Participants: Bev Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000350
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:14 HELLO EVERYBODY. 00:15 I AM DAN MATTHEWS AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AGAIN 00:19 WITH THE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM THAT TELLS THE STORIES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26 YOU WILL SOON SEE HOW WE DO THIS. 00:29 PRIMARILY, WE GET TO HAVE REPORTS FROM THE FRONT LINE OF WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:37 ARE DOING ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE, PARICULARLY, ACROSS THE 10-40 WINDOW. 00:44 WITH ME TODAY IS ONE OF MY NEW SISTERS. 00:48 I SAY NEW BECAUSE I HAVE NOT KNOWN VERY LONG. 00:54 I AM GLAD TO BE WITH BEVERLY THOMPSON TODAY. 00:57 THANK YOU, BEVERLY FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:00 AND BEING WITH US HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 01:04 YOU ARE A VERY SPECIAL LADY. 01:07 YOU WERE THE FIRST FEMALE TO BECOME A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 01:14 DID YOU HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOKED AT 01:18 THESE OLD GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS OPERATION FOR A WHILE? 01:23 I REALLY LOOKED TO MY HUSBAND TO BE MY BRAINS AND MY HELPER. 01:27 RIGHT AFTER I WAS ASKED TO BE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR, HE WAS HURT AND I NO LONGER HAVE HIM. 01:35 I DO FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THE OLD GANG OF MEN. 01:42 LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS, BEV CAN HOLD HER OWN. 01:47 SHE HAS GOT EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T QUIT. 01:53 HER ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH ALL OF US IS JUST A BLESSING. 02:00 WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 02:04 I HAVE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION BEFORE BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE VIEWING TODAY 02:08 THAT DIDN'T HEAR THIS THE LAST TIME I ASKED THE QUESTION. 02:10 TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION, WHERE IS IT? 02:14 IT IS NORHEAST INDIA. 02:15 THIS MEANS NORTH OF CALCUTTA, UP INTO AND INCLUDING BHUTAN, 02:19 AND SIKKIM THEN SOUTH OF NEPAL DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIA. 02:24 THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THAT TERRITORY. 02:27 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, YES! 02:29 ARE THEY ALL PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE KIND OF BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THOUGH? 02:36 I LOVE TO BE WITH THEM AND VISIT WITH THEM. 02:39 I FEEL THAT MY HEART IS WITH THEM ALSO. 02:43 YOU TRAVELED TO INDIA SEVERAL TIMES IN YOUR SHORT REIGN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:50 YES, THERE ARE A FEW YEARS THAT I WENT TWICE A YEAR BECAUSE I TOOK SOME 02:54 EVANGELISTIC YOUTH GROUPS THERE. 02:57 I USUALLY GO ONCE A YEAR. 03:00 WE ARE TAPING HERE TODAY IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2011, SO THE MOST RECENT 03:09 TRIP WAS WHEN? 03:10 I LEFT INDIA ON MARCH 23. 03:13 SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BACK FOR VERY LONG THEN? 03:17 NO! 03:17 I MADE A TRIP TO TURKEY IN ROUTE TO HOME. 03:21 I WAS THERE THREE WEEKS ALSO. 03:22 YOU ARE A TRAVELING GRANDMA. 03:26 YOU TOOK YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WITH YOU ON TRIP? 03:29 YES. 03:31 YOU ARE GOING TO TALK TO US TODAY ABOUT A PARTICULAR REGION THAT I 03:37 HAVE NEVER HEARD MUCH ABOUT BEFORE. 03:39 SO WHERE IS THIS? 03:41 THIS IS IN SIKKIM . 03:43 IT IS A PART THAT IS NESTLED BETWEEN NEPAL AND BHUTAN IN NORTH INDIA. 03:50 IN FACT, IT WAS IN 2003 THAT CHINA CONCEDED TO SAY THAT INDIA OWNS SIKKIM. 03:59 IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GEOGRAPHY THERE BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTED 04:05 THAT ROUTE INTO CHINA? 04:07 THAT IS RIGHT! 04:09 IT HAS BEEN IN TIBETIAN HANDS AND CHINA HANDS, 04:12 BHUTAN AND NEPAL, INDIA AND THE BRITISH. 04:16 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND TO US WESTERNERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 04:28 WHEN I WENT THIS TIME, I HAD TO STOP AT THE BORDER GOING INTO SIKKIM 04:34 AND GET PERMISSION TO GO IN. 04:36 IS IT BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL SIKKIMESE, IF I CAN CALL THEM THAT? 04:42 IS THAT A PROPER TERM? 04:44 YES, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY EXCURSIONS 04:50 THAT THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE MADE AND THE SECURITY OF THE AREA. 04:56 AS A WESTERNER AND REPRESENTING GOSPEL OUTREACH, 05:01 THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM TO THEM WHEN THEY LEARNED WHO YOU WERE? 05:04 AS LONG AS I GAVE MY PASSPORT WITH MY PICTURE AND MY COPY OF THE VISA TO INDIA TO THEM. 05:10 THEY PHOTO COPIED IT AND GAVE ME THE RIGHT PAPER WORK. 05:14 THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. 05:16 WHO WAS WITH YOU ON THIS TRIP? 05:17 PASTOR TAMSENG IS PART NEPALAN AND PART SIKKIMESE . 05:22 HE HAS SLANTED EYES SO HE GETS VERY WELL ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE 05:29 WHETHER THEY ARE ANTI-NEPALI OR ANY OTHER ANTI BECAUSE OF THE MIXTURE OF HIS RACE. 05:37 TELL US MORE ABOUT HIM AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCERNED. 05:40 HE IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE NORTH BENGAL SECTION. 05:44 HE IS A VERY ASTUTE MAN WITH HIS ACTIVITIES. 05:49 HE GOES OUT TO VISIT THE WORKERS. 05:51 BUT HIS HEART IS IN SIKKIM. 05:53 HE WANTS TO SEE THAT THIS MESSAGE GOES TO THESE SIKKIMESE PEOPLE. 05:57 IT IS JUST THRILLING TO BE WITH HIM. 05:59 WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME PICTURES OF HIM OF HOW HE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND TO SAY, 06:05 "THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MESSAGE. 06:08 THEY NEED THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST. 06:10 IT IS DARK IN THIS COUNTRY." 06:12 ALTOGETHER, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE THE BLESSING OF COORDINATING? 06:19 ABOUT 120! 06:21 HAVE YOU MET THEM ALL? 06:23 OH. 06:24 YES! 06:25 THEY ARE GLAD TO SEE MOTHER THOMPSON COMING? 06:27 THEY CALL ME AUNTIE, MOM OR GRANDM; IT DOESN'T MATTER. 06:32 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO TO SEE THESE PEOPLE? 06:38 I AM ASKING THIS QUESTION SO THAT OUR VIEWERS CAN REALIZE 06:41 THAT YOU DON'T JUST GO ON A TRIP. 06:42 YOU HAVE A MISSION THAT YOU ARE ACHIEVING WHEN YOU GO. 06:46 EACH TIME I GO, I LOOK FOR WHAT AM I GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THEM 06:51 THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I COME BACK? 06:54 THIS YEAR I HAD SELECTED SABBATH KEEPING AND EVANGELISM. 07:00 I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THESE TWO SUBJECTS EVERYWHERE I WENT. 07:07 SO YOU PREACH WHEN YOU GO. 07:10 YES, AND TEACH. 07:11 BLESS YOUR HEART! 07:12 FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS, 07:17 THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGAM IS PRODUCED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:30 WE DO THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH YOU 07:33 AND WE WANT YOU TO CONNECT WITH US. 07:35 THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:50 YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR BEV TELL US MORE STORIES TODAY. 07:53 YOU WILL WANT TO PONDER SOME OF THESE STORIES OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 07:57 STORIES LIKE HERS WILL APPEAR IN THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER CALLED, 08:03 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS THAT WILL COME RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR. 08:06 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT. 08:08 THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:12 THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 08:17 TODAY YOU BROUGHT ALONG PICTURES? 08:20 YES, I DID. 08:21 LET US TAKE A LOOK AND YOU TELL US WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 08:23 FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO ORIENT YOU WITH THE MAP. 08:28 YOU CAN SEE THAT SIKKIM IS NESTLED BETWEEN NEPAL 08:33 AND BHUTAN , EAST, WEST AND WEST BENGAL AND CHINA. 08:37 IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE BECAUSE THIS IS THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 08:43 YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IS LOCATED JUST AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS. 08:52 YOU GO UP OR DOWN. 08:53 IT IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE SPRINGTIME. 08:57 THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT WE WERE HEADED FOR, A TWO STORY WOODEN HOUSE. 09:03 IT WAS VERY MEAGER INSIDE. 09:06 WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT PASTOR TAMSENG WANTED TO INTRODUCE ME TO TEN 09:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED TO SIKKIM . 09:17 THIS IS THE OPENING WEDGE INTO SIKKIM . 09:21 SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY WORK THERE UNTIL 2011? 09:23 RIGHT! 09:25 HE WANTED TO INTRODUCE ME TO THESE PEOPLE. 09:27 THE MAN STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ME IN THIS PICTURE 09:30 AND THE LADY IN THE LIGHT COLORED PUNJABI THERE ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. 09:36 THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN FOR TRAINING AT PASTOR BILL DULL'S INSTITUTE. 09:42 IT IS A PRIVATE INSTITUTE IN JHARKHAND. 09:45 THEY ARE TRAINED PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO GO TO WORK. 09:50 THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:53 AND BEING ABLE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE. 09:55 THEY ARE JUST WAITING TO BE ASSIGNED. 09:59 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR OWN TRYING TO MAKE A MEAGER LIVING. 10:14 THE LADY IS A MID-WIFE. 10:16 HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN DOING SOME CARPENTRY WORK 10:20 AND TRYING TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP GOING. 10:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH CAME AND IT ENABLED HIM TO GO OUT 10:28 AND TO GIVE THE BIBLE STUDIES THAT HE HAS WANTED TO DO. 10:31 LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT PICTURE. 10:33 THIS IS PASTOR TAMSENG AND THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 10:39 THAT YOU JUST SAW IN HIS HOME. 10:41 THIS IS WHERE PASTOR TAMSENG POINTED OUT ALL THE VILLAGES. 10:45 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM IN THE PICTURE THERE. 10:47 ALL THE WHITE SPOTS ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE ARE THE HOMES THAT THIS MAN WILL BE VISITING. 10:52 HE IS GOING TO GIVE THE MESSAGE TO THEM. 10:55 HE WILL VISIT THESE VILLAGES ON FOOT? 10:58 YES, BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY NO OTHER WAY. 11:03 GOING UP AND DOWN ON THOSE MOUNTAINS, YOU DON'T WANT A BICYCLE. 11:06 THE DISTANCES ARE LIKE MILES? 11:10 YES, THIS IS ABOUT 15 TO 20 KILOMETERS FROM HIS HOME. 11:16 DR. NELSON'S GRAND-DAUGHTER KYLA IS LOOKING INTO THE MOUNTAINS 11:22 AS PASTOR TAMSENG WAS TELLING ABOUT THIS BEING A DARK AREA. 11:27 THERE IS NO WORKER HERE. 11:30 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GIVEN US THESE TEN WORKERS. 11:37 WE ARE HOPING FOR TEN MORE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THIS MESSAGE WILL BE STARTING 11:44 AND THEN IT WILL GAIN MOMENTUM. 11:47 BEFORE WE GO TO THAT PICTURE, BEVERLY, LET'S TRY TO PUT SOME PRACTICAL REALITY 11:55 INTO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING. 11:57 WE HAVE TEN NEW WORKERS. 11:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WANTS DESPERATELY TO PROVIDE FOR THESE TEN WORKERS 12:10 SO THAT THE GOSPEL CAN BE SHARED WITH THE PEOPLE IN THOSE HILLS AND VILLAGES. 12:15 BY NEXT YEAR, YOU SAY YOU WANT TEN MORE WORKERS. 12:21 HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU NEED TO SUPPORT 10 NEW WORKERS IN THAT REGION? 12:29 IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR ALL TEN OF THEM. 12:35 EACH ONE CAN BE SUPPORTED FOR 100 DOLLARS A MONTH? 12:50 WITH THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, HE GETS 100 DOLLARS AND SHE GETS 100 DOLLARS? 12:55 YES, THIS IS A SMALL FAMILY. 12:59 THEY HAVE ONE CHILD. 13:01 IT IS A GOOD LIVING FOR A FAMILY TO BRING IN 200 DOLLARS IN A MONTH. 13:08 IF THERE IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 13:10 WHOSE WIFE IS NOT EQUIPPED OR NEEDS TO STAY HOME WITH CHILDREN, 13:23 THEN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GETS 100 DOLLARS FOR HIS FAMILY SUPPORT? 13:29 YES! 13:30 THERE CAN BE A LITTLE INEQUITY THERE? 13:34 THERE CAN BE. 13:35 WHEN A WOMAN WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK SPREADING THE GOSPEL, SHE DESERVES A SALARY. 13:40 IT IS BRINGING IN MORE MONEY AND BRINGING IN MORE RESPECT 13:46 TO THEIR FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 13:48 IT CERTAINLY BRINGS IN MORE RESPONSE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 13:52 WHO CAN BE CONTACTED FOR THE POTENTIAL GROWTH OF THE WORK. 13:55 WE DO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THOUGH WHO RECEIVE 100 DOLLARS A MONTH 13:59 AND THEY MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CHILDREN. 14:03 TO THEM IT IS PROBABLY A MEAGER BUT VERY LIVEABLE SALARY IN THE VILLAGE. 14:10 THE PEOPLE THERE DO NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT KIND OF INCOME. 14:14 THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. 14:16 FOLKS, LET ME UNDERSCORE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING HERE. 14:21 THEY NEED TEN MORE WORKERS IN THIS REGION OF SIKKUM . 14:29 YES! 14:30 IN ROUND FIGURES, THAT IS 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH. 14:35 MOST OF US COULD NOT SURVIVE ON 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH BY OURSELVES HERE IN OUR ECONOMY. 14:43 IN THAT ECONOMY, THE 100 DOLLARS A MONTH IS ADEQUATE FOR MOST FAMILIES. 14:53 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, ANOTHER 1000 DOLLARS ON THE PRESENT BUDGET, 15:04 HAS TO BE SERIOUSLY LOOKED AT. 15:07 THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP IN SIKKIM, 15:13 IS THE MONEY THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY, LIKE YOU AND ME, SENDS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:29 AMEN! 15:30 THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE ADDRESS. 15:32 THIS IS THE REASON FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY 15:34 THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU TO JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS MINISTRY. 15:41 ONLY HEAVEN WILL RECORD THE ULTIMATE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS 15:49 OF WHAT WE DO NOW FOR A REGION LIKE SIKKIM . 15:56 NOW YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES. 15:57 THIS IS IN DARJEELING . 16:00 ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS HAS AN ENGLISH SCHOOL THERE. 16:02 THE SHORT WORKER ON HER RIGHT IS A WORKER FOR ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS. 16:08 THE MAN ON HER RIGHT, THE TALLER ONE, IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR FROM COLLEGE. 16:15 THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HIM BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 16:19 WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE AFM AND SHE SAID HE WAS A GOOD MAN 16:27 BUT HE IS NOT QUITE READY TO GET OUT ON HIS OWN AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER YET. 16:32 WHO IS SHE? 16:33 SHE IS AN ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION WORKER. 16:36 THE SHORTER GENTLEMAN ON HER LEFT IS ALSO AN ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSION WORKER? 16:40 YES, THEY HAVE HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE IS A GRADUATE OF THEIR PROGRAM. 16:44 HE SPEAKS ENGLISH AND ALSO SPEAKS NEPALI, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE THEY USE IN DARJEELING. 16:50 NOW WHEN YOU SAY THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, WHAT COLLEGE? 16:53 A LOCAL ONE IN DARJEELING! 16:56 DARJEELING HAS A POPULATION OF 400 THOUSAND AND IT IS ON THE HILLSIDE. 16:59 I TOOK THIS PICTURE JUST TO SHOW THE HILLSIDE. 17:04 THIS IS UNCLE MICHAEL AND HE TEACHES ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. 17:08 HIS HOME IS THAT SHACK THERE. 17:11 JUST IMAGINE THIS HILLSIDE IS UP AND DOWN. 17:17 EVERYONE IS GOING UP AND DOWN. 17:19 THE ROADS ARE NARROW SO THAT YOU CAN HARDLY PASS. 17:23 YOU HAVE TO MANUVER IF THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 17:28 HERE'S PASTOR TAMSENG TAKING US UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 17:35 THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE CITY IN GANGTOK AND HE IS SAYING TO LOOK AT THIS CITY. 17:40 THERE'S NO WORKERS IN GANGTOK. 17:43 IT IS A HUGE CITY WHERE THEY ARE ALL BUDDHISTS. 17:51 THIS IS THE MAJOR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION THERE. 17:53 LOOK AT THIS COUNTRYSIDE, WE NEED WORKERS. 17:55 IT WAS SORT OF CUTE BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TURNED AROUND, 17:59 PASTOR TAMSENG WAS SAYING, "SEE, THIS IS DARK, WE NEED WORKERS." 18:04 THIS IS A BUDDHIST MONASTARY. 18:06 THEY HAD AN IDOL INSIDE WITH AN ELEPHANT HEAD AND FOUR HUMAN HANDS AND ARMS. 18:12 AS WE WERE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS FROM SEEING THE MONASTARY, 18:20 WE SAW WOMEN SHOVELING DIRT TO LEVEL A PLACE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A PARKING LOT. 18:27 THESE ARE WOMEN WORKING WITH THOSE SHOVELS? 18:30 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LONG TIME BUT THAT ROPE SEEMS TO BE TIED TO HER SHOVEL. 18:39 THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS HELPING TO LIFT UP THAT HEAVY SHOVEL FULL OF 18:47 DIRT AND DUMP IT INTO THE BASKET. 18:52 SO THIS IS EARTH MOVING IN DARJEELING ? 18:59 RIGHT! 19:00 AND THERE GOES THE DUMP TRUCK. 19:03 TO ME IT WAS SAD TO SEE THE HARD WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE IN THIS FORM. 19:10 WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE GETTING A SALARY. 19:15 WHAT KIND OF MONEY DO THEY EARN? 19:18 I THINK IT IS PROBABLY A DOLLAR A DAY. 19:23 THAT IS A DOLLAR A DAY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE. 19:28 THAT IS RIGHT! 19:30 THERE IS PROBABLY SOME ONE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF? 19:33 THAT IS RIGHT! 19:34 THEY NEED THE STORY OF GREATER HOPE, NOT TO HAVE MORE MONEY, 19:40 BUT TO HAVE RELIEF FROM THE DRUDGERY THAT THAT LIFE REPRESENTS. 19:46 I HAD TO TAKE THE PICTURE OF THESE FOUR MEN. 19:50 THE FIRST MAN ON THE RIGHT, PASTOR TAMSENG, 19:54 IS THE ONE WITH THAT MESSAGE THAT WE NEED MORE WORKERS. 19:57 THE NEXT MAN IS PASTOR BHATTI, FROM THE UNION. 20:00 HE WAS WITH ME FOR FIVE WEEKS, SEEING ALL THAT I SAW AND HEARING ALL THAT I HEARD. 20:06 HE IS ACQUAINTED WITH THIS TERRITORY? 20:09 HAS HE BEEN THERE BEFORE? 20:10 NO. 20:11 HE IS NEW TO THE AREA AND HE HAS A NEW POSITION. 20:13 SO IT WAS AN EDUCATION, HE SAID, FOR HIM TO COME OUT WITH ME. 20:17 HE WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME. 20:21 I SEE PASTOR TAMSENG, IS THAT HIS NAME? 20:26 I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. 20:28 HE DOES HAVE AN ASIAN APPEARANCE ABOUT HIM. 20:30 THAT LETS HIM HAVE A NATURAL ENTRÉE TO THOSE PEOPLE? 20:34 YES, TO BOTH THE SIKKIMESE AND THE BHUTANESE. 20:36 THE NEXT MAN IS THE ONE PASTOR IN SIKKIM . 20:44 THERE IS ONE PASTOR IN SIKKIM ? 20:47 WHERE IS HIS CHURCH, DARJEELING ? 20:50 NO, IT IS CLOSER TO GANGTOK, BUT HE IS OUT IN THE COUNTRY AT A SMALLER VILLAGE. 20:56 THERE IS DR. NELSON, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING ME AND HELPING 21:01 WITH THE SERMONS AND TEACHING OR WHATEVER I DID. 21:05 DID HE DO A HEALTH CLINIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 21:10 NO, WE DID NOT HOLD CLINICS BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE LOCAL INCOME. 21:15 HE DID HEALTH TEACHING AND PREACHING, ALSO. 21:21 IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAD THOSE KINDS OF ESCORTS. 21:26 OH, YES! 21:27 I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED WITH ALL FOUR OF THEM IN THIS AREA. 21:30 THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN RIVERS THAT FLOWS BETWEEN THE SIKKIMESE MOUNTAINS, 21:37 BY THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 21:40 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT ABOUT 1000 TO 2000 FEET 21:42 AND YOU COULD LOOK UP ANOTHER FIVE TO SIX THOUSAND FEET. 21:47 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT IT WAS A VERY MISTY TIME. 21:51 THIS IS BECAUSE THEY BURN A LOT OF LEAVES AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. 21:55 I THOUGHT THAT IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE DARKNESS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INTO. 21:59 THIS IS WHERE WE HAD A FRIDAY EVENING VESPERS IN THE OUTDOORS ON SOMEONES 22:08 FLAT SURFACE NEAR THEIR HOME. 22:11 THEY SAID THEY HAVE VESPERS THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A POTLUCK AFTERWARDS. 22:15 WHILE WE WERE THERE, DARK CLOUDS STARTED TO ROLL IN. 22:19 WE STARTED TO GET SPLASHED WITH BIG HEAVY DROPS. 22:22 I THOUGHT THAT I WAS TO PREACH TONIGHT. 22:27 I WANTED TO TELL THEM MY MESSAGE. 22:29 I SAID, "ONLY YOU CAN CONTROL THIS. 22:32 YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF THE WINDS AND THE RAIN." 22:35 I PRAYED A PRAYER AND IT WAS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WAS CUT OFF. 22:39 THE RAIN STOPPED AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON WITH THE PROGRAM. 22:42 THIS IS DR. NELSON AND HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER, WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH US. 22:47 SHE KNOWS SO MANY MEMORY VERSES. 22:49 SHE WOULD GUESS WHAT MEMORY VERSE I WAS GOING TO ASK HER TO GIVE. 22:55 IT MIGHT BE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 22:56 IT MIGHT BE THE 23RD PSALM OR THE 1ST PSALM. 22:59 SHE HAS MEMORIZED ALL OF THOSE? 23:01 OH, YES! 23:02 BLESS HER HEART! 23:04 SHE STIMULATED ZEAL FOR THE YOUTH 23:05 AND FOR THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. 23:09 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE SHE HAS SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICE? 23:13 SHE HAD HER CAMERA OUT. 23:15 IT WAS THRILLING THERE. 23:19 THERE IS THE PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY. 23:21 HE ACTUALLY TOOK US TO HIS HOUSE AND ASSIGNED EACH ONE OF US A ROOM TO SLEEP IN. 23:25 SO THAT IS QUITE A COMODIOUS DWELLINGTHEN? 23:29 YES, BUT THEY ARE SINGLE WALL. 23:32 THAT PLYWOOD IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SOME RATHER RUSTIC STUDS ON THE OTHER SIDE. 23:38 THEY HAD BEDS IN EACH ROOM FOR MOST OF US. 23:42 SOME SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. 23:44 I THINK THE FAMILY WENT DOWNSTAIRS WHERE THERE WERE NO BEDS, 23:47 SO THEY COULD ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. 23:49 IS THAT TWO CHILDREN? 23:52 TWO CHILDREN, YES! 23:53 WE WERE TAKEN TO HIS ONE AND ONLY CHURCH IN SIKKIM. 23:59 @ 23:59 THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 24:03 WE HAD SABBATH SCHOOL AND CHURCH THERE. 24:06 AFTERWARDS THEY HAD A PICTURE TAKEN OF EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE. 24:09 I MUST SAY, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IS THE MOST THRILLING TO BE WITH. 24:15 THEY ARE SO ANXIOUS FOR THIS MESSAGE TO GO TO ALLTHE WORLD, 24:19 ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE IN SIKKIM . 24:21 THEY LEVELED A SPOT ABOVE THE CHURCH AND BUILT A SCHOOL HOUSE. 24:26 THIS IS A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE. 24:29 IT IS ONLY ABOUT 6 FEET WIDE BY 15 FEET LONG. 24:37 THE INSIDE LOOKS LIKE THIS. 24:40 THERE ARE DESKS AND SEATS FOR THEM TO SIT ON. 24:42 ABOUT 25 KIDS WILL GET IN THAT SCHOOL ROOM. 24:45 I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I HAVE TO INTERUPT YOU WITH. 24:48 IS THIS THE ONLY EDUCATION THAT PEOPLE IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA HAVE ACCESS TO? 24:55 YES, THIS IS WHY THEY WANTED TO BUILD IT IS BECAUSE 24:59 THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR ANY OF THE PEOPLE FOR A LONG WAY. 25:03 THE ILLITERACY RATE IS HIGH. 25:05 THEY NEED THIS KIND OF FACILITY THERE. 25:08 THERE IS PASTOR TAMSENG POINTING OUT THE MOUNTAIN. 25:14 CAN YOU SEE THE WHITE SPOTS? 25:16 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THEM IN THE PICTURE HERE. 25:18 HE SAID THAT THOSE ARE HOMES. 25:20 THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED DOWN TO THE RIVER 25:22 AND HAVE WALKED BACK HERE TO ATTEND CHURCH TODAY. 25:25 LOOKING FROM ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ROOF, THAT IS THE TOILET. 25:30 AND BEYOND THAT YOU SEE A GREEN CHECKED THING. 25:37 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL OFFICES THERE. 25:39 BEYOND THAT IS ONE MORE CLASSROOM. 25:41 THIS IS WHERE WE HELD THE SABBATH SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN ON SABBATH MORNING. 25:44 YOU KNOW, BEV, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP WITH THAT ONE. 25:47 WE ARE CLEAR OUT OF TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM. 25:49 AS YOU CAN TELL, WE GET ON A ROLL WITH THESE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAMS. 25:54 EVERY SLIDE, EVERY PICTURE IS AN EXCITING STORY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 26:03 TERRITORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:06 WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF IT. 26:08 I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE A PART OF IT, BEV! 26:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP; 26:13 FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO OUT THERE AND MEET THE PEOPLE, TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY. 26:18 GOD INDEED HAS BLESSED YOU AND IS BLESSING YOU. 26:22 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE A PART OF THIS 26:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:31 WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS. 26:33 WE COVET YOUR SUPPORT. 26:34 THE PEOPLE AT SIKKIM DO. 26:39 MAY GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL NEXT TIME. 26:41 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06