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00:33 HELLO AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:35 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST FOR A VERY VERY 00:38 SPECIAL ADVENTURE. 00:40 IN FACT IT'S SO EXCITING I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR YOU TO 00:43 GO WITH ME UP TO THE SLOPES OF MT. 00:45 EVEREST, NEPAL. 00:47 IT'S GOING TO BE SO EXCITING I WANT YOU TO PUT 00:50 ON YOUR SEAT BELTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL 00:52 GUEST HERE AND HIS NAME IS SO UNIQUE. 00:55 ALL OF US GREW UP WITH THE NAME OF PEANUTS AND 00:58 CHARLES SHULTZ. 01:00 WELCOME BROTHER SHULTZ. 01:02 GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US. 01:04 GOOD GRIEF, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 01:05 (LAUGHTER) AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT NEPAL. 01:07 LAST YEAR I ATTENDED THE YOUTH CONGRESS AT BANEPA, 01:13 NEPAL. 01:14 BANEPA IS WHERE OUR HOSPITAL IS, SCHEER 01:16 MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 01:17 OF COURSE. 01:18 AND I WANT TO JUST TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT THE YOUTH 01:22 CONGRESS IS LIKE. 01:24 FIRST OF ALL, WELL NOW YOU SAY YOUTH CONGRESS BECAUSE 01:26 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRY, 01:29 HINDU COUNTRY. 01:31 WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNTRY THAT IS IN THE 01:36 10/40 WINDOW WHICH MEANS 97 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE 01:39 IN THAT WHOLE AREA HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD THE NAME 01:43 OF JESUS SO YOU'RE HAVING A YOUTH CONGRESS? 01:45 WELL WE GOT AROUND THIS BECAUSE WE'RE PREACHING TO 01:50 CHRISTIANS. 01:51 WE'RE NOT PREACHING TO HINDUS. 01:53 THE NEPAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 01:57 PROSELYTIZING. 01:59 AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE 02:01 COMMUNISTS FIGHTING AGAINST THE ROYALISTS, THE 02:05 PEOPLE THAT WANT THE KING. 02:07 AND SO THE CHRISTIANS ARE IN BETWEEN. 02:09 BUT THIS YOUTH CONGRESS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US 02:13 TO SHOW THE GOVERNMENT AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE 02:17 HONOR NEPAL CULTURE. 02:21 SO WE COME IN, THEY LIGHT THE LAMP AND WE'RE GIVEN 02:26 GARLANDS AND CLOTHS AND A GIFT. 02:29 AND THIS IS TYPICAL NEPAL ETIQUETTE AND CEREMONY. 02:35 THEN WE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 02:39 I DIDN'T KNOW THE NATIONAL ANTHEM SO I JUST KIND OF 02:42 FAKED IT. 02:43 I KNEW THE OLD NATIONAL ANTHEM. 02:44 FIFTY YEARS AGO THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL ANTHEM 02:47 AND THEY DESCRIBED ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS. 02:49 BECAUSE YOU WORKED THERE YOU HAVE LIVED THERE. 02:51 HOW MANY YEARS? 02:52 TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS. 02:53 WOW. 02:54 AND SO YOU KNOW WE'RE SHOWING THE GOVERNMENT 02:59 THAT WE CAN BE LOYAL NEPALI CITIZENS AND 03:03 CHRISTIANS. 03:04 NOW THAT BRINGS UP A MAJOR, MAJOR TEXT OF JESUS 03:07 IN MATTHEW 24:14. 03:09 HE SAYS BROTHER SHULTZ, LONNIE, ALL OF YOU FOLKS 03:15 IN NORTH AMERICA, BRITAIN WHO LIVE IN FREEDOM, THIS 03:19 GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM AND MOST OF US KNOW THIS, THE 03:24 GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED 03:26 THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD, INCLUDING NEPAL, 03:30 YES, SO THAT ALL NATIONS WILL HEAR IT AND THEN THE 03:34 END WILL COME. 03:35 NOW WE'RE USED TO SEEING THAT ON BILLY GRAHAM 03:38 TELEVISION AND GEORGE VANDEMAN AND IT IS 03:40 WRITTEN, MARK FINLEY HERE IN THIS CIVILIZED AND OPEN 03:44 FREEDOM RELIGIOUS COUNTRIES, HOW IN THE 03:46 WORLD DID YOU DO THIS AND ACCOMPLISH IT EVEN HERE 03:48 WITH THIS ANNIVERSARY HERE? 03:50 HOW CAN YOU DO THAT AND NOT OFFEND THOSE THAT ARE, 03:54 WELL THE MAYOR CAME DIDN'T HE. 03:55 WELL THE MAYOR IS A COMMUNIST. 03:57 SO YOU KNOW HE IS MORE LENIENT TOWARD US THAN SAY 04:04 A HINDU MAYOR WOULD BE. 04:06 AND IT IS A HINDU COUNTRY. 04:07 WELL THAT'S THE PRESENTATION THEY WOULD 04:13 LIKE TO HAVE. 04:14 SO THERE IS THE NEPALI FLAG ON THE ROSTRUM AND 04:18 THIS IS SPECIAL MUSIC. 04:22 YOU KNOW THIS IS A, THIS IS A SPECIAL THING BECAUSE 04:25 YOU HAVE THESE THREE HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 04:27 ALL OVER THE HILLS AND DALES OF NEPAL AND THEY 04:32 FEEL ISOLATED. 04:34 BUT WHEN THEY COME TO THIS YOUTH CONGRESS THEY'RE 04:41 BOUND TOGETHER. 04:42 AND THE THEME WAS "ANCHORED IN THE TRUTH." 04:44 AND HEAVY EMPHASIS UPON BIBLE STUDY AND WORKSHOPS. 04:49 WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRAINING THESE YOUNG 04:52 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FUTURE. 04:55 OKAY, HERE'S THE MAYOR OF BANEPA. 04:57 WE RENTED A VERY NICE HALL. 05:02 THREE HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THERE. 05:04 AND IT'S INTERESTING YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNISTS THEY 05:08 THREW OUT THE KING, THEY GAVE US RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 05:12 FOR FIVE YEARS. 05:13 AND THEN THE CONGRESS CAME ALONG AND THE HINDUS AND 05:17 THE ROYALISTS SAID WELL YOU KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE 05:20 THESE CHRISTIANS TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY. 05:32 AND THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE 05:33 CHRISTIANITY IS GROWING IN NEPAL. 05:35 EITHER YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME COMMUNISTS OR CHRISTIANS. 05:36 VERY INTERESTING. 05:37 IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT IN MY THINKING THAT GOD 05:38 PROVIDED WAY BACK, DECADES AGO EVEN BEFORE YOUR TIME, 05:41 THE ENTRANCE KEY OF THE HEALTH MESSAGE THROUGH THE 05:45 HOSPITAL. 05:46 OH ABSOLUTELY. 05:47 AND THEY APPRECIATE IT EVEN THOUGH THE HOSPITAL 05:48 HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS I'M SURE. 05:50 YES. 05:51 WELL AND WE HAD, WE HAD DR. THORPE, WE HAD VARIOUS 05:53 SPEAKERS FROM THE HOSPITAL. 05:57 HERE AGAIN IS THE NEPALI FLAG. 05:59 IT'S THE ONLY FLAG IN THE WORLD THAT HAS LIKE A 06:02 PENDANT. 06:03 IT'S NOT A RECTANGLE IT'S TWO TRIANGLES WITH THE SUN 06:07 AND THE MOON AND OF COURSE THAT'S WHAT THE HINDUS ARE 06:09 WORSHIPPING. 06:10 AND THERE'S OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 06:12 AND AGAIN WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR 06:18 NATION THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL. 06:19 THEY DON'T SAY KINGDOM ANY MORE JUST NEPAL, THE 06:21 GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL. 06:24 HERE IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTHERN ASIA 06:26 DIVISION. 06:29 HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE CHOICES AND CHOOSING THE 06:32 RIGHT CHURCH. 06:34 A VERY NICE MAN AND WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN IN HIS 06:39 TWENTIES, A SPICER GRADUATE LEADING OUT IN A 06:43 TREMENDOUS WAY WITH THE WORK THERE IN THE BANEPA 06:44 AREA. 06:45 PATHFINDERS. 06:46 THEY ARE RUNNING THE SOUND SYSTEM AND OMESH HAS GOT 06:47 THE SHIRT FROM 2018. 06:48 EVERY YEAR WE COME FOR YOUTH CONGRESS. 06:49 AND THAT'S THE FLAG ON HIS LEFT LAPEL ON HIS SHIRT 06:50 THERE? 06:51 YES. 06:52 OKAY I SEE THOSE TWO TRIANGULAR SHAPES. 07:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:14 OKAY. 07:15 AND PATHFINDER PROGRAM IN BANEPA IS VERY VERY 07:18 POPULAR. 07:19 LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THAT. 07:21 SO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NONCHRISTIANS HEAR 07:24 ABOUT THIS LEGITIMATE BOYS CLUB THAT DOES SO MANY 07:28 WONDERFUL THINGS. 07:28 WELL IT'S BOYS AND GIRLS. 07:29 AND GIRLS. 07:30 YES. 07:31 NOW IS THAT SIGNIFICANT OVER THERE? 07:33 IS THERE KIND OF A LINE BETWEEN THE MEN AND THE 07:37 WOMEN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHURCH? 07:40 GOOD QUESTION. 07:41 AND YOU KNOW THE GIRLS UNIFORM IS MUCH MORE 07:44 MODEST THAN THE TYPICAL PATHFINDER UNIFORM. 07:47 THEY HAVE THE KAMEEZ WHICH GOES DOWN. 07:50 THEY HAVE THEIR PANTS BUT THEN THEY HAVE A BLOUSE 07:53 THAT GOES DOWN AND COVERS THEIR KNEES. 07:55 SO THAT'S FITTING INTO THE CULTURE. 08:00 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CULTURALLY RESPECT AND 08:06 REVERENCE AND THAT WOULD ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE FROM 08:09 OUTSIDE. 08:10 ARE THEY DOING THAT WHICH DOESN'T OFFEND US. 08:13 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 08:14 WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 08:15 SO WHAT ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS THAT YOU HAVE IN 08:18 STORY TELLING WHICH IS JESUS WAS THE GREATEST 08:21 STORY TELLER THERE WAS, PARABLES AND SO FORTH. 08:24 IS THIS ONE OF THE WAYS TO REACH OUT INTO THE 08:26 COMMUNITY? 08:27 WELL YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 08:30 PREACHING. 08:32 BUT WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY OR WHEN YOU TELL 08:34 A STORY, AND YOU KNOW HINDUISM HAS, THE HINDU 08:39 HOLY BOOKS HAVE MANY MANY STORIES. 08:42 AND WE HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR KIP THERE IN THE 08:47 RED AND HE WAS TEACHING THEM HOW TO TELL STORIES 08:52 FROM THE BIBLE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND INTERACT 08:56 WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING. 08:59 AND CAN I TELL YOU A STORY? 09:00 WELL SURE. 09:01 AND THAT'S NOT PREACHING. 09:02 THAT'S NOT PROSELYTIZING. 09:04 OH THIS IS INTERESTING. 09:05 AND ALSO OF COURSE PAUL WAS A CLASSIC STORY 09:08 TELLER. 09:09 HE WOULD EVEN REACH INTO THE CULTURE AND THE 09:10 LITERATURE. 09:11 AND JESUS EVEN USED SOME OF THE THINGS, EVEN THINGS 09:14 THAT WERE MYTHICAL. 09:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:16 HE TOLD ABOUT ABRAHAM AND THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 09:19 SO THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 09:21 THEY CONNECT SOME OF THE DOTS WITH THE HINDU 09:24 TRADITIONS OR THEIR CULTURE AND THEN TIE IN 09:27 THE BIBLICAL STORY. 09:28 WELL YES AND OUR BIBLE STORIES ARE BETTER THAN 09:31 THEIRS. 09:32 SO THEY HAVEN'T HEARD THESE BECAUSE THEIR IN 09:35 THAT 10/40 WINDOW. 09:36 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 09:37 AND THEY JUST SIT THERE RAPT IN ATTENTION I'M 09:41 SURE. 09:41 ABSOLUTELY. 09:42 ABSOLUTELY. 09:43 THEN WE HAD THIS PASTOR GIDEON WHO ACTUALLY CAME 09:45 FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 09:46 HE WAS INTRODUCING ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO AND 09:53 CELL PHONE EVANGELISM. 09:56 AND I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 09:58 YOU KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP NEPAL. 10:00 AND IT'S LIKE THE RIGHT HAND NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE 10:02 THE LEFT HAND IS. 10:04 THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. 10:06 SO WHAT IS CELL PHONE EVANGELISM? 10:10 DESCRIBE IT A LITTLE BIT. 10:11 WELL YOU GET A MESSAGE LIKE A TEXT MESSAGE AND 10:16 YOU JUST SEND THAT OFF TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. 10:20 AND IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED FRIENDS YOU HAVE PREACHED 10:22 A HUNDRED SERMONS. 10:23 AND THAT'S OKAY TO DO? 10:24 YES. 10:25 YOUR NOT TECHNICALLY PROSELYTIZING. 10:27 AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME. 10:29 EVERYBODY IN NEPAL, THE LOWLY TAXICAB DRIVER, 10:33 EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE. 10:35 AND YOU HAVE CELL PHONE COVERAGE. 10:36 THEY HAVE BETTER CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN NEPAL 10:39 THAN WE DO IN SOME PLACES IN THE STATES. 10:44 THAT'S AMAZING. 10:46 SO THAT WORKED OUT VERY NICELY. 10:48 SO WHAT OTHER WAYS ARE WE ABLE TO REACH OUT IN 10:51 NEPAL? 10:52 IT'S PART OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW THE PART WHERE 97 10:55 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD THE NAME 10:57 OF JESUS. 10:59 WHAT OTHER KINDS OF THINGS ARE TAKING PLACE? 11:01 WELL YOU KNOW THIS IS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH FITS 11:04 IN. 11:05 AND I'M ALSO WORKING WITH ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO. 11:06 AND ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO BEAMS OUT THE MESSAGES 11:07 WITH RADIO AND THAT'S THE AIR FORCE. 11:09 AND THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE THE GROUND TROOPS. 11:11 SO THEY CAN GET THESE RADIO MESSAGES IN THEIR 11:19 LANGUAGE OVER THERE? 11:21 YES AND ALSO GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THESE LITTLE 11:26 MP3 PLAYERS, SOLAR POWERED WITH THE GOSPEL IN IT. 11:31 WE GIVE THOSE OUT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IN NEPAL CAN 11:34 READ BUT THEY CAN LISTEN. 11:36 SO THERE'S A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 11:40 ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO AND GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:43 WE NEED EACH OTHER. 11:45 WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN TEACHING THEM SONGS. 11:49 OH YES AND YOU KNOW THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE 11:54 THE KIDS. 11:57 WHEN I WAS IN NEPAL 50 YEARS AGO WE HAD BRANCH 12:00 SABBATH SCHOOL. 12:02 THE HINDU PARENTS WOULD COMPLAIN AND WE WOULD SAY 12:05 WELL WE'RE NOT MAKING THE KIDS COME, THEY JUST COME. 12:07 AND WE'D HAVE A HUNDRED CHILDREN SITTING IN OUR 12:11 LIVING ROOM. 12:14 WALL TO WALL KIDS AND YOU KNOW THESE KIDS GROW UP 12:16 AND SO THESE CHILDREN WERE SINGING JESUS LOVE ME WITH 12:19 SIGN LANGUAGE. 12:22 AND THEY ARE SO CUTE. 12:24 AND YOU KNOW THE IDEA IS INVOLVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, 12:27 INVOLVE THE CHILDREN. 12:28 AND CHRISTIANITY IS A FUN RELIGION. 12:32 WELL JESUS WAS VERY VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THE 12:34 DISCIPLES. 12:35 UNLESS YOU REACH OUT INTO THIS DIMENSION THERE IS NO 12:38 CHANCE FOR THE ADULTS. 12:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:40 AND WHENEVER I'VE GONE TO RUSSIA OR HELD 12:42 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND TAKEN DOCTORS, DENTISTS 12:45 AND HEALTH PEOPLE ALONG, I ALWAYS INSIST ON A 12:48 CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. 12:49 I WANT A THOUSAND PEOPLE DOWN STAIRS WHILE I'M 12:51 HOLDING MEETINGS UPSTAIRS BECAUSE THE WAY, YOU TAKE 12:54 A CHILD BY THE HAND AND YOU'VE GOT A PARENT BY THE 12:58 HEART. 12:59 AMEN. 13:01 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK RIGHT NOW, 13:03 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, HANG ON. 13:07 IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN BETTER. 13:08 DON'T GO AWAY. 13:09 BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF 13:11 THINGS. 13:12 WE HAVE A LITTLE MAGAZINE. 13:13 IT'S FREE. 13:14 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU READ SOME OF THESE 13:16 EXCITING STORIES THAT YOU WON'T READ NORMALLY IN THE 13:18 PRESS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE TALK 13:19 ABOUT ARE SO CAREFULLY GUARDED WE DON'T WANT TO 13:21 JEOPARDIZE THE LIVES OR THE SAFETY OF SOME OF OUR 13:23 MISSIONARIES OUT THERE. 13:26 BUT YOU CAN READ. 13:27 IT'S ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 13:29 JUST WRITE TO US. 13:30 THE NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS WILL BE ON THE SCREEN. 13:32 AND YOU CAN BECOME PART OF US TOO. 13:34 IT'S YOUR DONATIONS THAT MAKE THIS TOTALLY 13:36 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:38 THERE IS NO FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT. 13:40 THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT ON THE PLANET. 13:41 I THINK THEY HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS PAID TO DO 13:45 THE TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OF THE COMPUTERIZATION AND SO 13:48 FORTH AT THE HEADQUARTERS. 13:50 THE REST OF US ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 13:51 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF IT. 13:53 TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN FOR SOME OF THE 13:55 INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL NEED. 13:57 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL 14:00 "A" HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO 14:02 AND I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 14:04 HELLO DARYL. 14:06 HELLO. 14:07 GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 14:08 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 14:10 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE 14:12 PLAYER. 14:13 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 14:14 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 14:16 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 14:18 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 14:20 LOT. 14:20 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 14:22 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 14:24 DEGREES AND WATER RESISTANT. 14:26 WOW. 14:27 THEY'RE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 14:29 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND 14:32 HOLD. 14:33 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE 14:36 BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 14:37 OH THANK YOU. 14:39 SO THAT ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A 14:42 TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART LANGUAGE YOU CAN 14:45 JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 14:48 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE FORWARD, 14:51 BOOK CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE 14:53 BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 14:55 SO THEY'RE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR 14:58 MISSION OUTREACH. 15:01 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND 15:03 THEN THEY GO WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO 15:05 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 15:08 THERE IS ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 15:10 YES. 15:11 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD 15:13 ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 15:17 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL 15:21 LISTENING. 15:22 AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE 15:24 CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERYONE 15:27 NOW HAS EARPHONES. 15:29 AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 15:31 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU 15:34 KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO EVERYONE. 15:36 BUT THEY'RE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN. 15:39 AND SO MANY, WE GET TESTIMONIES ON ALMOST A 15:44 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE 15:48 COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 15:51 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING 15:53 WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND 15:57 UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 15:59 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL WITH STORIES. 16:01 ABSOLUTELY. 16:02 THEY ARE A STORY CULTURE. 16:05 REALLY. 16:06 I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE 10/40 16:08 WINDOW. 16:10 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR GOSPEL 16:15 OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 16:18 (MUSIC PLAYING) WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY 16:29 BUT WE'RE NOW INTO THE LAST FEW MINUTES WITH 16:31 CHARLES SHULTZ. 16:32 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING US UP TO THE 16:36 FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS. 16:37 WAY UP THERE IN HIGH, HOW HIGH IS NEPAL WHERE SCHEER 16:41 MEMORIAL IS. 16:42 WELL SCHEER MEMORIAL IS ONLY ABOUT SIX THOUSAND 16:45 FEET. 16:46 ONLY ABOUT SIX THOUSAND. 16:49 AND IT'S COLD IN THE WINTER. 16:50 BUT YOU KNOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 16:52 SPREAD AROUND. 16:53 THIS YOUNG MAN IS MORE IN THE EASTERN PART AND HE 16:57 PLAYED THIS NEPALI FLUTE VERY NICELY. 17:00 THEY TRY TO SELL THESE TO THE TOURISTS BUT THEY WILL 17:05 NEVER BE ABLE TO SOUND AS WELL AS THIS. 17:07 INTERESTING. 17:08 NEPALIS LOVE TO SING. 17:10 AND THERE IS YOU KNOW IN THE HYMNAL WONDERFUL 17:14 MESSAGES IN THE HYMNS OF NEPAL AND SOME OF THEM ARE 17:19 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER BUT MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE FOLK 17:24 TUNES. 17:25 SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TUNES AND THEIR OWN 17:28 RELIGIOUS SONGS AS WELL? 17:30 YES, YES. 17:31 AND THEY SING THEM NOT IN ENGLISH THEY SING THEM IN 17:34 NEPALI. 17:35 HOW ABOUT THAT. 17:36 NOW COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 17:39 WENT OUT AND PICKED UP ALL THE TRASH IN BANEPA. 17:42 BEAUTIFUL. 17:43 AND PEOPLE WOULD ASK THEM, WELL WHY ARE YOU DOING 17:46 THIS? 17:47 WELL IT'S BECAUSE WE LOVE JESUS AND WE WANT TO DO 17:50 SOMETHING TO SHOW OUR LOVE FOR YOU. 17:52 OH WOW. 17:53 CREATION STORY. 17:54 YES YES. 17:55 HOW ABOUT THAT. 17:56 AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF TRASH. 17:57 NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS COUPLE. 18:00 THIS IS DENNIS AND JUDY SCAMBONIS. 18:03 THEY LIVE IN NORTHERN IDAHO. 18:06 HE'S A PAINTER. 18:09 I PERFORMED THEIR WEDDING SERVICE ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO 18:13 DOWN IN DEL ZURA. 18:14 DEL ZURA IS A LITTLE TINY CHURCH BETWEEN EL CAJON 18:18 AND THE MEXICAN BORDER. 18:19 YES OKAY. 18:20 SO HE'S A PAINTER IS THAT ARTIST PAINTING OR IS IT 18:24 HOUSE PAINTING. 18:25 HOUSE PAINTING. 18:26 SO HE WORKS IN IDAHO ALL SUMMER WHILE IT'S STILL 18:31 NICE AND HE PAINTS. 18:33 HE SAVES UP THAT MONEY AND THEN HE FLIES TO EITHER 18:36 INDIA OR NEPAL AND HE PAINTS OUR SCHOOLS, OUR 18:42 CHURCHES AND HE'S AN INTERNATIONAL PAINTER. 18:45 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH NOT ONLY SUPPORTS SOME LAY 18:49 PEOPLE OUT THERE AT JUST A MINIMAL 150 DOLLARS A 18:52 MONTH WHO KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE 18:54 LANGUAGE. 18:55 BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING HERE, IF YOU HAVE 18:58 A TALENT LIKE PAINTING OR MAYBE YOUR DENTAL 19:01 HYGIENIST OR YOU COOK AND COULD DO COOKING SCHOOLS, 19:04 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND BECOME A PART OF GOSPEL 19:07 OUTREACH AT SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES. 19:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:09 AND SO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE REACTIONS OF WHAT 19:11 HE HAS DONE AND WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS. 19:13 WELL YOU KNOW AND HE BUYS THE PAINT AND HE DOES 19:16 EVERYTHING. 19:17 AND IT'S GOOD TO SHOW THE NEPALIS AND THE INDIANS 19:22 THAT IT'S ALRIGHT TO WORK WITH YOUR HANDS. 19:25 YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BIG GUY. 19:27 YOU CAN DO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 19:29 ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE CHRISTIANS JUMP IN 19:32 AND DO IT. 19:33 AND THAT'S WHAT DENNIS AND JUDY DO. 19:35 SO DO THEY WORK NOT ONLY ON SOME OF THE HOUSES ON 19:38 THE CAMPUS BUT THEY ALSO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY? 19:41 NO. 19:42 THEY ARE BUSY ENOUGH PAINTING CHURCHES AND 19:43 SCHOOLS. 19:44 BUT I LIKE THEIR ATTITUDE. 19:47 AND YOU KNOW THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE. 19:50 I WAS THERE 50 YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY 19:58 PRINTING ADVENTIST LITERATURE. 20:00 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THE LANGUAGE. 20:04 WHEN YOU TRANSLATE THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ELLEN 20:07 WHITE HAS L- O- N -G COMPLICATED SENTENCES. 20:11 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 20:12 AND SO A LOT OF THESE PUBLICATIONS NEED TO BE 20:16 REVISED AND BETTER USE OF NEPALI. 20:20 AND NEPALI HAS CHANGED YOU KNOW. 20:21 THE NEPALI I LEARNED 50 YEARS AGO I USED TO REFER 20:27 TO EGGS AS ----______THE FLOWER OF THE CHICKEN. 20:30 I LOVE THAT. 20:33 NOW THEY HAVE BECOME INFLUENCE BY HINDUSTANI IN 20:38 INDIA AND THEY CALL EGGS "ANDE." 20:40 SO YOU KNOW HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT. 20:46 AND THEN MY WIFE, YOUR WIFE USED TO BE "SWASNI" 20:48 BUT NOW IT'S "SHRIMATI." 20:49 SHRIMATI IS THE ELEVATED CULTURAL INDIAN WAY, HINDI 20:51 WAY OF SAYING IT. 20:52 WHEN MY DAD AND I WENT WITH THE VOICE OF PROPHECY 20:59 FOR A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN UKRAINE. 21:07 HE HAD NEVER BEEN THERE AND THAT'S WHERE HIS 21:09 ANCESTORS WERE FROM HIS PARENTS AND SO FORTH. 21:11 HE STILL SPOKE A MIXTURE OF RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN 21:14 AND HE TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY SAID 21:18 IT'S LIKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN RUSSIAN. 21:20 (LAUGHTER) WE DON'T SPEAK THAT ANYMORE. 21:21 WE HAVE A STREET RUSSIAN NOW. 21:23 SO WE HAVE TO ADAPT AND LEARN. 21:25 RIGHT. 21:26 WELL WE'RE GETTING READY TO WRAP UP HERE NOW. 21:28 TALK TO US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COORDINATION OF 21:29 ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF MINISTRIES. 21:31 HOW DO YOU DO THAT? 21:32 IT'S SO CHALLENGING. 21:33 HERE WE HAVE BESIDE ME IS SANDRA HORNER. 21:40 SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. 21:42 SHE TRAINS MISSIONARIES YOU MIGHT SAY, HEALTH 21:48 WORKERS AND SHE HAS BEEN IN INDIA FOR YEARS BUT 21:57 BASICALLY SOME VISA PROBLEMS. 21:59 GETTING A VISA IN INDIA OR NEPAL IS A BIG DEAL. 22:00 BUT SHE HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE. 22:01 HER NEPALI IS FLAWLESS AND SHE HAS TRAINED COUNTLESS 22:06 YOUNG PEOPLE THE NATURAL LAWS OF HEALTH, GOOD 22:11 BACKGROUND IN THEOLOGY AND SO IT'S A WONDERFUL THING 22:15 HAVING. 22:15 AND SHE IS WITH LAYMEN MINISTRIES . 22:19 SO IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT 22:21 THAT WE'RE TRAINING THE LOCALS TO BE INDIGENOUS 22:24 TEACHERS BECAUSE EVEN NOW YOU TOLD ME OFF CAMERA A 22:28 MOMENT AGO IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO GET SOME OF 22:31 OUR OWN DOCTORS IN THERE. 22:32 THEY DON'T ALLOW THEM ANYMORE. 22:34 RIGHT. 22:35 AND YOU KNOW WHENEVER THEY HAVE A BAPTISM IN NEPAL 22:38 THEY WANT ME AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. 22:40 ONE MAN IS ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES. 22:44 BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD RUIN EVERYONE. 22:52 AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COORDINATION AND 22:54 SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, WE 22:56 HAVE LAYMEN MINISTRIES AND YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL WORKING 23:01 TOGETHER. 23:02 AND IT'S A THRILLING THING AND WE'RE NOT CONCERNED 23:07 ABOUT WHOSE GETTING THE MOST BAPTISMS. 23:09 HERE WE'RE TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:11 AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. 23:13 TELL US ABOUT THE NAME YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:15 HOW YOUNG ARE THESE PEOPLE? 23:16 YOU AND I ARE DEFINITELY WAY BACK BEFORE NOAH. 23:20 ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 29. 23:22 WOW. 23:23 SO YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:25 THAT'S REALLY TAKING THE EDGE OFF OF SUSPICION WHEN 23:29 A YOUNG CHILD KNOWS. 23:31 THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU KNOW JUST LAST WEEK I 23:35 PARTICIPATED IN ZOOM. 23:38 WE ALL KNOW ABOUT ZOOM. 23:40 WELL THIS WAS ZOOM IN NEPAL. 23:43 IN 1969 THERE WERE VERY FEW ROADS IN NEPAL. 23:49 YOU HAD TO WALK EVERYWHERE. 23:51 AND LAST WEEK 49 DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS IN NEPAL 23:57 SIMULTANEOUSLY AND I'M SPEAKING TO THEM. 24:00 I SPOKE FOR TWO DEVOTIONALS. 24:02 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING THOUGHT AND I STILL CAN'T 24:05 WRAP MY MIND AROUND THAT. 24:08 FORTH-NINE DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS 24:10 SIMULTANEOUSLY. 24:12 FOR ME TO VISIT ALL OF THOSE 49 CONGREGATIONS IN 24:14 A JEEP WOULD STILL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 24:19 AND SO TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING. 24:21 AND SO THIS WAS A ZOOM MEETING. 24:25 YES, JUST LIKE OUR ZOOM MEETINGS. 24:26 AND THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE AND RESPOND 24:28 FROM DIFFERENT AREAS? 24:29 OH YES, OH YES. 24:30 WOW. 24:31 AND THE TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW FOR A LOT OF US ZOOM 24:36 IS KIND OF NEW BUT THEY'RE RIGHT INTO IT. 24:40 AS WE GET READY TO CLOSE HERE WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF 24:46 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT JUST COMES TO 24:49 YOUR MIND RIGHT AWAY OF HOW GOD HAS MIRACULOUSLY 24:50 OPENED THE DOOR JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 24:53 I THINK COVID. 24:54 COVID HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE CURSE BUT IN NEPAL THE 25:01 EMPHASIS IS ON CHURCHES, HOUSE CHURCHES. 25:05 AND WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE 25:10 BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH FOOD. 25:12 AND I JUST GOT SOME PICTURES THIS MORNING OF 25:16 DIFFERENT FAMILIES DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 25:19 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DESTITUTE. 25:20 AND THE COMBINATION OF WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU 25:24 OUT AND BY THE WAY YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US WITH 25:27 ZOOM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING. 25:30 IT'S TREMENDOUS, A TREMENDOUS WAY OF 25:32 WITNESSING. 25:33 SO HOW DO WE HELP THEM OUT? 25:34 I MEAN IF EVERYBODY IS SO IMPOVERISHED AND LACK OF 25:38 FOOD. 25:39 ARE THEY ALSO ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THOSE KIND 25:41 OF THINGS? 25:42 THEY TRY. 25:43 I HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MANY MASKS. 25:45 BUT YOU KNOW THE VERY FACT THAT THE CHURCHES AND THE 25:51 CONGREGATIONS ARE SPREAD OUT. 25:52 THEY ARE MEETING IN PEOPLES HOMES. 25:55 GOING BACK TO THE BIBLE DAYS. 25:58 YES. 25:59 THE HOUSE CHURCH BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO TO THE 26:01 SANCTUARY. 26:02 WELL CHARLES THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART 26:05 OF GOD'S UNIQUE OUTREACH OF HIS AMBASSADORS IN THE 26:07 10/40 WINDOW. 26:15 THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXCITING IN THESE MODERN 26:17 DAYS WHEN MANY CHURCHES IN AMERICA AND CANADA , THE 26:19 CIVILIZED WORLD WE WOULD SAY, THEY'VE HAD THE 26:21 GOSPEL MESSAGE PREACHED SO MANY TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN 26:24 KNOW. 26:25 AND JESUS SAYS WE MUST GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 26:28 SO THE CHALLENGE FOR OUR VIEWERS IS, FRIEND YOU 26:32 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF JESUS' 26:36 COMMISSION TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 26:40 MAYBE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY GO BECAUSE 26:43 PERHAPS YOU'RE LIKE SOME OF MY DEAR RELATIVES WHO 26:46 ARE WAY UP IN YEARS BUT YOU CAN PRAY FOR THOSE 26:48 DEAR FOLKS. 26:50 PRAY FOR THIS MINISTRY. 26:52 PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE, A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 26:55 YOU CAN FINANCIALLY GET ON BOARD AND ACTUALLY SUPPORT 26:57 EITHER A PARTIAL MISSIONARY FOR 150 DOLLARS 27:01 A MONTH OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY INVITE A GROUP OF 27:05 FOLKS TO DO THE SAME. 27:07 AND THEN OF COURSE IF YOU CAN GO PHYSICALLY THAT 27:09 WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 27:10 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST. 27:12 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITING WE ARE TO HAVE 27:15 HAD CHARLES SHULTZ WITH US TODAY. 27:17 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF US TODAY. 27:28 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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