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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000685A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:18 WHAT AN AMAZING TIME IT IS TO GET TOGETHER AND HEAR THESE STORIES FROM FAR 00:23 AWAY PLACES AND NEAR PLACES. 00:25 I JUST WANT TO WELCOME CHARLES SHULTZ. 00:29 GOOD TO SEE YOU AND WELCOME. 00:32 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 00:33 GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:34 YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR AWHILE NOW HAVEN'T YOU? 00:36 YES, YES. 00:36 HOW LONG IS THAT? 00:38 FIVE YEARS. 00:39 FIVE YEARS. 00:40 AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE. 00:42 AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A DISTRICT THAT YOU OVERSEE. 00:46 YES, THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL AND THE IMPACT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 00:54 MAKING IN NEPAL. 00:56 IT'S AMAZING. 00:57 IT IS AMAZING ISN'T IT. 01:00 YOU HAVE KNOWN NEPAL LONGER THAN JUST FIVE YEARS HAVEN'T YOU. 01:03 YES. 01:05 WHEN I WAS 15 MY PARENTS WENT AS MISSIONARIES TO INDIA AND MY FIRST 01:09 BREAKFAST WAS WITH STAN STURGES THE PIONEER MISSIONARY TO NEPAL. 01:18 OKAY. 01:19 SO SINCE 15 YOU'VE HAD EXPOSURE TO THIS. 01:22 RIGHT. 01:23 AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING OTHERS WHO ARE REACHING OUT THERE BEYOND THE 01:26 STURGES BROTHERS AND THE HOSPITAL. 01:29 IT'S GONE BEYOND THAT. 01:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:31 MY FIRST SLIDE HERE IS ABOUT DHULIKHEL. 01:35 NOW DHULIKHEL IS JUST ABOUT A THREE MILE WALK. 01:39 WE USED TO WALK FROM BANEPA TO DHULIKHEL AND WE HAVE A LAYMAN WHO IS 01:45 BUILDING, IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AN ADVENTIST RESOURCE CENTER WHERE WE 01:52 CAN CALL PEOPLE IN AND HAVE LECTURES AND SEMINARS. 01:57 AND THIS IS JUST ONE GROUP THAT WE HAD IN DECEMBER. 02:01 BITTERLY COLD AND WE HAD A TRAINING FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THAT 02:03 AREA, KAVREPALANCHOK AREA. 02:04 AND EMPHASIZING SMALL GROUPS AND ALSO A REVIVAL. 02:06 THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES GIVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THE ABILITY TO 02:22 FEEL A PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE, THE ADVENTIST CHURCH ALL OVER THE WORLD. 02:27 WHEN LINDA AND I, MY WIFE LINDA, WE ARE CO-LEADERS. 02:31 I THINK SOMETIMES SHE DOES ALL THE WORK. 02:36 WE NEED OUR TEAM. 02:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:40 AND SO THIS WAS ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD AND THEN AFTER THE, 02:45 THERE'S NO HEAT SO THE WAY TO WARM IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY IS YOU SIT IN THE 02:53 SUN. 02:53 IF THERE IS SUN. 02:55 YES, YES. 02:56 AND SO HERE WE ARE SITTING ON THE ROOF GETTING IN THE SUN AND YOU CAN SEE THE 03:02 HIMALAYAS IN THE BACKGROUND. 03:03 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF THE YEAR BUT IT'S JUST COLD. 03:06 AND JUST BASICALLY TALKING TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:07 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 03:08 DO YOU HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR SHARING THE GOSPEL? 03:10 WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE AN ADVANTAGE FOR YOU AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU BE 03:11 MORE EFFECTIVE AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:13 AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS IN A CONTEXT OF NEPAL. 03:31 ABSOLUTELY. 03:32 AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT COME TO MY MIND IN THIS DAY AND AGE. 03:35 ONE IS AN EVER-CHANGING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. 03:39 OH YES. 03:40 AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT YOU'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IT 03:44 SEEMS LIKE. 03:45 YES AND YOU KNOW MOST OF THE WORKER'S HOMES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED AND SO WE 03:52 LIVED IN TIN HOUSES, SLEPT IN TIN HOUSES. 03:56 FORTH TO FIFTY DEGREES OUTSIDE AND INSIDE AND SO IT WAS A COLD TIME. 04:00 VERY. 04:01 I KEPT MY DOWN JACKET ON 24/7. 04:05 I PREACHED IN IT, I SLEPT IN IT. 04:08 SOME HOW WE SURVIVED. 04:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS WORK. 04:11 AND YOU KNOW THEY WILL GO IN AND MANY TIMES HELP OUT WITH A CHURCH. 04:13 AND HERE TWO OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE PREPARING FOR COMMUNION. 04:15 WONDERFUL. 04:16 AND MY BIG CONCERN ALWAYS IS CAN WE FIND GRAPE JUICE. 04:33 AND I GOT A LITTLE UPSET WHEN I SAW THIS AND I SAID THAT GRAPE JUICE ISN'T 04:39 PURPLE. 04:40 AND THEN I WAS REMINDED THAT IT WAS WHITE GRAPES. 04:42 I DON'T THINK IN AMERICA WE DO WHITE GRAPES BUT THEY HAD EVERYTHING UNDER 04:49 CONTROL AND I APPRECIATED THAT SO MUCH THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 04:53 THEY MOVE IN AND THEY HELP OUT THE PASTOR OR MAYBE THERE ISN'T A PASTOR. 04:55 AND THEY LEAD OUT IN THE SERVICES AND NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMUNION BUT BEFORE 04:57 THE COMMUNION YOU HAVE FOOT WASHING. 04:58 NOW WE WENT TO, IN DECEMBER WE WENT TO A CHURCH IN MADI IN THE 05:01 CHITWAN AREA. 05:01 THEY HAD NEVER HAD COMMUNION BEFORE. 05:03 OH. 05:04 AND FOOT WASHING WAS, YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT'S STILL PART 05:06 OF THEIR CULTURE, IF A GUEST COMES. 05:29 OK. 05:30 SOMEONE WILL COME OUT AND WASH YOUR FEET. 05:32 AND SO IT'S, BUT I WAS SURPRISED. 05:34 THE MEN ARE STANDING AROUND. 05:35 ONE OF THEM IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE WAS JUST YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE 05:36 LADIES WHAT TO DO. 05:38 AND IN NEPAL THEY NOT ONLY WASH YOUR FEET BUT THEY WASH PART OF YOUR LEG. 05:39 OKAY. 05:40 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THE ORDINANCE OF HUMILITY SO WHEN THEY WASHED MY FEET I 05:57 WAS HUMBLED BECAUSE MY FEET JUST ARE LIKE GLARING NEON SIGNS YOU KNOW. 06:06 THEY ARE SO WHITE AND I'M EMBARRASSED ABOUT MY WHITE FEET. 06:09 EVERYBODY HAS NICE TAN FEET YOU KNOW, NICE BROWN FEET, HERE I AM THIS GUY 06:14 WITH WHITE FEET. 06:16 BUT ANYWAY IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 06:18 OH MY. 06:19 NOW I'M SUSPECTING THAT YOU HAD SOME OF THESE STORIES WRITTEN UP IN THAT 06:24 LITTLE NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 06:26 HAVE THEY APPEARED IN THERE? 06:27 YES. 06:29 ACTUALLY THE ONE ON PRAYER, A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PRAYER. 06:34 BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PROGRAM ON PRAYER. 06:37 WELL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN SUBSCRIBE TO CAN'T THEY. 06:39 ABSOLUTELY. 06:40 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PARTICULAR BROADCAST OF AN INTERVIEW. 06:42 YOU CAN READ THESE STORIES. 06:43 THEY COME OUT, HOW OFTEN DO THEY COME OUT? 06:44 IS IT ONCE A MONTH? 06:44 YES. 06:45 ONCE A MONTH I BELIEVE. 06:46 AND SO THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE A PART OF. 06:47 ABSOLUTELY. 06:48 HAVING COMMUNION YOU DID IT EVEN IN DECEMBER? 06:49 OH YES, OH YES. 06:52 EVEN WITH THE DOWN JACKET ON. 06:54 OKAY. 06:55 I BELIEVE IT. 06:56 AND YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD BRINGS CONCEPTS AND IDEAS TO PEOPLE. 07:02 NOW THESE ARE NEPALI CHICKENS. 07:16 NOW GOD HAS TAUGHT THE NEPALI CHICKENS HOW TO KEEP WARM. 07:23 THIS IS IN A VERY HIGH PLACE, IT WAS BITTERLY COLD AND THIS MOTHER HEN 07:28 COULDN'T GET ALL HER CHICKENS UNDERNEATH HER FOR WARMTH SO SHE LET TWO 07:33 OF HER CHICKS ON HER BACK SO THAT AT LEAST THEY COULD KEEP THEIR FEET 07:38 WARM. 07:39 AND THAT WAS MY BIG PROBLEM IN NEPAL WAS KEEPING MY FEET WARM. 07:42 AND JUST CONCEPTS OF HOW TO SHARE AND HOW TO WITNESS IS SO IMPORTANT. 07:49 NOW THIS COUPLE HAVE GOT THE IDEA OF BEING A TENT MAKER. 07:56 IN FACT THEY ARE SELLING CLOTHES. 07:59 THEY HAD NICE JACKETS, CHILDREN'S CLOTHES, ADULTS CLOTHES AND THIS IS THE 08:04 WAY OF SUPPLEMENTING THEIR INCOME AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 08:07 PLUS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GIVE OUT OUR LITERATURE. 08:13 I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 08:15 THIS COUPLE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, THEY DO THESE STOOLS. 08:27 IN FACT WE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE AND HAULED IT BACK ON THE AIRPLANE. 08:30 VERY COMFORTABLE AND THIS IS A WAY OF SUPPLEMENTING THEIR INCOME. 08:35 AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NEED. 08:39 THEY NEED TO HAVE, THEY NEED TO BE BIVOCATIONALISTS. 08:42 YES, ABSOLUTELY SO THEY ARE NOT SO MUCH DEPENDENT UPON FUNDS FROM THE UNITED 08:47 STATES BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE TURNED OFF, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG. 08:51 YES. 08:52 AND THEN THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY. 08:53 NOW AMBIKA, SHE IS THE ONE WITH THE GREEN SCARF THERE. 08:54 SHE WAS ALLOWED SOME BIBLE TRAINING IN INDIA, ADVENTIST BIBLE TRAINING 08:56 AND SHE HAS USED THAT. 08:58 NOW THIS IS A GIRL, SHE IS NOT EVEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE HAS COME 09:03 FROM A HINDU FAMILY. 09:05 HER MOM AND DAD ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND SHE IS BAPTIZED BUT SHE IS 09:10 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 09:11 PROBABLY ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AT 16-17 YEARS OLD. 09:27 SHE GOES AROUND THE VILLAGES IN HER AREA SHARING HER LOVE FOR JESUS 09:33 AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE LADIES THAT WERE BAPTIZED WHEN I WAS THERE. 09:36 NOW BAPTISM IS A VERY VERY PRIVATE THING BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT NOW IS CRACKING 09:43 DOWN AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYBODY'S NAME, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL 09:48 WHERE THIS IS. 09:50 BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED THAT THIS TEENAGER WAS ABLE TO BRING SIX PEOPLE 09:56 TO THE LORD AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:00 GOD IS DOING AMAZING THINGS IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE YOU KNOW TO USE A 10:05 TEENAGER LIKE THAT TO HAVE BAPTISMS. 10:08 THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF US FROM MY EXPERIENCE WHO WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS A 10:14 TEENAGER. 10:14 YES. 10:15 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 10:16 AND JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY SHE TOOK HER TRAINING IN INDIA. 10:21 THIS TELLS ME SHE IS MULTILINGUAL. 10:23 OH YES. 10:25 SHE TEACHES A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON AT THIS CHURCH AND SHE IS VERY 10:32 VERY SMART. 10:33 SHE IS A SMART KID. 10:34 AND SHE IS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT WAS MY AREA. 10:38 THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO NEPAL WAS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH. 10:40 OKAY. 10:42 BUT YOU KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES IT'S GOING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. 10:46 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. 10:48 YOU CAN SEE THE RIVER AND SHE COULD USE SOME OF THOSE DEVICES THAT YOU 10:55 HAVE RIGHT THERE. 10:56 YES, LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND THERE'S A LITTLE PROMO WE CAN GIVE YOU ON THESE 11:03 LITTLE RADIOS. 11:04 THEY'RE NOT RADIOS ACTUALLY, THEY'RE MEGAVOICE. 11:08 THEY ARE RECORDERS THAT PLAY BACK THE GOSPEL, THEY PLAY BACK THE BIBLE IN THE 11:14 LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 11:15 THERE'S EVEN NEPALI SONGS. 11:17 AND SONGS AS WELL. 11:19 LET'S HEAR THAT PROMO RIGHT NOW. 11:20 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT GENERAL 11:23 CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 11:27 I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 11:28 HELLO DARYL. 11:30 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 11:32 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 11:35 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 11:37 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. 11:39 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 11:40 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 11:42 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT. 11:44 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 11:45 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER 11:46 RESISTANT. 11:47 WOW. 11:51 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 11:55 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 11:59 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 12:01 OH THANK YOU. 12:07 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN 12:10 THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 12:13 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER VERSE 12:15 BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK. 12:23 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH. 12:27 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 12:30 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 12:33 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 12:37 YES. 12:40 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 12:41 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 12:45 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 12:49 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE 12:54 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 13:01 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO 13:07 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A 13:12 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF 13:14 HEARING GOD'S WORD. 13:19 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH 13:21 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 13:24 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 13:25 ABSOLUTELY. 13:26 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED. 13:28 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD. 13:31 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY 13:35 THE LORD BLESS YOU. 13:49 (MUSIC PLAYING) IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THESE ARE BEING USED BECAUSE NOT 13:54 MANY OF US SPEAK ALL THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD. 13:58 BUT GOD DOES AND TO GET IT RECORDED ON HERE AND SENT OFF TO PEOPLE WHO CAN 14:03 LISTEN TO IT, TO BE EXPOSED TO THOSE STORIES. 14:07 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REACHING SO MANY IN THE 14:12 WORLD AND YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. 14:14 YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN THE INVITATION TO WRITE, TO TELEPHONE, EVEN TO SEND 14:20 AN EMAIL. 14:22 YOU LOOK FOR THAT AND WRITE IT DOWN. 14:24 GET IN CONTACT WITH US. 14:25 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF A VERY SPECIAL TIME. 14:30 AND NOW WE'RE BACK WITH OUR GUEST CHARLES SHULTZ. 14:34 AND TELL US AGAIN CHARLES. 14:37 YOU'RE THERE WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE. 14:40 THEY SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES. 14:41 WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU USE WITH THEM? 14:45 I LEARNED NEAPLI FORTY YEARS AGO. 14:47 OKAY. 14:48 IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR ME TO LEARN AND TO DO. 14:49 BUT MY PRONUNCIATION IS RIGHT ON. 14:50 MY VOCABULARY I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN. 14:52 MY GRAMMAR WAS HORRIBLE FORTY YEARS AGO AND HASN'T IMPROVED. 14:53 BUT BECAUSE OF MY PRONUNCIATION THEY THINK I SPEAK WONDERFUL NEPALI. 14:57 SO THAT'S MY "IN" WITH THEM. 14:58 AND YOU KNOW GOING AROUND TO, NOW THIS IS UP IN THE MOUNTAIN. 15:05 I THOUGHT NEPAL IS IN THE MOUNTAINS. 15:09 MY SLIDE AFTER THAT IS THE TERAI, THE FOOTHILLS, THE LEVEL SPOTS. 15:15 BUT THIS IS HIGH. 15:17 YES. 15:18 AND SO WE'RE ALL BUNDLED UP THERE. 15:21 IT'S ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 15:22 AND THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 15:38 JUST GETTING THEM TOGETHER, PRAYING WITH THEM, HEARING SOME OF 15:42 THEIR EXPERIENCES. 15:44 AND THEN TEACHING THEM. 15:45 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FOCUS UPON JESUS. 15:48 JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE. 15:52 AND JUST ENCOURAGE THEM. 15:53 BECAUSE MANY TIMES AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER YOU'RE ISOLATED. 15:58 STUCK WAY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN 16:02 ORGANIZATION, GOSPEL OUTREACH, THAT IS NOT ONLY PROVIDING FUNDS BUT 16:09 PRAYERS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THEIR MINISTRY. 16:12 NOW WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OFF MY DOWN JACKET. 16:19 THIS IS IN THE TERAI WHICH IS SEA LEVEL AND ADJACENT TO INDIA. 16:25 AND HERE WE HAVE SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW, 16:30 HOW ARE THINGS GOING, CAN YOU SHARE SOME EXPERIENCES WITH US. 16:34 AND THESE EXPERIENCES GO IN THE MAGAZINE, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 16:39 MAGAZINE, AND THEN EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WE WILL HAVE JUST ONE ON ONE. 16:43 HERE YOU HAVE LINDA AND SHE IS WRITING DOWN. 16:47 SHE'S MY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 16:48 SHE WRITES DOWN THE STORIES. 16:51 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE IS HOLDING HIS BACK BECAUSE HE HAS BACK 16:56 DIFFICULTIES. 16:57 BUT HE IS INTERVIEWING A GOSPEL OUTREACH LADY. 17:00 SHE IS VERY VERY GOOD. 17:02 AND YOU KNOW HER PERSONALITY, SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE A VERY WINSOME 17:07 PERSONALITY. 17:08 SHE WAS WONDERFUL AND GREAT AND BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW SHE IS WORKING 17:12 WITH PEOPLE IT'S THRILLING IT'S AMAZING. 17:15 SO THIS IS ALSO DOWN IN THE LOW LANDS. 17:17 YES, YES. 17:18 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE? 17:22 WE HAVE 55 IN NEPAL. 17:24 FIFTY-FIVE. 17:26 AND YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE 17:28 SURE THAT EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE THE TOOLS AND ARE INTERESTED IN FULFILLING 17:30 THE PURPOSE OF A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 17:32 GOING INTO AN AREA WHERE THERE AREN'T CHRISTIANS AND EXPLAINING THE 17:34 BENEFITS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN. 17:35 AND WHEN THEY SEE THE BENEFITS, WHEN THEY SEE THE JOY THAT IS THERE IN A 17:37 CHRISTIAN'S HEART AND LIFE THEY'RE JUST NATURALLY ATTRACTED TO WHAT WE HAVE. 17:38 AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH 17:47 JESUS. 17:48 AND MANY TIMES THAT CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT HE WAS BEFORE HE BECAME A 17:58 CHRISTIAN AND NOW HIS LIFE AFTER HE IS A CHRISTIAN THAT IS WHAT REALLY MAKES 18:03 AN IMPACT IN THAT COMMUNITY. 18:04 I SUSPECT, AND YOU CAN TELL ME THE TRUTH OF THIS, I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF 18:08 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE UNIQUE TIMES BETWEEN THEM AND GOD 18:12 BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN A SOCIETY THAT BELIEVES IN THE GODS, YES, AND HERE 18:14 THEY HAVE FOUND A GOD THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH. 18:28 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MULTIPLE GODS AND THE ONE. 18:39 DO THEY DEVELOP SOME STORIES BETWEEN THEIR OWN PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD 18:41 THAT INSPIRES YOU TOO? 18:42 YES. 18:43 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BEING A PASTOR IN THE UNITED STATES THE 18:45 BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 18:47 OKAY. 18:48 ACTUALLY IN NEPAL, THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL HONORS SATURDAY AS A DAY OFF. 18:50 REALLY. 18:51 THE BANKS CLOSE, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES. 18:54 EVERYTHING IS CLOSED ON SABBATH. 18:56 IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BANK ON FRIDAY YOU BETTER GET THERE BEFORE TWO 19:05 O'CLOCK BECAUSE ALL BANKS CLOSE AT TWO. 19:09 BUT THE BIG PROBLEM IN NEPAL IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. 19:13 THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. 19:16 THEY GLADLY ACCEPT JESUS AS A _____, AS A SAVIOR BUT ONLY JESUS? 19:26 YOU KNOW, ONLY ONE? 19:28 ONLY ONE. 19:30 AND SO THEN WE SHOW THEM THAT A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS SUPPLIES ALL OF YOUR 19:40 NEEDS AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT THEY OF COURSE UNDERSTAND WHY JESUS IS 19:46 ENOUGH. 19:49 WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. 20:10 AH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 20:11 YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE FACED WITH DIFFERENT TASKS. 20:18 NOW HERE SOMEONE FROM THE STATES HAS DONATED MONEY TO BUY LAND. 20:24 AND OF COURSE THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE NEPALI 20:31 GOVERNMENT. 20:32 IT'S AN UNOFFICIAL ORGANIZATION. 20:33 AND NO CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 20:37 AND SO TO OWN LAND WE PUT IT IN THREE CHURCH MEMBERS NAMES. 20:42 OKAY. 20:43 AND THEN MONEY IS, AND ACTUALLY TO BUY THE LAND IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TO 20:44 BUILD THE BUILDING. 20:46 AND SO HERE SOMEONE HAS DONATED MONEY FOR THE LAND. 20:47 AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU CAN SEE THE REBAR SITTING UP THERE. 20:58 OH YES. 20:59 REBAR IS A BIG THING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. 21:03 BUT YOU KNOW HERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:06 HE'S USING HIS GOSPEL OUTREACH TIME TO SUPERVISE THE BUILDING OF THIS 21:09 CHURCH. 21:10 AND OF COURSE VILLAGERS COME BY AND THEY SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING. 21:11 AND THEN HE IS ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THEM AND TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT 21:14 THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE. 21:16 THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE OF PRAYER. 21:19 AH. 21:20 AND IN NEPAL MOST CONVERSIONS OCCUR WHEN A PERSON IS HEALED FROM SOME 21:36 PARTICULAR AILMENT. 21:38 AS A RESPONSE TO PRAYER. 21:41 YES. 21:42 SO IF YOU WANT TO BE HEALED, IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM NONE OF 21:46 THE WITCH DOCTORS, NONE OF THE SHAMANS CAN HELP YOU. 21:51 PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, THE COMMUNITY WILL TELL YOU, THEY'RE HINDUS, THEY'LL 21:53 SAY YOU GO TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, YOU HAVE THOSE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE PRAY FOR 21:58 YOU AND YOU WILL BE HEALED BY JESUS. 22:02 SO YOU KNOW THAT'S A TREMENDOUS WAY OF BRINGING IN BAPTISMS IS JUST 22:07 THROUGH PRAYER. 22:09 AND THAT'S HOW OUR WORK STARTED IN NEPAL WAS WITH MEDICAL WORK. 22:16 YES. 22:17 I'M SURE IT WAS COMBINED WITH THE PRAYERS AS WELL. 22:19 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 22:20 AND DR. STURGES YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD GIVE UP. 22:26 SOMEONE WAS AT THE POINT OF DYING AND BELOW THE HOSPITAL THERE WAS A 22:30 LITTLE STREAM AND THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR LOVED ONES DOWN THERE, PUT THEIR 22:35 FEET IN THE WATER SO AS SOON AS THEY WOULD DIE THEY WOULD GO TO YOU KNOW 22:39 WHATEVER, THE NEXT REINCARNATION. 22:42 BUT DR. STURGES WOULD COME, PRAY FOR THEM, PUT AN IV IN AND YOU KNOW THIS 22:50 IS THE CHOLERA SEASON AND YOU KNOW AN HOUR LATER YOU KNOW THE GUY SAYS WHY HAVE 22:56 YOU STUCK ALL OF THIS STUFF IN MY MOUTH. 23:00 WHICH WAS PREPARATORY FOR DEATH. 23:01 YES. 23:03 AND SO YOU KNOW LET'S GO HOME, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE WITH MY FEET IN THE 23:04 WATER. 23:05 SO PRAYER IS POWERFUL IN NEPAL. 23:06 AND YOU KNOW OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW THE CHRIST-LIKE UNSELFISH NATURE IS SO 23:07 IMPORTANT. 23:09 AGAIN THE BIG EARTHQUAKE THAT THEY HAD DEVASTATED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES AND 23:27 THIS LITTLE GIRL, HER PARENTS WERE BOTH KILLED IN THIS EARTHQUAKE. 23:32 HERE'S OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 23:36 HE SEES THIS LITTLE GIRL. 23:39 WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO. 23:40 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER. 23:42 THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION. 23:43 AND HE TAKES HER IN AND I WAS AMAZED. 23:45 THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN WE HAD A WORSHIP AND SHE WAS 23:56 SINGING THE LOUDEST AND SHE HAD A LITTLE TAMBOURINE JUST LIKE 24:01 MIRIAM IN THE BIBLE AND SHE WAS WORKING ON THAT TAMBOURINE AND SHE WAS 24:04 JUST FILLED WITH JOY. 24:06 AND YOU KNOW THE CONTRAST AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE HAS HAD TO NOW BE 24:12 ADOPTED INTO A CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 24:14 AND YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY SEES THIS. 24:17 THEY ALL KNOW ABOUT HER MOM AND DAD WHO WERE BURIED. 24:20 SHE IS STILL IN HER COMMUNITY? 24:22 YES, YES. 24:23 AND YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY 24:26 AWARENESS AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING THE ADVANTAGE OF 24:30 CHRISTIANITY. 24:32 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO TAKES THIS STEP OF UNSELFISHNESS MEANS A 24:37 LOT. 24:39 THAT MUST BE A THRILL TO YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS 24:43 TO WATCH THIS KIND OF RESPONSE TO THE GOSPEL, YES, BY THE WORKERS 24:47 THEMSELVES AND THEN REACHING OUT TO OTHERS. 24:50 RIGHT. 24:51 OH MY. 24:52 I'M THRILLED TO HEAR THESE STORIES CHARLES. 24:55 IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE AND TO REALIZE THE GODS THAT ARE THERE AND TO 25:04 REALIZE THAT JESUS HAS A PLACE IN THERE THAT IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF THAT. 25:10 IT'S HARD TO GET THERE BECAUSE THIS WAS A DIFFICULT PLACE TO GO 25:14 YEARS AGO. 25:16 IT WAS A CLOSED COUNTRY AND EVEN TODAY IT'S MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR 25:17 CHRISTIANS. 25:18 THE GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON BAPTISMS. 25:19 AND YOU KNOW, I USED TO DO BAPTISMS IN NEPAL. 25:20 NOT ANY MORE. 25:21 NOT ANY MORE. 25:22 THEY DON'T WANT ME AROUND. 25:23 THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON TAKING PICTURES OF THE BAPTISM. 25:24 AND THE BAPTISM IS KIND OF A SECRET. 25:25 IT HAS TO BECOME THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN A SENSE. 25:26 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 25:27 THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US. 25:29 I SEE OUR TIME IS ABOUT TO LEAVE US AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN INVITE THOSE OF 25:38 YOU WHO ARE WATCHING TO NOT FORGET WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU INVEST. 25:59 WE APPRECIATE YOUR EYES. 26:00 WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU'RE DECISION TO PUT JESUS INTO YOUR FINANCES. 26:07 WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF LETTING PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 26:12 WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART ABOUT SENDING LEADERS WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND 26:17 OTHERS WHO CAN HELP. 26:18 WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART SO WHEN YOU ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR MONEY DON'T FORGET 26:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:24 YOU'LL SEE THE NAME ON THE SCREEN. 26:26 WRITE, SEND, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. 26:29 WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT IN YOU THERE IS SO MUCH HOPE. 26:34 IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THIS. 26:37 THANK YOU CHARLES. 26:39 IT'S A JOY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH YOU. 26:41 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO A NEXT TIME. 26:43 YES. 26:44 AS IT GOES RIGHT NOW, COME BACK AGAIN. 26:51 LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THEY WILL SEND YOU THIS EVERY TIME IT'S 26:54 PUBLISHED. 26:55 GOD BLESS YOU NOW. 26:56 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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