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00:33 I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR INTERVIEWERS TODAY I CAN
00:35 HARDLY WAIT TO HEAR MYSELF SPEAK. 00:37 BUT WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:40 I'M YOUR HOST TODAY LONNIE MELASHENKO AND WE HAVE 00:42 DAVID AND ROSA GILLHAM. 00:44 YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS COMMISSIONED THE DISCIPLES 00:47 TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD MATTHEW 24:14 IS VERY 00:50 CLEAR-GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 00:53 WE KNOW FROM THE BIBLICAL HISTORY THAT PHILIP WENT 00:56 INTO AFRICA AND MET THE EUNUCH. 01:00 WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THOMAS WENT TO INDIA. 01:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:05 WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA 01:07 WHERE YOU ARE SERVING WITH 140 SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:12 -148 BIBLE WORKERS. 01:13 WOW. 01:14 YES. 01:15 AND THIS PART OF THE WORLD INDIA, IT'S A MYSTERIOUS 01:19 NAME. 01:20 WE ALL KNEW ABOUT IT WHEN WE WENT TO GEOGRAPHY CLASS 01:22 IN SCHOOL. 01:23 I LIVED MOST OF MY MARRIED LIFE IN CALIFORNIA WHICH 01:25 HAS WHAT 48 MILLION PEOPLE? 01:27 38-40 MILLION PEOPLE. 01:28 38 MILLION, 40 AND INDIA HAS HOW MANY? 01:31 1.3 BILLION THAT'S 1,200 MILLION. 01:35 THAT'S ABOUT 31 TIMES AS BIG AS CALIFORNIA'S 01:39 POPULATION. 01:39 RIGHT. 01:40 AND THERE YOU ARE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA, 01:43 RIGHT. 01:44 WHICH IS NEARER THE EQUATOR SO IT GETS WARM. 01:46 OH YES. 01:47 IT IS VERY WARM. 01:49 MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST LIKE IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE 01:52 WENT THERE IT WAS LIKE 105 DEGREES IN THE VALLEYS 01:56 DOWN TOWARD THE OCEAN. 01:57 VERY HOT. 01:59 NOW INDIA IS SUCH AN AMAZING COMPLEX. 02:03 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND YOU'VE GOT HINDUS AND 02:06 MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS AND WHAT OTHER PARTICULAR 02:08 PERSUASIONS? 02:08 WELL, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL A 02:10 LOT IN INDIA. 02:11 THERE ARE SIKHS AND JAINS AND ALL THESE OTHER 02:12 RELIGIONS. 02:13 I GUESS TECHNICALLY, IT'S ABOUT 85 PER CENT HINDU 02:14 AND ABOUT 15 PER CENT MUSLIM. 02:14 CHRISTIANS 1, 2, 3 PERCENT MAYBE. 02:21 OH. 02:23 SO, CHRISTIANITY HAS JUST NOT TAKEN OFF. 02:29 AND MANY OF THESE AREAS AS WE TALK ABOUT "ADVENTURES 02:33 IN MISSIONS" OUR MISSION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 02:36 TO REACH WHAT IS CALLED THE 10/40 WINDOW. 02:38 UH HUH. 02:39 TEN DEGREES TO 40 DEGREES ON THAT LATITUDE, UH HUH, 02:43 IN WHICH 97 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN 02:46 HEARD OF THE NAME OF JESUS. 02:49 AND SO, YOU HAVE A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE WITH THESE 02:52 GOSPEL WORKERS OF ENTERING INTO SOME ZONES WHERE IT 02:55 IS DANGEROUS TO LIVE, ABSOLUTELY. 02:56 THERE IS A LOT OF ANIMISM, THERE IS EVEN SATANISM AND 03:00 WORSHIP; THERE IS POSSESSION. 03:02 WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME INTERESTING THINGS 03:03 TODAY. 03:04 I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO BEGIN AND TELL US WHAT IS 03:06 HAPPENING IN INDIA. 03:08 WELL, YES LONNIE THIS IS AMAZING. 03:09 ROSA AND I HAD BEEN OVER TO INDIA NOW THE LAST TWO 03:12 YEARS AND WE JUST CAME BACK THIS YEAR AH, WE 03:16 BARELY ESCAPED THE COVID SHUTDOWN BUT THE LORD WAS 03:19 WITH US AND WE GOT BACK TO THE STATES SAFELY. 03:22 UH, AND WE ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING HERE TODAY WE 03:24 NEED TO TELL PEOPLE. 03:26 SO, OKAY YOU KNOW WE WERE ABLE KIND OF ESCAPE GOING 03:30 EAST INSTEAD OF GOING BACK THROUGH GERMANY. 03:31 WE CAME BACK THROUGH BANGKOK AND UP THROUGH 03:33 JAPAN THEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO KOREA TO 03:36 CATCH A FLIGHT BUT THEY HAD CLOSED KOREA DOWN. 03:38 THE COVID HAD JUST LANDED THERE AND IT WAS GETTING 03:41 SEVERE SO WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE OUR FLIGHT BUT 03:44 WE MADE IT BACK TO SEATTLE AND BACK TO WALLA WALLA. 03:46 SO, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF 03:50 YOUR PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. 03:51 DO WE HAVE A PICTURE TO SHOW AS TO WHERE THIS IN 03:53 THE TIP OF INDIA? 03:54 YES, THIS IS A ONE OF THE STATES IN SOUTH CENTRAL 03:56 INDIA. 03:57 IT IS CALLED KARNATAKA AND KARNATAKA IS A WONDERFUL 04:03 LITTLE STATE THERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE RED ON YOUR 04:05 MAP. 04:06 AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU ABOUT SOUTHERN INDIA IN 04:09 GENERAL. 04:10 WE HAVE LIKE I SAID 148 BIBLE WORKERS UH, AND LAST 04:14 YEAR THE STATISTICS WE'VE JUST COMPILED THEM, WE 04:17 ACTUALLY HAD 60 BRAND NEW WORSHIPING GROUPS FORM 04:21 BECAUSE OF THESE 148 BIBLE WORKERS. 04:25 THAT'S 60 NEW CHURCHES FORMED. 04:29 AH, WE HAVE OVER ALMOST 2000 BAPTISMS JUST IN THIS 04:33 AREA ALONE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 04:35 REALLY? 04:35 NOW LET'S RUN BY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE 04:37 TALKING ABOUT AN AREA THAT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO ENTER, 04:40 RIGHT, THAT CAUCASIANS OR AMERICANS OR CANADIANS OR 04:44 PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA WOULD NOT BE WELCOME THERE 04:46 BUT WE HAVE IMPLANTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND WE 04:50 CALL THEM THESE GOSPEL WORKERS. 04:51 THEY GET A PITTANCE OF A SALARY AND ALL OF A 04:55 SUDDEN, THIS EXPLOSION OF RESPONSE. 04:59 ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT IS JUST THE MIRACULOUS I SAY 05:03 MIRACULOUS GENIOUS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION 05:06 BECAUSE INSTEAD OF TRAINING A FOREIGN 05:09 MISSIONARY, LIKE YOU, LIKE MYSELF OR ROSA THAT 05:12 DOESN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND TEACHING US THE 05:15 LANGUAGE BECAUSE EVERY STATE HAS A DIFFERENT 05:17 LANGUAGE. 05:18 OH WOW. 05:19 THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF LANGUAGES IN 05:21 INDIA. 05:22 SO, THESE 148 GOSPEL WORKERS, MANY OF THEM 05:24 SPEAK THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 05:25 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND A LOT OF THEM DON'T SPEAK 05:27 ENGLISH SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY AND 05:30 LOTS OF YEARS, LOTS OF TIME SENDING ME TO ONE OR 05:32 TWO MISSIONARIES OVER THERE WE FIND DEDICATED 05:36 PEOPLE IN THE TARGET ZONE THAT ALREADY SPEAK THE 05:39 LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW HOW TO 05:41 LIVE ON THE INCOME THAT IS -THAT THEY GET THERE AND 05:46 THEY BECOME THE BIBLE WORKERS AND THEY WORK 05:49 CLOSELY WITH THE CHURCH AND THEY ARE SORT OF LIKE 05:52 UNDERCOVER AGENTS IN SOME AREAS WHERE IT IS VERY 05:54 DANGEROUS AND IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO PROSELYTIZE. 05:58 ABSOLUTELY, IN FACT I JUST READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT A 06:01 WEEK AND A HALF AGO THAT ALL THE FOREIGN ENTITIES 06:06 THAT ARE SENDING MONEY IN FOR MISSION PROGRAMS AND 06:08 SO ON, THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS LOOKING VERY, 06:11 VERY CAREFULLY AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES 06:14 AND ESPECIALLY SINGELING OUT OUR CHURCH AND ANOTHER 06:18 CHURCH. 06:19 I'M SURE THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT ARE YOU DOING 06:20 TO HELP OUR PEOPLE. 06:22 WE DON'T WANT TO JUST CHANGE THEIR RELIGION 06:23 WHICH THEY ARE NOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT BUT WHAT ARE 06:26 YOU DOING TO HELP OUR PEOPLE? 06:28 AND SO, THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY 06:30 AND JUST SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS THE AMAZING THINGS 06:33 THAT GOD IS DOING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES, 06:35 TO IMPROVE THE NATION OF INDIA AND -JUMP RIGHT IN, 06:38 LET'S GO. 06:39 ROSA HAS A REALLY NEAT STORY ABOUT SOMETHING WE 06:42 DID WITH A GENTLEMAN, ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 06:45 YES, THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 06:49 THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW FOR A 06:51 NUMBER OF YEARS. 06:52 HIS NAME IS JESUDAS AND HE IS A DELIGHTFUL MAN THAT 06:57 THEY HAVE JUST DECIDED HE HAS BEEN SO FAITHFUL AND 07:00 HAS WON SO MANY PEOPLE TO JESUS THAT THEY HAVE NOW 07:04 DECIDED THIS YEAR, AFTER WE WERE THERE, TO TAKE HIM 07:09 ON AS A REGULAR PASTOR. 07:11 SO, WE HAVE JUST REPLACED HIM WITH ANOTHER GOSPEL 07:14 OUTREACH WORKER BUT WHEN WE WERE THERE ON SABBATH, 07:18 THIS IS IN THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, AND IN KOLAR 07:22 REGION AND HE TOOK US TO HIS LITTLE CHURCH. 07:27 ONE OF THE NEW CHURCHES THAT HE HAD HELPED 07:30 ESTABLISH IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE OF KADUR. 07:33 SO, THESE KINDS OF FACILITIES WERE NOT THERE 07:35 TEN, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. 07:37 NO, THESE ARE EMERGING AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPORT OF 07:40 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH -YES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF 07:45 THE- UNIQUE MINISTRIES WHERE ITS ALL VOLUNTEER. 07:48 IT IS. 07:48 THERE IS NO OUTLAY. 07:49 YOU DON'T GET PAID; I DON'T GET PAID. 07:51 NO, BUT THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 07:53 THAT'S WHERE HE IS NOW. 07:54 AND YOU WERE IN THIS SPOT? 07:56 YES. 07:57 YES, WE WERE THERE AND DAVID IS SPEAKING TO THE 08:00 CONGREGATION. 08:01 THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO HAVE US THERE BUT YOU CAN 08:05 SEE THERE IN INDIA WHERE THE WOMEN SIT ON ONE SIDE, 08:08 I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT, AND THE MEN 08:10 ON THE OTHER. 08:11 YES. 08:12 THE WOMEN-THEY ARE ALL SO VERY REVERENT ABOUT HOW 08:14 THEY WORSHIP FOR GOD AND THEY COVER THEIR HEADS 08:17 WITH THE AH, SHAWLS THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT'S WHY 08:20 THIS IS NICE. 08:21 I ENJOY WEARING THIS TYPE OF DRESS WHEN I'M THERE 08:26 TOO BECAUSE I CAN PARTICIPATE WITH THEM AND 08:29 THEN IN THAT CHURCH YOU KNOW, BALLOONS ARE NOT 08:33 VERY EXPENSIVE AND THEY ARE POOR PEOPLE BUT THEY 08:36 WERE SO EXCITED. 08:38 IF YOU NOTICE ALL THE LITTLE BALLOONS HANGING 08:41 AROUND IN DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WAS THEIR LOVINGLY 08:46 DECORATED CHURCH. 08:48 I SEE, THERE THEY ARE. 08:49 ON THE CEILINGS AND AROUND THE ROOM. 08:50 YES. 08:51 THIS IS LIKE ADVERTISING FOR THE COMMUNITY ISN'T 08:52 IT? 08:53 YES. 08:54 AND THEN THEY SING TOO, SO BEAUTIFULLY. 08:58 AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THAT AT THE TESTIMONY 09:05 TIME PASTOR YESUDAS INVITED THESE TWO WOMEN TO 09:10 COME UP AND HE WAS TELLING THEIR STORIES ABOUT HOW 09:12 GOD HAD CHANGED THEIR LIVES. 09:14 NOW WE ARE TALKING BIG MIRACLES HERE. 09:16 YES, WE ARE. 09:17 THESE ARE AMAZING MIRACLES. 09:19 UM, SO IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE GOT THERE 09:24 THIS WAS A CURRENT STORY OF WHAT HAD -ONE OF THE 09:28 THINGS THAT HE HAD BEEN DOING. 09:30 AND HIS LOVING WIFE IS OF COURSE, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF 09:32 HIM. 09:33 SHE IS A NURSE. 09:33 SHE IS ON THE RIGHT. 09:34 NO, HIS WIFE IS NOT THERE. 09:36 O.K. 09:37 SHE WAS NURSING THAT DAY AND COULDN'T BE IN CHURCH 09:39 WITH US SO WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET HER BUT 09:42 THESE AH, HUSBANDS AND WIVES THEY WORK TOGETHER 09:46 AS TEAMS SO VERY MUCH AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH 09:50 WHAT'S HAPPENING. 09:51 BUT THE LADY IN THE BLUE THAT'S THERE ON HIS LEFT, 09:54 SHE HAD A BIG TUMOR ON HER NECK AND THE GODS WERE 10:03 JUST NOT HELPING HER GET RID OF-OF COURSE THEY GIVE 10:08 EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN THEIR WORSHIP TRYING TO 10:11 APPEASE THE GODS -WHAT IT IS 30+ MILLION GODS. 10:16 OH MY. 10:17 I MEAN IT IS JUST AMAZING. 10:19 THEY HAVE A GOD FOR EVERYTHING. 10:20 AND IT IS A RELIGION OF FEAR. 10:22 THE GODS ARE UPSET AND THEY ARE UNHAPPY NOW WE 10:24 HAVE TO APPEASE THEM SOMEHOW. 10:25 YES. 10:26 SO, WHAT HAPPENED. 10:27 AND SO, AS HE MET HER AND SHE OF COURSE, POURED OUT 10:32 HER HEART TO YOU KNOW, THIS TUMOR THAT WAS 10:37 HURTING AND WAS UGLY AND IT COULD BE LIFE 10:41 THREATENING TO HER. 10:43 AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW I SERVE A POWERFUL GOD. 10:45 I SERVE A CREATOR GOD. 10:49 THE ONE TRUE GOD THAT IS ALL POWERFUL, MORE 10:52 POWERFUL THAN ANY GOD YOU'VE EVER WORSHIPED. 10:54 AND HE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR 10:58 PRECIOUS SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 11:01 THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. 11:02 THE GREAT PHYSICIAN, RIGHT AND YOU KNOW, MIRACLES 11:07 DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN LIKE THIS BUT IN THIS CASE, HE 11:11 TOLD US AND SHE WAS THERE AS A WITNESS THAT AS HE 11:15 WAS PRAYING, HE COULD BEGIN TO SEE THE TUMOR 11:18 ACTUALLY DISAPPEARING IN FRONT OF THEM. 11:22 WOW. 11:23 OH, PRAISE GOD. 11:24 AND SHE WAS SO TOUCHED AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY 11:28 IS SO TOUCHED WITH THESE TYPES OF MIRACLES. 11:30 GOD WORKS WITH IN INDIA THROUGH MIRACLES. 11:34 WE HEAR MUSLIMS HAVING LOTS OF DREAMS AND THINGS 11:37 BUT INDIA IT IS MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE AFTER 11:39 MIRACLE. 11:40 IT IS JUST STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOOK OF ACTS, YES, 11:42 JESUS' GOSPELS -THE WOMAN TOUCHING THE HEM OF HIS 11:45 GARMENT BECAUSE SHE KNEW INSTANTLY SHE WAS HEALED 11:48 AND RIGHT THERE IN THAT VERY MOMENT SHE ALREADY 11:51 COULD FEEL THE HEALING. 11:52 YES. 11:52 WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER LADY? 11:53 WELL, THE OTHER LADY THAT HE HAD MET SHE WAS DEMON 11:58 POSSESSED. 12:01 AND HAD HAD AND YOU CAN TELL AS YOU LOOK AT HER 12:04 PICTURE SHE IS ON A JOURNEY, A SPIRITUAL 12:08 JOURNEY. 12:09 AND HE IS -HE WAS STILL PRAYING AND WORKING WITH 12:10 HER BUT JUST THAT WEEK WHY HE HAD CAST OUT DEMONS AND 12:12 SHE WAS THERE IN CHURCH WORSHIPING. 12:13 WOW. 12:14 WE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE 12:15 WESTERN WORLD BUT I HAVE SPOKEN IN AFRICA AND WE 12:17 HAVE HAD PRAYER WARRIORS BEHIND THE SCENES PRAYING 12:18 FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE DEMON POSSESSED. 12:19 SO, THIS LADY WAS NEEDING DELIVERANCE. 12:21 DELIVERANCE. 12:22 AND SOMETHING HAPPENED IN HER LIFE AND IS RIGHT NOW 12:23 TAKING PLACE. 12:23 YES, AND IT BRINGS SUCH JOY TO THEM. 12:40 AMEN. 12:43 SUCH JOY TO KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE, UM, GIVING THEM 12:49 THE PEACE AND THE HOPE AND THE LACK OF FEAR. 12:56 YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THINGS ARE FALLING IN AROUND YOU, 13:01 WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS, AMEN, WHY YOU CAN HAVE THE PEACE 13:06 THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING. 13:07 NOW WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE PICTURES. 13:09 WE DO. 13:09 LET'S GET GOING. 13:10 YES. 13:11 NEXT. 13:12 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE PLACES THERE IN 13:15 KARNATAKA. 13:17 IT'S A PLACE CALLED GOA. 13:19 BEFORE WE DO, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS PICTURE 13:21 BRIEFLY. 13:23 THIS WAS A CHURCH AND IT WAS DURING PRAYER AND THEY 13:24 WERE ALL JUST EAGER TO HAVE THE BLESSING OF GOD 13:27 AND THEY RAISED THEIR HAND IMPLORING THE GOD OF THE 13:30 UNIVERSE TO COME AND BLESS THEM. 13:31 IT WAS JUST SUCH A TOUCHING EXPERIENCE AND 13:34 AFTER CHURCH THEY ALL CROWDED AROUND ME BEGGING 13:36 ME TO PRAY FOR THEM. 13:37 IT WAS VERY TOUCHING. 13:39 ALL BECAUSE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO 13:42 STARTED THE WORK IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE. 13:44 YOU KNOW I'M SO GLAD TO SEE A DEMONSTRATION IN 13:46 PRAYER AND IN WORSHIP LIKE THE RAISING OF HANDS. 13:48 AMEN. 13:49 WE HAVE BEEN SO CULTURALLY AS EARLY ADVENTISTS AS 13:52 WILLIAM MILLER DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO BE HAPPENING 13:54 NOT EVEN AN AMEN. 13:55 ELLEN WHITE COMES ALONG AND SAYS SOME PRETTY 13:57 IMPORTANT THINGS. 13:58 SHE SAYS, IF YOU DON'T DEMONSTRATE SOMETHING IN 14:00 WORSHIP YOU ARE GIVING HONOR AND HOMAGE TO 14:03 SOMEONE ELSE. 14:04 YOU MUST GIVE IT TO JESUS. 14:06 RAISE YOUR HANDS, SAY AMEN, CLAP WHATEVER IT 14:08 TAKES. 14:09 JAMES IS CLAPPING HIS HANDS, THAT'S RIGHT AND 14:11 WALKING DOWN THE AISLE. 14:12 ALRIGHT. 14:12 WELL, LET'S KEEP GOING. 14:13 ALRIGHT. 14:14 SO, IN THIS STATE OF KARNATAKA THERE IS A TOWN 14:15 CALLED GOA. 14:16 NOW FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT MEANS NOTHING BUT IF YOU 14:19 REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE - ABOUT INDIA GOA, KARNATAKA 14:22 WAS THE PLACE THAT THE APOSTLE THOMAS CAME YOU 14:25 REFERRED TO EARLIER. 14:26 OH WOW. 14:27 NOW THE DIASPORA WHEN THE JEWS WERE SCATTERED AROUND 14:30 THE WORLD, YES, THEY SET UP SYNAGOGUES ALL OVER THE 14:34 PLACE AND SOME OF THE JEWS ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN 14:38 INDIA. 14:39 THE BIBLE ACTUALLY USES THE WORD INDIA, UH HUH, 14:41 AND YOU'VE READ THAT. 14:42 SO, THOMAS-THERE IS A LOT OF BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT 14:45 THIS AND THERE IS A BIG MONUMENT TO HIM BUT HE 14:47 CAME TO GOA, INDIA AND HE STARTED A GROUP OF EARLY 14:51 CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC WORSHIPERS AND IT WAS A 14:54 BIG, BIG GROUP THERE AND THEY KEPT THE SEVENTH DAY 14:56 SABBATH. 14:57 THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL SABBATH KEEPING PURE 15:01 APOSTOLIC RELIGION. 15:08 UNFORTUNATELY, IN ABOUT THE 1600'S, THE CATHOLIC 15:09 CHURCH CAME THERE AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY 15:12 THAT DID NOT FOLLOW THEIR PARTICULAR WAYS AND THEY 15:16 FOUND THIS GROUP OF SABBATH -KEEPING PEOPLE. 15:18 THEY CALLED THEM JUDIAZERS. 15:20 AND THAT WAS AN ATHEMA AND SO THEY ACTUALLY FORCED 15:25 THEM TO EITHER CONVERT OR TO BE KILLED. 15:27 BUT THEY SAID, WE ARE NOT JEWS. 15:30 WE ARE ORIGINAL CHRISTIANS FROM A LINE OF THOMAS AND 15:35 OF COURSE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS HONORED THOMAS 15:37 AND BUILT A SHRINE THERE. 15:39 AND OF COURSE, THE CATHOLICS HAVE ADOPTED 15:42 THOMAS AND THEY HAVE A SHRINE, THEY HAVE A MUMMY 15:44 IN A CASE THAT SO PEOPLE COME AND WORSHIP THOMAS 15:46 THERE AND THESE SORT OF THINGS. 15:49 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY SAID, NO, WE ARE NOT JEWS? 15:51 THEY SAID WE'RE NOT JEWS BUT IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE 15:53 BECAUSE THEY WERE KEEPING THE SEVEN TH DAY SABBATH. 15:54 THEY WERE FORCED EITHER BY DEATH OR BY RECONVERSION 15:59 TO ABANDON THE SABBATH. 16:02 THIS IS PART OF THAT BIG, HUGE DARK AGES PHENOMENON 16:06 THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CHURCH WENT INTO THE 16:09 WILDERNESS. 16:10 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK RIGHT NOW 16:11 BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST 16:14 TIME AND WONDERING WHAT ABOUT THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:16 INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE 97 PER CENT OF THE 16:18 POPULATION OF THIS PLANET HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF 16:21 THE NAME OF JESUS SUCH AS AREAS OF INDIA. 16:24 TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 16:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 16:32 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:34 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, FRANK STANYER AND EDGAR 16:39 PANGOLINAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 16:42 PHILIPPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 16:45 JESUS. 16:46 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 16:49 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES. 16:51 TO GENERATE AND RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED 16:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE 16:58 WORKERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 17:00 SOON FRANK AND EDGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF 17:03 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES ALSO NEEDED TO 17:06 HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 17:09 SALVATION. 17:11 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 17:14 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10/40 DEGREES NORTH 17:18 OF THE EQUATOR, FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, 17:21 INDIA, CHINA TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 17:26 10/40 WINDOW. 17:28 FRANK AND EDGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 17:31 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 17:33 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 17:38 ORGANIZATIONS. 17:39 CURRENTLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 17:41 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 17:45 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 17:49 YOU DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE YOUR TELEVISION SET FOR 17:54 THE NEXT FEW MINUTES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME 17:56 AMAZING STORIES ABSOLUTELY THRILLING. 17:58 IN FACT, YOU'LL WANT TO PUT ON YOUR SEATBELTS FOR 17:59 THIS NEXT ONE BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TOO YOU CAN SEND 18:02 FOR CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS FREE. 18:04 WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU SIMPLY SO THAT YOU CAN BE 18:07 ALERT TO HOW YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE 18:09 STORIES THAT WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED AND THEY ARE 18:11 RIGHT HERE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 18:12 IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN. 18:14 BE SURE TO SEND FOR THAT. 18:15 NOW, TELL US ABOUT AN EXCITING STORY OF WOW. 18:17 WELL, THIS IS IN THE NEXT STATE -KARNATAKA IS HERE 18:21 AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT IS A STATE CALLED KERALA 18:24 AND IT IS ON MALABAR COAST. 18:26 BEAUTIFUL COAST OF INDIA SOUTHERN COAST FOR 18:28 HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES, BEAUTIFUL BEACHES 18:30 BUT ONE IN ONE OF OUR CHURCHES THERE WAS ONE OF 18:34 OUR BIBLE WORKERS THAT WAS THERE AND THEY WERE 18:37 WORSHIPING ON THE SABBATH DAY IN THE CHURCH AND THEY 18:39 HEARD A HUGE COMMOTION OUTSIDE AND SUDDENLY THEIR 18:43 WORSHIP WAS INTERRUPTED BY ALL THIS NOISE AND 18:46 CLANGING AND BANGING AND PEOPLE WERE RUNNING AND 18:50 THESE PEOPLE JUST CAME DASHING INTO THE CHURCH. 18:54 AND ITS LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON? 18:56 AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE WAS A BIG HILL ABOVE 19:00 THE CHURCH, I MEAN A VERY STEEP HILL WAY DOWN AND 19:03 THE CHURCH WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. 19:05 WHAT HAD HAPPENED THIS CAR HAD COMPLETELY LOST ITS 19:09 BRAKES. 19:10 THEY HAD FAILED AND THIS CAR WAS JUST CAREENING 19:14 DOWN AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AND 19:16 COWS AND GOATS AND IT IS REALLY A SERIOUS SITUATION 19:19 AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE, PANICKED AND NOT KNOWING 19:22 WHAT TO DO AND THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST 19:24 STOPPED. 19:26 NO EXPLANATION. 19:28 THE CAR STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR OF THE 19:31 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 19:33 AND SO, IT WAS LIKE WHOA! 19:35 WHAT IS GOING ON? 19:36 AND THESE PEOPLE LOOKED UP AND SAW THE CHURCH IN 19:38 PROGRESS SINGING. 19:40 THEY RAN INTO THE CHURCH AND SAID PRAY FOR US. 19:44 AND THEY WERE PRAISING GOD THAT YOU KNOW, THE ANGEL 19:48 HAD ACTUALLY COME AND STOPPED THEIR CAR. 19:50 ISN'T THAT THRILLING? 19:52 THAT IS A THRILLING STORY. 19:53 GOD IS, GOD IS NO LESS ABLE TODAY TO DO THINGS 19:57 THEN HE WAS BACK THEN WHEN HE REACHED OUT TOUCHED AND 19:59 HEALED PEOPLE. 20:00 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY 20:02 BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN STUDYING ABOUT THE GOD OF 20:04 THE BIBLE. 20:05 OH. 20:06 AND THEY ARE PREPARING FOR BAPTISM RIGHT NOW. 20:08 SO, WITH PAUL HARVEY THAT'S THE REST OF THE 20:10 STORY. 20:11 THAT'S THE REST OF THE STORY. 20:13 NEXT. 20:14 WELL, ALSO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT 20:17 STORY IS THAT WHEN THEY ENTERED THE CHURCH THEY 20:19 SAID, WE FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 20:21 BEAUTIFUL. 20:22 WE FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD HERE AND IN THIS SAME 20:25 STATE OF KERALA, IS ANOTHER GOSPEL WORKER 20:29 NAMED JAMAL. 20:31 AND JAMAL IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT 20:34 WITNESSING FOR THE LORD AND SHE WAS GOING WITH HER 20:37 HUSBAND DOOR TO DOOR AND SHE MET A LADY NAMED 20:41 TRACY. 20:42 TRACY HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR GOD AND HAD VISITED 20:46 MANY, MANY CHURCHES THROUGHOUT AH, FOR SOME 20:50 YEARS, REALLY. 20:51 AND JUST HAD BEEN DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE MANY 20:52 OF THEM WANTED JUST TO HAVE HER GIVE THEM MONEY 20:53 TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR OWN EXPENSES, WITH THEIR 20:55 FOOD, WITH WHATEVER IT WAS AND SHE JUST THOUGHT, 20:56 DOESN'T GOD WANT MORE THAN THAT? 20:59 AND SO, WHEN JAMAL KNOCKED ON HER DOOR WHY SHE OPENED 21:13 THE DOOR, THEY WERE INTRODUCED. 21:20 HE SAYS, DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO 21:22 WITH YOUR TIME THAN TO EXPLOIT PEOPLE? 21:24 AND JAMAL WAS A BIT TAKEN BACK OF COURSE, LOOKED AT 21:30 HER AND SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT HERE FOR MONEY. 21:35 GOD DOESN'T NEED YOUR MONEY. 21:36 ALL HE WANTS IS YOUR HEART. 21:37 THAT'S ALL HE WANTS. 21:37 THE LADY THOUGHT, WHAT? 21:38 AND SHE INVITED THEM IN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A GOD 21:39 THAT ONLY WANTS YOUR HEART. 21:40 AND SHE WAS SO TOUCHED AND SO SHE STUDIED AND IS 21:56 BAPTIZED NOW TOO. 21:58 BEAUTIFUL. 21:59 AND IS BRINGING MORE OF HER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. 22:02 WHAT A MIRACLE. 22:03 TO JESUS. 22:04 YOU KNOW, THE DAILY LIFE MINISTRY OF THESE GOSPEL 22:08 OUTREACH WORKERS OH, THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES. 22:10 I WAS LOOKING AT HER FACE I DON'T IF WE CAN GET THAT 22:12 BACK UP - JAMAL YOU JUST LOOK INTO THE EYES AND THE 22:15 EXPRESSION OF THIS LADY. 22:17 THERE IS A PEACE AND HAPPINESS. 22:20 BEAUTIFUL. 22:21 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT. 22:22 LET US MOVE ON. 22:23 TELL US THE NEXT STORY. 22:24 WELL, WE HAVE SO MANY STORIES THAT WE ARE JUST 22:26 GIVING YOU JUST THE SURFACE BECAUSE WE GET 22:28 HUNDREDS OF STORIES. 22:30 LITERALLY, HUNDREDS OF STORIES EVERY MONTH. 22:32 AH, AND WE JUST SHARE A FEW OF THOSE. 22:35 LET ME JUST TELLYOU ABOUT A LADY CALLED DEEPA AND 22:37 LOOK AT HER EXPRESSION. 22:39 ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL? 22:40 LOOK AT HER EYES. 22:41 SHE HAS THE PEACE OF JESUS AND SHE LIKES TO VISIT 22:43 HOSPITALS. 22:44 AND SHE WILL PRAY WITH THE PATIENTS AND FIND OUT WHAT 22:47 THEY NEED AND SHE FOUND SOMEBODY THERE WHO HAD 22:50 PROBLEMS WITH THEIR LUNGS AND THE DOCTORS REALLY 22:52 COULDN'T HELP HER MUCH. 22:54 AND SO, SHE SAID, I HAVE A GOD IN HEAVEN WHO WILL 22:57 HEAL YOU. 22:57 AND THEY ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS. 22:59 IT JUST SHOCKS ME. 23:00 I MEAN THAT'S PRESUMPTION BUT THEY SAID, NO, THE GOD 23:04 OF HEAVEN, JESUS CHRIST WILL HEAL YOU. 23:07 HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND SO THEY PRAYED. 23:08 THE LADY GOT BETTER. 23:10 PRAISE GOD. 23:11 SHE GOT BETTER AND SHE, HER LUNGS GOT BETTER AND 23:13 THEY BEGAN STUDYING THE BIBLE AND OF COURSE, THEY 23:14 GOT BAPTIZED AND THERE IS A BIG GROUP THAT ARE 23:16 STUDYING NOW AND THIS IS HOW THE WORK IS JUST 23:19 EXPLODING IN INDIA BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 23:22 FAITHFULLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR, TO HOSPITALS, TO 23:24 MALLS, TO TRAIN STATIONS PASSING OUT LITERATURE, 23:27 TALKING AND THEY USE THEIR PHONE, THEY USE ZOOM. 23:30 ANYTHING THEY CAN GET -ESPECIALLY IN COVID THEY 23:32 HAD TO REALLY START USING A LOT OF ZOOM. 23:33 SO, IN THIS AREA WHERE YOU ARE KIND OF THE 23:37 SUPERVISOR, YOU ARE THE UMBRELLA OVER THESE 140 23:40 GOSPEL WORKERS. 23:41 HOW MANY NOW HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED IN THAT TOTAL 23:42 AREA? 23:43 AH, WELL JUST LAST YEAR WAS ALMOST 2000. 23:46 2000 JUST IN A YEAR? 23:48 JUST IN ONE YEAR. 23:49 NOW, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT STORY AND THEN I WANT TO 23:51 TELL PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT EACH 23:54 OF YOU ARE WEARING. 23:55 YOU EACH HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT IS VERY REGAL 23:56 LOOKING. 23:57 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT SHINY HERE. 24:02 FIRST THAT WAS A TEAM OF WORKERS THAT YOU SAW THERE 24:06 IN THIS AREA OF PUTAKOTTAI AND SHINY HAD MET A -SHE 24:15 WAS AT A HOUSE PRAYING AND WHEN SHE WAS PRAYING A 24:21 NEIGHBOR BOY, A YOUNG MAN, HAPPENED TO STOP IN AND 24:26 HEARD HER PRAYING. 24:28 AND WHEN SHE WAS PRAYING, HE WAS SO TOUCHED HE RAN 24:32 HOME AND TOLD HIS MOTHER -NEXT DOOR THERE IS A 24:36 PASTOR PRAYING AND DAD IS A DRUNKARD. 24:41 DO YOU THINK THEY COULD COME AND PRAY FOR US TOO? 24:43 AND SO, THEY WENT AH, SO THEY CAME OVER AND INVITED 24:50 SHINY AND HER I THINK SHE WAS WITH HER HUSBAND ALSO. 24:54 THEY CAME OVER AND PRAYED FOR THIS FAMILY AND THIS 25:00 FAMILY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO STUDY MORE ABOUT 25:04 THE BIBLE, MORE ABOUT THIS GOD THAT ANSWERS PRAYERS 25:07 AND WHAT A MIRACLE? 25:10 NO MIRACLE IS GREATER THAN A CHANGED LIFE. 25:13 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 25:14 BUT WHEN THEY PRAYED THIS FATHER WAS ABLE TO QUIT 25:21 HIS DRINKING THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS BAPTIZED AND AS 25:26 SINEEN, WHO THE YOUNG MAN LEARNED ABOUT WHAT OUR 25:32 CHURCH DOES AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, HE 25:37 THOUGHT I WANT TO GO TO SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE. 25:41 WOW. 25:41 HE IS THINKING BIG. 25:43 AND SO, RIGHT NOW HE IS AT SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE. 25:46 WOW. 25:47 STUDYING. 25:48 I THINK EITHER NURSING AND MAYBE MINISTRY BUT HE 25:52 WANTS TO SERVE THE LORD. 25:53 WHEN JESUS SAID, GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND I WILL 25:56 BE WITH YOUALWAYS. 25:59 WE HAVE EVIDENCE HERE AND SOME MARVELOUS WAYS OF HOW 26:02 THAT IS BEING FULFILLED IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA 26:05 WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING NOW FOR SEVERAL 26:06 YEARS. 26:07 MAY HEAVEN SMILE DOWN ON YOU WITH ITS' CHOICEST 26:09 BLESSINGS IN THE END. 26:10 NEXT FEW YEARS IN THESE INCREDIBLE TIMES IN WHICH 26:13 WE LIVE. 26:14 THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES BUT THEY ARE ALSO 26:16 FRIGHTENING TIMES. 26:17 THERE ARE THRILLING TIMES BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW 26:19 SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 26:22 SO, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND IF YOU 26:25 HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET, PLEASE SEND FOR OUR 26:27 MISSION BROCHURE. 26:28 IT IS FREE. 26:29 AND WE DON'T DING YOU FOR MONEY BUT THIS IS A FAITH 26:32 BASED ORGANIZATION. 26:34 ALL OF THE DONATIONS THAT YOU SEND GO ENTIRELY TO 26:37 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 26:39 THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS BASICALLY WITH $150 A 26:41 MONTH. 26:42 THAT BARELY COVERS SOME OF THEIR BASIC EXPENSES 26:45 INCLUDING THIS SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 26:48 SO, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY AND THANK YOU SO 26:50 MUCH DAVID AND ROSA. 26:53 WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU THAT GOD WILL DO SOMETHING 26:55 UNIQUE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS UNTIL JESUS COMES. 26:58 AMEN. 27:00 THANK YOU, LONNIE.THANK YOU. 27:01 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 27:02 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 27:04 PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING 27:06 EXCITING. 27:06 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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