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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000787A
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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 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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