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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000783A
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00:03 ONE MISSION. 00:04 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:12 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:14 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:38 JOINING US TODAY. 00:39 WHEN I SAY THE WORD NEPAL DO YOU THINK OF THE 00:41 COUNTRY? 00:42 MAYBE YOU THINK OF MT. 00:44 EVEREST, PRAYER FLAGS, PRAYER WHEELS? 00:45 MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF JIM WHITTAKER AND THAT HE WAS 00:47 THE FIRST AMERICAN TO SUMMIT MT. 00:49 EVEREST OR MELISSA ARNOT THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN 00:52 TO ASCEND AND DESCEND WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL 00:54 OXYGEN. 00:56 WELL, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD 00:58 ABOUT NEPAL BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS? 01:00 DO THEY KNOW JESUS? 01:02 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HERE AT 01:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 01:06 THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL AND JESUS HERE TODAY. 01:08 CHARLES SHULTZ WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:12 JAI MASIH -SO TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS? 01:15 JAI IS PRAISE AND MASIH IS JESUS, MESSIAH. 01:18 WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY. 01:20 WELL, CHARLES YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR 01:22 HEART FOR NEPAL AND HERE YOU ARE DRESSED UP TELL US 01:25 WHART YOU ARE WEARING. 01:26 THIS IS A DAURA SURUWAL AND IT'S THE NEPALI 01:30 COSTUME FOR MEN AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE 01:35 TO TALK ABOUT NEPAL BECAUSE FIFTY YEARS AGO IN 01:37 1969 I WENT AS A YOUNG MISSIONARY. 01:40 OF COURSE, PREACHING WAS PROHIBITED; CHRISTIANITY 01:43 WAS OUTLAWED AND IT IS A HINDU COUNTRY AND WHAT CAN 01:48 I DO FOR JESUS? 01:50 HOW CAN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS BUT NOW THINGS 01:52 HAVE CHANGED? 01:53 PRAISE THE LORD! 01:55 THE DAURA SURUWAL AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR HAT. 01:57 YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PIN. 01:59 OH YES, THIS A NEPALI TOPI AND I HAVE THE INSIGNIA OF 02:03 THE TWO KUKRIS. 02:05 KUKRI IS THE NEPALI WEAPON OR KNIFE AND THEY USE IT 02:09 FOR EVERYTHING AND ITS-NEPAL IS A VERY 02:13 SPECIAL COUNTRY. 02:14 THE PEOPLE ARE VERY SPECIAL BUT A LOT OF THEM 02:17 HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 02:18 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY 02:20 AND WE HAVE A MAP TO SHOW PEOPLE OF NEPAL AND WHY 02:24 DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLAG AND THE 02:26 INFORMATON HERE. 02:28 YES, THE FLAG IS A VERY UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT IS NOT 02:31 A RECTANGLE AND IT HAS AN IMAGE OF THE SUN AND THE 02:34 MOON AND OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT THE NEPALI PEOPLE 02:37 WORSHIP. 02:38 AND YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL DESERVE TO BE 02:41 ABLE TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE BEFORE 02:43 1950 THERE WERE NO CHRISTIANS THERE. 02:46 NO CHRISTIANS, NO CHRISTIANS, THAT WE KNOW 02:49 OF, BEFORE 1950. 02:50 SO, WHAT HAPPENED IN 1950? 02:51 THE FIRST MISSIONARIES CAME? 02:53 WELL, UM ITS INTERESTING. 02:54 A MAN WHO WAS STUDYING BIRDS WENT TO ASK FOR 02:58 PERMISSION TO STUDY THE NEPALI PHEASANT -THE 03:01 MONAL. 03:02 AND HIS WIFE WAS A DOCTOR AND SO THEY GOT AROUND AND 03:06 TALKED ABOUT STARTING A HOSPITAL THERE AND THAT 03:09 WAS SHAWNA BOWEN AND THE CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION GOT 03:12 STARTED AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, 1957-58 03:15 DR. STANLEY STURGIS WAS OUR PIONEER MISSIONARY, 03:18 PIONEER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSIONARY IN 03:20 NEPAL. 03:22 AND THERE IS A HOSPITAL THERE NOW, YES, AND 29 03:23 MILLION PEOPLE THERE? 03:26 YES. 03:27 AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 03:30 AMEN. 03:31 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. 03:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:34 SO, SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOUR TOPIC IS AND I 03:35 KNOW THAT COME WITH STORIES, CHARLES, AND 03:37 PHOTOS. 03:38 WELL, YOU KNOW I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED THIS LAST 03:41 OCTOBER TO ATTEND A YOUTH CONGRESS AND 325 YOUNG 03:46 PEOPLE REPRESENTING 47 DIFFERENT NEPALI ADVENTIST 03:48 CONGREGATIONS AND THIS REALLY JUST THRILLED MY 03:54 HEART. 03:55 WOW. 03:56 AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE 03:58 PEOPLE ARE SPREAD OVER THESE HILLS AND THEY ARE 04:01 ISOLATED. 04:02 AND SO, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE ONLY SEVENTH 04:05 DAY ADVENTIST YOUTH IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND ARE 04:08 THERE ANY OTHER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS? 04:09 AND TO GET THEM ALTOGETHER IN ONE PLACE, THEY 04:11 FELLOWSHIPED AND THEY SHARED STORIES. 04:13 IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. 04:16 SO, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THEY CAME FROM GREAT 04:18 DISTANCES TO COME TOGETHER HERE, YES, FOR THIS YOUTH 04:21 CONFERENCE AND WHEN YOU SAY HILLS, ARE YOU MEANING 04:24 MOUNTAINS? 04:25 BECAUSE I THINK OF -ARE THEY HUGE? 04:27 WELL, 4-6000 FEET, OK. 04:29 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO CLIMB TO GET UP THEM, YES RIGHT, OF 04:33 COURSE. 04:34 OUR THEME WAS "PASS IT ON". 04:35 NOW YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY ARE GOING TO 04:39 SING YOU ONLY IT TAKES A SPARK TO PASS IT ON, NO, 04:41 NO, NO THEY HAD A NEPALI PASS IT ON SONG. 04:44 IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND SO THAT WAS 04:46 EQUIP, ENGAGE AND EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEN WE 04:51 WERE ABLE TO GIVE EACH OF THE YOUNG ATTENDEES THIS 04:55 TSHIRT AND IT HAD NEPAL AND PASS IT ON. 04:59 THEY WORE THIS. 05:01 IN OTHER WORDS, THIS WAS THEIR IDENTITY. 05:04 THEY WERE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS AND 05:06 THEY WANTED TO PASS ON THE LOVE OF JESUS. 05:09 SO, TALK WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE YOUNG 05:11 PEOPLE. 05:12 SO, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY, YOUNG 05:13 PEOPLE HAVE GROWN UP IN A HINDU HOUSEHOLD, RIGHT? 05:16 OH YES, OH YES. 05:17 SO, FOR THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS IS A HUGE STAND FOR 05:19 THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. 05:20 YES, AND I HAVE A STORY LATER ON ABOUT THEY COULD 05:23 BE THROWN OUT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE 05:26 ACCEPTED JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. 05:28 WOW. 05:29 WOW. 05:30 THE -WE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE 05:33 CHRISTIANITY IS FORBIDDEN. 05:36 NO CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS RECOGNIZED IN THE COUNTRY. 05:39 SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A NEPALI PRESENTATION AND 05:42 A NEPALI YOUTH CONGRESS. 05:44 SO, I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THAT NEPALI FLAG AND THEN 05:46 WE ALL DRESSED UP IN OUR DAURA SURUWALS AND WE HAD 05:50 A GOVERNMENT LEADER COME AND SPEAK TO US. 05:54 WOW. 05:55 AND SEE THERE I AM AND WE, YES, THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS 05:59 THERE AND BASICALLY IT WAS OK. 06:02 WE ARE NOT CONVERTING HINDUS WE'RE JUST TALKING 06:07 TO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN YOUNG PEOPLE. 06:09 SO, WE ARE NOT BREAKING THE LAW BUT IT WAS VERY 06:12 IMPORTANT THAT WE DID EVERYTHING FOR NEPALIS AND 06:16 WE HAD THE NEPALI NATIONAL ANTHEM AND IT WAS A NEPALI 06:19 PROGRAM. 06:20 WOW. 06:22 SO, WHAT DID THIS DIGNITARY -WHAT DID HE 06:25 THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS? 06:27 SHE. 06:27 OH, IT WAS A LADY? 06:29 YES. 06:30 SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE HERE YOU HAVE 06:32 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE-BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE 06:35 IN NEPAL WILL EITHER BECOME CHRISTIANS OR 06:37 COMMUNISTS. 06:38 AND SO, SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE COMMUNISTS SO YES. 06:40 SO, THIS WAS OK WITH HER. 06:42 CHRISTIAN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING INTO DRUGS AND 06:44 ALCOHOL. 06:45 RIGHT. 06:47 SHE WAS VERY EXCITED AND SHE HAD A GREAT SPEECH. 06:49 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD CHARLES FOR HOW THIS CAME 06:51 TOGETHER. 06:52 IT WAS GREAT AND YOU KNOW UM, ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, 06:56 UH HUH, THEY BROADCAST THROUGH THESE HILLS AND 06:59 VALLEYS AND WE FOUND THESE FOUR YOUNG MEN WHO WERE 07:02 VERY INTERESTED IN THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 07:05 WELL, HOW CAN YOU FOLLOWUP THAT INTEREST? 07:07 WELL, GIVE THEM THOSE TSHIRTS AND INVITE THEM TO 07:11 THE YOUTH CONGRESS AND THEY WERE-THIS WAS LIKE 07:15 THEIR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 07:17 MESSAGE AND NOW THEY GET THE IDEA THAT IT IS JUST 07:21 NOT ONE LITTLE GROUP OUT HERE IN THE VILLAGE, YES, 07:23 IT IS -THERE IS A NETWORK, THERE IS A FAMILY OF 07:25 BELIEVERS WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS. 07:25 THERE IS AN IDENTITY. 07:26 YES. 07:27 ITS OK TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 07:27 THERE IS OTHER CHRISTIANS, YES. 07:28 AND THESE CHRISTIANS HAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT JESUS. 07:29 SO, THEY WERE WONDERFUL AND JUST GETTING THEM 07:30 THERE AND HEARING THEIR STORIES UM, IT WAS 07:32 THRILLING. 07:33 AND YOU SAID, 47 YOUNG PEOPLE-47 CHURCHES. 07:34 FORTY-SEVEN CHURCHES 325 YOUNG PEOPLE. 07:35 OH 325 FANTASTIC OK. 07:36 OK SO, WHAT'S THIS? 07:37 WELL, USUALLY WHEN I GO INTO NEPALI CHURCHES, THEY 07:38 HAVE THEIR HYMNALS AND THEY ARE ALL DOG EARED. 07:39 NOW, NEPALI TECHNOLOGY THERE IS AN APP FOR NEPALI 08:03 CHRISTIAN HYMNS. 08:04 REALLY? 08:05 I COULDN'T-I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT HERE IN 08:08 THE STATES BUT MAYBE IT IS A NEPALI THING SO THEY ARE 08:10 ALL WHIPPING OUT THEIR IPHONES. 08:12 THEIR PHONES, AND THEY ARE SINGING ALONG AND I 08:16 THOUGHT WOW, THAT'S GREAT. 08:17 HOW NEAT. 08:18 TECHNOLOGY AND THE GOSPEL. 08:21 HOW NEAT. 08:22 NOW DID THE DIGNITARY WOMAN-DID SHE STAY THROUGH 08:24 THE ENTIRE MEETING? 08:25 NO. 08:26 SO SHE CAME AND DID HER PRESENTATION AND THEN SHE 08:28 LEFT. 08:28 WE GAVE HER A GARLAND. 08:29 HOW NICE. 08:30 AND WE WERE THANKFUL FOR YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE WAS 08:31 DOING. 08:32 SURE, SURE. 08:33 AND BASICALLY, WE THEN BREAK UP INTO WORKSHOPS, 08:38 UH HUH, AND THIS IS LIKE-KIND OF LIKE 08:40 CAMPMEETING. 08:41 SURE. 08:42 THE WORKSHOPS COVERED SPIRITUAL GIFTS, FAMILY 08:47 RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH AND 08:50 I'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE NEXT YOUTH CONGRESS, GOOD, 08:55 THIS OCTOBER AND I WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO 08:59 HAVE A TESTIMONY. 09:00 WHAT IS JESUS DONE FOR YOU? 09:02 YES. 09:03 AND THEN CHRISTIAN STORYTELLING. 09:04 AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE IT 09:06 SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE READY TO SHARE OUR STORY 09:09 WITH SOMEBODY, YES, WE NEED TO HAVE IT PREPARED 09:10 AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN IN JEREMIAH GOD SAYS HE IS 09:13 GOING TO GIVE US THE WORDS TO SPEAK AND WE NEED TO 09:15 HAVE THAT READY. 09:16 AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET THROWN INTO JAIL FOR FIVE 09:19 YEARS FOR TRYING TO PREACH TO SOMEBODY, TRY TO 09:22 CONVERT THEM OVER TO CHRISTIANITY BUT IF YOU 09:25 SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY -HEY, ITS JUST MY STORY. 09:27 ITS JUST ABOUT YOU. 09:29 YES. 09:30 SO, YOU ARE SAYING IF SOMEONE IN NEPAL WOULD 09:31 PULL THEIR BIBLE OUT AND SAY I WANT TO DO A BIBLE 09:34 STUDY, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 09:35 YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE BUT IF YOU SAY THIS IS MY 09:38 STORY OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME THEN THAT IS OK. 09:40 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY OK. 09:42 INTERESTING. 09:43 AND YOU KNOW, THE -WE HAD THE DIVISION SECRETARY 09:46 COME WITH HIS WIFE AND THIS WAS VERY BIG BECAUSE 09:52 AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOUTHERN ASIA IS INDIA, 09:55 BASICALLY AND NEPAL AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS THERE 09:59 GIVING HIS STRENGTH AND SUPPORT-WELL, AND I KNOW 10:01 PASTOR WILSON. 10:02 I'VE INTERVIEWED HIM HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 10:04 MISSIONS" AND HE IS A FANTASTIC WORKER FOR THE 10:07 LORD AND LOOK AT THE SMILE ON HIS FACE. 10:09 WHAT ARE THEY DOING? 10:10 GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR. 10:10 ARE THEY PUMPING WATER THERE? 10:11 THEY ARE PUMPING WATER-HIS WIFE IS TRYING TO WASH HER 10:14 HANDS AND HE IS HELPING HER. 10:15 YES, NICE MAN FOR THE LORD. 10:17 THE -I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS YOUTH 10:24 CONGRESS WAS PLANNED-ALL BY YOUNG PEOPLE. 10:27 YOUNG PASTORS, YOUNG GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:29 WORKERS-THEY WERE THE ONES THAT DID IT AND HERE WE 10:32 HAVE A GROUP PICTURE. 10:33 THIS IS SO NEAT BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY, OK THE 10:37 CHURCH FROM DAPSHA AND THEN EVERYBODY FROM THAT 10:40 CHURCH WOULD LINE UP BEHIND PASTOR WILSON AND 10:44 GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN THE 10:47 SENSE OF IDENTITY. 10:48 WE BELONG TO THIS CHURCH, WE BELONG TO THIS CHURCH 10:50 BUT NOW WE ARE HERE AT THE YOUTH CONGRESS, TOGETHER, 10:52 AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE HOPE FOR NEPAL. 10:56 THEY ARE. 10:57 THEY ARE. 10:58 CHARLES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING AND WE ARE SO 11:00 GLAD THAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT NEPAL HERE ON 11:02 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND WE ALL NEED TO BE THE 11:05 SPARK. 11:06 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 11:13 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 11:17 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 11:19 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 11:22 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 11:25 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 11:29 HURTS. 11:30 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 11:34 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 11:37 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:40 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 11:44 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 11:48 WHERE? 11:49 ALL THE WORLD. 11:50 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 11:54 YOU CAN PRAY. 11:56 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 11:58 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 12:01 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 12:04 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 12:06 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 12:09 BE THE SPARK. 12:11 LIGHT THE FIRE. 12:13 FINISH THE WORK. 12:15 FINISH THE WORK. 12:17 BE THE SPARK. 12:20 BE THE SPARK! 12:21 WE NEED TO BE THE SPARK NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE AND 12:23 WITH WHOM WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH AND SO I 12:26 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU BE THE SPARK TO SOMEBODY. 12:28 MAYBE IT IS SOMEONE AT THE GROCERY STORY; MAYBE IT IS 12:30 A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS HELPING YOU WITH YOUR 12:32 GROCERIES; BE THE SPARK TO THAT PERSON AND WHEN THEY 12:36 LEAVE BEING WITH YOU, MAY THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS 12:39 SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOU THAT YOU KNOW JESUS. 12:41 WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH YOU, OUR "ADVENTURES 12:44 IN MISSIONS" NEWSLETTER AND PLEASE LET US KNOW AND 12:47 WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 12:49 IT IS FREE. 12:50 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE 12:52 WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON 3 ANGELS 12:55 BROADCASTING, BLUE MOUNTAIN TELEVISION, GOOD 12:57 NEWS TV, HOPE CHANNEL, KBLN, KHBA, LOMA LINDA 13:02 BROADCASTING, SACFAITH TV, ROKU, SAFETV AND YOU CAN 13:06 ALSO WATCH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON OUR WEBSITE. 13:08 YOU CAN GO TO GOAIM.ORG ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 13:13 AND INSTAGRAM. 13:14 SO, WE ARE ALL TRYING TO BE THE SPARK, CHARLES 13:16 SHULTZ, AMEN, AMEN AND WE ARE TRYING TO BE THE SPARK 13:18 AND YOU ARE BEING THE SPARK IN NEPAL AND YOU ARE 13:22 SHARING WITH US ABOUT A YOUTH CONGRESS, YES, AND 13:24 HOW 325 YOUNG PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND THEY ARE 13:28 HAVING TIME TOGETHER FOR SYNERGY AND GETTING TO 13:32 KNOW EACH OTHER AND THE LORD BETTER. 13:33 RIGHT. 13:34 AFTER THE YOUTH CONGRESS, UH WE HAD A WORKERS 13:38 MEETING-SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST WORKERS AND 13:39 AGAIN, THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:42 WORKERS AND SO THEY ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THE 13:44 PASTOR. 13:45 NOW, WE ONLY HAVE FIVE ORDAINED SEVENTH DAY 13:47 ADVENTIST PASTORS. 13:48 WE HAVE SOME INTERNS BUT JUST BEING THERE AND BEING 13:52 A PART OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PASTORAL 13:58 MINISTRY. 13:59 IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME AND YOU KNOW, THE WOMEN 14:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SO IMPORTANT AS WELL 14:02 BECAUSE MANY WOMEN ARE INTERESTED. 14:03 WONDERFUL, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. 14:05 HERE WE HAVE, AND YOU SEE THERE IS SOME OF THEM THAT 14:06 LOOK KIND OF LIKE FROM TIBET OR CHINA? 14:07 THEY DO. 14:08 THERE IS ALL KINDS OF ETHNIC COMBINATIONS IN 14:09 NEPAL BUT THESE WOMEN, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 14:25 THEY ARE ON FIRE FOR THE LORD AND THE OTHER THING 14:29 THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME WAS THE REACHING OUT INTO 14:34 UNENTERED AREAS. 14:35 NOW, WESTERN NEPAL WE NEED TO GO WEST, GO WEST, YOUNG 14:39 MAN, YES, AND YOUNG WOMEN AND HERE'S A COUPLE AND 14:43 THEY ARE GOING NOW INTO MORE OF THE WESTERN PART 14:45 OF NEPAL WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORK AND WE 14:48 ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM-GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:50 WORKERS. 14:51 AND THEN WE HAVE FATHER, DAUGHTER TEAMS. 14:55 NOW, DAD IS LOOKING AFTER THE CHURCH AND HIS 14:59 DAUGHTER IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 15:01 WOW. 15:02 YOU CAN IMAGINE THE INFLUENCE THAT SHE HAS 15:04 WITH OTHER TEENAGE GIRLS. 15:06 YES. 15:07 WELL, I WANT TO CAMP ON THAT FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE 15:09 I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WOMEN WHO WERE GETTING 15:11 INVOLVED BECAUSE IT IS THE WOMEN WHO CAN TALK WITH 15:14 OTHER WOMEN, YES, AT THE MARKETPLACE, YES AND 15:17 BECAUSE HOW IS IT IN THE HINDU CULTURE? 15:19 IF A MAN APPROACHES ANOTHER WOMAN, A WOMAN TO 15:21 TALK TO THAT IS NOT KOSHER, CORRECT? 15:23 NO, THAT'S BAD. 15:24 SO, THAT'S WHY THE WOMEN ARE APPROACHING OTHER 15:26 WOMEN IS BETTER. 15:28 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 15:29 OK. 15:30 ALRIGHT. 15:31 SO, THEN WE'VE GOT WOMEN AND THE FATHER DAUGHTER 15:33 TEAM AND THEN HERE YOU HAVE A FATHER SON TEAM. 15:36 UH, JEET IS OVER THERE ON THE LEFT IN THE BLACK 15:39 JACKET AND HIS SON HAS GOT A BLUE SHIRT IN THE FRONT 15:43 ROW AND YOU KNOW, AS OLDER WE ARE ALL GETTING OLDER , 15:49 THAT'S TRUE, EXCEPT YOU, AND YOU KNOW I JUST 15:52 THOUGHT IT WAS SO NICE AND HIS SON RAJ IS THERE WITH 15:55 HIS WIFE AND THEY LEAD OUT IN THE CHURCH AND YOU 15:59 KNOW, TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE BUSY WORK OF BEING A 16:02 PASTOR, LOOKING AFTER THE CHURCH CONGREGATION AND 16:05 IT'S AMAZING AND YOU KNOW, GOSPEL OUTREACH UM, WE 16:10 ENCOURAGE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE 16:13 THEY DON'T GET MUCH. 16:14 NO. 16:15 AND SO, AS FAR AS PAY YOU ARE REFERRING TO. 16:17 AS FAR AS PAY, UH HUH AND SO THEY'VE OPENED UP A 16:19 LITTLE SEWING SHOP AND THEY TEACH SEWING AND THEN 16:23 YOU SEE THOSE YELLOW PAPERS IN HIS HAND? 16:24 YES, WHAT ARE THOSE? 16:25 THOSE ARE TRACTS. 16:27 OK. 16:28 NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT GIVING OUT 16:30 TRACTS BECAUSE YOUCOULD GET IN PRISON FOR FIVE 16:34 YEARS BUT YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE SHOWS AN INTEREST 16:36 IN CHRISTIANITY AND THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT A SPY 16:39 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL HAND THEM A TRACT. 16:41 SO, CHARLES HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN 16:44 SHARING JESUS WITH A TRACT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 16:46 THAT HAS GONE TO PRISON? 16:47 I MEAN HOW-WHAT IS THE FOLLOWUP ON THIS? 16:49 DO YOU KNOW? 16:50 WELL, YOU -BASICALLY IT BOILS DOWN TO SOMEBODY 16:54 COMPLAINS ABOUT YOU-YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. 16:56 OK, SO THAT'S WHERE THE -YOUHAVE TO HAVE A GOOD 16:58 RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE AND THERE IS SACRIFICES. 17:02 YES. 17:03 SACRIFICES INVOLVED IN BEING A CHRISTIAN IN NEPAL 17:06 AND YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN ITS EASY TO BE A CHRISTIAN 17:12 HERE BUT IT ISN'T EASY IN NEPAL. 17:15 WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR EXAMPLE SOME MUSLIM, 17:19 FORMER MUSLIMS I KNOW, WHO HAVE BECOME CHRISTIANS 17:22 WHEN ON THEIR DOCUMENT IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE 17:25 CHRISTIAN EVERY TIME THEY GIVE THEIR DOCUMENT IT 17:27 SAYS THAT. 17:28 YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE IN 17:29 OUR COUNTRY AND SO THESE PEOPLE ARE LABELED AND IT 17:33 IS A GOOD THING TO BE LABELED BUT, IN THEIR 17:35 CULTURE, IT COULD BE VERY SERIOUS FOR THEM. 17:38 WELL, IT IS VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE IF YOU 17:40 ARE A HINDU, YES, YOU CAN'T DRINK WATER FROM THE 17:45 SAME SOURCE OF WATER THAT A CHRISTIAN DRINKS FROM. 17:48 WHAT? 17:49 SO, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WATER SOURCE AND 17:53 WATER IS SCARCE IN SOME PLACES IN NEPAL. 17:55 BECAUSE WHAT DO THEY THINK OF THAT? 17:56 THAT IS PREJUDICE. 17:57 THAT IS, I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF WORDS THAT WE 18:01 COULD USE FOR THAT. 18:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:04 OH MY. 18:05 AND SO, BASICALLY ITS SUCH A HARDSHIP IN A WAY BUT 18:11 THEY HAVE SUCH A SWEET ATTITUDE TOWARD IT AND 18:14 THIS IS WHY THE YOUTH CONGRESS WAS SO IMPORTANT. 18:17 ABSOLUTELY. 18:18 ABSOLUTELY. 18:18 WELL, TAKE US BACK THERE. 18:19 WELL, THE YOUTH CONGRESS I'M GOING-I'D LIKE TO GO, 18:21 LORD WILLING, THIS OCTOBER AND THEY SCHEDULE THE 18:22 YOUTH CONGRESS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HINDU 18:23 FESTIVALS AND BASICALLY THAT'S SO THAT THE YOUNG 18:25 PEOPLE AREN'T DRAWN INTO HINDUISM BECAUSE JUST LIKE 18:26 IN BIBLE TIMES, YES, THEY CAN BE ENTICED INTO IDOL 18:27 WORSHIP AND THIS TYPE OF THING AND WHEN YOU HAVE 18:29 SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, YES, THE YOUTH 18:30 CONGRESS-THAT SOMEHOW GETS THEM OFF THE -AND YOU KNOW 18:31 THE HINDU PRACTICES-IT'S LIKE PEER PRESSURE ON 18:33 STEROIDS. 18:33 COME ON, LET'S DO THIS. 18:34 YOU KNOW. 18:35 GO TOGETHER. 18:35 AND THE DIWALI IS THE FEAST OF LIGHTS. 18:37 IS THAT IN OCTOBER AS WELL? 18:37 OH YES. 18:38 OK. 18:39 SO BASICALLY, EVERY YEAR THE YOUTH CONGRESS WILL BE 18:40 SOMETIME AROUND THE END OF OCTOBER SO THAT THIS IS 19:23 GOING TO DILUTE ALL OF THAT, THE ATTRACTION OF 19:26 ALL OF THESE THINGS.WELL, AND AS YOU SAID THAT, WHAT 19:29 WENT THROUGH MY RADAR IS HALLOWEEN-HOW A LOT OF 19:33 CHURCHES THEN HAVE A CELEBRATION YOU KNOW, 19:35 HARVEST PARTY OR WHATEVER, RIGHT, TO HELP KIDS. 19:39 SO, TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THE AGE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 19:42 WHO ARE COMING TO THE YOUTH CONGRESS. 19:43 ARE THESE TEENAGERS? 19:44 ARE THESE TWENTY-SOMETHINGS? 19:46 THIRTY SOMETHINGS? 19:47 DO WE HAVE ANY TEENS? 19:48 THEY ARE BASICALLY FROM 14 UP TO 24, I'D SAY EASILY. 19:54 OK, OK. 19:55 BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN 19:58 NEPAL IS A YOUNG CHURCH. 20:00 IT IS. 20:02 AND THERE ARE MOREWOMEN BECAUSE AGAIN, WHERE ARE 20:06 YOU GOING TO FIND WORK IN NEPAL? 20:08 YOU HAVE TO FLY OUT TO A MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY AND 20:12 FIND WORK AS A DAY LABORER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND SO 20:18 A LOT OF TIMES THE MEN ARE GONE. 20:21 OH, YOU ARE SAYING THE MEN LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR A 20:23 BETTER JOB. 20:24 YES. 20:24 SO, THE WOMEN ARE HOME WITH THE KIDS. 20:26 YES. 20:26 OH INTERESTING. 20:28 AND THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, RAJ IS LEADING OUT IN THE 20:31 CHURCH SERVICES AND HE COULD BE OUT SOMEPLACE 20:34 MAKING BIG MONEY AND LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL MAKE A 20:36 LOT OF MONEY THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AND THEY'LL BUY 20:39 A HOUSE AND THEY'LL GET THEMSELVES YOU KNOW, 20:41 ESTABLISHED. 20:42 INTERESTING. 20:43 OK SO IT'S THE WOMEN HOME WITH THE KIDS AND THE MEN 20:46 ARE OFF, YES. 20:47 SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER STORIES FOR US CHARLES? 20:49 I'LL SHARE ONE NEXT TIME. 20:51 OK. 20:52 BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS YOUTH CONGRESS, YES, 20:55 AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE YOUTH CONGRESS. 20:58 YES. 20:59 THERE IS ONE DAY IN WHICH WE AS SEVENTH DAY 21:03 ADVENTISTS CAN HAVE AN EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM. 21:06 THAT IS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT? 21:07 IT IS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND IT IS A 21:10 NATIONAL HOLIDAY. 21:11 SO, TELL ME HOW THIS GOT APPROVED. 21:13 IT IS CHRISTMAS. 21:15 OH, OK. 21:16 IT IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. 21:17 NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND SO THE PEOPLE AROUND AN 21:22 ADVENTIST CHURCH, THEY'LL EXPECT SOMETHING UM, TO 21:27 HAPPEN ON CHRISTMAS. 21:29 SO, OK LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. 21:30 SO, HERE YOU HAVE A COUNTRY WHERE THEY ARE 21:33 MOSTLY HINDUS WHERE IF YOU AS A CHRISTIAN SHARE 21:37 SOMETHING ABOUT, A TRACT OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN GO 21:39 TO PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS BUT THEY'VE APPROVED 21:41 CHRISTMAS? 21:42 CHRISTMAS IS OK. 21:43 WOW, GOD IS MOVING-HE IS MOVING. 21:46 AND SO, THE NEXT YOUTH CONGRESS I WANT TO TEACH 21:51 THESE KIDS HOW TO TELL THE CHRISTMAS STORY. 21:54 BEAUTIFUL. 21:55 AND SO, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE PROGRAM. 21:57 OF COURSE, WE NEED SOME MONEY AND I DON'T KNOW, I 21:59 DON'T EXPECT THAT IS NOT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES, 22:02 BUT HOPEFULLY I'LL GET SOME MONEY AND THEY CAN 22:06 INVITE A DIGNITARY AND THEY WILL HAVE THE KIDS 22:09 GET TOGETHER AND THEY WILL TELL THE STORY OF 22:12 CHRISTMAS. 22:13 THEY CAN DO IT PANTOMINE OR HOWEVER, SURE, THEY 22:15 WANT TO DO IT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TIME FOR 22:17 THEIR TESTIMONY AND YOU KNOW, HERE IS THE 22:19 GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND THE LOCAL LEADER AND HE 22:20 SAYS, WOW THESE CHRISTIANS ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW. 22:21 WOW. 22:23 AND WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR ME, THE YOUNG PEOPLE 22:23 WILL GET UP AND SAY THAT AND THEN FOOD. 22:25 YES, ALWAYS FOOD YES. 22:26 AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE GIFTS 22:36 BUT IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE GIFTS 22:38 TO THE CHILDREN, SURE WHY NOT? 22:40 AND EXPLAIN WHERE THAT CAME ABOUT. 22:42 SURE. 22:43 AND SO, HERE WE HAVE ONE DAY FOR PUBLIC EVANGELISM 22:47 SANCTIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND -DO IT, 22:51 CHARLES. 22:52 RIGHT. 22:52 DO IT. 22:53 WELL, AND THERE IS A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU 22:55 MENTIONED IN MATTHEW 18 "AND HE SAID, TRULY I TELL 22:58 YOU UNLESS YOU CHANGE AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE 23:01 CHILDREN YOU WILL NEVER ENTER THE KINGDOM OF 23:03 HEAVEN. 23:04 THEREFORE, WHOEVER TAKES THE LOWLY POSITION OF THIS 23:06 CHILD IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND 23:09 WHOEVER WELCOMES ONE SUCH CHILD IN MY NAME, WELCOMES 23:13 ME." 23:14 AND CHARLES IF YOU DO THAT ON CHRISTMAS IN NEPAL, 23:16 PRAISE THE LORD. 23:17 YOU KNOW, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, YES, AND UM 23:22 I'M HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TRAIN THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO 23:27 DO THIS. 23:28 THEY COULD BE PROFESSIONAL CHRISTMAS STORYTELLERS. 23:30 YES. 23:31 AND THEY CAN GO INTO UNENTERED VILLAGES IN 23:32 NEPAL AND JUST TELL A CHRISTMAS STORY BUT WE 23:34 NEED A LITTLE MONEY FOR FOOD. 23:35 YES, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A GREAT HIT. 23:36 YES. 23:37 THE FOOD BRINGS EVERYBODY. 23:38 AND THEN PEOPLE WILL SAY, WHEN DID YOU FIRST FIND 23:39 OUT ABOUT CHRISTIANS? 23:40 OH, ON CHRISTMAS. 23:40 WELL, THAT IS A NATURAL THING. 23:41 YES, SURE, SURE, SURE. 23:42 YOUKNOW, YOU SEE THE SCRAGGLY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 23:43 TREES IN KATHMANDU AND THEY BECAUSE OF THE 23:44 MATERIALISM AND MERCHANDIZING. 23:45 WELL, AND TOURISTS AND ALL OF THAT. 23:46 AND SO, IT JUST FITS IN AND THEN IF SOMEBODY GOT 23:48 ARRESTED OR SOMETHING IN CONNECTION WITH CHRISTMAS 23:49 THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD. 23:50 NO, NOT AT ALL. 23:51 WELL, WE'LL PRAY AHEAD OF TIME THAT THE LORD WILL 23:52 BLESS ALL OF THAT AS YOU FOLKS PREPARE. 23:53 SO, CHARLES YOU MENTIONED -WE TALKED ABOUT THE 23:54 POPULATION; WE TALKED ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE; 23:56 WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU CAN SHARE HERE AS WE 23:57 CLOSE WITH OUR VIEWERS ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED IN 23:58 NEPAL? 23:59 PLEASE PRAY FOR NEPAL AND YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE SPEAK 24:00 THERE MAY BE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE-WHAT ARE THEY 24:02 GOING TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE? 24:03 AND IT IS KIND OF A HOPELESS SITUATION. 24:04 YOU KNOW. 24:05 AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T PASS THEIR GOVERNMENT 24:06 EXAMS AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THEIR 24:09 LIFE? 24:10 WELL, THEY CAN BE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:14 YES. 24:15 AND THEY CAN SHARE THE JOY THAT THEY HAVE FOUND IN 24:20 JESUS AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SUCH POTENTIAL 24:25 AND SO PRAY FOR NEPAL. 24:26 PRAY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEPAL. 24:28 OLDER PEOPLE IN NEPAL YOU KNOW THEY ARE SET IN THEIR 24:29 HINDUISM, YES, YES AND THEY ARE VERY RIGID BUT 24:30 YOUNG PEOPLE THEY WANT OUT OF THE BOX AND THEY'LL 24:32 EITHER BECOME CHRISTIANS OR THEY'LL BECOME 24:33 COMMUNISTS AND CHRISTIANITY HAS A LOT 24:34 MORE TO OFFER BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY TALKS ABOUT 24:36 GRACE, YES, AND GRACE IS -YOU ARE BEING TREATED 24:37 BETTER THAN YOU DESERVE AND THE HINDU IDEA IS 24:38 KARMA. 24:39 YOU WILL BE PUNISHED FOR ALL OF THE EVIL DEEDS THAT 24:40 YOU HAVE DONE. 24:41 THAT'S REALLY DEPRESSING. 24:42 OH, COMPLETELY AND WITH JESUS TALKING ABOUT TAKING 24:43 THE BURDEN OFF OF US AND THAT HE MAKES THE LOAD 24:53 EASY AND ALL OF THAT, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD 24:56 BE GOOD NEWS FOR THEM ESPECIALLY. 24:58 AND ALSO, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE FOR THE 25:01 NEPALI WORKERS, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WE HAVE 25:04 55 BIBLE WORKERS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GO IN AND 25:07 QUIETLY MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE, TELL THEM ABOUT 25:10 JESUS. 25:10 IT IS UNDER THE RADAR. 25:12 WE ARE NOT HAVING BIG EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, NO. 25:14 EXCEPT ON CHRISTMAS. 25:15 YES, EXCEPT ON CHRISTMAS. 25:17 WELL HOPEFULLY NO MATTER WHERE ALL OF US ARE ON 25:19 CHRISTMAS THAT WE ARE PRAISING JESUS. 25:20 AND I LOVE THE FACT TO HEAR ABOUT THE WOMEN 25:21 GETTING INVOLVED. 25:22 YES. 25:23 THAT AND THE FATHER DAUGHTER, FATHER SON TEAMS 25:24 I THINK IS FANTASTIC. 25:25 SO, TELL US WHAT OTHER THINGS YOU ARE WANTING TO 25:26 DO IN NEPAL AS FAR AS FUTURE PLANS? 25:27 FUTURE PLANS ARE TEACH ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO 25:29 SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY. 25:30 WHAT HAS JESUS DONE FOR-WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE 25:31 JESUS? 25:32 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHEN JESUS CAME INTO YOUR LIFE? 25:33 AND THEN HOW JESUS IS HELPING YOU WITH YOUR 26:17 PROBLEMS. 26:26 AND I THINK MAYBE THIS NEXT YEAR THE SHIRTS WILL 26:39 SAY, "MAY I PRAY FOR YOU?" 26:42 YES, THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. 26:44 FIVE WORDS-MAY I PRAY FOR YOU? 26:47 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 26:48 I HAVE ASKED THAT TO PEOPLE AND NO ONE HAS TOLD 26:50 ME NO. 26:51 AND THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS 26:53 WELL. 26:54 YES, WE MOST CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT. 26:55 WELL, CHARLES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND 26:57 THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR 27:01 JOY TO THESE PEOPLE AND TO SHARE WITH THESE YOUNG 27:04 PEOPLE. 27:05 PLEASE GREET THEM FROM US AND WE WILL PRAY AND WE 27:07 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 27:08 OK. 27:09 THANK YOU. 27:09 AND HOW DO I SAY THIS? 27:10 JAI MASIH-PRAISE JESUS. 27:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING 27:15 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL 27:17 OUTREACH YOU'VE HEARD THE NEEDS AND WE ARE PRAYING 27:19 FOR YOU THAT THELORD WILL IMPRESS UPON YOU WHAT TO 27:22 DO. 27:22 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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