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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000761A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:32 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:34 OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS. 00:36 KEYMER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING THE 00:38 TELEVISION PROGRAM THAT WE DO HERE AT GOSPEL 00:40 OUTREACH. 00:41 IT'S A WAY FOR US TO MEET WITH YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU 00:43 ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE 10/40 00:45 WINDOW. 00:46 THAT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 00:48 EQUATOR. 00:49 WE HOPE THAT WHEN YOU HEAR 10/40 WINDOW THAT YOU 00:52 REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, 00:55 PAKISTAN, INDIA AND CHINA AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO 00:59 NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 01:01 AND DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES YOU. 01:03 HE SAYS THAT IN JOHN 3:16. 01:05 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND 01:08 ONLY SON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT 01:11 PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 01:13 AND GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH JUST LIKE HE SAYS IN THE 01:17 SCRIPTURE FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD. 01:19 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO SHARE WITH THE 01:21 PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:24 RIGHT CHARLES SHULTZ? 01:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:26 WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT GOD SO LOVED THEM 01:29 THAT HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE'S COMING AGAIN. 01:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:32 AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL WHO HAVE BEEN CUT 01:34 OFF FROM CHRISTIANITY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, AND 01:39 THEY DESERVE TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 01:41 YES. 01:44 AND CHARLES YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR 01:45 NEPAL. 01:46 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:48 AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEPAL. 01:50 WE HAVE A MAP TO BRING UP AND WHY DON'T YOU BRING 01:51 THAT UP NOW. 01:55 WELL NEPAL IS A LITTLE COUNTRY SANDWICHED BETWEEN 01:59 CHINA TO THE NORTH AND INDIA ON THE SOUTH AND 02:05 TWENTY-NINE MILLION BUT ONLY 1.2 PERCENT ARE 02:06 CHRISTIANS. 02:08 AND THE REASON IS DEMONSTRATED THERE WITH 02:11 THE FLAG WITH THE SUN AND THE MOON. 02:16 NEPAL IS CONSIDERED A HINDU COUNTRY AND UNTIL 02:25 THE COMMUNISTS DEPOSED THE KING IN 2008, TO WORSHIP 02:30 THE KING, HE WAS AN INCARNATIONS OF THE GOD 02:31 VISHNU. 02:34 AND SO YOU HAD TO BE A HINDU TO BE COMPLETELY 02:40 LOYAL AND NOW IT'S BECOME MORE OF A SECULAR, A 02:42 SUPPOSEDLY SECULAR COUNTRY. 02:50 BUT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A BACKLASH BECAUSE THE 02:53 PEOPLE WHO WANT THE KING THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING 02:55 TO HAPPEN TO HINDUISM. 02:56 INTERESTING. 02:58 THEY WANT TO KEEP IT SACRED. 02:59 YES. 03:01 AND THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE INFLUENCE THAT 03:03 CHRISTIANITY IS GAINING IN NEPAL. 03:05 EVEN THOUGH IT'S 1.2 PERCENT. 03:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:07 INTERESTING. 03:10 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN 03:11 NEPAL? 03:12 WE HAVE 55. 03:14 FIFTY FIVE AND WE SAW THE POPULATION. 03:15 YES. 03:17 AND THEY ARE TREMENDOUS. 03:19 THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 03:22 AND YOU KNOW, I USED TO BE A MISSIONARY THERE BUT MY 03:27 IMPACT WAS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE I COULDN'T REALLY 03:30 SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THAT WELL AND WHEN I WOULD GO 03:33 INTO A VILLAGE OF COURSE IT WAS VERY DISTRACTING. 03:34 YES. 03:37 HERE'S THIS TALL FOREIGNER AND WHAT'S HE DOING HERE. 03:38 YES. 03:41 WELL AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF, WHY DON'T WE TALK A 03:43 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 03:47 I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE BUT WHY 03:50 DON'T WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF GOSPEL 03:52 OUTREACH. 03:54 MAYBE SOMEONE IS WATCHING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 03:56 SO WE WORK WITH LOCAL BIBLE WORKERS WHO KNOW THE 03:58 LANGUAGE, KNOW THE CULTURE AND THEY'RE RUBBING 04:00 SHOULDERS WITH PEOPLE IN THE MARKET PLACE. 04:02 THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, PLAYING 04:05 TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THE WITNESS. 04:07 RIGHT? 04:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:10 AND MY FIRST SLIDE, I'M STANDING NEXT TO PRAKASH. 04:13 NOW I WAS ABOUT 65 WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AND 04:15 PRAKASH WAS 62. 04:20 AND WHY IS HE SO SHORT? 04:23 THERE'S HIS BROTHER STANDING NEXT TO HIM BUT 04:26 PRAKASH WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:30 HE'S RETIRED NOW BUT HE HAD A TESTIMONY BECAUSE HE 04:34 HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. 04:38 IN PRISON. 04:39 IN PRISON. 04:40 AND THEY TOOK AWAY ALL HIS PROPERTY. 04:41 HE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A BIT OF LAND. 04:44 THE GOVERNMENT CONFISCATED ALL OF HIS PROPERTY. 04:46 THEY GAVE HIM A LITTLE SECTION TO BUILD A HOUSE 04:48 AND THAT WAS IT. 04:50 AND SO HE HAS SUFFERED FOR JESUS BUT HE CONSIDERS 04:53 THAT NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HE HAS GAINED FROM 04:55 JESUS. 04:55 WOW. 04:56 A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 04:56 WOW, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 04:57 AND WHAT A TESTIMONY THOUGH THAT HE HAS 04:59 OVERCOME THAT. 04:59 SO WHERE ARE WE HERE? 05:10 WELL WHEN I WENT TO NEPAL IN 1969 IT WAS AGAINST THE 05:14 LAW TO PROSELYTIZE. 05:16 AND PROSELYTIZE MEANS FORCING SOMEBODY TO BECOME 05:20 A CHRISTIAN. 05:21 SO I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW I WORKED. 05:26 SO HERE I'M USING MANIKINS, TALKING 05:28 MANIKINS. 05:29 AND I HAVE A RECORDED MESSAGE AND I'M TALKING 05:31 ABOUT THE EVILS OF SMOKING. 05:32 SO ARE THEY PUPPETS? 05:32 YES, YES. 05:33 OKAY. 05:34 AND TALKING ABOUT SMOKING AND SANITATION AND THE 05:35 GOVERNMENT APPRECIATED THIS. 05:37 AND EVERY YEAR THEY WOULD WRITE ME A FORMAL LETTER 05:40 ON STATIONERY FROM THE HEALTH EDUCATION 05:42 DEPARTMENT, REALLY CHARLES, AND THEY WOULD 05:43 PLEAD FOR ME TO COME. 05:44 AND SIX DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS AND IT WAS QUITE 06:00 AN ORDEAL BUT THE GOVERNMENT WAS A WAY OF 06:04 MAKING FRIENDS. 06:04 SO WHERE WOULD YOU DO THIS? 06:05 IN THE MARKET PLACE, AT SCHOOLS, WHERE WAS IT? 06:08 THIS WAS A BIG FAIR, ROMILA MALA IN KATHMANDU. 06:12 AND YOU KNOW HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD 06:16 COME OUT. 06:17 AND FORTUNATELY THIS IS BEFORE THE DAY OF 06:20 TELEVISION. 06:21 AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE A GOVERNMENT FILM 06:24 THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHOW AND THEY WOULD COME AND 06:26 ASK ME TO PLEASE TAKE A BREAK WHILE THEY SHOWED 06:30 THEIR GOVERNMENT FILM. 06:30 THEIR PROPAGANDA. 06:31 SO WE HAVE THE NONSMOKING AND THE PROPAGANDA. 06:35 THERE YOU GO, THAT'S A COMBINATION. 06:37 THE WHOLE IDEA WAS I HAD TO BE USEFUL ENOUGH TO THE 06:41 GOVERNMENT SO THAT I COULD GO OUT IN THE VILLAGES AND 06:44 I WOULD HAVE PICTURE ROLLS WITH HEALTH EDUCATION. 06:48 AND THEN WHEN I'D GET TO THE END OF MY HEALTH 06:50 EDUCATION I'D SAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A PICTURE 06:53 AND SOME STORIES ABOUT JESUS? 06:55 IF THEY SAY YES I AM NOT BREAKING THE LAW, I'M NOT 06:59 FORCING ANYTHING ON ANYONE. 07:00 SO THAT WAS OK. 07:01 THAT WAS OK. 07:02 SO YOU WERE BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE LAWS, 07:04 YES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHARING JESUS AND YOU KNOW 07:07 NOW IT'S BECOME A LITTLE MORE IT'S ALMOST 07:10 ANTIBLASPHEMY LAWS. 07:13 YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING AGAINST HINDUISM. 07:15 RIGHT. 07:16 OR AGAINST THEIR GODS. 07:19 AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. 07:20 NO. 07:21 AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT ACROSS THE BOARD AS 07:23 CHRISTIANS. 07:25 WE NEED TO BE PROCLAIMING THE JESUS THAT WE KNOW AND 07:28 BEING POSITIVE. 07:29 RIGHT. 07:30 AND YOU KNOW I WENT TO NEPAL IN MARCH AND THIS 07:36 JUST SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF 07:41 LEGISLATION WHERE YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T 07:46 CONVERT PEOPLE. 07:47 YOU CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE CHRISTIANS. 07:50 WELL OUR DIRECTOR OF THE WORK IN NEPAL HE HAD BEEN 07:55 INVITED TO THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRIME 07:57 MINISTER. 07:58 REALLY. 07:59 SO I GRABBED MY NEPALI CAP AND SAT DOWN AND THE LADY 08:03 IN FRONT OF ME, THE OLDER LADY IN FRONT OF ME WAS A 08:06 PIONEER OF WOMEN'S' MINISTRY, WOMEN'S' 08:09 SERVICES IN NEPAL. 08:12 SO I GOT TO TALKING TO HER ABOUT HEALTH EDUCATION AND 08:14 YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS A BOND. 08:16 YES A CONNECTION. 08:17 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE WE ARE 08:21 ABOUT HELPING COMMUNITIES. 08:23 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 08:24 AND SO MAKING FRIENDS THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU 08:28 CAN DEAL WITH THESE KIND OF THREATS. 08:32 I THINK THAT AS WE GO ON THE LORD OPENS UP AVENUES 08:37 WHERE WE MAKE EVEN MORE FRIENDS. 08:38 YES. 08:39 AND THEN THESE FRIENDS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US. 08:45 WE'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY IN SOUTHERN NEPAL 08:50 AND OUR DIRECTOR SAID STOP HERE. 08:52 SO WE STOPPED IN THIS VILLAGE. 08:54 AND WE GOT OUT AND WE WENT INTO THIS MAN'S HOUSE AND 08:57 HE WAS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. 08:58 WHICH ONE? 09:00 THE ONE WITHOUT THE CAP. 09:04 AND YOU KNOW HE WAS VERY PLEASED. 09:07 WE DIDN'T CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR ANYTHING. 09:10 HE WAS VERY PLEASED THAT WE STOPPED BY. 09:13 AND HE HAS A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE DIRECTOR AND 09:16 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE FRIENDS. 09:18 THAT JUST MAKES ME SMILE. 09:20 IT'S LIKE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY IF YOU STOP AT 09:22 SOME MEMBER OF CONGRESS, HI, I'M HERE AT YOUR 09:23 HOUSE. 09:24 YES. 09:26 JUST WANTED TO SAY HI. 09:28 AND YOU KNOW THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING. 09:31 I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY FACEBOOK. 09:34 ONE OF MY FRIENDS, WHO I'M GOING TO BE SEEING NEXT 09:38 WEEK WHEN I GO TO NEPAL, HE IS A CHILDHOOD FRIEND 09:44 OF A PERSON WHO NOW IS A VERY HIGH PERSON IN THE 09:45 GOVERNMENT. 09:49 AND I WON'T SAY WHAT HE IS, BUT YOU KNOW GOD 09:52 STARTED WAY BACK THERE 18-20 YEARS MAKING 09:54 CONTACTS, MAKING CONNECTIONS SO THAT HE 09:56 COULD USE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THOSE 09:58 FRIENDSHIPS WHEN WE NEEDED THEM. 10:00 ABSOLUTELY. 10:02 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 10:03 AND IT'S ABOUT BEING INTERESTED IN SOMEBODY 10:04 ELSE. 10:05 YES. 10:07 IT'S ABOUT BEING INTERESTED, ASKING ABOUT 10:10 THEM, THEIR FAMILY, THINGS LIKE THAT. 10:12 AND THERE ARE SO MANY DESPITE LANGUAGE BARRIERS, 10:14 YES, CULTURAL THINGS, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OR 10:15 WHATEVER. 10:17 WE'RE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN AND WE'RE ALL PEOPLE. 10:18 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:20 AND WE ALL HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. 10:21 AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR LOVE. 10:23 YES. 10:24 AND YOU KNOW ANOTHER WAY OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE IS 10:28 WHEREVER YOU ARE MAKE FRIENDS. 10:31 NOW WE SAT DOWN AT THIS RESTAURANT TO HAVE SOME 10:34 MORE RICE AND CURRY. 10:38 AND THIS MAN AND WIFE IT TURNS OUT THAT HE IS A 10:42 FORMER MAYOR OF THIS TOWN AND HE ALSO IS A GOOD 10:44 FRIEND OF THE DIRECTOR. 10:45 AND SO HE INSISTED ON TREATING US FOR LUNCH IN 10:47 THIS RESTAURANT. 10:48 HOW NICE. 10:49 AND YOU KNOW I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO NICE. 10:50 BUT THERE IS AGAIN A RELATIONSHIP, A BOND. 10:53 WE NEED THOSE. 10:54 WELL AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO LEAVE THAT ENCOUNTER 10:58 WITH SOMEONE. 10:59 ARE WE GOING TO LEAVE THAT ENCOUNTER WITH THEM GOING 11:01 WOW AND WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE OR ARE WE GOING 11:03 TO BE SO GRUMPY THAT YOU KNOW THEIR LIKE WOW WE 11:06 NEVER WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN. 11:07 RIGHT, RIGHT. 11:08 NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON SCHOOLS 11:11 ESPECIALLY. 11:12 AS IN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS? 11:14 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. 11:15 IN INDIA AND NEPAL. 11:17 SO CRACKING DOWN MEANING WHAT CHARLES? 11:19 THEY WILL RAID THE SCHOOL AND IF THEY FIND ANY 11:22 BIBLES OR ANY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE THE PRINCIPAL 11:25 WITH BE IMPRISONED. 11:26 THEY WILL RAID THE SCHOOL? 11:27 THEY JUST SHOW UP UNANNOUNCED. 11:29 SHOW UP UNANNOUNCED. 11:30 SO WHAT ARE THESE SCHOOLS DOING THEN? 11:32 WELL THIS IS A FRIEND OF MINE. 11:37 HE RUNS THE SCHOOL. 11:38 AND AGAIN IT'S FRIENDS. 11:40 YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL 11:43 TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE RAIDED. 11:48 AND SO WHEN YOU'RE RAIDED THEY DON'T FIND THE 11:50 BIBLES, THEY DON'T FIND ANY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. 11:55 AND THE CHRISTIANITY IS TAUGHT BY MORAL 11:56 PRINCIPLES. 12:01 AND THERE WILL BE A MORAL PRINCIPLE CLASS AND THAT 12:04 WILL BE A STORY FROM THE BIBLE. 12:06 SO CHARLES I WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT. 12:10 YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS BEING 12:15 RAIDED AND HERE WE ARE IN NORTH AMERICA AND WE HAVE 12:19 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HERE AND WE AREN'T RAIDED. 12:24 WE DON'T HAVE THIS SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT 12:27 IT IS LIKE FOR US TO BE WORSHIPPING IN A COUNTRY 12:30 AND TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR AND 12:32 THINKING ABOUT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 12:34 THESE COUNTRIES AND THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 12:36 WHO ARE HAVING TO FACE THIS. 12:39 IT'S A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BUT YET THEIR SCHOOL COULD 12:41 BE RAIDED FOR HAVING BIBLES. 12:43 YES, YES. 12:44 AND LITERATURE. 12:47 THE PRINCIPAL OF NOT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS BUT ANOTHER 12:50 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN NEPAL HE WAS HAULED OFF TO JAIL. 12:55 THEY CONFISCATED THE LITERATURE AND HE WAS IN 12:56 BIG TROUBLE. 12:59 AND THEIR DOING THAT TO BE A WITNESS FOR SOMEBODY 13:02 ELSE BECAUSE THIS MAN WENT TO JAIL SO LOOK WHAT COULD 13:04 HAPPEN TO YOU. 13:05 YES. 13:07 AND AGAIN SHOWING THE ROYALISTS AND THE PEOPLE 13:10 WHO WANT THE KING BACK BECAUSE THE KING IS A 13:15 HINDU FIGURE AND SO WE WANT NEPAL TO RETAIN IT'S 13:17 HINDU ORIENTATION. 13:22 AND SO THEIR WANTING TO STOMP DOWN ON CHRISTIANITY 13:23 IN ANY FORM THAT IT IS. 13:25 AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL IN 13:26 BAPTISMS. 13:31 AND NOW WHEN WE HAVE BAPTISMS THEY DON'T WANT 13:33 ME ANYWHERE NEAR THEM. 13:35 AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT TAKES A 13:36 PICTURE. 13:39 OH SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU AS A FOREIGNER ATTENDING 13:41 THE BAPTISM OR WITNESSING IT. 13:42 SO YOU WERE NOT THERE. 13:43 YES. 13:48 WELL AND I HAVE BEEN IN COUNTRIES WHERE JUST LIKE 13:51 YOU AS THE FOREIGNER WE REALLY STAND OUT. 13:54 AND SO EVERYBODY COMES TO SEE AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S 13:56 A SMALL TOWN OR VILLAGE. 13:58 AND EVERYBODY IS THINKING WELL WHO IS THIS PERSON. 14:00 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE BEING QUESTIONED 14:01 AFTER WE LEFT. 14:05 AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO MEET THESE PEOPLE AND YOU 14:07 WANT TO BE THERE BUT YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO 14:09 BRING ANY KIND OF PERSECUTION TO THEM. 14:11 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 14:14 OKAY, OF COURSE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, AND THIS IS 14:16 OUR STUDIO IN KATHMANDU. 14:18 THEY ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS WORK. 14:21 AND THERE ARE NO BARRIERS THERE YOU KNOW. 14:23 THE MESSAGE CAN JUST GO OUT OVER THE AIR AND 14:27 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE REACHED ANY 14:29 OTHER WAY EXCEPT THE RADIO. 14:31 AND ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK 14:33 VERY NICELY TOGETHER. 14:36 AND SOMEONE HAS SAID THAT THE ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO 14:39 IS THE AIR FORCE AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE 14:41 BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 14:43 OKAY, WOULD YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 14:44 THAT'S GOOD. 14:47 ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO IS THE AIR FORCE AND GOSPEL 14:49 OUTREACH IS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 14:51 THAT IS JUST PERFECT. 14:53 I LIKE THAT. 14:54 PRAISE THE LORD. 14:58 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TEACH LITERACY. 15:02 NOW EDUCATION IS NOT FREE. 15:04 YOU HAVE TO PAY. 15:08 AND SO THIS AREA OF NEPAL IS VERY VERY POOR. 15:10 AND SO THESE CHILDREN WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY EDUCATION 15:13 UNLESS THEY'RE TAUGHT BY SOMEONE. 15:16 AND SO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL ALSO TEACH 15:20 LITERACY. 15:22 AND THEY WILL TEACH NOT ENGLISH SO MUCH BUT THE 15:25 OLD LANGUAGE AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF ENGLISH AND 15:29 THEN SIMPLE MATHEMATICS AND ALSO CHRISTIAN VALUES 15:34 AGAIN. 15:34 AND MORALS AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE. 15:36 MORALS RIGHT. 15:37 AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. 15:40 WELL CHARLES THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND WE WANT TO SAY 15:42 THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 15:45 MISSIONS" AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR 15:47 YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR PRAYERS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:49 YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THE WORK IN NEPAL AND THE 15:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE THERE SHARING 15:53 JESUS DESPITE LOTS OF RESTRICTIONS. 15:57 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE 15:59 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO 16:01 SHARE WITH YOU. 16:03 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 16:07 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 16:09 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 16:14 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 16:16 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 16:21 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 16:25 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 16:29 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 16:32 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 16:33 EQUATOR. 16:37 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 16:39 TO JAPAN. 16:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 16:46 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 16:49 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 16:53 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 16:55 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 16:58 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 17:04 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 17:05 WORKERS. 17:07 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 17:10 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 17:12 GOD'S LOVE. 17:13 JOIN US. 17:15 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:17 DONATE. 17:18 PRAY. 17:24 AND WE WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU, WHICH WE HOPE WE 17:28 ARE, AND BEING FRIENDS IS ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND SO WE 17:30 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:33 FACEBOOK PAGE AND LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU 17:39 CAN FIND INFORMATION THERE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 17:42 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:46 WE POST VIDEOS FROM THE SET HERE AND OF THINGS 17:48 THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:50 WE'RE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO 17:51 OUR WEBSITE IT'S GOAIM.ORG. 17:53 MAYBE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ENCOURAGING YOU TO SPONSOR 17:56 A BIBLE WORKER IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND WE WOULD 17:58 LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 18:00 WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER YOUR 18:02 CONTRIBUTION IS HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:05 THE WIDOW WITH THE TWO MITES SHE CAME WITH THE 18:06 TWO MITES. 18:09 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN 18:11 DONATE AND WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE WORK 18:14 FOR JESUS TO COME IN THE 10/40 WINDOW BECAUSE WE 18:16 ARE ALL CALLED NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE TO SHARE 18:17 JESUS. 18:20 AND TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING CALLED IN 18:22 NEPAL, THAT'S RIGHT, AND CHARLES YOU HAVE FELT 18:24 CALLED TO BE INVOLVED WITH NEPAL. 18:26 YES, AND THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY BECAUSE WE 18:30 DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DOOR WILL COMPLETELY CLOSE TO 18:31 NEPAL. 18:33 RIGHT. 18:35 OR EVEN NOW YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT 18:37 RECOGNIZE THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 18:41 WE DON'T HAVE ANY ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION 18:45 THERE BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A PRESIDENT HE WOULD BE 18:47 UNDER ATTACK BY THE GOVERNMENT. 18:48 REALLY. 18:51 AND AS FAR AS FUNDS, THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A VERY 18:55 CLOSE TRACK OF ANY MONEY COMING IN TO MAKE SURE 18:57 THAT IT ISN'T GOING FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. 19:01 AND SO WE HAVE VERY INNOVATIVE WAYS OF PAYING 19:03 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:06 BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT SOMEDAY THAT MIGHT EVEN 19:07 CLOSE. 19:12 SO THE TIME TO REALLY PRAY AND HELP TO SUPPORT THE 19:13 WORK IN NEPAL IS NOW. 19:14 NOW. 19:17 AND AGAIN MAKING FRIENDS, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL 19:18 ABOUT. 19:20 AND PRAYING. 19:23 I THINK THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO BECOME 19:25 CHRISTIANS THROUGH PRAYER IS PHENOMENAL. 19:27 THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY SICK. 19:32 AND AGAIN IT'S THE TAKING TIME OUT TO GO AND PRAY 19:35 FOR SOMEONE IS SO CRUCIAL. 19:37 AND THEN ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM IS DEMON 19:41 POSSESSION. 19:45 NOW THIS YOUNG LADY IS UNDER CONTROL HARASSED BY 19:50 SATAN BUT SHE WAS THROWING TEEN AGE BOYS ALL OVER THE 19:51 PLACE. 19:53 REALLY WITH THE STRENGTH THAT SHE WAS HAVING FROM 19:54 THIS DEMON POSSESSION? 19:56 OH YES, OH YES. 20:00 AND FINALLY YOU KNOW WE GATHERED AROUND HER AND WE 20:06 PRAYED AND WE SANG AND SHE THEN JUST KIND OF BLACKED 20:07 OUT. 20:12 I'VE SEEN THEIR HANDS AND WHEN THEY ARE DEMON 20:15 POSSESSED THEIR HANDS ARE CLENCHED AND THEY'RE 20:16 ANGRY. 20:19 AND THEN YOU SEE THEM, A PEACE COMES OVER THEM, AND 20:21 THEN THEY'RE OKAY. 20:23 JUST LIKE THE STORIES IN THE BIBLE. 20:26 AND THE WITCH DOCTORS AND THE SHAMANS AND ALL OF 20:31 THESE NATIVE HEALERS THEY CAN'T HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE 20:34 POSSESSED BY DEMONS. 20:37 AND SO INVARIABLY THEY'LL SAY WELL THE ONLY WAY YOU 20:39 CAN GET HELP IS YOU GO SEE A CHRISTIAN PASTOR. 20:42 OH THEY'LL SAY THAT? 20:43 OH YES, OH YES. 20:46 AND YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY WILL SAY YOU NEED TO FIND 20:49 A CHRISTIAN PASTOR AND HE WILL HEAL YOU OF WHATEVER 20:51 YOU HAVE ESPECIALLY DEMON POSSESSION. 20:54 AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 20:56 ABSOLUTELY, PRAISE THE LORD. 21:00 AND THERE WAS A BIG CASE IN NEPAL THE LAST YEAR 21:07 WHERE A PASTOR WAS ARRESTED FOR PRAYING FOR 21:10 THIS WOMAN WHO WAS DEMON POSSESSED AND THEN SHE 21:13 BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND SO HE BROKE THE LAW AND THEN 21:18 IT CAME BACK THAT SOMEONE ASKED WELL WERE YOU 21:20 ACTUALLY SET FREE FROM THE DEMONS? 21:21 OH YES. 21:25 AND SO THEN THEY KIND OF REVERSED THEIR DECISION 21:26 AND LET HIM GO. 21:28 WELL THAT'S GOOD. 21:29 THE LORD WAS IN THAT TOO. 21:32 SO YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN AND IT'S 21:35 OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE USED BY GOD. 21:38 YOU HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE A 21:40 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 21:42 THIS IS A PEOPLE TREE. 21:46 A PEOPLE TREE IS VERY SACRED AND THIS IS KIND OF 21:49 A LITTLE GATHERING SPOT FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE 21:52 VILLAGE AND THERE IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 21:53 CHURCH RIGHT BEHIND IT. 21:57 AND SO THEY CAN'T HELP BUT HEAR THEM SINGING YOU 21:59 KNOW. 22:00 A PEOPLE TREE. 22:01 PEOPLE TREE. 22:03 IS IT A GATHERING PLACE BECAUSE THERE IS SHADE? 22:08 SHADE AND IT WAS I THINK THIS WAS A TREE THAT 22:09 BUDDHA RECEIVED HIS ENLIGHTENMENT UNDER. 22:11 A PEOPLE TREE. 22:13 OH SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF THAT. 22:14 OKAY. 22:16 AND TREES ARE SACRED YOU KNOW AND SO THIS IS A 22:19 SACRED TREE AND THEY BUILD A LITTLE PLACE TO SIT DOWN 22:20 AND RELAX. 22:23 AND INSIDE THEY ARE HEARING YOU KNOW CHRISTIAN 22:28 SONGS AND THE SONGS IN NEPALI OFTEN HAVE FOLK 22:29 SONGS. 22:41 (SINGING IN NEPALI). 22:43 IN OTHER WORDS, LISTEN FRIENDS I'M GOING TO TELL 22:45 YOU A SWEET STORY ABOUT JESUS. 22:47 HOW HE DIED FOR YOU AND GIVES YOU LOVE. 22:50 AND THEY'LL LISTEN TO THAT AND THEY SAY, WOW WHAT'S 22:51 THIS ALL ABOUT? 22:54 AND CURIOSITY GETS THE BETTER OF THEM AND THEY'LL 22:56 GO IN AND FIND OUT WHAT THESE CHRISTIANS ARE 22:58 SINGING ABOUT. 23:00 AND THEY STAY UNDER THE PEOPLE TREE TO LISTEN. 23:01 RIGHT. 23:03 NOW ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. 23:07 PEOPLE ARE SO POOR ALL YOU HAVE IS MUD AND STICKS. 23:10 MUD AND STICKS AND A THATCHED ROOF. 23:13 THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT MONSOONS COME 23:15 IN AND THE HOUSE DISAPPEARS. 23:17 WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS SWEPT AWAY? 23:20 YOU GO TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 23:23 OH SO PEOPLE GATHER THERE. 23:25 THIS IS LIKE A CITY OF REFUGE. 23:28 AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THIS. 23:31 THAT'S WHERE YOU GO AND IT'S CEMENT AND IT'S NOT 23:32 GOING TO BE WASHED AWAY. 23:34 AND YOU KNOW, WE INVITE PEOPLE IN. 23:37 THIS IS WHAT A CHURCH IS ALL ABOUT. 23:38 YES. 23:40 AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM LIKE A FLOOD AND 23:43 THERE'S NO FOOD, THE RICE CROPS HAVE ALL BEEN 23:46 DESTROYED, THEY COME IN AND WE GIVE THEM RICE. 23:50 AND THEY APPRECIATE THIS AND IT'S AN ONGOING BRIDGE 23:55 SHOWING THEM WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT. 23:57 CHRISTIANITY, THE PASSION OF JESUS. 23:58 YES. 24:00 AND THEN WHEN THE COOL WEATHER COMES WE HAVE 24:02 BLANKETS AND WE HAVE CLOTHING. 24:05 AND OFTEN TIMES THIS IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF HELP 24:08 AND RELIEF THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE. 24:10 AND WE'RE GLAD TO DO THAT. 24:13 AND YOU KNOW, FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM, THIS IS ALL 24:15 UNDER FRIENDSHIP. 24:18 WE MAKE FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THEY APPRECIATE 24:19 THAT. 24:20 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR LOVE. 24:23 WE GIVE THEM OUR LOVE AND THEN WE INTRODUCE THEM TO 24:24 THE LOVE OF JESUS. 24:28 AND TO SEE THOSE WOMEN GATHERED TOGETHER TO 24:29 SHARE. 24:32 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT CHARLES BECAUSE TO HAVE 24:35 WOMEN WHO CAN SHARE THE BIBLE AND PRAY WITH OTHER 24:39 WOMEN JUST LIKE WE'RE ALL CALLED TO DO. 24:41 BUT FOR THESE WOMEN BECAUSE TO HAVE A MALE 24:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO GO VISIT A FEMALE PERSON 24:46 THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THE HUSBANDS. 24:50 SO TO HAVE THE FEMALE WOMEN HAVING THAT 24:51 CONNECTION IS HUGE. 24:52 YES. 24:54 AND MANY OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 24:55 WOMEN. 24:59 AND THEY ARE SO SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU GO INTO AN 25:02 ADVENTIST CHURCH THE MAJORITY WILL BE WOMEN. 25:05 AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY JUST HAVE A NATURAL HUNGER 25:08 FOR JESUS AND WHEN THEY HEAR THE STORY OF JESUS 25:11 THEIR HEART MELTS AND THEY FIND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN 25:13 LOOKING FOR ALL THEIR LIFE. 25:15 WELL AND WE SEE THESE PICTURES, WE SEE THESE 25:16 VIDEOS. 25:19 YOU REGIONAL DIRECTORS COME AND IT'S VERY MOVING 25:23 ESPECIALLY TO SEE THE PICTURE OF THE CHILDREN. 25:26 AND HERE THEY ARE YOU KNOW PROBABLY WEARING CLOTHES 25:28 THAT THEY'VE WORN FOR HOW LONG AND IT IS VERY 25:32 HUMBLING TO THINK OF THE NEEDS AND WE CAN'T FORGET 25:34 THESE PICTURES. 25:36 WE CANNOT FORGET THESE PICTURES WE SEE ON THE 25:38 NEWS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO KNOW 25:40 ABOUT JESUS AND THAT ARE IN SUCH NEED. 25:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:44 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS, SPEAKING OF NEEDS, 25:48 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NEED THAT YOU SEE 25:51 IN THE NEXT LITTLE BIT HERE IN NEPAL? 25:54 WELL OF COURSE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT 25:55 THEY RECEIVE. 25:59 IT ISN'T VERY MUCH BUT THEY DEPEND UPON THAT. 26:01 BUT I THINK EVEN MORE THAN THAT PRAY FOR NEPAL IN 26:03 THESE VERY VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. 26:05 YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE THE NEW TESTAMENT. 26:07 THERE IS THE THREATENING OF THE GOVERNMENT. 26:10 YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO THROW YOU IN JAIL JUST 26:12 LIKE THEY THREW PAUL AND SILAS IN JAIL. 26:16 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WON'T BE 26:17 INTIMIDATED. 26:21 AND THEY'LL BE AS WISE AS SERPENTS AND HARMLESS AND 26:23 DOVES AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE MADE AS MANY FRIENDS 26:25 AS POSSIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE 26:27 COMMUNITY WILL STAND UP FOR THEM AND SAY NO THESE 26:29 ARE GOOD PEOPLE THEY'RE HELPING US. 26:33 WELL YOU'VE GIVEN US MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT 26:36 CHARLES AND WE THANK YOU AND WE ASK GOD'S BLESSING 26:37 AS YOU RETURN. 26:39 AND PLEASE GREET THEM. 26:41 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR WATCHING 26:42 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:44 REMEMBER, GOD STILL LOVES THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS 26:46 ONLY BEGOTTEN SON AND THAT MEANS YOU. 26:49 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE AT 26:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:52 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 26:56 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD 27:00 BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:23 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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