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00:32 HI, I'M JULIE AND WE'RE HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN
00:36 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'RE SO GLAD 00:38 THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TOO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 00:40 FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR DONATIONS AND FOR BEING A 00:43 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE YOU ARE. 00:45 SO, WE WANT TO SHARE SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION 00:48 HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 00:50 ALWAYS GREAT NEWS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN 00:53 THE 10/40 WINDOW ALL THOSE COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER 00:55 SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW 00:58 FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 01:00 EAST AND ASIA AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MAP 01:04 WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON A VERY TIP OF A COUNTRY 01:07 HERE TODAY AND I HOPE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS 01:10 COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING TO THE LORD THAT 01:13 YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AREA AND WE'LL TELL YOU A 01:16 LITTLE BIT MORE. 01:16 SO, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 01:17 SO, LARRY BROWN YOU ARE HERE WITH US HERE AT 01:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WELCOME. 01:22 THANK YOU. 01:23 SO, LARRY YOU ARE A PASTOR AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE 01:25 WITH OUR VIEWERS UM, WHO YOU ARE. 01:27 YOU ARE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:29 WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL 01:31 DIRECTORS AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT 01:33 ABOUT YOURSELF. 01:34 I LOOKED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO OF MY MINISTRY 01:37 AT WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND 01:41 RETIREMENT YOU KNOW THE BIG QUESTION AND I KEPT 01:44 NOTICING GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:47 AND SO, ONE DAY RIGHT AFTER I RETIRED I MADE 01:51 CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND 01:54 THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP A RALLY 01:57 NEXT WEEK. 01:58 YOU SHOULD BE THERE. 01:59 AND THIS IS NOW THE THIRD OF THE RALLIES I'VE BEEN 02:02 TO. 02:03 IT'S BEEN AROUND TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A 02:04 REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 02:06 AND WHAT AREA DO YOU FOCUS ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, 02:08 LARRY? 02:09 I AM IN INDIA AND TECHNICALLY SRI LANKA BUT 02:14 MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 02:16 UH HUH. 02:17 I AM JUST AT THE VERY IN FACT I THINK THE TIP OF 02:20 INDIA POKES OUT OF THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT WE STILL 02:23 COUNT IT AS PART OF THAT AREA. 02:25 AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IN 02:27 INTRODUCTION FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT TO 02:29 ON THE MAP TO THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE AND TO PRAY 02:32 FOR THEM. 02:33 YES. 02:34 AND PRAYER VERY MUCH NEEDED AND VERY WELCOME IN 02:36 THAT PART OF THE WORLD AS IN MANY OTHERS. 02:38 AH, THIS REGION IS AT THE VERY SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA 02:44 AND RUNS UP THE EAST COAST, THAT'S ON THE RIGHT 02:47 HAND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH MAPS UP AS 02:50 FAR AS THE CITY WE USED TO CALL MADRAS WHICH THEY NOW 02:54 CALL CHENNAI AND ON THE LEFT SIDE THE WEST SIDE WE 02:58 RUN UP TO AH, THE CITY OF GOA AND THE TERRITORY 03:04 INBETWEEN AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT JUST RECENTLY VISITED 03:08 OVER THERE. 03:09 GOOD. 03:10 SPENT AROUND SIX WEEKS IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND ON 03:15 ANDAMAN ISLAND OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAY OF 03:19 BENGAL IS PART OF THE SAME TERRITORY AND I MEANT TO 03:22 VISIT SRI LANKA TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE WORK 03:25 THERE RESTARTED BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE WATCHING 03:28 THE NEWS KNOW THAT RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I WAS THERE 03:31 THE GOVERNMENT WAS IN TURMOIL AND THE PRESIDENT 03:34 WAS DEPOSED AND I WAS GLAD I CANCELLED THAT PART OF 03:36 THE TRIP. 03:37 YOU KNOW, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING EVEN THOUGH 03:39 ALL THESE YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY 03:41 UM, I UM, WE WENT TO SRI LANKA AND AT THAT TIME 03:45 YEARS AGO NOW, THERE WAS AN UNREST AND WE WERE 03:48 UNSURE IF WE COULD EVEN GO THERE AND HERE THESE 03:51 THINGS CONTINUE IN THESE COUNTRIES. 03:53 I AM GLAD THAT THE LORD CONTROLS OUR SCHEDULES. 03:55 YES, DOESN'T HE? 03:56 I WAS JUST READING THAT TODAY ABOUT WE CAN SAY, 03:58 YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO HERE OR GO THERE BUT YES, 04:01 WE'RE SUPPOSED GO IN THE LORD'S WILL, RIGHT? 04:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:04 BUT SRI LANKA IS THAT'S NOT A NEW PLACE FOR YOU 04:07 BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SOME MINISTRY THERE. 04:09 I LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS SOMETIME BACK, YES. 04:11 SO, UM BACK TO INDIA SO, HEAVILY POPULATED THE 04:15 SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 04:17 THIS IS A TERRITORY AH WHICH I THINK YOU JUST SAW 04:21 ON A MAP ON THE SCREEN THAT IS A LITTLE BIT 04:27 SMALLER THAN THE STATE OF MONTANA. 04:29 OK, SO THAT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE. 04:31 THESE STATES THAT I'M WORKING IN AND THERE IS A 04:34 POPULATION OF ABOUT 173 MILLION. 04:37 173 MILLION WHICH MAKES IT A COMBINED POPULATION OF 04:43 THE MOST POPULATED NINE STATES IN THE UNITED 04:46 STATES COMBINED. 04:48 WOW. 04:49 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LARRY IN A TERRITORY THE 04:51 SIZE OF MONTANA. 04:52 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 04:54 AH, IN THAT AREA THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT CONFERENCES, 04:59 SECTIONS AND REGIONS AS THEY CALL THEM AND THAT 05:03 INCLUDES OVER ON ANDAMAN ISLAND. 05:06 SO, TELL ME -HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 05:07 SECTION IS? 05:08 SO, WE MIGHT SAY CONFERENCE LIKE YOU JUST 05:10 MENTIONED BUT HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHAT A SECTION 05:13 IS? 05:14 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK THEM, YES, OK 05:15 WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THOSE. 05:17 YES, I KNOW WE HEAR THAT HERE AND I'M JUST THINKING 05:20 THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS SO. 05:21 UM, YES, NEXT TIME. 05:22 I COULD GUESS BUT THAT WOULD BE A GUESS. 05:24 NEXT TIME. 05:25 AH, IN THOSE AREAS WE HAVE 228 GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:31 WORKERS. 05:32 OK. 05:32 SO, HERE WE DO IT AGAIN. 05:33 OK, WE HAVE 228 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, UH HUH, 05:36 AND THE POPULATION AGAIN IS 173 DID I HEAR YOU 05:40 CORRECTLY? 05:40 173 MILLION. 05:41 YES. 05:42 WOW. 05:43 UH HUH. 05:44 OK. 05:45 I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ALMOST ALL OF THOSE 05:47 WORKERS OVER THE COURSE OF MY VISIT AND ALL OF THE 05:50 LEADERS. 05:51 GOOD. 05:52 AND I HAVE TO SAY I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE 05:55 WORK GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN DOING THERE. 05:58 WE FOUND ALL LEVELS OF SKILL AND GIFTEDNESS IN 06:03 THE LEADERSHIP. 06:04 SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, SOME GREAT EFFORT AND SOME 06:08 PLACES WHERE SOME EFFORT IS NEEDED. 06:10 ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IT'S A, IT 06:13 WAS A BLESSING TO GET TO ACQUAINTED WITH THEM AND 06:17 WITH WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING AND SOME EXCELLENT 06:20 ENTHUSIASTIC SPIRITFILLED WORKERS. 06:22 AWESOME. 06:23 SEVERAL OF THE WORKERS IN EACH FIELD ALMOST EACH 06:28 FIELD HAD NOT YET MET ANYBODY FROM GOSPEL 06:32 OUTREACH IN NORTH AMERICA. 06:33 I WAS THE FIRST REGIONAL DIRECTOR THAT BECAUSE OF 06:36 THE INTERRUPTION WITH COVID, SURE, WITH COVID 06:38 SURE. 06:39 THAT HAD BEEN THERE TO MEET THEM SO I SPENT A 06:41 FAIR AMOUNT OF MY TIME NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THE 06:43 LEADERS UH HUH, AND DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK BUT 06:47 ALSO PROVIDING ORIENTATION FOR WORKERS WHO HAD NOT 06:50 YET HAD ANY FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:52 OK. 06:53 YES, IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF 06:54 REGROUP WITH THIS TIME WARP THAT WE'VE ALL HAD. 06:57 SO, YES IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 06:59 IT'S A RESTART FOR MANY OF OUR ESTABLISHED FIELDS. 07:02 ALSO, IN THE CASE OF SOUTHERN INDIA THERE ARE 07:08 THREE FIELDS UNLESS MY SCHEDULE HAS MIXED ME UP 07:12 TOO BADLY, THERE ARE THREE FIELDS THAT I WAS FIRST 07:16 VISITOR THERE FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:18 THEY HAVE STARTED WITH US SINCE THE LAST TIME WE 07:21 SENT A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OVER. 07:24 UH HUH. 07:25 SO, IF I MAY I'D LIKE TO FOCUS JUST A LITTLE BIT, 07:26 YES, TO CATCH PEOPLE UP ON WHAT THOSE THREE NEW 07:27 FIELDS ARE. 07:28 ABSOLUTELY. 07:28 LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. 07:29 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE NAMES THAT YOU'VE NEVER 07:30 HEARD BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU PRONOUNCE THEM 07:32 ALL. 07:33 WE'LL DO OUR -AND I'M DOING MY BEST AND MY 07:36 PRONOUNCIATION CHANGED AS I WENT AND LISTENED. 07:40 YES, SO WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE PAUSE HERE FOR 07:47 ANYBODY WHO IS NATIVE SPEAKER OF ANY OF THESE 07:51 LANGUAGES OF HINDI OR WHATEVER WE ARE SORRY. 07:53 WE JUST APOLOGIZE RIGHT AT THE START. 07:54 WE'RE TRYING. 07:55 RIGHT. 07:56 THE LORD UNDERSTANDS US. 07:57 BEFORE I NAME ANY OF THOSE FIELDS I WANT TO TELL YOU 08:00 THAT IN NORTH AMERICA, UH HUH, I CHECKED JUST NOT 08:03 TOO LONG AGO AND WE HAVE IN OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE 08:08 292 PEOPLE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 08:12 292 PEOPLE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 08:15 CHRISTIAN. 08:16 SO, KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND, OK 292, FOR 08:18 COMPARISON. 08:19 IN OUR FIRST SECTION I BELIEVE YOU SAW THE MAP 08:20 THERE JUST A MOMENT AGO, YES, IS ERONIGIRIS 08:23 SECTION. 08:25 THE YELLOW PART? 08:26 THAT'S THE LITTLE YELLOW SPOT ON THE MAP THERE AND 08:28 THAT'S A VERY CREATIVELY INTERPRETED FREE HAND 08:31 DRAWING THERE SO, DON'T HOLD ME TO IT. 08:34 BUT THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE 3200 SQUARE MILES THAT'S 08:38 ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF CONNETICUTT IN 08:41 LAND AREA. 08:42 WELL, I SHOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE 08:44 SIZE OF CONNETICUTT. 08:46 THE POPULATION HERE IN ERONILGIRIS DISTRICT OF 08:50 THE CHURCH IS 3.8 MILLION WHICH COMPARES TO 3.6 IN 08:56 CONNETICUTT. 08:57 SO, 60 PER CENT OF SIZE, LITTLE BIT LARGER 08:59 POPULATION AND I'M WAITING FOR THE NEXT NUMBER YOUR 09:02 GOING TO SHARE AND IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE ONE 09:05 ADVENTIST FOR EVERY 395 PEOPLE. 09:08 WOW. 09:09 SO, IT - NORTH AMERICA WAS 292 WE'VE GONE TO 395 AND 09:13 IN THAT AREA, WE DID NOT HAVE FOR A TIME ANY GOSPEL 09:18 OUTREACH WORKERS BUT THEY HAVE COME ON BOARD WITH 09:19 NINE WORKERS. 09:20 GOOD, GOOD WHO HAD FORMERLY BEEN WORKING FOR 09:21 ANOTHER MINISTRY BUT THEY'VE BEEN LEFT STRANDED 09:23 THERE. 09:24 I DON'T' KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT THEY 09:25 -GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS ASKED TO ADOPT THEM AND SO WE'VE 09:26 DONE THAT. 09:27 GOOD. 09:28 AND THEY GOT THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO GOSPEL 09:29 OUTREACH AS AN ORGANIZATION DURING THIS 09:30 VISIT AND WHAT A WONDERFUL GROUP. 09:31 I HOPE THAT YOU SAW A PHOTO OF THEM THERE ON THE 09:34 SCREEN. 09:35 A REALLY A NICE GROUP OF WORKERS AND IMPRESSIVE, 09:36 IMPRESSIVE TO SEE. 09:37 WONDERFUL. 09:37 AND TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH. 09:38 WONDERFUL. 09:39 SO, YOU WERE MENTIONING IT EARLIER YOU WERE 09:40 MENTIONING SOME OF THE TALENTS AND THINGS THAT 09:41 YOU OBSERVED IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AH, WHAT 10:01 ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS? 10:02 JUST WHAT? 10:04 RELATIONSHIPS AH BUILDING? 10:06 I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE FIRST THING THAT STANDS 10:09 OUT FOR ME IS A SIMPLE AND OVERWHELMING FAITH. 10:13 UH. 10:15 WHATEVER TRAINING SKILLS OR SHORTCOMINGS THERE 10:19 MAYBE I'VE RUN INTO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE 10:24 SAYING AND ARE WILLING TO GO OUT AND PUT THEMSELVES 10:26 ON THE LINE FOR IT. 10:27 SO, IN OTHER WORDS IF THE BIBLE TELLS US, IF GOD 10:30 TELLS US, IF JESUS TELLS US TO HAVE PEACE OR TO NOT 10:32 FEAR THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE IT AND GO 10:34 LIVE IT. 10:35 THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING PROMISES ON THAT BASE. 10:37 YES. 10:38 WOW. 10:39 AND A LOT OF GOOD PERSONAL CONTACT. 10:43 THEY ARE OUT THERE VISITING WITH PEOPLE AND 10:45 SUPPORTING AND HELPING THEIR NEIGHBORS AH, CARING 10:50 FOR THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS. 10:51 IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH. 10:52 WOW. 10:53 ISN'T THAT -THAT WARMS MY SOUL, LARRY. 10:56 PRAISE THE LORD. 10:57 I HAVE I CAME AWAY BLESSED. 10:59 YES. 11:00 I CAN SAY THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT. 11:02 YES. 11:03 WE HAVE ANOTHER AREA TO LOOK AT NOW THAT LOOKS 11:05 LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF MAP BECAUSE IT 11:08 TAKES US THE AREA WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS THE ANDAMAN 11:11 AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 11:12 IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT A MAP 11:14 OF MAINLAND INDIA AND THEN GO TO THE RIGHT ACROSS THE 11:18 BAY OF BENGAL. 11:19 IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO SOUTHEAST ASIA. 11:21 OK, SO IT'S EAST OF INDIA. 11:23 EAST OF INDIA. 11:24 LIKE HOW FAR OFF THE COAST? 11:26 100 MILES? 11:26 200 MILES? 11:27 OH, IT'S A COUPLE HOURS FLYING FROM, OH IT IS THAT 11:29 FAR? 11:30 YES. 11:31 OK. 11:32 I DON'T KNOW THE MILES, YES, BUT THAT PUTS IT INTO 11:34 THE PERSPECTIVE WITH THE PLANE FLIGHT. 11:36 IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF AREA THOUGH STILL VERY 11:38 MUCH A PART OF INDIA AND THAT ALSO IN LAND AREA IS 11:42 ABOUT THE SIZE OF CONNETICUTT, CURIOUSLY 11:44 ENOUGH. 11:45 THE POPULATION THERE THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE 11:48 ISLANDS 435,000. 11:49 OH. 11:51 THAT PUTS US AT ABOAUT 80 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION 11:55 OF THE STATE OF WYOMING. 11:56 OH. 11:57 SO, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT DENSITY THERE, YES, YES. 12:00 IT'S A MUCH MORE, MUCH LESS DENSELY POPULATED 12:05 TERRITORY. 12:06 UM, AND IN THAT AREA WITH THAT POPULATION WE HAVE 12:11 ONE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THAT'S IN THE 12:14 CAPITAL OF PORT BLAIR. 12:15 BUT THAT'S JUST ON ONE ISLAND? 12:17 THAT'S JUST ON ONE ISLAND, THAT'S THE ONLY CHURCH, 12:19 THE ONLY ADVENTIST CHURCH, YES, IN THAT REGION. 12:21 AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF ISLANDS IN THAT STRING 12:23 OF ISLANDS. 12:24 SEVERAL ISLANDS THERE, YES. 12:25 I GOT TO VISIT ONE OF THEM AND IN THE POPULATION OF 12:31 ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLAND REGION WE HAVE ONE 12:34 ADVENTIST, I ALMOST WANT TO MAKE THE GUESS -WE HAVE 12:38 ONE ADVENTIST FOR EVERY 1474 PEOPLE. 12:42 SO, WE WENT FROM 292 TO 343 OR SOMETHING AND NOW 12:47 WE'RE AT 1000. 12:48 RIGHT. 12:49 SO, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH 12:52 OF A PRESENCE AT ALL AND IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE JUST 12:56 PUT ON WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ONE 12:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 13:01 WOW. 13:02 OK, WELL LARRY YOU HAVE PAINTED A PICTURE HERE FOR 13:04 ALL OF US WITH THIS BAR GRAPH THAT WE CAN HAVE 13:06 GOING ON IN OUR MINDS SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 13:09 YOU FOR THAT AND IF YOU ARE IMPRESSED ABOUT THESE 13:14 NUMBERS AND I WANT TO SAY IMPRESSED BECAUSE THAT'S 13:17 WHERE THE LORD IMPRESSES UPON OUR HEARTS TO GET 13:20 INVOLVED. 13:21 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR 13:23 DONATION IS HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH SO THAT MORE 13:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN GO INTO THESE AREAS. 13:29 THE HIGHLY POPULATED THE LESS POPULATED. 13:32 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOPE, THE JOY 13:35 AND THE RETURNING OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 13:39 SO, WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THAT DURING THE BREAK? 13:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 13:46 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:49 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, FRANK STANYER AND EDGAR 13:53 PANGOLINIAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 13:56 PHILIPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 13:59 JESUS. 14:01 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 14:04 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPINES TO GENERATE AND 14:07 RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED GOSPEL OUTREACH TO 14:10 PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE WORKERS THROUGH A 14:13 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 14:15 SOON FRANK AND EDGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF 14:18 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPINES ALSO NEEDED TO 14:21 HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 14:24 SALVATION. 14:25 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 14:29 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES 14:32 NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:34 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 14:38 TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:43 FRANK AND EDGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 14:46 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 14:49 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 14:51 ORGANIZATIONS. 14:52 CURRENTLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 14:56 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 15:00 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:05 HI, AND WELCOME BACK. 15:07 IF YOU ARE MOVED BY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING AT 15:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH I WOULD THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU CAN 15:14 DO AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 15:16 PLEASE GO TO GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 15:20 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 15:21 AND TODAY WE HAVE LARRY BROWN HERE ON SET. 15:23 LARRY, WELCOME. 15:24 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIA. 15:25 YES, AND THE SOUTHERN PART AND YOU'VE BEEN SHARING 15:28 SOME BIG STATISTICS WITH US ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 15:31 PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS AND MAKE 15:34 A COMMITMENT AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON SOME ISLANDS 15:38 ON THE EAST COAST OF INDIA AND REMIND ME THE NAME OF 15:40 THOSE. 15:41 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, THEY CALL THEM 15:43 AND THEY ARE QUITE A STRING OF THEM. 15:45 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT JUST ONE OF THEM 15:48 WHICH IS THE LARGEST ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE 15:51 MAP IN THE NORTH. 15:52 THAT'S NORTH ANDAMAN ISLAND AND THE CAPITAL OF 15:55 THAT PORT BLAIR IS DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF 15:57 THE ISLAND. 15:59 OUR WORKER IS SOME 12 HOURS BY BOAT RIDE I'M 16:03 TOLD UP ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND. 16:05 OH, FOR PETE'S SAKE. 16:06 I WANTED TO TAKE THAT TRIP BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT 16:09 THAT WAY BUT THAT AH, THAT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ME 16:12 TO INTRODUCE WHAT I THINK IS OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE OF 16:17 A GENTLEMAN THAT IS ON THE SCREEN THERE. 16:19 THAT IS NOT OUR WORKER. 16:22 THIS TURNS OUT TO BE THE ONLY ORDAINED SEVENTH DAY 16:24 ADVENTIST MINISTER IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND 16:28 AND HE WAS MY HOST WHILE I WAS THERE AND HE GOT 16:30 CALLED ON FOR SOME VERY UNUSUAL DUTIES. 16:33 SUCH AS? 16:34 WELL, HE WAS MY NURSEMAID. 16:36 DID YOU GET SICK? 16:38 THE DAY I ARRIVED IN THE ANDAMAN ISLAND I STARTED 16:41 FEELING THE SYMPTOMS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE COVID. 16:43 OH NO, LARRY. 16:44 I WAS DIAGNOSED A FEW DAYS LATER AND THAT MAN BROUGHT 16:48 ME THREE MEALS A DAY IN MY QUARANTINED HOTEL ROOM FOR 16:52 SEVEN DAYS. 16:52 WOW. 16:53 SO, HE ISN'T FORGETABLE THEN. 16:55 THERE IS A SPECIAL CONNECTION THERE, YES, 16:58 WITH THAT I HOLD FOR HIM. 16:59 THESE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE MUST DEPEND ON 17:03 THE LORD TO TAKE CARE OF US WHILE WE ARE DOING THIS 17:07 WORK. 17:08 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 17:09 WELL, AND GOD PUT YOU AT SUCH A TIME AS THAT TO 17:14 HAVE HIM THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. 17:16 ALL I COULD THINK OF MUCH LESS COMFORTABLE PLACES TO 17:19 BE QUARANTINED. 17:20 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND. 17:22 SO. 17:23 YES. 17:24 LOVELY PLACE AND VERY HOSPITABLE PEOPLE. 17:26 YES. 17:27 AH, BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER LOCATION HERE 17:29 ALSO. 17:30 I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER MAP LINED UP FOR YOU AND 17:33 THIS IS THE THIRD OF OUR NEW TERRITORIES FOR GOSPEL 17:39 OUTREACH IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND THIS IT TOOK ME QUITE 17:42 A WHILE TO PRACTICE UP FOR THIS NAME BUT IT IS OUR 17:46 SOUTH KARNATAKA SECTION. 17:47 I HOPE THAT THE INDIAN SPEAKERS WOULD RECOGNIZE 17:50 THE PRONUNCIATION. 17:52 THAT IF YOU AH, ARE ABLE TO SEE THE SLIDE FOR THAT, 17:56 THAT IS IN AH THE LEFT SIDE A LITTLE WAYS UP THE 18:02 COAST LEFT SIDE OF INDIA AND IT ACTUALLY GOES OVER 18:06 UP TO AND OVER TO THE AH, FAIRLY WIDELY KNOWN CITY 18:11 OF GOA UP THE COAST WHICH IS NOW A STATE OF ITS OWN 18:14 BUT STILL PART OF THE SAME TERRITORY WITHIN THE 18:16 CHURCH. 18:17 OK. 18:18 THAT'S AN AREA NOW THAT COMPARES-I'M NOT GOING TO 18:20 READ THE NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT THAT COMPARES TO THE 18:22 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ALMOST AS LARGE AS THE 18:25 U.S. 18:26 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA IN LAND AREA. 18:29 A LITTLE BIT OF IT GOES OVER TO THE COAST MOST OF 18:31 IT IS INLAND AND WE HAVE A POPULATION IN THAT 18:37 TERRITORY OF 25 MILLION. 18:39 THAT INCLUDES, THAT'S ENTIRELY CORRECT, IT COMES 18:47 VERY NEAR TO THE CITY OF BANGALORE BUT THAT'S A 18:50 DIFFERENT FIELD. 18:51 SO, 25 MILLION IN SOUTH KARNATAKA AND IN THE U.S. 18:55 THAT COMPARES TO JUST ALMOST AS LARGE A 18:59 POPULATION AS THE STATE OF TEXAS. 19:01 OK. 19:02 TEXAS IS AROUND 29 MILLION. 19:04 SEE, THAT'S SO HELPFUL. 19:06 THANK YOU FOR PAINTING THIS PICTURE FOR US 19:07 BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND YOU DON'T 19:09 KNOW HOW BIG IS THAT COUNTRY AND IT'S LIKE WHEN 19:12 OUR RELATIVES COME FROM NORWAY AND THEY WANT TO GO 19:14 TO SEATTLE AND THEN THEY WANT TO DRIVE THE NEXT DAY 19:16 TO L.A., UH HUH, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT'S A LITTLE 19:18 BIT FARTHER THAN THAT AND SO, PERSPECTIVE CHECK. 19:21 YES, PERSPECTIVE YES THANK YOU THAT'S HELPFUL. 19:23 SO, ROUGHLY THE SIZE IN AREA OF WEST VIRGINIA BUT 19:28 COMPARING MORE WITH TEXAS FOR POPULATION. 19:30 POPULATION. 19:31 SO THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DENSE. 19:33 YOU DON'T GO VERY FAR BETWEEN TOWNS OR VILLAGES. 19:37 IT ALL KIND OF FLOWS KIND OF LIKE-THERE'S 19:40 AGRICULTURE OUT THERE BUT USUALLY THERE IS A 19:43 SETTLEMENT OF SOME KIND WITHIN SIGHT OR CULTIVATED 19:46 FIELDS, YOU KNOW. 19:47 SO, IT'S A MUCH MORE DENSE POPULATION THAN I ANYWAY, 19:51 HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO. 19:52 OK. 19:53 IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE 24 CHURCHES. 19:56 WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 19:57 24 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHS. 19:59 NOW IN AN AREA THE SIZE OF WEST VIRGINIA, YES, UM AND 20:04 IN THAT AREA ARE YOU READY FOR THIS NUMBER? 20:08 I'M SITTING DOWN, I'M SITTING DOWN. 20:10 WE HAVE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MEMBER THERE 20:14 ARE 6188 POPULATION. 20:19 SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW. 20:21 IN SOUTH KARNATAKA. 20:22 SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE. 20:23 6188 FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 20:29 YOU SPOKE A FEW MOMENTS AGO ABOUT NEED. 20:32 UH HUH. 20:33 THIS IS WHERE I START TALKING ABOUT NEED. 20:35 YES. 20:36 THE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY THERE IT IS VERY CLEAR IN 20:38 THAT AREA WE HAVE FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:41 FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, WE COULD HAVE SO 20:45 MANY MORE. 20:46 AND TWO OF THOSE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED. 20:49 THEY ARE AMONG THOSE WHO CAN WORK WITH OUR DEAF 20:51 POPULATION. 20:52 OH GOOD. 20:53 AND THE OTHER TWO ARE GENERAL POPULATION AND 20:56 THESE FOUR ARE ALSO WORKERS THAT WE HAVE 21:00 ADOPTED FROM AN EARLIER MINISTRY THAT THEY HAD 21:02 WORKED FOR. 21:03 OK. 21:04 THAT IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. 21:05 OK. 21:06 AND THEY ARE THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE FIRST WORKERS 21:09 IN INDIA THAT I MET. 21:12 THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TOUR AND WE JUST HAD 21:15 A VERY GOOD VISIT TOGETHER AND I FORMED A VERY GOOD 21:18 FIRST IMPRESSION. 21:21 IT ISN'T EVERY WORKERS MEETING THAT YOU GO TO 21:24 WHERE ONE OF THE WORKERS IS A YOUNG MOTHER WHO 21:28 BROUGHT HER CHILD WITH HER TO THE MEETING. 21:30 SO. 21:30 OH, REALLY. 21:31 IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE LAST ONE EITHER. 21:33 YES. 21:34 BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING INTRODUCTION. 21:37 WOW. 21:37 SO, WE HAVE FOUR GO WORKERS IN THAT AREA AND 21:41 TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON THERE THAT ARE WORTHY OF 21:44 MENTION. 21:45 ONE IS WHEN I LEFT THE AREA, THE PRESIDENT THERE 21:49 MADE A VERY POINTED APPEAL TO ME. 21:52 HE DID HIS BEST TO DESCRIBE THE SIZE OF HIS 21:56 TERRITORY AND TO TELL ME HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH 21:59 AREA IT COVERED, HOW VAST THE AREA IS AND HE SAID, 22:04 WE HAVE THESE FOUR WORKERS THAT ARE IN THESE SPECIFIC 22:08 LOCATIONS RIGHT HERE, HE SAID, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 22:10 DO WITH THE REST OF THIS FIELD? 22:11 I KNOW. 22:12 WE NEED MORE WORKERS HERE. 22:13 I WANT TO GET MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SOUTH 22:16 KARNATAKA. 22:17 AND WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM? 22:18 I TOLD HIM THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO DO 22:21 THAT AND I TOLD HIM THAT IT DEPENDED UPON THE 22:24 RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN 22:28 TIME AND THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON GETTING HIS 22:32 PREFERENCES KNOWN AND THEN WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THE 22:36 FUNDS TO COVER THOSE NEEDS. 22:37 SO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 22:38 SO, FUNDING IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT BUT ARE THERE 22:41 PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:44 WORKERS? 22:45 THIS MAN WHEN HE MADE THIS REQUEST SAID, I HAVE SOME 22:47 PEOPLE IN MIND WHO WOULD BE WELL QUALIFIED FOR 22:50 THIS. 22:50 I WOULD LIKE THEM TO PUT THEM TO WORK. 22:52 HOW CAN WE DO IT? 22:54 YES. 22:55 BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN THEY HAVE TO PUT 22:58 FOOD ON THE TABLE AND THAT'S WHERE BY BECOMING A 23:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT THEY GET A STIPEND 23:02 AND THEN THAT IS WHAT IS ENABLING THEM TO CONTINUE 23:06 WITH LIFE AND SHARE JESUS. 23:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:09 THE GIFT IS THERE. 23:10 THE VISION IS THERE. 23:13 THE MOTIVATION IS THERE BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO PUT 23:16 FOOD ON THE TABLE. 23:17 YES, EXACTLY. 23:18 WELL, AND AGAIN I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES SO, IS 23:22 OUR GLASS HALF FULL OR IS IT HALF EMPTY? 23:25 ARE WE GOING TO GO, OH, THERE ARE 6000 PEOPLE TO 23:28 ONE PERSON AND ALL OF THIS? 23:30 IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, LARRY. 23:32 I MEAN THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE CAN 23:34 BE DEPRESSED ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. 23:36 WE HAVE TO GO WOW, WE HAVE A JOB TO DO BECAUSE TIME 23:39 IS TICKING. 23:40 JESUS NEEDS TO COME AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 23:42 HIS LOVE, RIGHT? 23:44 WHEN YOU SAY HALF EMPTY OF HALF FULL I GUESS THERE IS 23:46 ANOTHER PIECE I SHOULD MENTION TO YOU. 23:49 WHILE WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. 23:52 SITTING IN INDIA, THERE ALSO TELLING ME THAT THERE 23:56 IS AGITATION GOING ON IN THE POLITICAL SCENE TO 24:00 OUTLAW WHAT THEY CALL UNETHICAL OR FORCED 24:03 CONVERSIONS. 24:05 AND IS THIS CONSIDERED CHRISTIANITY? 24:07 WELL, THE NEWS CAME THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF 24:13 WEEKS AGO THAT THE KARNATAKA STATE 24:15 LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED AN ANTICONVERSION BILL. 24:18 IT IS OFFICIAL NOW. 24:19 IT IS LAW IN THAT STATE. 24:20 SO, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT SOMEONE WHO IS HINDU, 24:22 IF THEY BECOME A CHRISTIAN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 24:26 THE WORDING IS QUITE TECHNICAL, UH UH AS I READ 24:29 IT IN THE NEWSPAPER. 24:30 THE WORDING IS QUITE TECHNICAL AND YOU COULD 24:33 DESCRIBE IT AS SIMPLY IN DETAIL PREVENTING WHAT 24:37 THEY CALL THE UNETHICAL CONVERSIONS WHICH IS FOR 24:41 FINANCIAL BENEFITS OR FOR ADVANCED LIVING CONDITIONS 24:45 OR THEY HAVE A DOZEN DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS. 24:47 OH, SO INTERESTING. 24:49 BUT IN IF I WERE BEING VERY PICKY I COULD MAKE 24:54 THE CASE THAT SAYS AN ETHICAL SPIRIT BASED 24:58 CONVERSION IS EXEMPTED FROM THIS LAW BUT ON THE 25:02 OTHER HAND SOMEONE HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANITY COULD BE 25:06 MAKING THE OPPOSITE CASE AND IT DEPENDS WHO THE 25:09 AUTHORITY IS AND WHICH COURT YOU TAKE IT TO. 25:11 SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THEN START QUESTIONING 25:13 PEOPLE-WELL, YOU BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND DO YOU 25:15 REALLY LOVE JESUS, I MEAN. 25:17 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ASKING THOSE 25:19 QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING FULL TIME AT 25:22 IT AS I UNDERSTAND IT. 25:23 AH. 25:24 BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN MY MIND IS BEAR IN 25:28 MIND THAT WHILE THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING ON, 25:30 THERE ARE FAITHFUL WORKERS IN INDIA WHO ARE SAYING 25:33 SEND ME MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:34 YES, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 25:36 WELL. 25:37 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEPTIVE. 25:39 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING. 25:41 THERE ARE AREAS WHERE NO ONE IS PAYING ALL THAT 25:44 MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS AND IN OTHER AREAS IT IS VERY 25:47 MUCH A FACTOR. 25:48 RIGHT. 25:49 AND THIS IS PART OF THE BEAUTY OF THE COOPERATION 25:51 WITH THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP. 25:52 YES. 25:53 WELL, AND BACK TO THE ISLANDS YOU KNOW, HELLO, 25:55 LET'S BE FOCUSING THERE AND ALL THESE OTHER 25:57 PLACES. 25:58 UH HUH. 25:59 LARRY YOU HAVE GIVEN US SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT. 26:01 SO, OBVIOUSLY NEEDS ARE BIG. 26:05 THEY ARE. 26:06 THEY ARE AND THE FIRST ONE I HEARD ABOUT OF COURSE, 26:09 WAS SOUTH KARNATAKA. 26:10 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE COME TO 26:11 MIND THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY TIME TALKING ABOUT YET 26:15 HERE TODAY. 26:16 I LOOK AT THE CITY OF BANGALORE. 26:19 I BELIEVE THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 13 MILLION. 26:22 UH HUH. 26:23 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE? 26:24 NONE. 26:26 NOW THERE IS A CHURCH PRESENCE THERE, RIGHT, BUT 26:29 IN THAT CITY, I THINK THERE IS MORE WORK WE 26:31 COULD DO. 26:33 WELL, I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US LOT TO PRAY ABOUT AND I 26:34 KNOW THERE IS A BIBLE VERSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO 26:36 SHARE HERE TODAY. 26:38 I WAS GOING TO REFER YOU TO 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-4 "I URGE 26:40 THEN FIRST OF ALL THE PETITIONED PRAYERS, 26:42 INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR 26:43 ALL PEOPLE. 26:44 FOR KINGS AND ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LIVE 26:45 PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES IN ALL GODLINESS AND 26:48 HOLINESS. 26:49 THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR WHO WANTS 26:50 ALL PEOPLE TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF 26:52 THE TRUTH." 26:53 IT DOESN'T SAY JUST PEOPLE IT SAYS ALL PEOPLE AND IT 26:54 SAYS HE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE. 26:55 HE SAYS IT TWICE. 26:56 AND THIS IS THE TIME TO BE PRAYING FOR THOSE IN THESE 26:57 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. 26:58 WELL, LARRY THANK YOU. 26:59 YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO PRAY FOR AND A LOT OF 27:00 PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 27:06 WITH US TODAY. 27:11 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. 27:22 AND THANK YOU. 27:23 YOU'V HEARD THE NEED, YOU'VE HEARD THE REQUEST 27:26 AND WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR WHAT GOD CAN DO IN 27:28 THIS TIP, THESE AREAS OF INDIA AND I PRAY THAT THE 27:32 LORD WILL IMPRESS UPON YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO SO ALL 27:35 PEOPLE CAN KNOW JESUS. 27:37 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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