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00:33 WELCOME AGAIN TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN
00:36 MISSIONS" AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THERE ARE SO MANY 00:38 MIRACLES HAPPENING OVER THERE IN INDIA. 00:41 WE'RE GOING TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA 00:43 TODAY WHERE THE GOSPEL DISCIPLE THOMAS WENT AND 00:49 BEGAN HIS MINISTRY AND THERE WERE CHRISTIANS FROM 00:53 THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. 00:54 HOWEVER, WE KNOW TODAY THAT INDIA HAS CHANGED 00:56 COMPLETELY. 00:57 ITS' GOT SO MANY GODS I THINK IT HAS 32 MILLION 00:59 DIFFERENT GODS IN HINDUISM AND OTHER MUSLIM 01:02 COUNTRIES, SIKH. 01:04 WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE DAVID AND ROSA 01:06 GILLHAM WITH US TODAY WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF ABOUT A 01:09 140 SOME GOSPEL WORKER VOLUNTEERS OVER THERE. 01:13 THAT'S RIGHT, IN INDIA. 01:15 WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE 01:17 ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY. 01:19 SOME OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD ARE BECOMING 01:21 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 01:23 UH HUH. 01:24 IN CHINA, CERTAIN PLACES IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL. 01:25 THEY ARE CLOSING DOWN CHURCHES IN RUSSIA, 01:27 UKRAINE. 01:28 WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT OF 01:31 INDIA IS BASICALLY HINDU AND THEY ARE NOT TOO 01:33 EXCITED ABOUT BAPTISTS AND ADVENTISTS IN PARTICULAR. 01:36 THAT IS CORRECT, LONNIE AND ROSA AND I JUST HAD AN 01:39 ARTICLE SENT TO US RECENTLY BY ONE OF OUR 01:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE CONFERENCE OVER THERE 01:43 AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS AN ORGANIZATION 01:47 THAT MONITORS FOREIGN DONATIONS FOR 01:50 PHILANTHROPIC PROJECTS AND CHRISTIAN PROJECTS. 01:54 WELL, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY KEEN LATELY ON JUST 01:56 SHUTTING DOWN HUNDREDS OF THESE. 01:59 THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 02:01 THEY'VE LITERALLY SHUT DOWN HUNDREDS OF THESE 02:03 ORGANIZATIONS WHERE THEY CANNOT FUNNEL AH, CHANNEL 02:06 MONIES INTO INDIA ANYMORE AND NOW THIS ARTICLE THAT 02:08 WE JUST READ JUST ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THEY 02:12 HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY ARE NOW FOCUSING 02:15 ON AND THEY ARE PREPARING TO SHUT THEM DOWN. 02:17 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN; WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE 02:19 HAVE OPEN BUT THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU 02:21 SAID, ARE THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE 02:23 BAPTIST CHURCH. 02:24 SO, HOW LONG CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK IN 02:27 INDIA? 02:28 ONLY GOD KNOWS BUT WE KNOW THAT THE TIME IS SHORT, IT 02:31 IS URGENT AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH 02:34 SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN INDIA AND FULFILL THE 02:36 GOSPEL COMMISSION I WOULD SAY NOW IS THE TIME. 02:40 YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR 02:42 PLANT, IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE, WELL THE WHOLE 02:44 WORLD SHUT DOWN WITH COVID 19 IN A PANDEMIC AND JESUS 02:49 INVITES US TO HAVE A PART. 02:51 HE SAYS, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD. 02:54 WE NEED TO GET INTO THESE AREAS OF THE 10/40 WINDOW 02:57 WHERE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT JESUS -NEVER HEARD 02:59 ABOUT HIM. 03:00 97 PER CENT OF THEM AND YOU ARE WORKING IN THAT 03:01 PARTICULAR AREA. 03:03 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS NEW VICINITY THAT WE 03:05 ARE GOING TO VISIT TODAY. 03:05 YES, LONNIE I'D LOVE TO. 03:07 ROSA AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO 03:08 INDIA THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE RETIRED FOUR 03:12 YEARS AGO AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT ON THE ROCKING 03:15 CHAIR AND JUST DO THE ROCK THING WITH RETIREMENT, SO 03:18 WE GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THERE 03:21 ARE NUMEROUS WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. 03:23 H.M.S RICHARDS WAS ALWAYS ASKED BROTHER RICHARDS, 03:25 WHAT ABOUT RETIREMENT? 03:26 HE WOULD SAY, WELL, BROTHER MELASHENKO, 03:28 BROTHER DAVE, SISTER ROSA THE WORD RETIREMENT IS NOT 03:31 IN THE BIBLE. 03:32 JESUS SAYS YOU MUST OCCUPY TILL I COME. 03:36 I'M OCCUPYING, YOU ARE OCCUPYING, MOST OF THE 03:38 GOSPEL WORKERS OUTREACH STAFF ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 03:42 MOST OF THEM RETIREES, RIGHT. 03:44 WE NEED YOUNGER PEOPLE TO COME ON BOARD. 03:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:46 AND SO, TELL US ABOUT THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE 03:48 THEY HAVE A CRYING NEED, YES, YOU GAVE SOME FIGURES 03:51 OF HOW MANY MILLION PEOPLE ARE UP IN THAT LITTLE 03:53 CORNER. 03:54 YES, YOU KNOW. 03:55 CITIES WITH 100,000 OR 500,000 BUT MILLIONS. 03:57 HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE? 03:58 IN INDIA ALONE OF COURSE, IS 1200 MILLION PEOPLE. 04:01 WE CALL IT 1.2 BILLION. 04:03 NOW LET YOUR MIND WRAP AROUND THAT. 04:04 CALIFORNIA HAS 38 MILLION BUT INDIA 1200 MILLION. 04:10 THIRTY-ONE TIMES AS BIG. 04:13 EXACTLY AND OUR BIBLE WORKERS WE HAVE 148 BIBLE 04:17 WORKERS JUST IN THIS ONE LITTLE AREA OF INDIA AND 04:20 WE HAVE OVER 1000 BIBLE WORKERS ALL OVER INDIA AND 04:23 2000 AROUND THE WORLD BUT THEY ARE CALLING FOR US. 04:26 THESE NEW AREAS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ENTERED ARE 04:29 CALLING FOR US. 04:30 THEY ARE CALLING FOR DONATIONS. 04:31 WE HAVE ONE LEADERSHIP GROUP OVER THERE THAT CAME 04:35 TO THE MOTEL WHERE ROSA AND I WERE AT AND THEY 04:37 WERE BEGGING US THE PRESIDENT OF THE 04:38 CONFERENCE, THE TREASURER, THE SECRETARY THEY 04:41 TRAVELED FOR MILES ON THE TRAIN AND THEY BEGGED US 04:45 TO MEET WITH THEM. 04:45 THEY SHOWED US THE APPLICATIONS. 04:47 THESE ARE YOUNG VIBRANT CHRISTIANS READY TO SHARE 04:50 THE LOVE OF JESUS ALL THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IS $100 A 04:54 MONTH. 04:55 WOW. 04:56 AND THEY WANT TO PUT THESE TEN PEOPLE ON IMMEDIATELY. 04:58 WE HAD ANOTHER PERSON VISIT US FOR FIVE OR TEN 05:00 MORE. 05:01 ANOTHER PERSON VISITED US FOR MORE AND RIGHT NOW 05:03 WITH THE COVID, THE MONIES WE HAVE BEEN AS GENEROUS 05:06 AS WE CAN TO OPEN NEW FIELDS BUT WE RIGHT NOW WE 05:07 ARE LOOKING FOR NEW FUNDS. 05:08 SO, WE HAD OVER ALMOST 2000 BAPTISMS JUST IN OUR 05:09 AREA - IN THIS AREA ALONE LAST YEAR. 05:10 2000 CAME TO JESUS. 05:11 AMEN. 05:12 AND THESE PEOPLE ARE SO IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 05:13 SIXTY NEW CHURCHES FORMED JUST IN 2019, LAST YEAR 05:14 2020. 05:15 WE HAVE THREE CONFERENCES THAT WE MENTIONED THAT 05:16 WANT US TO SEND MISSIONARIES AND THEY HAVE 05:19 EVERYBODY NEEDS A CHURCH. 05:21 THEY ARE MEETING IN HOUSES. 05:23 THEY ARE MEETING UNDER THE TREES AND SO YOU KNOW, IF 05:42 YOU ARE MOTIVATED IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IS 05:44 MOTIVATED TO SPONSOR A CHURCH, IT COSTS A 05:47 WHOPPING $25,000. 05:50 IN AMERICA, THAT'S LIKE A THINK WE COULD PROBABLY 05:52 AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY IF EVERYBODY 05:54 WOULD PUT A LITTLE DONATION IN. 05:56 YES. 05:56 SO, THE NEEDS ARE GREAT. 05:57 AND THESE WORKERS THOUGH, THEY CAN GET BY ON 06:00 $100-150 DOLLARS A MONTH JUST TO PROVIDE THEIR FUEL 06:06 AND BASIC FOOD, YES, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO OR 06:07 YOU CAN HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE GO TOGETHER IN 06:08 CHURCH OR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS,YES, PUT THE MONEY 06:10 TOGETHER FOR $150 A MONTH AND THE THRILL OF KNOWING 06:13 THAT THESE FOLKS WILL BAPTIZE 6,8,10,12,15,25 06:18 PEOPLE WITHIN THAT NEXT YEAR. 06:19 WE HAD ONE WORKER THAT ACTUALLY HAD 75 BAPTISMS. 06:22 WOW. 06:23 YES. 06:23 ITS AN INVESTMENT. 06:25 IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT AND THE DIVIDENDS ARE OUT OF 06:27 THIS WORLD. 06:28 SO, I WANT TO TELL YOU LONNIE AND VIEWERS, WE 06:31 WERE PRIVILEGED TO TRAVEL AROUND THIS BIG STATE OF 06:34 WHAT THEY CALL TAMIL NADU AND ITS GOT MILLIONS OF 06:38 PEOPLE AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS PLACES- WE STOP 06:41 IN 15 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 06:43 WE RIDE THE TRAINS ALL NIGHT LONG. 06:46 WE HAVE SLEEPER CARS. 06:47 WE HAVE SIX OTHERS; WE HAVE FIVE OTHER PEOPLE IN 06:49 THE LITTLE BUNKS ALL AROUND US AND ABOVE US. 06:52 WE RIDE ALL NIGHT LONG. 06:53 WE MEET WITH OUR GOSPEL WORKERS ALL DAY LONG AND 06:56 THEN WE GET ON THE TRAINS AGAIN AND RIDE OR WE GET 06:58 ON ALL NIGHT BUSES. 06:59 LONNIE, YOU OUGHT TO COME TO INDIA WITH ME AND I 07:01 WOULD NOT WANT TO WISH THAT ON ANYBODY TO RIDE 07:03 ALL NIGHT BUS. 07:04 IT IS CRAZY. 07:06 I MEAN THE BUS ARE HITTING THESE BUMPS AND GOING UP 07:08 AND DOWN THE ROADS BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 07:09 ITS' BETTER THAN DISNEY WORLD ANY DAY. 07:11 YES, IT IS AMAZING. 07:12 AND SO, ROSA IS GOING TO TELL US ABOUT ONE LITTLE 07:15 VILLAGE NOW. 07:16 IT IS HARD TO PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS IT IS CALLED 07:18 PUTTAKOTTAI. 07:19 ANYWAY, WE HAD AMAZING WORK IN PUTTAKOTTAI WITH 07:22 ABOUT TEN GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AND THEY MET AS 07:26 THEY DO IN ALL THESE AREAS AND WE HAD A TRAINING AND 07:28 THEY TOLD US THEIR STORIES SO, I THINK ROSA HAS A 07:31 STORY FOR US. 07:34 HERE IN PUTTAKOTTAI WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL TEAM 07:37 OF WORKERS THAT AGAIN HAVE ESTBLISHED NEW CHURCHES 07:41 DURING THIS PAST YEAR AND HAVE SEEN GOD WORK MANY 07:44 MIRACLES IN THE PEOPLES' LIVES THAT THEY'VE MET. 07:47 BUT SHANKAR, ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 07:51 HE WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR AGAIN LOOKING FOR PEOPLE 07:56 THAT ARE RECEPTIVE TO WANTING TO KNOW MORE TO 08:00 FILL THE EMPTY HOLE IN THEIR LIVES. 08:02 THEY NEED MORE PEACE AND HOPE OF THE LOVE OF 08:05 CHRIST. 08:07 WELL, HE CAME ACROSS A TEACHER AND THIS TEACHER 08:13 WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF WATER. 08:16 THEIR WELL HAD GONE DRY. 08:19 AND SHE WAS A HINDU, A STRONG HINDU. 08:22 SHE HAD BEEN PRAYING TO THE GODS AGAIN LOOKING FOR 08:25 SOME ANSWERS. 08:26 THE WATER GOD IS ONE OF 32 MILLION DIFFERENT GODS. 08:29 YES. 08:30 WOW. 08:31 AND THERE IS NO WATER. 08:33 WELL, HER DAUGHTER ALSO HAD SOME HEART PROBLEMS. 08:38 THIS MEANS THAT IF THE GODS AREN'T GOING TO DO 08:41 ANYTHING FOR IT, THEY NEED TO GO GET MEDICAL HELP BUT 08:43 THAT COSTS MONEY. 08:47 AND SHE WAS IN DESPERATE NEED. 08:49 SO, SHE SHARED HER TROUBLES WITH SENKAR HERE. 08:54 WHY, HE SAID, I SERVE A GOD BUT THIS GOD IS 09:00 DIFFERENT THAN THE GODS YOU ARE PRAYING TO. 09:03 THIS GOD IS ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING. 09:06 HE IS THE CREATOR GOD OF ALL THESE OTHER GODS. 09:09 NO, HE DIDN'T CREATE THOSE GODS. 09:12 MEN HAVE CREATED THOSE GODS BUT HE IS THE CREATOR 09:14 OF EVERYTHINGGOOD IN THIS EARTH. 09:18 AND HE SAID, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IN THIS GOD THAT 09:22 I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT I'D LIKE TO PRAY WITH YOU 09:25 ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE CAN HELP 09:29 YOU. 09:31 I'M GETTING SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE 09:34 DON'T REALLY HEAR MUCH ABOUT MIRACLES HAPPENING 09:36 IN THE WESTERN CULTURES BUT OVER THERE IN INDIA, 09:39 REAL, REAL MIRACLES HAPPEN AND SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE? 09:43 YES, SO THEY PRAYED AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 09:49 GOD AGAIN CAME THROUGH FOR THEM AND WATER BEGAN TO 09:55 COME IN THE WELL. 09:56 AND HER DAUGHTER'S HEART PROBLEMS DISAPPEARED. 10:03 AND THESE PEOPLE AGAIN SAID, WOW, ONLY YOUR GOD 10:09 COULD DO THIS. 10:11 WE MUST KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS GOD. 10:15 THAT LED THEM TO BIBLE STUDY AND SEARCHING OF 10:18 HEART AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO TRUST ONLY IN THIS ONE 10:23 GOD. 10:24 AND IN THIS VILLAGE, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BAPTIZE 10:29 TEN PEOPLE. 10:29 PRAISE GOD. 10:30 FROM THESE TYPE OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING THIS PAST 10:34 YEAR AND HE IS SO GRATEFUL FOR HOW GOD AGAIN. 10:39 THAT YOU CAN GO AND TRUST IN FAITH WITHOUT FEAR WHEN 10:41 YOU KNOW YOU SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 10:44 AND THEY ARE BOLD-THESE MISSIONARIES, THEY GO AND 10:45 DO THAT WHICH JESUS PROMISED TO DO MIRACLES. 10:48 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK HERE. 10:51 BEFORE WE DO THOUGH, I WANT TO ASK JUST A LITTLE 10:53 BIT ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL GARMENTS. 10:55 TELL US ABOUT YOU LOOK LIKE THE PRIME MINISTER OF 10:58 INDIA. 10:59 WELL, THANK YOU AH MY FRIENDS IN INDIA WANTED TO 11:01 DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ME AND OF COURSE FOR ROSA 11:05 AND SO THEY WENT AND BOUGHT ME WHAT THEY CALL A 11:07 MODI JACKET. 11:08 OF COURSE, MR. MODI IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA 11:10 AND HE ALWAYS WEARS THIS KIND OF JACKET. 11:13 SEE SO BIG BUTTONS AND YOU KNOW SLEEVELESS COAT AND 11:17 SO I HAVE MY MODI JACKET ON. 11:18 IT IS VERY REGAL. 11:19 I WISH WE HAD THAT OVER HERE IN AMERICA AND WHAT 11:23 HAVE YOU GOT ON? 11:23 THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 11:25 THIS IS A PUNJABI AND IT IS SO COMFORTABLE BECAUSE 11:30 IT, YOU KNOW, ITS JUST COMFORTABLE. 11:34 WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY EXCEPT IN SOME OF THE PICTURES 11:38 YOU WILL SEE THE WOMEN ALWAYS COVERING THEIR HEAD 11:41 AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO COVER THEIR HEADS WITH 11:44 THESE SCARVES AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT THEM ON IN 11:50 PRAYER OR SO MANY TIMES YOU SEE THEM JUST OUT AND 11:53 ABOUT WEARING THEIR SCARVES AND VERY 11:57 VERSATILE, VERY MODEST AND THEY ALL THE WOMEN WEAR 12:03 THIS OR A SARI. 12:04 THANK YOU FOR COMING DRESSED IN THE NATIVE GARB 12:07 AND THE CULTURE WHICH WE HAVE BROUGHT RIGHT HERE 12:09 INTO OUR STUDIO IN WALLA WALLA. 12:11 I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TELLING 12:13 YOU ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS RIGHT NOW TO GET 12:16 INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING. 12:18 NOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND 12:20 THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. 12:22 THESE FOLKS NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 12:23 THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER. 12:24 UH HUH. 12:25 PRAYER CHANGES THINGS. 12:25 YES. 12:26 SECONDLY, THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO OVER TO 12:28 SOME OF THESE PLACES IF YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH US, 12:30 IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT OR COOKING SCHOOLS 12:32 OR MAYBE YOU ARE A DENTIST OR DOCTOR OR SOME HEALTH 12:34 PROFESSIONAL, YOU'VE LEARN APPLIED HEALTH WE'D LOVE 12:38 TO HAVE YOU CONSIDER GOING TO ONE OF THESE MISSION 12:40 SPOTS. 12:41 AMEN. 12:42 BUT THE OTHER WAY IS TO GET INVOLVED IN INVESTING. 12:45 TAKE A LOOK NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT GOSPEL 12:47 OUTREACH DOES AND WHERE WE ARE. 12:50 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 12:52 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 12:54 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 12:56 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 12:59 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 13:03 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 13:06 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 13:09 LOVE. 13:10 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 13:12 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 13:15 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 13:18 CHINA TO JAPAN. 13:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 13:20 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 13:23 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 13:25 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:28 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:30 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 13:32 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 13:36 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 13:38 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 13:43 GOD'S LOVE. 13:44 JOIN US. 13:46 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 13:48 DONATE. 13:49 PRAY. 13:50 AND IF YOU WRITE TO US, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PUT IN 13:51 THE MAIL FREE WITH NO OBLIGATION AND THIS WILL 13:53 NOT BE A FUND-RAISING APPEAL EVERY MONTH, IT 13:55 WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HEAR AND READ ABOUT 13:58 SOME OF THESE STORIES THAT YOU WILL NOT READ IN THE 14:00 REGULAR CHURCH JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES. 14:02 IT IS CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS, JUST WRITE TO US 14:04 HERE WITH THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN THAT WILL 14:06 APPEAR AGAIN BEFORE WE CLOSE. 14:08 BACK IN BIBLE DAYS, EVERYBODY HAD TO HAVE A 14:11 CHILD. 14:12 YES. 14:13 EVERYONE. 14:14 ABRAHAM AND SARAH AND WHOEVER IT WAS SOMETIMES 14:17 THERE WERE MIRACLE CHILDREN. 14:19 I UNDERSTAND THAT IN INDIA IT IS THE SIMILAR CULTURAL 14:23 -YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BABY. 14:24 ABSOLUTELY. 14:25 YES, ABSOLUTELY IF A LADY CANNOT GET PREGNANT, SHE 14:29 IS UNDER A GREAT STIGMA BY HER OWN CULTURE AND ITS 14:34 EVEN ENOUGH TO DIVORCE HER IF A HUSBAND CAN'T FIND A 14:36 WIFE THAT WILL BRING HIM A CHILD, THEN HE IS VERY, 14:41 VERY LIKELY TO DIVORCE HER. 14:43 AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE 32 MILLION 14:44 GODS DESIGNED TO HOPEFULLY FULFILL THAT. 14:47 AND SO, THEY PAY, MAKE OBLATIONS TO THE GODS, 14:50 BEGGING THEIR GODS TO MAKE THEM YOU KNOW, TO GIVE 14:52 THEM FERTILITY AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS. 14:54 AH, BUT AND THEY CAN'T EVEN GET MARRIED. 14:56 SO, THERE'S A GIRL, A YOUNG WOMAN, AND SHE HAD A 15:00 TUMOR THAT PREVENTED HER FROM EVEN BEING ATTRACTIVE 15:04 ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS AN 15:06 ARRANGEMENT THERE. 15:07 THE PARENTS ARRANGE THESE MARRIAGES AND IT IS MORE 15:10 OF A BUSINESS TRANSACTION AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:15 WORKER MET THIS YOUNG LADY AND SHE CRIED OUT TO GOD 15:18 FOR HELP. 15:19 AND AGAIN, GOD IN AMAZING WAYS HER TUMOR BEGAN TO 15:23 SHRINK AND SHRINK AND SHRINK. 15:24 PRETTY SOON HER TUMOR WAS COMPLETELY GONE. 15:26 SHE BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR MARRIAGE. 15:28 SHE GOT MARRIED AND THEN SHE BEGAN PRAYING FOR A 15:31 CHILD AND GOD IN HIS MERCY GAVE HER A CHILD WHICH WAS 15:35 A MIRACLE IN HER CASE AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE WAS 15:38 LIKE, HOW CAN THIS BE? 15:40 FROM THAT ONE STORY WHERE THEY KNEW THAT GOD HAD 15:44 ACTUALLY INTERVENED IN THIS LADIES LIFE, THEY 15:47 HAVE A WHOLE GROUP STARTED NOW. 15:48 A YOUNG MAN THERE HAS QUIT HIS BAD HABITS AND 15:51 BECOME-LEARNED ABOUTJESUS AND COME INTO THE CHURCH 15:54 AND NINE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE NOW IN THAT VILLAGE ARE 15:57 WORSHIPING THE TRUE GOD. 15:58 AMEN. 15:59 SO, THESE CHANGES THAT THE WORD GETS OUT AND THIS IS 16:05 ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT OUR PERSONAL 16:07 TESTIMONY THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL IMPACT 16:10 FAMILY MEMBERS, OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER VILLAGES 16:12 WILL HEAR ABOUT IT. 16:14 TELL US MORE. 16:15 WELL, IN ONE VILLAGE THAT WE WENT TO VISIT AH, I 16:18 DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT BUT THEY 16:19 ASKED ME TO SPEAK AT THIS LITTLE GROUP OF BELIEVERS 16:24 AND THE PEOPLE THERE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CASH BUT 16:28 THEY BRING THEIR MONIES, THEY BRING THEIR 16:30 OFFERINGS, THEIR TITHES, THEIR OFFERINGS IN THE 16:32 FORM OF GRAIN. 16:34 AND SO, I WAS UP THERE READY TO SPEAK TO THE 16:36 PEOPLE AND HERE IN WALKS ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH 16:39 BUCKETS IN THEIR HAND AND THE VILLAGE THEY WERE FULL 16:42 DAL, RYE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT GRAIN 16:45 PRODUCTS AND IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE GOING BACK 16:48 2000 YEARS TO BIBLE TIMES AND PEOPLE CAME AND THEY 16:51 WILL BRING THEIR CRAFTS AND THEY LAY THEM ON THE 16:54 ALTAR OF THE CHURCH. 16:55 AS SOON AS IT IS SUNDOWN, YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE 16:57 THERE OF THE BUCKETS OF MILLET, TITHES-RIGHT 17:00 THERE. 17:01 TITHE AND THEY FAITHFULLY BRING IT. 17:05 THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE BUT THEY ARE SO DEDICATED AND 17:07 SO APPRECIATIVE ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM AND 17:11 WHEN SUNDOWN COMES, THEY SELL THESE PRODUCTS AND 17:14 THE MONEY THEN YOU KNOW, CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO 17:16 SALARIES. 17:17 INTERESTING. 17:20 SO, WE WANT TO TRANSITION NOW OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO 17:23 ONE OF THE LARGEST TOWNS IN OUR AREAS. 17:25 IT IS CALLED CHENNAI. 17:27 CHENNAI HAS 10-15 MILLION PEOPLE. 17:30 WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE OF 17:32 MILLION IN PHOENIX, OH YES, AND A COUPLE OF 17:35 MILLION IN LOS ANGELES, OH YES, AND NEW YORK MAYBE. 17:37 WE ARE TALKING TEN MILLION. 17:40 TEN MILLION, YES. 17:41 IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET. 17:42 IT IS MORE THAN TEN MILLION- IT IS ONE OF THE 17:45 LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET. 17:47 YOU CAN DRIVE FOR ALMOST 100 MILES AND BE INSIDE 17:48 THE CITY. 17:49 WOW. 17:50 SO, ROSA HAS SOME INFORMATION ON CHENNAI. 17:51 WELL, I JUST TO TIE IN WITH WHAT IN THE 17:57 COUNTRYSIDE WHERE WE HAD JUST COME FROM TO CHENNAI 18:02 IN THE TWO PICTURES THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUS TO THIS 18:06 WHY, THESE DEAR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ACTUALLY 18:09 BROUGHT THE PEOPLE THAT WE TOLD THE STORIES ABOUT 18:13 WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO US MEET THESE 18:17 PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD. 18:18 AND SO, THIS IS THE LADY THAT HAD THE -PRAYED FOR 18:22 THE WELL AND THE OTHER ONE WAS AH, THE OTHER LADY AND 18:29 SHE THEN ALSO HER NEIGHBOR, THE FATHER, A 18:35 FATHER-IN-LAW WAS PARALYZED. 18:37 ANOTHER MIRACLE STORY BUT HEALING AND AMAZING THINGS 18:42 HAPPENING. 18:43 BUT AS WE GO INTO CHENNAI, IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT 18:47 IS ACTUALLY THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN INDIA AND YOU 18:52 JUST MENTIONED HOW BIG INDIA, I MEAN CHENNAI IS. 18:55 TEN MILLION PEOPLE. 18:57 AND THIS IS SEVEN-OH, THAT'S AMAZING. 19:01 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD INCLUDING CHENNAI. 19:03 AND WE WERE SO FORTUNATE AND IN ALL OF THIS TAMIL 19:07 NADU AREA WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT SECTIONS THERE 19:12 IN TAMIL NADU TO STOP AND VISIT. 19:15 BUT PASTOR CHARLES THAT YOU SAW IN THIS LAST 19:18 PICTURE, HE IS THE UNION DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL 19:23 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:24 A TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED MAN WHO DOES LOTS OF 19:28 TRANSLATING AND HE WAS SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE 19:32 WITH US AND WE HAVE A LOT VIDEO CLIPS OF HIM TELLING 19:36 THE STORIES. 19:37 THERE IN CHENNAI WE HAVE 27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 19:41 ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND THEY GO OUT IN 19:43 TEAMS. 19:45 AND THIS STORY WAS PRETTY AMAZING THAT THESE TWO 19:50 WOMEN TOLD ABOUT. 19:51 THEY UM, WENT TO ONE OF THE OUTSKIRT AREAS BECAUSE 19:55 YOU CAN TRAVEL FOR SIXTY MILES AND ALMOST NOT GET 19:58 TO THE EDGE OF CHENNAI. 20:00 SIXTY MILES AND YOU ARE NOT AT THE OUTSKIRTS? 20:02 YES. 20:03 WOW. 20:04 AND SO, THAT SABBATH MORNING I MEAN, WE 20:06 TRAVELED AND TRAVELED AND TRAVELED TILL WE GOT TO A 20:08 LITTLE CHURCH THERE AH, TO HAVE THAT BUT THESE TWO 20:14 WOMEN THEIR NAMES ARE JULIE AND AMBRASIA AND 20:20 THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND THE DOOR OPENED AND 20:27 THIS WOMAN COULDN'T SPEAK TAMIL. 20:31 SHE SPOKE TELAGU. 20:34 THEY FOUND A NEIGHBOR THAT COULD TRANSLATE FOR THEM 20:38 AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS FAMILY WAS IN DEEP NEED. 20:45 THIS FAMILY HAD A DAUGHTER THAT WAS 38 YEARS OLD, 20:49 SAGUNA, THAT WAS DEMON POSSESSED. 20:52 OH MY. 20:54 AND THIS WAS SUCH A SEVERE DEMON POSSESSION THAT THEY 20:58 KNEW THAT THEY NEEDED HELP. 21:00 THIS SAGUNA WOULD HAVE FITS OR SEIZURES ALMOST 21:08 EVERY HOUR, UP TO FIFTEEN TIMES A DAY. 21:11 AND SO, THEY DECIDED WE CANNOT JUST GO TWO BY TWO 21:18 TO THIS HOME. 21:19 WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE EVEN MORE PRAYER. 21:23 SO, THEY ASKED FOUR OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO 21:25 JOIN THEM SO THAT SIX OF THEM TOGETHER COULD BE 21:28 PRAYING. 21:29 THEY DECIDED TO FAST AND PRAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS 21:32 BECAUSE SEVEN IS THE PERFECT NUMBER FOR GOD, 21:35 RIGHT? 21:36 UH HUH. 21:37 AND SO, THEY PRAYED, FASTED AND PRAYED FOR 21:40 SEVEN WEEKS AND ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAYS. 21:43 AND THEY WENT BACK MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE A WEEK. 21:46 THEY WENT BACK SEVERAL TIMES BUT THESE SIX 21:51 WORKERS AS THEY FASTED AND PRAYED, THEY BEGAN TO GET 21:55 INTERESTED IN THE TELAGU LANGUAGE. 21:59 THEY THOUGHT, I THINK WE SHOULD LEARN HOW TO SING 22:02 SOME SONGS IN TELAGU. 22:04 UH HUH. 22:05 SO, AS THEY WENT WHY THESE SIX WOULD GO TO THE HOUSE 22:10 AND THEY WOULD START SINGING THE TELAGU SONGS. 22:12 OH MY, THAT GOT THEIR ATTENTION. 22:15 UH HUH. 22:16 AS WELL AS THEIR PRAYERS. 22:19 AND BEFORE BY ABOUT THE FIFTH WEEK OR SO, THEY 22:24 WENT AND WHEN THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO PRAY WITH 22:28 THE FAMILY AGAIN AND TO SING SOME SONGS AGAIN 22:33 SAGUNA'S FACE WAS DIFFERENT. 22:37 HER LEGS WEREN'T JERKING AROUND. 22:39 SHE WASN'T BEING ALL POSSESSED. 22:43 HER FACE WAS GLOWING AND THERE WAS A PEACE ON HER 22:47 FACE AND THEY KNEW THAT ALREADY THE DEMONS HAD 22:51 LEFT. 22:54 WOW. 22:55 JESUS CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION 22:59 AND THE DISCIPLES COULDN'T CAST OUT A DEMON THERE AND 23:01 JESUS SAID IT IS GOING TO TAKE MUCH PRAYER AND 23:03 FASTING FOR SOME OF THESE AND THIS IS A LITERAL 23:06 MODERN-DAY EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT KIND OF DEDICATION 23:10 AND FAITH WILL DO FOR THIS LADY. 23:12 YES. 23:12 SO, WHAT WAS THE RESULT? 23:14 WELL, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO FIND ONE OF 23:18 OUR ADVENTIST PASTORS THAT COULD SPEAK TELAGU SO THEY 23:22 ASKED THE PASTOR TO COME AND JOIN THEM ON THE FIFTH 23:26 WEEK AND HE CAME AND MET THE FAMILY AND STARTED 23:30 STUDYING AND PRAYING WITH THEM ALSO. 23:32 JUST PROVIDENTIALLY ON THE VERY DAY WHEN SHE SHOWED 23:35 EVIDENCE OF BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND 23:37 UNDERSTAND, YES. 23:37 PEACE IN HER - SHE WAS OPEN. 23:41 YES, AND SO THEN SAGUNA SHE WAS SO EXCITED TOO 23:46 BECAUSE TO BE FREED OF THAT IS SO RELIEVING. 23:51 UH HUH. 23:52 PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY THE WHOLE THING 23:54 TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE WHO GOD WANTS YOU TO BE. 23:59 AND SO, SHE THE NEIGHBORS BEGAN -WOW, HOW COULD THIS 24:06 BE? 24:07 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. 24:10 AND SO, SAGUNA AND HER FAMILY BEGAN INVITING THE 24:13 TELAGU NEIGHBORS TO COME AND LISTEN TO THE SINGING 24:18 AND THE PRAYERS AND THE BIBLE STUDY. 24:19 FINALLY. 24:22 SO, THE GOSPEL IS NOT JUST ADDITION, WE'RE TALKING 24:25 MULTIPLICATION. 24:26 THERE YOU GO. 24:27 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 24:28 AND SO SAGUNA UM, THEY SAID, SAGUNA YOU MUST BE 24:32 BAPTIZED THOUGH BECAUSE YOU TRUST IN GOD, YOU'RE 24:37 STUDYING HIS WORD, YOU NEED TO BE BAPTIZED. 24:41 BUT AFTER SIX MONTHS OF STUDY SAGUNA DECIDED TO BE 24:43 BAPTIZED AND NOWWHEN WE GOT THERE, WHY THREE-SHE 24:47 HAD THREE LADIES THAT SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH THAT 24:52 SAGUNA NOW HAD BROUGHT READY FOR BAPTISM. 24:55 AMEN. 24:56 WHAT A STORY. 24:57 WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. 24:58 CAN YOU WRAP IT UP WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER AMAZING 25:00 STORIES? 25:01 ABSOLUTELY. 25:01 OF GOD'S WORK. 25:03 THANK YOU, LONNIE THIS IS SO AMAZING AND IT IS 25:06 CHALLENGING FOR US BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO TELL THE 25:09 STORY. 25:10 THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES BUT AH, I KNOW OUR 25:12 VIEWERS- YOU ARE JUST GETTING A LITTLE SAMPLING. 25:15 THIS PICTURE HERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT NOW IS A CHURCH 25:18 WE WENT TO IN CHENNAI ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. 25:21 IT IS A RENTED BUILDING. 25:22 AH, IT IS VERY POOR AND IT JUST COMPLETELY STUFFED 25:26 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS RAISED THIS 25:28 CHURCH UP THE WOMEN ON ONE SIDE, THE MEN ON ONE SIDE 25:32 AND IT IS SO FULL THAT THEY HAVE TO STAND OUT IN 25:34 THE STREET. 25:35 IT IS RIGHT ON A BUSY STREET WITH TRUCKS ROARING 25:37 BY AND THEY HAVE SO MANY AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING 25:41 BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD A 25:44 CHURCH AND THEY HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS AND YEARS 25:47 AND THEY'VE FINALLY RAISED $2000 LONNIE. 25:50 AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE CHURCH SITE. 25:53 THEY BOUGHT SOME LAND AND IT COST $2000 AND THE 25:56 CHURCH IS GOING TO COST $25,000 AND THEY ARE JUST 25:59 PRAYING THAT SOMEHOW THAT THE LORD WILL BRING SOME 26:04 MONEY TO THEM BECAUSE THE WORK IS GREAT. 26:07 THEY LIVE AROUND A LOT OF GYPSY CAMPS THERE AND 26:10 THERE IS JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO HOPE 26:13 IN LIFE. 26:14 SO, WHAT POTENTIAL THERE IS THERE TO START SOME 26:16 KIND OF MINISTRY AMONG ALL THOSE GYPSIES. 26:18 ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW AND SO YOU KNOW THE NEEDS ARE 26:21 GREAT, LONNIE. 26:22 WE HAD PEOPLE BEGGING US TO PUT NEW WORKERS ON AND 26:25 WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT WE CAN SHARE THESE DEAR 26:28 WORKERS OF OURS ARE SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 26:30 THESE ARE THREE MEN THAT TRAVELED ON THE TRAIN ALL 26:33 NIGHT LONG TO SEE US AND BEG US FOR MORE WORKERS. 26:36 SO, LONNIE, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SHARE. 26:39 DAVID AND ROSA, YOU'VE WARMED MY HEART. 26:42 I GOT CHOKED UP SEVERAL TIMES JUST LISTENING TO 26:44 THESE MARVELOUS STORIES OF HOW JESUS IS STILL AS 26:47 INTERESTED TODAY IN FINISHING THE WORK AND 26:49 WHOEVER YOU ARE, MAYBE YOU ARE DISCOURAGED, PERHAPS 26:52 YOU HAVE SOME NEED OF PRAYER. 26:54 GET IN TOUCH WITH SOME PERSON WHO IS A SPIRITUAL 26:56 GIANT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 26:57 PERHAPS THEY'RE ARE PRAYER WARRIOR. 26:58 GOD HAS PLANS FOR YOU. 27:00 HE HAS PLANS FOR ME. 27:02 THANKS FOR WATCHING TODAY. 27:03 BE SURE TO SEND FOR OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 27:05 BROCHURE. 27:06 YOU'LL SEE IT ON AS IT SCROLLS HERE WITH THE 27:09 CREDITS AT THE CLOSE AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, MAY 27:12 HEAVEN SMILE DOWN ON YOU WITH IT'S CHOICEST 27:15 BLESSINGS. 27:16 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 27:17 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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