Adventures in Missions

Afghanistan

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00:32 HI, I'M JULIE AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN
00:35 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE ARE
00:38 BLESSED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO WORK WITH SO
00:40 MANY PEOPLE, TO PARTNER WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AND
00:43 THAT INCLUDES YOU.
00:44 AND WE ARE GLAD ALSO TO PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER
00:47 ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOGETHER WE TAKE THE GREAT
00:51 COMMISSION SERIOUSLY IN MATTHEW AND IN MARK TO GO
00:54 INTO ALL THE WORLD.
00:55 AND TODAY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE WITH US
00:58 AND HE ALWAYS HAS A STORY AND HE ALWAYS HAS MIRACLES
01:02 OF WHAT GOD IS DOING.
01:03 SOME OF THEM HE CAN SHARE FREELY, OTHERS HE CAN'T
01:07 BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO
01:10 SAY AND SOME EXCITING THINGS TO REPORT.
01:13 SO, MARTY PHILLIPS WELCOME AGAIN TO "ADVENTURES IN
01:15 MISSIONS".
01:16 WELL, IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH
01:17 YOU AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US BACK.
01:20 WELL, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU AND LIKE I SAID, THERE
01:23 ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH AND
01:25 YOURS IS ONE OF THEM AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH
01:28 US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO AND
01:31 ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
01:33 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:34 WELL, WE HAVE A REAL PASSION FOR MISSION.
01:37 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS IN MUSLIM
01:43 COUNTRIES, BUDDHIST COUNTRIES, HINDUS AND MORE
01:47 RECENTLY ALSO AMONG TRIBES OF THE MIDDLE OF THE
01:50 AMAZON JUNGLE.
01:51 SO, THAT'S A PASSION OF OURS TO REACH THE
01:53 UNREACHED ALSO, WE'VE ALSO HAD A VERY BIG HEART FOR
01:57 WORKING IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS WAR, WHERE THERE
02:01 IS HIGH DIFFICULTY.
02:03 I USED TO WORK FOR ADRA, DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF
02:06 ORGANIZATION OWNED BY THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THAT
02:10 TOOK ME TO WORKING IN A LOT OF LIKE HIGH STRESS,
02:14 HIGH DIFFICULT AREAS SO IT GAVE ME A BIT OF
02:16 BACKGROUND FOR SOME OF THE STUFF WE ARE GOING TO BE
02:18 SHARING TODAY.
02:19 WONDERFUL.
02:20 AND YOU KNOW, WE HEAR MANY THINGS ON THE NEWS, SOCIAL
02:24 MEDIA, AGAIN UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE WHOLE
02:28 STORY AND THERE HAVE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
02:31 HAPPENING IN THE WORLD THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT AND
02:35 YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN
02:38 INVOLVED AND CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED TO GIVE HOPE
02:41 TO PEOPLE.
02:42 COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
02:43 YES, ACTUALLY IT KIND OF HAPPENED IN A ROUND ABOUT
02:46 WAY BECAUSE BESIDES THE MISSION ORGANIZATION THAT
02:49 WE WORK WITH I ALSO RUN MY OWN BUSINESS AND WE WERE
02:54 IN THE OFFICE AND ONE OF THE LADIES THAT WORKED
02:56 WITH ME AT THAT TIME, HER PHONE WAS JUST GOING
02:57 CRAZY.
02:59 IT WAS JUST ALL THE TIME BEEP, BEEP, BEEP AND IT
03:00 WAS WHATSAPP YOU KNOW.
03:01 AND YOU KNOW WHATSAPP HAS ITS SPECIAL BING TO IT.
03:09 AND I SAID, BOY, YOU'VE BECOME POPULAR IN THE LAST
03:11 THREE WEEKS WHAT'S GOING ON GIRL?
03:13 DING, DING, DING.
03:14 DING, DING, DING ALL DAY LONG.
03:16 SHE SAYS, MAN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
03:18 YOU KNOW I USED TO BE A ONE OF THE ADRA REGIONAL
03:21 DIRECTORS, PROJECT DIRECTORS IN AFGHANISTAN
03:24 AND I HAD A VERY LARGE PROJECT IN REHABILITATING
03:30 HOSPITALS WITH FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE U.S.
03:33 GOVERNMENT.
03:34 WE HAD ABOUT 200 PLUS EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTRY
03:38 AND NOW IT IS SOUNDING THAT THE U.S.
03:41 IS GOING TO PULL OUT.
03:43 THEY ARE PANICKING BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL THESE LETTERS,
03:45 THESE DOCTORS JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH AN
03:49 ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
03:52 BACKGROUND AND BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS CAME FROM THE
03:55 U.S.
03:56 GOVERNMENT THEY ARE NOW BEING TOLD AS DOCTORS TO
03:58 LEAVE THE COUNTRY OR ELSE.
04:00 SO, THEY WERE BEING TARGETED.
04:01 THEY WERE BEING TARGETED.
04:03 AND SHE SAYS THESE PEOPLE ARE MY FRIENDS.
04:05 AND SO, THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO HER BECAUSE THEY
04:07 HAD HER ON WHATSAPP AND THEY NEEDED HELP.
04:10 YES.
04:10 AND THEY NEEDED HELP.
04:11 AND BOY, EVERYDAY IT GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE AH,
04:16 THIS BECAME A BIG BURDEN.
04:18 I COULD SEE YOU KNOW, THIS WAS AFFECTING HER.
04:20 SHE COULD HARDLY SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLING
04:22 HER 24/7 AND AS WE GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO D
04:26 DAY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST DAY OF PULLING OUT OF
04:28 KABUL, PEOPLE WERE IN A GREAT PANIC.
04:31 YES.
04:32 AND SOON AH, WE WERE LEARNING THAT IT WASN'T
04:35 JUST THE ADRA FOLK THAT WORK THERE, THERE WAS LOTS
04:39 OF PEOPLE THEY WERE ALREADY TARGETING BEFORE
04:41 THE TALIBAN TOOK OVER.
04:43 THEY WERE SCARING, YOU KNOW, JUST CIVIL
04:45 SERVANTS-IT PEOPLE AND WHO HAD WORKED FOR THE
04:48 GOVERNMENT FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN JUST BEING A
04:51 CIVIL SERVANT.
04:52 SO, THEY KNEW ALL OF THAT.
04:53 THEY HAD ALL THE RECORDS OF WHO WAS WORKING FOR
04:55 WHOM.
04:56 THEY KNEW EVERYTHING.
04:57 THEY WEREN'T THE TALIBAN THAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS
04:58 AGO.
04:59 THEY WERE HIGHLY TECH TALIBAN THAT KNEW
05:00 EVERYTHING.
05:01 AND SO, AND THEY KNOW MUCH MORE NOW BUT SO THEN I
05:02 FELT MORE AND MORE CONVICTED WE NEEDED TO DO
05:03 SOMETHING TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT.
05:04 RIGHT.
05:06 SO, AH FINALLY AFTER ABOUT LIKE THREE WEEKS OF THIS
05:06 GOING ON AND THE U.S.
05:08 WAS GOING TO PULL OUT IN A HURRY SO, UH SO IT JUST
05:10 WENT ON ALL THESE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BEGGING AND
05:13 THEY WERE LIKE SENDING AN WHATSAPP HERE IS THE DEATH
05:16 THREATS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.
05:20 WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE.
05:37 WE'RE BEING THREATENED AND THEY DON'T CARE THAT WE
05:44 -THEY ARE THREATENING THE DOCTORS THAT WORK IN THEIR
05:47 COUNTRY.
05:48 AND SO, FINALLY ONE MORNING I HAD THIS STRONG
05:51 SENSATION BECAUSE WE WERE NOW TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
05:53 TO THE AIRPORT.
05:54 AND IF AN AIRPORT DOOR WAS OPEN BY A FOREIGNER THEN
06:00 THEY WOULD LET THE PEOPLE THROUGH.
06:01 NOW, STATE DEPARTMENT HAD HIGHLY PROHIBITED THIS BUT
06:06 THE SOLDIERS WERE DOING IT AND THEN IT GOT TO THE
06:08 PLACE THAT THE SOLDIERS, IF A CIVILIAN WAS THERE
06:11 BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE FIRED IF THEY OPENED THE
06:14 DOOR BUT THEY WERE LETTING NON-MILITARY PERSONNEL
06:18 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MILITARY TO OPEN DOORS TO
06:21 LET EVEN THEIR FRIENDS THROUGH.
06:23 SO, I SAID I'M GOING TO FLY THERE.
06:25 SO, I MADE A PHONE CALL TO A COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND I
06:28 SAID, HEY IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY CUZ I TRIED
06:31 THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IN THERE THROUGH COMMERCIAL
06:33 AIRLINES AND I MADE A PHONE CALL TO A FRIEND AND
06:36 SAID, HEY, IS THERE ANYWAY YOU -BECAUSE I KNOW THEY
06:40 OWN SEVERAL PLANES-WOULD ANY OF YOUR STAFF BE
06:43 WILLING TO FLY ME INTO AFGHANISTAN SO I CAN OPEN
06:46 THE DOORS SO PEOPLE CAN COME THROUGH.
06:49 HE SAID, I THINK I GOT THE GUY FOR YOU.
06:50 WOW.
06:51 IN 45 SECONDS, A MAN SAID, YES, I'LL FLY YOU INTO
06:55 AFGHANISTAN.
06:56 HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
06:57 MARTY.
06:58 AND YOU CAN NOT ANSWER ALL OF THAT BUT I'M A PRIVATE
07:02 PILOT AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS
07:04 AND I'M THNKING ABOUT THE LOGISITICS AND SO, WELL,
07:07 JUST LET THAT GO AND GO WOW.
07:09 PRAISE THE LORD.
07:10 THERE WAS A LOT OF LOGISTICS THAT HE WOULD
07:12 HAVE TO GET ALL THE PERMISSIONS TO FLY OVER
07:14 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
07:15 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING, AIR SPACE.
07:18 I HAD ANOTHER FRIEND WHO WAS VERY ADEPT AT GETTING
07:21 QUICK PERMISSIONS.
07:22 OK.
07:23 AND I DON'T KNOW BUT I HAPPEN TO KNOW A LOT OF
07:24 PEOPLE.
07:25 THIS IS GOOD, PRAISE THE LORD.
07:26 AND SO, I JUST MADE TWO PHONE CALLS AND WHEN I
07:27 CALLED HIM HE SAID, LET ME PATCH YOU INTO THE GUY WHO
07:28 I THINK CAN FLY YOU IN.
07:29 THERE IS ONLY ONE PILOT I KNOW WHO'S BRAVE ENOUGH TO
07:30 DO THAT.
07:31 AND THIS IS ONE THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS
07:32 BEING BOLD.
07:33 EMBOLDEN HE SAYS, I'LL FLY YOU IN MARTY LET'S GO.
07:35 AND I DIDN'T KNOW HIM SO HE WAS PRETTY BOLD TO SAY
07:39 I'LL TAKE YOU IN.
07:40 YES.
07:41 EXACTLY.
07:42 AND I JUST SHARED WITH HIM HE WAS GOING TO A BOARD
07:45 MEETING, THAT PILOT, BUT HE SAID YOU TAKE YOU ON MY
07:48 PLANE.
07:49 IT'S A COMPANY PLANE, AN ORGANIZATIONAL PLANE BUT
07:51 HE SAID I'LL TAKE YOU ON THE PLANE.
07:53 WOW.
07:54 OK, AND HIS BOSS SAID HE COULD DO IT IF I HAVE ONE
08:01 OF THE PILOTS WILLING TO DO IT I'LL DO IT.
08:03 YES, BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING NEWS ABOUT THIS,
08:05 ABOUT HELPING FINANCIALLY AND SO ANYWAY, YOU SHOWED
08:09 UP.
08:09 SO, WITH THE ANGELS.
08:12 WELL, WE WERE GOING TO FLY BUT THEN TWO SENATORS IF
08:17 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WENT THERE, OK, AND BECAUSE TWO
08:20 HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE HAD JUST FLOWN IN STATE
08:22 DEPARTMENT PROHIBITED ANYONE, ANYBODY BECAUSE
08:25 UNTIL THEN, IT WAS VERY FLUID, THE RULES, AND IF
08:28 WE WOULD HAVE GONE IN THERE WE WOULD HAVE ENDED
08:30 HANDCUFFED.
08:31 SO, WE HAD TO STOP BUT BECAUSE I FELT THAT GOD
08:34 WANTED TO SEE FAITH BECAUSE THAT WAS NO EASY
08:36 THING TO TELL MY WIFE AND FAMILY, YES, HELLO, I WAS
08:40 GOING TO FLY INTO A WAR ZONE.
08:42 UH HUH, AND INTO TOTAL CHAOS.
08:45 I HAVE BEEN IN WAR ZONES.
08:47 I'VE BEEN IN CHAOS SO TO ME IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BUT
08:52 I KNEW IT WOULD BE A VERY BIG DEAL FOR MY FAMILY AND
08:54 SO, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND JUST -THAT COULD BE
08:56 WHO YOU WERE FACING RIGHT HERE.
08:57 EXACTLY, SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT AN EASY THING TO FLY
08:58 IN AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT WOULD BE WANTING TO SHOOT
08:59 DOWN THE PLANE BECAUSE IT NOW AT THE VERY, VERY END.
09:00 SO, WE ARE ALL ON OUR SEATS HOW DID YOU GET IN?
09:02 I DIDN'T GO.
09:02 BUT THAT STARTED.
09:03 IT FELT THAT GOD WANTED AN ACT OF FAITH SO BY THAT
09:05 ACT OF FAITH OF SAYING THAT I'M PERSONALLY GOING
09:05 ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WHOLE TEAM CAME AROUND OF
09:28 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH VERY UNIQUE SKILLS WHO HAD
09:31 SKILLS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
09:33 AND SO, TO FIRST OF ALL IT IS NOT CHEAP TO GET PEOPLE
09:41 OUT.
09:42 NO.
09:42 AND GOD DID A BIG MIRACLE.
09:44 GOD BROUGHT A PRAYER WARRIOR THAT SAID WE'RE
09:47 GOING TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDS.
09:49 AND SO, WE SET UP A CAMPAIGN ON PAYPAL ON
09:53 FACEBOOK ETC., AND WITHIN 48 HOURS OVER ONE MILLION
09:57 DOLLARS WAS RAISED.
09:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I
10:01 WAS A RECIPIENT OF THAT EMAIL AND BECAUSE OF THAT
10:05 I WAS ABLE TO FORWARD IT ON TO OTHER PEOPLE AND
10:08 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GETTING OTHER PEOPLE
10:11 INVOLVED.
10:12 THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE IT WENT VIRAL.
10:13 IT WENT SO VIRAL I STARTED GETTING CALLS FROM
10:17 SENATORS AND CONGRESS PEOPLE AND THEIR
10:19 REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE NATION.
10:21 WOW.
10:22 AND SEE, I HAVEN'T HEARD THE REST OF THE STORY
10:23 BECAUSE I'M LIKE, O.K.
10:24 GOD YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR US AND SO
10:26 THIS IS COOL TO COME FULL CIRCLE.
10:28 SO, YES GO AHEAD.
10:30 NO, FINISH.
10:31 SO, THIS WAS AMAZING SO WE STARTED GETTING LIKE MY
10:34 LOCAL CONGRESS PERSON AND SENATORS THEY STARTED
10:37 CALLING, HOW CAN WE BE INVOLVED?
10:38 AH, WELL I SOON LEARNED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH
10:42 POWER IN THESE THINGS.
10:44 STATE DEPARTMENT HIGHLY CONTROLS THIS BUT THERE
10:47 WAS A HUGE OUTPOURING OF GOOD WILL FROM CONGRESS,
10:52 FROM BOTH PARTIES BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN
10:55 FROM ALL OVER THE NATION THAT HOW CAN WE HELP.
10:58 YES, WANTING TO HELP.
10:58 GOOD.
10:59 WANTING TO HELP.
11:00 SO, WE JUST SAW THIS AND LITERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS
11:03 ON MY PHONE BECAUSE IT IS LINKED TO THE PAYPAL
11:06 ACCOUNT IT WAS JUST EVERY THREE MINUTES AND THE MOST
11:09 AMAZING THING IT NEVER STOPPED ALL NIGHT LONG.
11:12 REALLY?
11:13 OK, SO YOUR COWORKER HAD HER WHATSAPP ON FIRE AND
11:15 THEN TO HAVE PAYPAL ON FIRE, MARTY PRAISE THE
11:18 LORD.
11:20 AND THAT PAYPAL, I'LL TELL YOU MORE FUNDS CAME IN
11:22 BETWEEN PROBABLY 1 AND 4 IN THE MORNING WITH IT
11:25 PEAKING AT 3 A.M.
11:27 AT 3 A.M.
11:28 SO PEOPLE COULDN'T SLEEP, THEY PICKUP THE PHONE AND
11:29 BOOM THERE THE LORD WAS WORKING.
11:32 AND YOU KNOW THERE WERE ALL SIZES OF DONATIONS.
11:36 WOW.
11:37 FROM KIDS SENDING FIVE DOLLARS TO PEOPLE SENDING
11:39 $50,000.
11:40 SO, ALL OF THAT CAME IN SO WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO?
11:44 SO, THEN NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW TO GET OUT.
11:47 THAT WAS STILL A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS
11:51 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE AIRPORT TO
11:54 FLY OUT.
11:55 AND WHO WERE THE PEOPLE, THE OBVIOUSLY FRIENDS OF
11:57 YOUR COWORKER, SO IT SOON GREW, YES, I MEAN THE
12:00 PHOTOS THAT WE SAW.
12:02 WE HAD AND IT WAS TOTAL PANDEMONIUM, WE COULD TELL
12:03 THAT FROM THE NEWS, IN THE AIRPORT AND SOON IT GOT
12:07 EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE AH AND I WILL JUST
12:08 SAY IT WHATEVER THE CONSEQUENCE WHICH HAS
12:10 NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.
12:11 MILITARY- BLACK MASKED ARMY NOT BELONGING TO THE
12:20 ARMY BUT BELONGING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES
12:23 TO THE KABUL AIRPORT AND TELLS THE MARINES, THEY
12:25 HIJACKED THE MARINES, AND SAID THEY ARE NOW IN
12:29 CHARGE OF THE AIRPORT.
12:31 WOW.
12:32 AND SO, THAT EVEN CREATED MORE CHAOS AND SO I FEEL A
12:36 WHOLE LOT BECAUSE WE HAD MADE CONTACTS WITH
12:40 MILITARY INSIDE THE AIRPORT BUT THEY LOST ALL
12:43 CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT.
12:44 IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY BLACK MASKED PRIVATE MILITARY
12:50 HIRED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE OVER
12:53 THE AIRPORT.
12:54 SO, THEN TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT BY GOD'S
12:57 AMAZING GRACE, IT WASN'T CHEAP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET
13:02 A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUT AND IT INCLUDED A
13:10 LARGE SCALE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
13:11 ON IT THERE WAS GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, TOP GOVERNMENT
13:14 MINISTERS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED VERY SHORTLY
13:17 IF WE DIDN'T GET THEM OUT.
13:19 YES, THESE PICTURES.
13:20 THE REASON YOU KNOW WHY THEY ARE HOLDING ON TO
13:23 PLANES, YES, THAT WAS A DRAMATIC THING AND WE HAVE
13:26 TO SAY THESE ARE NOT YOUR PHOTOS.
13:28 THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS, YES, THESE ARE ONLINE
13:30 PHOTOS.
13:31 THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE NEWS.
13:32 PEOPLE HAVE SEEN AND YES.
13:34 BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SAW.
13:35 THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING US AND THE REASON
13:37 FOR THAT DESPERATION IS IF THEY DIDN'T GET OUT THEY
13:40 WERE ALREADY RECEIVING DEATH THREATS.
13:42 ANYONE INVOLVED EVEN AS SIMPLE CIVIL SERVANTS WERE
13:47 BEING TARGETED.
13:49 THE TALIBAN ISN'T AN ORGANIZED UNIT AND SO IT
13:54 IS AH, BUT YET YOU SAID THEY WERE VERY TECHNICAL,
13:58 YES, BUT THEY ARE A LOOSE NETWORK.
13:59 GOT IT.
14:00 WHO SHARE A SHARED VISION BUT WHAT IT IS THERE ARE
14:03 MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SO IT'S A LARGELY
14:05 RELIGIOIUS RUN.
14:06 YOU KNOW, TALIBAN IS RELATED TO THE WORD THAT
14:07 IS USED IN HEBREW FOR DISCIPLE.
14:18 WELL, SEE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
14:19 SO, THEY ARE ACTUALLY STUDENTS, THEY ARE
14:21 DISCIPLES, RELIGIOUS DISCIPLES.
14:24 SO, THE IRONY OF THIS.
14:25 THIS IS THE IRONY OF IT AND SO MANY OF THESE GUYS
14:29 ARE ACTUALLY YOU MIGHT SAY, NOT EXACTLY, BUT
14:33 SIMILAR TO LIKE THEOLOGY STUDENTS.
14:37 GONE ON A DIFFERENT TACK.
14:38 GONE ON A DIFFERENT TACK SO THEY DON'T HAVE A
14:43 VISION OUTSIDE OF AFGHANISTAN BUT THEY
14:47 WANTED AN AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
14:51 SO, PEOPLE CAME.
14:53 THEY WERE ABLE TO BE AIRLIFTED.
14:54 SO, WE GOT THE PEOPLE WE AIRLIFTED, WE CONTINUED TO
14:58 MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO THIS DAY EVEN I
15:02 PROBABLY TWICE A WEEK WOW, SEVERAL, I STILL INVEST
15:07 MANY HOURS EVERY WEEK ON THIS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT
15:11 OF AFGHANISTAN.
15:12 THERE ARE SAFE HOUSES WHERE PEOPLE ARE HIDING.
15:15 WE HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MOVING
15:18 PEOPLE ACROSS BORDERS AND GETTING THEM TO SAFETY AND
15:23 ITS TERRIFIC BECAUSE NOW I'VE GOTTEN SOMEWHAT
15:27 DESENSITIZED BUT THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN, YOU
15:30 KNOW, PEOPLE SEND US PHOTOS BECAUSE WE NOW LIVE
15:34 IN A TECH WORLD WITH PEOPLE WITH A CELLPHONE IS
15:37 HIDING BACK IN THE SHADOWS AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF MY
15:40 DAD BEING THROWN INTO A GARAGE.
15:44 I MEAN INTO THE TRUNK OF A CAR.
15:46 HOODED MEN COME, THEY PUT A BLACK MASK ON HIM, PUSH
15:49 HIM INTO THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF NEVER TO BE SEEN
15:54 AGAIN.
15:55 PICTURES OF PEOPLE BEING EXECUTED OVER AND OVER.
15:58 I HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VIDEOS ON MY PHONE OF
16:02 PEOPLE JUST THEY'LL DRIVE UP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND
16:06 CALL SOMEONE OUT AND IF YOU DON'T COME THEN YOU
16:07 KNOW THEY'LL KILL THE FAMILY.
16:08 SO, THE MAN WILL COME OUT AND POO, POO, POO RIGHT
16:11 THEN AND I'VE DOZENS OF "PLEASE HELP US GET OUT"
16:13 THEY ARE GOING TO COME AFTER US NEXT AND JUST
16:20 PHOTOS AND PHOTOS, VIDEOS FOOTAGE WHICH WOULD JUST-
16:33 DIFFICULT TO TAKE IN.
16:34 I'M SPEECHLESS BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT UM, WORLD
16:41 WAR II AND THE TIME WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND YOU
16:44 THINK, WOW, HERE WE ARE NOW AND ALL OF THIS FOR
16:48 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TARGETED LIKE THIS.
16:51 SO, MARTY WHAT'S IT LIKE, I MEAN, JESUS SAID TO GO
16:55 AFTER THE ONE LOST SHEEP AND WHAT'S IT LIKE I MEAN,
16:58 YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE?
17:01 HOW DO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU MEET ALL THE NEEDS?
17:06 I MEAN IT IS OVERWHELMING.
17:07 IT'S OVERWHELMING AND IT'S LIKE WHERE DO WE STOP?
17:12 YES.
17:12 WHO DO WE SAY NO TO?
17:13 WHO DO WE SAY YES TO?
17:15 IT'S EXPENSIVE TO MOVE PEOPLE.
17:17 TO MOVE PEOPLE ACROSS BORDERS TO GET
17:19 PERMISSIONS, TO PUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEN THEY ARE
17:23 STUCK.
17:24 WE GET THEM INTO ONE COUNTRY, YES BUT THEN
17:26 WHAT?
17:26 AND THEN WHAT?
17:27 BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT BEING HUNTED BUT THEN THAT
17:29 COUNTRY DOESN'T WANT THEM EITHER SO WE HAVE TO DO
17:31 ALL KINDS OF STUFF, RIGHT, TO KEEP THEM.
17:33 WELL, AND WE HEAR ABOUT THAT-WE'VE HEARD ABOUT
17:36 THAT IN NORTHERN INDIA ABOUT THE NEPALI REFUGEES.
17:39 I MEAN WE HEAR THIS SO OFTEN HERE AT GOSPEL
17:43 OUTREACH.
17:44 SO, WOW.
17:45 THIS IS A LOT BUT WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS WITH ALL OF
17:49 THIS?
17:50 WELL YOU KNOW, I SEE BEHIND ALL THIS.
17:53 I HAVE A FRIEND AND HE'S BECOME A CLOSE FRIEND IN
17:55 AFGHANISTAN AND HE SAYS, I WILL NOT LEAVE.
17:56 REALLY?
17:57 I'LL TAKE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OUT.
17:58 HE AND TWELVE FAMILIES HAVE MADE A DECISION NO
17:59 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I WILL NOT LEAVE.
18:01 WHY?
18:02 HE HAS A BIGGER CAUSE AND EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE
18:03 FALL OF AFGHANISTAN THE TALIBAN EVEN THOUGH THEY
18:04 WEREN'T CONTROLLING, HE RECEIVED A KNOCK AT HIS
18:05 FRONT DOOR.
18:06 HE GOES TO HIS FRONT DOOR.
18:10 HE SEES CLEARLY TALIBAN THERE.
18:31 THEY DON'T EVEN WAIT FOR HIM TO ANSWER THEY COME
18:34 WITH MACHINE GUNS, A WHOLE GROUP OF THEM WITH MACHINE
18:36 GUNS.
18:37 THEY MACHINE GUN HIS DOOR.
18:39 FORTUNATELY, HIS WIFE AND KIDS HAVE GONE SHOPPING.
18:41 HE RUNS OUT THE BACK DOOR.
18:43 THEY ARE CHASING HIM.
18:45 OH MY.
18:46 THEY GET ON MOTORCYCLES CHASE HIM DOWN THE ROAD.
18:50 HE GOES ALLEY, RUN, RUN YOU KNOW LITERALLY LIKE A
18:53 MOVIE.
18:55 RIGHT.SOMEHOW, THESE GUYS WITH MACHINE GUNS DON'T
18:59 KILL HIM.
19:01 HE FEELS HIS ANGELS STOOD BETWEEN HIM AND THE DOOR
19:03 WHEN THEY STARTED SHOOTING.
19:04 WELL, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING - A MACHINE GUN
19:05 FIRES SO FAST, I MEAN THAT IS A MIRACLE.
19:08 SO, AH HE SAID, I'M STAYING HERE.
19:12 I'M STAYING HERE.
19:13 I'M STAYING FOR A GREATER CAUSE THAT I WANT TO SEE
19:17 THOSE WHO HATE ME THAT THEY TURN TO A LIFE OF
19:20 LOVE.
19:20 WOW.
19:21 AND HE IS SUCH A DEDICATED PERSON.
19:25 I'VE TOLD HIM NUMEROUS TIMES ARE YOU SURE YOU
19:27 WANT TO STAY?
19:28 HE SAYS, NO, MY WIFE MIGHT LEAVE, GO SEPARATELY, BUT
19:31 I'M NOT.
19:32 AND THAT HAS REALLY, REALLY IMPACTED ME.
19:37 WOW.
19:38 THE GUY WHOSE BEEN CHASED.
19:40 THE GUY WHO, HE WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD
19:44 GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
19:45 YES.
19:46 BUT HE SAYS I'M STAYING BEHIND.
19:50 WELL, ON THAT NOTE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU
19:53 ARE JUST SPELLBOUND HERE LISTENING TO THESE STORIES
19:56 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP, I
19:59 WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO UM GIVE TO GOSPEL
20:02 OUTREACH AS WE PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
20:04 LIKE MARTY'S TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
20:07 EARTH, VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU
20:14 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION
20:19 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED.
20:22 HUMANITY NEED LOVE.
20:25 WE NEED HOPE.
20:28 WE NEED A SAVIOR.
20:31 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLDS SEVEN BILLION
20:34 PEOPLE STILLNEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS
20:38 PLAN TO SAVE US.
20:39 ONE THIRD IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL
20:46 SMALL BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
20:49 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE
20:52 WORKES WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN
20:55 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES.
20:58 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE IN THE STORY
21:04 OF JESUS CHRIST.
21:06 THANK YOU FOR GIVING.
21:09 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE
21:16 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS.
21:20 ALL THE WORLD, ALL THE WORLD WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
21:22 GO AND TELL AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
21:24 HERE WITH MARTY.
21:25 SO, MARTY YOU'VE BEEN SHARING ABOUT YOUR FRIEND
21:28 AH, TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR FRIEND.
21:31 WELL, HE'S A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN ME A LOT OF COURAGE.
21:36 AND ONE OF THE REASONS HE STAYED BEHIND WAS BECAUSE
21:42 THE PERSON THAT HE KNEW, AN AMERICAN, HAD GONE TO
21:44 LIVE IN AFGHANISTAN AND HE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT IT
21:48 MEANT TO BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS.
21:50 AND THIS PERSON ALWAYS TOLD HIM IT IS DANGEROUS
21:54 FOR YOU TO BE HERE.
21:56 YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU.
21:58 BUT HE HAD NEVER TAKEN A DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS
22:01 OR NOT.
22:04 AFTER THAT PERSON STAYED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE
22:07 COUNTRY, HE RECEIVED ALSO THREATS FROM THE
22:09 TALIBAN-IF YOU DON'T LEAVE WE WILL KILL YOU.
22:12 HIS WIFE AND KIDS HAD GONE TO THE MARKET TO BUY AND
22:16 WHEN THEY LEFT THEY CAME AND DID THE SAME THING.
22:21 MOWED IN WITH MACHINE GUNS BUT THIS TIME FOR WHATEVER
22:22 REASON GOD ALLOWED, HE DIED.
22:23 HE DID DIE.
22:24 HE WAS FILLED WITH MACHINE GUN BULLETS AND THAT MADE
22:25 A BIG TURN IN THE LIFE OF THE PERSON I'M TELLING YOU
22:30 ABOUT WHO DECIDED TO STAY IN HIS COUNTRY.
22:35 HE SAID, IF THAT FOREIGNER LOVED MY COUNTRY AND MY
22:42 PEOPLE SO MUCH HOW CAN I RUN?
22:45 WOW.
22:46 AND HE SAYS, AFTER THAT MAN DIED, HE SAID, I WILL
22:51 ACCEPT AND WANT TO LEARN THE WAYS OF JESUS, OF
22:55 FORGIVENESS, OF PEACE, OF TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK.
23:00 AND SO, HE SAID BECAUSE HE DID THAT, I WILL NEVER
23:03 LEAVE.
23:04 MY DREAM IS THAT I WILL STAY TO BURY PEOPLE WHO
23:08 CAME TO TRYING TO SHOOT AND KILL ME.
23:10 MY GOAL IS THAT THEY WILL ALSO ACCEPT JESUS.
23:13 WOW.
23:15 WOW.
23:16 THAT IS COMMITMENT AND DEVOTION AND YOU KNOW,
23:19 THAT I JUST THINK ABOUT THE VERSE, MARTY IN ISAIAH
23:24 41:10 "SO DO NOT FEAR FOR I AM WITH YOU.
23:28 DO NOT BE DISMAYED FOR I AM YOUR GOD.
23:31 I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND HELP YOU.
23:33 I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND."
23:37 TALK ABOUT NO FEAR AND BEING BOLD AND BELIEF IN
23:39 GOD AND JESUS, RIGHT?
23:42 THAT'S TRUE AGAIN NOW.
23:44 HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD AN ONLINE VERSION OF
23:47 YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU DO HERE, LIKE YOU'VE CALLED
23:49 ALL THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS, THE REGIONAL
23:52 DIRECTORS SO, WE HAD OUR ONLINE VERSION AND HE WAS
23:55 THERE AND HE MADE HIS COMMITMENT IN FRONT OF ALL
23:59 THE OTHER REGIONAL DIRECTORS.
24:00 WOW.
24:01 AND SAID, I WILL NOT LEAVE THIS COUNTRY.
24:04 HOW OLD IS HE?
24:05 HE'S PROBABLY ABOUT MY AGE, A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER
24:09 MAYBE 48, 49.
24:10 YES.
24:11 OK.
24:12 SO, THE COMMITMENT IS THERE.
24:13 THE COMMITMENT IS DEFINITELY THERE.
24:15 SO, YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.
24:18 A LOT OF MENTAL PICTURES.
24:19 A LOT TO PRAY ABOUT.
24:21 WHAT CAN WE DO UM, TO HELP IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS?
24:27 AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, I MEAN HERE YOU THINK ABOUT,
24:29 OK YOU KNOW I GO TO MY JOB THEN I GO TO THE GROCERY
24:32 STORE AFTER WORK AND THEN I GO HOME AND YET, THEN
24:36 YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED WHO
24:39 ARE LIVING LITERALLY IN A WAR ZONE AND CONTINUE TO
24:42 LIVE LIKE THAT UM,THE JUXTAPOSITION OF SO MANY
24:45 THINGS IN OUR WORLD IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
24:49 BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
24:52 WELL, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT COULD
24:54 BE DONE.
24:55 THE VERY FIRST THING WOULD BE TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL
25:01 BRING PEACE IN A TROUBLED COUNTRY LIKE AFGHANISTAN.
25:06 THAT HIS SPIRIT WILL FALL UPON THAT NATION.
25:08 THAT HIS SPIRIT WILL SEND VISIONS AND DREAMS AND
25:14 WHILE WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN IT, THERE IS A
25:17 SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF THE KINGDOM IN
25:21 AFGHANISTAN.
25:21 GOOD.
25:22 AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO WHY SATAN WAS VERY, VERY
25:25 ANGRY BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING IN THAT
25:28 COUNTRY THAT NO ONE WOULD IMAGINE AND WE JUST NEED
25:35 TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL BRING STABILITY.
25:39 PRAY THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN
25:44 UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND DO IT
25:47 FOR ETHICAL REASONS.
25:49 YES, YES.
25:51 WELL, AND YOU DID SHARE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE
25:53 IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM AND OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE
25:58 GIVING AND DONATING, YES, TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
26:02 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS AND TO
26:03 THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED WITH THE AIRLIFT.
26:05 ABSOLUTELY.
26:06 TO HAVE THIS PAYPAL ACCOUNT COMING IN AND
26:07 DINGING AND ALL OF THAT.
26:08 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO.
26:09 WE DO AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK
26:10 ALL THE DONORS WHO GENEROUSLY GAVE.
26:21 THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD MONEY TO BUY THEIR HOME
26:27 AND PUT A MAJOR DOWN PAYMENT ON A VERY LOVELY
26:30 HOME AND THEY FELT SO COMMITED THAT THEY SENT
26:34 THEIR FULL DOWN PAYMENT.
26:37 AND SEVERAL PEOPLE GAVE LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, FROM
26:39 LITTLE KIDS WHO GAVE ALL THEIR LITTLE PIGGY BANK TO
26:42 ADULTS GIVING AND BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO GAVE WAS A
26:44 CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE.
26:45 THE FATHER HAD BEEN A FRIEND AND HE HAS PASSED
26:46 AWAY I SAID, I CAN'T.
26:47 I DON'T' WANT TO DO THIS, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT
26:48 AND THEY SAID, NO, GOD PUT IT ON OUR HEART.
26:49 TAKE THIS MONEY.
26:50 AND THEN YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THAT GOD BLESSES WHEN
26:51 YOU GIVE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEN GOD
27:06 JUST BLESSED THEM FINANCIALLY ABUNDANTLY
27:08 AFTER THAT DONATION.
27:09 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
27:11 DONATED OFF OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, TO THE
27:12 ORGANIZATION WE WORK WITH TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
27:14 YOU'VE SAID THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY AND IF YOU
27:15 LISTEN TO AGAIN, SIR, I WON'T USE YOUR NAME WE
27:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION THAT YOU GAVE FEW
27:18 WEEKS AGO THAT YOU HAD PRAYED WANTING TO HELP THE
27:19 ORGANIZATION I WORK WITH AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
27:20 GOD HELPED YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU MADE AN
27:22 INVESTMENT 50 YEARS AGO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD
27:23 TURNED THAT SMALLER INVESTMENT INTO SOMETHING
27:25 VERY LARGE.
27:26 AND WE THANK YOU.
27:28 AND SO, WE THANK YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY
27:32 FOR THAT AND ALL THE OTHER MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF
27:46 DOLLARS WHO GAVE TO OPERATION RESCUE.
27:49 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
28:01 WELL AND THANK YOU AND IN MATTHEW 25 IT SAYS THAT
28:06 GOD IS GOING TO GO AND HE'S GOING TO GET
28:10 EVERYONE, RIGHT?
28:11 ABSOLUTELY.
28:12 AND THAT'S EVERYONE IS COUNTED.
28:14 WELL, MARTY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH
28:16 YOU AND I DO WANT TO ECHO THAT.
28:18 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, FROM YOUR PRAYERS
28:21 AND YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
28:23 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.


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