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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU 00:38 ARE, NO MATTER WHAT STATE OR COUNTRY MAYBE YOU ARE 00:41 IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, YOUR DINING ROOM, MAYBE YOU ARE 00:43 WATCHING THIS ON YOUR IPHONE IN BED WE JUST WANT 00:45 TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY 00:48 AND WE ALWAYS HAVE SUCH GREAT STORIES TO SHARE 00:51 BECAUSE OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS HAVE MET WITH 00:53 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY WANT TO 00:55 SHARE ALL OF THIS WITH YOU. 00:56 SO, WELCOME TO OUR SHOW TODAY AND BEV THOMPSON AND 01:00 SHIRLEY PANASUK HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:02 IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THANK YOU. 01:03 YES. 01:04 WELL, AND YOU ARE THE DYNAMIC DUO HERE AND WE 01:06 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AND 01:09 INDIA IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:11 YES. 01:13 AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TOO, THAT SHIRLEY IS ABLE TO 01:14 COME WITH ME. 01:15 YES, I'M THANK FUL TO MY HUSBAND FOR ALLOWING ME TO 01:18 GO. 01:19 YES. 01:20 WELL, IT IS VERY NICE TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE AND 01:22 I KNOW THAT INDIA HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR 01:25 HEART BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW SO MANY 01:27 PEOPLE THERE. 01:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:29 IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PEOPLE, WHAT WOULD WE DO? 01:30 YES. 01:31 ITS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 01:33 IT IS. 01:34 IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND SINCE I HAVE CALLED 01:36 YOU THE DYNAMIC DUO, JESUS IN LUKE 10 HE SAID, "AFTER 01:39 THIS THE LORD APPOINTED SEVENTY-TWO OTHERS AND 01:41 SENT THEM TWO BY TWO AHEAD OF HIM TO EVERY TOWN AND 01:44 PLACE WHERE HE WAS ABOUT TO GO. 01:46 HE TOLD THEM THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE 01:49 WORKERS ARE FEW. 01:50 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND 01:53 OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD." 01:55 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE. 01:57 THE HARVEST IS RIPE. 01:58 YES. 01:59 WORKERS ARE FEW. 02:01 WE ARE NEEDING MORE WORKERS. 02:02 WE HAVE A GRAPHIC HERE FOR THE VIEWERS AH, WHO ARE 02:05 WATCHING NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE SO, LET'S TALK 02:07 ABOUT THIS. 02:08 THE HARVEST IS READY AND THE WORKERS ARE FEW AND 02:11 LET'S LOOK AT THIS 1.3 BILLION POPULATION OF 02:14 INDIA, YES, CATCHING UP WITH CHINA AND DAILY THESE 02:17 NUMBERS ARE CHANGING. 02:19 MOMENT BY MOMENT. 02:20 EXACTLY. 02:21 AND THE WORKERS ARE FEW SHIRLEY, YES AND LOOK AT 02:24 THESE STATES. 02:26 SO, THESE ARE THE STATES WHERE YOU ARE WORKING, 02:28 THAT'S RIGHT, AND 255 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN 02:31 THOSE FOUR STATES. 02:33 255 MILLION. 02:34 AND APPROXIMATELY 140 WORKERS, GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:38 WORKERS. 02:40 YES, SO YOU KNOW WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO BE 02:44 MATHEMATICIANS TO FIGURE THAT ALL OUT BUT THAT'S 02:47 WHY THIS SCRIPTURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US 02:49 BECAUSE YOU FOLKS ARE HEARING THE AREAS WANT 02:54 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:56 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 02:57 AND I GET TELEPHONE CALLS ALMOST EVERY WEEK SAYING, 03:00 THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK. 03:02 WE NEED ANOTHER WORKER. 03:04 CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKER? 03:06 AND WE WANT, AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE ABLE TO SAY 03:08 YES. 03:09 YES, WE CAN SEND YOU ANOTHER WORKER BUT WE HELP 03:13 WITH A STIPEND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE 03:15 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS. 03:17 RIGHT. 03:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:18 YES. 03:19 THAT'S A FINAL MARK. 03:20 BUT TELL US SOME GOOD STORIES BECAUSE MAYBE 03:21 THERE IS A VIEWER WHO IS LIKE -WELL, I WANT TO KNOW 03:23 MORE ABOUT HOW ALL THIS WORKS. 03:24 WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT CALARA. 03:27 SHE IS A WIDOW WHOSE LIVING WITH HER SON AND 03:32 HIS WIFE WHICH WOULD BE HER DAUGHTERINLAW, EXCUSE 03:36 ME, AND THINGS ARE NOT GOING SO WELL. 03:38 THEY ARE NOT TREATING HER NICELY. 03:41 THEY ARE TREATING HER ALMOST WORSE THAN MOST 03:44 PEOPLE WOULD TREAT A MAID. 03:47 OH DEAR. 03:47 AND SHE IS JUST NOT FEELING WELL AT ALL. 03:50 SHE'S BEEN HAVING PAIN -A LOT OF BACK PAIN. 03:56 SHE HAS A DAUGHTER WHO LIVES NEAR HER AS WELL AND 03:59 HER HUSBAND. 04:02 AND ONE DAY NABIL, A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 04:07 HEARD ABOUT HER. 04:09 SO, HE WENT TO VISIT HER AND THAT'S NOT ALL HE 04:14 INVITED HER TO STAY IN THEIR HOME. 04:18 HE AND HIS WIFE'S HOME. 04:19 WOW. 04:20 WELL, THE WIFE GAVE HER MASSAGES AND DIFFERENT 04:27 WATER THERAPY FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS. 04:30 WELL, WHILE SHE WAS RECEIVING MASSAGE AND 04:35 WATER THERAPY NABIL WAS GIVING HER BIBLE STUDIES. 04:42 GOOD. 04:43 AND SHE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 04:45 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 04:49 BUT WHAT AMAZES ME IS HOW THE LADIES WILL ASSIST 04:53 THEIR HUSBAND WHO IS THE BIBLE WORKER OR THE GOSPEL 04:56 OUTREACH WORKER, YES, AND THAT IS TRUE. 04:58 SO, LIKE WE SAID THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 05:00 ARE TWO BY TWO, YES, AND SO THEY GO SHARING JESUS 05:05 AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE MALE GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:08 WORKER TO BE TALKING TO A FEMALE, YES, IN SO MANY OF 05:11 THESE CULTURES THAT IS JUST NOT DONE. 05:13 SO, THAT'S WHY HAVING A FEMALE, THE WIFE THERE IS 05:16 SO IMPORTANT. 05:17 AN IMPORTANT PART, YES. 05:19 AND ACTUALLY, WE WOULD EVEN LIKE FOR IF THE WIVES 05:22 ARE ABLE TO GO WITH THEIR HUSBANDS, YES, ABSOLUTELY 05:26 BECAUSE THERE IS JUST THAT - YES, IT'S IS MUCH 05:29 BETTER. 05:30 ABSOLUTELY. 05:31 CULTURALLY. 05:31 SO, SHE GOT FEELING BETTER. 05:32 SHE GOT FEELING BETTER AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW MORE 05:34 ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND GUESS WHAT? 05:39 SHE IS STUDYING. 05:41 PRAISE THE LORD. 05:43 AND HOPEFULLY WE NEED TO PRAY, I ASK ALL OF YOU OUT 05:47 THERE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM IF YOU WOULD 05:50 JUST PRAY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TALKING 05:53 TO YOU ABOUT BECAUSE THEY DO NEED SUPPORT. 05:56 THEY NEED THE SUPPORT OF JESUS; THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 06:01 THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT JESUS. 06:03 THEY ARE WORSHIPING TREES, YES. 06:05 LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 06:07 SO, MAYBE SOMEONE IS WATCHING AND THEY ARE NOT 06:08 FAMILIAR WITH THE RELIGIONS IN INDIA BEV, SO 06:11 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RELIGIONS IN YOUR AREA? 06:14 WELL, THE MAIN RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY IS HINDU BUT 06:17 THAT'S ABOUT 80-85 PER CENT OF THE COUNTRY AND 06:23 THEY HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER OF MUSLIM ALSO BUT 06:28 A SMALLER NUMBER BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA 06:30 WHERE WE GO, WE SEE MORE SARNA OR THE NATURE 06:34 WORSHIPERS AND A LOT OF THE NATURE WORSHIPERS WHEN 06:40 THEY HEAR ABOUT THE CREATION STORY, THEY OPEN 06:44 THEIR HEARTS UP TO GOD AND THEY ARE WILLING TO 06:46 CHANGE. 06:47 BECAUSE IF THEY ARE WORSHIPING A TREE AND THEN 06:50 TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOD WHO CREATED THE TREE, THAT 06:54 MAKES SENSE TO ME. 06:54 YES. 06:55 AND IT MAKES SENSE TO THEM TOO. 06:57 YES. 06:58 BUT THERE IS A STRONGHOLD TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN 07:01 THEIR OWN RELIGION NOT TO MIGRATE TO ANOTHER THING. 07:05 WELL, AND THAT'S TRUE OF SO MANY FAITHS AND BELIEFS 07:09 AND ALL OF THAT. 07:09 VERY TRUE. 07:10 SO, THIS DEAR WOMAN SO SHE GOT FEELING BETTER AND 07:13 THROUGH THE POWER OF ALL OF THIS FROM THE LORD-YES, 07:18 SHE IS FEELING BETTER. 07:19 SHE IS STUDYING NOW TO BECOME A MEMBER AND WE 07:23 PRAY THAT THERE WILL BE MANY MORE LIKE HER THROUGH 07:26 MASSAGE AND THROUGH -YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES IT IS 07:30 ALSO THROUGH PERSONAL CARE. 07:33 YES. 07:34 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CARE ABOUT THESE 07:37 PEOPLE. 07:38 WHY DID HE INVITE HER TO HIS HOME? 07:42 THE LORD GAVE IT TO HIM IN HIS HEART TO INVITE HER TO 07:46 HIS HOME AND HIS WIFE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. 07:49 YES, WE SHOULD COMMEND HER. 07:51 YES. 07:51 EXACTLY. 07:52 AND NOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT DANIEL. 07:58 DANIEL IS OUT THERE HAVING MEETINGS ON HEALTH AND 08:05 CHRISTIAN MEETINGS. 08:07 A 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS. 08:11 REALLY? 08:12 HE HAS A SCREEN AND PROJECTOR. 08:15 HE IS SHOWING PICTURES, GOOD, AND IT ATTRACTS THE 08:18 PEOPLE, GOOD. 08:19 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 08:20 FIFTY OF THOSE PEOPLE ONLY FIFTY WERE ADVENTIST 08:24 CHRISTIANS. 08:25 THE REST WERE SARNA OR SOME OTHER BELIEFS. 08:29 SO, HERE THEY ARE COMING. 08:31 NOW PAINT THE SOMEONE YES, WE'VE SEEN PICTURES ON THE 08:36 NEWS AND THE INTERNET AND ALL OF THAT OF INDIA BUT 08:42 IS THERE A PHARMACY ON EVERY CORNER? 08:44 NO, OK. 08:45 SO, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE 08:48 TO KNOW ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO AT HOME. 08:51 CLEANLINESS. 08:52 WASHING THEIR HANDS. 08:53 SANITATION. 08:54 WASHING THEIR FINGERNAILS BECAUSE THEY EAT WITH 08:57 THEIR HANDS. 08:58 YES. 08:59 AND SO, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH THEM TO WASH -HOW 09:02 TO WASH THEIR HANDS. 09:03 WELL, BEV YOU HAVE SHARED HERE MANY TIMES ABOUT THE 09:05 BIOFUEL-HOW THEY ARE HAVING TO TAKE THE DUNG 09:08 FROM ANIMALS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY MAKE INTO 09:10 PATTIES THAT ARE DRIED ON THE WALL OR WHEREVER AND 09:14 SO THEN THEY DO THAT AND THEN GO TO FOOD 09:17 PREPARATION AND IN OUR CULTURE, WE WELL, YES-IT 09:20 WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. 09:23 YES, YES. 09:24 AND AS A RESULT OF THESE PICTURES, PEOPLE WANTED TO 09:28 KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CREATOR GOD. 09:30 WELL GOOD. 09:32 WELL GOOD. 09:33 AND SO, DANIEL STARTED SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND 09:37 ALREADY HAS HAD ONE BAPTISM. 09:40 NOW ONE BAPTISM IS HUGE. 09:42 YES. 09:43 WHEN -THE FIRST ONE. 09:45 YES. 09:46 THIS IS THE FIRST ONE BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HE 09:47 IS STUDYING WITH. 09:49 SO, GOD IS PROVIDING PEOPLE AND THEY ARE COMING 09:55 AND THEY ARE BECOMING INTERESTED IN THE REAL GOD 09:58 OF HEAVEN. 09:59 AND WE DON'T KNOW THE PERSON WHO MIGHT NOT BE 10:03 BAPTIZED BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOD'S GOING TO 10:05 DO IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE BECAUSE CULTURALLY HAVING 10:08 LIVED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, CULTURALLY RELIGION IS SO 10:13 ENGRAINED. 10:14 THEIR FAMILY AND ALL OF THIS BUT WE DON'T KNOW 10:17 WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DOINGAND THEY MIGHT NOT 10:20 MAYBE HAVE TAKEN THE COMMITMENT TO BE BAPTIZED 10:23 BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO DO 10:25 LATER IN THEIR LIFE. 10:26 THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE PERSON IS A BASIC FUNCTION 10:30 JUST LIKE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL THE SPIRITUAL IS 10:33 JUST AS BIG A PART AS THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL AND 10:37 THE MENTAL. 10:37 YES, OH ABSOLUTELY. 10:39 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE 10:41 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 10:43 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND BEING A PART OF GOSPEL 10:46 OUTREACH HOWEVER YOU ARE DOING THAT IF THAT'S 10:49 THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR FINANCES, MAYBE YOU ARE 10:52 SHARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH A FRIEND AND 10:54 MAYBE THE LORD'S IMPRESSED UPON YOU THAT MAYBE YOU 10:56 WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 10:59 WE WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT 11:01 THAT. 11:02 WE DO HAVE AN ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM ON 11:04 OUR WEBPAGE. 11:05 IT IS GOAIM.ORG AND MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A 11:09 WORKER IN THE TERRITORY WHERE SHIRLEY AND BEV ARE 11:13 MEETING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 11:14 YOU'LL HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:17 WORKERS AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING 11:19 PART OF THIS IN SHARING JESUS. 11:22 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 11:25 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 11:28 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 11:31 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 11:34 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 11:36 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 11:41 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 11:44 LOVE. 11:46 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 11:49 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 11:52 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 11:57 CHINA TO JAPAN. 11:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 12:02 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 12:07 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 12:11 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 12:13 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 12:16 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 12:18 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 12:24 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 12:26 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 12:31 GOD'S LOVE. 12:31 JOIN US. 12:33 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 12:35 DONATE. 12:36 PRAY. 12:41 AND THOSE ARE ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN JOIN US AND 12:43 BE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK 12:46 YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE TEAM HERE BECAUSE WE 12:49 ARE A TEAM AS WE SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 12:52 AND AS CHILDREN OF JESUS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 12:56 WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT HE IS COMING AGAIN SOON 12:58 AND THAT HE HAS DIED FOR ALL OF US AND THAT HE HAS 13:01 FORGIVEN US AND WE HAVE HIS PEACE WHEN WE ACCEPT 13:04 HIS HOLY SPIRIT INTO OUR LIVES. 13:05 YOU CAN VISIT US ON GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 13:10 INFORMATION. 13:11 YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. 13:13 WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU THERE 13:15 ABOUT MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, RALLIES AND 13:18 GREAT STORIES AND JUST A GREAT WAY ON SOCIAL MEDIAL 13:21 TO HAVE A BRIGHT LIGHT OF WHAT JESUS IS DOING IN THE 13:24 10/40 WINDOW. 13:25 SO, TODAY WE HAVE BEV AND SHIRLEY HERE WITH US AND 13:28 LADIES YOU ARE THE DYNAMIC DUO AND YOU ARE JUST FULL 13:31 OF ALL SORTS OF STORIES FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:33 WORKERS AND REMIND US AGAIN HOW MANY WORKERS IN 13:36 YOUR AREA. 13:37 130. 13:38 130 AND WE HAVE A POPULATION OF 255 MILLION. 13:43 YES. 13:44 SO, WE ARE ONE PERSON AT A TIME AS THESE GOSPEL 13:46 OUTREACH WORKERS CAN SHARE JESUS AND YOU'VE SHARED 13:48 ABOUT MASSAGE THERAPY, ABOUT BIBLE STUDIES AND 13:51 ITS JUST THAT INTERACTION ISN'T IT? 13:53 YES. 13:54 YES. 13:55 I'M THINKING ABOUT UM, BERSHE, A YOUNG MAN, HE 14:00 COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE HEARD ABOUT CREATION GOD 14:04 BUT IT PROBABLY WAS FROM A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 14:06 PHILAN, BUT HE WAS ON THE BUS AND MET PHILAN THE 14:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND AH, HE WAS TALKING -THE 14:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER STARTED TALKING WITH HIM 14:20 ABOUT HIS FAMILY, ABOUT HIS HEALTH AND HE SAID, 14:23 OH, MY HEALTH IS SO BAD. 14:25 I'VE BEEN PRAYING TO MY SARNA, NATURE WORSHIPER, 14:29 GOD AND EVERY YEAR WE SACRIFICE A BLACK GOAT AND 14:32 GIVE MONEY TO THE PRIEST FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY 14:36 AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING FROM IT. 14:38 AND THOSE GOATS ARE PROBABLY EXPENSIVE FOR 14:40 THEM RIGHT? 14:41 OH YES. 14:41 YES. 14:42 SO, AH HE ASKED HIM THEN WHAT CAN I DO WITH 14:48 CHRISTIANITY? 14:49 AND HE SAID WELL, WE NEED TO HAVE YOU LEARN MORE 14:55 ABOUT GOD AND HE SAID, BUT I THOUGHT GOD COULD HEAL 14:58 US OF SICKNESS. 14:59 NOW I HAVE A TERRIBLE STOMACH ACHE. 15:01 HE SAID, I'VE HAD SUCH A TERRIBLE STOMACH ACHE I'VE 15:04 GONE TO THE HINDU PRIEST AND HE CAN'T HELP ME. 15:08 I WENT TO THE MEDICAL DOCTOR AND I STILL HAVE 15:10 THE PAIN IN MY STOMACH AND I WENT TO THE SARNA PRIEST 15:14 ANDHE COULDN'T HELP ME. 15:15 HE'S THINKING. 15:17 YES. 15:18 HE FINALLY WENT TO THE NATURAL THERAPIES WITH 15:20 SOME HERBS AND THAT DIDN'T HELP AND THE GOSPEL 15:27 OUTREACH WORKER SAID, I KNOW A GOD WHO CAN HELP. 15:31 YEA, YEA, IF YOU BELIEVE. 15:35 AND SO, HE PRAYED FOR HIM ON THE BUS AND THEN HE WAS 15:44 INVITED TO HIS HOME AND IN HIS HOME AH, HE TOLD ABOUT 15:50 HIS WITNESS STORY. 15:52 HE TOLD ABOUT GOD AND IT BECAME A BIBLE STUDY 15:56 GROUP, RIGHT THERE, A WHOLE GROUP LOOK AT THEM 15:58 THERE. 15:59 AND HIS FAMILY ALL WANTED TO KNOW MORE AND SOME 16:03 NEIGHBORS. 16:04 SO THEY WERE ALL GATHERING TOGETHER TO LEARN MORE 16:07 ABOUT THE GOD WHO HEALED BIRSHAL AND HIS STOMACH, 16:12 FROM HIS STOMACH AILMENT THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD 16:14 HEAL. 16:15 AND GOOD FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER-PRAISE THE 16:18 LORD THAT HE HAD PRAYER ON THE BUS AND HE DIDN'T, 16:20 YES, OH, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND AND I 16:23 DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY UNCOMFORTABLE BUT HE 16:25 PRAYED FOR THE MAN ON THE BUS. 16:26 FIVE WORDS: MAY I PRAY FOR YOU. 16:28 WELL, THAT'S IN ENGLISH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS IN 16:30 HINDI. 16:31 BUT IT WORKS. 16:32 IT WORKS AND YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU TAKE THAT 16:36 OPPORTUNITY AND AH, I PRAY FOR PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK. 16:41 I TYPE OUT A PRAYER INSTEAD OF WELL, I'LL PRAY 16:43 FOR YOU OR THE LITTLE PRAYER SIGN. 16:45 NO, I PUT A PRAYER RIGHT THERE. 16:47 YES. 16:48 WE NEED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT GOD GIVES 16:50 US. 16:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:51 GOOD FOR HIM. 16:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:53 SO, THE BUS CAN LEAD A WHOLE FAMILY TO JESUS. 16:54 EXACTLY. 16:55 AND YOU KNOW, I ONCE READ AN ARTICLE THAT SAID, WE 16:59 SHOULDN'T SAY I WILL PRAY FOR YOU, NO, WHEN THE 17:02 OPPORTUNITY ARISES YOU PRAY RIGHT NOW. 17:05 LET'S PRAY. 17:06 NO MATTER WHAT, WHO IT IS. 17:09 FIVE WORDS: MAY I PRAY FOR YOU. 17:11 RIGHT THEN. 17:12 WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SUNIL. 17:14 THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT STORY. 17:17 HE MET GUJU. 17:19 GUJU I NEED TO HEAR THAT ONE MORE TIME. 17:21 GUJU. 17:22 GUJU OK, I LIKE THAT NAME. 17:24 AND GUJU HAD BEEN SICK FOR THREE DAYS. 17:27 HE WAS SO SAD AND HE JUST WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AND 17:33 HIS PARENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIM BUT 17:36 SOMEBODY HEARD ABOUT SUNIL AND SUNIL VISITED THE 17:39 HOME, HE PRAYED WITH THE FAMILY, AND HE KEPT COMING 17:47 BACK OVER AND OVER. 17:49 AND THIS FAMILY CAME TO LOVE THE LORD OF CREATION 17:57 AND THEY WANTED TO HEAR MORE BUT THEY WERE 18:03 ATTACKED VERBALLY BY THE ORTHODOX WORSHIPERS. 18:10 THE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP THE TREES, THE NATURE 18:13 WORSHIPERS. 18:14 AND SO, THIS IS A VILLAGE WHERE SUNIL LIVES VERY 18:21 CLOSE TO. 18:22 SO, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PRAY, EARNESTLY, THAT 18:27 THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE ALSO WOULD ACCEPT THIS 18:30 BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY UH, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING 18:38 THAT ARE WE KNOW THAT GOD IS LEADING. 18:43 BUT HERE WE ARE, THEY HAVE PRESSURE FROM THE ORTHODOX 18:47 SARNA. 18:48 AND WHEN THEY HAVE THAT PRESSURE IT IS A DIFFERENT 18:52 KIND OF PRESSURE. 18:53 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IN OUR CULTURE, 18:55 THANKFULLY. 18:56 UM, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WORSHIP AND TO DO AS, YOU 19:00 KNOW, WE SEE FIT BUT, IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS, WHERE 19:02 IT IS SO IMPORTANT WITH THE CULTURE AND ALL OF 19:07 THAT, THE PRESSURE IS HUGE. 19:09 YES. 19:09 HUGE. 19:10 WOW, SO KEEP GOING BEV. 19:12 OK. 19:13 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 19:16 WAS GIVING BIBLE STUDIES IN A VILLAGE AND AS HE WAS 19:20 GIVING THE BIBLE STUDY A WOMAN CAME AND SAID, CAN 19:23 YOU COME TO MY HOUSE. 19:24 MY DAUGHTER IS SICK. 19:26 SHE'S GOT A HORRIBLE ALLERGIC REACTION TO WE 19:31 DON'T KNOW WHAT. 19:32 AND SO, HE SAID, YES, I'LL COME. 19:34 SO, WHEN HE GOT THERE, HE LOOKED AT THIS YOUNG LADY 19:37 AND SHE WAS COVERED IN SMALL BOILS FROM HEAD TO 19:40 FOOT. 19:41 OH DEAR. 19:42 IT LOOKED LIKE IT SURELY WAS A BAD ALLERGIC 19:45 REACTION THAT COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING WORSE. 19:47 WELL, THESE PEOPLE ARE TRAINED IN SOME OF THE 19:51 NATURAL THERAPIES AND WHAT TO DO AND WHEN IT IS 19:55 SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS EITHER MEDICINAL OR ITS 19:59 GOT TO BE SOME TOPICAL SOMETHING TO DO. 20:02 SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 20:03 AND, GOD WAS WITH HIM. 20:05 HE SAID, DO YOU HAVE TURMERIC? 20:06 EVERY COOK HAS TURMERIC. 20:09 WELL SURE. 20:10 BECAUSE EVERY CURRY HAS YELLOW AND IT IS TURMERIC. 20:13 AND SO, HE GOT THE TURMERIC AND MADE IT INTO 20:16 A PASTE, OK, AND WHEN IT WAS THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY, 20:20 YES, HE GAVE IT TO THE MOTHER AND HE SAID, WILL 20:24 YOU PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR DAUGHTER ALL OVER HER 20:27 BODY. 20:28 SO, SHE TURNED YELLOW. 20:29 SHE TURNED YELLOW BUT BY AFTERNOON THE SWELLING WAS 20:33 GOING DOWN AND SHE HAD NO MORE PAIN. 20:36 WONDERFUL! 20:37 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 20:38 SEE, SOME PEOPLE KNOW THESE MEDICINAL REMEDIES 20:42 AND IT WAS THE PRAYER AND THE TURMERIC TOGETHER AND 20:47 THEIR BELIEF THAT GOD COULD HEAL. 20:48 WELL, AND WHEN YOU SAID THIS ABOUT THE NATURE 20:51 WORSHIPERS, YOU KNOW, FOR US WHEN WE LOOK AT NATURE 20:54 WE AUTOMATICALLY WE THINK THE LIVING GOD AND WHEN 20:56 YOU SAID THAT I JUST KIND OF WONDERED, OK SO IF YOU 20:58 ARE WORSHIPER OF NATURE IN INDIA, WHO DO YOU THINK 21:02 CREATED THIS BUT I GUESS THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR 21:04 GODS CREATED THIS BUT TO HAVE THE DAYS OF CREATION 21:08 AND ALL OF THAT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY. 21:10 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW-I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT THEY 21:14 DO THINK. 21:14 YES. 21:15 YOU KNOW, DO THEY THINK AS WE DO ABOUT WHO MADE THIS 21:19 AND WHO MADE THAT? 21:21 SHIRLEY MAYBE THEY DON'T-MAYBE THEY'VE GOT SO 21:23 MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE TO THINK ABOUT SO? 21:25 I KNOW THEY DO HAVE A CREATOR GOD BUT YOU KNOW 21:28 THEY BOAST 333,000 DIFFERENT GODS. 21:31 333,000? 21:35 IT IS PHENOMENAL JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK 21:37 INUMERABLE AND THEY HAVE A GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND 21:42 THERE IS A GOD THAT THEY BELIEVE CREATED THE WORLD 21:46 BUT IT ISN'T LIKE OUR STORY. 21:49 YES, IT IS DIFFERENT BUT FOR THEM THOUGH THE STORY 21:52 OF CREATION YOU SHARED THAT, THAT THAT WAS 21:54 IMPACTFUL FOR THEM AND I GUESS I THINK THAT IS 21:57 BEAUTIFUL. 21:58 YES. 21:58 I THINK THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. 22:00 SO, MORE STORIES. 22:01 WE WANT TO HEAR MORE. 22:02 OK. 22:03 I HAVE ANOTHER RICKSHAW STORY. 22:04 OH, YOU KNOW ILOVE RICKSHAW STORIES. 22:06 IT IS -YOU CAN THINK ABOUT A RICKSHAW BEING FULL OF 22:11 PEOPLE AGAIN. 22:12 OK. 22:13 WE ARE NOT TALKING JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WE ARE 22:14 TALKING A DOZEN-COMING OUT THE DOORS AND A RICKSHAW 22:19 IS SMALL LIKE A LITTLE TRICYCLE. 22:21 THIS STORY HAPPENED IN THE RAINY SEASON. 22:24 IT WAS RAINING, RAINING, RAINING. 22:26 THERE IS THE SUPER RICKSHAW. 22:28 SUPER RICKSHAW AND THEY PROBABLY ONLY HAVE EIGHT 22:32 MAYBE TEN AT THE MOST PEOPLE IN THAT RICKSHAW. 22:34 THEY ARE SITTING IN THE BACK BEHIND THE CHAIRS. 22:37 THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 22:38 ON TOP OF ANOTHER, UH HUH. 22:39 BUT IT WAS NIGHT TIME, IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT WAS 7 22:45 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 22:47 THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME, UH HUH, AND IT WAS 22:50 RAINING AND IT WAS HEAVY RAIN. 22:52 YES, IT RAINS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN ASIA LIKE WOW. 22:57 LIKE RAIN YOU'VE NOT SEEN. 22:58 IT IS ALL TRUE. 23:00 DOWNPOUR. 23:01 AND SO, AS THEY WERE GOING, BUT OF COURSE IT IS 23:04 NIGHT TIME IT IS 7 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, DARK AS CAN BE 23:07 AND RAINING AND IT IS SLIPPERY AND AH, NIGHT 23:14 TIME, RAINY, ALL THESE PEOPLE, YES, DARK, NO 23:18 LIGHTS, MUDDY. 23:19 THEY DON'T USE THEIR LIGHTS BECAUSE IT IS 23:21 SAVING THE BATTERY, OH YES, THAT'S THE CLASSIC 23:24 THING YOU'VE GOT TO SAVE THE BATTERY. 23:25 AS THEY WERE GOING ALONG, THEY CAME TO A CURVE AND 23:28 THERE WAS A CYCLE COMING AROUND THE BEND FROM THE 23:30 OPPOSITE DIRECTION, UH OH, AND THERE WERE THREE 23:34 PEOPLE ON THE CYCLE AND SO, AS THE IMPACT HAPPENED 23:40 THE STEERING WHEEL WENT, OH NO, OFF TO THE OTHER 23:42 SIDE BECAUSE THEY HIT THAT. 23:44 YOU KNOW THE STEERING WHEEL IS ONE WHEEL. 23:46 THESE ARE TRICYCLES. 23:47 YES. 23:48 COVERED TRICYCLES. 23:49 THE FRONT WHEEL STEERS AND IT GOT KNOCKED AND SO THEY 23:56 TUMBLED INTO THE DITCH. 23:57 OH DEAR. 23:58 LUCKILY, THIS TIME THE RICKSHAW DID NOT FALL ON 24:01 TOP OF THEM BUT THEY FELL OUT INTO THE MUD AND DITCH 24:05 AND THE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK UP ON THE ROAD 24:09 AND GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO CARRY THEM TO THE NEAREST 24:11 HOSPITAL AND WHEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 24:15 HEARD THIS HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO PRAY WITH EACH 24:19 OF THEM AND PRAISE GOD NONE OF THEM WERE HURT. 24:22 GOOD. 24:22 YES. 24:23 NONE OF THEM WERE HURT. 24:24 AFTER AN IMPACT LIKE THAT. 24:25 CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. 24:25 IT COULD BE HORRIBLE. 24:27 WE PRAYED BEFORE YOU LEFT CHURCH, YES, THAT GOD 24:30 WOULD BE WITH YOU AND HERE YOU ARE SAFE. 24:32 PRAISE GOD. 24:33 WELL, AND THOSE ARE LITERALLY LIFE AND DEATH 24:35 THINGS. 24:36 I MEAN WE THINK OH YOU KNOW, WE JOKE ABOUT THE 24:38 RICKSHAW OR WHATEVER BUT NO, THAT IS A SERIOUS. 24:41 I MEAN ANY KIND OF AN ACCIDENT IS SERIOUS AND WE 24:44 CERTAINLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE HURT BUT FOR 24:46 THE FACT THAT HE WENT AND PRAYED WITH THOSE DEAR 24:48 PEOPLE. 24:49 WELL, BLESS BOTH OFYOU FOR BEING HERE AND THESE 24:51 STORIES ARE ENCOURAGING ABOUT WHAT OUR GOSPEL 24:54 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE 24:56 OPPORTUNITY AND AS JESUS SAID IN LUKE TO GO TWO BY 24:59 TWO. 25:00 AS YOU GO AND AS YOU COME BACK, AND I KNOW THAT 25:03 UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT WE WOULD 25:05 LOVE YOU KNOW, HEAR MORE OF THEM BUT AS YOU ARE 25:08 GOING BACK AND FORTH WHAT IS SOMETHINGOR SOME THINGS 25:11 THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE ARE 25:14 CONTEMPLATING WHETHER TO GIVE OR WHAT IS BENEFICIAL 25:17 FOR YOUR TERRITORY? 25:18 I WOULD-GO AHEAD. 25:20 IT'S WORTH IT. 25:23 THIS IS THE BEST KIND OF MISSION WORK. 25:26 WE ARE USING PEOPLE WHO HAVE -KNOW THE CULTURE. 25:31 THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND THEY JUST FIT RIGHT IN. 25:35 IF I WAS TO GO THERE, I WOULD HAVE TO LEARN THE 25:39 LANGUAGE WHICH TAKES, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG, YES. 25:43 AND SOME PEOPLE LEARN LANGUAGES EASIER THAN 25:45 OTHERS. 25:46 SOME PEOPLE TAKES TWO AND THREE YEARS. 25:47 SOME PEOPLE A LIFETIME. 25:50 THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE SPOT AND THEY ARE DOING 25:54 WHAT THEY CAN. 25:55 WE GO THERE TO ENCOURAGE THEM EVERY YEAR, TO PRAY 26:00 WITH THEM, TO TEACH THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST 26:04 DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 26:06 SHIRLEY IS SAYING WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TOO AND I 26:10 THINK THE BIG THING IS YOU CAN FEEL SECURE THAT 26:13 SOMETHING GOOD IS BEING DONE WITH YOUR DONATION. 26:15 AH, AND I THINK IT IS MANY TIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE 26:20 REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT GO OUT INTO THE FIELD, YES, 26:22 TO LOOK AND SEE AND THEN THEY WANT TO PERFORM AND 26:27 BE ABLE TO PLEASE THE PERSON THAT COMES. 26:29 YES. 26:30 AND NOT ONLY PLEASE THE PERSON THAT COMES BUT THEN 26:33 REALIZE THAT I REPRESENT THE DONATION. 26:37 WELL, AND A BIGGER PICTURE SOMETIMES SO IT'S NOT JUST 26:39 THEM AND OF COURSE THEY ARE SHARING JESUS BUT TO 26:41 REALIZE THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE 26:43 CONTRIBUTING. 26:44 IT S A VERY SIGNIFICANT FEELING THAT WE EMIT BY 26:49 GOING OUT THERE. 26:50 IT'S THE CONNECTION. 26:51 COMMRADERIE. 26:52 YES. 26:53 I'M SO PLEASED AND SO BLEST TO BE A PART OF THIS 26:57 WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:59 I AM TOO. 27:00 WE THANK YOU BOTH AND I HAVE SAT IN THIS CHAIR AND 27:05 I HAVE SEEN PHOTOS OF WHERE BOTH OF YOU STAY AND 27:08 YOU ARE NOT AT THE RITZ CARLTON YOU ARE DOING- YOU 27:11 ARE WITH THE PEOPLE; YOU ARE USING THE FINANCES 27:14 WELL. 27:15 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. 27:16 IT IS A BLESSING BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE. 27:18 SO, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY THE 27:20 LORD BLESS BOTH OF YOU AS YOU GO OUT-THE DYNAMIC 27:22 DUO. 27:23 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 27:25 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU'VE HEARD THESE 27:27 FANTASTIC STORIES HERE AND ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES 27:30 IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WANT TO SAY 27:32 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY AS WE |
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