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00:32 [OPENING MUSIC] WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:34 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND HAVE YOU BEEN TO 00:37 INDIA? 00:38 MAYBE YOU HAVE MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T. 00:39 IF YOU HAVEN'T WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU ALONG 00:41 AND IF YOU HAVE I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE 00:44 SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE. 00:45 SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AS WE 00:47 TALK ABOUT SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, FROM 00:51 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:53 AND TODAY WE HAVE JOHN DUROE WHO IS HERE WITH US. 00:56 WELCOME JOHN, HOW ARE YOU? 00:57 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:58 VERY VERY WELL THANK YOU. 00:59 IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE JOHN. 01:00 AND JOHN YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS 01:02 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHAT TERRITORY DO YOU 01:05 COVER? 01:06 I TAKE CARE OF BANGLADESH AND ALSO TRIPURA WHICH IS 01:11 A SMALL STATE TO THE NORTH OF BANGLADESH, NORTH EAST 01:16 INDIA. 01:17 INDIA, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED. 01:18 AND THE POPULATION THERE 162 MILLION PEOPLE AND 01:24 CHRISTIANS OF 0.4 PERCENT. 01:26 SO WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT HERE AREN'T WE AT 01:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:30 YES WE ARE. 01:31 AND JOHN, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU 01:33 HAVE IN YOUR AREA OF TRIPURA? 01:35 OH WE HAVE ABOUT 20. 01:37 IT'S JUST A SMALL STATE. 01:39 AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE DON'T WE TO SHARE JESUS. 01:42 YES WE DO. 01:43 SO JOHN I HEAR THAT THERE'S A WORLD RECORD IN 01:47 INDIA. 01:47 CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT THAT? 01:48 YES. 01:49 INDIA HAS SET A WORLD RECORD BUT IT'S NOTHING TO 01:51 SMILE ABOUT. 01:52 OK. 01:53 IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE INDIA 01:54 NOW HOLDS THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF 01:55 ROAD ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS ON THE ROAD. 01:57 NOW 400 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY ON THE ROADS IN INDIA. 01:58 FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE EVERY DAY. 01:59 WOW. 02:00 AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING TO SMILE 02:01 ABOUT. 02:02 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO BECAUSE WE CAME 02:03 ACROSS A CRASH. 02:04 ON THE FIRST MORNING THAT I SET OUT THIS IS WHAT WE 02:13 CAME ACROSS. 02:15 OK. 02:17 INDIA CLAIMS TO BE THE COUNTRY WITH THE HIGHEST 02:20 NUMBER OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE WORLD. 02:39 WITH MORE THAN 500 THOUSAND ACCIDENTS EVERY 02:42 YEAR THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND DEATHS. 02:47 ON AVERAGE 400 PEOPLE WILL DIE ON THE ROAD EVERY 02:54 SINGLE DAY. 02:55 DO THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SAVIOR? 03:00 SO I WASN'T SURPRISED THAT IN THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF 03:04 MY 2019 VISIT TO TRIPURA WE SHOULD COME ACROSS THIS 03:09 BUS ACCIDENT. 03:11 THREE DEAD, ONE MAN WITH HIS LEG CRUSHED AND 03:15 TRAPPED IN THE WRECK. 03:17 THEY BROUGHT A SAW TO CUT HIM OUT AND THE FIRE TRUCK 03:22 RACED HIM OFF TO THE HOSPITAL. 03:23 (PEOPLE TALKING, SIREN SOUNDS) I WONDER IF THIS 03:29 HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CRASH. 03:31 WHAT CAN GOSPEL OUTREACH DO? 03:37 WE PASSED THESE LADIES ON THE ROAD CARRYING THE 03:39 ASHES OF THE DEAD HUSBAND TO THROW THEM IN THE 03:42 RIVER. 03:43 THEY WILL LIGHT CANDLES AND BRING HIM FOOD, BUT IS 03:46 THAT ENOUGH? 03:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS RAZIER AND RAGUNETH HAVE 03:53 BEEN LOOKING FOR LOST PEOPLE IN MANAMA COLONY, 03:58 TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 04:00 FOR THE LAST 16 DAYS 30-40 VILLAGERS HAVE BEEN 04:06 MEETING IN DIFFERENT HOUSES TO HEAR ABOUT A 04:10 SAVIOR. 04:11 IN MANAMA THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 23 REGULARS MEETING 04:16 EACH SABBATH PLUS LOTS OF CHILDREN. 04:19 (TALKING) THERE ARE 18 BAPTIZED MEMBERS AND MORE 04:28 WILL BE BAPTIZED TODAY. 04:31 SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS VERY REAL IN THESE MOUNTAIN 04:36 VILLAGES. 04:38 EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD SINALI USUALLY APPEARS VERY CALM 04:42 BUT SOMETIMES SHE WOULD BECOME POSSESSED SHAKING, 04:46 SHOUTING, BITING AND CRYING ESPECIALLY IF SHE 04:50 HEARD CHRISTIAN SONGS. 04:52 RAZIER WOULD COME WHENEVER HE WAS CALLED. 04:55 HE PRAYED BUT THE SPIRITS DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE. 04:58 HER FAMILY WOULD OFTEN NEED TO HOLD HER DOWN. 05:01 SOMETIMES SHE WOULD EVEN STOP BREATHING. 05:04 RAZIER AND RAGUNETH CONTINUED THEIR PRAYERS 05:08 FOR FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE SPIRITS FINALLY LEFT. 05:11 NOW SHE IS BAPTIZED AND ENJOYS THE CHRISTIAN 05:16 SONGS. 05:18 OUR WORKERS FOUND A PARALYZED WOMAN IN THE 05:20 VILLAGE. 05:22 HER FAMILY CLAIMED THAT SHE HAD BEEN TO A HINDU 05:25 HARE KRISHNA FESTIVAL AND SHE HAD EATEN SOME OF 05:29 THEIR SPECIAL FOOD. 05:30 THEY FELT THAT THIS HAD CAUSED HER TO BE 05:33 PARALYZED. 05:34 THEY HAD TAKEN HER TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY WERE 05:37 NOT ABLE TO HELP. 05:38 FOR THE LAST 16 DAYS OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN PRAYING 05:43 FOR HER AND SHE CAN NOW SIT UP. 05:46 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA FACE 05:49 PHYSICAL DANGERS AND THEY ARE ALSO FIGHTING A 05:53 SPIRITUAL FIGHT. 05:55 BUT WHEN WE SEE HOW PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE HOLY 05:59 SPIRIT'S APPEAL WE KNOW WHICH SIDE WE SHOULD BE 06:03 ON. 06:04 AS GOD'S WORD IS PREACHED AND PEOPLE RESPOND AND 06:08 MAKE DECISIONS IT ALL SEEMS WORTHWHILE. 06:13 THIS IS THE SPOT THAT HAS BEEN DONATED AND SET ASIDE 06:17 FOR A NEW CHURCH. 06:19 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 06:22 TRIPURA AND PRAY FOR THE NEW BELIEVERS IN MANAMA 06:27 COLONY. 06:30 THAT IS SO MOVING TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 06:33 INDIA, IN THIS PART OF INDIA THAT JOHN IS SHARING 06:35 WITH US. 06:36 AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AS WE CONTINUE TO 06:39 LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AREA. 06:40 JOHN, THIS IS SERIOUS. 06:42 FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ACCIDENTS AND ALL OF THIS. 06:45 WOW. 06:46 YES, SO SOMETIMES WE FIND THE DEVIL BEHIND THE 06:48 STEERING WHEEL IN THE CAR OR WE FIND THE DEVIL 06:52 WORKING IN PEOPLE'S MINDS TAKING OVER THEIR BODIES. 06:56 YES. 06:57 AND THAT DEAR WOMAN, THAT DEAR WOMAN. 06:58 NOW ON A POSITIVE NOTE I DID NOTICE SOME REALLY 07:01 PRETTY GARMENTS IN THAT VIDEO. 07:03 OH YES. 07:04 AND I SAW RED AND I LOVE RED SO I SAW SOME VERY 07:07 BEAUTIFUL WOVEN THINGS. 07:09 YES. 07:10 NOW I BROUGHT ONE OR TWO OF THESE WITH ME. 07:12 GOOD. 07:13 AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE SAMPLES OF THE THINGS THAT 07:19 THEY WEAVE. 07:20 DIFFERENT VILLAGES AND DIFFERENT TRIBES HAVE 07:23 DIFFERENT PATTERNS. 07:24 SO BY LOOKING AT THE PATTERN THAT'S ON THE 07:27 SCARF YOU CAN TELL WHICH TRIBE THEY COME FROM. 07:31 SOMETIMES THEY ARE DIFFERENT COLORS. 07:33 OH AND SO THIS ONE HERE, THIS IS A DARKER COLOR. 07:35 THIS IS BLACK WITH SOME SILVER THREAD IN IT. 07:38 THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 07:39 OH I LIKE THE PURPLE. 07:40 HERE'S A NICE BLUE ONE. 07:41 WOW. 07:42 AND SO THESE ARE ALL FROM THIS NORTHEAST AREA OF 07:46 INDIA IN TRIPURA. 07:47 YES. 07:47 OH I LIKE THIS ONE. 07:48 YES THAT'S RIGHT. 07:50 AND YOU HAVE GRACED US WITH WEARING SOME OF THESE 07:51 IN THE PAST. 07:52 WELL YES. 07:53 SOMETIMES THEY EVEN HAVE WAIST COATS LIKE THIS YOU 07:58 SEE. 07:59 A WAIST COAT OR A VEST. 08:01 HERE WE ARE. 08:01 LOOK AT THAT. 08:02 THIS WAS A PRESENT THAT I WAS GIVEN. 08:03 ACTUALLY ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN PRESENTS THAT PEOPLE 08:05 HAVE GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS. 08:06 SO I'M COLLECTING THEM AND I PUT THEM OVER THE BACK 08:07 OF MY CHAIRS AT HOME AND REMEMBER THE PEOPLE IN 08:08 NORTHEAST INDIA. 08:09 ABSOLUTELY. 08:10 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING HERE WITH US AND THAT KIND 08:11 OF HELPS BRING A LITTLE BIT OF THE PEOPLE HERE TO 08:18 THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 08:20 YES. 08:21 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 08:22 NOW TAKE US BACK. 08:22 I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MORE VIDEOS. 08:26 NOW MAYBE I SHOULD INTRODUCE YOU TO THE 08:31 TRAINS IN INDIA BECAUSE SOMETIMES I HAVE TO GO BY 08:36 TRAIN FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 08:38 SO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TRAIN JOURNEY. 08:40 OK. 08:41 I WAS ON THE TRAIN ON MY WAY BACK TO AMBASSA THE 08:46 CAPITAL CITY OF TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA. 08:50 FARE, TWENTY-FIVE RUPEES. 08:52 THAT'S ABOUT 30 CENTS. 08:55 TWO ENTERPRISING YOUNG PASSENGERS WERE EARNING 08:59 THEIR FARES-SONG, A FEW ACROBATS AND SOME HARD 09:04 PRESSURE PERSUASION. 09:06 WELL, IT WAS WORKING. 09:08 THANKS FOR THE SHOW. 09:11 NEXT DAY WE WERE OFF TO KUNGERIPARA FOR A BAPTISM. 09:16 THIS IS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BIJOY 09:19 HAS BEEN WORKING AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM PREPARED 09:22 FOR US. 09:24 I WAS PREPARED FOR SOME CULTURAL DANCING BUT I WAS 09:27 SURPRISED BY WHAT I SAW. 09:30 I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NOT JUST A DANCE, 09:34 THIS WAS TELLING A STORY, A BIBLE STORY. 09:38 THIS WAS THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH AND THE 09:42 FIVE LITTLE STONES. 09:44 NOT JUST STORIES, THE CHILDREN WERE ALSO 09:46 TEACHING ABOUT THE EVILS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND 09:50 GAMBLING. 09:52 WHAT A WITNESS. 09:53 I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. 09:55 I SHARED A MESSAGE AND THE CHOIR PERFORMED. 09:59 THIS WAS A TEMPORARY SHELTER ERECTED TODAY FOR 10:03 OUR BIG BAPTISM. 10:05 KUNGERIPARA HAVE BUILT A SMALL CHURCH FOR DAILY 10:09 WORSHIP, BUT TODAY IT WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH. 10:13 SAMINGA, OUR NEW CHURCH DISTRICT PRESIDENT FOR 10:18 TRIPURA, EXAMINED THE CANDIDATES AND WE WERE OFF 10:23 TO THE LOCAL POOL. 10:25 OUR BAPTISMAL POOLS IN TRIPURA ARE OFTEN QUITE 10:29 PICTURESQUE. 10:31 ONLY FOUR CANDIDATES WERE BAPTIZED TODAY BECAUSE 10:35 THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP FROM THE MAIN BAPTISM AND THERE 10:38 WE HAVE OUR STORY. 10:42 BUT BEFORE WE TELL IT WE NEED TO EAT. 10:45 I CHECKED IN THE KITCHEN AND FOUND PREPARATIONS 10:49 ALMOST COMPLETE. 10:51 THIS WAS TO BE A REAL TREAT. 10:53 WHAT WAS UNDER THOSE BANANA LEAVES? 10:56 WELL, THE DOG WAS SAMPLING IT OUT. 11:00 BANANA LEAF PLATES WERE SET OUT AND THE LADIES 11:04 STARTED TO SERVE. 11:05 NO KNIVES AND FORKS WERE NEEDED HERE. 11:08 THERE WAS PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD AND I WAS READY FOR 11:13 LUNCH. 11:14 AFTER LUNCH I WAS TOLD THE STORY. 11:17 BIJOY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD COME TO 11:22 KUNGERIPARA AND HAD STARTED TO MAKE FRIENDS. 11:25 HE VISITED THEIR HOMES. 11:27 HE HAD BIBLE STUDIES THEN A SERIES OF MEETINGS 11:32 FOLLOWED BY A BAPTISM. 11:34 TWO OF THE YOUNG MEN BEING BAPTIZED HAD A PROBLEM. 11:40 THEIR WIVES DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP. 11:44 IT SEEMED THAT THEY HAD BOTH TAKEN A HINDU VOW TO 11:48 ONE OF THEIR GODS. 11:51 HINDU VOWS ARE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY ARE 11:54 VERY AFRAID THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO THEIR 11:57 FAMILY. 11:59 SO NOW BOTH HUSBANDS TOOK THEIR BAPTISMAL VOWS VERY 12:03 SERIOUSLY AND THEY MADE BIG CHANGES IN THEIR 12:07 LIVES. 12:08 IN FACT THEY BECAME MODEL HUSBANDS. 12:13 BOTH WIVES DECIDED THAT THE CHRISTIAN WAY OF 12:17 LIVING WAS MUCH BETTER. 12:20 THEY HAD STUDIES WITH BIJOY, LISTENED TO THEIR 12:23 HUSBANDS AND FINALLY MADE A DECISION TO FOLLOW THEIR 12:28 GOOD EXAMPLE. 12:29 I WAS SO HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR BAPTISMAL DAY AND 12:34 SEE TWO HAPPY COUPLES UNITE TOGETHER WITH JESUS 12:38 CHRIST. 12:39 LET'S PRAY FOR BIJOY AS HE CONTINUES TO VISIT AND 12:44 SHARE IN KUNGERAIPARA AND LETS PRAY FOR THE YOUNG 12:49 PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE AS THEY WITNESS TO OTHERS. 12:54 AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT 12:58 GOD IS DOING IN TRIPURA AND PRAISE THE LORD THAT 13:00 THOSE WOMEN DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS AND WHAT 13:04 THEIR HUSBANDS HAD ALSO DECIDED AS WELL. 13:06 SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING A 13:08 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:09 AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS AND ALTOGETHER 13:12 IT ALL ADDS UP TO SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:15 AND HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU 13:17 CAN GET INVOLVED. 13:19 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 13:21 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 13:23 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 13:25 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 13:28 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 13:32 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 13:35 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 13:39 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 13:41 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 13:44 EQUATOR. 13:45 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 13:47 TO JAPAN. 13:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 13:49 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 13:52 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 13:54 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:57 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:59 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 14:01 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 14:05 WORKERS. 14:06 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 14:07 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 14:12 GOD'S LOVE. 14:13 JOIN US. 14:14 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:17 DONATE. 14:17 PRAY. 14:18 AND WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:21 AS TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS. 14:23 AND IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, ALL OF 14:25 US DONATING, ALL OF US TELLING SOMEBODY ABOUT 14:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:29 IT'S WORD OF MOUTH ABOUT A GREAT ORGANIZATION. 14:31 YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND ON 14:33 FACEBOOK MAYBE OR SOMEONE AT CHURCH SO THEY CAN GET 14:36 INVOLVED AS WELL. 14:37 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US VISIT OUR WEBSITE 14:39 GOAIM.ORG. 14:42 THERE YOU CAN WATCH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 14:44 WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STATIONS THAT AIR 14:47 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS ON PROGRAMS. 14:49 AND MANY OF YOU OUT THERE SAY THAT YOU WATCH AND I 14:52 KNOW THAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU TELL ME AND WE WANT TO 14:54 SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 14:55 MOST IMPORTANTLY WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE PRAY. 14:57 PRAY FOR THESE 2000 PLUS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 15:00 WHO, AS YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGH JOHN'S VIDEO, ARE 15:03 GOING OUT AND MEETING THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND 15:05 MEETING THEIR NEEDS. 15:06 AND IT'S THE POWER OF PRAYER AND IT'S THE POWER 15:08 OF THE LORD WORKING THROUGH ALL OF US THAT WE 15:11 ARE ALL ABLE TO SHARE JESUS. 15:13 SO JOHN IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE 15:15 AND TO SEE THOSE VIDEOS. 15:16 AND THE KIDS DANCING. 15:18 YES, YOU SEE IT'S NOT JUST THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:21 WORKERS WHO ARE WITNESSING. 15:23 IT'S ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEARNED THOSE 15:26 DANCES. 15:27 YES. 15:28 AND THEY'RE HOLDING UP THEIR FIVE FOR THE FIVE 15:30 STONES AND ALL OF THAT. 15:32 AND IT'S NOT ONLY BIBLE STORIES BUT ALSO MORAL 15:34 LESSONS AS WELL ABOUT DRINKING AND SMOKING AND 15:38 DRUGS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 15:41 VERY GOOD EVANGELISM. 15:43 SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL IN 15:45 INDIA. 15:46 YOU REFERENCED THAT IN YOUR FIRST VIDEO. 15:48 OH WELL I DID. 15:50 THEY SAY THAT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF ALL THE 15:54 ACCIDENTS IN INDIA ARE FROM ALCOHOL. 15:58 AND YET ALCOHOL IS NOT EASILY, IT'S NOT READILY 16:03 AVAILABLE LIKE IT IS IN THE STATES. 16:06 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BUY AT EVERY 16:08 STREET CORNER. 16:09 THE PEOPLE GET IT AND PEOPLE USE IT AND THEY 16:13 MAKE THEIR OWN AS WELL. 16:14 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 16:15 THEY MAKE THEIR OWN. 16:17 SO VERY MOVING TO SEE THE WOMEN WHO JOINED THEIR 16:19 HUSBANDS AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 16:22 YES. 16:23 WHAT KIND OF WITNESS IS THAT. 16:24 BECAUSE THE HUSBANDS BECOMES A MODEL HUSBAND, 16:29 THE WIFE SAYS I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN AS WELL. 16:33 BUT COMMENT IF YOU WOULD ABOUT THEM MAKING A 16:35 DECISION FROM THEIR HINDU BELIEF. 16:37 THAT'S A BIG CHOICE FOR THEM ISN'T IT? 16:40 OH YES IT IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WITH THE HINDU 16:43 SOCIETY AROUND THE PULL IS SO STRONG. 16:47 EVERY MONTH THERE IS A DIFFERENT GOD, A DIFFERENT 16:51 KIND OF A FESTIVAL EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR. 16:53 SO THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE 16:56 ATTRACTIVE AS FAR AS THE HINDU RELIGION IS 17:00 CONCERNED. 17:01 AND SOME TIMES BECOMING A CHRISTIAN SEEMS MAYBE A 17:04 LITTLE DULL SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO 17:06 FOREGO ALL OF THOSE FESTIVALS. 17:08 FESTIVALS AND ALL OF THAT. 17:09 YES. 17:10 SO I DID HAVE TO SMILE WHEN THE PLATES CAME OUT 17:13 AS THE BANANA LEAF BECAUSE I HAVE EATEN INDIAN FOOD 17:16 ON A BANANA LEAF AND YOU KIND OF TAKE THE RICE AND 17:20 THE CURRY AND THEN YOU USE YOUR THUMB AND YOU JUST 17:23 FLICK IT IN YOUR MOUTH AND OH. 17:25 SO THAT LOOKED REALLY GOOD. 17:26 WHEN I LIVED IN SINGAPORE THERE WAS A RESTAURANT 17:28 DOWN TOWN CALLED THE BANANA LEAF. 17:30 YES, I HAVE BEEN THERE MY FRIEND. 17:34 I HAVE BEEN THERE MY FRIEND. 17:36 IT WAS A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND THEY ALWAYS HAD A SINK 17:41 THERE SO YOU COULD WASH YOUR HANDS. 17:43 YES, THAT BRINGS BACK VERY FOND MEMORIES FOR ME. 17:46 SO JOHN THIS AREA OF TRIPURA IN NORTHEAST INDIA 17:49 AND THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUSING HERE TODAY, HOW 17:52 MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AGAIN? 17:54 WE HAVE 20. 17:55 TWENTY. 17:56 I JUST RECEIVED A PHOTOGRAPH THIS WEEK. 17:58 THEY SENT IT TO ME ON FACEBOOK. 18:01 THEY'VE JUST ORGANIZED THAT AREA INTO A SECTION 18:06 SO THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:08 WORK THERE HE HAS NOW BECOME THE PRESIDENT. 18:11 OK. 18:12 SO THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'VE GOT THE PRESIDENT WHO IS 18:14 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOSS. 18:17 THIS IS GREAT. 18:18 SEE AGAIN GOD WORKS IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. 18:20 YES. 18:21 SO JOHN YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHARE WITH US. 18:23 WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE IT. 18:24 OK. 18:25 THIS IS ABOUT TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO TRIED 18:31 TO FIND A VILLAGE WHERE THERE WAS NO CHRISTIAN 18:34 PRESENCE. 18:35 WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. 18:37 OK. 18:38 IT WAS SABBATH MORNING AND WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH 18:43 LUSH VEGETATION IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA ON A LONG 18:50 BUMPY ROAD TO PON BOGEN. 18:53 OVER THIS TRICKY BRIDGE WE WERE GOING TO SEE TWO OF 18:57 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:59 THEY HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR A NEW AREA TO ENTER 19:06 AND WHILE CHECKING IN THE MARKET THEY HEARD ABOUT 19:10 PON BOGEN. 19:11 THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE NO CHRISTIANS THERE 19:16 BUT THEY WERE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE. 19:19 WE WERE GIVEN A TRADITIONAL WELCOME WITH 19:21 FLOWERED GARLANDS AND A WELCOME DANCE. 19:25 WE WERE TREATED WITH SPECIAL MUSIC AND I SHARED 19:28 THE SABBATH MESSAGE. 19:30 WE WERE IN A MAKESHIFT WORSHIP SHELTER AND OUR 19:34 NEIGHBORS WERE EXTREMELY INTERESTED. 19:37 AFTER EXAMINING OUR BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES WE 19:41 WERE OFF TO THE LOCAL POND WHERE THERE WAS ALREADY A 19:45 LITTLE ACTIVITY. 19:48 SEEING THESE NEW CHRISTIANS TAKING A PUBLIC 19:51 STAND WITH BAPTISM MAKES IT ALL WORTH WHILE. 19:57 YOUR GIFTS HELP MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. 20:00 NOW LET ME TELL YOU THE SURPRISE STORY OF PON 20:04 BOGEN AND ONE PRAYING CHRISTIAN. 20:07 IN THE JAMPUI HILLS IN NORTHERN TRIPURA LIVED A 20:10 CHRISTIAN COUPLE. 20:12 THE HUSBAND HAD RELATIVES IN PON BOGAN, AND THEY 20:17 PERSUADED HIM TO COME AND LIVE THERE. 20:20 AND AFTER SETTLING THERE THE HUSBAND WAS INFLUENCED 20:25 WITH ALL THE HINDU SURROUNDINGS. 20:29 HE WENT TO THE LOCAL PRIEST AND HE GAVE UP HIS 20:32 CHRISTIAN FAITH. 20:34 HE TRIED TO PERSUADE HIS WIFE TO FOLLOW HIM BUT SHE 20:38 WOULDN'T. 20:39 SHE CONTINUED TO READ HER BIBLE AND SHE PRAYED. 20:42 SHE PRAYED FOR SOME, SOMEONE ELSE TO COME AND 20:45 WORSHIP WITH. 20:48 ONE DAY HER PRAYER WAS ANSWERED. 20:52 SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND SHE MET 20:55 TWO STRANGERS. 20:56 SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO HEAR WHY THEY HAD COME. 21:06 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS STARTED VISITING 21:09 EACH HOME IN THE VILLAGE. 21:11 THEY HAD JUST FINISHED A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND 18 21:15 WERE BAPTIZED. 21:16 OUR ONE FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN BELIEVER HAS HAD HER 21:21 PRAYER ANSWERED. 21:23 BUT WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT, HER HUSBAND WAS ONE OF 21:28 THOSE BEING BAPTIZED TODAY. 21:31 AFTER STUDYING WITH OUR WORKERS HE MADE THE 21:35 DECISION TO BURN HIS OLD GODS AND START A NEW LIFE 21:41 WITH HIS FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN WIFE. 21:44 THESE ARE JUST THE FIRST FRUITS. 21:47 THIS LADY MISSED THE BAPTISM TODAY BECAUSE SHE 21:51 WAS IN HOSPITAL HAVING A BABY. 21:54 THIS BELIEVER JUST DELIVERED HER BABY. 21:57 SHE IS ON THE NEXT BAPTISMAL LIST. 22:00 SHE ASKED THEM TO NAME HER NEWBORN BABY AND THEY GAVE 22:04 HIM THE NAME OF GIDEON. 22:06 "WHEN THEY COME WHEN SON WAS BORN THEY NAMED HIM, 22:12 THEY GIVE HIM NAME OF GIDEON." 22:13 THEY GAVE HIM THE NAME OF GIDEON. 22:14 YES. 22:15 BOY, YES BOY. 22:16 VERY NICE. 22:17 WELL GIDEON'S FAITHFUL FEW IN PON BOGAN HAVE NOW 22:30 JOINED OUR ONE LONELY CHRISTIAN TO HOLD UP A 22:34 LIGHT IN TRIPURA, INDIA. 22:37 PLEASE JOIN THEM AS WE PRAY FOR GOD'S SPIRIT TO 22:42 DO HIS WORK. 22:44 PRAYER. 22:45 THE PRAYER OF A WOMAN FOR HER HUSBAND AND LOOK AT 22:48 WHAT THE LORD DID AND HERE HE WAS BAPTIZED JOHN. 22:51 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 22:52 YES. 22:53 SO WE WANT OUR VIEWERS TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL 22:56 OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:57 YES. 22:58 AS THEY ARE SHARING AND THEY ARE SHARING JESUS 23:00 WITH THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES. 23:02 AND THE SWEET BABY WITH THE NAME OF GIDEON. 23:04 YES. 23:05 WOW. 23:06 NOW THEY'RE PART OF GIDEON'S BAND SHINING THE 23:09 LIGHT. 23:10 SO WE'VE SEEN THE KIDS WHO ARE SHARING THE BIBLE 23:13 STORIES THROUGH SONG AND DANCE. 23:14 WE'VE SEEN THE PRAYING WOMAN. 23:16 WE'VE SEEN THE WEAVERS. 23:17 YOU SHARED WITH US ABOUT THE WEAVING AND MORE 23:20 PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR WHO ARE ON THE ROADS OF INDIA. 23:24 AND I HAVE BEEN IN BANGLADESH AND I 23:27 UNDERSTAND ABOUT BEING IN TRAFFIC AND ALL OF THAT SO 23:31 YES, MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THERE TOO. 23:32 YES YES. 23:33 SO JOHN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE WORK IN 23:36 TRIPURA THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? 23:40 WELL YOU NOTICED WE SHOWED A LITTLE PIECE OF LAND AND 23:44 WE SAID THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A 23:46 CHURCH. 23:47 OF COURSE THE PEOPLE NEED HELP SOMETIMES BUILDING 23:49 THEIR CHURCHES. 23:51 BUT MORE THAN THAT WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:55 WORKERS. 23:55 YES. 23:56 WE NEED MORE THAN 20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 23:59 THE STATE OF TRIPURA. 24:01 BUT NOW WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT THERE WHO IS 24:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH MINDED, AND WE HOPE THAT HE WILL 24:09 ARRANGE FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:11 SO SOMETIMES WE NEED FUNDS AND MAYBE SOME OF OUR 24:14 VIEWERS CAN HELP US WITH THAT. 24:16 YES. 24:17 ABSOLUTELY. 24:18 WELL AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE MAYBE THERE IS 24:20 SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING WELL I'M NOT SURE IF I 24:21 COULD GIVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH OR 24:23 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 24:24 BUT WE ALL CAN DO WHAT WE CAN AND THE LORD BLESSES. 24:27 LOOK WHAT THE LORD DID WITH THE LADY AND TWO 24:30 MITES. 24:31 I MEAN HE OWNS THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS AND HE 24:33 CAN CERTAINLY MULTIPLY IT LIKE HE DID THE BREAD AND 24:37 THE LOAVES. 24:37 YES. 24:38 SO WE WANT SOME VIEWERS TO JOIN GIDEON'S BAND. 24:41 YES ABSOLUTELY. 24:42 AND JOHN YOU HAD A VERSE, COUPLE OF VERSES IN JOHN 24:46 17. 24:47 "THEY KNEW WITH CERTAINTY THAT I CAME FROM YOU AND 24:50 THEY BELIEVED THAT YOU SENT ME. 24:52 I PRAY FOR THEM. 24:53 I AM NOT PRAYING FOR THE WORLD BUT FOR THOSE YOU 24:57 HAVE GIVEN ME FOR THEY ARE YOURS." 25:00 YES. 25:01 THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN TRIPURA THAT HAVE BEEN 25:05 GIVEN TO GOD. 25:06 YES. 25:07 AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART 25:10 IN SHARING JESUS. 25:11 SO WHEN YOU GO, AND I ASKED YOU ABOUT WHAT 25:15 LANGUAGE THESE PEOPLE SPEAK UP IN THIS AREA AND 25:18 YOU SAID THEY SPEAK WHAT? 25:20 A MOUNTAIN DIALECT. 25:21 YES YES. 25:22 YOU GO FROM ONE VILLAGE TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND THE 25:25 DIALECT CHANGES AND SOMETIMES WHEN I GO THERE 25:29 I SAY SOMETHING AND IT HAS TO BE TRANSLATED TWICE. 25:33 TWO TIMES. 25:34 SO THE REASON WHY I ASK YOU THAT IS, SO FOR 25:36 EXAMPLE FOR THE TWO OF US TO GO AND LEARN ONE OF 25:39 THESE LANGUAGES WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE 25:42 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:44 YES, PEOPLE THAT ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY 25:47 ALREADY KNOW ALL THE CUSTOMS. 25:49 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO SEND. 25:51 YES. 25:52 AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LIVING THERE AND THEY 25:54 ARE THE ONES WHO ARE RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH 25:57 THESE PEOPLE IN THE MARKET PLACE. 25:58 AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH STAND OUT. 26:01 THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT 26:03 THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:05 STAND OUT BY WHAT WE DO. 26:07 YES. 26:08 SO WHEN YOU GO BACK WOULD YOU MAKE SURE TO GREET 26:11 EVERYBODY FROM US. 26:12 I WILL, I WILL. 26:13 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT THE GOSPEL 26:15 OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE AS THEY GO FORWARD? 26:18 WHAT ARE THEY WANTING TO ACCOMPLISH? 26:20 WELL THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH FIRM CHURCHES IN 26:21 THOSE VILLAGES AND THEY WANT TO EXPAND TO THE NEXT 26:22 VILLAGE. 26:23 GOOD. 26:24 I LIKE TO HEAR THAT. 26:24 THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 26:25 WELL JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US 26:26 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:28 THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL GIFTS 26:29 THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR 26:30 BEING HERE. 26:32 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TOO FOR BEING PART OF 26:39 THIS FAMILY OF GOD AND THAT MEANS BEING PART OF 26:47 THE FAMILY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS TOGETHER WE 26:49 SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:51 WE DO WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE 26:54 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND IT'S A NEWSLETTER THAT WE 26:56 ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU. 26:58 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 27:01 INFORMATION ON THAT. 27:02 AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR IPHONE IN YOUR HAND, 27:05 PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO 27:08 BE FRIENDS WITH YOU. 27:09 IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING 27:11 ON HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:13 ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 27:15 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER 27:17 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:53 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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