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00:03 coming together and knowing you're making a difference. 00:06 Just praying. 00:07 Just. It's powerful prayer. 00:09 We minimize is how important prayer is. 00:13 I don't have to be healthy to be strong. 00:15 I don't have to be rich or educated. 00:18 All I have to do is have a willing heart to pray. 00:22 The only the 00:24 when we tell them of Christ and of hope in Christ, 00:27 if we can tell our people take the gospel 00:31 everlasting gospel to the people, 00:34 those who live in deep darkness without hope, 00:38 that will give them hope to live. 00:40 There is a school on the border of Myanmar and Thailand 00:43 by the name of Sunshine Orchards 00:46 Now, this school used to be 00:47 in the country of Myanmar, but because of the dangers, 00:49 the school was moved across the border to Thailand. 00:56 Hi, I'm Julie and welcome to Adventures and Missions here 00:58 at Gospel Outreach , where we share about 01:01 what Jesus is doing in the 1040 window from 10 to 40 degrees 01:05 north of the equator from West Africa, 01:07 all the way through the Middle East and Asia. 01:10 And today we're going to be visiting 01:11 one of those countries with Pastor Umesh, who is from Nepal, 01:15 and he's going to be sharing 01:16 not only his testimony, but also about some of the needs 01:20 and what's going on with the Gospel Outreach worker 01:23 high in the mountains of Nepal. 01:24 Please stay tuned. 01:26 Gospel Outreach presents 01:28 Adventures in Missions. 01:37 There was there was a friend of mine, 01:39 Julia Hogate, who when I first kind of started here, 01:43 she came in to the office and said, 01:46 you know, Brent, I don't 01:47 know if I have any skills that would be helpful here. 01:49 She says, Is there anything I can do, 01:52 you know, to be a part of this ministry? 01:54 I said, Well, Julia, what is it you 01:58 like to do? 01:59 She's says, I can pray. 02:01 I said, Well, Julia, that's huge. 02:18 So I'm Cathy Desmond and this is Julia Hogate, 02:21 and we are part of the prayer team. 02:29 We have rallies here once a year. 02:32 The first 02:34 week of October. 02:36 And so Julia and I started to pray here in a little room. 02:41 That was the only place we found. 02:42 So we hid in the little room when we started to pray. 02:45 So that's how it started. 02:47 And then Brent said, Why don't you make a prayer team? 02:51 So we did create a prayer team little by little, 02:54 different people joined us. 02:57 When I came on board here, Gospel Outreach , 02:59 I knew that because of my great need 03:02 and because of my lack of experience in church work, 03:04 obviously we just needed a prayer team to start. 03:08 Beverly Thompson just arrived, welcome Beverly. Hey Beverly. 03:13 We meet at Gospel Outreach Build 03:16 but then a lot of people can't meet 03:18 in the building at 12:30, so then they are on Zoom. 03:24 So we've been meeting 03:25 now since 2017. 03:29 The focus of of of Gospel Outrea 03:33 what, Its called the United Gosp 03:37 United is because we are together 03:39 physically and also with Focus. 03:41 We focus on revival 03:44 the filling, infilling of the Holy Spirit 03:46 and the saving of souls in the 1040 window. 03:49 And also locally. 03:51 There's a promise for you in Proverbs. Acknowledge 03:56 In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths. 04:01 Amen 04:08 If there's any area that's going to keep growing 04:10 in this ministry, it's going to be 04:15 the awareness of how important prayer is 04:18 for the success of this ministry. 04:25 And Lord, what a special thing that is 04:27 for the people that you go. 04:28 And I just pray a blessing over that. 04:31 And Lord, I also have a request. The thing that we appreciated 04:35 about Brant becoming the new president 04:38 of the ministry was he believed in prayer. 04:43 There's something about 04:45 coming together knowing you're making a difference. 04:48 Just praying. 04:49 Just. It's powerful prayer. 04:51 We minimize how important prayer is. 04:58 Jesus' 04:59 Prayer was for us to press together and pray. 05:02 That was his commission. 05:04 So that is the commission that we're we're I'm inviting 05:07 other people, as I have been invited to join 05:11 Gospel Outreach . 05:15 You know, there's a lot of people that are homebound. 05:18 I'm one of them. 05:19 Most of the time. I'm I have to be home. 05:21 And but I don't have to be healthy to be strong. 05:25 I don't have to be rich or educated. 05:27 All I have to do is have a willing heart to pray 05:29 and my prayers go up to heaven. 05:31 Our prayers go up to heaven. 05:33 There gets stored there and angels record them. 05:36 And the minute we say a prayer, the angels are in action. 05:40 That's pretty powerful. 05:45 It gives you a sense of the world. 05:47 You're no longer praying for your community, 05:49 your little my little world. 05:51 I am praying for. 05:52 And then the director share with us 05:54 about India or Russia or, you know, whatever it is 05:58 or, you know, you just you have a sense of the world. 06:07 It's not the most glorified job. 06:09 You know, sometimes it's inconvenient 06:11 to come down out of your busy schedule 06:13 and sit down here for an hour or 2 hours and pray. 06:16 And you don't get any credit, right? 06:19 I mean, 06:20 no one really stands up in front of our rallies and say, 06:22 thank you, prayer team. 06:23 You guys are the ones are holding this ministry together. 06:25 But it's true. 06:27 It is them. 06:31 When I am overwhelmed, 06:33 you alone know the way I should turn. 06:36 Prayer is is more than prayer for me. 06:38 It's it's how I live. It's my life. 06:41 It's not what I do. 06:42 It's how is my life. 06:47 Julia Hogate is, 06:50 such a powerful force 06:51 for this ministry and for this valley 06:53 because of her prayer commitment. 06:55 I just want to say and the Desmonds too 06:58 I could go on and on and on about some of this stuff. 07:01 And I'm just 07:03 I just feel so blessed to be a part of this ministry. 07:05 I feel honored and privileged. 07:07 I mean, I don't know what to say, you know? 07:10 Yeah. 07:11 How do you put it in words that you're part 07:15 I, I think we're very short sighted. 07:16 I don't think we realize how huge it is 07:20 that we are part 07:22 of the salvation process, the deliverance process, 07:26 the freedom and the peace that we can offer others 07:29 through Jesus in prayer, 07:56 Pastor Umesh, you come all the way from Nepal 07:59 to the Walla Walla 08:00 Valley here to Gospel Outreach , 08:02 and we're so glad to have you here. Thank you. 08:05 And can you tell our viewers what your job is in Nepal? 08:09 I am the president of the Nepal mission, 08:13 which is called Himalayan section. 08:16 And my job is to look after 08:19 the church around Nepal. 08:23 And I've been involved with the Gospel Outreach 08:26 since a long time. 08:28 So, Pastor Umesh, 08:29 tell me a little about the hat that you're wearing. 08:32 Okay. 08:33 It's a typical Nepali costume 08:36 the people that wear hat. 08:39 This is our identity. 08:40 So, Pastor Umesh, tell us a little bit about your history. 08:45 And you didn't grow up as a Christian. 08:47 Did you? No 08:49 I was born and brought up in a very strong 08:54 Hindu family in eastern part of Nepal. 08:57 It is a mountain village. 08:59 And we had a very, very hard life 09:05 because we didn't have 09:08 any modern transportations. 09:11 All this communication and nothing was there. 09:15 And my grandfather was a very strong 09:20 Hindu, 09:21 and we're from priesthood family. 09:26 So he was a priest? 09:27 Yeah. 09:28 And every morning and evening 09:31 he would perform a ritual and He would chant, 09:36 mantras, and do some pujas. 09:41 And before 09:42 eating. 09:44 And he was 09:48 training me also in that line. 09:53 But God had a different plan. 09:55 And when did you first learn about Jesus? 09:57 When I was 10:00 doing my 10:02 11th grade 10:04 and in the city, I. 10:07 Somebody 10:10 gave me an address of this, 10:13 one of the Bible correspondence schools. 10:17 And it was when I enrolled in that 10:20 and it was a health lesson for students. 10:24 And after I completed my health, maybe 15 or 20 lessons, 10:29 then they started sending me that religious alone 10:34 lessons. 10:36 I completed that that course, 10:40 and then I didn't pay much attention. 10:43 Then I moved to Kathmandu. 10:45 And but that was the beginning 10:49 for me to know a little bit about 10:53 Christ and Bible. 10:55 So have you heard anything about Jesus in your village at all 10:58 before then? 10:59 No, nothing. So. 11:00 You were in 11th grade. 11:02 And when you finally heard about. 11:04 About Jesus. Yeah. 11:05 So as we talk about 11:07 where you have come from and then what you're doing now. 11:11 Share with us about the Gospel O 11:14 and some of the 11:15 challenges that they face just getting to their churches 11:19 with the the roads and the difficulty. 11:23 But tell us a little bit about your Gospel Outreach workers. 11:27 Gospel Outreach has been 11:29 a great support for our work in Nepal 11:33 without Gospel Outreach, support 11:36 I don't think God's work would move. And Gospel Outreach 11:41 Volunteers and workers are the one who are frontline. 11:46 Those who are taking looking after the churches. 11:49 Yes, I mean, they are the one 11:52 who scatter all over the Nepal 11:56 and doing their best. 11:58 We have a 58 Gospel Outreach vol 12:01 58, ok. 58. 12:04 And all of them are doing very good. 12:07 Most of this this Gospel Outreach 12:10 volunteers are stationed in remote 12:14 villages of Nepal 12:17 and some of the village to raise 12:20 from where I live in Kathmandu. 12:22 It will take about two, three days for me. Yes. 12:25 Now we've heard about Singerman 12:27 on Destination 10/40 with Aaron and Lexi. 12:30 And I have to say, Pastor Umesh, watching that man. 12:34 And when you said three days, that's how long it takes 12:37 for you to get to his house. Right. 12:40 And we want to encourage our viewers to watch Destination 12:43 10/40 and to see Singerman. 12:45 But literally three days by car. 12:47 Yeah. And 12:50 you cannot 12:50 imagine how situation over there you know the 12:56 the place the house the facilities. Yes 13:01 Or lack of facilities. Yes, lack of facilities. 13:05 beyond beyond our imagination because those who are living in 13:08 them in us are either double of country 13:12 and they would not have 13:14 imagine how bad situation. 13:18 Well, and I want to say that that that is what our goal is 13:22 here at Gospel Outreach 13:23 is to share with our viewers 13:25 what these Gospel Outreach worke 13:28 and the and the challenges that they face. 13:31 But with the power of God 13:33 and through the support of our Gospel Outreach donors, 13:36 these dear people like Singermen are able to go out there. 13:40 And I've seen a little bit like I shared, 13:41 having been at the base camp of Mt. 13:43 Everest, but not only difficulty getting there, 13:46 but what happens if our Gospel Outreach workers 13:49 are they rejected like you were with your family? 13:52 Yeah, many times, many places, because of, 13:56 you know, when the Gospel Outrea 13:59 when they go when take and they take the gospel 14:02 to another village. Yes, they work through the 14:06 the relation. Okay. 14:08 If you have someone related to you in another village, 14:12 they try to go to that relation and a friendship also, 14:15 Relationship, Yes. 14:16 Yes. And many times our Gospel Outreach volunteers 14:21 were rejected by people because they think 14:25 that they are trying. 14:27 We are trying to invade. 14:28 Yes. They're a threat 14:30 to trade for them because people know that 14:35 some groups are coming in our country. 14:37 And so I can see 14:39 they are telling the they want to protect their culture. Yes. 14:43 And they want to protect their religion. 14:45 Yes. Identity. 14:47 And they think they're, 14:48 when we became a Christian, we lose our right. 14:51 Then everything else goes, yeah, but that is not true. 14:54 And everybody has a right to choose 14:58 and people live in our country in very deep darkness 15:03 without hope. socially. 15:06 People are depressed, mentally depressed, financially, 15:10 they are very weak, and they don't see the hope. 15:14 And the only the when we tell them about Christ 15:19 and the hope in Christ, if we can tell our people, 15:23 take the gospel, everlasting gospel 15:26 to the people, those who live in deep darkness without hope, 15:31 that will give them hope to live And Gospel Outreach. 15:34 volunteer are the agents. The agents for the hope. 15:39 And they take that, 15:40 good news 15:43 to the people in dark place. 15:46 So it's like a switch goes off and somebody. 15:48 Is that right? 15:49 That that 15:50 when you don't have hope, but you have someone 15:52 who is coming to give you good news. 15:54 Yeah, there's hope. 15:55 And have you seen that with the with the people in Nepal? 15:58 Yeah, I have seen an experienced 16:00 I have seen and experienced 16:03 this hope how and Gospel Outreac workers 16:08 have transformed this hope to other people 16:11 and their lives has been transformed. 16:13 Yeah, that's what biblical hope is. 16:16 The expectation that something is good 16:18 is going to happen from God 16:20 and through us to somebody else. Yes. 16:23 So in Matthew 28, the Great Commission, 16:26 tell me about what that means to the people of Nepal, 16:29 who God says it is for everyone. 16:31 Go and tell. Go. 16:34 every place, 16:35 every nation means we'll all part of Nepal 16:39 and tell them what about Jesus Tell them. 16:43 about Jesus, 16:45 Jesus, is the hope 16:47 for people they don't know. 16:49 That Jesus loves 16:51 all people of Nepal. 16:53 They also don't know. 16:55 What do we need to go 16:56 and tell them that Jesus is love and Jesus has commanded us? 17:00 There is a great commission We all need to go and tell 17:04 about Jesus, teach them about Jesus 17:07 and bring them into his fold by baptizing them. 17:11 Okay? 17:12 And Jesus has assured that He is with us at the end. 17:16 To the end, Absolutely. 17:18 Always, always, always. 17:20 So, Pastor Umesh, 17:22 someone is listening to us right now as we are sitting here. 17:26 And what is something that you would like to ask 17:30 or to request of a viewer 17:34 that would help the people of Nepal? 17:37 I would like to request our viewers 17:40 to pray for Nepal. 17:43 And the second thing is, 17:45 we need more Gospel Outreach vol 17:51 there are more than 123 17:56 languages spoken groups, 17:58 123 languages. 18:00 And we have so many different 18:05 indigenous groups also, there are these groups 18:09 need to hear about Jesus 18:13 and these groups are 18:16 scattered in the remote places in Nepal 18:20 and they need to hear about Jesus so that we need 18:24 a more Gospel Outreach and we ne 18:28 have meetings 18:30 like courthouse meetings 18:33 and house meetings for for new believers 18:38 or a new interest people to bring into our fold. 18:40 And we need a more Gospel Outreach volunteer 18:43 so that they can go to different places. 18:47 Particularly, we need to train or we need to find a person 18:52 from that community. 18:53 Yes. Okay. 18:54 And that will that will give us a solid 18:59 foundation. Yes. 19:00 And if we have one community like the mother, 19:05 that is a one tribe. And then we want to reach 19:09 to far western Nepal, we first need to raise the mothe 19:14 Yeah. 19:15 And if we have a mother in that area, 19:18 and we want to 19:19 reach a people of that area, we need a local person. 19:23 And that will help us. Yes. 19:25 To go and reach many people. Yes 19:27 So what is the population of Nepal? 19:31 about 30 million. 19:32 30 million. 19:33 And we have 58 Gospel Outreach w 19:36 Okay, well, the viewers can do the math. 19:39 Yeah, we need more Gospel Outrea 19:41 But in a country like Nepal, we need more people to know 19:45 about Jesus, 19:46 because then we need to have 19:47 more Gospel Outreach workers to help then go share Jesus. 19:51 Yeah. 19:52 So you've shared that pastor Umesh and what does 19:56 Jesus what does he mean to you personally? 19:59 Personally, Jesus 20:02 means everything for me. 20:03 You know, I have experience how God has led me in the past. 20:09 If I compare my life 20:12 when I was without Jesus, 20:15 I was in my own religion. 20:20 And now when I compare my life with Jesus, so 20:24 there is a big difference. 20:27 And if you have Jesus 20:30 in our life, if we have Jesus, 20:32 in our life we are free from this world, 20:35 and if we have a Jesus in your life, we have a hope. 20:40 And people in this generation, they need a hope 20:44 because you we have everything we can see, 20:47 all things because of 20:50 science and technology and advancement 20:52 of all of these things. 20:53 We have all gadgets, all equipment. 20:56 A luxurious life. Theres still p 20:59 live in very pathetic condition without hope. 21:03 That is the most needed thing that we all need to have a hope. 21:06 Hope is in Jesus only what I experience, what I see. 21:11 Well, thank you so much for sharing 21:13 and thank you so much for sharing the needs of Nepal. 21:16 And when you head home after being here, 21:19 would you please greet 21:20 the Gospel Outreach workers from us and Singerman. 21:22 And I would love to meet Singerman sometime and please 21:26 greet them all. 21:27 And we want to pass on our love to all of them. 21:30 So please continue to give them the the 21:34 encouragement from us to continue 21:36 to share the hope of Jesus. 21:38 Sure, at last, I would like to thank Gospel Outreach 21:43 for supporting His mission. 21:47 It is his mission, and we are, his agents. 21:50 to fulfill his mission. 21:52 Yes, And Gospel Outreach has bee 21:56 And we pray for all the leaders, all the people, 22:00 those who are here in the Gospel Outreach . 22:02 Without your prayer and support, 22:05 we cannot reach that area. 22:08 And I'll I'll be visiting 22:10 Singerman in the month of November. 22:13 We are planning 22:15 and I will convey your regards 22:18 to him and other Gospel Outreach volunteers, 22:21 and they need encouragement. Yes. 22:23 And they need your prayers. Yes. 22:25 And we are praying for them. 22:27 And do you do this in Nepal when you do this? 22:29 Yeah. 22:30 So what does this mean? 22:31 It is a greetings that you are you are humbling yourself. Yes. 22:35 Well, I want to say that. 22:37 So thank you and God bless you, Pastor Umesh. 22:40 Thank you. 22:41 On my drive into the 22:42 Gospel Outreach headquarters this morning, 22:44 I was trying to decide what I wanted to share with you. 22:46 And something came to my mind that I really would like to talk 22:49 to you about today. 22:51 I want to share with you about a new project 22:53 that Gospel Outreach has gotten 22:55 with on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. 22:57 So as you know, Gospel Outreach's main 22:59 goal is to sponsor Bible workers throughout the 1040 window, 23:03 sharing the love of Jesus to the people in those areas. 23:06 But there are oftentimes places where we are unable 23:09 to effectively send a Bible worker. 23:11 Maybe it's too dangerous, maybe it's too difficult. 23:14 And so we look for alternative 23:16 ways to be able to reach those places. 23:18 Well, we recently found one of these 23:20 situations on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. 23:23 Now, if you don't know a lot about Myanmar, 23:25 the name of Myanmar used to be Burma. 23:27 And if you've heard about the storyteller, Eric B Hare. 23:30 This is where all of his stories came from 23:32 was the country of Burma, which is now called Myanmar. 23:35 Now Myanmar has been at war for over 75 years. 23:39 The Burmese 23:41 military essentially are trying to completely eradicate 23:44 the hill tribes, and so many thousands of people are being 23:48 killed right now as we speak in the country of Myanmar. 23:52 This is a very sad reality 23:54 that's been going on for a long time. 23:55 And many people don't know about it 23:57 because no media outlets are really talking about this. 24:00 Now. Where does Gospel Outreach 24:03 Well, it's far too difficult to send Bible workers 24:05 into the country of Myanmar right now as we speak. 24:09 But we have found 24:11 an effective way to be able to reach the people of Myanmar. 24:14 There is a school on the border of Myanmar and Thailand 24:17 by the name of Sunshine Orchards 24:19 Now, this school used to be 24:21 in the country of Myanmar, but because of the dangers, 24:23 the school was moved across the border to Thailand. 24:27 There are two jungle schools that are also across the border 24:30 in Myanmar that is connected with Sunshine Orchards. 24:34 And so between all of these schools, 24:36 they have the potential to reach many, many students. 24:40 Now, here's some statistics for you. 24:41 70% of the students going to Sunshine Orchards 24:45 are Buddhist and over 15% are animist. 24:49 So a large majority of these students are not Christian. 24:53 Now, 90% of the students coming to the school 24:56 are crossing the border from Myanmar into Thailand 25:00 and going to Sunshine Orchard School. 25:02 This is the only option for many of these students 25:05 to be able to get a proper education. 25:07 And that is why the Thai government has allowed 25:09 these students to come across the border 25:11 and to go to school at Sunshine 25:14 Now, Sunshine Orchards has always slowly been growing, 25:17 but over the past few years, 25:18 because of the escalation of the war across the border 25:22 in Myanmar, it has grown very quickly. 25:25 Last year there were just over 25:27 300 students and this year there are over 600 students. 25:31 It has doubled in a year. Because of this, 25:34 Sunshine Orchards has a great need for more teachers. 25:38 So this is where Gospel Outreach 25:40 seen an opportunity to reach the people of Myanmar. 25:44 So we are now sponsoring between the three schools, 25:47 Sunshine Orchards and the two jungle schools 25:49 across the border. 25:51 We are sponsoring 40 teachers. 25:54 All of these teachers are Adventist 25:56 and all of these teachers 25:57 use the Bible as their base for teaching the children. 26:01 Many of these students 26:02 have never really even heard who Jesus Christ is. 26:05 And so we are bringing a message to these young people 26:08 that they have never heard before. 26:10 And because of this, 26:12 many of these students have given their lives to Jesus. 26:14 And when they go across the border 26:16 back to their home after, after their education, 26:19 they will be sharing this hope of Jesus with their family 26:22 and their friends. 26:24 In sponsoring these teachers, we are spreading the gospel 26:27 to the people of Myanmar in a very effective way. 26:30 And maybe one of the 26:31 only ways to do it for the time being during this war. 26:35 So I have two things I want to ask of you before 26:37 I let you go. 26:38 Number one, I want to ask you to pray 26:39 for these teachers, pray 26:40 for these 40 teachers who are working 26:43 in rough circumstances and rough conditions 26:45 in order to educate these children, to give these children 26:49 a chance at a better life and sharing Jesus with them 26:52 so that they can take that message back to their families. 26:55 I also want to ask you to pray for the people of Myanmar. 26:58 What's going on right now in 27:00 this country is incredibly devastating. 27:03 We know people who are in prison. 27:05 We know people who have been killed. 27:08 And it's just a very bad situation. 27:10 And for many people, they don't know 27:12 what's going on there because the media doesn't 27:14 really talk about the situation of what's happening in Myanmar. 27:18 So please pray for these people, 27:20 pray that they give their hearts to Jesus, that they are given 27:23 the opportunity to learn about the love and hope of Jesus. 27:28 So I want to thank you for your continued 27:29 support of Gospel Outreach throu 27:32 through prayers, Everything is so important 27:35 and like me and my wife, we are so committed to 27:38 Gospel Outreach . 27:39 We believe in this organization 27:41 and what this organization 27:42 stands for and what this organization 27:44 is doing throughout the 1040 window. 27:46 So thank you for being involved with that. 27:48 And until next time, God bless you. 27:51 I want to encourage you to get involved 27:52 and I'll see you in the next episode. 27:55 Wasn't that amazing to hear Pastor Umesh's his testimon 27:58 I want to encourage you to visit our Web 28:00 streaming service at gotvmissions.org 28:03 and you can find out more 28:04 about what God is doing through the Gospel 28:06 Outreach workers like Singerman on our new show called 28:09 Destination 10/40 with Aaron and Lexi Rittenour. 28:12 You'll want to stay tuned to that. 28:14 And you can also watch Destination 10/40 28:16 or wherever you're watching Adventures in Missions 28:19 on behalf of Gospel Outreach . 28:20 Thank you so much for praying for our Gospel Outreach workers 28:23 and may the Lord bless you today. 28:25 I'm not a good sales lady, but I know that I am. 28:28 We need your help. 28:29 But I am sold on Gospel Outreach . |
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