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- Hello, and welcome
to "Jesus for Asia Now."
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I'm Natalie Wood,
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and my husband John is
joining me today in the studio.
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Hello, love!
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- Hi darling, how are you?
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- I'm doing good.
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- Good.
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- I would like to know
where we're going today.
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- Today, we are
going all the way
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to the other side of the earth,
to a place called Indonesia.
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- A place I have never
been, but you have been
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a few times.
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- Yes, and I apologize for
that, I would love to take you.
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It's really hard
to wrap your mind
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around what
Indonesia actually is,
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because it's not like
a continent or a island.
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It's 17,500 islands.
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- Right, and I'm sure
all of them have varying,
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some of 'em might have
mountains, some of 'em have
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beaches, only beaches,
it's like a small thing.
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So, it's very,
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very diverse
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ecologically.
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- Yeah, and not all
of 'em are inhabited.
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And not all of 'em are islands
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throughout the
entire tide cycle.
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Some of 'em disappear
and some of 'em come back.
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So, how you count them.
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Anyway, so, but it
like flows, that island,
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its the archipelago that
flows all the way from Malaysia,
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all the way down up,
Solomon Islands down here,
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all the way up
to the Philippines.
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So, the
Philippines and Malaysia,
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and Indonesia all
kind of flow together,
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and it actually
shares a couple islands.
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Like Borneo, is shared
between Indonesia and Malaysia.
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And of course, Papua is shared
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between
Indonesia and New Guinea.
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And then, the island of
Timor-Leste is a little tiny
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island, but the eastern half of
that island is its own country,
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and the western half of
the island is Indonesia.
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So, it's all very complex and
hard to wrap your mind around.
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You really need to go there
to get a grasp of that area.
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- And it could
take you a little bit
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if you're gonna
go there, to go to
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17,000 islands. (John laughing)
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- True.
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- Speaking of
going to 17,000 islands,
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one of the
Tengkano boys did the math,
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and figured out that
it would take you 48 years
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if you went to a different
island every single day.
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- Every single day?
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- [Natalie] Yeah.
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- 48 years worth
of island hopping?
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- Right.
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- I'd get tired of that.
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- I think everybody would.
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(John laughing)
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But it also
brings home the point
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that there's a
lot of places there.
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Now, like you said, not all
those islands are inhabited.
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But there's a lot of them
that do have people living
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on them that need to know Jesus.
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- Yes.
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And even the islands
that are inhabited, it's like,
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the vast majority of them,
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we have no presence,
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no representative of
the Three Angels message.
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There's a few islands,
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or a few tribes in
Indonesia that are Christian.
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And that's where
our church is strongest.
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In fact, we're about in
two tribes in Indonesia.
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That's where we're strong.
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And there are 1,300
tribes in Indonesia.
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So, 2 out of 1,300, not so good.
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(John sighing) - No.
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That's kind of a daunting task.
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But that's why we get
to be a part of God's army.
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Because he's in charge.
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And we just do our little part,
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and he makes it work for good.
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- And if everybody
does their little part,
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then God can do his big part.
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Yeah, and so.
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- Okay, so we have this map.
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- Mm-hmm.
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We used to count the progress
of the gospel by country.
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But this is
broken down by language.
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The green part is the
place that the Adventist church
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has a strong church.
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The yellow is the place
where the Adventist church
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is emerging, but
it's not super strong.
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And the red is the place
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where there is no
known work at all.
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And you can see
there's a lot of red.
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Over 1,200
languages in which the church,
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our church is not involved
in, which needs to change.
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- Yeah.
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- Yeah.
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And so, I don't know
how to make a difference.
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Make that change.
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- No, but God does.
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- God knows.
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- So, as we approach
Him and ask Him for help,
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He will show us our
little step, and after step,
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after step, after step.
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- Yeah.
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Now, one thing I want
everyone to notice is that
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we talk a lot about what we're
doing in the mission field.
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And most ministries do because
we wanna bring a good report.
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But the truth is that
we could also talk about
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what we're not doing.
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And looking at all the
places that are unreached,
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I hear a lot of people,
when we give them a report,
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they say, "Oh,
God's working everywhere."
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And the truth is.
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- There are many
places where God is working,
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but we're not there
to be his hands and feet.
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- Exactly.
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And so, there is vast
stretches of God's vineyard
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that have yet to be reached.
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That is not really
what we like to talk about.
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Number one, it's hard to talk
about because we don't really
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have any
information to talk about them.
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There's no really inspiring
stories coming from there
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because we don't know of
anything happening there.
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And there's no calls from
those unreached people groups
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because they don't
even know that we exist!
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- Or that God exists- - And so.
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- Or that they
should even look for Him.
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- Exactly.
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So, that's the
hardest part of anything
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we have encountered
in the mission field,
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is just the
unknown, the unreached,
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the unentered
tribes, the unentered areas.
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So, what do you do?
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I mean, I have really no
clue other than to just go
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and meet them.
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Put your foot
there, look around,
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and pray, and say,
"God, what can we do here?"
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And it's almost
overwhelming if you think that
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I'm the only one or
you're the only one.
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Statistically, there is
6,000 unreached people groups
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in the world from any
Christian denomination.
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6,000.
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Okay?
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For our church, for
the Adventist church,
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there's still
6,000 unreached languages
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in which we have no work.
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6,000!
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Okay?
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I'm not gonna be able
to reach 6,000 in my life.
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- Nope.
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- And so, what do we need?
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Well, number
one, we need to pray.
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Number two, we need
revival for missions.
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I believe God has
preserved all these unreached
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people groups
for this generation.
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So that we have something to do,
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so that we have a
cause worth dying for.
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And so, it's like
first thing that we can do,
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it's the first thing we can
do, go there and look at 'em,
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and see what - [Natalie] Pray.
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- They look like, and pray,
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and that's what
this show is about.
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We have our missionary family,
the Tengkanos in Indonesia.
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And in this episode,
they go and visit places
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that don't have work.
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And we're gonna kinda
follow along with them.
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- So, let's start
with their nearby village.
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- [John] Okay.
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(pleasant exotic music)
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(exotic music intensifies)
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(people chattering)
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(Indonesian laughing)
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(people chattering)
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(Indonesian
laughing) (people chattering)
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- Oh, there's, water
comes in if it rains.
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And he's
apologizing because it's not.
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(Indonesian
chattering distantly)
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(Ramon chuckling)
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Not so pretty.
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(rain pattering)
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(soft exotic music)
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(people chattering)
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(stove switch clicking)
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(pot clinking)
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(people chattering)
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(metal clinking)
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(dramatic music)
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(thunder rumbling)
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(people chattering distantly)
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(plates clinking)
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(utensil swishing)
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(fire whishing)
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(people chattering)
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(packs crinkling)
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(soft music)
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(water trickling)
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(thunder roaring)
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(pack crinkling)
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He says cook it
according to your own taste,
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your own preference.
(rain splattering distantly)
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All right.
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We didn't mean
to come here to eat,
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but I guess we don't
wanna refuse their hospitality,
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so we'll take it.
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So, this is a typical
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home of our neighbors.
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And he goes to the
field (utensils clinking)
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during the day, and comes
home at this time of the day.
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Showing me his house.
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(plate thudding
softly) (utensils clinking)
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It needs a lot of work.
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(thunder rumbling)
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A lot of repair.
(utensils clinking)
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(thunder rumbling)
(rains splattering)
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So, they're all
happy knowing that
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we're gonna have like a clinic,
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and a music school, and a
barber shop for the people.
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Hopefully, it gets done soon,
so we can start serving them.
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Providing free haircuts to them.
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They can probably save,
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I don't know, $2 in a month.
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That's a lot for them.
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(appliance clicking distantly)
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The man gets a
haircut like every few months.
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(utensils clinking)
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If we give them a service,
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(utensils clinking)
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they're so excited.
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For them to serve us with this,
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I'm guessing it's
probably too expensive.
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(thunder roaring)
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(Ramon chattering distantly)
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(Indonesian
speaking in foreign language)
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(Indonesian laughing)
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(Indonesian
speaking in foreign language)
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(people speaking
in foreign language)
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(rain splattering)
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Well, this is a typical
hospitality extended to guests.
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(people speaking
in foreign language)
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(Indonesians laughing)
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There's no plan for
them to receive guests,
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we just came in suddenly,
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and then this is
what they made for us.
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We went to the kitchen, I
saw that's already cooked.
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I'm guessing that was
probably their dinner.
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And then we came.
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But we'll have to
accept their hospitality
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when they offer something,
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we just take it,
okay. (soft emotional music)
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Even though it's
not really convenient.
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(emotional music intensifies)
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(Indonesian
speaking in foreign language)
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(Indonesian laughing distantly)
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(Indonesian
speaking in foreign language)
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- That's cool.
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So, they went to visit
somebody they didn't know.
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And the people
provided them hospitality.
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You never know
what you're gonna find
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or who you're gonna find.
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And that's one of the
biggest joys of going into
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an unentered
area, is meeting people
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and finding friends!
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- It speaks to me
'cause the people didn't know
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they were coming, and yet
they insisted on feeding them.
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And like he was
saying, "They're very poor,
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maybe a couple of
dollars they get a day,
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maybe, maybe a couple a week,"
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I don't know, but
it's like very, very poor.
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And their home is
in such poor shape,
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they were apologizing.
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It's really heartbreaking,
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when you go and see
some of these places,
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and you you realize how people
live so close to starvation
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in many places.
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- I was there in
2007, and I visited a house,
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I wanted to film somebody
making food, cooking lunch.
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And so, I was able to go in
there, I had my interpreter,
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or a friend that
was interpreting for me.
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And when I left, I
spent probably an hour there.
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Filmed them
cooking and then eating.
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And when I left, I gave
them $10, just as a thank you.
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They were shocked.
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And my interpreter says,
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"Oh, that's gonna take
care of that whole family
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for a week."
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And I'm like,
"Whoa, that's amazing."
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- Yeah.
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So, one of the
things that Ramon mentioned
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when he was talking there
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as he was cooking
was the barbershop.
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So that's what this
next video is about.
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- [John] Okay.
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(airy music)
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(birds twittering distantly)
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- Well, this is the
little property that we have,
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just not so far from
where we are, the studio.
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(birds twittering distantly)
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(Ramon speaking
in foreign language)
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Actually, we bought
this a long time ago,
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but it was really
nothing (pleasant music)
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(birds twittering distantly)
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in this area.
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I would say eight years ago.
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(wind whooshing)
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Now, they put a
road, (cement tapping)
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The villagers here
have been asking myself
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to do something, so,
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but for the
benefit (cement swishing)
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of the people here.
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And then, we just
thought about doing something,
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and then Daniel and I,
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my son, we thought about
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making a barbershop.
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- What come up to my mind is,
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nowadays you have to be creative
in reaching out to people,
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especially in a
country like mine where
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(Indonesian speaking in
foreign language distantly)
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most of the people are Muslims,
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especially the biggest Muslim
population in the country.
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And the question is like,
how do we reach out to people
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who are already
prejudiced about our beliefs?
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People who think that we
want to Christianize them
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when we wanna reach out to them.
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Sometimes, like, every
time we have a ministry,
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people in my place
would, at least in my country,
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would have like a thought that,
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"Do you think that
your religion is better?
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That you want to
Christianize me or something?"
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But me and
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my team, we just wanna
give out something like,
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something simple,
basic needs of people,
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which is like cutting hair.
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(hair clipper buzzing)
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(Daniel speaking
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] Well,
the mission in this project
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is to show the people through
actions that we work with God.
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And where if we do the work,
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God has trusted to
us with all our heart,
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it can be an example
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to others for them to follow.
(people chattering distantly)
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And here, we also
learn to serve the people
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who can't afford to go to
the city and get a haircut,
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so we help, and we
learn to give them our best,
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even if it's free.
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Even though some may not want
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to have a free
haircut because they're shy.
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So if they want, they can
pay with what they can afford.
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(Daniel speaking
in foreign language)
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- They actually do know
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why do we like do all
these things, and they love it.
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They can't wait for (chuckling)
00:14:47.92\00:14:49.28
the new barbershop, actually.
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They keep asking,
"When is it gonna open?"
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And we said like,
"As soon as possible,
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that's why we're trying
to learn as fast as we can."
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(Indonesians
speaking in foreign language)
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- Okay. (laughing)
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- Well, that's a fun
way for them to get involved
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with the locals
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by operating that
service- - Scary way for me.
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- Yeah, it's true,
00:15:11.71\00:15:12.64
it is scary. (John chuckling)
00:15:12.64\00:15:13.84
'Cause even I
only cut your hair,
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I used to cut the kids' hair,
00:15:15.98\00:15:17.21
but now I only do
yours, and it's still scary,
00:15:17.21\00:15:19.31
like what if I make
a mess of your hair,
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then we'll have to go
find somebody else to fix it.
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- Well, at least you don't have
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a lot to cut.
(Natalie chuckling)
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But anyway.
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- But yeah, it's such a
blessing though, to look at,
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they're just
thinking and praying,
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what kind of
service can we offer?
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How can we connect
with our neighbors better?
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And then they come up
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with the idea of a
barbershop, and so.
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- If they have
prejudices against Christianity,
00:15:39.70\00:15:42.80
then they get
to know Christians.
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A lot of 'em don't
know any Christians.
00:15:44.44\00:15:46.78
So, they get to know
Christians that breaks down
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those barriers, those walls.
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- Yep.
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(John chuckling)
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- So this next part,
we're going traveling.
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We're going to
a different place,
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and what is the
name of that place?
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- Yogyakarta.
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- Okay.
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- It's farther east,
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and it's its own
like autonomous region.
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- Okay.
00:16:04.76\00:16:05.59
(pleasant music)
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- Okay.
00:16:14.07\00:16:15.50
(Pastor Panjaitan
speaking in foreign language)
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- [Translator] Yogyakarta has
a population of three million
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people with four counties
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and one city.
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(Pastor Panjaitan
speaking in foreign language)
00:16:27.48\00:16:28.58
The whole greater Yogyakarta,
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there are about four churches
00:16:29.78\00:16:31.82
and one Sabbath school branch
00:16:31.82\00:16:34.16
with the members
reach up to 350 people.
00:16:34.16\00:16:37.53
(Pastor Panjaitan
speaking in foreign language)
00:16:39.19\00:16:40.96
The work of the
church started in 1939,
00:16:40.96\00:16:45.10
according to the
church history here.
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And from that year until
now, we only have four churches
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in Yogyakarta, in
the whole province.
00:16:51.14\00:16:54.01
And this Timobel
church is the first one,
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the mother church in Yogyakarta.
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(Pastor Panjaitan
speaking in foreign language)
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It's a vast area.
00:17:02.32\00:17:04.49
The work at the Gospel ministry
needs some breakthroughs.
00:17:04.49\00:17:09.42
(Pastor Panjaitan
speaking in foreign language)
00:17:09.42\00:17:12.66
So many members are not
active for whatever reasons.
00:17:12.66\00:17:17.20
Maybe for work
or other situations.
00:17:17.20\00:17:20.60
And the people who are
staying here permanently,
00:17:20.60\00:17:23.14
the residents are
really not active.
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The ones that are active
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are the ones
coming here temporarily.
00:17:27.61\00:17:29.61
And when they're
done with their school,
00:17:29.61\00:17:31.48
or they're
stationed here temporarily,
00:17:31.48\00:17:34.65
and then they move
back, so this keeps rotating.
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So, the human resources
are the challenge here.
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The place is vast, and
the opportunity are so many,
00:17:41.89\00:17:45.63
but the willingness
to serve quite limited.
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This is the
challenge of the church here
00:17:48.33\00:17:50.57
in this Yogyakarta area.
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So, for decades here,
we only have four churches.
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This is considered very,
very slow, but we're optimistic.
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- That's really challenging.
00:18:09.82\00:18:11.79
300 active members
for three million people.
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That's a hundred
thousand people per believer.
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That's overwhelming.
00:18:17.83\00:18:19.73
At least there's a church there.
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There's something.
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- But it's a large area.
00:18:22.53\00:18:24.00
So, it's like how
close are those four churches
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to all those people?
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What kind of distance would
someone have to travel to go to
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one of those churches?
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To find out about that church.
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- That's the key.
00:18:35.88\00:18:36.71
- To meet an Adventist.
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To meet a Christian.
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How far would
they have to travel?
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- Right.
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Do they even know they're there?
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Huge challenge, and
this is where we're like,
00:18:43.35\00:18:45.75
look, there's so many
places we look and say,
00:18:45.75\00:18:47.82
"Okay, what can we do?"
00:18:47.82\00:18:49.86
What can we do?
00:18:49.86\00:18:50.76
'Cause what if we
don't do anything?
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Will anybody else do something?
00:18:52.83\00:18:54.23
A lot of people will say that,
00:18:54.23\00:18:55.46
"Well, it's not
my responsibility,
00:18:55.46\00:18:57.37
somebody else will
do something, I'm sure."
00:18:57.37\00:18:59.50
And everybody says that.
00:18:59.50\00:19:00.74
And so, what happens?
00:19:00.74\00:19:01.94
Nothing ends up getting done!
00:19:01.94\00:19:03.77
- So, one of the
things we have to pray about,
00:19:03.77\00:19:06.17
and this is an opportunity
that we've been given.
00:19:06.17\00:19:09.54
That we haven't been
able to follow up on,
00:19:09.54\00:19:12.15
is an airport there.
00:19:12.15\00:19:13.48
- Yes.
00:19:13.48\00:19:15.02
Somebody donated, so we were
able to purchase an airplane
00:19:15.02\00:19:17.49
in hopes of
developing an aviation program.
00:19:17.49\00:19:20.42
And it's all about
relationships there.
00:19:20.42\00:19:22.22
So, he's been
spending the last couple years
00:19:22.22\00:19:24.03
developing relationships,
and now doors are opening.
00:19:24.03\00:19:27.23
And in this area, we've
been told by the powers that be
00:19:27.23\00:19:32.30
that we can use a runway
free of cost in that area,
00:19:33.67\00:19:37.54
near a populated zone,
00:19:38.21\00:19:39.14
if we just fix up the building
00:19:39.14\00:19:40.64
that is kind of
dilapidated there at the runway.
00:19:40.64\00:19:44.55
So that's pretty exciting.
00:19:44.55\00:19:45.81
- All right,
let's watch the video.
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- Okay.
00:19:47.05\00:19:48.35
(emotional music)
00:19:48.35\00:19:50.19
- We are in south
coast of Java Island.
00:19:50.19\00:19:54.12
Still in the
province of Yogyakarta.
00:19:54.12\00:19:56.99
There's this village
here, it's called Depok Village.
00:19:56.99\00:20:01.16
Talking to people
around here, they seem to be
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.90
one of the neglected
villages on the province.
00:20:05.20\00:20:09.50
And I always thought
about doing something
00:20:09.50\00:20:12.97
for people in this province,
00:20:12.97\00:20:14.51
and it so happened that
we have aviation program now.
00:20:14.51\00:20:18.91
And we're able to
land here particularly.
00:20:18.91\00:20:21.92
And the landing strip
is actually just behind us.
00:20:21.92\00:20:24.39
(plane door thuds)
00:20:24.39\00:20:25.32
It's right along the coastline.
00:20:25.32\00:20:28.32
(wind whooshing)
00:20:28.32\00:20:29.72
See, the thing is,
people, the hobby pilots,
00:20:29.72\00:20:32.53
people who like to fly
here on the weekends only,
00:20:32.53\00:20:35.00
I've spoken to some of
them, that the reason why
00:20:36.43\00:20:39.23
we acquired an
airplane is not only
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.30
to fly as a hobby, I like to
do something with the airplane.
00:20:42.74\00:20:46.11
Reach out people
who are otherwise
00:20:46.11\00:20:48.11
(waves whooshing distantly)
00:20:48.11\00:20:49.61
neglected in a way.
00:20:49.61\00:20:51.25
So, this is
probably one of the cases
00:20:51.25\00:20:53.11
that I'd be
interested in doing, developing.
00:20:53.11\00:20:56.62
(waves whooshing distantly)
00:20:56.62\00:20:57.92
As I've spoken to
some people, there's yeah,
00:20:57.92\00:20:59.45
there's a great need to
develop the area to become
00:20:59.45\00:21:01.49
more commercial,
touristy, so people from outside
00:21:02.82\00:21:05.76
can come and spend time here,
00:21:05.76\00:21:09.00
and with their hopes
00:21:12.17\00:21:13.60
to have this to become
like a tourist destination.
00:21:13.60\00:21:17.37
It already is in a way.
00:21:18.41\00:21:19.84
They collect
retributions from outsiders
00:21:19.84\00:21:22.91
when they pull in with a
car with the motorcycles.
00:21:22.91\00:21:25.75
But it doesn't
seem to be enough.
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.82
I've asked if there
is any schools or clinic,
00:21:29.28\00:21:34.09
(motorcycle revving distantly)
00:21:34.09\00:21:35.59
it's pretty much absent
here other than the basic ones.
00:21:35.59\00:21:39.19
They have
elementary school here locally.
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.26
But that's about it.
00:21:42.23\00:21:43.20
People are generally fishermen.
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.97
Even that, really,
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.41
with the sea condition like
this, they have to come home
00:21:50.41\00:21:54.34
by like four in the afternoon.
00:21:54.34\00:21:56.75
And ideally, if
you want to go fish,
00:21:56.75\00:21:59.28
you have to go
fishing all night,
00:21:59.28\00:22:00.48
but this sea condition,
the south coast of Java
00:22:00.48\00:22:03.22
is known to be mystical.
00:22:03.22\00:22:05.82
Fishermen, having a hard time
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.79
to make ends meet,
just doing fishing.
00:22:07.79\00:22:11.39
People here, they say they
feel like they're neglected
00:22:11.39\00:22:14.46
by the government.
00:22:14.46\00:22:15.56
It's has been proven by the fact
00:22:15.56\00:22:17.50
that there's no major
industries here coming in.
00:22:17.50\00:22:21.70
It's just like,
there's really nothing,
00:22:21.70\00:22:23.94
they got really
nothing to offer.
00:22:23.94\00:22:25.34
(wind whooshing)
00:22:25.34\00:22:26.61
They've offered
myself several things
00:22:26.61\00:22:29.78
to generate income with.
00:22:29.78\00:22:33.28
But I'm more into
just, I don't know,
00:22:33.28\00:22:37.42
maybe providing
service, and inviting people
00:22:37.42\00:22:40.12
to share, so these
people can create traffic.
00:22:43.46\00:22:46.73
They have income.
00:22:46.73\00:22:47.76
They see people from outside,
00:22:47.76\00:22:50.17
and the outside
people can come in.
00:22:50.17\00:22:52.33
And we can
start doing something.
00:22:52.33\00:22:54.70
(emotional music intensifies)
00:22:54.70\00:22:58.27
(emotional music softens)
00:22:58.27\00:22:59.84
- That's exciting.
00:22:59.84\00:23:00.84
- Yeah.
00:23:00.84\00:23:01.64
What an opportunity.
00:23:01.64\00:23:02.58
- It's a beautiful runway.
00:23:02.58\00:23:03.75
- Yeah.
00:23:03.75\00:23:04.68
- And beautiful location!
00:23:04.68\00:23:05.95
- Yeah, it's interesting
about the ocean though,
00:23:05.95\00:23:07.88
that they have
to come in by four.
00:23:07.88\00:23:09.52
- Yeah.
00:23:09.52\00:23:10.75
I'd like to
learn more about that.
00:23:10.75\00:23:12.29
- Yeah.
00:23:12.29\00:23:13.76
- But see, these are
things that, when you just talk
00:23:13.76\00:23:15.16
about the unreached,
it's like this cloud,
00:23:15.16\00:23:17.86
but when you go there,
you start finding out, oh,
00:23:17.86\00:23:20.13
there's a beach,
and it looks like that.
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.66
And oh, there's
an airstrip, and oh,
00:23:21.66\00:23:23.60
there's hardly
any schooling there,
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.77
and start learn- - Right,
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some of the challenges
that they're dealing with
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in their daily lives.
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- You start learning
a little bit about 'em,
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you have a little more
traction in your prayer.
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It's like start
being able to think, okay,
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I see them now, I
see that place now,
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I can start praying that.
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And so, this is something,
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this is like one step
towards getting to know
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and entering the
unreached, but it's hard work.
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- Right, right.
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Right, but
prayers are so important
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because that's how doors open.
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So that's how
anything's gonna happen
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at that airstrip is gonna
be because of a lot of prayer.
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A lot of prayer-
- But the truth is,
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we really don't need
to go there for ourselves.
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- No- - There's nothing
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in it for us.
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We could stay doing what
we've been doing just fine.
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- Yeah, and
Tengkanos are quite busy
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doing what they're doing.
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- [John] Very busy.
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- But there's people
who could know about Jesus.
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- And so, it's like
that existential, that like
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abstract concept that
there's people out there
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that don't have
access to the gospel,
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that's just like,
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it's the silent
voices that are the loudest.
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Keep calling to us.
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It's like, we can't hear
them, we don't see any email,
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"Hey, please come to Macedonia."
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But they're there,
we know they're there.
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And so, it's like,
how do we get there?
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- So this next
video, he's downtown
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in the big city at night.
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- [John] Okay.
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(pleasant piano music)
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- We're in the middle
(car whooshing distantly)
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of a city named Yogyakarta.
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The city is (atmosphere humming)
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an old city, it has centuries
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worth of history.
(objects clinking distantly)
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One part of Indonesia that's
never really been colonized.
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(vehicle revving distantly)
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I'm always happy to
be back here in the city
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because even my previous life
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(citizen chattering distantly)
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before we became missionaries,
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my family and I, we
used to come here a lot.
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And I spent good
amount of time here,
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coming here, having
businesses, having contacts.
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(atmosphere humming)
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And so, I had tears and joy
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connected with the
city. (exotic music playing)
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Now, I feel the burden of
being sent here in the city
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simply because our
television, HCBN Indonesia,
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we hardly, I would even
say never have any respondents
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coming from this whole city.
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And the city has 3.5, I
think million population.
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And we're not getting
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any one responding
viewer (atmosphere humming)
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from this whole area.
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Statistically, I think
60% of Indonesia's population
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actually live
here in this island.
00:25:57.55\00:25:59.32
(people chattering distantly)
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60% of 260
something million people,
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60% of those live
here in this island.
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And then, this middle part of
the island, in this Yogyakarta
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in the central Java,
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has the highest
number of Christianity
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amongst all the rest of
the west and the east of Java.
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Just so happened
(atmosphere humming)
00:26:16.71\00:26:17.94
that our
aircraft is being placed
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here in this city.
(people chattering distantly)
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One of the
military air base is here.
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I feel like God is
bringing me back here
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to the city to do
something about the absence
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of our presence
here. (atmosphere humming)
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But we're finding ways
to reach out to people,
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whether it's through
cycling, through barbershop,
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through aviation, or even
just hangin' out, meeting,
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look at how many
people are here at night.
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There's gotta be something.
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The city is actually
called "City of Students"
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because there's a huge
presence of universities.
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And so many people
(vehicles revving distantly)
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.57
from younger age,
younger generation,
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they have a
culture of hangin' out.
00:26:55.71\00:26:57.51
(motorcycles revving)
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Even if it goes
to like midnight,
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so many young people
actively just doing things
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on the streets.
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So, how do we attract them?
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How do we get them
to come to see Jesus?
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That's the key.
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But I think God is really
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gonna start something
up (motorcycle revving)
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in this whole region.
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Hopefully we get there,
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and can bring the
love of Jesus soon to them.
00:27:18.93\00:27:22.00
(pleasant piano
music intensifies)
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(pleasant piano music softens)
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- So now, we have a visual
image of mostly unreached city.
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- Yeah.
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- So, we can think
about that when we pray,
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those people walking past.
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- Right.
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- We can lift them up in prayer.
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- Right.
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I would like to
invite you to pray
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for the people of Yogyakarta
and the rest of Indonesia,
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there is so much need.
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And if you would
like to be involved,
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(soft music)
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please contact us
at Jesus for Asia.
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PO Box 1221
Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
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Call us at 423-413-7321.
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Or visit our
website at jesus4sia.org.
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May God richly bless you,
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until we see you next
time on "Jesus for Asia Now."
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(triumphant music)
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