Adventures in Missions

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00:32 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:34 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:36 TUNING IN.
00:38 YOU KNOW I KIND OF GET EXCITED TO BE HERE IN THIS
00:40 CHAIR ON THE SET HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:43 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT IN
00:45 THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT EXPANDS FROM AFRICA ALL
00:49 THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL
00:51 COUNTRIES AND I GET TO TALKING SO FAST SOMETIMES
00:55 AND I HAVE TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF
00:57 TERRITORY TO COVER AND I'M MUST GLAD YOU ARE ALONG
00:59 BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO FANTASTIC PEOPLE HERE: BEV
01:02 THOMPSON , SHIRLEY PANASUK.
01:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
01:05 ITS OUR PLEASURE.
01:07 AND WE DO GET EXCITED HERE, YES, YES DON'T WE?
01:09 WHENEVER I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ABOUT
01:11 WHAT HAPPENS IN INDIA, I'M EXCITED.
01:13 EXACTLY.
01:15 WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS AND WE
01:17 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING OUR TIME WISELY
01:19 HERE, AND WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE SO.
01:21 EVERY WEEK I GET TELEPHONE CALLS FROM INDIA TELLING
01:23 ME ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE EXCITING HAPPENING.
01:25 OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
01:26 AND I WAIT EVERY WEEK FOR HER TO TELL ME WHAT
01:29 HAPPENED.
01:30 BECAUSE IF SHE GETS THE CALL, SHE'S GOING TO CALL
01:31 YOU, RIGHT SHIRLEY?
01:32 YES.
01:33 I LOVE HOW THAT WORKS.
01:34 SO, BEV AND SHIRLEY LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU SERVE
01:37 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
01:39 NORTHEAST INDIA FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN AND
01:43 OVER TO CENTRAL INDIA.
01:44 IN FACT, THE STATE OF CHATTISGARGH GOES RIGHT
01:47 DOWN THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF INDIA.
01:49 AND WE'VE GOT A GRAPHIC HERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO
01:50 SHOW PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I LOVE TO HERE
01:52 AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IT HELPS ALL OF
01:54 OUR GEOGRAPHY.
01:56 SO, RIGHT THERE, HUGE POPULATION RIGHT?
01:58 SHIRLEY AND BEV?
01:59 YES, YES PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
02:00 1.3 BILLION AND CHANGING BY THE SECOND.
02:01 WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT, YES.
02:03 SO, THERE BEV IS YOUR TERRITORY WHERE YOU AND
02:04 SHIRLEY SERVE 255 MILLION PEOPLE.
02:06 IMAGINE.
02:07 YES, ITS JUST A LOT AND NOT AS MANY CHRISTIANS AS
02:15 WE CAN EXPECT.
02:19 NO.
02:20 JUST OVER ONE PER CENT.
02:22 JUST ONE PERCENT.
02:23 VERY SMALL.
02:24 SO, HINDU AND NATURE WORSHIPERS AND BUDDHISTS.
02:29 ACTUALLY, BUDDHISM WAS THE-WAS STARTED IN INDIA
02:33 IN THE STATE OF BIHAR WHERE I GO.
02:35 I'VE SEEN THE STARTING POINT.
02:38 INTERESTING.
02:39 AND THE STATE OF BIHAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IS
02:42 VERY, VERY POOR.
02:45 VERY POOR.
02:46 I MEAN, IT IS SADLY POOR.
02:47 OF THE STATES THAT WE GO TO, BIHAR IS THE POOREST.
02:52 IN FACT, ON THE INTERNET IT SAYS THAT BIHAR IS
02:55 POOREST STATE IN ALL OF INDIA.
02:57 IT USED TO BE THE CAPITOL STATE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY
03:02 OF INDIA AND GRADUALLY, GRADUALLY PIECES GOT
03:05 KNOCKED OFF AND CALLED DIFFERENT STATES AND NOW
03:09 IT IS THE SMALLEST.
03:11 WELL, THAT IS SAD TO HEAR AND TALK WITH ME ABOUT THE
03:13 EDUCATION IF THEY ARE THE POOREST, THEN OBVIOUSLY
03:15 THE EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR
03:19 EVERYBODY?
03:20 THIS IS THE SAD PART OF IT.
03:22 THE POOR PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND THEIR
03:25 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
03:26 THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO HAVE FACILITIES FOR
03:29 EVERYONE AVAILABLE BUT YOU KNOW, WE AS CHRISTIANS, WE
03:33 LIKE TO HAVE A FIVE-DAY WEEK BUT THE GOVERNMENT
03:37 HAS A SIX DAY WEEK.
03:38 A SIX DAY WORK WEEK?
03:39 A SIX DAY EDUCATIONAL WEEK?
03:41 YES.
03:41 RIGHT.
03:42 AND SO, WE WANT SABBATH OFF FOR OUR CHILDREN AND
03:46 SO WE HAVE TO PROMOTE OUR OWN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
03:49 YES, ABSOLUTELY.
03:50 AND FOR SOME, IT IS DIFFICULT EVEN TO GO TO
03:53 OUR OWN SCHOOLS BECAUSE AS LITTLE AS WE THINK IT IS,
03:58 IT IS STILL A LOT FOR THEM.
04:01 WELL, AND AGAIN AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY
04:04 THIS AS I SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR, WE ARE SO BLESSED
04:08 IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
04:11 IN BRAZIL WE ALSO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL AND
04:14 HERE WE SIT WITH SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR
04:17 AND IT PUTS ALL OF THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU
04:20 FOLKS TRAVEL, WHEN I TRAVEL AND WE COME BACK
04:23 AND TELL OUR VIEWERS AND OUR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS
04:26 WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
04:27 YES.
04:28 SO, TELL US ABOUT THE GREAT NEWS OF WHAT IS
04:31 GOING ON SHIRLEY AND BEV, IN YOUR TERRITORY.
04:35 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU SOME STORIES OF THINGS THAT
04:37 HAVE HAPPENED.
04:38 NOW, BECAUSE OUR CULTURE IS SO DIFFERENT SOMETIMES
04:42 IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.
04:44 THIS LADY NOW AT THE TIME THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN, SHE
04:48 IS 68 YEARS OLD BUT TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT, HER SON
04:52 WAS MARRIED AND HIS WIFE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND SHE
04:56 WAS SO ANGRY AND SO UPSET SHE MADE LIFE SO MISERABLE
05:00 THAT THE SON AND THE DAUGHTERINLAW HAD TO MOVE
05:05 IN WITH HER PARENTS.
05:06 NOW, IN THEIR CULTURE WE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN YOUR
05:11 SON IS MARRIED, HE BRINGS HIS WIFE HOME AND THE SON
05:15 ALWAYS LIVES WITH THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF HIS
05:18 SIDE.
05:19 BUT THIS COUPLE HAD TO LEAVE HIS MOTHER'S HOME
05:24 AND GO TO HER MOTHER'S HOME.
05:26 THERE WAS A CULTURAL SWITCH THERE SO OBVIOUSLY
05:28 EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME UNREST AND- IT
05:32 WAS A MATTER OF QUIETUDE EITHER BECAUSE THE MOTHER
05:35 WAS VERY ANGRY AND SHE WOULD YELL AND SCREAM AND
05:38 REALLY BE VERY UNCIVIL WITH HER DAUGHTERINLAW.
05:42 AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE AND YET THE DAUGHTERINLAW KEPT
05:48 PRAYING FOR HER MOTHERINLAW AND
05:50 FATHERINLAW AND THE HUSBAND JOINED HIS WIFE IN
05:55 CHRISTIANITY.
05:56 SO, THIS WAS A BLESSING AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN
05:59 HER PARENTS HOME THEN.
06:01 WELL, ABOUT TEN YEARS LATER -TEN YEARS OF
06:05 PRAYIING FOR HER MOTHERINLAW AND
06:07 FATHERINLAW, A LONG TIME, TEN YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
06:09 RIGHT.
06:10 YES.
06:11 THE MOTHERINLAW GOT SICK AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
06:14 AND SO WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS, THE SON AND
06:18 HIS WIFE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN THEY SAW
06:20 THE MOTHER THEY JUST CRIED AND THEY PUT THEIR ARMS
06:23 AROUND THE MOTHER AND THE MOTHER FELT SO SAD AND YET
06:27 THERE WERE HAPPY TEARS TO SEE HER SON AND HER
06:29 DAUGHTERINLAW AGAIN.
06:31 SHE ASKED FORGIVENESS AND SHE SAID, "I KNOW YOU GOD
06:34 IS GREAT."
06:35 SHE SAID THAT?
06:36 YES, AND PRAY FOR ME.
06:40 AND THEY PRAYED FOR HER AND SHE GOT WELL.
06:42 AT 68 YEARS OLD SHE GOT OVER HER SICKNESS AND NOW
06:46 SHE IS STUDYING TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
06:49 SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS
06:51 LADY'S HEART AND WHO KNOWS ALL THAT WAS GOING ON.
06:52 GOD ANSWERS PRAYER.
06:53 ABSOLUTELY.
06:54 ANOTHER STORY-WELL, OOH I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF
06:55 THIS.
06:56 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SACHISNAG.
06:57 HE WAS A REGULAR CITIZEN AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR A
06:58 JOB GOING OUT IN MORNING, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING,
07:00 I MIGHT ADD, AND DOING EXERCISES AND TRYING TO
07:09 KEEP HIMSELF FIT AND HE MET UP WITH A GOSPEL
07:23 OUTREACH WORKER, RAMESHWAR.
07:24 HE TOLD RAMESHWAR THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB AND
07:25 RAMESHWAR PRAYED WITH HIM AND SO HE CONTINUED TO GO
07:26 OUT AND LOOK FOR HIS JOB BUT ONE MORNING HE WOKE UP
07:28 AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING AND HE WAS PUTTING HIS SHOES
07:29 ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, OH, HE LET OUT A YELL.
07:30 HE JUST SCREAMED AND HIS FATHER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT
07:32 WAS WRONG.
07:32 WHAT HAPPENED?
07:33 HE CAME RUNNING AND HE WAS IN SUCH PAIN, HE COULD
07:34 HARDLY STAND IT.
07:35 SO, THE FATHER THEN RAN TO GET RAMESHWAR TO COME AND
07:36 DO SOMETHING.
08:08 BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
08:10 NO, THAT -JUST THE SCREAMING AND SOMETHING
08:12 WAS WRONG.
08:13 RIGHT, UH HUH.
08:14 THEN THEY PULLED OFF THE SHOE AND THEY REALIZED
08:16 WHAT HAD HAPPENED THAT HE WAS BITTEN BY A SCORPION
08:19 AND THAT-NO WONDER- HE-THEY BETTER GET HELP
08:22 AND GET IT NOW.
08:23 YES.
08:24 SO, THEY RAN TO GET RAMESHWAR.
08:26 RAMESHWAR QUICKLY CAME ALONG.
08:29 FIRST OF ALL, HE PRAYED TO THE LIVING GOD.
08:33 TO THE LIVING GOD AND THEN HE PUT ON CHARCOAL
08:39 POULTICES AND THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY
08:42 PUT ON AND THAT'S CALLED- WHAT IS IT?
08:47 GROOMSFA?
08:47 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
08:49 OK.
08:49 ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THAT.
08:51 IT'S A LEAF THAT THEY PUT ON.
08:53 THEY PUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON A BITE OR STING OR
08:55 SOMETHING AND THEY DID THIS EVERY 30 MINUTES FOR
09:00 FOUR TIMES AND AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, THE PAIN WENT
09:06 AWAY.
09:07 PRAISE THE LORD.
09:08 GOD IS GOOD.
09:10 ABSOLUTELY.
09:11 AND, THE FATHER SAID THAT TO RAMESHWAR HE SAID,
09:16 "YOUR GOD IS WONDERFUL.
09:19 HE HAS HEALED MY SON."
09:22 WELL, INDEED HE WAS -HE STARTED TO GET BETTER AND
09:27 THEN THEY ASKED RAMESHWAR ,WHAT ABOUT YOUR GOD?
09:31 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOD?
09:33 SO, THEY WERE CURIOUS IF THIS HAS HAPPENED WHAT
09:35 ELSE CAN HE DO?
09:36 THAT'S RIGHT.
09:37 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
09:41 WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD AND
09:45 THAT THIS LIVING GOD CAN DO THESE MIRACLES, THEY
09:50 WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM BECAUSE THEIR GODS ARE NOT
09:53 LIVING GODS.
09:54 WELL, AND I THINK THAT HAVING SHARED THAT STORY
09:57 AND SINCE YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN TO INDIA OBVIOUSLY,
10:00 AND I'VE BEEN TO COUNTRIES IN ASIA WHERE THE SIMILAR
10:03 BELIEF.
10:04 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM
10:07 AND THEY KNOW TO GO TO THE TEMPLE AND THEY KNOW TO
10:09 PRAY AND IN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION THEY THROW THE
10:12 UH, LIKE THE CRESCENT SHAPED UM, STONES ON THE
10:18 GROUND TO SEE HOW THEY'LL FALL AND ALL OF THESE
10:20 THINGS SO FOR THEM THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GO TO
10:24 A GOD BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN A STONE GOD DO?
10:27 RIGHT.
10:27 YES.
10:28 WELL YOU KNOW, THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE
10:30 STORY IS THAT SATISHNAG IS NOW COMING TO CHURCH.
10:35 SEE, PRAISE THE LORD.
10:37 AND COMING EVERY WEEK.
10:38 HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A JOB.
10:39 PRAISE THE LORD.
10:41 AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY
10:44 FOR HIM.
10:45 ABSOLUTELY.
10:46 SO THAT GOD WILL HELP HIM TO FIND A JOB BUT MORE
10:49 IMPORTANTLY, SAY HIS NAME ONE MORE TIME-SHATISHNAG.
10:51 SHATISHNAG.
10:52 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT SHIRLEY?
10:55 THAT HE WILL FIND JESUS.
10:58 ABSOLUTELY.
10:59 WELL, WE ARE SO GLAD TO HEAR THESE STORIES AND WE
11:01 ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU TO BE HERE WITH US AND WE ARE
11:05 DOING THIS TOGETHER TO SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40
11:08 WINDOW AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE SHARING JESUS WITH
11:11 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND YOU BECAUSE WE ARE ALL
11:13 SHARING JESUS -WE ARE ALL MISSIONARIES FOR HIM AS WE
11:15 HAVE ACCEPTED HIM AND WE WANT TO OTHER PEOPLE TO
11:18 COME ON BOARD AND TO KNOW THAT THE SAVING POWER OF
11:20 JESUS CHRIST CAN SAVE ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO SHARE
11:23 SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU.
11:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED 20 YEARS AGO TO
11:27 HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW.
11:31 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE
11:34 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
11:36 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS
11:39 AND BIBLE WORKERS.
11:41 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL
11:44 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES.
11:45 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER
11:49 PROGRAM, A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 MONTHLY
11:53 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A
11:56 COUNTRY NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES.
12:00 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION
12:04 AND LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE.
12:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN
12:09 ASIA DIVISION.
12:10 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED
12:13 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A
12:15 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS.
12:18 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE THEY ARE
12:20 EFFICIENT.
12:21 ON AVERAGE, EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK
12:25 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO
12:28 BAPTISM.
12:29 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF
12:32 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED
12:35 STATES.
12:36 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
12:39 HONEST HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING.
12:41 THEY NEED HOPE, THEY NEED THE SAVIOR.
12:44 YET, THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE STORY
12:47 OF JESUS.
12:49 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
12:52 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN.
12:55 WE BELIEVE.
13:00 LET'S ACT.
13:09 AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES YOU, THAT
13:12 HE DIED FOR YOU.
13:13 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN JOHN 3:16 AND I HOPE THAT
13:17 IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT VERSE, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL
13:19 GO AND LOOK IT UP.
13:21 UM, I'M JULIE AND HERE WE ARE WITH BEV AND SHIRLEY
13:23 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND AGAIN IT
13:26 ALWAYS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND YOU ARE
13:28 SHARING SOME POWERFUL STORIES ABOUT WHAT GOD IS
13:31 DOING IN YOUR TERRITORY.
13:32 THESE STORIES ARE PAR FOR THE COURSE, ALMOST,
13:37 BECAUSE WE HEAR IT SO OFTEN BUT YET TO ME IT IS
13:40 EXCITING EVERY TIME I HEAR HOW GOD IS REALLY WORKING
13:45 IN THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE.
13:46 THEY ARE KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE LIVING GOD THAT IS
13:50 ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE AND KNOW AND DO SOMETHING.
13:54 EXACTLY.
13:55 WELL, AND SHIRLEY YOU WERE SHARING ABOUT THIS MAN WHO
13:57 HAD GOTTEN STUNG BY THE SCORPION, RIGHT, AND FOR
14:00 US IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE WE THINK, OH YOU GO TO
14:03 URGENT CARE, RIGHT, YOU KNOW.
14:04 YOU GET IN THE CAR AND YOU QUICKLY DRIVE TO URGENT
14:06 CARE BUT THIS PLACE PROBABLY WHERE YOU ARE
14:10 SAYING, THERE WAS NO URGENT CARE.
14:11 NO.
14:12 NO.
14:12 SO, WHERE WAS THE URGENT CARE?
14:13 RIGHT UP THERE.
14:14 THAT'S RIGHT.
14:16 THEY HAVE SOME BASICS THAT THEY CAN DO: THE CHARCOAL,
14:19 SURE, IS A WONDERFUL REMEDY AND PRAYER IS BY
14:26 FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT.
14:28 AND THAT'S WHAT IS FOR ALL OF US.
14:30 YES.
14:31 SO, SHIRLEY AND BEV-MORE.
14:33 YES, UM WE SAW A PICTURE OF A RICKSHAW HERE AND I
14:37 WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU THE IDEA THIS IS WHAT A REAL
14:40 RICKSHAW LOOKS LIKE BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO WELL
14:44 USED ALMOST TO THE EXTENT OF ABUSE, THAT I WANTED TO
14:49 SHOW YOU THIS BEFORE I LET YOU TAKE A PEEK AT ONE
14:53 THAT IS USED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU CAN SEE
14:56 -PRESS THE FAMILY ALL TOGETHER.
14:58 WELL, I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT A TAXI AND THESE ARE
15:02 CALLED TAXIS TOO.
15:03 THEY ARE AUTO RICKSHAWS AND THIS OWNER EVERYTIME
15:09 HE GETS IN THE RICKSHAW IN THE MORNING HE HAS HIS
15:12 POOJA -HIS WORSHIP FOR HIS IDOLS: ONE FOR PROTECTION
15:16 AND ONE FOR MAKING THIS VEHICLE WORK-FUNCTIONING
15:21 OF THE MACHINE.
15:22 AH, THIS SABBATH MORNING HE PICKED UP THE GOSPEL
15:26 OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS WIFE AND FAMILY AND TOOK
15:29 THEM TO CHURCH AND ON THE WAY, HE WAS COMPLAINING
15:32 ABOUT HOW HIS GODS WERE NOT ANSWERING HIM AND HE
15:36 WAS HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS OLD
15:38 RICKSHAW.
15:39 SO, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID, MAY I PRAY
15:43 FOR YOU?
15:45 AND SO, HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S PROTECTION AND FOR
15:48 THE MACHINE TO WORK WELL AND HE LET THEM OFF AT THE
15:52 CHURCH.
15:53 HE SAID, "WHEN SHALL I COME BACK?"
15:55 WELL, HE SAID, " OH, BETWEEN ONE AND
15:56 ONE-THIRTY."
15:57 THIS MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HERE YOU LOOK AT YOUR
16:01 WATCH- 12 O'CLOCK ISN'T HE DONE YET?
16:04 BUT NO, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE WALKED FIVE,
16:10 TEN FIFTEEN KILOMETERS TO COME AND WORSHIP AND WHEN
16:14 THEY COME TO WORSHIP, THEY WANT TO SEE AND HEAR AND
16:17 PARTICIPATE IN WORSHIP WITH GOD NOT JUST FOR AN
16:21 HOUR, NO, OR TWO, THEY'VE COME THE DISTANCE THAT'S
16:24 RIGHT.
16:25 SO, HE CAME BACK AT ONE AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL
16:27 ABOUT 1:30 PROBABLY AND THEY GOT BACK IN THE
16:30 RICKSHAW AND WENT BACK HOME.
16:33 THE RICKSHAW DRIVER SAID, "YOUR GOD DID WATCH OVER
16:37 ME AND I'VE HAD GOOD BUSINESS THIS MORNING AND
16:41 MY RICKSHAW IS WORKING WELL."
16:43 AND SO, BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THEIR HOUSE THEY
16:48 WERE FRIENDS AND SO HE, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
16:51 INVITED HIM INTO THEIR HOUSE, WONDERFUL!
16:54 FOR LUNCH, SABBATH AFTERNOON LUNCH, AND THEY
16:57 STAYED FOR AN HOUR AND VISITED AND PRAYED WITH
17:00 HIM AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER
17:05 SMALL GROUP WORSHIP PLACE BECAUSE NOW THIS MAN
17:08 BELIEVES IN A GOD WHO HAS TAKEN CARE OF HIM AND HE
17:13 WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
17:16 WELL, YOU HAVE JUST SHARED SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
17:17 VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
17:19 UM, IN TRAVELS TO A CLOSED COUNTRY I HAD THE
17:24 EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE TAXI LIKE THAT AND THE
17:26 LADY ELDER SHE HAD CLOSED TIME WITH THE TAXI DRIVER,
17:30 WITH THE BUILDER THAT SHE HAD AND SO HERE WE WERE.
17:34 SHE TALKED ABOUT PEACE AND REST AND ALL OF THIS AND
17:38 GOT OUT AND SHE HAD HAD HER SHARING OF HER
17:42 TESTIMONY AND SHARING WITH THIS MAN AND SHE MADE SURE
17:44 TO USE THE TIME THAT SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
17:47 SO, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
17:49 THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHURCH THAT THEY WENT TO
17:52 AND THEN GOING BACK TO HIS HOME.
17:54 HERE IS A PICTURE OF HIS HOME ALSO.
17:57 LOVELY.
17:58 THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS STORY IS HE INVITED HIM TO
18:03 HIS HOME.
18:04 YES.
18:05 THERE WAS A FRIENDSHIP.
18:06 YES.
18:07 EVANGELISM AND THIS IS WHAT BEV AND I HAVE TRIED
18:10 TO INSTILL IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HEARTS.
18:16 INVITE THEM TO YOUR HOME.
18:18 BECOME FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE.
18:20 GET TO KNOW THEM.
18:21 GET TO KNOW THEIR NAMES AND WHEN THEY GET TO KNOW
18:24 YOU, THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU AND THEN
18:28 YOU CAN TELL HOW YOU FOUND JESUS.
18:30 I ALMOST SEE IT MORESO IN INDIA THAN EVEN HERE
18:34 BECAUSE VILLAGES ARE MADE UP OF FAMILIES AND IF A
18:38 STRANGER COMES INTO THE VILLAGE-WHO IS THIS
18:41 STRANGER?
18:42 WHO DOES HE BELONG TO?
18:43 HOW DOES HE GET AN INVITATION TO COME HERE?
18:44 WHAT'S HE HERE FOR?
18:45 THE WORD GOES ALL AROUND.
18:47 YES.
18:48 AND SOON YOU HAVE A CROWD OUT THERE WONDERING WHAT
18:51 ON EARTH IS UP.
18:52 WELL, AND YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ELSE AND I DON'T
18:53 KNOW HOW MANY WORDS IT IS IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE
18:56 THERE BUT "MAY I PRAY FOR YOU" AND IT IS FIVE WORDS
19:00 AND PEOPLE SAY YES.
19:03 YES, AND IT IS EXCITING WHEN IT HAPPENS.
19:06 ABSOLUTELY.
19:06 YES.
19:07 ABSOLUTELY.
19:09 OK.
19:10 SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT RAMESH.
19:15 ACTUALLY, RAJENDER WAS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
19:20 HIS WIFE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH TYPHOID.
19:22 OH OH.
19:24 BUT IT WAS-HE CAME TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT WASN'T
19:28 QUITE VISITING HOURS SO HE BOUGHT A PAPER AND HE
19:31 STARTED TO READ THIS PAPER-NEWSPAPER AND HE
19:33 FELT SOMEBODY BEHIND HIM READING THE PAPER OVER HIS
19:38 SHOULDER SO HE TURNED AROUND AND HE LOOKED AT
19:41 THIS GUY AND HE ASKED HIM WHAT HIS NAME WAS AND HE
19:44 SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
19:47 AND HE SAID, "MY WIFE IS HERE".
19:51 AND THEY GOT TO TALKING AND RAJENDER SAID, "WELL,
19:54 LET'S GO TO HER ROOM AND LET'S PRAY."
19:58 WELL, THEY DID.
19:58 OF COURSE.
20:00 THEY WENT TO HER ROOM, THEY PRAYED FOR HER AND
20:03 THEN THEY TALKED SOME MORE AND THEY GOT TO KNOW EACH
20:06 OTHER BETTER.
20:07 THEY WENT TO VISIT RAJENDER'S WIFE AND THEY
20:11 BECAME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS THAT RAJENDER CAME BACK
20:16 AGAIN TO PRAY FOR THE RAMESH'S WIFE AND TODAY
20:21 THEY ARE COMING TO CHURCH.
20:23 THERE IS A CONNECTION AND GOD HAS HELPED THEM AND
20:27 BLESSED THEM.
20:27 YES.
20:29 JUST TO THINK THAT ONE PERSON HAD APPENDICITIS
20:32 -THE OTHER PERSON HAD TYPHOID AND GOD HEALED
20:34 THEM BOTH.
20:35 YES, SEE PRAISE THE LORD.
20:37 WELL, WE HEAR THESE THINGS AGAIN -TYPHPOID, I MEAN WE
20:39 DON'T HEAR ABOUT TYPHOID IN OUR CULTURE, RIGHT, BUT
20:42 THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT IN THEIR CULTURE.
20:43 YOU SEE IT FREQUENTLY.
20:44 DO YOU REALLY, BEV?
20:45 YES.
20:46 WOW.
20:47 AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
20:49 WORKERS-HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN YOUR
20:51 TERRITORY?
20:52 ABOUT 130 -130 OK.
20:55 ALRIGHT.
20:56 WE SAW THE 255 MILLION, YES AND WE 130 SO WE ARE
21:00 GLAD FOR THEM AND I MIGHT SAY, EVERYTIME I TURN
21:03 AROUND WHEN I'M THERE THEY ARE ASKING ME FOR MORE
21:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
21:06 WELL, I CAN SEE WHY.
21:07 YES.
21:08 I CAN SEE WHY.
21:10 THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
21:13 AFTER THIS HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE, FIFTEEN DAYS
21:16 AFTER IT THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
21:19 THEY ARE HAVING BIBLE STUDIES IN THEIR HOUSE.
21:22 WONDERFUL.
21:23 WONDERFUL.
21:24 SO, PEOPLE COMING IN AND LEARNING ABOUT JESUS.
21:26 YES.
21:27 PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COME.
21:29 THEY ARE WILLING TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING NEW
21:32 BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE GOSPEL
21:36 OUTREACH WORKER WHICH I THINK SOMETIMES THEY DON'T
21:39 ACTUALLY GET IN THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS, THEIR OWN
21:44 RELIGIOUS FAITH, EXACTLY, BECAUSE THEY GO, THEY PRAY
21:48 TO THESE IDOLS AS WE WOULD CALL THEM AND THEY LEAVE.
21:53 YES.
21:54 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, PAKU.
21:57 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO THESE VILLAGES
22:00 THAT BELONG TO A FAMILY AND YOU SORT OF HAVE AN
22:02 UNEASY FEELING IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE FAMILY AND
22:05 YOU GO INTO THAT AND SO PAKU IS ENTERING THIS
22:07 VILLAGE AND HE MET A MAN BY THE WAY OF GAIYA.
22:11 HE WAS 55 YEARS OLD, AN OLDER MAN AND HE SAID,
22:16 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
22:17 A LOGICAL QUESTION THAT IS FREQUENTLY USED AND PAKU
22:22 SAID, "WELL I COME TO PRAY FOR THE SICK."
22:25 OH, GOOD.
22:27 INTRODUCED HIMSELF FOR WHAT HE WAS AND WHEN GAIYA
22:32 HEARD OF THIS HE SAID, "WELL, I CAN TAKE YOU TO
22:35 SEE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A PRAYER" AND HE TOOK HIM TO
22:37 AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN'S HOME AND HE PRAYED FOR HIM
22:40 AND AFTER THAT WAS DONE, THEY WENT AROUND THE WHOLE
22:44 VILLAGE.
22:45 SURE.
22:46 WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND IT IS A POOR VILLAGE.
22:50 THERE IS COWS AROUND JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A
22:52 LITTLE BIT OF WEALTH BUT THEY WENT TO EVERY HOUSE
22:55 IN THIS VILLAGE TO PRAY AND SEE IF THERE IS A NEED
22:59 HERE.
23:00 WERE THEY ALWAYS ACCEPTED?
23:02 THEY WERE ALWAYS ACCEPTED.
23:03 ANYTIME A CHRISTIAN WILL PRAY FOR YOU, THERE IS
23:07 SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
23:08 SO, THERE IS -THEY ACCEPT THAT.
23:11 YES.
23:13 IN SOME PLACES.
23:14 SOMETIMES WHEN THE HINDU PRIESTS ARE MORE STIFF AND
23:18 STERN, AH, HE CAN AGITATE THE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO GET
23:22 THEM AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS BUT HERE WE
23:25 HAVE CHRISTIANS AND WHEN HE FINISHED GOING THROUGH
23:29 ALL THESE VILLAGES, LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
23:32 GATHERED AROUND AND FOLLOW HIM FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE.
23:35 GAIYA SAID, "YOU'VE BEEN TO EVERY HOUSE IN THE
23:38 VILLAGE EXCEPT FOR MINE."
23:40 WELL, WE NEED TO GO TO YOUR VILLAGE ALSO SO, HE
23:44 QUICKLY AH, TOOK, AH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO
23:48 GAIYA'S HOUSE AND GAIYA SAID, "THERE ARE TWO
23:52 THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN LIFE THAT ARE
23:54 IMPORTANT: HAPPINESS AND PEACE."
23:57 OH.
23:58 YOU GET THIS BY SHARING WITH OTHERS AND BY
24:00 BELIEVING IN YOUR GOD AND THOSE TWO THINGS.
24:04 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD THEM ABOUT
24:06 CREATION AND HE CRIED TO THINK THAT YOUR GOD IS THE
24:10 ONE WHO CREATED EVERYTHING.
24:12 REALLY?
24:12 OH.
24:13 HE WAS SO THRILLED; HE INVITED THE GOSPEL
24:15 OUTREACH WORKER TO COME BACK EVERY WEEK-TWO OR
24:18 THREE TIMES A WEEK AND NOW-WHAT A STORY!
24:21 YES, YES.
24:22 WHAT A STORY.
24:23 HE CRIED.
24:24 YES.
24:25 ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
24:26 THE HOLY SPIRIT.
24:28 YES, SEE THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE CAN'T EVEN
24:31 PUT INTO WORDS-WE DON'T-WHO KNOWS WHAT THE
24:34 HOLY SPIRIT IS DOING.
24:35 I MEAN, IF HE IS DOING THAT TO HELP THE MAN
24:38 UNDERSTAND GOD'S CREATION THAT IS VERY SPECIAL.
24:41 IT IS.
24:42 IT IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL.
24:43 GOD IS GOOD.
24:44 THANK YOU, BEV AND SHIRLEY, SO MUCH FOR
24:46 SHARING ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY.
24:48 WE LOVE TO SHARE.
24:50 YES.
24:51 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS?
24:52 SO, THE VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING CAN KNOW WHAT
24:54 THEY CAN DO TO HELP?
24:56 MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY CONCERNED THAT THEY CAN'T
25:01 GIVE MONEY BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS PRAY.
25:04 PRAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES EVERYDAY.
25:06 PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION.
25:09 PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GUIDE THEM AND WILL
25:12 GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING AND WILL GIVE THEM COURAGE
25:17 AND THEN PRAY THAT THE HOLY ANGELS WILL PROTECT
25:19 THEM.
25:20 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
25:21 ABSOLUTELY.
25:22 BEV?
25:23 AND THEN THERE IS ALWAYS THE OTHER SIDE WE NEED
25:26 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
25:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE KEY TO THIS
25:30 MINISTRY AND WHENEVER YOU SEE THESE PLACES AND HEAR
25:34 THE STORIES YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE
25:36 ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BELIEVERS AND
25:38 THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE FED THE WORD OF GOD AND
25:42 TRAINED SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND SPREAD THE
25:44 GOSPEL TOO.
25:45 EVERYONE MUST BE A WORKER FOR JESUS CHRIST.
25:47 IF YOU ARE BELIEVER, YOU ARE A WITNESS.
25:50 YES.
25:50 AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF US.
25:51 WELL, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT PRAYER AND WE'VE HEARD
25:53 ABOUT PEACE AND I WANTED TO READ HERE IN JOHN 14:27
26:00 "JESUS SAID, PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
26:02 MY PEACE I GIVE YOU.
26:03 I DO NO GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES.
26:06 DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE
26:08 AFRAID."
26:09 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL VERSE AS WE
26:12 THINK ABOUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
26:14 WELL, BLESSINGS TO BOTH OF YOU-BEV AND SHIRLEY.
26:15 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE DO WANT TO SAY
26:18 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MISSION OF GOSPEL
26:20 OUTREACH.
26:21 AS YOU HAVE HEARD, WE SO COVET YOUR PRAYERS.
26:24 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND TO
26:27 LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN VISIT OUR
26:29 FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND
26:31 VISIT US ON LINE AT GOAIM.ORG.
26:35 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES
26:37 IN MISSIONS" I'MJULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE
26:39 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.


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