Adventures in Missions

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00:33 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
00:34 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND IT IS WITH JOY THAT WE
00:39 COME AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
00:41 10/40 WINDOW AND WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH THE
00:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AND IT IS A JOY TO
00:47 SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
00:49 THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE YOU IN ON THE GREAT
00:52 STORIES THAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:55 AND TODAY WE HAVE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, BEV THOMPSON AND
00:57 HER GREAT FRIEND SHIRLEY PANASUK AND THEY ARE HERE
01:00 ON SET AND EVERY TIME YOU LADIES COMING WEARING ALL
01:03 SORTS OF BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS.
01:04 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM.
01:05 THEY HAVE BEEN MOSTLY GIVEN TO US.
01:07 THAT'S CORRECT.
01:08 WELL, THEY ARE CERTAINLY BEAUTIFUL AND SHIRLEY YOU
01:11 HAVE SOME GOLD SEQUINS GOING AND BEV THE
01:14 EMBROIDERY WORK ON YOUR DRESS AND SHARE WITH
01:16 SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS OUTFIT.
01:19 THIS IS CALLED A PUNJABI IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
01:22 INDIA.
01:23 SHALWAR KAMEEZ IN SOME OTHER AREAS BUT IT MEANS
01:27 THAT THERE IS A PAIR OF PANTS AND A TUNIC AND A
01:31 SCARF THAT ALL MATCH AND YOU DON'T DO WITHOUT ONE
01:35 PART OF THEM.
01:36 IT IS ALWAYS A SET.
01:37 ALWAYS TOGETHER.
01:38 WELL, I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY FEMININE YET AT
01:40 THE SAME TIME IT IS MODEST AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY
01:43 PRETTY.
01:44 THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE.
01:45 GOOD.
01:46 YES.
01:47 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO INDIA, WE HAD A HEALTH
01:51 TALK FOR A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND AFTER WE
01:53 FINISHED THE TALK I SAID, "ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?"
01:55 AND THE TEACHER PUT HIS HAND UP IN THE BACK AND
01:58 SAID, "WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT INDIA?"
02:00 WELL, I HAD JUST GOT TO INDIA, ON THE SPOT, ON THE
02:04 SPOT AND THEN I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER AND IT WAS
02:08 JUST LIKE, YES, THE WAY THE LADIES DRESS.
02:12 YES.
02:12 AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
02:13 YES.
02:14 EVEN THE POOR PEOPLE THEY STILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
02:17 YES.
02:18 WELL, YOU DO LOOK BEAUTIFUL-BOTH OF YOU
02:19 LADIES.
02:20 SO, SHARE WITH US AND WITH THE VIEWERS WHAT IS
02:22 HAPPENING BEV, IN YOUR REGION, AND I LOVE ABOUT
02:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SO MANY WAYS BUT IT'S KIND OF
02:29 A GEOGRAPHY LESSON FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ARE
02:31 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STATES OF INDIA FROM ALL
02:34 OF YOU PEOPLE WHO WORK IN INDIA.
02:36 SO, SHARE WITH US ABOUT INDIA.
02:37 FIRST, MY REGION IS NORTHEAST INDIA FROM
02:40 CALCUTTA TO BHUTAN, SOUTH OF NEPAL DOWN INTO CENTRAL
02:44 INDIA AND BIHAR IS A STATE JUST SOUTH OF NEPAL AND IT
02:51 WAS A MAJOR STATE BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE THEY HAD
02:55 THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS IN THE VERY OLD
02:58 DAYS.
02:59 AND THEN THEY GOT GRADUALLY SMALLER AND
03:02 SMALLER AND NOW YOU CAN SEE CHHATTISGARH REACHES
03:04 DOWN RIGHT DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
03:06 IT IS LONG, IT IS A LONG STATE.
03:09 IT IS LONG AND THAT IS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE
03:12 HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
03:14 DOWN SOUTH , IN THE MOUNTAINS DOWN SOUTH, AND
03:16 OTHERS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS UP NORTH AND SO WE ARE
03:21 WANTING TO NOT LET A FIREFLY GO OUT BY SENDING
03:26 JUST ONE PERSON OUT AT A TIME TO THESE PLACES.
03:29 BUT IF WE HAVE TWO, YES, THEY ARE LIKELY, YES, TO
03:32 IGNITE A FIRE, YES, AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL THIS
03:36 WAY.
03:37 AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT, RIGHT SHIRLEY?
03:39 YES.
03:39 WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING JESUS.
03:41 ABSOLUTELY.
03:42 AND YOU KNOW, LATELY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TWO
03:45 GOING TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY THAT IS VERY
03:49 EFFECTIVE.
03:50 THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMRADERIE, A FRIENDSHIP
03:54 DEVELOPS BETWEEN THESE PEOPLE AND WHEN ONE HAS A
03:58 PROBLEM THE OTHER ONE CAN HELP THEM AND I SEE WHY
04:01 JESUS RECOMMENDED IN THE HOLY WORD THAT WE GO TWO
04:05 BY TWO.
04:06 ABSOLUTELY, WELL AND YOU TWO ARE BOTH A GREAT
04:08 EXAMPLE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TOGETHER AND
04:11 YOU ARE TRAVELING TOGETHER, PRAYING TOGETHER
04:13 AND MEETING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
04:15 SO.
04:16 AND I THINK GOD PUTS PEOPLE TOGETHER TOO.
04:18 YES.
04:19 IT ISN'T JUST THE LEADERSHIP OR ME CHOOSING
04:22 SHIRLEY OR SHIRLEY CHOOSING ME.
04:25 GOD HAS A PLAN IN THIS AND I GET A LOT OF SUPPORT
04:30 FROM SHIRLEY.
04:31 WELL, I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC.
04:33 SO, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME
04:35 ENCOUNTERS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FACE AND
04:40 WE CANNOT, NOT TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION OF INDIA.
04:45 IT IS GROWING AND GROWING AND, IN YOUR AREA, BEV AND
04:49 SHIRLEY HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU
04:52 HAVE?
04:53 IN MY WHOLE AREA, ALL OF THE STATES THERE ARE FOUR
04:57 STATES- SIX CHURCH UNITS, I HAVE 130 GOSPEL OUTREACH
05:01 WORKERS.
05:02 130 AND THERE ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN
05:06 INDIA.
05:07 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY IF NOT THREE
05:09 TIMES AS MANY.
05:10 YES, YES, YES.
05:12 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND
05:14 THAT'S ONE REASON BY HAVING THIS PROGRAM IS TO
05:17 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THE NEED THAT WE HAVE HERE.
05:19 THAT'S RIGHT.
05:21 SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE-THE SITUATIONS THAT
05:23 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE ENCOUNTER?
05:24 WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A FOCUS ON GOING TO VILLAGES WHERE
05:27 THERE IS NO CHRISTIANS.
05:28 SOMETIMES YOU ENCOUNTER OTHER PEOPLE THAT COME TO
05:29 YOU AND SO THEY TAKE CARE OF THEM THAT WAY AND
05:31 SOMETIMES IT IS JUST ALONG THE PATHWAY OR IN A BUS OR
05:32 SOME CIRCUMSTANCE THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO GET INTO
05:33 A NEW VILLAGE AND GETTING INTO A NEW VILLAGE-THERE
05:35 IS A PHENOMENA THERE BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE
05:36 VILLAGE IS A GROUP OF FAMILIES AND IF YOU GO
05:37 INTO THAT VILLAGE YOU ARE A STRANGER.
05:39 THEY SAY, "WHO ARE YOU?
05:39 WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
05:40 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
05:41 AND THIS IS NORMAL TALK BUT WHEN THEY HAVE AN
05:42 INVITATION TO COME AND A REASON TO COME THEN IT
05:43 OPENS A DOOR AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO
05:45 AND WE WANT TO TELL SOME OF THE STORIES OF HOW GOD
05:47 OPENS DOORS.
05:47 BEAUTIFUL.
05:48 LET'S GO.
05:49 ALRIGHT BEVERLY, ADJAIDAN-HE IS A GOSPEL
05:50 OUTREACH WORKER AND RAJU WAS STANDING ALONG THE
05:51 PATHWAY AND FEELING VERY DOWNCAST BECAUSE FOR THE
05:53 THIRD TIME HE FAILED HIS 12TH GRADE EXAMINATIONS.
05:54 THE THIRD TIME HE FAILED HIS EXAMS.
05:55 THE THIRD TIME.
05:56 MANY TIMES, THIS CAN CAUSE THESE YOUTH TO GO INTO A
05:57 DEPRESSION, STRESS, AND SUICIDE.
06:01 SO, ADJAIDAN STOPPED AND TALKED WITH HIM AND RAJU
06:05 POURED OUT HIS HEART TO HIM TELLING HIM ABOUT HIS
06:15 FAILURES.
06:16 HE SAID, "LET ME PRAY FOR YOU."
06:24 AND SO, RIGHT THERE ON THE PATH, HE PRAYED FOR HIM
06:30 AND THEN HE SAID AFTER THE PRAYER, "WHY DON'T YOU
06:33 COME TO CHURCH AND FEEL THE COMARADERIE WITH OTHER
06:36 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE SOON GOING TO BE TAKING
07:13 EXAMINATIONS LIKE YOURSELF".
07:15 HE CAME TO CHURCH AND THE YOUTH ALL GATHERED
07:18 TOGETHER AROUND HIM, PRAYED WITH HIM AND HE WAS
07:22 SO AMAZED HIS HEART WAS TOUCHED AND THEY PRAYED
07:26 THAT HE WOULD PASS HIS EXAMINATION THE NEXT TIME
07:28 HE TOOK IT.
07:29 WELL, IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AWAY BUT WHEN HE TOOKTHE
07:34 EXAMINATION THE PROMISE THAT GOD WOULD BRING TO
07:38 HIS REMEMBERANCE WHAT HE'D STUDIED-HE CLAIMED AND HE
07:43 PASSED HIS EXAMINATION.
07:44 HE WAS SO THRILLED AND HE KNEW IT WAS THE GOD OF
07:47 THESE CHRISTIANS THAT HAD DONE IT FOR HIM.
07:50 BECAUSE THEY HAD PRAYED.
07:51 YES, THEY HAD PRAYED.
07:51 SO, TELL US WHAT IS THE RELIGION IN THIS
07:54 PARTICULAR AREA BEV?
07:56 IT IS HINDU OR NATURE WORSHIPERS-SARNA NATURE
07:59 WORSHIPERS.
08:00 PROBABLY MORE NATURE WORSHIPERS THAN HINDUS BUT
08:04 THERE IS A MIXTURE.
08:06 BUT THAT WAS AN OPENING DOOR BECAUSE NOW, THIS
08:10 RAJU HE COMES TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK UNTIL HE STARTS
08:16 HIS COLLEGE ENTRANCE THEN WHEN HE IS IN HIS COLLEGE
08:20 WHICH IS A LITTLE DISTANCE AWAY, HE MAKES FRIENDS
08:22 WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND BRINGS THEM TO CHURCH
08:26 WITH HIM AFTER THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAD.
08:29 THAT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
08:30 IT IS THRILLING.
08:32 YES.
08:32 WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT HERE.
08:33 YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT
08:35 EACH ONE OF US NEEDS TO BE DOING THAT WHERE WE ARE.
08:37 WHERE WE LIVE.
08:38 RIGHT.
08:39 OK, AND THEN BUDISHWAR YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE
08:46 SOME VERY DIFFERENT NAMES IN INDIA.
08:49 BUDISHWAR IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
08:52 WHO, LIKE AMERICANS, NEEDS TO SHOP FOR HIS FOOD AND
08:56 ONE DAY HE WALKED INTO THIS SHOP THAT HE USUALLY
08:59 SHOPS AT AND HE WAS IN NEED OF SOME RICE.
09:03 WELL, SATISHWAR, THE SHOP OWNER THAT DAY DID NOT
09:10 HAVE ANY.
09:11 THERE WAS A SHORTAGE FOR SOME REASON BUT HE SAID,
09:15 "WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT," THEY HAVE PHONES
09:18 THERE TOO, "I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL" AND HE SAID, "THEN
09:23 YOU CAN COME AND GET IT."
09:24 SO, BUDISHWAR WENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AND ALL OF A
09:29 SUDDEN ON SABBATH HE GETS THIS PHONE CALL AND IT IS
09:33 SATISHWAR AND HE SAID," I HAVE RICE, COME AND GET
09:37 IT."
09:40 AND BUDISHWAR SAID, "TODAY IS THE SABBATH.
09:44 I WON'T BE ABLE TO COME."
09:45 SO, IT WAS SATURDAY.
09:46 IT WAS SATURDAY AND SATISHWAR SAYS, "WHAT'S
09:48 THAT?"
09:49 AND BUDISHWAR SAYS, "WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I SEE
09:58 YOU."
09:59 SO, WHEN BUDISHWAR WENT TO GET HIS RICE, SATISHWAR
10:04 SAYS, "TELL ME WHAT'S THE STORY?"
10:07 WHAT'S THE STORY?
10:08 "WHY CAN'T YOU BUY ON SATURDAY?"
10:11 WELL, THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUDISHWAR
10:15 TO TELL THE STORY OF THE SABBATH.
10:18 HE ALSO SAID, THE SABBATH IS HOLY.
10:22 GOD'S WORD IS HOLY.
10:24 MARRIAGE IS HOLY AND WE MUST FOLLOW WHAT GOD HAS
10:29 SAID IS HOLY.
10:30 SO, HE WAS SAYING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
10:32 WORSHIPING ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT'S RIGHT, SO HERE
10:35 HE WAS EXPLAINING HIS BELIEFS OF WHY HIS SHOP
10:38 WAS CLOSED.
10:39 RIGHT AND THIS WAS PROBABLY ALL VERY FOREIGN
10:41 TO THE-OH, ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE HE WAS A NATURE
10:44 WORSHIPER AND BUDISHWAR SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO
10:50 INVITE HIM TO COME TO SOME MEETINGS AND HE SAID, "HOW
10:53 CAN I CLOSE MY SHOP ON SATURDAY?"
10:58 AND BUDISHWAR SAID, "I TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL PRAY
11:02 ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
11:06 WELL, SATISHWAR WENT TO THE MEETINGS ON SABBATH
11:11 AND HE ENJOYED THE MEETINGS SO MUCH THAT HE
11:15 WANTED TO CONTINUE COMING AND HE STARTED TO CLOSE
11:19 HIS BUSINESS ON THE SABBATH AND THE LORD
11:22 CONTINUED TO BLESS HIM AND TODAY HE IS STUDYING THE
11:27 BIBLE WITH BUDISHWAR.
11:31 HIS SHOP IS MAKING MORE MONEY NOW.
11:34 GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE BEING POURED OUT BECAUSE HE IS
11:36 KEEPING SABBATH.
11:37 THAT'S RIGHT.
11:38 YES, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE RICE NOW AND GOD IS
11:43 BLESSING MORE AND MORE.
11:45 AND IT'S TAKING THAT ONE LITTLE STEP OF FAITH AND
11:49 GOING OK, THIS IS MY BELIEF AND I'M SHARING IT
11:51 WITH SOMEONE.
11:52 THIS IS A REAL STEP FOR THEM.
11:53 OH, A HUGE STEP, A HUGE STEP.
11:55 OH YES.
11:56 WELL, THANK YOU SHIRLEY AND BEV AND IF YOU ARE
11:58 EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING HERE ABOUT OUR
12:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WE WANT
12:03 TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF YOU WHO ARE
12:05 PRAYING, WHO ARE DONATING AND PLEASE SHARE ABOUT
12:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH A FRIEND.
12:10 MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MINISTRY AND WE
12:12 WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF OUR GOSPEL
12:14 OUTREACH FAMILY AS WE HELP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
12:17 WORKERS SHARE JESUS AND HIS LOVE I THE 10/40
12:20 WINDOW.
12:21 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME?
12:24 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO.
12:26 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON.
12:28 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE
12:31 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD.
12:34 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT
12:37 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS'
12:40 LOVE.
12:41 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE
12:44 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE
12:47 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA,
12:49 CHINA TO JAPAN.
12:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH.
12:52 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL
12:54 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES.
12:56 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND
12:59 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER
13:02 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD.
13:04 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE
13:08 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
13:10 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF
13:15 GOD'S LOVE.
13:16 JOIN US.
13:17 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
13:19 DONATE.
13:20 PRAY.
13:21 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
13:22 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
13:23 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO
13:25 CONNECT WITH YOU IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS.
13:27 WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND RIGHT
13:31 THERE YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION.
13:34 WE ASK YOU TO MAKE A DONATION TO HELP THE
13:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
13:39 YOU CAN ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
13:41 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
13:42 WE ARE ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA -FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM
13:46 YOU CAN SEE PICTURES, PHOTOS AND FOLLOW STORIES
13:49 LIKE WHAT YOU ARE HEARING HERE TODAY FROM BEV AND
13:50 SHIRLEY ABOUT INDIA AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
13:54 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD IN NORTH AMERICA AND
13:58 CANADA AND WE ARE ALSO IN BRAZIL AND ALSO WHAT'S
14:01 GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT HUGE EXPANSE
14:03 OF PEOPLE AND SPACE FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY
14:06 THROUGH INDIA, NEPAL AND ALL THOSE COUNTRIES IN
14:09 ASIA.
14:10 SO, BEV AND SHIRLEY WE ARE BACK WITH YOU AND YOU ARE
14:12 SPORTING YOUR BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS AND IT'S SO GOOD
14:15 TO HEAR THE STORIES, UM, THAT YOU SHARE.
14:20 THIS WAS BUDISHWAR WE FORGOT TO PUT HIS PICTURE
14:23 UP BUT HE IS A SHOP KEEPER THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
14:27 YES, OK.
14:29 WONDERFUL.
14:30 AND NOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SARITA.
14:32 SARITA WAS A YOUNG GIRL , TENTH GRADE, AND THEY
14:39 WOULD GET TOGETHER AND HER BEST FRIEND WAS AN
14:45 ADVENTIST BUT SARITA IN GRADE TEN WAS THE TOP OF
14:49 HER CLASS AND SO YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW THE TEACHERS
14:53 LIKED HER BUT SHE COMES FROM A SARNA FAMILY WITH
14:55 IS A NATURE WORSHIPER, SARNA FAMILY, SARNA-THIS
14:59 IS THE NAME OF THE NATURE WORSHIPERS AND SARITA WAS
15:07 INVITED BY HER FRIEND TO GO FOR HER BIRTHDAY PARTY.
15:12 THAT IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GO TO.
15:15 SHE IS A CHRISTIAN AND THE FAMILY UNDERSTAND FOR A
15:19 BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT IS FINE FOR THEM TO GO.
15:21 SO, SHE WENT TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THE
15:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS THERE AND HE SAID A
15:26 BLESSING ON THE BIRTHDAY GIRL AND ON SARITA AND SHE
15:32 WAS VERY IMPRESSED, VERY EXCITED TO THINK THAT HE
15:37 PRAYED FOR HER.
15:39 AND THEN THIS DREW A BOND BETWEEN HER AND HER
15:40 CHRISTIAN FRIEND TOO AND THEN CHRISTMAS CAME NOT
15:41 TOO LONG AFTERWARDS AND SO, SARITA FRIEND INVITED
15:43 HER TO COME TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
15:44 NOW, IN INDIA IT SEEMS THAT THE MEMBERS UNITE
15:45 TOGETHER FOR HAVING A BIG CELEBRATION FOR CHRISTMAS
15:47 SO THAT THEY CAN INVITE THEIR HINDU FRIENDS, THEIR
15:48 SARNA FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS
15:49 AND THEY CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A PARTY IN THE
16:13 NAME OF A PARTY, YES, AND EXCITING AND SO SHE
16:19 INVITED HER TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
16:21 WELL, SARITA KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE IN CHURCH
16:24 AND SHE WAS A LITTLE HESITANT-NOW HOW IS SHE
16:27 GOING TO GET PERMISSION FROM HER MOTHER AND FATHER
16:29 TO COME TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE CHURCH?
16:32 AND SHE SAID, WELL MY FRIEND IS GOING TO HAVE A
16:39 PARTY AND THERE IS GOING TO BE MUSIC AND STUFF LIKE
16:43 THAT AND SO SHE -SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT NOT
16:51 QUITE AS CHRISTIANY MAYBE AS WAS ASSUMING, IT WAS
16:55 AWKWARD BUT SHE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AND AT
16:58 THE CHRISTMAS PARTY THERE WERE MANY OTHERS WHO WERE
17:01 SARNAS OR HINDUS, OH REALLY, BECAUSE THEY HAD
17:05 BEEN INVITED AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO HAVE PRAYER,
17:11 THE GIRLS WERE INVITED ASIDE TO HAVE A BIBLE
17:15 STUDY.
17:16 THERE WERE FOUR WITH SARITA HAVING A BIBLE
17:18 STUDY FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TELLING
17:21 THE PLAN OF SALVATION FROM CREATION UNTIL JESUS
17:26 COMING AGAIN.
17:27 WERE THE GIRLS OPEN TO THIS?
17:29 THEY WERE AMAZED.
17:31 THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
17:33 THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
17:36 SO, UM SHE IN HER HEART STARTED TO ACCEPT
17:41 JESUS-WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO ABOUT HER PARENTS?
17:44 AND AGAIN, SHE WAS INVITED TO GO TO A CHURCH PROGRAM
17:50 AND AGAIN SHE AWKWARDLY GOT PERMISSION FROM HER
17:53 PARENTS.
17:54 SHE USED THE EXCUSE AS A MUSIC CLASS.
17:57 YES.
17:59 SO, SHE NOW HAS A TIE WITH THE CHURCH BUT SHE IS
18:04 PRAYING AND PRAYING THAT HER PARENTS WILL HAVE THIS
18:07 DESIRE TO LEARN MORE, TO LEARN AS WELL, SO THEY ARE
18:11 ASKING FOR PRAYER FOR HER FAMILY, WOW, AND WE CAN DO
18:14 THAT.
18:16 AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT GOSPEL
18:18 OUTREACH -WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING
18:21 ALL AGES FOR JESUS.
18:22 YES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
18:24 THAT WHEREVER WE ARE BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA
18:27 BECAUSE THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HAVE
18:30 HOPE.
18:31 THEY NEED, MANY OF THEM ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
18:32 WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE.
18:34 OH YES.
18:34 AND TO HAVE HOPE.
18:35 NOW WHO IS THIS SWEET BABY?
18:37 OH, I WANT TO TELLYOU A STORY ABOUT GANESH.
18:40 THIS IS GANESH ON THE LEFT.
18:43 I'VE KNOWN GANESH FOR A LONG TIME.
18:45 HE IS A WONDERFUL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
18:49 WELL, HE GOT MARRIED AND IN INDIA IT IS VERY
18:53 IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, VERY SOON AFTER MARRIAGE
18:58 YOU HAVE A CHILD.
18:59 WELL, THAT'S EXPECTED.
19:01 OH YES.
19:02 AND THE PARENTS WILL YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE YOU GOING
19:05 TO HAVE A BABY?
19:06 LOTS OF PRESSURE.
19:06 YES.
19:08 WE KNOW ABOUT THAT HERE TOO.
19:09 BUT ANYWAY, THE PARENTS GANESH AND HIS WIFE PRAYED
19:14 ABOUT IT AND THEY REALLY PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT GOD
19:18 WOULD PROVIDE A BABY.
19:20 WELL, LO AND BEHOLD HIS WIFE GOT PREGNANT.
19:25 WHOA!
19:26 MUCH REJOICING AND MUCH HAPPINESS.
19:28 THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BABY IN THE FAMILY.
19:32 WELL, THEN GANESH HAD SOME THINGS THAT HE HAD TO DO
19:37 AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND IT WAS VERY
19:42 IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE THERE WITH HIS WIFE.
19:45 SO, HE SAID HE PRAYED AND HE SAID, "GOD, I WOULD
19:50 LIKE FOR A LITTLE GIRL AND WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
19:54 BORN ON JANUARY 1ST."
19:57 WOW.
19:58 LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE LORD.
19:59 YES, BEFORE WE GET TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND THAT
20:04 SURPRISE, I'LL LET YOU TELL.
20:06 WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN MONTHS ALONG, SHE STARTED SINGING
20:11 TO HER BABY ALL DAY LONG.
20:13 OH.
20:14 THINKING I WILL GIVE MY BABY PEACE, AND JOY OF
20:17 KNOWING JESUS.
20:19 YES.
20:20 AND SO, SHE SANG TO HER BABY FROM THE SEVENTH
20:22 MONTHUNTIL THE NINTH MONTH AND NOW THIS COMES INTO
20:25 JANUARY.
20:26 AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG WITH THIS I JUST READ THE
20:28 OTHER DAY THAT WHEN WE SING TO THE BABY IN THE
20:31 WOMB, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS-WELL, SO THEY PRAYED
20:35 THAT THE BABY WOULD BE DELIVERED ON JANUARY 1ST
20:38 AND GANESH WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE BUT HIS
20:41 WIFE BEGAN TO HAVE LABOR PAINS.
20:43 OH, AND HOW EARLY WAS THIS BEFORE JANUARY 1ST?
20:47 THIS WAS DECEMBER 31, OK, THAT SHE BEGAN TO HAVE THE
20:52 LABOR PAINS AND SHE LABORED AND LABORED AND
20:56 DON'T YOU KNOW, AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 1ST A
21:00 LITTLE GIRL WAS BORN TO GANESH AND HIS PRECIOUS
21:03 WIFE.
21:04 OH.
21:05 SWEET BABY, AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THIS SWEET,
21:08 PRECIOUS BABY.
21:09 IT'S A MIRACLE BABY.
21:11 YES.
21:12 AND YOU KNOW IN OUR CULTURE, YES, WE HAVE
21:14 PRAYERS LIKE THAT IN OUR CULTURE BUT IN DIFFERENT
21:18 CULTURES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THINGS LIKE THIS
21:22 SOMEHOW EVEN MORE MEANING.
21:24 THEY CLAIM THE PROMISES.
21:25 YES, AND THEY HAVE THESE SPECIFIC THINGS AND FOR
21:27 GOD, MAYBE HERE WE ARE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE
21:30 THINKING, OK, WELL DECEMBER 31, YOU KNOW,
21:33 JANUARY 1ST WHATEVER -BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR COUPLE
21:37 THIS WAS A LIFE CHANGING FOR THEIR FAITH.
21:39 YES, RIGHT.
21:40 YES, AND THEY HAD FAITH.
21:42 I MEAN THEY PUT IT TO THE LORD AND SAID THIS IS WHAT
21:46 WE NEED.
21:46 YES.
21:47 AND WE KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL.
21:50 ABSOLUTELY.
21:51 AND I FEEL THAT IN MANY INSTANCES IF WE HAD MORE
21:55 FAITH AND AS MUCH FAITH AS THEY DO, NOW SOME PEOPLE
22:00 WOULD SAY, WELL GODS NOT A SANTA CLAUS THAT'S NOTHE
22:04 POINT HERE AT ALL.
22:05 NO, THE POINT IS THAT YOU GO TO GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR
22:08 NEEDS, ALL OF YOUR DESIRES BECAUSE HE TELLS US THAT
22:11 IN THE BIBLE HE SAYS TO ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN.
22:14 ASK, AND YOU HAVE TO -IF HE'S TELLING US TO ASK, WE
22:17 NEED TO ASK.
22:18 WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR NEED WHEN WE ASK.
22:20 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
22:22 WELL, WHAT A SWEET, SWEET BABY.
22:24 YES.
22:24 NICE STORY.
22:25 ABSOLUTELY.
22:26 I THOUGHT I'D TELL YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH
22:28 WORKER ASHOK.
22:31 HE HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO REACH THE BRAHMINS WHO ARE
22:36 THE HIGHEST CASTE OF HINDUS.
22:39 THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BIG WALL AROUND THEIR HOME AND
22:43 TREES AROUND IT AND YOU DON'T GET INTO THEM VERY
22:46 EASY.
22:47 WELL, BALA WAS A NEWSPAPER MAN FOR THIRTY YEARS AND
22:53 HE HAD THESE BRAHMINS AS CUSTOMERS.
22:57 NOW USUALLY THERE IS NOT MIX BETWEEN BRAHMINS AND
23:00 LOWER CASTES.
23:01 FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE NOT A HINDU YOU ARE
23:04 UNTOUCHABLE.
23:05 I'M AN UNTOUCHABLE.
23:08 HE WAS A CHRISTIAN SO HE WAS AN UNTOUCHABLE.
23:11 WELL, AH ASHOK THOUGHT HOW AM I GOING TO REACH THOSE
23:16 BRAHMINS?
23:17 THEN HE REMEMBERED BALARAM AND HE WENT TO HIM AND HE
23:22 SAID, I HAVE SOME LITERATURE HERE IT IS LIKE
23:25 THESE TIMES, SURE, AND SOME HEALTH LITERATURE AND
23:28 HE SAID, WILL YOU PUT THIS IN THEIR NEWSPAPER EVERY
23:32 DAY FOR TEN DAYS AND I'LL GIVE YOU 100 RUPEES -THAT
23:37 MEANS ABOUT A DOLLAR.
23:39 WHY PASS UP MONEY?
23:40 YES.
23:41 AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY IT ALWAYS MAKES
23:44 NEGOTIATION FIRM.
23:45 YES, WELL TOOK THEM FOR TEN DAYS AND HE GOT A
23:51 REPORT AT THE END OF THE TEN DAYS THAT WE WANT MORE
23:54 OF THESE.
23:55 OH REALLY?
23:56 YES.
23:57 BRING IT ON.
23:59 YES.
24:00 THE BRAHMINS TALKED WITH BALA AND WE WANT MORE.
24:05 SO, HE GOT MORE.
24:06 HE HAD TO GO TO THE CHURCH OFFICE AND BUY MORE OF
24:09 THESE TIMES.
24:09 WELL PRAISE THE LORD.
24:10 AMEN.
24:11 MORE LITERATURE, HEALTH LITERATURE AND NOW THEY
24:15 KEEP ASKING FOR MORE LITERATURE AND ASHOK SAYS
24:18 MAYBE THIS IS A WAY FOR THE ENTRANCE INTO THE
24:21 HOMES OF THE BRAHMIN PEOPLE.
24:22 LITERATURE VIA NEWSPAPER.
24:24 VIA NEWSPAPER AND YOU KNOW IT'S THESE LITTLE THINGS
24:27 GOD GIVES US THESE IDEAS.
24:28 THESE IDEAS ARE NOT OURS.
24:30 THAT'S RIGHT.
24:31 GOD GIVES THESE IDEAS AND WHO KNOWS-GOD KNOWS WHAT
24:33 HE'S GOING TO DO.
24:34 WE MIGHT THINK IT IS KIND OF CRAZY BUT GOD HAS IT
24:37 ALL PLANNED OUT.
24:38 I WONDER TOO ABOUT BALA, HE IS CARRYING THESE
24:42 THINGS- HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO TOUCH HIS HEART?
24:45 EXACTLY.
24:46 IT COULD BE AN INROAD INTO HIS VILLAGE FOR THE GOSPEL
24:49 OUTREACH WORKER.
24:50 EXACTLY.
24:51 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR SHARING THESE
24:52 STORIES BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO
24:56 THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED, RIGHT, AND BEING AFFECTED
24:58 BY JESUS AND HIS JOY THROUGH THE GOSPEL
25:00 OUTREACH WORKERS.
25:01 SO, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POPULATION
25:05 OF INDIA - HUGE.
25:06 1.2 BILLION.
25:08 SEE THAT'S THE "B" WORD BILLION AND GROWING MOMENT
25:11 BY MOMENT.
25:12 YES, IT ALL CHANGES EXACTLY, SHIRLEY WITH NEW
25:14 BABIES THAT ARE BORN AND SO WE HAVE THE BILLION
25:18 PEOPLE AND THEN WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF GOSPEL
25:20 OUTRACH WORKERS.
25:21 SO, MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS WATCHING
25:23 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE
25:25 THERE IS SOMEONE WHO REGULARLY GIVES AND WE ARE
25:28 THRILLED TO HEAR, TO KNOW THAT BUT WHAT ARE SOME
25:31 THINGS FROM YOUR PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU
25:33 WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE VIEWERS OF WHAT
25:37 YOUR DESIRES ARE TO HELP PEOPLE?
25:39 I GO TO SIX DIFFERENT CHURCH UNITS, FOUR
25:41 DIFFERENT STATES AND EVERYONE OF THEM ARE
25:45 SAYING, WHEN CAN WE HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH
25:48 WORKERS?
25:49 WE HAVE PEOPLE WE'D LIKE TO TRAIN TO BE THESE
25:51 EVANGELISTS INTO VILLAGES THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD
25:55 ABOUT JESUS, CAN'T YOU GET US SOME MORE WORKERS.
25:59 AND THEN THE OTHER REQUEST IS FOR BIBLES.
26:02 OH GOOD.
26:04 IF THEY HAVE BIBLES IN THEIR LANGUAGE, THEY CAN
26:07 DISTRIBUTE THEM AND IT CAN BE A MESSAGE GOING TO ALL
26:12 THE WORLD.
26:13 WELL, ABSOLUTELY AND THE LANGUAGES ARE TRANSLATED
26:18 ALREADY, YES, IN THIS AREA SO THE BIBLE ARE-THIS IS
26:21 NEPALI, HINDI, OK, BANGLA THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ONES.
26:27 THERE ARE OTHER TRAVEL LANGUAGES THAT ARE VERY
26:29 POPULAR ALSO.
26:31 SO, BIBLES AND OBVIOUSLY MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH
26:34 WORKERS.
26:35 NUMBER ONE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
26:36 WELL, AND PRAYER IS HUGE TOO.
26:37 PRAYER IS VERY IMPORTANT.
26:39 WE PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, FOR
26:41 THEIR SAFETY AND WE HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT I'D LIKE TO
26:42 READ IT IS PSALMS 121:7 THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU
26:44 FROM ALL HARM.
26:45 HE WILL WATCH OVER YOUR LIFE.
26:46 THE LORD WILL WATCH OVER YOUR COMING AND GOING BOTH
26:47 NOW AND FOREVER.
26:48 AND THAT'S FOR US AND THAT'S ALSO FOR OUR GOSPEL
26:49 OUTREACH WORKERS NO MATTER WHERE THEY SERVE.
26:50 AMEN.
26:51 BEV AND SHIRLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND
26:52 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.
26:53 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MUCH FOR BEING
26:54 PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY AS
26:55 TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA OF INDIA WHERE
26:58 BEV AND SHIRLEY HAVE GONE WILL CONTINUE TO GO AS
27:02 THEY MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND SHARE
27:06 THE JOY OF JESUS.
27:07 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THAT.
27:08 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL
27:09 OUTREACH, I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE
27:11 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.
27:12 [CLOSING MUSIC].


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