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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000677A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT OUR STUDIO LOOKS A LITTLE 00:21 DIFFERENT TODAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ON LOCATION IN HONG KONG AT CHINESE 00:26 UNION MISSION. 00:28 I AM HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE WITH AUDREY AND BOB FOLKENBERG. 00:31 HELLO, TO BOTH OF YOU. 00:32 HELLO. 00:33 HI JULIE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:34 IT IS GREAT TO SEE BOTH OF YOU AND BOB AND AUDREY TELL US WHAT YOUR ROLE IS 00:38 HERE AT CHINESE UNION MISSION. 00:40 I WORK AS THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND I'M INVOLVED ALSO IN 00:43 SPECIAL NEEDS NOW IDENTIFYING THOSE GROUPS IN CHINA BUT MY CONNECTION 00:48 WITH YOU IS THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE I AM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR 00:52 CHINA WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:55 AND I'M SERVING HERE AS THE UNION PRESIDENT-THE CHINA UNION 00:58 PRESIDENT-CHINESE UNION PRESIDENT AND THAT MEANS THAT I KIND OF HAVE MY 01:03 FINGERS IN LOTS OF ISSUES ALL ACROSS OUR TERRITORY. 01:06 YES, YOU DO AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO INTERVIEW BOTH OF YOU IN COLLEGE 01:10 PLACE AND NOW BECAUSE OF SOME CHINESE UNION MISSION, THE CHINESE 01:15 MINISTRIES CONVENTION THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME OVER HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY 01:18 TO INTERVIEW BOTH OF YOU AND SEE YOU AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO 01:22 BRING OUR VIEWERS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHINA. 01:25 SO THERE'S BEEN SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AUDREY, AND 01:28 YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING US A REPORT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BUT BOB WHY 01:32 DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE NEAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON 01:35 AS FAR AS WHAT THE LORD'S DOING AND HOW MANY PEOPLE, SURE, WE STILL NEED TO 01:39 REACH. 01:40 UH HUH, YES. 01:40 STILL BILLIONS. 01:42 YES, YES, IT IS UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE STILL IN THOSE EXTRA DIGITS 01:45 THERE BUT LET ME JUST FIRST START BY SAYING HOW GLAD WE ARE THAT YOU ALL 01:49 ARE HERE REPRESENTING GOSPEL OUTREACH AT OUR CHINESE MINISTRIES 01:53 CONVENTION AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 01:57 REALLY BEEN SO, SO MEANINGFUL FOR US AND THAT TRANSCENDS JUST NOT TO THE 02:04 ORGANIZATION BUT IT GOES DOWN TO YOU SUPPORTERS AND THOSE WHO PRAY FOR GOSPEL 02:08 OUTREACH. 02:09 IT'S REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT FOR KINGDOM GROWTH ALL ACROSS CHINA SO, AH WE 02:13 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU REPRESENTING GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO ALL YOUR 02:17 SUPPORTERS. 02:19 AND YES, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT CHINA IS ONE OF THESE PLACES THAT 02:22 IS DESCRIBED IN SUPERLATIVES BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE IS WAY BEYOND 02:28 WHAT WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE. 02:30 AS YOU MENTIONED, THE POPULATION IS 1.4 BILLION AND PRAISE THE LORD OUR 02:36 CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW. 02:38 IN FACT, THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD THE HIGHEST BAPTISMAL GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN 02:43 THE LAST TEN YEARS. 02:44 REALLY? 02:45 YES. 02:46 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? 02:48 THE LORD, OF COURSE. 02:49 WELL, IT'S THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:51 I THINK IT'S A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON KINGDOM GROWTH. 02:53 I THINK IT IS A GREATER UNITY THAT WE SEE IN THE CHURCH FOCUSING ON OUR 02:58 MISSION. 02:59 OVER 14,000 BAPTISMS ALL ACROSS CHINA THIS LAST YEAR SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY. 03:04 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 428,000 MEMBERS WE HAVE NOW WHICH WE PRAISE THE 03:07 LORD FOR AND YOU START COMPARING THAT TO THE 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE THAT'S WHAT 03:13 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 03:14 HUGE, AH GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE MET AND ALSO HUGE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT 03:20 REALLY HAVE VERY FEW BELIEVERS. 03:22 YES, WELL AND JUST COMING HERE TO YOUR OFFICES HERE IN HONG KONG, SO I HAVE 03:27 BEEN ON A BUS AND I'VE BEEN ON THE MTR, UH HUH THE SUBWAY, THEN I WAS IN 03:33 A TAXI AND SO JUST GETTING HERE AND THIS IS JUST ONE ASPECT OF CHINA AND TO 03:39 THINK OF THE PEOPLE JUST SITTING AROUND ME-HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE KNOW 03:43 JESUS? 03:43 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:45 I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND AUDREY THAT'S WHERE YOUR ROLE IS VERY 03:48 IMPORTANT IN DOING MARKETING AND WORKING WITH THE PIONEER TEAMS WITH 03:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:54 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH 03:56 OUR VIEWERS? 03:58 WELL, FIRST OF ALL I FIND MY MAJOR ROLE IS TO TELL THE STORY. 04:01 I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, JULIE, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE SEE CHINA AS 04:05 THIS ROMANTICIZED MYSTERY BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN. 04:09 ACTUALLY, THAT IS LESS SO NOW AS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SURGE IN 04:14 CHINA AND IT IS THOUGHT OF MORE AS A CONCRETE JUNGLE FOR MANY PEOPLE AND THAT 04:19 IS TRUE BUT FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED AND TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING 04:23 IN CHINA THROUGH INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS THROUGH FACEBOOK POSTS, 04:27 THROUGH NEWSLETTERS ITJUST HEIGHTENS THE AWARENESS AND PUTS CHINA ON THE MAP 04:34 OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS SO THAT THEY WILL PRAY AND THINK OF CHINA BECAUSE IT IS THE 04:38 LARGEST UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP OUT THERE AND IN FACT, YOU WERE TALKING 04:43 ABOUT NUMBERS IN CITIES AND THE MASSES OF PEOPLE JUST THAT ARE HERE IN HONG 04:47 KONG, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT CHONGQING IT'S A CITY OF 04:54 -BOB, 30+ MILLION PEOPLE, RIGHT? 04:57 AND WE NOW HAVE SEVERAL PIONEER TEAMS IN THAT CITY TRYING TO GET THINGS GOING 05:04 FOR CHRIST. 05:06 SO, THAT'S-YES IT'S JUST TO ADD THAT CITY OF 30 MILLION ONLY HAS A COUPLE 05:10 HUNDRED ADVENTISTS- JUST FIVE MEETING PLACES ALL VERY SMALL AND WE'RE 05:15 TRYING TO GO INTO UNENTERED PARTS OF THAT CITY. 05:18 I MEAN, IT'S JUST HUGE AND AS AUDREY SAID, CHINA ISN'T THIS QUAINT, RUSTIC 05:26 PLACE. 05:27 OF COURSE, YOU GO OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE YOU STILL SEE SOME OF-IT'S THERE BUT 05:30 YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT, BUT THE CHINA WORLD, THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION 05:33 JUST LIKE IT IS AROUND THE WORLD NOW IS URBAN. 05:36 PEOPLE ARE MOVING-INTO THE CITIES. 05:37 THE GREATEST MIGRATION IN HUMAN HISTORY IS TAKING PLACE IN CHINA OVER THE 05:42 LAST 20 YEARS. 05:44 300 MILLION PLUS HAVE GONE FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE INTO THE URBAN CENTERS AND SO 05:50 IT'S LIKE SHE SAID, CONCRETE JUNGLE. 05:51 AND THAT CHANGES SO MUCH. 05:53 IT DOES. 05:54 THE DYNAMICS CHANGE PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED NOW ON MATERIALISM. 05:58 THEY WANT STABILITY ECONOMICALLY. 06:00 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MONEY AND SO SOME OF THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT ARE 06:05 VIEWERS FACE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES IN WASHINGTON OR OREGON OR CALIFORNIA 06:10 ARE THE SAME THINGS WE ARE STARTING TO FACE IS THE MATERIALISTIC, OF COURSE, 06:14 AS A COMMUNIST NATION IT IS ATHEISTIC, HUMANISTIC AND BOY IT GETS HARDER AND 06:21 HARDER TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 06:22 WELL AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND OF PEOPLE HAVING KNOWN ABOUT THE 06:27 BIBLE STORIES, YES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO IN SO MANY WAYS IT IS CULTURAL, 06:31 THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS HERITAGE IT IS ALL OF THAT. 06:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:35 AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TRULY CUTTING EDGE AND EXCITING. 06:38 WHY? 06:40 BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN SO CRAFTY IN PUSHING THE GOSPEL AND ALL RELIGIONS 06:46 DOWN IN CHINA FOR SO MANY YEARS AND THEN AS THINGS BEGAN TO OPEN UP, 06:51 MATERIALISM CAME, SECURALISM LIKE BOB WAS TALKING ABOUT SO IT IS 06:54 ALMOST LIKE WE'VE GOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY. 06:56 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO NOT NEEDING GOD. 07:00 NOT BELIEVING IN GOD THINKING THAT IT IS SIMPLISTIC THINKING AND SO 07:04 THEY HAVE NO FELT NEED BECAUSE THEY ARE, IN FACT, THE POOREST OF THE POOR IN 07:10 CHINA NOW ARE MUCH BETTER OFF THAN THEY WERE SAY 15-20 YEARS AGO. 07:14 SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE BUT WE SERVE A GOD THAT IS AMAZING AND SOMETIMES WHEN 07:19 I FEEL OVERWHELMED OR DISCOURAGED OR I START LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND 07:23 FOCUS ON A DETAIL I HAVE TO BACKUP AND SAY, AUDREY YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY 07:28 ENDS. 07:29 YOU KNOW THE END OF THE BOOK AND SO IT HAS BEEN FUN FOR ME ACTUALLY, TO 07:33 -AND CHALLENGING, TO BE A PART OF TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 07:37 CHINA. 07:39 A BIT AGO YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT PARTICULARLY EXCITING IS HAPPENING ON MY FRONT 07:43 AND I'LL JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE IS, I WOULD SAY 07:50 MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, MORE CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT DONORS ARE DOING TO 07:58 SUPPORT CHINA AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. 08:03 THE COMMUNICATION IS BETTER AND I'M FINDING THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE 08:07 FEEDBACK FROM THE FRONTLINES. 08:09 YES. 08:10 GOOD. 08:11 AND THAT'S EXCITING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS REALLY 08:14 BEEN A BIG PART OF BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS VERY DELIBERATE AND 08:17 CONSCIENTIOUS THAT THE FUNDS THAT COME INTO GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE USED 08:22 AS THE GIVER INTENDS. 08:24 THAT'S RIGHT AND I'D WANT TO ADD TO WHAT SHE IS SAYING ABOUT GOSPEL 08:27 OUTREACH. 08:29 FOR MANY YEARS NOW I HAVE FELT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY, IN MY HUMBLE 08:32 OPINION, ONE OF THE MOST ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS THE MOST FORWARD THINKING 08:39 MINISTRIES OUT THERE. 08:40 WHY? 08:42 BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING FUNDS AND YOU HAVE BASICALLY ZERO OVERHEAD 08:46 AND IT ALL GOES TO LOCAL PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE CULTURE. 08:50 WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR LOCAL NEEDS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL AND THEN YOU'RE PLANTINGA 08:55 CHURCHES. 08:57 SO IT IS VERY FOCUSED AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING I'D JUST HAVE TO SAY, AMEN 09:02 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:03 I'VE WORKED WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH THEM WHEN WE LIVED HERE BEFORE 09:06 AND THEN THIS TIME AROUND AND WE APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM 09:10 AS WELL AS THE FOCUS ON FRONTLINE MISSIONS. 09:14 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND BY HEARING THAT FROM YOU MEANS SO MUCH. 09:18 WELL, IT IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. 09:20 AND FOR OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW THAT AND THE DONORS AUDREY LIKE WHAT YOU WERE 09:23 SAYING. 09:24 YES. 09:25 I MEAN THAT IS HUGE. 09:26 YOU WANT TO KNOW AND WITH WHAT WE DO AS WELL AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO 09:29 BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME LADY OUT IN SOME RICE 09:32 PADDY THAT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS GOING TO GO AND TALK WITH HER 09:35 AND WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO TALK TO HER AND WE MIGHT NOT HEAR 09:38 ABOUT THAT UNTIL HEAVEN BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AUDREY, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE 09:41 SAYING I MEAN WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS AND YOU ARE DOING 09:45 SUCH A GREAT JOB. 09:46 THANK YOU. 09:46 YES. 09:47 FOR DOING THAT. 09:48 SO OUR PIONEER TEAMS -HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? 09:51 WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST UNDER 200 TOTAL. 09:54 OK. 09:56 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED IN THE SUPPORT OF 60 OF THOSE TEAMS AND WHEN 09:59 I SAY THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE SUPPORT IT IS NOT JUST HELPING WITH THEIR MONTHLY 10:04 SALARIES TYPE OF THING, IT IS HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING 10:08 TRAINED; THAT THEY ARE BEING NURTURED; THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE MATERIALS 10:12 THEY NEED. 10:14 FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPED IN THE FUNDING AND GIVING 10:17 EVERY PIONEER TEAM A WE CALL "TOOLKIT" AND IN IT WERE BOOKLETS ON GIVING 10:23 BIBLE STUDIES, HEALTH INFORMATION, PRAYER. 10:26 I REMEMBER THOSE. 10:27 YES, YES. 10:27 THOSE WERE AWESOME. 10:28 YES, WE DID A PROGRAM ON THAT. 10:30 YES. 10:32 AND NOT ONLY DID THEY GET THEM BUT SOMETIMES THEY WOULD RUN OUT OF MATERIALS 10:34 SO WE HAVE BEEN ALSO THEN GOING BACK AND THEN YOU COULD SAY FILLING UP THEIR 10:41 TOOLKIT. 10:42 FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR GLOW TRACTS AND WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 1.5 MILLION GLOW 10:47 TRACTS LAST YEAR. 10:48 OH, I LOVE THAT. 10:49 YES. 10:51 AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM AND SO OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS WORK ON 10:54 THAT AS WELL. 10:55 BUT, I MEAN YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND OK. 10:57 SO A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING. 10:59 IT IS NOT LIKE WE HAVE A CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE THAT THERE IS LOTS OF THEM IN 11:03 THE STATES, CANADA AND ALL OF THAT BUT IN CHINA YOU CAN'T JUST GO DOWN TO THE 11:08 LOCAL BOOKSTORE SO FOR US TO KIND OF PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR OUR 11:11 VIEWERS TO THINK WHO ARE USED TO GOING TO WALMART AND BEING ABLE TO BUY A 11:15 BIBLE, YES, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT. 11:17 SO HOW IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE TOOLKITS, YES, FOR THEM TO TAKE. 11:21 RIGHT, RIGHT. 11:22 WELL I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY USED WELL. 11:23 BUT LIKE YOU SAID, BOB, THOUGH HOW MANY WERE GIVEN OUT? 11:26 WELL, EVERY TEAM GOT ONE. 11:28 I MEAN OF THE GLOW TRACTS. 11:30 OH, THE GLOW TRACTS OVER 1.5 MILLION. 11:33 RIGHT BUT TO THINK 1.5 MILLION AND FOR US WE THINK OH, THAT'S A LOT 11:36 THEN YOU THINK OF THIS CITY THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT HAS 30 MILLION, 11:40 EXACTLY, THESE NUMBERS JUST BOGGLE ME. 11:43 THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY CAN BE VERY DISCOURAGING BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOD'S 11:48 WORK AND HE WILL FINISH IT EVEN IF HE HAS TO GET ALL THE ROCKS IN CHINA TO CRY 11:53 OUT. 11:54 WELL AND AUDREY, LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU PICK UP A 11:57 BOOK AND YOU REALLY DO KNOW THE ENDING? 12:00 I'M REMINDED OF THIS AND WE DO KNOW THAT. 12:03 YES. 12:05 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH THE 60 TEAMS AND AGAIN AS I'D MENTIONED 12:07 BEFORE TO BOTH OF YOU. 12:09 THE LORD HAS BLEST BOTH OF YOU WITH LINGUISTIC ABILITIES AND FOR BOTH OF 12:13 YOU TO SPEAK CHINESE BUT FOR SOMEBODY TO GO SPEND THE TIME-I MEAN IT TOOK A 12:19 LONG TIME FOR BOTH OF YOU TO LEARN CHINESE. 12:20 I'M ASSUMING A COUPLE OF YEARS OF STUDYING? 12:23 WELL, BOB'S CHINESE IS MUCH BETTER THAN MINE BECAUSE I WAS HOME IN OUR 12:28 PREVIOUS YEARS TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS WHICH WAS MY FIRST MISSION BACK THEN 12:32 BUT HIS CHINESE IS MUCH BETTER. 12:34 IT TAKES TIME AND IT IS STILL NOT THERE. 12:36 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE CHINESE ARE VERY GRACIOUS. 12:39 THEY ARE VERY PATIENT. 12:40 IF YOU ARE TRYING THEY SMILE AND THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY ARE VERY KIND. 12:45 YES. 12:45 SO. 12:46 I'VE SEEN THAT. 12:47 BUT WHAT MY POINT IS THOUGH THAT FOR SOMEONE TO COME YOU KNOW, FROM 12:51 CANADA, EUROPE, AMERICA OR SOUTH AMERICA AND TO COME LEARN CHINESE AND ALL OF 12:56 THAT THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THE PIONEER TEAMS AND I KEEP SAYING THIS, BECAUSE 13:00 THE PEOPLE ARE THERE, YES, LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY ABOUT THE RUBBER MEETING THE 13:04 ROAD AND ALL OF THAT, YES. 13:06 BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE AND THAT'S RIGHT THEY KNOW IT AND THEY ALSO NEED TO HAVE 13:09 SOME SPECIAL TRAINING TOO AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE COME TOGETHER WITH- RIGHT, 13:13 AND YOU KNOW FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING THAT 13:16 THEY DO. 13:18 IT IS NOT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH-IT'S NOT JUST THE SALARY IT IS ALSO HELPING 13:22 TO MAKE SURE WITH THE TRAINING AND THEN RECENTLY THERE WAS A TRAINING EVENT 13:27 THAT WAS GOING ON AND GOSPEL OUTREACH MEMBERS WERE ATTENDING GOSPEL 13:30 OUTREACH TEAMS, AND SO IN ORDER TO GIVE FUNDING I DIDN'T JUST TURN AROUND 13:35 AND ASK GOSPEL OUTREACH, HEY, CAN YOU SEND MONEY TO HELP FUND YOUR TEAMS GO 13:39 THROUGH THIS TRAINING RETREAT. 13:41 NO, I HAD TO SUBMIT A REQUEST AND I HAD TO WORK WITH THE BOOTS ON THE 13:46 GROUND SO TO SPEAK TO HELP DRAW UP THAT REQUEST TO BASICALLY SHOW SOME 13:50 ACCOUNTABILITY OF WHERE THE FUNDS WOULD GO AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS 13:55 GRACIOUS AS THEY LOOKED OVER OUR PROPOSAL. 13:57 THEY GRANTED FUNDS AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 10 TEAMS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ATTEND 14:03 A RETREAT IN THE NORTHEAST OF CHINA AND THERE WERE ABOUT 22 TEAMS THERE 14:08 ALTOGETHER. 14:10 IT WAS WONDERFUL. 14:11 I ACTUALLY HAVE A REPORT, OH PLEASE, RIGHT HERE AND I GOT A FOLLOWUP REPORT 14:17 WHICH ACTUALLY I JUST SENT LAST NIGHT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AFTER I DID SOME 14:21 EDITING. 14:23 BUT THE THEME OF THIS RETREAT WAS "DESPERATE FOR GOD AND FAITHFUL TO THE 14:27 LORD". 14:29 I FEEL THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK OF MISSIONARIES OR WE THINK OF PASTORS OR 14:34 WE THINK OF PIONEER TEAMS ON THE FRONTLINES WE SAY, THEY'VE GOT IT TOGETHER. 14:39 THEY MUST HAVE THIS AWESOME RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 14:42 THEY DON'T HAVE BAD DAYS BUT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE FRONTLINE WORKERS 14:48 WHO ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE FOR JESUS HAVING A FOCUS OF THEIR RETREAT CALLED 14:52 "DESPERATE FOR GOD AND FAITHFUL TO THE LORD," THAT SHOWS ME THAT THESE 14:58 PEOPLE NEED OUR PRAYERS. 14:59 THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. 15:01 THEY NEED TO BE NOURISHED JUST LIKE WE NEED TO GO TO THE TABLE TO EAT, THEY 15:05 NEED TO BE FED AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPED WITH THAT. 15:08 IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING. 15:09 AWESOME. 15:11 WELL YOU REMEMBER AUDREY, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE WERE IN WESTERN CHINA AND 15:13 WE MET WITH A GROUP OF 4 TEAMS AND REMEMBER ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THE TEAMS 15:19 SAID, "YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN SO DISCOURAGED. 15:22 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA. 15:23 WE'VE BEEN KNOCKING ON DOORS. 15:25 WE'VE BEEN HANDING OUT LITERATURE AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING HAPPENING" 15:29 AND YOU COULD JUST SENSE THIS DISCOURAGEMENT AND SO I JUST SAY-WHAT YOU ARE 15:34 SAYING IS SO TRUE. 15:35 THESE ARE NOT SUPER MEN AND WOMEN. 15:38 THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED BUT THEY'RE REALLY PUT IN VERY 15:43 DIFFICULT PLACES AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELLCHINA, I MEAN YOU COULD JUST DO 15:47 ANYTHING AND PEOPLE WILL BE BAPTIZED." 15:49 THAT IS THE FARTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH. 15:51 NO. 15:53 THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE AND ON TOP OF THE SECULARISM AND THE 15:58 BACKGROUND OF BUDDHISM THAT A LOT OF THEM YOU HAVE ALSO SOMETIMES SOME 16:04 POLICY ISSUES AND LAWS IN CHINA THAT ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT. 16:07 SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THESE FOLKS. 16:11 YES. 16:12 RIGHT AND I WANT TO SAY AT THIS RETREAT THEY FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE 16:16 TEAM WORK, HAVING GOOD COMMUNICATION AND HAVING MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN 16:23 SAY TEAMS AND THE LEADERS THAT RECEIVE THEM AND THESE ARE BASIC THINGS. 16:27 THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH, YES, IN OUR SOCIETY. 16:29 THERE WAS ONE SECTION ON THE REPORT THAT IT SAYS, "SOME COWORKERS WHO HAD 16:34 SHARP DISAGREEMENTS BEFORE WERE WILLING FOR RECONCILIATION." 16:39 WELL GOOD. 16:40 THEY EMBRACED ONE ANOTHER IN TEARS AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING NEW 16:45 UNDER THE SUN AND SO OUR CHINESE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING OUR PIONEER TEAMS 16:49 THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH THEY HAVE THE SAME STRUGGLES. 16:54 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE STRUGGLES. 16:56 FINANCIAL STRUGGLES. 16:58 YES. 16:59 SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES JUST AS THE REST OF US DO. 17:01 WE'RE ALL HUMAN NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE. 17:02 AND IN FACT, WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE ON THE FRONTLINE I JUST THINK THE 17:06 DEVIL BRINGS OUT A COUPLE EXTRA SQUADRONS OF DEMONS TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE YOU. 17:11 THAT'S WHERE THE ARMOUR OF GOD COMES IN-AMEN. 17:14 AND JUST SO OUR SUPPORTERS KNOW THAT WE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY THAT THEIR 17:17 DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR EFFECTIVE MEANS, YES. 17:21 THERE WAS A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT I ASKED THEM TO PUT TOGETHER AND AT THE END OF 17:25 THE RETREAT 50+ ALMOST ALL OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THEY COMPLETED THE 17:32 QUESTIONAIRRE AND THE RESPONSE WAS GREAT. 17:35 YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON SAID THAT THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO 17:41 ME IN TWENTY YEARS. 17:42 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD, TO HAVE GONE TO THIS RETREAT AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF 17:46 SUPPORT. 17:47 YES. 17:48 WELL AND YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING TRAINING LIKE THAT I MEAN FOR US WHO HAVE THE 17:52 PRIVILEGE OF BEING BROUGHT UP IN CHRISTIAN HOMES AND GOING TO CHRISTIAN 17:55 SCHOOLS, YES, YOU HAVE THESE FOUNDATIONS AND WHEN I HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS, 18:00 BOY IT REALLY MAKES ME-IT HUMBLES ME. 18:02 YES. 18:03 TO REALLY REALIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT AND THEY 18:06 ARE DESPERATE AND WE SHOULD ALL BE DESPERATE SHOULDN'T WE? 18:08 YES. 18:10 YOU THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GONE TO A CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL OR 18:13 COLLEGE I MEAN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE THINGS BUT THIS IS NEW FOR THEM AND 18:17 THEY NEED THE SUPPORT. 18:19 YES, A LOT OF THESE PIONEERS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL NEW 18:22 CHRISTIANS, NEW ADVENTISTS. 18:24 BUT THEY ARE SO ON FIRE. 18:26 THEY ARE WILLING TO LEAVE THEIR HOME AND BY THE WAY JUST SO THAT YOUR VIEWERS 18:29 KNOW AND IS THAT THESE FOLKS ARE NOT JUST SAYING WHO IS WILLING TO GO? 18:36 AND WE JUST LOOK FOR ANYBODY, NO WE ACTUALLY LOOK FOR PEOPLE WITH 18:40 EXPERIENCE. 18:41 THEY HAVE WORKED IN THE LOCAL CHURCH.GOOD. 18:44 THEY HAVE BEEN DEACONS, ELDERS SOME OF THEM. 18:47 THEY'VE GONE THROUGH TRAINING IN THEIR OWN CHURCH ATTENDED REGIONAL 18:50 TRAINING SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SENDING PEOPLE WHO ARE 18:55 CAPABLE. 18:56 O.K. 18:57 BUT EVEN THEN LIKE YOU'RE SAYING DO NOT HAVE THAT DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE SO 19:01 THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE KINDS OF TRAINING. 19:03 JESUS CALLED THE FISHERMEN, RIGHT EXACTLY, YES PRAISE THE LORD FOR 19:07 THAT. 19:08 AUDREY DO YOU HAVE ANY TESTIMONIES UM, YOU HAD THE ONE WHERE SOMEONE SAID 19:11 IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED. 19:14 WELL, SURE THEY HAD A TIME TOGETHER AT THIS RETREAT WHERE THEY SHARED SOME OF 19:18 THEIR PERSONAL TESTIMONIES FROM THE FRONTLINES AND THIS IS A SHORT ONE. 19:22 IT SAYS, I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 19:27 PARTICIPATE IN HIS WORK IN A CERTAIN PLACE. 19:31 AS THIS IS A BRAND NEW CITY TO BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I WE STARTED WITH 19:36 EARNEST PRAYERS WHICH IS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM OUR PIONEERS IN THE BIBLE. 19:42 WE INSISTED BECAUSE WE FELT OUR NEED THAT EVERYDAY AT 5 A.M., 12 19:48 NOON AND RIGHT BEFORE BED WE WOULD PRAY. 19:51 I TRULY BELIEVE THAT BY PRAYERS GOD WILL OPEN A PATH FOR US. 19:55 AND SHE GOES ON TO SAY THAT THEY GOT INVOLVED, THEY WERE DISCOURAGED 19:59 BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE SO THEY 20:03 GOT INVOLVED IN HEALTH MINISTRIES. 20:05 AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS METHODOLOGY AS IT PROVIDES NOT ONLY A WAY 20:09 TO REACH THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO ENHANCE WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT RIGHT OFF THE 20:14 BAT WITH PEOPLE. 20:15 WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS OPENED A PATH FOR US BY USING THE RIGHT HAND 20:19 OF THE GOSPEL. 20:20 IT WILL SURELY HELP US ACHIEVE THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 20:23 WE WILL WORK HARD WITH THIS METHODOLOGY -TALKING ABOUT HEALTH MINISTRIES- 20:27 TO SAVE MORE SOULS. 20:29 WHAT IMPRESSED ME ABOUT THIS SHORT TESTIMONY WAS THEIR COMMITMENT LIKE 20:34 DANIEL TO PRAY 5 A.M., 12 NOON AND RIGHT BEFORE BED AND THEY DID THAT BECAUSE 20:41 THEY FELT DESPERATE. 20:42 YES. 20:44 WHICH WE ALL ARE DESPERATE AND JULIE, SHOULDN'T WE ALL FEEL THAT DESPERATION 20:49 LIKE THIS TEAM DID? 20:51 ABSOLUTELY. 20:52 YES. 20:53 AND YOU KNOW BACK TO THE ARMOUR OF GOD IN EPHESIANS IT TALKS ABOUT THE HELMET 20:56 OF SALVATION AND THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT AT THE 21:00 END THERE PAUL SAYS PRAY. 21:02 YES. 21:03 AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M HEARING AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE 21:06 INITIATIVE FOR CHINESE UNION MISSION AND ALL OF THAT. 21:10 I JUST OUR VIEWERS-COULD YOU APPEAL TO OUR VIEWERS TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE? 21:18 YES, YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT BE WISHING YOU COULD COME TO CHINA AND BE A MISSIONARY 21:23 AND YOU CAN'T. 21:26 SO MAYBE YOU ARE DECIDING TO PUT YOUR MONEY IN THE OFFERING PLATE OR TO SEND 21:31 IT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 21:32 THAT IS WONDERFUL! 21:33 BUT IF YOU WILL PRAY THEN YOU WILL SEE MIRACLES HAPPEN LIKE WHEN JESUS HAD 21:40 THE FISH AND THE BREAD IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED AND 5000 PEOPLE 21:46 WERE FED PLUS THERE WAS LEFT OVER AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST ONCE, NO, AND 21:50 I FEEL THAT WHATEVER WE DO WHICH IS HIGHLY, HIGHLY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT IF 21:57 WE WILL SIMPLY ADD PRAYER TO THAT AND IF THE VIEWERS WOULD PRAY THERE IS NO 22:03 MORE IMPORTANT THING. 22:04 SET A TIMER. 22:06 SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL SEND YOU A BOOKMARK THAT YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR 22:09 BIBLE. 22:10 I HAVE ONE ON MY REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. 22:11 YES. 22:13 PUT A MAGNET ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR, A BOOKMARK IN YOUR BIBLE TO REMIND 22:15 YOU TO PRAY IN OUR BUSY LIVES WE NEED TO BE REMINDED TO PRAY AND TAKE 22:17 A MINUTE TO PRAY FOR CHINA-YOUR PIONEER TEAMS IN CHINA. 22:24 AND BY PRAYING AND I THINK WHAT THIS TEAM DID IS THEY RECOGNIZED THAT WHEN THEY 22:28 WERE SENT TO THIS UNENTERED CITY THEY WERE NOT SENT THERE TO START A 22:33 BUSINESS OR TO MAKE MONEY OR TO YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING WE WOULD SAY 22:38 WORLDLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WHAT WE ARE DOING 22:42 THIS IS A SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR AND IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ONLY AS WE TAP 22:48 INTO SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND BY, LIKE AUDREY IS SAYING, WE'RE INVITING YOU 22:50 TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR BY PRAYING WITH US. 22:57 SOMEHOW AND IT'S BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ON 23:03 BEHALF OF CHINA ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT GREATER FREEDOM. 23:08 IT PUSHES BACK THE BOUNDARIES OF EVIL AND IT ALLOWS THE HOLY SPIRIT 23:12 GREATER FREEDOM TO TOUCH HEARTS, TO CREATE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE 23:16 CHINESE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH THESE PIONEERS, COME IN CONTACT 23:20 WITH OUR MEDIA MINISTRIES ON THE INTERNET OR ON TV OR WHATEVER. 23:22 SO PRAY. 23:22 ABSOLUTELY. 23:24 AUDREY, WOULD YOU MIND OFFERING A PRAYER EVEN RIGHT NOW? 23:30 I'LL BE HAPPY TO. 23:31 THANK YOU. 23:33 THANK YOU LORD, SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AND I WANT TO 23:37 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CHINESE UNION MISSION HAS 23:40 TO PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN HELPING TO SUPPORT PIONEER TEAMS, 23:46 GOSPEL WORKERS ON THE FRONTLINES. 23:48 LORD, THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN REGIONS OF CHINA WHERE 23:52 THERE ARE NO OTHER BELIEVERS OR JUST A VERY FEW AND SO WE KNOW THEY 23:56 ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. 23:58 LORD, NOT ONLY DO I PRAY FOR EACH MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY BUT I ALSO 24:03 PRAY THAT THEY WILL HAVE ON THEIR HEARTS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN CHINA AND 24:08 THE PIONEER TEAMS, THE GOSPEL WORKERS THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING. 24:12 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS PRIVILEGE TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR GREAT 24:16 COMMISSION. 24:16 AMEN. 24:17 AMEN. 24:18 AMEN. 24:20 SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK THE 24:25 PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MOM AUDREY LIKE YOU, IN CHINA AND YOU KNOW 24:30 THINK ABOUT HER. 24:32 THERE IS A MAN BOB, LIKE YOU OVER THERE. 24:35 WE SOMETIMES THINK ABOUT THESE UMBRELLA -JUST SPECIFICALLY THINK OF 24:39 SOMEONE MY AGE AND YOU KNOW THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON INSTEAD AND BE 24:43 REALLY SPECIFIC. 24:45 YES, TO THE LORD ON THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE TALKING 24:47 ABOUT THE LOAVES AND FISHES I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE GLOW TRACTS. 24:50 YES. 24:51 THE LORD CAN PROVIDE FUNDING FOR MILLIONS MORE. 24:53 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 24:55 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:56 YOU NEVER KNOW. 24:57 SOMETHING SMALL, SOMEONE CAN PICK THAT UP AND YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE A 25:02 COMMITMENT THAT DAY BUT AGAIN IT IS IN THEIR MIND AND THEY CAN, ABSOLUTELY, 25:08 AND WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL GLOW CARTS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME 25:12 THAT ARE VERY CHINESE. 25:13 WE HAVE WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR CHINA AND THEN WE SELECTED THE GLOW 25:16 CARTS THAT YOU AND I KNOW BUT THEY ARE-WE ALWAYS SELECT THE ONES THAT WOULD 25:20 FIT MORE INTO THE CULTURE HERE BUT GOD IS USING THEM ALL ACROSS CHINA. 25:24 OH ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND YOU KNOW I HAD A FRIEND AND SHE WAS IN A COUNTRY 25:28 WHERE SHE, AS A MISSIONARY, AND SHE DIDN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND ALL 25:31 OF THAT BUT SHE WAS THERE SERVING THE LORD AND SHE SAID SHE DECIDED TO BE 25:36 ABLE TO SMILE AT EACH PERSON SHE ENCOUNTERED THAT WAS WHAT SHE FELT GOD 25:39 WAS CALLING HER TO DO AND THE RESPONSE THAT SHE GOT BACK. 25:43 SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHOLE BIG THINGS, RIGHT, RIGHT, 25:47 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL OF THAT ANYWAY. 25:49 WELL AUDREY AND BOB THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU, JULIE FOR COMING HERE. 25:55 PRAISE THE LORD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND FOR OUR TEAM HERE, 25:58 AMEN, AT CHINESE UNION MISSION AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:01 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M 26:05 JULIE AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY TODAY AND REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR 26:11 CHINA. 26:12 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 26:15 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 26:18 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 26:21 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 26:36 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 26:43 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 26:53 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:02 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:07 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:13 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:30 WORLD. 27:31 WHERE? 27:32 ALL THE WORLD. 27:36 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:43 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:47 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 27:52 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 27:57 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:06 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:20 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:24 BE THE SPARK. 28:27 LIGHT THE FIRE. |
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