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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:35 I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND THIS PROGRAM IS ONE THAT YOU 00:38 ARE GOING TO WANT TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME. 00:41 IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO 00:45 INVITE SOME FRIENDS OVER, WATCH IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE 00:48 ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO AN ISLAND SOUTH OF 00:51 CALCUTTA IN INDIA BUT AN ISLAND WHERE JESUS CHRIST 00:56 IS THE CORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 00:59 SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY: BEVERLY THOMPSON AND 01:02 SHIRLEY PANASUK. 01:04 THE LAST TIME I SAW THE TWO OF YOU WE WERE JUST 01:07 DRIVING OUT OF THE SUNDERBAN SCHOOL. 01:10 RIGHT, IN SOUTH BENGAL BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL 01:14 ISLAND. 01:15 IT IS A LOVELY PLACE AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 01:18 AH, THEY WERE SO KIND. 01:20 YES. 01:22 HOW MANY TIMES, I MEAN THAT'S A CRAZY WAY TO ASK 01:25 THE QUESTION -THIS IS A PLACE YOU HAVE LEARNED TO 01:27 LOVE, RIGHT? 01:28 YES. 01:29 FOR SURE. 01:29 NO DOUBT. 01:30 YES, WE HAVE BEEN- I HAVE STARTED GOING THERE SINCE 01:33 ABOUT 2007 OR 2008 WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT BECAUSE WE 01:39 WERE TAKING DONATIONS FOR AH, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES 01:42 AT THAT TIME AND THERE WAS A DONATION TO BUILD A 01:45 CHURCH AND SO I STARTED GOING THERE ABOUT 2007 OR 01:49 2008 WHEN WE HAD THAT DONATION. 01:51 BUT I'VE KEPT GOING BACK TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND 01:55 SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 01:57 ITS GROWN ON MY HEART. 01:58 I JUST LOVE THE PLACE, THE PEOPLE, YES, AND THE 02:02 MESSAGE GOING THERE. 02:03 YES. 02:04 AND THIS - I NOTICE FROM BOTH OF YOU IS THAT WHEN 02:06 THE PEOPLE SAW YOU, THEY CAME RUNNING AS IF THEY 02:10 WERE COMING - MOM-GOOD FRIENDS, FAMILY. 02:12 YES, AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. 02:14 THIS WAS MY SIXTH TIME TO THIS SCHOOL AND WHEN 02:21 BEVERLY TOLD ME ABOUT IT, I WAS SURE THAT I WANTED 02:25 TO SEE IT AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. 02:28 YOU WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED. 02:29 IT WAS EVERYTHING YOU EXPECTED? 02:31 AND MORE. 02:32 WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT? 02:34 IT'S A SCHOOL THAT IS RUN BY A VERY, VERY FINE YOUNG 02:39 MAN, ANDREW WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL. 02:42 HE HAD BEEN-HE AND HIS WIFE MONICA HAD BEEN WITH 02:46 THOUSAND MISSIONARIES THAT'S THE KOREAN GROUP 02:49 FOR ONE FULL YEAR. 02:52 WE MET THEM, I BELIEVE IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE 02:56 THEY WENT THERE AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIM 03:00 BECAUSE HE AND MONICA LOVE THE LORD. 03:04 YOU JUST-IT EXUDES FROM THEIR HEARTS. 03:08 UH HUH. 03:09 THEY ARE SO KIND AND SO GENTLE AND I KEEP THINKING 03:12 LORD, THAT I COULD BE THAT ACCEPTING OF THEIR CULTURE 03:17 AS THEY ARE OF MINE. 03:18 AND SO DEDICATED. 03:20 YES. 03:21 OH, DEDICATED I MEAN IT SEEMED THAT WHENEVER THERE 03:24 WAS A PROBLEM ANDREW WOULD JUST-HE'D GO OFF TO HIS 03:29 ROOM, YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR AWHILE, YOU KNEW THAT 03:33 HE WAS PRAYING. 03:34 HE'D COME BACK, WE'D TRY TO ENCOURAGE HIM AND THEY 03:39 WERE WILLING TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING, ANY SUGGESTIONS 03:43 THAT WE HAD. 03:44 WIDE OPEN. 03:44 IT'S AMAZING ISN'T IT? 03:45 YES. 03:46 VERY. 03:47 FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE CHURCH 03:50 BEING BUILT BUT IT WAS THE OBJECT OF A 13TH SABBATH 03:55 OFFERING ALSO. 03:57 SO, THAT'S WHEN THEY BUILT THE SCHOOL, THE 03:59 DORMITORIES AND THE SCHOOL ROOMS. 04:05 NOW WE HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT SHOW US ALL OF THAT, 04:06 RIGHT? 04:07 YES, YES. 04:08 OK. 04:09 SO, HERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT SUNDERBAN'S SCHOOL. 04:13 I THINK WE STARTED WITH A PRAYER TENT. 04:16 WE START OUTDOORS WITH SHOWING YOU HOW REALLY 04:21 QUITE PRIMITIVE PLACES FIRST AND THEN WE GET TO 04:25 THAT BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. 04:26 OK. 04:27 AND HERE WE ARE OUTDOORS IN THE TENT HAVING A 04:29 PRAYER MEETING BUT I WANT YOU TO TAKE -CAN YOU GO 04:32 BACK FOR A SECOND? 04:33 DOES THAT STILL HAVE A REVERSE ON IT? 04:35 LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT. 04:36 LOOK HOW GREEN AND BEAUTIFUL IT IS. 04:37 BEAUTIFUL. 04:38 BEAUTIFUL. 04:39 JUST ABSOLUTELY LUSH PLACE. 04:41 OK. 04:42 AND THIS A CHILDRENS MINISTRY UNDER THE TREES, 04:43 UH HUH, BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 04:44 HEALTH MINISTRY HERE TAKING BLOOD PRESSURES. 04:45 OK, DOING BASIC VERY BASIC-- DISCOVER THOUGH IF 04:46 THERE IS A HEALTH ISSUE. 04:47 YES. 04:47 GOOD. 04:48 AND THEN HERE A MAN HAD A SORE FOOT AND THEY ARE 05:00 TREATING IT. 05:03 OK. 05:03 BASIC FIRST AID. 05:04 BASIC FIRST AID. 05:05 NOW, THERE'S THE PICTURE. 05:07 THIS IS WHERE THOSE ISLANDS ARE THAT WE'VE 05:10 BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 05:11 AND WHERE THEY ARE WHERE IT SAYS SUNDERBAN ISLAND 05:14 THAT'S BOTH IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA. 05:17 YES. 05:18 THE SUNDERBAN ISLANDS COVER BOTH BANGLADESH AND 05:20 INDIA AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM BELONG TO INDIA. 05:25 THE ONES CLOSE TO THE BORDER WITH BANGLADESH ARE 05:27 LEOPARD RESERVES. 05:29 OH REALLY, LEOPARD. 05:34 I KNOW, I SAW THAT AND I THOUGHT MY LANDS, I'VE GOT 05:37 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IN AND SEE THE LEOPARDS. 05:41 THE LEOPARDS ARE ON AN ISLAND RIGHT ACROSS FROM 05:44 WHERE WE HAVE A CHURCH AND WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THIS 05:47 ISLAND ONCE, THEY TOLD ME THERE IS A GOVERNMENT PLAN 05:51 FOR IF A LEOPARD COMES ACROSS THE CHANNEL TO 05:53 THEIR ISLAND THEY BLOW A WHISTLE AND EVERYONE GOES 05:57 TO THEIR OWN HOME AND THEN WHEN THEY SEE THE LEOPARD 06:01 COME OUT OF THE WATER MEN WITH DARTS GO AND SHOOT 06:06 THEIR DARTS INTO THE ANIMAL AND PUT THEM TO 06:09 SLEEP AND THEN THERE IS ABOUT A DOZEN MEN THAT GO 06:12 AND LIFT THIS SLEEPY ANIMAL INTO A BOAT AND 06:15 TAKE HER HOME, AND TAKE HER BACK HOME AND COME 06:18 BEFORE IT WAKES UP. 06:19 AND YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF BOATS THEY HAVE? 06:21 OH YES, OH YES. 06:22 AH, SUNDERBAN ISLANDS ARE A REAL SPECIAL PLACE. 06:27 THEY REALLY ARE SPECIAL. 06:28 SO, TAKE US ON. 06:30 HERE'S THE JOURNEY. 06:31 SPEAKING OF BOATS, WE WERE BOARDING OF BOAT AND THE 06:36 FERRY BOAT CAME ACROSS WITH THEIR CARGO FROM THE 06:40 OTHER SIDE AS WE APPROACHED THERE. 06:43 HERE YOU CAN SEE SHIRLEY AS SHE IS GETTING ON AND 06:46 THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BENGAL SECTION IS HELPING 06:50 HIS WIFE TO GET ON. 06:51 RIGHT. 06:52 AND WE WENT ON OUR JOURNEY. 06:54 THERE WE ARE STANDING UP, NO PLACE TO SIT. 06:58 NO, NO NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO SIT. 07:02 OH, BUT THE YOUNG ONES WILL STAND UP TO LET THE 07:05 OLDER ONES SIT DOWN. 07:07 OH, THAT'S KIND. 07:08 YES, VERY. 07:09 SOMETIMES THOSE OF US WHO ARE ANCIENT NEED A LITTLE 07:10 BIT MORE SEAT TIME. 07:11 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE GANGPLANKS. 07:14 THIS IS WHERE WE DOCKED AND WE WALK UP THE CEMENT 07:18 WALKWAY INTO THE VILLAGE. 07:21 THE VILLAGE HAS ALL IS WARES LIKE MANY OF THE 07:24 OTHER VILLAGES. 07:25 YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE; WE'VE SPLIT THE 07:27 SCREEN. 07:28 SHIRLEY IS WITH A YOUNG LADY WHO TRAVELED WITH US 07:31 LAST TIME IN A PEDDLE RICKSHAW AND WE WENT BY 07:37 PEDDLE RICKSHAW OUT TO OUR DESTINATION. 07:41 AGAIN, JUST A VIEW OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE THAT WE 07:44 WENT THROUGH FROM THE DOCK GOING TO OUR SCHOOL THERE. 07:48 BUT WE CAME TO THE PLACE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR 07:54 AND HERE IT IS. 07:55 AND IT IS BETWEEN THE CANAL AND THE ROAD-NO 07:58 MAN'S LAND. 08:00 IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT-IT IS GOVERNMENT LAND; THE 08:02 POOR PEOPLE CAN USE IT AND THIS IS A CHURCH. 08:07 THIS IS A CHURCH. 08:09 NOW, IT IS NOT A PLACE YOU WOULD GO LOOKING FOR. 08:13 FOR SURE. 08:14 AND IN FRONT OF THE LITTLE CHURCH IS THE OWNER OF IT. 08:17 GRANDMA. 08:18 GRANDMA AND BEHIND HER IS HER HUSBAND AND THEIR 08:21 DAUGHTER IS IN THE RED, UH HUH. 08:23 BUT THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THIS CHURCH AND THIS IS 08:26 THE ENTRANCE TO IT. 08:28 HOW DID GRANDMA LEARN ABOUT JESUS? 08:32 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT PART OF THE STORY. 08:34 ALL I KNOW IS THAT THEIR DAUGHTER IS A WONDERFUL 08:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:40 OK, OK. 08:41 BUT THEY WERE SO DEDICATED THAT THEY HAD PEOPLE COME 08:45 TO THEIR HOME AND HAD MEETINGS AND HAVE CHURCH 08:50 IN THEIR HOME SO THEY TOOK AN OFFERING UP AND 08:53 GATHERED THE MONEY TO MAKE A BAMBOO BLACK PLASTIC 08:58 CHURCH. 08:59 IT IS BLACK PLASTIC ON THE OUTSIDE AND ON THE INSIDE 09:03 IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 09:03 IT IS GREEN. 09:04 ITS GREEN WITH LIGHT YELLOW LINES OR SOMETHING. 09:06 YES. 09:07 CRAZY I SAW IT. 09:08 YES. 09:08 MADE OF BAMBOO STICKS. 09:09 BAMBOO STICKS, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, YES. 09:10 ALONG THE SIDES. 09:11 BETWEEN THE OWNERS BUILDING AND THE CHURCH 09:15 BUILDING IS THIS LITTLE BREEZEWAY. 09:17 UH HUH. 09:18 AND THE GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE IS ON THE LEFT AND 09:22 THE CHURCH IS ON THE RIGHT. 09:23 VERY NECESSARY CORNER AND ANY EDIFICE IS THEIR 09:28 BATHROOM. 09:29 UH HUH. 09:30 IT IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CANAL. 09:33 IT IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE, THAT'S RIGHT. 09:34 BUT INSIDE HERE IS THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND THERE 09:37 ARE THE LINES. 09:38 UH HUH. 09:39 THEY HAVE A CROSS AND THAT CUPBOARD IN THE CORNER, 09:44 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS SO PLEASED THAT 09:49 SHE-SOMEHOW THE LORD HAD GIVEN HER AN EXTRA BIT OF 09:52 MONEY AND IN HER PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO HIM, 09:57 SHE BOUGHT THIS CUPBOARD FOR THIS CHURCH TO STORE 10:01 THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR SOUND EQUIPMENT, SOUND 10:07 EQUIPMENT, RIGHT, THEIR BIBLES, WHATEVER THEY HAD 10:10 THAT NEEDED TO BE LOCKED UP. 10:12 RIGHT. 10:13 IN THAT CUPBOARD. 10:14 AND SHE WAS SO PROUD OF THAT. 10:15 SO PLEASED, YES. 10:18 WHEN WE WERE THERE THIS TIME, THE PEOPLE- EACH 10:22 MEMBER TOOK A TURN TO GIVE THEIR WITNESS STORY. 10:26 NOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR LANGUAGE BUT COULD 10:30 JUST TELL WHAT WAS EXUDING FROM THEIR HEARTS, YES, BY 10:34 LISTENING TO THEM AND THE LADIES TOOK THEIR TURN. 10:37 EVERYONE OF THOSE LADIES STOOD UP TO THE MICROPHONE 10:40 AND TOLD THEIR EXPERIENCE. 10:43 IT JUST WARMED MY HEART JUST TO HEAR THEM. 10:45 AND THE THING OF IT IS TO ME WAS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 10:49 IN OUR OWN CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA WE SAY WHO 10:52 WOULD LIKE TO GET UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 10:54 THANKSGIVING TO THE LORD, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR 10:57 THESE PEOPLE. 10:58 THEY WERE UP THERE AND THEY COULD HARDLY WAIT 10:59 TILL THE NEXT ONE SAT DOWN AND THEN NEXT ONE AND I 11:02 THOUGHT BOY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL DAY. 11:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:05 AND WE WERE. 11:07 SO MUCH TO SAY. 11:08 YES. 11:09 MANY WAYS TO SAY THANK YOU. 11:10 ABSOLUTELY AND IT WAS OK. 11:12 YES, OH SURE, SURE. 11:13 AFTER THE LADIES SAID THEIRS YOU CAN SEE THERE 11:15 IS A MAN AT THE MICROPHONE NOW AND THEN MEN TOOK 11:19 THEIR TURN. 11:20 WELL, NOW THE QUESTION ABOUT THIS ON THE 11:22 RIGHT-HAND SIDE I SEE LOTS OF WOMEN, RIGHT, AND THEN 11:24 I SEE A COUPLE OF MEN ON THE LEFT AH, IT IS TYPICAL 11:29 IN MANY OF THESE CHURCHES TO HAVE MOSTLY WOMEN. 11:32 RIGHT. 11:33 THERE WERE ABOUT A HALF DOZEN MEN. 11:35 THERE WERE SEVERAL, MANY WOMEN. 11:37 UH HUH. 11:38 BUT THERE WERE MEN THIS TIME TOO. 11:40 THE PLASTIC CHURCH HAS A BUNCH OF GUYS, YES, YES 11:42 AND THERE WAS A MAN THERE WHO HAD HAD A STROKE AND 11:47 HE WAS AT THE CHURCH THAT MORNING AND HE GOT UP AND 11:51 GAVE HIS TESTIMONY HOW THE LORD HAD BLESSED HIM. 11:56 HE WAS HE STILL HAD SOME OF RESIDUAL FROM THE 12:00 STROKE BUT THERE HE WAS. 12:02 HE COULD HARDLY WALK BUT THAT WAS OK. 12:05 HE WAS PRAISING GOD FOR WHAT HE HAD. 12:07 AMEN. 12:08 HE HAD LOST HIS ABILITY TO WALK AND WITH PRAYER AND 12:12 ENCOURGEMENT HE HAD GRADUALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET 12:16 BETTER AND HE PRAISED GOD THAT GOD HAD HEALED HIM, 12:20 THAT HE WAS ABLE TO WALK TO CHURCH. 12:21 IT WAS REALLY THRILLING. 12:23 ONE OF THE INTRIGUING THINGS I HEAR IN YOUR 12:25 STORY IS THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKED 12:30 WITH HER PARENTS, YES, TO GET THEM TO SAY YES AND 12:33 THEN THEY GOT SO EXCITED THAT THE NEXT THING YOU 12:35 KNOW YOU'VE GOT NEIGHBORS COMING IN. 12:36 NOW, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE CHURCH ON THE SIDE OF THE 12:37 ROAD THAT IS PACKED. 12:38 YES. 12:39 AND IT IS ALL BECAUSE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER DID 12:40 HER JOB. 12:41 AND THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID, THIS IS 12:42 INTERESTING BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE MY 12:43 AGE, YES. 12:44 I WONDER WHY. 12:45 AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WERE NOT ALL BELIEVERS 12:59 WHEN THEY STARTED TO BUILD THIS CHURCH. 13:01 BUT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LORD AND INVITING THEM 13:05 TO COME AND THEY ALL CAME. 13:06 WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THEY WERE GOING TOBUILD A 13:08 CHURCH THEY ALL CAME TO HELP. 13:09 YES. 13:10 THEY ALL CAME TO HELP. 13:11 IT WASN'T JUST THIS OH, LOOK WHAT THE ADVENTISTS 13:14 ARE DOING. 13:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:15 IT'S LET BE PART OF THAT. 13:17 THAT'S RIGHT AND THEY WERE AND NOW THEY ARE A PART OF 13:19 IT AND THERE IS A LADY THERE THAT HAD A BUNCH OF 13:22 IDOLS IN HER HOME-BRASS IDOLS UH HUH, SHE HAD 13:26 THOSE MELTED DOWN AND NOW HUNG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 13:30 CEILING IS A BELL, OH, A CHURCH BELL. 13:34 YES. 13:35 AND SO, WHEN YOU ARE COMING THROUGH THAT TOWN 13:38 OR THAT AREA, YOU HEAR THE TOLLING OF THE CHURCH 13:42 BELL. 13:43 IT IS ACTUALLY ALL OF HER OLD IDOLS THAT SHE HAS 13:45 GIVEN AWAY, THROWN AWAY AND HAD THEM COMPLETELY 13:48 REBUILT IN A NEW PERSON. 13:49 RIGHT. 13:50 A CHURCH BELL. 13:50 PURIFIED WITH FIRE. 13:52 YES. 13:52 WOW, PURIFIED WELL. 13:53 ISN'T THAT NEAT. 13:54 AWESOME. 13:55 YES. 13:56 LET'S TAKE A MINUTE AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LITTLE 13:57 VIDEO I WANT TO SHOW YOU. 13:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS AROUND THE WORLD AND WE 14:01 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 14:03 PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE. 14:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 14:07 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 14:14 SEND US A LETTER. 14:15 TELL US YOU ARE PRAYING FOR US, ASK QUESTIONS 14:17 ABOUT THE SUNDERBAN ISLANDS. 14:18 FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN BE AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF ALL OF 14:22 THE STUFF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON THE PROGRAM. 14:25 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 14:28 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 14:30 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 14:32 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 14:35 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 14:38 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 14:41 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 14:44 LOVE. 14:45 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 14:48 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:51 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 14:53 CHINA TO JAPAN. 14:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 14:56 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 14:58 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 15:01 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 15:03 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 15:06 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:08 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:12 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 15:14 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:20 GOD'S LOVE. 15:21 JOIN US. 15:22 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:25 DONATE. 15:26 PRAY. 15:27 SHIRLEY, I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK THAT 15:29 CHURCH WHEN YOU WALKED INTO THE LITTLE PLASTIC 15:32 CHURCH ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE FLOOR OF 15:35 THE CHURCH IS SIMPLY MUD WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC 15:40 LAID OVER IT, CORRECT, HOW DIFFERENT DOES THAT FEEL 15:43 FROM WALKING INTO A BIG FANCY CHURCH IN AMERICA? 15:47 I FEEL CLOSE TO THESE PEOPLE. 15:51 I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY 15:55 DIFFERENCE TO THE SIZE OR WHAT IT'S LIKE THEY ARE MY 15:59 BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS. 16:02 AND THAT IS WHAT BRINGS ME JOY. 16:04 AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT HOW WONDERFULLY WELL 16:08 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS DOING HER JOB. 16:12 UH HUH. 16:13 I'M THRILLED THAT I CAN COME AND BE A PART OF THIS 16:17 ORGANIZATION. 16:19 I JUST LOVE IT. 16:20 I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING. 16:23 I WALK IN THERE AND I LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE AND HERE 16:27 ARE MY SISTERS AND THEY ARE ALL EXCITED THAT WE'RE 16:29 THERE. 16:30 AND THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN OTHERWISE. 16:32 RIGHT, RIGHT. 16:33 BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN 16:36 THEIR LIVES. 16:36 YES. 16:37 WHAT'S YOUR NEXT PICTURE? 16:39 LET'S SEE. 16:40 OH, AT THE END OF THE SERVICE THIS YOUNG COUPLE 16:45 GOT UP AND THEY HAD MADE A SPECIAL CAKE FOR 16:48 CELEBRATING THEIR SIXTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND 16:52 EVERYONE GOT TO TASTE THIS WONDERFUL CAKE AND IT 16:55 HAPPENED TO BE MY 78TH BIRTHDAY THAT DAY. 16:59 OH WOW, SO THEY GAVE YOU A BIRTHDAY CAKE, YES, AND 17:01 THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT. 17:03 AND DIDN'T KNOW IT. 17:05 AND THEN ITS-THERE'S SO MUCH OF THIS CELEBRATION 17:09 FEEL. 17:10 BECAUSE WE ARE VISITORS, THEY BROUGHT IN A TABLE 17:13 AND CHAIRS FOR US TO EAT FROM. 17:15 YES. 17:16 YOU CAN SEE THE LADIES ARE SITTING IN THE BACKGROUND 17:18 THEY ARE SITTING IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE ON THE FLOOR 17:21 BUT THEY FED US SITTING AT A TABLE. 17:24 VERY HONORED. 17:26 ORDINARILY THEY WOULD EAT ON THE FLOOR, WE WOULD EAT 17:29 WITH THEM, RIGHT, ON THEIR BANANA LEAF. 17:30 RIGHT, RIGHT. 17:31 BUT THEY PROVIDED A FORK OR A SPOON FOR US TO EAT 17:32 OUT OF A BOWL. 17:33 NOW THIS SECTION WHERE I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW THE 17:34 PEOPLE, THE GUYS- RIGHT BEHIND THE GUYS, THE 17:35 BAMBOO UH HUH, THAT'S THE LITTLE ALLEYWAY, THAT'S 17:37 RIGHT, THE VESTIBULE IF YOU WILL, YES, BETWEEN THE 17:38 CHURCH AND HER HOUSE. 17:39 RIGHT. 17:40 THATH'S RIGHT. 17:40 NOT VERY BIG. 17:41 I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT TREE TRUNK, UM, BUT 17:57 THEY HAD A CYCLONE THAT CAME THROUGH AND IT MADE 18:01 THE TREE IN THE BACKYARD FALL DOWN AND IT FELL 18:04 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BREEZEWAY. 18:07 INSTEAD OF TAKING EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE CHURCH. 18:10 RIGHT. 18:11 SO AMAZING. 18:12 IT IS BUT IT IS SO SAD TO ME ALSO BECAUSE THEY HAD 18:16 ANOTHER CYCLONE, I BELIEVE IT WAS FEBRUARY OR MARCH, 18:20 UH HUH, AND IT TOOK OUT THE WHOLE CHURCH. 18:22 OH NO. 18:24 MY HEARTACHES. 18:25 THEY DO HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS DONATED 18:28 FOR A CHURCH BUT THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR MONEY TIED UP 18:33 IN THIS BLACK PLASTIC CHURCH. 18:34 OH MY, WHICH ISN'T MUCH BUT IT WAS THEIRS. 18:37 NO. 18:38 BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE ON A LIST OF 18:41 MARANATHA SOON. 18:42 THERE YOU GO. 18:43 THERE YOU GO. 18:44 THERE YOU GO. 18:45 YES. 18:45 SO, SUNNYDALE ACADEMY. 18:49 WHAT SURPRISED US IS THIS IS PUT INSIDE THE BLACK 18:54 PLASTIC CHURCH LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW THERE. 18:57 WHEN WE WERE FINISHED OUR CELEBRATION, AH LISTENING 19:01 TO THEM TELL THEIR WITNESS STORY AND THEN HAVING OUR 19:03 LUNCH, IN WALKS A CROWD OF KIDS AND IT WAS THE 19:10 SUNDERBAN SCHOOL KIDS WHO HAD COME IN THE BUS WITH 19:14 THEIR TEACHERS. 19:15 NOW THESE KIDS ARE NOT ADVENTIST PRODIGY MAINLY. 19:19 I THINK A THIRD OF THEM WERE ADVENTISTS BUT THE 19:22 REST WERE MAINLY HINDU BUT SOME ANIMISTS AND SOME 19:26 BUDDHISTS. 19:27 UH HUH BUT THEY HAD ALL COME TO GO OUT AND PRAY 19:30 WITH THE COMMUNITY IN PREPARATION FOR THE 19:32 SUNNYDALE ACADEMY STUDENTS COMING FOR EVANGELISM IN A 19:37 FEW WEEKS AND THEY WERE GOING OUT TO TELL 19:39 EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT 19:42 THE OTHER INTERESTING THING WAS THEY WERE-THESE 19:45 KIDS -SOME OF THE MEMBERS WERE GOING WITH THEM. 19:50 AMAZING ISN'T IT? 19:51 I SAID TO THE TEACHER, YOUR BUS IT HOLDS ONLY 19:56 ABOUT 25 KIDS, DOESN'T IT? 19:58 AND THEY SAID, OH, WE-NO, NO 25 CHILDREN THAT'S THE 20:02 NUMBER OF SEATS FOR ADULTS WE GET IN ALL OF THE 20:07 CHILDREN. 20:08 ALL 50 CAN GET IN HERE. 20:11 OH YES. 20:12 OF COURSE, AND SO THEY HAD 50-60 KIDS TO GO OUT INTO 20:16 THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR TEACHER TO INVITE PEOPLE 20:20 TO THE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN THAT WAS COMING 20:22 WITH THE SUNNYDALE ACADEMY STUDENTS. 20:24 RIGHT. 20:25 AND THEY ALSO HANDED OUT SOME LITERATURE. 20:27 UH HUH. 20:28 AND THEY WERE GONE UNTIL 9:30 AT NIGHT. 20:30 BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND 20:34 THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT. 20:35 NO. 20:36 THEY WERE STILL OUT THERE. 20:37 THIS IS THE SCHOOL, AM I RIGHT? 20:39 YES. 20:39 SEE THIS SCHOOL -BEAUTIFUL. 20:42 THIRTEENTH SABBATH OFFERING I BELIEVE; IT WAS 20:44 2013 IT WAS BUILT. 20:49 THESE ARE THE CLASSROOMS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND 20:54 FLOOR AND THE THIRD FLOOR IS DORMITORY FOR GIRLS AND 20:59 BOYS. 21:00 AND THE CAFETERIA IS IN A NEW BUILDING THAT IS NOT 21:03 COMPLETED YET AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHILDREN ARE ON 21:06 THEIR WAY TO THE CAFETERIA CARRYING THEIR OWN DISH. 21:09 IT IS ALL THEY NEED BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET 21:12 THEIR FOOD ON THEIR DISH, THEY EAT WITH THEIR 21:15 FINGERS. 21:15 SURE. 21:17 AND THEN WHEN THEY FINISH EATING, THEY GO TO THE 21:18 PUMP, THE WATER PUMP AND WASH THEIR DISH. 21:22 THERE YOU GO. 21:23 IT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE NEEDS. 21:25 IT IS SO MUCH SIMPLER. 21:26 IT CERTAINLY IS AND THERE IS NO DISH WASHING. 21:29 NO, NONE. 21:30 BUT FOR THEKITCHEN THEY STILL NEED SOME WATER, SO 21:32 THE LADIES GO TO CARRY THE WATER JUGS AND BRING THE 21:36 WATER OVER TO THE KITCHEN AND THIS IS THEIR KITCHEN. 21:42 THEY ARE PEELING POTATOES; I BELIEVE OR RED ONIONS. 21:45 LOOK AT THEIR SMILES AND ONE THING I'VE NOTICED AS 21:49 I'VE TRAVELED IN INDIA IS THAT THE WOMEN WORK THE 21:52 HARDEST AND SMILE THE MOST. 21:54 YES. 21:55 I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL OBSERVATION. 21:59 IT JUST SEEMS TRUE EVERYWHERE I GO IN INDIA. 22:02 YES, I THINK SO. 22:03 THE WOMEN ARE BUSY THEY ARE IN THE FIELDS, THEY 22:05 ARE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN, THEY ARE TAKING 22:07 CARE OF THE GOATS, THEY MAKING THE FOOD, DOING THE 22:11 SHOPPING. 22:11 OH YES. 22:13 AND WEARING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES. 22:15 YES. 22:15 AH, THIS IS STILL IN THE KITCHEN. 22:20 THE KITCHEN, YES. 22:22 AND THIS IS THE RICE BASKET. 22:24 THERE IS THE BARBECUE? 22:25 WELL, THIS IS THEIR STOVE FOR COOKING THAT RICE. 22:28 YES. 22:29 ONLY AN AMERICAN WOULD THINK OF IT BEING A 22:32 BARBEQUE. 22:32 I KNOW. 22:33 THEY PROBABLY DON'TKNOW WHAT A BARBEQUE IS. 22:36 NO, I DON'T THINK SO EITHER. 22:38 NO, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY BUT THEY ARE COOKING 22:40 FOOD FOR ABOUT 100-150 CHILDREN. 22:43 AWESOME. 22:45 AWESOME. 22:47 AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL DONATION THAT CAME INTO 22:50 THE SCHOOL. 22:51 NOW I SEE WHAT LOOKS TO ME AH, WE'RE MAKING SOY MILK. 22:56 RIGHT ON. 22:57 YOU ARE RIGHT ON. 22:59 AH, THE DONATION WAS GIVEN A YEAR AGO AND I WONDERED 23:02 ARE THEY REALLY USING IT? 23:04 WELL, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER THE MACHINE WAS 23:07 GIVEN, I WAS TOLD IT WAS THERE, I GOT A MESSAGE 23:12 FROM THE PRINCIPAL SAYING THE CHILDRENS MARKS ARE 23:16 GOING UP -THEIR GRADES ARE GETTING BETTER AND THEY 23:19 THINK IT MAY BE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING BETTER 23:21 NUTRITION. 23:22 OH, I LOVE THAT. 23:24 SO, HERE IT WAS NINE MONTHS AFTER THAT AND I 23:27 THOUGHT HOW CAN I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY KNOW HOW 23:30 TO USE THIS MACHINE BECAUSE IT IS SPIC AND 23:32 SPAN-IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 23:33 IS IT A RELIC OR IS IT REALLY BEING USED? 23:37 AND IT WAS COOLER TIME WHEN WE WERE THERE AND SO 23:42 I ASKED THEM SO CAN YOU MAKE SOME SOYMILK FOR US 23:44 FOR TOMORROW? 23:45 OH, YES, WE'LL MAKE SOME. 23:47 AND I THOUGHT WE'LL SEE IF SOYBEANS ARE SOAKED 23:50 TOMORROW MORNING BUT THE NEXT MORNING, THEY INVITED 23:55 US IN TO WATCH AND THERE WAS A BUCKETFUL OF 23:58 SOYBEANS ALREADY SOAKED AND THEN THEIR COMES THE 24:01 MILK, THROUGH THE MACHINE AND THERE IS THE MILK 24:03 COMING OUT. 24:05 IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE IT AND THEN THE PULP- I SAID, 24:10 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PULP? 24:12 WELL, THEY FEED THE ANIMALS AND THE CHICKENS 24:14 WITH IT. 24:15 I SAID, OH, DID YOU KNOW THAT IT'S COULD BE REALLY 24:17 GOOD FOR YOU TOO? 24:19 I'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME RECIPES. 24:21 SO, THAT AFTERNOON, WE MADE SOME SOYBEAN CUTLETS 24:27 AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE WONDERFUL. 24:30 OH, HOW FUN. 24:31 I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT. 24:33 SO RATHER THAN FEED THE GOATS OUT THERE NOW, THEY 24:35 ARE TAKING THOSE AND MAKING CUTLETS. 24:37 THEY GAVE THE CHILDREN AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS 24:41 THEY CAN ONLY USE THIS IN THE COOLER WEATHER BECAUSE 24:44 THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT THE MILK IF THERE IS ANY 24:47 LEFT OVER. 24:48 AND IT SPOILS SO THEY HAVE TO USE IT ALMOST 24:51 IMMEDIATLEY. 24:52 THEY HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH -JUST ENOUGH SO THAT THE 24:54 STUDENTS-JUST ENOUGH FOR TODAY. 24:55 THEY HAVE MADE TOFU TO HELP TAKE CARE OF ANY 24:59 EXCESS AND THE CHILDREN LIKE THE TOFU. 25:03 OH, THEY LOVE IT. 25:04 AND THE LITTLE KIDS ARE THE ONES THAT LOVE THE 25:08 SOYMILK. 25:09 THE OLDER KIDS -EH, EH BUT THEY'LL DRINK IT. 25:12 IF THEY GET ENOUGH SUGAR IN IT, THEN THEY -SUGAR 25:17 WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING. 25:18 BUT OUR TEACHERS THERE THEY KNOW THAT SUGAR IS A 25:22 POISON AND SO THEY TRY TO KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM BUT 25:26 THE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE LEARNING TO DO IT, THEY DO 25:28 FINE. 25:30 SO, THE TWO OF YOU WHEN YOU THINK OF INDIA AND YOU 25:32 THINK OF THE SUNDERBAN ISLANDS, DO YOU THINK OF 25:35 THE BUILDINGS OR THE PEOPLE? 25:36 PEOPLE, OOH THE PEOPLE. 25:37 AND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLE DO YOU THINK OF THE 25:39 MOTHERS OR THE FATHERS? 25:41 MOTHERS. 25:42 I SAY BOTH FOR ME. 25:44 AND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE FAMILIES, THE WHOLE 25:47 FAMILY. 25:48 YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE PILE OF CHILDREN ON YOUR LAP; I 25:50 HAVE A FEELING. 25:51 YES. 25:52 THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE SCHOOL IS WE HAVE TWO 25:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO GO TO 25:57 THAT SCHOOL AND TEACH THE MORALS CLASS. 25:59 THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH RELIGION SO THEY 26:02 TEACH BIBLE STORIES WITH MORALS ATTACHED TO THEM. 26:05 AWESOME. 26:06 SO THAT WHEN THE CHILDREN GET 12 YEARS OLD AND THEY 26:08 ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR BAPTISM OR 26:10 NOT, IF THEY CHOOSE TO BECOME AN ADVENTIST AND BE 26:14 BAPTIZED, THE PARENTS WILL KNOW THE STORIES AND THE 26:17 MORALS AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT AND THEY WILL 26:20 NOT THROW THEIR KID OUT. 26:22 THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. 26:23 YES. 26:25 BECAUSE TYPICALLY THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC REJECTION OF 26:29 CHRISTIANITY. 26:30 YES. 26:31 BUT WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT THE PARENTS 26:32 HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS AND REALIZE THAT 26:37 THE GOOD VALUES THE KIDS ARE LEARNING AT SCHOOL. 26:39 YES. 26:40 AND WHEN OUR KIDS- MAKE THEM BETTER ALL THE WAY 26:41 AROUND. 26:42 YES. 26:43 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEN GO VISIT THE 26:44 PARENTS AND TELL THEM HOW WELL THE STUDENTS ARE 26:46 DOING - GOOD CIRCLE. 26:48 THEN WHO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PRAY 26:50 WITH. 26:51 OH WOW. 26:52 AND ITJUST KEEPS GOING. 26:53 IT DOES. 26:55 THANK YOU BOTH. 26:56 ITS JUST EXCITING TO GET A QUICK TRIP TO THE 26:58 SUNDERBAN ISLANDS ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 27:00 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:01 I WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING. 27:02 TWO LADIES TODAY WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND 27:03 THEIR HEARTS FOCUSED EVERY BIT OF ENERGY ON INDIA FOR 27:04 YOU AND WITH YOU. 27:17 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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