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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND JESUS LOVED CHILDREN. 00:39 IT SAYS SO IN THE BIBLE IN MATTHEW 19 WHEN THE PEOPLE 00:43 WERE BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN TO JESUS AND THE 00:45 DISCIPLES WERE TELLING JESUS , HEY, THERE ARE 00:47 LOTS OF KIDS HERE JESUS SAID, "LET THE LITTLE 00:50 CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO NOT HINDER THEM FOR THE 00:53 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE." 00:57 AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE THERE 01:00 ARE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT MEANS THAT THEY 01:03 ARE A LOT OF KIDS AND TODAY HERE ON "ADVENTURES 01:06 IN MISSIONS" WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE 01:07 PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:10 BEV THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK WELCOME TO BOTH OF 01:13 YOU. 01:13 THANK YOU. 01:14 WHAT FUN IT IS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILDREN 01:16 ESPECIALLY IN OUR AREA. 01:17 YES. 01:18 WELL AND HAVING BEEN TO THE 10/40 WINDOW IT HAS A 01:21 SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. 01:22 THE KIDS ARE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. 01:24 YES. 01:25 NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THEY ARE ALL CUTE AND THEY 01:26 ALL WANT TO LOOK AT SEE AND THEY ARE CURIOUS AND 01:29 TOUCH, YES. 01:30 ALWAYS, ALWAYS THAT. 01:32 SO, SO YOU BOTH REPRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN WHAT 01:38 AREA OF THE WORLD? 01:39 THIS IS NORTHEAST INDIA. 01:41 IT TAKES -WE USUALLY START ABOUT CALCUTTA AND GO UP 01:45 TO BHUTAN AND THEN IF YOU GO ACROSS SOUTH OF NEPAL 01:48 AND DOWN INTO CENTRAL INDIA THIS IS WHERE WE GO. 01:51 AND IT IS FOUR STATES, SIX CHURCH UNITS AND I HAVE 01:58 ABOUT 130 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUT WHEN I THINK 02:02 ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN 02:04 THIS AREA IT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET BUT WE ARE 02:06 TRYING TO FILL THE BUCKET. 02:08 ABSOLUTELY, AND THE KIDS WHO STILL NEED TO KNOW 02:11 ABOUT JESUS AND WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT SOME OF THESE 02:14 PLACES IN THE VILLAGES THE KIDS ARE KIND OF -THEY ARE 02:16 ALWAYS THERE, UH HUH, AND THEN WHEN YOU PAY ANY 02:18 ATTENTION TO THEM ALL THE GIGGLING AND ALL OF THAT 02:20 AND THEN THEY JUST COME AND IT IS JUST VERY 02:22 SPECIAL. 02:23 THEY ARE HIDING BEHIND EACH OTHER, NOT SURE. 02:25 YES. 02:26 AND THEN THERE IS THE ONE THAT IS ALWAYS BOLD, YES, 02:27 RIGHT? 02:28 THE ONE THAT COMES OUT. 02:29 OR PEEKING AROUND THE DOOR OR MOM'S SARI OR 02:33 SOMETHING, YES. 02:34 AND AS ONE EMERGES, THEY ALL EMERG, YES, THEY DO. 02:37 THEY DO. 02:37 THEY DO. 02:38 SO, SPECIAL TO BOTH OF YOU TO BE IN THIS PART OF THE 02:41 WORLD AND I KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO 02:44 MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:46 IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR THE STORIES BECAUSE 02:49 WE WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH THE VIEWERS AND THE 02:51 SUPPORTERS. 02:51 RIGHT. 02:52 AND TODAY, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I MYSELF, 02:56 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING WHAT THEY CALL UH, 03:01 CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. 03:03 IT WAS CAMPMEETING. 03:04 BEV WAS SPEAKING AND THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE CARE OF 03:08 THE CHILDREN AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH FUN I 03:12 HAD. 03:13 THERE WAS SOMEONE TRAVELING WITH US FROM THE 03:17 DIVISION AND HE AND I WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME AND WE 03:20 WERE SINGING EVERY SONG I COULD THINK OF USING OUR 03:25 HANDS , SITTING DOWN, STANDING UP, SHOUTING, 03:28 WHATEVER AND WHATEVER AND BY AND BY MORE AND MORE 03:32 CHILDREN JUST KEPT COMING AND WE WERE HAVING SUCH A 03:36 FABULOUS TIME WITH ALL THESE CHILDREN. 03:39 PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF KIDS. 03:39 YES. 03:40 AT THAT TIME THERE WERE. 03:42 THIS WAS ALL UNDER A TREE AND THESE KIDS ARE JUST 03:45 SITTING-THERE IS NO BLANKETS. 03:47 THERE IS NO CHAIRS. 03:49 EVERYBODY IS SITTING ON THE GROUND AND I'M 03:51 STANDING UP THERE JUST JUMPING UP AND DOWN, 03:54 TELLING THEM TO STAND, TELLING THEM TO SIT DOWN. 03:57 I WAS HAVING A FABULOUS TIME. 03:59 AND I BET THEY WERE TOO! 04:01 THEY WERE. 04:02 THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO END. 04:03 THAT'S RIGHT, THEY DIDN'T. 04:04 THEY SAID, LET'S SING SOME MORE. 04:06 LET'S SING SOME MORE. 04:07 WHEN CAN WE SING SOME MORE? 04:09 AND I'D SAY, WELL, WE HAVE TO GO TO LUNCH NOW AND 04:12 THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE WOULD GO BACK AND I'D 04:15 THINK WELL, WE'VE ALREADY SANG THOSE SONGS SHALL WE 04:18 SING THEM OVER AGAIN? 04:19 WE SANG THEM OVER AGAIN AND DO YOU KNOW THEY BEGAN 04:22 TO LEARN THE WORDS IN ENGLISH TO THE SONGS. 04:27 AND THAT PICTURE WE SAW OF ALL THOSE CHILDREN, WE 04:30 HAVE A MAN NAMED VINYA IN BIHAR THAT IS ALWAYS 04:37 STARTING WITH CHILDRENS MINISTRIES. 04:39 HE WILL WALK INTO A VILLAGE THAT HE DOESN'T 04:41 EVEN KNOW AND START TO SING SOME SONGS OR PLAY A 04:45 GAME WITH THE KIDS OR TELL A STORY AND BEFORE LONG, 04:49 HE HAS CHILDREN INTERESTED. 04:52 THE WAY TO A PARENT'S HEART IS THROUGH THE 04:54 CHILDREN. 04:55 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 04:56 AND VINYA ONE DAY WAS HAVING A MEETING UNDER A 05:01 TREE LIKE I WAS WITH THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE WAS 05:05 NO OTHER PLACE TO DO THAT. 05:08 EXACTLY. 05:09 AND MANOJ WAS WALKING BY AND HE HEARD ALL THIS 05:14 NOISE, IF YOU WILL? 05:15 THIS SINGING WHATEVER. 05:16 AND OUT OF CURIOUSITY HE WALKED OVER AND HE 05:20 LISTENED AND HE LISTENED AND THEN BY AND BY THE 05:22 PARENTS CAME TO GET THE CHILDREN. 05:25 HE WAS A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TEACHER, RIGHT. 05:27 OH, INTERESTING. 05:29 OH YES, YES. 05:30 SO, OF COURSE HE WAS DRAWN-WHAT ARE THE KIDS 05:32 LEARNING? 05:33 RIGHT, RIGHT. 05:34 SO, THEN HE STOPPED TO TALK TO VINYA AND HE 05:39 WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS HE DOING? 05:41 HOW IS HE DOING ALL OF THIS? 05:43 THEY GOT TO TALKING AND MANOJ SAYS TO VINAY, HE 05:48 SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DAUGHTER AT HOME AND SHE 05:51 IS VERY SICKLY. 05:53 OH. 05:54 AND HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR HER AND 05:59 VINYA SAYS TO MANOJ, WELL, LET ME COME TO YOUR PLACE 06:06 AND WECAN PRAY FOR HER. 06:08 HE SAID, YOU KNOW I USED TO BE SICKLY MYSELF BUT HE 06:11 SAID, YOU KNOW, I FOUND JESUS AND I PRAYED TO HIM 06:16 AND LOOK AT ME TODAY. 06:18 I'M HEALTHY. 06:20 SO, THEY WENT TO THE HOME OF MANOJ AND THERE VINYA 06:24 HEARD MOANING AND GROANING AND HE JUST FELT SO BAD. 06:30 BREAKS YOUR HEART. 06:31 SO, HE WANTED TO PRAY FOR THIS CHILD. 06:33 SO, HE PRAYED AND HE SAID, OH LORD, JUST HELP THIS 06:37 CHILD AND SO THEN HE WENT AND HE CAME BACK AGAIN AND 06:42 PRAYED AND THIS LITTLE GIRL GOT BETTER. 06:46 AND MANOJ SAID, WOW, HE SAID, TELL ME SOMETHING. 06:51 SO, VINAY WAS ABLE TO TELL MANOJ ABOUT CREATION, THE 06:53 SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION AND HOW GOD CREATED THE EARTH 07:04 AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES MANKIND AND THEN EVEN HIS 07:08 OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE LORD. 07:12 SO, MANOJ AND HIS FAMILY ARE COMING TO CHURCH AND 07:18 THE LITTLE GIRL? 07:19 THE LITTLE GIRL IS HEALTHY AND JUMPING AROUND LIKE A 07:23 LITTLE RABBIT. 07:24 WELL, I WAS THINKING OF JAIRUS DAUGHTER WHEN YOU 07:26 WERE TELLING THAT STORY AND SO WE HAVE THESE 07:29 STORIES IN THE BIBLE AND THESE ARE ACTUAL STORIES 07:32 IN THE BIBLE AND GOD IS STILL DOING MIRACLES. 07:34 HE IS STILL DOING IT. 07:35 YES. 07:36 STILL DOING STORIES LIKE THIS. 07:36 YES. 07:37 SO, ITS NOT THAT IT JUST HAPPENED ONE TIME IN THE 07:39 BIBLE, IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN THROUGH JESUS. 07:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:44 IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING. 07:47 I FORGOT TO SHOW YOU MANOJ'S HOUSE. 07:51 THAT IS THE SCHOOL TEACHER'S HOUSE. 07:54 WOW. 07:54 THE SCHOOL TEACHER'S HOUSE. 07:56 NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:59 WORKER KAMENDER. 08:01 WHEN HE GOES INTO THE VILLAGE THAT IS NEW, HE 08:04 FINDS THE VILLAGE ELDER FIRST AND GETS THE VILLAGE 08:08 ELDER OR THE CHIEF TO BE ON HIS SIDE AND THIS TIME 08:15 HE PREPARED-HE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE VILLAGE 08:17 ELDER AND HE SAID, I WANT TO COME AND HAVE A HEALTH 08:21 RALLY WITH THE CHILDREN HERE AND THE CHIEF SAYS, 08:25 CHIEF CHANDERPAL HIS NAME WAS, HE SAYS, HEALTH IS 08:29 WEALTH -DO A GOOD JOB FOR SOCIETY. 08:34 GO FOR IT DUDE. 08:35 AMEN. 08:36 AND HE INSTRUCTED THE CHIEF TO PREPARE THE 08:40 CHILDREN FOR HIS COMING AND HAVE THEM READY TO 08:43 LEARN SONGS AND LEARN SOME SKITS AND LEARN TO CHANT 08:47 SOME SLOGANS AND GET THEM ALL EXCITED. 08:54 SO, IN THREE DAYS HE CAME BACK AND WHEN HE CAME BACK 08:57 THE KIDS WERE ALL WAITING FOR HIM. 08:58 THEY SAW HIM COMING UP THE HILL AND THEY WENT RUNNING 09:01 DOWN THE HILL TO MEET HIM AND HELPED HIM CARRY HIS 09:04 BAGS AND HELPED HIM CARRY HIS UM, ALL HIS MATERIALS. 09:08 LOOK AT WHAT HE HAD THERE WITH HIM. 09:12 ALL OF THESE POSTERS. 09:15 THIS IS A WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF WHAT THEY HAVE 09:20 AVAILABLE. 09:21 ONE PERSON ESTABLISHED THESE POSTERS AND WE CAN 09:28 BUY A SET OF THEM NOW AND THEN THEY CAN GO IN, OH, 09:32 -THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN GO IN TEACH. 09:35 SO, THEY HAVE THESE SUPPLIES, YES, AND THEY 09:37 CAN TAKE THEM WHEREVER THEY GO. 09:38 THEY COVER SANITATION AND ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO AND 09:42 CLEAN LIVING AND WATER. 09:44 THEY TALK ABOUT WATER? 09:46 OH YES, WATER. 09:48 UH HUH. 09:49 ALL OF THESE THINGS SO. 09:51 HERE THEY HAVE THIS WONDERFUL TEACHER COME IN 09:55 AND THE CHIEF IS BEHIND HIM AND THE CHIEF ENTERS 09:59 INTO IT WITH HIM. 10:00 AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE 10:02 THE BUY IN OF THE CHIEF, IS THAT CORRECT? 10:04 YES, YES. 10:04 OK. 10:05 AND SO, THEN THEY GO TO THE CHIEF'S HOUSE 10:07 AFTERWARDS AND THEY -AT THE CHIEF'S HOUSE THEY GET 10:08 EXCITED AND HE TELLS HOW HIS WIFE WAS SO SICK AND 10:16 SHE ALMOST DIED AND HE WENT TO A HINDU PRIEST TO 10:20 TRY TO GET HEALING AND THEY SACRIFICED A GOAT AND 10:24 SACRIFICED OTHER THINGS AND PAID THE PRIEST A 10:27 BUNCH OF MONEY AND NOTHING HAPPENED. 10:31 STILL THEY WERE SICK. 10:33 SO, HE GOES TO THE NATURE WORSHIPERS GETS THEIR 10:37 PRIEST TO DO THE SAME THING. 10:38 NOTHING HAPPENED. 10:39 NOTHING HAPPENED SO THEY COME TO THE CHRISTIAN. 10:42 AND THE CHRISTIAN CAME THROUGH HIS VILLAGE-THIS 10:48 IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HIMSELF. 10:50 HIS WITNESS STORY AND HE WAS HEALED BECAUSE OF 10:54 PRAYER BECAUSE OF PRAYER BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:56 WORKER. 10:57 AND YOU KNOW, JUST THINK OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:58 WORKERS. 10:59 OK, SO THEY KNOW THESE -THE RELIGIONS OF THEIR 11:03 AND BELIEFS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES SO TO HAVE 11:05 THE FAITH TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PRAY THAT GOD'S 11:08 GOING TO DO SOMETHING. 11:10 WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN BUT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN 11:13 AND THAT'S WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES IN AND HOLY 11:15 SPIRIT CAN WORK BUT THAT, THAT'S ALSO THE POWER OF 11:18 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER KNOWING THAT GOD IS GOING 11:19 TO DO SOMETHING. 11:20 BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING IMPORTANT JULIE, YOU SAID 11:21 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS FAITH KNOWING THAT 11:22 SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 11:29 YES. 11:31 GOD EXPECTS US TO HAVE FAITH. 11:33 ALL OF US. 11:34 ALL OF US. 11:35 AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST -BEV AND I COULD JUST GO 11:40 ON AND ON WITH THE STORIES BECAUSE THINGS ARE REALLY 11:43 HAPPENING. 11:44 YOU KNOW, WE SIT BACK HERE AND WE HAVE NO IDEA AND 11:49 THEN WE GO THERE AND WE SEE WHAT GOD IS REALLY 11:52 DOING AND WE ARE TOLD BY A VERY, VERY OLD LADY MANY 11:58 YEARS AGO THAT GOD IS JUST GOING TO DO WONDERFUL 12:02 THINGS WHEN WE HAVE FAITH. 12:06 WE HAVE TO BELIEVE. 12:07 WE HAVE TO BELIEVE. 12:08 WE HAVE TO BELIEVE AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 12:10 BELIEVING. 12:11 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN GOD AND JESUS 12:14 AND THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT HIM 12:16 ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN IN THER 10/40 WINDOW. 12:20 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED 12:23 IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS 12:26 AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 12:28 JOIN US NOW FOR A JOURNEY THAT MAY CHANGE FOREVER 12:31 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN MISSION WORK AND 12:34 THE FULFILLMENT OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. 12:36 WE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL TO AN AREA OF THE WORLD 12:38 LARGELY IGNORED BY CHRISTIANS LOCATED BETWEEN 12:41 10 DEGREES NORTH AND 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. 12:45 ITS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 12:47 IT STRETCHES FROM NORTH AFRICA TOWARD THE RISING 12:51 SUN ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, AND 12:54 SOUTHWARD TO CATCH THAILAND AND THE 12:57 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 12:58 ALL TOLLED, NEARLY 70 COUNTRIES LIE WITHIN THIS 13:01 WINDOW. 13:02 THE AREA ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF THE 13:05 WORLDS LAND MASS YET 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE. 13:09 THAT'S NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. 13:12 POVERTY, HUNGER, ILLNESS, ILLITERACY, OPPRESSION, 13:19 IDOL WORSHIP, FEAR AND HOPELESSNESS ARE WAYS OF 13:22 LIFE FOR MANY. 13:24 DOMINANT RELIGIONS INCLUDE ISLAM, HINDUISM, AND 13:28 BUDDHISM. 13:29 WORLDWIDE AN ESTIMATED 2.84 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE 13:33 YET TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 13:35 IF YOU WERE TO GUESS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 13:37 UNREACHED LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, WHAT WOULD 13:40 YOU SAY? 13:40 FORTY PERCENT? 13:42 SIXTY PERCENT? 13:43 EIGHTY PERCENT? 13:44 ACTUALLY, THE STUNNING ANSWER IS NINETY-SEVEN 13:46 PERCENT. 13:47 VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WORLD'S UNREACHED PEOPLE 13:49 LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:53 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN ONCE HAD A 13:58 CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 13:59 DESPITE THE GREAT NEED FOR THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:02 WINDOW, LESS THAN TWO PERCENT OF CHRISTIAN 14:05 MISSION GIVING GOES HERE. 14:07 THERE IS ENOUGH EVANGELISM TAKING PLACE TODAY TO 14:11 REACH THE WORLD DOZENS OF TIMES UNFORTUNATELY, MOST 14:14 OF IT IS HAPPENING AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY 14:16 HEARD THE GOSPEL. 14:17 IN ALL CANDOR AND TO OUR CONTINUING SHAME, LESS US 14:21 ADMIT THAT THE WORLD'S PERISHING UNREACHED PEOPLE 14:24 ARE VERY SELDOM MENTIONED OR THOUGHT ABOUT IN ALMOST 14:27 ALL CHURCHES. 14:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED TWENTY YEARS AGO 14:31 TO HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 14:34 WINDOW. 14:35 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE 14:38 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 14:40 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS 14:43 AND BIBLE WORKERS. 14:45 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL 14:48 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES. 14:49 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER 14:53 PROGRAM A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 14:56 MONTHLY. 14:58 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A 15:00 COUNTRY, NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES. 15:04 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION 15:08 AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 15:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN 15:12 ASIA DIVISION. 15:14 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 15:17 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A 15:19 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 15:22 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE, THEY ARE 15:24 EFFICIENT. 15:25 ON AVERAGE EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK 15:29 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO 15:32 BAPTISM. 15:33 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF 15:36 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED 15:39 STATES. 15:40 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 15:43 HONEST-HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. 15:45 THEY NEED HOPE. 15:47 THEY NEED THE SAVIOR. 15:48 YET, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE 15:51 STORY OF JESUS. 15:53 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:56 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN. 15:59 WE BELIEVE. 16:01 LET'S ACT. 16:12 AND JESUS SAID, LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME 16:14 AND DO NOT HINDER THEM FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 16:17 BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE. 16:19 THE KIDS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW DESPERATELY NEED TO 16:22 KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND THE HOPE TO EXPECT THAT JESUS 16:26 IS COMING AND THAT HE DIED FOR THEM AND TO HAVE HOPE. 16:30 THESE PEOPLE NEED HOPE BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE 16:32 PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD HAVE SO MANY THINGS 16:35 GOING ON THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM AND TO 16:38 HAVE THE HOPE OF JESUS AND TO SHARE THAT WITH LITTLE 16:40 KIDS - THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE AT GOSPEL 16:42 OUTREACH. 16:43 WE ARE EXCITED THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THE MISSION 16:45 HERE. 16:46 WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO 16:48 OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. 16:51 WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO 16:54 GET EXCITED AND BE THE SPARK NO MATTER WHERE YOU 16:57 LIVE AND TO HELP US BE THE SPARK THROUGH OUR GOSPEL 17:00 OUTREACH WORKERS, OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS TO 17:02 SHARE JESUS. 17:04 IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE 17:07 TO SEE EVERYTHING HAPPENING. 17:11 WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN LEARNING 17:14 THESE SLOGANS AND THE HEALTH MESSAGE HERE, YES 17:18 AND THE CHIEF IS THERE AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE 17:21 VILLAGE, AND TO THINK THAT THIS HEALTH MESSAGE WAS 17:25 THE SPARK THAT BRINGS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 17:28 BACK OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO TEACH THE GOSPEL WORD. 17:32 YES, UH HUH. 17:33 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:34 AND HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT PART 17:37 -FOR ALL OF US, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 17:39 WINDOW TOO. 17:40 I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE GROUPS THAT COME TOGETHER 17:42 WHEN THEY HAVE THESE CHILDREN HAVE A HEALTH 17:45 RALLY. 17:46 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. 17:48 WHEN WE HAVE THESE IN SEVERAL PLACES IN MY AREA 17:51 AND THEY JUST LOVE IT. 17:53 THEY GO MARCHING DOWN THE PATHWAYS AND THEY GIVE 17:58 THESE RALLY TALKS AND THE PEOPLE ALL HEAR THE NOISE 18:01 AND THEY COME RUNNING OUT TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 18:03 MOTHERS LEAVE THEIR HOUSES AND THE SHOPKEEPERS CLOSE 18:06 THEIR SHOPS TO COME HERE AND SEE AND THEN WHEN THEY 18:09 SEE THEIR CHILDREN PERFORMING, OH, THEY JUST 18:11 GET BIG CHESTS AND THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR KIDS 18:14 AND I LOVE IT. 18:15 AH, OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB THOUGH. 18:19 UH HUH. 18:23 OK, NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT AMBIKA. 18:26 AMBIKA I LIKE THAT. 18:28 AMBIKA HE WAS IN A NEW VILLAGE AND HE WAS LOOKING 18:32 IN THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY TAPPED HIM 18:36 ON HIS SHOULDER AND HE TURNED AROUND AND THIS 18:40 GENTLEMAN SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER ME? 18:44 MY NAME IS ALJAY. 18:47 WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. 18:50 HE LOOKED AT HIM AND HE SAID, TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS 18:53 HAVE GONE BY HOW COULD I REMEMBER. 18:55 THAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. 18:58 AND SO OF COURSE, THEY GOT TO TALKING, YES, AND 19:02 AMBIKA SAYS TO ALJAY, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? 19:05 I NEED HELP. 19:07 WOULD YOU HELP ME? 19:08 I'M GOING TO GIVE A HEALTH SEMINAR AND HE SAID, I 19:10 NEED SOME HELP WITH PLACARDS AND TAKING MY 19:11 EQUIPMENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND HE SAID, YES, I'D 19:12 BE VERY HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT. 19:13 AND IN FACT, HE WENT TO THE HEAD OF THE VILLAGE TO 19:22 GET THE PERMISSION FOR ALL THIS AND ABOUT TWO DAYS 19:30 LATER THEY WERE READY TO GIVE THIS AH, THING AND 19:35 THE CHILDREN WERE MARCHING AND HE WAS COMING WITH ALL 19:39 HIS EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE KIDS SAW AMBIKA WHO THEY 19:43 KNEW HIM AS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, AND THEY 19:46 CAME RUNNING AND THEY SAID, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 19:48 DO TODAY? 19:49 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY? 19:51 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT, I LOVE IT. 19:53 RIGHT. 19:54 YES. 19:55 MANY OF THEM AND SO HE STARTED TO TALK TO THEM 19:58 ABOUT WATER AND TALKING ABOUT CLEANING THE INSIDE 20:04 AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE. 20:08 WELL, AND THEY AT TOWARDS THE END THEY GAVE ALL THE 20:13 CHILDREN BISCUITS AND ALJAY SAID, I'VE NEVER 20:17 SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 20:19 WHAT MAKES YOU DO THIS? 20:22 WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? 20:25 HE SAID, WELL, BECAUSE I'M DOING WHAT THE LORD WANTS 20:30 ME TO DO. 20:31 I'M TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE CLEAN UP THE INSIDE AND 20:34 CLEAN OUT THE OUTSIDE AND SO, LIVE HEALTHFULLY, AND 20:38 LIVE HEALTHFULLY, LONGER AND SO THEY STARTED TO 20:42 TALK AND HE SAID, I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. 20:47 AND HE SAID, WHEN DO YOU WANT TO LEARN? 20:50 HE SAID, NOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 20:54 AND DO YOU KNOW, THAT TODAY THEY ARE HAVING 20:58 BIBLE STUDIES TWO AND THREE TIMES A WEEK IN THIS 21:01 VILLAGE BECAUSE ALJAY FOUND A CLASSMATE OF 28 21:07 YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE HELPING CHILDREN. 21:11 THEY ARE DOING CHILDREN'S MINISTRY AS WE CALL IT 21:15 ALTOGETHER AND GOING OUT FROM DOOR TO DOOR AND THE 21:20 LORD IS JUST LEADING THESE GENTLEMEN. 21:23 WELL AND SEE, IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE 21:25 SOMETHING TO SHARE AND YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND 21:27 WHEN YOU ARE WANTING TO SHARE THAT THEN PEOPLE GET 21:29 THE RIPPLE EFFECT AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN COME 21:32 ON. 21:33 WHEN YOU COME AND BONK SOMEONE OVER THE HEAD AND 21:34 GO, YOU NEED TO DO THIS THAT DOESN'T GO OVER VERY 21:36 WELL. 21:37 BUT TO HAVE THE EXCITEMENT AND WANTING TO SHARE SOME 21:40 GREAT NEWS. 21:42 WE SEE THIS ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHILDREN AND HOW 21:44 PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO THEIR CHILDREN AND WANTING 21:47 TO BE PROUD OF THEIR CHILDREN. 21:48 SURE. 21:49 RIGHT. 21:50 AND WHEN THEY SEE THEIR CHILDREN PERFORMING EVEN 21:51 YELLING THE SLOGANS GOING MARCHING WITH A PLACARD, 21:55 YES, IT IS - THE PARENTS ARE TOUCHED AND THEN THEY 21:59 OPEN THE DOOR TO THE REST OF THE STORY. 22:01 RIGHT. 22:02 AND WHAT IS INTERESTING TOO, WHEN YOU TELL A CHILD 22:05 SOMETHING, HE GOES HOME AND HE TELLS MOM AND 22:08 DAD-GUESS WHAT I HEARD. 22:10 YOU ARE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER. 22:12 YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS. 22:13 WASH YOUR HANDS. 22:14 I MEAN THAT'S TRUE IN AMERICA. 22:16 ABSOLUTELY. 22:17 SO, YES. 22:20 REACHING CHILDREN FIRST AND THEN IN THE HEARTS OF 22:23 THE PARENTS. 22:24 BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSES 22:26 EVERYTHING. 22:28 AND BEV, YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY FOR US. 22:30 OH, I DO. 22:30 I LOVE TO TELL STORIES. 22:33 THIS ONE IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO I CALL HIM A YOUNG 22:36 MAN BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD WHEN HE 22:38 STARTED IN THIS SCHOOL HERE AND HIS SCHOOL IS A 22:43 CHURCH SCHOOL AND IT IS NOT A BIG SCHOOL BUT IT 22:46 DOES HAVE THE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN TO SLEEP IN 22:49 AND USUALLY THEY ROLL UP THEIR MATS AND PUT THEM ON 22:52 THE SIDE OF THE ROOM FOR THE DAYTIME AND THEN THEY 22:54 ROLL THEM OUT FOR THE NIGHT TIME AND SLEEP ON 22:56 THE CEMENT FLOOR. 22:59 SACHIN WAS IN SCHOOL HERE AND THE TEACHERS TOLD HIM 23:02 THE STORY OF CREATION. 23:05 THIS IS A VERY TOUCHING STORY TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS 23:08 NEVER HEARD THE BEGINNING OF THIS EARTH. 23:11 YES, THERE IS A HINDU GOD THAT THEY CALL THE CREATOR 23:15 GOD IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME STORY AND THE SAME 23:18 MEANING BUT SACHIN GOT THIS STORY OF CREATION AND 23:23 HE WAS THRILLED WITH THIS STORY. 23:25 SO, WHEN HE HAD A SCHOOL BREAK HE WENT HOME AND HE 23:29 TOLD HIS PARENTS ABOUT THIS STORY. 23:31 OH, THIS WAS TERRIBLE TO HIS PARENTS. 23:35 THEY WERE HINDUS AND THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 23:37 CHRISTIAN STORY OF CREATION. 23:39 YET, HE WAS AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 23:41 HE WAS. 23:42 SO, THEY WERE SO UPSET THERE IS JUST A LOT OF 23:48 TENSION AND A LOT OF SCREAMING AND YELLING AND 23:51 ANGER AGAINST THE SON WHO WAS UM, BELIEVING A 23:55 CHRISTIAN STORY. 23:56 AND SO, THEY KICKED HIM OUT OF HOME. 23:58 OH MY. 23:59 AND WHERE WAS HE GOING TO GO? 24:01 JUST A 13-YEAR-OLD. 24:03 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO EXCEPT GO BACK TO SCHOOL. 24:06 SURE. 24:07 HE WENT BACK TO THE DORMITORY, SO THAT MAKES 24:09 SENSE. 24:09 SO, HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. 24:11 WHO IS GOING TO PAY HIS TUITION FEES? 24:13 WELL, THE TEACHERS GOT TOGETHER AND THEY SAID, WE 24:16 KNOW HE IS A GOOD BOY, OH, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, LET'S 24:19 SUPPORT HIM AND THEY DID. 24:21 HE WAS THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND HE LEARNED 24:26 ABOUT GOD, ABOUT ALL OF THE BIBLE AND HE WANTED TO 24:30 BE THAT GOOD CHRISTIAN BOY. 24:31 HE STUDIED HARD AND AT 16 YEARS OF AGE THEY ALLOW 24:37 THEM TO GET BAPTIZED WITHOUT PARENTAL APPROVAL 24:41 AND SO WHEN HE WAS SIXTEEN, HE GOT BAPTIZED. 24:46 BUT THERE IS NO CONTACT WITH HIS PARENTS ALL THIS 24:48 TIME? 24:49 ALL THIS TIME. 24:49 ALL THIS TIME NO CONTACT. 24:50 THEY WERE ANGRY AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN 24:53 CONTACT WITH HIM AND THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM IN CONTACT 24:55 WITH THEM. 24:56 WOW. 24:57 SO, SAD. 24:59 THAT'S THE WAY WE SEE IT HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE I'VE 25:03 SEEN THIS HAPPEN MANY TIMES. 25:04 IN FACT, I HEAR THIS STORY. 25:06 HE THEN IT WAS HOLIDAY TIME AND HE HAD TO STICK 25:15 AROUND THE SCHOOL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO 25:16 GO. 25:17 SO, THEN HE GOT A TELEPHONE CALL FROM HIS 25:20 MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER SAID, COME HOME. 25:23 REALLY? 25:24 AND HE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT. 25:26 WHAT ABOUT DAD? 25:28 WHAT ABOUT MY FATHER? 25:29 HE DIDN'T WANT ME AT HOME EITHER. 25:31 SHE SAID, HE WANTS YOU HOME TOO. 25:34 HE WONDERED, YOU KNOW, IS THIS TRUE? 25:37 CAN IT BE POSSIBLE? 25:39 SO, HE WENT TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE 25:41 SAID, WILL YOU GO WITH ME HOME? 25:43 YES, FOR A LITTLE SUPPORT. 25:45 YES, AND SO THEY AGREED AND THE NEXT DAY THEY WENT 25:50 HOME WITH RESERVATIONS HOPING AND PRAYING ON THE 25:54 WAY AND I MUST SAY THAT SACHIN HAD BEEN PRAYING 25:58 FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS IN 26:01 SCHOOL. 26:02 HE HAD THE DESIRE FOR THIS PARENTS TO ACCEPT THIS 26:05 WONDERFUL MESSAGE THAT HE HAD RECEIVED. 26:09 WHEN HE GOT HOME, HIS PARENTS RAN TO HIM AND 26:12 HUGGED HIM, OH, WELCOMED HIM HOME AND THEY WERE SO 26:15 EXCITED TO SEE HIM TO BELIEVE THAT HE ACTUALLY 26:17 CAME HOME AND THEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 26:21 TOLD THE PARENTS- YOUR SON IS A FAST LEARNER. 26:24 HE IS A GOOD BOY AND HE DOES NO ALCOHOL AND NO 26:28 TOBACCO AND YOU COULD JUST SEE -THE PRIDE COMING UP 26:33 AND ALL OF THAT. 26:35 CHEST SWELLING. 26:36 OH, THEN THEY WERE READY TO LISTEN TO THE GOSPEL 26:38 OUTREACH WORKER. 26:39 SEE AND GOD USED THIS WHOLE THING. 26:41 SO, INSTEAD OF THE PRODIGAL SON IT WAS THE 26:43 PRODIGAL PARENTS. 26:43 YES. 26:44 THAT'S RIGHT AND THEN THEY CAME TO GOD AND THEY 26:47 WANTED MORE OF HIM. 26:48 AND THERE'S THE FAMILY. 26:50 THIS IS THEM SAYING, COME BACK AND TELL US MORE. 26:52 COME BACK AND TEACH US MORE. 26:54 WHAT A BLESSING. 26:55 WHAT A BLESSING AND HERE IT IS THROUGH THE YOUNG 26:58 MAN WHO LEARNED THE STORY OF CREATION AT THE SCHOOL 27:01 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 27:02 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 27:03 PRAISE GOD, AMEN. 27:04 YES. 27:05 WELL, BEV AND SHIRLEY THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH 27:06 US ABOUT THE KIDS IN YOUR AREA AND WE WANT TO SAY 27:09 THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN 27:12 MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WE SHARE JESUS 27:14 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND TO THE KIDS WHO LIVE THERE. 27:18 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:19 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. |
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