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00:32 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:34 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:36 TUNING IN. 00:38 YOU KNOW I KIND OF GET EXCITED TO BE HERE IN THIS 00:40 CHAIR ON THE SET HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:43 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT IN 00:45 THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT EXPANDS FROM AFRICA ALL 00:49 THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL 00:51 COUNTRIES AND I GET TO TALKING SO FAST SOMETIMES 00:55 AND I HAVE TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF 00:57 TERRITORY TO COVER AND I'M MUST GLAD YOU ARE ALONG 00:59 BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO FANTASTIC PEOPLE HERE: BEV 01:02 THOMPSON , SHIRLEY PANASUK. 01:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 01:05 ITS OUR PLEASURE. 01:07 AND WE DO GET EXCITED HERE, YES, YES DON'T WE? 01:09 WHENEVER I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ABOUT 01:11 WHAT HAPPENS IN INDIA, I'M EXCITED. 01:13 EXACTLY. 01:15 WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS AND WE 01:17 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING OUR TIME WISELY 01:19 HERE, AND WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE SO. 01:21 EVERY WEEK I GET TELEPHONE CALLS FROM INDIA TELLING 01:23 ME ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE EXCITING HAPPENING. 01:25 OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL. 01:26 AND I WAIT EVERY WEEK FOR HER TO TELL ME WHAT 01:29 HAPPENED. 01:30 BECAUSE IF SHE GETS THE CALL, SHE'S GOING TO CALL 01:31 YOU, RIGHT SHIRLEY? 01:32 YES. 01:33 I LOVE HOW THAT WORKS. 01:34 SO, BEV AND SHIRLEY LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU SERVE 01:37 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:39 NORTHEAST INDIA FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN AND 01:43 OVER TO CENTRAL INDIA. 01:44 IN FACT, THE STATE OF CHATTISGARGH GOES RIGHT 01:47 DOWN THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF INDIA. 01:49 AND WE'VE GOT A GRAPHIC HERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO 01:50 SHOW PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I LOVE TO HERE 01:52 AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IT HELPS ALL OF 01:54 OUR GEOGRAPHY. 01:56 SO, RIGHT THERE, HUGE POPULATION RIGHT? 01:58 SHIRLEY AND BEV? 01:59 YES, YES PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 02:00 1.3 BILLION AND CHANGING BY THE SECOND. 02:01 WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT, YES. 02:03 SO, THERE BEV IS YOUR TERRITORY WHERE YOU AND 02:04 SHIRLEY SERVE 255 MILLION PEOPLE. 02:06 IMAGINE. 02:07 YES, ITS JUST A LOT AND NOT AS MANY CHRISTIANS AS 02:15 WE CAN EXPECT. 02:19 NO. 02:20 JUST OVER ONE PER CENT. 02:22 JUST ONE PERCENT. 02:23 VERY SMALL. 02:24 SO, HINDU AND NATURE WORSHIPERS AND BUDDHISTS. 02:29 ACTUALLY, BUDDHISM WAS THE-WAS STARTED IN INDIA 02:33 IN THE STATE OF BIHAR WHERE I GO. 02:35 I'VE SEEN THE STARTING POINT. 02:38 INTERESTING. 02:39 AND THE STATE OF BIHAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IS 02:42 VERY, VERY POOR. 02:45 VERY POOR. 02:46 I MEAN, IT IS SADLY POOR. 02:47 OF THE STATES THAT WE GO TO, BIHAR IS THE POOREST. 02:52 IN FACT, ON THE INTERNET IT SAYS THAT BIHAR IS 02:55 POOREST STATE IN ALL OF INDIA. 02:57 IT USED TO BE THE CAPITOL STATE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY 03:02 OF INDIA AND GRADUALLY, GRADUALLY PIECES GOT 03:05 KNOCKED OFF AND CALLED DIFFERENT STATES AND NOW 03:09 IT IS THE SMALLEST. 03:11 WELL, THAT IS SAD TO HEAR AND TALK WITH ME ABOUT THE 03:13 EDUCATION IF THEY ARE THE POOREST, THEN OBVIOUSLY 03:15 THE EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR 03:19 EVERYBODY? 03:20 THIS IS THE SAD PART OF IT. 03:22 THE POOR PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND THEIR 03:25 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. 03:26 THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO HAVE FACILITIES FOR 03:29 EVERYONE AVAILABLE BUT YOU KNOW, WE AS CHRISTIANS, WE 03:33 LIKE TO HAVE A FIVE-DAY WEEK BUT THE GOVERNMENT 03:37 HAS A SIX DAY WEEK. 03:38 A SIX DAY WORK WEEK? 03:39 A SIX DAY EDUCATIONAL WEEK? 03:41 YES. 03:41 RIGHT. 03:42 AND SO, WE WANT SABBATH OFF FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 03:46 SO WE HAVE TO PROMOTE OUR OWN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 03:49 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 03:50 AND FOR SOME, IT IS DIFFICULT EVEN TO GO TO 03:53 OUR OWN SCHOOLS BECAUSE AS LITTLE AS WE THINK IT IS, 03:58 IT IS STILL A LOT FOR THEM. 04:01 WELL, AND AGAIN AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY 04:04 THIS AS I SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR, WE ARE SO BLESSED 04:08 IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 04:11 IN BRAZIL WE ALSO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL AND 04:14 HERE WE SIT WITH SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR 04:17 AND IT PUTS ALL OF THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU 04:20 FOLKS TRAVEL, WHEN I TRAVEL AND WE COME BACK 04:23 AND TELL OUR VIEWERS AND OUR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS 04:26 WHAT WE ARE SEEING. 04:27 YES. 04:28 SO, TELL US ABOUT THE GREAT NEWS OF WHAT IS 04:31 GOING ON SHIRLEY AND BEV, IN YOUR TERRITORY. 04:35 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU SOME STORIES OF THINGS THAT 04:37 HAVE HAPPENED. 04:38 NOW, BECAUSE OUR CULTURE IS SO DIFFERENT SOMETIMES 04:42 IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 04:44 THIS LADY NOW AT THE TIME THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN, SHE 04:48 IS 68 YEARS OLD BUT TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT, HER SON 04:52 WAS MARRIED AND HIS WIFE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND SHE 04:56 WAS SO ANGRY AND SO UPSET SHE MADE LIFE SO MISERABLE 05:00 THAT THE SON AND THE DAUGHTERINLAW HAD TO MOVE 05:05 IN WITH HER PARENTS. 05:06 NOW, IN THEIR CULTURE WE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN YOUR 05:11 SON IS MARRIED, HE BRINGS HIS WIFE HOME AND THE SON 05:15 ALWAYS LIVES WITH THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF HIS 05:18 SIDE. 05:19 BUT THIS COUPLE HAD TO LEAVE HIS MOTHER'S HOME 05:24 AND GO TO HER MOTHER'S HOME. 05:26 THERE WAS A CULTURAL SWITCH THERE SO OBVIOUSLY 05:28 EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME UNREST AND- IT 05:32 WAS A MATTER OF QUIETUDE EITHER BECAUSE THE MOTHER 05:35 WAS VERY ANGRY AND SHE WOULD YELL AND SCREAM AND 05:38 REALLY BE VERY UNCIVIL WITH HER DAUGHTERINLAW. 05:42 AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE AND YET THE DAUGHTERINLAW KEPT 05:48 PRAYING FOR HER MOTHERINLAW AND 05:50 FATHERINLAW AND THE HUSBAND JOINED HIS WIFE IN 05:55 CHRISTIANITY. 05:56 SO, THIS WAS A BLESSING AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN 05:59 HER PARENTS HOME THEN. 06:01 WELL, ABOUT TEN YEARS LATER -TEN YEARS OF 06:05 PRAYIING FOR HER MOTHERINLAW AND 06:07 FATHERINLAW, A LONG TIME, TEN YEARS IS A LONG TIME. 06:09 RIGHT. 06:10 YES. 06:11 THE MOTHERINLAW GOT SICK AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL 06:14 AND SO WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS, THE SON AND 06:18 HIS WIFE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN THEY SAW 06:20 THE MOTHER THEY JUST CRIED AND THEY PUT THEIR ARMS 06:23 AROUND THE MOTHER AND THE MOTHER FELT SO SAD AND YET 06:27 THERE WERE HAPPY TEARS TO SEE HER SON AND HER 06:29 DAUGHTERINLAW AGAIN. 06:31 SHE ASKED FORGIVENESS AND SHE SAID, "I KNOW YOU GOD 06:34 IS GREAT." 06:35 SHE SAID THAT? 06:36 YES, AND PRAY FOR ME. 06:40 AND THEY PRAYED FOR HER AND SHE GOT WELL. 06:42 AT 68 YEARS OLD SHE GOT OVER HER SICKNESS AND NOW 06:46 SHE IS STUDYING TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 06:49 SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS 06:51 LADY'S HEART AND WHO KNOWS ALL THAT WAS GOING ON. 06:52 GOD ANSWERS PRAYER. 06:53 ABSOLUTELY. 06:54 ANOTHER STORY-WELL, OOH I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF 06:55 THIS. 06:56 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SACHISNAG. 06:57 HE WAS A REGULAR CITIZEN AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR A 06:58 JOB GOING OUT IN MORNING, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, 07:00 I MIGHT ADD, AND DOING EXERCISES AND TRYING TO 07:09 KEEP HIMSELF FIT AND HE MET UP WITH A GOSPEL 07:23 OUTREACH WORKER, RAMESHWAR. 07:24 HE TOLD RAMESHWAR THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB AND 07:25 RAMESHWAR PRAYED WITH HIM AND SO HE CONTINUED TO GO 07:26 OUT AND LOOK FOR HIS JOB BUT ONE MORNING HE WOKE UP 07:28 AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING AND HE WAS PUTTING HIS SHOES 07:29 ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, OH, HE LET OUT A YELL. 07:30 HE JUST SCREAMED AND HIS FATHER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT 07:32 WAS WRONG. 07:32 WHAT HAPPENED? 07:33 HE CAME RUNNING AND HE WAS IN SUCH PAIN, HE COULD 07:34 HARDLY STAND IT. 07:35 SO, THE FATHER THEN RAN TO GET RAMESHWAR TO COME AND 07:36 DO SOMETHING. 08:08 BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED? 08:10 NO, THAT -JUST THE SCREAMING AND SOMETHING 08:12 WAS WRONG. 08:13 RIGHT, UH HUH. 08:14 THEN THEY PULLED OFF THE SHOE AND THEY REALIZED 08:16 WHAT HAD HAPPENED THAT HE WAS BITTEN BY A SCORPION 08:19 AND THAT-NO WONDER- HE-THEY BETTER GET HELP 08:22 AND GET IT NOW. 08:23 YES. 08:24 SO, THEY RAN TO GET RAMESHWAR. 08:26 RAMESHWAR QUICKLY CAME ALONG. 08:29 FIRST OF ALL, HE PRAYED TO THE LIVING GOD. 08:33 TO THE LIVING GOD AND THEN HE PUT ON CHARCOAL 08:39 POULTICES AND THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY 08:42 PUT ON AND THAT'S CALLED- WHAT IS IT? 08:47 GROOMSFA? 08:47 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 08:49 OK. 08:49 ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THAT. 08:51 IT'S A LEAF THAT THEY PUT ON. 08:53 THEY PUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON A BITE OR STING OR 08:55 SOMETHING AND THEY DID THIS EVERY 30 MINUTES FOR 09:00 FOUR TIMES AND AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, THE PAIN WENT 09:06 AWAY. 09:07 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:08 GOD IS GOOD. 09:10 ABSOLUTELY. 09:11 AND, THE FATHER SAID THAT TO RAMESHWAR HE SAID, 09:16 "YOUR GOD IS WONDERFUL. 09:19 HE HAS HEALED MY SON." 09:22 WELL, INDEED HE WAS -HE STARTED TO GET BETTER AND 09:27 THEN THEY ASKED RAMESHWAR ,WHAT ABOUT YOUR GOD? 09:31 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOD? 09:33 SO, THEY WERE CURIOUS IF THIS HAS HAPPENED WHAT 09:35 ELSE CAN HE DO? 09:36 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:37 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE 09:41 WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD AND 09:45 THAT THIS LIVING GOD CAN DO THESE MIRACLES, THEY 09:50 WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM BECAUSE THEIR GODS ARE NOT 09:53 LIVING GODS. 09:54 WELL, AND I THINK THAT HAVING SHARED THAT STORY 09:57 AND SINCE YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN TO INDIA OBVIOUSLY, 10:00 AND I'VE BEEN TO COUNTRIES IN ASIA WHERE THE SIMILAR 10:03 BELIEF. 10:04 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM 10:07 AND THEY KNOW TO GO TO THE TEMPLE AND THEY KNOW TO 10:09 PRAY AND IN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION THEY THROW THE 10:12 UH, LIKE THE CRESCENT SHAPED UM, STONES ON THE 10:18 GROUND TO SEE HOW THEY'LL FALL AND ALL OF THESE 10:20 THINGS SO FOR THEM THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GO TO 10:24 A GOD BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN A STONE GOD DO? 10:27 RIGHT. 10:27 YES. 10:28 WELL YOU KNOW, THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE 10:30 STORY IS THAT SATISHNAG IS NOW COMING TO CHURCH. 10:35 SEE, PRAISE THE LORD. 10:37 AND COMING EVERY WEEK. 10:38 HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A JOB. 10:39 PRAISE THE LORD. 10:41 AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY 10:44 FOR HIM. 10:45 ABSOLUTELY. 10:46 SO THAT GOD WILL HELP HIM TO FIND A JOB BUT MORE 10:49 IMPORTANTLY, SAY HIS NAME ONE MORE TIME-SHATISHNAG. 10:51 SHATISHNAG. 10:52 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT SHIRLEY? 10:55 THAT HE WILL FIND JESUS. 10:58 ABSOLUTELY. 10:59 WELL, WE ARE SO GLAD TO HEAR THESE STORIES AND WE 11:01 ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU TO BE HERE WITH US AND WE ARE 11:05 DOING THIS TOGETHER TO SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 11:08 WINDOW AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE SHARING JESUS WITH 11:11 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND YOU BECAUSE WE ARE ALL 11:13 SHARING JESUS -WE ARE ALL MISSIONARIES FOR HIM AS WE 11:15 HAVE ACCEPTED HIM AND WE WANT TO OTHER PEOPLE TO 11:18 COME ON BOARD AND TO KNOW THAT THE SAVING POWER OF 11:20 JESUS CHRIST CAN SAVE ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO SHARE 11:23 SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU. 11:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED 20 YEARS AGO TO 11:27 HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 11:31 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE 11:34 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 11:36 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS 11:39 AND BIBLE WORKERS. 11:41 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL 11:44 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES. 11:45 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER 11:49 PROGRAM, A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 MONTHLY 11:53 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A 11:56 COUNTRY NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES. 12:00 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION 12:04 AND LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 12:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN 12:09 ASIA DIVISION. 12:10 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 12:13 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A 12:15 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 12:18 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE THEY ARE 12:20 EFFICIENT. 12:21 ON AVERAGE, EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK 12:25 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO 12:28 BAPTISM. 12:29 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF 12:32 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED 12:35 STATES. 12:36 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 12:39 HONEST HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. 12:41 THEY NEED HOPE, THEY NEED THE SAVIOR. 12:44 YET, THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE STORY 12:47 OF JESUS. 12:49 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 12:52 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN. 12:55 WE BELIEVE. 13:00 LET'S ACT. 13:09 AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES YOU, THAT 13:12 HE DIED FOR YOU. 13:13 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN JOHN 3:16 AND I HOPE THAT 13:17 IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT VERSE, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL 13:19 GO AND LOOK IT UP. 13:21 UM, I'M JULIE AND HERE WE ARE WITH BEV AND SHIRLEY 13:23 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND AGAIN IT 13:26 ALWAYS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND YOU ARE 13:28 SHARING SOME POWERFUL STORIES ABOUT WHAT GOD IS 13:31 DOING IN YOUR TERRITORY. 13:32 THESE STORIES ARE PAR FOR THE COURSE, ALMOST, 13:37 BECAUSE WE HEAR IT SO OFTEN BUT YET TO ME IT IS 13:40 EXCITING EVERY TIME I HEAR HOW GOD IS REALLY WORKING 13:45 IN THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE. 13:46 THEY ARE KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE LIVING GOD THAT IS 13:50 ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE AND KNOW AND DO SOMETHING. 13:54 EXACTLY. 13:55 WELL, AND SHIRLEY YOU WERE SHARING ABOUT THIS MAN WHO 13:57 HAD GOTTEN STUNG BY THE SCORPION, RIGHT, AND FOR 14:00 US IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE WE THINK, OH YOU GO TO 14:03 URGENT CARE, RIGHT, YOU KNOW. 14:04 YOU GET IN THE CAR AND YOU QUICKLY DRIVE TO URGENT 14:06 CARE BUT THIS PLACE PROBABLY WHERE YOU ARE 14:10 SAYING, THERE WAS NO URGENT CARE. 14:11 NO. 14:12 NO. 14:12 SO, WHERE WAS THE URGENT CARE? 14:13 RIGHT UP THERE. 14:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:16 THEY HAVE SOME BASICS THAT THEY CAN DO: THE CHARCOAL, 14:19 SURE, IS A WONDERFUL REMEDY AND PRAYER IS BY 14:26 FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT. 14:28 AND THAT'S WHAT IS FOR ALL OF US. 14:30 YES. 14:31 SO, SHIRLEY AND BEV-MORE. 14:33 YES, UM WE SAW A PICTURE OF A RICKSHAW HERE AND I 14:37 WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU THE IDEA THIS IS WHAT A REAL 14:40 RICKSHAW LOOKS LIKE BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO WELL 14:44 USED ALMOST TO THE EXTENT OF ABUSE, THAT I WANTED TO 14:49 SHOW YOU THIS BEFORE I LET YOU TAKE A PEEK AT ONE 14:53 THAT IS USED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU CAN SEE 14:56 -PRESS THE FAMILY ALL TOGETHER. 14:58 WELL, I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT A TAXI AND THESE ARE 15:02 CALLED TAXIS TOO. 15:03 THEY ARE AUTO RICKSHAWS AND THIS OWNER EVERYTIME 15:09 HE GETS IN THE RICKSHAW IN THE MORNING HE HAS HIS 15:12 POOJA -HIS WORSHIP FOR HIS IDOLS: ONE FOR PROTECTION 15:16 AND ONE FOR MAKING THIS VEHICLE WORK-FUNCTIONING 15:21 OF THE MACHINE. 15:22 AH, THIS SABBATH MORNING HE PICKED UP THE GOSPEL 15:26 OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS WIFE AND FAMILY AND TOOK 15:29 THEM TO CHURCH AND ON THE WAY, HE WAS COMPLAINING 15:32 ABOUT HOW HIS GODS WERE NOT ANSWERING HIM AND HE 15:36 WAS HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS OLD 15:38 RICKSHAW. 15:39 SO, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID, MAY I PRAY 15:43 FOR YOU? 15:45 AND SO, HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S PROTECTION AND FOR 15:48 THE MACHINE TO WORK WELL AND HE LET THEM OFF AT THE 15:52 CHURCH. 15:53 HE SAID, "WHEN SHALL I COME BACK?" 15:55 WELL, HE SAID, " OH, BETWEEN ONE AND 15:56 ONE-THIRTY." 15:57 THIS MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HERE YOU LOOK AT YOUR 16:01 WATCH- 12 O'CLOCK ISN'T HE DONE YET? 16:04 BUT NO, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE WALKED FIVE, 16:10 TEN FIFTEEN KILOMETERS TO COME AND WORSHIP AND WHEN 16:14 THEY COME TO WORSHIP, THEY WANT TO SEE AND HEAR AND 16:17 PARTICIPATE IN WORSHIP WITH GOD NOT JUST FOR AN 16:21 HOUR, NO, OR TWO, THEY'VE COME THE DISTANCE THAT'S 16:24 RIGHT. 16:25 SO, HE CAME BACK AT ONE AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 16:27 ABOUT 1:30 PROBABLY AND THEY GOT BACK IN THE 16:30 RICKSHAW AND WENT BACK HOME. 16:33 THE RICKSHAW DRIVER SAID, "YOUR GOD DID WATCH OVER 16:37 ME AND I'VE HAD GOOD BUSINESS THIS MORNING AND 16:41 MY RICKSHAW IS WORKING WELL." 16:43 AND SO, BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THEIR HOUSE THEY 16:48 WERE FRIENDS AND SO HE, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 16:51 INVITED HIM INTO THEIR HOUSE, WONDERFUL! 16:54 FOR LUNCH, SABBATH AFTERNOON LUNCH, AND THEY 16:57 STAYED FOR AN HOUR AND VISITED AND PRAYED WITH 17:00 HIM AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER 17:05 SMALL GROUP WORSHIP PLACE BECAUSE NOW THIS MAN 17:08 BELIEVES IN A GOD WHO HAS TAKEN CARE OF HIM AND HE 17:13 WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. 17:16 WELL, YOU HAVE JUST SHARED SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 17:17 VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 17:19 UM, IN TRAVELS TO A CLOSED COUNTRY I HAD THE 17:24 EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE TAXI LIKE THAT AND THE 17:26 LADY ELDER SHE HAD CLOSED TIME WITH THE TAXI DRIVER, 17:30 WITH THE BUILDER THAT SHE HAD AND SO HERE WE WERE. 17:34 SHE TALKED ABOUT PEACE AND REST AND ALL OF THIS AND 17:38 GOT OUT AND SHE HAD HAD HER SHARING OF HER 17:42 TESTIMONY AND SHARING WITH THIS MAN AND SHE MADE SURE 17:44 TO USE THE TIME THAT SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN. 17:47 SO, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 17:49 THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHURCH THAT THEY WENT TO 17:52 AND THEN GOING BACK TO HIS HOME. 17:54 HERE IS A PICTURE OF HIS HOME ALSO. 17:57 LOVELY. 17:58 THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS STORY IS HE INVITED HIM TO 18:03 HIS HOME. 18:04 YES. 18:05 THERE WAS A FRIENDSHIP. 18:06 YES. 18:07 EVANGELISM AND THIS IS WHAT BEV AND I HAVE TRIED 18:10 TO INSTILL IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HEARTS. 18:16 INVITE THEM TO YOUR HOME. 18:18 BECOME FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE. 18:20 GET TO KNOW THEM. 18:21 GET TO KNOW THEIR NAMES AND WHEN THEY GET TO KNOW 18:24 YOU, THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU AND THEN 18:28 YOU CAN TELL HOW YOU FOUND JESUS. 18:30 I ALMOST SEE IT MORESO IN INDIA THAN EVEN HERE 18:34 BECAUSE VILLAGES ARE MADE UP OF FAMILIES AND IF A 18:38 STRANGER COMES INTO THE VILLAGE-WHO IS THIS 18:41 STRANGER? 18:42 WHO DOES HE BELONG TO? 18:43 HOW DOES HE GET AN INVITATION TO COME HERE? 18:44 WHAT'S HE HERE FOR? 18:45 THE WORD GOES ALL AROUND. 18:47 YES. 18:48 AND SOON YOU HAVE A CROWD OUT THERE WONDERING WHAT 18:51 ON EARTH IS UP. 18:52 WELL, AND YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ELSE AND I DON'T 18:53 KNOW HOW MANY WORDS IT IS IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE 18:56 THERE BUT "MAY I PRAY FOR YOU" AND IT IS FIVE WORDS 19:00 AND PEOPLE SAY YES. 19:03 YES, AND IT IS EXCITING WHEN IT HAPPENS. 19:06 ABSOLUTELY. 19:06 YES. 19:07 ABSOLUTELY. 19:09 OK. 19:10 SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT RAMESH. 19:15 ACTUALLY, RAJENDER WAS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 19:20 HIS WIFE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH TYPHOID. 19:22 OH OH. 19:24 BUT IT WAS-HE CAME TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT WASN'T 19:28 QUITE VISITING HOURS SO HE BOUGHT A PAPER AND HE 19:31 STARTED TO READ THIS PAPER-NEWSPAPER AND HE 19:33 FELT SOMEBODY BEHIND HIM READING THE PAPER OVER HIS 19:38 SHOULDER SO HE TURNED AROUND AND HE LOOKED AT 19:41 THIS GUY AND HE ASKED HIM WHAT HIS NAME WAS AND HE 19:44 SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" 19:47 AND HE SAID, "MY WIFE IS HERE". 19:51 AND THEY GOT TO TALKING AND RAJENDER SAID, "WELL, 19:54 LET'S GO TO HER ROOM AND LET'S PRAY." 19:58 WELL, THEY DID. 19:58 OF COURSE. 20:00 THEY WENT TO HER ROOM, THEY PRAYED FOR HER AND 20:03 THEN THEY TALKED SOME MORE AND THEY GOT TO KNOW EACH 20:06 OTHER BETTER. 20:07 THEY WENT TO VISIT RAJENDER'S WIFE AND THEY 20:11 BECAME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS THAT RAJENDER CAME BACK 20:16 AGAIN TO PRAY FOR THE RAMESH'S WIFE AND TODAY 20:21 THEY ARE COMING TO CHURCH. 20:23 THERE IS A CONNECTION AND GOD HAS HELPED THEM AND 20:27 BLESSED THEM. 20:27 YES. 20:29 JUST TO THINK THAT ONE PERSON HAD APPENDICITIS 20:32 -THE OTHER PERSON HAD TYPHOID AND GOD HEALED 20:34 THEM BOTH. 20:35 YES, SEE PRAISE THE LORD. 20:37 WELL, WE HEAR THESE THINGS AGAIN -TYPHPOID, I MEAN WE 20:39 DON'T HEAR ABOUT TYPHOID IN OUR CULTURE, RIGHT, BUT 20:42 THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT IN THEIR CULTURE. 20:43 YOU SEE IT FREQUENTLY. 20:44 DO YOU REALLY, BEV? 20:45 YES. 20:46 WOW. 20:47 AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:49 WORKERS-HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN YOUR 20:51 TERRITORY? 20:52 ABOUT 130 -130 OK. 20:55 ALRIGHT. 20:56 WE SAW THE 255 MILLION, YES AND WE 130 SO WE ARE 21:00 GLAD FOR THEM AND I MIGHT SAY, EVERYTIME I TURN 21:03 AROUND WHEN I'M THERE THEY ARE ASKING ME FOR MORE 21:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:06 WELL, I CAN SEE WHY. 21:07 YES. 21:08 I CAN SEE WHY. 21:10 THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. 21:13 AFTER THIS HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE, FIFTEEN DAYS 21:16 AFTER IT THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 21:19 THEY ARE HAVING BIBLE STUDIES IN THEIR HOUSE. 21:22 WONDERFUL. 21:23 WONDERFUL. 21:24 SO, PEOPLE COMING IN AND LEARNING ABOUT JESUS. 21:26 YES. 21:27 PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COME. 21:29 THEY ARE WILLING TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING NEW 21:32 BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE GOSPEL 21:36 OUTREACH WORKER WHICH I THINK SOMETIMES THEY DON'T 21:39 ACTUALLY GET IN THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS, THEIR OWN 21:44 RELIGIOUS FAITH, EXACTLY, BECAUSE THEY GO, THEY PRAY 21:48 TO THESE IDOLS AS WE WOULD CALL THEM AND THEY LEAVE. 21:53 YES. 21:54 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, PAKU. 21:57 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO THESE VILLAGES 22:00 THAT BELONG TO A FAMILY AND YOU SORT OF HAVE AN 22:02 UNEASY FEELING IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE FAMILY AND 22:05 YOU GO INTO THAT AND SO PAKU IS ENTERING THIS 22:07 VILLAGE AND HE MET A MAN BY THE WAY OF GAIYA. 22:11 HE WAS 55 YEARS OLD, AN OLDER MAN AND HE SAID, 22:16 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 22:17 A LOGICAL QUESTION THAT IS FREQUENTLY USED AND PAKU 22:22 SAID, "WELL I COME TO PRAY FOR THE SICK." 22:25 OH, GOOD. 22:27 INTRODUCED HIMSELF FOR WHAT HE WAS AND WHEN GAIYA 22:32 HEARD OF THIS HE SAID, "WELL, I CAN TAKE YOU TO 22:35 SEE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A PRAYER" AND HE TOOK HIM TO 22:37 AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN'S HOME AND HE PRAYED FOR HIM 22:40 AND AFTER THAT WAS DONE, THEY WENT AROUND THE WHOLE 22:44 VILLAGE. 22:45 SURE. 22:46 WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND IT IS A POOR VILLAGE. 22:50 THERE IS COWS AROUND JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A 22:52 LITTLE BIT OF WEALTH BUT THEY WENT TO EVERY HOUSE 22:55 IN THIS VILLAGE TO PRAY AND SEE IF THERE IS A NEED 22:59 HERE. 23:00 WERE THEY ALWAYS ACCEPTED? 23:02 THEY WERE ALWAYS ACCEPTED. 23:03 ANYTIME A CHRISTIAN WILL PRAY FOR YOU, THERE IS 23:07 SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 23:08 SO, THERE IS -THEY ACCEPT THAT. 23:11 YES. 23:13 IN SOME PLACES. 23:14 SOMETIMES WHEN THE HINDU PRIESTS ARE MORE STIFF AND 23:18 STERN, AH, HE CAN AGITATE THE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO GET 23:22 THEM AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS BUT HERE WE 23:25 HAVE CHRISTIANS AND WHEN HE FINISHED GOING THROUGH 23:29 ALL THESE VILLAGES, LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 23:32 GATHERED AROUND AND FOLLOW HIM FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. 23:35 GAIYA SAID, "YOU'VE BEEN TO EVERY HOUSE IN THE 23:38 VILLAGE EXCEPT FOR MINE." 23:40 WELL, WE NEED TO GO TO YOUR VILLAGE ALSO SO, HE 23:44 QUICKLY AH, TOOK, AH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO 23:48 GAIYA'S HOUSE AND GAIYA SAID, "THERE ARE TWO 23:52 THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN LIFE THAT ARE 23:54 IMPORTANT: HAPPINESS AND PEACE." 23:57 OH. 23:58 YOU GET THIS BY SHARING WITH OTHERS AND BY 24:00 BELIEVING IN YOUR GOD AND THOSE TWO THINGS. 24:04 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD THEM ABOUT 24:06 CREATION AND HE CRIED TO THINK THAT YOUR GOD IS THE 24:10 ONE WHO CREATED EVERYTHING. 24:12 REALLY? 24:12 OH. 24:13 HE WAS SO THRILLED; HE INVITED THE GOSPEL 24:15 OUTREACH WORKER TO COME BACK EVERY WEEK-TWO OR 24:18 THREE TIMES A WEEK AND NOW-WHAT A STORY! 24:21 YES, YES. 24:22 WHAT A STORY. 24:23 HE CRIED. 24:24 YES. 24:25 ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? 24:26 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 24:28 YES, SEE THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE CAN'T EVEN 24:31 PUT INTO WORDS-WE DON'T-WHO KNOWS WHAT THE 24:34 HOLY SPIRIT IS DOING. 24:35 I MEAN, IF HE IS DOING THAT TO HELP THE MAN 24:38 UNDERSTAND GOD'S CREATION THAT IS VERY SPECIAL. 24:41 IT IS. 24:42 IT IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 24:43 GOD IS GOOD. 24:44 THANK YOU, BEV AND SHIRLEY, SO MUCH FOR 24:46 SHARING ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY. 24:48 WE LOVE TO SHARE. 24:50 YES. 24:51 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS? 24:52 SO, THE VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING CAN KNOW WHAT 24:54 THEY CAN DO TO HELP? 24:56 MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY CONCERNED THAT THEY CAN'T 25:01 GIVE MONEY BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS PRAY. 25:04 PRAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES EVERYDAY. 25:06 PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION. 25:09 PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GUIDE THEM AND WILL 25:12 GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING AND WILL GIVE THEM COURAGE 25:17 AND THEN PRAY THAT THE HOLY ANGELS WILL PROTECT 25:19 THEM. 25:20 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 25:21 ABSOLUTELY. 25:22 BEV? 25:23 AND THEN THERE IS ALWAYS THE OTHER SIDE WE NEED 25:26 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE KEY TO THIS 25:30 MINISTRY AND WHENEVER YOU SEE THESE PLACES AND HEAR 25:34 THE STORIES YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE 25:36 ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BELIEVERS AND 25:38 THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE FED THE WORD OF GOD AND 25:42 TRAINED SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND SPREAD THE 25:44 GOSPEL TOO. 25:45 EVERYONE MUST BE A WORKER FOR JESUS CHRIST. 25:47 IF YOU ARE BELIEVER, YOU ARE A WITNESS. 25:50 YES. 25:50 AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF US. 25:51 WELL, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT PRAYER AND WE'VE HEARD 25:53 ABOUT PEACE AND I WANTED TO READ HERE IN JOHN 14:27 26:00 "JESUS SAID, PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU. 26:02 MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. 26:03 I DO NO GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES. 26:06 DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE 26:08 AFRAID." 26:09 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL VERSE AS WE 26:12 THINK ABOUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:14 WELL, BLESSINGS TO BOTH OF YOU-BEV AND SHIRLEY. 26:15 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE DO WANT TO SAY 26:18 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MISSION OF GOSPEL 26:20 OUTREACH. 26:21 AS YOU HAVE HEARD, WE SO COVET YOUR PRAYERS. 26:24 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND TO 26:27 LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN VISIT OUR 26:29 FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND 26:31 VISIT US ON LINE AT GOAIM.ORG. 26:35 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES 26:37 IN MISSIONS" I'MJULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE 26:39 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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