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Series Code: AIM
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00:31 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN. 00:38 TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING WITH CHARLES 00:40 SHULTZ WHO IS DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:43 VOLUNTEER, WORKING IN THE AREA OF NEPAL. 00:46 RIGHT. 00:47 AND YOU'VE GOT ON A SPECIAL OUTFIT HERE. 00:48 WELL YES. 00:49 THIS IS THE NEPAL NATIONAL DRESS. 00:51 IT'S A DAURA SURUWAL AND A NEPALI TOPI. 00:55 IT'S NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE BECAUSE THIS ONE 00:58 DOESN'T HAVE ANY POCKETS. 00:59 (LAUGHTER) SO HERE YOU ARE WITH NO POCKETS. 01:02 BUT IT'S NICE AND WARM AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE 01:07 ABLE TO WORK IN NEPAL. 01:09 AND YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL IS ISOLATED AND 01:14 THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY FOR 01:18 THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 01:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW IS DOING A SPECIAL WORK IN 01:22 THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 01:24 NEPAL IS A HINDU COUNTRY AND BASICALLY YOU HAVE 01:29 INDIA TO THE SOUTH AND CHINA TO THE NORTH. 01:33 YOU CAN SEE THE NEPALI FLAG THERE. 01:35 THEY WORSHIP THE SUN AND THE MOON. 01:37 AND MY PROGRAM TODAY IS ABOUT LIFE IN NEPAL BEFORE 01:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:47 YES. 01:48 AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS 01:50 ISN'T YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH NEPAL. 01:52 THIS IS A SPECIAL YEAR BECAUSE 50 YEARS AGO I 01:56 WENT TO THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 01:58 AND YOU KNOW I WAS CONNECTED WITH A HOSPITAL. 02:03 I HAD A VISA THROUGH THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS THERE 02:08 AS A HEALTH EDUCATOR. 02:10 FORTUNATELY I HAD MY MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 02:13 AND I DID PUPPETS AND I DID FLIP CHARTS AND 02:18 LEARNED THE LANGUAGE OF COURSE BUT COULDN'T 02:20 PREACH. 02:21 AND IT'S CALLED PROSELYTIZING, FORCING 02:25 YOUR, FORCING YOUR RELIGION ON PEOPLE. 02:28 AND AFTER AWHILE THE LORD BROUGHT TO ME A VERY 02:32 SPECIAL MAN DEPTOPA. 02:34 YOU CAN SEE HIM BACK THERE IN THE BACKGROUND WITH A 02:36 FLIP CHART. 02:37 AND OF COURSE WHEREVER WE GO PEOPLE WOULD COME, 02:41 CHILDREN, ADULTS AND I HAVE MY FLIP CHART AND 02:44 DEPTOPA IS NOW SHOWING IT. 02:47 WE HAVE HEALTH PRESENTATIONS, HEALTH 02:50 LECTURES AND THEN I HAVE TO ASK THEM, WOULD YOU 02:54 LIKE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF JESUS. 02:56 IF THEY SAY YES, I CAN GO ON. 02:58 IF THEY SAY NO, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE 03:02 BREAKING THE LAW. 03:03 AND THIS WENT ON AND ON AND FINALLY IN 1977 I 03:07 LEFT. 03:09 I LEFT NEPAL AND WE HAD 15 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 03:15 NEPALESE. 03:16 THAT'S ALL. 03:18 AND THEN SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAPPENED. 03:20 IN THE YEAR 2008 I WAS ASKED TO BE A HELPER WITH 03:31 MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRAINING. 03:32 IN NEPAL AGAIN. 03:34 IN NEPAL IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 03:37 AND WHEN I GOT THERE, AND OF COURSE I THOUGHT THIS 03:41 WAS GREAT YOU KNOW. 03:43 MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK IN NEPAL YES. 03:45 YES THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT. 03:47 AND SO THERE I WAS AND I WAS HELPING THEM WITH 03:52 THEIR MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRAINING. 03:56 THE LADY THAT IS DOING THE TEACHING HERE I BAPTIZED. 04:02 SHE CAME FROM A REMOTE VILLAGE AND ALSO HER 04:07 HUSBAND IS SITTING THERE ON THE FLOOR. 04:09 WELL THIS IS NICE AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW I'M BACK 04:12 IN NEPAL AND TEACHING AND THEN AS I WOULD GO TO 04:17 ANOTHER LOCALITY- WHO ARE THESE YOUNG MEN? 04:21 AND THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING IN THIS THE WONDERFUL 04:26 EFFECTS OF CHARCOAL AND I THOUGHT WOW. 04:30 AND I SAID, I ASKED AROUND WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP OF 04:34 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN NEPAL NOW IN 04:38 2008? 04:39 FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. 04:41 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 04:44 HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 04:46 AND THEN I GOT THE WORD. 04:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:50 IS THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD HEARD OF GOSPEL 04:51 OUTREACH? 04:52 IT WAS. 04:53 YOU KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW I DIDN'T SOMEHOW WE 04:55 WEREN'T WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 04:57 BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS REALLY THRILLING. 05:00 AND THEN AS I WOULD GO AND THESE ARE FOUR OF THE 05:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH, YOUNG GUYS. 05:07 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GOD IS ALWAYS 05:13 WORKING AHEAD OF US. 05:16 THESE YOUNG MEN HAD BEEN GIVEN EXCELLENT TRAINING 05:19 BY SANDRA HORNER. 05:21 NOW SANDRA HORNER WORKS WITH LAYMEN'S MINISTRY. 05:25 AND I KNOW JEFF RICH. 05:26 YOU KNOW WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS. 05:28 BUT IT WAS SANDRA HORNER WHO HAD TRAINED THESE 05:32 YOUNG MEN WHO BECAME OUTSTANDING GOSPEL 05:35 OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:37 IN FACT NEXT WEEK I'M RETURNING TO NEPAL WITH 05:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH 05:39 THESE GUYS. 05:40 AND YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE 15 YEARS, THEIR OLDER, THEIR 05:41 MARRIED, THEY'VE GOT CHILDREN. 05:42 IT'S THRILLING BECAUSE GOD IS, REALLY IT'S ABOUT 05:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT PEOPLE. 05:56 YOU HAVE TO HAVE WORKERS, EFFECTIVE BIBLE TEACHERS. 06:01 IT'S A WONDERFUL THING THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:04 WORKERS. 06:05 THEY KNOW ABOUT THE BIBLE PLUS THEY KNOW ABOUT 06:08 HEALTH PRINCIPLES. 06:10 THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. 06:11 YOU'RE GOING NEXT WEEK. 06:12 WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT KIND OF OF JUST WENT BY THEN I 06:15 REALIZED THAT'S COMING RIGHT UP. 06:16 YOU'RE PLANNING FOR A BIG TRIP. 06:17 YES. 06:18 THIS TIME NEXT WEEK I WILL BE IN NEPAL AND GETTING 06:23 USED TO THE 12 HOUR TIME REVERSE. 06:25 (LAUGHTER) BUT YOU KNOW IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. 06:28 AND THEN I MET PASTOR JAMES CAMPBELL. 06:33 NOW BACK THERE IN THE SEVENTIES, SIXTIES AND 06:36 SEVENTIES, PASTOR CAMPBELL WAS IN NORTH INDIA AND HE 06:39 BECAME A VERY VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, AND NOW 06:40 ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE HE IS, HE'S A GOSPEL 06:42 DIRECTOR, GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR NEPAL. 06:43 AND SO HE AGAIN ASSUMES THIS ROLE OF BEING MY 06:44 FATHER AND TEACHES ME THE ROPES ABOUT GOSPEL 06:46 OUTREACH. 06:47 BUT I WANT TO, AND THEN I ATTENDED THIS ANNUAL 06:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH MEETING. 06:49 AND THIS IS ANOTHER TRAINING SESSION. 06:50 AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE LADIES WHO ARE GOSPEL 06:51 OUTREACH WORKERS AND THAT WORKS BEST BECAUSE A MAN 07:02 CAN'T REALLY GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO A LADY. 07:19 IT HAS TO BE A LADY. 07:22 YES. 07:24 AND THEN ALSO AT THIS TIME I MET A MAN BY THE NAME OF 07:30 OHMESH. 07:31 AND OHMESH NOW IS IN CHARGE OF THE WORK IN 07:35 NEPAL. 07:36 AND HE'S A PERSON WHO HAS A GREAT DEAL OF INSIGHT 07:41 INTO HOW TO HELP PEOPLE. 07:43 AND HERE HE IS WITH A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 07:46 AND THEY ARE CONDUCTING A LITERACY TRAINING SCHOOL 07:50 FOR THESE CHILDREN. 07:52 EDUCATION IN NEPAL IS NOT FREE AND THESE CHILDREN 07:56 ARE VERY POOR VILLAGE AND TO LEARN NEPALI TO LEARN 08:00 ENGLISH IT'S HUGE. 08:02 IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. 08:03 SO THIS IS LIKE 2009 AND I'M JUST GETTING USED TO 08:09 BEING AROUND GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE. 08:11 THEN PASTOR CAMPBELL WANTED TO RETIRE. 08:16 AND SO I TOOK HIS PLACE. 08:21 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO ME ABOUT PRAYER. 08:26 AND YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR LOCALITIES. 08:30 AND MY WIFE AND I WOULD GO TO THIS VALLEY. 08:33 WE WERE JUST SMITTEN WITH THE BEAUTY. 08:35 THIS IS CALLED THE CHAKALA VALLEY. 08:38 IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. 08:39 AND THIS OF COURSE IS DURING MONSOON. 08:43 THE RIVER IS WIDE. 08:44 YES YES. 08:45 AND WE'D HAVE TO CROSS THAT IN OUR MOTORCYCLES. 08:47 AND DEPTOPA AND I WERE THERE AND HE'D GO THROUGH 08:50 AND HE'D DO A LOT OF THE TRANSLATING FOR US BUT WE 08:53 PRAYED FOR THIS AREA. 08:56 YOU KNOW LORD WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR THIS 09:00 VALLEY. 09:01 IN 1976-77 WE'D GO DOWN THERE. 09:05 AND KIND OF LIKE JESUS' METHOD, WHAT DO YOU DO 09:10 WHEN YOU COME INTO A VILLAGE. 09:14 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME. 09:15 AND WE WERE STAYING IN A LITTLE, WELL IT WAS AN 09:19 ABANDONED SCHOOL BUILDING ACTUALLY. 09:22 AND WE HAD PUT UP OUR MOSQUITO NETS AND WE HAD 09:25 SOME WAY OF COOKING RICE AND WE WOULD STAY THERE 09:30 AND AGAIN THREE PEOPLE. 09:34 NOW WE HAD A BACKPACK FULL OF MEDICINE THAT THE 09:40 HOSPITAL, SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN BANEPA. 09:42 THIS IS ABOUT MAYBE 40 MINUTES FROM THE HOSPITAL. 09:45 BUT JUST BEING THERE AND WE DID ALL KINDS OF 09:48 THINGS. 09:49 I REMEMBER A LITTLE BOY FELL OUT OF A TREE AND AS 09:53 HE IS FALLING DOWN HE CATCHES HIS SIDE ON A TREE 09:57 LIMB AND HE HAS A HUGE FOUR INCH GASH IN HIS SIDE 09:58 WITH HIS INTESTINES EXPOSED. 09:59 OH. 10:00 SO WHAT DO WE DO? 10:00 SO MY WIFE WAS A NURSE. 10:01 SHE WRAPPED HIM UP WITH SOME GAUZE AND STUCK HIM 10:02 ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORCYCLE AND HIS MOM 10:10 BETWEEN ME AND THE LITTLE BOY AND WE WENT THROUGH 10:23 THE RIVERS AND WE WENT BACK UP TO THE HOSPITAL 10:26 AND WHEN WE GOT THERE YOU KNOW HE WAS CARED FOR. 10:28 BUT I MEAN THE FACT THAT WE WERE THERE. 10:31 SAVED HIS LIFE, YES YES. 10:32 AND THEN THE VILLAGERS SAW THIS YOU KNOW AND SO THEY 10:37 HAD MORE CONFIDENCE IN US. 10:39 AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HOOKWORM. 10:45 YES. 10:46 AND HOOKWORM IS CAUSED BY PEOPLE GOING TO THE 10:52 BATHROOM AND THE WORMS ARE ACTUALLY THERE IN THE 10:58 STOOL SO PEOPLE WILL STEP ON THAT OR AROUND THAT AND 11:03 THEN THESE LITTLE WORMS GO IN THEIR TOES, BETWEEN 11:05 THEIR TOES. 11:07 AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 11:09 YOU KNOW WEARING SHOES AND DIG A LITTLE HOLE, GO TO 11:12 THE BATHROOM, COVER IT UP. 11:13 AND THEN I WAS A GREAT PROPONENT OF IODINE AND 11:18 MERTHIOLATE. 11:19 AND WHEN YOU GET A CUT YOU KNOW YOU BRING OUT THE OLD 11:22 MERTHIOLATE AND IODINE. 11:23 AND ONE TIME WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE PATH 11:29 GETTING TO THE VILLAGE. 11:31 WE SAW A MAN WITH BRIGHT RED FEET. 11:35 (LAUGHTER) AND SOMEHOW HE HAD MISSED ALL OF THE 11:40 APPLICATION BUT HE GOT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN 11:43 PROTECTION FROM DISEASE AND RED MEDICINE. 11:46 YES. 11:47 BUT I DON'T THINK IT SLOWED DOWN THE HOOKWORM 11:50 AT ALL. 11:51 (LAUGHTER) HE MIGHT HAVE FELT BETTER ABOUT IT. 11:57 SO YOU KNOW WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THESE PEOPLE. 12:00 AND WHEN THE SUN WOULD GO DOWN I HAD A LITTLE 12:04 BATTERY POWERED PROJECTOR. 12:06 IT TOOK NINE "D" SIZED BATTERIES. 12:09 WOW. 12:09 AND WE'D PUT ON HEALTH SLIDES. 12:13 AND WE HAD A SHEET OVER ONE OF THOSE WALLS. 12:16 AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER THE HEALTH SLIDES WE WOULD 12:20 ASK THE BIG QUESTION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME 12:24 PICTURES ABOUT JESUS? 12:25 AND THEY'D ALL SAY YES AND SO NOW WE'RE NOT BREAKING 12:28 THE LAW. 12:29 AND WE WOULD SHOW SOME PICTURES OF JESUS. 12:31 AND IT WAS INTERESTING. 12:33 THEY LIKED THE PICTURES OF JESUS MORE THAN THEY DID 12:37 MY HEALTH SLIDES. 12:38 (LAUGHTER) THAT'S GOOD. 12:41 BUT YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD WORKS. 12:43 IT IS. 12:44 I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR A MOMENT. 12:47 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK. 12:49 THIS IS A GOOD NATURAL PLACE TO DO THAT, OKAY 12:53 SURE, THEN COME BACK TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE 12:56 BEEN WORKING IN NEPAL. 12:58 YES ABSOLUTELY. 12:59 (CHILDREN SINGING, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, JESUS 13:15 LOVES ME.) LET'S GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE 13:37 THE GOSPEL TO ALL PEOPLE. 13:39 THERE ARE ABOUT THREE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE 1040 13:43 WINDOW WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR AND KNOW JESUS LOVES 13:49 THEM. 13:50 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LET'S 13:54 FULFILL CHRIST'S COMMISSION. 13:56 YOU CAN PRAY, VOLUNTEER OR SUPPORT A BIBLE WORKER TO 14:02 SHARE JESUS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS SO THAT ALL WILL 14:07 KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM. 14:09 HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE'S COMING SOON. 14:14 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 14:17 AND CHARLES SHULTZ IS HERE TALKING WITH US ABOUT 14:20 NEPAL. 14:21 CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE REST OF THE STORY. 14:23 WELL YOU KNOW WE FAST FORWARD. 14:26 NOW I AM A REAL LIVE GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR 14:30 FOR THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 14:31 AND I'M TAKEN DOWN TO CHAKALA VALLEY. 14:37 THAT PLACE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR. 14:39 I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU KNOW AND WHAT'S BEEN 14:41 HAPPENING IN CHAKALA VALLEY. 14:44 WELL YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THE LORD IS SO 14:47 FAR AHEAD OF US, AND HE'S ALWAYS WORKING WITH 14:50 PEOPLE. 14:51 AND HERE THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR GOSPEL 14:55 OUTREACH WORKER BUT HE WAS A HINDU. 14:58 AND HIS LITTLE PLACE THERE IS RIGHT BY THE CHAKALA 15:02 RIVER. 15:02 YES. 15:03 AND EVERYDAY ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS TAKES HIS 15:07 BUFFALO DOWN TO THE RIVER. 15:09 BUFFALOES DON'T HAVE SWEAT GLANDS. 15:11 THEY HAVE TO BE BATHED EVERY DAY OTHERWISE 15:13 THEY'LL GET SICK. 15:14 SO HE'S TAKING HIS BUFFALO DOWN, BUT WHAT INTRIGUES 15:18 MY FRIEND HERE IS THIS MAN IS CARRYING A BOOK, A 15:19 BLACK BOOK UNDERNEATH HIS ARM. 15:20 AND SO HE YELLS OUT, WHAT'S THAT BLACK BOOK. 15:21 WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT BLACK BOOK. 15:22 OH I DON'T HAVE TIME I'M GOING DOWN TO WASH MY 15:24 BUFFALO. 15:25 SO ONE DAY OUR MAN RUNS AFTER THIS MAN AND TAKES 15:26 THE BLACK BOOK, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A NEPALI 15:43 BIBLE, AND SAYS OH WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT. 15:46 AND HE CONVENIENCES THIS CHRISTIAN MAN TO TELL HIM 15:49 ABOUT JESUS. 15:50 WELL LONG STORY SHORT HE BECOMES, THAT'S OUR GOSPEL 15:54 OUTREACH WORKER. 15:54 YES. 15:55 AND HE IS SO GOOD. 15:57 AND YOU KNOW HE HAS A MINISTRY FOR PRAYER. 16:02 AND I THINK IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT. 16:04 YOU KNOW, I WAS PRAYING FOR THE CHAKALA VALLEY AND 16:07 THIS MAN SOME HOW MIRACULOUSLY TACKLES THE 16:11 BUFFALO MAN WITH THE BLACK BOOK UNDERNEATH HIS ARM 16:13 AND HE FINDS OUT ABOUT JESUS. 16:15 AND WHAT CAN HE DO FOR JESUS. 16:21 HE PRAYS. 16:23 AND PEOPLE COME TO HIM FOR HEALING FOR THEIR 16:28 BUFFALOES. 16:29 IT STARTS WITH A BUFFALO AND IT CONTINUES WITH 16:31 BUFFALOES. 16:32 AND YOU KNOW HE'S NOT A VETERINARIAN OR ANYTHING 16:33 BUT HE JUST PUTS HIS HAND ON THESE SICK BUFFALOS AND 16:35 HE PRAYS FOR THEM AND THEY GET BETTER. 16:46 WELL, THE VILLAGERS SEE THAT THIS MAN HAS POWERFUL 16:50 PRAYERS. 16:51 YES. 16:52 AND SO PRETTY SOON THEY START ASKING HIM TO PRAY 16:55 OVER SICK TREES. 16:59 AND A TREE IS SICK IF IT CASTS IT'S FRUIT BEFORE 17:03 IT'S RIPE. 17:04 NOW HE IS HOLDING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D CALL IT. 17:07 I THINK IT'S A POMELO BUT IT'S KIND OF A CITRUS 17:10 FRUIT. 17:10 AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD. 17:12 AND SO YOU KNOW WOULD YOU PLEASE COME AND PRAY FOR 17:16 MY SICK TREE. 17:17 AND HE WOULD PRAY FOR THAT TREE AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW 17:20 THAT TREE WOULD BE HEALED AND NEXT YEAR THE FRUIT 17:23 WOULD COME AT THE RIGHT TIME. 17:25 AND YOU KNOW HE HAS A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE. 17:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING SO MUCH BUT IT'S 17:31 BECAUSE OF PRAYER. 17:33 AND MY APPEAL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING 17:39 PLEASE PRAY FOR NEPAL. 17:40 PLEASE PRAY FOR AREAS OF NEPAL THAT WE HAVE NOT 17:43 ENTERED. 17:44 I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR YEARS FOR A VERY REMOTE 17:47 PART OF NEPAL CALLED RUKUM. 17:50 AND I FIRST HEARD ABOUT RUKUM OH 2009. 17:55 A GENTLEMAN HAD ACTUALLY COME FROM RUKUM. 17:59 HE HAD WALKED FOR THREE DAYS AND THEN TAKEN A BUS 18:02 FOR TWO MORE DAYS TO GET TO THE CENTRAL PART OF 18:06 NEPAL, NOT EVEN KATMANDU BUT TO POKHARA. 18:09 YES. 18:10 AND I THOUGHT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE FOR 18:13 THOSE PEOPLE. 18:15 AND IT'S VERY POOR. 18:16 THE PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR. 18:17 IT'S VERY REMOTE. 18:19 SOMETIMES THEY ARE HUNGRY BECAUSE THERE IS NO FOOD 18:21 AVAILABLE, NO WAY OF GETTING FOOD INTO THEM. 18:24 AND SO NEXT WEEK, WHEN YOU GO TO NEPAL, WHEN I GO TO 18:29 NEPAL I ARRIVE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY I'M GOING TO BE 18:36 ADJUSTING. 18:37 THEN THAT NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO BE RUKUM. 18:41 THAT'S EXCITING. 18:42 THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'RE THERE? 18:45 YES YES. 18:46 AND WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR RUKUM. 18:49 YEAH. 18:49 ALRIGHT. 18:51 EXCELLENT. 18:52 YOU KNOW AND PRAY FOR HIM, AND FOR TRAVELS GETTING 18:56 ALL THE WAY THERE. 18:58 YES. 18:59 AND I'M TAKING OVER SOME MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN PUT 19:04 THE ROOF ON SO THAT WE CAN DEDICATE THE CHURCH. 19:08 IT'S A VERY SIMPLE CHURCH. 19:09 IT'S MADE OUT OF ROCKS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT LOTS 19:11 OF THOSE AND MUD. 19:13 ROCKS AND MUD. 19:15 BUT YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS FOR 19:18 YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD ANSWERS MY 19:21 PRAYERS AND HERE'S A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 19:24 LIVES THERE AND THERE'S THE CHURCH AND PRAYER 19:28 REALLY WORKS AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AT IT. 19:31 JUST KEEP PRAYING. 19:32 AND YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SO 19:35 VALUABLE IN NEPAL ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND 19:38 AGE BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO PREACH, TO HAND 19:44 OUT LITERATURE. 19:46 FIVE YEARS IN PRISON IF YOU ARE CAUGHT PROSELYTING 19:50 AND TELLING ANYBODY ABOUT JESUS. 19:53 IN FACT IT'S EVEN HARDER. 19:59 AND HERE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GETTING 20:03 READY FOR A BAPTISM. 20:06 NOW THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING. 20:09 YES, I CAN IMAGINE GIVEN WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 20:11 YES. 20:12 AND YOU KNOW. 20:14 NOW THIS WAS TAKEN LIKE 2014. 20:18 NOW DAYS WHEN THEY HAVE A BAPTISM THEY DON'T WANT ME 20:23 ANYWHERE AROUND THEM BECAUSE MY WHITE FACE 20:27 WOULD ATTRACT ATTENTION. 20:28 WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S HAPPENING YOU KNOW. 20:31 AND SO IT'S SO THRILLING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOSPEL 20:35 OUTREACH WORKERS TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM 20:40 AND THEN TAKE THEM THERE. 20:45 NOW THIS IS MONSOON. 20:46 THIS IS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THE CANDIDATES ARE 20:51 IN THOSE BLUE ROBES. 20:53 AND IT'S QUITE AN EXCITING THING TO BE BAPTIZED IN 20:58 THE RIVER DURING MONSOON. 20:59 I BET. 21:02 GOOD CURRENT GOING. 21:05 YES. 21:06 AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO TAKES THE 21:07 PICTURES. 21:08 WHO TAKES THEM? 21:12 THE PRESIDENT. 21:13 AND SO BECAUSE, IT CAN'T BE OBVIOUS WHAT YOU'RE 21:16 DOING. 21:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:17 AND THIS IS A REMOTE PLACE YOU KNOW. 21:21 THEY HAVE HIKED TO THIS LOCATION AND THEY ARE VERY 21:24 SURE THAT NO ONE ELSE HERE IS YOU KNOW A GOVERNMENT 21:28 SPY. 21:30 BUT YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 21:33 NO. 21:34 AND YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 21:36 NO. 21:37 BUT IT'S FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 21:38 IT'S STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH THESE PEOPLE, PRAYING 21:40 FOR THEM AND FINDING THEM AND THEN MORE GOSPEL 21:44 OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:46 YOU'RE SAYING THEN THAT THE MODEL THAT GOSPEL 21:48 OUTREACH HAS SET UP OF USING INDIGENOUS WORKERS 21:51 IS THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN PLACES LIKE 21:55 NEPAL. 21:55 IT'S THE ONLY WAY. 21:58 AND AFTER I GO TO RUKUM I THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY I'M 22:02 GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH A NEPAL YOUTH CONGRESS. 22:08 NEPALI YOUNG PEOPLE. 22:09 NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE, I'M GOING TO BE DRESSED IN MY 22:13 NATIONAL COSTUME AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 22:15 NEPALI FLAG. 22:17 WE'LL SING THE NEPALI NATIONAL ANTHEM AND WE'LL 22:19 HAVE A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL THERE INAUGURATING THE 22:23 PROGRAM THAT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 22:27 ARE CHRISTIANS. 22:28 YEAH, WE'RE NOT CONVERTING HINDUS, YES, THEY'RE 22:31 ALREADY CHRISTIANS. 22:32 THEY'RE ALREADY CHRISTIANS. 22:34 AND THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THAT CHRISTIANS 22:36 ARE GOOD CITIZENS AND THEY'RE NOT POLITICAL. 22:40 YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING INVOLVED IN 22:42 RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 22:45 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT NEPALI PRESENCE. 22:48 THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT. 22:49 THEY JUST DON'T WANT YOU DOING ANY PROSELYTIZING. 22:50 RIGHT RIGHT. 22:51 AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO 22:52 GIVE ONE OF THE SERMONS, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 22:54 THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH 22:55 JESUS. 22:56 AND HAVING A TESTIMONY. 22:57 AND I'M GOING TO RUN THIS BY SOME PEOPLE. 22:57 CAN I TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT HOW I BECAME A 22:59 CHRISTIAN? 23:00 IS THAT, IS THAT PREACHING? 23:01 OR I WON'T SAY I'LL TELL YOU MY LIFE STORY. 23:02 YES. 23:03 AND YOU KNOW WE ALL SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 23:04 YES. 23:05 WE SHOULD ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT A 23:06 PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. 23:07 SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TRY, AND I'M LOOKING FOR 23:08 FUTURE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS YOU CAN BELIEVE 23:10 THAT. 23:11 SO WHEN YOU'RE THERE YOU ACTUALLY ARE ON THE LOOK 23:15 OUT FOR THEM. 23:16 OH YES, OH YES. 23:17 AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD ONES COMING UP. 23:19 YOU'VE ALREADY SPOTTED THEM. 23:20 THAT'S GREAT. 23:20 AND YOU KNOW AND IT'S A THRILL. 23:21 FIFTY YEARS AGO I WENT THERE THE FIRST TIME, ZERO 23:22 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND NOW WE HAVE WHAT SIX 23:26 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN 23:33 NEPAL. 23:34 AND THAT'S ALL THROUGH PRAYER AND GOSPEL 23:36 OUTREACH. 23:37 YES, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW EXCITING THAT IS FOR 23:39 YOU. 23:39 JUST AWESOME. 23:40 AND I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:41 WHERE WERE YOU FIFTY YEARS AGO. 23:42 WELL THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN BORN YOU KNOW. 23:43 PROBABLY NOT. 23:45 (LAUGHTER) BUT YOU KNOW IT'S THRILLING TO SEE WHAT 23:46 GOD HAS DONE IN THIS COUNTRY, REMOTE COUNTRY 23:48 FILLED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:50 WE HAVE 55. 23:51 MY WIFE AND I-55 WORKERS, 55 WORKERS AND PLEASE 23:55 SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:57 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU NEXT. 23:59 WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO? 24:00 SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU KNOW. 24:11 AND IT'S SUCH A GOOD WAY OF SPENDING YOUR MONEY FOR 24:34 SPREADING THE GOSPEL BECAUSE WE'RE ALL 24:36 VOLUNTEERS. 24:37 THEY'RE PAID, WE'RE NOT AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR 24:42 THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO GO TO NEPAL AND 24:46 CONTINUE THE WORK THAT I STARTED 50 YEARS AGO AND 24:49 NOW IT'S SO MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE 24:52 NATIONAL PEOPLE DOING IT AND NOT SOME OLD WHITE GUY 24:55 YOU KNOW. 24:56 (LAUGHTER) PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT THERE AND KNOW THEIR 25:01 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE. 25:03 IT'S FANTASTIC. 25:05 BUT I THINK PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT. 25:07 THANK YOU FOR EMPHASIZING THAT. 25:09 PRAY FOR NEPAL, PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:12 WORKERS, PRAY FOR NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 25:16 AND THAT WE CAN GET INTO EVEN MORE AREAS, REMOTE 25:20 AREAS OF NEPAL. 25:22 YES. 25:23 AND YOU'VE HAD A VISION FOR THAT, PRAYED ABOUT IT 25:24 AND SEEN THAT COMING BY NOW. 25:26 I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU THAT YOU GET TO ACTUALLY 25:28 GO TO THE REGION NOW REALLY SOON. 25:32 WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO REPORTS FROM YOU WHEN 25:34 YOU GET BACK. 25:35 OH YES, YES. 25:36 THE NEXT TIME. 25:37 YES, SO NEXT TIME WE'RE INTERVIEWING CHARLES 25:38 SHULTZ YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THAT. 25:41 WELL I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART 25:45 OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:47 YOU CAN DO IT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH PRAYER AND WE NEED 25:50 THAT AND REQUEST IT. 25:51 AND THEN ALSO THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL DONATIONS. 25:54 AS CHARLES SHULTZ WAS JUST MENTIONING, THOSE WHO ARE 25:58 THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND 26:01 ACTUALLY TODAY AS WE'RE TAPING THIS PROGRAM THE 26:03 REGIONAL VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE AT THE OFFICES OF 26:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:06 AND YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER. 26:08 AND I'M A VOLUNTEER. 26:09 YES, IT'S TRUE. 26:10 AND THERE'S JUST A WHOLE BUILDING FULL OF US 26:12 VOLUNTEERS HERE TODAY AND IT'S VERY REALLY EXCITING 26:15 AND REWARDING TO SEE PEOPLE SO ACTIVELY 26:17 INVOLVED, MANY OF THEM IN THEIR RETIREMENT IN THIS 26:20 ORGANIZATION. 26:21 AND YOU CAN BE INVOLVED TOO. 26:23 BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY VOLUNTEERS THE RESOURCES 26:25 ARE REALLY USED WELL AND GO DIRECTLY TO THESE 26:29 WORKERS IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 26:32 WORKING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:33 SO YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOUR GIFTS ARE BEING USED 26:36 REALLY REALLY WELL ON BEHALF OF GOD'S KINGDOM. 26:38 SO PLEASE DO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ALSO 26:42 YOU MIGHT WANT TO PICK UP A NEWSLETTER, GET A 26:45 NEWSLETTER IN THE MAIL. 26:46 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER IS REALLY FUN 26:49 TO READ. 26:50 IT'S GOT ALL THE LATEST STORIES OF WHAT'S 26:52 HAPPENING. 26:53 WE ENJOY IT AT OUR HOUSE SO BE SURE TO REQUEST THAT 26:55 WHEN YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWWGOAIM.ORG AND YOU'LL 26:58 FIND WAYS THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AND HELP THERE 27:03 AS WELL. 27:05 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TELLING US THESE STORIES 27:07 ABOUT NEPAL. 27:08 MY PLEASURE. 27:09 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 27:10 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. |
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