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00:32 HI, I'M JULIE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH
00:36 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS 00:38 TO ENTER YOUR LIVING ROOMS, YOUR BEDROOMS, YOUR 00:41 CAR, YOUR WHEREVER YOU ARE THAT YOU WATCH "ADVENTURES 00:45 IN MISSIONS" AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 00:47 WE THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US WHEREVER THAT MIGHT BE 00:50 EVEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 00:52 SO, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 00:53 THANK YOU FOR ALSO PARTNERING WITH US AS WE 00:56 SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:58 IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR MANY OF US TO BE INVOLVED WITH 01:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE SEVERAL REGIONAL 01:04 DIRECTORS HERE WHO ARE ACTUALLY ALSO REGIONAL 01:07 DIRECTORS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND FRANKLIN DAVID 01:10 IS ONE OF THOSE AND PASTOR FRANKLIN WELCOME AGAIN TO 01:13 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:15 THANK YOU, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 01:17 SO, YOU'RE ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA. 01:18 YES, I AM. 01:19 AND TELL THE VIEWERS WHERE. 01:21 I'M FROM BANGLORE, THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP IN THE 01:23 SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA AND NOW YOU ARE HERE WITH 01:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH, NOW THAT I DO IN THE WESTERN PART 01:29 OF INDIA. 01:30 MAINLY IN MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT. 01:33 WONDERFUL. 01:34 AND YOU ARE RECENTLY RETIRED AS A PASTOR AND 01:38 NOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE WORKING EVEN MORE WITH 01:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:42 I'LL BE SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME ON GOSPEL 01:45 OUTREACH NOW. 01:46 WONDERFUL. 01:47 AND YOUR CHURCH THAT YOU JUST RECENTLY RETIRED FROM 01:49 REMIND ME WHERE THAT IS. 01:51 THAT IS IN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND JUST ACROSS THE 01:53 GENERAL CONFERENCE BUILDING. 01:56 AND YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW MANY MEMBERS THERE? 01:57 ABOUT 1000 MEMBERS. 01:59 WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. 02:00 WELL, WE'RE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE 02:02 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE WANT TO DO AN 02:05 UPDATE AS I SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE WE STARTED THIS 02:08 IS WONDERFUL TO NOT BE DOING ZOOM INTERVIEWS 02:10 ANYMORE. 02:11 THIS IS NICE. 02:12 WE'RE BACK HERE IN THE STUDIO SO WE ARE WANTING 02:14 TO BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. 02:17 SO, TELL US YOU ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME UPDATES WITH 02:20 US AND WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED. 02:23 WELL, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE 02:26 TO GO TO INDIA BECAUSE OF COVID AND MEETING WITH THE 02:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OVER THERE HAS BEEN ON 02:35 ZOOM WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T ENJOY VERY 02:38 MUCH BUT WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? 02:41 IT WORKED FOR AWHILE. 02:43 YES. 02:44 I WANT TO START OFF BY TELLING ABOUT A YOUNG 02:47 WORKER, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT I MET ABOUT 02:49 FIVE YEARS AGO IN RAJKOT AND WHEN I WAS DOING THE 02:53 TRAINING SESSION FOR THE WORKERS THERE, THERE ARE 02:56 ONLY FIVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:58 I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS 03:00 YOUNG MAN BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS 03:02 COMPREHENDING WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY AND I WAS 03:08 CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HE IS GOING TO DO. 03:11 AND IN FACT, I TALKED TO THE LEADERSHIP SAYING, 03:13 MAYBE YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER LETTING HIM GO 03:16 BECAUSE HE HAS ANOTHER PART TIME JOB TOO. 03:22 AND THAT'S ABOUT IT AND THE LAST MEETING THAT I 03:26 HAD WITH HIM AFTER FIVE YEARS NOW, AT THAT TIME HE 03:31 HAD ABOUT 12 OR 13 PEOPLE WERE MEETING TOGETHER AS A 03:36 GROUP. 03:37 NOW HE HAS 200, OH MY, MEMBERS IN HIS 03:41 CONGREGATION. 03:43 HE HAS SEVEN GROUPS MEETING IN DIFFERENT 03:46 PLACES. 03:48 SO, WHAT CHANGED, THE HOLY SPIRIT? 03:50 I GUESS SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY SILENT THEY 03:54 GO DEEP. 03:55 YES, YES, YES. 03:57 OK. 03:58 SO, HE EVERY NIGHT HE HAS A MEETING IN SOME HOUSE 04:03 CHURCH, OK? 04:05 AND ABOUT 30,40 PEOPLE IN EACH WHATEVER, 20 PEOPLE 04:10 AND ON SATURDAY THEY RENT, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY RENT, 04:18 THEY GO UNDER A PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 04:20 AND THEY MEET THERE. 04:21 ALL THOSE PEOPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. 04:25 THEY DON'T HAVE A CHURCH. 04:26 NOW HE IS A NEPALI REFUGEE IN INDIA FROM NEPAL. 04:31 FROM NEPAL. 04:32 AND EVERYONE OF THEM ARE REFUGEES WHO ARE PART OF 04:35 THIS CONGREGATION. 04:37 SO, THEY ARE REFUGEES FROM NEPAL IN INDIA MEETING ON 04:41 SABBATH IN A PARKING LOT. 04:42 IN PARKING LOT. 04:43 I'VE GOT THE PICTURE. 04:44 WOW. 04:45 AND ITS AMAZING HOW GOD HAS LED THIS CONGREGATION, 04:50 OK. 04:51 AND SO, IT THRILLED MY HEART TO SEE THEM. 04:54 THEY ARE REFUGEES, UH HUH, AND BEFORE THEY CAME HERE 04:58 THEY WERE HINDUS. 04:59 OK. 05:00 AND SO, WHEN YOU ARE REFUGEE IN A FOREIGN 05:03 COUNTRY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU. 05:05 OH SURE. 05:06 AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT THEY ARE HINDUS AND INDIAN 05:11 PEOPLE MAJORITY ARE HINDUS AND THEY DON'T LIKE - IN 05:16 FACT, THE GOVERNMENT EVEN IS AGAINST CONVERTING TO 05:19 CHRISTIANITY. 05:20 SO, THESE NEPALI REFUGEES WERE ORIGINALLY HINDUS IN 05:26 NEPAL NOW IN INDIA THEY ARE CHRISTIANS WORSHIPPING 05:29 AND GIVING THEIR HEART TO JESUS IS SOMETHING THAT 05:33 THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME AND THIS 05:37 YOUNG MAN TOLD ME THAT, PATA HUSSEIN IS HIS NAME, 05:40 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT ABOUT 2000 NEPALI 05:43 REFUGEES HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE 200 TILL NOW 05:47 AND HE WANTS TO GET ALL OF THEM FOR JESUS. 05:50 HE IS GATHERING EVERYONE. 05:52 GATHERING EVERYBODY INTO THE FOLD. 05:54 SO, WHY ARE THE NEPALI PEOPLE IN INDIA BECAUSE OF 05:57 THE SITUATIONS IN NEPAL? 05:59 THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WITH A NEPALIS CAME OUT OF 06:06 BHUTAN, OH RIGHT, OK, THE REFUGEE CAMPS AND THEY 06:11 HAVE INFILTRATED ALL OVER INDIA. 06:14 INDIA DOESN'T WANT THEM. 06:17 INDIA DUMPED THEM BACK INTO THE BORDER OF NEPAL 06:20 AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE. 06:22 THE U.S. 06:23 HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THE COUNTRY AS 06:25 REFUGEES AND GIVEN THEM ASYLUM BUT IT IS 06:29 CHALLENGING FOR THEM BUT THEY ARE VERY HARD-WORKING 06:31 PEOPLE. 06:32 SO, THEY ARE COMING HAVING JOBS AND THEY ARE FINDING 06:34 JOBS. 06:35 WELL WHEN YOU SAID THAT I THOUGHT H-M-M, I'M 06:37 WONDERING IF THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING ACCEPTED OR IF 06:39 THEY AREN'T BEING? 06:40 AND SO, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, FOR 06:43 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO GO AND BE 06:45 MINISTERING TO THEM. 06:46 IN A PARKING LOT. 06:48 SO, I WANT US TO REMEMBER HERE IN OUR WESTERN 06:51 CULTURE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA AND MANY OTHER 06:54 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS THAT NEXT 06:57 TIME YOU GO TO CHURCH THINK ABOUT -WE'RE NOT 07:00 MEETING OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOT SUN OR WHATEVER 07:04 IN A PARKING LOT BUT THIS SHOWS THE COMMITMENT OF 07:06 THE PEOPLE AND THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 07:09 IT'S AMAZING. 07:10 I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT A JOY TO WORSHIP UNDER THE TREE 07:15 OR WHERE ALL THE COWS -SHED IN THE CATTLE SHED 07:18 WITH PEOPLE. 07:18 THAT'S HOW IT IS. 07:19 ITS IN THE SHADE, RIGHT? 07:20 WELL, AND WE HAVE HEARD OF, YOU KNOW, 07:23 CONGREGATIONS HERE IN AMERICA AND ALL SORTS OF 07:26 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS OF STARTING OUT IN A DRIVEIN 07:29 THEATRE, IN AN ARENA, OR SOMEWHERE. 07:32 EVEN YOUR CHURCH YOU SHARED YOU STARTED YOUR 07:35 CHURCH IN SILVER SPRINGS, RENTED SPACE, RENTED SPACE 07:38 AND YOU STARTED WITH HOW MANY MEMBERS? 07:40 24 AND YOU SHARE MORE THAN MAYBE 1000 MEMBERS NOW SO, 07:45 WE THANK GOD FOR HIS MERICES. 07:46 SEE, SO YOU HAD YOUR OWN PARKING LOT, PASTOR 07:49 FRANKLIN. 07:50 YES. 07:50 GOOD. 07:51 SO, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES HERE TO SHARE UM, 07:55 YES THAT'S THEM WORSHIPING OUTSIDE, OK, AND THE 07:58 WORSHIP TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE. 08:00 THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD STORIES OF MIRACULOUS 08:06 HEALING. 08:08 THERE WAS ONE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS POSSESSED BY 08:10 DEMONS. 08:11 THE PASTOR PRAYED FOR HER AND SHE WAS BROUGHT BACK 08:16 TO NORMAL SENSES. 08:18 SHE WENT AND WITNESSED TO A LADY IN THE HOSPITAL AND 08:22 THAT LADY BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND NOW SHE'S 08:26 BECOME A STRONG WITNESS INVITING OTHER NEPALIS TO 08:30 COME TO THE FELLOWSHIP. 08:32 SEE. 08:32 SO, THAT'S HOW IT SPREADS. 08:33 THAT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT, RIGHT? 08:35 ONCE WE GET THE LOVE OF HIS GOOD BOOK AND JESUS WE 08:39 WANT TO SHARE THAT. 08:40 WELL, TELL US WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. 08:42 WELL, THAT'S IN RAJKOT LET ME COME DOWN TO CENTRAL 08:44 GUJARAT. 08:45 IN CENTRAL GUJARAT THERE IS THERE WAS ONE AREA THAT 08:48 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS FINDING IT VERY 08:51 DIFFICULT TO ENTER. 08:52 WHY? 08:57 BECAUSE THE CHIEF OF THAT VILLAGE HE TOLD THEM 09:06 CHRISTIANS ARE LOW CASTE SO ANYBODY WHO BECOMES A 09:10 CHRISTIAN WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THIS VILLAGE 09:14 AND SO, THE CHRISTIANS IN THAT AREA COULD NOT GO 09:17 BACK TO THAT VILLAGE TO DRAW WATER AND YOU CANNOT 09:20 SURVIVE WITHOUT WATER. 09:22 TRUE. 09:23 CHRISTIANS HE WOULD CHASE THEM AWAY FROM THERE AND I 09:26 JUST WANT YOU TO NOTICE HOW MIRACULOUSLY GOD LEADS 09:30 AND THIS CHIEF HE WAS TOUCHED BY THE LORD AND HE 09:40 HAS ACCEPTED CHRISTIANITY. 09:43 HIS WHOLE FAMILY IS NOW SURROUNDED WITH HIM. 09:47 IT IS A LARGE FAMILY ABOUT 20 PEOPLE OR SOMETHING AND 09:50 NOW THEY ARE FREE TO GO IN THERE AND EVEN OUR GOSPEL 09:54 OUTREACH WORKER GOES IN THERE, PREACHES AND THE 09:57 WORK IS GOING ON VERY WELL IN THAT VILLAGE OVER 10:00 THERE. 10:01 THAT'S A BIG BLESSING. 10:02 SO, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT THEY ARE ALL 10:04 DRINKING OF THE LIVING WATER. 10:05 LIVING WATER, YES. 10:07 I THOUGHT ABOUT THE LADY-THE SAMARITAN LADY AT 10:10 THE WELL AS YOU WERE SHARING THAT AND THE GOOD 10:13 NEWS OF GOING BACK BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE CHANGED 10:16 LIFE. 10:17 YES. 10:18 AND BY HAVING THE CHIEF, YES, ACCEPT JESUS AND YOU 10:22 WILL SEE IN THE PICTURE THE CHIEF HAS A TURBAN 10:25 AROUND HIS HEAD. 10:26 HE'S THE MAIN GUY, OLDER GENTLEMAN AND THE WORKER 10:30 IS PARMAR, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:33 HE'S THERE IN THE PURPLE SHIRT IN THE PICTURE. 10:36 AND IT'S AMAZING THE STORY THAT WE HEAR OF SUCH 10:41 CHANGES. 10:42 AND YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THIS CHAIR HEARING THESE 10:45 STORIES FROM YOU REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF WHAT GOD IS 10:48 DOING, OFTEN TIMES WE READ IN THE BIBLE AND WE HEAR 10:52 ABOUT THE TWO DEMON POSSESSED MEN AND HOW 10:54 JESUS HEALED THEM AND THE DEMONS WENT INTO THE PIGS 10:58 AND THE PIGS WENT OVER THE CLIFF AND ALL OF THAT AND 11:00 SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT ALL THAT MEANS 11:03 MAYBE IN OUR CULTURE BUT YET WE HEAR THESE STORIES 11:08 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY 11:10 SIMILARITIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY JESUS LIVED IN 11:13 THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 11:14 YES, YES. 11:15 BUT THESE STORIES AND DEMON POSSESSION OBVIOUSLY 11:17 CAN TAKE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD. 11:19 OH YES, EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES. 11:22 OH, ABSOLUTELY. 11:23 ABSOLUTELY BUT OFTEN TIMES IT HAS LIKE A DIFFERENT, I 11:25 DON'T KNOW IN MY MIND SOMETIMES ITS LIKE A 11:27 DIFFERENT VIEW OF THAT BUT YET IT IS SO PROFOUND AND 11:31 THE HEALINGS, MIRACLES ARE STILL HAPPENING. 11:37 YES, THEY DO. 11:37 AROUND THE WORLD. 11:38 AND IT IS WITH A LOT OF PRAYER AND FASTING IS 11:41 WHERE YOU CAN REALLY CAST OUT THE DEMON. 11:44 AND WE ALL NEED THAT. 11:45 YES, THAT IS - I HAVE DONE IT IN MY LIFE IN MY 11:46 MINISTRY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 11:47 I DON'T LIKE DOING IT. 11:48 IT'S A VERY STRENUOUS THING. 11:49 IT TAKES A LOT OUT OF YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO FAST AND 11:50 PRAY A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU FACE SOMEONE WHO IS 11:51 POSSESSED. 11:52 WELL, ON THAT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF 11:53 YOU VIEWERS WHO ARE BEING INVOLVED HERE OF THE 12:01 FAMILY OF THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:08 YOU'VE JUST HEARD SOME INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM 12:15 PASTOR FRANKLIN AS HE HAS SHARED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING 12:21 ON IN INDIA WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 12:24 WE JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO BE INVOLVED AND PRAY AS 12:28 PASTOR FRANKLIN HAS SAID. 12:31 WE ALL NEED PRAYER AND MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE IN 12:33 YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR. 12:34 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH 12:37 IS GOAIM.ORG. 12:38 THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN 12:42 MISSIONS AND YOU KNOW WHAT FRIENDS, WE'RE ALL ON 12:44 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TO SHARE JESUS. 12:46 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WELL I'M NOT A MISSIONARY. 12:48 WELL, IT STARTS AT HOME AND MAYBE YOU NEED TO HOLD 12:51 THE DOOR FOR SOMEONE AT THE STORE WHEN THEY GO IN 12:53 OR SMILE AT SOMEBODY YOU'RE SHARING JESUS THAT 12:56 WAY TOO. 12:57 SO, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD 12:58 LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE 13:00 YOU TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SUPPORT THE GOSPEL 13:03 OUTREACH WORKERS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:05 (SINGING). 13:10 LET'S GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE THE GOSPEL 13:44 TO ALL PEOPLE. 13:45 THERE ARE ABOUT 3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 13:50 WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR AND KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM. 13:56 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LET'S 14:00 FULFILL CHRIST'S COMMISSION. 14:01 YOU CAN PRAY, VOLUNTEER OR SUPPORT A BIBLE WORKER TO 14:07 SHARE JESUS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS SO THAT ALL WILL 14:12 KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM. 14:14 HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE IS COMING SOON. 14:19 (MUSIC PLAYING). 14:21 AND IF NOBODY HAS TOLD YOU THAT TODAY, JESUS LOVES 14:24 YOU AND HE IS COMING BACK. 14:25 HE IS COMING BACK FOR ALL OF US AND WE NEED TO BE 14:27 READY AND WE NEED TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS NO 14:29 MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AROUND THE WORLD TO JOIN 14:31 US. 14:32 SO, AGAIN WE SAY THANK YOU AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO 14:34 ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOTV MISSIONS. 14:38 SO, GO TO YOUR APP STORE ON YOUR PHONE OR YOUR 14:41 OTHER DEVICE AND SEARCH FOR THIS GOTV MISSIONS AND 14:44 YOU CAN FIND ALL SORTS OF MINISTRIES THERE WITH 14:48 INCREDIBLE STORIES. 14:49 SO, IT IS GOTV MISSIONS AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE 14:54 YOU TO GET INVOLVED THAT WAY. 14:57 SO, WE'RE HERE WITH PASTOR FRANKLIN DAVID AND THANK 14:59 YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND WE'RE TRAVELING TO 15:01 INDIA TODAY AND YOU ARE SHARING SOME INCREDIBLE 15:04 STORIES WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH THE GOSPEL 15:06 OUTREACH WORKERS TO THE PEOPLE IN INDIA. 15:09 WELL, I STARTED OFF BY TALKING ABOUT RAJKOT AND 15:12 NOW I'M COMING DOWN TO SOUTHERN PART OF GUJARAT 15:16 AND THIS REGION ALSO WE HAVE ONLY 5 GOSPEL 15:20 OUTREACH WORKERS AND VERY RECENTLY THEY WERE 15:25 AFFECTED BY A SEVERE FLOOD AND SOME OF OUR MEMBERS 15:33 LOST THEIR HUT, LOST THEIR CATTLE BUT THANK GOD 15:37 NOBODY LOST THEIR LIVES, OK GOOD, SO WE- BUT 15:39 EVERYBODY WAS SAFE. 15:40 IN THIS REGION WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 15:51 RIGHT NOW, HE IS A WORKER BUT MANY YEARS AGO, NEARLY 15:54 ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO HE WAS TOTALLY AGAINST 15:56 CHRISTIANITY. 15:58 HE NEVER LIKED CHRISTIANS. 15:59 IN FACT, HE FOUGHT AND HE DESTROYED CHURCHES. 16:03 HE BELONGED TO A GROUP OF FUNDAMENTALISTS FANATICS 16:07 WHO HATED CHRISTIANITY. 16:10 IS HIS NAME PAUL? 16:11 THE STORY IS PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR THOUGH BUT JITUBY, 16:14 I THINK HIS NAME IS JITUBY, YES. 16:16 FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN I WENT TO THIS REGION, IT 16:19 WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SEE HIM BEING BAPTIZED. 16:24 SO, WHAT HAPPENED? 16:25 ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY. 16:26 HIS WIFE WHO COULD NOT CONCEIVE EVIDENTLY ASKED 16:35 FOR PRAYER FROM THE PASTOR WHO WAS CHASED OUT FROM 16:38 THERE AND HE WOULD GO SECRETLY AND PRAY ALONG 16:42 WITH OTHERS AND WOULD VISIT THE OTHERS AND WHEN 16:45 THEY WERE BLESSED WITH A CHILD HE BEGAN TO ACCEPT 16:49 CHRISTIANITY AND NOW HE HAS BECOME A GOSPEL 16:54 OUTREACH WORKER. 16:56 OK. 16:57 AND THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS IS HE HAS DONATED 17:01 HIS OWN LAND FOR A CHURCH TO BE BUILT AND ALONG WITH 17:07 THE MEMBERS OF THAT CONGREGATIOIN THEY HAVE 17:11 BUILT A CHURCH NOW. 17:12 THEY ALMOST COMPLETING THE CHURCH AND THIS IS THE 17:16 FIRST CHURCH IN THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THAT HAS 17:22 BEEN BUILT IN THAT AREA BY THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 17:25 THEY HAVEN'T BUILT ANY OTHER CHURCHES IN THE LAST 17:27 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS BUT THIS IS THE FIRST CHURCH THAT 17:31 WAS DONE COMPLETELY BY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND 17:35 THE MEMBERS. 17:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:37 AND THEY MEET THERE. 17:39 NOW, HE IS MINISTERING IN THIS VILLAGE UNFORTUNATELY 17:43 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE NUMBER OF VILLAGES 17:46 THAT HE MINISTERS. 17:47 HE HAS THREE OTHER GROUPS AROUND HIS PLACE AND HE 17:52 HAS TAKEN UPON HIMSELF TO GO TO A VERY DIFFICULT 17:53 AREA TO START PREACHING.OK. 17:54 AND THIS IS A PLACE WHICH IS KNOWN AS ANANE OR ONONI 17:55 WHERE THERE IS A SPRING AND THAT IS A VERY SACRED 17:56 PLACE FOR THE HINDUS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME 17:58 STORY THAT IN THE HINDU LITERATURE THAT RAMA AND 17:59 SETA, A COMMON STORY - WHEN RAMA RESCUED SETA AND 18:01 BROUGHT HER BACK TO INDIA FROM SRI LANKA IN THIS 18:02 PART SHE WANTED TO TAKE A BATH OK? 18:03 AND THERE WAS NO GOOD WATER THERE, VERY LITTLE 18:28 WATER SO, RAMA SHOT AN ARROW AT THE WATER AND IT 18:39 BECAME A BEAUTIFUL SPRING OF WATER GIVING WARM, HOT 18:44 WATER. 18:46 SO, THIS HAS BECOME SACRED TO THEM. 18:48 PEOPLE COME THERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE THIS 18:51 PLACE AND NOW HE HAS ENTERED THIS TERRITORY AND 18:55 HE WANTS TO CONVERT SOME OF THEM. 18:57 HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS AS HE MOVES ON TO DO THE LORD'S 19:01 WORK. 19:02 SO, THAT'S AN AWESOME STORY THAT I COULD LISTEN 19:06 TO AND I KNOW THE GENTELMAN AND IT'S A 19:09 BLESSING. 19:11 BUT, YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE: HANNAH ASKED 19:13 FOR A CHILD AND THIS COUPLE ASKED FOR, PRAYED 19:16 FOR A CHILD AND AGAIN BACK TO THE STREAM, THE WATER 19:20 THE SPRINGS OF WATER AND THE SACRED PLACE. 19:23 JUST THINK ABOUT PAUL AND HOW HE DID A 180 AND THIS 19:28 MAN HAS DONE A 180. 19:30 YES. 19:31 BUT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE FIVE GOSPEL 19:33 OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS AREA. 19:34 YES. 19:35 WHAT'S THE POPULATION IN THIS AREA? 19:37 OH, I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBER BUT IT IS THICKLY 19:40 POPULATED AND THAT'S WHAT WHEN I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT 19:43 RAJKOT, YES, AND NOW TO SOUTH GUJARAT I HAVE TO 19:47 TRAVEL MILES ALMOST 6-7 HOURS FROM ONE SPOT TO 19:52 ANOTHER SPOT AND I PASS BY HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES THAT 19:58 HAVE NOT HEARD THE GOSPEL. 20:00 I HEAR YOU. 20:01 I HEAR YOU. 20:02 AND THAT'S WHY I SAY, THE HARVEST IS PLENTY BUT THE 20:07 LABORERS ARE FEW. 20:09 PRAY THAT THE LORD OF THE HARVEST WILL SEND LABORERS 20:13 OVER THERE BECAUSE AH, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS SO 20:17 MUCH OF CHALLENGE AND DIFFICULTIES, STILL THE 20:22 LORD BLESSES THE WORK. 20:23 LIKE IN ONE AREA THIS YOUNG MAN, HIS MOTHER 20:28 WOULD PRAY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WAS AMONG BAD COMPANY 20:33 AND HE WAS WITH ALCOHOL AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS 20:37 AND ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND THE MOTHER WAS -THE 20:40 MOTHER BECAME A CHRISTIAN YEARS AGO AND SHE WOULD 20:42 PRAY, PRAY THAT THE SON- AND BY THE LORD'S GOODNESS 20:47 AND GRACE, THIS YOUNG MAN GOT CONVERTED AND HE UM, 20:54 STARTED MINISTERING THERE AND HIS FRIENDS AND 20:58 BUDDIES WOULD TELL HIM, HEY, WHAT'S GONE WRONG 21:01 WITH YOU? 21:02 YOU DON'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING? 21:03 WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? 21:04 AND ALL THAT? 21:05 WHAT HAPPENED? 21:06 THIS YOUNG MAN ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 21:09 HE'S GOING AND PREACHING THE LORD'S WORD AND HE HAS 21:12 BEEN PUT IN PRISON THREE TIMES. 21:15 THREE TIMES? 21:16 THREE TIMES FOR PREACHING. 21:17 FOR PREACHING. 21:18 SO, THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST CHRISTIANS 21:21 THEY TAKE THEM TO THE POLICE STATION. 21:24 SO, ONE DAY THE POLICE OFFICER ASKED HIM, HEY, 21:27 THEY BRING YOU HERE AGAIN AND AGAIN. 21:29 OF COURSE, HE SPENDS A DAY OR TWO AND THEY SENT HIM 21:32 HOME. 21:33 THEY LET HIM GO. 21:34 SO, THEY ASKED HIM WHAT'S WRONG? 21:35 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 21:36 HE SAID I'M A SOCIAL WORKER. 21:38 I DO GOOD TO PEOPLE. 21:40 HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU DO? 21:41 HE SAID, WELL, I TELL THEM NOT TO SMOKE; I TELL THEM 21:44 NOT TO DRINK ALCOHOL; I TELL THEM NOT TO USE 21:47 TOBACCO; AND WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE SICK IN THE 21:49 HOSPITAL I GO VISIT THEM. 21:51 THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH 21:54 THAT? 21:55 I DON'T KNOW WHY, SO HE LET HIM GO. 21:57 I LOVE IT. 21:59 AND HE COMES BACK TO PRISON AND STARTS ALL OVER 22:03 AGAIN. 22:04 SO, NOW THAT POLICE OFFICER IS NO LONGER 22:07 TAKING HIS CASE SO HE IS FREE. 22:10 BUT ONE INTERESTING THING HAPPENED WITH HIM WAS HE 22:13 AND HIS WIFE THEY TRAVEL TO GO BUT THEY HAVE TO 22:16 WALK THROUGH THE PADDY FIELDS AND ALL THAT. 22:20 YOU CAN'T GO BY ANY VEHICLE OR WHATEVER AND IN 22:23 THAT AREA, THERE WAS ONE FARMER, I HAVE A PICTURE 22:27 OF HIM OVER HERE, AND OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO IN THE 22:30 FIELD WAS BITTEN BY A SNAKE. 22:32 OH. 22:33 AND HE WAS WORKING AND HE WORKED TILL ABOUT 4 22:36 O'CLOCK THAT DAY AND DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THAT 22:39 BECAUSE YOU SEE WHEN YOU WORK IN THE PADDY FIELD IT 22:44 IS ALL WATER UNDERNEATH, COLD WATER AND HE COULDN'T 22:48 FEEL IT AND WHEN HE CAME HOME WAS HAVING HIS MEAL 22:53 AND ALL THAT, AFTER A LITTLE WHILE HE STARTED 22:57 THROWING UP BLOOD. 22:59 VOMITING BLOOD AND SO THEY REALIZED AND THEY LOOKED 23:02 AROUND AND THEY COULD SEE THE BITE AND THEY KNEW IT 23:04 WAS A SNAKE BITE AND THEN HE WAS GETTING HIS PAIN 23:08 AND ALL THAT. 23:09 AND THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IS, YOU KNOW, IN 23:12 VILLAGES AH THEY ARE MILES AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL, 23:16 YES, AND NOW THIS IS NIGHT TIME. 23:19 THEY CAN'T TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL SO THEY CALL THIS 23:21 PASTOR TO COME AND PRAY FOR HIM. 23:25 OK? 23:26 AND SO, WHAT HE DOES HE GOES AND TELLS THE CHURCH 23:28 MEMBERS ALSO TO COME AND PRAY. 23:30 NOW, THIS MAN BASICALLY GETTING UNCONSCIOUS WITH 23:31 THE SNAKE BITE AND HE IS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND 23:33 THEY ARE ALL PRAYING FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 23:34 TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. 23:35 THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION. 23:35 HOW FAR WILL TAKE HIM. 23:36 THEY ARE PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING ALL THE CHURCH 23:37 MEMBERS WHO COULD COME AND HE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD 23:53 AFTER ABOUT A FEW HOURS, HE GOT UP, OK. 23:57 AND THIS HAS ENABLED HIM TO ESTABLISH A 24:01 CONGREGATION THROUGH THIS IN THAT AREA FOR NEARLY 24:05 ABOUT 150 PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORSHIP. 24:09 AND THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS BEEN THE ONE 24:17 MINISTERING THERE AND THE NEXT DAY, OF COURSE THEY 24:19 TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD HIM CHECKED UP 24:24 OVER THERE AND ALL THAT BUT HE IS DOING. 24:26 SO, I'M JUST THINKINIG ABOUT PETER AND JOHN THEY 24:28 WERE IN PRISON, THEY KEPT BEING TOLD BY THE 24:31 PHARISEES QUIT TALKING ABOUT JESUS AND THEY WERE 24:36 RELEASED BY THE ANGEL AND HERE YOURE TELLING THESE 24:39 STORIES ABOUT HEALING, AND THIS MAN WHO HAS DONE A 24:43 180 IN HIS LIFE AND THIS IS JUST EXCITING. 24:46 IT IS AMAZING THINGS THAT GOD CAN DO. 24:50 ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WENT TO THE 24:53 GROCERY STORE, HIS REGULAR PLACE AND HE WAS TALKING 24:57 TO THE PEOPLE THERE. 25:00 THIS IS WHAT HE DOES. 25:01 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TELLING ABOUT 25:05 JESUS. 25:06 A GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TO THE STORE WAS 25:09 EAVESDROPPING ON HIM LISTENING TO HIS 25:12 CONVERSATION AND HE SAID, SO CAN YOU COME AND PRAY 25:15 FOR MY WIFE SHE IS SICK? 25:18 YOU KNOW, SO HE WENT TO THE HOUSE AND HE PRAYED 25:23 FOR THIS LADY AND WENT BACK AGAIN AND PRAYED FOR 25:27 THIS LADY AND SHE HAD BEEN SICK FOR THREE YEARS. 25:29 BY THE GRACE OF GOD, SHE RECOVERED FROM HER 25:30 SICKNESS AND NOW SHE IS ATTENDING CHURCH 25:31 REGULARLY. 25:32 THE HUSBAND ATTENDS THE CHURCH REGULARLY AND THEY 25:33 ARE PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OVER THERE. 25:35 WOW. 25:35 IT'S AMAZING. 25:48 THERE WAS A CHURCH THAT WAS CLOSED FOR 18 YEARS, 25:51 REALLY, IN MAHARSHTRA. 25:53 FOR WHAT REASON, WE DON'T KNOW. 25:54 ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T KNOW AND ONE OF OUR GOSPEL 25:57 OUTREACH WORKERS DURING COVID WAS PASSING BY THERE 26:01 AND SEES THE CHURCH IS CLOSED DOWN. 26:04 PEOPLE HAVE CATTLE, ALL KIND OF THINGS OVER THERE 26:07 SO HE WENT, HE LOOKED AT THE PLACE AND HE CLEANED 26:10 UP THE PLACE AND TRIED TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN AND 26:15 THEN ON CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR, 2021 HE CALLED FOR A 26:20 SERVICE AND PEOPLE CAME THERE AND HE IS HAVING A 26:23 FELLOWSHIP OVER THERE. 26:24 SO, AMAZING THINGS ARE BEING DONE. 26:27 AMAZING THINGS. 26:28 WE TAKE CARE OF WIDOWS OVER THERE A LITTLE BIT. 26:31 DO MINISTRY FOR THEM. 26:33 CHILDREN EDUCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. 26:35 BUT GOD'S WORK GOES ON. 26:37 AS YOU SHARED ABOUT THE MAN, ITS ALL SOCIAL WORK 26:40 JESUS IS LOVING PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED 26:42 TO DO. 26:43 WELL, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS WE NEED MORE 26:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:47 YES. 26:48 WE DO BECAUSE THE HARVEST IS PLENTY AND THE LABORERS 26:53 ARE FEW AND MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD ASK 26:56 THEM TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL SEND LABORERS TO REAP THE 27:01 HARVEST AMIDST THE CHALLENGES. 27:04 WELL, THANK YOU PASTOR FRANKLIN AND WE WANT TO 27:06 SAY THANK YOU. 27:07 YOU'VE HEARD THESE EXCITING STORIES AND THERE 27:09 ARE MORE THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD YET AND WILL 27:12 HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL HEAVEN BUT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO 27:15 GO AND WE WANT TO DO THAT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH SO 27:18 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE 27:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE THANK YOU FOR 27:23 JOINING US TODAY. 27:24 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE AND MAY 27:26 THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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