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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:35 I'M JULIE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ADVENTURES. 00:38 IT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 00:41 IT IS SO EXCITING AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE 00:43 JOINED US BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING. 00:47 IT IS GOING TO BE EXHILARATING AND YOU ARE 00:49 GOING SEE SOME GREAT VIDEOS AND PHOTOS AND 00:52 THATS THANKS TO GARY WAGNER BEING HERE WITH US 00:54 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:55 HI, GARY. 00:56 HELLO, NICE TO BE HERE. 00:57 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 00:58 WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THIS IS A VERY 01:02 SPECIAL REPORT FOR MANY REASONS. 01:05 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MESSENGERS IN THE CLOUDS. 01:08 AND IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART FOR MANY REASONS 01:10 AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BUT 01:13 WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIEWERS WHERE WE ARE GOING 01:15 AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE. 01:16 WE'RE GOING TO PAPUA INDONESIA. 01:19 MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH PAPUA NEW GUINEA BUT 01:23 HALF OF THAT ISLAND BELONGS TO INDONESIA AND 01:27 SO WE'RE GOING TO THE HALF THAT BELONGS TO INDONESIA 01:30 TO THE MOUNTAINS. 01:33 AND I LOVE MOUNTAINS, I LOVE MOUNTAINS. 01:36 I LOVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH MOUNTAINS BUT THESE 01:38 MOUNTAINS ARE VERY, VERY UNIQUE. 01:40 THESE MOUNTAINS AREN'T LIKE MAYBE WHAT WE THINK 01:42 HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE BY MT. 01:44 RAINIER, MT. 01:44 BAKER OR MT. 01:45 EVEREST. 01:46 WHY ARE THESE MOUNTAINS SO SPECIAL? 01:48 THESE MOUNTAINS ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE IN THIS 01:51 AREA THERE ARE ALMOST NO ROADS TO GO FROM ONE PLACE 01:57 TO ANOTHER AND BACK IN A FEW DECADES AGO, PEOPLE 02:05 FLYING OVER THE MOUNTAINS SAW VILLAGERS DOWN IN THE 02:09 MOUNTAINS THAT NOBODY KNEW HAD EXISTED BEFORE. 02:12 IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO. 02:15 AND SO, WE HAVE BEGUN THE TASK OF REACHING OUT TO 02:21 THOSE VILLAGERS WITH THE GOSPEL. 02:22 AND THIS IS VERY SPECIAL AREA AS WELL BECAUSE, AH 02:24 TELL US ABOUT THE BELIEF SYSTEM OF THESE PEOPLE 02:25 THERE. 02:26 WELL THESE PEOPLE ARE ANIMISTS AH, AND NOT TOO 02:38 LONG AGO MANY OF THEM WERE HEADHUNTERS AH, CANNIBALS. 02:40 SO, THEY BELIEVE IN -THAT EVERYTHING -GOD IS PART OF 02:41 EVERYTHING AND SO THEY WORSHIP EVERYTHING. 02:42 THEY WORSHIP ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CREATED. 02:44 THEY WORSHIP THE TREES AND THE ROCKS AND ANYTHING 02:45 THAT IS THERE THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF 02:46 SIGNIFICANCE IN THE LIFE OF ANYBODY IN THEIR 02:48 REMEMBERED PAST IS IMPORTANT AND WORTHY TO BE 02:50 WORSHIPED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. 02:51 AND OFTEN JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED AS 02:52 A RESULT OF WHATEVER THAT IS AND SO THEY WORSHIP 02:56 THAT THING TO KEEP THE BAD FROM HAPPENING. 03:00 YES, SO IT'S A BELIEF SYSTEM OUT OF FEAR. 03:04 WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. 03:07 WELL, THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS SO INTERESTING TO ME 03:10 BECAUSE I GREW UP HEARING THE STORIES OF CANNIBAL 03:12 VALLEY AND THE PILOTS AND EVERYTHING WHO WOULD GO 03:14 OUT THESE VILLAGES AND YOU HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS 03:20 TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING AND WHAT 03:26 THESE PEOPLE WANT. 03:51 YES, WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO 03:54 BE A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 03:57 WE WORK TOGETHER WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION IN 04:02 INDONESIA AND WE TO GET TO THIS VILLAGE, TO FLY THERE 04:09 FROM THE CAPITAL CITY IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES BUT 04:15 TO WALK OUT OF THIS VILLAGE WOULD TAKE FIVE 04:18 DAYS. 04:19 AND THOSE ARE THE MOUNTAINS THAT WE ARE 04:20 TALKING ABOUT. 04:21 SO, YOU HAVE SUCH, YOU HAVE CLIMATE, YOU HAVE 04:23 CLOUDS, YOU HAVE THE MOUNTAINS, YOU HAVE 04:25 JUNGLES AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. 04:29 YES, IT IS A SPECIAL PLACE AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS 04:32 THESE VILLAGERS WAITING FOR A PLANE TO COME IN AND 04:41 THE MAN THAT WE SAW FIRST IS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO 04:45 HAS JUST RECENTLY, IN FACT IN SEPTEMBER, GONE TO THIS 04:51 VILLAGE TO BEGIN BEING A TEACHER. 04:53 NOW, THERE IS A BACK STORY THERE GARY. 04:55 SO, HERE WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ANIMISTS 04:57 AND YET THEY ARE WANTING TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN 04:59 TEACHER COME AND TEACH THEIR KIDS? 05:02 YES. 05:03 THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY ASK FOR A CHRISTIAN TEACHER TO 05:05 COME UH, BUT THEY UH, HAVE BEEN KIND OF OSTRACIZED WE 05:12 CAN SEE THE LITTLE YELLOW DOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 05:17 MAP HERE. 05:18 THEY'VE BEEN OSTRACIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT, BY OTHER 05:21 VILLAGERS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY DID IN 1968 05:25 AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH 05:31 THE OUTSIDE WORLD, SOME VERY LIMITED THINGS BUT 05:36 AH, NOBODY WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM. 05:39 THEY WERE BEING PUNISHED. 05:40 WHY? 05:41 THERE'S THE BIG QUESTION. 05:43 WELL, IN 1968 SOME MISSIONARIES CAME AND WERE 05:48 TRYING TO HELP THEM, FRANKLY. 05:52 THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD A RUNWAY SO THAT PLANES 05:55 COULD COME IN AND BRING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO 05:59 THE VILLAGERS BUT THESE PEOPLE HAD NOT BEEN AH, 06:05 HAD NOT HAD CONTACT WITH OUTSIDERS BEFORE AND THEY 06:09 WERE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 06:12 AS A RESULT, THEY ACTUALLY KILLED AND ATE TWO OF 06:18 THESE MISSIONARIES WHO CAME IN TO DO THEIR 06:21 SERVICE. 06:21 WOW. 06:22 AND SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY 06:25 HAS BEEN, BECAUSE OF THAT UM, THEY HAVE OSTRACIZED 06:29 THESE PEOPLE FOR THAT ACT OF WHAT THEY DID. 06:32 IT'S REALLY PROBABLY ONLY A FEW ENTITIES. 06:35 MOST PEOPLE NEVER KNEW THEY EXISTED. 06:38 GOT IT. 06:39 UH, BUT THE PLACES THAT DID KNOW THEY EXISTED WERE 06:41 ABLE TO JUST IGNORE THEM AND PRETEND THEY DIDN'T 06:44 EXIST UNTIL FINALLY THE VILLAGERS DECIDED THEY 06:47 RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO GET 06:51 EDUCATED. 06:56 THEY DID? 06:57 YES. 06:58 OK. 06:59 SO, THEY ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A 07:01 SCHOOL FOR THEM. 07:06 AND SO, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE COME IN AND THAT'S 07:09 WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE HELPING. 07:11 YES, WE CAME UP WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION TO BE 07:17 ABLE TO GET TO VILLAGES LIKE THIS AND I'D LIKE TO 07:20 GIVE YOU AN IDEA JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO GET 07:25 TO THE VILLAGE BECAUSE UH, AS YOU FLY OVER YOU FIND 07:30 GREAT VALLEYS AND MOUNTAIN TOPS AND YOU CAN SEE WHY 07:35 IT TAKES FIVE DAYS TO HIKE OUT. 07:39 IMAGINE IF YOU WERE HAVING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND 07:44 THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT WAS TO HIKE, UH YOU 07:48 PROBABLY WOULDN'T SURVIVE THE TRIP. 07:51 WELL YES, AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THIS-I'M A 07:53 PRIVATE PILOT AND LOOKING AT THE CLOUDS AND LOOK HOW 07:57 QUICKLY THE WEATHER CHANGES THERE AND YOU ARE 08:00 RELYING OBVIOUSLY IN INSTRUMENTS AND ALL OF 08:02 THAT BUT WITH ALL OF THAT YOUR LANDING HERE LOOK AT 08:07 THIS. 08:08 THESE PILOTS, THE ROBERTS FAMILY ARE JUST THIS IS 08:10 GARY ROBERTS, YES, AM I CORRECT? 08:13 YES, WITH ADVENTIST AVIATION AND OF COURSE, 08:15 HIS DAD AND HIS MOM AND THEIR SERVICE TO ADVENTIST 08:19 AVIATION AND ALSO THE SMITH FAMILY. 08:21 WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THIS PART OF THE WORLD WITHOUT 08:24 REMEMBERING THE SMITH FAMILY AND THEIR 08:26 DEDICATION AND A FATHER WHO PASSED AWAY IN A PLANE 08:30 ACCIDENT OVER THERE AS WELL. 08:31 YES. 08:32 SO, IN ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 08:35 THESE OTHER TWO MISSIONARIES BUT LOOK AT 08:37 ALL THE VILLAGERS THERE BUT LOOK HOW SHORT -THAT 08:39 WAS A WONDERFUL LANDING, BY THE WAY. 08:41 YES, IT WAS A WONDERFUL LANDING. 08:43 AND YOU WERE THERE, AND EXPERIENCED IT, GARY. 08:46 IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND SO WE SEE AT THIS PLACE, THIS 08:49 ISN'T THE VILLAGE THAT WE'RE PRIMARILY TALKING 08:52 ABOUT BUT AT THAT TIME WE COULDN'T EVEN GO TO THAT 08:54 VILLAGE YET. 08:55 BUT THIS PLACE WE SEE VILLAGERS FROM FIVE 08:57 DIFFERENT VILLAGES CONVERGE ON THE LANDING 09:00 STRIP BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR EVENT WHEN A PLANE 09:02 COMES. 09:03 WELL, YES AND YOU KNOW WHAT AS I WAS THINKING 09:05 ABOUT THAT AND AS YOU WERE SAYING THAT IT IS ALMOST 09:08 LIKE ADVENTIST AVIATION AND THESE PLANES GOING TO 09:10 THESE REMOTE AREAS ARE ANGELS FLYING IN. 09:13 UM, AND JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT OF BRINGING YOU 09:15 KNOW, SUPPLIES AND NOW A SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT. 09:19 BEFORE WE GO BACK THOUGH, THERE IS A BOOK THAT IS 09:21 ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE THAT YOU MENTIONED AND YOU 09:27 BROUGHT A COPY HERE. 09:28 YES. 09:29 I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE 09:30 GET TOO DEEP INTO THE OTHER THINGS. 09:32 THE BOOK IS CALLED LORDS OF THE EARTH AND IT WAS 09:36 WRITTEN IN THE '70'S SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD BUT 09:40 THIS GIVES A VERY, VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION IN 09:45 STORY FORM OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THOSE 09:47 MISSIONARIES WENT IN 1968 AND IT TELLS EXACTLY WHO 09:54 WAS INVOLVED IN THE -IN KILLING THEM AND EATING 10:00 THEM. 10:00 UH, AND IT GIVES US A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF WHAT 10:08 THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE 10:12 US AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL 10:15 AND WE HAVE NO IDEA, REALLY, WHAT WE ARE GOING 10:20 TO BE RUNNING INTO. 10:21 WE DO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE SAID THAT THEY 10:22 ARE BEYOND THIS. 10:23 THEY ARE NO LONGER CANNIBALS AND SO WE'RE 10:24 PUTTING FAITH AND TRUST THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY. 10:26 ABSOLUTELY. 10:27 AND YOU KNOW, THE THINK THAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT 10:33 IS YES, WE THINK OF 1968 YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN SOME 10:44 YEARS AGO BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, 10:46 THE 1500'S AND, NO WE'RE NOT, THIS IS BARBARIC TO 10:50 THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND ALSO HOW THE DEVIL 10:54 WORKS AND THE HATE. 10:55 I MEAN GARY THAT IS HATE TO HAVE THAT BUT AGAIN 10:59 BACK TO THE BELIEF OF THESE PEOPLE BEING UM, 11:02 WITH BEING ANIMISTS AND THE FEAR FACTOR. 11:04 THE FEAR IS THE BIG THING. 11:07 YES. 11:08 THEY HAD TO DO THINGS THEY FELT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP 11:13 THE GODS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND ALL 11:15 OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS SATISFIED AND THESE 11:19 MISSIONARIES WERE CHANGING THAT, WERE INTERRUPTING 11:22 THAT. 11:23 AND CAN YOU IMAGINE, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT 11:26 JUGGLING ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT 11:28 AND WE DO THAT TOO. 11:29 THE THINGS WE HAVE TO JUGGLE BUT THESE POOR 11:31 PEOPLE HAVING TO JUGGLE ALL THESE BELIEF SYSTEMS. 11:33 WELL, LORDS OF THE EARTH . 11:36 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE 11:39 YOU IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING 11:41 HERE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS PART OF 11:43 THE WORLD AND HOW GOD IS CHANGING HEARTS AND LIVES 11:46 AND APPETITES AND ALL OF THIS. 11:48 WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE PART OF GOSPEL 11:51 OUTREACH. 11:52 WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE AND HEARING MORE 11:54 ABOUT THE SCHOOL THAT IS GOING TO BE AND IS 11:57 HAPPENING IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND WE WANT TO 11:59 ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND 12:02 MAYBE YOU ARE CONSIDERING WHAT YOU CAN DO ON A 12:05 MONTHLY BASIS TO HELP THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:08 WORKERS AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 12:11 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 12:15 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 12:19 DEPENDS ON. 12:20 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 12:23 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 12:26 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 12:31 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 12:35 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 12:39 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 12:41 EQUATOR. 12:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 12:53 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL 12:57 WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 13:00 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:03 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:05 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 13:07 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 13:13 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 13:16 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 13:20 GOD'S LOVE. 13:21 JOIN US. 13:23 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 13:25 DONATE. 13:26 PRAY. 13:31 AND YOUR FUNDS CAN GO AND HELP THESE BIBLE WORKERS 13:34 WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS REMOTE VILLAGE SO THESE 13:37 STUDENTS, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEARN AND HOW 13:40 EXCITING, WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN AND TO MEET 13:43 STUDENTS FROM THERE THAT HAVE GONE TO THE SCHOOL 13:45 AND WHAT A MIRACLE IT WILL BE TO MEET THESE 13:48 MISSIONARIES IN HEAVEN AND THE LIVES CHANGED AND 13:51 GARY, I MEAN WE COULD JUST KEEP GOING ON AND ON 13:53 ABOUT-WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOD IS GOING TO FIX ALL OF 13:57 THIS AND HE ALREADY HAS BEEN FIXING IT. 14:00 ABSOLUTELY. 14:00 SO, YES. 14:01 HE'S WORKING ON IT NOW. 14:02 SO, TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL OUT IN THE 14:04 JUNGLE HERE. 14:05 WELL, SOME OF OUR SUPPORTERS MAY BE 14:09 WONDERING ABOUT DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH DO SCHOOLS 14:12 NOW? 14:13 THE THING IS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET 14:16 ENTRANCE INTO THESE VILLAGES. 14:19 WE CAN'T JUST SEND A BIBLE WORKER INTO THE VILLAGE 14:21 BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BLATANT AND IT WOULD 14:24 PROBABLY NOT BE MET WELL. 14:27 UH, SO WE SEND TEACHERS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH 14:30 THE CHILDREN AND WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THESE 14:35 TEACHERS ARE ALSO BIBLE WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO 14:38 SHARE THE GOSPEL; FIRST WITH THE CHILDREN AND THEN 14:42 WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 14:44 ABSOLUTELY. 14:45 WELL, YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS TO SHARE 14:47 WITH US. 14:48 LET'S KIND OF SEE WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE HERE. 14:49 WELL, SO THIS IS A ONE OF THE VILLAGES THAT'S UP 14:56 THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE SAW THE PLANE LANDING AND THIS 14:59 IS NOT SOALUNA. 15:01 SOALUNA IS THE VILLAGE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT HERE 15:04 WE CAN SEE FAIRLY MODERNIZED VILLAGE WITH 15:08 METAL ROOFS AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 15:11 UH, SOALUNA IS NOT LIKE THAT BECAUSE AS I SAY, 15:14 THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF LEFT OUT OF THE ADVANCESD OF 15:17 TECHNOLOGY. 15:18 WELL, WHO WOULDN'T. 15:19 I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THERE ON VACATION. 15:21 SO, WE CAN SEE THE VILLAGERS AT THIS VILLAGE 15:23 WHO MET THE PLANE WHENEVER A PLANE COMES IN IT'S AN 15:33 AMAZING THING FOR EVERYBODY TO COME AND SEE. 15:37 IT'S LIKE THE CARNIVAL COMING. 15:39 ABSOLUTELY. 15:40 TO TOWN AND SO EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME AND SEE UH, 15:44 BUT WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO ANSWER THAT 15:46 CALL TO SEND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS INTO 15:48 THIS, INTO SOALUNA AND SO FIRST WE HAD TO GO IN AND 15:51 REPAIR THE RUNWAY THAT THOSE OTHER TWO 15:52 MISSIONARIES HAD STARTED BUILDING. 15:54 SO, OUR SUPERVISOR THERE WITH ONE OF THE TEACHERS 15:59 WENT IN AND BEGAN WORKING WITH THE VILLAGERS AND 16:04 THEY DID THE ACTUAL WORK OF REPAIRING THE RUNWAY. 16:08 YOU CAN SEE THE RUNWAY HERE. 16:10 IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. 16:11 IT TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THAT AND THEN THEY 16:13 LEFT AND CAME BACK WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE MORE 16:14 PREPARED. 16:15 EVERYBODY KNEW THE SCHOOL WAS COMING SO THIS IS 16:16 REGISTRATION DAY. 16:17 WOW. 16:18 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT LOOKING AT THE FACES OF 16:19 THESE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN 16:20 FOR THIS SCHOOL THERE ARE MORE BRIGHT, SHINY SMILES 16:21 AMONG THIS CROWD THAN I SAW IN ANY OF THE 16:23 VILLAGERS IN AN EARLIER FLIGHT. 16:24 WELL, I'M JUST SMILING JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS 16:27 WHOLE THING. 16:28 I MEAN, HERE WE'VE GONE FROM 1968 TO WHAT HAPPENED 16:34 THEN TO NOW WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE TO THE 16:40 VILLAGE AND WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE WHO 16:46 ARE WORKING AND PRAISE THE LORD. 16:48 IT IS A WONDERFUL THING. 16:49 ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES IN 17:10 PEOPLE. 17:19 ONLY GOD, THERE YOU HAVE IT MY FRIEND, ONLY GOD. 17:23 SO, REGISTRATION DAY SCHOOL HAS STARTED. 17:26 SCHOOL HAS STARTED. 17:27 AND HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE? 17:28 UH, I'VE BEEN ASKING THAT, OK. 17:31 YOU SEE, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AND OUR 17:39 SUPERINTENDENT, I MEAN OUR SUPERVISOR THERE HAS BEEN 17:43 SPENDING SO MUCH TIME OUT IN THE VILLAGES THAT HE 17:46 HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO CORRESPONDENCE. 17:48 WELL, AND THAT'S OK BECAUSE JUST GRANTED IT 17:51 DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS QUITE THE WIFI RIGHT THERE 17:54 TO HAVE EMAIL ANSWERED AND ALL OF THAT SO, WE'LL HAVE 17:56 SOME GRACE ON THAT ONE. 17:57 YES. 17:58 SO, WHEN YOU GO NEXT, WE'LL BE INTERESTED TO 18:00 KNOW. 18:02 IT IS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE BUT OUR TEACHERS 18:05 HAVE ARRIVED. 18:07 SO, THOSE ARE THE TWO THERE IN THE AQUA. 18:08 THOSE ARE TWO OF THE TEACHERS.OK. 18:10 WE HAVE FOUR TEACHERS WHO ARE THERE, MAYBE FIVE. 18:14 AH, AND THEY ARRIVED OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE SAME 18:16 PLANE THAT THEY ARRIVED IN AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE CAME 18:20 OUT TO SEE THEM. 18:21 THE SCHOOL HAD TO BE BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS 18:25 PURPOSE AND WE ALSO HAD TO BUILD HOUSES FOR OUR 18:30 TEACHERS THERE AT THE VILLAGE. 18:32 EVERYTHING HAD TO BE DONE FROM SCRATCH. 18:34 SO, ARE SUPPLIES BEING MOVED IN, GARY? 18:37 ARE THEY USING, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD THIS HOUSE I MEAN 18:41 OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TREES THERE BUT I MEAN ARE THEY 18:44 DOING ALL OF THAT THERE IN THE VILLAGE? 18:46 AN AWFUL LOT OF IT IS JUST LOCAL MATERIALS, YES. 18:50 OK, ALRIGHT. 18:51 SO, THOSE TWO SO THERE ARE FOUR TEACHERS AND WE SAW 18:54 THE TWO IN THE AQUA AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF 18:58 US AS WE PRAY WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT PICTURE AND 19:02 PRAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 19:03 ABSOLUTELY, WE DO. 19:04 AND JUST A POINT OF INTEREST THOSE TWO 19:07 TEACHERS WERE MARRIED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE 19:10 THEY WENT IN. 19:11 OH MY! 19:12 SO, THIS IS THEIR HONEYMOON. 19:12 YES, THIS IS THEIR HONEYMOON. 19:13 GO TO THE VILLAGES FOR YOUR HONEYMOON AND YOU CAN 19:20 BE SURE THAT EVERY STEP THEY TAKE WILL BE WATCHED 19:26 BY THE PEOPLE. 19:27 OH, ABSOLUTELY. 19:28 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MY MENTOR PAULINE BARNETT AND 19:30 DOYLE BARNETT THEY WENT ON THEIR HONEYMOON. 19:32 THEY GOT MARRIED IN JUNE AND THEY LEFT THE END OF 19:35 JULY FOR 43 YEARS OF SERVICE IN 1943 TO FAR 19:39 EASTERN DIVISION. 19:41 AND YES, SO THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE 19:44 SERVED THE LORD, GONE ON THEIR HONEYMOON AND SERVED 19:48 THE LORD. 19:49 NOW, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 19:50 WELL, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THIS NEW SCHOOL THAT WAS 19:52 BUILT AND THE STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING FOR SCHOOL. 19:58 IT IS A MAJOR EVENT FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE NOT JUST 20:02 FOR THE CHILDREN. 20:03 SO, WHOSE FUNDING ALL OF THIS? 20:05 I MEAN GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THE TEACHERS SO WE'RE 20:09 FUNDING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS THE 20:11 TEACHERS. 20:11 YES, UH HUH. 20:12 WHAT ABOUT CURRICULUM? 20:13 WHAT ABOUT BOOKS? 20:15 ALL OF THAT. 20:16 OUR PARTNER ADVENTIST AVIATION IS HANDLING A 20:20 GREAT DEAL OF THAT. 20:21 SOME OF THE BOOKS ARE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT 20:25 BECAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL BUT OUR TEACHERS 20:30 CAN TEACH THEM ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE THEY CAN TEACH 20:34 MORALITY, YES, MORALS THROUGH BIBLICAL STORIES. 20:38 YES. 20:40 WOW. 20:40 I LOVE IT, GARY. 20:43 I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 20:44 YOU SHOULD COME AND VISIT. 20:47 I WOULD LOVE TO AND I WAS TALKING WITH ONE OF FORMER 20:52 REGIONAL DIRECTORS ABOUT GOING AND SEEING THAT BUT 20:55 WE DO HAVE A COUPLE AARON RITTENHOUR AND LEXI 20:59 RITTENHOUR A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM AND AARON DOES 21:02 VIDEO PRODUCTION HERE. 21:03 UM, HE'S BEHIND THE CURTAIN RIGHT NOW AND HE 21:06 AND HIS WIFE ARE GOING TO BE VISITING WITH YOU OVER 21:09 THERE, YES, YES AND THEY HAVE STARTED A NEW SHOW 21:12 AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE SHARING AND WE'LL GET 21:16 THAT REPORT ON THEIR PROGRAM. 21:18 I'M REALLY EAGER FOR THEM TO COME BECAUSE I HAVE NOT 21:22 BEEN TO SOALUNA BEFORE AND I WANT TO BE THERE. 21:26 WE KNOW THE LOCATIONS IN THE VILLAGE WHERE THOSE 21:30 MISSIONARIES WERE KILLED. 21:32 WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WAS LEADING UP TO IT 21:34 BECAUSE THE STORY IS VERY DETAILED IN THE BOOK. 21:37 IN THE BOOK. 21:45 AND SO, TO SEE THOSE LOCATIONS UH, IT'S A 21:49 HUMBLING THING TO SEE THIS EVENT IS BUILT ON THE 21:53 SACRIFICES OF MISSIONARY MARTYRS. 21:56 AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER AS A TEENAGER THERE WERE 22:00 SOME NUNS WHO WERE KILLED DOWN I THINK IT WAS IN 22:03 COSTA RICA AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT UM, AND 22:08 THEN THESE TWO MISSIONARIES AND THIS IS 22:10 NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE LIGHTLY. 22:13 I MEAN THESE PEOPLE AND WE KNOW FROM JUST OUR GOSPEL 22:17 OUTREACH WORKERS THERE ARE MANY STORIES THAT WE CAN 22:19 SHARE HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GARY 22:21 THERE ARE MANY STORIES THAT WE CANNOT SHARE DUE 22:24 TO MANY OF THESE DARK COUNTRIES THAT WE JUST 22:29 CAN'T SHARE THOSE BUT GOD KNOWS AND THAT'S WHERE WE 22:32 HAVE TO HAVE THE FAITH. 22:33 BUT YES, THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE UM, EVEN 22:37 BACK I MEAN LOOK AT WHAT THE APOSTLES DID. 22:39 UH HUH. 22:40 I MEAN THE DAY AFTER JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN AND 22:42 WENT TO HEAVEN THESE APOSTLES, PETER AND JOHN 22:45 IN ACTS READ ABOUT WHAT THEY DID. 22:47 YES. 22:48 THEY KEPT BEING TOLD THEY COULDN'T PREACH AND WHERE 22:50 WERE THEY? 22:51 THEY WERE IN JAIL THEN OUT OF JAIL AND BACK 22:52 PREACHINGIN THE TEMPLE. 22:53 AND WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT AS WE WORK WITH THESE 22:57 PEOPLE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THEM AS THE PEOPLE WHO 23:01 DID THIS. 23:01 CORRECT. 23:02 WE LOOK AT THEM AS PEOPLE WHO JESUS LOVES AND DIED 23:06 FOR AND ARE WORTHY TO HAVE US COME EVEN AT SACRIFICE 23:13 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 23:17 SO, ADVENTIST AVIATION IN INDONESIA PARTNERING WITH 23:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH UM, SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE IS THE 23:25 SCHOOL YEAR THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR LIKE WE 23:27 WOULD HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES? 23:30 THE WESTERN WORLD? 23:31 IS IT SEPTEMBER TO JUNE? 23:34 ARE THEY ON A DIFFERENT TIMELINE? 23:36 DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? 23:38 FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY 23:41 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE PRETTY 23:44 MUCH THE SAME SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE HERE AND JUST 23:51 TO LET YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES. 23:56 IN THE PAST YEAR, ADVENTIST AVIATION FLIGHT 24:01 WAS NECESSARY THREE TIMES TO EVACUATE TEACHERS FROM 24:06 VILLAGES. 24:08 FROM OTHER VILLAGES. 24:09 FROM OTHER VILLAGES. 24:10 OK. 24:11 SO, IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON THING TO HAPPEN BUT ALL 24:15 THE MORE REASON FOR US TO BE ASKING FOR THE PRAYERS 24:18 OF THE PEOPLE. 24:19 ABSOLUTELY. 24:20 CONTINUALLY. 24:20 SO, IN SOALUNA IF THE TEACHERS NEED TO BE 24:24 EVACUATED IS THERE LIKE A SOLAR PHONE SYSTEM? 24:26 I MEAN HOW DO THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH ADVENTIST 24:30 AVIATION AND SAY, WE NEED A PLANE. 24:32 YES, THEY HAVE A PHONES THAT THEY CAN USE TO 24:38 CONTACT THE HEAD OFFICE AND AS I SAID, IT'S ABOUT 24:43 A 15 MINUTE FLIGHT. 24:45 A LOT CAN HAPPEN, LET ME TELL YOU. 24:46 A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT TIME. 24:47 IN THE PLANE IN 15 MINUTES WITH WEATHER THAT THEY ARE 24:50 DEALING WITH. 24:51 UH HUH. 24:52 OK, SO, PRAYER, FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND WHAT ELSE 24:55 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS AS 24:57 THEY THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE AND THESE TEACHERS. 25:00 WELL, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERY VIEWER 25:06 TO THINK, WHAT IS IT THAT I HAVE SACRIFICED TO BE 25:11 ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH MY NEIGHBORS OR OTHER 25:15 PEOPLE WHO I KNOW. 25:16 WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE LAYING THEIR LIVES, BIBLE 25:20 WORKERS LAYING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO BE ABLE TO 25:24 DO THIS WORK OF GOD AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL, HAPPY 25:31 PEOPLE AND GOD DOES THAT FOR US WHEN WE ARE SERVING 25:37 HIM. 25:38 HE GIVES US A JOY THAT COMES ONLY FROM KNOWING 25:42 THAT WE ARE WORKING WITHIN HIS WILL. 25:45 ABSOLUTELY. 25:46 ABSOLUTELY. 25:47 AND THE SCRIPTURE THAT YOU SHARED FOR THIS REPORT IS 25:51 MY FAVORITE ISAIAH 40:31 "BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE 25:55 LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. 25:56 THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES. 25:59 THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY. 26:02 THEY WILL WALK AND NOT BE FAINT." 26:05 AND MAY THAT BE OUR PRAYER FOR THE TEACHERS FOR GARY 26:08 ROBERTS AND HIS TEAM AS THEY ARE FLYING FOR 26:10 SAFETY. 26:11 UM, INTO THIS VERY, VERY REMOTE PLACE. 26:14 YES. 26:15 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 26:18 WELL ABSOLUTELY. 26:19 THANK YOU AND I JUST THINK OF, YOU KNOW I THINK OF 26:21 EAGLES -I GREW UP IN A PLACE WITH EAGLES AND I 26:25 GREW UP ON AN ISLAND AND I JUST LOVE EAGLES AND THE 26:27 POWER OF AN EAGLE THAT THEY SOAR,UH HUH, AND THAT 26:30 THEY HAVE THAT LIFT WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU 26:33 FLY AND UM, YES LIKE WHAT YOU SAID TO THINK ABOUT 26:37 UM, I ALWAYS SAY HERE THE MISSION STARTS AT HOME AND 26:40 HOW ARE WE SHARING JESUS NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE AND 26:44 BUT IT'S THE HOPE IN THE LORD THAT WE NEED TO 26:46 SHARE. 26:46 YES, ONE OTHER THING. 26:49 I WAS FASCINATED ON THE FLIGHT BACK FROM THE 26:52 VILLAGE THAT I WENT TO LOOKING DOWN INTO THE 26:55 CLOUDS, THERE WAS A SHADOW OF THE PLANE AND THERE WAS 26:58 A RAINBOW ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT PLANE THERE IN 27:01 SHADOW. 27:02 OH, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING AND JUST A SYMBOL OF 27:06 GODS PROTECTION OVER THAT PLANE AND THE WORK THAT 27:11 WAS BEING DONE. 27:11 THAT'S A GOD WINK. 27:12 YES, IT IS. 27:13 THAT'S A GOD WINK. 27:14 GARY, THANK YOU. 27:15 BLESSINGS TO YOU. 27:16 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT YOUR PRAYERS 27:19 AND PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE FOUR TEACHERS WHO ARE 27:22 WORKING IN THIS REMOTE VILLAGE WITH THESE YOUNG 27:24 STUDENTS AND MAY JESUS BE SEEN THROUGH THEM. 27:26 AND MAY YOU KNOW THE HOPE OF JESUS. 27:28 READ ISAIAH 40:31 TODAY AND MAYBE WE SHOULD SHARE 27:31 IT WITH A FRIEND. 27:32 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, MAY THE LORD 27:34 BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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