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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000699A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'MJULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE ARE BRINGING YOU 00:19 REPORTS FROM THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S THE 00:22 CONCENTRATION -THE BIG RECTANGLE WINDOW ON OUR 00:25 GLOBE WHERE WE CONCENTRATE OUR WORK HERE TO SHARE 00:27 JESUS AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH 00:30 US. 00:31 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FOR YOUR 00:32 SUPPORT AND SHARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH YOUR 00:35 FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 00:37 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO A COUNTRY 00:39 THAT IS INTERESTING AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT 00:43 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 00:44 WHEN WE HEAR A NAME OF A COUNTRY OFTEN TIMES WE 00:48 HAVE A POSITIVE CONNOTATION TO IT AND THEN 00:51 WE ALSO HAVE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO IT 00:53 DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH 00:55 IN ITS HISTORY. 00:56 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT HAS 00:59 BOTH AND MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS 01:02 COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT 01:04 HERE TODAY ON GOSPEL OUTREACH'S "ADVENTURES IN 01:07 MISSIONS". 01:07 KEITH HEINRICH WELCOME! 01:08 THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU JULIE. 01:11 SO, KEITH WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY 01:13 THAT HAS, AS I MENTIONED, A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION AND 01:16 THEN IT ALSO CAN HAVE A POSITIVE CONNOTATION AND 01:18 YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO THIS COUNTRY. 01:20 OH YES. 01:20 AND WHAT IS THAT COUNTRY? 01:21 THAT COUNTRY IS CAMBODIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA. 01:25 AND THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATION THAT WE HEAR 01:27 OF PART OF THE HISTORY WAS THE KILLING FIELDS. 01:30 THEY WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE GENOCIDE IN THE 01:34 EARLY IN THE LATE 90'S -EARLY 90'S-80'S AND MANY 01:41 OF THE PEOPLE RAN AWAY-FLED. 01:43 MANY WERE KILLED AND JUST HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME 01:46 DURING THAT PERIOD. 01:47 YES, DEVASTATING TIME. 01:48 RIGHT. 01:49 AND THEN WE ALSO THINK OF CAMBODIA WHEN WE OFTEN WE 01:53 LOOK AT THE TAG AND IT SAYS "MADE IN CAMBODIA" ON 01:55 OUR CLOTHES. 01:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:57 AND ALSO, I KNOW THE PICTURES THAT I'VE SEEN 02:00 FROM CAMBODIA- A VERY HAPPY, SMILING PEOPLE. 02:02 ABSOLUTELY. 02:02 AND ABSOLUTELY. 02:03 GREAT PEOPLE, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 02:05 THE OTHER THING THAT WE SEE THAT IS REALLY 02:08 POSITIVE IS THE OLD TEMPLES IN SIEM REAP. 02:12 YES. 02:13 MANY, MANY PEOPLE GO THERE EVERY YEAR AND THESE ARE 02:16 RUINS THAT WERE LONG HIDDEN IN THE JUNGLES FOR 02:17 CENTURIES AND WERE BUILT IN I THINK IN THE 800'S 02:19 AND IF ANYONE OR YOU IS EVER GET A CHANCE IT IS 02:30 WELL WORTH A VISIT. 02:32 I'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND IMPRESSED EVERY 02:35 TIME I GO THERE. 02:36 YES, A LOT OF THESE COUNTRIES HAVE THAT WHERE 02:38 BURMA AND MYNAMAR, RIGHT, THEY HAVE THOSE AND ANGKOR 02:41 WAT. 02:42 RIGHT, THAT'S ANGKOR WAT IS IN CAMBODIA. 02:44 CAMBODIA, YES. 02:45 A TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR SURE. 02:47 RIGHT, YES. 02:48 LOTS OF MONKEYS I HEAR RUNNING AROUND. 02:49 YES, YES MONKEYS AND TUK TUKS. 02:52 YES, LOTS OF TUK TUKS. 02:53 YES. 02:54 A TUK TUK IS A THREE WHEELED MOTORCYCLE-MANY 02:58 TIMES AND YOU RIDE AROUND TOWN IN THAT AND I'VE 03:01 TAKEN THEM AND I ENJOY THEM. 03:03 YOU SIT OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE COUNTRYSIDE. 03:05 AND FANTASTIC FRUIT IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 03:07 ABSOLUTELY. 03:08 FANTASTIC FRUIT. 03:09 ABSOLUTELY. 03:10 I LOVE DURIAN SO I - YOU AND I WILL NOT GO TO THE 03:14 SAME SHOP. 03:14 WELL, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. 03:16 SO THAT PUTS ME INTO A LITTLE DIFFERENT -I ALIGN 03:18 WITH THE LOCALS A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE I LIKE 03:20 THEIR CONTROVERSIAL FRUIT. 03:22 YES. 03:23 SO, KEITH TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK IN CAMBODIA AND 03:26 WHAT IS ABOUT THE POPULATION OF CAMBODIA? 03:28 THE POPULATION IS SOMEWHERES AROUND 16 03:30 MILLION. 03:31 SIXTEEN MILLION PEOPLE. 03:32 AND MOST OF THEM ARE BUDDHISTS OR SOME TYPE OF 03:38 ANIMISTS, SPIRIT WORSHIPERS THAT LIVE 03:43 THERE, YES. 03:44 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE 03:46 HAVE? 03:47 WE HAVE EIGHT WORKERS SCATTERED FROM AROUND NAM 03:51 PHAN CLEAR UP TO THE NORTH TO THE THAI BORDER. 03:54 SO, LET'S PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. 03:55 WE HAVE EIGHT GOSPEL WORKERS, RIGHT, AND WE 03:58 HAVE SIXTEEN MILLION PEOPLE. 04:00 RIGHT. 04:01 AND WOW, THIS IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE 04:05 WHERE WE ARE BARELY-WE ARE THERE BUT ARE WE REALLY 04:09 REACHING THE WHOLE OF THE POPULATION-NOT REALLY. 04:12 THE MISSION PRESIDENT TOLD ME LAST TIME I WAS THERE 04:15 JUST THIS PAST FEBRUARY THAT THEY HAVE SOMEWHERES 04:18 AROUND 3500-4000 MEMBERS IN THE WHOLE OF THE 04:23 COUNTRY. 04:24 OK AND WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION IN CAMBODIA? 04:26 BUDDHIST. 04:27 BUDDHIST, YES, IT IS PRIMARILY THE RELIGION OF 04:31 THE AREA AND THE COUNTRY. 04:32 SO, FOR PEOPLE TO GO I KNOW FROM LIVING IN TAIWAN 04:37 AND KNOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BUDDHISM, 04:41 RIGHT, FOR THEM TO GO FROM BUDDHISM TO CHRISTIANITY 04:43 AS WE TALK ABOUT HERE VERY OFTEN HERE AT THE SET OF 04:46 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IT IS A HUGE CHANGE FOR 04:48 PEOPLE. 04:49 OH, IT'S A CHANGE THAT WE REALLY IN THE WEST DON'T 04:53 UNDERSTAND TO GO FROM A PERIOD FROM A RELIGION 04:59 WHERE YOU WORK EVERYDAY TO ONE -OUR RELIGION WHERE WE 05:05 HAVE WEEKENDS OFF, WE HAVE SPECIAL DAYS, WE HAVE 05:08 HOLIDAYS, WE HAVE A DAY OF WORSHIP -SABBATH-THIS IS 05:11 NOT IN THEIR DNA. 05:13 NO, NO AND THEY HAVE MANY GODS WHERE WE SERVE ONE 05:19 GOD, A LIVING GOD AND SO FOR THEM CULTURALLY, 05:25 RELIGIOUS, FAMILY ALL OF THIS IT JUST RIPPLES INTO 05:27 SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE. 05:29 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACE 05:32 IS LIKE ONE MAN TOLD ME HE SAID, "YES, CHRISTIANS 05:36 THEY ARE VERY NICE BUT WHOSE IS GOING TO SWEEP MY 05:40 GRAVE WHEN I'M GONE?" 05:41 OH, SOME OF THE PRACTICALITIES. 05:43 RIGHT, WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF WHERE YOU ARE 05:45 BURIED? 05:46 WHEN YOU ARE GONE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY 05:48 FATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER? 05:49 WHO IS GOING TO TAKE-DO ALL OF THIS? 05:51 WHO IS GOING TO PUT FOOD OUT FOR THEM? 05:53 THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER ARE MAJOR ISSUES 05:59 FOR THEM. 06:00 YES, YES. 06:01 THE LOGISTICAL THINGS. 06:02 RIGHT. 06:03 YES. 06:04 SO, KEITH TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS 06:06 HAPPENING -TELL US SOME GREAT NEWS FROM CAMBODIA 06:10 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING. 06:11 OH, WE HAVE SOME NEWS-WE DO. 06:12 I WANT TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF SLIDES. 06:14 THE FIRST ONE IS OF A CHURCH AND THAT THIS 06:18 CHURCH WAS BUILT BY SEMYUNG UNIVERSITY IN 06:23 KOREA. 06:24 KOREA? 06:25 RIGHT. 06:26 AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE 06:29 KOREANS ARE VERY EVANGELISTIC AND OUTREACH 06:32 AND MISSION DRIVEN. 06:33 THEY CAME DOWN TO THIS SMALL VILLAGE. 06:35 IT IS REALLY NOT A VILLAGE EVEN IT IS JUST AN AREA 06:36 OUTSIDE OF NAM PHAN ABOUT AN HOURS DRIVE AND THEY 06:37 BUILT A CHURCH AND THEY ALSO STARTED AN ORPHANAGE. 06:39 THEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE MISSION ASSIGNED ONE 06:41 OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO GO THERE AND BE 06:43 THE PASTOR IN THIS AREA AND THE LADY THAT IS THERE 06:45 IN THE ORPHANAGE-WE THINK OF ORPHANAGES AS PEOPLE 06:47 WHO HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, CHILDREN THAT ARE-PARENTS 06:48 HAVE DIED OR THINGS LIKE THAT IN MANY PLACES OF THE 06:52 WORLD THE ORPHANAGE IS CONSIDERED A PLACE WHERE 07:08 PEOPLE -WHERE CHILDREN CAN GO WHOSE PARENTS CAN'T 07:12 SUPPORT THEM. 07:24 OH, IT IS HAS ANOTHER CONNOTATION. 07:25 RIGHT IT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONNOTATION THAT 07:29 LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SIX OR EIGHT KIDS, YES, YOU CAN'T 07:32 FEED THEM ANYMORE UH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH 07:36 THEM? 07:36 YES. 07:37 AND SO, THEY GATHER THESE CHILDREN UP AND THEY BRING 07:39 THEM THERE. 07:40 THEY GIVE THEM A PLACE TO STAY. 07:43 THEY FEED THEM AND I MET A COUPLE OF THEM I'LL JUST 07:46 SHOW A PICTURE OF A COUPLE OF THEM AND THIS LADY, MRS 07:50 LEE IS HER NAME, IS OPERATING THERE AND SHE 07:54 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS WORKING WITH HER 07:58 AND THEY ARE THERE MINISTERING TO THESE KIDS 08:01 AND TO THE VILLAGERS. 08:02 ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS ARE LIVING THERE? 08:04 I THINK THERE IS ABOUT BETWEEN 30-40 KIDS. 08:07 WOW, AND AGE RANGE? 08:09 OH, LET'S SEE HERE, I SUPPOSE ANYWHERES FROM 08:12 FOUR YEARS OLD TO MAYBE FIFTEEN? 08:15 OH, THEY ARE CUTE. 08:18 YES, AREN'T THEY CUTE KIDS? 08:20 OH, THEY ARE CUTE. 08:21 YES, BUT THEY WERE SERVING THEM SABBATH LUNCH THERE 08:22 AND SO, IS THE-WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THE FUNDING 08:27 FOR THIS ORPHANAGE? 08:28 IT IS COMING OUT OF KOREA. 08:29 KOREA AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DO NEED TO PAUSE HERE 08:31 AND TALK ABOUT THE KOREANS. 08:33 THE KOREANS, GOD BLESS THEM AND MAY THELORD 08:35 CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM, THE KOREANS HAVE REALLY 08:38 MADE AN IMPACT, ABSOLUTELY, AROUND THE 08:40 WORLD BUT ESPECIALLY IN ASIA. 08:42 THEY ARE NOT JUST STAYING IN THEIR COUNTRY. 08:43 THEY ARE GOING OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND DOING 08:46 SOME FANTASTIC THINGS FOR THE LORD. 08:48 YES. 08:49 SO, THAT IS WONDERFUL. 08:50 SO, THIS LADY IS ALSO A HEALTH WORKER AND ON 08:54 SABBATH SHE GIVES HEALTH TREATMENTS. 08:57 IS SHE KOREAN? 08:58 SHE IS KOREAN, OH YES, YES. 08:59 SHE HAS MOVED THERE. 09:00 OH YES, SHE HAS MOVED THERE. 09:02 HER HUSBAND AND HER MOVED THERE. 09:03 HE PASSED AWAY WHILE THEY WERE THERE AND HER SON AS 09:06 WELL AND NOW SHE IS OUT THERE VERY ISOLATED PLACE 09:10 WORKING ALONG SIDE HER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO 09:14 SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF OUR CHURCH THERE. 09:16 HER NAME IS MRS. LEE. 09:17 MRS LEE. 09:18 OK. 09:19 WHICH IS A VERY -LIKE SMITH OR JONES OR WILLIAMS 09:22 OR JOHNSON OR WHATEVER. 09:23 I JUST WANT TO SAY HER NAME, RIGHT, SO OUR 09:26 VIEWERS CAN THINK WHEN THEY ARE KNEELING TO THE 09:28 LORD AND WONDERING WHO TO PRAY FOR, PRAY FOR HER, 09:30 PRAY FOR MRS. LEE SHE NEEDS IT. 09:31 SHE DOES NEED IT YES. 09:33 SO, THIS IS A YOUNG FELLOW THAT IS THERE. 09:35 WE WILL SEE A PICTURE OF HIM A LITTLE LATER AND HE 09:38 ASKED ME WHEN I WAS THERE VISITING HE SAYS, "WHAT 09:41 SHALL I DO? 09:42 WE HAVE SO MANY OF THE BUDDHIST PEOPLE FROM THE 09:46 VILLAGES COMING THERE TO GET HEALTHCARE TREATMENT 09:49 FROM MRS. LEE?" 09:52 I SAID, "LOOK, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR 09:54 YOU." 09:55 WHEN THEY GO HOME, YOU FIND OUT WHERE THEY LIVE 09:57 AND YOU GO VISIT THEM IN THEIR HOUSE. 10:00 YES. 10:01 AND FIND OUT HOW THEY ARE DOING AND JUST MINISTER TO 10:03 THEM AND BE THEIR FRIEND. 10:05 YES. 10:05 AND SO, THIS IS WHAT HE WILL DO. 10:07 FANTASTIC. 10:09 I WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER PICTURE OF ANOTHER CHURCH. 10:12 THIS IS CALLED KANG MES AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A 10:16 STORY ABOUT THIS FELLOW HERE. 10:18 THIS IS SEK THE PASTOR. 10:22 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS WIFE AND IN 10:25 THE BACKGROUND, IS THE PICTURE OF THE CHURCH 10:28 WHERE THEY WORSHIP. 10:32 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WAS THERE IN THIS CHURCH WITH 10:36 HIM AND SOME MEMBERS THAT HE HAD FOUND AND WERE 10:41 BAPTIZED CAME TO MEET US THERE AND THERE WERE FOUR 10:46 LADIES WHO TOLD US THEIR STORY. 10:47 THREE OF THEM WORK IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY -YOU LIKE 10:54 CLOTHES FROM ASIA, PARTICULARLY CAMBODIA 10:56 THERE IS HUGE GARMENT BUSINESSES THERE AND THESE 11:01 LADIES SAT AND THEY TALKED TO ME AS WE WE'RE TALKING 11:04 TODAY AND THEY SAID, "WE HAVE A PROBLEM." 11:08 WHAT. 11:08 WELL, I SAID, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? 11:10 WELL, WE ARE ADVENTISTS BUT OUR EMPLOYER WILL ONLY 11:17 LET US OFF WORK FOR ONE HOUR TO GO TO CHURCH ON 11:20 SABBATH. 11:23 WHAT SHALL WE DO? 11:25 AND YOU AT THIS POINT YOU ARE PRAYING, OH LORD WHAT 11:27 DO I SAY. 11:28 WHAT SHOULD I SAY? 11:29 YES. 11:30 DO I KNOW THE ANSWER? 11:31 DO I KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS? 11:34 YES, I DO BUT I SAID, "I'LL HAVE TO PRAY ABOUT 11:41 THAT AND SEE" BECAUSE IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE JUST TO 11:45 GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER. 11:46 WE DO THAT FROM THE WEST A LOT. 11:48 OH YES, WE LOVE TO DO THAT. 11:50 WE LOVE-WE HAVE OUR PAT ANSWER. 11:51 ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GIVE AN ANSWER 11:55 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTION IS. 11:58 AND THE DYNAMICS AND THE CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT. 12:00 AND THE ONE LADY THAT I WAS TALKING WITH SHE SAYS, 12:04 "WHEN I BECAME AND ADVENTIST MY HUSBAND LEFT 12:07 ME." 12:08 THAT'S SERIOUS IN ITSELF. 12:11 HE LEFT ME WITH TWO CHILDREN. 12:14 NOW I AM THE ONLY SUPPORTER OF THOSE TWO 12:17 CHILDREN, MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER AND AN OLD 12:22 AUNT. 12:23 THEY PROBABLY ALL LIVE IN THE SAME ROOM. 12:24 THEY ALL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE. 12:26 ONE WORKER IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY AND SO I SAYS, 12:33 "SISTERS, I DON'T HAVE A REAL GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU 12:36 OTHER THAN THE LORD DOES." 12:39 SO, THIS TIME WHEN I WAS THERE SEK, HE COMES TO ME 12:42 THAT'S THE MAN WE JUST SAW -THE PASTOR. 12:45 HE HAS THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE YOU'VE EVER 12:47 SEEN. 12:48 I SAW THAT IN THE PICTURE. 12:49 OH YES, YES AND HE IS A VERY FRIENDLY MAN AND HE 12:52 SAYS, "WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS." 12:54 AND I SAID, "OH, WHAT'S THAT?" 12:59 HE SAYS, "A MIRACLE." 13:00 AND I SAID, "A MIRACLE? 13:04 OH, THAT'S NICE. 13:04 I LIKE MIRACLES." 13:05 YES, TELL US MORE KEITH. 13:06 OH YES, I LOVE MIRACLES BUT YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE 13:09 SAY MIRACLES HAPPEN JUST BANG AND YOU KNOW IT'S 13:15 LIKE POOF AND THERE IT IS BUT MOST MIRACLES TEND TO 13:19 GROW AND SO HE SAYS, "YOU KNOW YOU REMEMBER YOU MET 13:23 WITH THESE CHURCH LADIES?" 13:24 I SAYS, "OH YES, I REMEMBER THEM AND I'VE 13:26 PRAYED FOR THEM". 13:28 YES. 13:29 AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES -DID I 13:31 GIVE THE RIGHT ANSWER? 13:35 MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SAID, "YOU KNOW, SISTER WHAT THE 13:37 BIBLE SAYS IT SAYS YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK ON 13:40 SABBATH. 13:41 YOU AND YOUR WHOLE HOUSE AND YOUR FAMILY." 13:44 HE SAYS, "WELL, WE HAVE GOOD NEWS AND THE GOOD 13:47 NEWS IS THIS THAT THE THREE LADIES WHO HAD TO 13:48 WORK ON SABBATH BUT GOT AN HOUR OFF-WENT TO THEIR 13:49 EMPLOYER AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE SABBATH OFF." 13:51 AND I NEED TO STOP RIGHT HERE AND SAY SOMETHING 13:52 ABOUT SOCIAL ACTION OF CHURCH MEMBERS. 13:53 YOU KNOW HERE IN THE WEST, WE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 14:10 COMMENTS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IN THE THIRD WORLD THAT 14:15 WORK IN THESE FACTORIES THESE INDUSTRIES ARE NOT 14:18 PAID SUFFICIENTLY. 14:19 AND YOU KNOW YOU'LL SEE DEMONSTRATIONS, ARTICLES 14:22 IN THE PAPER AND ALL OF THAT -THEY HAVE A RESULT 14:30 FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THESE PLACES AND WHAT THE 14:34 RESULT IS THESE OVERSEERS, THESE SUPERVISORS NOW ARE 14:39 MUCH MORE RECEPTIVE TO PERSONAL NEEDS. 14:43 WELL, THIS IS GOOD. 14:44 YES, GOOD IT IS GREAT AND SO THESE THREE LADIES WENT 14:47 TO THEIR EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYER SAID, "OK, IF YOU 14:51 WANT SATURDAY OFF THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK ON SUNDAY." 14:58 NO PROBLEM. 14:58 NO PROBLEM. 14:59 THE BIBLE SAYS, "SIX DAYS YOU WORK, ONE DAY YOU 15:03 WORSHIP." 15:04 SO, THEY WERE HAPPY. 15:05 THEY WERE CELEBRATING AND YOU KNOW ALL THE CHURCH 15:08 MEMERS WERE SINGING HALLELUJAH. 15:12 THE LORD WORKED IT ALL OUT. 15:14 THE LORD WORKED IT ALL OUT. 15:15 THE OTHER LADY WORKS IN A DIFFERENT FACTORY. 15:18 SHE WENT TO HER EMPLOYER AND SHE SAID, "I WOULD 15:21 LIKE SABBATHS OFF." 15:22 AND HE SAID, "NO." 15:25 AND SO, SHE PERSISTED IN A NICE WAY, IT'S ME AGAIN, 15:31 IT'S ME AGAIN LORD, THAT'S RIGHT, I WANT SABBATH OFF 15:35 AND SO HE FINALLY SAID TO HER, "OK, YOU CAN HAVE 15:40 SABBATH OFF. 15:42 HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY ACCOMODATIONS 15:46 FOR YOU. 15:47 YOUR SALARY IS GOING TO BE CUT BY 20 PERCENT." 15:48 OH MY, WELL YES, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR SALARY CUT 15:49 BY 20 PERCENT? 15:50 RIGHT. 15:50 OH, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. 15:51 YOUR SALARY IS ONLY $160 A MONTH AND YOU ARE 15:54 SUPPORTING SIX PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE. 15:58 NOW YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE $30 LESS. 16:00 RIGHT. 16:01 AH, SEK TOLD ME SHE HAD AN ANSWER FOR HER EMPLOYER 16:16 AND TO ME, YOU KNOW, I MAKE THE TRIP OVER THERE 16:18 AND I HATE JET LAG TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 16:22 NO ONE LIKES IT. 16:23 IT'S TERRIBLE THE OLDER YOU GET THE WORSE IT IS. 16:27 SHE SAID TO HER EMPLOYER THIS STATEMENT. 16:30 SHE SAID, "MONEY CANNOT SAVE ME." 16:33 WOW. 16:35 MONEY CANNOT SAVE ME AND I THOUGHT MY TRIP WAS PAID 16:41 FOR BY THAT COMMENT BECAUSE HERE WAS A LADY 16:47 WHO'S WILLING TO SACRIFICE 20 PERCENT OF HER INCOME 16:51 -$30 WHAT'S $30 IT IS NOTHING FOR YOU, NOTHING 16:55 FOR ME BUT A BIG DEAL FOR HER. 16:57 BUT IT IS 20 PERCENT OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO EAT 17:00 EVERY MONTH. 17:00 RIGHT. 17:02 AND I THOUGHT WHAT A GOOD ANSWER FOR SOMEONE WHO IS 17:07 NOT A BELIEVER WHO HAS NO UNDERSTANDING OF SEVEN DAY 17:11 WORK WEEK-SEVEN DAY WEEK AND ALL OF THIS BUT MONEY 17:16 CANNOT SAVE ME. 17:18 SHE GOT IT? 17:19 SHE GOT IT-SHE TOOK THE TIME OFF. 17:20 SHE GETS SABBATH OFF. 17:21 SHE LOST HER $30 BUT SHE GETS TO GO TO CHURCH. 17:24 AND WHO KNOWS, KEITH, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE LORD IS 17:25 GOING TO DO AND HOW HE IS GOING TO BLESS THISWOMAN. 17:33 BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO BE 17:36 ABLE TO DO THAT WHICH SHE DID. 17:38 RIGHT. 17:39 AND I LEARNED A LESSON ABOUT THIS AND MAYBE YOU 17:42 KNOW MY PERSONALITY IS ONE WHERE IF YOU PRESENT ME A 17:46 PROBLEM I GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, YES. 17:49 YOU GET THE TOOL BOX OUT AND YOU FIX IT. 17:51 RIGHT, FIX IT YOU KNOW IF THE CAR DOESN'T RUN WELL 17:53 THAT'S WE'LL FIND OUT WHY. 17:55 I LEARNED A GOOD LESSON IN THAT IS I JUST NEED TO BE 18:01 QUIET, PRAY ABOUT IT AND LET GOD ARRANGE THINGS SO 18:07 THAT IT WORKS OUT. 18:09 IT MAY NOT ALWAYS WORK OUT POSITIVE AND IT MAY NOT 18:12 ALWAYS BE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW THINGS DON'T ALWAYS 18:15 WORK OUT BUT THEY DO. 18:17 THEY DO. 18:18 AND AS I LOOKED AT SEK AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW, THIS 18:23 LADY WHO COMES TO CHURCH SHE HAS A STORY TO TELL 18:26 NOW." 18:27 SHE HAS A STORY OF HOW I WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE 18:32 SABBATH OFF FROM MY WORK EMPLOYMENT. 18:35 ABSOLUTELY AND YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE SOMETIMES WE 18:37 THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT AM I GOING 18:41 TO SAY LIKE YOU-WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU, RIGHT, AND 18:43 SAID AND HERE YOU ARE THE MAN FROM THE WEST AND YOU 18:46 KNOW ALL THE DYNAMICS HERE AND ALL OF THIS-YOU'VE GOT 18:49 THE ANSWERS. 18:50 YOU'VE GOT THE ANSWERS BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD 18:52 WILL GIVE US AT THE TIME, RIGHT, THE WORDS TO SAY 18:54 AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU DID. 18:55 WELL, YOU KNOW IT IS VERY INTERESTING FOR ME TO HEAR 18:57 THIS STORY BECAUSE I DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE 19:00 UNIQUE. 19:01 SO, LET'S HEAR IT. 19:02 I READ THE LABEL ON THE TAG, OK, WHEN I HAVE A 19:05 PIECE CLOTHES AND I THINK ABOUT THE PERSON LIKE THE 19:07 SHIRT THAT YOU ARE WEARING JUST THINK THERE IS AWOMAN 19:08 SOMEWHERE, RIGHT, MOST LIKELY A WOMAN, RIGHT 19:09 PRIMARILY, WHO HAS MADE YOUR SHIRT THAT YOU ARE 19:11 WEARING AND TO ALL OF THOSE SEAMS STRAIGHT AND 19:12 YES, THERE ARE COMPUTERS AND THERE IS EQUIPMENT AND 19:13 ALL OF THAT BUT THERE IS A WOMAN AND OFTEN TIMES WITH 19:15 MEN'S SHIRTS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THOSE NICE 19:16 PINS IN THEM, YES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT 19:17 THE PERSON WHO HAS MADE THAT AND I DO LIFT THAT 19:19 PERSON UP TO THE LORD, ABSOLUTELY, AND HE KNOWS 19:20 WHO THAT PERSON IS AND NOW I HEAR STORIES ABOUT TWO 19:21 WOMEN. 19:22 I DON'T KNOW ANY WOMEN WHO WORK IN A FACTORY, RIGHT, 19:23 BUT YOU JUST SHARED WITH ME TWO WOMEN WHO ARE 19:25 BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST. 19:25 COME ALONG WITH ME AND YOU CAN MEET THEM. 19:27 OH, I WOULD LOVE THAT. 19:27 I WOULD LOVE THAT. 19:28 OK. 19:29 BUT YOU SEE IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT THOUGH AND OFTEN 19:30 TIMES KEITH, TOO, WE DON'T HEAR THE FULL CIRCLE HERE 19:52 ON EARTH WE WILL HEAR THE WHOLE STORY -WELL SEE THE 19:54 VIDEO, RIGHT, WE'LL SEE EVERYTHING WHEN WE GET TO 19:56 HEAVEN BUT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT NOW. 19:58 RIGHT. 19:59 SO, THIS PASTOR SEK, YES, HE'S GOT A LOT ON HIS 20:02 PLATE. 20:03 HE DOES. 20:04 HE MINISTERS TO THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 20:05 YES. 20:06 NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE MORE PICTURE AND THEN 20:09 YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE. 20:10 THIS IS -THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 20:12 CAMBODIA. 20:13 ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND LET'S SEE WHICH ONE IS 20:17 SEK? 20:18 AH, THE SMILEY ONE WHERE IS THE SMILEY ONE? 20:21 THE SMILEY HE IS ON THE-THE ONE IN THE BLUE 20:25 SHIRT, YES. 20:26 SECOND IN FROM MY RIGHT I'M NOT SURE HOW IT IS 20:29 OVER THERE BUT YOU SEE THE MAN WHO IS STANDING RIGHT 20:33 TO MY LEFT. 20:34 UH HUH. 20:35 AH, THIS MAN'S NAME IS NOP-IN THE BLUE SHIRT? 20:37 YES, JUST TO MY RIGHT-JUST TO MY LEFT THERE YES. 20:41 HE HAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY. 20:43 HE'S IN A VERY SMALL AREA UP ON THE THAI BORDER. 20:47 INTERESTING. 20:49 AND HE'S BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS. 20:52 EIGHT YEARS HE HAS BEEN IN HIS DISTRICT. 20:55 SO, I SAID TO HIM NOW I SAYS, "HOW IS IT GOING?" 20:57 "OH," HE SAYS "IT IS VERY DIFFICULT." 20:59 "WELL," I SAYS, "HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE 21:00 ATTENDING YOUR MEETINGS?" 21:01 "OH," HE SAYS, "I THINK WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT 21:02 PEOPLE." 21:03 OH, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF EIGHT YEARS-EIGHT PEOPLE 21:04 THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD AVERAGES IS IT? 21:06 SO, I ASKED HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND HE 21:07 SAYS, YES, IT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. 21:08 HE SAYS THE PROBLEM IS WE MAKE CONVERTS, WE FIND 21:10 PEOPLE AND BEINGS THE ECONOMY IS SO BAD AND 21:11 THERE IS NO WORK IN CAMBODIA OTHER THAN SOME 21:12 OF THE FACTORIES THEY LEAVE CAMBODIA AND THEY GO 21:14 ACROSS THE BORDER INTO THAILAND AND WORK. 21:15 AND CAN THEY DO THAT? 21:16 GO ACROSS-WHO KNOWS? 21:16 OK. 21:17 I DON'T KNOW. 21:18 YES. 21:19 THEY DO IT AND HE SAYS, SO WE FIND WORKERS AND THEN 21:20 THEY FIND PEOPLE AND THEN THEY BECOME INTERESTED AND 21:21 THEY GO TO ANOTHER PLACE. 21:22 HE SAID, "THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS WE 21:23 WILL FIND INTERESTED CONVERTS AND THAT IT ISN'T 21:24 LONG THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER CHURCHES IN THE AREA 21:27 HAS A BETTER DEAL." 21:28 THEY OFFER THEM FOOD, THEY OFFER THEM CLOTHING, THEY 21:29 OFFER THEM SOMETHING. 21:30 SOMETHING AND SO THEY LEAVE US AND GO AND JOIN 21:32 THEM. 21:33 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THE LORD IS IN CHARGE OF ALL 21:40 AND MAY THE LORD'S NAME BE PRAISED. 21:47 YES, HE SAID TO ME, "WHAT SHALL I DO?" 21:50 AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? 21:53 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE YOU 21:57 LIVE" AND HE SAYS, "OH, THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE 22:00 AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE AND THEY HAVE A 22:04 LOT OF NEEDS AND THE SPIRITS VISIT THEM." 22:07 I SAYS, "YOU JUST KEEP ON WITH YOUR WORK AND YOU 22:10 KEEP PRAYING AND YOU ASK GOD TO GUIDE YOU TO THOSE 22:14 WHO ARE HONEST SEEKERS." 22:16 YES. 22:17 AND BRING THEM TO BECOME PART OF YOUR FELLOWSHIP. 22:19 AND EXCELLENT ADVICE KEITH. 22:21 PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOU GIVING THAT BECAUSE IF WE 22:28 LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THEN WE ARE GOING TO GET 22:36 DISCOURAGED. 22:37 WE GET DISCOURAGED. 22:38 AND THE LORD HE LOOKED-HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE 99 22:40 HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE ONE. 22:40 YES. 22:41 AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY US AS YOU KNOW 22:42 THE WESTERN CHRISTIANS WE HAVE THESE THINGS BUT 22:44 AFTER LIVING IN A BUDDHIST COUNTRY IT TAKES A LONG 22:45 TIME AND MAY THE LORD BLESS THIS MAN, YES, AS HE 22:46 IS UP THERE WORKING. 22:47 YES, AND DOING ALL OF THAT. 22:55 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE IN CAMBODIA 23:15 THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 23:34 THEY WOULD LIKE-I KNOW THE MISSION PRESIDENT TALKED 23:36 TO ME AND HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE ANOTHER 23:38 COUPLE OF WORKERS AND THEY COULD USE THEM BECAUSE 23:43 THEY DO HAVE SOME YOUNG MEN THERE THAT THE MISSION 23:47 CAN'T EMPLOY AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM OUT 23:50 IN SOME OTHER AREAS HERE. 23:51 WELL AND THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING AGAIN HERE 23:53 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE GOING TO BE PREACHING IT 23:57 AND SHARING IT UNTIL THE LORD COMES AND THAT IS THE 23:59 BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 24:01 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY LIVE IN THESE 24:04 COUNTRIES, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE 24:05 CULTURE, RIGHT, AND ALL OF THAT AND FOR YOU AND FOR 24:08 ME TO GO AND LEARN CAMBODIAN, WHO KNOWS IF 24:11 THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. 24:12 IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE -YES, I KNOW BUT IN THE TIME 24:14 FRAME-NOT EASY, YES, THE LORD HELPS OF COURSE BUT 24:17 THE POINT IS THAT THESE PEOPLE RUBBING SHOULDERS 24:20 JUST LIKE YOU AND I NEED TO BE RUBBING SHOULDERS 24:22 WITH THE PEOPLE, OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WE 24:24 ENCOUNTER. 24:24 RIGHT. 24:26 SO, KEITH, WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOU WHEN YOU GO AND 24:28 YOU VISIT AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU ARE SITTING 24:30 HERE ON THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 24:33 AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL THESE 24:35 STORIES GOING THROUGHYOUR MIND, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR 24:37 YOU TO BE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 24:39 OH, I LOVE IT. 24:41 I LOVE VISITING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THEIR 24:45 HOMES, SEEING WHERE THEY LIVE, LISTENING TO THEIR 24:50 STORIES AND EATING THEIR FOOD AND COMING TO 24:58 UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE MY FRIENDS. 25:00 THEY ARE NOT SOMEBODY THAT'S A STRANGER. 25:02 THEY ARE MY FRIENDS AND I ENJOY THAT AND I HAVE 25:08 LEARNED SO MANY THINGS FROM THEM IN PARTICULAR 25:12 THIS LAST TRIP WITH THIS COMMENT OF THIS LADY AND I 25:17 THINK WE HERE IN AMERICA HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT. 25:21 MONEY CANNOT SAVE YOU. 25:23 UH HUH. 25:24 EVEN HOWARD HUGHES DIED AND BY TELLING, BY THIS 25:30 LADY TELLING HER BOSS THAT SHE WAS PASSING A MESSAGE, 25:35 A MESSAGE THAT SHE DIDN'T SAY WELL LOOK AT THE BIBLE 25:39 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT SHE PLANTED A SEED IN HIS 25:42 HEART. 25:42 YES. 25:43 THAT ONE DAY WILL GROW BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO 25:46 WONDER HOW-NOW WAIT A MINUTE - IN THE BUDDHIST 25:48 TRADITION I COME BACK AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU 25:49 KNOW, WHAT AM I-BUT IT CAN'T SAVE YOU. 25:53 YES. 25:55 MONEY CAN'T SAVE ME. 25:57 ABSOLUTELY, YES. 25:58 BUT AT THE SAME TIME TOO YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO THAT 26:01 TO ME IS A FAITH KEITH, THAT MORE THAN THE $30 26:06 ABSOLUTELY, THE EQUIVALENT OF $30 THAT SHE IS NOT 26:09 GETTING, YES. 26:10 I WANT TO GO BACK THERE AGAIN SOMETIME AND GO TO 26:14 HER HOUSE -WOULD YOU? 26:16 AND MEET HER CHILDREN AND GRANDMA, MOM AND AUNTIE 26:19 AND EVERYBODY. 26:20 YES. 26:21 WELL, AND PLEASE GREET HER FROM US. 26:23 I'LL DO THAT AND BRIDGE THE GAP OF THAT BIG OCEAN 26:25 OUT THERE AND WITH THE PASTOR AND ENCOURAGE ALL 26:29 OF THEM. 26:29 ABSOLUTELY. 26:30 HOW DO YOU SAY THANK YOU IN CAMBODIAN? 26:31 I DON'T KNOW. 26:33 THANK YOU. 26:34 THANK YOU. 26:35 THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR NEXT PROJECT. 26:36 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU KEITH, FOR BEING HERE WITH 26:39 US AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 26:41 BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:43 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 26:46 MAP AND YOU SEE CAMBODIA THERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 26:48 PLEASLE THINK OF THE PASTOR AND THESE LADIES 26:51 WHO ARE WORKING IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY AND THE 26:54 WOMAN WITH THE FAITH. 26:55 REMEMBER MONEY CAN'T SAVE US. 26:56 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR 26:58 WATCHING. |
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