Previously on Destination 1040.
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We are here in the countryside
of Rukum, here in Nepal.
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We got here yesterday, so it
dropped down into the lower
thirties last  night.
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Thankfully, we had
good sleeping bags.
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They weren't too bad.
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The ground here is really rocky,
but there are a few crops that
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they  can grow. Rice can't
grow up here, it's too cold.
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Many people, they don't
know the real  situation here.
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And now, you are here, you have
a first hand experience. Okay.
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I have great
respect for this man here.
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Such a difficult place to work.
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And yet he is
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on fire for the Lord
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Today we leave this place.
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But, I think a piece of our
hearts will always be here with
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these  people. That's the
thing about being a missionary.
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The impact these people have on
your life will forever be with
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you until the
day you meet again.
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Well, good morning
from eastern Nepal.
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Oh, look at this. Oh wow!
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That is a huge snail.
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Okay.
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That was a distraction.
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Hi. Hi.
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How are you doing? Good. Nice.
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What is this all about?
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Laundry. Oh, yeah.
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Very important.
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We have a lot of dirty
clothes. We do have a lot
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of dirty clothes.
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Thank you for your
hard work doing this.
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Part of foreign travel.
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Well, hello and welcome
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to another episode
of Destination 1040.
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Thanks for choosing to
spend your time with us today.
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We're looking forward to it.
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This episode is
a wrap up episode
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for our time here in
the country of Nepal.
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Today we are in eastern Nepal
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and we are headed to visit one
of our faithful Bible  Workers
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who is making a huge impact in
his village and the surrounding
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communities. Namaste.
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Good to meet you, sir.
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The hospitality shown in
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these cultures is quite foreign
to people living in the Western
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world. Pair that with a love
for Jesus and a love for others.
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And these people have nothing
but love for us and the people
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they work  with.
They are making us lunch.
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If they don't use the gas stove,
this is what they use here.
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They have two kitchens.
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This is the second
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Do you miss our
kitty? Yes, I do.
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It looks good.
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Yes, it's very good.
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We're having some food
that they prepared for us.
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It's quite different
here compared to Rukum.
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It's much flatter here.
The mountains are smaller,
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but there are some amazing Bible
Workers here that we're working
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with. And we're just
having some lunch that they
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Flies.
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So what do the people do
here mainly for a living?
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Are they are they farmers?
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Agriculture. Farming only.
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One of the reoccurring
themes that I have noticed while
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traveling for Gospel Outreach
over the years is these Bible
Workers live very humble lives.
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They are living on a
Bible worker stipend.
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And so it is not unusual for
our workers to have their own
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gardens, to keep
their living expenses low.
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Can I try?
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Show me how.
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I show you. I show
you. Ok, show me, show me.
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Ah, so you.
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And then pull.
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Oh cause it's a saw.
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Yeah., yeah, yeah.
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This family has been blessed
with a small chunk of land
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where they are able to grow over
90% of the rice they need for
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the year. After visiting
the family's personal  field,
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our Bible worker was all
too excited to take us to visit
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a well-respected
political leader for the area.
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Namaste
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This political leader is not a
Christian, but he lives just up
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the road from the local
Adventist church, and he became
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very good friends with our
Bible worker and his family.
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For several years, he and
his family showed no interest in
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Christianity. But our Bible
worker and his family became
very close friends with  him.
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Often times in the late
afternoon during the heat of the
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day, you will find this
political leader at our Bible
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Worker's house asking him for
advice on some matters that he's
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dealing with. One day the
political leader was visiting
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our Bible worker and he asked
him, Why are you so kind to me
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and my family? Our Bible worker
simply responded, Well, you see,
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sir, it's simple. The God that I
serve has put a love in my heart
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for  people. Now, through the
work of the Holy Spirit and this
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man's curiosity, he and his
family are now taking Bible
studies with our Bible worker.
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When I see just how
effective this simple friendship
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evangelism works throughout the
world, I realize that we can all
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do  this. You don't
have to be a pastor.
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You don't have to be a scholar.
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You just need to show
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the love of Jesus to others and
allow the Holy Spirit to  work.
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So we are in eastern Nepal right
now, which is a little different
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than West Nepal. The mountains
aren't quite as tall and it's a
little warmer here.
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We're actually quite close
to the Indian border, Right.
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We're close to the
India border? Yeah.
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We're going to see the church.
Yes. Which we drove by on the
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way up  here. And
it was quite nice.
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So I'm looking
forward to seeing the inside.
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When I was a young boy.
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My grandmother taught
me the ways of witchcraft,
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and that carried on her legacy
of being a witch doctor myself.
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After many years of working
in this position in my village,
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I came down with an illness
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that kept me
bedridden and unable to work.
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For many months.
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I tried everything I knew, but
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I simply wasn't
getting any better.
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Finally, out of desperation,
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I traveled to a
church in another village.
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How long has
this church been here?
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15 years. 15 years?
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I prayed to God and said,
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If you are real
and can hear me, please
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help and heal me so that I
can take care of my  family.
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I felt a peace come over me
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and returned to my
home with hope in my heart.
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She's sick.
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Oh, she is sick. Oh, no.
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She's having fever. Oh, no.
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Can we
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Can we pray for her?
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When my health improved
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so rapidly, I was astonished.
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I had never once
seen a case like this
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in all my days
working as a witch doctor.
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My surprise drove me to begin
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Bible studies to learn
more about this  powerful God.
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I soon became baptized with my
family following my example soon
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after. I was so
excited to share with others
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my testimony of this
great God I was now serving.
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This convinced me
that I must make this
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my full time work to
bring people to Jesus.
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There's my sweet
wife filming some goats.
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Every time I travel,
I'm acutely aware as to
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how silly it is to
just film everything.
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But it's important
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because you're
trying to tell you a story.
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We're trying anyway.
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Like, here's a pig.
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These are the kind of
things that we see here.
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It's very normal. And us filming
ourselves  Everybody's laughing.
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I know they're
laughing at us for a reason.
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And then turn?
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I see.
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Yeah.
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Wow!
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We are making rice flour,
it I understand correctly.
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It's sweet.
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Oh, interesting.
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You know, it's so crazy
seeing where these people live.
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The little that they have.
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And yet they seem so content
and happy about their lives.
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When we, when we come
and we film everything.
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What do you guys think?
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Do people not like it?
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Are they okay with it?
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What we think is you guys are
going to inspire someone we
think like that.  Yeah. Yeah.
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To inspire someone.
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He is happy. And he
is telling us his photo.
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American people
can see his photo.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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He is happy for that.
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Ok. I think we're leaving.
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We're leaving. But
it's been a nice visit.
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Yeah, it really has been. Yeah.
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Always good to meet people.
Always sad to say goodbye.
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We'll see them again someday.
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Day two here in eastern Nepal.
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We're going to visit another
one of our Bible Workers today.
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I'm excited to meet him.
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Yesterday, I wear shorts,
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but today I'm wearing pants
because we're riding a
motorcycle for  many hours.
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And I figured if we wreck
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I would rather
have gravel and fibers
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in in me than just gravel.
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Oh, really? Yeah.
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The bikes were very dirty from
yesterday, so they washed them.
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So our brother,
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one of the drivers, he's never
hungry when we leave the  house.
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But as soon as we leave
the house, he's hungry for
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restaurant food. What are they
doing? They're selling lemons? 
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Yeah. Is that what
it was? Lemons? Yeah.
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Or limes. Limes.
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They're really limes but
everyone calls them lemons.
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Really cheap.
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These motorcycle
journeys were no easy joyride.
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In fact, this
journey took us over
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two and a half hours, one way
into the high mountains of east
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Nepal. We're getting
closer to the church.
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Alcohol consumption is a major
problem in the country of Nepal.
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The people in these remote
villages don't have easy access
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to liquor stores, so they resort
to making their own out of rice.
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Rice is spoiled, rice is there.
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When this water is hot.
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They remove hot water, and
they'll put again, cold  water.
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This heavy consumption causes
so much unrest in families
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as oftentimes things turn to
violence while on this strong
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drink. Alcohol in Nepal is very
traditional during Hindu
festivals and  ceremonies.
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During these times,
everyone partakes, including the
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children. Sadly, this creates
a dependency at a very young age
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and is incredibly damaging
to the future of so many young
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people. Our Bible Workers often
face the challenge of bringing a
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message of health to these
people and educating them on the
dangers of alcohol.
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Now, this woman's husband, sadly
died just a few short years ago.
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Without the support of her
husband working in the fields,
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she has resorted to making
and selling alcohol to support
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herself. What is
your house life like?
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So. So how long has he
been a Go Bible Worker?
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Ten years. Ten years.
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So down in the flatlands,
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It's much easier for Bible
Workers to travel long distances
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because they can ride a bicycle
or they can have a motorbike.
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But up here, sometimes it's
difficult. They have to walk.
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Yes, very difficult to walk and
very difficult to visit  members
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homes also. because
members homes not in one place.
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One place is there,
other one place is there.
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She is preparing
lunch for all of us.
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These people are so
incredibly gracious.
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We are being treated very well
in another village  once again.
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With all of this  amazing food.
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They eat a lot here.
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We can't eat nearly as much to
keep bringing food and putting
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it on  the
plate. No, no, no, no.
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Please no.
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Also.
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The chilies are deadly.
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But lovely
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I do not eat them.
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They want to cut rice also.
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Oh, yeah.
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Okay. Yeah, Let's do that. That
would be nice. I'd like to  do
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that. Man.
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All right.
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With wait in it, It
would be different. Yeah.
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It looks good lady.
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Starting? Yeah. Yeah.
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We start slowly,
slowly. bistari slowly.
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Bistari, bistari.
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We are headed to
go harvest some rice.
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With our Bible
Worker and his wife.
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I would definitely get a
headache if there was weight in
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it. This is your home.
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This man's done
this a few times.
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City life and village
life is totally different.
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You hold it like this. Yes.
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Hold like this
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Oh, yes. Ooh.
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Yes.
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I got myself
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a little covered in
seeds, and they're very sticky.
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Kind of like the
hound's tongue back home.
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They stick.
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Seems like much worse
than the hound's tongue.
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It's worse because it's you
can't hardly grab them.  They're
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so tiny and flat. My
name is Chandra Kumar Rai.
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And for the last ten years, I
have been working in the  Lord's
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service. I was born into a Hindu
family and my father was an
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alcoholic. Often he would come
home from the field and beat my
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mother. Our household had no
peace and we lived in fear of 
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his wrath. When I was 19 years
old, I met a beautiful girl
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at a village gathering and
fell in love at  first sight.
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I soon learned she was a
Christian and attended  a church
over the hill from our  village.
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I noticed right away a
significant difference in her
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family. They had a
peace in their home
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that I had never seen before.
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As I visited her
family more often,
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she told me that she
could not marry me unless
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I found Jesus and
accepted him into my life.
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So I began attending the church
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and taking Bible
studies from one of the elders.
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Through this process,
I soon found the peace
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that I had seen in
this young woman's life.
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This peace was one that
passes all understanding.
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And I was
convicted and baptized.
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At first, my family shunned
me and wanted nothing to do with
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me. They told their
friends that I was dead.
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But God was
working in their hearts
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and as they witnessed a complete
transformation in my  life,
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they desired that same
peace which I had found.
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We just arrived at the church
here in Gosth Danda village
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The classic rock structure
here in the mountains of Nepal.
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It's so crazy how they
stack these stones just
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so perfectly.
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And the walls are
really, really thick as well.
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Helps with insulation and in the
winter and it helps keep it cool
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in the summer. Today, my whole
family has been baptized and my
father has given up  alcohol.
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They are now an example to
their friends and neighbors
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about what God
has done for them.
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I have also been blessed to
have married that young girl
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who introduced me to
Jesus all those years ago.
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She has been a
wonderful companion in my life
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and my ministry as well.
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Namaste
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That is a honey bee home. 
Very natural honey is there.
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So they brought they
brought the honey bees
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and they put them there
and now they live there.
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Hi.
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His mother
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and his wife and his daughter.
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I want to say thank
you to this organization
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for sponsoring us in
our work for the Lord.
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Regardless of the money,
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I will always have a fire in my
heart for sharing the good news
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with  others. But to be
sponsored and allowed the
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opportunity to make this my full
time work is a very special 
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privilege. Yes. Yes.
I born here only. Yeah.
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Now, if you have watched any
of our episodes here in  Nepal,
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you may have noticed that this
man has been one of the main
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characters in our episodes.
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His name is Keshab, and
he was traveling with us
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a large majority of the
time we were here in Nepal.
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Keshab is a pastor in the
lowlands here in eastern Nepal.
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And on our return journey
from visiting our Bible Worker,
00:24:11.91\00:24:15.92
Chandra, we stopped for a short
visit to see where he grew up.
00:24:15.95\00:24:19.02
Oh, There are some yellow ones.
Oh, this ones cool.  Yeah, Yeah.
It's like, Oh, yeah. together.
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Keshab is a very
kind, devoted pastor
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who loves the Lord and is
always up for an  adventure.
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.76
We cannot thank him enough for
his assistance during our time
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in Nepal. Oh, brother. Thank you
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.14
As our time here in Nepal
was coming to a close, we were
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feeling quite sad. For the three
weeks we were traveling through
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Nepal, We grew to
love these people.
00:26:04.99\00:26:07.50
We've seen the great need in
this country, both spiritual and
00:26:07.50\00:26:11.87
physical. We now better
understand the challenges
00:26:11.90\00:26:14.57
our Bible Workers
face every single day.
00:26:14.60\00:26:18.17
Something that I have
learned through my travels
00:26:19.07\00:26:21.41
within Hindu dominated
cultures is that Hinduism
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is more culture than
it is religion or belief.
00:26:24.98\00:26:28.88
It is your identity.
00:26:28.92\00:26:30.32
It's where you
live and who you are.
00:26:30.35\00:26:33.05
So even when someone is
introduce to Jesus and accepts
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him as their personal savior,
it is often very difficult
00:26:36.83\00:26:39.93
for them to give up the
Hindu culture  completely.
00:26:39.96\00:26:43.77
This is one of the biggest
challenges our workers face in
00:26:50.31\00:26:55.04
these  cultures.
But you know what?
00:26:55.64\00:26:56.54
This is something that
is faced in every culture.
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So before we leave you today,
I want to ask you to ponder this
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question. What is something that
I am holding on to in my life
00:27:05.65\00:27:09.26
that is more about
culture and less about Jesus?
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.79
If you have a good answer to
that question, then I  encourage
00:27:13.19\00:27:16.30
you to give that thing to Jesus.
00:27:16.33\00:27:18.37
Let him take that
desire away from you.
00:27:18.40\00:27:21.37
Give him the power
to work in your life.
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Lastly, I want
to ask you to pray.
00:27:28.31\00:27:30.98
Pray for our workers in Nepal,
pray for Singerman, for
Haiendra, for Chandra.
00:27:31.01\00:27:35.88
Pray that Jesus will give them
the strength and encouragement
00:27:35.92\00:27:40.06
to continue spreading this
great message of love and hope.
00:27:40.09\00:27:44.23
Hello, everyone.
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