Participants: Gary Krause (Host), Ty Gibson, Nancy Kyte
Series Code: GMS
Program Code: GMS000018
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00:07 We are here in Botswana,
00:09 country that so well known for its incredible wildlife. 00:12 But that wildlife can also be an incredible 00:14 burden and danger to our Global Mission pioneer. 00:17 We are here in the village of Satau, 00:19 welcome to "Global Mission Snapshots." 00:28 Just before He went up to heaven, 00:30 Jesus gave us a command. 00:33 He gave us a mission. 00:36 Jesus said, Go. 00:38 Go unto all the world, telling them of His love. 00:43 This is our mission. This is our "Global Mission." 00:52 Hello and welcome to Global Mission Snapshots, 00:55 I'm Gary Krause. 00:57 Over the years printing and Christian literatures 01:00 have helped carry the good news to new areas of the world. 01:04 In the age of satellite television and the internet, 01:07 printed materials are still helping 01:10 carry the gospel of Jesus Christ. 01:12 Today we will be talking with Ty Gibson, 01:15 from Light Bearers Ministry about their mission and outreach 01:19 which involves printing literature 01:21 and a whole lot more. 01:22 We will also talk with Nancy Kyte 01:24 about Global Mission in Botswana 01:27 and we will visit Malawi Adventist University 01:30 to find out how one students life 01:32 was changed forever by Adventist education. 01:35 But first, let's learn more about Light Bearers Ministry. 01:52 There are people who are struggling in life. 01:55 People are living under poverty. 01:59 They cannot find food. 02:00 And this poverty is leading 02:01 most of the young people to commit crimes. 02:06 Poverty comes to suffering, 02:08 lack of peace, crime, drugs, HIV aids. 02:14 But it's unfortunate 02:16 we don't have enough resources to help them. 02:18 Because of the poverty area, 02:19 we cannot manage to buy the literature. 02:22 There are people that nearly want this literature 02:25 and we haven't got much to give them. 02:31 They want more and more and more. 02:32 We have more orders than we can possibly keep up 02:36 with the needs never diminish. 02:38 We can literally run two shifts 02:40 and still not meet all the requests 02:42 that we have from around the world. 02:48 They are many people who are seer unreached 02:51 of whom Jesus died for. 03:08 Light Bearers Ministry began with an overwhelming conviction 03:13 that we needed to impact people all over the world. 03:20 When we go back to the beginning of this ministry 03:22 we realize that God began all of this focus 03:25 with two young men who just want to preach and teach. 03:28 We began giving Bible studies together 03:29 doing small groups studies by invitation in homes. 03:33 And that developed into calls to go 03:36 and preach and share in different churches. 03:41 People began to request, tracks 03:44 and study guides of what we are preaching teaching. 03:47 We began creating a little publications 03:49 on our new-- new Macintosh computers. 03:52 We bought a copy machine, 03:53 just a photocopy machine and a stapler 03:56 and we began making little booklets. 03:59 At the same time, we were receiving requests 04:01 from Africa for literature. 04:03 It was then that this idea came 04:06 that we were to become publishers. 04:09 We didn't know anything about publishing. 04:11 And so we stepped up by faith, 04:12 everything we do was by faith. 04:13 We bought our first press, got some paper, 04:16 got some ink, got the chemical. 04:17 We said, wow is there a manual with this thing. 04:22 Ty and I were just working on that thing 04:24 to trying to figure it all out. 04:25 We just tried to get ink to stick to paper. 04:29 And we printed. It wasn't real readable. 04:30 It wasn't beautiful. We have all night long. 04:33 But we knew we can make it work 04:35 and we knew for sure that 04:36 we need to hire somebody else to run the press. 04:40 Within a matter of three months, 04:43 people began requesting more and more of this literature 04:47 and saying hey, you know people really need 04:50 this information everywhere. 04:53 And that just continue to develop 04:54 until another person and another person heard about it 04:56 and they said let's build the publishing house 04:58 and let's get you some new equipment. 05:02 We got additional press, better press, faster press, 05:04 folding equipment, bindery equipment. 05:06 We began targeting area around the world 05:09 with gospel literature. 05:12 We believe that God was helping us 05:15 understand and put the principle 05:17 and that is freely you receive freely give. 05:20 We had orders from Tanzania, Zambia, 05:22 Nicaragua, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, Romania, Bulgaria. 05:26 And so we are sending tracks over there 05:28 and people are receiving the gospel for the first time 05:31 and they are writing us back. 05:33 All over the world people were realizing 05:37 that something incredible 05:39 had just been raised into existence. 05:43 Light Bearers Ministry is primarily all about publishing. 05:46 So let's just take a tour 05:47 of our 15,000 square foot publishing facility. 05:50 We are able to produce multiplied 05:52 millions of publication in 32 different languages 05:55 that go all over the world. 05:58 The great thing about this press is that 06:00 it is completely computerized. 06:03 The press is able to print on both sides of the paper 06:06 in one path to the press 06:08 role after role after role all day long. 06:13 Once the material is printed folded boxed and palletized. 06:17 It goes into this large storage unit. 06:19 It's like a big drawer system. 06:25 This is where it gets really exciting 06:27 because once the material is completely prepared 06:30 we load this stuff up into semi loads 06:33 that hold between two and three million publications 06:38 and that material goes out to Seattle 06:40 where it's loaded on your barge 06:42 and then taken somewhere in the world. 06:51 That stuff lands and these people are overwhelmed 06:54 they have reading material in their own mother tongue. 06:59 That's when people's heart really began to get touched 07:03 as they encounter the gospel of Christ and God's 07:05 incredible love for them, many of them 07:07 for the first time in their lives. 07:09 Paper is powerful, paper is something 07:11 that we see, utilize in a way that goes beyond anything 07:16 it is in the world today. 07:17 It has a power that no other medium in the world has 07:20 because it has an on going life. 07:25 One person in the home reads that piece of literature 07:27 and then they can give it to someone else 07:29 and they can read it and share it 07:30 and then they can give it somebody else. 07:32 And next time you've got two people instead of one. 07:35 It's actually passed on 07:37 even from one family member to another to read. 07:39 And next time you got three instead of two. 07:41 Unlike radio and television that comes and then it's gone, 07:45 that track is a permanent possession of that individual. 07:49 And so you see one piece of literature after another. 07:52 Nickle or less, go to these individuals 07:54 and being used over and over again 07:56 reaching one heart after another after another. 08:03 It's my pleasure to welcome Ty Gibson, 08:05 co-director of Light Bearers to our program. 08:07 Ty, thanks for joining us. Thanks, Gary. 08:09 Now, what got you involved in ministry? 08:13 You know, I have been doing ministry 08:15 actually with Light Bearers since I was 19 08:19 so I have done it for my entire adult life. 08:21 Fell like 20 years now. 08:22 Yeah or more, let's not say more. 08:25 Yes, what happened Gary is 08:27 I was raised in a secular home 08:29 and came to the Lord when I was 18. 08:33 My wife Sue and I were baptized as teenagers 08:35 when we were 18 years old and then James Rafferty 08:39 who some may know as my partner in ministry 08:43 he also became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 08:46 I think about a year after we were baptized 08:48 he and I became friends 08:50 and we just started doing Bible studies 08:52 sharing with people in the local area 08:54 doing Bible studies, small group Bible studies in homes. 08:57 People started recording those Bible studies 08:59 and then after recording them, sharing them 09:01 and we got more invitations coming 09:03 we thought that's strange. 09:04 You know, religion in general was strange to us 09:06 but the idea of taking appointments 09:09 was not something we had thought off. 09:11 Next thing you know we were doing seminars every weekend 09:15 and then we have been doing it ever since. 09:17 So we just preach the gospel where ever we are called. 09:20 That's fantastic because I mean 09:21 we believe in the priesthood of all believers. 09:24 And so you as two young men said 09:26 we are called to be ministers. 09:28 Now, Light Bearers I mean you are 09:31 involved in running books 09:32 and television ministry, public evangelism. 09:35 You print thousands of pages of free literature 09:40 going all around the world. 09:41 You have Digma.com with videos, 09:43 I mean this is a very comprehensive ministry. 09:46 It is, we are basically were communicators 09:49 we're in the spiritual business 09:52 of conveying the truths of God's character 09:55 and love to the world. 09:56 And so we use whatever communication means 09:59 at our disposable while the ministry began 10:02 as teaching and preaching ministries. 10:03 Shortly after our conversion to Christ. 10:08 We immediately saw the power of printed materials. 10:11 So we began making our sermons into little outlines 10:15 and people wanted more and more of them 10:17 until we found ourselves in need of a press. 10:19 So we bought our first press 10:21 and next thing, you know, we are getting requests 10:23 for this material by the thousands 10:25 so we bought a bigger press and then a bigger one 10:28 and we were very very shortly after starting the ministry 10:32 we were filling entire containers 10:34 like the semi containers 10:36 you see traveling on the highway 10:38 on behind 18 wheelers. 10:39 We fill containers Gary, 10:41 with about three million publications per container 10:44 in multiple different languages 10:46 and then we send that container by truck to the ocean 10:49 and then by barge to wherever the country as of choice 10:53 and we send out multiple containers like that a year. 10:56 We send out probably about 10:57 40 to 50 million pieces of literature free of charge 11:01 to the mission field every year. 11:03 And so that's the publishing aspect of what we do. 11:06 The video work of course is digma.com 11:09 and then other video projects that we do, 11:12 digma.com is just the most recent one. 11:14 Again it's to us it's just a tool, 11:16 it's a communication medium. 11:18 People are out there who read, so we publish. 11:20 People are out there who watch so we produce video. 11:23 People are out there who listen, so we produce audio. 11:26 We are just trying by every means possible 11:29 to communicate the gospel 11:31 as fast and as far as possible. 11:33 So, how are you supported? 11:35 Light Bearers is a non-profit cooperation, 11:37 so we are supported by people 11:39 who see value in the work that we are doing 11:41 and it's--it's just a ministry that's supported by friends. 11:45 People who-- who say yeah, 11:47 we want to get behind that and make it successful 11:49 and make that happen so they can reach more people. 11:52 And so it's a supported ministry in that sense. 11:57 So, to find out more information 11:59 they can go to your website which is-- 12:01 LightBearers.org would be where it's that. 12:05 Can I mention one other aspect of the ministry? 12:07 Go ahead. This is really important, Gary. 12:09 Okay. I'm listening. 12:10 Because in addition to the publishing, 12:11 in addition to the video work, 12:12 in addition to teaching and preaching in evangelism 12:16 about a year ago, year and half ago now 12:18 there is something exciting that happened. 12:21 A ministry called ARISE 12:23 which was headed up by David Asscherick 12:25 has now become a part of Light Bearers 12:27 and we do a discipleship program 12:29 where we train and teach 45 to 50 young people each year. 12:34 They come and live with us actually. 12:36 So people may want to check that out as well. 12:38 Fantastic, in 30 seconds tell me of somebody 12:41 whose life has been change through Light Bearers? 12:44 When we are in Zambia not long ago, 12:46 we met this young lady 12:47 who was going to a doctor's appointment 12:50 because she had a growth 12:51 and she thought she had cancer and was going to die. 12:53 She was just in her 20's 12:55 and somebody had left 12:57 some of our literature on public transportation. 13:00 She looked down, she was scared to death 13:02 she was gonna lose her life. 13:03 She was just really upset 13:04 and she saw this piece of literature there, Gary. 13:06 When I met her she was telling me excitedly, 13:09 she looked down the title of the piece 13:11 of literature captured her attention. 13:13 She started reading two days later 13:16 after she had her doctor's appointment 13:17 somebody who shares the entire set of Bible lessons 13:20 from which that was one walks into her place of business 13:23 and says we are signing people up 13:24 for Bible studies in the area 13:25 would you like to sign up. 13:26 He showed her those studies and she said that's the very-- 13:30 I have one of those. 13:31 She signed up she was baptized just a few months later 13:35 after going through the Bible study course 13:36 and she is a precious sister. 13:38 We had the chance to meet her 13:39 and to hear her story first hand. 13:41 Fantastic, Ty, thanks so much for joining us. 13:43 Yeah, thank you. 13:44 Viewers at home, I wish we had more time 13:46 to listen to stories from Ty 13:47 of how God is blessing their ministry 13:50 leading men and women boys and girls know Jesus Christ 13:53 and to reveal that God who loves them so much. 13:56 Remember you can go to LightBearers.org 13:59 and don't forget to go to digma.com 14:01 to see some of the cutting edge videos 14:03 that are aimed to reach nonbelievers. 14:06 Please pray for Ty and the other partners 14:10 in Light Bearers Ministry. 14:33 A major area of emphasis 14:34 for the Seventh-day Adventist church 14:36 in the Southern Africa Indian Ocean division is education. 14:40 In 2006, the 13th Sabbath offering went to help 14:44 build education centers in Mozambique in Malawi. 14:47 At Lake View College in Malawi 14:49 a new dormitory is finishing final stages of construction. 14:52 Your offerings have helped to provide much needed housing 14:55 for Adventist young people in this rapidly growing country. 14:59 Malawi has more than 290,000 members 15:02 and educating its young people 15:03 is vital to its continued growth. 15:06 One student who's life has been changed is Justin Luwemba. 15:10 Justin was born in Malawi 15:11 but moved to the Untied States when he was young. 15:14 He quickly started getting into trouble. 15:16 I was into drugs, alcohol, 15:19 I mean I was a basket ball player 15:21 so it comes with lot of these distractions as well. 15:27 So coming here that changed significantly 15:29 because environment is that of such 15:31 where there is a spiritual atmosphere. 15:35 Justine quickly found that this new atmosphere 15:38 was making a profound change on his life. 15:41 His new spiritual environment 15:42 was moving his life in a new direction. 15:45 Today Justin is a fourth year business major 15:48 and he feels that the school's 15:49 holistic approach to education 15:51 is a huge benefit to the church in Malawi. 15:54 We have youth who are going out there in their disciplines 15:59 but with Christ as well. 16:01 So that and we are told in the end time is the youth 16:05 that are the ones who gonna be spreading the gospel 16:08 and hastening that the soon coming of Jesus Christ. 16:11 Your faithful support of a 13th Sabbath offering 16:14 goes to help change the lives of people all over the world. 16:18 One way is by helping to train and educate young people 16:21 who can then affect the lives of the people 16:24 they come in contact with everyday. 16:27 The young people of Malawi 16:28 will be able to serve their part of the world 16:31 because of the sacrifices that the world church has made. 16:48 Next up, we travel from Malawi 16:50 to another African country, Botswana. 16:53 And my guest is Nancy Kyte 16:55 who is the marketing director for Adventist Mission. 16:58 Nancy, you have an intrigue at the opening 17:00 where you mentioned the wild animals 17:03 and the threat to pioneers. 17:04 Tell us about that. 17:05 Well, most of us don't think about the fact 17:07 that animals have right of way in certain areas. 17:10 And this is defiantly the fact 17:12 in northern Botswana where we were visiting. 17:16 The main highway goes right through a natural reserve park 17:19 and hundreds of thousands of elephants 17:20 just walk back and forth as they are migrating. 17:23 So, it's a kind of life that we can't even imagine. 17:27 So, the elephants are dangerous? 17:29 They actually are dangerous, they are not. 17:32 If they step on you. 17:33 Actually they create a lot of damage to property. 17:36 You know, people have to support themselves 17:38 but with their gardens. 17:40 An elephant will come through 17:41 during the day or night slash its way through 17:44 but it's not just the elephants 17:46 there are lot of other wild animals too 17:48 that make it dangerous. 17:49 So you know we at our desk might think 17:51 ah, may be it would be helpful 17:53 if I send money to buy a bicycle for this pioneer. 17:57 But in certain areas a person on a bicycle 18:00 can't get away from a wild animal fast enough. 18:03 So we need to send an armed vehicle and so. 18:05 And so this is one of the issues 18:06 that our pioneer Pastor Chabale faces. 18:09 He has to take public transport 18:12 or else he has got to walk very quickly 18:14 and very observantly to get to his next place. 18:17 I would be walking very quickly too. 18:19 So we see Global Mission pioneers 18:22 facing different challenges in different parts of the world 18:25 but yeah, I guess that's a fact of life. 18:27 I never would have thought of it, 18:28 if hadn't met him and talked to him myself. 18:30 Now, you visited two places in Botswana. 18:32 The first place was? 18:34 It was in the village of Satau where Pastor Chabale settled 18:37 and he goes in every morning 18:39 and has worship with the local clinic, 18:42 prays with the staff and with the patients that are there. 18:46 He's established a relationship with the village chief. 18:49 So he is doing all the proper traditional accepted things 18:53 that are protocol in that area. 18:56 And so he is becoming one of the community very quickly. 19:00 Now has he established a new group of believers there? 19:03 He has, he has a small group. 19:06 They meet at a school near by 19:08 but they don't have a structure of their own yet. 19:11 Now, so his first steps in church planting 19:15 were to go and make friends 19:17 with the or the protocol with the leaders. 19:20 Exactly, sometimes it's called the head man. 19:23 Okay, now the second place that you visited was? 19:27 That was in the village of Salajwe 19:28 and that was in the Sothern part of Botswana. 19:31 And it was interesting to see that church 19:33 because on this particular Sabbath the new pastor was 19:38 the third Global Mission pioneer into that area. 19:41 So a few years back the first pioneer went 19:44 and started getting acquainted with the neighbors. 19:47 And again as protocol, 19:48 God acquainted with the head man 19:50 established a relationship there. 19:52 And as people became more interested in studying with him 19:56 their group began to grow. 19:58 A second pioneer came along 20:00 and then funds from the 13th Sabbath mission offering helped 20:04 to build the church that is there now. 20:06 And a lovely church, its bright, its white. 20:11 The parking lot is just all dirt 20:13 but somebody comes along on Friday 20:14 and rakes a nice design into it. 20:17 And it's all ready for Sabbath the next day. 20:19 You said parking lot, for some reason 20:21 I was imagining that people would be walking to church 20:24 but then this is like an urban. 20:26 Well actually we thought that there would be a lot of cars 20:29 but there were only two cars one bicycle 20:32 and everyone else had walked. 20:33 So I think they are probably planning for the future. 20:37 Now, Botswana historically has been 20:39 quite a bright spot in Africa for its democracy. 20:44 How did you find the people there? 20:46 I found the people to be extremely friendly. 20:48 Very welcoming, very open, very interested 20:53 and in most occasions language wasn't a problem. 20:57 But when we didn't speak Tswana 21:00 or if a person didn't speak English 21:02 we could communicate quite easily. 21:04 You know, you make a fuss over their children 21:07 and they are very proud or if it seems right 21:11 then you hold one of their children and pick them up, 21:13 it's just very, very friendly. 21:14 I felt very safe there. 21:17 So what are the major mission challenges 21:19 that they face in Botswana? 21:21 I think probably the major mission challenges 21:25 would be secularism even there. 21:28 They said-- when we talk to them 21:31 they said most people weren't all that interested in church. 21:33 They were interested in getting ahead 21:35 especially if they had been raised in a poor village. 21:39 They wanted to do well and they are able to support 21:41 their parents and relatives in style. 21:44 So they say that their biggest challenge 21:47 is the young people wanting to go out earn more money 21:49 they are very interested in comfort 21:52 and some sorts of symbols that show 21:57 that they have achieved something. 21:58 Right, now the Global Mission Pioneers that you met 22:02 they are living a sacrificial life. 22:05 Can you describe how they are living? 22:06 Yes, the first pioneer that we met lived in just one room, 22:12 it was in a fourplex. 22:13 One room, no electricity 22:15 he has to cook his meal on a little open fire. 22:20 There isn't even a bathroom in his facility 22:22 but there is a shared one. 22:23 So its likes a communal bathroom outside in another enclosure 22:28 but that's the way everyone else is living 22:30 and that's how he does his living as well. 22:33 Well, you know we see Global Mission pioneer 22:35 just receiving a small living stipend 22:37 but they are doing it for the love of God. 22:39 Nancy, thanks so much for joining us. 22:41 I appreciate that. My pleasure. 22:42 Viewers at home, please remember 22:44 Global Mission Pioneers in your prayers. 22:46 Global Mission Pioneers face many challenges 22:49 but they are doing it because God has touched their lives 22:52 and they want to touch other lives for Him. 23:02 To My gentle searching eyes 23:08 There have been no disguises 23:13 Nothing that you have done 23:18 That you can hide 23:23 I've seen you in your darkness sin 23:26 And know the pain and guilt within 23:30 Know the question on your mind 23:33 Am I worth saving anyway 23:37 I see you child for who you are 23:40 Know that sin has left its ugly scars 23:44 But I know who you were meant to be 23:47 And my love will set you free 23:52 So come weary child 23:56 Rest beside Me for awhile 24:00 I know your care 24:03 The burdens that you bare 24:06 Abide in My love 24:10 Hide in My love 24:13 Don't push Me away 24:17 Ashamed and afraid 24:21 I know who you are 24:24 And I love you anyway My child 24:37 So bring Me all your wants and needs 24:41 I promise they can't burden Me 24:45 Most desperate one cannot exceed 24:48 My care for you 24:51 And bring Me all your doubts and fears 24:55 The hurt you haven't faced in years 24:59 The wounded heart you stuffed inside 25:02 The tears you've tride so hard to hide 25:09 So come weary child 25:12 Rest beside Me for awhile 25:17 I know your care 25:19 The burdens that you bare 25:23 Abide in My love 25:27 Hide in My love 25:30 Don't push Me away 25:33 Ashamed and afraid 25:37 I know who you are 25:40 And I love you anyway My child 25:47 So come to Me just the way you are 25:51 Though your fallen hard and wandered far 25:56 Stop trying to be so brave so strong 25:59 It's okay to cry child tears aren't wrong 26:06 So come weary child 26:09 Rest beside Me for awhile 26:14 I know your care 26:17 The burdens that you bare 26:20 Abide in My love 26:24 Hide in My love 26:27 Don't push Me away 26:31 Ashamed and afraid 26:35 I know who you are 26:37 And I love you anyway My child 26:44 Yes I love you always My child 27:13 Well, if you've enjoyed those images of mission 27:16 you will love the new Adventist Mission calendar. 27:19 This beautiful calendar will keep the faces 27:22 and places of mission in front of you everyday. 27:25 So if you live in North America, 27:27 please accept this free gift as our thanks 27:30 for your continuing prayers and support. 27:32 Just call toll free 1-800-648-5824 27:37 or you can visit our website 27:39 and just ask for the Adventist Mission calendar or offer 305. 27:44 And don't forget to mention 27:45 the calendar or offer 305. 27:49 I hope you've enjoyed today's program. 27:51 Thank you again for your continuing 27:53 support of Adventist Mission, through your prayers, 27:57 personal involvement and your finances. 28:00 For Adventist Mission, I'm Gary Krause 28:02 and I hope you can join me next time 28:04 right here on "Global Mission Snapshots." |
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