Adventures in Missions

Anti-Conversion Laws In Nepal

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00:01 [OPENING MUSIC].
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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