(uplifting music)
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- [Mary Ann] We've
grown up in the church
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and have always been
somewhat involved in outreach.
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But how can we get
involved in missions overseas?
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My name is Mary Ann.
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- [Lilyann] And I'm Lilyann.
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We wanted to find out.
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Join us on our journey
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(gong clangs)
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to discover the
culture, the lifestyle.
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- [Mary Ann] The
need and the mission.
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In two of Southeast Asia's
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least-reached countries.
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Welcome to MissionTREK.
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Hi, we're so glad to
have you join us again.
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Today we will be
traveling to northern Thailand
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and learning more
about God's Great Commission.
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- In the last
episode, we were in Bangkok
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recovering from
jet lag and sampling
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some of the local culture.
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There's still a lot
we wanna see and do there
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as well as some
ministries we want to visit,
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but we'll come
back to Bangkok later.
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- Right now we have
a special opportunity
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that we don't want to
miss in northern Thailand,
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so we're gonna
travel there by bus
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and visit the more
rural part of the country.
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- Yeah, on the way, we'll be
traveling through a large part
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of Thailand where
there are absolutely
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no Seventh-day
Adventists in the entire region.
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- Wow, we had a
eight-hour bus ride
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where we didn't come close
to another Adventist church.
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- If you look on this map,
this is Thailand right here.
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We start right
about there in Bangkok,
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and we travel up through
Nakhon Sawan to Chiang Mai,
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but we stop for
the night in Sukhothai.
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- Join us as we stop
and pray for the unreached
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when we pass
through their territory.
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(engine rumbling)
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- We're gonna spend the
Sukhothai and then in the
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morning, we're gonna take
another bus to Chiang Mai.
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And along the way, we're
gonna stop at different towns
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and pray for them, because
the whole way to Chiang Mai,
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there's no Adventists, so
we're gonna claim promises
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and just pray, claim
those areas for Jesus.
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(uplifting music)
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- There's over five million
people that live in this valley,
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and over the next five
hours, we will not even come
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within a hundred miles
of a single church plant.
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- We're claiming Joshua
1:3, that wherever you plant
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the sole of your foot, that
have I already given unto you.
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We're claiming that
God will send someone here
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to represent him in this
area that doesn't have anyone.
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(singers vocalizing)
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- Praying that
your presence will.
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(speaking faintly)
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- We pray for the people here.
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- We pray knowing that you
will hear and answer our prayer
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and we love and thank
you in your name, amen.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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We're here in
Sukhothai and our bus got here
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an hour later
than we had expected,
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so that was kind
of disappointing,
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but we're glad to be here.
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We don't really
know where we're going
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and we just wanna be
there 'cause we're tired,
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but we don't know
where we wanna be (laughs).
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I don't know.
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- We're going to a guest
house to spend the night.
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It's about 10 o'clock and
yeah, everyone's exhausted.
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- And they stuffed
all of us and our stuff
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in all these little
tiny tuk-tuk things.
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- We have three, and
they're not quite like tuk-tuks.
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They're like a motorcycle
with a songthaew on the back.
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You'll find out what
a songthaew is later.
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(engine
rumbling) (shrill chirping)
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Can you get in my backpack
and pull out my purse so I can.
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(people speaking
in foreign language)
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That, yeah.
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- [Jon] What
are you getting out?
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- Passport, 'cause
apparently they need it.
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- [Jon] Why's that?
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- To get a hotel room.
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- [Jon] Why are
you fanning your face?
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- There's a lot
of mosquitoes here.
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- [Jon] I haven't noticed any.
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- Oh, I've killed
two since when you guys
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were going to get the room.
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- Really? - Yeah.
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- [Jon] I haven't noticed any.
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- Really, that's because
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they're all around
me. - They all like.
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The most dangerous
animal is mosquitoes, so--
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- So how come you're
not-- - She murdered them all.
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- [Jon] Fanning your face?
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- 'Cause they all like her.
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(girl in blue shirt laughs)
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- [Jon] So she's the
one we need to hang around.
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- Ugh. - Yes.
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- Now nothing will
hang around me (laughs).
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- So it's 10:30
and we got our rooms.
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It's really nice.
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We're very happy
that we have beds,
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so we're gonna use them now, so.
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(uplifting music)
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- We stayed in a
pretty nice place last night,
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and I think we
all slept pretty well,
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and it's a new morning
and we are hurrying to see
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some old ruins
from the old Sukhothai.
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And we didn't
really stop for breakfast
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'cause our bus got moved
to leaving two hours earlier
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than we thought originally,
so we're kinda just hurrying.
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But it should
all be good (laughs).
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(uplifting music)
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(singers vocalizing)
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- We're here at Sukhothai
to see the ancient ruins
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of the capital of
the La Na Thai kingdom.
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- You don't even read about
this stuff in history books,
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like what is this?
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No, but it's just different
coming to different countries
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and being there,
it's much more real
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than just reading a few
facts about it or whatnot.
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- We've taken world
history, but we've never learned
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about the different,
like the war between Thailand
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and Cambodia and the
Khmer and the kingdom of Siam
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and everything we never learned.
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So I think
definitely world history
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isn't much of world history.
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We found out that there
are 193 ruins in this area.
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There are 26 temples.
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This one is the largest,
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and there's actually the
ruins of a royal palace here,
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as well, which I
think is pretty cool.
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That prayer tour
was such a blessing.
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- And Sukhothai
was such a neat place.
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I can't believe there's
no missionaries living there.
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- I know, it's really sad.
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The people were so
welcoming and friendly,
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and they took us all the
way to a hotel and everything.
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It was really nice.
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- Yeah, it was.
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We can pray that
God calls someone there
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to live and share about him.
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- And there are 35,000
people that live in Sukhothai.
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It's crazy to think
that there are so many places
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where the people
have never even had access
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to the three angels' message.
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- Mm-hmm, and there's five
million precious Thai people
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living in that valley.
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So many
opportunities for a young person
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to give their life in service
to make a real difference.
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- And at home, if you go
to church, you can easily join
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others that act like,
think, and talk like you.
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- If you miss a
Sabbath, you may be missed,
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but the church
will go on without you.
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- But if you go to
a place like Sukhothai
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and start a church,
you could open the door
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for so many people that
wouldn't have that opportunity
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to have salvation otherwise.
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So earlier we mentioned
God's Great Commission.
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Can you share a little
bit of what that actually is?
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- Yeah, so in Matthew 28,
Jesus shares with his disciples
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before he returns to heaven
how they are supposed to go
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into all the world and
share him with everybody.
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- Mm-hmm, so that's what
we call the Great Commission.
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- Yes, it's the
joyful task that we have
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to take the good news of
his second coming to everyone.
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- How exciting,
we're learning a little bit
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of what it might be
like to serve like that.
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- Mm-hmm, but back to the trip.
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After spending the
morning in Sukhothai,
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we took a bus the rest
of the way to Chiang Mai
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where we spent the night near
the Adventist Academy there.
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- There is a video
production team nearby
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sponsored by Jesus for Asia
that took us to a Lahu village.
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We also got to talk
to them about their work.
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- And at the end, we got to
go visit a sticky waterfall.
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(uplifting music)
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- Well, we're here in a village.
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We're gonna go to
church here and last night,
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we stayed at a
resort, which was really nice,
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and then this morning, we
ate breakfast and drove here.
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So yeah, we'll see how it is.
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(man speaking in
foreign language)
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- We're here in a
village and we're having
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the church service here in
a little church in a village
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that's a few kilometers
away from the media studio
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that we were at.
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(upbeat guitar music)
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(people chattering
in foreign language)
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And nobody else
had brought any food.
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(woman speaks in
foreign language)
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The little kids are so sweet
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even though we can't
talk to them directly,
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but they're just so cute.
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(singing in foreign language)
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We came to this
village that's just a few miles
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from the media
team that we visited.
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- [Mary Ann] So the people
are from a tribe called Lahu,
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and we went to church
here and it was really nice.
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- We got to teach
Sabbath School and--
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- For the children.
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We told them
stories and taught them
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to sing "Jesus
Loves Me" in English,
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and it was actually really fun.
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Even me, when I've been
on trips before, I was like,
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"Well, I can't
really do anything,"
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so I'd just sit and watch.
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But then we got to teach
them something and tell them
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stories and it was really
fun, and it was really good.
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I think that definitely
you're never too young
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to be a missionary.
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- We're here in
Mae Taeng, Thailand
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with the Love for Asia Media
Team, and we'll be interviewing
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each of the team
members individually.
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We're starting with Daniel Bair.
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- So Mr. Bair, what do you
do here at the media center?
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- I'm the
director of the team here,
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and (laughs) I'm also IT,
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which is one of the
reasons I first came here.
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- What can I or others
like me do to help you now
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or when we're older?
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- Well, you could
study media production
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and become TV show
hosts or something like that,
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or you could bring
awareness to what we're doing
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so that people know
that the work we're doing
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and the support we need.
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You can also encourage
others and light the fire
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in other youth to
be mission-minded,
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to seek out opportunities
for bringing the Gospel
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to the unreached
parts of the world.
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- What are some differences
between life for kids in America
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and life for kids here?
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- Probably be more on
the level of growing up
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in the Christian
culture versus growing up
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in the Buddhist
culture over here.
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Having that worldview
difference, having everything
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revolve around that
culture, versus in America,
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you drive through the town,
you see the Christian churches.
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In Thailand, you drive
through the country here
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and you see the Buddhist
temples and the Buddhist idols.
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- We've seen
some of the hardships
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that missionaries
have to go through.
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Considering those,
why do you stay here?
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What keeps you here?
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- When you think about
what is life worth living for,
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you can live for yourself
or you can live for your king,
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and for us, to chase after
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the American dream
of wealth and riches
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and all the possessions
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and things like
that became tasteless,
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whereas pursuing what
Christ has to offer us,
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which is eternity
with him, with others,
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with the rest of humanity,
and then being a part of that,
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bringing others to
Christ, I mean, that was, to us,
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it was like it was almost
nothing to sacrifice, really.
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- Right now we're gonna
introduce Gop and Frame.
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- What do you guys do here?
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- I'm working as translator.
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- So I'm a audio engineer
and also help editing video.
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- Why are you doing this?
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Why are you working here?
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- I feel the call
about four years ago,
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actually five years ago
while I'm working in the bar.
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I'm a musician,
I'm playing and I pray,
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"Lord, I want to
serve you somehow."
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Even the song that I
sing is good meaning,
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but the people that
listen, they just drink
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and they not really
touched by the music.
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I feel that God is
calling me for some ministry,
00:15:26.76\00:15:30.93
and then he open
door and here, I'm here.
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- What are some of
the tribal religions like?
00:15:35.33\00:15:38.20
- The belief here is kind of mix
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with animist and
Buddhist, Buddhism.
00:15:40.90\00:15:43.57
Actually they're
not really go deep
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in Buddhism for the tribe.
00:15:47.81\00:15:50.01
They are really
worshiping the evil spirit.
00:15:50.01\00:15:53.52
They believe that
because they live in the forest
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and they feel the needs of
some power to protect them.
00:15:57.59\00:16:02.66
- Are there enough
workers for God's kingdom?
00:16:03.93\00:16:05.99
- Well, I can say
that is never be enough.
00:16:05.99\00:16:10.27
I'm a third generation,
actually second generation
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from my parents as an Adventist.
00:16:14.64\00:16:16.84
Even though I'm a
second generation as Adventist,
00:16:18.31\00:16:20.34
I still feel
more need of materials
00:16:20.34\00:16:23.45
and more example, good example,
and it will be more need
00:16:23.45\00:16:28.38
for the next generation
to have more good example,
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good labor to
prepare the ground field
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for God's work.
00:16:35.96\00:16:37.66
- So you've come into
the work and been working
00:16:37.66\00:16:40.46
for a few years
here, and would you go back
00:16:40.46\00:16:43.80
to your old life?
00:16:43.80\00:16:45.17
- Well, we've been honored
to serve God in the ministry
00:16:45.17\00:16:49.80
and our life change when
we see other lives change,
00:16:51.17\00:16:54.41
and we feel this is a
blessing, and if we stop,
00:16:54.41\00:16:58.81
we just stop the
blessing to others, as well.
00:16:58.81\00:17:01.38
So we would like to continue
00:17:01.38\00:17:03.42
the life of blessing to
people as long as we live.
00:17:03.42\00:17:06.59
- We all should try to be
blessings to those around us.
00:17:06.59\00:17:09.66
- Yes, yes. - Yeah, for my life,
00:17:09.66\00:17:11.63
it's changed a lot.
00:17:11.63\00:17:13.40
Since I work here, I
feel the call from God.
00:17:13.40\00:17:18.43
Every day that we come here
00:17:20.10\00:17:22.40
and as I work as the translator,
00:17:22.40\00:17:26.21
I can feel like
the letter that I type,
00:17:27.34\00:17:30.51
every word that will bring
00:17:30.51\00:17:32.95
the blessing for the people
and they can understand more
00:17:32.95\00:17:37.42
about Jesus and God, our Lord.
00:17:37.42\00:17:42.19
- Is it okay for a
Christian to wai to people?
00:17:42.19\00:17:44.56
- For
culture-wise, this is a way
00:17:44.56\00:17:48.00
of showing respect
to people and it is not,
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I don't think it's
sinful to show your respect.
00:17:52.20\00:17:56.04
In return, you
receive respect back,
00:17:56.04\00:17:58.91
but if you don't
respect people, not even in Thai
00:17:58.91\00:18:02.78
or other culture, you know
what you will get back, right?
00:18:02.78\00:18:05.91
You cannot get the respect back.
00:18:05.91\00:18:08.05
- Ah, thank you very much.
00:18:08.05\00:18:09.98
(upbeat guitar music)
00:18:09.98\00:18:13.49
- Right now
we're here with Babal
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and we're going to
find out what she does here.
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- What do you do here?
00:18:18.13\00:18:19.53
- I work translator here.
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- Which language do you speak?
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- Karen.
00:18:24.03\00:18:25.37
- Oh, okay.
00:18:25.37\00:18:26.67
- Actually, yeah, I
translate Thai into Karen.
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- So how do you greet
someone in Karen culture?
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- In the Karen say
like the foreign people,
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and we would say good morning,
good afternoon, good evening.
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In the Karen, we say
00:18:40.65\00:18:42.08
(speaks in foreign
language), like that.
00:18:42.08\00:18:45.39
- Okay, do you
like working for Jesus?
00:18:45.39\00:18:48.32
- Yes, I like work for Jesus.
00:18:48.32\00:18:51.49
I mean, in my life actually,
I'm not Christian before.
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When I become a
Christian, my family left me
00:18:56.20\00:18:59.90
because they don't
like Christian people,
00:18:59.90\00:19:03.10
but when I become here,
I mean, I saw the people
00:19:03.10\00:19:07.54
who help me when I
study at the school.
00:19:07.54\00:19:12.55
So next time
feel like that one day
00:19:12.55\00:19:14.28
I will serve the Lord, so yeah.
00:19:14.28\00:19:16.62
- Wow, that is powerful.
00:19:16.62\00:19:18.55
Thank you so much. - Thank you.
00:19:18.55\00:19:20.72
- Now we'd like to introduce you
00:19:21.52\00:19:22.92
to another member of
the media team, Suwit.
00:19:22.92\00:19:26.23
- So what do you do here?
00:19:26.23\00:19:28.06
- I am cameraman
and video editor.
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- Do you like what you do here?
00:19:30.50\00:19:32.47
- Yes, I do.
00:19:32.47\00:19:34.10
- How did you come to
work here with the media team?
00:19:34.10\00:19:36.71
- I join the OYIM Program,
which is One Year in Mission
00:19:36.71\00:19:40.81
and finished on
July last year, 2016.
00:19:40.81\00:19:44.38
And I got a sister
here, working here,
00:19:44.38\00:19:47.75
and she asked me I
would like to come here
00:19:47.75\00:19:51.32
and join the
team, so I apply for it
00:19:51.32\00:19:54.66
and they call me,
so I just come here.
00:19:54.66\00:19:58.69
- Wow. - Thank you for sharing.
00:19:58.69\00:20:00.96
- Yes. (speaks
in foreign language)
00:20:00.96\00:20:03.70
Okay, we are about to go to
the Bairs' house, so let's go.
00:20:03.70\00:20:08.77
(upbeat guitar music)
00:20:09.44\00:20:12.31
- We're here at
the Bairs' house,
00:20:33.26\00:20:35.00
and we were curious
about what it's like
00:20:35.00\00:20:37.17
living and doing
life here in Thailand.
00:20:37.17\00:20:40.47
- So why did you
decide to move to Thailand?
00:20:40.47\00:20:43.14
- We came to
Thailand after we had learned
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.61
about the great
need for missionaries,
00:20:45.61\00:20:48.81
particularly in
the 10/40 window,
00:20:48.81\00:20:51.11
and we met some
missionaries and learned
00:20:51.11\00:20:54.88
that they were working
over here, and we felt impressed
00:20:54.88\00:20:58.42
that God was calling us
to come join them over here.
00:20:58.42\00:21:01.22
- So we know you have
three pretty young children.
00:21:01.22\00:21:04.73
What is it like raising
them in a foreign country?
00:21:04.73\00:21:07.60
- Well, one of the things
that I have to think about
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.17
as a mom is
sometimes I don't realize
00:21:11.17\00:21:14.20
what they're
afraid of, and one thing
00:21:14.20\00:21:17.04
they were really afraid of
was that people were talking
00:21:17.04\00:21:20.18
and it sounded like
they were just babbling,
00:21:20.18\00:21:23.58
and that made 'em afraid.
00:21:23.58\00:21:25.35
They didn't know
what to think about it.
00:21:25.35\00:21:27.12
And so learning the language
has been really hard for them.
00:21:27.12\00:21:31.42
- That's very interesting.
00:21:31.42\00:21:32.45
You don't think
about things like that
00:21:32.45\00:21:34.52
when you just live in America
00:21:34.52\00:21:36.09
and you can understand
what anybody's saying.
00:21:36.09\00:21:38.06
- Yeah. - What are some
00:21:38.06\00:21:39.33
of the ways that life is
different here than in America?
00:21:39.33\00:21:43.06
- Our diet is different.
00:21:43.06\00:21:44.60
We eat more rice.
00:21:44.60\00:21:46.10
Rice three meals a
day is not uncommon,
00:21:46.10\00:21:48.67
so we have a variety of things.
00:21:48.67\00:21:51.51
- Do you think you'll
ever live in American again?
00:21:51.51\00:21:54.11
- It's theoretically possible
if Christ doesn't return
00:21:54.11\00:21:57.78
before my father's
health declines rapidly enough,
00:21:59.45\00:22:02.15
but we know that if my father,
if his health reaches a level
00:22:02.15\00:22:06.62
where he needs
family caring for him,
00:22:06.62\00:22:10.73
then we made a promise
to him that we'd come back
00:22:10.73\00:22:13.70
to serve him and to
remain faithful in that,
00:22:13.70\00:22:17.20
but for us to return to America
00:22:17.20\00:22:20.60
just because we miss it,
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.87
that wouldn't be the decision.
00:22:22.87\00:22:26.04
- Do you have any advice you'd
give to young people like us
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.51
or those watching
if they're considering
00:22:28.51\00:22:31.05
what God's call
might be in their life,
00:22:31.05\00:22:32.81
how they could
prepare for maybe coming
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.25
to the mission field?
00:22:34.25\00:22:35.62
- Sure, when I was a kid, I
read lots of mission stories,
00:22:35.62\00:22:38.32
and that gives you an idea
of what life is really like.
00:22:38.32\00:22:41.59
My favorite one
was actually one that,
00:22:42.69\00:22:44.69
I think it's called
"These Strange Ashes"
00:22:44.69\00:22:46.49
by Elisabeth
Elliot, and she actually
00:22:46.49\00:22:51.57
was describing a
mission where she failed.
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.44
Everything went
kaput, and I thought,
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.34
wow, if she can go
and say it was still,
00:22:56.34\00:22:59.94
God was still in
it for her to go and,
00:22:59.94\00:23:02.41
even though she failed,
then I could go anywhere.
00:23:02.41\00:23:06.41
- So we've really enjoyed
our interview that we've had
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.48
with the Bairs and we hope
that you also have enjoyed it
00:23:08.48\00:23:11.19
and been blessed.
00:23:11.19\00:23:12.95
We hope we can come back
soon and visit them again.
00:23:12.95\00:23:15.22
(upbeat guitar music)
00:23:15.22\00:23:18.46
- Hey. - Hello.
00:23:20.80\00:23:21.90
- We are on our
way to Nam Phu Chet Si.
00:23:21.90\00:23:25.87
- Originally we were
heading back to Chiang Mai,
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.07
and then we were
like, (gasps) we need to go
00:23:28.07\00:23:29.77
to the waterfall.
00:23:29.77\00:23:31.11
We forgot about it.
00:23:31.11\00:23:32.44
Nam Phu Chet Si is Sticky Falls.
00:23:32.44\00:23:36.54
- It's a waterfall.
00:23:36.54\00:23:37.65
- We're not exactly
sure what that means.
00:23:37.65\00:23:39.95
- Why it's called sticky.
00:23:39.95\00:23:41.32
- We're definitely guessing
that it's flowing maple syrup.
00:23:41.32\00:23:44.82
- Yummy.
00:23:44.82\00:23:45.89
- So I guess we'll
just have to find out.
00:23:45.89\00:23:47.12
- Yes.
00:23:47.12\00:23:48.12
(upbeat music)
00:23:48.12\00:23:50.76
It looks really weird.
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.29
- [Lilyann] There's ropes
and you're supposed to climb
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.33
up the waterfall, so
it's gonna be really fun.
00:23:55.33\00:23:57.90
We will see how this goes.
00:23:57.90\00:23:58.90
- Here we go.
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.84
(roaring water
drowns out voices)
00:24:00.84\00:24:02.74
It's slippery--
00:24:02.74\00:24:03.81
(roaring water
drowns out voices)
00:24:03.81\00:24:04.97
(girl shrieks)
00:24:04.97\00:24:07.64
(shrieking happily)
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.40
- [Jon] Watch out
there, don't fall.
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.43
(speaking faintly)
00:24:32.80\00:24:35.34
- Yeah!
00:24:35.34\00:24:36.24
You're wet.
00:24:38.57\00:24:39.74
- Yes, I know. - So
was that fun, you guys?
00:24:39.74\00:24:41.41
- Yes! - Oh, my goodness.
00:24:41.41\00:24:42.71
Yes, it's the
best. (kid shrieking)
00:24:42.71\00:24:45.28
- Whoo-hoo!
00:24:45.28\00:24:46.98
(girl shrieks)
00:24:46.98\00:24:48.32
- [Jon] Yay. (speaking faintly)
00:24:48.32\00:24:52.82
- This is my new favorite place.
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.59
- Oh, it was
awesome, so much fun.
00:24:54.59\00:24:57.16
So basically we learned
that climbing a waterfall's
00:24:57.16\00:25:00.06
a lot of fun. - Oh, yeah,
00:25:00.06\00:25:01.43
and the reason it's
called sticky waterfalls
00:25:01.43\00:25:03.83
is 'cause the rock
is some sort of mineral
00:25:03.83\00:25:05.60
that you can just walk up, so--
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.70
- It's like sandpaper
material, but not scratchy.
00:25:07.70\00:25:12.07
It's just grippy.
00:25:12.07\00:25:13.41
- Yeah, that was the most
funnest things I've ever done.
00:25:13.41\00:25:18.01
- We got all
wet, as you can tell.
00:25:18.01\00:25:20.92
That was so awesome.
00:25:22.42\00:25:23.89
Getting to
visit the Lahu village
00:25:23.89\00:25:25.72
was a really neat experience,
and then interviewing
00:25:25.72\00:25:29.16
the media team,
and the waterfall
00:25:29.16\00:25:31.26
was really fun, of
course. - Of course, that was
00:25:31.26\00:25:33.03
so much fun. - It was.
00:25:33.03\00:25:34.73
- So the village we
went to was a Lahu village,
00:25:34.73\00:25:37.13
but who even knows
what a Lahu village is?
00:25:37.13\00:25:39.63
Like what are the Lahu?
00:25:39.63\00:25:40.90
- I didn't before I went there.
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.97
- Yeah, so we found
this site on the computer
00:25:42.97\00:25:47.58
where if you wanna
learn more about the Lahu
00:25:47.58\00:25:50.15
and other unreached people
groups, you can check it out.
00:25:50.15\00:25:53.15
If you go to joshuaproject.net,
00:25:54.15\00:25:58.75
it comes up with all these.
00:25:59.82\00:26:02.39
To find the Lahu, you go
to People Groups, hit Search.
00:26:02.39\00:26:05.83
You can search there, Lahu.
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.20
So when you
search, it'll come up
00:26:10.60\00:26:12.03
with all these different options
00:26:12.03\00:26:13.37
because there are 16,000
people groups in the world.
00:26:13.37\00:26:17.24
But right here, it says Lahu,
00:26:17.24\00:26:19.54
and then the
language is also Lahu.
00:26:19.54\00:26:21.98
So that one, so
if you go to here,
00:26:23.08\00:26:26.18
you can see that
this one says Thailand.
00:26:26.18\00:26:29.65
You click that and there, see?
00:26:29.65\00:26:33.66
There are actually a lot of
Christians in this people group,
00:26:33.66\00:26:38.36
is 30% Christian,
which is a lot better than--
00:26:38.36\00:26:43.40
- Some, yeah. - Mm-hmm.
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.53
Down here it will show you
all the different information,
00:26:45.53\00:26:49.74
and it shows here that
they have the complete Bible
00:26:49.74\00:26:52.74
in their language, which is more
00:26:52.74\00:26:54.71
than a lot of
people groups have.
00:26:54.71\00:26:56.34
So this is a
really cool resource
00:26:56.34\00:26:57.75
if you wanna learn
more about the people groups
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.95
and just people that
need to know Jesus the most.
00:26:59.95\00:27:03.39
- Praise God
that this people group
00:27:03.39\00:27:04.82
has access to the Gospel.
00:27:04.82\00:27:06.49
It's sad that there
are so many like them
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.36
that are just waiting to hear.
00:27:08.36\00:27:09.79
- Yeah, like in Sukothai
and so many other places
00:27:09.79\00:27:12.49
that we went through,
especially in the 10/40 window.
00:27:12.49\00:27:15.76
- Which includes
almost all of Asia.
00:27:15.76\00:27:18.50
- Yeah, and more
people live inside of Asia
00:27:18.50\00:27:20.50
than outside of it.
00:27:20.50\00:27:21.77
- As well as 90%
of all the unreached.
00:27:21.77\00:27:24.64
- And yet fewer
resources go there
00:27:24.64\00:27:27.48
than anywhere else for
the spread of the Gospel.
00:27:27.48\00:27:30.11
- We hope this
all encourages you
00:27:30.11\00:27:32.38
to reflect on the
things that you value.
00:27:32.38\00:27:34.25
If you do, what will you
learn about your priorities
00:27:34.25\00:27:37.62
and what path you may be on?
00:27:37.62\00:27:39.65
If you put God first, he
will align everything else
00:27:39.65\00:27:42.76
according to his will.
00:27:42.76\00:27:44.26
- Please pray for
Asia and ask that the Lord
00:27:44.26\00:27:46.39
will send
laborers into his harvest.
00:27:46.39\00:27:48.60
- See you next
time on MissionTREK.
00:27:48.60\00:27:50.47
(inspiring music)
00:27:50.47\00:27:53.37