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Series Code: MTK
Program Code: MTK000006A
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00:05 - [Mary] We've caught up in the church 00:06 and I've always been somewhat involved in outreach. 00:10 But how can we get involved in missions overseas? 00:13 My name is Mary. 00:15 - [Lillian] And I'm Lillian. 00:16 We wanted to find out. 00:18 Join us on our journey 00:20 (bhang) 00:21 to discover the culture, the lifestyle, 00:25 the need, and the mission into 00:28 a Southeast Asia's least reach countries. 00:31 - [Mary] Welcome to Mission Trek. 00:38 - Welcome to Mission track. 00:39 - In the last episode, 00:41 we visited a school on the border of Burma. 00:43 While we were there, 00:45 we were able to go to a local village with a dentist 00:47 and watch him help the villagers. 00:48 - Now we will be traveling to Gail Haberkam's Clinic 00:52 in the mountains where she ministers to the current people. 00:55 Thankfully, Mary Ann was feeling a lot better 00:57 and she was able to travel with us. 01:00 - Gayle's a nurse who lives in the mountains of Thailand 01:02 at a village that takes five hours to get to by truck. 01:05 And we had the privilege of visiting her. 01:11 - So we're on our way up to Auntie Gayle's place, 01:13 we're gonna be there for a few days 01:15 and really exciting we're riding in this truck all of us. 01:20 So really warm outside 01:24 and we get all squished. 01:27 This is Auntie Gayle's truck. 01:29 We were wondering why such a small sweet lady 01:32 would need such a big tough truck. 01:34 But we soon found out, the road to her house is rough 01:38 and steep and it's much steeper in real life 01:41 than it looks in the video. 01:43 Basically, we are riding back track, 01:47 we've had a lot of steep corners and stuff. 01:51 Yeah, for these little things, 01:53 this so dusty. 01:56 It's like you pass these trucks 01:59 and you're like this far away from haven, 02:02 so that is not good. 02:04 (gentle music) 02:16 These roads are rough from the dry season. 02:18 But in the rainy season, 02:20 all the dust and dirt turns into deep, slippery mud. 02:23 (gentle music) 02:28 When the truck won't make it, they take a motorbike. 02:30 But even that can be a lot of hard work. 02:33 (gentle piano music) 02:39 Auntie Gayle and BletJhw, 02:40 tell us about how the Lord protected them 02:42 during rainy season. 02:43 (gentle piano music) 02:46 They were driving down this very corner 02:48 when they found that it was covered in slick mud. 02:52 - [BletJhw] Lilyann doesn't look very steep in the camera, 02:54 how does it feel in real life? 02:55 - It's like this. 02:58 - [Auntie Gayile] And the mud had washed all down the road 03:00 as we turn this corner, 03:02 there was no other way but the truck just slid 03:05 out of control sideways right towards that precipice. 03:09 - [Lilyann] This is where they ended up, 03:11 right at the edge of a steep cliff. 03:13 - Here we go out of control here. 03:15 Sideways. 03:18 It's all loose right here. 03:21 It was all loose. 03:23 And our back wheel was just right here on the edge. 03:27 - [Lilyann] Auntie Gayle had the courage to take pictures, 03:29 even though she was in a very stressful situation. 03:33 - You can imagine, once you've lost traction 03:36 and your truck is out of control, 03:38 how fast you've come around that corner. 03:40 It's only the Angel of the Lord that stopped us. 03:43 Because here we go around and what did you say? 03:46 - Lord, help, help, help. 03:48 - Like Peter, Lord, help, help help. 03:52 And everybody was quiet because we thought 03:54 soon we'd be going down over this way off the cliff. 03:58 And then it just suddenly stopped right there 04:01 before going over the side. 04:04 Stop for no reason. 04:05 (motorbike engine roaring) 04:07 - Did you feel like if you moved 04:08 it might start moving again? - Yeah. 04:11 And then we got out of the track to to survey our situation. 04:15 And you just wanna fall down, 04:16 you can't keep your shoes on, was so slick. 04:19 You can't even hardly stand up, 04:21 we just struggled in the rain and the mud everywhere. 04:25 And finally, 04:28 we got out praise the Lord, 04:30 miracle after miracle on these roads. 04:34 - We continue driving for another few hours. 04:36 MaryAnne was stuck in the cab 04:38 because she was still recovering from her bad cold. 04:41 It's amazing to think how much time on to Gayle 04:43 and BletJhw spend on these roads. 04:46 She is often taking sick people 04:47 into the hospital to get treatment. 04:49 Sometimes they leave in the morning 04:51 and don't get home until late at night. 04:53 Other times there is a mudslide or road construction, 04:56 and they have to turn around halfway to the hospital 04:58 and try different routes. 05:00 As the sun falls behind the hills, 05:02 we pull into her driveway. 05:04 We're here at Auntie Gayle's 05:06 and it was about four and a half hour ride 05:09 and back the truck, very bumpy, very dusty, 05:12 everything got really dusty. 05:14 Anyway, so we're here and it's really, really nice building. 05:18 We're working on making supper. 05:20 As soon as we got here, 05:21 there's two who are waiting to be seen 05:24 and then another guy came in 05:25 and there's like a family out there waiting. 05:28 So he's been gone all day 05:29 so people have been waiting to see her. 05:30 So she's really busy right now. 05:34 This man had cut his toe with a machete 05:37 and BletJhw washed the wound 05:38 and then auntie Gayle put some stitches in. 05:46 This little boy had been rushed to the hospital last month 05:49 for an appendicitis and he's come back for a checkup. 05:53 After all the pain he experienced and his brush with death, 05:56 he's all happy now. 06:01 - I have a good job. 06:05 - Early the next morning, we piled in the truck again 06:08 and headed out to a village. 06:10 On the way we stopped at the one place in the whole area 06:13 where she can get cell phone service. 06:15 And I had some questions for her. 06:17 What village are we going to today? 06:19 - Today we're going to go to the Nyalagory, 06:21 It is a village maybe 35 homes. 06:25 And I call it the village of children. 06:27 Because there's least 30 children in this village. 06:31 There's a small school it goes through grade four, 06:34 but the teachers really don't teach them much 06:36 and sometimes they're in school, sometimes they're not in, 06:38 so it's kind of free. 06:40 I hope today that the children are free 06:42 because I dearly love the children. 06:45 And I want to help them in their life 06:47 because many of the children, 06:48 their parents pay no attention to them. 06:51 They grow up going from home to home trying to find food. 06:55 Their parents are running around trying to find jobs 06:58 so they can earn some money so they can buy opium, 07:00 and then they're so addicted to opiums. 07:02 Many Nyalelogory is also the village of opium. 07:06 Many of them may mine that becomes heroin then. 07:09 And then they're incapable 07:11 they can't take care of their homes, 07:12 they can't take care of their gardens 07:14 and their children especially. 07:16 And so maybe the grandmother raises them, there's two twins, 07:18 you'll see today, I hope. 07:20 And the mother, the grandmother raises them, 07:22 their parents are always gone. 07:24 And sometimes I'll go in there 07:26 and I'll see her with a big bamboo pipe 07:29 and she put the opium in there and smoke, they smoke opium. 07:33 So it's really sad. 07:35 - Whether they use you before you came, 07:36 and then could get really sick? 07:38 - Well, some people own motorbikes, 07:39 and they can go to the nearest clinic, 07:41 which is two hours away. 07:42 But many of them are just at home and died. 07:46 And one lady a long time ago that we treated 07:49 while we were doing the hot foot bath and taking care of her 07:52 she was like amazed and she says, 07:54 "You're doing something to make me well? 07:56 "I feel better already." 07:58 And she says, "We just when we get sick, 08:00 "we just stayed home and we just wait to die. 08:02 "We're just gonna die." 08:03 So that's just what our lot they kind of call it, 08:08 it's my Lord. 08:09 - Oh wow! 08:10 (gentle music) 08:15 We're on our way now to a village this morning, 08:17 we're she's gonna do some medical things 08:20 and have a worship and stuff with the children 08:22 in the village and Marry Ann is feeling a lot better 08:25 this morning, she says but, 08:28 she didn't want to push herself. 08:30 She stayed back at the clinic is gonna have to 08:34 endure another bumpy ride there and back. 08:39 But it should be good. 08:42 These mountains are filled with little villages 08:44 that don't have access to health care or the Gospel. 08:48 Gayle can get to a few. 08:49 But dreams one day of many clinics and missionaries 08:53 ministering to villages like this one. 08:55 The house that we're going to today 08:57 is at the top of the hill. 09:00 I'm a little nervous right now. 09:03 I feel like I'm walking into a missionary storybook 09:05 with an open fire for cooking, bamboo walls, 09:08 dirty wood floors, lots of people and a sick little baby. 09:13 - This baby is just a little over two months old. 09:16 And at first she was too sick, 09:18 the mother couldn't to take care of it 09:19 because this is the lady that's had eight babies. 09:22 And so every time she gets very deathly sick one time, 09:26 we barely saved her life and took her to the hospital. 09:28 This time, she was sick again very badly 09:33 so she couldn't nurse her baby, we brought her formula. 09:36 And a baby bottle that was great because this grandma 09:39 had been trying to feed the baby by chewing the rice 09:42 and spitting it out and giving it to the baby. 09:45 And that's what kept it alive at first 09:47 until we got the formula here. 09:49 And then it did really well. 09:51 Now it seems like she's got some milk 09:53 so but the babies are all sick, 09:54 it's got diarrhea, and symbolized in the diarrhea, 09:57 a fever, intermittently, and congestion, runny nose, 10:03 and that kind of stuff. 10:04 So we're going to take care of the baby, 10:07 here's some medicine. 10:09 Make sure they have what they need. 10:14 - She begins to visit 10:15 by caring for the sick and the hurting. 10:18 - He has fever a few days ago and then the last two days, 10:22 seemed like he was getting better, 10:23 but just today it started to have a fever again. 10:27 - She provides this service and medicine free of charge, 10:30 which shows the people that she really cares about them, 10:33 that opens their hearts be willing to listen 10:35 to her talk about God and share stories from the Bible. 10:40 - We give it Vitamin B12 and the vitamin B complex shots 10:43 to these people, their back pain is better 10:46 and their knee pain is better. 10:49 Everything seems to go better. 10:50 They really think the shots are valuable. 10:54 So if we don't have them 10:57 it's really sad. 11:00 And really, it does do a lot of good because mostly 11:02 their body isn't in absorbing the vitamins well. 11:06 And so that can cause 11:09 problems, especially if they get numb or tingling or achy 11:14 and arms or legs, lower legs 11:17 can usually be a vitamin deficiency. 11:21 We give so many shots, so many. 11:25 - So that's just a vitamin B12 shots? 11:27 - Ahaa! 11:28 This one is the B12. 11:31 (gentle music) 11:43 - After she gave her shots, we always break the needle. 11:48 Because a lot of people sometimes they came 11:50 and they ask for the needle 11:52 because he wants to use for the opium to put in their veins. 11:56 So we always break the needle. 11:59 - [Man] Can you tell who in this house is on opium? 12:02 - I'm sure that the lady that own this house, 12:07 she used opium, and other people. 12:11 - [Man] The boy sitting in the doorway with blue is he? 12:14 - I'm not sure about him. 12:16 But most, almost all they use once a while or many times. 12:22 Some are really addicted, some are not very. 12:24 Probably safe to say at least 80% of people are using opium. 12:29 (gentle music) 12:30 (foreign language) 12:39 - Is he swollen at all? 12:41 (gentle music) 12:44 - Not really a lot of people have come but those have come 12:48 she's treated them and it's just cool to watch her 12:52 check on them and stuff. 12:54 And tonight we're gonna have worship, 12:55 and a lot of kids have come, a few kids have come, so yeah. 13:01 (singing in foreign language) 13:32 - Today I wanna talk about the Bible. 13:36 It's talking about the man that wrote this book. 13:38 And it says that the Lord put Words in his mouth. 13:42 (foreign language) 13:47 And do you see Philip here has something he's reading, 13:49 this is the Bible. 13:51 (foreign language) 13:57 It's here, it's here. (foreign language) 13:58 He obeyed and make changes is life to be like Jesus. 14:03 And so I'm going to tell you, it's so important to pray 14:07 because even more important than the breath that we can take 14:11 is to pray and talk to God. 14:14 (foreign language) 14:19 It's a great work that I have here. 14:21 The Lord knows just where to put you, 14:23 to suit your personality and your strength 14:26 and your capabilities 14:27 and whatever capabilities you don't have, 14:29 because you never feel adequate. 14:31 The Lord will give you what you need. 14:34 And you know, I'm the most fortunate person in the world 14:38 because I have the very best job of anybody. 14:41 Because I get to meet people and help them physically 14:44 and that makes it reach to their heart 14:47 so I can help them understand more about God. 14:50 And I get to tell people about God every day, 14:53 some that never heard before. 14:55 So this is the biggest joy you can ever have 14:59 this side of heaven. 15:01 (gentle piano music) 15:13 - We're here in Las Utah for worship this evening. 15:16 And we're at Dupei's house. 15:20 He and his wife were the first people 15:21 that had been baptized. 15:22 So we're gonna have worship here and get to meet them 15:26 because we've heard their story, and so that's cool. 15:30 (foreign language) 15:33 This is Dupei, the story goes that he was addicted to opium 15:37 so bad that he tried to kill himself. 15:39 Gayle helped to save his life and now he and his wife 15:42 are the first ones to have been baptized 15:43 as a result of Auntie Gayle's ministry. 15:46 (singing in foreign language) 15:56 - So then Rahab let those men down on that cord. 15:58 outside the city and then ran into the jungle. 16:02 (foreign language) 16:06 (singing in foreign language) 16:12 (foreign language) 16:16 - Auntie Gayle is practicing her language skills with Dupei. 16:19 (foreign language) 16:31 - Well, it's good for me just to talk and figure out 16:33 if they understand and try the new words out. 16:38 And I get to talk to many people. 16:40 Sometimes BletJhw is gone. 16:42 He has to be gone, and I just stay here. 16:46 And then sometimes many patient one day 33 patients, 16:52 all by myself. 16:53 And I know as soon as BletJhw comes, 16:56 the difficult patient comes where I need a big history. 16:59 And I don't know how to ask ask that why he's gone, 17:02 every patient I can... 17:03 I know I've done it right, you know. 17:05 So that's God because you know, 17:07 I'm very slow on this language. 17:10 It's a struggle for me, I keep on trying 17:12 and don't give up and... 17:15 - Sitting in the back of the truck for five hours 17:17 was so tiring. 17:19 It was such a bumpy ride and it was hot and sunny. 17:22 And all of us and our stuff got all covered with dust. 17:25 It sounds really uncomfortable. 17:27 - Yeah. 17:28 - I had to ride in the truck because I was sick. 17:29 But you guys look kind of miserable right there. 17:32 - Yeah. 17:33 - It's hard to imagine 17:34 how much of Gayle's life is traveling. 17:36 Like, it's good that she has a truck at least. 17:39 - Yeah. 17:40 - And the hills are so steep. 17:41 - I can't imagine in rainy season traveling like-- 17:45 - Yeah, in rainy season, she has to go and buy motorbike 17:47 or she has the hiking, which takes about 12 hours. 17:50 Or sometimes she can even get in there. 17:52 - Wow. 17:53 - But thankfully, the next day 17:55 I was well enough to go with you guys to the next village. 17:58 - Yes, that was such a fun experience, 18:00 been in the village and seen her help the people 18:02 was so inspiring. 18:03 Like she's dedicated her whole life to this. 18:05 - Yeah and she's like the happiest person. 18:07 - I know, she's so much fun, yes (laughing). 18:11 The second day, after breakfast, 18:13 we headed out in the truck for a 20 minute drive. 18:17 (gentle piano music) 18:19 This morning, the air is actually cool. 18:22 So we had to wear sweaters. 18:23 We didn't expect it to be cold in Thailand, 18:26 but we're pretty high in the mountains. 18:28 We didn't have to drive as much as yesterday. 18:30 But even a short drive is an adventure here. 18:33 Auntie Gayle doesn't just sit at home, 18:35 waiting for the people to come to her. 18:37 She goes out looking for them, 18:39 bringing light and healing into their homes. 18:41 We arrived in the village and went straight to the house 18:44 where Auntie Gayle always goes. 18:46 It's a very different way of life than we're used to, 18:48 but the lady of the house welcomed us with a smile. 18:51 - We're in LA Glah village. 18:54 And Anuntie Gayle or as they call her, Tharamu, 18:58 comes here every Thursday, 19:00 usually to treat the sick and have worship with the people. 19:05 So we came with her. 19:08 Like what they did yesterday. 19:11 - [Man] How was the ride? 19:12 - It was so fun! 19:14 It was epic. - Epic. 19:16 (laughing) 19:17 - We stood in the back. 19:19 - We were truck surfing holding on to the roof. 19:22 - They've been doing it 19:23 like the whole time they've been riding 19:25 but that was the first time I got 19:26 to stand in the back. - It's the best way 19:27 to ride in the back, 19:28 because usually you just bump, 19:30 And so we found out that if you stand up its 19:32 a lot easier. - Your knees take all of it. 19:34 - Yeah. - Instead of your back. 19:37 - The first thing we did was just hang out 19:39 and wait for the people to show up. 19:41 Life is not in a hurry here 19:43 and people take time to connect with each other. 19:46 Then Gayle and BletJhw treat all the people's ailments. 19:50 (foreign language) 19:57 - She wants shots. 19:59 Knee pain, lower back pain, side pain. 20:03 (foreign language) 20:06 - Gayle takes this opportunity 20:08 to teach my little sister some nursing techniques. 20:11 - Go slow, we just keep that cap on kinda sideways 20:14 and drop it down. 20:15 Wow, that's good, you wanna come with me? 20:17 I'll teach you how to give it but I'll give it. 20:21 - [Lilyann] After that is finished, 20:23 she begins telling a Bible story. 20:26 - Because he loved every person so very much, 20:29 he gave everything to the people 20:31 that would help be well and be happy. 20:35 - After a few hours, we headed home. 20:37 We were sad to leave, 20:38 but we still had a few questions to ask Auntie Gayle. 20:44 (gentle piano music) 20:48 We're here to talk with Auntie Gayle and BletJhw. 20:52 And we're just curious 20:53 about what life is like for them here. 20:55 - How did you guys come to work here and BeYoTa? 20:57 - It's a long story. 21:00 First of all, my boys and I came here 21:02 to be missionaries at the border 21:05 for three months. 21:07 And so when that three months was up, 21:09 we'd fallen in love with the Korean people, 21:11 my boys and I want to stay. 21:13 So we stayed at that school 21:14 and didn't go back to America for 10 months. 21:17 And at the end of 10 months, 21:18 there was so many missionaries at that school, 21:21 we felt like God wanted us to go somewhere else, 21:24 where there people really needed to find the Lord. 21:28 And so we prayed a lot about it. 21:31 And actually BletJhw and my son found this village for us, 21:37 and come back and thought it was really great place. 21:40 And we really prayed about it. 21:41 I came too and but we didn't know 21:44 that then three things happen, as we were praying 21:48 that showed is clearly God want us to come here. 21:52 And that is one thing is, 21:54 somebody donated us enough money to buy track. 21:57 And when we found the four wheel track, simply in one day, 22:01 actually in two hours, 22:03 people sometimes take months, they can't find one, 22:06 and it was the exact money that we've been donated. 22:08 - Oh, wow! 22:09 - So all this is the hand of God, you know. 22:12 And then the next thing also, 22:15 we found out that there is 50 villages around the BiYoTa, 22:19 and many of them never even heard the name of Jesus. 22:22 And so then we really wanted to come. 22:26 And then the best thing, 22:31 (laughing) the third thing that happened, 22:34 that showed us it was God's will, 22:35 is he felt God calling him to come and work with us. 22:38 So we really needed him, 22:40 to help us with the culture and of course in talking, 22:43 and so many things, so many things. 22:46 So it's really important to know, 22:49 it's God's way of whatever you're doing, 22:51 you really must know, and must plead with God and find out. 22:55 Because otherwise, when trials come which they came, 22:57 so many better things and agony of things, 23:01 then you can go through that holding God's hand 23:04 because you know, he called you to do it. 23:06 So otherwise you would give up and go home. 23:10 - You've told us about some of the struggles, 23:12 and some of the hard things that you've gone through. 23:15 Why do you stay here? 23:16 - Well, what makes us to stay is the great need. 23:20 Because we see these people, 23:22 they are so steeped in tradition, and superstition and fear 23:28 and there's really hard to teach, 23:30 they're very slow to learn. 23:31 In six years, we had baptized two people. 23:34 And a few people are now you know... 23:37 many people know about God they didn't know before. 23:40 And so you never know, we pray with a lot of the patients, 23:43 most of the patients and so they know about God. 23:46 But the great need here, is what keeps us here. 23:50 Because we wanna see as many people in heaven 23:54 as it is possible for us to reach 23:56 and that God has planned for us to reach. 23:59 - What advice you guys give to us 24:02 people that may be interested 24:03 in becoming missionaries one day? 24:05 - It will change your life forever. 24:08 And if you don't resist it, and then you turn away again, 24:12 to the world, it can grow stronger and stronger in you. 24:15 And I would advise, don't get hung up on so much schooling. 24:20 So many people say that, 24:22 "Oh, I can do this after I get this degree. 24:25 "And then I think I need my BS degree in nursing, 24:27 "in case I come back to America, 24:28 "then I'm gonna need to get a job 24:31 "and I can earn my money that way." 24:33 And then they think, "Oh, then I need something, you know, 24:35 "for medicine to learn and this and that." 24:38 And so they don't come. 24:40 And they never come 24:41 because then they never think they know enough 24:44 and the years slip by, and we are in the end times. 24:47 And Jesus is coming soon and I feel such an urgency 24:51 to spread the Word of God in these areas, 24:54 that there's a mountain up the mountain, 24:56 a village after village and nobody knows. 24:59 You know, you can put your finger on any mountain 25:01 and the people don't know. 25:02 And it's a real urgency and I Mrs. White says, 25:06 "The time is short." 25:07 And so many people get caught up with so many things 25:11 that while people are perishing, 25:13 for one of light and knowledge. 25:16 And so I think if the people sense, 25:19 the urgency that there is and that we were created 25:23 to help and work for others, wherever God puts us. 25:26 They might be in a foreign field where it's hard to work, 25:29 it might be in the city, it might be anywhere 25:31 but we were made to work for God and we are not happy, 25:35 a bit happy unless we are you working for God, 25:38 that that's our first priority is God and his work, 25:42 and everything else comes under that. 25:44 And then there's such joy and if you see somebody 25:49 that you kept the devil strings off, or you save a life, 25:53 or you give Bible studies in different villages 25:56 and you see the people trying to pray 25:58 or they come to the clinic 25:59 and they ask you to pray for them, 26:01 you are so happy you never could understand that kind of joy 26:09 unless you got involved and did it. 26:11 But it means sacrifice, 26:12 you have to be willing to give up everything. 26:14 It's take all my time, take all my money, take all my family 26:18 and you'll cry, things get hard 26:21 but it's really the only way we're gonna save our own selves 26:26 but all the ones around us. 26:28 - Well thank you so much for sharing being here 26:30 and watching you guys go into the villages. 26:33 It's really inspired us 26:34 and we really enjoyed our time here with you guys. 26:37 - We have enjoyed too. 26:39 (gentle music) 26:52 - Auntie Gayle is so cool. 26:55 - Yeah, and she has such a big heart 26:56 and she cares so much for these people. 26:59 - And in return for service, 27:00 they open up to her and trust her, 27:02 which allows her to be able to share the Gospel. 27:04 - Yeah, a lot of times 27:06 when someone goes to share the Gospel with someone else, 27:08 they get so eager about sharing the message 27:11 that they forget to give the person's physical needs. 27:13 If someone was starving, you can't just go up to them 27:16 and offer to pray for them. 27:17 First you need to give them food 27:19 and then they will be more open 27:20 to letting you pray with them and hearing the Gospel. 27:23 Ellen Might in her book "The Ministry of Healing" says, 27:26 "Christ method alone will give true success 27:29 "in reaching the people. 27:30 "The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good. 27:33 "He showed his sympathy for them, minister to their needs 27:36 "and won their confidence, then He bade them follow me." 27:40 - This is something important for us to remember 27:43 as we set out to bring the Good News to the world. 27:46 - We'll see you next time on Mission Trek. 27:48 And remember to pray for the unreached. 27:50 (soft music). |
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