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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL
00:37 OUTREACH. 00:38 I'M YOUR HOST THIS WEEK LONNIE MELASHENKO. 00:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TUNING IN. 00:43 DON'T GO AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST 00:45 EXCITING GUESTS THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN. 00:47 HE'S FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND AND WE'RE GLAD TO 00:49 HAVE JOHN DUROE WITH US. 00:51 THANK YOU AND WELCOME AGAIN AS WE TALK ABOUT 00:54 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN INDIA. 00:55 THANK YOU. 00:56 NOW JESUS WAY BACK IN MATTHEW 24:14 GIVES US THE 00:59 REASON, THE THESIS FOR WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE 01:02 DOING. 01:03 HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES AND HE SAID TO ALL OF US 01:05 BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HIS DISCIPLES, I'M READING IN 01:08 MATTHEW 24:14 IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT TRANSLATION "AND 01:12 THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED 01:16 THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD SO THAT ALL NATIONS WILL 01:20 HEAR IT AND THEN THE END WILL COME." 01:23 WE'RE TAPING THIS RIGHT NOW DURING THE MAJOR 01:26 PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 WHERE WE'RE SOCIAL DISTANCING 01:30 HERE EVEN ON THE SET. 01:31 AND IT WAS EVEN VERY DIFFICULT TO FLY UP HERE 01:33 FROM PHOENIX YESTERDAY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE 01:35 SOCIAL DISTANCING. 01:36 THEY HARDLY LET YOU OFF THE PLANE WITHOUT LETTING 01:39 SEVERAL PEOPLE GO TWO MINUTES BEFORE HAND. 01:42 SOME OF THE STORY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO TELL AND 01:44 PICTURES WE'LL SHOW I THINK WERE TAKEN JUST 01:47 BEFORE THE COVID SET IN, THAT'S RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW 01:51 HERE IN SOME OF THESE CIVILIZED COUNTRIES, MERRY 01:53 OLD ENGLAND, NORTH AMERICA, CANADA, THE 01:56 UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE 01:59 FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF HAVING THE GOSPEL TAUGHT 02:01 TO US. 02:02 BUT IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES, THE 10/40 02:06 WINDOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED IT'S EVEN ILLEGAL 02:10 IT'S UNSAFE IT'S DANGEROUS THEY CAN'T PROSELYTIZE. 02:13 BUT JESUS SAID IN THE VERY LAST DAYS IN MATTHEW 24, 02:17 23, 22 HE IS GOING TO FINALLY SAY, YOU KNOW GO 02:22 OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS AND COMPEL THEM TO 02:24 COME IN BECAUSE THE ONES IN NORTH AMERICA AND 02:26 CANADA THEY ARE NOT LISTENING AND SO WE HAVE A 02:28 UNIQUE WAY THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF "ADVENTURES IN 02:33 MISSIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH TO EQUIP LAYMEN OUT THERE. 02:36 YES. 02:37 AND THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, THEY ARE INDIGENOUS. 02:39 TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, SET THIS FIRST 02:43 VIDEO UP FOR US. 02:44 WELL I WAS LUCKY TO GET IN AND OUT OF INDIA AND 02:51 BANGLADESH BEFORE THE CLAMP DOWN HERE IN 02:55 AMERICA. 02:58 I WAS HAVING MY TEMPERATURE TAKEN AS I 03:01 MOVED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 03:03 I REMEMBER COMING OVER THE BORDER BETWEEN TRIPURA, 03:07 INDIA AND BANGLADESH. 03:10 I HAD SOME DIFFICULTY DURING THAT TRIP AND THEY 03:14 WERE TAKING MY TEMPERATURE AND CHECKING EVERYTHING, 03:17 DOUBLE CHECKING EVERYTHING. 03:18 BUT WHEN I CAME BACK TO AMERICA, CAME BACK TO 03:23 ATLANTA IT SEEMED AS IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT 03:28 COVID-19 WAS EVEN AROUND. 03:30 (LAUGHTER) WELL THINGS HAVE CHANGED TOO HAVEN'T 03:34 THEY. 03:34 YES THAT'S RIGHT. 03:37 BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING UP IN THE 03:39 NORTH OF INDIA COVID-19 THEY DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY 03:44 CASES AT ALL AT THAT TIME. 03:47 SO I FELT QUITE SAFE BEING UP IN THOSE MOUNTAIN 03:50 VILLAGES ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SHAKE QUITE AS MANY HANDS 03:54 AS WHAT I NORMALLY SHAKE WHEN I'M THERE ON A 03:58 SABBATH MORNING. 03:59 NOW WE KNOW ABOUT CHINA WITH IT'S MULTIPLE 04:02 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 04:03 INDIA IS ONE OF THOSE HEAVILY POPULATED 04:07 COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET. 04:08 HOW MANY PEOPLE IN ALL OF INDIA? 04:10 NOW I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY ARE IN ALL OF INDIA 04:16 BECAUSE ALL OF INDIA IS NOT MY TERRITORY. 04:18 BUT IN TRIPURA, THAT'S THE THIRD SMALLEST STATE IN 04:23 INDIA, THERE'S ABOUT 37 MILLION. 04:26 WOW. 04:27 THAT'S HUGE, THAT'S HUGE. 04:28 YES. 04:29 WELL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS FIRST VIDEO. 04:31 I KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN BANGLADESH. 04:33 OKAY. 04:34 LET'S STICK WITH INDIA. 04:38 (LAUGHTER) SO WHAT ABOUT TRIPURA? 04:42 TRIPURA. 04:43 NOW TRIPURA, AS I SAY IT'S ONE OF THE SMALLEST 04:46 STATES, AND IT'S BEEN RULED BY MORE THAN 150 04:52 KINGS. 04:54 SO THERE'S A BIG PALACE IN AGARTALA. 04:58 THAT'S THE CAPITAL CITY IN TRIPURA. 05:01 WHAT'S THE MAJOR RELIGION? 05:03 HINDU. 05:03 OH THIS IS HINDU COUNTRY. 05:05 YES IT'S HINDU COUNTRY. 05:06 MAINLY HINDUS ABOUT TEN PERCENT MUSLIM AND THEN 05:15 SOME CHRISTIAN. 05:16 IS IT STILL PRACTICING MANY OF THE OLDER HINDU 05:20 TRADITIONS AND WORSHIPPING OF THE SACRED COW? 05:23 YES, IT'S VERY ANIMIST. 05:26 THEY WORSHIP SPIRITS. 05:29 THEY'RE AFRAID OF EVERYTHING AND THEY HAVE 05:32 TO MAKE SURE THEY DO CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO 05:37 KEEP THE SPIRITS HAPPY. 05:39 SO THOUGH THEY CLAIM TO BE HINDUS THEY REALLY ARE 05:44 JUST SPIRIT WORSHIPPERS. 05:45 SO IT IS A VERY RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS 05:49 PHILOSOPHY TO KEEP THOSE SPIRITS HAPPY. 05:51 YOU GOT TO SET CERTAIN THINGS OUT. 05:52 YES. 05:53 NOW ON OUR FIRST VIDEO I'M ANXIOUS TO SHOW YOU IT 06:00 WILL SET THE SCENE FOR OUR STORY. 06:03 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A VILLAGE MARKET ON OUR 06:08 WAY TO OUR FIRST TOWN. 06:10 SO LET'S WATCH IT RIGHT NOW. 06:11 OKAY. 06:12 (MANY VOICES) I HAD JUST ARRIVED. 06:17 THIS WAS MY FIRST DAY ON MY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY 06:22 GLOBAL MISSION INSPECTION IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST 06:26 INDIA. 06:27 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN EARLY FEBRUARY. 06:31 I LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS 06:34 COOL AND THE MARKETS ARE OVER FLOWING WITH FRESH 06:39 AND HEALTHY VEGETABLES. 06:42 MOST PLACES IN TRIPURA HAVE AN AREA MARKET TWICE 06:46 A WEEK. 06:48 EVERYBODY COMES INTO TOWN AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS 06:52 PRESSED TO ITS LIMITS. 06:54 (PEOPLE AND VEHICLE SOUNDS) WE WERE JUST 06:59 PASSING THROUGH THIS MARKET TOWN ON OUR WAY TO 07:03 GARMRKA VILLAGE TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 07:06 NEBARIN. 07:08 WE PASSED SOME HINDU PARADE ON THE ROAD. 07:13 THE HINDUS THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE OR 07:17 MOURN OVER. 07:19 ROADS ARE IN CONSTANT NEED OF REPAIR. 07:23 OUR LAST STRETCH OF ROAD WAS UNDRIVABLE SO WE HAD 07:27 TO WALK. 07:28 I REMEMBER MY LAST VISIT TO THIS VILLAGE BECAUSE I 07:31 FOUND A MAN WEARING A 500 DOLLAR HARRIS TWEED 07:35 JACKET. 07:37 HE BOUGHT IT FOR TWO DOLLARS AT THE LOCAL 07:39 MARKET. 07:40 I RATHER FANCIED IT MYSELF. 07:42 HARRIS TWEED JACKET. 07:45 SO THAT'S VERY NICE. 07:48 THEY WERE BUILDING A NEW CHURCH THEN BUT NOW IT WAS 07:51 ALL FINISHED. 07:53 WE WERE HERE FOR A BAPTISM TODAY. 07:57 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD BEEN VISITING AND 08:00 GIVING BIBLE STUDIES AND SO TODAY WE WERE OFF TO A 08:05 BEAUTIFUL BAPTISMAL SPOT, AND ONE OF OUR LOCAL 08:09 PASTORS BAPTIZED THE CANDIDATES. 08:13 THIS WAS A HAPPY DAY FOR NEBARIN. 08:16 THIS IS WHY YOU HELP TO SUPPORT YOUNG MEN LIKE 08:22 NEBARIN. 08:23 I FOLLOWED HIM AROUND THE VILLAGE AS HE MADE SOME 08:27 VISITS. 08:28 NEBARIN IS A VERY FRIENDLY WORKER. 08:32 HE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO SHOULD 08:36 HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED TODAY. 08:39 PREVIOUSLY HE HAD BEEN A HINDU PRIEST, A SPECIAL 08:43 ONE WHO HAD A REPUTATION FOR PERFORMING MIRACLES. 08:48 HE COULD HEAL DOG AND SNAKE BITES. 08:51 IN FACT NO SNAKE COULD HURT HIM. 08:54 NOW HE HAD LEARNED OF JESUS THE ONLY TRUE 09:01 MIRACLE WORKER. 09:02 HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CAME INTO LABOR THIS MORNING 09:06 AND HE HAD TAKEN HER TO THE HOSPITAL BUT HE CALLED 09:10 TO SAY THAT HE WOULD BE READY NEXT TIME. 09:15 LISTEN TO OUR MISSION SECRETARY TELLING THE 09:17 TALE. 09:18 HE IS THE MAN WHO HAS USING THE MUSIC AND THE 09:25 DRUMS WHEN HE WAS A HINDU BUT LATER ON HE COME TO 09:30 KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT GOOD AND THAT'S WHY HE COME TO 09:33 OUR CHURCH AND WE GIVE BIBLE CLASS AND ALL AND 09:37 THEN HE CHANGES HIS BELIEF THAT HE WANTED TO BE 09:41 BAPTIZED IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 09:43 CHURCH. 09:44 BABIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE VILLAGE BUT 500 DIE 09:49 OF DIARRHEA EVERY DAY IN INDIA. 09:54 MOST CHILDREN HAPPILY FIND ANYTHING AT HAND TO PLAY 09:58 WITH ALTHOUGH NOT ALL ARE HAPPY. 10:00 NEBARIN, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN GARMRKA 10:05 VILLAGE, IS ONLY A YOUNG MAN HIMSELF BUT HE IS 10:08 SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 10:15 PLEASE REMEMBER HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS AS HE SHARES 10:20 HIS FAITH WITH SO MANY IN NEED. 10:26 SO AS WE GO INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS OF THE 10/40 10:29 WINDOW WHERE 97 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAS NEVER 10:32 EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME JESUS, WE'RE FULFILLING 10:36 THAT GREAT COMMISSION OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 24:14 TO 10:39 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 10:42 NOW I HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING WHAT 10:44 YOU JUST DID. 10:45 YOU REPRESENT SOME OF THOSE GOSPEL WORKER 10:48 VOLUNTEERS IN THOSE ARES AND WHAT DO THEY GET, 150 10:51 DOLLARS A MONTH BASICALLY NOTHING AND THEY ARE OUT 10:54 THERE RISKING THEIR LIVES BECAUSE IN SOME OF THESE 10:56 AREAS IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PROSELYTIZE. 10:58 WHAT ABOUT THAT BAPTISM. 10:59 WERE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT IN PUBLIC OR DO THEY 11:02 HAVE TO KIND OF, WELL WE DID BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF 11:07 AWAY IN THE MIDDLE NOWHERE ANYWAY. 11:10 YOU KNOW YOU MENTION MONEY. 11:11 I READ THIS MORNING THAT IN GENEVA THEY JUST PUT UP 11:18 THE MINIMUM WAGE TO 4500 DOLLARS A MONTH. 11:25 AND YET THESE INDIAN WORKERS ARE GETTING YES, 11:30 150 DOLLARS. 11:32 AND SOME OF THEM CAN HARDLY SUBSIST ON THAT. 11:34 THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE PETROL IF THEY HAVE A 11:36 MOTORCYCLE OR BICYCLE. 11:38 AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 11:40 SOME OF THEM HAVE TO WORK OTHER JOBS. 11:42 BUT YET THEY HAVE SOMETHING BURNING IN THEIR 11:44 HEARTS TO JUST GET OUT THERE AND TELL THE GOOD 11:46 NEWS BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN MOST INCREDIBLE TIMES. 11:50 YES, YES. 11:51 HAVE YOU HEARD LATELY SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE 11:55 WHAT KIND OF PROHIBITIONS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING IS 11:57 REQUIRED EVEN IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD? 12:00 YES, WELL IT'S UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COURSE. 12:02 IT'S DIFFICULT TO LAY DOWN ANY RULES (LAUGHTER) AND 12:07 KEEP THEM. 12:09 YES. 12:10 DO THEY HAVE COMMUNICATION THOUGH WITH EACH OTHER 12:13 THROUGH CELL PHONES? 12:13 I THINK I SAW SOMEONE THERE WITH ONE. 12:15 YES THEY DO, YES THEY DO, YES. 12:16 SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE AND GET WORD OUT AS TO HOW 12:18 AND WHERE THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE MEETINGS. 12:20 THEY HAVE MANY CONNECTIONS IN INDIA TO WHAT WE HAVE 12:22 IN AMERICA. 12:24 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU A SECOND VIDEO. 12:26 THIS WAS A SABBATH DAY AND WE WERE OFF TO ANOTHER 12:30 VILLAGE. 12:32 (LONG PAUSE) IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY AND WE WERE ON 12:40 OUR WAY TO BAGAVILL VILLAGE TO VISIT OUR 12:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IF WE CAN FIND THE RIGHT 12:49 ROAD. 12:51 THERE WAS QUITE A CROWD THERE BECAUSE OTHER 12:53 BELIEVERS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA WERE ALSO 12:57 THERE. 12:58 IN ONE OF THOSE VILLAGES WE HAVE A THRIVING CHURCH 13:02 AND SCHOOL. 13:03 THE JEHOVAH JIREH SCHOOL, THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. 13:07 SO TODAY WE HAD GOOD SUPPORT AND OUR MUSICIANS 13:13 WERE ALL IN TUNE AND LOOKING RATHER SMART. 13:18 I PREACHED, OUR CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED AND WE WERE 13:22 OFF TO THE BAPTISMAL SITE. 13:24 WE PASSED THROUGH A RUBBER PLANTATION. 13:27 TRIPURA IS A WORLD RUBBER EXPORTER. 13:31 UNFORTUNATELY BURNING OLD CROPS TO PREPARE FOR THE 13:35 NEW ONES IS STILL AN EASY OPTION FOR INDIAN FARMERS. 13:41 WE ALWAYS HAVE A COMPETITION WHEN WE ARE 13:44 CHOOSING BAPTISMAL SPOTS BUT WE FOUND THE IDEAL 13:48 SPOT. 13:50 THIS IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 13:54 TURNING AWAY FROM THE FALSE GODS AND IDOLS AND 13:58 ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR. 14:02 EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. 14:04 WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER AND WE HIKED BACK I CHECKED ON 14:08 LUNCH. 14:09 THIS IS JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED. 14:13 THERE IS A SPECIAL ART TO EATING INDIAN STYLE. 14:17 NO CUTLERY NEEDED. 14:19 NOW LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THE MUNDA 14:23 FAMILY BAPTIZED TODAY. 14:27 THEY HAD SENT THEIR DAUGHTER, PRATA, TO SOUTH 14:30 INDIA TO LEARN TAILORING. 14:34 AFTER A FEW WEEKS SHE STARTED DOING VERY STRANGE 14:39 THINGS. 14:40 THEY THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD BEEN POSSESSED BY SOME 14:44 EVIL SPIRIT. 14:45 THEY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL. 14:47 IT DIDN'T WORK, DIDN'T HELP. 14:49 SHE WAS SENT HOME AND HER PARENTS TOOK HER TO THE 14:52 HINDU PRIEST. 14:53 HE PERFORMED PUJA, A SACRIFICE TO GET RID OF 14:59 DEVILS. 15:00 THAT DIDN'T WORK. 15:02 IT WAS THEN THAT A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 15:05 VISITED THEIR HOME. 15:07 HE INFORMED HIS PASTOR, BEMO SANTEL, WHO CALLED 15:12 THE LOCAL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO MAKE A VISIT. 15:17 HE ASKED IF HE COULD PRAY WITH PRATA. 15:19 HE CAME EVERY NIGHT AND AT FIRST SHE JUST DISTURBED 15:24 THE MEETING. 15:25 BUT EACH NIGHT SHE WAS GETTING BETTER. 15:28 IT TOOK TEN DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS DELIVERED, AND NOW 15:33 THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS BAPTIZED TODAY. 15:37 TWO BROTHERS MEHESH AND SUKESH WERE BAPTIZED THREE 15:43 YEARS AGO AND THROUGH THEIR CHANGED LIVES THEY 15:47 HAD MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON THEIR HINDU 15:51 PARENTS THAT THEY HAD BOTH BEEN BAPTIZED TODAY. 15:56 THAT'S THE WAY GOD WORKS TO CHANGE LIVES. 16:01 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS ALLOWING GOD TO USE HIM 16:07 AS THEY WORK TOGETHER IN BAGAVILL VILLAGE TRIPURA. 16:12 WHY NOT LET GOD INCLUDE YOU AS YOU PRAY FOR AND 16:18 SUPPORT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 16:24 WOW. 16:24 I AM MOVED TO TEARS. 16:26 THAT IS SUCH A TOUCHING STORY. 16:28 AND THAT JEHOVAH JIREH, THAT IS ONE OF THE NAME 16:31 FOR GOD IN THE SCRIPTURES. 16:33 AND THAT IS THE NAME THAT ABRAHAM WHEN HE WAS 16:36 OFFERING ISAAC ON TOP OF MT. 16:38 MORIAH AND SUDDENLY THE ANGEL HELD HIS HAND. 16:41 AND HE HAD SAID TO ISAAC THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE 16:47 HIMSELF THE LAMB. 16:48 AND OF COURSE THAT IS A MARVELOUS TESTIMONY OF HOW 16:52 GOD HERE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WAY UP THERE IN 16:56 NORTHEAST INDIA IS PROVIDING MIRACLES THROUGH 17:00 THE INFLUENCE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 17:03 WELL THAT SCHOOL WAS STARTED BY TWO YOUNG MEN 17:08 WHO JUST CAME AND DECIDED TO START A SCHOOL. 17:11 SO THEY RECEIVED NO WAGES, WE WEREN'T SUPPORTING 17:16 THEM, THE CONFERENCE WASN'T SUPPORTING THEM. 17:19 THEY JUST CAME, STARTED A SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS 17:22 SUPPORTED THAT AND IT BECAME A FLOURISHING 17:24 SCHOOL. 17:25 THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MIRACULOUS. 17:27 AND THESE STORIES OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 17:30 WE HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO HERE IN AMERICA OR 17:33 CANADA OR GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND WE'RE LUCKY 17:37 IF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME AND MAYBE THERE'S A 17:39 BAPTISM MAYBE THERE ISN'T. 17:41 AND JESUS IN MATTHEW NUMEROUS TIMES SAYS THAT 17:45 WHEN THE INVITATION GOES OUT AND THEY CONTINUE TO 17:48 SPURN IT PRETTY SOON HE SAYS GO TO THE HIGHWAYS 17:52 THE BYWAYS, GO TO THE BROTHELS, GO TO WHEREVER 17:56 AND COMPEL THEM TO COME IN. 17:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH AT THIS TIME ON PLANT EARTH WHEN 18:00 COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT ALL OF OUR CIVILIZED COUNTRIES 18:03 TO OUR KNEES, THIS IS THE CHANCE FOR OUR VIEWERS AND 18:07 OUR LISTENERS, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OUT THERE 18:08 WATCHING RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN FULFILL JESUS PLEADING 18:14 IN MATTHEW 24:14 YOU GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 18:19 WELL YOU SAY I CAN'T PHYSICALLY GO THERE WHERE 18:22 JOHN JUST CAME BACK FROM WITH THESE INCREDIBLE 18:25 STORIES. 18:26 YES YOU CAN. 18:26 YOU CAN GO WITH YOUR PRAYERS. 18:28 YOU CAN PRAY FOR SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 18:30 THEY'RE RISKING THEIR LIVES SOME OF THOSE FOLKS. 18:31 AND YOU CAN ALSO SEND FINANCES. 18:33 AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT 18:33 RIGHT NOW. 18:34 WATCH THIS VIDEO. 18:35 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 18:36 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 18:37 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 18:38 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 18:51 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 18:55 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 18:58 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 19:02 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 19:05 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 19:08 EQUATOR. 19:09 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 19:10 TO JAPAN. 19:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 19:12 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 19:15 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 19:17 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 19:20 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 19:22 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 19:24 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 19:28 WORKERS. 19:29 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 19:30 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 19:35 GOD'S LOVE. 19:36 JOIN US. 19:38 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:40 DONATE. 19:40 PRAY. 19:41 ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING WAYS THAT YOU CAN 19:43 PARTICIPATE IS NOT ONLY TO KNOW WHAT IS TAKING PLACE 19:46 BUT FIND OUT WHERE IT'S TAKING PLACE BY SIGNING UP 19:49 FOR OUR FREE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS BROCHURE. 19:52 WE'LL PUT THIS IN THE MAIL FOR YOU, SOME OF THE MOST 19:54 EXCITING STORIES YOU CAN EVER READ, AND WE'RE 19:56 AFRAID TO TELL SOME OF THEM PUBLICALLY BECAUSE IT 19:58 MIGHT ENDANGER SOME OF THOSE GOSPEL WORKERS OUT 20:00 THERE. 20:01 IN FACT WE DON'T EVEN BRING THEM ON THE SET 20:03 BECAUSE IT COULD ENDANGER THEIR LIFE. 20:05 BUT YOU REPRESENT THOSE WHO WORK IN THOSE AREAS. 20:07 WRITE TO US. 20:08 THERE WILL BE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN WHETHER IT'S 20:12 COLLEGE PLACE, WA OR IN KELOWNA BRITISH COLUMBIA 20:15 OR IN BRAZIL. 20:18 ALL OF THESE PLACES ARE NOW PROMOTING GOSPEL 20:20 OUTREACH. 20:21 BEFORE WE CLOSE TODAY THOUGH THERE'S ONE MORE 20:23 VIDEO. 20:24 LET'S SET THAT UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN WATCH THAT. 20:25 YES. 20:26 THIS IS CALLED A GRANDFATHER'S REWARD. 20:29 THIS GRANDFATHER WAS A CONVERTED HINDU PRIEST. 20:31 I'VE SEEN THIS MAN BEFORE AND IT'S A VERY 20:32 INTERESTING STORY. 20:33 LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS 20:38 GRANDCHILDREN. 20:44 (SINGING) INDIA IS SUCH A COLORFUL COUNTRY. 20:53 EVEN FARM WORKERS IN THE FIELDS ARE DRESSED IN SUCH 20:56 BRIGHT COLORS. 20:58 IN THE VILLAGES OF TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA MANY 21:02 WEAVING LOOMS CAN BE FOUND. 21:04 EVERY VILLAGE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 21:07 IDENTIFYING PATTERN. 21:10 ON INDEPENDENCE DAY WE SEE THEM IN FULL DISPLAY. 21:13 OF COURSE WEDDINGS ARE A GOOD REASON TO BRING OUT 21:17 THE BEST. 21:18 I WAS INVITED TO A WEDDING RECEPTION AND I WAS ABLE 21:22 TO VISIT WITH MANY OF THE GUESTS. 21:24 FEBRUARY IS A POPULAR MONTH FOR WEDDINGS BUT FOR 21:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IT'S A FAVORITE MONTH FOR 21:31 BAPTISMS. 21:32 I SAW 61 BAPTIZED THIS FEBRUARY. 21:36 TODAY AFTER A LONG WALK WE WERE IN A VILLAGE TO VISIT 21:41 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:46 JUST LOOK AT THE COLORFUL SARONGS OR SKIRTS WORN BY 21:50 THESE SINGERS. 21:52 YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE TO SING. 21:54 USUALLY THEIR ONLY INSTRUMENT TO ACCOMPANY 21:57 THEM IS A DRUM. 21:59 TODAY BEFORE OUR BAPTISM THERE WAS TO BE A BABY 22:03 DEDICATION. 22:05 AFTER I HAD SHARED A STORY THE CANDIDATES WERE 22:07 EXAMINED AND WE WERE OFF TO FIND A SPOT FOR OUR 22:11 BAPTISM. 22:12 IT WAS A VERY NICE SPOT AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE 22:16 SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GIVING THEIR LIVES TO 22:19 JESUS CHRIST. 22:23 NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THEIR 22:26 STORY. 22:27 THE VILLAGE LEADER IS TOBIRAN. 22:30 IT'S HIS VILLAGE. 22:32 HE USED TO BE A HINDU PRIEST UNTIL WE WAS 22:35 CONVICTED THAT ONLY JESUS CHRIST COULD SAVE HIM FROM 22:40 HIS SIN. 22:41 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LED HIM TO BECOME A 22:45 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 22:49 THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM HE WAS BUILDING A CHURCH FOR 22:52 THE VILLAGE. 22:53 WHAT A WITNESS HE IS. 22:55 THE YOUNG LADIES BAPTIZED TODAY ARE ALL HIS 22:59 GRANDCHILDREN. 23:00 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. 23:03 ONE OF TOBIRAN'S GRANDSONS HAD GONE TO CALCUTTA TO 23:08 TAKE PART IN THE CITY MEDICAL MISSIONARY 23:11 TRAINING AND HE PERSUADED HIS SISTER, SUNALIE, TO GO 23:16 AND GET TRAINED. 23:19 SHE ASKED HER COUSIN TO GO WITH HER. 23:22 THEY PACKED, THEY SAID THEIR GOODBYES AND OFF 23:26 THEY WENT TO THE BIG CITY. 23:29 THEY TRAINED FOR 12 MONTHS AND RECEIVED A VERY 23:33 ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME ON THEIR RETURN. 23:36 BUT STRAIGHT AWAY THEY PUT THEIR TRAINING INTO 23:39 PRACTICE. 23:40 NOT ONLY THEIR HEALTH TRAINING BUT THEY STARTED 23:45 SHARING THEIR BIBLE STUDIES AND THEIR COUSINS 23:49 AND FRIENDS MADE DECISIONS TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR 23:54 SAVIOR. 23:55 TODAY THEY WERE BAPTIZED. 23:59 PRAISE GOD. 24:00 BEFORE WE REACHED HOME THAT NIGHT WE STOPPED AT A 24:04 VILLAGE FOR ONE MORE BABY DEDICATION AND ANOTHER 24:08 BAPTISM OF FIVE YOUNG MEN. 24:11 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:16 WORKERS IN INDIA. 24:20 WHAT A STORY JOHN. 24:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 24:21 YOU KNOW, YOU AND I BOTH HAVE GREY HAIR. 24:24 BUT YOU LOOK AT THOSE VIDEOS AND THEY ARE 24:25 BAPTIZING THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHICH IS THE 24:28 FUTURE OF GOD'S CHURCH. 24:30 AND THIS IS SO EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE AND TO 24:32 WITNESS. 24:33 AND THE REASON WHY THEY HAD THAT BIG BAPTISM AT 24:37 THAT CHURCH WAS BECAUSE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAD 24:40 GONE TO BE TRAINED AND THEN CAME BACK. 24:42 YES. 24:43 AND THEY GO OUT, THEY ARE TAUGHT TO REACH OUT AND 24:46 SHARE ALSO. 24:47 YES. 24:48 SO IT'S EVANGELISM BY EXPLOSION. 24:50 IT'S NOT BY ADDITION IT'S MULTIPLICATION. 24:53 YES. 24:54 NOW THE GOSPEL IN MANY OF THESE 10/40 WINDOWS 24:57 INCLUDING MANY PORTIONS OF INDIA, IT'S ILLEGAL. 25:02 YOU CANNOT PROSELYTIZE BUT YET SOMEHOW IT'S GETTING 25:05 THROUGH BY WAY OF THESE UNDERGROUND GOSPEL WORKER 25:09 VOLUNTEERS. 25:10 HINDUISM IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OFFICIAL RELIGION 25:15 THERE IN INDIA. 25:16 THAT'S WHAT'S PROMOTED. 25:19 THEY DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM BEING MUSLIMS AND 25:22 FROM BEING CHRISTIANS AND FROM BEING BUDDHISTS. 25:25 BUT WE HAVE TO WORK, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT GOD HAS 25:29 TOLD US TO DO. 25:30 THERE IS SUCH GOOD NEWS IN THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE 25:32 ISN'T THERE. 25:33 YES. 25:34 AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS FRIEND WHEREVER YOU ARE 25:36 RIGHT NOW. 25:37 ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IS 25:39 TRY TO WATCH THESE PROGRAMS FROM WEEK TO WEEK 25:42 AND BE A PART OF IT. 25:44 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THESE 25:45 INDIVIDUALS NEED IS YOUR PRAYERS, MY PRAYERS. 25:49 IT HAS NOW SCIENTIFICALLY BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE 25:50 LABORATORY THAT PRAYERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 25:54 SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE MIND AND THE BRAIN OF THAT 25:56 PERSON YOU'RE PRAYING FOR WHEN YOU PRAY. 25:58 THAT'S NOW SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED IN THE LAB. 26:01 SO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS. 26:03 PRAY FOR THIS MINISTRY. 26:05 PRAY FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND ALL THESE 26:07 KINDS OF MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS. 26:10 THEY DON'T GET MUCH OF A SALARY MAYBE 150 DOLLARS 26:13 MIGHT COVER SOME OF THEIR FOOD EXPENSES AND GASOLINE 26:16 EXPENSES. 26:17 PRAY. 26:17 WE NEED YOU TO PRAY. 26:19 THESE ARE END TIMES AND JESUS TOLD US THAT ONE OF 26:22 THE SECRETS FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING 26:24 THIS MISSION IS PRAYER. 26:26 SECONDLY SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO TO 26:29 SOME OF THESE PLACES WHERE IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO DO 26:31 THAT. 26:32 YOU MIGHT BE A PAINTER, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CLEAN 26:34 PEOPLES TEETH. 26:35 YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME GIFT OF TELLING STORIES OR 26:39 DOING COOKING SCHOOLS. 26:40 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THEM. 26:41 YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 26:43 AND FINALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 26:47 THIS DOES NOT TAKE PLACE WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS LIKE 26:50 YOU SENDING IN YOUR CHECK. 26:51 JEANNIE AND I DO THIS FAITHFULLY EVERY SINGLE 26:53 MONTH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER 26:57 ORGANIZATION AND NOBODY AT THE HEADQUARTERS GETS 26:59 PAID. 27:00 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING MINISTRIES I KNOW 27:02 OF IN THE ENTIRE PLANET, GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:06 AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN TODAY AT 27:08 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 27:10 PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING EVEN 27:12 MORE EXCITING NEXT WEEK SO KEEP WATCHING. 27:15 GOD BLESS YOU. 27:51 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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