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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000803S
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00:33 WHAT A JOY IT IS TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES 00:36 IN MISSIONS" FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:39 I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THESE 00:42 STORIES BEFORE. 00:43 I JUST WANT YOU TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE JOY, 00:48 EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAVE AS WE SEE GOD AT WORK AROUND 00:53 OUR WORLD ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:55 OUR GUEST TODAY CHARLES SHULTZ WELCOME. 01:01 THANK YOU. 01:01 IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. 01:02 AH YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MINISTRY IN A SPECIAL 01:06 DISTRICT. 01:06 WHERE DO YOU FOCUS YOUR LIFE? 01:08 THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 01:10 THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL AND IT IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN 01:13 CHINA TO THE NORTH AND INDIA TO THE SOUTH AND I 01:19 WENT THERE AS A MISSIONARY IN 1969 WHICH WOULD MAKE 01:23 THAT 50 YEARS AGO. 01:24 AMAZING. 01:25 AND I'M RETURNING THERE FOR WORK WITH GOSPEL 01:30 OUTREACH NEXT WEEK. 01:32 I SUSPECT THAT YOU AND I ARE BOTH OLD ENOUGH TO 01:35 HAVE GRANDCHILDREN. 01:36 OH YES. 01:37 AND YOUR FOCUS, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IS 01:41 ON THE CHILDREN-THE MINISTRY TO THE CHILDREN 01:43 OF THIS AREA. 01:44 YES, AND YOU KNOW JUST LIKE JESUS AND THE 01:47 DISCIPLES, IN NEPAL YOU WILL BE SURROUNDED BY 01:52 CHILDREN AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THESE 01:54 CHILDREN, YOU KNOW? 01:55 THEIR PESTERING YOU AND THEY ARE WANTING THIS AND 01:57 THAT. 01:58 HAVE YOUR DISCIPLES SHOO THEM AWAY, RIGHT? 02:00 WELL, WE'VE GOT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 02:04 THAT'S WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS ON IS 02:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING WITH CHILDREN, 02:10 RELATING TO CHILDREN. 02:11 AND YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE 02:14 CHILDREN ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR FUTURE GOSPEL 02:19 OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:20 THEY DON'T STAY CHILDREN FOREVER. 02:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:22 AND YOU KNOW, NOW THIS IS KIND OF A TYPICAL SCENE: 02:25 THESE BOYS THEY HAVE-SOMEONE HAS GOTTEN 02:27 THEM THESE AH, THIS IS NEPALI ICECREAM ON A 02:34 STICK. 02:34 OK. 02:35 AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE DRIVING ALONG BUT WE 02:38 STOPPED AND I STARTED TO TALK TO THEM IN MY NEPALI 02:42 AND FIRST OF ALL, MY NEPALI LANGUAGE IS 50 02:45 YEARS OLD, AH YES, AND SO YOU KNOW, BUT JUST THE 02:49 FACT THAT HERE'S A FOREIGNER, I'M SURE I'M 02:51 THE FIRST FOREIGNER, RIGHT, THAT EVER TALKED TO 02:53 THEM OR TRIED TO TALK TO THEM IN THE NEPALI 02:55 LANGUAGE. 02:56 SO, THEY STARTED LAUGHING AND I'M JOKING YOU KNOW, 02:58 WITH THEM AND YOU KNOW I THINK THAT THAT'S SO 03:01 IMPORTANT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS -ANYONE 03:03 WHO GOES OVERSEAS. 03:05 AT LEAST FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN. 03:08 YOU KNOW AH, SOMEHOW RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE 03:11 INDIVIDUALS THAT JESUS DIED FOR. 03:15 IT IS AN AMAZING JOY THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE AND 03:19 SHARE WITH CHILDREN, ISN'T IT? 03:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:22 AND YOU KNOW THESE LITTLE BOYS THEY GOT THIS ICE 03:24 CREAM FROM A MAN IN A N ICE CREAM CART, OH YES, 03:27 AND HE'S TRYING TO PUSH THIS UP A HILL BY HIMSELF. 03:31 UH HUH. 03:31 AND THESE LITTLE BOYS HELPED HIM. 03:34 AH. 03:35 AND I THOUGHT NOW THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW. 03:36 YES. 03:37 CHILDREN IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN 03:40 NEPAL THEY ARE THERE TO HELP AND GIVE THEM AN 03:44 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE JESUS ALSO. 03:46 YOU HAVE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS, I BELIEVE. 03:48 OH YES, AND YOU KNOW ITS ALWAYS NICE IF YOU CAN 03:49 GIVE CHILDREN SOMETHING. 03:50 UH HUH. 03:51 NOW I GAVE SOME CRACKERS OR SOME BISCUITS TO THIS 03:51 LITTLE BOY AND YOU KNOW, THE SMILE. 03:53 NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'LL REMEMBER ME IF WE 03:55 RUN INTO EACH OTHER AGAIN BUT AT LEAST THIS-HE'S 03:58 MAKING A CONNECTION BETWEEN CRACKERS AND A 04:00 STRANGE WHITE MAN FROM THE UNITED STATES. 04:02 AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO 04:06 SOMETHING AT CHRISTMAS AND A CHRISTMAS PRESENT NOW, 04:11 THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE WE WERE GIVING THESE WOOL 04:13 HATS. 04:14 VERY COLD, YOU KNOW AND, YES, THEY ARE THRILLED 04:16 WITH THIS. 04:17 YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMETHING. 04:19 DON'T COME WITH AN EMPTY HAND AND THE CHILDREN 04:21 APPRECIATE THAT. 04:22 THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT AND I'M SURE YOU CAN 04:23 REMEMBER AN UNCLE OR AN AUNTY THAT GAVE YOU A GIFT 04:24 WHEN YOU WERE A KID? 04:25 THERE WAS ONE OF THEM WHO ALWAYS LEFT A SILVER 04:28 DOLLAR WHEN THEY VISITED. 04:29 SEE, SEE. 04:29 I GOT IT REMEMBERED. 04:31 AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU 04:34 ARE IN NEPAL AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 04:37 AND THEY DID THIS SO WELL, WE HAD A MEDICAL TEAM, A 04:44 MEDICAL CLINIC , FREE MEDICAL CLINIC IN A PART 05:04 OF NEPAL THAT NEEDED THIS AND IMMEDIATELY YOU HAVE 05:09 80 KIDS RUNNING AROUND. 05:12 THEY NEED TO BE ORGANIZED. 05:15 ORGANIZED. 05:16 AND THERE YOU'VE GOT THEM IN ROWS, YES. 05:18 THE, THIS -COULD I HAVE THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS? 05:25 UM, YES. 05:26 SO, WE GAVE THEM BALLOONS AND WE HAD THEM SIT DOWN 05:29 AND THEY WERE HAPPY AND THEN SOMEONE TOLD THEM A 05:33 STORY. 05:34 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD THEM A STORY. 05:36 SO, THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO GET THEM ORGANIZED SO 05:40 THAT THE SICK PEOPLE COULD GO AND SEE THE DOCTORS AND 05:44 EVERYTHING. 05:44 THAT MAKES SENSE. 05:45 SO, YOU RECOGNIZE THEM. 05:47 YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING. 05:48 YOU ORGANIZE THEM AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS IF YOU 05:52 CAN TEACH THEM. 05:52 AH EDUCATION IN NEPAL IS NOT FREE. 05:58 YOU HAVE TO PAY, OH SO THEN THE TEACHERS ARE 06:01 FUNDED BY THE PARENTS? 06:03 BY THE GOVERNMENT. 06:04 BY THE GOVERNMENT. 06:05 THE CHILD STILL OR THE FAMILY STILL HAS TO PAY. 06:08 YES. 06:09 AND SO, ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAS A 06:13 LITERACY SCHOOL FOR THESE CHILDREN TEACHING THEM 06:16 ENGLISH AND NEPALI. 06:18 HOW TO READ IN NEPALI AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. 06:22 YOU KNOW THAT'S A VALUABLE GIFT THAT YOU AN GIVE TO 06:25 KIDS AND THEY APPRECIATE THAT. 06:28 SO, THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT KIND OF EDUCATION. 06:30 ABSOLUTELY. 06:31 ABSOLUTELY. 06:32 AND THEN PATHFINDERS, AH HA, WE RECENTLY HAD AND I, 06:38 YOU KNOW I-THE "B" WORD THAT HAS TO DO WITH 06:43 PUTTING PEOPLE UNDER WATER, YES, THAT'S A YOU 06:46 KNOW AGAINST THE LAW BUT RECENTLY WE HAD SOME 06:50 FORMER PATHFINDERS THAT PARTOOK OF THE HOLY BATH. 06:52 THAT'S SOMETIMES WHAT WE CALL IT THERE. 06:54 OK. 06:56 AND AGAIN, TEACHING THEM YOU KNOW, HERE IS KIDS UM, 07:02 ORGANIZE THEM, GET THEM IN PATHFINDERS. 07:04 WE HAVE ADVENTURERS, WE HAVE REGULAR PATHFINDERS 07:07 AND THEY LOVE IT. 07:09 THEY GO ON CAMPOUTS AND THE WHOLE THING. 07:11 SO, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, THERE IS A LOT 07:15 OF OPPOSITION TO PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR RELIGION. 07:18 OH YES, OR IDENTIFYING NEWLY IDENTIFYING AS A 07:22 FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 07:24 WE HAVE TO WORK UNDERNEATH THE RADAR. 07:27 ABSOLUTELY AND FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT IF YOU ARE 07:32 CAUGHT TRYING TO CONVERT SOMEONE FROM HINDUISM TO 07:37 CHRISTIANITY. 07:39 AND HAVE THERE BEEN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES OR 07:43 CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS IN NEPAL WHO ARE GOING 07:46 THROUGH THAT FIVE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT? 07:48 YES, YES AND IF YOU ARE A FOREIGNER YOU WILL BE 07:52 DEPORTED. 07:53 DEPORTED? 07:54 AND THEN PROBABLY NOT ALLOWED TO COME AGAIN. 07:56 NO MORE VISAS. 07:57 SO, YES, IT IS A SERIOUS THING. 08:00 BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN WITH CHILDREN YOU HAVE THE 08:03 OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH CHILDREN. 08:07 NOW THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL SITUATION. 08:09 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS A PRINCIPAL OF A 08:14 GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, HE HAS TO TREAD A 08:20 VERY FINE LINE. 08:22 OH INDEED. 08:23 AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OUT THERE SINGING BUT YOU KNOW 08:26 THEY ARE PRAYING. 08:28 HE HAS THEM PRAY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING 08:31 NOW IN THIS PICTURE. 08:33 AND UH, YOU CAN TEACH CHRISTIANITY UNDER THE 08:40 TERM OF VALUES. 08:44 TEACHING THEM VALUES. 08:47 VALUES EDUCATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. 08:50 WE ALL TRY TO DO IT, YES, BUT THERE IT HAS TO BE 08:53 SUBLTE IN A WAY. 08:54 AND YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY THEY WILL GO THROUGH 08:57 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL COME INTO A SCHOOL, SURE, 08:59 WE HAVE SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS, THEY 09:02 WILL COME IN AND THEY WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS 09:05 ANY BIBLES, IF THERE IS ANY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. 09:07 UM, ONE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL NOT OURS, BUT BELONGS TO 09:12 ANOTHER CHURCH, THEY FOUND SOME CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, 09:15 UH HUH AND THEY CLOSED THE SCHOOL DOWN, PUT THE 09:17 PRINCIPAL IN JAIL. 09:19 SO, ITS-IT'S A VERY REAL THREAT. 09:21 YES, AND I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS PRINCIPAL OF A 09:24 SCHOOL AND HE HAS FRIENDS WHO TELL HIM WHEN THE 09:30 GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR IS COMING AND SO THEN THEY 09:33 HIDE ALL THE BIBLES AND HIDE ALL OF THE 09:35 LITERATURE. 09:36 SO, JUST TO RECAP REACHING OUT TO THESE CHILDREN WHO 09:39 ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC, YES, THEY LOVE EVERYTHING- TO 09:43 LOVE THEM, TO REJOICE WITH THEM, IN THE BACK OF YOUR 09:46 HEAD YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL 09:49 REJOICE AT THEIR JOY. 09:51 THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE LEADING THEM 09:55 ASTRAY. 09:56 WELL, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO ACTUALLY 10:02 SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS. 10:04 YOU DON'T PROBABLY STRUGGLE WITH THAT KIND OF 10:08 ENVIRONMENT. 10:09 YOU CAN WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. 10:11 YOU CAN PUT OUT A CHECK. 10:13 YOU CAN USE YOUR CREDIT CARD. 10:16 YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU THAT 10:19 CLOSELY TO SEE WHETHER YOU ARE NOT LIVING WITH THE 10:25 COUNTRY'S RULES AND REGULATIONS. 10:29 THAT'S A PRIVILEGE BUT WE ARE NEEDING YOU TO 10:34 CONSIDER THESE CHILDREN IN GIVING THEM SIMILAR 10:37 OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS THAT MAKES YOUR 10:40 LIFE AT PEACE. 10:42 WE HAVE A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO WE WANT TO SHARE 10:44 WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. 10:46 IT'S A GOOD ONE AND I JUST PRAY THAT AS YOU LISTEN TO 10:49 IT YOU WILL FEEL GOD'S CALL TO YOUR HEART. 10:54 LET'S GIVE THAT A SHOT. 10:55 LET'S GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE THE GOSPEL 11:21 TO ALL PEOPLE. 11:29 THERE ARE ABOUT THREE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE 11:39 10/40 WINDOW WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR AND KNOW 11:44 JESUS LOVES THEM. 11:46 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LET'S 11:50 FULFILL CHRISTS COMMISSION. 11:51 YOU CAN PRAY, VOLUNTEER OR SUPPORT A BIBLE WORKER TO 11:57 SHARE JESUS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS SO THAT ALL WILL 12:03 KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM, HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE IS 12:09 COMING SOON. 12:11 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 12:13 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:15 IT IS SO FUN TOTHINK OF THOSE MOMENTS, THOSE 12:19 INTERCHANGES, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN 12:22 CHILDREN ARE THERE AND CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING 12:26 LOOKING AT LIFE A NEW WAY. 12:27 THEY DON'T STAY CHILDREN FOR LONG AND THEY CAN 12:32 CARRY SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL PICTURES INTO 12:34 ADULTHOOD. 12:36 I'M HERE INTEREVIEWING CHARLES SHULTZ WHOSE WORK 12:40 AND HIS LEADERSHIP IS NOW IN NEPAL NESTLED INBETWEEN 12:45 WHAT WE CALL TIBET AND INDIA AND CHARLES, YOU'RE 12:50 TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN, YES, HE SAYS THIS COUNTRY 12:54 OF NEPAL AH, HAS NO LACK OF CHILDREN IF I 12:57 UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. 12:58 YES, AND YOU KNOW CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED TERRIBLY IN 13:02 NEPAL. 13:03 AH TEN FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS A REVOLUTION, A 13:08 CIVIL WAR IN NEPAL. 13:10 THERE WAS WASN'T THERE. 13:11 AND YOU HAVE COMMUNIST MAOISTS WHO DEPOSED THE 13:14 KING OF NEPAL SO YOU HAVE THE ROYALISTS VERSUS THE 13:19 COMMUNISTS AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE 13:22 COMMUNISTS WOULD GO INTO THESE REMOTE VILLAGES IN 13:27 THE FOOTHILLS AND JUST STEAL THE KIDS AND USE 13:32 THEM AS SOLDIERS, AS MILITANTS, YES. 13:34 YES. 13:35 AND UM, IT'S SAD I MEAN CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED SO 13:39 MUCH AND THEN THERE WAS THE EARTHQUAKE. 13:43 YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT. 13:43 YES, OH MY YES. 13:44 AND SO CHILDREN ARE LEFT AS ORPHANS AND THEN YOU 13:48 HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE REMOTE AREAS IN NEPAL, 13:54 PARENTS ARE PERHAPS CAN'T AFFORD TO RAISE AND TO 13:59 FEED ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN AND UNSCRUPULOUS MEN WILL 14:03 COME FROM KHATMANDU AND THEY WILL SAY, WELL YOU 14:06 KNOW GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND I'LL TAKE 14:09 YOUR CHILD TO KHATMANDU WHERE THEY CAN WORK. 14:13 AND SO, HE'LL TAKE THEM TO KHATMANDU MAYBE TWO OR 14:17 THREE DAYS BY A BUS AND ONCE THEY GET TO NEPAL OR 14:21 TO KHATMANDU HE JUST DROPS THEM OFF. 14:23 AND TO WHAT ADVANTAGE? 14:28 OR THEY'LL SELL THEM. 14:29 THEY MUST PAY HIM, YES, AND SO HE CAN ABANDON 14:32 THEM, YES, BECAUSE HE HAS THE MONEY. 14:34 HE HAS THE MONEY AND SO THERE HAS BEEN ORPHANAGES 14:37 AND SCHOOLS AND I HAVE; WE HAVE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 14:41 WORKERS WHO HAVE AN ORPHANAGE BUT I'M TRYING 14:43 TO ENCOURAGE MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:44 WE HAVE 55 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY OF 14:45 NEPAL AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO VALUE 14:58 THE CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ORGANIZED 15:01 AND WE TRAIN THEM, YES, AND GIVE THEMA PLACE OF 15:05 WORK IN THE VINEYARD AND AT LEAST TELL THEM ABOUT 15:09 JESUS. 15:10 YOU KNOW, IT IS SO IMPORTANT. 15:12 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IN ANY SOCIETY CHILDREN CAN 15:17 BE NEGLECTED AND GOSPEL OUTREACHWORKERS-WE ALL 15:21 NEED TO BE AWARE OF CHILDREN IN NEED. 15:24 NOW THIS LITTLE BOY HAS A BROKEN LEG AND IT WASN'T 15:28 SET PROPERLY. 15:28 OH. 15:29 AND HE IS IN PAIN. 15:31 UH, HE WAS IDENTIFIED BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 15:36 YES, WHO CAME TO THE PRESIDENT AND TOLD HIM 15:40 ABOUT THE SITUATION AND SO WE TOOK THIS CHILD DOWN TO 15:43 A PROPER HOSPITAL AND THE LEG WAS RESET AND YOU 15:48 KNOW. 15:49 BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE EVERYWHERE, SOMETIMES YOU 15:50 DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE 15:51 THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO HELP THEM. 15:56 HERE IS A LITTLE GIRL -HER PARENTS WERE KILLED IN THE 16:03 EARTHQUAKE. 16:03 AH. 16:04 AND SO, SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ALONE. 16:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ADOPTS HER AND SHE BECOMES 16:12 HIS LITTLE GIRL. 16:14 WOW. 16:15 AND WHAT ARE THE ESTIMATES IN HOW MANY PEOPLE LOST 16:18 THEIR LIVES IN THAT EARTHQUAKE? 16:19 OH, I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT OFF, BUT I KNOW THAT 16:22 THERE WAS -AND YOU KNOW THE INTERESTING THING IS 16:26 THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED 12 NOON ON SABBATH. 16:30 SABBATH MORNING AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING A 16:35 NEPALI CHURCH, UH HUH, IS STRONGER THAN A NEPALI 16:39 HOUSE. 16:40 OK. 16:41 AND SO, THERE WERE MANY HUNDREDS I'M SURE SEVENTH 16:45 DAY ADVENTISTS THAT WERE SAVED BECAUSE THEY WERE IN 16:47 CHURCH INSTEAD OF -AND THEIR HOUSE DIDN'T 16:50 COLLAPSE AROUND THEM, YES RIGHT BECAUSE MANY TIMES 16:52 THE HOUSES ARE JUST MUD AND BRICKS. 16:55 SURE. 16:56 AND THEY DON'T DO VERY WELL IN AN EARTHQUAKE. 16:59 NO, IT WAS HARD. 17:02 AND THIS LITTLE GIRL HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE WHICH WAS 17:06 IDENTIFIED YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE GOSPEL 17:08 OUTREACH WORKERS, AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 17:11 THING, YOU KNOW WHEN I GO THERE I HAVE TO WORK 17:13 THROUGH A TRANSLATOR BUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:15 WORKERS ARE NEPALESE AND SO THEY TALK TO THIS 17:19 LITTLE GIRL AND SHE HAD A PAIN, YOU KNOW, AND SO 17:22 THEY TOOK CARE OF THIS AND THIS IS A PICTURE AFTER 17:25 SHE HAD THE OPERATION AND SHE'S BACK AND SHE'S DOING 17:28 GREAT. 17:29 WOW. 17:30 UM, OF COURSE, THEN THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. 17:31 HERE I AM ON THE PLATFORM PREACHING IN THIS CHURCH 17:41 AND HERE COMES THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY ABOUT 17:44 TWO OR THREE WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE 17:47 COMES UP AND LOOKS AT ME AND THEN HE RUNS BEHIND ME 17:51 AND GOES BACK IN THE CONGREGATION, ADDS SOME 17:53 MOTION TO THE PLATFORM AREA, YES. 17:56 INTEREST. 17:57 WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHILDRENS' STORY SO HE 18:00 BECAME THE CHILDRENS STORY. 18:01 AND YOU KNOW BUT, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? 18:05 IS HE AN ASSET OR IS HE A BOTHER? 18:08 AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HOW YOU RELATE TO LITTLE 18:13 INTRUDERS LIKE THIS. 18:14 AND I BET THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU TRY TO TEACH YOUR 18:17 GOSPEL WORKERS? 18:18 ABSOLUTELY. 18:19 IN FACT, NEXT WEEK I LEAVE FOR ALMOST A MONTH IN 18:23 NEPAL. 18:24 UH HUH AND I'M GOING TO A YOUTH CONGRESS JUST FOR 18:28 NEPALIS AND THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS 18:31 BECAUSE THEY ARE CHRISTIANS. 18:33 OK. 18:34 WE HAVE I DRESS UP IN MY NEPALI OUTFIT, YES, AND WE 18:37 HAVE THE NEPALI FLAG AND WE SING THE NEPALI 18:39 NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT WE ARE CHRISTIANS. 18:41 YES. 18:42 AND THAT'S OK. 18:44 BUT AFTERWARDS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORKERS 18:46 MEETING INVOLVING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 18:49 AND I WOULD LIKE AGAIN SHARE WITH OUR GOSPEL 18:53 OUTREACH WORKERS THE VALUE OF CHILDREN. 18:55 THEY ARE AN ASSET. 18:56 THEY ARE NOT A BOTHER. 18:58 SO, IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY YOU ARE SAYING 19:01 THE STORY OF WHEN THE DISCIPLES TRIED TO SHOO 19:05 THE CHILDREN AWAY FROM JESUS, OH YES, SO TYPICAL, 19:07 IS SUCH A HUMAN EVENT. 19:09 YES. 19:09 WE OUR INSTINCT IS THIS IS A BOTHER. 19:12 YES. 19:13 RATHER THAN AN ASSET. 19:14 ABSOLUTELY AND WE -EACH GENERATION HAS TO LEARN 19:17 THE TRUTH JESUS TAUGHT. 19:18 AND YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU CAME TO A VILLAGE IN NEPAL 19:22 YOU WOULD IMMEDIATELY WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY 19:24 CHILDREN. 19:24 I BET THAT'S TRUE. 19:25 WHAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE GOING TO BE? 19:28 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE SEVENTH 19:32 DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH TO INVOLVE THE CHILDREN. 19:36 UHHUH. 19:37 AND THIS IS A SONG SERVICE AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE 19:41 BOY IS THERE WITH THE DRUM. 19:44 NOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, SHOULD HE 19:47 BE PLAYING THE DRUM IN THE CHURCH? 19:50 VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE DRUM BECAUSE THAT IS 19:53 KEEPING THEM, YOU KNOW, THE RHYTHM, THE RHYTHM, 19:57 THE METER KEEPING THEM ALTOGETHER OTHERWISE THEY 20:00 WOULD BE STRUNG OUT AND HE IS SMILING. 20:03 HE IS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING THE FACT THAT HE HAS A 20:04 PART IN, YES, WORSHIP. 20:05 YES, THAT'S AMAZING. 20:06 THAT'S A-IT TURNS OUT THEN WHEN CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED 20:15 LIKE THAT THEY CAN IF IT IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE LIKE 20:19 HIS FACE SHOWS, YES, THAT BECOMES A TREASURED 20:22 MEMORY. 20:23 ABSOLUTELY. 20:24 AND THEY CAN CARRY THAT INTO ADULT LIFE. 20:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:26 NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A 20:29 VIDEO FROM THAT PLACE. 20:31 YES. 20:32 DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE IT? 20:33 WELL, THEY ARE SINGING "I'VE GOT A HOME IN 20:35 GLORYLAND THAT OUTSHINES THE SUN" IN NEPALI OR? 20:39 THEY ARE SINGING IT IN ENGLISH, ENGLISH, OK, NOW 20:43 THERE IS A LOT MORE MOVEMENT HERE. 20:44 FIRST OF ALL, IT IS COLD, BITTERLY COLD AND I THINK 20:47 THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME AND 20:50 ALSO YOU KNOW, THE ENTHUSIASM AND KIDS WILL 20:54 BE RUNNING AROUND BUT THAT'S THE JOY, THE JOY 20:57 THAT COMES FROM WORSHIPING IN NEPAL. 20:59 AH, GOOD. 20:59 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 22:06 I LOVE THAT MOMENT WHEN THE LITTLE ONES, YES, WHO 22:09 ARE- ONE OF THEM IS FASCINATED BY THE CAMERA, 22:11 I THINK AND SUDDENLY SAID, WAIT A SECOND I'M MISSING 22:14 OUT. 22:15 I'VE GOT TO GO UP THERE AND JOIN THEM. 22:16 THAT'S RIGHT AND RAN UP TO BE A PART OF THAT. 22:19 CHILDREN LOVE TO BE INVOLVED LIKE THAT. 22:21 AND THIS IS A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT SONG THAT THEY 22:25 ARE SINGING BECAUSE THEY WORSHIP THE SUN. 22:27 MOST HINDUS, PEOPLE IN NEPAL, THEY WORSHIP THE 22:30 SUN. 22:31 HOW DO THEY EXPRESS THAT WORSHIP? 22:33 UM, IT'S AMAZING. 22:35 FIRST OF ALL, A LITTLE GIRL WHEN SHE IS GROWING 22:41 UP, SHE IS MARRIED FIRST OF ALL TO THE BELLFRUIT 22:48 AND IT IS JUST A REGULAR OLD FRUIT. 22:51 SHE IS MARRIED TO THAT AND SECONDLY, SHE IS MARRIED 22:54 TO THE SUN. 22:56 AND SHE WILL-THIS IS PART OF PREPARING HER TO BE A 22:59 WIFE? 22:59 YES. 23:00 WHEN SHE STARTS HER FIRST PERIOD, YES, SHE WILL BE 23:03 LOCKED IN A DARK ROOM MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF 23:05 FOOD, AND WHEN HER PERIOD IS OVER, SHE'S 23:08 BLINDFOLDED, SHE'S TAKEN OUTSIDE AND THE FIRST 23:12 THING THAT SHE SEES IS THE SUN. 23:14 THE SUN. 23:15 AND SHE IS MARRIED FIRST OF ALL TO THE FRUIT, THEN 23:18 TO THE SUN AND THEN AFTERWARDS SHE CAN BE 23:20 MARRIED TO A HUMAN BEING AND SO SUN WORSHIP IS SO 23:25 SIGNIFICANT AND SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOME IN 23:30 GLORY LAND THAT OUTSHINES THE SUN. 23:33 OH. 23:34 AND DO THEY HAVE A NEPALI LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF 23:38 THAT SO THAT COMES THROUGH AS WELL? 23:40 NO. 23:41 BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT 23:43 THAT THEY'VE GOT THIS ENGLISH SONG DOWN. 23:46 AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING THAT IS SIMILAR IN 23:48 THE BIBLE: NOW HERE IS A GOSPEL WORKER, A FORMER 23:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, AND THESE LADIES AFTER THE 23:54 SERMON, UM, EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AFTER 23:58 THE SERMON PEOPLE WILL COME IN TO BE BLESSED AND 24:02 PRAYER FOR HEALING. 24:03 OH. 24:04 AND YOU KNOW, I WATCH PEOPLE COME OFF THE 24:06 STREET. 24:07 THEY WEREN'T IN THE CONGREGATION. 24:09 THEY ARE PROBABLY HINDUS AND THEY CAME IN TO BE 24:12 PRAYED FOR. 24:14 SO, THEN THE CULTURE ENCOURAGES THE IDEA THAT 24:18 THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US, SOMETHING THAT 24:21 CAN BE PRAYED-SOMEONE THAT CAN BE PRAYED TO. 24:22 YES. 24:23 AND YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN THEIR COMPLAINT 24:25 TO A WITCHDOCTOR AND DIDN'T GET ANY 24:27 SATISFACTION SO HERE'S THIS CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND 24:32 WELL, WE'LL GO IN THERE AND HAVE THEM PRAY AND YOU 24:34 KNOW, MANY, MANY TIMES AFTER THEY ARE PRAYED FOR, 24:38 THEY ARE HEALED. 24:39 AND THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY TOWARD 24:43 JESUS. 24:44 THEY MEET UP WITH THIS ONE WHO HAS POWER. 24:47 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:48 AND THEY NEVER FORGET THAT AND SO, UM WE ALWAYS HAVE 24:49 TO AGAIN JUST PAUSE, YOUKNOW, WE ARE NOT GOING 24:50 TO GO HOME AND EAT OUR RICE AND CURRY WE'RE GOING 24:51 TO SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME WITH THESE LADIES AND 24:53 CHILDREN. 24:54 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS LITTLE 24:55 BOY. 24:55 HIS MOM WANTED ME TO PRAY FOR HIM, YES. 24:57 AND HE HAD ASTHMA AND SO I HAD A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR 24:58 THIS LITTLE BOY AND HE IS VERY GRATEFUL AND THE 24:59 MOTHER IS VERY GRATEFUL AND YOU KNOW WHETHER OR 25:01 NOT HE IS HEALED, I DON'T' KNOW BUT THE IMPORTANT 25:02 THING IS I TOOK AN INTEREST IN HIM. 25:03 YES. 25:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, PERSONALLY, TAKE INTEREST 25:05 IN CHILDREN, RIGHT. 25:06 THEY ARE NOT A BOTHER. 25:07 THEY ARE AN ASSET AND THEY ARE THE GREAT STRENGTH OF 25:08 OUR CHURCH AND NEXT WEEK WHEN I GO TO THIS YOUTH 25:09 CONGRESS THESE KIDS FIFTY YEARS AGO, THEY MAY NOT 25:11 HAVE BEEN AROUND OR THEY YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT, AS 25:12 I'VE GONE TO NEPAL IN THE LAST TEN YEARS,UM LITTLE 25:14 CHILDREN NOW COULD BE SOME OF MY, OF COURSE. 25:15 WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP UP HERE, CHARLES. 25:16 DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE SLIDES THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE 25:18 WITH ALL OUR VIEWERS? 25:19 I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THE CHILDREN ARE 25:20 GRATEFUL FOR PRAYERS AND PLEASE PRAY THAT WHEN 25:21 MOTHERS COME TO OUR CHURCHES FOR HEALING FOR 25:22 THEIR CHILDREN THAT GOD WILL ANSWER THOSE PRAYERS 25:24 AND START THESE LADIES ON THE CHRISTIAN WALK. 25:30 DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO 25:33 FROM YOUR HOME? 25:35 COULD YOU SUPPORT THESE GOSPEL WORKERS WITH YOUR 25:36 PRAYERS? 25:37 BECAUSE GOD IS WILLING TO WORK THROUGH THEM TO LET 25:38 THESE CHILDREN KNOW THAT THEY ARE BELOVED BECAUSE 25:40 THEY HAVE A FUTURE, YES, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST THAT 25:41 IS BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION. 25:42 THERE AT HOME YOU CAN PRAY FOR THEM AND YOU CAN ALSO 25:43 LIKE IT SAYS, YOU SAW, YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM 25:44 FINANCIALLY. 25:45 IF YOU CAN LOOK FOR A SLICE OF YOUR MONTHLY 25:47 BUDGET AND SHARE THAT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN SUPPORT 25:48 THESE PEOPLE-OH MY, FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL 26:51 SEE THESE FACES SMILING AT YOU. 26:52 YES, AND SAYING WE'RE PART OF THE SAME FAMILY. 26:53 WELL I WISH YOU WELL FROM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I 26:54 PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE WITH 26:59 GOD. 27:00 GOD BE WITH YOU. 27:02 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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