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00:33 HI, I'M JULIE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ON
00:35 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU 00:37 HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY. 00:39 WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO AN AREA OF 00:40 THE WORLD THAT IS FASCINATING FOR ME AND 00:43 MAYBE IT IS FOR YOU AS WELL. 00:45 THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS WHERE MT. 00:48 EVEREST IS AND KATHMANDU IN NEPAL. 00:50 VERY INTERESTING PLACE. 00:52 VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE AND THE STORIES THAT HAVE 00:54 COME OUT OF THERE -IT'S A FASCINATING PLACE. 00:56 SO, TODAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WELCOMING 00:59 PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ AND PASTOR UMESH WHO HAVE 01:03 JOINED US HERE ON ZOOM AND WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU TO 01:06 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:07 THANK YOU. 01:08 THANK YOU. 01:10 IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND AH, CHARLES YOU 01:13 ARE A FAMILIAR FACE TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 01:17 AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIEWERS THOUGH WHO MIGHT 01:19 NOT RECOGNIZE YOU, YOUR INVOLVEMENT AT GOSPEL 01:22 OUTREACH AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HIMALAYAN SECTION 01:25 AND NEPAL. 01:26 YES, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL 01:29 OUTREACH BECAUSE IN 1969 I WENT AS A MISSIONARY TO 01:33 NEPAL, FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE, THE COUNTRY 01:36 AND I WAS THERE FOR SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AND NOW WHEN I 01:41 RETIRED AND GOT OLD I COULD BE A DIRECTOR FOR 01:45 THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:49 WORKERS SO I'M VERY HAPPY. 01:51 I'M ABLE TO GO TO NEPAL ONCE A YEAR TO CHECK ON 01:55 THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND I 01:58 DEPENDED UPON PASTOR UMESH WHO SHOWS ME AROUND AND 02:03 KEEPS ME UPDATED ON THE SITUATIONS THERE. 02:07 WELL, THIS IS WONDERFUL AND CHARLES I'M GOING TO 02:08 CORRECT YOU ON ONE THING-OLD IS A STATE OF 02:11 MIND AND I DON'T FIND YOU IN THAT CATEGORY. 02:13 SO, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE PART OF GOSPEL 02:16 OUTREACH. 02:17 AND PASTOR UMESH WELCOME! 02:19 WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WHY DON'T YOU 02:22 SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS UM, WHAT YOU DO, UM OVER ON 02:25 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. 02:27 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 02:31 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF HIMALAYAN SECTION AH, IT 02:38 IS THE ATTACHED FIELD OF SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION OF 02:40 THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 02:45 AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT NEPAL IS LOCATED BETWEEN 02:49 AH, CHINA WHICH IS THE ONE OF THE BIG COUNTRIES WHICH 02:56 IS COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES THERE IS 03:00 INDIA, THAT IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND WE 03:04 ARE INBETWEEN -SANDWICHED. 03:06 AND I'VE BEEN THERE WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 03:12 WELL, WE ARE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND IT IS A 03:14 PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU. 03:15 SO, AH PASTOR UMESH AND PASTOR CHARLES COULD YOU 03:19 TELL A LITTLE BIT -A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF NEPAL 03:23 AND THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE? 03:25 WELL, NEPAL USED TO BE THE ONLY HINDU COUNTRY IN THE 03:30 WORLD AND THEY HAD A KING AND THE KING WAS ONE OF 03:34 THE INCARNATIONS OF THE HINDU GOD, VISHNU AND SO 03:38 EVERYONE THEORETICALLY, WAS A HINDU. 03:43 AND IF YOU WEREN'T A HINDU, UH IT WAS KIND OF 03:46 LIKE TREASON. 03:47 YOU WEREN'T REALLY IN SYNC WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR THE 03:49 KING OR THE DYNASTY WHICH HE REPRESENTED AND SO, 03:55 CHRISTIANITY STARTED OUT ON SORT OF A STRANGE FOOT 03:59 AND WE HAD A FEW YEARS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WHEN THE 04:03 COMMUNISTS DEPOSED THE KING AND BUT NOW, THE 04:09 COMMUNISTS AND THE ROYALISTS, THOSE WHO WANT 04:12 THE KING BACK, THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING WITH EACH 04:15 OTHER AND SO THEY'VE COMPROMISED AND THEY HAVE 04:19 SAID, THERE WILL BE NO PROSELYTZING. 04:22 THERE WILL BE NO CHANGING OF RELIGION. 04:24 IF YOU ARE BORN A HINDU, YOU HAVE TO REMAIN A HINDU 04:27 AND IF SOMEONE CONVERTS YOU TO ANOTHER RELIGION 04:31 THEY WILL BE IN DANGER OF BEING THROWN IN JAIL OR 04:34 DEPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY. 04:36 WOW! 04:37 SO, THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS, PASTOR UMESH. 04:39 YES, NEPAL AH IF YOU SEE OUR CONSTITUTION OF 2015 04:50 WHICH IN PART IT SAID THAT NEPAL IS A FEDERAL 04:57 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC COUNTRY AND THERE IS A 05:02 FREEDOM OF RELIGION. 05:04 YOU CAN PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION. 05:07 THE CONSTITUTION SAID BUT THEN UNDER THAT CLAUSE IT 05:14 SAID THAT WE CAN PRACTICE OUR RELIGION WHICH IS 05:19 COMING FROM OUR FOREFATHERS. 05:21 THAT MEANS CHRISTIANITY IS NOT OUR FOREFATHERS 05:27 RELIGION. 05:28 WE CAN PRACTICE OUR RELIGION COMING FROM OUR 05:32 FOREFATHERS AND WE HAVE HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, ISLAM, 05:38 JUDAISM OTHER RELIGIONS ARE THERE COMING FROM 05:44 GENERATION TO GENERATION AND FOR A CHRISTIAN BUILT 05:50 INTO THE CONSTITUTION, THESE CHRISTIANS CAN BE 05:56 PROSECUTED AND THEY CAN COME AND INTERPRET 05:59 ACCORDING TO THEIR WISH. 06:02 INTERESTING. 06:03 ANOTHER THING WE CAN PRACTICE OUR RELIGION BUT 06:08 WE CANNOT CONVERT PEOPLE FROM ONE RELIGION TO 06:14 ANOTHER RELIGION. 06:15 THAT IS PUNISHABLE ACT. 06:18 WOW. 06:19 SO, LITERALLY YOU ARE SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO 06:22 VERY POWERFUL COUNTRIES AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF 06:24 RESTRICTIONS BUT THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT GOD'S IN 06:28 CHARGE AND AH, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS WON AND WE 06:31 HAVE THE GOOD NEWS TO SHARE AND THERE ARE A 06:35 VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN THESE 06:38 RESTRICTIONS AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS 06:41 AMAZING AND SO THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT WE 06:44 HAVE TO STAND ON. 06:47 WELL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US KIND OF A BACKGROUND 06:49 HERE OF THIS SECTION OF THE WORLD AND I KNOW 06:53 PASTOR UMESH THAT YOU HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS TO 06:56 SHARE WITH US AH, ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY 07:00 DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US HERE. 07:02 WE'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS TO SHARE AND LET'S GO AHEAD 07:04 AND DIVE IN. 07:05 YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THE, IF YOU GOOGLE YOU'LL FIND 07:14 CHRISTIANITY IF YOU GO AND SEE GOOGLE AND FIND OUT 07:19 CHRISTIANITY IN NEPAL, IT SAYS IT IS A FAST-GROWING 07:22 RELIGION IN NEPAL. 07:24 THAT MEANS PEOPLE OF NEPAL ARE VERY SIMPLE. 07:30 THEY ARE VERY OPEN TO THE GOSPEL AND MANY PEOPLE, 07:37 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, THEY LIVE IN DEEP DARKNESS, 07:43 POVERTY, ILLITERACY, SOCIAL VIOLENCE, EVILS 07:46 EVERYTHING SURROUNDED BY AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE 07:52 EXISTENCE OF LIFE. 07:54 AND THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING. 07:58 AND CHRISTIANITY THE RELIGION WHICH HELPS 08:02 PEOPLE ACCEPT PEOPLE IN THEIR CONDITION BECAUSE IF 08:08 YOU SEE A HINDU INDIVIDUAL THERE IS STILL IN OUR 08:15 COUNTRY CASTE SYSTEM IS THERE. 08:18 PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED. 08:20 IF YOU ARE HIGH CASTE AND THE HIGH CASTE PEOPLE 08:26 CANNOT MINGLE WITH THE LOW CASTE PEOPLE. 08:30 SO, YOU ARE BORN INTO THE LEVEL OF SOCIETY-YOU ARE 08:33 BORN INTO A LEVEL OF SOCIETY AND YOU CANNOT, 08:35 YOU CANNOT MOVE UP FROM THAT. 08:38 YES. 08:39 YES, BUT CHRISTIANITY HELPS TO ERADICATE WHAT 08:44 HELPS TO FULFULL THEIR GAP PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR 08:51 THAT. 08:52 EQUALITY, EQUALITY AND THAT'S WHY RUKUM IS SO 08:56 IMPORTANT BECAUSE RUKUM FOR YEARS HAS BEEN AN 09:00 ISOLATED, VERY ISOLATED DISTRICT. 09:03 THE GOVERNMENT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL. 09:05 THERE WASN'T MUCH GOING ON AND THE COMMUNISTS WERE 09:08 THERE AND IT SEEMED LIKE TO THE PEOPLE THE 09:12 COMMUNISM WAS THE ONLY POLITICAL ENTITY THAT WAS 09:16 SHOWING THEM ANY LOVE OR CONCERN. 09:18 WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY LOVE ANYWAY-CONCERN. 09:20 AND SO THAT'S WHY THE JOURNEY TO RUKUM IS SO 09:27 IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THESE 09:31 PEOPLE THAT CHRISTIANITY CARES AND ABSOLUTELY, I 09:35 WAS THERE IN 2019 AND WE HAD AN OPENING OF THE 09:40 CHURCH AFTER MANY YEARS, A NEW CHURCH AND WE HAD THE 09:44 HEAD MAN OF THE VILLAGE SPEAK AND HE SAID, I'M A 09:48 COMMUNIST, MY WIFE IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 09:51 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT I JUST HAVE ONE 09:54 QUESTION FOR YOU. 09:55 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THESE PEOPLE 09:57 AFTERWARDS? 09:58 WOW. 09:59 SO, THAT'S BEEN OUR CONCERN AND WOW. 10:05 SO RUKUM IS UM GIVE US A LITTLE BIT -LIKE HOW MANY 10:09 HOURS TRAVEL FROM KATHMANDU? 10:13 RUKUM IS A DISTRICT. 10:14 THAT RUKUM IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DISTRICT. 10:19 RUKUM IS A DISTRICT. 10:21 UH HUH. 10:22 AND IT TAKES US THREE DAYS, LITERAL DAYS TO 10:28 TRAVEL FROM KATHMUNDU TO RUKUM AREA. 10:31 WE CALL PAPASERA. 10:33 SO. 10:34 ARE YOU TRAVELING BY CAR, PASTOR? 10:35 YES, BY JEEP WE TAKE 3 DAYS. 10:36 THREE DAYS. 10:37 IF WE HAVE TO WALK IT WILL TAKE US SEVERAL DAYS BUT 10:38 ROAD IS NOT GOOD. 10:38 IT IS VERY BAD ROAD. 10:39 MOUNTAINS, ROUGH BUT STILL WE TRAVEL IT TAKES THREE 10:40 DAYS BUT IT IS NOT WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN WE GO TO 10:56 RUKUM WHETHER WE WILL COME BACK OR NOT BECAUSE OF THE 11:03 ROAD. 11:03 WOW, INTERESTING. 11:05 OK, SO WE'VE GOT A TYPICAL HOUSE HERE IN RUKUM. 11:07 LET'S TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. 11:09 SO, PASTOR UMESH AND PASTOR CHARLES TELL US 11:11 ABOUT THIS. 11:12 IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MADE OF STONE. 11:13 YES. 11:14 THIS HOUSE- THERE ARE A FEW HOUSES YOU CAN SEE THE 11:21 PEOPLE LIVE ONE HOUSE IS -PEOPLE LIVE IN A FAR 11:27 DISTANCE. 11:28 THERE IS A NOT A DENSE PLACE BECAUSE THERE IS 11:34 GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITION YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THERE 11:37 MANY NON-FERTILE-IT IS STEEP, SCRAWNY LAND AND 11:43 YOU CAN SEE THE BACKGROUND THERE IS A NOTHING. 11:45 YOU CANNOT SEE ANY GREEN THING. 11:47 NO. 11:48 BUT PEOPLE LIVE HERE AND THESE HOUSES ARE STONE 11:55 HOUSES. 11:57 STONE AND MUD. 11:58 SO, ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL LIVE IN A HOUSE LIKE 12:00 IN THIS AREA HERE? 12:01 HOW MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY LIVE THERE. 12:04 IF YOU SEE THE BACKGROUND, THERE ARE TWO HOUSES, YES, 12:08 I CAN SEE AND TWO HOUSES AND ONE IS IN RUKUM THEY 12:13 HAVE A JOINED FAMILY SYSTEM. 12:15 SO, IT COULD BE GRANDMAS AND GRANDPAS AND PARENTS 12:19 AND KIDS AND EVERYBODY LIVING UNDER ONE ROOF. 12:22 UNCLES, AUNTIES AND THEIR FAMILIES EXTENDED JOINED 12:25 FAMILIES. 12:25 YES. 12:26 WELL, AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. 12:28 VERY DRY, I DON'T SEE ANY FLOWERS. 12:30 UM, IS THE ELEVATION REALLY HIGH THERE? 12:34 YES. 12:34 OK. 12:35 VERY, VERY HIGH. 12:36 WELL, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND WE 12:39 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER HERE WITH 12:41 US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT 12:44 THE HIMALAYAN SECTION FROM PASTOR UMESH AND PASTOR 12:48 CHARLES AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A 12:50 PART OF THE OUTREACH AND THE MINISTRY OF SHARING 12:53 THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 12:57 WINDOW THAT HUGE, VAST AREA FROM WEST AFRICA ALL 13:00 THE WAY THROUGH ASIA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH AND 13:04 SO, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU IN A VARIETY OF WAYS 13:06 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 13:08 WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER. 13:09 WE'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER WAYS 13:12 AND WE WANT TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT 13:15 HOW YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US. 13:17 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 13:20 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 13:23 DEPENDS ON. 13:24 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 13:27 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 13:30 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 13:33 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 13:37 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 13:40 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 13:43 EQUATOR. 13:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 13:47 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU , WE SPONSOR LOCAL 13:50 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 13:52 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:55 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:58 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 14:00 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 14:04 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 14:05 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 14:11 GOD'S LOVE. 14:12 JOIN US. 14:13 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:16 DONATE. 14:16 PRAY. 14:17 AND EXCITING TODAY, WE ARE TALKING WITH PASTOR 14:20 CHARLES SHULTZ AND PASTOR UMESH ABOUT THE HIMALAYAN 14:23 SECTION AND WE ARE TRAVELING WITH THEM TO THE 14:26 AREA OF RUKUM AND WE ARE GOING TO JOIN BACK IN ON 14:30 THIS CONVERSATION. 14:31 SO, PASTOR CHARLES AND PASTOR UMESH WE ARE 14:34 TRAVELING HERE TO THIS VERY REMOTE PLACE THAT 14:37 TAKES 3 DAYS BY JEEP TO TRAVEL THERE SO, PASTOR 14:40 UMESH YOU VISITED THERE AND LET'S GO BACK. 14:44 SO, THIS IS THE TYPICAL LANDSCAPE HERE OF THIS 14:46 AREA? 14:48 YES. 14:50 SO, VERY, VERY DRY. 14:52 I SEE THE SNOW AND SO WHAT DO PEOPLE EAT HERE IN THIS 14:55 AREA? 14:56 YOU KNOW THIS IS THE VERY-THIS LAND IS NOT 15:02 FERTILE AND IS STEEPY, STONEY LAND, STONEY YOU 15:06 CAN SEE EVERY STONE AND PEOPLE DEPEND ON THEIR 15:15 CATTLE, GOATS, HERD SHEEP AND COWS. 15:21 DO YOU THEY HAVE YAKS THERE? 15:28 YAK, I DIDN'T SEE BUT THEY HAVE SHEEP. 15:31 INTERESTING. 15:32 YES. 15:33 AND DURING THE WINTER SEASON, THIS LAND DO NOT 15:41 PRODUCE ANYTHING BECAUSE OF COLD. 15:46 ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT IS SO COLD. 15:49 SO, ABOUT CHARLES, IS THE ELEVATION HERE? 15:53 I WOULD GUESS AROUND 10-11,000 FEET. 15:56 OK. 15:57 THE PEOPLE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PEOPLE THAT 16:03 ARE AROUND THE BASE CAMP OF MT. 16:04 EVEREST. 16:05 YES. 16:06 NOT TO BIZZARE IS LIKE 14,000 FEET AND IN SHERPA 16:07 COUNTRY POTATOES AND I THINK THESE PEOPLE MAY 16:08 ALSO HAVE POTATOES AND CORN. 16:09 AND TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR MUTTON AND GOAT CURRIES. 16:10 SO, THAT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP 16:11 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TO THE BASE CAMP AT MT. 16:13 EVEREST AND IT LOOKED VERY AS THE DRYNESS OF TIBET 16:37 AND THE WESTERN PART OF CHINA -THIS LOOKS VERY 16:40 FAMILIAR TO ME AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE YAKS 16:42 BECAUSE IN TIBET EVERYBODY HAS A YAK BUT THE HOUSE IS 16:45 VERY SIMILAR. 16:46 SO, THESE PEOPLE ARE IN A VERY, VERY REMOTE AREA AND 16:49 HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF RUKUM. 16:51 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 16:52 IT LOOKS VERY COLD THERE SO YOU WERE THERE WHEN, 16:55 PASTOR UMESH? 16:56 AH, I WAS THERE OUR TEAM WAS THERE IN THE MONTH OF 17:01 DECEMBER. 17:03 RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, AFTER CHRISTMAS WE WERE 17:06 THERE. 17:08 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 17:09 SO, THESE KIDS ARE GROWING UP IN THIS AREA IS THERE A 17:12 SCHOOL THERE? 17:13 YES, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE KIDS ARE STUDYING. 17:17 THEY ARE SITTING ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL. 17:20 THERE IS A SMALL SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOL IS THERE 17:25 AND HOW DID THIS-THIS IS A CLASS. 17:27 WOW. 17:28 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 17:29 WE THINK OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN 17:31 FOOD, HERE WE TALKED ABOUT -SO THERE IS THE KITCHEN, 17:35 YES. 17:37 SO, WHAT'S IT LIKE, PASTOR UMESH, FOR YOU TO SHOW UP 17:40 WITH THESE PEOPLE? 17:41 I MEAN DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA WHO YOU ARE? 17:43 I MEAN HOW DO YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? 17:45 HOW DO YOU TALK WITH THEM? 17:47 THEY KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS, I'M A PASTOR. 17:50 THEY KNOW PASTOR CHARLES SHULTZ. 17:51 HE HAD BEEN THERE AND THEY KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS IN 17:56 NEPALI THEY CALL "GOODOVA." 17:58 GOODOVA MEANS TEACHER. 18:00 AND THEY KNOW THEY ALSO KNOW EVERY YEAR WE GO 18:03 THERE, UM, DURING CHRISTMAS, BEFORE OR AFTER 18:08 RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIGHT 18:11 TIME TO SHARE OUR LOVE BECAUSE THAT TIME IS 18:15 WINTER TIME. 18:16 WHEN WE GO WE TAKE SOME WARM CLOTHES, FOOD ITEMS, 18:21 LITERATURE LIKE BIBLE, OTHER LITERATURE FOR THE 18:25 CHILDREN AND EVEN WE GIVE THEM FOOD ALSO. 18:29 WE PROVIDE SOME FOOD AND WE EAT WITH THEM. 18:33 AND THEY KNOW US AND EVEN THAT WE ALL RELIGIONS. 18:37 THEY KNOW US EVEN ALL ARE NOT CHRISTIAN, ALL ARE NOT 18:40 ADVENTIST BUT THEY KNOW US BUT WE GO THERE AND WE 18:44 CARE. 18:45 I FEEL A COMMERCIAL COMING ON. 18:48 WE HAVE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS 18:50 AREA AND SO THEY'VE PAVED THE WAY. 18:55 WONDERFUL AND LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD A FEAST AND A 18:58 CELEBRATION HERE. 18:59 TELL US ABOUT THIS. 19:00 EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GO THERE, BEFORE WE GO WE 19:05 TELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, OUR VOLUNTEERS 19:09 THEY ARE THE ONES WORKING IN THE FRONTLINE. 19:13 THEY ARE THE ONES IN THE FIELD AND WE TELL THEM WE 19:19 ARE IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND WE TELL THEM WE ARE COMING 19:23 THIS DAY AND PREPARE EVERYTHING AND THEY 19:26 PREPARE EVERYTHING BUT WE PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE 19:30 FOOD. 19:31 AND WE CALL ALL THE VILLAGERS THAT DAY THAT 19:35 THEY WILL COME WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY WILL 19:38 COME AND THEY SPEND ALL DAY WITH US. 19:41 I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. 19:42 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT? 19:44 I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN JESUS FED THE 5000 AND WE KNOW 19:47 THAT IT WAS MORE THAN 5000 BECAUSE PROBABLY THE MEN 19:52 WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE COUNTED BUT THAT'S 19:54 WHAT JUST CAME TO MY MIND OF ALL THESE PEOPLE EATING 19:57 AT THIS HIGH ELEVATION AND GRANTED, WHEN JESUS FED IT 20:00 WASN'T IT AT A HIGH ELEVATION BUT WHAT A 20:02 SPECIAL, SPECIAL PLACE. 20:04 SO, PASTOR CHARLES YOU HAVE ALSO VISITED THIS 20:07 AREA AND HERE YOU ARE WITH THE CHURCH MEMBERS. 20:11 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 20:13 YES, THIS WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE SEVENTH 20:16 DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THERE. 20:17 WE HAD ANOTHER CHURCH BUT IT WAS OLD AND RUN DOWN 20:21 AND SO, THEY BASICALLY BUILT THIS OUT OF AGAIN 20:26 STONE AND MUD AND WE SUPPLIED THE MONEY FOR THE 20:30 TIN ROOF AND ALSO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE 20:36 A LITTLE SOLAR PANEL AND THAT SUPPLIES LIGHT FOR 20:41 ONE LIGHT BULB IN THE CHURCH AND IT'S A NICE 20:45 CHURCH. 20:46 THERE IS NO PEWS. 20:49 THEY HAVE A GOATSKIN OR A GOAT CARPET THAT YOU SIT 20:53 ON -MEN ON ONE SIDE THE LADIES ON THE OTHER SIDE. 20:57 AND VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. 21:00 CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY EAGER TO HEAR CHRISTIAN 21:06 MUSIC AND TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 21:09 I LOVE THIS. 21:10 I LOVE THIS. 21:11 AND YOU ALSO BRING, YOU MENTION PASTOR UMESH, THAT 21:13 YOU BROUGHT FOOD. 21:14 SO, TELL US ABOUT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 21:18 WHENEVER WE GO, SINCE YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF THIS 21:23 PLACE BY NOW, BECAUSE OF THE -THIS PLACE IS NOT 21:29 FERTILE PLACE, WITH THEIR OWN FARMING PEOPLE CAN 21:33 HARDLY SURVIVE FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS AND THEY HAVE TO 21:38 BUY OR DO SOME WORK AND GO OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE AND 21:44 WORK AND FEED THE FAMILY. 21:47 AND WHEN THEY WERE ASKED WHAT IS THEIR NEED, AND 21:52 THEY WILL TELL US PROVIDE SOME FOOD AND BEFORE WE 21:57 REACH THERE, WE SEND THE MONEY TO THEM, OUR GOSPEL 22:01 WORKERS, AND THEY WILL BUY EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW SACKS 22:04 OF RICE. 22:05 EACH FAMILY WILL RECEIVE ONE SACK OF RICE AND THIS 22:13 AREA THEY DON'T PRODUCE RICE ONLY POTATOES AND 22:20 OTHER BEANS, WHEAT BUT NO RICE AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE 22:26 RICE. 22:27 WE PROVIDE THEM FOR EACH FAMILY ONE WHENEVER WE GO. 22:33 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 22:34 AND THEN, COLD-YOU MENTIONED IT WAS VERY COLD 22:37 THERE SO YOU DISTRIBUTE WARM CLOTHES AS WELL? 22:39 YES. 22:42 OH, LOOK AT THE KIDS. 22:44 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 22:46 SO, THAT'S YOU IN THE JACKET THERE, CORRECT? 22:49 YOU CAN SEE ME AND THE CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING NEW 22:53 CAPS. 22:54 WE PUT THEIR CAPS WE GIVE THEM AND THEN WE ARE 22:57 GIVING SOCKS. 23:00 AND BIBLES. 23:02 YES. 23:03 AND BIBLES AND I NOTICE OK, SO, YOU HAVE AROUND 23:07 YOU, YOU HAVE THE YELLOW SCARF AND TELL US ABOUT 23:12 THAT. 23:13 AH, IN OUR LAST VISIT IN 2021 DECEMBER, FIVE PEOPLE 23:21 WERE BAPTIZED AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE 23:26 WELCOMING THEM WITH THIS SCARF, YELLOW SCARF AND WE 23:31 ARE GIVING THEM A BIBLE AS A GIFT. 23:34 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 23:35 I ALSO HAVE RECEIVED A SCARF WHEN I WENT TO 23:38 TIBET, I RECEIVED A SCARF, A WELCOME SCARF. 23:40 I THINK IT IS A VERY, VERY LOVELY, LOVELY TRADITION 23:43 AND THEN YOU HAD SOME MEETINGS. 23:45 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 23:47 THIS IS A MEETING WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE IT IS 23:51 OUTSIDE THE CHURCH NOT INSIDE THE CHURCH BECAUSE 23:54 WE CALL EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE OF THAT AREA AND 23:59 THE PEOPLE GATHER AND WE SHARE THE MESSAGE 24:03 ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 24:05 AND THE STORY OF JESUS TO THEM IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE 24:09 BECAUSE JESUS LOVES THEM SO THAT WHILE WE ARE 24:13 THERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY THAT LOVE TO THEM. 24:16 AND THEN THESE PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HANDS HAVE 24:21 THEY MADE A COMMITMENT? 24:24 YES. 24:25 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 24:26 SO, YOU KNOW, AS I CONTINUE TO SAY THAT AS I 24:29 SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR AS WE'VE JUST LOOKED AT THESE 24:31 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF 24:34 NEPAL AND RUKUM WHO THEY DON'T-I DON'T SEE ANY 24:39 GREEN FLOWERS, YOU KNOW COLORFUL FLOWERS. 24:42 I DON'T SEE ANY GREENERY. 24:43 I SEE SMILES ON PEOPLES FACES. 24:46 I SEE PEOPLE HAPPY FOR FOOD. 24:48 I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY FOR HOPE AND I SEE PEOPLE 24:52 WHO ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A PLACE TO GATHER AND YOU 24:55 WENT AT CHRISTMAS TIME, PASTOR UMESH AND YOU DID 24:57 WHAT JESUS HAS ASKED US ALL TO DO AND THE 25:00 CHRISTMAS STORY IS ABOUT HOPE AND THESE PEOPLE SEEM 25:03 TO ME TO BE PEOPLE WHO NEED HOPE BECAUSE JUST IN 25:06 REALITY OF GETTING UP EVERY DAY AND HAVING TO 25:09 LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE IT'S A CHALLENGE AND I HAVE 25:11 BEEN TO PLACES LIKE THIS AND IT IS ONE THING TO SEE 25:13 PICTURES BUT IT ALSO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO 25:17 WITNESS BUT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE WHO NEED TO 25:19 KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 25:21 SO, AS WE FINISH HERE I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 25:23 BOTH OF YOU FOR SHARING THIS AND PASTOR UMESH, YOU 25:26 HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH 25:28 US HERE TODAY AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE 25:30 MOUNTAINS. 25:31 AH, SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY IS TAKEN FROM ISAIAH 52:7. 25:39 IT SAYS, I'M READING FROM NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 25:49 HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE FEET OF 25:55 HIM WHO BRINGS GOOD NEWS. 25:59 WHO PROCLAIMS PEACE, WHO BRINGS GLAD TIDINGS OF 26:05 GOOD THINGS, WHO PROCLAIMS SALVATION, WHO SAYS YOUR 26:11 GOD REIGNS. 26:13 SO, PASTOR UMESH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AS THINK 26:16 ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE PEOPLE OF RUKUM. 26:19 WHEN I SEE THE MOUNTAINS, YOU KNOW I FEEL THAT I'M 26:25 CLOSE TO GOD. 26:26 WHEN I AM IN THE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US 26:27 NATURE AND FEEL THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING ON THE 26:28 MOUNTAIN, HIGH MOUNTAIN SEE WHEN I'M SURROUNDED BY 26:30 MOUNTAINS NEAR HIS SIDE, I FEEL I'M CLOSE TO GOD. 26:38 YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY SIMPLE. 26:41 THEY LIVE IN VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. 26:46 THEIR LIFE IS VERY HARD. 26:48 THEY WORK VERY HARD AND IF WE COMPARE THESE PEOPLE 26:53 WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD PEOPLE, WE CANNOT 26:58 COMPREHEND HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING. 27:01 BUT IT IS STILL THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY SIMPLE, 27:05 VERY HONEST, VERY HARD WORKING AND VERY 27:09 OPTIMISTIC AND LOVING AND WHEN WE WILL VISIT AND SEE 27:14 THIS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THERE FOR THE MISSION. 27:19 THE MISSION IS TO TELL THEM THAT WE LOVE- JESUS 27:24 LOVES THEM AND WITH JESUS WHEN YOU GO TO THE THIS 27:30 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE WITH THE GOOD NEWS, I FEEL I'M 27:34 BLEST AND I FEEL I'M CLOSE TO GOD AND I FEEL REVIVED 27:40 AND WHENEVER I VISIT THE FIELD, GO TO MOUNTAINSIDE 27:45 WITH THE GOSPEL AND SPEND TIME IN THE VILLAGE 27:50 TALKING ABOUT JESUS THAT GIVES ME- THAT RENEWS MY 27:54 PERSONAL RELATION WITH JESUS THAT GIVES ME HOPE 27:58 AND THAT MAKES ME MORE STRONG IN JESUS. 28:03 AMEN, AMEN. 28:04 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. 28:06 THANK YOU FOR SHARING PASTOR CHARLES AND PASTOR 28:08 UMESH AND MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND WE 28:11 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND IF YOU'VE BEEN MOVED HERE 28:13 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH I PRAY THAT YOU WILL PRAY AND 28:15 THAT YOU WILL DONATE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH SO MORE 28:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN REACH THESE PEOPLE OF 28:20 RUKUM. 28:21 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:22 çCLOSING MUSICÑ. |
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