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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FROM GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:37 THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN LISTENING BEFORE, YOU KNOW 00:41 ALL ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, RIGHT? 00:43 YOU KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS BUSY WORKING 00:46 ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 00:49 AND WE HAVE OVER 2000 PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE 00:53 GOSPEL TO DIFFERENT FOLKS, DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, 00:59 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES -ONE NEED: THE LOVE OF JESUS 01:03 CHRIST. 01:04 BUT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO 01:06 SIMPLY DON'T KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THEM AND THAT 01:11 THE BIBLE TELLS THEM THAT AND THAT'S WHERE GOSPEL 01:14 OUTREACH COMES IN TO SHARE THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE 01:18 TRUTHS. 01:19 MY GUESTS TODAY: BONNIE & DEL ORSER FROM GENUINE 01:24 COUR D'ALENE, IDAHO. 01:26 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:27 AND YET YOU DON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN COUR 01:31 D'ALENE IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR ALWAYS OFF SOMEPLACE. 01:33 YOU SPEND A LOT OF THAT YOU ARE IN INDIA. 01:36 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:37 IN INDIA WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE 01:40 FOR CONFERENCES IN ORISSA? 01:43 IS THAT RIGHT? 01:44 YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRONOUNCE THAT. 01:46 ODISHA- THE NAME HAS CHANGED TO ODISHA NOW BUT 01:49 WE STILL CALL IT ORISSA. 01:51 SO, IT IS JUST LIKE CALCUTTA IS KOLKATA AND 01:54 THIS OK, AND BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE STATES BUT 01:59 THERE IS ANOTHER ONE-ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:01 ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:01 OK. 02:03 YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 02:05 YES. 02:06 HOW LONG? 02:07 OUR FIRST TRIP TO INDIA WAS IN THE YEAR 2000. 02:09 2000 SO YOU'VE GOT 20 YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS. 02:13 WE ARRIVED IN KADAPA WHERE WE NOW ARE DIRECTORS FOR 02:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF 02:21 AND WE ARRIVED AT MIDNIGHT AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FOR 02:24 YOU? 02:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:25 IT WAS YOUR WELCOME. 02:26 THAT'S RIGHT, BUT IT WAS NOT IT WAS THE WELCOME OF 02:28 THE YEAR 2000. 02:29 Y2K AS YOU REMEMBER. 02:30 I REMEMBER WELL, GOT MY FORTRAN WORKING. 02:33 IT WAS AMAZING. 02:34 WE ARRIVED AT EXACTLY MIDNIGHT AND WE WERE 02:37 SLEEPING IN A TAXI AS WE ARRIVED INTO TOWN, OH 02:40 FUNNY, AND ALL THE FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF. 02:43 YES. 02:44 WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THOSE TWENTY YEARS AS YOU HAVE 02:46 WORKED IN INDIA? 02:47 WHAT HAS CHANGED IN YOUR WORK? 02:49 OH MY. 02:50 WELL, WE'VE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH ABOUT 02:51 EIGHT YEARS NOW AND SO THAT HAS CHANGED FOR US AS 02:55 DIRECTORS. 02:56 AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES THAT WE HAVE AS 02:59 DIRECTORS IS DOING THE TRAINING OF 147 BIBLE 03:04 WORKERS. 03:05 WOW. 03:06 AND SO THAT IS WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED FOR US BUT 03:08 WE NOW HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF 03:11 THEM, WE LOVE THEM, PRAY FOR THEM EVERYDAY. 03:14 YOU KNOW THEIR CHILDREN. 03:15 YES, WE DO. 03:16 AND WE'VE BEEN TO THEIR HOMES, YES. 03:19 NOW THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE REALITY. 03:21 SO, YOU'VE GOT 147 CHILDREN IN INDIA THAT YOU 03:24 PRAY FOR AND THINK ABOUT AND WORRY ABOUT EVERY 03:27 SINGLE DAY. 03:28 THEY CALL US MOM AND DAD. 03:30 OH MY. 03:31 AND SO, WHEN YOU ARE TEACHING THEM IT IS NOT 03:33 LIKE YOU'RE A STRANGER FROM THE UNITED STATES, 03:35 NO, THAT DROPPED INTO TOWN. 03:37 NO. 03:38 WE PLAY GAMES WITH THEM WHEN WE DO TRAINING AND WE 03:41 -ONE TIME WE DID THIS GAME WHEN YOU PASS THE BALL FOR 03:43 TEAMWORK AND I DON'T THINK ANY -SOME OF THEM I DON'T 03:44 THINK HAD EVER CAUGHT A BALL IN THEIR LIFETIME AND 03:45 IT WAS REALLY FUN AND WE'RE CHEERING THEM ON, 03:55 HOW GOOD THEY COULD DO. 03:56 IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN. 03:57 YES, AND WE DO FAITH WALK. 03:59 WE HAVE THEM WEAR BLINDFOLDS AND WE DO SOME 04:02 SPECIAL THINGS WITH THEM BUT RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN 04:06 WONDERFUL CURRICULUM FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH TEACHING 04:09 THEM, SHARING WITH THEM ABOUT OWN PERSONAL 04:12 TESTIMONY AND WHAT IS THEIR TESTIMONY AND ALSO, 04:16 TEACHING THEM AND SHARING WITH THEM BIBLE STORIES. 04:20 STORIES IN THE BIBLE THAT WOULD PREPARE THEM TO 04:24 SHARE WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY. 04:26 SO, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THEM AND IT IS 04:29 REALLY, REALLY FUN. 04:31 YOU HAVE SOME SLIDES THAT YOU CAN TAKE US ON A TRIP 04:33 WITH YOU. 04:34 YES. 04:35 CAN WE DO THAT? 04:36 HAPPY TO. 04:36 I'D LOVE THAT, DEL. 04:38 BEFORE WE GO EVERY YEAR, WE USUALLY GO THE TWO 04:42 MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. 04:44 WE PUT TOGETHER AN ITINERARY AND WE SEND IT 04:46 TO EACH ONE OF OUR FOUR CONFERENCES MAKING SURE 04:49 THAT THE DATES ARE RIGHT AND WE USUALLY MEET WITH 04:52 THEM. 04:53 WE ALWAYS MEET WITH THEM FIRST, RATHER. 04:54 AND SO, THIS IS A PICTURE HERE OF MEETING WITH THE 04:57 LEADERSHIP BEFORE WE HAVE OUR TRAINING WITH THE 04:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:02 WE WANT THE LEADERSHIP TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE TEACHING; 05:04 WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS GOING TO BE WHILE WE ARE 05:06 THERE FOR THREE DAYS, WE HAVE THEM. 05:08 SO, THESE ARE THE CONFERENCE LEADERS. 05:10 THE UNION LEADERS. 05:11 NO. 05:12 THE MISSION LEADERS. 05:12 YES, THE CONFERENCE LEADERS. 05:13 YES. 05:14 WE MEET WITH THEM ONE DAY AND THEN WE MEET WITH THE 05:15 BIBLE WORKERS THREE DAYS AND IT IS VERY NICE. 05:18 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT. 05:20 SO, HERE WE ARE WITH THE BIBLE WORKERS, YES. 05:24 I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF -CHAIRS. 05:27 YES, I'VE BEEN A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO 05:30 CHAIRS. 05:31 ITS JUST CROSSLEGGED ON THE FLOOR AND SING HARD. 05:34 WE HAVE BEEN SO THANKFUL THAT WE'VE HAD CHAIRS AND 05:37 A NICE PLACE TO MEET, GENERALLY. 05:39 SO, THAT'S BEEN A BLESSING. 05:41 WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SPECIAL AND WE 05:43 WANTED TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN 05:45 LEARN AND SO WE PREPARE. 05:47 WE DON'T DO THE COOKING BUT WE DO ASK THAT THE 05:50 CONFERENCE HAS THREE MEALS A DAY FOR THEM AND A NICE 05:54 PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SLEEP AND NOT BE EATEN BY 05:58 MOSQUITOES AND PLENTY OF WATER AND SO WE DO LIKE TO 06:02 HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT VERY NICE FOR THEM TO LEARN. 06:05 SO, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND THEY KNOW THEY ARE 06:08 CARED FOR. 06:09 THAT'S CORRECT. 06:09 RIGHT. 06:10 AND THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING BIG. 06:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:13 IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR PART OF 06:15 SOMETHING. 06:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:17 THEY REALLY SHOW THEIR RESPECT FOR GOSPEL 06:19 OUTREACH. 06:20 IT IS WONDERFUL. 06:21 AWESOME. 06:21 WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED. 06:22 THERE IS A PHOTO OF US MEETING WITH ONE OF OUR 06:25 BIBLE WORKERS WHICH WE HAVE, WE CHECK MAKING SURE 06:31 THAT THEY'VE BEEN LISTENING. 06:32 WE HAVE A LITTLE QUIZ. 06:33 WE ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE. 06:35 WE ACTUALLY TAKE THEIR BIBLE AND LOOK AT IT AND 06:38 YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL THE DEDICATION OF A WORKER OR 06:42 ANYONE THAT IS A CHRISTIAN BY JUST LOOKING AT THEIR 06:45 BIBLE. 06:46 OK, SO I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 06:48 YES. 06:49 I HEARD YOU SAY THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO, I SEE 06:52 THIS PICTURE HERE AND NOW OK, HERE'S MY BIBLE AND 06:57 YOU COME TO ME, LET'S SAY IT IS MY BIBLE -IT'S NOT- 07:00 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK FOR IN MY BIBLE THAT WILL 07:02 SHOW YOU WHETHER OR NOT I'M A GROWING CHRISTIAN? 07:06 NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE REALIZED THE 07:09 BIBLE IS HOLY AND YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. 07:11 IT'S NOT ALL TORN AND BATTERED AND DIRTY AND 07:16 MESSED UP. 07:17 RIGHT. 07:18 IT DOESN'T HAVE 42 OTHER THINGS AND MY OLD 7UP 07:19 BOTTLE ON TOP OF IT. 07:20 RIGHT. 07:21 OK, SO THAT'S GOOD AND HOW WELL THEY TAKE NOTES. 07:24 THEIR NOTES IN THE BIBLE OFTEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY 07:26 ARE WRITTEN AND IF THEY ARE A STUDENT OF THE 07:29 BIBLE. 07:31 WHAT ELSE DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THAT BIBLE? 07:34 WELL, YOU LOOK FOR WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE DEDICATED 07:37 TO THE WORD OF GOD. 07:38 WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERLINING? 07:40 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM IN GOD'S WORD? 07:41 SO, ONE TIME I THINK I WAS IN AFRICA. 07:42 I WAS. 07:43 I WAS IN LIVINGSTON, ZIMBABWE. 07:44 I MEAN ACTUALLY IN VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE 07:45 AND I LOOKED-MARK FINLEY AND I WERE THERE TOGETHER 07:51 AND HE WAS PREPARING FOR THE SERMON THAT HE WAS 08:01 GOING TO PREACH THAT NIGHT, UH HUH. 08:04 I THINK HE HAS RUBBED OFF ALL THE WORDS IN THE BIBLE 08:08 AND IT'S NOW JUST HIS UNDERLINING AND NOTES 08:12 EVERYWHERE. 08:13 I'VE NEVER SEEN A BIBLE THAT WAS THAT BUSY. 08:15 YOU NEED TO SEE DEL'S BIBLE. 08:17 OK, I'M READY. 08:18 I CAN TELL THEN HOW- NO, WE DON'T BRING IT. 08:20 HE DIDN'T BRING IT TODAY. 08:21 THEN I WANT TO SEE YOUR BIBLE NEXT TIME WE MEET. 08:24 I WANT TO BE ABLE - I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN LOOK 08:27 AT A BIBLE AND TELL SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON'S 08:30 SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 08:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:33 AND YOU JUST CHALLENGED ME TO TAKE A LOT MORE NOTES 08:34 IN MY BIBLE. 08:36 GOOD. 08:36 THANK YOU. 08:37 OK, LET'S GO AHEAD. 08:38 WONDERFUL. 08:39 WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO WITH THE PEOPLE? 08:41 WELL, IN TRAINING THEY TAKE NOTES, OH, OF COURSE, 08:44 ANYBODY CAN READ THIS I'M SURE. 08:46 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU ARE WITH A GOSPEL 08:49 OUTREACH WORKER, YOU SAY, SHOW ME YOUR NOTES. 08:51 THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOW YOU AND YOU SAY, OH, BUT IN 08:54 LINE FIVE HERE. 08:56 OH YES. 08:57 NO, BUT WE DO HAVE A TRANSLATOR WHO WILL 09:00 TRANSLATE FOR US IF WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. 09:03 YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR 09:04 NOTES ARE. 09:06 WE DO GIVE THEM A NOTEBOOK AND PEN THAT'S PART OF THE 09:08 TRAINING. 09:09 UH HUH. 09:10 WHEN THEY COME. 09:10 THEN WE GIVE THEM A QUIZ. 09:11 EVERYDAY WE GIVE THEM A QUIZ ON THINGS THAT WE 09:14 COVERED THE DAY BEFORE. 09:15 IT IS IMPORTANT. 09:16 AND IF THEY GET A GOOD SCORE, WE GIVE THEM 09:19 RUPEES. 09:20 RUPEES! 09:21 YES, AND IT REALLY MOTIVATES THEM. 09:23 SO, IT IS NOT LIKE YOU GIVE THEM KEWPIE DOLLS, 09:25 YOU GIVE THEM REAL LIVE MONEY. 09:27 THAT'S RIGHT, WE DO. 09:27 I MEAN THAT'S THE BEST THING FOR THEM. 09:29 AWESOME. 09:30 YES. 09:32 I WANT TO COME TO YOUR TRAINING. 09:33 YOU DO? 09:34 THIS IS A GROUP PICTURE AFTER THE TRAINING. 09:35 WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE IN ALL FOUR OF OUR SECTIONS. 09:38 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THEM. 09:39 THE NEXT ONE IT WILL BE THE NEXT PICTURE WILL SHOW 09:42 YOU US GIVING GIFTS. 09:44 OH MY, THIS IS MORE THAN RUPEES NOW. 09:47 THAT'S RIGHT, AT THE END WE GIVE THEM. 09:49 THIS IS A MADIDROP AND IT IS -OK, AND OF COURSE WE, 09:54 YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US ALL WHAT A WATER 09:56 PURIFICATION TABLET A MADIDROP IS. 09:59 THIS IS AN AMAZING GIFT TO THEM BECAUSE THIS WILL 10:03 LAST ONE YEAR-365 DAYS AND THEY WILL DO FIVE GALLONS 10:08 A DAY WITH THIS. 10:09 NOW, JIM REYNOLDS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THESE A 10:13 LOT SO, I'VE GOT MADIDROPS AT HOME, OH YOU DO, AND 10:15 OTHER THINGS THAT WE USE LIKE THIS. 10:17 I AM AMAZED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE 10:21 SOMETHING THIS PRACTICAL. 10:23 YOU KNOW I'VE DONE WAPIS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER 10:26 STUFF THAT ARE REALLY GOOD. 10:27 THEY WORK IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS BUT THIS 10:29 CRAZY MADIDROP IT'S LIKE ITS - THIS IS LIKE A 10:33 MIRACLE. 10:34 IT IS AND IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE PURE 10:36 WATER. 10:37 IN FACT, THEY CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL LITTLE 10:40 VILLAGE THEY CAN USE THAT FOR THEIR COOKING. 10:43 ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS DROP IT INTO THE WATER - FIVE 10:46 GALLONS- AND THEN THAT'S THE WATER YOU USE. 10:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:50 YOU PUT IT IN AT NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU HAVE 10:51 PURE WATER. 10:52 THERE'S GOT TO BE A SERMON IN A MADIDROP. 10:55 IF YOU GO TO SLEEP WITH GOD, YOU WAKE UP IN THE 10:59 MORNING A BRAND-NEW PERSON. 11:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:01 PURIFIED. 11:02 THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 11:03 AND THEN WE GIVE THEM A POCKET CALENDAR AND THIS 11:06 POCKET CALENDAR IS NOT JUST A POCKET CALENDAR. 11:08 IT HAS SCRIPTURES EVERYDAY FOR THEM. 11:11 AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING THEM TO KEEP TRACK OF 11:13 THEIR VISITATION, THEIR TIME IN THIS LITTLE-AND 11:17 THIS HAS LIKE JANUARY AH, THE 20TH OF JANUARY - "FOR 11:22 THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS 11:25 ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD". 11:28 AND IN THE BACK OF THIS IT HAS ALL KINDS OF BIBLE 11:31 PLANNING READING PLAN. 11:34 A BIBLE READING PLAN, FOR A YEAR, AND WE GIVE THEM 11:36 FOR ONE YEAR AND YOU'LL SEE THEM HAVING THEM IN 11:38 THEIR POCKET AND THEY USE THEM. 11:40 YES, BECAUSE IT KEEPS THEM UP TO DATE. 11:42 YES, IT IS VERY, VERY NICE. 11:44 AND THEN WE GIVE THEM SEEDS. 11:46 AH, SEEDS? 11:47 SEEDS TO PLANT IN THE GROUND TO GROW ZUCCHINI 11:51 SQUASH AND SWEET MEAT SQUASH. 11:53 DEL, IS A GARDNER AND HE SAYS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE 11:56 THEM SEEDS. 11:57 DEL, WHY DID YOU GO TO THE SEEDS? 11:59 WHAT A CRAZY IDEA. 12:00 OH MY, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ZUCCHINI - 12:02 I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT ZUCCHINI. 12:05 OH. 12:06 ONE YEAR MY WIFE TOOK A WHOLE -ONE OF THOSE COOL 12:07 LITTLE ZUCCHINI PACKETS, OH UH HUH, AND SHE PLANTED 12:10 THE WHOLE THING. 12:11 OH MY. 12:12 WE HAD ZUCCHINI FOREVER. 12:14 ISN'T THAT A GREAT THING TO TAKE TO INDIA? 12:16 IT IS. 12:16 FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE? 12:17 THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT. 12:18 SO, THEY'D NEVER HEARD OF IT? 12:20 THEY'D NEVER HEARD OF ZUCCHINI. 12:22 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LIVED AT PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE, ONE 12:24 OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IN THE SUMMER IS IF YOU GO 12:26 TO CHURCH ON SABBATH, UH HUH, ROLL YOUR WINDOWS UP 12:31 OR AT THE END OF CHURCH YOU WILL HAVE A BACK SEAT 12:33 FULL OF EVERYODY ELSES ZUCCHINI AS EVERYBODY IS 12:36 GIVING IT AWAY DURING. 12:37 IT WORKS GREAT AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S 12:41 WORD. 12:42 OH, IT DOES. 12:42 OH MY, WE USE IT FOR THAT. 12:44 YOU CAST IT AND IT GROWS. 12:46 YES. 12:46 THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 12:48 OH MY. 12:49 SO, AND THEN WE'VE HEARD THAT IT'S DONE QUITE WELL 12:52 THERE SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 12:54 GOOD. 12:55 THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE TAKEN THE SEED. 12:56 THIS LAST YEAR WE TOOK SWEET MEAT SQUASH. 12:59 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SWEET MEAT SQUASH? 13:00 UH, UH NEVER HEARD OF SWEAT MEAT SQUASH. 13:02 IS IT KIND OF LIKE ZUCCHINI BUT BETTER? 13:04 WELL, IT LASTS LONGER, IT IS LARGER IN SIZE 13:06 SOMETHING LIKE A PUMPKIN, OK, BUT IT IS GREEN AND WE 13:09 JUST LOVE IT. 13:10 IT IS VERY SWEET SO THAT WAS OUR LAST YEAR'S-WE 13:12 GAVE THAT AWAY. 13:13 NOW YOU HAD A PICTURE OF A GRADUATION SERVICE. 13:16 YOUR FINAL SERVICE WHEN YOU ARE TEACHING? 13:19 RIGHT. 13:20 YES. 13:21 I WANT TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THE THING I LIKED BEST 13:23 ABOUT IT -WE GOT THE GIFTS. 13:26 THE ONE I LIKE THOUGH IS THE ONE WHERE EVERYONE HAS 13:29 A CANDLE, YES, AND WHEN EVERYBODY HAS A CANDLE 13:33 THERE IS JUST A LITTLE MIRACLE IN ALL THAT ISN'T 13:35 THERE? 13:36 TELL ME THE CEREMONY YOU USE. 13:38 OH MY, THAT IS THE GREATEST THING TO END OUR 13:42 TRAINING WITH IS A DEDICATION OR CONSECRATION 13:45 SERVICE. 13:47 THEY ARE DEDICATING THEIR LIVES AND USE THEIR 13:49 TESTIMONY TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND GIVE THAT 13:52 TESTIMONY TO THE VILLAGE THAT IS NEAR THERE. 13:55 THE CLOSEST VILLAGE WHERE THEY LIVE AND START HOME 13:58 CHURCHES. 13:59 I THINK WE HAVE A PHOTO, DEL, OF IT. 14:01 YES. 14:03 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE OF THE 14:08 KIND OF COMMITMENT YOU HAVE, THE ENERGY WHICH YOU 14:11 SHARE I THINK IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 14:13 THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SO 14:17 BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS THEIR PARENTS. 14:19 THANK YOU. 14:20 BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE 14:22 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY TOUCH EVERYDAY. 14:24 AMEN. 14:26 AND IF YOU HAVE TAUGHT THEM TO OPEN THAT BIBLE 14:29 AND SHARE THEIR PERSONAL TESTIMONY ONE ON ONE 14:34 HEAVEN CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 14:38 REALLY BE BUSY TO MAKE ENOUGH MANSIONS, RIGHT? 14:40 THAT'S RIGHT, WE HOPE SO. 14:42 I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR 14:44 SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH THE WAY YOU DO. 14:47 OUR ADDRESS IS P.O. 14:50 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON 99324. 14:54 SEND US A CHECK. 14:55 SEND US YOUR HEART. 14:57 SEND US YOUR PRAYERS. 14:59 ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:01 SUCCEED DOES EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THIS MORNING. 15:06 IT EXPANDS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 15:11 AMEN. 15:13 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 15:15 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 15:17 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 15:19 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 15:22 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 15:26 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 15:29 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 15:32 LOVE. 15:33 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 15:35 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 15:38 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 15:41 CHINA TO JAPAN. 15:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 15:43 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 15:46 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 15:48 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 15:51 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 15:53 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:55 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:59 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 16:01 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 16:07 GOD'S LOVE. 16:08 JOIN US. 16:10 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 16:12 DONATE. 16:13 PRAY. 16:14 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WHENEVER YOU ARE AROUND 16:16 PEOPLE FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH IT IS TRULY AN 16:20 ADVENTURE. 16:22 BONNIE AND DEL ORSER YOU CAME TODAY WITH SOMETHING 16:26 I HAVE NEVER SEEN AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 16:28 THANK YOU. 16:29 IT IS A VERY PRACTICAL WAY TO HELP GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:33 UNDERSTAND FOR CERTAIN, WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:38 WORKERS ARE DOING. 16:39 IT'S A MAP. 16:40 YES. 16:41 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 16:42 IT IS BONNIE'S IDEA. 16:44 ALRIGHT YOU WIN. 16:46 WE WILL GIVE YOU A RUPEE FOR THAT. 16:48 OK, LET'S BEGIN. 16:50 THIS IS A BOOK THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE 16:53 BIBLE WORKERS HAVE DRAWN-THIS PARTICULAR 16:56 BIBLE WORKER AND HERE IS HIS G.O. 16:58 NUMBER, OK, AND THEN THIS IS HIS NAME AND THEN HE 17:01 HAS DRAWN A MAP, OK, SO LET ME TURN IT, LET ME 17:03 HOLD THAT IN MY HAND HERE SO THAT I CAN TURN SO 17:05 PEOPLE CAN SEE. 17:06 AND THIS IS ONE WHOLE SECTION, ALL OF THESE MAPS 17:08 IN HERE -THERE MIGHT BE FIFTY BIBLE WORKERS IN 17:12 THIS SECTION AND THEY ALL HAVE DRAWN A MAP OF WHERE 17:16 THEIR HOME IS, OK, THE HEART SHOWS WHERE THE HOME 17:19 IS. 17:20 AH, THAT'S THIS ONE. 17:20 RIGHT. 17:21 OK. 17:22 AND THEN THOSE WITH THE LITTLE CROSSES ON THE TOP 17:24 SHOW THE CHURCHES. 17:25 OK. 17:26 AND THEN, THE LITTLE ONES LIKE THAT THOSE ARE THEIR 17:28 HOME CHURCHES. 17:29 HE HAS TWO HOME CHURCHES, TWO CHURCHES AND HOW CLOSE 17:33 THEY ARE TO THEIR HOME. 17:34 YOU SEE THE MILEAGE THERE? 17:36 I DO, AH SO FROM MY HOUSE TO THE CHURCH IN HERE, 17:44 YES, IS 10 KILOMETERS, THAT'S CORRECT AND IT 17:48 TELLS ME THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, THAT'S RIGHT AND 17:52 SO THEN MY OTHER CHURCH IS 18 KILOMETERS, RIGHT. 17:54 CHANCES ARE THOSE ARE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 17:56 THAT'S CORRECT. 17:58 THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME LITTLE ROAD. 18:00 RIGHT. 18:01 AND THEN IT IS 19 KILOMETERS TO A HOME 18:02 CHURCH. 18:03 WHAT'S A HOME CHURCH? 18:04 A HOME CHURCH IS WHERE THEY ARE STARTING TO 18:05 NURTURE AND MEET THE MEMBERS OF THAT VILLAGE 18:08 AND ON THERE IT TELLS YOU THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE 18:11 AND WE REALLY WANTED THEM TO-WE WANTED TO KNOW THIS 18:13 FOR OURSELVES BUT ALSO FOR THE LEADERSHIP. 18:16 SO, WE DON'T WANT A BIBLE WORKER SPENDING ALL THEIR 18:18 TIME TRAVELING IF IT'S ON A BICYCLE HE'LL PROBABLY 18:21 WRECK. 18:22 THAT'S TRUE. 18:23 WE WANT THEM IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE AND WE REALLY 18:25 WANT THESE CHURCHES TO GO AWAY -THAT'S THE PLAN AND 18:30 THIS MA P WILL BE ONLY NEW VILLAGES. 18:33 THAT'S THE GOAL. 18:34 SO, WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THESE TWO CHURCHES, YES, 18:38 ACTUALLY GET PASTORS? 18:40 YES, THEY DO FROM THE CHURCH CONFERENCE. 18:42 FROM THE CONFERENCE AND SO THEY MOVE OFF OF THIS, 18:44 THAT'S CORRECT, AND THE HOME CHURCH GROWS AND 18:47 BECOMES AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER NEW HOME CHURCH 18:49 DOWN HERE. 18:50 THAT'S CORRECT. 18:50 THAT'S CORRECT. 18:51 MORE AND MORE THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO 18:55 REACH THE UNREACHED AND SO THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN A 18:58 BLESSING. 18:59 I WANT TO ADD TO MAKE SURE YOU REALIZE THAT THESE 19:01 HOME CHURCHES ARE IN VILLAGES NOT JUST CLOSE, 19:05 BUT THEY ARE IN NEW VILLAGES, NEW TERRITORIES 19:07 THAT -LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE IS 20 KILOMETERS AWAY. 19:11 RIGHT. 19:12 HERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS REALLY NICE. 19:13 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT? 19:14 OH YES. 19:15 THIS IS HIS HOME. 19:16 WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY- I NEED TO TURN IT AROUND 19:19 HERE SO THAT THE, OH, THERE YOU GO. 19:21 WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THEIR HOME WITH A HEART, YES, 19:23 AND THEN HE HAS ONE CHURCH, RIGHT? 19:25 32 KILOMETERS? 19:27 YES, SO WHEN WE SEE THESE KIND OF THINGS THEN WE SAY 19:31 TO THE LEADERSHIP, CAN YOU HELP US HERE? 19:33 CAN WE MOVE THIS MAN CLOSER? 19:36 ARE THERE VILLAGES THAT ARE CLOSER? 19:38 SO, THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR AH, FOR 19:43 THE BIBLE WORKER AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND FOR US 19:46 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:49 WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS THIS A TYPICAL DEAL WHERE 19:52 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF 19:54 CONGREGATIONS AND TWO OR THREE HOME CHURCHES FOR 19:57 WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE? 19:58 YES. 20:00 WE ARE ASKING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 20:02 CONFERENCE TO MOVE THEM FROM THE CHURCH AS MUCH AS 20:05 POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN DO, THAT'S RIGHT, FRONTIER 20:08 WORK. 20:09 TRAINING ELDERS, TRAINING THOSE THAT ARE IN THE 20:11 CHURCH, THE MEMBERS, RIGHT, TO TAKE ON THE 20:13 RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WERE THE PASTORS WHERE THEY 20:16 GROW. 20:17 AND ALSO, IT IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE THE BIBLE 20:20 WORKER HAS A CHURCH TO BRING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 20:24 BE IN A CHURCH BUT MUSLIMS AND ISLAMS THEY WON'T 20:29 REALLY GO INTO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SO, A 20:31 HOME CHURCH IS PERFECT WITHIN A VILLAGE SO THEY - 20:35 AND THEY GROW. 20:36 AND NOW THE ULTIMATE MISSIONS, THE WIFE OF THE 20:39 BIBLE WORKER IS GOING TO BE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 20:41 -THAT IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TEAM. 20:44 I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 20:46 I HAVE A FEELING WE NEED TO DO A SPECIAL PROGRAM ON 20:49 THAT WITH YOU TELLING US ALL ABOUT THAT. 20:51 OH WELL, JIM REYNOLDS HAS ALREADY SHARING. 20:53 YOU KNOW, JIM REYNOLDS IS OUR FRIEND FROM PORTLAND, 20:55 OREGON -WHERE WE MOVED FROM. 20:57 SO, WE JUST THINK THIS IS JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL 20:59 GIFT -THIS TOOL AND THEY MADE ONE FOR US FROM THIS 21:03 SECTION. 21:04 OK, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT COMES ALONG 21:06 WITH THAT AND WE MAY COME BACK HERE IN A MINUTE. 21:08 AH, IF I HAVE TO GO 32 KILOMETERS OR 19 21:12 KILOMETERS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO MY HOME CHURCHES, 21:14 HOW DO I DO THAT? 21:15 OH MY. 21:16 RICKSHAW? 21:17 A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN WALKING OR TAKE PUBLIC 21:20 TRANSPORTATION WHEN THEY CAN, BUT A LOT OF TIMES 21:24 THEY CAN'T. 21:25 WE FIND OFTEN THAT THEY ARE WALKING OR TAKE THE 21:28 -THEY CALL THEM TUKTUKS. 21:31 WE CALL THEM TUK TUKS. 21:32 YES, THEY ARE REALLY CALLED AUTOS. 21:34 RIGHT, THREE WHEELERS. 21:36 TUK TUKS. 21:38 ANYWAY, WE REALIZED THE NEED FOR THEM TO HAVE A 21:41 BICYCLE AND SO, WE HAVE A LITTLE SHORT VIDEO ON THAT 21:46 SHOWS - OH, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. 21:48 I'M A BICYCLE FAN SO-YES. 21:50 THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE WERE THERE I THINK WE BOUGHT 24 21:54 THROUGH A FUND THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HERE. 21:56 TWENTY-FOUR AND THERE NEEDED TO BE EIGHT MORE WE 21:58 REALIZED THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT, SO, THIS 22:02 SHORT VIDEO ON THAT. 22:03 SO, SINCE YOU'RE A BICYCLE ENTHUSIAST CONTRIBUTE TO 22:06 THAT FUND. 22:06 THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA. 22:08 ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BICYCLES AND LOVE 22:10 BICYCLES-YES. 22:11 THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU. 22:14 YES. 22:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]. 22:16 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO BE IN THIS CITY OF EDEL 22:25 WHICH IS THE OFFICE FOR OUR NORTH RAYALASEEMA 22:29 SECTION. 22:30 WE ARE GOING TODAY TO MAKE AN ORDER FOR EIGHT NEW 22:35 BICYCLES FOR EIGHT OF OUR WORKERS. 22:38 AS WE INTERVIEWED OUR BIBLE WORKERS, WE REALIZED 22:40 THAT MANY OF THEM WERE WALKING TO THEIR CHURCHES 22:44 AND WE REALIZED THE NEED OF BICYCLES TO GET OUR MEN 22:52 TO VILLAGES WHERE THEY ARE GIVING THEIR TESTIMONY, 23:06 KNOCKING ON DOORS. 23:12 WE ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS THIS MORNING TO GET THOSE 23:28 BICYCLES BY FRIDAY, WE ARE HOPING. 23:38 (MUSIC PLAYING) GREETINGS, BROTHER. 23:45 WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR US. 24:03 YOU NEED BICYCLES? 24:08 YES, EIGHT BICYCLES. 24:13 EIGHT BICYCLES. 24:17 EIGHT BICYCLES. 24:20 IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THEM BY FRIDAY? 24:35 ALEX HAS A WONDERFUL PROPERTY- WILLING TO PLACE 24:49 THE ORDER AND HAVE THE BICYCLES PREPARED BY 25:03 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 25:06 THEY HAVE TO BE ASSEMBLED SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE 25:24 SOME TIME. 25:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]. 25:31 WOW! 25:33 I LOVE IT. 25:38 IT WAS FUN. 25:43 YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY THAT YOU WEREN'T ALL ABLE TO 25:51 JUST LISTEN HERE, YOU ARE HAVING TO WATCH THAT VIDEO 25:54 BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO THE ORSERS SAY, OH, I LOVE 25:57 THE COLOR. 25:57 OH, ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL. 25:58 THOSE ARE OUR BIKES AND IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN 26:01 BIRTHING BICYCLES. 26:02 SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MINISTRY ISN'T IT? 26:06 OH YES. 26:07 I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO A PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU 26:09 SHOWED ME OF GRADUATION WHEN IT IS THE LAST 26:14 MEETING AT YOUR TRAINING AND EVERYBODY IS HOLDING A 26:16 CANDLE. 26:17 TELL ME ABOUT THIS. 26:18 SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST TIME WITH OUR WORKERS, IT 26:22 IS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME. 26:25 WE REALIZED WE'VE GIVEN SO MUCH OF OUR TIME AND 26:27 EFFORTS AND PUT INTO THE HEARTS OF THESE PEOPLE 26:30 THAT WE'VE GROWN TO LOVE THEM, APPRECIATE THEM AND 26:34 WHEN WE SEE THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY MAKE THROUGH 26:36 THIS SERVICE, THIS DEDICATION CONSECRATION 26:39 SERVICE, WE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THEY PUT 26:42 INTO PRACTICE THE THINGS THEY'VE LEARNED AND WE SEE 26:44 THE DEDICATION THERE AND WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE A 26:47 LOVE FOR THE LORD AND THE GOSPEL AND OUR BEAUTIFUL 26:50 TRUTHS, YOU REALIZE THE LORD IS COMING SOON AND WE 26:53 COULD BE WITH THEM SOON. 26:56 AND THAT'S THE STORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:01 TOLD SIMPLY, TOLD WELL. 27:04 IT IS AN ADVENTURE MISSION. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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