Participants: Julie Saunders-Keymer, Manzoor Massey
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000344
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER, AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:19 WE HAVE A TREAT. 00:21 WE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT INDIA. 00:24 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DR. MANZOOR MASSEY. 00:24 THANK YOU. 00:26 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:31 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:35 MY MISSION IN LIFE IS TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR GOD. 00:40 WHERE COULD YOU BE BETTER CONNECTED THAN GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:44 THIS ORGANIZATION IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 00:49 EVERYTHING IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. 00:51 THE PRICE IS RIGHT. 00:53 THAT'S TRUE. 01:00 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME TO NEVER GET ON A PAYROLL IF 01:01 YOU'RE GOING TO PREACH. 01:03 GET OFF THE PAYROLL. 01:11 SO I BARELY WORKED FOR THREE YEARS ON A PAYROLL FOR THE CHURCH. 01:17 I DECIDED OK, IF I'M GOING TO SHARE THE LOVE OF GOD, I'VE GOT TO BE SELF SUPPORTING. 01:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS. 01:26 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT THEM IN A PART OF INDIA, AND I 01:29 SAID "WOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT IS." 01:33 "I'LL BE DOING WHAT I LOVE DOING AND BE CONNECTED WITH A GREAT ORGANIZATION 01:37 WITH A FANTASTIC MISSION TO FINISH GOD'S WORK." 01:41 AND YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT REGION BECAUSE YOU 01:43 ARE ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA. 01:46 YES, I AM, AND I LOVE INDIA. 01:51 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR REGION OF INDIA. 01:54 MY REGION IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 01:58 THE MAJOR LANGUAGE SPOKEN THERE IS TELUGU . 02:00 DO YOU SPEAK THAT? 02:04 I SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT I CANNOT GIVE LECTURES IN TELUGU. 02:09 THE WHOLE REGION IS FULL OF MY FRIENDS. 02:14 THEY EITHER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ME OR THEIR PARENTS WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ME, SO 02:20 I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE VACATION, I SHOULD SAY, WHEN I GO THERE. 02:21 I'M CONNECTED. 02:30 THE PRESIDENT OF THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. 02:34 THE GOOD PART OF WORKING WITH THIS CROWD IS THEY ACTUALLY BELIEVE 02:36 YOU WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING. 02:39 THAT IS SUCH A REFRESHING THING. 02:44 THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR KNOWING MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO DEDICATED. 02:48 I WISH I WAS HALF AS DEDICATED AND HARD WORKING AS THEY ARE. 02:52 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED PEOPLE. 02:54 WHAT A COMPLIMENT TO THEM. 02:59 NOT ONLY ARE YOU WANTING TO MAKE FRIENDS, BUT WITH YOUR BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC 03:02 HEALTH YOU HAVE A LOT TO OFFER THE PEOPLE. 03:11 ALL OVER INDIA I COLLABORATE WITH OTHER REGIONAL DIRECTORS AS WELL. 03:16 OUR WHOLE FOCUS IS TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF WHAT WE DO IN INDIA. 03:23 WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT COMING TO JESUS MUST CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. 03:25 THEY SHOULD LIVE HEALTHIER. 03:29 THEY SHOULD HAVE A CLOSER SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 03:34 THEY SHOULD BE BETTER EDUCATED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BETTER ECONOMIC HEALTH. 03:41 SO WE SERVE THE TOTAL PERSON NOT JUST ONE ASPECT OF AN INDIVIDUAL-- 03:43 SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL. 03:44 ALL OF THAT? 03:45 ABSOLUTELY. 03:50 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE OF INDIA. 03:54 I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU AT THIS TIME. 03:59 I CALL INDIA THE SPIRITUAL MECCA OF THE WORLD. 04:01 WHY DO YOU CALL IT THAT? 04:02 TAKE A LOOK HERE. 04:08 INDIA HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO FIVE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, THE MAJOR RELIGION BEING 04:10 HINDUISM . 04:15 HINDUISM IS EMBRACED BY APPROXIMATELY 89 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE. 04:25 THIS GENTLEMAN IS CARRYING A LITTLE CART. 04:29 SEE HOW HE IS PEDDLING THIS CART? 04:37 HE IS ACTUALLY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO THE 04:39 HOLY RIVER GANGES . 04:45 THIS IS THE HOLY RIVER GANGES WHICH IS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY 04:47 FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 04:50 HE IS GOING TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE WITH HIS OWN BODY. 04:52 THE WHOLE WAY? 04:54 YES. 05:03 THAT IS HIS WAY OF GAINING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND IMPROVING HIMSELF 05:11 SPIRITUALLY SO HE CAN GET WHAT WE CALL NIRVANA AND THAT IS SALVATION. 05:16 THAT'S HOW THEY BELIEVE HE CAN GET NIRVANA OR COMING HERE AND BATHING IN THIS 05:21 BEAUTIFUL RIVER AND GETTING YOUR SINS FORGIVEN. 05:23 THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN CONCEPT. 05:27 YOU REMEMBER THERE USED TO BE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THE POOL OF BETHESDA. 05:30 THIS IS A VERY ANCIENT CUSTOM. 05:36 ALMOST EVERYTHING HINDUS BELIEVE IN TERMS OF THEIR SYMBOLS IS IN THE BIBLE. 05:42 I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THAT AND I'M ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR HINDU BROTHERS 05:46 AND SISTERS BECAUSE ALL THEIR BELIEFS ARE RIGHT IN THE BIBLE. 05:50 WHEN WE SIMPLY SHOW THEM THAT, THEY SAY, "OH." 05:56 ALL OF OUR MINISTRY IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF ONE FATHER, ONE FAMILY. 06:04 WHEN YOU SHARE THIS WITH THEM, IT ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKES GREAT SENSE TO THEM. 06:06 I WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER SLIDE. 06:11 HERE IS A VERY MAJOR HINDU TEMPLE IN NEW DELHI. 06:16 OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE A DAY VISIT THIS PLACE. 06:20 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 06:23 OF COURSE, INDIA HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 06:26 THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY INCLINED. 06:33 EVERYTHING FOR A HINDU OR A BELIEVER IN INDIA IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP. 06:37 FROM THE TIME YOU WAKE UP TO THE TIME YOU GO TO BED, IT'S AN ACT OF WORSHIP. 06:43 IT'S A HIGHLY ETHICAL AND HIGHLY SPIRITUAL WAY OF LIFE. 06:44 IT'S NOT A RELIGION. 06:46 HINDUISM IS A WAY OF LIFE. 06:50 SO IS THE AIR YOU BREATH, EVERYTHING. 06:56 IN FACT, ALL OF THAT IS VENERATED IN WORSHIP, AND I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE 06:57 THAT LATER. 07:05 THE OTHER BIG RELIGION, WHICH IS NOT BIG ANYMORE IN INDIA, IS BUDDHISM . 07:11 IT ALSO HAD ITS BIRTH IN INDIA. 07:16 TODAY WE HAVE MORE BUDDHISTS OUTSIDE OF INDIA THAN IN INDIA. 07:21 THE NEXT RELIGION IS JAINISM . 07:31 BOTH BUDDHISM AND JAINISM ARE OFFSHOOTS OF HINDUISM. 07:37 THEY CAME AS A PROTEST AGAINST RITUALS, CHILD SACRIFICES, TEMPLE 07:45 PROSTITUTION AND CAST SYSTEM, ETC. THESE TWO RELIGIONS HAVE DRASTICALLY 07:49 MOVED AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL HINDU CEREMONIES. 07:56 JAINISM IS THE STRICTEST OF THE STRICTEST VEGETARIANS. 07:58 WHAT WILL THEY NOT EAT? 08:03 THEY DO NOT EAT ANYTHING THAT CREEPS, CRAWLS, FLIES, BITES, SWIMS OR 08:10 TALKS BACK AND NOTHING IN THE GROUND THAT GROWS ROOTS. 08:15 THEY WILL NOT EAT POTATOES OR YAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE ROOTS AND THEY 08:18 REINCARNATE, SO TO SAY, THEMSELVES. 08:24 THIS IS A GREAT VEGETARIAN WAY OF LIFE. 08:35 THE NEXT RELIGION THAT ALSO BEGAN IN INDIA IS SIKHISM . 08:43 YOU HAVE SEEN SIKHS WITH TURBANS, ETC. THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IS THEIR MOST 08:46 SACRED PLACE OF WORSHIP. 08:52 IT IS IN THE CITY OF AMRITSAR IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE. 08:59 YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING THIS PLACE WHERE 09:03 THEY HAVE THE MOST SACRED CENTER. 09:13 PEOPLE THROW MONEY IN DONATIONS IN LOCAL DOLLARS OF $500, $1000. 09:18 IT IS SUCH A PHILANTHROPIC RELIGION. 09:24 ALMOST EVERYWHERE THEY WILL HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO EAT ALONG THE ROADSIDE. 09:35 WHEN SIKHISM STARTED BY GURU NANAK DEV, IT WAS AGAINST THE HINDU RITUAL 09:37 OF CASTE SYSTEM. 09:44 HE WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, A FAMILY FEELING. 09:49 THE WORD SIKH MEANS BROTHERHOOD, SO IT MEANS EVERYBODY MEETS AT THE 09:50 SAME LEVEL. 09:51 WHAT A GREAT CONCEPT THAT IS. 10:00 SO THAT'S WHY I CALL INDIA THE SPIRITUAL MECCA OF THE WORLD. 10:07 ANOTHER BIG RELIGION WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY COMMON IN MOST OF THE WORLD 10:09 RIGHT NOW IS ISLAM . 10:15 ISLAM DID NOT HAVE ITS BEGINNINGS IN INDIA BUT MUSLIMS RULED INDIA FOR 10:17 NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS. 10:25 INDIA'S ART AND CULTURE AND HISTORY ARE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE MUSLIM RULE. 10:32 THIS PARTICULAR PLACE IS THE TAJ MAHAL , PEOPLE'S DREAM TO GO AND VISIT. 10:39 THIS IS A LIVING MONUMENT, SO TO SAY, TO THE MEMORY OF ISLAM OVER THERE AND TO 10:43 THE IDEA OF ONE MAN'S LOVE FOR HIS QUEEN. 10:48 IT TOOK THEM ALMOST 30 YEARS TO BUILD. 10:53 FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WORKED FOR 30 YEARS TO BUILD THIS. 11:02 UNFORTUNATELY THE QUEEN, MUMTAZ , DIED GIVING BIRTH TO HER 14TH CHILD. 11:03 FOURTEENTH CHILD? 11:06 WELL, THAT'S NOT AS MANY AS THEY COULD HAVE. 11:10 SO SHE NEVER REALLY GOT TO LIVE THERE. 11:13 THIS IS A MONUMENT WHERE THEY ARE BOTH BURIED. 11:21 INDIA HAS HAD NOTHING BUT A GREAT SPIRITUAL REVIVAL. 11:25 THE OTHER THING IS THAT INDIA HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 11:28 IT HAS 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE. 11:34 A THOUSAND MILLION MAKE A BILLION. 11:39 WE HAVE ONLY 360 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, 11:41 AND WE THINK IT'S A CROWDED COUNTRY. 11:49 INDIA IS THREE TIMES SMALLER GEOGRAPHICALLY THAN THE UNITED STATES, 11:52 BUT IT HAS THREE TIMES MORE PEOPLE. 11:55 ALSO IT HAS ALMOST 14 HUNDRED DIALECTS AND LANGUAGES. 12:03 AND WE THINK OUR FEW LANGUAGES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE A PROBLEM. 12:05 TRY MANAGING INDIA. 12:10 SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE LAND OF INDIA--THE LARGEST 12:13 DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 12:17 THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE CLIMATE IS SO RIGHT. 12:25 IN JOEL 3:14 IT SAYS "MULTITUDES, MULTITUDES IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION. 12:31 FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION." 12:34 WE KNOW THAT OUR LORD IS COMING VERY, VERY SOON. 12:40 HERE WE HAVE A POTENTIAL OF REACHING OVER A BILLION PEOPLE. 12:47 IF WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE FATHER AND ONE FAMILY, THEN YOU 12:59 UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD BE SO PASSIONATE TO BE LOVING INDIA AND WANTING 13:02 TO SHARE WHAT YOU CAN WITH THEM. 13:08 THAT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:12 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY GIVING YOUR DONATIONS. 13:16 MAYBE YOU CAN'T GO ON A TRIP LIKE MANZOOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO, BUT YOU 13:19 CERTAINLY CAN DONATE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:23 IN ORDER TO DO THAT IT IS VERY SIMPLE. 13:26 JUST SEND YOUR DONATION TO 13:34 . 13:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS JUST LIKE YOU MANZOOR. 13:50 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY YOUR DONATION TO HELP THE WORKERS IN INDIA WHICH WE 13:52 WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT. 13:55 THERE IS ALSO GOSPEL OUTREACH UP IN CANADA. 13:57 THAT ADDRESS IS: 14:13 MANZOOR, YOU WERE ON A RECENT TRIP TO INDIA. 14:16 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE. 14:26 I WANT TO BASE MY COMMENTS ON THE FACT THAT JESUS HAS ASKED US TO PREPARE THE 14:29 WAY FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD. 14:36 WHEN YOU LOOK AT TEEMING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, YOU KNOW THAT THE HARVEST IS 14:39 REALLY RIPE AND THEY ARE READY. 14:43 THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF ALL THE RELIGIONS IN INDIA. 14:45 THEY NEVER OPPOSE ANYTHING. 14:48 THEY WILL ACCEPT WHATEVER YOU ARE SHARING WITH THEM. 14:51 THEY WILL ACCEPT JESUS. 14:56 THEIR PROBLEM IS HOW TO GIVE UP WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. 14:59 IT'S A VERY ACCOMMODATING WAY OF LIFE. 15:09 THE BELIEFS THAT HINDUS HAVE WERE DEVELOPED BY GURUS WHO WERE DEALING 15:14 WITH PEOPLE WHO DID NOT USE A LOT OF ABSTRACT THINKING, AND THEY NEEDED 15:16 SYMBOLS TO ACTUALLY EDUCATE THEM. 15:21 THAT AGAIN IS NOT AN ALIEN WAY OF DOING THAT. 15:27 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLS IN ALL OF DANIEL AND REVELATION. 15:32 YOU TALK ABOUT THE ANIMALS IN SHARING ALL KINDS OF TRUTHS ABOUT THE FUTURE. 15:36 SO INDIA HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN COMMON WITH US. 15:44 BASED ON THE FACT THAT JESUS SAID THE HARVEST IS READY AND IT'S PLENTEOUS, 15:48 IN OUR CASE IN INDIA, IT DEFINITELY IS PLENTEOUS. 15:56 IN MY REGION OF SOUTHERN INDIA, WE ARE NOW UNDERTAKING A VERY MAJOR INITIATIVE. 16:00 IT IS A 500 VILLAGE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN. 16:03 FIVE HUNDRED VILLAGES? 16:04 YES. 16:11 WITH THE SUPPORT FROM OUR DEDICATED PRAYER PARTNERS, GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORS 16:14 OVER 1000 WORKERS. 16:18 HALF OF THOSE ARE IN MY REGION. 16:24 WE ARE TAKING ON THIS 500 VILLAGE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN WHERE WORKERS 16:28 WILL BE TAKING CARE OF TWO, THREE, OR FIVE VILLAGES EACH. 16:31 WE GO TO THE VILLAGE. 16:38 WE TELL THE LEADERS WE ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BELIEVERS, THAT WE BELIEVE 16:41 IN THE BIBLE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HOLD MEETINGS HERE. 16:47 IF THEY SAY YES WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE, THEN WE SELECT THAT VILLAGE. 16:51 IF THEY SAY NO, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT VILLAGE BECAUSE THE TIMING IS VERY 16:52 IMPORTANT TO US. 16:54 WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME. 16:59 RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, THERE ARE 100 VILLAGES ALREADY ON SCHEDULE. 17:11 WE HAVE 400 MORE VILLAGES WE WILL BE ENTERING. 17:13 HOW LONG ARE THESE EVANGELISTIC SERIES? 17:20 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL BE ASSIGNED ONE OR TWO VILLAGES. 17:23 THEY WILL GO AND PREPARE THE GROUND FOR TWO, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. 17:27 THEN THE EVANGELISTIC TEAM COMES IN. 17:32 WE ARE SEARCHING FOR 50 TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA WHO ARE 17:34 WILLING TO COME. 17:39 THEY WILL THEN HOLD MEETINGS FOR TEN VILLAGES AT A TIME. 17:45 EACH EVENING WE WILL BRING PEOPLE FROM TEN VILLAGES TO ONE LOCATION. 17:49 WE FEED THEM, GIVE THEM THE MESSAGE AND TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR VILLAGES. 17:54 WHILE THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING ON, WE ARE BUILDING A CHURCH IN THE VILLAGES, 18:00 SO WHEN THEY GO BACK, THEY WILL BE WORSHIPPING IN THEIR OWN CHURCH. 18:04 A TEMPLE IS A SYMBOL OF UNITY IN INDIA. 18:09 SO WHEN YOU HAVE A TEMPLE, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER. 18:14 IT'S A VERY WELL ORGANIZED PROGRAM. 18:20 THE EVANGELISTIC TEAM DOES THE CAMPAIGN FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS. 18:24 THEN THEY BAPTIZE PEOPLE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK INTO THEIR OWN CHURCHES. 18:30 THEN WE ASSIGN A WORKER WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF TWO VILLAGES AT A TIME. 18:36 WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THEM PARENTLESS, SO TO SAY. 18:43 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT SOLIDIFIES YOUR WORK AND 18:48 ESTABLISHES A BASE SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BACKSLIDE. 18:52 OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SOCIAL SUPPORT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE 18:55 TO WORSHIP, PEOPLE WILL GO BACK. 19:01 OUR VIEWERS WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED IF THEY COULD GO WITH US. 19:04 WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. 19:06 HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED? 19:11 THEY CAN CALL ME OR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:18 MY NUMBER IS 661-304-1080. 19:29 BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT PHONE NUMBER IS: 19:36 509-525-2951. 19:44 IN CANADA THE PHONE NUMBER IS: 250-545-2212. 19:52 HERE ARE A FEW MORE SLIDES TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING MY 19:54 RECENT VISIT. 19:58 I'M TEACHING ALL OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT THEY MUST BE 20:01 PASSIONATE ABOUT SPREADING GOD'S WORD. 20:04 I ASK THEM TO REPEAT A SENTENCE. 20:11 THE SENTENCE IS "THE MAIN THING IS THAT THE MAIN THING IS THE MAIN THING." 20:13 SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE. 20:14 THE MAIN THING IS THAT THE MAIN THING IS THE MAIN THING. 20:16 SO WHAT IS THE MAIN THING IN YOUR LIFE AS A BELIEVER? 20:18 AS A PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, WHAT IS THE MAIN THING? 20:21 ISN'T THE MAIN THING TO FINISH THE WORK SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER WITH 20:23 OUR LORD AND SAVIOR? 20:25 THAT IS THE MAIN THING. 20:27 AND THE MAIN THING IS TO TELL OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS 20:30 THAT THIS WORLD IS ABOUT TO END. 20:34 WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO THE BOAT BECAUSE THE BOAT IS GOING TO BE LEAVING SOON. 20:37 SO THAT IS THE MAIN THING, MAKING FRIENDS FOR GOD. 20:41 SO WHAT DID WE DO THIS PAST VISIT? 20:45 THIS IS OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 20:47 THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 20:48 THESE ARE THE LEADERS. 20:52 THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION, THEN THE EDUCATION 20:58 DIRECTOR AND FOLLOWING HIM IS THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND THE 20:59 TREASURER. 21:05 WE ARE TRYING TO COMBINE THE EFFORTS OF THE EDUCATION PEOPLE, THE 21:08 CHURCH PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE HOSPITAL PEOPLE. 21:10 IT'S A TOTAL MINISTRY. 21:12 JUST WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 21:13 EXACTLY. 21:16 WE MUST SERVE THE TOTAL PERSON. 21:19 HERE ARE SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:23 THEY ARE SINGING IN THE TRAINING MEETING THAT WE HELD. 21:27 THEY MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY EXCITED. 21:31 THEY'RE CLAPPING WHEN I WAS PREACHING, SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD SLIDE, ISN'T IT? 21:33 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:37 THERE ARE 550 WORKERS IN YOUR REGION? 21:40 ACTUALLY THERE WILL BE 648 VERY SOON. 21:45 HERE WE HAVE BOTH LADIES AND MEN. 21:49 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING. 21:53 I GET MORE BLESSED BY BEING WITH THEM THEN I BELIEVE THEY DO. 21:57 I FRANKLY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK WHEN I'M WITH THEM. 22:02 I'D RATHER BE THERE IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AND PAY SOME BILLS AS WELL. 22:07 EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL THE BAPTISMS IN THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION ARE 22:09 AS A RESULT OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:15 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT FOR ALL OF OUR LISTENERS AND OUR PRAYER PARTNERS AND DONORS. 22:21 WHERE COULD YOU INVEST BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WITH ZERO 22:26 OVERHEAD AND 100 PERCENT OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO FINISH GOD'S WORK 22:29 AND IT'S PRODUCING RESULTS. 22:34 EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE BAPTISMS IN THIS GREAT LAND OF INDIA ARE A RESULT 22:40 OF THE EFFORTS OF OUR DONORS CONTRIBUTIONS. 22:42 AND PEOPLE ARE ACCEPTING CHRIST AS THEIR LORD? 22:43 ABSOLUTELY. 22:49 SO I TELL PEOPLE, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BEAT THE DRUMS FOR JESUS. 22:50 THAT'S PERFECT. 22:56 WHAT WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO DO WHO IS WATCHING AND WONDERING HOW 22:58 THEY CAN GET INVOLVED? 23:05 IS THERE SOMEONE WHO COMES TO MIND WHO YOU MET OVER THERE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY 23:08 THIS PERSON FOUND THE LORD. 23:13 LET ME SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE IF WE HAVE THE TIME. 23:25 WE ARE TEACHING OUR PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT PASTORS. 23:30 I'M GOING TO MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION ON SUNDAY ON THIS VERY TOPIC. 23:35 WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY 23:40 ORGANIZATION AND HAVE NO OTHER DENOMINATION BUT THEY ARE PASTORS. 23:42 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHURCH. 23:45 THEY MAY HAVE ONE, TWO OR THREE CHURCHES. 23:48 THEY ARE KIND OF THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION. 23:52 WE ARE NOW FOCUSING IN REACHING OUT TO THEM. 23:56 IT IS A FASCINATING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR OTHER 24:02 CHRISTIAN PASTORS WHO ARE NOT ADVENTIST PASTORS. 24:07 THEY ARE SO HUNGRY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. 24:11 WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR THEM. 24:14 COMING BACK TO HOW CAN PEOPLE BE INVOLVED. 24:16 I TELL YOU WE HAVE NEED OF EVERY KIND. 24:21 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WANT TO SERVE THE TOTAL PERSON. 24:26 IF SOMEBODY CAN TEACH, WE WILL HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ADULT 24:29 LITERACY PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH. 24:32 OUR PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE BIBLE. 24:38 IF THEY CAN READ THE BIBLE, THEY CAN HELP THEIR PASTOR AND THEY CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS. 24:39 EXACTLY. 24:40 SO THAT'S ONE NEED. 24:44 SO IF YOU ARE A TEACHER AND YOU ARE A HOMEMAKER AND YOU CAN READ AND WRITE 24:47 AND YOU CAN HELP THESE PEOPLE, YOU CAN BE PART OF THE TEAM. 24:54 IF YOU ARE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, WE COULD UTILIZE THE SKILLS OF NURSES, DOCTORS, DENTISTS. 24:58 I USUALLY HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF THE TEAM. 25:01 SO PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED THAT WAY AS WELL? 25:02 ABSOLUTELY. 25:06 WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO START OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING. 25:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS NOT FUNDING SOME OF THESE EFFORTS BECAUSE OUR 25:13 SERVICE IS VERY LIMITED. 25:15 WE ARE SUPPORTING ONLY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:20 BUT I'M FINDING OTHER RESOURCES AND CONNECTING WITH LOCAL RESOURCES SO 25:23 THAT WE CAN SET UP THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. 25:28 WITH THE HELP OF MY ROTARY CLUB, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SET UP A SEWING CENTER. 25:34 WE ALREADY HAVE THIRTY PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THIS FIRST SEWING CENTER THAT 25:36 WE SET UP DURING THIS LAST VISIT. 25:42 WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE ARE MANY YOUNG GIRLS WHO DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL. 25:45 NOW THEY ARE OF MARRIAGE AGE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN OCCUPATION. 25:51 BY HAVING AN OCCUPATION THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS. 25:55 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR STATUS GOES 25:58 UP, AND IT IS THE WHOLE PERSON. 26:03 WHAT AN INSPIRING TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU, MANZOOR. 26:06 BLESSINGS TO YOU AS YOU ARE MINISTERING OVER THERE. 26:12 THAT'S ANOTHER THING, PEOPLE CAN PRAY AND THEY CAN GIVE THEIR SUPPORT 26:13 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:16 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:20 I'M JULIE SANDERS- KEYMER AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 26:33 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH INDIA AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN SHARING THE 26:35 LOVE OF THE LORD WITH THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 26:36 THANK YOU AGAIN, MANZOOR, FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 26:38 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 28:16 CLOSING MUSIC. |
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