Participants:
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000876S
|
00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL
00:36 OUTREACH I'M JULIE AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU 00:37 HAVE JOINED US AND WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO BRING 00:40 REPORTS TO YOU AND WELCOME TO OUR ZOOM SET TODAY WE 00:42 ARE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM ANOTHER ONE OF OUR 00:46 REGIONAL DIRECTORS IN INDIA, DR. MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:49 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:51 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:52 IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU. 00:54 SO, HERE WE ARE IN ON ZOOM BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO 01:00 THESE DAYS AND THERE YOU ARE AT THE BEAUTIFUL TAJ 01:03 MAHAL. 01:04 WELL, YOU KNOW THESE DAYS THAT'S THE BEAUTY THAT YOU 01:08 CAN BE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY 01:11 AND STILL BE RIGHT CLOSE TO WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE. 01:15 WHAT A GREAT TIME WE LIVE IN. 01:17 ABSOLUTELY SO WITH TECHNOLOGY WE ARE ABLE TO 01:22 BRIDGE SO MANY DIFFERENT GAPS HERE AND WE'RE JUST 01:25 EXCITED THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON HERE, 01:28 DR. MASSEY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:30 SO, YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WHAT AREA OF 01:32 INDIA TO BRING OUR VIEWERS. 01:34 WELL, IT IS SOUTHERN INDIA. 01:36 IT IS THE ANDHRA PRADESH AND AH, IT IS ONE OF THE 01:42 MOST POPULAR AREAS WHERE WE HAVE PROBABLY THE 01:45 HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 01:50 WONDERFUL! 01:51 I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT AND WE NEED MORE FOLLOWERS 01:54 AS WE SHARE JESUS WITH THE 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE OF 01:58 INDIA AND SPEAKING OF INDIANS, LOOK AT ALL OF 02:02 THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN THAT YOU ARE STANDING WITH 02:04 IN THIS PICTURE HERE WE HAVE. 02:06 WELL, YES, THIS IS AT A SCHOOL CALLED ABRAHAM 02:11 PUTNAM. 02:13 I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SCHOOL ABOUT TEN 02:17 YEARS AGO. 02:19 I VISITED THERE AND I SAW THESE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL 02:21 CHILDREN AND SAW THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY WERE 02:25 FACING AT THE SCHOOL AND I FELT -WE NEED TO ADOPT 02:30 THIS SCHOOL AND DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL WITH 02:34 THESE WONDERFUL CHILDREN. 02:36 AND IT CAME TO MY MIND AH, VERY LOVELY STORY. 02:43 IT IS A STORY ABOUT A BAMBOO PLANT CALLED MOSO. 02:47 IT GROWS IN THE FAR EAST. 02:50 WHEN YOU FIRST PLANT IT, YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT IS 02:54 GOING TO MAKE IT AND IT IS REALLY SCRAGGLY AND BUT 02:58 AFTER TWO OR THREE YEARS, IT BEGINS TO GROW 2 ½ FEET 03:05 A DAY. 03:06 REALLY? 03:07 RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. 03:09 YES. 03:10 AND SO, I FELT YOU KNOW, THESE LITTLE KIDS THEY ARE 03:14 OUR MOSO TREES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS 03:21 BECOMING OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE TINY, WHEN THEY ARE 03:25 LITTLE BUT IF NURTURED RIGHT, THEY COULD BE 03:30 FANTASTIC AMBASSADORS FOR JESUS. 03:32 ABSOLUTELY. 03:33 WHAT THE TREE IS DOING FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS 03:36 WHEN THE TREE IS NOT GROWING, IT IS GROWING 03:39 ROOTS AND THE DEEPER THE ROOTS THE HIGHER THE TREE 03:44 COULD GROW TO ITS ULTIMATE HEIGHT WHICH IS 90 FEET. 03:49 WOW. 03:50 AND WE ARE TOLD HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST HUMAN 03:54 THOUGHTS CAN REACH ARE GOD'S IDEALS FOR HIS 03:57 CHILDREN. 03:59 AND I LOOKED AT THE CHILDREN AND I SAID, WOW, 04:03 WHAT A POTENTIAL. 04:04 THESE ARE OUR MOSO TREES AND THEY COULD BECOME SO 04:08 POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS IN THE ARMY OF GOD. 04:12 AND SO, I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT SCHOOL AND 04:16 THAT SCHOOL IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND VERY 04:20 RECENTLY, UM WE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE VERY 04:26 RECENTLY WE FIND THAT THIS SCHOOL NEEDED REFURBISHING 04:30 OF THE CAFETERIA, OF FOOD SECURITY. 04:35 THEY NEEDED THEIR DOORS AND WINDOWS AND ALL OF THE 04:41 PLACES REALLY REDONE SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT 04:44 AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS. 04:48 AND WE ALSO PUT BRAND NEW SANITARY LATRINE SYSTEM 04:53 BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TOILETS IN THE SCHOOL 04:59 YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE GIRLS WILL JUST QUIT 05:03 SCHOOL. 05:04 AND SO, THIS WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIFT FROM GOD 05:08 YOU COULD SAY, WE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL 05:10 ROTARY CLUB AND MANY OTHER FRIENDS AND THIS SCHOOL 05:14 NOW IS RENOVATED AND REFURBISHED AND PEOPLE ARE 05:18 JUST SO DELIGHTED THAT THEY HAVE THE FACILITY 05:25 THEY NEED. 05:26 SO, IT'S A HEALTHY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. 05:28 AND THE KIDS, LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE NOW AND HOW 05:32 MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE ATTENDING THESE BOARDING 05:35 SCHOOLS IN INDIA? 05:36 WELL, WE ACTUALLY IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 05:40 EDUCATION SYSTEM WE HAVE 210,000 STUDENTS 05:43 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE 25 BOARDING 05:46 ACADEMIES AND MANY OF THE BOARDING ACADEMIES ARE 05:52 FILLED WITH STUDENTS FROM ALL FAITHS AND WE -THE 05:57 SERVICE WE ARE DELIVERING HERE IS OPEN TO ALL 06:03 FAITHS. 06:06 WHETHER PEOPLE ARE HINDU, MUSLIM, SIKHS, SO WHOEVER 06:10 BECAUSE OUR FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS THAT THERE IS 06:16 ONLY ONE FATHER AND THAT IS GOD AND THERE IS ONLY 06:21 ONE FAMILY FOR THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE BELONGS TO ONE 06:24 FAMILY. 06:27 WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF THE SAME HEAVENLY FATHER. 06:28 BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE, FLOWERS OF THE SAME PLANT 06:31 AND SO OUR -WE ARE HERE TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER AND AS 06:37 WE FIND IN GALATIONS 5:13 WHAT PAUL SAYS, SERVE ONE 06:43 ANOTHER WITH LOVE. 06:45 WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. 06:47 AND SERVING IS WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND MANZOOR 06:51 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:55 WORKERS, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO THESE SCHOOLS 06:59 BUT BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, WE CAN BE NOWHERE BUT BE 07:04 EVERYWHERE AND THANKS TO PHOTOS AND BEING ABLE TO 07:07 CHECK IN WITH PEOPLE -WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN THIS 07:10 PHOTO? 07:12 WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO IS THIS IS FROM 07:14 NORTHERN INDIA, UM, WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL ROTARY 07:22 CLUB AND WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF 07:26 OUR SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE AND WE SERVED 07:32 APPROXIMATELY 5000 FAMILIES DURING PANDEMIC. 07:36 WOW. 07:37 AND BECAUSE YOU SEE, SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN, 07:40 AH, CHURCHES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THERE WAS NO 07:45 REVENUE BUT MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE STRANDED IN 07:48 THEIR SCHOOLS SO WE WERE ABLE TO FEED 11 BOARDING 07:54 SCHOOLS WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH FOOD AND ALSO 08:00 NEARBY COMMUNITIES. 08:02 NOW THIS ONE HERE WE HAVE NEEDY COMMUNITIES RIGHT 08:07 NEAR OUR COLLEGE IN NORTHERN INDIA, ROORKEE 08:10 ADVENTIST COLLEGE. 08:12 SO, THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THAT AREA AND HERE 08:16 YOU SEE STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED AND I DON'T KNOW 08:21 WHETHER WE HAVE THAT PICTURE OR NOT BUT WE HAVE 08:25 A LEPER COLONY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 08:28 CHILDREN AS WELL. 08:30 SO, TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT-A LEPER COLONY? 08:33 YES, NEAR ROORKEE ADVENTIST COLLEGE THERE IS 08:37 A LEPER COLONY WHERE ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE 08:41 SUFFERING FROM LEPROSY THEY RESIDE THERE AND SO, 08:45 THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW 08:50 THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE LEPER COLONY AND 08:54 SERVING THE FOLKS AND PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN. 08:58 WOW. 09:00 AND IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 09:02 IT REMINDED ME YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS WAS HERE AND 09:07 ONCE HE SAW TEN LEPERS AND ONE OF THEM SAID, CAN YOU 09:14 PLEASE HEAL US? 09:16 AND HE HEALED THEM ALL BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO CAME 09:19 TO THANK HIM AND THAT FELLOW WAS NOT A MEMBER OF 09:23 THEIR CHURCH OR THEIR SYNAGOGUE. 09:27 AND SO, BUT JESUS EXTENDED THE HEALING POWER TO 09:31 EVERYONE AND THIS IS HOW THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS 09:36 WORKING OUT. 09:38 WE DO NOT ASK PEOPLE WHAT FAITH THEY BELONG TO, WHAT 09:41 THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS BUT IF THEY ARE IN NEED, 09:45 WE ARE GOING TO SERVE THEM. 09:48 ABSOLUTELY AND THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR SCRIPTURE IN 09:51 GALATIONS 5:13 TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER WITH LOVE. 09:54 ABSOLUTELY. 09:55 AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OUR 09:59 WORLD AND ALL OF THIS, IT'S A TIME TO BE REALLY 10:03 REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE NO MATTER HOW WE CAN DO IT 10:06 AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED WITH TECHNOLOGY WE'VE BEEN 10:08 ABLE TO DO THAT AND IT JUST THRILLS MY HEART TO 10:11 BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN FED 10:14 THROUGH ROTARY, GOSPEL OUTREACH ALL THESE WORKING 10:18 TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT IS ALL ABOUT SERVING. 10:20 RIGHT? 10:22 YES, AND HERE IN THE SECOND PICTURE WE SEE AH, 10:26 WE FOUND A YOUNG FELLOW WHO USED TO CRAWL ALL THE 10:31 TIME TO GET FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND WE PARTNER WITH 10:34 LOCAL ROTARY CLUB AND HERE WE ARE. 10:38 WE'VE PROVIDED HIM A WHEELCHAIR. 10:41 AND MY OH MY, THAT WAS SUCH A NEW DAY NOT ONLY 10:48 FOR THE YOUNG FELLOW BUT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 10:51 AND THEY JUST WERE SO DELIGHTED THAT HE WILL NOT 10:56 HAVE TO CRAWL FROM PLACE TO PLACE BECAUSE WHEN THEY 10:59 CRAWL ON THEIR HANDS AND FEET, THEY HAVE CALLOUSES 11:02 ALL OVER BUT THIS IS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE TO 11:09 SEE THIS YOUNG FELLOW SO EXCITED AND HAPPY THAT HE 11:13 NOW HAS A WHEELCHAIR. 11:15 WELL, AND YOU KNOW IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE 11:18 TAKE FOR GRANTED HERE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE THAT 11:21 WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE THAT AND I 11:24 KNOW JONI ERICSON TADA MINISTRY WITH HER BEING 11:28 PARALYZED WHEELCHAIRS FOR THE WORLD IS HUGE AND FOR 11:32 US TO SEE THIS YOUNG MAN- AND FOR ME, I'VE GOT 11:34 SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON THE OUTSIDE. 11:37 MANY OF US HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON IN THE 11:40 INSIDE AND MANY OF US HAVE BOTH BUT FOR THIS YOUNG 11:42 BOY TO HAVE A WHEELCHAIR HOW FANTASTIC, MANZOOR. 11:44 YES. 11:45 OH. 11:46 THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND IT IS 11:48 MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE WE 11:51 ARE BUT SPECIFICALLY GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE 11:53 LOOKING AT 10/40 WINDOW FROM ALL THOSE COUNTRIES 11:56 FROM WEST AFRICA TO THE MIDDLE EAST, THROUGH INDIA 11:58 AND ASIA. 11:59 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 12:03 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 12:07 DEPENDS ON. 12:08 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 12:10 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 12:12 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 12:16 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 12:19 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 12:22 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 12:25 EQUATOR. 12:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 12:30 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL 12:33 WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 12:35 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 12:38 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 12:40 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 12:42 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 12:46 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 12:48 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 12:51 GOD'S LOVE. 12:53 JOIN US. 12:56 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 12:58 DONATE. 12:59 PRAY. 13:00 AND MANZOOR, WE ARE JUST LOVING SEEING THESE 13:03 PICTURES OF THESE STUDENTS. 13:05 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM. 13:06 WELL, ACTUALLY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE HAVE 13:09 A VERY LARGE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS IN INDIA-THE 13:13 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS 210,000 13:16 STUDENTS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THESE CHILDREN 13:18 AH, MANY OF THEM STAY WITH US FIVE, TEN YEARS AND WE 13:26 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T MISS OUT ON THE 13:31 OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW GOD. 13:33 AND SO, AH WE ARE PLACING FIVE SPIRITUAL ADVISORS 13:40 STUDENT SPIRITUAL ADVISORS IN OUR ACADEMIES. 13:45 WE HAVE 25 BOARDING ACADEMIES IN INDIA AND 13:48 CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 13:53 THAT GOD LOVES THEM ALL LIKE HIS VERY, VERY 13:57 PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND SO THAT THEY GET TO KNOW 14:02 THEIR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LEARN TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER 14:05 LIKE HE LOVES US AND SO WE HAVE PUT FIVE ACADEMIES 14:11 HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A PILOT PROJECT AND GOSPEL 14:13 OUTREACH IS ASSISTING IN FUNDING FIVE SPIRITUAL 14:19 ADVISORS, STUDENT SPRITUAL ADVISORS. 14:22 AND WHAT WILL THEY DO? 14:24 THEY WILL BECOME FRIENDS TO THE CHILDREN AND THEY 14:29 WILL LEAD OUT IN SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES ANSWER ANY 14:36 QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE AND LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN 14:38 AND BECOME LIKE A BIG BROTHER AND BIG SISTER TO 14:42 THEM BUT ADDRESS THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE 14:47 CHILDREN. 14:49 MANY OF THEM WOULD LOVE TO HEAR STORIES ABOUT JESUS. 14:54 THE MIRACLES THAT JESUS DID. 14:56 HOW HE WALKED IN THE VILLAGES, HOW HE HEALED 15:02 PEOPLE, HOW HE FED PEOPLE, HOW HE LOVED THE 15:05 UNLOVEABLE AND HUGGED THE UNHUGGABLE. 15:08 AND YOU KNOW, THESE CHILDREN WILL FIND SUCH 15:13 COMFORT AND JOY IN HEARING ABOUT THE LIFE AND 15:18 TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 15:20 SO, THESE SPIRITUAL ADVISORS THEY WILL BE 15:23 THERE TO REALLY SERVE AND LISTEN AND SERVE THESE 15:27 KIDS AND INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS AND HIS LOVING WAY 15:33 OF DEALING WITH LITTLE CHILDREN. 15:35 I LOVE THAT. 15:37 AND SO, THIS IS A PILOT PROJECT BUT I HAVE ALREADY 15:42 SEEN SOME PICTURES, SOME WORK ALREADY BEING DONE IN 15:47 TWO MONTHS. 15:48 THEY'VE BEEN THERE ONLY FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEY 15:51 HAVE ALREADY ORGANIZED CHOIRS, ORGANIZED AH 15:54 VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 15:59 GETTING SO EXCITED AND HAPPY AND THEY ARE 16:02 LEARNING NEW SONGS, NEW STORIES. 16:03 IT IS JUST A MARVELOUS WAY AND THEN THEY ARE ASKING 16:07 CHILDREN TO WRITE LOVE LETTERS TO THEIR PARENTS. 16:12 AND TELLING THEM HOW GOD LOVES THEM, HOW PEOPLE 16:18 LOVE THEM THERE IN THE SCHOOL AND WHAT A LOVING 16:23 PERSON JESUS IS. 16:26 SO, THEY ARE WRITING STORIES TO THEIR PARENTS 16:29 AND TO THEIR SIBLINGS TO INTRODUCE THEM TO WHAT 16:33 THEY ARE LEARNING. 16:35 OH, IT IS MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS THING. 16:37 I LOVE THIS BECAUSE THE SPIRITUAL ADVISOR CAN BE 16:41 THERE. 16:42 THEY ARE NOT THE TEACHER, THEY ARE NOT THE PASTOR 16:43 BUT THEY ARE THERE TO HELP ENCOURAGE THESE STUDENTS 16:45 AND OH, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 16:47 NOW MANZOOR, WHAT ABOUT IN THE FUTURE AS WE ARE 16:51 THINKING ABOUT INDIA AND 600,000 VILLAGES IN INDIA 16:54 AND WHAT IF THERE COMES A POINT WHERE IT IS HARDER 16:59 TO GET FUNDING TO INDIA WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN 17:03 NOW TO PLAN AHEAD. 17:04 WELL JULIE, THIS A VERY IMPORTANT AREA, VERY 17:09 SPECIAL SACRED TO MY HEART I SHOULD SAY. 17:12 AH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OUTREACH 17:18 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 17:22 WE HAVE 1200 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA 17:25 BUT THINK ABOUT IT. 17:27 WE HAVE 600,000 VILLAGES ALONE IN INDIA. 17:30 A LOT. 17:33 AND SO, WE COULD RIGHT NOW USE MAYBE 10,000 GOSPEL 17:37 OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:40 SO, ALONG WITH WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING AH, TIME 17:44 MIGHT COME WHEN WE WILL HAVE A HARDER AND HARDER 17:47 TIME TO HAVE FUNDS FROM OVERSEAS BUT I TELL YOU WE 17:52 ARE PLANNING TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH EFFORTS IN 17:56 THESE VILLAGES SO WE COULD GO INTO MORE AND MORE AND 18:00 MORE VILLAGES. 18:01 GOOD. 18:02 WE HAVE STARTED AT LEAST SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE 18:05 STARTED SHEEP AND GOAT FARM AND IT IS KNOWN AS 18:09 THE GOOD SHEPHERD FARM. 18:11 I LOVE THIS. 18:13 I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST TOLD US ABOUT IT. 18:15 YES, AND WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATLEY 61 18:20 WORKERS THROUGH THE SHEEP AND GOAT FARM AND WE HAVE 18:25 JUST STARTED NOW A LAMB FARM. 18:28 LAMB FARM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MAYBE 400 18:34 WORKERS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 18:36 SO, HELP EXPLAIN MANZOOR, HOW THIS WORKS? 18:38 SO, IF SOMEONE GETS - THERE YOU ARE WITH A 18:42 LITTLE LAMB. 18:43 SO, HOW DOES THIS WORK? 18:44 WELL, IN TERMS OF THE LAMB WE CAN BUY THE LAMB FOR 18:50 ABOUT 5000 RUPEES. 18:51 IN US DOLLARS WHAT IS THAT? 18:55 AH, THAT WILL BE MAYBE ABOUT $25-30. 19:02 AND SO, WE CAN JUST TURN AROUND IN FOUR MONTHS AND 19:06 SELL IT FOR 10,000 RUPEES. 19:09 SO, IT IS WE CAN DOUBLE OUR MONEY EVERY FOUR 19:13 MONTHS. 19:14 AND THEN THE LAMB GIVES---ARE THEY SHEARING 19:18 THE LAMBS? 19:21 ARE THEY GETTING MILK? 19:22 WE SELL THEM AND WE DO NOT REALLY FOLLOWUP ON WHAT 19:26 THEY DO WITH THE LAMB BUT I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THEM 19:31 EAT AND SOME OF THEM MAYBE USING THEM AND EACH LAMB 19:35 CAN BE ABOUT $7 US DOLLARS. 19:37 OK. 19:38 GOT YOU. 19:40 WE CAN SELL IT FOR $15 IN FOUR MONTHS SO THAT IS 19:43 JUST ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING AND IT IS 19:47 BECOMING SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING. 19:54 ALSO, WE ARE USING THE GOATS TO ADOPT WIDOWS 19:58 WHERE WE HAVE DURING THIS PANDEMIC FOR EXAMPLE, WE 20:04 LOST ABOUT 132 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS WORKERS AND 20:07 MEMBERS AND THERE ARE MANY WIDOWS IN OUR CHIURCHES 20:11 AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO, WE SELECT WIDOWS AND GIVE 20:16 THEM TWO GOATS EACH. 20:18 AND GOATS GIVE BABIES SOMETIMES TWO, SOMETIMES 20:22 THREE AND SO, THEY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH US 20:26 THAT THEY WILL NOT SELL OR EAT GOATS UNTIL THEY HAVE 20:30 15 TO 20 GOATS. 20:32 AND SO, THE FIRST GOAT THAT THEY GET THE FIRST 20:38 BABY THEY SELL IT, THEY GIVE IT TO THE CHURCH AS 20:42 AN OFFERING AND THE NUMBER SIX BABY THAT THEY GET 20:48 THEY GIVE IT TO ANOTHER WIDOW SO THEY ARE LEARNING 20:54 TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT AND THEY ARE LEARNING TO 20:58 BE A GOOD HELPER TO SOMEONE ELSE. 21:01 AND YET THEY ARE GETTING HELP IN THEIR TIME OF NEED 21:04 AS WELL. 21:05 THAT'S RIGHT AND WE HAVE ADOPTED 400 OF THOSE 21:08 WIDOWS SO FAR. 21:09 SO, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 21:11 WE ARE JUST DELIGHTED AND IN SOME VILLAGES AH, THEY 21:16 ALL MAYBE RELATED THROUGH GOATS. 21:19 WELL, LET'S JUST PRAY THAT THESE GOATS MULTIPLY AND 21:24 THE SHEEP MULTIPLY FOR WHAT A FANTASTIC WAY TO 21:27 HELP THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 21:29 WELL, YOU KNOW I LOVE MOTHER TERESA'S QUOTATION. 21:34 SHE SAYS," I DO WHAT I CAN WITH WHAT I HAVE WHERE I 21:38 AM." 21:39 SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 21:41 I DO WHAT I CAN WITH WHAT I HAVE WHERE I AM. 21:44 YOU SEE, GOD HAS SENT US HERE. 21:48 WE ARE NOT OUR OWN. 21:49 WE ARE ON LOAN. 21:50 WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT A LOVING, CARING, SERVING 21:55 GOD WHO DOES NOT SEE PEOPLE'S LABELS, WHO DOES 22:02 NOT SEE ANY OF THE DIVISIONS THAT HUMANS 22:06 MIGHT AH PUT BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER. 22:10 WHO SIMPLY SEES AH LITTLE PIECE OF LAND OVER HERE 22:15 WITH ALL OF HIS CHILDREN, EVERYWHERE AND SO HE WANTS 22:20 THOSE WHO KNOW HIM BETTER TO TALK TO THOSE WHO DON'T 22:25 KNOW HIM ENOUGH. 22:27 I LIKE THAT. 22:29 AND SO, THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUCH A 22:32 POWERFUL FAMILY. 22:33 BY THE WAY, WE ARE IN 51 COUNTRIES AND WHERE 98 PER 22:41 CENT OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY KNOW JESUS. 22:43 STILL. 22:45 WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE PART OF HIS 22:49 SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 22:52 I LIKE THAT. 22:54 THE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM AND THE GOOD SHEPHERD FARM 22:57 BECAUSE JESUS IS LOOKING FOR EVERYBODY AND HE WANTS 23:00 EVERYBODY TO BE IN THE FOLD AND HE IS GOING TO GO 23:04 AFTER THE LOST SHEEP AND MAY WE DO THAT HERE. 23:08 WELL, MANZOOR YOU HAVE GIVEN US SO MANY THINGS TO 23:11 THINK ABOUT AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, DESPITE 23:14 EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON WITH COVID THEY ARE 23:18 STILL DOING, MEETING WITH PEOPLE. 23:20 THEY ARE DOING MARVELOUS WORK. 23:23 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED SO MANY CREATIVE 23:27 WAYS TO DO THE OUTREACH. 23:29 THEY DO THE ZOOM MEETINGS JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING 23:31 RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE STARTED ACTUALLY A PRAYER 23:36 REVOLUTION THROUGH ZOOM. 23:38 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OUR LEADERSHIP IS DOING ZOOM 23:43 PRAYER MEETINGS. 23:45 GOOD. 23:46 EVERY WEEK THERE IS A PRAYER MEETING GOING ON. 23:49 MANY, MANY PLACES NOW THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH ONE 23:53 ANOTHER THROUGH ZOOM. 23:55 ALSO, THEY DO- THEY USE WHAT THEY CALL CELLPHONE 23:58 MINISTRY. 23:59 EVERY MORNING THE PASTORS WILL SEND OR THE WORKERS 24:04 WILL SEND AN ENCOURAGING TEXT TO THEIR MEMBERS. 24:07 OR THE MEMBERS WILL CALL THEM AND SAY, CAN YOU 24:10 PLEASE PRAY FOR ME? 24:12 SO, THEY PRAY ON THE CELLPHONE. 24:14 SO, THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT OUR WORKERS HAVE 24:18 REALLY EXPANDED THEIR MINISTRY AND YOU KNOW, AS 24:26 THE TIME IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE COMING 24:31 OF JESUS THERE ARE SO MANY AVENUES GOD IS OPENING UP 24:34 AND I DON'T -I'M NOT HAPPY THAT WE HAVE PANDEMIC BUT 24:40 I TELL YOU THIS PANDEMIC HAS MADE US SO CREATIVE IN 24:44 REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE AND SHARE JESUS AND SHOW HOW 24:51 GOD IS SUCH A LOVING GOD. 24:54 ABSOLUTELY AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY. 24:57 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE IN INDIA TO DO THE SAME THING 24:59 AND HAVING PRAYER FOR PEOPLE AND SHARING 25:01 SCRIPTURE. 25:02 I HAVE TWO WOMEN WHO DO THAT WITH ME AND I THEN 25:06 WANT TO DO THAT BACK TO THEM AND SO THEN I SHARE A 25:09 SCRIPTURE BACK. 25:11 SO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO DO THAT AS 25:14 WELL. 25:15 BUT YOU ARE A MAN OF SLOGANS, MANZOOR. 25:17 MONEY FLOWS WHERE VISION GOES. 25:21 MONEY FLOWS WHERE VISION GOES. 25:22 AND I WOULD JUST YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE 25:32 THING, AS ALMOST EVERYDAY I HEAR SOME FRIEND PASSED 25:40 AWAY. 25:41 UNEXPECTEDLY SOME PERSON JUST WENT HIS HEAVENLY 25:49 HOME. 25:50 WE JUST HEAR THESE STORIES EVERYDAY. 25:53 AND I'M SAYING, WHAT GOOD IS MY MONEY IN THE BANK. 25:59 YOU SEE, WHEN JESUS COMES HE IS GOING TO BE ASKING 26:07 US WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE GIFTS I GAVE YOU? 26:13 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MONEY ONLY BUT MONEY IS 26:17 ONE OF THE THINGS. 26:20 SOME CAN DONATE MONEY, SOME CAN DONATE TIME, SOME 26:24 CAN GET ON THEIR KNEES AND PRAY. 26:26 WE DO WHAT WE CAN WHERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND 26:31 SO AS THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR, I AM SO DELIGHTED 26:37 THAT GOD IS ALLOWING ME TO BE ON HIS SEARCH AND 26:42 RESCUE TEAM. 26:43 I LOVE THAT. 26:44 HE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE BY ANGELS WHO WILL DO IT 26:48 IN A HEARTBEAT, NEVER COMPLAINING ABOUT RUNNING 26:51 OUT OF RESOURCES OR GETTING TIRED. 26:54 BUT HE GIVES OUR VIEWERS AND HE GIVES ME THE 27:00 OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF HIS TEAM. 27:03 ABSOLUTELY. 27:05 MY MAIN MISSION ON EARTH IS TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR 27:11 GOD. 27:12 EVERYTHING ELSE I DO IS TO JUST PAY MY BILLS AND AS 27:15 LONG AS THE BILLS ARE PAID, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IN 27:20 HEBREWS 13:5 JESUS SAYS, "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR 27:27 FORSAKE YOU". 27:29 TRUE. 27:31 AND HE HAS PROMISED US THAT OUR NEEDS WILL BE MET 27:33 AND SO EVERY MORNING I PRAY TO GOD, I SAY, GOD 27:38 WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME BE JESUS TO SOMEONE TODAY. 27:42 ABSOLUTELY. 27:44 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE UNDER 27:48 STRESS, WHO ARE NOT SURE WHAT'S COMING NEXT BUT WE 27:53 ALREADY DO. 27:54 WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING NEXT. 27:57 I THINK THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO WRAP IT UP BUT I THANK 28:00 YOU SO MUCH MANZOOR FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY 28:02 AND THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING US AND THANK 28:05 YOU FOR SHARING JESUS IN INDIA AND ENCOURAGING US 28:08 TO SHARE WITH YOU. 28:09 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 28:11 MISSIONS" FOR BEING A PART OF THE FAMILY AS TOGETHER 28:14 AS MANZOOR HAS SAID THAT WE SHARE JESUS. 28:17 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:29 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2022-04-11