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00:33 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN 00:35 MISSIONS." 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I LOVE TO SAY THIS, SO 00:39 THE GREAT COMMISSION IS "GO." 00:41 JESUS SAID TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND TO MAKE 00:43 DISCIPLES AND WHAT'S THE ACRONYM OF GOSPEL 00:46 OUTREACH? 00:46 WELL IT "GO." 00:48 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO HERE AT 00:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU TO 00:52 SHARE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN COME ALONG AND YOU CAN GO 00:56 WITH US TO SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:59 SO MANY PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTRIES OF PAKISTAN AND 01:01 THAILAND AND CAMBODIA AND THE PHILIPPINES AND ON AND 01:04 ON. 01:05 IT JUST GOES THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 01:07 JESUS. 01:08 SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 01:09 AND TODAY I'M JOINED WITH ROSA AND DAVID GILLAM. 01:12 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 01:14 THANK YOU IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 01:15 AND IT IS A BIG ADVENTURE ISN'T IT. 01:17 IT'S HUGE. 01:17 A FUN ONE. 01:19 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 01:20 AND ROSA LOOK AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL GARB FROM INDIA. 01:23 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 01:27 YES TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING PARTICULARLY 01:29 ABOUT ONE AREA IN SOUTHERN INDIA THE STATE OF 01:32 KARNATAKA AND THAT IS WHERE I GOT THIS ONE FROM 01:36 ALSO BUT IT'S JUST, I LOVE THE COMFORT THAT PUNJABIS 01:38 GIVE. 01:38 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. 01:39 AS WELL AS WHEN YOU GO INTO THE CHURCHES THEY 01:44 LIKE TO COVER THEIR HEAD IN RESPECT AND SO THIS OF 01:48 COURSE ALLOWS FOR THAT VERY NICELY. 01:51 YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. 01:54 AND WE HAVE A GRAPHIC OF INDIA TO SHARE WITH 01:56 EVERYBODY. 01:58 SO HERE IS INDIA AND SO A POPULATION OF 1.3 BILLION 02:03 AND CHRISTIANITY DAVID, 1.2 PERCENT. 02:07 ONE POINT TWO PERCENT. 02:09 SO HINDUISM IS SO STRONG. 02:11 NATURE WORSHIP, ANIMISM AND ALL OF THESE OTHER 02:14 RELIGIONS. 02:15 SO POWERFUL. 02:16 YES. 02:17 SO POWERFUL. 02:18 HINDUISM IS ABOUT 85 PERCENT IN INDIA. 02:22 OKAY, OKAY. 02:24 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE DOING WHAT WITH THE 02:28 WORKERS? 02:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION 02:31 WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING HERE IN AMERICA 02:35 ARE VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT LIVE 02:38 IN THE TARGET AUDIENCE. 02:39 FOR EXAMPLE IN INDIA IN THIS CASE. 02:42 AND SO WE RAISE MONEY AND WE FIND DEDICATED 02:46 CHRISTIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT JESUS 02:49 CHRIST AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND SPEAKING THE LOCAL 02:52 LANGUAGE AND THE LOCAL CUSTOMS AND THE CULTURE 02:56 AND THEY CAN LIVE ON THE LOCAL WAGES. 02:59 THEY ARE ABLE TO DO FAR MORE THAN WHAT YOU KNOW 03:02 SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF IF I WENT OVER THERE AND TRIED 03:05 TO LEARN ALL THAT. 03:06 RIGHT. 03:07 AND IT'S NOT ONLY JUST AMERICA. 03:08 IT'S NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:10 CANADA AND WE ALSO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL 03:13 EVEN. 03:14 AND SO YES AND WE WILL TAKE DONATIONS AND PRAYERS 03:16 FROM THE WHOLE WORLD WON'T WE. 03:18 YES, YES. 03:19 SO YOUR PARTICULAR REGION SHARE WITH US ABOUT YOUR 03:22 PARTICULAR REGION IN INDIA. 03:24 ABSOLUTELY. 03:24 THIS IS A LITTLE GRAPHIC THERE. 03:27 IT'S CALLED KARNATAKA. 03:29 THAT'S KIND OF FUN TO SAY. 03:31 YES. 03:32 KARNATAKA. 03:32 I LOVE IT. 03:33 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA OF INDIA. 03:36 A LOT OF NATURAL BEAUTY. 03:38 WATERFALLS, SCENERY AND LOTS OF PEOPLE. 03:41 IN THIS AREA THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 03:43 IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IF YOU 03:45 WANT TO HAVE A COMPARISON SO IT'S A FAIRLY GOOD SIZE 03:48 THERE. 03:49 AND OF THAT WE HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH LITERACY RATE. 03:53 ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE CAN READ AND WRITE. 03:56 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT CAN READ AND WRITE. 03:58 YES. 03:59 OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. 04:01 IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTRY THERE ARE TEN MAJOR 04:06 DIALECTS. 04:07 OF COURSE IN INDIA THERE ARE OVER 700 DIALECTS IN 04:11 THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF INDIA. 04:12 ARE THERE THAT MANY? 04:13 I GUESS I JUST HADN'T REALIZED THAT. 04:15 WOW. 04:16 HERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE DIALECTS. 04:18 IT'S CALLED KANNADA. 04:20 AND SO IN KARNATAKA THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS 04:23 KANNADA THEY CALL IT AND THERE ARE MANY MANY 04:27 SYMBOLS. 04:28 IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE SANSKRIT OR SOMETHING TO 04:30 ME. 04:31 YES. 04:32 IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR ANYBODY. 04:33 IT WOULD TAKE US YEARS TO MASTER THIS WHERE THEY CAN 04:36 JUST GO RIGHT IN THERE AND TAKE OFF. 04:38 WELL AND AS I SAW THAT I WAS THINKING OF THE 04:40 WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATOR. 04:42 SO IS THERE A BIBLE IN THIS PARTICULAR LANGUAGE 04:45 DO YOU KNOW? 04:45 YES. 04:46 THERE IS, OKAY GOOD. 04:47 OKAY I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 04:48 THIS IS A MAJOR LANGUAGE SO YES. 04:50 OKAY GOOD. 04:51 YES FOR US TO GO AND LEARN THIS I MEAN THAT WOULD 04:54 TAKE WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF 04:56 OUR MODEL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:58 BUT WE FIND THIS MODEL OF LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN THE 05:02 LOCAL LANGUAGE IS VERY VERY EFFECTIVE. 05:04 IN FACT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS IN OUR 05:07 SECTION WE HAVE ABOUT 150 OUT WORKING AND THEY 05:11 AVERAGE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE BROUGHT TO CHRIST EVERY 05:16 YEAR. 05:17 TWENTY PEOPLE BROUGHT TO CHRIST EVERY YEAR. 05:19 PER VOLUNTEER. 05:21 REALLY. 05:21 OKAY. 05:23 WELL THEN THAT'S GREAT. 05:24 AND THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING AREAS. 05:25 IT'S NOT LIKE EASY. 05:27 YES NO. 05:28 AND WE CONTINUE TO SAY THIS HERE. 05:30 THESE RELIGIONS AND THESE CULTURES IN THE 10/40 05:32 WINDOW HAVING LIVED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THESE PEOPLE 05:37 ARE ENTRENCHED IN THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR RELIGION 05:39 AND TRADITIONS AND ALL OF THAT. 05:41 AND TO BREAK OUT OF THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S A BIG 05:45 DECISION. 05:46 YES. 05:47 THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE SMALL AREA THERE IN 05:51 KARNATAKA. 05:52 THESE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 05:54 THESE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:57 THEY COME IN FOR TRAINING PERIODICALLY AND THEY'RE 06:00 JUST A HAPPY FUN BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT JUST LOVE 06:04 JESUS. 06:05 GOOD. 06:06 BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS AND THEY WANT US, 06:07 THEY SAY PLEASE CAN YOU TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT SOME 06:09 OF OUR NEEDS ARE. 06:09 WE SAY SURE WELL HERE WE GO. 06:10 WELL HERE WE GO. 06:11 I'M ALL EARS AND THE VIEWERS ARE LISTENING. 06:12 WELL IN THIS AREA NEAR BANGALORE WHICH IS, I 06:13 DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN JUST 06:15 BANGALORE, YES THERE ARE ABOUT 10 MILLION PEOPLE. 06:16 TEN MILLION PEOPLE. 06:17 JUST IN THAT ONE CITY. 06:17 OKAY. 06:18 SO IT'S ALMOST AS BIG AS CHENNAI. 06:32 BUT WE HAVE NO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THAT 06:36 CITY ITSELF. 06:38 BUT IN A CITY THAT'S CLOSE TO THERE, ANOTHER VILLAGE, 06:42 KOLAR, THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS WHO, 06:48 THEY THEMSELVES OR THEIR WIVES, ARE TAILORS. 06:53 AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY WANT TO REACH 06:56 THE COMMUNITY IS TO HAVE TAILORING CLASSES TO TEACH 07:00 PEOPLE AND THEN THEY CAN SHARE THE GOSPEL. 07:02 THEY USE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO REACH PEOPLE AND 07:07 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. 07:08 WELL AND NOT ONLY WITH THAT, I MEAN WE'VE HEARD 07:10 OF THIS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS 07:13 IS THAT BY LEARNING HOW TO SEW THEY HAVE A JOB THEY 07:16 HAVE A SKILL AND I LOVE TO QUILT AND WHAT ARE YOU 07:20 DOING WHEN YOUR WORKING WITH YOUR HANDS? 07:21 WELL YOU'RE TALKING AND SHARING AND CHIT CHATTING 07:23 AND ALL OF THAT. 07:24 SO WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT 07:26 JESUS. 07:27 RIGHT. 07:28 AND SO SOME OF THEM SAY YOU KNOW IF WE HAD SOME 07:29 MORE SEWING MACHINES IT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL IN THE 07:32 OUTREACH. 07:33 OTHERS HAVE SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME LITERACY 07:36 CLASSES BECAUSE ABOUT 46 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN ARE 07:40 ILLITERATE. 07:41 WOW ROSA. 07:43 JUST THINK OF THAT. 07:44 AND THEN THERE IS A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF MEN TOO THAT 07:47 ARE ILLITERATE. 07:48 SO THEY FELT THE MEGA VOICES WOULD BE VERY 07:52 HELPFUL. 07:53 WELL AND I'M A BIG FAN OF MEGA VOICE. 07:55 I'M A BIG FAN OF MEGA VOICE. 07:56 I HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE AND SO HERE LET'S TURN IT ON 07:59 HERE. 08:01 (MEGA VOICE RUNNING) S THIS ACTUALLY IS HINDI AND 08:04 THESE ARE SOLAR POWERED AND WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT 08:08 THESE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:11 AND ROSA THEY CAN BRING THESE AND JUST SET THEM 08:15 DOWN AND EVERYBODY CAN BE AROUND THEM LISTENING. 08:19 AMAZING. 08:20 SO WE CAN PUT THE BIBLE AND BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND 08:22 OF COURSE WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 08:24 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN USE THEM. 08:27 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL. 08:27 YES, FANTASTIC. 08:29 FANTASTIC. 08:30 SO ARE YOUR WORKERS ACTUALLY USING THESE? 08:32 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVEN HAVE ANY OR NOT. 08:34 WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO TRY WHEN WE COME BACK THE 08:37 NEXT TIME, NEXT YEAR. 08:38 SO NEXT TIME WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE 08:40 THOSE. 08:41 WELL WE HOPE THAT YOUR POCKETS ARE FULL OF THEM 08:42 WHEN YOU GO BACK. 08:43 YES. 08:44 AND THEY'RE SO SMALL WHY NOT. 08:45 YES, WELL AND THE FACT AND THE NICE THING TOO ABOUT 08:48 THE CONTENT ON THIS IS IT'S LOCKED IN HERE AND SO 08:51 IT CAN'T BE COPIED WHICH WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIBLE 08:53 YOU KNOW BUT IT IS ON HERE BUT THERE ARE COPYRIGHT 08:57 ISSUES OBVIOUSLY AND SO BUT THIS WAY PEOPLE CAN 09:00 GATHER AROUND. 09:01 AND THE SPEAKER IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. 09:02 YES IT IS. 09:03 SO GOOD. 09:04 GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. 09:06 YES. 09:07 AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS. 09:10 THE OTHER THINGS THAT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY ARE 09:13 ALWAYS NEEDING OF COURSE ARE JUST MATERIALS TO GIVE 09:18 OUT. 09:19 AND SO THEY SOMETIMES GET THOSE FROM THE MAIN CENTER 09:24 AREAS. 09:25 THEY CAN GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT THAT ALL TAKES 09:28 YOU KNOW TIME AND MONEY AND BIBLES AND THOSE KINDS 09:33 OF THINGS SO YES, THEY ARE JUST EAGER TO SHARE THE 09:38 LORD BUT AGAIN YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE SOME OF THESE 09:42 TOOLS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM. 09:44 WELL AND WHEN YOU SAID DAVID TEN MILLION PEOPLE 09:48 IN BANGALORE, THAT'S RIGHT, AND NOT ONE GOSPEL 09:52 OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 09:52 NOT EVEN ONE. 09:54 I MEAN THAT JUST, MY HEART WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT'S 09:55 LIKE ALL THESE PEOPLE. 09:57 WE JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM, IN FACT HE CALLED ME ON 10:00 THE PHONE AND THEN HE SENT ME AN EMAIL, FROM OUR 10:03 DIRECTOR IN THAT AREA AND HE SAID WE NEED 100 10:07 WORKERS RIGHT NOW. 10:08 RIGHT NOW TODAY. 10:09 HE'S ASKING FOR 100 RIGHT NOW AND THEY WOULD PUT 10:12 THEM TO WORK. 10:13 BUT THE NEEDS ARE SO VAST AND THERE ARE SO MANY 10:15 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND THIS IS JUST IN 10:17 ONE CITY. 10:18 YES, ONE CITY. 10:20 WE'RE TALKING ONE CITY AND ONE STATE AND JUST THINK 10:23 OF ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN OUR 10/40 WINDOW. 10:25 YES. 10:26 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:27 THERE ARE TWO OTHER CITIES IN KARNATAKA THAT HAVE 10:30 OVER A MILLION THAT HAVE NO WORKERS IN THEM. 10:33 YOU KNOW THAT JUST, AND WE'RE TRYING, THAT'S WHY 10:36 WE'RE HERE. 10:37 YES. 10:38 THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR VIEWERS 10:39 AND WE WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS 10:40 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF GOSPEL 10:43 OUTREACH AS WE SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 10:46 YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEED. 10:47 THERE ARE CITIES WITH BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO 10:49 STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND WE NEED TO HAVE 10:51 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 10:52 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU AND THAT'S WHERE I GET 10:54 INVOLVED. 10:55 WE CAN PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE AND WE CAN ALSO 10:59 GIVE OUR FINANCES SO THESE DEAR PEOPLE CAN GO AND 11:01 SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 11:03 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL 11:06 "A" HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 11:08 I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 11:10 HELLO DARYL. 11:10 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 11:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 11:15 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGA VOICE 11:18 PLAYER. 11:19 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. 11:21 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 11:23 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 11:24 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 11:27 LOT. 11:28 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 11:29 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 11:31 DEGREES AND WATER RESISTANT. 11:34 WOW. 11:35 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 11:36 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND 11:39 HOLD. 11:40 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE 11:43 BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 11:45 OH THANK YOU. 11:46 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A 11:49 TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU 11:52 CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 11:55 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, 11:57 BOTH CHAPTER VERSE BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE 12:00 BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK. 12:03 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR 12:05 MISSION OUTREACH. 12:07 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND 12:09 THEN THEY GO WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO 12:11 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 12:14 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 12:16 YES. 12:17 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD 12:20 ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 12:23 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL 12:27 LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY 12:30 THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE 12:33 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE 12:36 LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, 12:38 TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO 12:42 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND 12:48 WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM 12:53 WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF 12:55 HEARING GOD'S WORD. 12:57 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING 13:00 WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND 13:03 UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 13:04 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 13:06 ABSOLUTELY. 13:07 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED. 13:08 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE 13:10 FIELD. 13:11 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR 13:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 13:31 (MUSIC PLAYING) IT IS AN AMAZING WAY FOR PEOPLE TO 13:37 HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 13:38 I'VE BEEN TRAVELING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND SEE 13:41 PEOPLE OUT IN RICE PADDIES WITH THEIR OX AND THEIR 13:42 CART AND ALL OF THAT. 13:44 THEY HAVE A PHONE OUT THERE, THEY HAVE EARBUDS 13:47 AND ALL OF THAT AND WHAT A GREAT WAY ALSO FOR PEOPLE 13:50 WHO LIVE IN CLOSED COUNTRIES WHO NEED TO 13:53 LEARN ABOUT JESUS TOO BUT THIS WAY THEY CAN BE 13:56 LEARNING ABOUT JESUS WITH THEIR HEADPHONES. 13:59 AND IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE THEY CAN USE THE 14:01 SPEAKER AND HAVE PEOPLE GATHER AROUND. 14:03 WHAT A FANTASTIC WAY TO HAVE BIBLE STORIES, SONGS, 14:08 BOOKS, THE BIBLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON THE 14:10 MEGA VOICE. 14:11 SO THANK YOU IF YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEGA 14:14 VOICE FUND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH OR IF YOU'RE 14:16 LEARNING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WANT TO SAY 14:18 THANK YOU. 14:19 WE'RE HERE TALKING IN LUKE 10:2 WHERE IT SAYS THE 14:23 HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. 14:27 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND 14:29 OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD. 14:32 AND THEN IT SAYS GO. 14:33 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING HERE WITH ROSA AND 14:35 DAVID GILLAM HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 14:37 YOU SHARED THAT THERE'S A CITY, BANGALORE, OF 10 14:40 MILLION PEOPLE AND NO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:43 RIGHT. 14:44 AND THERE ARE CITIES AND CITIES AND CITIES WHERE 14:45 PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 14:47 SO WE NEED MORE WORKERS, MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED SO 14:50 PEOPLE CAN GO AND SHARE JESUS. 14:52 OKAY, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A SERIOUS STORY 14:56 TO SHARE WITH US BUT A GOOD STORY SO DAVID WHY 14:59 DON'T YOU SHARE. 14:59 ABSOLUTELY. 15:00 THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY. 15:01 THIS GENTLEMAN HERE HIS NAME IS SAMUEL AND HE IS 15:05 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS WE CALL THEM. 15:08 ABOUT PROBABLY FIFTY MILES FROM THIS BIG CITY OF 15:12 BANGALORE, HE HAS ONE OF THE VILLAGES OUT THERE. 15:15 HE HAS RAISED UP TEN CHURCHES IN THE LAST FEW 15:18 YEARS. 15:18 WOW. 15:19 AND HE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND JESUS 15:21 CHRIST AND OF COURSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT IS 15:24 THREATENING TO A POPULATION WHO WANTS TO 15:27 KEEP THE STATUS QUO WITH MAINLY HINDUISM. 15:30 DON'T ROCK THE BOAT, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. 15:32 DON'T ROCK THE BOAT. 15:33 AND SO EVENTUALLY THEY GET HIS NUMBER AND THERE ARE 15:36 ENOUGH PEOPLE UPSET AND SO A GROUP OF HINDUS CAME 15:39 AFTER HIM ONE DAY. 15:40 THEY BEAT HIM AND THEY HAD GASOLINE TO POUR ON HIS 15:42 HEAD. 15:43 OH MY. 15:44 YES, WE'RE TALKING VIOLENCE. 15:45 AND OF COURSE HE WAS TELLING US THIS STORY SO 15:48 WE KNEW HE HAD MADE IT OUT. 15:50 YES YES. 15:51 (LAUGHTER) THIS IS A GOOD REPORT. 15:52 WE SAW THE PICTURE OF HIM. 15:53 SO WE SAID SAMUEL WEREN'T YOU AFRAID? 15:55 AND HE SAID NO. 15:56 I KNEW MY GOD WAS WITH ME. 15:58 WE SAID WELL HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION 16:00 AND HE SAID JUST ABOUT THE TIME IT WAS THE END 16:03 ANOTHER GROUP OF HINDUS WHO LIKED ME AND WERE 16:06 SUPPORTIVE OF MY MINISTRY CAME AROUND THE CORNER. 16:09 THEY SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY CHASED 16:12 THE OTHER GUYS AWAY. 16:13 THE HINDUS CAME TO HIS DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY KNEW 16:16 THIS MAN. 16:17 YES. 16:18 RIGHT. 16:18 WHAT A POWER OF OUR WITNESS. 16:21 IT'S AMAZING. 16:22 AND SO HE IS LITERALLY ON FIRE MORE FOR THE LORD 16:26 RIGHT? 16:27 (LAUGHTER) ON FIRE, YES. 16:28 THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 16:29 BUT HE WASN'T HURT THOUGHT? 16:30 HE WAS NOT HURT. 16:31 ALL JOKING ASIDE THOUGH HE WAS SAFE. 16:32 HE WAS SAFE. 16:33 AND HE IS MORE FERVENT THAN EVER. 16:36 HE IS NOT THINKING OF QUITTING CHRISTIANITY OR 16:38 STOPPING AS A BIBLE WORKER. 16:40 HE IS JUST SO ON FIRE FOR JESUS. 16:42 WELL YOU KNOW I WAS READING IN THE BIBLE WHERE 16:45 JESUS HAD COME AND HE WAS, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT 16:48 JESUS IN ISAIAH, AND JESUS HAD COME BACK TO NAZARETH 16:53 AND HE WAS IN THE SYNAGOGUE READING FROM THE 16:55 SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH AND THE PEOPLE THEN RAN HIM 16:59 OFF YOU KNOW. 17:00 SO HERE IS A PERSON WHO IS THE GOOD NEWS BEING RUN 17:04 OFF AND HERE THESE PEOPLE CAME TO THIS MAN'S HELP. 17:08 WELL GOOD. 17:08 WE NEED MORE SAMUELS. 17:10 WE HAVE SO MANY STORIES LIKE THAT. 17:12 PEOPLE ARE FREED. 17:13 IN HINDUISM THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GODS, 30 17:16 MILLION GODS. 17:18 THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY GODS THEY HAVE 17:20 THEMSELVES. 17:20 RIGHT. 17:21 AND THESE PEOPLE ARE PRAYING VAINLY TO THESE 17:23 GODS. 17:24 THEY WILL GO SEARCH A GOD THAT MIGHT DO THIS AND DO 17:26 THAT FOR THEM. 17:27 AND THERE WAS ONE LADY FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR 17:29 WORKERS WENT IN. 17:30 HE HEARD ABOUT HER AND HE WENT TO HER HOUSE AND SHE 17:32 HAD CANCER. 17:33 AND THE DOCTORS HAD GIVEN HER TWO WEEKS TO LIVE. 17:37 AND THEIR FAITH IS LIKE APOSTOLIC FAITH. 17:41 IT'S JUST RAW BEAUTIFUL FAITH AND HE LOOKED AT HER 17:44 AND HE SAID, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST 17:46 YOU WILL BE HEALED. 17:47 AND SHE SAID WELL WHO IS JESUS CHRIST. 17:49 SHE HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF JESUS CHRIST. 17:51 SO HE EXPLAINED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 17:53 I MEAN, AND SHE SAYS I BELIEVE, HELP ME. 17:56 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE STORY IN THE BIBLE YOU KNOW, 17:57 HELP MY UNBELIEF. 17:58 YES. 18:00 AND HE SAYS IN TEN DAYS YOU WILL BE HEALED AND HE 18:04 TURNED TO LEAVE. 18:05 AND THIS ONE BLEW MY MIND WHENEVER HE TOLD ME THIS. 18:07 HE SAID HE TURNED TO THE LADY AND HE SAID AND IF 18:11 YOU ARE NOT HEALED I WILL COME BACK AND I WILL 18:14 WORSHIP ALL YOUR GODS THAT ARE ALL AROUND YOUR WALLS. 18:17 WOW. 18:18 AND HE LEFT. 18:20 HE IS STILL WORSHIPING JESUS. 18:21 WELL SO SHE WAS HEALED. 18:23 SHE WAS COMPLETELY HEALED AND THE CANCER WAS 18:25 COMPLETELY GONE. 18:26 I MEAN THESE ARE THE KIND OF STORIES THAT GOD USES 18:28 WAYS IN THAT CULTURE THAT WE IN THE WEST THEY ARE 18:34 JUST NEW AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE USED TO. 18:37 YES. 18:38 AND YOU KNOW WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE 18:39 BIBLE BEING FILLED WITH STORIES OF HEALING. 18:42 AND GOD IS HEALING NO MATTER WHERE IT IS AROUND 18:45 THE WORLD. 18:46 WE KNOW THAT. 18:47 BUT FOR THESE PEOPLE WITH THEIR SUPERSTITIONS AND 18:49 THEIR BELIEFS AND ALL OF THIS THIS IS ESPECIALLY 18:52 MEANINGFUL TO THEM WHEN GOD DOES THOSE THINGS. 18:56 SO MORE STORIES. 18:57 WELL WE HAVE LOTS OF STORIES BUT WE'RE GOING TO 18:59 TRAVEL JUST ACROSS THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS IN INDIA 19:02 AND WE'RE GOING TO DROP DOWN INTO THE SOUTHEAST 19:04 SIDE. 19:04 OKAY. 19:05 AND IT'S A COUNTRY CALLED TAMIL NADU AND THEY SPEAK 19:08 A LANGUAGE CALLED TAMIL. 19:10 TAMIL NADU IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF LOUISIANA. 19:13 YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE MAP. 19:16 OKAY VERY SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 19:18 EXACTLY. 19:19 IT'S ABOUT 52 THOUSAND SQUARE MILES AND IT'S A 19:22 PRETTY GOOD SIZED STATE. 19:23 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 19:25 IN THIS STATE THERE ARE FIVE LANGUAGES, MAIN 19:28 LANGUAGES BUT TAMIL IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE THEY USE. 19:32 SO LANGUAGES OR DIALECTS. 19:33 YES, I GUESS TAMIL IS BECAUSE IN SRI LANKA THEY 19:37 SPEAK TAMIL AS WELL. 19:38 EXACTLY, EXACTLY. 19:39 THE AVERAGE INCOME IS YOU KNOW FIVE TO TEN DOLLARS A 19:44 DAY. 19:45 SO IT'S A HARD LIFE FOR THESE PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE 19:47 FULL OF HOPE AND HAPPY. 19:49 IT'S AMAZING YOU KNOW JUST TO SEE THEM. 19:51 HINDUISM 88 PERCENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 19:55 CHRISTIANITY IS 6 PERCENT. 19:58 WELL IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SOME OF THOSE 20:00 OTHER STATES WHERE THERE WAS ONLY 2 PERCENT. 20:01 ISLAM IS 6 PERCENT SO YOU KNOW HINDUISM IS 20:05 PREDOMINATE THERE. 20:06 OH SO THERE IS ISLAM AS WELL IN THIS PARTICULAR 20:07 AREA. 20:08 EXACTLY. 20:09 OKAY. 20:10 SO WE HAVE A PICTURE FOR YOU. 20:11 WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ABOUT A CHURCH AND SOME OF 20:14 OUR VOLUNTEERS IN THIS PICTURE. 20:17 IS THAT CHENNAI? 20:19 YES. 20:20 WE HAVE TRAVELED NOW TO CHENNAI. 20:22 WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT SOME OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:26 VOLUNTEERS IN THREE OR FOUR OTHER CENTERS ON THE 20:29 WAY TO CHENNAI. 20:30 BUT HERE IN THIS PICTURE THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS 20:34 ABOUT TEN YEARS BEFORE HAD BROUGHT ENOUGH PEOPLE IN 20:37 THAT HAD ACCEPTED JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR THAT THEY HAD 20:43 ACTUALLY BUILT THIS CHURCH. 20:44 OH THEY DID. 20:45 AND NOW THEY ARE MEETING IN THAT SAME CHURCH ONCE A 20:49 MONTH TO FAST AND PRAY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE 20:52 OUTREACH. 20:53 AND SO THAT GROUP WHEN WE GOT THERE THAT DAY WE WENT 20:55 THERE TO SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE 20:58 ACT OF SPENDING THAT DAY IN FASTING AND PRAYER. 21:01 WOW. 21:02 AND TWO OF THOSE LADIES ARE WEARING THE SAME SARI. 21:04 THEY LOOK LIKE TWINS. 21:05 YES. 21:05 IN CHENNAI THEY GO OUT IN TEAMS. 21:08 OKAY SO THEY WERE DRESSED ALIKE. 21:10 YES. 21:11 AND THERE IS QUITE A LARGE GROUP IN CHENNAI. 21:12 THERE ARE ABOUT 27 VOLUNTEERS. 21:16 YES, THESE LADIES THEIR SARIS MATCH. 21:17 YES. 21:18 AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN CHENNAI I THINK 21:21 FOR ABOUT OVER 20 YEARS. 21:24 IN FACT, IN THIS AREA THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED 40 NEW 21:27 CHURCHES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WERE NEVER 21:29 THERE BEFORE. 21:30 WOW, SO THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE. 21:31 YES. 21:32 AND ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 21:33 AND I LIKE TO SEE THE WOMEN THERE BECAUSE IN 21:36 THESE CULTURES HAVING JUST A MALE GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:39 WORKER BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE'S NOT GOING TO GO AND 21:42 MINISTER TO A FEMALE AND SO BY HAVING THE HUSBAND 21:46 AND WIFE TEAM OR TWO WOMEN I THINK THAT'S REALLY 21:48 IMPORTANT. 21:51 AND JUST DAY BY DAY THEY ARE OUT DOING THINGS LIKE 21:53 THIS MINISTERING AND PRAYING. 21:55 WHEN THEY PRAY THE WOMEN, ROSA WANT TO SHOW HOW THE 21:58 WOMEN LOOK WHEN THEY PRAY? 22:00 I LOVE THIS. 22:01 BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SLIDE I WANT TO SAY LOOK AT THE 22:02 POWER OF THE BIBLE. 22:04 SHE HAS IT ON HER HEAD. 22:05 EXACTLY. 22:06 WHEN THEY PRAY FOR THE SICK THEY USE THE BIBLE 22:08 AND LAY IT ON THE PERSONS HEAD. 22:11 THE LADIES PUT THEIR SHAWLS, I FORGET WHAT THEY 22:14 CALL IT, BUT THEY PUT IT OVER THEIR HEADS AND WHEN 22:16 YOU WALK INTO THE CHURCHES ALL THE MEN TAKE OFF THEIR 22:19 SHOES. 22:20 RESPECT. 22:21 VERY RESPECTFUL. 22:21 YES VERY VERY RESPECTFUL. 22:22 BUT I LOVE THAT, I LOVE THAT. 22:24 THE POWER OF THE WORD YES. 22:28 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS 22:30 AREA? 22:31 WE HAVE 150 IN OUR AREA. 22:33 PROBABLY ABOUT 50 IN THIS PARTICULAR REGION. 22:36 OKAY, ALRIGHT. 22:39 AND ONE OF THESE LADIES THAT WE WANT TO TELL YOU 22:43 ABOUT TODAY BECAUSE OF HER STORY. 22:45 SHE SAID I HAVE NEVER TOLD THIS STORY BUT I WANT TO 22:47 TELL IT TO YOU. 22:49 SHE WAS MARRIED WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. 22:50 SHE HAD GROWN UP IN A NOMINAL CHRISTIAN HOME. 22:52 INTERESTING. 22:53 BUT THEY WERE VERY VERY POOR AND SO HER FATHER 22:54 MARRIED HER TO A HINDU MAN. 22:55 AND THIS HINDU MAN WAS A VERY STRONG HINDU AND 22:56 FORCED HER TO GO WITH HIM TO THE TEMPLE. 22:57 BUT SHE SAID WHEN I WENT TO THE TEMPLE I WOULD PRAY 22:58 TO JESUS BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT WAS WHAT SHE NEEDED 23:07 TO DO. 23:23 ANYWAY HE ENDED UP MOVING HER AND THEIR ONE SON THEN 23:28 DOWN INTO TAMIL NADU SOME PLACE. 23:30 THEY WERE FROM ANOTHER STATE AND I'M NOT SURE 23:33 WHICH STATE THEY WERE FROM. 23:34 BUT COMING THERE TO TAMIL NADU SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE 23:37 LANGUAGE AT ALL. 23:40 AND SOON AFTER THEY MOVED THEIR SON DIED. 23:43 OH OH. 23:45 AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER HER HUSBAND DIED. 23:48 SO SHE DOESN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. 23:50 SHE DOESN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND SHE FEELS SO 23:52 ALONE. 23:53 THIS SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF THE STORY OF RUTH. 23:55 IT DOES. 23:56 AND SO SHE IN HER DESPAIR WAS JUST THINKING YOU KNOW 24:01 LORD I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 24:04 BECAUSE OF COURSE SHE HAS TO SURVIVE PHYSICALLY AS 24:06 WELL. 24:07 SURE. 24:08 AND ABOUT THAT TIME SOME GOSPEL VOLUNTEERS CAME 24:12 ALONG KNOCKING ON DOORS. 24:14 WOW AND THEY MET HER. 24:15 AND THEY MET HER AND THEY FOUND A TRANSLATOR FOR HER 24:20 AND INVITED HER TO COME TO CHURCH WITH THEM. 24:23 AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED. 24:25 SO GLAD TO HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIP THAT COULD BE 24:30 POSITIVE IN HER LIFE AFTER ALL THIS LOSS IN HER LIFE. 24:34 AND SO SHE BECAME CONVERTED ALL OVER AGAIN 24:35 AND EXCITED ABOUT THE LORD AND SHE WANTED TO SHARE 24:36 THE LORD LIKE THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD KNOCKED ON HER 24:38 DOOR TO SHARE. 24:39 BUT SHE SAID I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. 24:40 LORD I WANT TO SHARE BUT I NEED YOUR HELP AND SO SHE 24:41 PRAYED, SHE FASTED ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID YOU KNOW 24:47 SUDDENLY I BEGAN UNDERSTANDING TAMIL. 24:48 WOW. 24:49 THE LORD HAD GIVEN ME THE GIFT OF HEARING AND I 24:50 COULD UNDERSTAND AND THEN I FOUND MYSELF I WAS JUST 24:52 SPEAKING BACK. 24:53 SO I NOT ONLY COULD UNDERSTAND IT BUT I COULD 24:54 SPEAK IT. 24:55 AND SHE SAID SOON AFTER THAT I WAS ABLE TO READ 25:16 AND WRITE IT AS WELL. 25:17 WHAT A NEAT THING. 25:18 WHAT A MIRACLE. 25:20 SO SHE IS SO EXCITED SO NOW FOR THE PAST SEVEN OR 25:22 EIGHT YEARS SHE HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 25:25 WITH OTHERS THERE JUST LOVING TO SHARE THE LOVE 25:28 OF THE LORD. 25:29 AND GOD DOES THAT DOESN'T HE. 25:31 YES. 25:31 AND HERE SHE IS? 25:33 YES HERE SHE IS AND LOOK AT THE SMILE ON HER FACE. 25:34 WELL SEE, GOD GIVES THE SPEAKING OF TONGUES IN 25:38 MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. 25:40 OH ISN'T THAT NEAT. 25:41 AND LISTENING. 25:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 25:42 ABSOLUTELY. 25:43 AND SHE HAS LED PEOPLE INTO ACCEPTING JESUS 25:45 CHRIST. 25:46 THIS PARTICULAR LADY IS GETTING BAPTIZED AND THIS 25:51 IS WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS DO. 25:52 THEY GO OUT EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 25:54 HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR SOMETHING BETTER AND THEY 25:57 ARE INTRODUCED TO CHRIST. 25:58 YES. 25:59 WELL AND TO HAVE THAT STORY THOUGH OF HER 26:02 TESTIMONY OF MOVING THERE AND WHAT GOD DID AND THEN 26:05 YES, MEETING PEOPLE IN THE MARKET PLACE AND YOU KNOW 26:07 NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. 26:08 SO YOU'VE SHARED SOME FANTASTIC STORIES WITH US 26:12 AND WE WILL REMEMBER THESE. 26:13 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE 26:18 LISTENING, HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED? 26:20 WELL I WOULD SAY GET INVOLVED. 26:22 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE APOSTLE THOMAS. 26:24 HE GOT INVOLVED RIGHT AFTER JESUS DIED. 26:27 HIS TERRITORY WAS INDIA AND THERE ARE SEVERAL 26:30 PRETTY CREDIBLE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW THOMAS 26:32 WENT TO INDIA. 26:33 SO JUST LIKE THOMAS WENT TO INDIA BECAUSE OF HIS 26:36 GREAT LOVE FOR JESUS WE CAN GET INVOLVED. 26:37 MAYBE WE CAN'T ALL GO TO INDIA OR PAKISTAN BUT WE 26:40 CAN SUPPORT THESE WORKERS AND WE INVITE YOU TODAY TO 26:44 SUPPORT THESE WORKERS. 26:45 WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER TWO THOUSAND OR THREE THOUSAND 26:49 WORKERS. 26:50 MORE, MORE, LET'S HAVE THE NUMBER GO UP, LET'S HAVE 26:51 THE NUMBER GO UP. 26:52 (LAUGHTER) WELL ROSA AND DAVID THANK YOU SO MUCH 26:54 FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND BLESSINGS ON YOU AS YOU 26:57 MINISTER AND SHARE WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:00 WORKERS. 27:01 AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND |
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