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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000794A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC] ONE MISSION.
00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:33 HELLO, I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST AGAIN 00:35 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL 00:39 OUTREACH. 00:40 ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS I'VE EVER 00:41 DISCOVERED IN MY YEARS OF MINISTRY, AND I'VE BEEN IN 00:43 THERE OVER 50 YEARS NOW, AND I GET GOOSE BUMPS JUST 00:47 THINKING ABOUT THE PERSON THAT'S OUR GUEST TODAY 00:49 BECAUSE HE IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THREE SCORE 00:51 AND TEN. 00:53 THIS YOUNG MAN IS HARDLY 25 YEARS OF AGE AND HE IS 00:56 BRINGING A YOUTHFULNESS AND A YOUNGER EDGE TO THE 00:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 01:00 SO HAPPY TO HAVE AARON RITTENOUR AS OUR GUEST 01:04 TODAY. 01:05 THANK YOU AARON FOR JOINING US HERE. 01:06 LONNIE I'M VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY 01:08 WITH YOU. 01:09 I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T 01:11 HAVE GRAY HAIR. 01:12 HOW MANY YEARS-WELL, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT FIRST 01:17 ABOUT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED SO FAR IN GOSPEL 01:19 OUTREACH? 01:20 SO I HAVE BEEN TO INDIA TWICE WITH GOSPEL 01:23 OUTREACH. 01:24 I'VE BEEN TO INDIA A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES DOING VIDEO 01:27 WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH MAKING VIDEOS TO PROMOTE 01:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SHOW THE DONORS WHAT THEY ARE, 01:35 WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING AND HOW THE GOSPEL IS 01:38 GETTING SPREAD. 01:39 SO HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN CINEMATOGRAPHY 01:41 AND VIDEOGRAPHY? 01:42 SO I STARTED MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. 01:44 I WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN VIDEO WORK. 01:47 I NEVER HAD A DESIRE TO DO THAT AND THEN ONE DAY I 01:50 PICKED UP A CAMERA AND STARTED FILMING LIKE 01:52 SPORT-STYLE VIDEOS WITH A GOPRO, A SPORTS CAMERA, 01:56 AND THAT'S WHERE I REALIZED THAT I HAD A 01:58 TALENT FOR MAKING VIDEOS AND I ENJOY TELLING 02:00 STORIES THROUGH VIDEO. 02:02 WELL THE EXCITING THING FOR ME IS THAT YOU KNOW 02:05 YOU GO INTO CINEMATOGRAPHY YOU COULD GO TO HOLLYWOOD, 02:08 YOU COULD GO TO SPORTS. 02:09 THEY NEED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE 02:12 DIMENSION. 02:13 ANOTHER YOUNG MAN THAT I KNOW OF HE IS A 02:16 SPECIALIST, WORLD CLASS. 02:18 HE'S A TEENAGER BUT HE RUNS THE BEST DRONE 02:21 PHOTOGRAPHY THERE IS AND IT WILL TAKE HIM ALL OVER 02:23 THE WORLD. 02:24 A YOUNG PERSON. 02:25 HAVE YOU DONE ANY DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY? 02:27 I HAVE DONE DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY AND I'VE JUST 02:29 STARTED DOING WEDDINGS WHICH IS EXCITING, 02:32 STRESSFUL. 02:33 NOW HERE YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES 02:37 IN THE COUNTRY. 02:38 COEUR D'ALENE. 02:39 YES. 02:40 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND GROWING UP 02:42 AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY THAT 02:45 WANT'S TO MAKE YOU GET INVOLVED IN SPIRITUAL 02:48 THINGS AND HELPING TO ENLARGE THE FOOTPRINT OF 02:50 GOD, NOT JUST GO OUT AND MAKE MONEY FOR TELEVISION. 02:54 WELL I'LL JUST TRY TO COVER MY TESTIMONY VERY 02:57 QUICKLY FOR YOU SO WE CAN GET BACK TO BIBLE WORKERS 03:00 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ALL THAT EXCITING STUFF. 03:02 I GREW UP IN AN ADVENTIST CHURCH AND A LOT OF TIMES 03:06 I THINK WHEN PEOPLE GROW UP IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH 03:09 WHEN YOU BECOME A TEENAGER YOU START TO ASK LOTS OF 03:13 QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU STRAY AWAY FROM 03:15 THE CHURCH. 03:16 SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. 03:17 WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD I HAD NO DESIRE TO BE 03:22 INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH IN ANY ASPECT. 03:25 I WENT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 03:27 I STARTED PARTYING A LOT, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND I 03:31 SOON REALIZED THAT I HAD A KNACK FOR BEING LIKE A 03:34 BUSINESS MAN SO I STARTED-YOU KNOW YOU JUST 03:36 START FALLING FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THIS PIT. 03:38 I STARTED DEALING DRUGS AND GETTING INVOLVED IN 03:41 THAT SCENE. 03:41 OH WOW. 03:42 AND I WAS JUST HANGING OUT WITH COMPLETELY WRONG 03:45 PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW I SAW PEOPLE AROUND ME O.D. 03:48 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO PURCHASE DRUGS FROM GOT 03:55 SHOT AND THIS IS THE SCENE THAT I WAS IN. 03:58 YOU WERE DEEP INTO THIS. 04:00 THIS ISN'T JUST A CASUAL LITTLE DRUG HERE OR THERE. 04:04 YES. 04:05 AND HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SAW THIS 04:07 OTHER PERSON O.D.? YOU KNOW, I NEVER FELT LIKE IT 04:12 WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. 04:13 I ALWAYS FELT SO MUCH MORE SUPERIOR THAN THAT. 04:15 THE OTHER GUY. 04:16 YES YES. 04:17 IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT GUY. 04:19 I'LL BE OK YOU KNOW. 04:20 I SEE PEOPLE GET ARRESTED AND GO TO JAIL, GO TO 04:23 PRISON AND ITS LIKE I'M NEVER GOING TO GET CAUGHT 04:25 I'M TOO GOOD FOR THAT. 04:26 NOW JUST BE REAL HONEST, WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION 04:29 AT THAT POINT? 04:30 WHY DID YOU GO AFTER THESE DRUGS AND WANT MORE AND 04:32 MORE AND DEEPER AND MORE EXCITING THINGS? 04:34 MONEY. 04:35 YOU KNOW I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MONEY. 04:37 SO YOU WERE IN IT FOR ULTERIOR PURPOSES. 04:40 NOT JUST FOR THE WAY YOU WOULD FEEL YOURSELF. 04:42 DEFINITELY. 04:43 AND I ENJOYED THAT AS WELL AND I DID MY FAIR AMOUNT 04:46 OF DRUGS BUT YES, I REALLY WAS IN IT FOR THE MONEY. 04:50 I WANTED TO MAKE MONEY FAST. 04:51 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET RICH QUICK AND SO THAT WAS 04:53 MY WAY THAT I WAS GOING TO GET RICH QUICK. 04:54 BUT I WAS VERY UNHAPPY. 04:55 I WAS AN EXTREMELY UNHAPPY PERSON FALLING IN AND OUT 04:56 OF DEPRESSION ALL THE TIME. 04:57 AND WHEN I WAS 18 I ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT 04:58 SUICIDE. 05:00 I TOOK A 45 CALIBER HAND GUN AND I HELD IT TO MY 05:15 HEAD AND I PULLED THE TRIGGER AND IT JAMMED. 05:21 WOW. 05:22 IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT GUN HAD EVER JAMMED 05:25 BEFORE. 05:26 IT WAS SUCH A RELIABLE WEAPON AND IT JAMMED. 05:28 YOU CAME TO THE POINT OF SUCH DISCOURAGEMENT AND 05:30 UNEASINESS AND RAGE AND EMPTINESS YOU THOUGHT IT'S 05:36 OVER. 05:36 YES. 05:37 AND IT SCARED ME AND I REALIZED WHAT I HAD TRIED 05:40 TO DO AND IT REALLY REALLY MADE ME START TO THINK. 05:44 AND THEN TWO DAYS AFTER I ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT 05:47 SUICIDE I SHOT MYSELF IN THE LEG WITH THE SAME GUN 05:49 BY MISTAKE. 05:50 BY MISTAKE WHILE CLEANING THE WEAPON THE GUN WENT 05:51 OFF AND I SHOT MYSELF IN THE LEG. 05:52 I SHATTERED MY TIBIA, HAD TO HAVE A ROD AND SOME 05:54 SCREWS PUT INTO MY LEG. 05:55 AND IT WAS LIKE, OH LORD WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO 05:56 TEACH ME HERE. 05:57 I MEAN I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE TWO DAYS BEFORE 05:58 AND NOW I JUST SHOT MYSELF IN THE LEG. 05:59 AND YOU SAW WHAT IT DID TO YOUR LEG. 06:00 I DID SEE WHAT IT DID TO MY LEG. 06:02 I LOOK BACK AT IT NOW AND IT'S JUST LIKE WOW, THE 06:10 LORD WAS REALLY TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING. 06:24 IN TECHNICOLOR THAT YOUR BRAINS MIGHT HAVE BEEN 06:26 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEG. 06:30 YES, EXACTLY. 06:31 SO AFTER THAT HAPPENED I REALIZED THAT I SORT OF 06:34 NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT. 06:36 AND SO I SPENT A SUMMER HITCH HIKING AROUND THE 06:40 WEST COAST, AND THEN I SPENT A SUMMER ON THE 06:44 PACIFIC CREST TRAIL WHICH IS A FOOTPATH THAT GOES 06:48 FROM MEXICO TO CANADA ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 06:51 IT'S 26 HUNDRED MILES. 06:53 AND I THINK I WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 06:56 WHEN I WENT OUT THERE. 06:57 I WAS ALSO TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE SCENE THAT I 07:00 HAD GOTTEN A PART OF BECAUSE I KNEW IN MY HEART 07:03 THAT IF I DIDN'T GET AWAY FROM IT THAT IT WAS GOING 07:04 TO KILL ME. 07:05 AND I HAD GOTTEN SO DEEP IN THAT I JUST NEEDED TO 07:08 GET OUT. 07:09 SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, 07:12 YOU CAN PROBABLY SENSE THAT SOMETHING, SOME 07:14 POWER, SOME FORCE, SOMEONE WITH A CAPITAL "S" WAS 07:19 DRAWING YOU AWAY FROM THAT WHICH WOULD HAVE DESTROYED 07:23 YOU TO SOMETHING BETTER. 07:24 AND YOU KNOW NO MATTER WHAT, I ALWAYS KNEW, I 07:27 ALWAYS KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD. 07:29 I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A GOD, BUT THE 07:32 PULL OF WANTING TO MAKE MONEY AND BE SUCCESSFUL 07:36 AND GET RICH QUICK, I HAD NO DESIRE TO BE A PART OF 07:41 ANY CHRISTIAN FAMILY EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THAT GOD WAS 07:45 REAL. 07:46 AND NOW I CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES 07:48 THAT GOD HAD SAVED MY LIFE. 07:50 I HAVE BEEN THROUGH-I COULD TELL YOU SO MANY 07:52 STORIES OF WHERE I CAME SO CLOSE TO DEATH WHILE I WAS 07:55 OUT TRAVELLING AND HITCH HIKING AND LIVING OUT OF A 08:00 TENT ON THE GROUND FOR MONTHS AT A TIME AND ALL 08:03 THE TIMES THAT THE LORD HAS PROTECTED ME. 08:05 SO THIS IS YOUR LIFE BEFORE CHRIST. 08:08 THIS IS MY LIFE BEFORE CHRIST. 08:09 THIS IS PART "A" AND WE'VE GOT PART "B" THE "AHA" 08:11 MOMENT WHEN YOU MEET HIM AND THEN OF COURSE WHAT'S 08:15 IT LIKE SINCE. 08:16 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PART "B". 08:18 HOW DID THINGS CHANGE? 08:20 WHERE DID YOU HAVE A DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE 08:24 LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL WHERE SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS 08:26 CAME ON AND THINGS CHANGED? 08:29 WELL LONNIE, I WAS SITTING IN A ROOM WITH A BUNCH OF 08:32 PEOPLE WHO WERE PARTAKING IN DRUGS. 08:36 YOU WERE IN A DRUG SCENE. 08:37 I WAS IN A DRUG SCENE AND EVERY DRUG OF CHOICE WAS 08:40 THERE. 08:41 THERE WERE PEOPLE SHOOTING UP WITH HEROINE AND I WAS 08:45 SITTING THERE AND I HAD SOMEWHAT OF AN OUT-OF-BODY 08:47 EXPERIENCE. 08:47 I SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 08:48 IT'S LIKE I COULD SEE THE WHOLE ROOM AND I COULD SEE 08:49 THE PAIN THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT ROOM WAS FEELING AND 08:50 I JUST FELT SO ASHAMED OF WHERE I WAS. 08:52 I FELT EXTREMELY ASHAMED AND I HAD NEVER FELT THAT 08:53 BEFORE. 08:54 THIS WAS A UNIQUE VISION. 08:55 GOD WAS HAVING YOU LOOK OUT AT WHAT THIS WAS 08:56 REALLY ALL ABOUT. 08:57 YES. 08:58 AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME YOU KNOW, WERE YOU 08:59 DOING HALLUCINOGENICS DURING THAT TIME. 09:00 IS THAT WHY YOU HAD THIS HAPPEN? 09:01 NO I WAS NOT. 09:02 I WAS NOT THAT DAY. 09:03 BUT YET I STILL, I SAW THIS AND I REALIZED THAT, 09:04 I REALIZED THAT WHAT I WAS DOING WAS JUST NOT WHERE I 09:05 WANTED TO BE AND I FELT, I FELT ASHAMED AND I FELT 09:35 THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THERE STRONGER THAN I'VE 09:37 EVER FELT BEFORE. 09:39 AND IT WAS A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT THAT 09:43 DEL AND BONNIE ORSER WHO ARE DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL 09:47 OUTREACH WHO I HAD BEEN FRIENDS WITH FOR MANY 09:50 YEARS. 09:51 DO THEY LIVE IN COEUR D'ALENE? 09:51 THEY LIVE IN COEUR D'ALENE AS WELL. 09:53 THEY CALLED ME AND THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS 09:55 INTERESTED IN GOING TO INDIA WITH THEM. 09:56 REALLY. 09:57 YES. 09:58 NOW HERE THEY ARE IN THEIR MID SEVENTIES AND YOU'RE 09:59 JUST A YOUNG KID. 10:01 YES. 10:02 WHAT DID YOU SAY" I'M ALWAYS UP FOR AN ADVENTURE 10:06 AND I THINK AT THAT POINT I WAS ALSO TRYING TO GET 10:09 AWAY AND SO I SAID YES, ABSOLUTELY I WOULD LOVE TO 10:11 GO. 10:13 AND THE REASON WHY THEY WERE INVITING ME, ONE OF 10:15 THE REASONS WAS TO DO VIDEO FOR THEM AND HELP 10:17 THEM AS THEY TRAVEL. 10:18 SO THIS WAS A FAITH VENTURE ON THEIR PART. 10:20 HERE'S A FAITHLESS DRUGGIE AND THEY'RE INVITING HIM 10:24 TO GO ON A VERY VERY HIGH CHRISTIAN FOCUSED MISSION 10:28 AND TO TAKE YOU WITH THEM. 10:29 YES. 10:30 WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THAT? 10:32 YOU KNOW GOING TO INDIA CHANGED MY LIFE. 10:35 INDIA WAS WHERE WE WERE GOING. 10:36 GOING THERE CHANGED MY LIFE. 10:38 SEEING HOW THE LORD IS WORKING IN THESE OTHER 10:40 COUNTRIES AND JUST FEELING THE LORD'S PRESENCE THERE 10:45 IN INDIA. 10:46 SO THAT WAS PART OF YOU "AHA" MOMENT. 10:48 YES. 10:49 YOU SENSED HIS PRESENCE. 10:50 YOU KNEW HE WAS SPEAKING TO YOU. 10:52 YES AND YOU KNOW I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT I WAS 10:54 CHANGED OVER NIGHT. 10:55 THAT'S NOT TRUE. 10:56 YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT THE REALITY. 10:57 THE REALITY IS THAT THE DAILY GROWTH EXPERIENCE. 11:00 WELL, YOU'RE LIKE TIMOTHY. 11:01 FROM A CHILD YOU'VE KNOWN THE SCRIPTURES BUT YOU 11:04 WERE A GOOD SOLDIER BUT YOU KIND OF STRAYED A LONG 11:06 WAYS FROM CAMP. 11:07 YES. 11:08 TIME TO GET BACK. 11:08 YES SO MUCH SO. 11:10 SO THE TIME THAT I SPENT IN INDIA WAS EXTREMELY 11:13 MEANINGFUL TO ME AND JUST SEEING. 11:16 I FELL IN LOVE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH ESPECIALLY. 11:19 I BELIEVE IN THE MISSION THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 11:23 THERE FOR YOU KNOW TRAINING THESE BIBLE 11:25 WORKERS, USING THESE BIBLE WORKERS TO REACH THE 11:28 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THESE REMOTE VILLAGES. 11:30 IT'S SO POWERFUL AND I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT 11:33 IS MAKING IN THE WORLD. 11:34 WELL YOU ACTUALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE JESUS THAT 11:38 IS BEHIND THE POWER AND THE FORCE THAT'S DRIVING 11:41 THESE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. 11:44 YES. 11:45 I SAW HOW THE LORD PROTECTS THESE PEOPLE WHO 11:47 ARE OFTEN TIMES IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS HOSTILITY 11:52 TOWARDS THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE CHRISTIAN. 11:54 SO IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE WAY YOU WERE SAYING LORD I'M 11:56 GOING TO MY HAND IN YOURS LIKE THESE FOLKS ARE. 11:58 I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS. 11:59 YES YES. 12:01 BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T GIVE 12:03 YOU. 12:04 SO TRUE. 12:04 YES. 12:05 THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING BEFORE WE GO TO OUR BREAK 12:07 RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE SAYING I WANT MY TEENAGER 12:11 TO WATCH THIS. 12:12 I WANT THEM TO SEE. 12:14 MY KIDS ARE IN DRUGS, THEY'RE IN ALCOHOL, THEY 12:16 ARE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 12:17 TALK TO THAT CAMERA AND TALK TO THAT PERSON AT 12:19 HOME RIGHT NOW AND JUST TELL THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD 12:22 DO AND HOW THEY CAN BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVING THAT 12:26 AH HA TRANSFORMING MOMENT IN THEIR OWN LIVES IN 12:28 THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. 12:29 I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THE PEOPLE AT HOME WHO MAY 12:32 HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING THROUGH SOME OF 12:34 THESE THINGS DON'T STOP PRAYING FOR THEM. 12:36 I BELIEVE THAT THE PRAYERS OF MY MOTHER AND MY 12:40 GRANDMOTHER AND THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WAS A HUGE 12:44 FACTOR IN WHY I CAME BACK TO THE CHURCH AND WHY I 12:48 FOUND JESUS AGAIN. 12:50 AND AS A RESULT YOU'RE HAPPIER THAN YOU EVER WERE 12:54 BEFORE ALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL STIMULANTS. 12:56 YES YES. 12:57 SO TRUE. 12:58 AND I HAVE NO DESIRE. 12:59 I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO BACK THERE. 13:03 ALL THOSE THINGS ARE JUST EXTREMELY TEMPORARY. 13:05 THIS IS SO TRUE. 13:06 EXTREMELY TEMPORARY. 13:07 YOU TOUCHED MY HEART. 13:09 WE HAVE A LITTLE BROCHURE AND YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST 13:13 SEND FOR THIS BECAUSE IT WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT 13:15 EXPERIENCES JUST LIKE AARON HAS SHARED THESE 13:17 LAST FEW MINUTES. 13:18 IT'S CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 13:20 YOU CAN GO ON LINE AND GET THIS AT GOAIM.ORG AND 13:25 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FREE AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF 13:27 THESE MOST AMAZING STORIES. 13:30 TAKE A LOOK AT THE LITTLE PROMO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ON 13:32 THE SCREEN FOR YOU. 13:33 EARTH. 13:34 VAST, BEAUTIFUL. 13:35 BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A 13:42 WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH IT'S OWN 13:45 GREED. 13:47 HUMANITY. 13:48 WE NEED LOVE. 13:50 WE NEED HOPE. 13:53 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:56 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:59 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 14:03 PLAN TO SAVE US. 14:04 ONE THIRD. 14:06 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 14:12 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:14 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:17 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:19 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:22 THEY SHARE THE LIFE-CHANGING LOVE AND 14:27 STORY OF JESUS CHRIST. 14:30 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:33 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:41 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:45 I AM SO REFRESHED TO BE TALKING WITH SOMEBODY AT 14:47 THE YOUNGER EDGE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:49 IF YOU'VE WATCHED THIS FOR 25 PLUS YEARS THERE ARE A 14:52 LOT OF FOLKS WITH GRAY HAIR LIKE MINE. 14:54 HERE WE HAVE ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S COMING 14:56 ON BOARD AND HE'S HARDLY 25 YEARS OF AGE. 14:58 HE'S JUST A KID. 15:00 AARON RITTENOUR THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR HEART AND 15:03 SHARING YOUR TESTIMONY. 15:04 I WANT TO SEE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN A FEW MINUTES 15:06 ABOUT AN ACTUAL VIDEO YOU HAVE SHOT BECAUSE YOU'RE 15:09 GETTING VERY GOOD AT THIS. 15:10 BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 15:12 YES. 15:13 YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU MET JESUS. 15:14 EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD GROWN UP IN A CHRISTIAN 15:16 ENVIRONMENT YOU WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 15:18 AND HE KIND OF CAME AND KNOCKED YOU ON THE HEAD 15:22 WHEN YOU WERE OVER IN INDIA. 15:23 HE DID. 15:24 AND YOU SAW FIRST HAND WHAT THE GOSPEL DOES TO 15:26 CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. 15:28 NOW AS A RESULT THIS HASN'T BEEN JUST ALL YOU 15:31 KNOW COOKIES AND ICE CREAM FOR YOU. 15:36 YOU CAME NEAR LOSING YOUR OWN LIFE. 15:39 IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS SAFE. 15:41 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE. 15:43 SO THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS IN INDIA THE DEVIL WAS 15:47 NOT HAPPY THAT I WAS THERE AND HE KNEW HOW MUCH I 15:50 COULD DO FOR THE LORD. 15:52 AND SO I CAME DOWN WITH A SICKNESS WHEN I WAS IN 15:56 INDIA AND IT WAS A COMBINATION OF BEING SICK 16:01 AND ALSO HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO A 16:05 DRUG THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BECAUSE I WAS EXTREMELY 16:09 SICK, 103 PLUS TEMPERATURE. 16:11 CONTRACTED OVER THERE. 16:13 YES OVER THERE. 16:14 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DANGERS OF ANY MISSIONARY 16:16 AND WESTERNER, CAUCASIAN THAT GOES OVER THERE. 16:19 SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE TEMPERATURES AND HOW YOU 16:23 WERE FEELING? 16:24 I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE AMOUNT OF PAIN THAT I WAS 16:26 IN WHILE I WAS THERE AND THAT'S INCLUDING SHOOTING 16:29 MYSELF WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. 16:31 THE PAIN WAS TERRIBLE. 16:32 I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED FOR TEN DAYS 16:33 BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO OUT OF IT. 16:35 I KNOW THAT I WAS IN A HOSPITAL FOR A LITTLE 16:36 WHILE AND THEY FINALLY LET ME GO, AND I WAS IN 16:37 SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND I CAME VERY CLOSE TO DEATH. 16:39 I BELIEVE THAT I WAS RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF DEATH. 16:40 A PASTOR CAME AND I WAS ON THE EDGE AND A PASTOR CAME 16:41 AND THEY ANOINTED ME AND PRAYED FOR ME ONE NIGHT. 16:43 THE NEXT MORNING I WAS DOING SO MUCH BETTER AND I 16:44 WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED. 16:45 AND AFTER TEN DAYS OF JUST THIS EXTREME SICKNESS OVER 16:47 NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF THIS PASTOR AND 16:48 THIS ANOINTING I WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF BED AND 16:49 WITHIN THREE DAYS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I LOST 16:51 25-30 POUNDS I WAS ABLE-WOW, YOU LOST 25-30 16:52 POUNDS? 16:53 YES IN TEN DAYS. 16:54 YOU HARDLY WEIGHT 80 POUNDS IN YOUR STOCKING 16:55 FEET. 16:55 YES. 16:56 NOW YOU KNOW THE TEXT FROM PAUL MUST APPLY IN MODERN 16:57 WAYS TO YOU AND YOUR JOURNEY. 16:58 PAUL CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD BEEN BEATEN 16:59 UP AND TARRED AND FEATHERED AND BEATEN AND 17:01 THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD LEFT HIM FOR DEAD. 17:02 I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST NEVERTHELESS I NOW LIVE. 17:06 NOT IN MY OWN POWER BUT BY THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST 17:13 THAT LIVES WITHIN ME AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE JUST 17:19 HEARD. 17:20 BECAUSE AS A RESULT ARE YOU BACK ON YOUR FEET? 17:25 YOU FEELING ALRIGHT AGAIN? 17:28 I AM BACK ON MY FEET AND YOU KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE 17:33 SHOWED ME EVEN MORE THAT THE LORD HAS A SPECIAL 17:57 PLAN FOR MY LIFE. 18:11 AND EVEN NOW I'M NOT SURE IF I REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT 18:14 IS. 18:15 I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO 18:17 MAY BE FEELING THE SAME WAY. 18:18 I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY AT THAT 18:20 CAMERA AND TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT 18:23 THEY MIGHT BE FEELING RIGHT NOW. 18:26 I HAVE SUCH A DESIRE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO 18:31 GET INVOLVED IN MISSIONARY WORK. 18:33 WE NEED THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 18:35 THEY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION THAT ARE GOING 18:36 TO TAKE OVER THIS WORK. 18:39 AND I, YOU KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS 18:42 THAT YOU CAN DO AS A YOUNG PERSON. 18:44 YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO INDIA OR TO SOME 18:47 OTHER REMOTE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY 18:49 THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. 18:50 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM 18:53 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE 18:56 THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO YOUR 18:59 OWN CHURCH AND INSPIRE THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR 19:02 CHURCH AND IN YOUR AREA. 19:04 YOU CAN SUPPORT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER OR YOU CAN 19:07 SUPPORT THROUGH PRAYER. 19:08 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND YOU 19:11 KNOW WHAT, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE DOESN'T IT. 19:13 IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 19:14 AND YOU CAN START YOUR MISSIONARY WORK IN YOUR 19:16 OWN HOME AND IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 19:18 BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REACHED. 19:21 IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES. 19:24 AND THE WORLD NEEDS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ENERGY 19:28 TO BE DOING THESE THINGS. 19:29 GOD NEEDS SOME SPIRITUAL EVIL KNIEVELS AND 19:32 ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. 19:33 YES HE DOES. 19:34 THE OLDER FOLKS-PASTOR H.M.S. 19:35 RICHARDS THE RADIO EVANGELIST WHO BEGAN RADIO 19:38 BROADCASTING IN AMERICA, IN THE WORLD, SECOND 19:40 OLDEST BROADCAST ON THE PLANET. 19:42 HE STARTED WHEN OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS HAD CATS 19:45 WHISKERS AND CRYSTAL SETS. 19:46 HE USED TO BE ASKED WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME. 19:48 AND YOU'VE JUST APPEALED TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 19:50 YOU KNOW WHAT HIS CLASSIC ANSWER WAS? 19:52 WHEN ALL THE MINISTERS ARE IN JAIL. 19:56 WE NEED TO PUT ASIDE US FOLKS WITH THE GRAY HAIR. 19:59 WE NEED THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. 20:01 YES, YES WE DO. 20:05 THANK YOU. 20:06 THANK YOU. 20:07 YOU'VE MADE THE MACEDONIAN CALL. 20:11 WE LOVE TO HAVE AND ALWAYS HERE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:18 STAFFED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE YOUR AGE AND THE OLD FOLKS 20:22 SORT OF BEING THE ADVISORS BEHIND THE SCENES. 20:24 SO WE NEED MORE LIKE YOU AARON. 20:27 NOW BEFORE WE CLOSE W JUST HAVE TO SEE A LITTLE 20:30 SAMPLE OF SOME OF YOUR WORK. 20:32 I MISSED SCHOOL THE DAYS THEY TAUGHT 20:34 CINEMATOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY BUT YOU'VE 20:37 BEEN THERE NOW A COUPLE OF TIMES, THREE OR FOUR TRIPS 20:39 TO INDIA? 20:40 THREE TRIPS YES. 20:41 THREE TRIPS. 20:41 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE? 20:42 SO THIS IS JUST A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT ONE OF THE 20:46 BIBLE WORKERS THAT IS WORKING FOR GOSPEL 20:48 OUTREACH AND A STORY ABOUT HOW HE AND HIS WIFE WERE 20:52 ABLE TO CHANGE AN ENTIRE HINDU VILLAGE AND THE 20:56 WHOLE HINDU VILLAGE BECAME ADVENTIST. 20:58 THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT BEING A CINEMATOGRAPHER IS 21:01 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STORY. 21:02 YES. 21:03 IT HAS TO HAVE A BEGINNING, IT HAS TO HAVE 21:05 A CRITICAL TURNING POINT AND IT HAS TO HAVE A 21:07 RESULT AND WE USUALLY LIKE A GOOD ENDING. 21:09 YES. 21:10 SO LET'S WATCH THIS ONE ON THE SCREEN. 21:11 (MUSIC, JINGLING NOISES, VOICES GETTING LOUDER, 21:35 HORNS HONKING, CAR SOUNDS, BIRDS TWITTERING, RUSHING 22:04 SOUND, WOMEN'S VOICES, SOUND OF WATER SPLASHING, 22:32 DRUM BEATS, MAN SPEAKING) MY NAME IS RAKUS KANA. 23:10 I WAS A HINDU BEFORE I BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 23:13 IN 1980 I BEGAN TO SHOW INTEREST IN LEARNING ABOUT 23:17 CHRISTIANITY. 23:18 WHAT THE BIBLE HAD TO SAY WAS MY CONSTANT ENQUIRY. 23:20 I STUDIED THE SCRIPTURE FOR MANY MONTHS. 23:21 THE SCRIP OF THE LORD LEAD ME TO SEVENTH-DAY 23:22 ADVENTIST CHURCH WHERE I GOT BAPTIZED. 23:24 LATER THEY SENT ME TO ADVENTIST BIBLE SEMINARY 23:25 FOR TWO YEARS. 23:26 SOON AFTER I GRADUATED I WAS APPOINTED AS CHURCH 23:27 PASTOR FOR THREE CHURCHES. 23:28 (MUSIC, VOICES) IN 2016 I WAS TRANSFERRED TO A 23:49 VILLAGE. 23:51 HERE I HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES BUT I TOTALLY 23:54 DEPENDED UPON THE LORD. 23:56 WHEN I WAS CALLED TO WORK IN THIS VILLAGE I WAS 23:59 OFFERED TO WORK HERE BECAUSE THE WHOLE VILLAGE 24:02 IS A HIGH CASTE AND THEY ARE ALL HINDUS. 24:06 BUT ME AND MY WIFE TOOK IT AS A CHALLENGE AND STARTED 24:11 TRYING TO WIN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE. 24:16 (MUSIC, PERSON SPEAKING, DRUM BEAT, MUSIC) MY NAME 24:24 IS SALOME AND I WORK AS A HEALTH WORKER. 24:31 (WOMAN TALKING, MAN TALKING) I HAVE BEEN ABLE 24:33 TO WORK ALONG SIDE MY HUSBAND IN REACHING PEOPLE 24:36 IN SOME OF THE REMOTE VILLAGES IN OUR AREA. 24:39 THE FIRST DAY MY HUSBAND WENT TO VISIT PEOPLE IN 24:43 THE VILLAGE AND I JOINED HIM WITH MY MEDICAL KIT. 24:47 WE KNOCKED ON ONE DOOR AFTER ANOTHER BUT EVERY 24:50 PERSON TOLD US TO LEAVE. 24:52 LIKE THIS THE WHOLE VILLAGE TURNED US AWAY. 24:56 NOBODY RESPONDED POSITIVELY AND I WAS VERY 24:59 DISAPPOINTED. 25:02 BUT ME AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE CHURCH AND STARTED 25:06 ASKING GOD TO OPEN DOORS FOR OUR MINISTRY. 25:09 ONE DAY A YOUNG BOY CAME TO OUR HOME AND ASKED ME 25:14 TO COME TO HIS HOUSE TO HELP HIS SICK GRANDMA. 25:18 HE TOOK ME TO HIS HOUSE AND BROUGHT ME TO HIS 25:22 GRANDMA'S BEDSIDE. 25:23 SHE WAS SUFFERING WITH SERIOUS FEVER. 25:25 I IMMEDIATELY ASKED THE BOY TO GET ME A COTTON 25:28 CLOTH AND SOME COLD WATER. 25:30 AFTER A FEW DAYS OF TAKING CARE OF THIS WOMAN AND 25:34 VISITING HER EVERY DAY SHE GOT BETTER. 25:37 AFTER THIS INCIDENT WORD STARTED TO SPREAD OF ME 25:41 AND MY HUSBAND'S GREAT KINDNESS AND THE PEOPLE OF 25:45 THE VILLAGE STARTED ACCEPTING US AND ASKING US 25:48 TO VISIT THEM. 25:49 NOW WHOEVER MAY HAVE SOME HEALTH QUESTIONS OR 25:52 PROBLEMS WILL CONTACT ME AND I WILL GIVE THEM 25:56 SUGGESTIONS AND TREATMENT. 25:57 IF IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM I WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO 26:01 GO VISIT THE HOSPITAL. 26:02 THROUGH OUR LOVE AND CARE MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER 26:07 VILLAGES HAVE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 26:11 BIBLE AND ATTENDING THE CHURCH. 26:13 (SOUNDS OF WATER, VOICES, MUSIC) BY FAITH WE ARE 26:25 ABLE TO DO MIRACLES PRAYING IN THE NAME OF THE 26:28 LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 26:30 THROUGH PRAYERS AND VISITING THE WHOLE VILLAGE 26:35 HAS LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE REMNANT CHURCH. 26:37 WE ARE PRAYING AND GIVING THESE PEOPLE TREATMENT FOR 26:41 ALL SORT OF DISEASES. 26:42 AS A RESULT THE WHOLE VILLAGE BECAME THE MEMBER 26:45 OF ADVENTIST CHURCH. 26:49 (WOMAN TALKING, MAN TALKING, MUSIC) ON BEHALF 26:58 OF MY FAMILY I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THE GOSPEL 27:02 OUTREACH FOR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE 27:05 TO BE WORKING IN GOD'S SERVICE. 27:07 MAY GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF US AS WE WORK AND LOOK 27:11 UPON HIS COMING. 27:12 (MUSIC FOR VERY LONG TIME) AARON RITTENOUR, THANK YOU 27:47 FOR BEING OUR GUEST TODAY AND SHARING YOUR POWERFUL 27:49 TESTIMONY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 27:52 I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST. 27:53 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 27:54 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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