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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000790A
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00:33 [OPENING MUSIC] WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:34 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST AND I'M SO EXCITED 00:38 ABOUT TODAY'S PROGRAM THAT I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO HEAR 00:40 MYSELF SPEAK. 00:42 AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOU TO MEET OUR GUESTS. 00:45 NOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE INVITED, AND 00:47 YOU'RE ALREADY RETIRED AND YOU'RE 65, 70, 75 MAYBE 00:51 EVEN PUSHING 80 YEARS OF AGE, AND YOU WERE CALLED 00:54 TO STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND GO ON AN 00:58 OVERSEAS MISSION TRIP OUT INTO THE BUSH. 01:02 WELL OUR GUESTS TODAY HAVE BEEN THERE 18 TIMES AND 01:05 THEY ARE BOTH IN THEIR MID SEVENTIES. 01:08 THEY ARE ADVENTURERS. 01:09 THEY'RE LIKE SPIRITUAL EVIL KNIEVEL IN MY BOOK 01:11 AND GOD IS LOOKING FOR THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE. 01:15 HANG ONTO YOUR SEATS. 01:16 I WANT YOU TO MEET DEL AND BONNIE ORSER, OUR 01:19 REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN TRAVELING WHAT, 18 01:22 TRIPS NOW, OVER TO INDIA? 01:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:24 AND YOU REPRESENT THE DOWNLINK TROOPS DOWN THERE 01:28 THAT ARE SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:31 BY THE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SPONSORED BY YOU FOLKS 01:35 WHO ARE WATCHING US. 01:36 WE DON'T HAVE ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S 01:37 PUMPING MONEY INTO THIS GROUP BUT IT SENDS MONEY 01:41 DIRECTLY TO WORKERS, TROOPS, DOWN IN THE FIELD. 01:44 I'M NOT PAID, YOU'RE NOT PAID. 01:46 THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION AND 95-98 01:49 PERCENT OF YOUR DONATION GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT 01:53 WORKER DOWN IN SOME HINDU OR BUDDHIST VINEYARD IN 01:59 INDIA WHERE WHITE MISSIONARIES PROBABLY 02:02 AREN'T WELCOME AND MIGHT NOT EVEN BE PERMITTED IN. 02:05 THESE FOLKS ARE UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION. 02:08 NOW YOU HAVE MADE TRIPS OVER THERE. 02:11 HERE'S SOMEBODY WHOSE WATCHING TODAY AND SAY 02:13 WELL WHAT KIND OF PREPARATION DOES IT TAKE 02:14 TO MAKE A TRIP LIKE THAT? 02:16 NOT JUST TO GENEVA, SWITZERLAND OR LONDON TO 02:19 GO AROUND ON THE TRAMS AND THE SUBWAYS. 02:22 YOU'RE GOING INTO A VERY PRIMITIVE AREA. 02:24 SURELY YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A LIST OF THINGS YOU WANT 02:27 TO SEE AND DO. 02:27 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? 02:30 WELL WHEN YOU GO TO INDIA YOU CANNOT GET INTO THE 02:33 COUNTRY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSPORT AND A VISA. 02:36 AND A VISA. 02:37 AND A VISA. 02:38 THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. 02:39 YES. 02:40 AND SO THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEGINNING. 02:43 SO THE VISA LIMITS YOUR STAY TO A CERTAIN PERIOD 02:45 OF TIME. 02:46 PASSPORT OK, YOU'RE OK TO TRAVEL BUT VISA THEY WANT 02:49 TO KNOW IN AND OUT WHEN. 02:50 RIGHT. 02:51 AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROPER VISA YOU MAY GET 02:55 INTO THE COUNTRY BUT YOU WILL HAVE A CHALLENGE 02:57 GETTING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 02:58 OK. 02:59 SO YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND IN YOUR 03:01 CASE YOU'RE INSTRUCTORS. 03:03 YOU HAVE HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKING UNDERNEATH? 03:05 WE HAVE 147 BIBLE WORKERS. 03:07 BIBLE WORKERS. 03:08 YES. 03:09 THAT YOU'RE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TUTORING 03:11 AND MODELING AND EDUCATING AND TRAINING. 03:14 RIGHT. 03:15 AND LOVING. 03:16 AND LOVING. 03:17 SO YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO INDIA. 03:20 FIRST OF ALL YOU'VE GOT TO GET A MAP. 03:22 RIGHT. 03:23 DO WE HAVE A MAP OF INDIA? 03:24 I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GO ONE THIS TIME BUT, OH THEY 03:25 HAVE ONE THERE. 03:28 WATCH THIS MAP. 03:30 INDIA IS RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF HOW MANY 03:34 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE? 03:36 ONE POINT THREE BILLION I THINK IT IS. 03:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:39 AND IT'S IN THE 10/40 WINDOW PARTICULARLY THAT 03:43 YOU'RE OPERATING WHICH MEANS 10 DEGREES TO 40 03:46 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 03:48 AND IN THAT AREA, THAT ZONE, THE PEOPLE HAVE 03:51 NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 03:52 ONE POINT TWO PERCENT ARE CHRISTIAN OR CLAIM 03:56 ANYTHING TO THAT FAITH. 04:00 WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO GO TO INDIA? 04:02 YOU COULD HAVE GONE TO SOME OTHER COUNTRY THAT 04:03 WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE? 04:05 WELL WE HAD AN INVITATION TO GO TO INDIA. 04:08 WE WEREN'T SO SURE THAT WAS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO 04:12 GO. 04:13 BECAUSE YOU HAD RETIRED ALREADY WHERE? 04:14 WHERE WERE YOU LIVING? 04:16 COUER D'ALENE, IDAHO. 04:17 THAT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES 04:19 IN NORTH AMERICA. 04:20 COUER D'ALENE AND TO LEAVE THE COMFORTS OF YOUR HOME 04:23 AND YOUR FIREPLACE AND THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE THERE. 04:25 WOW. 04:26 DEL AND I HAVE AN ADVENTURESOME SPIRIT AND 04:29 WE WERE GUN-HO SO WE GOT OUT THE CALENDAR AND THIS 04:33 IS THE DATES THAT GOD IMPRESSES, AND WE GOT OUT 04:36 THE MAP SO THAT WE COULD BE VERY EFFICIENT WITH OUR 04:40 TIME. 04:41 AND OFTEN TIMES WE SLEEP ON THE TRAINS SO THAT WE 04:44 CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND NOT WASTE ANY 04:47 TIME BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE WITH THOSE PEOPLE AS MUCH 04:51 AS WE CAN BE. 04:52 AND YOU DO A LITTLE MAYBE INTERNET STUDY OR FIND OUT 04:55 FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE ABOUT THE CULTURE 04:57 AND WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. 04:58 WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGES ARE THERE. 05:01 RIGHT WE DO. 05:03 I WANTED TO MENTION THAT 13 YEARS PRIOR TO BECOMING 05:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTORS WE WENT AND ENCOURAGED THE 05:10 CHURCHES. 05:11 WE DID FIVE EVANGELISTIC SERIES EARLY IN OUR TRIPS 05:15 TO INDIA. 05:16 WE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE BIBLE WORKERS AND THE 05:19 MEMBERS AND FOR THOSE 13 YEARS WE WOULD GO BACK 05:23 EVERY YEAR AND VISIT THESE CHURCHES AND ENCOURAGE 05:25 THEM. 05:26 AND IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING TO SEE THEM YEAR AFTER 05:28 YEAR AND BECOME LIKE THEIR MOM AND DAD. 05:31 NOW I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND SOME OF 05:33 THESE COUNTRIES HAVE DISEASES, THEY HAVE 05:36 MALARIA YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 05:38 YOU'VE GOT TO GET CORRECT INOCULATIONS AND 05:40 VACCINATIONS, AND EVEN WATCH WHAT YOU'RE EATING 05:43 BEFORE YOU GO SO THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO SAY AT 05:47 THE PORT OF ENTRY SORRY YOU'VE BEEN ON A FARM 05:50 SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T BE. 05:51 YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE. 05:52 WELL INDIA DOES NOT REQUIRE THOSE TYPES OF 05:56 THINGS. 05:57 THEY DON'T EVEN ASK IF YOU HAVE VACCINATIONS AND THAT 06:01 KIND OF THING. 06:02 BUT I WOULD ALMOST GUESS THAT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO 06:04 AMERICA THEY WILL ASK YOU WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN. 06:06 THEY WILL ASK US WHERE WE HAVE BEEN BUT THEY DON'T 06:08 ASK ABOUT THOSE OTHER THINGS. 06:09 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK. 06:12 SO TELL US WHAT'S ON THAT LIST. 06:14 HERE'S A PERSON WHO SAYS WELL MAYBE I'LL GO WITH 06:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH OR I'LL GO WITH MARANATHA TO SOME 06:19 PROJECT. 06:20 WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AFTER 06:22 THE MAP, YOU DECIDE WHEN TO GO AND WHAT THE SEASON 06:25 IS GOING TO BE LIKE, WHAT THE CULTURES AND THE 06:26 LANGUAGES. 06:27 WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU LOOK FOR? 06:29 WE BUILD AN ITINERARY AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOSPEL 06:31 OUTREACH DIRECTORS WE SEND OUR ITINERARY HERE FOR 06:35 THEIR BLESSING AND PRAYERS AND APPROVAL. 06:38 AND WE ALSO SEND TO OUR CONTACT PEOPLE IN INDIA 06:42 THE ITINERARY TO OUR FOUR SECTIONS SO THAT THEY WILL 06:46 BE THERE AND THAT WE WILL HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND 06:49 THEY WILL BE PREPARED FOR US. 06:50 SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAXIMIZE EVERY 06:53 PENNY SO THAT YOU DON'T WASTE TRAVEL DOLLARS BACK 06:57 AND FORTH WHERE YOU COULD DO IT IN A ROW, DUCKS IN A 07:01 ROW. 07:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:02 WE GATHER THE BIBLE WORKERS WHEN WE GET THERE 07:05 AND WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL CURRICULUM, STORIES OF 07:08 HOPE AND FAITH . 07:09 THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATIVE. 07:13 THERE ARE JUST WONDERFUL STORIES IN THERE. 07:15 THIS IS FOR THEM. 07:16 THIS IS FOR THEM. 07:18 THIS IS WHAT DEL AND I SHARE WITH THEM. 07:20 THIS IS PROVIDED TO US BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:23 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY WIFE DIDN'T MENTION IS 07:27 THAT WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER AN AGENDA THAT GOES TO THE 07:29 LEADERSHIP AT EACH SECTION OR CONFERENCE. 07:33 THEY KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO COVER SO THEY ARE PREPARED 07:35 FOR US. 07:36 YOU MAKE SURE THERE IS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP 07:38 BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR CONFERENCES AND EACH 07:41 OF THE BIBLE WORKERS. 07:43 SO WHAT KIND OF A DIET OF MEETINGS HAPPENS WHEN YOU 07:47 GET TO A SPECIFIC AREA? 07:48 ARE YOU THERE ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, HALF A DAY? 07:50 DO YOU MOVE TO SEVERAL AREAS QUICKLY? 07:53 EACH SECTION WE SPEND AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS. 07:55 SEVEN DAYS. 07:56 SO THEY COME IN IF THEY ARE LIVING A DAY OR SO 07:59 AWAY AND SPEND THE TIME. 08:02 AND WE BRING THEM A GIFT. 08:04 WE HAVE THIS LOVELY LITTLE CALENDAR, POCKET CALENDAR 08:06 THAT WE GIVE TO THEM AND IT HAS BIBLE VERSES IN IT. 08:10 IT HELPS THEM TO BE ORGANIZED WITH THEIR TIME. 08:12 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE TEACH THEM 08:18 ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT AND ALSO MONEY MANAGEMENT 08:22 BECAUSE WE THINK THOSE THINGS ARE VERY VERY 08:24 IMPORTANT. 08:25 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY KNOW 08:27 BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM THAT CULTURE. 08:30 BUT ANYWAY THIS-AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MEGA VOICE. 08:32 WE ALWAYS TAKE THEM A MEGA VOICE. 08:34 OH WOW. 08:35 I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN 08:36 JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO TO A BREAK. 08:38 I WANT TO HAVE THEM SEE MORE IN DETAIL. 08:40 WE ALSO TOOK THEM A GIFT OF SEEDS. 08:43 SEEDS YES. 08:43 THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. 08:46 IT WAS BETTER THAN HANDING OUT DOLLAR BILLS. 08:51 IS THIS JUST FLOWERS? 08:52 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NICE FLOWERS AROUND THE 08:53 VILLAGE? 08:54 DEL WILL TELL YOU. 08:55 IT'S ON HIS HEART. 08:57 I LOVE TO GARDEN AND I THOUGHT WHAT PLANT IS 09:02 THERE THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT'S PROLIFIC THAT WOULD 09:04 PROVIDE FOOD FOR INDIA. 09:06 AND I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GROW GARDENS 09:09 REALIZE THE ZUCCHINI IS THAT PLANT. 09:12 OH IT GROWS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 09:15 FOR MANY YEARS I'VE ASKED ANYONE HERE KNOW WHAT A 09:18 ZUCCHINI IS. 09:19 NO ONE KNEW. 09:20 I NEVER RAN INTO ONE PERSON THAT KNEW WHAT A 09:23 ZUCCHINI WAS. 09:24 BUT YOU CAN'T GO INTO A LOCAL GARDEN SHOP THERE 09:26 AND BUY SEEDS. 09:27 NO. 09:28 SO YOU'RE GOING TO BRING OVER HOW MANY? 09:30 HOW MANY SEEDS DID YOU TAKE? 09:31 OH WE TOOK TEN THOUSAND SEEDS. 09:33 WOW. 09:34 FIVE THOUSAND OF THE ZUCCHINI AND FIVE THOUSAND 09:38 OF BUTTER NUT SQUASH. 09:40 AND IT WAS EXCITING PUTTING THESE IN LITTLE 09:44 PACKETS AND GIVING THEM OUT TO OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 09:46 BY FAITH THEY HAD TO ACCEPT THAT THIS IS GOING 09:48 TO GROW UP INTO SOMETHING YOU DESCRIBE BECAUSE YOU 09:50 COULDN'T GIVE THEM A SAMPLE TASTE OF ONE. 09:53 ALL YOU HAD WAS SEEDS. 09:54 I DID LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET THOUGH AND WE 09:56 SHOWED A LITTLE SHORT VIDEO ON HOW TO GROW THEM, 09:59 HOW TO PREPARE THEM AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO 10:02 TAKE THESE SEEDS WITH THEM. 10:04 SO THEY WENT AND THEY PLANTED THEM WHAT TWO 10:09 INCHES APART OR FOUR FEET APART? 10:11 WELL WE RECOMMENDED TWO FEET AND THEY ENDED UP 10:14 PLANTING THEM THREE OR FOUR INCHES FOR SOME. 10:17 I COULDN'T BELIEVE. 10:19 WE HAVE SOME PICTURES ACTUALLY THAT WE COULD 10:21 SHOW YOU. 10:22 IT MUST HAVE BEEN A JUNGLE OF VINES GROWING. 10:23 YES. 10:23 WE DO HAVE SOME PICTURES. 10:24 RIGHT NOW? 10:25 WE DO BUT THE REMOTE IS OVER THERE. 10:26 WE'LL PICK IT UP IN A MINUTE. 10:27 LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS LIST. 10:28 OK. 10:29 WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MUST DO IS GET IN 10:31 TOUCH WITH OUR TRAVEL AGENT SO THAT WE CAN START 10:36 PRICING OUT TICKETS AND PLACES THAT WE WILL BE 10:40 GOING. 10:41 SO YOU DON'T DO THIS ON THE INTERNET BY YOURSELF. 10:43 NO. 10:44 YOU WANT BACKUP. 10:45 YOU WANT TO FALL BACK ON A TRAVEL AGENCY. 10:47 THAT'S CORRECT. 10:48 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TRAVEL AGENT DOES FOR 10:50 US IS THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE GOING WE'RE TAKING 10:53 GIFTS. 10:54 THEN THERE'S EXTRA WEIGHT AND WE WANT TO GET 10:57 PERMISSION TO TAKE MAYBE AN EXTRA SUITCASE OR SOME 11:00 EXTRA WEIGHT IN OUR SUITCASES. 11:03 AND WHEN WE DO IT AHEAD OF TIME WE HAVE NEVER BEEN 11:06 REJECTED. 11:06 THEY ALWAYS ACCOMMODATE US. 11:08 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 11:10 WE DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE ANY PARTICULAR AIRLINE BUT 11:12 YOU MUST BE GETTING FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN 11:14 AIRLINES BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE MORE ACCOMMODATING 11:16 FOR YOUR REQUESTS. 11:17 WELL WE WORK THROUGH OUR TRAVEL AGENT AND HE IS A 11:21 WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN AND HE DOES A LOT OF MISSION 11:26 TICKETS. 11:27 SO YOU WENT OVER THERE AND YOU TOOK THESE SEEDS AND 11:32 THE RESULTS? 11:34 LOOK AT THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 11:35 I THINK OUR PICTURES WERE GEARED A LITTLE DIFFERENT 11:39 THAN THE FIRST ONE SHOWING. 11:40 MAYBE WE SHOULD COVER SOME OF THE PICTURES SHOWING US 11:41 MEETING WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND OUR LEADERSHIP 11:42 FIRST IF THAT'S OK. 11:43 THESE ARE PICTURES THAT WE MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP 11:47 FIRST AND WE KNOW THESE MEN VERY WELL OVER THE 11:50 YEARS. 11:51 THIS IS IN SOUTH RAYALASEEMA SECTION WHICH 11:53 IS IN OUR SOUTHERN MOST POINT THAT WE VISIT WHICH 11:56 IS ABOUT OVER 24 HOURS FROM OUR NORTHERN MOST 12:00 POINT. 12:02 AND WE REVIEW WITH THEM SEVERAL DOCUMENTS SO THAT 12:07 WE CAN WORK BETTER WITH THEM. 12:09 A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT'S GIVEN TO US BY 12:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:12 THIS IS SOME OF THEM CLUSTERED AROUND YOU RIGHT 12:14 NOW LEARNING. 12:15 ANOTHER LEADERSHIP. 12:16 YES. 12:17 AND WE ALSO DO A RECAP WHERE WE MET WITH THEM THE 12:19 PREVIOUS YEAR AND WE REVIEW AND WHAT PROGRESS 12:22 THEY'RE MAKING. 12:24 AND WE REVIEW THE FINANCES FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 12:27 PAYING OUR BIBLE WORKERS THEIR STIPEND. 12:30 SO THEY GET ABOUT $150.00 A MONTH MOST PLACES AND 12:34 THAT JUST HELPS THEM BUY GAS. 12:37 IN OUR REGION IT'S ABOUT $100.00. 12:38 WOW. 12:39 PER MONTH. 12:40 IN OUR REGION IN INDIA IT'S ONE HUNDRED. 12:42 SO WHEN YOU REVIEW FINANCES AND SO WHAT LIKE 12:44 YOU'RE DOING HERE, DO THEY ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SOME 12:47 SORT OF A REPORT, A WRITTEN REPORT AND TELL 12:50 EXPERIENCES AND STORIES SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO 12:52 SHARE? 12:53 YES. 12:54 WE FEEL THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO USE 12:57 EVERY DOLLAR WISELY. 12:59 AND SO WE MEET WITH THEM. 13:01 WE MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR WORKERS ARE RECEIVING THE 13:04 STIPEND THAT THEY SHOULD BE. 13:05 AND THESE PICTURES INDICATE THAT HOW WE MEET 13:09 WITH THESE MEN AND WE PRAY TOGETHER AND SHARE 13:12 TOGETHER. 13:13 WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE UNION WHO CAME 13:17 DURING OUR TRAINING TIME AND MET WITH US AND PRAYED 13:20 WITH US. 13:21 TO MY RIGHT THERE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION. 13:24 AND THEY HAD SPECIAL PRAYER FOR MY HEALTH AS 13:30 WELL. 13:31 BONNIE WAS SO DETERMINED THAT I WAS GOING TO BE 13:33 GOING THIS LAST YEAR THAT SHE PUT IN A WHEEL CHAIR 13:36 WOULD YOU BELIEVE. 13:37 I HAD SCIATIC NERVE PROBLEMS. 13:38 BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING MIRACLE THAT WHEN I STOOD 13:41 UP TO SPEAK OR TO TEACH THE PAIN WENT AWAY. 13:44 YOU FELT THE POWER OF GOD. 13:46 IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 13:48 YOU WERE HIS AMBASSADOR. 13:50 IT WAS WONDERFUL. 13:52 ONE OR TWO MORE PICTURES HERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING 13:54 TO GO TO OUR BREAK. 13:56 THERE'S A PICTURE OF SOUTH RAYALASEEMA SECTION. 14:02 WOW. 14:03 DID YOU GET THE-I WANTED TO SEE THE SEEDS. 14:06 OH THE ZUCCHINI. 14:08 OK THAT WOULD BE OUR LAST. 14:11 I'M GOING TO SHOW OUR ZUCCHINI FIELD. 14:14 THIS MAN PLANTED THE ZUCCHINI. 14:17 THERE'S ONE OF THE PLANTS AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST 14:21 COMING ON. 14:23 THAT PICTURE WAS SENT TO US JUST THIS WEEK, THIS 14:24 LAST WEEK I GUESS IT WOULD BE, AND SHOWING IT THINK 14:29 THIS WOULD BE A BUTTERNUT SQUASH. 14:31 AND HERE'S THE FIELD YOU CAN SEE. 14:34 OH WOW (LAUGHTER) AND THAT'S JUST GETTING 14:35 STARTED. 14:36 RIGHT. 14:37 THAT'S GOING TO ECLIPSE THE REST OF INDIA BY THE 14:39 TIME IT'S FINISHED. 14:40 RIGHT. 14:42 WOW. 14:43 AND IT'S A WONDERFUL POLITICIAN WHO OWNS THIS 14:44 FIELD AND HE HAS RECEIVED "STEPS TO CHRIST." 14:45 AND PAUL, OUR INDIAN SON HAS BEEN SHARING WITH HIM 14:48 AND HAVING STUDIES WITH HIM. 14:50 NOW IN SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE EVEN THE GOSPEL 14:53 WORKER IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEY CAN BE KILLED? 14:56 SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED TO DEATH. 14:58 YES. 15:00 LOST THEM. 15:01 THERE IS SOME OTHER TECHNIQUE NOW ESPECIALLY 15:03 ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO AND OTHER MINISTRIES INCLUDING 15:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE USING THIS LITTLE DEVICE. 15:10 WHAT'S THIS CALLED? 15:11 MEGA VOICE. 15:13 A MEGA VOICE. 15:14 NOW I'M GOING TO PUSH THIS. 15:16 IMAGINE A LITTLE CHILD SIX YEARS OF AGE GETTING ONE 15:18 OF THESE AND HE GOES INTO THE BUSH WHERE THERE IS 15:20 NOTHING BUT ANIMISM AND DEMONISM AND HE PUSHES 15:23 THIS ON WHERE YOU AND I WOULDN'T EVEN BE SAFE TO 15:25 GO AND THEY BEGIN TO HEAR-LET'S SEE IF I DID 15:28 THAT RIGHT-THEY BEGIN TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 15:33 HOLD IT DOWN, OK, THERE WE GO. 15:37 DID I PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTON? 15:39 YES YOU DID. 15:42 (GOD, THE CREATOR, THE GIVER OF LIFE. 15:45 DOES HE SPEAK? 15:46 DOES HE CARE ABOUT US? 15:48 CAN WE KNOW HIM? 15:49 YES. 15:51 HE SPOKE. 15:53 HE CARES AND HIS MESSAGE FOR ALL PEOPLE TELLS US 15:56 HOW TO KNOW HIM. 15:57 THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO GOD BEGAN INSTRUCTING 16:00 MEN TO WRITE DOWN) THIS IS A MEGA VOICE AND IT'S 16:05 PRODUCED IN AT LEAST TWELVE HUNDRED DIFFERENT 16:07 LANGUAGES, WHATEVER PART OF THE WORLD NEEDS IT. 16:10 IT HAS STORIES FOR CHILDREN, IT HAS 16:12 QUOTATIONS FROM THE BIBLE, IT HAS GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC 16:14 MEETINGS AND THAT LITTLE CHILD WILL BE HOLDING THIS 16:17 UP AND PRETTY SOON THERE ARE FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN, 16:19 TWENTY, FIFTY PEOPLE AROUND HIM INCLUDING 16:21 ADULTS IN AN AREA THAT IS UNSAFE FOR THE GOSPEL TO 16:24 GO AND THIS IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO MANY 16:29 PEOPLE. 16:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:31 WATCH THE SCREEN. 16:32 (I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL 16:34 "A" HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 16:35 AND I'M HERE WITH DARYL. 16:37 HELLO DARYL. 16:39 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 16:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 16:43 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGA VOICE 16:44 PLAYER. 16:45 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 16:46 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 16:48 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 16:49 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 16:51 LOT. 16:52 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 16:53 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 16:56 DEGREES AND WATER RESISTANT. 16:59 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 17:01 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND 17:05 HOLD. 17:06 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE 17:09 BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 17:10 OH THANK YOU. 17:12 SO THIS, SO THAT, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE 17:14 YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART 17:17 LANGUAGE. 17:18 YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO 17:20 LANGUAGES AND THEN YOU HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE 17:23 FORWARD. 17:24 BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE 17:27 BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 17:28 SO THEY ARE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR 17:30 MISSION OUTREACH. 17:33 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND 17:35 THEN THEY GO WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO 17:36 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EAR BUDS. 17:38 AND THEN IT'S ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 17:41 YES. 17:43 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ON BOARD SO IT'S LOUD 17:46 ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 17:49 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EAR BUDS FOR PERSONAL 17:53 LISTENING. 17:54 AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE 17:56 CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERYONE 17:59 NOW HAS EAR PHONES. 18:01 AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 18:03 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU 18:06 KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE 18:11 LISTENING ON THEIR OWN. 18:13 AND SO MANY-WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A WEEKLY 18:16 BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO 18:20 FAITH BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 18:22 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING 18:27 WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND 18:30 UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 18:31 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL WITH STORIES. 18:33 ABSOLUTELY. 18:34 THEY ARE A STORY CULTURE. 18:35 REALLY, I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE. 18:37 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR 18:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 18:41 (MUSIC PLAYING) THAT IS SO EXCITING. 18:58 NOW WE WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 19:04 SUPPORT TEAM ON THE TROOPS ON THE GROUND AND YOU KNOW 19:08 THE DOORS ARE OPENING FROM SOME OF THESE AREAS. 19:10 WHO ALL DO WE WORK WITH THERE AND HOW DO THEY HELP 19:14 YOU FULFILL YOUR TRIP ON THIS MISSION? 19:16 WELL GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS PUT IN PLACE IN INDIA A 19:20 SUPPORT TEAM FOR US. 19:22 WE CALL THEM GO COORDINATORS. 19:25 AND WE MEET WITH THE UNION COORDINATOR AND HE OFTEN 19:29 TIMES TRAVELS WITH US. 19:31 SO HE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN EACH ONE 19:34 OF OUR SECTIONS. 19:35 IF WE HAVE A CHALLENGE THEN HE IS WILLING TO GO 19:37 BACK AND DO SOME INVESTIGATING. 19:40 WE ALSO HAVE A GO COORDINATOR IN EACH ONE OF 19:43 OUR SECTIONS THAT ARE REALLY A BLESSING. 19:45 BUT OFTEN TIMES, MOST OF THE TIME, WE ARE ALWAYS 19:50 TRAVELING WITH AN INDIAN LEADER SO THAT WE ARE NOT 19:53 ALONE. 19:54 MY STORY WOULD BE OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE TRAVEL ON 20:00 THESE TRAINS WE ARE IN THESE BERTHS AND THEY ARE 20:04 THREE HIGH AND MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS THAT I'M NOT 20:09 GOING TO BE SLEEPING NEXT TO AN INDIAN MAN WHO 20:11 SNORES. 20:14 OR WHO SMOKES ON HIS BERTH. 20:15 YES, WELL THEY DON'T DO THAT. 20:17 WELL THAT'S GOOD. 20:18 YES, NO SMOKING. 20:19 WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL. 20:20 BUT IT BISEXUAL. 20:26 YOU CAN GO MALE, FEMALE, WHATEVER. 20:28 IT'S JUST A BERTH. 20:29 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:30 THEY ARE THREE HIGH AND WE ALWAYS PRAY THAT GOD WILL 20:36 BRING SOMEONE INTO OUR LIVES WHEN WE TRAVEL ON 20:39 THE TRAIN BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT'S MANY HOURS, 20:42 MANY MANY HOURS. 20:44 AT THE LAST TRAIN TRIP FROM SALEPUR, ORISSA DOWN 20:48 TO HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH WAS 24 HOURS FOR 20:52 US. 20:52 WOW. 20:53 WELL, WHERE DO YOU EAT? 20:56 WE GRAB FRUIT WHEN THEY STOP AT THE TRAIN 21:01 STATIONS. 21:01 THERE ARE VENDORS THERE. 21:02 YES. 21:03 WE TAKE GRANOLA BARS AND PEANUT BUTTER. 21:06 ARE THERE RESTROOMS ON BOARD? 21:08 OH YES BUT WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THEM. 21:10 I'VE BEEN ON THOSE. 21:10 THEY ARE FAIRLY PRIMITIVE. 21:12 THAT'S CORRECT. 21:12 YES. 21:13 AND THEY ARE VERY CHALLENGING FOR A WOMAN. 21:15 OH WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE. 21:20 BUT MY STORY HAS TO DO WITH WE WERE MOVED TO A 21:23 BERTH. 21:24 WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE 21:27 TRAIN. 21:28 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED BUT GOD ALWAYS 21:31 KNOWS WHAT'S BEST. 21:32 THERE WAS ANOTHER FAMILY. 21:34 THEY HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND THEY WERE 21:37 ALSO MOVED AND SO WE GOT TO MEET THEM. 21:40 COME TO FIND OUT THEY WERE CHRISTIANS. 21:43 BEFORE WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION IN HYDERABAD 21:49 THEY ARE TAKING THE VOICE OF PROPHECY LESSONS. 21:51 ISN'T THAT JUST WONDERFUL? 21:52 IT'S EXCITING TO ME TO HEAR. 21:54 AND THEY HAVE NOW BEEN IN CONTACT. 21:56 THEY WANT US TO COME AND VISIT THEM OF COURSE. 21:58 YOU KNOW THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE THERE. 22:00 BUT WE JUST BECAME REALLY NICE FRIENDS AND WERE ABLE 22:02 TO SHARE JESUS WITH THEM ALL THAT TIME. 22:05 AND THE TIME WENT SO FAST. 22:06 WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU SENSE ARE SO IMPORTANT 22:12 FROM THE PERSON BACK HERE WHO IS WATCHING AT HOME? 22:17 FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE THE VIEWERS TO KNOW WHAT A 22:21 BLESSING IT IS FOR YOU TO BE SO LOYAL TO BE GIVING 22:25 EACH MONTH, QUARTER, WHATEVER IT IS IN YOUR 22:27 SCHEDULE. 22:29 WHAT A BLESSING YOU HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THIS IS 22:32 REALLY, WE MAY NOT REALIZE IT OR YOU MAY NOT REALIZE 22:35 IT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY HASTENING THE COMING OF 22:37 OUR LORD JESUS. 22:39 AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY CAREFUL 22:41 HOW WE USE THE FUNDS THAT COME IN THAT YOU DONATE 22:44 FROM MONTH TO MONTH WHENEVER THAT IS. 22:47 YOU SEE THE ENEMY IS AT WAR WITH GETTING THE 22:51 GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TODAY. 22:54 WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE SEE SO MANY CHALLENGES. 22:56 AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 22:59 TOTALLY DEDICATED TO THE LORD MOMENT BY MOMENT 23:03 BECAUSE IT'S ONLY AS HE IS TOTALLY IN CONTROL OF OUR 23:05 LIFE AND IN OUR LIFE WE CAN REPRESENT HIM. 23:07 YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PIONEER RADIO EVANGELIST 23:13 H.M.S. 23:13 RICHARDS. 23:14 HE STARTED THE VOICE OF PROPHECY YEARS AND YEARS 23:16 AGO IN 1929 DURING THE DEPRESSION. 23:19 HE WAS ALWAYS ASKED WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME? 23:22 ELDER RICHARDS, WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME? 23:24 AND HIS CLASSIC ANSWER WAS "WHEN ALL THE PREACHERS 23:28 ARE IN JAIL." 23:29 THAT IS PROFOUND BECAUSE IT MEANS THE GOSPEL IS NOT 23:33 GOING TO BE FINISHED BY MARK FINLEY AND DOUG 23:35 BATCHELOR, OR LONNIE MELASHENKO OR DWIGHT 23:37 NELSON. 23:38 NO, GOD WANTS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND ONE OF OUR 23:41 CHURCH LEADERS IN THE PAST SAID THE CONFERENCE AND 23:45 THE LEADERS NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE THE 23:48 LAYMEN ARE GOING TO FINISH THE WORK. 23:50 AND WHAT THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES IS IT SENDS 23:53 MONEY DOWN THERE TO THE GRASS ROOTS. 23:56 WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 23:57 WE'RE NOT PAID. 23:58 AND AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THESE FINANCES 99 PERCENT, 24:02 98 PERCENT GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT WORKER OUT THERE 24:06 IN THE RICE PADDY WHERE HE LIVES IN INDIA AND IT'S 24:09 HELPING TO FULFILL THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THIS 24:12 ISN'T ABOUT US. 24:13 THIS IS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, ENLARGING THE 24:16 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 24:17 AND IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING BAPTIZED 24:19 REGULARLY. 24:20 I WAS SO IMPRESSED TO READ OF ONE OF THE REPORTS IN 24:22 ONE OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH REPORTS. 24:24 HE PREACHES 40-50 SERMONS A MONTH. 24:27 HE HOLDS AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING PER MONTH AND HE 24:30 IS BAPTIZING TWO THIS WEEK, FIVE THIS WEEK, 25 24:33 THE NEXT WEEK IN THESE 10/40 WINDOWS WHERE YOU 24:36 AND I CAN'T GO. 24:37 AND THIS FULFILLING JESUS WORD WHERE HE SAYS "THIS 24:41 GOSPEL MUST BE PREACHED" IN WHERE? 24:42 ALL OF THE WORLD. 24:44 ALL INCLUDES THE 10/40 WINDOW. 24:46 FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT THAT EARLIER IN THE 24:49 PROGRAM WHAT IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 24:52 TEN DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR TO 40 DEGREES. 24:55 AND IT COVERS MOST OF THE WORLD EXCEPT FOR THE U.S. 24:59 BUT MAINLY THE NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD. 25:01 RIGHT. 25:03 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THOSE IN THIS WINDOW HAVE 25:05 NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF JESUS. 25:06 A FINAL COUPLE OF WORDS. 25:07 WELL, THIS TIME WHEN WE WENT WE SPENT TWO OR THREE 25:08 DAYS VIDEOING. 25:09 AARON RITTENOUR WENT WITH US. 25:09 STORIES. 25:10 LOOKING FOR STORIES OF WHAT GOD IS DOING BUT ALSO 25:22 WHAT THE BIBLE WORKERS ARE DOING. 25:24 BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ASKING BIBLE WORKERS TO GO INTO 25:27 UNENTERED VILLAGES AND START SMALL CHURCH GROUPS. 25:31 THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL. 25:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:34 I WANT TO GO WHERE THE GOSPEL HAS NEVER BEEN 25:35 HEARD. 25:36 RIGHT. 25:37 AND SO WE WALKED WITH THEM THROUGH THESE VILLAGES AND 25:39 IT WAS VERY VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE 25:42 DOING. 25:43 I MEAN THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES FOR JESUS. 25:46 THAT IS SO THRILLING. 25:48 ONE OF THE WAYS THAT AN AVERAGE AMERICAN TWIDDLING 25:53 THEIR THUMBS SITTING THERE IN THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS 25:55 IN AMERICA CAN BE A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:58 TEAM. 25:59 YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE SUPPORTING A WORKER. 26:02 THEY ONLY GET A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A 26:03 MONTH BY YOUR CONTRIBUTION. 26:06 YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO GET OUR LITTLE MISSION STORY. 26:10 THIS IS ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:11 WE'LL SEND IT FREE TO YOU AND IT WILL TELL YOU HOW 26:13 YOU CAN GO IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, BRAZIL 26:16 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION. 26:18 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS 26:21 A MONTH. 26:22 THESE WORKERS THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE OF OUR 26:24 SUPPORT. 26:25 THEY ARE NOT PAID BY ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. 26:27 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 26:28 YOUR PRAYERS MEAN SO MUCH TO THESE WORKERS TO KNOW 26:31 THAT SOMEBODY IS PRAYING FOR THEM. 26:33 THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND IF 26:35 YOU COULD GO YOU'D LET THESE FOLKS TAG ALONG WITH 26:38 YOU SOMETIME AND THEY COULD SHARE THEIR STORY. 26:42 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD DEL AND BONNIE ORSER 26:45 AS OUR GUESTS HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:49 GOD ISN'T FINISHED WITH YOU YET EITHER FRIEND. 26:52 AND HEAVEN SMILES DOWN ON ALL OF US WITH ITS 26:54 CHOICEST BLESSINGS AS WE FULFILL THE GOSPEL 26:57 COMMISSION TO GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD. |
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