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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:34 I'M JULIE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE JUST SAY 00:38 THANK YOU. 00:39 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 00:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 00:41 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS AND THANK YOU 00:43 FOR TELLING SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF 00:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH AS TOGETHER WE'RE SHARING 00:48 JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:50 ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES FROM WEST AFRICA THROUGH 00:53 THE MIDDLE EAST, THROUGH INDIA AND ASIA. 00:55 AND TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHOSE 00:58 JOINING US AND I THINK YOU'LL BE EXCITED FOR WHAT 01:01 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 01:02 SO, COME ALONG. 01:04 HI, GARY WAGNER. 01:05 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:07 HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:08 IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE, GARY AND WHY 01:11 DON'T YOU GIVE THE VIEWERS A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF YOU 01:15 AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:18 UH, WELL I'M A RETIRED PASTOR AFTER 40 YEARS AND 01:24 I'VE SERVED IN THE MISSION FIELD IN CAMBODIA AND 01:30 THAILAND AND UH, THE CONGO, THE MARSHALL 01:33 ISLANDS, THE CHUKKA ISLANDS AND NOW BEING 01:37 RETIRED I GET TO COME BACK TO SOME OF THESE PLACES 01:40 AND ENJOY SERVING WHERE I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BE. 01:44 AND IT IS JUST MY PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF 01:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BE A PART OF BRINGING THE 01:52 GOSPEL INTO PLACES THAT REALLY NEED IT. 01:57 ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO NEAT ABOUT 01:59 WORKING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT AS WE ARE 02:02 ALL VOLUNTEERING HERE TOGETHER THAT MANY OF US 02:05 HAVE BEEN TO MANY OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND HAVE 02:07 A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART AND IT IS A 02:10 PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AS TOGETHER 02:13 WE SHARE JESUS NOT ONLY WHERE WE LIVE BUT ALSO ON 02:16 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. 02:17 GARY, TELL US ABOUT THE REGION THAT YOU ARE 02:19 SERVING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:23 WELL, I JUST FEEL THAT BEING RETIRED IS NO EXCUSE 02:28 FOR NOT CONTINUING TO SERVE GOD AND I WANTED TO 02:34 FIND AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS SERIOUS ABOUT REACHING 02:38 PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF THE WAY, WHO REALLY CAN'T OF 02:46 THEIR OWN SELVES FIND A WAY TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL. 02:52 IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT 02:54 THEY WANT IT BUT THIS IS JUST A VERY MEANINGFUL 02:58 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO CONTINUE IN SERVICE FOR AS 03:01 LONG AS GOD GIVES ME GOOD HEALTH AND A MIND TO BE 03:05 ABLE TO KEEP WORKING FOR HIM. 03:07 AWESOME. 03:08 SO, YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR FOR I KNOW, INDONESIA 03:11 WHICH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT WHAT ARE 03:15 THE OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL? 03:17 ALSO, CAMBODIA, VIET NAM AND THAILAND AND IN 03:22 INDONESIA IT IS THE EAST INDONESIA UNION AND THE 03:25 WEST INDONESIA UNION WHICH AH, EAST INDONESIA UNION 03:29 INCLUDES WEST PAPUA SO, IT IS A VERY BROAD AREA. 03:36 SO, AS YOU SHARED ALL OF THAT UM, IT CAME TO MIND 03:40 LOTS OF PEOPLE, LOTS OF GREEN, LOTS OF FRUIT AND 03:44 LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 03:46 IS THAT A FAIR DESCRIPTION? 03:49 IT IS A VERY FAIR DESCRIPTION. 03:53 WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND I ALSO GET TO BE IN THESE 03:59 COUNTRIES AT A TIME WHEN THE FRUIT THAT YOU 04:02 MENTIONED I CAN PARTICIPATE IN SHARING 04:07 THAT FRUIT. 04:09 SOME THINGS THAT I VERY, VERY MUCH ENJOY. 04:13 ABSOLUTELY. 04:14 NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 04:15 THIS CAN CAUSE A CONTROVERSY WITH SOME OF 04:17 OUR VIEWERS BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION TO 04:19 SEE IF WE REALLY TRULY ARE FRIENDS. 04:21 I LOVE DURIAN. 04:22 HOW ABOUT YOU? 04:23 OH, MY GOODNESS. 04:24 I HAVE A SCREENSAVER - A SCREEN BACKGROUND THAT I 04:28 CAN DRAW UP THAT HAS DURIAN IN IT. 04:32 YOU ARE A GOOD MAN. 04:33 YOU ARE A GOOD MAN. 04:34 SO, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS INTERVIEW SINCE I'M 04:36 IN CHARGE HERE. 04:38 I'M SO GLAD. 04:39 SO, GARY THAT'S WONDERFUL. 04:41 THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 04:42 OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE A MISSION HEART AND YOU 04:43 CONTINUE TO DO SO. 04:45 UM, AND I'M EXCITED TODAY ABOUT THE REPORT THAT YOU 04:49 ARE GOING TO GIVE US HERE TODAY FOR MANY REASONS AND 04:52 WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIVE RIGHT IN? 04:54 WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT VIDEOS AND SOME GREAT 04:56 PHOTOS AND OF COURSE, SOME GREAT STORIES. 04:59 AH, BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME IS HOW 05:01 GOD CONTINUES TO OPEN DOORS AND HE'S OPENING A 05:06 DOOR IN A VERY, VERY REMOTE PLACE WITH KIND OF 05:10 A LOT OF CONTROVERSY. 05:11 AND I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. 05:17 THANK YOU. 05:18 WEST PAPUA IS A PLACE WHERE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT 05:20 TO GET TO IN THE FIRST PLACE. 05:23 AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE THERE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO 05:25 GET ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE -IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 05:29 BECAUSE IT IS VERY MOUNTAINOUS AND MOST OF 05:33 THE WEST PAPUA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ROADS. 05:37 SO, YOU CAN'T JUST GET IN YOUR CAR AND DRIVE TO A 05:39 PLACE, YOU EITHER HAVE TO WALK OR UH, YOU CAN TAKE 05:44 BOATS IF THE RIVER HAPPENS TO BE GOING THE DIRECTION 05:50 YOU WANT TO GO OR YOU CAN FLY AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 05:57 DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION IN 05:59 INDONESIA TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SOME OF THE PLACES THAT 06:03 YOU JUST CAN'T GET ANY OTHER WAY. 06:05 SO, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO JOIN FORCES WITH 06:08 THEM. 06:09 THAT'S AWESOME. 06:10 AND TELL US ABOUT THIS AREA WHERE GOD IS OPENING 06:13 THE DOOR AND THANKS TO ADVENTIST AVIATION 06:17 LITERALLY BEING THE WINGS TO TAKE GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:19 WORKERS THERE AND YOU FOR THIS REPORT. 06:22 AH, TELL US WHERE THAT IS. 06:23 WE'RE GOING TO VISIT A VILLAGE TODAY THAT'S VERY 06:32 REMOTE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO. 06:34 YOU CAN FLY THERE FROM THE AIRPORT IN ABOUT 20-25 06:42 MINUTES BUT IF YOU WERE TO WALK, HIKE INTO THE 06:46 VILLAGE IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT 5 DAYS TO GET THERE 06:49 BECAUSE OF THE UP AND DOWN, THE VERY HIGH 06:51 MOUNTAINS AND THE TREACHEROUS RIVERS. 06:54 SO, WE'RE GOING TO FLY INTO THIS VILLAGE JUST TO 07:00 SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW DIFFICULT 07:04 IT IS TO GET TO A PLACE AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 07:09 YOU GET THERE BECAUSE THESE PLACES ARE SO REMOTE 07:12 THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE VILLAGES AROUND IN 07:16 THIS FLY IN, THE PLANE WILL BE MET BY PEOPLE FROM 07:22 FIVE DIFFERENT VILLAGES AND THEY'LL COME UP OVER 07:26 THE CREST OF THE MOUNTAIN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE 07:29 THEM. 07:30 AND AS WE ARE LANDING, YOU CAN SEE HOW DANGEROUS THE 07:33 FLIGHT IS AND HOW DEEP THE VALLEYS ARE AND HOW HIGH 07:36 THE MOUNTAINS ARE AND THERE IS ALWAYS CLOUDS SO 07:39 YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU HAVE TO BE 07:46 A GOOD PILOT AND ADVENTIST AVIATION HAS GOOD PILOTS 07:52 PARTICULARLY GARY ROBERTS WHO TOOK ME ON THIS 07:56 ADVENTURE. 07:57 UH HUH. 07:58 YES, GARY ROBERTS WHO COMES FROM THE FAMILY OF 08:02 BOB ROBERTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS NO LONGER 08:05 WITH US WHO SERVED FOR MANY YEARS THERE IN 08:07 INDONESIA AND ALSO THE FAMILY OF BILL SMITH AND 08:10 THERE IS JUST A LONG HISTORY OF FABULOUS PILOTS 08:13 WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION. 08:14 YES, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO 08:19 WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM. 08:21 THE REASON WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS BECAUSE OUR 08:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO START 08:29 A NEW SCHOOL IN A PLACE HAS NOT HAD A SCHOOL. 08:34 THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ONE AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE 08:38 BACK IN 1968 SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM THIS 08:43 PARTICULAR VILLAGE, AH, MET SOME MISSIONARIES WHO 08:48 CAME TO GIVE THEM THE GOSPEL AND THEY ENDED UP 08:52 KILLING THE TWO MISSIONARIES AND PROBABLY 08:55 EATING THEM. 08:56 SO, IT'S KIND OF A TREACHEROUS THING TO BE 08:58 DOING. 08:59 SINCE THAT TIME, THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN RATHER 09:01 OSTRACIZED BUT NOW THEY WANT TO GET BACK INTO A 09:05 MODERN WORLD. 09:06 THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE A SCHOOL AND SO 09:10 THEY'VE ASKED FOR A SCHOOL AND TOGETHER WITH 09:13 ADVENTIST AVIATION WE'RE MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. 09:17 GOD IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE. 09:20 I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT AS WELL. 09:22 BECAUSE IF GOD HADN'T BEEN DOING WHAT HE'S DOING, 09:27 NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING. 09:30 NO. 09:31 JUST WHAT YOU'VE SHARED THOUGH GARY, TO GO FROM 09:32 1968 TO 2022 WE'VE HAD FELLOW CHRISTIANS WHO'VE 09:36 GONE THERE WHO POSSIBLY HAVE OBVIOUSLY LOST THEIR 09:39 LIVES AND YES, AND HERE THESE PEOPLE WANT A SCHOOL 09:43 NOW. 09:43 IT'S A MIRACLE. 09:44 IT IS A MIRACLE. 09:46 IT SHOWS YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT 09:51 UNDERSTAND ALL THE REASONS WHY THEY WANT A SCHOOL, IT 09:53 SHOWS YOU THAT GOD IS WORKING IN THEIR HEARTS 09:56 ALREADY. 09:56 AND OPENING THIS DOOR TO THE GOSPEL. 10:00 ABSOLUTELY. 10:00 WELL, LET'S DIVE IN. 10:01 I SEE I WANT TO HEAR MORE AND LET'S SEE MORE. 10:04 SO, ADVENTIST AVIATION TOOK YOU TO THIS REMOTE 10:07 VILLAGE AND HOW DO YOU PRONOUCE THE NAME OF THE 10:09 VILLAGE, GARY? 10:11 THIS VILLAGE IS -THE VILLAGE THAT WE'LL BE 10:15 GOING INTO IS SOLUNA. 10:16 OK. 10:17 AND AH, AND IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE. 10:19 WE'RE TAKING OFF FROM AH, SENTANI WHICH IS THE 10:26 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON WEST PAPUA. 10:30 IT TELLS YOU THAT IT IS JAYAPURA AIRPORT. 10:35 AND THAT'S GARY ROBERTS THERE SITTING LEFT SEAT, 10:41 YES. 10:42 AND I'LL TELL YOU HE IS JUST THE MOST AMAZING 10:45 PILOT BUT AS WE GO YOU CAN SEE AH, THE GROUND BELOW 10:50 AS WE GET INTO THE MOUNTAINS WHICH ARE VERY 10:55 NEAR DURING OUR TAKEOFF YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY 10:59 ARE BUT WE GET INTO THE JUNGLE THAT IS DOWN BELOW 11:04 AND THEN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND IT ONLY 11:06 TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GO TO JUNGLE AND THEN 11:10 TO GO TO MOUNTAINS AND WHEN YOU START RECOGNIZING 11:16 THAT WE'RE -WHEN WE GET TO THE AREA WHERE THE LANDING 11:22 STRIP IS, WE HAVE TO CIRCLE AND CIRCLE UNTIL 11:25 NUMBER ONE- WE SEE THE LANDING STRIP, CORRECT, 11:30 BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO FIND IT IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT 11:34 THESE CLOUDS ARE ALWAYS THERE AND THEY ARE MOVING 11:38 ALL THE TIME. 11:39 SO, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP CIRCLING 11:41 UNTIL THE CLOUDS MOVE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE ABLE 11:44 TO SEE THE LANDING STRIP. 11:46 AND TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 11:47 YES, WHEN YOU FINALLY SEE IT AND ARE BRAVE ENOUGH-I 11:55 DON'T THINK I'D EVER BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO LAND, 11:58 QUITE FRANKLY, AH BUT FINALLY THERE IS THE 12:01 LANDING STRIP AND YOU'RE ON IT AND YOU COME UP TO 12:05 THE TOP WHEN YOU LAND ON IT YOU'RE STILL GOING UP, 12:11 UPHILL AND AT THE END OF THE HILL AH, END OF THE 12:14 LANDING STRIP THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE 12:18 WAITING. 12:19 THESE PEOPLE IN THESE VILLAGES UP IN THE TOPS OF 12:22 THE MOUNTAINS AH, FOR THEM IT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR 12:26 SOCIAL EVENT WHEN A PLANE LANDS AND SO WE CAN SEE 12:31 PEOPLE FROM FIVE DIFFERENT VILLAGES COMING TOGETHER 12:34 TO SEE THIS PLANE LAND AND MEET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON 12:39 IT AND YES, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CLAMOR THAT 12:42 IS CARRIED ON BUT THESE PLANES AREN'T REALLY MADE 12:45 TO CARRY GOODS THEY ARE MADE TO CARRY PEOPLE- AND 12:48 HERE COMES THE MAN TO CHOCK THE WHEEL, SO LOOK 12:50 AT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY COMING OUT OF 12:51 THE CLOUD. 12:52 AND GARY, I'M A PILOT AND TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS COME 12:54 IN AND TO SEE HOW SHORT THAT RUNWAY IS, AH WOW. 12:57 THAT'S AN AMAZING THING AND WITH GARY ROBERTS 13:02 EXPERIENCE YOU WERE FLYING WITH THE RIGHT PERSON, 13:05 THERE GARY WAGNER. 13:06 YES. 13:07 I KNOW I WAS. 13:08 I WAS HAPPY FOR IT. 13:11 THERE IS THE GROUND CREW RIGHT THERE SO, HE IS 13:13 GOING TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR BAGS WILL BE READY ON 13:15 CAROUSEL TWO, RIGHT? 13:19 BUT LOOK AT THAT, THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE COMING IN. 13:21 SO, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO LAND THERE RIGHT 13:23 THEN AS YOU WATCHED ALL THIS HAPPEN? 13:25 IT WAS JUST A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW 13:33 IMPORTANT THE LANDING OF A LITTLE PLANE IS TO SO MANY 13:39 PEOPLE. 13:40 AS I SAID, IT IS A SOCIAL EVENT. 13:44 THEY ALL GET TOGETHER AND IF, OF COURSE, IF ANYBODY 13:49 HAS A MEDICAL ISSUE AND NEEDS TO GET DOWN THE 13:52 MOUNTAIN, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO AND THAT'S WHAT 13:57 THESE FLIGHTS ARE OFTEN USED FOR BECAUSE TO WALK 14:00 FROM THIS LANDING STRIP DOWN TO THE CITY WOULD 14:04 TAKE YOU FIVE DAYS, UNBELIEVABLE, AND IT 14:07 LITERALLY THE FLIGHT TO GET THERE WAS MAYBE 20-25 14:10 MINUTES. 14:11 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 14:13 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 14:17 DEPENDS ON. 14:18 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 14:20 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 14:24 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 14:27 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 14:31 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 14:33 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:37 EQUATOR. 14:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 14:40 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL 14:44 WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 14:46 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 14:49 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 14:51 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 14:53 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 14:57 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 14:59 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:04 GOD'S LOVE. 15:05 JOIN US. 15:06 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:08 DONATE. 15:09 PRAY. 15:10 THIS VILLAGE IS A TYPICAL VILLAGE IN WEST PAPUA. 15:14 IT IS NOT THE ONE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING 15:20 THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET INTO THAT 15:24 VILLAGE WHILE I WAS THERE. 15:26 QUITE FRANKLY, THE AIRSTRIP IS STILL BEING 15:30 REPAIRED. 15:31 OUR SUPERVISOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE WENT IN 15:35 WITH ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO WILL BE A BIBLE WORKER 15:42 THERE AND SUPERVISED THE RESTORATION OF THEIR 15:46 LANDING STRIP. 15:47 IT IS NOT USED VERY OFTEN BECAUSE AS I SAID, PEOPLE 15:50 JUST DON'T GO TO THAT VILLAGE. 15:52 THEY ARE OSTRACIZED AND SO OUR SUPERVISOR HAS GONE IN 15:59 TO-HE IS ALSO A PILOT, HAS GONE IN TO MAKE SURE 16:07 EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD SHAPE FOR OUR PLANE TO GET 16:12 OUR BIBLE WORKERS IN AND IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY 16:17 TO GET THEM OUT. 16:19 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AH, ADVENTIST 16:23 AVIATION REALLY HELPS WITH. 16:24 THEY KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OUR WORKERS IN DIFFERENT 16:28 VILLAGES AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING 16:32 WRONG, IF THERE IS A MEDICAL ISSUE OR IF THERE 16:35 ARE PROBLEMS WITH TRIBES IN THE AREA OF THE 16:41 VILLAGE, THEY WILL GET IN THE PLANE AND FLY THERE 16:45 AND BRING THOSE BIBLE WORKERS OUT TO SAFETY AND 16:50 I HAVING BEEN IN PLACES WHERE AH I'VE BEEN 16:56 EVACUATED FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, I KNOW THE 16:59 VALUE OF HAVING SOMEBODY THERE THAT YOU CAN COUNT 17:04 ON TO BRING YOU OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND 17:07 SO, WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THAT. 17:11 ABSOLUTELY. 17:11 SO, DO THEY TALK ON SATELLITE RADIOS? 17:14 SATELLITE PHONES? 17:15 DO CELL PHONES WORK? 17:17 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 17:18 DO YOU KNOW? 17:18 IT IS NOT CELLPHONES. 17:21 THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE CELLPHONES WILL WORK 17:24 BUT AH, THAT'S A QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK, I SUPPOSE I 17:27 SHOULD HAVE. 17:28 YES, I'D BE INTERESTED NEXT TIME WE TALK, I'D BE 17:30 INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU 17:33 KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NO ELECTRICITY IN MANY OF 17:35 THESE PLACES. 17:36 I'D BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT. 17:38 OK, GREAT. 17:39 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY AND THERE IS GARY ROBERTS 17:40 THERE, THE PILOT, ON THE LEFT AND THE OTHER PART OF 17:44 THE TEAM. 17:45 SO, CONTINUE ON THIS TRIP HERE WITH US OR WITH YOU 17:48 RATHER, GARY. 17:49 WELL, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE FIVE 17:53 VILLAGES THAT CAME JUST TO MILL AROUND AND BE A PART 17:59 OF THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PLANE LANDING. 18:02 IT IS FUN TO -OF COURSE, THEY WERE WATCHING US AND 18:07 I WAS WATCHING THEM. 18:09 AND FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE, I HAVE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO 18:15 MINGLE WITH PEOPLE FROM PAPUA WHETHER PAPUA NEW 18:19 GUINEA OR WEST PAPUA AND THEY HAVE HAD SUCH A 18:24 FASCINATING LIFE AND GOD HAS INTERVENED IN AMAZING 18:28 WAYS TO BRING THE GOSPEL TO MANY OF THEM BUT THERE 18:32 ARE SOME AS I HAVE SAID, THAT STILL HAVE NOT REALLY 18:36 RECEIVED THE GOSPEL. 18:37 EVEN THOUGH THEY, IN MANY WAYS, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE 18:42 CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN AN AREA THAT WAS 18:44 SUBDIVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND GIVEN TO 18:45 CERTAIN CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO 18:46 EVANGELIZE 100 YEARS AGO OR SO. 18:48 AH, SO THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CHRISTIANS BUT THEY 18:48 ARE NOT. 18:49 AH, THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE 18:50 OR ABOUT JESUS AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE. 18:52 WE NEED TO GET THE GOSPEL INTO THESE PEOPLE AND THEY 18:56 NEED TO HAVE IT AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ALREADY 19:16 TO PREPARE THE LANDING STRIP TO BE ABLE TO GET 19:21 IN. 19:22 AH, THE PICTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE SHOWS SOME OF 19:27 THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE OF SOLOLUNA. 19:30 THEY ARE PROBABLY RELATIVES OF THE ONES WHO 19:33 WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF THE MISSIONARIES 19:39 BACK IN 1968 BUT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY HAD 19:44 ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AND STILL IT DOES GIVE YOU A 19:48 LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN JUST TO BE IN A PLACE LIKE 19:52 THAT, DOESN'T IT? 19:54 ABSOLUTELY, WELL, AND MY MENTOR UM PAULINE BARNETT, 19:58 SHE WENT TO THE AREA TERMED CANNIBAL VALLEY AND 20:02 I THINK THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF INDONESIA 20:05 AND I'VE GROWN UP HEARING ABOUT THIS PLACE AND SHE 20:08 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA 20:11 DIDN'T HAVE THAT PRACTICE ANYMORE BUT YET, YOU'RE 20:14 RIGHT, TO KNOW THAT HERE I AM IN A LOCALE WHERE THAT 20:18 HAPPENED UM, BUT AGAIN, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:21 WORKERS HAVE THE TWO MOST POWERFUL THINGS THAT WE 20:23 ALL HAVE. 20:24 THEY HAVE THE POWER OF PRAYER AND MANY OF THEM 20:26 HAVE A BIBLE WITH THEM AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST 20:29 POWERFUL THINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE. 20:31 BUT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. 20:32 OK SO, WHERE ARE WE HERE, GARY? 20:34 WE'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO. 20:35 IT IS JUST LOOKING DOWN FROM THE LANDING STRIP TO 20:39 A VILLAGE AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 20:41 THE VILLAGES ARE EVERYWHERE. 20:43 THEY JUST PUT THEM WHEREVER THEY CAN PUT THEM 20:48 AND THE GROUND TO THEM IS VERY SPECIAL. 20:52 THEY HAVE, OF COURSE, PARTS OF VILLAGE THAT ARE 20:57 HOLY PLACES TO THEM AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO MAKE A 21:04 MISTAKE AND WALK IN THE WRONG PLACE, IT COULD MEAN 21:08 YOUR DEATH. 21:09 BUT OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAVE DEALT WITH THOSE THINGS IN 21:15 THEIR MINDS AND THEY ARE READY TO GET INTO A 21:19 SITUATION LIKE THIS. 21:20 IT TAKES SPECIAL PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND I DON'T 21:25 BELIEVE GOD REQUIRES EVERYONE OF US TO GO TO A 21:31 PLACE LIKE WEST PAPUA AND THESE ISOLATED VILLAGES 21:34 BUT GOD STILL HAS A PART FOR EVERY ONE OF US TO 21:38 PLAY. 21:39 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 21:42 SO, HERE AGAIN THE COMMOTION AROUND THE PLANE 21:44 DRAWS A CROWD BUT I'M CONTINUING TO BE AMAZED 21:49 THOUGH AS I SEE THESE VIDEOS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN 21:52 A LOT OF VIDEOS FROM ADVENTIST AVIATION BUT TO 21:55 HAVE THAT PLANE ON THAT TOP OF THAT RIDGE,I MEAN 21:57 THERE IS NO MARGIN OF ERROR, GARY. 22:00 THERE IS NO MARGIN OF ERROR ON SO MANY OF THESE 22:03 BUT AGAIN, THE LORD IS HOLDING THOSE WINGS UP AND 22:06 GOD BLESS GARY ROBERTS AND ALL THE OTHER PILOTS. 22:10 YES, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PILOT TO FLY INTO A PLACE 22:14 LIKE THIS. 22:15 MY SON ACTUALLY TRAINED TO BE A BUSH PILOT AND THEN 22:18 IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM TO DO IT BUT I SENT HIM A 22:22 PICTURE-A VIDEO OF FLYING INTO THIS PLACE BECAUSE I 22:26 KNEW HE WOULD ENJOY IT. 22:28 YES, I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THIS. 22:31 I HAVE GREAT RESPECT. 22:33 BUT LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE AND WHAT A WONDERFUL 22:37 OPPORTUNITY. 22:38 NOW THE WOMEN HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING OVER 22:40 THEIR HEADS, GARY, WHAT ARE THOSE? 22:43 THOSE ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE MADE WITH PANDANUS 22:45 LEAVES AND NOW THEY WEAVE THEM FROM SOME KIND OF 22:50 FABRIC THAT COMES FROM AH, TREES STILL AND IT IS JUST 22:55 SOMETHING THEY USE LIKE A BACKPACK. 22:59 IT GOES UP TO THEIR HEAD BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY 23:05 CARRY THE WEIGHT FROM AND THEY CARRY THEIR CHILDREN, 23:08 THEIR BABIES IN THESE AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY 23:11 WANT TO HIKE UP THE HILLS WITH JUST LIKE THEY WOULD 23:15 PUT INTO ANY OTHER BACKPACK. 23:17 SO, THIS SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE STARTING UM AND HOW 23:20 MANY TEACHERS WILL THERE BE? 23:24 WE WILL BE SENDING THREE TEACHERS INTO THIS SCHOOL 23:27 UM, AND TWO OF THEM WILL HAVE THEIR SPOUSES WITH 23:32 THEM. 23:34 ONE OF -WE HAVE A MAN WHO IS ONE OF THE TEACHERS WHO 23:39 WILL BE GOING IN AND HIS WIFE IS PREGNANT RIGHT 23:43 NOW. 23:44 I MET HER ON THIS VISIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND 23:49 THIS IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO WILL BE GOING 23:52 IN WHO WILL JUST BE NEWLY WED AND SHE AND HER 23:56 HUSBAND WILL BE GOING TO SERVE IN THE VILLAGE AND 24:02 ANOTHER YOUNG LADY WHO IS ON THE LEFT HERE, WILL BE 24:07 GOING IN. 24:08 SHE IS SINGLE AND THEN THE YOUNG MAN WHO IS GOING WHO 24:11 IS ACTUALLY PAPUAN, HIS WIFE IS PREGNANT SO, HE'LL 24:14 BE WELCOMING HIS FIRST CHILD, I BELIEVE, IN THE 24:20 VILLAGE OF SOLUNA. 24:22 I JUST HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THESE YOUNG 24:26 CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PUT 24:30 THEMSELVES ON THE LINE. 24:32 AND LOOK AT THE SMILES. 24:34 NOT ONLY YOURS, GARY BUT LOOK AT THE SMILES OF 24:39 THESE KIDS AND I SEE SOME GIRLS IN UNIFORMS AND WHAT 24:45 AN OPPORTUNITY. 24:46 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. 24:48 WELL, GARY AS WE GET READY TO CLOSE HERE, UM, YOU'VE 24:50 MOVED ME. 24:52 LOOK AT THAT YOU ARMS WIDE OPEN AROUND THESE KIDS. 24:54 UM, HAVING BEEN TO MANY REMOTE PLACES IN THE 24:57 WORLD, IT'S VERY, VERY ENLIGHTENING AS WE THINK 25:02 IN OUR WESTERN WORLD THAT AH, RIGHT NOW WHERE I AM 25:06 LOCATED THERE IS A WALMART DOWN THE STREET. 25:08 I CAN POINT IN MANY DIRECTIONS AROUND THE 25:10 CHAIR WHERE I SIT WHERE THERE ARE PHARMACIES THAT 25:13 ARE OPEN ALL HOURS THAT I CAN GO AND AS I SEE THESE 25:18 PEOPLE HERE IN THESE VILLAGES, DEAR PEOPLE WHO 25:20 NEED TO KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THEM AND NOT ONLY DO 25:23 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT BUT THEY ALSO NEED MEDICAL 25:25 CARE AND EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 25:27 AND IT IS HUMBLING TO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS 25:30 THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND FOR MANY OF 25:33 THESE PEOPLE JUST HAVING FOOD FOR SURVIVAL AND ALL 25:36 OF THAT UM, IT REALLY JUST PUTS THINGS INTO 25:38 PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL 25:41 THING OF TRAVEL. 25:42 I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL THING OF 25:44 MISSIONS AND BEING A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE 25:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE KNOW THE NEED, WE HEAR THE 25:51 NEED THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO ARE OUT THERE. 25:54 SO, AS WE CLOSE DO YOU HAVE A- SOMETHING YOU'D 25:57 LIKE TO SAY TO THE VIEWERS IN REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL? 25:59 DO YOU HAVE A SCRIPTURE VERSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO 26:01 SHARE WITH US? 26:03 YES, I DO. 26:04 I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING OUT THE BIBLE VERSE FOUND IN 26:14 ROMANS 10:15 "AND HOW SHALL THEY PREACH UNLESS 26:18 THEY ARE SENT AS IT IS WRITTEN, HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE 26:21 THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF 26:23 PEACE; WHO BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD THINGS." 26:27 THESE YOUNG BIBLE WORKERS HAVE BEEN , HAVE FELT THE 26:33 CALL OF GOD SENDING THEM BUT THEY CAN'T GO UNLESS 26:38 THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING WHO MAYBE 26:41 CAN'T GO AND WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT BUT WHO 26:44 CAN GIVE TO SEND THEM AND SO, WE REALLY NEED THAT 26:50 BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENTER INTO A LOT OF THESE 26:53 VILLAGES BUT WE NEED -IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO FLY 26:59 INTO THESE PLACES AND OF COURSE, WE NEED TO SUPPORT 27:04 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHILE THEY ARE 27:07 THERE SO, I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL TO 27:12 THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TO SEE THAT MISSIONARIES ARE 27:18 STILL SERVING AND THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT THEY'VE 27:23 BEEN DOING SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF MISSIONARY 27:26 ACTIVITY. 27:28 THIS WORK HAS NOT FINISHED BUT SOON WILL BE AND JESUS 27:32 WILL COME BUT WE NEED TO GET IT FINISHED NOW. 27:35 ABSOLUTELY, WELL GARY, BLESSINGS TO YOU. 27:37 PLEASE CONTINUE TO GIVE US A REPORT AND OUR PRAYERS 27:39 ARE WITH YOU AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 27:42 THERE IN THAT VILLAGE AND THE ADVENTIST AVIATION SO 27:45 THANK YOU. 27:46 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE 27:49 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:51 YOU'VE HEARD IT. 27:51 YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. 27:53 YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS OF HOW GOD IS SENDING PEOPLE 27:55 ON AIRPLANES INTO REMOTE VILLAGES SO THEY TOO, CAN 27:59 KNOW THE HOPE AND THE PEACE AND THE JOY OF 28:01 JESUS. 28:02 THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND FOR YOUR 28:03 PRAYERS AND YOUR DONATIONS. 28:04 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:09 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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