OPENING MUSIC. 00:00:02.40\00:00:14.36 HELLO EVERYBODY. 00:00:14.36\00:00:15.63 I AM DAN MATTHEWS AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AGAIN 00:00:15.63\00:00:19.23 WITH THE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM THAT TELLS THE STORIES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:19.23\00:00:26.13 YOU WILL SOON SEE HOW WE DO THIS. 00:00:26.13\00:00:29.93 PRIMARILY, WE GET TO HAVE REPORTS FROM THE FRONT LINE OF WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:00:29.93\00:00:37.20 ARE DOING ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE, PARICULARLY, ACROSS THE 10-40 00:00:37.20\00:00:44.36 WINDOW. WITH ME TODAY IS ONE OF MY NEW SISTERS. 00:00:44.36\00:00:48.36 I SAY NEW BECAUSE I HAVE NOT KNOWN VERY LONG. 00:00:48.36\00:00:54.23 I AM GLAD TO BE WITH BEVERLY THOMPSON TODAY. 00:00:54.23\00:00:57.40 THANK YOU, BEVERLY FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:57.40\00:01:00.43 AND BEING WITH US HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 00:01:00.43\00:01:04.10 YOU ARE A VERY SPECIAL LADY. 00:01:04.10\00:01:07.10 YOU WERE THE FIRST FEMALE TO BECOME A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:01:07.10\00:01:14.56 DID YOU HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOKED AT 00:01:14.56\00:01:18.06 THESE OLD GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS OPERATION FOR A 00:01:18.06\00:01:23.03 WHILE? I REALLY LOOKED TO MY HUSBAND TO BE MY BRAINS AND MY 00:01:23.03\00:01:27.50 HELPER. RIGHT AFTER I WAS ASKED TO BE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR, HE WAS HURT AND I NO LONGER HAVE 00:01:27.50\00:01:35.20 HIM. I DO FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THE OLD GANG OF 00:01:35.20\00:01:42.26 MEN. LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS, BEV CAN HOLD HER OWN. 00:01:42.26\00:01:47.63 SHE HAS GOT EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T QUIT. 00:01:47.63\00:01:53.93 HER ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH ALL OF US IS JUST A BLESSING. 00:01:53.93\00:02:00.46 WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 00:02:00.46\00:02:04.66 I HAVE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION BEFORE BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE 00:02:04.66\00:02:08.23 VIEWING TODAY THAT DIDN'T HEAR THIS THE LAST TIME I ASKED THE 00:02:08.23\00:02:10.76 QUESTION. TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION, WHERE IS IT? 00:02:10.76\00:02:14.10 IT IS NORHEAST INDIA. 00:02:14.10\00:02:15.63 THIS MEANS NORTH OF CALCUTTA, UP INTO AND INCLUDING BHUTAN, 00:02:15.63\00:02:19.06 AND SIKKIM THEN SOUTH OF NEPAL DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF 00:02:19.06\00:02:24.90 INDIA. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THAT TERRITORY. 00:02:24.90\00:02:27.76 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, YES! 00:02:27.76\00:02:29.43 ARE THEY ALL PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE KIND OF BECOME COMFORTABLE 00:02:29.43\00:02:36.13 WITH THOUGH? I LOVE TO BE WITH THEM AND VISIT WITH THEM. 00:02:36.13\00:02:39.93 I FEEL THAT MY HEART IS WITH THEM ALSO. 00:02:39.93\00:02:43.66 YOU TRAVELED TO INDIA SEVERAL TIMES IN YOUR SHORT REIGN WITH 00:02:43.66\00:02:50.16 GOSPEL OUTREACH. YES, THERE ARE A FEW YEARS THAT I WENT TWICE A YEAR BECAUSE I TOOK SOME 00:02:50.16\00:02:54.40 EVANGELISTIC YOUTH GROUPS THERE. 00:02:54.40\00:02:57.10 I USUALLY GO ONCE A YEAR. 00:02:57.10\00:03:00.53 WE ARE TAPING HERE TODAY IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2011, SO THE MOST 00:03:00.53\00:03:09.46 RECENT TRIP WAS WHEN? 00:03:09.46\00:03:10.73 I LEFT INDIA ON MARCH 23. 00:03:10.73\00:03:13.53 SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BACK FOR VERY LONG THEN? 00:03:13.53\00:03:17.03 NO! 00:03:17.03\00:03:17.90 I MADE A TRIP TO TURKEY IN ROUTE TO HOME. 00:03:17.90\00:03:21.20 I WAS THERE THREE WEEKS ALSO. 00:03:21.20\00:03:22.83 YOU ARE A TRAVELING GRANDMA. 00:03:22.83\00:03:26.43 YOU TOOK YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WITH YOU ON TRIP? 00:03:26.43\00:03:29.93 YES. 00:03:29.93\00:03:31.20 YOU ARE GOING TO TALK TO US TODAY ABOUT A PARTICULAR REGION 00:03:31.20\00:03:37.40 THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD MUCH ABOUT BEFORE. 00:03:37.40\00:03:39.73 SO WHERE IS THIS? 00:03:39.73\00:03:41.33 THIS IS IN SIKKIM . 00:03:41.33\00:03:43.03 IT IS A PART THAT IS NESTLED BETWEEN NEPAL AND BHUTAN IN 00:03:43.03\00:03:50.46 NORTH INDIA. IN FACT, IT WAS IN 2003 THAT CHINA CONCEDED TO SAY THAT INDIA OWNS SIKKIM. 00:03:50.46\00:03:59.03 IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GEOGRAPHY THERE BECAUSE EVERYONE 00:03:59.03\00:04:05.83 WANTED THAT ROUTE INTO CHINA? 00:04:05.83\00:04:07.63 THAT IS RIGHT! 00:04:07.63\00:04:09.00 IT HAS BEEN IN TIBETIAN HANDS AND CHINA HANDS, 00:04:09.00\00:04:12.86 BHUTAN AND NEPAL, INDIA AND THE BRITISH. 00:04:12.86\00:04:16.86 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND TO US WESTERNERS OF GOSPEL 00:04:16.86\00:04:28.06 OUTREACH? WHEN I WENT THIS TIME, I HAD TO STOP AT THE BORDER 00:04:28.06\00:04:34.56 GOING INTO SIKKIM AND GET PERMISSION TO GO IN. 00:04:34.56\00:04:36.16 IS IT BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL SIKKIMESE, IF I CAN CALL THEM 00:04:36.16\00:04:42.30 THAT? IS THAT A PROPER TERM? 00:04:42.30\00:04:44.03 YES, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY EXCURSIONS 00:04:44.03\00:04:50.26 THAT THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE MADE AND THE SECURITY OF 00:04:50.26\00:04:56.30 THE AREA. AS A WESTERNER AND REPRESENTING GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:04:56.30\00:05:01.00 THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM TO THEM WHEN THEY LEARNED WHO YOU WERE? 00:05:01.00\00:05:04.53 AS LONG AS I GAVE MY PASSPORT WITH MY PICTURE AND MY COPY OF THE VISA TO INDIA TO THEM. 00:05:04.53\00:05:10.90 THEY PHOTO COPIED IT AND GAVE ME THE RIGHT PAPER WORK. 00:05:10.90\00:05:14.10 THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. 00:05:14.10\00:05:16.00 WHO WAS WITH YOU ON THIS TRIP? 00:05:16.00\00:05:17.96 PASTOR TAMSENG IS PART NEPALAN AND PART SIKKIMESE . 00:05:17.96\00:05:22.93 HE HAS SLANTED EYES SO HE GETS VERY WELL ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE 00:05:22.93\00:05:29.26 WHETHER THEY ARE ANTI-NEPALI OR ANY OTHER ANTI BECAUSE OF THE MIXTURE OF HIS RACE. 00:05:29.26\00:05:37.83 TELL US MORE ABOUT HIM AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCERNED. 00:05:37.83\00:05:40.33 HE IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE NORTH 00:05:40.33\00:05:44.80 BENGAL SECTION. HE IS A VERY ASTUTE MAN WITH HIS ACTIVITIES. 00:05:44.80\00:05:49.60 HE GOES OUT TO VISIT THE WORKERS. 00:05:49.60\00:05:51.33 BUT HIS HEART IS IN SIKKIM. 00:05:51.33\00:05:53.60 HE WANTS TO SEE THAT THIS MESSAGE GOES TO THESE SIKKIMESE 00:05:53.60\00:05:57.33 PEOPLE. IT IS JUST THRILLING TO BE WITH HIM. 00:05:57.33\00:05:59.70 WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME PICTURES OF HIM OF HOW HE HOLDS OUT HIS 00:05:59.70\00:06:05.16 HAND TO SAY, "THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MESSAGE. 00:06:05.16\00:06:08.33 THEY NEED THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST. 00:06:08.33\00:06:10.83 IT IS DARK IN THIS COUNTRY." 00:06:10.83\00:06:12.46 ALTOGETHER, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE THE BLESSING OF COORDINATING? 00:06:12.46\00:06:19.76 ABOUT 120! 00:06:19.76\00:06:21.53 HAVE YOU MET THEM ALL? 00:06:21.53\00:06:23.06 OH. 00:06:23.06\00:06:24.13 YES! 00:06:24.13\00:06:25.03 THEY ARE GLAD TO SEE MOTHER THOMPSON COMING? 00:06:25.03\00:06:27.50 THEY CALL ME AUNTIE, MOM OR GRANDM; IT DOESN'T MATTER. 00:06:27.50\00:06:32.76 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO TO SEE THESE PEOPLE? 00:06:32.76\00:06:38.86 I AM ASKING THIS QUESTION SO THAT OUR VIEWERS CAN REALIZE 00:06:38.86\00:06:41.40 THAT YOU DON'T JUST GO ON A TRIP. 00:06:41.40\00:06:42.90 YOU HAVE A MISSION THAT YOU ARE ACHIEVING WHEN YOU GO. 00:06:42.90\00:06:46.23 EACH TIME I GO, I LOOK FOR WHAT AM I GOING TO BE TALKING WITH 00:06:46.23\00:06:51.60 THEM THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I COME BACK? 00:06:51.60\00:06:54.83 THIS YEAR I HAD SELECTED SABBATH KEEPING AND EVANGELISM. 00:06:54.83\00:07:00.60 I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THESE TWO SUBJECTS EVERYWHERE I WENT. 00:07:00.60\00:07:07.36 SO YOU PREACH WHEN YOU GO. 00:07:07.36\00:07:10.26 YES, AND TEACH. 00:07:10.26\00:07:11.13 BLESS YOUR HEART! 00:07:11.13\00:07:12.66 FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS, 00:07:12.66\00:07:17.96 THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGAM IS PRODUCED BY GOSPEL 00:07:17.96\00:07:30.90 OUTREACH. WE DO THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH 00:07:30.90\00:07:33.56 YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO CONNECT WITH US. 00:07:33.56\00:07:35.30 THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH 00:07:35.30\00:07:42.00 GOSPEL OUTREACH. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR BEV TELL US MORE STORIES 00:07:50.60\00:07:53.80 TODAY. YOU WILL WANT TO PONDER SOME OF THESE STORIES OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 00:07:53.80\00:07:57.76 STORIES LIKE HERS WILL APPEAR IN THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER CALLED, 00:07:57.76\00:08:03.16 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS THAT WILL COME RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR. 00:08:03.16\00:08:06.90 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT. 00:08:06.90\00:08:08.43 THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:08:08.43\00:08:12.23 THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:08:12.23\00:08:17.56 FAMILY. TODAY YOU BROUGHT ALONG PICTURES? 00:08:17.56\00:08:20.56 YES, I DID. 00:08:20.56\00:08:21.70 LET US TAKE A LOOK AND YOU TELL US WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 00:08:21.70\00:08:23.83 FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO ORIENT YOU WITH THE MAP. 00:08:23.83\00:08:28.56 YOU CAN SEE THAT SIKKIM IS NESTLED BETWEEN NEPAL 00:08:28.56\00:08:33.33 AND BHUTAN , EAST, WEST AND WEST BENGAL AND CHINA. 00:08:33.33\00:08:37.16 IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE BECAUSE THIS IS THE HIMALAYAN 00:08:37.16\00:08:43.66 MOUNTAINS. YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IS LOCATED JUST AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE 00:08:43.66\00:08:52.16 MOUNTAINS. YOU GO UP OR DOWN. 00:08:52.16\00:08:53.93 IT IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE SPRINGTIME. 00:08:53.93\00:08:57.83 THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT WE WERE HEADED FOR, A TWO STORY WOODEN 00:08:57.83\00:09:03.96 HOUSE. IT WAS VERY MEAGER INSIDE. 00:09:03.96\00:09:06.96 WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT PASTOR TAMSENG WANTED TO INTRODUCE ME 00:09:06.96\00:09:13.43 TO TEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED TO 00:09:13.43\00:09:17.53 SIKKIM . THIS IS THE OPENING WEDGE INTO SIKKIM . 00:09:17.53\00:09:21.13 SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY WORK THERE UNTIL 2011? 00:09:21.13\00:09:23.76 RIGHT! 00:09:23.76\00:09:25.06 HE WANTED TO INTRODUCE ME TO THESE PEOPLE. 00:09:25.06\00:09:27.83 THE MAN STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ME IN THIS PICTURE 00:09:27.83\00:09:30.66 AND THE LADY IN THE LIGHT COLORED PUNJABI THERE ARE 00:09:30.66\00:09:36.83 HUSBAND AND WIFE. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN FOR TRAINING AT PASTOR BILL 00:09:36.83\00:09:42.40 DULL'S INSTITUTE. IT IS A PRIVATE INSTITUTE IN JHARKHAND. 00:09:42.40\00:09:45.93 THEY ARE TRAINED PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO GO TO WORK. 00:09:45.93\00:09:50.03 THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:09:50.03\00:09:53.60 AND BEING ABLE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE. 00:09:53.60\00:09:55.76 THEY ARE JUST WAITING TO BE ASSIGNED. 00:09:55.76\00:09:59.66 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR OWN TRYING TO MAKE A MEAGER 00:09:59.66\00:10:14.26 LIVING. THE LADY IS A MID-WIFE. 00:10:14.26\00:10:16.83 HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN DOING SOME CARPENTRY WORK 00:10:16.83\00:10:20.83 AND TRYING TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP GOING. 00:10:20.83\00:10:23.63 GOSPEL OUTREACH CAME AND IT ENABLED HIM TO GO OUT 00:10:23.63\00:10:28.56 AND TO GIVE THE BIBLE STUDIES THAT HE HAS WANTED TO DO. 00:10:28.56\00:10:31.10 LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT PICTURE. 00:10:31.10\00:10:33.70 THIS IS PASTOR TAMSENG AND THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:10:33.70\00:10:39.26 THAT YOU JUST SAW IN HIS HOME. 00:10:39.26\00:10:41.13 THIS IS WHERE PASTOR TAMSENG POINTED OUT ALL THE VILLAGES. 00:10:41.13\00:10:45.30 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM IN THE PICTURE THERE. 00:10:45.30\00:10:47.23 ALL THE WHITE SPOTS ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE ARE THE HOMES THAT THIS MAN WILL BE VISITING. 00:10:47.23\00:10:52.03 HE IS GOING TO GIVE THE MESSAGE TO THEM. 00:10:52.03\00:10:55.06 HE WILL VISIT THESE VILLAGES ON FOOT? 00:10:55.06\00:10:58.93 YES, BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY NO OTHER WAY. 00:10:58.93\00:11:03.00 GOING UP AND DOWN ON THOSE MOUNTAINS, YOU DON'T WANT A 00:11:03.00\00:11:06.43 BICYCLE. THE DISTANCES ARE LIKE MILES? 00:11:06.43\00:11:10.20 YES, THIS IS ABOUT 15 TO 20 KILOMETERS FROM HIS HOME. 00:11:10.20\00:11:16.93 DR. NELSON'S GRAND-DAUGHTER KYLA IS LOOKING INTO THE MOUNTAINS 00:11:16.93\00:11:22.86 AS PASTOR TAMSENG WAS TELLING ABOUT THIS BEING A DARK AREA. 00:11:22.86\00:11:27.50 THERE IS NO WORKER HERE. 00:11:27.50\00:11:30.00 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GIVEN US THESE TEN 00:11:30.00\00:11:37.70 WORKERS. WE ARE HOPING FOR TEN MORE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THIS MESSAGE WILL BE STARTING 00:11:37.70\00:11:44.03 AND THEN IT WILL GAIN MOMENTUM. 00:11:44.03\00:11:47.80 BEFORE WE GO TO THAT PICTURE, BEVERLY, LET'S TRY TO PUT SOME 00:11:47.80\00:11:55.03 PRACTICAL REALITY INTO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING. 00:11:55.03\00:11:57.26 WE HAVE TEN NEW WORKERS. 00:11:57.26\00:11:59.03 GOSPEL OUTREACH WANTS DESPERATELY TO PROVIDE FOR THESE 00:11:59.03\00:12:10.66 TEN WORKERS SO THAT THE GOSPEL CAN BE SHARED WITH THE PEOPLE IN THOSE HILLS AND VILLAGES. 00:12:10.66\00:12:15.30 BY NEXT YEAR, YOU SAY YOU WANT TEN MORE WORKERS. 00:12:15.30\00:12:21.83 HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU NEED TO SUPPORT 10 NEW WORKERS IN THAT 00:12:21.83\00:12:29.23 REGION? IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR ALL TEN 00:12:29.23\00:12:35.66 OF THEM. EACH ONE CAN BE SUPPORTED FOR 100 DOLLARS A 00:12:35.66\00:12:50.90 MONTH? WITH THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, HE GETS 100 DOLLARS AND SHE GETS 100 DOLLARS? 00:12:50.90\00:12:55.06 YES, THIS IS A SMALL FAMILY. 00:12:55.06\00:12:59.70 THEY HAVE ONE CHILD. 00:12:59.70\00:13:01.43 IT IS A GOOD LIVING FOR A FAMILY TO BRING IN 200 DOLLARS IN A 00:13:01.43\00:13:08.00 MONTH. IF THERE IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 00:13:08.00\00:13:10.93 WHOSE WIFE IS NOT EQUIPPED OR NEEDS TO STAY HOME WITH 00:13:10.93\00:13:23.53 CHILDREN, THEN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GETS 100 DOLLARS FOR HIS FAMILY SUPPORT? 00:13:23.53\00:13:29.73 YES! 00:13:29.73\00:13:30.86 THERE CAN BE A LITTLE INEQUITY THERE? 00:13:30.86\00:13:34.00 THERE CAN BE. 00:13:34.00\00:13:35.50 WHEN A WOMAN WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK SPREADING THE GOSPEL, SHE 00:13:35.50\00:13:40.96 DESERVES A SALARY. IT IS BRINGING IN MORE MONEY AND BRINGING IN MORE RESPECT 00:13:40.96\00:13:46.00 TO THEIR FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:13:46.00\00:13:48.73 IT CERTAINLY BRINGS IN MORE RESPONSE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 00:13:48.73\00:13:52.90 WHO CAN BE CONTACTED FOR THE POTENTIAL GROWTH OF THE WORK. 00:13:52.90\00:13:55.73 WE DO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THOUGH WHO RECEIVE 100 00:13:55.73\00:13:59.93 DOLLARS A MONTH AND THEY MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CHILDREN. 00:13:59.93\00:14:03.06 TO THEM IT IS PROBABLY A MEAGER BUT VERY LIVEABLE SALARY IN THE 00:14:03.06\00:14:10.93 VILLAGE. THE PEOPLE THERE DO NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT KIND OF 00:14:10.93\00:14:14.50 INCOME. THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. 00:14:14.50\00:14:16.30 FOLKS, LET ME UNDERSCORE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING HERE. 00:14:16.30\00:14:21.50 THEY NEED TEN MORE WORKERS IN THIS REGION OF SIKKUM . 00:14:21.50\00:14:29.16 YES! 00:14:29.16\00:14:30.10 IN ROUND FIGURES, THAT IS 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH. 00:14:30.10\00:14:35.86 MOST OF US COULD NOT SURVIVE ON 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH BY OURSELVES HERE IN OUR ECONOMY. 00:14:35.86\00:14:43.70 IN THAT ECONOMY, THE 100 DOLLARS A MONTH IS ADEQUATE FOR MOST 00:14:43.70\00:14:53.20 FAMILIES. HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, ANOTHER 1000 DOLLARS ON THE PRESENT BUDGET, 00:14:53.20\00:15:04.00 HAS TO BE SERIOUSLY LOOKED AT. 00:15:04.00\00:15:07.00 THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP IN 00:15:07.00\00:15:13.63 SIKKIM, IS THE MONEY THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY, LIKE YOU AND ME, SENDS TO GOSPEL 00:15:13.63\00:15:29.73 OUTREACH. AMEN! 00:15:29.73\00:15:30.76 THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE ADDRESS. 00:15:30.76\00:15:32.76 THIS IS THE REASON FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY 00:15:32.76\00:15:34.93 THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU TO JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS 00:15:34.93\00:15:41.36 MINISTRY. ONLY HEAVEN WILL RECORD THE ULTIMATE IMPACT AND 00:15:41.36\00:15:49.53 EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT WE DO NOW FOR A REGION LIKE SIKKIM . 00:15:49.53\00:15:53.83 NOW YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES. 00:15:56.46\00:15:57.90 THIS IS IN DARJEELING . 00:15:57.90\00:16:00.40 ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS HAS AN ENGLISH SCHOOL THERE. 00:16:00.40\00:16:02.70 THE SHORT WORKER ON HER RIGHT IS A WORKER FOR ADVENTIST FRONTIER 00:16:02.70\00:16:08.30 MISSIONS. THE MAN ON HER RIGHT, THE TALLER ONE, IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR FROM COLLEGE. 00:16:08.30\00:16:15.16 THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HIM BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:16:15.16\00:16:19.66 WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE AFM AND SHE SAID HE WAS A GOOD MAN 00:16:19.66\00:16:27.20 BUT HE IS NOT QUITE READY TO GET OUT ON HIS OWN AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER YET. 00:16:27.20\00:16:32.33 WHO IS SHE? 00:16:32.33\00:16:33.53 SHE IS AN ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION WORKER. 00:16:33.53\00:16:36.93 THE SHORTER GENTLEMAN ON HER LEFT IS ALSO AN ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION WORKER? 00:16:36.93\00:16:40.53 YES, THEY HAVE HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE IS A GRADUATE OF THEIR 00:16:40.53\00:16:44.86 PROGRAM. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH AND ALSO SPEAKS NEPALI, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE THEY USE IN DARJEELING. 00:16:44.86\00:16:50.76 NOW WHEN YOU SAY THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, WHAT COLLEGE? 00:16:50.76\00:16:53.73 A LOCAL ONE IN DARJEELING! 00:16:53.73\00:16:56.20 DARJEELING HAS A POPULATION OF 400 THOUSAND AND IT IS ON THE 00:16:56.20\00:16:59.76 HILLSIDE. I TOOK THIS PICTURE JUST TO SHOW THE HILLSIDE. 00:16:59.76\00:17:04.13 THIS IS UNCLE MICHAEL AND HE TEACHES ENGLISH AS A SECOND 00:17:04.13\00:17:08.56 LANGUAGE. HIS HOME IS THAT SHACK THERE. 00:17:08.56\00:17:11.40 JUST IMAGINE THIS HILLSIDE IS UP AND DOWN. 00:17:11.40\00:17:17.20 EVERYONE IS GOING UP AND DOWN. 00:17:17.20\00:17:19.60 THE ROADS ARE NARROW SO THAT YOU CAN HARDLY PASS. 00:17:19.60\00:17:23.93 YOU HAVE TO MANUVER IF THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 00:17:23.93\00:17:28.06 HERE'S PASTOR TAMSENG TAKING US UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 00:17:28.06\00:17:35.70 THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE CITY IN GANGTOK AND HE IS SAYING TO LOOK 00:17:35.70\00:17:40.80 AT THIS CITY. THERE'S NO WORKERS IN GANGTOK. 00:17:40.80\00:17:43.30 IT IS A HUGE CITY WHERE THEY ARE ALL BUDDHISTS. 00:17:43.30\00:17:51.00 THIS IS THE MAJOR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION THERE. 00:17:51.00\00:17:53.03 LOOK AT THIS COUNTRYSIDE, WE NEED WORKERS. 00:17:53.03\00:17:55.30 IT WAS SORT OF CUTE BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TURNED AROUND, 00:17:55.30\00:17:59.66 PASTOR TAMSENG WAS SAYING, "SEE, THIS IS DARK, WE NEED WORKERS." 00:17:59.66\00:18:04.43 THIS IS A BUDDHIST MONASTARY. 00:18:04.43\00:18:06.63 THEY HAD AN IDOL INSIDE WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD AND FOUR HUMAN 00:18:06.63\00:18:12.76 HANDS AND ARMS. AS WE WERE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS FROM SEEING THE MONASTARY, 00:18:12.76\00:18:20.20 WE SAW WOMEN SHOVELING DIRT TO LEVEL A PLACE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A PARKING LOT. 00:18:20.20\00:18:27.26 THESE ARE WOMEN WORKING WITH THOSE SHOVELS? 00:18:27.26\00:18:30.93 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LONG TIME BUT THAT ROPE SEEMS TO BE TIED 00:18:30.93\00:18:39.60 TO HER SHOVEL. THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS HELPING TO LIFT UP THAT HEAVY SHOVEL FULL OF 00:18:39.60\00:18:47.33 DIRT AND DUMP IT INTO THE BASKET. 00:18:47.33\00:18:52.23 SO THIS IS EARTH MOVING IN DARJEELING ? 00:18:52.23\00:18:59.23 RIGHT! 00:18:59.23\00:19:00.40 AND THERE GOES THE DUMP TRUCK. 00:19:00.40\00:19:03.20 TO ME IT WAS SAD TO SEE THE HARD WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE IN THIS 00:19:03.20\00:19:10.86 FORM. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE GETTING A SALARY. 00:19:10.86\00:19:15.00 WHAT KIND OF MONEY DO THEY EARN? 00:19:15.00\00:19:18.73 I THINK IT IS PROBABLY A DOLLAR A DAY. 00:19:18.73\00:19:23.56 THAT IS A DOLLAR A DAY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE. 00:19:23.56\00:19:28.96 THAT IS RIGHT! 00:19:28.96\00:19:30.13 THERE IS PROBABLY SOME ONE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF? 00:19:30.13\00:19:33.50 THAT IS RIGHT! 00:19:33.50\00:19:34.70 THEY NEED THE STORY OF GREATER HOPE, NOT TO HAVE MORE MONEY, 00:19:34.70\00:19:40.73 BUT TO HAVE RELIEF FROM THE DRUDGERY THAT THAT LIFE 00:19:40.73\00:19:46.10 REPRESENTS. I HAD TO TAKE THE PICTURE OF THESE FOUR MEN. 00:19:46.10\00:19:50.10 THE FIRST MAN ON THE RIGHT, PASTOR TAMSENG, 00:19:50.10\00:19:54.40 IS THE ONE WITH THAT MESSAGE THAT WE NEED MORE WORKERS. 00:19:54.40\00:19:57.10 THE NEXT MAN IS PASTOR BHATTI, FROM THE UNION. 00:19:57.10\00:20:00.10 HE WAS WITH ME FOR FIVE WEEKS, SEEING ALL THAT I SAW AND HEARING ALL THAT I HEARD. 00:20:00.10\00:20:06.46 HE IS ACQUAINTED WITH THIS TERRITORY? 00:20:06.46\00:20:09.26 HAS HE BEEN THERE BEFORE? 00:20:09.26\00:20:10.60 NO. 00:20:10.60\00:20:11.56 HE IS NEW TO THE AREA AND HE HAS A NEW POSITION. 00:20:11.56\00:20:13.80 SO IT WAS AN EDUCATION, HE SAID, FOR HIM TO COME OUT WITH ME. 00:20:13.80\00:20:17.90 HE WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME. 00:20:17.90\00:20:21.36 I SEE PASTOR TAMSENG, IS THAT HIS NAME? 00:20:21.36\00:20:26.86 I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. 00:20:26.86\00:20:28.43 HE DOES HAVE AN ASIAN APPEARANCE ABOUT HIM. 00:20:28.43\00:20:30.36 THAT LETS HIM HAVE A NATURAL ENTRÉE TO THOSE PEOPLE? 00:20:30.36\00:20:34.56 YES, TO BOTH THE SIKKIMESE AND THE BHUTANESE. 00:20:34.56\00:20:36.93 THE NEXT MAN IS THE ONE PASTOR IN SIKKIM . 00:20:36.93\00:20:44.23 THERE IS ONE PASTOR IN SIKKIM ? 00:20:44.23\00:20:47.80 WHERE IS HIS CHURCH, DARJEELING ? 00:20:47.80\00:20:50.33 NO, IT IS CLOSER TO GANGTOK, BUT HE IS OUT IN THE COUNTRY AT A 00:20:50.33\00:20:56.06 SMALLER VILLAGE. THERE IS DR. NELSON, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING ME 00:20:56.06\00:21:01.50 AND HELPING WITH THE SERMONS AND TEACHING OR WHATEVER I DID. 00:21:01.50\00:21:05.36 DID HE DO A HEALTH CLINIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 00:21:05.36\00:21:10.16 NO, WE DID NOT HOLD CLINICS BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE LOCAL INCOME. 00:21:10.16\00:21:15.33 HE DID HEALTH TEACHING AND PREACHING, ALSO. 00:21:15.33\00:21:21.40 IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAD THOSE KINDS OF ESCORTS. 00:21:21.40\00:21:26.56 OH, YES! 00:21:26.56\00:21:27.73 I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED WITH ALL FOUR OF THEM IN THIS AREA. 00:21:27.73\00:21:30.83 THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN RIVERS THAT FLOWS BETWEEN THE SIKKIMESE 00:21:30.83\00:21:37.36 MOUNTAINS, BY THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 00:21:37.36\00:21:40.03 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT ABOUT 1000 TO 2000 FEET 00:21:40.03\00:21:42.96 AND YOU COULD LOOK UP ANOTHER FIVE TO SIX THOUSAND FEET. 00:21:42.96\00:21:47.23 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT IT WAS A VERY MISTY TIME. 00:21:47.23\00:21:51.86 THIS IS BECAUSE THEY BURN A LOT OF LEAVES AT THIS TIME OF THE 00:21:51.86\00:21:55.50 YEAR. I THOUGHT THAT IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE DARKNESS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INTO. 00:21:55.50\00:21:59.60 THIS IS WHERE WE HAD A FRIDAY EVENING VESPERS IN THE OUTDOORS 00:21:59.60\00:22:08.76 ON SOMEONES FLAT SURFACE NEAR THEIR HOME. 00:22:08.76\00:22:11.83 THEY SAID THEY HAVE VESPERS THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A POTLUCK AFTERWARDS. 00:22:11.83\00:22:15.50 WHILE WE WERE THERE, DARK CLOUDS STARTED TO ROLL IN. 00:22:15.50\00:22:19.56 WE STARTED TO GET SPLASHED WITH BIG HEAVY DROPS. 00:22:19.56\00:22:22.60 I THOUGHT THAT I WAS TO PREACH TONIGHT. 00:22:22.60\00:22:27.86 I WANTED TO TELL THEM MY MESSAGE. 00:22:27.86\00:22:29.70 I SAID, "ONLY YOU CAN CONTROL THIS. 00:22:29.70\00:22:32.80 YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF THE WINDS AND THE RAIN." 00:22:32.80\00:22:35.20 I PRAYED A PRAYER AND IT WAS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WAS CUT 00:22:35.20\00:22:39.23 OFF. THE RAIN STOPPED AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON WITH THE 00:22:39.23\00:22:42.80 PROGRAM. THIS IS DR. NELSON AND HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER, WHO WAS 00:22:42.80\00:22:47.13 TRAVELING WITH US. SHE KNOWS SO MANY MEMORY VERSES. 00:22:47.13\00:22:49.83 SHE WOULD GUESS WHAT MEMORY VERSE I WAS GOING TO ASK HER TO 00:22:49.83\00:22:55.33 GIVE. IT MIGHT BE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 00:22:55.33\00:22:56.96 IT MIGHT BE THE 23RD PSALM OR THE 1ST PSALM. 00:22:56.96\00:22:59.06 SHE HAS MEMORIZED ALL OF THOSE? 00:22:59.06\00:23:01.00 OH, YES! 00:23:01.00\00:23:02.00 BLESS HER HEART! 00:23:02.00\00:23:04.26 SHE STIMULATED ZEAL FOR THE YOUTH 00:23:04.26\00:23:05.90 AND FOR THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. 00:23:05.90\00:23:09.10 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE SHE HAS SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICE? 00:23:09.10\00:23:13.66 SHE HAD HER CAMERA OUT. 00:23:13.66\00:23:15.63 IT WAS THRILLING THERE. 00:23:15.63\00:23:19.53 THERE IS THE PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY. 00:23:19.53\00:23:21.70 HE ACTUALLY TOOK US TO HIS HOUSE AND ASSIGNED EACH ONE OF US A 00:23:21.70\00:23:25.30 ROOM TO SLEEP IN. SO THAT IS QUITE A COMODIOUS DWELLINGTHEN? 00:23:25.30\00:23:29.80 YES, BUT THEY ARE SINGLE WALL. 00:23:29.80\00:23:32.26 THAT PLYWOOD IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SOME RATHER RUSTIC STUDS ON 00:23:32.26\00:23:38.50 THE OTHER SIDE. THEY HAD BEDS IN EACH ROOM FOR MOST OF US. 00:23:38.50\00:23:42.56 SOME SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. 00:23:42.56\00:23:44.80 I THINK THE FAMILY WENT DOWNSTAIRS WHERE THERE WERE NO 00:23:44.80\00:23:47.53 BEDS, SO THEY COULD ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. 00:23:47.53\00:23:49.73 IS THAT TWO CHILDREN? 00:23:49.73\00:23:52.76 TWO CHILDREN, YES! 00:23:52.76\00:23:53.80 WE WERE TAKEN TO HIS ONE AND ONLY CHURCH IN SIKKIM. 00:23:53.80\00:23:59.20 @ 00:23:59.20\00:24:03.43 THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 00:23:59.20\00:24:03.43 WE HAD SABBATH SCHOOL AND CHURCH THERE. 00:24:03.43\00:24:06.50 AFTERWARDS THEY HAD A PICTURE TAKEN OF EVERYONE THAT WAS 00:24:06.50\00:24:09.50 THERE. I MUST SAY, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IS THE MOST THRILLING TO 00:24:09.50\00:24:15.20 BE WITH. THEY ARE SO ANXIOUS FOR THIS MESSAGE TO GO TO ALLTHE 00:24:15.20\00:24:19.30 WORLD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE IN SIKKIM . 00:24:19.30\00:24:21.50 THEY LEVELED A SPOT ABOVE THE CHURCH AND BUILT A SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:24:21.50\00:24:26.46 THIS IS A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:24:26.46\00:24:29.93 IT IS ONLY ABOUT 6 FEET WIDE BY 15 FEET LONG. 00:24:29.93\00:24:37.86 THE INSIDE LOOKS LIKE THIS. 00:24:37.86\00:24:40.40 THERE ARE DESKS AND SEATS FOR THEM TO SIT ON. 00:24:40.40\00:24:42.66 ABOUT 25 KIDS WILL GET IN THAT SCHOOL ROOM. 00:24:42.66\00:24:45.50 I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I HAVE TO INTERUPT YOU WITH. 00:24:45.50\00:24:48.00 IS THIS THE ONLY EDUCATION THAT PEOPLE IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA 00:24:48.00\00:24:55.76 HAVE ACCESS TO? YES, THIS IS WHY THEY WANTED TO BUILD IT IS 00:24:55.76\00:24:59.43 BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR ANY OF THE PEOPLE FOR A LONG WAY. 00:24:59.43\00:25:03.70 THE ILLITERACY RATE IS HIGH. 00:25:03.70\00:25:05.63 THEY NEED THIS KIND OF FACILITY THERE. 00:25:05.63\00:25:08.20 THERE IS PASTOR TAMSENG POINTING OUT THE MOUNTAIN. 00:25:08.20\00:25:14.76 CAN YOU SEE THE WHITE SPOTS? 00:25:14.76\00:25:16.36 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM IN THE PICTURE HERE. 00:25:16.36\00:25:18.36 HE SAID THAT THOSE ARE HOMES. 00:25:18.36\00:25:20.23 THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED DOWN TO THE RIVER 00:25:20.23\00:25:22.70 AND HAVE WALKED BACK HERE TO ATTEND CHURCH TODAY. 00:25:22.70\00:25:25.16 LOOKING FROM ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ROOF, THAT IS THE TOILET. 00:25:25.16\00:25:30.86 AND BEYOND THAT YOU SEE A GREEN CHECKED THING. 00:25:30.86\00:25:37.66 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL OFFICES THERE. 00:25:37.66\00:25:39.13 BEYOND THAT IS ONE MORE CLASSROOM. 00:25:39.13\00:25:41.13 THIS IS WHERE WE HELD THE SABBATH SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN ON 00:25:41.13\00:25:44.93 SABBATH MORNING. YOU KNOW, BEV, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP 00:25:44.93\00:25:47.43 WITH THAT ONE. WE ARE CLEAR OUT OF TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM. 00:25:47.43\00:25:49.90 AS YOU CAN TELL, WE GET ON A ROLL WITH THESE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAMS. 00:25:49.90\00:25:54.93 EVERY SLIDE, EVERY PICTURE IS AN EXCITING STORY OF WHAT IS 00:25:54.93\00:26:03.46 HAPPENING IN THE TERRITORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:03.46\00:26:06.93 WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF IT. 00:26:06.93\00:26:08.63 I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE A PART OF IT, BEV! 00:26:08.63\00:26:11.53 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP; 00:26:11.53\00:26:13.86 FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO OUT THERE AND MEET THE PEOPLE, TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY. 00:26:13.86\00:26:18.63 GOD INDEED HAS BLESSED YOU AND IS BLESSING YOU. 00:26:18.63\00:26:22.23 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE A 00:26:22.23\00:26:29.70 PART OF THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:26:29.70\00:26:31.36 WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS. 00:26:31.36\00:26:33.36 WE COVET YOUR SUPPORT. 00:26:33.36\00:26:34.93 THE PEOPLE AT SIKKIM DO. 00:26:34.93\00:26:39.26 MAY GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL NEXT TIME. 00:26:39.26\00:26:41.70 CLOSING MUSIC. 00:26:41.70\00:28:29.20