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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000757A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION: T REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND 00:12 CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 HELLO. 00:34 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:37 I'M YOUR HOST TODAY LONNIE MELASHENKO AND WE ARE IN 00:39 FOR AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. 00:42 PUT ON YOUR SEAT BELTS WE ARE ABOUT TO GO HIGHER 00:44 THAN AIRPLANES FLY BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 00:48 REACHING WAY UP INTO THE HIMALAYAS INTO THE COUNTRY 00:51 OF NEPAL. 00:53 EVERY CHILD WHO EVER GOES TO SCHOOL IN ANY COUNTRY 00:56 KNOWS ABOUT THE TALLEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD. 00:58 OF COURSE, 29,000 HOW MANY FEET? 01:03 SOMETHING LIKE THAT-29,000 SO, WE HAVE A GUEST TODAY 01:09 WHO IS RIGHT FROM THAT AREA WITH AND WE DON'T 01:12 CALL IT INDIA, DO WE? 01:14 NO, NEPAL IS NOT INDIA AND IN FACT, THE NEPALESE ARE 01:22 VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE AHEAD 01:25 OF INDIA. 01:26 THEY ARE FIFTEEN MINUTES AHEAD OF INDIA AS FAR AS 01:28 THE TIMEZONES ARE CONCERNED. 01:31 HOW ABOUT THAT. 01:32 BUT NEPAL IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA 01:36 AND THE FLAG DEPICTS THE SUN AND THE MOON AND 01:44 THAT'S WHAT THEY WORSHIP. 01:45 THAT'S THE FLAG THE SHAPE OF THE FLAG? 01:47 THAT'S THE FLAG AND ITS KIND OF A MILITARLY IDEA 01:53 AND THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION. 01:54 THIS WORSHIPS CELESTIAL OBJECTS. 01:56 YES. 01:57 YES, AND THEY UM, BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO 02:03 REMAIN A HINDU COUNTRY. 02:06 AH, BUT CHRISTIANITY HAS COME IN AND CHRISTIANITY 02:10 IS MAKING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT UPON THE PEOPLE 02:13 BECAUSE IT OFFERS THEM HOPE AND WHAT I HAVE TO 02:18 SHARE TODAY IS: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO WITH THE POOR, 02:27 DISEASED LITTLE COMMUNITIES? 02:30 AND THIS IS NOW, WE ARE ON THE FLATLANDS. 02:34 THIS USED TO BE THE SWAMPS OF NEPAL. 02:39 THESE ARE THE LOWLANDS. 02:40 THE LOWLANDS BORDERING THE INDIAN BORDER AND THESE 02:44 PEOPLE ARE THE POOREST PEOPLE BECAUSE AH, I THINK 02:47 THEY ARE JUST SQUATING ON GOVERNMENT LAND. 02:51 THEIR HOUSES ARE MADE OUT OF MUD AND STICKS AND THE 02:58 CHANCE OF THEM MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LIFE 03:02 ARE VERY, VERY REMOTE. 03:04 SO, UM THIS MAN KARTIK, WAS A HINDU AND HE LOST 03:13 HIS SON AND HE HAD A VARIETY OF CALAMITIES COME 03:17 TO HIM AND THEN HE GOT SICK AND SOMEONE TOLD HIM 03:22 YOU'LL ONLY BE HEALED IF YOU GO TO A CHRISTIAN 03:26 PASTOR AND HAVE HIM HEAL YOU. 03:28 UM. 03:29 AND SO, HE DID AND HE WAS HEALED. 03:33 BUT THEN HE WAS OSTRACIZED FROM HIS COMMUNITY AND 03:37 THEY WOULDN'T EVEN SELL HIM RICE. 03:40 AND HE WOULD GO TO BUY RICE- NO, NO WE DON'T HAVE 03:44 ANY RICE. 03:45 AND SO, HE PRAYED AND HE WAS DISCOURAGED BUT HIS 03:50 LITTLE GIRL, EIGHT YEARS OLD SHE SAID, "DAD, YOU 03:53 NEED TO PRAY TO JESUS. 03:55 HE'LL SEND YOU RICE." 03:57 AND SURE ENOUGH, THE NEXT DAY A MAN CAME WITH A 04:00 COUPLE OF KILOS OF RICE AND THE NEXT DAY SOME MORE 04:04 RICE CAME AND SO HE IS WORKING IN THIS AREA THAT 04:10 WE ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU ABOUT AND AS A GOSPEL 04:12 OUTREACH WORKER. 04:13 AND HE HAS COME FROM A HINDU BACKGROUND SO HE 04:18 KNOWS THE STRUGGLES THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE AND THE 04:21 DIFFERENCE THAT CHRISTIANITY CAN MAKE IN 04:24 THEIR LIVES. 04:25 UM, AND YOU ARE WORKING AS A FACILITATOR OR 04:28 COORDINATOR OVER A NUMBER ACTUAL IN RESIDENT PEOPLE. 04:33 RIGHT. 04:34 FIFTY-FIVE BIBLE WORKERS. 04:36 BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THE ONE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO 04:37 BE MOST IMPRESSED WITH AS YOU ENTER SOME VILLAGE. 04:39 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 04:41 THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE AN AMERICAN, THAT'S RIGHT, 04:44 WITH ALL OF THE ANSWERS BUT SOMEONE OF THEIR OWN 04:47 VINTAGE. 04:48 ABSOLUTELY. 04:49 MAJOR IMPACT. 04:50 WE HAD AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE IN MARCH WHERE 04:56 A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN A MIDDLE EASTERN 05:00 COUNTRY UM, WERE IMPRESSED TO COME TO NEPAL AND HAVE 05:07 A HEALTH CLINIC. 05:08 A HEALTH CLINIC? 05:09 KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE PATHWAYS TO HEALTH HERE? 05:11 "BEST PATHWAYS TO HEALTH" BUT THIS IS BASICALLY ON A 05:16 NEPALI SCALE AND UM, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE 05:21 COAT HE IS ONE OF THE TWO NEPALI DOCTORS AND THEN 05:26 THERE IS NURSES AND LAB TECHS AND THEY HAD QUITE A 05:30 VARIETY AND THEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 05:33 WERE PROVIDING SUPPORT BECAUSE NOTHING LIKE THIS 05:38 HAD EVER HAPPENED AND THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK. 05:39 THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THEM GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT. 05:41 SO, HERE THE WORD GETS AROUND THAT THESE NICE 05:42 CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING A MEDICAL CAMP AND 05:43 SO THEY COME STREAMING IN AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 05:45 BIBLE TIMES BECAUSE THE KIDS, THE KIDS ARE THERE 05:46 AND THEY JUST SWARM AROUND YOU. 05:47 UH HUH AND I COULD HEAR JESUS SAYING, "SUFFER 05:49 LITTLE CHILDREN," YOU KNOW, "LET THEM COME TO 05:55 ME." 05:56 AND SO, WE GAVE THEM A BALLOON. 05:59 AND OF COURSE, YOU TAKE A CHILD BY THE HAND- IN MY 06:01 MINISTRY AND OUTREACH IN EVANGELISM, I ALWAYS 06:03 WANTED CHILD EVANGELISM FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE 06:04 YOU TAKE A CHILD BY THE HAND, YOU'VE GOT THE 06:05 PARENT BY THE HEART. 06:06 ABSOLUTELY, AND SO SUDDENLY YOU ARE 06:07 ATTRACTING ALL THESE KIDS AND THEY'RE SWARMING FOR 06:09 THE FREE BALLOONS OR WHATEVER ELSE IS THERE. 06:11 YES, YES. 06:12 AND WE HAVE A LITERACY PROGRAM IN THIS SAME 06:13 COMMUNITY SO THEY KNOW ABOUT US AND. 06:14 TELL US ABOUT LITERACY THOUGH, DO THEY NOT GO TO 06:23 SCHOOL- THE CHILDREN THERE? 06:23 DO THEY READ AND WRITE? 06:24 UM, THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SCHOOLS 06:27 COST MONEY AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. 06:35 UM, THEY'RE LIKE SHARECROPPERS UM, THEY 06:39 HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LAND AND I THINK SOME OF IT 06:41 WILL GO TO THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE LAND AND THEY GET 06:43 A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IT. 06:44 SO, THERE IS NO PUBLIC EDUCATION OR MANDATORY 06:46 SCHOOLING FOR THE CHILDREN? 06:47 NO, NO. 06:48 REALLY? 06:49 SO, OUR LITERACY PROGRAM HAS BEEN A GREAT 06:50 ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG 06:52 PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR ONE CHANCE TO LEARN 06:55 HOW TO UM, TO WRITE AND THIS IS IN NEPALI, OF 06:58 COURSE, BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT -READ NEPALI AND ALSO 07:01 MORAL -CHRISTIAN MORAL PRINCIPLES. 07:03 NOW, HOW DO THE NEPALI GOVERNMENT OR OFFICIALS OR 07:07 THE HINDU PRIESTS, HOW DO THEY RELATE TO ALL OF THIS 07:12 INFORMATION NOW? 07:13 YOU'RE EDUCATING AND YOU'RE IMPROVING THE 07:16 QUALITY OF THESE PEOPLE. 07:17 WELL, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION AND SOME OF THEM 07:34 WILL SAY, "WE DON'T WANT ANY HELP. 07:50 JUST LET US BE. 07:52 LET PEOPLE DIE OFF OF POVERTY. 07:56 THAT'S BETTER THAN HAVING CHRISTIANITY COME INTO 07:58 THIS COUNTRY." 07:59 WHICH IS KIND OF SAD AND SO THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY 08:04 HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE PEOPLE AND WHEN THERE IS 08:07 FLOODS THOSE HOUSES MADE OUT OF MUD AND STICKS 08:11 -THEY JUST FLOAT AWAY. 08:13 AND THE ONLY BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY STANDS IS THE 08:18 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 08:20 OK, NOW WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN COMING 08:22 IN WHEN THESE "PATHWAYS TO HEALTH" COMES TO TOWN FROM 08:25 THIS FOREIGN COUNTRY, RIGHT, AND THE LOCAL 08:29 MEDICAL TEAMS ARE OK WITH THEM COMING OR ARE THEY A 08:33 LITTLE PROTECTIVE OF THEIR TURF? 08:34 WELL, UM IT USED TO BE THAT WE COULD GET AMERICAN 08:38 ADVENTIST DOCTORS BUT NOW IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. 08:42 SO, WE GOT TWO DOCTORS FROM -NEPALI DOCTORS WHO 08:46 CAME IN AND DID THIS. 08:48 SO, AFTER WE GIVE THE KIDS A BALLOON, WE GIVE THEM A 08:51 PAPER PLATE AND THEY START MAKING PICTURES AND A LOT 08:57 OF THEM MADE A BUILDING WITH A CROSS ON TOP OF 09:00 IT.WOW. 09:01 WHICH SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE A-THEY ARE IDENTIFYING 09:05 WITH THE CHURCH AND CHRISTIANITY AS SOMETHING 09:08 THAT IS HELPFUL AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO START ON 09:14 THE RIGHT FOOT WITH PEOPLE. 09:15 THAT REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART BECAUSE IN SUCH A 09:19 SORT TIME THESE KIDS KNOW ABOUT CALVARY. 09:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:24 AND THEY GO HOME WITH THOSE LITTLE PAPER PLATES, 09:25 THOSE DRAWINGS AND NOW THEY HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO 09:27 THEIR PARENTS, YES, THE CHIEFTAINS IN THE VILLAGE 09:30 AND THAT'S GOT A RIPPLE EFFECT. 09:31 YES, YES. 09:32 UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, CROWD CONTROL AND WE HAVE 09:38 A TRIAGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE WHO IS REALLY 09:42 SICK AND WHO IS THERE JUST OUT OF CURIOUSITY. 09:45 WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? 09:46 YOU KNOW. 09:48 AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR ME, SO 09:51 THEN THEY SCREEN THEM BUT THEY ARE TAKING THEIR 09:53 BLOOD PRESSURE AND UM AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING 09:57 THEIR BLOOD SUGAR AS WELL. 09:59 AND SO, THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING FOR THESE 10:03 PEOPLE. 10:04 UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DESPAIR, THE ABSOLUTE 10:10 DESPAIR OF SOMEONE-HERE'S A MAN THAT HAS A SON AND 10:15 THIS SON IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM AND THE 10:19 SON IS VERY, VERY ILL AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY 10:24 TO GO TO A HOSPITAL. 10:26 UH, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR MEDICINE AND SO, 10:29 IN DESPERATION HE COMES TO US AND WHAT ARE WE GOING 10:34 TO DO TO HELP? 10:35 HOW CAN WE HELP HIM? 10:37 WHAT DO WE DO? 10:39 WE HAVE A DOCTOR AND WE HAVE MEDICINES. 10:40 WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND YOU KNOW, THIS ALL 10:42 COMES BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I'M SO 10:50 PRIVILEGED TO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPLYING TOOLS 10:57 AND SUPPLYING THE LITTLE STIPEND FOR OUR FIFTY-FIVE 11:01 BIBLE WORKERS. 11:02 LET'S TALK FOR JUST A MOMENT ABOUT GOSPEL 11:05 OUTREACH AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, DON'T GO 11:08 AWAY. 11:09 SOME OF THE BEST IS YET TO COME. 11:11 THRILLING STORIES RIGHT OUT OF THE HEART OF THE 11:14 MISSION FIELD IN NEPAL. 11:15 NOW, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU OF HOW YOU CAN 11:19 GET INVOLVED AND BECOME MORE OF A PARTNER. 11:21 WATCH THE SCREEN. 11:22 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 11:26 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 11:28 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 11:31 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 11:34 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 11:37 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 11:42 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 11:45 LOVE. 11:47 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 11:49 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 11:52 EQUATOR. 12:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 12:03 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 12:08 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTEY COUNTRIES. 12:11 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 12:14 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 12:16 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 12:18 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 12:24 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 12:27 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 12:31 GOD'S LOVE. 12:32 JOIN US. 12:35 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 12:40 DONATE. 12:41 PRAY. 12:42 THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING MINISTRY FOR JEANNIE AND 12:45 ME TO SUDDENLY BE EMBRACING AT THIS STAGE IN 12:47 OUR LIVES AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND 12:50 FOR CHECKING IN. 12:52 THERE ARE ADDRESSES ON THE SCREEN THAT WILL APPEAR 12:54 FROM TIME TO TIME. 12:55 THERE IS AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHETHER YOU ARE IN CANADA, 12:57 WHETHER YOU ARE IN BRAZIL OR IN NORTH AMERICA GOSPEL 13:01 OUTREACH HAS HEADQUARTERS IN ALL THESE AREAS AND 13:04 THANKS FOR BEING A PART OF US. 13:05 WELL, WE'RE TALKING TODAY TO SOMEONE FROM NEPAL-WAY 13:09 UP THERE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PLANET. 13:12 RIGHT. 13:13 IT DOESN'T GET ANY HIGHER, IN FACT, YOU'VE GOT TO 13:15 HAVE OXYGEN WAY UP THERE TO EVEN BREATHE IN THE 13:20 ALPS -THE HIMALAYAS, HIMALAYAS. 13:25 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT-WE ENDED WITH A 13:27 FATHER AND HIS SON DESPERATE, YES, ABSOLUTELY 13:31 HAD NO OPTIONS IN SPITE OF PERHAPS TABOOS AND HIS OWN 13:38 PEOPLE REJECTING HIM FOR GOING TO A CHRISTIAN 13:41 GROUP. 13:42 HE HAS NO OPTIONS BECAUSE OF NO MEDICAL HELP AND YOU 13:45 HAVE BROUGHT IN SOME MEDICAL TEAMS FROM 13:47 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD-NOT NECESSARILY 13:49 AMERICA -WHAT KIND OF THING HAPPENS WHEN THESE 13:51 PEOPLE COME? 13:52 WELL, THEN WE GET SICK PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER 13:56 NEPAL. 13:57 NOW, THIS MAN HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN ON A RICKSHAW 14:01 AND HE WILL BE SEEN BY A DOCTOR AND HE WILL BE 14:05 GIVEN HOPE AND HIS FAMILY, HIS FAMILY HAS BROUGHT HIM 14:09 AND THIS GETS THE IDEA ACROSS THAT WITH 14:15 CHRISTIANITY THERE IS HOPE. 14:17 UM, AND THERE IS A VALUE OF THE HUMAN LIFE. 14:22 NOW YOU DON'T ADVERTISE-HOW DO THE 14:24 PEOPLE KNOW FROM DIFFERENT VILLAGES AND PARTS OF 14:27 NEPAL, OH, TO COME TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. 14:30 THE WORD GETS AROUND VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS THERE IN 14:35 THIS SAME AREA AND WE JUST AS A GOODWILL, WE BROUGHT 14:39 SOME MANGO JUICE IN LITTLE CONTAINERS AND SOME 14:40 COOKIES AND WE HAD-WE STARTED OFF WITH THREE 14:42 KIDS AND IN TWENTY MINUTES WE HAD ABOUT UM, I'D SAY A 14:46 HUNDRED KIDS AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST -THEY'RE 14:55 DESPERATE FOR CALORIES AND FOR LOVE. 14:56 AND THERE MUST BE THOUGH, SOME TRACK RECORD WHERE 15:04 THESE PEOPLE WILL TRUST YOU AND SAY, WE'VE HEARD 15:07 IT'S EVIDENT THERE WILL BE A CHANGE. 15:09 YOU CAN GET HELP THROUGH THESE FOLKS. 15:11 YES, AND WE GO THERE IN THE WINTER TIME BEFORE THE 15:14 WINTER BEGINS AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE BLANKETS TO 15:17 THEM AND CLOTHING AND SO, THEY HAVE MADE THE 15:22 CONNECTION BETWEEN HOPE AND CHRISTIANITY. 15:25 THESE ARE OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND YOU KNOW, THEY 15:28 ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SPREADING THE WORD OF 15:32 JESUS. 15:33 THE WORD JESUS HAS POWER AND THEY WILL USE -JUST 15:38 PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND YOU'LL BE HEALED AND 15:41 PEOPLE ARE HEALED ALL THE TIME. 15:43 YES. 15:43 JUST BY A PRAYER TO JESUS DOES IT. 15:46 UM, THIS LITTLE BOY -SO SAD- UM, HE FELL OUT OF A 15:55 TREE AND BROKE HIS LEG AND A TERRIBLE BREAK AND HIS 16:00 MOM AND DAD DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF 16:03 DEALING WITH HIM AND SO THEY JUST PUT HIM OFF ON 16:05 GRANDMA. 16:06 AND SO, HERE IS A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS -HAS 16:07 CARRIED THIS LITTLE BOY TO OUR "BEST WAYS OF HEALTH" 16:08 AND-HOW OLD IS HE? 16:09 ABOUT THREE. 16:09 THREE? 16:10 HOW LONG HAS HE HAD THIS BROKEN LEG? 16:11 AH, ABOUT A MONTH. 16:12 HE HASN'T HAD SOME TERRIBLE INFECTION AND 16:13 DIED? 16:14 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SURVIVED THE INFECTION 16:15 BUT HE CAN'T USE THAT LEG. 16:16 AH, AND SO -PAIN TOO, OF COURSE. 16:17 OH YES, AND SO BASICALLY WE SAW HIM AND WE DIDN'T 16:19 HAVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS THERE BUT WE, YOU KNOW, 16:49 WERE ABLE TO SEND HIM OFF TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, 16:53 UH HUH, AND THIS YOUNG BOY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT- 16:57 THE KINDNESS AND THE GRANDMA WILL REMEMBER IT 17:00 TOO AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE-THE WHOLE VILLAGE 17:02 WILL SAY, "YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE CAN HELP YOU" AND 17:06 THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT JESUS AND 17:10 THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH TO THEM. 17:13 THE POWERFUL NAME OF JESUS AND HOW JESUS BRINGS ABOUT 17:16 HEALING AND HE CAN CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES. 17:18 AND IN AREA WHICH HAS HUGE PREJUDICE AND THE HISTORY 17:19 OF HINDUISM, YES, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BUILD A 17:21 BRIDGE AND THE CROSS OF JESUS SEEMS TO BE THAT 17:26 BRIDGE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ONLY A MINISTER, HE WAS A 17:34 HEALER. 17:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:36 AND THE MEDICAL MINISTRY SEEMS TO BE A KEY WEDGE 17:38 HERE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, ABSOLUTELY, OF 17:40 MISSIONARIES IN NEPAL. 17:41 AND YOU LOOK AT THIS LADY, YOU KNOW, AND SHE HAS A 17:44 SICK CHILD OR HER HUSBAND I GUESS, IT'S THE HUSBAND 17:47 AND CAN YOU HELP HIM? 17:50 YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY -THERE IS NO 17:53 OTHER WAY THAT HE CAN BE HELPED. 17:55 WE DEPEND UPON YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND YES, WE CAN. 18:01 THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN UM MANY UM 18:04 DOCTORS WOULD HAVE EVEN MEDICAL CLINICS. 18:10 A CLINIC IN NEPAL -YOU GO SEE THE DOCTOR, HE WILL 18:13 WRITE OUT A PRESCRIPTION. 18:16 WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MEDICINE? 18:18 YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO A DRUGSTORE OR PHARMACIST 18:23 AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MONEY FOR THE 18:25 MEDICINE. 18:26 WELL, THESE PRECIOUS ADVENTIST FOLKS FROM 18:28 MIDDLE EAST THEY CAME WITH MEDICINE AND SO WE JUST 18:32 GAVE -WE GAVE THEM THE MEDICINE AND WE HAD 18:35 DOCTORS WHO WERE ABLE TO SORT OUT THE MEDICINES AND 18:42 THEN UM, ONE OF THE DOCTORS -I LIKE THIS 18:45 PICTURE- HE'S EXPLAINING TO THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 18:48 OK, YOU TAKE THIS THREE TIMES A DAY BECAUSE A LOT 18:52 OF TIMES YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A BOTTLE -THIS IS GOING TO 18:54 HELP YOU GET BETTER. 18:55 WELL, WHY DON'T I JUST TAKE THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. 18:57 NO, NO, NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT SO YOU TAKE ONE FOR 19:01 BREAKFAST AND YOU TAKE ONE AT LUNCH AND THEN YOU TAKE 19:03 ONE BEFORE YOU GO TO BED- SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND 19:06 YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW THERE HAS TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL 19:10 PROCESS ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR BODY. 19:14 AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY HAD A HEALTH 19:18 EDUCATION CHARTS AND THIS IS WHAT I DID IN NEPAL 19:22 WHEN I WASN'T ALLOWED TO PREACH, BUT I COULD GO 19:26 INTO THE VILLAGES AND I COULD TEACH ABOUT 19:28 SANITATION AND THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY EVERY 19:31 YEAR, THEY WOULD INVITE ME TO GO TO THE BIG FAIR -UH, 19:34 KIND OF LIKE A COUNTY FAIR AND FOR SIX WEEKS, SIX 19:40 DAYS A WEEK I PUT ON SANITATION PUPPET SHOWS 19:44 AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO TREAT PEOPLE, 19:49 YOU HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE. 19:52 AND OF COURSE, THAT GOES RIGHT INVOLVED WITH THE 19:55 CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE AND HOW GOD GIVES US ALL OF 19:58 THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO STAY HEALTHY AND WELL. 20:02 UM, OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL IS 20:06 AGAINST CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY AND UM THE MAN IN BLUE IS 20:13 A POLICEMAN. 20:14 OH, OH. 20:15 AND HE'S GOING TO SHUT YOU DOWN HERE? 20:19 NO, BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IS 20:23 GOING ON HERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE PROBABLY 20:29 ARE FRIENDS WITH HIM AND BECAUSE THE WAY IT 20:32 WORKS-THEY HAVE NOW WHAT THEY CALL AN 20:35 "ANTICONVERSION LAW" WHERE IF YOU CHANGE YOUR 20:39 RELIGION OR YOU ARE PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AND 20:44 THAT COULD BE GIVING SOMEBODY A TRACT OR A 20:47 PAMPHLET, UH YOU COULD BE SENTENCED TO FIVE YERS IN 20:51 PRISON. 20:51 WOW. 20:52 AND SO, YOU MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE LOCAL POLICE 20:57 BECAUSE IT WILL START WITH A COMPLAINT TO THE POLICE 21:01 AND THEN THE POLICE WILL GO ON AND ARREST YOU AND 21:05 YOU KNOW, KICK YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR WHATEVER. 21:07 SO, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THIS 21:09 POLICEMAN? 21:10 HOW DID HE BEGIN TO TRUST AND SUPPORT AND PROTECT 21:14 YOU? 21:15 HE PROBABLY GOT A HEALTH CHECKUP. 21:18 HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THAT GOT HIS 21:20 BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN AND HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS AND 21:23 HIS UNCLES AND HIS AUNTS AND WHEN HE SAW WHAT WE 21:26 WERE DOING AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT HAVING A 21:30 TRADITIONAL EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 21:33 UM, THIS IS STARTING OFF LIKE JESUS WOULD START 21:36 OFF-GO INTO A COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT PEOPLE THAT 21:40 ARE SICK, WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND MEET THEIR 21:43 NEEDS AND THEN THERE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE A 21:47 QUESTION- WELL, WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? 21:52 AND LIKE THE LITTLE PICTURES THAT THE KIDS 21:54 WERE DRAWING A BUILDING WITH A CROSS ON IT. 21:56 AH, THAT IDENTIFIES US AS CHRISTIANS AND THAT GIVES 22:02 THEM THE HOPE THAT JESUS, CHRISTIANITY HAS SOMETHING 22:06 THAT I NEED. 22:07 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN SOME OF 22:09 THESE AREAS IT IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET SOME 22:12 PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT HUGE STEP, YES, TO CHANGE THEIR 22:16 RELIGION, RIGHT, RIGHT, BUT DO WE HAVE-WHAT'S 22:19 HAPPENING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES 22:21 HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED AND TOUCHED AND CHANGED AND 22:23 THEY ARE ADJUSTING THEIR HABITS OF HEALTH AND SO 22:26 FORTH? 22:27 ARE THEY BEGINNING TO MEET AS A CHRISTIAN GROUP FOR 22:30 WORSHIP SERVICES OF ANY KIND? 22:32 YES, YES. 22:33 WE HAVE LITTLE CHURCHES THROUGHOUT NEPAL AND I'M 22:38 GOING TO BE ATTENDING A YOUTH CONGRESS IN THE SAME 22:43 AREA NEXT WEEK. 22:45 I'M FLYING TO NEPAL ON MONDAY, LORD WILLING, AND 22:49 IT'S THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 22:52 ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 22:53 YOU GO INTO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN NEPAL 22:56 -NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS ARE BELOW 30 22:59 YEARS OF AGE. 23:00 THAT'S TERRIFIC! 23:01 WHAT AN ANTITHESIS TO WALK INTO A CONGREGATION HERE 23:04 AND IT IS ALL WHITE HAIR OUT THERE. 23:06 YES. 23:07 YES, ANDYOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ON FIRE 23:10 AND THEY, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FUTURE 23:14 BELONGS TO THEM. 23:15 THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH IS WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE 23:18 IN NEPAL AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING OVER THERE TO BE 23:21 ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND I'M GOING TO IMPRESS 23:25 UPON THEM THE NEED THAT THE CHURCH HAS FOR THEM TO 23:30 BE A BIBLE WORKER, TO BE OUT THERE SHARING JESUS 23:34 AND WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU. 23:36 HOW JESUS HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND HOW JESUS HAS 23:40 BROUGHT YOU HOPE. 23:41 NOW, THAT WE HAVE SOME LEARNING IN 23:45 SCHOOLS-READING AND WRITING, DO WE ACTUALLY 23:48 HAVE SOME SCHOOLS STARTING AND IS IT EDUCATION 23:50 IMPORTANT TO ANY DIMENSION WITH THE NEPALESE? 23:53 YES, EDUCATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 23:56 WE HAVE A FEW SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS BUT 23:59 AGAIN IF A POLICEMAN COMES INTO YOUR SCHOOL AND GOES 24:06 THROUGH AND HE FINDS ANY BIBLES, IF HE FINDS ANY 24:08 CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, AH HE WILL ARREST THE 24:12 PRINCIPAL. 24:13 AH. 24:14 AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL RUN BY ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND 24:15 AGAIN LOCAL FRIENDSHIP WITH THE LOCAL LEADERS UM, 24:16 IN THE LOCAL, YOU KNOW, HEAD BRAHMANS, WHENEVER 24:17 THERE IS GOING TO BE A RAID ON THE SCHOOL THEY 24:19 ARE WARNED AHEAD OF TIME AND THENTHEY HIDE ALL 24:34 THEIR BIBLES, HIDE ALL THEIR CHRISTIAN LITERATURE 24:36 AND THEN WHEN THEY COME IN AND SEARCH THE PLACE THERE 24:38 IS NOTHING THERE. 24:40 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING 24:42 TODAY CHARLES, HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE AND HOW 24:45 IMPORTANT IS THEIR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 24:49 YOUR MINISTRY THERE IN NEPAL? 24:51 WELL, OF COURSE, WE NEED THE FINANCIAL 24:54 CONTRIBUTIONS BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT PRAY FOR 24:58 NEPAL. 24:59 NEPAL IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT PLACE TO WORK. 25:03 THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE SEVENTH DAY 25:05 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 25:07 THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE ANY BANK 25:09 ACCOUNTS. 25:10 WE DO THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY THERE AND JUST 25:14 PRAY FOR NEPAL. 25:15 PRAY FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 25:16 PRAY THAT WE CAN -FOR THESE BIBLE WORKERS THESE 25:19 FIFTY-FIVE BIBLE WORKERS. 25:21 THEY ARE ON THE FRONTLINE AND THEY HAVE SO MANY 25:23 OBSTACLES THAT THEY HAVE TO CONFRONT EVERYDAY. 25:27 JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24 AND LUKE 14: "THIS GOSPEL 25:31 FROM THE KINGDOM MUST BE PREACHED IN ALL THE 25:35 WORLD". 25:36 AMEN, AMEN AND THAT'S GOT NEPAL AS PART OF THAT, 25:39 YES, DOESN'T IT? 25:40 YES, YES. 25:41 "AS A WITNESS, AND THEN SHALL THE END COME". 25:45 ANY FINAL WORD TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE 25:47 WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE RIGHT 25:49 NOW? 25:50 WELL, I WAS A MISSIONARY IN NEPAL FOR EIGHT YEARS 25:53 BUT AGAIN MY IMPACT WAS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE I 25:58 KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF NEPALI BUT I DON'T' SPEAK 26:02 FLUENTLY AND THE VERY FACT THAT I HAVE THIS WHITE 26:04 SKIN, UH HUH, BUT THE -PRAY FOR OUR NEPALI BIBLE 26:11 WORKERS AND THERE IS NEW TRIBES-I'M GOING TO VISIT 26:17 IN FACT, I'M TAKING THE BOOK EDUCATION TO A MAN BY 26:21 THE NAME TIRTA DANUWAR. 26:24 HE IS THE FIRST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FROM THE 26:26 DANUWAR TRIBE. 26:27 I'D NEVER HEARD OF THE DANUWAR TRIBE BUT HE -AND 26:31 HE IS A PRINCIPAL OF A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SO, I 26:34 THOUGHT HE NEEDED THE BOOK EDUCATION AND I'M TAKING 26:36 IT TO HIM. 26:37 BEAUTIFUL. 26:38 CHARLES SHULTZ, ON THE FRONT LINES FOR GOSPEL 26:41 OUTREACH WHERE YOUR INVESTMENT IS MAKING A 26:44 DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT SOMEDAY 26:47 YOU MAY MEET ACTUALLY IN PERSON. 26:49 SO, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT MORE 26:51 THAN THAT PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF 26:53 NEPAL. 26:54 PRAY FOR THE LEADERS. 26:56 PRAY FOR CHARLES AND HIS WIFE AND ALL OF THOSE 26:59 FIFTY-FIVE FRONTLINE INDIVIDUALS THAT HEAVEN 27:02 MAY SMILE DOWN ON THEM WITH ITS CHOICEST 27:04 BLESSINGS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE 27:07 FOOTPRINT OF THE FAMILY OF GOD THROUGHOUT ETERNITY. 27:20 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 27:54 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 28:17 ' |
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