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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 AND YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY NEAT WHEN YOU JOIN US HERE 00:40 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:41 YOU DON'T NEED A PLANE TICKET, YOU DON'T NEED A 00:43 VISA, YOU DON'T NEED A PASSPORT. 00:45 YOU CAN TRAVEL ALONG WITH US TO THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:48 THAT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 00:50 EQUATOR AND IT HAS SO MANY PEOPLE. 00:52 FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, NEPAL 00:55 PAKISTAN AND INTO ASIA, OF PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO 00:59 KNOW ABOUT JESUS, THAT JESUS HAS DIED FOR THEM, 01:02 THAT JESUS LOVES THEM AND THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK 01:05 AGAIN. 01:06 SO FORGET YOUR PLANE TICKETS, YOUR PASSPORTS 01:08 AND JOIN US NOW AS WE GO TO WESTERN INDIA WITH 01:12 DAVID FRANKLIN. 01:13 PASTOR DAVID FRANKLIN WELCOME. 01:15 THANK YOU, HAPPY TO BE HERE. 01:16 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:18 SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT PLACES, PASTOR 01:22 DAVID IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE 01:24 IN YOUR HEART AND IT'S A LARGE COUNTRY ISN'T IT. 01:28 IT IS A LARGE COUNTRY WITH ABOUT 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE. 01:32 AND INDIA IS IN KIND OF A NECK-TO-NECK RUN RIGHT NOW 01:35 FOR CHINA ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, 1.3 BILLION AND 01:39 CHANGING BY THE DAY. 01:41 YES. 01:42 AND CHRISTIANITY THERE WE CAN SEE JUST 1.2 PERCENT 01:45 DAVID. 01:46 THAT'S TRUE. 01:47 YES, AND A POPULATION OF, IN WESTERN REGION, ABOUT 01:50 173 GIVE OR TAKE A MILLION PEOPLE AND SEVENTH-DAY 01:55 ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS ABOUT 57 HUNDRED. 01:57 YES. 01:58 SO TELL US WHY THIS AREA OF INDIA HAS BECOME 02:02 SPECIAL TO YOU. 02:04 WELL THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTS OF 02:07 INDIA TO REACH. 02:09 AND WHY IS THAT? 02:12 SOMEHOW ESPECIALLY ONE STATE GUJARAT WHICH IS 02:17 PART OF MY TERRITORY. 02:18 THE GOSPEL HAS NOT GONE INTO THAT PLACE VERY MUCH 02:23 SO THERE ARE VERY FEW CHURCHES. 02:26 AT THE PRESENT TIME WE ARE AWARE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS 02:31 FINDING IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF A LOT 02:34 OF RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED. 02:38 AND SO NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE 02:46 CHURCH OR HAVE BECOME CHRISTIANS, AND EVEN THE 02:49 ONES WHO GO THERE ARE NOT VERY WELCOME. 02:52 SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA. 02:56 WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE IT. 02:57 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT AND WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST 02:59 HOW SO MANY PEOPLE IN INDIA HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE 03:02 TO CHRISTIANITY AS A LIVING GOD NOT HAVING SO 03:04 MANY ENGRAVED IMAGES AND ALL OF THAT. 03:07 SO MORE THINGS TO PRAY FOR. 03:09 YES. 03:10 SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE 03:12 BACKGROUND BEFORE WE DIVE INTO INDIA AND THE GOSPEL 03:14 OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:15 A LITTLE BIT MORE. 03:16 TELL US WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR JOB RIGHT NOW. 03:19 I'M A PASTOR OF THE SOUTHERN ASIAN CHURCH IN 03:22 SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND. 03:24 I PASTOR A CONGREGATION OF ABOUT 940 PEOPLE. 03:27 WONDERFUL. 03:29 AND I'VE BEEN WITH THAT CHURCH FOR ABOUT 31 YEARS. 03:33 FANTASTIC. 03:34 SO TELL ME ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT 03:37 YOU HAVE AT YOUR CHURCH. 03:38 WELL WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS OTHER 03:41 COUNTRIES TOO BUT 90 PERCENT ARE INDIANS. 03:42 AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM BANGLADESH, 03:43 BURMA, SRI LANKA AND MALAYSIA, IRAN. 03:57 SO IT'S A MULTICULTURAL, MULTINATIONAL CHURCH. 04:01 FANTASTIC. 04:02 SO AS YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WENT THROUGH THE 04:04 SCREEN ON MY BRAIN? 04:05 ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SARIS. 04:06 I BET YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL SARIS IN BLUE, REDS AND 04:07 EVERYTHING. 04:08 AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR POTLUCK. 04:09 YOUR POTLUCKS MUST BE WONDERFUL. 04:10 (LAUGHTER) THAT IS TRUE. 04:11 ALL THE GOOD FOOD AND ALL OF THAT. 04:12 SO WHAT LANGUAGE? 04:13 DO YOU PREACH IN ENGLISH? 04:13 YES. 04:14 THE SERVICES ARE IN ENGLISH. 04:15 ALL IN ENGLISH OKAY. 04:15 ALRIGHT. 04:16 WE DO HAVE SONGS I LANGUAGES WHEN THEY WANT 04:17 TO GIVE ANY SPECIAL SONG. 04:18 SURE. 04:19 BUT MOSTLY EVERYTHING IS IN ENGLISH. 04:20 OKAY. 04:31 SO THAT'S YOUR FULL TIME JOB. 04:33 YES. 04:34 AND THEN YOU ALSO ARE HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 04:37 YOU'RE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 04:39 DAVID HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU 04:42 HAVE? 04:42 ABOUT 83. 04:46 EIGHTY THREE. 04:47 AND WE ALSO SAID THE POPULATION IS ALMOST 175 04:50 MILLION PEOPLE. 04:54 SO THAT'S WOW, WOW. 04:56 THAT IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE DON'T WE. 04:59 YES WE CERTAINLY HAVE. 05:00 AND MY TRAVELS, I TRAVEL MILES TOGETHER. 05:06 VILLAGES, HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES TO GO. 05:09 AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THEM HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT 05:12 JESUS CHRIST. 05:13 AND I GO FROM ONE VILLAGE TO ANOTHER VILLAGE SO 05:15 THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. 05:17 SO TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THIS PART OF INDIA. 05:20 WHEN YOU GO AND YOU SHARE, WHEN YOU START SHARING 05:23 WITH SOMEONE, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TELLING 05:26 ABOUT JESUS TO SOMEONE IN WESTERN INDIA, WHERE DO 05:31 YOU START? 05:32 MAINLY HOME CHURCHES ARE THE BEST WAY TO BEGIN 05:38 BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER IN 05:43 PUBLIC. 05:44 IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU, EACH AREA IS DIFFERENT. 05:47 BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS. 05:48 THE RESTRICTIONS. 05:48 OKAY. 05:49 AND THEREFORE YOU GOT TO BE WISE WHEN YOU GO SOME 05:54 PLACE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HARMFUL 05:57 HAPPEN TO YOU OR TO THE PEOPLE WHO GATHER HERE. 06:01 SO YOU WOULD SEE ONE HERE LIKE IN THIS PICTURE. 06:04 THIS IS A HOME CONGREGATION WHERE WE KIND 06:10 OF TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 06:11 IF YOU SEE THE MAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, 06:16 HE IS THE DIRECTOR FOR THAT REGION. 06:19 OKAY AND THAT'S PASTOR, PASTOR COMBLY. 06:22 OKAY. 06:23 NOW THERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HIM. 06:25 TELL US. 06:27 WHEN HIS FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEPROSY AND 06:33 WHEN YOU ARE A LEPER OF COURSE EVERYBODY CASTS YOU 06:36 AWAY. 06:37 YES. 06:38 SO HE KNOW THAT THE ONLY PLACE HE COULD GET REFUGE 06:41 WAS IN A MISSION COMPOUND. 06:44 SOME MISSIONARY WOULD GIVE HIM. 06:46 AND THERE WAS A MISSIONARY IN OUR SCHOOL OVER THERE 06:49 BY THE NAME OF PASTOR HETIKE. 06:54 AND PASTOR HE WENT TO THE MISSION COMPOUND GATE AND 06:57 HE FELL THERE, THIS MAN'S FATHER. 07:00 AND HE ASKED FOR THEM TO HELP HIM. 07:03 SO PASTOR HETIKE, WHO WAS A MISSIONARY FROM HERE, HE 07:06 TOOK HIM IN AND KEPT HIM THERE AND HAD HIS 07:12 TREATMENTS DONE. 07:13 PEOPLE PRAYED FOR HIM AND NOW HIS SON IS THE 07:19 DIRECTOR OF THAT REGION. 07:21 SO THE FATHER WAS HEALED. 07:23 THE FATHER WAS HEALED. 07:24 THE FATHER WAS HEALED. 07:25 HE BROUGHT HIS FAMILY AFTER THAT AND THEN, AND 07:26 THEN GOT WORK THERE AND THEN PUT HIS CHILDREN 07:30 THROUGH SCHOOL. 07:31 FANTASTIC. 07:32 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:33 YES. 07:34 SO WE HEAR OF JESUS HEALING LEPROSY IN THE 07:36 BIBLE AND JESUS IS STILL DOING IT AND HAS DONE IT 07:39 EVEN IN MODERN DAY. 07:40 WOW. 07:41 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 07:42 SO WHEN YOU HAVE A HOME CHURCH LIKE THAT IN INDIA, 07:45 LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THAT GATHERING. 07:47 YOU KNOW THERE ARE 20 PEOPLE THERE? 07:49 YES. 07:50 USUALLY THERE ARE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE BUT IN SOME PLACES 07:53 IT WILL BE ABOUT 100, 150 BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS 07:56 THEY PUT SOME POLES AND TIE SARIS ALL AROUND, YES 08:00 SURE, SO THAT IT'S KIND OF COLORED AND THE PEOPLE 08:03 COME AND SIT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. 08:04 OKAY. 08:05 AND THAT WAY PEOPLE AREN'T NOTICING A GATHERING AS 08:08 MUCH AND ASKING AS MANY QUESTIONS. 08:10 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? 08:11 YES. 08:11 OKAY, GOT IT. 08:12 THE OTHER WAY IS, THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL NOTE. 08:16 THIS IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AUDITORIUM. 08:19 YES. 08:20 AND SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SARIS. 08:21 I SEE THEM. 08:21 YES. 08:23 AND IN A PLACE LIKE THAT THEY USUALLY DON'T TROUBLE 08:24 US BECAUSE IT'S OUR OWN SCHOOL. 08:26 SO WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING PEOPLE FROM THE VARIOUS 08:29 VILLAGES AROUND THAT PLACE. 08:31 WE CART THEM BY TRUCK LOADS. 08:33 OH REALLY. 08:34 AND WE BRING THEM IN AND WE PREACH TO THEM. 08:38 WOW. 08:38 SO THAT IS AMAZING. 08:42 THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR TO GET 08:44 THERE. 08:45 ONCE THEY COME THERE THEY SING FOR ANOTHER HOUR THEN 08:50 THEY LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE FOR ANOTHER HOUR AND A 08:52 HALF AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR 08:56 THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 08:58 SO IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT. 09:00 NO, IT STARTS AROUND SEVEN O'CLOCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE 09:03 TO COME BACK FROM WORK AT SIX AND GO HOME. 09:06 OKAY. 09:07 SO WE PICK THEM UP AT SIX, BRING THEM AT SEVEN AND 09:11 THEN BY THE TIME THEY GO HOME IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT. 09:14 WOW. 09:15 BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE FERVENCY WITH WHICH THEY 09:18 WORSHIP. 09:18 YES. 09:19 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:20 AND IT'S AMAZING EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF 09:24 RESTRICTIONS, PEOPLE COME IN THE HUNDREDS TO SOME 09:27 PLACES. 09:28 IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE HEAVY RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE 09:29 ONLY ABOUT 20-30 PEOPLE THAT COME. 09:30 SO IT ALL VARIES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 09:31 SURE. 09:32 SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN PRAY FOR HERE, AS VIEWERS ARE 09:33 WATCHING, FOR THE LORD TO HELP WITH THESE 09:35 RESTRICTIONS, FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL BOLD TO GO AND TO 09:36 LEARN. 09:37 SO WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE COMING, WHAT IS THE 09:38 INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE IN CHRISTIANITY DAVID AS YOU 09:40 ARE TALKING WITH THESE PEOPLE? 09:41 THEY LOVE TO HEAR THE STORIES OF JESUS. 09:42 WE ALL DO. 09:43 THEN THEY ARE VERY DEVOUT PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN 09:44 RELIGION WHICH IS HINDUISM FOR MOST OF THEM. 09:45 AND THEY BELIEVE A LOT IN PRAYER, THE POWER OF 09:46 PRAYER. 09:47 SO THEY WANT US TO PRAY FOR THEM, THEIR NEEDS, 09:48 THEIR CHALLENGES. 09:49 AND WHEN THE GOOD LORD ANSWERS PRAYERS THAT IS A 09:50 GREAT TESTIMONY FOR THE PEOPLE. 09:51 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 09:52 AND SO WHEN THEY SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY FOR OTHERS 09:53 WHEN THEY SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, SO THAT IS 09:54 POWERFUL. 09:55 ABSOLUTELY POWERFUL. 09:56 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 09:57 AND WE WANT TO SAY A THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 09:58 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. 10:00 AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS WE ARE ALL CALLED TO SHARE 10:01 JESUS NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE, AND YOU ARE A GOSPEL 10:04 OUTREACH WORKERS NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. 10:06 YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST WORK AND LIVE IN THE 10/40 10:08 WINDOW AS WE ARE FOCUSING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 10:11 BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. 10:12 IF YOU'RE IN NORTH AMERICAN, SOUTH AMERICA, 10:14 YOU MIGHT BE IN EUROPE WATCHING THIS, BUT 10:15 WHEREVER WE ARE WE ARE CALLED TO SHARE JESUS. 10:18 AND ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT, ACTUALLY SEVERAL 10:21 WAYS, ARE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 10:33 AND LIFT UP GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE 10:42 ORGANIZATION, AS WELL TO THE LORD AND IF YOU ARE 10:56 WONDERING FINANCIALLY WHAT YOU CAN DO WE PRAY THAT 11:09 THE LORD WILL IMPRESS UPON YOUR HEART WHAT YOU CAN 11:23 GIVE. 11:25 THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE. 11:32 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG AND FIND OUT 11:35 WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. 11:36 YOU CAN SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND YOU 11:37 CAN CERTAINLY GET IN TOUCH WITH US THROUGH OUR 11:39 WEBSITE. 11:39 WE'RE ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND ON INSTAGRAM. 11:40 AND WE'VE GO SOME MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 11:42 YOU. 11:42 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 11:43 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 11:46 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 11:48 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 11:52 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 11:54 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 12:00 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 12:04 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 12:07 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 12:10 EQUATOR. 12:11 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 12:16 TO JAPAN. 12:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 12:22 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 12:25 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 12:29 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 12:31 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 12:34 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 12:36 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 12:42 WORKERS. 12:43 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 12:44 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 12:49 GOD'S LOVE. 12:50 JOIN US. 12:51 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 12:54 DONATE. 12:54 PRAY. 12:59 IT'S EXCITING TO SHARE JESUS AND TO SEE HOW HE 13:02 MOVES IN ALL OF OUR LIVES. 13:04 AND JESUS HAS THE GREAT COMMISSION WHERE HE SAYS 13:07 IN MATTHEW 28:19. 13:10 "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE 13:12 NATIONS. 13:13 HELP THE PEOPLE TO LEARN OF ME, BELIEVE IN ME AND 13:16 OBEY MY WORDS BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE 13:18 FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 13:21 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE 13:23 COMMANDED YOU. 13:24 AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS REMAINING WITH YOU 13:27 PERPETUALLY REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND ON EVERY 13:31 OCCASION EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." 13:34 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH 13:35 PASTOR DAVID FRANKLIN HERE ABOUT WESTERN INDIA. 13:37 AND IT SAYS HERE REGARDLESS OF 13:40 CIRCUMSTANCE. 13:41 AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT 13:43 SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS PART OF YOUR 13:46 TERRITORY. 13:49 THE RESTRICTIONS OF COURSE MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US 13:52 TO CONDUCT THE MEETINGS BUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED 13:54 OVER THE YEARS IS WHEN WE GO OUT IN FAITH SOMETIMES 13:57 WE ARE FEARFUL TO GO BUT WHEN WE GO OUT IN FAITH 14:02 THE GOOD LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. 14:04 AND HE SURE DOES. 14:05 HE SURE DOES. 14:07 AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE 14:09 MEETINGS SOMETIMES, THEY SIT ON THE BUS TOP, RIGHT 14:12 ON TOP OF THE BUS AND THEN COME AND CROWDED, COME ON 14:16 UP, LISTEN, WAIT THERE FOR A LONG TIME SO THAT IS 14:19 AMAZING. 14:20 AND THE POWER OF ONE. 14:22 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 14:25 I TOLD YOU ABOUT PASTOR COMBLY EARLIER WHO IS NOW 14:28 THE REGION DIRECTOR. 14:29 THERE WAS ONE MAN WHO DECIDED THAT HE WOULD GO 14:33 AS A MISSIONARY TO INDIA, PASTOR HETIKE, AND THAT 14:38 ONE LEPER CAME FOR HELP. 14:41 TO THE PASTOR. 14:42 TO THE PASTOR. 14:43 HE GAVE HIM ASYLUM. 14:45 NOW HIS SON IS THE REGION DIRECTOR. 14:52 NOW LET'S SEE HOW THAT WORKS YOU KNOW BECAUSE 14:54 WHEN HE BECAME THE PASTOR OF A PLACE, AND THIS COMES 15:00 FROM HIS TERRITORY. 15:02 THIS IS KNOWN AS THE SNAKE VILLAGE ______. 15:03 THAT IS A HUGE SNAKE. 15:05 HUGE SNAKE. 15:06 THAT'S A COBRA, AND AS YOU ENTER THAT CITY THEY 15:09 WORSHIP SNAKES OVER THERE OKAY. 15:10 AND THERE ARE SNAKES ALL OVER THE PLACE. 15:13 I WENT THERE LAST YEAR. 15:15 LIKE REAL SNAKES OR STATUES? 15:17 REAL COBRAS AND BIG SNAKES ALSO. 15:19 THIS IS A STATUE. 15:20 OH MY. 15:21 THAT IS THEIR GOD OKAY. 15:22 SO EVEN IN THAT PLACE YOU'LL FIND HUNDREDS OF 15:26 PEOPLE WHO COME FOR WORSHIP TO HEAR THE 15:30 MESSAGE BECAUSE THEY LOVE JESUS AND THEY WANT TO. 15:33 OH LOOK AT THE KIDS. 15:34 THE KIDS. 15:35 IT'S AMAZING WHEN THE KIDS COME FOR WORSHIP. 15:38 AND THIS TIME WHEN WE HAD MEETINGS WE HAD VACATION 15:41 BIBLE SCHOOL. 15:42 AND THAT WAS A BIG HIT WITH THE KIDS. 15:47 THEY DID VERY WELL. 15:50 NOW THIS GENTLEMAN, PASTOR COMLEY THAT I TOLD YOU 15:54 ABOUT, WHEN HE FIRST WENT INTO THIS VILLAGE AS A 15:59 YOUNG PASTOR JUST OUT OF THE SEMINARY, WHEN HE WENT 16:03 TO THIS VILLAGE A MAN CAUGHT HIM BY HIS COLLAR, 16:07 A RADICAL HINDU. 16:09 GRABBED HIM? 16:10 GRABBED HIM BY HIS COLLAR AND DRAGGED HIM OUT OF THE 16:13 VILLAGE AND THREW HIM OUT AND SAID DON'T COME HERE 16:16 AGAIN. 16:17 REALLY. 16:18 AND HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT? 16:20 THAT WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. 16:21 TWENTY YEARS AGO. 16:22 NOW HE WORKED IN OTHER AREAS AND IN THE DAYS TO 16:26 COME ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WENT INTO 16:30 THAT VILLAGE AND HE CONSTANTLY WENT AND HAD 16:33 PRAYER. 16:36 AND IN THAT VILLAGE THERE WAS A LADY WHO COULD NOT 16:38 CONCEIVE AND HAVE A CHILD. 16:40 AND HE CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR THIS LADY. 16:47 BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE GREAT MIRACLE OF GOD THE 16:51 LADY CONCEIVED AND BORE A SON. 16:54 AN ANSWER TO PRAYER. 16:56 NOW LOOK AT THE FOLLOW UP OF ONE BIBLE WORKER. 17:00 THAT LADY HAPPENED TO BE THE WIFE OF THE MAN WHO 17:04 PUSHED HIM OUT OF THE VILLAGE 20 YEARS AGO. 17:09 OH NO, WOW. 17:11 NOW THIS MAN WHO WAS A RADICAL MAN HE WANTED TO 17:17 HEAR ABOUT JESUS AND WHEN I WENT THERE LAST OCTOBER 17:23 THE SAME PASTOR COMBLY WHO HE PUSHED OUT BY THE 17:27 COLLAR, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR NOW, BECAUSE OF 17:30 ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HE BAPTIZED HIS WIFE, THE 17:35 MAN HIS WIFE AND THE MAN'S SISTER. 17:38 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:39 AND HE IS SUCH A GREAT INFLUENCE THIS MAN IN THAT 17:41 PLACE, WELL ABSOLUTELY, THAT IN HIS HOUSE, BECAUSE 17:45 HE IS A WELL-TO-DO MAN, IN HIS HOUSE HE HAS A PLACE 17:49 WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND WORSHIP NOW. 17:51 IT'S A HOUSE CHURCH. 17:52 IT'S A HOUSE CHURCH. 17:52 IT'S A HOUSE CHURCH IN HIS HOME. 17:54 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:55 HE HAS A BIG CALL OVER THERE THAT HE CAN. 17:58 SO THAT'S THE POWER OF ONE. 18:00 WHERE ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:02 SOMEONE WATCHING TODAY YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO BUT 18:10 YOU CAN SPONSOR ONE PERSON. 18:13 ABSOLUTELY. 18:14 ONE WORKER. 18:15 ABSOLUTELY. 18:16 BE AN AMBASSADOR. 18:17 WELL AND YOU KNOW PASTOR DAVID WE MIGHT NOT KNOW 18:19 HERE ON EARTH LIKE YOU'VE JUST SHARED THIS STORY. 18:21 WE KNOW THAT HERE BUT THERE ARE SO MANY. 18:24 IT'S LIKE THROWING A STONE INTO STILL WATER. 18:27 THE RIPPLE EFFECTS JUST GO AND GO AND GO, BUT WE 18:29 WON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN. 18:31 BUT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE FAITH AND THE TRUST TO 18:34 KNOW THAT YES, BY GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT 18:37 THERE WILL BE BIBLE WORKERS LIKE THAT TO 18:39 SHARE. 18:40 I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER VILLAGE. 18:42 PLEASE, PLEASE. 18:43 THERE WAS ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS WHO WENT INTO THE 18:46 VILLAGE AND THEN IN ONE HOME STARTED GIVING BIBLE 18:50 STUDIES. 18:51 NOW IN THAT HOME THE WIFE CALLED THE NEIGHBORS AND 18:57 SHE WOULD HAVE MEETINGS IN HER HOME AND PRAYER. 19:01 AND THE BIBLE WORKERS GO THERE. 19:03 AND NOBODY ELSE KNEW, ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHE KNEW SHE 19:07 WOULD INVITE BECAUSE IT WAS TO DANGEROUS BECAUSE 19:10 OF THE RESTRICTIONS OVER THERE. 19:11 THE RESTRICTIONS. 19:12 AND WHEN I WENT THERE LAST OCTOBER AROUND THIS TIME 19:18 THIS ONE LADY HAD BROUGHT IN 42 PEOPLE TO BE 19:22 BAPTIZED. 19:23 WOW, ALL FUNNELING THROUGH HER HOUSE. 19:25 THE MEETING IS HELD ONLY IN HER HOUSE. 19:29 WOW. 19:30 LATER ON THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT WENT TO HER 19:31 HOUSE AND HE PREACHED THERE. 19:33 AND IT'S ALWAYS THE DOORS ARE SHUT. 19:35 YES, YES. 19:37 BUT SHE'S PROTECTED. 19:38 SHE'S PROTECTED AND THE PEOPLE WHO COME THERE ARE 19:40 PROTECTED. 19:41 AND NOW 42 PEOPLE HAVE FORMED A SMALL COMPANY 19:45 OVER THERE. 19:45 THAT IS THE POWER OF ONE. 19:47 ONE PERSON CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE. 19:49 WELL AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER THOUGH IS 19:52 THAT SOMETIMES IN OUR MINDS WE THINK OH IT'S THE 19:55 MISSION FIELD OR IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION OR 19:58 THAT ORGANIZATION. 19:59 NO IT ALL STARTS WITH THE POWER OF ONE NO MATTER 20:02 WHERE WE ARE. 20:03 YOU KNOW SMILING TO SOMEONE AS YOU DRIVE BY. 20:05 OH YES. 20:06 OR YOU KNOW THE PERSON WHO IS HELPING WITH YOUR 20:08 GROCERIES AT THE STORE, THE CLERK NOT BEING 20:10 FRUSTRATED IF IT'S TAKING THEM A LITTLE TOO LONG YOU 20:13 KNOW. 20:14 THINGS LIKE THAT. 20:15 BUT IT IS, IT'S THE POWER OF EACH ONE OF US, EACH 20:17 ONE OF US. 20:18 WELL THIS IS EXCITING. 20:20 SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FANTASTIC WAY THAT THE 20:23 LORD AND HOLY SPIRIT ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS LADY 20:26 AND THE OTHER PASTORS AND HOW THE LORD GAVE A CHILD 20:29 TO THE COUPLE, AND THE MAN WAS HEALED OF LEPROSY. 20:33 SO WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE 20:35 WESTERN REGION THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH OUR 20:38 VIEWERS. 20:39 THE BIGGEST NEED THAT I SEE THAT THE HARVEST IS SO 20:44 RIPE, THE LABORERS ARE SO FEW. 20:48 ALMOST EVERY PLACE THAT I GO TO THEY WANT MORE BIBLE 20:51 WORKERS. 20:52 THAT'S ONE OF OUR GREATEST NEEDS. 20:54 BECAUSE I TRAVEL BY CAR FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER 20:58 AND SEE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES THAT 21:00 HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED. 21:02 THAT IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST NEEDS. 21:03 THE OTHER ONE THAT I'VE JUST STARTED TO IMPLEMENT 21:07 BY RAISING SOME FUNDS IS A LOT OF THESE VILLAGES ARE 21:10 JUST DRY, DRY. 21:13 THERE'S HARDLY ANY WATER. 21:15 OH SO LITERALLY DRY. 21:17 LITERALLY DRY. 21:18 LITERALLY DRY. 21:19 NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING DRY FROM NOT THE WORD OF THE 21:21 LORD BUT JUST, THAT IS ALSO PART OF IT AND NO 21:25 WATER. 21:25 NO WATER TO DRINK. 21:26 SO WE HELP THEM TO DIG A WELL, A BORE WELL SO THAT 21:31 THEY CAN HAVE WATER. 21:32 AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL, WHERE THE WELL IS, 21:36 WE PUT THE PHRASE THAT "JESUS IS THE LIVING 21:39 WATER" IN THEIR LANGUAGE SO THAT THEY WILL GET A 21:42 MESSAGE ALONG WHEN THEY COME. 21:44 WHEN THEY COME. 21:45 AND THEN IT'S FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE TO COME. 21:47 IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE ADVENTISTS OR FOR THE 21:49 ______, ALL OF THEM COMING SO THAT BECAUSE JESUS IS 21:50 THE LIVING WATER FOR ALL OF THEM AND THEY NEED TO 21:52 FIND JESUS. 21:52 ABSOLUTELY. 21:53 SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT. 21:55 AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT I THOUGHT OF THE SAMARITAN 21:58 WOMAN AT THE WELL. 22:00 AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HER AND WHAT AN EVANGELIST SHE 22:04 WAS. 22:05 SHE WENT OUT TO SHARE WITH HER WHOLE VILLAGE. 22:08 AND THEN I THOUGHT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE LADY WHO 22:10 HAD THE 42 PEOPLE I DID THINK ABOUT RAHAB. 22:13 YOU TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN. 22:14 BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT HER IN THE SENSE THAT HERE SHE 22:17 BROUGHT HER WHOLE FAMILY TO THE LORD AND YES. 22:22 SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU PASTOR DAVID TO BE 22:26 FROM INDIA? 22:27 YOU'RE PASTORING A CHURCH IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR 31 22:31 YEARS AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO NOW WORKING WITH GOSPEL 22:35 OUTREACH WITH YOUR HOMELAND. 22:37 YOU HAVE TWO HOMELANDS NOW. 22:38 WELL THE MAIN HOMELAND IS HEAVEN OF COURSE. 22:42 HOME AWAY FROM HOME. 22:43 EXACTLY. 22:44 BUT WHAT IS LIKE FOR YOU TO BE MINISTERING TO YOUR 22:48 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN INDIA? 22:50 I SEE THE GREAT NEED OVER THERE AND THE DESIRE OF 22:54 MANY TO LEARN ABOUT CHRIST. 22:57 IT'S NOT ONLY FOR THEM IT'S FOR ME TOO. 22:59 YOU KNOW MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED THE 23:03 MINISTRY HERE IN NORTH AMERICA THE DIVISION 23:05 PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN ASIA HAD COME DOWN OVER HERE 23:08 AND I HAD COLLECTED MONEY FROM MY CHURCH MEMBERS AND 23:12 OTHERS SO THAT I CAN GIVE TO HIM FOR WORK IN INDIA. 23:15 AND HE TOLD ME, FRANKLIN YOU NEED TO COME THERE AND 23:17 DO SOME MEETINGS WITH YOUR CHURCH MEMBERS. 23:18 AND I TOLD HIM, YOU MAY KNOW HIM SOME OF YOU MAY 23:19 KNOW PASTOR D. 23:21 R. 23:21 WATTS. 23:23 I TOLD HIM, PASTOR WATTS I DON'T BELIEVE IN COMING 23:25 THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD PREACHERS THERE AND 23:28 THEY CAN DO A BETTER JOB SO THEY NEED THE MONEY. 23:30 I'LL SEND THE MONEY. 23:31 HE SAID FRANKLIN WE IN INDIA DON'T NEED YOU, YOU 23:34 NEED US. 23:34 SO YOU COME AND SEE. 23:36 INTERESTING. 23:37 OKAY YOU COME AND SEE AND I THINK WHEN I WENT AND 23:40 STARTED DOING IT IT CHANGED ME. 23:44 BECAUSE TO SEE THE FERVENCY WITH WHICH THEY 23:50 WORSHIP, THE FAITH THAT THEY HAVE, THE VERY LITTLE 23:56 THAT THEY HAVE. 23:59 YES. 24:00 AND SO THAT HAS INSPIRED ME TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR 24:04 THESE PEOPLE. 24:05 WELL AND YOU'RE RIGHT. 24:07 AS I HAVE BEEN TO MANY COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 24:11 WINDOW THE PEOPLE ARE SO DEVOUT IN THEIR BELIEFS 24:15 AND THEY ARE SO JUST YES LOVELY LOVELY PEOPLE WHO 24:19 ARE DOING WHAT THEY KNOW. 24:20 AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO THEN SHARE WITH THEM ABOUT 24:25 THE LIVING GOD AND THE LIVING WATER THAT'S COMING 24:28 FROM HIM. 24:29 SO WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN THEN DO TO 24:33 HELP YOU FOLKS IN YOUR AREA? 24:35 WELL PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME AND EVEN FROM HERE IF 24:38 ANYBODY WANTS TO COME ALONG AND DO THE MISSION 24:42 TRIP ALONG WITH US WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. 24:45 WE HAD DENTAL HYGIENIST JOIN US FROM CALIFORNIA 24:50 LAST TIME. 24:50 FANTASTIC. 24:52 SHE CAME IN ALONG WITH HER BROTHER WHO IS IN REAL 24:53 ESTATE. 24:54 HE DID THE MEETINGS AND OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO 24:57 PREACH SO SHE HELPED WITH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 24:59 GOOD. 25:00 AND MY WIFE DOESN'T PREACH SO SHE HELPED IN VACATION 25:02 BIBLE SCHOOL. 25:03 FANTASTIC. 25:04 THAT WAS A GREAT WAY OF BRINGING IN KIDS AND 25:06 PARENTS. 25:07 THEY REALLY LOVED THE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 25:12 PROGRAM. 25:13 LOOK AT THOSE KIDS. 25:14 LOOK AT THOSE KIDS. 25:15 AND IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU TEACH THEM. 25:18 THEY IMMEDIATELY PICK UP. 25:20 YOU TELL THEM WHEN YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING SAY 25:22 THANK YOU AND FROM THAT TIME TO THE TIME YOU LEAVE 25:25 FOR EVERYTHING THEY WILL SAY THANK YOU. 25:28 AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE DO. 25:31 AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, LAST TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 25:33 PEOPLE TO DO VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 25:36 WE HAD ONLY A FEW VOLUNTEERS AND SO WE COULD 25:41 ACCOMMODATE ONLY ABOUT 50 IN A CLASSROOM AND WE HAD 25:44 THESE CHILDREN ALL STANDING OUTSIDE PEEPING 25:47 THROUGH THE WINDOWS. 25:48 OH NO, THEIR LITTLE FACES IN THE WINDOWS. 25:50 I CAN SEE THAT. 25:51 I HAVE BEEN AT MEETINGS LIKE THAT. 25:52 I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 25:54 AND IN ONE CHURCH THERE WAS NO SPACE. 25:58 I MEAN WE COULD DO OUR MEETINGS ONLY IN OUR 25:59 CHURCH OR IN OUR SCHOOL YOU KNOW. 26:01 BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS. 26:03 SO WE HAD VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL RIGHT IN THE FRONT 26:06 ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH OUTSIDE. 26:09 AND THAT PLACE WAS CROWDED WITH KIDS. 26:13 THEY LOVED IT AND THEY SIT QUIETLY AND LISTEN TO 26:15 STORIES AND LEARN EVERYTHING VERY WELL. 26:19 I KIND OF FELT THAT LAST TIME SINCE WE DID THIS WE 26:23 WILL PROBABLY DO THAT EVERY TIME AND TRY TO 26:26 RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS TO COME DO VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 26:28 AT LEAST. 26:29 WELL BLESSINGS TO YOU. 26:30 AND YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF ONE, 26:33 AND IT IS THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST THAT HAS 26:37 SAVED ALL OF US AND IT'S THE POWER OF ONE IN THIS 26:40 BOOK AND THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO AND SHARE. 26:42 WELL PASTOR DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 26:45 WITH US AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE 26:47 TO WORK IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 26:49 AND WE PRAY FOR MORE WORKERS. 26:50 THANK YOU. 26:53 AND GOD BLESS YOU. 26:53 IT BRINGS US GREAT JOY TO BE INVOLVED. 26:55 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:57 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 26:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 27:02 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY. 27:04 AND IF YOU ARE ENERGIZED AND INSPIRED WITH WHAT 27:06 YOU'VE HEARD OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN WESTERN INDIA 27:09 WE INVITE YOU TO COME ALONG. 27:11 AND YES EVEN AS PASTOR DAVID SAYS YOU CAN GET 27:14 YOUR PASSPORT AND VISA AND COME ALONG AS WELL. 27:16 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MINISTRY AND 27:19 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 27:50 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 28:20 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. |
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