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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000804S
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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL 00:37 OUTREACH. 00:38 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH TODAY. 00:42 SOME OF YOU ARE SUPPORTERS, SOME OF YOU 00:44 ARE JUST CURIOUS. 00:46 I HAVE A THOUGHT-WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING IS 00:50 SOMETHINGTHAT HAPPENED WITH NO CAMERAS AROUND, 00:54 WHO KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THE GOSPEL FIRST 00:58 REACHED OUR ANCESTORS? 01:00 THERE WERE MISSIONARIES. 01:01 THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CAME, WHO HAD BEEN FILLED 01:04 WITH THE JOY OF WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US AND 01:08 THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ANCESTORS. 01:10 WE INHERITED THAT, DISCOVERED IT WAS REAL FOR 01:13 US TOO. 01:15 WELL, THAT PROCESS IS STILL GOING ON. 01:17 THE GOSPEL IS STILL BEING REACHED IN ALL THE WORLD 01:22 AND THE ORSERS ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, DEL AND 01:25 BONNIE WELCOME. 01:27 AH, IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE. 01:28 THANK YOU. 01:29 YOU ARE WATCHING PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 01:32 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 01:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:34 AND WHERE IS THAT HAPPENING? 01:35 WELL, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO INDIA FOR 18 YEARS. 01:38 EIGHTEEN YEARS? 01:39 AND WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THESE PEOPLE AND 01:42 IT'S- THE GREATEST JOYS IN LIFE COME AS WE SHARE THE 01:46 BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS OF GODS GLORY WITH THESE PEOPLE. 01:49 NOW INDIA IS SO BIG I BET YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE; 01:55 YOU HAVE A SECTION. 01:55 RIGHT. 01:56 THAT IS YOURS. 01:57 YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT SECTION? 01:58 WE ARE IN REGION 11 WHICH COVERS TWO STATES ANDHRA 02:05 PRADESH AND ORISSA NOW CALLED ODISHA. 02:09 WE HAVE NEARLY 90 MILLION PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. 02:15 WE SERVE 147 BIBLE GOSPEL OUTREACH BIBLE WORKERS AND 02:16 WE TRAIN; WE'VE BEEN TRAINING THEM NOW FOR SIX 02:20 YEARS AS GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTORS. 02:22 SO, THESE 147 YOU SAID? 02:26 RIGHT. 02:27 AND SO, WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE TO TRAIN THEM, MOST 02:31 OF YOUR INTERACTION IS PROBABLY WITH THEM BUT 02:34 OCCASIONALLY YOU GET TO GO TO WHERE THEY WORK DON'T 02:37 YOU? 02:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:39 AND YOU GET TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FALLEN IN 02:41 LOVE WITH THEM AND FALLEN IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 02:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:44 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A FEEL OF 02:47 THE CULTURE IN INDIA. 02:49 I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT WE PUT IN HERE. 02:50 LET'S LOOK AT THESE. 02:53 AND WE REALIZE THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR AREA, THE 02:58 MAP AND YOU CAN SEE IT COVERS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE 03:01 EAST COAST OF INDIA ITSELF AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO 03:03 AREAS THAT WE SERVE, THE WEATHER PREDOMINANTELY 03:05 CHANGES. 03:06 COMPARED TO -WE USUALLY GO SOUTH FIRST AND PROGRESS 03:11 NORTH AND THAT WAY WE DEAL WITH THE WEATHER CHANGE A 03:14 LITTLE BIT. 03:16 WE USUALLY ARE THERE FOR TWO MONTHS. 03:17 YOU ARE USUALLY THERE FOR TWO MONTHS AND YOU TRY TO 03:21 PROBABLY TO GO NOT DURING THE STORM SEASON. 03:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:25 BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE STORMS, RIGHT, IN THE BAY 03:27 OF BENGAL DON'T THEY? 03:28 THEY DO. 03:30 OH MY. 03:31 HERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IN INDIA 03:33 JUST TO GO UP AND DOWN THE STREETS IN INDIA IN THE 03:36 CITIES IS JUST A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 03:38 YOU COME HOME SO APPRECIATIVE AND MANY 03:41 DISEASES AND THE CULTURE THERE, OH MY, WHAT IS THIS 03:45 DISEASE? 03:46 THAT'S CALLED ELEPHANTITIS AND WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST 03:52 TO TREAT THESE WITH CHARCOAL AND OTHER NATURAL 03:55 REMEDIES AND IT IS A CHALLENGE UNDERSTANDING 03:58 AND KNOWING THEY HAVE THE BOOK WHERE THERE IS NO 04:02 DOCTOR THAT WE'VE USED MANY TIMES, OK, IT COVERS 04:05 THESE. 04:08 SHE'S CARRYING A BIG LOAD. 04:10 RIGHT. 04:11 AND YOU CAN JUST GET A PICTURE, A FEEL FOR WHAT 04:14 IT IS LIKE. 04:15 THE DUMPSTER IS OVERFLOWING. 04:17 RIGHT. 04:18 YES. 04:19 THIS IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, A WIDOW, WE 04:24 HAVE A WIDOWS FUND THAT ITS CHANGED NOW BUT IT 04:29 USED TO BE LIKE $5 A MONTH PROVIDE FOOD FOR THESE 04:32 WIDOWS SO THAT THEY CAN- AND HERE IS A LADY 04:36 CARRYING WOOD FOR FOOD, TO COOK HER FOOD ON AND WOOD 04:41 IS OF HIGH VALUE IN INDIA. 04:42 WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY WALKING MILES CARRYING THE 04:47 WOOD FOR THEIR MEALS. 04:49 THAT COULD PROBABLY MEAN THAT IN SOME AREAS, 04:52 DEFORESTATION IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM? 04:55 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:56 AND THE CHALLENGE OF FUELING OUR LIVES WHETHER 05:00 IT IS AT THAT LEVEL OR EVEN HERE IN AMERICA THIS 05:03 WHOLE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET THE ENERGY WE NEED. 05:07 THERE IT IS A VERY FUNDAMENTAL-HOW DO I COOK 05:10 THIS NEXT MEAL? 05:11 RIGHT. 05:12 AH, WHAT'S THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE 05:19 FOCUSED ON? 05:20 WELL, WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE 05:22 DO IN OUR REGION. 05:27 BONNIE, MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE THAT? 05:29 WELL, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING AND 05:31 MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP IN EACH ONE OF 05:32 OUR SECTIONS AND WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. 05:34 THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE GOSPEL WORKERS, THE 05:36 LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHURCH WORK. 05:38 OUR CHURCH WORK. 05:39 YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE 05:40 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 05:41 OK. 05:42 AND SO, WE HAVE WONDERFUL LEADERS THERE THAT WE MEET 05:43 WITH AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY DO THE HIRING 05:44 AND THE FIRING, SO TO SPEAK, OF OUR GOSPEL 05:45 OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE TRAINING AND THEY ARE THE 05:49 ONES WHO DISPERSE THEM TO WHICH VILLAGES THAT THEY 06:02 SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO. 06:04 SO, WHEN YOU COME WITH TRAINING, UH HUH, YOU ARE 06:06 JUST DOING SOME ADDITIONAL, ON TOP OF 06:08 THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE OF TRAINING? 06:11 THAT'S CORRECT. 06:11 UH HUH. 06:12 THEY GET MONTHLY TRAINING FOR MOST OF THE SECTIONS 06:15 AND SO WE GO AND SHARE ABOUT THE PERSONAL 06:21 TESTIMONY. 06:22 UH HUH. 06:23 AND TELLING BIBLE STORIES AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL 06:26 TIMES OF PRAYER AND THEY LOVE TO SING. 06:30 AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL DRUM PLAYERS, OH MY. 06:33 WE LIKE THEIR MUSIC. 06:36 AND THEY DON'T LOSE THE RHYTHM DO THEY? 06:38 NO, THEY DO NOT AND IT IS VERY, VERY NICE. 06:40 I PUT UP A SLIDE SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP, UH HUH, WE 06:45 ALWAYS MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP PRIOR TO 06:47 MEETING WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 06:49 OK. 06:50 AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE FOLLOW. 06:54 WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE MEMORANDUM 06:57 OF AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE SIGNED AND WE GO 07:00 THROUGH THAT SECTION BY SECTION AND MAKE SURE THEY 07:03 UNDERSTAND IT AND FOLLOWING IT AND THAT'S 07:05 WHAT THOSE PICTURES -ONE PICTURE WAS FOR. 07:09 THIS WHOLE IDEA OF BEING ORGANIZED AND NOT JUST 07:13 BEING OFF ON THEIR OWN THAT'S BEEN REALLY THOUGHT 07:16 THROUGH AND PRAYED ABOUT BY GOSPEL OUTREACH HASN'T 07:18 IT? 07:19 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:20 WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A HEALTHY, STRONG 07:22 ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVER WE GO IN THE WORLD. 07:25 RIGHT. 07:26 AND THAT WAS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE LEADERS THERE 07:28 YOU WERE SPEAKING TO? 07:29 YES, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH LEADERSHIP. 07:31 THIS WOULD BE IN THE NORTH ORISSA AREA AND WE LIKE TO 07:37 REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS OF THE BIBLE WORKERS, UH HUH, 07:40 AND WE LIKE TO WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH THE LEADERSHIP 07:43 BECAUSE THEY- WITHOUT GOOD LEADERSHIP AND ON BOARD 07:47 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION, WE WOULDN'T BE 07:51 ABLE TO FUNCTION OVER THERE WITH OUR BIBLE 07:53 WORKERS. 07:54 WHEN YOU ARRIVE, HOW MANY NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:58 WORKERS MIGHT THERE BE TO BE INTRODUCED TO? 08:00 DO THEY EVERY YEAR OR EVERY SEASON DO THEY 08:04 RECRUIT SOME MORE? 08:06 THEY DO AND THEY ARE APPROVED BY GOSPEL 08:09 OUTREACH HEADQUARTERS HERE. 08:11 IT IS QUITE A CRITERIA THAT -RESPONSIBILITIES 08:14 THAT THEY HAVE AND REQUIREMENTS TO BE A 08:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:19 OK. 08:22 AND THEY CAN'T OFFER THEM THESE POSITIONS UNLESS 08:24 THERE IS THE MEANS TO SUPPORT THEM CAN THEY? 08:27 THAT'S CORRECT AND SO THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 08:29 IS PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF FINDING THAT 08:32 FINANCIAL BASE TO EXPAND WHAT WE HAVE AND I BET IT 08:38 IS A JOY WHEN YOU CAN CALL UP THE LEADERSHIP THERE 08:41 AND SAY, WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THREE MORE OR 08:44 FOR FIVE MORE. 08:46 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:47 DO YOU EVER GET TO DO THAT? 08:49 YES, AT TIMES. 08:51 THAT'S A JOY. 08:52 WELL, I JUST WANT TO APPEAL TO OUR VIEWERS 08:55 -REMEMBER YOU ARE A PART OF THIS AND ENOUGH OF YOU 08:58 ARE INVESTING THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING 09:01 OVER THERE AND SURVIVING WITH THE THRILL OF BEING 09:04 ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH JESUS CHRIST. 09:07 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICPATION. 09:09 UM, BACK TO YOUR TRAINING WHEN YOU ARRIVE, YOU'VE 09:14 SEEN THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN WHEN DO YOU GET TO 09:18 SIT DOWN WITH YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS? 09:21 THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. 09:22 IT USUALLY STARTS THE FOLLOWING DAY. 09:25 WE MEET WITH EACH WORKER. 09:28 WE HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL 09:30 TRANSLATOR THAT IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:32 COORDINATOR THAT JOINS US AT THE TABLE AND WE HAVE 09:36 FOUND THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD 09:39 TRANSLATOR IN INDIA AND WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF OUR 09:43 TRANSLATOR. 09:45 HIS NAME IS PASTOR UDAY AND HE HAS BEEN WITH US 09:52 NOW FOR THREE YEARS AND WE HAVE JUST GROWN TO LOVE 09:55 HIM.OH. 09:56 HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN. 09:57 YES, A GOOD TRANSLATOR - AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE 10:04 PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD YOUR INTENT. 10:06 RIGHT. 10:07 THAT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE. 10:08 YES, WHEN THEY START WIGGLING THEIR HEAD, YES, 10:11 AS YOU KNOW THEN WE KNOW THEY ARE GETTING THE 10:13 MESSAGE. 10:14 IF THEY JUST SIT THERE AND LOOK AT YOU THEN WE KNOW 10:16 WE DON'T HAVE A VERY GOOD TRANSLATOR. 10:18 SO, SOMETIMES WE DO TRAINING AND THEN WE GIVE 10:21 A LITTLE QUIZ AFTERWARDS AND WE -IF THEY DO WELL ON 10:25 THE QUIZ, WE GIVE THEM MAYBE A HUNDRED OR TWO 10:27 HUNDRED RUPEES. 10:28 IT'S VERY NICE. 10:29 OH. 10:30 AND WE HAVE A NICE TIME WITH THEM. 10:32 OH GOOD. 10:33 WE ALWAYS EXAMINE THEIR BIBLES. 10:35 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REALLY TELL A LOT ABOUT A 10:37 PERSON'S SPIRITUALITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR BIBLES 10:40 AND SEE HOW THEY TREATED IT. 10:42 IF ITS MARKED, WELL WORN. 10:45 THAT MUST BE ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT THEY MUST 10:47 MEET IS TO BE LITERATE AND ABLE TO USE A BIBLE. 10:51 YES. 10:52 AT LEAST TEN PLUS CLASS OR 12 IS BEST. 10:57 AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY, ALL OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAVE 10:59 FILLED OUT A FORM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. 11:02 WE KNOW IF THEIR WIFE IS A SUPPORT, WHERE THEY LIVE, 11:05 HOW MANY CHURCHES THEY'VE HAD AND THEIR FAMILY 11:08 MEMBERS, IF THEY ARE NEEDING HELP WITH THEIR 11:12 EDUCATION AND IF THEY OWN THEIR OWN HOME AND SO MANY 11:16 THINGS WE'VE FOUND OUT AND WE ALWAYS ASK HOW CAN WE 11:19 PRAY FOR YOU IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WE ADD THIS TO 11:22 OUR LIST AND PRAY FOR THEM. 11:24 WE ALWAYS END WITH PRAYER. 11:25 VERY, VERY PERSONAL. 11:27 YES IT IS. 11:28 AS YOU WORK WITH THEM. 11:29 YES. 11:30 I THINK THEY LIKE IT A LOT BECAUSE THEY REALLY LINE 11:33 UP TO HAVE TIME ONE ON ONE WITH US. 11:35 IT IS VERY NICE. 11:37 YOU HAVE FORMED SOME AMAZING FRIENDSHIPS OVER 11:39 THE YEARS, OH YA, HAVEN'T YOU? 11:41 YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT IF WE HAVE 11:43 -THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TURNOVER IN OUR BIBLE 11:46 WORKERS. 11:47 LOT OF THE BIBLE WORKERS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY 11:49 YEARS. 11:50 I SEE AND SO WE LEARN THEIR NAMES AND THEY LEARN 11:54 OUR NAMES AND WE; YA IT IS VERY NICE. 11:57 VERY NICE AND LOTS OF PRAYER WITH THEM. 11:59 SO, SOME HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE A LIVELIHOOD THAT 12:04 INCLUDES GOSPEL OUTREACH STIPEND, UH HUH, AND THEY 12:08 MAY HAVE SOME OTHER SOURCE. 12:10 I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS AND HE SAID 12:13 THAT HE POINTED OUT A MAN WHO WAS A PRINCIPAL OF A 12:16 GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AT 12:20 THE SAME TIME. 12:21 UH, KIND OF A BIVOCATIONAL SURVIVAL RATE AND SO MAYBE 12:27 YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT AS WELL WHO MAYBE 12:29 THEIR WIFE WORKS OR SOMETHING THAT HELPS THEM 12:33 TO KEEP THE FOCUS BUT ALSO THEY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE 12:36 BECAUSE WHAT WE GIVE TO THEM IS NOT A HUGE A 12:39 SALARY IS IT? 12:40 RIGHT, THAT IS SO TRUE. 12:42 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE; OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO SEE A 12:45 REALLY NICE VIDEO ABOUT A BIBLE WORKER WHO USES HIS 12:49 AUTO. 12:50 WE CALL THEM TUTUTS BUT THEY CALL THEM AUTOS AND 12:53 HOW USES THAT IN HIS MINISTRY AS A GOSPEL 12:56 OUTREACH. 12:57 SO, PEOPLE WILL GET TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING 12:58 ABOUT. 13:00 WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THAT VIDEO FOR THE END, YES, 13:02 AND LET'S RIGHT NOW TAKE A BREAK AND SEE THIS 13:07 ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU TO CALL OUR OFFICE NUMBERS, 13:10 TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND 13:16 SEE IF GOD IS CALLING YOU TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN 13:20 THIS ADVENTURE IN MISSION? 13:21 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 13:30 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 13:33 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 13:36 HUMANITY. 13:37 WE NEED LOVE. 13:39 WE NEED HOPE. 13:42 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:45 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:48 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:52 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 13:55 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 14:01 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:03 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:06 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:08 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:11 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:18 JESUS CHRIST. 14:19 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:22 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:30 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:33 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 14:36 THAT'S INSPIRING ISN'T IT? 14:37 JUST TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A TEAM WHO ARE WORKING AND 14:41 WE ARE NOT ALONE. 14:42 THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ADVENTURE IN MISSION THAT 14:46 GOSPEL IS A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR THIS. 14:49 AMEN. 14:50 DEL, BONNIE WE HAVE A BIT MORE TIME AND I'M GLAD YOU 14:54 HAVE SOME STORIES TO TELL. 14:56 YOU HAVE A BIBLE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE. 14:58 IS THAT A VERSE HERE? 15:00 YES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN 15:02 ENCOURAGING OUR BIBLE WORKERS IS TO REFLECT UPON 15:05 JESUS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THEIR LIVES SO THAT 15:08 THEY HAVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND WE NEED TO 15:11 CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS TO HAVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY 15:14 AND IT REMINDS ME OF THIS VERSE IN REVELATION 12:11 15:22 "AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF 15:25 THE LAMB AND BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF THEIR 15:28 TESTIMONY AND THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIFE EVEN UNTO 15:33 DEATH." 15:33 YES. 15:34 SO, THIS TELLS US HOW WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF 15:39 JESUS AND BY OUR OWN PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND 15:42 WHEN WE TRULY HAVE A TESTIMONY OF WHAT JESUS 15:45 HAS DONE FOR US, WE ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR HIM AND 15:49 THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR GOSPEL 15:53 OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:55 YEARS AGO, I DISCOVERED THAT TESTIMONY IS ONLY 16:00 VALID IF IT IS FIRST HAND. 16:03 GIVING HEARSAY DOESN'T WORK. 16:05 IT IS WHEN THEY HAVE THAT -OUR OWN, WE WERE THERE, 16:09 WE WERE THE EYEWITNESS, WE WENT THROUGH IT. 16:11 UH, THAT'S WHEN THE TESTIMONY, THE WITNESS IS 16:14 VALUABLE. 16:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:16 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TELLING THEM. 16:17 THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT THEIR OWN PERSONAL 16:19 EXPERIENCE AND WE TELL THEM- WE ASK THE QUESTION 16:23 DO YOU HAVE A TESTIMONY? 16:25 YOU KNOW I BELIEVE TODAY THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE 16:27 THAT ARE NOT WILLING TO SHARE ARE NOT REALLY 16:31 CONVERTED OR HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEIR NAME 16:35 IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. 16:37 WE CAN HAVE THAT ASSURANCE WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE, WE 16:39 HAVE A MOTIVATION THAT CAN'T KEEP US STILL. 16:43 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT INSTILL IN OUR BIBLE 16:45 WORKERS, FOR THEM TO REALIZE THEY DO HAVE A 16:48 TESTIMONY AND THEY SHARE THAT TESTIMONY WITH EACH 16:51 OTHER, THEY LEARN AND PRACTICE ON EACH OTHER AND 16:53 THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE GOSPEL. 16:55 I'M GOING TO JUST AMAZING JOY TO LISTEN TO THEIR 16:59 STORIES AND DO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM THROUGH THE 17:02 TRANSLATOR? 17:03 DOES HE TRANSLATE FOR YOU? 17:04 RIGHT. 17:05 WELL, I BET IT IS WONDERFUL. 17:06 IT IS. 17:07 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO 17:09 DO IS TO WRITE DOWN FIVE NAMES OF PEOPLE. 17:13 WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF PEOPLE THAT 17:17 THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL TESTIMONY 17:19 WITH. 17:20 OK. 17:21 AND THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO SHARE YOUR STORY, YOUR 17:25 PERSONAL TESTIMONY, THEN THEY SAY, OH, WILL YOU 17:28 SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY WITH MY FAMILY? 17:31 AND THEN, WILL YOU COME AND SHARE WITH MY 17:33 NEIGHBORS-YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 17:35 THEN THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO SAY, CAN I TELL A 17:38 STORY? 17:39 CAN I TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THIS BLINDMAN AND 17:42 HOW JESUS RELATED TO HIM? 17:44 THEN THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE BLINDMAN AND JESUS 17:47 AND HOW HE HEALED HIM. 17:49 THEN THEY TELL THE STORY ABOUT ZACCHEUS. 17:51 WILL YOU PLEASE COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND TELL MORE 17:55 STORIES? 17:55 MORE STORIES. 17:56 AND THIS TIME MORE NEIGHBORS HAVE COME. 17:58 THIS IS THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING OF A SMALL HOME 18:04 CHURCH AND THIS IS THE WAY THEN THEY START TRAINING 18:08 AN ELDER OR SOMEONE IN THAT CHURCH AND THEN THEY 18:10 CAN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER VILLAGE. 18:12 IT IS VERY, VERY EXCITING AND IT GIVES THEM 18:15 SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO. 18:17 FIRST OUR OWN STORY. 18:18 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:19 THEN THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE INHERITED IN THE 18:21 SCRIPTURES. 18:21 THAT'S CORRECT. 18:22 YES. 18:23 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ALSO IS WE END WITH A 18:25 CONSECRATION SERVICE AND THIS IS A PICTURE HERE OF 18:29 THEM COMMITING THEIR LIVES TO JESUS AND WE ALSO ASK 18:34 THE QUESTION, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS STIPEND 18:38 DRIES UP AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE A STIPEND? 18:40 ARE YOU WILLING TO CONTINUE IN SPREADING THE 18:42 GOSPEL? 18:43 HERE WE SEE IT WAS AMAZING, THEY ALL STOOD TO 18:45 THEIR FEET AND RAISED THEIR HANDS THAT THEY NO 18:47 MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE 18:49 SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND I THINK THAT IS SO WONDERFUL 18:52 AND REASSURING. 18:53 THAT IS, THAT IS BECAUSE MANY OF US MYSELF 18:57 INCLUDED, LIKE THE IDEA OF RETIRING AND WE GET A 19:03 STIPEND SO WE CAN SURVIVE, RIGHT BUT THE CALL OF 19:06 GOD-THERE IS NO RETIREMENT FROM THAT IS THERE? 19:10 NO. 19:11 HE CALLS US TO ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO SHARE. 19:13 RIGHT. 19:14 AND I JUST PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING 19:16 THAT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES IN MISSION. 19:19 DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE SLIDES TO SHARE WITH US? 19:22 THAT'S THE LAST ONE I HAD. 19:23 THAT'S THE LAST ONE. 19:25 WELL, TELL ME SOME MORE STORIES SINCE YOU 19:27 MENTIONED STORIES. 19:28 TELL ME AT LEAST ONE STORY THAT CAME TO YOU RECENTLY. 19:31 THERE IS ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE AND THAT IS 19:34 WE HAVE SEVERAL METHODS OF GETTING OUR POINTS ACROSS 19:38 AS WE TRAIN THESE MEN. 19:40 WE'VE DONE-WE'VE BLINDFOLDED THEM AND HAD 19:43 THEM-IT'S A WALK OF FAITH, LEARNING TO WALK THROUGH 19:48 THEIR PARTNER AND AS WE GO UP ON THE ROOF AND WE HAVE 19:52 PUT OUT DIFFERENT OBSTACLES THEY'VE GOT TO 19:54 GO AROUND, AND THEY LEARN TO TRUST THEIR PARTNER AND 19:59 WE ILLUSTRATE IT AS TRUSTING IN GOD OF ALL THE 20:01 THINGS THAT COME INTO THEIR LIFE. 20:03 UH HUH, THE ONE WHO CAN SEE. 20:04 RIGHT, TO GUIDE US WHO ARE PRETTY BLIND SOMETIMES. 20:09 ITS FUN TO DO THAT AND YOUKNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST 20:12 SITTING AND TALKING TO THEM, YES, AND TO GET THEM 20:15 INVOLVED AND OH MY, THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING 20:19 LIKE THAT EVER AND SO IT'S A REAL UNKNOWN FOR THEM. 20:23 AND THEN ANOTHER WE HAVE A BALL THAT WE THROW AND IT 20:27 IS KIND OF A TEAM BUILDING GAME THAT WE PLAY WITH 20:30 THEM AND I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE SAID, THAT THEY 20:33 HAVE NEVER CAUGHT A BALL IN THEIR LIFE AND SO THIS 20:36 IDEA OF THROWING A BALL TO THEM, YES, AND THEM 20:39 CATCHING IT AND THEN THE WHOLE GAME IS VERY, VERY 20:43 FUN GAME AND THEY ALL -FIRST THEY ARE KIND OF 20:46 AH, I'MNOT SURE BUT BOY WHEN THEY GET INTO IT, 20:50 THEY REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME. 20:51 AND IT TEACHES THEM PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING A 20:55 TEAM WITHIN THEIR -THE BIBLE WORKERS AND WITHIN 21:00 THE ORGANIZATION, WITH THE LEADERSHIP. 21:02 IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL GAME AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD 21:05 TIME WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 21:08 WELL, THIS IDEA OF USING GAMES LIKE THIS AS A WAY 21:13 TO BUILD A SENSE OF TEAM, I KNOW IT IS USED HERE IN 21:16 NORTH AMERICA QUITE A BIT, YES, BUT YOU FOUND THAT 21:19 HAS NOT BEEN TRUE THERE. 21:21 YOU ARE INTRODUCING A WHOLE NOVEL WAY OF 21:25 REALIZING THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS TOGETHER. 21:29 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:30 DO YOU THINK-HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED THE BLINDFOLDED 21:34 OBSTACLE COURSE AND LET THEM GUIDE YOU? 21:36 WE'VE BEEN YOUTH LEADERS FOR MANY YEARS AND WE'VE 21:38 USED IT WITH OUR YOUTH AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. 21:40 SO, YOU TOOK SOME OF THOSE THINGS FROM YOUTH 21:42 LEADERSHIP, YES, AND DISCOVERED THAT. 21:45 WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THESE THAT WE MIGHT 21:47 CONSIDER YOUTH? 21:49 WHAT IS THE YOUNGEST OF THESE GOSPEL WORKERS THAT 21:53 ARE HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND EVERYTHING 21:55 NECESSARY? 21:57 WELL, THIRTY I WOULD SAY THIRTY. 21:59 OK. 22:00 MAYBE THIRTY. 22:01 YES, SOME OF THEM DO HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES. 22:04 YES. 22:05 WELL, I CAN SEE OUR TIME WORKING DOWN AND I KNOW 22:08 YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SHARE WITH US. 22:12 YES. 22:13 AND IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN 22:17 THE FULLY EDITED VIDEO YOURSELF. 22:19 NO. 22:20 WE HAVE PART OF OUR TEAM, I'LL GIVE AARON A SHOUT 22:23 OUT HERE, THAT HE HAS BEEN EDITING THIS AND WE ARE 22:26 GLAD THAT YOU GET TO SEE IT AND OUR "ADVENTURES IN 22:30 MISSIONS" VIEWERS GET TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME 22:33 WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING THIS. 22:35 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW. 23:01 MY NAME IS DISURESH. 23:04 BEFORE I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I WAS A HINDU 23:06 AND MY FAMILY BELONGED TO A HIGH CASTE BUT GOD IN 23:10 HIS GRACE BROUGHT ME OUT OF IT. 23:12 MY LIFE IN THIS WORLD WAS SO UNEVEN. 23:14 I WAS WORKING AS A MANAGER OF A COMPANY. 23:17 I LIVED ONLY TO FULFILL THE DESIRES OF MY HEART. 23:21 ONE DAY IT SO HAPPENED THAT THE COMPANY I WAS 23:23 WORKING FOR ACCUSED ME OF STEALING THREE LAKH. 23:26 EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HUGE 23:29 AMOUNT THIS MADE ME VERY DISCOURAGED. 23:32 IN FACT, I WANTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE. 23:34 I THOUGHT DEATH WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION. 23:38 MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND FATHER-IN-LAW ARE 23:40 CHRISTIANS. 23:41 THEY STARTED TO FAST AND PRAY FOR ME. 23:44 AS A RESULT, THE BLAME ON ME WAS TAKEN AWAY. 23:47 I KNEW IT WAS A MIRACLE. 23:49 I HAD A DESIRE TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST. 23:53 I WANTED TO FOLLOW HIM SINCERELY. 23:55 I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HIS GREAT AND MIGHTY POWER 23:58 OVER MY LIFE. 24:00 GOD UNDERSTOOD MY DESIRE TO SERVE HIM AND HE SENT 24:03 ME TWO SERVANTS OF THE LORD TO COUNSEL AND GUIDE 24:06 ME. 24:07 THESE SERVANTS OF GOD TAUGHT ME THE BIBLE TRUTHS 24:09 AND THE DIVINE PRINCIPLES. 24:11 THEY GAVE ME SYSTEMATIC BIBLE STUDIES FOR ONE YEAR 24:14 IN KATAPA CENTRAL CHURCH. 24:17 IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE WITH MY GOD. 24:20 SEEING MY INTEREST IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL, I 24:23 WAS TAKEN UP AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND WAS 24:26 GIVEN THREE CHURCHES TO CARE FOR. 24:28 SERVING THE LORD BRINGS ME GREAT JOY. 24:31 BY GOD'S GRACE, I AM GETTING THE SUPPORT OF ALL 24:34 THE CHURCH MEMBERS AND I AM TEACHING ABOUT JESUS 24:37 LOVE IN THE STREETS AND CONDUCTING FAMILY PRAYER 24:40 MEETINGS. 24:41 THROUGH GOD'S GUIDANCE, I ACQUIRED AN AUTO FOR 24:43 TRANSPORTATION A FEW YEARS AGO. 24:45 IT HAS BECOME, ME AND MY WIFE'S PERSONAL MINISTRY 24:48 TO USE THIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO HELP 24:51 TRANSPORT PEOPLE IN THIS VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING 24:54 VILLAGES TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN IT IS NEEDED. 24:56 I ALSO PICK UP THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE EVERY 25:00 SABBATH MORNING AND BRING THEM TO CHURCH SO THEY MAY 25:03 WORSHIP WITH LIKEMINDED BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. 25:06 THROUGH THIS MINISTRY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR 25:08 BIBLE STUDIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS LOVING GOD 25:11 THAT WE SERVE. 25:13 MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOLDLY TAKEN A STAND FOR JESUS 25:15 THROUGH BAPTISM EVEN THOUGH THEIR FAMILIES AND 25:18 FRIENDS HAVE DESERTED THEM. 25:20 I ONCE TRANSPORTED THESE WOMEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO 25:23 SEE A DOCTOR. 25:24 THESE TWO WOMEN HAVE NOW ACCEPTED JESUS AND HAVE 25:27 BEGUN VISITING OTHER HOMES IN THEIR VILLAGE AND 25:29 INVITING PEOPLE TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. 25:32 MANY HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR 25:35 EVEN THOUGH THE PERSECUTION FROM THE 25:37 VILLAGE PEOPLE IS STRONG BUT A BURDEN STILL REMAINS 25:40 FOR MY FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND MY RELATIVES 25:43 WHO ARE STILL GROPING IN DARKENESS NOT KNOWING THE 25:46 WAY TO JESUS OUR SAVIOR. 25:48 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR WORK HERE IN 25:51 INDIA. 25:52 PRAY THAT WE CAN WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE ENEMY. 26:12 THAT WAS A FASCINATING VIDEO AND I NOTICED THAT 26:18 SOME OF US IN AMERICA MAY NEED TO LEARN A NEW WORD 26:21 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A LAKH IS AND I THINK 26:24 THAT'S AN INDIAN MONETARY TERM IS IT NOT? 26:27 YES, RIGHT. 26:28 HE WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING THREE LAKH. 26:35 THREE LAKH-300,000 RUPEES OF THE LOCAL CURRENCY. 26:39 RUPEES. 26:40 OH MY, MY. 26:41 SO, WHEN YOU JUST SAW THIS RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW THIS 26:46 MAN. 26:47 YES. 26:47 HE IS ONE OF YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS. 26:49 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ENJOYING BEING 26:53 THIS ONE WHO CAN GET PEOPLE TO THE EMERGENCY 26:56 HOSPITAL AND THE ONE WHO CAN TAKE THEM TO CHURCH. 26:59 YES. 27:00 AMEN. 27:01 AH, YOU KNOW WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME HERE BUT 27:05 I WANT TO THANK YOU DEL AND THANK YOU BONNIE FOR 27:08 SHARING THE AMAZING STORY FROM OVER THERE AND I WANT 27:12 TO THANK AARON FOR PUTTING IT HERE WHERE WE CAN WATCH 27:15 IT AND SEE IT. 27:16 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL |
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