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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000789A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC] ON MISSION, THE GREAT
00:04 COMMISSION, TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN 00:15 THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:33 I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TO DAY. 00:34 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST HERE ON "ADVENTURES 00:37 IN MISSIONS." 00:38 AND TODAY, LET ME TELL YOU, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 00:40 GOING TO TAKE YOU ON AN ABSOLUTELY THRILLING 00:42 ADVENTURE. 00:43 ARE YOU READY? 00:44 WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING WITH REFUGEES 00:47 AND MY WIFE JEANNIE AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH 00:49 REFUGEE MINISTRY IN DAYTON, OHIO TO A SMALL 00:51 DEGREE WITH YOU KNOW THE HUTUS AND THE TUTSIS THAT 00:53 WERE KILLING EACH OTHER YEARS AGO. 00:55 WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST 00:58 REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD. 01:01 AND OUR GUEST IS ALSO GOING TO BE TELLING US 01:02 SOMETHING ABOUT BAPTISM WITH TADPOLES. 01:06 AND YOU MAY NOT BE READY FOR THIS WITH YOUR 01:09 APPETITE, TADPOLE SOUP. 01:12 WE HAVE AS OUR GUEST TODAY JOHN DUROE. 01:15 AND YOU ARE FROM TRIPURA. 01:17 YES. 01:18 I WANT TO SAY STRAIGHT AWAY, I'VE NEVER TASTED 01:22 TADPOLE SOUP. 01:23 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD BROUGHT US A SAMPLE TODAY. 01:25 NO, IT'S AGAINST MY RELIGION. 01:26 (LAUGHTER). 01:27 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S 10 01:31 DEGREES NORTH AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 01:35 EQUATOR. 01:36 YES. 01:37 WHICH IS THE LARGEST LAND MASS ON THE PLANET WITH 01:40 THE MOST POPULATION ON THE PLANET OF WHICH 97% PLUS 01:45 DO NOT KNOW AND NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME JESUS. 01:47 THEY'RE NOT CHRISTIAN. 01:48 YES. 01:49 AND YOU ARE PLANTED RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 01:51 THAT INCREDIBLE ZONE TO TRY TO TOUCH PEOPLE IN A 01:55 UNIQUE WAY THROUGH INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO 01:59 LIVE THERE. 02:00 NOT SENDING FOREIGN MISSIONARIES. 02:01 NO, NO. 02:02 SO WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? 02:03 WHERE IS YOUR BACKGROUND? 02:05 MY BACKGROUND IS ENGLAND, SHEFFIELD IN THE NORTH OF 02:09 ENGLAND. 02:10 YOU'RE SPEAKING THE KING'S ENGLISH THE WAY IT SHOULD 02:11 BE SPOKEN. 02:12 AND I LEFT THERE A LONG TIME AGO. 02:14 WOW. 02:15 AND NOW YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS PARTICULAR AREA 02:18 OF TRIPURA. 02:19 VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE A CLUE WHERE THAT IS. 02:20 BUT WE'VE GOT SOME VIDEO TO SHOW. 02:22 YES WE HAVE, YES. 02:23 LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FIRST VIDEO. 02:28 IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA THERE ARE MANY REFUGEES 02:32 FROM ETHNIC CLASHES IN THE NEIGHBORING STATE OF 02:36 MIZORAM. 02:37 THERE ARE MANY ANIMISTIC TRIBAL RELIGIONS WITH A 02:41 STRONG HINDU INFLUENCE. 02:44 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO VISIT GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:47 WORKERS BIJOY AND MOYA. 02:50 FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY HAVE BEEN 02:52 VISITING IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES. 02:54 THEY WERE HELPED BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, A 02:58 TRAINED HOUSE WORKER. 03:01 WE WERE WELCOMED, GIVEN GIFTS AND JOINED THEM FOR 03:05 WORSHIP. 03:07 TODAY 12 MORE BELIEVERS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND JOIN 03:11 THE 11 WHO NOW WORSHIP EVERY SABBATH. 03:15 WE SEE SOME INTERESTING BAPTISMAL SIGHTS BUT 03:17 NOBODY COMPLAINS. 03:19 THEY CLEAR THE POOL, SING, PRAY AND BAPTIZE. 03:24 WHAT A SIGHT FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 03:28 SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 03:33 (SOUNDS FROM VIDEO) WORK IS NOT EASY WHERE A STRONG 03:39 HINDU INFLUENCE PERVADES. 03:42 ONE HINDU MAN IN THE VILLAGE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE 03:46 AND MARRIED A CHRISTIAN LADY FROM ANOTHER PLACE. 03:50 HIS FATHER WAS A HINDU PRIEST AND MADE DAILY 03:54 SACRIFICES AT THE VILLAGE ALTER. 03:56 AFTER SOME TIME HIS FATHER DIED AND HIS SON DECIDED 04:01 THAT HE NEEDED TO CONTINUE THE DAILY PRIESTLY DUTIES. 04:06 BUT HE ALSO WANTED HIS WIFE TO BECOME A HINDU. 04:13 HE BECAME SO VIOLENT ONE DAY WHILE DRINKING THAT HE 04:18 THREATENED TO KILL HER SO SHE RAN. 04:21 SHE STOPPED AT SOME HOUSE TO ASK FOR HELP AND 04:24 PROVIDENTIALLY SHE FOUND HERSELF IN THE SAME HOUSE 04:29 WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MOYA WAS STAYING. 04:34 HER HUSBAND HAD NO IDEA WHERE SHE WAS. 04:37 MOYA WAITED UNTIL HER HUSBAND HAD SOBERED UP AND 04:40 CALMED DOWN. 04:41 AND AT SUNSET MOYA TOOK HER HOME. 04:45 HE COUNSELED THEM AND THEY PROMISED TO RESPECT EACH 04:49 OTHER. 04:50 HE KEPT VISITING THEIR HOME AND INVITING THEM TO 04:53 COME AND WORSHIP WITH HIM. 04:54 THEY REFUSED BUT AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS ONE 04:58 SABBATH THE WIFE ARRIVED TO WORSHIP. 05:01 AND AFTER ONE YEAR THE HUSBAND JOINED HER AND 05:05 LAST MONTH THEY WERE BOTH BAPTIZED. 05:09 ONE OF THE VILLAGE GIRLS, NOW BAPTIZED, WAS SICK 05:13 WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARRIVED. 05:16 HER PARENTS HAD TAKEN HER TO THE PRIEST TO MAKE A 05:19 SACRIFICE AND THEN THEY TRIED THE HOSPITAL. 05:23 OUR WORKERS VISITED HER THERE AND THEY PRAYED. 05:27 (PRAYING) THEY SENT HER HOME AND OUR WORKERS 05:31 CONTINUED TO VISIT AND PRAY. 05:34 THEN ONE EVENING HER PARENTS CALLED OUR WORKERS 05:38 TO TELL THEM THAT SHE WAS PERFECTLY WELL AGAIN. 05:41 A HINDU UPBRINGING IS NOT EASY TO BREAK AWAY FROM. 05:46 THERE ARE SO MANY FESTIVALS TO CELEBRATE. 05:50 IT'S HARD NOT TO BE INFLUENCED. 05:53 OLD GODS ARE EASILY DISCARDED AND NEW ONES 05:57 TAKE THEIR PLACE. 05:59 CANDLES ARE BURNED AND OFFERINGS ARE MADE. 06:02 AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA ARE 06:06 OFFERING A NEW BIRTH AND A NEW LIFE WITHOUT FEAR AND 06:11 WITH THE ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. 06:15 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 06:21 TRIPURA. 06:22 THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING. 06:24 A WONDERFUL STORY. 06:26 I'VE MET SOME HINDUS AND THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED 06:31 PEOPLE. 06:31 YES. 06:32 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IS HINDU WHERE 06:35 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TRIPURA? 06:37 OH PROBABLY ABOUT 90 PERCENT, SOMETHING LIKE 06:41 THAT. 06:42 HOW CONFIDENT ARE THEY IN THEIR RITUAL AND THEIR 06:45 FAITH OR ARE THEY OPEN TO NEW LIGHT? 06:48 WELL THEY'RE OPEN TO NEW LIGHT REALLY BECAUSE YOU 06:50 SEE EVERY MONTH A NEW GOD APPEARS ON THE SCENE. 06:56 AND THE OLD GODS ARE DISCARDED. 06:58 YOU SAW THEM THERE. 06:59 THEY WERE JUST THROWN TO ONE SIDE AND A NEW GOD 07:03 TAKES THEIR PLACE AND THEY HAVE A NEW FESTIVAL WITH 07:05 THAT GOD. 07:06 SO IT MAKES IT VERY INTERESTING FOR THE LOCAL 07:09 PEOPLE, SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH EVERY MONTH. 07:12 IT WAS SO INSPIRING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT 07:15 OF HIS DRINKING AND THE MISSIONARY WORKER WENT IN 07:18 THERE AND THEY BOTH STARTED TO ATTEND CHURCH 07:21 AND WERE BAPTIZED. 07:22 DID THAT COUPLE BECOME PART OF OUR MISSIONARY 07:25 FORCE THERE WITH THE GOSPEL WORKER? 07:27 OH YES THEY DID. 07:29 YES, YES. 07:30 THEY BECAME GOOD MEMBERS IN THAT CONGREGATION. 07:33 WOW. 07:34 WELL I'M SURE YOU HAVE MANY MANY STORIES. 07:36 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST INTRIGUED ABOUT. 07:38 SINCE MY WIFE JEANNIE AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 07:40 RECENT YEARS WITH THE REFUGEES COMING IN. 07:43 THE STATE DEPARTMENT ALLOWS SO MANY IN THE 07:45 UNITED STATES. 07:46 WE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT A NUMBER OF THESE 07:48 FOLKS WERE ADVENTISTS. 07:49 THEY STARTED A LITTLE CHURCH IN OUR HOME WITH 07:51 TWO PEOPLE. 07:52 IT'S NOW UP TO ABOUT 130-150 PEOPLE ATTENDING 07:55 ON A REGULAR BASIS. 07:57 BUT WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS REFUGEES. 07:59 WHERE ARE THESE REFUGEES, WHY ARE THEY REFUGEES AND 08:02 WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THEM? 08:04 WELL THE REFUGEES IN TRIPURA THEY HAVE COME 08:07 OVER FROM THE NEIGHBORING STATE OF MIZORAM. 08:10 THERE IS SOME OFFICIAL THAT THEY SAY WAS KILLED 08:14 BY THIS CERTAIN TRIBE AND SO THAT TRIBE WAS 08:17 PERSECUTED. 08:18 THEY LEFT MIZORAM, CAME OVER INTO TRIPURA AND THEY 08:22 HAVE ALL THESE REFUGEE CAMPS THERE. 08:24 YOU SAY PERSECUTED, IS THAT UNDER THE THREAT OF 08:26 LIFE SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE. 08:28 OH YES, OH YES, YES. 08:29 SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE. 08:30 BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF CHURCHES NOW AMONG THOSE 08:33 REFUGEE CAMPS. 08:34 WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE. 08:35 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS. 08:38 HOW BIG A GROUP OF REFUGEES. 08:40 OH I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY REFUGEES THERE. 08:41 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST CAMPS THERE? 08:42 WELL KNOW, IF YOUR TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS AND THE 08:44 LARGEST CAMP WE HAVE THE LARGEST CAMP IN 08:46 BANGLADESH. 08:49 AND THOSE REFUGEES THEY COME OVER FROM MYANMAR. 08:58 THOSE ARE THE ROHINGYAS AND THEY ARE MUSLIMS THAT 09:02 HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF MYANMAR AND THEY NOW 09:05 SETTLE IN MUSLIM BANGLADESH. 09:08 THE LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD. 09:11 DO WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR THAT? 09:14 I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY. 09:15 BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:18 WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THAT REFUGEE 09:21 CAMP. 09:22 AND THOSE POOR REFUGEES. 09:22 I GET CHOKED UP. 09:25 THEY HAVE NOTHING. 09:27 YES. 09:27 THEY'VE LEFT EVERYTHING. 09:28 YES. 09:30 IN OHIO THEY HAVE TO LEARN A WHOLE NEW CULTURE, THE 09:36 WESTERN CULTURE. 09:37 OVER THERE I'M SURE IT'S JUST AS DISRUPTIVE AND I'M 09:40 SURE THOSE CAMPS ARE NOT HILTON HOTELS. 09:42 NO, DEFINITELY NOT. 09:44 TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE 09:46 CHALLENGES OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE TO REACH 09:49 THEM. 09:50 WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS? 09:52 THE GOSPEL HAS SOME HOPE DOESN'T IT. 09:55 WELL ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE 10:02 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL VERY FAR FROM ONE VILLAGE 10:05 TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED. 10:09 BUT FORTUNATELY THESE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO 10:12 PICK UP THE LOCAL LANGUAGE MUCH QUICKER THAN WHAT WE 10:16 WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IF WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THAT 10:18 VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 10:21 AS WE GREW UP IN THE FIFTIES AND SO FORTH 10:25 MISSIONARIES WERE KIND OF GETTING, WE SENT 10:28 MISSIONARIES TO THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 10:29 YES. 10:30 WE HAVE WESTERNIZED THEM TOO MUCH AND WE REALLY 10:33 COULDN'T PENETRATE CERTAIN WALLS. 10:35 THIS IS THE ADVANTAGE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 10:39 WE'RE USING LOCAL PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE LOCAL 10:42 LANGUAGE AND EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO LEARN A DIFFERENT 10:45 LANGUAGE TO THE NEXT VILLAGE IT DOESN'T TAKE 10:47 THEM LONG. 10:48 AND THEY ARE MORE THAN THRILLED, WILLING AND 10:51 EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC TO DO THIS AREN'T' THEY. 10:53 YES. 10:54 WE HAVE A SECOND VIDEO. 10:55 CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? 10:56 WE DO. 10:57 IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY BECAUSE IT'S TO DO WITH 11:01 TADPOLES. 11:01 OH OH, WE'D BETTER WARN FOLKS. 11:04 IF YOU'RE NOT TOO MUCH INTO TADPOLE SOUP OR BEING 11:07 BAPTIZED WITH TADPOLES. 11:09 HERE WE GO. 11:10 LET'S SEE IT. 11:12 I SPEND THE NIGHT IN THIS FRESHLY PAINTED GOVERNMENT 11:15 GUEST HOUSE. 11:17 PRICE 100 RUPEES. 11:20 THAT'S ONE DOLLAR AND A FEW CENTS. 11:22 NOT ALWAYS SO LUCKY. 11:25 I WAS THE ONLY GUEST. 11:27 LOCKED IN FROM THE FRONT GATE, FROM THE OUTSIDE. 11:32 TODAY WE WILL VISIT JOY MANIPARA AND CHECK ON TWO 11:37 OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 11:39 THEY ARE FRIENDS. 11:40 THEY DON'T LIVE IN THIS VILLAGE BUT WHILE IN THE 11:46 LOCAL MARKET THEY MADE FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE 11:49 LOCAL PEOPLE. 11:51 IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE VILLAGE PEOPLE REALIZED 11:54 THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR GOSPEL 11:57 OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY WERE INVITED TO JOY MANI 12:01 TO SHARE WHAT IT WAS. 12:03 THEY HAD BEEN HAVING MEETINGS SINCE THE MIDDLE 12:06 OF DECEMBER AND TODAY TEN NEW BELIEVERS WILL BE 12:10 BAPTIZED. 12:12 WE MET ON A PUBLIC PIECE OF LAND BY THE ROAD AND 12:16 CONNECTED THE PA SYSTEM TO AN OVERHEAD ELECTRIC WIRE. 12:20 UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A POWER CUT AND WE LOST THE 12:24 ELECTRICITY BEFORE OUR MEETING STARTED. 12:27 THIS VILLAGE DIDN'T GET MANY VISITORS SO THEY 12:30 WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I WAS FROM. 12:33 OUR DISTRICT LEADER EXAMINED THE CANDIDATES 12:38 AND WE WERE OFF TO FIND A BAPTISMAL POOL. 12:41 WELL I SOON REALIZED THAT WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR 12:44 SPACE WITH THIS SWARM OF TADPOLES. 12:48 WE READ THE SCRIPTURE, PRAYED AND WELCOMED THESE 12:51 NEW BELIEVERS INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. 12:55 THIS IS WHY WE SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN TRIPURA 13:00 INDIA. 13:01 WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL 13:06 SUPPORT. 13:08 WHERE WERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SLEEPING? 13:10 WELL, IT WAS IN THIS SMALL DUSTY SHELTER BY THE SIDE 13:15 OF THE ROAD. 13:17 THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AROUND THE 13:19 VILLAGE. 13:20 I MET SOME VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE. 13:22 SOME WERE VERY BUSY. 13:24 OTHERS WERE JUST STANDING AROUND WASTING TIME AND 13:28 HEALTH. 13:29 THERE IS NO WATER SOURCE IN THIS VILLAGE, BUT A 13:31 WATER TRUCK COMES TO VISIT. 13:33 I WONDER HOW THE LADIES CAN CARRY SO MUCH. 13:37 IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE LADIES ARE VERY BUSY 13:41 WEAVING, PREPARING FOOD, CUTTING WOOD, SORTING OUT 13:45 THE CHILDREN BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO STOP AND TALK. 13:49 THEY ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:52 WORKERS. 13:53 BUT MANY HOMES STILL HAVE AN IDOL SHRINE. 13:58 THIS MAN GOT DELAYED AT WORK AND MISSED HIS 14:03 BAPTISM TODAY BUT HIS HINDU FRIEND CAME TO SEE 14:08 HIS SON BE BAPTIZED. 14:11 MOST HOMES ARE BUILT OF LOCAL MATERIALS BUT I 14:14 NOTICED THIS STURDY FOUNDATION WHERE THIS 14:17 YOUNG BOY WAS STANDING. 14:19 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HIM WHILE WE CONTINUE OUR 14:23 TOUR. 14:24 HE LIVED HERE WITH HIS PARENTS. 14:25 HIS MOTHER DIED, HIS FATHER REMARRIED SOMEONE 14:28 IN ANOTHER VILLAGE. 14:31 A STORM CAME AND THE HOUSE WAS BLOWN DOWN AND THE 14:36 FATHER MOVED AWAY. 14:38 BUT THE BOY STAYED. 14:40 HE NOW LIVES IN THIS NEARBY HOUSE AND HAS 14:43 RECEIVED BIBLE STUDIES. 14:46 TODAY HE WAS BAPTIZED. 14:49 THAT WAS THE REASON THAT HE STAYED IN THE TOWN. 14:52 IT WAS PART OF GOD'S PLAN. 14:55 OH, AND THE TADPOLES? 14:57 WELL THEY WERE BLENDED INTO SOUP. 15:01 BUT I WASN'T BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK FOR A TASTE. 15:06 IT WAS NICE TO GET BACK TO MY ONE DOLLAR GUEST HOUSE. 15:10 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 15:15 TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA. 15:18 I'M CHUCKLING TO MYSELF ABOUT TADPOLE SOUP. 15:22 THAT HAD TO BE A FIRST EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. 15:25 BUT YOU DIDN'T PARTAKE OF THAT PARTICULAR PART OF 15:28 THE MENU. 15:29 NO BUT VARIOUS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES EAT 15:32 FROGS AND FROGS LEGS AND LITTLE TINY FROGS. 15:36 WHY NOT EAT TADPOLE SOUP? 15:38 WE WANT TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POUNDING 15:40 THERE AND YOU SAW THE PHENOMENAL COLORS OF 15:43 CLOTHING AND WEAVING AND SO FORTH. 15:44 OH YES. 15:45 BEFORE WE GO TO OUR BREAK HERE LET'S JUST TAKE A 15:46 QUICK LOOK. 15:47 I BROUGHT SOME OF THESE SCARVES. 15:49 THE COLORS. 15:50 THEY ARE SO COLORFUL, GORGEOUS. 15:53 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT WEAVES AND 15:56 DIFFERENT DESIGNS DEPENDING UPON WHICH 16:00 VILLAGE WE COME FROM. 16:01 IF I'M A LOCAL PERSON I CAN TELL WHICH VILLAGE YOU 16:07 LIVE IN. 16:08 WHERE DO THEY OBTAIN ALL THESE COLORFUL PIECES OF 16:10 CLOTH? 16:11 WELL THEY DO ALL THE WEAVING THEMSELVES IN THE 16:13 VILLAGE. 16:14 AND THE COLORS? 16:14 YES. 16:15 WOW. 16:16 SOMETIMES THEY EVEN HAVE WAIST COATS. 16:20 I'VE GOT A WAIST COAT HERE. 16:22 AND THESE ARE GIFTS THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN WHEN I 16:27 HAVE VISITED DIFFERENT VILLAGES. 16:29 WELL YOU'D BE OUTSTANDING. 16:30 I SAVE ALL OF THESE. 16:32 I USE THEM AS DECORATIONS AT HOME. 16:35 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 16:36 PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THIS BRAND NEW REACH 16:40 INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:42 WE HAVE A LITTLE BROCHURE. 16:43 IT'S CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 16:45 IT'S FREE. 16:46 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GET IT. 16:47 JEANNIE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING IN THE MAIL 16:49 NOW BECAUSE IT TELLS US SOME OF THESE STORIES. 16:52 BY THE WAY, SOME OF THE STORIES CAN'T BE TOLD 16:55 SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE DANGER TO THOSE WHO ARE 16:58 THERE, THE INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 17:00 THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS IN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS BUT 17:03 GOD IS WORKING ABSOLUTE MIRACLES. 17:06 THINGS YOU WOULD NOT EVEN BELIEVE. 17:07 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU WRITE IN FOR THIS. 17:10 THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN. 17:12 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS 17:13 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:14 THERE'S ONE AT WALLA WALLA. 17:16 THERE'S ALSO ONE IN CANADA, KELOWNA, BRITISH 17:18 COLUMBIA. 17:19 IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN SOUTH AMERICA THERE'S ONE 17:21 IN BRAZIL. 17:22 AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR 17:23 CONTINUED SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENING EXCEPT 17:24 WITH YOU. 17:25 AND IT'S A FAITH MINISTRY. 17:26 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ANY DOLLAR THAT IS DONATED 17:27 GOES DIRECTLY TO THE INDIGENOUS WORKER RIGHT 17:28 THERE, OUT THERE WHERE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT 17:29 JOHN. 17:31 NONE GOES TO ME, NONE GOES TO THE STAFF AROUND HERE. 17:32 WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND THIS IS A UNIQUE KIND OF A 17:33 MISSION. 17:46 WELL TELL US ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER. 17:48 WELL SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND KEEP 17:52 OUR EYES OPEN WHERE WE'RE WALKING AND HOW WE'RE 17:56 REACHING SOME OF THESE PLACES. 17:58 I'VE GOT A STORY ABOUT SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T NEED 18:02 TO KEEP HIS EYES OPEN. 18:04 SO LET ME SHOW YOU THE STORY. 18:08 SOME PLACES IN TRIPURA WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:11 WORKERS VISIT ARE NOT TOO EASY TO REACH. 18:15 BUT THIS MAN IS BLIND AND HE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE 18:20 ANY PROBLEM. 18:22 I HAVE A STORY ABOUT THIS MAN BUT FIRST LET ME 18:25 INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 18:29 RANCUMA. 18:30 HE HAS BEEN WORKING HERE IN THIS VILLAGE WHERE 18:32 THERE ARE 145 FAMILY HOMES HIDDEN AMONG THE TREES. 18:39 WE WERE WELCOMED AND RECEIVED A GIFT OF LOCAL 18:42 HANDIWORK. 18:44 VILLAGE LADIES ARE ALWAYS AT WORK WITH THEIR 18:47 WEAVING. 18:48 I THANKED THEM FOR THE GIFT AND I SHARED FROM 18:52 GOD'S WORD. 18:53 AND AMINGA, OUR DISTRICT PRESIDENT, CHARGED THE 18:57 CANDIDATES AND PRAYED FOR THEM. 18:59 AND THEN WE WERE OFF TO THE BAPTISM FOLLOWED BY 19:03 THE BLIND MAN. 19:05 THESE NEWBORN PUPPIES TRIED TO GET OUR ATTENTION 19:08 AS WE PASSED. 19:10 IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE NEW BELIEVERS FOLLOWING IN 19:13 THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS. 19:15 OUR BLIND MAN COULDN'T SEE THE BAPTISM BUT HE WAS 19:20 PARTICULARLY HAPPY WHEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES 19:24 STEPPED INTO THE WATER. 19:26 SO WHO IS THIS BLIND MAN. 19:29 HIS NAME IS KUMA DABURMA. 19:33 HE WENT BLIND AT NINE YEARS OLD DURING MALARIA 19:37 FEVER. 19:38 (SINGING) BEFORE THAT HE LEARNED TO READ ENGLISH 19:47 AND SINCE THEN BRAIL. 19:50 ALTHOUGH HE CANNOT SEE AT ALL HE IS EDUCATED. 19:53 HE HELPS WITH OFFICE WORK AND ACTUALLY RUNS A SOCIAL 19:57 SERVICE SOCIETY ISSUING REGISTRATION LICENSES. 20:02 HE HAS BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR A LONG TIME. 20:05 ONLY RECENTLY HE HAS BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY 20:08 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 20:11 SOMETIMES HE USED TO PREACH WITH THE HELP OF 20:14 HIS WIFE. 20:15 HE HAD KNOWN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR SOME 20:19 TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM THE SAME TRIBE. 20:23 SO HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME HIM TO THE 20:25 VILLAGE. 20:26 HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 20:29 RAM KUMA EVEN BROUGHT ZAMINGA TO EXPLAIN 20:36 EVERYTHING. 20:37 HE LIKED WHAT HE HEARD BUT HE STILL HAD MANY 20:40 QUESTIONS AND THEN ONE DAY HE CALLED RAM KUMA AND HE 20:46 SAID I'VE STUDIED AND I'VE THOUGHT THROUGH EVERYTHING 20:49 AND I'M CONVINCED. 20:51 I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED. 20:53 IMAGINE HOW HAPPY HE WAS TODAY WHEN HE KNEW THAT 20:58 HIS PARENTS WERE ALSO STEPPING INTO THE WATERS 21:03 OF BAPTISM. 21:04 WHEREVER SECUMA GOES HE STEPS OUT WITH CONFIDENCE 21:09 AND HE SHARES THE GOOD NEWS OF A SOON COMING 21:12 SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 21:14 NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT TWO MORE OF THOSE 21:18 BAPTIZED. 21:19 ONE VILLAGE MAN OPPOSED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 21:26 RIGHT FROM THE START. 21:27 HE TOLD HIM NOT TO COME PREACHING ABOUT JESUS 21:31 CHRIST. 21:33 BUT HIS WIFE BEGAN TO ATTEND MEETINGS. 21:37 HE TRIED TO STOP HER BUT SHE KEPT ATTENDING FOR 21:40 THREE MONTHS AND TRIED TO SHARE WHAT SHE WAS HEARING 21:44 WITH HER HUSBAND. 21:46 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD PREPARED HIS OWN 21:49 TRACTS ON THE SABBATH AND SHE TOOK THEM HOME. 21:51 HER HUSBAND STARTED TO READ THEM. 21:54 HE WAS CONVINCED AND ALSO STARTED TO ATTEND CHURCH. 22:00 THEY WERE BOTH BAPTIZED TOGETHER. 22:03 WHAT A JOY. 22:04 I COULD TELL YOU SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THE WORK OF 22:09 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA, 22:12 NORTHEAST INDIA. 22:14 PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM. 22:15 AND IF YOU CAN, SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY. 22:20 YOU'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU DID. 22:24 I'M TOUCHED. 22:25 I AM TOUCHED. 22:26 AND WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN MY THINKING IS THAT, YOU 22:31 KNOW I MAY PHYSICALLY NOT BE ABLE TO GO OVER THERE 22:34 PLUS THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND 22:35 DIALECTS FOR A WESTERN WHITE MISSIONARY TO THERE. 22:38 BUT YOU CAN GO THERE BY HELPING ONE OF THESE 22:41 INDIGENOUS GOSPEL WORKERS. 22:43 AND THEY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO FULFILL THE 22:45 GREAT GOSPEL COMMISSION OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 24:14 22:49 WHERE HE SAID "GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD." 22:53 WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TOO WELL. 22:55 WE'VE SENT MISSIONARIES OVER AND OVER AND OVER 22:56 AGAIN TO SOME PLACES REPEATEDLY BUT WE'VE LEFT 23:00 OUT THE 10/40 WINDOW BY AND LARGE BECAUSE OF 23:02 THREATS AND DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE BEYOND OUR 23:05 ABILITY TO MANAGE BUT GOD SAID GO INTO ALL THE WORLD 23:09 AND I WILL BE WITH YOU. 23:10 YES. 23:11 EVEN TO THE END. 23:12 YES. 23:13 SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT FULFILLED IN A UNIQUE WAY. 23:15 HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE WORKING WITH YOU IN 23:17 TRIPURA? 23:18 WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THERE IN 23:25 THAT AREA IN TRIPURA. 23:27 I JUST HAD A PHOTOGRAPH SENT TO ME THIS WEEK FROM 23:30 TRIPURA. 23:31 THEY JUST ORGANIZED A NEW SECTION OFFICE IN THAT 23:35 TOWN. 23:36 OFFICE, WOW. 23:37 SO THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR GOSPEL 23:39 OUTREACH WORK THERE NOW HAS BECOME THE PRESIDENT 23:44 OF THAT SECTION. 23:45 SO WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHOSE FIRST MISSION IS 23:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:52 I LOVE IT. 23:53 SO THAT'S GOOD. 23:54 YOU KNOW I SPENT MANY MANY YEARS AT THE VOICE OF 23:56 PROPHECY. 23:57 MY DAD SANG BASE IN THE KING'S HERALDS QUARTET WAY 23:59 BACK THERE IN 1948 TO 50. 24:02 AND ELDER H.M.S. 24:03 RICHARDS THE DEAN OF BROADCASTING, THE ALL TIME 24:06 OLDEST RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING PROGRAM IN 24:09 THE WORLD, VOICE OF PROPHECY, WOULD ALWAYS BE 24:12 ASKED "WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME?" 24:14 WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME. 24:15 HIS CLASSIC ANSWER WAS WHEN ALL THE PREACHERS ARE 24:18 IN JAIL. 24:19 AND MOST OF OUR LAY PEOPLE DON'T CATCH ON. 24:23 IT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE BY MARK FINLEY OR DOUG 24:25 BATCHELOR OR SOME OF THESE GREAT EVANGELISTS WE'VE 24:27 SEEN EVEN IN MY LIFETIME. 24:28 AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL, I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT. 24:30 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE WHEN WE HELP EMPOWER THE 24:33 LAYMEN. 24:34 YES. 24:35 AND MY CHURCH, THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY SAYS, WE NEED 24:38 TO LET, THE CONFERENCE NEEDS TO, SHE SAYS LET 24:41 THEM JUST SHUT UP. 24:42 LEAVE THE LAYMEN ALONE, LET THEM GET TO WORK. 24:44 AND WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING IS FULFILLING 24:46 THAT. 24:47 NOW WE NEED THE OTHER, WE NEED THE CHURCHES, WE NEED 24:48 THE ORGANIZATION, WE NEED THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, 24:50 YES, BUT WE NEED TO EMPOWER THAT LAYMAN OUT 24:52 THERE WHO IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 24:54 YES AND WE CAN LEAVE IT TO BLIND MEN AS WELL BECAUSE 24:56 THAT BLIND MAN WHO HAS NOW BEEN BAPTIZED, HE IS NOW 25:02 WITNESSING TO OTHERS. 25:03 IT WAS NICE TO SEE HIS PARENTS BE BAPTIZED ON 25:07 THAT OCCASION. 25:08 OH THAT WAS SO TOUCHING. 25:11 ABSOLUTELY, WOW. 25:12 SO HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY HE IS AND IS HE RECEIVING 25:15 A LITTLE STIPEND WHICH IS ABOUT $150.00 A MONTH? 25:20 THE BLIND MAN ISN'T NO. 25:22 HE'S NOT? 25:23 NO, NO. 25:23 BUT HE'S DOING WHAT RICHARD SAID. 25:25 LET 'EM GO, LET 'EM FINISH DOING THE WORK. 25:28 HE IS. 25:29 ALTHOUGH HE'S BLIND HE'S QUITE EDUCATED AND HE 25:33 HELPS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO EDUCATED TO 25:36 FILL OUT FORMS AND DO THINGS AND GETS 25:39 CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN THINGS. 25:43 THIS BROCHURE, BY THE WAY FRIEND, WILL TELL YOU HOW 25:46 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THESE FOLK. 25:49 JEANNIE AND I HAVE JUST TAKEN ON, JUST MONTHS AGO, 25:51 WEEKS AGO, TO HELP SUPPORT ONE OF THESE MISSIONARIES. 25:54 THEY ONLY GET A SMALL STIPEND. 25:55 IT HARDLY PAYS FOR THE GAS LET ALONE THE FOOD. 25:58 THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR ON FOOD AND CLOTHES AND SO 26:00 FORTH. 26:01 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH. 26:03 NOW FOR MOST AMERICANS WHO GO OUT TO EAT THEY SPEND 26:06 THAT EASILY IN A VERY SHORT TIME. 26:08 AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY $150.00 A MONTH. 26:11 WE EXIST HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THE GIFTS 26:13 THAT ARE $5.00 A MONTH, $10.00 A MONTH, $20.00 A 26:17 MONTH AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU'RE HEARING THE KIND OF 26:19 STORIES THAT JOHN DUROE HAS JUST SHARED. 26:22 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO US FROM TRIPURA AND TELLING 26:25 US ALL ABOUT-ONE FINAL WORD BEFORE WE CLOSE? 26:27 WELL NO ONE HAS TO PAY ME AND EVEN MY HOTEL OF $1.30 26:32 A NIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT EITHER. 26:35 IT'S ALL FREE, VOLUNTEER. 26:36 THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. 26:38 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY ON GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:41 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:42 YOU MAY HAVE SOME ADVENTURES AND 26:44 DIFFICULTIES GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW BUT 26:47 YOU KNOW WHAT, UNDERNEATH OF THE EVERLASTING 26:49 ARMS-THAT'S THE GREATEST WORDS IN ALL OF 26:51 SCRIPTURE-AND JESUS IS INTERESTED IN YOU JUST AS 26:55 HE IS INTERESTED IN THOSE PEOPLE GETTING BAPTIZED IN 26:57 THOSE RIVER BEDS WITH THE TADPOLES AND THE TADPOLE 27:00 SOUP. 27:01 HE IS INTERESTED IN YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. 27:04 THANKS FOR BEING PART OF US. 27:05 THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:07 THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR THOSE INDIGENOUS WORKERS 27:09 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR FINANCIAL 27:11 SUPPORT. 27:12 THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. 27:14 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 27:15 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
Revised 2019-07-29