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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000094S
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00:22 - Hello, and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now." 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood and my husband Jon is here with me, 00:27 as we go through the second part of our Mission Trek Show. 00:31 Hello love? 00:32 - Hi darling, how are you? 00:33 - I'm doing great. 00:34 I'm looking forward 00:35 to the second half- - Yes. 00:36 - Of our Mission Trek Show. 00:38 - Yeah, it felt weird to end the last show 00:39 because it's like right in the middle 00:41 of this mission trek tour- - Right. 00:43 - And we had to stop. - Right, but we got too long. 00:46 - Yes, so that's why we're doing a second one. 00:48 - Okay, I hope so. 00:49 - And we're gonna start out 00:51 pretty much where we left off in the trip 00:53 - Okay. - And, but we moved countries 00:55 during this little break here between episodes. 00:58 - Okay. - And we have moved 00:59 from Thailand 01:01 into Cambodia now. - Okay, yeah, 01:02 and so the trip included 01:05 basically Thailand and Cambodia 01:07 because it's- - Right. 01:08 - Cheap to travel through there, 01:10 it's very easy to travel through there 01:12 and we have a lot of missionaries 01:13 and friends that we can talk to and meet 01:15 and see what they're doing. 01:17 And, it's one of the least-reached areas of the world. 01:19 So. - Right, right. 01:21 So our first clip is from Wat Preah Yesu 01:23 which is Tim Maddocks, Tim and Wendy Maddocks' place. 01:26 - [Jon] Awesome. 01:37 (laughing) 01:39 - We're here in Cambodia at Wat Preah Yesu 01:42 with the Maddocks and we are interested 01:45 in how this place got started. 01:47 So what did it take to start a ministry, 01:49 a project from scratch? 01:51 - I think the biggest thing was faith 01:54 because it's like we're leaving a paid job, 01:58 we're leaving the security of the town, 02:00 and we're trusting God to provide all of our needs. 02:03 One thing God said to me very clearly 02:05 was that we weren't to ask anybody for funds 02:08 to do what he was asking us to do, 02:10 just ask him and he'll deal with it. 02:12 And so that's a whole new way of life. 02:15 - Yeah, it is a whole new way of life. 02:17 - Yes, and that's a very inspiring time to see, you know, 02:21 because you hear about people that are launching, 02:23 but then to see people that have been in the field 02:26 for over 20 years. 02:27 - Right, right. 02:29 - You know. - Right, 02:30 there's a lot more 02:31 to their story- - Oh yeah. 02:32 - And we do have more in the show. 02:33 That particular clip came from episode eight. 02:36 - Yes, exactly. - So we have another clip here 02:39 because at that place, Tim and Wendy have a school, 02:43 an orphanage, a media studio, 02:46 now we're gonna hear a story of an orphan. 02:49 - Do you have any stories like of the kids 02:53 that you could tell? 02:54 - Yeah, I can tell you the story of cha-ma-i here. 02:56 One day I got a call to the village just down the road 03:00 and the village leader had a child for me. 03:06 And the child was a two-year-old and weighed five kilograms. 03:10 And the mother and father were both living, 03:12 but the child was living with her grandmother 03:14 who had dementia and her parents were alcoholics. 03:17 And so I took this child and we gave her a name, Naomi, 03:21 but she was so weak and thin 03:23 she looked like she'd come out of a famine in Africa. 03:26 I took her to the children's hospital 03:28 and when the nurses saw her at the children's hospital, 03:32 they said, "Hey, she's got a twin sister here." 03:35 And I said, and they said, "Do you want to see?" 03:39 And I said, "Yeah, sure, take me to her." 03:41 And so they took me to another ward 03:43 and cha-ma-i was there, two years old, five kilograms, 03:47 big belly, skinny little legs, skinny little arms 03:50 looked just like, they're just like twins (chuckling). 03:53 And they said cha-ma-i's mother 03:55 had abandoned her at the hospital 03:57 and they'd tried to contact her, 03:58 but hadn't been able to contact her. 04:00 And they said, "Would you take her?" 04:02 And I said, "Sure." 04:04 So two weeks later I took back, took the two girls home 04:08 and they're both healthy and happy, beautiful kids. 04:15 - Precious. 04:16 - Very precious. - Those little ones. 04:17 - Yeah, so Tim at that time was, 04:21 was building a butterfly paradise. 04:24 - Right? 04:25 - And this is a tourist attraction 04:26 because a lot of tourists come through through there 04:28 because Ankor Wat is located 10 minutes from his place. 04:33 - [Natalie] Right. 04:34 - So when we did the tour, there, 04:36 all the structures were in place, but none of the flowers, 04:38 none of the plants. 04:39 - Right. 04:41 - And so this is a clip from that, just a short little clip. 04:44 - [Tim] Based on a waterfall that I saw in Laos, 04:47 and fish, big koi fish swimming around. 04:51 and of course butterflies all around you. 04:54 - When, we came back to America, 04:56 we built a set and did a studio segment of the show. 05:00 - Right. - And he came also to America, 05:03 while we were doing those segments, 05:05 and so we filmed a little segment with him 05:06 and he got to show what it was like 05:08 after we- - By then. 05:09 - Yeah. - Right. 05:10 - Exactly. - Right, and this 05:11 is a clip from that. 05:12 - Big difference. - Yeah. 05:14 - So you might remember we came through the entrance, 05:17 well, now you can see the plants, 05:19 there's glass where the crocodile pond is gonna be, 05:21 the waterfalls are still not working, but they will be soon. 05:25 You can see butterflies. 05:27 There's no wire on the sides yet, 05:29 but that allows the butterflies 05:31 to just fly in and fly out 05:33 and, you know, lots of butterflies come every day, 05:38 it's Butterfly Paradise so of course 05:39 they wanna come to paradise. 05:40 (laughing) 05:42 So you can see there's lots of color in the plants, 05:44 purples, oranges, yellows, 05:47 and the plants are growing really, really well. 05:51 - [Girl] It's so much different 05:52 than when we were there, last time. 05:54 - [Girl] There's so much more color. 05:56 - [Girl] Yeah. 05:58 - So you can see so much more beauty, 05:59 all those plants and everything like that. 06:01 - Right. - And it's grown more 06:02 since then. 06:04 - Right, we got to go there another year after that, 06:06 and it was so beautiful. - Yes. 06:08 - The plants were above our heads, 06:10 a lot of them but, you know, 06:12 the ones that are supposed 06:13 to grow that big- - right. 06:14 - Were huge and there were flowers 06:16 and there were butterflies and it was just amazing. 06:18 - Right, yeah, absolutely. - Yeah, it's amazing 06:20 what God has done there. 06:22 and that's a big story and he shared it in the show, 06:25 so people will have to go and watch. 06:27 - Yes (chuckling). 06:28 - So that's episode nine of the show. 06:30 - Yes. 06:31 - So then after we left Tims, 06:33 we went with Miranda Lundby who was in, 06:36 a student missionary with AFM at the time in Cambodia, 06:40 and we went in and saw where she had been living 06:43 and met some other missionaries 06:45 that she was working with. 06:46 - Yes. - So this is 06:47 one of those clips. - Okay. 06:50 (rooster crowing) 06:52 - We're here at a Cambodian village 06:53 with Miranda Lundby and we're gonna ask her 06:55 some questions about what she does here. 07:01 - How did you get involved in missions? 07:04 - The first time I actually did anything 07:07 involved in missions was going to Honduras 07:10 and doing a Share Him Series with my sister. 07:13 I was 15 and we spoke to about a hundred people each night 07:18 so that was the first thing that got us into missions. 07:22 And then just ever since then 07:25 I've pretty much been obsessed. 07:26 (laughing) 07:28 I've had lots of friends and family 07:31 who've also been interested in missions 07:33 so I've been inspired throughout my childhood and teens 07:37 to be involved in missions. 07:39 - So why did you come here to Cambodia? 07:42 - I chose to come here because I've been here before. 07:46 So when I was young I had a friend 07:50 who had come to Cambodia and had stories all about it 07:54 and it immediately went to the top of my list 07:56 of places I wanted to go. 07:58 So, I got invited when I was 18 08:03 to come with another gentlemen and his family, 08:07 and my brother. 08:08 So we all came and taught for a month and a half 08:11 and then when I left, 08:14 I knew it's where I wanted to come back and work 08:16 and I felt like God had really led 08:19 and shown me just how much I could give in this area. 08:25 - That was kinda neat for them to see 08:27 a young person like them. 08:28 She, at this point, I think was about 20 years old. 08:31 - Right. - And so for our teenagers 08:33 to see someone that's just barely out of their teenage, 08:36 her teenage years to be dedicated like this. 08:39 - Right. - Very inspiring. 08:40 - Right, and while we were there 08:42 we talked with another student missionary, Sarah. 08:45 - Now this was a unique situation 08:47 because she was teaching English 08:48 to a class of young people, 08:50 but the place that she was teaching 08:53 was in a shop right next to a busy road 08:56 and the shop had a completely open-side wall, 08:59 there was no wall between them and the road. 09:01 - Right. - And so they'd be 09:03 in there teaching and cars would be whizzing 09:04 by on the road- - And trucks, 09:06 cars and trucks, it was loud. 09:08 - But it was, but it was very inspiring. 09:10 - [Natalie] Right. 09:11 - What do you do here? 09:13 - I teach English here. 09:14 I tutor one student and I teach him business vocabulary. 09:17 (vehicle motor rumbling) 09:19 And then I teach about 30, around 30 students, 09:23 younger, younger kids, I teach them basic English. 09:26 - How many classes do you teach? 09:28 - Three classes in total every day. 09:32 - Should young people get involved in missions? 09:34 - Definitely (chuckling). 09:37 Especially student, student missionaries. 09:40 It's like maybe the longest year of your life, 09:44 but I think it's probably gonna be 09:45 the best year of your life too 09:47 'cause you get to experience so many different things 09:50 and it totally opens up your eyes to a different reality 09:54 and hopefully it will change you for life. 09:57 Like when I go back to the U.S. 09:59 I hope to not go back to the way I was, 10:02 but continue to be developing into a new, 10:05 more mature person because of this. 10:07 - Well, thank you for sharing with us. 10:09 - Yeah, thank you for coming. 10:10 - And we enjoyed interacting with your class 10:11 a little bit. - Yeah. 10:14 - So then after we met with Miranda and Sarah, 10:16 we went to the capital city, 10:17 Phnom Penh- - Right. 10:19 - And then flew back to Bangkok 10:21 to meet with some missionaries 10:22 that we weren't able to meet when we were in Bangkok before. 10:25 - Right, so the first place we're going 10:27 is to the F5 Challenge Center, 10:30 which is a place that it's an amazing miracle story, 10:33 how God provided- - Yes. 10:34 - Step-by-step, the whole, 10:36 the whole plan. - Yes. 10:38 - But here's a little clip now. 10:40 - Oh yeah, now the F5 Challenge Center 10:43 is a five-story building 10:44 that is located within about 400 feet 10:47 of one of the world's largest universities, 10:49 over 500,000 students go to that university 10:53 and they've got a climbing wall 10:54 and a bunch of different things. 10:55 - Right. - So this was 10:57 in the early stages of construction 10:59 so it doesn't look very good. 11:00 - Okay. (laughing) 11:02 (light guitar music) 11:13 - So this floor, there'll be a wall coming out here, 11:16 it goes here all the way across. 11:18 There'll be a half wall and the rest 11:20 will be glass going up and around, 11:22 and there'll be a sliding glass door 11:23 there to go into the restaurant. 11:29 - Okay, so the next clip that we have 11:32 is of it more finished. 11:33 - Yes, and that's what's so exciting 11:35 is that these young people go and they see it 11:37 as it's being built, they see it in its early stages. 11:41 Yeah, somebody taking a risk for Christ 11:43 and hoping that it will turn into souls for the kingdom. 11:47 - Right. - And then later 11:48 they hear about the growth of these projects, 11:52 these dreams, and they see the effects, 11:54 and they're like, they get this connection. 11:56 - Right. - You know, it's not, 11:57 it's no longer just mission stories 11:58 it's like- - Some place out there. 11:59 - Yeah, my friends. 12:01 - Yeah, I've been there, I've walked there. 12:03 - Exactly. 12:04 - I've climbed there 12:05 in this case- - Yes. 12:06 - Because they have a climbing wall. 12:07 - Yes. - On the fifth floor, 12:09 and the roof- - Yeah. 12:11 - And it's really awesome to see what God has done there. 12:14 - Absolutely. - So let's play the clip now 12:16 of it more finished. 12:17 - [Jon] Okay. 12:22 - [Girl] God has been doing amazing things 12:23 since we visited the Atwells, 12:25 and we want to share with you 12:26 some more recent stories 12:27 about how God has worked and provided 12:29 for their center of influence. 12:31 (light guitar music) 12:40 - That's awesome. - Yeah. 12:41 - What an amazing outreach ministry that is. 12:44 - Yeah, that, it's such a testimony 12:46 to what God can do- - Yes, the truth is. 12:47 - When there is that kind of need. 12:49 - Yes. - I mean, in other places 12:51 in the jungle and things, 12:52 we see a huge need for the Holy Spirit, 12:55 we see, which is also in the city, 12:57 but it's just like those, 12:59 these two projects to me are like a, 13:01 like a monument to what God can do. 13:03 It's like Gale's clinic too 13:05 up in the- - Yes. 13:06 - Up in the jungle and some of the missionaries houses 13:07 and how God has led them to where they are 13:10 and what they're doing- - Yes. 13:11 - In their project. 13:12 Such a testimony, such a memorial, 13:14 it's like a statue- - Yeah. 13:15 - You know, to what God can do. 13:17 It's an alter- - Yeah. 13:18 - Kind of thing- - There you go. 13:19 - To what God can do. - Right. 13:20 - Because he is so amazing 13:23 and his plan for each place, for each project 13:25 is different, for each missionary, 13:28 their duty, and their call is different, 13:31 but yet he can cause 13:33 it to excel- - Yes. 13:34 - In such amazing ways. - Yes. 13:36 - And- - Yes, and it's so, 13:38 it's, you know. - It's inspiring. 13:39 - It is very inspiring, 13:40 and to see them go there 13:41 and try to find the Lord's will, 13:43 and then as the Lord led them step-by-step 13:46 and then he- - Right. 13:47 - Asked them to bite off way more than they could chew 13:49 and so- - And they went for it. 13:51 - Both of those projects that you mentioned, 13:53 Butterfly Paradise and F5 Challenge Center, 13:57 when they told me what they're planning, 13:58 I'm like, there's no way. - There's no way. 14:01 - There's no way, and now we see 14:04 God found a way- - Yeah. 14:05 - And they're there. - God found a way. 14:07 - And so now it's easy to just forget about it, 14:08 but no, it's like, we, like you say, 14:10 we have to look at those as this is a testament 14:13 of what God can do. 14:15 - [Natalie] Right. And it should build our faith. 14:16 - Right, right. 14:18 Okay, the next part is another prayer experience 14:21 that we arranged with, with Jim, 14:24 because his ministry is mostly 14:25 prayer ministry- - Yes. 14:27 - Leading prayer in different places. 14:29 And so- - Yeah. 14:30 - Since he was there in Bangkok, at the same time we were, 14:32 we arranged for him to have a prayer walk 14:34 through Bangkok- - Yes. 14:36 - With the, with the young people. 14:37 - And this first clip is in 14:39 one of the largest malls in Thailand. 14:43 I think over 10,000 people use the bathrooms 14:49 every day- - Wow. 14:50 - Every day. 14:51 - So a lot more people go to the mall 14:52 then use the bathrooms, so. - Yes, 14:54 and so there's a lot of people there 14:56 and I love how Jim saw 14:58 through all the glitter and everything 15:02 and saw the heart of what the people are looking for. 15:05 - Right. 15:07 - So when you look around the mall right now, 15:09 what do you see? 15:10 - Busy, people. 15:11 - People who are empty, 15:13 people who are trying to fill in that void 15:15 and they don't know that only God could fill that in. 15:20 Isn't it a huge, huge, huge burden, and huge opportunity, 15:25 when you look at those people, 15:27 these are the people who don't know what they want, 15:29 who don't know what they need. 15:32 They don't know that only God, only God could fill it. 15:37 So when you look at these people right now, 15:40 does a burden grow in your heart? 15:43 Does a concern grow in your heart? 15:46 They will not find what they're looking for 15:47 because what they're looking for is not God 15:50 and I guess this gives me the burden 15:51 to pray for these people. 15:53 - Yeah. 15:54 - Not just for MBK, 15:56 but for the whole Thailand. 16:00 Do you wanna spend time praying for these people? 16:02 - Yeah. 16:03 - [Jim] Okay. 16:07 - Dear heavenly Father, 16:08 we come before you today at MBK, 16:12 where it's the most visited shopping mall in Thailand, 16:15 in Bangkok, and we ask that you 16:19 would send your Holy Spirit here 16:22 to show these people that what they're looking for, 16:25 or what they need, they can't 16:27 find it here- - Yes Lord. 16:28 - And they can't find it in material things. 16:30 Send someone to show them that they need you 16:34 to fill the hole that they're trying to fill. 16:37 - What a beautiful concept. 16:38 - Yep. 16:39 Yeah. - Yeah. 16:41 - And just again a neat opportunity 16:43 for the young people to see these things 16:45 and to think about that from the spiritual perspective. 16:48 - Right. - Like that, 16:49 is really, really powerful. 16:51 And to think that, you know, it doesn't matter where we are, 16:54 we don't have to pray out loud for the people around us, 16:56 but we should still be praying for them 16:58 because no matter where we are 17:00 there are people that are suffering in some way. 17:02 Whether it's, you know, a physical illness, 17:05 or an emotional illness, or, you know, 17:08 a mental illness, 17:10 or spiritual illness- - Absolutely. 17:11 - There's all sorts of people suffering in various ways 17:14 and we should be praying 17:15 for those around us. - Right, 17:16 and absolutely because in a lot of these places 17:19 that has not known the gospel, 17:21 the demons have had free play. 17:24 - Right. 17:25 - And so there's demons there 17:26 that have been oppressing the people 17:28 and so bringing in Christ, bringing in prayer, 17:30 bringing in the good angels, 17:33 actually releases that suffering to a degree 17:37 and allows God to work in those places. 17:39 And lot of, a lot of mission work is spiritual work. 17:42 It's not just the physical, it's not just the service thing, 17:47 that's a part, but that's, like Gale was saying, 17:50 that's an avenue to the heart. 17:51 - Right, right. - To bring Christ in. 17:53 Then we went to the tallest building 17:57 in Bangkok- - Right. 17:58 - And we prayed for the city. 18:00 And on the top of that building, 18:02 there's a circular sidewalk, 18:05 So to speak- - Right. 18:06 - That actually- - Rotating. 18:07 - Rotates. - Rotating sidewalk. 18:09 - Yeah, and it goes all the way around every 11 minutes, 18:11 it makes 360 degrees. 18:13 And so we went up there and for the end of that day, 18:17 we prayed for the city. 18:19 - Yeah. 18:21 - If the Holy spirit empowers these people 18:25 this city could be lighted up, 18:27 could be lighted up with God's glory. 18:30 So let us pray. 18:31 - Thank you that we could here and be able to see some, 18:36 a little bit of the scale of what is here, 18:40 and what needs to be done. 18:41 - We pray that your Holy Spirit 18:43 would be poured out on this city. 18:48 - That's such a powerful prayer. 18:50 - Yeah, and to be up there and see the city 18:54 and think about how many people, 18:56 each of those buildings that you can see represents, 18:59 it's very intense. 19:00 - Yeah, 13 million people. 19:02 - Yeah. 19:03 - In that one city. 19:04 - Yeah, so that was a neat opportunity 19:06 for the young people also 19:07 to think about it that way as well. 19:10 - Absolutely. 19:11 - So, well after that we came home 19:15 and we ended up building the set in our garage 19:19 and so we have a few behind-the-scenes pictures. 19:21 - Yes, it was neat to see how they took, you know, 19:25 came up with a vision, an idea, 19:28 and then had to like choose an idea. 19:31 - Right. - And then, 19:32 and then go forward and make it happen. 19:34 - Right. - You know, 19:35 and that's a huge thing for young people 19:38 to go from, you know, they're going to school every day 19:41 to learn about all this stuff, 19:42 but they never actually learn to make something real 19:45 unless you make that opportunity for them. 19:48 - Right. - And so seeing them 19:49 do that, it, 19:50 I think it really matured them to a degree 19:53 that I never experienced when I was growing up. 19:56 - [Natalie] Right. 19:56 - So that's really cool. 19:58 - [Natalie] Right, so these are the sidewalls, 19:59 this is a picture of the sidewalls, 20:01 we were cleaning them before putting them up. 20:04 - So the sidewall is made out of a plastic material 20:06 that they put on the sides of, 20:08 of the trucks for the underneath the trailers 20:11 of the trucks. - okay. 20:12 - It's like a nice, hard, strong plastic, that's flexible. 20:15 And then the backdrop we got is like this big silk, 20:18 like a parachute kind of cloth 20:20 and they printed the whole thing on there. 20:21 And so we got to- - Unfold it 20:24 and stretch it- - Stretch it out 20:25 and put it up on its- - And staple it on 20:27 and put it up. 20:29 - And so this was, you know, 20:30 a design that James had made 20:32 and the girls had worked with him on 20:35 that was on his computer. 20:37 - Right. - So it went 20:38 from his little 17-inch computer screen 20:40 to a 20 foot backdrop. 20:43 - Yeah. - And that was huge, 20:46 that was so cool. - Right, yeah. 20:47 - For them to see that. 20:49 And here we are starting to do some, 20:51 some lighting tests- - Okay. 20:52 - To see how it's gonna be. 20:54 And here's the first time they sat at the table. 20:56 We bought this table and stuck it there, 20:58 and the idea, this is James' idea now, 21:01 that we'd have two places to film them at. 21:04 One was in front of the TV, kind of like an introduction, 21:07 and welcome to the show 21:09 then they walk to the table and sit and discuss 21:12 about the different segments of the show. 21:13 - Right. 21:14 - (chuckling) And then he wanted 21:16 to bring the jib in. - Right. 21:18 - And I didn't think- - Well it's 21:20 an eight-foot jib, right? 21:21 - Yeah, it's not super big, but it's just our garage. 21:24 - [Natalie] It's a nine foot ceiling? 21:26 - [Jon] Yeah. 21:28 - [Natalie] Yeah, so we didn't have 21:29 a lot of room to play with. 21:30 - No, not at all. 21:32 And so he was trying to tell me in the early stages 21:34 about his idea about bringing this jib in 21:36 and I'm thinking, 21:37 it's not gonna work. - There's no way 21:39 cause it's gonna hit the ceiling, or. 21:40 - Yeah, it's just, 21:41 we don't have room for it. - It's too tight, yeah. 21:43 - And I was trying to, it took me a lot, 21:44 it took him a long time to explain the concept of, 21:47 of his idea of how this could flow. 21:50 - Right. 21:51 - Finally, I'm like, okay, that's a great idea, 21:53 it's your idea. I don't get it, but we'll go with it. 21:56 - Right. - And it worked. 21:57 - Right. 21:58 - So here's my 16-year-old son 22:01 schooling me on how to do production. 22:03 (laughing) 22:04 - I think you needed it. 22:06 (laughing) 22:08 - I'm just kidding. - I'll take it, you know. 22:10 - Yeah, but it's neat to see that he could, 22:13 you know, have that picture in his head. 22:15 - Yes. - And go forward. 22:17 - And push, push the envelope- - Yep. 22:19 - In God's service. 22:20 - Right. 22:21 - So the other challenge that we had 22:22 was the open, we needed a good professional open 22:26 for the show. 22:27 And I used to work at 3ABN as their graphic designer 22:30 and I did this for a living. - Right. 22:32 - I mean, this was my job 22:33 and so I helped them with that. 22:35 I was able to contribute a little bit. 22:36 - Right. 22:37 - Besides just being cameraman. 22:38 - Right, so this is the open. 22:40 - [Jon] Okay. 22:42 (upbeat inspiring music) 22:47 - [Marianne] We've grown up in the church 22:49 and have always been somewhat involved in outreach. 22:52 But how can we get involved in missions overseas? 22:55 My name is Marianne. 22:57 - [Lillian] And I'm Lillian, we wanted to find out. 23:00 Join us on our journey- (bonging) 23:03 - To discover the culture, 23:06 the lifestyle. 23:07 - [Marianne] The need, and the mission. 23:09 - [Lillian] In two of Southeast Asia's 23:11 least-reached countries. 23:13 - Welcome to Mission Trek. 23:19 Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Mission Trek. 23:22 - You'll remember that in the last episode 23:24 we visited the Atwell's and we got to see 23:26 their center of influence. 23:28 Then we met up with our good friend, Jim Castor, 23:31 and we took a cooking class. 23:32 - Jim Castor is a missionary 23:34 whose whole ministry revolves around the power of prayer. 23:37 - After the cooking class 23:39 he joined us for a prayer walk through the city of Bangkok. 23:42 - Obviously we couldn't go everywhere 23:43 in this huge city of about 12 million people. 23:46 But we could go to a few places. 23:48 - A lot of people, even some Christians, 23:51 think that prayer is a waste of time 23:52 and that we should do something tangible. 23:56 - Yeah, so that whole move from the TV, up on the side. 23:59 - When the open finished. 24:02 - Going down and they do the little intro 24:03 and then following them to the table, 24:05 and them sitting down at the table and talking, 24:07 that was James' idea. 24:08 - [Natalie] Yeah. 24:10 - That's like, I didn't think it was possible, 24:11 but he made it work. 24:13 - Yeah. 24:15 - So I'm a little bit of a proud dad. 24:16 - Yeah, well and it's so neat to see them 24:19 be able to take ideas like this 24:22 and then work through the issues. 24:24 'Cause we have columns, 24:25 we have like metal columns in our garage 24:27 and they're not- - Yeah. 24:28 - [Natalie] Conveniently located. 24:29 - No. - Especially not 24:30 for situations like this 24:31 so we're always like, okay, 24:32 we have to be just this side of the column, 24:34 and then, you know, after that, then we, 24:37 you know, move, or whatever. - Yeah. 24:39 - And so it was like not- - Working around 24:40 those columns was a pain in the neck. 24:42 - Yeah, yeah, but these young people, they just, 24:45 you know, they just kept working 24:46 and trying to figure out what to do. 24:48 James, especially was just like, 24:50 "Well, I know this can work." 24:51 And so worked it out- - Right. 24:52 - And it's just so neat to see 24:54 and the finished set that we saw there, 24:57 with the lights and, and you know, the hanging lights, 25:01 and the plants- - So cool. 25:02 - And just the way that it all came together, 25:05 it just looked so nice. 25:07 - So professional. 25:08 - Yeah, I'm just really thankful 25:09 that we could have the opportunity 25:11 to give these young people 25:13 this opportunity. - Yes, yes. 25:14 - So many times it's like our young people 25:17 just sit there, like Marianne talked about, 25:19 in the previous episode that we did, 25:23 talked about how so many times she goes somewhere 25:25 and she just sits and watches 25:27 because she doesn't- - Yeah. 25:28 - See what she can do. - Yeah, cause we taken 25:30 them on several mission trips. 25:31 We've taken them to India- - Right. 25:32 - We've taken them to Thailand, 25:33 but like Marianne says, 25:34 they just sit and watch- - Right. 25:36 - For them to actually contribute something. 25:38 - Right. - Is, it's paradigm shifting. 25:40 - Right, we shouldn't be afraid as parents 25:43 to encourage our young people to do things 25:45 that aren't comfortable, 25:47 or maybe that we've never done 25:50 because it empowers them- - Yes. 25:53 - To think outside the box, 25:54 for one thing. - Yes. 25:56 - It empowers them to seek for ways they can serve God 26:00 in unique, and interesting, and creative ways. 26:03 And- - But it also, 26:06 one of the challenges that some of the young people 26:08 that have wanted to go overseas tell us 26:10 is that they don't get 26:12 encouragement to go. 26:13 - Right. 26:15 - They don't get encouragement to, 26:16 to give their life in service for others to Christ. 26:18 - Right, and these young people are, 26:20 usually are college students, 26:22 that are considering a student missionary program, 26:25 or something of that nature, but yeah, 26:28 they're discouraged in many cases. 26:30 - Right, so we wanna encourage, you know, 26:33 whoever's in the sphere of your influence. 26:36 - Right. 26:38 - If they have any interest in serving God overseas, 26:40 say, to encourage them 26:42 to follow God's call- - Right. 26:44 - To follow the need- - Right. 26:46 - Wherever the need is. 26:47 That's where God's call really is. 26:49 - Right. 26:50 - And the upshot from the show 26:52 is that these young people that did this 26:55 are much more open, and much more focused 26:58 on finding a way to serve God in their lives. 27:02 - Right. 27:03 - We're hoping that this show 27:04 will inspire other young people 27:05 to ask God 27:07 what they can do for him- - Right, right. 27:10 - Because that is the path to happiness. 27:12 - Right, so we would like to encourage you, 27:16 if you are a young person, to ask God what you can do, 27:20 seek ways that you can serve him. 27:22 And if you are an older person, 27:24 we would like to invite you 27:26 to be a part of encouraging young people, 27:29 to do what God asks them to do 27:31 even if it's something we've never thought about, 27:33 even if it's something 27:34 we're not necessarily comfortable with, 27:36 because we can always pray for them 27:38 and God will protect them. 27:39 He will take care of those that follow him. 27:43 Please watch the rest of Mission Trek 27:45 at Missiontrek.net 27:46 and if you would like more information 27:48 you can contact us at Jesus for Asia 27:51 P.O. Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 27:57 Call us at 423-413-7321, 28:00 or visit our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:04 May God richly bless you until we see you next time 28:07 on "Jesus for Asia Now." 28:09 (inspiring music) |
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