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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WHAT A JOY IT IS TO 00:39 COME TO YOU HERE ON THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN 00:42 MISSIONS" AND TO SHARE FANTASTIC STORIES WITH 00:45 YOU. 00:46 AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY AND 00:48 WE THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING AND FOR YOUR 00:50 PRAYERS AND AS YOU SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH 00:53 YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 00:54 WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE ALL 00:56 SHARING JESUS TOGETHER. 00:58 SO IN THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES 01:01 NORTH ON THE EQUATOR THERE ARE SO MANY COUNTRIES IN 01:04 THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND PEOPLE STILL NEED TO KNOW 01:06 ABOUT JESUS. 01:07 AND WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS 01:10 AND BILLIONS OF KIDS AS WELL. 01:13 AND SHIRLEY PANASUK AND BEV THOMPSON WE'RE GOING 01:15 TO BE TALKING ABOUT KIDS HERE TODAY. 01:17 OH MOST FANTASTIC PLACE WE EVER VISIT. 01:20 AMEN. 01:21 IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES. 01:23 YES. 01:23 I JUST LOVE IT. 01:25 AND ALL OF THE KIDS AND ALL THE KIDS RUNNING 01:27 AROUND. 01:28 I HAVE BEEN IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND IT'S LIKE 01:31 NOBODY AROUND AND THEN WHAMP THERE'LL BE KIDS 01:33 LIKE EVERYWHERE, LIKE A WHOLE CROWD OF KIDS 01:35 AROUND. 01:36 BUT WE'RE TAKING YOU TO SCHOOLS BECAUSE THIS IS 01:38 ORGANIZED. 01:39 THIS IS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. 01:40 WELL WE WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. 01:42 AND THERE'S A SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT TALKS 01:44 ABOUT CHILDREN AND JESUS. 01:46 IN MATTHEW 19:13. 01:48 THEN PEOPLE BROUGHT LITTLE CHILDREN TO JESUS FOR HIM 01:50 TO PLACE HIS HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM. 01:52 BUT THE DISCIPLES REBUKED THEM. 01:54 JESUS SAID, LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO 01:57 NOT HINDER THEM FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS 02:00 TO SUCH AS THESE. 02:01 WHEN HE HAD PLACED HIS HANDS ON THEM HE WENT ON 02:04 FROM THERE. 02:04 HOW NEAT IS THAT. 02:05 JESUS PAUSED AND PRAYED AND HE SPENT TIME WITH THE 02:08 KIDS. 02:09 HE DID NOT HINDER THEM IS WHAT REALLY COMES TO MY 02:11 MIND BECAUSE I SEE OUR TEACHERS IN THIS SCHOOL 02:14 ESPECIALLY JUST BRINGING THE CHILDREN TO JESUS. 02:17 WONDERFUL. 02:18 AND THEY ASK SUCH INNOCENT QUESTIONS. 02:20 OH, SEE THEY WANT TO KNOW RIGHT. 02:22 THEY WANT TO KNOW AND THE TEACHERS ARE SO PATIENT. 02:25 I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT PETER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE 02:28 I HAVE TO BRAG ON HIM. 02:30 AND SHIRLEY WHAT AREA ARE WE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW? 02:33 WE'RE IN THE AREA, LET'S SEE. 02:37 WE'RE IN INDIA RIGHT? 02:38 . 02:38 OH YES, YES, YES. 02:39 WE'RE IN INDIA. 02:41 NORTHEAST INDIA? 02:42 NORTHEAST INDIA. 02:43 THERE ARE 30 MILES BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BHUTAN THAT 02:47 BELONG TO INDIA. 02:48 AND IT'S RIGHT IN THIS 30 MILE AREA. 02:51 ALRIGHT. 02:52 AND PETER WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 02:55 AND HE IS JUST, HE'S A GOD SEND IS ALL I CAN SAY. 03:02 I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIM THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM. 03:05 HE IS JUST SO LOVING, SO PATIENT AND GENTLE. 03:10 WHEN HE FIRST WAS IN THIS AREA THERE WAS NOT A 03:13 SCHOOL AND THEN MONEY WAS RAISED. 03:16 THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. 03:19 HE HAS NOW BECOME A REGULAR TEACHER IN THIS 03:22 AREA. 03:23 WOW. 03:24 AND THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH. 03:26 OH MY, THIS MAN'S BUSY. 03:27 YES INDEED HE IS. 03:29 AND NOT ONLY THAT HE'S TEACHING THEM ENGLISH. 03:34 GOOD. 03:35 BECAUSE THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IS WHAT BEV. 03:37 HINDI. 03:38 OKAY. 03:39 SO THEY ARE LEARNING HINDI AND HE'S ALSO TEACHING 03:41 ENGLISH. 03:42 THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT ARE 03:44 CONSIDERED NATIONAL LANGUAGES IN INDIA. 03:46 AND IN THIS AREA IT IS HINDI. 03:49 RIGHT. 03:50 AND THEY JUST STAND UP AND, I WISH YOU COULD HEAR 03:52 THEM. 03:53 THEY JUST (MAKING SOUND LIKE THE CHILDREN 03:56 SPEAKING) SO FAST AND THEY ARE SO NERVOUS POOR 04:01 THINGS. 04:01 BUT THEY ARE SPEAKING PERFECT ENGLISH. 04:06 YES. 04:07 ARE THEY? 04:07 YES. 04:08 WELL AND INDIA BECAUSE IT USED TO BE A BRITISH 04:10 COLONY SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADY SPEAK ENGLISH AND 04:13 SO YES. 04:14 GO AHEAD BEV. 04:15 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITTLE TYKES. 04:16 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE YEAR OLDS, SIX YEAR OLDS. 04:19 AND I KNOW YOU BROUGHT SOME PICTURES TO SHOW. 04:21 OH I DID. 04:22 THIS AREA IS A, WE CALL IT A----WHICH MEANS A FOREST. 04:27 ------IS FOREST. 04:28 OK. 04:29 AND KODAL IS A VILLAGE NAME. 04:32 SO IT'S KODAL -----. 04:34 IT'S A VILLAGE IN THE FOREST. 04:37 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FOREST THERE IS A SCHOOL. 04:42 AND THIS SCHOOL WAS BUILT AS A MEMORIAL SCHOOL FOR A 04:45 FAMILY IN TEXAS. 04:47 AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS SCHOOL IS THE CHURCH. 04:54 AND ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE 04:55 SHIRLEY? 04:55 THERE ARE ABOUT 40. 04:59 THE CHURCH YOU SEE IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE 05:01 SCHOOL. 05:02 THE PLAY YARD FOR THE CHILDREN FROM THE SCHOOL 05:04 IS WHAT YOU SEE THERE. 05:05 IN THE MIDDLE. 05:06 SO THE CHURCH IS ON THE RIGHT AND THE SCHOOL IS ON 05:08 THE LEFT. 05:09 AND THE MAN STANDING IN THE AREA WHERE THE 05:10 PLAYGROUND IS. 05:11 RIGHT. 05:12 AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHILDREN LINING UP TO 05:15 GO INTO CHURCH. 05:17 OH YES. 05:17 SO ADORABLE. 05:18 AND JUST SEE THAT STRAIGHT LINE AND THEY'RE IN THEIR 05:20 SCHOOL UNIFORM. 05:21 IT'S SABBATH MORNING AND THEY KNOW THAT IT IS GOING 05:24 TO BE A VERY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE VISITORS 05:26 FROM ABROAD, SHIRLEY AND I. 05:28 THE LADIES HAVE SHOWN UP. 05:29 AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO AMAZING TO ME. 05:31 LOOK AT THOSE LITTLE WHITE PANTS. 05:35 AND YOU SEE WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING. 05:36 EXACTLY. 05:37 IT JUST AMAZES ME. 05:38 IT TOTALLY, I DO NOT WEAR WHITE. 05:41 I WILL INVARIABLY SPILL ON IT. 05:43 IN FACT, I TOLD MY MOM BEFORE I GOT MARRIED, I DO 05:46 NOT WANT A WHITE WEDDING DRESS BECAUSE I KNOW I'M 05:49 GOING TO SPILL. 05:50 (LAUGHTER) SO YOU BOTH ARE WEARING WHITE BUT NOTICE I 05:52 DON'T WEAR WHITE BECAUSE I WILL SPILL. 05:53 BUT YES, HERE THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE AND THEY DON'T 05:56 HAVE ANYTHING ON THEM. 05:58 AND THIS IS PETER TELLING THE CHILDREN NOW IT'S TIME 06:02 TO GO. 06:03 AND YOU KNOW THESE CAN BE VERY NEW LITTLE STUDENTS. 06:05 AND SO HE JUST GUIDES THEM SO GENTLY OVER TO THE 06:08 CHURCH. 06:09 AND INSIDE THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH IS FILLED WITH 06:12 PARENTS AND VISITORS. 06:14 AND THE EMPTY BENCH THERE IS WAITING FOR MORE KIDS 06:16 TO ARRIVE. 06:17 BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CHILDREN. 06:19 THEY'RE SITTING IN THE FRONT FOR A SPECIAL PART 06:22 OF THE PROGRAM. 06:23 SO THESE PARENTS AGAIN, LIKE PARENTS AROUND THE 06:26 WORLD WHO HAVE DECIDED TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO A 06:27 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, THESE PARENTS ARE PAYING FOR 06:29 THESE KIDS TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL IS THAT RIGHT? 06:31 YES. 06:32 NOW THIS CHURCH THEY HAVE MEMBERSHIP OF ABOUT 125 06:35 MEMBERS. 06:36 AND WHAT I SEE THERE TODAY THOUGH IS PARENTS ARE 06:41 EITHER OUTSIDE THE CHURCH OR INSIDE THE CHURCH 06:44 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD PERFORM. 06:45 AND THIS IS A REAL BIG DEAL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY 06:49 ARE PROUD OF THEIR KIDS AND THEY ARE SENDING THEIR 06:51 KIDS TO THIS SCHOOL AND THEY WANT TO THEM. 06:54 AND THEY ARE LEARNING ENGLISH SEE. 06:56 YOU KNOW AN EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD IN THESE 07:00 COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IS SUCH SO VALUED. 07:04 IT'S HUGE. 07:05 AND HERE WE HAVE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE SOMETIMES 07:07 WE DON'T APPRECIATE SOME OF THE THINGS AND AGAIN 07:10 THIS IS WHERE I CONTINUE TO SAY THAT TRAVELING AND 07:13 MISSION TRIPS AND ALL OF THIS IT OPENS ARE MINDS SO 07:16 MUCH TO THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE AND TO BE ABLE TO 07:19 SHARE. 07:20 OH THESE KIDS ARE SO CUTE. 07:21 SO YOU SEE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT IN THE CHURCH THERE 07:24 WAITING FOR THE BIG PART. 07:25 AND THIS IS THE BIG PART. 07:27 THEY'VE GOT TO WELCOME US, THEY HAVE TO GARLAND US. 07:30 SO THIS LITTLE CHILD IS COMING ON THE PLATFORM TO 07:34 WELCOME ALL OF THE VISITORS THAT ARE THERE. 07:37 AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON WHO GETS GARLAND IS 07:41 SHIRLEY. 07:42 AND YOU CAN SEE HOW LITTLE THAT GIRLS IS SO SHIRLEY 07:44 HAS TO BEND OVER. 07:45 BEND OVER (LAUGHTER). 07:47 SO ADORABLE. 07:48 AND THEN AFTER THE WELCOME IS DONE THEY GO BACK TO 07:52 THEIR CLASSROOM. 07:53 AND THIS IS ONE SIDE OF THE CLASSROOM WITH THE 07:56 BOYS ON ONE SIDE AND MOSTLY GIRLS ON THE OTHER 08:00 SIDE. 08:01 AND WHAT A JOY IT IS. 08:02 YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL CROWDED IN THERE. 08:04 LOOK AT THAT. 08:05 ON THE GIRLS SIDE THERE'S PROBABLY FIVE TO A TABLE. 08:08 ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN KIDS TO A 08:11 TABLE. 08:12 YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE FRONT ROW IT'S THE 08:15 YOUNGEST. 08:16 THEY GO FROM THE YOUNGEST TO THE OLDEST. 08:18 THE OLDEST, SOME OF THE OLDER ONES IN THE BACK ARE 08:20 ACTUALLY STANDING. 08:22 OH. 08:23 BECAUSE IT'S SO CROWDED. 08:24 WHAT WERE THEY SINGING HERE SHIRLEY? 08:26 OH THEY WERE SINGING "I'VE GOT JOY IN MY HEART. 08:30 I'VE GOT THE JOY, JOY, JOY. 08:32 AND THEN WHEN THEY GO SINGING "I'M GONNA SING, 08:36 SING, SING". 08:37 I'M GONNA SING, SING, SING, I'M GONNA PRAY, 08:39 PRAY, PRAY. 08:40 I'M GONNA CLAP. 08:42 AND THEY JUST, OH MY. 08:44 THE ROOM RINGS WITH THEIR SINGING. 08:47 IT DOES. 08:48 LOOK AT THEM. 08:49 AREN'T THEY PRECIOUS. 08:50 THE SONG I'M GONNA PRAY, PRAY, PRAY. 08:53 AND YOU NOTICE THAT THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES. 08:56 YES. 08:57 YOU SEE FROM THAT PICTURE HOW IMPRESSIONABLE 08:59 CHILDREN ARE. 09:00 AND HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS. 09:02 WELL AND TO LEARN ABOUT JESUS AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. 09:05 I MEAN HOW PIVOTAL IS THAT FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN 09:09 ABOUT JESUS. 09:10 BEV TELL US ABOUT THESE ANIMALS. 09:13 OH I LOVE THIS BECAUSE WE GET THESE DONATED TO US 09:16 AND SHIRLEY CARRIES A SUITCASE OF 50 POUNDS AND 09:19 I CARRY A SUITCASE OF 50 POUNDS OF THESE TOYS TO 09:22 INDIA SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN IN 09:26 OUR SCHOOLS TO LEARN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 09:29 AND PETER HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN THIS SCHOOL OF 09:33 TEACHING THE KIDS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 09:35 SO THEY WILL RECITE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THEN 09:37 YOU GIVE. 09:38 EXODUS 20:1-17. 09:39 SO 17 VERSUS. 09:40 AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY WILL GET A CHOICE OF ONE 09:45 OF THE TOYS WE GIVE. 09:46 THEY GET TO CHOOSE IT. 09:48 LOOK AT THESE KIDS. 09:49 THE LITTLE GIRL ON THE LEFT AND A LITTLE BOY ON 09:52 THE RIGHT. 09:55 THEY TAKE THEIR TURN AND THEY SAY THEM BY 09:56 THEMSELVES. 09:58 I THINK THIS YEAR PETER HAS TAUGHT THEM TO LOOK AT 10:03 THE TEACHER OR LOOK AT SOME OBJECT BECAUSE BEFORE 10:05 I CAN REMEMBER THEM LOOKING AT THE SKY AND 10:11 THEN SWEAT COMING DOWN THEIR FACES WHILE THEY ARE 10:13 SAYING, THOU SHALT NOT, ETC. THEY WERE SO 10:19 NERVOUS. 10:20 TOO MUCH PRESSURE, TOO MUCH PRESSURE. 10:22 OH. 10:22 BUT THEY GOT ONE OF THOSE TOYS. 10:24 YES. 10:24 AND THAT WAS EXCITING. 10:26 WELL AND OBVIOUSLY PETER HAS EXPLAINED WHAT THE TEN 10:29 COMMANDMENTS ARE TO THESE KIDS I'M SURE AND HAS 10:32 WALKED THROUGH THE MEANING OF ALL OF THAT RIGHT. 10:34 WELL THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT HAD JUST 10:39 RECENTLY JOINED THE SCHOOL, AND THEY DIDN'T 10:44 KNOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 10:45 OH. 10:46 BUT HE HAD THEM LEARN THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM. 10:51 OH NICE. 10:52 JOHN 3:16 AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? 10:55 JOHN 14:1-3. 10:57 THEY HAD BEEN THERE ONE MONTH AND THEY WERE FIVE 11:00 YEAR OLDS. 11:01 AND HE APOLOGIZED BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE KIDS THAT 11:05 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BUT TO 11:08 KNOW THESE MEMORY VERSES IS IT OKAY? 11:10 ISN'T THAT SWEET? 11:11 SO THEY GOT A TOY TOO. 11:13 SURE. 11:14 SO THESE STUDENTS, IS THIS A DORMITORY SCHOOL OR ARE 11:17 THEY DAY STUDENTS? 11:18 THEY ARE DAY. 11:19 OKAY, I WAS GOING TO SAY AT FIVE YEARS OLD. 11:20 SO THEY'RE COMING FROM THE VILLAGE, THE LOCAL 11:22 VILLAGES AROUND. 11:23 YES. 11:24 SO COMING TO SCHOOL. 11:25 NOW WHAT ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL DAYS BECAUSE I KNOW 11:28 A LOT OF COUNTRIES THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL SIX 11:31 DAYS AND THEN THEY HAVE SUNDAY OFF FOR EXAMPLE. 11:35 WHAT IS IT IN THIS AREA BEV? 11:36 WELL IT'S THAT WAY IN INDIA EXCEPT FOR OUR 11:40 ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 11:43 AND PARENTS THAT SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR 11:47 SCHOOLS MANY TIMES THINK THEY ARE GETTING CHEATED 11:49 BECAUSE THEY ONLY GO FIVE DAYS INSTEAD OF SIX. 11:52 OKAY. 11:53 BUT THEY GIVE THEM A GOOD EDUCATION. 11:55 THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WORTHWHILE. 11:58 AND WHEN THE CHILDREN GET THESE TOYS THEY REALLY 12:02 THINK THAT THEY ARE GETTING A GOOD SCHOOL. 12:05 WELL ABSOLUTELY. 12:06 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I MEAN REMEMBER IN VACATION 12:08 BIBLE SCHOOL THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE WOULD GET A 12:10 STICKER AT SABBATH SCHOOL OR WHATEVER AND YOU KNOW 12:13 THAT'S KIND OF A NEAT THING FOR THE KIDS. 12:14 BUT ONE OTHER THING, SOME OF THE PARENTS HAVE EVEN 12:18 SAID THAT THEY NOTICED A CHANGE IN THEIR CHILDREN 12:20 IN THEIR BEHAVIOR ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND ALL OF 12:23 THIS. 12:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:25 AND THE CHILDREN THEN GO HOME AND REPEAT TO THEIR 12:27 PARENTS WHAT THEY LEARNED. 12:29 WELL SEE, PRAISE THE LORD. 12:31 WELL THANK YOU SHIRLEY AND BEV FOR SHARING ABOUT THE 12:33 SWEET CHILDREN OF THIS SCHOOL. 12:34 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR PARTNERING 12:37 WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'RE EXCITED 12:41 THAT WE CAN SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA OF THE WORLD AND 12:45 WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 12:46 OUR VIEWERS. 12:47 EARTH. 12:48 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 12:54 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 13:00 IT'S OWN GREED. 13:02 HUMANITY. 13:03 WE NEED LOVE. 13:05 WE NEED HOPE. 13:07 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:11 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:13 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:17 PLAN TO SAVE US. 13:19 ONE THIRD. 13:21 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 13:26 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:29 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 13:32 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 13:34 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 13:37 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 13:44 JESUS CHRIST. 13:45 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 13:48 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 13:56 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 13:59 TOGETHER SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:02 AND ISN'T THAT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO 14:04 BE SHARING JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WE LIVE NEXT 14:07 DOOR TO, WHO WE WORK WITH AND WE ALSO ARE WANTING TO 14:11 SHARE JESUS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM 14:13 WHERE WE MIGHT LIVE AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF 14:14 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:16 BECAUSE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIVE IN 14:17 THESE COUNTRIES AND BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT 14:19 AND YOUR PRAYERS AND PARTNERING WITH US HERE AT 14:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH MORE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT 14:24 JESUS INCLUDING THE CUTE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE IN 14:26 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:28 AND WE'RE TALKING HERE WITH SHIRLEY AND BEV ABOUT 14:30 THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOL THAT IS IN NORTHEAST INDIA AND 14:34 IT'S JUST ALWAYS FUN TO SEE BOTH OF YOU AND TO 14:37 HEAR YOUR STORIES. 14:38 YOU MEET SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 14:39 WE DO. 14:40 WE DO, OH IT'S THRILLING. 14:43 YOU REALLY COME BACK LIFTED UP. 14:46 ABSOLUTELY. 14:47 SO HERE WE ARE, IS THIS ANOTHER SCHOOL BEV? 14:48 THIS IS ANOTHER SCHOOL. 14:49 THIS IS IN SIKKIM WHICH IS A STATE BETWEEN NEPAL AND 14:55 BHUTAN. 14:56 AND IT'S A TROUBLESOME STATE. 14:59 MANY TIMES IT'S CLAIMED BY CHINA, OTHER TIMES BHUTAN, 15:03 OTHER TIMES NEPAL, OTHER TIMES INDIA. 15:06 AND RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDER INDIA. 15:08 BUT THEY HAVE SKIRMISHES AT THE BORDER, THE 15:10 NORTHERN BORDER WITH CHINA RIGHT NOW. 15:12 OH MY. 15:13 SO WE HAVE TO SORT OF GET A VISA TO ENTER. 15:17 TO ENTER THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 15:18 YES. 15:19 SO WHAT LANGUAGES, I MEAN WILL YOU HEAR SOMEONE 15:21 SPEAK CHINESE IN THIS AREA? 15:22 NOT USUALLY BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 15:26 THAT STATE NOT UP NEAR THE BORDER OF CHINA. 15:29 INTERESTING. 15:30 AND THERE IS A LOT OF NEPALI SPOKEN THERE 15:32 BECAUSE IT'S NEXT DOOR TO NEPAL. 15:34 OKAY. 15:35 WOW, WHAT AN INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE YOU DON'T 15:37 KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. 15:39 YES, THERE ARE MANY LANGUAGES. 15:41 AND THE PEOPLE THERE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO MANY 15:43 LANGUAGES. 15:44 YES, ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH. 15:46 IT'S AMAZING. 15:47 WELL AND THANKS TO YOU BEV I MET ONE OF THE GOSPEL 15:49 OUTREACH WORKERS WHO, LET ME SAY THIS, SPEAKS 12 15:52 LANGUAGES. 15:53 YES. 15:54 I CAN'T GET OVER THIS. 15:56 THIS WOMAN SPEAKS 12 LANGUAGES AND I'M FLUENT 15:59 IN ONE AND YES I KNOW SOME WORDS FROM LIVING IN 16:01 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD 16:03 RATHER BUT 12 LANGUAGES. 16:05 YES. 16:06 AND SHE SAID SHE'S LEARNING ANOTHER ONE. 16:08 AND SHE SPEAKS THEM VERY WELL. 16:09 YES, OH YES. 16:11 I'VE HEARD HER JUST CHANGE FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO 16:12 ANOTHER. 16:14 THERE'S A TRIBAL LANGUAGE THAT IS COMMON TO HER THEN 16:15 THERE'S A COUNTRY LANGUAGE AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER 16:18 PEOPLE'S LANGUAGES. 16:19 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. 16:20 SO THIS IS ALWAYS MY QUESTION. 16:22 I ALWAYS AM FASCINATED BY PEOPLE LINGUISTS AND I 16:25 WANT TO KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE THEY DREAM IN. 16:26 (LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW, YOU 16:28 KNOW, SO WHICH LANGUAGE IS KIND OF YOUR GO TO 16:31 LANGUAGE. 16:32 WHEN YOU HAVE TWELVE (LAUGHTER) DID YOU ASK HER 16:37 THAT? 16:38 NO I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT NEXT TIME 16:40 WE TALK I'LL DO THAT. 16:42 THIS IS A LOVELY SCHOOL. 16:44 RIGHT NEXT DOOR THEY HAVE A CHURCH. 16:46 AND THESE ARE THE CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW 16:49 AND THEY HAVE A FEW DORMITORY STUDENTS. 16:53 AND THOSE THAT CAN SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 16:56 ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD THEM SAY THEM WHEN WE 17:01 CAME. 17:02 THE BOYS ON ONE SIDE AND GIRLS ON THE OTHER. 17:05 AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PROGRAM THEY HAVE ALL 17:08 THESE CHILDREN COME TO THE FRONT AND SING A SONG TO 17:12 US. 17:13 JUST SO PRECIOUS. 17:14 SO SWEET, AH. 17:15 AND THIS SCHOOL THIS TIME THERE WERE MORE OLDER 17:19 STUDENTS. 17:20 YES, OKAY. 17:20 HERE ARE TWO NICE YOUNG LADIES. 17:26 THEY WERE THE MOST CHARMING ADORABLE LEADERS 17:30 OF THE SCHOOL, CHILD LEADERS. 17:32 RIGHT. 17:33 AND WHEN WE STARTED TO SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THEY 17:36 STOOD UP FRONT AND SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 17:39 FIRST. 17:40 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 17:41 AREN'T THEY JUST SWEET. 17:42 LIKE AN EXAMPLE. 17:43 AND THE KIDS THAT COULD SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 17:44 THEY ALL LINED UP IN THE FRONT READY TO SAY AND ONE 17:48 OF THE TEACHERS IS STANDING THERE WITH THE 17:50 CHILDREN. 17:51 BUT THERE ARE THE CHILDREN WHO ALL SAID EXODUS 17:55 20:1-17. 17:57 SO I'M GOING TO PIGGY BACK ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. 18:00 SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE "GO MINUTES" THAT WE 18:02 DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:05 THEY ARE SOME SHORT LITTLE DEVOTIONALS THAT WE'VE 18:06 BEEN POSTING UP ON FACEBOOK. 18:08 AND SO I DID A "GO MINUTE" THE OTHER DAY ABOUT 18:11 TALKING ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SCRIPTURE. 18:13 AND YOU KNOW AS BLESSED AS WE ARE, TO MANY OF US, TO 18:16 HAVE GROWN UP BELIEVING ABOUT JESUS, KNOWING THE 18:19 BIBLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES SOME OF 18:23 THESE VERSUS, AND SHIRLEY YOU MENTIONED JUST A 18:25 COUPLE OF THEM HERE, JOHN 3:16 AND YOU MENTIONED 18:27 JOHN 14:1-3 AND YOU MENTIONED PSALM 23. 18:31 OKAY SOMETIMES WE GET, AND I'M SPEAKING FROM MY 18:34 EXPERIENCES, LIKE OH WE'VE HEARD THAT AND OH YES I 18:37 KNOW HOW THAT IS AND EVERYTHING. 18:38 BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I 18:43 GREW UP MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE AND IT HAS 18:46 BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME AS I GET OLDER, AND 18:50 I TEAR UP HERE, THAT THESE SCRIPTURES LIKE PSALM 23, 18:54 THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR AND I'VE EXPERIENCED LOSS. 18:59 IN ONE MONTH I LOST FIVE PEOPLE AND YET PSALM 23 19:04 HAS BECOME MORE SPECIAL TO ME. 19:06 AMEN. 19:07 AND SO HEARING AND LISTENING ABOUT THESE 19:09 YOUNG PEOPLE, WE DON'T KNOW THE JOURNEY OF LIFE. 19:12 YOU KNOW WE ARE PRAYING THAT JESUS COMES IN THE 19:15 NEXT SECOND BUT IF HE DOESN'T THESE SCRIPTURES 19:18 THAT YOU KNOW THESE KIDS ARE LEARNING THAT WE HAVE 19:20 LEARNED, THEY TO ME ARE BECOMING SUCH A PART OF MY 19:24 LIFE THAT THAT'S THE HARD DRIVE SPACE THAT I WANT TO 19:27 HAVE IN MY HEAD. 19:28 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 19:29 YES. 19:30 AND SO I JUST WANT TO AFFIRM BOTH OF YOU AS 19:32 YOU'RE WORKING WITH THESE TEACHERS. 19:34 I JUST THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. 19:37 AND I SEE YOU AS A YOUNG PERSON TO ME AND IT IS 19:40 MORE IMPLANTED IN MY MIND WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID. 19:43 YES. 19:44 THE OLDER WE GET THE MORE IT IS. 19:46 WELL AND I LOVE YOU BOTH DEARLY AND YOU KNOW THAT I 19:49 CALL YOU THE PAULINE AND BARNABAS OF GOSPEL 19:52 OUTREACH AND SO YOU'RE MENTORS TO ME. 19:55 I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US. 19:59 I JUST CAN'T UNDERSCORE IT ENOUGH. 20:02 I AGREE. 20:03 ME TOO. 20:03 YES, I THINK WE NEED TISSUES. 20:06 (LAUGHTER) THESE ARE THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE TAUGHT 20:08 THOSE STUDENTS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 20:11 PRAISE THE LORD. 20:12 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THEM. 20:13 YOUNG, HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFUL. 20:18 OH YES. 20:20 THESE ARE SIKKIMESE. 20:23 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE AREA THERE. 20:25 WONDERFUL. 20:27 THEY HAVE HAD ALL OF THE TURMOIL, THEIR HERITAGE 20:31 HAS HAD THE TURMOIL OF ALL OF THE CHANGES IN 20:33 GOVERNMENT. 20:34 AND NOW JUST TO THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH IT 20:39 AGAIN. 20:40 I THINK IT WAS 2008 WHEN OFFICIALLY CHINA GAVE IT 20:44 TO INDIA. 20:45 BUT NOW THEY ARE ON THE BORDER AGAIN. 20:48 WELL AND IT IS TRUE. 20:49 I'VE BEEN IN COUNTRIES LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S LIKE 20:51 BACK AND FORTH. 20:52 EVEN GOING TO EUROPE IT'S LIKE OK WELL THIS USED TO 20:55 BE PART OF THAT COUNTRY. 20:56 WELL WHAT CHANGED. 20:57 WELL THE BORDER CHANGED AFTER WORLD WAR II AND YOU 20:59 KNOW WHERE WE LIVE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, WE KNOW 21:00 WHERE OUR BORDERS ARE. 21:01 OR 1989. 21:01 YES, EXACTLY. 21:03 AND SO YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE THINGS, YES EXACTLY. 21:04 AND SO THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING AND THAT'S WHERE 21:05 THEY NEED THE HOPE. 21:05 THEY NEED THE HOPE. 21:06 RIGHT, RIGHT. 21:07 OH ABSOLUTELY. 21:08 THEY EVEN HAVE YELLOW SCHOOL BUSES THERE? 21:09 YES THEY DO. 21:10 (LAUGHTER) IT IS JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW MANY 21:11 CHILDREN CAN PILE ONTO A BUS. 21:13 IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS HERE. 21:18 THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 21:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:25 WELL, AND IF IT'S A 48 PASSENGER BUS THERE'S 48 21:31 MORE IN ADDITION. 21:33 JUST SCOOCH OVER. 21:34 THIS IS THE EDGE OF THE HIMALAYAS SO IT'S UP AND 21:35 DOWN HILL. 21:36 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 21:37 IT'S SPARSELY POPULATED COMPARED TO MOST OF INDIA 21:39 BUT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDS 21:42 OF THOSE AREAS. 21:44 SO DOES THE BUS GO AROUND THEN LIKE OUR SCHOOL BUSES 21:47 DO IN THE MORNING AND PICK THE KIDS UP? 21:50 YES. 21:51 OKAY. 21:51 AND IT TAKES THEM HOME AT NIGHT. 21:54 SO YOU KNOW WHAT. 21:55 HOW MANY INTERVIEWS HAVE I DONE HERE ABOUT SCHOOLS 21:57 AND THIS IS THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT I'VE HEARD 21:59 ABOUT A SCHOOL BUS GOING. 22:00 I THINK THIS IS THE MAIN ONE THAT I KNOW OF IN MY 22:05 REGION. 22:05 OKAY GOOD. 22:06 BUT THIS IS IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. 22:11 SHIRLEY AND I ARE THERE WITH THE PASTOR FROM THE 22:13 NORTH INDIA UNION. 22:14 WE'RE THERE ALSO WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 22:18 ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 22:20 I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU JUST A 22:22 LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 22:24 SCHOOLS. 22:26 WE LET THEM USE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO TEACH 22:29 THEIR MORALS CLASS. 22:31 YOU SEE IN INDIA IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO TEACH 22:34 RELIGION IN SCHOOL. 22:36 AND SO WE TEACH BIBLE STORIES AND IT'S CALL 22:41 MORALS. 22:42 I LIKE IT. 22:43 AND THAT'S WHY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE THOU 22:46 SHALT NOT STEAL, THOU SHALT NOT KILL, YOU HONOR 22:50 YOUR PARENTS, YOUR NEIGHBORS OBVIOUSLY. 22:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:54 AND YOU USE GOOD LANGUAGE. 22:56 SO WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS 22:59 ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL AND TEACHES. 23:02 IN FACT WE HAVE TWO AT EACH SCHOOL. 23:05 WE WANT THEM TO GO TWO BY TWO. 23:07 AND SO THEY TEACH A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF MORALS 23:12 CLASSES TO THE WHOLE GROUP OF STUDENTS. 23:14 YES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE LITTLE, THE LITTLE 23:16 KIDS WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OLD THAT'S A DIFFERENT 23:19 TOPIC FOR EDUCATION THAN SOMEONE WHO'S OLDER. 23:22 SO WE HAVE TWO REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR EACH SCHOOL 23:25 AND THEN THEY COVER THE MORALS CLASSES FOR THEM. 23:29 BUT THEIR MAIN JOB IS TO GO VISIT THE PARENTS OF 23:32 THE CHILDREN. 23:33 OH SURE. 23:34 BECAUSE WHEN THE CHILDREN GET TO THE AGE OF 12 THEN 23:37 THEY ARE PERMITTED TO TAKE THE CHOICE FOR BAPTISM. 23:40 AND IF THEY TAKE THE CHOICE OF BEING BAPTIZED 23:44 AND THE PARENTS DISAPPROVE THEY ARE OSTRACIZED FROM 23:47 THE FAMILY AND SO IT IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE GOSPEL 23:51 OUTREACH WORKERS GO TO THE VILLAGES WHERE THE 23:54 CHILDREN ARE FROM AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND TELL THEM 23:59 THEIR CHILD IS DOING WELL IN SCHOOL. 24:01 THEY HAVE MEMORIZED THIS VERSE AND THIS IS A STORY 24:05 THAT WE HAVE TOLD THEM AND THEY GET THE SAME MESSAGE 24:09 THAT THE CHILDREN GET. 24:10 BEAUTIFUL. 24:11 SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE REPORT ON THE KIDS BUT 24:13 IT'S ALSO CHECKING IN WITH THE PARENTS AND THAT'S 24:14 BEAUTIFUL. 24:15 AND GIVING THEM THE MESSAGE. 24:16 YES. 24:17 ABSOLUTELY. 24:18 AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE TELLING THEM GOOD 24:21 THINGS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN ANY PARENT, 24:24 BUTTONS ARE ALL POPPING. 24:25 YES. 24:26 AND THEN WHO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS DO YOU WANT ME 24:29 TO VISIT? 24:29 OH SURE. 24:30 OR WHO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PRAY 24:33 FOR? 24:34 AND THIS SPREADS THE NEWS THAT BRINGS MORE STUDENTS 24:38 TO THE SCHOOL AND IT BRINGS MORE OPPORTUNITIES. 24:41 IT'S REALLY OUTREACH. 24:43 AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VILLAGES WE ARE REALLY 24:45 ENTERING WHEN WE HAVE A SCHOOL LIKE THIS BUT THIS 24:48 MANY TIMES ENTERS MANY MANY VILLAGES THAT HAVE 24:51 NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS CHRIST BEFORE. 24:54 AND THAT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 24:56 YES. 24:57 ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS WE FIND OUT ARE THERE SICK 25:00 PEOPLE WHO NEED PRAYER. 25:02 YES, SURE. 25:03 ARE THERE SICK PEOPLE THAT NEED HOME TREATMENTS. 25:06 YOU KNOW WOUNDS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANSED AND 25:10 BANDAGED UP. 25:11 WELL AND SHARING AND ASKING IT'S JUST THE 25:18 SIMPLE THINGS OF BEING INTERESTED IN PEOPLE AND 25:21 JUST LIKE JESUS WAS INTERESTED IN THE KIDS AND 25:24 THAT'S WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 25:26 DOING. 25:27 AND I AM INTERESTED IN THE CHILDREN TOO. 25:29 I LOVE THEM. 25:30 YES I DO TOO. 25:32 THEY ARE SO SWEET. 25:33 I HAVE HAD SO MANY INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE 25:38 NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. 25:39 YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST OVERSEAS OR IN 25:41 A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. 25:42 EVEN AT HOME. 25:43 BUT I MEAN IT'S HAVING AN INTEREST IN A CHILD. 25:44 AND THEY MAKE DECISIONS FOR A LIFE TIME WHEN THEY 25:46 ARE SMALL. 25:46 OH SURE ABSOLUTELY. 25:47 AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE TAUGHT TO OBEY AND SO IT'S 25:48 JUST A JOY TO BE AROUND THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 25:50 CLAMBERING OVER THE TOP OF YOU. 25:50 THEY'RE STANDING JUST VERY RESPECTFUL. 25:52 THEY'RE TAUGHT TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL. 26:05 ABSOLUTELY. 26:08 SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM BOTH OF YOU IS THAT THESE 26:13 KIDS ARE LEARNING WONDERFUL THINGS AT 26:16 SCHOOL. 26:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:19 THERE'S PROBABLY A NEED FOR MORE. 26:21 OH YES, ALL THE TIME. 26:23 WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR, WELL CAN YOU GIVE US JUST TWO 26:27 MORE, OR FOUR MORE. 26:29 I HAVE SIX READY. 26:31 WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM IF WE COULD HAVE 26:37 THEM. 26:38 SO THEY'RE ALWAYS CLAMORING FOR MORE GOSPEL 26:40 OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:41 THERE'S ALWAYS ONE PERSON AND IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS 26:44 THAT YOU KNOW GOD'S WAITING FOR ONE MORE 26:46 PERSON. 26:47 I'LL CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S A BUDGET AT GOSPEL 26:49 OUTREACH. 26:50 OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHERE OUR VIEWERS AND THAT'S 26:52 WHERE ALL OF US JOIN TOGETHER. 26:54 SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU. 26:55 THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU 26:57 MIGHT NEED TO CHECK ON AND SEE MAYBE THE HOLY SPIRIT 27:00 IS ASKING YOU TO CUT THAT OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE 27:02 THAT MONEY THAT YOU'RE SPENDING ON THAT COULD 27:04 MAYBE GO TO HELP FUND MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 27:08 THIS AREA OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 27:10 SO I'M TALKING TO MYSELF HERE. 27:11 SO LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO GIVE 27:14 GENEROUSLY AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND 27:17 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR 27:21 MORE INFORMATION. 27:22 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING 27:24 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:25 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS 27:27 KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY 28:07 TODAY. 28:45 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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