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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH 00:38 THE LORD LOVES YOU? 00:40 WELL, HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE 00:42 HERE ABOUT TO SHARE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW ABOUT THE 00:46 LOVE OF THE LORD. 00:47 NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 00:50 AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE BRITISH ISLES 00:52 AND HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ISLAND OF INDIA? 00:55 NOW, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING NEW TO THINK 00:57 ABOUT BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING HERE 00:59 TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND WE HOPE THAT 01:02 YOU WILL COME ALONG AND JOIN US WITH BEV THOMPSON 01:05 AND SHIRLEY PANASUK. 01:06 HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:07 HI. 01:08 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND THOSE SUNDARBAN ISLANDS 01:11 OFF THE COAST OF CALCUTTA ARE MANY SMALL ISLANDS 01:15 COMPARED TO HAWAII BUT THEY ARE FILLED WITH 01:19 PEOPLE AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S SO EXCITING TO 01:23 ME BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE SEVENTH DAY 01:26 ADVENTIST CHURCH WERE THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES 01:29 TO ENTER THESE ISLANDS AND BUILD A CHURCH. 01:31 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE HISTORY THERE AND BOTH 01:34 OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THESE ISLANDS, SHIRLEY? 01:36 YES. 01:37 I LOVE IT. 01:38 LOVE IT, LOVE IT. 01:39 SO, WHAT'S IT LIKE THERE? 01:41 HOW DO PEOPLE GO BETWEEN THE ISLANDS? 01:42 IS THERE A FERRY? 01:43 KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA. 01:44 IT'S A LITTLE BOAT. 01:46 A LITTLE BOAT? 01:48 THE FERRY OR THE FERRY BUS IS ABOUT- UM ONE FOOT OFF 01:56 THE WATER, OH, WHEN IT GETS LOADED WITH PEOPLE. 01:59 OK. 02:00 AND THIS BOAT CAN BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE SITTING 02:01 ON THE EDGES AND I'VE SAT ON THE EDGES MANY TIMES 02:05 AND THEN THERE IS PEOPLE STANDING AND THERE CAN BE 02:07 BICYCLES AND GOATS AND WHATEVER. 02:09 DON'T FORGET THE CHICKENS. 02:10 AND THE CHICKENS. 02:10 THE CHICKENS. 02:11 THEY BRING EVERYTHING ALONG AND IF YOU STAND IN 02:14 THE MIDDLE, YES, IT'S A LITTLE PRECARIOUS. 02:17 ALL RIGHT. 02:19 SO, I PREFER TO SIT AND HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 02:24 AND PROBABLY NO LIFE JACKETS FOR EVERYBODY? 02:26 OH NO. 02:27 LIFE JACKETS? 02:28 WHAT'S THAT? 02:29 THAT'S WHERE YOU PRAY BUT IT SOUNDS FROM YOUR 02:31 DESCRIPTION I ALMOST THOUGHT OF LIKE A CANOE. 02:34 BECAUSE IN A CANOE YOU'RE PRETTY LOW BUT YOU'RE 02:36 TALKING ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF EVERYBODY. 02:37 YES. 02:38 THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'LL PROBABLY PUT FIFTY 02:40 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THE BOAT. 02:42 WOW. 02:43 SO, BEV YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS REGION FOR GOSPEL 02:45 OUTREACH SO YOU AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR, YOU GO 02:48 AND MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, HELP 02:49 WITH TRAINING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THAT'S 02:52 WHAT YOU AND SHIRLEY DID TO GO AND CHECK IN WITH 02:54 EVERYBODY, RIGHT? 02:55 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:56 I LOVE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT 03:00 SPREADING THE GOSPEL TO OTHERS THAT IT IS A THRILL 03:03 TO ME AND I LOVE TO SEE IT BECAUSE JESUS IS GOING TO 03:05 COME SOONER BECAUSE OF IT. 03:07 THEY HAVE SO MANY STORIES TO TELL US THAT THEY CAN 03:10 HARDLY WAIT. 03:11 THEY START TELLING US AS SOON AS WE GET ON THE BOAT 03:14 AND WE SAY, WAIT, WAIT. 03:16 I NEED TO WRITE THIS DOWN. 03:17 I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS. 03:19 WELL GOOD. 03:20 I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE WONDERFUL STORIES TO 03:21 SHARE AND OF COURSE, PICTURES AND VIDEOS SO 03:24 LET'S GET TO IT. 03:25 WHEN WE START, WE GO TO THE SUNDARBAN SEVENTH DAY 03:30 ADVENTIST MISSION SCHOOL AND THIS BUILDING WAS 03:34 BUILT ABOUT 2007 0R 2008 AND UM, THERE IS SO MANY 03:41 STUDENTS THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A BUILDING FOR A 03:45 CHURCH AND FOR STUDENTS AND FOR TEACHERS AND SO, 03:49 THE MAIN LEVEL IS THE CHURCH. 03:50 THE SECOND LEVEL WAS FOR STUDENTS AND THE THIRD 03:54 LEVEL IS FOR TEACHERS. 03:55 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BEV. 03:57 AND NOW THERE ARE SO MANY STUDENTS IT IS AMAZING BUT 04:01 THOSE STUDENTS WERE A CORRIDOR FOR US TO PASS 04:04 THROUGH FOR THEM TO WELCOME US. 04:06 WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING IT WAS. 04:07 YOU KNOW, AND ISN'T IT SPECIAL TO -I'VE BEEN 04:10 INCOUNTRIES WHERE THEY DO THAT AND IT IS SO SPECIAL, 04:12 ESPECIALLY TO SEE THE LITTLE KIDS. 04:14 YES. 04:15 THEY ARE JUST ADORABLE. 04:16 AND THEY ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO DO IT YOU CAN 04:18 SEE THE LITTLE ONES, THEY ARE REALLY, YES. 04:20 THE FOREIGNERS ARE COMING AND WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 04:25 AND THEN, LATER THE CHURCH BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL 04:29 BUILDING FOR TEACHING CLASSROOMS AND FOR STUDENT 04:35 HOSTEL OR DORMITORY. 04:36 WE MEET HERE JUST BECAUSE IT IS A CONVENIENT PLACE 04:40 FOR THE MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE 04:43 HAVE IN THE AREA. 04:45 WE HAVE ABOUT 20 IN THIS AREA BUT WHEN WE GET 04:49 TOGETHER, WE HAVE A TRAINING SESSION THAT CAN 04:52 LAST TWO OR THREE DAYS AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME 04:54 THERE. 04:55 AND WE COULD SPENT OUR WHOLE LIFETIME HERE AND IT 04:59 IS JUST LIKE A BEGINNING IN HEAVEN. 05:01 THEGOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THEIR WIVES ARE HERE 05:08 THIS TIME AND SO, I JUST GREETED THEM AND HAD 05:13 MORNING WORSHIP WITH THEM AND THEN WE TOOK OFF. 05:15 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING SO, I SEE THE MEN SITTING 05:18 ON ONE SIDE AND THE WOMEN ON THE OTHERSIDE AND 05:20 THAT'S CULTURALLY I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A 05:22 STUDENT MISSIONARY BEING IN BANGLADESH AND THAT'S 05:25 HOW THE CHURCH SERVICE AND EVERYTHING WAS. 05:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:29 AND WHAT WE DO HERE TOO, IS BEV SENDS AN EMAIL 05:33 AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN THE TEN 05:36 COMMANDMENTS AND ALSO FOR THE LITTLE ONES TO LEARN 05:37 SHORTER MEMORY VERSES AND EVERYBODY IS SO NERVOUS 05:38 WHEN IT IS TIME TO TELL THESE AH, VERSES AND THEY 05:50 WANT A TOY BUT BOY, THEY'RE JUST-YOU CAN JUST 05:53 SEE THEM SWEATING. 05:54 YES, BECAUSE YOU GIVE THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING-A 05:57 STUFFED TOY-A STUFFED TOY, HOW SPECIAL. 05:59 DONATED FROM OUR FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. 06:02 OH, AND BY THE WAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S COVID I'M 06:05 COLLECTING. 06:06 YES, WELL AND THAT'S GOOD SO, WE ARE AS YOU 06:09 MENTIONED, THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE ARE KIND OF 06:12 REEVALUATING HOW WE DO THINGS BUT WE ARE MAKING 06:14 SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE AND 06:17 WE'RE CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD AND WITH THE LOVE 06:21 OF THE LORD. 06:22 AND HERE, WE'RE JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR 06:25 COMING. 06:26 WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE OFF SO GOODBYE. 06:28 YES. 06:29 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEIR 06:32 WIVES BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO ANOTHER ISLAND 06:36 AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS AND SO, 06:40 WE HAVE MET HERE TOGETHER TO TAKE OFF TO GO 06:43 SOMEWHERE ELSE. 06:43 TO GO TO ANOTHER ISLAND. 06:45 NOW, I WANT TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE EVERY OH GO 06:48 AHEAD TALK ABOUT GARONGO. 06:49 GARONGO IS IN THE WHITE SHIRT WITH A SWEATER OVER 06:52 A WHITE SHIRT. 06:53 AND ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 06:54 AND HE IS A SUPERVISOR OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 06:57 HE STARTED THE WORK IN THE ISLANDS THERE, OH HE DID? 07:01 YES, AND THIS IS A TOWN THAT IS NEARBY AND WE'RE 07:04 WALKING TOWARDS THE BOAT DOCKS. 07:08 GARANGO AND I ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 07:10 STREET THERE TOGETHER AND SO, AS WE APPROACH THE 07:15 BOAT DOCKS ARE FILLED. 07:18 THIS IS A BUSY BOATYARD. 07:21 YES. 07:22 AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. 07:24 SO, THESE ARE THE BOATS THAT TAKE YOU INNER ISLAND 07:26 THEN? 07:27 THOSE COULD BE FISHING BOATS. 07:28 I'M GETTING ON THE BOAT THERE. 07:31 THERE IS FATHER LEADING MOTHER. 07:33 HE'S MAKING SURE THAT HE IS HELPING YOU ONTO THE 07:37 BOAT. 07:38 WELL, SO THAT WE DON'T FALL IN. 07:40 OK, SO THESE ARE THE BOATS THAT YOU TAKE? 07:42 THEY CAN BE ANY -THIS IS FILLED WITH CARGO BUT 07:45 THERE ARE MANY BOATS. 07:47 EVERY KIND YOU CAN IMAGINE BUT THE BIGGER BOATS DON'T 07:51 GET IN HERE BECAUSE IT IS TOO SHALLOW WATER. 07:54 SO, ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET INBETWEEN 07:56 THESE ISLANDS THAT YOU VISITED? 07:58 WELL, FOR OUR BOAT LEAVING WHERE WE WERE AND RANGONGA 08:04 DOWN TO THE CHINCHINAGAR IT TOOK US ABOUT 25-30 08:09 MINUTES. 08:09 OK. 08:10 SO, THEY'RE JUST LITTLE SHORT HOPS. 08:11 WELL GOOD. 08:13 SO, I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING UP THOUGH. 08:14 EACH OF YOU HAD THAT PICTURE OF THE GOSPEL 08:16 OUTREACH WORKER. 08:17 EACH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS THERE IS 08:20 SOMEONE WHO HAS BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND BECAUSE THIS 08:23 IS IN INDIA, THEY HAVE LEFT WHATEVER RELIGION 08:26 WHETHER IT BE HINDU OR BUDDHISM, ALL THESE, AND 08:30 SO TO ME THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:34 WORKERS EACH ONE TO ME IS A MIRACLE BECAUSE GOD, 08:37 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, HAS MOVED IN THEIR LIFE 08:38 AND IT'S BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS SHARED JESUS WITH THAT 08:41 PERSON. 08:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:43 AND THEN THAT PERSON, NOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PERSON 08:45 WANTS TO GO AND SHARE JESUS AND SO, I THINK THAT 08:48 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THAT 08:50 IT TOOK SOMEBODY TO TELL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 08:53 ABOUT JESUS AND NOW THEYARE GOING OUT TO THEIR 08:56 AREAS. 08:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:57 THIS IS GARONGO. 08:58 HE IS A CIRCLE PASTOR NOW BUT WHEN I FIRST MET 09:01 GARANGO HE WAS THE LEADER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:05 IN THIS SUNDARBAN ISLAND AREA AND EVERYTIME I CAME 09:10 HE HAD MANY PEOPLE THAT HE HAD BROUGHT TO BAPTISM. 09:14 YOU MIGHT SAY, HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE GOSPEL 09:17 OUTREACH WORK IN THE SUNDARBAN ISLANDS. 09:20 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 09:22 CONGRATULATIONS. 09:23 I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ON GOD'S SIDE AND GOSPEL 09:29 OUTREACH WORKER. 09:30 THEY ARE WORKING DYNAMICALLY. 09:32 THERE ARE REGIONS IN THEIR PLACE THEY ARE WORKING NOW 09:36 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING 09:41 TO JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR. 09:44 ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HONESTLY AND 09:46 DILIGENTLY THEY ARE WORKING. 09:49 OH. 09:49 THAT IS VERY TRUE. 09:52 IT STARTED WITH HIM BECAUSE HE WAS VERY 09:57 DILIGENT AND INDUSTRIOUS, DEDICATED PERSON TO SEE 10:00 PEOPLE COME TO JESUS CHRIST AND IT WAS BECAUSE 10:03 OF HIS STARTING WITH IT THAT THESE ISLANDS ARE 10:07 FILLED WITH ADVENTIST PEOPLE NOW. 10:09 WELL, AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE COME TO KNOW 10:12 JESUS AND THAT THEY ARE SHARING HIM WITH ALL THESE 10:14 OTHER PEOPLE AND WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT WHAT 10:17 IT IS LIKE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR 10:20 CULTURAL RELIGION AND ALL OF THAT AND THEY ARE 10:23 MAKING A CHOICE AND TO HAVE A FAMILY OF OTHER 10:26 PEOPLE TO GO TO AND TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD. 10:29 I MEAN, THIS IS HUGE. 10:30 I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY SO LOOK FORWARD 10:34 TO OUR COMING IS THAT CONNECTS US, YES, AND THE 10:39 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN AMERICA TO THE 10:43 WHOLE WORLD. 10:44 THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY SEVENTH DAY 10:48 ADVENTISTS THAT THERE ARE OTHER CHRISTIANS 10:50 WORSHIPING LIKE THEY ARE. 10:51 BUT THERE IS A LOT OF COMMRADERIE WITH THE 10:53 PEOPLE THEMSELVES ALSO BECAUSE WHEN I WOULD GO 10:56 BACK IN 2007, 2008 UM, I WOULD VISIT-HE WOULD HAVE 11:04 FOR ME CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM THAT I WOULD WATCH 11:07 BETWEEN 60-120 PEOPLE BAPTIZED EVERY YEAR. 11:11 WOW. 11:12 AND THEY WOULD HAVE BAPTISMS BETWEEN MY VISITS 11:14 ALSO. 11:15 WOW, ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 11:17 FANTASTIC. 11:18 AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE THRILLING THAN TO WATCH A 11:21 BAPTISM. 11:22 YES. 11:24 AND NOW WE ARE GETTING OFF THE BOAT AND GOING TO GO 11:27 TO THE CHURCH. 11:28 DICK DUERKSEN IS WITH YOU, YES, DICK DUERKSEN IS WITH 11:34 US AND UM, GARANGO AND THAT'S THE RICKSHAW THAT 11:38 WE WENT FROM THE BOAT TO THE CHURCH IN. 11:42 AND YOU FOLKS WERE BLESSED, SO THIS WAS 11:44 PREPANDEMIC OF EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. 11:48 SO, THIS WAS VERY SPECIAL THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO BE 11:51 THERE AND TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A 11:54 WHILE NOW SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. 11:55 YES. 11:56 THAT WAS THE CHURCH. 11:57 THE MEMBERS ALL LINED UP WELCOMING US. 12:04 I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 12:18 (SINGING) DO YOU RECOGNIZE HER? 12:28 YES, I DO. 12:31 THIS IS INSIDE THE CHURCH NOW WE ARE INSIDE THE 12:33 CHURCH AND THEY ARE GOING LAIDEN ME WITH MORE 12:35 FLOWERS AND THE LADIES COME WITH THESE GARLANDS 12:37 THAT THEY HAVE MADE. 12:38 YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY HUMBLING. 12:39 OH, WHEN YOU ARE IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THIS. 12:41 IT IS VERY, VERY HUMBLING. 12:43 I REMEMBER AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY TO HAVE THE 12:46 GESTURES OF WELCOMING. 12:48 IT IS VERY HUMBLING. 12:49 YES. 12:50 YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE STANDING UP AND PUTTING IT 12:52 ON THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY 12:55 -(SINGING). 12:56 YOU TRY TO GET PRODUCTS TO GROW IN SOME OF THE 13:26 ISLANDS BUT MOST OF THEM WILL DIG HOLES AND PLANT 13:35 FISH INTO THESE HOLES. 13:37 THEY ARE PONDS. 13:38 YES, FARM FISHING. 13:40 YES, UH HUH. 13:40 FARM FISHING. 13:41 MOST OF THE ISLANDS HAVE FARM FISHING. 13:42 WELL, THANK YOU BEV AND SHIRLEY AND IFYOU ARE 13:45 ENJOYING WHAT WE ARE HEARING HERE FROM BEV AND 13:47 SHIRLEY OF THIS FANTASTIC REPORT FROM THE ISLANDS 13:50 OFF CALCUTTA IN INDIA WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO 13:54 MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 13:55 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND FOR 13:57 DONATING AND YOUR PRAYERS AND WE HAVE SOME MORE 14:00 INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 14:08 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:11 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, FRANK STANYER AND EDGAR 14:15 PANGOLINAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 14:18 PHILIPPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 14:21 JESUS. 14:22 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 14:26 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES. 14:28 TO GENERATE AND RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED 14:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE 14:34 WORKERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 14:37 SOON FRANK AND EDGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF 14:40 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES ALSO NEEDED TO 14:43 HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 14:46 SALVATION. 14:47 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 14:50 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10/40 DEGREES NORTH 14:54 OF THE EQUATOR, FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, 14:58 INDIA, CHINA TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 15:03 10/40 WINDOW. 15:05 FRANK AND EDGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 15:08 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 15:10 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 15:13 ORGANIZATIONS. 15:14 CURRENTLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 15:17 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 15:22 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:25 AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE AT 15:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:29 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:31 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 15:33 I KNOW THAT I TALK WITH MANY OF YOU WHO WATCH THE 15:36 PROGRAM AND GET THE REPORTS HERE FROM THE 15:38 REGIONAL DIRECTORS LIKE BEV AND SHIRLEY AND WE 15:40 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON WHATEVER STATION AND 15:43 WHATEVER KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU ARE 15:45 WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON WHETHER 15:47 THAT'S LOMA LINDA BROADCASTING OR THREE 15:49 ANGELS BROADCASTING, BLUE MOUNTAIN TELEVISION, ROKU 15:53 OR OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG AND WE WANT TO 15:57 SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MAYBE YOU ARE WONDERING 15:59 WHAT GOAIM MEANS? 16:01 THAT'S GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 16:04 ORG SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND WE ARE JUST 16:07 PRAYING THAT AS THE LORD IMPRESSES UPON YOU THAT 16:11 YOU WILL CONSIDER GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 16:15 AS YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE THROUGH THESE PICTURES AND 16:18 THE REPORTS FROM BEV AND SHIRLEY OF HOW THE LORD IS 16:21 USING YOUR GIFTS TO SHARE JESUS IN THIS PART OF 16:25 INDIA. 16:26 AND WE ARE ENJOYING BEING IN THE ISLAND OF INDIA. 16:29 I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND SO, HERE WE ARE 16:32 LEARNING MORE ABOUT INDIA. 16:35 WE WERE IN THE CHURCH CHINCANAGAR AND I WANTED 16:38 TO ADD ANOTHER CLIP ABOUT WHAT WE DID THERE. 16:41 GOOD. 16:42 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T JUST RECEIVINGFLOWERS AND 16:44 GARLANDS WE WERE WORSHIPING WITH THEM. 16:47 AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THEM. 16:52 OH, WHEN WE LEFT THE CHURCH ALONG THE ROADSIDE 16:58 WAS THIS MAN THAT WAS BEING TREATED-THIS POOR 17:00 MAN HAD TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE. 17:03 OH NO. 17:04 AND THEY WERE REVIVING HIM BUT YOU CAN SEE IT DOESN'T 17:06 TAKE A HOSPITAL. 17:08 NO, BLESS HIS HEART. 17:08 DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? 17:10 DID ANYBODY HEAR A REPORT? 17:11 HE CAME TO. 17:12 HE DID. 17:13 OK, PRAISE THE LORD. 17:14 NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR STARTING POINT 17:19 AND THAT IS BACK AT THE SCHOOL. 17:20 AH, AT THE SUNDARBAN SCHOOL AND WE WERE JUST 17:25 WANTING TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE AGAIN AND WORSHIP 17:28 WITH THEM AND WE DID ONE LAST TIME FOR THE DAY AND 17:34 THEN WE HAD SOME SPECIAL THOUGHTS. 17:37 SAYING GOODBYE, THE WELCOMING THOUGH IS FUN 17:39 AND THEN THE SAYING GOODBYE IS THE HARD PART. 17:41 WELL, THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE NOT THERE THAT LONG. 17:44 I KNOW. 17:45 THEY SO LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND WE AND JUST GIVE THEM 17:48 A HALF HOUR OR 45 MINUTES BUT SOMETIMES AN HOUR BUT 17:52 THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. 17:53 NO IT IS VERY HARD. 17:56 SO, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS -HOW MANY IN THIS 17:58 AREA DID YOU SAY, BEV? 17:59 IN THIS AREA, THERE ARE 36. 18:01 FOR YOU TO USE WITH YOUR MINISTRY, YES. 18:07 (VIDEO PLAYING). 18:10 AND IT IS IN HINDI SO YOU CAN USE ONLY IN THE 18:27 SPEAKER. 18:28 (VIDEO PLAYING). 18:31 AND THAT IS THE INFAMOUS MEGAVOICE AND THESE ARE 18:35 FANTASTIC DEVICES BECAUSE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE CAN 18:37 DOWNLOAD ALL SORTS OF SONGS, BOOKS, THE BIBLE 18:38 AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND BIBLE IN 18:40 LIVING SOUND THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH AND THESE 18:42 ARE WONDERFUL RESOURCES AREN'T THEY, SHIRLEY AND 18:45 BEV? 18:45 OH YES, AMEN. 18:47 THEY WILL PLUG IN WITH THE ELECTRICITY, UH HUH, WITH 19:05 THEIR CORD-PUT IT ON A LOUDSPEAKER AND BLAST IT 19:09 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 19:12 GOOD MORNING. 19:13 AND THE SPEAKER ACTUALLY HERE IS VERY GOOD AND THEY 19:17 ARE ALSO SOLAR POWERED. 19:18 THAT'S A BIG THING. 19:20 YES, AND THESE THINGS ARE BASICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE 19:22 AND ONCE YOU PUT THE CONTENT ON THERE, THEY 19:25 CAN'T ERASE IT AND PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON. 19:27 IT IS LOCKED ON HERE AND SO, WE JUST LOVE USING 19:31 THESE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE WORKERS. 19:33 THE BIGGEST EVANGELISTIC SPEAKERS RIGHT THERE. 19:37 YES, YES. 19:38 UM, IN ANOTHER AREA WE HAVE -WE'VE PARTNERED WITH 19:44 AWR AND THEY HAVE HELPED TO SUPPLY MORE OF THESE 19:47 FOR US. 19:48 ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, YES. 19:49 AND YOU CAN SEE THIS MAN, THE TALL MAN ON THE RIGHT 19:53 HE'S HOLDING SOMETHING. 19:54 WHAT HE IS HOLDING IS A MEGAVOICE. 19:56 OH GOOD. 19:57 HE HAS BEEN GIVEN IT, GOOD, GOOD, TO SHARE WITH 20:01 HIS PEOPLE AND HIS FAMILY AND WHEN THEY SHARE IT THE 20:05 NEIGHBORS COME IN. 20:07 WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE? 20:08 IT IS AN EXCITING EVENT FOR THEM AND THEY GIVE 20:12 THEM OUT QUITE FREELY AND THEN THEY KEEP THEM. 20:19 THEY SOMETIMES SHARE THEM IN A FAMILY AND THEN THEY 20:23 SAY, WELL HOW CAN I GET ONE? 20:26 YES. 20:27 WELL, AND THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. 20:28 YES, YES. 20:29 BUT THAT ALSO BRINGS UP SOMETHING HERE AT GOSPEL 20:32 OUTREACH IS WE HAVE TO BUY THESE FROM MEGAVOICE AND 20:36 SO WE HAVE TO BUY THOSE AND THAT'S WHERE DONATIONS 20:38 FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS AND SUPPORTERS AND 20:42 DONORS HELP PURCHASE THESE AS WELL. 20:44 AND YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. 20:46 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 20:47 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT IS ASKED FOR IN MANY PARTS 20:51 OF MY AREA IS MEGAVOICE. 20:53 THEY ARE SUCH A POPULAR THING. 20:55 IT IS AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WE ARE IN POORER 20:59 COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING 21:02 LIKE THIS AND THEY ARE SO SIMPLE TO OPERATE. 21:05 THEY ARE VERY, VERY, VERY EASY TO USE AND ON SOME OF 21:08 THEM IT IS FANTASTIC THERE CAN BE TWO DIFFERENT 21:10 BUTTONS AND THERE CAN BE TWO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 21:13 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 21:14 SO YES. 21:16 THAT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS IT CAN BE IN THE 21:19 LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 21:20 YES, YES AND MEGAVOICE ACTUALLY CALLS IT THE 21:23 HEART LANGUAGE SO, YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE IS YOUR 21:25 HEART LANGUAGE. 21:26 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:27 SO, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NEEDS, BEV? 21:32 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 36 IN THIS AREA BUT WE COULD USE 21:36 36 IN ONE POCKET HERE AND 36 IN ANOTHER POCKET HERE 21:40 AND 36 IN ANOTHER POCKET HERE. 21:42 THERE ARE THREE GENERAL LOCATIONS THAT I SEE 21:45 GEOGRAPHICALLY WHEN I AM THERE AND THEY WOULD LOVE 21:49 TO HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:51 OUR PRESIDENT OF THE AREA HE IS ALWAYS ON THEOUTLOOK 21:57 FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS DEDICATED TO GOD, WHO IS 22:00 EDUCATED ENOUGH TO BE RESPECTED BY HIS COMMUNITY 22:03 AND PUTS UP TO THEM RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT HE 22:07 CAN TEST THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE A 22:11 REAL GOOD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 22:13 AND SO, IT IS GREAT WORKING WITH DIRECTORS 22:17 LIKE THIS. 22:18 IT IS A JOY TO WORK WITH THIS GENTLEMAN. 22:22 SO, HE SOUNDS LIKE HE IS WORKING WELL WITH GOSPEL 22:25 OUTREACH, HE'S WORKING WELL WITH THE WORKERS AND 22:27 GOOD MENTOR. 22:28 HE IS VERY DEDICATED. 22:31 I HAVE TO TELL YOU ANOTHER THING ABOUT HIM AND THAT 22:34 IS WITH THE COVID CRISIS HE REQUIRED ALL OF HIS 22:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO GET A CELL PHONE THAT THEY 22:43 COULD TALK FREELY ON. 22:44 OK. 22:45 AND TAKE PICTURES AND EVERY MORNING HE HAS 22:50 WORSHIP WITH THEM, GOOD, READING THE BIBLE, PRAYING 22:54 WITH THEM AND THEN HE REQUIRES THEM TO MEMORIZED 22:59 A SCRIPTURE EVERY MORNING AND REPEAT IT TO HIM OVER 23:04 THE PHONE BEFORE THEY LEAVE OR AT THE END OF THE 23:07 DAY. 23:08 AND IF IT GETS ALONG TO THE END OF THE DAY, THEY 23:10 HAVE TO REPEAT IT THE NEXT MORNING BEFORE THE WORSHIP 23:12 STARTS AND SO, THEY HAVE THIS PHONE COMMUNICATION, 23:17 I LOVE IT, AND PHONE MINISTRY AND PHONE PRAYERS 23:22 AND PHONE BIBLE STUDIES. 23:24 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 23:25 I CAN BECAUSE THE LORD IS GOING TO USE NO MATTER 23:28 WHAT AVENUE, NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR 23:31 WORLD THE LORD IS GOING TO LET HIS WORD BE KNOWN. 23:35 SOME OF OUR MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS BAD BUT IT 23:40 IS ALSO GOOD. 23:41 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 23:42 AND THESE TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS THAT HE HAS 23:45 WITH THESE WORKERS IS WONDERFUL. 23:47 WELL, AND IT'S THE COMMRADERIE AND COMING 23:50 TOGETHER AND HAVING PRAYER TIME AND I KNOW BUSINESSES 23:52 WHO ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM 23:55 HOME. 23:56 WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE DEVICES THAT WE 23:59 HAVE. 24:00 SO, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:03 WORKERS. 24:04 I'M SEEING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THESE 24:06 BOATS AND HAVING BEEN TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD I 24:10 KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE. 24:13 SO, THAT IS ALWAYS- WE SIT HERE AND WE THINK ABOUT 24:16 THIS SO BEV AND SHIRLEY WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO OUR 24:19 VIEWERS AS WE WRAP IT UP HERE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN 24:22 DO TO HELP? 24:24 WHAT IT MEANS TO GET ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:27 WORKER MEANS ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF $150 A MONTH. 24:30 WHAT A BARGAIN TO GIVE A WONDERFUL PERSON LIKE THIS 24:37 TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL FOR ME TO HASTEN JESUS RETURN. 24:40 HE IS GOING TO BE COMING SOONER AND I JUST PRAY 24:43 THAT OUR HEARTS WILL BE TOUCHED SO THAT EVERYONE 24:48 WILL BE WILLING TO OFFER MAYBE ADOPT A WORKER? 24:52 YES, YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER THEN YOU ARE 24:54 SPONSORING THAT PARTICULAR PERSON IN THIS AREA. 24:57 YOU GET A STORY ONCE -AT LEAST ONCE EVERY YEAR IF 25:02 NOT FOUR EVERY YEAR. 25:04 OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 25:05 A REPORT OR A STORY FROM THIS -JUST THINK I HAVE 25:08 120 WORKERS IN MY AREA AND I GET A STORY FROM EVERY 25:13 ONE OF THEM EVERY QUARTER. 25:14 WONDERFUL. 25:15 I HAVE 120 STORIES TO READ FOUR TIMES A YEAR. 25:17 COMING IN ACTUALLY. 25:19 NO WONDER IT IS EXCITING. 25:21 YES. 25:22 ALONG WITH THE FINANCIAL WE NEED PRAYERS, PRAYERS, 25:25 PRAYERS. 25:26 WE NEED TO BE PRAYING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL JUST 25:29 MULTIPLY THOSE THAT ARE COMING TO FAITH AND THAT 25:34 THEY MAY CONTINUE TO GROW AND FALL IN LOVE WITH 25:37 JESUS SO THAT EVERYBODY MAY KNOW ABOUT THE 25:39 WONDERFUL LOVE OF JESUS. 25:41 ABSOLUTELY. 25:42 AND YOU KNOW THE SCRIPTURE "BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING. 25:44 IN ALL THINGS GIVE THANKS AND ASK". 25:47 SO AGAIN, WE THINK YOU KNOW, WITH OUR HUMAN MINDS 25:50 OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH ALL THESE PEOPLE, 25:52 WELL, IT IS OUR JOB BECAUSE IN THE GREAT 25:55 COMMISSION GOD TELLS US TO GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES 25:57 HOWEVER, THE ULTIMATE THING ISN'T OUR PROBLEM. 26:00 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST TO ASK AND DO OUR PART. 26:03 DOING OUR PART ALSO IS CONTINUE TO SPREADING OF 26:06 THE GOSPEL RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE. 26:08 RIGHT HERE AT HOME AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BEV THAT IS YOU 26:11 KNOW, IT STARTS AT HOME DOESN'T IT? 26:12 RIGHT. 26:13 IT STARTS AT HOME. 26:14 IF WE START AT HOME, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING TO 26:17 MISSIONS ALSO. 26:18 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 26:19 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. 26:21 YOU KNOW, I CALL YOU THE PAULY AND THE BARBIE OF 26:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR PAUL AND BARNABUS SO WE THANK 26:28 YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LOVE FOR THE LORD AND YOUR OUTREACH 26:31 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:33 THANK YOU. 26:34 IT IS A WONDERFUL LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 26:36 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:37 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU OUR 26:40 VIEWERS, OUR DONORS, OUR SUPPORTERS AND AS SHIRLEY 26:43 HAS SAID, WE THANK YOU FOR PRAYING AND AS BEV SAID, 26:47 WE ASK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE 26:51 TO DONATE HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 26:53 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 26:55 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE 26:57 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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