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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000758A
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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. 00:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:32 HELLO, I'M YOUR HOST LONNIE MELASHENKO AND 00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" THROUGH GOSPEL 00:37 OUTREACH. 00:39 ONCE AGAIN TODAY, WE ARE GOING UP HIGH ON THIS OLD 00:42 PLANET-WAY UP NEAR TIBET AND NEPAL -THE HIGHLANDS 00:48 OF THE HIMALAYAS IN INDIA AND OUR GUEST IS BEVERLY 00:53 THOMPSON NELSON. 00:55 BEVERLY THOMPSON NELSON IS ALMOST RELATED TO ME 00:57 BECAUSE SHE COMES FROM CANADA, WESTERN CANADA AND 01:00 THE BEAUTIFUL PROVINCE OF B.C. 01:02 OVER IN VICTORIA. 01:05 BEVERLY THOMPSON, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BHUTAN. 01:10 I DON'T EVEN THINK I KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE NAME OF 01:12 THE COUNTRY. 01:12 WHERE IS IT? 01:13 BHUTAN IS NORTH OF INDIA AND IT IS EQUAL WITH NEPAL 01:16 IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS AND ACTUALLY THE BHUTANI 01:19 PEOPLE -THEIR MAIN INCOME IS FROM FOREIGNERS COMING 01:23 AND TREKKING IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE BUT IT IS 01:29 A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE THE COUNTRY KNOWS 01:37 THAT THIS IS THE WAY THEY CAN EARN BIG MONEY SO, FOR 01:40 ANY WESTERN PERSON WHO IS COMING TO TREK IN THEIR 01:43 MOUNTAINS, THEY CHARGE $250 A DAY. 01:47 THIS INCLUDES THEIR GUIDE AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION 01:50 AND THE FOOD AND LODGING. 01:51 STILL, I DON'T PAY $250 A DAY WHEN I GO TREKKING TO 01:55 MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN. 01:58 SO, THIS IS KIND OF A TOURIST TRAP. 02:01 IT IS. 02:02 AND IS IT FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HIKING UP INTO THE 02:04 HIMALAYAS LARGELY, OR SEEING THAT PART OF THE 02:06 WORLD? 02:07 THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS A PERSON 02:10 THERE. 02:11 NOW, I GO AND I HAVE TO TELL THEM AT THE BORDER 02:13 THAT I GO TO SEE FRIENDS. 02:15 NOW I'M SHOWING YOU A MAP HERE OF BHUTAN AND THE 02:18 CAPITAL CITY IS THIMPU AND IT IS A LITTLE ON THE 02:22 WESTERN SIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND THE WEST AND WE HAVE 02:26 TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 02:29 WE HAVE ONE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THERE IN GAZA AND WE 02:33 HAVE ANOTHER ONE DOWN ON THE BORDER. 02:35 IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME BUT IT IS RIGHT DOWN BELOW 02:38 THIMPU ON THE BORDER- PHEUNSHOLING AND THEN 02:42 ANOTHER ONE FURTHER OVER ON THE SOUTHEASTERN BORDER 02:47 AND OUR LEAD PERSON, HIS PARENTS ARE UP IN THAT 02:51 SMALL TOWN IN PASHKUM. 02:55 I SEE THAT. 02:57 NOW WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 02:58 WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED ON THAT MAP? 03:00 OK, I AM -I GO ALLOVER BHUTAN BUT IT IS DIFFICULT 03:06 FOR ME TO GET INTO BHUTAN BECAUSE I'M A FOREIGNER SO 03:08 I HAVE TO HAVE A GUIDE TO TAKE ME IN AND A GUIDE,AH, 03:13 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WENT IN WE WENT BY LAND 03:17 AND I WAS ASKING THE GUIDE -HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 03:22 GUIDE HE NEEDS TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS 03:24 AND I WANTED TO KNOW SOMETHING OF THE HISTORY 03:27 OF THE COUNTRY, THE ARTWORK OF THE COUNTRY, 03:30 THE MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE COUNTRY AND MY TRAVEL 03:34 PARTNER SAID TO ME, "BEVERLY, YOU ARE REALLY 03:38 INTERROGATING HIM. 03:38 I WAS EMBARRASSED FOR THE POOR GUY." 03:41 BUT I HAD A VERY GOOD FEELING ABOUT KNOWING 03:45 SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY. 03:47 NOW, DO THEY CONVERSE WITH YOU IN ENGLISH OR WHAT IS 03:51 THE LANGUAGE THERE. 03:52 YES, THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING IS ENGLISH. 03:55 IN FACT, I HAVE THAT TO COVER IN MY LITTLE TALK, 03:57 OK. 03:58 HERE BECAUSE I MADE A VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY 04:00 THERE. 04:00 UH HUH. 04:01 I FLEW IN ONE TIME AND THERE THAT'S A PICTURE OF 04:05 THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS AND SOMEHOW, WE MADE A LANDING 04:10 UP BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS. 04:11 IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION TO BE IN THE AIRPLANE 04:14 BECAUSE WE JUST ZOOMED AROUND AND ALL OF A 04:17 SUDDEN, WE WERE DOWN. 04:19 WE SAW BOTH SIDES OF MOUNTAINS FROM ONE SIDE TO 04:22 THE NEXT. 04:23 NOW HOW HIGH UP ARE YOU HERE? 04:24 OH, IN THE MOUNTAINS I DON'T KNOW-IN THE 04:27 AIRPLANE. 04:27 IS THERE 29,000 FEET ON MT. 04:30 EVEREST BUT WELL, MT. 04:31 EVEREST IS ONE OF THOSE MOUNTAINS UP THERE TOO. 04:34 INTERESTING. 04:35 YES. 04:36 AND THE OTHER THING WHEN WE GO IN BY LAND, SHORTLY 04:39 AFTER WE ENTER PROBABLY WITHIN FIVE KILOMETERS OR 04:43 A COUPLE OF MILES, WE HAVE A GUARD POST AND WE HAVE 04:47 GUARD POSTS ALL THE WAY IN BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO 04:49 CATCH ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE VISITING THERE. 04:52 BECAUSE OF POLITICS BETWEEN THE BHUTAN COUNTRY 04:57 AND NEPAL AND INDIA AND TIBET, THESE PEOPLE USED 05:02 TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY THEY WANT TO FEEL SECURE 05:06 AND SO THEY HAVE THESE GUARD POSTS EVERY SO OFTEN 05:09 THAT WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH. 05:11 THEN, WE GOT INTO THE CAPITAL CITY OF THIMPU AND 05:14 THIS IS A VALLEY. 05:15 IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND, IN THE FOREGROUND, THERE IS 05:18 THE PALACE FOR THE KING. 05:20 SO, THEY HAVE A KING? 05:22 THEY HAVE A KINGDOM. 05:24 THAT'S THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 05:26 YES. 05:27 AND THEY HAD A BABY PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO 05:30 AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY PEOPLE LOVE THEIR KING AND 05:34 QUEEN AND THAT BABY AND THEY ARE STAUNCH 05:36 BUDDHISTS. 05:37 BUDDHISTS. 05:37 AND ALONG THE ROADSIDE THEY'LL HAVE LITTLE 05:41 SHELVES ON THE MOUNTAIN AND YOU'LL SEE THESE FUNNY 05:43 LOOKING CONES. 05:45 THESE ALL CONTAIN A PRAYER AND IT IS VERY DEFINITELY 05:51 A BUDDHIST COUNTRY. 05:52 THESE ARE PRAYER FLAGS. 05:54 TO ME IT LOOKED LIKE MESSY JUNK BUT PEOPLE HAVE HAD A 05:59 PRINTED PRAYER GO ON THOSE FLAGS AND HAVE STREWN THEM 06:02 FROM TREE TO TREE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THEIR GOD 06:07 AND TO HAVE THAT PEACE IN THEIR MIND. 06:10 IT JUST TELLS ME THAT WE NEED JESUS. 06:12 I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MAN. 06:13 AH, PEMA. 06:16 HE WAS STUDYING TO BECOME AN ADVENTIST AND OUR 06:21 PASTOR DIED AND SO HE LOOKED UP THE HEADQUARTERS 06:25 FOR THE CHURCH AND TOLD THE HEADQUARTERS PRESIDENT 06:29 WHAT HIS AIM WAS TO BECOME AN ADVENTIST. 06:33 WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT TO BECOME AN 06:35 ADVENTIST-SOMETIMES IT IS FOR WORK, SOMETIMES IT IS 06:37 FOR MONEY, WHO KNOWS WHAT SO HE DIDN'T TRUST HIM AND 06:40 THE PRESIDENT SAID, "YOU GO HOME AND STUDY THIS AND 06:42 COME BACK IN A MONTH AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK." 06:45 HE CAME BACK AGAIN. 06:46 HE GAVE HIM ANOTHER SUBJECT TO STUDY AND SENT 06:48 HIM BACK HOME AND HE CAME BACK AND HE AGREED WITH 06:52 EVERYTHING AND HE AGAIN SENT HIM BACK HIM BACK 06:55 HOME WITH ANOTHER SUBJECT TO STUDY WITH BIBLE TEXTS 06:57 AND SO ON. 06:58 HE CAME THE THIRD TIME AND FINALLY THE PASTOR SAID, 07:00 "OK, WE'LL BAPTIZE YOU." 07:02 I MET HIM ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AFTER HE WAS 07:06 BAPTIZED AND HE TOLD ME HIS STORY AND HE HAD BEEN 07:12 A BUDDHIST AND HIS-HE'D MARRIED AND HE HAD THREE 07:17 CHILDREN AND HE HAD BECOME AN ADVENTIST. 07:23 HIS WIFE PUT HIS SHOES AND HIS CLOTHES OUTSIDE OF THE 07:26 DOOR AND WOULDN'T LET HIM COME IN ONE DAY. 07:30 OH, BECAUSE HE'D BECOME AN ADVENTIST. 07:31 BECAUSE HE'D BECOME A CHRISTIAN- A STAUNCH 07:33 CHRISTIAN AND SHE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT 07:36 FOR HER CHILDREN AND SO HE FINALLY TALKED HER LETTING 07:42 THOSE CHILDREN GO TO AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 07:43 WE HAD A DONOR PAY FOR THE CHILDREN TO GO TO THIS 07:46 SCHOOL. 07:47 IT WAS AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 07:48 WELL, THEY DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD AND THEY WERE 07:53 EMBARASSED TO COME BACK AGAIN SO, THEY- NOW 07:57 MEETING THE STANDARD OF WHAT? 07:59 OF THEIR LEVEL. 08:00 OH, I SEE. 08:01 THE STANDARD OF THEIR LEVEL AND THEY COULDN'T 08:04 KEEP UP WITH THE CLASS FOR THEIR AGE LEVEL AND FOR 08:06 THE STUDIES THEY HAD HAD PREVIOUSLY. 08:09 SO, THEY WERE EMBARASSED TO COME BACK SO - HOW DID 08:12 THAT INFLUENCE THE MOTHER? 08:13 AH, NEGATIVELY. 08:14 STILL PREJUDICED. 08:15 YES. 08:16 NEGATIVELY. 08:17 BUT SHE AGREED TO LET THEM GO TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. 08:20 OH. 08:21 WELL, THAT IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM BUDDHISM ANYWAY. 08:24 SO, PEMA CONTINUED TO SEND HIS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. 08:29 IN THE MEANTIME, HIS WIFE HAD TURNED HIM INTO THE 08:32 GOVERNMENT BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN. 08:36 WELL, HE HAD MOVED HER ACROSS THE BORDER INTO 08:40 INDIA AND SO SHE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AGAINST HIM IN 08:45 BHUTAN. 08:46 AND EVERYONE IS THE POLICE IN BHUTAN. 08:48 EVERYBODY IS AGAINST -INFORMERS- YES, IN BHUTAN 08:52 EVERYONE IS A POLICE TO SAY DON'T LET ANYTHING 08:56 HAPPEN-NO CONVERSIONS AND SO- YOU KNOW, ONE DOESN'T 09:01 TEND TO THINK ABOUT BUDDHISM AS A MILITARISTIC 09:05 KIND OF A RESISTANCE. 09:07 THEY SEEM TO BE SUCH PEACEFUL AND THEY ARE 09:09 LOOKING FOR THAT LIGHT AND SO FORTH. 09:11 WELL, THEY HAVE THAT MEDITATION TO EMPTY THEIR 09:15 SOULS AND HAVE THAT PEACE OF EMPTINESS BUT IN MY 09:20 RELIGIOUS FEELING IT IS EMPTINESS FOR THE DEVIL TO 09:25 TAKE CONTROL. 09:26 BUT THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A PREJUDICE AND A RESISTANCE 09:29 TO CHRISTIANITY. 09:30 DEFINITELY. 09:31 DEFINITELY AND THERE IS RULES AND LAWS AGAINST IT. 09:33 WELL, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A CATHOLIC FAITH OVER THERE, 09:35 YES ARE THEY MORE ACCEPTABLE? 09:36 THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAS ACROSS THE BORDER IN 09:37 INDIA. 09:38 I SEE. 09:39 SO, NO THERE IS NOT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN BHUTAN. 09:40 SO, THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER CHRISTIAN 09:41 RELIGIONS DOING MISSIONARY WORK IN BHUTAN. 09:42 NO, THE PENTECOSTALS HAVE A FOLLOWING AND PROBABLY 09:58 THEY DO MORE FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST 10:01 THAN ANYONE ELSE. 10:02 IT JUST THAT WE LEAD THEM TO THE BIBLE AND WHEN WE 10:04 LEAD THEM TO THE BIBLE THEN THEY BECOME 10:06 ADVENTISTS BECAUSE IT IS BIBLE BASED AND SO WHEN 10:10 PEMA BECAME AN ADVENTIST IT WAS A CHANGE IN HIS 10:13 LIFE. 10:14 BUT ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS OUT VISITING AND STUDYING, 10:15 HE TOOK A WALK AND HE WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND A LADY 10:16 INVITED HIM IN TO PRAY FOR HER BECAUSE SHE HADN'T 10:18 BEEN ABLE TO WALK FOR SEVEN YEARS AND SHE 10:19 THOUGHT WELL, MAYBE A CHRISTIAN GOD CAN ANSWER 10:21 MY PRAYER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT MIRACLES 10:22 AND SO THEY PRAYED. 10:23 THEY KNELT AND PRAYED IN THAT HOME AND WHAT THEY 10:24 WERE PRAYING THE SON DISAPPPEARED AND HE CAME 10:25 BACK IN A FEW MINUTES WITH THE POLICE TO ARREST HIM. 10:27 AND TOOK HIM TO JAIL. 10:28 HE WAS IN JAIL. 10:29 EVERYDAY HE ASKED TO BE RELEASED. 10:30 JUST TAKE ME TO THE LADY'S HOUSE THAT I HAD PRAYER 10:32 FOR AND SHE WILL SAY THAT SHE INVITED ME IN. 10:35 SHE ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR HER AND THAT WOULD BE 10:38 LEGAL. 10:40 BUT FOR HIM TO SAY, "MAY I PRAY FOR YOU" IS ILLEGAL. 10:43 SO, UM ON HIS 24TH DAY IN JAIL HE HAD A NEW GUARD 10:48 AND HE TALKED THE NEW GUARD INTO GOING TO THE 10:55 LADY'S HOUSE AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THE LADY'S HOUSE, 11:26 SHE SAW PEMA AND SHE PUT OUT HER ARMS AND SHE 11:29 HUGGED HIM. 11:30 SHE SAID, "YOUR GOD HAS MADE ME TO WALK. 11:32 LOOK I CAN WALK AGAIN." 11:33 WOW. 11:34 MIRACLE OF MIRACLES AND IT WAS EXCITING. 11:37 THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THE POLICE. 11:39 AND THE POLICEMAN JUST SAID, "LET'S GO BACK TO 11:42 THE POLICE STATION. 11:43 I'LL SIGN YOUR RELEASE PAPERS." 11:44 WOW. 11:45 SO, GOD IS IN THE BUSINESS IN SOME OF OUR WESTERN 11:49 MINDS WE DON'T COMPREHEND PRAYERS BEING ANSWERED IN 11:51 SUCH DRAMATIC WAYS. 11:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:54 BUT OVER IN SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES THE SAME GOSPEL 11:56 PROMISE "I WILL BE WITH YOU. 11:59 I WILL DO MIRACLES. 12:00 I WILL HEAL." 12:02 AND THAT PICTURE THAT I SHOWED YOU OF PEMA, HE HAD 12:06 A BULGING PART OF HIS COSTUME. 12:08 YES, I NOTICED THAT. 12:09 YOU PROBABLY NOTICED. 12:10 YES, HE PROBABLY HAD A BRICK INSIDE THERE BECAUSE 12:14 HE BECAME A BRICK SALESMAN AS A FAÇADE THAT HE WAS 12:16 DOING SOMETHING TO EARN SOME MONEY THAT'S WHY HE 12:19 CAN GET AROUND AND ONE OF THE GUARDS TRICKED HIM 12:22 INTO GIVING HIM A BIBLE AND HE TALKED WITH HIM 12:25 ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND WHEN HE GAVE HIM THE 12:27 BIBLE, HE REPORTED PEMA TO THE AUTHORITIES. 12:32 HE WAS ONLY JAILED FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS FOR 12:36 THAT BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE BIBLE HAD 12:38 TO ADMIT THAT HE WAS ASKED TO GIVE - HE ASKED FOR A 12:39 BIBLE AND SO HE GAVE IT TO HIM. 12:40 SO, IT WASN'T JUST A TRICK. 12:41 THIS PERSON REALLY WANTED THE BIBLE AND DIDN'T-WHAT 12:42 HAPPENED TO THAT BIBLE? 12:43 OH, I THINK IT WAS JUST A TRICK. 12:44 IT WAS A TRICK. 12:45 WHO KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT BIBLE BUT 12:46 AFTER ONE YEAR WITH PEMA AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:47 WORKER HE BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM. 12:48 WOW! 12:49 ONE YEAR. 12:50 THEY CAME TO INDIA TO BE BAPTIZED SO IT WOULD BE 12:51 SAFE. 12:52 OH, I SEE SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT RIGHT IN -YOU 12:53 WOULD NOT WANT TO BAPTIZE ANYONE IN BHUTAN IN THE 12:54 WAY WE DO IT. 12:55 UH HUH. 12:56 AND THE SECOND YEAR, I HAD TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE. 12:57 THIS IS BECKY. 12:58 BECKY IS A PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS LADY WHO KNOWS 12:59 EVERYONE AND PEOPLE KNOW HER AND SHE IS A CHEERFUL 13:01 LADY AND SHE LEADS PEOPLE TO JESUS ALL THE TIME. 13:06 AND SHE CAME THE SECOND YEAR AND THE FIRST VISIT 13:10 WE MADE TO BHUTAN SHE INVITED US TO HER HOME AND 13:14 THEY HAD THIS SPECIAL PRAYER ROOM. 13:17 WE STARTED TO SING, AND SHE SAID, "OH, JUST SING 13:21 QUIETLY BECAUSE IF WE SING TOO LOUD OTHER PEOPLE WILL 13:24 KNOW THAT WE ARE SINGING CHRISTIAN SONGS." 13:26 SO, WE SANG QUIETLY AND WE PRAYED. 13:30 THIS WAS A GROUP OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AT 13:34 THAT TIME. 13:35 WONDERFUL. 13:36 PEMA IS THE FIRST PERSON ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. 13:39 I'M WATCHING THESE PICTURES AND BEING 13:44 TRANSPORTED AND SOME OF OUR VIEWERS-YOU HAVE BEEN 14:00 WATCHING GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WONDERING DO MY 14:07 PRAYERS, DOES MY LITTLE CONTRIBUTION MAKE A 14:09 DIFFERENCE? 14:10 WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW. 14:11 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 14:20 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 14:23 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 14:26 HUMANITY. 14:27 WE NEED LOVE. 14:29 WE NEED HOPE. 14:32 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:35 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 14:38 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 14:42 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 14:45 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 14:51 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:53 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:56 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:58 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:01 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:08 JESUS CHRIST. 15:09 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:12 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 15:19 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:22 WE WANT YOU TO GET A COPY OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:24 ADVENTURES IN MISSION BROCHURE, YOU SIMPLY NEED 15:27 TO GET ON OUR MAILING LIST. 15:28 NOW WHETHER YOU'RE IN BRAZIL OR IF YOU'RE IN 15:30 CANADA OR IN NORTH AMERICA YOU CAN WRITE TO US AT THE 15:34 ADDRESS THAT IS APPEARING ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW 15:36 AND THIS WILL TELL YOU HOW WE ARE INTRODUCING PEOPLE 15:39 TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE INDIVIDUALS, 15:42 PERHAPS ONLY ONE PER CENT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE 15:45 NAME OF JESUS AND THESE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE ARE 15:48 TALKING WITH AND INTERVIEWING -SOME OF 15:50 THESE AREAS WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL HOW 15:52 MUCH WE SAY. 15:53 WE CAN'T DIVULGE TOO MANY DETAILS BECAUSE OF THE 15:56 SAFETY OF NOT ONLY OUR IN-RESIDENT MISSIONARIES 16:00 BUT WE WANT TO PROTECT SOME OF THE BELIEVERS 16:02 THERE TOO. 16:03 WE ARE TALKING WITH A VERY, VERY SPECIAL PERSON 16:06 IN BHUTAN. 16:07 TELL US A LITTLE BIT AGAIN, WHERE IS BHUTAN? 16:10 IT IS NORTHEAST OF INDIA EQUAL WITH NEPAL. 16:12 WAY UP THERE IN ALTITUDE. 16:14 WAY UP IN THE HIMALAYAS, RIGHT. 16:18 AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PART OF 16:20 THIS PLANET? 16:21 WELL, I BELIEVE I WAS INTRODUCED TO PEMA ABOUT 16:26 2007 OR 2008 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 16:30 TEN YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. 16:31 YES, AND WE HAD PEMA ORDAINED TO BE ABLE TO DO 16:36 BAPTISMS SO THAT THEY CAN GO DOWN TO A ICY COLD 16:41 RIVER AND HAVE A BAPTISM RIGHT THERE. 16:43 I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S QUITE A RIVER- IT WILL 16:45 SWEEP YOU AWAY. 16:46 IT WILL SWEEP YOU AWAY BUT IT IS ALSO VERY COLD 16:49 BECAUSE IT IS A GLACIER MELTING. 16:51 IT HAS THAT TINT OF GREEN TO IT, YOU SEE, LOOK AT 16:54 THAT, AND THIS WAS A GROUP OF SIX PEOPLE THAT HE 16:58 BAPTIZED IN AUGUST, 2013. 17:00 WONDERFUL! 17:01 AND A THRILL TO SEE THESE PEOPLE COME TO JESUS 17:05 CHRIST IN THIS DARK COUNTRY. 17:06 NOW, I'M TAKING YOU THIS TIME THROUGH AH A TEA 17:10 PLANTATION ON THE WAY TO VISIT AH THIMPU AGAIN. 17:17 THIS IS THE THIMPU UNIVERSITY. 17:19 DR. HERB GEIBEL AND HIS WIFE GAIL AND EARLENE 17:23 WESTPHAL MILLER AND MYSELF WENT AS HEALTH 17:28 PROFESSIONALS TO TEACH AT THE THIMPU UNIVERSITY AND 17:32 WE HAD THREE DAYS OF TEACHING AND DEKI, OUR 17:36 DEAR GAL THAT YOU SAW BAPTIZED EARLIER, SHE WAS 17:39 THERE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE FIT INTO THE LOCAL 17:42 COSTUMES JUST RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO BE 17:46 TEACHERS AT THIS UNIVERSITY. 17:48 AND AH, THIS IS IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL 17:53 PART OF THE UNIVERSITY IN HIS OFFICE AND THIS IS OUR 17:56 GROUP THAT WENT MEETING DEKI AND HIS SECRETARY WHO 18:00 ARE TO THE LEFT NEXT TO DR. GEIBEL AND HIS WIFE. 18:04 BUT WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME THERE. 18:06 WE GAVE TWO DAYS OF TEACHING TO ALL OF THEIR 18:10 MEDICALLY ORIENTED STUDENTS AND THEN WE WERE 18:13 DIVIDED INTO GROUPS TO GO TO DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS 18:16 AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHING. 18:19 NOW WHAT DO YOU TEACH IF YOU HAVE TO BE VERY 18:21 CAREFUL ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS? 18:22 OH, THIS IS HEALTH. 18:23 THIS IS MEDICAL -SO, THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. 18:26 HEALTH EDUCATION AND UM LIFESTYLE MEDICINE AND I'M 18:31 OBSTETRICAL. 18:32 I'M A MIDWIFE AND SO I TEACH THOSE KIND OF 18:35 THINGS. 18:36 SO, THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF 18:38 PROFESSIONALISM COMING TO HELP THEM. 18:40 OH YES. 18:41 YES, AND WHEN I WAS TEACHING IN ONE OF THESE 18:42 CLASSROOMS ONE OF THE PROFESSORS CAME TO ME AND 18:45 SAID, "I HAVE A TEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN THE 18:48 SCHOOL JUST TWO OR THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE WILL 18:51 YOU COME AND GIVE THIS LIFESTYLE KIND OF TEACHING 18:54 TO THIS SCHOOL?" 18:55 AND SHE SAID, "I'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU." 18:58 I SAID, "SURE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO GO THERE." 19:00 SO, TWO OF US WENT UP HERE TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY HAD 19:03 400 KIDS AND THEY BROUGHT THEM ALL INTO THIS 19:06 CLASSROOM -THIS GREAT BIG AUDITORIUM. 19:09 THEY ARE ALL SITTING ON THE FLOOR THERE BUT THIS 19:12 WONDERFUL GROUP OF KIDS THAT WE COULD TEACH. 19:15 AFTERWARDS THEY SAID, "YOU MUST GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN 19:18 TO SEE BUDDHA" AND YOU SEE THIS HUGE STATUE THEY ARE 19:21 STILL IN THE PROCESSOF BUILDING IT. 19:23 BUDDHA TO ME WAS A HEARTACHE. 19:25 I WANTED THEM TO SEE JESUS CHRIST, NOT THIS BUT THEY 19:31 WANTED ME TO SEE THEIR BUDDHA BUT WHAT WAS 19:33 INTERESTING IS THAT THE PROFESSOR HAD A PROGRAM 19:37 THAT ONCE EVERY MONTH, HE WOULD HAVE A HEALTH 19:43 ASSESSMENT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO COME AROUND THIS 19:46 BUDDHIST TEMPLE AND THE PEOPLE WOULD WALK AROUND 19:48 THE TEMPLE AND THEN COME OVER TO THE HEALTH 19:51 EDUCATION, HEALTH ASSESSMENT AREA. 19:54 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GROUP WERE GOING AROUND 19:58 THE TEMPLE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE THERE AND THEN 20:00 CAME OVER TO THE AREA WHERE WE WERE HAVING THIS 20:03 HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 20:04 OH, SO THIS WAS YOUR HEALTH ASSESSMENT NOT THE 20:06 GOVERNMENTS? 20:07 WELL, IT WAS THE PROFESSORS LITTLE AH, 20:11 REACH OUT THAT HE DID FOR HIS PEOPLE. 20:13 UH HUH. 20:14 HE BROUGHT STUDENTS THERE. 20:15 NOW, THE STUDENTS ARE ALL IN UNIFORM. 20:17 YOU CAN SEE THEM - A HALF DOZEN STUDENTS IN A NAVY 20:20 BLUE UNIFORM AND THEN OUR TWO MEN- DR. GEIBEL AND 20:24 HIS ASSISTANT ARE IN THE GOLD COLOR AND THE 20:28 PROFESSOR IS IN A JACKET AND PANTS AND THEY HELD 20:33 THIS HEALTH ASSESSMENT AREA JUST AS A FREEBIE TO 20:37 THE PEOPLE. 20:38 AND THEY WOULD REGISTER THEM, THEY WOULD TAKE 20:41 THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND IF THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE 20:44 WAS UP, THEY WOULD TAKE A BLOOD SUGAR AND THEN GIVE 20:47 THEM COUNSELING. 20:48 IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO BE PART OF AND BE 20:52 ASSISTING AND HELP THEM AND HERE IT SAYS, 20:55 "COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS HEALTH CHECK 20:57 UP". 20:58 "HEALTHY NATION, HAPPY NATION." 21:01 THAT WAS PUT UP BY THEM AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HOLD 21:04 ONCE A MONTH. 21:05 VERY INTERESTING TO ME THAT IN CONTRADISTINCTION 21:08 WITH WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN NEPAL - THERE IS VERY 21:10 LITTLE LITERACY AND EDUCATION. 21:13 HERE IS WHOLE SCHOOLS PROMOTING, YES PROMOTING 21:16 IT. 21:17 NOW, THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS THERE THIS IS THE GATE 21:19 FROM INDIA INTO BHUTAN AND WHEN WE-THIS IS THE 21:24 PEDESTRIAN GATE INTO BHUTAN AND WE WERE WANTING 21:27 TO MEET PEMA BECAUSE PEMA HAS BEEN WATCHED LIKE A 21:30 HAWK BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SAYING YOU ARE 21:33 PROSELYTZING AND YOU NEED AND WE NEED TO PUT YOU IN 21:37 JAIL. 21:38 AND SO, HE KNOWS THAT EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE HAS 21:41 TO REALLY WATCH IT. 21:43 SO, HE CAME OUT OF BHUTAN INTO JAIGON, INDIA AND 21:48 THAT'S WHERE WE MET AND WE MET BUT AS WE WERE AT THE 21:54 GATE, LOADS OF MONKS WERE COMING DOWN FROM BHUTAN 21:59 INTO INDIA AND THIS WAS ONE OF THINGS THAT WE SAW 22:03 WAITING FOR PEMA. 22:05 WE FOUND A CHRISTIAN RESTAURANT AND THIS WAS 22:10 SIGNIFICANT THAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CHRISTIAN 22:13 OWNER FOR THIS RESTAURANT AND ALL OF OUR GROUPWITH 22:16 THE BHUTANI PEOPLE MET TOGETHER IN THIS 22:18 RESTAURANT. 22:19 THIS IS WHERE PEMA TOLD US THAT HE HAS TRANSLATED ALL 22:23 OF GREAT CONTROVERSY AND STEPS TO CHRIST INTO 22:27 DZONGKHA LANGUAGE. 22:28 PEMA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. 22:33 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT 22:36 THAT HE SAID, "IVE GOT THE FIRST SEVEN CHAPTERS OF 22:39 GREAT CONTROVERSY TRANSLATED." 22:41 AND I SAID, "YOU MAY BE A GOOD TRANSLATOR BUT YOU 22:45 HAVE TO HAVE AN EDITOR. 22:46 WHO IS YOUR EDITOR?" 22:47 HE SAID, "OH, I CAN GET MY BROTHER. 22:49 HE IS AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR AT THIMPU UNIVERSITY" AND 22:54 SO HE HAS EDITED THIS TRANSLATION. 22:59 NOW HERE WE HAVE THE GREAT CONTROVERSY AND STEPS TO 23:02 CHRIST ARE NOW TRANSLATED INTO DZONGKHA AND THIS IS 23:06 THE MOST COMMON LANGUAGE OF BHUTAN PEOPLE. 23:09 PRAISE GOD! 23:10 YOU KNOW IT IS A SMALL COUNTRY. 23:12 THERE IS ONLY ABOUT 700,000 PEOPLE IN THE 23:14 COUNTRY NOT EVEN A MILLION. 23:15 THEY ARE GOING TO NEED QUITE A NUMBER OF THESE 23:19 PUBLISHED. 23:20 HOW MANY WOULD YOU LIKE TO THINK WE'D NEED IN THIS 23:21 FIRST PRINT? 23:22 WE NEED IT PUBLISHED IS RIGHT. 23:23 15-20,000 COPIES? 23:26 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WANT TO DISTRIBUTE 23:31 10,000 COPIES AND THERE IS FIVE GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:35 WORKERS TO DO THIS BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT 23:37 HAVING THIS IN THEIR HAND. 23:38 NOW, TO GET THIS PUBLISHED IT WILL COST ABOUT $15,000 23:43 AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR 23:45 VIEWERS IS BECAUSE WE NEED SOME HELP TO TRANSLATE 23:48 THESE TWO BOOKS: GREAT CONTROVERSY AND STEPS TO 23:52 CHRIST. 23:52 WHAT BETTER BOOKS COULD WE HAVE? 23:54 I THINK THAT IS HARDLY JUST OVER A DOLLAR A BOOK. 23:57 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 23:58 THAT'S SO REASONABLE. 24:00 AND THE GREAT CONTROVERSY TOUCHES THE HEARTS OF 24:02 THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE HISTORY IS SO DYNAMIC IN 24:06 THEIR LIVES. 24:07 THEY'VE HAD THE TIBETANS COME IN AND TAKE OVER 24:08 THEIR COUNTRY; THEY'VE TAKEN SIKKIMESE HAVE COME 24:11 OVER AND TAKEN THEIR COUNTRY ; THE NEPALIS HAVE 24:14 TAKEN OVER THEIR COUNTRY; THE INDIANS HAVE TAKEN 24:16 OVER THEIR COUNTRY; THE LATEST SKIRMISH WAS BACK 24:19 IN 1990 WHEN THE NEPALI HAD AN INSURRECTION IN THE 24:23 SOUTHERN PART OF BHUTAN AND THERE WERE PROBABLY 24:27 ABOUT 35 DEATHS AT THAT TIME BUT IT HAS MADE THEM 24:31 VERY ANTSY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR 24:33 COUNTRY. 24:34 THEY WANT TO SEE WHERE THEY FIT IN TO THE WHOLE 24:36 SCHEME OF THIS THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. 24:38 THAT'S RIGHT AND SO WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THOSE TWO 24:42 BOOKS PRINTED INTO THE DZONGKHA LANGUAGE. 24:44 I MIGHT SAY DEKI HAS AGAIN FOUND ANOTHER VERY 24:53 EDUCATED PERSON-THIS DAISY AND HER HUSBAND OWN A 24:58 GRADE SCHOOL TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL 25:02 ABOUT 8 KILOMETERS, ABOUT FIVE MILES INTO BHUTAN AND 25:08 THEY LOVE THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY BOOK AND THEY 25:11 WANT TO SEE IT PUBLISHED AND IF THEY CAN'T GET IT 25:14 PUBLISHED, THEY WILL RETRANSLATE IT. 25:17 THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE IT IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 25:19 SO, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST 25:21 TIME EVER IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 25:23 YES, YES AND NOT VERY MANY LANGUAGES ARE-- NOT VERY 25:30 MANY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN IN THE DZONGKHA LANGUAGE. 25:32 THEY -LEARNED PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN ENGLISH BUT WE 25:36 WANT SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE 25:38 ENGLISH GIVEN TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO READ AND THE 25:42 DZONGKHA LANGUAGE IS SO IMPORTANT AND MY DREAM IS 25:45 TO,IS TO HIRE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEIR 25:48 FAMILIES TOGETHER TO MAKE A PRINTING-NOT A PRINTING 25:52 BUT AN AUDIO BIBLE AND WE HAVE THOSE MEGAVOICE THAT 25:57 ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE USED ABUNDANTLY IN 26:00 DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA. 26:01 LITTLE TINY HANDHELD ONE THIS MAN IS HOLDING THERE 26:05 BUT IT REACHES OUT TO THE PEOPLE AND WE CAN GET THIS 26:09 TRANSLATED INTO DZONGKHA AND HAVE AN AUDIO BIBLE ON 26:12 A MEGAVOICE. 26:14 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT. 26:15 THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF PLANNING THERE THOUGH. 26:18 THE GREAT CONTROVERSY A STEPS TO CHRIST ARE DONE 26:22 READY FOR PRESS-$15,000. 26:24 PRAISE GOD. 26:25 BEVERLY, I AM SO IMPRESSED AND SO TOUCHED BY THIS 26:27 THAT I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TODAY 26:29 BY ACCIDENT. 26:30 I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WATCHING BY DIVINE 26:32 APPOINTMENT TO HELP GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BHUTAN GET THE 26:36 GREAT CONTROVERSY PRINTED OUT IN ALL OF THESE 26:38 LANGUAGES, AUDIO AS WELL AS PRINTED. 26:41 AND STEPS TO CHRIST, AND STEPS TO CHRIST . 26:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF OUR 26:46 MINISTRY. 26:46 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 26:48 PRAY, PLEASE FOR THE MINISTRY GOING ON IN THIS 26:51 UNUSUAL PLACE ON THIS PLANET - BHUTAN. 26:53 AND PRAY FOR BEVERLY AND HER TEAM. 26:58 THANKS FOR WATCHING US TODAY HERE ON GOSPEL 27:00 OUTREACH. 27:01 GOD BLESS. 27:44 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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