Adventures in Missions

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND GOD CREATED THIS HUGE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE AND
00:22 YET WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORLD TO COME WHEN JESUS COMES BACK.
00:27 AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND
00:32 THAT'S OUR GOAL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE 10/40 WINDOW ON THIS BIG
00:36 GLOBE TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS WINDOW ABOUT JESUS AND HIS
00:42 LOVE.
00:43 THE 10/40 WINDOW GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND CHINA
00:47 AND ENDS IN JAPAN AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO ONE OF THE
00:51 COUNTRIES IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S THE COUNTRY OF BHUTAN.
00:55 HI, BEV THOMPSON.
00:56 WELCOME.
00:57 THANK YOU IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE.
00:59 SO, BEV, BHUTAN IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES IN YOUR REGION FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH
01:04 AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR REGION AND
01:06 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BHUTAN.
01:08 SURE.
01:09 BHUTAN IS THE FURTHEST NORTH I GO.
01:11 IT IS A TINY COUNTRY WITH 750,000 POPULATION ONLY.
01:16 BUDDHISTS AND STRONGLY BUDDHIST AND THEY CALL IT FREEDOM OF RELIGION BUT IT
01:24 IS FREEDOM AS LONG AS YOU STAY WITHIN YOUR OWN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
01:28 DON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE OR TALK TO ANYONE ELSE ABOUT IT.
01:31 INTERESTING.
01:32 AND I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT BHUTAN IS THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
01:37 AND TO ME I WONDER WHY THAT COMES UP THAT WAY BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THAT
01:41 IT IS A HIGHEST STATISTICALLY FOR SUICIDE.
01:46 OH DEAR!
01:48 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS BUT AH, I THINK OF MANY THINGS THAT IT COULD
01:52 POSSIBLY BE BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
01:55 INTERESTING.
01:56 WELL-BHUTAN IS JUST A SMALL PART OF MY TERRITORY.
01:59 AND IT IS A PLACE YOU ENJOY GOING.
02:01 OH, I DO.
02:02 I MEAN IT IS THE BEAUTIFUL HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS AND THE MELTING GLACIER WATERS AND
02:06 THE RIVERS BELOW THEY'RE GREENISH WHITE, YOU KNOW.
02:09 BEAUTIFUL.
02:11 SO, YOU RECENTLY WENT ON A TRIP AND YOU CHECKED IN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
02:15 WORKERS THERE AND HOW MANY ARE IN BHUTAN?
02:17 WE HAVE EIGHT WORKERS.
02:19 THE FIRST ONE THAT STARTED ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AH, THE FIRST FIVE
02:23 YEARS HE WAS IMPRISONED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE OF HIM SHARING HIS
02:29 FAITH.
02:30 WOW.
02:31 YES.
02:32 THEY WERE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE BEING INVITED TO INTO A HOME AND HAVE PRAYER FOR
02:36 SOMEONE AND A FAMILY MEMBER DISAPPEARED AND BRING BACK A POLICE AND
02:41 HE'S ARRESTED.
02:43 BUT YET HE CONTINUES TO SHARE JESUS.
02:44 YES, YES.
02:45 PRAISE THE LORD!
02:47 SO, YOU RECENTLY WENT ON THIS TRIP TO CHECK IN AND YOU DID SOME TRAINING SO
02:51 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THAT.
02:53 OH, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE WORKERS GOT SO EXCITED AND WERE
02:58 ANXIOUS TO USE WHAT I TAUGHT THEM.
03:00 I HAD READ PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN BOOKS ON MISSIONS AND ONE IS CALLED TEA FOR
03:08 TEA TRAINING FOR TRAINERS AND ANOTHER ONE ANY THREE WHICH IS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
03:14 OR ANYONE OR ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
03:17 ON, UHM IT STARTS OUT WITH TELLING YOUR OWN PERSONAL CONVERSION STORY TO
03:25 SOMEBODY THAT YOU FIND IN NEED.
03:28 MEMORIZE IT AND HAVE IT PERFECTED SO THAT IT REALLY IS A GOOD STORY AND
03:32 THEN AH, YOU TRAIN THEM TO MEMORIZE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE AND WHEN YOU
03:42 MEMORIZE A STORY THEN YOU CAN ANALYZE THE STORY TO GET A BLESSING FROM IT.
03:46 HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THIS STORY FOR EVERY WORD THAT IS IN THAT
03:52 STORY, EVERY SENTENCE THAT IS IN THAT STORY; HOW DOES IT BRING MEANING TO MY
03:56 LIFE SO THAT I CAN TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT.
04:00 SO, THAT'S BEING PREPARED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY SO WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THE
04:04 HOOK TO PUT OUT IF SOMEONE SAYS THEN YOU CAN GRAB ON AND SAY, HEY THIS IS WHAT
04:09 THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME.
04:10 TRULY, YOU ARE A FAST LEARNER.
04:12 I LIKE THAT BUT I THINK THOUGH THAT SOMETIMES WE THINK AT LEAST IN OUR
04:16 WESTERN CULTURE IS -OH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A STORY TO TELL OR I DON'T KNOW
04:20 HOW I CAN COMMUNICATE THAT BUT I LIKE THAT-THE TRAINING PART TO BE ABLE
04:26 TO COMMUNICATE THAT.
04:28 AND THEY SEE IT WORK IS THE THING AND THEY ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT THEY
04:32 ARE TAUGHT.
04:33 FANTASTIC!
04:35 AND IN TEACHING THE INDIAN PEOPLE I FELT LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE THEM DO
04:40 IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND SO THEY DID.
04:43 TWO DAYS OF TRAINING-ABOUT FIFTEEN HOURS OF TRAINING.
04:48 YOU WOULD TELL THEM SOMETHING AND THEN YOU'D MAKE THEM DO IT.
04:50 MAKE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO JESUS CHRIST
04:53 START WITH YOUR FAMILY, START WITH ACTS1:8 TO JERUSALEM, JUDEA, SAMARIA
05:00 AND THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD AND INTERPRET IT AS MY FAMILY, MY
05:04 NEIGHBORS, THOSE THAT I MIGHT COME IN CONTACT WITH AND THE UNKNOWN PERSON.
05:09 YES, THE PERSON THAT YOU MEET AT THE GROCERY STORE WHO YOU CAN SMILE TO AND
05:13 BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY.
05:14 THAT'S RIGHT.
05:15 WELL NEAT!
05:16 SO, TELL US MORE-THIS WAS EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND WHERE WAS IT LOCATED, IN
05:20 WHAT PART?
05:21 OK, WE DID IT IN BHUTAN BUT WE ALSO DID IT IN NORTH INDIA.
05:26 THIS IS WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM AREA FROM IN THE NORTH THERE AND THEN SOUTH
05:32 BENGAL, IN EAST JHARKHAND, IN WEST JHARKHAND AND IN BIHAR AND IT CHHATTISGARH
05:39 WHICH ARE STATES MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED.
05:42 THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS A GEOGRAPHY LESSON AS
05:45 WELL.
05:46 YES.
05:47 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHOW US.
05:48 OH, I DO.
05:50 I HAVE A LOT BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE WERE DOING TO HELP OPEN
05:53 THE DOOR FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO BHUTAN.
05:56 THE THING IS THAT BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSED TO THEIR -YOU ARE BUDDHIST AND I'M
06:04 A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE A HINDU.
06:05 BUDDHISM WAS A OFFSHOOT OF HINDUISM AND SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHICH RELIGION YOU
06:11 BELONG TO.
06:12 THERE IS A BIG SEPARATION BETWEEN US.
06:16 HOW DO THEY KNOW WHICH-FROM THEIR DRESS OR DEMEANOR?
06:21 IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW FROM THEIR DRESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BHUTANI
06:25 COSTUME WHICH I HAVE ON TODAY AND FOR THE LADIES THEY ARE LONG SKIRTS, LONG
06:31 SLEEVES.
06:31 IT IS A COOL COUNTRY.
06:34 IT GETS A LITTLE WARMER IN THE SUMMER TIME BUT NOT THAT WARM AND THE
06:38 GOVERNMENT RULE IS THAT NOBODY CAN DO ANY BUSINESS WITH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE A
06:42 BHUTANI COSTUME ON.
06:43 OH INTERESTING.
06:46 INTERESTING.
06:49 THAT IS INTERESTING.
06:50 SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIMPU, THE CAPITAL CITY OF BHUTAN.
06:55 IT IS A VALLEY SOMEWHAT TO THE SOUTH BUT CENTRAL IN THE COUNTRY BUT THERE IS A
07:05 LOT OF TREES AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS ARE OH USUALLY THREE,
07:09 FOUR, FIVE STORIES HIGH AND THE ROOFS ARE A LITTLE BIT SLANTED BUT NOT
07:15 HEAVILY SLANTED.
07:16 I LOVE THE GREEN.
07:18 IT IS BEAUTIFUL BUT ALL OF THESE COSTUMES WHEN I WENT TO PUT MY COSTUME ON THIS
07:24 MORNING I THOUGHT, OH DEAR, HOW DO I GET IT SO PERFECT?
07:27 WELL, WE HAD OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER DEKI COME IN AND DRESS US UP TO MAKE
07:31 SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING THE WAY WE SHOULD.
07:34 WHO ARE THESE OTHER LADIES?
07:36 OK, AH THIS IS MRS. GIEBEL, GAYLE GIEBEL AND HER HUSBAND HERB.
07:42 THEY CAME FROM VALOR CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER TO BE WITH ME AND WE WERE
07:46 OPENING THE DOOR BY TAKING "NEWSTART" PROGRAM TO THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
07:50 STUDYING NURSING, COUNSELING AND HEALTH SCIENCE.
07:54 WONDERFUL!
07:56 SO HOW DID YOU GET YOU GET THAT INVITATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?
07:59 WELL, IT WAS DEKI'S IDEA AND SHE USED WHAT PERSONNEL SHE COULD TO GET
08:08 SOMEONE INTERESTED AND SHE FINALLY GOT THE AH, TOUR GUIDE, A MENTOR?
08:14 THE TOUR GUIDE, OH THE TOUR GUIDE?
08:17 THE TOUR GUIDE WHO IS A CHRISTIAN.
08:19 SHE FOUND A TOUR GUIDE WHO WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HE SAID HE WOULD WORK IT OUT.
08:24 AT THE UNIVERSITY?
08:25 AT THE UNIVERSITY AND SO WE GOT TO BE INTRODUCED OVER THE INTERNET TO
08:31 DR. CHINCHO, THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL.
08:34 WONDERFUL!
08:35 WE JUST HAD THE READYING PROCESS TO BE LIKE EVERYONE AND BE ACCORDING
08:44 TO THE RULES OF THEIR COUNTRY.
08:46 WE DIDN'T WANT TO STICK OUT AND SO THIS IS THE MAN'S COSTUME AND DEKI WAS
08:50 THERE GETTING HIM READY AND THEN THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
08:56 BUILDING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING IN THE LOBBY THERE, THE WORLD
09:01 HEALTH ORGANIZATION HELPED TO ORGANIZE THIS SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL
09:06 TRAINING.
09:08 THEY DON'T HAVE A MEDICAL SCHOOL THERE BUT THEY HAVE HEALTH MAJORS AND NURSING
09:12 AND COUNSELING.
09:13 FANTASTIC!
09:14 AND SOME SIDELINES AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF THE DIRECTORS THERE YOU
09:23 CAN SEE DR. CHINCHO, A WONDERFUL MAN AND HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR AH, SINCE
09:32 2002.
09:33 THIS WAS AN INTERESTING SIGN IN THE LOBBY OF THAT AD BUILDING.
09:37 THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT PICTURE IS ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN BECOME
09:42 TROUBLESOME WHEN A PERSON USES TOBACCO AND THEN YOU SEE THE NO SMOKING
09:47 SIGN-THE CIRCLE WITH A LINE THROUGH IT AND A BIG THING THAT SAYS THERE IS A
09:51 FINE.
09:51 THAT'S RIGHT.
09:53 THAT'S ABOUT TEN DOLLARS.
09:55 WOW.
09:55 AND THAT'S HEFTY FOR THEM.
09:59 BUT AH, BHUTAN WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A NO SMOKING IN
10:08 PUBLIC -GOOD FOR THEM-ANYWHERE IN PUBLIC.
10:12 GOOD FOR THEM.
10:13 THESE ARE THE STUDENT S-MALE STUDENTS GETTING READY TO GO TO THE
10:17 LECTURES WE WERE GOING TO GIVE WITH THE MAN FROM VALOR CHRISTIAN MEDICAL
10:21 CENTER.
10:22 SO, THIS UNIVERSITY IS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY?
10:24 YES.
10:25 ARE THERE MOSTLY MEN?
10:27 MALE STUDENTS?
10:28 FEMALE?
10:28 IS IT?
10:30 AH, THERE WAS A MIXTURE BECAUSE HEALTH SCIENCE AND COUNSELING AND NURSING.
10:41 GOOD.
10:42 AND SO, THERE WAS PROBABLY A FAIRLY EVEN NUMBER OF THEM.
10:46 AND TO GET INTO THIS SCHOOL THEY HAVE TO HAVE GOOD GRADES.
10:50 IT IS GRADES THAT GET YOU THE SCHOLARSHIP TO GET IN THERE.
10:53 O.K.
10:54 ALRIGHT.
10:55 THESE ARE THE LADIES WALKING TO THE LECTURE ROOM AND HERB GIEBEL AND
11:02 OUR TOURGUIDE.
11:04 HERB GIEBEL IS A DOCTOR FROM VALOR CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER IN SOUTHERN
11:08 INDIA AND THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY WHERE DR. CHINCHO GOT HIS
11:14 DOCTOR'S DEGREE-HIS MEDICAL DOCTOR DEGREE.
11:16 INTERESTING!
11:17 YES, SEE HOW THE LORD PREPARES THE WAY?
11:20 IT MADE THIS CONNECTION FOR US AND SURE ENOUGH, DEKI OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
11:27 WORKER FOUND PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WE WENT THAT KNEW HER FROM BEFORE AND
11:31 SHE WAS ABLE TO RENEW ACQUAINTENCES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT SHE WAS WITH
11:36 THIS GROUP.
11:37 WONDERFUL.
11:38 THIS WAS IN DR. CHINCHO'S OFFICE.
11:40 THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN OUR HEALTH SEMINAR AND THE
11:45 GIRL THAT DEKI IS STANDING NEXT TO WAS THE LADY WHO PREPARED OUR LUNCH FOR
11:50 US-WITH THE BLUE SCARF-YES.
11:52 YES.
11:55 THEY CAUGHT ME IN THE ACT, YES AND YOU'RE A NURSE BEV.
11:58 YES.
11:59 THIS IS JUST RIGHT UP YOUR EDUCATIONAL LINE.
12:02 AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD A MIDWIFERY SCHOOL THERE AND I HAVE TAUGHT
12:06 MIDWIFERY BEFORE ALSO SO I GAVE A GOOD LECTURE ON MIDWIFERY.
12:12 WONDERFUL.
12:13 ENCOURAGED THEM WITH THE USE OF MIDWIFERY AND HELPING PEOPLE.
12:18 WE HAD AN INVITATION TO GO TO THE SCHOOL OF COUNSELING AND IN THIS HE
12:28 GAVE A LECTURE AND AT THE END OF THE LECTURE HE GAVE A REVIEW.
12:33 NOW THE BODY, THE PERSON IS THE PHYSICAL, THE MENTAL, THE SOCIAL AND HE
12:40 HAD THE PEOPLE NAMING THIS AFTER HIM AND THE LAST ONE HE SAID SPIRITUAL AND THE
12:48 AUDIENCE SAID PSYCHOLOGY OF THE PYSCHE OF A PERSON.
12:53 AND THEN HE ASKED ME TO GIVE A WORD AND I GOT UP AND I SAID I KNOW A LITTLE
13:02 BIT ABOUT COUNSELING AND I HEARD THE MURMURING WHEN HE SAID SPIRITUALITY.
13:08 AND YOU SAID PSYCHOLOGY AND I SAID I BELIEVE YOU ARE BOTH RIGHT BUT IT IS
13:14 OUR SPIRITUALITY THAT GOVERNS OUR PSYCHE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THERE WAS A
13:20 RELIEF IN THE ROOM.
13:22 HE WAS RIGHT AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
13:24 BUT IT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
13:25 YES.
13:26 WELL, BEV THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
13:29 YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
13:32 WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO PRAY FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE
13:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE THAT
13:39 ENABLES THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO BE SHARING JESUS.
13:43 WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN
13:47 ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US A CALL, WE'D BE
13:52 HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
13:53 IT IS 509-525-2951.
13:54 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU.
13:56 IT IS COMPLIMENTARY AND WE WOULD JUST NEED YOUR MAILING ADDRESS AND WE CAN
13:58 SEND THAT TO YOU.
13:59 ALSO, WE ARE ON FACEBOOK AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO "LIKE" GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU
14:01 CAN SEE ALL SORTS OF NEAT VIDEOS AND PHOTOS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
14:02 UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
14:09 WELL, WE ARE HERE TALKING WITH BEV THOMPSON ABOUT BHUTAN AND BHUTAN IS A
14:16 FANTASTIC PLACE THAT YOU ENJOY GOING AND YOU ENJOY VISITING AND SHARING AND
14:30 HELPING WITH EDUCATION THERE.
14:33 YES, AND AFTER YOU BRING THIS COUNSELING CLASS THE PICTURE HERE IS WITH OUR
14:41 VALOR MEDICAL CENTER PERSONNEL WITH THE TWO TEACHERS FROM THE
14:46 UNIVERSITY THERE.
14:48 AND THEN WE WENT UPHILL-WE WALKED UP HILL.
14:51 WE WERE INVITED TO GO AND HAVE ME GIVE A LECTURE ON WATER FROM THE "NEWSTART"
14:56 PROGRAM.
14:58 AND THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR THE KING AND QUEENS
15:04 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
15:05 OH INTERESTING!
15:06 AND THEY HAD THE CHILDREN MEET IN THE AUDITORIUM IN BASEMENT ON THE MAIN
15:11 GROUND FLOOR AND I THINK THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GROUND FLOOR IN THAT
15:16 BUILDING BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A STEEP LANDSCAPE THERE.
15:19 THIS IS HALF OF THE AUDIENCE AND HERE IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE
15:22 AUDIENCE.
15:23 YOU CAN SEE THE TEACHERS WERE THERE ALSO.
15:26 WE HAD PROBABLY TWO OR THREE HUNDRED IN THE ROOM BUT THERE ARE ABOUT OVER
15:31 400 CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL.
15:33 IS THIS GRADE SCHOOL, BEV?
15:35 OR HIGH SCHOOL?
15:35 YES, PRIMARY SCHOOL.
15:36 PRIMARY SCHOOL.
15:38 I GAVE THE WATER LECTURE AND THEY SEEMED TO VERY INTENT ON LISTENING TO
15:43 THIS AND THEN HE GAVE A FAST SMEAR OF NEWSTART AND HE HAD THEM DOING
15:51 EXERCISES HERE BECAUSE THEY HAD SAT FOR TWENTY MINUTES FOR MY LECTURE.
15:54 A LONG TIME.
15:56 AND YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW THE KIDS ARE SITTING THERE AND THEY SIT INTENTLY
16:00 LISTENING AND THERE IS ROWS OF KIDS.
16:02 THEY SIT IN NICE, NEAT ROWS.
16:06 YOU CAN SEE THAT-VERY ATTENTIVE.
16:08 SO, DID YOU HAVE A TRANSLATOR?
16:10 AH, THIS IS ENGLISH.
16:12 IT IS AN ENGLISH SCHOOL?
16:13 AND SO, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW ENGLISH BY THE TIME THEY GET IN THIRD AND
16:17 FOURTH GRADE WHICH IS MOST OF THE KIDS HERE.
16:19 SO, WHAT WAS YOUR POINT TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER?
16:22 WE HAD A POWERPOINT ON WATER AND WHY YOU NEED TO DRINK LOTS OF WATER AND
16:30 THE GOODNESS OF IT AND MAKE SURE IT IS PURE AND SO ON.
16:33 I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AT THE END I HAD ABOUT A HALF DOZEN
16:38 YOUNG KIDS COME TO ME AND ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE VERY INTENT.
16:45 THEY WERE INTUITIVE AND THEY WERE VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING QUESTIONS AND I
16:50 THOUGHT, OH YOU KIDS ARE SMART.
16:52 THEY LISTENED.
16:53 YES, THEY LISTENED.
16:55 THIS IS GREAT.
16:57 THEIR HALLWAYS HAD SOME INTERESTING PICTURES AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS THE
17:02 FAMILY OF THE KING AND QUEEN FROM OLD DAYS AND THE NEXT PICTURE WAS FROM
17:09 ANN LANDERS.
17:10 ANN LANDERS, YES, "IT IS NOT WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR CHILDREN BUT WHAT YOU'VE
17:14 TAUGHT THEM TO DO FOR THEMSELVES THAT WILL MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL HUMAN
17:17 BEINGS."
17:18 ANOTHER SAYING, "AT THE END OF THE DAY THE MOST OVERWHELMING KEY TO THE
17:22 CHILD'S SUCCESS IS A POSITIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PARENTS", BY JANE
17:25 HALL.
17:27 I LOOKED HER UP ON THE INTERNET AND THEY HAD THIS VERY QUOTE THERE FROM HER
17:31 BUT SHE IS FROM BACK EAST IN THE UNITED STATES.
17:34 AND THEN THIS ONE, AND LOREN TRIP- I CAN'T READ THE THIRD- I FOUND HIM ON
17:42 THE INTERNET TOO AND HE WAS WITH A BLACK MALE COLLEGE OR SCHOOL HERE IN
17:47 THE UNITED STATES-"WHAT IS THE MOST UNDERUSED RESOURCE IN EDUCATION
17:51 TODAY?
17:52 PARENTS."
17:53 BUT THEY HAD THESE-YOU KNOW THESE WERE LARGE PICTURES PROBABLY 2'X3' AT
17:59 LEAST.
18:00 SO, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
18:02 THEY USED MY COUNTRY.
18:03 THAT'S FANTASTIC.
18:05 IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
18:06 THAT IS FANTASTIC.
18:07 AND THEIR PLAYGROUND ON THE HILLSIDE THERE THEY HAD A BALLFIELD AND I SAW
18:12 A GUY HE'D RECEIVE A BALL AND KICK IT RIGHT INTO THE GOAL POST AND THEY ARE
18:16 PRETTY GOOD AT IT BUT THEY TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEIR KIDS.
18:19 THIS IS THE PRIMARY KIDS, THE YOUNGER KIDS PLAYGROUND AND THE KIDS
18:23 WERE USING THEM WELL.
18:25 THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FROM THE SCHOOL.
18:28 OH, HE'S CUTE.
18:30 THIS YOUNG FELLOW WAS JUST LIKE OUR LITTLE TOUR GUIDE FOR HIS SCHOOL.
18:34 AND THIS PICTURE IS A COMMON PICTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN KISSING.
18:39 INTERESTING.
18:41 THEY WANT TO PROMOTE LOVE AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER SO THEY HAVE LESS DIVORCE
18:46 AND SEPARATION.
18:49 WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE WHAT THE HOSPITAL WAS LIKE AND I WANTED YOU TO
18:54 NOTE THOSE CURLY QUES ON THOSE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR
18:58 BUILDINGS.
19:00 I AM TOLD THAT THOSE DESIGNS HAVE TO BE ON EVERY BUILDING.
19:04 IF YOU ASK FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY HAVE TO HAVE THESE TYPICAL BHUTANI
19:10 DECORATIONS.
19:11 WELL, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
19:12 YES.
19:13 YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS REALLY QUITE ORNATE.
19:16 WE WENT INSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND THIS IS THE FOYER AND AGAIN THE SIGNS
19:23 ON THE WALLS ARE INTERESTING.
19:25 I PUT ARROWS AT THE NUMBER TWO THERE-LIFESTYLE LIMITS DISEASE?
19:27 WELL, THAT'S DOWN AT THE BOTTOM NUMBER FIVE BUT UP AT THE TOP -OH, AT THE
19:29 TOP.
19:31 OH, THIS IS THE CASHIER'S OFFICE BUT IT IS CALLED THE REVENUE COLLECTION
19:32 CENTER.
19:33 OH, HOW FUNNY.
19:34 AND THEN HERE WE HAD GONE FOR LIFESTYLE PROMOTION, YES, YES AND LIFESTYLE
19:35 DISEASES THERE.
19:37 ANOTHER SIGN SENIOR CITIZENS, CHAMBER FOR SENIOR CITIZENS 60 AND
19:54 ABOVE.
19:55 HEY, I WOULD BE SPECIAL.
19:58 AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE- OH THAT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
20:04 DIFFERENTLY ABLED THEY ARE NOT DISABLED THEY ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED.
20:09 I LIKE THAT.
20:10 FOOD IN THEIR CAFETERIA.
20:12 THIS LOOKS GREAT!
20:14 IT WAS QUITE DELICIOUS A LITTLE ON THE GREASY SIDE FOR ME BUT THERE WE HAVE
20:20 THE TYPICAL SCENE OF THIMPU.
20:23 IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
20:25 VERY INTERESTING TO ME INITIATED BY JAMBAY HOTEL OR RESORT AND THIS IS
20:33 WHERE WE WERE STAYING.
20:34 THE PEOPLE IN BHUTAN ARE CONSCIOUS OF RUBBISH ON THE FLOOR OR ON THE GROUND
20:39 AND THEY TRY TO PROMOTE PEOPLE USING GARBAGE CANS.
20:43 GOOD, GOOD.
20:45 IN OUR HOTEL, OUR BREAKFAST WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HAVING TO WINK AT
20:54 WHAT WE WERE SERVED FOR OUR HEALTH'S SAKE.
20:56 WE HAD WHITE BREAD, FRIED TOMATOES AND A BANANA, A BANANA AND I THINK THERE
21:02 WAS SOME MELON TOO THAT DAY.
21:05 IS THAT A TYPICAL BREAKFAST?
21:07 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EXTRA GOOD FOR THE FOREIGNER.
21:09 FOR THE FOREIGNERS, INTERESTING.
21:11 AND THIS EARLEEN WESTPHAL MILLER WHO WAS WITH ME AT THAT HOTEL.
21:16 SHE TRAVELED WITH ME FOR THREE WEEKS THIS TIME.
21:19 SHE HAS BEEN A FILL IN DIRECTOR OF NURSES AT LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY.
21:27 SHE HAS HER PH.D.
21:29 IN NURSING AND SHE IS A VERY DISTANT BUT I CLAIM HER AS A RELATIVE OF MINE
21:35 AND THEN WE WENT TO THE TRAVEL AGENTS HOME AND YOU CAN SEE THE STAIRWELL
21:41 THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
21:42 UHHUH.
21:44 WE WENT INTO HIS HOME HERE HE IS AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF JESUS IN THE
21:47 BACKGROUND.
21:48 PRAISE THE LORD.
21:49 AND WE MET HIS MOTHER AND HIS BROTHER AND HIS NIECE AND NEPHEW.
21:53 HIS BROTHER IS IN END STAGE OF DIABETES.
21:58 OH DEAR, IS HE BLIND?
22:01 PRETTY MUCH AND HE IS ON DIALYSIS.
22:03 SO, WHEN WE LEFT HIS HOME THE HILLS ARE SO STEEP THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR
22:07 MOTORCYCLES COMING UP THE HILL AND THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT UP THE HILL.
22:10 THE PASSENGER HAD TO GET OFF AND PUSH THEM UP.
22:13 YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE.
22:15 WHAT WAS INTERESTING WE SAW THIS SIGN ON THAT BUILDING THAT SAID, "THE
22:20 LIFESTYLE SHOP".
22:22 WELL, WE WERE TEACHING LIFESTYLE SO WE HAD TO GO SEE WHAT THE SHOP WAS.
22:26 SURE.
22:26 IT WAS A FURNITURE SHOP.
22:28 OH, HOW FUNNY.
22:29 YES, DON'T YOU LOVE THESE SIGNS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH?
22:32 BUT I'M IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH, HOW MANY SIGNS ARE IN ENGLISH.
22:36 YES, YES.
22:37 IT IS LIKE IT'S TRANSLATED LIKE THEY HAVE THIS OLD KIND AT THE TOP HERE AND
22:41 SHE CALLS IT THE SDA GENERAL SHOP BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
22:46 DEKI AND HER SON THEY HAVE THIS SHOP SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN THINK THAT THEY
22:52 ARE EARNING MONEY FROM THEIR SHOP BUT THEY ARE REALLY GETTING PAID FOR
22:57 THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE DEKI IS THE WOMAN IN THE
23:01 LIGHT BLUE THAT WE SAW BEFORE.
23:02 YES, YES.
23:03 AND HER SON IS HOLDING HIS NIECE IN HIS ARMS AT THE END.
23:08 ANOTHER PICTURE OF PEMA WHO I TOLD YOU WAS IN PRISON THREE TIMES IN THE
23:13 FIRST FIVE YEARS, YES, HE IS ON MY RIGHT.
23:16 HE IS THE OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, YES.
23:18 YES.
23:19 AND WE HAD THIS ROYAL WELCOME AND THEY PUT THESE LITTLE SILK SCARVES ON
23:25 EVERYONE AS PART OF THEIR WELCOME TO BHUTAN.
23:28 BEAUTIFUL.
23:29 THIS WAS IN THEIR HOME CHURCH AND THIS WAS THEIR LATEST CONVERT TO OUR
23:34 CHURCH.
23:35 PRAISE THE LORD.
23:36 THEY WERE THERE WORSHIPING IN THE CHURCH.
23:37 SO ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE WORSHIPING THAT DAY?
23:40 OH, THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN.
23:42 YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A GROUP MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD
23:47 CAUSE TOO MUCH ATTENTION.
23:48 YOU DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF ATTENTION TO BRING THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE
23:54 PROSELTYZING.
23:55 YES, WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT AND DO THEY MEET AT THAT SDA GENERAL SHOP?
23:59 IS THAT WHERE THEY MEET?
24:00 YES, IN THE BACK OF THAT.
24:02 WELL, ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC.
24:04 DEKI HAD MADE SOME NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR US-BLESS HER HEART.
24:08 LOOK AT THAT GOOD FOOD.
24:10 LOVELY.
24:11 AND THIS LADY WAS AN ENGINEER AND SHE HAD COME FROM PARO WHICH IS ABOUT
24:17 AN HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY SO THAT SHE COULD BE THERE AND WORSHIP WITH US.
24:22 AFTER THE SABBATH WORSHIP- PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE SUNDOWN WE WENT TO
24:29 THE BUDDHA ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN RIGHT OVERLOOKING THIMPU.
24:35 I AM NOT INTO GOING AND LOOKING AT SHRINES AND IDOLS BUT WHEN OTHER
24:41 PEOPLE ARE GOING I HAVE TO SORT OF GO ALONG AND THIS IDOL HAD ANGELS SMALL,
24:49 LIFESIZE, WELL, LARGE FOR ME.
24:52 LIFESIZE ANGELS ALL AROUND THIS BUDDHA AND UP CLOSE YOU COULD SEE THAT WAS,
25:02 THAT IDOL WAS BIGGER THAN ME BUT IT WAS DEPICTING ALL OF THE ANGELS THAT ARE
25:07 GUARDING THAT BUDDHA.
25:08 GUARDING THE BUDDHA.
25:09 AND OUT IN FRONT THERE WAS A PLAZA THAT WOULD HOLD THEY SAID TEN THOUSAND
25:15 PEOPLE.
25:16 BIGGER THAN THIMPU WOULD BE A GRAND FESTIVAL THAT THEY COULD HAVE OUT IN
25:19 FRONT THERE.
25:20 AND IS THAT A BUDDHA UP THERE ON THE HILL?
25:22 NO THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE BUDDHA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLAZA.
25:28 WHAT WAS INTERESTING SOMETHING THAT SORT OF DISTURBS MY HEART IS
25:33 BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF THESE FLAGS-THEY ARE PRAYER FLAGS UP THERE AND
25:38 THEY LEAVE THEM UP THERE UNTIL THEY DISINTEGRATE AND THEY SORT OF MAKE THE
25:43 LANDSCAPE LOOK MESSY BUT WHEN THEY ARE NEWLY PUT UP AND THEY HAVE THE PRAYERS
25:47 ON THEM THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
25:49 AND YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING BEV,THAT AS YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE
25:52 IS A HUGE, HUGE BUDDHA UP IN HONG KONG AND TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR
25:56 PILGRIMAGES UP THERE AND AS YOU SAID THAT AND THE SHRINES AND EVERYTHING THE
26:00 BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE SHRINES TO BAAL AND ALL OF THAT AND THERE ARE STILL
26:05 SHRINES HERE TODAY AND THE FACT THAT WE SERVE A LIVING GOD AND THAT HE IS
26:11 COMING BACK THAT IS THE GREAT NEWS FOR THESE PEOPLE.
26:13 OH YES.
26:15 I JUST SHOWED YOU THE PICTURE OF DR. CHINCHO AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS
26:20 LEADING OUR GROUP HERE.
26:21 WELL WONDERFUL.
26:23 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH HE TAKES US TO HIS SHRINE AND THEY DO A
26:34 HEALTH- NOT EXPO-PRESENTATION?
26:35 IT'S A HEALTH SCREENING AND THAT'S THE SHRINE AND PEOPLE WALK AROUND IT AND
26:42 WALK AROUND IT.
26:44 THEN WE HAVE THE HEALTH, I WISH WE HAD TIME TO SHOW YOU THE HEALTH PART OF IT.
26:49 WELL THANK YOU BEV AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING AND PLEASE GREET
26:53 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.
26:56 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
26:59 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.
27:35 [CLOSING MUSIC].


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