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00:27 HI, I'M JULIE AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN
00:35 MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:36 SO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 00:37 DO YOU LIKE MOUNTAINS? 00:39 I LOVE MOUNTAINS. 00:41 I COME FROM AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF 00:43 MOUNTAINS. 00:44 MT. 00:45 RANIER, MT. 00:46 BAKER AND ST. HELENS AND ADAMS AND I'VE EVEN STOOD 00:48 ON A COUPLE OF THESE MOUNTAINS AND TODAY WE ARE 00:52 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE IN OUR WORLD WHERE 00:56 THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IS AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TO 00:58 THE BASE CAMP THERE AS WELL. 00:59 SO, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO THE 01:02 COUNTRY OF NEPAL WITH PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ. 01:03 CHARLES ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I KNOW 01:06 YOU LOVE MOUNTAINS TOO. 01:07 OH YES, OH YES. 01:09 YOU KNOW, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY HAVE 01:13 TO CLIMB AND I'M THINKING OF ISAIAH 52:7 "HOW 01:18 BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE FEET OF 01:22 THOSE THAT BRINGETH GOOD TIDINGS AND PUBLISH PEACE. 01:26 BRINGETH GOOD TIDINGS AND BRINGS SALVATION." 01:30 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:33 WORKERS ARE DOING. 01:34 MANY OF THEM HAVE TO WALK FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE 01:37 AND IT'S UP LIKE THIS AND YOU KNOW, IT IS A HARD 01:39 PLACE UM, CHRISTIANS ARE A MINORITY AND THEY ARE NOT, 01:44 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IS NOT RECOGNIZED. 01:46 A CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS NOT RECOGNIZED. 01:48 YES, A CHRISTIAN ISN'T EVEN --- SO, THERE IS A 01:52 LOT OF ANIMOSITY SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR 01:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BE UNITED AND WORK TOGETHER 01:56 AS A TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU 01:59 TODAY. 02:01 WELL, WONDERFUL AND YOU KNOW WHAT AS YOU MENTIONED 02:03 THE TERRITORY THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO CLIMB 02:05 HAVING FLOWN OVER AND SEEN SOME OF THIS IT IS 02:08 UNBELIEVABLE, YOU'VE SEEN IT BUT IT IS UNBELIEVABLE 02:11 WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVERSE. 02:13 YES. 02:14 SO, OK. 02:15 UNITY. 02:15 LET'S HEAR YOUR STORY AND REPORT HERE. 02:17 WELL, YOU KNOW UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOLD STANDARD 02:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HE DOES SO MUCH. 02:25 HIS NAME IS RAJ KUMAR RAMDAM AND YOU KNOW, 02:28 DURING COVID HE'S OUT THERE WORKING. 02:32 HE'S HAVING BIBLE STUDIES AND HE IS GOING INTO 02:34 PEOPLE'S HOMES AND HEALING, PRAYING FOR 02:42 HEALING EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE A RISK TO 02:45 HIMSELF. 02:45 HE GOES WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE LORD. 02:48 AMEN. 02:49 AND HE WORKS WITH ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN 02:52 THAT SAME CHURCH AND THIS IS MANA GAUTAM AND SHE'S 02:59 WITH THE YOUNG LADIES AND I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT 03:02 THERE IS SOME SENSITIVITY, YOU KNOW, HE'S MARRIED. 03:06 CULTUREWISE. 03:07 BUT WORKING TOGETHER AND STUDYING AH, THIS IS WHAT 03:13 HAS RESULTED. 03:15 THIS IS LEVIE AND LEVIE IS THE MOST AMAZING YOUNG 03:21 LADY AND I WENT ON A ZOOM CALL WITH HER AND THEY 03:25 WERE HAVING A BIBLE CONTEST AND SHE WAS LIKE 03:30 SECOND PLACE ALMOST AT THE TOP OF THE GROUP AND I 03:33 ASKED HER LATER ON I SAID, HOW COME YOU KNOW SO MUCH 03:37 ABOUT THE BIBLE WHEN YOU'VE ONLY BEEN A SEVENTH 03:41 DAY ADVENTIST FOR SIX MONTHS? 03:43 SHE SAID, THIS IS MY HOBBY TO STUDY THE BIBLE AND I 03:48 THOUGHT THAT WAS SO PRECIOUS. 03:50 NOW HER PARENTS ARE BUDDHISTS AND SO, YOU 03:55 KNOW, SHE'S PUSHED OUT OF HER FAMILY BUT HERE IS RAJ 03:59 KUMAR'S FAMILY AND HERES LEVEI MAKING FOOD AND 04:04 FEEDING US AT HER HOME AND IT'S LIKE RAJ KUMAR HAS 04:07 ACCEPTED HER INTO HIS OWN FAMILY. 04:13 WONDERFUL BUT HERE LET'S STOP AT THAT THOUGH. 04:14 HER FAMILY HAVE THEY ABANDONED HER BECAUSE SHE 04:17 HAS BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 04:18 THEY TOLERATE HER BUT SHE DOESN'T FEEL THE 04:20 CLOSENESS, RIGHT, THAT SHE FEELS WITH HER ADVENTIST 04:24 FAMILY. 04:25 YES. 04:26 ADVENTIST CHURCH FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, RAJ KUMAR HE 04:30 JUST KEEPS GOING AND NOW IT'S MONSOON RAIN YOU 04:34 KNOW, AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE INSIDE OTHERWISE YOU'RE 04:38 GOING TO GET TERRIBLY WET. 04:40 AND SO, HERE HE GETS THE KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD 04:45 AND HAS THEM COME IN AND STUDY THE BIBLE AND 04:48 SOMEHOW, HE GOT A HOLD OF A LITTLE TV SET AND HE HAS 04:52 SOME DVDS AND HE IS SHOWING THE KIDS THIS AS 04:56 WELL. 04:57 AND YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE, IT IS RAINING CATS AND 05:00 DOGS BUT HE IS UTILIZING HIS TIME, RIGHT, IN 05:03 BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE LORD. 05:05 WELL, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS 05:07 BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES WE'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE 05:10 KIDS ARE DOING AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT SO, I'M 05:14 VERY GLAD THAT YOU INCLUDED THE KIDS. 05:15 YES, AND YOU KNOW THAT'S THE FUTURE, THAT'S THE 05:19 FUTURE OF NEPAL AND WHEN I GO OVER TO NEPAL, MOST OF 05:22 OUR ADVENTISTS ARE UNDER 30, OH REALLY? 05:25 IT IS A YOUNG CONGREGATION -AND WHY IS THAT? 05:30 THEY ARE SEARCHING? 05:31 YES, THEY ARE SEARCHING AND THEY WANT PURPOSE IN 05:33 LIFE AND THE OLD FOLKS ARE STAUNCH HINDUS AND THEY 05:36 DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 05:40 CHRISTIANITY AND SO, IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY, 05:43 ABSOLUTELY CHARLES, FOR US. 05:44 AND YOU KNOW, NOW RAJ KUMAR AH, HE'S HELPING 05:50 OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND VISHNU 05:53 CHOWDRIE SHE IS, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ONLY A 06:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, SHE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS 06:03 LITTLE CHURCH AND UM, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 06:06 THIS LITTLE CHURCH BECAUSE IT JUST NEEDS A LOT OF 06:10 TLC. 06:11 HOW IS SHE GOING TO, AS A WOMAN, SHE HAS A LITTLE 06:14 BIT OF A CULTURAL PROBLEM HIRING WORKERS AND DOING 06:18 THIS AND THAT, UH HUH, AND SO SHE TALKS IT OVER WITH 06:23 RAJ KUMAR AND THEY ESTABLISH A PLAN AND WHAT 06:27 THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND UH, THIS WASN'T GOSPEL 06:33 OUTREACH MONEY. 06:34 THIS CAME OUT OF ANOTHER FUND, OK, THERE YOU GO. 06:39 AND SO, HE'S TALKING WITH VISHNU AND FIGURING OUT 06:43 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT 06:46 TO GET TO THIS CHURCH YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 06:50 CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK. 06:52 AND THEY HAVE THESE SPEED SIGNS 40 KILOMETERS AN 06:59 HOUR MAX BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A TIGER STEP 07:04 OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND THEY ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT 07:08 YOU IT'S THE TIGER MIGHT BE HURT. 07:10 OH, SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIGER TOO. 07:12 BUT, YES, I'VE NEVER SEEN A TIGER CROSSING SIGN, 07:15 CHARLES. 07:16 I'VE SEEN ELK OR A DEER OR COWS BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A 07:19 TIGER CROSSING. 07:21 I SAW ANOTHER ONE WITH AN ELEPHANT CROSSING SIGN AND 07:25 THERE IS A STORY ABOUT THIS COUPLE ON A 07:29 MOTORCYCLE AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PARK 07:35 AND SOMEHOW ONE OF THE BULL ELEPHANTS, A WILD 07:38 ELEPHANT, STARTED TO CHASE THEM. 07:40 AND SO, THAT WAS NOT A GOOD THING. 07:43 NO. 07:44 SO BE CAREFUL WITH THE ELEPHANTS WHEN YOU ARE 07:47 GOING THROUGH A DANGEROUS AREA. 07:49 BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS CHURCH AND 07:52 SO YOU DON'T WANT ELEPHANTS AND OTHER BEASTS 07:55 COMING AROUND, NO, AND HANGING OUT AT THE CHURCH 07:58 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO 08:01 HAVE A FENCE. 08:03 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT'S THE WORD THAT CAME 08:05 TO MY MIND. 08:07 AND NOW THIS IS NOT JUST A LITTLE TYPICAL BAMBOO 08:10 FENCE, THESE ARE CEMENT PILLARS THAT ARE BURIED 08:12 AND CEMENTED AND PUT IN THE GROUND AND THEN THE 08:18 BARB WIRE IS STRETCHED AROUND THAT AND SO, BUT 08:21 CAN'T-AN ELEPHANT IS BIGGER THAN THE FENCE 08:25 ISN'T IT? 08:27 OR IS IT? 08:27 THOSE CEMENT PILLARS ARE PRETTY STRONG. 08:29 OK, ALRIGHT. 08:32 AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS PLENTY OF OTHER GRASS FOR 08:34 THEM TO GO, OK, ALRIGHT, IT IS ALRIGHT. 08:36 AND THEN WATER, UH HUH, AND YOU KNOW WATER IS LIKE 08:39 A COMMUNITY THING, IT IS, AND SO IF YOU HAVE WATER 08:42 AT THE CHURCH YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN COME AND 08:44 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WORSHIP PEOPLE CAN DRINK. 08:47 YES. 08:48 I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SAMARITAN LADY AT THE 08:50 WELL, YES, AND HOW JESUS MET HER THERE AND IT'S A 08:53 GATHERING PLACE. 08:54 SO, WE WERE ABLE TO AND THIS WASN'T GOSPEL 08:57 OUTREACH MONEY, THIS WAS PRIVATE FUNDS, WE WERE 09:00 ABLE TO SOMEHOW MAKE THE WELL DEEPER SO THEY GOT 09:05 WATER. 09:06 AGAIN, CHARLES THAT'S WORKING IN UNITY. 09:09 YES. 09:10 THAT'S WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, GROUPS, WHATEVER 09:13 TO FIX A NEED FOR THESE PEOPLE. 09:15 RIGHT. 09:16 AND YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS BLESSED THIS LITTLE CHURCH 09:19 AND BECAUSE RAJ KUMAR IS SO AH, WHAT SHALL I SAY, 09:23 VERSATILE HE HAS A NICE WAY WITH PEOPLE. 09:26 HERE HE'S WITH SANTOS. 09:28 NOW SANTOS IS THE SHORTEST MAN THERE STANDING NEXT TO 09:32 HIS WIFE. 09:34 SANTOS IS- THERE IN THE MIDDLE? 09:36 IN THE MIDDLE AND HE OPERATES-HE'S A 09:39 PHARMACIST, AND THEY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS 09:42 PHARMACY AND IT SAYS RIGHT ON THE AND I DIDN'T GET 09:46 THE PLAQUE BUT IT SAYS "SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 09:48 PHARMACY". 09:49 SO, UM, HERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HIS WIFE 09:52 IS A NURSE-SHE WORKS IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BUT HE 09:56 RUNS THIS PHARMACY AND RAJ KUMAR GIVES HIM THE 10:00 ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HE NEEDS BECAUSE NEXT TO HIS 10:03 PHARMACY IS THE CHURCH. 10:04 WELL, AND I WAS GOING TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS 10:08 THE SAME BRICK AS THE CHURCH, SO. 10:09 YES, YES. 10:11 OK. 10:12 YOU KNOW THAT'S WORKING TOGETHER AND I LIKE THAT 10:14 SO MUCH. 10:15 I DO LIKE THAT AS WELL. 10:17 AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS THRILLING FOR ME TO GO 10:20 THERE AND HEAR THE NEXT STORY ABOUT KARNA BADAR. 10:23 NOW, HE WAS IN PAIN. 10:25 HE IS 83 YEARS OLD. 10:31 IS THAT THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE? 10:32 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE AND WE'RE STANDING AT THE 10:36 BEGINNING OF A CHURCH AND THE CHURCH IS BEHIND US. 10:40 IT IS GOING TO BE A CHURCH AND THEN TO THE OTHER SIDE 10:45 YOU CAN SEE HIS HOUSE. 10:47 SO, THIS IS A HOUSE CHURCH, YOU MIGHT SAY, AND 10:50 THIS WAS TAKEN FIRST PART OF MARCH AND THEN ON MARCH 10:56 2ND OR 3RD OF MARCH, WOW, THEY PUT ON THE ROOF, THEY 11:00 FINISHED THE WALL. 11:04 NOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING ALL CARPETED 11:08 BUT HERE IS A CHURCH THAT THIS MAN HAS STARTED UP 11:13 AND UM, WHERE DID ALL THESE PEOPLE COME FROM? 11:20 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY EVEN HAVE BALLOONS? 11:21 THEY HAVE BALLOONS. 11:22 THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD DO. 11:24 I LIKE IT. 11:26 BUT THE -YOU KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTION 11:30 WITH THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 11:33 HE KARNA BADER IS A RETIRED INDIAN ARMY 11:38 SOLDER. 11:39 THE 83-YEAR-OLD MAN. 11:41 THE 83-YEAR-OLD MAN. 11:43 AND YOU KNOW AT 83, HE WANTED TO KIND OF REST AND 11:46 HE WAS LIVING IN KATHMANDU AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE 11:48 SERVICE, HE WENT UP TO KATHMANDU AND HE MET HIS 11:51 OLD ARMY BUDDY, MR. TAMANG AND MR. TAMANG STUDIED 12:00 WITH HIM ABOUT THE BIBLE AND BEING A CHRISTIAN. 12:04 AND SO, KARNA BADER BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 12:06 AND THERE HE IS ENJOYING LIFE IN KATHMANDU, YOU 12:10 KNOW, ALL OF THE AMENITIES, IN THE CITY, 12:13 YES. 12:14 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE FEELS THAT HE NEEDS TO GO 12:18 TO THIS REMOTE AREA, BUILD A CHURCH. 12:21 HE HAS SOME LAND AND HE HAS AH, DRAGONFRUIT AND HE 12:24 HAS BANANAS AND HE HAS A LITTLE STORE. 12:31 SO, THIS IS HIS WAY OF MAKING A RETIREMENT INCOME 12:36 AND HE GETS A PENSION FROM THE ARMY ALSO. 12:40 SO, HERE THE LORD TOOK HIM OUT OF THE CITY AND 12:43 PLANTED HIM OUT IN THE STICKS AND HE'S GOT A FARM 12:45 AND A STORE AND CHURCHES AND I LIKE THIS GUY. 12:48 YES WELL, YOU KNOW HE HAS A LOT OF COURAGE AND THE 12:52 INTERESTING THING IS, NOW HERE YOU CAN SEE IN THE 12:56 FRONT THIS IS HIS OLD FRIEND'S DAUGHTER. 13:00 NOW HE'S PASSED AWAY. 13:03 KARNA BADER IS IN THE BACK, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE 13:06 HIM, UT THE KAVITA TAMAJ, SHE HAS COME WITH SOME OF 13:10 HER FRIENDS AND THIS IS LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY, 13:13 YOU KNOW, AND HE WAS -WHEN HE CAME AND WAS STUDYING 13:18 WITH HER DAD SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL. 13:20 NOW WHICH ONE IS SHE? 13:22 THE ONE IN THE PINK? 13:24 YES. 13:25 AND YOU KNOW, SO SHE FELT LIKE SHE OUGHT TO 13:28 ENCOURAGE HIM AND SUPPORT HIM. 13:30 SURE. 13:31 AND SO, SHE GATHERED UP ALL KINDS OF READING 13:35 MATERIAL AND SIMPLE WHAT SHALL I SAY, BIBLE BOOKS 13:40 AND EXERCISE BOOKS AND SHE BROUGHT THEM WITH HER AND 13:44 THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW A LOT OF THE KIDS FROM THE 13:50 NEIGHBORHOOD AND HERE YOU SEE THEM WITH THE 13:53 BALLOONS, WONDERFUL, THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE STACKS 13:56 OF LITERATURE AND THINGS TO COLOR AND SHE DID 14:00 THAT,YOU KNOW JUST TO MAKE IT A SPECIAL, SPECIAL 14:04 SABBATH. 14:06 THIS IS THE FIRST SABBATH IN THE CHURCH, AT THE 14:09 CHURCH AND IT'S NOT FINISHED IN A SENSE. 14:14 THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF PLASTIC THING ON THE DIRT 14:19 FLOOR. 14:22 THEY HAVE MATS THERE UH HUH. 14:24 YES, AND IT'S NOT PLASTERED. 14:26 THERE'S NO WINDOWS BUT THE IDEA IS, HEY THIS IS OUR 14:30 FIRST SABBATH. 14:31 THEY HAVE A START. 14:33 AND THEY HAD A START AND THANKS TO KAVITA SHE 14:37 BROUGHT ALONG THE PEOPLE AND THEN ALSO THE 14:39 COMMUNITY INTEREST IN WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT WAS 14:43 AN AMAZING STORY. 14:44 ABSOLUTELY. 14:46 WELL, CHARLES THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND WE WANT TO 14:49 SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:52 WE ARE HEARING SOME FANTASTIC STORIES ABOUT 14:55 WHAT GOD IS DOING IN NEPAL AS PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AS 14:58 THEY SHARE JESUS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLED 15:01 HERE TO DO AS WELL BECAUSE JESUS ASKED US TO GO AND 15:02 TELL AND THAT MIGHT BE WHEREVER WE ARE. 15:05 UM, THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, THE PEOPLE AT THE 15:09 GROCERY STORE, WHEREVER WE ARE WE ARE ASKED TO SHARE 15:11 JESUS. 15:12 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO JOIN THE FAMILY OF 15:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH AS TOGETHER AS PEOPLE AND 15:18 CHILDREN OF JESUS WE WANT TO SHARE HIM AND THAT'S 15:21 WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:23 SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR 15:26 WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND FIND OUT MORE 15:28 INFORMATION AND WE HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 15:30 YOU AS WELL. 15:31 I''M JULIE SANDERS -KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL A 15:32 HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND I AM 15:33 HERE WITH DARREL. 15:35 HELLO, DARREL. 15:44 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 15:46 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 15:48 SO, DARREL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 15:50 MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 15:52 WHAT IS IT? 15:53 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 15:55 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER IT IS THE ENVOY S DUAL. 15:58 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 16:00 LOT. 16:01 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 16:03 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 16:06 DEGREES AND WATER RESISTANT. 16:08 WOW. 16:09 SO, THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 16:10 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, THE POWER BUTTON. 16:12 YOU PUSH AND HOLD AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU 16:13 CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 16:15 OH, THANK YOU. 16:16 SO, THIS, SO THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE 16:19 YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART 16:22 LANGUAGE YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO 16:25 LANGUAGES AND THEN YOU HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE 16:28 FORWARD; BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD AND A PAUSE 16:30 BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 16:31 SO, THERE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR 16:34 MISSION OUTREACH. 16:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH, GARY FULLER, RECORDS THESE AND 16:38 THEN THEY GO WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO 16:41 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND ALSO 16:44 A SPEAKER, RIGHT? 16:47 YES. 16:48 THERE IS A LITTLE SPEAKER ON BOARD SO IT'S LOUD 16:50 ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM AND 16:53 THEN OF COURSE, THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL 16:56 LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY IN 17:00 THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES THAT IS SAFE, YOU KNOW, 17:03 BECAUSE EVERYONE NOW HAVE EARPHONES. 17:05 SO, THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, BIBLE 17:07 STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU 17:12 KNOW, BROADCASTING TO EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE 17:16 LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND SO MANY-WE GET TESTIMONIES 17:18 ON ALMOST A WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE 17:24 THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S 17:28 WORD. 17:29 ONLY ABOUT THREE PER CENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING 17:32 WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND 17:35 UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 17:36 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 17:37 ABSOLUTELY. 17:38 THEY ARE A STORY CULTURE. 17:39 I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE ARE IN THE FIELD. 17:42 WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN MEGAVOICE 17:43 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 17:46 THANK YOU. 17:49 (MUSIC PLAYING). 18:05 AND THESE ARE AMAZING, THESE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS 18:07 ARE FANTASTIC AS THE VIDEO SAID, THEY ARE SOLAR 18:11 POWERED AND THE SPEAKER ON THEM IS EXCELLENT AND THEY 18:15 CAN HOUSE ALL SORTS OF STORIES, BIBLE STORIES 18:18 LIKE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND, THAT I'M INVOLVED 18:20 WITH IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 18:21 WE HAVE SONGS IN THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 18:24 THIS SPECIFIC ONE HAS HINDI ON IT. 18:26 AND PEOPLE CAN GATHER AROUND AND IT ALSO DRAWS 18:29 ATTENTION SO IT'S A REAL UH, ATTENTION SEEKER AND 18:34 IT ALSO HELPS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 18:36 IT-THESE ARE REALLY FANTASTIC, CHARLES. 18:39 AND TELL US HOW THEY ARE USED IN NEPAL? 18:41 WELL, I WENT INTO A VERY REMOTE AREA WHERE THE 18:44 PEOPLE CAN'T READ THE BIBLE AND SO WE HAD SOME 18:48 OF THESE TO DISTRIBUTE AND PEOPLE WERE SO THRILLED 18:52 WITH IT, YOU KNOW. 18:53 AND NO BATTERIES IT IS SOLAR POWERED AND THEY CAN 18:56 HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND THAT WAS SUCH AN 18:58 IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT THING. 19:00 NOW THESES ARE FANTASTIC AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 19:03 SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT OUR GOSPEL 19:06 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:07 YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEW CHRISTIANS 19:09 THEMSELVES, YES, AND THEY ARE SO ON FIRE FOR THE 19:11 LORD BUT TO HAVE SOME OTHER RESOURCES FOR THEM 19:14 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY POWERFUL. 19:15 WELL, WE'RE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE WONDERFUL AND 19:18 BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF NEPAL WHICH AS WE'VE TALKED 19:22 ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS AND EVERYTHING 19:24 AND YOU'VE SHARED YOUR PHOTOS. 19:26 WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOME OTHER AREAS THERE IN NEPAL 19:28 WITH OTHER CHURCHES? 19:30 WELL, UM IT IS INTERESTING YOU ASKED. 19:32 I GOT SOME PICTURES FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF NEPAL 19:39 JUST THIS LAST SABBATH. 19:41 LAST SABBATH THEY HAD THE DEDICATION OF TUMTUKAR 19:44 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS ABOUT 15 MILES 19:47 FROM THE TIBETAN BORDER. 19:48 UM, AND THIS POOR CHURCH AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT 19:54 FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS. 19:56 UM, THE COMMUNIST, MAOIST GROUP BLEW IT UP AND THIS 20:01 WAS BACK IN LIKE 2000 AND SO WE SOMEHOW GATHERED UP 20:09 MONEY, NOT FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH, BUT PRIVATE 20:11 DONATIONS AND REBUILT IT. 20:12 OK. 20:13 AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY AND THEN THE 2015 20:17 EARTHQUAKE CAME AND LEVELED IT AND SO, LAST 20:21 WEEK THEY HAD THE DEDICATION AND THIS IS THE 20:28 THIRD TIME, THE THIRD TIME, AND YOU KNOW THIS 20:29 JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE RESILIENCE OF THE NEPALI 20:35 PEOPLE. 20:36 YOU KNOW AND, WHAT IS A CHURCH? 20:39 THE CHURCH ISN'T A BULDING, THE CHURCH IS THE 20:41 PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE MATERIAL THAT OUR GOSPEL 20:44 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE WORKING WITH IS THE NEPALI 20:47 PEOPLE. 20:49 AND WHEN THEY SEE THE TRUTH AS IT IS IN JESUS, 20:51 THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND SO OK, SO OUR CHURCH HAS BEEN 20:56 DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE OR BLOWN UP, THEY ARE 20:59 STILL THERE, THEY ARE STILL SEVENTH DAY 21:01 ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS, THEY ARE STILL WORSHIPING MAYBE 21:04 IN SOME DIFFERENT HOUSES BUT THEY ARE SOMEHOW 21:07 CONNECTED TOGETHER AND THEY ARE LOVING JESUS 21:09 TOGETHER. 21:10 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 21:12 IT IS. 21:13 I HAVE BEEN IN A COUNTRY WHERE THE CHURCH WAS 21:16 DESTROYED AS WELL AND THE PEOPLE WERE CONTINUING TO 21:19 MEET WHEREVER BECAUSE JUST AS YOU SAID, JUST BECAUSE 21:23 THE BUILDING ISN'T THERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FIRE 21:26 FOR THE LORD IS EXTINGUISHED. 21:27 IT IS ACTUALLY BURNING MORE. 21:28 RIGHT. 21:29 BUT HOW EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, CHARLES. 21:31 YES, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:36 SO SPECIAL AND THAT IS IT'S ABLE TO WORK 21:40 INDIVIDUALLY WITH PEOPLE. 21:41 IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT ON THE 21:45 TELEVISION OR SOMETHING OR A CRUSADE OR 3ABN. 21:47 IT'S INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE. 21:49 WHICH ARE ALL GREAT FORMATS YOU KNOW, YES, 21:52 THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT SO MANY 21:54 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE ALL BACK TO THE UNITY 21:59 THING. 22:00 YES IS THAT SO MANY OF US GET INFORMATION WHETHER IT 22:04 BE ON OUR PHONE OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER ABOUT 22:07 NEWS OR WHATEVER BUT THIS WAY WE ARE TRYING TO REACH 22:09 PEOPLE AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, YOU 22:13 KNOW, I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE IN NEPAL AND I 22:15 KNOW YOU KNOW QUITE A BIT AFTER LIVING THERE, A 22:18 LITTLE BIT, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND BE 22:20 EFFICIENT THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT 22:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCALS. 22:25 WELL AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 22:28 VERY REMOTE AREAS, YES, AND ONE AREA HE CAN USE 22:32 HIS CELLPHONE IF HE CLIMBS TO THE TOP OF THIS 22:36 MOUNTAIN. 22:39 AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGE BUT THE ONE ON 22:41 ONE RELATIONSHIP WHICH GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS WITH 22:43 PEOPLE AND THEY ARE OFTEN TIMES MEN OF PRAYER. 22:46 MEN AND WOMEN OF PRAYER AND THE COMMUNITY 22:51 RECOGNIZES THAT AND SO WHEN SOMEONE IS SICK THEY 22:54 GO TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE PRAYS FOR 22:57 THEM AND THEY ARE HEALED. 22:58 AND I REMEMBER, THANK THE LORD, I REMEMBER ONE MAN 23:02 AND HE HAD BEEN A WITCH DOCTOR AND HE BECAME A 23:06 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 23:07 WELL, HE HAD A RAPPORT WITH ALL OF HIS FORMER 23:10 PATIENTS AND THEY WOULD COME TO HIM FOR HEALING. 23:13 WELL, NOW YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT STUFF IS GONE. 23:15 GOING UP TO THE GOOD LORD. 23:17 I'M GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO GOD, THE TRUE GOD, THE 23:20 ONLY GOD AND IT WORKED AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE 23:24 BEING HEALED AND THEN SOMEONE SAID, WELL, IF HE 23:28 CAN HEAL HUMANS HOW ABOUT MY SICK BUFFALO? 23:30 YES. 23:31 DON'T STOP THERE KEEP GOING. 23:33 SO, HE BECAME FAMOUS IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR HEALING 23:34 SICK BUFFALOES, SICK COWS, SICK GOATS AND YOU KNOW, 23:37 WHERE DOES THIS STOP? 23:40 IT DOESN'T. 23:41 AND THEN, THEN SOMEONE SAID WELL, HOW ABOUT SICK 23:43 TREES? 23:44 AND SO, HERE'S A TREE IT IS DROPPING ITS FRUIT AT 23:55 THE WRONG TIME. 23:57 UM, IT'S NOT BEING POLLINATED AND THEY WOULD 23:59 ASK HIM TO COME AND PRAY FOR THEIR TREE. 24:02 SO, YOU KNOW THE LORD IS ACTUALLY AMAZING IN HOW HE 24:05 USES OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE IT IS A 24:10 ONE ON ONE RELATIONSHIP AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT HE 24:14 IS INTERESTED IN THEM AND THAT HE HAS POWER WITH THE 24:18 ONLY TRUE GOD. 24:20 RIGHT. 24:21 TO REPRESENT THEM. 24:22 BUT AS I CONTINUE TO SAY AS I SIT IN THIS CHAIR 24:24 WE'RE ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AMEN, NO MATTER 24:27 WHERE WE ARE. 24:28 YES, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT WE 24:30 CAN'T IN OUR MINDS IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE THINK, OH 24:32 WELL, THERE'S THE PASTORS, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE 24:35 YOUNG WOMAN THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT-THEY ARE NOT 24:38 THE ONLY ONES AND GOD GIVES US THESE 24:41 OPPORTUNITIES NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE TO SHARE 24:43 JESUS. 24:44 WELL, CHARLES AS WE CLOSE WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT 24:47 THEY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NEED IN NEPAL? 24:49 WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM? 24:50 WELL, THOSE LITTLE MP3 PLAYERS THAT'S A GREAT 24:55 BLESSING AND I THINK JUST THE CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR 24:59 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:01 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REAL AH, WHAT SHALL I SAY, 25:06 SPECTACULAR BUT BY SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:09 YOU ARE SUPPORTING OUR 56 BIBLE WORKERS THAT ARE 25:12 THERE IN NEPAL AND THEY ARE DOING THE WORK THAT I 25:15 CAN'T DO AND I'M GETTING REPORTS OF ALL OF THE 25:19 BAPTISMS THAT ARE COMING IN. 25:21 THIS IS HARVEST TIME AND IT'S THRILLING TO SEE THE 25:25 JOY ON THEIR FACES AND SO I SAY JUST KEEP PRAYING 25:28 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:30 PRAY FOR FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEM SO THEY CAN DO MORE 25:34 FOR JESUS. 25:35 ABSOLUTELY. 25:36 WELL, AND WE MIGHT NOT KNOW SOMEONE'S NAME IN 25:38 NEPAL BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SAY, LORD PLEASE COME NEAR 25:41 TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:43 THAT'S WHAT I DO. 25:45 THE LORD KNOWS THEM ALL BY NAME AND LET'S GO BACK TO 25:48 YOUR SCRIPTURE, YES, THAT YOU STARTED AT THE VERY 25:50 BEGINNING IN ISAIAH 52:7 "HOW BEAUTIFUL ON THE 25:53 MOUNTAINS ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS. 25:55 WHO PROCLAIM PEACE. 25:58 WHO BRING GOOD TIDINGS. 26:01 WHO PROCLAIM SALVATION AND SAY TO ZION, YOUR GOD 26:03 REIGNS." 26:04 AND MAYBE AS WE ALL LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN AND WE CAN 26:08 THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL. 26:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:11 AND YOU KNOW, PEACE TO ME IS SUCH A POWERFUL WORD 26:15 WHERE JESUS SAYS, MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU, NOT AS THE 26:18 WORLD GIVES AND UM, I LOVE THE WORD PEACE IN CHINESE. 26:20 IT IS PING ON. 26:23 OH, THAT'S GOOD. 26:27 I LOVE THAT AND MAY WE ALL HAVE THAT IN OUR HEARTS. 26:31 WELL, CHARLES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:33 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 26:34 WELL, AND GREETINGS TO ALL OF THE BELIEVERS IN NEPAL, 26:36 THANK YOU, AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:38 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 26:40 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 26:42 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT GOTV MISSIONS IN THE 26:44 APP STORE AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GREAT 26:47 FANTASTIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT GOSPEL 26:50 OUTREACH AND VARIOUS OTHER MISSION ORGANIZATIONS. 26:52 SO, GO TO THE APP STORE GOTV MISSIONS AND YOU WILL 26:56 BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THIS AND HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO 27:00 YOU. 27:01 SO, ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WE DO WANT TO SAY 27:05 THANK YOU AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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