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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000795A
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00:01 [OPENING MUSIC] ONE MISSION.
00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:07 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:13 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:15 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:32 I AM SO GLAD YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO WATCH GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TODAY. 00:37 YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ANOTHER STORY. 00:38 I'M GLAD IT'S BEING RECORDED. 00:41 I'M GLAD WE'RE SHARING IT WITH YOU. 00:43 THERE IS SUCH A JOY IN HEARING HOW GOD IS IN 00:45 ACTION. 00:46 THE STORIES WE HEAR HERE ARE ABOUT US WITNESSING 00:47 WHAT GOD HAS DONE. 00:49 AND TODAY I HAVE WITH ME DEL ORSER WHO COMES WITH 00:51 STORIES HE WANTS TO SHARE. 00:53 IT'S AMAZING TO THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF 00:55 THESE FROM INDIA. 00:57 WHY DON'T WE THROW THAT MAP OF INDIA ON THE SCREEN 00:59 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE 01:03 ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED CAN'T YOU. 01:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:07 GENERALLY SPEAKING THE EAST CENTRAL AREA OF INDIA 01:11 RIGHT BELOW THAT GREEN BAR IS OUR TERRITORY. 01:14 WE COVER ALL OF ORISSA, FOUR CONFERENCES AND TWO 01:20 CONFERENCES IN ANDHRA PRADESH WHICH IS JUST 01:23 BELOW THAT. 01:25 YOU HAVE MET GOD IN ACTION THERE. 01:27 WE HAVE. 01:28 YOU HAVE STORIES TO SHARE. 01:29 I WANT TO HEAR THAT FIRST ONE. 01:31 OK. 01:32 TELL US. 01:33 MAY I FIRST SAY WHAT A JOY AND PLEASURE IT IS TO WORK 01:37 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:39 WE APPRECIATE THOSE THAT ARE VIEWERS TODAY, THE 01:42 DONORS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:44 OVER THE YEARS. 01:45 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. 01:47 MANY OF YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW FAR YOUR DOLLAR GOES 01:51 IN INDIA TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS AND ACTUALLY 01:53 HASTEN CHRIST'S COMING. 01:57 LET ME SHARE A COUPLE OF STORIES IF I CAN. 01:59 YES, LET'S START WITH THAT FIRST ONE. 02:01 WELL YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS ROUND. 02:05 YOU KNOW INDIA IS EXACTLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS 02:07 EARTH. 02:09 I DID DISCOVERN THAT SOME YEARS AGO. 02:11 YOU CAN EITHER GO EAST OR WEST. 02:13 THERE WAS A DAY WHEN I WENT THE WEST WAY AND 02:17 ENDED UP IN KUALA LUMPAR AND WE HAD A TEN HOUR 02:20 LAYOVER IN THAT CITY IN THAT AIRLINE FACILITY 02:25 THERE. 02:25 THAT'S IN MALAYSIA RIGHT? 02:26 MALAYSIA RIGHT. 02:27 KUALA LUMPAR, MALAYSIA. 02:30 AND AS I WAS WALKING THE HALL WAITING FOR OUR PLANE 02:35 I PASSED A MAN THAT I WAS DRAWN TO. 02:38 HE SMILED AND WE STARTED TALKING. 02:41 WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER. 02:43 WE SHARED EMAILS AND I BEGAN TO WRITE THIS MAN. 02:47 HE HAD THREE CHURCHES IN INDIA. 02:51 SO HE WAS A PASTOR. 02:52 HE WAS A PASTOR. 02:53 AND HE HEARD THAT I WOULD BE COMING-WE WROTE EACH 02:57 OTHER AND FOUND I WAS GOING TO BE RETURNING THE 03:01 NEXT YEAR AND DO A SERIES THROUGH MARANATHA. 03:05 HE ASKED IF COULD COME. 03:06 HE CAME TO THOSE MEETINGS, ENJOYED THEM. 03:09 I SPENT SO MUCH TIME OTHER THAN JUST THE MEETINGS 03:11 WITH HIM. 03:13 HE ACCEPTED OUR SABBATH TRUTH AND WANTED ME TO GO 03:16 WITH HIM TO HIS VILLAGE AND SHARE. 03:20 AND SO I GAVE HIM MY PHOTO AND SOME TOPICS THAT I 03:23 COULD SPEAK ON AND HE BEGAN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS 03:27 FOR ME TO GO TO HIS VILLAGE. 03:29 WAS THIS VILLAGE IN YOUR AREA THAT YOU NORMALLY 03:32 VISIT? 03:33 IT WAS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS FROM WHERE I 03:35 WAS HAVING THIS SERIES. 03:39 ON THE WAY THERE, I WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER WEEK 03:42 OF TIME, AND ON THE WAY THERE I HAD MY TRANSLATOR 03:45 WITH ME AND THE TAXI DRIVER. 03:48 AND AS I LOOKED AT A MAP OF WHERE WE WERE GOING I 03:52 REALIZED IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME THAT THERE WAS A SHORT 03:55 CUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO WAY NORTH AND THEN SOUTH. 03:58 AND I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT AND WE DECIDED WE WERE 04:00 GOING TO TRY THIS SHORT CUT. 04:02 WE WENT INTO THE WILDERNESS AREA AND WE HAD 04:05 TO ASK OUR DIRECTIONS SEVERAL TIMES. 04:08 SO THAT WAS A CHALLENGE. 04:09 BUT AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR OF DRIVING 04:13 OUR LIGHTS WENT OUT ON OUR CAR. 04:15 AND YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NIGHT 04:17 TIME. 04:18 OH RIGHT. 04:19 IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND OUR DRIVER GOT OUT AND HE 04:22 WORKED ON HIS LIGHTS FOR A GOOD HALF HOUR IT SEEMED 04:24 AND WE DECIDED OUR FLASHERS WERE WORKING. 04:29 THAT'S ALL WE HAD WAS OUR BLINKERS. 04:30 OH, SO IT WASN'T THAT THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY. 04:35 RIGHT. 04:36 JUST THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE HEADLIGHTS. 04:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:37 THERE WAS A SHORT SOMEWHERE. 04:39 AND SO WE THOUGHT WELL LET'S CONTINUE WITH OUR 04:42 FLASHERS GOING. 04:43 I WAS TIRED AND I SAID I'M GOING TO CRAWL IN THE BACK 04:45 SEAT AND TAKE A NAP. 04:46 I HAD BEEN BUSY ALL DAY. 04:47 AND YOU KNOW I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT ALL 04:53 THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD. 04:55 I BELIEVE THAT. 04:56 SO I HAD PEACE IN MY HEART. 04:59 AFTER WAKING UP ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES LATER I SAID 05:03 WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT LIGHTS. 05:05 I REALIZED WE WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE OUR 05:07 APPOINTMENT. 05:07 YOU WERE STUCK THERE WHILE YOU TOOK YOUR NAP. 05:09 JUST THE FLASHERS GOING SO THAT NOBODY ELSE WOULD 05:11 BUMP INTO YOU. 05:11 WE WERE CREEPING ALONG. 05:12 OH CREEPING ALONG. 05:13 CREEPING ALONG SO SLOW AND I REALIZED WE WEREN'T 05:14 GOING TO MAKE IT. 05:15 SO I SAID ----------WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT AND HAVE A 05:16 PRAYER. 05:17 HE STOPED THE CAR, WE GOT OUT AND WE BOWED OUR HEADS 05:28 IN FRONT OF OUR CAR. 05:29 I DON'T KNOW-BACK THEN THERE WERE AMBASSADORS, 05:33 WHITE AMBASSADORS. 05:35 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TO INDIA REALIZE THERE WAS A 05:37 DAY WHEN THAT'S ALL THE CARS THEY HAD. 05:39 YES. 05:40 WE GOT OUT AND WE STOOD IN FRONT OF OUR CAR AND WE 05:42 BOWED OUR HEADS IN A SHORT SIMPLE PRAYER. 05:44 LORD SOME WAY, SOME WAY REPAIR OUR LIGHTS. 05:47 IMMEDIATELY ANOTHER WHITE AMBASSADOR CAME. 05:51 TWO MEN DRESSED IN WHITE GOT OUT. 05:53 THEY COULD SPEAK TELUGU---------AND THEY 05:56 ASKED IF WE HAD ANY PROBLEMS OR HAD A NEED. 05:59 HOW COMMON IS IT TO FIND MEN DRESSED IN WHITE? 06:02 WELL THAT'S QUITE OFTEN IN INDIA. 06:05 SO THEY WEREN'T OUT OF NORMAL AT ALL. 06:07 NO THEY WEREN'T. 06:08 OK. 06:09 AND IMMEDIATELY WE SAID YES YOU CAN HELP US FIX 06:12 OUR LIGHTS. 06:12 THEY SAID WE CAN HELP YOU. 06:14 WE LIFTED THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND WITHIN JUST A 06:18 COUPLE OF MINUTES THEY FIXED OUR LIGHTS. 06:20 THEY GOT IN THEIR CAR AND THEY DROVE OFF. 06:23 IT WAS WONDERFUL. 06:25 AND I HAVE A PICTURE, I THINK, OF THAT MEETING. 06:29 I WAS ABLE TO ARRIVE AND SET UP MY PROJECTOR. 06:32 YOU CAN SEE IT THERE AND THAT'S MY TRANSLATOR AND I 06:35 SPEAKING. 06:36 AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 2500-3000 PEOPLE THERE 06:40 THAT NIGHT. 06:41 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED TO THREE THOUSAND? 06:42 YES AND THEY GREETED US WITH A BAND AND BANNERS 06:46 AND EVERYTHING. 06:47 AND WAS THIS ONE OF HIS CONGREGATIONS? 06:49 IT WAS HIS CONGREGATION PLUS THE WHOLE VILLAGE WAS 06:54 THERE. 06:55 OH WOW. 06:56 AND THIS WAS SUCH A MIRACLE. 06:59 AND WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE PASTOR CHENIAH AND HIS 07:01 WIFE OVER THE YEARS. 07:03 THIS WAS BACK IN 2004. 07:05 AND WHAT THIS DID FOR ME WAS TO MAKE ME REALIZE, 07:09 YOU KNOW WE AS CHRISTIANS WE HAVE A LIFE BY FAITH 07:12 BUT THIS WAS REAL. 07:15 IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT GOD HAS A WAY AND CAN WORK 07:19 THROUGH US AND BY BRINGING THOSE ANGELS INTO OUR LIFE 07:22 REALLY GAVE US MORE CONFIDENCE TO GO FORWARD. 07:25 YOU'RE CONVINCED THOSE WERE NOT JUST NICE INDIAN 07:28 MEN. 07:29 YOU'RE CONVINCED THOSE WERE ANGELS WHO DRESSED UP 07:32 LIKE NICE INDIAN MEN AND CAME AND SOLVED THAT 07:36 PROBLEM. 07:36 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:37 NOW I WANT TO ADD THIS. 07:38 THIS GENTLEMAN HIS NAME WAS SAMUEL NOW HAS 43 07:43 CHURCHES, MOST OF THEM ARE HOME CHURCHES AND A 107 07:47 BIBLE WORKERS. 07:48 HE HAS READ THE BIBLE READINGS FOR THE HOME AND 07:51 ACCEPTED OUR SABBATH TRUTH AND TTHEY ARE TEACHING THE 07:54 SABBATH. 07:55 MANY OF THEM MEET ON BOTH SUNDAY AND SABBATH. 07:58 AMAZING. 07:59 BUT IT'S A STORY THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS OF BEING 08:03 MADE. 08:04 GOD IS USING HIM TO SPREAD GOOD NEWS TO HOW MANY 08:09 CONGREGATIONS? 08:11 LITTLE HOME CHURCH AND EVERYTHING? 08:13 YOU SAID 40 SOME? 08:14 FORTY THREE. 08:15 FORTY THREE. 08:16 RIGHT. 08:17 AH, THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY THAT YOU GUYS MET 08:21 THERE IN THE LONG DELAY AT KUALA LUMPAR. 08:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:25 AND SAMUEL'S FAATHER IS ALSO A PASTOR. 08:27 WE'VE BEEN TO I THINK HIS CHURCHES SIX TIMES IN THAT 08:30 AREA. 08:31 AND WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED BY HIS TESTIMONY 08:35 AND WORK WITH HIM. 08:37 HE HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU AND 08:39 YOU'VE BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIM. 08:41 YES THAT'S TRUE. 08:42 OH WOW. 08:43 WELL THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 08:46 I JUST WANT TO TELL OUR VIEWERS THAT YOU HAVE 08:52 ACCESS TO STORIES LIKE THIS EVERY MONTH. 08:56 THEY ARE PRODUCED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES 08:58 IN MISSIONS . 09:00 I WOULD TELL YOU THEY ARE FREE BUT ACTUALLY IT'S 09:02 BECAUSE OF DONORS WHO SAY I WANT ACCESS TO WHAT GOD 09:07 IS DOING. 09:08 AND WE INVITE YOU TO GO TO GOAIM. 09:10 ORG AND BECOME A PART OF THIS. 09:13 IN FACT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO WATCH A PROMOTIONAL 09:17 VIDEO THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER JUST TO ENCOURAGE 09:20 YOU TO THINK ABOUT BEING A PARTNER. 09:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 09:28 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 09:31 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO FRANK STANYER AND EGAR 09:35 PANGILINAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 09:38 PHILIPPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 09:41 JESUS. 09:43 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 09:46 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES. 09:48 TO GENERATE AND RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED 09:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE 09:54 WORKERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 09:57 SO FRANK AND EGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE 10:00 OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES ALSO NEEDED TO HEAR THE 10:03 NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 10:06 SALVATION. 10:07 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 10:10 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES 10:14 NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 10:16 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 10:20 TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 10:25 FRANK AND EGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 10:28 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 10:30 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 10:33 ORGANIZATIONS. 10:34 CURRENTLY GOSPEL SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 10:38 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 10:42 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 10:46 FRANK AND EGAR HAD A VISION AND THEY HAVE 10:50 PASSED IT ON AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF 10:53 THAT. 10:54 AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH DEL ORSER. 10:57 YOU HAVE CAUGHT THAT VISION TOO. 10:59 OH WHAT A JOY IT IS TO SHARE JESUS. 11:01 AND DID YOU EVER GET TO MEET FRANK OR EGAR? 11:04 NO I DIDN'T. 11:05 YOU DID NOT. 11:06 YOU SEE THAT MEDAL---- HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN EVEN 11:10 THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 11:12 BUT GOD IS AT WORK THROUGH THAT ORIGINAL AND NOW IT 11:15 IS SUCCEEDING HERE. 11:17 IT'S WONDERFUL. 11:18 DEL YOU HAD MORE OF THAT STORY TO SHARE. 11:21 YES. 11:22 THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE PICTURES THAT I WANTED TO 11:23 SHARE AND SHOW. 11:25 THIS IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WHEN MY 11:28 WIFE AND I VISITED SAMUEL'S HOME. 11:31 WE ATE-IF YOU GO BACK YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE 11:34 EATING ON THE BED THAT WE SLEPT IN. 11:36 THEY HAD NO TABLE AND JUST SUCH A SMALL HOME BUT WHAT 11:41 A JOY IT WAS TO BE THERE AND SEE THE LOVE OF THESE 11:45 PEOPLE AS WE VISITED THEM. 11:50 THIS IS SAMUEL AND HIS CAR. 11:51 FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE DONATED HIS TIME AND HIS 11:55 CAR AND WE TRAVELED ALL OVER ANDHRA PRADESH 11:58 VISITING THE CHURCHES WE HAD HELPED START. 12:01 WE ACTUALLY HAD HELPED ESTABLISH 75 CHURCHES IN 12:04 INDIA. 12:05 SEVENTY-FIVE CHURCHES. 12:07 FOR 13 YEARS WE WOULD GO TO THOSE CHURCHES AND 12:10 ENCOURAGE THEM AND BECAME REALLY FRIENDS WITH THE 12:16 PEOPLE AND WITH THE PASTORS ESPECIALLY. 12:18 AND THIS LAST TIME WE WERE IN INDIA SAMUEL CAME WITH 12:22 HIS FAMILY. 12:23 THAT'S HIM TO THE LEFT OF ME THERE. 12:26 AND THAT SHIRT THAT I'M WEARING THERE IN THAT 12:28 PICTURE IS A SHIRT THAT HE GAVE ME. 12:31 THIS IS A PICTURE OF SAMUEL AND I. 12:33 AND WE REJOICE IN THE THOUGHT OF SOMEDAY MEETING 12:38 AROUND THE THRONE OF GOD WITH ALL THOSE THAT WE'VE 12:40 ENCOURAGED TO BE THERE IN GOD'S KINGDOM WITH US. 12:43 I THINK IT MIGHT BE RIGHT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE 12:47 A RICH MAN. 12:48 OH I FEEL I AM. 12:50 YOU ARE A RICH MAN IN CHRIST. 12:52 IT'S ASTONISHING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 12:57 THERE'S ANOTHER STORY THAT I THINK YOU KIND OF PUT 13:06 THESE TOGETHER. 13:07 I HAVE. 13:09 LET'S HEAR THAT NEXT ONE. 13:11 I WOULD SAY FIRST I HAVE 38 DIFFERENT WHAT I CALL 13:15 EBENEZERS---------. 13:17 MAYBE THE VIEWERS DON'T KNOW WHAT AN EBENEZER IS. 13:19 MAYBE IF THEY HAVE TIME THEY MAY GO TO I SAMUEL 7, 13:22 6 AND 7 RIGHT IN THERE AND REALIZE IT WAS A MEMORIAL 13:27 TO THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD AS HE PROVIDENTIALLY-THE 13:32 PHILISTINES ATTACKED ISRAEL AND HOW THEY HAD 13:37 VICTORY, ISRAEL DID THAT DAY. 13:39 AND I CALL THEM EBENEZERS BECAUSE THEY ARE 13:43 EXPERIENCES THAT WE CAN REALLY REVEAL THE 13:46 CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN PUT IN GOD IN HIS PROMISES. 13:50 THE ORIGINAL EBENEZER WAS A STONE SET UP AS A 13:53 MEMORIAL AND YOUR EBENEZERS I HOPE YOU'RE 13:58 GETTING THEM RECORDED SOMEPLACE. 14:00 I NEED TO. 14:01 I'VE WRITTEN A COUPLE OF THEM BUT I NEED TO PUT 14:02 THEM IN A BOOK PROBABLY. 14:04 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TREASURES IN YOUR HEART 14:05 AREN'T THEY. 14:06 THEY ARE. 14:07 THE NEXT STORY I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS ABOUT MY FIRST 14:16 TIME ACTUALLY IN THE MISSION FIELD. 14:18 AND ALL THESE FIT TOGETHER IN A REAL AMAZING WAY AS 14:24 WE REALIZE THAT GOD WANTS TO USE US WHEREVER WE ARE. 14:28 WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MISSION FIELD. 14:30 BUT AS WE WERE PREPARING TO-ACTUALLY WE WERE GOING 14:34 TO BE GOING ON A VACATION AND WENT TO CHURCH AND A 14:39 LADY SAYS WHY DON'T YOU CONSIDER GOING ON A 14:42 MISSION TRIP. 14:43 KIND OF LIKE A FIRST TIME. 14:45 TO THE BAHAMAS. 14:46 WE WERE GOING TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS BUT WE DECIDED 14:48 INSTEAD TO GO TO RUSSIA. 14:50 AND AS WE WERE PLANNING TO GO TO RUSSIA I WANTED TO 14:56 TAKE SOMETHING WITH US THAT WE COULD GIVE TO THE 14:58 PEOPLE. 14:58 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 14:59 AND A LADY CAME INTO OUR PRINT SHOP AND SHE HAD 15:03 THIS PAINTING THAT SHE HAD DONE, AN ILLUSTRATION OF 15:06 JESUS. 15:07 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. 15:09 IT WAS THE VERY FIRST PAINTING THAT SHE HAD EVER 15:11 DONE. 15:12 AND I REMEMBER GOING HOME THAT NIGHT AND REALIZING 15:14 THAT WOULD BE JUST THE THING TO TAKE TO RUSSIA 15:18 WITH US. 15:19 WE OWN A PRINTING COMPANY IN COEUR D'ALENE AND AS I 15:26 CALLED THE LADY THAT HAD BROUGHT IN THIS 15:29 PICTURE-SHE IS THE ARTIST? 15:31 SHE IS THE ARTIST. 15:33 SHE SAID WE COULD PRINT THEM AS LONG AS WE DIDN'T 15:35 SELL THEM. 15:36 SO I SENT IN FOR COLOR SEPARATIONS AND BEGAN TO 15:39 MAKE PLANS TO PRINT THESE AND THAT'S ONLY HALF OF 15:42 THE STORY. 15:43 AND THIS IS JUST AS YOUR THINKING OF GOING TO 15:45 RUSSIA. 15:46 YES, WE WERE GOING TO RUSSIA. 15:47 THE FIRST MISSION TRIP WE HAD BEEN ON NOT KNOWING 15:51 THAT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:53 BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE THEM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AS 15:55 WELL. 15:56 OH MY, SO THE FIRST HALF YOU MEET HER, YOU COLOR 16:00 SEPARATE. 16:01 YOU SAY I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO CARRY WITH ME 16:03 WHEN WE GO VISIT RUSSIA. 16:05 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? 16:07 WELL AS WE WERE MAKING PLANS TO HAVE THIS 16:09 PRINTING DONE MY WIFE WAS IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 16:13 SELLING PRINTING. 16:14 WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT SHE CALLS ON QUITE OFTEN 16:17 AND AS SHE WENT THERE SHE NOTICED THIS LADY, THE 16:20 RECEPTIONIST WHO HAD AN ACCENT THAT SHE DIDN'T 16:23 RECOGNIZE, SHE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. 16:24 SO SHE BEGAN TO TALK TO HER AND FOUND OUT THAT SHE 16:28 HAD JUST RETURNED FROM RUSSIA. 16:31 AND BONNIE SAID WELL WE'RE GOING TO RUSSIA NEXT WEEK. 16:33 AND SHE SAID REALLY. 16:35 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. 16:36 WELL WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON BUILDING A 16:38 CHURCH. 16:38 WHAT DENOMINATION? 16:39 WE ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 16:42 SHE SAYS WELL I JUST BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY 16:45 ADVENTIST FROM BEING A TRANSLATOR FOR ADRA, 16:48 ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY. 16:49 IN RUSSIA. 16:50 IN RUSSIA. 16:52 WE INVITED HER TO OUR HOME AND I STAYED UP LATE IN 16:56 THE NIGHT PUTTING TOGETHER HOW TO ACCEPT JESUS AS 17:00 YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR. 17:02 WE PRINTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS "COME UNTO ME ALL 17:03 THAT ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU 17:04 REST. 17:05 HE THAT COMES TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT." 17:06 AND WE PRINTED SIX THOUSAND OF THESE AND WE 17:08 HAVE BEEN TO RUSSIA ON TWO OCCASIONS AND USED THEM. 17:09 SO WHO TRANSLATED INTO RUSSIAN FOR YOU. 17:11 SHE WAS ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT INTO THE RUSSIAN 17:13 LANGUAGE AND HAD A COMPUTER AT HOME AND WAS 17:16 ABLE TO PUT IT INTO THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. 17:19 SINCE THEN WE HAVE THEM SCALED DOWN TO A SIZE LIKE 17:21 THIS AND WE HAVE HAD THESE DONE IN FOUR DIFFERENT 17:23 LANGUAGES, DIALECTS. 17:24 AND THEY TOO ARE HOW TO ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR 17:25 PERSONAL SAVIOR. 17:26 WELL THAT MUST HAVE FELT LIKE A DIVINE APPOINTMENT 17:27 FOR BONNIE TO MEET UP WITH THIS LADY. 17:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:29 ISN'T THAT TRUE. 17:29 THAT IS TRUE. 17:30 NOT ONE YOU COULD PLAN ON. 17:33 SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER PRINTINGS 17:38 THAT WE HAVE DONE. 17:39 I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEM HERE BUT WE PRINTED "THE 18:03 IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S LAW" IN TELUGU AND ORIYA AS 18:08 WELL WHICH YOU KNOW WE CAN'T-IT'S JUST BEEN 18:13 AMAZING HOW THINGS HAVE WORKED OUT WITH PUTTING 18:17 THE PRINTING TOGETHER. 18:20 WE HAVE ALSO PRINTED-BEING IN THE PRINTING BUSINESS 18:24 GAVE YOU THE VISION TO SAY OF COURSE WE CAN PRINT UP 18:27 ANYTHING WE WANT. 18:29 RIGHT. 18:30 BUT TO HAVE ALL THE OTHER RESOURCES THERE. 18:33 WE ENDED UP ACTUALLY HAVING THESE PRINTED IN 18:35 THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE GO, IN INDIA. 18:40 WE FIND THAT THE POSTAGE TAKING THEM THERE IS SO 18:45 EXPENSIVE. 18:46 THIS IS ANOTHER CARD THAT WE PRINTED. 18:47 WE'VE PRINTED THESE BY THE THOUSANDS. 18:49 AND ALSO WE'VE HAD THEM IN ORIYA AS WELL AS TELUGU. 18:50 AND THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE FRONT DOES THAT COME 18:51 FROM THE SAME ARTIST? 18:52 NO THIS IS A DIFFERENT ARTIST. 18:53 ACTUALLY THE ARTIST THAT DID THIS WAS THE TEACHER 18:54 OF THE OTHER PICTURE THAT I SHOWED YOU, LORETTA 18:55 JENKINS. 18:56 OK. 18:57 NOW LORETTA HAS SINCE THEN DONE ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. 18:58 THAT'S THIS ONE HERE. 18:59 AND WE HAVE PUT "YOUR FREE GIFT" ON IT AS YOU CAN 19:18 SEE. 19:20 AND "WHY NOT REDEEM IT". 19:23 YOUR FREE GIFT IS JOHN 3:16 WHY NOT REDEEM IT. 19:27 THEN ON THE BACK WE HAVE "HOW TO REDEEM YOUR FREE 19:30 GIFT" AND COVERING HOW TO KNOW JESUS AND ACCEPT HIM 19:33 INTO YHOUR LIFE WITH VERSES THAT GO ALONG WITH 19:37 IT. 19:38 AND A SAMPLE SIMPLE PRAYER THAT THEY CAN READ. 19:39 AND HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. 19:40 AND WE HAVE PRINTED THESE BY THE THOUSANDS AND GIEN 19:42 THEM TO OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 19:51 THEY CAN USE THEM TOO. 19:52 HOW OFTEN DO THE GOSPEL WORKERS THAT YOU WORK WITH 19:58 DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT 20:01 AND READ IT. 20:02 THEY'RE LITERATE, THEY'RE TRAINED, THEY'RE EDUCATED? 20:04 WELL THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY IN THE CHURCHES. 20:07 MOST OF THE CHURCHES ARE MADE UP OF THE DALIT OR 20:09 THE UNTOUCHABLES WE CALL THEM. 20:11 AND ONLY ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN PERCENT CAN READ. 20:14 BUT MANY OUT ON THE STREET CAN READ. 20:16 THEY STILL TAKE THE LITERATURE AND THEY HAVE 20:20 IT AND THEY CHERISH IT. 20:21 SO EVEN IF A PERSON CAN'T READ THEY CAN PASS IT TO 20:24 SOMEBODY THAT CAN. 20:25 AND THEY CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT. 20:26 RIGHT. 20:27 ACTUALLY BEFORE WE USED THIS PICTURE WE USED THIS 20:31 PICTURE HERE WHICH IS WONDERFUL, HOWEVER I THINK 20:36 IT'S A HIGHER DRAW FOR AN ILLUSTRATION OF HEAVEN. 20:43 INSTEAD OF DEATH IT'S THE WELCOME OF LIFE. 20:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:49 OH MY. 20:50 TELL ME AGAIN WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED AND YOU 20:56 TOOK THIS TO RUSSIA YOU HAD A GOOD RECEPTION 20:59 THERE? 20:59 YOU FOUND PEOPLE WHO COULD TAKE IT? 21:02 I HAVE SEVERAL STORIES I COULD SHARE. 21:03 I DON'T HAVE TIME BUT WE PASSED THEM OUT. 21:05 I GOT ON A TRAIN AND STARTED-I WAS WITH A LADY 21:09 ON A TRAIN AND I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM 21:12 THROUGH THE CARS AS WE WERE HEADED TO MOSCOW. 21:16 YOU DON'T SPEAK RUSSIAN DO YOU? 21:17 NO I DON'T. 21:18 BUT AS WE WENT I STARTED TO GO FROM CAR TO CAR AND 21:23 I WAS PASSING THESE OUT AND AS WE GOT CLOSER TO 21:28 MOSCOW MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GOT ON THE TRAIN 21:32 AND I REALIZED IT WAS SO CROWDED AND I HAD TO MAKE 21:34 MY WAY UP TO THE FRONT CAR BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW 21:36 ENGLISH. 21:38 AND I GAVE THEM OUT TO SO MANY ON THE TRAIN ON THE 21:42 WAY TO MOSCOW. 21:43 THAT WAS INSPIRING ENOUGH THAT BY THE TIME YOU ENDED 21:48 UP CALLED BY GOD TO WORK IN INDIA YOU KNEW THAT 21:52 THIS WAS A TOOL THAT COULD BE USED. 21:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:55 AND THIS SUPPLEMENTS IN A WAY OR LIKE INTRODUCES 21:59 PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THOSE LITTLE BOXES 22:02 WHERE THEY CAN HEAR WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN THEIR 22:06 OWN LANGUAGE IF THEY ARE ILLITERATE. 22:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:09 YES, WE LOVE TO GIVE THE MEGAVOICES OUT AND WE HAVE 22:12 GIVEN SO MANY. 22:13 PROVIDENTIALLY TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ABOUT 200 OF 22:19 THESE MEGAVOICES AND BECAUSE WE HAD A DOMESTIC 22:22 FLIGHT AND TRANSFER WITHIN INDIA THEY KEPT THAT AFTER 22:29 THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY 22:32 WANTED. 22:34 THEY CALLED AND SAID YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE 22:36 AIRPORT TO SEE THESE AND IT WAS A LONG WAYS OFF AND 22:41 THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD. 22:42 AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS JUST PRAY AND ASK GOD 22:45 GUIDANCE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE DESTROYED 22:48 THEM. 22:49 PROVIDENTIALLY A NEW MAN WAS HIRED ON THAT HAD 22:54 TAKEN THE PLACE OF SOMEONE WHO HAD SAID THERE WAS NO 22:56 WAY THAT WE COULD GET THEM. 22:57 AND SO IT WAS A MIRACLE HOW THAT WORKED OUT. 23:00 SO DID YOU AND THOSE MEGAVOICES EVER GET 23:03 TOGETHER? 23:04 FINALLY. 23:05 FINALLY YOU DID. 23:06 BUT I HAD SUCH PEACE ABOUT IT I KNEW GOD WAS GOING TO 23:09 ANSWER OUR PRAYERS AND GET THOSE TO US. 23:11 THAT IS AMAZING. 23:13 WELL WHEN YOU THINK OF THESE BEING PASSED OUT 23:16 HAVE ANY OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, HAVE 23:22 THEY COME BACK WITH STORIES ABOUT THE EFFECT 23:25 OF THESE PAMPHLETS BEING PASSED OUT? 23:28 THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE. 23:29 AND AS WE PASS THESE OUT ON THE CITY STREETS WE HAD 23:34 AN EXPERIENCE IN VISITING A COLLEGE WHERE THERE WERE 23:39 ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS CAME TO HEAR US 23:43 SHARE THE GOSPEL. 23:44 IT WAS AMAZING HOW GOD WORKED THINGS OUT. 23:46 AND ALSO OUR BIBLE WORKERS DO HAVE MANY STORIES THAT 23:49 THEY COULD SHARE ABOUT HOW THESE TRACTS HAVE WON 23:54 LIVES TO THE LORD. 23:56 THAT'S AMAZING. 23:58 WELL WE ARE COMING UP CLOSER TO AN END OF TIME 24:03 TOGETHER. 24:05 THESE EBENEZERS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. 24:08 YOU SHARED AT LEAST TWO MAYBE MORE WITH US TODAY. 24:12 WHEN YOU LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE DO YOU EXPECT TO 24:16 HAVE MORE OF THESE TIMES WHEN GOD REACHES IN AND 24:19 SAYS I'M HERE, I'M PRESENT. 24:21 WE SURE DO. 24:23 IT'S PROMISED. 24:24 IT'S PROMISED. 24:25 IT'S PROMISED. 24:26 AND IT DOSEN'T HAPPEN JUST OVERSEAS DOES IT. 24:29 NO. 24:31 YOU EXPERIENCE IT THERE IN IDAHO WHERE YOU LIVE? 24:33 THAT'S RIGHT WE DO. 24:35 EVEN IN YOUR WORK AS YOU MAKE A LIVELIHOOD YOU'RE 24:39 CONSTANTLY BUMPING INTO PEOPLE AND I CAN IMAGINE 24:42 THAT YOUR EYES AND YOUR EARS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO 24:46 LOOKING FOR WHO IS GOOD WORKING WITH. 24:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:49 WHO DOES GOD WANT TO TOUCH. 24:50 WE CAN ALWAYS REST ASSURED THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE 24:52 BRINGING PEOPLE INTO OUR LIVES THAT WE CAN SHARE 24:55 HIM WITH. 24:56 AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 25:00 WELL IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW JUST TO 25:04 STOP AND TALK TO YOU AS A VIEWER. 25:07 YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STORIES. 25:10 YOU HAVE MOMENTS WHEN GOD HAS TOUCHED YOU. 25:13 YOU HAVE OCCASIONS WHEN THE LIGHT HAS BROKEN 25:19 THROUGH AND YOU'VE SAID AHA, I AM NOT ALONE IN 25:23 THIS WORLD. 25:24 PERHAPS IT IS THAT GOD HAS A PLACE FOR YOU TO SHARE 25:28 THAT STORY. 25:30 YOU MAY NEED TO COME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH 25:33 YOUR GIFTS, THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND THIS MAY BE A 25:37 PART OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. 25:39 WHERE YOU ARE, WHERE YOU LIVE, THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, 25:42 THE PEOPLE YOU SEE EVERY DAY. 25:44 I'M GOING TO KEEP PRAYING, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 25:46 PRAYING THAT NOT ONLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT IN 25:51 YOUR WINDOW THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT GOD IS ASKING YOU 25:55 TO DO. 25:56 IT'S AN AMAZING MOMENT. 25:58 YOU HAVE ANOTHER THOUGHT? 25:59 I WANTED JUST SAY IF I WOULD HAVE TIME TO HAVE A 26:01 SPECIAL PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE 26:04 DONORS. 26:05 WHY DON'T WE GIVE TIME TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 26:07 WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT. 26:08 OK. 26:10 LOVING FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A JOY IT IS TO BE A 26:13 PART OF YOUR FOREVER FAMILY. 26:16 LORD JESUS AS YOU HAVE GONE WITH US AND AS WE 26:18 HAVE SEEN LIVES CHANGED WE REALIZE WHAT A DIFFERENCE 26:21 YOU CAN MAKE AS YOU ENTER INTO A LIFE AND THEY 26:23 ACCEPT YOU. 26:25 LORD JESUS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DONORS. 26:28 THOSE WHO HAVE SO FAITHFULLY GIVEN MONTH 26:30 AFTER MONTH TO THE CAUSE OF SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS 26:34 OF YOUR LOVE AND YOUR SALVATION. 26:36 I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE PEACE AND 26:38 ASSURANCE TO CONTINUALLY TO REALIZE THAT THEIR 26:41 NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE AS THESE 26:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GO FORWARD. 26:46 AND WE THANK YOU LORD THAT WE CAN TRUST YOU KNOWING 26:49 THAT YOU WILL HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND ANSWER THEM. 26:52 I THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE OF 26:55 SHARING YOU WITH THOSE IN THE FIELD. 26:57 WE LOVE YOU. 26:59 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL FILL US WITH THE PEACE AND 27:02 ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL BE WITH THOSE SOON AND LIVE 27:05 THROUGHOUT ETERNITY. 27:06 IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. 27:09 AMEN AMEN. 27:10 THANK YOU DEL FOR THE TIME TOGETHER. 27:12 GOD BE WITH YOU. 27:13 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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