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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:36 OUTREACH. 00:37 I'M JULIE AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR 00:39 WHEREVER YOU ARE JOINING US AND IF YOU ARE NEW TO 00:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH WELCOME. 00:43 WE ARE CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS IN THE 10/40 00:46 WINDOW TO SHARE JESUS AND THIS IS IN THE MOST 00:50 HEAVILY POPULATED AREA OF OUR WORLD AND WE REFER TO 00:53 IT AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:55 IT IS A HUGE RECTANGULAR SPACE FROM WEST AFRICA ALL 00:59 THE WAY THROUGH ASIA, MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA AND 01:02 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING A REPORT FROM ONE 01:06 OF THE LARGER COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND WE 01:09 ARE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT INDIA FROM JOHN AND 01:12 IRENE DUROE. 01:13 WELCOME. 01:14 THANK YOU. 01:15 ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS BUT ONE OF THE SMALLEST 01:21 STATES. 01:22 YES. 01:23 STATE OF TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 01:26 YES, AND YOU BOTH ARE JUST DRESSED BEAUTIFULLY. 01:29 IRENE, YOU LOOK LOVELY AND JOHN YOU ARE ALWAYS 01:32 COLORFUL IN YOUR GARB. 01:34 YES, THESE PATTERNS THEY ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH 01:37 VILLAGE. 01:38 SO, WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS AT ME THEY WILL BE ABLE TO 01:41 TELL WHICH VILLAGE I AM FROM. 01:43 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE VILLAGE YOU SEE THE 01:45 LADIES VERY CAREFULLY WEAVING ON A -THEY HAVE A 01:49 LOOM UH HUH AND YOU CAN SEE THEM WEAVING MAKING 01:53 THEM BY HAND. 01:54 WELL, THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL AND SO MANY 01:55 COUNTRIES DO THAT. 01:57 YES. 01:58 SO MANY COUNTRIES. 01:59 SO, THIS IS NOT A NEW PART OF THE WORLD TO BOTH OF 02:02 YOU BECAUSE IRENE, YOU HAVE LIVED IN THIS PART OF 02:06 THE WORLD, YOU AND JOHN. 02:07 YES, WE LIVED IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS AND WE ARE 02:12 VERY CONNECTED BECAUSE WE ADOPTED A BABY WHILE WE 02:16 WERE THERE. 02:17 SO, SHE'S GROWN UP NOW BUT SHE IS PART OF OUR LIFE. 02:22 PAKISTAN WAS THE OTHER SIDE OF INDIA AND NOW 02:25 WE'RE AT THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF INDIA. 02:30 AND THAT'S WHAT SO FUN ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 02:32 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WE'RE ALL LEARNING ABOUT 02:34 THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, YES, AND ALL OF THAT. 02:37 SO, JOHN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL BIBLE VERSE THAT 02:40 YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. 02:41 I DO. 02:41 I DO, YES. 02:42 THIS IS FROM ZEPHANIAH 3:17 IT SAYS, "THE LORD 02:47 YOUR GOD IS LIVING AMONG YOU. 02:51 HE IS A MIGHTY SAVIOR. 02:54 HE WILL TAKE DELIGHT IN YOU WITH GLADNESS, WITH 02:58 HIS LOVE HE WILL CALM ALL OF YOUR FEARS. 03:02 HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH JOYFUL SONGS." 03:06 HOW ABOUT THAT? 03:08 GOD SINGING? 03:09 GOD SINGING LIKE WHAT WE DO ON THIS EARTH. 03:14 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 03:15 THAT WHOLE MENTAL PICTURE. 03:16 YES, SO I THINK THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH MAKES GOD 03:20 SING. 03:21 WELL, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AND YOU TWO ARE DOING 03:24 THAT AS WELL, MAKING GOD SING AND WE WANT TO HEAR 03:26 MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TRIPURA. 03:30 OH, WELL I'VE GOT A VIDEO AND IT DESCRIBES HOW IT 03:35 USED TO BE A KINGDOM BUT WHEN THE LAST KING DIED, 03:40 JUST AFTER I WAS BORN, HIS WIFE GAVE THE KINGDOM TO 03:45 INDIA TO BECOME ANOTHER INDIAN STATE. 03:50 SO, LET'S LOOK AT HOW INDIA, HOW TRIPURA IS 03:54 COMPOSED OF PEOPLE AND RELIGIONS THAT REALLY 03:59 ANIMISM IS WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE. 04:03 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF SPIRITS; EVIL SPIRITS AND 04:08 THEY HAVE TO PLACATE THESE SPIRITS AND THE DEVIL. 04:12 SO, DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANIMISM, A LITTLE 04:15 BIT MORE. 04:15 ARE THEY WORSHIPING A CERTAIN GOD? 04:17 OR WHAT ARE THEY WORSHIPING, JOHN? 04:19 THEY ARE AFRAID THAT CERTAIN SPIRITS ARE GOING 04:23 TO HARM THEM AND SO, ALL THE TIME THEY ARE TRYING 04:27 TO PLEASE THE SPIRITS AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIGNS 04:31 THAT THEY LOOK FOR. 04:32 IF A BIRD MAKES A NOISE ON ONE SIDE, AS THEY ARE 04:37 LEAVING THE HOUSE THEY MAY NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE THAT 04:40 DAY. 04:41 THEY MAY SAY, OH, WE BETTER STAY AT HOME. 04:44 THEY THINK THE SPIRITS ARE IN THE ANIMAL. 04:47 WELL THIS IS EXHAUSTING BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T DO 04:49 ANYTHING. 04:50 YOU WILL SEE FROM THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT I'M GOING 04:52 TO SHOW AH, HOW PEOPLE WORSHIP TREES OR THINK 04:57 THAT THE TREE CAN HELP THEM IF THEY ARE IN A FIX. 05:00 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND YOU'LL SEE 05:02 WHAT LIFE IS LIKE IN TRIPURA. 05:05 (VIDEO PLAYING). 05:08 THE KINGDOM OF TRIPURA JOINED THE INDIAN UNION OF 05:12 STATES IN 1949 WHEN ITS LAST KING DIED. 05:18 THIS ANCIENT LAND WITH IT'S MYSTERIOUS PAST IS 05:22 LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF 05:24 INDIA. 05:25 SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 05:29 IN THE EAST, IT HAS A COMMON BOUNDARY WITH ASSAM 05:32 AND MIZORAM. 05:34 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE IS COVERED WITH HILLS AND 05:38 FORESTS. 05:39 THERE ARE 19 MAIN TRIBES AND A LARGE INFLUX OF 05:43 MUSLIMS AND HINDUS FROM BANGLADESH. 05:46 WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 5 MILLION, 85 PER CENT ARE 05:52 HINDUS. 05:53 EIGHT PERCENT ARE MUSLIMS. 05:56 THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 CHRISTIANS 05:59 SCATTERED OVER THE STATE BUT ANIMISM IS WOVEN INTO 06:04 MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS LIFE. 06:07 SO, WHEN WE VISITED THE VILLAGE OF BATAPARA, ONE 06:10 OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED WAS THE ALTAR TO 06:15 THE TREE GOD. 06:16 IF A MAN SHOULD CUT HIMSELF, HE WOULD COME 06:19 STRAIGHT TO THIS TREE TO PRAY BECAUSE GOD LIVES IN 06:24 IT. 06:25 IN THIS VILLAGE WORKS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER, 06:28 NIBARAN MOLSOM. 06:30 WE FOUND HIM IN THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR NEW 06:36 BELIEVERS SINGING WITH HIS VILLAGE FRIENDS. 06:40 I WAS INTRODUCED AND I SHARED A BIBLE STORY. 06:45 PASTOR ZAMINGA THE MISSION PRESIDENT, EXAMINED THE 11 06:49 BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES AND WE WERE OFF DOWN TO THE 06:53 RIVER. 06:54 IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY WE HAD SQUASHED INTO THAT 06:58 TINY HOME. 06:59 THEY HAVE NO CHURCH BUT THEY DO HAVE PLANS AND WE 07:04 COULD HELP. 07:06 WHEN NIBARAN FIRST VISITED BATAPARA, HE'D BEEN 07:09 INVITED BY SOMEONE THAT HE HAD MET IN THE MARKET. 07:14 HE ARRIVED AND FOUND THE VILLAGE CHILDREN HAD NO 07:18 SCHOOL TO ATTEND. 07:19 HE STARTED PLAYING GAMES WITH THEM AND BEGAN 07:22 TEACHING LESSONS. 07:23 THE ADULTS WERE VERY HAPPY BUT WHEN WORD GOT TO THE 07:28 NEXT VILLAGE, THEY SAID, COME OVER AND HELP US. 07:32 SO, HE DID. 07:34 AND THE NEW CHURCH WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 07:37 CONNECTING ROAD. 07:39 I VISITED SOME OF THE HOUSES WITH OUR GOSPEL 07:42 OUTREACH WORKER AND WAS QUICKLY AWARE THAT LIFE 07:46 COULD BE VERY PEACEFUL BUT NOT EASY. 07:50 THE WOMEN APPEARED TO BE DOING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR 07:53 SHARE. 07:55 APART FROM ALL THE CHILDCARE ALL FOOD IS 07:58 PREPARED FROM SCRATCH. 08:01 THAT RICE POUNDING AND SIFTING IS HARD WORK. 08:05 THE COOKING CAN'T START BEFORE WOOD IS BEING 08:09 GATHERED AND THE FIRE STARTED. 08:12 I CHECKED OUT HOW THE FOOD WAS STORED FOR THE WINTER 08:15 MONTHS AND WHICH GOD WAS THANKED FOR THE HARVEST. 08:19 I SAW THE WOMEN WEAVING THEIR COLORFUL SARONGS OR 08:23 SKIRTS. 08:25 AND WITH NO RUNNING WATER, THERE WAS ALWAYS ONE MORE 08:28 BOTTLE TO FILL. 08:29 THAT MADE US AWARE OF A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. 08:35 THERE WAS ONE SOURCE OF WATER AND RIGHT THERE 08:40 EVERYTHING HAPPENED. 08:42 PEOPLE BATHED, CLOTHES WERE WASHED, PANS WERE 08:45 WASHED, KIDS SWAM, AND WATER WAS COLLECTED FOR 08:50 DRINKING. 08:51 YES, IT WAS THE SAME WATER FOR EVERYTHING AND TODAY 08:56 IT WAS USED FOR SOMETHING EXTRA. 08:59 TODAY, IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN IDYLLIC SETTING ELEVEN 09:04 NEW BELIEVERS WOULD BE BAPTIZED. 09:07 NIBARAN, OUR GLOBAL MISSION WORKER, HAD BEEN 09:10 BUSY NOT WITH JUST THE CHILDREN HE'D BEEN MAKING 09:14 FRIENDS WITH GRANDMAS AND BABIES. 09:17 HE'D BEEN HAVING SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH 09:20 FAMILIES, SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND HEATED 09:23 DISCUSSIONS. 09:25 HE'D BEEN VISITING, PRAYING AND PREPARING FOR 09:28 THIS DAY, THIS BAPTISM. 09:31 IT IS NOT EASY FOR NIBARAN IN BATAPARA HE NEEDS CLEAN 09:37 WATER TOO. 09:38 HE'S ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST ANIMISM AND SPIRIT 09:42 WORSHIP, HEATHEN FESTIVALS AND MANY FALSE GODS. 09:47 HE NEEDS OUR HELP. 09:49 HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS. 09:51 HE NEEDS OUR CONTINUING FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 09:55 PLEASE REMEMBER NIBARAN IN BATAPAR, TRIPURA. 10:00 YES, WE DO NEED TO BE REMEMBERING THAT MAN, 10:05 DON'T WE? 10:06 AND I JUST WAS LOOKING AT THE WATER, IRENE, AND HERE 10:10 THEY ARE BATHING, THEY ARE DRINKING, THEY ARE BEING 10:13 BAPTIZED SO ARE THESE PEOPLE SICK FROM 10:15 DYSENTERY? 10:16 YES, LOTS OF THEM GET DYSENTERY. 10:18 THEY JUST DIE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND 10:21 WHY. 10:23 YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SAY THEY DIED OF THE FEVER AND 10:26 THEY JUST WEREN'T WELL AND NOW THEY JUST DIED BUT 10:30 SOMEONE HAS TO GO IN THERE AT SOME POINT AND TEACH 10:33 THEM ABOUT CLEAN WATER. 10:34 THEY CAN ACTUALLY BOIL THE WATER. 10:37 IF THEY BOIL IT FOR THREE MINUTES IT WILL KILL QUITE 10:40 A FEW OF THE GERMS BUT THEY NEED A SOURCE OF 10:44 WATER THAT IS CLEAN. 10:45 YES, BUT THE THREE MINUTES BOILING THE LADIES HAVE TO 10:49 GO HAUL THE WATER, YES, THEN THEY HAVE TO BUILD 10:50 THIS LITTLE FIRE AND SO, HARD WORK, THEY CAN'T DO 10:54 ALL THAT. 10:55 NO. 10:56 NO. 10:57 SO, WE JUST NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AGAIN WE GET UP IN 10:59 THE MORNING, WE GO TO OUR TAP, WE TURN ON THE WATER, 11:03 CLEAN WATER WHATEVER AND WE HAVE SANITATION, WE 11:06 HAVE RESTROOMS, BATHROOMS IN OUR HOMES AND IT IS 11:11 HUMBLING. 11:12 NO, THEY JUST LIVE WITH THIS AND BECAUSE THEY 11:14 DON'T KNOW ANYTHING BETTER THEY DON'T COMPLAIN. 11:17 YES. 11:18 YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO TOILET IN THE SAME WATER 11:19 THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR POTS TO DRINK AND. 11:21 IT IS HARD FOR THE VILLAGERS BUT IT ALSO HARD 11:23 FOR OUR WORKERS, YES, WHO ARE WORKING THERE WITH THE 11:27 VILLAGERS. 11:28 YES, YES AND ESPECIALLY BACK TO THE BELIEF OF 11:32 ANIMISM, YES, WHERE I MEAN TO ME HOW WOULD EVEN FEEL 11:36 COMFORTABLE EVEN GOING OUT YOUR DOOR. 11:38 WELL, TODAY'S NOT A GOOD DAY AND THE BIRDS SANG ON 11:41 THE RIGHT SIDE AND SHOULD HAVE SUNG ON THE LEFT SIDE 11:44 AND THAT'S EXHAUSTING. 11:45 YES. 11:46 SO, WE FIND FREEDOM, YES, IN JESUS CHRIST. 11:49 YES, YES AND LOOK AT OUR WORKER THERE WHO IS MAKING 11:52 FRIENDS AND SHARING THE JOY AND THE HOPE. 11:55 YES. 11:56 SO, BUT WE HAVE GOD SINGING OVER US, RIGHT 11:58 JOHN? 11:59 YES. 12:00 SO, TRIPURA SUCH AN INTERESTING PLACE, SUCH AN 12:03 INTERESTING HISTORY AND PEOPLE. 12:04 YES, I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND IN 12:09 THIS VILLAGE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO A 12:14 CONVERTED HINDU PRIEST WHO BUILT A CHURCH IN HIS 12:20 BACKYARD AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 12:23 WHEN I GO BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, I SEE THE PROGRESS 12:27 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HIS FAMILY AND WITH HIS 12:30 WITNESS. 12:31 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS VILLAGE. 12:34 (VIDEO PLAYING). 12:36 ADONAI CHURCH BUILDING WAS THE THANK YOU GIFT OF A 12:42 CONVERTED HINDU PRIEST. 12:44 I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM BUILDING IT IN HIS FRONT 12:47 YARD FROM MUD BRICKS. 12:50 TODAY, WE PRESENTED HIM WITH A NEW CHURCH BELL. 12:55 THE NEATLY DECORATED SANCTUARY WOULD IMPRESS 12:58 YOU TOO AND SO WOULD THE SINGING. 13:01 ESPECIALLY THE SINGING OF A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN 13:04 SAMAJET, WITH PLANS FOR SPICER UNIVERSITY TO BE 13:08 TRAINED AS A PASTOR. 13:10 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HIS STORY. 13:18 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN ADONAI VILLAGE IS 13:22 PRITISH RUPINI. 13:23 HE IS AN ACTIVE VISITOR. 13:26 HE WAS HAVING BIBLE STUDIES IN THE HOME OF ONE 13:28 OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS SANAJET HAPPENED TO BE 13:32 VISITING THE HOME THAT DAY AND HE STARTED ASKING 13:35 QUESTIONS. 13:37 HE WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THE MEMBERS OF ADONAI 13:41 CHURCH GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY SABBATH AND OUR 13:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD ALL THE ANSWERS. 13:49 IN FACT, THEY STARTED HAVING REGULAR BIBLE 13:55 STUDIES TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS AND THEN 14:00 SAMAJET ASKED TO BE BAPTIZED. 14:04 NOW, SAMAJET WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELIVERS CHURCH. 14:09 NOW THAT'S LIKE THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 14:12 THE ELDERS WARNED HIM NOT TO DO IT. 14:16 THEY TRIED TO FRIGHTEN HIM. 14:19 THE BELIEVER THEOLOGIAN CAME TO PRITISH, OUR 14:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND TRIED TO ARGUE THEIR CASE 14:26 BUT FAILED. 14:27 SAMAJET WAS CERTAINLY NOT DISUADED SO, HE CONTINUED 14:32 TO STUDY AND THEN PASTOR ZAMINGA, THE AREA 14:36 SUPERVISOR, CAME AND HE BAPTIZED HIM IN ANOTHER 14:40 VILLAGE SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE. 14:43 THAT WAS TEN MONTHS AGO. 14:45 SANAJET HAS ALREADY CONVERTED 3 MORE FAMILIES. 14:50 HE MADE CONTACT BY TELLING THEM THAT THE SEVENTH DAY 14:55 ADVENTIST CHURCH IS TEACHING BIBLE TRUTH. 15:00 EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE FEELS THAT HE HAS TO BE A 15:04 MISSIONARY. 15:06 IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, ALL THREE FAMILIES HAVE 15:09 BEEN BAPTIZED. 15:10 THIS WAS THE LAST BAPTISM THAT I SAW IN THE ADONAI 15:14 VILLAGE. 15:15 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRITISH 15:19 AND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THIS SMALL STATE 15:24 OF TRIPURA, INDIA. 15:27 AND THE TESTIMONY AND THE INFLUENCE OF ONE PERSON. 15:31 YES. 15:32 ONE PERSON. 15:33 LOOK HOW POWERFUL IT IS AND I CONTINUE TO NOTICE 15:35 WITH ALL OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY ALL 15:38 ARE CARRYING THEIR BIBLE. 15:39 YES. 15:40 WOULDN'T IT BE SOMETHING IF WE ALL WENT TO WALMART 15:43 CARRYING OUR BIBLES? 15:45 OH, YOUR HAVING TROUBLE TODAY, LET'S READ. 15:47 WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING? 15:49 YES. 15:50 I MEAN YES, WE HAVE IT ON OUR PHONES BUT I MEAN THEY 15:52 ARE OPENING THEIR BIBLE AND THEY ARE HAVING A 15:54 BIBLE STUDY RIGHT THEN. 15:56 YES. 15:56 YES. 15:57 SOMETIMES THEY USE THEIR BIBLE IF SOMEONE IS 16:00 POSSESSED BY A SPIRIT AND HE'S HAVING SOME KIND OF 16:05 CONVULSION. 16:06 ON HIS HEAD. 16:07 THEY'LL PUT THE BIBLE ON A PERSON'S HEAD AND THEY'LL 16:10 PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT TO LEAVE. 16:12 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S ALL DO THAT. 16:16 YOU KNOW, I MEAN SERIOUSLY. 16:17 I HAVE MY BIBLE AND THAT IS POWER. 16:21 THIS IS POWERFUL. 16:22 YES. 16:23 I BELIEVE IN THAT. 16:23 I BELIEVE IN THAT. 16:24 WELL, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T USE 16:28 THE BIBLE LIKE A MAGIC CHARM. 16:30 NO, AND I DON'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT. 16:32 IT IS VERY SERIOUS AND VERY POWERFUL BUT YES, TO 16:35 HAVE I MEAN THIS IS POWER RIGHT HERE. 16:37 THIS IS POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD. 16:39 YES. 16:40 WELL, WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BECOME PARTNERS 16:44 HERE WITH US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHETHER THAT BE 16:46 THAT YOU PRAY FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE 16:49 HEARD HERE WITH JOHN AND IRENE IN TRIPURA. 16:52 THINK ABOUT THEM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING 16:55 AND HOW YOU ARE SHARING JESUS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS 16:58 AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 17:00 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE 17:02 GOAIM.ORG AND THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:06 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 17:07 YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK 17:10 AND ON INSTAGRAM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 17:13 ARE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. 17:16 AND WE ALSO HAVE GOTV MISSIONS. 17:18 SO, DO YOU HAVE A ROKU UNIT AT HOME? 17:20 WELL, IF YOU DO THIS IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL 17:24 SORTS OF AWESOME PROGRAMS FROM ALL SORTS OF 17:26 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH 17:29 MISSIONS. 17:30 SO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO GOTVMISSIONS. 17:32 ORG AND FIND OUT MORE. 17:34 SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH US AT GOSPEL 17:37 OUTREACH. 17:38 EARTH, VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 17:46 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 17:49 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 17:52 HUMANITY NEED LOVE. 17:55 WE NEED HOPE. 17:57 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 18:01 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLDS SEVEN BILLION 18:04 PEOPLE STILLNEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 18:08 PLAN TO SAVE US. 18:09 ONE THIRD IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL 18:16 SMALL BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:19 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 18:22 WORKES WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 18:25 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 18:27 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE IN THE STORY 18:34 OF JESUS CHRIST. 18:36 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 18:39 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 18:46 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 18:49 AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TO ALL THE WORLD. 18:52 TO ALL THE WORLD AND WE SIT HERE AND WE WONDER HOW 18:55 IN THE WORLD IN THESE CITIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 18:58 IN MANY OF THESE CLOSED COUNTRIES HOW IN THE WORLD 19:02 IS EVERYBODY GOING TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS AND MAKE A 19:05 DECISION FOR HIM? 19:06 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM GOD JUST 19:08 ASKS US TO GO. 19:08 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. 19:10 THAT'S THE ACRONYM HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:12 GO. 19:13 AND IN MATTHEW 28 AND MARK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS FOR US 19:15 TO GO. 19:16 SO, WOULD YOU GO WHEREVER YOU ARE AND THANK YOU FOR 19:19 GOING WITH US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT 19:22 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:23 SO, IRENE AND JOHN WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT TRIPURA 19:26 AS SMALL STATE IN A VERY LARGE COUNTRY OF INDIA AND 19:31 WE'VE JUST BEEN LEARNING ALL SORTS OF THINGS OF THE 19:34 WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 19:35 ARE DOING THERE. 19:37 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR 19:40 DAUGHTER, MARGO. 19:43 EXCELLENT. 19:44 IRENE. 19:45 SHE'S COMING ON THE TV. 19:49 SHE IS A VERY, HAPPY POSITIVE PERSON AND SHE 19:55 TRAVELS THE WORLD WITH US SO SHE DIDN'T STOP. 20:00 SHE WAS WORKING IN LONDON BUT DECIDED SHE'D TAKE A 20:02 WORLD TOUR AND ON THAT WORLD TOUR SHE MADE IT 20:06 POSSIBLE THAT SHE MET ME IN TRIPURA AND DID A 20:10 LITTLE BIT OF VISITING IN TRIPURA. 20:13 WONDERFUL. 20:13 AND WHAT IS HER OCCUPATION? 20:15 SHE IS A SOCIAL WORKER. 20:16 SOCIAL WORKER SO, THAT IS PERFECT TO BE MEETING WITH 20:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS WELL. 20:20 YES. 20:21 UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, SOME OF THE PEOPLE UP THERE, 20:23 THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A RED HEADED, A RED HEADED 20:26 EUROPEAN BEFORE. 20:27 SHE'S GOT VERY RED HAIR AND SHE'S VERY TALL. 20:32 THEY HADN'T-BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL QUITE SMALL, UH 20:34 HUH, SO SHE'S TALLER THAN HER DAD. 20:36 SHE IS LIKE 5'10". 20:37 OK BUT SHE IS QUITE A MOUNTAIN. 20:40 THEY ARE STROKING HER HAIR, OH. 20:42 BEAUTIFUL HAIR LIKE YOU IRENE, I'M SURE. 20:45 YES, YES, THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THAT COLOR HAIR 20:48 BEFORE. 20:49 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING. 20:50 WELL, GOOD LET'S LOOK AT THIS VIDEO WITH YOUR 20:53 DAUGHTER. 20:54 (VIDEO PLAYING). 20:55 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE PRETHUMRAI VILLAGE IN 20:58 TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 21:01 OUR DAUGHTER, MARGO WORKS IN LONDON AND DECIDED TO 21:04 TAKE A SABBATICAL BREAK AND TRAVEL AROUND THE 21:07 WORLD TO SEE HER FRIENDS. 21:09 SHE MET UP WITH ME FOR A WEEK IN INDIA. 21:12 AFTER OUR GRAND WELCOME, WE GATHERED AT THE CHURCH. 21:16 IT WAS SABBATH. 21:18 THREE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD 21:21 JOINED TOGETHER TO HOLD EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND 21:25 TODAY 18 WERE TO BE BAPTIZED. 21:27 AFTER I SHARED WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE BAPTISMAL 21:31 CANDIDATES AND THEY WERE EXAMINED, AND WE SET OFF 21:35 FOR THE BAPTISMAL POND. 21:37 OF COURSE, WE HAD TO TAKE OUR TURN. 21:40 THERE WAS A DISHWASHER THERE FIRST. 21:43 WELL, THE DISHWASHER DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD 21:46 RATHER STOP AND WATCH. 21:48 THIS IS WAS THE CLIMAX FOR OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL 21:52 EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 21:54 AFTER THE BAPTISM, IT WAS BACK INTO THE VILLAGE. 21:57 MARGO IS GIVEN SPECIAL GIFTS, THEN DECORATED WITH 22:02 TRADITIONAL ORNAMENTS FOR PICTURES AND THEN ANOTHER 22:06 SERMON. 22:07 THEN I HEARD THE STORY ABOUT THE DEVIL'S GIFT. 22:16 A MAN IN THE VILLAGE HAD DIED AND IT WAS HARVEST 22:20 TIME. 22:20 THE CROPS WERE READY. 22:22 WHO WOULD DO THE HARVESTING? 22:26 THE NEIGHBORS SAID, DON'T WORRY WE'LL TAKE CARE OF 22:29 IT. 22:30 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRAYED AND THEN THEY WERE 22:33 OFF TO THE FIELDS. 22:36 THE NEIGHBORS FIELD WAS QUITE A WAY OUT OF TOWN BY 22:39 THE SIDE OF THE WOODS. 22:42 THEY LEFT THEIR BASKET AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND 22:45 THEY CONTINUED TO HARVEST BUT WHEN THEY RETURNED 22:50 THEY FOUND IN IT THE DEVIL'S GIFT - A SMALL 22:55 PACKAGE. 22:57 WHEN THEY OPENED IT THEY FOUND HUMAN FLESH, HAIR 23:00 AND SKIN. 23:01 VERY SCARED THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT IT WAS A 23:06 GIFT FROM THE DEVIL. 23:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TAMFILLA PRAYED TO CAST 23:11 OUT THE DEVIL BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. 23:14 THE VILLAGERS TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CAVE NEARBY WITH 23:18 LOTS OF BATS. 23:20 THAT'S WHERE THE EVIL SPIRIT LIVES WITH THE BATS 23:24 AND THEY TOOK TAMFILLA THERE. 23:26 IT WASN'T AN EASY TRIP. 23:28 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST ASKED THEM TO 23:31 LIGHT A FIRE BY THE CAVE ENTRANCE SO THE SMOKE 23:36 WOULD FILL THE CAVE AND DRIVE OUT THE BATS. 23:40 THEY PRAYED FOR THE SPIRIT TO LEAVE THEM IN PEACE AND 23:46 TAMFILLA ORDERED THEM NOT TO COME BACK AND TO LEAVE 23:51 THE VILLAGE IN PEACE. 23:53 AND THEN, THEY LEFT THANKING GOD. 23:58 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:00 YES. 24:01 WOW. 24:02 YOU KNOW THESE STORIES, WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE 24:03 LIVING THROUGH AND DEALING WITH AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE 24:07 IN BUT THE POWER OF THE ONE TRUE LIVING GOD. 24:10 YES. 24:12 IMAGINE FINDING A GIFT FROM THE DEVIL. 24:15 WELL, YES. 24:16 BUT I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WAS AND BUT FOR THEM I 24:19 MEAN, THAT WAS IT WAS VERY REAL. 24:21 IT WAS VERY, VERY REAL. 24:22 BUT HOW SPECIAL FOR YOUR DAUGHTER TO BE THERE AND 24:25 TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE. 24:27 WELL, SHE LOVES TRAVELING AND SHE LIKES DIFFERENT 24:30 GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND ON THE TOUR, SHE MET HER 24:33 HUSBAND AND SHE'S NOW MARRIED. 24:34 OH WONDERFUL. 24:35 HE IS FROM BRAZIL. 24:36 WELL, SEE GOD HAD A BIG PLAN AND IT ALL INCLUDED 24:37 TRIPURA AND MEETING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:38 WORKERS THERE. 24:39 YES. 24:40 SO, YOU BOTH WILL BE GOING TO TRIPURA, YES, TO MEET 24:41 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE'RE ALSO 24:42 GOING TO GO TAKE A TRIP UP TO ASSAM WHICH IS THE NEXT 24:43 STATE UP, ANOTHER SMALL STATE. 24:44 THERE'S A TEA PLANTATION AREA BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TEN 25:01 NEW WORKERS, GOOD, THAT WE'VE JUST EMPLOYED SO, WE 25:05 NEED TO GO AND CHECK THEM OUT AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE 25:08 LIVING, TAKE SOME PICTURES AND WE WANT TO BRING THEIR 25:11 STORY BACK TO OUR VIEWERS. 25:13 WONDERFUL. 25:14 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE 25:16 WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OVER THERE 25:20 WHO ARE MINISTERING. 25:21 YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO JUST THINK ABOUT SOME 25:24 OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE IN OUR 25:27 OWN CULTURES BUT WHEN YOU -ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS 25:31 THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE BELIEVING IN AND THAT THEY 25:33 ARE AFRAID OF, IRENE, THAT'S EXHAUSTING. 25:35 IT IS. 25:36 IT IS. 25:36 YES. 25:37 FOR THEM, YES. 25:38 YES, BUT TO HAVE THE HOPE AND LIKE THAT ONE YOUNG 25:41 MAN WHO'S GOING TO BE GOING OFF TO SPICER 25:42 COLLEGE, YES, AND EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT 25:46 NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD. 25:48 YES. 25:49 SO, JOHN WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR 25:51 VIEWERS TO THINK ABOUT? 25:54 WELL, WE WANT TO BRING RELEASE TO THESE PEOPLE 25:58 WHO ARE AFRAID OF THE DEVIL. 26:03 WE DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID OF EVERY EVIL SPIRIT THAT 26:07 THEY THINK IS HIDING AROUND THE NEXT CORNER BUT 26:12 WE WANT TO BRING THEM THE FREEDOM THAT WE FIND IN 26:16 JESUS CHRIST. 26:17 SO, THE WORKERS THAT WE CHOOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT 26:22 LIVE IN THOSE VILLAGES, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, 26:26 THEY KNOW THE AREA BUT THEY NEED OUR HELP. 26:29 WE CAN GIVE OUR HELP IN FINANCES ALONG THE WAY. 26:34 IT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 26:37 IT CAN, ABSOLUTELY. 26:38 AND UM, THEIR ETERNITY WITH JESUS. 26:40 YES. 26:41 FOR SURE. 26:42 WELL, IRENE AND JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 26:43 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK 26:46 YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL 26:49 OUTREACH AND FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 26:51 TRIPURA. 26:52 WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM AND THE 26:54 NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU 26:56 TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN SIGN 27:00 UP FOR A DOING A MONTHLY SUPPORT, ONE TIME PLEDGE 27:03 AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:05 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE AND 27:07 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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