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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000151S
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00:01 (bright music) 00:21 - Hello, and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now." 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood, 00:25 and my husband John is joining me today in the studio. 00:28 Hello, love! 00:28 - Hi darling, how are you? 00:29 - I'm doing good. 00:31 - Good. 00:32 - I would like to know where we're going today. 00:34 - Today, we are going all the way 00:36 to the other side of the earth, to a place called Indonesia. 00:40 - A place I have never been, but you have been 00:43 a few times. 00:44 - Yes, and I apologize for that, I would love to take you. 00:47 It's really hard to wrap your mind 00:48 around what Indonesia actually is, 00:51 because it's not like a continent or a island. 00:56 It's 17,500 islands. 00:59 - Right, and I'm sure all of them have varying, 01:02 some of 'em might have mountains, some of 'em have beaches, 01:05 only beaches, it's like a small thing. 01:08 So, it's very, 01:10 very diverse 01:13 ecologically. 01:14 - Yeah, and not all of 'em are inhabited. 01:16 And not all of 'em are islands 01:18 throughout the entire tide cycle. 01:22 Some of 'em disappear and some of 'em come back. 01:24 So, how you count them. 01:27 Anyway, so, but it like flows, that island, 01:29 its the archipelago that flows all the way from Malaysia, 01:33 all the way down up, Solomon Islands down here, 01:36 all the way up to the Philippines. 01:38 So, the Philippines and Malaysia, 01:41 and Indonesia all kind of flow together, 01:42 and it actually shares a couple islands. 01:44 Like Borneo, is shared between Indonesia and Malaysia. 01:48 And of course, Papua is shared 01:50 between Indonesia and New Guinea. 01:53 And then, the island of Timor-Leste is a little tiny island, 01:57 but the eastern half of that island is its own country, 02:00 and the western half of the island is Indonesia. 02:02 So, it's all very complex and hard to wrap your mind around. 02:05 You really need to go there to get a grasp of that area. 02:09 - And it could take you a little bit 02:10 if you're gonna go there, to go to 02:12 17,000 islands. (John laughing) 02:15 - True. 02:16 - Speaking of going to 17,000 islands, 02:18 one of the Tengkano boys did the math, 02:20 and figured out that it would take you 48 years 02:22 if you went to a different island every single day. 02:24 - Every single day? 02:25 - [Natalie] Yeah. 02:27 - 48 years worth of island hopping? 02:28 - Right. 02:29 - I'd get tired of that. 02:30 - I think everybody would. 02:31 (John laughing) 02:32 But it also brings home the point 02:33 that there's a lot of places there. 02:35 Now, like you said, not all those islands are inhabited. 02:39 But there's a lot of them that do have people living 02:42 on them that need to know Jesus. 02:44 - Yes. 02:45 And even the islands that are inhabited, it's like, 02:49 the vast majority of them, 02:52 we have no presence, 02:53 no representative of the Three Angels message. 02:57 There's a few islands, 02:59 or a few tribes in Indonesia that are Christian. 03:03 And that's where our church is strongest. 03:05 In fact, we're about in two tribes in Indonesia. 03:10 That's where we're strong. 03:12 And there are 1,300 tribes in Indonesia. 03:16 So, 2 out of 1,300, not so good. 03:20 (John sighing) - No. 03:21 That's kind of a daunting task. 03:23 But that's why we get to be a part of God's army. 03:27 Because he's in charge. 03:29 And we just do our little part, 03:31 and he makes it work for good. 03:33 - And if everybody does their little part, 03:36 then God can do his big part. 03:38 Yeah, and so. 03:40 - Okay, so we have this map. 03:41 - Mm-hmm. 03:43 We used to count the progress of the gospel by country. 03:45 But this is broken down by language. 03:48 The green part is the place that the Adventist church 03:52 has a strong church. 03:53 The yellow is the place where the Adventist church 03:56 is emerging, but it's not super strong. 03:59 And the red is the place 04:00 where there is no known work at all. 04:04 And you can see there's a lot of red. 04:06 Over 1,200 languages in which the church, 04:09 our church is not involved in, which needs to change. 04:15 - Yeah. 04:16 - Yeah. 04:17 And so, I don't know how to make a difference. 04:19 Make that change. 04:20 - No, but God does. 04:21 - God knows. 04:22 - So, as we approach Him and ask Him for help, 04:25 He will show us our little step, and after step, 04:28 after step, after step. 04:29 - Yeah. 04:30 Now, one thing I want everyone to notice is that 04:33 we talk a lot about what we're doing in the mission field. 04:37 And most ministries do because we wanna bring a good report. 04:41 But the truth is that we could also talk about 04:44 what we're not doing. 04:45 And looking at all the places that are unreached, 04:49 I hear a lot of people, when we give them a report, 04:51 they say, "Oh, God's working everywhere." 04:53 And the truth is. 04:55 - There are many places where God is working, 04:58 but we're not there to be his hands and feet. 05:01 - Exactly. 05:02 And so, there is vast stretches of God's vineyard 05:06 that have yet to be reached. 05:08 That is not really what we like to talk about. 05:11 Number one, it's hard to talk about because we don't really 05:13 have any information to talk about them. 05:16 There's no really inspiring stories coming from there 05:19 because we don't know of anything happening there. 05:23 And there's no calls from those unreached people groups 05:27 because they don't even know that we exist! 05:31 - Or that God exists- - And so. 05:32 - Or that they should even look for Him. 05:33 - Exactly. 05:34 So, that's the hardest part of anything 05:38 we have encountered in the mission field, 05:40 is just the unknown, the unreached, 05:42 the unentered tribes, the unentered areas. 05:46 So, what do you do? 05:47 I mean, I have really no clue other than to just go 05:51 and meet them. 05:54 Put your foot there, look around, 05:58 and pray, and say, "God, what can we do here?" 06:02 And it's almost overwhelming if you think that 06:06 I'm the only one or you're the only one. 06:08 Statistically, there is 6,000 unreached people groups 06:11 in the world from any Christian denomination. 06:14 6,000. 06:15 Okay? 06:17 For our church, for the Adventist church, 06:18 there's still 6,000 unreached languages 06:21 in which we have no work. 06:23 6,000! 06:24 Okay? 06:25 I'm not gonna be able to reach 6,000 in my life. 06:27 - Nope. 06:28 - And so, what do we need? 06:30 Well, number one, we need to pray. 06:32 Number two, we need revival for missions. 06:34 I believe God has preserved all these unreached 06:38 people groups for this generation. 06:41 So that we have something to do, 06:43 so that we have a cause worth dying for. 06:47 And so, it's like first thing that we can do, 06:50 it's the first thing we can do, go there and look at 'em, 06:53 and see what - [Natalie] Pray. 06:54 - They look like, and pray, 06:55 and that's what this show is about. 06:58 We have our missionary family, the Tengkanos in Indonesia. 07:02 And in this episode, they go and visit places 07:06 that don't have work. 07:08 And we're gonna kinda follow along with them. 07:10 - So, let's start with their nearby village. 07:13 - [John] Okay. 07:15 (pleasant exotic music) 07:24 (exotic music intensifies) 07:30 (people chattering) 07:31 (Indonesian laughing) 07:34 (people chattering) 07:40 (Indonesian laughing) (people chattering) 07:43 - Oh, there's, water comes in if it rains. 07:48 And he's apologizing because it's not. 07:50 (Indonesian chattering distantly) 07:51 (Ramon chuckling) 07:52 Not so pretty. 07:52 (rain pattering) 07:59 (soft exotic music) 08:00 (people chattering) 08:02 (stove switch clicking) 08:09 (pot clinking) 08:12 (people chattering) 08:13 (metal clinking) 08:17 (dramatic music) 08:20 (thunder rumbling) 08:26 (people chattering distantly) 08:28 (plates clinking) 08:29 (utensil swishing) 08:31 (fire whishing) 08:33 (people chattering) 08:35 (packs crinkling) 08:36 (soft music) 08:38 (water trickling) 08:40 (thunder roaring) 08:41 (pack crinkling) 08:42 He says cook it according to your own taste, 08:44 your own preference. (rain splattering distantly) 08:45 All right. 08:47 We didn't mean to come here to eat, 08:49 but I guess we don't wanna refuse their hospitality, 08:53 so we'll take it. 08:54 So, this is a typical 08:57 home of our neighbors. 09:00 And he goes to the field (utensils clinking) 09:02 during the day, and comes home at this time of the day. 09:05 Showing me his house. 09:07 (plate thudding softly) (utensils clinking) 09:08 It needs a lot of work. 09:09 (thunder rumbling) 09:11 A lot of repair. (utensils clinking) 09:12 (thunder rumbling) (rains splattering) 09:14 So, they're all happy knowing that 09:17 we're gonna have like a clinic, 09:18 and a music school, and a barber shop for the people. 09:24 Hopefully, it gets done soon, so we can start serving them. 09:28 Providing free haircuts to them. 09:32 They can probably save, 09:36 I don't know, $2 in a month. 09:40 That's a lot for them. 09:42 (appliance clicking distantly) 09:43 The man gets a haircut like every few months. 09:49 (utensils clinking) 09:49 If we give them a service, 09:50 (utensils clinking) 09:52 they're so excited. 09:53 For them to serve us with this, 09:57 I'm guessing it's probably too expensive. 10:03 (thunder roaring) 10:06 (Ramon chattering distantly) 10:12 (Indonesian speaking in foreign language) 10:13 (Indonesian laughing) 10:15 (Indonesian speaking in foreign language) 10:16 (people speaking in foreign language) 10:20 (rain splattering) 10:21 Well, this is a typical hospitality extended to guests. 10:24 (people speaking in foreign language) 10:25 (Indonesians laughing) 10:26 There's no plan for them to receive guests, 10:28 we just came in suddenly, 10:30 and then this is what they made for us. 10:34 We went to the kitchen, I saw that's already cooked. 10:37 I'm guessing that was probably their dinner. 10:39 And then we came. 10:41 But we'll have to accept their hospitality 10:44 when they offer something, 10:45 we just take it, okay. (soft emotional music) 10:46 Even though it's not really convenient. 10:48 (emotional music intensifies) 10:54 (Indonesian speaking in foreign language) 10:55 (Indonesian laughing distantly) 10:57 (Indonesian speaking in foreign language) 11:00 - That's cool. 11:01 So, they went to visit somebody they didn't know. 11:03 And the people provided them hospitality. 11:07 You never know what you're gonna find 11:09 or who you're gonna find. 11:10 And that's one of the biggest joys of going into 11:11 an unentered area, is meeting people 11:14 and finding friends! 11:15 - It speaks to me 'cause the people didn't know 11:17 they were coming, and yet they insisted on feeding them. 11:21 And like he was saying, "They're very poor, 11:23 maybe a couple of dollars they get a day, 11:26 maybe, maybe a couple a week," 11:28 I don't know, but it's like very, very poor. 11:31 And their home is in such poor shape, 11:34 they were apologizing. 11:36 It's really heartbreaking, 11:38 when you go and see some of these places, 11:39 and you you realize how people live so close to starvation 11:43 in many places. 11:45 - I was there in 2007, and I visited a house, 11:49 I wanted to film somebody making food, cooking lunch. 11:53 And so, I was able to go in there, I had my interpreter, 11:55 or a friend that was interpreting for me. 11:59 And when I left, I spent probably an hour there. 12:02 Filmed them cooking and then eating. 12:04 And when I left, I gave them $10, just as a thank you. 12:10 They were shocked. 12:11 And my interpreter says, 12:12 "Oh, that's gonna take care of that whole family 12:14 for a week." 12:16 And I'm like, "Whoa, that's amazing." 12:20 - Yeah. 12:21 So, one of the things that Ramon mentioned 12:22 when he was talking there 12:24 as he was cooking was the barbershop. 12:26 So that's what this next video is about. 12:29 - [John] Okay. 12:32 (airy music) 12:33 (birds twittering distantly) 12:35 - Well, this is the little property that we have, 12:36 just not so far from where we are, the studio. 12:39 (birds twittering distantly) 12:40 (Ramon speaking in foreign language) 12:41 Actually, we bought this a long time ago, 12:42 but it was really nothing (pleasant music) 12:43 (birds twittering distantly) 12:44 in this area. 12:46 I would say eight years ago. 12:48 (wind whooshing) 12:50 Now, they put a road, (cement tapping) 12:52 The villagers here have been asking myself 12:55 to do something, so, 12:57 but for the benefit (cement swishing) 12:58 of the people here. 13:01 And then, we just thought about doing something, 13:03 and then Daniel and I, 13:05 my son, we thought about 13:09 making a barbershop. 13:12 - What come up to my mind is, 13:14 nowadays you have to be creative in reaching out to people, 13:19 especially in a country like mine where 13:23 (Indonesian speaking in foreign language distantly) 13:24 most of the people are Muslims, 13:25 especially the biggest Muslim population in the country. 13:28 And the question is like, how do we reach out to people 13:32 who are already prejudiced about our beliefs? 13:35 People who think that we want to Christianize them 13:38 when we wanna reach out to them. 13:40 Sometimes, like, every time we have a ministry, 13:44 people in my place would, at least in my country, 13:47 would have like a thought that, 13:50 "Do you think that your religion is better? 13:53 That you want to Christianize me or something?" 13:56 But me and 13:58 my team, we just wanna give out something like, 14:02 something simple, basic needs of people, 14:04 which is like cutting hair. 14:07 (hair clipper buzzing) 14:10 (Daniel speaking in foreign language) 14:12 - [Translator] Well, the mission in this project 14:13 is to show the people through actions that we work with God. 14:17 And where if we do the work, 14:18 God has trusted to us with all our heart, 14:20 it can be an example 14:22 to others for them to follow. (people chattering distantly) 14:23 And here, we also learn to serve the people 14:25 who can't afford to go to the city and get a haircut, 14:28 so we help, and we learn to give them our best, 14:31 even if it's free. 14:33 Even though some may not want 14:35 to have a free haircut because they're shy. 14:37 So if they want, they can pay with what they can afford. 14:40 (Daniel speaking in foreign language) 14:42 - They actually do know 14:44 why do we like do all these things, and they love it. 14:47 They can't wait for (chuckling) 14:49 the new barbershop, actually. 14:50 They keep asking, "When is it gonna open?" 14:52 And we said like, "As soon as possible, 14:54 that's why we're trying to learn as fast as we can." 14:57 (Indonesians speaking in foreign language) 15:02 - Okay. (laughing) 15:06 - Well, that's a fun way for them to get involved 15:09 with the locals 15:10 by operating that service- - Scary way for me. 15:11 - Yeah, it's true, 15:12 it is scary. (John chuckling) 15:13 'Cause even I only cut your hair, 15:15 I used to cut the kids' hair, 15:17 but now I only do yours, and it's still scary, 15:19 like what if I make a mess of your hair, 15:21 then we'll have to go find somebody else to fix it. 15:23 - Well, at least you don't have 15:25 a lot to cut. (Natalie chuckling) 15:25 But anyway. 15:27 - But yeah, it's such a blessing though, to look at, 15:30 they're just thinking and praying, 15:33 what kind of service can we offer? 15:34 How can we connect with our neighbors better? 15:36 And then they come up 15:38 with the idea of a barbershop, and so. 15:39 - If they have prejudices against Christianity, 15:42 then they get to know Christians. 15:44 A lot of 'em don't know any Christians. 15:46 So, they get to know Christians that breaks down 15:48 those barriers, those walls. 15:50 - Yep. 15:51 (John chuckling) 15:52 - So this next part, we're going traveling. 15:55 We're going to a different place, 15:56 and what is the name of that place? 15:58 - Yogyakarta. 15:59 - Okay. 16:00 - It's farther east, 16:01 and it's its own like autonomous region. 16:04 - Okay. 16:05 (pleasant music) 16:14 - Okay. 16:15 (Pastor Panjaitan speaking in foreign language) 16:17 - [Translator] Yogyakarta has a population of three million 16:20 people with four counties 16:24 and one city. 16:27 (Pastor Panjaitan speaking in foreign language) 16:28 The whole greater Yogyakarta, 16:29 there are about four churches 16:31 and one Sabbath school branch 16:34 with the members reach up to 350 people. 16:39 (Pastor Panjaitan speaking in foreign language) 16:40 The work of the church started in 1939, 16:45 according to the church history here. 16:47 And from that year until now, we only have four churches 16:51 in Yogyakarta, in the whole province. 16:54 And this Timobel church is the first one, 16:57 the mother church in Yogyakarta. 16:59 (Pastor Panjaitan speaking in foreign language) 17:02 It's a vast area. 17:04 The work at the Gospel ministry needs some breakthroughs. 17:09 (Pastor Panjaitan speaking in foreign language) 17:12 So many members are not active for whatever reasons. 17:17 Maybe for work or other situations. 17:20 And the people who are staying here permanently, 17:23 the residents are really not active. 17:26 The ones that are active 17:27 are the ones coming here temporarily. 17:29 And when they're done with their school, 17:31 or they're stationed here temporarily, 17:34 and then they move back, so this keeps rotating. 17:37 So, the human resources are the challenge here. 17:41 The place is vast, and the opportunity are so many, 17:45 but the willingness to serve quite limited. 17:48 This is the challenge of the church here 17:50 in this Yogyakarta area. 17:52 So, for decades here, we only have four churches. 17:57 This is considered very, very slow, but we're optimistic. 18:09 - That's really challenging. 18:11 300 active members for three million people. 18:14 That's a hundred thousand people per believer. 18:17 That's overwhelming. 18:19 At least there's a church there. 18:21 There's something. 18:22 - But it's a large area. 18:24 So, it's like how close are those four churches 18:27 to all those people? 18:30 What kind of distance would someone have to travel to go to 18:32 one of those churches? 18:33 To find out about that church. 18:35 - That's the key. 18:36 - To meet an Adventist. 18:37 To meet a Christian. 18:38 How far would they have to travel? 18:40 - Right. 18:40 Do they even know they're there? 18:43 Huge challenge, and this is where we're like, 18:45 look, there's so many places we look and say, 18:47 "Okay, what can we do?" 18:49 What can we do? 18:51 'Cause what if we don't do anything? 18:52 Will anybody else do something? 18:54 A lot of people will say that, 18:55 "Well, it's not my responsibility, 18:57 somebody else will do something, I'm sure." 18:59 And everybody says that. 19:00 And so, what happens? 19:01 Nothing ends up getting done! 19:03 - So, one of the things we have to pray about, 19:06 and this is an opportunity that we've been given. 19:09 That we haven't been able to follow up on, 19:12 is an airport there. 19:13 - Yes. 19:15 Somebody donated, so we were able to purchase an airplane 19:17 in hopes of developing an aviation program. 19:20 And it's all about relationships there. 19:22 So, he's been spending the last couple years 19:24 developing relationships, and now doors are opening. 19:27 And in this area, we've been told by the powers that be 19:33 that we can use a runway free of cost in that area, 19:38 near a populated zone, 19:39 if we just fix up the building 19:40 that is kind of dilapidated there at the runway. 19:44 So that's pretty exciting. 19:45 - All right, let's watch the video. 19:47 - Okay. 19:48 (emotional music) 19:50 - We are in south coast of Java Island. 19:54 Still in the province of Yogyakarta. 19:56 There's this village here, it's called Depok Village. 20:01 Talking to people around here, they seem to be 20:05 one of the neglected villages on the province. 20:09 And I always thought about doing something 20:12 for people in this province, 20:14 and it so happened that we have aviation program now. 20:18 And we're able to land here particularly. 20:21 And the landing strip is actually just behind us. 20:24 (plane door thuds) 20:25 It's right along the coastline. 20:28 (wind whooshing) 20:29 See, the thing is, people, the hobby pilots, 20:32 people who like to fly here on the weekends only, 20:36 I've spoken to some of them, that the reason why 20:39 we acquired an airplane is not only 20:42 to fly as a hobby, I like to do something with the airplane. 20:46 Reach out people who are otherwise 20:48 (waves whooshing distantly) 20:49 neglected in a way. 20:51 So, this is probably one of the cases 20:53 that I'd be interested in doing, developing. 20:56 (waves whooshing distantly) 20:57 As I've spoken to some people, there's yeah, 20:59 there's a great need to develop the area to become 21:02 more commercial, touristy, so people from outside 21:05 can come and spend time here, 21:12 and with their hopes 21:13 to have this to become like a tourist destination. 21:18 It already is in a way. 21:19 They collect retributions from outsiders 21:22 when they pull in with a car with the motorcycles. 21:25 But it doesn't seem to be enough. 21:29 I've asked if there is any schools or clinic, 21:34 (motorcycle revving distantly) 21:35 it's pretty much absent here other than the basic ones. 21:39 They have elementary school here locally. 21:42 But that's about it. 21:44 People are generally fishermen. 21:48 Even that, really, 21:50 with the sea condition like this, they have to come home 21:54 by like four in the afternoon. 21:56 And ideally, if you want to go fish, 21:59 you have to go fishing all night, 22:00 but this sea condition, the south coast of Java 22:03 is known to be mystical. 22:05 Fishermen, having a hard time 22:07 to make ends meet, just doing fishing. 22:11 People here, they say they feel like they're neglected 22:14 by the government. 22:15 It's has been proven by the fact 22:17 that there's no major industries here coming in. 22:21 It's just like, there's really nothing, 22:23 they got really nothing to offer. 22:25 (wind whooshing) 22:26 They've offered myself several things 22:29 to generate income with. 22:33 But I'm more into just, I don't know, 22:37 maybe providing service, and inviting people 22:43 to share, so these people can create traffic. 22:46 They have income. 22:47 They see people from outside, 22:50 and the outside people can come in. 22:52 And we can start doing something. 22:54 (emotional music intensifies) 22:58 (emotional music softens) 22:59 - That's exciting. 23:00 - Yeah. 23:01 What an opportunity. 23:02 - It's a beautiful runway. 23:03 - Yeah. 23:04 - And beautiful location! 23:05 - Yeah, it's interesting about the ocean though, 23:07 that they have to come in by four. 23:09 - Yeah. 23:10 I'd like to learn more about that. 23:12 - Yeah. 23:13 - But see, these are things that, when you just talk 23:15 about the unreached, it's like this cloud, 23:17 but when you go there, you start finding out, oh, 23:20 there's a beach, and it looks like that. 23:21 And oh, there's an airstrip, and oh, 23:23 there's hardly any schooling there, 23:26 and start learn- - Right, 23:28 some of the challenges that they're dealing with 23:29 in their daily lives. 23:30 - You start learning a little bit about 'em, 23:32 you have a little more traction in your prayer. 23:34 It's like start being able to think, okay, 23:37 I see them now, I see that place now, 23:40 I can start praying that. 23:41 And so, this is something, 23:43 this is like one step towards getting to know 23:46 and entering the unreached, but it's hard work. 23:49 - Right, right. 23:51 Right, but prayers are so important 23:52 because that's how doors open. 23:54 So that's how anything's gonna happen 23:56 at that airstrip is gonna be because of a lot of prayer. 24:01 A lot of prayer- - But the truth is, 24:02 we really don't need to go there for ourselves. 24:04 - No- - There's nothing 24:06 in it for us. 24:07 We could stay doing what we've been doing just fine. 24:09 - Yeah, and Tengkanos are quite busy 24:10 doing what they're doing. 24:11 - [John] Very busy. 24:13 - But there's people who could know about Jesus. 24:17 - And so, it's like that existential, that like 24:20 abstract concept that there's people out there 24:22 that don't have access to the gospel, 24:24 that's just like, 24:25 it's the silent voices that are the loudest. 24:28 Keep calling to us. 24:30 It's like, we can't hear them, we don't see any email, 24:33 "Hey, please come to Macedonia." 24:37 But they're there, we know they're there. 24:40 And so, it's like, how do we get there? 24:43 - So this next video, he's downtown 24:45 in the big city at night. 24:47 - [John] Okay. 24:48 (pleasant piano music) 24:50 - We're in the middle (car whooshing distantly) 24:51 of a city named Yogyakarta. 24:54 The city is (atmosphere humming) 24:55 an old city, it has centuries 24:58 worth of history. (objects clinking distantly) 25:00 One part of Indonesia that's never really been colonized. 25:03 (vehicle revving distantly) 25:04 I'm always happy to be back here in the city 25:06 because even my previous life 25:09 (citizen chattering distantly) 25:10 before we became missionaries, 25:11 my family and I, we used to come here a lot. 25:15 And I spent good amount of time here, 25:17 coming here, having businesses, having contacts. 25:20 (atmosphere humming) 25:21 And so, I had tears and joy 25:23 connected with the city. (exotic music playing) 25:25 Now, I feel the burden of being sent here in the city 25:31 simply because our television, HCBN Indonesia, 25:34 we hardly, I would even say never have any respondents 25:40 coming from this whole city. 25:44 And the city has 3.5, I think million population. 25:47 And we're not getting 25:50 any one responding viewer (atmosphere humming) 25:52 from this whole area. 25:53 Statistically, I think 60% of Indonesia's population 25:57 actually live here in this island. 25:59 (people chattering distantly) 26:00 60% of 260 something million people, 26:03 60% of those live here in this island. 26:06 And then, this middle part of the island, in this Yogyakarta 26:08 in the central Java, 26:10 has the highest number of Christianity 26:14 amongst all the rest of the west and the east of Java. 26:16 Just so happened (atmosphere humming) 26:17 that our aircraft is being placed 26:19 here in this city. (people chattering distantly) 26:20 One of the military air base is here. 26:22 I feel like God is bringing me back here 26:26 to the city to do something about the absence 26:29 of our presence here. (atmosphere humming) 26:31 But we're finding ways to reach out to people, 26:33 whether it's through cycling, through barbershop, 26:35 through aviation, or even just hangin' out, meeting, 26:39 look at how many people are here at night. 26:43 There's gotta be something. 26:44 The city is actually called "City of Students" 26:46 because there's a huge presence of universities. 26:50 And so many people (vehicles revving distantly) 26:52 from younger age, younger generation, 26:55 they have a culture of hangin' out. 26:57 (motorcycles revving) 26:58 Even if it goes to like midnight, 27:00 so many young people actively just doing things 27:03 on the streets. 27:05 So, how do we attract them? 27:07 How do we get them to come to see Jesus? 27:10 That's the key. 27:12 But I think God is really 27:13 gonna start something up (motorcycle revving) 27:15 in this whole region. 27:17 Hopefully we get there, 27:18 and can bring the love of Jesus soon to them. 27:22 (pleasant piano music intensifies) 27:24 (pleasant piano music softens) 27:26 - So now, we have a visual image of mostly unreached city. 27:29 - Yeah. 27:30 - So, we can think about that when we pray, 27:33 those people walking past. 27:35 - Right. 27:36 - We can lift them up in prayer. 27:37 - Right. 27:38 I would like to invite you to pray 27:40 for the people of Yogyakarta and the rest of Indonesia, 27:43 there is so much need. 27:45 And if you would like to be involved, 27:47 (soft music) 27:48 please contact us at Jesus for Asia. 27:49 PO Box 1221 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 27:55 Call us at 423-413-7321. 28:00 Or visit our website at jesus4sia.org. 28:04 May God richly bless you, 28:05 until we see you next time on "Jesus for Asia Now." 28:08 (triumphant music) |
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