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00:33 HELLO AND WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH'S VERY
00:35 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:39 YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24:14 LONNIE, YOU 00:45 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY 00:49 INTERESTING COMMISSION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SAY 00:51 HOW OLD YOU HAVE TO BE, IT DOES NOT SAY WHAT GENDER 00:54 YOU SHOULD BE, IT TELLS US ALL AS CHRISTIANS-GET IN 00:58 VOLVED AND GO. 01:00 NO, WE'VE GOT TWO VERY SPECIAL FEMALE 01:03 MISSIONARIES HERE TODAY AND YOU KNOW, AGE IS NOT A 01:08 FACTOR. 01:09 YOU HAVE BEEN REBORN AND BECOME YOUNG MISSIONARIES 01:13 BECAUSE YOU ARE YOUNG AT HEART AND I'M SO PLEASED 01:15 THAT WE HAVE BEVERLY THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY 01:17 PANASUK FROM - YOU ACTUALLY GREW UP WHERE MY 01:21 FAMILY IS FROM, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:23 IN ALBERTA. 01:24 SOME OF THEM ARE IN BEAUVALLON, ALBERTA. 01:26 I WAS BORN IN ALBERTA. 01:27 WE WERE THERE FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 01:29 BEAUVALLON CHURCH LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS AMAZING 01:32 PHENOMENA. 01:33 WONDERFUL. 01:34 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM CANADA, OF ALL 01:36 THINGS, HAVE BECOME WORLD LEADERS AND INVOLVED IN 01:40 MEDICAL MISSIONARY, THEY ARE FARMERS BUT YOU WENT 01:43 TO BIHAR, INDIA. 01:44 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THAT IN THIS 10/40 01:45 WINDOW AND OF COURSE, WE ARE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO 01:46 REACH PEOPLE-97 PER CENT OF THAT 10/40 WINDOW WHO 01:47 HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME OF JESUS AND MANY 01:49 PARTS OF INDIA ARE THAT WAY. 01:50 TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BIHAR. 01:51 BIHAR IS SOUTH OF NEPAL. 01:52 IT BORDERS WITH NEPAL AND SO IT IS NORTH CENTRAL AND 01:56 BIHAR USED TO BE THE CAPITAL CITY OR THE 02:01 CAPITAL STATE DISTRICT OF ALL OF INDIA AND 02:05 GRADUALLY, GRADUALLY IT HAS BEEN PIECED OFF INTO 02:08 JHARKHAND AND OTHER STATES SO IT IS A MUCH SMALLER 02:11 STATE NOW AND IS NO LONGER THE -UH- SEAT OF 02:14 GOVERNMENT. 02:15 WELL, NOW IF IT IS NEXT TO NEPAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 02:22 THE HIMALAYAS AND THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ON THE 02:30 PLANET. 02:31 29,000 FEET. 02:34 ARE YOU UP PRETTY HIGH THERE? 02:39 NO. 02:40 THIS IS IN THE LOWLANDS JUST BELOW THE MOUNTAINS. 02:41 UH HUH. 02:43 BUT -WHAT'S THE TEMPERATURE LIKE THERE? 02:46 IN THE WINTER IT IS COOL. 02:48 SO, IT'S NOT HOT BUT IT'S NOT FREEZING. 02:51 IN THE SUMMER, WE WANT A SWEATER IN DECEMBER, 02:55 JANUARY, YES AND AT NIGHT WHEN THERE IS NO GLASS ON 02:59 THE WINDOWS IT GETS PRETTY COOL. 03:02 NOW THIS IS SO EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE MANY OF OUR 03:04 VIEWERS ARE PERHAPS IN THEIR 20'S, 30'S, 40'S AND 03:09 THEY ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF US, I'VE GOT GRAY HAIR YOU 03:11 FOLKS DON'T, BUT HERE YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR 03:15 LIVES AND YOUR CAREERS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU BECOME 03:17 RE-ELECTRIFIED AND GET INVOLVED IN OUTREACH OF 03:20 THE GOSPEL OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 03:23 HOW IS THIS HAPPENING? 03:24 AND WHERE DID YOU GO AND HOW LONG DID YOU STAY? 03:29 WELL, FOR MY WORK NOW WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH I STARTED 03:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH IN ABOUT 2004 WHEN I WAS ASKED TO 03:36 BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND I 03:40 HAD BEEN GOING EVERY YEAR TO INDIA SINCE THEN AT 03:44 LEAST ONCE A YEAR. 03:45 AND BIHAR TO ME TOUCHES MY HEART BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 03:51 THESE ARE THE POOREST PEOPLE THAT I SEE IN ALL 03:53 OF INDIA. 03:54 AND WHEN WE GO TO THEIR VILLAGES IT IS A BUNCH OF 03:58 VERY, VERY POOR PEOPLE. 04:00 IT IS SORT OF LIKE UM, SLAVE LABOR. 04:06 OH MY. 04:07 WE DON'T DARE CALL IT THAT BUT THESE ARE LARGE LAND 04:09 OWNERS THAT PAY A PITTANCE TO THE PEOPLE TO DO THE 04:14 WORK FOR THEM. 04:15 DO THEY READ AND WRITE? 04:18 MOST OF THEM DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL. 04:20 AND WHAT IS THE PRIMARY DENOMINATION OR FAITH? 04:24 OH, HINDUISM. 04:25 HINDUISM. 04:26 YES, OH YES. 04:27 SO, WHAT KIND OF COMMON DENOMINATORS BRING US 04:30 TOGETHER WITH THESE PEOPLE? 04:33 THE NEED. 04:34 US SEEING THE NEED FOR THEM NEEDING JESUS AND 04:36 THEIR PEOPLE SEEING THE NEED TO SPREAD THIS 04:38 MESSAGE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE. 04:40 AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR EDUCATION. 04:42 SO, WHEN YOU ARRIVE THERE, A WHITE LADY FROM AMERICA, 04:48 MUST SEEM LIKE A GODDESS THAT HAS JUST DESCENDED 04:50 FROM THAT'S WHAT THEY TREAT US LIKE. 04:53 INTERESTING. 04:54 SO, THEY ARE VERY COURTEOUS, OH VERY, VERY 04:56 OPEN, YES AND THEY JUST MAKE US THE BEST FOOD. 05:01 THEY SUPPLY THE BEST OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE 05:05 AND IT IS POOR. 05:07 YOU AND I GREW UP VERY POOR BUT NOTHING LIKE 05:11 THIS. 05:12 NO WINDOWS. 05:13 WELL, BATHROOMS, UM IT'S JUST IT'S POOR AND IT'S 05:21 DIRTY. 05:22 THERE IS JUST DIRT EVERYWHERE. 05:24 IT'S AND THEY ARE TRYING. 05:27 WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE AND IT'S JUST TO US IT WOULD 05:34 APPEAR MISERABLE. 05:35 WHAT KIND OF A SCHOOL IS THIS FOR CHILDREN? 05:37 EDUCATION YOUNG. 05:38 YES, YES, THEIR SCHOOL IS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 05:41 EIGHTH GRADE. 05:42 UH HUH. 05:43 I'D LIKE TO JUST SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 05:46 IT'S LIKE. 05:47 PLEASE. 05:48 THIS IS PANAPUR IT'S CALLED AND WE'RE GOING TO 05:50 SHOW YOU A HEALTH RALLY THAT WAS DONE THIS YEAR 05:53 AND THIS IS THE OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGE THAT WE ARE 05:56 GOING TO PANAPUR VILLAGE AND THESE ARE CARRYING 05:59 SOME OF THE PRODUCE OF THE GROUND THERE TO MARKET OR 06:04 TO THEIR HOMES FOR STORAGE. 06:07 AND WE ARE GREETED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE VILLAGE 06:09 WITH THE COWS. 06:10 THOSE ARE SACRED AREN'T THEY? 06:12 YES, AND WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL TO BE POLITE AND 06:16 COURTEOUS TO THEM. 06:17 AND A VEHICLE CANNOT REALLY GO ON THESE ROADS. 06:22 THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PAVEMENT AT THIS PLACE 06:24 NOW BUT YOU SEE THE BLUE ARROW IN THE CENTER TOP, 06:28 YES. 06:29 THAT IS POINTING TO THE HINDU TEMPLE FOR THAT 06:31 VILLAGE. 06:32 NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN EXTREMELY POOR -POVERTY 06:35 BIG TIME BUT LOOK AT HOW WELL DRESSED THOSE LADIES 06:38 ARE THAT ARE WALKING AWAY FROM US. 06:40 I'VE JUST GOT TO INTERCEPT A LITTLE STORY HERE AND 06:43 THAT IS WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FIRST WENT TO INDIA, 06:47 WE WENT FOR EVANGELISM IN THE KURNOOL AREA ANDWE DID 06:51 SOME AFTERNOON VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND WE GAVE THEM 06:55 HEALTH TALKS AGAINST ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO 06:57 MAINLY. 06:58 AND AT THE END, WE SAID ANY QUESTIONS? 07:01 THERE WAS A TEACHER IN THE BACK WHO PUT UPHIS HAND 07:03 AND HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT INDIA? 07:07 OH DEAR, DO I LIKE ANYTHING? 07:11 OH, THE WAY THE LADIES DRESS. 07:12 AH, OH YOU COULD JUST SEE THE LOOK -SO PROUD AND 07:15 EVEN MY DRESS THAT I HAVE TODAY -IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND 07:19 THEN THE TEACHER PUT HIS HAND UP AND HE SAID, AND 07:22 WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT INDIA? 07:24 HOW CAN YOU TELL SOMEBODY SOMETHING THAT THEY 07:26 DON'T-THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THEM? 07:28 RIGHT, RIGHT. 07:29 VERY DIFFICULT BUT I SAID A QUICK PRAYER AND GOD 07:31 GAVE ME THE ANSWER. 07:32 WHAT WAS THE ANSWER? 07:33 THE SPUTUM FROM SPITTING TOBACCO ON THE WALLS OF 07:36 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 07:37 OH WOW. 07:38 AND THEY SAID, OH, YES. 07:40 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 07:42 NOW WHAT ABOUT TOBACCO NOW IS THAT COMMON USE. 07:46 YES, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IT IS A PROBLEM. 07:48 A BIG PROBLEM IN POORER AREAS. 07:50 ALL THE GENDERS, EVEN THE WOMEN. 07:54 YES. 07:56 THIS IS WALKING THROUGH THE VILLAGE TO THE CHURCH 07:59 IN PANAPUR AND THIS IS THEIR BUFFALO CHIPS 08:05 -BIOFUEL. 08:05 IT IS USED AS SIDING? 08:07 IT'S DRYING, OH IT'S DRYING THERE TO BE USED AS 08:12 FUEL. 08:12 AS FUEL FOR THE COOKING FOR FOOD. 08:15 NOTHING IS WASTED. 08:16 NOW THERE IS OUR CHURCH AND I'M POINTING OUT TO 08:21 YOU THIS BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK GOING ACROSS 08:24 THERE AND EVERYTIME I GO THROUGH THERE WITH 08:27 NOSTALGIA I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME I WENT WHEN 08:29 THEY WERE BUILDING THE CHURCH AND WHEN THEY WERE 08:32 BUILDING THE CHURCH IT WAS A WATERWAY. 08:35 OH, IS THIS WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS NOW? 08:37 THIS IS WHERE THE SIDEWALK WAS NOW. 08:39 LOOK AT THAT. 08:40 AND THAT'S THE CHILDREN IN IT BUT THIS -THEY SAID, 08:44 HOW AM I GOING TO GET MADAM ACROSS THE WATER. 08:47 THE MEN WENT AND GOT A BRIDE'S BOX WHERE THEY 08:50 CARRY A BRIDE FROM HER HOME TO THE GROOM'S HOME 08:54 AND THEY HAD ME SIT IN THIS AND THEN THEY TOOK ME 08:58 IN THIS BASKET-YOU LOOK LIKE CINDERELLA- AND THEY 09:02 IT IS. 09:03 THEY ARE PULLING THEY ARE CARRYING ME THROUGH THAT 09:04 WATERWAY THERE AND YOU SEE HOW DEEP THEY ARE IN THE 09:08 WATER AND NOW, THESE MEN THAT CARRIED ME TO THIS 09:14 CHURCH THEY COME TO SEE ME EVERY YEAR I COME. 09:19 WOW. 09:19 IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE. 09:22 WE ALSO HAD A SCHOOL MADE RIGHT BEHIND THIS CHURCH 09:25 AND THERE ARE TWO TOILETS FOR THEM TO USE ALSO. 09:28 AND WHEN WE GO THERE, THERE IS THE CHILDREN IN 09:32 THE CHURCH. 09:32 LOOK AT THAT GROUP OF CHILDREN. 09:34 OH, AND THEY GIVE US A PROGRAM UNLIKE ANY YOU 09:37 HAVE SEEN ANY TIME. 09:38 HOW BIG OF A COMMUNITY IS THIS WHERE YOU WENT 09:40 BECAUSE THAT MUST REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF 09:42 FAMILIES. 09:43 WELL, THERE IS PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE ANYWAY IN 09:46 THIS VILLAGE. 09:47 AND THESE CHILDREN LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WHAT? 09:48 THEY ARE SEVEN TO TWELVE OR FIFTEEN? 09:50 AH, I'D SAY BETWEEN FIVE AND TWELVE. 09:54 AND THEY ARE ALL SITTING DOWN LOOKING STRAIGHT 09:56 AHEAD PAYING FULL ATTENTION. 09:58 THE CHURCH GETS FULL. 09:59 IN THE BACK-LEFT CORNER, THERE IS THIS GROUP OF 10:03 MEN, HOW DUTIFUL THEY ARE. 10:06 TEN YEARS AGO, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO CARRIED ME IN 10:08 THE BRIDES BOX. 10:09 HOW ABOUT THAT? 10:10 AND YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE PICTURES WE ARE GOING 10:15 TO SHOW YOU NOW BECAUSE THE PUNDIT OR THE HINDU 10:19 PRIEST CAME TO MEET US AND GIVE A SPEECH IN THE 10:23 CHURCH. 10:23 THIS IS HE. 10:24 AND WELCOMED US AND SO THEN WE HAD A PICTURE 10:27 TAKEN WITH THE PUNDIT. 10:29 SO, THEY DON'T MIND YOU COMING AS FOREIGN 10:31 MISSIONARIES? 10:32 THEY WELCOME US. 10:33 LOOK THEY WELCOMED US WITH A GARLAND OF FLOWERS AND 10:36 STUFF. 10:37 I SEE THAT. 10:38 SO, THIS PRIEST WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THEIR 10:42 SOCIETY? 10:43 DO THEY HAVE A TEMPLE AND DO THEY HAVE SPECIAL 10:45 RITUALS AND WORSHIP STYLES? 10:47 YES, YOU SAW I WAS POINTING OUT THAT BLUE 10:49 ARROW AT THE BEGINNING, YES, WHERE THERE IS A 10:51 HINDU TEMPLE. 10:52 THEY HAVE SO MANY GODS. 10:54 YES, YES. 10:55 OH, BUT AFTER WE HAD OUR SERVICE AND THE FUNTIME IN 11:01 THE CHURCH, THEY LINED THE KIDS UP WITH THESE 11:03 PLACARDS AND THEY GOT READY TO MARCH THROUGH THE 11:08 VILLAGE TO START THE HEALTH RALLY AND SO THE 11:12 CHILDREN ARE LINING UP WITH THEIR SIGNS AND NOW 11:17 WE ARE STARTING TO GO THROUGH THE VILLAGE. 11:18 SO, THIS IS A PARADE. 11:19 THIS IS ADVERTISING. 11:21 RIGHT. 11:22 YES, YES SO PEOPLE WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND 11:24 OF COURSE THE WORD GETS OUT. 11:25 IF YOU LOOK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AT THE FRONT AND 11:28 NOT AT THE BACK END WHICH IS IN THE FOREGROUND, YOU 11:30 WILL SEE THE WHITE SPOT. 11:32 YES. 11:32 THAT IS THE PUNDIT. 11:33 HE IS LEADING THE WAY. 11:34 THE PRIEST IS LEADING THE WAY. 11:35 YES. 11:36 A HINDU PRIEST OPENS THE WAY FOR OUR EVANGELISTIC 11:40 OUTREACH AND THEY ARE SHOUTING THE SLOGAN, 11:43 "ALCOHOL IS BAD, SMOKING IS BAD" AND THIS IS WHAT 11:47 THEY GO ON AND ON. 11:48 AND THEN EVERYBODY COMES FROM BEHIND SOMEWHERE IN 11:52 THEIR HOUSES OR WHEREVER THEY ARE TO SEE WHAT IN 11:55 THE WORLD IS GOING ON. 11:57 BUT THESE CHILDREN ARE ALL CARRYING THOSE SIGNS AND 12:00 RESPONDING TO THEIR LEADERS. 12:01 THEN WE COME TO THE TOWN SQUARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF 12:05 THE HINDU TEMPLE THERE, I SEE THE TEMPLE THERE YES. 12:08 AND NOTICE THE OLD MEN IN FRONT? 12:10 YES. 12:11 THESE ARE THE ONES THAT CARRIED ME. 12:12 HOW ABOUT THAT SO THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. 12:14 THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. 12:15 AND THE CHILDREN LINED UP WITH THEIR SIGNS IN FRONT 12:17 OF THE HINDU TEMPLE AND THEN WE HAD OUR PROGRAM ON 12:22 THE-THERE IS MORE OF THEM. 12:24 IT IS RIGHT OUT ON THE SQUARE THAT YOU HAD THE 12:26 PROGRAM? 12:27 YES, YES. 12:28 THE SQUARE OF THE TOWN, THIS IS IT. 12:29 THEY HAVE A CEMENT PLATFORM AND THEY SANG 12:33 SONGS, CHRISTIAN SONGS, AND THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:36 WORKERS GAVE SPEECHES AND THE PUNDIT YOU SEE HIM ON 12:41 THE PLATFORM. 12:42 I SEE HIM ON THE PLATFORM ON THE RIGHT THERE, YES 12:43 INDEED. 12:44 AND HE GAVE A SPEECH. 12:44 SO, HE WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS. 12:47 YES, YES. 12:48 HE' S PROUD OF THIS. 12:50 OH, MY YES. 12:51 ISN'T THAT AMAZING. 12:52 AND THEN THERE WAS A BAPTIST PREACHER THAT GAVE 12:55 A TALK AGAINST AND ALCOHOL AND I THINK AT ONE TIME HE 12:59 HAD HAD A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL BECAUSE HE WAS 13:01 SAYING HOW MUCH BETTER HIS LIFE WAS. 13:03 DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF KNOWING THE IMPACT AND 13:07 WHAT THE RESULTS WERE OF THIS TEMPERANCE RALLY? 13:10 WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT TIME WE GO. 13:12 BUT THERE IS A MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE GIVING HIS 13:15 SPEECH. 13:16 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH A MICROPHONE. 13:17 RIGHT, YES. 13:19 SO, WE HAD SPEECHES FROM THE BAPTIST PRIEST, WE 13:22 HAVE IT FROM THE MAYOR, FROM THE PUNDIT AND THERE 13:26 IS ONE OF THOSE MEN THAT CARRIED ME IN THE FRONT. 13:28 HE IS YOUR BODYGUARD, SECRET SERVICE. 13:31 YES. 13:32 THEY ARE ALWAYS SO PROUD TO THINK THAT THEY HAD THE 13:35 HONOR OF CARRYING ME TO THE CHURCH. 13:39 I AM SO HONORED THAT THEY WOULD DO THIS. 13:41 A WHITE WOMAN THEY CARRIED. 13:44 WE ARE TALKING HERE RIGHT NOW WITH TWO CELEBRITIES I 13:48 CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE BEVERLY AND 13:51 SHIRLEY HERE ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA REACHING OUT 13:56 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FULFILLING THE GREAT 13:58 COMMISSION OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 24:14. 14:01 GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD. 14:03 AND IN INDIA YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PARTS 14:06 OF INDIA WHICH IS SO DIFFICULT. 14:08 SO UNEDUCATED AND SO IMPOVERISHED AND THEIR 14:12 HEALTH PRINCIPLES LACKING SO MUCH AND OF COURSE, 14:14 JESUS HEALED PEOPLE BEFORE HE TRIED TO CONVERT THEM 14:18 SO, HERE YOU ARE REACHING THEIR NEEDS AND EVEN THE 14:21 LOCAL HINDU PRIEST, AND THE BAPTIST MINISTER, AND 14:24 THE MAYOR ARE ALL THERE. 14:25 I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 14:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED 14:31 WHETHER YOU ARE IN KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 14:33 AND ALL ACROSS CANADA, WHETHER YOU ARE IN BRAZIL, 14:35 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD 14:38 WATCH THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW. 14:39 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 14:45 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 14:49 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 14:51 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 14:54 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 15:13 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 15:38 HURTS. 15:41 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 16:01 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 16:05 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:10 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:12 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 16:15 WHERE? 16:16 ALL THE WORLD. 16:17 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 16:18 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:18 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:19 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 16:20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:21 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 16:22 MEANING. 16:23 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:24 BE THE SPARK. 16:25 LIGHT THE FIRE. 16:26 FINISH THE WORK. 16:26 FINISH THE WORK. 16:27 BE THE SPARK! 16:28 WE'RE BACK TALKING TO TWO CELEBRITIES HERE AND I 16:29 CANNOT TELL YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU LOOK. 16:30 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS THIS GARB CALLED 16:32 AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE WEARING SOMETHING THAT 16:33 ONLY CELEBRITIES I WOULD THINK, OR THE QUEEN OR THE 16:34 PRINCESSES WOULD HAVE. 16:35 THIS IS WHY I SAY, THE LADIES OF INDIA MAKE A 16:36 VERY GOOD IMPRESSION BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS DRESS 16:38 SO BEAUTIFULLY AND WHENEVER THEY GO OUT OF 16:39 THE HOUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS DRESSED SO GORGEOUSLY AND 16:40 YES, SHIRLEY'S ESPECIALLY IS A MORE DRESSY ONE THAN 16:42 WOULD BE WORN TO A PARTY OR EVEN JUST GOING OUT TO 16:43 A MEAL OR TO CHURCH. 16:44 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A FASHION SHOW HERE YOU ARE 16:45 BOTH MODELS. 16:46 WHAT IS THIS CALLED? 16:47 THIS IS PUNJABI. 16:48 IT HAS PANTS, IT HAS A DRESS THAT GO OVER THE 16:49 PANTS AND IT HAS A SCARF. 16:49 YOU CAN WEAR THE SCARF ANYWAY YOU WANT NOW. 16:51 AT ONE POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A SORT OF EVERYBODY 16:52 WORE THEIR SCARVES THE SAME WAY BUT NOW THEY 'VE 16:54 MODERNIZED AND THEY ARE WEARING THEM DIFFERENT 16:57 WAYS. 16:59 NOW A LADY SAY, ON EITHER A SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 17:01 OVER THERE OR A SABBATH MORNING SERVICE DO THEY 17:05 ALL HAVE ONE OF THESE KIND OF DRESSES FOR SPECIAL 17:08 SERVICE? 17:09 WELL, SARIS ARE REALLY THE NUMBER ONE COSTUME FOR THE 17:12 LADIES STILL. 17:13 THIS, THE PUNJABI IS WORN MORE BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE 17:17 BUT YOU ARE VERY APPROPRIATELY WEARING IT 17:21 THEN, THAT'S RIGHT WE PREFER THE MODESTY OF THE 17:24 PUNJABI. 17:25 THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SLEEVES AND THEY ARE 17:27 FITTED NICELY WITH THE TUNIC TOP AND PANTS THAT 17:31 COVER EVERYTHING. 17:32 THE SCARF ADDS TO IT. 17:34 YOU COULDN'T HAVE A MORE DRESSY DRESS AND 17:37 COMFORTABLE AS THEY ARE. 17:38 YES. 17:39 NOW, I DON'T GET OFF TOO FAR FROM THE REST OF THE 17:41 STORY BUT I WOULDJUST BE CURIOUS THOUGH AMERICANS 17:43 THEY DRESS DOWN BY CUTTING THEIR JEANS, YES, 17:45 SPLITTING THEIR KNEES AND SO FORTH. 17:46 I CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT. 17:47 DO THEY EVEN THINK THAT WAY OVER THERE? 17:48 IN THE VILLAGES, NO. 17:49 IN THE BIG CITIES, MAYBE. 17:49 THE YOUTH. 17:50 BUT THIS IS OUT WHERE THE RUBBER IS MEETING THE 17:51 ROAD. 17:52 RIGHT. 17:53 YES. 17:54 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JOURNEY INTO THE TOWN AND 18:05 THE PRIEST OF THE CHURCH RIGHT THERE AND THE 18:11 BAPTIST MINISTER, THE MAYOR ARE ALL INVOLVED. 18:13 YOU HAD THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OF MOVING INTO A 18:17 LITTLE DIFFERENT DIMENSION AND THAT WOULD BE THE HOLY 18:20 COMMUNION, THE LORD'S SUPPER. 18:22 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE. 18:24 YES, AH THIS IS MOVING TO ANOTHER VILLAGE PROBABLY 18:29 ABOUT A 10-15 MINUTE TAXI DRIVE WHERE WE HAVE A 18:33 CHURCH AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE TASTE OF 18:38 WHAT THE COMMUNION PLACE AND AREA IS LIKE. 18:46 ENTERING THE VILLAGE, YOU SEE THE USUAL ANIMALS, 18:49 THERE IS THE DUCKS AND CHICKENS AND COWS AND 18:53 DONKEYS ETC. AND PLACE FOR THEM TO SLEEP AND LIKE 18:57 YOU SAY, THE VILLAGE IS VERY POOR. 18:59 YOU KNOW, WE SHOW THE POOR IN PART OF THIS BUT YOU 19:02 KNOW WHAT, THAT PART IS NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM AND 19:06 IT IS NOT TO ME EITHER. 19:07 THE PEOPLE ARE SO WONDERFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL. 19:10 THIS IS PANCHESWAR CHURCH AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAD 19:16 COMMUNION SABBATH. 19:18 THERE WAS A SANCTUARY ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE LEFT 19:19 IS THE SABBATH SCHOOL? 19:21 THAT WAS SCHOOL. 19:21 SCHOOL, OK. 19:22 SCHOOL BUILDING AND NOW WE ARE INSIDE THE CHURCH, 19:23 INSIDE THE CHURCH AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE 19:27 LADIES ON THE RIGHT. 19:28 THEY ARE ALL SITTING ON THE FLOOR. 19:29 UH HUH. 19:30 AH, THEY DO HAVE MATS TO SIT ON AND THAT IS THE 19:35 ACCEPTABLE WAY FOR THEM TO SIT. 19:38 WE HAD THE SERVICE IN SIDE AND THEN WE WERE USHERED 19:40 OUTSIDE FOR THE LADIES TO WASH THEIR FEET. 19:43 YOU KNOW. 19:44 THEY DO IT THE SAME WAY IN INDIA AS THEY DO IN 19:47 AMERICA. 19:48 IS THIS FAIRLY UNIQUE TO OUR PARTICULAR CHURCH'S 19:53 WAY OF CELEBRATING COMMUNION. 19:55 VERY FEW OTHERS DO THAT. 19:56 THERE USED TO BE THE DIRTY FOOT BAPTISTS ALSO THAT 19:58 WASH FEET AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC POPES WAY AT THE 20:01 HEIRACHY THE CARDINALS WASH EACH OTHER'S FEET 20:03 WHEN A POPE IS ELECTED. 20:05 MOST OTHER DENOMINATIONS DO NOT DO THAT SO IS THIS 20:07 SORT OF AN ATTRACTIVE, ANOTHER KIND OF AN 20:10 ADVERTISING FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SEE AND TO 20:12 PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE COMMUNION AND FOOT 20:15 WASHING? 20:17 COMMUNION TO THE MEMBER IS VERY SPECIAL BUT IT IS A 20:20 VERY HIGH DAY WHEN THEY HAVE COMMUNION SERVICE 20:23 THERE. 20:24 WHICH IS ONCE A QUARTER, YES. 20:25 WELL, IT IS AS OFTEN AS THE PASTOR CAN COME AND DO 20:28 IT BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE PASTOR IS ASSIGNED TO 20:31 TWENTY SOME CHURCHES. 20:32 OH. 20:33 SO, I MIGHT BE A YEAR? 20:34 IT MIGHT BE AND SO COMMUNION IS SPECIAL AND 20:38 EVERYBODY COMES OUT. 20:39 SO, THAT'S THE HIGH SABBATH. 20:40 DON'T MISS THAT. 20:41 YES, AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A POTLUCK AFTERWARD. 20:47 UH HUH. 20:49 AN AGAPE FEAST. 20:50 YES, THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY IS. 20:52 IT'S LIKE AN AGAPE FEAST AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE 20:55 LADIES THAT ARE LINED UP AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR 20:57 THEIR TURN TO HAVE THEIR FEET WASHED. 21:00 YOU'LL NOTICE BANGLES ON THE LADIES WRISTS, YOU 21:03 KNOW IN INDIA THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT JEWELRY UNTIL 21:10 IT IS PRESENTED BY A PASTOR AND IT CAN BE THAT 21:14 THEY ARE BAPTIZED FOR A YEAR BEFORE ANYTHING IS 21:17 MENTIONED ABOUT JEWELRY AND SO, WE DON'T CRITICIZE 21:21 OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT JEWELRY. 21:24 MANY TIMES, THE BANGLES DISAPPEAR. 21:25 HM.M. 21:26 WHEN THEY PUT THEIR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO GOD. 21:27 SO, THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING. 21:28 THESE ARE THE ONLOOKERS. 21:29 YES. 21:30 AND THEY HAVE TO BE BAPTIZED TO PARTICIPATE? 21:31 YES. 21:31 SO, THEY CAN'T WAIT. 21:32 AND THEN THEY MET OVER BY THE WATER HOLE OR THE 21:33 WATERPOND AFFAIR AND WHEN THEY FINISHED, THEY HUNG 21:34 ON TO HANDS AND SANG HYMNS AND THE LADIES FINISHED 21:36 WASHING FEET AND ALSO - I'M GETTING CHOKED UP. 21:59 I UNDERSTAND. 22:00 IT'S SO SPECIAL. 22:01 I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST COMMUNION WE EVER 22:04 CONDUCTED WHEN WE WERE HOLDING SERIES OF MEETINGS 22:06 IN UKRAINE AND BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THIS WAS 22:11 BEFORE AMERICA HAD TOO MUCH INFLUENCE, BUT THEY 22:14 HAD A COMMON COMMUNION CHALICE, YES, THEY PASSED 22:16 THAT AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. 22:18 WE INTRODUCED THE LITTLE CUPS AND IT WAS A 22:20 BRAND-NEW THING BECAUSE WHEN JESUS PASSED THE 22:23 CHALICE AROUND, HE SAID, DRINK, ALL YOU AND THAT'S 22:25 PROBABLY ONE COMMON CUP. 22:27 DID THEY HAVE THAT THERE TOO? 22:29 NO. 22:29 THEY ARE INTO THE MODERN. 22:33 WHEN I HAVE COMMUNION AT MY CHURCH I GO INTO THE 22:37 DEACONNESS QUARTERS AFTERWARDS AND SAY, MAY I 22:42 HAVE THE CUPS AND THEN I PUT THEM IN MY DISHWASHER 22:45 AND DRY THEM AND I TAKE THEM IN LITTLE PACKAGES, 22:49 LITTLE BAGGIES THAT HAVE A DOZEN TO TWENTY LITTLE 22:54 CUPS WRAPPED IN A NAPKIN AND I TAKE THESE AND 22:57 DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE PASTORS. 22:59 HOW ABOUT THAT? 23:01 THAT IS PRECIOUS. 23:02 ANYTHING ELSE SPECIAL ABOUT THAT COMMUNION 23:04 SERVICE THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET? 23:07 JUST TO SEE THEM THERE AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING 23:10 THE SAME THING AND BELIEVING THAT SAME GOD 23:13 THAT I BELIEVE, YES, AND THEY ALL THE KIDS ALL COME 23:16 IN AND THEY SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IF THEY GET 23:20 THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE REMEMBERING WHAT JESUS DID 23:23 FOR US, HE WASHED OUR SINS AWAY. 23:26 SO, IF THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT WHILE YOU ARE IN 23:29 THE FOOTWASHING THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT WHAT THAT IS 23:32 ALL ABOUT. 23:33 EVERY PART OF THE SERVICE IS USED FOR ACCENTING WHAT 23:37 GOD HAS DONE FOR US. 23:39 UH HUH. 23:40 AND THE PREACHER HAS A SERMON A LONG SERMON, JUST 23:44 LIKE HE WOULD ANY SABBATH SO, IT IS NOT SHORTENED 23:49 BECAUSE OF WASHING-WE'RE GOING TO WASH OUR FEET. 23:52 IT'S A REGULAR-THEY MAKE A CELEBRATION AN ALL-DAY 23:57 CELEBRATION OUT OF IT. 23:58 WELL, YOU KNOW I'M REMINDED WHEN YOU SAY 24:00 CELEBRATION. 24:02 THIS IS WHAT CHURCH SHOULD BE. 24:03 DR. ANTHONY CAMPOLO, PROFESSOR OF EASTERN 24:07 COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA, NOT AN ADVENTIST, HE IS SO 24:10 PROUD OF ADVENTIST UNIQUE TRADITIONS AND SAYS, THESE 24:14 NEED TO BE TAUGHT TO YOUR CHILDREN. 24:15 HE HAS A BOOK CALLED THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS A 24:17 PARTY AND GOD'S IDEA IS THAT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN 24:21 IT'S GOING TO BE ONE INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION AND 24:24 SO THE COMMUNION BECOMES A LITTLE FORETASTE OF WHAT 24:27 THAT IS ALL ABOUT. 24:28 A BIG SUPPER. 24:29 YES. 24:29 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 24:30 RIGHT. 24:31 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN HE WILL FINALLY 24:32 SIT DOWN WITH US AND BE OUR HOST. 24:35 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WALK FOR LONG DISTANCES AND 24:38 WHEN THEY COME TO CHURCH FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION, 24:41 THEY WALK 15-17 KILOMETERS AND THEY SAY, WE DON'T 24:45 WANT TO GO BACK HOME WITH ONLY A SHORT SERMON. 24:48 ONLY A SHORT MESSAGE. 24:51 LET'S-WE'RE HERE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY BUT 24:55 THEN AFTER THE SERVICE IS FINISHED, THEY LINE UP 25:00 OUTSIDE AND THEY GET THEIR RICE AND DAL. 25:02 SOMETIMES THE RICE FOR SABBATH IS FLAT RICE 25:06 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COOK IT ON SABBATH. 25:08 SO, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 25:10 THEY ARE HAVING-THEY ARE SITTING AND EATING THEIR 25:12 POTLUCK LUNCH. 25:13 THIS IS FOR LUNCH. 25:14 THIS IS THE LUNCH. 25:15 AGAPE FEAST. 25:18 YES. 25:19 WELL, BEVERLY AND SHIRLEY ANY OTHER FINAL THOUGHTS 25:22 BEFORE WE WRAP THIS UP TODAY? 25:24 ALL I CAN SAY IS WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:28 WORKERS. 25:29 THE MORE WE HAVE THE MORE THIS MESSAGE WILL GO TO 25:32 ALL THE WORLD. 25:33 EXACTLY. 25:34 AND I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS COMING 25:36 SOONER BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REACHING OUT INTO THE 25:40 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A PART IN 25:43 IT. 25:44 WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU PRAY FOR THESE 25:45 DEDICATED WORKERS THAT WORK FOR PRACTICALLY A 25:48 PITTANCE AT THE RISK OF THEIR LIVES IN SOME AREAS. 25:51 YOU CAN PRAY FOR THEM. 25:53 THOSE PRAYERS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE 25:55 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES NOW HAVE SHOWN THAT PRAYER 25:58 TAKES PLACE, AMEN, WHEN YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY IN 26:00 THE HOSPITAL IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, SOMETHING HAPPENS 26:03 IN THE BRAIN OF THAT PERSON. 26:04 YES. 26:05 IT HAS NOW BEEN PROVEN IN THE LABORATORY SO THAT 26:07 PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 26:08 PRAY FOR THESE GOSPEL WORKERS. 26:09 SECONDALLY, YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY HAVING A PART 26:14 IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. 26:16 YOU CAN BE JUST LIKE THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES HERE THAT 26:18 I'VE INTERVIEWED TODAY AND ASK IF YOU CAN GO OVER TO 26:22 SOME OF THESE AREAS. 26:23 YOU MAY HAVE A SPECIFIC KIND OF A TALENT, MAYBE 26:25 YOU'VE MADE BREAD, YOU CAN HAVE COOKING SCHOOLS, 26:27 MAYBE YOU'RE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND YOU COULD GO 26:29 TAKE TEMPERATURES AND HELP THESE FOLKS IN THOSE 26:32 AREAS. 26:33 IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH 26:34 YOU. 26:35 AND FINALLY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PRAYERFULLY 26:38 CONSIDER SUPPORTING US BECAUSE THIS IS A FAITH 26:40 BASED MINISTRY. 26:42 NONE OF THIS GOES TO ANY OF US. 26:44 WE DON'T GET PAID. 26:45 NOTHING LIKE IT ON THE PLANET AND WE ARE TAX 26:48 DEDUCTIBLE. 26:49 DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE ADDRESS THAT APPEARS 26:52 ON YOUR SCREEN AND WHETHER YOU ARE IN CANADA, UNITED 26:55 STATES OR BRAZIL YOU CAN BE A PART OF GOSPEL 26:57 OUTREACH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WITH 27:00 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:01 AGAIN, THANK YOU LADIES FOR BEING ON OUR PROGRAM 27:03 TODAY. 27:04 MAY HEAVEN SMILE DOWN ON YOU AND YOU WITH ITS 27:06 CHOICEST BLESSINGS UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. 28:27 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. |
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