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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000704A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 00:19 CHINA? 00:20 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE GREAT WALL. 00:21 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE TERRA COTTA WARRIORS AND YOU'VE 00:23 HEARD OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND TIANAMEN SQUARE. 00:26 THOSE ARE PROBABLY ALL RINGING BELLS AS WE TALK 00:28 ABOUT CHINA BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE IN CHINA. 00:32 THERE ARE 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA AND THOSE 00:36 ARE THE PEOPLE AND THE EMPHASIS THAT WE ARE GOING 00:38 TO HAVE HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:40 HERE TODAY. 00:41 SO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:42 AND TODAY WE HAVE AUDREY FOLKENBERG WELCOME. 00:44 HELLO, JULIE. 00:45 NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND PAKA LAO. 00:47 YOU ARE BOTH FROM WHERE? 00:50 WE CAME FROM CHINA. 00:52 YES, WE LIVE IN HONG KONG AND WE WORK ACTUALLY AT 00:55 THE CHINESE UNION MISSION RIGHT THERE IN HONG KONG. 00:58 AND AUDREY, TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOUR ROLES 01:00 ARE. 01:01 YOU HAVE SEVERAL AT THE CHINESE UNION MISSION. 01:03 YES, WELL I ENJOY THREE HATS RIGHT NOW. 01:06 ONE IS PRAYER MINISTRIES AND IT IS JUST KEEPING THE 01:10 REALITY THAT PRAYER IS VITAL BEFORE ALL OF US NOT 01:13 ONLY IN THE OFFICE BUT OUT IN THE FIELD DOING MY 01:16 SMALL PART TO KEEP THAT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. 01:19 THE SECOND ONE IS SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES AND 01:23 SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES IS AN EMPHASIS THAT JESUS 01:26 HAD IN HIS MINISTRY- MEETING THE NEEDS OF 01:28 PEOPLE BUT I THINK WE OFTEN GET SO INVOLVED IN 01:33 PROOF TEXTS AND THE TRUTH AND BIBLE STUDIES WHICH 01:37 ARE ALL ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL THAT WE FORGET 01:41 TO GO OUT AND SAY, "HOW CAN I HELP YOU?" 01:43 "I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU NOT SO THAT I CAN CONVINCE 01:46 YOU OF THESE THINGS BUT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND 01:49 JESUS LOVES YOU AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE A BETTER 01:50 LIFE." 01:51 SO, SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES IS ALL ABOUT 01:53 MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND WE ARE SEEING 01:55 ALL ACROSS CHINA OUR MEMBERS BECOMING MORE AND 01:58 MORE INVOLVED AND REACHING OUT TO OTHERS AND FINALLY, 02:01 MY LAST ROLE MY LAST HAT IS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 02:04 I LIKE TO SUM THAT UP TO SAY MY JOB IS TO TELL THE 02:07 STORY, TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN 02:11 CHINA; WHAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET 02:15 INVOLVED AND FIRST ASKING PEOPLE TO PRAY AND THEN 02:19 SECOND, IF THEY WANT TO GIVE AND HELP SUPPORT 02:21 DIFFERENT MINISTRIES ACROSS CHINA THAT IS WHAT 02:24 I'M INVOLVED IN. 02:25 ALL THREE VERY IMPORTANT HATS AND YOU DO HAVE A LOT 02:28 OF STORIES TO TELL AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF 02:30 THOSE AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE 02:31 TODAY. 02:33 AND PAKA WHAT ISYOUR ROLE AT -ROLES AT CHINESE UNION 02:36 MISSION? 02:37 YES, I'M HAPPY WORKING WITH AUDREY. 02:39 I'M HERE SECRETARY AND HER HUSBAND'S SECRETARY. 02:43 I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT PAKA IS MY RIGHT-HAND PERSON 02:46 AND SHE IS MY HUSBAND'S RIGHT HAND SO THAT 02:49 SOMETIMES KEEPS HER VERY BUSY. 02:52 AND YOUR HUSBAND IS? 02:53 MY HUSBAND IS BOB FOLKENBERG. 02:55 HE IS THE UNION PRESIDENT OVER THERE IN CHINA. 02:57 AND I HAVE SEEN PAKA IN ACTION AND YOU ARE RIGHT, 03:01 YES, SHE IS AMAZING AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO PAKA? 03:04 OH, I'M ALSO A GLOBAL MISSION COORDINATOR. 03:07 I COLLECT REPORTS FROM OUR GOSPEL WORKERS IN CHINA. 03:11 IT IS A MEANINGFUL JOB FOR ME. 03:13 YES. 03:14 WE HAVE WITH ALL THE TEAMS OUT THERE PAKA IS ABLE TO 03:18 HELP KEEP TRACK OF THEM, YOU KNOW, GET THE REPORTS 03:21 IN, PROCESS APPLICATIONS. 03:23 SHE JUST-WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HER BECAUSE WE 03:25 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WELL TAKEN CARE 03:27 OF. 03:28 ABSOLUTELY. 03:29 AND WHO ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN CHINA? 03:32 OH, THEY ARE CHINESE- IN CHINA WE HAVE OVER 95 03:34 PERCENT PEOPLE ARE HAN CHINESE. 03:35 SO, OUR GOSPEL WORKERS ARE CHINESE. 03:40 THEY HAVE SAME LANGUAGE. 03:44 THEY HAVE SAME CULTURE SO WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THEIR 03:47 COMMUNITY THEY CAN SHARE THE SAME LANGUAGE -SHARE 03:52 JESUS WITH THE SAME LANGUAGE. 03:53 YES. 03:54 ABSOLUTELY AND THEY ARE GOING IN GROUPS, AUDREY? 03:57 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 03:59 WELL, IN CHINA WE'VE CHOSEN TO SEND OUR GOSPEL 04:01 WORKERS OUT IN TEAMS OF TWO. 04:03 SO, IT IS EITHER A HUSBAND AND WIFE OR TWO GENTLEMEN 04:06 OR TWO LADIES. 04:08 SO, WE ALWAYS HAVE THEM IN GROUPS OF TWO-TEAMS OF TWO 04:10 GOING TO UNREACHED AREAS. 04:12 HOW MANY TEAMS DO YOU HAVE? 04:14 WE HAVE ABOUT 200 TEAMS THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE 04:17 400 GOSPEL WORKERS IN CHINA. 04:20 THAT IS FANTASTIC AND THAT IS ONE REASON WHY WE ARE 04:24 HERE BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS 04:26 TO HELP GIVE AND AS YOU SAID, PRAYER IS HUGE. 04:29 IT ALL GOES TOGETHER BUT THAT ENABLES US TO THEN 04:32 PROVIDE MORE WORKERS. 04:33 SO, AUDREY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHINA. 04:35 THIS IS AN INTERESTING AREA. 04:37 UM, IN SO MANY REALMS AND SO MANY REASONS YOU CAN'T 04:39 COMPARE CHINA WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY. 04:44 YES, AS FAR AS SHARING JESUS WITH PEOPLE IN 04:47 CHINA, IT IS BEST COMING FROM THE INSIDE BECAUSE 04:51 THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WITH ALL ITS POSITIVE 04:54 INITIATIVES DOES NOT APPRECIATE OUTSIDE 04:57 INTERFERENCE WHERE RELIGION IS CONCERNED. 05:02 SO, OUR GOAL AT THE UNION IS TO BE SUPPORTIVE -TO 05:04 PROVIDE LEADERSHIP WHEN THEY ASK FOR IT; TO 05:06 ENCOURAGE OUR PEOPLE; TO HELP TROUBLESHOOT WITH 05:07 PROBLEMS. 05:08 SO, BASICALLY, WE SEE OURSELVES AS A RESOURCE 05:09 FOR THE GROWTH OF GOD'S KINGDOM IN CHINA. 05:21 WELL AND I KNOW YOU ALSO DO A LOT OF TRAINING 05:23 BECAUSE AS WE THINK ABOUT IT, AS WE'VE BEEN BLESSED 05:26 TO HAVE BEEN BORN INTO CHRISTIAN HOMES BUT WHEN 05:29 WE BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND THEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY OUT 05:31 THERE SHARING-TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO 05:34 THAT AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO THAT. 05:35 YES. 05:36 YOU KNOW IN CHINA WE DON'T HAVE ANY SEVENTH DAY 05:40 ADVENTIST SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE. 05:42 MOST PLACES IN THE WORLD WE HAVE GRADE SCHOOLS, 05:45 HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, SEMINARIES ETC. BUT IN 05:48 CHINA WE HAVE NONE OF THAT SO IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME 05:52 CROSS POLLENIZATION, IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME INFLUX 05:56 OF IDEAS MAYBE TO BALANCE THINGS OUT WE HAVE FOUND 05:59 THAT TO BRING IN SOME TRAINING AND GUIDANCE FROM 06:02 THE OUTSIDE IS REALLY GOOD. 06:04 SO, WE HAVE LEADERS IN CHINA THAT PROVIDE 06:07 TRAINING. 06:08 WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE UNION THAT PROVIDE 06:09 TRAINING. 06:10 WE BRING PEOPLE FROM THE WEST TO DO TRAINING SO IT 06:13 JUST IS A VERY DELIBERATE EFFORT WE MAKE NOT ONLY 06:16 FOR OUR LEADERS BUT FOR OUR GOSPEL WORKERS. 06:19 WE ARE VERYL INTENTIONAL. 06:20 YES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ONGOING TRAINING. 06:22 NO THAT'S FANTASTIC AND PAKA TELL US WHAT ARE SOME 06:25 OF THE GOALS OF THE PIONEER TEAMS AS THEY ARE 06:27 GOING OUT? 06:28 UH HUH, OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO EXPAND GOD'S 06:31 KINGDOM IN CHINA BY PLANTING A CHURCH WITHIN 06:34 THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 06:36 WHAT I MEAN IS THEY PLANNING A MEETING PLACE 06:39 FOR GROUP OF PEOPLE. 06:42 THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY IN THIS PLACE THEY CAN 06:45 WORSHIP TOGETHER, THEY HAVE GOOD FELLOWSHIP 06:47 TOGETHER AND THEN THEY HAVE TRAINING-PERSONAL 06:51 MINISTRY TRAINING IN THIS WONDERFUL PLACE. 06:54 SO, PAKA WHERE ARE MANY PEOPLE MEETING WHEN 06:57 THEY-THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEN HAVE SHARED 07:00 JESUS WITH A GROUP WHERE ARE THEY ACTUALLY MEETING 07:03 SAY FOR CHURCH FOR EXAMPLE? 07:05 OH, THEY MEET LIKE IN APARTMENT, YES, THEY 07:08 GATHER TOGETHER IN THIS APARTMENT. 07:10 THEY HAVE SONG SERVICE AND THEN THEY HAVE GOOD 07:12 FELLOWSHIP AND GOOD SABBATH PROGRAM IN THIS 07:13 APARTMENT. 07:14 AND THOSE ARE WHAT YOU TERM AS "HOUSE CHURCHES". 07:15 YES, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN A 07:16 HOUSE CHURCH AND TO HAVE THE LOVE OF THE LORD THERE 07:18 AND HAVE PEOPLE GATHER AND HAVE THE SINGING THAT 07:19 COMES OUT FROM THE APARTMENT. 07:20 SO, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER GOALS THAT THE GOSPEL 07:21 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TRYING TO DO? 07:22 OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO SHARE JESUS TO THE 07:24 COMMUNITY. 07:24 HOW DO THEY DO THAT? 07:25 THEY WILL AH, GO TO -GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY 07:26 HELLO PEOPLE AND THEN THEY WILL MEET THEM AND MAKE 07:28 FRIENDS WITH THEM AND THEN THEY CAN SHARE CHRISTIAN 07:29 LOVE WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL INVITE THEM TO 07:30 THE HOUSE CHURCH AND THEY HAVE MEAL AND HAVE GOOD 07:32 FELLOWSHIP THERE. 07:33 AND WHERE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAMS, WHERE ARE 07:34 THEY LOCATED AND HOW ARE THEY DIVIDED UP AND SHARE 07:43 WITH OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? 07:45 WELL, FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 07:49 HOUSE CHURCH CONCEPT WHEN OUR GOSPEL WORKERS GO INTO 07:51 UNREACHED AREAS IT IS PRIMARILY CITIES. 07:52 SO, THEY RENT AN APARTMENT AND THEY START SHARING 07:55 WITH OTHERS LIKE PAKA WAS SAYING AND THEY'LL BRING 07:57 PEOPLE INTO THEIR APARTMENT. 07:58 IT IS A HOUSE CHURCH BUT AS IT GROWS THEN THEY 08:05 SOMEHOW WILL TRY TO RAISE THE FUNDS WHICH IS VERY, 08:13 VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE COST OF REAL ESTATE IS SO 08:22 HIGH BUT MAYBE THEY'LL BUY TWO APARTMENTS BESIDE EACH 08:36 OTHER, KNOCK OUT SOME WALLS, TAKE OUT SOME 08:44 PILLARS THAT AREN'T VITAL, YES, AND SO IT DOESN'T 08:49 LOOK NECESSARILY LIKE A HOUSE ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY 08:52 HAVE OPENED IT UP AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP 08:55 THE BATHROOMS AND THE KITCHEN AREA BUT A HOUSE 08:58 CHURCH ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT WE THINK OF WHERE YOU 09:01 DRIVE UP AND YOU PARK THE CAR OUT IN FRONT AND THEN 09:04 YOU ARE IN A CUSHY LIVING ROOM WITH A FIREPLACE. 09:07 IT IS VERY, VERY BASIC BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE COME AND 09:11 THEY PRAY TO THE LORD AND THEY SHARE JESUS AND THAT 09:13 BECOMES A PALACE, YES, A WONDERFUL PLACE. 09:16 AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS THE SABBATH THAT I WAS THERE 09:19 AND THEY HAD EVEN ONE SMALL ROOM AND IT WAS THE 09:22 PRAYER ROOM AND WE SEVERAL OF US, TUCKED IN THERE AND 09:26 HAD A SEASON OF PRAYER WITH THE LORD WITH A 09:28 MEMBER WHO WAS HAVING SPECIAL NEED AND IT WAS 09:30 REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL AND ALWAYS AT THE FRONT IS A 09:33 RED CROSS AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT THE 09:36 CHURCHES IN CHINA. 09:36 YES. 09:37 SO, YES THANK YOU FOR DESCRIBING THAT AUDREY 09:41 HELPING US UNDERSTAND AND THERE ARE ACTUAL CHURCHES 09:44 IN CHINA BUT AS YOU SAID FOR MANY OF THE PLACES IN 09:47 THE CITIES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE REAL ESTATE 09:49 THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY GATHER. 09:51 SO, WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU AUDREY TO VISIT A HOUSE 09:53 CHURCH? 09:53 WELL, IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING. 09:56 I ALWAYS GO IN THERE AND I THINK IF ONLY THE PEOPLE 10:01 BACK HOME REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT CHURCH IS TO 10:04 THESE PEOPLE. 10:05 IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT CUSHY PEWS. 10:09 IT'S NOT ABOUT A GREAT PA SYSTEM. 10:12 IT'S ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER IN FELLOWSHIP AND 10:15 SO I'M ALWAYS INSPIRED WHEN I GO INTO THESE HOUSE 10:18 CHURCHES. 10:19 YOU KNOW YOU ASKED ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE? 10:22 AND CHINA HAS 34 PROVINCES, 32 PROVINCES, 10:26 34 YES, 34 PROVINCES BUT ON TOP OF THAT CHINA IS 10:32 DIVIDED UP INTO 43 REGIONS. 10:35 YOU HAVE THE 34 PROVINCES PLUS YOU HAVE SPECIAL 10:38 ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES BUT OF THE 10:42 43 REGIONS IN CHINA WE HAVE A GOSPEL WORKING TEAM 10:47 IN ALL OF THEM-AT LEAST ONE GOSPEL WORKING TEAM IN 10:49 ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR ONE. 10:50 EXCEPT FOR ONE. 10:51 YES? 10:52 AND THAT IS TIBET. 10:54 YES, SO THAT'S-AND WE KNOW THAT POLITICAL FOR 10:58 POLITICAL REASONS IT IS HARD TO GET INTO THERE AS 11:00 CHRISTIANS SO. 11:01 BUT GOD IS DOING AMAZING THINGS WHEN TIBET WAS 11:06 DEFINED IN IT'S GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THERE IS 11:10 PART OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE REGION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF 11:15 WHERE THEY DREW THE BORDERS SO WE ARE REACHING 11:19 TIBETANS BUT THEY ARE NOT IN TIBET PROPER AND SO AS 11:24 WE SHARE WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR 11:27 TIBET, YES, BECAUSE WE WANT THE TIBETANS THAT ARE 11:30 IN THE AREAS OF CHINA THAT ARE OPEN TO MAYBE GO BACK 11:35 INTO TIBET AND SHARE JESUS. 11:37 EXACTLY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY MIGHT GO 11:39 HOME AND HAVE JESUS IN THEIR HEART AND SHARE 11:41 THAT. 11:41 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 11:42 SO, HOW ARE THEY SHARING THE GOOD NEWS, PAKA? 11:44 HOW ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT YOU 11:47 CALL IN CHINA THE PIONEER TEAMS, HOW ARE THEY 11:49 SHARING THE GOOD NEWS? 11:50 OUR GOSPEL WORKERS SHARE JESUS THROUGH HEALTH 11:53 MINISTRY. 11:54 THEY HAVE HEALTH SEMINAR. 11:55 THEY ASK PEOPLE AND INVITE THEM TO COME TO THEIR 11:56 HOUSE CHURCH AND THEN THEY GIVE HEALTH PRINCIPLES AND 11:58 THEN INVITE THEM HOW TO LIVE HEALTHILY AND THEN IN 11:59 THE SEMINAR THEY WILL INCLUDE JESUS MESSAGE SO 12:00 THAT THE MESSAGE WILL TOUCH THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 12:02 YES. 12:02 AND I THINK AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE 12:04 INTERESTED IN HEALTH AND WHEN I HAVE BEEN IN CHINA 12:05 I HAVE-IT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC. 12:06 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EATING HEALTHFULLY AND FOODS, AND 12:07 FRUITS AND ALL OF THAT AND IN CHINA THERE IS A LOT OF 12:30 VEGETABLES AND VEGETABLES ARE SERVED AT ALL THREE 12:33 MEALS AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH HOW MANY 12:36 VEGETABLES ARE BEING SERVED AND PEOPLE ARE GLAD 12:39 TO HAVE THAT BUT I THINK THAT IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO 12:41 REACH PEOPLE. 12:42 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER WAYS? 12:43 OH, THEY ALSO MEET SOME PEOPLE WHO FELT NEEDS. 12:46 FOR EXAMPLE, SOME ORPHANS AND PEOPLE AT HOME OR 12:52 HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK AND THEY ALSO-I HAVE SOME 12:56 TEAMS IN A PROVINCE- THEY VISIT SOME UNATTENDED 13:01 CHILDREN, YES. 13:03 SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PAKA? 13:04 THIS CHILDREN WE CALL, "LEFT BEHIND CHILDREN" 13:08 BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO GO VERY FAR AWAY TO 13:12 OTHER PROVINCE FOR WORK AND THEN THESE CHILDREN 13:15 NEED TO STAY AT HOME WITH THEIR ELDER GRANDPARENTS 13:20 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE PARENT CARE. 13:23 SOME OF THESE "LEFT BEHIND CHLDREN" DO GET GOOD CARE 13:25 FROM GRANDPARENTS. 13:25 SURE. 13:26 BUT A VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LEFT ON THEIR OWN 13:27 AND SO OUR GOSPEL WORKER TEAMS HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME 13:29 OF THESE GROUPS OF CHILDREN THAT MIGHT BE 13:42 LIVING IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING OR SOMETHING AND 13:45 BEGIN TO PROVIDE CARE. 13:46 FIND THEM CLOTHING. 13:47 PROVIDE FOOD TO GIVE STATIONERY SO THEY CAN 13:51 HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL. 13:53 WOW. 13:54 IT IS A REALLY, REALLY A BIG PROBLEM IN CHINA. 13:59 SO, THE PARENTS HAVE LEFT TO GO WORK AT A FACTORY IN 14:01 THE CITY AND SO THE CHILDREN ARE LEFT WITH THE 14:03 GRANDPARENTS BUT IF THEY ARE ELDERLY OR WHATEVER 14:05 THEN THE KIDS THEN -OR THEY ARE LEFT BEHIND 14:08 PERIOD. 14:08 JUST LEFT BEHIND PERIOD. 14:09 YES, AND I'VE SEEN INTERVIEWS OF KIDS WHERE 14:11 THEY ARE SAYING HOW THEY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR 14:14 PARENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN 14:16 ALMOST A YEAR. 14:17 OH MY! 14:18 THEY GO SEE THEM ONCE A YEAR-CHINESE NEW YEAR 14:19 WHICH IS THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY IN CHINA AND 14:21 EVERYBODY GOES HOME AND FAMILIES GET TOGETHER. 14:24 SO, THAT IS ONE AREA THAT FELT NEEDS ARE BEING MET. 14:28 ANOTHER AREA IS ORPHANAGES. 14:33 TRADITIONALLY, YEARS AGO CHINAS ORPHANAGES WERE 14:36 FULL OF BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRLS LOOKING TO BE 14:38 ADOPTED BUT NOW CHINA 'S ORPHANAGES ARE PRIMARILY 14:43 DISABLED CHILDREN. 14:44 CHILDREN WITH HANDICAPS. 14:46 CHILDREN WHO ARE ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE 14:49 THE PARENTS WANTED TO HAVE THAT ONE CHILD THEY WERE 14:52 ALLOWED TO HAVE AND THEY WANT IT TO BE PERFECT. 14:55 SO, CHINA'S ORPHANAGES NOW ARE MORE BEHIND THE SCENES 15:01 BUT WE ARE FINDING OUR CHURCHES THAT ARE GETTING 15:04 ALLOWED TO GO IN AND LOVE ON THESE KIDS. 15:07 TAKE THEM AN APPLE. 15:09 READ THEM A STORY. 15:11 SOMETIMES THEY WILL EVEN TAKE THEM OUT FOR A FIELD 15:14 TRIP SO THAT IS ONE THING OUR GOSPEL WORKERS ARE 15:16 DOING IS THEY ARE GETTING INVOLVED DELIBERATELY IN 15:19 REACHING THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY WHETHER IT 15:21 IS HEALTH, WHETHER IT IS ORPHANS OR DEALING WITH 15:26 UNATTENDED CHILDREN AND OF COURSE, GOING DOOR TO 15:28 DOOR. 15:29 I KNOW WE'LL BE SHOWING OUR AUDIENCE A PICTURE OF 15:31 TWO GENTLEMEN PRAYING AND THAT'S JUST SOME GOOD OLD 15:35 BASIC KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND SAYING "CAN I PRAY FOR 15:38 YOU?" 15:39 SO, THAT'S HAPPENING TOO. 15:40 WELL, AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THE 15:43 CHILDREN IN THE ORPHANAGES AND ALL OF THAT AND I 15:46 MENTIONED TO YOU AT THE HOUSE CHURCH THAT I 15:47 VISITED AND WENT INTO THE PRAYER ROOM AND THE MAN 15:51 THAT I HAD PRAYER WITH HE DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT HE 15:54 SHARED WITH ME THAT HE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HE 15:57 HAD A HAND INJURY AND THROUGH THE TRANSLATOR AS 16:00 I WAS SHARING IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THE MAN WITH THE 16:02 SHRIVELED HAND AND THEN WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 16:05 CHINESE I SHARED THAT I WAS BLESSED WITH A FORM OF 16:07 SEVEN FINGERS AND I COULD RELATE TO THIS MAN. 16:09 I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HIS EYES BECAUSE HE LIT UP 16:14 AND WE HAD A CONNECTION. 16:15 WOW. 16:16 AND I KNOW THAT SOME FRIENDS OF OURS HAVE 16:17 ADOPTED KIDS WITH, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL HANDS AND 16:20 FOR THEM IN CHINA THEY WERE TERMED AS DISABLED 16:23 BUT THESE KIDS PLAY THE CELLO, THEY PLAY THE 16:24 VIOLIN AND IT IS AMAZING BUT THAT IS A CONNECTION 16:27 AND I'M THRILLED TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE THAT. 16:29 YES. 16:30 SO, AUDREY WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU 16:31 FOLKS ARE DOING TO REACH PEOPLE? 16:33 WELL, JUST A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING 16:35 TO REACH THE COMMUNITY IS SOME OF OUR PIONEER TEAMS 16:38 HAVE SAID WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FREE HAIRCUTS. 16:41 SO, THEY SET A LITTLE CHAIR SOMEWHERE OR THEY 16:44 FIND AN EMPTY PLACE OR MAYBE IN THEIR OWN 16:46 APARTMENT AND THEY PROVIDE FREE HAIRCUTS. 16:49 WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT HERE AS WELL AS TO SHOW 16:51 THE AUDIENCE. 16:52 NICE. 16:53 AND THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THEY ARE DOING. 16:54 ANOTHER WAY IS TO DO MASSAGE THERAPY AND THIS 16:59 IS A PICTURE THAT I KNOW JUST REALLY TOUCHED PAKA'S 17:02 HEART AND WHY? 17:03 OH, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE WALL. 17:04 YOU CAN SEE JESUS IS HELPING A MAN HERE. 17:10 IT IS SO MEANINGFUL. 17:13 VERY MEANINGFUL. 17:14 THIS IS POWERFUL TOO. 17:17 THE CARE THAT JESUS HAD AND THE TOUCH THAT'S WHAT 17:20 I SEE IS JESUS TOUCHED PEOPLE. 17:21 YES. 17:22 AND MASSAGE THERAPY CERTAINLY IS ABOUT 17:23 TOUCHING PEOPLE. 17:24 AS OUR PIONEER TEAMS ARE GOING INTO UNREACHED AREAS 17:27 OF CHINA WE WANT THEM TO REALIZE THAT CHRIST'S 17:31 METHOD ALONE IS THE BEST METHOD AND IT THAT IS 17:34 GOING OUT AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. 17:37 YES ABSOLUTELY. 17:38 AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING AS FAR AS THE 17:40 COMMUNITIES ARE CONCERNED? 17:42 WELL THERE ARE EVENTS WHERE, LET'S SAY AROUND 17:45 CHRISTMAS TIME, WHICH IS A VERY COMMON TIME THAT 17:49 EVERYBODY THAT CHINA KNOWS ABOUT. 17:50 IT MIGHT BE JUST A BIG SHOPPING TIME OR WHATEVER 17:53 BUT OUR-WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE 17:56 INVITE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE CHURCHES AND FOR 17:59 SPECIAL MEETINGS. 18:00 MAYBE PROVIDING FOOD. 18:01 MAYBE THE EVENT COULD BE SETTING UP HEALTH BANNERS 18:05 AND INVITING PEOPLE TO COME FOR FREE BLOOD 18:07 PRESSURE CHECKS, FREE BLOOD SUGAR CHECKS AND 18:09 THEN YOU CAN DO EDUCATION. 18:11 SO, THERE IS A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT OUR WORKERS 18:14 ARE DOING TO MEET THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS 18:16 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 18:18 YES. 18:19 THEY WILL PROVIDE FREE AFTER SCHOOL CARE. 18:21 PROVIDE SPECIAL TUTORING FOR KIDS AND SEE THAT IS 18:25 ALL FANTASTIC. 18:26 THOSE ARE ALL NEEDS THAT YOU ARE BEING MET AND THAT 18:29 IS SHARING JESUS THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, 18:32 DIFFERENT THINGS. 18:33 SO, WHAT ARE THE REACTIONS WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN AND 18:36 THEY SAY, "HEY, FREE HAIRCUTS." 18:38 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING BACK FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:39 WORKERS? 18:40 ARE THEY, ARE THEY SHARING REPORTS ABOUT THAT? 18:42 MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD PAKA, MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T BUT ARE 18:45 PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THAT? 18:46 YES, THEY SHARE THAT PEOPLE WITH FREE HAIRCUTS 18:51 SERVICE THEY SAY, OH THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO 18:54 ARE SPECIAL, SPECIAL FROM THE PEOPLE I MET, YES, IN 18:58 THE COMMUNITY. 19:02 IT IS DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE GET ANYTHING 19:04 FREE IT'S LIKE OH, THAT'S-THEY ARE VERY, VERY 19:08 NICE BECAUSE MOST OF OUR GOSPEL WORKERS WHO CUT THE 19:12 HAIR ARE YOUNG PEOPLE. 19:14 THEY LOVE THAT. 19:15 THEY LOOK YOUNG AND THEY LOVE TO SPEND TIME WITH 19:16 YOUNG PEOPLE. 19:16 SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. 19:17 WELL, PAKA AND AUDREY THANKYOU SO MUCH HERE FOR 19:20 SHARING AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE 19:26 INVOLVED HERE TODAY HEARING MORE ABOUT CHINA 19:29 AND WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU 19:31 CAN GET INVOLVED. 19:32 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 19:38 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 19:42 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 19:44 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 19:47 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 19:50 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 19:54 HURTS. 19:55 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 19:59 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 20:02 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 20:04 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 20:09 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 20:13 WHERE? 20:14 ALL THE WORLD. 20:15 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 20:19 YOU CAN PRAY. 20:20 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 20:23 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 20:26 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 20:29 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 20:31 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 20:34 BE THE SPARK. 20:35 LIGHT THE FIRE. 20:37 FINISH THE WORK. 20:40 FINISH THE WORK. 20:43 BE THE SPARK. 20:46 AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SPARK NO MATTER WHERE 20:48 WE ARE. 20:49 NO MATTER IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW OR 20:51 IF WE ARE TALKING WHEREVER YOU LIVE. 20:53 GOD HAS ASKED US TO BE THE SPARK AND LIKE IN ACTS 2 20:57 IT TALKS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING ON US AS WE 21:00 HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS WE DO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US 21:02 AND HE CAN HELP US AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL GIVE US 21:05 THE WORDS TO SPEAK AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS 21:07 HAPPENING IN CHINA. 21:09 WE'VE HEARD THE STORIES AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE 21:11 AUDREY FOLKENBERG HERE WITH US AND PAKA LAO FROM 21:14 THE CHINESE UNION MISSION. 21:16 SO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:18 WORKERS IN CHINA AND YOU REFER TO THEM AS PIONEER 21:20 TEAMS AND PAKA GIVE A VIEWER WHO MIGHT JUST BE 21:23 TUNING IN ABOUT HOW MANY PIONEER TEAMS ARE IN 21:25 CHINA? 21:26 WE HAVE ABOUT 200 TEAMS IN CHINA. 21:29 THAT MEANS WE HAVE 400 GOSPEL WORKERS IN CHINA. 21:32 OH FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC. 21:34 AND AUDREY IT IS EXCITING FOR YOU I KNOW TO HELP 21:37 SHARE THESE STORIES AS YOU TRAVEL AND TO BE INVOLVED. 21:40 SO, THERE IS A SPECIAL SCRIPTURE THAT I HEAR YOU 21:43 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US TODAY. 21:44 TELL US WHY? 21:45 WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW-WHAT OUR GOSPEL 21:50 WORKERS DO TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND IT IS BY 21:52 MEETING THE NEEDS. 21:55 FIRST YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS AND A FAVORITE 21:58 BIBLE VERSE AND I'M GOING TO READ IT IN ENGLISH AND 22:00 PAKA WILL READ IT IN CHINESE. 22:02 GOOD. 22:03 BUT IT IS FROM MATTHEW 25:40 "TRULY I TELL YOU 22:06 WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY 22:09 BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF MINE YOU DID FOR ME." 22:12 AND THAT IS JUST SO MEANINGFUL BECAUSE WHEN WE 22:15 ARE HELPING OTHERS WE ARE TOUCHING THE HEART OF 22:19 JESUS AND GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW 22:22 THE HEART OF JESUS. 22:23 YES, I SAY IT IN CHINESE. 22:38 OH BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 22:40 TRULY I TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE, JUST FOR 22:43 ONE AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN 22:47 YOU HEAR THE 1.4 BILLION PAKA, IS THAT OVERWHELMING 22:50 TO YOU? 22:51 OR DO YOU THINK OF THE ONE HERE THAT IF IT'S JUST FOR 22:55 ONE PERSON WHO HAS GOTTEN A HAIRCUT? 22:57 HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOU? 22:59 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE-LOOK AT THE MAP AND IS 23:02 IT OVERWHELMING OR DO YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD IS WITH 23:04 YOU? 23:05 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? 23:07 I THINK 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE IS REALLY BIG NUMBER FOR 23:12 ME. 23:14 YES, I REMEMBER OUR GOSPEL WORKER IN CHINA THEY ARE 23:18 SHARING JESUS. 23:19 OH, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE THEY-WE ARE A 23:22 TEAM. 23:23 WE ARE USED BY GOD IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHARE 23:28 HIS GOSPEL TO SOME UNREACHED PEOPLE. 23:31 SO, IT IS SO MEANINGFUL. 23:33 YES. 23:35 AUDREY, HOW ABOUT FOR YOU WHEN YOU AND BOB TRAVEL 23:36 AND YOU COME INTO A CITY WITH 17 MILLION PEOPLE. 23:40 WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU? 23:42 IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST AND 23:45 SAY THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS DISCOURAGING 23:48 AND WE SAY, "WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?" 23:52 "WHAT CAN WE ACCOMPLISH?" 23:53 BUT THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT 23:55 OURSELVES. 23:56 YES. 23:58 BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED THAT HE 24:01 WILL DO FOR US AND THROUGH US THEN WHAT A TREAT, WHAT 24:05 A PRIVILEGE TO BE SHARING JESUS IN CHINA. 24:08 THAT'S HOW I FEEL WHEN I AM IN A CITY IN CHINA AND 24:10 I'M THERE AND I THINK LORD HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO 24:13 THIS? 24:14 BUT AGAIN, HE DOESN'T NEED TO TELL ME THAT BUT WE 24:17 WILL KNOW THAT HE IS DOING THE MIRACLES AND THE 24:19 STORIES THAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE PIONEER 24:21 TEAMS. 24:22 SO, THIS FOCUS TURNS TO WHAT AUDREY? 24:25 WELL WE GO FROM AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 24:28 SPECIFIC WAYS OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE 24:30 COMMUNITY, TO GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST 24:33 FOREVER. 24:34 I MEAN UNLESS JESUS COMES ALL OF US WILL PASS AWAY 24:38 NO MATTER NEEDS PHYSICAL WERE OR WEREN'T MET SO WE 24:43 ALWAYS WANT TO GO THAT ONE STEP FURTHER IF GOD 24:46 PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THAT THE 24:49 BREAD OF LIFE CAN GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE. 24:51 YES, AND A BETTER LIFE HERE ON THIS EARTH. 24:53 ABSOLUTELY AND THE GOSPEL WORKERS THE PIONEER TEAMS 24:57 ARE GIVING BIBLE STUDIES, PAKA? 24:59 YES, THEY GIVE BIBLE STUDIES AND LAST YEAR 25:03 ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE RECEIVED BIBLE STUDIES FROM OUR 25:05 GOSPEL WORKERS. 25:05 ISN'T IT AMAZING? 25:06 3000? 25:07 AND AUDREY BAPTISMS? 25:19 WELL, OUR BAPTISMS JUST FROM OUR GOSPEL WORKER 25:22 TEAMS WAS LET ME GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE. 25:25 IN 2015 IT WAS 950. 25:27 UH HUH. 25:28 IN 2016 1345 THAT WE KNOW OF. 25:32 YOU KNOW NUMBERS ARE NOT EVERYTHING. 25:34 NO. 25:35 BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY A REFLECTION THAT THERE IS 25:37 MOMENTUM. 25:38 THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 25:39 THE GOOD NEWS IS GOING FORWARD. 25:40 YES, AND THAT'S, I THINK, A BEAUTIFUL THING OF ANY 25:43 INVOLVEMENT OF MISSION WORK OR SHARING JESUS NO 25:47 MATTER WHERE WE ARE. 25:48 WE ARE CALLED TO DO THAT AND WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN 25:50 THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HEAR AND SEE AND ALL OF THAT. 25:54 SO, TRAINING WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT 25:56 PAKA, BUT TRAINING IS IMPORTANT. 25:58 YES. 25:59 TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAINED BEFORE THEY GO 26:01 OUT. 26:02 YES, AND ALSO OUR GOSPEL WORKERS GIVE TRAINING TO 26:05 OUR CHURCH MEMBERS WHO GOT BAPTIZED. 26:08 BECAUSE THEY CAN FOLLOW THEM TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 26:13 THEY CAN BE A NEW GOSPEL WORKER IN SOME UNREACHED 26:16 AREA. 26:17 IT IS GOOD. 26:18 WELL GOOD. 26:19 WELL THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND I WILL SAY 26:22 IN CHINESE. 26:23 THANK YOU PAKA AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU 26:26 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PIONEER TEAMS AND PLEASE 26:28 GREET THEM FROM US. 26:29 THANK YOU. 26:30 AND AUDREY BLESSINGS TO YOU AND BOB AS YOU ARE 26:33 LEADERS THERE IN CHINESE UNION MISSION AND YOU ARE 26:35 BOTH IN OUR PRAYERS AS WELL. 26:37 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 26:39 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL 26:41 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE 26:43 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 26:45 WE ALSO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND WE WOULD LOVE 26:47 TO HEAR FROM YOU ON OUR WEBSITE IS GOAIM.ORG AND 26:50 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU SHARE JESUS WITH THE 26:53 PEOPLE WHO YOU ENCOUNTER ON A DAILY BASIS. 26:56 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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