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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000809S
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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US TODAY BECAUSE I 00:38 HAVE TWO SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO TALK WITH 00:41 US ABOUT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING IN 00:43 INDIA. 00:44 AND MY GUESTS ARE PASTOR MOHAN AND MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:48 AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT THE TWO OF YOU ARE HERE TO 00:51 SHARE WITH US. 00:52 THANK YOU. 00:53 PASTOR, SHARE WITH US FIRST ABOUT THE NORTHERN 00:56 UNION REGION WHERE YOU WORK. 00:57 WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT IT? 00:58 WELL I COME FROM NORTHERN INDIA UNION FIELD WHICH 01:02 COMPRISES OF 13 STATES AND UNION, TWO UNION 01:06 TERRITORIES. 01:07 IT IS THE LARGEST UNION IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. 01:11 IT HAS A POPULATION OF 757 MILLION PEOPLE. 01:16 YOU SAID 757 MILLION PEOPLE? 01:19 YES YES. 01:20 JUST IN ONE TERRITORY. 01:22 YES. 01:22 IT'S HUGE. 01:23 THAT IS TWICE THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED 01:26 STATES. 01:27 MORE THAN TWICE THE POPULATION. 01:28 YES. 01:29 YES. 01:30 WE ARE TRYING TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND THAT. 01:32 (LAUGHTER) WOW. 01:33 AND WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP OF 160 THOUSAND PEOPLE. 01:40 AND WE HAVE A WORKING FORCE OF MORE THAN 700 01:43 PEOPLE. 01:45 AND GOD HAS BLESSED THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IN OUR 01:49 UNION. 01:50 I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR IT. 01:52 IS IT A CHALLENGING AREA TO WORK? 01:54 WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES? 01:56 YES WE HAVE SO MANY CHALLENGES BECAUSE IT'S A 02:03 LAND OF DIVERSITY. 02:05 THERE ARE THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CAST, 02:08 CREED, RELIGION, DIFFERENT CULTURES. 02:12 YES. 02:13 SO SOMETIMES IT BECOMES CHALLENGING TO REACH OUT 02:18 TO PEOPLE OF DIVERSITIES. 02:23 AND THEY BELONG TO DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, THEY 02:25 SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT DIALECTS, THEY 02:28 HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURES, COSTUMES AND ALL THESE 02:31 THINGS. 02:32 AND YES, IT IS A CHALLENGING WORK TO REACH 02:36 OUT TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL. 02:39 I'M SURE THAT IT IS. 02:41 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE REGION AS WELL? 02:43 WELL I WAS THINKING PERHAPS OF THE DIVERSITY 02:48 IN THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION. 02:49 OH. 02:50 IT PRESENTS A BIG CHALLENGE. 02:52 AND ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS YOU 02:57 HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES 03:01 TO HEALTHFUL LIVING. 03:03 YES. 03:04 THE CONCEPT IN MANY OF THOSE CULTURES IS THAT 03:08 WHATEVER HAPPENS TO YOU IS THE WILL OF GOD. 03:11 SO IF YOU ARE SICK IT WAS THE WILL OF GOD. 03:14 THAT COULD BE THE WILL OF GOD AND WHO ARE YOU TO 03:18 CHALLENGE THAT. 03:20 AND SO THAT'S WHY THE IDEA OF WESTERN CONCEPT OF 03:27 FAMILY PLANNING AND THOSE KIND OF ISSUES OR RESPONSE 03:32 TO DISEASE OR HEALTHFUL LIVING. 03:35 IT IS CULTURALLY DRIVEN. 03:38 AND THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 03:39 WE HAVE A CULTURE AS WELL THAT WE DON'T DRINK, WE 03:40 DON'T SMOKE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE OUR BODIES AS 03:42 A SACRIFICE TO GOD, YES, SO WE CAN RESPOND TO HIS 03:57 CALL FOR SERVICE. 03:59 AND SIMILARLY IN MANY OF THE OTHER CULTURES IF THE 04:05 BELIEF IS IF YOU ARE DOING GOOD WORKS YOU ARE GOING 04:11 TO RECEIVE THE GOOD RESULTS. 04:15 THE TWO CONCEPTS OF DOCTRINE OF THE BELIEF IN 04:21 THE TRANSMIGRATION OF YOUR SOUL AND REINCARNATION OF 04:27 YOUR SOUL. 04:28 IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON YOUR SOUL WILL REINCARNATE 04:32 INTO HUMAN BEING. 04:34 BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SO GOOD YOUR WORKS ARE NOT GOOD 04:38 THEN YOUR SOUL MAY TRANSMIGRATE INTO LOWER 04:41 BEING. 04:42 AND YOU MY HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY BACK UP. 04:46 AND ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR WAY OF THINKING, BELIEVING 04:50 AND BEHAVING. 04:51 YES. 04:52 AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PRECONCEIVED 04:54 PREDISPOSITION TO CERTAIN TRADITIONS, A WAY OF 05:01 BELIEVING, AND THEN HERE COME THE SEVENTH-DAY 05:06 ADVENTIST PEOPLE OF GOD, WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY 05:09 OF THINKING, YES, AND ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 05:12 PERSPECTIVE. 05:13 AND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTHFUL LIVING 05:16 OR OUR WAY OF THINKING IT PRESENTS A REAL CHALLENGE. 05:23 AND IT'S BETTER FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE 05:27 CULTURES AND UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHERE 05:31 PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, ABSOLUTELY, BEFORE WE 05:34 START. 05:35 THE FIRST AND BEST THING TO DO IS LISTEN FIRST, 05:36 LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND. 05:38 YES. 05:38 WELL LISTENING IS LOVING ISN'T IT. 05:40 IT IS. 05:41 YOU BEGIN TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE IT'S A GIFT. 05:43 EVERYBODY ISN'T WILLING TO LISTEN. 05:46 IT'S TRUE. 05:47 I'M PRACTICING, PRACTICING LISTENING. 05:49 AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THE GOSPEL, UNLESS IT 05:54 IS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXT, 05:57 IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCEPT IT. 06:01 ABSOLUTELY. 06:03 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF USING WORKERS 06:05 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:06 THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE 06:09 CULTURE. 06:10 YES. 06:11 THEY HAVE MUCH GREATER UNDERSTANDING. 06:12 CORRECT. 06:14 THE OTHER CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS UNDERSTANDING THE 06:17 EASTERN MIND. 06:19 IN THE EASTERN MIND IT IS INDIVIDUALISTIC THINKING 06:24 BUT COLLECTIVE ADHERENCE. 06:26 AND WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION IT IS A COLLECTIVE ACTION. 06:31 SO MANY OF OUR STRATEGIES OF TEACHING PEOPLE IS WE 06:36 FIND A PERSON, MAYBE WE TALK TO THE MAN IN THE 06:39 HOUSE, AND WE TEACH THE MAN. 06:40 WE ASK THEM TO ACCEPT THE MESSAGE, WHATEVER WE ARE 06:41 TRYING TO TELL THEM. 06:42 BUT THEN THEY ARE OUT OF STEP WITH THE REST OF THE 06:51 FAMILY. 06:53 AND SO THE REST OF THE FAMILY MAY OR MAY NOT 06:56 AGREE WITH THAT BUT IT HAS TO BE A COLLECTIVE ACTION. 07:02 THE THINKING IS INDIVIDUAL BUT ACTION IS ALWAYS 07:05 COLLECTIVE ACTION. 07:06 YOU GO WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, WHAT THE 07:09 FAMILY WANTS, WHAT YOUR FRIENDS WANT. 07:12 SO THAT'S WHY OUR STRATEGY TO HELP PEOPLE MUST BE 07:18 BASED ON COMMUNITY BASED, COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED OR 07:24 FAMILY ORIENTED APPROACHES SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING 07:28 THE PERSON BECOME FISH OUT OF WATER YOU KNOW. 07:32 YES. 07:33 SO THE INTELLECTUAL APPROACH IS NOT THE BEST 07:37 METHOD. 07:38 IT'S A GREAT ONE FOR US IN THE WESTERN CULTURE BUT IN 07:41 THE EASTERN CULTURE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THEY WANT 07:44 THE COMMUNITY TO GO ALONG. 07:46 AND THAT'S WHERE WE PRESENT A LOT OF 07:48 CHALLENGES TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY BECOME CHRISTIANS 07:54 OR WHO ACCEPT JESUS. 07:55 IF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT 07:59 THAT THEY CAN BE OSTRACIZED. 08:01 YES. 08:02 AND SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE. 08:04 SO YOU HAVE TO VERY CAREFULLY EDUCATE 08:07 EVERYBODY WITHIN THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE, IF 08:10 YOU CAN, AND THAT WILL ENHANCE. 08:13 CERTAINLY THE IDEAL THEN WOULD BE THAT A NUMBER OF 08:16 PEOPLE TOGETHER BECOME CONVINCED AND PERSUADED 08:20 AND THEN THEY CAN MOVE TOGETHER AS A GROUP. 08:22 AND WORK WITH THE FAMILY THE WHOLE FAMILY RATHER 08:25 THAN JUST INDIVIDUALS. 08:26 THAT'S TRUE. 08:27 SO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT 08:30 NOW IN YOUR REGION. 08:33 OKAY. 08:34 WE HAVE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY 08:37 AND WE HAVE GOSPEL MINISTRY ON. 08:42 WE HAVE HEALING MINISTRY AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE 08:48 INTRODUCED REVIVAL AND REFORMATION A 08:53 REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE WITH THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT. 08:57 SO THE INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO THE 08:59 FIELD. 09:00 IT INCLUDES THE LAY PEOPLE ALONE AND SPEND TIME IN 09:05 PRAYER AND STUDY OF THE WORD. 09:07 SEEK THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GO OUT TO 09:11 WITNESS FOR THE LORD. 09:12 AND WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKE COMMUNITY 09:19 PROJECTS AND HEALTH CAMPS, HEALTH EXPOS, SINGING 09:24 MINISTRY AND FIELD VISITATION, PRAYER GROUPS, 09:29 VISITATION AND ALL THIS VISITING THE ORPHANS AND 09:32 TAKING CARE OF WIDOWS. 09:34 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES GOING 09:35 ON IN OUR FIELD. 09:36 SO I CAN SEE THAT MANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE 09:37 SERVICE ORIENTED. 09:38 YES. 09:39 THEY ARE ABOUT SERVING THOSE COMMUNITIES. 09:40 YES. 09:41 SO WE BELIEVE THAT SERVICE IS THE AVENUE. 09:52 IT'S LIKE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE 09:57 FAITH COMMUNITY. 09:58 AND SO SERVICE IS THE BRIDGE THAT PEOPLE CAN 10:00 WALK ON AND THEY COME AND THEY BEGIN TO ASK 10:04 QUESTIONS. 10:05 AND AS A RULE INDIA IS A VERY VERY SPIRITUAL 10:10 COUNTRY. 10:11 EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN SPIRITUALITY. 10:14 AND SO AS YOU DRIVE YOU WILL FIND TEMPLES AND ALL 10:19 TYPES OF WORSHIP HOUSES. 10:23 AND SO IT IS EASY FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE 10:28 AND PRAY FOR ANYBODY. 10:29 THEY ALL LOVE PRAYER. 10:31 AND, AS PASTOR MOHAN WAS SAYING, THAT HEALING 10:35 MINISTRY. 10:37 NOW MANY MANY MANY OF OUR PEOPLE WOULD SAY WE DON'T 10:43 HAVE A CHILD. 10:44 COULD YOU PRAY FOR US. 10:46 AND THIS IS ONE OF, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIG 10:50 MINISTRY THAT OUR PASTORS, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:53 WORKERS THEY SINCERELY PRAY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE 10:57 EXPECTING BABIES OR WANT A BABY. 11:01 AND DOZENS OF THEM. 11:03 THE EXAMPLES THEY WOULD SHOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY 11:07 HAVE BABIES BY THE PRAYER OF OUR PASTORS. 11:11 THIS IS A BIG BIG THING. 11:12 VERY VERY IMPORTANT IN THEIR CULTURE. 11:14 VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR CULTURE. 11:16 AND IF YOU'RE MARRIED AND IT'S THE NINTH MONTH AND 11:19 YOU DON'T HAVE A BABY YET PEOPLE START LOOKING AT 11:24 YOU. 11:25 MAYBE YOU ARE A CURSED WOMAN. 11:26 AND EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM MAY BE WITH THE 11:29 MAN, IT'S ALWAYS THE WOMAN WHO GETS THE CREDIT FOR 11:33 NOT HAVING THE BABY. 11:34 YES. 11:35 JUST LIKE IN THE BIBLE. 11:35 YES. 11:37 SO OUR PASTORS ARE REALLY VERY SINCERE WHEN THEY 11:41 PRAY AND IT IS A BIG MINISTRY IN A CULTURE LIKE 11:44 THAT. 11:45 YES. 11:46 MAYBE I CAN SHARE A SMALL TESTIMONY, PLEASE, OF MY 11:50 WIFE. 11:51 SHE IS A TEACHER ACTUALLY AND THERE IS ANOTHER 11:53 TEACHER WHO COMES FROM A MUSLIM BACKGROUND. 11:57 SHE WAS WORKING WITH HER, AND SHE WAS MARRIED FOR A 12:01 COUPLE OF YEARS BUT DID NOT CONCEIVED. 12:04 SO SHE SHARED HER CONCERN WITH WITH MY WIFE AND SHE 12:06 KNEW THAT SHE IS A VERY PRAYERFUL LADY AND SHE 12:11 ASKED HER TO PRAY FOR HER, AND MY WIFE DID PRAY FOR 12:15 HER. 12:16 AND IT WAS PROBABLY PROVIDENTIAL THAT AFTER A 12:22 MONTH OR SO SHE COMES REJOICING. 12:25 SHE WAS VERY HAPPY AND SHE SHARED THE NEWS WITH MY 12:27 WIFE THAT SHE HAS CONCEIVED. 12:30 YES. 12:31 AND SHE WAS VERY THANKFUL TO HER AND SHE PROBABLY 12:31 WAS MORE CLOSER FRIEND TO MY WIFE. 12:33 YES, YES. 12:34 SO LIKE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF A GOSPEL 12:35 OUTREACH EVANGELIST PRAYING FOR SOME PEOPLE 12:36 AND THEY ARE ABLE TO BLESS THEM. 12:38 SEEING PRAYERS ANSWERED MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 12:40 YES. 12:41 WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND 12:45 THEN WE WILL COME BACK. 12:46 SO PLEASE STAY TUNED BECAUSE "ADVENTURES IN 12:53 MISSIONS" WILL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS BREAK AND 12:59 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN 13:01 ABOUT THE YOUTH AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE YOUTH 13:05 IN INDIA. 13:05 SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 13:07 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:14 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:17 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:20 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:23 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:26 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 13:29 MY HEAD HURTS. 13:31 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 13:33 I GIVE UP. 13:35 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:38 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:40 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:43 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:49 WHERE? 13:49 ALL THE WORLD. 13:51 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 13:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:56 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 13:59 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:02 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:04 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 14:07 MEANING. 14:08 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:10 BE THE SPARK. 14:11 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:13 FINISH THE WORK. 14:16 FINISH THE WORK. 14:18 BE THE SPARK. 14:21 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 14:23 SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE STILL TUNED IN BECAUSE WE ARE 14:26 GOING TO BE FINDING OUT MORE FROM OUR TWO 14:28 GENTLEMEN REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN UNION AREA IN 14:31 INDIA IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 14:34 YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH YOUTH IN INDIA. 14:37 AND I THINK FIRST OF ALL WE PROBABLY NEED TO HEAR A 14:42 LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THERE ARE IN 14:47 INDIA. 14:48 WELL AS YOU KNOW THE POPULATION IN INDIA WE 14:49 JUST TALKED ABOUT AND THERE ARE 13 MILLION NEW 14:53 FACES ADDED EVERY MONTH TO THE POPULATION OF INDIA. 14:57 INCREDIBLE. 14:58 AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE WE FIND HERE, 15:01 BABIES ARE BORN. 15:03 EVERY MONTH WE HAVE 13 MILLION NEW BABIES ADDED. 15:10 AND AS A RESULT EDUCATION BECOMES VERY VERY 15:13 IMPORTANT. 15:15 AND SO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS AN 15:19 EXTENSIVE EDUCATION NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY. 15:22 AND SO PASTOR BHATTI ACTUALLY USED TO BE THE 15:25 YOUTH DIRECTOR. 15:26 FOR HOW MANY YEARS WERE YOU YOUTH DIRECTOR? 15:28 NINE YEARS. 15:29 NINE YEARS. 15:30 NINE YEARS. 15:31 SO HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE NUMBER OF YOUNG 15:32 PEOPLE WE HAVE AND NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE 15:33 DIVISION. 15:34 SO I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE HIM, REQUEST HIM TO KIND 15:36 OF GO OVER HOW MANY SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE AND HOW 15:48 MANY STUDENTS IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 15:51 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. 15:53 IN INDIA WE HAVE MORE THAN 300 SCHOOLS. 15:56 THAT INCLUDES COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND HIGH 15:58 SCHOOLS, BOARDING SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 16:01 AND THEN WE HAVE MORE THAN 11 THOUSAND TEACHERS 16:03 TEACHING IN THOSE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AND AMONG 16:10 THEM MORE THAN 50 PERCENT ARE NON-ADVENTIST, 16:14 NON-CHRISTIAN TEACHERS. 16:15 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION. 16:17 THE TEACHERS ARE NOT ALL. 16:18 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? 16:19 NO NOT ALL ARE ADVENTIST. 16:21 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT ARE NON-ADVENTIST TEACHERS. 16:24 OKAY. 16:25 AND WE HAVE 210 THOUSAND STUDENTS BEING EDUCATED IN 16:31 OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. 16:33 AND SO MOST OF THOSE ARE NOT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 16:36 STUDENTS THEN. 16:36 NO. 16:37 ONLY A FEW ARE, ADVENTIST. 16:40 SIXTY PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS ARE 16:45 NON-ADVENTIST. 16:46 NON-ADVENTIST. 16:47 NON-ADVENTIST. 16:49 AND SO ARE THE SCHOOLS FREE TO TALK ABOUT JESUS 16:51 IN THEIR CLASS ROOMS? 16:52 YES, WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SUBJECT WHICH IS 16:59 COMPULSORY TO BE TAKEN. 17:01 EVERY DAY THAT IS ---______EDUCATION OR WE 17:04 CAN SAY MORAL TEACHINGS. 17:05 YES. 17:06 MORAL TEACHINGS. 17:07 YOU KNOW WE PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE MORE OF THAT IN 17:08 THE UNITED STATES. 17:09 MORE "VALUES" EDUCATION. 17:10 YES. 17:11 WELL WE HAVE NO, INDIA AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IS 17:12 ONE OF THE BEST AND THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY ON 17:16 EARTH. 17:18 AND THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS THERE AND THE 17:28 GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN ANY WAY INTERFERING AND 17:32 ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PRACTICE THEIR OWN FAITH 17:36 AND THEIR OWN SCHOOLS. 17:37 SO IN OUR SCHOOLS WE HAVE A BIBLE TEACHING, THEIR 17:42 REGULAR SUBJECT, AND ALL STUDENTS GO THROUGH THAT. 17:48 AND THE INDIAN CULTURE REALLY APPRECIATES THE 17:52 MORAL VALUES. 17:53 AND THEY REALIZE THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS 17:57 DON'T DRINK, DON'T SMOKE. 18:00 THEY DON'T HAVE DRUGS PROMOTED AS A RULE AND SO 18:06 THEY LIKE THESE AND WE TEACH THEM THE VALUES SUCH 18:09 AS INTEGRITY AND HONESTY AND FAIRNESS, SERVICE. 18:15 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HIGH CLASS HINDUS LOVE 18:19 VERY MUCH AND SO THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN IN 18:22 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. 18:24 SO THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE VALUES, 18:27 INCULCATE THEM. 18:27 RIGHT. 18:28 THEY INTERNALIZE BECAUSE THESE ARE THE VALUES OF 18:31 THE HINDU CULTURE AS WELL. 18:32 YES. 18:33 AND SO WE VERY REGULARLY WE ACTUALLY COINCIDE WITH 18:37 THEIR CULTURE. 18:38 AND ALSO THE VEGETARIAN LIFESTYLE WE HAVE BECAUSE 18:42 IN OUR BOARDING SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE WHAT 25 18:46 BOARDING ACADEMIES, AND WE DO NOT SERVE MEAT IN OUR 18:50 BOARDING ACADEMIES. 18:52 VERY RESPECTFUL OF ANIMALS. 18:53 VERY RESPECTFUL OF ANIMALS AND IT ALSO GOES ALONG 18:57 WITH THE DOCTRINE OF______AND THE DOCTRINE 19:00 OF KARMA. 19:02 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T INJURE ANYBODY. 19:06 YES. 19:07 AND THAT REALLY MAKES US VERY VERY CLOSE FRIENDS 19:12 WITH THE INDIAN RELIGIOUS GROUPS. 19:15 I CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE. 19:17 AND MANY OF THE INDIAN RELIGIOUS GROUPS ACTUALLY 19:20 ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. 19:22 FOR EXAMPLE BUDDHISTS, THEY ARE TOTAL VEGETARIAN. 19:25 SO ARE THE JAINS. 19:26 IN FACT THE JAIN BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE WAY AHEAD 19:32 OF US EVEN. 19:34 THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST VEGETARIAN THEY ARE VEGAN. 19:36 AND WHEN THEIR MONKS WALK INTO THE VILLAGES THEY 19:43 WANT TO SWEEP THEIR PATH SO THEY DON'T INJURE EVEN 19:48 THE INSECTS, NO WE'RE GOING TOO FAR, AND THEY DO 19:51 NOT EAT ANYTHING THAT MULTIPLIES UNDERGROUND 19:56 SUCH AS POTATOES OR YAMS. 19:58 INTERESTING. 19:59 BECAUSE LIFE IS GROWING AND YOU DON'T WANT TO 20:02 DISTURB THAT LIFE. 20:04 EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ABOVE GROUND. 20:06 VERY RESPECTFUL OF LIFE. 20:08 WELL AND WE AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BELIEVERS 20:12 CHRISTIANS WE DON'T EAT ANYTHING THAT CREEPS, 20:14 CRAWLS, FLIES, BITES, SWIMS OR TALKS BACK. 20:17 YES. 20:18 (LAUGHTER) AND SO WE ARE VEGETARIAN AND SO WE HAVE 20:22 A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HINDU BROTHERS 20:25 AND SISTERS. 20:27 AND THEY ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR 20:29 BELIEVERS. 20:31 AND MOST OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDYING IN OUR 20:34 EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS THEY PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE 20:39 PROGRAMS OF THE SCHOOL INCLUDING PATHFINDING, 20:43 GLOBAL YOUTH RALLIES, AND HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE 20:46 RALLIES AND ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 20:50 THAT ARE UNDERTAKEN BY THE SCHOOLS. 20:52 VERY GOOD. 20:53 TAKE AT LOOK AT THIS SLIDE. 20:55 OKAY. 20:56 THIS IS REAL INDIA. 21:00 INDIA IS SUCH A YOUNG COUNTRY. 21:03 GIVE ME A STATISTIC. 21:04 YES. 21:05 SIXTY PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 21:08 OF 30, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 21:10 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 21:11 AND 50 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 15. 21:14 VERY YOUNG. 21:15 THIS IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AND 21:18 60 PERCENT OF THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT PART OF 21:21 OUR FAITH. 21:23 THEY ARE PART OF MANY OTHER RELIGIONS, AND SO WE 21:27 HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE LOVE OF GOD 21:33 WHICH IS HELPING PEOPLE BECOME BETTER CITIZENS OF 21:37 INDIA. 21:38 AND YOU MUST CONNECT WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE OR YOU 21:40 WON'T BE REACHING VERY MANY PEOPLE. 21:42 (LAUGHTER) WELL THIS IS THE TREND, THIS IS THE 21:45 POPULATION TREND, WE MUST. 21:47 AND YOU KNOW THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 21:51 CHURCH IS NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO CONVERT PEOPLE 21:56 TO OUR WAY OF THINKING ONLY, WE WANT SINCERELY 22:01 FOR INDIAN CITIZENS TO BECOME BETTER CITIZENS 22:06 BECAUSE OUR CONCEPT IS BASED ON ONE FATHER WHICH 22:10 IS GOD, AND ONE FAMILY. 22:13 SO WHETHER YOU ARE A HINDU, CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM 22:16 WHATEVER YOUR FAITH IS, WE ALL BELONG TO ONE FAMILY. 22:21 WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE SAME HEAVENLY FATHER, 22:24 BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE, FLOWERS ON THE SAME PLANT. 22:28 AND SO WE HAVE VERY NON-OFFENSIVE WAY OF 22:34 LIVING, WAY OF BELIEVING AND SERVICE IS THE ENGINE 22:40 THAT DRIVES US. 22:41 AND THAT'S WHY THE HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND 22:46 OTHER FAITH PEOPLE THEY LOVE TO HAVE THEIR 22:49 CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS. 22:51 AND THEY ENJOY HAVING THEIR CHILDREN LEARN THESE 22:54 VALUES THAT THEY ALL WANT FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND 22:57 THEIR FAMILIES. 22:58 AND IT IS SUCH A JOY THAT WE HAVE SUCH An EXTENSIVE 23:03 NETWORK, 210 THOUSAND IS WHAT YOU SAID? 23:06 YES. 23:07 TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS. 23:11 AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WITH THIS FOR 23:13 THE FUTURE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE HUGE POPULATION 23:16 CERTAINLY MORE COULD BE COMING. 23:18 OKAY AS DR. MASSEY SAID INDIA IS A YOUNG NATION 23:22 AND SO IS THE CASE WITH THE CHURCH. 23:24 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT PEOPLE OF OUR CHURCHES ARE 23:28 THE YOUTH, YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:30 AND AS THE OLD GUARD IS GOING OUT OF THE SCENE WE 23:35 ARE LOOKING TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE TO PREPARE 23:40 THEMSELVES TO TAKE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, 23:44 ACCEPT THE HERITAGE AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH 23:48 AND LIFT UP THE BANNER AND MOVE FORWARD. 23:50 SO ONE OF OUR HOPE IS THAT IN ALL OF OUR 25 BOARDING 23:57 ACADEMIES WE WILL PLACE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 24:02 SOME DAY AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF 24:07 GOD AND CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 24:12 BECAUSE 70-75 PERCENT OF ALL OUR CHURCHES ARE 24:16 FILLED WITH YOUTH AND WOMEN. 24:19 SO WE WANT WOMEN TO BECOME SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN THEIR 24:24 FAMILIES BECAUSE MEN ARE WORKING AND WOMEN COULD 24:27 REALLY PLAY AN ENORMOUS PART. 24:30 SO IN OUR SCHOOLS WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN 24:34 THESE VALUES, SPIRITUAL VALUES SO THEY CAN GO 24:37 AHEAD AND SHARE IT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 24:39 AND IT WOULD UPLIFT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AS WE 24:44 CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS GREAT LAND. 24:48 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MISSION. 24:50 AND WHAT CHALLENGES MIGHT YOU HAVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE 24:53 WATCHING OUR PROGRAM TODAY? 24:55 HOW CAN THEY BE INVOLVED? 24:57 WELL FIRST OF ALL WE WOULD REALLY LIKE THEM TO MAKE 25:03 INDIA ONE OF THE PRIMARY COUNTRIES THAT THEY SHOULD 25:08 PRAY FOR. 25:09 WE HAVE TREMENDOUS NEEDS OVER THERE. 25:13 AND IF THEY WOULD FAST AND PRAY ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE 25:18 OUR WORKERS NEED ENCOURAGEMENT. 25:21 THEY NEED HELP. 25:23 AND MANY OF THEM GOING ON THEIR BICYCLES SOME OF 25:25 THEM WALKING TO THE VILLAGES, AND IN THE 25:28 SUMMER TIME HEAT IS AS HIGH AS 110 AND 115 AND SO 25:36 THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING AND WORKING UNDER REAL 25:39 CIRCUMSTANCES, TOUGH TIMES. 25:42 WE WOULD LIKE OUR PEOPLE TO PRAY THAT THEY WILL BE 25:45 DEFENDED BY ANGELS AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 25:49 AND THAT GOD WILL OPEN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE BY THE 25:53 POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN 25:56 AND RESPOND. 25:58 AND ALSO PLEASE INVEST WITH GOD. 26:01 TIME IS SHORT. 26:02 WE HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH A POPULATION OF 1.3 BILLION 26:06 PEOPLE IN INDIA. 26:07 WE COULD USE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT OUR DONORS 26:11 AND OUR WELL WISHERS CAN SEND FOR THIS PURPOSE FOR 26:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:15 THANK YOU. 26:16 AND YOU'VE HEARD THE CHALLENGE THAT'S BEEN PUT 26:20 TO YOU THAT YOU CAN BE PART OF IT AND YOU CAN 26:25 PARTICIPATE. 26:26 IT IS A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A HUGE YOUNG 26:29 POPULATION THAT IS OPEN TO SPIRITUAL THINGS AND IS 26:32 OPEN TO HEARING ABOUT GOD AND HIS LOVE FOR US. 26:34 AND I KNOW IT'S YOUR PRAYER, IT'S OUR PRAYER 26:37 THAT EVERYONE, ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN WILL BE 26:39 ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH HE LOVES US. 26:43 SO YOU CAN SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH BY CONTACTING US 26:47 AT OUR WEBSITE, AT OUR ADDRESS WHICH WILL SHOW UP 26:50 HERE AS SOME CREDITS ROLL. 26:52 AND ALSO YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON 26:55 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY SUBSCRIBING TO ADVENTURES 26:58 IN MISSIONS MAGAZINE WHICH WE DO GET AT OUR HOME AND 27:01 REALLY ENJOY READING THESE EXCITING STORIES. 27:04 SO SOME WAYS THAT YOU CAN BE CONNECTED, ALWAYS 27:06 PRAYER AND YOUR GIFTS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. 27:10 THANK BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN FOR BEING MY 27:12 GUESTS AND ENJOYED HEARING THIS REPORT. 27:15 THANK YOU. 27:15 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 27:17 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. |
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