Adventures in Missions

Religions of Thailand/Myanmar-2

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Program Code: AIM000787A


00:01 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:03 ONE MISSION.
00:04 THE GREAT COMMISSION TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
00:11 CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS.
00:15 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU.
00:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:32 WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
00:34 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:37 BUT PARTICULARLY PART 2 IN A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
00:40 STORY OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:42 WE WERE IN THAILAND WITH DAVID BELL LAST TIME THAT
00:48 WE WERE TOGETHER AND YOU TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:50 THAILAND.
00:51 YES, IT WAS A COUNTRY THAT I HAVE KIND OF ACCEPTED AS
00:56 MY SECOND COUNTRY BECAUSE WE LIVED THERE FOR 12
01:00 YEARS WORKING AT THE SCHOOL AND SO IT'S
01:02 BEEN-AND THAT IS LOCATED IN THE FAR EAST.
01:06 WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAILAND MAYBE ON THE
01:10 SCREEN.
01:12 YES, THERE IT IS.
01:13 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
01:16 HOW BIG IS THAT COUNTRY?
01:17 HOW MANY PEOPLE?
01:18 WELL, I GUESS I TAKE IT AS THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF
01:27 ALBERTA WHERE I COME FROM AND IT IS ABOUT THE SAME
01:31 SIZE AS ALBERTA.
01:32 I SEE.
01:33 BUT IT'S POPULATION IS SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WAS IT
01:35 39 MILLION.
01:38 NO, AH ABOUT 9 MILLION AND THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
01:46 HAS THE POPULATION OF ABOUT 2 MILLION, WOW, SO
01:48 MUCH MORE COMPACTED.
01:51 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CHALLENGE
01:54 BECAUSE IT IS PREVAILING RELIGION IS BUDDHISM AND
01:57 YOU HAVE STUDIED ABOUT BUDDHA AND HE BEFORE HE
02:03 DIED, HE TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS WHICH WASN'T A
02:05 VERY LARGE GROUP-DON'T FOLLOW ME, DON'T WORSHIP
02:08 ME, DON'T PRAY TO ME AND DON'T MAKE ANY IMAGES OF
02:11 ME BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE COMING AFTER ME.
02:16 THAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT DID HE INDICATE?
02:19 HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO BE WORSHIPED.
02:24 HE WANTED FOR PEOPLE TO WORSHIP THE ONE THAT IS
02:28 COMING AND SO IT WAS A -AND IT WAS KEPT THAT WAY
02:34 I'M SURE FOR CENTURIES OF YEARS BECAUSE HE LIVED
02:38 BACK IN DANIEL'S TIME ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
02:42 MILLENIA HAVE PAST AND THE CULTURES TODAY OF BUDDHISM
02:47 THEY WORSHIP BUDDHA AND THEY WORSHIP IMAGES AND
02:50 THEY'VE KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
02:51 DON'T FOLLOW EVERYTHING I SAY, THERE IS SOMETHING
02:53 MORE COMING AND THIS BECOMES AN ENTERING WEDGE
02:54 FOR US TO SEND THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT GOSPEL
02:55 OUTREACH DOES THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP.
02:57 YOU ARE ONE OF THE AREA COORDINATORS, THAT'S
02:58 RIGHT, FOR HOW MANY GOSPEL WORKERS IN THAILAND.
02:59 IN THAILAND, WE HAVE ABOUT 28 I BELIEVE IT IS.
03:11 TWENTY-EIGHT NOW THIS IS IN WHAT WE CALL THE 10/40
03:17 WINDOW FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST
03:19 TIME TODAY, THE 10/40 WINDOW IS AN AREA INSIDE
03:22 ABOVE THE EQUATOR 10 DEGREES AND 40 DEGREES
03:26 STRETCHES AND COVERS MOST OF THE WORLD AND OF THAT
03:33 POPULATION, 97 PER CENT HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF
03:37 THE NAME OF JESUS AND SO WE ARE SENDING NOT JUST
03:41 MISSIONARIES-THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE PUT
03:43 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE -THEY LIVE THERE; THEY KNOW THE
03:46 CULTURE; THEY BREATHE AND EAT THE FOOD AND THEY JUST
03:49 GET A LITTLE SMALL STIPEND AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
03:53 PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE OF WHAT KIND OF
03:55 RESULTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
03:57 GREAT RESULTS.
03:58 YOU TOLD THE STORY OF ONE PARTICULAR YOUNG MAN AND
04:01 HIS WIFE- A MIRACLE THAT TOOK PLACE AND HE NOW HAS
04:05 TWO CHURCHES, TWO CHURCHES 100 IN ONE AND 80 IN THE
04:09 OTHER.
04:10 SO, THEN WE WENT FROM THAILAND AND WE WERE
04:12 CAUGHT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIME RUNNING OUT
04:14 LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.
04:16 WE WENT DOWN TO WHAT I GREW UP AS BURMA.
04:19 WELL, BURMA IS NO LONGER ACCEPTED OVER IN THOSE
04:22 PARTS OF THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT BRITISH
04:24 NAMES.
04:24 IT IS NOW MYANMAR.
04:27 MYANMAR.
04:28 MYANMAR, HOW BIG A COUNTRY IS THAT?
04:32 IT IS PRACTICALLY THE SAME SIZE AS THAILAND BUT THE
04:36 POPULATION JUST A LITTLE LESS.
04:38 AND IT IS LARGELY BUDDIST?
04:40 IT IS LARGELY BUDDHIST AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP
04:44 THERE, YOU CAN SEE, IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT WITHOUT
04:49 POINTING THERE IS A STRIP ALONG THE LEFT SIDE AND A
04:53 STRIP ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAIN MASS AND THOSE
04:58 AREAS ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT AREAS BECAUSE
05:03 THEY ARE KIND OF THE -OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
05:08 THEY ARE NOT APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND I'LL
05:12 TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
05:14 SO, THEY DO THEIR OWN VERSION OF BUDDHISM.
05:16 THEY DO THEIR OWN VERSION OF BUDDHISM BUT THEY ALSO
05:20 HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY
05:23 WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.
05:27 INTERESTING.
05:28 NOW WE SHOWED SOME PICTURES LAST TIME
05:30 ESPECIALLY THAILAND THAT IS HEAVILY INTO TEMPLES,
05:34 VERY EXOTIC.
05:36 SHOW A COUPLE OF THOSE AND, YES, THIS IS THE
05:38 GRAND PALACE IN BANGKOK.
05:41 IT IS THE MAIN PALACE OF BUDDHISM IN THAILAND.
05:47 THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE COMPOUND AND INSIDE THAT
05:52 LARGE BUILDING THERE IS THE EMERALD BUDDHA.
05:55 IT IS A LITTLE IMAGE -ITS ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF
06:01 HIGH, I BELIEVE.
06:02 OH, IT'S NOT A MONSTROUS BUDDHA.
06:04 NO, ITS NOT A MONSTER AT ALL.
06:05 AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST
06:07 TIME ALL OF THIS INTRICATE GOLD SCROLL WORK IS VERY
06:12 SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE
06:13 SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWERS OF EVIL.
06:15 OH YES, THEY THINK THAT THE DEMONS CAN ONLY TRAVEL
06:19 IN STRAIGHT LINES AND SO IF THEY PUT LOTS OF
06:21 CURLYQUES AND CURVES IN THE BUILDING THEN IT WILL
06:25 KEEP THE -IT WILL DERAIL THE DEVIL.
06:27 DERAIL THE DEVIL.
06:28 THAT IS VERY INTERESTING.
06:30 NOW WHAT WAS THE NEXT PICTURE WE HAD THERE?
06:32 WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXCITING
06:33 STORY.
06:34 YES.
06:35 AND THIS IS NOW DOWN IN MYANMAR.
06:37 YES.
06:38 AND VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE PARTICULAR
06:41 CULTURES AND AS YOU SAID, THE NUANCES OF DIFFERENT
06:44 WAYS.
06:45 WHO IS THIS PERSON AND LET'S GO BACK AND TELL
06:46 THIS STORY?
06:47 THIS IS KIM MEU AND HIS WIFE.
06:50 THEY-I WAS INTERESTED IN WHEN TALKING TO THESE
06:56 PEOPLE A FEW WEEKS BACK THAT THEY HAD COME OUT OF
07:03 BUDDHISM INTO CHRISTIANITY INTO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH.
07:06 YOU KNOW, USUALLY THEY GO FROM A BUDDHISM TO A
07:12 SUNDAY WORSHIPING CHURCH AND THEN INTO ADVENTISM
07:16 BUT THIS WAS ONE DIRECT.
07:19 DIRECT LEAP.
07:20 YES.
07:21 DIRECTLY TO GODS DESIGN.
07:25 WELL, NOW HE HAD BEEN A MILITARY PERSON.
07:28 YES, HE'D BEEN IN THE MILITARY.
07:29 HE WAS A MEDICAL SURGEON IN THE -SO, HE IS AN
07:31 EDUCATED BUDDHIST.
07:32 YES, HE WAS EDUCATED AND HE WORKED THERE FOR QUITE
07:33 SOME TIME BUT HIS -HE HAD HEART PROBLEMS OR
07:35 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SO-FOR SOME REASON
07:36 BUDDHISM WAS NOT FULFILLING TO HIM THERE
07:37 WAS SOMETHING MISSING THERE.
07:38 THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING.
07:39 IT WAS THE STATE OF NIRVANA WHICH IS THE STATE
07:40 OF NOTHINGNESS.
07:41 SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS OF BUDDHISM TO GO TO
07:46 THE STATE OF NIRVANA.
07:51 YES, AND THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE SATISFYING.
08:00 IT DIDN'T SATISFY HIM SO, WHAT HAPPENED?
08:08 WELL, LIKE OUR BIBLE TEXT THAT I SAID LAST TIME.
08:13 "YES, THEY SHALL SING IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD FOR
08:16 GREAT IS THE GLORY OF THE LORD."
08:18 SO, GOD IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING TO TURN HIS LIFE
08:22 INSIDE OUT AND UPSIDE DOWN.
08:23 YES.
08:24 AND THAT'S PSALMS 138:5 "THEY SHALL SING".
08:30 OK.
08:31 NOW HOW DID THAT TRANSPIRE IN HIS EXPERIENCE.
08:34 BECAUSE THERE WAS NOBODY THAT TALKED TO HIM ABOUT
08:39 THE GOSPEL OR ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AT ALL.
08:44 HE WAS SITTINGIN HIS,THEIR ROOM AND HE LOOKED AT THE
08:50 CALENDAR ON THE WALL AND SOMEHOW IT WAS A CHRISTIAN
08:56 CALENDAR.
08:57 IT HAD A PICTURE OF CHRIST.
08:58 IT IS PROBABLY ONE THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PUTS
09:02 OUT.
09:04 IT HAS THE SACRED HEART SHOWING AND THAT'S QUITE A
09:07 COMMON CALENDAR IN THESE COUNTRIES AND HE LOOKED AT
09:12 THAT AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WIFE, BUDDHISM HASN'T
09:16 GIVEN US ANYTHING.
09:18 ITS JUST NOTHING AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD
09:23 TRY CHRISTIANITY.
09:26 THIS IS RATHER STARTLING I MEAN.
09:28 YES.
09:28 A WHOLE CULTURE.
09:29 A WHOLE CULTURE CHANGE AND SO HE WENT TO THE PASTOR
09:36 THAT HAD BEEN IN THE CHAPLAIN OF THE ARMY
09:40 SECTION THAT HE WAS IN AND SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND SO
09:45 HE WENT TO HER AND HE SAID, I WANT TO BECOME A
09:48 CHRISTIAN CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW?
09:51 AND SO, SHE STARTED GIVING HIM STUDIES AND SHE BECAME
09:55 AND HE WAS INTERESTED AND HE THOUGHT YOU KNOW, THIS
09:58 IS GOOD, THIS IS GOOD.
09:59 I LIKE IT.
10:01 AND THEN AFTER AWHILE THIS PASTOR LADY SAID, YOU KNOW
10:09 YOU HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM AND HE SAID, YES,
10:13 I DO.
10:14 I'M ALWAYS DRUNK BUT I'D LIKE TO QUIT AND SO SHE
10:19 SAID, WELL, I CAN'T HELP YOU THERE BUT IF YOU GO TO
10:24 THE ADVENTIST PASTOR OVER THERE AND HAVE HIM TALK TO
10:29 YOU, HE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO STOP DRINKING AND GIVE
10:34 YOU FREEDOM FROM THAT.
10:36 THROUGH OUR FIVE-DAY PLANS AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
10:39 PROGRAMS THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULD GET SOME HELP
10:42 THERE.
10:43 YES.
10:44 SO, WHAT HAPPENED?
10:45 SO, HE WENT AND HE BECAME VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE
10:50 ADVENTIST MESSAGE AND ACCEPTED ALL OF IT.
10:54 QUIT DRINKING?
10:55 QUIT DRINKING; QUIT EVERYTHING THAT WAS
10:59 HARMFUL.
11:00 SO, THIS WAS A MIRACLE AND HIS WIFE CAN'T BELIEVE
11:03 WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
11:03 IT WAS A MIRACLE.
11:04 YES.
11:05 BECAUSE CHANGING CULTURES OVER THERE IS VERY
11:06 SIGNIFICANT AND PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT IN THE
11:07 10/40 WINDOW WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT MAJOR A STEP
11:11 YOU COULD LOSE YOUR JOB, YOU COULD LOSE THE
11:12 OPPORTUNITY TO SELL PRODUCE FROM YOUR FIELDS.
11:16 THE CULTURE CHANGE IS MAJOR.
11:18 SO, HERE HE IS NOW BECOMING-DID HE BECOME AN
11:21 ADVENTIST?
11:23 WELL, IT WAS KIND OF HUMOROUS HOW HE DID IT
11:28 BECAUSE HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING TO THE
11:31 ADVENTIST CHURCH, NOT AN ADVENTIST YET BUT THEY HAD
11:35 A SEMINAR ON HOW TO BECOME A GOOD CHURCH CLERK.
11:39 SO, HE GOES TO THE SEMINAR ON BEING A CHURCH CLERK.
11:43 A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY HAVE A SEMINAR ON HOW TO
11:47 TEACH KINDERGARTEN.
11:48 SO, HE GOES AND LEARNS HOW TO TEACH KINDERGARTEN.
11:51 EVERYTHING THAT THE CHURCH OFFERED HE WENT TO.
11:56 HE WAS GETTING MINISTERIAL TRAINING THAT HE DIDN'T
11:59 REALIZE GOD WAS LEADING, PROMPTING.
12:02 IT WAS AND IT JUST MAKES US WONDER AT THE WORKS OF
12:07 GOD, AMAZING, HOW GOD WORKS THROUGH US.
12:10 I'M JUST GETTING CHOKED UP.
12:12 THAT'S REALLY-I DID TOO WHEN I HEARD THESE MEN
12:16 TELL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.
12:18 SO, HOW DID HE CONNECT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
12:20 AH, HE JUST STARTED- HE JUST STARTED WORKING
12:28 -FIRST OF ALL, HE STARTED WITH MAKING CARE GROUPS IN
12:33 THE CHURCH AND HE'D -AND A CARE GROUP FOR HIM WAS
12:37 JUST A PLACE WHERE HE COULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
12:43 TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
12:47 THAT'S HOW HE DREW THEM IN.
12:48 SO, YOU GOT ME HERE ON A CLIFF HANGER.
12:51 I'M SURE OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING WOULD LIKE TO
12:53 KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS THING CALLED
12:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT'S IMPACTING PEOPLE LIKE THIS
12:58 PERSON SO SIGNIFICANTLY?
12:59 WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO RIGHT NOW, SO, WATCH
13:02 IT AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE REST OF THE
13:05 STORY.
13:06 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU
13:11 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION
13:17 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED.
13:20 HUMANITY.
13:20 WE NEED LOVE.
13:23 WE NEED HOPE.
13:25 WE NEED A SAVIOR.
13:29 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION
13:31 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS
13:35 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD.
13:38 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU
13:45 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
13:47 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE
13:50 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN
13:52 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES.
13:55 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF
14:01 JESUS CHRIST.
14:03 THANK YOU FOR GIVING.
14:05 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE
14:13 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS.
14:16 WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING
14:18 STORY IN GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH ONE OF OUR INDIGENOUS
14:21 WORKERS.
14:22 WELL, AT THIS POINT HE IS STILL NOT A WORKER.
14:25 HE HAS BEEN GOING TO TRAINING SESSIONS AND
14:27 LEARNING HOW TO BE A CHURCH CLERK, LEARNING HOW
14:29 TO TEACH SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS FOR CHILDREN AND
14:31 SO FORTH AND TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY HE COULD TO
14:35 ATTEND THIS CHURCH AND TO LEARN AS MUCH AS HE COULD
14:37 WHICH HE DIDN'T REALIZE GOD IS TRAINING HIM FOR A
14:40 MINISTRY IN A LARGER CIRCUMFERENCE.
14:44 WHAT HAPPENED TO KIM MEU?
14:46 WHAT TOOK PLACE NEXT?
14:48 SO, HE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH AND MADE MORE
14:55 CARE GROUPS SO THAT HE COULD HELP MORE PEOPLE AND
14:59 THEN HE GOT-HIS WIFE'S SISTER GOT SICK AND SHE
15:03 NEEDED HELP AND SO THEY MOVED TO WHERE THAT SISTER
15:07 WAS AND THEN STARTED CARE GROUPS THERE AND
15:10 EVENTUALLY HE WAS WELL, NO THEN THE CHURCH ASKED HIM
15:16 -YOU BE OUR CHURCH CLERK.
15:20 HE SAID, WELL, I'M NOT EVEN A MEMBER YET.
15:23 YOU DON'T WANT A NON-MEMBER BUT THEY SAID,
15:27 NO, YOU KNOW HOW.
15:28 HE WAS GIVING HIS OWN ALTAR CALL WASN'T HE?
15:31 SO, THAT IS FASCINATING AND HE IS NOW GOING TO
15:37 ACCEPT CLERKSHIP EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A MEMBER?
15:41 YES, HE BECAME A MEMBER AND HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER
15:46 OR HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NOW FOR
15:49 ONE YEAR.
15:51 AND THIS IS NOW FULFILLING THAT WHICH HE SAID TO HIS
15:54 WIFE INITIALLY, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN BUDDHISM.
15:57 NIRVANA THE STATE OF NOTHINGNESS DOESN'T
16:00 FULFILL ME.
16:01 WHAT WAS HIS FEELING NOW?
16:03 HIS FEELING NOW WAS ITS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IN
16:08 MY LIFE.
16:09 TOTALLY EXCITING.
16:09 A LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
16:11 AND WE ASKED HIM AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT HAD
16:14 BEEN BUDDHISTS BEFORE, WHAT WAS THE HARDEST THING
16:19 ABOUT MAKING THAT CHANGE FROM BUDDHISM TO
16:23 CHRISTIANITY AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS?
16:26 AND THEY SAID, IT WAS FEAR.
16:30 GETTING RID OF FEAR WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING
16:34 BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS FEAR OF THE DEMONS
16:38 THAT WERE AFTER THEM.
16:40 INTERESTING.
16:41 AND SO, WHEN THEY FIRST WENT INTO THE ADVENTIST
16:44 CHURCH THEY SAID, I FELT PEACE.
16:49 BUT THAT IS IRONIC THAT HE WOULD THEN SUDDENLY TAKE
16:53 THE BIBLE LITERALLY THAT GOD CHALLENGES US WHEN
16:56 JESUS COMES IN THAT WE CAN LEAP HURDLES AND DO THINGS
16:59 WE NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE.
17:00 THAT'S RIGHT.
17:01 AND GOD IS LOOKING TODAY IN OUR VIEWERS LIVES FOR
17:05 YOU TO BECOME A SPIRITUAL EVIL KNIEVEL, A SPIRITUAL
17:08 DAREDEVIL IF YOU WISH, TO DO THINGS THAT YOU NEVER
17:11 KNEW WERE POSSIBLE.
17:12 YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN, BUT ONLY WHEN JESUS
17:14 COMES IN SUDDENLY, HE BLOSSOMS INTO THIS PERSON
17:17 HE NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE.
17:18 AND FEAR IS BEHIND HIM, HE IS DOING ADVENTURES.
17:21 SO, HOW DID HE CONNECT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
17:25 I THINK HE WAS APPROACHED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AT
17:29 THEUNION TO ACCEPT THE POSITION WITH GOSPEL
17:35 OUTREACH.
17:36 THEY SAW THAT HE WAS DOING A GREAT WORK AND HE HAD NO
17:39 TRAINING BECAUSE GOSPEL WORKERS DON'T NECESSARILY
17:43 HAVE TO HAVE THEOLOGICAL TRAINING.
17:46 WHAT IS HE DOING NOW AND WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF
17:47 HIS INFLUENCE?
17:48 HE IS -HAS THIS CHURCH THAT HE GOES TO WITH HIS
17:55 WIFE NEAR HIS SISTER'S PLACE AND HE ALSO HAS
18:00 THESE CARE GROUPS ALL AROUND THAT SO, HE IS
18:03 BRINGING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN.
18:05 I THINK HE HAD TWO OR THREE LAST YEAR.
18:08 SO, WHEREAS YOU AND I AN AMERICAN OR CANADIAN WE
18:13 CAN'T SEND A MISSIONARY WITH ALL OF OUR WESTERN
18:15 CULTURE AND IMPACT THAT KIND OF INDIVIDUAL AT THAT
18:19 LEVEL DOWN AT THE GRASSROOTS LITERALLY, IN
18:22 THE RICE PADDYS OR WHEREVER THEY ARE BUT HE
18:25 LIVES THERE, HE LIVES AND MOVES AND HAS HIS WHOLE
18:28 BEING IN THAT CULTURE AND HE IS MAKING A PROFOUND
18:31 DIFFERENCE.
18:32 THAT'S RIGHT.
18:34 HOW MANY OF THESE WORKERS DO YOU HAVE UNDER YOU
18:35 WORKING IN MYANMAR?
18:36 IN MYANMAR WE HAVE 14.
18:39 FOURTEEN WORKERS.
18:40 CAN YOU USE ANY MORE WORKERS LIKE THAT?
18:43 I AM SURE WE CAN BECAUSE MOST OF OUR WORKERS ARE
18:48 RIGHT IN THE DELTA OF THE IRRIWADDY RIVER AND THEN
18:52 WE HAVE A LOT IN THE CHIN PROVINCE AND WE HAVE A LOT
18:57 IN THE KAREN PROVINCE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
19:01 KARENS.
19:02 SO, JESUS ONCE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, YOU CAN'T SEE
19:05 IT BUT THE HARVEST TRULY IS PLENTIOUS, BUT THE
19:10 LABORERS ARE FEW.
19:12 SO TRUE AND SO WE WOULD ASK OUR VIEWERS TO PRAY
19:16 FOR OUR DEAR INDIGENOUS WORKER THERE AND OTHERS
19:20 LIKE THEM AND TO CONSIDER BECOMING PARTNERS WITH
19:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SEND ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
19:26 I CAN'T GO THERE.
19:27 WE WESTERNERS HAVE NO BUSINESS IN SOME OF THOSE
19:30 AREAS.
19:31 WE WOULD BE RUN OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE IT IS
19:33 ILLEGAL.
19:34 SOME OF THEM WHEN THEY MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE TO
19:36 ANOTHER RELIGION LIKE A CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR
19:39 ADVENTIST FAITH, THEY CAN'T SELL, THEY CAN'T
19:42 BUY-REJECTED BY THE FAMILIES BUT IF THEY ARE
19:45 INDIGENOUS THERE THEY CAN DO THINGS AND HAVE AN
19:48 INFLUENCE THAT YOU AND I CAN'T HAVE AND OUR VIEWERS
19:51 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF INVESTING AND THEY ARE NOT
19:55 GETTING BIG BUCKS.
19:56 THEY HAVE TO STILL PLANT RICE AND GROW THEIR OWN
20:00 FOOD BUT WE SEND THEM ABOUT $150 A MONTH WHICH
20:04 IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, NO, AND
20:08 THAT HELPS ONE OF THE WORKERS THERE JUST PAY THE
20:11 GAS FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE SO HE CAN GO TO VISIT.
20:13 THAT'S RIGHT.
20:14 WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR DREAMS, DAVE BELL, OUR
20:17 GUEST TODAY FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN MYANMAR?
20:24 IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH
20:27 WORKERS IN EVERY INTO EVERY AH, LANGUAGE GROUP
20:33 IN MYANMAR.
20:36 SO, THERE IS MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
20:39 ACCORDING TO ONE SOURCE THAT I READ, THERE IS 135,
20:42 REALLY?
20:43 LANGUAGES.
20:44 WOW, IN MYANMAR.
20:46 SO, YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE LANGUAGES?
20:48 YOU CAN'T SPEAK ALL THOSE AND I IN MY LIFETIME WOULD
20:51 NEVER LEARN ALL OF THEM BUT WE CAN SEND PEOPLE
20:54 THERE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
20:57 THAT'S RIGHT.
20:59 WHAT ABOUT ANY OTHER LITTLE STORY OR
21:01 ILLUSTRATION BEFORE WE KIND OF WRAP UP?
21:05 I CAN SHOW YOU SOME QUICK PICTURES OF THE PAGODAS IN
21:09 MYANMAR BECAUSE IN THAILAND IT IS MOSTLY
21:13 TEMPLES.
21:15 TEMPLES.
21:17 BUT HERE YOU SEE THERE IS A VERTICAL PAGODA.
21:19 YES.
21:19 IS THAT SYMBOLIC OF SOMETHING?
21:20 IT IS SYMBOLIC.
21:21 IT'S A WAY OF SHOWING REVERENCE OR WHATEVER IN
21:27 THE VERY, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE
21:31 VERY TOP, ON THE TOP THERE IS A TINY LITTLE BALL.
21:36 ITS ABOUT SIX INCHES ACROSS, I BELIEVE, AND ITS
21:39 STUDDED WITH DIAMONDS AND RICHES.
21:41 REALLY?
21:42 WOW.
21:43 IN THAT BALL IS THREE OF BUDDHAS HAIR FROM HIS
21:48 HEAD.
21:49 AND SOME OTHER RELIC AND SO IT IS -THIS IS IN THE
21:55 CITY OF YANGON WHICH USED TO BE CALLED RANGOON AND
22:00 IT IS THE, YOU KNOW, IT IS SHOWING- ITS AN EXPENSIVE
22:06 BUILDING.
22:07 HERE IS ANOTHER ONE-PAGODA SITTING ON A ROCK THAT IS
22:10 JUST TILTED ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF AND THERE IS A
22:15 TINY LITTLE PAGODA ON TOP.
22:16 THIS IS A PICTURE ACROSS THE SCENERY.
22:25 ARE ALL OF THOSE BUDDHIST TEMPLES WE ARE LOOKING AT,
22:27 ALL THOSE SPIRES?
22:28 ALL THOSE ARE PAGODAS.
22:29 PAGODAS.
22:30 YES, THEY HAVE IN THE 11TH TO THE 13TH CENTURY THEY
22:34 GAVE, THEY BUILT ABOUT 2000 OF THESE PAGODAS WERE
22:42 BUILT AND TODAY THERE IS ONLY ABOUT 200 OR 300
22:49 LEFT.
22:50 AND OF THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA, THE IRONY IS THIS
22:53 MAN NEVER SAID, IN FACT, HE SAID, DON'T WORSHIP ME,
22:55 DON'T BUILD ANY TEMPLES OR PAGODAS AFTER ME,
23:01 SOMETHING ELSE IS COMING, SOME PERSON IS COMING IN
23:04 WHITE HE'LL HAVE MORE LIGHT, MORE TRUTH.
23:07 THAT'S AN HUGE OPENING INVITATION FOR CHRISTIANS
23:10 TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH
23:13 HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
23:14 GOD WORKS IN MARVELOUS WAYS.
23:18 YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST SEEN TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW PEOPLE
23:21 HAVE COME TO KNOW JESUS AND SO HE HAS SUCH A GREAT
23:30 AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT AS JESUS
23:35 HAS THAT HE CAN BRING MANY FROM FAR AND WIDE BUT HE
23:39 NEEDS TO USE US.
23:41 YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THAT
23:44 WE STARTED WITH THE PREVIOUS SHOW ON PSALMS
23:48 139:5 IS IT?
23:50 138:5 GREAT, GREAT INSIGHT THAT GOD REMINDS US YOU
23:56 DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT UNDERNEATH OF THE
23:58 EVERLASTING ARMS AND I'VE GOT PLANS TO BRING LIGHT
24:01 TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN A LIGHTED COUNTRY
24:04 LIKE CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA OR CANADA.
24:07 READ THE TEXT.
24:09 "YEA, THEY SHALL SING IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD FOR
24:13 GREAT IS THE GLORY OF THE LORD."
24:16 WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU?
24:18 IT SAYS THAT GOD'S WAYS ARE PAST ANYTHING THAT I
24:23 CAN DO.
24:24 HE IS SO ABLE AND IT IS ALL TO HIS GLORY THAT WE
24:31 DO THESE THINGS.
24:32 AND YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART AND MAKES
24:35 ME MOVE TO EMOTIONS THAT GOD CAN TAKE MY LITTLE
24:40 CONTRIBUTION, NOT ONLY OVERSEAS, BUT LOCALLY IN
24:44 MY COMMUNITY AND HE CAN USE IT TO HIS GLORY.
24:46 IF I'LL JUST LET GO, PUT MY FEARS BEHIND ME AND
24:50 SAY, OK, LORD I'M TAKING THAT LEAP OF FAITH.
24:53 YOU-I'M DAMAGED GOODS.
24:55 THAT'S WHAT I SAY TO HIM EVERYDAY IN MY OWN LIFE
24:57 WITH SOME OF THE HEALTH PROBLEMS I'VE HAD, LORD IF
24:59 YOU CAN STILL USE ME AS DAMAGED GOODS, HELP
25:02 YOURSELF.
25:03 AND SO, HERE I AM TODAY.
25:04 BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK-SURGERY AND SO FORTH
25:07 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
25:08 GOD ISN'T FINISHED WITH ME YET AND HE IS NOT FINISHED
25:10 WITH YOU YET, FRIEND.
25:12 HE HAS PLANS FOR YOU, FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, YOUR
25:16 HURTS.
25:17 YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL.
25:18 YOU MIGHT HAVE LOST THINGS IN A FIRE AS MUCH OF MY
25:21 FAMILY DID IN PARADISE, CALIFORNIA -A WHOLE
25:23 COMMUNITY BURNED-BROTHERS MOVED OUT AND COUSIN.
25:27 HOSPITAL, SCHOOL, CHURCHES BURNED DOWN.
25:29 MAYBE YOU ARE IN A SITUATION SOMEWHERE RIGHT
25:31 NOW.
25:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE FOR YOU TOO.
25:34 IF WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANYWAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
25:37 HAVE YOU GET ON OUR PRAYER LIST.
25:39 YOU CAN WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL ADVENTURES IN
25:41 MISSION OR GO ON LINE AT WWW.GOAIM.ORG
25:46 AND WE WILL SEND YOU FREE
25:49 ADVENTURES IN MISSION AND YOU WILL HEAR SOME OF THE
25:51 STORIES AND READ SOME OF THESE AMAZING MIRACLES.
25:54 WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE SHARE HERE IN THE
25:57 PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEW BECAUSE THEY ARE IN PLACES
25:59 WHERE THEIR LIVES COULD BE ENDANGERED.
26:01 SO, WE'RE IN A VERY EXCITING DAY.
26:04 JESUS SAYS, "BEFORE I COME" MATTHEW 24:14 "THIS
26:10 GOSPEL SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD AS A
26:13 WITNESS FOR ALL NATIONS, ALL KINDREDS, TONGUES AND
26:16 PEOPLES."
26:17 PEOPLE THERE IN MYANMAR AND THAILAND.
26:22 HE CAN USE YOU.
26:23 HE CAN USE ME.
26:25 I CAN'T GO OVER THERE BUT I CAN PARTICIPATE.
26:27 HOW?
26:28 NUMBER ONE: YOU CAN PRAY.
26:29 PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE MISSIONARIES, INDIGENOUS
26:33 ONES.
26:34 THEY ARE NOT WESTERNERS.
26:36 SECONDLY, GET INVOLVED.
26:38 JEANIE AND I JUST GOT INVOLVED IN HELPING TO
26:40 SPONSOR ONE OF THE THESE MISSIONARIES.
26:41 WOW.
26:43 WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE OF HIM I
26:44 UNDERSTAND, PRETTY SOON.
26:45 THEY DON'T ALWAYS SUPPLY A PICTURE BECAUSE IT HAS TO
26:47 BE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS.
26:49 PRAY, SUPPORT IF YOU CAN.
26:53 I BET YOU'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO
26:54 OVER TO SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT HAVEN'T
26:56 EXPERIENCES AS YOU HAVE HAD.
26:58 DAVE BELL HAS BEEN OUR GUEST TODAY FROM UP IN
27:01 CANADA WHERE WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH LOCATION
27:04 IN COLOGNE, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
27:05 YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LOCATIONS IN BRAZIL AND
27:08 RIGHT HERE IN WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON.
27:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING OUR GUEST TODAY.
27:13 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH.
27:16 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST.
27:18 GOODBYE.
28:25 [CLOSING MUSIC].


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