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00:33 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
00:34 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND IT IS WITH JOY THAT WE 00:39 COME AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 00:41 10/40 WINDOW AND WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH THE 00:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AND IT IS A JOY TO 00:47 SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 00:49 THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE YOU IN ON THE GREAT 00:52 STORIES THAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 00:55 AND TODAY WE HAVE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, BEV THOMPSON AND 00:57 HER GREAT FRIEND SHIRLEY PANASUK AND THEY ARE HERE 01:00 ON SET AND EVERY TIME YOU LADIES COMING WEARING ALL 01:03 SORTS OF BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS. 01:04 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM. 01:05 THEY HAVE BEEN MOSTLY GIVEN TO US. 01:07 THAT'S CORRECT. 01:08 WELL, THEY ARE CERTAINLY BEAUTIFUL AND SHIRLEY YOU 01:11 HAVE SOME GOLD SEQUINS GOING AND BEV THE 01:14 EMBROIDERY WORK ON YOUR DRESS AND SHARE WITH 01:16 SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS OUTFIT. 01:19 THIS IS CALLED A PUNJABI IN THE NORTHERN PART OF 01:22 INDIA. 01:23 SHALWAR KAMEEZ IN SOME OTHER AREAS BUT IT MEANS 01:27 THAT THERE IS A PAIR OF PANTS AND A TUNIC AND A 01:31 SCARF THAT ALL MATCH AND YOU DON'T DO WITHOUT ONE 01:35 PART OF THEM. 01:36 IT IS ALWAYS A SET. 01:37 ALWAYS TOGETHER. 01:38 WELL, I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY FEMININE YET AT 01:40 THE SAME TIME IT IS MODEST AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY 01:43 PRETTY. 01:44 THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE. 01:45 GOOD. 01:46 YES. 01:47 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO INDIA, WE HAD A HEALTH 01:51 TALK FOR A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND AFTER WE 01:53 FINISHED THE TALK I SAID, "ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?" 01:55 AND THE TEACHER PUT HIS HAND UP IN THE BACK AND 01:58 SAID, "WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT INDIA?" 02:00 WELL, I HAD JUST GOT TO INDIA, ON THE SPOT, ON THE 02:04 SPOT AND THEN I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER AND IT WAS 02:08 JUST LIKE, YES, THE WAY THE LADIES DRESS. 02:12 YES. 02:12 AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. 02:13 YES. 02:14 EVEN THE POOR PEOPLE THEY STILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 02:17 YES. 02:18 WELL, YOU DO LOOK BEAUTIFUL-BOTH OF YOU 02:19 LADIES. 02:20 SO, SHARE WITH US AND WITH THE VIEWERS WHAT IS 02:22 HAPPENING BEV, IN YOUR REGION, AND I LOVE ABOUT 02:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SO MANY WAYS BUT IT'S KIND OF 02:29 A GEOGRAPHY LESSON FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ARE 02:31 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STATES OF INDIA FROM ALL 02:34 OF YOU PEOPLE WHO WORK IN INDIA. 02:36 SO, SHARE WITH US ABOUT INDIA. 02:37 FIRST, MY REGION IS NORTHEAST INDIA FROM 02:40 CALCUTTA TO BHUTAN, SOUTH OF NEPAL DOWN INTO CENTRAL 02:44 INDIA AND BIHAR IS A STATE JUST SOUTH OF NEPAL AND IT 02:51 WAS A MAJOR STATE BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE THEY HAD 02:55 THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS IN THE VERY OLD 02:58 DAYS. 02:59 AND THEN THEY GOT GRADUALLY SMALLER AND 03:02 SMALLER AND NOW YOU CAN SEE CHHATTISGARH REACHES 03:04 DOWN RIGHT DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. 03:06 IT IS LONG, IT IS A LONG STATE. 03:09 IT IS LONG AND THAT IS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE 03:12 HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 03:14 DOWN SOUTH , IN THE MOUNTAINS DOWN SOUTH, AND 03:16 OTHERS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS UP NORTH AND SO WE ARE 03:21 WANTING TO NOT LET A FIREFLY GO OUT BY SENDING 03:26 JUST ONE PERSON OUT AT A TIME TO THESE PLACES. 03:29 BUT IF WE HAVE TWO, YES, THEY ARE LIKELY, YES, TO 03:32 IGNITE A FIRE, YES, AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL THIS 03:36 WAY. 03:37 AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT, RIGHT SHIRLEY? 03:39 YES. 03:39 WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING JESUS. 03:41 ABSOLUTELY. 03:42 AND YOU KNOW, LATELY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TWO 03:45 GOING TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY THAT IS VERY 03:49 EFFECTIVE. 03:50 THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMRADERIE, A FRIENDSHIP 03:54 DEVELOPS BETWEEN THESE PEOPLE AND WHEN ONE HAS A 03:58 PROBLEM THE OTHER ONE CAN HELP THEM AND I SEE WHY 04:01 JESUS RECOMMENDED IN THE HOLY WORD THAT WE GO TWO 04:05 BY TWO. 04:06 ABSOLUTELY, WELL AND YOU TWO ARE BOTH A GREAT 04:08 EXAMPLE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TOGETHER AND 04:11 YOU ARE TRAVELING TOGETHER, PRAYING TOGETHER 04:13 AND MEETING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. 04:15 SO. 04:16 AND I THINK GOD PUTS PEOPLE TOGETHER TOO. 04:18 YES. 04:19 IT ISN'T JUST THE LEADERSHIP OR ME CHOOSING 04:22 SHIRLEY OR SHIRLEY CHOOSING ME. 04:25 GOD HAS A PLAN IN THIS AND I GET A LOT OF SUPPORT 04:30 FROM SHIRLEY. 04:31 WELL, I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC. 04:33 SO, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME 04:35 ENCOUNTERS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FACE AND 04:40 WE CANNOT, NOT TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION OF INDIA. 04:45 IT IS GROWING AND GROWING AND, IN YOUR AREA, BEV AND 04:49 SHIRLEY HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU 04:52 HAVE? 04:53 IN MY WHOLE AREA, ALL OF THE STATES THERE ARE FOUR 04:57 STATES- SIX CHURCH UNITS, I HAVE 130 GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:01 WORKERS. 05:02 130 AND THERE ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN 05:06 INDIA. 05:07 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY IF NOT THREE 05:09 TIMES AS MANY. 05:10 YES, YES, YES. 05:12 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND 05:14 THAT'S ONE REASON BY HAVING THIS PROGRAM IS TO 05:17 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THE NEED THAT WE HAVE HERE. 05:19 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:21 SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE-THE SITUATIONS THAT 05:23 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE ENCOUNTER? 05:24 WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A FOCUS ON GOING TO VILLAGES WHERE 05:27 THERE IS NO CHRISTIANS. 05:28 SOMETIMES YOU ENCOUNTER OTHER PEOPLE THAT COME TO 05:29 YOU AND SO THEY TAKE CARE OF THEM THAT WAY AND 05:31 SOMETIMES IT IS JUST ALONG THE PATHWAY OR IN A BUS OR 05:32 SOME CIRCUMSTANCE THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO GET INTO 05:33 A NEW VILLAGE AND GETTING INTO A NEW VILLAGE-THERE 05:35 IS A PHENOMENA THERE BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE 05:36 VILLAGE IS A GROUP OF FAMILIES AND IF YOU GO 05:37 INTO THAT VILLAGE YOU ARE A STRANGER. 05:39 THEY SAY, "WHO ARE YOU? 05:39 WHERE DO YOU LIVE? 05:40 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" 05:41 AND THIS IS NORMAL TALK BUT WHEN THEY HAVE AN 05:42 INVITATION TO COME AND A REASON TO COME THEN IT 05:43 OPENS A DOOR AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO 05:45 AND WE WANT TO TELL SOME OF THE STORIES OF HOW GOD 05:47 OPENS DOORS. 05:47 BEAUTIFUL. 05:48 LET'S GO. 05:49 ALRIGHT BEVERLY, ADJAIDAN-HE IS A GOSPEL 05:50 OUTREACH WORKER AND RAJU WAS STANDING ALONG THE 05:51 PATHWAY AND FEELING VERY DOWNCAST BECAUSE FOR THE 05:53 THIRD TIME HE FAILED HIS 12TH GRADE EXAMINATIONS. 05:54 THE THIRD TIME HE FAILED HIS EXAMS. 05:55 THE THIRD TIME. 05:56 MANY TIMES, THIS CAN CAUSE THESE YOUTH TO GO INTO A 05:57 DEPRESSION, STRESS, AND SUICIDE. 06:01 SO, ADJAIDAN STOPPED AND TALKED WITH HIM AND RAJU 06:05 POURED OUT HIS HEART TO HIM TELLING HIM ABOUT HIS 06:15 FAILURES. 06:16 HE SAID, "LET ME PRAY FOR YOU." 06:24 AND SO, RIGHT THERE ON THE PATH, HE PRAYED FOR HIM 06:30 AND THEN HE SAID AFTER THE PRAYER, "WHY DON'T YOU 06:33 COME TO CHURCH AND FEEL THE COMARADERIE WITH OTHER 06:36 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE SOON GOING TO BE TAKING 07:13 EXAMINATIONS LIKE YOURSELF". 07:15 HE CAME TO CHURCH AND THE YOUTH ALL GATHERED 07:18 TOGETHER AROUND HIM, PRAYED WITH HIM AND HE WAS 07:22 SO AMAZED HIS HEART WAS TOUCHED AND THEY PRAYED 07:26 THAT HE WOULD PASS HIS EXAMINATION THE NEXT TIME 07:28 HE TOOK IT. 07:29 WELL, IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AWAY BUT WHEN HE TOOKTHE 07:34 EXAMINATION THE PROMISE THAT GOD WOULD BRING TO 07:38 HIS REMEMBERANCE WHAT HE'D STUDIED-HE CLAIMED AND HE 07:43 PASSED HIS EXAMINATION. 07:44 HE WAS SO THRILLED AND HE KNEW IT WAS THE GOD OF 07:47 THESE CHRISTIANS THAT HAD DONE IT FOR HIM. 07:50 BECAUSE THEY HAD PRAYED. 07:51 YES, THEY HAD PRAYED. 07:51 SO, TELL US WHAT IS THE RELIGION IN THIS 07:54 PARTICULAR AREA BEV? 07:56 IT IS HINDU OR NATURE WORSHIPERS-SARNA NATURE 07:59 WORSHIPERS. 08:00 PROBABLY MORE NATURE WORSHIPERS THAN HINDUS BUT 08:04 THERE IS A MIXTURE. 08:06 BUT THAT WAS AN OPENING DOOR BECAUSE NOW, THIS 08:10 RAJU HE COMES TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK UNTIL HE STARTS 08:16 HIS COLLEGE ENTRANCE THEN WHEN HE IS IN HIS COLLEGE 08:20 WHICH IS A LITTLE DISTANCE AWAY, HE MAKES FRIENDS 08:22 WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND BRINGS THEM TO CHURCH 08:26 WITH HIM AFTER THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAD. 08:29 THAT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 08:30 IT IS THRILLING. 08:32 YES. 08:32 WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT HERE. 08:33 YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT 08:35 EACH ONE OF US NEEDS TO BE DOING THAT WHERE WE ARE. 08:37 WHERE WE LIVE. 08:38 RIGHT. 08:39 OK, AND THEN BUDISHWAR YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE 08:46 SOME VERY DIFFERENT NAMES IN INDIA. 08:49 BUDISHWAR IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 08:52 WHO, LIKE AMERICANS, NEEDS TO SHOP FOR HIS FOOD AND 08:56 ONE DAY HE WALKED INTO THIS SHOP THAT HE USUALLY 08:59 SHOPS AT AND HE WAS IN NEED OF SOME RICE. 09:03 WELL, SATISHWAR, THE SHOP OWNER THAT DAY DID NOT 09:10 HAVE ANY. 09:11 THERE WAS A SHORTAGE FOR SOME REASON BUT HE SAID, 09:15 "WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT," THEY HAVE PHONES 09:18 THERE TOO, "I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL" AND HE SAID, "THEN 09:23 YOU CAN COME AND GET IT." 09:24 SO, BUDISHWAR WENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AND ALL OF A 09:29 SUDDEN ON SABBATH HE GETS THIS PHONE CALL AND IT IS 09:33 SATISHWAR AND HE SAID," I HAVE RICE, COME AND GET 09:37 IT." 09:40 AND BUDISHWAR SAID, "TODAY IS THE SABBATH. 09:44 I WON'T BE ABLE TO COME." 09:45 SO, IT WAS SATURDAY. 09:46 IT WAS SATURDAY AND SATISHWAR SAYS, "WHAT'S 09:48 THAT?" 09:49 AND BUDISHWAR SAYS, "WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I SEE 09:58 YOU." 09:59 SO, WHEN BUDISHWAR WENT TO GET HIS RICE, SATISHWAR 10:04 SAYS, "TELL ME WHAT'S THE STORY?" 10:07 WHAT'S THE STORY? 10:08 "WHY CAN'T YOU BUY ON SATURDAY?" 10:11 WELL, THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUDISHWAR 10:15 TO TELL THE STORY OF THE SABBATH. 10:18 HE ALSO SAID, THE SABBATH IS HOLY. 10:22 GOD'S WORD IS HOLY. 10:24 MARRIAGE IS HOLY AND WE MUST FOLLOW WHAT GOD HAS 10:29 SAID IS HOLY. 10:30 SO, HE WAS SAYING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT 10:32 WORSHIPING ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT'S RIGHT, SO HERE 10:35 HE WAS EXPLAINING HIS BELIEFS OF WHY HIS SHOP 10:38 WAS CLOSED. 10:39 RIGHT AND THIS WAS PROBABLY ALL VERY FOREIGN 10:41 TO THE-OH, ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE HE WAS A NATURE 10:44 WORSHIPER AND BUDISHWAR SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO 10:50 INVITE HIM TO COME TO SOME MEETINGS AND HE SAID, "HOW 10:53 CAN I CLOSE MY SHOP ON SATURDAY?" 10:58 AND BUDISHWAR SAID, "I TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL PRAY 11:02 ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS." 11:06 WELL, SATISHWAR WENT TO THE MEETINGS ON SABBATH 11:11 AND HE ENJOYED THE MEETINGS SO MUCH THAT HE 11:15 WANTED TO CONTINUE COMING AND HE STARTED TO CLOSE 11:19 HIS BUSINESS ON THE SABBATH AND THE LORD 11:22 CONTINUED TO BLESS HIM AND TODAY HE IS STUDYING THE 11:27 BIBLE WITH BUDISHWAR. 11:31 HIS SHOP IS MAKING MORE MONEY NOW. 11:34 GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE BEING POURED OUT BECAUSE HE IS 11:36 KEEPING SABBATH. 11:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:38 YES, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE RICE NOW AND GOD IS 11:43 BLESSING MORE AND MORE. 11:45 AND IT'S TAKING THAT ONE LITTLE STEP OF FAITH AND 11:49 GOING OK, THIS IS MY BELIEF AND I'M SHARING IT 11:51 WITH SOMEONE. 11:52 THIS IS A REAL STEP FOR THEM. 11:53 OH, A HUGE STEP, A HUGE STEP. 11:55 OH YES. 11:56 WELL, THANK YOU SHIRLEY AND BEV AND IF YOU ARE 11:58 EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING HERE ABOUT OUR 12:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WE WANT 12:03 TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF YOU WHO ARE 12:05 PRAYING, WHO ARE DONATING AND PLEASE SHARE ABOUT 12:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH A FRIEND. 12:10 MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MINISTRY AND WE 12:12 WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF OUR GOSPEL 12:14 OUTREACH FAMILY AS WE HELP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:17 WORKERS SHARE JESUS AND HIS LOVE I THE 10/40 12:20 WINDOW. 12:21 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 12:24 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 12:26 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 12:28 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 12:31 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 12:34 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 12:37 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 12:40 LOVE. 12:41 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 12:44 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 12:47 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 12:49 CHINA TO JAPAN. 12:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 12:52 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 12:54 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 12:56 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 12:59 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:02 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 13:04 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 13:08 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 13:10 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 13:15 GOD'S LOVE. 13:16 JOIN US. 13:17 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 13:19 DONATE. 13:20 PRAY. 13:21 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 13:22 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:23 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO 13:25 CONNECT WITH YOU IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. 13:27 WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND RIGHT 13:31 THERE YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION. 13:34 WE ASK YOU TO MAKE A DONATION TO HELP THE 13:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 13:39 YOU CAN ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING 13:41 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:42 WE ARE ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA -FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM 13:46 YOU CAN SEE PICTURES, PHOTOS AND FOLLOW STORIES 13:49 LIKE WHAT YOU ARE HEARING HERE TODAY FROM BEV AND 13:50 SHIRLEY ABOUT INDIA AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 13:54 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD IN NORTH AMERICA AND 13:58 CANADA AND WE ARE ALSO IN BRAZIL AND ALSO WHAT'S 14:01 GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT HUGE EXPANSE 14:03 OF PEOPLE AND SPACE FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY 14:06 THROUGH INDIA, NEPAL AND ALL THOSE COUNTRIES IN 14:09 ASIA. 14:10 SO, BEV AND SHIRLEY WE ARE BACK WITH YOU AND YOU ARE 14:12 SPORTING YOUR BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS AND IT'S SO GOOD 14:15 TO HEAR THE STORIES, UM, THAT YOU SHARE. 14:20 THIS WAS BUDISHWAR WE FORGOT TO PUT HIS PICTURE 14:23 UP BUT HE IS A SHOP KEEPER THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, 14:27 YES, OK. 14:29 WONDERFUL. 14:30 AND NOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SARITA. 14:32 SARITA WAS A YOUNG GIRL , TENTH GRADE, AND THEY 14:39 WOULD GET TOGETHER AND HER BEST FRIEND WAS AN 14:45 ADVENTIST BUT SARITA IN GRADE TEN WAS THE TOP OF 14:49 HER CLASS AND SO YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW THE TEACHERS 14:53 LIKED HER BUT SHE COMES FROM A SARNA FAMILY WITH 14:55 IS A NATURE WORSHIPER, SARNA FAMILY, SARNA-THIS 14:59 IS THE NAME OF THE NATURE WORSHIPERS AND SARITA WAS 15:07 INVITED BY HER FRIEND TO GO FOR HER BIRTHDAY PARTY. 15:12 THAT IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GO TO. 15:15 SHE IS A CHRISTIAN AND THE FAMILY UNDERSTAND FOR A 15:19 BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT IS FINE FOR THEM TO GO. 15:21 SO, SHE WENT TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THE 15:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS THERE AND HE SAID A 15:26 BLESSING ON THE BIRTHDAY GIRL AND ON SARITA AND SHE 15:32 WAS VERY IMPRESSED, VERY EXCITED TO THINK THAT HE 15:37 PRAYED FOR HER. 15:39 AND THEN THIS DREW A BOND BETWEEN HER AND HER 15:40 CHRISTIAN FRIEND TOO AND THEN CHRISTMAS CAME NOT 15:41 TOO LONG AFTERWARDS AND SO, SARITA FRIEND INVITED 15:43 HER TO COME TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 15:44 NOW, IN INDIA IT SEEMS THAT THE MEMBERS UNITE 15:45 TOGETHER FOR HAVING A BIG CELEBRATION FOR CHRISTMAS 15:47 SO THAT THEY CAN INVITE THEIR HINDU FRIENDS, THEIR 15:48 SARNA FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS 15:49 AND THEY CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A PARTY IN THE 16:13 NAME OF A PARTY, YES, AND EXCITING AND SO SHE 16:19 INVITED HER TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 16:21 WELL, SARITA KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE IN CHURCH 16:24 AND SHE WAS A LITTLE HESITANT-NOW HOW IS SHE 16:27 GOING TO GET PERMISSION FROM HER MOTHER AND FATHER 16:29 TO COME TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE CHURCH? 16:32 AND SHE SAID, WELL MY FRIEND IS GOING TO HAVE A 16:39 PARTY AND THERE IS GOING TO BE MUSIC AND STUFF LIKE 16:43 THAT AND SO SHE -SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT NOT 16:51 QUITE AS CHRISTIANY MAYBE AS WAS ASSUMING, IT WAS 16:55 AWKWARD BUT SHE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AND AT 16:58 THE CHRISTMAS PARTY THERE WERE MANY OTHERS WHO WERE 17:01 SARNAS OR HINDUS, OH REALLY, BECAUSE THEY HAD 17:05 BEEN INVITED AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO HAVE PRAYER, 17:11 THE GIRLS WERE INVITED ASIDE TO HAVE A BIBLE 17:15 STUDY. 17:16 THERE WERE FOUR WITH SARITA HAVING A BIBLE 17:18 STUDY FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TELLING 17:21 THE PLAN OF SALVATION FROM CREATION UNTIL JESUS 17:26 COMING AGAIN. 17:27 WERE THE GIRLS OPEN TO THIS? 17:29 THEY WERE AMAZED. 17:31 THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. 17:33 THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 17:36 SO, UM SHE IN HER HEART STARTED TO ACCEPT 17:41 JESUS-WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO ABOUT HER PARENTS? 17:44 AND AGAIN, SHE WAS INVITED TO GO TO A CHURCH PROGRAM 17:50 AND AGAIN SHE AWKWARDLY GOT PERMISSION FROM HER 17:53 PARENTS. 17:54 SHE USED THE EXCUSE AS A MUSIC CLASS. 17:57 YES. 17:59 SO, SHE NOW HAS A TIE WITH THE CHURCH BUT SHE IS 18:04 PRAYING AND PRAYING THAT HER PARENTS WILL HAVE THIS 18:07 DESIRE TO LEARN MORE, TO LEARN AS WELL, SO THEY ARE 18:11 ASKING FOR PRAYER FOR HER FAMILY, WOW, AND WE CAN DO 18:14 THAT. 18:16 AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT GOSPEL 18:18 OUTREACH -WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING 18:21 ALL AGES FOR JESUS. 18:22 YES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING 18:24 THAT WHEREVER WE ARE BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA 18:27 BECAUSE THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HAVE 18:30 HOPE. 18:31 THEY NEED, MANY OF THEM ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT 18:32 WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE. 18:34 OH YES. 18:34 AND TO HAVE HOPE. 18:35 NOW WHO IS THIS SWEET BABY? 18:37 OH, I WANT TO TELLYOU A STORY ABOUT GANESH. 18:40 THIS IS GANESH ON THE LEFT. 18:43 I'VE KNOWN GANESH FOR A LONG TIME. 18:45 HE IS A WONDERFUL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:49 WELL, HE GOT MARRIED AND IN INDIA IT IS VERY 18:53 IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, VERY SOON AFTER MARRIAGE 18:58 YOU HAVE A CHILD. 18:59 WELL, THAT'S EXPECTED. 19:01 OH YES. 19:02 AND THE PARENTS WILL YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE YOU GOING 19:05 TO HAVE A BABY? 19:06 LOTS OF PRESSURE. 19:06 YES. 19:08 WE KNOW ABOUT THAT HERE TOO. 19:09 BUT ANYWAY, THE PARENTS GANESH AND HIS WIFE PRAYED 19:14 ABOUT IT AND THEY REALLY PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT GOD 19:18 WOULD PROVIDE A BABY. 19:20 WELL, LO AND BEHOLD HIS WIFE GOT PREGNANT. 19:25 WHOA! 19:26 MUCH REJOICING AND MUCH HAPPINESS. 19:28 THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BABY IN THE FAMILY. 19:32 WELL, THEN GANESH HAD SOME THINGS THAT HE HAD TO DO 19:37 AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND IT WAS VERY 19:42 IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE THERE WITH HIS WIFE. 19:45 SO, HE SAID HE PRAYED AND HE SAID, "GOD, I WOULD 19:50 LIKE FOR A LITTLE GIRL AND WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE 19:54 BORN ON JANUARY 1ST." 19:57 WOW. 19:58 LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE LORD. 19:59 YES, BEFORE WE GET TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND THAT 20:04 SURPRISE, I'LL LET YOU TELL. 20:06 WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN MONTHS ALONG, SHE STARTED SINGING 20:11 TO HER BABY ALL DAY LONG. 20:13 OH. 20:14 THINKING I WILL GIVE MY BABY PEACE, AND JOY OF 20:17 KNOWING JESUS. 20:19 YES. 20:20 AND SO, SHE SANG TO HER BABY FROM THE SEVENTH 20:22 MONTHUNTIL THE NINTH MONTH AND NOW THIS COMES INTO 20:25 JANUARY. 20:26 AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG WITH THIS I JUST READ THE 20:28 OTHER DAY THAT WHEN WE SING TO THE BABY IN THE 20:31 WOMB, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS-WELL, SO THEY PRAYED 20:35 THAT THE BABY WOULD BE DELIVERED ON JANUARY 1ST 20:38 AND GANESH WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE BUT HIS 20:41 WIFE BEGAN TO HAVE LABOR PAINS. 20:43 OH, AND HOW EARLY WAS THIS BEFORE JANUARY 1ST? 20:47 THIS WAS DECEMBER 31, OK, THAT SHE BEGAN TO HAVE THE 20:52 LABOR PAINS AND SHE LABORED AND LABORED AND 20:56 DON'T YOU KNOW, AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 1ST A 21:00 LITTLE GIRL WAS BORN TO GANESH AND HIS PRECIOUS 21:03 WIFE. 21:04 OH. 21:05 SWEET BABY, AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THIS SWEET, 21:08 PRECIOUS BABY. 21:09 IT'S A MIRACLE BABY. 21:11 YES. 21:12 AND YOU KNOW IN OUR CULTURE, YES, WE HAVE 21:14 PRAYERS LIKE THAT IN OUR CULTURE BUT IN DIFFERENT 21:18 CULTURES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THINGS LIKE THIS 21:22 SOMEHOW EVEN MORE MEANING. 21:24 THEY CLAIM THE PROMISES. 21:25 YES, AND THEY HAVE THESE SPECIFIC THINGS AND FOR 21:27 GOD, MAYBE HERE WE ARE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE 21:30 THINKING, OK, WELL DECEMBER 31, YOU KNOW, 21:33 JANUARY 1ST WHATEVER -BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR COUPLE 21:37 THIS WAS A LIFE CHANGING FOR THEIR FAITH. 21:39 YES, RIGHT. 21:40 YES, AND THEY HAD FAITH. 21:42 I MEAN THEY PUT IT TO THE LORD AND SAID THIS IS WHAT 21:46 WE NEED. 21:46 YES. 21:47 AND WE KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. 21:50 ABSOLUTELY. 21:51 AND I FEEL THAT IN MANY INSTANCES IF WE HAD MORE 21:55 FAITH AND AS MUCH FAITH AS THEY DO, NOW SOME PEOPLE 22:00 WOULD SAY, WELL GODS NOT A SANTA CLAUS THAT'S NOTHE 22:04 POINT HERE AT ALL. 22:05 NO, THE POINT IS THAT YOU GO TO GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR 22:08 NEEDS, ALL OF YOUR DESIRES BECAUSE HE TELLS US THAT 22:11 IN THE BIBLE HE SAYS TO ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN. 22:14 ASK, AND YOU HAVE TO -IF HE'S TELLING US TO ASK, WE 22:17 NEED TO ASK. 22:18 WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR NEED WHEN WE ASK. 22:20 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 22:22 WELL, WHAT A SWEET, SWEET BABY. 22:24 YES. 22:24 NICE STORY. 22:25 ABSOLUTELY. 22:26 I THOUGHT I'D TELL YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:28 WORKER ASHOK. 22:31 HE HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO REACH THE BRAHMINS WHO ARE 22:36 THE HIGHEST CASTE OF HINDUS. 22:39 THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BIG WALL AROUND THEIR HOME AND 22:43 TREES AROUND IT AND YOU DON'T GET INTO THEM VERY 22:46 EASY. 22:47 WELL, BALA WAS A NEWSPAPER MAN FOR THIRTY YEARS AND 22:53 HE HAD THESE BRAHMINS AS CUSTOMERS. 22:57 NOW USUALLY THERE IS NOT MIX BETWEEN BRAHMINS AND 23:00 LOWER CASTES. 23:01 FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE NOT A HINDU YOU ARE 23:04 UNTOUCHABLE. 23:05 I'M AN UNTOUCHABLE. 23:08 HE WAS A CHRISTIAN SO HE WAS AN UNTOUCHABLE. 23:11 WELL, AH ASHOK THOUGHT HOW AM I GOING TO REACH THOSE 23:16 BRAHMINS? 23:17 THEN HE REMEMBERED BALARAM AND HE WENT TO HIM AND HE 23:22 SAID, I HAVE SOME LITERATURE HERE IT IS LIKE 23:25 THESE TIMES, SURE, AND SOME HEALTH LITERATURE AND 23:28 HE SAID, WILL YOU PUT THIS IN THEIR NEWSPAPER EVERY 23:32 DAY FOR TEN DAYS AND I'LL GIVE YOU 100 RUPEES -THAT 23:37 MEANS ABOUT A DOLLAR. 23:39 WHY PASS UP MONEY? 23:40 YES. 23:41 AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY IT ALWAYS MAKES 23:44 NEGOTIATION FIRM. 23:45 YES, WELL TOOK THEM FOR TEN DAYS AND HE GOT A 23:51 REPORT AT THE END OF THE TEN DAYS THAT WE WANT MORE 23:54 OF THESE. 23:55 OH REALLY? 23:56 YES. 23:57 BRING IT ON. 23:59 YES. 24:00 THE BRAHMINS TALKED WITH BALA AND WE WANT MORE. 24:05 SO, HE GOT MORE. 24:06 HE HAD TO GO TO THE CHURCH OFFICE AND BUY MORE OF 24:09 THESE TIMES. 24:09 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 24:10 AMEN. 24:11 MORE LITERATURE, HEALTH LITERATURE AND NOW THEY 24:15 KEEP ASKING FOR MORE LITERATURE AND ASHOK SAYS 24:18 MAYBE THIS IS A WAY FOR THE ENTRANCE INTO THE 24:21 HOMES OF THE BRAHMIN PEOPLE. 24:22 LITERATURE VIA NEWSPAPER. 24:24 VIA NEWSPAPER AND YOU KNOW IT'S THESE LITTLE THINGS 24:27 GOD GIVES US THESE IDEAS. 24:28 THESE IDEAS ARE NOT OURS. 24:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:31 GOD GIVES THESE IDEAS AND WHO KNOWS-GOD KNOWS WHAT 24:33 HE'S GOING TO DO. 24:34 WE MIGHT THINK IT IS KIND OF CRAZY BUT GOD HAS IT 24:37 ALL PLANNED OUT. 24:38 I WONDER TOO ABOUT BALA, HE IS CARRYING THESE 24:42 THINGS- HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO TOUCH HIS HEART? 24:45 EXACTLY. 24:46 IT COULD BE AN INROAD INTO HIS VILLAGE FOR THE GOSPEL 24:49 OUTREACH WORKER. 24:50 EXACTLY. 24:51 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR SHARING THESE 24:52 STORIES BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO 24:56 THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED, RIGHT, AND BEING AFFECTED 24:58 BY JESUS AND HIS JOY THROUGH THE GOSPEL 25:00 OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:01 SO, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POPULATION 25:05 OF INDIA - HUGE. 25:06 1.2 BILLION. 25:08 SEE THAT'S THE "B" WORD BILLION AND GROWING MOMENT 25:11 BY MOMENT. 25:12 YES, IT ALL CHANGES EXACTLY, SHIRLEY WITH NEW 25:14 BABIES THAT ARE BORN AND SO WE HAVE THE BILLION 25:18 PEOPLE AND THEN WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF GOSPEL 25:20 OUTRACH WORKERS. 25:21 SO, MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS WATCHING 25:23 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE 25:25 THERE IS SOMEONE WHO REGULARLY GIVES AND WE ARE 25:28 THRILLED TO HEAR, TO KNOW THAT BUT WHAT ARE SOME 25:31 THINGS FROM YOUR PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU 25:33 WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE VIEWERS OF WHAT 25:37 YOUR DESIRES ARE TO HELP PEOPLE? 25:39 I GO TO SIX DIFFERENT CHURCH UNITS, FOUR 25:41 DIFFERENT STATES AND EVERYONE OF THEM ARE 25:45 SAYING, WHEN CAN WE HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:48 WORKERS? 25:49 WE HAVE PEOPLE WE'D LIKE TO TRAIN TO BE THESE 25:51 EVANGELISTS INTO VILLAGES THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD 25:55 ABOUT JESUS, CAN'T YOU GET US SOME MORE WORKERS. 25:59 AND THEN THE OTHER REQUEST IS FOR BIBLES. 26:02 OH GOOD. 26:04 IF THEY HAVE BIBLES IN THEIR LANGUAGE, THEY CAN 26:07 DISTRIBUTE THEM AND IT CAN BE A MESSAGE GOING TO ALL 26:12 THE WORLD. 26:13 WELL, ABSOLUTELY AND THE LANGUAGES ARE TRANSLATED 26:18 ALREADY, YES, IN THIS AREA SO THE BIBLE ARE-THIS IS 26:21 NEPALI, HINDI, OK, BANGLA THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ONES. 26:27 THERE ARE OTHER TRAVEL LANGUAGES THAT ARE VERY 26:29 POPULAR ALSO. 26:31 SO, BIBLES AND OBVIOUSLY MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:34 WORKERS. 26:35 NUMBER ONE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:36 WELL, AND PRAYER IS HUGE TOO. 26:37 PRAYER IS VERY IMPORTANT. 26:39 WE PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, FOR 26:41 THEIR SAFETY AND WE HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT I'D LIKE TO 26:42 READ IT IS PSALMS 121:7 THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU 26:44 FROM ALL HARM. 26:45 HE WILL WATCH OVER YOUR LIFE. 26:46 THE LORD WILL WATCH OVER YOUR COMING AND GOING BOTH 26:47 NOW AND FOREVER. 26:48 AND THAT'S FOR US AND THAT'S ALSO FOR OUR GOSPEL 26:49 OUTREACH WORKERS NO MATTER WHERE THEY SERVE. 26:50 AMEN. 26:51 BEV AND SHIRLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND 26:52 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:53 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MUCH FOR BEING 26:54 PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY AS 26:55 TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA OF INDIA WHERE 26:58 BEV AND SHIRLEY HAVE GONE WILL CONTINUE TO GO AS 27:02 THEY MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND SHARE 27:06 THE JOY OF JESUS. 27:07 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THAT. 27:08 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 27:09 OUTREACH, I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE 27:11 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:12 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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