 I KNOW PROBABLY THE LIST IS LONG. 14:27 ONE AT THE TOP I WOULD THINK WOULD BE JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 14:31 RIGHT, TO REACH, RIGHT. 14:32 WE KNOW THAT WHAT ARE SOME OTHER CHALLENGES? 14:35 WELL BESIDES JUST THE SHEAR NUMBER IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THESE 14:42 CITIES, OK, AND BY THE WAY OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE IN CHINA LIVE IN 14:48 CITIES SO THAT-YOU ARE LOOKING CLOSE TO 700 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN 14:52 CITIES. 14:53 AND ARE THEY DOING THAT MOSTLY FOR JOBS? 14:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:56 FARMING IS NOT- NO, THAT'S RIGHT. 14:58 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS. 14:59 THE YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ARE MIGRATING FROM THE SMALL VILLAGES. 15:01 THEY WANT TO GO WHERE THE ACTION IS. 15:02 THEY WANT TO FIND, THEY WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR LOT AND SO FORTH 15:05 SO-RICE PADDY DOESN'T HAVE THE LIGHTS-YES, DOESN'T HAVE THE LIGHT. 15:08 EXACTLY. 15:10 SO THEY MOVE TO THE CITIES SO THEN LET'S SAY YOU SEND A PIONEER TEAM AND WE HAVE 15:14 PIONEER TEAMS IN LOTS OF CITIES. 15:16 SO THEY GO THERE AND THEY MEET-WE RENT A PLACE FOR THEM. 15:19 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT TO RENT THESE APARTMENTS IN CITIES IS 15:23 EXPENSIVE. 15:24 SURE. 15:25 SO THE COST OF SENDING PIONEER TEAMS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. 15:29 WE HAVE 200 PLUS TEAMS. 15:31 WE A HUNDRED, A 195-198 NOW BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE 15:35 FINISHED THEIR TERM BUT WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO WE WILL BE BACK WAY 15:39 OVER 200. 15:40 GOOD. 15:41 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 15:43 WE NEED 5-600, 700 OR WE NEED 1000 TEAMS AND WE COULD FIND THE PEOPLE BUT 15:47 WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING. 15:48 SO I JUST WANT TO BE RIGHT UP FRONT FUNDING IS KEY FOR US AND I BELIEVE GOD 15:54 GIVES US THE MONEY AND AS HE GIVES US THE MONEY THEN WE FIND-GOD ALREADY HAS 15:57 THE PEOPLE READY. 15:58 SO THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:00 THE SECOND THING IS SO WE GET TO THESE CITIES, YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO FIND 16:04 PLACES FOR THEM TO WORSHIP AND TO BUY AN APARTMENT SO THAT THEYCAN HAVE A HOUSE 16:09 CHURCH OR RENT AN APARTMENT IS NOT CHEAP. 16:12 SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 16:14 THE SECOND THING-THE THIRD THING IS GUESS WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE LIVE IN THESE 16:18 CITIES? 16:19 THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR THE MATERIALISM, FOR THE-THEY WANT MONEY 16:24 AND THEY ARE ALL BUSY. 16:24 THEY ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 16:26 I'M NOT KIDDING YOU. 16:27 THEY WORK LONG, NO PEACE, THEY ARE GOING, GOING, GOING SO YOU HAVE 16:31 MATERIALISM, HUMANISM, SECULARISM, ATHEISM ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST 16:36 VERY, VERY-AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS BACKGROUND OF BUDDHISM WHICH YOU KNOW, 16:42 YOU HAVE MATERIALISM IN THESTATES BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND -A JUDEO 16:46 CHRISTIAN THINKING. 16:46 RIGHT, RIGHT. 16:48 BUT IN CHINA IT IS MORE OF A BUDDHIST DAOIST SOMETIMES BACKGROUND. 16:53 SO THESE CULTURAL DYNAMICS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT EASY. 16:56 SO WE HAVE PIONEER TEAMS THAT WRITE US AND THEY SAY, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A 17:02 MONTH AND WE JUST HAVEN'T MADE ANY CONTACTS BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKE -OH, SOME 17:07 PEOPLE SAY OH, IT MUST BE EASY IN CHINA AND IT IS NOT EASY IN CHINA AND THEN 17:13 WE HAVE ISSUES FOR EXAMPLE WHERE WE SEND A HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THEIR KIDS 17:17 WILL GO TO A PLACE TO START A CHURCH OR THERE ARE PIONEER TEAMS. 17:22 THEY CAN'T ENROLL THEIR KIDS IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY 17:26 ENROLL IN THE CITY WHERE THEIR RESIDENT CARD IS. 17:30 SO THEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT. 17:32 WE HAVE TO FIND FUNDING BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL CHARGE THEM HIGH RATES FOR 17:36 THEM TO GO TO THE SCHOOL. 17:37 SO THESE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME 17:41 OF THE POLITICAL ISSUES WHERE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO -WE WANT TO 17:45 WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT, WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAVE 17:48 TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR PERMISSION AND THAT SOMETIMES TAKES 17:53 LONGER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IN MOST PLACES WE GET THE NOD AND WE HAVE THAT GOOD 17:57 RELATIONSHIP. 17:58 REALLY? 17:58 WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 17:59 WELL. 18:00 OK. 18:01 WE REALLY DO. 18:02 WE TRY -ONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES HERE IS TO REALLY WORK AS MUCH AS 18:05 POSSIBLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 18:07 ABSOLUTELY. 18:08 SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WHAT'S-IS THERE SOMETHING, 18:10 SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE MET OR A TESTIMONY FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS SOMETHING 18:16 GREAT THAT THE LORD IS DOING? 18:19 YES, WELL YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CHINESE CHARACTER THERE IS A WORD THAT'S 18:25 CALLED CRISIS AND IN MANY WAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT REACHING 1.4 BILLION 18:31 PEOPLE IT IS A CRISIS. 18:32 HOW DO WE DO THIS? 18:33 WELL, THE CHINESE WORD IS AND THAT'S MADE UP OF TWO CHARACTERS AND THE WORD 18:38 FOR CRISIS IS MADE OF TWO CHARACTERS. 18:40 ONE IS DANGER AND ONE IS OPPORTUNITY. 18:44 OH REALLY? 18:45 THAT'S THE WORD FOR CRISIS AND THEY COME TOGETHER-THEY COME 18:48 TOGETHER AND BECAUSE EVERY CRISIS CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TOO. 18:52 YES, THAT'S TRUE. 18:53 AND WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA YOU HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR 18:57 TRANSITION INTO THE CITIES -THEY ARE LOOKING, THEY ARE SEARCHING AND THESE 19:01 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION PROVIDE US WITH OPPORTUNITIES. 19:03 SO LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE: I WAS JUST IN ONE OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS, WE 19:08 CALL THEM. 19:10 WE ALSO CALL THEM CENTERS OF INFLUENCE WHERE WE HAVE A PIONEER TEAM IMBEDDED IN 19:14 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE. 19:15 GOOD. 19:16 AND YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF A SERVICE CENTER IT IS? 19:18 WHAT? 19:19 IT IS A PLAY CENTER FOR CHILDREN. 19:22 GREAT! 19:23 SO PARENTS BUY A MONTHLY PASS TO BRING THEIR KIDS AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE? 19:28 THEY HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE KIDS CAN JUMP AND THEY HAVE ALL THE BALLS AND ONE 19:31 OF THESE BALL PITS AND THEY HAVE LITTLE CARS BUT YET ON THE SECOND FLOOR 19:37 THEY HAVE MUSIC LESSONS. 19:39 THEY HAVE TUTORING LESSONS. 19:40 THEY HAVE AH, PARENTING LESSONS FOR THE PARENTS AND THE PIONEERS-THE 19:47 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THERE HAVE A CHANCE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 19:51 THROUGH THESE CHILDREN. 19:53 I JUST VISITED THAT PLACE IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE WHAT THE WORKERS ARE DOING 19:59 THERE. 20:00 THE WORD ENERGY COMES TO MIND. 20:00 YES, EXACTLY. 20:02 OR LACK OF IT AT THE END OF THE DAY TAKING CARE OF THESE KIDS. 20:06 ANOTHER THING THAT-WE JUST VISITED AUDREY AND I VISITED A PIONEER TEAM OUT 20:10 IN THE WEST-TOTALLY UNENTERED PART OF A HUGE CITY. 20:15 I WISH I COULD USE BIGGER SUPERLATIVES. 20:18 THEY ARE GOING INTO THIS AREA AND THEY WERE SO DISCOURAGED. 20:21 THEY SHARED WITH US THEY ARE SO DISCOURAGED. 20:23 WE JUST AREN'T GETTING ANY TRACTION BUT THEN THROUGH PROVIDENCE THEY STARTED 20:28 VISITING HOMES THEY MET A FAMILY THAT HAD A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WITH SOME 20:34 SEVERE DISABILITIES AND THEY SAID, LORD YOU ARE GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY 20:40 TO EXTEND THAT HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS TO THEM. 20:43 SO THEY COME LITERALLY DAILY TO VISIT AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE OPENING 20:49 THE BIBLE TO THE FAMILY. 20:50 THEY ARE SHARING NOT ONLY THE TOUCH OF CHRIST'S LOVE AND THEY FEEL THE LOVE BUT 20:56 THEY ARE ALSO GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN FOR THEIR LIFE 21:00 AND THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WHO HAS SEVERE DISABILITIES IS 21:05 WANTING TO BE BAPTIZED. 21:07 HIS FAMILY IS STUDYING AND THIS IS LEADING TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 21:09 SO, HEALTH MINISTRY IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY. 21:10 HUGE. 21:12 WELL AND AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW HAVING BEEN TO CHINA THE WORD DISABILITY MEANS 21:21 MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 21:23 OH YES, AND WE COME AT IT FROM OUR WESTERN WORLD, THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE 21:26 HELPING AND ALL OF THAT, THAT'S RIGHT, WHERE THERE ISN'T ALL OF THAT AND SO 21:30 FOR YOU TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE MEETING THEIR-THESE PEOPLE'S NEEDS THAT IS 21:33 FANTASTIC. 21:33 YES. 21:35 WE HAVE ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS WORKING ALSO AT A CENTER. 21:36 ONE OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS. 21:38 THEIR ENTIRE MINISTRY, OK, IS THEY GO AND VISIT DISABLED PEOPLE- THE 21:44 BLIND, THE DEAF AND BY THE WAY THEY ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF-THE GOVERNMENT AND 21:51 OTHERS DO NOT HAVE THOSE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THEM. 21:56 THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 21:57 WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE IN CHINA THAT ARE GOING AND CLEANING HOUSES. 22:02 NOW THINK ABOUT THIS. 22:03 YOU'RE LIKE-WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? 22:05 WELL, THEY KNOW THAT BY GETTING INTO THESE HOMES THEY ARE MAKING 22:08 RELATIONSHIPS. 22:09 WOW, YES AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 22:13 AND BY THE WAY, EACH OF THESE SERVICE CENTERS WE DO NOT EVEN START ONE 22:16 UNLESS WE HAVE A PIONEER TEAM THAT IS DEDICATED TO BIBLE STUDIES, MAKING 22:21 FRIENDS FOR JESUS, WOW, THAT IS ALL THAT WE DO. 22:25 AND THE PIONEERS-THE TRAINING THAT WE GIVE THEM IS TO SAY, LISTEN YOU ARE 22:29 GOING INTO A PLACE CONNECT WITH THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND LET THOSE 22:36 BRIDGES LEAD PEOPLE TO THEIR HEARTS. 22:38 OH ABSOLUTELY TO FIND THE PEACE OF JESUS. 22:40 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:41 SO, TECHNOLOGY- HUGE. 22:44 OH. 22:45 I CAN'T EVEN- I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT AS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. 22:48 YES, BUT IT-TECHNOLOGY THOUGH IN THE SENSE OF THEY ARE-IT IS SO WIRED 22:54 HERE. 22:55 I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN BEING ON THE SUBWAY AND ON THE BUS AND EVERYTHING AND 22:59 I'VE SEEN THINGS IN HONG KONG THAT LITERALLY TAKE MONTHS TO GET BACK TO THE 23:03 STATES. 23:05 THAT'S RIGHT, THEY ARE WAY AHEAD TECHNOLOGICALLY. 23:06 YES. 23:07 SO PEOPLE ARE SO WIRED. 23:08 PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES, I MEAN AROUND THE WORLD THIS IS HAPPENING, 23:11 THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS NOT JUST HERE IN ASIA BUT WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT YOU ARE 23:15 USING HERE AT CHINESE UNION MISSION TO USE TECHNOLOGY, SURE, TO SHARE 23:18 JESUS CHRIST. 23:19 WELL, AS YOU SAID THIS IS A CRISIS. 23:22 IT IS A DANGER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT AND 23:26 TECHNOLOGY BUT THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY AND JUST A LITTLE THING I JUST 23:30 READ IN A BOOK ON CHINA THERE ARE MORE INTERNET USERS IN CHINA THAN ALL OF 23:35 THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OF EUROPE COMBINED. 23:37 I BELIEVE THAT. 23:39 ON THE TRAIN GOING BY AND THIS MAN WORKING IN THE RICE PADDY HE'S GOT A CELL 23:42 PHONE, OH YES, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO USE THAT. 23:46 WE HAVE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO CHINESE PROGRAM, WE HAVE 22 HOURS A DAY OF 23:51 CHINESE PROGRAM THAT WE PUT ON THROUGH SHORT WAVE. 23:54 THAT'S ONE BUT BESIDES SHORT WAVE WE USE IT IN PODCASTS AS WELL AND WE 23:59 HAVE EVERY SINGLE DAY 9 MILLION DOWNLOADS OF OUR CHINESE PROGRAMS. 24:04 NINE MILLION? 24:05 NINE MILLION PER DAY AND THAT FLUCTUATES. 24:08 IT'S GONE UP TO 11 MILLION SO WE TAKE OUR PROGRAMMING, NOT ONLY DO 24:12 WE BROADCAST THEM BUT WE PUT THEM ON PODCASTS. 24:14 WE ALSO HAVE CHINESE HOPE TV 24-7 CHINESE PROGRAMMING THAT IS ALSO 24:20 THROUGH SATELLITE BUT ALSO HAS AN INTERNET PRESENCE. 24:24 YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE ON LINE BUT THEN ALSO IT'S ON A IPAD OR YOUR APP ON ANY 24:30 KIND OF PLATFORM THAT CAN DOWNLOAD AND YOU CAN WATCH THE PROGRAM ON LINE AND SO 24:37 WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING BESIDES THAT WE TAKE THOSE SAME KIND OF PROGRAMS AND 24:42 THEN WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM ON THE CHINESE YOUTUBE KIND OF 24:46 PLACE, OH SURE, AND WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR THAT WATCH 24:51 THOSE PROGRAMS INDEPENDENTLY AS VIDEO ON DEMAND. 24:54 WELL AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE DRAMAS THAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING, OH YES, 24:58 DRAMAS-AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CREW IN HERE TODAY. 25:03 WE HAVE THREE MEN FROM YOUR MEDIA DEPARTMENT, UH HUH, WHO ARE RUNNING 25:06 CAMERAS AND DOING A GREAT JOB IN YOUR MEDIA DEPARTMENT HERE BOB, YOU 25:08 FOLKS ARE DOING FANTASTIC THINGS. 25:10 THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM. 25:12 ABSOLUTELY AND THE DRAMAS THAT I HAVE SEEN ARE BEING DONE TO MEET PEOPLE-ABOUT 25:15 PEACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 25:17 WE HAVE SHORT FILMS THAT WE PUT UP, PRODUCE YES. 25:20 FANTASTIC. 25:21 ONE OF OUR TEAMS SHORT FILM WON SECOND PLACE FOR CHRISTIAN SHORT FILMS IN 25:24 ALL OF ASIA SO, AND WE PUT THOSE ON LINE AS WELL. 25:28 WELL, IT IS JUST SO EXCITING, SO EXCITING. 25:31 SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS. 25:33 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THINKING BACK TO ABRAM 25:37 LARUE, YES, JUST THINK WHEN HE WAKES UP, AMEN, ON THE BIG DAY WHEN JESUS AND 25:42 GOD COME BACK TO TAKE US HOME, YES, WHAT A DAY IT IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT A 25:48 JOB THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THAT'S DONE, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT IS BEING DONE TODAY 25:51 AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE, AUDREY AND YOUR TEAM. 25:54 GLAD TO VISIT WITH YOU. 25:56 AND EVERYBODY. 25:57 I'M SURE WHEN WE GET THERE TO HEAVEN WE WILL FIND ABRAM LARUE LIVING IN THAT 26:02 CHINATOWN PART OF HEAVEN. 26:03 YES, EXACTLY BECAUSE HIS HEART IS THERE. 26:05 ABSOLUTELY. 26:07 WELL, AND BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR OUR 26:10 PARTNERSHIP WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:12 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:13 PLEASE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING WITH THE PIONEER TEAMS PLEASE GIVE THEM OUR 26:17 GREETINGS TELL THEM WE ARE PRAYING AND ALL OF THAT. 26:20 YOU BET. 26:20 THANK YOU. 26:21 YOUR WELCOME. 26:22 IN MY LIMITED CHINESE BUT THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. 26:24 THANK YOU. 26:25 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:28 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND PLEASE DO REMEMBER OUR 26:31 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHINA AND PRAY FOR THEM. 26:34 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A 26:37 WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 26:44 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 26:49 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 26:54 PLUS COUNTRIES. 26:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 26:59 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 27:01 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT-IT IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 27:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 27:10 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 27:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 27:17 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 27:21 WINDOW. 27:21 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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