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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FROM GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M DICK DUERKSEN, YOUR HOST AND TODAY WE HAVE A 00:40 STORY THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER THE REST OF YOUR 00:42 LIFE AND YOU WILL WONDER HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 00:45 CHARLES SCHULTZ AND THE ROAD TO RUKUM, RIGHT? 00:51 YES, IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 00:54 CHARLES, I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT. 00:58 I'M OBVIOUSLY UNDERDRESSED. 00:59 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR OUTFIT. 01:03 OH, THIS IS DAURA SURAWAL. 01:05 THIS IS THE - IT'S A WHO? 01:07 DAURA SURAWAL FROM NEPAL. 01:09 THIS IS THE OLD TIME TRADITIONAL DRESS. 01:12 NOW, I'VE CHEATED AND I HAVE REGULAR PANTS ON. 01:17 OK. 01:18 BECAUSE THE DUDA SURAWAL JUST HAS KIND OF -THERE IS 01:21 NO POCKETS. 01:23 SO, I GOT TO HAVE POCKETS. 01:24 WELL BUT THEY DIDN'T-MAYBE IT DIDN'T WORK TO HAVING 01:28 TO CARRY ALL THE STUFF YOU NEED TO CARRY? 01:30 LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF YOU HAVE TO CARRY ALONG. 01:32 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:34 SO, CAR KEYS AND THIS AND THAT SO. 01:35 AND SO, HERE YOU ARE LOOKING LIKE NEPAL, YES, 01:38 AND WE'RE IN WASHINGTON AT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:43 STUDIOS AND YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME A STORY THAT 01:45 I'M STILL NOT SURE I BELIEVE. 01:47 A CHURCH THAT DOESN'T EXIST. 01:50 IT'S A MIRACLE. 01:51 THE WHOLE TRIP WAS A MIRACLE, OK, AND UH-TAKE 01:55 US ON A JOURNEY. 01:56 OK. 01:57 UM, RUKUM. 01:58 RUKUM? 02:00 YES, VERY REMOTE POSITION IN NEPAL. 02:02 IN FACT, FOR YEARS IT WAS-THERE WAS NO ROADS 02:10 THERE. 02:11 THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. 02:12 OK. 02:13 AND THE GOVERNMENT YOU KNOW, DOESN'T REALLY HAVE 02:16 ANY WAY OF GETTING THERE, GETTING HELP TO THE 02:18 PEOPLE. 02:19 IT HAD BECOME A COMMUNIST HOTBED BECAUSE THE 02:21 COMMUNISTS THEY WOULD COME AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND 02:25 WELL, WE'LL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU AND YOU KNOW, THIS 02:28 TYPE OF THING. 02:29 AH, MY PARTNER FIFTY YEARS AGO DEEP TAPA, HE MET 02:35 SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN RUKUM. 02:39 HE WENT THERE TWO DAYS BY BUS, SEVEN DAYS WALK AND 02:44 HE STARTED UP THE RUKUM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 02:48 CHURCH. 02:49 NOW, WHEN I THINK NEPAL I THINK OF GIANT MOUNTAINS 02:54 AND SO THIS IS NOT A CHURCH THAT IS DOWN AT SEA 02:58 LEVEL. 02:59 NO, NO, NO. 03:00 THIS IS ABOUT 11,000 FEET. 03:02 OK. 03:03 AND SO, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE DAYS 03:05 ON A BUS AND SEVEN DAYS ON YOUR SHOES YOU'RE TALKING 03:08 ABOUT HIKING IN SOME PRETTY HIGH COUNTRY. 03:10 YES. 03:10 YES. 03:11 UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. 03:13 LOT OF DOWN OH MY, OK. 03:15 AND SO, HE WENT TO THIS VILLAGE-YES, AND STARTED A 03:19 CHURCH AND THEN ITS BEEN KIND OF NEGLECTED AND THEN 03:26 WE MET A MAN BY THE NAME OF SINGERMAN AND SINGERMAN 03:31 HAS A DISABILITY. 03:32 HE IS HUNCHED OVER BUT HE HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 03:35 SPIRIT AND SO, HE BECAME OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:37 WORKER. 03:38 IN RUKUM. 03:38 IN RUKUM. 03:39 AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER 03:40 CHURCH. 03:41 THE CHURCH THAT THEY HAD WAS JUST MADE OUT OF MUD 03:43 AND IT WAS ALL FALLING DOWN AND SO, WE UM GOT 03:56 SOME MONEY FOR HIM AND OF COURSE, IT IS ALL LOCAL 03:59 MATERIALS: MUD AND STONES. 04:02 THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF STONES. 04:05 THE TIN ROOF WAS EXTRA AND THEN THEY HAVE ONE LITTLE 04:08 SOLAR PANEL SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ELECTRICITY FOR 04:11 TWO LIGHT BULBS IN THE CHURCH. 04:13 MY, MY. 04:14 AND SO, WE SAID OK, WE'LL COME AND SO WE STARTED 04:20 OFF. 04:21 WHEN WAS THIS? 04:22 THIS WAS LAST OCTOBER. 04:24 OCTOBER, 2019 RIGHT. 04:27 AND AH, I LOVE THE PICTURE. 04:30 BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW, ITS' JUST BEFORE THE 04:33 RICE HARVEST IT REMINDS ME OF JESUS WORDS YOU KNOW, 04:36 "THE FIELDS ARE WHITE ALREADY FOR HARVEST" YES, 04:40 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE RUKUM IS BUT WE BELIEVE IT 04:43 IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WAY. 04:45 THAT WAY. 04:46 WELL JUST GO TO YOUR GPS, COME ON. 04:48 NO, NO, NO, THERE IS NO GPS. 04:50 THERE IS NO GPS? 04:52 WELL, THIS HAS NOT BEEN MAPPED BY GOOGLE? 04:55 I DON'T BELIEVE SO BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING 04:58 SIGNIFICANT OUT THERE. 05:00 WELL, RUKUM. 05:01 THEN THAT'S ABOUT IT. 05:02 AND RUKUM ISN'T JUST A TOWN IT IS AN AREA. 05:05 OK. 05:05 THE DISTRICT LIKE A COUNTY. 05:06 SO, WE'RE MOVING ALONG ON FAIRLY NICE ROADS AND ALL 05:11 OF A SUDDEN, OUR ROAD IS GONE. 05:19 WE HAVE REBAR IN THE WAY AND THEN MORE REBAR AND 05:24 THEN WE ARE MET WITH THE NEWS THAT THE BRIDGE ON 05:28 THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS GONE AND SO, AND RUKUM IS 05:32 SOMEWHERE BEYOND. 05:33 YES, YES. 05:35 AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD ROADS TO MAKE IT 05:38 ACCESSIBLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK FOR SEVEN 05:40 DAYS BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 05:43 SO, WE PRAY AND WE ASK AROUND -IS THERE ANY OTHER 05:46 WAY OF GETTING TO THIS RUKUM DISTRICT? 05:49 AND THEY SAID, WELL YOU KNOW IF YOU GO ON THE 05:51 OTHER MOUNTAIN AND YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THE MOTOR 05:54 CYCLE TRAILS AND THIS IS RIGHT AFTER MONSOON AND WE 05:58 ARE THINKING, WOW, I DON'T KNOW. 06:00 AND WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING? 06:02 WE'RE DRIVING A BOLARO, AN INDIAN VEHICLE, YUP, FOUR 06:06 WHEEL DRIVE. 06:07 YES. 06:08 NOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THIS VEHICLE. 06:09 IF YOU GOT TO RUKUM, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR 06:13 IT TOO. 06:14 YES, YES. 06:15 AND SO, WE START OFF AND BUT THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 06:18 PROBLEM. 06:20 THERE IS NO DIESEL BECAUSE THE DIESEL IS FURTHER ON 06:22 IN THE ROAD INTO THIS TOWN AND WE PRAY AND LO AND 06:26 BEHOLD, HERE IS A MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET 06:29 HE'S GOT 20 LITERS OF DIESEL. 06:32 THAT HE WANTS TO SELL. 06:34 YES. 06:35 SO, YOU PRAY-YOU CAN'T GET TO THE DIESEL, YOU CAN'T 06:36 GET TO THE PETROL STATION AT ALL. 06:38 NO, NO. 06:39 NO WAY. 06:40 AND IT IS CLEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THE BRIDGE 06:41 IS OUT AND YOU SAY, LORD, WE'VE GOT TO FIND A PLACE 06:45 THAT'S GOING TO SELL US DIESEL. 06:46 YOU TURN THE CORNER AND HERE IS A DUDE ON THE SIDE 06:48 OF THE ROAD. 06:50 HIS ANGEL WINGS TUCKED IN HIS JACKET AND HE IS 06:53 SELLING DIESEL. 06:54 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE DIESEL IS CLEAN OR 06:56 DIRTY SO THAT'S WHY ITS - DO YOU CARE? 06:58 WE, ITS STRAINED THROUGH CLOTH AND YOU KNOW, WE 07:02 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT, YOU KNOW. 07:05 WE GOT A TANKFUL OF DIESEL AND THEN WE HAVE THIS 07:09 SITUATION. 07:10 NICE ROAD. 07:12 TWO ROADS DO WE TAKE THE UPPER TRAIL OR DO WE TAKE 07:15 THE LOWER TRAIL. 07:16 BACK TO YOUR GPS. 07:17 GPS IS GOD'S PROTECTIVE SERVICE. 07:22 I LOVE IT. 07:23 SO, WE PRAYED AND WE SAID, WELL LET'S GO THE UPPER 07:28 TRAIL AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT 07:30 TRAIL OR NOT. 07:32 AND SO, WE GO ON AND ON AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 07:38 OBSTACLE AND THIS IS RIGHT AFTER MONSOON-THE RIVERS 07:42 ARE ALL FULL AND YOU KNOW, WEATHER CHANNEL AT TWO 07:45 FEET WILL CARRY THE VEHICLE AWAY AND SO HERE 07:49 WE HAVE AN OBSTACLE. 07:52 WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE STONES - NOBODY'S GONE 07:54 WITH A VEHICLE THROUGH THIS. 07:57 UM AND SO AGAIN, WE STOP AND WE PRAY. 08:03 LORD, HELP US TO GET THROUGH THIS OBSTACLE. 08:05 THE BOLERO, THE BOLERO GOES DOWN THE HILL AND 08:09 THROUGH THE RIVER AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE ROCKS. 08:13 YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WAS CONCERNING. 08:15 SO, I'M PRAYING, LORD PROTECT THE OIL PAN AND 08:19 THE CRANKSHAFT AND THE BRAKES-GOING THROUGH ALL 08:22 OF THE PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. 08:23 YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE I HAD A LITTLE 08:26 CHILD WHO WAS ASKED TO PRAY FOR LUNCH ON SABBATH 08:29 AND GOD BLESS THE PEAS, GOD BLESS THE CORN, AND 08:33 GOD BLESS THE SALT, YES AND YOU ARE DOING THIS ON 08:37 THE BOLERO. 08:38 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 08:39 THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AND THE 08:43 BRAKE LININGS, YOU KNOW BECAUSE ANY KIND OF BIG 08:46 STONE COULD DESTROY IT. 08:48 ITS GOING TO DESTROY IT. 08:49 YES. 08:50 WE COULD BE STOPPING RIGHT THERE AND SO UM, WE GOT 08:52 THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE HAVE - DID YOU PRAY FOR 08:56 EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING MADE IT? 08:57 WELL YES. 08:58 AND NOW WE HIT A QUARTER OF A MILE OF NOTHING BUT 09:03 UM MUD, MUCK. 09:06 IT IS AFTER THE MONSOON -EVEN A REALLY GOOD 09:08 FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE IS A MESS ON THAT ROAD. 09:14 AND YOU KNOW, THEN FEAR, YOU KNOW, SATAN'S ATTACK 09:17 IS WITH FEAR AND WE BEGAN TO BECOME FEARFUL. 09:19 LORD, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE GET STUCK. 09:23 IF WE GET STUCK HERE, THERE IS NO AAA TO PULL US 09:27 OUT, UM, AND SO BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH THIS THE 09:31 SLOUGH OF THIS POND, WE PRAYED. 09:33 LORD, HELP US TO GET THROUGH THIS AND I'M 09:35 PRAYING AND SINGING UM YOU KNOW, MOMENT BY MOMENT AND 09:39 ALL MY GOOD TRAVEL SONGS AND WE GET THROUGH THAT. 09:44 OH MY. 09:45 AND THEN WHERE IS RUKUM? 09:50 OH MY. 09:51 AND IT'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IT'S-WE FIGURED 09:54 THAT THE VALLEYS WOULD TAKE US TO RUKUM AND NOW 09:57 WE COME TO ROADS THAT ARE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED BY 10:03 THE GOVERNMENT BUT NOBODY IS WORKING ON THEM BECAUSE 10:06 IT'S FESTIVAL TIME. 10:08 UM. 10:08 AND SO, WE KEEP GOING.WE KEEP GOING. 10:11 BUT WAIT ALL YOU KNOW IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY ON THE 10:16 END OF THIS ROAD SOMEWHERE? 10:18 WELL, IS ANYBODY HELPING YOU GET THERE? 10:21 NO. 10:22 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WOULD CLIMB UP ON TOP OF 10:26 THIS MOUNTAIN EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, HE'D SAY, WELL, 10:29 TELL ME ABOUT THE SCENERY? 10:31 WHERE ARE YOU? 10:33 WHERE ARE YOU? 10:34 RIGHT. 10:35 SO, YOU DO HAVE A GPS. 10:37 YOU'VE GOT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER UP ON TOP 10:39 OF THE MOUNTAIN. 10:40 HE DOESN'T WHERE WE ARE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE 10:43 IS. 10:44 AND THEN, THEN WE ARE GOING ALONG THIS TYPE OF A 10:47 TRAIL AND THERE IS NO GUARD RAILS. 10:49 IT GOES OFF TWO OR THREE THOUSAND FEET AND SO, I 10:52 BEGAN TO RECITE SOME OF MY SCRIPTURE PROMISES. 10:56 I BET YOU DO A LOT OF THEM. 10:58 YES, AND "WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN 11:02 THEE" AND I LEARNED ALL ABOUT TRUST. 11:06 AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS WE DIDN'T KNOW 11:10 HOW FAR IT WAS AND I FELT LIKE A LITTLE KID YOU 11:12 KNOW, LORD, HOW MUCH FURTHER IS IT? 11:15 WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? 11:17 ARE WE THERE YET? 11:18 ARE WE THERE YET? 11:20 AND THEN, THE DRIVER HE WAS NEPALI AND MY NEPALI 11:26 IS RATHER LIMITED BUT WHEN HE SAYS, "WHERE IS THE 11:28 ROAD"? 11:29 I BEGIN TO GET A LITTLE NERVOUS. 11:31 WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ROAD IS THIS SOMETIME 11:34 RIVERBED AND TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE ON IT, WE'VE GOT TO 11:39 GET OUT AND REARRANGE THE ROCKS. 11:42 BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS-IT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD 11:46 BUT I CAN SEE THOSE ROCKS WERE NOT THERE AND THE 11:50 MONSOON HAS DUMPED THEM THERE. 11:52 YES. 11:53 YES. 11:54 THAT'S IT EXACTLY. 11:55 HM. 11:56 SO, WE PRESSED ON - WHAT DID HE SAY? 11:58 WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? 11:59 WHERE IS THE ROAD? 12:01 AND HOW DID YOU SAY THAT? 12:02 BOTTO KOY. 12:03 BOTTO KOY. 12:04 YOU KNOW, I READ A BOOK ONCE CALLED GOD WILL MAKE 12:10 A ROAD YES, AND IT WAS A STORY FROM NEPAL. 12:13 YES, YES AND MAYBE THEY BOTH GOT THE SAME REALITY. 12:16 ONE CAN SAY WHERE IS THE ROAD? 12:19 WELL, THERE IS AN ANSWER, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ANSWER 12:21 IS: IT'S GOD. 12:23 GOD WILL MAKE A ROAD. 12:24 LET ME STOP YOU FOR JUST A SECOND. 12:26 I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO LOVES 12:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SOMEBODY WHO LOVES SHARING 12:34 THE MINISTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, I WOULD LIKE TO 12:36 REALLY CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO AND 12:40 WRITE US A LETTER: GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 12:41 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324 AND WHEN YOU DO, 12:51 TELL US YOU ARE PRAYING FOR US, TELL US YOU ARE 12:54 THANKFUL THAT GOD MAKES A ROAD EVEN TO A PLACE YOU 12:57 DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND THAT GOD IS WORKING 13:03 THERE-ADD A CHECK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:09 WORKERS OUT THERE WHO NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 13:11 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 13:24 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 13:27 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 13:29 HUMANITY. 13:31 WE NEED LOVE. 13:34 WE NEED HOPE. 13:36 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:38 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:43 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:46 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 13:48 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 13:54 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:57 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:00 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:03 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:05 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:09 JESUS CHRIST. 14:10 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:13 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:18 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:20 YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THAT PROMOTIONAL VIDEO AND 14:31 THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT IS REALLY 14:33 TRUE. 14:34 YES. 14:35 IT'S A LONG WAY OUT THERE AND A THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 14:38 PEOPLE SOME OF THEM LIVE IN RUKUM. 14:40 SO, DID YOU GET THERE? 14:42 WELL, YOU KNOW EVENTUALLY. 14:44 THEN WE HAVE THE LOCAL LIVESTOCK AH, DO YOU HAVE 14:49 A PICTURE OF THEM? 14:51 WE HAD A ROAD BLOCK OF SHEEP. 14:54 A SHEEP BLOCK. 14:56 A SHEEP BLOCK AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING BECAUSE YOU 14:59 KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING. 15:01 AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF -TO EAT. 15:04 THERE IS NO RICE FIELDS, YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE EAT 15:07 SHEEP. 15:08 UH HUH. 15:09 AND SO, WE PUSHED OVER TO ONE SIDE AND THE SHEEP 15:12 CAME AROUND US AND SO WE MANAGED TO GET BY THE 15:15 SHEEPGATE. 15:16 HOW FUN. 15:17 AND OH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT MORE PROBLEMS WITH 15:21 BOULDERS AND ROCKS AND OUR DRIVER, HE KNEW EXACTLY 15:26 HOW TO HANDLE EACH BOULDER, EACH ROCK. 15:28 HE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE HIS WHEELS WERE GOING AND OF 15:32 COURSE, WE WOULD PRAY. 15:34 WE'D PRAY AND A GENERAL PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING 15:37 AND THEN AS WE WOULD PROCEED THROUGH THE ROCKS 15:41 AND THE WATER, I WOULD PRAY FOR THE OIL PAN AND 15:45 THE CRANK SHAFT AND, OH, I LOVE IT, GO THROUGH VERY 15:51 INDIVIDUALLY AND WE MADE IT. 15:53 YOU KNOW, IT WAS EXCITING AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD 15:55 THERE IS RUKUM. 15:57 AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAD AN AVALANCHE AND SO PART OF 16:02 THE ROAD IS GONE SO THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD WALK. 16:06 YOU FINALLY CAME TO THE END OF THE ROAD. 16:08 YES.YES. 16:09 YOU COULD NOT GO ANY FARTHER. 16:10 RIGHT. 16:11 AND RUKUM WAS BEYOND. 16:13 THAT'S RIGHT BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK FOR SEVEN 16:16 DAYS IT WAS ONLY LIKE TEN MINUTE WALK AND THEN THE 16:19 CHURCH MEMBERS CAME DOWN THE HILL AND HELPED US 16:23 CARRY OUR STUFF BACK UP AND WE HAD RICE AND WE HAD 16:26 ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO GIVE THEM AND THEY WERE 16:28 THRILLED TO SEE US AND THEN THE GOOD NEWS WAS WE 16:34 ACTUALLY WERE ON TIME FOR THE CHURCH DEDICATION. 16:38 NOW, I'M CONFUSED. 16:43 BECAUSE THIS CHURCH WAS STARTED BY A GOSPEL 16:48 OUTREACH WORKER HOW MANY YEARS AGO? 16:50 THIRTY YEARS AGO. 16:51 AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW BECAUSE OF JUST LOCAL 16:55 TEACHING. 16:58 AH, IT'S BEEN-IT'S HAD CHALLENGES. 17:00 CHALLENGES FROM COMMUNISTS, CHALLENGES 17:05 FROM OTHER CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY 17:08 JUST NEEDED TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE 17:11 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 17:13 AND BASICALLY, THAT WAS MY SERMON. 17:15 YOU ARE PART OF A WORLDWIDE CHURCH AND YOU 17:19 KNOW, THERE IS MAYBE 150 THERE. 17:22 WOW. 17:23 BUT YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE 17:27 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, BUT THAT'S OK, YES. 17:29 AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE DEDICATION AND WE CUT 17:34 THE RIBBON YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO AND EVERYONE IS 17:37 GATHERED AROUND. 17:38 THERE IS THE CHURCH. 17:40 THERE IS THE CHURCH AND TIN ROOF. 17:42 NOW YOU TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BUILT FROM STONE. 17:44 I'M IMPRESSED. 17:46 AND THIS IS -THERE IS NO WOOD, VERY LITTLE WOOD 17:52 AROUND AND ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS HERE IS A 17:56 SHEPHERD AND YOU KNOW JOHN 10 SAYS JESUS IS THE DOOR, 18:00 RIGHT. 18:01 IT'S NOT A WOODEN DOOR, THEY PUT THE STONES IN A 18:05 LITTLE ENCLOSURE AND THEN THEY PUT THE SHEEP THERE. 18:09 THE SHEPHERD LIES ACROSS THE THRESHOLD AND THAT'S 18:13 WHY JESUS SAYS, HE IS THE DOOR. 18:16 I LOVE THAT. 18:17 I GOT THAT FROM THE PICTURE -WE HAVE ONE OF 18:20 OUR MEMBERS IS A SHEPHERD AND I GOT ALL OF THESE 18:24 INSIGHTS AND THE GOOD SHEPHERD LAYS DOWN HIS 18:27 LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP AND IF YOU COME IN ANYWAY BUT 18:30 THROUGH THE DOOR, THEN YOU ARE A THIEF AND A ROBBER. 18:32 YOU ARE A THIEF, YES, AND SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL UM, 18:37 DEDICATION. 18:38 THE VILLAGE LEADER HIS WIFE IS A SEVENTH DAY 18:43 ADVENTIST AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW I JUST HAVE ONE 18:48 QUESTION FOR YOU. 18:50 YOU'VE COME HERE TODAY-YOU'VE OPENED UP 18:54 THIS CHURCH. 18:55 AFTER THIS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THESE 18:57 PEOPLE? 18:58 AND THAT HAS BEEN RINGING IN MY MIND. 19:02 I WOULD THINK SO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS SO 19:03 HARD TO GET THERE. 19:04 YES, YES AND HE KNOWS THAT AND THAT'S WHY THE 19:07 COMMUNISTS WERE THERE BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE, 19:09 NOBODY ELSE HAD EVEN COME. 19:11 NOBODY BOTHERS. 19:12 IT'S A NEGLECTED LITTLE CHURCH AND SO I TOLD HIM, 19:18 I SAID, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU 19:21 PEOPLE AND I SAID, UM AND WE SENT IN A GROUP OF 19:24 YOUTH -NEPALI ADVENTIST YOUTH AND-NOW THAT'S A 19:29 MISSION TRIP I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN ON. 19:32 AND THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THERE, YES, AND 19:35 THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE THERE FOR A WEEK, 19:39 THEY WERE NOT ALWAYS FULL. 19:41 THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN THEY WERE HUNGRY. 19:43 AND THEY CAN GROW CORN SOMETIMES ON THESE 19:46 TERRACED FIELDS AND THEY WOULD HAVE CORNMEAL MUSH 19:51 AND THEY SUFFERED. 19:55 THEY SUFFERED. 19:56 THAT WAS A TOUGH WEEK. 19:57 YES, AND THEY HAD A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 20:00 THEY HAD A LITTLE HEALTH SITUATION WHERE THEY WOULD 20:03 TAKE PEOPLES BLOOD PRESSURE AND THEN THEY 20:06 GAVE OUT SOME CLOTHES BUT HARD, HARD TIMES FOR THOSE 20:10 PEOPLE. 20:11 THIS IS OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE RUKUM 20:14 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND MY HEART WAS 20:18 TOUCHED, YOU KNOW. 20:20 THESE PEOPLE WERE SO ANXIOUS, SO EAGER, SO FULL 20:24 OF JOY. 20:25 WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE RUKUM SEVENTH DAY 20:27 ADVENTIST CHURCH? 20:28 WELL, WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE AND 20:32 THAT IS OUR CONTRIBUTION AND I PRAY FOR THIS 20:36 CONGREGATION EVERYDAY. 20:37 NOW WE DID HAVE ONE THING THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM 20:41 AND THAT IS THE MP3 PLAYER WITH THE NEPALI NEW 20:42 TESTAMENT, SOME DEVOTIONALS IN NEPAL. 20:43 THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY BUT THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED 20:45 AND YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THEM BIBLES THEY DON'T READ, 20:46 WHAT ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE BOOKS? 20:48 UH HUH. 20:49 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THESE MP3 PLAYERS WHICH 20:50 ARE CALLED GODPODS, RIGHT? 20:50 YES. 20:51 YES. 20:51 JUST EXACTLY LIKE THAT. 21:08 OK. 21:09 SO, I'VE GOT ONE OF THESE IN MY HAND SO, LET ME JUST 21:12 TAKE A MINUTE HERE. 21:13 THAT'S A GODPOD AND THAT'S THE SOLAR POWERED -IF I 21:18 PULL THE PLASTIC OFF I'VE GOT A SOLAR PANEL BACK 21:21 HERE AND ALL I'VE GOT TO DO IS LEAVE THAT IN THE 21:25 SUN AND I HAVE FULL ACCESS TO JESUS. 21:28 AMEN. 21:29 TO UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL THAT YOU AND I HAVE COME 21:31 TO LOVE. 21:32 YES. 21:34 IN MY LANGUAGE. 21:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:36 I CAN'T READ, I CAN'T WRITE. 21:38 I'M NEVER GOING TO GO TO NEW YORK. 21:39 YES. 21:40 NEVER GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL. 21:42 YOU MIGHT NEVER GET OUT OF RUKUM. 21:43 BUT THERE IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN RUKUM. 21:48 THAT'S RIGHT AND THEY LOVE THE LORD. 21:51 THEY ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND THEY HAD THE SONG 21:55 SERVICE AND -WHAT SONGS DID THEY SING? 21:59 AH, THE ONE I WISHED THEY'D SUNG WAS RAJA JESU 22:01 IAYA AND JESUS IS COMING, KING JESUS IS COMING AND 22:02 THEN IT GOES ON SITONA LIGITNOCOLAGI - SATAN HAS 22:04 BEEN THROWN OUT. 22:04 OH. 22:05 RAJA JESU IAYA. 22:06 AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE SATAN IS A BIG DEAL THERE IN 22:15 NEPAL BUT JOHN 12 SAYS THAT AFTER THE CROSS SATAN 22:22 HAS BEEN CAST DOWN AND I ASKED SOMEONE WHO KNOWS 22:26 NEPALI, I SAID JITNUCOLAGI IS THAT PAST, PRESENT OR 22:30 FUTURE? 22:31 THEY SAID, IT IS ALL THREE. 22:33 SATAN WAS CAST DOWN WHEN HE WAS THROWN OUT OF 22:36 HEAVEN. 22:37 HE WAS CAST DOWN WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS 22:40 AND THEN THE FINAL FUTURE DESTRUCTION WILL BE AFTER 22:43 THE MILLENIUM AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOTHING TO 22:47 FEAR FROM SATAN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE IS CAST DOWN. 22:50 HE IS CAST DOWN. 22:51 AND YOU KNOW DICK, YOU AND I- SATAN CAN STILL GET AT 22:56 US UH HUH, FEAR AND I TELL YOU I WENT THROUGH ALL OF 23:00 MY FEAR PROMISES. 23:02 I'LL BET. 23:02 FEAR THOU NOT FOR I AM WITH THEE. 23:05 BE NOT DISMAYED I AM THY GOD. 23:07 AND WE STILL HAD TO GET BACK DOWN THE HILL. 23:09 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 23:10 YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK THAT ROAD. 23:11 YES, YES. 23:12 BUT AT LEAST WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE GOING. 23:14 HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO MAKE THAT TRIP? 23:16 AH, WE MADE A LOT BETTER TIME GOING BACK THAN WE 23:21 DID COMING THERE. 23:21 WELL, AT LEAST YOU KNEW WHERE HOME WAS. 23:24 YES. 23:25 AND THIS IS THE FINAL PICTURE IS OUR YOUTH GOING 23:31 THERE. 23:32 BLESS THEIR HEARTS AND THEY ARE TAKING THE BLOOD 23:35 PRESSURE AND YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE- MEMBERS OF 23:39 THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH WITH NO IDEA THAT 23:43 THERE ARE OTHER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS THAT LOVE 23:47 THEM THAT ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. 23:49 THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH. 23:52 YES. 23:53 AND THE NEXT TIME I GO TO NEPAL, AFTER COVID, UM I 23:57 WANT TO GO TO RUKUM AGAIN AND I FEEL SO BAD THIS 24:03 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN IN 24:04 EXISTENCE FOR THIRTY YEARS HAS NEVER HAD COMMUNION. 24:12 NOW, THE GRAPE JUICE I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT. 24:15 HAVE TO BRING IT. 24:16 I'D HAVE TO BRING IT AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE 24:19 VERY UH, AMAZED WITH THAT AND THEN THEY PROBABLY 24:22 WOULD THINK THERE IS MAGICAL VALUE -THEY 24:25 PROBABLY WILL- WITH THE GRAPE JUICE AND THEN HOW I 24:28 AM GOING TO TELL THE LITTLE CHILDREN? 24:30 BECAUSE THERE ARE AS MANY CHILDREN AS THERE ARE 24:32 ADULTS BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 24:35 WE DISTRIBUTED MANGO DRINKS AND CRACKERS BUT 24:41 WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A - IT WOULD BE AN 24:45 INTERESTING EXPLANATION, AND EVENT. 24:49 YES. 24:50 YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GO THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID 24:53 BUT I WENT VIA ZOOM AND YOU KNOW ZOOM IS, YOU HIT 24:55 -CONNECT ALL OF THESE COMPUTERS TOGETHER AND 24:57 LAST WEEK I PREACHED TO 49 DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONS IN 24:58 NEPAL. 24:59 IN NEPAL? 25:00 AND IT WAS A SIX O'CLOCK EVENING PROGRAM AND I WAS 25:01 DOING IT AT 8:15 IN THE MORNING. 25:02 YES. 25:03 AND IT WAS THRILLING BECAUSE, I GUESS, IT WOULD 25:04 TAKE ME PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS TO GET TO ALL 25:24 OF THESE 49 DIFFERENT LITTLE CONGREGATIONS. 25:27 AND AGAIN, WE ARE CONNECTED. 25:30 WE MIGHT BE SEPARATED BY DISTANCE BUT WE BELIEVE IN 25:34 THE SOON COMING OF JESUS. 25:35 WE HAVE THIS ADVENT HOPE AND I WAS THRILLED AND I 25:40 THOUGHT WELL, LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS HORRIBLE 25:44 VIRUS MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING GOOD OR GOD. 25:47 WHAT A GREAT BLESSING ZOOM AND COVID HAVE BEEN. 25:51 YES. 25:52 NOW THAT'S NOT THE NORMAL CONVERSATION WE HAVE ABOUT 25:54 THE DISEASE, QUARANTINE AND EVERYTHING. 25:57 OUR GOD IS A CREATOR GOD AND HE CAN CREATE 26:03 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHING BENEFICIAL OUT 26:06 OF ANYTHING THAT SATAN THROWS AT US INCLUDING 26:09 COVID. 26:10 INCLUDING COVID. 26:11 AND SO, ON SABBATH I CAN TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO 26:15 CHARLES SCHULTZ SPEAKING NEPALESE, OH NO, SORRY 26:20 THIS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. 26:21 I SAID, WELL ARE YOU GOING TO TRANSLATE? 26:24 THEY UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF ENGLISH. 26:27 OF ENGLISH, SO SPEAK SLOWLY. 26:28 SPEAK SLOWLY, SIMPLE AND THEN I'M PRAYING FOR THE 26:32 GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE GIFT OF THE 26:33 TONGUES THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM 26:36 SPEAKING ABOUT. 26:37 UNFORTUNATELY, RUKUM WAS NOT ON THAT LIST. 26:40 NO. 26:41 BECAUSE RUKUM HAS NO ELECTRICITY. 26:42 NO ELECTRITICY, NO INTERNET. 26:44 NO COMPUTERS, NO POWER. 26:46 THEY'VE GOT-BUT THEY'VE GOT GODPODS, YES AND THEY 26:49 HAVE JESUS AND THEY HAVE PRAYER. 26:52 BECAUSE YOU AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAVE BEEN 26:56 ABLE TO GET THERE AND TOUCH THEIR LIVES. 26:59 YES. 27:00 FOLKS, "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", YOU BET IT IS 27:04 AN ADVENTURE. 27:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL GET YOU THERE BECAUSE WE'RE 27:08 COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WHEREVER THERE IS 27:11 PEOPLE, THEY KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 27:14 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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