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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000705A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 00:19 QUIZ. 00:20 WHAT COUNTRY'S FLAG IS RED AND IT HAS FIVE STARS? 00:24 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT IT? 00:26 WELL, I'LL HELP YOU OUT. 00:27 IT IS THE COUNTRY OF CHINA WHERE 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE 00:30 LIVE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CHINA 00:33 TODAY HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" SO GRAB YOUR 00:35 PASSPORT AND WE ARE OFF. 00:37 HI AUDREY FOLKENBERG. 00:38 WELCOME. 00:39 HELLO JULIE. 00:40 NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND PAKA LAO YOU ARE ALSO FROM 00:42 CHINESE UNION MISSION WELCOME. 00:43 YES. 00:44 THANK YOU, JULIE. 00:45 SO, AUDREY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL OF 00:48 THE HATS AND ROLES THAT YOU HAVE AT CHINESE UNION 00:51 MISSION. 00:52 WELL BOB AND I HAVE BEEN BACK IN CHINA FOR ABOUT 00:53 FOUR YEARS. 00:54 WE LIVE IN HONG KONG AND WE WORK AT THE CHINESE 00:56 UNION MISSION AND I'M INVOLVED IN PRAYER 00:59 MINISTRIES AS WELL AS SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES 01:01 AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THAT ENTAILS BASICALLY 01:06 TELLING THE STORY, INVITING PEOPLE TO PRAY 01:08 AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO HELP FINANCIALLY UM, WE ALWAYS 01:12 APPRECIATE THAT BUT THE REASON I'M HERE WITH YOU 01:15 IS BECAUSE OF MY INVOLVEMENT WITH GOSPEL 01:17 OUTREACH. 01:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH HELPS TO SUPPORT 60 OF OUR GOSPEL 01:21 WORKER TEAMS IN CHINA AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THAT 01:25 VERY MUCH AND WHAT EVERYBODY DOES TO HELP 01:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH HELP PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JESUS 01:30 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:32 WELL, AND IT IS EXCITING AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND 01:34 BOB FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND ESPECIALLY FOR 01:36 COMMUNICATING THE STORIES THAT YOU ARE HEARING AND 01:39 CAN SHARE FROM CHINA. 01:40 IT IS REALLY EXCITING AND PAKA WHAT DO YOU DO FOR 01:43 WORK AT CHINESE UNION MISSION? 01:45 WELL, I'M THE SECRETARY OF AUDREY AND HER HUSBAND AND 01:48 I ALSO COLLECT AH, REPORTS FROM OUR GOSPEL WORKERS IN 01:52 CHINA. 01:54 AND YOU CALL THOSE TEAMS WHAT? 01:56 PIONEER TEAMS. 01:57 AND WHAT IS ALL INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THAT? 02:02 WHAT DO YOU DO AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING WITH THE 02:04 PIONEER TEAMS? 02:05 DO YOU KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM BY EMAIL? 02:08 HOW DOYOU GET YOUR REPORTS? 02:10 HOW DO YOU DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS? 02:14 YES, YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 02:17 WELL PRETTY MUCH THE SITUATION AND PAKA 02:20 HESITATES BECAUSE IN CHINA WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY 02:23 CAREFUL WITH THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND 02:25 FORTH BETWEEN THE MAINLAND CHINA AND OUR OFFICES BUT 02:29 WE HAVE PEOPLE IN MAINLAND CHINA THAT GATHER REPORTS. 02:32 SOME OF THEM ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE BUT 02:35 PRIMARILY THEY GO THROUGH ESTABLISHED CHURCH LEADERS 02:39 AND THEN THEY COME TO THE OFFICE. 02:41 THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT OUR GOSPEL WORKERS DO IN 02:45 CHINA IS RISKY BUSINESS, YES, BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT 02:48 THE RIGHT THING. 02:49 SO, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, YES, ABOUT SOME 02:51 OF THE INFORMATION WE SHARE. 02:52 OH ABSOLUTELY, BUT AS FAR AS YOUR JOB IS PROCESSING 02:56 ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND GETTING THE 02:58 APPLICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT. 03:00 YES, AND SHE ALSO HELPS WITH ISSUING THEIR 03:03 STIPENDS AND IF THERE ARE NEW TEAMS THAT WANT TO BE 03:06 INVOLVED AND SHE'S VERY INVOLVED IN GETTING THEIR 03:09 APPLICATIONS, YES, AND WE GO THROUGH THEM CAREFULLY 03:12 AT THE OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT 03:14 WILL REPRESENT THE LOVE OF JESUS VERY WELL. 03:17 YES, ABSOLUTELY AND WE DO REALIZE THAT BECAUSE OF SO 03:21 MANY ISSUES, THAT YOU DO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFULL 03:23 WITH THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE 03:25 PRAYING THAT THE LORD IS USING THESE PIONEER TEAMS 03:27 AND WE MIGHT NOT ALL -HEAR ABOUT ALL THE STORIES NOW 03:30 BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT THOSE LATER. 03:32 SO, THERE ARE STORIES THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE TO SHARE. 03:36 WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO START WITH A STORY FROM 03:39 PAKA. 03:40 OK. 03:41 WHAT DO YOU THINK JULIE? 03:42 I LOVE STORIES AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A STORY FROM 03:45 PAKA. 03:46 YES, RECENTLY I RECEIVED A REPORT FROM OUR PIONEER 03:49 TEAM WHO IS IN A SERVICE CENTER THAT WE CALL THE 03:55 "CENTER OF INFLUENCE" THEY WORK THERE AND THEN THEY 03:59 SHARE JESUS THROUGH SOME HEALTH MINISTRY. 04:03 THIS SERVICE CENTER SELLS HEALTH, NATURAL HEALTH, 04:06 FOOD AND THEN THEY MEET PEOPLE AND THEN PROMOTE 04:16 THIS NATURAL HEALTH IT IS GOOD FOR THEM AND THEN 04:19 THEY GIVE A BIBLE MESSAGE INSIDE THE HEALTH NATURAL 04:24 FOOD AND ONE INTERESTING REPORT THAT I GOT FROM 04:28 THIS TEAM IS THEIR SUPPLIER,THEIR NATURAL 04:31 FOOD SUPPLIER WAS CURIOUS WHY THEY ARE SELLING THIS 04:35 NATURAL HEALTH FOOD AND SO HE VISIT THEM AND ASKED, " 04:40 WHY, WHY DID YOU SELL THIS FOOD?" 04:43 AND THE PIONEER, THE GOSPEL WORKER SHARE 04:46 "BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A 04:48 HEALTHIER LIVING STYLE SO WE SHARE THIS GOOD NEWS TO 04:54 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY." 04:56 AND THEN THE SUPPLIER HAD A GOOD IMPRESSION FROM 04:57 THIS TWO GOSPEL WORKERS AND THEY TELL THE 04:59 SUPPLIER, "WE ARE CHRISTIAN SO THAT'S THE 05:00 REASON WE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU" AND THEN HE HAS 05:01 INTEREST TO DO WHAT IS THE BIBLE TELLING ME? 05:03 CAN YOU SHARE SOME LITTLE THINGS WITH ME AND THEN 05:04 THE SUPPLIER SAT DOWN AND THE TWO GOSPEL WORKERS 05:05 OPENED THEIR BIBLE AND THEY SHARED JESUS LOVES 05:07 YOU THROUGH MANY, MANY WAYS AND AFTER THEY -THE 05:08 SUPPLIER IS MOVED AND HE SAID, "I WANT TO BELIEVE 05:09 IN JESUS JUST LIKE YOU?" 05:11 YES, AND IT'S GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY SO "CENTERS OF 05:11 INFLUENCE" ARE GIVING PIONEER TEAMS AN 05:13 OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC 05:14 TOPIC THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, 05:15 RIGHT? 05:17 AND SO, THEN THAT CAN TAKE IT INTO A STEP FARTHER. 05:19 SO, THAT TO ME IS MAKING FRIENDS. 05:27 YES. 05:29 YES. 05:30 I THINK PAKA, YOU NEED TO TELL THE REST OF THE 05:39 STORY. 05:40 IT GOES EVEN DEEPER THAN THAT. 05:47 NOT ONLY DID THE SUPPLIER FIND JESUS BUT THE 05:53 DELIVERY PERSON, THE PERSON THAT WOULD DELIVER 06:10 THESE NATURAL FOODS TO CLIENTS. 06:13 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? 06:14 YES, I MENTIONED THE GOSPEL WORKER WILL SEND 06:18 HEALTH NATURAL FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. 06:21 THEY NEED TO HAVE A DELIVERY MAN TO SEND THE 06:25 HEALTH FOOD SO, THE DELIVERY MAN VISIT THEM 06:29 EVERY DAY AND THEN THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK 06:32 WITH HIM AND THE DELIVERY MAN THAT CAME NEAR LUNCH 06:37 HOUR SO THE TWO GOSPEL WORKERS INVITED HIM "WHY 06:40 DON'T YOU HAVE MEAL WITH US, HAVE LUNCH WITH US? 06:44 IT IS FUN." 06:45 SO, HE STAYED THERE AND THEN THE TWO GOSPEL WORKER 06:48 GOT THE HEALTH NATURAL FOOD TO THEM AND THEN THEY 06:51 HAVE GOOD TIME TO TALK AND THEN THEY SHARE JESUS WITH 06:56 THIS DELIVERY MAN AND AMAZING GRACE, AMAZINGLY 07:02 IS THIS DELIVERY MAN IS ALSO TOUCHED BY THE BIBLE 07:08 MESSAGE AND HE ASKED FOR BAPTISM. 07:12 OH, HE DID? 07:12 YES. 07:13 ALL BECAUSE HE HAD THE JOB OF DELIVERING AND THE 07:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TOOK THE TIME TO GET TO 07:18 KNOW HIM. 07:19 YES, YES. 07:20 YOU KNOW AUDREY THAT IS TRUE NO MATTER WHERE WE 07:21 LIVE, RIGHT? 07:22 IT IS NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE. 07:24 SO, PAKA WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT A GOSPEL 07:27 WORKER ON THE FRONTLINES-WHAT ARE SOME 07:30 THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON- SOME OF THE 07:32 QUALITIES? 07:36 I THINK JULIE IS ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE 07:39 ROLES AND IT IS NOT AS IF THEY SAY, "MY NAME IS SO 07:43 AND SO AND I GIVE BIBLE STUDIES," RIGHT EXACTLY, 07:45 WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE SALES 07:47 PEOPLE BUT WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE 07:50 WORKERS SHARE JESUS? 07:52 WHAT KIND OF A TITLE OR DIFFERENT TITLES WOULD YOU 07:56 GIVE THEIR FRONTLINE WORKERS? 07:58 OF COURSE, THE FIRST ONE IS I THINK THEY ARE 08:00 MISSIONARIES BECAUSE THEY LEAVE THEIR HOME TOWN TO 08:05 OTHER PLACES IN CHINA WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE 08:08 NEVER HEARD OF JESUS. 08:09 SO, THEY STAY THERE AND THEN SHARE JESUS IN RICH 08:12 AREAS SO THEY CAN CALL MISSIONARY AND I THINK 08:16 THEY HAVE PASSIONATE PEOPLE. 08:18 YES. 08:19 WHY I HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I RECEIVE MANY, 08:21 MANY REPORTS FROM THE TEAMS. 08:24 ONE THING INSPIRED ME IS OH, I RECEIVED THE GOSPEL 08:29 AND I ACCEPT JESUS ALL BECAUSE SOME GOSPEL WORKER 08:35 IN VISIT MY HOME TOWN AND THEN THEY SHARE THE BIBLE 08:39 HERE SO THAT I CAN RECEIVE THE AH, SALVATION FROM 08:44 JESUS. 08:46 SO, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM AND I'M SO BLESSED AND I 08:52 KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN CHINA NEVER HEARD JESUS 08:55 AND I HAVE TO GO THERE AND THEN SO THEY SAID, I HAVE 09:00 TO GO TO UNREACHED AREA AND SHARE JESUS. 09:04 THIS IS A WAY I CAN PAY BACK THE LOVE OF JESUS. 09:08 SO, THAT'S WHERE YOU HEAR THE GOOD NEWS AND THEN YOU 09:10 WANT TO SHARE WITH WHOMEVER. 09:12 WELL, I WAS SITTING IN A CAR IN CHINA AND THE LADY 09:15 FROM THE CHURCH-WE HAD TEN MINUTES TO BE WITH THE 09:18 DRIVER AND WE SHE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER SHE 09:21 DIDN'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS SHE GOT INTO ASKING THE 09:24 DRIVER DO YOU HAVE PEACE? 09:26 HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WORK EACH WEEK? 09:28 AND SO, SHE PRESENTED TAKING A DAY OF REST ON 09:32 SATURDAY, ON SABBATH, AND SHE PRESENTED ALL THIS SO 09:34 THAT IS WHAT I HEAR THE PASSION OF HEY, I'VE 09:37 ACCEPTED THIS AND I HAVE THE GOOD NEWS AND I WANT 09:39 TO SHARE THAT. 09:40 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER HATS AND OTHER ROLES PAKA? 09:43 OH, I THINK THEY HAVE A COUNSELOR BECAUSE OH, I 09:46 KNOW THEY HAVE SOME CHALLENGINGS FROM SOME 09:50 PEOPLE THAT THEY MET. 09:51 UM, THE PEOPLE THEY MET HAVE PROBLEM IN THEIR 09:55 MARRIAGE, IN THEIR STUDIES AND THEY HAVE TO USE THE 09:59 BIBLE VERSES TO ENCOURAGE THESE PEOPLE. 10:03 BUT THEY ARE INSPIRING THEM? 10:04 YES, YES. 10:05 SO, WHAT ABOUT WOMENS AND CHILDRENS MINISTRIES? 10:06 ARE THE PIONEER TEAMS INVOLVED WITH THAT AS 10:08 WELL? 10:10 AUDREY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE? 10:11 SURE, WELL DEFINITELY A LOT OF OUR TEAMS SOME OF 10:15 THEM ARE TWO MEN; SOME OF THEM ARE TWO WOMEN AND 10:18 SOME OF THEM ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE BUT A LOT OF OUR 10:20 TEAMS HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN OTHER WOMEN 10:21 AND IN CHILDREN BECAUSE MANY OF THEM INCLUDE A 10:23 LADY AND WE LADIES CAN'T HELP BUT CARE ABOUT 10:24 CHILDREN AND ONE ANOTHER. 10:25 YES. 10:26 SO, YES, WE DEFINITELY UM KNOW THAT OUR PIONEER 10:27 TEAMS ARE INVOLVED IN HELPING TO SERVE OTHERS 10:28 AND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 10:29 AND THAT BRINGS IN THE HEALTH COMPONENT TOO FOR 10:30 KIDS AND KIDS AND ALL. 10:31 I DO WANT TO MENTION TO THAT, YES, IN OUR OFFICE 10:32 WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT JUST FOR WOMENS' MINISTRIES AND 10:42 CHILDREN AND THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN GOING OUT AND 10:46 HELPING TO EQUIP EVERY TEAM WITH SPECIAL MATERIAL 10:54 YOU NEED. 10:57 I MEAN, THESE GOSPEL WORKERS HAVE TO BE 11:01 DEVELOPERS IN A SENSE THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE 11:05 TOGETHER; THEY HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE BUILDING 11:07 PROJECTS; THEY HAVE TO START A WORSHIP SERVICE; 11:10 THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP WOMENS' MINISTRIES, 11:13 SABBATH SCHOOL SO THEY, THEY DO SO, SO MUCH IT'S A 11:17 WONDERFUL THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 11:18 I KNOW PAKA IS INVOLVED TOO AND THIS IS MAKING 11:21 SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED AND THAT THEY 11:23 GET CONTINUED TRAINING. 11:25 BUT THE HATS THAT THESE GOSPEL WORKERS WEAR ON THE 11:29 FRONTLINES ARE AMAZING. 11:31 ARE HUGE. 11:32 YES, WELL AND THAT'S WHY PAKA YOUR JOB IS SO 11:34 CRUCIAL TO ME AS YOU ARE HEARING FROM THE PIONEER 11:38 TEAMS ON WHAT THEY NEED AND THEN YOU CAN BE A 11:40 FACILITATOR TO SAY HEY, YES TO THE CHINESE UNION 11:43 MISSION WOMENS' MINISTRIES WE NEED THIS HERE AND 11:46 THAT'S WHERE COMMUNICATION IS SO IMPORTANT WHICH I 11:48 KNOW THAT YOU FOLKS DO VERY WELL. 11:50 WELL THANK YOU AND IF YOU ARE EXCITING ABOUT HEARING 11:52 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHINA WITH THE PIONEER TEAMS WE 11:55 WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. 11:57 WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR DONATIONS AND WE JUST 12:00 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:02 MINISTRY AND HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION HOW YOU 12:04 CAN GET INVOLVED. 12:05 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 12:11 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 12:15 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 12:17 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 12:20 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 12:23 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 12:27 HURTS. 12:28 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 12:32 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 12:35 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 12:38 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 12:42 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 12:46 WHERE? 12:47 ALL THE WORLD. 12:48 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 12:52 YOU CAN PRAY. 12:54 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 12:56 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 12:59 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 13:02 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 13:04 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 13:07 BE THE SPARK. 13:08 LIGHT THE FIRE. 13:10 FINISH THE WORK. 13:13 FINISH THE WORK. 13:16 BE THE SPARK. 13:19 BE THE SPARK THAT MEANS YOU MEANS ME THAT MEANS US 13:21 THAT MEANS WHEREVER WE ARE OF SHARING JESUS AND WE 13:24 ARE HERE ON THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 13:27 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT 13:29 YOU ARE HERE WITH US. 13:30 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHINA, YES THAT BIG, BIG 13:34 COUNTRY WITH FANTASTIC FOOD AND HISTORYAND ALL OF 13:38 THAT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INSPIRATION AND 13:41 THE STORIES FROM OUR PIONEER TEAMS THERE. 13:44 THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THEM IN CHINA AND WE ARE HERE 13:46 WITH PAKA LAO AND WITH AUDREY FOLKENBERG FROM 13:48 CHINESE UNION MISSION. 13:49 WELCOME ALL THE WAY FROM HONG KONG. 13:52 THANK YOU. 13:53 SO, PAKA YOU ARE THE GLOBAL MISSION COORDINATOR 13:56 AND YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE PIONEER TEAMS IN CHINA 14:00 AND IT IS INSPIRING AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HANDLING 14:03 ALL SORTS OF IMPORTANT ROLES AS YOU COMMUNICATE. 14:06 SO, BUT YOUR STORY IS VERY INTERESTING ON HOW YOU 14:11 BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 14:12 WOULD YOU MIND SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH US 14:14 PLEASE? 14:15 OK, I START STUDYING MY BIBLE WHEN I WAS JUST 14 14:19 YEARS OLD AND I GOT BAPTIZED WHEN I WAS 16 AND 14:23 ACTUALLY, MY FAMILY DO NOT HAVE ANY CHRISTIAN. 14:28 I AM THE FIRST CHRISTIAN IN MY FAMILY. 14:31 I CAME FROM DAOISM FAMILY WHICH PEOPLE BELIEVE IN 14:35 PEACE AND THEY ALSO WORSHIP DEAD RELATIVES AND 14:41 REMEMBER MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND ME FOLLOWED MY 14:45 MOTHER TO A GRAVE. 14:47 MY MOM SHOWED ME THIS IS YOUR GRANDPA'S GRAVE AND 14:52 YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AND BOW YOUR HEAD AND THEN SAY 14:56 A PRAYER TO GRANDPA AND WISH HE CAN GIVE YOU GOOD 15:00 HEALTH AND THEN GOOD ACADEMIC RESULTS. 15:03 AND AFTER THAT WE BURN PAPER MONEY BECAUSE SHE 15:07 BELIEVED PAPER MONEY THAT MY GRANDPA CAN USE THE 15:13 PAPER MONEY. 15:14 WHEN IT GOES UP IN SMOKE, YES, AND THEN THE SMOKE 15:17 GOES UP TO THE DEAD ANCESTORS AND THE FORM OF 15:20 THE MONEY THAT WAS BEING BURNED, YES, SO THEY COULD 15:21 HAVE A PROSPEROUS AFTERLIFE. 15:23 YES, THEY THINK MY GRANDPA CAN USE THE PAPER MONEY. 15:27 SO, AND I GREW UP THIS FAMILY AND I THINK OH, I 15:31 HAVE TO FOLLOW MY PARENTS BECAUSE I'M CHINESE. 15:34 I HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR RELIGION BUT SOMETHING IS 15:39 REALLY INTERESTING IS THEY SEND ME TO A CATHOLIC 15:43 SCHOOL FOR GOOD EDUCATION. 15:46 ANYWAYS, DURING THE SIXTH YEAR I DON'T THINK I 15:50 REALLY NEED TO BELIEVE JESUS SINCE I AM CHINESE 15:53 AND ALSO AFTER THIS SIXTH YEAR BASED ON MY SCHOOL 15:58 AND MY ACADEMIC RESULT AND THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE I'M 16:03 ASSIGNED TO A CHURCH SCHOOL RUN BY SEVENTH DAY 16:06 ADVENTISTS. 16:08 OH, I HAVE BIBLE CLASS EVERYDAY AT CHURCH SCHOOL. 16:11 SO, YOU WENT FROM A CATHOLIC SCHOOL INTO A 16:14 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL YES, AND 16:17 THEN I HAVE BIBLE CLASS EVERYDAY AND THE CHAPLAINS 16:20 INVITE ME TO JOIN THE SPIRITUAL RETREAT. 16:22 AT THAT TIME, I THINK, OH IT IS FUN I CAN FUN WITH 16:23 MY FRIENDS, SURE, SO, I JOINED AND THERE BUT I 16:24 FEEL SOMETHING CHANGE BECAUSE I'M TOUCHED BY THE 16:26 MESSAGE. 16:27 THEY OPEN THE BIBLE AND SAY JESUS IS YOUR FRIEND 16:28 YOU CAN BELIEVE, HE CAN BE WITH YOU FOREVER SO I'M 16:29 MOVED. 16:30 SO, I ASKED MY CHAPLAINS WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE ME 16:53 MORE BIBLE STUDIES? 16:54 I'M SURE THEY SAID YES. 16:57 YES, AND THEN I STUDIED THE BIBLE FOR TWO YEARS 17:00 AND I DECIDE TO BE AN ADVENTIST. 17:04 YES. 17:05 AND YOU ACCEPTED JESUS, YES. 17:06 SO, HOW HAS THAT BEEN FOR YOUR FAMILY? 17:08 OH, YES ONE MORE THING IS MY PARENTS LOOK AT THEIR 17:15 DAUGHTER AND SAY SHE IS GOOD AND THEN I THINK I 17:19 HAVE TO SEND MY SON TO THE SAME SCHOOL. 17:23 SO, YOUR BROTHER WENT WITH YOU, YES, WENT WITH ME AND 17:26 HE IS NOW AN ADVENTIST TOO. 17:27 OH, PRAISE THE LORD. 17:31 SO, THAT'S WHERE GOD LEADS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS 17:34 AND HERE YOU ARE WORKING IN CHINESE UNION MISSION. 17:37 YES. 17:38 YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET TO TELL THE PART 17:40 ABOUT WHEN YOUR CHAPLAIN TOOK YOU TO OH YES, ONE 17:45 SABBATH AFTERNOON MY CHAPLAIN TOOK ME AND MY 17:48 FRIENDS TO A GRAVEYARD WHICH IS VERY NEAR, CLOSE 17:51 TO MY CHURCH. 17:52 HE SHOWED ME THIS IS ABRAM LARUE'S GRAVE AND HE TELLS 17:58 THE STORY ABOUT HIM. 18:00 HE SAID, ABRAM LARUE CAME FROM VERY, VERY FAR AWAY 18:04 FROM THE UNITED STATES. 18:06 HE CAME TOHONG KONG AND START GIVING BIBLE STUDIES 18:10 AND SHARE JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE. 18:13 WE ARE IN HONG KONG SO I'M SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE I 18:18 ATTEND THE CHURCH NAMED AFTER ABRAM LARUE. 18:22 THIS IS PIONEER MEMORIAL CHURCH AND I THINK I'M A 18:25 PART OF THE CHURCH. 18:27 I HAVE TO FOLLOW HIM TO SHARE JESUS SO I PRAY TO 18:34 GOD IN MY COLLEGE LIFE AND OH, AFTER MY SCHOOL CAN I 18:38 SPEND THE FIRST YEAR JOB TO YOU? 18:42 AND THEN HE SENT ME TO THE CHINESE UNION, YES. 18:46 YOU KNOW, I PRAY FOR THE FIRST YEAR JUST ONE YEAR 18:50 BUT I'M STILL WORKING NOW AND HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? 18:54 EIGHT YEARS? 18:55 EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS. 18:58 I JUST-I LOVE THIS STORY BECAUSE IT SHARES THE 19:06 REALITY OF THAT WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS IN OUR LIVES 19:09 AND WE CHOOSE TO SHARE HIM THE RIPPLE EFFECT IS HUGE. 19:13 ABRAM LARUE WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY, SEVENTH DAY 19:17 ADVENTIST MISSIONARY, TO ASIA. 19:19 HE LANDED IN HONG KONG AND HE DIED IN 1903. 19:23 WOW. 19:25 NOW WE HAVE IN CHINA 200 GOSPEL WORKERS -PIONEERS 19:30 ALL ACROSS CHINA. 19:32 WE HAVE 440,000 MEMBERS. 19:35 WE HAVE PAKA LAO WHO GREW IN A DAOIST FAMILY PRAYING 19:39 TO HER ANCESTORS. 19:41 SHE FOUND JESUS AND NOW SHE TOO, IS INVOLVED IN 19:45 REACHING THE UNREACHED IN CHINA. 19:47 AND THAT LADIES AND GENLEMEN IS AN 19:49 INSPIRATION. 19:50 YES, BUT THE WHOLE STORY WITH ABRAM LARUE THOUGH 19:54 AND ALL OF THAT AND PAKA I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 19:57 BEING THERE WITH YOU AT THAT GRAVE IN HONG KONG. 19:59 IT IS A VERY PEACEFUL PLACE AND TO THINK OF THIS 20:02 MAN WHO WHEN THE LORD COMES BACK AND HE IS GOING 20:05 TO POP OUT OF THAT GRAVE, BUT THE THING THAT IS SO 20:08 AMAZING TO ME IS THAT AND HELP ME OUT AUDREY WITH 20:11 THE HISTORY HERE BUT I'M REMEMBERING HE WAS 66 20:14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WANTED TO GO HONG KONG AND HE WAS 20:17 TOLD THAT HE WAS TOO OLD. 20:18 YES, AND TO GO AND HE WENT ANYWAY. 20:21 HE TOOK HIS OWN MONEY AND HE WENT TO HONG KONG AND I 20:24 THINK THAT THAT IS A STORY FOR ALL OF US THAT NO 20:27 MATTER HOW OLD WE ARE, NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IF GOD 20:31 PUTS A FIRE IN OUR HEARTS TO SHARE JESUS THEN THAT'S 20:33 WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND PAKA YOU ARE HERE AS A 20:36 TESTAMENT TO THAT. 20:37 YES. 20:38 SO ,WHEN PAKA RECEIVES ALL THESE REPORTS AND HELPS 20:42 COORDINATE THE WORK OF OUR GOSPEL WORKERS IN CHINA, 20:45 YES, SHE CAN SAY, "AH, I AM A PRODUCT OF THE FIRST 20:50 GOSPEL WORKER TO CHINA." 20:51 ABSOLUTELY. 20:52 NOW TO BE INVOLVED IN SHARING JESUS IN SOMETIMES 20:56 CITIES OF A MILLION OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 21:00 PEOPLE YES, WHERE WE HAVE NOBODY THERE REPRESENTING 21:05 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST TRUTHS. 21:06 AND SHE CAN BE INVOLVED IN THAT. 21:08 YES. 21:09 WELL, AND THAT'S AGAIN AUDREY YOU TALK ABOUT IT A 21:11 LOT AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT THE CONNECTION OF 21:14 PRAYER AND FOR US TO BE PRAYING FOR THESE GOSPEL 21:16 OUTREACH WORKERS AND YOU KNOW WE DON'T THEM, I 21:19 DON'T KNOW THEM ALL BY NAME BUT I CAN CERTANLY 21:21 LIFT THEM UP AS A GROUP. 21:23 LORD PLEASE BLESS THESE WORKERS IN CHINA AND FOR 21:26 THEIR SAFETY AND FOR THE CONNECTIONS THAT GOD GIVES 21:29 THEM AND TO BE TO HAVE A SENSE OF JOY FOR THESE 21:32 COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'VE SHARED BEFORE THAT YOU'VE 21:34 SHARED ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS WITH FAMILIES, PARENTS WHO 21:36 NEED TO GO TO A CITY AND THEY LEAVE THEIR KIDS 21:39 BEHIND AND ALL OF THAT. 21:40 UM, SO PAKA FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS WE 21:43 THANK YOU AND IT'S FANTASTIC FOR YOU TO BE 21:45 INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THAT. 21:46 SO, AUDREY YOU HAVE A FAN HERE. 21:48 OH YES, LET'S SHARE IT. 21:49 MAY I OPEN IT UP HERE? 21:51 OH YES. 21:52 SO, THIS IS VERY, VERY ASIAN, YES AND IT SAYS 21:58 "FAN THE FLAME, PRAY FOR CHINA" AND IT HAS THE 22:08 KINGDOM GROWTH.ORG AND WHAT A GREAT, A GREAT 22:14 SYMBOL TO SHARE ABOUT FANNINGTHE FLAME. 22:19 IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT PRAYER IS SO BASIC. 22:25 IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT ANY OF 22:28 US CAN DO. 22:29 YES. 22:30 YOU KNOW YOU'VE ASKED ME BEFORE JULIE, WHAT IS IT 22:32 LIKE TO BE IN A BIG CITY OF MILLIONS AND YOU KNOW 22:35 THAT YOU HAVE ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 22:38 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COMMITTED CHRISTIANS. 22:41 IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING BUT THEN WE SAY, WE CAN PRAY 22:44 AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE ALL THE POWER AT OUR 22:47 FINGERTIPS AND WHEN WE PRAY WE FAN THE FLAME, WE 22:51 ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GO IN BEFORE US TO TOUCH 22:54 THE HEARTS OF THE GOSPEL WORKERS, TO TOUCH THE 22:57 HEARTS OF OUR MEMBERS, TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF THE 23:00 PEOPLE THAT WILL HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 23:02 SO, JULIE, I KNOW YOU HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS OUT HERE 23:05 THAT YOU TALK TO ALL THE TIME BUT THE MOST 23:08 IMPORTANT THING THAT THEY CAN DO IS TO "FAN THE 23:10 FLAME" THROUGH PRAYER. 23:12 YES, AND YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK 23:15 ABOUT IT SO MUCH IN FACT AUDREY, I HAVE 23:17 REFRIGERATOR ONE OF THE POSTCARDS THAT SAYS, "PRAY 23:20 FOR CHINA" AND I SEE THAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO HAVE 23:23 THESE REMINDERS. 23:23 WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT. 23:25 SO PAKA, THE INSPIRATION AND THE STORIES, THE 23:28 INSPIRING STORIES THAT YOU HEAR YES, THESE GOSPEL 23:32 OUTREACH THE PIONEER TEAMS ARE HAVING CHALLENGES BUT 23:34 THE INSPIRING STORIES THAT'S THE EXCITING PART, 23:37 RIGHT? 23:38 YES, OH MANY TIMES WHEN I RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY 23:41 REPORT WHEN I SAY REPORT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WORK. 23:45 RIGHT. 23:46 WHEN I RECEIVE, IT LOOKS LIKE A LETTER FROM A 23:48 FAMILY WHO LIVES IN NORTHEAST CHINA OR FAR 23:49 AWAY FROM THE PLACE I LIVING SO IT IS SO 23:50 MEANINGFUL TO ME AND THROUGH THE TESTIMONY, THE 23:52 STORY THAT INSPIRE ME I HAVE TO WORK HARD. 23:53 YES. 23:54 WELL AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AGAIN THE WHOLE 23:55 "FANNING THE FLAME" THAT IF YOU HEAR AN INSPIRING 24:07 STORY THEN YOU WANT TO DO THAT. 24:18 AUDREY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THOUGH THAT 24:20 THE PIONEER TEAMS FACE? 24:23 I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN 24:24 CHINA IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A 24:29 COMMITMENT TO JESUS OFTEN THAT IS NOT TANGIBLE. 24:32 IT IS A SPIRITUAL THING AND IN CHINA THERE IS 24:37 INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC GROWHT AND OPPORTUNITY LIKE NONE 24:41 OTHER AND JUST COMPARED TO WHEN BOB AND I FIRST LIVED 24:44 IN CHINA MANY, MANY YEARS AGO TO THIS TIME THERE IS 24:48 A VAST DIFFERENCE. 24:50 THE POOREST OF THE POOR ARE NOT NEAR AS POOR AS 24:53 THE POOREST OF THE POOR WERE YEARS AGO AND 24:56 EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR SUCCESS FOR FINANCIAL 24:59 GAIN. 25:00 SO, OUR PRAYER IS THAT PEOPLE WILL REALIZE AT THE 25:03 HEART LEVEL HOW MUCH THEY NEED JESUS AND THAT WHAT 25:08 WE CAN GIVE THEM IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST 25:10 FOR ETERNITY. 25:12 NOT JUST GIVE THEM A NICER HOUSE, RIGHT. 25:14 RIGHT. 25:15 SO, THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THAT 25:18 CHINA IS A VERY MATERIALISTIC SOCIETY 25:21 RIGHT NOW. 25:22 YES, WELL NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, I'VE SAID THIS 25:23 BEFORE YOUR OUT IN THE VERY RURAL CHINA AND YOU 25:26 ARE ON A TRAIN GOING BY AND THERE IS A MAN WITH 25:28 HIS WATER BUFFALO OR WHATEVER WITH HIS 25:30 CELLPHONE IN THE RICE PADDY OR A SATELLITE ON 25:32 THEIR LITTLE HUT OR WHATEVER YES. 25:34 SO, NO. 25:35 YES SO HOW CAN WE HELP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 25:38 CHINA? 25:38 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRAYER. 25:40 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS AUDREY? 25:42 WELL, THE OTHER THING IS THE SUPPORT THAT YOUR 25:45 AUDIENCE GIVES FINANCIALLY. 25:47 WITH THE MONIES THAT COME IN 100 PER CENT OF WHAT 25:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH ALLOCATES TO CHINA GOES OUT INTO THE 25:53 FIELD-1OO PER CENT AND IT GIVES THESE PEOPLE A PLACE 25:58 TO LIVE WHEN THEY GO INTO AN UNREACHED CITY THEY 26:01 NEED A PLACE TO ESTABLISH A SIMPLE HOUSE CHURCH AND 26:06 SO WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE GIVE THEM WE HELP COVER 26:09 THEIR STIPENDS AND THEN WE PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL 26:12 CONTINUE TO BLESS SO THAT THEY REACH THE RIGHT 26:14 PEOPLE, THEY CAN FIND THE RIGHT PLACE TO LIVE. 26:16 SO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE SAID 26:20 BEFORE MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND BUT ONCE 26:24 AGAIN I COME FULL CIRCLE- PRAYER- MONEY PUTS RICE IN 26:28 THE BOWL BUT PRAYER PUTS LIFE IN THE SOUL AND I 26:31 BELIEVE IF YOUR AUDIENCE JULIE, IS PRAYING FOR HOW 26:35 GOD CAN USE THEM AND IF THEY FEEL CONVICTED TO 26:38 GIVE MONETARILY TO CHINA IT WILL MAKE A HUGE 26:40 DIFFERENCE. 26:41 WE NEED THAT. 26:43 ABSOLUTELY AND IT ALL WORKS HAND IN HAND. 26:45 WELL PAKA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:47 THANK YOU. 26:47 AND PLEASE AS YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE 26:50 PIONEER TEAMS ENCOURAGE THEM FROM ALL OF US WOULD 26:52 YOU PLEASE? 26:53 SURE. 26:54 AND AUDREY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE 26:56 AND WE WILL LIFT ALL OF YOU UP IN PRAYER SO THANK 26:59 YOU. 27:00 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AS WE 27:01 TALKED ABOUT CHINA AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE 27:04 TO PRAY. 27:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL 27:22 OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:27 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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