Participants:
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000897S
|
00:32 HI, I'M JULIE AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN
00:35 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE ARE 00:38 BLESSED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO WORK WITH SO 00:40 MANY PEOPLE, TO PARTNER WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AND 00:43 THAT INCLUDES YOU. 00:44 AND WE ARE GLAD ALSO TO PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER 00:47 ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOGETHER WE TAKE THE GREAT 00:51 COMMISSION SERIOUSLY IN MATTHEW AND IN MARK TO GO 00:54 INTO ALL THE WORLD. 00:55 AND TODAY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE WITH US 00:58 AND HE ALWAYS HAS A STORY AND HE ALWAYS HAS MIRACLES 01:02 OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 01:03 SOME OF THEM HE CAN SHARE FREELY, OTHERS HE CAN'T 01:07 BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO 01:10 SAY AND SOME EXCITING THINGS TO REPORT. 01:13 SO, MARTY PHILLIPS WELCOME AGAIN TO "ADVENTURES IN 01:15 MISSIONS". 01:16 WELL, IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH 01:17 YOU AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US BACK. 01:20 WELL, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU AND LIKE I SAID, THERE 01:23 ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH AND 01:25 YOURS IS ONE OF THEM AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH 01:28 US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO AND 01:31 ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 01:33 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:34 WELL, WE HAVE A REAL PASSION FOR MISSION. 01:37 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS IN MUSLIM 01:43 COUNTRIES, BUDDHIST COUNTRIES, HINDUS AND MORE 01:47 RECENTLY ALSO AMONG TRIBES OF THE MIDDLE OF THE 01:50 AMAZON JUNGLE. 01:51 SO, THAT'S A PASSION OF OURS TO REACH THE 01:53 UNREACHED ALSO, WE'VE ALSO HAD A VERY BIG HEART FOR 01:57 WORKING IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS WAR, WHERE THERE 02:01 IS HIGH DIFFICULTY. 02:03 I USED TO WORK FOR ADRA, DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF 02:06 ORGANIZATION OWNED BY THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THAT 02:10 TOOK ME TO WORKING IN A LOT OF LIKE HIGH STRESS, 02:14 HIGH DIFFICULT AREAS SO IT GAVE ME A BIT OF 02:16 BACKGROUND FOR SOME OF THE STUFF WE ARE GOING TO BE 02:18 SHARING TODAY. 02:19 WONDERFUL. 02:20 AND YOU KNOW, WE HEAR MANY THINGS ON THE NEWS, SOCIAL 02:24 MEDIA, AGAIN UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE WHOLE 02:28 STORY AND THERE HAVE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 02:31 HAPPENING IN THE WORLD THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT AND 02:35 YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN 02:38 INVOLVED AND CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED TO GIVE HOPE 02:41 TO PEOPLE. 02:42 COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? 02:43 YES, ACTUALLY IT KIND OF HAPPENED IN A ROUND ABOUT 02:46 WAY BECAUSE BESIDES THE MISSION ORGANIZATION THAT 02:49 WE WORK WITH I ALSO RUN MY OWN BUSINESS AND WE WERE 02:54 IN THE OFFICE AND ONE OF THE LADIES THAT WORKED 02:56 WITH ME AT THAT TIME, HER PHONE WAS JUST GOING 02:57 CRAZY. 02:59 IT WAS JUST ALL THE TIME BEEP, BEEP, BEEP AND IT 03:00 WAS WHATSAPP YOU KNOW. 03:01 AND YOU KNOW WHATSAPP HAS ITS SPECIAL BING TO IT. 03:09 AND I SAID, BOY, YOU'VE BECOME POPULAR IN THE LAST 03:11 THREE WEEKS WHAT'S GOING ON GIRL? 03:13 DING, DING, DING. 03:14 DING, DING, DING ALL DAY LONG. 03:16 SHE SAYS, MAN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 03:18 YOU KNOW I USED TO BE A ONE OF THE ADRA REGIONAL 03:21 DIRECTORS, PROJECT DIRECTORS IN AFGHANISTAN 03:24 AND I HAD A VERY LARGE PROJECT IN REHABILITATING 03:30 HOSPITALS WITH FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. 03:33 GOVERNMENT. 03:34 WE HAD ABOUT 200 PLUS EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTRY 03:38 AND NOW IT IS SOUNDING THAT THE U.S. 03:41 IS GOING TO PULL OUT. 03:43 THEY ARE PANICKING BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL THESE LETTERS, 03:45 THESE DOCTORS JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH AN 03:49 ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION 03:52 BACKGROUND AND BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS CAME FROM THE 03:55 U.S. 03:56 GOVERNMENT THEY ARE NOW BEING TOLD AS DOCTORS TO 03:58 LEAVE THE COUNTRY OR ELSE. 04:00 SO, THEY WERE BEING TARGETED. 04:01 THEY WERE BEING TARGETED. 04:03 AND SHE SAYS THESE PEOPLE ARE MY FRIENDS. 04:05 AND SO, THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO HER BECAUSE THEY 04:07 HAD HER ON WHATSAPP AND THEY NEEDED HELP. 04:10 YES. 04:10 AND THEY NEEDED HELP. 04:11 AND BOY, EVERYDAY IT GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE AH, 04:16 THIS BECAME A BIG BURDEN. 04:18 I COULD SEE YOU KNOW, THIS WAS AFFECTING HER. 04:20 SHE COULD HARDLY SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLING 04:22 HER 24/7 AND AS WE GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO D 04:26 DAY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST DAY OF PULLING OUT OF 04:28 KABUL, PEOPLE WERE IN A GREAT PANIC. 04:31 YES. 04:32 AND SOON AH, WE WERE LEARNING THAT IT WASN'T 04:35 JUST THE ADRA FOLK THAT WORK THERE, THERE WAS LOTS 04:39 OF PEOPLE THEY WERE ALREADY TARGETING BEFORE 04:41 THE TALIBAN TOOK OVER. 04:43 THEY WERE SCARING, YOU KNOW, JUST CIVIL 04:45 SERVANTS-IT PEOPLE AND WHO HAD WORKED FOR THE 04:48 GOVERNMENT FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN JUST BEING A 04:51 CIVIL SERVANT. 04:52 SO, THEY KNEW ALL OF THAT. 04:53 THEY HAD ALL THE RECORDS OF WHO WAS WORKING FOR 04:55 WHOM. 04:56 THEY KNEW EVERYTHING. 04:57 THEY WEREN'T THE TALIBAN THAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS 04:58 AGO. 04:59 THEY WERE HIGHLY TECH TALIBAN THAT KNEW 05:00 EVERYTHING. 05:01 AND SO, AND THEY KNOW MUCH MORE NOW BUT SO THEN I 05:02 FELT MORE AND MORE CONVICTED WE NEEDED TO DO 05:03 SOMETHING TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT. 05:04 RIGHT. 05:06 SO, AH FINALLY AFTER ABOUT LIKE THREE WEEKS OF THIS 05:06 GOING ON AND THE U.S. 05:08 WAS GOING TO PULL OUT IN A HURRY SO, UH SO IT JUST 05:10 WENT ON ALL THESE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BEGGING AND 05:13 THEY WERE LIKE SENDING AN WHATSAPP HERE IS THE DEATH 05:16 THREATS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING. 05:20 WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE. 05:37 WE'RE BEING THREATENED AND THEY DON'T CARE THAT WE 05:44 -THEY ARE THREATENING THE DOCTORS THAT WORK IN THEIR 05:47 COUNTRY. 05:48 AND SO, FINALLY ONE MORNING I HAD THIS STRONG 05:51 SENSATION BECAUSE WE WERE NOW TRYING TO GET PEOPLE 05:53 TO THE AIRPORT. 05:54 AND IF AN AIRPORT DOOR WAS OPEN BY A FOREIGNER THEN 06:00 THEY WOULD LET THE PEOPLE THROUGH. 06:01 NOW, STATE DEPARTMENT HAD HIGHLY PROHIBITED THIS BUT 06:06 THE SOLDIERS WERE DOING IT AND THEN IT GOT TO THE 06:08 PLACE THAT THE SOLDIERS, IF A CIVILIAN WAS THERE 06:11 BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE FIRED IF THEY OPENED THE 06:14 DOOR BUT THEY WERE LETTING NON-MILITARY PERSONNEL 06:18 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MILITARY TO OPEN DOORS TO 06:21 LET EVEN THEIR FRIENDS THROUGH. 06:23 SO, I SAID I'M GOING TO FLY THERE. 06:25 SO, I MADE A PHONE CALL TO A COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND I 06:28 SAID, HEY IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY CUZ I TRIED 06:31 THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IN THERE THROUGH COMMERCIAL 06:33 AIRLINES AND I MADE A PHONE CALL TO A FRIEND AND 06:36 SAID, HEY, IS THERE ANYWAY YOU -BECAUSE I KNOW THEY 06:40 OWN SEVERAL PLANES-WOULD ANY OF YOUR STAFF BE 06:43 WILLING TO FLY ME INTO AFGHANISTAN SO I CAN OPEN 06:46 THE DOORS SO PEOPLE CAN COME THROUGH. 06:49 HE SAID, I THINK I GOT THE GUY FOR YOU. 06:50 WOW. 06:51 IN 45 SECONDS, A MAN SAID, YES, I'LL FLY YOU INTO 06:55 AFGHANISTAN. 06:56 HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? 06:57 MARTY. 06:58 AND YOU CAN NOT ANSWER ALL OF THAT BUT I'M A PRIVATE 07:02 PILOT AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS 07:04 AND I'M THNKING ABOUT THE LOGISITICS AND SO, WELL, 07:07 JUST LET THAT GO AND GO WOW. 07:09 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:10 THERE WAS A LOT OF LOGISTICS THAT HE WOULD 07:12 HAVE TO GET ALL THE PERMISSIONS TO FLY OVER 07:14 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 07:15 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING, AIR SPACE. 07:18 I HAD ANOTHER FRIEND WHO WAS VERY ADEPT AT GETTING 07:21 QUICK PERMISSIONS. 07:22 OK. 07:23 AND I DON'T KNOW BUT I HAPPEN TO KNOW A LOT OF 07:24 PEOPLE. 07:25 THIS IS GOOD, PRAISE THE LORD. 07:26 AND SO, I JUST MADE TWO PHONE CALLS AND WHEN I 07:27 CALLED HIM HE SAID, LET ME PATCH YOU INTO THE GUY WHO 07:28 I THINK CAN FLY YOU IN. 07:29 THERE IS ONLY ONE PILOT I KNOW WHO'S BRAVE ENOUGH TO 07:30 DO THAT. 07:31 AND THIS IS ONE THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS 07:32 BEING BOLD. 07:33 EMBOLDEN HE SAYS, I'LL FLY YOU IN MARTY LET'S GO. 07:35 AND I DIDN'T KNOW HIM SO HE WAS PRETTY BOLD TO SAY 07:39 I'LL TAKE YOU IN. 07:40 YES. 07:41 EXACTLY. 07:42 AND I JUST SHARED WITH HIM HE WAS GOING TO A BOARD 07:45 MEETING, THAT PILOT, BUT HE SAID YOU TAKE YOU ON MY 07:48 PLANE. 07:49 IT'S A COMPANY PLANE, AN ORGANIZATIONAL PLANE BUT 07:51 HE SAID I'LL TAKE YOU ON THE PLANE. 07:53 WOW. 07:54 OK, AND HIS BOSS SAID HE COULD DO IT IF I HAVE ONE 08:01 OF THE PILOTS WILLING TO DO IT I'LL DO IT. 08:03 YES, BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING NEWS ABOUT THIS, 08:05 ABOUT HELPING FINANCIALLY AND SO ANYWAY, YOU SHOWED 08:09 UP. 08:09 SO, WITH THE ANGELS. 08:12 WELL, WE WERE GOING TO FLY BUT THEN TWO SENATORS IF 08:17 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WENT THERE, OK, AND BECAUSE TWO 08:20 HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE HAD JUST FLOWN IN STATE 08:22 DEPARTMENT PROHIBITED ANYONE, ANYBODY BECAUSE 08:25 UNTIL THEN, IT WAS VERY FLUID, THE RULES, AND IF 08:28 WE WOULD HAVE GONE IN THERE WE WOULD HAVE ENDED 08:30 HANDCUFFED. 08:31 SO, WE HAD TO STOP BUT BECAUSE I FELT THAT GOD 08:34 WANTED TO SEE FAITH BECAUSE THAT WAS NO EASY 08:36 THING TO TELL MY WIFE AND FAMILY, YES, HELLO, I WAS 08:40 GOING TO FLY INTO A WAR ZONE. 08:42 UH HUH, AND INTO TOTAL CHAOS. 08:45 I HAVE BEEN IN WAR ZONES. 08:47 I'VE BEEN IN CHAOS SO TO ME IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BUT 08:52 I KNEW IT WOULD BE A VERY BIG DEAL FOR MY FAMILY AND 08:54 SO, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND JUST -THAT COULD BE 08:56 WHO YOU WERE FACING RIGHT HERE. 08:57 EXACTLY, SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT AN EASY THING TO FLY 08:58 IN AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT WOULD BE WANTING TO SHOOT 08:59 DOWN THE PLANE BECAUSE IT NOW AT THE VERY, VERY END. 09:00 SO, WE ARE ALL ON OUR SEATS HOW DID YOU GET IN? 09:02 I DIDN'T GO. 09:02 BUT THAT STARTED. 09:03 IT FELT THAT GOD WANTED AN ACT OF FAITH SO BY THAT 09:05 ACT OF FAITH OF SAYING THAT I'M PERSONALLY GOING 09:05 ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WHOLE TEAM CAME AROUND OF 09:28 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH VERY UNIQUE SKILLS WHO HAD 09:31 SKILLS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 09:33 AND SO, TO FIRST OF ALL IT IS NOT CHEAP TO GET PEOPLE 09:41 OUT. 09:42 NO. 09:42 AND GOD DID A BIG MIRACLE. 09:44 GOD BROUGHT A PRAYER WARRIOR THAT SAID WE'RE 09:47 GOING TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDS. 09:49 AND SO, WE SET UP A CAMPAIGN ON PAYPAL ON 09:53 FACEBOOK ETC., AND WITHIN 48 HOURS OVER ONE MILLION 09:57 DOLLARS WAS RAISED. 09:58 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I 10:01 WAS A RECIPIENT OF THAT EMAIL AND BECAUSE OF THAT 10:05 I WAS ABLE TO FORWARD IT ON TO OTHER PEOPLE AND 10:08 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GETTING OTHER PEOPLE 10:11 INVOLVED. 10:12 THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE IT WENT VIRAL. 10:13 IT WENT SO VIRAL I STARTED GETTING CALLS FROM 10:17 SENATORS AND CONGRESS PEOPLE AND THEIR 10:19 REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE NATION. 10:21 WOW. 10:22 AND SEE, I HAVEN'T HEARD THE REST OF THE STORY 10:23 BECAUSE I'M LIKE, O.K. 10:24 GOD YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR US AND SO 10:26 THIS IS COOL TO COME FULL CIRCLE. 10:28 SO, YES GO AHEAD. 10:30 NO, FINISH. 10:31 SO, THIS WAS AMAZING SO WE STARTED GETTING LIKE MY 10:34 LOCAL CONGRESS PERSON AND SENATORS THEY STARTED 10:37 CALLING, HOW CAN WE BE INVOLVED? 10:38 AH, WELL I SOON LEARNED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH 10:42 POWER IN THESE THINGS. 10:44 STATE DEPARTMENT HIGHLY CONTROLS THIS BUT THERE 10:47 WAS A HUGE OUTPOURING OF GOOD WILL FROM CONGRESS, 10:52 FROM BOTH PARTIES BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN 10:55 FROM ALL OVER THE NATION THAT HOW CAN WE HELP. 10:58 YES, WANTING TO HELP. 10:58 GOOD. 10:59 WANTING TO HELP. 11:00 SO, WE JUST SAW THIS AND LITERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS 11:03 ON MY PHONE BECAUSE IT IS LINKED TO THE PAYPAL 11:06 ACCOUNT IT WAS JUST EVERY THREE MINUTES AND THE MOST 11:09 AMAZING THING IT NEVER STOPPED ALL NIGHT LONG. 11:12 REALLY? 11:13 OK, SO YOUR COWORKER HAD HER WHATSAPP ON FIRE AND 11:15 THEN TO HAVE PAYPAL ON FIRE, MARTY PRAISE THE 11:18 LORD. 11:20 AND THAT PAYPAL, I'LL TELL YOU MORE FUNDS CAME IN 11:22 BETWEEN PROBABLY 1 AND 4 IN THE MORNING WITH IT 11:25 PEAKING AT 3 A.M. 11:27 AT 3 A.M. 11:28 SO PEOPLE COULDN'T SLEEP, THEY PICKUP THE PHONE AND 11:29 BOOM THERE THE LORD WAS WORKING. 11:32 AND YOU KNOW THERE WERE ALL SIZES OF DONATIONS. 11:36 WOW. 11:37 FROM KIDS SENDING FIVE DOLLARS TO PEOPLE SENDING 11:39 $50,000. 11:40 SO, ALL OF THAT CAME IN SO WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO? 11:44 SO, THEN NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW TO GET OUT. 11:47 THAT WAS STILL A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS 11:51 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE AIRPORT TO 11:54 FLY OUT. 11:55 AND WHO WERE THE PEOPLE, THE OBVIOUSLY FRIENDS OF 11:57 YOUR COWORKER, SO IT SOON GREW, YES, I MEAN THE 12:00 PHOTOS THAT WE SAW. 12:02 WE HAD AND IT WAS TOTAL PANDEMONIUM, WE COULD TELL 12:03 THAT FROM THE NEWS, IN THE AIRPORT AND SOON IT GOT 12:07 EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE AH AND I WILL JUST 12:08 SAY IT WHATEVER THE CONSEQUENCE WHICH HAS 12:10 NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. 12:11 MILITARY- BLACK MASKED ARMY NOT BELONGING TO THE 12:20 ARMY BUT BELONGING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES 12:23 TO THE KABUL AIRPORT AND TELLS THE MARINES, THEY 12:25 HIJACKED THE MARINES, AND SAID THEY ARE NOW IN 12:29 CHARGE OF THE AIRPORT. 12:31 WOW. 12:32 AND SO, THAT EVEN CREATED MORE CHAOS AND SO I FEEL A 12:36 WHOLE LOT BECAUSE WE HAD MADE CONTACTS WITH 12:40 MILITARY INSIDE THE AIRPORT BUT THEY LOST ALL 12:43 CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT. 12:44 IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY BLACK MASKED PRIVATE MILITARY 12:50 HIRED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE OVER 12:53 THE AIRPORT. 12:54 SO, THEN TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT BY GOD'S 12:57 AMAZING GRACE, IT WASN'T CHEAP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 13:02 A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUT AND IT INCLUDED A 13:10 LARGE SCALE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 13:11 ON IT THERE WAS GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, TOP GOVERNMENT 13:14 MINISTERS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED VERY SHORTLY 13:17 IF WE DIDN'T GET THEM OUT. 13:19 YES, THESE PICTURES. 13:20 THE REASON YOU KNOW WHY THEY ARE HOLDING ON TO 13:23 PLANES, YES, THAT WAS A DRAMATIC THING AND WE HAVE 13:26 TO SAY THESE ARE NOT YOUR PHOTOS. 13:28 THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS, YES, THESE ARE ONLINE 13:30 PHOTOS. 13:31 THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE NEWS. 13:32 PEOPLE HAVE SEEN AND YES. 13:34 BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SAW. 13:35 THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING US AND THE REASON 13:37 FOR THAT DESPERATION IS IF THEY DIDN'T GET OUT THEY 13:40 WERE ALREADY RECEIVING DEATH THREATS. 13:42 ANYONE INVOLVED EVEN AS SIMPLE CIVIL SERVANTS WERE 13:47 BEING TARGETED. 13:49 THE TALIBAN ISN'T AN ORGANIZED UNIT AND SO IT 13:54 IS AH, BUT YET YOU SAID THEY WERE VERY TECHNICAL, 13:58 YES, BUT THEY ARE A LOOSE NETWORK. 13:59 GOT IT. 14:00 WHO SHARE A SHARED VISION BUT WHAT IT IS THERE ARE 14:03 MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SO IT'S A LARGELY 14:05 RELIGIOIUS RUN. 14:06 YOU KNOW, TALIBAN IS RELATED TO THE WORD THAT 14:07 IS USED IN HEBREW FOR DISCIPLE. 14:18 WELL, SEE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 14:19 SO, THEY ARE ACTUALLY STUDENTS, THEY ARE 14:21 DISCIPLES, RELIGIOUS DISCIPLES. 14:24 SO, THE IRONY OF THIS. 14:25 THIS IS THE IRONY OF IT AND SO MANY OF THESE GUYS 14:29 ARE ACTUALLY YOU MIGHT SAY, NOT EXACTLY, BUT 14:33 SIMILAR TO LIKE THEOLOGY STUDENTS. 14:37 GONE ON A DIFFERENT TACK. 14:38 GONE ON A DIFFERENT TACK SO THEY DON'T HAVE A 14:43 VISION OUTSIDE OF AFGHANISTAN BUT THEY 14:47 WANTED AN AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE. 14:51 SO, PEOPLE CAME. 14:53 THEY WERE ABLE TO BE AIRLIFTED. 14:54 SO, WE GOT THE PEOPLE WE AIRLIFTED, WE CONTINUED TO 14:58 MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO THIS DAY EVEN I 15:02 PROBABLY TWICE A WEEK WOW, SEVERAL, I STILL INVEST 15:07 MANY HOURS EVERY WEEK ON THIS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT 15:11 OF AFGHANISTAN. 15:12 THERE ARE SAFE HOUSES WHERE PEOPLE ARE HIDING. 15:15 WE HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MOVING 15:18 PEOPLE ACROSS BORDERS AND GETTING THEM TO SAFETY AND 15:23 ITS TERRIFIC BECAUSE NOW I'VE GOTTEN SOMEWHAT 15:27 DESENSITIZED BUT THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN, YOU 15:30 KNOW, PEOPLE SEND US PHOTOS BECAUSE WE NOW LIVE 15:34 IN A TECH WORLD WITH PEOPLE WITH A CELLPHONE IS 15:37 HIDING BACK IN THE SHADOWS AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF MY 15:40 DAD BEING THROWN INTO A GARAGE. 15:44 I MEAN INTO THE TRUNK OF A CAR. 15:46 HOODED MEN COME, THEY PUT A BLACK MASK ON HIM, PUSH 15:49 HIM INTO THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF NEVER TO BE SEEN 15:54 AGAIN. 15:55 PICTURES OF PEOPLE BEING EXECUTED OVER AND OVER. 15:58 I HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VIDEOS ON MY PHONE OF 16:02 PEOPLE JUST THEY'LL DRIVE UP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND 16:06 CALL SOMEONE OUT AND IF YOU DON'T COME THEN YOU 16:07 KNOW THEY'LL KILL THE FAMILY. 16:08 SO, THE MAN WILL COME OUT AND POO, POO, POO RIGHT 16:11 THEN AND I'VE DOZENS OF "PLEASE HELP US GET OUT" 16:13 THEY ARE GOING TO COME AFTER US NEXT AND JUST 16:20 PHOTOS AND PHOTOS, VIDEOS FOOTAGE WHICH WOULD JUST- 16:33 DIFFICULT TO TAKE IN. 16:34 I'M SPEECHLESS BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT UM, WORLD 16:41 WAR II AND THE TIME WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND YOU 16:44 THINK, WOW, HERE WE ARE NOW AND ALL OF THIS FOR 16:48 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TARGETED LIKE THIS. 16:51 SO, MARTY WHAT'S IT LIKE, I MEAN, JESUS SAID TO GO 16:55 AFTER THE ONE LOST SHEEP AND WHAT'S IT LIKE I MEAN, 16:58 YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE? 17:01 HOW DO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU MEET ALL THE NEEDS? 17:06 I MEAN IT IS OVERWHELMING. 17:07 IT'S OVERWHELMING AND IT'S LIKE WHERE DO WE STOP? 17:12 YES. 17:12 WHO DO WE SAY NO TO? 17:13 WHO DO WE SAY YES TO? 17:15 IT'S EXPENSIVE TO MOVE PEOPLE. 17:17 TO MOVE PEOPLE ACROSS BORDERS TO GET 17:19 PERMISSIONS, TO PUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEN THEY ARE 17:23 STUCK. 17:24 WE GET THEM INTO ONE COUNTRY, YES BUT THEN 17:26 WHAT? 17:26 AND THEN WHAT? 17:27 BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT BEING HUNTED BUT THEN THAT 17:29 COUNTRY DOESN'T WANT THEM EITHER SO WE HAVE TO DO 17:31 ALL KINDS OF STUFF, RIGHT, TO KEEP THEM. 17:33 WELL, AND WE HEAR ABOUT THAT-WE'VE HEARD ABOUT 17:36 THAT IN NORTHERN INDIA ABOUT THE NEPALI REFUGEES. 17:39 I MEAN WE HEAR THIS SO OFTEN HERE AT GOSPEL 17:43 OUTREACH. 17:44 SO, WOW. 17:45 THIS IS A LOT BUT WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS WITH ALL OF 17:49 THIS? 17:50 WELL YOU KNOW, I SEE BEHIND ALL THIS. 17:53 I HAVE A FRIEND AND HE'S BECOME A CLOSE FRIEND IN 17:55 AFGHANISTAN AND HE SAYS, I WILL NOT LEAVE. 17:56 REALLY? 17:57 I'LL TAKE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OUT. 17:58 HE AND TWELVE FAMILIES HAVE MADE A DECISION NO 17:59 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I WILL NOT LEAVE. 18:01 WHY? 18:02 HE HAS A BIGGER CAUSE AND EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE 18:03 FALL OF AFGHANISTAN THE TALIBAN EVEN THOUGH THEY 18:04 WEREN'T CONTROLLING, HE RECEIVED A KNOCK AT HIS 18:05 FRONT DOOR. 18:06 HE GOES TO HIS FRONT DOOR. 18:10 HE SEES CLEARLY TALIBAN THERE. 18:31 THEY DON'T EVEN WAIT FOR HIM TO ANSWER THEY COME 18:34 WITH MACHINE GUNS, A WHOLE GROUP OF THEM WITH MACHINE 18:36 GUNS. 18:37 THEY MACHINE GUN HIS DOOR. 18:39 FORTUNATELY, HIS WIFE AND KIDS HAVE GONE SHOPPING. 18:41 HE RUNS OUT THE BACK DOOR. 18:43 THEY ARE CHASING HIM. 18:45 OH MY. 18:46 THEY GET ON MOTORCYCLES CHASE HIM DOWN THE ROAD. 18:50 HE GOES ALLEY, RUN, RUN YOU KNOW LITERALLY LIKE A 18:53 MOVIE. 18:55 RIGHT.SOMEHOW, THESE GUYS WITH MACHINE GUNS DON'T 18:59 KILL HIM. 19:01 HE FEELS HIS ANGELS STOOD BETWEEN HIM AND THE DOOR 19:03 WHEN THEY STARTED SHOOTING. 19:04 WELL, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING - A MACHINE GUN 19:05 FIRES SO FAST, I MEAN THAT IS A MIRACLE. 19:08 SO, AH HE SAID, I'M STAYING HERE. 19:12 I'M STAYING HERE. 19:13 I'M STAYING FOR A GREATER CAUSE THAT I WANT TO SEE 19:17 THOSE WHO HATE ME THAT THEY TURN TO A LIFE OF 19:20 LOVE. 19:20 WOW. 19:21 AND HE IS SUCH A DEDICATED PERSON. 19:25 I'VE TOLD HIM NUMEROUS TIMES ARE YOU SURE YOU 19:27 WANT TO STAY? 19:28 HE SAYS, NO, MY WIFE MIGHT LEAVE, GO SEPARATELY, BUT 19:31 I'M NOT. 19:32 AND THAT HAS REALLY, REALLY IMPACTED ME. 19:37 WOW. 19:38 THE GUY WHOSE BEEN CHASED. 19:40 THE GUY WHO, HE WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD 19:44 GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 19:45 YES. 19:46 BUT HE SAYS I'M STAYING BEHIND. 19:50 WELL, ON THAT NOTE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU 19:53 ARE JUST SPELLBOUND HERE LISTENING TO THESE STORIES 19:56 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP, I 19:59 WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO UM GIVE TO GOSPEL 20:02 OUTREACH AS WE PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 20:04 LIKE MARTY'S TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED. 20:07 EARTH, VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 20:14 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 20:19 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 20:22 HUMANITY NEED LOVE. 20:25 WE NEED HOPE. 20:28 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 20:31 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLDS SEVEN BILLION 20:34 PEOPLE STILLNEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 20:38 PLAN TO SAVE US. 20:39 ONE THIRD IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL 20:46 SMALL BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 20:49 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 20:52 WORKES WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 20:55 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 20:58 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE IN THE STORY 21:04 OF JESUS CHRIST. 21:06 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 21:09 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 21:16 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 21:20 ALL THE WORLD, ALL THE WORLD WE ARE SUPPOSED TO 21:22 GO AND TELL AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 21:24 HERE WITH MARTY. 21:25 SO, MARTY YOU'VE BEEN SHARING ABOUT YOUR FRIEND 21:28 AH, TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR FRIEND. 21:31 WELL, HE'S A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN ME A LOT OF COURAGE. 21:36 AND ONE OF THE REASONS HE STAYED BEHIND WAS BECAUSE 21:42 THE PERSON THAT HE KNEW, AN AMERICAN, HAD GONE TO 21:44 LIVE IN AFGHANISTAN AND HE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT IT 21:48 MEANT TO BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 21:50 AND THIS PERSON ALWAYS TOLD HIM IT IS DANGEROUS 21:54 FOR YOU TO BE HERE. 21:56 YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU. 21:58 BUT HE HAD NEVER TAKEN A DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS 22:01 OR NOT. 22:04 AFTER THAT PERSON STAYED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE 22:07 COUNTRY, HE RECEIVED ALSO THREATS FROM THE 22:09 TALIBAN-IF YOU DON'T LEAVE WE WILL KILL YOU. 22:12 HIS WIFE AND KIDS HAD GONE TO THE MARKET TO BUY AND 22:16 WHEN THEY LEFT THEY CAME AND DID THE SAME THING. 22:21 MOWED IN WITH MACHINE GUNS BUT THIS TIME FOR WHATEVER 22:22 REASON GOD ALLOWED, HE DIED. 22:23 HE DID DIE. 22:24 HE WAS FILLED WITH MACHINE GUN BULLETS AND THAT MADE 22:25 A BIG TURN IN THE LIFE OF THE PERSON I'M TELLING YOU 22:30 ABOUT WHO DECIDED TO STAY IN HIS COUNTRY. 22:35 HE SAID, IF THAT FOREIGNER LOVED MY COUNTRY AND MY 22:42 PEOPLE SO MUCH HOW CAN I RUN? 22:45 WOW. 22:46 AND HE SAYS, AFTER THAT MAN DIED, HE SAID, I WILL 22:51 ACCEPT AND WANT TO LEARN THE WAYS OF JESUS, OF 22:55 FORGIVENESS, OF PEACE, OF TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK. 23:00 AND SO, HE SAID BECAUSE HE DID THAT, I WILL NEVER 23:03 LEAVE. 23:04 MY DREAM IS THAT I WILL STAY TO BURY PEOPLE WHO 23:08 CAME TO TRYING TO SHOOT AND KILL ME. 23:10 MY GOAL IS THAT THEY WILL ALSO ACCEPT JESUS. 23:13 WOW. 23:15 WOW. 23:16 THAT IS COMMITMENT AND DEVOTION AND YOU KNOW, 23:19 THAT I JUST THINK ABOUT THE VERSE, MARTY IN ISAIAH 23:24 41:10 "SO DO NOT FEAR FOR I AM WITH YOU. 23:28 DO NOT BE DISMAYED FOR I AM YOUR GOD. 23:31 I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND HELP YOU. 23:33 I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND." 23:37 TALK ABOUT NO FEAR AND BEING BOLD AND BELIEF IN 23:39 GOD AND JESUS, RIGHT? 23:42 THAT'S TRUE AGAIN NOW. 23:44 HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD AN ONLINE VERSION OF 23:47 YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU DO HERE, LIKE YOU'VE CALLED 23:49 ALL THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS, THE REGIONAL 23:52 DIRECTORS SO, WE HAD OUR ONLINE VERSION AND HE WAS 23:55 THERE AND HE MADE HIS COMMITMENT IN FRONT OF ALL 23:59 THE OTHER REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 24:00 WOW. 24:01 AND SAID, I WILL NOT LEAVE THIS COUNTRY. 24:04 HOW OLD IS HE? 24:05 HE'S PROBABLY ABOUT MY AGE, A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER 24:09 MAYBE 48, 49. 24:10 YES. 24:11 OK. 24:12 SO, THE COMMITMENT IS THERE. 24:13 THE COMMITMENT IS DEFINITELY THERE. 24:15 SO, YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. 24:18 A LOT OF MENTAL PICTURES. 24:19 A LOT TO PRAY ABOUT. 24:21 WHAT CAN WE DO UM, TO HELP IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS? 24:27 AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, I MEAN HERE YOU THINK ABOUT, 24:29 OK YOU KNOW I GO TO MY JOB THEN I GO TO THE GROCERY 24:32 STORE AFTER WORK AND THEN I GO HOME AND YET, THEN 24:36 YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED WHO 24:39 ARE LIVING LITERALLY IN A WAR ZONE AND CONTINUE TO 24:42 LIVE LIKE THAT UM,THE JUXTAPOSITION OF SO MANY 24:45 THINGS IN OUR WORLD IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 24:49 BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? 24:52 WELL, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT COULD 24:54 BE DONE. 24:55 THE VERY FIRST THING WOULD BE TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL 25:01 BRING PEACE IN A TROUBLED COUNTRY LIKE AFGHANISTAN. 25:06 THAT HIS SPIRIT WILL FALL UPON THAT NATION. 25:08 THAT HIS SPIRIT WILL SEND VISIONS AND DREAMS AND 25:14 WHILE WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN IT, THERE IS A 25:17 SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF THE KINGDOM IN 25:21 AFGHANISTAN. 25:21 GOOD. 25:22 AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO WHY SATAN WAS VERY, VERY 25:25 ANGRY BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING IN THAT 25:28 COUNTRY THAT NO ONE WOULD IMAGINE AND WE JUST NEED 25:35 TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL BRING STABILITY. 25:39 PRAY THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN 25:44 UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND DO IT 25:47 FOR ETHICAL REASONS. 25:49 YES, YES. 25:51 WELL, AND YOU DID SHARE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE 25:53 IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM AND OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE 25:58 GIVING AND DONATING, YES, TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. 26:02 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS AND TO 26:03 THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED WITH THE AIRLIFT. 26:05 ABSOLUTELY. 26:06 TO HAVE THIS PAYPAL ACCOUNT COMING IN AND 26:07 DINGING AND ALL OF THAT. 26:08 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO. 26:09 WE DO AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK 26:10 ALL THE DONORS WHO GENEROUSLY GAVE. 26:21 THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD MONEY TO BUY THEIR HOME 26:27 AND PUT A MAJOR DOWN PAYMENT ON A VERY LOVELY 26:30 HOME AND THEY FELT SO COMMITED THAT THEY SENT 26:34 THEIR FULL DOWN PAYMENT. 26:37 AND SEVERAL PEOPLE GAVE LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, FROM 26:39 LITTLE KIDS WHO GAVE ALL THEIR LITTLE PIGGY BANK TO 26:42 ADULTS GIVING AND BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO GAVE WAS A 26:44 CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE. 26:45 THE FATHER HAD BEEN A FRIEND AND HE HAS PASSED 26:46 AWAY I SAID, I CAN'T. 26:47 I DON'T' WANT TO DO THIS, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT 26:48 AND THEY SAID, NO, GOD PUT IT ON OUR HEART. 26:49 TAKE THIS MONEY. 26:50 AND THEN YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THAT GOD BLESSES WHEN 26:51 YOU GIVE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEN GOD 27:06 JUST BLESSED THEM FINANCIALLY ABUNDANTLY 27:08 AFTER THAT DONATION. 27:09 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 27:11 DONATED OFF OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, TO THE 27:12 ORGANIZATION WE WORK WITH TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 27:14 YOU'VE SAID THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY AND IF YOU 27:15 LISTEN TO AGAIN, SIR, I WON'T USE YOUR NAME WE 27:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION THAT YOU GAVE FEW 27:18 WEEKS AGO THAT YOU HAD PRAYED WANTING TO HELP THE 27:19 ORGANIZATION I WORK WITH AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 27:20 GOD HELPED YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU MADE AN 27:22 INVESTMENT 50 YEARS AGO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD 27:23 TURNED THAT SMALLER INVESTMENT INTO SOMETHING 27:25 VERY LARGE. 27:26 AND WE THANK YOU. 27:28 AND SO, WE THANK YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY 27:32 FOR THAT AND ALL THE OTHER MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF 27:46 DOLLARS WHO GAVE TO OPERATION RESCUE. 27:49 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. 28:01 WELL AND THANK YOU AND IN MATTHEW 25 IT SAYS THAT 28:06 GOD IS GOING TO GO AND HE'S GOING TO GET 28:10 EVERYONE, RIGHT? 28:11 ABSOLUTELY. 28:12 AND THAT'S EVERYONE IS COUNTED. 28:14 WELL, MARTY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH 28:16 YOU AND I DO WANT TO ECHO THAT. 28:18 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, FROM YOUR PRAYERS 28:21 AND YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 28:23 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
Revised 2023-01-30