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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE HERE
00:35 AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:37 OUTREACH ON OUR ZOOM SET. 00:39 AND WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE 00:41 TODAY AND IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO HAVE PASTOR 00:44 FRANKLIN DAVID HERE WITH US. 00:45 PASTOR FRANKLIN WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:49 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON YOUR ZOOM STUDIO. 00:52 WELL, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND AS 00:55 MANZOOR MASSEY SAYS, THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN 00:58 BE NOWHERE BUT YOU CAN BE EVERYWHERE. 01:02 I LIKE THAT. 01:03 SO, PASTOR FRANKLIN, HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU ARE 01:06 IN CHARGE OF WHAT AREA OF INDIA WITH THE GOSPEL 01:09 OUTREACH WORKERS? 01:10 I'M IN CHARGE OF THE WESTERN SIDE OF INDIA, 01:13 MAINLY TWO STATES MAHARASTRA AND GUJERAT 01:17 CLOSE TO BOMBAY OR MUMBAI THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW. 01:22 WONDERFUL. 01:23 AND AGAIN, AS WE ALL KNOW, INDIA VERY HIGHLY 01:26 POPULATED COUNTRY AND THIS AREA IS NO EXCEPTION, 01:31 CORRECT? 01:32 YES. 01:33 BOMBAY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE 01:36 WORLD AS FAR AS POPULATION. 01:38 OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE CITY. 01:39 ISN'T THAT AMAZING JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 01:42 NOW AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THERE IS NO REMINDERS HERE 01:45 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE HAVE BEEN RESTRICITONS OF 01:47 TRAVEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT YOU KNOW, THE 01:50 WORK OF THE LORD, HE CONTINUES IT, HE'S GIVEN 01:53 US THE GOOD BOOK HERE AND TOLD US ALL ABOUT IT AND 01:56 WE'RE GOING TO GET A REPORT HERE FROM YOU FROM 01:59 YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND SHARE WITH US 02:03 WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN TIMES LIKE THESE? 02:09 BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS PEOPLE COULDN'T STAY IN 02:11 THE CITIES WHERE THEY HAD THEIR JOBS. 02:13 SO, THEY ALL HAD TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR VILLAGES AND 02:16 MOST OF OUR WORKERS IN THE INTERIOR PART OF THE 02:20 VILLAGE WHERE HARDLY ANYBODY GOES AND SO MOST 02:24 OF THEM HAD LOST THEIR JOBS. 02:26 THERE IS NO INCOME, NO LIVELIHOOD. 02:28 SO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FIRST TRIED TO DO IS TO 02:31 FEED THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY FOOD. 02:34 AND SO, THERE WERE SEVERAL STREET FEEDINGS THAT WAS 02:38 DONE IN ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE TERRITORY THAT I AM 02:40 IN. 02:41 DEFINITELY WE CAN'T MEET EVERYBODY BUT WHO WE COULD 02:46 AND SO WE GOT INVOLVED IN FEEDING THE POOR IN THESE 02:53 REMOTE PLACES. 02:55 SECONDLY, THEY COULD NOT MEET IN CHURCHES OR 02:58 BUILDINGS WHERE THEY USED TO MEET SO, MOST OF THE 03:03 MEETINGS WERE OUTDOORS. 03:05 AND HOW WAS THAT WITH THE WEATHER, I MEAN WAS 03:07 THAT-WEATHER IN INDIA IS KIND OF HOT. 03:11 RIGHT. 03:12 SO, THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM THE MEETING OUTSIDE. 03:14 EITHER COOL OR HOT. 03:15 IT IS NOT VERY COLD BUT VERY HOT. 03:19 OK. 03:20 SO, IT IS EASY TO MEET OUTDOORS BUT OF COURSE, 03:23 DISTRACTIONS ARE THERE BUT DURING COVID VERY FEW 03:27 PEOPLE CAME FOR THE MEETINGS AND THAT'S HOW 03:30 -THEN OF COURSE, THEY ALSO STARTED MEETING OVER THEIR 03:35 WIRELESS PHONES, UH HUH, AND ZOOM MEETINGS IN 03:38 CITIES LIKE BOMBAY AND ALL THAT. 03:41 THEY HAD ACCESS TO ZOOM MEETINGS. 03:43 YES, ZOOM HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR WORD IN OUR 03:47 VOCABULARY, HASN'T IT? 03:48 COVID AND ZOOM. 03:49 I NEVER KNEW THE WORDS BEFORE IT STARTED. 03:51 BUT MY CONTACT WITH THEM IS THROUGH ZOOM. 03:56 I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM. 03:57 GOOD. 03:58 SO, YOU ARE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH YOUR GOSPEL 04:01 OUTREACH WORKERS DESPITE ALL OF THIS EVEN THOUGH 04:03 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL AND MAYBE WE SHOULD 04:06 TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 04:08 BECAUSE NORMALLY, AS WE DO THESE REPORTS HERE AT 04:10 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE 04:13 ABLE TO GO AND MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:15 WORKERS CORRECT? 04:16 YES. 04:17 I GO AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, SOMETIMES TWICE BUT FOR 04:22 THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVEN'T GONE. 04:24 YES. 04:25 SO, IT HAS BEEN ZOOM MEETINGS, TEXT MESSAGES 04:30 AND KEEPING IN TOUCH. 04:32 I WAS HOPING TO GO IN MARCH OR APRIL IN THE 04:37 COMING YEAR BUT THE NEW VARIANT WE ARE UNCERTAIN 04:41 HOW THAT IS GOING TO GO. 04:42 SO. 04:43 YES, AND EVERYDAY WE ARE HEARING NEW THINGS AND ALL 04:46 OF THAT AND WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE ABOUT ALL OF 04:50 THIS AS WE ALL KNOW IS THAT THE PERSONAL 04:52 INTERACTION, YOU KNOW, IT IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU AND 04:54 I CAN CHAT HERE BUT YET, I'M USED TO HAVING YOU SIT 04:57 HERE AT THE SET AND INTERVIEW YOU IN PERSON 05:01 AND SO, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A 05:04 SILVER LINING HERE BECAUSE THE LORD GIVES US ALL JOY 05:07 AND HOPE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO EXPRESS 05:09 HERE. 05:10 BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FEEDING PORTION OF 05:12 HELPING PEOPLE. 05:13 SO, LITERALLY OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE NOT HAVING JOBS 05:16 THEY DIDN'T HAVE FOOD AND WHERE WAS THE MONEY COMING 05:19 FROM TO PROVIDE THE FOOD THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:22 WORKERS WERE FEEDING PEOPLE WITH? 05:24 IN ALMOST ALL THE CASES THIS WAS FROM MY CHURCH. 05:28 OH, FROM MY CHURCH. 05:29 OH, FROM YOUR CHURCH. 05:31 BECAUSE I PASTOR A CHURCH HERE AND SO, RAISED FUNDS 05:35 FROM THERE AND ALSO DONATED MONEY FOR SOME 05:37 OXYGEN PLANTS OVER THERE WHICH THEY REALLY NEEDED 05:40 IN THE HOSPITAL. 05:41 OKAY. 05:42 ALL THE MONEY CAME FROM CHURCH MEMBERS. 05:44 WONDERFUL. 05:45 SO, YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH OBVIOUSLY 05:48 BEING A PASTOR IN THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES 05:53 HERE THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE FUNDING FOR IT. 05:58 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 06:00 PLEASE THANK THEM FOR THAT. 06:03 SO, OTHER WAYS THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 06:08 WERE MINISTERING TO PEOPLE- CONTINUE SHARING 06:11 WITH US. 06:12 AH, A COUPLE OF THINGS-ONE IS WE HAVE A SITUATION 06:18 WHERE THE IN ONE PART OF MY REGION, THAT IS THE 06:24 NORTHERN MAHARASTRA, ONE OF OUR CHURCHES WAS LOCKED 06:28 DOWN BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP MANY YEARS AGO 06:32 GAVE UP ON THAT PLACE. 06:35 BUT THE CHURCH BUILDING WAS THERE AND WHAT 06:37 HAPPENED WAS A NON-ADVENTIST DENOMINATION 06:42 SOME PASTOR TOOK OVER THAT CHURCH AND HAS BEEN USING 06:46 THAT CHURCH FOR HIS OWN MINISTRY FOR A LONG TIME. 06:49 OK. 06:50 WHEN COVID HIT, HE SHUT DOWN AND SO ONE OF OUR 06:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BY THE NAME OF ASHOK KAMBLE 07:02 STARTED GOING THERE AND SECRETLY MEETING WITH ALL 07:05 THOSE OLD MEMBERS. 07:06 AND THEY OPENED THE CHURCH AND THEY STARTED MEETING 07:12 THERE. 07:13 SO, THIS IS PRIOR TO COVID? 07:17 THIS IS DURING COVID. 07:19 THIS IS DURING COVID. 07:20 OK, DURING COVID. 07:22 DURING COVID THEY RISKED THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING 07:29 STOPPED OR WHATEVER AND THEY TOOK -BECAUSE YOU SEE 07:33 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FELLOWSHIP, PEOPLE WANT TO 07:35 BE TOGETHER SO, THEY STARTED AND NOW THEY HAVE 07:40 REDEEMED THAT CHURCH BACK AND IT IS BACK IN OUR 07:44 CONFERENCE HANDS. 07:45 AND THEY HAVE HAD BAPTISMS IN THAT CHURCH NOW THROUGH 07:49 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NASTASHIO KAMBLE. 07:52 SO, THE LORD CONTINUED TO MOVE PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND 07:56 TO MAKE HAVE THIS MAN DESPITE THE RESTRICTIONS 08:00 HE SAID, WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE LORD. 08:03 THAT IS TRUE AND EVEN WHEN THEY WERE DISTRIBUTING THE 08:06 FOOD, ONE OF OUR LEADERS WHO WAS WARNED BY THE 08:07 POLICE NOT TO GO BUT HE WENT AGAIN THE SECOND 08:08 TIME. 08:09 THE SECOND TIME THEY WARNED HIM. 08:10 THE THIRD TIME THEY TOLD HIM WE'LL PUT YOU IN 08:12 PRISON IF YOU COME BACK. 08:13 OH MY, SO, BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE REMOTE CORNERS 08:14 DON'T HAVE FOOD. 08:14 THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE. 08:15 SO, HE HAD TO RISK HIS LIFE TO GO THERE AND 08:16 MINISTER. 08:17 WELL, I THINK THAT IS THE HARD THING PASTOR 08:25 FRANKLIN, WITH SO MUCH OF THIS IN OUR WORLD IS THAT 08:38 THERE IS ONE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF BUT 08:41 YET THEN THERE ARE LACKING THINGS IN OUR REGULAR LIFE 08:44 AND FOOD OBVIOUSLY, IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY 08:48 IMPORTANT AH, TO OUR HEALTH AND SO, AT WHAT 08:52 POINT DO YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO RISK THIS 08:54 BECAUSE I HAVE THIS NEED AND SO WONDERFUL OF PEOPLE 08:58 TO SHARE WITH THAT. 09:00 SO, ZOOM CALLS, CELL PHONES AND YES SO, YOUR 09:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH 09:06 PEOPLE IN THEIR AREAS BY CELLPHONE. 09:08 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MEET WITH THE 09:12 MEMBERS BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE A CELL PHONE. 09:18 IT ORIGINALLY STARTED WORSHIPING ON CELLPHONES 09:22 BUT THEN THEY GOT USED TO ZOOM ALSO BECAUSE ZOOM WAS 09:27 AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. 09:28 YES. 09:29 AND WHEREVER THERE IS A TV AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE 09:33 VILLAGES HAVE TV SO WHO CAN WILL MEET TOGETHER IN 09:39 SOME HOMES. 09:40 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT RAN THROUGH MY HEAD IS WHEN WE 09:42 GET TO HEAVEN, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO 09:45 OBVIOUSLY TO BE TALKING ABOUT MEETING JESUS AND 09:47 ALL OF THAT SO THIS PROBABLY WON'T BE ON THE 09:49 FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE TALKING 09:52 WITH PETER AND JOHN AND THE APOSTLES AND APOSTLE 09:56 PAUL AND TELLING HIM THAT WE HAD CHURCH SERVICES AND 09:59 THINGS LIKE THAT ON ZOOM AND ON CELLPHONES. 10:01 THAT WILL BE SOMETHING INTERESTING. 10:07 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT 10:10 IS WONDERFUL HOW PEOPLE AND WE ARE HEARING THIS 10:13 REGULARLY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND OF COURSE, 10:16 WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES AND ALL OF THAT 10:19 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRIDGING 10:22 THE GAP WITH PEOPLE MAKING SURE WE ARE STILL 10:25 CONNECTING IN ALL FORMS. 10:26 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION LIKE GOSPEL 10:29 OUTREACH WHERE WE ARE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE IN 10:31 THIS 10/40 WINDOW FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 10:35 EQUATOR ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA, ALL THE WAY 10:37 THROUGH INDIA WHAT WE ARE TALKING TODAY AND ASIA, I 10:40 MEAN THOSE ARE LOTS OF COUNTRIES, BILLIONS OF 10:43 PEOPLE AND THE CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT. 10:45 IT IS TRUE. 10:48 SO, IT IS WONDERFUL THAT EVEN IN TIMES LIKE THESE 10:52 WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 10:56 BAPTIZE MANY PEOPLE. 10:58 MOST OF OUR SERVICES WERE OUTSIDE BAPTISMS ARE 11:01 OUTSIDE BUT I THANK GOD THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME 11:04 THEY ARE WORSHIPING INDOORS. 11:06 OH GOOD, THEY HAVE MOVED BACK INDOORS. 11:08 THEY RELAXED IN MANY PLACES AND SO THEY HAVE 11:09 MOVED INDOORS. 11:10 THIS NEW VARIANT HAS NOT HIT INDIA BADLY. 11:15 GOOD. 11:16 WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO PLAY OUT WE WILL 11:24 NEED TO SEE. 11:27 WELL, AND THAT BRINGS ME TO JOSHUA 1:9 A SCRIPTURE 11:30 AND IT SAYS, "HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU, BE STRONG 11:34 AND COURAGEOUS. 11:35 DO NOT BE TERRIFIED. 11:37 DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BE 11:39 WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO." 11:41 AND THAT IS FOR ALL OF US NO MATTER WHAT COMES AND 11:45 JUST THINK OF HOW GOD HAS ENCOURAGED US BUT HE IS 11:49 ALWAYS WITH US. 11:50 HE IS ALWAYS WITH US. 11:52 AND THAT IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, PASTOR FRANKLIN, 11:54 THAT I SAY HERE IS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:57 WORKERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TWO MOST POWERFUL 11:59 THINGS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND YOU AND I HAVE THE 12:01 SAME THING AND THAT IS THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD AND 12:04 THAT'S THE POWER OF PRAYER. 12:05 AND NO VIRUS CAN STOP THAT CORRECT? 12:09 YES, AND THEN EVEN AT THE THREAT OF THEIR LIFE IN 12:12 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOUSE ON THE 12:16 VERANDA THEY HAVE MEETINGS AND ANTICHRISTIAN ELEMENTS 12:21 CAME IN THERE AND BEAT THEM UP. 12:24 OH MY, EVEN DESPITE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WE HAVE 12:26 TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 12:27 AMEN. 12:28 BEAT THEM UP SO, IT IS CHALLENGING TIMES THAT 12:33 THEY HAVE TO DO MINISTRY. 12:35 WELL, AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IN TIMES LIKE THESE 12:38 AND THEY ARE VERY COURAGEOUS AND VERY BOLD. 12:41 WELL, THIS IS THE VERSE HERE. 12:45 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU HERE AT GOSPEL 12:47 OUTREACH FOR BEING PART OF THIS EXCITING ORGANIZATION 12:51 AS DESPITE WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD, 12:54 THAT WE ARE ALL CALLED TO SHARE JESUS NO MATTER 12:57 WHERE WE LIVE AND TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIA 12:59 AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED AND WANT TO GET INVOLVED WE 13:02 HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT 13:04 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION 13:10 FULLY DEDICATED TO EXTENDING THE 13:13 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND OUTREACH OF THE SEVENTH 13:16 DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN DEVELOPING AREAS OF THE 13:19 WORLD WITH A VERY SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE 10/40 13:23 WINDOW. 13:24 MATTHEW 24:14 EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THE GOSPEL 13:29 WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD BEFORE JESUS 13:32 RETURNS. 13:34 THE WORLD POPULATION IS SEVEN BILLION. 13:37 BY FAR, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF UNREACHED 13:40 PEOPLE IS FOUND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:44 OF THE 2.84 BILLION UNREACHED PEOPLE OF THE 13:48 WORLD 97 PER CENT LIVE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 13:54 THIS IS A CHALLENGING REGION. 13:57 ISLAM, HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE DOMINANT 14:01 RELIGIONS. 14:02 MANY OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND 14:05 DIALECTS. 14:07 POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE WAYS OF LIFE FOR THE 14:10 MAJORITY. 14:11 MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS ARE SEARCHING. 14:14 THEY NEED HOPE. 14:16 AN IMPORTANT KEY TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN 14:19 THIS AREA IS TO USE INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 14:23 THEY ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE RELIGION, 14:27 THE CULTURE OF THEIR PEOPLE. 14:29 BLESSED BY THE SPIRIT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP WIN A 14:33 PERSON FOR JESUS FOR LESS THAN $6 IN MANY AREAS. 14:38 FOR TWENTY YEARS, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS FOCUSED ON 14:42 BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE NEED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:46 IN ADDITION TO RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT 14:49 INDIGENOUS WORKERS, GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND GOSPEL 14:53 OUTREACH BRAZIL HAVE JOINED IN THIS METHOD OF 14:57 TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT JESUS. 15:00 APPROXIMATELY 22OO WORKERS ARE SPONSORED THROUGH 15:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS. 15:09 THE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY ADVENTIST 15:11 MISSION OFFICES AND CAN BE FUNDED FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15:15 $150 PER MONTH. 15:17 THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO CONTINUE 15:21 WORKING WITH THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BY 15:24 SPONSORING WORKERS WHO WILL INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO 15:28 JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH A GOAL OF ONE MILLION 15:34 NEW BAPTISMS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 15:43 AND WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 15:45 AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE 15:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY AND WE HAVE WAYS THAT WE WANT 15:51 TO CONNECT WITH YOU ON FACEBOOK, ON INSTAGRAM, 15:54 YOUTUBE, OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND IF YOU 15:58 ARE WONDERING WHAT THE AIM STANDS FOR THAT'S 16:01 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 16:02 WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD 16:04 LOVE TO SEND TO YOU AND SO IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT US 16:07 WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO YOU 16:10 SO YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT GREAT THINGS THAT ARE 16:12 HAPPENING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 16:14 10/40 WINDOW. 16:15 THAT'S A HUGE EXPANSE ON THE SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM 16:20 ASIA ALL THOUGH AFRICA AND ALL THE COUNTRIES THERE. 16:22 AND SPEAKING OF THE 10/40 WINDOW, I WANT TO WELCOME 16:25 BACK PASTOR FRANKLIN DAVID WHO IS WITH US HERE ON 16:28 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND PASTOR FRANKLIN WE ARE 16:31 TALKING ABOUT YOUR AREA OF INDIA WITH THE THOUSANDS 16:36 AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE AND WE'RE TALKING 16:38 ABOUT THE UPDATE ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING DURING 16:41 INTERESTING TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN. 16:44 UM, THE LORD'S WORK GOES ON IN CHALLENGING TIMES 16:50 AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BLESSED DURING 16:52 THIS TIME. 16:53 YES. 16:54 AND WE HAVE BEEN MANY OF US HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY 16:58 SHARING WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH AND MANY 17:01 OF THEM HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD. 17:03 THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF SHANTA 17:08 BAGGHADI WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SERIOUS BLOOD 17:15 DISORDER IN THE NORTHERN PART OF MAHARASTRA WHICH 17:21 COMES UNDER MY TERRITORY, AND THEY HAD SOME 17:25 CHALLENGES WITH THE PLATELETS AND SO HER 17:30 SURVIVAL WAS AT STAKE. 17:32 AND THEY CALLED MR. DELANDER KAMBLE THE 17:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS TO COME AND VISIT AND 17:41 PRAY. 17:43 HE STARTED VISITING THIS GIRL ON A REGULAR BASIS 17:47 AND THE FAMILY ALSO AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND HIS 17:53 MIRACULOUS POWER SHE IS BACK IN GOOD HEALTH. 17:58 PRAISE THE LORD! 17:59 AND SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND WE THANK GOD FOR THAT 18:06 WONDERFUL MIRACLE IN HER LIFE. 18:09 ABSOLUTELY. 18:10 DO YOU KNOW WHAT HER RELIGION WAS AND HER 18:12 BELIEF SYSTEM BEFORE? 18:13 HINDU. 18:13 HINDU, YES. 18:14 WOW. 18:15 LOOK WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN THIS WOMAN'S 18:18 LIFE. 18:19 GOD WORKS IN MIRACULOUS WAYS AND THEN IT IS THE 18:24 FAMILY THAT JOINS THEY ARE COMING TO CHURCH AND 18:28 HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED SO, THE WORD OF 18:33 GOD IS POWERFUL. 18:34 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 18:35 BUT THREE YEARS, FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVEN'T 18:41 BEEN THERE. 18:42 THREE YEARS AGO, I HAD AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING 18:46 CONDUCTED IN A PLACE CALLED SUPTAPURA. 18:48 THE INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS PLACE THAT THE WHOLE 18:55 VILLAGE IS NAMED AFTER A SNAKE. 18:57 THAT IS A SERPENT. 18:58 OOH. 18:59 OK. 19:00 AND THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKE. 19:05 SO, WHEN I DROVE INTO THIS AREA, OF COURSE, IT IS A 19:07 HILLY PLACE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE MANY HOURS TO GET 19:10 OVER THERE FROM THE MAIN TOWN AND RIGHT AT THE 19:15 ENTRANCE YOU'LL FIND A HUGE STATUE OF A SNAKE. 19:18 OH. 19:19 AND THEN ON THE ROADS YOU CAN SEE SNAKES GOING. 19:23 YOU CAN SEE THEM SLITHERING ALL ALONG THE 19:25 SIDES? 19:26 WHEN THEY COME OUT AND INDIA THE MOST POPULAR 19:31 SNAKE IS COBRA. 19:32 YES, RIGHT. 19:33 BUT PEOPLE WORSHIP THE SNAKE AND, IN THIS PLACE, 19:38 SINCE IT IS A FOREST PLACE, FILLED WITH FORESTS 19:42 AND HILLY, WE DO HAVE TIGERS THERE TOO. 19:45 SO, THEY WORSHIP ALSO THE TIGERS. 19:50 SO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 19:51 DO THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKES AND THE TIGER BECAUSE THEY 19:54 WANT TO HAVE RESPECT FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT 19:55 TO GET HURT IS THAT THE RATIONALE? 19:58 WELL, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 20:00 FEAR SOMETIMES LEADS PEOPLE. 20:02 YES. 20:03 THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. 20:04 YES. 20:05 OK. 20:06 OVER THE HISTORY AND THE GENERATIONS PAST PROBABLY 20:09 THEY DID THAT. 20:10 YES, AND WHO KNOWS TODAY, RIGHT. 20:13 THE PRACTICE IS STILL THERE NOT NECESSARILY IN 20:16 SUPTAPURA BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF INDIA. 20:18 IF THEY SEE A SNAKE MOUND, WHERE IS SNAKE IS HIDING, 20:24 THEY POUR MILK IN IT. 20:27 OH TO FEED THE SNAKE? 20:30 MILK. 20:30 OH MY. 20:31 SO, THAT IS THEIR FORM OF OFFERING TO THE SNAKE. 20:36 WOW. 20:37 DO SNAKES LIKE MILK? 20:38 I HAVE NO CLUE, IT IS SO INTERESTING BUT I HAVE 20:45 SEEN IT THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD THEY DO THAT. 20:50 REALLY? 20:51 OK. 20:52 SO, UH IN THIS PLACE WHEN WE STARTED THE WORK OVER 20:58 THERE, THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN WHO BECAME A GOSPEL 21:04 OUTREACH WORKER. 21:06 UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FATHER IN LAW DID NOT LIKE THAT. 21:10 HIS FATHER IN LAW IS HINDU, UH HUH, AND HE IS 21:15 KIND OF A WELL TO DO PERSON IN THAT COMMUNITY 21:18 AND HE WAS VERY AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND 21:23 HIS SON IN LAW JOINING THIS GROUP, LEADING OUT. 21:27 BECAUSE HE WAS HINDU, BECAUSE HE WAS HINDU AND 21:29 THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKE? 21:30 OK. 21:31 JUST ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, THE FATHER IN LAW 21:38 CAME FORWARD AND GAVE HIS LAND AND SAID, WHY DON'T 21:43 YOU BUILD A CHURCH OVER HERE. 21:46 WHY DID HE DO THAT? 21:47 I DON'T KNOW. 21:48 THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. 21:51 YES, HE DOES. 21:52 I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD THROUGH HIS SPIRIT SPOKE 21:56 THROUGH THIS MAN. 21:56 HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN. 21:58 HE IS NOT CONVERTED AS YET. 22:00 HE IS STILL HINDU BUT HE HAS BEEN SEEING THESE 22:02 PEOPLE COMING AND WORSHIPING IN THE VERANDA 22:05 OF THIS SON IN LAW AND HE HAS SEEN THE CHANGE IN HIS 22:10 SON IN LAW'S LIFE POSSIBLY AND SO HE HIMSELF HAS COME 22:15 FORWARD TO DONATE THE LAND AND THE BELIEVERS ARE 22:18 BEGINNING TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN CHURCH IN THIS 22:22 PLACE. 22:23 SO, THAT IS AMAZING I THOUGHT. 22:25 I THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE THAT. 22:27 ABSOLUTELY. 22:28 IN THE CITY OF SNAKES, LOOK WHAT GOD IS DOING 22:30 THROUGH CHANGING A MAN'S HEART BUT YOU KNOW, ISN'T 22:34 THAT SO TRUE PASTOR FRANKLIN WHEN WE HAVE THE 22:37 LOVE AND THE JOY AND THE PEACE AND THE PATIENCE AND 22:39 THE KINDNESS AND THE GOODNESS THAT THE BIBLE 22:42 TALKS ABOUT BY KNOWING JESUS, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A 22:44 BIBLE STUDY WITH SOMEBODY BUT YET OUR LIFE IS THE 22:48 BIBLE STUDY. 22:49 YES, IT IS. 22:50 SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 22:53 HERE HE IS HIS TESTIMONY TO HIS FATHER IN LAW IS 22:57 PROFOUND. 22:58 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:00 WOW. 23:01 WELL, I THINK I'LL LET YOU VISIT THAT TOWN. 23:02 I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE TOWN FOR ME. 23:05 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING BACK AND OF COURSE, 23:10 IN MY REGION THAT THIS MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT, 23:16 THE TERRITORY IS VAST SO I HAVE TO TRAVEL ALMOST A 23:22 WHOLE DAY TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE. 23:26 WOW. 23:27 MOST OF THE WORK IS AMONG THE INTERIOR PEOPLE. 23:31 SOME IN TRIBES WHO ARE REALLY BACKWARD AND SO, 23:36 BUT WHAT IS JOYFUL TO SEE IS THEIR FAITH AND THE WAY 23:44 THEY WORSHIP GOD IN SUCH AN AWESOME WAY. 23:48 THEY ARE REALLY DEVOTED PEOPLE THOUGH THEY COME 23:52 FROM HINDUISM AND ARE CONVERTED THEY MADE JESUS 23:56 AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR AND PEOPLE OF PRAYERS. 23:59 SO, IT IS AN EXPERIENCE TO PEOPLE AND IF YOU DON'T 24:05 WANT TO COME TO THE PLACE OF SNAKES, I CAN TAKE YOU 24:08 OTHER PLACES. 24:09 TO THE SLUMPS OF BOMBAY, YOU MAY LIKE THAT. 24:11 YES, YES WELL I HAVE BEEN THERE TO THE AIRPORT IN 24:16 INDIA BUT I'VE BEEN TO BANGLADESH AND I HAVE BEEN 24:21 TO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU 24:23 KNOW AS WE SIT HERE IT IS SO HUMBLING TO THINK ABOUT 24:28 ALL THAT WE HAVE AND THE 19 YEAR OLD WHEN I WAS 24:33 VISITING DHAKA , AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY FOR THE 24:36 FIRST TIME I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE CASE IN INDIA 24:39 AND THROUGH MANY COUNTRIES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT FIRST 24:42 HAND AND THEN YOU KNOW, HEARING ABOUT THESE PLACES 24:45 THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO YET, BUT THERE IS THE NEED 24:48 EVERYWHERE AND JESUS AS WE TALK ABOUT HERE IN THE 24:52 GREAT COMMISSION GOD TELLS US TO GO AND THE ACRONYM 24:55 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS G. 24:57 O. 24:58 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO TO MINISTER 25:00 TO THESE PEOPLE JUST LIKE THIS DEAR MAN WHO GAVE HIS 25:02 LAND IN THE TOWN, THE CITY OF SNAKES. 25:06 SO, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY ARE 25:09 COURAGEOUS, THEY ARE BOLD, THEY ARE CONTINUING IN 25:12 YOUR AREA AND I KNOW THAT YOU-WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO 25:16 HEAR MORE THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE. 25:19 THE CITY OF BOMBAY IS A HUGE CITY. 25:23 WHAT IS INTERESTING IN THAT CITY IS THE RICHEST 25:26 PEOPLE LIVE THERE IN BIG MANSIONS AND THE POOREST 25:32 OF THE POOR ALSO LIVE THERE IN THE SLUMS OF 25:34 BOMBAY. 25:34 YOU'VE GOT THE EXTREMES. 25:36 EXTREMES. 25:37 IF YOU TRAVEL FROM ONE CORNER TO THE OTHER, THAT 25:42 TRAFFIC IS VERY DIFFICULT BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE 25:47 INTEREST THE LOVE THEY HAVE FOR THE GOSPEL, YES, 25:52 IN FACT, BEFORE COVID, I'D ALREADY PLANNED ON 25:57 ESTABLISHING A CHURCH IN BOMBAY AMONG THE ELITE. 26:02 I HAD WORKED WITH CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA. 26:07 OH REALLY. 26:08 WHERE THE PASTOR AND MEMBERS WOULD COME AND 26:13 START BUT COVID PUT AN END TO THAT PLAN. 26:16 WELL, I'M GOING TO USE A DIFFERENT WORD THERE. 26:19 THERE IS A DELAY IN THAT PLAN. 26:22 I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THERE IS A DELAY. 26:25 WE DON'T QUITE KNOW THE REASON WHY BUT I'M VERY 26:28 GLAD TO HEAR THAT THOUGH, PASTOR FRANKLIN OF THE 26:32 NEED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CITIES ALL AROUND THE 26:35 WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY AND THEY ARE SO 26:37 CAUGHT UP IN THE BUSYNESS OF EVERYTHING THAT I'M 26:41 GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 26:43 SO, IN YOUR AREA YOU HAVE HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:45 WORKERS? 26:46 I HAVE ABOUT 75 OR 74 NOW. 26:51 WE LOST ONE RECENTLY. 26:55 SO, 75 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND SAY AGAIN, THE 26:57 POPULATION OF BOMBAY? 27:00 THAT'S NOT FOR BOMBAY. 27:01 IN BOMBAY WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT 11. 27:03 RIGHT. 27:04 BUT BOMBAY'S POPULATION IS OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE. 27:10 SO, THAT- I JUST WANT THE VIEWERS TO HEAR THAT 20 27:12 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE CITY. 27:15 ELEVEN PEOPLE IN YOUR ONE CITY AND OF THE WHOLE 27:18 REGION THAT YOU HAVE IN WEST INDIA YOU HAVE 74 27:21 WORKERS. 27:22 SO, YOU'VE HEARD IT HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE HELPING 27:25 YOUR AREA AND ALL THESE AREAS SO. 27:28 WELL, PASTOR FRANKLIN THANK YOU PLEASE SHARE 27:31 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ALL 74 OF THEM. 27:34 PLEASE SHARE OUR PRAYERS AND OUR LVOE AND OUR 27:37 SUPPORT OF THEM AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 27:40 WITH US TODAY. 27:41 IT IS A JOY AND GOD BLESS YOUR MINISTRY. 27:44 LET'S CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. 27:47 ABSOLUTELY. 27:47 PASTOR FRANKLIN. 27:48 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN 27:50 MISSIONS" YOU'VE HEARD IT HERE, PEOPLE. 27:52 WE NEED TO JOIN TOGETHER AS BELIEVERS AND AS 27:55 CHRISTIANS IN JESUS CHRIST THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE 27:57 TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH. 27:59 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL 28:01 OUTREACH, I'M JULIE AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU |
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